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| Donald Keyhoe |
An "Owl," a "Meteor," and a "Coward’s" Media...
[Frank Feschino, Jr. examines Donald Keyhoe's penetrating Flatwoods Investigation in Keyhoe’s 1953 book, "FLYING SAUCERS from Outer Space."]
Mr. Donald Keyhoe was a retired Marine Corps naval aviator and World War II veteran, as has been noted before. Then he was an aviation writer, the
tour manager for Charles Lindbergh's 1927 American tour to promote civil aviation,
plus he became well-known in many aviation circles in Washington, D.C. and
around the world. He was very much celebrated!
This is pointed out
because the New York Times portrayed him at the time more like a credulous loon
as regards UFOs, a confabulator, and even a liar... instead of the reasoning and sober researcher that he proved to be! The article in question…
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· The New York Times, November 22, 1953. Section BR, Page 50.
· Flying Sky-High; FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE. By Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe. 276 pp. New York: Henry Holt & Co. $3.
· BELIEVERS in flying saucers—the ones convinced that they are space ships from another planet—have developed an almost impregnable pattern of protective dialectic. Its basic dogma is that the United States Air Force is run by fools or traitors. Once this "fact" is accepted, the rest is easy. The story goes like this. The Air Force, whose duty is to protect the nation from airborne unpleasantness, has evaluated thousands of saucer "sightings" and has come to the conclusion that many of the saucers are "U. F. O.'s" (Unidentified Flying Objects) which behave in such peculiar ways that they can be nothing but extraterritorial space ships. For some reason, however, the Air Force has decided to keep this situation from the public. It conceals the evidence and tries to explain the U. F. O.'s as man-made objects, natural phenomena, hallucinations or hoaxes. Apparently, all foreign air forces have joined the conspiracy of silence. Only a few persistent investigators, such as Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe (of Marines, retired), author of "Flying Saucers From Outer Space," have the guts to buck this system. They haunt the Pentagon to pore over saucer reports that an Air Force underground allows them to inspect. Then they write books or articles that tell all. Major Keyhoe's tell-all book is full of long, unrememberable conversations. It teems with unidentified authorities and anonymous sources. It describes startling photographs, but prints none of them. It contains abundant evidence that the major is no expert in the field of physics.
· Mr. Leonard, a science editor and writer, is the author of “Flight Into Space."
· In many cases, for instance, he accepts without comment sensational estimates of a saucer's speed. The fact is, of course, that no one can judge the distance of an unfamiliar flying object unless he knows its size. Without knowing its distance he cannot judge its speed. This is particularly true of lights, but Major Keyhoe tells of many lights that were speeding through the dark sky at thousands of miles per hour. The major's chief contact with the pro-saucer faction seems to have been one Albert M. Chop, whom he describes as "the Air Force civilian expert on unidentified flying objects." Chop, in reality, was a minor functionary at the Air Force press desk. He says nothing startling, but the major tries to give the impression that Chop knows the great secret (that the saucers are space ships) and is bursting to tell it.
· On the book's jacket the major's publishers print a polite letter that they got from Chop last January. It is noncommittal, but if read hastily it might seem to endorse "the interplanetary answer." Chop resigned his Air Force job about the time he wrote the letter. Up to the present writing, the Air Force has taken the attitude that most of the saucer "sightings" can be explained in unsensational ways. Most of the remainder, the U. F. O.'s, are hoaxes or reports too vague to be evaluated. Quite properly, however, the Air Force has not ruled out space ships absolutely. Since it cannot be proved that the Earth is the only inhabited place in the universe, there remains a tenuous possibility that spaceships may be visiting the Earth. On this extreme improbability are built such books as Major Keyhoe's.
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The article’s dismissive cant and suspicious bias are all too clear. We can, and with prejudice, couch this thankless review of Donald Keyhoe’s journalistic prowess, his honor, and his intelligence regarding the twitchy subject of UFOs and their always attendant highly strange... a highly strange that everyone is ordinarily loath to talk about... except to dismiss! In light of what had occurred ufologically since (...and then was blithely unremembered by The Times!) in 1947, 1952s "Summer of Saucers"... then on the many, many UFO flaps since… but finally with what is currently happening in Congress about UFOs as this piece is written in June of 2026; UFOs don't go away! Keyhoe helped alert us to this!
No, a test of unblinking time shows that Donald Keyhoe was spot on and credible all the damned time! He was not credulous! He was not a disingenuous loon as the Times intimated! He was NOT a liar as the Times all but charged!
