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U.E.O. InvestigatorFACTS ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS (UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS)

- Published by the Ha_iona! Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena -

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Vol.I. [No .2 Washington. D.C. Aug, ust-Septcmber,1957

SenutorGoldwater JETCHASEOFLARGECIRCULARRevealsInterest OBJECTINVESTIGATEDIn gFOProblem BYFAREASTAIRFORCE

In a recent statement to the Director of For eight months the Far EastAirForce has been in possessionof an Intelligence ReportNICAP, Senator Barry Goldwater, (Rep., describing the jet chase of a strange round object larger than a B-29 bomber. AccordingArizona) hasdlsclosed his strong interest in to this report, the UFO accelerated to a speed of about 2000 miles per hour when the jetthe subject of Unidentified Flying Objects° tried to close _n.

Intelligence Report Details Releasedto NICAPFull details of the chase were revealed to NICAP on August 29 in an unclassified t

section of the Intelligence Report. This is the first detailed report of a jet-UFO chasereleased anywhere in the Air Force since 1953. Whether release of" this important caseindicates a change in Air Force policy or is an isolated incident, is yet robe determined

k::r_ " " The Air Force report sent to NICAP from a Far East Air Force office bears the follow-ing heading:

AF FORM 112FAR EAST

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

(U) Unldent_fled Flying Object ReportFAR EAST DI ---February 1957 December 1956 B-2

_ "_ Captain _ andCaptain DebrjeflngAFR 200-2

"On -- December 1956" the Air Force report beglns, "two USAF jet pilots werepracticing ground radar positioned intercepts on each other inthe vicinity of "

During one run, the report saysr the intercepting pilot picked up a strange radar blipSENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER from an unknown object inthe sky° Fromthe size of the bllp--one-elghth inch high and

Senator Goldwater_s opinion hasadded three-eighths of an inch wlde--the UFO was estimated as large as a B-29 four-englnevalue because of his long experience in bomber. Radarshowed it to be 20 miles away and 30 degrees to the piloPs left.military aviaflon° He is a colonel in the _'Pilot called the GEl site to ask if they had a target which would correspond to theAir Force Reserve and is qualified to pilot unidentified bllp. After receiving an (P[ea_seturn to Column 1, Page 2)jet interceptors, in addition to other types

of aircraft. AirForce TellsCongressmanit'The Senator=s letter follows:

"J am an Air Force ReserveOfficer and Has Given NICAP "All gFO

" " pihave been one for the past 27 years; con- informat,onDes te WrittenRefusalsequentlyt I am indeed interested in un-

identlfied flying objects. Despite an offlcial refusal on July 18 On September 11 the same Air Force"1 franklyfeel that there is a great deal to release UFO cases to NICAP I the Air statement was sent to Vice Admiral John

to this and I have discussedit often with Force now publlclylnsiststhat it has given M. Hosklns, USNs Ret., now Director ofmany Air Force Officers." NICAP "all information in the hands of" Declasslflcatlon Policy, Department of

the United States Air Force." Defense. Admiral Hosklns had asked the

At least two other Senatorsand several This contradictory statement, sent on Air Force for facts on NICAP and the re-Representatives have privately expressed September 12 to RepoPeter Fretinghuysen, tease of UFO reports.serious interest in UFOs. NICAP will be Jr., (R., N. J.) was signed by Maj. Gen. The _dentical statement sent to Admiralglad tohavethe opinions ofother legislators Joe W. Kelly, USAFz Director of Legis- Hosklns and Rep. Frelinghuysen follows:elther privately or for publlcaffon. We latlve Liaison. "TheNatlonal Investigations Committeebelieve this will eventually lead to a frank onAerial Phenomenaisnot a governmentaland open discussion of the entire UFO (Seealso special announcement on newproblem on Capital Hill. g Air Farce c]alms_ Page 3.) (Continued on Page 3)

pAGF_ 2 1_ UFO _V_STIGATOR

Thefinalsectlanofthereportgoesa NAVYMISSILEEXPERT,J_T CtlASE /row Page 1 long way toward dispelling the Idea that

answer in the negative, he asked for and the Air Force actually brushesoff UFO gFo INVESTIGATOR,received permission to determine the slghtlngs. Entitled, "Comments of the

natureoftbesoureeoftbe radar return." [nterrogationoffleers,'th[ssectionfollows: IS NEW NICAP ADVISERAs he headed toward the UFO, the jet's "Operation_ maintenance and Intelllg-

radar showedhe was closing in at a speed ence personnel of the m Squadronr -- Captain Robert B. McLaughlint USN,of six to seven hundred knots. (Approxl- Wing and _ Air Division were of great Commander of the Naval Ordnance Lab-mately 720 to 840 miles per hour.) assistance in the UFOB investigation, led: oratory at Corona, California, has been

At eight miles J'ange a round object Under APR 200-2 the term UFO_. is used appointed a Special Advlse_"to NICAP.appeared in the sky, exactly where the instead of UFO.) Captain MaLaughl[n will be rememberedradar showed it. To show up as morethan "WHtten stutements from tl_e above by many NICAP membersas the author ofa speck at that dlstance_ the UFO had to organizations verifying information in this a widely discussed UFO article in TRUEbe fairly large. The pilot described it as report are on file in the DI--Office. Magaz[netMarch 1950. In thisdocumented_'thesize of a lead pencil eraser if placed 'JTheobse_ing pUot t Lt. _ had many account which was cleared by the Penta-against the windscreen." flying hoursasof the time of the [ncident. gonr McLaughi[n (then a commander) re-

(NICAPcomment: From figures supplied Over half had been lagged in this type of |ated several slghtlngs during 1948-49.by North American Aviation• builders of jet. He appeared to be conscientious and Thernost impressiveofthese White Sandsthe F-86~D Sabrejeb and the C|vil Aera- reportedth_ incldent ina straight forward, cases occurred on April 24s 1949• as anauHas Administration• the UFO appears slightly embarrassed mannerz saying that crew of sc[entists and engineers undertohavebeenabout35Ofeetlndlameter, See he would doubt the possibilltyofs_chan Commander Mcl.aughlin was preparing to

detailedexplanatlon later in this account.) aoourrenc:e if it hadn*t actually happened launch a giant cosmic rayproiect balloon.

_,ythis time, the Aft For_e _epert con-, to him° Todeterm[ne the winds at various levelstinues, the let's radar was in "lock on" "The fact that no un[dentlfled tracks a small weather balloon hadbeen releasedposition. That is, it had locked onto the were observedby ground radar should not and this wasbelng tracked bya thendol[te tUFO and was automatically guiding the be given much weight in evaluating this an angle measuring dev|ce using a 25-jet toward it. report. Boththe jet aircraft involved re- power telescope. Assistingthe theodolite

qulred IFF in order that the controlling operation were a timer (an erie|near withJePs Radar is Jammed GCI site could plot them." led: IFF is a stop watch) and a technician to record

the name of an identification code trans- the data.

As the plane came closer, its radar was mffter system developed in World War 2 The weather balloon had reached asuddenly iammed by a strong interference, called "ldentlflcati_nt Friend or Foe." height of 1Ot0OOfeet when a fast moving

Using antl-jam procedure• the pilot The fact that IPF signals were required for silvery white object suddenly appeared atswitched frequency. For ten secondsrthis GCI to plot the iets indicates that the Air a higher altitude. The theodolite operatoreliminated the mysterious interference Force planes did not showup normally on qulek|y swung the instrument to plck uppulses• then they began again. But the grouadradar.) theabject'tracklngltwlththetimerJs help"pulsations were not strong enoughto break By Commander Mckaughlln's officialthe radar look-on, and the jet held to Computed Size of UPO record the UFO descended from an eleva-its course, tion angle of 45 degrees to 25 degrees In

"The jet closed to within five nautical NICAP Explanation: At the moment 55 seconds. Then it swlft[y climbed up-miles of the abject and could not close when the pilot made his relative estimate ward and di_ppeared.furthers" the Air Force report states, of the UFO's slzen usingthe pencil eraser Accurate analysls of the performance

compar[sont the object wasdirectly ahead"When the pilot was closest to the un- data was posslble, since the UFO had flown

identified objecb it appeared to make a at the ictus altitude° in front of a mountain ranger the heightThe size of the object would depend on and distanceof which were known. Cam-

shaltow left turn. It had the appearance the distance from the pilot's eyes to theof being circular on the bottom. _ putat]ons by the Navy scientists showedThe color of the object wasdescribed as wladscreens dead ahead. According to thattheob[ect-seen vlsuallyasell[ptlcal-

a golden tan, with no reflection from the North American Aviatlont makers of the was105 feet long and 40 feet wide. Whoasun. After the UFO's slight turn• the F-86-D Sabrejeb this distance for the first tracked, it had been flying at apliat's radar iadlcoted that the ab{ect Sabrejet is 2°27 feeb and the overage for height of 56 miles• Hs speed 7 mileswas "moving up and awayat from 1500 most lets is not muchover 2.50 Feet. per second.to 1800 knots:," (Approximately 1800to The average pencil eraser is one-fourth The UFO's amazing zoom• McLaughlln2160 mph) The Air Force report adds that of an inch in diameter. According to _:ig- reported, would create such an increasedthis was an estlmat% since the UFO's rate ures confirmed by the Civil Aeronautics gravitatic_n pull that no humanbeing couldoF departure was faster than the jet's radar Adm_nlstraticm, if tee pilot's eyes were have survived the maneuver, led: Thiscould indicate. The bllp, it said, "dis- 2.50 feet from the windscreen the object was before the wldelyhe]d theo_" that the

was352 feetlndlameter. At three feet the UFOs have their own gravltut[anal ileitis,appeared by moving rapidly off the top diameter would be 293 feet, Evenallow-" which would enable the most violentof the scope."

lag for an appreciable error in estimating maneuvers without harm to a spacesh|p_sThe Air Force investigation indicates the object_s apparent slze_ it seemsplain occupants.)

the seriousnesswith which the UFO sight- that the UFO must have been at least 200 In accepting tee Pest of Special Adviseri_g was regarded. Immediately after the feetlndlameter, and probablymuch larger. Captain McLaughl]n told NICAP he sawpilot landed and made his reperb the jet The significance of this Air Force report no reason to change his opinion of UFOs,was tested by another AF pilot, is obvious. It is clear that armed forces stated ofte_ hls White Sands experience.

" c d " he wrote at thatAll equ[pmenb including the radar_ pilots are still encountering unexplained "1 am convln e •operated correctly. The aircraft then was UFOs--solld, round shaped obiects seem- time, "that it (the ob(ect sighted) was athoroughly checked by ground personnel; [ngly under intelllgent control_ though flying saucer, end LEurther_that these discsagain_ all systems were satisfactory, to date officials still say there is no evid- are spaceshipsfrom another planeb oper-according to the Intelligence report, ence of the UFOs_ existence. • ated by animate, intelligent belngs." •

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER,1957 PAGEAIR FORCE Ira,= page 1

agency, but is a civilian organization NEW AIR FORCE STATEMENT SAYS LESS THAN 3% OF UFOs EXPLAINEDinterested in air phenomena. As Director

of theCommittee, Major Donald E. Keyhoe TheAirForce is about to release a new statementon Unidentified Flying Objects(Marine Carps, Retired) has already re- which claims that practically all UFO reports have been explained. (The pressce[ved all the information in the hands of story already may be in print when this magazine appears.) As now planned, anthe United States Air Force, and the Air Air Force press release will include the followlng claims:Force position in regard to Unidentified 1. New official figures, as of 30 June 1957r show the "unknowns" to be lessFlying Obiects or popularly termed 'Fly- than three per cent.

ing Saucers.' However, he persists [n 2. TheAirForcestudyshawsthereisatotal ]ackof'evidence theft the phenomenaclaiming that the United States Air Force observed have hostile forces behind them, that theyare [nterplanetaryvehicles r oris withholding information on this subject, that they constitute any threat tothe security of the United States or any country.Nothing could be further from the truth." 3. No reports of UFOs have been withheld. However, namesof personsin-

This is a serious charge. In answer, valved in reported sightingsand the many details of the individual caseswill nothere are the facts to which the Director be made public.

has sworn in a notarized statement to the 4. TheAirForce has not cleared, sponsoredor otherwise coordinated anybooks,Board of Governors: motion pictures, or other materiaI on the subject of UFOs.

1. To date only one Air Force item of 5. Nothing has occurred to change the official Air Force position on UFOsUFO information has been sent to NICAP: since 25 October 1955.

the Far East story headlined on Page 1 of NICAP hasbeen informedthat the AirForce statement alsowill include Generalthis issue. No other UFO reports or re- Joe W. Kelly's claim that the Committee's Director has received "all the inform-latnd information have been received allan in the hands of the United States Air Force," and that NICAP claims to thefrom Air Force headquarters or any branch contrary are untrue.

of the Air Force. Since the Air Force statement will be widely circulated and discussed, NICAP2. On May 8, 1957, NICAPwrote the urges all members to familiarize themselves with the following f.acts.

4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron NICAP--and this includes the Director--has received only one UFO reportand asked for the Air Force report on a from the Air Force in its entire porlod of operation.UFO sighting at Oxnard AFB March 23, in regard to the 3% claim, it should be noted that Project Blue Book Special1957. The adjutanb Ma[. John D. Taylor t Report 14, which the Air Force cites as its official answernshows that 19.5% ofJr._ replied that "the issuance of such the 4000 cases analyzed are still unexplained. The majority of these unsolvedinformation as you request can be made reports, totalling approximately 80O_by pilots, airport tower operators,ardy by Headquarters, United States Air guided missile trackers and other competenb specially trained observer_.Force." Major Taylor stated the NICAP The Air Force 3% claim refers to current slghtings and even here the officiallyrequest was being forwarded to HQs USAR solved cases, listed af 97%s are not available to the press. A specific request

3. On May 21_ 1957, not having heard for these cases by NICAP has been refused.from AF HQt NICAP telegraphed a new What the UFO evidence shows is debatable. Many trained observers who have

request to General Kellys who for several encountered UFOs have declared their conv[ctbn that they were objects underyears hasbeen spokesman for the Secretary intelligent _:ontrol; a large number have publicly stated a belief that they wereof the Air Force. On April 8 Gen. Kelly interplanetary vehicles.had written BOp. Lee Metcalf that UFO Contrary to the Alr Force claim, thousands of UFO reports have been--andreports were not withheld from press_ and still are--withbeld, as already shown. Of these, 244- released in 1949 are nothat answers were given on any UFO longer available. In this connection, here is a verbatim statement from General

reports which had attracted national Joe W. Kelly to Representative Lee Me,calf (D., Mont.} on January 11, 1957:attention. As Editor of the UFO INVEST- "Air Force HeadquartersJreleasessummariesof evaluated data whlchwill inform

IGATOR; NICAP'sDirector askedGeneral the public on this subject. For thoseobjects whlch are not explainable, only theKeilyfor the Oxnard report and four others fact that the reportsare being analyzed is considered releasable due to the manynationally reported in the press, unknowns involved."

To date General Kelly has not acknow- Under the newly announcedrule in Item 3", the Air Force may now release onlyledged this request. No reports of any statistics, withholding all details of sightlngs. Formerlyn Air Force officials--kind have been received, including General Kelly--have stated that all UFO report details were available,

4. On July 10, 1957, NICAP offered except {or namesof'observers and technical details on afrcraf.t., redar_ etc.SecretaryoftheAirForce JamesH. Douglas Air Force clearance of one book, by Captain E. J. Ruppolta and cooperationan eight-point plan of cooperation to end with LIFE, the SATURDAY EVENING POST and LOOK, for LIFO articles, wasthe confusion over UFOs. This plan in- proved in the Number 1 issue of the UFO INVESTIGATOR.

cluded a request that NICAP he given the A more detailed report of the new Air Force statement will be made later_ in-official UFO reports which the Air Force cludlngafulI analysis of the ProjectBlue Book report denounced by Capt. Ruppelt.listed as solvedt then stated as totalling97%. NICAP promised that if its BoardandSpoc[alAdvisers agreedthe caseswere [ectsince thishasbeen adequately covered eous statemenband perhaps General Kellysolved, it would publicly confirm the Air in the Blue Book." himself has been misinformed. At the

Force figures. The "Blue Book" mentioned is Project suggestionof the Office of Public Inform-ation, therefore, NICAP is forwarding

5. On July 18t 1957ta reply to NICAPs Blue Book Special Report 14, a statistical details to Genera/White, Air Force Chiefoffer was forwarded from the Secretary's summary of 1947-52 UFO reports whichoffice, signedby Major Robert H. Spence, has been publicly labeled as worthless of Staff. We have been promisedspecificDeputy Chief, Operations Branch_ Public by Captain E. J. Ruppelt, USAFR, former answers to our questions and we believeInf'ormationD[vlsion. Thecaoperationplan Project head. the Air Force will correct the erroneouswas rejected as fallows: claim from General Kelly's office.

"We must decline" your offer to review TheCommlttee doesnot believe that top NICAP is glad to repeat its orlglna]and publish Air Force reports on this sub- AirForce officials are aware ofthis erron- offer to cooperate with the Air Force. •

THE UFOINVESTIGATOR

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AdminlstrativeAssistant. NlCAP *:_?" _'_t_ _'_"_NO CAMPS OF THOUGHT"

The Summer issue of SAUCERScarries

an editorla[ by Max B. Miller reviewingthe past ten years of UFO investigation.In the fo]lowlng paragraphs he describeswhat he calls two camps of research inthis field:

"Ob[ectlve researchers often fall to '_"_realize that everyone is entitled to anopinion and the expression of that opinion.Likewise, imaginaHon _ as many tfmesemployed in nan-objectlve research--lsof prime import to the overall research.Imagination is probably the key which hasunlocked mostof the anomalies that have

plagued usthroughout history."On the other hoed, the subiectives_

including those interested in the sO-calledcontact stories, psychic phenomena andkindred flelds--generally fall to reallzethat they are pushlng the public and press '_,_.,/A_,media, and consequently their goal, awayfrom them by a lack of discrimination, by '.... ' '......

excessive imagination and unsubstantiated "_n Offer"claims, and by not exposing the obviousfrauds which are beginning to plague thisresearch." There are still other bellefs, but these b) NICAP should publicly support the

are the main theories, contact groupsandhelp them receive more

In general, these views agree with attentionbythepress, radloand television.I',IICAP's basic polfcies. Actually, there NICAP agrees with Mr. Miller that NICAP's policy, carefully thought outare more than two schools of thought in everyone is entltied to an opinion and the to _vold excesseseither _y, mrnai_s esUFO investlgatlon, varying from complete expressionof his bellefs, but we hope that first stated:dlsbeliefln UFO's to complete acceptance all those honestly concerned with solving hIICAP supports a fair investigation ofof practically all the contact and cam- the UFO problem will stop and weigh all UPO evidence. We shall examine allmunlcatlon claims. In between are those their written and spoken statements to theories and claims. We shall not accept

decide if they are advancing public any claim without conclusive proof.who accept the reality of UFO's but whosubdivide into other groupsbelieving that acceptance of this probe_e-_m,or unlnten-the UFO's are one ofthe t'ollowing: tlonally retarding ft. Trendex PaN fnd_caffons

1. United Statessecret devices. There have been efforts by what Miller According to the recent Trendex poll,2. USSRsecret weapons, cal]sthe"twa camps"tolnfluence NICAP's the ma[orltyoftheAmerlcan people do not3. Devices to _[d the earth of atomic policy _ efforts by groups who sincerely believe the UFO's are tea|. NICA.P's first

bomb radlatlon,operated bya super-secret believe that aim is to prove to the public the need fororganization outside our Government.4. Interplanetary machines from other a) NICAPshould publicly denounce all a serious,nationwlde investigation. If we

worlds -- manned or remote-controlled so-called contectees, including those who succeed in this, with the help of otherobservation devices. " reportrecelvingmessagesffomotherworlds. (Continued an Page 5)

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o* 0.,ALs,oo NICAP AnExplanationUF.O groups, it will be a great victory.Once the maioHty of Americans are can-vlnced,notbingcanblocktheirdemandsBOARD vr_E ForMembersfor all the facts. We regret that the magazine again is

IF-Thesedemands lead to final official GOVERNORS delayed because we are serlously short ofadmlss[onof the UFOs' reality, then every help. NICAP has been able to continuegroup will benefit° Even those with the Dr. Marcus Bach, StateUnlversityof Iowa, operatlans through generous support bymost incredible clalms will see their Iowa City, Iowa. members; approximately 10% helped toevidence openly eva_uated, whereas those P,ev. Albert Bailer r I_.obbins Memorlrd secure extra membershipsend several sentclaims now are often ridiculed by,he press. Churah, Greenfield, Massachusetts. us contributions to help defray expenses.

