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(OFI HEAVENS SHOWING VARIOUS NEBULAE)
EDWARDS: (Cont'd)
...and we know that there are
as ours swirling through
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We know this much about the uni-
verse ... and we know little
else ... for sure... I
Is there life on other planets? Cher planets?
Intelligent life substantially
like our own?
Scientists tell us that to be-
lieve our earth alone can sustain
life is an absurd conclusion.
Among the billions of planets in
the millions of galaxies, there
must be many that sustain s some
type of 1 living creatures.

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EDWARDS:
Dr. Harlow Shapley, former dir-
ector of the Harvard Observatory,
tells us that there must be 100
million planets in the universe
where intelligent beings...not
necessarily like our earthly
brand...live and multipl and
think.
And some authorities have claimed
life does exist life does exist on other planets.
Here's an example the evidence evidence
they offer.
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(OF MARS SHOWING CANALI)
This is Mars. Telescopes reveal
crossing its surface. 4 40 years ago,
Percival Lowell, a distinguished
these lines ... the canali ..are
intelligent life
on Mars.

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EDWARDS:
He said Mars was a dying planet
and the lines were irrigation
canals the Martians had dug to
bring water from the melting polar
ice-caps into their parched planet.
The moon is our nearest neighbor
in space...
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(OF MOON)
...and the only one our powerful ...and our powerful
telescopes to1 can carefully survey.
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(OF MOON DETAIL)
For years, astronomers have been
mapping its surface. Some e have
seen strange things s indeed.

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(OF GEOMETRIC PATTERNS SON MOON -
JESSUP, Pg. 172)
EDWARDS:
Here, for example, is a rough
sketch that was supposed to show
of the moon known Schroeter's
Valley.
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(OF MOON STREETS - JESSUP P 194)
Another rough sketch of what was
claimed to be highways o or aque-
ducts, near the region known as
Gassendi's crater.
And just recently a report was
made...and confirmed...that a

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EDWARDS:
gigantic bridge now stretches
across a region of the moon known
as the Mare Crisium.
Scientists charted this region
many years ago...and no such
bridge was in evidence then. But
reliable experts claim it is
there now...and that it appeared -
literally almost overnight.
If it is a natural bridge...
created by natural forces of
erosion as we know erosion as we know w them on earth
...it would take millions of years
to form. And its presence would
have been noted long before 1953.
If it is a natural object...why If it is a natural object...why
wasn't it seen before?
If it is not a natural object...
then what can
There are those who claim that
istence of intelligence on the
moon ... not necessarily moon-
people...but beings from outer

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EDWARDS:
a space-station for their obser-
vation of earth.
(EDWARDS CROSSES AWAY FROM ARTCARDS
OF PLANETS AND GALAXIES)
How can we find out about this?
Where do we start?
(EDWARDS APPROACHES TABLE CONTAINING
BOOK DISPLAY)
We start with background...his-
tory. tory. Here, collected for us Here, collected for us
list of books covering I 0 the …… …
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(BOOKS AND PAN ACROSS TO SHOW TITLES)
of celestial
phenomena ... f from ancient sight-
ings..to the latest UFO r reports...
(CUT TO EDWARDS. H HE TAKES S ONE BOOK
FROM THE COLLECTION)

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EDWARDS:
For make no mistake about it ...
Unidentified Flying Objects are
nothing new. The Bible gives
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(OF EZEKIEL'S WHEEL)
... by the - Prophet Ezekiel .….
a "signe" in the Heavens...large,
krilliantly colored, in the shape krilliantly colored, in the shape
of a of a wheel within a wheel. a wheel.
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(OF FIREBALL, MENZEL, PAGE 257)
In 1554...this mysterious object
flashed across the sky near St.
Chamas, France.

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(OF ESSECK - MENZEL PAGE 257)
EDWARDS:
In 1697 ... This molten mass of
roaring flame terrified the popu-
lace of
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(NECCADO) (NECCADO)
In 1708 8 ... a f 8 …. a flock of strange flock of strange
thenomena thenome.a a invaded a invaded the the skies over skies over
Europe ... Europe …
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Today, science explains most of
fireballs, meteors, shooting stars,
comets...or unusual auroral displays.
long
ago .….

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(OAKLAND TRIBUNE, NOV. 23, 1896)
EDWARDS:
November 23, 1896. Oakland,
California! ! A mysterious
object sailed across the skyl
First sighted in the San Francisco
object, reportedly witnessed by
sky. M sky. Moving Moving g slowly, gathering slowly, gathering
headlines....
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(NEW YORK HERALD, APRIL 11, 1897) 7
...the UFO was reported from Salt
Lake City...Denver...Omaha....
Kansas City...and...finally...
Chicago...where it sailed off
the front to the un-
knowr.
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The first few decades of the

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EDWARDS:
20th Century brought few sight-
ings...possibly because the UFO
invented earthly airplane suddenly
trespassing g its private domain.
But in 1947 7 ... Year II of the
Atomic Age...the real UFO story
began ...
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(ILLUSTRATED MAP OF NORTHWEST - #19)
It began here..the Pacific North-
west...the spectacular country
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(OF MT. RAINIER)
...by the hulk of Mt. Rainier.
Here ... one June morning ten
years ago, a C-46 Marine Transport
plane crashed. Among the e volunteer

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"UFO: THE ENIGMA OF THE SKIES" THE ENIGMA OF THE SKIES"
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civilians who aided the military
searchers was ..•
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(PHOTO OF KENNETH ARNOLD - ARTCARD #21)
...Kenneth Arnold, a bush pilot
who had logged thousands of hours
of flying in the areal What he
saw ... and reported...made in- saw ... and r reported...made in-
ternational l newsl
ARNOLD: (VOICE OVER) ARNOLD: (VOICE OVER)
It was while I I was searching
for this ...
(DISSOLVE TO: ARNOID LIVE)
a terrific blue flash go past
thru my airplane. I noticed that
looking objects that w were approach-
ing Mt. Rainier at about 107
degrees. The objects were headed
towards a saddle between the se

