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THE NORTON 30 REVELATIONS take the bait, but if there is any chance of uncovering genuine evidence, let's pursue it behind the scenes." He laughed as I added, "We could call this investigation 'The Case of the Dangling Carrots.' " Dr. Hynek and his assistants did go to Norton Air Force Base for a private meeting with Miller and with his boss, General Scott, who was the director of DAVA. These two men assured an amazed Dr. Hynek that given the proper circumstances, they "would release the evidence on their own authority." But something else became obvious at that meeting: both Miller and Scott strongly believed in UFOs and were outright "contactees." Hynek was given a tour of the huge DAVA facility and he was invited to Edwards Air Force Base, where, he was told, there was "something of interest you should see." "Indeed, there were carrots dangled all over the place, as you had predicted," Dr. Hynek's research assistant told me. It was even sug- gested that Senator Barry Goldwater would help, and possibly former president Jimmy Carter as well. Unfortunately, in his private meeting with Miller and Scott, Hynek found the two officers very naive in their approach to the subject and superficial in their knowledge of science. For example, they firmly believed in the story of Billy Meier, the Swiss contactee who has taken numerous photographs of what he calls "Pleiadian UFOs." When he confronted them with the direct question: "What footage do you actu- ally have on UFOs?" they answered flatly, "We don't know." "Go there and try to find out more," Dr. Hynek told me. "Perhaps General Miller will tell you things he didn't tell me." So I drove out to Norton Air Force Base myself on Wednesday, March 27, 1985. MEETING Norton is located north of the little town of Redlands, near San Bernar- dino. The huge DAVA building is clearly visible from outside the base,