THE FIFTH HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE UFOS: A HISTORY 1952 August ...

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THE FIFTH HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE
UFOS: A HISTORY
1952 August
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES
By
Loren E. Gross
Copyright © 2002
Fremont CA
"UFOsaretheFifthHorseman oftheApocalypse."
—Dr. LincolnLaPaz
"SupplementalNotes'*consistofmaterialunder
consideration foranyrevisionoftheoriginal
UFOhistoryvolumecoveringthistimeperiod.
Critics.
Inthe wake ofGeneral Samford's press conference not everyone bought into the "weather tar-
gef'explanation. To this day, the case is still being debated. Inthe 1960s the Washington
National Airport radar-visual affair was the maiden field trip investigation by the CondonUFO
project and aMike Wertheimerwas assigned thejob. Dr. David Saunders, a member ofthe
project, related his impressions ofwhat happened.
"Mike's immediate reactionto the trip was one ofamazement thatthe wit
nesses he talked to could virtually relive the experience (evenwithout the benefit
ofhypnosis) 15 years later. That's how intense the situation had been, even for
those experienced radar controllers. (Even so, Mike voted against anactive pur
suit ofthis case forthe Case Book!)
"In the course ofour study, wejust happened to have a chance to discuss
the Washington Airport case withthe man who had been in charge ofmainten
ance forthe newest ofthe three radar facilities involved inthe sightings. He
told us that after 'his' radar began to see the unknowns, he had taken it offthe
air for halfanhourto check it thorpughly. Then, back onthe air, it continued to
see the unknowns. He also told us this was the first radarinstallationto incor
porate anew feature—the 'moving target indicator (MOT)' that figured so prom
inently inthe reports ofobjects that could either hover ormove at extraordinary
speed. The noveltyofthe MTI at thattime now acts as atwo-edge sword. Pro
ponents ofETI will see it as stimulating the curiosity ofthe UFOs. Opponents
ofETI will see it as acomponent ofasystemthat is not yet fully debugged. In
any event,the whole case deserves more credible handling than it got at the
handsofthe Civil Aeronautics Board, who issued a thickreport blaming it all
on radar mirages caused by temperature inversions." (xx.)
(xx.) Saunders, David and R. Rogers Harkins. UFOs? Yes! A Signet Book:
TheNew AmericanLibrary, 1968. p.231.
1952? Summer? Westover Field, Massachusetts, (about 3:00 a.m.)
"Ghost blip."
ANormanDeanwrote aletterto UFO investigatorAlbert Bailer in 1954 describing anexperi
ence he had in "1951" or "1952." He couldn't remember the date any betterthan that, but since
he mentions UFO reports in upperNew Yorkand in New England atthetime, early August 1952
is a good fit.
Dean had been a Control Toweroperator during World WarII. Because ofthe Koreancon
flict, he was recalled to active duty in November 1951 and stationed at Westover field in the
StateofMassachusetts. Here ishis story:
"One evening during a 'graveyard watch' inthe Control Tower, along about
3 A.M. ona clear moonlit night, abuddyofmine who wasthe radaroperatoron
the same night shift called me rather excitedlyonthe itiiercom, and asked me ifI
could see any object inthe sky about 15 miles Southwest ofthe Base. Using apair
ofpowerful binoculars I carerully scanned the sky inthat direction and assured him
that I could see nothing, it was then that he told me why he was so concerned. For
several minutes he had tracked anobject on hisradar scope, then all ofa sudden it
had stoppedat arange ofabout 15 miles from the Base anremained stationary.
Being anexperiencedradaroperator he knewthat whatever it was it was ofgood
size, at least as big as anyofour largertransport planes, but what amazed him was
the fact that it stopped and remained motionless onthe scope. A full halfhour
passed and still this object remained inthe same locationonthe radar screen, re
membering that I had an inbound C124 Globemaster coming in fromthat direction
I thought that perhaps the pilot would see something outthere that we couldn't. I
gave the pilot acouple ofcalls and finallyraised himjust South ofHarfordon his
way in, I told him what we had onradarand asked him ifhe would mind swinging
offhis course slightly so that he couldtakealook for us. I thenturned himover to
the radaroperatorwho picked upthe inbound aircraft on radar and he guided the
pilot to a newheading that would bring himdirectly into this 'blip' that was still
stationary onthe screen. The pilot slowed his aircraft and he and his copilot and
engineer started looking about the. I could hearthe radarman giving the pilot di
rections onamonitoring speaker in,the Tower.
