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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  8 July 53 8/1200Z | Colville, Washington  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | Astronomical (VEHIS)  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Venus 3 hrs 56 min, 80 deg azimuth 20 deg elevation, moving toward SE.  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  2 Hours | Members of a GOC post observed an object for 2 hours that looked like a star.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual  |
|  7. COURSE | SE  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |

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Washington
Green!
Our Match!

No. 11 Weekly — Friday
Colville, Washington, Friday, July 10, 1953

# Examiner
## Official City and County Paper
10 Cents 18 PAGES

# Flying Saucer Watched from Colville's Observation Tower

Strange Object in Sky Monday Morning
Witnessed by Three People.

Three Colville skywatchers report seeing a flying saucer in the skies early Wednesday morning. They are Mrs. Gerald Willett and Mrs. John Link, on the 4 to 6 a. m. shift at the watch tower, and James Kohlstedt, who relieved them at 6.

The women said they first saw the phenomenon a few minutes after going on watc…

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# TWO MORE VIEWED "FLYING SAUCERS"

Another authenticated case of a flying saucer came to light this week when John P. Thomson, county coordinator of ground observer posts told of seeing one the evening of July 8 at a point about three miles south of Valley while he and his wife and her mother, Mrs. Alice B. Elofson of Seattle were returning to Colville from Spokane.

"The object was about five miles southeast of Valley and about two miles easterly from the highway," said Thomson. "It appeared to be traveling southeast at about 5000 feet altitude. The speed was approxim…