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NICAP, Senator Barry Goldwater

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describing the jet cha

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of a strange round object larger than a B

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29 bomber

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Arizona) hasdlsclosed his strong interest in to this report, the UFO accelerated to a speed of about 2000 miles per hour when the jet

the subject of Unidentified Flying Objects° tried to close _n.

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section of the Intelligence Report. This is the first detailed report of a jet-UFO chase

released anywhere in the Air Force since 1953. Whether release of  this important case

indicates a change in Air Force policy or is an isolated incident, isyet robe determined

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

ing heading:

AF FORM 112

FAR EAST

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

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SENATOR BARRY GOLDWAT

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Air Force Reserve and is qualified to pilot unidentified bllp. After receiving an (P[ea_seurn to Column 1, Page 2)

jet i

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to other types

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The Senator=s letter follows:

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

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glad 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 Committee

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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 press

ce[ved all the information in the hands of story already may be in print when this magazine appears.) As now planned, an

the Un

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Boardof Governors: motion pictures, orother materiaI on the subject of UFOs.

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the Far East story headlined on Page 1 of NICAP hasbeen informedthat the AirForce statement alsowill include General

this 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 the

from Air

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2. 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 report

and

a

sked f

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a f

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1957

.

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Jr._ replied that "the issuance of such the 4000 cases analyzed are still unexplained. The majority of these unsolved

information 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_.

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or

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from AF HQt NICAP telegraphed a new What the UFO evidence showsis debatable. Many trained observers who have

re

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w

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had written BOp. Lee Metcalf that UFO Contrary to the Alr Force claim, thousands of UFO reports have been--and

reports were not withheld from press_ and still are--withbeld, as already shown. Of these, 244- released in 1949 are no

that answers were given on any UFO longer available. In this connection, here is a verbatim statement from General

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Keilyfor the Oxnard report and four others fact that the reportsare being analyzed isconsideredreleasable due to the many

nationally reported in the press, unknowns involved.

Todate General Kelly hasnot acknow- Under the newly announcedrule in Item 3", the Air Forcemay now releaseonly

ledged 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 cooperation

an eight-point plan of cooperation to end with LIFE, the SATURDAY EVENING POST and LOOK, for LIFO articles, was

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the National Investig_ti0ns Committee

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"_NO CAMPS OF THOUGHT"

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an editorla[ by Max B. Miller reviewing

t

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of UFO

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f

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this field:

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employed in nan-objectlve research--ls

of prime import to the overall research.

Imagination is probably the key which has

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s whi

c

h

ar

e

be

ginnin

g t

o plague this

research. There are still other bellefs, but these b) NICAP should publicly support th

a

r

e t

h

e maintheo

ri

es, co

n

t

a

ct

g

roup

s

and

hel

p the

m r

eceiv

e m

o

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 o

are more than two schools of thought in everyone is entltied to an opinion and the to _vold excesseseither _y, mrnai_s e

UFO investlgatlon, varying from complete expressionof his bellefs, but we hope that first stated:

dlsbeliefln UFO's to complete acceptance all those honestly concernedwith solving hIICAP supports a fair investigation o

of p

ra

cti

c

ally all t

h

e contac

t

and cam-

the U

FO pro

bl

e

m

w

ill

stop a

nd

weig

h

all UPO evidence. We

s

ha

l

l e

x

a

mi

ne

a

munlcatlon claims. In between are those their written and spoken statements to theories and claims. We shall not accep

d

eci

d

e

if

they are a

d

va

n

c

in

g pu

bl

i

c

any clai

m

wit

h

out

c

onclusiv

e

p

r

oof.

w

h

o a

cc

ept t

h

e

r

ea

li

ty of

U

F

O

's but w

h

o

subdivide into other groupsbelieving that acceptance of this prob_e-_m,or unlnten-

t

he U

F

O'

s are on

e

o

f

t

he

t'o

ll

ow

i

ng:

tlo

na

lly ret

a

r

d

ing f

t

. T

ren

dex PaN

fn

d_caff

ons

1. United Statessecret devices. There have been efforts by what Miller According to the recent Trendex poll

2. USS

R

sec

r

et w

e

a

pon

s, ca

l

]

s

t

h

e

"tw

a cam

p

s

"

to

l

nf

l

u

e

n

c

e

NI

C

A

P

'

s t

h

e ma[or

l

t

y

o

f

t

h

e

Am

e

rlc

an p

e

ople do no

3. Devices to _[d the earth of atomic policy _ efforts by groups who sincerely believe the UFO's are tea|. NICA.P's firs

b

om

b ra

d

l

at

l

on

,

o

per

ated

b

y

a

super-

s

ecre

t

believe that

ai

m

is

to p

r

ove to t

he

pu

b

li

c t

he need

f

o

organization outside our Government.

4. Interplanetary machines from other a) NICAPshould publicly denounce all a serious,nationwlde investigation. If w

worlds -- manned or remote-controlled so-called contectees, including thosewho succeed in this, with the help of othe

observation devices. reportrecelvingmessagesffomotherworlds. (Continued an Page 5)

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T

HE gFO INVESTIGATO

TRENDEXOLLSHOWS Missile Flight

1 IN4 BELIEVESFOSAREREAL SafetyChiefReports

The TRENDEX poll on UFOs, released August 27, proves that more than one-fourth $ighti

f the American people believe in the existence of UFOs. While this increase is en- ng

of LargeUFO

couraging, the poll also shows the need for greater efforts by NICAP and other serious

N

athan

W

ag

ne

_t

mi

ssile

fli

ght

s

afety

U

F

O grou

p

s

,

t

o

educate the

p

ubl

ic

to the

n

eed for a

n

at

i

o

nwi

de, fa

c

tual

i

nvestigation

, c

hief

f

orthe

W

h

i

te Sand

s

P

r

oving Grou

n

d,

O

f

the coast-to

-c

oQst group polled, 25

.