"The aircraft got onto a line onthe radar screen that would intersect the 'blip'
that was unidentified, thenas the minutes went by the aircraft slowlyapproached
the object onthe scope, both 'blips' were equally bright and distinct. Thenwhen
it seemed thatthe two would collide, at aboutahalfmile separationonthe scope,
the stationaryobject simply disappeared, vanished seconds before the big Globe
master reached its location.
"None ofthe crew onthe plane had seenanything at anytime, althoughthey
were all observingclosely atthetime and were told how close theywere getting
all the wayto the object. Howanything could vanish so suddenly from aradar
screen without even leavingatrace ofwhat direction it went isreally amazing,
when you bear in mind that aradarscanner usually has a sweep ofbetterthan 50
miles, thatwould mean that whatever the object was it went fromadead stand
stillat 15 miles and disappeared from the scope covering over 35 miles ina split
second [Maybe it went straight up?] Rememberalso thatthisobject was there
over a halfhourand did notdisappear until seconds before the aircraft reached
itsposition, certainlythiscouldn't be any electrical disturbance orotherpheno
mena. Why then would it disappear preciselywhen it did!
"Several times after thatnight unidentified objects werepicked up inthe
vicinity ofAlbany [New York?], Montpelier, and Green field." (xx.)
(xx.) Letter: To: Rev. Albert Bailer. From: Norman S. Dean. NICAP Files.
CUFOS achives. Photocopy inauthor's files.
1 August. Yak, Montana, (dawn)
Moredetails onthe Yak case.
This is an unpublished part ofEdwardRuppelt's UFO'book:
"But to get back to Yak—as soon as the target appeared onthe radar scopes
and was designated as unidentified, one ofthe menat the radar sitewent outside
to look for it. He saw a light exactly where the radar said it should be. The crew
watched the scopes for about ahalfhour asthe target zipped back and forth about
forty miles southoftheir station. It would hover for three to five minutes, then
shootoffto anew locationat nearly400 miles an hour and stop again. Everyonce
inawhile someone would runoutside and lookfor the UFO, but a few clouds had
moved in and they couldn't see it anymore. Finally, just a few minutes after sun
rise, one ofthe officers went outto lookand what he saw made him calloutto
more people. Far offin the distance, but stillplainly visible as it moved between
the clouds, was adark, cigar-shaped form. The officer called inthe doortothe
radaroperator and asked him the bearing ofthe UFO on the scope—it was thirty-
five miles exactly southeast ofthe site at about 52,000 feet. The officer latertold
me overthe phone that he looked at the dark, cigar-shaped UFO, then looked
down atthe ground and there was acalibrationstake marking the 135 degree azi
muth angle fromthe radar site. As far ashe wasconcerned, he told me, the UFO
that he and part ofhis crewsawvisually in the early morning daylight was the
same UFO that the radaroperatorshad ontheirradar scopes." (xx.)
(xx.) Ruppelt, E.J. The Reporton UnidentifiedFlying Objects. Unpublished
portion ofmanuscript. Photocopy inauthor's files.
1 August. Dundee, New York. (9:45 am)
New York flap.
Hundreds ofpeople all overNew York state's south-central section reported seeing "flying
saucers." Here isone report:
"A flying saucerhasbeen sighted inDundee. Last Friday forenoonat 9:45
am Byron Cronk lookedover inthe northeast sky and sawwhat appearedto be
a bright star. It shot straight up,thenhesitated, gave offsomething like smoke or
vaporand went due westthenabruptly northuntil he lost sight ofit. There was
absolutely no sound. A few seconds laterhe sawwhat appearedto be the same
thing going southand thenhe lost it inthe sun." (xx.)
(xx.) Dundee, New York. Observer. 7 August 52.
1 August. Batavia and Rochester, New York. (11:30 am)
•Confusion in the skies. (See clipping onpage 4)
1 August. Elmira-Binghamtonarea, New York, (daytime)
A press report states:
"Griffis AirForce Basejets yesterday combed the airover theElmira-Bing
hamtonarea for atrace of'mysterious flying objects' which were sighted and re
ported by Civil Defense spotterson 'Skywatch' duty.
