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A Dialogue with a former member of the Intelligence Community


  
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    A Dialogue  with a former member of the Intelligence Community
 
 
 
 This summer, while on vacation back to my families residence, I encountered a
 family friend that I had not seen since 1973. For obvious reasons I will not
 identify him, but for this record will call him "Paul".  Paul is retired from
 over 30 years of distinguished government service, is a widower, and is one of
 the most closed mouthed men I have ever known.  When I first came back from
 Viet Nam in 1972, I saw Paul at a family get together, and even though he was
 just back from South East Asia, he never mentioned it. I found out through his
 brother.  When I went back east, I had taken a number of text files from my
 records, for my sister, who is fascinated by the subject of UFO's.  It so
 happened that one evening, my sister and I and wife and another friend, Bob,
 were sitting outside my mothers house, and were discussing several of the
 files that I had taken back.  Paul stopped out at the house, as he was going
 to a function with his sister and my mother.  He sat down on the patio with
 us, and as usual, did not say much.  My sister was reading the file concerned
 with the Majestic 12 papers and making some comments, that if this file was
 for real, the implications of alien contact could be staggering for the world
 if verified.  At this point Paul leaned forward and asked if he could see the
 papers.  My sister passed several of the texts to him, and until he left, he
 spent the remainder of his time reading them.  Just before he left, he got me
 off to the side, and asked how I was involved with UFO's.  I told him that I
 was an investigator for MUFON, and was involved with a computer network system
 with Paranet.  This was the first of several conversations I had with Paul,
 and I don't ask anyone to believe it, because, frankly, I have problems with
 several things he told me.  And you may wonder why Paul would tell me
 anything, considering his government service, and the agency he worked for.
 To begin with, Paul is very ill, the last time I spoke with him, he told me
 that he doesn't expect to be around for more than 18 months, maximum.  Next,
 he told me that he never agreed with all the secrecy that surrounded the
 government and the subject of UFO's.  And lastly, what he hinted at was
 actually occuring seemed to haunt him.  As he said, there wasn't a hell of a
 lot that even the government was able to do about the situation.  I present
 the following, and you can make up your own mind about whether to believe or
 not.
 
 This summer past ( 1988 ) was the 20th reunion of my High School.  This
 was the reason that I traveled back, and besides, my wife is in love with the
 east coast.  While back, I became ill, and ended up spending almost two weeks
 in the hospital.  Paul came and visited me, and this is how we ended having
 the several conversations that we had.
 
 Paul at first asked if I realized what dangers were present in the subject of
 UFO's.  I said "No", but I had heard rumors that this could be the case.  He
 said you damned betcha it could.  "If you stumbled over the right
 information you could end up among the missing, and Don, this sure as hell
 wouldn't be the first time."
 
 I asked him how he came to know so much about the subject, and he said with
 the job he held, it was his business to know about a lot of things.  I then
 said come on Paul, I had dealings with spooks while in Viet Nam, so don't try
 that line on me. He told me then, that this was to his knowledge, still one of
 the most highly classified subjects in the intelligence community .  That
 brought to mind the "Smith Memo" from the 50's, and I relayed it to Paul.  I
 mentioned that Smith had stated that the subject of UFO's had been rated
 higher than the H bomb, and in perspective, was this still the case?  Pauls
 reply follows, and for the purposes of this file, I have condensed into one
 session our talks.
 
 In the 40's, when the "flying saucer" scare started, the military and
 government were concerned that it was possible that the Soviets had made a
 breakthrough in technology with their German scientists, that our German
 scientists had not been able to duplicate.  It then became evident that this
 technology was above and beyond what we were able to achieve, so the
 phenomenon had to come from outside.  For a while there was a deadlock as to
 what to do, but then apparently the military was able to secure one of the
 craft.  I asked Paul if he meant Roswell, and he only smiled.  He said to read
 the MJ 12 stuff again, that there were enough facts to get an idea of what he
 was talking about. After that, it was apparent that the technology was well
 above what we were capable of.  There were fears among certain people that
 this could be the prelude to invasion, or possibly even worse.  Others saw
 this as a straight shot to technology that we couldn't even dream of, and to
 exploit everything we could out of it.  Paul stated that there was a genuine
 fear that if the Soviets could get one of these, and exploit it, the United
 States would be in deep excrement.  There was a "think tank" that was set up,
 and the decision for secrecy was understandable in that scenario.  Many of
 these craft were flying over nuclear installations, and one thought at the
 time was that they could be after uranium among other things, if they were, as
 believed then, coming from a "dying" planet.  I asked if at that time, were
 they considered to be benign, and Paul said yes, they were, but then several
 things happened to change that idea.  He would not elaborate, so I mentioned
 the Mantell incident, and he said that is the most well known case, but there
 were others, and some very bizarre.
 
