Flying Saucers Enliven 'Doodle Bug' Trial

Flying saucers whisked into the “doodlebug” confidence game trial under way in District Court.

Herman A. Flader, Denver industrialist, told of the flying saucers, little men three feet tall and the powers of the magnetic force around the earth.

By Al Nakkula Rocky Mountain News 11-17-1953

Flader is the complaining witness against Silas Newton and Leo GeBauer. They are accused of bilking Flader of $50,000 through the use of electric divining “doodlebugs” to locate oil.

Plane Towed 'Doodlebug' Hunts for Ore & Oil | 67th ANNIVERSARY of THE AZTEC UFO CRASH

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By Oakland Tribune
6-27-1948

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