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An Implication of Corporate
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UFO Cover-up
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THE C HE S A P E A K E C 0 N N E C T I 0 N
An Implication of Corporate Involvement in the UFO Cover-up!
This approximately 200 page study details the History, the
Anatomy and the Logic behind the most effective Cover-up in the
history of mankind. NASA funded studies conducted by the
Brookings Institution established the protocol for withholding
and releasing of information related to a face to face c:u11tact
with an Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
The Ches a pe ake Connection exam ines the in terlo ck ing
connections between the decision makers, the corporations and the
institutions charged with the responsibility of educating the
pub 1 ic through an elaborate indoctrination program. A program
designed to soften the impact on �ocial doctrine, theology and
world economic structures. The study takes you inside the
National Security issues and reveals the administration concerns
over the potential hostilities from "forces from out�er space".
(President Ronald Reagan, General Assembly -.The United Nations,
21 September 1987)
See the evidence of technolgy collaboration between the
United States and the Soviet Union that signaled the End of the
Cold War before the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Experience the
Indoctrin ation of America through the subliminal effects of
Movies and Television.
THE CHESAPEAKE CONNECTION
Copyright 1989
R. Oechsler

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Who's Who Listings
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International Book of Honour
Author - The Chesapeake Connection
Contributing Author: The Gulf Breeze Sightings - Walters
Wm. Morrow, New York 1990
Alien Liaison - Good
Random Century LTD, London 1991
The UFO Report 1992 - Edited: Good
Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1991
Lecturer:
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United States Chamber of Commerce
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with Co-writer
Debby Regimenti
Copyright 1989 by R. Oechsler
ABSTRACT
The Chesapeake Connection as deta iled in this report is a
compilation of investigative research that grew out of immense
curios ity. The seeds that germin ated the original pro vacative
inquiries had their roots set by the chance discovery of an
unusual series of UFO sightings on the western shores of the
Ches apeake Bay in Ann apolis, Mar y l and. Standard H UFON
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ld investigations created more questions than answers. What
were these s tr a n g e structured objects doing here in such
significant numbers and why did their extensive four hour visits
fail to elicit a military response?
The Annapolis Research and Study Group was born out of a
burning desire to find the reasons behind these intriguing
observations. The shocking discoveries that evolved out of the
fruits of our l abors continue to unfold almost daily. The
intense impact of what our findings reveal may forever change the
course of ufological investigations. Is the so called Cover-Up
so widespread and so intricately interwoven as to be almost
imperceivable?

B 0 B 0 E C H S L E R
BoB Oech s l e r i s a f o r m e r P ro j e ct Engin e e r w h o s e rved a s a
Mis sion Sp ecia l i s t a t NASA ' s Godd a r d S p a c e F l ig h t C e n t e r in t h e
mid seventies. H e currently serves as Chair man and CEO of Robots
I n t e r nat i ona l e, I n c or p o r a t e d a nd is l i s ted i n W h o's Who i n t h e
Ea s t, Who's W h o i n F i n a n c e a n d I nd us t r y, Who ' s W h o i n t h e W o r l d
and the I nternation a l Book of Honor. He has been instrument a l in
the deve l op ment of robotic fie l d technol ogies and specializ e s in
r e m ot e l y aut o m a t e d m ob i l e a n d a i r b o r n s e c u r i ty su rveil l a n c e
s y s t e m s . Bob w a s e d u c a te d a t t h e U ni v e r s i t y o f Mary l a n d a n d
l e c t u r e d a t the Frank l i n I n s t i tu t e i n P h i l aqe l phia . He w a s a
speaker a t the United States Chamber of Commerce and has appeared
on the ABC Network w i th Science Editor Ju l e s Bergman.
Bob h a s b e en F CC c er t i f i ed i n Broa d c a s t i ng since 1 9 68 a n d
h a s h o s t e d num e r ou s b r o a dc a s t p r og r a m s on both T e l evision a n d
Radio. He currentl y h o s t s a nationwide broadcast o n the American
Ra d i o N e t w ork c a l l e d " U FOs Tod�y " and h a s b e e n broadc a s ting
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interviews with ufo l o l g ists and UFO witne s s e s since 1 9 8 7. He has
been an a s s ociate with the Fund for UFO Res earch since the ear l y
8 0 ' s and i s c u r r e n t l y the M U FON S t a t e S e c t i on Dir ec tor f o r
Annapol i s, Maryl and a n d the surrounding counties.
Bob ' s i nv o l v e m e n t in the i nv e s tiga t i on of th e Gu l f Bre eze
photographic s ightings ca se has cu l m inated in the pub lication of
nu m e rous r e s e a r ch ar t i c l e s on th e pecu l i arit i e s of Pola r oid
c h e mi s t r y and h i s a n a l y sis of the vid e o of t h e f l ying UFO w a s
d e picted i n his appe a r ance o n N BC's "dn s o l ved Mysterie s " . Hi s
inv e s t i g a tion of t h e a l l e ged s ig h t i n g of a U F O by th e c r e w of t h e
Space Shutt l e Di scovery wil l be pub l i shed upon compl etion .
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I n his spare time, Bob perfor ms an e l ectronic ventr i l l oqui st
act w i th the use o f l i f e s i z e character robo t s a t conven tions and
tradeshows in the Ba l ti more-Washington area and nationwide. He
uses his m inor in econom ics to res earch and invest in commodity
futures transactions as a succesful financia l hobby. His wife
M ary is an accountant and comput e r progr a m m e r w i th the federa l
government. They res ide with their two chi l dren, Danie l 17, and
Tracey Lynne 9 , in the Annapo l i s area at 13 6 Oakwood Ro ad,
Edgewater, Maryland 210 3 7 .
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THE ANNAPOLIS RESEARCH AND STUDY GROUP
BoB Oechsler *
State Section Director, Annapolis
Debby Regimenti *
Research Coordinator, Co-writer
In alphabetical order:
Mary Ebersberger
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State
Donald Fenhagen
Sec1ion Director, Baltimore
LJnward Hebert *
Bobbi Hovis, CDR, USN Ret.
}landy Johnson *
Tom Marsh
Carolyn Horris
Kathi Perkins
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pamela Phillips *
Mike Regimenti
Owedia Searcy, CDR, USN Ret.
Ed Weibe *
Marcy Weibe
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* Members of the Mutual UFO Network
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T H E C H E S A P E A K E C 0 N N E C T I 0 N
An Impl ica tion of Corporate Invol vement in the Cover-up!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
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THE ANNAPOLIS RESEARCH AND STUDY GROUP
THE EVOLUTION
Stage One
Stage Two
Stage Three
Stage Four
THE FINAL EQUATION
ANATOMY OF A COVER-UP (Flow Chart)
How the F l ow Chart Works
OUR RESEARCH PROTOCOL
Statement of Methodology
INTRODUCTION
The Annapol i s Research and Study Group
CONFRONTING THE PLAYERS
THE RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION
Roswe l l , New Mexico
Targeting The Chesapeake Bay
THE JIM HARBER STORY
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY - 1 9 8 8
The UFO Sightings
THE HELICOPTER INVASION
TOP SECRET EXPERIMENTAL TESTING
E lectro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP)
David Tayl or Research
Patuxent River
Naval Air Test Center
Ca l vert C l iffs
Disaster Strikes
The Bay Bridge
Techno logy Wonders
Looking For Answers
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
WESTINGHOUSE
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An Implication of Corporate Involvement in the Cover-up!
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY HYDRAULIC MODEL
COX NECK ROAD
STRANGE INVADERS
CENTREVI LLE
THE SOVIET COMPOUND
REMINGTON FARM
THE SHEAFFER WILDLI FE PRESERVE
EASTERN NECK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
SUMMIT AI RPORT
THE BOHEMI AN GROVE BY THE BAY
THE WYE & ASPEN INSTI TUTES
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTI ON
CLOS ING THE LOOP
Sub limina l Media
The I nner Circl e
The Nationa l Security Agency
The Hub of Control
The F ina l Mergers
APPENDIX
Research Correspondence
News Artic l e s
Acknowl edgements
Source Lis t
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T H E E V 0 L U T I 0 N
I n T h e B e ginni ng, th e F l y ing Saucer phenomenon beca me a
rea l ity w ith r e ported s ightings by cred ible w itne s s e s in th e
s u m mer of 1 9 4 7 . The r eports by Kenneth Arnold on June 2 4 th and
United Ai r l i n e s p i l ots on July 4th w e r e the focus of m e d i a
attention a nd created a shroud around the events in and a round
Roswel l , New Mexico beginning on July 2nd. The s ightings there
and reports of a crash nearby set the stage for the evolution of
a cover-up .
S t a g e 0 n e
The rea l ization by mi l itary officials that the crash remains
were in fact d ebr i s from one of those mysterious f ly ing disks was
evidence enough to i s sue an order of secrecy in the interests of
nationa l s ecur ity . Was it the product o f a f a i l ur e o f s o m e
experimenta l proj ect of our s ? Cou l d it b e German o r Sov iet or
Chinese? Whatever the source , we woul d not want anyone to know
that we had recovered the remains. M any questions wou ld have to
be answered. What caused the cra s h ? Were there identi f i abl e
bodies subs equently recovered? Were they human?
The investigation begins as top m i l itary officia l s caucus to
d e l ineate the opti o n s . The White Hou s e m u st be notif i e d . Top
m i l itary speci a l i sts are ca l l ed in to identify components ,
mater i e l construction , and d eterm ine a pow er and propu l s ion
source. M edica l Officers are required to identify any bio l ogica l
r e m a i n s . Rad i ati o n a n d othe r d etection equi pment a n d experts
would be ne eded not o n l y to te st the d ebr i s , but to scan the
crash site.
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Exha u s t ing a l l av a i l ab l e in te rna l m i l i t a r y r e s ou r c e s ,
out s i de h e l p wou l d be needed. In t h e even t that unidentifiable
humanoid remains were recovered, top medica l and anthropo l ogica l
s c i e n t i s t s wou l d be r e q u ire d for e x t e n s ive f o r en s i c pathology.
Top research institutions and universities wou l d be canvas sed to
r e c r u i t t h e b e s t m e d i c a l s p e c i a l i s t s , t h e b e s t c h e m i c a l
s p ec i a l i s t s, a n d the m o s t r e s pe c t e d expe r t s i n the phy s i c s
d i s c i p l i ne s . A spec i a l ized s ec u r i ty t e a m wou l d b e need ed to
brief and debr i e f t h e r e s e a r c h e f f o r t and r e port to c e n t r a l
management .
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Contact is made, and w i th it the remova l of a l l doubt about
the non-human origin of the d i scoveries. Perhaps a pre l i m inary
unde r s tand i n g i s r e a c h e d b e t w e e n t h e pa r t i e s i nvo l ved .
By 1 9 5 2 it i s obvious to the centr a l cr i s i s manage ment tea m ,
t h a t s oc i a l i m p a c t t e s t s a r e n e c e s s a ry i n o r d e r to u pd a t e
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ex�sting h i storical mod e l s based on the i mpact of the hysterical
e f f e c t s of the O r s o n W e l l e s 1 9 3 8 b road c a s t o f H . G . W e l l s ' "The
War of the Wor l d s ". There cou l d be no second guess ing. Off ic i a l
Pub l i c d i s c l o s u r e w o u l d b e i r r e v e r s i b l e . A t t h i s t i m e, no
e c o n o m i c i m p a c t of d i s c l o s u r e w o u l d l i k e l y b e a p p a r e n t .
D i s c l o s u r e d u r i n g t h e tr a n s i t i o n o f th e p r e s i d e n c y wou l d be
untenabl e .
By 1 9 5 4 t h e s t a g e w a s s e t f o r con t r o l l e d tes t i ng o f t h e
waters o f pub l ic reaction. The most v�ab l e option chosen w a s the
s e l ec tion of representatives of s oc iety brought in for control l ed
experiments involving exposure to the extraterre str i a l cu l ture.
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Th e s e se l ected f e w individua l s wou l d be moni tored to offer a
g l i mpse of the reactions to be expected among differing factions
within the society. Typica l selections might include an esoteric
journa l i st, a major media j ourna l is t , a theo l ogian, and a retired
pub l ic p o l icy o f f icia l w i th an expe r t i s e in ca t t l e breeding.
