items quoted above. The effect was almost startling.

It was as though I were reading confidential suggestions for diverting
attention and explaining away the sightings; suggestions made by
Project members and probably circulated for comment.

"Now, wait a minute," I said to myself. "You may be dreaming up this
whole thing."

Trying to get back to a neutral viewpoint, I skimmed through the other
details of Project operations, as described in the report.

The order creating Project "Saucer" was signed on December 30, 1947.
(The actual code name was not "Saucer," but since for some reason the
Air Force still has not published the name, I have followed their
usage of "Saucer" in its place.)

On January 22, 1948, two weeks after Captain Mantell's death, the
project officially began operations. (Preliminary investigation at
Godman Field had been done by local Intelligence officers.) Project
"Saucer" was set up under the Air Materiel Command at Wright Field.

Contracts were made with an astrophysicist (Professor Joseph Hynek),
also a prominent scientist (still unidentified), and a group of
evaluation experts (Rand Corporation). Arrangements were made for
services by the Air Weather Service, Andrews Field; the U. S. Weather
Bureau; the Electronics Laboratory, Cambridge Field Station; the
A.M.C. Aero-Medical Laboratory; the Army

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