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SUBJECT: BAKERSFIELD, CA. SAUCER REPORT FILE: UFO1389
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From the Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 2, 1947
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ANOTHER MAN SAYS HE SAW "SKY SAUCERS"
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Portland, Ore., July 2. Richard Rankin, Palm Springs, California,
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pilot, reports he saw 10 "flying saucers" over Bakersfield,
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California, June 23.
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"These planes were maybe 9,000 feet up and fairly fast, maybe
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300 or 400 miles an hour," Rankin said yesterday.
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"I first counted 10 of them in formation, going north. About
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2:15 p.m. they returned on the reverse course, headed south, but
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there were only 7 in the formation.
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"I couldn't make out the number or location of their propellers
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and couldn't distinguish any wings at all. They appeared almost
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round. They looked just like pictures of the Navy's Flying
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Flapjack."
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Rankin said he hesitated to report what he saw until he read
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that others had sighted the "saucers".
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The navy has reported it's "Flying Flapjack" plane has never
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left Connecticut.
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Rankin, former Portland flyer with more than 7,000 hours
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in the air, is a brother of the late Tex Rankin, stunt pilot.
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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