The article below was published in the daily newspaper Daily Star, London, U-K., October 1, 1988.
Ronald Reagan is convinced he saw a UFO, it was revealed last night.
He was so amazed he ordered the pilot of the plane he was in to follow the mystery object as it zig-zagged zcross the night sky.
The President said later: "When I got off the plane, I told Nancy all about it and we read up on the long history of UFOs. "You know even the Egyptains referred to UFOs in their hieroglyphics."
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Veteran pilot Bill Paynter, 72, who was at the controls, said: "President Reagan and the others called my attention to a big light flying a bit behind my plane. It appeared to be several hundred yards away. It was a fairly steady light until it began to accelerate, then it appeared to elongate.
The close encounter, revealed in a new book, backed up Reagan's theory about aliens in space - apparently he once said he believed in flying saucers.
