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ground were and all in all said, to be convinced that
UFO investigation study, -
R.C.) -
and send them
what we had shown them are ships of extraterrestrial
some pictures.
origin they needed more positive proof or evidence.
" Madeleine's and G.A.'s films were already known
One person came up with the scout being a volks­
to them - from T.V. - and no comment was made on
wagen, you know how they have to make jokes. But
them. They seemed to know all three of us -
Ingrid
we were treated very nice and in respect, -
one
was there -
they gave this impression.
person said to Ingrid, you have something there, -
" The Colonel said: " What about the scoutships
meaning the films -
we are supposed to have in Dayton? " so we ans­
" I could see that they had much knowledge, but
wered, " What about and how about it?" They did
could not give themselves away. They did not rid­
not confirm anything or otherwise. But here too we
icule us, nor the films, nor the whole UFO idea. I
were treated respectfully, and returned the same to
did not go to NASA to convince them, but to cons­
them
ult them."
UNQUOTE.
He added:
" This meeting with NASA was a different matter
Later, I received a fuller description of events.
" When I took the film September 7th, we were
altogether than the Senate Space committee 2 years
between Mannheim and Frankfurt traveling North. The
ago with Madeleine and Ingrid, where they received
time was about 11.45 a.m., no clouds, about seventy
more " Hell" than anything else -"
UNQUOTE.
degrees, Fahrenheit. Although power-lines and trees
were flying by, while I took the film, If there was a
On March 20th, Fred sent me a photostat letter
station it surely swished by so fast that it was imp­
from the UFO spokesman at the Pentagon in Wa­
ossible to make out any signs, etc. In this case you
shington D.C. (see back pages)
have to take my word for it. I was already before
alerted of the Brothers before the film , and became
" DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
aware of a group of 10 to 12 cigarette shaped
Washington 20330
objects high in 'the sky (12 o'clock up.) I jumped
back to grab the camera, a 8 mm Revere, 30 mm
Office Of The Secretary
powerzoom, Chicago build and opened the window
Dear Mr. Steckling :
Mar 17 1967
all the way to eliminate any reflections and started
filming. All in all, 6 groups of ten to twelve space­
Your letter concerning your unidentified flying
craft appeared one after another and moved along
object (UFO) film finally reached my office -
-
­
the sky like Dolphins in the water, as an example.
Office of Information for Project Blue Book, the Air
Appearing and disappearing, the armada traveled to
Force UFO program.
about 9 o'clo ck (position) and disappeared complet­
The Air Force would be very interested in review­
ely, giving me the privilege to take about 23 feet of
ing your film. If you would get in touch with me at
Kodak color film.
the Pentagon, we wi ll arrange a showing for any
" There were quite some people on the train, some
Monday which is convenient for you. My number is
of them looking out of their windows, becoming
0 - - - - or 0 - - - - .
aware of the objects. As we could see they all had
Thank you for offering to show your f ilm ; I am
big question-marks on their faces. They had never
looking forward to hearing from you.
seen anything like this before. I might add, there
was no fear on their faces . Ingrid and myself also
Sincerely
Glenn, we co:dd hardly believe it, ever to be pres­
signed.
George P. Freeman, Jr.
ented with such an opportunity of taking that many
Lt. Colonel, USAF.
ships on film and all at once. We stood on the win­
Chief, Civil Branch
dow, Ingrid saying only, " oh, my God" and our every
Community Relations Division
hair was standing up at this wonderful sight. We will
Office of Information.
never forget this experience and are surely grateful
Mr. Fred Steckling,
for it. -"
UNQUOTE.
I wrote to Fred, asking him if I could use his pict­
UNQUOTE.
ures and correspondence in UFO CONTACT. He
Fred wrote of the visit:
Alexandria, Virginia 22312."
wrote back:
" Our Pentagon visit was Monday March 20th at
" You can go ahead and use what you feel is right
2 p.m. at Colonel Freeman's office. -
Madeleine
concerning my visit to NASA and the pictures ­
came along -
Several high commission officers rev­
" As you know, my work in this cause has no conn­
iewed the Sept. 7th film three times, and Colonel
ections in pleasing my Ego, and therefore it does
Freeman stated: " This is the best film I've seen yet. "
not matter to me if my name is used or not. Import­
and " I have never seen anything like this before."
ant is the work, not us. ­
He told me to inform the UFO investigation comm­
" We all know George Adamski has given much to
ittee in Colorado - (- the new University of Colorado
this world in knowledge and information and I feel
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At that time the Air Force termed the Heflin pict­
ure a hoax.
