My new Mysterious Universe article tells the strange story of a film-maker and actor named Mikel Conrad who, in 1949, claimed possession of real footage of UFOs in flight.
It was actually all a big hoax to promote his forthcoming,1950 movie, The Flying Saucer.
But, when Conrad made his faked claim, the Air Force quietly opened a file on the man and started an investigation of both him and his claims.
The result: he was quickly in deep shit of the saucer-shaped kind...
