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(folder 21)" of the Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers at the
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1966: Unidentified Flying Objects, January - March (folder
B48-21)
Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers
U.F.O.
leg Stitt, Bernond
March 30, 1966
Mrs. Bernard Stitt
718 Hemphill
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Dear Mrs. Stitt,
Thank you for your letter of March 26th expressing your views
and thoughts on the subject of U.F.O.
Because of your interest, I am pleased to enclose copies of my
news releases which I thought you might like to have.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford.M.C.
GRF:sk
Encl.
Visa mile
718/demphill
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Ypsilante mich
Gerald R Ford send
March 26, 1966
House Republican Leader
Washington, DC.
hlear mr Ford
2 mish to commend you upon
the action you have taken
regarding the UFD situation
a Cangressional investigation
is in order, if not long
americans wont have the
Johener of no one bnows
Wool pulled over their eyes
are them say RD.
What let these abjects really
not filled their blue book"
years of investigation has
with sweamp gas, surely.
Kinder gartin level answers
are no good our intellect
diserves more respect
We are fortunate indued to
how some one of your caliber
in a position to take a
strong stand on this subject
T wish you every success.
Mrs Bernard Stitt
U.FO.
leg Heckrodt,R
March 30, 1966
Mr. Roger V. Reckrodt
126 Bingham Street
Lansing, Michigan
Dear Mr. Heckrodt,
Thank you for your letter of March 26th expressing your ideas
and opinions on the subject of UTO.
Because of your interest, 1 am enclosing copies of my press
releases which I thought you might like to have.
Sincerely,
Gerald 3. Ford. M C.
GRFtek
Encl.
meet.
cry
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126 Bingham St.
Lansing, Mich.
March 26, 1966
Hon. Gerald Ford
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Ford:
I have studied and investigated the UFO phenomena for
over three years now, and I have been a member of NICAP
for over a year. Even though I have never seen a UFO, I
am convinced that the objects which people have seen are
real solid objects and not always gases, balloons or hal-
lucinations. I have personally spoken with perhaps two
dozen people who swear that they saw a real object which
they did not recognize and furthermore, some of these people
honestly believe that they saw a "flying saucer".
I am personally convinced that the Air Force is suppressing
information concerning this subject and I will swear to this
statement in a court of law. I am sick and tired of these
so-called "experts" explaining these objects out of exis-
tence.
Please bring about a congressional investigation into
this whole affair. Please try to make it a public inves-
tigation, and when you start calling for witnesses, start
with the radar men who picked these objects up on their
screens, and the pilots who have chased these objects; then
call the "brass" in and see if they will call their own
technicians liers.
If I sound bitter, I am. I am tired of living under a
government which releases or suppresses at its dwn dis-
gression.
Once more, please do everything you can to bring about a
congressional investigation into this affair.
Sincerely yours,
Roger V. Heckrodt
leg Barrow, U.F.O. R.
March 30, 1966
Mr. Robert Barrow
4167 Cleveland Road
Syrecuse, New York 13215
Dear Mr. Barwow,
Thank you for your letteroof March 26th expressing your views
and thoughts on the subject of UFO.
1 am pleased to enclose my press releases on this subject which
I thought you might like to have,
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford.M.C.
GRFtsk
Encl.
PHOTOCOPY FRUM GERALD FORDI
4167 Cleveland Road
same
Syracuse, New York 13215
March 26, 1966
Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr.
(Rep., Michigan)
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Ford:
My deepest thanks to you for publicly expressing your opinion that
hearings be held on unidentified flying objects. However, I hope
that any hearings which occur are made public.
Having been a member of the National Investigations Committee on
Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) of 1536 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C.,
since 1964, I have come to the conclusion that the United States
Air Force is censering information on serious UFO sightings. NICAP
holds in its files (available for Congressional inspection) much evi-
dence of this fact and also that UFOs are real, solid objects.
If you have the opportunity, please examine a copy of Air Force Reg-
ulation 200-2, the efficial order for UFO investigations. This docu-
ment, recently classified because it was receiving publicity, orders
that information on UFOs be wittheld from the public if they cannot
be identified as familiar or known objects. Air Force personnel are
forbidden from discussing UFOs in public. Besides this, radar scope
photos of UFOs (of which their are hundreds) are classified and not
available for public or Congressional inspection.
To illustrate just how far the Air Force will go to put down interest
in this subject: Last summer, residents (hundreds) in eight south-
western states saw weird flashing objects speeding and hovering in
the skies. In a desperate attempt to defeat interest in the subject,
the Air Force dispatched quick explanations, stating that the UFOs
were only misrepresentations of the planet Jupiter, and the stara
Rigal, Cappelia, Betelguese, and Aldabam.
