Government / Military

Wilbert B. Smith

1950–1962

Senior radio engineer with Canada's Department of Transport; ran the Canadian government's official "Project Magnet" UFO investigation starting in 1950, and claimed a U.S. contact had confirmed flying saucers were genuine and among the most classified topics in the U.S. government.

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confirmedMorris K. Jessup

1950s antigravity-propulsion milieu

Source: Wikipedia: Morris K. Jessup

confirmedNICAP

his Project Magnet findings covered in early UFO research

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