CHAPTER XII

'WHEN I called Redell's office I found he had flown to Dallas and
would not be back for two days. By the time he returned, I had written
a draft of the Gorman case, with my answer to the balloon explanation.
When I saw him, the next morning, I asked him to look it over.

Redell lighted his pipe and then read the draft, nodding to himself
now and then.

"I think that's correct analysis," he said when he finished. "That was
a very curious case. You know, Project 'Saucer' even had psychiatrists
out there. If Gorman had been the only witness, I think they'd have
called it a hallucination. As it was, they took a crack at him and the
C.A.A. men in their preliminary report."

Though I recalled that there had been a comment, I didn't remember the
wording. Redell looked it up and read it aloud:

"'From a psychological aspect, the Gorman incident raised the
question, "Is it possible for an object without appreciable shape or
known aeronautical configuration to appear to travel at variable
speeds and maneuver intelligently?"'"

"Hallucination might sound like a logical answer," I said, "until you
check all the testimony. But there are just too many witnesses who
confirm Gorman's report. Also, he seems like a pretty level-headed
chap."