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Ghost Chinaware In The Heavens Arouses Theory Of Outer Space BeingsBy Joyce Van WechelThe latest series of flying saucer stories has brought another rise of speculation from the citizenry. People, always curious about the weird and uncanny, are easily excited over such reports, and most of them are only too glad td give you their ideas on the strange objects.The strange part of it is, after engaging in a few “talks over the coffee cup,” even the most unbelieving of us begin to wonder about the whole thing. It seems like a good idea to sit down and try to decide just what opinion we really have on the subject.There are several common theories about the saucers. If they are projects of the United States government, wouldn’t such research leak out somehow in a society as free as ours? Why have U. S. pilots reported being chased by “balls of light” if they are our own venture? Maybe Uncle Sam knows more than he is telling us!If we decide that the objects aren’t from this country, some suggest that they could be of Russia’s doing. The counter-argument to that is that if Russia had such revolutionary developments, she wouldn’t be so anxious to avert war as she now is. If the objects can do what people who have seen them say they can, they are certainly far in advance of our present air developments.That line of thought leads us to the possibility of flying saucers from “beyond”. This is where we must discern between our sensational comic book ideas and what is really possible. Many saucers have undoubtedly been merely the imagination of fanciful minds, but the stories are becoming harder and harder to explain by those who call it all “poppycock”.When a group of people all report seeing the same thing, we have to admit that they saw something. If we can’t explain it as a product of our civilization, we wonder if there is a civilization elsewhere. In spite of what the scientists tell us about the lack of atmosphere, gravity, suitable temperature, and soil on the various planets, there always remains the possibility that some strange kind of life has evolved which can survive under these conditions. If one is really “outer space minded”, he might believe in invaders from another universe.It all seems to boil down to that little word “if”. If we believe in flying saucers, our theory of their identity depends upon how far we will let our minds get from our everyday world, for surely these objects aren’t common ordinary things.“Think what we will”, someone once said, “life is always full of surprises.” Whether we take this matter seriously or as a lot of foolishness, it certainly makes a good topic of conversation.Agreed?
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Fargo Spectrum
Fargo, North Dakota, US
Fri, Dec 07, 1956
Page 5
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