The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 30, 1952, Page 3

A VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE TOWN has been made with the completion of the new Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company building. Starting from left to right on the top row of pictures: 1, a general view of the exterior of the modern, air- conditioned building. 2, Mrs. Mary C. Stanley, James J. Kelly (service engineer supervisor), and Mrs. Edna M. McClintock discuss the problem of installing a new phone. 3, Chuck Saunders (customer service representative) surveys the new stock room and wonders if he will ever get it straight. Bottom row: 4, Mrs. Thelma R. Belt and Mrs. Elaine G. Story (service representatives) tally incoming bills. 5, Mrs. Jacqueline Quick talks with unidentified prospective customers regarding installation of new phones, Air Force Certain Flying Saucers Are Not A Menace To The U.S. Special News Conference Explains Knowledge To Date By VERN HAUGLAND Associated Press Aviation Writer WASHINGTON — The Air Force says it's still checking into flying saucer reports, but it’s cer. tain of one thing: The saucers— whatever they are—don't seem to be a menace to the United States Most of the sightings traced to date have turned out to be natural phenomena. A flurry of reports that scores of unidentified objects had been! spotted by radar in the Washington} during the past 10 days led | area the Air Force to call a special news conference Tuesday to tell what it knew—or thought—of the saucers. ‘The official Air Force conclusion, announced Tuesday: About one-fifth of the sighting reports are ‘from credible ob- servers, of relatively incredible things—so we keep on being con cerned about them.” Of the onedifth for which there $s no explanation, Maj. Gen. John A. Samford, intelligence director, said: “No pattern has ever been found | that reveals anything remotely Vike a purpose or consistency that @an in any way be associated with | @ny menace te the United States Samford is one of the Air Force's two top experts on saucers. The @her is Maj. Gen. Roger Ramey @irector af operstions. Both at the news conference to answer whatever questions news men tossed their way. Samford and Ramey announced Ghat since 1947 the Air Force has optical illusions, northern lights, weather balloons, and reflection of lights--even automobile lights. But every effort is being made to identify the mysterious one-fifth. | One new step being planned is use jof a newly developed telescopic camera which can photograph a 150-degree area of sky on one plate. Other specialized, highly sensi tive cameras also will be used. The Air Force experts said Tues- day that some of the reports of flying saucers admittedly have stemmed from the firing of rock- ets, guided missiles and other de fense research work—but not in the Washington area. None of this | work is being done near the capi- jtal, Samford said. Some of the unidentified objects show up distinctly on radar sets. Early Tuesday, for example, the Civil Aeronautics Administration at Washington National Airport re- ported strange blips on its radar sereen—dots which normally would [represent airplanes moving in ihe | almost five hours Other radar units in the area failed to pick up the objects, how jever. No visual sightings were re- ported. An airliner, following radio instructions from the ground radar, flew through one of the objects countering anything. After ihe Plane moved on, the pip reap peared on the radar screen. Tt is not wnusual’ for radar to pick up strange things, Samford said. Rain squalls (pilots some- times use radar to aveid thunder | Storms), birds, water spouts—eren [surf spray. The two generals added that the jsky—for a predaybreak period of | as seen on the screen without en- | Cleanup Campaign Progresses McGranery Says WASHINGTON ® — Atty.-Gen James P. McGranery says he is | | getting along very well without |the asbestos pants his predecessor | J. Howard McGrath recommended | jthat he wear to Washington. Also, McGranery said the gov | ernment’s corruption-cleanup cam |paign he inherited from McGrath | and Special Administration Investi- gator Newbold Morris, is going forward satisfactorily, although without fanfare McGranery made both state ments in answering blunt inquiries Monday when he received a dele gation of about 88 teen-agers at tending the American Legion's Boys’ Nation sessions here After showing the youngsters his |eur in perfectly clear skies. Sam- | ford said such an inversion was present in the Washington area early last Sunday, when up to a |doren unidentified objects ap peared on radar screens both at Washington National Airport and nearby Andrews Air Base. And radar itself is not perfect. officials said. It can be “tricked Many strong radar sightings have fizzled out and many inter ceptor planes hawe been “scram bled” sent aloft — uselessiy on such reports, during World War II and since. Samford said About 69 per cent of the report jot strange objects in the sky have j come from civilians—scientists an j technical experts among them per cent from military pilots i? per cent from civilian air | pilots. It is significant, Samford added | that although astronomers photo | graph the shy constantly, there is jam absence of saucer reports from @malyzed about 2.000 reports of hot weather of recent weeks well them and from the observatories — of strange objects in the The bulk of these, after cross-| ehecking, have been reasonably well identified as the product of friendly aircraft, out-and-out bos @r electrical or meteorobors Bomena Other “saucers” are blamed oa al phe | might be related to the current j cuthreak of saucer reports. ‘They said that 2 temperature in- version—a layer of warm air over coul ait—sometimes may be suf ficient to deflect radar waves and couse & false response on a radar set Temperature inversions can oc Your Grocer SELLS that Gooc STAR * BRAND | ond CUBAN |-—-TRY A POUND TovaY— | private suite, the new attorney gen- eral said he was open to any ques- | tions. One young delegate asked if he had needed the asbestos pants which McGrath recommended on the day last April that McGrath fired Morris and was himself promptly removed from office by President Truman. “No the asbestos pants. I think I can get along without them.” Another of the boys then in-| | quired “What is being done about | the cleanup campaign?” And MeGranery replied: “Our program is getting along very well here, I am sure. The fact that you hear little about it is evidence that I am trying to do the job. “Iam trying to do it with| dignith, firrhness and impartiality. I don’t think I will need | PERON FUNERAL DELAYED BUENOS AIRES ™ The flood- ing grief of the Argentine people has postponed funeral services for | Eva Peron, the nation’s first lady, at least until today. President Juan D, Peron an- WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS IN THE LINE OF Children’s TOYS COME TO THE TROPICAL TRADER will always have some men, we will always have corruption. The greatest | weapon we have is the certainty of punishment for the evil-doer, no matter how slow it may appear to be “I think it is well understood now that if you do wrong, you are not g to get away with it.” Coast kage ile ti Fr Line is third wit ack. Dr. J. A. 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