Evening star., 1950-04-02

reviewed in the accompanying story.
some people seeing things in the
dark" while others are up to the
well-loved American pastime of
telling tall stores?
One thing is sure:
Myth or military secret, optical
illusion or invasion" from Mars,
the so-called flying saucer is get
ting plenty of attention more
serious attention, probably, than
at any time since it whirled into
the news nearly three years ago.
The armed forces, meanwhile,
continue to dismiss the whole sub
ject of flying saucers as so much
moonshine
More Reports Made.
What brings the flying saucer
back into the headlines?
More people of late have re-
ported more strange objects in the
skies. Some of these turn out to
be quite ordinary things such as
weather balloons. Others go un-
explained. And people who report
the unexplained objects give de-
tailed. highly colored descriptions.
2-There are hintS-no more
than hints of a secret weapon
that looks like a flying saucer. An
Italian scientist says such Weap-
on could easily be made. Despite
official denials, a Texas Radio
Commentator Henry j. Taylor
says he's convinced the United
States is making it. But to repeat:
there's no evidence whatever to
back up this talk.
3-Some practical jokers have
been spreading flying saucer sto-
ries. Many people show them
selves ready-even eager-to be-
lieve these stories, however fan
tastic. Even the exploded yarn
about a space ship from Venus,
with little men" aboard. finds
widespread belief.
The Air Force set up flying
saucer investigation at Wright
Field, Dayton, Ohio. Over a two
year period it made about 375 in
vestigations. Last December 1t
made it's report: There's nothing
whatever to flying saucerS that
can't be explained by ''misinter-
probation of various conventional
objects, mild form of mass hys-
terra or hoaXes."
Italian AuthOrity's View.
An Italian authority on weap-
ons, Giuseppe Belluzo, said in
Rome that both Italy and Ger
many designed types of flying discs
as early as 1912.
The truth is that these inStru-
ments of destruction can be built
and operated, said Mr.. Belluzo, a
cabinet minister under Mussolini.
The principle of the flying disc
is very simple and construction
with light metal very easy.
Some great power is now
launching discs to study them"
And, on the other hand, there
is the strange case of the mys-
terious objects in the sky over
Pennington, N. Mex.
Hundreds of people saw them
last st. Patrick's Day. Some
counted 20, others more than 100.
One witness said they loafed along
at about $4,000 feet. and added:
They were perfect reproduc-
tions of a dinner plate, even to
the bottom ring"
Pieces of Cotton.
But State Patrolman Andy An
drews turned in the final report:
They looked as though they
were way high. Then after
while l could see they were really
only about 40 feet off the ground
I watched three of the things float
down onto the garage. They were
just cotton-pieces about the size
of a quarter"
Then there's the classic story
that spread throughout the West.
Maybe you heard it:
The Government (this is pure
fiction. remember) has two flying
saucers at radar station near the
Arizona New Mexico Border. One
is badly damaged. and the other
is in almost perfect condition.
Actually (this is still fiction)
the saucers are space ships-from
Venus-six feet wide, encompassed
by rings 18 feet across and two
feet thick. They are equipped
with tripod ball-bearing type land
ing gears. In the air the rings
whirl around the stationary cabins
giving the ships gyroscope
effect.
Two Little Men Aboard.
Each ship (hold on to your hat
now contained two little men
The bodies in the damaged ship
we're too charred to tell much about
them. The other two bodies were
we'll preserved. The men were
three feet tall, blond, beardless
and with perfect teeth.
They were built much like
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