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PART ONE "If it waddles..."? If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, swims and has webbed feet-- then perhaps it is a duck! is it? But what happens when a man sees something for the first time and asks, "What is it?"...and there is no one who can supply the answer? Fortunately, our experience and knowledge enable us to explain the seeming inconsistencies of this freak of nature. The controversy about the sO-called Flying Saucers began in just such a fashion with Kenneth Arnold-s startling announcement in 1947. A businessman of Boise, Idaho, Mr. Arnold was on his way from Chehalis to Yakima, Washington. Flying in his private plane, he was startled to see a bright flash on his wing. Looking in the direction of Mount Rainier, he was astonished to see nine gleaming disks, each approximately the size of a C-54. They were clearly outlined against the snow. As he later told the story, "it was as if they were linked together. mountain in a diagonal, chainlike line." Mr. Arnold estimated their speed to be around twelve hundred miles per hour, and he thought they must have been about twenty to twenty-five miles from his plane. "| watched them about three minutes," he said. "The were swerving in and out around the high mountain peaks. They were flat, like a pie pan, and so shiny they reflected the sun like a mirror. | never saw anything so fast! Since that memorable day, thousands of other sightings have been reported and verified, and still the question must be asked, "What are they?" But more importantly, where do they come from, what is their purpose here, and if they can do it, why can't we? Are they Russian secret weapons? Not Worry, Jemi, those were L-M Ships, Not "S" Men. They are an improved type & were only on a training Flight. That is why their | r inter-conn their force-fields-to teach them lon Level Tele- 22 The Case for the UFO's But a child, seeing his first platypus, will say, "It looks like a duck with four feet and fur! But what They flew close to the top of Thus, as of June 24, 1947, Flaying Saucers were born. "| saw them--but what are they?" Mr. Arnold undoubtedly asked. And no one had the answer.