4Mi NOf Alton reported disc saucer observation — April 1948

2330 COLOR ______ SHAPE Resembled huge fowl SPEED ______ SIZE bigger than an airplane ALTITUDE ______ NUMBER 1 LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED ______ TYPE OF OBSERVATION Auto MOVEMENTS Flapped its wings PREPARED BY AFCC FORM 339 BY AUTH OF ______ The redacted areas are covered with blocks that obscure the text underneath. I will now replicate the text from the document as an OCR system would: CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 123 1. Tactics “Stopped its rapid” 15. Odor detected #/3 20. Remarks: Col ------------ said he observed the underside as about 1150 P. Note: A child <x>, age 12, said he saw the bird flying over his home in suburban Glendale, Mo., some 3 months previous. THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS Companion To Flying Saucer, "Monster Bird" BY PAUL DIX ST. LOUIS, April 10—(UP) — A retired Airforce colonel said a 14-year-old boy "swiped" the bird shown the picture by the Dayton Herald made as a goof on the "flying saucer bird." The boy wasn't identified by name or area by the picture, said. Sigmund, former superintendent of the air base at Kearns, Utah, said he observed the creature at about 11:20 a. m. last Sunday while horseback riding four miles north of Alton, Ill. James Trares, 12, said he saw the bird flying over his home in suburban Clayton, Mo., about three months ago. Supporting case details: Reported craft or object: Disc / Saucer