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crusade to expose official censorship and the withholding of facts relating to UFOs from the public. As a friend and acquaintance of Edwards for many years, I feel that he knows whereof he speaks; and I concur with the above-expressed opinion. Recent revelations from various sources have served to substantially confirm his conclusion. It is with this thought in mind that the facts have been brought together for the reader's information and consideration. For years many UFO investigators have felt that the Air Force was in possession of facts relating to UFOs which they were withholding from the public for reasons known only to themselves. Various opinions to this effect have appeared in print in recent years. A few of the most authoritative are quoted below. In 1958, Bulkley Griffin, of the New Bedford, Mass. Standard-Times Washington bureau, wrote an excellent series of articles for that paper, one of which was entitled: "Pentagon's Censorship on UFOs is Effective." The following is a quotation from that article: "It has been asked what right has a military organization to monopolize control of the UFO situation and seriously interfere with the public's knowledge regarding it. To this the Air Force has its own answer. Regulation 200-2 starts: ‘The Air Force investigation and analysis of UFOs over the United States are directly related to its responsibility for the defense of the United States.’ Later (in 200-2) the UFOs are listed as a ‘ possible threat to the security of the United States." But why the broad and persistent Air Force secrecy on UFOs? This essential question lacks a definite answer. The CIA, to an unknown extent, and the FBI, in individual cases, have taken an interest in the situation. Neither outfit is famed for unloading facts upon the public. The National Security Council operates in like on oe fashion. The staff of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has done some study on the UFO-Air Force matter, and has decided not to investigate, and to hold no hearings open or closed. This is a victory for the Air Force, which is earnestly and discretely fighting any Congressional probe." Late in 1958 another equally fine series of articles, by John Lester, appeared in the Newark Star Ledger. The following is a pertinent excerpt: "A news story revealing that government personnel are tracking mysterious objects was hailed yesterday as ‘one of the most important developments in the flying saucer problem.’