Captain Robert McLaughlins role in legitimizing flying saucers has almost been forgotten. He leaked information to the press on the C.B. Moore sightings at White Sands, and his TRUE magazine article gave a big boost to the Keyhoe mythos, largely due to his credibility as a Navy officer. McLaughlins disclosure of Moore observing a UFO (along with multiple witnesses) through a scientific instrument became an early cornerstone of UFO credibility, and it was widely covered in the press and early UFO books. Another interesting contribution by McLaughlin, due to the estimated small size of the saucer he saw, he theorized that if there were beings inside, they must be very small. In effect, hes the father of the little green men. Required reading! PDF link to the 1950 TRUE article, How Scientists Tracked a Flying Saucer nicap.org/articles/TrueMar1950.pdf
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:42:46 +0000
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