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ARNOLD: (Cont'd)
peaks. They were about 9 in
number. They looked something
like t this....
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(SKETCH OF WHAT ARNOLD HAS SEEN
-A ARECARD #22)
This is an artist's concept of
what I saw, based on my description. what I saw, based on n my description.
I assumed, at the time, that they -
were a formation were a formation S
of jet.
(CUT BACK TO ARNOLD) (CUT BACK TO ARNOLD)
But it baffled me because they But it bafele because. they
did not seem to have any tails.
I judged their wing-span to be
about loo feet across. I watched
them for several minutes. T They
were traveling from north to
south, flying in reversed echelon
formation...and as they flew they
weaved in and out between the
mountain peaks. They had a kind

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ARNOLD: (Cont'd)
of a skipping as they
sailed along.
EDWARDS: (VO)
After the sighting, you landed
and reported the incident to
the local representative of the
CAA...The Civil Aeronautics
Administration .…·
ARNOLD:
That's right. I didn't make That's right. I didn't make
too much of the too much of the incident...as
I said, I thought they were jets. I said, I thought they were jets.
I said they fluttered like... I said they fluttered like...
well, like boats on very rough
water...I said they flew like water...I said they flew like
it across water. W Well, the papers
printed a real garbled version.
They quoted me as saying they
looked like saucers. I didn't
say that at all, I said they
EDWARDS: (VO)
That was an historic misquote.

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ARNOLD:
I guess so, Because that's how
the name 'Flying Saucers' came
to be.
EDWARDS: (vO)
Have y .
called Flying Saucers since?
ARNOLD:
Yes I have. I've seen strange
objects in the sky on at least
three different occasions. A three different occasions. And And
I know some regular airline pilots I know some regular airline pilots
who have made more than a dozen
sightings. But we don't talk
much about it. Making a Flying
Saucer I report is like opening
your living room to a bob-cat.
You get clawed, scratched and
spit on. You're either a real
fruitcake or you're out to get
publicity by spreading lies. I
saw what I saw...and I reported
it to the proper authorities.
EDWARDS: (VO)
Well...let's get your r own per-
sonal opinion of what you saw....

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ARNOLD:
The Air Force investigated at
the time and said no jets were
flying near that area that day.
I feel that if these objects were
S
clined to believe that you've
got to say they were of extra-
terrestrial origin.
EDWARDS: (vO) EDWARDS: (VO)
Extra-terrestrial...from an-
other world, another other world, another planet?
ARNOLD:
That's right.
EDWARDS: (VO)
That's s saying a l lot.
ARNOLD:
I know i it. I I'll 1 tell you this
much. All of us who have made
sightings...I'm not talking about
crackpots now...but reliable
people who can be depended on
7
ciated being laughed at. We
made our reports because

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ARNOLD: (Cont'd)
believed it was our duty to do -
so. I don't know what's going
on in the sky. I don't think
it's anything g for p people to get
hysterical about. F But there's
something going on besides Sputnik, -
I'm sure of that. It's something
. Now
that's m my y frank opinionl
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(EDWARDS HOLDS THE DRAWING (EDWARDS HOLDS THE DRAWING G OF THE
OBJECTS S ARNOLD HAS SEEN) ARNOLD HAS SEEN)
EDWARDS:
Kenneth Arnold's sighting of Kenneth Arnold's sighting gof
objects he claimed looked some- some-
thing like this ... thing lile
(TURNS SKETCH TO CAMERA)
... was the beginning...June
24, 1947 ... Mt. Rainier, Washington.
And it may have been quickly for-
gotten...a news oddity...except
that within the next 30 days, there
were 53 more reports of so-called
Flying Saucers. There was the
usual quota of crackpots s climbing
on the bandwagon.

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EDWARDS:
A Chicago housewife saw one
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(CARTOON SAUCER WITH LEGS)
HOUSEWIFE: (VO)
I was out hanging the wash.
It was Monday, y'know. And there
I saw it ... big... with legsl
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(CARTOON OF FLYING WASHTUB) ING WASHTUB)
EDWARDS: (VO)
A Spokane woman...
WOMAN: (VO)
It wasn't exactly round...or
flat...it was... well, it was
like a washtub.

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(CARTOON - SAUCERS ARADING THROUGH
YARD)
EDWARDS: (vO)
And a remarkably calm Midwest
observer...
MAN:(VO)
I don't know why everybody's
getting so excited. T They came
through our yard all the time.
(COT BACK TO EDWARDS) (CUT BACK TO EDWARDS)
EDWARDS: EDWARDS:
But...making all allowances for
illusion, delusion, hoax and
hallucination...there remained hallucination...there remained
enough incredible enough incredible reports by
credible bservans
... many people...thinking.
the country.
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(OF UNITED STATES - SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY OF C CALIFORNIA.)

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EDWARDS:
commercial l airline pilot ... saw
an elongated object, with port-
holes along its side.
(PAN TO: BOULDER CITY, COLO.)
Boulder City, Colorado. A
Superintendent of Schools ...
spotted a strange cigar-shaped
object that moved at incredible
speed.
(PAN TO: W (PAN TO: WASHINGTON D.C.) WASHINGTON D.C.)
Washington, D.C. A Signal Corps
Intelligence Officer ... saw this
spherical object spherical objec owing in the in the
sky. sky
(PAN TO: GREENWICH POINT, L.I.)
Greenwich Point, Long Island ...
a management sales consultant
reported ... a round object with
Jet pods underneath
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EDWARDS:
And if anyone was less than serious

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EDWARDS:
about Flying Saucers...the tragic
Mantell incident at Godman Field,
Ft. Knox, Kentucky, gave them
real cause to reflect.
15
police r
flying
ance, moving westward 'at a good
clip'. ciip..
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(FILM: CONTROL TOWER - GODMAN AIR CONTROL TOWER - GODMAN AIR
BASE) BASE)
Godman n checked, found no experi-
mental aircraft in the neighbor-
hood The UFO was sighted by the
Commanding Officer of the field.
(FILM -F.51s)
Just at this time a flight of
to Louisville, Kentucky neared the
field. T The flight

"UFO: _ THE ENIGMA OF THE SKIES"
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77 9:30)
SUPER: EDWARDS
EDWARDS:
Good evening everybody, coast to
coast. This is Douglas Edwards.
Tonight t the Circle Theatre goes
after a most unusual story: the
riddle of the Flying Saucers.
Because of the nature of the
problem ... and the controversy problem ... and the controversy
involved ... we will depart from
our usual format. I Instead of Instead of
dramatizing an adventure, we will
share cne. Instead of merely
observing, we ask you to partici-
pate. A pate. Are UFO ...Unidentified Are UFO ...Unidentified
Flying Objects real or imagined?
If these so-called Flying Saucers
are real ... where do they come
from? Ale they secret weapons
being g tested by our own or foreign
governments ... or are they …. S
as many believe ... spacecraft
from other planets, invading our
atmosphere, observing life earth?

