Satellites May Solve Puzzle of Mysterious 'Flying Saucers'

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# Satellites May Solve Puzzle Of Mysterious'Flying Saucers'

By DOUGLAS LARSEY

NEA Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON.— Man's creation of space should provide a solution to the intriguing mystery of the nature of unidentified flying objects—the UFOs and have turned up again. in the region of Russia's two Sputniks

This is the belief of the U. S. Intelligence Agency. Adn. H. Hillenkoetter.

"Satellite and space abstraction programs should give us valuable information on the Os, affording definite evidence as to their reality," he says, and this will result because of the tremendous increase in observations of the sky by radar and telescopic tracking systems and by near-eye observations." He adds:

Since leaving as boss tion's top-level intelligence, the admiral has many of the best-inform saucer experts in the is a member of the errors of the new tional Investigation Aerial Phenomena ters here.

The relay of the pilot's message was not fast enough to try to track whatever the object was. But the reporting procedure is being speeded up so that tracking any reported UFO will be possible in the future.

Russian satellite drew public attention to the skies. Also, spotters of Operation Woonwatch, the U. S. satellite tracking hotwork, have sighted a number of UFOs during tracking practices over wide areas."

"This will certainly increase in the future, number of detailed UEC reports from trained observers' reports. "The army of amateur and pro- including, accurate measurements professional astronomers, with all of courses, speeds, altitudes, mankind of telescopes, which is or neuvers, and sizes and types of organized under Moonwatch, is an ideal organization for checking issuers' reports." a spokesman

For example, several days after Sputnikia appearance an Air Force jet pilot flying 42,000 feet over Washington at night reported to Moonwatch control center officers here that he saw a disk-shaped object flashing across the sky. Moonwatch officials quickly determined that it could not have been Sputnik.

NICAP's members have some top scientists and professors citizens attempting to find sufficient answers to the assorted mystery. Members of the board also include J. B. Hartraist, president of the Aircraft Owners and Events Association; Dr. Charles Mancy, professor of astrophysics at De fliance University, and Leon C. Le Van of Fri:

They all agree enioetter that the exploration could have secrets. And the man's already greatly weak of saucer sight.

## DID SOMEBODY ELSE get there first? This photo of "strange objects" dates back to 1952 when it was snapped by a Coast Guard photographer at Salem, Mass.

AF Maj. Dowey Fournet, previously the Pentagon project officer on UFOs and now a member of the NICAP board, looks to the future when U. S. satellites will be in the skies in great numbers. He says:

"U. S. satellites—especially the larger ones—can be instrumented to detect or photograph UFOs within their range and transmit details to earth stations."

Maj. Keyhoe elaborates on this idea.

Russia and the U. S. have announced they are definitely planning several space machines. So it is quite possible that these first space ships or satellites may encounter other interplanetary machines, manned or otherwise. Our space devices may even be closely approached by such alien machines.

If this happens our space devices could be equipped to attempt automatic communication, by light or signals, or by radio, when near UFOs. Any answer would be automatically relayed to earth; and direct communication could then be established from earth stations by remote control of the communication systems." Keyhoe also adds:

"Since the U. S. and the Russians are planning moon bases, it is not impossible that a race from some other planet could already have set up such an operating base on the moon."