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having succeeded in getting within 300 yards of the bombers (which is very > For a full account of this interesting sequence of events see John A. Keel, VFOs-Operatitm Trojan Horse. dose), the pilots, if they were German, would certainly have opened fire. Instead, they scooted away, never to be seen again. Low-flying mystery aeroplanes reported in 1969-70 were most often described as resembling P- 38s, the twin-engined, dual-fuselage fighters used in the Pacific in World War II. They were fast, noisy aircraft, but our mystery planes move very slowly and in complete silence. They execute impossible manoeuvres, such as sudden right angle turns, and disappear as mysteriously as they had come. Only 3 handful of P-38s are still operational, and they were not the culprits in these cases. like the ghost fliers of 1934, they are a dull grey and violate all regulations by failing to show any licence numbers or insignia. Could these phantom aircraft be part and parcel of the same phenomena which produce phantom automobiles and campers? Could they also be apparitions and transmogrifications of energy that can be properly categorized with the disappearing Indians of Gloucester? The evidence suggests that this could very well be the case. In other ages flying ships were sometimes reported. Flying Saucer Review, May-June 1970, reprinted a fascinating story from 1743. A farmer near Peibio, Wales, claimed he had seen a flying sailboat that year. He estimated that it was about 1,500 feet in the air and could have been about ninety tons. The keel of the ship was plainly seen (thus ruling out mirages of ships far out to sea). Similar phenomena had been reported in the same area about ten years previous. Our problem is compounded by these amazing, confusing, and alas, scientifically inadmissible subjective observations. The UFO cults have solved this dilemma by simply throwing out this Idnd of material and concentrating only on those reports which describe circular of cigar-shaped objects. We must, however, consider all the forms reported with equal care if we are to arrive at any valid conclusions. There is no way to investigate a flying saucer after it has flown. But it is possible to study the people who saw it and the terrain over which it appeared. If we are dealing with clever mimics and transmogrifications of energy and if man has been observing these things throughout his history, then the real clues may be found in the thousands of volumes in all languages describing those observation.; and encounters. tics and things are not necessarily from some other planet. They are actually closely tied to the human race, are a part of out Immediate environment in some unfathomable fashion, and to a very large extent are primarily concerned with misleading us, misinforming us, and playing games with us. These mysterious members of the Well' sian Wings Over the World are oat benefactors and our enemies. They educate us and they torment us. They have given us hope, Fairy lore is also filled with alleged sightings of fairy ships complete with billowing sails. One basic fact should be obvious from the foregoing: these enti-