UFOs in the daily Press:

Pilot Tells Vivid Story On 'Saucers'

'Somethings' Sighted, Followed 45 Miles

By CAPT. E. J, SMITH
United Airlines Pilt

SEATTLE (U.P.) - United Airlines flight number 105 took off from Boise, Id, at 8:04 p.m. (PST). The tower joshingly warned us to be on the lookout for "flying saucers."

My copilot, Ralph Stevens, also of Seattle, was flying the plane shortly after we got into the air. Suddenly I noticed he had switched on the landing lights. He said he thought he saw an aircraft approaching us head-on.

I noticed the object - or objects - then for the first time myself.

Sighted 'Something'

What we saw were four or five "somethings." One was larger than the rest and for the most part kept off to the right of the other three or four similar, but smaller objects.

As we were flying northwest - roughly into the sunset - we saw whatever they were in at least partial light. We saw them clearly. We followed them in a northwesterly direction for about 45 miles.

Then I called the attendant at the Ontario. Ore., radio tower, giving an approximate location and course for the objects. The attendant acknowledged our call, went outside to look, but was unable to see anything like what we described.

Finally the objects disappeared in a burst of speed. We were unable to tell whether they outsped us or disintegrated.

Unable To Catch Them

We were never able to catch them in our DC-3. Our air speed at the time was 185 mph. Through the Boise air tower we radioed another United plane to see if they had seen anything. That plane was flying eastbound - into the night - and had not.

Later Stevens and I called Miss Mary Morrow, our stewardess. She verified what we had seen.

Because we were following the objects at roughly the same altitude, we can't say anything about their shape except that they were thin and were smooth on the bottom and rough appearing on the top.

We can't say whether they were saucerlike, oval or anything else about their size.

Discounts Aircraft Theory

But whatever they were, they were not another aircraft, nor were they smoke or clouds.

Our plane had eight passengers aboard, but because the objects were mostly ahead of us and off the bow, they were unable to see them.