The Three Labors of Bubba

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“This is, you realize, complete hogwash.” The voice came from a small box propped against a telephone on the only flat surface in the room not covered in books. “Space, Gravity, and the Flying Saucer, indeed. There’s no actual craft in my records that looks or operates like anything in these diagrams.”

“Doubtless, Mike, but ain’t it wonderful hogwash?” Bubba tapped his finger against the cover of the book in question. “It’s a valuable addition to the SauNA database.”

Bubba Pritchert, gentleman mechanic of Virginia and president/founder of the Saucer Nuts of America, had created something of a clearinghouse for pre-1965 UFO literature. In an attempt to document the early days of the saucer craze, he had begun accumulating books, magazines, and smearily mimeographed pamphlets by the hundreds; some were found through antiquarian book dealers (who were delighted to be shut of them), but most came from the SauNA membership. Eventually, he bought a scanner, and began setting up an on-line library that could be accessed by anyone.

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