WHAT IS A UFO? UFO simply means Unidentified Flying Object. A UFO is a phenomenon, usually a bright light in the sky, which has been · observed but cannot be explained. Actu­ally, many explanations have been offered, from the coldly scientific to the whimsi­cally imaginative, but the truth is that these explanations either fail to hold up under careful scrutiny or are so wildy implausible as to be unprovable .

. Descriptions of these phenomena are usually vague, and eyewitness accounts give the flying objects a variety of shapes ;md · sizes. Some have been described as metallic and dish-shaped. Hence the name Flying Saucer. Some have been small ; others were as large as a football field They have been seen alone or ft:ying in for­illation. They can hover motionless or fly at fantastic speeds, changing course instan­taneously.

Since they have been sighted in the air, UFOs are generally thought to be some kind of aircraft. But their character:istics do not match any known aircraft made on earth. One of the most common beliefs is that they are spaceships from an alien planet.

Some of the eyewitness stories would bear out this belief. They tell of seeing human-like creatures in the windows or of seeing them emerge from craft which have landed. Some describe UFOs as dangerous and tell ·of mysterious rays which can stun, bum or erase the memory.

UFOs are nothing new. Sightings were made thousands of years ago. Still they defy all efforts to discover what they really are, where they come from and whether they amount to anything more than an interesting curiosity. In short, UFOs re­main one of our most intriguing and per­sistent mysteries.

UFO FLYING SAUCERS, No. 1. Published by Western Publishing Company, Inc., North Road, Poughkeepsie New York 12602. Single copies in U.S.A. and Canada 25c. All rights reserved throughout the world. Printed in U.S.A. Copyright © 1968, by Western Publishing Company, Inc.

ANCIENT ROMAN CHRONICLES REPORT THAT IIJ 216 B.C., STRANGE 91-!IPSFLEWTHROUGI-f THE ITALIAN GKJEG! AT ARPI A ROUND SHIELD GKIMMED ACRO~G THE HEAVENS ...

ONE NJGHT IN APRIL, 1897, ON THE HAMILTON FARM NEAR LE ROY, I<AN9AG •.•

GREAT DAY! IT'S KIND OF Fl-YING l-IGHTING DOWN ON

OUR COW- LOT/

GOOD HEAVENG! LOOK AT 'THOGE: CRJ:ATUR1::9/N-6JDE! I DON'T

BEI..!EVE IT]

WHAT WAS PR0!3A8l.V ANOTHER TYPE OF ~UCER WAS SEEN GYT(ATING IN 'THE SKY NOftl1.l OF ~ IN 90 &C. -··•

A tlrt.OSC·LJKE 'MOTH!~ SHIP" ANP t-JER SATELLITE~ SWARMS' 0/!.R ITAI.Y IN 39,A.I7. •••

A "SU~NIWG; SHIELD"' WHICH STRfAICEP OVER THf ROMAN SKY IN 98.A.a MAV WCI.I.. HAVE !EEN ANOTHEit FLYJN'­SAUCER ~OTOTYPE!

IN 1798, A WEIRO CYUNOER:UkE CRAFT APPEAREP CNEJt NQRI'HUM8ERLANP. JRITAitl •••

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SORRY, OFFICER! 1 JUGT CHECI<ED WITH WRIGHT PATTERGON AIR FORCE SAGE, TOO! NONE OF OUR PLANES 15 IN 'fOUR AREA!

IT~ N!:=ARL'f OUT OF 516HT! WE'VE GOT TO FIND OUT

WHATJTJG .•• · BUTHOWr

t.OOK5 METALLIC ... TRFM~NOOU5 · 5/ZE .. . BUT JT'B GTI/.L ABOVE ME

ANO MOV/N6 FAGT! I'M Ct.!M8· lNG TO .20, 000 Ff3ET/ ·

WHAT WAG CAPTAIN MANTELL CHAGING WHEN HE Olt:P? WAG IT A Rf?f:LECTION ON HIG PLASTIC CANOPY?. WAG IT 'THS IMAGE: . OF THe PLANETV!:NUS? 0~ WAS tr GOME . 6TRAN~ SPACECRAFT DEFeNDING ITGELF WITH A WEIRDAliEN· WEAPON?

LATER, WHEN THEY FIND THE WRECKAGE. OF MANTELL'G PlANE ••.

I .STILL THINK MANTELL WA6 CHAGING GOME REFLE:CTION ON HIG PLAGTIC

CANOPY!

S&VEAAL MONTH& AFm -n-lf! MAN .. TJ:U. INCIP!NJi A& A DC·3 Al~LINfR

• PA69t:6 MONT­GOM~Rf, ALABAMA, ON "JHE NIGHT OF JUL'I2'1, 19'16 •••

WITHIN "THE DC·3, ONE

. PASSENGj;R IS AWAKE:: •••

JN MID· Ft:f3RUAR'I THI= HIGH BRAGG CONFERS WITH 1HE NATION'S ToP

EiCli=NTIGTS AT l-09 ALAMOS •••

I SAY THE FIRE· f3ALL5 ARE EXTr<A· T~RRS:GTRIAL. SPACECRAFT!

NONS ENS~! TH6Y ARE !=IT HER METE· ORIT~G OR GOME El-ECTRO· STATIC PHENOMENA WE'VE NOT'It=T IOSNT/FJED!

SINCE 1HEN, MAN'/ FIREBALLS HAVE BCORCHED THEIR WA'f ACROSS

"THE SOUTHWEST, BUT NO ONE HA5 DISCOVERED "THEIR NATURE OR

· ORIGIN! ARE THEY SOME Wt=lRD FOR'M OF LIFE.? OR PO~Glf3L'f SOME J<!ND OF SCOUT· CRAFT PR'OBING OUR S~RJ:TG FOR AN ALIEN WORLD?-

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ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 26, 1951 AS FOUR MEN

LOUN6E IN A 1UBBOCK, IEXAG

BACKYARD •••

IH/5 71ME IT'5 A DOUBLE ROW OF 1.16HT5 FLYING INA V-FORMATION-GOING NORTH TO 501.1TH!

WE Ml!GT MAKE AN ACCURATE RSCORD OF 1'.HEGE LIGHTG OR NO ONE'U. BELIEVE UG!

1 1-lOPf: IHIS £HOT REGISTERS ON THE FILM! THOSE LIGHTS SEEM l<lND OF WEAK··ANDIHI5 FILM ISN'T VERY SENSITIVE!

ACCORDING TO OUR EXPERTS, THE ONLY LIGHT SOURCE THAT COULD HAVE REGISTEREDTHE.5E IMAGES WOULD f.IAVE TO BE SOMEfHJNG WITH ..n~=l AN EXTREM!=L'f HIGH IEMPERA­IURE·· BORDER­

~~iir=!oo_.~ lNG ON THE INFRA­RED END OF THE

Sf'ECTRU,\1\!

HEY. WHAT'.G UP? THOGE P.t:ANS WERE LOAFING ALONG AT 130 KNOTS, AND "THEN GUDDENL'f THEY GTRf=AI<ED OUT OF RANGE AT INCREDIBLt:: SPEED!

THEY GEEM TO BE HEADED FOR AN­DREW~ AIR FORCE BAGE! BUT ANDRE~ USUALL'f WARNS U8

OF ANY FLIGHTG IN 1HIS AREA!

CAPITAL A/Rt.JN£:5 FLIGHT TO NATIONAL AIRPORT'TOWERfi!VE . JU5T BPOTTED ONE OF YOUR MY5TERIOU8 RADAR TARGETS/ AND --WdW.l SH~Tt:JOK OFF AT RIGHT ANGt.ESAND AT FANTI/51/C SPEEf)!

ONE NIGHT IN AUGUST, 196Z, A5A FLORIDA SCOUTMAGTER

DRIVESBOME TROOP MEMBER.G HOME NEAR WEST PALM BEACH •••

IT MIGHT BE: A SMALL PLANS THAT CRASHED IN 7HE PALME1TO.S! YOU I<JD~ WAIT ~E FOR IS MINUTI:S! IF I'M NOT BACI< BY1l-IEN,

. . GO FOR HELP!

1.001<! A Rt=O FlARE ••• JUST WHERE MR. DEGVERGERS WAS HEADING!

SOMETHlNG!G WRONG! WE'D BETTER GET

1-lELP!THERE'S OI<A"f. KID9! •.. NOW JUGT WHERE

fie?!~ DID YOUR .GC<JUT­MAGTER

DIGAPPEAR?

I"ll OfGtJP SOMESOfL SAMPLES AND CHECK FOR RADIATION!

ON SOME WORLD.G SIL-ICON MIGHT REPLACE CARBON AG PART OF LIFE'G ORGANIC MOLEC­ULAR BUILDING BLOCK/ EVOWTION MIGHT Pl?ODr.JCe CReATOR~ WITH EXTERNAL 9J<eu:TON~ UJ<& liARTJ.l'& JN9~ ••

7HERE IT 19, CHAPS! THAT UFO 7HAT'G BEEN SCOUTING OUR "MAIN-. BRACe'' BXERW3~S!.... LBT~ CI..OSE IN AND

HAVE A LOOKAT IT!

FLIGHT COMMANDER TO GQUADRON! FOR­GET IT, CHAPS/WHAT­EVER IT !0, THAT SPHERE 16 FLYING RING6 AROUND US! WE HAVEWT A CHANCE OF IDENTIFYING IT!

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AND LOOK AT 7HI0 lAII"I.,.UT . .P?AiLSTONE BALlAST ••• IT

CRUMBLEB AT A -roucH! ONLY

INTE:NGE HEAT COULD HAVE DONEiHAT/

MY DEAR COLLEAGUE! SOME· 71-/ING MADE 1HEGE CIRCULAR MARKS ON 1HE RAILROAD1JE!9!

BUT THE ~OUTH AMERICAN SI6HTING5 CONTINUE! ON DECEMBER 9!!:!, 1954 THE SAUCE:RG LAND ALONG THE TRANG­ANDEAN HIGHWAY IN YENE:tUELA •••

SEE:!' iHE'RE IS NO SIGN OF A FL'f1N6 .SAUCER!

WHOCAREG? LET'G GET OUT OF HERE BE­FORETHEY CHANGE THEIR

MINOS!

PERHAP8l BUT iHEGE B0'/0 ARE DAZED AND H'IGJER­JCAL! AND "THEY'VE OBVIOUGL)' BEEN GCRATCHED 13Y .50ME KIND OF ANIMAL

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Incident in the Park! A WEEK . LATER',ON I

DECEMBER IG!tl, 1951.J ASJESUG PAZTAI<E5

A SHORTaJT I 71-IROUGHA PARK IN THE

TOWN OF SAN '-l"ln•'""""i

PANIC AT lEVELLAND

ON-NOVEMBER 2, 1957, ALONG HIGHWA't 116, NEAR

LSVELLAAt? TEXA9 •••

YEAI-1--I HEARD YOU, FRIEND! A FLYING SAUCER -AND IT iURNED FROM GR~N 1'0 RED WHILE IT WAG CHAGING YOU!.-. WHAT· KIND OF OOPA POP

DO YOU DRINK, PAL?

MY CAR! IT GTALLED AND MY LIGHTG DIED OUT, TOO! THAT THING -- CUT OFF M'f IGNI-

TION GOMEHOW!

WEIRD UFO PASSEN6ER1 WHICH LANDEO IN SWE.17EN, IN 1958, ~E VE.SCRiaEP /J6 &JELLY­LIKE LEAP-GREY CREATlJKE.S 4 FfE:T' TAU. ANf) 14 INCHEb WIIJE~ WITHOUT ARM"i AND l.E~ ...

