Editing 1947 flying disc craze (section)

====Pacific Northwest reports amid jet speculation====
June 27 saw reports of past sightings from a housewife in Bremerton, a home-builder in Bellingham, a motorist and his family from Wenatachee, a couple from Salem, and a woman from Yakima.<ref name="auto22">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/768897049/|title=27 Jun 1947, 1 - The Bellingham Herald at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="auto59"/>

On June 28, press nationwide reported the opinion of Army rocket expert Lt. Col. Harold R. Turner, who speculated the "discs" were jet airplanes; Turner explained that "the jet planes' circular exhaust glows brightly when heated and might easily appear to be discs at a distance.<ref name="auto56">Arnold, G. p.30</ref><ref name="auto63">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/17214707/|title=28 Jun 1947, Page 1 - The Gallup Independent at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Also on June 28, original disc witness Kenneth Arnold publicly criticized the lack of any official investigation into his sighting.  Said Arnold: "If I was running the country and someone reported something unusual, I'd certainly want to know more about it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/701792044/|title=30 Jun 1947, 1 - The Fresno Bee at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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