3

%

believe the U

F

Os may

c

om

e

from outer has repo

r

te

d

the s

i

ghti

n

g of

a

"large

,

un-

space. More than 50% rejected this idea; however, a large number of this secondgroup identifiable object" between Las Cruces1

d

i

d a

c

cept t

h

e ex

i

sten

ce

of the objects

,

b

u

t thought they were made o

n

e

a

rth. New Mex

ic

o a

n

d

E

l

P

aso

,

Texas

.

Th

i

s

By special permission of Mr. Jack Boyle, Director of the Trendex News Poll, we report has added importance because of

present the following information: h_. Wagner's statement regarding the

FlyingSaucersFantasy?Notfor1in4AmericansPoss

;

bill

t

yth

a

t

s

poc

e

sh

i

p

s ma

ybe i

n

volve

d

n near collfsfons on airways. (Story in

New York, August27.-- Fully one in every four Americans believes flying saucersmay this issue)

b

e

obj

ec

ts

fr

o

m

oute

r

s

pec

e

z

t

h

iswee

k

's T

r

en

dex N

ews

P

oll s

h

ows.

A

s

c

ienti

fic

samp

l

e

A

cco

r

d

i

ng to

M

r. Wa

g

ne

r, h

is en

t

i

r

e

of men andwomenfrom coast to coast was asked: "From whatyou have read or heard, do family saw this large UFO for 35 to 40

you be

li

eve t

h

e

re

is some

Po

ssi

bi

llt

y t

hat the

y ma

y

b

e ob

j

e

c

ts

fr

omoute

r

s

p

a

c

e

?"

se

c

on

d

s on July 24

,

1

95

7. W

h

en fi

rst

Yes ............ 25.3% sEghted_ the object was heading east

No ............ 52.9 toward the Organ Mountalnso The missile

Donlt know..... 21.8 safety chief was driving to El Pasowhen

O

f t

h

osew

h

o said

"N

o, a large num

b

e

r

ac

c

e

p

te

d

t

h

e e

x

istence of flying

s

a

u

cers

b

ut the UFO w

a

s fi

rs

t s

igh

te

d

by

hi

s wife

_

t

h

en

s

aid they t

h

oug

h

t th

e

y o

rl

g

l

nated on th

e

ea

r

t

h

. The

r

es

p

on

s

es i

n

dicate

c

onsi

der

a

bl

e by bot

h th

eir c

h

il

dr

en.

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 agreed

thought the government had declared them imaginary. Some thought theAir Force or that it wasnot a familiar shape. The UFO

scientists had declared them real. Others were sure the Air Forcer scientistsor other was travellng sofast that by the time Mr.

aut

h

o

ri

t

i

es

h

ad p

r

ove

d th

ey we

r

e fictitiou

s

. Wagn

e

r

h

a

d s

toppedt

h

e e

ar f

o

r

a

g

ood loo

k

The poll cited several unnamedwlt- Hving belngs to passthrough the heat and it had vanished. •

nesses including a member of Marine radiation of interplanetaryspoce, and that

Corps Avlatlon_ a retired factory owner_ flying saucers were probably controlled Mars, and eventually other

the wife of an Oklahoma printer and a from afar by electronics, planets.)

hos

p

ital jan

i

tor

.

Many o

f

those polled

based their beliefs on statements by Mr. Boyle estlmated that about 10% NICAP hasalreadystarted its discussion

"author

i

t

i

es a

n

d

r

el

i

ab

l

e

w

itnesses"

w

h

o

o

f

the total m

i

ght be

c

alled "p

ro

bab

l

e of Poi

n

t'l

in

th

is is

sue

.

We

ar

e pre

p

ar

in

g

ha

d r

ep

o

rted seeing U

F

Os, believe

r

s"

n

ot

i

n

g,

ho

w

ever

,

tha

t

the poll a l

ls

t

o

f ver|

f

led radar tra

c

king

c

ases for

In further detail, the TRENDEX Poll did not ask a question on the "absolute  the next issue; meantime, .herea re a few

states: belief in UFOs. selected at random:

Of the 52

.

9 per

c

ent

w

ho

s

aid they do

H

e

a

d

d

e

d

t

h

at the pe

r

centages

w

e

r

e

Washington National Airport, July 19

not 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, August

other c

o

untr

i

es

.

5, 195

2

.

H

o

w

ever

,

a mu

c

h

la

rger

n

u

mb

er said NICAP COMMENTS

Rapid Ci

ty

, S

ou

t

h

Da

k

o

t

a,

A

u

gust 1

2

t

reports of flying saucers are the conse- 1953.

quences of hal

l

u

c

lnatia

n

sor

m

asshyster

ia.

Th

i

s poll sho

w

s the n

e

ed

f

or several

Many held that

c

redul

o

us perso

ns

had m

l

s

-

importa

n

tstepsb

e

s

l

de

s c

ontlnui

ng

tosupply

F

ro

m

t

i

me to t

i

me U

F

O INV

E

STIGATOR

taken meteors or weather balloons for factual reports to the public, willcarryarticlesonour space planswhich

flying sau

c

er

s.

Somesaid w

ha

t se

e

med to

wi

ll fu

l

ly ans

w

er Poi

n

t 2b

.

be U

F

Os were

r

ays from secret exporiment

s

1. A thorough eval

u

at

i

on o

f

th

e

the

o

ry

OFby-products of atomic blasts here and that the UFOsare man-made: This is factual evidence and members

in 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,

p

ic

ked up by radar

?