Several astrenomers, including Walter N. Webb and Robert Risser,
checked their charts and discovered that these "stars" were only
visible from the opposite side of the earth during the sightings!
This is the reason why hearings must be made public. I have no
deubts that Congress would be misled under closed hearings. If you
have not already, please get in contact with Major Donald E. Keyhoe,
(USMC, ret.) Director of NICAP for UFO evidence.
Also, you may wish to discuss your views on UFOs with Congressman
James M. Hanley of Syracuse, N.Y., who is interested in the UFO
subject. Again, thank you for making your views known in public. I
am behind you all the way in hopes for hearings.
Sincerely,
Robert Barrow
Member, NICAP
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I IBRARY
LEGISALTIVE
UFO
(FINCH, DC.)
RE: SIGHTING
April 5, 1966
Mr. Carl Finch
3980 Coit Road
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dear Mr. Finch:
I wish to acknowledge and thank you for your letter of March 30th
concerning the unidentified flying object that you saw in 1943
in Grand Rapids.
I was interested to have your report of this and while I will not
be collecting date myself for the investigation, I am pleased to
know of your support for the inquiry because of this personal
experience.
I thought you would be interested in the enclosed release.
Warmest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
UFO
3980 Coit Rd.N.E.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
March 30,1966
Mr. Gerald R. Ford Jr.
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Ford,
I can very well sympathize with
people who see lighted flying objects and on
reporting same, find no one believes them.
I saw such a flying object back
in 1943, on a clear summer morning at 4 A.M. as
I was coming home from work. I was at the corner
of East Leonard and Houseman Ave. one of the
highest points in Grand Rapids, when looking
west I saw this flying saucer followed by a
flame of orange, blue and yellow. It was moving
slowly south, then turned sharply to the west and
out of sight.
I called the Herald and Press neither
seemed interested, at the Press office they said
it might be a new plane the goverment was testing.
We were at war and so I didn' t mention it to any
one again. But I am as courious as before, as to
what it might be.
Wishing you well.
sincerely yours,
Carl Carl Janch
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
LEGISLATIVE
UFO
AVAN ALSTYNE, F.)
RE: BASIS
April 4, 1966
Mrs. F. E. Van Alstyne
Belding,
Michigan
Dear Mrs. Van Alstyne:
T wish to acknowledge and thank you for your kind letter of March
25th and to let you know that I appreciated having your comments
on the factors surrounding the appearance of the aerial phhnomena
in Michigan.
Thank you for your kind personal message of support and encourage-
ment.
Warmest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
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PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I IBRARY
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PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I IBRARY
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of serently and peace of mind
LEGISLATIVE
UFO
(KIPSES, A. R.)
RE: STATUS OF
INVESTIGATION
April 1, 1966
Mr. Allen R. Kipnes
1270 Ogg Hall
Madison, Wisconsin
Dear Mr. Kipnes:
Thank you for your letter of March 28th requesting information or
opinion on the progress of Congressional committee investigations
of Unidentified Flying Objects.
I regret that no investigation has been held and therefore no re-
port will be available for your April 16 deadline. However some
releases and a clipping are enclosed which indicate the status of
the matter now and I hope they will be useful.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORDIBRARY
VFO
1270 Ogg Hall
Madison, Wisconsin
March 28, 1966
House Republican Leader
Gerald R. Ford
House Office,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Honorable Mr. Ford:
I am presently a junior at the University of
Wisconsin and at this time I am beginning a research project
on the history of the sightings of the Unigentified Flying
Objects. With the recent controversy in Michigan and Wis-
consin of reported sightings I am primarily interested in
obtaining the opinions of citizens, government officials, and
scientific investigators. This report is a requirement for
an advanced English course and will be judged on content
and presentation. If you could at all, taking into con-
sideration your heavy schedule, send me any information or
opinion and the progress of the Congressional Committee
investigations, it would be greatly appreciated. I will
need the information bythe sixteenth of April so that I can
present the paper by the deadline date. Mr. Ford thank
you very much for your precious time and thoughtful
consideration. I am,
Sincerely yours,
Wen R. Kipnes
Allen R. Kipnes
able Bond
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
LEGISLATIVE
UTO
(BEVERITE, J.)
RE: INFO ON
April 1, 1966
Mrs. John Neverwyk
2361 Greenfield, S.W.
Crand Rapids, Michigan 49509
Dear Mrsv Beverwyk:
I wish to acknowledge and thank you for your message of March 28th
relaying the information about the material available on UFO's.
I am pleased to have your commendation of the material that you
mentioned in your note and I appreciate your passing this along
to me.
Warmest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRFAjb
3/28/66
Mrs. John Beverwyk
2361 Greenfield S.W.
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49509
Since Mr. F. is interested in Flying Saucers
above sends this info:
1. A book on flying saucers by Major Donald
Kehoe can be purchased from Allen Book *****)
Shop, 37 Fountain IVeWs, G. R., Michigan.
(Doesn't know name) )
2.
2. "Flying Saucer Conspiracy" by Major Donald
Kehoe
"They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers"
(doesn't know author)
She purchased these two books thru
Light House (Book Store)
614 Sky View Drive
Nashville 6, Tennessee
The Light House owned by Courtney Smith
moved to Tampa, Florida about 4 years ago.
ew
Note: She tells us in April flying saucers
have a convention, because she saw 8
of them flying around the moon about
8 or 10 yrs. ago (the year of the polio
outbreak)
LEGISLATIVE
= = oan
(RIVERS, REP. MENDEL)
RE: House UFO Investigation
March 28, 1966
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers, Chairman
Armed Services Committee
U. S. House of Representatives
Washington, D. c.
Dear Chairman Rivers:
No doubt you have noted the recent flurry of newspaper stories about
unidentified flying objects (UFO's). 1 have taken special interest
in these accounts because many of the latest reported sightings have
been in my home state of Michigan.
The Air Force sent a consultant, astrophysicist Dr. J. Allen liynek
of Northwestern University, to Michigan to investigate the various
reports; and he dismissed all of them as the product of college
student pranks or swamp gas or an impression created by the rising
crescent moon and the planet Venus. 1 do not agree that all of
these reports can be or should be so easily explained away.
Because I think there may be substance to some of these reports and
because 1 believe the American people are entitled to a more thorough
explanation than has been given them by the Air Force to date, 1 am
proposing that either the Science and Astronautics Committee or the
Armed Services Committee of the House schedule hearings on the sub-
ject of UFO's and invite testimony from both the executive branch of
the government and some of the persons who claim to have seen UFO's.
I enclose material which 1 think will be helpful to you in assessing
the advisability of an investigation of UFO's.
May I first call to your attention a column by Roscoe Drummond,
published last Sunday in which Mr. Drummond says, "Maybe all of these
reported sightings are whimsical, imaginary or unreal; but we need
a more credible and detached appraisal of the evidence than we are
getting."
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers, Chairman
Page Two
March 25, 1966
Mr. Drumond goes on to state, "We need to get all the data drawn
together in one place and examined far more objectively than anyone
has done sofar. à stable public opinion will come from a trust-
worthy look at the evidence, not from belittling it.
"The time has come for the President or Congress to name an objective
and respected panel to investigate, appraise, and report on all
present and future evidence about what is going on."
I agree fully with Mr. Drumond's statements. I also suggest you
scan the enclosed series of six articles by Bulkley Griffin of the
Griffin-Lerrabee News Bureau here. In the last of his articles,
published last January, Mr. Griffin says, "A main conclusion can be
briefly stated. It is that the Air Force is misleading the public by
its continuing campaign to produce and maintain belief that all
sightings can be explained away as misidentification of familiar
objects, such as balloons, stars and aircraft."
1 have just today received 8 number of telegrams urging 4 congressional
investigation of UFO's. One is from retired Air Force Col. Harold R.
Brown, Ardmore, Tennessee, who says, "I have seen UFO. Will be
available to testify."
Another, from Mrs. Ethyle M. Davis, Eugene, Oregon, reads, "Nine out
of ten people want truth of UFO's. Press your investigation to the
fullest."
Ronald Colier of Los Angeles, who identifies himself as "a scientist
from M.I.T.," urges that you "do everything in your power to make
Air Force Project Blue Book (the AZ name for its study and verdicts
on UFO reports) known to the people." Are we to assume that everyone
who says he has seen UFO's is an unreliable witness?
A UPI story out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, dated March 21, 1966, states
that "at least 40 persons, including 12 policemen, said today that
they saw @ strange flying object guarded by four sister ships land
in a swamp near here Sunday night."
Matt Surrell of Station WJR, Detroit, cites an eye witness account of
a recent UFO sighting by Smile Grenier of Ann Arbor, an aeronautical
engineer employed by FoniMotor Company. He points out that an
aeronautical engineer can hardly be considered an untrustworthy witness.
PHOTOCOPY
Rep. L, Hendel Rivers, Chairman
Page Three
March 28, 1966
In the firm belief that the American public deserves a better
explanation than that thus far given by the Air Force, 1 strongly
recommend that there be a committee investigation of the UFO
phenomena.
