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733667-02-001-0004

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An article from the Fairbanks Daily News Miner discusses the perception of flying saucers, suggesting they are friendly and curious rather than harmful. It recounts anecdotes of UFO sightings, including a Japanese pilot's encounter and humorous tales of extraterrestrials interacting with humans.

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AnecdotesMedia InfluencePublic PerceptionUFOs Cultural CommentaryExtraterrestrialflying saucersHumor

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FAIRBANKS DAILY NEWS MINER - DATE dh 2 QO 1907 ~ ' a US ye : se od, Sen a 4 i = | @ee i _. 4 - = ; | jus Sd - B: a Es pe my rick Buchanan; they would-not eat : flapjacks..They would breakfast on ~ - aro 7 ce aE [aa ee im se . ae. elle ' : " hy vail - . f 2 : - % : fe ie a Py 2 ’ ; coe ‘a re © a H . oF Ltt rer) - «+. .ByJIMFAIN / . WASHINGTON—Flying saucers are as pure a blessing as fresh air and snowflakes, but—in our chur- lish way—we insist on thinking they’re out to get us. ; The record proves these celestial sprites never harm a soul, though some humans do themselves in by chasing them too far, too high or too fast. Saucers are friendly, inquisi- tive, fun-loving. Only pointy-head bureaucrats call them UFOs. - When a Japanese cargo pilot spotted a giant walnut of a saucer, “two times bigger-than an aircraft: ’ earrier;” flying formation with him over the Arctic recently, hereacted with characteristic humanoid skit- tishness. He got FAA permission to take evasive maneuvers: : Silly. boy. Nobody evades a sauc- _ ' Tough. airport . marketing By SUE CROSS domestic flights will go up and all of im age : vit th ‘2 a . e im i$ as oe er::To these fun-loving visitors from outer space, a plane’s darting: away is an invitation to dance:. - - ’” T’ve followed’saucers since their- _ debut in 1947: In the late ’50s, as an Air Force reservist, I hada desk in an intelligence shop next to the Pro- ject Blue Book officer who resear- ched'all saucer sightings:- _ . He found the saucers curious ah- out everything on earth, especially - - junk food. A gentleman in the Mid- west once came uponseveral extra- . territorials picnicking by a parked saucer. He sent ina sample of what:? they. had been eating. Chemical - analysis showed ‘it to be pancake . mix, ° Any student of psychographics knows flapjack eaters are laid back- and mellow, If saucer:crews. were . mean-spirited ideologues like Patz. All-Bran and fried eggs like.other: curmudgeons. ' .* Saucers contribute to the gross, national product, providing weekly articles for.the tabloids supermar- kets: sell. These frequeritly deal-.: ~*~: : - Forget it,-) with food; as when a saucer several we Te ant ean! vet Me " = * Sy Dawe This ‘lady. wi erashed.in } escaped. froij and may be o the tabloid sa, -‘invariably- dq harm coming tra-terrestria years ago hijacked-a truck.load’of Earthlings gi peanut butter.It wasreturned after, brim with gu tasting, much as s a magician hands: not germs. . back your.tie after. appearing:to .+,, an, - mangle it:'Though-saucers-are-j Why do at “corrigibly. mischievous; there’snot Saucers are a a. mean-or:mendaciousbone:in C4USe we mal them:°: ~ wr ~~ x . our own’: Ima De RE Set rn ae Se ridden to gras The current Weekly World News: fultoappreciz features a sketch of a female space. we. lack’ the alien under: a-headline;.““UFO.. absurdity of | Crasb-Survivors on: the-Loose.”: thing out to'b . tae + a, _ oie. au ee ee of ot SEN Tye tat = re ry ~ oe ‘ m4 s SF Tn Nae Sa ets - eta tgvacoat eee. poe > oo ae. MD AT I SAR We ee eto "3 3 ‘us will be h ,” says Dale Fox,. ness, and they must not be lost-to: + es a t wie Associated Press Writer - director of the:Alaska Visitors rding posed re- pe " JUNEAU= Alaska officials have “Association: Fox was in Juneau to: solution wens inodob erred - one, tg een trumpeting stopover:- day to. ask ‘state officials to: boost in winning’ stopover: busine “iss: 7 A al businesss at the Anchorage and: their‘airport marketing efforts.“ bein g jeopardized by development- » adv, nt te internationalairports: —_A resolution: (SCRS5) asking-thé of. new-aircraft capable‘ of flying: . of its. in : asa ig plus for the stateeconomy,, Cowper administration to come up: nonstop: between Euro éand the” than its ut‘ they’re worried about losing’ - with a promotional plan for the air:.’ Orient“ Ss 3° bahar ~ id’, ba that advantage because of new _ ports was introduced Wednesday in’ Other airports around thé Pacifle. ~ Stir i Aviation: technology and competi-. the Alaska Senate.-It was-drafted Rim also. are ‘promoting: them. tollose —_— on oraura, py son: Arliss Sturgulewski;'R- selyes’to: gét' a. greater ‘share‘of-” ated last veral travel promotion groups Anchorage, and co-sponsored by 18° markets: for tra; “Pacifie flights; and:Faif ands peer all e ee elt te other senators. ~ '- " internationak tourism: and air car~.! come cal aggressive marketing plan for the~_A-Major, angle of state.tourisin: Sor eet said: =: 22, “| venues: ~! apr. renseebatheon togetinterastional ise bom ran Wythe Bene, bee “If. we:don’t do ,we're go to ers irom. Hights- elesandothar aioe. ner bate an international aisvertey in Alaska off their planesto visit the. Y°TK,Los Angeles andothér major said. tem that, instead of making money state enroute to their final destina: about nen" as a heer will lose money. -tions. - -. tag ny, it starts losing money, the In addition, cargo flights mal landing fees and fueling fees for up 60 percent of the airports’ bee ,