The Flying Saucers are Real

Donald Keyhoe (1897 - 1988)

The Flying Saucers are Real is a book that investigates numerous encounters between USAF fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, and UFOs between 1947 and 1950. Keyhoe contended that the Air Force was actively investigating these cases of close encounter, with a policy of concealing their existence from the public until 1949. He stated that this policy was then replaced by one of cautious, progressive revelation. Keyhoe further stated that Earth had been visited by extraterrestrials for two centuries, with the frequency of these visits increasing sharply after the first atomic weapon test in 1945. Citing anecdotal evidence, he intimated the Air Force may have attained and adapted some aspect of the alien technology: its method of propulsion and perhaps its source of power. He believed the Air Force or the US Government would eventually reveal these technologies to the public when the Soviet Union was no longer a threat.

Donald E. Keyhoe, who relates here his investigation of the flying saucers, writes with twenty-five years of experience in observing aeronautical developments. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He flew in active service with the Marine Corps, managed the tour of the historic plane in which Bennett and Byrd made their North Pole flight, was aide to Charles Lindbergh after the famous Paris flight, and was chief of information for the Aeronautics Branch, Department of Commerce. (Summary by Wikipedia and book preface)

Genre(s): Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01 - Author's Note and Chapter 1 Roger Melin
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Play 02 02 - Chapter 2 Roger Melin
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Play 03 03 - Chapter 3 Roger Melin
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Play 04 04 - Chapter 4 Roger Melin
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Play 05 05 - Chapter 5 Roger Melin
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Play 06 06 - Chapter 6 Roger Melin
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Play 07 07 - Chapter 7 Roger Melin
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Play 08 08 - Chapter 8 Roger Melin
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Play 09 09 - Chapter 9 Roger Melin
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Play 10 10 - Chapter 10 Roger Melin
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Play 11 11 - Chapter 11 Roger Melin
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Play 12 12 - Chapter 12 Roger Melin
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Play 13 13 - Chapter 13 Roger Melin
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Play 14 14 - Chapter 14 Roger Melin
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Play 15 15 - Chapter 15 Roger Melin
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Play 16 16 - Chapter 16 Roger Melin
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Play 17 17 - Chapter 17 Roger Melin
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Play 18 18 - Chapter 18 Roger Melin
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Play 19 19 - Chapter 19 Roger Melin
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Play 20 20 - Chapter 20 Roger Melin
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