Such a selection coul d offer such a pragmatic review by virtue of
the ir individual and col l ective reactions.
By 1 9 5 8 more sophisticated studies are required to determ ine
a methodo logy for public d i sclosure , based on a thorough ana lysis
of h i s tor ica l s o l u t i on s to d ra m atic conf rontat ion s . St ud ies
woul d be com missioned under the guise of an infant space program
to addres s the effects of the discovery, w i th a protoco l to focus
on a modern solution to avoid socia l apoca lypse.
S t a g e T h r e e
T h e e x t r a t e r r e s t r i a l v i s i t o r s r e q u i r i ng s o m e kind of
b i o l o g ica l f o o d s o u r c e , d e t e r m i n e ca t t l e to be a v i a b l e
com modity. Perhaps a genetica l ly specia l ized breed is required
to obt a i n t h e n e e d e d n u t r i e n t s in a p r oce s s a b l e f o r m .
Speci a l i z e d g e netic breeding exper i me n t s are conducted through
f ed e r a l and p r ivate grant f ounda t i o n s a nd inst itution s . An
a g r e e m e nt i s r e ached w i th the extrater r e s t r i a l s to s upp ly the
specia l i z e d f ood s ource in e xchange for certain tech no l o g ica l
a s s i s tance. M ut i l a t i ons o�cur i n the inter i m and contin ue to
p r o l i f e r a t e d e s p i t e t h e s u p p o r t p r o g r a m . An i nc r e a s e d
extraterrestria l popul ation could further tax the effort.
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S t a g e F o u r
Econ o mic impac t s tudie s re ve a l a significant effec t on
f o s sil f u e l ind u s t rie s upon dis c l o s u r e of the exis tence of a
revo l u tion a r y energy e f ficient powe r s o urce, a produc t o f
e x t r a t e r r e s t ri a l c r a f t t e c hn o l o gie s . Oth e r techn o l ogic a l
disclosures wou l d impact greatly on financial ma rkets re l a ted to
precious metal and ele ment compound s . Abrupt pub lic disc l osure
cou l d h ave a c at a cly s mic e f f e c t on in s titution al s cien tific
educ a tion w hich could result in t o t al ob s ol e s c en c e of b a sic
tenets .
T HE F I N A L E Q U A T I 0 N
U s e s.ubliminal m e dia to a c cli m a t e the s ociety t o t h e
s u r r e a li s t ic p h e n o m e n on . M o ni t o r t h e m e t e r e d r el e a s e s o f
information to the general public, while maintaining an of ficial
policy of denial.
Deve l op and incorporate the new technologie s in a control l ed
evolution c y c l e . Appr opriat e " b l ack" budg e t a r y fin an cing a n d
en c o u r a g e o v e r t c o r p o r a t e a n d in s t i t u tion a l dis cr etiona r y
finaDcing for specified programs.
Maintain a p r og r a m of disin f o r m a tion for the purpo s e o f
controlling the acceptance factor. Disc redit unplanned leaks and
disc ove rie s by s pe cialiinte r e s t grou p s . Deve l op a c overt pla n
for rapid res ponse to uncontrolled disc l os ure events perpetrated
by the e x t r a t e r r e s t rial s. Deve l op an e m ergency defen s e t o
counter unexpected extraterrestria l agre s sion.
Promote mutual global under s tanding and encourage progra m s
that les sen the funda m enta l differences between earth cultu res.
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Deve l op a w o r l d w ide equ a l acce s s c o m mu n i c a t i ons network to
pe r m i t rea l-t i m e a ud io v i s u a l contac t. Enco urag e w e s t e r n i z e d
adaptations o f freedom o f thought to facil itate the acceptance of
a surrea l i s t i c p h e no m e non and l e s s e n the s ub s e rvient r e a c t i on
expected f r o m l e s s d eve l oped c u l tu r e s . T h e China i n i t i a t ive
devi s e d by Henry Ki s s inger and P r e s iden t Nixo n , Pres ident
Carter ' s Camp David Accord , M ikhail Gorbachev' s Glastnost PoJicy ,
and The Nobe l P r i z e going to the U n it e d Na tions Peace Keep ing
Forces evidence the success of such a doctrine.
The extraterrestrial agenda in the dissolution of the cover
up invo l v e s a mor e v i s ib l e prof i l e by expo s i ng the rea l i ty o f
the i r phy s ic a 1 exi s t ence. T h e expo s u r e m u s t b e exp l i c i t l y
c a l c u l a t e d i n o r d e r t o a l l o w p l a u s i b l e d e n i a b i l i t y , y e t
conc lusive enough to val idate and document . Visua l and phys ica l
evidence in the Gul f Breeze , F l orida s ightings c l early point out
their intricate capabil ities of accompl ishing such a task.
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A N A T OM Y 0 F A C 0 V E R - U P
How The Flow Chart Works
The Anna pol is R e s e arch and S tudy Group has prepa r ed a f l ow
chart to provide an e a s i e r unde r s tanding of how we f e e l the
cover-up works. The Roswe l l , New Mexico crash in 1 9 4 7 represents
the f i r s t m a j o r p ub l ic r e l a t ions prob l e m regard i ng the f l y ing
d i s c pheno mena. From that p o i nt it became nec e s s ary to do two
things regarding the cover-up, finance it and administer it. The
Un ited States government and ·corporate A me r i c a d ivides the s e
responsibi l itie s .
On the government s ide the infant space program , which later
became the Nationa l Aeronautics and Space Administration channe l s
data t o and from " think tanks " , which deve lop pol icy and provide
recommendations . The public re l ations oriented NASA al igns space
exp loration advance s w ith precisely what studies indicate are the
average nationa l l eve l s of understanding and interest .
On the corporate s ide , fraterna l organi zations provide the
setting for the power e l ite to interface. The corporations a l so
channe l data to the " th ink tanks " , whose pol icy studies determ ine
the focus of the various research institutes. These research and
development institutes and l aboratories are equiped to derive and
develop any avai l ab l e al ien techno logies and data obtained from
c r a s h retreiva l operations i n c l ud ing b i o l og i c a l r e m a i n s . They
a l s o cou l d deve l op the techno l o g i e s obtained from a po s s ib l e
ongoing inter-ac t i on w i th extrate r r e s t r i a l beings. The end
result is that these technol ogies benefit the genera l pub l ic in
many ways .
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On the Govern ment s i de, both the Executive and Mi l i t ary
branches provide intel l igence services. These va rious agencies
are c h a r ged w i th the res pon s ibi l i ty of gather ing infor m a t i on.
After the i n f o r m a t ion i s obtained , i t i s ei ther s u p pres sed or
dis infor mation i s d i s sem inated by various method s. The resu l t is
t h a t t h e c o ver - u p i s perpet u a t e d . F O I A reque s t s a r e
substant ia l ly "blacked out" for rea s ons of national security and
the g en e r a l p u b l i c i s d en ied v i r t u a l l y a l l a c c e s s t o a n y
definitive verifiable d ata.
A me r i c a n s w i th their ravenou s c o n s u mer appet ites ea s i l y
succumb t o the manipu l a tions of the powerfu l corporate e lement.
Pub l ic opinion and the perception of concepts are the product of
repe t i t o u s ex p o s u re to ma s s med i a , ea s i l y man ipu l ated by the
c o r p o r a te c o n t r o l l e r s . Th r o u g h a v a r i e t y o f m a s s m ed i a ,
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e s pec i a l l y m ovies a n d televi s i on ·speci a l s , we a re s l ow l y being
acc l imated to the prospect of an extraterrestrial presence. The
new s med i a , p r i n t a nd brodd c a s t ,
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h a ve bec o me another v i a b l e
avenue for information and di sinform a tion a s the pub l ic debates
the ex i stence of the i s sue. Current l y the favored sensitization
technique i s through the use .of televis ion commercia l s. I t's a l l
p a r t o f a mea n s t o a n end . The event u a l res u l t i s a g r ad ua l
g r o w i n g of publ ic a w a renes s o f the phy s i c a l rea l i ty of the
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phenomenon. The best way of avoiding cu l ture shock from m a s s ive
changes r es u l ting fro m any s oc i et a l pheno menon or s c i en t i f i c
breakthrough i s t o take it one step at a time.
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Statement of Methodology
Desiring to present a unique and exciting body of research ,
o u r g r o u p w a n t e d t h e d a t a t o b e a s a c c u r a t e a s p o s s i b l e .
Ver i f i c a t ion o f d a t a became s tandard procedure each t i me we
un c o v e r e d a n e v e n t o r i n d i v i d u a l o r p l a c e o f i n t e r e s t .
Acqu a i n t i ng our s e l ve s with numerous m e thods of va l idat ing our
information, we deve loped our own system of checks and balances
in order to avoid errors and dupl ication of effort that so often
comp l i ca te s r e se a r ch p ro j e c t s even with a s m a l l tea m . M o s t of
the information contained in THE CHESAPEAKE CONNECTION is based
upon docu mented pub l ic record. There are some c a s es whe re we
have indu l ged i n a form of infor med s pec u l a tion. Whe never
po s s ib l e we h ave i n c l uded a s e l ec ti on of m a ps , photographs and
newsc l ippings g athered f r o m a variety of source s . The f l ow
char t , Anatomy of a Cover-up, repr esents the co l l e c t i ve group
input regarding how we think the cover-up currently works.
Pub l ic record documentation was inval uable. Comparing a tax
o f f i c e p l at m a p w i th m a ny of the s i tes off ered more than one
surprise and served to verify owner ship. Further documentation
was retrieved from deed offices . Pub l ic records off ices in Queen
Anne's County and Talbot County were most frequent ly acces sed.
In order to g a ther d a ta on o l der event s , g roup m e mbers
vis ited the dusty "morgues " of the CAPI TAL in Annapo l is and the
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY RECORD OBSERVER in Centrevi l l e. For current
stor i e s we r e l ied on a comprehensive s canning of a va r i ety of
dai ly newspapers inc l uding THE NEW YORK T IMES, THE CAP I TAL, U SA
TODAY, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE WASHINGTON TIMES, THE BALTIMORE
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SUN and other sma l l e r circul at ion dai l i e s . News magazine s such
a s TIME and NEWSWE E K were monitored. Ad d i t iona lly s o m e
specia l ized or technical l i terature and magazi nes were revi ewed
inc l ud in g F ORBES, FORTUNE , A I R & S PACE, and NATIONAL GEOGRA PH I C
toa n a me few. Other working pape r s a n d gove r n m e nt s c ien t i f i c
documents were suppl ied for techincal r eview by Larry Bryant w ith
our most gracious appreciation. A l l derived c l ippings and source
docum e n t s w e re p l aced in c h rono l o g i ca l o rd er and h ave b e e n
incorporated into our proj ect l ibrary maintained by Bob Oechs l er
and Debby Regimenti .
Hundreds of hours were spent in a variety of libraries. We
acces sed among others the Enoch Prat t Library and Towson Library
in Ba l t i m o r e , m a ny Anne Arund e l C ounty L i b r a r i e s , the U n i ted
States Naval Academy Library , the State of Mary l and Law Library ,
the Unive r s i ty of M a r y l and Library , the U n i ve r s ity of D e l a w are
Libr ary , the Brook i ng s I n s t i t u t i o n L i b r a r y, and the Ma ry l and
State A r c h i v�s . A c o mp l e te b i og r a phy of persons n a m e d i n the
CHESAPEAKE CONNECTION i s being ma intained .
Fie l d work invo lving on-s ite inve stigations was under taken
by a l l g roup me m b er s . F or m ore th a n a y e a r group m e mb e r s h av e
b een keep i ng c a lend a r s , mak ing no t e s , t a k i n g p i cture s , m a k i n g
video tapes and observing. MUFON investigat ions were headed by
Bob Oech s l e r and Ed W e ibe and c onduc t e d w i th the a s s i s t a n ce of
a l l MUFON group member s . Count l e s s trips across the Bay Br idge
have yie l ded a rich harves t of l ocations and events here-to-fore
unconnec ted by p ub l i c s c ru t i ny . S o m et i m e s we beca m e b o l d a n d
ig nored p o s t e d w a rn i n g s i n an e f f o r t to photograph or ver ify
s o m e th i ng we h ad obs erved. Such ri s k s often pr oved gu it e
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fruitfu l . Aeria l video taping and photography undertaken by Bob
Oechs ler, as part of the group effort, was inva luable as a means
of discovery and verification. Good timing and bl ind luck beca me
our mainstay .
Dozens of i nt ervi e w s w e r e conduc ted in pe r s on and by
t ele p h o n e . R e c o r d i n g s w e r e m a d e w h e n p e r m i t t e d a n d
occ a s s iona l l y s ur r eptitou s l y . Re s u l t s o f the s e conv e r s a t i o n s
were o f t e n s ur p r i s ing a n d s e rved to o p e n m any more doors and
occas ionaly c lose a few. Pol iceman , publ ic officia l s , realtors ,
res ident s , site personnel , experts , pilots, neighbors , w itnes ses
and many others were interviewed during our research. Some are
named in this report , pseudonyms have been used when requested .
Ul timately we decided to begin a l etter writing campa ign. A
few individua l s whose names or corporations figured prom inently
and provacative ly in our research were chosen. The l etter s were
individual ly tai lored. Specific and sometimes pointed questions
w e r e s ub m itted for r e spons e . As proof of th e i r r e c e i p t , w e
obtained s igned return receipts. The letters and rep l ies to date
are incl uded in th i s report. More l e tter s are pl anned and a
current f i l e maintained. We provided s e l ected individua l s with
an opportunity to confirm or deny our find ings. In some cases a
l ine of com munication and continuing correspondence resul ted from
our i n i t i a l contac t s . W e s ought t o i ntroduce our group and
project to certain individua l s . We hope this continuing ef fort
wi l l he lp to further def ine our investigative findings .
The data b a s e f or th e CHESAPEAKE CONNECTI ON i s m a s s i ve .
Group m e mber s c o n s t a n t l y update and revi s e infor mati on. Our
perspect ive remains one of outsiders looking in on a COVER-UP!
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VOL. Clll HO. 101 ANNAPOLIS, MI.AYLJ.HO. MONDAY. APIUL11. lUI
I N T R 0 D U C T I 0 N
Mo s t i nv e s t i g a t o r s a n d r e s e a r c h e r s a b s o r b e d i n th e
compe l l ing study of the phenomenon known as Unidentifie d F l y i n g
Obje c t s t e n d to foc us on the burde n of proving the ve r a c i ty of
individual sighting c l aims. A few cases provide enough data from
multiple events to a l l ow specu lation as to the purpose behind the
unusual intrusions. The s ightings and ensu i�g inves tigation of
the UFO activity around the Ches ape ake Bay Bridge l eft us with a
sense of bewi lderment. The research effort that fo l l owed and the
di scoveries that effort brought forth can best be described by a
b u m p e r s ticker handed o u t a t the b r idge t o l l booth . MARYLAND,
More Than You Can Imagine .
The Chesapeake Connection is based upon extens ive research
a nd do c u m e n t a t i o n w h i c h p r ovid e s c o m p ellin g e v i d e n c e t o
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substantiate the fol lowing c l aims .
Unidentified Flying Obj ects exist and their technology
and the obvious intel ligence· behind them present a rea l and
far reaching concer n .
I ndividuals and groups , both in the private s ector and
government sector , responded to such knowledg e by impo sing
a j ustifiable cover-up which s ti l l exists today .
Our advanced defense technol ogy programs do not appear
to be directed at a traditiona l .enemy . The evidence simply
doesn ' t support i t . The focus setting is extraterres trial ..
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The o f f i c i a l p o l icy of s ecrecy w a s no doubt a co mplex
reactionary decision ba sed on a sense of urgency and ignorance of
the phenomenon. The pub l ic relations nightmare that followed the
imp lementation of the pol icy gave a g l impse of how enormous the
prob l e m s c a n b e and how d i f f ic u l t i t c a n b e to c atch eve ry th i ng
before it gets away .
An organizational structure such as the reported MJ-12 group
would without ques t ion b e r e qu ir ed to ad m i n i s te r a program of
c a l c u l ated s ec r e c y . T h e contr o l g roup wou l d need a me thod o f
financing this undertaking, especia l ly when outs ide research and
techno l ogy b e c a m e i nvolved. An e f f e c t ive cover-up of this
magnitude , stretchi ng back through over forty years of American
h i s to r y , i n c l u d i n g t h e d ev e l op m e n t a n d d i s s e m i n a t i o n o f
techno logies derived from this phenomenon must have required the
cooperation of the corporate sector and the support of underlying
foundations and r e s e arch i n s ti t u t ion s , e i th e r w i t t i ngly or
unwitting ly .
T h e g ov e r n m e n t i s o f t e n i n e p t a t c o n s p i r a c y , l o o k a t
Watergate and the I ran-Contra affairs. Going outs ide the focus
of government m a k e s a l ot of s e n s e if you have the cooperation of
the private corporate sector where secrecy in technol ogy is the
nor m . Until r e c en t l y p ub l ic s cr u t i ny w a s much l e s s focused on
the corporate involvement in government. As our research became
ori ented tow a r d i nve s t ig a t�ng the gove rnment activities around
the sightings area, w e deve l oped a bas ic questionaire in order to
b e g i n t o d r a w p a r a m e te r s a r o u n d t h e b i t s a n d p i e c e s o f
inform ation th a t w a s c o m in g in d a ily. The ove rall the s i s w a s
based o n the a b s e nc e of a n y evidence of t h e abdu c t ion a s pect we
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had c o m e to expect fr om U FO a c tiv i ty i n g e n e r a l c a s e h i s tory.
Here i n th e Bay Br idge S i ghtin g s c a s e s w e were look i n g fo r
te ch n o l o g i c a l or m ili ta ry exerci ses th a t m i ght be a ttra c ting
extraterrestr i a l attention.
The s cope of the ques tionaire inc l uded the follow ing. Who
in the private sector , corporate or ins titutiona l , was and is in
a pos i ti on to h e l p? What are th e tech n o l og i c a l revo l u ti o n s
taking p l a ce today that might have roots i n the discoveries made
from crashed f l ying saucer s? What is the trade-off between the
gover n m e n t a n d c or po r a tion s? C a n w e f i nd a l i nk b e tw e e n th e
events in the Chesapeake Bay and peop l e who cou ld have know l ege
of al ien craft, an extraterrestria l cu l ture , and/ or the der ived
techno l og i e s a n d a l l of the prob l e m s th a t m ight have ·b e e n
en coun te r e d. Wha t evi denc e c an be f o u n d tha t m ight s u gg e s t a n
a r ena f o r i n te l l e c tu a l i n ter-a c t i o n a m ong th e corpo r a te a n d
govern m e n t p o w e r e l i te , a l oc a tion w h e r e t h e pow e r e l i te co u l d
meet to deve l op pol icy, a pl ace where ethics might be di scussed
a n d d e c i s i on s m a de ? Wa s th e r e a f a c i l i ty , perhap s t h e r u m o r e d
"Cou ntry C l ub " , l o ca ted s o mewhere o n Mary l a nd ' s Ea s te r n S h o r e
where the s e activities cou ld b e conducted i n relative isol ation,
but with i n close range of Washington , D.C. and the Pentagon?
The Annapol is Research and S tudy Group
We b e g a n a s a g r o u p of p e o p l e i n te r e s te d in the U F O
phen o m e n on w h o m e t a t an Anna po l i s l ec tu r e g ive n by S ta n ton T .
Friedman and expanded to about twenty m e mbers within two month s.
Our group b ecame an active network of observers and researchers
and w e f ou nd o ur s e l v e s in the m i d d l e of extraor d i n a ry ev e n t s .
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Be s i des the regu l a r s ighting reports and i nve s t i g a t ions , there
was an end l ess parade of he l icopter activity , controversial Navy
Expe r i m en t a l T e s t ing , and c o n s t a n t upgrading of s ecur i ty a t
corpora te owned and operated government contracting faci l i ties in
the a r e a .
The Chesapeake Connection presents a body o f evidence which
l i nk s events i n M a ry la nd ' s C he s ap e a k e Bay r e gion to an on-going
cover-up. This c over-up h a s l e d to a reordering of d e f e n s e
pr io r i t i e s , an inten s i fi c a t i on· o f d e f e n s e t e ch no l ogy , a n d a
pool ing of f i na n c i a l and inte l l e c t u a l r e souces by corporate
l eaders. The evidence sugges ts a nationa l security interest and
reve a l s a strategic Soviet presence.
Some of the evidence c l early suggests an interaction between
an extraterre s tr i a l cu l tu r e and the power e l i t e of the Un ited
States o f A m e r i c a . Rec ent evidence of h a z a r dous tech no l o g i ca l
experimentation being conducted in the Chesapeake Bay suggests an
erosion in that relationship. The atmosphere is not one of doom
or g l oo m , but a concerted effort is being made to get a grasp on
a highl y secretive technology•
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Per sona l Diary Excerpt
BoB Oech s l er
"O n e o f t h e a t t r i b u t e s I a d m i r e m o s t a b o u t g o o d
inve s t i g a t ive j ourna l i s t s i s t h e i r penchant f o r g o i ng r i g ht to
th e top. Th e prob l e m th ey face however is o n e o f advanc e
p r e pa r a t i on on the p a r t of t h e i r targ e t . Ca t c h i n g a t o p r a nked
official by surpri se is a l uxury reserved for us less recognized
detectives .
On M ay 1 3 , 1 9 8 8 I had t h e unique oppor t u n i ty for a short
private encounter w ith retired Ad miral Bobby Ray I n man. Know ing
that Admira l I nman l ooms large in the eye s of many ufologists as
a c l an d e s t in e pr e s en t day p l ayer of the ph e n o m e non , i t w a s
es sentia l under the c i rcumstances t o a t least g e t h i s reaction to
s o m e th ing r e l a t i ng to UFOs . H e h a d j us t co m p l e te d a keynote
addr e s s on the oc c a s i o n o f t h e opening o f th e new U n ive r s i ty of
M a ry l a n d Sc ience and Tech n o l ogy Ce n t e r . I t w a s an outdoors
func t i on i n a s much as most of t h e fa c i l ity r e q u i r e s a s e c u r i ty
c l ea ranc e for acce s s . Standing o u t s i d e t h e s pe a k e r s tent , I
w a i t e d f o r t h e a d m i r a l t o b i d h i s f a r e w e l l s a n d d e p a r t .
S u r p r i s e d t o s e e h i m b r e a k a w a y a l o n e a n d h e a d i n g i n m y
direction , I quick l y fumb l ed for a busines s card. Rea l i z ing that
my encounter would be �rief, I said "Excuse me Admira l " . As he
po l i te l y s topped to addr e s s m e , I handed h i m my bu s i ne s s car d
w h i c h d e t a i l e d my r obot i c s e x p e r t i s e i n m o b i l i ze d s ec u r ity
s urve i l l an c e s y s t e m s . Cont i n u ing, " I wou l d b e d e e p l y appr e c i a-
tive , i f at · some point , you'd have someone contact me about how I
can get c l oser to MJ-12." He stud ied my busine s s card for a few
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mo ments , then l o oked me square in t h e e y e s and w i th a part i a l but
knowing nod , s m i l e d d i s cr et e l y a s h e p l a c ed my bus i ne s s c a r d
neat l y in the i n s i d e brea s t pocket o f h i s jacket and s a i d i n a
di st inct ive Texa s d r aw l , "Okay " . W e s hook h ands and h e quic k l y
d e pa r ted for the parking l o t , l e aving m e w i th the convinc ing
i m p r e s s i on that he knew p r e c i s e d e ta i l s about the nature of m y
referenced inquiry.
Shou l d he have known? Cou l d h e be invo l ved in some w ay ?
His background certainly suggests that he shou ld have known and
if he w a s n ' t i nvo l ve d , h e s hou l d b e . As the former d eputy
di r e c tor of the C I A , d i r e c tor of both the Nation a l S ecur ity
Agency and Nava l I nte l l igenc e , he was in a position to estab l i sh
h i s m ark on p o l i c y d ec i s ion s . As t h e CEO o f M C C h e contro l l e d
the direct ion o f g over n m ent techno l ogy and had more f inanc ing
auth o r it y than a n y techno l og is t ever d r e a med po s s i b l e . Hi s
current p r iva t e concern , W e s t mark Sy s t e m s I n c . , i s one of the
most unique m ic roelectronics firms in existence. As a Trustee on
the Board of the Brookings I n s t i tution , he can inf l uence the
thought process and direction of studies on Humanistic Affairs.
