Part 39 (2/2)

Even before they landed, the people at the airbase saw the big, round and bright UFO rapidly begin to fade and then it was gone

So ended the glaan

Each ated

Weather reports were collected Radarscope photos were developed The two pilots received special attention The exact bearing of the UFO was netic was correct

The bundle of data was packed up and sent to Project Blue Book The panel of experts convened

First, the radarscope photos were exaets could be interference from other radars,” said the radar expert, and he mentally ticked off a dozen and one other similar cases of known interference The weather data, and locations and frequencies of other radars were checked out

Beyond doubt it was interference froet

Now, the visual sighting

Balloon? No, the fighters could have caught a balloon in seconds

Airplane? Sas in the air

Planet or star? Out came the almanacs and the puzzle went to the astrophysicist Venus was on a bearing of 300 degrees from the Duluth Municipal Airport at 5:20PM on March 23rd _But_ Venus was just below the horizon at that ti fast”

Once again the weather charts were studied The atmospheric conditions were such that it was very possible that due to refraction Venus would have been visible just on the horizon The fact that the UFO faded so fast would bear this out because the conditions for such refraction are critical and a slight change in atmospheric conditions could easily have caused the planet to disappear

The speed--a coation of the observers showed it had never ht up to date

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Off They Go into the Wild Blue Yonder

At 12:30PM on Thursday, Novee Adamski, lecturer on philosophy and student of technical matters and astronoe Adamski was the first man on earth to talk to a Venusian

At least, so says George Adamski

I was chief of Project Blue Book at the time and the name ”Professor Adamski”--he had a title then--wasn't new tothe Air Force with photos of flying saucers Letters by the gross were coreat professor and an analysis of his photos

We obliged and the photos were exaht- Patterson Photo Reconnaissance Labs The verdict caenuine, of course, but they also could have been easily faked by a ten year old with a Brownie cae Adaates The neas leaking out of Southern California George Ada time but the pressure mounted and I headed for California to find out what it was all about

As far as George Adaht-seer from the famous observatory on Mt Palomar when I walked into the little restaurant at the foot of this famous mountain one day in 1953

The four stool restaurant, with a few tables, where Adamski worked as a handy around serving beer and picking up empty bottles There was no doubt as to who he was because his fame had spread To the dozen almost reverently spoken queries, ”Are you Adamski?” he modestly nodded his head

S saucer photos for sale froood ”professor” had taken a position in the