We earnestly hope that all UFO groups, Dr. Earl Douglass, religious writer and We slncereiy appreciate thls aid. Butincluding those demanding immediate column[sb Prlncetan t New Jersey. unfortunately we still are unable to addpublic recognition of the contact storles, Frank Edwards, Radlo-TV commentator, the editorial and office assistants wewill _evlse their aims andat lec_stconsider Indianapolls_ Indlana. hadly need.theFeflowing goa|s whlch N/CAPbelleves Col. Robert B. Emerson, USAR, Baton Thls is not a complaint, but an explan-are listed in order af importance: Rouge, Louis[anao at[on. Since NICAP is a non-proflt

Maj. Dewey Fournet, Jr., USAER, former organlzafion, we still hope to receive a1. To prove the need for a serloust Air Force UF@ investigator, Baton grant or endowment which will permit us

natTonwlde investigation. Rouge, Louslana. to have the st_ff requited. Meantime, the2. To end the withholdlng of informo- J.B. Hartranfb Jr._ President Aircraft Director-Edltor, Administrative Assistant

ticn. Owners and Pilots Associatlon, Wash- and Associate Editor musthandle not only3. If the evidence definitely provesthe [ngton, D.C. their specific duties but a dozen others

UFOs_reality, thentodetermine and prove ViceAdm. R. H. Hillenkoettert USN Ret. r which are possible only by constantover-what tbeyare; where they come {'ram;why New York, blew York. time work. Several membersin the Wash-they are operaHng in our skies, if they Rear Admo H. B. Knowlest USN Rat°, [ngton area have very kindly offered theirprove to be interplanetary; whether they EHott Maine. assistancein evenings or on weekends andhave communicated with or aontacted Ray. Leon LeVansNew JerusalemChHstlan we are trying to work thls out to get on

anyonean earth;andwhat steps have been Church, Pitlsburghl Pennsylvania. schedule and reduce expensesand delays.taken or will be taken to insure peaceful Prof. Charles A. Money, Defiance College, But we must have full time help to oper-communication and contact with world Defiance, Ohio. ate efficiently.governments.

By concentrating on the flrJt goal-- NICAP Panel wecrohardatworc°theO ,arthrough presenting the best documented issue. Since it will have to go by third

eldenoo--hasbeguntoreduce U'--""W class mail, we are doing all we can toridicule by the press and the public. Since close the issueearly In the month.

the January statement by Admiral Delmer Ad isers Meantimewe askyourcontlnuedpotl-S. Fahrney, then NICAP_s BoardChalrmant V ence and undei'standlng. Even though our--that reliable evidence indicated that magazine publication has been irregular

to date, NEAPs efforts already have hadunknown objects under intelllgent control Clapt. C° S. Chiles, Eastern Airlines, importantresults, foausslngpubl_cattentlonwere operating in our skfes--NICAP has Atlanta, Georgia. on the UFO problem. Each Issuebrings usreceived serious, factual publicity through Albert M. Chop, former AF publ|c Inform-_ closer to a major breakthrough--and anthe _olk)wlng media: ation official on UFOs, Santa Man]ca, open official discussionof the facts.

Hundredsof newspapers using stories by California.

United Press,Associated Press,International A. L Cochran, electronlcs engineer, GOVERNMENT INVESTIGA'I'IONNews Service, Newspaper Enterprises Arlington, Virginia. DELAYS STORY OF AIRLINER-UFOAssociation (NEA) and the U. S. Press Lou Corbln, Chief WFBR news bureau, CHASEhssoc_atEon. Baltimore, Maryland.

The Haskln Information Service. Samuel Freeman, Postpres|denb NationalWEEKEI'4D Magazlne, a Sunday _upple- Avlatfon TradesAsseeiat[on, Bedmlnster, As disclosed to members in the Sept. 6

men, wldelycirculated in Canadian news- New Jersey. confidential bulletin, NICAP has un-papers, and several feature columns in the Capt. R. B. McLaughlin, USNt command- covered important information regardingUnited States. ing officer Naval Ordnance Laboratory an a[rllner chase of an unidentified flying

"[he "I've Got a Secret" program orl abject. Though mast of the facts are al-Corona, Callfornia.CBS which publlclzed NICAP in returnfor Capt. W. B. Nash, PanAmerican World readyfn the Cammlttee's hands,lyre Gay-help in arranging their UFO program of ernment cgencles are now investlgr_tlngJuly21;andbroadcastpromotionelsewhere. Airways, Miamb Florida. the incident at NICAP's request. As a

But this is only the beginning, It is an Warrant Officer D. C. Newbouse, USN, resulb we have agreed to Postpone publi-uphill road and one bad publicity break Chlef Photographer (Aviation) who cationofthls storyfor one issue,to includecould send us rolling back to the bottom° photographed a UFO farmatlon over the official reports promised to NEAP by

NICAPIs natsuggesfingabsoJutesilence Utah, 1952; Pensacola_ Florida. hath agencies.by those who-_ccceptthe so-called contact W.R. Peters, first officer Pan Americanstories. We do urge that they use restraint World Airways, Coral Gables, Florida. We regret delaying this unusual storyrand help NEAP prove specific clalms-- WJlbert B. Smith, electronics englneerand but at the time it was scheduledneither ofor expose them as frauds; and that mean- former chief of Canadian Government's the agencles involved had agreed to theHme they help win the first victory by UEO praiecb Otta_va, Cczneda. investigations now u_der_voy, We are sureeanaentratlng on the ehlef goal: accept- Kenneth Steinmetz, businessman,amateur that theaddft[anofthe officlallnformatlonance by the American people that the astronomer and header,he Denver sect- will greatly increase the importance ofUFO problem is real. • ionOperatlonMoonwatch_Denver, Co].l this report. •

THE gFO INVESTIGATOR

TRENDEXPOLLSHOWS Missile Flight1 IN4 BELIEVESUFOSAREREAL SafetyChiefReports

The TRENDEX poll on UFOs, released August 27, proves that more than one-fourth $ightiof the American people believe in the existence of UFOs. While this increase is en- ng of LargeUFOcouraging, the poll also shows the need for greater efforts by NICAP and other serious Nathan Wagne_t missile flight safetyUFO groups, to educate the public to the need for a nationwide, factual investigation, chief forthe White SandsProving Ground,

Of the coast-to-coQst group polled, 25.3% believe the UFOs may come from outer has reported the sighting of a "large, un-space. More than 50% rejected this idea; however, a large number of this second group identifiable object" between Las Cruces1did accept the existence of the objects, but thought they were made on earth. New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. This

By special permission of Mr. Jack Boyle, Director of the Trendex News Poll, we report has added importance because ofpresent the following information: h_. Wagner's statement regarding the

FlyingSaucersFantasy?- Notfor1in 4 AmericansPoss;billtythatspoceships maybe involved[n near collfsfons on airways. (Story inNew York, August27.-- Fully one in every four Americans believes flying saucers may this issue)be objects from outer specez this week's Trendex News Poll shows. A scientific sample According to Mr. Wagner, his entireof men and women from coast to coast was asked: "From whatyou have read or heard, do family saw this large UFO for 35 to 40you believe there is somePossibillty that they may be objects from outer space?" seconds on July 24, 1957. When first

Yes ............ 25.3% sEghted_ the object was heading eastNo ............ 52.9 toward the Organ Mountalnso The missile

Donlt know..... 21.8 safety chief was driving to El Paso whenOf those who said "No, " a large number accepted the existence of flying saucersbut the UFO was first sighted by his wife_ thensaid they thought they orlglnated on the earth. The responses indicate considerable by both their children.misinformation persistsabout unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. Mrs. Wagner, the missile export said,

Some people were sure government statements had confirmed their existence; others called it a "flying saucer." All agreedthought the government had declared them imaginary. Some thought theAir Force or that it was not a familiar shape. The UFOscientists had declared them real. Others were sure the Air Forcer scientistsor other was travellng sofast that by the time Mr.authorities had proved they were fictitious. Wagnerhad stoppedthe ear for a good look

The poll cited several unnamed wlt- Hving belngs to passthrough the heat and it had vanished. •nessesr including a member of Marine radiation of interplanetaryspoce, and thatCorps Avlatlon_ a retired factory owner_ flying saucers were probably controlled Mars, and eventually otherthe wife of an Oklahoma printer and a from afar by electronics, planets.)

hospital janitor. Many of those polledbased their beliefs on statements by Mr. Boyle estlmated that about 10% NICAP hasalreadystarted its discussion"authorities and reliable witnesses" who of the total might be called "probable of Point'l in this issue. We are preparing

had reported seeing UFOs, believers" noting, however, that the poll a llst of ver|fled radar tracking cases forIn further detail, the TRENDEX Poll did not ask a question on the "absolute" the next issue; meantime, .here are a few

states: belief in UFOs. selected at random:

Of the 52.9 percent who said they do He added that the percentages were Washington National Airport, July 19not believe UFOs are from outer space, gained from a sample"projectable nation- and 26, 1952.manywere sure they are secret weapons of al!y within the limits of statistical error Gulf of Mexico, December 6, 1952.our own Air Force, of the Russiansor of of about three Polnts." Haneda Air Force Bose, Japan, Augustother countries. 5, 1952.

However, a much larger number said NICAP COMMENTS Rapid City, South Dakota, August 12treports of flying saucers are the conse- 1953.quences of halluclnatiansor masshysteria. This poll shows the need for severalMany held thatcredulous personshad mls- importantstepsbesldes contlnuingtosupply From time to time UFO INVESTIGATORtaken meteors or weather balloons for factual reports to the public, willcarryarticlesonour space plans which

flying saucers. Somesaid what seemed to will fully answer Point 2b.be UFOs were rays from secret exporiments 1. A thorough evaluation of the theoryOFby-products of atomic blasts here and that the UFOs are man-made: This is factual evidence and membersin Russia. a) United States secret devices, will find it of assistance in dlscusslng

"If theyare real, whyhaven't they been b) Secret Russiandevlces. UFOs with uninformed persons--who,picked up by radar?" several demanded, c) Secretdevicesofanyother country, according to TRENDEX, still heavily out-

d) Secret devices of any number believers in the reality of UFOs.

Majorlty Skeptical non-government organization. •e) Raysfrom secret experlments.

Those who said UFOs may come from f) By-produetsofatomlc blasts. THANKS TO RICHARD HALLBeyond the earth were then asked if theythought they are manned by intelligent 2. Correction of erroneousideas: NICAP wishes to express its thanks tobeings. About three of five said "'Yes," a) That radar hasnot picked up UFOs. Mr. Richard Hal1_ Editor of SATELLITE inone sold "No," and one had no opinion. (Hundredsofcases are onrecord New Orleans, Louisiana, for his August

The majority sold that if inhabitants of ;ncluding CAA, Navy and Air editorial on NICAP. h_'. Hall listed ourouter spacewere able to send flying saucers Force reports.) Board and Panel of Advisers and urged hisintotheearth's atmosphereand then escape b) That living beings cannot exist in readers to joln NICAP and support itsclose observation, they were surely of outer space. Me ourselves are efforts° Mr. Hall has also been very eo-higher than human intelligence. Those far advanced on reallstlc plans oporative in sending NICAP detailed re-who doubted said it was not possible for for space travel to the moon, Portsand in checking items in hls area. •

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER.1957 PAGE7

Air ForceAdmits Aid of MembersAsked ....ItsPilotsHave inSecuringCAAReport , .Fired0n UFOs AsstatedintheSeptember6 confldentlal

bulletlnl the Civl] Aeronautics Admlnls-

The U. S. Air Force has efficlally ad- tration has promised to give NICAP reports _mltted that some oflts pilots have Firedon on any UFO sighting or radar trackingunidentified flylngobjects. Thls fact was cases which are not classified undermade known on July 12, 1957, _na letter JANAP 146 (A Joint Chiefs of StaffFromthe AirTechnical Inteillgence Center publicationcontolnlngsecurltyinstructlonsat Wrlght-Patterson Air Force Bose. The on UFO and other reports).letter was signed by Capt. Wallace W. Thls guarantee, given by Mr. PrebleElwood, Assistant Adjutant. Staver, Assistant to CAA Administrator

The admission, however, was quaiifled James T. Pyie, represents an importantby a puzzling statement that the objects change in policy. Previous to this, allproved to he conventional, although at UFO reports in CAA possessienl whetherfirst the pilots evidently considered them under JANAP 146 or not, were auto-fo be a threat to the safety of this country, maritally withheld.

Since CAA tower and control center

"In a Fewcases/' the ATIC letter reads, logs are destroyed after 30 days, it is"Air Force pilots have officially reported necessary For NICAP to request specificfiring on flying objects which they could sighting reports well wJthin the 30-daynot identify, but which were later deter- period. We earnestly request all members CAPTAIN WILLIAM B. NASH

mined to be conventional objects° The toadvise us at theearllestpesslb]e moment AIRLINE CAPTAIN NASH REVEALSorders to pilots are to fire on an unident- of any CAA sighting case mentioned in UNPUBLISHED PAA SIGHTINGfiled object only if it commits an act local papers, or of which they learn bywhich _shostile, menacing, or constituting other means, The slght[ng of a diamond shaped Form-a danger to the United States.' This includes slghtlngsor radartrack_ngs atlon of UFOs by a PanAmerican pilot in

by CAA personnel at alrperts t as well as 1955 hc_sjust been revealed to NICAP byAs a result of th_s letter, NICAP asked UFO slghtlngs reported to C.AA towers by Captain W. B. Nash, a Special Adviser

the Air Technical Intelligence Center alrJlne, commercial and private pilots. Far the Committee.two q_esHens: Please forward news c[ipplngs and all Captain Noshes report follows:

possible details t includlng the date_ timet "Recently Pilot-nevlgator John T. Novak1. What were the conventional objects and general Iocatlon of the sighting. Even was a member of my flight crew. He told

the pilots first mistook For UFOs? _f the CAA is not specifically mentlonedt me that in the spring of 1955 he was navi-2. What hostile or menacing acts any local news story of an akline crew's gating a fllght from Caracas_ Venezuela

caused the prints to F_reon the objects? sighting is valuablet since many airline to R_ode Janelro. About one and a halfcaptains unofflcially report such cases hours away from Rio he saw_ through the

Because no satisfactory answers were either to the tower or to a company cam- affcraFPs octanb four metallic laokingrecelved, NICAP has forwarded the ques- munleatlons operator who may passon the objects very high in a dlamond shapedfions to the Air Force Chief of Staff. information to the CAA. • Formation.

Definite answers have been promised "The objects seemed to stay in the sameplace for the hour that he and other crew

andtheywillbe included lathe next issue. Many NICAP members have sent us members watched. The azimuth changedpersonal reports of UFO sightlngst using butnot the altltude, during that hour. The

(n connection with the Firing report, an the Form prlnted in last month's copy ofobjects were circular and appeared to have

Air Force statement to Rep. Lee Metcalf the magazine. Separate copies of this a shadow on the side away from the sun.(D°, Mont.) on January 111 ]957, seems reporting form are available upon request. "The airliner captalnt who also sightedof special interest: Pleasesendin all personal sighting reports, the formatlon, said '1 see there, h'ut I

also any authentic reports of slghtings by don't believe tbem| _"Air Force interceptors still pursue un_ friends or acquafntances. •

identified fly|ng objects as a matter of "This sighting was never offieially re-security to this country and to determine ported.technical aspects involved. To date, the Project Blue Book, in "The Report On Un- "The need for an efficient coordinating

flying objects have imposed no threat to identified Flying Obiects.." In thls case centerforthepurposeofunbiased scientificthe security aF the United States and its an Air Force pilot opened fire on a disc- analysls of Unidentified Flying Objectspossessions." shapedab[ectwhlchhaddescendedbeneath anda wider distribution ofthis information

and ahead of hls Fighter° Apparently no haslong been apparent."Though several firing incidents have hHs were scored. The pilot w_ immedl-

been rumored in the last ten years, only Qtely grounded. "NICAPt through the medium of itsthree are a matter of record: in case three, Air Force jets opened magazine, will serve the purpose oFdls-

The first incident, which occurred over fire on a UFO which was clrcling a tributlng undistorted Facts to the public."New Jersey, was admitted in December of weather balloon near Rockfordt Illinois. NICAP hopes to persuade other airline1949 at a pressconference by Major ./ere According to Ground Observer Corps wit- crew members to reveal ur_classlf_edUFOBoggs, USAF [ntelHgence officer. This nesses, the jets set the balloon afire and reports which they have withheld. IFanyconference was also attended by General the UFO escaped, members are acquainted with pilots whoSory Smith_ then Director of Air Force NICAP is investigating all phases of have such infermaHon, we will appreciatePebllc Information. this situation and will report its findings their help in securing the facts. While we

Thesecondcase was revealedbyCaptain in the October issue_ together with the would llke to quote sources_names willE. J. Ruppelt, USAFR_ former head of Air Force answers. • not be used if so requested. •

THE gFO iNVESTIGATOR

'Monster" Theory Discarded inUFO Landing Case Witnessed

in Gait, Ontario, CanadaAn on-the-spot NICAP invesHgatlon of the Gait, Ontario "monster*' story, which was

publicized on August 3, 1957, has produced no absolute evidence that any three-toedcreature was involved, as first hinted° But though this suggestion is generally rejected,evidence indicating that some unknown machine landed or briefly touched down nearGait hasnot been discredited.

The story First made headlines when 15-year-old Jack Stephens reported having seena round dome-topped object Four miles southwest of Gait on July 30. According to hlssigned NICAP report, the brightly glowing UFO hovered almost on the ground for about45 minutes. Then, after ascending vertically, it leveled out and disappeared at a speedexceeding that of a jet.

When the UFO descended it made a throbblng sound, Stephens said. The lower part

was aluminum colored; the upper part brlghter, l_ke abram}urn. In an interview withRoy Francis of the Galt EVENING REPORTER, Stephens said the domed top did not W.O. OI:LBI:RT C. blEWHOUSE

rotate, but the main body did revolve at high speed. As the machine hovered near the Navy Photographerground, he said, he could see a reddish flame beneath it. When the rotating sectionslowed downsits glow resolved into several small lighted areas, whichhecaIled portholes_ Owner of the "Utah l::jJme"around the lower rlml (It has sincebeen suggestedthat these could have been jet exhausts.)

Another figure well known to UFO

After the UFO took off, Stephens sald, causing the three-toed effect, the rest of reseorchem is W.O.D.C. Newhouse,he was too frightened to tell anyone for the indentaHons being caused by slidingtwo days. Whenthe area was examined by of the [andlng gear. USN. As a Navy chief photographerFrancis and other investigaforss theyfaund Newhouse became famous after thesome broken branches, several charred This suggestlon_ forwarded by NICAP's Tremonion Utah films were first pub-

spots on the ground, and indentations 18 Special Adviser Wilbert B. Smltb, former licized in Flying Saucers from Outerinches long, shaped roughly like huge_ head of the Canadian Government's UFO Space. Since there may be a few whothree-toed footprlnts° project, came from Mr. Alfred Emerson still ore unaware of these famous pin-

_. An implication that it was a hoax--not who made a personal check on the Gaitnecessarily by young Stephens--was made case. Emerson, an Amberstburg, Ontario tures, it should Ice stated that thisby David Ghent, investlgeting for the manufacturer, has been active in UFO in- film is one of the most importantbitsTORONTO TELEGRAM. Ghent said the vestigatlon for several years, of UFO evidence on record. On July"giant footsteps" were manmade, that they According to Emerson, there was a third 2, lgs2 Warrant Officer Newhouseshowed evidence of a metallic object dug less noticeable indentation, indicating and his wife witnessed the maneuversint0 the ground and dragged back. Behind the possibilltythat the object had touched of a formation of disk-shaped objects

the heel, he sald, was earth scooped out ground with two sections of its landing over Tremonton,Utah.to make the prints, gear before the third one settled. Emerson

Ghent also explained the charred also stated that the grasswithin a circular Newhouse photographed these onpatches: Someone not seen by Stephens area 30to35 Feetwide was wilted, aswas color films, showing the maneuvershad set several flres and then had broken vegetation along the nearest stretch of of the individual units and the entireoff branches from a nearby bush to beat bushes. A number of branches, he sold, formation. His film was analyzedforout the flames. The idenHty of the hoaxer apparently had been twisted or blown months by experts of the Air Forceor hoaxers was not suggested, around as if from a high wlnd_ and Nav_" and at one time it was

TocIarifytheplctureforNICAP_members NICAP Comment: If this report proves planned to reveal the film to the pub-Peter Heggs of Hamilton and Roy E. Smith a hoax, then it was planned well enough lic with all of the basic evidence inof Burllngtonr Ontario, personally invest- to deceive five careful investigators t two Air Force files.igated the evidence withtheaid of a third of whom were highly skeptical at first. Because of hie experience as a

Canadian, Mr. DeWitt Lee. Heggs, an naval aviation photoc_apher and alsoelectronfcs engineer formerly with the The lack of confirmation by other wlt- because of his interest in UFO re-Royal Air Force, reports that earth samples nessesis a factor to he consldereds thoughtested tat McMaster University showed no it does not by any means disprove the search since taking the Tmmantenususual radioactivity, report. There have been other UFO cases • pictures Warrant Officer Newhosse is

Three of the charred areas, Heggs and where a report by a lone witness was later in an excellent position to assist andRoy Smith report, were at the points of an fully verified° advise NICAP in regardto photo-isoceles triangle 20 feet on a slde. With graphs submitted for evaluation.NICAP member DeWitt Lee, they also However, since a hoax has not beenexamined the so-called footprints and the ruled out compIetelyx NICAP has listed He emphasizes in accepting hisbroken bushes, thls as an opencase. Ifnofurtherevldence appointment: as Special Adviser to

If the sighting report is true, the foot- is received in a reasonable timer the case NICAP that: hs is acting in a purelyprints might be explained as indentatlons wilt be submitted to our Panel of Speclal privut:e capacity and he can in no waymade when the UFO touched down. It is Advisers. Their opinions and conclusions speak for the U.S. Navy or any ele-

possiblethatrouadedlandlnggeor elements wilt later be released to members and meni thereof, ocould have bounced two or three times, the press.

AUOOST t9S7 PAGe9SCIENTISTSSAYNEARCOLLISIONS "unknawn"thoughnonegllgonaowasindicated.