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(OF MANTELL)
....under the command of Captain
in on the strange spherical- -
shaped object. shaped object.
What happened then depends upon What happened then depends upon
what version you read. T There
were s Godman
Tower...and their accounts differ m
in many details. But this is s sure.
Captain Mantell...by radio...re-
ported sighting the object above
weh Tumole him. He said it was "Metallic
pirtistat repart
and of tremendous size". Mantell's
plane was not equipped with . ..

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DISSOLVE TO:
FILM - F-51 ZOOMING UPWARD)
EDWARDS:
...yet he headed upward. One
of his wingmen broke off as the
climb began. The remaining' two
stayed with him to 15,000 feet,
then broke off. Mantell was in
a maximum climb at 22,500, his
plane under perfect control.
(CUT BACK TO EDWARDS)
From this point on, there is From this point on, there is
nothing but mystery. T Trans- Trans-
mission was garbled and attempts mission was ga attempts
to contact to contact Mantell went unanswered.
Mantell's plane began to level
off at 30,000 feet...began a
gradual turn to the left...then
it nosed downward...and....at
full power....began to dive.
Betveen 10 and 20 thousand feet,
the plane literally tore apart.

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(OF MANTELL CRASH)
EDWARDS:
Mantell was killed. I Parts of
his plane were found more than
half a mile from n the central
wreckage.
(CUT BACK TO EDWARDS)
There are questions that must
be answered about this tragic
incident. incident. Why did an experienced Why did an experdenced
pilot like Mantell break one of Mantell break one of
the cardinal rules of flying: the cardinal rules of flying:
never go above 1 never go above 1 10,000 feet with-
out oxygen? What did he see that out oxygen? W What did he See that
forced him throw T
the winds?
After the Mantell crash, UFO re-
Dur-
the sightings took on an inter-
national flavor. "Balls of Fire,
traveling slowly across the sky"
were reported from Norway, Denmark,
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EDWARDS:
Europe chimed in ... then South
America.
On July 2l, a report came in from
Holland of a UFO, rocket-shaped,
the sides. T This might have been
fast forgotten, except for what
happened just one week 1 later.
On July 24, 1948, a commercial ...
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(MAP - SOUTH EASTERN U.S. - #29)
...airliner flying from Houston, flying from Houston,
Texas to Atlanta was 20 miles
At the controls: Clarence S.
Chiles and his
Whitted.
(CUT BACK TO EDWARDS)
At 2:45 in the morning these
ahead, and closing in fast.

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EDWARDS:
Traveling at a speed estimated
the light bore in on them. The
object was brilliantly lighted...
it appeared to have two sets of
windows..and underneath, from the
belly of the ship, there was a
sort of flourescent glow.
As they watched fascinated, the
object flashed by about 700 feet
to their to their right. right.
On landing, Chiles and Whitted
reported the incident to the
drew a s drew a sketch of sketch of what he saw.
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(CHILES SKETCH)
This is the Chiles' sketch.
Double windows, in size about
twice the diameter of a B-29.

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(WHITTED SKETCH)
EDWARDS:
And this is the sketch drawn
by co-pilot Whitted. Same general
shape ... double row of what
appear to be w
(CUT BACK TO EDWARDS)
What was it? T To this day...accord- To this day...accord-
ing to the two pilots involved...
no logical explanation offered
by scientists, by experts...fits
the bill. the bill.I People may argue about People may argue about
what t they saw...but they can't
deny that they saw something...
something that these men with
thousands of hours of flying
..and haven't seen sincel
reasonable, natural explanation

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EDWARDS:
for the mysterious objects seen
over the past 10 years?
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For this ..•
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For this ·
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... or this?
To get the official Air Force
to the source...directly to the
Air Force files that have e been
thrown open to us.
Can every sighting be reasonably
explained...or must we accept

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EDWARDS:
the proposition, the fact...that
at least some of these objects
originate in outer space...and
that our earth is now being ob-
served by - n another
world?
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FADE IN FLIP A.C. THEATRE
EDWARDS: (vo) EDWARDS: (VO)
In just a moment, we will return
to "UFO...THE ENIGMA OF THE SKIES" to "UFO...THE ENIGMA OF THE SKIES"
on the ARMSTRONC CIRCLE on the ARMSTRONC CIRCLE THEATRE.
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ACT TWO
FADE IN:
(EDWARDS - WORK AREA)
EDWARDS:
Rarely a day passes but that
sightings of flying saucers are
reported. T These reports
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(THREE SIGHTING PHOTOS - ARTCARDS (THREE SIGHTING PHOTOS .. ARTCARDS
#32, #33, #34)
EDWARDS:
come from every corner of the
country ... sightings of strange, country ... sightings of
disc-like shapes ... From Italy
... New Zealand ... Brazil ...
from virtually every country on
the globe.
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EDWARDS:
People are seeing something
something is therel
The idea that Flying T Saucers are

.
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EDWARDS: (Cont'd)
some
cannot ac-
cepted.
People are seeing objects in the
sky .. .. but reall
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THICK RUDDERED SAUCER.
An employee of a supersonic lab-
oratory saw a thick-ruddered ob-
ject shaped like this like this ...· ……
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SAUCER WITH LIGHTED PORTHOLES.
A round object, with portholes
and flashing lights was spotted
by two airline pilots.

