The article below was published in the newspaper The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, USA, on page 4, on July 19, 1947.
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Deputy Sheriffs Cal Benusk and E. Stafford, on patrol in East Los Angeles, noticed a strange round object in a treetop.
It looked like - a flying saucer.
The officers scaled the tree for a closer look.
The U. S. Weather Bureau is happy to have its weather balloon back.