The article below was published in the newspaper The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, USA, on page 4, on July 19, 1947.
Deputy Sheriffs Cal Benusk and E. Stafford, on patrol in East Los Angeles, noticed a strange round object in a treetop.
It looked like - a flying saucer.
The officers scaled the tree for a closer look.
The U. S. Weather Bureau is happy to have its weather balloon back.
To: Kenneth Arnold or Newspapers 1940-1949.