I think we owe it to the people to establish credibility regarding
UFO's and to produce the greatest possible enlightenment on this
subject.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:plr
Enclosures.
bee: Rep. William H. Bates, R-Mass.
Armed Services Committee
Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., R-Mass.
Science and Astronautics Committee
Rep. James G. Fulton, R-Pennsylvania
Science and Astronautics Committee
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
LEGISLATIVE
II UFO =
(MILLER, REP. GEORGE P.)
RE: House UFO Investigation
March 28, 1966
Rep. George P. Miller, Chairman
Science and Astronautics Committee
U. S. House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Dear Chairman Miller:
No doubt you have noted the recent flurry of newspaper stories about
unidentified flying objects (UFO's). I have taken special interest
in these accounts because many of the latest reported sightings have
been in my home state of Michigan.
The Air Force sent a consultant, astrophysicist Dr. J. Allen Hynek
of Northwestern University, to Michigan to investigate the various
reports; and he dismissed all of them as the product of college
student pranks or swamp gas or an impression created by the rising
crescent moon and the planet Venus. I do not agree that all of
these reports can be or should be so easily explained away.
Because I think there may be substance to some of these reports and
because I believe the American people are entitled to a more thorough
explanation than has been given them by the Air Force to date, I am
proposing that either the Science and Astronautics Committee or the
Armed Services Committee of the House schedule hearings on the sub-
ject of UFO's and invite testimony from both the executive branch of
the government and some of the persons who claim to have seen UFO's.
1 enclose material which I think will be helpful to you in assessing
the advisability of an investigation of UFO's.
May I first call to your attention a column by Roscoe Drummond,
published last Sunday in which Mr. Drummond says, "Maybe all of these
reported sightings are whimsical, imaginary or unreal; but we need
a more credible and detached appraisal of the evidence than we are
getting."
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD LUBRARY
Rep. George P. Miller, Chairman
Page Two
March 28, 1966
Mr. Drummond goes on to state, "We need to get all the data drawn
together to one place and examined far more objectively than anyone
has done so far. A stable public opinion will come from a trust-
worthy look at the evidence, not from belittling it.
"The time has come for the President or Congress to name an objective
and respected panel to investigate, appraise, and report on all
present and future evidence about what is going on."
I agree fully with Mr. Drummond's statements. I also suggest you
scan the enclosed series of six articles by Bulkley Griffin of the
Griffin-Larrabee News Bureau here. In the last of his articles,
published last January, Mr. Griffin says, "A main conclusion can be
briefly stated. It is that the Air Force is misleading the public by
its continuing campaign to produce and maintain belief thatall
sightings can be explained away as misidentification of familiar
objects, such as balloons, stars and aircraft."
I have just today received a number of telegrams urging a congressional
investigation of UFO's. One is from retired Air Force Col. Harold R.
Brown, Ardmore, Tennessee, who says, "I have seen UFO, Will be
available to testify."
Another, from Mrs. Ethyle M. Davis, Eugene, Oregon, reads, "Nine out
of ten people want truth of UFO's. Press your investigation to the
fullest."
Ronald Colier of Los Angeles, who identifies himself as - "a scientist
from M.I.T.," urges that you "do everything in your power to make
Air Force Project Blue Book (the AF name for its study and verdicts
on UFO reports) known to the people." Are we to assume that everyone
who says he has seen UFO's is an unreliable witness?
A UPI story out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, dated March 21, 1966, states
that "at least 40 persons, including 12 policemen, said today that
they saw a strange flying object guarded by four sister ships land
in a swamp near here Sunday night."
Matt Surrell of Station WJR, Detroit, cites an eye witness account of
a recent UFO sighting by Emile Grenier of Ann Arbor, an aeronautical
engineer employed by Ford Motor Company. He points out that an
aeronautical engineer can hardly be considered an untrustworthy witness.
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
Rep. George P. Miller, Chairman
Page Three
March 28, 1966
In the firm belief that the American public deserves a better
explanation than that thus far given by the Air Force, 1 strongly
recommend that there be a committee investigation of the UFO
phenomena.
I think we owe it to the people to establish credibility regarding
UFO's and to produce the greatest possible enlightenment on this
subject.
Kiddest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:plr
Enclosures
bec: Rep. William H. Bates, R-Mass.
Armed Services Committee
Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., R-Mass.
Science and Astronautics Committee
Rep. James G. Fulton, R-Pennsylvania
Science and Astronautics Committee
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
"UFO"
(HYMOFF, Ed)
legislative
re: UFO story
March 30, 1966
Mr. Edward Hymoff
50 Hooper Avenue
Atlantic Highlands, N.J. 07716
Dear Mr. Hymoff:
I have your letter of March 27 and appreciate your kind request.