The Grey Lady has always needed a sick sack for the highly unusual and journalistically indigestible! ...The word "coward" is used in the title of this piece! Onward!
Despite this
unflatteringly disingenuous, wholly unfounded, and suspiciously motivated Times "review," (sneer quotes) and as a
result of Keyhoe's groundbreaking “flying saucer” research (plus his writings in
the late 1940's and 50's), he would become a prominent and named researcher of same! Be assured, reader, he was
well respected as regards the soberly approached subject of UFOs. Moving on.
A pioneer aviator of some renown himself, Mr. Keyhoe also knew many USAF officials involved with UFO investigative wing at Project Blue Book! He often corresponded with them, including PBB Chief Captain Edward Ruppelt, the fellow famed for writing authoritatively about “lurid duels of DEATH” with UFOs... and the fallaciously minimized-by-the-Times-article, USAF public spokesman Albert Chop. Keyhoe's 1953 book explains, "He [Chop] has worked closely with the U.S. Air Force agency investigating the saucers, Project Blue Book." This is not disputed or otherwise disparaged in any way. Chop WAS the Air Force's UFO publicity guy!
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| Air War... what would the self-honest call it? |
We’ll refresh the reader. As lights come up... we find the "Flatwoods Monster" close encounter occurred on September 12, 1952! It involved a damaged UFO, resulting from... one girds one's loins... an air war with flying saucers during that period (The Summer of Saucers!), and its huge alien occupant! In obvious distress and shortly after flying over Flatwoods, West Virginia, the object crash-landed, if silently (strangely!), on the hilltop of Flatwoods’ Fisher farm! A 12-foot-tall armor-clad being exited its craft, and then, by report, encountered a group of local townspeople! …End of scene.
According to
Feschino, when Mr. Donald Keyhoe investigated the Flatwoods incident and wrote
about it in "FLYING SAUCERS from Outer Space," he referred to the
story as the "Sutton story." He also referred to the so-called
"monster" as the "Sutton Monster." In 1952, one finds, Flatwoods was a
small town of 300 people and did not even appear on most maps! Mr. Keyhoe therefore
referenced the nearby town of "Sutton," which was the recognizable County
Seat of Braxton County where the incident occured.
As the story unfolds, Keyhoe writes, "I found myself faced with another
puzzle—the case of the 'Sutton Monster.'" He adds, "…Of all the
eerie saucer stories, this was the weirdest... The action took place near
Sutton, West Virginia, on the night of September 12, 1952." Mr. Keyhoe
retells the encounter on the Fisher Farm and describes the "monster" revealed
when one of the witnesses spotted their flashlight beam upon it near a tall Oak
tree. The reader should note that this is LIGHT on "the subject." Misidentifications become more unlikely.
Keyhoe states, “The
light fell squarely on a huge figure, at least nine feet tall, with a sweaty
red face and protruding eyes about a foot apart." [...so, a BIG owl!] ..."As the light fell upon it, the
monster's body glowed a dull green, then with an odd hissing sound it started
toward them. Terrified, Mrs. May and the boys fled down the hill."
Make note that they were NOT pursued, only repelled!
Keyhoe quickly learned of
the Flatwoods incident by reading the numerous newspaper articles on the
subject! It was world-class news in 1952! He would work to research
and investigate this bizarre story, going forward, through his many
contacts in Washington, D.C.! This is not to be sneered at. Keyhoe was WELL placed for substantive contacts.
He called the
Pentagon and spoke to USAF public spokesman Albert Chop shortly after the
incident occurred, and later during January of 1953 through November of 1953.
During Donald Keyhoe's first telephone call to the Pentagon about the
Flatwoods case, he did not take the case seriously! He stated, "I put
it down to hysteria. As a joke I phoned Chop."
Keyhoe asked Chop,
"How many Intelligence officers are you rushing down to Sutton?"
Chop answered, "You too? he said sourly?" He continued, "We’re
not even bothering to investigate. Several astronomers said a meteor went over
there. [No, they didn't!] Those people must have dreamed up the rest." As the
conversation continued, Keyhoe stated, "…But the Sutton [Flatwoods]
story wasn't so easily downed. Radio commentators repeated it all over the
country. A newspaper syndicate ran a series of articles." It was HOT!
Meanwhile, though,
as we’ve written before, and behind the scenes, Intelligence Officials had
quickly worked through the West Virginia State Police and got information about
the incident from the Flatwoods locals. In town during the two days following
the incident, officers planted a seed of doubt in the story with their
negative remarks and even scoffed at the tale.
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| The thin blue line... of cover-up... |
The police frankly ridiculed the witnesses and "debunked" the entire incident to the reporters covering the story, which made the story seem even more doubtful. Subsequently, the United Press picked up the negative story! Newspapers across the world reported, "State Police and a number of residents hooted at the reports as a product of hysteria" and added, "Police laughed. They said the so-called "monster" had grown from seven to 17 feet tall in 24 hours." This, reader, is the sound of a ufological can being kicked down the road...
Furthermore, it was
reported that the damaged object flying over Flatwoods, "might have
been a meteor crashing to Earth." …Well debunked, remember!
Ultimately?! The
story was downplayed as a result of the negative information given to the
press by the state police. Donald Keyhoe stated, "I discovered that the
Air Force had not ignored the Sutton [Flatwoods] report. To avoid public
attention, Intelligence had worked through the West Virginia state police,
securing all the details." ...Nailing it down, in other words.
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| Feschino and Davis |
Local resident Jack Davis gave researcher Frank Feschino, Jr. information about the state police during that time. In addition to securing details about the incident, the state police told Mr. Davis to keep quiet and not talk to anyone about the "Flatwoods Monster." He told Feschino, "They told me just not to discuss it with anyone." Jack said an officer lectured him, "That if you couldn't tell them what it was, then you don't tell them some phenomenon tale." Jack also stated, "I was in Sutton and a patrolman, by the name of Gumm talked to me a little bit. He expressed to me that any remarks or anything that people might ask about it [monster], not to give them any information and not to discuss it." Curious…
Keyhoe also adds additional information about another covert operation and states, "…Later from a source outside the Pentagon, I heard that Intelligence had followed this up by sending two men in civilian clothes who posed as magazine writers while interviewing witnesses." Keyhoe then explains, "Even if this was not true—and the Air Force denied it—their check through the state police showed more interest than they admitted!"
Decades later, Mrs. May revealed to Feschino that two men
from Washington, D.C. did visit her at home in Flatwoods while
posing as newspaper reporters! They spoke to her on the day after the incident,
investigated the encounter site on the farm, then came back the following day
and questioned her again. This is a lot of attention for big owls and lingering meteors...
During their second
visit, they had admitted who they were and asked Mrs. May if they could get a sample of the oil from her clothing that she'd described as splattered on her during her
encounter with the "monster." She agreed.
After scraping all
the oil residue from her clothing, the two men left Mrs. May's home, never
to be seen again. Even though Keyhoe said the "Air Force denied
this," his source back in 1952, who told him about the two undercover
men, would seem to have been correct.
Keyhoe then explains what occurred one week after the incident! He wrote, "…Then Mrs. May and the Lemon boy appeared on 'We the People' [TV show] and retold their frightening experience." The September 19, 1952 "WE The People" TV talk show featured interviews with the two witnesses and was broadcast live nationwide from New York City by NBC.
As a visual aid to
be used during the episode, a large drawing of the "monster" was used
during the interviews. An artist sat down with May and Lemon, the adult
witnesses, before the show, interviewed them, and illustrated a quick drawing
of the figure they’d described to him. The artist used their descriptions, as
he took them, misleadingly, finished the illustration, and portrayed the figure
as a scary-looking "space monster," wearing a skirt!
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| Feschino with the original drawing... |
He’d illustrated a floating figure with a pointed cloth hood around its head! It was wearing a long, pleated dress and had long, skinny arms replete with lurid claws! When this drawing was shown to a live nationwide audience, the American public was flabbergasted at the sight of this "space monster" that had landed in West Virginia; the country was moved to near panic! Keyhoe thought so, at any rate.
As a result of the massive publicity this UFO incident was receiving, Keyhoe would write, "'This could get out of hand,' I told Chop. 'Why doesn't the Air Force squelch it?'" Chop answered, "'We've already said the object was a meteor,' he retorted." Said?!
Donald Keyhoe replied, "A lot of people don't
believe it. And the way this has built up, it's bad." Of that
conversation, Keyhoe also wrote, "'It'll die out,' Chop insisted."
Keyhoe then responded to him, "…But people will remember it later, if
something breaks." Chop then reiterated the Air Force's meteor
explanation, "All those people saw was a meteor. They imagined the
rest. We can't send Intelligence officers out on every crazy story."
