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45 He looked back at my list. "Cross off Number One, There's too much competent testimony, beside the obvious fact that something's being covered up." "That leaves Russian or American missiles," I said, "as Steele first suggested. But there are some points that just won't fit the missile theory." "What's that?" "Interplanetary." DuBarry was watching me. "I know how you feel. That's how it hit me when Ken first said it," "Just talked with D-------," the note ran. (D------- is a prominent aeronautical engineer, the designer of a world-famous plane.) "He believes the disks may be interplanetary and that the Air Force knows it--or at least suspects it. I'm enclosing sketches showing how Le abt ab atte 2 a "He's not the first one who told us that," said Purdy. "We've heard the same thing from other engineers. Over a dozen airline pilots think they're coining from out in space. And there's a rocket expert at Wright Field who's warned Project 'Saucer' that the things are interplanetary. That's why I'm not writing it off." "Have you read the Project 'Saucer' ideas on space travel?" DuBarry asked me. I told him my copy hadn't reached me. He read me some marked paragraphs in his copy of the preliminary report: {p. 52} There has been speculation that the aerial phenomena might actually be some form of penetration from another planet . . . the existence of intelligent life on Mars is not impossible but is completely unproven . . . the possibility of intelligent life on the Planet Venus is not considered completely unreasonable by astronomers . . . Scientists concede that living organisms might develop in chemical environments which are strange to us... in the next fifty years we will almost certainly start exploring space . . . the chance of "You've left out one answer," said Purdy. "You're kidding!" I said. "I didn't say I believed it," said Purdy. "I just say it's possible." "I've heard it before," I said. "But I never took it seriously." "Maybe this will interest you," Purdy said. He gave me a note from Sam Boal: he thinks the disks operate."