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SIGHTINGS OF "UNEXPLAINED"
AERIAL ACTIVITY REPORTED TO THE MOD
FOR NOVEMBER 1995 (AS AT 15 NOV)
DATE
02/11/95
03/11/95
03/11/95
04/11/95
04/11/95
04/11/95
05/11/95
05/11/95
05/11/95
06/11/95
08/11/95
08/11/95
12/11/95
13/11/95
LOCATION
CHELMSFORD, ESSEX
WARLEY, BIRMINGHAM
STOKE
KINCARDINE, SCOTLAND
KINCARDINE, SCOTLAND
BRUNDLE, NORFOLK
CREWE, CHESHIRE
CRED I TON
,
DEVON
POLBETH, EDINBURGH
KIRK SANDALL, DONCASTER
EAST KILBRIDE, NR GLASGOW
NOTTON, WEST YO~ SHIRE
CREWE
HEATHFIELD, SUSSEX
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He was Pre side nt of the Unite d State s of Ame rica and had to ge t back.
He and King Ge orge VI thought I was spe cial, and truste d me with
military information e ve n. He warne d me of what would come , and
truste d in my instincts on how to play it.
A fe w days late r I was take n to the Commande r of Manston Airbase
(a U.S Base still the n), a Commande r Clinton. But I was give n
che wing gum in the car with some thing swe e t on it, and give n a glass
of swe e t tasting wate r
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I was drugge d. I was take n to the cha:]be r
unde r Bush Farm, and the basis of Commande r Clintons e nquirie s
was that I couldnt have take n out Ge ne ral Patton, obviously, and
he couldnt fathom anything. Ike had fire d a shot into the
de ad man in uniform nd put that gun in Pattons hand, so I gathe re d!
But unfortunate ly I gue ss he de cide d I must have kille d the soldie r
in uniform, not Patton!
He trie d to assault me , I said,"I dont want you to do that, Will
you stop that, Stop
it!"....BANG! I fire d Pattons
gun, and he
stoppe d. Whe n my clothe s we re in orde r again, he was acting like
a ge ntle man be cause of the gun in my hand, he said,
"I
think
youd be tte r give me the gun
now."
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ve ry nice ly. I had forgive n
him
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re me mbe r, I was drugge d
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and playfully thre w the gun. It
was like I playe d with Ike , whate ve r he said, I did some thing
diffe re nt. Ike was gre at with kids! But he put his hands to
my throat and said, gle e fully,
"Thats
the e nd of you!" But, while
he had be e n assaulting me , I was be ing pushe d against some iron
ladde rs to an e xit, and the gun in my bre ast pocke t had be e n
hitting my che st, saying to me
- Use
the gun....Use the gun...
Use the gun.... And I was conscious e nough to have alre ady
undone the pocke t button, and it was in my hand, and that was the
e nd of him! As he fe ll away, he said in amaze me nt, "But...I
thought you thre w the gun!", as he we nt onto his back. Now the
gun had fire d high, and I
hadnt allowe d for it as Ike taught me ,
so he wasnt de ad. It wasnt quite as in the manual that time .
I
didnt wait to se e
if
he was alive or de ad, I climbe d up to the
e xit, pulle d the handle , and climbe d out.
A boy ywounge r than me (now Pre side nt of the Unite d State s of
Ame rica) was be fore me .
Can
I have your gun. Give me your gun.
I want your
gun... But the n I found out the thing about the gun
that Ike had said I would soon find, it sudde nly got hot. It
is a spe cial gun with casing use d as sile nce r, that is why it
fire s high, the inve ntion
doe snt quite work as planne d! It is
a myste ry why it doe snt work, but it doe snt. As it fe ll down
the ste ps it clanke d like plastic. That is the sound of
that white me tal which is m ch
tighte r than me tal that rings.
That solve d the proble m with that boy,
and I wasnt
going down to
ge t it. I close d the e xit lik Ike taught me , and he saw me do
it, so he probably re me mbe rs how to do it. I walke d off and
found my way back to school. I was in army uniform, it was a
corps day at school. The boy had thought I was a soldie r, I suppose .
And the uniform I was we aring, English army not ame rican, did not
surprise him.
I de duce now that his fathe r was the man kille d by the snake ,
and I think he was OVERTON, the office r who had be e n turning up
at the school for Corps days,
and who had first take n me to se e
Ike on the day I we nt with him in the tunne ls. That me ans Clinton
was English until the age of about te n, whe n he lost his dad,
and the Commande r of the U.S.Base took the place of his fathe r.
Bill
Clintons name was OVERTON.
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NUMBERS OF UNEXPLAINED AERIAL SIGijTINGS REPORTED
TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
1959
-
22 1976
-
200
1960
-
31 1977
-
435
1961
-
71 1978
-
750
1962
-
46 1979
-
550
1963
-
51 1980
-
350
1964
-
74 1981
-
600
1965
-
56 1982
-
250
1966
-
95 1983
-
390
1967
-
362 1984
-
214
1968
-
280 1985
-
177
1969
-
228 1986
-
120
1970
-
181 1987
-
150
1971 379 1988 397
1972
-
201 1989
-
258
1973
-
233 1990
-
209
1974
-
177 1991
-
117
1975
-
208 1992
-
147
1993
-
258
1994
-
250
Figure s from be fore 1959 are not available .
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NUMBERS OF UNEX P L A I . ED A ERI A L SI GHTI NGS REP ORTED
TO THE MI NI STRY OF D EFENCE
1959
-
22 1976
-
200
1960
-
31 1977
-
435
1961
-
71 1978
-
750
1962
-
46 1979
-
550
1963
-
51 1980
-
350
1964
-
74 1981
-
600
1965
-
56 1982
-
250
1966
-
95 1983
-
390
1967
-
362 1984
-
214
1968
-
280 1985
-
177
1969
-
228 1986
-
120
1970 181 1987 150
1971
-
379 1988
-
397
1972
-
201 1989
-
258
1973
-
233 1990
-
209
1974
-
177 1991
-
117
1975
-
208 1992
-
147
1993
-
258
1994
-
250
Figure s from be fore 1959 are not . available .
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GEOGRAPHICAL
DISTRIBUTION OF
UNEXPLAINED AERIAL
SIGHTINGS REPORTED
TO THE MINISTRY OF
DEFENCE IN 1994
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TOTAL
=
250 re ports
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J l f . . ,
( . ; . ; W f t
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GEOGRAPHICAL
DISTRIBUTION OF
UNEXPLAINED AERIAL
SIGHTINGS REPORTED
TO THE MINISTRY OF
DEFENCE IN 1994
. -
TOTAL
=
250 re ports
x h w c . : I/ t. ,
( , ; , f , W K
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NUMBERS OF UNEXPLAINED AERIAL SIGHTINGS REPORTED
TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
1 959
-
22 1 97 . 6
-
200
1 96 0
-
31 1 97 7
-
435
1 96 1
-
7 1 1 97 8
-
7 50
1 96 2
-
46 1 97 9
-
550 ~
1 96 3
-
51 1 980
-
350
1 96 4
-
7 4 1 981
-
6 00
1 96 5
-
56 1 982
-
250
1 96 6
-
95 1 983
-
390
1 96 7
-
36 2 1 984
-
21 4
1 96 8
-
280 1 985
-
1 7 7
1 96 9
-
228 1 986
-
1 20
1 97 0
-
1 81 1 987
-
1 50
1 97 1
-
37 9 1 988
-
397
1 97 2
-
201 1 989
-
258
1 97 3
-
233 1 990
-
209
1 97 4
-
1 7 7 1 991
-
1 1 7
1 97 5
-
208 1 992
-
1 47
1 993
-
258
1 994
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250
Figure s from be fore 1 959 are not available .
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h y s t e r i c a J . , p e o p l e ,
o r i gi na t i ng, i n:;1de t be i r
h e a ds
r a t h e r
t h a n i n t h e a c t ua l ,
p h y s i o a l . w r l d.
Th o ugb
t h i s ) e ~ ~ l a na t i o nr e q ui r e d
t h e
a c c e p t a nc e o f. t h e de a
t h a t a .
h , j . l d~ ~ . , } . X 1d wa s a s t e a mi e r
a nd
mo r e c o mp l e x
p l a e t h a n
p r e v i o \ l s l y ! J l t a gi ne . ( 1, o n
a no t h e r
l e v e l we
c o ul d
a l l
I ? r e a ~ h e e a s i e r ; i n e s t
a nd t h e
s e xua l a bus e o f
c h i l dr e n wa s
l a r ge l y l . ma gl . na r y .
I n
a dmi t t e dl y
. .
. . . . I
mus t l l . \ e nt i o n
mi gh t we l l
a v e , h a
Unde r t h e
i nf. 1. ue nc
t i me
[h y p no s i s ],
c h i l dh o o d
s c e ne s i
p e r s o n. . ~ I be l i e v e
h a d di s c o v e r e d
t h e
wa s
s t r e ngt h e ne d
a fa t h e r , unc l e o r
me mo r y wa s t o be t
h e a d a t
my c r e dul i
o fl ~ . ? ! ) , Fr e ud
de s c r i be d
h i s v i e w o f h i s
p a t i e nt s
t h 1s <wa Y;
a n
e r r o r . i nt p \ i i ~ h . X . fe l l
fo r a wh i l e a nd
wh i c h
fa t a l
c o ns e q l J e n
e s fo J : t h e
wh o l e
o f
my wo r k.
o f
t h e t e c h ni c
l
p r o c e dur e
wh i c h I us e d a t t h a t
e ma
j o r i
t y o f
J l Y p a t i e nt s
r e p r o duc e d
fr o m
t h e i r
wh i c h
t be y
we ;r - e <s e . xua l l y
s e duc e d
by s o me ;
gr o wn- up
t h e s e s t o r i e s , a n
. c o ns e q ue nt l y
s up p o s e d t h a t I
r o o t s
o f t h e s ubs e q ue nt .
ne ur o s i s .
.
. M y c o nf
i de nc . e
by a fe w c a s e s i n wh i c h
r e l a t i o ns
o f t h i s ki nd
wi t h
e l de r
br o t h e r h . a d
.
c o nt 1nue d
up t o a n
a ge a t
wh i c h
s t e d.
