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00:00:00Records also tell us that during the reign of Charlemagne, there were many accounts of encounters with tyrants of the

00:00:07air and their aerial ships.

00:00:09These accounts so concerned Charlemagne that those reporting such strange phenomena were subject to torture and death.

00:00:17Here is one recorded event given between the 8th and 9th century in France.

00:00:24One day, among other instances, it chanced at Lyon that three men and a woman were seen descending from these

00:00:31aerial ships.

00:00:32The entire city gathered about them, saying that they were magicians sent by Charlemagne's enemy to destroy the French harvest.

00:00:39In vain, the four innocents sought to vindicate themselves, saying that they were their own country folk

00:00:45and had been carried away a short time since by miraculous men who had shown them unheard of marvels.

00:00:51Luckily, the Bishop of Lyon pronounced the incident as false, saying it was not true these men had fallen from

00:00:57the sky

00:00:57and what the townfolks said they had seen there was impossible.

00:01:01The people believed what their good bishop said rather than their own eyes

00:01:04and set at liberty the four ambassadors from the ship.

00:01:08The date was November 12th, the year 1887.

00:01:13The time was near midnight aboard the sailing ship Siberian

00:01:17when it was reported that several people aboard ship witnessed a huge sphere of fire.

00:01:25It was observed arising out of the ocean.

00:01:28It rose to an altitude of 16 meters,

00:01:32then flew against the wind and came close to the ship,

00:01:36then dashed off toward the southeast.

00:01:39This sighting lasted a full five minutes.

00:01:45Within the years 1896 and 97,

00:01:49mysterious airships were reported all across the United States.

00:01:53In Oakland, California, a group of streetcar passengers reported a winged cigar

00:01:58that sent out a stream of bright light.

00:02:00The sighting spread through Colorado, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa,

00:02:05and many other states, particularly in the Midwest.

00:02:08On April 11th, 1897,

00:02:11Walter McCann of Rogers Park, a few miles north of Chicago,

00:02:15took a photograph of an airship.

00:02:17The New York Herald, as well as the Chicago Herald Tribune,

00:02:20pronounced the plates as being genuine and not a fake.

00:02:26Dr. Jacques Vallée, international authority on the UFO experience.

00:02:32The first thing I'd like to dispel

00:02:33is a frequent misconception that UFOs are limited to this country.

00:02:38Very often people ask me,

00:02:40how come I never hear about UFOs in other parts of the world?

00:02:43How come we only hear about UFOs in America?

00:02:47Well, UFOs are not an American phenomenon.

00:02:49They are a worldwide phenomenon.

00:02:51That's one of their most dramatic characteristics.

00:02:55The first major wave of sightings,

00:02:58and sightings tend to come in very intense series

00:03:01over a couple of months,

00:03:03over a given region of the world.

00:03:05The first such major wave occurred over Scandinavia in 1946.

00:03:13There was a major wave in this country in 1947,

00:03:16mainly in the Western states.

00:03:18And then there have been waves in the U.S. in 1950,

00:03:221952, and so on.

00:03:24And there have been intense concentrations of sightings

00:03:26in Africa,

00:03:28in Latin America,

00:03:30in Mexico,

00:03:31in the Soviet Union,

00:03:33in the People's Republic of China,

00:03:35Australia, New Zealand, and on and on and on.

00:03:38I don't know of any single country

00:03:40that has not had a series of UFO sightings.

00:03:44May 1975, Manitoba, Canada.

00:03:47Unidentified flying objects have been reported

00:03:50over the small town of Carmen.

00:03:52The objects have been seen by many witnesses

00:03:54over a period of several weeks.

00:03:56May 13th, 1975.

00:03:59Cameraman Alan Carr,

00:04:01of station CKY in Manitoba,

00:04:04photographs two separate sightings over Carmen

00:04:07in front of four witnesses.

00:04:08The first sighting occurs at approximately 10.30 p.m.

00:04:13The object appears to be stationary

00:04:15just above the ground.

00:04:17Then, almost simultaneous,

00:04:19with a flash which appears in the sky,

00:04:21the object moves north at blinding speed.

00:04:25Only when the film is later analyzed in slow motion,

00:04:28does Carr realize what he has captured photographically.

00:04:33Approximately an hour later,

00:04:35a second sighting occurs.

00:04:37The object appears over a group of trees

00:04:40and moves from left to right

00:04:42at an apparently low relative altitude to the horizon.

00:04:46Again, slow motion analysis provides

00:04:49a fascinating study of this unexplained event.

00:04:54On June 30th, 1973,

00:04:57Jean Bégo of the Astrophysical Institute

00:04:59flew over Chad aboard the Concorde

00:05:02packed full of scientists and scientific apparatus.

00:05:05At 17,000 meters altitude,

00:05:08in the twilight of a total eclipse,

00:05:11Mr. Bégo photographed the horizon with his camera.

00:05:19When the photo was enlarged,

00:05:22one of the slides showed what you're now seeing.

00:05:24If you look closely at this photograph,

00:05:26it resembles exactly what has been cited

00:05:29by many Americans during 1973 and 74.

00:05:35Although NASA takes no official position

00:05:38as to the UFO phenomena and their probable explanation,

00:05:41nevertheless, there remains on the record

00:05:43several unexplainable sightings

00:05:45by Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab astronauts.

00:05:48The first sighting occurred during Gemini 4 in June of 1965.

00:05:53Astronaut Jim McDivitt suddenly spotted a cylindrical object

00:05:57with arms and antennae,

00:05:59and when seen against the day sky,

00:06:01it appeared white or silvery.

00:06:03The object then appeared to be moving toward the craft.

00:06:06Suddenly, they lost sight of it.

00:06:08During the sighting,

00:06:09the astronauts were able to take these photographs

00:06:11and movie films of the UFO.

00:06:14Gemini 5, later that year,

00:06:17after three days and five hours into their mission,

00:06:20were contacted by Houston Control Center,

00:06:22advising the astronauts that Houston had picked up

00:06:25and was tracking another object,

00:06:27which was pacing Gemini across the entire United States.

00:06:30They estimated the UFO between 2,000 to 10,000 yards

00:06:35from the craft,

00:06:36and as large as the Gemini craft itself.

00:06:39Because of the limitations of viewing area

00:06:42aboard their capsule,

00:06:43no visual contact was made.

00:06:46Radar continued to track the object

00:06:48until they passed the Ascension Islands in the Atlantic.

00:06:51It then disappeared.

00:06:53Gemini 10 crew, Collins and Young,

00:06:56picked up objects traveling together in orbit.

00:06:58A positive identification has, to date, not been made.

00:07:03This photo was taken during the Gemini 11 flight

00:07:06on the 18th Revolution,

00:07:0727 hours and 47 minutes after liftoff.

00:07:11September 13, 1966.

00:07:14This UFO was tracked visually and recorded on film by the crew

00:07:18and is truly considered unidentified

00:07:21by the photo interpretation experts at NASA.

00:07:25Perhaps the strongest and most spectacular

00:07:27of all the sightings took place aboard Apollo 11

00:07:30on its way to the moon for the first moon landing.

00:07:33The ship was one day out.

00:07:35On July 16, 1969,

00:07:38when they spotted an unusual object,

00:07:41it had a sizable dimension to it.

00:07:43At first, the crew thought it was the Saturn IV booster rocket

00:07:47and called Houston for confirmation.

00:07:49Houston informed them the booster in question

00:07:52was some 6,000 miles away.

00:07:54The object remains unknown.

00:07:57During the Skylab 3 second manned flight

00:08:01on the 23rd day of 1973,

00:08:04at sunrise,

00:08:05a series of four exposures were made by the crew

00:08:08of a visually sighted unidentified flying object,

00:08:11or satellite,

00:08:12as considered by the NASA Photo Interpretation Laboratory.

00:08:15the Skylab crew noticed a large star-shaped object

00:08:19brighter than a planet or star.

00:08:22They watched it for about 10 minutes.

00:08:24They estimated its distance

00:08:26is from 30 to 50 nautical miles from Skylab.

00:08:29It, too, remains an unknown,

00:08:32despite North American air defense

00:08:34and NASA's attempt to identify it.

00:08:36And that it is time that world governments

00:08:39officially acknowledge...

00:08:43Among the thousands of military men in recent times

00:08:46who lost their lives while on the service of their country,

00:08:49the circumstances surrounding Captain Mantell's death

00:08:52are indeed extraordinary.

00:08:54This experienced military pilot

00:08:56who'd flown in the invasion in Normandy

00:08:58in numerous missions over the Ryan under heavy attack

00:09:01would take with him to his death

00:09:03perhaps the closest glimpse

00:09:06of what was thought to be a UFO.

00:09:09The date is January the 7th, 1948.

00:09:13The time is 2 o'clock in the afternoon

00:09:15here at the Gardner and Air Force Base

00:09:18just outside of Louisville, Kentucky.

00:09:21A Kentucky state policeman calls in

00:09:24to report what he has sighted.

00:09:26It's an unusual aircraft.

00:09:28Circular in appearance.

00:09:31Approximately 250 to 300 feet in diameter.

00:09:35I'd say it's moving westwardly at a pretty good clip.

00:09:37Any information?

00:09:38Negative.

00:09:39I will check with our commanding officer.

00:09:42Instructions were given to contact nearby Wright-Patterson Air Base

00:09:46to see if they had any experimental aircraft up in that area.

00:09:50Flight test.

00:09:51We have no experimental aircraft in the area.

00:09:53The reports still continue to come in from adjoining towns.

00:09:57At 1.45 p.m., it happens.

00:10:02It's very white and looks like an umbrella.

00:10:05I don't know what it is.

00:10:07Through the binocs, it appears to have a red border at the bottom at times

00:10:11and a red border at the top at times.

00:10:13At approximately 2.30 p.m., a flight of Air Force P-51s come into view.

00:10:19The base commander decides to contact the flight leader, Captain Mantell.

00:10:25This is Godman, base commander.

00:10:27Roger, Godman Tower.

00:10:28This is NG-869, flight leader.

00:10:31NG-869 from Godman Tower.

00:10:34We have an object out south of Godman here that we were unable to identify.

00:10:38We'd like you to take a look for it.

00:10:39Roger, I will take a look for you if you give me the correct reading.

00:10:43Mantell moves ahead of its wingmen.

00:10:45The tower advises the flight leader to correct his course 5 degrees to the left

00:10:49to 210 degrees from Godman Tower.

00:10:53Godman Tower, this is flight leader NG-869, Captain Mantell.

00:10:58Object traveling at half my speed and directly ahead of me and above.

00:11:03And I'm closing in to take a good look.

00:11:05Can you give us a description?

00:11:08Here's the challenge, and to be of tremendous sight, I'm going to 20,000 feet.

00:11:13The other pilots level off under 15,000 feet and start down.

00:11:18At approximately 3.15 p.m., Godman Tower loses sight of the UFO.

00:11:25Five minutes later, the report came in that Captain Mantell's plane had crashed.

00:11:30He was found dead.

00:11:31His watch had stopped at 3.10 p.m. that afternoon.

00:11:36What was it that caused this experienced pilot to become intrigued with an object

00:11:41that he would unwittingly give his life pursuing?

00:11:47Six months later, a cylindrical-shaped object giving off a phosphorescent glow

00:11:52was to be sighted in the night sky over Robbins Air Force Base in Georgia.

00:11:56At 2.45 a.m., Captain C.S. Childs and First Officer J.B. Whitted

00:12:01were piloting a routine Eastern Airlines flight number 576 from Houston to Atlanta

00:12:07when Whitted reports, we sighted an object coming toward us.

00:12:11This strange object had a stream of red fire coming from its tail,

00:12:16and I could see it was much larger than anything I had seen or read about.

00:12:20Childs then notices that the object had no wings supporting it.

00:12:24It passed us on the right side.

00:12:26Its speed was about 700 miles per hour.

00:12:29And both men get a very good look at this unusual object.

