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27 "Oh, that thing,” said Splitt. "It wasn't anything--just a shadow on a cloud. Somebody's been kidding you." {p. 31} "Look, you know how long it takes to declassify stuff. They just haven't got around to it. Take my word for it, the flying saucers are bunk. I went around with Sid Shallett on some of his interviews. What he's got in the Post is the absolute gospel." Post." "I wouldn't say that," Al Scholin put in. "The Air Force doesn't claim it has all the answers. But they've proved a lot of the reports were hoaxes or mistakes." "Just the same," I said, "the Air Force is on record, as of April twenty-seventh, that it's serious enough for everybody to be vigilant. And they admit most of the things, in the important cases, are still unidentified. Including the saucer Mantell was chasing." "I suppose all those pilots and Godman Field officers were hypnotized? Not to mention several thousand people at Madisonville and Fort Knox?" "Oh, sure," said Splitt. He looked at me, with his grin back. "I don't care if you think they're men from Mars." "Let's not go off the deep end," I said. "Tell me this: Did Shallett get to see any secret files at Wright Field?" ‘Saucer'?" "Tf it's just a cloud shadow, why can't I see it?" Splitt was getting a little nettled. "It's funny about that April twenty-seventh report," I said, "the way it contradicts the "T tell you that was an old report--" "That business at Godman Field was some kind of hallucination," insisted Splitt. "Take it easy, you guys," said Al Scholin. "You've both got a right to your opinions." "Absolutely not." "Then he had to take the Air Force word for everything?" "Not entirely. We set up some interviews for him." "One more thing--and don't get mad. If it's all bunk, why haven't they closed Project