However, in view of a number of important considerations, including
my official position in the House of Representatives, I do not feel
that I should lend my "name to an as-toldeto-me story about UFOs."
Again, I appreciate your interest and kind offer and I am certain
you will understand my position.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M. C.
GRFime
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
Edward Hymoff
50 HOOPER AVENUE, ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NEW JERSEY 07716
TEL: 291-9250 AREA CODE 201
no
March 27, 1966
Rep. Gerald Ford
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Dear Congressman Ford:
As you know, the past week has seen quite a bit of comment
and reporting about Unknown Flying Objects -- the UFOs.
You, Mr. Ford, have requested a Congressional investigation.
I believe you are the first MC to do SO,
The editor of SAGA magazine, a quality publication which
ranks high along with TRUE and ARGOSY, has asked me to inquire if
you would lend your name to an as-told-to-me story about UFOs Your
byline would preface the article.
The article in question would be a report similar to the
attached lead story in the March issue of PAGEANT. However, it will
cover the latest UFO sightings. It will of course be aimed toward
promoting a serious investigation by the House of Representatives.
If you are agreeable, then I will write a first draft of
the article and send it to you for your additional comments and
editing. I will then revise it accordingly and send the revision
back for final approval. I can assure you that this article will not
be changed in the slightest once you have indicated final approval.
I believe that this article can be pitched as a reprint to
READER'S DIGEST.
I am a free lance writer with many credentials and including
an award-winning book among the four that I have written. Rep.
Melvin Price and my own Congressman, Rep. James Howard, will vouch
for my credentials and character as I have collaborated in the past
with both gentlemen. I am also well known as a writer of aerospace
topics and the author of the recently published textbook, Guidance and
Control of Spacecraft, which is part of the Holt, Rinehart & Winston
textbook series on space flight and space sciences.
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I IBRARY
2
I personally believe that the subject of UFOs should be
seriously investigated if for no other reason than to dispel the fog
of rumor and suspicion and create a climate of understanding during
this, the space age.
I hope that you can give me an early reply to this request.
Sincerely,
Edward Hymoff
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
JIM HOFFMAN
Editor
RICHARD KAPLAN
PAGEANT
Executive Editor
ROY LA GRONE
Art Director
March 1966, Vol. 21, No. 9. Trademark Registered
BOB DOWLING
JACK J. PODELL, Editorial Director
Articles Editor
MARIE F. SHERRY
Copy Chief
ON THE WORLD AND NATIONAL SCENE
SHIRLEY BROWNRIGG
ATOMS, COMPUTERS-BUT WHERE IS WISDOM? Gerald A. Bartell-
4
Features Editor
NORTH CAROLINA RIPS THE SHEETS OFF THE KLAN
Ethel Ryan 128
KLAN-DESTINED
Mike Slosberg 136
BARBARA COSTELLO
WE WON'T FIGHT!
Melvin Shestack 146
Assistant Art Director
THE HUMAN TORCHES: MARTYRS OR MADMEN
AI Ellenberg 152
DAVE SENDLER
YOU SHALL NOT HATE YOUR BROTHER
The Rev. John A. O'Brien 157
Picture Editor
MARIA D'ELIA
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Associate Editor
SOMEONE UP THERE IS WATCHING US!
Edward Hymoff
6
THE AMERICAN NURSE
John Godwin 14
ANN SEMBOWER
EMERGENCY NURSE
Ted Streshinsky 21
Assistant to the Editor
IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT NURSES?
Colette Hoppmann 32
DONALD FRESE
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PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
'SOMEONE
UP THERE
IS
WATCHING US!'
BY EDWARD HYMOFF
Many reputable scientists no
longer sneer at 'flying saucers.'
Military and airline pilots have
seen these Unidentified Flying
Objects. So have police officers,
engineers, intelligence spe-
cialists, space experts, and as-
tronomers. Even the U.S. Air
Force admits it cannot explain
633 mysterious sightings. Now
read the startling conclusions
reached by an organization
that has been set up to investi-
gate the U.F.O. phenomenon
THE HOUNDS BEGAN to whine and mill around, ob-
viously disturbed and frightened. James W. Flynn, a
well-known dog trainer and highly respected resident of
Fort Myers, Florida, pushed his way through the swampy
Everglades and burst into a clearing where his hunting
dogs were noisily moving about. Then Flynn saw it. It
was a large, metallic machine, shaped like an inverted
cone, and light emanated from four banks of portholes.
Flynn moved in closer to investigate. The last thing
he remembers about that night last March was receiv-
ing a "sledgehammer blow" on the head. When he re-
gained consciousness late in the day, his head ached
painfully, the result of a mild concussion.
