First CIA Director
Unknown objects are operating under intelligent control… It is imperative that we learn where UFOs come from and what their purpose is…
Statement for National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, 1960
Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about the UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe that unknown flying objects are nonsense.
New York Times, February 28, 1960