On 4 July 1947, press reports included coverage of statement by the US Air Force on UFOs. That statement suggested causes of sightings may include “large hailstones which might have flattened out and glided a bit”.
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Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 42 (in Chapter 2) of the |
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Keyhoe, Donald E in his “The Flying Saucers are Real” (1950) in Chapter 3 at pages 24-25 of the Fawcett Gold Medal paperback edition, which has the same page numbering as the version available on-line at |
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Peebles, Curtis in his “Watch the Skies!” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 10 (in Chapter 2, “The Age of Confusion Begins” – in part of a section entitled “The 1947 Flap”) of the Smithsonian hardback edition, at pages 11-12 of the |
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Ruppelt, Edward J in his “The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (1956) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 28 (in Chapter 2) of the original 17 chapter Doubleday hardback edition, at pages 46-47 of the Gollancz hardback edition, at pages 42-43 of the Ace paperback edition, at page 28 of the 1959 revised Doubleday 20 chapter hardback edition, at page 19 of the reprinted Source Books softcover edition. The first of these editions (i.e. the original 17 chapter hardback edition) has the same page numbering as the version available online at: http://www.nicap.org/rufo/contents2.htm |
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