The article below was published in the daily newspaper News-Record, Neenah, Wisconsin, USA, page 4, on July 9, 1947.
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One of the first "flying saucers" to be noticed in this part of the state was reported today by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Neilson of Waukesha, who discovered the peculiar device hovering in the sky as they were driving between Burlington and Lake Geneva about 7:15 p.m. yesterday.
"The flying saucer seemed to appear and disappear as rays of the setting sun glinted on it occasionally," Neilson declared. He described the machine as appearing just slightly larger than a common household saucer, with a propeller at the front which seemed to be driving it through the air.
"Actually, when he observed the flying saucer, the propeller seemed to be larger than the saucer itself," Neilson stated. The direction in which it was traveling was not noted by the couple, who were eager to get a good glimpse of the phenomena which have been reported so generally throughout the country during the last month.
A Cub plane from a nearby airport apparently spotted the flying saucer, and tried to chase it to observe more closely what was in the air, Neilson said. The flying saucer was traveling rapidly, so Neilson doubted if the airship, which is a comparatively slow craft, was able to trail it very far or note its structure. (Waukesha Freeman)