I f t h e . . r e a de r
. ff! e l s i nc l i ne d
t o s h a ke
h i s
y ,
I c a nno t
a l t o ge t h e r
bl a me
h i m. . . "
Fr e ud wa s o bv i o us l
de e p l y
e mba r r a s s e C i i f. t
h a v i ng
t e mp o r a r i l y
be l i e v e d
t h a t c h i I dh o o d s e x a l a bus e
mi gh t
be . . . ;r e l a t i v e l y .
c o mmo n
i n
r e p r e s s e d
ni ne t e e nt h
.
c e nt ur y
Vi e nne s e
fa mi l j , f! s . ~ . .
.
We
kno w, no w, t h a t
Fr e ud wa s
r i gh t t o fe e l , t h a t
wa y , but
no t
fo r t ) :) . ~ ;r - e a s o n h e
s t a t e d.
We kno w t h a t
i nc e s t , c h i l o o d
s e duc t i o n
a nd
Se X \ l a l a bus e
a r e
c o mmo n a t t h e p r e s e nt t i me a nd u
do ubt e dl y we r e
c o mmo n
t h e n, wh e n
Fr e ud
de c i de d
t h a t t h e s e
t r a uma t i c a c o unt s we r e me r e
fa nt a s i e s .
Th e
Ps y c h o l o gi c a l
p r o bl e ms
ma ny o f
h s
p a t i e nt s
fa c e d. we r e mo r e
l i ke l y t h e
r e s ul t o f
r e a l e v e nt s
r a t h e r t h a n
a r t i fa c t s
o fw1s h ful ,
s e l f- ge ne r a t e d
fa nt a s i e s .
Fr e ud, i t mus t
a l wa y s
be r e me mbe r e d,
wa s a
t h e r a p i s t
a nd a
t h e o r e t i c a l ,
a na
y t i c a l
t h i nke r , no t
a n1nv e s t i ga t o r .
Si nc e
h i s
t h e o r i e s
l e d. h i m t
di s c o unt
a ut o ma t c a . J dl y . a
p a t i e nt s
s e xua l
mo l e s t a t i o nme mo r i
s , h e
a p p a r e nt l , . . ma de . no
e ffo r t t o e xa mi ne
t h e
p o s s i bl e
o bj e c t i v e
r e a l i t y o ft h e s
i c l ~ ;i ms .
Na t ur a l l y h e ne v e r
v i s i t e d
t h e , p a t i e n
s
h o us e
t o
c o n( i uc t , i nt e r v i e ws
wi t h o t h e r
me mbe r s o f t h e
fa mi l y , no r o ul d
h e . a t t e mp t . t i na n~
wa y t o
a s c e r t a , i n
i f. h i s
p a t i e nt
mi c , J h t h a v e a c t ua l l y be e n
t be v i c t l . l I . \ o f a dul t
de p r a da t i o ns .
He wa s a
p h y s l c i a n, a e a l e r , no t
a
( i e t e c t i v e , a nd
fo r h i m t h e
p r o bl e ms
be ga n a nd
e n( i e d i ns i de
t h e . . p a t i e nt ~ $ da ma ge d
p s y c h e .
,
I t h a s
o nl y be e n. i n t h e l a s t fe w
de c a d, e s t h a t
t r a i ne d
p s y c h i a t r i c
s o c i a l
wo r ke r s . "
s o c
o l o gi s t s
a ndo t h .
e . .
1:" \ ;l I . \ e n. , . t a l
h e a l t h
p r o fe s s i o na l s
h a v e
-
unl i ke Fr e ud
-
a c t ua l l Ybe gunt ( ) i nv e s t i ga t e
t h e
e v e nt - l e v e l
r e a l i t y o f t h e s e r e r t s .
Th e y h a v e c o me . .
t o
t h e c o nc l us i o n
t h a t
c h i l dh o o d
s e xua l . . mo
e s t a t i o n,
s e due t i o n, a nd.
a bus e a r e
r a mp a nt i n t h e
r e a l wo r l d, a nd
p r o bl y
a l wa YS. h a v e , e n.
Fur t h e r mo r e ,
c o nt e mp o r a r y
p s :y c h o a na l y s t s a nd
r i t e r s
s uc h a s J e ffr e y
M a s s o n,
M i l t o n
Kl e i n, D a v l . d
Tr l . bi c h a nd
o t h e r s a y e
a t t a c ke d. Fr e \ 1ds p o s i t i o n
t h a t t h e ne ur o t i c
p r o bl e ms h e r wa s t r e
t i ng
h a dt h e i r s o l ~
O ~ i gi n
i ns i de
t h e h e a ds o f h i s
p a t i e nt s , t h a t
t h e y we r e due t o
" <i e " ~ ~ c ) ~ D 1e nt a l , me c h a ni s ms "
a nd we r e
no t t h e r e s ul t
o f, r a l e v e nt s .
M a s s o nJ , np a r t l c ul a r
c l a i ms t h a t
Fr e uds
t h e o r y t h a t h i s
p a t i e nt s we r e
me r e l y
fa nt a s i zi ng
s uc h
L \
,
.
I I
I e
childhood
t r a u m a s
in
effect bl m s t h~ v ict im a nd oft en deepens a
s u ffer er s \ P 1 ; ( ) 1 ; > ~ em s .
( I n
~ a
pa r a l 1 . elw a y ,
if
UFO a bdu ct ions a r e
a ct u a lly t ~ k , . ipg " pla ce
a s
ev ent " ~
v el~ occu r r ences / la bellinc]
t hem a s
fa nt a s ies is i~ ens ely . des t r u ct : J ; v e: t : . Q t hos e
w ho s u ffer t he: t r
a ft er - a ffect s ) . .
The m or e
inv es t ig a t or s ha v e r a is ed v a lid qu es t ions
a bou t
Fr eu d s
m onolit hic
t heor ies ,
t he m or e t he nu m ber of s t r ict
Fr eu dia n~ A a J ; y s t s
ha s s h; - \ 1 nk .
, P t he: r ; : t her ~ pies ,
m or e or ient ed t o r ea l,
ev ent - lev el
pr oblem s olv : t nq,
a r e clea r ly : t n
a s cendence.
"
Wha t a r e t he les s ons . t ~ a t
his t or y (
ou r s i~ ent t u t o; - , w ou l~
ha v e u s
lea r nfr om t hes e
r ev : J ; s : t ons of
ba s J . c
Fr eu dJ . a n
doct r : t ne? FJ . r s t , t ha t
a ny
t heor y
of hu m a n ps y cholog y
u nconnect ed t o s olid, object iv e
infor m a t ion
a bou t t he s u bject s
a ct u a l ex ~ r ience
a nd fa m ily
ba ck g r ou nd,
is a flim s y
r eed indeed.
The : t s ola t ed
ex a m ina t ion of a
per s on s feeling s ,
m em or ies a nd
beliefs a pa r t
fr om t he ha r d da t a of
his /her
life ca n be da ng er ou s ly
m is lea ding ,
a nd inv es t ig a t ion
int o
fa ct a nd
cir cu m s t a nce
is es s ent ia l
if object iv e
t r u t h is t o be a r r iv ed
a t .
Fr eu d, s s u dden
cha ng e in
a t t it u de
a bou t childhood s ex u a l a bu s e
a ls o
t ea ches u s how ea s ily
dis t u r bing
infor m a t ion ca n be s hu nt ed
a s ide,
ev en by hig hl: i
int el1 , ig ent
people.
A bov e a ll,
w e
s hou ld lea r n
t o be w a r y
of la bellJ . ng a s fa nt a s ~ a nr
cons is t ent , " w ides pr ea d body of
felt
ex per ience.
Ser iou s ,
object J . v e J . nqu ir y
m u s t ~ r ecede a ny
s u ch
g lib
pr onq~ cem ent s ,
w ha t ev er ou r
pr iv a t e, s u bject J . v e
dou bt s ~ I t is
a ll t oo ~ a s Y . t . q
be w r ong .

I t is
indis pu t a ble
t ha t in t he la s t few deca deS lit er a lly
t hou s a nds of
v er y
s im ila r UFO a bdu ct ion r epqr t s
ha v e been
collect ed a nd
inv es t ig a t edw or ld- w ide. J .
The s heeJ i . nu m ber
of s u ch r epor t s obv iou s ly
elim ina t es
hoa x es a s a s ing le,
u m br ella
ex ~ la na t ionfor
t lie
phenom ~ non"
t hou g h
u ndou bt ed~ y " s om e. decept J . ons
ha v e occu r r ed. We a r e
left w : t t h t w o ot her
ex pla na t J . ons : eJ . t . her
s om e
- per ha ps ev en m os t
-
of
t hes er eP 9r t s des cr ibe
r ea l"
ev ent . . . lev el occu r r enceS ,
or v ir t u a ll~ a ll
of t hem , J . ns t ea d,
r epr es ent : a cont em por t a r y ,
" m ent a l, n ps y cho- s ocJ . a l
phenom enonof. s om e
k ind~
Sinces y s t em a t ic ps y choloqica l
t es t ing of
t hos e cla im ing
UFO a bdu ct ion ex per iEm Ces ha s r ev ea led no pS: icholog ica l
ex pla na t ion
for
t heir . a ccou nt s , : t heonly
: r em a ining ex pla na t : t onis
t he
m os t philds ophica lly
u na ccept a ble
Q ne: . . t hew it nes s el?, a r - e
des cr ibing
a ct u a lev ent . s . 2 .
To dis cov er 1 ; . he
t r u t h a bou t t his u ndenia blr
ex t r a or dina r
phenom enon
w em u s t bg in
w it h a few ba s ic
qu e s t J . ons :
1 Wha t is t helit er a l cont ent of t he init ia l r epor t ?
2 . Why
did, t heper cipient feel h. e/s he
s hou ld m a k e t he r epor t in t he.
fir s t pla ce?" ,
( Thou s a nds of indiv idu a ls ha v e r ~ ~ or t ed
t heir biza r r e
ex per iences
t o officia l a g encies s u ch a s t he pol: t ce, t he FBI , t he
A ir For ce a nd NA SA ,
a nd, t ociv ilia nUFO
inv es t ig a t or s a nd
or g a niza t ions ,
w it h no hope
of per s ona l g a in
a nd w it h a leg it im a t e
fea r of r idicu le. 3
) "
" .
,
"
3 . Wher e a nd w hen did
t he- r epor t ed
incident t a k e pla ce? -
,
4 . Wa s t h~
incident dis cu s s , ed w it h fa m ily a nd/or fr iends a t t he t im e
i
t occu r r ed?
,
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"
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t
, .
