A STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF THE NOTE BUT
DECLINED TO GIVE ANY DETAILS. ASKED IF HE THOUGHT THE NOTE WAS GENUINE,
HE DECLINED TO COMMENT BUT SAID A STATEMENT MIGHT BE ISSUED LATER.
RECEIPT OF THE NOTE FOLLOWED REPORTS THAT A SPACE SHIP HAD LANDED AT
BURNING TREE COUNTRY CLUB IN SUBURBAN MARYLAND.
A REPORTER WHO TELEPHONED BURNING TREE TO CHECK THE REPORTS WAS UNABLE
TO REACH OFFICIALS OF THE CLUB, A FAVORITE GOLFING SITE OF FORMER
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER. THE VOICE ANSWERING THE PHONE SAID: "FOREIGN
MINISTRY OF MONOLITHIA."