By Dr. Michael D. Swords, 6 September 2009
(The Big Study)
Quote from the article:
“People would probably be surprised to find out how
many unexplainable military-UFO encounters there have been. Many dozens of them
have been formally recorded and there are certainly hundreds more. The reason
that we know that latter fact is that a large number of retired servicemen have
told us. The picture at the right represents something that is unusual in a
whole variety of ways. It's meant to visualize an event that occurred at a New
Mexican aerial location, wherein the base [Kirtland] had a plane up which was
ordered to intercept an unknown object. The pilot did so, according to his
report, and then got carried away and fired on the UFO--a definite No-No unless
the intruder is clearly perceived to be a threat and the use of weapons does
not unduly risk anyone or anything of the citizenry. The pilot landed and gave
his report which was written up. This was not sent up the line to higher
authorities because of the poor judgement of the pilot involved. However, when
the base intelligence officer was visited by the chief officer of the Air Force's
UFO project, Edward Ruppelt of Project Blue Book, he told Ruppelt of the 1952
incident and showed him the file. Ruppelt was stunned by the pilot's behavior,
let alone the case, and published it [with the pilot's name left anonymous] in
his book The Report On Unidentified
Flying Objects.”
2006 US Geological Survey photo
of Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico (wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)
