"Dick, if you're under orders not to talk, just tell me. Fm trying to
find out whether Project 'Saucer' has muzzled airline pilots."

"You mean the ones who've sighted things? Perhaps, in a few cases. But
most of the pilots know what happened to Captain Emil Smith, on
United, and those Eastern pilots. They keep still so they won't be
laughed at. Also the airlines don't like their pilots to talk for
publication."

"I've heard of several cases," I said, "where Air Force Intelligence
is supposed to have warned pilots to keep mum. Two of the reports come
pretty straight."

He made a gesture. "That could be. I'm not denying that airline
pilots--and that includes ours--see these things all the time. They've
been sighted on the Seattle-Alaska route, and between Anchorage and
Japan. I know of several saucers that pilots have seen between
Honolulu and the mainland. Check with Pan-American--you'll find their
pilots have seen them, too."

"What happens to those reports?"

"They go to Operations," said Dick. "Of course, if something really
important happens, the pilot may radio the tower before he lands. Then
the C.A.A. gets word to the Air Force, and they rush some Intelligence
officers to quiz the pilots. if it's not too hot, they'd come from
Wright Field--regular Project 'Saucer' teams. Otherwise, they'd send
the nearest Intelligence officers to take over temporarily."