00:12:33It was about 100 feet long, shaped like a cigar.

00:12:37As it passed, they clearly saw two rows of windows,

00:12:40an upper and lower, that were large and square.

00:12:43During that evening, there was a third witness,

00:12:46the one passenger who was awake on that Eastern Airlines flight,

00:12:50Clarence McKelvey.

00:12:51I was startled, frightened.

00:12:55A male steward came to me and said,

00:12:58I notice you've been looking out the window.

00:13:00Will you talk to the pilot?

00:13:01And I said, well, of course.

00:13:03The pilot came down with his clipboard.

00:13:06He was visibly shaken.

00:13:08He told me that he had been a flyer in the war

00:13:11and had covered so many million miles of flight

00:13:15and had never seen anything like this before.

00:13:17What was it that I saw?

00:13:19I saw this object.

00:13:21It was cigar-shaped.

00:13:22It had a row of windows.

00:13:25Behind them, it was lit.

00:13:27Out of the rear was a cherry-red flame.

00:13:31This hair-raising experience was witnessed by three aircraft,

00:13:36a passenger, and ground observers added more corroboration.

00:13:40The conclusion of an air intelligence report

00:13:42was that the object remains unidentified

00:13:44as to origin, construction, and power source

00:13:47and goes into the record classified as unknown.

00:13:52This is the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

00:13:57And this man is Colonel Bill Coleman.

00:13:59He was chief of public information for the United States Air Force

00:14:02from 1969 to 1974.

00:14:06It was here at the Pentagon that the Defense Department

00:14:09first became interested in the UFO phenomenon.

00:14:11This occurred in the late 1940s

00:14:14with reports about objects and lights seen in the sky

00:14:17by military personnel and others.

00:14:19The Air Force decided to investigate the matter anyway.

00:14:23There was that one possibility that these flying objects

00:14:25could well be foreign weapons

00:14:27used for test purposes

00:14:29and might affect our national security.

00:14:34The investigative branch was called Project Sign.

00:14:37The project had only been underway for about two weeks

00:14:39when the Mantell crash had made headlines across the nation.

00:14:44The staff's investigation was far from complete,

00:14:46but public pressure was enormous.

00:14:48They were forced to come up with an answer

00:14:51to really quiet, growing speculation

00:14:53that Mantell had been killed

00:14:54by hostile aliens and some flying saucer.

00:14:58That's when we decided

00:14:59that Mantell had chased the planet Venus.

00:15:02However, this was an initial finding.

00:15:04The Chills and Whitted case

00:15:06had an impact on the Air Force project.

00:15:08It presented the first close-up account

00:15:10by highly reliable witnesses.

00:15:12The object described led some of the staff

00:15:15to postulate an extraterrestrial theory.

00:15:18And they wrote up an estimate of the situation,

00:15:20which at the time was classified top secret,

00:15:24suggesting that the saucers were from outer space.

00:15:28This theory was rejected

00:15:30by the Air Force Chief of Staff,

00:15:31General Hoyt Vandenberg,

00:15:32and even other Project Sign staff members,

00:15:35as not having enough proof.

00:15:37So the extraterrestrial visitation idea

00:15:39was dropped for the time being.

00:15:43It's been said in jest

00:15:44that if these UFOs are from other worlds

00:15:47and they wanted it to be known,

00:15:49all they'd have to do

00:15:49is land on the White House lawn.

00:15:52But an incredible incident

00:15:53too quickly forgotten in time

00:15:55took place over our Capitol.

00:15:57In 1952, Air Force spokesman

00:16:00for the Pentagon and UFOs at that time,

00:16:03Mr. Hal Chopp,

00:16:04relates the famous incident

00:16:05that stirred the Capitol,

00:16:07causing a request from even President Truman

00:16:09to be kept up to date

00:16:11on all the details.

00:16:13There were radar reports

00:16:15of unidentified flying objects

00:16:17over the nation's Capitol.

00:16:19We had three reports.

00:16:21One came from Andrews Air Force Base

00:16:23radar control room

00:16:25and two from the radar controls

00:16:27at Washington National Airport.

00:16:30The first sightings consisted

00:16:32of a number of unidentified targets

00:16:34picked up on radar.

00:16:35Then a call was placed

00:16:37from National

00:16:38to the Andrews Air Force Base

00:16:41flight controllers.

00:16:42They were apparently tracking

00:16:43the same targets.

00:16:45Then Andrews reported

00:16:47a visual observation

00:16:48of three objects

00:16:49that were apparently

00:16:51in the same position

00:16:52as those indicated

00:16:54by our radar sets.

00:16:56The targets stayed on radar

00:16:58until about 12.30 a.m.

00:17:01They moved slowly at first,

00:17:03about 100 to 200 miles per hour.

00:17:05Then one of the targets

00:17:07sped away at a fantastic rate of speed.

00:17:11It moved west

00:17:12from Andrews toward Riverdale.

00:17:16The estimated speed

00:17:17was 7,300 miles per hour.

00:17:20At this time

00:17:22in the tower

00:17:24we had about seven targets

00:17:26on the radar scope.

00:17:28These unidentified objects

00:17:30were flying all over the city.

00:17:32They even violated

00:17:33the restricted air corridors

00:17:35here over the White House

00:17:37and over the Capitol building.

00:17:39The phenomena wasn't to subside.

00:17:41The following Saturday night,

00:17:43July 26th,

00:17:44a repeat performance

00:17:46unsettles the Capitol again.

00:17:47I was awakened

00:17:49the following Saturday night

00:17:50around midnight

00:17:51by a telephone call

00:17:53to my home in Virginia.

00:17:54It was the public information officer

00:17:57for the Federal Aviation Authority.

00:17:59He told me

00:18:00the air traffic control radars

00:18:03were again picking up

00:18:04a large number of UFOs

00:18:06over the Capitol area.

00:18:07First they would follow

00:18:09a definite flight path

00:18:10and then they would

00:18:11suddenly disappear.

00:18:12Others would come into view

00:18:14just as suddenly.

00:18:15I placed a phone call

00:18:17to the command post

00:18:18in the Pentagon

00:18:19and I asked for an intercept.

00:18:22About 2.40 a.m.

00:18:24we got a radio call

00:18:26from a flight of the F-94s.

00:18:29Two aircraft in the flight.

00:18:31They also,

00:18:32at about that moment,

00:18:33appeared on our scope.

00:18:35And at that moment,

00:18:36a very frightening thing

00:18:38happened to us.

00:18:39All of our unknown traffic

00:18:42completely disappeared

00:18:43the moment those aircraft

00:18:44came on the scope.

00:18:46The flight leader called in

00:18:47and said,

00:18:48well, it doesn't look like

00:18:49we're going to do any good here,

00:18:50so we're going to go back to base.

00:18:52And at the very moment

00:18:54those aircraft disappeared,

00:18:56all of our unknown traffic

00:18:58appeared again on our scope.

00:19:00And again,

00:19:01it was a very frightening experience.

00:19:03We called Andrews Air Force Base

00:19:05and they reported

00:19:06exactly the same thing

00:19:08happened to their scope.

00:19:10At 10 a.m.

00:19:11on the morning

00:19:11after the sighting,

00:19:13General Landry,

00:19:14at the request of President Truman,

00:19:16called intelligence

00:19:16to find out

00:19:17what was happening

00:19:18over Washington.

00:19:19It was the largest

00:19:20and longest press conference

00:19:22held in the Pentagon

00:19:23since World War II.

00:19:26General Samford

00:19:27headed the conference

00:19:28and said that he was

00:19:29personally satisfied

00:19:30that the radar scope sightings

00:19:31were the result

00:19:32of temperature inversions,

00:19:33which are known

00:19:34and account for certain blips

00:19:36on radar.

00:19:37Although this was the conclusion

00:19:39of the Air Force investigations,

00:19:41interestingly enough,

00:19:42the actual report

00:19:43begins with this opening comment,

00:19:46a study of the various reports

00:19:48regarding the subject.

00:19:49Radar sightings do not allow

00:19:51a positive and final explanation

00:19:53to be made.

00:19:56The CIA now would enter the picture

00:19:58by convening a panel

00:20:00of top scientists

00:20:01to examine the UFO phenomenon.

00:20:03The CIA's concern was

00:20:06that recent waves of sightings

00:20:07might constitute a threat

00:20:09to our national security.

00:20:10The thinking was

00:20:11that the enemy

00:20:12could exploit UFOs

00:20:14as a decoy

00:20:15in the preparation

00:20:16for an attack

00:20:16on the United States.

00:20:18Five outstanding scientists

00:20:20and various Air Force

00:20:21and CIA representatives

00:20:23were to meet on Wednesday,

00:20:24January 14, 1953.

00:20:26Among the panel members

00:20:28was one associate member

00:20:29who was destined

00:20:30to have more experience

00:20:31with the UFO phenomena

00:20:32than any other American scientist

00:20:34to date.

00:20:35Dr. J. Allen Hynek,

00:20:37astrophysicist

00:20:38and head of the Astronomy Department

00:20:39of Northwestern University.

00:20:43I was called into the meeting

00:20:45on Thursday.

00:20:46The panel members

00:20:48were seated

00:20:48around this table.

00:20:50It was a rather somber

00:20:52and impressive occasion,

00:20:53actually.

00:20:55I was a junior member

00:20:56and I remember feeling

00:20:57considerably nervous

00:20:59and apprehensive

00:21:00about being in front

00:21:01of this powerhouse

00:21:02of scientists.

00:21:03But then for the past four years

00:21:05I had been scientific advisor

00:21:07to the U.S. Air Force

00:21:08on this very problem.

00:21:10There were two films

00:21:11that were of particular interest

00:21:13to the panel at that time.

00:21:16One was a film taken

00:21:17by a Navy officer

00:21:19while on vacation in Utah,

00:21:21near Tremont in Utah.

00:21:22And the other was a film

00:21:23taken in Great Falls, Montana

00:21:26by the owner

00:21:27of the local baseball team.

00:21:29The Utah film

00:21:31had already been subjected

00:21:32to some thousand

00:21:33or so man hours

00:21:35of analysis

00:21:35by the Navy's

00:21:37Photographic Interpretation Laboratory.

00:21:45The panel

00:21:47got up in their chairs

00:21:48and crouched around

00:21:49the walls

00:21:50to examine the films

00:21:51and they asked

00:21:51to have the films run

00:21:52several times

00:21:53as a matter of fact.

00:21:55Now the Navy

00:21:56had on the basis

00:21:57of their detailed analysis

00:21:59of the Utah films

00:22:01they had concluded

00:22:02that the objects

00:22:03shown in the films

00:22:04could not be

00:22:05birds, balloons,

00:22:06aircraft and so forth

00:22:07but indeed

00:22:07that they were

00:22:08self-luminous

00:22:09unidentified objects.

00:22:13Despite this conclusion

00:22:15the panel rejected it

00:22:17and concluded

00:22:18that the objects

00:22:19were birds.

00:22:20They couldn't be unidentified

00:22:21therefore they had

00:22:22to be birds.

00:22:25I came away

00:22:27from the meeting

00:22:28and from the room

00:22:29with the distinct feeling

00:22:30however

00:22:31that the panel

00:22:33had deliberately

00:22:34moved to debunk

00:22:36the whole subject

00:22:37and not to give it

00:22:39the serious

00:22:41scientific attention

00:22:42which it deserved.

00:22:46It seems the CIA

00:22:48was to become

00:22:49involved in the UFO

00:22:50phenomena again

00:22:51in a most unusual way.

00:22:54A series of episodes

00:22:55were to take place

00:22:57that up until

00:22:57the airing of this program

00:22:59were not public knowledge.

00:23:01The events

00:23:01were so bizarre

00:23:02that it's hard

00:23:03to conceive

00:23:04they happened

00:23:05to individuals

00:23:05associated with

00:23:06such no-nonsense

00:23:07organizations

00:23:08as the Office

00:23:09of Naval Intelligence

00:23:10and the CIA.

