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''The Flying Saucers Are Real'', by Donald Keyhoe, is a book that investigated reports of UFOs by
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fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, between 1947 and 1950.


Synopsis

It was printed in paperback by
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, in 1950, and sold for $0.25. In December 1949, prior to the publishing of the book, Keyhoe published an article by the same name in ''True'' magazine, with similar material. The book was a huge success and popularized many ideas in
ufology Ufology, sometimes written UFOlogy ( or ), is the investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by people who believe that they may be of extraordinary claims, extraordinary origins (most frequently of extraterrestrial hypothesis, extrate ...
that are still widely believed today. According to Edward J. Ruppelt, the article was "one of the most widely read and widely discussed magazine articles in history". ''The Flying Saucers Are Real'' is short — only 175 pages. Keyhoe contended that the Air Force was investigating these cases, with a policy of concealing their existence from the public until 1949. He stated that this policy was then replaced by one of cautious, progressive revelation. Keyhoe further stated that Earth had been visited by extraterrestrials for two centuries, with the frequency of these visits increasing sharply after the first atomic weapon test in 1945. Citing anecdotal evidence, he intimated the Air Force may have attained and adapted some aspect of the alien technology, its method of propulsion and perhaps its source of power. He believed the Air Force or the United States federal government would eventually reveal these technologies to the public when the
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was no longer a threat.


Reception

"Keyhoe's book ''Flying Saucers Are Real'' ... was the first influential attempt to promote the idea of "flying saucers" as alien spacecraft." A loose parody of Keyhoe's book and of reports of UFO sightings and alien abductions is ''The Flying Saucers Are Very Very Real'' (2016).


See also

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Close encounter In ufology, a close encounter is an event in which a person witnesses an unidentified flying object (UFO) at relatively close range, where the possibility of mis-identification is presumably greatly reduced. This terminology and the system of cla ...
* Circular wing *'' Flying Saucers from Outer Space'' (also by Keyhoe) *
UFO conspiracy theory Some conspiracy theories argue that various governments and politicians globally, in particular the United States government, are suppressing evidence that unidentified flying objects (UFO) are controlled by an extraterrestrial intelligence, ext ...


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