New York Times July 25th 1952-Story out of Columbus Ohio-Six armed jet planes thundered high over central Ohio last night chasing a mysterious object they never did catch. Thousands on the ground thought they might be watching a flying saucer, but the Air Force decided it was only a weather-research ballon".

Text-NYT July 7,1947 "Sky Discs Hunted by Coast Planes"

Maj Gen C.E. LeMay...told the AP that the phenomena were nothing to worry about and Dr Winfred Overholser, the psychiatrist said that the reports bore the earmarks of "national hysteria.....

..meantime...A woman in Chicago standing on her front porch said she saw a flying saucer "with legs" that seemed to be coming down "to slap me in the face".

Text-NYT July 8 1947 "Disks Soar Over New York, Now Seen Aloft Alike in All Colors"

"Just as I thought. It was all due to the effects of red corpuscles of blood passing in front of the retina. This is well recognized and anyone interested can draw his own conclusions."

Text-NYT 1947 July 3 "Flying Disks Fail to Stir Air Forces"

"Describing conversations with meteorologists....Washingtom Air Forces spokesman said....The icing conditions in high clouds produced "large hailstones which might have falttened out and glided a bit".