,
Du r ing t he,
fift een y ea r s inw hi, ch
I v e been pu blica lly
ident ified w it h
, ,
,
"
"
UFO
abduction
research,
thousands of
p
op le
have
called
or
written
to
me to
rep ort
thei
exp eriences
in detail,
and
consequently
my p ersonal
data
p ool is exte
sive.4
.
: eecaus......
e
.tb.e.
p reliminary
questions Ive
just
outlined
are so v
ry imp ortant,
I will.
dip in.to this
~ ol for a few
examp les.
The
.fo
1 0 winC J
are.t; yp ical,.
unp rocessed,un~ nvestigated
rep orts
as
I firs
rece~ vedthem..
.
Ive
sJ ? ent aqreat deal of time investigating
eac of
these
rep orts,~ nd ~ n
my op inion each
eventually
turned out to be hat I
consider to
be truthful
accounts
of UFO abductionexp erie
C es.
The
info~ ~ tiqp each
contains-
ap p arent content,
date,
lq ation
and
number
of
witnesses
_
illustrates
the
comp lex
cirC : um~ ta ces
which
any!theoryofUFO
abduction
rep orts
must satisfactox-ily,
ad ress at
the
out~ ~ t..: I ask
you, the
reader,
to consider
t1 ) .~ qeta Is of
each of
these
rep orts
in the
light of a
single
issue: do,tbey
se m to
be
real~ worlde; \ 1 ents,
or
thep roduc.t of
simp le,
wishful
fantasy?
" . .
1 .
AyoUI1 g
D l. : cri d
C oup le is
driV ~ n$ l C ) me from
a
weekend
at the
J ersey shore
in e
summer of
lQ 7 4...~ tj.s late
Sunday
afternoon
on a
clear,
sunny
day. In what
is
p erceived
by both
as
the
very next instant,
i.t is
p i ch dark
-
niqht< -~ .J 1 athey
are
sitting in their
silent
cax-. ., The
engine is
not
X " \ .1 nn.ip 9 ,no lights
are
on, and
their
automobile
is in he
middle
of
a.fielc: i.rather
than
on a road.
They
are
terrified, 1 0 t and
unbelieving.
,.
Many
unremembered
hours
have
obviously
p as.sed. The
husband.sta,r: tist.h~ car
and
they bounce
over
the
field for
several
minutes
before he
locates
a dirt
road
and
begins to
find his
way home.
In the next few
months
there
ensues
a series
of
p anic attacks
whi h
affect
the husband
p articularly
deep ly.
Neither
he nor his wife t inks
for a moment
about
UFO
abductions;
neither
had
read about
such
p enomena,
and, sinc
no UFO
sighting is
involved,
would not
conside
their
exp eriencetq
.be related
in
any case.
It
will not be until
ar1 y 1 9 88
-four1 ; eenyears
after
the event
in the
field
-
that the w man in this
examp le
encountered
a
questionaire
I
had
written
for..
.
magazineang.
begart .to sUsp ect
that
there
might be
a connection
betwe
nthemi$ sing,t; .il1 ) .e.incident
in
the field
and
other
odd events
in her
ife.
As a
resultof.these
susp icions
she
finally
contacted
me and t e
investigation.~ gan.
2 . About .,:
0 0 .
P ..,tn.
watching the
TV ne
sons are
cl~ aring
and her old
stson
C hristmas
sbqp P ing
change; an
qdd fac
her
daughte: r$ .s~ ns
because
her
mother
be the
nextinstan
at the
baqk,of
the
living room, and
is
though
he.goef; , not
the
family, car.
p ul
seems
the
oldest
minutes
afterthei
that it is now aft
the
house
vibrates
one
evening. in the
winter
of
1 9 68, Mrs. R is
s . Her two
.Y ( ) 1 J J } 9 ~
l1 ghters and one
of her
teenage he
dinner
gi~ b.~ s.,.M: J ,: s.
R s
baby is in his
crib,
has
just
driven9 t+ ,.with his
9 Tandfather
to
go
SuddenlY t,.b.e,
; Y Q ; ce ,iiind the
~ mage on the TV
screen
ap p ears,arIg.,~ ~ ~ ,~ ~ comes
frightened.
One
of s her
J Q otherf; f~ at,and
becomes
even
more
afraid seems
transfix~ g
.un le to
move.
In what
seems
to Mrs. R iShe
rd~ c: : : reaming
-
but
from
her
bedroom
house.
.
The.
teeniii,g
sqn has
disap p eared
from
the later
found
hid1 n.C J ..inacloset
in his
bedroom,
remember
what.he
~ s
hiding
from.
Simultaneously,
s
into the
drivew~ Y L to
those
inside
the
house it
y
and
his
grandfiiit erhave
returned
ap p arently
only 7 : 0 0
oclock.geJ ; > arture,
and
yet the
clock
shows
r 9 : 0 0
p .m...
~
eJ 1 ormous noise
begins
suddenly
and as if a
jetp l
neis,about
to
crash
intQ
it,
I)
- -
sending ev er y o nE ?
into deep er ; p a niG , . One o f
the. ter r if~ , ed da ughter s
lo o ks O. ut theW1ndo wa nd sees her br o ther sta nd1ng bes1de the ca r ,
}? o inting up a t so mething a bo v ~ the h.
us, e. He is . unmo v ing, r igid, a s
1S his gr a ndfa ther - sta nding ne~ t , to him. The no ise a ba t~ s a nd mo ments
la ter the br ( ) ther
bur sts into the r o o m with a descr ip tio n o f a huge
UFO.
which ha d Q een ho v er ing dir e tlY
o v er the ho use, . a nd o f his
str a nge
sta teo f p a r a l~ sis while o bser v ing it. He ca lls the sta te
p o lice
to r ~ P Q r t, the s1ghting, a nd isa sto undE ? d to disco v er
tha ~
.
tho ugh he
d: r ; o v e\ 1, p a nd
sp o tted ~ h~ UfO
a t a l1tt~ e a fter
9 : 0 0 ,
1t 1S
no w p a stll, : Oq. P . m. :
he ha s~ Y3 : . dently
been o utslde, unmo v 1ng, fo r
nea r ly two Q ur s.
Theco nfuslOn "o f time , a nd lo ca tio n a n eha v io r is a la r ming to a ll
six inv o lv ed , fa mily member s, but it i$a scr ibed to "excitement" o v er
the no ise a . l1d, t:~ ;
UFO a nd the str ~ ng~ ima ge
o n the TV scr een.
N ev er th~ les~ , l, 1E ! incid~ nt
isr eD 1~ nO: ? et: ~ 4 a nd. fr equentlY
discussed
by
the ent1r eta m) . ly .
E Vldence o ftr a ultt~ r ema 1ns fo r mo nths a nd ev en
y ea r s: o neo ~ tij e y o unger , bo y s. it: 1sistso n sleep ing, witl, 1 a ba seba ll ba t
next to his1: > ed; ~ nd
a da u9 ht. er W1 ~ : 1. o nly go to sleep w1th a ll the
lights o n in n: ; r o o m. Twenty y e~ ) : s; a , ter ~ his sa m~ da ; 1ghter f~ nds my
bo o k Intr uder s1n a bo o ksto r e, r ela tes the 1nfo r ma tJ . o nJ . t co nta 1ns to
her fa mily s. tr a "una , a nd co nta cts me.
3 . In N o v ember , o f 19 78 a y o un< 11I\ 81 1is
dr iv ing ho me fr o m wo r k nea r E a st
Islip , Lo ng Isla nd. He eX J ? er J . encesa , fla sh o f light
a nd
in the next
insta nt he finds himself sJ . tting a lo ngside a differ ent r o a d with his
ca r no wher e in sight. He sta nds up ,
da zed a nd co nfused.
"
He feels
na usea ted a nd disco v er s so me unp lea sa nt p hy sica l cir cumsta nces: his
shir t is butto ned inco r r ectly , his sho es a r e untied, his so cks
a r e- - - - -
fo lded nea tly in his
J ? a nts
p o cket, a nd wo r st o f a ll, he ha s,
a p p a r ently
inv o lunta r 11y defeca ted. Then he r emember s being in his
ca r while it wa s sto p p ed,
a nd tr y ing to hide under the a shbo a r d fr o m
a gr o up o f sma ll, huge- ey ed figur es , who fina lly p ull him o ut o f the
v ehicle. As these a nd o ther , r ela ted tr a uma tic memo r ies fla sh into his
mind, he ev entua lly finds his ca r , with its lights a bla ze, o ff the r o a d
a nd mir edintbeunder br ush". with no . tr a cks lea ding to it thr o ugh the
fo ila ge.
, D ur , ir ig. thefir stfew h( ) ur s.
, o f co nfusio n he do es no t

identJ . fY th~ se. , f, r ightening [r eco llectio ns a nd p hy sica l s. eguela e with
the UFO p heno meno np er se, buth~ ev entua lly ma kes tha t co nnectio n a nd
I lea r na bo utth~ ca se.

.
4 .
On a v . er y cQ , ld a nd sno wy win~ er a y
in 19 79 , a fo ur teen- y ea r - o ld
gir l
gOE ? s,
fo r
, a
r ide o n her sno wmo bi: te. She r eca lls hea ding into a
.
lev el fJ . eldi
but. then her memo r y fa des. "Abo ut a n ho ur la ter a
neighbo r p a ssing by
sees her st~ ndinga bo ut thir ty feet a wa y fr o m her
sno wmo bile which is no w ly ingo nits side. He a p p r o a cheS- her , a s~ ing
if sheneedshca lp . She is clea r ly da zed a nd fr ightened, a nd the
neighbOr a lso no tices tha t she
, is no t
wea r ing a co a t~ , Mo ments la ter
he finds l1er glo v es,
co a ta ndsca r fn~ a tly fo lded next, to the,
o v er tur ned v ehicle. She do es
:
no tr em mber wha t ha p p ened. , The
neighbo r dr i: v eshet ~ o m~
a nd
her ;
$; tep . . . fa ther , a sur geo n
,
. exa mines her
ca r efully fo r r a 11Y
J . nJ ur J . es, p a r tJ . cula r ly to the hea d. , He finds
no thing - ; 110
ma r k o r siqno fa n, a C c; ldent. ,
o r ev en
a l lY tr a ce o f
hy p o ther mia . , C AT- sca ns fo llo w
"
a s
well a s sev er a l o ther neur o lo gica l
lit-
,
- -
tests, all.. neqativ. Equally. p e: r p lex ; lng , nothing tur ns up
in the
flat, level f1 .eld hichcould have<caused the nor mally stable
snowmobile to fall onto its sid e ""n, oskid mar ks , no hid d en wir es,
holes, r ocks, etc. The g ir l r ecover ~ quickly, but beg ins to suffer
fr om a r ecur r ing
ng htmar e, inwhich~ she, find s her self stand ing
immobile besid eth over tur ned veb.i<.: le
as a
g r oup of small, shad owy
fig ur es ap p r oach.