More than half a continent away, Police Officer
Lonnie Zamora of Socorro, New Mexico, spotted a
metallic machine and two small figures from a distance
of 150 yards. Zamora left his patrol car and edged in
closer. Suddenly the figures disappeared inside the
strange, disk-shaped object. As Officer Zamora, a man
with an impeccable record, drew closer to the machine,
it emitted a roar. Flame spewed from its underside,
Coast Guardsman photographed these UFOs over Salem, Massachusetts, in 1952.
and it quickly lifted upward with a
Flying Objects. Newspaper headlines
loud noise. Then the sound stopped,
often refer to them, however, as "fly-
but the machine remained airborne
ing saucers." But no matter what
and sped off.
they are called, evidence is growing
Both of these incidents occurred
that there is something to these sight-
within the space of a year. Both were
ings of mysterious airborne objects.
later investigated by knowledgeable
Scientists no longer dismiss these re-
men. The spot in the Florida Ever-
ports as the product of inebriation or
glades where James Flynn had ob-
too-vivid imaginations.
served a cone-shaped machine was
UFO sightings have been reported
fringed with burned underbrush and
from France and Australia. People
tree foliage. The spot where Officer
in Latin America have seen them.
Zamora had spotted the disk-shaped
They have been sighted in the ant-
object was bare except for metal
arctic. Observers have ranged from
shavings and indentations in the
natives living in the brush to pilots,
ground where the machine had
who are in a better position to com-
rested.
ment on what they have seen. For
Since James Flynn reported his
example, radio-television star Arthur
odd adventure in March 1965, hun-
Godfrey, who flies his own plane, en-
dreds of thousands of Americans in
countered a UFO during a night
all parts of the nation have reported
flight last June. What he saw was
seeing "strange things" in flight. To
corroborated by his copilot, Frank
the experts, these objects are re-
Munciello.
ferred to as UFOs or Unidentified
Near Philadelphia a brilliantly
8
In 1951 this strange formation of flying disks was spotted above Lubbock, Texas.
lighted object suddenly appeared off
UFO's close proximity. Then it veered
the right wing of Godfrey's twin-
away and disappeared.
engine aircraft. He quickly banked
Whatever it was that Godfrey
to the left to avoid a possible col-
saw, it made a convert of him. To-
lision. Then he radioed the Federal
day he is among the ranks of those
Aeronautics Administration tower at
who believe that someone, some-
Philadelphia.
thing up there is watching us-and,
"Any traffic scheduled near us?"
on occasion, visiting our planet.
he asked.
The subject of UFOs first came to
"None," the tower told him.
public attention shortly after World
"Well, there's darned well some-
War II, when a great number of
thing up here," Godfrey replied. As
sightings were reported from various
he and Munciello watched the
parts of the United States. The U.S.
strange object, it reversed course,
Air Force maintained a discreet
quickly circled behind the aircraft,
silence but instituted a program
and came up alongside the left wing.
called Project Bluebook to study
Godfrey, a veteran pilot, turned
what suddenly had threatened to be-
sharply and tried to pull away. But
come a major defense problem. If
the UFO banked with him, matching
UFOs could slip through our air de-
his every maneuver.
fense system, people wondered, then
"It stayed there on the left wing
couldn't the Russians?
no matter what I did," Godfrey later
Officially, the Pentagon would
reported, admitting that both he and
neither admit nor deny the existence
his copilot were frightened by the
of UFOs, and for years the results of
9
Left: In 1957 the Air
Force photographed
UFO (circled) tailing
one of its bombers. Exam-
ination of enlargement
(above) revealed only that
the mystery object was
relatively tiny and in
all probability was solid.
Project Bluebook have been kept
became the first of this group to vir-
under tight security. Meanwhile, the
tually earn a living telling about his
number of sightings from various
experiences with beings from outer
parts of the world continued to in-
space.
crease, and thoughtful people in
People began to write books about
many countries began asking ques-
similar experiences, and the tales
tions for which there still are no con-
have grown more preposterous with
crete answers.
each passing year. Last November
At the same time what might best
an advertisement appeared in one
be described as a "lunatic fringe"
magazine for a book in which the
began to pop up. Men and women
author disclosed that the earth is
reported encounters with "flying
hollow and that this huge under-
saucers," "spaceships," and "extra-
ground world is the "true home of
terrestrial creatures." They claimed
flying saucers." In fact, he writes
that they had met beings from other
about a super-race that exists in this
worlds, that they had traveled in
world, a world discovered by Adm.
these spaceships upon the invitation
Richard E. Byrd during one of his
of spacemen, who resembled every-
expeditions to the North Pole. The
thing from human beings to little
book also states that the news of
green creatures.