…But they would… and did… send a light battalion of very well supplied troops to the area about… something. More on that in a moment!
Keyhoe stated,
"There was only one reasonable answer, and I should have seen it
before. If the Air Force had sent investigators publicly in the hope of killing
the story, it might have backfired. Papers and magazine writers would picture
the Intelligence officers as making a serious investigation… It might seem
proof to some people, that the Air Force was soberly impressed by the report—or
at least that giants from space were considered a strong possibility."
Mr. Keyhoe started
piecing the Flatwoods story together, then. He began to perceive a bigger if still imperceptible picture and was moved to take the case more seriously! He remarked, "When
the time came to admit that the saucers were real, the slightest official hint
of possible menace would be quickly remembered. From that angle the Sutton
(Flatwoods) story was dangerous, with its picture of a fearsome creature
intelligent enough to build and control spaceships. It was far better to brand
the whole thing as a hallucination which Intelligence evidently believed was
the answer." ...Far better? We wonder. ...And remember, we were shooting UFOs down, in the first place!
Flash forward to early 1993 when illustrator Frank Feschino, Jr. began to investigate the incident. He met and interviewed the primary adult witness, Mrs. May, about the so-called "monster." She explained that the "monster" drawing that the artist quickly drew and then was shown on the TV show in 1952 was incorrect! “It didn't look like that, at all.”
She said the
figure was not covered in cloth; that it was "more metallic." That was
the report from the beginning, after all! A "metallic" thing was described in the early news reports!
As she described it to Feschino in detail, he would sketch it himself, but forensically and not sensationally! The figure actually resembled a 12-foot-tall mini-spaceship or rocket; it seemed apparent.
Feschino's rendering did not look like the original drawing. Gone were the skinny arms and fearsome claws. Gone was the sweet sixteen skirt. Gone was the ridiculous and dismissable affect of a B-movie featured creature! The new figure looked like it had a relevant purpose lacking in the 1952 version, as it was not drawn for the sensational but for the record from THE primary witness!
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| The forensic unsensationalized rendering... |
Feschino asked after
the artist who drew it in 1952, "Why did he draw arms on it, because
you told me it had antennae?” She answered, "I told him that too,
but that's what he drew on it. To make it look more like a monster, I guess."
The artist had “misinterpreted,” to be kind, the descriptions of the figure that May and
Lemon had given him… and he had sensationalized the drawing to look like a
"space monster" for TV! She also told Feschino, "I was close
enough that it squirted oil out all over my uniform." She'd held the flash light! She knew what the damned thing looked like, boy howdy!
It was during this
interview that Feschino began to realize anew! This figure that May and company
encountered was actually some sort of craft or encounter suit … and not
an existential "monster"… with arms and claws and wearing a skirt!
That’s a key revelation foreshadowing the violent activity against UFOs surrounding
this time period. It’s the “Summer of Saucers,” remember! Air War was a reality!
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| Leavitt on site in Flatwoods, 1952... |
Later, in 1993, Feschino interviewed the 1952 commander of the West Virginia National Guard, Colonel Leavitt. This was the Commander of the military contingent detailed to the area, the reader will recall. Mr. Leavitt told him that he was contacted by Air Force officials in Washington on the night of the incident and was ordered to the Fisher Farm, as has been written.
Their mission was
to cordon off the farm, examine the entire area and obtain specimen samples
from the location of the encounter. He told Feschino, "They called me on
the phone and asked me to get what they wanted, and I told them I would send it
back to them. I did."
Later that evening,
Colonel Leavitt went to the farm with about 50 troops. This was a split-off
contingent from a larger force nearby performing another similar investigation.
Near the encounter site of the Oak tree where the "monster” was sighted, Leavitt
obtained soil, wood from the tree, leaf samples, and the unknown oily substance
that was emitted by the "monster."
Leavitt told Feschino,
"The Air Force, that's what they wanted me to do." He also
said this about the Air Force, "They wanted to know what it was."
In reference to the so-called "monster" seen near the Oak tree,
Colonel Leavitt stated, "It just sat down. It just sat down under a
limb. There was a limb, and it just scooted underneath it."
Feschino also
inquired about the oil emitted by the "monster" near the tree at the
encounter site. Colonel replied, "Where it sat, it had some oil coming
out. Whatever it was." Feschino responded with levity, "I guess space
ships have oil leaks too." Missing the humor, Leavitt responded seriously, "Maybe
so."
Leavitt also told Feschino,
"Well, there was something here that could fly backwards, or anywhere it
wanted to go, just anywhere, as long as it didn't tear up its equipment."
This statement reinforced Feschino's revelation that the "monster" was a
mechanical craft or suit.
Feschino asked
Leavitt how long his troops stayed on the farm after he left, "Now, how
long was everybody up here?" Leavitt replied, "Well, they stayed
the night." Feschino remarked, "…They did?!" Leavitt
stated, "Yeah, to see if something else was going to happen..."
Colonel Leavitt collected the samples, departed the farm after 45-minutes or so, and repaired to another crash site alluded to, also in Braxton County. At the end of his interview, Colonel Leavitt told Feschino in a low, tremulous voice, "…Something was a cover-up."
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| Ms. May with the original rendering... |
Back to the year 1952, but one
week later, Mrs. May returned home from New York City after the TV show and
discovered Flatwoods was plagued with reporters and hundreds of curious
onlookers from all over the world! She was nonplussed. The town was overrun with even more visitors after her TV appearance!
Thousands of the curious!
Throughout the
week, Colonel Leavitt and National Guard soldiers were also visiting the farm
for crowd control… and keeping an eye on the area. During that time, he also
talked to Mrs. May and several of the juvenile witnesses, and he became aware of
the details of the affair.
Mrs. May told Feschino
of an incident that happened involving Leavitt after she arrived home from New
York, "I hadn't been home too long until this truck came up and it had
all the troops and everything on it, and Dale [Leavitt] came in. He asked me if he could
borrow the picture [drawing] and he took it out and showed all the boys
[troops]. After a while he came back in and said, 'Well, I want you to take a
look at this' and he just turned it sideways and said, 'This is a complete
missile.'" She added, "It was some kind of missile craft."
Colonel Leavitt was well aware that the so-called "monster" was
actually a machine and not a clawed "space monster."
Feschino additionally
interviewed Mrs. May's son, witness Freddie, who had also illustrated a drawing
of the "monster" during an interview the night of the incident.
Freddie told Feschino, "It was mechanical; it was not alive. Maybe
inside of the thing—there could have been something alive. What I saw was
either a small spaceship or suit of some kind. Something it was wearing. It was
mechanical."
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...All the boys, and Lemon, drew the same character for a hard-nosed interrogator in separate interviews, immediately after the incident... |
In reality, Feschino had discovered or rooted out that the "monster" was actually a metallic space suit topped with a pointed helmet that covered a red inner helmet! It was NOT a lurid faery tale by country feebs and moonshinin' hillbillies... as has been baselessly intimated by errant critics over the years! The lower torso flared out and was surrounded by metal pipes that were perhaps exhaust pipes and perhaps part of some kind of silent propulsion system that enabled it to hover and maneuver, with no report of loud sound that even a leaf blower must make... which it was doing… maneuvering... howsomever, silently. It was not a skirt!
Feschino also asked
the Colonel, "Were there any other reports from Washington?"
He answered, "No! They never—they never gave me anything back."
The entire incident was being kept under wraps by Blue Book
officials! Feschino didn’t get his hands on those files until the
late 90s, or early 2K!
During Keyhoe's investigation,
he was wholly unaware that the so-called "monster" was actually a
machine resembling a small spaceship or craft. He was only aware of the
incorrect, distorted, and far-fetched original TV drawing aired on "We
The People."
Furthermore, the Air Force never gave Keyhoe any additional information about the case! They kept him in the dark on it.
Later; however, Keyhoe did receive some additional compelling information from a pilot friend of his that he’d ran into in the snack bar at the Pentagon. This man was familiar with the Flatwoods case and was aware of a key point that Keyhoe was unaware of. Keyhoe writes that his name was, "Jim Riordan, a jet pilot I'd known for several years, along with his wife Shiela." Keyhoe stated, "(At Jim's request I have changed his last name, though none of the information he gave me was restricted in any way)." Keyhoe wrote that this jet jockey was retired and had fought in the Korean War! He’d received the "Distinguished Flying Cross and Silver Star ribbons." Riordan said he had stopped at the Pentagon "to see one of my old gang."
As they spoke, Keyhoe said, "I showed him the ATIC
reports. Riordan's brows went up. 'What's the deal?' he said suspiciously.
'After that book of yours, I thought you'd be poison to the Air Force.'"
The two men spoke
about his time in Korea, jet interceptions, and UFO cases. Shortly
after, Riordan departed, but they had made arrangements to meet again.
Subsequently, they DID meet again, kept in touch, continued to co-mingle, and
also spoke on the phone discussing several puzzling UFO cases and current
events. During one particular meeting with Riordan, he brought up the Flatwoods
case.
Keyhoe writes, "'You know the Sutton monster story?' said Riordan. When I first heard of it - well, let that wait."
They continued to talk on other topics about planets and ETs before getting back to the Flatwoods case. Keyhoe then stated, "I started to ask him about the Sutton story. What was ATIC's conclusion?" He then informed Riordan, "They [ATIC] swear they didn't analyze it, but I'm positive they did check into it." In hindsight, how could they NOT look into it?!
Keyhoe
continued, "I told him what I knew about the case, and Riordan shook
his head dubiously." Riordan replied, "It sounds as if there
was something to it. Not a monster—I still can't see that—but it might have
been a robot of some kind, the way they described it"!
Riordan states that
he was well aware the figure seen in Flatwoods was, "Not a monster."
He actually remarked, "it might have been a robot of some kind,"
which would indicate he believed it may have been a mechanical device or
machine! This was a far cry from the silly clawed
"monster" that was portrayed to the American public, which helped turn this event into a West Virginia folklore story. The Flatwoods story was CONTRIVED to be
risible and therefore dismissible!
Regardless, Keyhoe
was still puzzled with Blue Book's incomplete answers and conclusions about the incident,
but stated, "When the time came to admit that the saucers were real,
the slightest official hint of possible menace would be quickly remembered.
From that angle, the Sutton (Flatwoods) story was dangerous, with its picture of
a fearsome creature intelligent enough to build and control spaceships… It was
far better to brand the whole thing as a hallucination… which Intelligence
evidently believed was the answer." Again? …Far better? If we’d picked
that can up instead of kickin' it down the road… again, this 78-year-old writer
would have known nothing else and suspects that he would know something much better!
That’s the intuition…
In January of 1953, Donald Keyhoe called the Pentagon again and spoke to Albert Chop about the Flatwoods case. He explains the following information, "I was told what intelligence believed to be the basic facts. First, the glowing object seen by Mrs. May and the boys actually a meteor [debunked]: it merely appeared to be landing when it disappeared over the hill [debunked]. Second, the group did see two glowing eyes, probably those of a large owl perched on a limb[debunked]. Underbrush may have given the impression of a giant figure and in their excitement they imagined the rest [debunked]. Third, the boy's illness was brought on by their fright." What frightened him, one wonders…
Later that year Donald Keyhoe contacted Albert Chop at the Pentagon and spoke to him again. The following transpired, "'We're simply not bothering with monster stories,' Chop repeated, when I asked him again in November." Chop stated, "We've got enough trouble with confirmed sightings." So he said.
Keyhoe remarked, "Whether or not the Air Force analysis is correct; one
point is certain—Intelligence carefully avoided a public investigation in
order to prevent hysteria." Hysteria about what, then, the
reader may wonder… …we do!
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| Captain Edward Ruppelt PBB Chief... of "Lurid Duels of Death" fame... |
In closing, Donald Keyhoe disclosed the following remark made to him by one Captain Edward Ruppelt, an interim Blue Book Chief! It appeared in his 1973 book, "Aliens from Space." Ruppelt informed Keyhoe that, "We're ordered to hide sightings when possible, but if a strong report does get out, we have to publish a fast explanation—make up something to kill the report in a hurry. We must also ridicule the witnesses, especially if we can't figure out a plausible answer." A prime example of this cover-up strategy, without a substantive doubt, was the "Flatwoods Monster" incident of 1952! Officialdom would do this again and again going forward...
So! …There it was
in 1952 at Flatwoods (like it was in Roswell’s 1947!)! A full-blown air
war this time, replete with everything necessary to qualify for an official
acknowledgement and full disclosure of UFOs as an existential FACT, both
those times… but we’d kick the ufological can down the road in our cowardice, again, JUST like we did in 1947!
Who is served? We offer that it is not lay humanity who is served! Served, rather, are the unelected, the irresponsible, …the few. That the lay humanity alluded to, those who are but the victims of the cowardice of these "few"… are not served, is increasingly apparent! It remains that this cowardice… institutional, philosophical, psychological, or otherwise… NEVER has an efficacious payoff. No…Ignorant bliss is, and has ever been, a LIE!
Our suspicion is that we will "Kick The Can," again...Read on!
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| "Shoot Them Down"! |