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J&ying Saucer" Objects Seen
High Over State St. Airport
Unidentified objects — possibly ~ don't know whit ft was.'* The
the mysterious "flying saucers' Batavlan said he did not care to
—were sighted high over the Ba elaborate.
Uvia Airport shortly befora.noon Mrs. Llewellyn Printup of the
Friday by * croup of area resi Batavla-Elba Townllne Rd., whose
dent!, including three veteran husband was the first to spot the
pilots. "saucers."saidshe wasIn herhome
Description of the objects as at about 11:30 a. m. when her hus Btse NotEstimated '
"metallic" and "definitely not any band called her to come out and Because of the height the shape
typ« of conventional aircraft" look at the objects. She said they and size could not he estimated
came from one of the group, Dou saw one round object which ap Ibut Jujtoa added that it definite
glas Joston of Rochester, chief peared to be stationary and thatIt ly was not the brilliant baU of
)Uot for Page Airways In Roches- wasveryhigh inthesky. Mr.Prin (fire or flash of light reported late
:er ind a wartime AJr Transport tup called the airport and then ly." A moment after the first ob
Command pilot. -Also tn the group the couple drove thwe. ^ ject disappeared a second'object
were Gilbert Chtpett, manager of The three pilot* were having a came into view and appeared to
the Batavla airport and a veteran business conference in Chapell's hover m the air without apparent
pilot and Lloyd Decker, long-time airport office when Mr. and Mrs. movement for over 10 minutes.
;pflot now flying for the Dougherty Printup arrived and the party' While the second object hovered
•corijtnjction Company ..of, New gan scanning the skte*. ' over the field, a third came Into
*Tf"thrM th view and flashed across the sky.
(•/Mr. Chapell today was reluctant them/* said Mrs. Printup. ''The A moment later, Juston said, the
[to comment on the high-flying ob hovering object rose straight up
ject*, but said"we saw something, 'onejscrstill in the sky, apparent, in the air, disappearing from view.!
jfrfaonanr, when another came i The Rochesterlan commented lat
*nd.circled it and then sudden er that he had "always been skep
shot away.Mt moved so fait, tical of tbe 'firing saucer* reports
wasJustastreakwhenittookoil and all of us had a very negative
Later, Mrs. Printup said, ti attitude toward the whole fhlnf
other similar object* appeared ai when■Pifntup came running op.
streaked across the sky. They wet But now it looks as though there
traveling In an easterly direction! is something to it- •;7*V •
Mrs. Printup said she had res!
' Credence,,wi* added to the re'
articles about "flying saucers,; ports wbenan AirForteradarsta-'
but had never paid much attentlo tlon operator reported unusual air
tnthem. "Butwhenyou see then activityIn*the area. The operator
you've goTto believe It" she ad< ofthestation,thelocationofwUcbi
ed. "I probably wouldn't have 1m is restricted Information,',raid he '
lleved it if I hadn't seen it wit "ha4<received several calls,about
my own eyes." " the objects.**-Re said the Infotv
In Rochester. Juston said th matlonwasclassified andcouldpot
first object appeared to be a" be rereated^iE.' j* &, i^-, ^.|
about 30,000 feet and was streak
ing from west to east it a "terrific
speed.'1 He estimated.the speed
of "perhaps 2,000 miles an hour--"
fasterthan anything any of us had
ever seen before, and CbapeU has!
seen jets from the Niagara Fall*1?
base go over at that height nearb ;
every day." \ , .(, / ^
TheRochestertan said do so««m
iras audible and the object left M
vapor trail. It wasiKlieved to be
of metallic construction because It
fl»ted Periodically in the sun.
Through blnomlirs. It appeared ta
■" -'* In color. Juston said. 1
"Lt. Lawrence Browe, public informationofficer atthe base, said last night
thatthe pilots were unable to find any trace ofthe objects.
"In Chenango County more than 100 reports ofthe objects were reported
within 10 minutes.
"Police ChiefRobert Palmatier, Afton, one ofthe first to make areport, said
the 'objects looked like white balloonsand were going pretty fast.'
"Groupsofpeople which gathered in Afton streetsand watched the objects
with binoculars 'were calm,' Palmatier said. 'Some looked onand wondered
what theywere. Others didn't payany attention.'
"Hillis R. Craig, a former Binghamton newspaperman, said the objects ap
peared white and high in the sky.