this discovery was suppressed by the
All-night radio disc jockeys were
U.S. Government in order to prevent
the first to lend credence to these
other nations from exploring the
stories. Possibly for want of any-
inner world and claiming it.
thing better to discuss, they began
Because of these wild stories, most
inviting these flying saucer experts
Americans have never taken UFOs
to air their experiences in outer
seriously-at least not until reputa-
space. These stories of fantasy and
ble scientists began openly discuss-
fiction took hold, however, and vari-
ing the possibilities of life on other
ous organizations were formed by
planets. New York Times science re-
people who claimed they had met
porter Walter Sullivan's We Are Not
spacemen. The late George Adamski
Alone caught the nation's fancy with
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PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
"SOMEONE UP THERE IS WATCHING US!"
its discussion of the search for "in-
claims Maj. Hector Quintanilla Jr.,
telligent life on other worlds.' About
a 42-year-old Air Force physicist who
the same time that Sullivan's work
is currently in charge of Project
appeared, a French astronomer
Bluebook. Quintanilla admits, how-
named Jacques Vallee published a
ever, that there are 663 unsolved
book called Anatomy of a Phenom-
cases involving flying saucer sight-
enon, which claims that only a lack
ings for which the Air Force can
of authentic research may be at the
offer no explanations. NICAP, on the
bottom of inability to place UFOs in
other hand, doesn't accept this offi-
perspective. Vallee is a consultant to
cial military dismissal of UFOs; the
the U.S. space program, and his book
group completely rejects the Air
was deemed so important that Rep.
Force officer's claim that none of the
Roman C. Pucinski (D., Illinois) in-
sightings "has ever given any indi-
serted references to it in the Con-
cation of being a threat to our na-
gressional Record.
tional security or of being beyond
Meanwhile a continuing study of
the range of present-day scientific
UFOs has been conducted by the
knowledge or of being extraterres-
Washington, D.C., headquarters of a
trial."
private citizens' group - the Na-
Other scientists are less positive
tional Investigations Committee on
than Major Quintanilla. For in-
Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). Un-
stance, astronomer Dr. J. Allen
like many of the spurious "saucer
Hynek, director of Northwestern
groups" throughout the nation,
University's observatory and former
NICAP's impressive membership list
director of Project Bluebook, has ad-
of prominent scientists, military offi-
mitted that there must be something
cers, and business executives has
to the UFO sightings. "The level of
lent credibility to the search for
intelligence of the observers and re-
answers to the UFO mystery. For
porters of UFOs is certainly at least
years NICAP officials have been
average and, in many cases, de-
seeking a full-scale Congressional
cidedly above average," he said. "In
investigation of UFOs to air the facts
some cases, embarrassingly above
behind the flying saucer headlines.
average."
Among former members of
Many of this "embarrassingly above
NICAP's board of directors is Adm.
average" group of UFO watchers are
R. H. Hillenkoetter (U.S.N., Ret.),
members of NICAP. They include
once the director of the Central In-
such men as Albert Chop, a National
telligence Agency. Admiral Hillen-
Aeronautics and Space Administra-
koetter says that UFOs are not
tion official at Manned Spacecraft
secret U.S. or Soviet devices. The
Headquarters in Houston; J. B.
nation's former spy chief further be-
Hartranft Jr., head of the Aircraft
lieves that if UFOs are extraterres-
Owners and Pilots Association; Rear
trial, then there's nothing to do but
Adm. H. B. Knowles, (U.S.N., Ret.);
wait for them to contact us.
Dr. Charles A. Maney, professor
Officially, the U.S. Air Force
emeritus of physics and astronomy,
doesn't believe in UFOs, basing its
Defiance College, Ohio; Dr. Charles
skepticism on the investigations of
P. Oliver, professor emeritus of as-
more than 9000 reported sightings of
tronomy, University of Pennsyl-
UFOs by Project Bluebook, which is
vania; and Dewey J. Fournet Jr., a
charged with analyzing aerial phe-
former UFO expert for the Air Force.
nomena. "There is nothing to indi-
NICAP's official position is that
cate that any of these phenomena
the Air Force is censoring news and
are extraterrestrial in nature,"
suppressing facts about UFOs. In
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PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
THE SAUCER PSYCHOSIS:
Evidence compiled by the United
Searchlights reflected from
States Air Force's Project Blue-
cloud layers, etc.
book in its 18-year history places
Jet engine exhausts, conden-
all Unidentified Flying Objects in
sation trails.
one of the following ten categories:
Hoaxes or mirages.
High-flying balloons.