H e h a s b e e n a l o n g t i m e m e m b e r of t h e C o u n c i l on F o r e i g n
Re l at ions adding more depth to an a lready impressive background.
I can think of no other individual in the entire United States of
A m e r i c a more q ua l i f i e d to m a na g e the m o s t i mportant covert
ope ra tion in the h i s tory of mankind. He has the manage ment ,
inte l l ig ence and t echno l og i c a l baokgr ound to get the job done .
What s e t s h i m a p a r t f r o m any oth e r pot ent i a l candidate i s the
fact that he has i n c o n s p i cuous ac c e s s to a l l of th i s nation ' s
resources .
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W h e n I f i r s t l e arned of A d m iral I n m an's s e l e c t i on a s th e
keynote speaker for the technol ogy center event , it d idn't occur
to.me t h a t h i s s e l e c t ion m i g h t c r e a t e a prob l e m in po l i t i c al
et iquett e . Du r i ng the c ou r s e of h i s r e m arks , I note d the
pr e s e n c e of Cong re s s m a n Tom M c M ille n , a m e m ber o f th e Hou s e
Science and Technology Com m itte e , and the ever present Governor
of Mary l and , Wi l l ia m Donald Schaefer , two notables pass ed over in
favor of Admi ral Inman .
Th e new Technology Center i t s el f presented add i t ional
intrigue when viewed fro m the per spective of our l ater research.
Many of the same corporate faci l i ties and institutions uncovered
in· o u r r e s ea rc h s h owed a r e m a r ka bl e a m ount of contra c t ua l
involve ment with the University o f Maryland . In prepara tion for
my personal invol ve ment with the c ente r , I visited the site a few
days before the ceremonies. On my first vi sit , ;! got lost on the
4 6 6 acre complex which was under construction and happened on to
an a r e a of the f a c ility wh e r e( the s e c u r i ty wa s unobt r u s i v e but
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e f f e c t iv e . A ft e r pa rk ing m y c ar beyond t h e s ec u r i t y f e n c e and
wa l k i n g u p t o the m a i n bu ild i n g under construc t i on , I wa s
conf r o n t e d b y two m e n i n black bu s i n e s s s u i t s a nd su ngla s s e s .
Both exposed concealed weapons and excorted m e off of that part
of th e c o m p l ex. Further i nv e s t i ga t i on rev�a l ed that I had
i n a d v e r t e n tl y a p p r� a c h e d t h e n e w f e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t
supercomputing re search center, one of many top secret and highly
secure facilities within the compl ex . "
W a s t h e r e a p r e cedence f or t o p m i l it ary l e a d e r s t o b e
involved in policy making decisions a ffecting the genera l pub l i c
a s it relates to the extraterrestr i a l phenom enon? Consider the
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remarks of Genera l Doug las M acArthur as pub l ished in the October
9, 1 9 5 5 edition of the New York Time s , "The nations of the wor ld
w i l l have to u n i t e , for the next war w i l l b e a n interp l anetary
war. The nations of the earth must someday make a common front
agains t a t tack by peop l e from other p l ane t s . " And then in 1 9 6 2
addressing the West Point M i l itary Acade my , he said , "We speak in
t e r m s of harne s s ing the c o s m ic energy , of u l t i m a t e conf l ic t
between a united human race and the s inister forces o f some other
p lanetary ga l axy . "
As o u r r e s earch c o n t i nued , m any o f t h e p l ayers showed
potential for invol vement in the ever more obvious cover-up. The
more conn e c tions we found between certain ind ividua l s and
corporations and institutions , the more inc l ined we w ere to track
them down for c o m ment. I n most c a s e s it was r e a s onab l y c l ear
that th e i nd iv id ua l was m o re an u n w i t ti ng p a�t i c i pant than a
covert specia l is t. Some of them however were c l early mis leading
us and on occas ion we were ab l e to catch them on the record with
an outright l ie. As a res u l t of the tenuous l egal posit ion this
paper represents , we have cryptical ly om itted direct reference to
s o m e of the n a m e s of individu a l s and i n s t i t u t i ons . A thorough
review of the references w i l l provide enough c l ues to f i l l in the
b l anks .
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Admiral Bobby R. Inman, Deputy Director of Central Intel
ligence, arriving to testify before the Senate Intelligence
Committee in July 1981. [A�idc World Photos]

T H E R E S E A R C H A N D I N V E S T I G A T I 0 N
Our di s c over ie s began w i th the UFO s ightings around the
Che s ap e a ke Bay r e g ion w ith i t s m a g n i f icent s hore ! ine s , the
l a rg e s t e s tu a ry s y s t e m in the United S t a te s , r enown f o r its
she l l f i s h indus try and cons i d e r e d the s a i l ing c apita l o f the
worl d . Our research l ed us eventua l ly to the arid mountains and
p l ai n s of A m e r ic a ' s south w e s t . I n t h e interest of h i s to r i c a l
chrono l ogy as it relates to known cover-up activities , our focus
begins in 1 9 4 7 .
R o s w e 1 1 , N e w M e X i C o
Th e s u m m e r o f 1 9 4 7 w a s indeed an a c t iv e one for New M ex i c o
with a mp l e evidence o f f lying s aucer crashes and the recovery of
non- h u m a n h u m an oi d s , s o m e pos s i b l y s urviving for a period of
t i m e . T
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E ROSWELL INC I DENT and t h e M J- 1 2 brie f ing doc u m e n t s
sugg e s t s i gn i f ic an t activity i n th i s a re n a . T h e s upport and
t r a n s po r t r e q u i r e m en t s h a v e b e e n t h e s u b j e c t o f i n - d e p t h
r e s e a r c h . T h e u s e of t h e n a t i on ' s r a i l way s y s t e m was probab l y
u s e d f o r t r a n s po r t o f w r e c k a g e a n d / o r b o d i e s f r o m t h e
Socorro/ Magda lena area to Muroc (Edwards AFB, Ca l ifornia ) , The
Jim H
arber S tory that fo l lows deta i l s another New Mexico s aucer
railway tr:9-nsport in 1 9 4 9 . I m m ediate holding facil ities wou ld
m o s t 1 ike l y have been the i n i t i a 1 concern prior to 1 onger
distance transport.
The Roswe l l Army Air Field which had chronic led invo lvement
in the r e t r i ev a l ope r a tions no doubt w e r e forced to a c t quick l y
once the orders for s ecrecy were issued . They may have needed a
f r iend , s o m eone w i th whom they h a d d e a l ings and cou l d t ru s t ,
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someone who was nearby. Th at someone may we l l have been one of
t h e m o s t i n f l u en t i a l and p o w e r fu l c o r p or a t e con t r o l l e r s of the
region . At the time he was a thirty year old prosperous oi l man.
His Who ' s Who biography doesn ' t state m i l itary service , perhaps
h e . o f f e r e d other pa t r i o t i c a i d . H e a rr ived in Ro s w e l l from
Ch i c a g o s ev e r a l ye a r s e ar l i er a n d t apped i n t o t he r i ch P e r m i a n
Basin t o support the o i l refinery h e purchased i n nearby Artesia.
D u r i n g the w a r year s he s u p p l i e d g a s and oi l to the nu merou s
m i l itary posts that sprang u p i n the southwest. H e a l so supp l ied
the diese l fue l for the bomb proj ects at Los Al amos .
H e m ight h ave known D r . Ed w a r d T e l l er . Te l l e r a n d t h e oi l
m a n m a y have k nown each othe r e a r l i e r a t the U n i ve r s ity o f
C h i c a g o , where the o i l m a n s t u d i e d g e o l ogy a n d e c ono m i c s a n d
Te l l e r bu i l t t h e a t o m i c bo m b . Toda y , Te l l e r i s m e n t ioned a s a
pos si b l e participant in the cover-up .
Ou r o i l m a n who w a s h on o r ed i n a 1 9 8 6 e d i t i on of F o r tune
M a g a z i n e , was a t one t i m e t h e l a rg e s t l a nd h o l d e r in the U n i t e d
S t a t e s w it h m a s s iv e ho l d in g s i n N e w M ex i c o a n d Texa s . H e w a s
a l igned with the U.S. mil itary when the government took over one
m i l l io n a c r e s ot l an d in N e w M e x i c o in 1 9 4 5 . I t i s p o s s i b l e that
hol dings of the oil man ' s were involved. In an attempt to verify
t h i s c o n n e c t i o n w e c a l l e d t h e W h i t e S a n d s M i s s l e R a n g e .
Historian Bi l l Gross st
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have b e e n a n or ig i na l owne r o f pa r t o f th e M i s s l e Range l a nd s ,
o r i g i n a l l y White S a n d s Proving Grou n d s . I t w a s there t h a t our
e ar l ie s t bombs were detonated and subsequent ly became the site of
the fa mous Trinity Proj ect.
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The events a t White Sands may a l s o have attracted the
attention of an extraterrestrial cul ture. When " M ac" Bra z e l went
into town on Ju l y 7 , 1 9 4 7 he heard stories about " f lying saucers"
in the Roswel l area. That was when he began to wonder about the
exp l o s ion he h eard out on the J . B . F o s t e r r a nch seve r a l days
earl ier that he had discounted as an e l ectrica l storm.
Perhaps the o i l m a n w a s contacted for a s s i s tance , perhaps
even s o me of h i s o w n l a nd had to b e s ea rc h e d a nd se a l ed of f , o r
perhaps he had h e a r d of t h e events and c a l l ed on h i s f r i e n d s a t
t h e Roswe l l A r m y A i r F ie l d , bec o m in g i nvo l ve d i n that f a s h ion .
He i s desc r ibed by tho s e w ho have h a d contact w i th h i m a s a
progressive thinker. I f he was involved in some way, then he and
everyone e l se probably thought that their efforts wou ld tighten
the screws only temporari ly. I n an¥ case , when we contacted him
by certified mail , he was either unab l e or unwi l l ing to confirm
any know ledge or i nvo l ve m ent.
investigate his endeavors.
U n daunted , we continued to
I f indeed the New Mexico crash retrieva l operations invo lved
an extraterrestrial craft and it was not remote ly operated , then
w h a t m i g h t h a v e h a p p e n e d t o t h e o c c u p a n t s ? S i n c e f i e l�
oper a t ions w o u l d b e i nappro r i at e , were there a ny f ac i l i t i e s
nea rby t h a t c o u l d p r ovide t h e patho l og y need ed for ana l y s i s ?
M aybe they were s en t to a w e l l kno w n gove rnment s ub s i d i zed
r e s e a r ch i n s t i t u t e which had a t l e a s t two m e d i c a l d i v i s ions
l ocated at the base at Kirtland in Albuquerque , New Mexico. Did
this f a c i l ity have the techno l ogy and too l s ? Accord i ng to
Medica l and Hea l th S ciences , their current capabi l ities inc l ude
studies that focus on the chem ica l and radioactive properties of
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material s , pathogenesis of respira tory di seases , treatment for
i n h a l a t i o n o f r a d i o n u c l i d e s , t o x i c o k i n e t i c s , r e s e a r c h i n
p u l m onary phy s i o l ogy , he m a t o l ogy , m i c r ob i o l ogy , a e r o s pa c e
m e d i c i n e , a nd d e s i gn and d ev e l op m e n t o f atrau m a t ic d i a g n o s t i c
instrumentation .
The I n s t i t u t e s a r e part o f a p a r e n t founda t i on o f t h e s a m e
name and are associated with a ma j or A lbuquerque med ica l center.
