AudioBlog: Otis T. Carr: The Man Who Patented a Saucer

by Michael Lauck, narrated by KateIn the late 1950s flying saucers
had been in the public consciousness for about a decade. The shock
of the Arnold sighting and UFOs over Washington DC had worn off;
saucers, though still mysterious, were now familiar. The government
was actively running its third investigation into the reports of
unidentified flying objects. Hollywood was incorporating the now
iconic saucer craft into films of all budgets. Books had been
printed on saucers and UFO magazines were on the newsstands every
week. A new culture was being born around the flying saucers and
possibility of alien contact. Many people claimed to have been
contacted by extraterrestrials and some even claimed to have ridden
in their craft. Others maintained that they had been given messages
for their fellow Earthlings from the Space Brothers or comely
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