A comparisonof compassreadings duringMAYINVOLVESPACEVEHICLES a conference between the two airliner

crewsnconvinced the two captains that theeastboundplane flying at 14t300 feet was

CongressmenInvestigateCases theoneinvolved.TheCABreportw llprobably identify this plane |n the next

The possibility that spaceships may be involved in same near collisions on airways month or so.

has been publicly stated by Dr. Clyde Tombaughr discoverer of the planet Pluto, and Near collision reports average aboutNathan Wagnerz missile flight chief for the White Sands Proving Ground. three a dayt according to the Civil Aero-

The two scientists made this suggestionafter news reports on recent near collisions in- nautlas Board.aludingtwo closebrushesbyAmerlcanAirlinesand Trans-World Affllnes planesover Texas.

Of special interest is the fact that several Congressmen parffclpoted in the hearing The large majority are believed due toconducted by American Airlines and that Representative Harry G. Haskell_ Jr._ heavy airline traffic and effortsto solve(R.-Delaware) made an investigation of theTWA case. To date_ noneof the Congressmen the problem are belngmade byall involvedhas made any statement on either case. groups. •

In the first ease, aDC-6 alrcoach with 85 personsaboard barelyavertedcolHslonln However_ several near-mlss reportsearlymorning darknesswithwhat news stories called "a mysterious unidentified aircraft." appear definitely linked with UFOs. InTwo persons were hospltallzed and several shaken up when Captain Ed Bochner dived the some cases the unknown obiects have beenairliner to avoid a collision, reported as large as four-englne planes

In the second incident, several of the 34 passengersaboard a TWA Constellation air- and official checks have proved no suchliner were thrown into the aisles and two suffered minor injuries when Captain G.M. alraroft were anywhere in the areas.Schemeldlved 500 feet to avoid hlttlng an unidentified obiect. Schemel told investigators Also there are fully verified reports ofhe had no idea what the object was. . UFOs approaching or pacing alrl[ner_. To

The suggestionsthatspocevehlcleswere "The object went overhead," Captain name a few:sighted were made in statements to the Schemel stated later. "l have no idea The famousChiles-Whitted Eastern Air-

lines ease in 1948 when a racket shapedP° TIMES. what it was." abject with windows veered sharply toEl"/aSdon't want to start a scare," said According to the CAb, report, eight avoid collision.missile safety chief Wagner t "but I would passengersand two hostesseswere injured:say it is a reasonable position to take to "One elderly kidy was thrown against The well-known PanAmerlcanenaountersay that such a craft might have been In- the ceillngt receiving a bad head cut. described by Captain Willlam B. Nashvalved in someaccidents." Seven additional passengersand two host- (NICAPSpaaialAdvlser) when a formation

Astronomer Clyde Tombaught former essesreeelved had head bumpsandbruised of 100-foot discs flew under his DC-4-head of the Armed Forces search for un- hlps and legs." near Norfolk.known natural satellites, stated the same Neither Captain Schemel nor his co- In all three of these cases the UFOs

opinion, pilot would identify the unknown object either veered to avoid collision or evaded"It is not at all out of the questlon_" as another aircraft. A check bythe Amar- the pilot's attempt to get closer. In the

Dr. Tambaugh soldt "that the phenomena ilia CAb, communications station showed absence of contrary evidence_ it stillobserved by these airline pilots may be that the only other known traffic was a appaarsthat anynear-colllsions with UFOsrelated to the question of space travel." USAF K-97t 45 miles east of Amarillo at are accidental.

The Civil Aeronautics Board informed 17r000 feet. This has been ruled out by It is probable that the increase in con-

NICAP iust before this issuewent to press the CAB (CiviIAeronautlcs Board) |nvestl- venttonal near-mlss reports will speed thethat the objects in both cases were still got[on and no conventional aircraft has installation of antl-colliston radar equip-unidentified. But therelsrellableevldence been located as having been in the area. ment on all airliners. If sot this may

explained later which indicates that the In the AA (American A|rl'nes)case, the provide valuable data in regard to speedsAmerican Airlines incident was a con- CAB has information almost positively and maneuvers of any UFOs encountered.venHonal near-colllslonbetween airliners, identifying the "unknown"as an eastbound On the same day as the American Air-

The TWA case, however_ seems at this four-englne airliner, lines near-mlss caset Dr. Clyde Tambaughtime to be a bona fide UFO encounter. As correctly described in press-wire told the AssOciated Press it was "sheerestThe facts as related by TWA Captain G. storles_ the AA DC-6 alrcoach with 85 egotlsmformantobeltevethat the universeM. Schemel and as stated in a CAA"Near aboard narrowly averted collision near was createdforhls special beneflt, or evenMiss Incident" report dated July 24_ 1957, Salt Flats, Texast inthe pre-dawn darkness for llfe at all."are as follows: of July 17t 1957. While there is no indlcatlon that this

At about 2215C(I0:15 pm Central Time) Captain Ed Bachner dived the airliner was connected with his later commentonMA Flight 21 en route from New York to from its ]4r000-foot altitude when he saw the near colllslons_ it is encouraging toPhoenix was flying at 18r000 feet over a green light ahead. Ten Passengerswere note that Dr. Tombough continues to makeAmarillo_ Texas. The airliner, a four- injured when thrown from their seats, his convtctlons public.

engine Constellat|ont was carrying 34 Though the weather was cleart the crew Earlier this year Dr. Tombough statedpassengers. The sky was dark_ with thin sa|d the other aircraft appeared wlthaut he had seen several UFOs and added:scattered clouds1 and Captain Schemel warning. "These things, which do appear to be

was operating on IFR (under CAA Instru- The preliminary CAb, near-miss report dJrectod_ are unlike any other phenomenament Flight Regulations) although the stated that an unidentified B-36 was in- I have ever observed....No one so far hasvlslbilltywas 15 miles plus. valved. A later check showed that the sure-fife, absolute proof....Other stars

Suddenly -- considering the 15 mile nearest airborne B-36 wasseveral hundred in our galaxy may have hundredsof thou-vlslbillty_an object with red and green milesaway. Afterafurther check ruled out sandsof inhabitable worlds. Racesontheselights appeared directly ahead. It was all military fllghtsr it wasdiscovered that worlds may have been able to utilize theflylngat thesame altltudeon whatCaptaln a scheduled flight of an eastbound four- tremendous amounts_of power required toSehemel called "a collision course." engine airliner was undoubtedly the bridge the space between the stars." •

THE UFO INVESTIGATOR

"SecretWeapon"ExplanationforUnidtntifiedFlyingObjectsAnalyzedby NICAP

As indicated in the IRENDEX POLL would have risked Communistcharges of a Civil Aeronaut|cs Adm[nistratlon and the

(shown elsewhere in this issue) a sizable capitallstic plot by the United States to operators of hundreds of airports.number of Americans believe that the rule the world. Such a secret operation would entail

UFOs are probably U. S. devicesr kept It would mean that we had these super- the added danger that the other armedsecret by our Government. A smaller machines in global operation as early as Forces might attack the Navy devlcestpercentage_ judging from NICAP's mailt 1947, but did not use them to prevent or bel|ev_ng them to be enemyweapons. ItFear that the unidentified objects may be end the Korean war. Possessionof such would require a gigantic top levelRussiansecret weapons. One UFO maga- machines would have given ustremendous conspiracy in the Navy--an almost in-zlne editor claims that the so-called superiority over Commun|st affcraff_ en- conceivable plot_to delude all the othersaucers--or at least someof them--are abllng us to end the war swiftly instead of Government departments.man-made machines controlled by an aIIowing the long-drawn-out sacrifice of Besidesthis_ it would almost certainlyAmerlcangroupoutsldeofourGovernment° Allled fighting men and he|pless South require the deception of top ranking

During the past ten years the secret Koreans. membersof Congressionalcommittees_andweapon answer ._asbeen repeatedlydenXed If the UFOs were U. S. devices_ |t even the President of the United States.by highly placed authoritlest both in and would mean that for ten years we have Presidential approval of such a program isoutside of the Government. The most dellberatelyand wastef'u|ly kept on build- unthinkable with all the dangers involvedrecent denial came fromthe FormerChair- ing convenHonal aircraft and missilesat a here and abroad.man of NICAP's Boardof Governors_ Rear cost to the taxpayers of billions of do|lots

Admiral Delmer S. Fahrney_ USbl Retlred_ when we already had a perfect global The Sky-Sweepers Answerwho is noted as the "fa;'her of guided weapon. The only obvious reason for suchmlssiles." an incredlble sltuat|on would be to main- Comparedwith the U. S. secret weapon

In a widely published press statement taln the affcraft and mlssi[e industryat a theorles, theradiatlonsweepersexplanationmadeonJanuary|9_1957rAdmiral Fahrney high level and to continue "business as seemstopresentmoreproblemsthananswers.said that no natlononearth wasFarenough usual" in Defense Department jobs. Un- It has been published by the editor of ctadvanced to produce machines equalling doubtedly most Americans wou|d flatly UFO publlcatlon who formerly supportedthe UFOs_reported performance. Never- reject this suggestkSn, the interplanetary explanatlon.theless, because the question again has The officials back of such a secret UFO According to this source there existsbeen raisedbytheTRENDEX POLL_NICAP operation would have deliberately risked in this country a powerfu|t super-secretwiitdlscussthisexp|anaHonsothatmembers the lives of a[rffne passengers_n cases "Organization" operating outside themay weigh the facts, when saucersclose|y approached airliners Government for the purposeof eliminating

Exponents of the various secret weapon on Government controlled airways. They accumu|ated rad|oacHvlty in the earth'sanswersclaim that the UFOs are: would also have risked the lives of inter- atmosphere. Operating a fleet of flying

ceptor pilots ordered to chase--and in discsffom undlsctosedbasesttheOrganiza-1) United States secret devlcest known somecasestoflreon_these UFOmachines. tion is saldto sweepdanger areas hereand

to top Defense officials and a selected It would also mean that for ten years or outside of our territory when radioactivitygroup of high Government executives and more top Government officials have pur- increasesafter explosionsof Aor H bombs.Congressional Figures. posely issuedfalse statementsabout flying No detailecl explanation hasbeen given

2) U. S. devlcest operated by and saucers and that the entire Air Force |n- as to how the Organization acquired |tsknown only to the U. S. Navy. vesHgation has been a smokescreen and flylng discstnorhow it managesto oFerate

3) Devices produced and operated by a farce, them wffhout entanglement with our owna super-secret group outside the Defense Finallyz it wou|d mean that for over a and foreign air Forces.Departmentt to rid our skies of dangerous decade all the operations involved had Itlshardtoseehowsuchanorgan_zatlonradloactlvlty from atom|c bombexplosions, been m|raculauslykept secret--the build- could operate secretly formorethan a very

4) Secret weaponsof the Russ|anGov- |ng of the necessary bases_the staffing by short time. It would be dJff|cult even toernment, thousandsof maintenance men_ operating establish baseswithout detection byarmed

5) Devices secretly operated by some crews and official personnels besides the Forcesln_ellEge_cegraups_the FBItstate orother nat|on, flnanc[ng and all the vast amount of red local poffce or aHiners cr|sscross|ngthe

tape. Even in war, thls would be diff|cu|t; country.

Could UFOs Be U. S. Weapons.'? in peacet[me_ preventing leaks would be Only a very small group could hope toten times harder, remain hldden_and a very small group

For the UFOs, or Flying saucersrto be couldnot posslblyoperate all the hundreds

U. S. devices as listed in Number It thFs The Navy Device Theory of UFOs sighted here and abroad. Evenexplanation would have to meet the med|um scale acHvit[es wou]d requireFol|owEng condltEons: If, in add[tlon_ _ossessian of such large supplies or"food and equipment; and

transportation of such supplies by groundThe U. S. Governmenb or at least a machineswere confined solely tothe U.S. or air would soon be not|ted.

top level official group_ would have had Navy_ as a former Government engineerto approve the secret operation of UFOs has pub|icly alleged for five years_ the Aside from these factors_it seemshighlyover practlca|lyevery nation on earth. By difficulties wou|dbe even greater. Besides doubtful that any such group would darethus vlolatlng those nations_ sovereignty all the conditions previously stated_ th|s to set itself up outside the Government_these U. S. officials would have dellber- Navy operation would have to be kept regardless of |ts benevolent purpose.

ately risked war, or at least the anger of secret from the Army_ Air Force_ Marine (Continued on Page 31)the countries concerned. In addltion_ they Corps and the Coast Guard_ as well as the

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER,1957 PAGE 11

Lear, Flight-ElectronicsExpert,CallsUFOsRobotDevices

In a surprising reversal, William P. In his recent statement--at the firstLear, Sr., noted aviation and electronics annual Engineering Essentials Show ininventor, recently stated that the Flying Los Angeles, Lear again stressed gravftysaucers do not carry creatures from other research.planets but probably are intelligence- "Once we can explain gravity," hegathering devices launched From other said, "we can do something about it. Weworlds. In February, 1955, Lear publicly won't have to depend on aerodynamics forrevealed his belief that the UFO's came lift I and we probably will be able tofrom outer space and were "p_loted by cancel some of gravlty_s laws."beings of superior intelligence." On the basis of this, Lear's apparent

Whether Lear made his new statement retreat from the idea of intelligent beingson the basis of undisclosed facts available pHotingthesaucersbecomesmorepuzzllng.to him through military channels, was not Long before his all-inclusive statementapparent. Another passlbility--that he is it had alreedybeen suggested that some ofhedging because of miBtary pressure-- the UFO's were remote-controlled devicesseemsunlikely becauseof Lear's sometimes carrying various kinds of recording equip-fiery personality and his well-known re- ment for use with rockets, satellites and _,_ - _! "_._sistance to any such pressures, eventually spaceships. This theory has a

Lear, Inc.s a multl-milllon dollar firm sound foundation. WILLIAM P. LEAR, St.

manufacturing aircraft autopHots and Through tele-metering we can learn make every effort to learn what led to hisnumerous other devices, has important what goes on inside or outside of an un- apparent change of opinion.Government contracts, and as chairman of mannedrocketor spaceship. Tele-meterlng Regardless, Mr. Lear is to be congratu-the board Mr. Lear naturaltyhas top-level is the processof converting into electrical fated for his forthright declaretlons aboutcontacts in the Defense Departmentt as impulses all sortsof information--such as flying saucers. It is interesting to seewell as other agencies. Because of this instrument readings or the heartbeats, that he has not been subjected to publicand also his personal knowledge of radio temperatures and resplrationof monkeys or ridicule, a point which NICAP hopes willandelectronlc devices, hislatest statement other anlmals in high aftitude rockets, encourage other well-known citizens tosbeuld be evaluated carefully. First an uninterrupted radio test signal come forth with UFO information they are

In this new comment on UFO_sr Lear is transmitted from the rocket or satellite still withholding. •enlarged on his 1955 opinion, given to the to the earth. Any impulse, whether from ....

Associated PressatBogota, Colombia. a stethoscopa strapped tea monkey ora UFOF II"We would be awfully conceited," he cosmic ray measuring device, changes this O 0:WSsa_d, "to think that the Creator who steady signal. When received on earth

created this llttle earth and its people these changes or modulations can be re- BrazilianAirLinerdld not create other earths and other cordedon magnetic taperoreven on punchcreatures. And there is the chance that cards, for analysis. On July 4, 1957, a circular, lightedthey were created before we were_ have In addition, we have developed auto- object paced a R.E.A.L. Airlines planeperhapssurvivedperlodsofse]f-annlhilation matic cameras which take pictures from from Campos, Rio State, Brazil, almost tosuch as we now face, and thus are so far rockets. We also are worklngon television Vlctorla, the Capital of the Esplrlto Santoadvanced in legaHthmlc education that cameras to be used in the first rockets to State. This is approximately 230 milesthey are nat only curious about this and circle the moon, so that detailed pictures northeast of Rio de Janelro.other planets in outer space, but are able of its surface can be relayed to earth. Reported by the plane_s pilot, Captainto do somethln9 about it. They may be From installing radio and television Delgado t the object was also watched by10,000 years ahead of us. Who knows?" transmitters in space vehicles it is not too his co-pilob radio operator, stewardess,

In a reference to the idea that the difficult a step to install devices which and ten of his passengers.saucers are "intelligence-gathering de- will record any signal inthe entire broad- The UFO_ followed the airliner forvices," Lear added: cast band. If we reverse all thlst it is several minutes, sometimes speeding up

"After all, we're sending out a little possible to see how an advanced race to fly in front of the plane.earth satellite to trytogather information, might make a detailed but fully automatic The object was circular "with up andaren't we'?." surveyor the earthr gathering everything downparts"accordlngtoCaptalnDelgado*s

During early invesHgatlons of UFO's, from atmospheric samplesto transcriptions report in the newspaper "Folha da Manha"many pilots and engineers insisted that no of our broadcasts, published in Sao Paulo. Whether this re-living creature could withstand the tre- If Lear's new theoryls correct, it would tarred to a turret isnot clear. One uniquemendous forces of gravity and inertia ra'dlcally change the UFO picture, for if aspect of the sighting was that when thecreated in high-speed UFO maneuvers, only unmanned machines were used, it plane and the object went through clouds,But in 1955 Mr. Lear emphasized the ex- would obviously eliminate the question of "little windows were []ghted_ emitting atenslve research being conducted to learn contacts with earth beings, very strong light, which was put out im-the secrets of gravity and to control its However, applying the question to our mediately when the object came out fromforce. It was assumed that he had this in own long-range plansr it would seem more the clouds."mind when he stated his belief in the ex- probable that we would send down such NICAP is checking this report with the[stence of intelligent creatures from outer robot devices from piloted mother-ships, Brazilian government and the airline forspace. If they had learned how to create ratber than make it all entirely automatic, further details aboutthe mysteriousobiect.artificial gravity fields, this would enable In the absence of supporting evidence, Wearelndebted to Brazilian correspondentthem to nullify gravlty effects during Lear's statement will have to be listed as Osorio Ribeiro de Barros Neves of SaoUFO operations, merely a suggestion, but NICAP will Paulo for this information. •


SmokeTrailingDiscReportedOverNewZealandSimilarto 1952PeruCase

A unique daytime sighting report of a on an irregular, constantly changing movementsin the sky--plunging, ascend-smoke-trailing disc, estimated at several course throughout the sky. ing swiftly and turning through everyhundred feet in diameter, has just been As I watched, the object approached imaginable angle--I was able to get anreleased to NICAP by a New Zealand me at a slight angle bearing to the left. unmistakable impression of its shape.Fishlng-boat captain and boat builder. It thentiltedata steep angle and,shooting It was a huge disc. Its rapid movements

Withheld from publication until now, upwards,sbewed its circular shape clearly, suggested tremendous power. Moving inthis repertby Ronald L. Matheson of Mount It appeared as big as a florin held at arm's horizontal flight, it appeared to cover aMaunganui, New Zealand, is backed by length° The rapid maneuvers it made distance of miles in as many seconds. Ihis employer, Samuel E. Rix, Director of covered an arc of about 15 degrees. For consider that it was a very large objectthe Tauranga Big Game Fishlng Club. Rix a period of at least twenty minutes I and may have been several hundred feet

fullyvouches for Matheson's qualifications watched these movements, while I steered in diameter. I make this statement havingandlntegrltyandatsostatesthat he accepts the Rosa out towards the Haurakl Gulf. seen PanAmerican airliners at what I be-the report as genuine and accurate° Not knowing the actual size of the llevetobeapproxlmate|ythesamedistanceo

obiecI- makes it hard for me to say how far Justbefore flying off, it leveled out andMr. Matheson's report follows: away it was. I believe though that it was then movedawayveryrapldly in horizontal

some miles away° The object was very flight, passing over the mainland in theI am a licensed skipper of the Tauranga clearly defined. Smoke poured out from direction of Warkworth and Cape Rodney

Big Game Fishing Club, and am also a its curving sides, narrowed immediately in the upper Hauraki Gulfo The tangle ofbuilder. I have livedat Mount Maunganui behind, then broadened out into a widen- smoke trails remained for some time, then

for sllghtly over twenty years, but have ing but thinning wake astern° The smoke slowly faded out of the evening sky°never before seen anything even remotely was a dark greyish color and the trails Duringall these rapid maneuvers I heardsimilar to the object described in this remained in the sky for at least ten min- no sound. However, the noise my boataccount, utes before vanisblng, engine was making may have muffled any

other sound.The description given is as accurate as

;_ I can make it. I feel that what I saw is

important enough to iustlfy study and hopethat this report--fantasHc as it mayappear--

' • will be given serious consideration.

,_ k Statement by Samuel E. Rixt Director,_. Tauranga Big Game Fishing Club

• "1 have known Mro Ronald Matheson

since 1946 and can testify that he is amost reliable person° He has prevlou_ly

beenvery skeptical about reportsof unusualflying objects. Now, however, he is mostassured about what he has seen and feelsthat it is not a matter for argument.

"Knowing his practical attitude andsteadiness, I am prepared to accept theaccuracyaf his report. It is his belief thatthe unidentified object described was ofterrestrial origin and that its existence isbeing kept secret for security reasons. Inmy opinion, this is doubtful."

