“Air Force Scans Foreign Pictures of Flying Saucers”,
12 December 1954 (Los Angeles Times)
Interesting article that shows that the U.S. Air Force took UFOs seriously in 1954:
http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=Air+Force+Scans+Foreign+Pictures+of+Flying+Saucers
Quote from the article:
“WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 - The Air Force is studying so-called flying saucer in foreign countries as well as those reported in the United States.”
(wikimedia.org image)