"The Daily Mail" - Irish Edition - February 11, 1957 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � U.S. IS HUSHING UP "SAUCER" REPORTS - by John Starr � � � 쿌 former major of the United States Marine Corps has charged� 퀃he American Government with keeping secret hundreds of � �"official" reports of the sighting of flying saucers by � 쿪ircrews, radar operators, and trained ground observers. � � � 쿌ccording to Major Donald Keyhoe, a top priority system for � 퀁eporting Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOS) was set up. � � � 쿔t enforced a blackout by regulations under which any pilot � 퀇ho disclosed an official report could be imprisoned for up � 퀃o 10 years and fined up to 10,000 dollars. � � � 쿢nder the cover-up orders all genuine reports must be kept � 쿯rom the public, says the major. � � � 쿚ne paragraph states that "only hoaxes, practical jokes, and� 쿮rroneous U.F.O. reports can be given to the press." � � � 쿌s cover-up examples he cites: � � � �* The vanished F-89 Jet guided by radar to a "machine" � � headed for Lake Superior. The ground controller saw jet � � and "machine" converging as two blips on his screen. They� � merged into one huge blip - then disappeared. No trace of� � jet, it's crew, or the "machine" was ever found. � � � �* The "Saucer" Chase in August, 1954, when hundreds in � � Oklahoma City watched Air Force jets intercept and chase � � 15 flying saucers. Though air base and ground force were � � alerted - and the state police confirmed the alert, Tinker� � Field, from where the jets "scrambled", refused to admit � � it. � � � �=END= � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