MANY WITNESS FLYING SAUCERS OVER OREGON

MANY WITNESS FLYING SAUCERS OVER OREGON
1947  …….  PORTLAND OREGON
What I do know, however, because I read about it in the newspapers, is that 59 years ago today, scores of Portlanders, including pilots, police officers, and just plain civilians like you and me, saw – or at least thought they saw – flying saucers above the Rose City.  According to no less a source than The Oregonian, the first flying saucers, or whatever they were, were sighted directly over Oaks Amusement Park.  Immediately, the police bureau put out an “all cars” alert, which was answered by three patrolmen who said they saw them, too.  One of them, Earl Patterson, identified as an “air corps veteran,” said they were traveling fast, “wobbling and weaving,” and in his opinion they were not airplanes.  The other two, Walter Lissy and Robert Ellis, both civilian pilots themselves, said what they saw were discs, making sudden changes in direction and traveling at a “terrific speed.”