.
In 1 988 this same oung woman is r etur ning fr om a p ar ty
near
Washing ton, D .C ., ith a fellow stud ent. They ap p r oach a d eser ted
war ehouse/factor y
r ea and come up on
what they both r ecog nize as a
six - car p ile- up of wr ecked vehicles. The lig hts of all vehicles ar e
blazing , but the sene is totally
d eser ted . Ther e ar e. no p olicel no
sp ectator s, no d r i er s, no p asseng er s;
no sound s, no emer g ency l1 .g hts,
no flar es.
.
They d ive p ast this str ang e tableau without stop p ing and
without even think ng
that they
should r ep or t the accid ent.. (They
assume it must hav just occur r ed .) The young women ar r ive home
inex p licably late, musing on the od d ness of the scene they had p assed
and their qnchar ac er istic ind iffer ence to the p lig ht of any p ossibly
injur ed p eop le.
E entually the young
woman r ead s Intr ud er s and wr ites
to me about her sn wmobile accid ent and . subsequent d r eams; it will be
many
months befor e she mentions the od d six - car p ile- up witnessed
by
her fr iend as well as her self. Neither young woman, nor anyone in
either family, ini ially think ofeith r of these events as connected
in any way with th UFO p henomenon.
5. In Ap r ilbf1 9 1 , a young
second tlieutenant is d r iving fr om New
Jer sey to.For t Jac son, S .C .. S omewher e in Nor th C ar olina he r ealizes
that he has only a ut 1 /4 tank of g as,
and r esolves to stop for fuel
in the nex t town. He slows to a stop as someone he assumes is a
p oliceman flag s hi d own; he isinst: r - ucted to tur n left and d etour
d own a d ir t r oad . He obeys, and as~ hed r ives d own the nar r ow, d ar k
lane his car lig ht g o out and .
themotor d ies
-
yet his car continues
on its own to move for war d and to} ; , ise. in the air . The ter r ified
officer beg ins to r ay,
and ,
in what.Jhep er ceives as an instant later
he awakens in
amo el r oom, lyimr fully- clothed
on top of the bed . He
r ushes d own to the fr ont d esk and ftnd sthat the motel is just outsid e
the qateto, for tJ
ckson. C omp letelyr : bewild er ed , he g oes to the
p ar k1 .ng lotand : , lo ates hlscar , !whit: : hjhe d iscover s, still shows 1 /4
of a tank on the
9
s g aug e,
and about the same mileag e r ead ing as he
saw the nig htbefo e on the od ometer . The officer d ecid es he must
have been d r ug g ed
y
the militar y in some kind of esoter ic tr aining
ex p er iment, and th t his car was ship p ed
d own to its p r esent location
on a flat bed tr , uc. For this r eason he tells no one ex cep t his wife
about this "imp ossible"
militar y
ex er cise
-
a theor y he aband ons
r eluctantly after eeks of cons1 .d er ation.
.
It will be another twenty
year s befor e .he
associates this ex p er ience with the UFO p henomenon; he
hear s a r ad io p r o r am on which p er iod s of missing time ar e being
d iscussed
.
and
.
con acts me.
6 . In the sp r ing
and summer of 1 989, a mar r ied coup le in nor ther n
C alifor nia become tr oubled by thei: r : fouJ: ..year - old
d aug hter s fr equent
nig htmar es, in
whch
she d escr ibes"~ c: > nster s, " small, black- eyed
fig ur es
who
come
nto
her r oom at
~ i~
~ "thr oug h the wall" and car r y
a4
I I .
I
her off
w i t 1 i
b . em .
,
T hec hi l d ~ . p ~ h~ r, : u n i n form ed a b ou t t he UFO
a b d u c t i on
p h n
m en on ,
,
t ri es t o " a . ssl l re er d a u ght er t ha t she w a s on l y
d rea m i n c 1 d es~ i t e t he c hi l d sc l a i m t h t , t he m on st ers a re rea l . T he
m ost frl . ght en l . n g, m om en t fort hep a ren t ~ c om es w hen t hey a re a w a ken ed
on e n i ght yt hei r d a u ght e1 ; " s sc rea m s from t he fron t ya rd . T he fa t her
u n b ol t s t he fr, on t d oor a n d ru shesou : t , si d e. T he I i t t l e gi rl st a n d s
t heret er: rd fi ~ d , t el l i n g her p a ren t s t hrou gh her t ea rs t ha t t he
m on st ers w i t h t he hu ge b l a c k eyes t p Qk , her ou t si d e a n d i n t o a " rou n d
t hi n g" i n t he ya rd ; t hey p u t hE a r p n . a
t a b l e a n d p ressed a n eed l e i n t o
her. T o her fa t her t he m ost u n n erv : l . n ga s~ ec t of t hi s ev en t i s t he
fa c t t ha t w hen he sea rc hes t he ho~ s, ehefl . n d s n o u n l oc ked w i n d ow s, a n d
ea c h, of t he, d oors, l i ke t he frc > n t , i s, sec u rel y b ol t ed from t he i n si d e.
T here i s si m p l y n ow a y t he c hi l d qa rl ha v e gon e ou t si d e. I n t a l ki n g
a b ou t t h~ s< t 1 7 , a u J l l a t i c
a n d i m ~ ossi b l ee V en t w i t h fri en d s, t he gi rl s
m ot her fi J ; : " s~ l ea z : n s a b ou t sl . m i l a ; rr. ep
; - t s ~ hi c h ~ re ~ 1 1 eged l ~
c on n ec t ed w l . t ht he UFOp hen om ep on . " , ~ hi J . sd l . st u rb l . n g J . n form a t J . on l ea d s
her fi n a l l y. t 9 . rel a t ~ herc hi l d sst qryt o m e w hen I v i si t t he c i t y i n
w hi c h t he fa m , J . l y
resl . d es.
; , , . . ; - "
, ; . : , ;
T hese si x
eX a . m . P i ~ . ~ sfrom D l Y # i l es. ~ 1 : ~ ~ ~ s, 1 : ) : : a t e ~ he
rou t es
b y
w hi c h
su sp ec t ed a b u t l . on c a ses
; c p m e, . , t p ; t ; : he: . , ~ t t en t l . on of i n v est i ga t ors, b u t
m ore i m p ort < l n ~ ) . . M t heY i l ) . . p s t J ; : " ~ t e e~ P l ~ J . ; ~ t he c i rc u m st a n c es a n d d et a i l s
w hi c h c om p ; ri s~ , ; a I ) : , i n d i v i d u a 1 / si n i , 1 ; ; 1 c a ) . . , . : r: - ep ort . Ob v i ou sl y; t hese
d et a i l s a re . ei t b er t he resu l t . Qf, ~ n t a sya n d sel f- d el u si on or a re
a c c u ra t e a c c ou n t s of w ha t t he ,
p er i p i en t s feel ha s ha p p en ed t o t hem .
T he fi rst fi v e of
m y exa m p l es ha v e su b sequ en t l y b een t horou ghl y
i n v est i ga t ed .
"
(T he si xt h" i n v ol v i n g a v ery you n g c hi l d , b y n ec essi t y
rest s u p on a p a ren t s t est i m on y, a n d so i t w i l l n ot b e i n c l u d ed i n
t hi s a n a l ysi s. ) T hese fi v e c a ses i n v ol v e a t ot a l of t w el v e w i t n esses.
Al l t he d et a . i l sI v e rel a t ed w ere rem em red n orm a l l y; h~ p n osi s i s n ot
a n i ssu e . , Al l fi v e rep ort s i n c l u d e~ eri od s of m i ssi n g t l . m e a n d
" i m p ossi b l e" or i l l ogi c a l p hysi c a l d J . sl oc a t i on s. Al l i n v ol v e
i n a rgu a b l e ; sl gn sof t ra u m a . I n on l yon e c a se i s a n a c t u a l UFO
si ght i n g i n v ol v ed , a n d on l y on e (d i fferen t ) rep ort i n c l u d es a c l ea rl y
rec ol l ec t ed
gr() u p
of " a l i en s. " J u st !on e oft h e
fi v e rep ort s W S
i n i t i a l l y c ha ra c t eri z ed a sa " UFO c a se" ; b y t he w i t n esses, n on e of
w hom w erew el l ~ i n form ed a b ou t t he a b d u c t i on p hen om en on a t t he t i m e of
t hei r en c ou n t ers.
" "
si n c e t he hi st ory of p u b l i c a w a ren ess of UFO a b d u c t i on s i s c ru c i a l t o
t he v i a b i l i t y of
a l l
p syc ho- so, c i a l t heori es of t he p hen om en on , a n
exa c t c hron ol ogy 1 s essen t i a l . , T hefi , rst Am eri c a n a b d u c t i on
rep ort
b ec a m e, p u b l i c a l l y kn ow n i n 1 9 66,

l l t
h
sev en . yea rs w ou l d p a ss b efore a
sec on d su c h c a se w ou l d b e fea t u rfi a < i y. t n e m ed i a . 5 I n 1 9 7 5 a t hi rd
a b d u c t i on rep ort b ec a m e kn ow n a n d . a m a d e- for- T V m ov i e on t he su b jec t
a p p ea red , b u t i t w a s n ot u n t i l t he l a t e ei ght i es t ha t su c h ev en t s w ere
seen
b y t he. p \l i c i n som ew ha t fa m i l i a ; r; d et a i l . 6I n
: t hi sc on t ext i t
i s hi ghl y si gn i fi c a n t t ha t on e of m y
fi v e
exa m p l es p red a t es ev en
t l ) e
fi rst p u b l i a l l y kn ow n a b d u c t i on . c a s~ a n d a n ot her p red a t es t he sec on d ,
1 9 7 3, i n c i d en t . A, t hi rd exa m p l e, t : r: om 1 9 7 4, st i l l p red a t es t he T V
m ov i e a n d . a . n y ~ et a i l ed
gen era l p u .
