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Mysterious substance. United States

ID #1632750929
Added Mon, 27/09/2021
Author July N.
Sources
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Status
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Source date: 
27.09.1950
Location: 
Филадельфия, PA
United States

PHILADELPHIA, September 27. Four Philadelphia police officers think they know what's going on with the flying saucers - they disappear.

Patrolmen John Collins and Joseph Keenan reported last night that they saw a mysterious object about six feet in diameter floating to the ground in an open field.

They called the sergeant. Joseph Cook and Patrolman James Casper. Then they approached the object and turned on their flashlights.

Patrolman Collins tried to pick up the "thing". According to him, the part that his hand touched dissolved, leaving a sticky residue without smell. Within half an hour, the entire object had evaporated. The policeman reported that it was so light that it did not even bend the weeds on which it rested.

Sergeant Cook notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but unfortunately, the FBI agents had nothing to show except a spot on the ground.

Original news

New York, New York, TIMES, 28 September 1950, page 33

A 'Saucer' Floats to Earth And a Theory Is Dished Up
By The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27 - Four Philadelphia policemen think they know what happens to flying saucers - they dissolve.

Patrolman John Collins and Joseph Keenan reported last night they saw a mysterious object about six feet in diameter floating to earth in an open field.

They summoned Sgt. Joseph Cook and Patrolman James Casper. Then they approached the object and turned on their flashlights.

Patrolman Collins tried to pick "the thing" up. The part touched by his hand dissolved, he said, leaving a sticky, odorless residue. Within a half hour the entire object had evaporated. It was so light, the policeman reported, it had not even bent the weeds on which it had rested.

Sergeant Cook notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation - but unfortunately there was nothing to show F. B. I. agents except a spot on the ground.

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