Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1130 17 1130-17-p023

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to take on the "experts"' and consider UFOs seriously even in the fairly recent past. Finally the "laughter curtain!’ mentioned earlier has not only kept most sighters from reporting their sightings but has kept many newsmen and scientists from risking their professional reputations by sticking their necks out to request funds for investigation of UFOs. In the case of the scientists, I can personally testify that my managers at two different major manufacturing concerns requested that I not...