00:23:12This man is retired

00:23:13Lieutenant Colonel

00:23:14Robert Friend

00:23:15U.S. Air Force

00:23:16and former head

00:23:17of Project Blue Book.

00:23:19Friend now

00:23:20on the management

00:23:20staff of

00:23:21Celesco Industries

00:23:22Incorporated

00:23:23which builds

00:23:24and launches missiles

00:23:25for defense

00:23:26testing purposes.

00:23:28Friend now relates

00:23:29this most unusual

00:23:30experience.

00:23:31It was 1959

00:23:32when I was invited

00:23:33to attend the

00:23:34briefing and security

00:23:35portion of this building.

00:23:37It seems a retired

00:23:38rear admiral

00:23:39had introduced

00:23:40and that it is

00:23:40time that world

00:23:41governments

00:23:42officially acknowledged

00:23:43the

00:24:10her education

00:24:11could not possibly

00:24:12know the answers

00:24:13to.

00:24:14Yet,

00:24:15as the questions

00:24:16were put to her,

00:24:17she was able

00:24:17to answer easily

00:24:18with seeming

00:24:19telepathic help

00:24:20from these

00:24:21purported

00:24:22extraterrestrials.

00:24:24According to the report,

00:24:25she indicated

00:24:26there was an

00:24:26organization,

00:24:28OEEV,

00:24:29which meant

00:24:30Universal Association

00:24:31of Planets,

00:24:32and that organization

00:24:33had a project,

00:24:35UENSA,

00:24:35meaning Earth,

00:24:36which was being

00:24:38conducted.

00:24:39Then an unexpected

00:24:40turn took place.

00:24:41One of the naval

00:24:42officers was

00:24:43informed by the

00:24:44woman that they,

00:24:45the extraterrestrials,

00:24:47were willing to

00:24:47answer questions

00:24:48directly through him,

00:24:49a naval commander

00:24:50and intelligence

00:24:51officer with no

00:24:52prior experience

00:24:53in telepathic

00:24:54communication.

00:24:56He took over

00:24:57and attempted

00:24:58to write down

00:24:59the answers

00:24:59to questions

00:25:00put to him

00:25:01by his fellow

00:25:01naval officer.

00:25:02The word

00:25:03traveled back

00:25:04quickly to

00:25:05Washington

00:25:05officials

00:25:06and the

00:25:06very skeptical

00:25:07CIA.

00:25:08Nevertheless,

00:25:09there was no

00:25:10reason to

00:25:10totally disbelieve

00:25:11the report

00:25:12of this highly

00:25:13respected Navy

00:25:13commander.

00:25:15Questions were

00:25:15put to him

00:25:16such as,

00:25:17do you favor

00:25:18the government,

00:25:20religious group,

00:25:21or race,

00:25:22and would there

00:25:23be a third

00:25:23world war?

00:25:24The answer

00:25:25to both

00:25:25was no.

00:25:27The group

00:25:28then asked

00:25:29if they could

00:25:30see a spaceship

00:25:31and the commander

00:25:32still in a trance

00:25:34told them

00:25:34to go to the

00:25:35window and

00:25:36they would have

00:25:37proof.

00:25:38The group

00:25:38moved to the

00:25:39window where

00:25:40they supposedly

00:25:40observed a UFO.

00:25:42I was told

00:25:43that a call

00:25:44was made

00:25:44for radar

00:25:45confirmation.

00:25:46The reply

00:25:47came back

00:25:48that that

00:25:49particular

00:25:49quadrant of the

00:25:50area was

00:25:51blanked out

00:25:51on radar

00:25:52at the time.

00:25:53After being

00:25:54briefed on

00:25:55all of the

00:25:55details,

00:25:56I asked the

00:25:57commander if

00:25:57he would

00:25:57attempt a

00:25:58contact for

00:25:59me.

00:26:00He sat

00:26:01for several

00:26:01minutes and

00:26:02then appeared

00:26:03in the deep

00:26:04trance with

00:26:05his Adam's

00:26:05apple moving

00:26:06up and down

00:26:06rapidly.

00:26:08Questions were

00:26:09put to him

00:26:10and he answered

00:26:11them by printing

00:26:12in rather large

00:26:14letters using

00:26:15rapid but jerky

00:26:16motions.

00:26:17It wasn't at

00:26:18all like his

00:26:19natural hand.

00:26:21During the

00:26:22course of the

00:26:22questioning,

00:26:23we learned the

00:26:24names of some

00:26:25of the so-called

00:26:25extraterrestrials.

00:26:26one was

00:26:27Krill,

00:26:28C-R-L-L-L,

00:26:30another Alomar,

00:26:32A-L-O-M-A-R,

00:26:36and another

00:26:36AFA,

00:26:37A-F-F-A,

00:26:40purportedly

00:26:41from the

00:26:42planet Uranus.

00:26:43A case that

00:26:44just as well

00:26:44could have been

00:26:45written by a

00:26:46very imaginative

00:26:46science fiction

00:26:47writer.

00:26:48But here in

00:26:49my hand is

00:26:50the actual

00:26:50account of

00:26:51the incident

00:26:51by one of

00:26:52the agents

00:26:52present at

00:26:52that time.

00:26:53The names

00:26:54of seven men

00:26:55present are

00:26:56listed here.

00:26:57Because of the

00:26:58unusual nature

00:26:59of the incident

00:27:00and at their

00:27:00request, their

00:27:02names will remain

00:27:02confidential.

00:27:04Another reason

00:27:05for control of

00:27:06the Blue Book

00:27:06files was to

00:27:07protect the

00:27:08names of

00:27:08witnesses.

00:27:09To help

00:27:10satisfy public

00:27:11demand,

00:27:11periodic summary

00:27:12releases were

00:27:13made.

00:27:13We had no

00:27:14proof that we

00:27:15were indeed

00:27:16being visited

00:27:16by extraterrestrial

00:27:18vehicles under

00:27:19intelligent control.

00:27:20However, we

00:27:21couldn't prove

00:27:21that there weren't

00:27:22spaceships either.

00:27:23It created a

00:27:24dilemma for the

00:27:25Air Force.

00:27:27In 1966, an

00:27:29important incident

00:27:30takes place in

00:27:31Michigan.

00:27:32It creates

00:27:32enough of an

00:27:33uproar that

00:27:34President Gerald

00:27:35Ford would at

00:27:36that time call

00:27:37for a congressional

00:27:37hearing on UFOs.

00:27:40Here are excerpts

00:27:41from Ford's actual

00:27:42letter to the

00:27:42House Armed

00:27:43Services Committee.

00:27:44The Air Force

00:27:45sent a consultant,

00:27:47Dr. J.

00:27:47Allen Hynek, to

00:27:48investigate various

00:27:49reports, and he

00:27:51dismissed all of

00:27:51them as products of

00:27:52college student

00:27:53pranks, or swamp

00:27:54gas, or an

00:27:56impression created by

00:27:57the rising crescent

00:27:58moon and the

00:27:58planet Venus.

00:27:59I do not agree

00:28:01that all of these

00:28:01reports can be or

00:28:03should be so easily

00:28:04explained away.

00:28:05I am proposing

00:28:07that the Science and

00:28:08Astronautics Committee,

00:28:09or the Armed

00:28:10Services Committee of

00:28:11the House, schedule

00:28:12hearings on the

00:28:13subject of UFOs, and

00:28:15invite testimony from

00:28:16both the executive

00:28:17branch of government

00:28:18and some persons who

00:28:19claim to have seen

00:28:20UFOs.

00:28:21I think we owe it to

00:28:22the people to

00:28:23establish credibility

00:28:24regarding UFOs.

00:28:26Sincerely, Gerald R.

00:28:28Ford, Member of

00:28:30Congress.

00:28:31Congress acts on

00:28:33Ford's letter and

00:28:34holds an open hearing

00:28:35under the

00:28:35chairmanship of L.

00:28:36Mendel Rivers of the

00:28:38House Armed

00:28:38Services Committee.

00:28:39Only three persons

00:28:41are invited to

00:28:41testify.

00:28:43The Secretary of the

00:28:44Air Force, Dr. J.

00:28:45Allen Hynek, and

00:28:47Project Blue Book

00:28:48Head at the time,

00:28:49Colonel Hector

00:28:50Quintanilla.

00:28:51Hector Quintanilla

00:28:52relates the events

00:28:53and reports of the

00:28:54unusual sighting that

00:28:56led up to the

00:28:56Congressional hearing.

00:28:57There were two

00:28:58sightings, one at

00:29:00Hillsdale and the

00:29:01other one here at

00:29:01Dexter.

00:29:03Based upon the

00:29:04original reports from

00:29:05the Sheriff's

00:29:06Department, it all

00:29:07began at 8.35 p.m.

00:29:09on March 20th, when

00:29:11Frank Manor, who

00:29:12used to live over

00:29:13there, reported to

00:29:14the Sheriff's

00:29:15Office that he had

00:29:17seen a strange

00:29:17object in the

00:29:18swamp over there.

00:29:21According to the

00:29:22police report, the

00:29:24police officer and

00:29:25company with the

00:29:25complainant proceeded

00:29:28along territorial road

00:29:29until they reached

00:29:30Brant Road, at which

00:29:31time the turn left

00:29:33proceeded to the end

00:29:34of the road, secured

00:29:36their vehicle, got

00:29:38out of the

00:29:38automobile, proceeded

00:29:40along the cornfield

00:29:41keeping the trees

00:29:42lined to their

00:29:43left.

00:29:45Then they crossed an

00:29:46open field to the

00:29:47creek.

00:29:47They crossed the

00:29:48creek and reached

00:29:49this point, which

00:29:51was their vantage

00:29:51point, and observed

00:29:53the object.

00:29:54Frank Manor

00:29:55described the

00:29:56object as brown

00:29:58in color, quilted

00:30:00with a porthole in

00:30:02the center, sort of

00:30:04flat on the bottom,

00:30:05cone-shaped towards

00:30:06the top, two small

00:30:08lights, one at each

00:30:09in, one glowing

00:30:11bluish-green, the

00:30:12other one a brilliant

00:30:13red, with a glow at

00:30:15the bottom.

00:30:16Well, of course, by

00:30:17the time I arrived,

00:30:18the situation was so

00:30:20charged with emotion

00:30:21that it was impossible

00:30:23for me to do any

00:30:24really serious

00:30:24investigating.

00:30:25I had to fight my

00:30:27way through reporters

00:30:28to interview the

00:30:29witnesses.

00:30:29other sightings

00:30:30were reported over

00:30:31the area, and a

00:30:33solution from Dr.

00:30:34Hynek and Major

00:30:35Quintanella seemed

00:30:36in the offing.

00:30:37Well, the pressure

00:30:38was mounting for an

00:30:39official explanation.

00:30:41There were more

00:30:42than 60 newsmen

00:30:42jammed in at that

00:30:43news conference.

00:30:45I gave what I

00:30:46thought to be at

00:30:46that time the only

00:30:47scientific explanation

00:30:49possible for the

00:30:50faint lights in the

00:30:51swampy area.

00:30:53I made the

00:30:54statement that it

00:30:54could be swamp

00:30:55gas, and even

00:30:56though I went on

00:30:57to emphasize that I

00:30:58couldn't prove it

00:30:59in a court of law

00:31:00that that was the

00:31:01full explanation for

00:31:02these sightings.

00:31:03Well, the press

00:31:05picked up the phrase

00:31:05swamp gas, and rushed

00:31:08off to the telephones,

00:31:10and I was to come

00:31:11into a great deal of

00:31:12criticism over it.

00:31:13What was the outcome

00:31:14of that congressional

00:31:15hearing?

00:31:16I believe the Air Force

00:31:18presented its sight quite

00:31:19openly and completely.

00:31:21It seemed to satisfy

00:31:22the members of the

00:31:23committee.

