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. Parsons . Rosen . Tamm . Trotter . Nease ——__ Tele. Room —__ Mr. Holloman —_ Miss Gandy | _.THE DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT'S TOP AIR RESEARCH AGENCY HAs. TOLD (CONGRESS FLATLY-THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FLYING SAUCER. THE ASSURANCE CAME FROM DRe HUGH Ls DRYDEN, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR aap da it AT A CLOSED=DooR HEARING BY A HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS SUBC OMMITT THE TESTIMONY, TAKEN on FEB, 19, WAS MADE PUBLIC TODAY. DRYDEN AND OTHER WACA OFF IC TALS te GEN. JAMES As Mba pelea 3 (FLYING SAUCERS) \ THE ACENCY CHAIRMAN WERE QUESTIONED ABOUT A REPORT PUBLISHED IN GERMANY THAT THE NAZIS DEVELOPED SHORTLY BEFORE THE END OF WORLD WAR II A 138=FOOT SAUCER THAT ROSE TO 40,000 FEET AND FLEW AT A SPEED OF 1,250 MILES AN HOUR. STHERE Is NO TRUTH IN THAT STATEMENT," DRYDEN SAIDe “THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR A BOOKes." REP. ALBERT THOMAS (D=TEX.), SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, PRESSING FOR A MORE CONCLUSIVE STATEMENT, ASKEDs "IS THERE NO SUCH THING AS A FLYING SAUCER AND THE GERMANS DIDN'T HAVE IT IN 1945 AND DON'T HAVE IT YET? “THAT IS RIGHT,® SAID, DRYDEN. DRYDEN ALSO DENIED A RELATED CLAIM THAT THE NAZIS HAD PERFECTED A BER THAT COULD TT THE ese AND RETURN WITHOUT REFUELING. *YOU HAVE TO DISTINGUISH HARDWARE FROM IDEAS," DRYDEN MELA Mile 3/14~-EG11408 y 6a - 43494 - F7F WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE