244     July 17, 1957
Bill, Jayne, Henry, Faye

Before the games begin, Garry recognizes Major John Glenn and his family in the audience.  Glenn, the future astronaut and US Senator, had just set a transcontinental speed record the day before, flying from New York to California in three hours and 23 minutes.  A clip of this appearance would be shown in a 1962 episode ( E474 ) the week that Glenn orbited the earth in the space capsule Friendship 7.   

Clarence Chiles, John Whitted, Nick Mariana, Carl Hart Jr, Ralph Mayher and Edward J Ruppelt: “We’ve all seen flying saucers” 
Chiles and Whitted were pilot and co-pilot on a commercial flight who witnessed a glowing object over Montgomery, Alabama in 1948. (We can only confirm Whitted's appearance, but he and Chiles were usually a package deal for things like this.)  Mariana is a minor league baseball manager from Missoula, Montana who has film of two spinning discs that he captured in his 1950 close encounter.  Similarly, Hart has photographs of the “Lubbock Lights” that he took as an 18-year-old in a 1951 Texas incident.  Mayher, a cameraman for a television station in Cleveland, was a Marine Corps photographer when he captured a few frames of mysterious lights in 1952.  Ruppelt, a retired Air Force officer, has literally written the book on the subject.  He is the author of The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Doubleday 1956) based on his experiences investigating the phenomena for the military.  He’s often credited with coining the term UFOs.
 
The winners of the "Why I Would Like to Marry Henry Morgan" Contest are introduced.
According to one account, the champion worked for a cigar company, an amusing turn of events given the show's cigarette sponsorship.

Special Guest Don Ameche