received, our conclusions about them, and how those conclusions were
reached. If we had identified a UFO, the audience was told how the
identification was made. If we concluded that the answer to a UFO
sighting was "Unknown," the audience learned why we were convinced it
was unknown.

Among the better sightings that were described fully to interested
government groups were: the complete story of the Lubbock Lights,
including the possible sighting of the same V-shaped light formations
at other locations on the same night; the story of a group of
scientists who detected mysterious nuclear radiation when UFO's were
sighted; and all of the facts behind such famous cases as the Mantell
Incident, the Florida scoutmaster who was burned by a "flying
saucer," and headline-capturing sightings at Washington, D.C.

I showed them what few photographs we had, the majority of which
everyone has seen, since they have been widely published in magazines
and newspapers. Our collection of photographs was always a
disappointment as far as positive proof was concerned because, in a
sense, if you've seen one you've seen them all. We had no clear
pictures of a saucer, just an assortment of blurs, blotches, and
streaks of light.

The briefings included a description of how Project Blue Book
operated and a survey of the results of the many studies that were
made of the mass of UFO data we had collected. Also covered were our
interviews with a dozen North American astronomers, the story of the
unexplained green fireballs of New Mexico, and an account of how a
committee of six distinguished United States scientists spent many
hours attempting to answer the question, "Are the UFO's from outer