United States: Air Force says 3,500 reports yield no physical evidence of spaceships
On 9 October 1954, the US Air Force issued a press statement saying that after studying 3,500 reports it had found "no authentic physical evidence" that UFOs are spaceships or weapons.
Background
The US Air Force released a press statement saying that, after studying 3,500 reports, it had found "no authentic physical evidence" that UFOs are spaceships or weapons. Lloyd Norman's report on the statement ran in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on 10 October 1954 under the headline that the Air Force had uncovered no proof of flying saucers in a seven-year study. Eberhart also cites Loren E. Gross's history of October 1954. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.