Show BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET rose allows as how he saw some Somo flying saucers claims he in his cups at the time either BILLY ROSE at the risk of being laughed out of court and countenance id like to report that ive seen flying saucers it happened on a clear and moon minus night summers ago in newton conn on the lainof lawn ot the home belonging to paul OS p orne orae the playwright among my fellow were paul ind and his bis wife director josh logan and his bis missus and author john hersey and his more none of 0 us was in his cups the night we watched the flying aau cery the show began about 10 pm we were sitting outdoors enjoying and shooting the breeze and the first thing we noticed were several searchlights some miles away poking their yellow fingers into the sky A f few e w minutes later three bits of celestial chinaware skittered ered into view and from then until midnight they billy rose skipped and scampered above our bewildered heads beads As nearly as I 1 could judge these what were at least feet in diameter and were flying at an altitude of from to feet their edges gave off a ghostly glow very much like blue neon tubing seen through a heavy fog WHEN THE searchlights finally cut off and the discs got lost in the stars we put what was left of our heads together and decided that what we had witnessed roust must have been some kind of hush hush military exercise we also decided that if we want a butterfly net slipped over our heads it would be smart to keep our lips zipped ripped about the whole thing how come then that with my bare face hanging out in print pm im spilling the story now well until recently the talk about the persnickety snick ety pancakes has been more loose than lucid according to some writers they were manned by martins two inches tall according to others by russians two droshkies wide recen recently ty however documentation has begun to replace delirium mandity and its ity becoming evident that the he overgrown manhole covers coven are an not only real but do de spite alt all denials one of the top se secret acrel weapons of our own navy and air force the most convincing te testimony was offered april 3rd ard by henry J on a general motors broadcast over the ABC network taylor after freking all around the country and talking to people who had seen ceen touched and even flown these cred crad auty cracking craft made the following flat and statements about them one type of saucer is 13 the true disc which ranges anywhere from 29 20 inches to feet in diameter is unmanned and generally guided by some form of remote control the other is a jet driven platter which carries a crew and is capable of such supersonic speeds that in flight it looks like a hundred toot foot flaming cigar furthermore according to henry J a true disc was actually photographed near wildwood N J another was found in the vicinity of galveston texas and stenciled on its surface was the following MILITARY SECRET OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ANYONE DAMAGING OR REVEALING description ri t S C R I 1 P T 10 N OR whereabouts OF THIS MISSILE IS SUBJECT TO TION BY THE UNITED STATES government CALL COLLECT AT ONCE then a long distance telephone number and the address ofa US air base and finally the words on the saucer in big black letters NON EXPLOSIVE welt well I 1 dont dons know inow what be saucers art are for but wo on the basis of this skis and other reports plus ilaf the evidence of my own US bug eyes im convinced they exist and praise the lord and pass jbf ammu ammunition nillon are re ourt ours moscow papers plews please copy I 1 wrote a column recently about the bireau bureaucratic cratic blabbermouths in our nations capital who at the drop of a dal quirl blurt out top military secrets to anyone who will listen well im plenty happy to learn that at least as regards one vital weapon there abere are some folks in washington who not only know their beans but can keep from spilling them |