This photo, reportedly showing a smoke-traillng UFO over Perur was taken by a custom'sadminlstrator. (Credit: JamesMoseley= See story for details.) NICAP Comment

On April 271 1957t at 4.:30 pro, I was The object appeared greyish but had it This report is unklue because of thenavigating the Rosa_ a fishing boab off been made of polished aluminum, say, it combination of unusual smoke trails andPort Charles on the Coromandel coast. I would not have refIected light, the sun violent maneuvers. The disc_s deseriptlon

was approaching Channel Island when I being beneath and to the left of it° as dark or greyish isnot unusual with day-noticed an irregular smoke trail which It gave me the unmistakable impression time reports of objects not in Position toseemed to rise from behind the island. As that it was someform of controlled flying reflect sunlight. It seemsclear, however,I came ab}'east of Channel Island I saw an machine, but its flight was so rapid that that the obiect was not a light source, or

oval, disc-shaped object from which the by comparison a jet plane would appear self-lumln°ustasrnanyUFO'saredescribed"smokeor fumes were streaming. The object ridiculously slow. [ want to make that The presence of smoke trails and simul-was travelling horizontally. Two saucers clear. The thing was being flown, or taneous violent maneuvers possibly couldfitted together face to face would be directed. Somebody was flying it° be evidence that the UFO was havingroughly similar to its appearance. Smoke ] must also stress that I saw thls object mechanical trouble, especial[y since itstreamed away from its sides as it moved in clear daylight and as it made so many (Continued on Page 13)


NEW ZEALAND /ro_ Page Z2 meters altitude and was a little smaller Collision RuledOutflnally leveled out and deported in hori- than a DC-3, according to Berdl. It madezontal flight. Mr. Matheson%report does a buzzing soundas it went by."not indicate whether the smoke trails The obiect's speed, Moseley explains, in Caseof Mancontinued during this final phase. (He was determined by a report that it washas been c_ueriedon this point.) seen four minuteslater near Porto Maldo- BlownFromAirliner

At NICAP_s request, the Matheson case nado, 120 kilometers distant. This speed The disappearance of S. F. Blnstack,was personally investigated by Harold H. was computedat 1117 miles per hour. retired Hollywood jeweler, through a holeFulton, Presidentof Civilian Saucer Invest- tom in the sideof a WesternAirlines plane,igatlons, New Zealand, who is also a The photograph was secured From a has been listed asdue to internal causes,

member of the Committee. Mr. Fulton customs administrator named Domlngo H[CAP has just been informed.established that the ROSA was in the area Tronoosco,who said hehod taken it as the Though the official Civil Aeronauticsreported, theboat having been seenbefore object flew near the port. Though the Beard findings have notbeen made public,and after the sighting period by the naval photo showsa clgar-shaped object instead at press time, it has been decided that nopatrol boat MAKe. Throughother sources of the round shape Berdl descrlbed, this external object was involved, but that anhe also confirmed Mr. Mathesonls repute- could possiblyhave been due to an clang- explosion occurred in the airllner. Earlytlon For accuracy and rel[abillty, ated effect causedby speed, reports had caused speculation that a col-

The CSI (NZ) president said in his llslon with some unknownobject had tornopinion the report was genuine. "It seemsobviousto me," Moseley told the gaping hole in the plane throughwhich

Fulton also sent NICAP another New NICAP, "that the photo is genuine. In- Binstock_sbody disappeared.Zealand report, now under investigation, cldentally, I (strenglydoubt) if this partic- Theserumorswere typified bythe follow-inwhichwitnessesat threewldelyseporated ular saucer was anything but earth-made." ing letter in the LosAngeles Examiner onpoints reported sighting a silvery cigar- August 6:shaped object on August 2, 1957. One Though NICAP has no reason to doubt "As regards the hole in the side of thegroup of witnessesincluded three school the plcture_s authenticity, we are unableteachers and 130 pupils at Reef,on. The to make an accurate analysis without the Western Airlines plane, who is kiddingrocket-shaped object, which lefta distinct negative. • who? A little study of the forces involvedshowsclearly that it wascaused bycollisionraper trail,wasdescrlbed as flying through with an extremely fast object striking thevarious intricate maneuvers, including a "Three Men in Bloch" plane from a nearly vertical angle.square pattern. Although the UFO once "Even if the plane was pressurized atdescended to a low altitude estimated at Several members have asked NICAP 10,000 feet, there would be no damage3,000 feet, witnessesheard no sound, aboutchargesbyvarlous UFO investigators such as this.... Remember the two near-

Aside from the smoke-troll factor, the that they have been silenced by three collisions last monthby alrtlners with ob-disc'sswift changesof course bear a close mysterious "men in black suits." To these [ect% in which passengerswere injured?resemblance to the UEO maneuvers re- querles, Mrs, Ragna Soiling, a Fresno, "it is about time the Air Force lets us

ported by Captain W. J. Hull, Capital California member, asks whether there has know just what is going on in our skies."Airlines, elsewhere in this issue, been any attempt to silence NICAP. It is true that Western Airlines Captain

(See "UFO Encounter Convinces Air- While there have been several dis- Milton Shirk at first believed there hadliner Captainl Former Skeptlc_.') couragements, mainly ftom offlcla] refusals been a co]llslon.

ofofflclal UEOinformationforouranalysls, "1 thought somebodytan. into me," heNICAP will appreciate hearing from we know of no threatening attempts to told the press. When no other aircraft was

anyone with authentic reports similar to muzzle NICAP or end our investigation, found to be involved, this statement prob-the New Zealand smoke-trall case. Specifically, we have not been con- ably helped to set off rumorsthat a UEO

tacted for thispurpese byanyone, including had hit the plane.Because of the New Zealand repo_ Government agent or agents, any member Binstack, who boarded the plane at Los

NICAP believes members maybelnterested of Congress, the representative of any Vegas, Nevada, had two roundtrlp insur-in the accompanying picture supposed to speoial group, or by any "man in black." ance policies totalling $125,000. He washeveheen made eta smoke-trailing object As soon as posslble, the UFO INVESTI- last seen aboard the airliner when heover Peru in ]952. The photograph and GATORw_Ilcoverthereportad "siIenclog" entered the washroom. The aceident_

extracts from the sighting report are re- cases in detail; however, the answer may which passengers described as soundingproducedwiththekind permissionof James not be conclusive since at least one in- llke an explosion, occurred over theMoseley, editor of SAUCER NEWS. vestlgator involved has refused to reply to Moiave Desert where Binstock_s body

In a letter dated August 10, 1957, Mr. questions about the reported incident, later was found. _,Moseleygave NICAPthe followingaccount Meantime, we wish to emphasize that From the evidence amassedby the Civilof the incident: no one--ln or out of the Government_ Aeronautics Beard and the EBb there

has any legal authority to request or appears tobe no justlflcatlonfor b_llevlng"In Lima I met Senor Pedro Berdl, who is compel withholding of UFO information, that a UFO was in any way involved in

an agricultural engineer. On July 19, unless it can be specifically proven to this strange case. •1952,whileona Farmin,he Madre de Dies involve military security or to endangersac,loner Peru,heand otherssaw a saucer, the safety of the United States. SHOW NICAP MAGAZINE TO YOURIt was about 4:30 pore. and they were Witnesses to UFO slghtlngs hove re- LOCAL NEWSPAPER EDITORtalking to Lima by radio, ported that they were asked or told not to

"Suddenly, according to Berdl, the radio talk about the cases. Somewitnesses, as Copies of this _lagazlne will be sent towent dead. They looked out the window a result, have refused to discuss their all the press-wire services along with aand sow a round object going by at high sightlngs. But under the policy stated by pressrelease stressingimportant ItemS. Ifspeed. (The witnesses included Pedro the Air Force, there is no authority for your local papers do not mention theseArellano, ownerofthe farmo) The object such an order with the exception pre- rn_In news item% pleo_esendorshewthlshad passed; it was at an estimated 100 viouslymentlonad. • copyto at lemtone_newspepereditor. •


AirDefenseCommandForbidsGOCLinkwithFilmAn Air Defense Command order which banned Ground Observer Corps efforts to pie pans, one inverted on top ofthe ether_

publlc_ze a documentary UFO film has recently been revealed to NICAP. The ADC The film was secretlyana]yzed for months,action followed a request by the 4674th Ground Observer Squadron, Miami, to usea first by the Air Force then by the Navy.GOC dispIay in connection wffh the moving picture "Unidentified Flying Obiects." Conclusion: The UFO's were not conven-

tional objects.

A copy of the order follows: AI Chop also took port in the story thatmade headlines [n July T952 during the

Headquarters UFO sightings over Washington National4674th GROUND OBSERVER SQUADRON Airport. With Major Dewey Fournet (now

United States Air Force a member of NICAP_s Board of Governors)Dobbins Air Force Base he watched Control Center radar experts

Mariettat Georgia track a group of mysterious objects. BothO&T 17 May 1957 heand Fournet alsoheard an AF jet pilotts

tense radio report that the UFO's wereSUBJECT: United Artists Film "UFO '_ closing in on him--an incident later re-

i feted in the documentary film.TO: Commander, All Detachments When Chop resigned in 1953 to take a

4674tb Ground Observer Squadron public relaffons job wlth an affcraft firmthe and Captain Edward Ruppelt met in

The following messagefrom ADC is quoted Foryour _nformation and guidance: California with film producer ClarenceGreen and the idea of'the movie '_U.Foo."

_ t '_ADHIS 22573. Disapprove requests for GOC Display in connection with commercial was born. By this time Ruppelt was on" film pertaining to the controversial subject of flying saucers. Use of Display would inactive duty and freetllke Chop, toI}, involve the risk that Air Force could be considered as endorsing subject matter and express his personal beliefs. Greenrsenlor

,is

authenticity of the filmed version of flying saucers." partner of Green-Rouse Product]onsr wasstrongly interested because he had'seen a

' BY ORDER OF THE COM/vIANDER: UFO a few years before.i /S/ Working together, Ruppelb Chop and

DONALD Ao ZEINE, Major USAF Clarence Green persuadedWarrant Officer''Lj Adiutant (ConHnued on Page i5)

The official request to tie in the GOCprogram with the documentary Unffed

i ' Artists film was made by Capt. WilliamB. Walburn_ UFAF, Commander of Detach-ment 8, 4674th Squadron.

The ADC refusal seemsto answer, onceand for aIl_ the question which NICAPmembers have frequently asked:

Was the doeumentaryfilm "UnidentifiedFlying Objects" produced with Air Forcecooperation_or against its wishes.'?

From letters receEvedr it appears thatless than half of NICAP's members saw

this moving plcturet which includes thefamous Tremonton, Utah film taken byWarrant Officer D. C. Newhouse, and the

movie of two UFO's taken by Nick Marlanaat Great Falls, Mantana.

Even those who did see the picture maybe unaware of the stepswhich led to publicuse of the Newhouse and Mariana shots.

The action for narrative purposes in thefilm is centeredonAIbert M. Chop, formerAir Force publ|c relations official whohandled UFO information in the Pentagon.(Chop is now a NICAP Special Adviser.)Cleared for secret reports, Chop learnedof the officially analyzed Mariana filmtaken on August 15_ 1950, which showstwo silve_-looking discs flylng over theGreat Falls baseball pork. Scene from United Artist release, "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS._' Left to right:

In 1952 Chop learned of the Newhouse Lt. Hotden_ Navy radar expert; Albert M. Chop_ Air Force pressofficial.: Maior Deweymoving picture taken on duly 2f a color Fourneb Pentagon Liaison Officer; and CAA Air Traffic Controller Harry Barnes_ Chopfilm which shows a formation of UFO's was portrayed in the film by Tom Towers, Aviation Editor of the LosAngeles Examinerrmaneuvering over Utah. Later Newhouse who has been interested in UFOts for some time and often writes on the subject in hisdescribed the objects as resembling two columns. The other roles were played by actors.


RocketCraftEncounter Ru,si.a.im,RevealedbyWorldWar2 Pilot NeverSeen

An aerial encounter with a high speed rocket type ship in the summerof 1946 has justbeen revealed to NICAP by FormerArmy Air Corps Capta[n Jack E. Puckett. Theobject Ove_ U$$RTerritorysighted by Captain Pucker| and the crew of his C-47 transport was described as twicethe size of a B-29 bomber. ]n a new statement on UFOs, Radio

According to Captain Puckett, who was then Assistant Chief of Flying Safety on the Moscow has declared that flying saucersstaff of General Elwood Quesada, an official report was made to Operations at McDill have never been sighted over RussianF_eld. To daten no _nformat_on on this case has been given out by the Air Force. territory. Thebroadcast| madeonAugust 13,

The UFO encounter, on August lr 1946, |s descrlbed by Puckett as follows: was |n Spanfsht beamed to Latin America.The Russianclalmt made by Victor Tom-

"1 was making a scheduled fl|ght From about 1000 yards it veered to cross our arev, scientific worker at the MoscowLang|ey Field, Virginias to McDUI Field, path. We observed _t to be a long| p|anetaHumr intlmated that the saucerTampa, Flor|da. At approximately 6 p.m. cy(indrical shape approxlmately twice the stories were invented bythe "reactionary"while flying a C-47c_t 4000 feet northeast size of"a B-29, with [umlnous Portholes° L, U.S. press.of Tampa I observed what I thought to be Propulslon seemed to be by meansof a This is a complete contradiction of aa shooting star to the southeast over the powerful rocket blast, Puckett states° The previous charge By Oav_d Zas|avsky, so-Atlantic Ocean. My co-pilot, Lt. Henry hugedevlcetrailedastreamof fire approx_ ¢alled"hatchetman," forthe Soviet news-F. Glass_and my engineer both observed imately one-half its own length, paper PRAVDA,wha |ns|sted that the UFOsthis obiect at the same time. Cap_'aln Pucker| and his crew contJnued were "American pffate planes."

"This object continued toward us on a to observe this object until it disappearec_ The Zas|avsky charge, beamed to Northcollision course at our exact altitude. At over the horizon. He estimated that the Amer|ca, stated:ill

UF0 l_lL_! .,'ramp_e ?_ observation lasted from two and a haft tothree mlnutes,duHngwhichHmethe rocket "Behind the SmysteHoussaucers* there

Newhouse and Nick MaHana to let their craft must have trave|ed 75 to 100 miles, are real fl|ghts of American private planesUFO films be used. Since the Air Force "A comp|ete report was given to the over fore|gn territory...includlng Norwayhad pubi[cfystafed that the films were the base operations section of McDU| Field and Afr|ca . , . This is not a ridiculouspersona] property of these men, there was upon landing," Puckett told NICAP° "l fantasy of the newspaper c|owns, but ano vlolaHcn of security, though the Air am satisfied that th|s was not an optical smokescreen put out by the profess|analForce sHll refused to |el the pressand the _tluslon . . I am encloslng two docu- instigators of war."public see the official copies, ments to authenticate my Posltlon and

Though ProducerGreen offered the Air experience." Insharpcontrast_ the latest RadloMoscowForceFull cooperatlon, theofflclal analysis The records show that Captain Puckett ciaimcal]edthesaucerreports"FaffytalesJ'reports of the two films were not released had served as an instructor pilot, four- "|tseemsveryodd, 'j the broadcast stated,to h|m. Some Air Force officers privately engine a|rcraft; that he had flown a tour "that these flying saucers have neverbeenfavored giving Greenmand the publicm of.combat in the EuropeanTheater, WW2_ seen over our territory."all available evidences but they were and that at the time of the UFO sighting The U. S. Air Technical intelligence

overru[edo hewas Flying Safety Officer, HQ, Tactical Center has several Intelligence reports of.After|he documentary film was released Air Command, 300th Base Unitt Langley UFO sightings over Russia. This Fact was

the Air Force denied it had cleared, span- Field. His duties included supervising al| revealed early in 1953 before UFO filessated, or in any way coordinated any flying operations and training for all air were c|osed to the public.motion pictures on UFOJs. The recent Air bases with the 300th AAF Base Unit. In In 1954 CommunlstYugoslavlaofflclally

Defense Command action, cited at the addition, he supervised the investigation admitted that strange el|ipsoidal objectsstart of this story, should end all con- of a|1 aircraft accidents in th|s command, had been s|ghted and tracked by govern-lecture that this was an official step InaUFOreportf.ormmadeoutf.crNICAP men| weather bureau observers_ affporttoward "educating the publlco" Puckett estimated the rocket craft's speed personnel and experienced astronomers.

Desp|te this, the picture has performed at about 2000 rnph. Describing the object One UFO _lroup was clocked betweena great service. Many former skept|cs as self-luminoust he added: Zagreb and Belgrade at a speed of. 3,000have reported their conviction as to the "1 recall seeing Portholes and lights miles per hour.reality of UFO's af.ter seeing this film. |nslde this UFO. The object was at the That same year, Communist RumaniaNICAP urges members who have not seen same |eve| as our aJrcrafi-°" complained about "flying saucer" opera-

it to secure repeat runs at local theaters. This report bears a close similarity to tlons over that country. The off|cial ex-In several cases,UFOclubs or groups hay6 the famous"spaceshlp" s|ght[ng by Eastern pianatlon |n the Rumanian newspaperarranged for speclalshowlngs at low rates, Airlines pilots Chiles and Whltted in July CONT_:MPP.ANUL was that "the saucersusually at hours when theaters norma|/y 1948. In each case a rocket shapetwice were large pieces of. cardboard wrappedhave smal| au,_ences, as large as a B-29t windows, and a fiery in silver paper, attached to balloons and

We believe this factual revelation of exhaust stream, were reported by highly lighted with 15 lamps powered by aUFO evidence will be well worth any qua|ff_ed observers, battery." The purpose: "To stir upspeclal efforts requ|red, for desplte the NICAP is asking the Air Force For a aga|nstMoscow aflylngsaucer psychos|s."lack of an Air Force blessing, this |s copyofthe official UFO report byCaptain The Soviets_ shifting propaganda llnean important step toward end|ng offia|al Puckett and his C-47 crew. An attempt gives no clue to their real opinion ofsecrecy. • is being made to secureg separate report UFOs. But the falsity of their August

from former Lieutenant Glass to obtain broadcast is pla|n. Verified records prove

Many members are sending NIC._P such other details as he may recall, that the flying saucers, seen everywherenames of" prospects. Make yourself a The case w|l] be sent to our Special else in the worldi-f.requenHy have beenMembership Committee of One and ex- Adv|sers for evaluation as soon as all sighted over Russ|aand most of its captivetend to your friends the invffation to join. available information hasbeen receivedJ countries. •


"Flying Jeeps" Believed Inspired by SightingsPlans for flying jeeps, recently an- *

nounced by the Army, probably can betraced back to UFO slghtJngs, accordingto informatlan from iNICAP Speclal AdviserSamuel Freeman. The aerial ieeps will use -Jthe ducted-fan principle for climbing, _'/"hovering and descendlng--the system firstutilized by Stanley Hiller, helicopterdesigner who buiIt the Navy's "flyingp]atform."

Hiller freely admits, says Adviser Free-man, that UP. reports inspired hlm tosearch for a method for vertical takeoff.However, there is no indication that this

comparatively crude propulsion system _,_ .b

permitting onlyslow speedsand maneuvers _,,_'_I is linked with actual UFO operations.

Ten years ago the idea of aerial jeeps '"I_ probably would have been widely rld lculed.t_ Today, in announcing development con-i' tracts totalling $1,702,000, the Army _: L"_._' , , __

states it expects to have a ieep which can

fly at speeds up to 50 rnph, remaln air- Arfistts conception of four-ducted propeller flying test-bed version as submitted by• borne several hours, and carry up to 1,000 Aerophyslcs Development Corporation. Lower left fan indicates type of ducted fan

pounds of weapons or equipment, which wUl be used. Jet forward-movement unit is shown on the top of the flylng-bedPlans for aerlaI trucks, armored cars unit, wlth the let stream shownat right° -- U. S. Army Photo

; and tanks also are under consideration by

the Army. • (See other photo on Page 22) UFO's I)elnyedi

RocketTestsi Postponementof Matador rocket launch-

ings because of the proximity of UFO'shas been reported to Civillan Saucer In-telligence, New York, by one of" _tsmembers who is stationed at Orlando AirForce Base, Florida.

The CSI member, who ls attached to the588th Communications and Guidance

Squadron .(Tac Msl) says that UFO's fre-quentlyappear at a rocket testing site justbefore test launchfng times.

"1 amnow stationed at Orlando Air Force

Base,"hls reportstates. "As you mayknow," one of"the big AF missiles, 'Matador/is

'_: ¢ being developed and tested here. I wasvery surprised to observe 'blips _ or un-explained objects on our r_dar screens.We are constantly catching theseabiectson our screensjust before launching time.

