FLYING SAUCERS

FROM OUTER SPACE

 


 

 

 

By the Same Author:

The Flying Saucers Are Real

Flying with Lindbergh

M-Day


 

 

 

 

 

 

FLYING SAUCERS

FROM OUTER SPACE

 

 

 

 

 

by Major DONALD E. KEYHOE

U. S. Marine Corps, Retired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY                                   

NEW YORK


 

 

Copyright, 1953, by Henry Holt and Company, Inc.

 

All rights reserved, including the right to repro­duce

this book or portions thereof in any form.

 

Published simultaneously in the Dominion of Canada by George J. McLeod, Ltd.

 

 

FIRST EDITION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 53-9588

Printed in the United States of America


 

Dedicated with love to Helen and the twins,

Cathleen and Caroline


 

Foreword

 

Three years ago, in a book entitled The Flying Saucers Are Real, I reported the results of my first investigation into this world-wide mystery. At that time I stated my belief that the U.S. Air Force knew the answer and was hiding it from the public.

            Since July, 1952, in a new investigation of the saucers, I have been privileged to cooperate with the Air Force. Because of my present understanding of their very serious problem, and certain dangers inherent in the situation, I have been given information unknown to most Americans.

            Scores of impressive sighting reports by service pilots have been cleared for me, with the conclusions of Air Technical Intelligence—some so incredible they would have been ridiculed two or three years ago.

            As a result of this close association, this book reveals, I believe, all that the Air Force has learned about the flying saucers. It also explains the contradictions that have come, from time to time, from various Defense officials, as well as the reasons for official silence.

            It is my hope that this book will help to prepare all Americans, whether skeptics or believers, for the final act of the saucer drama—an act that will have an impact on the lives of all of us.

            In closing this brief foreword, I should like to thank all the officers and civilian officials—not only of the Air Force, but other government departments—who so generously aided me in this long investigation. Without their advice and guidance, when I ran into blind alleys, this book could not have been written.

 

Major Donald E. Keyhoe

U. S. Marine Corps, Retired

 

 

 

 

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