“British Authority Expresses Belief in Flying Saucers”,
7 July 1952 (Spokane Daily Chronicle, Washington)
This is an interesting article on the UK scientist Arthur C. Clarke’s visit to White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico in July 1952:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lPJXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UvYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7142,1961245
Quote from the article:
“The former Royal Air Force flight officer said he based his belief on new data on saucers supplied (to) him by scientists at the United States’ rocket testing base at White Sands, N.M.”
Sir Arthur C. Clarke, CBE, UK Science Fiction Author,
Inventor & Futurist (wikimedia.org photo)