UFOs Are Real

Extraterrestrial Encounters Documented by the U.S.Government

by

Clifford E. Stone

1997

Contents

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Acknowledgments

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Preface

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Author's Introduction

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Introduction by Stanton T. Friedman

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UFOs: The Beginning

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UFOs and National Security

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UFOs and Advanced Technology

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Government Disinformation—Or Fraud?

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UFOs and Other Government Agencies

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Recovery Operations

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The U.S. Air Force's Self-inflicted Wound

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A Final Word?

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Conclusion

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Appendix: Author's Updated Report on "Operation Blue Fly"

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Table of Documents

Acknowledgments

In doing the research for this book, my superiors in the military became aware of my interest andactivities involving UFOs. As a result, some members of my chain of command attempted to force myretirement from military service. As one official report on my situation put it, my superiors tried to get ridof me "through the use of pressure, intimidation, or insinuation."

My command also ordered me to undergo a mental health evaluation at Fort Bliss, Texas, because Iwas writing Freedom of Information Act requests concerning UFOs and talking to the media. Mydiagnosis was based upon interviews and testing, and reflected that I was,"fully alert and oriented. Thinking was clear and coherently expressed. No psychotic processesnoted....Memory intact...[my] mental status was found to be within normal limits. Problems appear to berelated to situational stress manifested by interpersonal and occupational difficulties."The report further stated:"It appears the command may have overreacted to the newspaper article on UFOs [after the subjectwas interviewed by a reporter]." Finally, their report stated that my superiors felt I was "an'embarrassment' to command."

After the psychiatric report, my case got kicked all the way up to the Army Inspector General's Office. Inthe final analysis, I was cleared of any wrongdoing, reinstated in my job, and I chose to remain on activeduty with the United States Army.

An official investigation was made into this entire sordid affair which resulted in three members of mycommand being relieved of duty and reassigned for, among other things, their part in trying to force myretirement. I eventually retired from the Army in January 1990. However, this was my decision andretirement was not forced upon me.

With everything that was happening to me, I could have easily ended up getting kicked out of the Army,and then I probably would never have written this book. However, with the support of many friends andfamily members, I was able to overcome all of the hardships put before me and to prevail.

I wish to express my love and appreciation to my loving wife, Hanh, and my children, George, Julia,Robert, and John, who all stood beside me and were willing to undergo any hardship, no matter whatthe cost, to assist in my fight against the unjust actions taken by members of the military chain ofcommand against me.

I also wish to express my thanks to Ralph Heick, who stood beside me in my time of need andsupported me as a true friend and companion in my darkest hour. Further, I wish to express myappreciation to Major Earl A. Peterson, Captain Kenneth C. Ross, and Captain Michael V. Jernigan fortheir support, at the risk of their careers, in defending my right as a member of the armed services toexpress my personal viewpoints as a private citizen.And I would especially like to express my appreciation to Larry W. Bryant of CAUS (Citizens AgainstUFO Secrets), whose support gave me the courage and spirit to dare to fight back and write this book.

While there exist many others who supported me—too many to name here—you all know who you areand I wish to express my thanks to you as well.And lastly, I would like to thank my super agent Bill Birnes, my thoughtful editors at S.P.I. Books, IsaacMozeson and Ian Shapolsky, and the editorial staff at S.P.I., including Jay Bond, Robin Souza, andDonn Teal.Without you all this book would still be just a work-in-progress instead of an important document thatcan be used to change our country's existing flawed systems for dealing with the UFO phenomena.

Preface

This book should not exist.

Why do I say this? Simply put, according to the U.S. Air Force, there is no government interest in thesubject of UFOs. If this were truly the case, then the documents that make up the bulk of this bookshould have never been created by the various agencies of the U.S. Government. Furthermore, I myselfcould not have been assigned by the U.S. Army to the investigation of UFO debris for more than 22years.

When I first wrote this book, it was my desire to provide the public with documented proof, withgovernment records that clearly show that something we commonly refer to as UFOs actually exists.While many records have been declassified and released to the public, many other relevant recordsremain classified in the interests of national security. Even the documents I could not obtain, therefore,prove that UFOs represent a vital national security issue.

Parts of this book were included in a report I submitted to the U.S. Congress in the hope of getting acongressional hearing into two little-known military operations codenamed Project Moondust andOperation Blue Fly. You will learn in the chapters to come that the U.S. Air Force even lies to membersof Congress to conceal the activities of these two missions. Recently, the Air Force has rehashed theseold lies into a report called "The Roswell Report: Case Closed," conveniently timed to discredit thefiftieth anniversary commemoration of the Roswell Incident and, by extension, the belief in UFOs by themajority of the American people.

The Air Force states that no records exist—classified or otherwise—on these two missions. However,since December 13,1994, the Air Force has not been able to explain why it still has classifieddocuments on these nonexistent missions. (I can prove that they have at least such documents.)

On December 13, 1994,1 filed an appeal for the release of the above-mentioned documents. As of June1997, the U.S. Air Force has not responded to that appeal. They have yet to figure out a way to denythese records without admitting they knowingly lied to members of Congress about the existence ofthese same records.