"Since all aerial bodies are supposedto• be out of the immediate area before the

launchlngs, many times we are held updue to these unidentified objects on theradar. It would seem natural For them to

The Piasecki Aircraft Corporation's verslan of the Army's experimental "f"ly[ng [eep." appear once _n a whfle_ but believe meThis one, which is somewhat larger than the other approved designs, utillzes vaned Fans they are so conslstent that we alwaysas seen in the two round holes° The vanes direct the flow of the air downward and to expect them now. Theseobjects travel atthe sides to control Forward and sideways motion. The armament shown moveson the incredlble speeds and demonstrate smallraillng provided for sighting. The reason for the large tall surfaces is not explained, degree turns very uncharacteristic of anyIt is possible they are for protection to gunners or other crewmen while the object is natural aerial objects. No one canbeing used in military operations. -- U. S. Army Photo explain _t." •

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SancerSightingsCeaseof U.S. SpaceProiectsStii OpenQnestionContinuedfrom LostIss.e

Skeptics of flying saucer reports insist, stated For such a trip under Photon Drive= soonafter the takeoff, once robot controlsthotthe quickening pace is onlynatural-- However, if it closely approached the had taken over spaceship operations, andwe must speedup to beat Russiain estab- accepted speed of light, a Mars trip under awakened in tlme to land.Iishing manned seteJlltes and a moon bose. the half-power, holf-deceleratlon methodOthersI including several NICAP members would not take more than a few hours.

with aviation and guided missile expori- This is estimated for a time when Marsence, suggest that at least some of our isneartheearth--raughly40millionmiles.space proiects_portlcularJy the satellite Space travel at nearly the speed ofprogram -- are aimed at learning more light, nowwidely accepted as possible byabout UFO operations, many scientists, raises a fantastic possl-

Regardlessof the truth, we are rapidly biJity. According ta the usualinterpretationadvancing toward manned space flight• of Einstein's theory of special relotlvlty,Many things labeled fantastic_or even tlme would practically stand still at suchunheard of-- a few years ago, are now a spend. Eugene Saenger, prominentbeing serlously considered by scientists Germanracketscientlst, statesthat elapsedand oFf|cla_ space-travel planners• time iora spaceship crew could he greatly

Among items under researchcontract or reduced during a long flight, so that tripsserious study -- which once would have evenbeyond our galaxywould be Possible.been labeled a crackpot's dreamware at This question of time dilatation, whichleast foui': has been accepted by a numberof noted

A phatanllght-raactardrive at thespeed astronomersand space-travel planners, hasof light---186,000 miles per second; been the subiectof queries bymanyNICAP

Manned sate]lltas; membersandwtIlbethoroughlydiscussed InRobot--controlled space rockets toclrcle a future issueof the UFO INVESTIGATOR.

the moon, photographing the side we never Until the Ionic or PhotonDrives become DR• GEORGE GAMOW

see; a]se to clrc]e Mars, Venus and other fact, the first spaceship crews may havesolar systemplanetsta secure photographic to rely an ordinary rocket propulsion, In Even such an authority as Dr. Gamowandother information; this case a trip to Mars could take the might have been rldlcu[ed for this sug-

Creation of antl-gravitatlonal devices better part of a year. Because of theFr gestlon -- if experiments and severalfor space flight and aim flight in our at- limited fuel loadsIrecketships can accel- accidental hibernations had not beckedmosphere, erate for only a brief time and then must up his theories.

In addition, a plan to "deep Freeze" coast at a relatively low speed for space blot long ago, in California, a five-pilots on long flights has been seriously travel, year-old boy was accidentally lockedsuggestedby an eminent scientist• Herelswberethe deep-freeziagof space inside a home freezer and frozen into

The Photon Drive has been discussedby pilots",vouJdflt in. Becauseof the slower near- hibernation. According to thephysicists For years. Twoorlginai systems speeds and long Flight periods, the prob- attending physician, Dr. Walter C. RaJton,have been proposedin somedetail by two lems of routine life aboard a spaceship the boy's metabolism was lowered sowell known German rocket authorities° would become acute. Food alone would swiftly that he became unconsciousalmost

Prof.HermannOberth, designerof the V-2 be a huge factor _ adding weight and immediately. All his body processeswerecurrently working wlth the U. S. Army cutting the fuel load. quickly slowed down, inc[ading the intakeGuldedMissiles proiects under Dr. Werner There would be many other problems, of oxygen. As a result, though he wasVan Braunat RedstaneArsenal inAIabema, butpractlcailya[I of them would be soved trapped for almost an hour, he survivedd_scussedthe photon system, by the suggeshon of Dr. George Gamow, without seriousafter effects. •

The systemwill use light itself asa re- famou_ theoretlcql physicist, author of .......

actor power° In the emptiness of outer "The Birth and Death of" the Sun" and JapaneseScientist:UFOsspace, where there is no resistance, the "One, Two, Threewlnfinity" who is now

re|ativelyfalnt power of a light beam will ProfessorofP yslcsattheUnlverslUof May BeInterplantnrydrive a spaceship at the samespeed= Thls Colorado.

method, however, must be used while in In a serto_ approach to the problem, In the first reported statement on UFO'sspace andprobablywil]not provide enough Dr. Gamow states that it maybe necessary bye Japanese scientist, Dr. Hideo [takawa,thrust, according to Prof• Oberth, to lift to freeze space pilots so th_attheir life-- rocket expert and designer of the Worlda spaceshipfromthe earth,where tremend- their conscious life--will he suspended War 2 "Toio" fighter, has stated his beliefous thrust is needed to overcomegravity during long trips, that flying saucersmay come from anotherand a;'mospherlc _n_erferen_e. As a consultant to the Convair DIvtslon world. .Made public in the UFO NEWS

Ionic DHve is the better of the two of General Dynamics Corporation, during REPORT, issuedby the Flylng Saucer Re-metheds_ if there is lessof a vacuum_ and a ]eaveofabsence from professorialduties, search Group in Japan, the statement wasthis might conceivably beused in the outer Dr. Gamow became acquainted wlth the taken From a recent book an space travellayer of the earth's atmosphere, but still general problemsof space travel• in which Dr. |tokawa included a chapternot For flights starting from earth. Afrozen pilottaccording to Dr. Gamows on flying saucers.

It has been estimated that Ionic DHve, would have no awareness of the lapseof The impertanceoF Dr. ltokawa_sopinionsonce in use, will permit a ship to go to days, months, even years. Instrument_set is indicated byhls work as chairman oFtbeMars under power half of the way and de- to operate at a given tlme would raise hls Japan Rocket Society and chief of thecelerate the rest of the way° temperature, speedup his metabolismand lnstitute of Industria! Science at Tokyo

Some calculations estimate the trip restore his mind and body to cs no,mat University. He is a deslgneraf rockets forwould take only I5 days. No time was condition• Thusbecould be "deep-frozen" the International GeophysicalYear. •

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InterimReportonAnswersto "'Contact"QuestionnaireIn the first issueof the UFO INVESTI- answersas fully aspossible. Meantime, in hope i have answered your questions

CATER this Committee announced an fairness to all who have replled_ we shall accordlngly." Since the eight questionsimpartial investigation of various claims indicate as manyanswersto NICAP's eight were not answered, NICAPEs re-submittlngof contact and/or communication with questionsasspace permits, them to Mrs. Menger.beingsfrom other worlds. It was emphas- Buck Nelson has sent no reply to date.ized that NICAP has no conclusive proof QUESTION I. George Van Tassel wrote, "1 have twoat present that any of these claims are wltnes_es who were indirectly involved intrue; and that its aims are to establlsh Question I reads: If you have anyother the contactand later analysisofthe vortexfacts and expose possible hoaxes, evidence of your claim beyond that which the shlp left where it had hovered. A/so

Afterthls published stutement of policy I has been publlsbedn will you please submit data relative to a device Solgondahad inNICAP sent letters with nine preliminary it to NICAP for eva|uatlon9 Wiff you hishands when1 flrstr_e_h_m. SoMe of,hequestions to the followlng group of "con- also list all publishedevldence9 data the space people left wlth me hastactees" selected because of the wlde neverbeenpubIishedand we do not expectpublicity given their claims: Answersto Question 1: to publish it until we have completed re-

George Adamskl search [n regard to it."Orfeo Angeluccl George Adamskl states he hasone set ofTruman Bethurum partial symbolic impressionsofspace being_ QUESTION 2_Daniel Fry footprints, the complete set being in theMr. and Mrs. Howard Menger possnsslonofG. H. Williamson, who refuses _JPleaseinclude anyphetegraphlc nega-Buck Nelson to release them. He also refers to a small tlves far evaluating." (This is a routine

George Van Tassel amount of metal mentioned in his account request in evaluating ordinary UFO sight-eta trip in a spaceship,but sayshe cannot ing reports.)

A summary of the answers shows that release thls in compliance with legaltwo claimants, Orfeo Angalucc[ and advice. Answersto Question 2:Georga Van Tassel, agreed to attend Orfeo Angeluccl has no unpublishedN/CAP hearings and take lie-detecter evidence. GeorgeAdamski: "No. Personnelof twotests, though both stated the lle-detector TrumanBetborumsaid, '_l do have addl- governmental branchesadvised against re-tests would be of na value. ,lanai evidence to substantiate my claim lease of my negatives to anybody under

One claimant, Howard Manger, refused and to those in,he area at the tlme, it was any conditions° Their authenticity hadto attend either public or private NICAP evaluated and accepted." NICAP is asklng been vouched for before this advice washearings or to take a lie-detector test. for this added evidence and the namesof given. Becauseof their positions, I follow

One clalrnanb Buck Nelsent has no_" those who evaluated it. their advice at aH times."yet replied. Daniel Fry did not answer the question. Orfeo Angelucci: No negatives.

Two clalmantsj Danlel Pry and Mrs. He asked that hls letter (approximately Truman Bethurum: "1 took only twoHoward Menger_ replied but did not 1000 words) be published _n its entirety; photos at close range and the film wasanswer the eight questions, but until we have spaceto do so, we can spoiled. It was given at the time for

Two claimants, George Adarnskl and only indicate the maln points: Mr. Fry interested parties to attempt to evaluateTruman Bethurum, agreed to some NICAp says he has no desire to force his aplnlons andwas ultlmatelydestroyedasvalueless. ''suggestionsand rejected others, onanyone;hedoesnotseethatanypurpose Daniel Fry: Question not answered°

Mr. Adamskl enclosed affidavits from can be served by a NICAP hearing since HowardMenger: Question notanswered.fourpersons who swore theywere witneSSes opinions already held by Panel members Mrs. Menger: Question not answered.to hls meeting wlth an othei_vorld being, would influence the flnaldecislon. He will Buck Nelson: Letter not answered.He agreed to answer NICAP questionsvia answersincere questions provided he feels George Van Tassel: "l have never takena tape recardlngt but sold he could not the answer will benefit the one who asks. any photographsof the ships or the people

promise to appear before a NICAP panel. NICAP will again request that Mr. Fry unless a .recent color movie I took fromHe also sald he considered a lle-detecter answerthe eight questions, with the assur- 9000 feet while flying turns out to be onetest useless, but if such a test were pro- ancethath(srep_esw[flbefafr[yevaluatecL of the ships. Photo analysis an this film isvlded It should also be required of the HowardMengar didnqt answerquestlon, nowin progress."NICAP panel and Board memberss as well In a letter of about 600 wordsMr. Mengaras certain milltaryand government offlclals said he was not interested in defending his We are sorry that lack of space in thisincludlng the PresldentoFtbe Unlted States, contact storiest but in spreading them. issue prevents full reports on the otherwith all of these persons subject to Since mostcantacteeshevebeentseated questions. Remaining details andgeneralquestioning by the claimants, like deluded children, Mr. Mengar seld_ contactee comments will be discussed in

Mr. Bethurumagreed to appear before the personsinvolved are becoming less In- the next issue.a NICAP panel. He stated he would sign clinedtodlsaussthelrstar_eswlthso-¢alled However,. in order that members mayanotarizedstatementand/or answerNICAP investigative group_ and/or autborltles, have a fair picture of the replies, they are

questionsvia tape recording, but he would NICAPwIIJ again askMr. Manger to reply summarized herewith:notagree to take a lie-detector test, since to the eight questions. Question 3,regardlng namesof witnesseshe believed such tests usualiywere slanted hbs. Howard Manger did not answer the and notarized statements: Mr. Adamsklby the arranging personor group, question specifically, In her letter she provided such doaumenls_Mr. AngaJ'ucc[

Since several of the claimants_ letters states, "I have seen the Vlsltors. I hQve stated that witnesses were listed in his

are |engthyt it is impossible to publish seenthe discs(recording discs)° . . I know book, but he would not ask them for swornthem verbatim in this _ssuesthough in they exist. I know they are real...l can statements; Mr. Van Tassel named twosucceeding Issues we shall cover these only tell what I sawand what I believe. I (Continued on Page 19)

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British UFO Magazine uFOCan'tReportsCI°se:MindSsaysto

Statesits Policy o,o, SocietyofficialToo many reliable UFO reports have

been made to be dismissedor ignored,

URANUSt a prom|nent Brltlsh UFO possible. To thls end we will cooperate according to President A. O. Tisch[erlCleveland-Akron Section of the Americanjournab is published by Markham House with the greatest of pleasure.Press, Ltd., London. A statement Fromthe "As you notEce_ we do no_pub|ish l_sts Rocket Society. President Tisch]er madepublisher outlines the URANUS policy as of s_ghtlngs, leaving this to the many this statement in introducing NICAP Dir-thatoftaklng a 'Jfirm stand, without which groupsthat fol]owthemwlth assiduity. We ector Donald E. Keyhce for a talk to theflylng saucerdom wilt sink to the ]eve[ of prefer to stick to comment and to reports Cleveland-Akron group.fortune telling by tea leaves in a very on special happeningswhich appear to be Indiscusslngthe ridicule sometimesdir-short while, of general interest." ected at believers in UFOs_ reality_ Pres-

ident Tisch]er stated:

"We have no particular axe to grind "As little as twenty years ago space-except that we want to have the truth, in an earlier issuer an editor ofwhatever it may be, known as widely as UP,ANUS, Eric Biddle, stated further: flight enthusiasts were also regarded as"characters"; it Is only in the last two

"We have said once Jn this magazine decades tha_ rocket eng_neer|ng hasmade"CO,'_TAC;P" REPORT fromPage 18 that _f we are to make anyfurther progress these far-slghted scientists respectable."

Tischler told the Cleveland-Akron groupw|tnesses_but did not mention aft|day|tea towards a solution of the saucer enigma, they should neither accept nor reject theNo other answers to this question were we muststudy reports of landings and pur-received, ported successesin communication with evldencet but should keep themselves in-formed.

Question 4t regarding the claimants_ the intelligences behind the operat|ons "As a group of professional scientistsnotarized statements:Adamski,Ange[uccin of the saucers."Bethurum and Van Tassel agreed to sign and eng|neers/j he saldr"we cannot afford

such statements° No other answers were In an effort to explain governmental to close our mindsto these reports."

received to this quesHon° secrecy on UFO reportst two ser_ousreasons NICAP ASKS ROCKET SOCIETY"Question 5,regardlngl|e-detector tesls_ have been suggested to NICAP by Mr.

has already been covered. EgertonSykes, managing editor for Mark- TO HELP EVALUATE SIGHTINGSQuestion 6_ on appearing before a ham House Presst London. Because of After the talk, several membersof the

public NICAP panel, has been answered, the BriHsh Air M|n|stry_s recent admiss[on local group were asked to help NICAPQuestion 7_ regarding a substitute of UFO censorshiptthefollow|ng letter by evaluate authentic sighting reports, in

private hearing or notarized tape record- Mr. Sykes should be of special interest to addlt|on_ NICAP has requested the aid of|ngt hasalso been covered. NICAP members, theAstronaut|csSub-Comm|ttee, American

Question 8-_"lf you have been called a RocketSocletys in regard to such questionsfraud or hoaxer in prlnt_ on the air or in There |_nota countryin the world where as meansof propulsionsartificial gravitythe presence of w|tnessesthave you |net|t- tr[a|s of"odd-shaped guided missiles are fie|ds_ and other technical quest|ons.uted a lawsuit for libel or slander? If not, not being made. Your Air Force |_ in the Assistance from rocket engineers anddo you plan to do so?" dlfffcultpositlonofhav|ngto squashreports scientists would serve a double purposet

Mr. Adamsk| states that a libel case is for the following reasons: NICAP told the Rocket Society nationalpending against an Israeli pressand that off|c[a]s. Besidesgiving valuable aid inothersuits are being considered, Mr. Beth- a. If they are from friendly or national evaluation ofsight|ng reports_cooperationurum replied that such suitswould be very sources, it is important to let the Soviets in NICAPs searchfor the facts would helpcostly. Mr. Van Tassel explained that for know as little as posslble, to end public confusionand a tendency tohim to institute lawsuits against everyone b. If they are From potenHa[ enem|es, ridicule even verified reportsfrom veteranwho libeled or slandered him would cause it _sequally important"not _o]e;"themknow plJots and other qua|Jfjed observers,

him to spendmostof his time inthe courts, how muchhas been discovered. In the NICAP request for evaluationHeadded_asan[nd]cati°n°fhlsreffabilityt assislance_itwas made clear that neitherthat he operates a CAA approved alrporb I make these observationsbecauseit is theAmerican RocketSoc|etynor individualserved as a flight test inspector for Lock- graduallybecomlng known howmuch effort membersserving as Special Advisers wouldheed Affcrafb and as personal flight the Soviets are putting into their guided be committed to any one viewpoint.inspector for Howard Hughes before his missile and space rocket program. "We are inviting even the most severeaccident in Beverly Hills_ and that pre- This fact does not in any way prejudice skeptics to help usn" Keyhoe stated. "Ifvlously he was with Doug|as Aircraft_ the probability that we are not the only throughtheir professional exper|ence theyUniversal Airl|nes and Central A|rllnes. intelligent race in the Cosmosand that can find flaws in various UFO cases_weHe a/so stated he is running for R'es[dent others may be as much as 25 years ahead want to know those flaws," he declared.in 1960. of usin technlcal know-how. Many people Severalmembersof theClevelar_-Akron

Backgroundsof the other cla[mar_tswill over here are serlouslystudying the ass,c- section_ however_ said unofficially theybe included in the next issue. Meantime iated problems of gravitation and ultra- were convinced that many UFO reportsNICAP wishes to emphasize that this _s rapid propulsion; Glazewskin Plant|er_ were authentic. •only the preliminary phase of the |nqulry_ Lenolr_ are among those whose studiesan inquiry begun becauseof demandsthat deserve serious considerat|on, alwayssenda duplicate to you. Yo_Jmightthe "contact"stories either be exposed as In conclus|on, may] make the following remind them that writing to a governmenthoaxes or confirmed as fact. NICAP will tentative suggestion? Te]lyour people not department is rather llke putting coins inwelcome comments from memberson the to be discouraged by the apparent neglect a fluff (slot) machl_ne;it takes a long timeamwers thus far received, e by the Air Force of their reports; they can before you hit a [ackpoi'. •

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TheBattlefortheMoonW_thinthe next few weeks an unmanned ]felthernat|on achieves a breakthrough, The Ph[|adelph|a astronomer env|s|ons

United States rocket may escape from the it could assure an early product|on of an unmanned trip to the moonwithin fiveearth's gravitational pull and crash-land spaceshipsfor moonoperat|ons. A lead of years. But there is strong evidence thaton the moon. This possibility has been five years could be disastrousfrom the thls may happen within monthst if notd_sciosedby sctenffsts connected wHh the |oser_sv_ewpolnt. Even two or three years weeks, though the achlevement may notAir Force Operat|on "Far Side" in which might permit the winning country to build be publicly announced.four-stage rockets are being launched a permanent base and set up missile de- It is known that operation "Far Side"from a balloon-supported platform at tensesthat would prevent another natlon_s rocketswi[]almostachieveescapeveloclty.10Or000 feet. spaceshipsfrom landing. They may actually attain this speed and

The project name "Far Side" refers to Unless such a base were successfully streakon|ntospacerfreeoFthe earthlspull.the opposite side of the moon which is attacked by the opponent's spacesh|psr These four-stage rocket tests recallnever seen from the earth, before its defensescould be ful[ybuilt upt earlier plans by Dr. Fritz Zw|ckyt noted

An integral part of the AirForce project an aggressorcould build launching sites rocket desrgner, to fire small "artlfic|a[is a plan to launch rockets wh|ch w|]l for missiles to attack the earth. Dam|no- meteors" from high altitude balloons.circle the moon_ relaying television tion of this world by threat would then be Dr. Zwlcky announced that someof thecamera pictures of its entire surface back re|(_t|ve|y easy. "meteors" would hit the moon, /'Aarst

to the earth. For these reasonstthe scoresof Govern- Venusandother planets. He also stated--Similar plans almedat ]andlnga manned ment agenciest private researchersand withoutadetalJed exp]an_t|on--that some

rocket on the moon also have been an- manufacturers involved in space travel projectiles h|tHng the moon or a planetnounced by Radio Moscow. p/ans are working at top speed to wen the mlght set off a nuclear reaction.

Becauseof the moonmsimportance as a baffle for the moon. The new Air Force tests with large

millta_ space base, boththe United States Even thesegroupsdisagreeon the prob- rockets have inevitably revived the dis-and Russiaare engaged in a battle to w|n able date for the first moon landing. A cussron caused by Dr. Zw|cky_s plans. I_control of the moon. The seriousnessof few monthsago one Air Force author|ty the UFOs are spaceshipst it is suggestedthrs battle was recently emphasized by predicted the operation of a manned moon possiblyan operaffng base has been set upThomas R. Henry, veteran science editor rocket in lessthan five years. (A break- on the moon--just as the United Statesof the WashingtonSTAR. In an article on through on propulsion could reduce this and the Russiansare trying to do.plans for a moon baset Mr. Henry said he conslderably.) A few noted scientistsstill What would be the reacffon to an earthhadbeenglvena prediction byanAirForce refuse to agree that the moon will be oc- launched rocket hitting the moon--ormajor general "that the groat battle of ¢up|ed, but the major|ty go along with orbiHng it for observations?the next world war probably would be the opinion of Dr. I. M. Levittt Dffector First of all, there is no proof that anybetween spaceships for occupation of of the Franklin Institute planetarium in such base exists on the moons despitethe moon." Ph|iadelph|a. occaslona] reports of strange lightst the

For several years scientists and space "By the year 2000t" says Dr. Levitt, small w_dely noted white "domes" and thetravel planners have delivered solemn '_tripsfromspQcestatlonscircllngtheearth so-called "moon br|dge '_ over which awarnings on theimportanceofa moon base. will be made to the moonand the nearest controversy has raged since 1953.