. 1 . i c a w a ren ess of UFO a b d u c t i on s,
a n d t he ot her t W Q. c a ses I rec ou n t
p , red a t e b ot h of
m y b ooks on t he
"
I I
-
~
subject.
Thus,ny theory of the UFO abduction
phenomenon must deal
with the fa.ctth t these
report$ (among. thousands of others) arose
~ rior to
an.
Y..
g.
en
ral. Public.
k nC : > W .l...
e. d.
9 ..e..
of the"
abduction scenario and
1ts seq uence.o f etail.
To mak e th1S
point absolutely
clear, all five
of
thesebi,zarre events were described to other
people
-
family
members, friends etc.
-
attheti.~ they first
occured, i.e. 1n
19 61,
68, 74,
and so on-
and in none was an abduction
experience
sus~ cted. ....I ne ch
caset.h: ~ ~ s~ ! I ? ~ gn. : .\ lr~ aq ed": ~ ~ t: tU: : : ! ) : i~
: days, months,
years, eVen deca es later.
.
B eyondar~ ment ese
reports cannot be considered
artifacts of
"belief in UFOs"
or the
products of folk loristic
contamination
by
materialabsorbe from
various
nineteen- eighties
UFO book s and TV
programs.
.
A s.
we
haveseen,theperpJ.exingincidents
which mak e
up
these
reportsar
physical;. they deal with the hard- edged
k ingdom of
objects and
site, not the
misty land of inward
musing and
fantasy.
A ll five casesd scribe
genuine trauma, confusion,
clear cut
periods
of missingtim
,
and "impossible"
di$l? cationsexperienced
by the
witnesses.i (Sim lar
accounts of vehicular
dislocation, it should be
mentioned, do no occur in movies and book s until decades after these
witnesses first eported them).
..
A nyone wishing to theorize about
the
UFO abduction
ph nomenon as fact or fantasy must
begin with an
explanation of t e details contained
i,n these initial
reports.
Obviously,
an1 eory of UFO abductions must
satisfactorily
account
for the mater1al I have
~ ust elucidated
-
or be discarded.
For the
record it shpuld be ment10ned that
hypnosis was
eventually used in
my
,
five sample case to
help the witnesses
recall the
unremembered
~ rtions of
theiencounters,
and to explore other UFO incidents
not
1ncluded
-
or re aI led
-
in their initial
reports. From the outset
and throughout eir
investigation,t:ese five cases have
conformed
to
the patterns
pre ent in hundreds of others I ve
explored;
they are in
no way remark abl .
Having estab~ isb the.
initial
req u~ rements for
theorizing about the
nature: of theLUF abduction,
phenomenon" let
us now
consider the
types
of
evidence"wh4,ch
support the,..lteast~ (torturous,
least
convoluted
explanationc: of,;: : t se
reports. : c 1 hatrds,r,of
course, the idea that these
thousands.
Of~ crediblepe? plei,aE! e> stm
J.;y rel~ ting what
aq tually
happened,to; them: ..
Somet1mes
the shortest
d1stance
between. two
points
actually
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ight line ~ "
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1. EYEW I I l N ES5 .: I q ES I MON Y..OF.
A N OB SERVED
A B DUC TI ON
On Jan.
3 ~ 19 79 ,
na
rural area of southern
Florida,
Filiberto
C ardenas; a. mal: e
riend
andtbe: mafi~ swife
and
teenage
daughter were
C ;irivin9 1 h~ .~ l: fi> ~ m a trip tosome: .la,cal
fa~ s. 7 W hen their
car,
1nexpl1cably, stop
ed,C ard nas"and.l: t
e dr1ver
stepped out to 11ft the
hood
to- chec: k the battery
cables.. A llcf
ur saw a
blinding
light shoot
d? wn in
fi: ~ ~ t: .o" em"
accom);> fi* ed ;bl~ ,a"buzzing
sound.
ardenas was
11ftedupand- Qut
OfS1ght as the twc"female
passengers 1nthe back
seat of the car
s
reamed.. in.ter] : "oJrj,
LA I 1;lethree
stunned
survivors
reportedt1 ie: a~ 1;1
tiontoth~
: c)~ ic : ~ "R()ughly
an hour and a half
later
,cardel l
s.w
s founddazed ,i nd
Qnfused some
sixteen
miles
away
froI n
thepl~ ce - h rehe
had,ben < l< ~ ft
< iup
into the
sk y. He was
hospitali: i~ : wit: physical
~ yJj: tpt9 mS,< .s~ milar to those
reported since in
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ne ce ssary t o . make sure
po t e nt ial wit ne sse s t o an abduct io n do no t
int e rfe re wit h t h ir o pe rat io ns. So , de spit e t he impo rt ance o f t he
wit ne sss o bse rva io n o f an "alie n"fiqure in t his case , it is almo st
as si9nificant t h t a mat ure physiciah,. t ho ro ughly t raine d in
psych~ at ry, pe rso ally e xpe rie nce d. t he e fficacfo f
appare nt lf
e xt e rnal,. ano ma10 s co nt ro l o ve r his o wn re act ~ o ns and be hav~ o r. 9
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A t hird e xample 0 t his
kindo fse co nd. . . part y circumst ant ial. t e st imo ny
invo lve s t wo ,yo un wo me n,first : . ; co us~ nsand
re ce nt ci: > lle ge
graduat e s,
in Ho ust o n,. Te xas. The y share d
a
t wo - be dro o m
apart me nt , and lat e at
night o ne o ft h~ o ung wo me n awo ke . wit h t he se nsat io n o f having be ing
dro ppe dfro mafe inche sabve < he rbe d. Wit hin mo me nt s she
re me mbe re d"cle a
ly
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having just be e n inside a space craft : t he
me mo ry was dre amlke
but e xt rao rdinarily vivid. She re calle d
se e in9
small,black~ e ye d figure s, a
gro up
o f who m we re
carrying o ut so me k~ nd
o f physical. . pro ce ure upo n he r nake d ro o mmat e who
lay st r~ t che d o ut o n
a me t allic t able . A larme d
by
t he re alism o f he r "dre am,"
she we nt
int o he r fr. i. e nds be dro o m t o che ck o n he r co ndit io n. She was sho cke d
t o find t he ro o m
mpt y, t ho u9h bOt h
yo ung wo me n. had re t ire d ho urs
ago .
The windo w: was cl se d and lo cke d, t he bat hro o m
uno ccupie d. No w
t ho ro ughly dist ur e d, she unbo lt e d t he fro nt do o r and we nt o ut side t o
lo o k fo r he r ro o at e s
car: it was e xact ly whe re it sho uld have be e n,
in t he park. i. ng 10 be hind t he building. She re t urne d t o t he ir
apart me nt and agan. se arche d fo r he r frie nd. The be dro o m was st ill
e mpt y so she de ci e d she must imfo rm t he po lice . A s she picke d
up t he
re ce ive r and
be 9a t o dial she he ard a mo an fro m he r ro o mmat e s
. quart e rs. R sh~ n in, she fo und. t he missing wo man face do wn o n t he
be d, nake d, he r h ad at t he fo o t o f t he be d and he r fe e t o n t he pillo w
-
and t his o nly m me nt s since she had last se arche d t he ro o m. She
ro use d he r ro o mma e , and slo wly, gradually, t he
yo ung wo man came t o
co nscio usne ss. T e ir me mo rie s o f t he UFO int e rio r co incide d
e xact ly.
The re are
many o t e r co rro brat ive de t ails in t his fascinat ing
jo int
acco unt , and t ho u h it se e ms t hat bOt h wo me n we re abduct e d, o ne was
a~ pare nt 1Y ire t urn d first and all we dc: t ; o . o pe rat e no rmally, o ut side
any
k~ nd o f . . alie n e o t ro il. ". Thus
shELfunct io ne d as an inde pe nde nt ,
circumst anbz La ,wi ne ssdurin9. t hat "t ime ,. J pe rio d . 10
ETA IL! IN; UF
; ; hD ue m~ N: A CCOUNTS
,
It sho u14 e e ,^ "B o ls
rprise t o anyo ne iuhat nwhe n an abduct io n invo lve s
mo re t hal)asin91 individual. - and t he re are
appare nt ly t ho usands
o f
mult iple \ ,abd~ t ~ o
.
s . ,. t he iw
t ne sse s!qlde $cript io ns co rro brat e o ne
ano t he r,; cilbilii> > o !
s;
.
t rue "e ve m,whe ncbhe ji: nc de nt s are inve st iga,t e d
se parat e ; LJ ,in: : di fe re nt laca1: J i1t ie s,: ,; ye ars aft e r t he y o ccur. re d, wit h
t he use ; o f. : : : re fj e s i ve - hypno sis \ - . ant t wlt h. cliff e re nt inve st igat o rs
invo fve dl in,ii,t he ir se arch.
iB ut ; ~ 1? h~ ; mOSb,imJ ? o r1? ant
co ~ ro bc? r t ivc:
de t a~ ls, aD e . ,t ho se small. , ,; unpqb~ lishe
; ; ;
e scr~ pt ~ o ns wh~ ch ~ nve st ~ gat o rs
care fully. save : an st o re . : Fo r: ,instance I maint ain a se cre t file o f
what mi9bt \ be ica~ e d)n
t at io nals~ ls} - "
l,1~ rs,
le t t e rs,;
what c: ve r
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t hat do z e n$Qf< : wl; ne sse $iha\ le : re po r~ e
us. e e ~ ng ~ n and o n UFOs dur~ ng
t he irabduct i,bns - I,have
sho - . me xampf s o f t he t wo basic, clo se ly
re lat e d syst . e mst , a
,ve ry.
f ,: b~ ~ ~ d
~ le ague s: all have "be e n
ast o unde . . ; a. t "te ~ m~ larlt y- ,e ve 1j~ ae nt ; ~ t y
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o f t he se re co lle ct e d
symbo ls. "B ut Z ; sine t he se
s"1J t
o ls
pe r
,t e
as a me ans o f t e st ing t he
validit y
o f; e lt l1c
se s ,I st l!> J : ,6 a11h
t ;
make t his are a o f e vide nce
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NUMBERS OF UNEXPLAINED AERIAL SIGHTINGS REPORTED
TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
1959
-
22
1976
-
200
1960
-
31
1977
-
435
1961
-
71
1978
-
750
1962
-
46
1979
-
550
1963
-
51
1980
-
350
1964
-
74
1981
-
600
1965
-
56
1982
-
250
1966
-
95
1983
-
390
1967
-
362
1984
-
214
1968
-
280
1985
-
177
1969
-
228
1986
-
120
1970
-
181
1987
-
150
1971
-
379
1988
-
397
1972
-
201
1989
-
258
1973
-
233
1990
-
209
1974
-
177~ 1991
-
117
1975
-
208
1992
-
147
1993
-
258
1994
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250
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TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
1959
-
22 1976
-
200
1960
-
31 1977
-
435
1961
-
71 1978
-
750
1962
-
46 1979
-
550
1963
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51 1980
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350
1964
-
74 1981
-
600
1965
-
56 1982
-
250
1966
-
95 1983
-
390
1967
-
362 1984
-
214
1968
-
280 1985
-
177
1969
-
228 1986
-
120
1970
-
181 1987
-
150
1971
-
379 1988 - 39
T-
1972
-
201 1989
-
258
1973
-
233 1990
-
209
1974
-
177 1991
-
117
1975
-
208 1992
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1993
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1994
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B.
