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FLYING SAUCER OBSERVATORY! Not Optical Illusions,| ~ Top Experts Hold OTTAWA, Noy. 12\(CTPS)— Establishment of a>-Ganadian government observatory for fly- ||ing saucers, the first in the world, i ‘been announced here. “There is a very high degree of probability that flying saucers are real objects, and a 60 per cent probability that they are alien vehicles,” Wilbert B. Smith, ‘|scientist appointed to supervise the new saucer sighting station, told reporters. He said the federal transport department, in which he has charge of the telecommunications broadcast and measurement sec- tion, receives constant reports of sighting of flying saucers. The total number, he said, is classi- fied as restricted information. || “The optical illusion explana- ‘| tion is lovely,” he said, “but in every sighting there is always some factor that precludes this explanation. We have decided to try to learn just what they are.” Canada’s sighting station will be at Shirley bay, on the Ottawa river 10 miles west of here. Smith said any one locaion in Canada is sure to have at least one saucer sighting a year. Associated with Smith in the project,"which is. under the transport department and the defense research board, will be a theoretical physicist and a specialist in gravitational); ‘studies. © A 24hour watch will be kept'|) ,| for saucers. Specially built equip- || ment is wired to alarm bells. The equipment includes an iono- spheric reactor, electronic de- || vices for measurement of sounds, @ gamma ray detector, a gravi- | meter, and other paraphernalia. Jet planes may be sent up from. the air force field near Ottawa to investigate any saucers re- ported by the station. Defense research scientists |, here never haye pooh-poohed fly- ing saucers, which have been pub- licly reported in nightmarish aber a fos over cones cities. Some of them have been described Pea lored cigar |, NOT REGORDED w JAN 4 iyo4 ——ae ee Times Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star Times Compass __ Date: LLU AS ee