" several de

m

a

n

ded

,

c

)

Secretdevice

s

ofanyother co

u

nt

r

y

, ac

co

r

d

in

g to

TR

ENDEX, still heav

il

y out-

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

Majorlty Skeptical non-government organization. •

e)

R

ays

fr

om s

ec

ret e

xp

e

rl

m

e

n

t

s.

Those who said UFOs may come from f) By-produetsofatomlc blasts. THANKS TO RICHARD HALL

B

eyond t

h

e ea

r

t

h

we

r

e

th

en aske

d i

f

th

e

y

thoug

h

t t

h

e

y

a

r

e ma

n

ned

b

y in

t

e

l

l

i

gen

t

2.

C

o

rre

ct

i

on of e

r

roneousid

e

as:

NI

C

AP

w

i

she

s

to ex

pr

e

s

s

i

ts t

h

an

k

s to

be

i

n

g

s

.

About

t

hree

o

f

fi

ve

said

"

'

Yes

,

"

a)

T

ha

t rad

a

r has

no

t

pi

cke

d up UF

Os

.

Mr

.

R

ic

h

a

r

d

H

al

1_

Edito

r of SA

TELL

I

TE

i

n

one

sol

d

"N

o

,"

and one h

a

d no op

i

nion. (Hu

n

dredso

fc

as

es

a

r

e on

r

e

c

o

r

d

N

ew

O

r

l

e

a

ns

,

Lo

ui

s

i

ana,

f

o

r

h

i

s

Au

gust

T

he m

a

j

o

rit

y

sol

d

that

i

f i

nh

abit

an

ts

o

f

;nc

ludi

n

g

C

AA, N

a

vy

an

d Air e

d

it

o

ri

a

l

on

NICAP

.

h_'

.

Hall li

st

e

d ou

r

outer spacewere able to sendflying saucers Force reports.) Board and Panel of Advisers and urged his

intotheearth

'

s at

m

os

p

hereand then e

s

cap

e

b)

T

hat li

ving

be

in

gs ca

n

n

o

t exist i

n

read

e

rs

to

j

oln N

I

C

AP and

s

upport its

close 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. •

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ST-SEPTEMBER.957 PAGE7

r F

o

r

ceAdmits

Aid of M

e

mb

e

rsAsked ....

sPilotsHave inSecuringCAAReport , .

ed0n UFOs Astatednhe

eptember6

confldentlal

bulletlnl th

e

Civl] Aeronaut

i

cs Adm

l

nls

-

T

he U

.

S

.

Air Forc

e

has

e

ff

i

cla

l

ly ad

-

trat

i

on has pro

mi

sed to give NICAP reports _

ltted that someoflts pilots have Firedon on any UFO sighting or radar tracking

i

dent

i

f

i

ed fly

l

ngobjects

. T

hls

f

act

w

as

c

a

s

es w

hi

ch are

n

ot class

i

f

i

ed und

e

r

de known on July 12, 1957, _na letter JANAP 146 (A Joint Chiefs of Staff

romthe AirTechnical Inteillgence Center publicationcontolnlngsecurltyinstructlons

t Wrlght-Patterson Air Force Bose. The on UFO and other reports).

tter was signed by Capt. Wallace W. Thls guarantee, given by Mr. Preble

wood, Assistant Adjutant. Staver, Assistant to CAA Administrator

The admission, however, was quaiifled James T. Pyie, represents an important

a puzzling statement that the objects change in policy. Previous to this, all

roved to he conventional, although at UFO reports in CAA possessienlwhether

rst the pilots evidently considered them under JANAP 146 or not, were auto-

be a threat to the safety of this country

,

maritally

w

ithheld.

Since CAA tower and control center

 In

a Few

c

ases/

'

the A

T

IC

l

etter reads, logs are d

e

stroyed aft

e

r

3

0 days, it is

i

r Force p

i

lots have off

i

cially r

e

ported n

e

cessary For NICAP to request speci fic

ing on flying objects which they could sighting reports well wJthin the 30-day

identify, but which were later deter- period. We earnestly request all members CAPTAIN WILLIAM B. NASH

ned to be c

o

nvent

i

onal ob

j

ects° The to

a

dv

is

e us at theea

rll

estpess

l

b

]

e moment A

I

RLINE CAPTA

I

N NASH REV

E

ALS

ders to p

i

lot

s

are to

fi

re on an un

i

dent

- o

f any CAA

s

ight

i

ng case m

e

nt

i

oned

in

UNPUBLIS

H

ED PAA SIGHT

I

NG

ed object only if it commits an act local papers, or of which they learn by

hi

c

h _sh

os

til

e

, me

n

a

c

ing, o

r c

ons

t

ituti

n

g

o

th

e

r

m

ean

s, T

h

e

slght

[

ng

o

f a di

a

mo

n

d shaped F

o

rm

-

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 by

As a result of th_s letter, NICAP asked UFO slghtlngs reported to C.AA towers by Captain W. B. Nash, a Special Adviser

e Air Technical Intelligence Center alrJlne, commercial and private pilots. Farthe Committee.

q_es

He

ns: Please forwa

r

d

n

ews c

[i

pp

l

ngs and all Ca

p

ta

in

Noshes r

e

po

r

t follows:

p

o

s

s

i

ble details t

in

cludl

n

g the date_ t

i

met "

R

ec

en

tly P

i

lot

-n

evlgator Joh

nT.

Novak

1.

What were the conventiona

l

objects a

n

d general Ioc

a

t

l

on of the sight

in

g

.