D e s c r i p t i o n o f Ob j e c t
(No o f
o b j e c t s , s i z e ,
s h a p e c o l o u r , b r i g h t n e s s )
8 a l l s h a p e d o b j e c t w i t h t a i l .
V e r y b r i g h t l y l i t
c . L o c a t i o n , i n d o o r / o u t d o o r ,
s t a t i o n a r y , mo v i n g
I n d o o r s
D . Ho w Ob s e r v e d (n a k e d e y e ,
b i n o c u l a r s , o t h e r o p t i c a l
d e v i c e , s t i l l o r mo v i e )
Na k e d Ey e
E.
D i r e c t i o n i n w h i c h o b j e c t
f i r s t s e e n
(a l a n d ma r k
ma y
b e mo r e u s e f u l t h a n a b a d l y
e s t i ma t e d
b e a r i n g )
Ea s t t o We s t
F.
An g l e o f s i g h t (Es t i ma t e d
h e i g h t s a r e u n r e l i a b l e )
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G . D i s t a n c e
(By r e f e r e n c e t o a
k n o w n l a n d ma r k )
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L o w a n d v i s i b l e
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Mo v e me n t s
(Ch a n g e s i n E, F & H
ma y b e o f mo r e u s e t h a n
e s t i ma t e s o f c o u r s e a n d s p e e d )
St r a i g h t l i n e a n d c o n s t a n t s p e e d
Me t Co n d i t i o n s d u r i n g o b s e r v a t i o n s
(Mo v i n g c l o u d s , h a z e , mi s t e t c
)
Cl e a r
K.
Ne a r b y Ob j e c t s (Te l e p h o n e l i n e s ,
h i g h v o l t a g e l i n e s , r e s e r v o i r , l a k e
o r d a m, s w a mp o r ma r s h , r i v e r ,
h i g h b u i l d i n g s , t a l ! c h i mn e y s ,
s t e e p l e s , s p i r e s , TV o r r a d i o ma s t s ,
a i r f i e l d s ,
g e n e r a t i n g p l a n t ,
f a c t o r i e s ,
p i t s o r o t h e r s i t e s w i t h
f l o o d l i g h t s o r n i g h t l i g h t i n g )
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L .
Ai r Fo r c e
Op s
To w h o m
r e p o r t e d (Po l i c e ,
mi l i t a r y , p r e s s e t c )
NUMBERS OF UNEXPLAINED AERIAL SIGHTINGS REPORTED
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. . . .
,a
-
1959
-
22
1976
-
200
1960
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31
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1961
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1979
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1964
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1966
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95
1983 390
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1968
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1969
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1986
-
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1970
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1987
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1971
-
379
1988
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397
1972
-
201
1989
-
258
1973
-
233
1990
-
209
1974
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177
1991
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1975
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208
1992
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1993
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RE PORTIN G ON UFOlOGIC Al FRAUD S AN D FAN TASIE S
Fr i d a y , Ma y 5, 1 995 Fr ee
By Ro ber t G. To d d E X PL AN ATION :
Wha t f o llo ws a r e t ho s e po r t i o n s o f my let t er t o t he ed i t o r o f t he In t er n a t i o n a l UFO Repo r t er ( lUR) whi c h, f o r o n e r ea s o n o r a n -
o t her , t he ed i t o r d i d n o t c o n s i d er wo r t hy o f pu b/ i c a t i o n i n t ha t a u g u s t j o u r n a l. Wi t ho u t d eba t i n g t he mer i t s o f J er o me C la r k s d e-
c i s i o n , I beli ev e i t o n ly f a i r t o o f f er t he f o llo wi n g s o t ha t t he f u ll s t o r y i s k n o wn , a n d t he r ea d er c a n d ec i d e f o r hi ms elf .
Per ha ps t he r ea s o n f o r t he mi s r epr es en t a t i o n s , mi s c ha r a c t er i z a t i o n s , a n d o u t r i g ht li es f o i s t ed o n t he pu bli c by
c er t a i n Ro s well
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n es s t o c i r c u la t e i n v es t i g a t i v e ma t er i a ls t o o t her r es ea r c her s bec a u s e hi s i n t er es t wa s i n pr o t ec t i n g t he c o py r i g ht o f t ho s e ma t er i -
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t i g a t o r s . t ha n t he s ea r c h f o r t he t r u t h. The c o mmer c i a li z a t i o n o f Ro s well a ls o helps ex pla i n why c er t a i n f a c t s ha v e been wi t h-
held . N o ma r k et ex i s t s f pr ex pla i n ed my s t er i es . Ther e a r e n o bo o k d ea ls , n o mo v i e d ea ls , n o t ev en f o r f i c t i o n a li z ed a c c o u n t s o f
my s t er i es t ha t n ev er wer e. The Ro s well i n c i d en t s t a r t ed bec a u s e o f hu ma n er r o r , bu t i t s u r v i v es bec a u s e o f hu ma n g r eed .
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Ai r Fo r c e r epo r t o n
Ro s well: An a bs en c e o f ev i d en c e, "
by Ma r k Ro d eg hi er a n d
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1 994 ed i t i o n o f IUR.
The a u t ho r s a c c ept wha t C UFOS Ro s well " i n v es t i g a t o r s "
( Sc hmi t t a n d Ra n d le) r ef er t o a s t he " c o n v en t o n a l wi s d o m. "
Of t he ma n y f la ws i n t he " c o n v en t i o n a l wi s d o m, " per ha ps n o n e
i s mo r e i mpo r t a n t t o t he c a s e t ha n t he f a ls e pr emi s e u po n
whi c h t he en t i r e Ro s well my t h i s ba s ed , a n d o n whi c h t he my t h
c o n t i n u es t o f lo u r i s h. Ro d eg hi er a n d C hes n ey ma k e u s e o f
t hi s f a ls e pr emi s e a s t he f o u n d a t i o n f o r s o me o f t hei r c r i t i -
c i s ms o f t he Ai r Fo r c e r epo r t .
The a u t ho r s q u o t e f r o m t he J u ly 9, 1 94 7 , ed i t i o n o f t he
Ro s well D a i ly Rec o r d , whi c h d es c r i bed t he d ebr i s f o u n d by
W. W. Br a z el, ba s ed o n s t a t emen t s Br a z el ma d e t o t he pa per s
r epo r t er s d u r i n g a n i n t er v i ew t he pr ev i o u s d a y . Ac c o r d i n g t o
t he pa per , Br a z el " ha d
pr ev i o u s ly f o u n d t wo wea t her ba i lo o n s
o n t he r a n c h, bu t t ha t wha t he f o u n d t hi s t i me d i d n o t i n a n y
wa y r es emble ei t her o f t hes e. " Ro d eg hi er a n d C hes n ey o b-
s er v e t ha t ,
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s t a t emen t ha s n ev er been a ble t o s q u a r e wi t h
t he o r i g i n a l Ai r Fo r c e ex pla n a t i o n t ha t a wea t her ba llo o n wa s
t he s o u r c e o f t he Ro s well d ebr i s . It a ls o r ema i n s d i f f i c u lt t o
r ec o n c i le wi t h t he n ew ba llo o n ex pla n a t i o n , bec a u s e Fli g ht 4
d i d n o t c o n s i s t o f a n y u n u s u a l ba llo o n ma t er i a l. . .
. "
The c r a s hed - s a u c er pr o mo t er s ha v e n o t been a ble t o r ec -
o n c i le Br a z el s s t a t emen t wi t h t he Ai r Fo r c e s t a t emen t s be-
c a u s e t he i n v es t i g a t o r s r epo r t i n g o n Ro s well ei t her d i d n o t
k n o w, o r d eli ber a t ely d i d n o t r epo r t , t he f a c t t ha t r a d a r t a r -
g et s , s u c h a s t he o n e( s ) r ec o v er ed i n t he Ro s well i n c i d en t ,
wer e n o t i n wi d es pr ea d u s e a t t he t i me o f t he Ro s well i n c i -
d en t , a n d wi t h o n ly a f ew ex c ept i o n s , wer e lf i r t lJ a lly u n k n o wn
t o Ai r Fo r c e per s o n n el, o t her t ha n t ho s e per s o n n el en g a g ed i n
wea t her o r r es ea r c h a n d d ev elo pmen t a c t i v i t i es . Thes e pa r -
t i c u la r t a r g et s , pa r t s o f o n e o r mo r e o f whi c h a ppea r i n t he
Ro s well pho t o g r a phs , wer e d es i g n ed f o r u s e wi t h a s pec i f i c
r a d a r , t he SC R- 58 4 , whi c h wa s a g u n - la y i n g r a d a r f o r a n t i -
a i r c r a f t a r t i ller y . The a r t i ller y men o per a t i n g t he g u n s n eed ed
a c c u r a t e wi n d i n f o r ma t i o n t o a d j u s t t he wea po n s t o c o mpen -
s a t e f o r wi n d s a lo f t . Thi s wa s t he pr i ma r y u s e o f t hes e r a d a r
t a r g et s . By 1 94 7 , t hes e t a r g et s wer e n o t u s ed f o r r o u t i n e me-
t eo r o lo g i c a l o bs er v a t i o n s . In s t ea d , t he wea t her s er v i c es r eli ed
o n t wo o t her met ho d s f o r d et er mi n i n g wi n d s a lo f t , t he
" pi ba ! "
( Pi lo t Ba llo o n ) met ho d , whi c h r eq u i r ed v i s u a lly t r a c k i n g a pi lo t
ba llo o n , a n d t he Ra d i o D i r ec t i o n Fi n d i n g ( RD F) met ho d , whi c h
u s ed a s ma ll r a d i o t r a n s mi t t er t o t r a c k t he pr o g r es s o f t he ba l-
lo o n s .
