The article below was published in the daily newspaper Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, on July 9, 1947.
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H., July 9 (UP) -- Thomas M. Dale, son of Gov. Charles M. Dale of New Hampshire today was among the saucer-spotters.
The former World War II flier said that he saw a "mysterious flying object -- a long, thin metal thing going about 700 miles an hour" -- while he was making an air trip from Laconia to Wolfboro early last night.
Dale said he saw the object when he looked down over Alton bay. It was flying east toward Wolfboro, he said, apparently motorless and pilotless. He said it looked like a gray, solid metal material flying at 1000 feet. His plane was flying at 2800 feet when he spotted the projectile, he said.
Corroborating his statement was A.B. Skinner of the Lake Region Flying service at Wolfboro, who said he saw the object pass overhead in an easterly direction at about the same time Dale reported seeing the object.