"He said a groupoffive to 10 oftheobjects would appearatone time.
Theyappeared to rise and fell swiftly and travelaway from the sun, Craig said.
"At Griffiss, CaptainBrowne said the base was notonanyunusual alert, but
that several planes are onalert at all timesand investigations would be made of
any subsequent reports." (xx.)
(xx.) Utica, New York. Press. 2 August 52.
1 August. Sidney, New York, (daytime)
The UFO flotilla also seen at Sidney:
•-
"At Sidney, 19 miles north ofAfton in the upper SusquehannaRiver valley,
several hundred employees ofthe ScintillaMagneto plant left theirjobs [!] to scan
the skies.
"One Scintillaworker, Irving ParsonsofOneonia, said he saw60 to 75 ob
jects shaped like 'ping-pong balls' moving veryhigh.
"Parsonsdescribed the sight as a 'whole flotillaofbright, shiny balls moving
rapidly in anortherly direction.' He said they didn't seemto be in formation." (xx.)
(xx.) Ibid.
1 August. Otego, New York, (daytime)
More UFOs at Otego
The same newspaper article said: "At Otego, 20 miles north ofSidney, Walden Sneison of
Lincoln Park, N.J., said a large crowd watched the skyforanhour and saw five orsix 'very
bright objects.' They appeared to move perpendicularly, Sneisonsaid." (xx.)
(xx.) Ibid.
1 August. Canadice, New York, (daytime)
Among the many.
According to a newspaper story:
"Among the many who saw the flying saucers, discs, platters, or whatever
they may be called were StephenPaine, Ray Gordon, Frank Lawrence and
Charles Thomas, onFriday.
"They were baling straw onthe Paine farm near Canadice lake, whenthey
noticed a shining object hovering inthe air quite low, estimated at not more
than 2,000-3,000 feet high. Itwasoval in shape, had no wings orpropeller
visible. The sun glinted on it asthe object hung motionless for several minutes.
"Frank said he could see windows in it. They stoppedthe machinery to try
and detectthe noise ofa motor, butno sound was apparent.
"All at once it took offwith amazing speed and disappeared over Honeoye
lake, climbing rapidly. There was still no sound ofa motorortail vapor visible."
(xx.)
(xx.) Wayland, New York. Register. 7 August 52.
1 August. Sidney, New York, (shortly after 2:00 p.m.)
SIDNEY,N.Y
RECORD
3/7/52 ;.,.
"Like bouncing balls." (See clipping)
StrangeJThings
1 August. NearDesMoines, Iowa, (no time)
in Sidney,Sky
Flight ofsix. (See clipping below)
There are hundreds of people In
Sidney, Including the publishers of
1 August.
this paper, who can vouch that
there are strange objects flitting
-*i around the sky.
Smyrna, Tennessee,
CHILUCOTHE. MO. On Friday afternoon, shortly
*4 °ysmimoN after 2 o'clock, a call came in to
the Record-Enterprise office from
(no time)
Rolland Peckham of Balnbridge,
« roc*
who Is in charg*. of the "sky
DESCRIBES FLIGHT OF watch" In this area. There were
"Flying dishpan." SIX TLYING SAUCERS' bounefng bnlU observed near the
sun, ho said; something like soap
Laverne Olasbrook, Indlanola. la, bubbles In appearance, and he
(See clipping) an employee of the A.T to T., has thought we might like to see If
they were still visible over here.
reported sighting six flying saucers
They were visible, all right,
last Friday south of Des Moines. la.
bright specks Jumping up and
Olasbrook told his story to John
Thl*ClippingFrom down much like drops of water
Baker. ChlllJcothe. also or the A.
when they hit hot metal. Others
MARYVILLE, TENN. TJtT. Olasbrook told Baker that
were shooting off from the vicinity
TIMES the six saucers were flying north, of the sun, going mostly in a sou
AUG 1 - 19521 suddenly stopped and "hung low therly direction, usually very rap
enough so thatwe got a good look at idly, but occasionally at a leisurely
them." He described them as In a pace. They kept on a straight line,
SMYRNA AIRMAN SPOTS "saucer** shape. but once In a whileonewould turn
FLYING SAUCER Olasbrook described the objects aj off, at an angle. The sky was very
blue and the air particularly clear,
SMYKrT.V Tcnn . Aim. 1 (ftn "definitely of metal." "They Just
airman nt Sewnrl Air Force Bane seemed to hang there,*' he uld and with scarcely a cloud In the sky.
has reported seeinc a flying dish- The phenomenon continued for
pan. Virginia Sheppard said the then they darted to the feast and at least two hours,' and was wit
dl<hpnn descended from about were gone In "a split second." nessed bygroupsofpeopleallover
2000 feet Suddnly it changed its Olasbrook wasworking In Trenton Sidney. ijL v
course .mcl ronmrd straight]* up
until it disappeared, she snldl with Baker last week.