The " Bluebook" report said Heflin's photo did not
correspond to his description of the round, saucer­
like object.
Literature
But since then the Air Force has commissioned
the independent study by the University of Colorado
at Boulder.
From : "San Francisco Chronicle",
Friday, March 10, 1967.
»Piece for a jig- saw«
Credit: Theodore Gray Hullett, San Francisco,
By LEONARD G. CARM P., M.S.I.A. A.R.Ae.S.
California, U.S.A.
author of " Space, Gravity and the
*
Flying Saucer.''
Here is a book about " flying saucers" which can
be of immense interest to both the »converted" and
Two PCs spot a »saucers«
Two policemen saw an oval-shaped object flash
to the " open-minded", to the lay-person looking for
through the sky yesterday. The officers said the
more corroboration to back up his beliefs in the
saucer-like object flew over Strood, Kent, at about
reality of visiting space-ships, and to the technically­
1,000 feet - and had a tail of blue and silvery stars.
mi nded man who may wel l be rather surprised at the
Later there was a simi lar report from Sevenoaks.
wealth of detail of a highly technical nature included
(Kent.)
in this work.
Police at Rochester said : " The authorities have
Leonard Cramp, who for many years has worked
been told."
in both aerodynamics and, more recently, with the
From : " Daily Sketch", London, March 25th, 1967.
*
new design principles of the Hovercraft, has succ­
eeded in writing a bookunderstood, by any person
of normal intelligence
who can read the English
language.
»The flying saucer that
" Piece For A Jig-saw" does, in truth, offer a piece
-
a very large piece -
of that enigmatic jig-saw
Andrew saw in Stamford Sky«
puzzle which has undulated and returned along 180
degrees through head-lines of the world 's press for
Andrew, the eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
the past 20 years. Cramp himself has worked on
T. H. Hyde, of 59 Scotgate, Stamford, claims to
material for this book for over half that time. It is
have seen a " flying saucer" over Stamford on Tues­
12 years since he submitted to the public "Space,
day. Aug. 2. He was in his back garden at the time,
Gravity and the Flying Saucer"; -
this book is a
and this is how he sketched and described what he
natural and elevating follow-up.
saw:
" I saw this object in the sky twice this morning
Written in a style which is as open and as lacking
between about half-past ten and a quarter to eleven.
in pomposity as the author himself, one finds a patt­
It was going very quickly above the clouds. The
ern developing from each chapter to the next, as he
first time I saw it, it was travelling in a N. W .
takes us from his brief but concise "background
direction, and then about ten minutes later it came
material" of orthodox aerodynamics, curves into a
back.
high trajectory through the experimental X-15 and
" It was then going in a S. E. direction, and it
the family of rockets, and into the deep blue. One
made no sound. the shape was round, with black
is almost shocked to find with what ease Cramp
circles
looking
like ship's
port-holes
round
the
brings us down -
not in a capsule supported by
middle. There were little things looking like landing
great billowing parachutes, but gently landing in a
wheels on the bottom.
field, any field, ready for instant take-off to a far-off
" There was a cloud of yellow stuff coming out
hovering mother-ship.
of the back and there was a ring round the middle
At least, the mother-ship is there by implication,
of the object.''
because Mr. Cramp, as he says, having " set myself
UNQUOTE.
the task of discovering the truth as an engineer",
From: A Stamford paper, Lines. England.
arrives, after a volume full of investigation and ex­
August 1966.
perimentation, at the last chapter which is entitled:
" Vindication Of A Scout Ship.''
The last paragraph of the second from last chapter
might well sum up a very large part of the UFO
A friend is a person who knows all about
story. It also sums up the author, a man who succ­
you -
and still likes you.
Elbert Hubbard.
eeded in forming a large group of UFO enthusiasts
from a very hard core of technology, men who know