on-the-street, and after discussing the subject with many very
capable scientists, I felt that I was in a position to be able to put
together the complete account of the Air Force's struggle with the
flying saucer.

The report has been difficult to write because it involves something
that doesn't officially exist. It is well known that ever since the
first flying saucer was reported in June 1947 the Air Force has
officially said that there is no proof that such a thing as an
interplanetary spaceship exists. But what is not well known is that
this conclusion is far from being unanimous among the military and
their scientific advisers because of the one word, _proof_; so the
UFO investigations continue.

The hassle over the word "proof" boils down to one question: What
constitutes proof? Does a UFO have to land at the River Entrance to
the Pentagon, near the Joint Chiefs of Staff offices? Or is it proof
when a ground radar station detects a UFO, sends a jet to intercept
it, the jet pilot sees it, and locks on with his radar, only to have
the UFO streak away at a phenomenal speed? Is it proof when a jet
pilot fires at a UFO and sticks to his story even under the threat of
court-martial? Does this constitute proof?

The at times hotly debated answer to this question may be the answer
to the question, "Do the UFO's really exist?"

I'll give you the facts--all of the facts--you decide.

_July_ _1955_, E. J. RUPPELT