00:31:26Now a remarkable

00:31:27observation is to be

00:31:29recorded.

00:31:30If the facts are

00:31:31correct, the Air Force

00:31:32must now consider the

00:31:33possibility of beings

00:31:35related to UFOs.

00:31:36It happened in

00:31:38Socorro, New Mexico,

00:31:40here just outside of

00:31:41this quiet desert town.

00:31:43A state highway patrol

00:31:45officer, Lonnie Zamora,

00:31:47was on duty as he had

00:31:48been for the past

00:31:49several years.

00:31:50A black Chevrolet was

00:31:52observed, speeding by

00:31:54the courthouse.

00:31:55Zamora put his highway

00:31:56patrol car into pursuit.

00:31:59Lonnie chased the car

00:32:00north on US-85.

00:32:03As he passed this

00:32:04hilly area, Zamora

00:32:06heard a roar and

00:32:08something caught his

00:32:08attention.

00:32:10Ten or fifteen seconds

00:32:12pass.

00:32:13Lonnie then calls in

00:32:15to the sheriff's office.

00:32:17The time was about

00:32:185.45, I recall,

00:32:20and he said, uh,

00:32:22support to 10.44,

00:32:24an accident.

00:32:26And then he said,

00:32:27I'll be 10.6 out of

00:32:28the car, which meant

00:32:29that I was going to be

00:32:32investigating a

00:32:33possible accident.

00:32:35And I went up this,

00:32:36uh, road, uh, about

00:32:39a half a mile, and

00:32:40then I stopped my car

00:32:41and I got out and

00:32:42looked up, and I could

00:32:44see a white, uh,

00:32:46looking object in the

00:32:48distance.

00:32:49I thought it was an

00:32:50overturned car at first,

00:32:51uh, but I got into my

00:32:52patrol car and went up

00:32:53closer to it, and, uh,

00:32:55when I started to get

00:32:56out of the car, I

00:32:57could, uh, I heard a

00:32:58big roar.

00:33:00As I got to it, I

00:33:02could see, uh, a couple

00:33:04of, uh, looked like a

00:33:05couple of, uh, coveralls,

00:33:06uh, hanging from a

00:33:08clothesline.

00:33:09I couldn't see what it

00:33:10was, but it looked like

00:33:11a couple of coveralls.

00:33:12Samora called in, uh,

00:33:14he sounded very excited.

00:33:15He said he watched an

00:33:17object, uh, lift up

00:33:18slowly and disappeared

00:33:19into the, uh, sky very

00:33:21fast.

00:33:22I went down to, uh,

00:33:23where the object had

00:33:24been, and I noticed, uh,

00:33:26brush was burning in

00:33:27several places.

00:33:28The, uh, object had

00:33:30left four perpendicular

00:33:31impressions on the ground.

00:33:33I noticed, uh, several

00:33:35bushes were smoldering, but

00:33:36they felt cold to the

00:33:37touch.

00:33:38I noticed what appeared

00:33:40to be, uh, a couple of

00:33:42oval, uh, footprints on the

00:33:44ground.

00:33:45I knew Lonnie had seen

00:33:46something.

00:33:47The proof was right

00:33:54there.

00:33:56The incident was very

00:33:58interesting, to say the

00:33:58least.

00:33:59It seems to differ from

00:34:01practically all the

00:34:02earlier cases we

00:34:03investigated from one

00:34:05standpoint.

00:34:05The vehicle had left

00:34:07pod marks.

00:34:08There was an insignia

00:34:10observed by Lonnie

00:34:11Zamora on the side of

00:34:12the craft.

00:34:13The insignia was

00:34:15unidentifiable, not

00:34:17American, nor Russian.

00:34:18And last of all, the

00:34:21observation of these two

00:34:22people in some sort of

00:34:24suit.

00:34:24But what did the

00:34:25investigation turn up?

00:34:27What was the official

00:34:29Air Force estimation of

00:34:30the situation?

00:34:31We went over the case

00:34:32completely.

00:34:33We had saw samples

00:34:34tested at the Air

00:34:35Materials Laboratory.

00:34:37The burnt bushes were

00:34:38analyzed for propellant

00:34:39residue.

00:34:40We measured the

00:34:41distances between the

00:34:42pod marks.

00:34:43My first reaction was

00:34:45that it was a lunar test

00:34:46monitor from the

00:34:47NASA or the Air Force.

00:34:48That seemed to be the

00:34:50only logical explanation.

00:34:51This was probably the

00:34:53best documented case in

00:34:54the Air Force files, and

00:34:56I checked it out

00:34:56everywhere, all the way

00:34:58up to the top, even to

00:34:59the White House command

00:35:00post, and nothing.

00:35:02According to the

00:35:03official status of the

00:35:05sighting of Lonnie

00:35:06Zamora, case carried as

00:35:08unidentified, pending

00:35:10additional data.

00:35:13April 19th, 1897, in Leroy,

00:35:17Kansas, a farmer named

00:35:19Alexander Hamilton, his son,

00:35:21and a farmhand are awakened

00:35:24by strange noises from the

00:35:25cattle pen.

00:35:27Going outside, they

00:35:28discovered, through Hamilton's

00:35:30utter amazement, an enormous

00:35:32airship with a brilliant

00:35:34searchlight is slowly

00:35:36descending over the cow lot.

00:35:39Fearfully, Hamilton moves

00:35:41closer, and is startled to

00:35:43find that one of his cows

00:35:44has been caught by a red

00:35:46cable running down from the

00:35:47ship.

00:35:48The next day, after an

00:35:50extensive search, he

00:35:51discovers the cow's hide,

00:35:54legs, and head in a field

00:35:57miles away.

00:35:59This is one of the first

00:36:00recorded cattle mutilations

00:36:02connected with UFOs.

00:36:04The report could easily be

00:36:06dismissed as a tall tale

00:36:07if there were no others.

00:36:09But since then, thousands of

00:36:12bizarre animal mutilations

00:36:13have been discovered, not only

00:36:15in this country, but in

00:36:17Africa, Australia, Brazil, and

00:36:20many European countries, in

00:36:22fact, all over the world.

00:36:27In this country, mutilations

00:36:29have occurred in over 30

00:36:30states in the last five

00:36:31years alone.

00:36:33Frustrated ranchers and

00:36:34law enforcement officials

00:36:35have come to recognize the

00:36:36classic signature of the

00:36:38mysterious mutilators.

00:36:40Often, in a remote area, a

00:36:43cow will be found dead, the

00:36:45sex organs removed, and the

00:36:47tongue, an ear, and an eye,

00:36:49all surgically cut out.

00:36:52The body, more often than not,

00:36:53has been drained of blood,

00:36:55though no blood has been

00:36:56found on the ground.

00:36:58In fact, there are no

00:36:59tracks or prints of any kind

00:37:01near the body.

00:37:02And yet, amazingly enough,

00:37:04there is no evidence of a

00:37:06struggle.

00:37:09One of the first states to be

00:37:11hit by the mutilations was

00:37:13Colorado.

00:37:14Reporter Bill Jackson of the

00:37:16Sterling Advocate covered the

00:37:18story from the very beginning.

00:37:19A classic mutilation or, say,

00:37:2390 to 95 percent of the

00:37:25mutilations will be almost

00:37:26identical.

00:37:27Some part of the face will be

00:37:29gone, exposing nothing but,

00:37:32you know, the jawbone.

00:37:34An eye will be taken, the tongue

00:37:36will be cut out, and an ear will

00:37:38be taken.

00:37:39The rectal area of the animal will

00:37:41be what appears to be bored out.

00:37:43The reproductive organs will be

00:37:45removed.

00:37:45In the case of a cow, the udder

00:37:47will either be entirely removed

00:37:49or parts of it will be removed.

00:37:53Usually, and again, in probably

00:37:5590 or 95 percent of the cases,

00:37:57there will be no blood whatsoever

00:37:59in the animal.

00:38:00And there will be no traces of

00:38:01blood on the ground where it

00:38:03fell or where it was mutilated.

00:38:05All you've got is the carcass,

00:38:07and you've got no idea why it

00:38:08died or how it died or how it

00:38:10was mutilated.

00:38:13It all began in 1975.

00:38:16It was a bizarre time.

00:38:19Nobody had ever seen anything

00:38:19like this before.

00:38:21Not only did we have the

00:38:22mutilated dead animals on the

00:38:24prairie, but we also started

00:38:25getting the lights in the sky

00:38:27at night.

00:38:28Along that time, there were

00:38:29many theories that were being

00:38:30developed on why this was being

00:38:31done.

00:38:32The satanic cults were being

00:38:33blamed.

00:38:34Dope smugglers, UFOs, government

00:38:36experiment of some kind.

00:38:39As time went on, the situation

00:38:41became so widespread that...

00:38:43And that it is time that world

00:38:44governments officially

00:38:48acknowledged...

00:38:49...the old cult or the

00:38:51dope smugglers, which left us

00:38:52two possibilities.

00:38:54Number one, it was being done by

00:38:55a government, let's say.

00:38:57Or number two, it was being done

00:38:58by UFOs.

00:39:01As more and more cases were

00:39:02reported, the Colorado Bureau of

00:39:05Investigation was called in.

00:39:07Well, our position is basically

00:39:09one of where predators, at least

00:39:14our investigation determined the

00:39:16predators were responsible for

00:39:17probably 99% of the reports of

00:39:22mutilations.

00:39:24As I said, there were 203 separate

00:39:27reports received from this agency.

00:39:29But of the 203, we only received

00:39:3245 tissue samples to conduct

00:39:35microscopic analysis on.

00:39:38Of the 45 tissue samples, we found

00:39:42that only two of those 45 had

00:39:45actually been mutilated with a

00:39:47sharp estimate.

00:39:50When they first started, they would

00:39:52send samples of these animals to

00:39:55the CBI to Fort Collins to try and

00:39:58determine what was the cause of

00:40:00their death, what was mutilating

00:40:02them.

00:40:03And nine times out of ten or more,

00:40:05the report would come back that

00:40:07we're being caused by predators.

00:40:10And these ranchers and the sheriffs

00:40:12in these rural areas have been

00:40:14around cattle all their lives.

00:40:16They've been around coyotes all their

00:40:17lives.

00:40:18And they knew that this just wasn't

00:40:20possible.

00:40:21A coyote would not do that.

00:40:24Predators, when they come in and

00:40:27start to eat, and I'm talking about

00:40:29four-legged predators, they'll come in

00:40:32and they'll bite and then they'll pull

00:40:35and they'll tear.

00:40:37The cuts we have, even we can't make

00:40:40cuts like this.

00:40:41We've tried this many times on dead

00:40:44animals with scaffolds, razors,

00:40:46knives, and we can't make the same

00:40:48cuts.

00:40:49We've had cattle that we've went and

00:40:54investigated that were, you know,

00:40:55called in, and I think I have a

00:40:57mutilation here.

00:40:58And we went out and we've seen it,

00:40:59and it was not a mutilation.

00:41:01And these are not the ones that's

00:41:03reported.

00:41:03The ones that we classed as a

00:41:06classic type mutilation are actually

00:41:08mutilations, and they're not

00:41:10predators.

00:41:12Animals, wild animals, predators,

00:41:14coyotes,

00:41:17won't approach these carcasses.

00:41:20But in the case of an animal being

00:41:22mutilated in the wintertime, there's

00:41:24possibly something about the cold

00:41:25weather that may mask whatever it is

00:41:27that keeps predators away, and that

00:41:29will be the exception to the rule.

00:41:31Is this animal here pretty much like the

00:41:33other ones you had that were mutilated?

00:41:35Yeah.

00:41:36Yeah.

00:41:39How old a cow is this, Don?

00:41:41Eight years old, according to the way I

00:41:43looked at her teeth, eight or nine.

00:41:47And I know definitely it wasn't animals.

00:41:53We took out the whole work, sir.

00:42:03Don, you know now, on this critter here,

00:42:05how this looks like a real incised wound.

