The Flying Saucers Are Real, by Donald Keyhoe, , at sacred-
texts.com AFTER one year's investigation of the flying saucers
and Air Force operations, I have come to the following
conclusions: 1. The Air Force was puzzled, and badly worried
when the disks first were sighted in 1947. 2. The Air Force
began to suspect the truth soon after Mantell's death--perhaps
even before. 3. Project "Saucer" was set up to investigate and
at the same time conceal from the public the truth about the
saucers. 4. During the spring of 1949 this policy, which had
been strictly maintained by Forrestal, underwent an abrupt
change. On top-level orders, it was decided to let the facts
gradually leak out, in order to prepare the American people. 5.
This was the reason for the April 27, 1949, report, with its
suggestions about space visitors. 6. While I was preparing the
article for the January 1950 issue of True, it had been
considered in line with the general education program. But the
unexpected public reaction was mistaken by the Air