Months later, a Washington newsman confirmed at least part of the lake
story. When he first related it, I thought he had fallen for a gag.

"I heard that yarn," I said. "Don't tell me you believe it?"

"I come from Idaho," he told me. "And I happen to know the fellow who
took the picture. Maybe it wasn't a disk, but something fell into that
lake."

"Did you see the picture?"

"Yes, at the Pentagon." At my surprised look, he added,

{p. 81}

"That was long before they clamped down. I was talking to an Air Force
officer about this lake thing, and he showed me the picture."

"What did it look like?"

"You couldn't tell much about it-just a big splash and a blur where
something went under. Maybe a magnifying glass would bring it out, but
I didn't get a chance to try it."

It was early in 1950 when he told me this. I asked at the Pentagon if
this picture was in the Wright Field files, and if so whether I could
see it. My inquiries drew blank looks. No one remembered such a
photograph. And even if it were in the Project "Saucer" files, I
couldn't see it.