Thi s i n f o r ma t i o n wa s f u r n i s hed t o t he pr es s ba c k i n J u ly o f
1 94 7 , i n r es po n s e t o q u er i es ma d e i n c o n n ec t i o n wi t h t he
Ro s well i n c i d en t . Alt ho u g h n o t wi d ely r epo r t ed by t he
c r a s hed - s a u c er pr o mo t er s , a n As s o c i a t ed Pr es s ( AP) wi r e,
Fr i d a y , Ma y 5, 1 995
d a t ed J u ly 8 , 1 94 7 , q u o t ed Br i g a d i er Gen er a l D o n a ld Y a t es .
c hi ef o f t he Ai r Wea t her Ser v i c e, a s s a y i n g t ha t o n ly a v er y
f ew o f t he t a r g et s
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u s ed d a i ly , a t pOi n t s wher e s o me s pe-
c i f i c pr o j ec t r eq u i r es hi g hly a c c u r a t e wi n d i n f o r ma t i o n f r o m
ex t r eme a lt i t u d es . "
My r es ea r c h i n t o t he s u bj ec t mo r e t ha n
f o r t y y ea r s a f t er t he f a c t c o n f i r med Gen er a l Y a t es s t a t emen t s
t o t he pr es s . Thes e t a r g et s wer e n o t i n wi d es pr ea d u s e a t t he
t i me o f t he Ro s well i n c i d en t , a n d i t i s d o u bt f u l t ha t a n , o f t he
Ro s well wi t n es s es , i n c lu d i n g Ma j o r Ma r c el a n d W. W. Br a z el,
ha d ev er s een o n e bef o r e. Br a z el ma y ha v e f o u n d wea t her
ba llo o n s o n t he r a n c h o n t wo pr ev i o u s o c c a s i o n s , bu t n ei t her o f
t hes e ba llo o n s c a r r i ed t he u n u s u a l r a d a r t a r g et s . As a r es u lt ,
Br a z el s s t a t emen t t ha t wha t he f o u n d t hi s t i me i n n o wa y
r e-
s embled a wea t her ba llo o n i s per f ec t ly c o n s i s t en t wi t h t he Ai r
Fo r c e s s t a t emen t . A r a d a r t a r g et i s n o t a wea t her ba lt o o n , a
d i s t i n c t i o n t he c r a s hed - s a u c er pr o mo t er s c o n s i s t en t ly f a i l t o
ma k e.
Rely i n g o n a lleg a t i o n s ma d e by c er t a i n Ro s well wi t n es s es ,
t he c r a s hed - s a u c er pr o mo t er s c o n c lu d e t ha t Ai r Fo r c e per s o n -
n el a t Fo r t Wo r t h c o n c ea led t he " r ea l" Ro s well d ebr i s a n d s u b-
s t i t u t ed a bea t - u p r a d a r t a r g et i n i t s s t ea d . Bu t s i n c e t hes e
t a r g et s wer e n o t u s ed f o r r o u t i n e met eo r o lo g i c a l o bs er v a t i o n s ,
a n d wer e n o t s u ppli ed t o t he wea t her s q u a d r o n s o n a r o u t i n e
ba s i s , wher e d i d t he Fo r t Wo r t h per s o n n el f i n d o n e t o s u bs t i -
t u t e f o r t he wr ec k a g e f r o m t he a li en s pa c es hi p, whi c h, c o i n c i -
d en t a lly , bo r e a r ema r k a ble r es embla n c e t o t he r a d a r t a r g et s ?
The t a r g et s wer e n o t a v a i la ble ei t her a t Fo r t Wo r t h Ar my Ai r
Fi eld o r Ro s well Ar my Ai r Fi eld . N ew Y o r k Un i v er s i t y ( N Y U)
Ba llo o n Gr o u p per s o n n el, o per a t i n g o u t o f Ala mo g o r d o Ar my
Ai r Fi eld , wer e u s i n g t hes e t a r g et s , bu t t he per s o n n el a t Fo r t
Wo r t h ha d n o k n o wled g e o f t hei r wo r k . So wher e d i d t hey d i g
u p s o me o f t he t a r g et s ? The o bv i o u s a n s wer i s t ha t t hey
d i d n t . The d ebr i s d epi c t ed i n t hs Ro s weli pho t o g r a phs i s H i ; :
ma l
d ebr i s W. W. Br a z el r ec o v er ed , a n d t he v er y s a me d ebr i s
Ma j o r Ma r c el br o u g ht t o Ro s well Ar my Ai r Fi eld , a n d s u bs e-
q u en t ly f lew t o Fo r t Wo r t h
Bu t t he Ro s well pho t o g r a phs r ev ea l o t her ev i d en c e. Pr o -
f es s o r C ha r les B. Mo o r e, who hea d ed t he N Y U ba llo o n t ea m
i n N ew Mex i c o i n J u n e- J u ly 1 94 7 , ex a mi n ed t he pho t o g r a phs
a n d r ea c hed s ev er a l r elev a n t c o n c lu s i o n s . Fi r s t , he r ec o g n i z ed
t he ba llo o n ma t er i a l a s ha v i n g c o me f r o m s o u n d i n g ba llo o n s .
The r a d a r t a r g et s wer e " Pi lo t Ba llo o n Ta r g et s " a n d o n e mi g ht
r ea s o n a bly ex pec t t hem t o be f lo wn o n pi lo t ba llo o n s . Fly i n g
t hem o n c lu s t er s o f s o u n d i n g ba llo o n s wa s u n o r t ho d o x , a n d a s
f a r a s Pr o f es s o r Mo o r e wa s a wa r e, o n ly hi s ba lt o o n g r o u p wa s
ma k i n g t hes e u n o r t ho d o x f li g ht s i n N ew Mex i c o a t t he t i me.
In a d d i t i o n , wher ea s t he pi lo t ba llo o n s g en er a lly i n u s e a t
t ha t t i me wer e a ll pi g men t ed t o a i d v i s u a l t r a c k i n g , t he s o u n d -
i n g ba llo o n s wer e u n pi g men t ed t o eli mi n a t e a s ma n y i mpu r i -
t i es f r o m t he n eo pr en e a s po s s i ble, i n o r d er t o a t t a i n t he hi g h-
es t a lt i t u d es po s s i ble. The u n pi g men t ed s o u n d i n g ba llo o n s d e-
t er i o r a t ed a f t er ex po s u r e t o s u n li g ht , a n d d i s c o lo r ed i n t he
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t o r r o n e o u s i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n t h e s t a t e m e n t t h e
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d e t e r i o r a t e t o t h e p o i n t w h e r e i t w o u l d " a l m o s t l o o k
l i k e d a r k g r a y o r b l a c k f l a k e s o r a s h e s a f t e r e x p o s u r e t o t h e
s u n f o r o n l y a f e w d a y s [ e m p h a s i s a d d e d ] . " I n f a c t , i t t o o k a
f e w m o n t h s f o r t h e b a l l o o n m a t e r i a l t o d e t e r i o r a t e t o t h e p o i n t
w h e r e i t r e s e m b l e d c h a r r e d p a p e r . I t b e c a m e b r i t t l e a n d
w o u l d f l a k e e a s i l y , a n d c o u l d e a s i l y b e m i s t a k e n f o r s o m e t h i n g
t h a t h a d b e e n i n a f i r e , a l t h o u g h i t w o u l d n o t b e p r e c i s e t o c a l l
i t a s h . P r o f e s s o r M o o r e f u r n i s h e d m e w i t h m a t e r i a l f r o m a
s o u n d i n g b a l l o o n h e e x p o s e d t o Ne w M e x i c o s u n l i g h t f o r
J o o r . .
m o n t h s w h i c h d i s p l a y e d t h e s e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s .
A f t e r e x a m i n i n g t h e R o s w e l l p h o t o g r a p h s , P r o f e s s o r M o o r e
c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e d e p t h o f d a r k e n i n g o f t h e b a l l o o n m a t e r i a l
i s c o n s i s t e n t w i t h a n e a r l y J u n e l a u n c h . T h i s , i n t u r n , i s c o n -
s i s t e n t w i t h t h e n e w s p a p e r a c c o u n t s , a p p a r e n t l y b a s e d o n M a -
j o r M a r c e l s s t a t e m e n t s t o t h e p r e s s a t t h e t i m e , t h a t B r a z e l
h a d d i s c o v e r e d t h e d e b r i s o n J u n e 1 4 t h .
T h e r e i s n o d i s p u t i n g t h e f a c t t h a t t h e b a l l o o n m a t e r i a l
s h o w n i n t h e R o s w e l l p h o t o g r a p h s h a d b e e n e x p o s e d t o s u n -
l i g h t f o r s e v e r a l w e e k s . p r d i n a r y s o u n d i n g b a l l o o n s a r e c o n -
s i d e r e d e x p e n d a b l e e q u i p m e n t . No b o d y g o e s s e a r c h i n g f o r
t h e m o n c e t h e y r e l a u n c h e d . T h e b a l l o o n s a r e n o t r e c o v e r e d
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u s e d b a l l o o n m a t e r i a l . So , h o w d i d t h e p e r s o n n e l a t F o r t
W o r t h k n o w o f P r o f e s s o r M o o r e s u n o r t h o d o x b a l l o o n f l i g h t s .
a n d w h e r e d i d t h e y f i n d s o u n d i n g b a l l o o n m a t e r i a l t h a t h a d
b e e n e x p o s e d t o t h e s u n f o r s e v e r a l w e e k s , s o t h a t i t c o u l d b e
s u b s t i t u t e d f o r t h e " r e a l " R o s w e l l d e b r i s ? A g a i n , t h e a n s w e r i s
s i m p l e . No s u b s t i t u t i o n w a s m a d e . T h e R o s w e l l p h o t o g r a p h s
s h o w t h e
l J H I l
R o s w e l l d e b r i s , a n d t h e p h o t o g r a p h s s h o w m a t e -
r i a l f r o m o n e o r m o r e r a d a r t a r g e t s , a n d m a t e r i a l f r o m o n e o r
m o r e s o u n d i n g b a l l o o n s t h a t h a d b e e n e x p o s e d t o s u n l i g h t f o r
s e v e r a l w e e k s .