Even

w

as a mem

b

erof

m

y f

li

ght cre

w.

He told

e p

il

ots f

i

rst m

is

t

o

ok

F

or UFOs? _f the CAA is not spec

i

f

ic

ally me

n

tlo

n

edt me that i

n

the spr

i

ng of

1

955 he was navi-

2

. Wha

t

hostile or me

n

a

cin

g

ac

ts any

l

o

c

a

l

n

e

ws

s

tory of an

a

k

li

ne

cr

ew's gatin

g

a

f

llght

fr

om Caracas_ V

e

nez

u

ela

the prints to F_reo

n

the obj

ec

ts? sighting is va

lu

ablet si

nc

e ma

n

y a

i

r

li

n

e

to R_ode

J

ane

lr

o

.

About o

n

e a

n

d a half

captains 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 laoking

celved, NICAP has forwarded the ques- munleatlons operator who may passon the objects very high in a dlamond shaped

ns to the Air Force Chief of Staff. information to the CAA. • Formation.

Definite answers have been promised "The objects seemed to stay in the same

place for the hour that he and other crew

dtheywillbe included

l

athe n

e

xt

i

ssue

.

Many NICAP memb

e

rs have se

n

t us members

w

atch

e

d.

T

he az

i

muth

c

ha

n

ged

personal 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 of

objects were circular and appeared to have

r Force statement to Rep. Lee Metcalf the magazine. Separate copies of this a shadow on the side away from the sun.

° Mont.) on January 111 ]957, seems reporting form are available upon request. "The airliner captalnt who also sighted

special interest: Pleasesendin all personal sighting reports, the formatlon, said '1 see there, h'ut I

als

o any au

th

en

t

ic

r

e

por

ts o

f s

lg

h

t

i

n

g

s

b

y d

o

n'

t b

eli

e

v

e

t

be

m

| _

 Air Force interceptors still pursue un_ friends or acquafntances. •

e

nt

i

f

i

ed

f

ly|ng obje

c

ts

a

s a matter of "

T

h

i

s s

i

gh

tin

g

w

as never off

ie

ially re-

curity to this country and to determine ported.

chnical aspects involved. To date, the Project Blue Book, in "The ReportOn Un- "The need f or an efficient coordinating

ing objects have imposed no threat to identified Flying Obiects.. In thls case centerforthepurposeofunbiased scientific

e security aF the United States and its an Air Force pilot opened fire on a disc- analysls of Unidentified Flying Objects

ions." shapedab[ectwhlchhaddescendedbeneath anda wider distribution ofthis information

and ahead of hls Fighter° Apparently no haslong beenapparent.

Though several firing incidents have hHs were scored. The pilot w_ immedl-

n rumored in the last ten years, only Qtely grounded. "NICAPt through the medium of its

ree are a matter of record: in case three, Air Force jets opened magazine, will serve the purposeoFdls-

The first incident, which occurred over fire on a UFO which was clrcling a tributlng undistorted Facts to the public."

w Jersey, was admitted in December of weather balloon near Rockfordt Illinois. NICAP hopes to persuade other airline

49 at a pressconference by Major ./ere According to Ground Observer Corpswit- crew members to reveal ur_classlf_edUFO

ggs, USAF [ntelHgence officer. This nesses, the jets set the balloon afire and reports which they have withheld. IFany

nference was also attended by General the UFO escaped, members are acquainted with pilots who

ry Smith_ then Director of Air Force NICAP is investigating all phases of have such infermaHon, we will appreciate

bllc I

nf

orm

a

ti

on.

th

is

sit

u

atio

n an

d wi

l

l r

ep

o

rt

its fin

d

i

n

gs the

i

r he

l

p in sec

u

r

in

g the f

a

cts.

W

h

i

le

we

The

s

econdcas

e

was revealedbyCa

p

ta

i

n

in

th

e

October issue_ together

wi

th the would llke to qu

o

te sou

r

ces_names

wi

ll

J. Ruppelt, USAFR_ former head of Air Force answers. • not be used if so requested. •

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PAGE 8 THE gFO iNVESTIGATOR

 'Monster" Theory Discarded in

UFO Landing Case Witnessed

in Gait, Ontario, Canada

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

publ icized o

n

August 3

,

1957

,

has produced no ab

s

o

l

ute evidence that any

t

hree

-

toed

creature was i

n

volv

e

d

,

a

s fi

rst h

in

ted° But though t

h

is suggestion

i

s ge

n

erally rejected

,

evidence indicating that some unknown machine landed or briefly touched down near

G

ait ha

s

not been discredite

d.

The story First made headlines when 15-year-old Jack Stephens reported having seen

a round dome-topped object Four miles southwest of Gait on July 30. According to hls

signed NICAP report, the brightly glowing UFO hovered almost on the ground for about

45 minutes. Then, after ascending vertically, it leveled out and disappeared at a speed

exceeding that of a jet.

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

w

a

s

aluminum col

or

ed

;

the upper part brlghter, l_ke

a

bram}urn. I

n an

i

n

t

er

vie

w wit

h

Roy Francis of the Galt EVENING REPORTER,Stephens said the domed top did not W.O. OI:LBI:RT C. blEWHOUSE

ro

t

at

e

, but the ma

i

n b

o

dy

d

i

d

revo

l

ve at h

i

gh spee

d

. As

t

h

e

m

a

ch

i

ne

h

overed ne

a

r

t

he

N

av

y

Ph

o

t

o

gr

ap

h

e

r

ground, he said, he could see a reddish flame beneath it. When the rotating section

slo

w

e

d

dow

n

s

its

glo

w

r

e

so

l

v

ed i

n

t

o

s

ever

a

l

s

m

al

l l

i

ght

ed

ar

eas

,

w

h

i

chhecaIled porthole

s

_

Own

er

of th

e

 Uta

h l::jJm

e

"

around the lower rlml (It has sincebeen suggestedthat these could havebeen jet exhausts.)

