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From: Kenny Young <ufo@fuse.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 04:34:39 -0400
Fwd Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 22:56:46 -0400
Subject: Frank Pierce: "Sagan said UFOs from Moon"


Enclosed below is a re-typed 1965 newspaper article. There are
portions of the article which is simply not legible. These
portions are noted, as I could not 'make the connections' by
presuming to insert what was not readable.

The article, written by Cincinnati Post columnist [for 36-years]
Mary Wood, quotes WLWT Channel-5 meteorologist Frank Pierce, who
recounts some odd comments allegedly made by Carl Sagan
concerning UFOs. Pierce was chief meteorologist for WLWT Channel
5 [NBC] in Cincinnati for many years. Wood also adds that Pierce
was involved at the first Air Force office in the Pentagon
during the '47 & '48 time-period.

I once tried to locate Pierce to inquire further about this
issue, but could not locate him. There are two obituary items
for a Frank Pierce found in an index of Cincinnati newspapers,
so it may be likely that he has passed away.

It doesn't seem likely that such a comment ever came from Sagan
but through private discussion, as I have not heard of anything
like this from him [publicly, that is] before. Would anyone have
any information that Pierce was an associate or shared
correspondence with Sagan?

-- KY

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"Frank Edwards Convinces Mary UFOs Do Exist"
The Cincinnati Post
Wednesday, February 15, 1965

By Mary Wood

Frank Edwards, whose new book "Flying Saucers - A Serious
Business" is a bestseller, has been in town all week appearing
on Ch. 5 shows to talk about UFOs. Since I recently read
Edwards' book and was immediately converted from being a skeptic
about Flying Saucers into a firm believer, I was anxious to meet
Frank.

Actually, it was Ch. 5's weatherman, Frank Pierce, who first
stimulated my interest in UFOs when he talked about them during
an interview we had several months ago. Pierce is a pure
scientist and the last man to ever go off on flights of fancy.
He was also in the first Air Force office at the Pentagon in
1947 and '48, which was set up to handle UFO information. Frank
is a believer and insists that about three percent of all UFO
sightings cannot be identified by anyone.

"The government admits that they are there, but can't explain
them," said Pierce. "Anybody connected with UFO investigation
knows that there are unexplained objects."

I had lunch with the two Franks -Pierce and Edwards- this week
and listened avidly to their discussion.

'That three percent that the Air Force admits to does not
include 700 UFO sightings that I know they have reports on, but
which they haven't revealed," argued Edwards. "Why should we
assume that somewhere in our galaxy there does not exist a
civilization far in advance of ours? Only eight years ago, we
couldn't get a four-pound satellite off the launching pad at
Cape Canaveral, but today we have conquered space.

Frank Pierce [text illegible] a bit of news about [illegible]
UFO investigations.

"From now  on, [illegible] investigation will [illegible] away
from the [illegible] he told me. [illegible] will be divided
into sectors, with [illegible] scientists [illegible]

I asked why the Government had taken such a hush-hush approach
to UFOs in the past.

"It's very simple," Edwards explained. "In July, 1952, when UFOs
swarmed over Washington, D.C., the Air Force either had to admit
they were there and couldn't do anything about them, or deny
that they were there. They chose to deny."

I wondered if either Pierce or Edwards had any inkling from
which planet the Flying Saucers originated? They both said they
didn't nor did anyone else.

"But Dr. Carl Sagan, adviser on Extra-Terrestrial life for the
Armed Services, said we must assume that they have bases on the
other said of the Moon," said Pierce.

"We should also assume that our life span may not be as long as
the life span on other planets," added Edwards.

Frank Pierce says he is skeptical about humanoids manning UFOs-
"Before I will believe there are humanoids I'll have to see on,"
said Pierce. Frank Edwards, on the other hand, is convinced that
humanoids exist and have been seen.

"Too many credible witnesses in all parts of the world have seen
them and describe the same people," said Edwards. "According to
scientists that I know, we will make contact with The Humanoids
within three years."

End of article
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