00:42:08Yeah.

00:42:08Well, it looks, it's definitely cut.

00:42:10Oh, yeah.

00:42:10Everything you can tell that.

00:42:11I mean, even at the age that it is right now,

00:42:14that's opposed to the way it is to where the

00:42:16animals have been to it on this other side

00:42:19over here.

00:42:20Kind of notice, sir, you know, the difference there,

00:42:21Don, between here and how animals have been to that,

00:42:25and that flesh is torn.

00:42:26Yeah.

00:42:27And it's not a real incise.

00:42:29But yet, when we seen this animal the other day,

00:42:31now these were all precise, good, clean cuts.

00:42:35Definitely.

00:42:36So that's a good example of what we

00:42:38was trying to say about the lab up there.

00:42:39They said that, they said it was predators doing it.

00:42:43But that definitely wasn't a predator wound there.

00:42:46No, I wouldn't say.

00:42:48Well, it looks like they went clear from the navel.

00:42:52Here, clear back in underneath there and took the whole bag

00:42:54and uttered the whole works out.

00:42:57And they cored down into the rectum, the whole rectal area.

00:43:00And it looks like it got back into some of the reproductive

00:43:03organs back in there.

00:43:06As the mutilations and the sightings of the lights

00:43:09in the sky continued, it got to a point to where

00:43:12more ranchers in the northeastern part of the state

00:43:14began arming themselves.

00:43:16They weren't getting the results they wanted

00:43:18from state authorities.

00:43:20They were concerned for their families.

00:43:22And they never knew when they might be next.

00:43:25They began patrolling their pasture land,

00:43:28watching over their herds at night.

00:43:30The lights from the sky, when they got too close

00:43:33to a herd of cattle, the ranchers shot.

00:43:36Well, I think everybody was a little edgy.

00:43:41Everybody started carrying high-powered rifles on,

00:43:43and what good it would have done.

00:43:44But everybody was awfully nervous.

00:43:47I'm completely convinced that there's something there

00:43:50that's not normal.

00:43:52There's a lot of questions that are unanswered, I'm sure.

00:43:55And hopefully someday, maybe somebody will figure it out.

00:43:58Unidentifiable lights in the sky have appeared

00:44:00in virtually every area of this country

00:44:03which has been plagued by cattle mutilations.

00:44:05But no explanation has been found for these strange sightings.

00:44:10There are some who believe that these objects in the sky

00:44:13are responsible for thousands of mysterious cattle deaths

00:44:16which continue to this day.

00:44:23Though state and local officials have stated their views

00:44:26about the mutilation mystery,

00:44:29surprisingly, few veterinarians will speak publicly

00:44:31about the situation.

00:44:35This man is an exception.

00:44:37Dr. William Fitzgerald runs an animal clinic

00:44:39in Durango, Colorado.

00:44:41Because of his expertise in the field of veterinary medicine,

00:44:44he was asked by the sheriff's office

00:44:46to perform an autopsy on a mutilated cow

00:44:49found in a remote area of state-owned forest.

00:44:52This particular animal had been largely exsanguinated.

00:44:57The anus and about the first four inches of the rectum

00:45:01had been removed.

00:45:05The prepucial skin and the last two or three inches

00:45:09of the penis had been severed flush with the body wall.

00:45:14The left eye had been removed

00:45:18and the last one-third of the tongue had been cut.

00:45:24A portion of the lips on the left side of the animal

00:45:28were also sawed off.

00:45:33Presumably to gain access to the tongue,

00:45:35but this makes no sense

00:45:36because that portion of the tongue

00:45:38could have been easily pulled out and cut off without that.

00:45:40So I don't understand that point.

00:45:44Reports I have heard,

00:45:47some that I have read subsequent to this time,

00:45:50indicate that people have seen mutilations

00:45:54that they attributed to predators.

00:45:59And if this was a predator,

00:46:00he had two feet and a six-inch knife

00:46:03because it was a very sharp, single cut in most instances.

00:46:08And although not the world's leading expert,

00:46:10I work with knives frequently.

00:46:13I know what they do.

00:46:14I know the marks they leave.

00:46:16Exsanguination,

00:46:17the removal of blood from an animal,

00:46:19has been a predominant trademark of the mutilators.

00:46:22Few officials have found an answer

00:46:25to the technique used in this procedure.

00:46:28Dr. Fitzgerald describes what he thinks is the method.

00:46:32If a large-bore needle

00:46:34is placed in the animal's jugular vein,

00:46:37while the animal is sedated under anesthesia

00:46:40or awake, if you like,

00:46:42somehow restrained, however,

00:46:44the animal's heart will function as a pump

00:46:48and will pump out very nearly all of its blood

00:46:51through that needle.

00:46:57As the animal's blood supply begins to diminish,

00:47:01a natural physiological mechanism

00:47:03takes over and sequesters

00:47:05or draws what remaining blood is left

00:47:06into the internal organs in the center

00:47:09to supply the vital organs,

00:47:10the liver, the heart, the brain.

00:47:12And it will leave

00:47:13the peripheral area, the skin,

00:47:16all of the non-vital centers,

00:47:19largely bloodless.

00:47:21So if you can successfully withdraw

00:47:25the major portion of an animal's blood,

00:47:28you can cut on that animal

00:47:30and there will be virtually no bleeding

00:47:33at all from the surface.

00:47:37I know that I keep coming back to this point,

00:47:40but the animal was apparently

00:47:45restrained with something other than ropes.

00:47:48Why? I don't know.

00:47:49It was apparently washed completely clean.

00:47:53Why? I don't know.

00:47:59And it was in a very remote area.

00:48:02Perhaps these things tie together.

00:48:04Perhaps whoever, whatever,

00:48:07performed this

00:48:09didn't want to be observed.

00:48:11I think one of my initial feelings

00:48:13was that somebody certainly went

00:48:15to an awful lot of trouble

00:48:16to get back into a remote area

00:48:17where I don't believe you'd casually know

00:48:19there were even cattle to do all of this.

00:48:25Dulce, New Mexico,

00:48:27similar to the plains of Colorado

00:48:29in its isolation,

00:48:30but nestled among rolling hills

00:48:32and small mountains,

00:48:34is the land of the Hicaria Apache.

00:48:38Tradition is strong here.

00:48:40Indian women weave intricate baskets

00:48:42and create delicate beadwork.

00:48:45The men preside over tribal business

00:48:47and raise cattle.

00:48:49And here, as in Logan County,

00:48:52the night sky has been lit

00:48:54with the glow of unknown flying objects

00:48:57when cattle are found mutilated.

00:49:00Officer Gabe Valdez

00:49:01of the New Mexico State Police

00:49:03and retired scientist Howard Burgess,

00:49:06who pioneered the development

00:49:07of Kirlian photography in this country,

00:49:10periodically pooled their knowledge

00:49:11and expertise

00:49:12in an effort to solve

00:49:14the mutilation mystery.

00:49:16Officer Valdez describes

00:49:17how it all began.

00:49:18It was in 1976, June the 14th,

00:49:24when we first had

00:49:25one of our cattle mutilations

00:49:27here in Dulce.

00:49:29The cattle that was mutilated

00:49:31belonged to Mr. Emmanuel Gomez.

00:49:33Anytime that we do find one

00:49:35that it's not too decomposed

00:49:39and it's fresh enough

00:49:42for us to do some tests,

00:49:43I do call on Mr. Burgess

00:49:45because he has a lot of knowledge

00:49:48in the field of science

00:49:48that is very helpful to me

00:49:51in conducting my investigations.

00:49:54Howard Burgess had a theory

00:49:55that some of the cattle

00:49:57had been marked

00:49:58prior to their mutilation

00:49:59with something which would show up

00:50:01under ultraviolet light

00:50:02but be invisible to the naked eye.

00:50:06Late one night,

00:50:07he and Valdez conducted an experiment

00:50:09and found that

00:50:11out of 80 head of cattle,

00:50:13five were indeed marked

00:50:14with a powdery white substance

00:50:16visible only

00:50:17under ultraviolet light.

00:50:20So we took ultraviolet

00:50:23with some special filters

00:50:24and ran the cattle through it

00:50:26and what appears to be markings

00:50:29glowed under ultraviolet.

00:50:31It's invisible to the normal eye

00:50:33but under ultraviolet

00:50:35it does glow.

00:50:36Then we removed the hair

00:50:39from the region that does glow

00:50:41and we removed a control sample.

00:50:44We took these to the lab

00:50:45and had chemical checks

00:50:47run on them.

00:50:49We did find that the sample

00:50:53that did glow

00:50:54is extremely high

00:50:55in potassium and magnesium.

00:50:58At the time,

00:50:59this was interesting

00:51:00but it didn't mean much to us

00:51:02until we ran on to other things

00:51:04that began to tie in with it.

00:51:07The tie-in came on July 3rd, 1978

00:51:10when a UFO was sighted

00:51:12over Taos, New Mexico.

00:51:13As it hovered over the town,

00:51:15it dropped a thin film of ashes

00:51:17onto the ground below.

00:51:19The ashes contained

00:51:20high levels of magnesium

00:51:21and potassium,

00:51:22the same elements found

00:51:24on the cattle

00:51:24under ultraviolet light.

00:51:26But there was more.

00:51:27We find there's

00:51:29at least 25 elements in there.

00:51:32There's a good possibility

00:51:33that it may be something

00:51:35that's organic.

00:51:36And if it is,

00:51:38this just opens up

00:51:39a real bag of worms

00:51:41because anything can happen

00:51:43if this is an organic material

00:51:44that has come

00:51:46from one of these crafts.

00:51:49And this,

00:51:50as the people told us,

00:51:52directly fell from the craft

00:51:55that was hovering over the area.

00:51:58One evening in 1975,

00:52:00Logan County Sheriff Tex Graves

00:52:02took his deputies

00:52:03into the countryside

00:52:04around Sterling, Colorado,

00:52:06determined to track

00:52:07the bright lights

00:52:08which had been skimming

00:52:09across the ranches

00:52:10and farmlands

00:52:11for the last several weeks.

00:52:13Reporter Bill Jackson

00:52:14describes the sequence of events.

00:52:17We were just getting started in this.

00:52:19We really didn't know

00:52:19what we were doing.

00:52:21We weren't prepared

00:52:22for anything like this,

00:52:24of course.

00:52:25But as time went on,

00:52:27we realized

00:52:28we couldn't catch them.

00:52:29So maybe we can take pictures

00:52:30of them

00:52:31and discover something that way.

00:52:35About a year and a half later,

00:52:38the lights returned

00:52:39and the mutilations

00:52:40were still going on.

00:52:42So we arranged

00:52:44with the Honeywell people

00:52:45in Denver

00:52:46to borrow

00:52:46a 1,100mm Lentar lens

00:52:49from them

00:52:51and got some

00:52:53high-speed recording film

00:52:54from Kodak.

00:52:56And then we sat

00:52:57and we waited,

00:53:00hoping that the lights

00:53:02would come back

00:53:02and we'd have a chance

00:53:03and finally that chance came.

00:53:06It was a stationary object

00:53:08that we saw

00:53:09for approximately

00:53:1030 to 45 minutes

00:53:11and the resulting shots

00:53:13were interesting,

00:53:14to say the least.

00:53:28Shortly after

00:53:29these final exposures,

00:53:31the object just disappeared.

00:53:33It was almost like

00:53:33somebody hit a light switch

00:53:35and it was there

00:53:36no longer.

00:53:39What are these

00:53:41unidentifiable lights?

00:53:42What is their nature

00:53:43and their purpose?

00:53:45And that it is time

00:53:47that world governments

00:53:48officially acknowledge

00:53:52They appeared

00:53:53in the night skies

00:53:54immediately prior

00:53:55to the discovery

00:53:56of mutilated cattle.

00:53:58and how many more animals

00:54:00will die

00:54:00before the mystery is solved.