1 August. Elmira, New York. (3:00 p.m.)
A 'Skeptic' sees the Things.
ReporterJohnDiveny ofthe ElmiraStar-Gazette wrote:
"Ifyou haven't seenthem, you'reprobably skeptical, as I was until 3 Friday after
noon.
"Whenthe telephonesall startedringing at once about 1:30, with reports of'flying
saucers' coming in from all overthe country, it took six ofus to takethe information,
double check, put the story together and get it out tothe printers.
"Then we decided to have a look forourselves.
"Fred Box ofthe statedesk and I were the first to reachthe roofoftheStar-Gazette
Building. We hadn't been there two minutes when we saw one.
"It came from the directionofthe sunright toward us until it was directly overhead.
It had adull silvery look, and was flat. I thought it looked like a dime sailing overhead.
"Then it turned on edge and banked into a right-hand turn. Itwas flat. Not 'thin'
flat, but not round either.
"It seemed to float through several lazyturns before we lost sightofit.
"By wearing sunglasses and holding a little square ofpaperat arm's length to cut
offthe central blinding rays ofthe sun, we were able to detect more.
"I saw several single ones, which came out ofthe light ofthe sunand traveled
northward before disappearing from sight. Theyappeared disc-shape^, and at first I
dismissed themas probably being fireballs fromthe sun [?].
"Buttheydid things youwouldn't expect a fireballto do. A couple moved out
fromthe bright light, stopped, moved forward again. Others went through aseries of
'dog legs,' making sharp 90-degree turns, all tothe right, before settling ona straight
course and disappearing fromsight.
"Twice I sawthreeatonce. One ofthese times, a disc appeared fromthe right
and below the sun, whizzed throughthe halo oflight under the sun, and continued to
the left. Anotherjoined it fromthe rearand the two continued together for some dis
tance.
'The third appeared fromthe left going inthe opposite direction. One ofthe first
two abruptlyreversed direction and went back to the right withthe third.
"That time theyappeared round, and had a brightersilverappearanceI attributed
to their being more directly in the sun'srays. Asthe firsttwo passed throughthe direct
light ofthe sun's halo, they became opaque and silhouetted, indicating theywere of
some solid substance.
"All appeared small, but without knowing how far out in spacetheywere, an es
timate oftheirsize is impossible." (xx.)
(xx.) Elmira, New York. Star-Gazette. 2 August 52.
I August. Near Painted Post, New York, (about 3:30p.m.)
AnotherNew Yorker sees something:
8
"Bruce Oakley ofAddison said he was driving his car nearPainted Post Friday
about 3:30 p.m. when he spottedone ofthe silver discs inthe sky. It behaved craz-
ily, darting atterrific speedand taking abrupt right angles, he said." (xx.)
(xx.) Corning, New York. Leader. 2 August 52.
1 August. Caton, New York, (about 5:30p.m.)
"They're real nowas faras I'm concerned."
Still another New Yorker:
"Mr. and Mrs. Loring C. BartlettofElmirawere traveling home from Corning
on the back road through Caton whenthey sawat least sixofdie objects inthe sky.
'It was about 5:30 p.m. when the 'saucers' appeared in view under the sun. Mr.
Bartlett said they looked iridescent and glistened in the sun. He said they appeared
to be a long wayoffand moving at anextremely fast rateofspeed.
"They would dropout ofsight and soonreappear, Mr. Bartlett noted. The couple
watchedthe darting objects for about 20 minutes. The 'saucers' were still in view
whenMr. and Mrs. Bartlett left the scene, theysaid.
" 'I was skeptical, but they're real nowas far as I'mconcerned,' said Mr. Bart
lett. He had no explanationto offer fortheirexistence, however.
