AMERICANS AGAIN
SEE VISIONS
LITTLE MEN IN "FLYING SAUCERS"
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON,
MARCH 0
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A new drop of reports that flying
saucers" have been observed over several
parts of the United States and Mexic has
prompted he Defence Department to
repeat an official statement issued on
December 27 after a long investigation of
this matter. that the reports were the result
of misinterpretation of various conven-
tional objects, a mild form of mass
hysteria, or boaxes."
The current crop of reports includes one
that aying saucer" had crashed near
Mexico City with a man 23in. in height on
board. A similar rumour was circulating at
Denver, Colorado, the only difference being
that at Denver three little men were involved.
To-day scores of residents of Orangeburg,
South Carolina-including six members of the
staff of a local newspaper-are asserting that
last night they had watched a flying saucer
bover over the city for 15 minutes and the dis-
appear leaving a vapour trail, while from Cali-
fornia come reports that a bright disc was seen
there flying about 400 feet. All the witnesses
in California say they were certain it was not an
wircraft of uw known variety. It was studied
through a telescope by several persons, who
maintain that the object observed was abou
50ft. in diurheter.
After the previous statement had been
repeated, a spokesman at the Department of
Defence commented to-day that the Depart-
ment was naturally concerned with the air
defence of the United States, but so far
American security had not seemed to he
threatened. He was, however, cureful to add
that if these saucers start landing, and little
men with radar sticking out of their ears climb
out, we shall have to do something about it."