00:54:11In 1974,

00:54:13I received a call

00:54:14from a woman

00:54:15who had a strange story

00:54:16to tell.

00:54:17One night,

00:54:18as she and three friends

00:54:19were returning

00:54:20to Los Angeles

00:54:20from Lompoc, California,

00:54:22they encountered

00:54:23an unidentified light

00:54:24in the sky.

00:54:25Thinking at first

00:54:26it was a helicopter,

00:54:27the friends

00:54:28paid little attention.

00:54:29When the object

00:54:30began to fly

00:54:31in unusual patterns

00:54:32at extremely high speeds,

00:54:34the passengers

00:54:35soon realized

00:54:36they were dealing

00:54:37with something

00:54:38out of the ordinary.

00:54:39What happened next

00:54:40is best told

00:54:41in the woman's own words.

00:54:43Helen is a fictional name.

00:54:44A real name

00:54:45is being withheld

00:54:46at her own request.

00:54:49I saw it come into the sky

00:54:51from the top

00:54:51of the mountain range

00:54:52and go straight up

00:54:53and do a 90 degree

00:54:54angle toward us

00:54:55and I called it

00:54:56to the attention

00:54:57of Don, John, and Sue.

00:54:59And they saw it too

00:55:01and it was there.

00:55:03I was not on dope

00:55:04or alcohol

00:55:05or anything like that.

00:55:06And it came

00:55:07starting doing

00:55:08really erratic things

00:55:09in the sky.

00:55:10It was a small white light

00:55:11and very easy to see.

00:55:13We were not mistaking anything.

00:55:15It came over to the car,

00:55:17flipped over

00:55:17and went around

00:55:18on the other side

00:55:19toward the other hills

00:55:20and came back

00:55:21and settled above the car.

00:55:22By this time,

00:55:23because it was so close,

00:55:25it was eight lanes

00:55:27freeway

00:55:27at least in diameter

00:55:29and even a little wider.

00:55:30Saucer-shaped,

00:55:32a very white,

00:55:33luminescent light

00:55:34emitted from the entirety of it.

00:55:36The ship stayed above us,

00:55:39out in front of us,

00:55:40about a minute or two.

00:55:42We watched it

00:55:43and none of us

00:55:43were saying the same.

00:55:45And we just kept driving

00:55:47and it kept staying

00:55:48in front of us.

00:55:48And then out of the perimeter

00:55:49of it,

00:55:50closest to us,

00:55:52came four white beams

00:55:54of light,

00:55:54very much like funnel-shaped,

00:55:56smaller at the perimeter.

00:55:57And they descended upon us

00:55:59and came around

00:56:00each one of our bodies.

00:56:01And out of each one

00:56:03of our bodies,

00:56:03we started to float

00:56:05into that beam of light.

00:56:06The best description

00:56:08would be molecularly

00:56:10being dispersed.

00:56:11And when I looked over

00:56:13at Don and Sue

00:56:14and John,

00:56:16their bodies,

00:56:17their legs and their bottoms

00:56:18are still on the car seat

00:56:20and their heads

00:56:20and their shoulders

00:56:21and their chest molecules

00:56:22were going through

00:56:23the roof of the car

00:56:24along with mine.

00:56:26We didn't lose consciousness

00:56:27while this happened.

00:56:28We were completely conscious

00:56:29of going through the roof.

00:56:31And the bottom molecules

00:56:33of our body

00:56:34were coming through too

00:56:35and we were about

00:56:36three and a half

00:56:37or four feet

00:56:38outside the car

00:56:39going toward the ship

00:56:41and we hit an energy field,

00:56:43a strong one

00:56:44and we remembered nothing.

00:56:47Next thing I did remember,

00:56:48we were coming back,

00:56:50the same process,

00:56:51going back into the car.

00:56:54It wasn't until

00:56:55several years later

00:56:56that Helen realized

00:56:58she had experienced

00:56:59more than she had remembered.

00:57:00Mental images

00:57:01which she couldn't explain

00:57:03caused her to visit

00:57:05a specialist

00:57:05who put her

00:57:06through a memory regression.

00:57:08In this relaxed state,

00:57:09Helen recalled

00:57:10the evening in question

00:57:12and described in detail

00:57:13the experience

00:57:14of being taken

00:57:15aboard the UFO.

00:57:18I came to

00:57:19and standing in front of me

00:57:21was a very tall man

00:57:22with whitish hair,

00:57:23kind of bronze,

00:57:24beautifully tan

00:57:25type of skin

00:57:27and he had

00:57:29a long type

00:57:30of roguish gown on

00:57:31and he was looking

00:57:32at me

00:57:32and very, very friendly

00:57:34and he said

00:57:36he supposed

00:57:37I'd like to know

00:57:38what we were doing here

00:57:40and I looked around

00:57:41and I did want to know

00:57:41there was a huge room

00:57:42that we were in

00:57:43that had a hallway

00:57:44off the front

00:57:45and a hallway

00:57:45off to the side

00:57:46and there were

00:57:47round curved hallways.

00:57:48The room was very light,

00:57:51iridescent light,

00:57:51radiated all over

00:57:52but you didn't see

00:57:53a light bulb anywhere.

00:57:54In fact,

00:57:54you didn't see

00:57:55hardly anything

00:57:55except for the

00:57:56swivel chairs

00:57:57we were sitting in

00:57:58and he proceeded

00:58:00to help me up

00:58:02and then we walked

00:58:03together over

00:58:03to the screen

00:58:05in front of us

00:58:06across the room

00:58:07and he showed us

00:58:08some information,

00:58:09pictures

00:58:10and it was very cordial

00:58:12and very easy

00:58:13to talk with.

00:58:15The man spoke

00:58:16to me in English

00:58:17but concurrent

00:58:18with everything

00:58:19he said

00:58:19was a great deal

00:58:21of telepathic

00:58:22communication

00:58:22and it was

00:58:23completely peaceful

00:58:24feeling

00:58:25though

00:58:27it all made sense.

00:58:29He showed us

00:58:30a screen

00:58:30with many images

00:58:31on it

00:58:32that clarified

00:58:34some of the things

00:58:34he was saying.

00:58:35He also said

00:58:36that he'd been around

00:58:37with the other people

00:58:38there for thousands

00:58:39of years

00:58:39and that they had

00:58:41been picking up

00:58:42people

00:58:42and giving information

00:58:44to people

00:58:45for the use

00:58:46of putting it

00:58:47into this world,

00:58:48into the society

00:58:49to bring about

00:58:51a lot of better

00:58:51changes

00:58:53and the interesting

00:58:55thing was

00:58:56that there are

00:58:57some people

00:58:58he indicated

00:58:59who have,

00:59:00who we know

00:59:01and read about

00:59:01who were given

00:59:02information by him.

00:59:03This is what he told me

00:59:06and there was

00:59:08no fear

00:59:08that's predominant

00:59:10I think

00:59:10in everything.