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EDWARDS: (Cont'd)
Tonight we're going after this
story ... we're going to the
government files ... to experts
on both sides of the issue. We're
going after facts ...
In just a few minutes .
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("UFO: SKIES")
SUPER FILM FOR 6 SEC.
... on the Armstrong Circle Theatrel
(GO THRU TO FILM LINE OPENING)

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WINGEDS SAUCER.
EDWARDS: (Cont'd)
A naval aviation student, his
saucer surrounded by a deep red
glow.
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ARTCARD #38
A group of c A group of
Lubbock, Texas saw lights like
these ...
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World reaction to these sightings
ranged from the cynical to the
sensational l ...
calm appr
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... to excursions into fantasy,

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EDWARDS:
many calculated to create hysteria
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And charges have flown thick and
fast as the Saucers.
Authorities have been accused of Authorities have been accused of
problem ... issuing statements
hiding the true facts from the
public. O public. On the other hand, the
proponents of Flying Saucers ... Saucers ..
those who say they truly exist
.…. h have been labeled sensation-
alists, hoaxers S . . . and downright
liars.
What are the facts? Where is the
eviderce? Where do for our
story?

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EST. SHOT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR-BASE,
DAYTON, OHIO.
EDWARDS:
… Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Dayton, Ohio ... Location
of the Air Technical Intelligence
Center ... Collecting point for
all UFO sighting reports ... the
outfit charged with the responsi-
bility of analyzing all Flying
Saucer Saucer data data .. ... Project Project I Bluebook. Bluebook.
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Since January, 1953, the investi-
gation work of Project Bluebook .
has had the services of the 4602nd has had the services of the 46o2nd
Air Intelligence Service Squadron Air Intelligence Service Squadron
(Air Defense Command) ... a highly
trained field investigation outfit
with ...
CUT TO _LOCATION OF FIELD UNITS OF
AISS - ARTCARD #40
…. f fleld units scattered around
the country sc deployed - me that they

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EDWARDS: (Cont'd)
is
X reported.to thein.
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and here's why they're i in busi-
ness .….
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BY YEAR SINCE 1947 - ARTCARD #41
Saucer sightings since 1947 .…. Saucer sightings since 1947 7 ..•
each sighting investigated and
analyzed by specialists and top- top-
notch military and notch militanyan non-military
sonnel.
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At Wright-Patterson, we get the
promise of full cooperation from
the Air Force. I
us ... f files, many of which were
hitherto classified are thrown
open to u

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EDWARDS: (Cont'd)
And .. to explain the meaning of
these files ... explain how the
CUT TO SHOT OF COLONEL WHEDON.
to us Lt. Colonel Spencer Whedon,
Chief of the Air I Intelligence
Office, Air Technical Intelli-
gence Center. gence Center.
(EDWARDS CROSSES TO COL. WHEDON AND (EDWARDS CROSSES TO COL. WHEDON AND
TO TABLE CONTAINING THE FILES) TO TABLE CONTAINING THE FILES)
Here are the raw files ... just Here are the raw files ... just
as they existed in the office of as they existed in the o office of
the ATIC in Layton ... the ATIC in
(HE PICKS UP ONE OF THE FILES)
Colonel
X Captain ... this is the complete
file on the Mantell case ... the
tragic incident we talked about
before where a Kentucky National
Guard pilot crashed to his death
while in pursuit of an alleged
UFO.

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WHEDON:
That's right.
EDWARDS:
Originally, I believe, it was re-
ported that Mantell might have
mistaken the planet Venus for a
UFO ... flown too high ... blacked
out and crashed. But the Air Force
no longer holds to that opinion …
WHEDON:
No, we don't. W We still believe
that he blacked out from lack of Chat ne blacked Out Trom lack or
oxygen and crashed ... and this
is supported by the findings of
the Air Force Accident Investi-
gators, an outfit completely inde-
pendent of pendent of Project Bluebook. Project Bluebook. But
we are now sure that this is what TAT ainO that thiais what
he was chasing ...
CUT TO FILM OF SKYHOOK BALLOON
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
This is a skyhook balloon ... a
giant l0o-foot balloon used to
gather information n about the upper

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WHEDON: (Contia)
west for a while as it climbed.
At about t 35,00o feet, the balloon
would have antered the wind ajet-
stream flowing south. It would
move 2 rapialy south, still elimb-
ing. At a point somowhere south
or southwest of Dodman Field .….
here ... it would have climbed
through the jet stream into a
calm telt ... and then it would
slowly drift south or southeast
... directly ... directly over y over the ares , the ares where where
the UFO waS UFO waS spotted. spotted.
CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON
EDWARDS: EDWARDS:
You believe it's possible for You believe it 's possible S for
trained observers ... pilots like
Capt. Mantell ... to see a
and not recognize it such?
WHEDON:
Certainly ... in a period when
balloons of that ...

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CUT TO FILM OF BALLOON IN NEAR HORIZONTAL
POSITION.
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
balloon into an almost horizontal
position.
Visibility can play tricks. Dur-
ing the day D look ….
CUT TO PHOTO OF BALLOON IN DAY -
ARTCARD #43_ ARTCARD#43
... like this. I The same balloon balloon
at twilight or dawn dawn can can look … ·.·
CUT TO PHOTO OF BALLOON AT TWILIGHT
- ARTCARD #44
... like this.
Angle of vision is important.

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CUT TO PHOTO OF BALLOON FROM GUN
CAMERA - ARTCARD #45
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
This was a reported sighting from
over Minneapolis. An F-86 fighter
took this picture with its gun
camera.
CUT BACK TO WHEDON AND EDWARDS
WHEDON:
Before we had our investigation
techniques worked out, we were
often stymied because we had - d no
report of any balloons launched
in the vicinity of reported sight- -
ings. We now know that balloons
… ·…. s skyhooks particularly ... can
appear thousands miles from
the original launching area.
CUT_TO MAP POLAR-PROJECTION NORTHERN
HEMISPHERE INKED IN ROUTE FROM JAPAN
TO ATLANTIC - ARTCARD #46
here's a balloon that was launched
in Japan .. tracked b by government

1 2 - 46
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
facilities all the way across the
Pacific ... it meandered all over
the country before it finally sailed
off into the Atlantic. T This resulted
in literally dozens of UFO reports.
CUT BACK TO EDWARDS
EDWARDS:
On that basis, then, some large
I
ports are actually othing but
balloons.
WHEDON:
Right.
CUT TO MASTER CHART OF TABULATED UFO
REPORT.IT NOW SHOWS: "BALLOONS-
26.4%"
Figures show that balloons account
for 26.4% of sight-
ingsl
CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON.
EDWARDS:
Let's take another case, Colonel.