T h e F o u n d a t i o n w a s b e g u n i n 1 9 4 7 , t h e y e a r of t h e c r a s h
i n c i de nt s . Ou r oi l m a n s e rv e s pr o m in e n t l y o n t h e B o a r d o f
D i r e c t o r s a t thi s m e d i c a l Found a t i on . He i s d e s c r ibed n o t on l y
a s a progr e s s ive thinker a s s t a t e d p r e v i ou s l y , but a l s o a s a
humanitar ian. Thi s former CEO of the s ixth largest oil company
i n A m e r i c a s ti l l r e s i d e s i n R o s w e l l , N e w M e x i c o . He a l s o o w n s
and oper a t e s a l oca l o i l c o m pa ny a n d t h e D i a m on d A C a t t l e
Com pany. Th e c o mp a ny ' s vice p r e s i de n t i s our o i:l m a n ' s s o n who
r e s i d e s in A l buque r que , both i n c i d e n t a l l y a r e m e m b e r s o f the
Counci l on Foreign Re l ations adding yet another interesting twist
t o the s e odd n on - c o i n c id e n t a l c o n n e c t i on s . N o n -c o i n c i d e n t a l
because they j ust do not co-incide. In fac t , the oil man was the
D i re c t o r of the Counc i l on F o r e i g n Re l a t i o n s f r o m 1 9 7 4 t o 1 9 8 0 .
T h i s p r o m i ne n t o i l m a n i s the f or m e r Cha i r m a n a n d n o w
Honorary Pres ident o f The Aspen Institute , one of the most e l ite
th i n k t a n k s i n the wor l d w i th b r a n c h e s ar ound the g l ob e . I t
beca m e a f oc u s o f o u r inve s t i g a t i o n w h e n w e l e arned th a t i t s
primary operations were recent l y r e l o�ated from its origin a l s ite
in Co l o r a d o t o the Chesapeake B ay ' s E a s t e rn Shore o f M a ry l a n d .
Cou ld his invo lvement b e such a profound coincidence , o r cou l d he
f o r more t h a n f or ty years , m o t i v a t ed by p a t r i o t i s m and g e n u i n e
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Yet another intr iguing connection invo lving this i ndividua l ,
his New M exico roots and the Chesapeake connection re l ates to his
s ignif icant financi a l support of Saint John ' s Col l ege with campus
s ites in Annapo l i s , Maryland and Santa Fe , New Mexico j us t north
of A l buquerque. S a i n t John ' s Co l l eg e in Annapo l is be c a m e the
s it e of our f a c e to f a c e m e e t i n g w i th the cha ir man of The
Broo k i ng s I ns t i tu t i on w h i ch c u l m i na ted i n the m o s t co mpe l l ing
cover-up discovery of this report.
The Brookings I nstitution connection wi l l be deta i l ed more
elaboratly near the end of this report but bears further m ention
here a s a re s u l t o f , the o r i g i n of i n i t i a l res earch into the
m a t t er o f former Brookings V i c e Pres ident Ed w i n Nour s e . I n a
rev i e w of THE ROS WELL I NC I DE N T , we eva l u a ted a 1 9 5 4 l e tter
w r i t t e n b y G e r a l d L i g h t of Los A n g e l e s t o M e a d e L a y n e o f
Border l and Sciences Research Associates where Nourse i s mentioned
in connection w i th a visit to M uroc, now Edwards Air Force Base,
appa rent ly for the purp o s e o f getting t h e i r react ion to an
exposure to extraterrestrial craft and personne l . I n connection
w i th t h i s research , w e v i s i ted S a int John ' s Co l l ege to m e e t the
curr e n t cha ir m a n o f Broo k i n g s who was speak i ng at an i n f o r m a l
publ ic po l icy forum there. S ince he has been with Brookings for
th ir ty year s , we wa nted to g e t h i s react i on a nd to s e e if he
cou l d offer some form of verification of the activities of Edw in
Nourse .
J u s t t o m a k e t h e c y c l e c o m p l e t e , a n o t h e r i n t r i g u i n g
connection invo lve s the New M exico M i l itary I nstitute in Roswe l l .
P a u l Horgan w a s the a s s i s ta n t t o the pres ident o f that fac i l ity
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i n 1 9 4 7 . H e went o n t o b e c o m e a n h i s t o r i a n , a l oc a l c u l tura l
hero , a nd w a s na med a s a T r u s t e e t o t h e Ro s w e l l Pub l i c L i b r a r y .
I n 1 9 5 2 as a capta in i n the Army Air Corps h e w a s transferred to
W a s h i n g t on , D . C . f o r u n s pe c i f i ed r e a s o n s a nd dut i e s . H e l a t e r
became an Honorary Trustee o f the Institute that relocated from
Col orado to the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.
Targeting The Chesapeake Bay
As w e move our f o c u s t o w a r d th e C h e s a p e a k e B ay , it shou l d b e
noted th a t an i n t r i c a te w e b · i s u n f o l d i ng . Throughout our
r e s e a r c h we f ou n d a c o n s t a n t s e r i e s o f c o n n e c t i o n s t h a t
cont inuou s l y l inked the Chesapeake Bay t o Rosw e l l , Kirtl and , and
other corporate and m i l itary outposts in New Mexico. These l i nks
of peo p l e a n d p l a c e s and i n s t i tu t i o n s l ed one r e s ea rcher to
repe a t ed l y quote the wor d s o f S i r W a l t e r S c o t t , "Oh w h a t a
tang l e d w e b w e weave , when f i r s t w e p r a c t i c e to deceive . " W e
quick l y be pa m e c on v i n c e d o f a govern m e n t c ov e r -u p , prov i ng t o
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ourselves that a corporate and institutiona l cover-up was of an
even greater magnitude wou l d take a great dea l more convincing.
Perh a p s the f i r s t c l u e s l i e in the c r o s s -country c o m m e r c i a l
transport of a f lying saucer by rai l w ay.
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Per sona l Diary Excerpt
BoB Oechs ler
" A s a p r e l ude to The Che sapeake C on nect ion , the Jim Harber
Story deta i l s the ease with which the UFO phenomenon could become
a transcontinenta l hands-on enigma. The events suggest - a cros s-
coun try transport of a f ly ing s au c e r from New M ex i c o to the
Nation ' s Capita l which s its on a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.
In the summer of 1 9 4 9 , Jim Harber was e l even years o l d when
he l ived on a f a r m i n Newber n , Tenn e s s e e . The I l l i no is Ce ntra l
Ra i l road ran r i ght through town. J i m ' s f a s c ination w i th st eam
engi n e s once got him i n the dog hou s e when he hopped up on one o f
t h e f r e ight t r a i n s that w a s s id e d a t the l oca l depot. It s e e m s
t h e T r a i n m a n c augh t h i m a n d padd l ed h i s behind good and p r oper ,
l e aving h i m w i th a h e a l thy d o s e o f r e spect for autho r i ty . The
Trai n m an , J i m e xp l a ined , w a s r e s po n s ib l e for cou p l i n g and
uncoup l i ng c a r s f r o m the f r e ig h t and w a s typ ica l l y one of four
crew m e mbe r s o n the train. Th e T r a i n m a n a nd the B ra ke m a n both
rode in the c ab oo s e , whi l e the E n g i n e e r and the F i r e m a n rode up
front .
I t w a s a w a r m s u m m e r a f ternoon one S atuday when J i m went
into town to once again check out the s t e a m engine l oc o m ot ive
that had pul led off on the side spur. The train was about ten to
f i ft e e n c a r s l ong c on s i s t ing mo s t l y o f box cars . Two f l a t c a r s
were coupled behind the Tinder , one carr ied harvesting equipment
but the oth e r f l a t c ar is w h a t r e a l l y got J i m ' s a tt e n t i on .
Covered with a tightly drawn dark brown tarp was what appeared t o
h i m to b e a l a rge domed s h a p e d o b j ect that protruded ov e r t h e
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s i d e s o f the f l a t car by about a f o o t . I n a s t i l l not ic eab l e
southern d r a w l , h e a s k ed the Tra i n m a n s t a n d i n g n e x t t o t h e f l a t
ca r ,. "W h a t y a got on th e r e " ? H e r e p l ied "Th a t ' s one o f t h e m
F lying Saucer things". Ji m fol lowed up on the quest ioning with ,
" Wh e r e i n the wor l d d i d you g e t tha t " ? "Co m e f r o m New M ex i c o "
c a m e the re sponse. " I s that the other s ide o f Memphis" he asked ?
"Na w , tha t ' s way out west a l most to the ocean" was the Tra inman ' s
r e p l y. " Wh e r e ya g o i n ' w i th i t ? " c o n t i nued Ji m . "W e l l , i t ' s
g o i n ' u p t o W ash ington" r e s ponded t h e T r a i n m a n a s he h e a d e d to
the depot cafe w a r n i n g J i m to s t ay away from the t ra i n .
The l ure o f a rea l f lying saucer w a s too much for an eleven
year o l d boy to i g n o r e . W i t h h i s h e a r t pound i n g i n f e a r o f
g e tt i n g c a ug h t , J i m c l i mbed up o n t o the f l a t c a r and s n eaked
under the tarp. He rubbed his hand on the obj ect and then tapped
on i t w i t h h i s knuck l e s . I t w a s r e a l s l i c k l i k e i t w a s " w axed"
and s ounded " H o l l a r " ( s i c ) when h e hit on i t w i th h i s f i s t , bu t
i t d id n o t echo l ik e tho s e b i g s t e e l d ru m s . H e e s t i m a t e s th e
th i c kn e s s o f t h e s he l l t o b e about a q u a r t e r o f an inc h . The
d i s c w a s l ik e two inverted bow l s c o m ing t o g e t h e r at a 2 0 - 2 5
degree ang l e . With the tighly drawn tarp , he only got a l ook at
the unders ide. The color was gray l ike a stain l e s s steel kitchen
s ink on l y d a r k e r . I t w a s c o m p l e te l y r o.un d l ik e a sh a l l ow b o w l
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and s i t t i n g on three l eg s wh ich w e r e t h e s a m e c o l o r a s the bow l
s h a p e . The l eg s each s a t i n pi e pan l o ok i n g pods a b o u t one f oo t
i n d i a m e t e r . Th e r e w e r e no m a rk i n g s v i s ib l e a n d n o s i g n s o f
d a m a ge . He c ou l dn ' t s e e how th e th i n g c o u l d f l y s i n c e i t d id n ' t
have w ings and he didn ' t see any motor s .
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Ji m e s t i m a t e s the ob j ect to be about fourteen feet i n
d i a meter s i nc e the f l at car w a s about t w e lve f ee t w id e a nd the
obj ect extended about a foot over both side s . The tarp was tied
down rea l tight at the four corners of the car and at the center
of the ends of the c a r . T h e c e n t e r rope s w e r e t ied to n a i l s
dr iven i nt o t h e b e d of the c a r th a t J i m d e sc i b e s a s the bigg e s t
na i l s h e ' d e v e r s ee n , big a round a s h i s f i nger. S t r ange l o oking
fas teners were u s e d on the rope s . J i m neve r had seen any th ing
l i k e t h e m u n t i l y e a r s l a t e r w h e n he w a s in the A r m y . T h e
fas tener s h e s a w t h e n w e r e u s e d f o r t i gh t e n i ng t e n t rope s . Th e
edge of the disc shaped obj ect came up to Jim ' s shoulder at about
four feet a nd w a s about a s sharp a s the th icknes s s a t the edge o f
two dinner plates.
If i t r e a l ly h a d c o m e from New M e x i c o as the Trainman had
c l a i m ed , J i m a nd I eva l ua te d the po s s ib l e r ou te the f l a t car
cou l d have taken. It prob ab l y came a c ro s s through Ark a n s a s to
M e m p h i s w h e re it was pu t on t h e I l l in o i s Centra l track and
brought up to Ohio (with a possible stop at Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base) and sent on acros s to Washington , D.C. The Trainman
w i t h whom J i m s po k e probab l y p icked u p the c a r i n M e m p h i s and
went w i th i t as f a r a s Lou i sv i l l e w h e r e he wou l d have taken
another t r a i n back t o M e m ph i s . J i m thought i t r a ther odd that
fre ight going a l l the way through to some p lace l ike Washington
wou ld be routed through such a s ma l l s ide spur l ike Newbern, such
freight was usua l ly routed straight ' from M emphis to Louisvi l l e.
I sugge s t ed that i f you w a nted to t r a n s p o r t s o m e thi ng acro s s
coun try w ithout d r a w ing a tten t i on t o i t , t h e n taking the l e a s t
popu l a ted r u r a l route m ight b e your b e s t b e t . H e re m e mber s
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thinking a s a ch i l d that that saucer thing must have been on the
tracks headed east for month s .