00:59:12From this large room

00:59:13where we first came on

00:59:15the man led me down

00:59:16into a couple

00:59:17other rooms

00:59:18and the one

00:59:19that's very interesting

00:59:20was more or less

00:59:21in the center

00:59:22of this ship

00:59:22and it was a room

00:59:24full of dials

00:59:25and full of men

00:59:26dressed in more

00:59:27form-fitting clothes

00:59:28whereas the one

00:59:29who met me

00:59:29had a type

00:59:30of ambassadorial

00:59:31robes on

00:59:32and these guys

00:59:32had more like

00:59:34turtlenecks

00:59:35and Levi's

00:59:35they were still white

00:59:36soft, iridescent

00:59:37and very comfortable

00:59:39looking

00:59:39and they were working

00:59:40there was plenty

00:59:41of dials

00:59:42and there was

00:59:42lots of screens

00:59:43types of scopes

00:59:45there

00:59:45and they were

00:59:46doing things

00:59:48very involved

00:59:48and none of them

00:59:49paid any attention

00:59:50to us

00:59:50they kept

00:59:51their work

00:59:53after he had

00:59:54taken me

00:59:55to these rooms

00:59:56we were walking

00:59:57again down the hall

00:59:58to go back

00:59:59to the car

01:00:00and while we were

01:00:01walking

01:00:02I remember telling him

01:00:03you know

01:00:03nobody's going

01:00:03to believe me

01:00:04and he said

01:00:05he's a really nice

01:00:06doctor

01:00:07and he goes

01:00:07it doesn't matter

01:00:08if anybody

01:00:08believes you

01:00:10and there was

01:00:11a purpose

01:00:11to being told

01:00:12these things

01:00:13and what I had

01:00:14learned

01:00:14and what John

01:00:15and Sue

01:00:16had learned too

01:00:17had its purpose

01:00:19and he was

01:00:20very kind

01:00:21and very cordial

01:00:22you could meet him

01:00:23on the street

01:00:24almost

01:00:24and not even

01:00:25feel anything

01:00:26unusual

01:00:28and then

01:00:29we came back

01:00:30to the room

01:00:30and we were put

01:00:31back in the car

01:00:32the same way

01:00:32as we were taken out

01:00:33and we

01:00:34just this tremendous

01:00:35sense of peace

01:00:37and that there was

01:00:38a lot more

01:00:39going on

01:00:39than we had

01:00:41originally thought

01:00:44in December

01:00:44of 1969

01:00:45amidst great

01:00:47public controversy

01:00:48the Condon report

01:00:49from the University

01:00:50of Colorado

01:00:50was finally out

01:00:51in summary

01:00:53they found

01:00:53no evidence

01:00:54that UFOs

01:00:55were a threat

01:00:56to the national

01:00:56security

01:00:57and the late

01:00:58Dr. Condon

01:00:59recommended

01:00:59that the Air Force

01:01:00terminate its involvement

01:01:01in UFO investigations

01:01:03and analysis

01:01:05in 1969

01:01:06the Air Force

01:01:07officially disbanded

01:01:08Project Blue Book

01:01:09and the study

01:01:10of the UFO phenomenon

01:01:12the conclusions

01:01:13of Project Blue Book

01:01:15were

01:01:15one

01:01:16no UFO

01:01:17reported

01:01:18investigated

01:01:19and evaluated

01:01:20by the Air Force

01:01:21has ever given

01:01:22any indication

01:01:23of threat

01:01:24to our national security

01:01:25two

01:01:26there is no evidence

01:01:28submitted

01:01:28that sightings

01:01:29categorized

01:01:30as unidentified

01:01:31represent

01:01:32technological developments

01:01:34or principles

01:01:35beyond the range

01:01:36of present day

01:01:37scientific knowledge

01:01:38and three

01:01:39there is no evidence

01:01:41indicating that

01:01:42these unidentified

01:01:43objects

01:01:44are extraterrestrial

01:01:45the files

01:01:47of over 12,000 cases

01:01:49were placed

01:01:49into storage

01:01:50but the ubiquitous UFO

01:01:52wasn't to be influenced

01:01:54by this government

01:01:54position

01:01:55incidents were to continue

01:01:57with daily reports

01:01:59of flying objects

01:01:59finding their way

01:02:00into the news media

01:02:01in the closing months

01:02:03of 1973

01:02:04and early into 1974

01:02:06alone

01:02:07there are over

01:02:081,000 unrelated

01:02:09and unsolved reports

01:02:11of UFOs

01:02:12from across

01:02:12the United States

01:02:14Delaware State News

01:02:16Dover, Delaware

01:02:17October the 16th

01:02:181973

01:02:20Dover

01:02:21three women

01:02:22on their way

01:02:23to the market

01:02:24saw it

01:02:24at the same time

01:02:25the crew

01:02:26of the Delaware

01:02:27State Police

01:02:27helicopters

01:02:28saw it

01:02:29two airline pilots

01:02:30flying over Dover

01:02:32reportedly saw it

01:02:33flight controllers

01:02:35at the Dover Air Force Base

01:02:36saw it

01:02:37Southern Illinois

01:02:38in Carbondale, Illinois

01:02:40October 18th

01:02:411973

01:02:42it didn't make

01:02:44any noise

01:02:44down said

01:02:45it had red and green

01:02:46flashing lights

01:02:47on the front and back

01:02:48Times Dispatch

01:02:49Richmond, Virginia

01:02:50October the 19th

01:02:521973

01:02:54it was hovering

01:02:55and we parked there

01:02:57on U.S. Route 15

01:02:58about two hours

01:03:00and watched it

01:03:01Walla Walla

01:03:02Washington

01:03:02January 30th

01:03:041974

01:03:05Guards of the

01:03:06Washington State

01:03:07Penitentiary

01:03:07have spotted

01:03:08what appears

01:03:09to be the same UFO

01:03:10two mornings in a row

01:03:11from their tower

01:03:12positions in the prison

01:03:13Scranton Tribune

01:03:14Scranton, Pennsylvania

01:03:15February the 25th

01:03:171974

01:03:18Police spot

01:03:19flying object

01:03:20State's UFO reports

01:03:22are increasing

01:03:22October 21st

01:03:241978

01:03:25Bass Tray

01:03:26Tasmania

01:03:27a pilot named

01:03:28Frederick Valentich

01:03:29disappears after

01:03:31reporting a strange

01:03:32craft hovering above him

01:03:34December 12th

01:03:351978

01:03:36La Chapelle

01:03:37France

01:03:37a 45-year-old worker

01:03:39riding home

01:03:40observes an oval object

01:03:42together with another

01:03:43witness

01:03:44he sees the craft

01:03:45hover above them

01:03:48December 12th

01:03:491978

01:03:50Guadalajara

01:03:51Mexico

01:03:52two luminous

01:03:53saucer-shaped objects

01:03:54are reported by

01:03:55residents

01:03:56then by a police

01:03:57officer

01:03:58December 16th

01:04:001978

01:04:01Palermo

01:04:02Italy

01:04:02a bank clerk

01:04:04spots a disc of light

01:04:05and alerts the police

01:04:06who take several

01:04:07photographs

01:04:09January 2nd

01:04:101979

01:04:11Wellington

01:04:12New Zealand

01:04:13a veteran pilot

01:04:14and a newsman

01:04:15filmed seven objects

01:04:17January 4th

01:04:191979

01:04:20Jerusalem

01:04:21police on duty

01:04:22see three mysterious

01:04:24objects

01:04:24at high altitude

01:04:27January 5th

01:04:281979

01:04:29Johannesburg

01:04:31South Africa

01:04:31a woman

01:04:32and her son

01:04:33report seeing

01:04:34half a dozen occupants

01:04:35in front of a

01:04:36brightly colored craft

01:04:37on the lonely

01:04:39country road

01:04:39ordinary people

01:04:41are seeing something

01:04:42all over the globe

01:04:43but what have

01:04:45the experts seen

01:04:46NORAD

01:04:47and the Air Force

01:04:48do have

01:04:49extremely sophisticated

01:04:50equipment

01:04:51and by use

01:04:52of the phased array

01:04:53radar facility

01:04:54surveillance is maintained

01:04:56on objects in space

01:04:57but the system

01:04:58is only designed

01:04:59to track things

01:05:00like rockets

01:05:01satellites

01:05:02and man-made debris

01:05:03objects with

01:05:05specific trajectories

01:05:06and which hold

01:05:07an orbital or flight

01:05:08velocity of

01:05:09approximately 4.8

01:05:11nautical miles

01:05:12per second

01:05:12this system

01:05:14is designed

01:05:14to discriminate

01:05:16between objects

01:05:16in space

01:05:17for example

01:05:18it will ignore

01:05:19a meteor

01:05:19entering the Earth's

01:05:21atmosphere

01:05:21but will quickly

01:05:22spot a satellite

01:05:23as it begins

01:05:24re-entry

01:05:24objects can also

01:05:26be photographed

01:05:27with incredible

01:05:27precision

01:05:28by the electro-optical

01:05:30surveillance system

01:05:31and it's very good

01:05:32at its job

01:05:33however

01:05:34it's not designed

01:05:35to photograph everything

01:05:36just specific items

01:05:38and particular missions

01:05:40the sky is so vast

01:05:43it is virtually impossible

01:05:45to wait for

01:05:46track

01:05:47and photograph

01:05:48all unidentified phenomena

01:05:50there is just not

01:05:51sufficient time

01:05:52or budget

01:05:53so it is not really

01:05:55accurate to say

01:05:56that our sophisticated

01:05:57equipment and personnel

01:05:59are able to identify

01:06:00and examine

01:06:01any and all UFOs

01:06:03on the contrary

01:06:04they are programmed

01:06:05to study

01:06:06man-built machines

01:06:08and only that

01:06:11among the many

01:06:12reports of UFOs

01:06:13in late 1973

01:06:14one incident

01:06:16would stand out

01:06:17because of the

01:06:18credibility

01:06:18of the four witnesses

01:06:20this is Major Coyne

01:06:21Army helicopter pilot

01:06:23his co-pilot

01:06:24Lieutenant Errigo Jetsi

01:06:25Air Medic

01:06:26Sergeant Healy

01:06:27and Robert Janicek

01:06:28these men

01:06:29had just finished

01:06:30their annual flight

01:06:31physical

01:06:31early that day

01:06:32and were found

01:06:34fit and sound of mind

01:06:35they would take off

01:06:36from Port Columbus

01:06:37Airport

01:06:38about 10.30pm

01:06:39but what was

01:06:41about to follow

01:06:42and the subsequent

01:06:43report they filed

01:06:44would put to the test

01:06:46the credibility

01:06:47of these men

01:06:47approximately 8 miles

01:06:49east of Mansfield

01:06:52our crew chief

01:06:54Sergeant Robert Janicek

01:06:55observed a red light

01:06:56on the east horizon

01:06:57did you gentlemen

01:06:58see the same red light?

01:07:00yes I did

01:07:02our helicopter

01:07:03was flying

01:07:03on a northerly heading

01:07:04we were flying

01:07:06at an altitude

01:07:07of 2,500 feet

01:07:10he indicated

01:07:11that the light

01:07:12seemed to be

01:07:12pacing the helicopter

01:07:13moving along

01:07:15in a parallel direction

01:07:16with our aircraft

01:07:17which direction

01:07:18from the helicopter

01:07:19was the other?

