UFOs and the Media

Morning World
July 23, 1952.

Flying Saucer Is Reported By Monroe Flier in Monroe, Louisiana.

A report of a flying saucer landed in the Morning World office last night when A.D. HANKS, 808 K Street, notified a reporter that he had sighted one of the "things" last Tuesday night.
Hanks said: "I didn't report this sooner because I thought folks would think I was crazy." Here is his story:

Last Tuesday about 10 pm I was flying to Monroe from Little Rock. When I neared the Arkansas border I saw what appeared to be a blood red star about 2000 feet overhead. It was traveling at 4,000 feet at a speed of over 100 miles per hour.

"When I first noticed the object, it was traveling in a generally southwestern direction. Then, while I was watching the blot of red light, if changed course and started following me, flying 2,000 feet overhead

"I thought at first it was an illusion. To test my theory, I made a 90 degree right turn. The "flying saucer" did the same. The thing followed my course for about 10 minutes, then suddenly swooped down approximately 2,000 feet below my plane.

"At first, I believed it to be a jet. After that swift drop, I changed my line of thinking."

The bright red spot still followed my course underneath me. A few minutes later it seemed to bounce back 2,000 feet overhead. Then, "it" switched back to its original course and took off at a tremendous rate of speed."

Hanks has been a flyer for about 25 years and he said he had never had such an eerie feeling or seen such an object.

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