Situation Red. The UFO Siege 0449236544

Citation preview

SITUATION

RED

The UFO Siege! by Leonard

D. Stringfield

With a Foreword by Major Donald E. Keyhoe, USMC (Ret.)

A FAWCETT

CREST

BOOK

• NEW YORK

SITUATION

RED, THE UFO SIEGEi

THIS BOOK CONTATNS THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE ORIGINAL HARDCOVER EDITION. Published by Fawcett Crest Books, a unit of CBS Publications, CBS Consumer Publishing Division of CBS Inc., by arrangement with Doubleday & Company, Inc.

© 1977 Leonard H. Stringfield All rights reserved ISBN: 0-449-23654-4 Printed in the United States of America 10 9

8 7

6

5

4

3 2

1

I

\

) I

after midnight on October 15, 1973, George Willis of Omro, Wisconsin, was awakened by a high-pitched sound; a bright orange glow bathed his bedroom. Looming before him were three nightmarish creatures, three to four feet in height, with rounded heads, large ears, and grayish white wrinkled skin. Their movement was unnatural, mechanical, like robots. Willis, in shock, passed out. SHORlLY

Willis recalls that _when he awakened, on the floor, he was seized by the entities and propped upright against the wall. In the upright posture his body and limbs suddenly stiffened. Helpless, he watched the three intruders examine his entire body with a strange, small, oval object. As the device ranged down toward his leg, he dared to look. In view, through the oval instrument, was his leg bone! Instantly, he developed a severe headache and again passed out. Whether his experience was a dream or a true encounter is still a question. However, there are details in his story similar to those in other cases --cases that he never knew about!

The author and publisher express their appreciation to the following for permission to include the material indicated: Letters for publication from John Acuff, Director of NICAP; Walter Andrus, MUFON Director; Thomas Eichkoff; Robert C. Gardner; Senator Barry Goldwater; Horacio Gonzales G.; Dennis Hauck, Director of International UFO Registry; Major Donald E. Keyhoe, USMC (Ret.); John B. Musgrave; William Spaulding, Director, Ground Saucer Watch; Ray Stanford Director, Project Starlight International; Major Richard E. Stevenson, USAF; Dr. Clyde Tombaugh. Unpublished material for use in this book from Ted Bloecher; David Branch; Gordon Cooper; Charles Crews; Mrs. Idabel Epperson; Richard Lee Hoffman; Dr. J. Allen Hynek; Bob Klinn; Edward F. O'Herin; Dr. Leo Sprinkle, Consultant for APRO; Ray Stanford, Director, Project Starlight International. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics-Los Angeles Section, publisher of Thesis/ Antithesis and joint sponsor with World Futures Society-Los Angeles Chapter, of the symposium at which the following papers were presented and from which excerpts used in this book were taken: Dr. J. Allen Hynek, "On the Problem of UFO Hypothesis"; Dr. Jacques Vallee, "The Psych-Physical Nature of UFO Reality"; Stanton T. Friedman, "A Scientific Approach to Flying Saucer Behavior." Center for UFO Studies (Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Director) for material from the Proceedings of the 19?6 CUFOS Conference, Chicago, May 2, 1976: Dr. David Jacobs, "UFO Research and the ETH ... "; Wida Hoville, • "UFOs & Parapsychology." Copyright © 1976 by Center for UFO Studies, Evanston, Illinois. Raymond Fowler for material from UFOs: INTERPLANETARY VISITORS, Copyright© 1974 by Raymond E. Fowler. Appeared in Official UFO (April, 1976); Copyright © 1976 by Countrywide Publications, Inc. MUFON (Walter Andrus, Director) for use of Symposium Proceedings of 1973 and 1974. Skylook (Dwight Connelly, Editor) and Ann Druffel for the article. "The Mystery Helicopters" (February, 1976); and the magazine for the article "Aircraft" (August, 1975). Copyright © 1975, 1976 by Skylook, the UFO Monthly, 26 Edgewood Drive, Quincy, Illinois.

To my wife, Dell; daughters, Colette, Denise and Camille; grandchildren, Erich and Beau; and my mother; for their abiding faith in me. May they in their time know the truth about a stubborn mystery: the UFO.

Acknowledgment Foreword by Major Donald Keyhoe, USMC (Ret.) Introduction by Leonard H. Stringfield PART I

The Buildup Scientific Ufology Ill Macrocosmic Thinking IV Fringe Cases-ad Infinitum V The Humanoid Factor I

VI VII

VIII IX X

11 15

The UFO Status Quo

II

PART II

9

19 35 57 77 99

Countdown to Crisis

The Siege of 1973 Situation Red: a Regional Study The Intent-a Priority Question " ... Above Top Secret" Confrontation!

Appendix I Major International UFO Research Groups Appendix II Computer Testing Appendix III Report by R. Leo Sprinkle, Ph.D. Appendix IV Air Force letter to Senator Barry Goldwater Appendix V Argentine letter to CRIFO

125 147 163 181 217

244 245 246 252 254

Aeknowledgm.ent

There is little of the idyllic in writing nonfiction and even less when the subject is the UFO. Every author dealing with the controversial UFO knows, as I do, that he may be leading with his vulnerable chin. One, then, must be "moved" or compelled by some great urgency to want to write a book about ufology. I have felt this urgency, a feeling that is shared by many of my colleagues. But ufology holds many theoretical views that command respect. Many who espouse differing views have been generous contributors to my research and my book. To those lending me the encouragement to write a book, I am especially indebted to Bill Whitaker, Major Donald E. Keyhoe, Patricia McGowan, and George Quigley, whose optimism triggered my typewriter into action. Also, my sincerest gratitude goes to Richard Hall and my English cousin, Raymond Eckersley, visiting from London, for their editorial advice; to William Spaulding, Joseph Brill, and Mrs. Idabel Epperson for their generous contributions of material including photographs. Names of contributors are as endless as the vast number of uncelebrated field investigators who deserve recognition. But I want especially to thank Tom Adams, Raymond Fowler, Ted Bloecher, Dr. David Saunders, Dr. Leo Sprinkle, David Webb, Dr. David Jacobs, Sherman Larsen, Dr. Berthold Schwarz, Ted Phillips, Stan Gordon, Edward O'Herin, Jim Kibel, Dr. Bruce Maccabee, and Charles Bowen, editor of the British Flying Saucer Review. In addition, I should like to thank Senator Barry Goldwater and Astronaut Gordon Cooper for their cooperation. And of the Ohio group I am indebted to Charles and Geri Wilhelm, Richard Hoffman, Larry Moyers, Jerry Black, Jim Miller, Thomas Stegmaier, Jim Carnes, David Dobbs, Mrs. Janet Tubbs, Earl Neff, Jim Miceli, and Pat Kaforey. 9

Slteatlm11

Red

A special tribute, of course, to the directors of the major research groups for their invaluable assistance. Here I must single out Walter Andrus, director of the Mutual UFO Network; Dr. J. Allen Hynek, director of the Center for UFO Studies, and his former secretary, Miss Margo Metegrano; Dr. Dennis Hauck, director of the International UFO Registry; Ray Stanford, director of Project Starlight International; James and Coral Lorenzen, directors of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization; and John Acuff, director of the National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena.

Foreword

In Situation Red, The UFO Siegel Len Stringfield makes a valuable contribution toward ending the long Air Force censorship. Covering his twenty-six years of investigations, he presents irrefutable evidence of UFO reality and proof of the cover-up. Having known Len since 1953, I can confirm his detailed knowledge of the UFO problem. One surprising-and enlightening-experience occurred in the early fifties, when Len, publishing a nationally distributed UFO research bulletin, was selected by the Air Force for an off-the-record role in the official reporting system. Assigned a telephone code number, he was instructed to screen and transmit important area sightings immediately from all sourcesthe police, the media and the Ground Observer Corpsto the Air Filter Center of the Air Defense Command in Columbus, Ohio. Significantly, more than once, his special phone was connected with interceptors through Air Force base radio so he could help guide the pilots to nearby low-flying UFOs. Through his hidden operation, Stringfield learned of the serious Air Force concern over UFOs and its secret attempts to capture one of these mysterious objects. Then, suddenly, the GOC reporting system was ended, as Air Force Headquarters tightened the cover-up. Some ear\y investigators became discouraged when the Air Force thwarted their efforts to get the truth about UFOs. But Len only increased his attempts to secure verified evidence. In 1957 he became Public Relations Advisor and field investigator for the National 1nvestigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, serving through forl thirteen-year period when I was the NICAP director. In recent years, Len has concentrated on the puzzling and at times frightening effects caused by UFOs. Some writers have seized on this disturbing phase and-without careful research-have rushed out books or articles warning that 11

12

Situation

Red

we are in grave danger. In contrast, Len has carefully evaluated hundreds of U.S. and foreign "scare" reports, weeding out hoaxes and dubious claims before considering cases involving competent and reliable observers. The strange UFO effects and UFO-linked incidents fall into four general classes: I. Interference with plane communications and instruments, home appliances, television, car ignition and lights, and extensive power failures causing blackouts in cities. II. Physical effects on humans during close UFO approaches to cars or people on the ground, including burns ( mostly minor), confused thinking and in some cases memory blackouts. III. Aircraft crashes and lesser accidents following close UFO encounters, and the disappearance of military planes pursuing these seemingly controlled objects. IV. Reported abductions of humans who claim to have been taken aboard alien spacecraft, examined and returned to Earth unharmed.· In Class I, the effect has been proved by solid evidence. In II, there is enough evidence from responsible witnesses to support at least some of the claims. The recorded cases in III, though relatively few in number, indicate that UFOs caused the disasters, accidentally or deliberately. This is not necessarily proof of hostility; the UFOs' actions could have been reactions to Air Force pursuits and occasional firing, possibly warnings for us to cease capture attempts. The abduction claims in IV, if true, could be frightening even though no harm bas been reported. However, most of such stories have been apparent hoaxes. But the few reports that come from reputable witnesses have kept the question open. As Len points out, even if only one such claim is true, it could reveal a sobering situation. As his book makes plain, something very strange, possibly serious, is going on. In 1962 the Space Science Board of the National Academy of Sciences made this powerful statement: "If life does indeed exist on another planet . . . that discovery will have an enormous and lasting impact on people of every race and culture the world over .... " If an advanced alien race is observing our world, we should be told the truth-even if the Air Force does not

13

Foreword

have all the answers. The cover-up must be ended. The public should be sensibly prepared-for whatever may develop. Major Donald E. Keyhoe USMC (Ret.)

lntrodnetion

Since the advent of the UFO, dating back officially to the "foo fighter" of World War II, Earth's civilization has been the obvious target of an alien surveillance. Close encounters with the UFO on the ground and in the air have been frightening experiences for thousands of human beings worldwide-some sent into a state of shock. This alone is disconcerting, but my greatest concern goes to the victim suffering physical effects: flesh burns, eye dam-age, paralysis or the traumatic experience of a time lapse, and, beyond that, the inaignities of an alleged abduction. Also of concern is the effect on man's necessities-power outages in his city, his automobile, his home appliancesand to military aircraft that dared to challenge the interloper. Encounters affecting man tell a sobering story. Their supporting evidence has been too long silenced-facts the public should know. In Situation Red, The UFO Siege! I bring these facts into present-day focus. My purpose is not to scare, sensationalize or paint a picture of doom, nor is it an attempt to enlighten the ufologist, who is already conversant with the complex problems. Basically, my book is a narrative history, much of it personalized, of UFO events, with special emphasis put on a collection of incredible UFO reports made by credible people-some so bizarre they stagger the imagination. For too long the general public bas been misled by 15

Sltllletfon

Re~

official denials claiming that a real UFO-a "nut and bolt" alien craft-does not exist. UFO research to