. I n t h e y e a r s s i nc e , J i m h a s h a d n o other U F O s i g h t i n g s a n d
ha s neve r s e e n any u n u s u a l " f l y i ng " ob j e c t s . When he t o l d hi s
f a th e r b a c k i n 1 9 4 9 w h a t the Tr a i n m a n h a d t o l d h i m and w h a t h e
h a d s e e n , h i s f a ther not e d , " T h e r e a i n ' t n o su ch t h i n g a s f l y i n g
s au c e r s , tha t ' s j u s t s o m et h i n g s o m ebody c ooked u p " . A n d t h a t ' s
a s far a s i t went, unt i l recent ly when Jim cal led in response to
one of my regu l a r UFO radio broadca s t s . "
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T h e U F 0 S i g h t i n g s
The road where the m a i n r a s h o f s i gh t i ng s occurred i s
l ocated about six mi l es east of Annapo l i s , Ma ry land bordering on
Sa ndy P o i n t State Park operated by the Depa r t m e n t of Natura l
Re source s . The r o ad acce s s e s Route 5 0 n e a r the t o l l booth f o r
the Chesapeake Bay Br idge and i s dotted with tiny frame cottages
shaded by soaring oak trees in a rura l setting .
Years ago a spiritua l i st church occupied one of the houses ,
i n h a b i t e d by the Reve r e nd w h o c l a i m e d to have been d i rected t o
t h a t l oc a t i on a d ec a d e ear l i e r . S h e s a i d t h a t a b a l l o f go l d e n
l ight had appeared i n her yard and tha t peop l e from space emerged
and took her into the l ight. The space peop l e , she said , visited
h e r at o th e r ti m e s a nd she n a med h e r c hu rq h i n h o n or of the
specia l golden l ight that surrounded the vis itors . That was more
than ten years ago and the church and the Reverend are no l onger
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th e r e , b u t the r e s i d e n t s a l on g the road a r e s t i l l p l agued by
s t r a n g e l i g h t s a n d s t r u c t u r e d c r a f t . I n f a c t t h i s s m a l l
community has undergone an evolut ion. Fifteen years ago one man
observed the strange l ights and craft on num erous occasions but
a f t e r b e i ng r id i c u l ed decided to s t o p te l l i n g p e op l e about the
s ight ings. Then other peop l e in the neighborhood began observing
the strange l ighted craft that wou l d descend and hover above the
treetop s . Personal Diary Excerpt
BoB Oechs l er
" I n M ar ch of 1 9 8 8 , I l e arned o f the m o s t recent s i ght ing
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activity from one the of res idents on a chance encounter. After
interviewing some of the res idents by te l ephone , I l earned that
t h e r e h a d been an incr e a s e in s uch a c t iv i ty in the n e i ghborhood
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s i nce the previous s u m m e r and regu l a r overf l ights h a d been
occurring frequently since February. Some of the witnesses had
made drawings of the obj ects w i thin f i f teen m inutes of a
sighting. The descriptions and draw ings depicted a kite shaped
ob j ec t l ike a skewed d i a m on d . The i n t e r e s t ing phenomenon
a s s o c i ated w i th these s ightings i nv o l ve d e i th e r a phy s i ca 1
s tructure change i n the c r a f t s a s they pas sed over the rooftops
or a n i l l u s i on crea ted by s w i tc h i ng o n and of f certain onboard
l ighting systems.
With sightings occurring severa l times a week , some of the
residents began to watch for the obj ects regularly just prior to
darknes s . The sightings usua l ly began as a l arge star in the sky
wh ich w a s br ight e r than the r e s t . T h e a c t io n began w i t h what
appeared as sparks fal l ing from the s tar , usua l ly about twenty or
more i n a m a tt e r of second s . Th e s e sparks w ou l d begin t o c l us te r
i n g roups o f a b o u t h a l f a d o z e n a s t h e y d e s c ended i n t o the area
over Annapo l i s . Typic a l l y , one o f the se g roups w ou l d f l y in
f o r m a t i o n d i r e c t l y over the r o o f t o p s in the i m m e d i a t e
neighborhood m a k i ng a s w o o s h i ng s ound a s they p a s s e d over a t
high speed. I ro n ic a l l y no one had thought to take any p ic tures
during t h e s e event s which often l a s ted f or up t o f ou r hou r s .
The s e s trange c r a f t wou l d s top and hover over the treetops i n
close proxim iti t o the w itnesses for periods of thirty t o forty
five minutes , relocate to an old N ike site in a field beyond the
trees on o n e s ide of the n e i ghborh oo d appearing to l an d and
eventua l ly return moving s l ow ly back over the houses.
R e s i d e n t s be c a m e so terr if ied that they often wou l d not
venture out at night. One night l a s t s u m m er s ever a l r e s idents
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fe e l i ng s a f e i n nu mbe r s c l u s t e r e d a r ound a pa r k e d c a r i n t h e i r
dr iveway l e s s than f i f ty f e e t fr o m a c r a f t hov e r i n g above the
t r e e t o p s a c r o s s the s t r e e t . Sudde n l y wh i l e stunned r e s i d e n t s
ob s e rved f r o m th e f ro n t po r c h , a l a r g e bea m o f w h i t e l ig h t w a s
emitted from the craft fu l ly encompassing the w itnesses around
th e c a r . A ft e r s ev e r a l s ec on d s , t h e c r a f t b egan t o m ov e t o w a r d
the hous e condens ing the beam t o a width o f about e ighteen inches
as it pa s sed al ong and over the s idewa l k l ead ing to the porch of
the house. The craft left the area without further incident and
rej oined . the others .
On a n other o c c a s ion t w o young g i r l s beca m e phys i c a l l y
par� lyzed whi l e burning trash a t the end of their driveway j ust
t w en t y f e e t from t h e hou s e . I t w a s n o t c l e a r w h e th e r t h e
para l y s i s w a s from fear o r a product of a n external source. The
s t r a n g e c r a f t appeared w a f er th i n and d e s cribed a s b o o m e r ang
s h ap ed a s i t p a s s e d s l ow l y over th e i r h e ad s . The r e w a s n o
apparent m i s s ing time.
Dur i n g th e cour s e o f m y i nv e s t i g a t i on a s S t a t e S e c t i o n
Director f o r M UFON, I w a s o n l ocation interview ing w i tne sses on
t h e n ig h t o f Apr i l 8 , 1 9 8 8 w h e n � s i g h t i n g e n s u e d . The e v e n t s
be9an w i th t w o n e i ghbor s r un n i ng i n t o the hous e pr oc l a i m i ng a
s i gh t i ng i n progr e s s . I m m e d i a te l y I reques ted ac c e s s t o a
te l e ph on e a n d ca l l e d Ray S ta n f or d i n C o l l e g e Park , M a r y l and t o
c h e c k o n m a g n e t o m e t e r r e a d i n g s . F o l l o w i n g m a g n e t o m e t e r
cor r e l a tion, I proceeded out s id e to j oin a dozen w itnesses. W ith
my tape recorder running , I obtained verba l description s of what
the witnesses were observing and w ith the help of my son Dan i e l
r e t r i e v e d m y c a m e r a g e a r f r o m t h e t r unk o f my c a r . I proceeded
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to s hoot two r o l l s of 3 5 m m f i l m u s i n g one c a m era w i th a n
u l trvi o l et f i l te r and o n e w i th ou t . Th e ob j e c t s w e r e a t a
d i s tance e s t i m a ted to be about one ha l f t o o n e m i l e away. They
were quite lum inous em itting the most beautiful red , bl ue , green
and white l ights that I have ever obs erved. They appeared
spherical even through binocul ars and regu l ar ly changed color .
The five obj ects moved in irregu lar patterns and disp l ayed
obvi o u s bu r s t s o f s p ee d , they cou l d h over a n d change a l t i tud e
vert i c a l l y . The r e w e r e no a s tr on o m i c a l ob j e c t s v i s ib l e d u e to
the low thick c l oud cei l ing. Traditiona l commercial air traffic
w a s v i s i b l e as w e l l as l i ght a i r c r a f t , a l l at a m uch fa rther
d i s t ance a w ay. When viewed through th e l e n s of the camera , th e
o b j e c t s appeared m uch s m a l l e r than the naked eye view. After
twenty four minutes , the obj ects clustered and vanished . "
One o f the o r i g i n a l w i tnes s e s reported s ever a l sub s equent
s igh tings in the p r e s ence of other w i tnes s e s at l ocations in
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Annapo l i s and B a l t i m o r e . T h e B a l t i m o re a r e a o f t h e Ches apeake
Bay a l so bec a m e a hotbed o f U FO activity i n the s u m m e r tha t
fol lowed. A retired Nava l Comm ander observed a bri l l iant light
from her home in West Annapol i s that trave led in the proximity of
a power sub s t a t i o n . A coup l e in the C a p e S t . C l a i r e area j u st
l i tt l e more than a m i l e f r o m the Bay Bridge S i gh t i n g s l oc at ion
observed a n odd r e d l ight hover ing over t h e i r nei ghbor ' s house
for several m inute s . Another woman and her friend reported that
in October of 1 9 8 7 they had observed a bri l l iantly l ighted craft
s t reak overhead at treetop l ev e l near Route 5 0 . The craft was
s i lent and banked a s it pas§ed over the m , reveal ing an e l l iptica l
shape outl ined by amber and red l ights .
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Another w i t ne s s obs erved a day t i m e s i g h t i n g f r o m F o r e s t
Drive in Annapo l i s . A group of s i lvery col ored obj ects moved in
format i on across the Annapo l i s sky l ine. Another coup l e repor ted
that i n D ec e m b e r o f 1 9 8 7 an e n o r m o u s b r i gh t a mb e r l i g h t p a s sed
ove r them as they t r ave l ed t h e a cc e s s r oad r u n n i ng par a l l e l t o
Route 5 0 near t h e Bay Bridge. I t seemed so l ow that they thought
it m i gh t be l a n d i n g on the o t h e r s i d e of the h i g h w a y in a f i e l d
n e a r S t . M a r g a r e t s , t h e y d e c i d e d a g a i n s t g o i n g b a c k t o
investigate further .
Othe r peop l e o f f ered t h e i r a c c o u n t s o f events g o i n g back
s eve r a l yea r s . One w o m a n w h o s e f a m i l y h a s b e e n p l a gued by UFO
a c t iv i t y f o r t w o d e c a d e s h a d o n c e been a r e s i d e n t of C a p e S t .
C l a i r e . On e ea r l y m o r n in g wh i l e t r av e l i n g o n Route 5 0 n e a r the
Bay B r i d g e , the w o m a n w a s a s t on i s h e d to o b s e rve an obj e c t that
l o ok ed l i ke a n e r e c t o r s et tower r o t a t i ng h o r i zon t a l l y j u s t
beside the h i ghway a t a n a l titude o f about 1 0 0 feet. It appeared
to be in t h r e e s ec t i on s c onnec ted by a t i n f o i l l i ke ma te r i a l and
e m itted a powerful blue beacon l ight that engu l fed the inter i or
of h e r c a r a nd t h a t o f a c a r w i t h a m a l e d r iver i n t h e l a n e
b e s i de h e r . S h e b e c a m e pe t r i f i e d w h e n t h e c a r b e s i d e h e r
appa rent l y va n i sh e d . S h e s topped i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h e f r eeway
unt i l the obj ect moved off beyond the treel ine and out of view .
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On other occas ions her chi ldren have been frightened by red
and green l ights and noises. They h ave d i spl ayed unusual brui ses
and m a r k s , a nd th ey appa rent l y s u f f e r m o r e than t h e ir nor ma l
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s h a r e o f n o s eb l e ed s . Her s on h a s r e coun ted a r e c e n t eve n t i n
Annapo l i s that can only be de scribed a s t i m e compre ssion. She
recal l s out of body experiences and events so terr ifying that she
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re l ocates con s ta n t l y and checks on her chi l d r e n repeated l y
th r o ugh t he n i gh t . T h e te rr i f y i ng c l os e e nc ount e r s apparen t l y
caused the break-up of her marriage , her husband could n o longer
deal w ith the b izarre events.