One of the actual hoaxes that at-
High-flying aircraft, illumi-
tracted national attention occurred
nated by the sun after it has
in early July 1953, when a story
set.
went out over national press asso-
Nighttime reflections in the
ciation wires claiming that a
atmosphere of distant light
"spaceman" from a flying saucer
sources on the ground.
had been run over and killed
Satellites, both United States
on a highway in Georgia. A man
and Soviet.
produced the body of a 21-inch
Meteorites, fireworks, flares,
four-pound creature resembling a
chaff, and pieces of satellite
tiny man.
decay.
Subsequent investigation proved
Birds.
that the creature was simply a
The planets Venus and Ju-
monkey that had all its hair shaved
piter or other cosmic bodies.
off and had its tail amputated.
1964, and again last year, the organi-
cigar-shaped UFOs are the largest,
zation tried to launch a Congres-
and NICAP suspects that they are
sional investigation by mailing out
"mother ships" that unload the
copies of a 184-page report entitled
smaller UFOs and then collect them
"The UFO Evidence" to all Senators
for the ride home.
and Representatives. This report,
UFOs are usually silver-colored or
which covers approximately 750
white. They rarely make noise. The
UFO sightings, is rather a remark-
NICAP report says they move so fast
able document that does much to
and turn so sharply that apparently
dispel the notion that UFOs are
their creators have discovered some
something to be laughed at. Survey-
way to overcome the laws of gravity.
ing all the evidence at hand, NICAP
After they fly over an area, a gos-
concludes that UFOs are real, that
samer substance called angel's hair"
they are "most likely spaceships," and
and resembling a spider web often
that "they appear to be intelligently
comes floating down. NICAP has
controlled."
checked into every claim made by
The NICAP survey points out that
those who have said they have been
not all UFOs are shaped like saucers.
for a ride in a spaceship. None could
In 58 per cent of the sightings ob-
be verified.
servers reported seeing a saucer or
Despite NICAP's heavily docu-
disk-like shape, with eight per cent
mented report and subsequent in-
reporting a cigar shape and 24 per
vestigations, the UFO controversy
cent just a bright flash of light. The
continues. One reason is that the
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MORETHAN MEETS THE EYE
The man had perpetrated the hoax
had actually seen a little man from
in order to win a bet.
outer space.
Most of the sightings regarded
Another sighting in May 1964
as hoaxes seem to stem from a de-
in Lawrence, Massachusetts, could
sire for personal publicity, such as
not be verified. But the fact that
the incident which took place in
it happened two days before a
Florida in March 1965, when a
scheduled lecture on UFOs by a
man reported seeing a strange ma-
veteran saucer researcher from
chine and a robotlike man using
New England gave the incident the
a flash-type camera. A message
look of a rigged publicity stunt.
purportedly dropped by the stran-
Despite the hoaxes, tricks, and
ger was easily translated into Eng-
publicity stunts, there remain
lish, and no abnormal disturbances
enough instances of unsolved
were found at the alleged landing
UFO sightings to give even the
site.
Air Force pause. These may well
The Saucer News also reported
remain unsolved - unless, some-
hoaxes stemming from trickery,
how, consistent clamor roused by
such as one in Virginia during
the many serious, intelligent people
January 1965, when a man tricked
now involved in UFO organizations
seven teen-agers into thinking they
eventually brings the truth to light.
United States now has a space track-
Last August UFOs were sighted by
ing program capable of picking up
hundreds of thousands of people in
virtually every piece of junk orbiting
eight states. Some of these sightings
the earth. More than 1100 man-made
were made by Air Force radar equip-
objects-satellites, spacecraft, cap-
ment, and word leaked out to the
sules, and assorted bits and pieces of
public, despite regulations about di-
them-have been placed in orbit
vulging this information. Air Force
since Russia launched Sputnik I on
Regulation 200-2 curtails all news
October 4, 1957. Tabulations pre-
about sightings made by electronic
pared by the Goddard Space Flight
equipment manned by our defense
Center at Greenbelt, Maryland, show
establishment.
that more than 250 of these objects
Meanwhile, UFO watchers in
were launched by the United States
other countries have formed their
and its allies and that only about 100
own organizations. Strangely
were orbited by the Soviets.
enough, news about UFOs occasion-
All of this traffic in orbit around
ally filters through the Iron Curtain,
the earth has been tracked by the
even though the official Communist
North American Air Defense Com-
line is that flying saucers don't exist.
mand's Space Detection and Track-
And so it goes. The Air Force says
ing System (SPADATS). The ques-
no. NICAP says yes. Meanwhile the
tion often arises among UFO
only ones who could supply a full
watchers: What else is SPADATS
answer may be up there watching us
tracking?
and laughing.
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