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2 December
[This information, reported verbatim below, was supplied to Bill Ryan personally by an active duty Air Force Lieutenant Colonel assigned to the Pentagon. I (BR) have been in correspondence with him on a number of topics and have found him to be measured, intelligent, thorough, reliable and honest, as well as being a most pleasant and decent man. He wishes his name to be withheld but would like this new information to be made known.
The correspondent's friend, referred to below, is a retired Air Force Colonel, who worked in Air Force Intelligence for 33 years (a later correction of the estimated figure of 30 years as originally stated).]
Yesterday, I visited an old retired USAF Colonel. This Colonel had served 30 years in USAF Intelligence. I don't know his exact time frame but it was sometime around 1955 to 1985. I have been friends with this Colonel for about five years. His son, who is also my friend, serves in my unit. Because of his extensive intelligence time, I wanted to run all this past him to see if he might know something about the information being released by Victor. The Colonel doesn't have email so I printed all the information from Anonymous and provided him a copy. I watched him read the most current email, one with all the postings. I watched his eyes and facial expressions. After he was finished, he stated, "Oh my God, who on this Earth would release such classified material"? I then asked him if all this information was real. His simple answer was, "yes, all real". I then asked the Colonel if he had been involved with this project. He said, yes, he was involved in the communications aspect of this operation from about 1961 until 1965. He was also on the debriefing team. He wouldn't provide too much information, saying that unless he saw that all information was declassified, he could not comment on details. I thanked him and left.
I was startled, to say the least. Wow, this is actually true. I always thought some of it was true but I had some doubts about details that have been released.
We may just be on the Verge of a major release of information about the most important part of our History.
We may just be on the Verge of a major release of information about the most important part of our History.
spawned by the massive public interest in "Lost"
Originally posted by ANRD
Anonymous is telling the truth.
Originally posted by Centrist
I have to agree with Valhall in that the report is obviously suspicious. At the same time, I have to think that Bill Ryan is a knowledgeable Ufologist and would have foreseen the negative reaction to such a "comment", yet decided to post it anyway.
Lets see -- the History Channel, Sci Fi Channel, National Geographic, and other television organizations are showing "specials" on UFO's at a surprising pace. There have been numerous prime-time television shows on the networks this season that have extraterrestrial life at the center of their plot (Lost, Threshold, Invasion). And now we have this enormously alluring story of disclosure.
The Colonel doesn't have email so I printed all the information from Anonymous and provided him a copy. I watched him read the most current email, one with all the postings. I watched his eyes and facial expressions. After he was finished, he stated, "Oh my God, who on this Earth would release such classified material"? I then asked him if all this information was real. His simple answer was, "yes, all real". I then asked the Colonel if he had been involved with this project. He said, yes, he was involved in the communications aspect of this operation from about 1961 until 1965. He was also on the debriefing team. He wouldn't provide too much information, saying that unless he saw that all information was declassified, he could not comment on details. I thanked him and left.
Originally posted by MagicaRose
Could be, should be, just let the man tell his story...speculation, speculation!
You people are Unbelievable!!
I've never seen anything like the way a persons thread is picked apart like it is on this website!
Originally posted by MagicaRose
I've never seen anything like the way a persons thread is picked apart like it is on this website!
Could be, should be, just let the man tell his story...speculation, speculation!
Originally posted by Centrist
Perhaps someone with a good knowledge of security clearances and military procedures could answer the following questions. How should have this alleged Colonel have responded, if he was actually presented with Anon's postings. Would he have been able to verify that it's real, but not give further details? Should he have simply denied any knowledge of the subject? In other words, how should this person have responded, if they were actually involved in the project? Next, is it unreasonable to believe that despite how this person should have responded to the information, that they may have responded as reported? How credible is this response, in terms of the way it's reported?
[edit on 4-12-2005 by Centrist]
Originally posted by Centrist
Nevertheless! I am interviewing someone from NSA this afternoon that a friend of mine put me in touch with. The person is in the document declassification division and says that he will answer questions regarding the procedures for declassification and guidelines for cleared agency employees and military personnel.
The interview is to be conducted by telephone. In advance of this, I am sending the person the "anonymous" postings as an "example" of a document which may or may not include classified information. I'm hopeful we'll at least get some sense of how such an allegedly factual document is to be treated.