"He said the discs appearedto have fuzzyedges and some zig-za§ed from beside
the sunas iffalling underthe sun." (xx.)
(xx.) Ibid.
1 August. SantaBarbara, California, (afternoon)
"Our friends might kid us too much." "Flying Whoozis."
The local press reported:
"A 'flying whoozis' was reported yesterday by five residents ofFellowship
Circle onthe Mesawho asked, 'Please don't use ournames; our friends might kid
ustoo much.'
"The object was sighted Friday afternoonoffshore fromHope Ranch, hovering
for 10 minutes inone spot at about 5,000 feet before it speeded up and disappeared
*\o the west [out to sea], theyreported.
"The object, which theyobserved withpowerful binoculars, was described as
being oblong, withtwo cones sticking up from its top. It was snow white they said.
When it started to move, it made aslowrollon its sideand the cones moved with it.
" 'It couldn't be a cloud formation,' the spokesman for the quintet said, 'be
cause the sky was aclear and beautiful blue. Besides, ifit had beenacloud, it would
not have retained its shape. And when it moved of£ it moved against the prevailing
breeze.'" (xx.)
(xx.) SantaBarbara, California. News-Press. 3 August 52.
August (approximately) (no exact date) Gas City, Indiana. (6:00 p.m.)
Two "saucers" visit Gas City.
The witnesses say it was a beautiful cloudless day. The wind was about five mph. The tem
perature was awarm 80 degrees. Theterrain inthe area is flat formiles around. The objects
were viewed fromthe cornerof 8th Street & H Avenue. This spot was atthe edge ofthe re
sidential district. To the east wasopen farmland with isolated farms. A Mr. and Mrs. Flann-
ingan, and friends, saw theobjects. The husband filed this statement:
"I hadjust arrived at my friends house. They were sitting inthe yard when
one ofus noticed a metallic disk 120' above us at 75 degrees. Afterobserving
this motionless craft for 3-5 minutes, another identical-looking one zoomed in
fromthe same angle to approximately
two feet ofeachother. They were
now side by side whichthey stayed Thi$ClippingTrom
GREENWICH, CONN.
forabout 10 minutes. The only move
TIME
ment during this time was arapid 5
AU6 2 - 1952
degreetilting action from the vertical
X
axis. The crafts were observed to be Press Stalks Saucers in Sky;
doing this the entire duration oftheir
stay. At notime was the entire upper
Radio Audience Waifs in Vain
surface ofeitherdisk visible. The bot
tom surface was flat. The edges were
rounded. And thethickness around By VERN HALrGLAND (nounced* hopefully that "you
the outeredges was approximately f Washington—(AP>—A bunchimay be the first television audl-
;of us news reporters went hunl-Jcncft to see a flying saucer."
one foot. jlng living saucers lust nlcht. Skinner cued into the broad-
1 We llWfflM antf banked over,cast show below and told the
"The crafts suddenly stopped the Capital City for more than unseen audience:
and zoomed offin opposite directions :an hour In a chartered airliner, "If during the next half hour
ilooking for anything strange In there ure. any reports on these
(75 degreestotheirhovering position). ;the sky. mysterious blips, we're going to
And not a thing suspicious did;£ead straight for them. 8taod
The speed was terrific and within se we ace. Just the sun going down, oy/ < Y- * ,
and after a while a pale half Nothing" happened.
conds they were out ofsight." (xx.) moon. Later the,r.e_ was a haze so But on*the broadcast a Call-
the moon lookeeTlike a saucer—ifornlA scientist said this coun-
but nobody was deceived. try definitely has had "visitor!
(xx.) APRO UFO report form. It was the -National Broad- from another planet.**
easting Company's Idea. Some WALTER RIE*DEL. Identified
Photocopy inauthor's files. one had a hunch a saucer or
by NBC as senior project engl«
two might show up In time to be
televlsed on last night's ,,w necr. propulsion large missiles,
™e\North American Aviation Co..
ftcr all, airport radar had
1 August. picked up strange unidentified this.
lObJecU over Washlntrton three . the visitors haven't
nights within two weeks. landed and made their presence
known. Riedel replied:
Press Stalks Saucers.
"They might have landed on
THE
ocean iior In uninhabited
hired a pplane. Invited nneewss parU of the country—and they
(See clipping) papermen and photographers to might not be ready to tell us.**
. -...__;••—•till
, they the Alr^Force concern.