"Mr. Keyhoe? This is John Steele," said the voice at the other end.
(Because of the peculiar role he played, then and later, I have not
used his real name.) "I'm a former Air Force Intelligence officer. I
was in the European theater during the war."

I waited. He hesitated a moment.

"I heard you're working on the flying-saucer problem," he said
quickly. "I may have some information that would interest you."

"Mind telling me who told you I was on it?" I asked.

"No one, directly. I just happened to hear it mentioned at the Press
Club. Frankly, I've been curious about the flying saucers ever since
'45."

That startled me, but I didn't tell him so.

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"Do you have any idea what they are?" Mr. Steele said.

"No, I've just begun checking. But I'd be glad to hear what you've
got."

"I may be way off," said Steele. "But I've always wondered about the
'foo fighters' our pilots saw over Europe near the end of the war."

I thought for a second. "Wasn't that some kind of antiaircraft missile
fired from the ground?"