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FLYING SAUCERS continued
No "little men" from afar have
arrived in rocket ships
20 per cent larger than from the
Liddel, "that Captain Mantell and
ground.
the other pilots were pursuing a
The lateral rays of the sun at
balloon of the Skyhook type. Cap­
dusk illuminate the base of the
tain Mantell could never have
balloon. There is no chance of your
reachec:J the height at which the
ever seeing the full roundness of
balloon was traveling."
it because you are so far below it.
Several reports have been re­
You see only the illuminated cup
ceived of "squadrons" of flying
of the bottom. If your imagination
saucers. People have seen little
soars, the light reflection on one
disks apparently flying together in
side may impress you as the glow
the sky. This is explained by ·Dr.
of an atomic engine. The wisp of
Liddell as clusters of 20 to 30 bal­
the balloon's instrument-filled tail
loons, 10 to 15 feet in diameter,
may impress you as the exhaust.
which are sometimes used in place
The sun's rays may suffuse the
of the huge Skyhook. ·
plastic bag with a fiery glow.
Under certain conditions, ·they
might be more visible than the sin­
Experienced Observers Fooled
gle plastic bag, and would cer­
Even seasoned airmen have no
tainly be unexplainable by anyone
way of estimating the size and the
who didn't know their purpose.
speed of an object they see. To
Liddel Got the Facts
peg size and speed, the mind must
know the nature of the object. Ex­
After Dr. Liddel had sifted all
perienced seamen have difficulty
the reports which appeared to have
estimating.the distance, speed and
some foundation, he used his en­
size of another ship unless they
tree as a government' nuclear
know its type. The balloon is un­
physicist to check other govern­
known and hence eludes efforts to
ment agencies. He is satisfied that
measure it by familiar craft aloft.
no other r~search.or experimental
Dr. Liddel and his associates ar­
project has utilized anything even
rived at their findings on these
roughly resembling a flying saucer.
baffling stories by studying about
"And secondly," he said, "inter­
2,000 reports of flying-saucer ob­
planetary travel is not possible at
servations of every kind and de­
the present time."
scription. They discarded some as
This disposed of all the possi­
seeming to be the visions of crack­
bilities, according to Dr. Liddel.
pots or psychopaths. Other reports
His analysis of the flying-saucer
were clearly the result of inaccu­
phenomenon as presented here is
rate vis.ion.
the first government, disclosure of
One report of "little men" found
what is considered to be the real
in the wreckage of a flying saucer
cause.
near Mexico City turned out to be
The Skyhook's distinct visual
. the unsubstantiated story of a
similarity to a flying-saucer de­
traveler. No one else knew any­
scription was noted . strongest ;,'
thing about it.
the Minneapolis project of 'ON,
This left a solid base of reports
under the direction of General
from airplane pilots, scientific ob­
Mills, Inc. Telescopic photographs
servers and reliable laymen which
brought out the similarity so clear­
could not be brushed aside. After
ly·that Dr. Liddel was elated. He
a thorough investigation, Dr. Lid­
could at last offer visual proof of
del said: "There is not a single re­
his findings.
liable report of an observation
Tracing the "Saucers"
which ·is not attributable to the
cosmic balloons."
General Mills is the only suc­
cessful manufacturer of the huge
The Death of Captain Mantell
and delicate plastic bags. Most of
The most tragic report the nu­
the total of 270 flights so far made
clear physicists had to consider
have been launched at Camp Rip­
was. that of an Air Force pilot in
ley near Little Falls, Minn., and at
Kentucky. A circular object, me­
University Airport, Minneapolis,
Minn.
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tallic in appearance, was seen over
a U. S. Air Force base on Jan. 7,
Enough flights have been made
1948. Three fighter planes, one pi­
from other points, however, to lit­
loted by Capt. Thomas F. Mantell,
ter the country. Balloons have as­
took off in hot pursuit. From their.
cended from Chicago, from Hollo­
relatively low altitudes, the bal­
man Air Force Base and White
loon seemed to be traveling at the
Sands, N. M., and from aircraft
rate of 360 miles an hour. Two of
carriers in both the Caribbean Sea
the planes turned back at 18,000
and the Pacific.
feet. Captain Mantell kept going.
Workers at the General Mills
He radioed that he would go to
aeronautical laboratories -advised
25,000 feet and abandon the search
Dr. Liddel that they were able to
if he got no closer. None of the
trace lost balloons by published
planes was equipped with reserve
reports of flying saucers. The big
oxygen supplies, and thus could
bags are engineered to stay up
not fly long at high altitudes.
eight hours.Otherwise, they would
Mantell was not heard from
be a hazard to air navigation. But
again. His plane crashed, and the
some have actually stayed up more
instruments fo1:1nd in the wreckage
than 30 hours.
indicated it might have risen to
Elaborate a rran gements are
30,000 feet.
made to trace the balloons, for the
"Our studies show," said Dr.
data the cosmic physicists want are
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