Large res JPG scans of the initial front page newspaper articles regarding the Roswell "flying disc" from 8 July 1947:
Army Says Has Disc (San Mateo Times, July 8, 1947)
Flying Disc Found; In Army Posession (The Bakersfield Californian, July 8, 1947)
Flying Disc at Corona, New Mex. (Corona Daily Independent, July 8, 1947)
Army Air Forces Alert Fast Planes in Effort to Solve 'Flying Disc' Mystery (The Montana Standard, July 7, 1947) - Catholic priest says metal disc "crashed into his parish yard" and he was holding it for the FBI.
Army Says Has Disc (San Mateo Times, July 8, 1947)
Flying Disc Found; In Army Posession (The Bakersfield Californian, July 8, 1947)
Flying Disc at Corona, New Mex. (Corona Daily Independent, July 8, 1947)
Army Air Forces Alert Fast Planes in Effort to Solve 'Flying Disc' Mystery (The Montana Standard, July 7, 1947) - Catholic priest says metal disc "crashed into his parish yard" and he was holding it for the FBI.
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