Anyone who knows me well is aware of my penchant for cases involving military personnel. To me those kinds of cases have a special appeal, not just because there is often a paper trail associated with the case, but also because there is quite often a concerted effort to cover up the sighting. One does not need to study too many cases of this nature before it becomes apparent that there is a procedure in place by every branch of the military to handle these cases in the most covert manner.
When one actually starts looking at the frequency of UFO sightings that involve either military personnel, or military bases and launch facilities, the number of reports is quite staggering. It also becomes apparent that the security classification of these sightings has not been lowered one bit. The security surrounding these instances is just as tight now as it was in World War II. Whether it is because of the technologies involved, or because of what is known about whoever is flying them, the lid of secrecy has not budged in almost 70 years.
Investigating these cases is a lot harder than most sightings, simply because many witnesses are forced to sign non-disclosure agreements which bind them into silence for the remainder of their lives. The people who take these oaths, take them very seriously, as they should, and can not be faulted for not revealing what they know. If anything, they should be commended for keeping their vows. Many times though, service personnel are bothered by the secrets that they keep, and find that what they are doing is morally not in keeping with their beliefs. There is a fine line between being a whistleblower and being a traitor. Too many times the blanket excuse of "National Security" has been wrapped around secrets, when the truth is it was the security of the people hiding the secret, not the nation, that was at risk.
Probably the most famous cover-up would be the Roswell incident of 1947, when Maj. Jesse Marcel was ordered to pose with the wreckage of a weather balloon as if it was what was found on Mac Brazel's ranch. Anyone who would suppose that a member of the world's most elite bomber squadron at the time, the only nuclear bomb group in the world, would make that kind of simple identification mistake, should really consider the ramifications of what they were trying to sell, and see it for the lie it was. Here's the real kicker though...even though he knew what it was that he saw on the ranch, Jesse Marcel did what he was ordered without question, and never spoke of the incident again until many years later. It became a non-event.
If not for the Freedom of Information Act, many of the accounts would never see the light of day. It is evident that when many of these cases from way back when were classified, the people in charge of the secrets had absolutely no idea that in the future any of these documents would ever be revealed. Had they a suspicion that would be the case, I'm sure that many of them would have been outright destroyed rather than taking a chance that they would ever be released.
I have had quite a few of these cases through MUFON, and there have been many that I have been researching over the years on my own. In the course of investigating these types of cases, I repeatedly come across accounts of secondary debriefings by unknown officers, not known to the witness beforehand, and often being intimidated to comply by these outside influences. I investigated a case a few months ago that took place at Edwards Air Force Base, where the Security Police involved saw a disc hovering over the rocket laboratory building on base. When they spotted the disk it rose up from the building and started moving towards them, and their vehicle and radio both went dead. The disc appeared to hover over them before ascending, then taking off at an incredible speed. When their radios came back on, they discovered that they had actually been out of communication for two hours, and personnel were actively searching for them.
As bizarre as this would seem, it was nothing compared to the debriefing that both men endured. After being questioned by their CO, they were both called back in to be questioned by an officer who had been flown in, and made to sign documents which stated that what they had seen was nothing more than a helicopter. This is a recurring theme for military personnel. Being ordered to say what is not true is apparently okay with the powers that be. That sure says a lot about the way they do business.
Then there are the accounts by children of military personnel. I am currently investigating a case where a young boy and his cousin were watching television when the boys father came in the house from the back yard looking for his binoculars. Since he sounded excited of course everyone filed out into the back yard after him, where he pointed out a really bright light that seemed like it was coming from the high voltage lines that ran behind the property. When he looked at it through the binoculars though he soon realized that what he was looking at was an extremely large, tube-shaped craft! As they all watched, three discs appeared, and started circling and hovering near the larger craft, then two spherical objects appeared circling the discs a few times before all the objects entered the larger craft, which then took off at tremendous speed. Of course everyone was excited by what they had just seen, and the boys father, who was stationed in San Pedro, filed a report the next day when he returned to base. According to the son, his father came home that day in a very subdued mood, and told them all they were not to talk about what they saw anymore. The boy, now grown up, filed a report with MUFON because he is genuinely wondering whatever happened to that report. I am going to file some F.O.I.A. requests on his behalf, but we may never find out the truth about he sighting.
Perhaps it is the challenge of these cases that interests me so much, but I can't help but feel that there is a lot more to them then we suspect. Maybe some day when the truth is finally revealed and these cases can be talked about in the open, we'll get a better understanding of exactly what the interaction with these visitors really was. Until then we can only speculate.
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