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142 The Flying Saucer Conspiracy with several other witnesses observed the strange markings. At Professor Thompson’s suggestion, Manning asked the United Press to notify Harvard Observatory. But bad atmos- pheric conditions at Harvard prevented a clear view of the moon. Unknown to Manning and Professor Thompson, the UP at New Orleans had put the story on its wires. “Maybe it was just a coincidence,” Manning told me months later, “but the next day or so a Navy captain and a couple of...