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From: Jan Aldrich <jan@CYBERZONE.NET>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 15:30:16 -0800
Fwd Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 19:39:59 -0500
Subject: Project 1947 - 'Southern Wings' Magazine

In the Wilmington, (NC) MORNING STAR, 13 July 1947, Page 1

There is an news story headlined:  "YEP, THEY'RE REPORTED AGIN'
Two High Point Pilots Report Seeing One Headed Over State"

This is an Associated Press story from High Point, North Carolina
datelined 12 July.  Two pilots flying in a plane at 1000 feet about 10
miles south of High Point at 7:20 pm on the 11 July saw a "ball of
fire,"..."a huge red object traveling at a rapid rate of speed,....they
noticed a glare to the left of their plane.  Glancing to their side they
saw a huge object, round on top with a black band through the center,
flying in a northerly direction at a rapid rate of speed.

   "'The bottom part of the object was revolving, and peridodicall burst
of fire came from underneath as if from some sort of exhasust.'

   "...[the pilot] said when he noticed the object he swung his small,
two place plane to the left in the direction of the 'thing' but that
before he had travelled far in that direction, the object passed him and
disappeared in a northern direction.  The path it was traveling, he said,
indicated that it was headed in the direction of Winston-Salem on a route
leading between High Point and Thomasville, he added."

Of course, first I would appreciate any research in North Carolina
newspapers on this and other 1947 sightings.  I do not have the original
report, probably from the High Point newspaper.  Any newspapers along the
route of the object could contain additional information.  Dr. Bullard
and I have checked about over 50 North Carolina newspapers, but this is a
state with large amounts of small newspapers.

   More important the two pilot witnesses, Ed Lewis and Dick Milsaps
worked for SOUTHERN WINGS, a regional aviation magazine, as editor and
writer respectively.  One would expect that after this sighting by two
staff members the magazine might have some interesting ufo accounts.
Looking in the online catalogs of college libraries in southern New
England, there appears to be no holdings of SOUTHERN WINGS in this area.
 I would appreciate if anyone could locate and check this aviation
magazine for ufo stories.

Jan Aldrich