INFORMATION REGARDING:

1965 UFO ALERT AT
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE

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     In 1961 I saw and photographed an illuminated domed disc over New
     York City. I was treated with ridicule then and didn't like it. I
     had three other witnesses to this event. I planned to do a UFO
     documentary in the 1960's on this subject and use some of the
     stills and motion picture footage I photographed.

     At the time I was more interested in going to LA to make dramatic
     films, which I did. I came back to my old project in 1992. I had
     to endure the slings and arrows of ridicule from friends, and
     even business associates working on this film, now called BEYOND
     THIS EARTH.

     I decided that I needed hard evidence that the subject was a real
     one, especially evidence from government agencies, that would
     have credibility, if they had any connection to this subject.

     From December 1992 to about June 1994 we filmed interviews,
     re-enactments, obtained unique UFO footage, filmed unique UFO
     footage and even sent up a plane to chase and film UFOs from the
     air, which succeeded in its mission, but that is another story.

     Having that success, I felt we were on a roll and more real
     events would take place which we would cover, but they did not.
     Not knowing if what we filmed in Northern California posed a
     threat to the public, I felt we should make an official report on
     it, which we did.

     This led to the suggestion that we go to various government
     agencies through the Freedom of Information Act and otherwise.

     This has been a long, tedious process because we found out that
     we could classify the people we were in contact with into three
     categories, regarding the UFO phenomenon:

     1- They knew nothing and couldn't help at all;

     2- They knew nothing but wanted to help and were pro-release and
     moved us along; and

     3- They knew something and didn't want to help or encourage us.

     Even still, we obtained the following de-classified materials,
     related to the UFO subject: Over 4000 pages of paper documents
     and correspondence; still photographs, radar photos, motion
     picture film, videotapes and audiotapes. ..... Audio tapes?? Who
     was interested in that?..... we all wanted to see something.

     Well, it turned out that the sounds presented some fantastic
     images all their own. I reviewed the audio materials last, as I
     had shelved them for months, I wanted visuals. What a mistake! I
     listened to six hours of confusing audio recordings from Edwards
     Air Force Base from the night of October 7, l965 in which it
     sounded like a UFO alert was taking place over the base with 12
     strange luminous objects coming down over the runway of one of
     our nation's most secure test facilities. This was/is the place
     where they fly the black, classified projects. They know what
     they are and what planes, helicopters, stars, weather balloons,
     planets and satellites are.

     So what were they getting excited about? It was difficult to tell
     on the six hours of tapes. These tapes were de-classified, but in
     a form called "scrambled release" - all chopped up out of
     sequence, so they made no sense at all. I knew there was a story
     in there somewhere.

     Between the chopped up editing and the overlay of noise,
     something very important lay in waiting. I decided to analyze the
     tapes for possible use in a segment in BEYOND THIS EARTH.

     I took eight months in my own audio studio editing 1/4 inch audio
     tapes, after signal processing them in computer to remove noise.
     I got to know the tapes so well, I felt I almost knew the people
     on the tapes, which I would in time.

     Now, what were these tapes and why were they made- In 1965 the
     Air Force ran large reels of recording tapes which recorded all
     of the signals from Radar.

     Then if an accident or problem took place, the Radar could be
     re-played like running a video tape to figure out what took
     place. In the case of special events a track on these radar tapes
     could be used to record voice tranmissions at the air base.

     This included all Phone Patches, Base-to-Base Communications and
     Ground or Tower to Air Radio. Now this is what took place on the
     night of October 7, 1965 at Edwards Air Force Base -- by putting
     the tapes into chronology and doing further research the story
     emerged.

     At approximately 12:30Am, the Tower Operator at Edwards (a/k/a
     Edwards Tower) - Tech Sgt. Charles "Chuck" Sorrels saw a group of
     luminous objects flashing red, white and blue or green light
     coming over the field.

     His job as an air traffic controller taught him to be watchful,
     so he could identify incoming planes. When these objects started
     to do unusual maneuvers, he knew this was out of the ordinary and
     called the Air Defense Command - in this case a unit known as
     LAADS ( The Los Angeles Air Defense Sector).