Another figur

e

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 sliding

t

w

o day

s. W

henthe

a

re

a w

as ex

a

mi

n

e

d

by o

f

the

[

andl

n

g g

ea

r. USN

.

As a Navy chief

p

h

o

tographer

Francis and other investigaforss theyfaund Newhouse became famous after the

some 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

liciz

e

d in Flying Sauce

r

s from Outer

inches long, shaped rough

l

y

li

ke hug

e

_ head

o

f the Cana

di

an Gov

er

nm

e

nt's UFO Space

.

Since

t

here may b

e

a f

e

w who

three-toed footprlnts

°

pro

j

e

c

t, came from Mr

.

Alfr

e

d Em

er

son still ore unaware of

t

hese famous

pin-

An implication that it was a hoax--not who made a personal check on the Gait

necessarily by young Stephens--was made case. Emerson,an Amberstburg, Ontario

tures

,

it should Ice sta

t

ed

t

hat this

by David Ghent, investlgeting for the manufacturer, has been active in UFO in-

film

is one of the most

impor

t

antbi

t

s

T

ORONTO TELEGRAM. G

h

ent sa

i

d the vest

i

ga

tl

o

n

for several ye

a

r

s,

of UFO evidence on recor

d.

On

July

"giant footsteps" were manmade, that they According to Emerson, there was a third 2, lgs2 Warrant Officer Newhouse

showedevidence of a metallic object dug less noticeable indentation, indicating and his wife witnessed the maneuvers

int0 the ground and dragged back. Behind the possibilltythat the object had touched of a formation of disk-shaped objects

t

h

e

heel, h

e sa

ld,

was ea

rth scooped out ground

wi

th two

se

ct

i

o

n

s of its l

andin

g 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 on

patches: Someone not seen by Stephens area 30to35 Feetwide was wilted, aswas

color films

,

showing

t

he maneuvers

had

s

et

s

everal flres and then had broken vegetati

o

n along the nearest stret

c

h of of the i

nd

ivi

d

ual

u

nits an

d

the e

n

ti

r

e

off branches from a nearby bush to beat bushes. A number of branches, he sold, formation. His film was analyzedfor

out the flames. The idenHty of the hoaxer apparently had been twisted or blown months by experts of the Air Force

o

r h

oa

xers was

n

ot suggest

e

d

, a

ro

un

d

as if

f

ro

m a h

i

gh

w

l

n

d_ and Nav_" an

d

at one time it was

TocIar

i

fytheplctureforNICAP_members NICAP Comment:

I

f th

i

s report proves planne

d t

o reveal the film t

o

the

p

ub-

P

e

ter H

e

g

g

sof Ham

i

lt

o

n a

n

d R

o

y E. Sm

i

th

a

hoax

, t

he

n

it wa

s

planned

w

el

l e

n

o

ugh lic wi

t

h all of

t

he basic evidence in

of Burllngtonr Ontario, personally invest- to deceive five careful investigators t two

Air Force files

.

i

ga

ted the

e

v

i

dence

wi

ththeaid o

f a

third of

w

hom

w

e

r

e h

i

ghly

s

keptic

al

at f

i

r

s

t. Because of hi

e

experi

e

nc

e

as a

Canadian, Mr. DeWitt Lee. Heggs, an naval aviation photoc_apher and also

electronfcs eng

i

ne

e

r

f

o

r

merly w

i

th the

T

he lack of co

nf

irmation by ot

h

er wlt- because of his interest in

UFO r

e-

Royal Air Force, reports that earth samples nessesis a factor to he consldereds though

tested tat McMaster University showed no it does not by any means disprove the search since taking the Tmmanten

ususual radioactivity, report. There have been other UFO cases • pictures Warrant Officer Newhosse is

T

h

r

ee of

th

e

c

harred area

s,

H

egg

s a

nd wher

e a

r

e

po

r

t

b

y a

lon

e

w

i

t

n

e

s

s

w

as

l

a

t

er

in an

excellent position t

o assist an

d

Roy Smith report, were at the points of an fully verified°

advise NICAP in regard

to photo-

isoceles triangle 20 feet on a slde. With graphs submitted for evaluation.

NICA

P

me

m

b

e

r

DeW

i

tt

L

e

e,

they a

ls

o

H

ow

ever,

si

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h

oa

x ha

s not b

e

e

n

e

x

a

min

ed t

he

s

o

-

call

ed f

oot

p

ri

n

ts

a

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h

e

rul

e

d o

u

t compI

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C

AP h

a

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t

e

d He emphasizes in accepting his

b

r

oke

n

bushe

s

, thls a

s

an opencas

e

. Ifnofu

r

ther

e

vlde

n

ce appointmen

t

: a

s Sp

e

cial Adviser

to

If the sighting report is true, the foot- is received in a reasonable t imer the case NICAP that: hs is acting in a purely

prints might be explained as indentatlons wilt be submitted to our Panel of Speclal privut:e capacity and he can in no way

made whe

n

the U

F

O to

uc

he

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d

own

.

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vi

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er

s.

T

h

e

ir

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p

i

n

i

o

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s

a

nd con

c

lusio

ns

speak for the U.S

.

