Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1130 18 1130-18-p066

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now ask ourselves what it could have been.” In an abrupt about face, Smith announced before the May 17, 1955 session of the Commons’ Special Com- mitte on Broadcasting that no UFOs had ever been detected at the Shirley Bay station. About this same time, Captain Edward J. Ruppelt (having earlier served as chief UFO investigator for the U.S. Air Force) was reportedly told by RCAF Intelligence officers that only “officially"’ had the Shirley Bay station produced negative results. These devel-...