"That same day, the Air Force rushes out this Project 'Saucer' report.
It admits they haven't identified the disks in any important cases.
They say it's still serious enough--wait a minute--"he thumbed through
the stapled papers--" 'to require constant vigilance by Project
"Saucer" personnel and the civilian population.'"

"You'd think the Post would make a public kick," I said.

"I don't mean it's an out-and-out denial," said Purdy. "It doesn't
mention the Post--just contradicts it. In fact, the report contradicts
itself. It looks as if they're trying to warn people and yet they're
scared to say too much."

I looked at the title on the report: "A Digest of Preliminary Studies
by the Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, on 'Flying
Saucers.'"

"Have the papers caught it yet?" I asked Purdy.

"You mean its contradicting the Post?" He shook his head. "No, the
Pentagon press release didn't get much space. How many editors would
wade through a six-thousand-word government report? Even if they did,
they'd have to compare it, item for item, with the Post piece."

"Who wrote the Post story?"

Purdy lit a cigarette and frowned out again at the skyscrapers.

"Sidney Shallett--and he's careful. He had Forrestal's backing. The