Na

v

y or any ele-

poss

i

b

l

eth

at

rouadedla

nd

ln

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em

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rs

a

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e

of

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HE UFO INVESTIGATO

"

SecretWeapon

"

Explanationor

Unidt

ntifiedFlyingObjectsAnalyzedby NICAP

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

(shown el

s

e

w

he

r

e in

t

h

i

s

i

ssue

)

a s

i

zabl

e

capital

l

st

ic

plot by the Un

i

ted States to o

p

erators of hu

n

dredsof a

ir

ports

.

number of Americans believe that the rule the world. Such a secret operation would enta

UFOs are probably U. S. devicesr kept It would meanthat we had these super- the added danger that the other arme

secret by our Government. A smaller machines in global operation as early as Forces might attack the Navy devlces

percentage_ judging from NICAP's mailt 1947, but did not usethem to prevent or bel|ev_ng them to be enemyweapons.

F

e

a

r

t

h

a

t th

e

u

nid

e

n

ti

fied

ob

je

ct

s ma

y

b

e

end

the K

or

e

an wa

r

. P

o

sse

s

sionof s

u

c

h

wo

ul

d r

e

qui

re

a

g

i

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a

nt

i

c

top l

e

v

e

Russiansecret weapons. One UFO maga- machineswould have given ustremendous conspiracy in the Navy--an almost in

zl

n

e

edito

r

claims t

h

at t

h

e so-

c

a

ll

e

d

sup

e

rio

r

it

y

ove

r C

o

m

mun|st a

ffc

ra

ff_

en- con

c

e

i

va

bl

e plo

t_

to

d

elu

d

e a

l

l t

h

e ot

h

e

saucers--or at least someof them--are abllng us to endthe war swiftly instead of Government departments.

man-made machines controlled by an aIIowing the long-drawn-out sacrifice of Besidesthis_ it would almost certainly

AmerlcangroupoutsldeofourGovernment° Allled fighting men and he|pless South require the deception of top rankin

D

ur

i

n

g t

h

e

p

as

t

ten yea

r

s the

s

e

cr

et

K

oreans. membersof

C

ongressiona

l

committees

_

an

wea

p

onanswe

r

.

_

asbe

e

n

r

e

p

eatedl

yde

n

X

ed I

f

t

h

e U

FO

s we

r

e

U

. S. dev

i

ces

_ |

t even t

he

P

r

esident o

f

the United State

by

h

ighly p

l

aced aut

h

o

r

itles

t b

oth

i

n and would mean t

h

at fo

r

t

e

n y

e

a

r

s we have Pres

id

ent

ia

l a

p

p

r

oval of sucha p

rog

ram

outside of the Government. The most dellberatelyand wastef'u|ly kept on build- unthinkable with all the dangers involve

recent denial came fromthe FormerChair- ing convenHonal aircraft and missilesat a here and abroad.

man of NICAP's Boardof Governors_ Rear costto the taxpayersof billions of do|lots

Admiral Delmer S. Fahrney_ USbl Retlred_ when we already had a perfect global The Sky-Sweepers Answer

who is noted as the "fa;'her of guided weapon. The only obvious reasonfor such

mlssiles." an incredlble sltuat|on would be to main- Comparedwith the U. S. secret weapo

In a wide

ly

pu

bl

is

h

ed press s

t

atemen

t

taln the a

ff

c

r

aft and m

l

ss

i

[e in

d

ust

ry

a

t

a t

h

eo

r

les

,

t

h

e

r

adiat

l

onsweeperse

x

planatio

m

ad

eon

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anua

r

y|

9_

19

5

7

rA

dm

ir

a

l

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ney

hig

h leve

l

an

d t

o continue

"

b

u

siness as seemstopresen

t

mo

r

ep

r

oblemst

h

ananswe

said tha

t

no natlononea

r

t

h

wasFa

r

e

n

oug

h

usual

" i

n Def

e

nseDepa

r

tment jo

b

s. Un- I

t

has been

p

u

bl

is

he

d by the edi

t

o

r

of

advanced to produce machines equalling doubtedly most Americans wou|d flatly UFO publlcatlon who formerly support

the UFOs_reported performance. Never- reject this suggestkSn, the interplanetary explanatlon.

theless

,

because t

h

e ques

t

ion again

h

as T

h

e off

i

cials

b

ac

k

o

f

su

ch

a se

cr

e

t

U

FO A

cco

r

ding to this sou

rc

e

th

e

r

e exis

been raisedbytheTRENDEX POLL_NICAP operation would have deliberately risked in this country a powerfu|t super-secr

wiitdlscussthisexp|anaHonsothatmembers the lives of a[rffne passengers_n cases Organization  operating outside th

may weigh the facts, when saucersclose|y approached airliners Government forthe purposeof eliminating

Exponents of the various secret weapon on Governmentcontrolled airways. They accumu|ated rad|oacHvlty in the earth'

answe

rs

c

l

a

im

that t

h

e UF

O

s a

r

e: woul

d

also

h

ave

r

isked

th

e live

s

o

f i

nte

r

- atmosphe

r

e.