 The think tank that was set up in the 40's were concerned that some of these
 cases would become public knowledge, and they still remembered the "War of the
 Worlds" scare that Wells threw into the public in 1938.  They did not want a
 panic that could affect the nations security, commerce, industry, finances
 and so forth.  The result was to debunk the whole damn thing, and hope it
 would either go away, or they could solve it in time before it did become
 public knowledge.
 
 I asked Paul about several cases that I read about in "Clear Intent", one of
 them being the Cuban Jet Incident.  Paul said that he had heard about that, he
 wouldn't say much, but this is not the only case where one of these objects
 had shot down aircraft, "and it didn't all happen outside the U. S. either".
 
 "Look", he said, "if you were out in a very primitive area, and were lost, or
 hungry, or what ever, and came across a primitive native tribe, and I mean
 compared to you, really primitive, would you trade with them, or take what
 you needed, food, women, whatever, IF YOU WERE VERY AMORAL?"  "Look, if in
 this case, you regard these natives as less than dirt, and the only thing they
 have in common is that they have what you NEED."  You are familiar with the
 animal mutilations aren't you?  Many people think that this was a government
 sponsored operation, testing chemicals or something.  Well, it wasn't, and
 farm animals are not the only thing that has been tested.  The guys  I know
 that are still active have said that right now, is one of the biggest "UFO
 flaps" that they have ever heard of, and there is a lot of concern as to how
 long it can be kept secret.
 
 I hated to break in on Paul when he was talking this freely, but had to ask
 about the reported astronaut sightings.  Yes, there were sightings on damn
 near all the "shots", and it was always feared that the news services would
 pick up on some of the reports.  We did a damn good job of damage control
 though.  "Well Paul, what about reports that these things have been seen on
 the moon?" I asked.  "Yes" he said, "they have been seen there, and some of
 this has come out, so I don't think I am breaking any oaths, but , haven't you
 asked yourself why after all the billions of dollars that we had spent to get
 to the moon, after the early 70's No one, us or the Russians,  have gone near
 the place."  Yes, I admitted, I had wondered why, and then asked him if he
 knew why.  Paul just smiled and then pointed to the file that contained the
 Lear Text. "You know", he said, "this guy has hit pretty close on several
 points, and I wonder if anyone has approached him?"  I asked what he meant,
 and he looked at me and said "Don, you know what I mean, and after all, if a
 lot of the general public became aware of this, they would scream like a
 mashed cat, and demand to know what the hell the government is doing about it.
 The problem is, there are some that still think that they can control events
 and keep a lid on this, and others that know we are way in over our head and
 are looking for a way out."  Alright then, what are these things, where do
 they come from, and what DO they want?  I must have looked pretty exasperated
 then, and Paul looked at me and gave me kind of what I thought was a sad
 smile.  "Don" he said, "I don't know where they come from, as to what they
 are, they are very different, and as to what they want, you are gonna sleep a
 lot better if I just go."  And he did leave then.
 
 I haven't talked to Paul since I got back home, and just several days ago, I
 got word that he had a heart attack and is in very poor condition.  I have
 wondered about a lot of what he said, and have decided that in lieu of keeping
 the whole thing to myself, I would put it on my word processor, and then make
 a decision whether to release it or not.
 
 Paul had stated on several occasions that this subject had the potential to be
 be very dangerous, and to be careful of pursuing it.  "With access to the
 right information, if it became known, people have disappeared."  I don't
 think he was just trying to scare me, the guy had been a professional
 intelligence agent for longer than I have been alive, and I am sure he knew a
 hell of a lot more about this, than I would even want to.  He had mentioned
 several things, that even now I hesitate to put down, but the thing that
 inclines me to accept what he said, was knowing  a bit of what kind of man he
 was, he seemed haunted and scared.
 
 Well, in light of several things that have occured recently, with the "New and
 Improved" BlueBook, which I might add I distrust wholeheartedly, the meltdown
 within MUFON, the continuing "flap" that doesn't show any signs of slowing
 down, much less stopping, and the fragmented community of UFO investigators, I
 discussed this with my better half, and have decided to throw it out, and see
 where it landed.  Take it for what it is worth, and remember, I have just
 relayed what I was told, and I did warn you up front that this was almost
 beyond belief.
 
 Anyone with any additional information is requested to contact me in care of
 Paranet RHO at 1-208-338-9187.
 
 Don F. Ecker-State
 Section Director
 MUFON, for the state of Idaho.
 

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