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President Harry S Truman; White House radio address to the
notion, May 26, 1944

"My fellow Americans ...
"Early this morning, a giant rocket was launched from a secret military
installation in Germany. Unlike the V-2 missiles and buzz bombs which
have been previously launched by the Axis against France and Great
Britain, this rocket was a manned space plane, piloted by a single human
being. This space plane, which is known to have been code-named the
Amer~ko Bomber, was believed to have been carrying an eighty-ton incen-
diary bomb, which the Nazis intended to drop from high altitude above
Earth's atmosphere into the New York City metropolitan area.
"This sneak attack on American soil, the most scurrilous assault against
a civilian population since the beginning of this war, was unsuccessful, It
was foiled because our allies in Europe became aware of Nazi Germany's
efrorts to develop such a weapon, and they warned us that an attack
from outer space was forthcoming, thus allowing our own scientists to
develop a countermeasure.
"At 5:35 A.M. Pacific War Time on the West Coast, another space
plane, this one built by the United States Army Air Force, was launched
from a secret location in the southwestern United States. I can now tell
you that this manned space-fanng vessel was christened the Lucky Linda,
and its sing~e pilot was a young U.S. Navy captain named Rudy Sloman.
In a feat of great daring, Captain Sloman flew his craft above Earth's
atmosphere, whereupon he intercepted the Ameriko Bomber above the
Gulf of Mexico and destroyed the invading space plane before it could
complete its foul mission.
"Captain Sloman then piloted the Lucky Linda through fiery reentry in
American skies and successfully landed his cr-aft at Lakehurst, New Jersey,
not far from the city he saved. Because of Captain Sloman's heroism and
the great efforts of the scientists and engineers who designed and built
his craft, the United States of America has nothing to fear from Adolf
Hitler and his Nazi war machine.
"I realize that many of you may be incredulous at this news, and that
much of it sounds like the stuff of newspaper comic strips. Yet I assure
you, as your President, that these events have occurred just as I have
spoken of them. The first American has braved the aidess reaches of
outer space, and surely there will be more to follow.






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