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SUBJECT: KEYHOE PRESSES THE AIR FORCE FILE: UFO2407
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In the 1950s the Air Force's most forceful critic, retired Marine Corps Maj.
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Donald E. Keyhoe, caused Pentagon UFO debunkers no end of consternation. A
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respected aviation journalist, Keyhoe wrote an explosive article, "The Flying
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Saucers Are Real," for the widely read men's magazine True (January 1950
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issue). Not only did intelligent beings from elsewhere have the Earth under
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scrutiny, Keyhoe claimed, but the Air Force knew it and was conspiring to
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cover up the truth. From his Washington contacts Keyhoe gathered leaked
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information about encounters between military interceptor aircraft and fast-
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moving discs as well as documents suggesting concern about these events.
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In 1957, after writing three best-selling books on the UFO cover-up, Keyhoe
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became director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
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(NICAP). Though Keyhoe had powerful allies, including former CIA chief R.H.
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Hillenkoetter, the Air Force had him outgunned. Keyhoe retired from the fray
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in 1969. When he died 19 years later, the battle against official secrecy had
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passed to other, younger hands. His pioneering efforts are still remembered.
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