Editing 1947 flying disc craze (section)

====Atomic link claimed====
{{Flying disc craze of 1947 map of reports - Jul 6}}

During the 1947 craze, flying discs and atomic weaponry became linked in the public consciousness.<ref>G. Arnold, Ch. 12</ref>  On July 6, headlines proclaimed "Discs Atom Products, A-Bomb Scientist Says".  Articles cited an unnamed "noted scientist in nuclear physics" affiliated with CalTech who had been part of the Manhattan Project.  The scientist declared "People are not 'seeing things'" and 'said flatly that experiments in "transmutation of atomic energy" being conducted at Muroc Lake Calif; White Sands, N.M.; Portland Ore., and elsewhere are responsible for the "flying discs".<ref name="auto64">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/527531897/|title=6 Jul 1947, 4 - Scrantonian Tribune at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>  Papers observed that the "Bulk of the flying disc reports have generated in a wide circle through Idaho, Washington, and Oregon surrounding the [[Hanford Site|Hanford works]]".<ref name="auto58">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/182928820/|title=6 Jul 1947, Page 17 - Star Tribune at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>  Col. F. J. Clarke, commander of Hanford, denied knowledge of any connection.<ref name="auto58"/> [[Harold Urey]], atomic scientist in Chicago, dismissed the report as "gibberish", as did Atomic Energy Commission chair [[David E. Lilienthal]].<ref name="auto58"/>

The Associated Press reported that fighters had been placed on alert at [[Muroc Army Airfield]] and Portland, Oregon—two hotspots of reports in the prior weeks.<ref name="auto46">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/566291869/|title=6 Jul 1947, 1 - The Times-News at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>  By July 6, reports had spread to 31 states.<ref name="auto46"/>  Louis E. Starr, the national commander of the [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]], called for more information about the discs, declaring that "Too little is being told to the people of this country".<ref name="auto46"/>