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Pennsylvania Flying Saucer
Date: April Fool's Day, 1950
Categories: Newspapers, United States, 1950, Photo Hoaxes, Extraterrestrials
The Progress (Clearfield, Pennsylvania) published a picture of a flying saucer, supposedly hovering over the business section of Clearfield. The text accompanying the picture read, "Scoring an unquestioned scoop on the other newspapers of the nation, Life, and Look magazines and other pictorial publications, The Progress proudly presents today the first published picture of a 'flying saucer' in the air."
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