Evening star. [volume], October 26, 1955, Page A-6, Image 6

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•• THE EVENING STAR. Washington, D. C.
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Saucer-Like Jets Hinted;
Early Scares Discounted
B; JOHN A. GILES
Th< Air Force announced last
night that it had found no evi
dence of “flying saucers” during
an eight-year study of such re
ports but warned that new air-!
craft soon to appear could give
the “illusion” of saucers.
Air Secretary Quarles warned
in issuing the announcement
that “I think we must recognise;
that other countries also have
the capability of developing ver
tical-rising aircraft, perhaps of
unconventional shapes."
“However, we are satisfied at
this time that none of the sight- j
ings ol so-called ‘flying saucers'
reported in this country was in
fact aircraft of foreign origin.”
he added.
The report emphasized that
there has been a complete lack
of any valid evidence of physical
matter in any case of a reported
unidentified aerial object.
A spokesman said the 318-
page “Analysis of Reports of Un
identified Aerial Objects” was
released to prevent popular ap-j
prehension of weird-shaped,
fast-flying planes. There was no
advance notice of the release. ]
There was no explanation of the,
suddenness with which it was
given to reporters. Hitherto se
cret, it was dated last May 5.
Reporting and investigating
procedures have improved so
greatly, the report stated, that
it was possible to make positive;
identification of all but 3 per,
cent of the 131 objects sighted;
by individuals during the first j
five months of this year. Nine;
per cent of the 864 reported!
righted during 1983-4 could not!
be identified.
“I feel certain that even the;
unknown 3 per cent could havej
been explained as conventional
phenomena or illusions if more
complete observational data had
been Mr. Quarles said.
“However, we are now enter-;
ing a period of aviation technol
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iogy in which aircraft of unusual
configuration and flight charac
teristics will begin to appear,”
he added. “The Air Force and
the other aftned services have
under development several ver
tical-rising. high performance
aircraft, and as early as last year
a propeller driven vertleal-riring
i aircraft was flown.
“The Air Force will fly the
first jet-propelled vertical-rising
airplane in a matter of days.”
i Spokesmen said this craft,'
manufactured by Ryan Aeronau
tical Corp. of San Diego. Calif.,
has been standing by at Edwards
Air Force Base In California, for
some time.
Mr. Quarles then went on to
call attention to an Air Force
contract with AVRO. Ltd., ot
Canada, “which could result in
a disc-shaped aircraft somewhat
similar to the popular concept of
; a flying saucer.”
“While some of these may
take novel form, such, as the
AVRO project, they are direct
-1 line descendants of convention
al aircraft and should not be re
garded as supra-natural or mys
terious,” Mr. Quarles continued
“We expect to develop airplanes
that will fly fasts', higher and!
; perhaps farther than present de
-1 signs, but they will obey natural!
;
1 laws and If manned, they will,
be manned by normal terrestrial
jainden.
Reduces Runway
j “Other than reducing runway;
{requirements we do not expect,
vertical-rising aircraft to have
.'more outstanding military ebar
jacteristics than conventional
! types,” he declared.
“Vertical-rising aircraft capa
ble of transition to supersonic
'horizontal flight will be a new.
;phenomenon in our skies and;
tinder certain conditions could
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MAYBE SO—The Air Force says there haven’t been any flying saucers, but it
didn’t promise there won’t be. This is an artist’s conception 0? a vertical rising,
disc-shaped aircraft which could result from a project under development for the
Air Force by AVRO, Ltd., of Canada.—U. S. Air Force Photo.
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give the illusion of the so-called
flying saucer.”
The Secretary then promised:;
“The Department of Defense!
will make every efTort within
bounds of security to keep the
public informed of these devel
opments so they can be recog
nized for what they are.”
The report Itself stated that,
“although there was no evidence!
that the unexplained reports of
unidentified objects constituted a
threat to the security of the
United States, the Air Force de
termined that all reports of un
identified aerial objects should
be investigated and evaluated to
determine if ‘flying saucers' rep
resented technological develop
ments not known to this
country.”
It then went on to say that, in
general, the original data con
sisted of “impressions and inter-!
pretations of apparently unex-i
plainable events and seldom con
tained reliable measurements of
physical attributes.”
Thus, “a major limitation to
the drawing of significant con
clusions.” was presented but did
not invalidate the application of
scientific methods of study, it!
said.
The reports were reduced to
punched-card abstracts of the'
data.
“Evaluation . . . consisted of
an appraisal of the reports and
the subject categorization of the
object or objects described,” it
explained. “A detailed descrip
tion of this phase of the study,
stresses the careful attempt to
complete objectivity
t and consistency.
' “Analysis of the refined and
evaluated data derived . . . con
sisted of (D a systematic at
tempt to ferret out any dlsting
, uishing characteristics ... (2) a
ij study of any trend or pattern
! and <3> an attempt to determine
i the probablity that any of thej
i unknowns represent observations!
.or technological developments
. not known to this country,” it
I said.
i Similarities Revealed
The first step revealed certain
'apparent similarities between
* cases of objects definitely identi
fied and those not identified, the
i report said. But study showed
■ these similarities were not signi
ficant.
The report said that during
the first months of this year,
! when only three per cent could
not be identified. 26 per cent
i were found to be balloons. 21 per
. cent aircraft and 23 per cent:
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astronomical phenomena. Twen
ty per cent were placed in a
general category things as
birds, mirages and windblown
paper. In seven per cent of the
cases there was Insufficient in
formation on which to base a
report.
“Insofar as the reported aerial
objects which still remain unex
plained are concerned,” the re
port stated, “there exists little
.! information other than the im
pressions and interpretations of
their observers.
; “As these impressions and in
terpretations have been replaced
by the use of improved methods
of investigation and reporting,
and by scientific analysis, the
number of unexplained cases has
decreased toward the vanishing
point.
"Therefore, on the basis of
this evaluation of the informa
tion. It is considered to be highly
Improbable that reports of un
identified aerial objects examined
In this study represent observa
tions of technological develop
ments outside of the range of
Arthur Dean Quits
'Fund for Republic'
NEW YORK. Oct. 26 OF).—Ar
thur H. Dean, former United
States Ambassador to Korea,
said today be has resigned as a
director of the Fund for the Re
public for “policy reasons.”
Asked if this meant he was
quitting because of the organiza
tion’s policies. Mr. Dean said.
“Yes.” He declined to go into
details.
The Fund, an Independent
foundation set up to promote the
principles of the Constitution,
Bill of Rights and Declaration
of Independence, has been ac
cused by some groups of left
wing activities.
Mr. Dean, a corporation law
yer and head of the United Na
tions truce team that negotiated
the peace terms in Korea, said
he resigned September 27 as a
member of the Fund’s 16-mem
ber board of directors.
He said he did not want to
discuss specific reasons, and re
ferred further inquiries to Paul
G. Hoffman, former Economic
Co-operation Administrator
head and now chairman of the
Fund’s board.
Mr. Hoffman, reached by tele-,
phone in Chicago, referred;
quiries back to Mr. Dean, saying
“it would be most inappropriate,
for me to reveal why he re
signed.”
"I can’t Relieve Mr. Dean
doesn’t believe in the Bill of
Rights.” Mr. Hoffman was
quoted as adding.
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edge."
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drawings of objects reported and
tabulations of the frequency and
percentage distributions of char
acteristics. It contained various
comparisons of the data sub
mitted by individual, such as
color, speed; shap and duration
of sightings
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