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Tolson, Ladd. Clegg. Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Mohr Tele. Room__ Nease er ~ Saucers ‘News? Gandy Truman, Other Officials Deny 'To Officials Knowledge of 1 ying Saucers Niraised the question at yesterday's Statement by Air Force meeting of the Armed Forces Pol- T By Joh ONG icy Conall, which includes_the Post nentren |\departmental secretaries and Joint : i jefs of Staff. ‘Top officials and agencies of the|mild form of mags hysteria, or chee Basel ee Government—from President Tru-[hoaxes” ; '|Fonrest P, Sherman, chief of naval fan on down_—joined yesterday in| Parlier, President ‘Truman an-|operations,/as well as, omer offi- an effort to convince the American nounced through his press secre-|cials, assured him the denials were public that “flying saucers” do not|,2” at Key West, Fla. that he|sincere yand truthful. exist. knew absolutely nothing of such} ‘he latest flareup of public in- "A formal statement issued by|{WiNé opiccls being developed by|terest in the saucers resulted from the Air Force last night was most|‘Me United States or any other’ na-|statements by Radio Commentator explicit. It declared flatly that: tion. } lHenry J. Taylor and the weekly De one of the armed forces is| “We are not denying this be Inews magerine United States News conducting secret experiments with|°@Use of any development of secret |and World Report that the saucers Gaise-shanea flying objects which| Weapons,” said Seoretary Charles |dg jexist and are revolutionary anid be a basis for’ the reported|. Noss) “but purely because We) American aircraft probably devel- phenomena.” |‘now of nothing to support these}oped by the Navy. A Navy ee 2. There is no evidence that the /"W™Mors- : |man flatly denied this Monda; Gee Glagr from “the activities of}. Defeuse Secretaty Louis Johnéon) someon said he is convinced the, any foreign nation.” \said about the same thing at ajsaucers could not be experiments 3f Evaluation of reports of re-|ews conference. He told reporters|conducted by any. other Govern- coal ajehtings” bears out’ early|Ne Was ‘Satisfied there 1s nothing }ment) agency outside his depart-| conflusions that all can be ex-|'? the reports.”” ment because the Pentagon’s Bel plained away as “misinterpretation Johnson said he had facetiously|search and Development Board co~ ‘of Various conventional objects, aj See SAUCER, Page 3, Cct 9 tosdinates all such activity. Despite the denials, new reports) of “saucers” continued. At Tipp) City, Ohio, nine persons said they. saw saucers over the Air Force pase at Wright Wield, early Sunday. Jerry Robinson, a 22-year-old, ‘Marine veteran, speaking for the, group, said they saw “two bright Nights in the sky” which later were discerned as brilliant dises trailing, ‘a emell streak of orange flame, ("‘agter hovering for a time, they shot straight up in the ait and) disappeared, he said. al Police Chief J. C. Lee of Blizn- ‘neth City, UL, reported that “a |weird red and blue dise-like ob- ject” whizzed over the town early Sunday, “traveling at a high Fate Toe specu — = | | ogre = lo- kor REconbas J)! a2 g 4 MieHNGTON Meee ee Page. | Date Ma OO —!