• •
ACT ONE 1 - 1
FADE IN:
TELOP ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE.
DISSOLVE TO:
(EDWARDS AT HIS DESK)
EDWARDS:
Let me restage a moment of history
for you. T The time: 1492. The
place: the port . .·
DISSOLVE TO: ARTCARD #1 DISSOLVE TO: ARTCARD #1
(COLUMBUS' FLEET)
... Palos, Spain. ... Palos, Spain. T Three tiny
ships slip their mcorings..and moorings..and
the great voyage beginsl
What lay ahead for the fleet of What i lay ahead for the fleet of
Columbus? There were many who ……·
DISSOLVE TO: ARTCARD #2
...prophesized calamity. The
fleet would surely sail off the
rim of the earth ... great dragons

1 2 - 47
EDWARDS: (Cont'd)
(HE REACHES ON TABLE AND PICKS UP
FILE AND OPENS IT) (HE READS)
Three objects observed. I Round-
shaped, steady y white light. No
trail or exnaust. N Moving slowly
well above horizon, southwest of
Macon, Georgia. Sightings re-
hours to 2145 hours ...
(HE LOOKS UP)
Translated ... that's 8:45 to 9:45 Translated ... that's 8:45 to 9:45
P.M. (HE READS AGAIN) ... on May 7
und May 3. Weather clear and vis-
ibility unlimited. N No meteorologi-
cal activity believed accountable
for sightings observed. F for sightings - observed. Photographs
made and available. N No interception
or identification action taken.
No air traffic in general area at
time of sighting.
(HE LOOKS AT WHEDON)
Solve this one, Colonel?
WHEDON:
Very quickly. First thing we did
was to get a map

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1
CUT TO MAP OF AREA AROUND MACON,
GEORGIA - ARTCARD #47
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
Here's West Macon, Georgia ...
and here's Ft. Benning. We im-
mediately established that train-
ing operations were being g con-
ducted at Benning on the nights
of May 7th and 8th.
CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON
dropping of parachute flares dropping of parachute flares
from aircraft ... as well as
jet-support jet-supp ra-
tions.
We obtained the photographs men-
tioned in the report.
Enlargements of the black-and-
white pictures gave us no clues.
But we also had received some
color slides. Using a new photo-
analysis technique, we managed to
get some surprising results.

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CUT TO MACON SIGHTING (SMALL) -
ARTCARD #48
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
The first slide showed little
Xfiery more than two bright dots ...
brilleant with some indefinite green shad-
ing g around them.
CUT TO MACON SIGHTING (LARGE) -
ARTCARD #49
But ... on further enlargement .. But ... on further enlargement
the wings and body of jets come
into vier. The bright object is
the flame from t
burner.
CUT TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON.
Case solved.
Conventional aircraft often seem
to be what they are not.
Here's an example.

1 . 2 - 50
WHEDON (Cont'd)
This is a Jet yang at high-
The speed caw a moisture
condensation Meand the wings
X which give th
disc or sauce
Planes of fiameb or am uno dox x configura-
tion ... Sweplwg tion ... s Ing o delta-jobs
.. or .
CUT TO FLYING PA EE - ARTCARD #51 CUT TO FLYING PAECE - ARTCARD #51
... this rads this radw WZane WRane called the called the
Flying Pancal . give rise to
many sigh
CUT BACK TO EDWA AND WHEDON
EDWAN
What's the peritage figure,
Colonel?
WHEDO
Well, the Ain figures it
pretty high

1 2 - 51
1
CUT TO MASTER CHART TABULATED UFO
REPORT. NOW ADD "AIRCRAFT 28.8%"
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
. based on our latest reports,
the cases where aircraft have
as UFO is 28.8%.
CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON.
(EDWARDS TAKES ANOTHER FILE FROM
PILE AND FLIPS IT OPEN)
EDWARDS:
Direct from the files of the
Air Technical Intelligence Alr Tecnical Intelligence
Center Center ... another case. r ... another case.
Date: M Date: M March 9, 1957. A commercial
airliner flying between New York
and San Juan, Porto Rico had an and San Juan, Porto Rico had an
extraordinary experience. I Flying Flying
at 19,ooo feet it sighted a large, at.19.000 sighted lange
bright object that appeared to
be coming directly y towards the
liner. I It was described as
with
a pale green tint. T The pilot
had to swerve his plane violently
to avoid collision.
(EDWARDS LOOKS UP)
(MORE)

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1
EDWARDS: (Cont'd)
This sighting caused quite news-
paper stir.
WHEDON:
It did.
EDWARDS:
Well, what does the Air Force
have to say about it now?
WHEDON:
A check of military positions
in the area ruled out any unusual
plane or missile activity. plane of missile activicy.
However, CAB ... t the Civil Aero-
nauties Board did report six other
commercial flights over approxi-
mately the same area at the time
of the sighting. F of the sighting. I Five of the six
planes reported similar sightings.
So we plotted out their positions
×
on a map ··
CUT TO MAF OF OCEAN SHOWING PLANES -
ARTCARD 52

1 2 - 53
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
The plane involved ... Flight 257
-.
it ... the furthest plane that re-
ported a sighting was 175 miles
away.
CUT BACK TO WHEDON
The major clues we had to work on
were the color, the trajectory
and the fact that three of the
planes reported that the object
seemed to spl the air.
called what are
X X known as .. known as ...
CUT TO SKETCH OF A BOLIDE - ARTCARD 53
…
time, espe S . t rom the Southwest.

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EDWARDS:
So the Air Force attributes the
sighting to a "fireball"
nt WHEDON:
X It was not only our findings.
We submitted all the data to a
member of the Smithsonian Astro-
EDWARDS:
Do these astronomical phenomena
play a 1 play a large part in large part the UFO UFO story?
WHEDON:
Pretly Pretly arse
X Quite a Quite a bit. The moon and the
planets, observed through haze, planets, observed through haze,
light fog or moving clouds can
play optical tricks. play optical tricks. And then
plays ……. or, how about this ..·
CUT TO AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF SUBSUN
ARTCARD #54

1 1 2 - 55
WHEDON:
…a beautiful flying disc caught
by an Air Force photographic mis-
sion near Richmond, Indiana.
EDWARDS:
And actually ...
WHEDON:
A subsun effect ... a rare aerial
tion of the sun
CUT BACK TO WHEDON AND EDWARDS CUT BACK TO WHEDON AND EDWARDS
weather tricks tricks
not only fool the eye not only fool the eye ... but such but such
supposedly foolproof supposedly foolproof mechanical
marvels as radar. radar.
CUT TO SHOT OF RADARSCOPE SHOWING
BLIPS CAUSED BY TEMPERATURE INVER-
SION - ARTCARDS #55 & #56
a mass of cold air collides with
a layer of warm air ... or even
thunderclouds ... sometimes s come

1 2 -56
1
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
Even the most experienced radar
operator fooled by these...
CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON
The Air Force now feels certain
2 that the well-publicized UFO radar
tiim? sightings at the Washington air-
bregmy port during 1952 were caused by
Lee this type of unusual radar echo.
EDWARDS:
What percentage of UFO sightings What percentage of UFO sightings
does the Air Force attribute to
so-called astronomical phenomena,
Colonel?
CUT TO MASTER CHART.
WHEDON:
We attribute 24.4% of current UFO
sightings to astronomical
CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON
EDWARDS:
All right ... we'll move on to an-
other case.

• 1 - 2
EDWARDS: (Cont'd)
rise from the ( deep to devour
them ... they would be sucked into
a mighty whirlpool and never be
heard of a again. No one knew.
Today we stand in precisely the
same p position.
Already ….
DISSOLVE TO:
(FILM: ROCKET (FILM:R ROCKET TAKING OFF...THEN T TAKING OFF...THEN
SHOT OF EARTH TAKEN FROM ROCKET)
...with our giant rockets and ...with giant rockets and
reaching out to the incredible
vastness of outer space.
President Eisenhower has stated
…… we are at a 'decisive moment
of history'. What lies beyond
our atmosphere? T There are those
who claim that space is not the
emptiness we have I long believed.

1
2 - 57
EDWARDS:
(EDWARDS TAKES A FILE FROM THE TABLE)
The date: August, 1955. The place :
Kentucky. N Now ... according to
radio broadcast ... an entire fam ly
for an entire night by goblin-lik
from a Flying Saucer that landed
nearby.
(HE LOOKS UP)
And ... to make it all more bind, And ... to make it all more bind.
to as accurate by the family.
EDWARDS:
One of your investigators didn't
get to interview w him, by any
chance?

1 2 -58
WHEDON:
No ... but we did interview the
family. They had spen
CUT BACK TO WHEDON AND EDWARDS.
X? attending a spirited meeting,
they had all undergone a tremen-
for
the incident.
The Kentucky creature, by the
way …. way .•
CUT TO BEARDED SPACEMAN - ARTCARD #58
... has a cousin in our has a cousin in our files.
CUT BACK TO WHEDON AND EDWARDS
EDWARDS:
Yause I suppose this whole UFO situa-
tion is complicated by the crack-
.
who insist on getting into the act.
WHEDON:
It definitely is. One of the rough-
est areas involves the so-called

2 - 59
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
"contact" sightings. P People who
claim to have spo en to creatures
claim to have ridden in them n .….
and one, at least, who was whooshed
off to Venus and there married in-
to Venusian royalty A whole cult
him that who
incidents s ... and woe
dares to question.
EDWARDS: EDWARDS:
Doesn't the Air Fcrce question? the Air Force question?
WHEDON:
Air Force policy is merely to ex-
amine the stories for evidence
that might be construed as repre- that might be construed
senting a threat to the national
security So far, we have no such
evidence And we don't brush t these
X ofr
things by ... we really go into
them.
CUT TO ARTCARD #59
Now this is an Air Force photo.
(PAUSE) It's not unlike many of the

2 -60
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
pictures we see that urport to
be Flying But t...
CUT BACK TO WHEDON
What it is ... very simply ... is
a gadget we photographed made from
the top of a tobacco humidor r …
.
CUT BACK TO ARTCARD #59 CUT BACK TO ARTCARD #59
... three ping-pong balls ... and .…. t three ping-pong balls ... and
the n the nipple from a baby's bottle. nipple from a baby's bottle.
CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON_
that anything is a fraud. We We
put all material sent to us
through the analysis mill.
X
this Flying business.
Here's a beauty ..

. 2 - 59
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
"contact" sightings. F People who
claim to have spoken to creatures
from Flying Saucers ... some who
claim to have ridden in them ...
and one, at least, who was whooshed
off to Venus and there married in-
to Venusian royaltyA A whole cult
who
incidents ... and woe to him that
dares to question.
EDWARDS: EDWARDS:
Doesn't the Air Force question? Force question?
WHEDON:
Air Force policy is merely to ex-
amine the stories for evidence
that might be construed as repre- J as
senting a threat to the national
security. S So far, we have no such
evidence. And we don't brush it these
X off
things by . we really into
them.
CUT TO ARTCARD #59
Now this is an Air Force photo.
(PAUSE) It's not unlike many of of the

1 2 - 60
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
be Flying Saucers. But it's not...
CUT BACK TO WHEDON
What it is ... very simply ... is
a gadget we photographed made from
the top humidor...
CUT BACK TO ARTCARD #59 CUT BACK TO ARTCARD #59
... three ping-pong balls ... and ... three ping-pong balls ... and
tne nipple from a baby' bottle.
CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON
We never go on the assumption
that anything is a fraud. We that anything is a fraud. We
put all material sent to us
through the analysis mill.
×
this F Flying Saucer business.
Here's a beauty ...

• 2 - 61
•
CUT TO LAMP SAUCER - ARTCARD 6O
WHEDON:
Enlargement reveals
ARTCARD 61
... strange lines coming from the
object ...
CUT TO FURTHER ENLARGEMENT OF LAMP
SAUCERARTCARD 2 SAUCER- ARTCARD 62
... and further enlargement show
these lines to be part of the these I lines to be part L the
turned The
7 saucer turning out to light
fixture.
CUT_BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON.
We get all kinds

•
2 -62
CUT TO FLYING HAT - ARTCARD 163
WHEDON:
Here's a Flying Sauc er that turned
out to be a flying hat.
(HE REACHES UNDER TABLE AND BRINGS
UP THE COPPER BALL)
Here's a lulu ... supposedly a
UFO picked up by a science
teacher. This had pretty good
newspaper r and TV coverage •
EDWARDS:
Looks very formidable. A genuine A genuine
sputnik, Colonel?
WHEDON:
Afraid not. Whoever made it went
to a lot of trouble trying to letter
Russian words on the inside ... but Russian words on the inside ... but
they got the letters W wrong and for-
Inside, there's nothing but a hodge-
podge of wires ... no real circuits
anyplace. T To finish it off, to
give the effect of this thing hav-
ing hurtled through space, a blow-
torch was used to scorch the sides.

1 1
2 -53
EDWARDS:
Still ... a rather neat job ...
for those of not up our
Sputniks.
WHEDON:
The important thing here is that
this type of hoax besides being
a violation of federal law, itis
a rather expensive joke. A single
UFO investigation may well cost
the government $10,000. T The per-
petrators of these childish pranks petrators of these childish pranks
might think twice about it when might
money t money yt that's being wasted ... that's being wasted d …·
money that could go go into ...
should go into Serious the research
X should go ^
so badly needed at this time.
EDWARDS:
In the total picture, Colonel,
what percentage of current UFO
reports does t the Air F classify
as hoaxes?
WHEDON:
We lump t this category into a gen-
eral heading, along with sightings

1 2 -64
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
that turn out to be birds, search-
lights, and so
CUT TO MASTER CHART. ADD_"OTHER _
6.4%"
and they add up to 6.4%.
CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON
EDWARDS:
And can ATIC solve all reports
referred to it?
WHEDON:
No. Many sightings come to us
with insufficient data ...per tinent
items of
UFO riqct as
a honk Leat wha
with a detailed quest naire. This sg Clmg phad
hal bathrtn
Suggest change to: "the Ai Force to interogeted
hes detalel Timnane for when a reiw AY
11 iwlat wawats senah
dserers UFOs- Thens 7 prim cip cls inndoek

• 1 - 3
EDWARDS: (Cont'd)
They say that intelligently-guided
objects, originating from the
mcon, or the planets, or even from
far-off galaxies, already are in
space ... some e have even pene-
trated our own atmosphere to
observe life on earth.
True...false? We don't know...
but we intend to find out....
we intend
DISSOLVE TO: DISSOLVE TO:
(FILM. A ASTRAL EFFECT...SLOW MOVE-
MENT OF CAMERA THROUGH MENT T OF CAMERA THROUGH H SIMULATED SIMULATED
GALAXIES)
...get the facts...as, together,
we probe into the intriguing
puzzle of UFO ... U Unidentified
Flying Objects...better known
as Flying Saucers.
(SUPER: CRAWL)
1. TIRLE
2. COSTELLO
3. CORRIGAN

1
2 -65
WHEDON: (Cont'd)
is kept t in confidence if it is so
desired. But we must have full
information if a sighting is to
get a complete analysis.
EDWARDS:
In this category ... let's call
it "Insufficient I Information" " . . .
you fit what percentage your
reports?
CUT TO_MASTER CHART._ADD "INSUFFICIENT CUT_TO_MASTER CHART.ADD "INSUFFICIENT
INFORMATION... 12.1%" INFORMATION... 12.1%"
WHEDON:
Insufficient Information accounts Insufficient Information accounts
for 12.1% of all current UFO re-
ports.
CUT BACK TO EDWARDS AND WHEDON
(EDWARDS PICKS UP A DUPLICATE OF
MASTER CHART THAT HE HAS ON DESK.
HE ALSO PICKS UP A GREASE PENCIL.)
EDWARDS:
Let's do a little arithmetic,
Colonel. Adding -

.
0 0
2 - 66
EDWARDS: (Cont'd)
together ... if my mathematics
works out ... comes to let's
see ... 98.1%.
(EDWARDS PENCILS IN "98.1%")
That's a large percentage but
it's not 100%.
WHEDON:
No. The 1.9% remainder represents
the cases the Air Force classifies
as "Unknown".
EDWARDS:
And this category is different And this category is different
from "Insufficient Information". from "Insufficient Information".
WHEDON:
Yes.
EDWARDS: FDWARDS
In what way ..
WHEDON:
Well, take the Chiles sighting
commercial pilots reported a
cigar-shaped object, glowing,
... with what appeared to be
windows along t the side.
This case has all the elements

1 '
2 - 67
WHEDON:
we require for investigation. Yet
... after the most careful study
any of our regular categories. It
doesn't appear to have been a bal-
loon ... a plane of any kind ...
nor does it fit the circumstances
of an astronomical phenomenon.
In view of this .. sufficient data
but no logical explanation ... we
classify it as a true "Unknown". classify it as a true e "Unknown".
This doesn't happen often ... but
when it happens, we don't when it happens, we don't dodge
the issue. It's an "unknown" .…. "unknown"
and so listed. and so listed.
EDWARDS:
S Whedon.
Thank, Colonel
WHEDON:
Glad to have been able to be
here.
(MOVE IN ON EDWARDS. HE POINTS TO
1.9% FIGURE)
Not too high a figure ... little
less than 2%. Two out of a hun-
dred. (HE PUTS THE CHART DOWN)

1
2 - 68
EDWARDS:
Yet if even only one in a hundred
represented an object of inter-
have to call this the biggest news
of this or any century.
What about the remaining 2% ...
what's the opinion of those who
believe in Flying Saucers about
that 2% ... or, for that matter
… what about thelr opinion of
the Air Force anaylsis
Project Bluebook?
There are two sides to every story
…… you've heard one. … you've heard one.
FADE OUT.
FADE I IN: FLIP: A.C. THEATRE. FLIP: A.C. THEATRE.
EDWARDS: (V.O.)
We will return in a moment with
the final act of "UFO: THE ENIGMA
OF THE SKIES" on the ARMSTRONG
CIRCLE THEATRE.
FADE OUT
FADE IN COMMERCIAL

COMMITTEE O'S FOR SIX MONTHS, HIS
VOICE DISC cIr OFF THE AUDIO
BECAUSE KEHO -IIPON PREPARED SCRIPT.
THEL INCIDENT ABOUT THE
CORDTN SENATE
SEEKS DETERMINE VHETHER AS RRN PILOTS HAVE
BEEN FORBIDDEN TO TAI UBLICLY SIGHTED
"SAUCERS.
KEHOE, WHO HAS WRITTEN BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT, SAYS HE REMAINS
CONVINCED--DESPITE ALL OFFICIAL DENIALS--THAT SOME OF THE
SIGHTED MYSTERY OBJECTS HAVE BEEN INTERPLANETARY SPACESHIPS.
HY952AES

