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Major Donald E. Keyhoe, Chairman of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, said: ‘The newspaper's disclosures confirmed publicly what has been known to our investigations committee, i. e., that many highly qualified observers know that flying saucers are real and under intelligent control. Keyhoe, a retired Marine officer, added that ‘this revelation by the Star-Beacon should help to bring down official censorship, which is keeping the truth from the --Ldrt public.’ Behind the scenes, the Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency are withholding the facts until they decide what to tell the American people. One conclusion by a high Air Force intelligence agent is that the unidentified flying objects are interplanetary vehicles." An item entitled "News Management" appeared in the January-February 1963 issue of Keyhoe's "UFO Investigator." In it, reference is made to a statement by Congressman John E. Moss, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Information. This statement appeared in the Washington-World, in ce a © er oe "Tighter controls are being used for greater manipulation of information on the Department of Defense level....Information officers of the various Services may Le wate eae a ab Ha ie eaeto tea eee be relegated to the status of a ventriloquist's dummy. The public does not have to prove its right to know." Congressman Moss has told NICAP that his Committee is authorized to examine evidence showing the withholding of specific UFO reports or documents, though it is not empowered to investigate the general issue of UFO censorship. Major Keyhoe, it may be added, has steadfastly adhered to the belief that flying saucers are real, prior to and following his first published article on the subject in the January 1950 issue of True Magazine. Reference has been made to the CIA playing a role in the UFO secrecy picture. Further evidence of this fact is contained in a paragraph of the book "Inside Saucer Post 3-0 Blue," by Leonard H. Stringfield, formerly a well-known UFO investigator of Cincinnati, Ohio. On Page 42 of his book, Stringfield has this to say: "The statement itself came from Mr. A. D., of a certain top agency in Washington. Said A. D.: * Yes, I did have a case for Federal Court. However, by use of the injunction, if necessary, he would prevent anyone from testifying in which Moss said: