Billy Booth -- Arizona: The UFO Hotspot of March, 1997

Arizona: The UFOHotspot of March, 1997

Some sighting reports on the Phoenix Lights

By Billy Booth

UFOs/Aliens Expert

Introduction

I just recently received some reports from a good friend of mine from MUFON. They may seem meaningless to some, but not to me. There is never too much evidence on a case, this one being thePhoenix Lights of 1997. This report also shows what some have overlooked or forgotten; there was more than one night of sightings.

If you haven't seen all of the related files we have, try Commercial Airline Pilot Saw Phoenix Lights Lighted Objects Photographed over Yuma, Arizona, and this similar case:The Tinley Lights. Also see the Mystery of the Triangles and The Triangles, UFOs or Experimental Craft?

March 13, 1997 - Reports from Paulden, Prescott and Dewey

The first call received over the UFO Hotline was from a former police officer, who called to report that he and his family had just witnessed a bizarre cluster of red lights moving very rapidly across the night sky in the vicinity of Paulden, Arizona, (approximately 30 miles north of Prescott, AZ) at about 8:16 p.m. (local time) on Thursday night, March 13, 1997.  The man who called, a rational, sober-minded and eloquent sounding person, described having witnessed with his family a very strange cluster of distinctly red-orange lights, which consisted of 4-5 red lights "in the lead," followed by a single light which appeared to be "standing back from the others." The lights in the lead gave the impression of being in a "V" formation, somewhat like a wedge or boomerang in shape.  

More Calls over the Next Two Days

Subsequent calls then started pouring in to the Hotline from locations to the south of Paulden, AZ. The next calls received were from the vicinities of Prescott and Prescott Valley, approximately 50 miles north of Phoenix. Several individuals called from that vicinity to recount that approximately 8:17 p.m., they witnessed 4 or 5 very bright white lights pass overhead. Several of the observers reported that the object appeared to be triangular in shape, with a somewhat complex grouping of lights along its sides.  

One of the observers in Prescott reported that the orientation of the distinctly white lights appeared to change while she and her family were observing the object. However, the lights formed a distinctly triangular pattern in the sky.  

Another observer was standing outside with his wife and sons in Prescott Valley, when they noticed a cluster of lights to in the west-northwest of their position. 

The lights formed a triangular pattern, but all of them appeared to be red, with the exception of the light at the nose of the object, which was distinctly white. The object, or objects, which had been observed for approximately 2-3 minutes with binoculars, then passed directly overhead the observers, they were seen to "bank to the right," and they then disappeared in the night sky to the southeast of Prescott Valley…  

Even though the night was very quiet, none of the observers described above heard any sound emanate from the object. All of them emphasized that the object "glided" through the sky, and made absolutely no noise whatsoever… All of the observers volunteered during their telephoned reports that they had strained their ears, trying to hear some sound from the object, but none was heard, which contributed to the eerie nature of the sighting.

Count Dewey In 

The next sighting was reported from Dewey, AZ, located approximately 10 miles to the south of Prescott. Five adults and youth were driving north on Highway 69 to an appointment in Prescott, when they witnessed a very large cluster of lights, which formed a "V" shape in the sky. The driver pulled off the road into a grocery store parking lot, and all the occupants got out of their car in order to get a better look at the object. By this time, the object was directly above them, where it appeared to hover for several minutes. 

The member of this group who called the Hotline reported that the object was so large that, if he clenched his fist and held it at arm’s length; he could not cover the size of the object with his fist!  In addition, he reported that based on his flying experience, he estimated that the object was not over 1,000 feet above the ground. He emphasized that there was absolutely no sound emanating from the object—it was absolutely silent, and it was moving at a very slow pace, considerably slower for example than a light aircraft would have been seen to move at that (assumed) altitude. 

He added that he could see a small, private aircraft in the vicinity of the object overhead, and that the aircraft appeared to be heading in the direction of the Prescott airport. More about this aircraft is described below in the description of the alleged interception of the strange object by F-15’s farther to the south.  One particularly noteworthy aspect of this observer’s report is that he had called both Prescott Airport, and Luke AFB to report the sighting. The female operator at Luke AFB volunteered to him that their switchboard had been deluged with reports about the strange object. Later statements from Luke AFB alleged that they had received no calls about the object.   

Calls from Chino Valley, Tempe, Glendale, Phoenix and More...

Many people called from those areas, far too many to describe in detail. One of the most interesting reports, however, was from a young man, who identified himself as an "amateur astronomer," who resides in west Phoenix. His description of the object, which he saw to the west of his home, appeared to be a cluster of solid, unblinking lights, which moved in an unwavering procession from the north to south. 

He could discern he thought that each of the individual lights in fact was two smaller lights. Also, he reported that he observed two aircraft in the vicinity of the object, one of which appeared to turn away from the object to the west, and the other which turned to the east.  Another interesting report was submitted by a young mother, who stood outside her home, located in Phoenix approximately 1 mile south of Camel Back Mountain, and watched the object with her children for 5 minutes. She reported that the object was directly overhead her house and that it was larger than her clenched fist when held at arm’s length! 

Impression of a Boomerang or Arrowhead

The object appeared to have lights along its sides, such that the lights gave the viewers on the ground the impression of a "boomerang" or "arrowhead" shape.  After approximately 5 minutes, the object began to move slowly to the south. 

However, before the object disappeared from sight to the south, it appeared to "fire" out to the front of it a red beam of "laser light" for an instant. Then, as it moved slowly to the south, the lights of the front and sides of the object seemed to dim and fade from sight. There were no lights visible on the aft end of the craft as it moved away from the observers. The object just disappeared from sight in the southern sky…  

The object was next seen in Tucson, where a man watched the formation of lights for what he estimates to be 15 minutes… from 8:45 to after 9:00 p.m., he estimates. He reported to us that the lights had come from the northwestern sky, maneuvered overhead for 5-10 minutes, and then moved off to the south in "nose to tail" formation, disappearing from sight as they moved over the mountains.  The last location to report was Kingman, AZ, where a young man, in route to Los Angeles, called from a phone booth to report having seen a large and bizarre cluster of lights moving slowly in the northern sky.  

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Billy Booth -- Three Weeks of Amazing Sightings in Washington State

Three Weeks ofAmazing Sightings in Washington State

Large group of UFO sightings in Washington

By Billy Booth

UFOs/Aliens Expert

Introduction

Called a spate or wave by investigators, this occurs when there are numerous sighting reports within a given geographical region or time span. The sightings listed below occurred in Washington state, with one coming from neighbor Oregon. Be sure to see UFO Sightings from the State of Washington,  Maury Island UFO Crash, The Kenneth Arnold Sighting and the Portland Oregon Flying Saucers.

Sightings Spanned April 22 to May 11, 2014

From between approximately 2120 hrs. and 2130 hrs. (Pacific Daylight Time), one or more objects, variously described as a blue-green sphere, an oval of blue-green light, or a disc with six lights on it, was reported from multiple points throughout western Washington State. 

The object was reported to change direction of flight on at least three occasions, to execute a rolling maneuver on at least one occasion, to come to an almost complete stop in two locations, to reverse its general course of travel from south to north, and to change its appearance, including its color, on at least two occasions. 

One reliable observer witnessed the object to pass slowly over the center of Bangor Submarine Base on Hood Canal, approximately 20-30 miles to the west of Seattle, passing directly over the underground bunkers where nuclear weapons are thought to be stored.  

In excess of a dozen seemingly independent and reliable reports regarding the alleged sightings were received by the National UFO Reporting Center between April 22 and May 11.

Summary of Witness Reports:
 
1. Snohomish County, WA:  A 16-yr. old male and his mother, located approximately 15-20 miles north of Seattle, witnessed a blue-green object suddenly descend from the sky, hover, and then accelerate to the south-southwest and disappear in that direction at approximately 2120 hrs. (PDT).

2. Poulsbo, WA:  Larry Swanson, a former federal employee and computer specialist, who resides approximately ¼ mile from the northeast corner of the Bangor Submarine Base, allegedly witnessed a brightly lighted, disc-shaped object glide silently over the center of that military facility at approximately 2122 hrs...  The object tilted somewhat, so the witness was able to see the ventral side of the object quite clearly, he reports.  

3. Auburn, WA:  A man out walking his dog witnessed a perfectly circular, blue-green ball of light descends from north to south in the western sky at 2120 hrs. at a very high velocity.

4. Puyallup, WA:  A man driving to work witnessed a striking blue-green ball of light descending at a 30-35 degree angle from north to south in the western sky at a very high velocity.

5. Shelton, WA:  A young father witnessed a blue-green ball of light streak across the sky to the west of his location.

6. Oakville, WA:  A mother and her two sons, driving west on State Route 12, located to the west of Interstate 5, witnessed a “disc shaped” object, imbedded in a cloud of blue-green light, streak from north to south in the western sky.  The object appeared to “follow the contour” of the horizon, dipping down suddenly, and then rising up again during its rapid flight to the south.  The object was reported to generate a peculiar “tail,” which streamed off the aft end of the object for a fleeting instant.  All three witnesses believed they observed three lights on the top of the disc, and three lights on its ventral side, as well.

7. Steilacoom, WA:  A woman witnessed a blue-green ball of light streak from north to south in the western sky at 2123 hrs...

8. Vancouver, WA:  A husband and wife witnessed a blue-green ball of light move slowly from north to south in the western sky.  Very peculiar appearance to the object, they reported, with a peculiar looking “mist” surrounding the object.

9. Portland, OR:  A young musician witnessed a blue-green ball of light move from west to east in the northern sky from his vantage point in the city of Portland, OR.

10. Vancouver, WA:  A male Ph.D. in computer science, driving north on Interstate 5 witnessed a blue-green ball of light, that seemed to him to descend vertically ahead of his automobile and hover momentarily above the highway.  The witness added that he had experienced some very unusual emotional reactions to the event.

11. Yakima, WA:  A law enforcement officer witnessed a blue-green ball of light moving at a very high velocity from south to north for approximately 2 seconds.

  During his sighting, the object suddenly changed its color from green to red. The sighting occurred at 2130 hrs. the witness thought.  

Special thanks to Peter Davenport, NUFORC.ORG, and Ken Pfeifer, WWW.WORLDUFOPHOTOSANDNEWS.ORG

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Billy Booth -- Mysterious Craft Observed from a Commercial Flight

Mysterious Craft Observed from a Commercial Flight

Passenger on flight near Dallas, Texas spots mysterious craft

By Billy Booth

UFOs/Aliens Expert

Introduction

It stands to reason that those that are closer to the action see more than others, like passengers or crewman on an airplane. This has happened too many times to count.  Marine Pilot Encounters UFO over Gulf of Mexico,  UFO Near Miss at Manchester Airport,  Do Pilots Report UFOs? and Gorman Plane UFO Encounter are some good examples.

Air Flight from Seattle to Dallas - 11-14-1997

I am writing you because of something I saw (along with a friend) while flying into Dallas on a Friday evening. The more I have thought about this the more I knew I should write down what I saw.  I was flying from Seattle to Dallas on Flight 18 Friday Nov. 14th, at about 6:35-6:45 P.M. 

We were about a half hour out of Dallas/Ft Worth and high above a thick, cloud cover. There was a full moon out and the clarity above the clouds was good. As we looked out ahead and to the east (port side of the aircraft), I noticed a few lights out ahead of us. 

First Presumption - An Airplane

Naturally at first, I presumed they were other aircraft coming right at us since the lights did not blink like wing lights but as the head lights do at times. There were two such lights and they looked far off but being at night, it was hard to tell just how far.

I watched for a long time watching other aircraft with blinking strobe lights passing in various directions. These lights (the identifiable aircraft with blinkers) were much smaller in size to the constant lights. What started to seem strange was the fact that the original two lights which were constant began to appear to be closer the nearer we flew, not farther apart as it should be is we were approaching them. 

Also what seemed strange was the fact that at no point did there appear any other lights such as a green (starboard) or red (port) lights with these two constant lights. I watched intently as I saw a normally lit and identifiable aircraft fly perpendicular to the main light on my left that I had been watching. The identifiable aircraft approached extremely close and behind this light. 

The light was not a distant star or light on a hill or a beacon as my mind raced to start to explain what I was seeing.  The time span now is maybe 15 full minutes of watching these lights. We were approaching these lights which was apparent since the lights were now directly to the port side of the aircraft and no longer in front of us. As we continued on, and our approach to Dallas caused us to slightly alter our approach, these lights became directly to port from us and even closer and seemed to rise higher above the cloud layer than before. 

I had mentioned the lights to my companion several times since I first spotted them when I had described them first as two aircraft with their headlights on. At this point I saw a third light low in the cloud cover below these two lights. This third light was hazy as if slightly in the clouds and also seemed larger and closer to us. It had shape to it, almost like it was like a soft cube shape (a cube with rounded corners and puffed up sides. It was not just light).

Lights Unlike Any Others

I was seriously questioning that these lights were anything I had seen before. I had made several comments to my friend trying to explain what I was seeing since I knew they were not aircraft like "these have to be beacon lights" or "maybe they are power lines" always to be followed by, "but we are too high for that."   

I said to my companion that she should look at the lights. Right about then, I leaned back as we passed the lights. My companion leaned over me and looked now back slightly aft and to port through the windows and said to me "You mean those lights that look like a triangle?"

I looked out the window again and now saw that indeed there were three distinct lights, now blinking above the cloud cover in a triangle formation. The third light had indeed come out and was well above the clouds.  As we continued to move towards Dallas and begin our descent, the lights remained in a triangle formation even though we continued make a left turn towards the Dallas/Ft Worth airport. In other words, even though they were in a triangular formation while we looked at them to port, they remained in a triangular formation as we viewed them to aft. 

Lights at 25-30K Feet 

Within a few minutes we were descending into the clouds and I lost sight of the lights.  I have thought a lot about what I saw and discussed it with my companion who also saw them. These were stationary lights at our altitude during normal flight approach about 35-45 minutes out of Dallas or slightly higher (with the exception to the third light) which would put them at least 25-35K feet. 

The lights were stationary since while we approached they were in front, as we continued they were to the port and then aft of us as we passed. There were initially two constant lights very far apart when first viewed and only slightly brighter and very much closer to each other 30 minutes later when joined by the third light from the clouds. The lights did not seem to move, but were stationary though they must have moved since they were closer to each other after viewing them for 30 minutes than at first. 

I am a 42 yr. old businessman in Seattle and work as a real estate broker. I was a concert promoter for many, many years and have flown hundreds of thousands of miles. I have a good grasp of astronomy and can identify the moons of Jupiter with my binoculars and Venus along with my favorite constellations. I grew up with a pilot as my best friend and have logged hundreds of right seat flying in small aircraft so I have an appreciation for what aircraft look like at night and during the day. 

Witness Not a 'Believer"

Though I do listen to Art Bell and have read many books on Roswell and a few about other UFOs, I am not a "believer." I am a curious observer. With thousands of hours of staring at the skies, of flying all over this country many times over during night and day, I have never seen anything that wasn't identifiable, at least after 5-10 minutes of viewing. 

These objects were viewed by me for nearly 45 minutes non-stop and I have no explanation that meets any test I put to it. I have replayed the tape in my head over and over. I keep seeing the aircraft passing behind the main left light. I keep seeing the two lights far apart and them seeing the triangle shape after the appearance of the third. I see the third boxy light shrouded on the clouds then see it clearly in view above the clouds. 

These objects had to be moving, but in such a way that they seemed stationary to the eye or the plane. There were no additional lights associated with these white lights. There were no strobes with these lights. While other aircraft came and went from Dallas and appeared across the sky, these lights seemed to sit still.  

I had to finally admit I saw something strange and unexplainable with my resources. I guess in a way, I wanted to live in denial that I saw anything weird at all, but in the end, had to write this down and send it off as a statement of my very best recollection of what I saw.  

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Billy Booth --Multiple Unknown Objects in Litchfield Park, Arizona Sky

Multiple UnknownObjects in Litchfield Park, Arizona Sky

Man with knowledge of aircraft is baffled with objects over Arizona

By Billy Booth

UFOs/Aliens Expert

Introduction

We all know about New Mexico and UFOs, but Arizona is a nearby neighbor with its own history. If you are not familiar with the following cases, Triangle UFO over Maricopa, Arizona Lighted Objects Photographed over Yuma, Friends Communicate with Alien Beings in Arizona and of course, the most well-known of all, The Phoenix Lights, be sure to check them out. 

Litchfield Park, Arizona - 12-10-14

Shape: Formation - Duration: 20 minutes - Multiple lights in the sky in Litchfield Park, Arizona. I'm a 45 year old college graduate. My job is a server admin at a local utility. I'm also familiar with many types of aircraft and the flight paths around my area. I considered myself to be educated and use good logic. In the past I've seen things in the sky that at first I could not explain, however, on further thought I am able to determine what I had seen in logical terms.

First Case That Baffled Witness

 This is the first time I could not come to a logical reason for what I saw. I just finished up being an aide in my son’s Religious Education class at Church and was walking to my automobile. Out of my left eye, I caught an orange light in the sky to the North. I then turned to look at it and noticed several more objects in trail, not flying in any sort of formation. 

I then looked to the Northwest in the direction of Luke Air Force Base and saw several others appearing from that direction. After viewing in Church parking lots for several minutes and taking two pictures, my son and I drove about a half mile north. 

The objects were almost directly over us at this point, and appeared to be a round flat light. I took another picture. As I was viewing them the lights appeared to go straight up and disappear into a thin cloud. We drive about 1,100 feet east from the point to get a better view. One last object appeared from same direction as others; however this one appeared to be larger than others. This last object disappeared straight up before I could unlock my phone to take a picture.

Not a Standard Flight Pattern

This was not in any flight pattern I’ve seen in the 12 years living in this area. And I could look behind and above me to see the normal pattern of planes flying in/out of Sky Harbor and through its air space. At first I thought they might have been military helicopters. However I’ve seen flights of helicopters out of the Arizona National Guard base before and they tend to fly in formation and lower. Also each object had only one light with no visible tail rotor light. Further I ruled out hot air balloons because the lights were two small for that (the entire balloon usually lights up at night).

Afterburners from Jets?

My next thought was that I was seeing afterburners on jets out of Luke AFB. But this did not fit either. Flights out of the AFB are usually around four to six jets, and flying in some sort of formation. Also with 30 plus fighter jets in afterburners, the noise would have been horrendous. These objects made no observable sounds. Also if these were jets, they would have been moving much quicker in horizontal flight.

My final thought was they could be Chinese lanterns. However, since they flew nearly level for quite some time and then went vertical, this would rule them out. Balloons with some sort of light attached to them. Further given the proximity to Luke AFB and Glendale Airport, I find it hard to believe that a group would get permission for such a launch.

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UFO Guide Interview with Stanton Friedman

UFO Guide Interview with Stanton Friedman

By Billy Booth

UFOs/Aliens Expert

It is an honor for me to be able to conduct this interview with the world's most well known, and foremost UFO researcher, Stanton T. Friedman. I want to thank him for taking the time to answer some questions for our readers. If you haven't already done so, be sure to check out his latest book, "Flying Saucers and Science."

Thank you Mr. Friedman for answering some questions for our readers. It is a privilege to be able to pick your mind on the study of UFOs.

Billy: Being a nuclear physicist, how did you first become interested in the study of UFOs?

Friedman: In 1958 while working as a young nuclear physicist for the General Electric Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Department in Cincinnati, Ohio, I was ordering books from a mail order place and needed one more book so I wouldn't have to pay shipping costs. There was "The Report on UFOs," by USAF Captain Edward Ruppelt, marked down from $2.95 to $1.00 which would have been shipping costs.

He had been head of Project Blue Book in the early 1950s, and the USAF was co sponsor of our ANP program. I thought he ought to know what he was talking about. Turns out it was a very good first book. It intrigued me, but didn't convince me. I read about 15 more books some of which were junk. Then at the University of California, Berkeley, Library I found Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14, a privately published volume which hadn't been mentioned in any of the books. Biggest study ever done. Chock full of data establishing some UFOs were alien spacecraft. I talk of it in detail in my "Flying Saucers and Science"

Billy: In your book, you list three categories relating to UFO reports, those that are eventually identified as "known" objects, those that do not have insufficient date to make a determination, and those that can be classified as legitimate unknown flying objects. Project Blue Book and other governmental UFO research groups determined the legitimacy of a report by the social class of the reporter, according to J. Allen Hynek. Do you also subscribe to this theory?

Friedman: No, I don't. I knew Allen and never heard him express this view either. They were bound and determined to show there was nothing to UFOs and lied a great deal about their evidence. On my web site www.stantonfriedman.com there is a paper "Government UFO Lies"

Billy: Do you believe that Blue Book, and other study groups originally set out to misinform the American public, or did they decide this after seeing that there was sufficient evidence to show that UFOs could have an extraterrestrial source?

Friedman: There has clearly been an official policy to minimize the evidence and even to lie about it. There has been a Cosmic Watergate involving many agencies such as the CIA, NSA, NRO, etc as discussed in my book.

Billy: It is obvious to me, and many others who study UFOs, that the American government is covering up UFO related information. Obviously, the fewer people who guard these secrets the better. Do you feel that there is a small group of scientists and researchers who are privy to this information, and they answer to no one, not even the President?

Friedman: I think that a highly classified group like Operation Majestic 12 indeed is privy to the secrets and not talking about them as described in my book "TOP SECRET/MAJIC." I update the MJ-12 story in "Flying Saucers and Science." Remember that intelligence agencies such as the NSA, NRO, CIA, etc go on forever. Presidents come and go.

Billy: In your book, you refer to SETI as a cult. Can you explain that to us?

Friedman: Cults have charismatic leadership, strong dogma, strong resistance to outside ideas, and a enlarged notion of their own importance. They make claims rather than review evidence. They are looking for signals produced by an advanced civilization and constantly say there is no evidence for UFOs. They never refer to the large scale scientific studies that I discuss in "Flying Saucers and Science."

Maybe they should learn sign language since they have absolutely no idea how advanced civilizations would communicate or why they would send signals to a primitive society whose major activity is tribal warfare. That's us.

Billy: We often hear rumors that SETI has already received a signal from an extraterrestrial civilization. Are these only rumors, or is this a possibility? Do you have any "insider" information for us?

Friedman: I have seen no evidence whatsoever that SETI groups have actually received a meaningful signal from another civilization. Frankly, I would be surprised if they do. I expect advanced civilizations have communication techniques way beyond what we know. I don't use a slide rule any more. We are assuming that aliens are stuck at our level of technology. Silly assumption.

Billy: There is a policy to be followed by SETI should they receive a signal from an extraterrestrial source. Do you believe that it would be followed should contact be made, or would this be kept from the peoples of the world?

Friedman: I think the radio astronomers would follow their procedures to avoid looking silly. Impact would be minimal. Especially if, as they expect, it would be from hundreds of light years away. The civilization may have already disappeared. Hard to have a meaningful conversation.

So far as I know, no civilization on Earth has authorized radio astronomers to speak for them. That is why we have foreign affairs specialists. As described in the book, I think announcements should be international, carefully done, and include conferences on the political, religious, economic implications.

Billy: Do you believe that events like Santilli's "alien autopsy," or the Jeff Peckman-Stan Romanek "alien video," although causing a lot of media coverage about UFOs, ultimately hurt the cause of Ufology?

Friedman: Hard to judge. The Santilli stuff did cause a great deal of discussion worldwide which is probably good... even if the story was phony. I reached that conclusion years ago after meeting with Santilli, twice. I don't know what to make of the Romanek-Peckman stuff. Didn't look great on Larry King.

Billy: It is common knowledge that you are one of the foremost experts on the Roswell crash. Even though it is still being investigated, and the subject of new books, do you think it will be ever be solved? Or, has it already been solved?

Friedman: Although I am the original civilian investigator of the Roswell Incident, as described in "Crash at Corona," I have no idea if the full story will ever be released. It is clear that alien wreckage and bodies were recovered. We may never know what the government learned from them.

Billy: In your book, and in your public presentations, you have often said that an alien race "can get here from there." Do you believe that ultimately, science will discover a way for mankind to traverse these great distances to other galaxies?

Friedman: I try to avoid talking about other galaxies at all. I am interested in the local neighborhood of the Milky Way. Within 55 light years of here, there are about 2000 stars of which about 46 are very similar to the sun. The Galaxy is about 100,000 light years across and has perhaps 200 Billion stars. The next big galaxy over, Andromeda, is over 2 Million light years away.

I can't imagine any reason to be concerned about what is happening there. I am concerned about intra-galactic communication and travel, but not about inter-galactic visitations. Yes, of course, I believe trips to nearby solar systems will be feasible if we want to spend the money. Nuclear fusion would be a good starting process. I worked on that almost 50 years ago.

Billy: Some Ufologists, believing that space travel is beyond our capability, subscribe to the "alternate dimension" theory. Do you believe this idea has any value?

Friedman: I have no idea what people mean about such matters. Maybe we can warp space and time. We don't need to know how they get here to establish that there are visitors. The sun was a fusion factory for 4.5 billion years before we determined that is the energy producing process.

It was fusioning for a long time before we figured it out. Technological progress comes from doing things differently in an unpredictable way. It is humbling to realize how short our tech history has been compared to the age of the neighborhood.

Billy: Can you tell us what you consider to be some of the best documented cases of aliens visiting our planet?

Friedman: There are 10 outstanding cases in Paul Kimball's "Best Evidence" video including the RB 47 case, and the Iranian jet case.

There is the abduction of Betty and Barney Hill in New Hampshire in 1961, as described in "Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience." There are the 41 outstanding cases described by Dr. James E. McDonald in his Congressional Testimony of 1968.

Billy: What are your thoughts on the O'Hare Airport sighting, and the recent sightings in Texas? Do you believe they were adequately investigated?

Friedman: The O'Hare case was an excellent case involving as it did testimony by a number of United Airlines employees. There is a detailed 150 page report by Dr. Richard Haines of NARCAP (National Aviation Reporting Center for Anomalous Phenomena) chock full of data. There has been some concern about the adequacy of the MUFON report on Stephenville. It seems too bad that the original reporter lost her job. There is always room for improvement.

Billy: One last question: What do you think it will take for us to solve the mystery of UFOs?

Friedman: A massive effort on the part of a media group putting as much into an investigation of the Cosmic Watergate as the Washington Post did into its investigation of the political Watergate. I won't hold my breath. It seems clear, as reported in my book, that aliens are visiting, that there has been a massive cover-up, and we are dealing with the biggest story of the millennium.

Billy: Thank you again for this opportunity. I know our readers will find your answers most enlightening.

Visit the Stanton T. Friedman web site.

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