If there are beings living on any other planet in the universe, they may soon be gawking in wonder at a glowing, saucer-shaped UFO -- made in the U.S.A.!Classified photographs and a test-flight project report sent to Weekly World News by an unknown source in the Pentagon has lifted the veil of secrecy surrounding America's most incredible space adventure since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
One astonishing photograph shows the UFO, with U.S. Air Force markings, as it soars through space 124 miles above Earth, which can be clearly seen in the distance. In another photo, a UFO moves close to a B-52 bomber.
High-ranking Air Force and Pentagon officials flatly deny that America has developed a flying saucer or that there are plans to do so "in the foresee- able future."
But a NASA propulsion systems researcher -- who agreed to talk on the condition he remains anonymous - revealed that test flights of the made-in-America flying saucer have been under way for several years.
And test pilots reportedly flew one to Mars and back -- on a Wednesday afternoon.
"Most, if not all of the UFOs sighted in the U.S. were ours," he told the NEWS. "Especially those where someone reported seeing a UFO hovering over their car on a deserted highway in the dead of night.
"We did our test flights at night in remote areas.
"And in the beginning, there were a lot of problems that sent the saucer off course or forced it to hover low in case of engine failure.
"The ships - there are six of them - are pretty much perfected now.
"They are quite large. I'm told that they can accommodate a crew of 12.
"I can't go into specifics, but they are very capable of carrying nuclear weapons."
The NASA propulsion expert said the saucer's nuclear-powered turbo-rocket engine, developed at White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico, is capable of maintaining an almost endless uninterrupted velocity in excess of 22,000 miles per second.
He said to maintain the project's secrecy, the UFOs are launched from a small island in the Caribbean once used as a downrange tracking site during the Mercury program of the 1960s.
"The secret was almost exposed five years ago when a network television crew taped the site, believing it was the headquarters of a major drug ring," the expert said. "I don't know why, but the tape was never aired."
The expert said the almost endless power supply will allow the exploration of the farthest reaches of space.
But they are the most awesome destructive force ever devised by man.
"Like a fleet of nuclear submarines, they can cruise the heavens unseen, undetected, where they can launch an attack at a moment's notice.
"But unlike nuclear subs, the UFOs can complete their mission of utter destruction in the mere twinkling of an eye."