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ANoTHEr<. AAGENTJNIAN REPORTEJ7 ~EBN6 A TAU. UFO RO&OT CREWMAN Willi MS1.0tt ~ HEAO ANP HUGE, ~W STARING eYES-

THOSE TWO LITTLE MEN ..• TI-IE't'Rt:-GON!;:! MUGT HAVE CLIMBED BACK IN­TO THAT GADG&T IN GOME WAY! BUT I DON'T .GEE. AMY POOR OR WINDOW/

1 TEI.L. YOU HMMI A LOT-OF THAT THING WAS 7J.IEGE .SHRUBS ARE JETTING OUT SCORCHED ••• ANDTHIG Fl.AMEG WHEN M£6QUITE BUSH 16 IT TOOK OFF! IT STILL BURNING! MU&T HAVE5ET

r-----.:.-11!11 THEGE BUG~S AFIRE/

YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE ME. LONNIE! iHOGE IMPRIN"m SHOW

SOMETHING LANDI:D J.IERE!

nns.

GtoBK OR FLYING ~UCERS ARE OFTEN ~EEN FOLLOWJtlt7 THE CONTO!Jgs Of MOUNTAINS. IT 16 SEUEVeD THEY MAY 8E MAPPING MOUNTAIN AANGES... .

ONE uNJI7ENTiriED t

CRAFT $~EN .~~ OVER S.TU~GEON ~.---;:::;---fJAY, Wls.CONGIN "' ~ . · ·~~8 IN 1952 WAS 800 FT. WIDE .•.

ONE·THIK17 OF ITS IJIAMETER WAS ILLUMINATED

·WITH A ~Rif,.LIANT REO LIGHT .••

DErAILS OF VFO St6HTING$ FEO

INTO AN ANALYTIC COMPUTER INDI­CATE~ THAT SOME

UFO CllAFT MRI HAVE A

PROPELLE~ SHAPE~- ·

QUICK, KID! GET BACKTOTHE

CRUI5f'R! I'VE GOT TO REPORTTH!G

THING!

A UFO, EH? .STRANGE! I JUGT GOT TH5 .SAME STORY FROM A WOMAN DRIVER ON ROUTE 101/

I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THIG ON FILM, BUT NOONE WILL BELIEVE IT ANYWAY!

IT'G CHANGING COLOR! AND IHE LIGHTS ON THE END5WENTOUT/

GET BACKTO THE HOUGE AND HAVe YOUR MOTHER CALL THE POLICE! I'LL KEEP LOOK­ING FOR THAT TffiNG··WHATEVER

IT MIGHT BE/

REMEMBER, GIRLS! l: WANT 'IOU TO MAKE SKETCHES OF WHAT YOU SEE! THE AUTHORITIES WILL WANT EVE:RY SIT OF INFORMATION THEY CAN .GET ABOUTTHIG

STRANGE PHEN<AVIENON!

iHE 50-CALLE:O UFO WAS ACTUALLY A CLOUDOFMA!tSH GAS, PRODUCED BY ROTTING VEGETATION! TRAPPED UNDER THE WINTER ICE, THE GA~ WAS RELEAGED BY

THE 5PR1No THAW!

IN5PIRfP &Y "F'L'IING SAUCER"

ACCOUNTS, AERONAUTICAL ENGINEeRS ARf.

l'ESIGNING !iXPERIMENTAL

AIRCRAFT UKE THIS $0VJ£T DISC· TYPE

PASSENGER PLANE •• .

ANOTHER SAUCER-TYPE AIRCRAfT IS THIS ANTI-GRAVITY PLANE REI'lJI'E7 TO 6f ON THE DESIGNING- 80ARI:'S IN TH£ SOVIET UNION ...

liVEN BEFORe THE !"IR.'ST MODERN 5AUCfR& . APPfARel7. THE NAVY WAS iESTING 1liiS "FLVING FLAPJACI<~ STRONGLY ~E:5EMBLING A !7AUC~·CRAFT. tr IS fo((Jfl 06$0LETE.

