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that—that while the information they give me may be mads f their names never will be.’ me cases, Captain Ruppelt said, has shown that the people he has inter- investig ration viewed had been deceived by things that have been deceiving others alll along—balloons, planes, meteors, and so on—but a nettling residue of around twenty per cent of the cases have wound up in that ex: asperating old pigeonhole labelled ‘ * Nothing, for could be found to account ‘Unidentified,’ example, “something silvery directly reported by a mystified Civil for the overhead” Aeron: autics Administr: ation inspector at Terre Haute. A commercial pilot who, flying near Battle Creek, Michigan, spotted ‘ ‘an oval-shaped silver object” ahead of his ship, posed a similarly un- solved problem, as did a highly respected naval officer, stationed at the dirigible base at Lakehurst, New Jersey, w ho re- ported that he had stared through his binoculars at a brilliant i image making turns that were far too tight for any known aircraft. 3 8 wenty-five per cent of the obsery- ers interrogated by the Aerial Phenom- ena Officer in the last two and a half years have been military pilots. Eight per cent have been commercial pilots, some with as much as twenty years’ ex- perience in the air, and at one sta ge in the current phase of the investigation, even a few physicists at Los Alamos, New Mexico, men who make a fetish of objectivity, were interviewed after they reported having seen puzzling atomic- laboratories. “If you took any one of these incidents by itself, it might not mean much,” Captain Ruppelt said. “But in view of the number and calibre of the informants, taking their claims lights hovering above their energy you couldn’t help seriously.” In February, 1951, Dr. Urner Liddel, a nuclear physicist attached to the Office of Naval Research, at Wash- ington, D.C., declared th: it at last, thanks to the lifting of certain securi ity restrictions, he could provide the solution to the mystery of the flying saucers: “Skyhooks,” he said—bal- loons a hundred feet jn di ameter, which They were > Navy had secretly been sendins up for the past four years in order to study cosmic rays. Dr. Liddel’s asser- tion was immediately disputed by Dr. Anthony O, hee rarchi, who, as former head of the ; Force? s Atmospheric Composition aa had assisted in the diagnosis of P roject Saucer reports. Dr, Mirarchi said he thought the saucers might be missiles from some foreign HAVE YOU GRASPED THE Southwick wea? Tie. is tailoring so completely flexil natural that the comfort contrast is re. markable, Once you experience the blissf and casual distinction of SUPERFLEX co tion, you'll never go back to over-stuffed styled clothes. Suits from $70. Sports from $55. , } At these and oth. PAUL STUART, INC. ARTHUR L New York City Boston WARNER & COMPANY JOHN WANAMAK Baltimore, Md. Philadel SIL STONE’S ROBERT K Milwaukee, Wis San Franc For stores in oth. GRIECO BROS., Inc., 200 Fift hole e. Je HIGHLIGHTS IN 14K GOLD Present her with a smart acce the school year right and acc Ring $40. 17J Movado (Available in stainle Poodle charm $53.50 Cut-out initials (Allow one wed Shown Actual Size * Fed Mail and Phone Orders Filled BLACK, STARE FIFTH AVENUE AT 48TH STR EAST ORANGE MANHASS