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“While it is not possible to categorically rule out theory Mo. 1 it is very easy to do so on reasonable grounds, ‘the existence of any form of life on other planets is extremely tenuous and debatable. The level of technical achievement required to launch piloted or pilotless missiles from one planet to another and return is several orders of magnitude byond that existing on the earth today and probably would have resulted in sono firm contact prior this, either through deliberate landings or un- scheduled crashes. (Even *hese have been reported in the mess - complete With descriptions of men only 16 inches tall! Such reports are sheer fabrications) There is absolutely no evidence that the Soviet Union possess ei ther guided missiles or disc shaped aircraft capable of making round trip flights to the US, and the use of atomic energy for the propulsion of any serial vehicle is still at least several years in the future. Even if the Soviets are that far ahead of us in such @ program, there is no reason to expect the airplanes would be other than of conventional design. An atomic power plant, alone, would be sufficiently radical, without also designing a com pletely new vehicle to carry ite The US is not experimenting with any new weapon that could reasonably be mistaken hy identified as a flying disc or saucer, The US is launching large numbers of meteorological and cosmic ray balloons for experimental purposes and a fair number of the reports can be definitely attributed to sightings of these objects or reflections of other shiny objects such as aircraft. The continued reporting ofeerial phenomena must then be attributed to a mass hysteria caused by the present tenseness in the international situations the public belief in the ability of science to accomplish miracles; and to statements in the press by “name” individuals hinting at