Off icer Pete S m ith o f the Depa rt ment of Natu r a l Re sourc e s
as s i g n ed to Sandy P o i n t S tate P a r k a t t h e s h o re l i ne o f the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge reported another harrow ing encounter whi le
on duty ther e at the b each i n 1 9 8 5 . He was making his usua l
rounds in the Park Service truck l ate one night when he observed
a l ig ht approa ch ing a l ong th e b ea ch w ithin view o f the bridge.
At first he thought s o meone w a s h o l d ing a l atern a nd wa l k ing
a l on g the beac h , bu t as the l i gh t g ot c l o s er he c o u l d s e e the
s p a c e between the ob j ec t and the sand. When h e f l a shed h i s
vehic l e spotl ight o n the obj ec t it suddenly accelerated to within
fifty feet of his l ocation. Shaken , he turned off the l ight and
the obj ect c on t i nu ed on i t s path a l o ng the waterf r on t unti l
disappearing out of s ight. He drove around to the other s ide of
the park b ut w a s unab l e to r e l oc a t e s ight of the obj ect. Af ter
f i l ing his report with the department, he subsequently requested
a transfer and is now re located to another park across the bay.
I n May of 1 9 7 3 two teenage boys were f i s hi ng on a Satu rday at
the banks of the Patuxent River across from Solomon ' s I s land near
the Naval A i r T e s t Center. Upon f i nd ing a huge f i s h f l oating
near the s ho re l i ne , one of the brothers ran home to get the
c a m e r a s o they cou l d take p i c t u r e � o f each other ho l d ing th i s
e n o r m o u s f is h up t o th e ca m e ra a s i f t hey actua l l y c aught a big
one. Moments after the boy · leit to get the ca mera , a large disc
shaped obj ect appeared across the river with over a dozen smal ler
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b r ight l i g h t s b u z z ing a l l over the a r e a . When t h e boy r e t urned
wi th the cam era they forgot al l about the fish and started tak ing
pictures of the strange flying l ights and the disc shaped craft.
After hovering around the bridge cons truction and canva s s ing the
area for sever a l minute s , the f lying l ights a l l at once converged
into a c i rcu l a r for m a t ion. T h e l ar g e r craft then f l e w i n t o th e
center of the formation and. everything instantly vanished. The
boy s ' f a t h e r took t h e pi ctur e s to w or k a t the Patuxent Rive r
Nava l Air Test Center one day an� showed the m around the office.
Th e ty p i ca l re s p o n s e w a s , " Ye a , th a t ' s them a l r i g h t " , as if i t
were a standard occurrence for the area.
I nto the summer of 1 9 8 8 the reports continued . Three South
County teenage gir l s were camping on the night of July 2 2nd. In
the predawn hours of the 2 3rd they w ere treated to a spectacu lar
a e r i a l l i g h t d i s p l ay . A s e r i e s o f ob j ec t s d e s c r ibed as f ive
ba seba l l s i z ed ( a t a r m ' s l en gt h ) s ph e r i c a l l i gh t s a t t a ch e d in a
s t r a i g h t l i n e w ou l d pa s s a t h i gh s p e e d a b ove the t r e e l i n e
ob s e rved f r o m the w i nd ow o f t h e t e n t . A s ub s e qu ent o b j e c t
observed unti l day l ight w a s determined t o have been a pl anetary
obj ect. The initia l s ighting remains unexplained.
On Augu s t 9 th , 1 9 8 8 Wi l l Ro s s i t e r and h i s w i f e w e r e h e aded
for Ocean City trave l ing on Route 5 0 s outh of Ca�bridge and just
east of Airey, Maryl and . At approximately 3 : 0 0 AM they noticed a
scatchy sound over the radio in their new Bl azer wh ich was tuned
to 5 3 0 A M , the r e a c h the beach t r af f i c i n f o r m a t i o n s t a t i on .
Whi l e trying t o tune out the nois e , the radio suddenly went dead
when Wi l l ' s wife first noticed the enormous disc cross ing above
the highway j u s t ahead of the m . I t ove r l apped the entire freeway
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inc luding the emergency shoulder l anes and the median strip which
ind i c a te d th a t i t m u s t have been b e t w e e n 9 0 and 1 0 0 f e e t in
d i a m e t e r . W i l l d e s c r ibed the top s i d e as moon l ight on s t i l l
water and the bottom was copper colored apparently ref l ecting the
s t r e e t l ighting i n the a r e a . T h e ob j ec t m ad e no s o u n d a s they
ro l l ed d own the w i nd ow s and did not have any a ppar e n t l i gh t s or
protrus ions on the visib l e surface. It passed acros s the highway
d i re c t ly in front o f the m a nd moved s l ow l y off toward A i r ey .
Twenty seconds after it d is appeared from view , the radio returned
to normal . Two other vehic les were described by the witnesses ,
neither have been l ocated to date.
S igh t ing s w e r e reported a nd i nve s t i g a ted by the d o z e n s in
the a r e a of Fort George G. M e a d e , s i te of th e N a t iona l S ecur ity
Agency. Some of t h e ob j ec t s d e s c r ibed were sh aped l ike a b l ack
s t ingray w i thout the ta i l that had w ha t l ooked l ike four quiet
turbi n e eng ines o n t h e botto m and a g r e e n i s h l ight c o m i ng from
the c oc kp i t w i nd sh i e l d area. The ob j e c t m a d e on l y a s l i ght
humm ing sound. The w i tness , apparently an abductee , was ab le to
draw pi ctur e s show i n g an a e r ia l v i e w f r o m w it h i n the cockpi t
a r e a . Other d e s c r ip t i o n s i nc l uded a b o x s haped d e v i c e w i th
curved wings on t w o s id e s tha t was s ee n by m u l t i p l e ob server s
from very c l o s e r a ng e , a g a i n no s ound w a s h e a r d . There were
hel icopter l ike devices, l ights dancing in the sky and discs that
hove r e d . A Ba l t i m o r e h igh school s cfence c l a s s obs erved three
tr iangul a r shaped ob j e c t s in the company of the c l a s s teacher.
He and t h e others ob s e rved the ob j ec t s w i th the aid of binoc u l a rs
moving southeast toward Annapol is from Bal timore.
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I n J a nuary of 1 9 8 9 a m a n a nd t w o of h i s sons r e ported an odd
phenom enon near their home in Edgewood , M ary l and. I n day l ight a
c r q f t appeared l i ghted on the b o t t o m by a r i ng o f eight m u l t i
co lored l ights . Re searcher Pam e l a Phi 1 1 ips interviewed the m en
w h o r e p o r t e d th a t t h e ob j e c t s e e m e d t o " p o p i n " a n d t h e n
d i s a pp e a r t w i ce . The fa ther w a s r e m in d e d of the b r i l l i a n t ,
phosphorescent effects of some of the crafts in the movie CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS OF THE THI RD KIND.
N e a r by i n t h e s a m e northern Bay area , a w o m an reported a
c r a f t w h i c h h over ed i n front of h e r a s s h e s a t in her t ruck i n
Balti more County one night. Upon inve stigation , i t was l earned
that she had other experiences. Another man reported that he w a s
awakened b y h i s cats which were annoying h i m . After checking on
th e m a n d r et ur n i n g t o be d , a " f ox f a c e " s ud de n l y r u sh ed t o w a r d
h i m from a darkened corner of h i s bedroom. He remembers pu l l ing
t h e c over s ove r h i s f a ce , when he l ooked a g a i n , n othi ng w a s
t h e r e . A f t e r v i e w ing the October 1 4 , 1 9 8 8 broadca s t o f U F O
Cover-up, L IVE , h e m a de a c on ne c t i o n b et w e e n t h e a l i en f a c e o n
the background screen and the " fox face" that had appeared i n h i s
bedroom .
Even a s t h i s report w a s b e i n g c o m p l e t ed i n e a r ly M ay o f
1 9 8 9 the reports continue to come i n from around the Ches apeake
Bay. F r e d Re e s e f r o m' the U . S . C oa s t Guard on t h e Bay r e p o r t s
s e ve ra l u n u s u a l d i s c sha ped obj ec t s w i th a h igh l u m i n o s ity
prof i l e have been ca l l ed in from three l ocations on the Bay. The
ob j e c t s , m ov in g on a l a t e r a l p l a ne , appeared t o be i nt e r c e p t i n g
f a l l ing meteors at an a l titude of 1 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 0 feet. The sightings
around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge continue day and night .
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e a r l y 1 9 8 8 , the reports have been nu m e rous and r ea sona b l y w e l l
d o c u m e n t e d . L o c a l p u b l i c i ty h a d s p a r k e d i n t e r e s t i n t h e
Ch e s apeake Bay a r e a s ighting s . P eo p l e were w at ch ing t h e s k i e s
and they began observing other phenomenon as we l l .
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T H E H E L I C 0 P T E R I N V A S I 0 N
I n December of 1 9 8 7 co-writer Debby Regi menti first noted a
m a r k e d i nc r e a s e in h e l i c opter a c t i v i ty over her C a pe S t . C l a i r e
home o n the Broadneck Peninsula. From only an occa s iona l noisy
Medevac unit heading for the hospita l and the occa s iona l traffic
he l icopters, the chopper traffic with its distinctive prop-w ash
had swe l l ed to an excess of f ive overfl ights per day. Trave l ing
cons i s te n t ly at 2 0 0 to 3 0 0 feet a l t i tu d e , the he l i copter s w e r e
n e a r l y a l ways heading e a s t o u t o v e r t h e bay. They w e r e u s ua l l y
dark gray or b l ack , markings were not a lways visib l e .
By m i d - s u m m e r o f 1 9 8 8 the t r a f f i c count w a s up t o e i gh t
f l i ghts per day w ith most headings to the east and an occas ional
f l ight head ing t o the w e s t . O n Ju l y 1 7t h a then r ec ord twenty
three h e l icopte r s c r i s scro s s ed t h e s ky l i n e i n a n e ig h t hour
period. From the community swi m m ing pool the dark choppers were
observed paddl ing back and forth a l l day. One woman l ooked up a s
t w o p a s s e d ove r , t h e e i grt a nd n i n th o f t h e day. S h e s h o o k her
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head and remarked , " Are we at War? "
A f t e r a seventeen year h i s tory o f po s s ib l y s ix t o e ight
he l i copter s per year , suddenly the sky was vibrating with eight
to el even over f l ights a day. Re searchers l i s tened to compl aints
f r o m re s i de n t s a l l over the Annap o l i s a r e a and a f ter severa l
months o f docu m e nt a t i o n , the inve s t i g a t i o n into the o r i g i n and
purpose of these activities began. Headed by Debby Regi menti , a
subgroup f i e l d investigative committee began making inquiries a t
a l l of the regiona l m i l itary instal l ations from Fort A.P. Hi l l i n
Virginia t o Dover A i r Force Base in De l aware and inc l uded severa l
f i e l d t r i p s t o the P a tuxent River N av a l Ai r Te s t Center o n
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Maryl and ' s Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Telephone ca l l s
were p l aced to the Nat iona l Guard , a i rpor t s , par k s , the Nava l
Acade my i n Annapo l i s , S ta t e Po l i c e Headquarter s , the Federa l
Avi a t i on Ad m i n i s t r a t i on , F o r t M ea d e , the Nati o n a l S ec u r i t y
Agency , and the D e p a r t m e n t o f N a t ur a l Resource s . No o n e cou l d
account f o r th e annoying and d an g e ro u s l y l ow-f l y i n g h e l ic opte r
tra f f i c . No o n e r eported s e e i ng t h e m take-o f f and n o one
repo r t ed s e e i ng the m land. One t h i ng w a s c l e a r , M a r y l and ' s
E a s t e r n Shore s ee m e d the l ik e l y d e s t inat ion for m o s t of th e
f l ights according to the documented evidence. Res idents there ,
we l ater l earned , f i l ed compl a ints in 1 9 8 9 with the M aryl and Air
Nationa l Guard f o l l ow ing nightly f l ights of in excess of thirty
hel i copters coming in j ust above the rooftops .
The Annapo l i s Re s e arch a nd S tudy Group had been m e e t ing
info r m a l ly s in c e M ay of 1 9 8 8 . There w e r e two main top i c s o f
discuss ion, the UFOs and the mysterious hel icopter activity. No
one h a d a n exp l an a t i o n for t h e events and a l l w e r e beg i n n i ng to
get actively involved in solving the mysteries. During the last
S a t u r d ay i n J u l y o f 1 9 8 8 , r e s i d e n t s of the B roadneck area
observed a b lue and white he l icopter bearing a sea l on its door.
