Aircrafts YB-49 (Northrop heavy bomber prototype) and P-80 perform aerial maneuvers. YB-49 lands and officials are seen in foreground. YB-49 towed on airfield. Officials look at YB-49. Ground crew refuels YB-49.
Prototype flying wing heavy bomber aircraft YB-49 (from Northrop) and a refueling truck parked on an airfield. Jet engines on wing of YB-49. Civilians work on YB-49. YB-49 taxis and hangars in background. YB-49 takes off.
View of heavy bomber "flying wing" aircraft YB-49. The Northrop YB-49 performs aerial maneuvers. YB-49 taxis down runway. XB-49 taxis up to hangar.
Doughnut shaped piece of cloth suspended by wire. United States Air Force Chief General John Samford discusses the 'flying saucer' UFO because he says it is an obligation of the USAF to investigate anything in the air that might prove a threat to the nation. He credits others as the result of aircraft or meteorological and astronomical phenomena. He reveals that there is not a pattern or measurement for analysis. His conclusions are that they represent no threat to us. He adds that flying saucers are not the result of a secret development by U.S. agency.
Film opens showing Major Donald E. Keyhoe (U.S. Marine Corps, Retired) author of the 1950 book,"The Flying Saucers Are Real." He is seated, quietly, at a desk with microphones. Unseen persons are talking, as they prepare for his interview, and can be heard in the background. An unseen interviewer asks Keyhoe his opinion about new sightings of unidentified flying objects. Kehhoe expresses belief that some will prove to be of interplanetary origin.
Technicians engaged in atmospheric water resources experimentation set up rain gauge on a snow covered plateau of Snoqualmie Pass in Washington State, prior to conducting cloud seeding experiments. Technicians put bucket in cylindrical shaped equipment and work with an electrical device. Label "Universal Raingage. Belfort Instrument Company, Baltimore, Maryland" is seen on the rain gauge equipment.
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