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"The Daily Mail" - Irish Edition - February 11, 1957 L U.S. IS HUSHING UP "SAUCER" REPORTS - by John Starr A former major of the United States Marine Corps has chargedthe American Government with keeping secret hundreds of "official" reports of the sighting of flying saucers by aircrews, radar operators, and trained ground observers. According to Major Donald Keyhoe, a top priority system for reporting Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOS) was set up. It enforced a blackout by regulations under which any pilot who disclosed an official report could be imprisoned for up to 10 years and fined up to 10,000 dollars. Under the cover-up orders all genuine reports must be kept from the public, says the major. One paragraph states that "only hoaxes, practical jokes, anderroneous U.F.O. reports can be given to the press." As cover-up examples he cites: * The vanished F-89 Jet guided by radar to a "machine" headed for Lake Superior. The ground controller saw jet and "machine" converging as two blips on his screen. They merged into one huge blip - then disappeared. No trace of jet, it's crew, or the "machine" was ever found. * The "Saucer" Chase in August, 1954, when hundreds in Oklahoma City watched Air Force jets intercept and chase 15 flying saucers. Though air base and ground force were alerted - and the state police confirmed the alert, Tinker Field, from where the jets "scrambled", refused to admit it. =END=

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