The Flying Saucers are Real by Donald E. Keyhoe New York Fawcett Publications, 1950 {scanned at sacred-texts.com, March 2002} This book is in the public domain because it was not renewed in a timely fashion at the US Copyright Office, as required by law at the time. Contents CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. _To Helen, with love_ Donald E. Keyhoe, who relates here his investigation of the flying saucers, writes with twenty-five years of experience in observing aeronautical developments. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He flew in active service with the Marine Corps, managed the tour of the historic plane in which Bennett and Byrd made their North Pole flight, was aide to Charles Lindbergh after the famous Paris flight, and was chief of information for the Aeronautics Branch, Department of Commerce. Author’s Note ON APRIL 27, 1949, the U.S. Air Force stated: _“The mere existence of some yet unidentified flying objects necessitates a constant vigilance on the part of Project ‘Saucer’ personnel, and on the part of the civilian population._ _“Answers have been—and will be—drawn from such factors as guided missile research activity, balloons, astronomical phenomena. . . . But there are still question marks._ _“Possibilities that the saucers are foreign aircraft have also been considered. . . . But observations based on nuclear power plant research in this country label as ‘highly improbable’ the existence on Earth of engines small enough to have Powered the saucers._ _“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._ _“The saucers are not jokes. Neither are they cause for alarm.”_[1] [1] Project “Saucer” Preliminary Study of Flying Saucers. On December 27, 1949, the Air Force denied the existence of flying saucers.[2] [2] 2. Air Force Press Release 629-49.’ On December 30, 1949, the Air Force revealed part of a secret Project “Saucer” report to members of the press at Washington. The official report stated: “It will never be possible to say with certainty that any individual did not see a space ship, an enemy missile, or some other object.” Discussing the motives of possible visitors from space, the report also stated: “Such a civilization might observe that on Earth we now have atomic bombs and are fast developing rockets. In view of the past history of mankind, they should be alarmed. We should therefore expect at this time above all to behold such visitations.” (In its April 22 report, Project “Saucer” stated that space travel outside the solar system is almost a certainty.)