In general, their views coincide with that planets... Unless a new exotic form of Most of the lights have been explainedof space travel author Willy Ley asstated rocket fuel is uncoveredt scientists may by astronomersas meteors flosh|ng on |m-in an article entitled "Posslb|]iffes ForAn be compelled to usethe moon with its low pact. The "domes" reported by severalInvasion BaseOnthe Moon." In this article gravitational field as the stepping stone noted astronomers, including Dr. GerardMr. Ley said that the aggressorwho first to the planets." Kulper, remain unexplalned--though mostsets up bases on the mooncan control not Dr. Levitt makes an interesting sug:- professional astronomers believe they areon#y the earth but the planets of the solar gesffan in regard fo a water supply and natural formatlons.system, the creation of an atmosphereon themoon. The "moonbridge," confirmed asa real

Becauseof the moon_slighter gravita- Scientists now agree, he sayst that these object by the well known English lunart[onal pull (about one-slxth that of the can be manufacturedon the rnoo'n, expertt D_'. H. Percy WJ[kins, has beenearth) it would be relatively easy to launch calledan unexp]a|ned natural phenomenonH-bomb rockets and guide them to earth Trapped in the moon_sror_ky crust0 he and also an opt|ca| illusion.targets, expla|ns_ are water molecules. Also iront

Most of the space exper|ments today carbont silicon t aluminum and magnes|um In 1953 Dr* W'iJkins broadcast a reporton BSCin London |n which he stated thathove as their first major goal the ]andlng are elements we can expect to Find; andof a manned spaceshipon the moon. This some of" the magnesiumsilicates contain the bridge was realt that it arched someincludes research into effects of cosmic as muchas 10% water. 5000 feet above the Mare Crlsium_ andthat it looked art|ficial_"almost like an

rays |n space, we|ghtlessness,space navi- "With sufficient energys" Dr. Levitt engineering job."gotionr meteor bombardrnent_ and the states, "the water can be extracted. Also Latert after a Furoredeveloped over hisphys]o]oglcal and psychological factors it can be broken up into the oxygen atom stotementszDr. W|lkins explained that heinvolved in space flight, andthe hydroxyl molecu]e_afford[ng free consideredthe bridge a natural object_bui"

The bathe between the LtnHed States oxygen for an atmosphere." he dld not retreat t'rom h|s claim that itand R_ssia now inc]u'des intensive search Dr. Lev|tt envisions the use of tremend- was real.

fo_new propulsionsystems. Methodsunder ous p_ast|c domes under wh|ch human_study include the _e of atomic power_a animal and vegetable llfe can exist in a (A detailed discussionof the "moonphoton (light beam) drlve_ tapping vast moon-made atmosphere. This will effm- bridge" and Dr. wiikins _ ana]ys|s wlilamountsof electric power in our higher _nate the use of space suitswith oxygen appear in a later |ssue.)atmosphere, and use of artificial gravity supplies such as would now be necessary(G-fleld) power, for man to exist on the rnoon_he states. (Continued on Page 21)

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UFOEncounterConvincesAirline CoptonHo l'srepe.contlnues."1 thoughtof calling the passengersover the public

Captain,FormerSkeptic address system, but the object was deadahead of us and putting on its performanceA two-minute encounter with a UFO, saw whatwe thoughtwasa brilliant meteor, in an area whose arc wasnot large enough

which quickly changed a skeptic to a be- We were flying south-southwestand it fell to enable anybody in the cabin to get aIiever, was recently revealed by Captain acrossour path from left to right, First be- view of it out the sidewindows."W. J. Hull, veteran pilot for Capitol comingv]slbleatthetopoftbewlndshleld.Airlines. Prior to hls experience, which "the Viscount has wonderful vlslbillty Afterahalfmlnuteormore ofthls strangeoccurred as his airliner neared Mobile, upward, flight, the UFO suddenly stopped andAlabama, Captaln Hull was widely known "It decelerated rapidly, just as any hoveredagain.among pilots for his negative views on meteor does when entering the denser Aboutthlstime, BatesTowercal]edback-flying saucers, layers of the earth's lower atmosphere. "Capital 77, we are trying to raise the

Ina 1953 artlcle ForTHEAIRLINE PILOT We expected to see it burn out wifh the Brookley Tower."entitled "The Obituary of the Flying customaryflash which pilots often see, but At this moment the UFO again beganSaucers" Hullaccepted Dr. Donald Menzel's it abruptly halted directly in front of usl another series of "crazy gyrations, lazynatural phenomena explanation for the "It was an intense blue-whlte light, 8's, square chondelles," weaving wlth aUFO's. Laterheagreedtoa re-examlnatlon approximately seven or eight times as sort of rythmic cadence through the alr.of the evidence, but his dramatic report bright as Venus when this planet is at its Then the object shot over the Gulf ofwas,he first hint that he had accepted the brightest magnitude. Mexicot rlslng atan extremely steep angleUFO's as machines of an unknown type. "Pete shouted, _What the hell is it, a and at such a fantastlc speed that it dlm-

For aver six months Captain Hull with- jet?" inlshed rapidly to a pinpoint, to dlsappearheld the Facts from publlcatlon, then he The co-piIoPs first thought was that the into the night.released the story to Civilian Saucer In- object had been a diving jet fighter, According to Captain Hull, the mosttelllgence, New York, of which he is a turning away from the airliner, and in puzzling thing about the performance_member. It is printed here by special departing giving the pilots _a view right lasting two minutes at least--was that thepermissionof CSI. up its glowing tailplpe." ButCapt. Hull object had remained at the samedistance

On the night of November 14, 1956, knewthlscould not be tbe answer. Hehad From,he plane throughout the exhlbltlon.Captain Hull was flying a Viscount four- often seen the glow of jet tailplpes at "Plow do we know this?" says Hull. "itengine turboprop airliner from New York night. This was not the right color, nor never increased in size, and yet we wereto Mobile, over a layer of occasionally did it grow smaller in size. InsteadI it bearing dawn on it at morethan five milesbroken clouds which enabled him to get a remained in Front of the plane, keeping a a minute inthe Viscount. If it was in view

look at the ground only occasionally, regular interval, two minutes and performing in one area,"At 10:10 p.m. EST,"states Capt. Hull, "1 quickly grabbed my mlcrophone," we should have been at least ten miles

"we were onlyabout 60 miles from Mobile said the Captain, "and called the Mobile closer to it. Now any object that flieswhen my co-pilot, Peter Macintosh1 and I Control Tower. certainly looks different when viewed at

"Bates Tower, this is Capital 77. Look such a great variance in distance. So this_,IOONBATTbB /ram p_ge 20 out toward the north and east and see if UFO must have managed to remaln at the

Though there is no proof that any lunar you can see a strange whltellght hovering same distance from us throughout thebase exists, it is not hard to estimate the in the sky." entire display."effect if an earth launched rocket dld hit The answer came quickly: "Capital 77i Also, as Captain Hull Paints out, thethe moon near such a base. Presumably this is Mobile BatesTower. We are unable Viscountwas"abovetheclouds, precludingthe reaction would be similar to that on to see muchof the sky becauseof a thick anyreflectlonsofsearchlightsfrom below.earth if a moon launched racket struck cloud cover. Do you thlnk the object is "1 have seen hundreds of advertising

near a milltarybase orany populated area. in our vicinity?" searchlights playing on clouds/' Hull says,It would probably be considereda best'lie "Affirmative," replied Hull. "It looks "and this was nothing remotely related.act and it cautd set off general hysteria, likeabrilllant white light bulb about one- Likewise I am summarilyruling out aircraft

The slghtof an earth racket orbiting the tenth the size of the moon. It is directly (at least the ones we know), balloons,moon might be regarded as hostile_or ahead of us and at about oura[tltude or missiles, or any other earth-launchedmerely as an act of peaceful observation, slightlyhlgher. We are right over Jackson device within my ken. The one thing

ftlsdoubtfulthatour armed Forceswould andhavedescended to 10,000 feet. Please which I can't get aver is the fact that

risk hitting the moonwith a rocket if they inltlate a call to Brookley Field Tower when it came, it came steeply downward;believed thatan advanced race had estab- and ask the controller if he can see it on when it departed after its amazing shawlIished a base them. The consequences their big radarscope." it went steeply upwardl Now I ask you,could be serious. The Brookley AFB, twenty miles south- i_ this machine based On the earth?

Possibly operation "Far side" will soon east of Bates Field, was on a military fie- "1fallowed up on this spectacular_slght-reveal whether the moonls as it is usually quencywhlchthe V[scauntwasnotequippad ing atMobite. Thecontrol tower operatorsconsldemd--a barren satellite devoid of to work on its transmitter, had reached Brookley after a slight delay,even the lowest form of vegetable llfe_ Immediately after this radio exchange but the controller had seen nothing andor that there is evidence of its use as a the UFO began to maneuver, darting beck since no night flights were in progress

space base. and Forths rising and falling, making ex- the surveillance radar had not been ener-But even aside from this speculative tmmely sharp turns, sharper than any gized at the tlme."

angle, the present race for the moon known alrcrafb sometimes changing dlr- CaptalnHull did nat report this sightingremains deadly serious. It is a battle ection90de_reeslnanlnstant. AIIdurlng to the press. Nota word wasprinted aboutthe outcome of which may affect the lives this display the color remained a steady it until he revealed the details to Johnof everyone on this earth_ turning the brilliant bluish-whltel not growing or DuBarry, former associate editor of TRUE,moonintoan armed fortress_arapaaceful diminishing in size at all. which broke the first big flying saucercolonydedlcated to opening up new vistas "Macintosh and I sat there completely story in 1949. DuBarry is now presidentto earthbound humans. • flabbergastedatthlsunnervingexhibftlon/' of CSI of New York. •

EdwardsLectures •in Hollywood

Frank Edwards, a member of the NICAPBoard of Governors, spoke on UFO'sbefore an attentive audience in Hollywoodon August 8. H_s topic: "whet Are theFlying Saucers?"

Sponsored by Max Miller and FlyingSaucers Interaatlonal -- (publishers ofSAUCERS), Mr. Edwards also displayed a

'_ spec_I f_lm on the subiect, featurlng _.NICAP Director Keyhoe and Adviser Capt. " __WH11amB. Nash lea panel discussionwith r _ _ _/ ; _

sclence writers Willy Ley and Jonathan ,_Leonard.

The film was a pilot for ¢=television :__- _ , . -_,':_'_ . • _.....series which has not yet been released to

TV statlons. The mov_e was taken in Thls is the design for the Chrysler Corporation version of the "flying [eep" whichWashington, D.C. and featured Mr= Edwards received an Army official research approval in July, 1957. The two round areas areas moderator. The film's bJ'unt discussion the huge ducted Fans used for propulslon in the unlt, which in thls case also carriesof the subiect included ane revealing someunldentlflad cannon. Other photos, stoD, on P,_ge16. _U. S. Army Photoscene in which Mr. Leonard, Science Ed- . , .

liar of TIME Megazlne, refused to accept GI0riaSwans0nCapt. Nash, a veteran aldlne pilot, as a

trained observer. At the time ofhlsex- .,n,,l"NICAP Capt. ClarenceS. Chiles,perlence, Nash had 10,000 hours flying _C Stime. Nash described his famous 1952 In a letter to the Director of NICAP, EasternAir LinesPilot,sighting when he and his co-pl]ot, W.H. M|ssGIoriaSwanson has just expressed her IS Special AdviserFortenberry, sighted a UFO formation ful|appravaloftheCommlttee_slnvestlga -under their DC-4 near Norfolk, Virginia. tide of Unidentified Flying Objects, a ),although the deLaHed biography of

EDWARDS A PIONEER UFO REPORTER subiect in which she has been strongly Captain Chiles was nee _eceived ininterested Forseveral years. Lime for use in this issue_ he will be

Formerly a news commentator on the Miss Swanson has persona|ly checked recognized as one who played an ira-Mutual Broadcastlng Systemfar the Ame_- on UFO reports in Hollywood and else-icon Federation of Labor, Edwards was where during her frequent travels. In a poL'Lcm.tpact in the [JF'O story in 1948.one of the first ob[ectlve investigators pressconferancetwoyearsc=go shedeclared ILwas in duly of lg48 that Captainof UFO's. He also was the first broad- her bellef in UFOs and inthe existence of Chilee and the then lsL Of.ricer" John

caster to discussthe subject serlously. He intelllgent belngs on other planets. B. WhiLtedencountered a huqe pro-has since becomea te[evlslon commentator "|t is r|dlaulous," she sQid, "to believe jecUle-shQpeddevice alasgthe airwayon WTTV in Indianapolls. that in the entire universe life exists only

Mr. Edwardshas written several articles upon one planet--thls earth." near Mantgomery_ Alabama. ChilesI on the Flying saucers (See "The Plot to WrltingtoNICAPdurlnga vJslt to Paris, end Whitted both a_eed that it was

Silence Me," FATE, June 1957) as well as MissSwansonsaldsbehadmet manypersons about 1C0 feet in length, twice thetwo books of unique _ews stories, both of abroad _vbewere iuterested in UFOs. dic_rneter of a B-29. Bath men sawwhich Include chapters on the UFO's "You and your colleagues," sheadded, two row_ of windows or pacts through

("Strangest of All," Citade| Pressand "lJ_ "have my wholehearted support in your which a blue floacescent glow was

F[[_t 10.000.000 Saansors." Ballantine).® endeavor for the truth." visible. The UFO, which they de-.,. Miss Swansonalso informed NICAP thatANONYMOUS DONOR HELPS TO the UFO INVESTIGATOR had drawn scribed as a machine trave]J.ng at 500

KEEP NICAP IN OPERATION interest _n France. • mJlespe_hourarfaste_,vee_edsharply•' ' as it neared them and both reporLed

A generous donor who responded to our The UFO iNVESTIGATOR thanks they could feel the L1PO_s backwash

Special Bulletin of August 1, and who Norbert F. Garietyt editor of S.P.A.C.E. rock their DC-3 as the strange objectprefers to remain anonymous, has taken in Coral Gables, FIorlda, for hls generousout a NICAP Endowment Membership in cQoperaHon. A large portion of Mr. Gar- climbed steeply _Q¥.honor of Donald E. Keyhoe, our Director. iety's August 1957 issue is concerned with Although Captain Chiles has not

The $lOOO glft membersh|p was made our last _ssue,andwith other materla{ urn- repacLed any UFO encounter sincewlth the request thatthls amount be used inn hls readers tojoln and support NICAP. that date, he has maSnLained his in-

to pay bil|s due for magazlne prlnt|ng, Mr. Gariety, a former Air Force Ad'- retest in the saucer subject. As a

supplies and office rental, rnlnlstretive Speclallsb is familiar wlth veteranpilatwhohashadaaext_emelyThis unexpected donation came at a handling Air Force Intelligence reports

critical time and we sincerely regret that andhascarrledoverhlsservleeand business close range observation of a saucer,we are unab|e to thank the NICAP member experience (professional photography) in_ ChiJas is well equipped to examinepublicly for this generous glft and flne hls magazine, whlch publishes a cros_- and evaluate authentic sighUag re-support to NICAP and ils Director. _ sectlon of information and comment. _ ports for NICAP. _'

AUGUST.SEPTEMBER,1957 PAGE23

W.B. Smith, KEHHETH STEIHMETZ BuckNelsonSaysAmateur J_stronomer

KennethSteinmetz ClaimsCostHimPensionSpecial Adviser Kenneth Steinmetz, Publicized c]almsto tripsaboardflying

Aid Evaluation former president of the Denver As- saucershave cost BuckNelson, Missouritronomical Society, has been chosen farmer,hlspenslasfromthestatetaccordlngAs" "'Jpeclgl Advisers to head the Denver unit of OPERA- to a letter to Gray Barker,editor of theTION MOONWATCH. SAUCERIAN BULLETIN.

"1 was receiving what iscalled a per-WlLBERT B. SMITH manent total disability pension," states

Former Heed of Project "Magnet" Nelson's letter, which appeared in theAugust15 issueof the BULLETIN. "My

Wilbert B• Smith, now a Special Ad- case worker said to me, 'Anyonewho sawa flying saucer, or said they dld--and

viser to NICAP, will need no intro- especially enyone who said they rode induction to most readers of UFO publi- one--ls CRAZY.' She was very meanandcatinns. Mr. Smith has been widely emery to me. What I had to take from herpublicized as the official in charge was a shame. She said 1 would have toof the Canadian project "Magnet" take an examination for my sanityto getwhich officially investigated UFO's mypensionback..... Shesaid they wouldwith the approval of the Department even put me in an insane asylum..."

Nelsonalso reported to Barker that threeof Transport at Ottmva• men threatenedto burn himandhishome

Mr• Smith, who is in charge of the if he ;efused to give uphisexperimentalbroadcastand measurementssection equipmentto get "free power"from the(monitoringincluded)is a scientist alr.He didnot identifythethreemen

and electronics engineer with several but the SAUCERIANsald they also triedpatents to his credit, to stophim from telling abouthisexperi-

ments. PreviouslyNelson hassald thatFor several years he has carried Kenneth Stelnmetz three men had tried to stop him from re-

on an intensive investigation of flying lating his storiesof trips to other plenets.saucers,partof the time officially As Chairman of the SatelliteOh- NICAP hasaddedMr. Nelson'sname

and the rest of the time with the un- serving Committee and group leader to the llst of personsreceiving the ques-official blessing of the Canadian guy- of the tracking team, Steinmetz has tions sent to "cantoctees." (See report on

emment• been the key figure in setfin_ up the answersfrom George Adamskl, TrumanBethurum, Mrs. Howard Menger andDuring the official stage he ex- Denver station, located on top of the George Van Tassel.) We shall also ask

changed infcxmatian with Project Blue Museum of Natural History. This sta- Mr. Nelson for all details of the reportedBook atDaytonandwithotherofficial tionhas been describedin The Air- threats• •investigationsagencies in several craft Flash (officialGround Observer

countries.For a yearMr•Smithhad Corps publication)oo one ofthebest ThenkYou!charge of the flying saucer observa- situated, mad in un advanced stagetory at Shirley Bay, near Ottawa. of training, Its communication system NICAP wishes to thank all the members

At least one important report oc- is set up to relay satellite trucking whohave sentin local newspaperellps andother UFO informationand we hopethatcarted during this time when the reports in less than four minutes, by memberswill continue to send us this verystation qravimeter registered the poe- direct wire to tracking headquarters, important information.sage of a large unidentified object Cambridge, Mass. While a. few clippings are duplicates,over the area• Visual obsezvation In addition to his accomplishments mostofthemhaveglvenusnewfacts• Manywas impassible because of a solid as an astronomer, Steinmetz is also times loeal newspapers glve addltlonalde-cloud layer, well informed on the UFO prablem, tails on sighting cases which press-wlre

In his research, official and unof- which he has followed for several stories omit.When you sendin newspaperclippingsficial, Mr. Smith has had the assist- years• In his private files are con- please write the date and the name of theance of several Canadian scientists fidentiat sighting reports by other ex- newspaper on each item, unless this in-and engineers and at least during the perienced astronomers, _farding a formationis alreadyindicated. •official phase he had full access to goad basis for evaluation of similar

reports on unidentified flying objects reports from NICAP. • THANK YOU, JERRYMARCUSofficially recorded by the Cunadian 'government, vestigation of allthe facts, beginning We are greatly indebted to NICAP

Several times Mr• Smith has been with sighting reports, on up to and member Jerry Marcus for.the exce ent

publiclyquoted as saying,"There /s includingclaimsof communication, edJtormlcartoon which hot.drew for usein this issueof the OFO INVE_STIGATOR.a high degree of probability that the In accepting appointment as a spe- Mr. Marcus' cartoons have appeared inUFO's are alien vehicles" -- in cial adviser, Mr. Smith makes it clear manyof thenation'spublications. We ap-other words, extra-terrestrial me- that he is acting in a personal ca- preclato hls generous contrlhutlan to thechines. However, he fully agrees with pacify nnd not in any way as repre- pages Of this magazine. •

HICAP's pQlicy of an impartial in- senting the Cunadiun government. •


Mars, the New Frontier -- Lowell's Discussing first the statements of Flying Saucers -- Fact or Fiction.Hypothesis by Wells Alan Webb Vaucoulsurs regarding the passibility By Max B. Miller. Published by

Pearon Publishers, San Francisco of life anywhere but on earth, Webb TrendBooks,s959HollywoedBlvd.,1956. $5. soberly builds up his case. The book Los Angeles 28, Calif. Available

does not rest merely 6n the late at 75¢ in a paper-bound copy, or aOn its title page, this book _sks Percival LowelFs postulatiansa as library edition at $1.

_Dans analysis of the network of the title suggests; it uses them as al canals on Mars indicate intelligent foundation. Lowell said he did not Beginning with the 1947 mass

design?" Mr. Webb, a successful use mathematics to prove the artifici- saucer reports, highlighted by thechemist-physicist, presents an analy- ality of the canals -- although others now famous Kenneth Arnold case, Mr.sis which seemingly does accept this have -- but arrived at his decision Miller deviates from the usual flyinganswer _ an analysis including the through a system of logical deduction, saucer history appranch, to flashbackobservations of Percival Lowell and As many NICAP members will re- into ancient times. To readers who

R.d. Trumpler. call, Lowell firmly believed the Mar- have concentrated mainly on the re-

Surprisingly, a mention of UFOs_ tian race was still at work, over- cent phane, most of the earlier repartsappears in the very fkst paragraph coming problems thrust upon it by will be new and certainly different,of the foreword: their dying planet. The canals, he regardless of whether or not they are

Nearly five years ago, d geolo- insisted, were a distributing system accepted as evidence of UFO activitygist and a civil engineer told me for water; he charted over 700 of the in the centuries before Chrlst.of the three Unknown Flying Oh- strange routes before his dramatic In a detailed but brisk and readablejects they had sighted above a statement: style, Miller moves on into present

limestone quarry... _tMors is inhabited. We have ab- times, covering many and varied opin-Mr. Webb_s own two sightings took solute proof. H ions on the saucer subject, then on

place in 1953. On a clear night in to key questions. Discussing oar

the desert near Yuma, as a passenger The one thing Webb_s work leaves own space travel plans, end the pre-in a car, he saw a hovering, dancing out and which some of Lowell's rejected ideas of recognized leaders in

light above a plane being repaired at viewers have suggested is the pus- astronautics, he points up these ques-Spain Flying Field. He and two corn- sibility that the "planet% race has tions:panians who saw the light were later died out, though the canals remain Has some one else attained that

told by a weather station observer and evidently still serve as water- goal well ahead of as? Is some an-

that they must have seen a UFO. The ways. known space race looking over ourobserver added that UFO's had been The book's strength lies in its shoulders while we wrestle with tech-

seen frequently in the neighborhood major system of analyzing the de- nical problems they mastered longby weathermen and Yuma Air Force grees of complexity in the patterns ago?

Base personnel. This and the sec-, of natural-line networks in spider Miller devotes one chapter to claimsend sighting by Mr. Webb will be dis- webs, roadways, railway connections, end reports of communication with

cussed in more detail in a later issue, and the like -- illustrating heteroge- other p_anets or space ships. HeThe book on Mars, except for the negus, aimless, open, concentric, also describes attempts to make con-

one brief chapter on saucer sightings, cellular, andshrinkagepatterns. Wells tact with space beings by variousdeals exclusively with theories on offers a rounded and well-considered types of radio and electronic cam-

and observations of the subject planet, representation of the case for Mar- manicatian, also by means of a light-Mr. Webb has in a rather brief but tians. More recent events, net in the beam transrrfitter.

altogether encompassing work drawn book, may give support to his case. (Since investigation of all thesecloselythebasichypothesis of Lowell It has occurred to this reviewer that reports is an NICAP_s agenda_ this

and its supporting evidence. He also if he were a Martian faced with the (Continued on Page 25)links the works of Trumpler, Schia- dilemma "of proving to an earthlingparelli, Antaniedi, and Richardson. the existence of his race, this analy- bomb and present-day nuclear energyOther more recent statements and sci- sis would be a practical method, experiments.entffic speculation as to the possi- Wells Alan Webb, M.S., developed Mr. Webb is now employed by Hex-bility of life on Mars ore carefully the first commercial source of heavy cel Products, Inc., in Berkeley, Calf,-discussed, water, supplying the University of fornia. His duties are related to

While he keeps within the frame- California with the deuterium _bttl- improvements in the covering mate-workufcanservatism, Mr. Webbquietly lets _ with which Professors Law- rials of aircraft missiles and rockets,

departs from extremely orthodox opin- fence and Oppenheimer discovered permitting the faster speeds and alti-ions and scientific dogma, the fundamentals that led to the atom tudes. •

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1957 PAGE_25

AIRFORCE,NICAPSEEKING CollegePhysicsREPORTSOFGROUNDOBSERVERS ProfessorSeesUFO

Two previously undisclosed Air Following Mrs. Zepp's phoned re-Force Intelligence letters, sent to u port to an Air Force Intelligence duty Amateur Astronomer Watchesveteran Ground Observer Corps spot- officer, Colonel Adams asked for her Through IOOX Telescopeter, give added proof of the serious detailed observations ......... ;_.-::.official interest in all authentic UFO HWe are interested in the record," ...... ' .'"reports. Signed by Col. William A. he wrote. "You may address it to:Adams, USAF, then Deputy Director Directorate of Intelligence, Head-of Intelligence, the letters were sent quarters, USAF,Washington 25, D.C/' _ _to Mrs. C. R. Zepp, GOC observer in Five days later he sent Mrs. Zeppthe Washington, D. C. area, after she the Directorate's official thanks for _i_ _:..!had sighted strange lights in 1952. the UFOinformation:

BOOK REVIEW from Page 24 "The records are being sent to-ourAir Technical Intelligence Center at "i

review cannot go any farther into this Dayton, Ohio, for careful study . . . ' ,_phase of Miller's book. However, the Our sincere thanks fc_ your assist- _ _materiel published is, as the anther once." _':

indicates, an undeniable part of the Ironically, Mrs. Zepp has sinceUFO problem, and NICAP intends to been ridiculed publicly when localsecure all possible evidepce on com- Civil Defense revealed she had made

raunicaiinn claims, with the hope of a UFO report in March, 1956---this inmaking public a definite conclusion.) spite of the fact that Air Force inter-

In an interesting discussion of the ceptors had been scrambled to chase Prof. Henry Carlockplanet Mars, Miller gces at consid- the object she reported! Professor Henry Carlock, physicserable length into the researches of Though the GQC is of course professor at Mississippi Col'teas,the late Percival Lowell, adding such nationally known, the important role Jackson, Mississippi, has reportedinformation as has been contributed of its spotters, as regards the saucer sight/ng a strange object twice duringby the great Mars expert, Dr. E.C. investigation, is seldors realized, the night of June 18. An amateurSliphar, and other noted astronomers NICAP has received other reports astronomer, Prof. Carlock said he-- including Kuiper und Richardson. from members who are GOC spotters, watched the UFO over .Jackson and

Miller has one 'Sfksf" which should describing the objects sighted and Clinton, describing it as having "aendeorhimtomasysancerresearchers, the resulting jet chases, halo of light around it and what ap-He has been able to resist the temp- For this reason, we believe the pearsd to be three port holes." '-taUon to refer, even once, to the following paragraphs from The Aft- Professor Carlock observed thearson Welles Mercrgy Tbeafre radio craft Flash, published by the Air object through a 100-power telescope ,play, Invasion tram Mars, which, Defense Command, will be of special at 8:45 p.m. and later at 9:40 p.m.through misinterpretation led _lleged interest. They are as true today as The observation was confirmed bythoasoeds of people to panic, when they were published in 1953: another resident of the area, who told

Following the same pattern used "It is the responsibility of the the Jackson Clarlon-Ledger he

in presentation of the communication United States Air Force to he watched a strange object at 8:45reports, the author continues with e aware of anything that does or which "e'r_fitted a steady light withchapter on the various "contact" can happen in the skies. The no flickering."stories. Several are briefly narrated, Ground Observer Corps shares Both witnesses said the objectwith the author's statement that he this responsibility since if is moved from east to west, and that itdoes not include them necessarily as 'the eyes and the ears of the Air made no sound that they could hear.fact, but as an indication of one field Farce/ Carlask said he watched the UFO for

of activity. "TherefOre, every member of about a minute; the other witnessHere again, since this is also on the GOC, whether he is aware of said he watched it about four min-

NICAP's agenda for a full laves,i- it or not, has a definite interest utes.gatioe -- as explnined elsewhere in in the Air FaroeSs JProject Blue Spokesmen at the Greenville Air

this issue -- no detailed comments Book,' the reporting and analy- Force Base said their radar sets hadcan he made until alt available evi- sis of unidentified flying ob- not picked up any UFOs, but added

dence has been examined by the Board jects." the sets were only calibratc_i for aof Governors and the Panel of Special 5O-mile radius. Also, a GO':officialAdvisers. However, NICAP agrees NICAP will appreciate receiving in .Jacknon said the local observerswith uuthor Miller that these contact other factual reports f_om GOC oh- had not reported any unusual objects,claims cannot be ignored, but should servers, whether or not they are mere- but as a roufiff_-precaniian the GOC

be thoroughly evaluated. • bets of this organization. • was questioning radar units. •

THE UFO fNVESTIGATOR

NEWAIRFORCERADAR

Prof. ManeySays CANTRACKUFOS3000 MILESAWAYA new type of radar which can track mightbe mistekenfor an enemylong-rangeHICAPis m-% . Oo

upp0rrunuy objects3000 miles distant has just been missile, setting off a two-way missile war.announced by Gen. ThomasD. White, the How far the new detection system has

for Ha nest Answers Air Force Chief of Staff. progressedwas not revealed, but it shouldAs applied to the UFO problem, the not take long to install the equipment at

Statement By newly developed system offers for the first existing radar stations, thus providing a

PROFESSOR CHARLES A. MAHEY tlme a method of simultaneous, worldwide network which will serve both for missiletracking of UFOs, orbiting satellites, or detection and for tracking of satellites

The Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio spaceships, and UFOs.Mem_ar, HICAP Board of Governors GeneraIWhite's statement, made before Several such stations, separated by

the DefenseOrientation AssociaHon at the thousands of miles but linked by radio,NICAP, a strictly non-profit arqani- Pentagon, stressed the new radar's ability cable or telephone, could track UFOs at

zatian, dedicated to the enterprise of to,rack intercontinental mlssiles launched tremendous altitudes across seasand con-

searching out the truth in regard to byan enemy nation° But its application to tinents, with such a network there would

UFO's, is absolutely free from Gay- UFOs is obvious, since the new detection he time to signal areas towardwhlch UFOssystem can pick up anyaerlal object within were headed, giving their exact courses,

ernmental censorship. It offers to the 3000 miles--even meteors before they speeds and changes of altitude. In thisAmerican public, and to free people enter our atmosphere, way Defense forces, the Ground Observerthroughout the world, the opportunity Thls point also has been emphasized in Corps, the CAA and other agencies couldto find answers to the many inL_iguing a recent public statement by Col. Harvey be prepared Fordetailed ebservatlons fromquestions arising in regard to the W. Shelton, USAF, a missile systemsexpert the ground or from planes at various altl-

strange aerial phenomena now being at the Air University. Colonel Shelton tudes. At present the relatlvely smallobserved in the skies about this pointed out the danger that a meteor warning time does not permit such prep-

picked up byan ultra-modern radar device orations.planet. Thenew radar will probably be tied into

the Proiect Vanguard sate/life tracking net.Thls project now usesMinitrack observa-

plainly obvious that the release of tion stations located around the globe to

such information would jeopardize enable 24 hour tracking of the U. So Sat-the national defense, ellites when launched.

With thenew systemit would be possible,

Professor Charles A. Money, one of for example, to pick up a UFO 2000 miles

the first members, NICAP Board of from the Atlantic coast, flying hundreds ofmiles above the earth. If the unidentified

Governors, has been physics professor object descended toward the UnitedStatesat The Defiance College, Defiance, units alrendyprepored could photograph itOhio, for the past el4ven years. De- from a dozen angles_if necessary, ilium-fiance is a liberal arts college, head- inating the UFO by the use of powerful

ed by Kevin McCann, until recently aerlal flash bombs. By triangulation,

the principal speech-writing assistant using radar and visual instruments, itsspeed and maneuvers could be precisely

to President Eisenhower. determined.

Prof. Charles Money A native of Minnesota, Professor Sincethese records also would show theMoney was qruduated by the University UFO's exact distance froma camera at the

NICAP approaches this problem of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree tlme photographs were taken, the precise

with an open mind and seeks the co- in 1913. In lglS, he received his size of,he obiect could be computed; also

operation of all who have somet_ng masters de_ee Earn the University of its shape and perhaps somedetails of con-struction.

to contribute in the way of experience Chicago, after major study in astrc- Combined wlth the accurate trackingand reason. The aims and purposes physics. His subsequent graduate records,suchphotographswouldbe final,of NICAP are to serve honestly and study has been at the University of irrefutableproof thatthe UFOs are real,

sincerely the public interest in search- Michigan and the University of Ken- QShundreds of tmlned observers have said

ing out the facts pro and con, believ- Lucky. For the past ten years. ®

inq that knowledge of the truth, what- Before joining the Defiance faculty,

ever it might be, serves to benefit Prof. Money taught at Alma College, CORRECTIONS

humanity far more than the suppression Mich., Lawrence College, Kansas, andof information. Translyvunia College, Ky. He also We regret that severc_l typographical

NICAP is sponsored by patriotic held a research post with the State errors were overlooked in the July issueof the UFO INVESTIGATOR.c_tizens whose sole interest is to government of Kentucky. On Page I Colonel RobertEmerson's

work to the end that informationcon- For the past seven years,Professor homecity of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, wascerning aerial phenomena to which Money has made a seriousstudy ofun- accidentallygivenasBatonRouge, lawn.

citizens in a free democracy are en- identifiedflyingobjects,and has lec- On Page 18 the ProjectVanguard

titled,be made availabletothem with- Lured and writtenwidely on this sub- "Moonwatch" program was ndstakenl),

out restriction, except where it is ject, • labeled "Moonlight" in the headline. •

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER1957 PAGE27

INFORMATIONON SOMEUFOORGANIZATIONSAND PUBLICATIONSIN THEUNITEDSTATES

The National Investigations Corn- This does not necessarily mean especially clubs in their particular

mitten is grateful for the fine support that a group with somewhat divergent areas. Some of the UFO groups haveand cooperation which have been ex- aims could not be affiliated, if it de- sent us details on their operations,tended to NICAP by serious-minded sired, hut this obviously will require and the Committee is familiar with

UFO research groups and publioe- thought and discussion, so that others. But there is a larger grouptions. It is NICAPIs intention to NICAPIs stated policies and pub- on which NICAP has very little in-

cooperate with these groups in every lished material will not lead to public formation.

possible way and we urge each one misunderstanding. In order to answer requests, we are

to send us suggestions for continued Regardless of affiliation, NICAP listing the names and addresses incooperation, feels that its search for the facts our possession, adding some avail-

Some UFO groups have asked for and its efforts to end UFO censorship able details at the end of the list.

official affiliation with NICAP; will benefit all serious-minded re- Later, we shall try to give moreothers have offered assistance and searchers. Among the scores, and nearly complete reviews on all suchexchange of information, but wish to possibly hundreds, of flying saucerremain completely independent, clubs and groups there are naturally groups -- policies, beliefs and

As soon as possible, NICAP will a few with aims which diverge widely operations.send the various groups its ideas on from NICAP's. We fully realize that These lists are by no means com-affiliation, for those who desire this. there are honest differences of opin- plete, hut additions will be made inIn gnneral, if a UFO group or maya- ion, and we expect to discuss these future issues. Naming of the variouszine is dedicated to making an ira- differences fairly in our columns, groups does not, of coursej mean

partial investigation of the flying Meantime, however, numerous - their endorsement of NICAP policies,saucer problem, its aims probably NICAP members have asked us about nor does it mean similar blanket en-will he similar to NICAP_s. certain UFO magazines and groups, darsement by NICAP. •

Aerial Phenomena Research Group Civilian Saucer Intelligence of New Nerbert F. Gariety, EditorRobert J. Gribble, Director York Pub: S.P.A.C.E.Pub: A.P.R.G. REPORTER Alexander D. Mebane, Vioe-President 267 Alhambra Circle

5108 Findlay Street Pub: C.S.I. NEWS LETTER Coral GableB, Florida

Seattle, Washington 245 West 104th Street, Apt. 8B $3.00 _/ear$3.50 Year, Foreign $10.00 Airmail New York 25, New Yank

Available to members only Grand Rapids Flying Saucer Club

Aerial Phenomenon Research Orgnni- Arthur Gibson, Editorzatian Civilian Research Interplanetary Fly- Pub: U-.FORUM

Mrs. Coral E. Lorenzen, Director ing Objects i221 Philadelphia S.E.Pub: b.P.R.O. BULLETIN Leonard Stringfield, Editor Grand Rapids, Michigan1712 Van Court Pub: C.R.I.RO. ORBIT (Now defunct) Free Will Offering

Aiamegardo, New Mexico 7017 Brittan Avenue$3.50 Year Cincinnati 27, Ohio Richard Hall, Editor

Back copies 25¢ while supplies last Pub: SATELLITE

Gray Barker, Editor 721 Burdette StreetPub: SAUCERIAN BULLETIN New Orleans 18, LouisianaBox 2228 Civilian Saucer Researchers $2.00 Year, Foreign Extra

Clarksbarg, West Virginia Charles Capote, Dkectar$2.00 Six Issues, Fare£gn $2.50 658 Waypark Avenue International UFO Investigation Cen-

Uniandale, Long Island, New York tar

Houghton Barlow, Editor Kent H. Bittell, DirectorPUb: INFINITY NEWSLETTER FlyingSaucersInternational I1215Snow l_ondBox 449 Max B. Miller,Director Cleveland30,Ohio

Waterbury, Connecticut Pub: SAUCERS50¢ Copy, Foreign Slightly Higher Box 35034 Interplanetary Foundation

Los Angeles 35, Califarnta Laura M. Marxer, D/rectorCivil Commission on Aerial Phe- 25¢ Copy,$1.00Year Pub: INTERPLANETARY FOUNDA-

nomena TION NE_%LETTERWilliamJones Flying Saucer Research Society 10ld=Longfellow293 South Sylvan 22332 Clairwead Avenue Royal Oak, MichiganColumbus 4, Ohio St. Clair Shores, Michignn Issued to Members Only


UFOGROUPSAND PUBliCATIONS

Kalamazoo Flying Saucer Study Club S.A.U.C.E.R.S. Robert E. Short, EditorPub: K.F.S.S.C. BULLETIN James Moseley, Editor Pub: INTER-GALAXY NEWS630 Marian Avenue Pub: SAUCER NEWS 5132 Lincoln Avenue

Kalamazoo, Michigan Box 183 Los Angeles 42, CaliforniaIssued to Members Only Fort Lee, New Jersey

$2.(30 yearLITTLE LISTENING POST Tape Recorded UFO Information

4811 Illinois Avenue NW Ralph F. Sandbech, Jr., Editor Service

Washington, D.C. Pub: UFOLOGY NL_'IS Dr. Adolph G. Dittmar, General Co-$2.00 Six Issues 4t5 Morton Avenue ordinatar

Butler 1, Pennsylvania Au Sable Forks, New YorkLong Beach UFO Research Society $2.00 Six lssuesBey. Robert W. Anderson, Director807 Cerritos Avenue San .Jose Cosmic Observers UFO Research Organization

Long Beach, California Ethel Palm Fred Kitsch, Director40 East William Street. 1309 Forest Glen Drive

North Jersey UFO Group San Jose, California Cuyahoga Falls, OhioLee R. Munsick, EditorPub: UFO NEWSLETTER Saucer Research Bureau UFO Society in Cincinnati

172i Nineteenth Street, NW 296 Long Bench Road Mrs. Catherine C. Golden, DirectorWashington 9, D.C. Rockville Centre 230 Ludlow Avenue, Apartment 352.50 Year, Fareiqn Extra Long Island, New York Cincinnati 20, Ohio •

DetailedInformationonSomePublicationsA.P.R.G. REPORTER given Mrs. Larenzen their own per- The editor has annoanced the forth-

serial opinions. In addition, Mrs. cominq publication of a new bookFormerly called FLYING SAUCER Lorenzen'_ husband is connected which, in the light of his early enlry

REVIEW, this maqazine was pub- with the missile field ns an electron- into the study of UFO's, and his sin-

lished for two years by Civilian Fly- ics expert, and he serves APRO as a cere attempts "to keep abreast of allins Saucer Intelligence. In 1957, technical adviser. Director Lorenzen new developments, should make up toboth underwent reorganizetiea, as in- also has the helpful background of members for their disappointment indicated above. The new monthly is years as an amateur astronomer, seeing thepublication halted.

a leqnl.-sized m/meographed publiea- These two researchers have personalLion combining articles, editorials contact with highly placed scientists,presenting the views of the group, such as Dr. Clyde Tombuuqh, andand reprinted clippir_gs and other with Air Force pliers and technicians C.S.I. NEWS LETTERUFO items. One interesting feature at Holloman Air Force Base andis "The Editors Have Their Say," other areas near Alamogordo. While C.S.I. of New York is a hard-boiled,which reprints newspaper editorials Mrs. Loranzen herself freely states objective and conservative researchon UFO. her sharp disapproval of censorship, outfit. A well-organized, active

this has not, apparently, affected group, C.S.L has a large membershipAPRO's acceptance by members and holds regular meetings for dis-ofticially working in fields of avi_- cussion nnd lectures. In addition, it

A.P.R.O. BULLETIN riga, engineering and rocketry, has a smaller, closely-knit researchUniquely, A.P.R.O. labels saucem department which carefully investi-

One of the very first researcher- "UAO" for "Unconventional Aerial gates important reports, recordingpublishers in the UFO field, Coral Objects." them systematically and in great de-Loranzen is beginning her sixth year tail. John du Barry, formerly Aviation

as editor. The BULLETIN recently Editor of TRUE, is president of thechanged from a mimeographed news- C.R.I,F.O. ORBIT organization. Other members of theletter to a well-printed magazine, staff include Ted Bloecher and Isabeldrawing from information sent in by The demise of ORBIT was an- Davis. Besides the NEWSLETTER,members widely distributed here and nounced early this year by Editor special hu/letins are often presentedabroad. Without violating security, St_ingfield, because of Increased to members by C.S.I.many experts connected with ra/ssile printing costs. C.R.LF.O. is sellingoperations and rocket tests have back Issues at 25 cents.