.
SAFOI-3d/LtCy1 Tdcker/mhb/72291
5 January 961
Dear Mr. Chapman:
This is to acknowledge
for a copy of the Armstrong led
"UFo: The Enigma of the Skies."
I regret that we do not have copies of this script for
distribution. However, we do have s file copy on hand and
whole or in part.
In In a addition, I am inclosing addition, I am inclosing the lateat Department of the lateat Department of
Defense Defense fact sheet on the general s fact sheet on the general subject of UFOs. subject of UFOs. This This
clearly clearly states the position of the Air Force and the Depart- states the position the Air Force and the Depart-
ment of ment of Defense. Defense.
Sincerely, Sincerely,
Inclosure Tn LAWRENCE J. TACKER LAWRENCE TACKER
Lt. Colonel, USAF
Public Information Division
Office of Information
Mr. J. Chapman
23 Donna Drive
Albany 5, New York
Comeback 0I-3d
Reader 0I-1

id not-specifically Edward J.
Keyhoe was cut-off
in the middle of a paragraph.
In June of l958,I sent a letter to Talent Associates requesting
request for a copy
ports this charge made by Mr.Keyhoe and others.
me where I
could obtain a copy of said script.
Thank you.
Singerely ,
J.Chapman

Major Kehoe off of the air when he began to depart from the script
which he had beforehand agreed to adhere to. From the producers point
of view, however, this was necessary in order protect the network
from possible law suits. The Air Force regrets that the producers
were forced to take such action because by ao doi they enhanced
rather than detracted from Major Kehoe's position concarning his sen-
sstional and unsupported claims that Unidentified Flying Objects are
real, and that the Air Force is withholding from the public oritical
information on the subject. People are prone remember such sensa-
tlonal claims as his rather than the responsible statements of the
qualified scientiats who disclaimed such charges on the same
The allegation that the Air Force has withheld critical infora-
Many persons who report sightings to the Air Force do so in confidence
and do not vant their names, the names of asaociated people, or scme of
the circimstantial details made public. Since this information is not
considered critical or necessar for proper evaluation, their wishes in
DISTRIBUTION: this regard are respected.
AFCIN-XI The Air Force is compelled to deal scientifically and objectively
(Maj Byrne) with the facts developed during an investigation of an Unidentified
OFF OF SIG Flying Object sighting. We feel certain that the analysis and evalua-
SAFISE Mtion of these facts by y our qualified scientific personnel are thorough,
SAFS FILES sound and adequate, Because we have this firm conviction, the Air
Force atands ready to give its wholehearted cooperstion o any Congres
sional Committee desirous of holding public hearings on this aublect.
SAFLL-3 SAFLL AFCIN-XI SAFRD SAFIS(See
memo dtd 25
Feb Sgd Maj
L.J.Tacker w/draft)
SAF FILE 602-58

P
Ltr to UFO (Cont)
For your information, I am inclosing g the latest Department of De-
fense fact sheet on Unidentified Flying Objects, dated 5 November 1957.
You will note that paragraph l8 of the fact aheet should be modified to
include Air Force participation in the Armstrong Circle Theater presen-
tation on y 1958.
further aid or 0 this,matter,
please feel at liberty to call upon me.
Sincerely yours,
Inclosure As stated above
Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson
Chairman, Preparedness Investigating Chairman, , Preparedness Investigating
Subcomittee Subcommittee
Committee on Armed Services Committee on Armed Services
United States Senate United States Senate
M/R: Cong req for info frm SLo dtd 20 Feb 58; reed LL 2l Feb 58; Cong req for info frm SLo dtd 20 Feb 58; reed LL 2l Feb 58;
LL-3 recd memo dtd 25 Feb frm SAFIS w/draft of proposed LL-3 recd memo dtd 25 Feb frm SAFIS w/draft of proposed
70 reply in ans to tele req from LL-3; LL-3 prep & fwd fnl rep
to the Chm 28 Feb 58
CsdEkI Sa
2

the circunstaatiel details ande public, Since this infornation is nt
considered critical or necessary for proper evsluetion, their wishes in
this reggrd are respected.
The Air Force is eompelled to seientifically and objectively
with the faets developed during an investigation en unidentiried
and evalwa-
tion of these frets by our thorough,
sound and sdoquste. Beoause we bave this firn convieti:n, thetir Porce sound and sdequste. Beosuse v e this rirm oonvietion, thekir Porce
stande ready to give ite wholeheerted cooperation to any Congresaional
Committee desirous of holding publie heerings on this subject. Committee desirous of holding publie heerings on this subject.
For your infornstion, I an inclosing the letest Depertaent of
Defense fnct sheet on unidentified flying objecte, dated Novenber
1957. Iou vill note that paragraph l8 of the feat sheet should be
modified to include Air Force participation in the Armetrong Circle ce: COORD
Theeter presentation on 22 January 1958. AFCVC
SAFS FILE
M/R: Reed SAFLL 12 Mer; Sincerely yours, CFC OF SI
Notack or fwied; F/L prep/fwded COMEBACK
12 Mar based on info obtained 1fr SAFIS
Mao files and AF Policy; memo AFCIN
fr AFABF w/inel AFABF
STAYBACK
a Inelosures Fact Sheet re Ueo's dtd 5 Nov 57
Honoreble Richerd B. Vigglesworth
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EDWARDS: (OVER)
What do we know of the universe?
A vastness beyond human conception
ment, literally paralyze the
imaginationl
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(OF GALILEO)
It is a bare 350 years since
Calileo invented his telescope
...aagainst the measure of man's
existence, this is a mere blink
of time. of time.
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(MODERN TELESCOPE)
In this 350 years...always prob-
ing...always studying...this
is what man has come to know of
his universe:

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(OF EARTH AND ITS MOON)
EDWARDS:(Cont'd)
The earth spins on its axis ...
coupled with its one natural
satellite ... the moon.
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(CF SOLAR SYSTEM) (OF SOLAR SYSTEM)
We know that our earth is one
of nine planets circling about
our s sun.
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(OF OUR GALAXY)
We know that our sun is only
a single star in a galaxy tain-
ing 100,000 million stars .• •