by Meade Layne

The 
series 
of 
aerial 
phenomena 
which 
are 
here 
described 
under 
the term 
“ether‐ships” 
(Flying 
Saucers) 
first
 attracted 
public 
attention 
in 
the 
fall 
of
 1946. 
It 
was 
by 
no 
means 
the 
first 
appearance 
of 
these 
craft 
in 
the 
skies 
of 
our 
planet, 
but 
very 
few 
persons 
were 
aware 
of 
this 
fact, 
and 
the
 public 
as 
a 
whole 
at 
first 
refused 
to 
credit 
the 
reports 
at 
all.
 The
 newspapers,
 the 
radio, 
and 
many 
psychologists 
and
 scientific 
workers 
joined 
in 
discrediting 
the
 alleged
 facts, 
and 
in 
attributing 
them 
to 
delusion 
or 
deliberate 
falsifying. 
Nevertheless 
the 
evidence 
continued 
to 
accumulate, 
with 
most 
circumstantial 
and 
detailed 
reports 
from
 competent 
observers, 
until
 finally 
a 
systemic
 investigation
 was
 undertaken 
by 
the
 United 
States 
Air 
Force.

The 
outcome
 of
 this 
was 
indeed
 curious,
 since
 after
 some
 two
 years
 of
 study 
of 
the 
 phenomena, the
 Air
 Force
 has 
recently 
announced
 officially
 that 
there 
is
 no 
genuine 
and
 factual
 basis 
for 
the 
reports.
The 
explanation 
for 
this 
will 
doubtless 
become
 clear
 at
 some
 future
 time.
 The 
public, 
however, 
shows 
no 
sign 
of
 accepting 
this
 remarkable
 pronouncement.
 New 
reports 
of
 the
 strange 
sky 
visitors 
appear 
almost 
daily, 
and 
their
 existence
 is
 definitely 
established. (more…)