The Ghost 'PlaneSome will say that the whole thing is a hoax or more politely a figment of the imagination, a story comparable with some of those equally mysterious stories which circulated after the war of 1914-18. But even that theory is not without significance. For it seems to be established that it is only at times of peculiar stress that the public is in the psychological state to receive and circulate such stories. The practical steps are clear. Fast Royal Air Force fighters must continue trying to intercept the visitor if it should return. Our air service has the fastest fighters in the world and should not find it impossibly difficult. Such practical steps are needed because it must be confessed that there is just a possibility that the story of the air smuggler is fact and not fiction. Air smuggling became fairly profitable after the 1914-19 war. Radar may make it more difficult, but it has yet to prove that it has made it impracticable. Meanwhile, we may enjoy the atmosphere of mystery and imagination which surrounds the ghost aircraft. The story gains continually in the telling. The only version we have not yet heardperhaps because of Mr. Bevin's return from Moscowis that the aircraft's wings were covered with snow. |
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