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The Truth About Flying Saucers
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Donald Menzel's June 1952 UFO-debunking work, preserved in the National Archives (identifier 518421305).
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The Truth About Flying Saucers
The Truth About Flying Saucers is Donald Howard Menzel's UFO-debunking work dated June 17, 1952 — written within weeks of the great 1952 UFO flap — and preserved in the National Archives under identifier 518421305 [S1]. It anchors the start of Menzel's quarter-century public debunking campaign.
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[S1] "Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) - Presidential Libraries" URL: https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/presidential-libraries Accessed: 2026-07-10 Claim: "The Truth About Flying Saucers, by Donald H. Menzel, June 17, 1952 (National Archives Identifier: 518421305)".