Air Force "Project Saucer" press memorandum

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The National Military Establishment released a digest of Air Materiel Command studies of more than 240 U.S. and 30 foreign reports. About 30 percent had been explained, visits from space were called highly improbable, and the memo said the sightings were neither a joke nor cause for alarm.

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  1. OfficialMemorandum to the Press No. M 26-49, Project "Saucer" (transcription) (opens in a new tab)National Military Establishment, Office of Public Information (copy hosted by Project 1947) / 1949-04-27
  2. OtherThe Flying Saucers Are Real (Donald E. Keyhoe, 1950) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1950

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