It was accompanied by two other choppers and tra i l ed by two Navy
f ighter j ets. One man thought it l ooked l ike a State Department
hel icopter , but he d idn ' t know about the black choppers .
Then a t a m e e t i ng of the group i n Au gu s t , a dark green
he l i copter bear i ng what appeared t o ' be a white t r i a ng l e on its
pa rt i a l l y opened d oo r c i r c l ed the r e s ea rche r ' s .hou s e where th e
m e e t i n g t o o k p l a c e . S w o o p i n g l o w n e a r t h e t r e e t o p s , a n
individua l i n a f l ight suit cou ld be seen ai ming binoculars o r a
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c a m era a s h e w a s s u s pended out of t h e d oor wh i l e attached to a
harne s s . As the ind ividua l peered down, the chopper circled the
hou s e th r e e t i m e s and th en sped o f f to t h e w e s t . Another
he l i co p t e r , t h i s on e b l ac k and un m a rk e d , a pp e a r e d and c r i s s -
crossed s evera l times before speeding away .
Huge bl ack Chinooks w i th doub l e rotors began to appear wi th
regu larity a l l over the Bay Region. They lumbered acros s the sky
on an easterly head ing. They al most never seem to return. Other
g r ay Navy type he l i c op t e r s s e e m to be shu t t l ing d o w n Route 5 0
east over the bay and t wenty m inutes later wou l d return a l ong the
s ame f l ight path heading west .
Even Bob Oech s l er noticed a marked increase in a l l types of
he l i co p t e r a c t ivity over h i s h o m e o n the South River , j u s t
s o u t we s t o f Annapo l i s . I n o n e four day p e r i od i n February o f
1 9 8 9 , m ore than t w o hundred hel icopters were col l ective ly counted
by m e mb e r s of h i s f a m i l y . Th e s k i e s above Annapo l i s a n d t h e
Ches apeake Bay a re a a re l i te ra l l y a l ive and v ib r a t i ng w i t h
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he l i copter traff ic and no one seems to know why.
Having fai l ed to receive an explanation from Congressman Tom
McM i l l en ' s office , the group met to d i scuss the continued chopper
pr ob l e m and t h e c on t i nu ing r epor t s of U F O a c t i v i ty. I t s ee m e d
t h a t f o l � o w i n g t h e d i scovery o f s e c r e t N avy t e s t i ng o f t h e
E M PRES S s y s te m (E l ec �romagnet i c Pu l s e Rad i at ion Envi r o n m en t
S i m u l ator for Ships) be ing conducted in the Bay Br idge area , this
type of techno l ogical activity m ight be behind the per s is tent UFO
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activity in our region. In l ight of the speci f ics related to the
s ightings and the apparent absence of abduct ion evidence re lated
to t h e s ight i ng eve n t s , it s e e m e d l og i c a l t o i nv e s t i g a t e the
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nature of the technology activity which m ight account for their
interest in the area.
Whi le severa l of the researchers investigated the matter of
the N avy ' s EMP te s t ing in and around the l oc a l exper i menta l
testing fac i lites and the EMPRESS program , others headed over the
bridge for a c l oser exa mination of Mary l and ' s Eastern Shore and
hopeful ly some answers to the he l icopter enigma.
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T 0 P S E C R E T E X P E R I M E N T A L T E S T I N G
M o s t u f o l o g i c a l f i e l d i nv e s t i g a t i o n s e n d a f t e r t h e
i n t e rv i e w s a n d t h e r e p o r t s h a v e b e e n f i l e d . O u r M U FON
inve s t ig at iv e te a m b ec a m e c u r i o u s about t h e pec u l i a r n a t u r e of
the UFO s i gh t i ng events occurring i n and a r ound the Ches apeake
Bay region. Further investigation was mandated when we l earned
that these s tr ange airborn obj ects were "nesting" for hours at a
t i m e r ig h t o n the banks of th e · Bay B r i d g e . S o m e t h i n g m u s t b e
attracting their attention .
We natur a l l y s tarted l oo k i n g i n the d i r e c t i o n o f the m o s t
obvi ous nava l ac t iv i t i e s . A N a t i o na l S ec u r i t y Agency e m p l oyee
suggested to Bob Oechs l er to l ook i nto the TOP SECRET testing " In
the Bay". We d iscovered that E l ectromagnetic Pul s e (EMP) Testing
w a s regu l a r l y b e i n g conducted i n the Bay around Annapo l i s and
further south at the P at ux e n t River Nava l Air Te s t C e n t e r a t
S o l o m on ' s I s l an d . Dr. M ac c abe e , a Navy P hy s i c i s t a n d M ar y l an d
State M UFON Directo r , indicated that a n EMP barge cal led EMPRESS
was used for degau s sing ships. EMPRESS we learned was a n acronym
for Electro M agnetic Pul s e Radiation Envir onment S i mu lator for
Ships. Degauss according to the d ictionary means to demagnetize
(as a ship for protection a g a i n s t m a gn e t ic m in e s ) by pa s s i n g a n
e lectric current through a coi l or coi l s a long o r a round the edge
in order to neutra l ize the surrounding magnetic f ie l d.
EMP certainly didn't have anyth�ng to do with the degauss ing
of ships as our research woul d l ater reve a l . In fac t , less than
two months p r i o r to our s ig h t i n g inve s t i ga t ion t h e s e E M P t e s t s
were r epor ted to h ave been r e s po n s ib l e f o r t h e d e a t h s of over a
m i l l ion fish in the Chesapeake Bay. Was this TOP SECRET testing
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thi s hazzardous? What was the purpose of such tests ?
E l e c t r o - M a g n e t i c P u l s e ( EMP )
After reviewing dozens of circu l ars and research documents ,
w e d i scover ed tha t t h e tes t i ng w a s r e a l l y des igned to t e s t the
durabil ity of ships fol low ing the detonation of a nuc l ear weapon.
At l ea s t tha t i s the w ay i t s ta rt ed . H i s tory ha s r evea l e d that
the detonation of nuc l ear devices has an extraordinary i mpact on
al l e lctromechanic a l and e lectronic devices that are unprotected
or unshielded against Electro-m agnetic Interference (EM I ) . EM !
can occur across the entire e lectro- magnetic spectrum , .but only a
r e l atively s m a l l portion of thi s spectrum is cons idered germane
to shie l d in g . M o s t o f t h a t o cc u r s b e t w e e n 1 k H z and 1 0 GH z and
fal l s into a category cal l ed Radio Frequency Interferenc or RF I .
M i l i ta ry a n d s pace app l i c a t i o n s tend to have h i gh e r f r equency
prob l ems and this i s where the EMP testing comes into p l ay ..
I t was reported in the Washington P o s t that the Soviet Union
h a d devel oped an E M P Z a p Gun which h a s the power to d i s abl e
vehi c l es , s h i p s , a ir c r a f t and h a s a n adver se e f f ect on human
b i o l ogy a s w e l l . The P entagon r eporte d l y w a s deve l o p i ng a
s imi l ar weapon as a counter defense measure .
The Foundation on Economic Trends and other municipa l ities
and o rg an i z a t ions f i l e d s u i t a g a i n s t the Pentagon to c e a s e the
EMP testing until environmental i mpact statements were f i l ed and
an a n a l y s i s comp l e te d . L e s s t h a n two w e ek s a ft e r a n ag r e e m ent
was r eached in federa l cour t , the Pentagon found a federal court
j u d g e t o s e t a s i d e t h e a g r e e m e n t a n d t e s t i n g w a s r e s u m e d
i m m e d i ate ly. S i nc e t e s t s w e r e b e i n g conducted at severa l
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locations around the country, why continue something potential ly
hazzardous to human hea l th and thi s p r i s t ine estuary. Something
m u s t be s p e c i a l a b o u t the C h e s apeake B a y a n d the s e n s e o f u r g ency
and s e c r e c y is eve r a pparen t , and we n o t e d a c o n t r a d i c t i on i n
thhe conducting of supposed Soviet threat d efense testing in such
c l os e p r ox i m i ty to the U . S . S . R. c o m po u n d n e a r C e n t r ev i l l e . Who
is the real enemy ?
D a v i d T a y 1 o r R e s e a r c h
F u r t h e r r e s e a r c h i nv o l v e d a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n i n t o t h e
activities of the David Tay lor Nava l Research Center , a l s o known
a s the N avy Expe r i m e nta l S t a t i o n . I t i s n o w c a l l ed t h e U . S .
Nava l S h ip Re s e a r c h a n d Deve l o p m e n t C en t e r . Loc a te d o n the
mouth o f the S evern River a t the Bay , the f ac i l ity faces the U.S.
Nava l Acade my. I t s E l ectro-Mechanical Continuity Ana lysis Center
( ECAC ) i s o n e of the m o s t s ecure bu i l d i n g s in the w o r l d . I t
c o n t a i n s a b u i l d i n g w i t h i n a b u i l d in g w i t h i n a b u i l d i n g . When
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E T m e e t in g s are he l d , t h e e n t i � e bu i l d i ng is
eva c u a t e d a c c o r d i ng to a n e m p l o y e e . W e l e arned o f advanced
warnings for EMP test schedu les which for s ecurity reasons wi l l
not b e d e t a i l ed h e r e . T h e info r m a t i o n g a v e u s a c l ue w h i c h w a s
l ater to l ink seve r a l other events tha t m a y shock the nation when
reve a l ed here for the first time .
The David Tay l or s i te h a s b e e n a focus of top e c h e l on
attention w i th visits by such notab l e s a s George Bush and retired
Ad m i r a l Bobby Ray I n m a n . Even O S_HA e xp r e s s e d c o n c e r n over the
f ac i l i ty w i t h r e g a r d to E l e c t r o - m ag n e t i c Rad i a t i o n . Our UFO
conn e c t i o n c o i n c i d e d here and a t a n o t h e r David Tay l o r owned
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f ac i l i ty on Bay H ead Road. Bay H e ad Road a c r o s s Route 5 0 i s the
l o c a t i o n o f an o l d N i k e s i t e w h e r e w i t n e s s e s on s e v e r a l
occass ions reported l anded UFO activity .
P a t u x e n t R i v e r
Our n ext focus i n the i nve s t ig a t i o n took u s s outh on the
Ches apeake Bay to S o l o m on ' s I s l and and the P a tuxent River Nava 1
A i r T e s t Center. Our r e s earch into the l i t igation a c t ion
r eg a r d i n g EMP T e s t i ng s ugge s ted a c l o s e r l ook a t the a r e a . W e
d i scovered a n i nt e r e s t i ng l oo k i ng s h i p d ocked n o t a t t h e Nava l
fac i l ity, but across the river on the So lomon ' s I s l and s ide. The
s h i p w a s c l ea r l y i nvo l ved i n the E M P p r o j ect w i th observatory
type d o m e s on the deck and s t ra �ge pa i nt s a mp l e s r e s e m b l ing
galvanized stee l . The ship was docked a t a n interesting fac i l ity
with l ow-frequency tunabl e antennae. · There was a doub l e security
f en c e w i th a " k i l l z o n e " and r e s t r i cted z one s ig n s even i n the
wate r . Reports f r o m 1 9 8 0 a n d 1 9 8 1 i n d i c a t e d that t h e f ac i l i ty
w a s u s ed f o r m on i toring U FO c o m muni c a t i on s . The reports were
from what appeared to be a rel iab l e source who indicated that it
a l l happened by acc ident in the course of nati ona l s e c u r ity
e avesdropping .
T h e EMP i s sue g r e w l arger here w h e n the Tho m a s Johnson
M e m o r i a l br idge was c l o s e d f o r the entire s u m m e r o f 1 9 8 8 a s a
r e s u l t o f cracks that w e r e d i s c overed i n the p i e r s up by the
bridge decking. No one was he l d acc�untab l e and the government
paid f o r the repa i r s . The c l os ing devasted the economy on both
s ides of the bridge. Pol iticians a l ways f ind a scapegoat to hang
f o r s uc h d i screpanc i e s . T h e o n l y o r i g i n w e c o u l d f i nd w a s E M P
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