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER1957 PAGE29

More Detailed Information on SomePublicationsINTERPLANETARY FOUNDATION soon as possible, the UFO INVESTI- vestigatinq the UFO subject and _NEWSLETTER GATOR will present a pro-and-con lecturing for over two years. His

discussion of Moseley's theory, with running paqe-one txmner asks "WhatMrs. M_rxer has consistently been all the available evidence. Constitutes Proof?" -- a question

one of the hardest workers in the fly- he hopes to answer, insofar as possi-ing saucer field. She hus been in- ble, in future issues.strumentat in forming several local SAUCERIAN BULLETINgroups in Michigan, which she later

reorganized into a general ststewide Gray Barker, author of They Knew TAPE RECORDINGSfederation. The NEWSLETTER is Too Much About Flying Saucers, be-

the publication of her own Founda- gun pubiication of THE SAUCERIAN Although this is not a publicationtion, which combines candid state- in September, 1953, with a report on in the ordinary sense,. NICAP is ltst-ments of her own personal cnnvic- the "Flatwoeds Monster." The ing this taped LIFO Informationtions, together with news of UFO magnzine format of the first issue Service because of member requestsdevelopments, was dropped in March 1956 in favor for details. Available tapes include

In the early days of NICAP, Mrs. of the BULLETIN, organized as a breadcest pro]rams on which variousMarxer generously supplied lists of newsletter, which is combined with a

UFO researchers have appeared,interested persons, with no strings yearly accumulative $AUCERIAN specially prepared lectures, andattached. The Committee sincerely REVIEW ($1.50). material in question-and-answer for-appreciates her contribution toNICAP's growth, mat.The two men who operate the

SAUCERS service,Dr. Adolph G. Oittmar,

Ausuble Forks,N. Y., and Henry H.LITTLE LISTENING POST This pocket-size magazine, which Henriksen, 1312 Grove Ave., Racine

first appeared in 1953, reports on 4, Wisc., will tape-record any desired

While not actually a flying saucer many phases of UFO research, in- lecture or program selected from theirpublication, this mimeographed news- chiding a few communication attempts steadily expanding list. Interestsdletter frequently covers the field of and so-called contact stories. In so persons may secure this service byUFO, also combining capsule items doing, however, editor Max Miller has supplying their own tape, in whichof information from governmental, not accepted or endorsed unproven case there is only transportationcivic, educational, military, philo- claims. In a 1956 letter to the pres- cost, or by buying a taped programsaphic, scientific, and religious ent Director of NICAP, regarding his outright.fields, about-to-be-published book, t_lylng The two men are also planning a

Saucers, Fact or Fiction, he carefully tape-recorded periodical for monthlystated a neutral .viewpoint on this listening, tentatively planned for laterhighly controversial phase of UFO release. Details and tape listings

SAUCER NEWS investigation, can be obtained by writing Dr. Ditt-Material on these angles consti- mar or Mr. Henriksen.

Formerly entitled NEXUS, this tutes a relatively small part ofcontroversial magazine is well known SAUCERS, which appears quarterly.to UFO researchers. The editor, The rest of its contents include se-

.James Moseley, bluntly states his lected UFO sightings, articles and UFO NEWSLETTERown beliefs, but also permits his editorial comment on recent develop-most violent critics to blast beck at ments. The North Jersey UFO Group crigi-him in his columns, nally was organized as a private

In the earlier part of his UFO in- study unit, and its NEWSLETTERvestigation, Moseley publicly in- S.P.A.C.E. was first used as a means to senddioeted his belief in the outer space reports and notices to members.

explanation. He has since changed A relatively new UFO publication, Since then, it has grown into ato acceptance of the "U.S. Secret S.P.A.C.E. (Saucer Phenomena and large magazine.Weapon" answer, although he admits Celestial Enigma) is a six-page Because of its size, it offers athis apparently does not explain all printed magazine, combining news panoramic view of the general UFOthe nightings, items with editorial comment, sight- situation including recent news, book

Mnseley's sincerity, NICAP beings and reports on other orquniza- reviews, signed original and reprintedlieves, is boynnd question, but file tions in the sauher field, articles by noteworthy scientists andbasis for his present theory is not The editor, Norbert Gariety, UFO research4rs, and discussion ofclear to the Committee staff. As launched this publication after innew developments. •


How to Form a NICAP Affiliate in additlon to the president and secretaryalready named as officers. All NICAP

For several months NICAP has been trying to fled a formula for affiliation wlth two Affiliate officials must be United States

distinct groups: citizens. Elections shall be held annuallyat the first of the year.

I. Members who wish to form NICAP Affiliates in their areas. In the case of Foreign Affiliates, the2. Existing UFO clubs, someof which have widely varying alms and beliefs, requirement of U.S. citizenship does not

apply. Instead, all foreign NICAPAffil-At present no group has been affiliated with NICAP officiallyt though many have co- iateofflcialsmust becitlzensofthe country

operated closely with the Committee. As indicated an receipts and in correspondence, where the Affiliate is established. Aside

all NICAP membershipshave been accepted on an individual basis only. from this, all the conditions apply equallyThis policy has been followed because of various affiliation problems involved, to Foreign NICAP Affiliates.We are now convinced that it is not only impossiblebut undesirable to try to fit one 4. Affiliates may accept the help of

formula to all UFO clubs and investigation groups. Some existing clubs accept claims non-member technical advisers, such asand theories which NICAP is just beglnning to investigate, while others denounce such pilots, radar experts, astronomers andacceptance. It would be useless to try to draw such conflicting groups together under weather bureau observers_ but efforts

one banner. Also, very few of the existing clubs have expressed a desire For full should be made to include such expertsaffiliation with NICAP, preferring rather to cooperate when possible, but retaining as active members also.their own complete independence. 5. Public statements made in the name

For these reasons weare atpresentconflnlngactual affiliatlonta new groups established of an Affiliate shall be approved by theby NICAPmembersandcharteredby the Committee. However, we shall be glad to discuss president or by such officials as he shallaffiliation with any existing groups which wlsh to become Affiliates. indicate.

The basic aim of NICAP Affiliates will be as follows: 6. Members in a town where there is

To help NICAP conduct a serious, impartial investigation of the UFO problem and to no NICAP Affiliate may jointhe nearestprovide the means For local member discussionson all phases of the problem, group1 if they desire. Any member may

Affiliates will be asked to forward UFO reports and other information to NICAP and withdraw from an Affiliate at any timewhenever possible to conduct on-the-spot investigationsofsightings. NICAPwill provide to join one newlyformed in his own city,Affiliates with information for local press,broadcast and lecture releases,and will advise or for any other reason.and assistthe Affiliates in every way possible in accordance with NICAPpellcles. 7. A NICAP Affiliate may withdraw

from NICAP by a majority vote after 30Setting Up An Affiliat8 In accepting a NICAP charter, each days_ written notice to all its membership

Affiliate agrees to follow the NICAP and to NICAP headquarters. Thereafter1. A NICAP Affiliate may be estab- policy that the evidence of such claims it shall not be permitted to use NICAP's

lished by means of a request to NICAP shall be investigated falrlyand scientific- name, but this shall not prevent memberssigned by the majority of the membersin ally until proved or disproved, of the original group from forming a newany town or city where a NICAP Affiliate NICAP fully recognizes the right of all Affiliate in the samearea.

does not already exist. The minimum members to their personal opinions and 8. An Affiliate charter may be with-number shall be 12 members. There shall the Committee has no desire to repress drawnor canceledbyNICAP foroperatlonsbe anlyoneAffillate inanyclty. Member- such opinions. The Affiliation conditions or statements in violation of its charter,ship is limited to NICAP members, statedshouldnotbe construedasan attempt but only after 30 days' notice of intent by

Before a charter is granted, all NICAP to stifle discussionofsuch claims in Affil- NICAP, thus affording an opportunity tomembers in the general area mustbe in- late meetings, the pages of the magazine subnlitanappeal tothe Board of Governors.formed by mail ten days in advance, so UFO INVESTIGATOR, or elsewhere.that they mayjoin and vote lathe election If, however, an Affiliate official or The restrictions linked with Section 2of Affiliate officials. (NICAP will furnish member publicly states acceptance of any are necessary to prevent seriously contra-names and addresses of members in the of the listed claims--to the press, or by dictory statements by NICAP groups. Un-area, or notify membersdirectly.) radio or televislon--he also must make it doubtedly such occasions would be very

No fee shall be required of any NICAP clear that such acceptance is entirely few, since most of the proposed Affiliatesmember to iola an Affiliate. personal and is not approved either by have indicated policies close to NICAP's.

2. The signed petition or request to NICAPorthe Affiliate club; moreover, he These NICAPgroupswillmakelt possibleNICAP shall certify that the members must understand thatsuchpubllc statements for members to meeb exchange views andagreetaacceptNICAP'spollcyoflmpartial are opentochallengeforfactual evidence, build up local investlgatlon-evaluatloninvestigation as the policy of the Affiliate 3. When the conditions in Sections 1 teams. Names of interested members haveand that this shall be binding an all mere- and 2 have been meb NICAP will forward been pouring in steadily (See partial llst)bets later joining andon all elected offlc- an Affiliate charter. All area members and we expect to have several Affiliateslois of the Affiliate. shall be notified ten days in advance of in operation this fall. As soonas they are

The signed request--and the charter-- the election of a president and secretary, established we shall llst their ndmesandshall speclfy that the Affiliate will nat After three months of operatlon,!fvoted addresses in the UFO INVESTIGATOR.

accept or state its acceptance of any of by a maiority of the Affiliate membership, Please let us know--if you haven't al-the following types of claims now under local dues not to exceed $2 a year without ready done so.'--wbetber we may forwardinvestigation until proof is obtained. NICAP approval may be required to cover your name to members in your area or list

Claims of personal contacts and/or notlces, local bulletins andother approved itint'hemagaziee°communications of any kind with space expenses. An annual financial statementbeings; claims of trips to other planets; dated the first of each year and showing Local groups wishing to form Affiliatestheories asta the origin of,he UFOs, their all Fees, donations and expenses shall be mayuse the eight listed sections as a basisconstruction, propulsion andguldance, the given to Affiliate members,with copies for a charter request. We shall be glad totypes of beings that may be involved toNICAPheadquarterslnWashingtan, D.C. answer questions about affiliation and toand motives for operation in the earth's If approved by the majorlty, posltlons of establish NICAP Affiliates wlth the leastatmosphere, vice president and treasurer may be filled possible delay. •

AUGUST.SEPTEMBER,1957 PAGE31

s cRE,t Ao s,,o. ,o MembersAvailableforLocalContactWith war industries so closely tabbed

by theDefenseDeportment, ltlsalsohard andFormationof NICAPAffiliatesto see how any outside group could havedesigned, tested and massproduced such In response to our request, members in for this purpose or to forward names tocrew-carrylng flying discswithout the full many cities hove expressedthelr willing- other members. As soon as posslblel weness to meet other NICAP members in shall list these namesby areas to forwardknowledgeand cooperat'onof this Govern-ment. For the armed forces to permit such their vicinity for general dlscusslonsand to other members. Meantime we are pub-a group to be formed is even harder to to joln or help establishNICAP Affiliates. Iishlng as many names as space permits inaccept; insteadt the armed forces would The methodoF farming NICAP Affillates is thehope that itwiII enable members]ivlngundoubtedlyinsistJandwith reason--that explained elsewhere in thls issue, in thesame cities or in neighboring areas• Cards and letters are still pouring in' to make contact and to help establish

any such operation should be under milit- with perm'ss'on to publish members'names NICAP Affiliates. •ary control.

NICAP urges all membersto weigh the (LISTED BY STATES)"Secret U. S. Weapons" answercarefully. Bernard Haugen, Route 1Those who accept it may be lulled into a Stanley Cohent 321 RoseAvenue Car'/, North Carolinadangerous complacency _and may mis- Venice, California Mrs. Virginia Dooleyt 10817 Lee Avenuetakenly lead others to believe that we Robert H. Keith, 942 Glennan Drive Cleveland 6s Ohlohave a great secret weapon ready to turn RedwoodCity t California JosephHollendorfern 372 S. Maple andback any Russlqnbomberor missileattack. Alexander Overall, 17816 Beltar Street Five Points, Akron 2s Ohlo

Recently the United States has testecfa Reseda, California Fred A. Kitsch, 1309 Forest Glen Drivefew relativelycrude vertlcalliftmachlnes. Mrs. JamesC. Pollard, Apt. 10 Cuyahoga Falls, OhloIt is also experimenting with round aero- 806 Dallas Avenue, Selma, Alabama Mrs. Sadie LaVack, 2188 Briarwood Roadformswhlch, when ready foroperation, may John Weigle, 2090 ThompsonBlvd. Cleveland Helghtsl Ohioresemble flylng discs. Quite possibly Ventura, Callfornla Mrs. Claude Middletont Irvine Hill Farmexperiments to produce such machines Edwin W. Andersont Box546 Granville, Ohiowere inspired by early UFO reports. Apopka, Florida W.S. Meweryl Route 2

But these experimental machines will Emll Jo Steger, P.O. Box 1111 TIpp City, Ohlouse well known propulsion systemsand Daytona Beach, Florida Mrs. Charles L. Nasht 2241 North 4ththey will not be able to duplicate the Lyle Estabrook, Route2 Columbus 2, OhloUPOs' great speedsand acceleratiant their Nampaz Idaho Edward D. Blanchardr 35 Avon Roadswift reversals, their right angle turns at Mrs. Sylvia BirchfieId, 411 Fullerton Narberth, Pennsylvaniahigh speedst and other extraordinary Parkway, Chicago 14t Illlnols ThomasF. Green,_Box 91, Gettysburgmane0vers. Vernon L. Curtis, 2914 RosemondAve. College I Gettysburg t Pennsylvania

In addltionl the existence of these tel- Chicago 45, Illinois Jack L. Fincannont 2921 Kenilworthatively new test devices cannot explain Mrs. Anna Leonard, Mill Road Lane NEt Knoxville 17s Tennesseethe maSSslghtlngs in 1947 and slncet or Cherry Vafley, Illlnals Paul Lash, 3625 Ringgold Roadthe earlier reports of disc shaped objects A.E. RIho, Route2, Lafayette, Indiana Chattanoogar Tennesseeseen in World War 2 by our bomber crews Harold Mlllhiser, 2739 Lindale Ave. NE Nathan Baldwins 56 Orpheum Avenueover Germany and the Far East. Cedar Rapids1Iowa Salt Lake City 11, Utah

To date NICAP hasabsolutely no evid- Dennis Powers, 616 Kickapoo Street Larry W. Bryant, 1002 Arnold Streetence that the UFOs are secret weapons of Leavenwortht Kansas Warwick, VirgJnlathiscauntryo On theaontrary, the evidence James E. Turner, Box 8716, University Mrs. Marvin Hess, Box21in NICAP's possessionindlcates that thls Station, Baton Rouge3, Louisiana Rhinelander, Wisconsinanswer is completely unfounded. Stephen T. Watson,RoomS07sCustomhOuse

The second portofthls discussioncover- New Orleans 16, Louisiana (CANADA)

ing the Russiansecret-weapon explanation Lloyd F. Austin, Lake Road H.M. Curran, Box 303, Halifaxwill appear [n the follow_ng issue. • Brookfield, Massachusetts Nova Scatla •

Rev. Luther Brokaws309 SouthPleasant St.SINGLE COPY SALE OF hC_GAZINE Balding, Michigan

Frequently non-members ask for sample GeorgeSF,ave,'e,5012Ha,comb "UnidentifiedAircraft"copies ofthe UFO INVESTIGATOR before Detroit 13t Michigandeciding to joln NICAP. Since members ClaraFasso ,714Sooo°dStreaSW Alert at McGuireAFBbear the heavy cost of prlntlng, we do not Rochester,Minnesota Still Unexplainedprint a large number of extra copies, so a Judith Burke, 420 BedfordAvenue"free sample copy" policy would be unfair Mount Vernon, New York No explanation of the "unidentifiedunder present financial conditions. Alan Calodny, 209-05 82nd Avenue aircraft" alert at McGulre Air Force Bose

We have therefore set the price of slngle Queens Village, Long Island, New York on June 7, 1957, has been received bycopies at $1.00 postpaid. Thls amount Max Cohen, 1 Short Lanet Levittown NICAP, although a request for the detailsmay be applied on an annual $7.50 mere- Long Island, New York was sent to McGuire AFB almost twobership fee if deslred. Mrs. Frank Gambonb 333 Fortieth Street months ago.

Our supply of Issue Number 1 is now Brooklyn 32, New York An Air Farce statement on June 7 re-exhausted. If requests for this issuecon- Ted Gerbracht, 69 Ontario Road vealed that three fighter squadronshadtlnue to pile up, we may ptlnt another Bellerose 26, New York beenalertedbecauseof"an unusualnumberedition. But this would cost several Miss C. LoisJessop, Apt. 3-H, 101 West of temporarily unidentified aircraft."hundred dollars, so a re-run will have to 55th Street, New York 19, New _'ork We regret being unable to furnishbe delayed until there are enough orders William T. Sberwood,200 Pinnacle Rd. S. addltlona] information as planned andon hand to justify it. • Rochester23, New York announced in the No. 1 issue. •

THEFLYINGSAUCERSTORYA Historyof UnidentifiedFlyingObjectsContinuingn Series

The Fog Fighters '_During the latter part of World War Though the detai]s of Arnoldls re-

Months later, as winter began to II, fighter pilots in England were con- port are known to all readers of flyingspread over war-tom Europe, several vinced that Hitler had a new secret saucer books, they form a necessaryAllied fighter pilots and bomber crews weapon. Yanks dubbed these devices part of any UFO history.returning from a mission radioed their qco fighters' or 'Kreut fireballs.' On this fateful day in June Arnold,English base. All had the same story "One of the Air Force Intelligence a Boise businessman, was flying his

to report: They had encountered men now assigned to check on the private plane to Yakima, Washington,mysterious flying objects on the bomb- saucer scare was an officer who in- when a flash on his wing suddenlylug route to Germany. Under interro- veetigated statements of military air- caught his eye. Looking over toward

Mt. Rainier, he sew what appeared togation by Intelligence officers, the men that circular fog fighters wereairmen described the objects as sil- seen over Europe end also on the be nine metallic objects, flying nearvery-looking discs or balls, which bombing route to Japan. the peaks.

maneuvered around them, evidently "It was reported that Intelligence "They flew close to the mountainunder control, officers have never obtained a satie- tops, in a diagonal chainlikn line,"

he later told reporters. "It was as ifIn the next few weeks, scores of factory explanation of reports of flying

similar reports cume in. Several pilots silver balls and discs over Nazi- they were linked together."The objects, which he pictured asinsisted the objects had made close occupied Europe in the winter of

shield-, or crescent-shaped, werepasses, or circled them at close 1944-45. Later, crews of B-29's on about 50 feetin diameter. He esti-

range. Althoughtherehad been no bombingrunstoJapanreportedseeing mated theirspeed at 1200 miles perattackor collision,Intelligenceoffi- somewhat similarobjects, hour.carsbegantofearthatthesewerenew 'qn Europe, some foe fighters "I watched them aboutthreesin-

Nazi weapons, being testedbefore danced justoff the alliedfighters' utes/" Arnoldreported."They were

all-outuse againstAlliedaircraft, wingtipsand playedtagwiththem in swervingin and out aroundthe high

Then, as ourPacificoperationsin- power dives.Othersappearedin 10re- mountainpeaks. They were flat,like

creased,identicalreportson the so- ciseformationsand on one occasiona a pin-pan,and so shinytheyreflectedcalled 'qoo fighters"came in from whole bomber crew saw about 15 the sun likea m/trot, f never saw

oar Far East forces. By now, some followingata distance,theirstrange anythingso fast."

pilotsand gunnerswere firingon the glow flashingon and off. Unfortunately,when he talkedto

objectswhen theyseemed dangerous- "f)nefee fighterchaseda Lieuten- the press,Arnolddescribedtheflightly close. No hitswere reported;the ant MeiersofChicago some 20 miles of the UFOs as Hsaucerlike/'or

"fog fighters"eitherchanged posi- down theRhine valley,at 300 m.p.h.,_ similnrto a plate skippingacross

Lionsorspedoutofsight, an AP war correspondentreported, water.A reporterseizedon thephrase,

After the war, Allied intelligence Intelligence officers believed at that and the ridiculous name "flying

quickly searched for the answer. But time that the balls might be radar- saucers" was born. Had Arnold calledthey found no trace of any such controlled objects sent up to foul iq- them simply unidentified objects itmachines. Instead, they learned that nitien systems or baffle Allied radar might have changed the entire UFOthe Germans and the Japanese also networks, story. But the comical name still

had been worried, thinking the objects "There is no explanation of their handicaps serious investigations.to be secret Allied devices. In the appearance here unless the objects At' first Arnold's strange story was

next few weeks, Eighth Air Force could have been imported for secret almost labeled t_ hoax, but his per-Intelligence ran down every possible tests in this country." sunal reputation and his experiencelead, hut they found no explanation. This suggestion that the saucers in flying through mountainous territoryLater, "pilot fatigue, optical illusions, were a secret weapon was heard re.- impressed some of the local editorsand meteors" were suggested as the peutedly during the summer of '47. and wire service men. As a result hisanswer to the strange "fog fighter" Behind the scenes in Washington, first publicized sighting became front-reports. But requests for the Intelli- Defense officials knew full well that page news throughout the country andpence report were always denied, and the saucers were not American de- in many parts of the world. In Wash-the document is still unavailable, vices. At first they too even doubted ington the reaction varied. Some

Soon after the first mass sightings the existence of saucers, officials labeled it a gag but others,

in 1947, the "fog fighter" story was especially in the Defense Department,revived by some of the American Kenneth Arnold were puzzled. Even those who thought

press. The basic details were con- It was the now-famous Kenneth it a hoax were jolted when other sight-firmed by the Washington Evening Star, Arnold sighting on June 24, 1947, ing reports quickly followed.in a story datelined July 6: which set off the "saucer scare." (To be continued)

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