O

pe

r

ating a f

l

e

et

of fl

y

in

ceptor pilots ordered to chase--and in discsffom undlsctosedbasesttheOrganiza

1) United S

t

atesse

cr

e

t

dev

l

ces

t

known

s

omecasestofl

r

eon

_

these UFOmachines. tion is sa

l

dto swe

e

pdange

r

a

r

easherean

to top Defense officials and a selected It would also mean that for ten yearsor outsideof our territory when radioactivity

g

r

ou

p

o

f hi

gh

G

overnment e

x

e

c

utives and

m

ore top Gove

r

nment officials

h

ave

p

ur-

i

nc

r

easesa

ft

e

r

exp

l

osio

n

sof Aor H

b

om

b

C

on

gr

ess

i

on

al Figures

.

p

os

e

ly i

s

suedfa

l

se statemen

t

sabou

t fly

ing

No det

a

ilecl exp

lana

t

i

o

n

h

as

be

en

g

i

ve

2) U. S.

d

ev

l

ces

t

operated

b

y an

d

s

a

uce

r

sand tha

t

t

h

e enti

r

e

Air

Force

|

n- as to

h

ow the

Or

gan

i

zat

i

on acqui

r

ed

|

known only to the U. S. Navy. vesHgation has been a smokescreenand flylng discstnorhow it managesto oFerat

3) Devices produced and operated by a farce, them wffhout entanglement with our ow

a s

u

per-

s

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gr

ou

p

outside the

D

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e

Fina

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mean t

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a

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fo

r

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r

a

a

nd fo

r

eign ai

r

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c

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Dep

ar

tm

e

n

tt

to

r

id our s

k

iesof dan

g

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c

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ll

t

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a

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h

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ty f

r

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be

xplosions,

b

een m|ra

c

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s

ly

k

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--

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b

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c

ould operate se

cr

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f

o

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re

than a ver

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) Sec

r

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weaponsof t

h

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g

of the ne

c

essa

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ases

_

t

h

e sta

ff

ing by sho

rt

time.

I

t would

b

e d

Jff

|cult even

ernment, thousandsof maintenance men_ operating establish baseswithout detection byarme

5

) D

evi

ces s

e

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tl

y opera

te

d b

y

some c

re

w

s

an

d

o

ff

ic

i

a

l p

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s

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n

ne

ls b

e

s

i

d

e

s th

e

For

cesln

_ellE

g

e_cegraups_the FBItsta

t

e o

other nat|on, flnanc[ng and all the vast amount of red local poffce or aHiners cr|sscross|ngth

tape. Even

i

n wa

r

, thls would be d

iff

|

c

u

|

t;

c

ount

r

y.

Could UFOs Be U. S. Weapons.'? in peacet[me_ preventing leaks would be Only a very small group could hope t

ten times harder, remain hldden_and a very small grou

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

U. S. devices as listed in Number It thFs The Navy Device Theory of UFOs sighted here and abroad. Eve

e

xplana

t

i

o

n wo

ul

d hav

e

to m

e

e

t the

med

|u

m sca

le ac

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[es wou

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d req

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up

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i

p

me

nt; an

transportation of such supplies by groun

The 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 havehad Navy_ as a former Government engineer

to a

ppr

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thus vlolatlng those nations_ sovereignty all the conditions previously stated_ th|s to set itself up outside the Governmen

these U. S. officials would have dellber- Navy operation would have to be kept regardless of |ts benevolent purpose.

ate

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Lear, Flight-ElectronicsExpert,

CallsUFOsRobotDevices

In a surprising reversal, William P. In his recent statement--at the first

L

e

ar, Sr

.

, noted aviation and electronics annual Eng

i

neer

i

n

g

Essentials Sho

w

in

inve

n

tor, recently stated that the F

l

yi

n

g Los An

g

el

e

s, Lear a

g

ain stressed g

r

avf

t

y

saucers do not carry creatures from other research.

planets but probably are intelligence-  Once we can explain gravity," he

g

athering devi

ce

s laun

c

h

e

d From other sa

i

d, "we ca

n

do som

e

thing about it

.

We

worlds

.

I

n F

ebrua

r

y

,

1955, Lear publi

c

ly

w

o

n

'

t

have to depend on aer

o

dynam

ic

s for

revealed his belief that the UFO's came lift I and we probably will be able to

from outer space and were  p_loted by cancel someof 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 beings

on the basis o f undisclosed facts available pHotingthesaucersbecomesmorepuzzllng.

to him through military channels, was not Long before his all-inclusive statement

apparent

.

Another pass

l

b

i

lity--that he

i

s it had alreedybeen sugg

e

ste

d

that someof

hedging because of miBtary pressure-- the UFO's were remote-controlled devices

seemsunlikely becauseof Lear's sometimes carrying various kinds of recording equip-

f

ie

ry pe

r

sonality a

n

d his

w

e

l

l-k

n

o

w

n

r

e

-

ment for

u

se

wi

th ro

c

kets, sate

l

l

i

tes and _,_ - _ "_._

s

i

stance to any su

c

h p

r

es

s

ures

,

even

t

ually spacesh

i

ps

. T

h

i

s theory has a

Lear

,

In

c.

s a mult

l

-milllon dollar fi

r

m sound f

o

undat

i

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n.

WILLIAM P

.

L

E

AR

,

St

.

manu

f

a

c

tur

i

ng aircraft autop

H

ots and Through te

l

e-meteri

n

g

w

e can learn make every effort to learn

w

hat led t

o

his

numerous 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 processo

f

convert

in

g

in

to ele

c

tr

ic

al fated for his forthright de

c

laretlons about

contacts in the Defense Departmentt as impulses all sortsof information--such as flying saucers. It is interesting to see

well as other agencies. Because of this instrument readings or the heartbeats, that he has not been subjected to public

and also his personal knowledge of radio temperatures and resplrationof monkeys or ridicule, a point which NICAP hopeswill

andelectronlc devices, hislatest statement other anlmals in high aftitude rockets, encourage other well-known citizens to

sbeuld 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 1955opinion, given to the to the earth. Any impulse, whether from ....