     Major Struble at LAADS ordered the recordings to be made--now we
     hear all this taking place on the actual tapes. He involved NORAD
     and the following other air bases- NORTON, HAMILTON, GEORGE and
     MARCH.

     The major wanted to send planes up after the objects but could
     not do this until a CAPTAIN at Edwards approved sending up the
     planes. This Captain was the ... get this ... UFO officer
     (pronounced Yoo-fo) officer in charge on the base.

     This was apparently more than just a job classification for
     reporting sightings, but he had to request the plane or planes go
     up, from the 28th Air Division at Hamilton , or they would not go
     up. In short the Air Defense Command needed HIS authority.

     Well, here we are: the UFO subject, which we have heard does not
     exist, has its own UFO officers...... how strange.

     There were no officers on base for the other paranormal pursuits
     - Demon Officers, Ghost Officers or Leprachaun (? spelling)
     Officers.

     Once I started editing the tapes into some kind of sequence
     everybody wanted to hear them. I then started making some
     cassettes as samples and everybody wanted them. I gave many away
     and was encouraged to go further with my research. I did.

     I found Chuck Sorrels, who authenticated the event and recorded
     an audio interview for my tape verifying the details.

     I went to about a dozen military agencies and they helped with
     the research. Eventually I put this together into a 54 minute
     audio documentary on audio cassette, along with a copy of Air
     Force written documentation, in a large vinyl display case and
     called the final program "THE EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE ENCOUNTER".

     I have had great positive response to this work. Where I have
     made feature films for theatres for many years, and do have some
     fans, nothing I ever worked on yielded this response. Apparently
     many people, like myself, had been researching the UFO subject
     seriously, and were ridiculed by friends and family.

     They, as I, needed some hard evidence to show/play for others, to
     gain new respect.I have been told that people are getting this
     tape, inviting their friends over and having a UFO party playing
     the tape to the amazement of all present.

     That is what has been going on. The media caught onto this, I
     have been interviewed on numerous radio and TV programs on this
     subject and Paramout flew me out to California to appear in and
     work on a two part "Sightings" episode on the Edwards tapes. We
     filmed in the Mojave Desert near Edwards AFB, where the original
     event took place.

     They were very pleased with how it turned out and got good
     reaction to it. I have also sent copies of the documentary back
     to official agencies, with positive reaction, on a
     person-to-person basis.

     I think many people want to get this UFO information out to the
     public. One well known Airline pilot, who is also a UFO
     investigator, sent me a nice letter when he finally got our tape
     and he said: "When I first heard of your tape, I said to myself,
     who needs this? How wrong I was, this is solid evidence in a
     field where there is precious little (evidence)."

     Since this has only been a side issue away from the production of
     my film, this tape is not yet available in stores, although we
     have had requests for it.

     Many people have contacted me who wanted to obtain it and said it
     was hard to find. So, we set up a mail order division to make the
     tape available, generally on short turn around.

     Anyone who would like a copy can call toll free at
     1-800-227-1015, Or can send $14.95 plus $2.00 shipping to:
     Independent- International, Mail Order Division, P.O. Box 565.
     Old Bridge, NJ 08857.

     The tapes are guaranteed to be authentic. I am still researching
     the subject for a two hour TV special on the same topic and an
     interactive CD Rom on it. These programs will take this subject
     and broaden out the events of 10-7-65 and go forward and back in
     time. On the tapes the UFOs were spotted on Radar, Heightfinder
     Radar, Weather Radar and Visual observations from many locations,
     ground, towers, tops of buildings and planes. On the tapes we
     hear one F-106 pilot chasing a UFO up to 40,000 feet. However, my
     research shows that one plane may have crashed and a third plane
     also sent up.

     The six hours of tape I received, I believe to have been cut down
     from over 40 hours of original tapes... what could be on the rest
     of them?? I am seeking further research on this event and
     connecting events at Edwards and related bases.

     I am also seeking to locate Major Struble, Captain John Balent
     (the UFO officer) and others involved with this event which was
     given a Code Name: "The Incident".

     There were some civilians near Edwards who also saw something and
     some stories in local papers , which I would like to obtain
     copies of. Many other events like this have taken place at other
     locations, but the information is ... where? The existence of
     these tapes serves to prove that the entire subject is real. I am
     continuing to work on it.....