01:07:20moving

01:07:21it was

01:07:22it was to our

01:07:23right

01:07:24to the right side

01:07:25of the helicopter

01:07:26and it was moving

01:07:27with us

01:07:28as we were heading

01:07:29north towards Cleveland

01:07:31now at this time

01:07:32he indicated

01:07:34that the light

01:07:34change of direction

01:07:36was coming directly

01:07:37at the helicopter

01:07:38at the same altitude

01:07:41and as the helicopter

01:07:43was maintaining

01:07:46a speed of 90 knots

01:07:47the object came

01:07:49at a terrific speed

01:07:50from the horizon

01:07:51we estimated 15 miles

01:07:52visibility was reported

01:07:5415 miles that night

01:07:55did you gentlemen

01:07:57see the object

01:07:57at this time

01:07:58after it had been pointed

01:07:59out by the sergeant

01:08:01no not at that time

01:08:02I was flying

01:08:03left seat or co-pilot

01:08:04and visibility

01:08:05from that seat

01:08:06from an object

01:08:07approaching from the right

01:08:08is rather limited

01:08:09so I was having

01:08:10a difficulty

01:08:11seeing the object

01:08:12and it was

01:08:13for that reason

01:08:14the major point

01:08:15did take the aircraft

01:08:16or the controls

01:08:16from me

01:08:17I grabbed the controls

01:08:18from Lieutenant Jetsy

01:08:19because I thought

01:08:20it was going to hit us

01:08:21I braced for impact

01:08:23with that I pushed

01:08:24the collective down

01:08:25to get the helicopter

01:08:26to start to descend

01:08:27I then looked

01:08:29at the altimeter

01:08:29it was showing

01:08:301700 feet

01:08:31we were descending

01:08:321000 feet a minute

01:08:34the helicopter

01:08:35began to descend

01:08:36and as this object

01:08:37came at the helicopter

01:08:39it seemed to descend

01:08:40with the helicopter

01:08:41when the helicopter

01:08:42went down

01:08:43the object came down

01:08:44but it still came

01:08:45directly at our broad side

01:08:46as if to hit the helicopter

01:08:47from the right side

01:08:48and that it is time

01:08:50that world governments

01:08:51officially acknowledge

01:08:55did anyone else

01:08:56see the object

01:08:57at this time

01:08:58yes I was watching

01:08:59it come on

01:08:59out of the east horizon

01:09:01and the only thing

01:09:02I felt was when

01:09:03the skipper took over

01:09:04the controls

01:09:05and we started

01:09:06to auto-rotate down

01:09:07and I'd never been

01:09:08involved in a mid-air

01:09:09collision so I was

01:09:10just watching

01:09:10this thing come at us

01:09:11it was at this time

01:09:14my light came

01:09:15swung 90 degrees

01:09:16from the UFO

01:09:17towards the helicopter

01:09:18and it came in

01:09:19through the front

01:09:20of the plexiglass

01:09:21and the entire cabin

01:09:22inside turned green

01:09:23from the light

01:09:24it was a pyramid

01:09:25shaped type light

01:09:26that beamed down

01:09:27and came through

01:09:29the front of the helicopter

01:09:30how long was your

01:09:31aircraft bathed

01:09:33in this beam

01:09:34the light that came

01:09:36into the cockpit

01:09:37apparently lasted

01:09:39only for a few seconds

01:09:40but it was enough time

01:09:41that I observed

01:09:43the red instrument

01:09:44panel lights

01:09:45utilized for night flying

01:09:46to be absorbed

01:09:47by the green lights

01:09:48was it possible

01:09:49for you to determine

01:09:50the outline of this

01:09:51object against

01:09:51the star background

01:09:52yes sir

01:09:54it was a cigar

01:09:56shaped object

01:09:57like a symmetrical

01:09:58airfoil

01:09:59with a dome on it

01:10:00it was a solid object

01:10:02it was a metallic

01:10:03structure to it

01:10:06and you could see

01:10:08lights reflecting

01:10:09off the structure

01:10:10and you could not

01:10:12see any of the stars

01:10:13or behind the object

01:10:15itself

01:10:16while all this

01:10:17was going on

01:10:18what was the attitude

01:10:19of the helicopter

01:10:20apparently

01:10:21when we were supposed

01:10:23to be descending

01:10:24at 2,000 feet a minute

01:10:25at 100 knots

01:10:27we were climbing

01:10:29at 1,000 feet a minute

01:10:32with the control

01:10:33still established

01:10:34for a descent

01:10:36and we went

01:10:38from 1,700 feet

01:10:39up to 3,500 feet

01:10:41and topped out

01:10:42at 3,800 feet

01:10:43I would like to stress

01:10:45one important fact

01:10:47and that is

01:10:48there is approximately

01:10:5020 years

01:10:51of army aviation

01:10:52experience

01:10:53between the four

01:10:54men on board

01:10:55the helicopter

01:10:56that night

01:10:57we have been trained

01:10:59to follow procedures

01:11:00and regulations

01:11:01in reporting incidents

01:11:03regardless

01:11:04of how they're accepted

01:11:05and we tried

01:11:07to follow

01:11:08those procedures

01:11:09and we reported

01:11:10the incident

01:11:11as it occurred

01:11:13and have avoided

01:11:14any speculation

01:11:15on the subject

01:11:19while our government's

01:11:20official position

01:11:21is not to speculate

01:11:22on this subject

01:11:23we can choose

01:11:24to let our minds

01:11:25explore other possibilities

01:11:26to use our imaginations

01:11:28for if we consider

01:11:31that astro-scientists

01:11:32agree on one point

01:11:33that the possibility

01:11:34of life elsewhere

01:11:35is not only

01:11:36quite probable

01:11:37some feel

01:11:38it is there

01:11:39without a doubt

01:11:39let us suppose

01:11:41then that these objects

01:11:42are real space vehicles

01:11:44extraterrestrial in origin

01:11:45and not an illusion

01:11:47of the mind

01:11:48perhaps we can begin

01:11:49to accept such ideas

01:11:51as various reported

01:11:52UFO shapes

01:11:53and configurations

01:11:54by looking at our own

01:11:55aviation history

01:11:57we have in 71 years

01:11:59devised dozens

01:12:00of aircraft shapes

01:12:02from propeller driven

01:12:04biplanes

01:12:04to lunar modules

01:12:05to date

01:12:11and by projecting

01:12:13into the future

01:12:13it's conceivable

01:12:15that our technology

01:12:16may lead us

01:12:16to similar developments

01:12:18as to the UFO's behavior

01:12:20if they are space vehicles

01:12:22they appear to have

01:12:24movement in advance

01:12:25of our understanding

01:12:26of what is possible

01:12:27in the 20th century

01:12:28but we must realize

01:12:29however

01:12:30it stretches our imagination

01:12:32there will be a 21st

01:12:34and 22nd

01:12:35and 23rd century

01:12:37where the impossibilities

01:12:38of today

01:12:39may be tomorrow's

01:12:41commonplace

01:12:42if these vehicles

01:12:43are of origins

01:12:44outside our earth

01:12:46then we must assume

01:12:47they are managed

01:12:48controlled

01:12:49and operated

01:12:50by some sort of beings

01:12:51perhaps similar to us

01:12:52from sketchy reports

01:12:54around the world

01:12:55we can begin

01:12:56to construct

01:12:56a hazy portrait

01:12:58of these aliens

01:12:59reports indicate

01:13:00ashen pale

01:13:02white skin

01:13:03perhaps with a thin

01:13:05protective membrane

01:13:06over them

01:13:07eyes large

01:13:09far apart

01:13:10with a wraparound

01:13:11appearance

01:13:12nose indefinite

01:13:14two small

01:13:15breathing holes

01:13:16a slit mouth

01:13:18or small

01:13:19or no opening

01:13:19at all

01:13:20behavior

01:13:21cautious

01:13:22curious

01:13:23firm

01:13:24ability to paralyze

01:13:26on touch

01:13:26sounds emitted

01:13:28humming

01:13:30ooze in a foreign language

01:13:32or some accent

01:13:33buzzing as if electronic

01:13:35from their head

01:13:36and chest

01:13:37wearing head protection

01:13:39or overall body protection

01:13:42we just might not be

01:13:44scientific and technically

01:13:46sophisticated

01:13:47to the extent

01:13:48that's necessary

01:13:49in order to recognize

01:13:50what is the real evidence

01:13:52in this

01:13:52in what we have collected

01:13:54I think we should also think

01:13:56of other possible hypotheses

01:13:57suppose there are such things

01:13:59as

01:14:02interlocking universes

01:14:03where

01:14:04forms of matter

01:14:05which

01:14:05don't mesh

01:14:07with ours

01:14:07except under

01:14:09strange conditions

01:14:10to assume that we are

01:14:12on the level

01:14:13of intelligence

01:14:15that a

01:14:16that would of necessity

01:14:18be visiting us

01:14:20if they have the ability

01:14:21to come here

01:14:23there may be no

01:14:24common bridge

01:14:25of understanding

01:14:27there may be attempts

01:14:28at communication

01:14:29and we don't recognize

01:14:30it as communication

01:14:31we must always be aware

01:14:33of the fact

01:14:34that we may

01:14:34be testing

01:14:35the wrong hypothesis

01:14:37as for instance

01:14:38in the days when

01:14:39people talked about

01:14:41stones falling from heaven

01:14:44that was testing

01:14:45the wrong hypothesis

01:14:46meteorites do exist

01:14:48the phenomenon exists

01:14:49but they're not

01:14:49stones that fall

01:14:50from heaven

01:14:50they're stones

01:14:52that the earth

01:14:54collides with

01:14:54when they're in orbit

01:14:56around the sun

01:14:57it's arrogant

01:15:00egocentric

01:15:01egotistical

01:15:02for us to think

01:15:02that we are the highest

01:15:03intelligences in the universe

01:15:04I think that's

01:15:05completely preposterous

01:15:06as far as the

01:15:09extraterrestrial intelligence

01:15:10is concerned

01:15:11I believe it's out there

01:15:14we have not been able

01:15:15to come up with

01:15:16a logical explanation

01:15:18at least our scientists

01:15:20have not

01:15:21the only plausible

01:15:23explanation that does

01:15:25that would explain

01:15:26all of these sightings

01:15:28is the theory

01:15:30that these could be

01:15:33intelligently controlled vehicles

01:15:37controlled by

01:15:38an alien species

01:15:40alien to this planet

01:15:41how would the public react

01:15:43if this event were true

01:15:45to find the answer

01:15:47Dr. Leon Festinger

01:15:48of the new school

01:15:49for social research

01:15:50consulted a number

01:15:51of prominent

01:15:52social psychologists

01:15:53from several universities

01:15:54across the United States

01:15:56you must realize

01:15:57that social scientists

01:15:58can only make educated guesses

01:16:00about reactions

01:16:01to such a new

01:16:02and startling event

01:16:03but nevertheless

01:16:04certain behavior

01:16:05can be predicted

01:16:07Dr. Aronson

01:16:08of the University of Texas

01:16:10points out

01:16:10that many people

01:16:12already

01:16:13have strong beliefs

01:16:15about the existence

01:16:16or non-existence

01:16:17of extraterrestrial beings

01:16:18and are committed

01:16:19to these beliefs

01:16:20Dr. Walzer tells us

01:16:22that if these

01:16:23extraterrestrial beings

01:16:25were advanced

01:16:26beyond us

01:16:26we would probably

01:16:28gain technological

01:16:29information from them

01:16:30that many Americans

01:16:32may worry

01:16:32that their benefactor

01:16:33will demand

01:16:34something in return

01:16:35constant gratitude

01:16:37or acknowledgement

01:16:38of their superiority

01:16:39as far as panic

01:16:41is concerned

01:16:42most of my associates

01:16:43agree that it

01:16:44wouldn't happen

01:16:45unless there were

01:16:46one an imminent danger

01:16:47with no escape

01:16:48or chance to protect oneself

01:16:50and two

01:16:51it resulted in loss

01:16:52of contact

01:16:53with family

01:16:53or primary groups

01:16:55and last

01:16:56there is also

01:16:57the question

01:16:58of longer term effects

01:16:59what would happen

01:17:01over many years

01:17:02one social psychologist

01:17:04suggests

01:17:04that it might help

01:17:05to unite the world

01:17:07if the visitors

01:17:08from space

01:17:09proved to be an enemy

01:17:10he suggests

01:17:12then we would unite

01:17:14as one species

01:17:15to drive the invader away

01:17:17and then to live

01:17:19in peace

01:17:19thereafter

01:17:21we've so far

01:17:22talked of the past

01:17:24of the present

01:17:24but what are the

01:17:26possibilities

01:17:26of the future

01:17:27it seems almost certain

01:17:29that if other beings

01:17:30more advanced

01:17:31than ourselves

01:17:32do inhabit

01:17:33other sectors

01:17:34of the universe

01:17:34then it's quite probable

01:17:36there will come

01:17:37that day

01:17:38that moment in time

01:17:39when official contact

01:17:41will be made

01:17:43let's look at an incident

01:17:44that might happen

01:17:45in the future

01:17:45or perhaps

01:17:47could have happened

01:17:47already

01:17:48the premise is

01:17:49that contact

01:17:50is made

01:17:51by extraterrestrial beings

01:17:52with representatives

01:17:54of the united states air force

01:17:55at holloman air force base

01:17:56in the deserts

01:17:57of new mexico

01:18:00the day is clear

01:18:01it's about 5.32 a.m.

01:18:03at holloman air force base

01:18:04traffic light

01:18:06one recon plane

01:18:07is on the field

01:18:08ready for takeoff

01:18:09when sergeant mann

01:18:11is given a report

01:18:11what of an approaching

01:18:12unidentified craft

01:18:13yeah bill

01:18:14no nothing on the line

01:18:16I'll repeat it again

01:18:17unidentified approaching

01:18:19objects

01:18:19on the court of 8

01:18:2049er

01:18:2234 degrees southwest

01:18:23well and late

01:18:24in the land of course

01:18:25uh probably astray

01:18:27maybe

01:18:27keep it in for

01:18:28I see him over there

01:18:31check with edwards

01:18:32make contact with him bill

01:18:34uh this is

01:18:35holloman air force base

01:18:36central tower

01:18:37identify yourself

01:18:38what's your tail number

01:18:40you're approaching

01:18:41on military air space

01:18:44warning identify yourself

01:18:46you're in a restricted

01:18:47military air corridor

01:18:49call the base commander

01:18:50base commander's office

01:18:52sergeant wentmore

01:18:53speaking yes yes hold on

01:18:57this is colonel horner

01:18:59yes yes an unidentified

01:19:02vehicle you warned the

01:19:03aircraft again

01:19:04142 turn left

01:19:05what's it shape

01:19:06check edwards

01:19:08civilian patrol

01:19:10okay all right

01:19:12uh it's down to red alert

01:19:14unidentified aircraft

01:19:16approaching

01:19:16hey bill give me a quick

01:19:18check with right

01:19:19patterson intelligence

01:19:20there may be an

01:19:21experimental craft

01:19:22somewhere I don't know

01:19:22here alert the fire chief

01:19:24and security and safety

01:19:44two military interceptors

01:19:46are dispatched to escort

01:19:48the unidentified crafts out of the area

01:19:55during a routine photographic mission

01:19:58a tech sergeant and staff sergeant

01:20:00of the base photographic team

01:20:01were aboard a helicopter at the time

01:20:03and run off several feet of film

01:20:06of the three objects

01:20:07one of which breaks away

01:20:10and begins a descent

01:20:11a second high speed camera crew

01:20:14on the ground runs off approximately 600 feet

01:20:17the cameras continue to roll as the extraordinary vehicle comes into view

01:20:22it hovers almost silently about 10 feet off the ground for nearly a minute

01:20:28and yaws like a ship at anchor

01:20:30then sets down on three extension pads

01:20:34commander and two officers along with two base air force scientists arrive and wait apprehensively

01:20:40a panel slides open on the side of the craft

01:20:46and a third

01:20:48and a third what appear to be men dressed in tight-fitting jumpsuits

01:20:51perhaps short by our standards with an odd blue-gray complexion

01:20:56eyes set far apart

01:20:58a large pronounced nose

01:21:00they wear a headpiece that resembles a rope-like design

01:21:04the commander and the two scientists step forward to greet the visitors

01:21:08arrangements are made by some sort of communication

01:21:11and the group quickly retires to an inner office

01:21:15in the King One area

01:21:18left behind stand a stunned group of military personnel

01:21:22who the visitors are

01:21:24where they're from

01:21:25and what they want

01:21:26is unknown

01:21:32we now have a new challenge

01:21:34perhaps the most monumental in recorded history

01:21:37the opportunity to investigate a phenomenon that could change our destiny

01:21:42through the study and understanding of the ufo phenomena

01:21:45we may discover a new energy force

01:21:48or how to use it

01:21:49or it could lead to an understanding of our relationship to life throughout the universe

01:21:54and if there are beings from distant advanced societies

01:21:58we may be privileged to see a revelation

01:22:01a look at ourselves a thousand years in the future

01:22:04and perhaps at this very moment

01:22:07located in another galaxy

01:22:09somewhere in infinite space

01:22:11other beings raise similar questions

01:22:14and discuss the possibilities of life outside their planet

01:22:18and talk about earth as part of their plan

01:22:21and talk about earth as part of their plan

UFOs: Past, Present, and Future (1974) | UFOs: It Has Begun (1979)

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