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18 sightings at Muroc Air Base, the airline pilots' reports, the disks Kenneth Arnold saw-- they're all unidentified." "You've got contacts in Washington," Purdy went on. "Start at the Pentagon first. They know we're working on it. Sam Boal, the first man on this job, was down there for a day TT or two." "Symington told him the saucers were bunk. Secretary Johnson admitted they had some pictures--we'd heard about a secret photograph taken at Harmon Field, Newfoundland. The tip said this saucer scared hell out of some pilots and Air Force men up there. "A major took Boal to some Air Force colonel and Boal asked to see the pictures. The colonel said they didn't have any. He turned red when the major said Symington had told Boal about the pictures." "No," grunted Purdy, "and I'll bet twenty bucks you won't, either. But try, anyway. And check on a rumor that they've tracked some disks with radar. One case was supposed to be at an Air Force base in Japan." {p. 22} "All right," I said. "I'll get started. Maybe things aren't sewed up so tightly, now this report is out." "We've found out some things about Project 'Saucer,' said Purdy. "Whether it's a cover-up or a real investigation, there's a lot of hush-hush business to it. They've got astronomers and astrophysicists working for them, also rocket expects, technical analysts, and Air Force Special Intelligence. We've been told they can call on any government agency for help--and I know they're using the F.B.I." "I remember the Arnold case. That was the first sighting." "What did he find out?" "Did Boal get to see them?" I said. As I was leaving, Purdy gave me a summary of sighting reports. "Some of these were published, some we dug up ourselves," he said. "We got some tat ee confidential stuff from airline pilots. It's pretty obvious the Air Force has tried to keep them quiet." It was building up bigger than I had thought. "If national security is involved," I told Purdy, "they can shut us up in a hurry."