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That Boston is really in the center of a saucer ringed by mountains is a fact few Cantabridgians know until they take a trip out to the Blue Hills of Canton. From the observatory on top of Great Blue Hill one can see the entire city, and nearby Houghton's Pond proffers succor to weary hikers. A not-too-juicy snack bar, a fairly decent picnic grounds, and mood music from the American Legion band somehow attract hundreds of city-dwellers out to spend a day in the open...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Glories of Spring-And the Fullness Thereof | 5/1/1952 | See Source »

...John comes in with a napkin and silver crumb tray-there are no crumbs but John has to brush them off the table anyway. Barnett brings me a plate with a finger bowl and doily on it. I remove the finger bowl and doily and John puts a glass saucer and a little bowl on the plate. Barnett brings me some chocolate custard. John brings me a demi-tasse (at home a little cup of coffee-about two good gulps) and my dinner is over. I take a hand bath in the finger bowl and go back to work. What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Wonderful Wastebasket | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

Baffled too are many of the aerodynamic experts who work for the great aircraft manufacturers of Southern California. Some of them, led by Ed Sullivan; a technical writer for North American Aviation, Inc., builders of the Sabrejet, have formed an organization called the Civilian Saucer Investigation to give proper scientific analysis to the swarming rumors. The organization maintains a post-office box (Box 1971, Main Post Office, Los Angeles 53), and invites all "sighters" to report accurately everything odd they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: More Saucers | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...there no firm reports of saucer-sightings by radar, which would give a flying object's speed and distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: More Saucers | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

Until such questions are answered, the flying-saucer problem will continue to fascinate psychologists as well as physicists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: More Saucers | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

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