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r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e t o t h e p e r s o n n e l a t F o r t W o r t h A r m y A i r
F i e l d , c e r t a i n l y n o t o n s u c h s h o r t n o t i c e . So f e w A i r F o r c e
p e r s o n n e l w e r e f a m i l i a r w i t h t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f r a d a r t a r g e t s
t h a t i t i s r i d i c u l o u s t o s u g g e s t t h a t s o m e b o d y a c t u a l l y r e c o m -
m e n d e d s u b s t i t u t i n g r a d a r t a r g e t s f o r t h e " r e a l " R o s w e l l d e -
b r i s . E v e n t h e R o s w e l l w i t n e s s e s w h o i n s i s t t h e y h a n d l e d t h e
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d e b r i s s a y t h e d e b r i s d e p i c t e d i n t h e p h o t o g r a p h s
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i s n o t t h e s a m e , w h i c h i s n t t e r r i b l y s u r p r i s i n g a f t e r t h e p a s -
s a g e o f n e a r l y f i v e d e c a d e s .
F u r t h e r m o r e , t h e A i r F o r c e d i d n o t l i e w h e n t h e y s t a t e d
t h a t w h a t t h e r a n c h e r r e c o v e r e d w a s a w e a t h e r b a l l o o n , G e n -
e r a l D u B o s e s s t a t e m e n t s n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g . T o t h e e x t e n t t h a t
t h e b a l l o o n s w e r e b e i n g u s e d t o c a r r y s c i e n t i f i c i n s t r u m e n t s
b e i n g d e v e l o p e d t o d e t e c t c o m p r e s s i o n a l w a v e s f r o m So v i e t
a t o m i c e x p l o s i o n s , a n d t h e r a d a r t a r g e t s w e r e b e i n g u s e d t o
t r a c k t h e p o s i t i o n o f t h e b a l l o o n s
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b r i s w a s f r o m a w e a t h e r b a l l o o n w a s a l i t t l e m i s l e a d i n g a s t o
t h e p u r p u s e o w h i c h i t w a s b 6 i n g p u t , b u t i t w a s t i l e t r u t h .
A n o t h e r f l a w i n R o d e g h i e r a n d C h e s n e y s a r t i c l e i s t h e i r
a t t e m p t t o c a l l i n t o q u e s t i o n t h e r e c o l l e c t i o n s o f P r o j e c t M o g u l
p e r s o n n e l w h o r e c a l l t h e t a p e w i t h t h e p i n k i s h - p u r p l i s h s y m -
b o l s . T h i s m a n e u v e r s e e m s t o b e d i r e c t e d p r i m a r i l y a t P r o f e s -
s o r M o o r e , w h o d r e w t h e s y m b o l s a t m y r e q u e s t , a n d s h o w e d
h o w t h e t a p e w a s a p p l i e d t o t h e t a r g e t s . O n e o f P r o f e s s o r
M o o r e s d r a w i n g s a p p e a r s i n t h e A i r F o r c e r e p o r t .
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d o c u m e n t a t i o n e x i s t s , t h e r e i s n o p a p e r o r p h y s i c a l e v i d e n c e t o
p r o v e c o n c l u s i v e l y t h a t t h e p u r p l i s h - p i n k t a p e , f o r e x a m p l e ,
w a s u s e d i n c o n s t r u c t i n g t h e b a l l o o n t r a i n s . " T h e t a p e w a s n c t
u s e d t o c o n s t r u c t t h e b a l l o o n t r a i n s , a s R o d e g h i e r a n d
C h e s n e y p u t i t . T h e t a p e w a s u s e d b y t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r o f t h e
r a d a r t a r g e t s a s r e i n f o r c e m e n t o n t h e t a r g e t s t h a t w e r e f l o w n
o n t h e b a l l o o n t r a i n s . T h a t a s i d e , u n l i k e t h e w i t n e s s e s t o t h e
" a l i e n
w r i t i n g , " w h o s e t e s t i m o n y R o d e g h i e r a n d C h e s n e y e a -
g e r l y a c c e p t , e v e n t h o u g h t h e w i t n e s s e s s a w t h e w r i t i n g o n
o n l y o n e o c c a s i o n , P r o f e s s o r M o o r e , f o r e x a m p l e , u s e d t h e
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J u n e 1 9 4 7 a n d 1 9 5 2 . Si n c e m u l t i p l e t a r g e t s w e r e u s e d . w e
c o u l d b e t a l k i n g a b o u t s e v e r a l h u n d r e d t a r g e t s w i t h t h e p e c u -
l i a r t a p e , w h i c h c a u g h t P r o f e s s o r M o o r e s a t t e n t i o n u p o n h i s
e v e r y u s e o f t h e t a r g e t s . Y e t , i n t h e i r a t t e m p t t o d i s c r e d i t t h e
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s e v e r a l h u n d r e d f i r s t h a n d o b s e r v a t i o n s o f t h e t a p e w i t h t h e
p i n k i s h - p u r p l i s h s y m b o l s i n f a v o r o f t h e o n e - t i m e o b s e r v a t i o n s
o f t h e " a l i e n w r i t i n g . "
I t s h o u l d b e n o t e d t h a t p e r s o n n e l w h o w o r k e d w i t h t h e
r a d a r t a r g e t s , b u t w h o h a d n o c o n n e c t i o n w i t h P r o j e c t M o g u l ,
a l s o r e c a l l t h e p e c u l i a r t a p e w i t h t h e p i n k i s h - p u r p l i s h s y m b o l s .
T h e p h o t o g r a p h s a r e t h e b e s t , m o s t r e l i a b l e e v i d e n c e f o r
w h a t W . W . B r a z e l f o u n d o n t h e F o s t e r R a n c h , a n d t h e n e w s -
p a p e r a c c o u n t s f u r n i s h t h e b e s t , m o s t r e l i a b l e a c c o u n t o f t h e
s e q u e n c e o f e v e n t s t h a t o c c u r r e d b a c k i n J u l y o f 1 9 4 7 . T h e
c r a s h e d - s a u c e r p r o m o t e r s t e n d t o d i s m i s s t h e n e w s p a p e r
a c -
c o u n t s b e c a u s e t h e y d i s p u t e t h e " a l i e n s p a c e s h i p " e x p l a n a t i o n .
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t i o n i n t h o s e n e w s p a p e r s t o r i e s w a s f u r n i s h e d b y M a j o r M a r c e l
h i m s e l f . I n s t e a d , t h e c r a s h e d - s a u c e r p r o m o t e r s a c t i v e l y p r o -
m o t e t h e i d e a t h a t G e n e r a l R a m e y t o l d M a r c e l t o k e e p h i s
m o u t h s h u t a n d n o t t a l k t o t h e p r e s s . T h i s m a y i n d e e d b e
t r u e , b u t i f i t i s , t h e n M a r c e l s p o k e t o t h e p r e s s i n R o s w e l l ,
b e f o r e t h e o f f i c i a l c o v e r - u p w a s i n s t i t u t e d .
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a n y t h i n g a b o u t i t u n t i l h e w e n t i n t o C o r o n a o n Sa t u r d a y n i g h t ,
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o f f e r e d f o r a g e n u i n e f l y i n g s a u c e r . W e r e a s o n a b l y c a n a s -
s u m e B r a z e l , h a v i n g r e c e n t l y f o u n d t h e s i l v e r y d e b r i s o n t h e
r e m o t e r a n c h , p u t t w o a n d t w o t o g e t h e r a n d c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e
d e b r i s h e f o u n d m u s t h a v e c o m e f r o m o n e o f t h e s i l v e r y d i s c s .
A l t h o u g h h e h a d f o u n d w e a t h e r b a l l o o n s o n t h e r a n c h b e f o r e .
n e i t h e r i n c l u d e d t h e u n u s u a l r a d a r t a r g e t s , w h i c h i n n o w a y
r e s e m b l e a w e a t h e r b a l l o o n . F o r B r a z e l , t h e f l y i n g d i s c e x p l a -
n a t i o n w o n b y d e f a u l t .
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d i s c c o n t e x t , a n d t h a t t h e s h e r i f f t u r n e d a r o u n d a n d p r e s e n t e d
B r a z e l s s t o r y t o R o s w e l l A r m y A i r F i e l d a n d M a j o r M a r c e l i n
a f l y i n g d i s c c o n t e x t . Si n c e M a j o r M a r c e l h a d n e v e r s e e n a
r a d a r t a r g e t b e f o r e , a n d s i n c e t h e t a r g e t s i n n o w a y r e s e m b l e
a w e a t h e r b a l l o o n , h e , t o o , w a s n o t a b l e t o i d e n t i f y t h e d e b r i s ,
a n d , o n c e a g a i n . t h e f l y i n g d i s c e x p l a n a t i o n w o n b y d e f a u l t .
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t a p e o n l y a d d e d t o t h e m y s t e r y .
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t a r g e t b e f o r e .
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d e f a u l t b e c a u s e n o b o d y
w h o e x a m i n e d t h e d e b r i s i n R o s w e l l h a d e v e r s e e n o n e o f t h e
u n u s u a l r a d a r t a r g e t s b e f o r e . B e c a u s e t h e d e b r i s h a d b e e n
l o c a t e e ; 01 1 a : e r n o t a s t c t i o n o f a r e m o t e r a n c h , t h e p e o p l e : : 0
v o l v e d r e a s o n a b l y c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e d e b r i s h a d n t w a l k e d
t h e r e o n i t s o w n , a n d t h a t , w h a t e v e r i t w a s , i t h a d f a l l e n f r o m
t h e s k y . C o n t r i b u t i n g t o t h e e r r o n e o u s i d e n t i f i c a t i o n w e r e t h e
w i d e s p r e a d r a d i o a n d n e w s p a p e r r e p o r t s o f f l y i n g s a u c e r s i g h t -
i n g s . I f a n a i r o f h y s t e r i a d i d n o t e x i s t , c e r t a i n l y a n a i r o f e x -
c i t e m e n t a n d e x p e c t a t i o n d i d .
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e r s i g n o r e M a r c e l s e a r l i e r s t a t e m e n t s i n f a v o r o f h i s s t a t e -
m e n t s m a d e t h i r t y - p l u s y e a r s a f t e r t h e e v e n t o c c u r r e d .
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