As

s

o

ci

ated P

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essatBog

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ta,

C

ol

o

mb

i

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.

a

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o

scopa

s

tra

p

pe

d

tea mo

n

key ora UFOF II

W

e

w

ou

l

d be a

w

fully

c

on

c

eit

e

d,

 

he cosm

ic

ray measuring device

, c

hanges this

O 0

:

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sa_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-

BrazilianAir

L

iner

ld not create other earths and other cordedon magnetic taperoreven on punch

creatures. And there is the chance that cards, for analysis. On July 4, 1957, a circular, lighted

they were created before we were_ have In addition, we have developed auto- object paced a R.E.A.L. Airlines plane

pe

r

ha

p

ssurv

i

vedperlodso

f

se

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l

ati

on

mat

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c cameras wh

i

ch take p

ic

tu

r

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s fr

om from Ca

m

pos, Rio St

a

te

,

B

r

azil, almost to

such as we now face, and thus are so far rockets. Wealso are worklngon television Vlctorla, the Capital of the Esplrlto Santo

advanced in legaHthmlc education that cameras to be used in the first rockets to State. This is approximately 230 miles

th

e

y

a

re

na

t

onl

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c

urious about this a

n

d circle the m

o

on, so th

a

t det

ai

led

p

i

c

t

u

re

s

northe

a

st of Rio de

Ja

nelr

o.

other planets in outer space, but are able of its surface can be relayed to earth. Reported by the plane_s pilot, Captain

to do somethln9 about it. They may be From installing radio and television Delgado t the object wasalso watched by

10,000 years ahead of us. Who knows?" transmitters inspace 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 for

v

i

ces

,

 

L

ea

r

a

d

de

d

: cast

b

an

d

.

I

f we

r

eve

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se all t

hl

s

t it

is seve

r

a

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min

ut

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s

peeding up

 

Aft

e

r

all

,

we

'r

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po

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fr

on

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d

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led but ful

ly

a

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tomatic

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he o

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jec

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was ci

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with

up

and

a

r

en't we'

?

.

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su

r

ve

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r th

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ry

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p

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report

in

t

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sp

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many pilots and engineers insisted that no of our broadcasts, published in Sao Paulo. Whether this re-

livi

ng c

re

atu

r

e co

ul

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i

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hs

tan

d

t

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-

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wou

ld t

a

rr

ed to a

t

ur

r

e

t

isno

t

clea

r

.

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ne uni

q

ue

men

dous f

o

rc

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s

o

f gr

av

ity

a

nd

ine

r

t

i

a

ra

'

dl

c

ally

c

ha

ng

e the U

F

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p

i

ct

ure

,

f

o

r if

aspec

t

o

f

t

he sighti

ng w

as th

at w

h

en

th

e

created in high-speed UFO maneuvers, only unmanned machines were used, it plane and the object went through clouds,

But

i

n

1

955 Mr

.

Lear e

m

phas

i

zed the ex-

w

ou

l

d

o

bv

i

ou

s

ly elimi

n

ate the

q

u

e

st

i

o

n

o

f

"little

w

ind

o

ws were

[

]

g

hted_ em

i

tt

in

g a

t

ens

l

v

e

r

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e

arch bei

n

g c

ondu

cte

d

to learn

c

o

n

t

act

s

wi

th

e

arth

be

i

ngs

,

v

ery

strong lig

ht

, which w

a

s pu

t

ou

t i

m-

the secrets of gravity and to control its However, applying the question to our mediately when the object came out from

force

.

It was assu

me

dthat he had this i

n

o

wn

long

-r

ang

e p

la

n

sr

i

t w

ou

ld seem

m

o

r

e the c

l

ouds.

 

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 for

spac

e

. If they had l

e

ar

n

ed ho

w

t

o c

reate ratber than

ma

k

e

it all e

n

t

i

rely aut

o

mati

c,

further d

e

tails aboutthe myste

r

ious

o

bie

c

t.

artifi

c

i

a

l

g

ravity

fi

e

l

ds

,

this

w

o

uld

e

n

able

I

n the absen

c

e of suppo

r

ting ev

i

de

n

ce

,

Weare

ln

debted to

B

raz

i

l

i

a

n

correspondent

th

e

m to

n

ullify gravl

t

y ef

f

e

c

ts d

u

r

i

ng Lear

'

s statement

wi

ll h

a

v

e

to be l

i

sted as Osor

i

o Ribeiro de Barros Neves

o

f S

a

o

U

F

O ope

r

at

i

o

ns,

me

r

ely

a

sug

g

estion

,

but NICAP will Pa

u

lo

fo

r th

is

i

nf

o

r

mation.

•

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SmokerailingDiscReportedOverNewZ

e

aland

Similarto 1952PeruCase

A unique dayt ime 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 ever

hundred feet in diameter, has just been As I watched, the object approached imaginable angle--I was able to get a

released to NICAP by a New Zea

l

and m

e

at a sl

i

ght angle bear

i

ng to the left

.

unm

i

stakable impression o

f

i ts shap

e

.

Fishlng-boat captain and boat builder. It thentiltedata steep angle and,shooting It wasa huge disc. Its rapid movemen

Withh

el

d

f

ro

m

publi

c

ati

o

n u

n

til

n

ow, up

w

ards,sbewed

i

ts

ci

r

c

ular sha

p

e

c

lea

r

ly

,

sug

g

ested treme

n

dous power

.

Movin

g

i

th

i

s repertby Ronald L. Math

e

so

n

of Mount It a

p

p

e

ared as big asa florin held

a

t arm's hor

i

zo

n

tal fl

ig

ht, it appeared to cover

Maunganu

i

, N

ew

Zealand,

i

s ba

c

ked

b

y le

n

gth°

T

he rap

i

d maneuve

r

s

i

t made d

i

stan

c

e of m

ile

s

in

as ma

n

y seco

n

d

s.

his employer, Samuel E. Rix, Director of covered an ar