THIS FRENCH "SAUCER

AIRCRAFT" IS CALLED

AN AERODYNE. THREE J35 HP

ENGINES SUPPLY

THE POWER.

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TI-llS OIGC-SHAPEP A'IRO AlRCRAFT: VE­VEI.OPED St 1l·U: UNI­iEI7 S'I7\Tt:S "ANI7 CN-INJA. WN; A!SAN• DONEP IN 1965 ~E'CAUS.E Of ~CK OF STABILITY. ••

BUIIJ" BY AN AERONAUTICAL EN­(;INEER.. THIS MCN'EL SAUCER-CRAFT IS CONSIDEREL' FEASIBLE IN DSIG/11 BUT A J=UL.l:SCALE M017EL !<; NOT" PL.ANNEJ7 •••

AN fN61NEEr<ING Pi:OFES~ AT THE , UNIVSRSJl"Y OF CALIFORNIA HAS. DESIGNED TH.I5 1'KC' • ENGINE FlYING SAUCER ~ rAMI!)' USE.,,

ST~NGLY RfSEMBU/-JG A <;PII.JCER SHAPE,

THIS CONTR.,APTION WAS 8UILT IN 1912.

ACTUALlY A I/IR/GI8LE, rr 13URNEO UP WHEN

IN Fl.ATED WITH INFLAMMABLE

HYDROGEN ...

YOU l-lt:ARP ME, PYKMAN! GET OVER TO 71-1!!: RESERVOIR ANO BEG WIIAT 7HIE IS

AI.L ABOUT/

ANOTHER CAR ... COMING IN THE ., .... .,,. __ OPPO.S1TE DIRECTION! I'D BETTER

WARN HIM THERE'S DANG~R

IHE CIRCUlT . BREAKSR5 HAVE

ALL BE'EN ACTIYATSD!

BY THE BAINTS! lOOK AT IHAT THING RIDlNGTHS

P.OWER LINES.'

I TElL )'OU THATUFOWA5 RE5'PON5/BLE

I=ORTHE BlACKOUTS!

IT'S ONE OF iH09EUFOS ••• 7HE KIND THAT FELLOW

.MU6CAREI.LO SAW NEAR ROUT!= 150

I.AST MONTH!

THERE'S SOME­THING DANGLING FROM 7HATTHIN6! LOOKG LIKE SOME KIND OF SILVER WIRE OR CORD!

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BUT OTHER cXPERl'S WONDER WHETHER THE GREAT NORT!-lEAST BLACKOUT WAS CAU5.ED BY THE MYSTERIOUS FIREBALL ••

fJFO AT CLAY. ••

THE GREAT UNANSWERED QUESTION

Are the UFOs real? Many investigators suggest that UFO sightings may be due to mass hal­lucinations caused by hysteria­producing headlines. Others, while admitting that the sightings were real enough, say they were merely natural phenomena, usually rare occurrences little understood by laymen. Scientists point out that mysterious lights floating above swampy areas may be caused by marsh gas which is sometimes luminescent. During electrical storms, static electricity in the form of a glowing ball may appear to be a hovering UFO.

Some UFO sightings have been debunked as being man-made, such as weather balloons, often flattened by high pressure condi­tions between two layers of air. Astronomers believe that many fireball sightings were simply meteors or man-made satellites burning up in earth's atmosphere. In one case it was hinted that the UFO was a top secret moon-travel vehicle being tested in a desert area.

Yet each year there are hun­dreds of new, authentic UFO sight­ings , many reported by police officers, engineers, highly trained airline pilots and prominent astronomers. A number of scien­tists believe the authorities are too quick to explain away any and all UFO sightings, and that we need much more thorough investigation by reliable people whose only ob­jective is to learn and reveal the truth. Meanwhile, man waits in ignorance, wondering whether the truth will have any significance for him. And the Big Question re­mains unanswered :

WHEN WILL MANKIND LEARN THE REAL SECRET BEHIND THE UFOs?

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