Eisenhower answers a flying-saucer question at a press conference

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Official portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who answered a flying-saucer question at a 1954 press conference White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Asked about European saucer investigations and claims the Air Force suspected extraterrestrial origins, President Eisenhower said nothing new had reached him and that a trusted Air Force source had told him it was inaccurate to think they came from another planet.

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  1. OfficialThe President's News Conference, December 15, 1954 (opens in a new tab)The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara), from the Public Papers of the Presidents / 1954-12-15
  2. OfficialUFOs and Flying Saucers (finding aid) (opens in a new tab)Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library (NARA) / 2020-11

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