YouTube video · UAP Gerb · 26 May 2024
UFO Whistleblowers [Vol.2]
Three witnesses. Harland Bentley says that in May 1958, at a Nike Ajax site near Olney, Maryland, he saw a disc hit a cornfield and take off again, and crews in radiation suits load a glowing piece onto a lead-lined truck; Gerb could not verify his records but sets the account beside the 1958 W-93 landing and the Loch Raven car-stall case. Senator Barry Goldwater's 1975 interview and three letters tell of LeMay refusing him the Wright-Patterson room. "RB", a Marine, says he guarded a disc in December 1963. The AFOSI Ralph Brown report of 1953 completes the Wright-Patterson picture.
On the record
- Goldwater's letters of 3 Dec 1974, 28 Mar 1975 and 19 Oct 1981.
- The AFOSI report of 27 Apr 1953 (MSgt Ralph Brown).
- Blue Book files for the W-93 and Loch Raven cases.
Open questions
- Was Bentley at W-92 or W-93, and can his service be confirmed?
- Who is "RB"?
Leads to follow
- Lead, not a record yet: case/wright-pat-disc-1963-rb (Stringfield status report 5; Schratt's notes).
- Pointer on case/apollo8-far-side-light that Bentley's unverified claim exists.
- Nike site W-93 unit records for May 1958.
Timeline
On the recordWitness testimonyAlleged / one person's word
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27 Apr 1953
AFOSI interview of MSgt Ralph BrownThree saucers and pilots' bodies at Wright-Pat, per his source.
The claims, checked
On the record (8)
On 29 Sep 1958 at Nike site W-93 Pvt Jerome Scanland saw a green teardrop land; he and Sgt Ferris found broken branches and scorched ground. The Air Force said welding trucks.Welding trucks: natural cause proposed, not demonstrated.firsthandBlue Book file (Scanland and Ferris)Nike Ajax site W-93, Maryland: a disc crash and a landing (1958)
At Loch Raven Reservoir in October 1958 Alvin Cohen and Philip Small saw a 100-ft egg hover over the bridge; their car stalled, a flash of light made their faces hot and they were treated for burns.firsthandBlue Book file; Hynek, The UFO ExperienceLoch Raven Reservoir car-stall case (26 October 1958)
He asked Curtis LeMay to see the room at Wright-Patterson "where you put all this secret stuff"; LeMay "got mad as hell" and said "don't ever ask me that question again".1975 interview (16:50).firsthandBarry GoldwaterThe Blue Room FOIA trail (1980-2012)
"I made an effort to get into the room at Wright Patterson field where the information was stored and I was denied this request."Letter to Stringfield, 3 Dec 1974.firsthandBarry GoldwaterThe Blue Room FOIA trail (1980-2012)
"It is still classified above Top Secret."Letter of 28 Mar 1975 to an unknown researcher.firsthandBarry GoldwaterThe Blue Room FOIA trail (1980-2012)
"I don't know of anyone who has access to the Blue Room nor am I aware of its content."Letter to Lee Graham, 19 Oct 1981.firsthandThe Blue Room FOIA trail (1980-2012)
MSgt Ralph Brown told Capt. Plandowski that a source said Wright-Patterson held three saucers, one damaged and two working, and the pilots' bodies.The report is on the record; the claim is hearsay.secondhandAFOSI report, 27 Apr 1953redacted source → MSgt Ralph Brown → AFOSI → told itAFOSI report on MSgt Ralph Brown's saucer story (27 April 1953)Wright-Patterson AFB & 'Hangar 18'
The Baltimore Evening Sun of 23 Dec 1958 mentions in passing the Air Force capturing at least two flying saucers.firsthandBaltimore Evening Sun, 23 Dec 1958Nike Ajax site W-93, Maryland: a disc crash and a landing (1958)
Witness testimony (3)
In May 1958 a 30-ft wobbling disc with rim lights hit a cornfield about 2,000 yd from his Nike site and took off again, shearing branches; USAF crews in radiation suits loaded a white-hot, washing-machine-sized piece onto a lead-lined truck.Disclosure Project, 2001; Gerb could not verify his records.firsthandNike Ajax site W-93, Maryland: a disc crash and a landing (1958)
The next night the Gaithersburg site reported 12-15 objects at 50-100 ft; on the M33 radar they left in one sweep, about 177,000 mph by his figure, and the general called them helicopters.firsthandNike Ajax site W-93, Maryland: a disc crash and a landing (1958)
For two weeks in December 1963 he guarded a 40-ft seamless ovoid disc on scaffolding; torches and a laser failed to cut it, generals could not cross a tape circle, and he stopped the Secretary of the Navy at the line.Stringfield status report 5; Greer witness 10138; identity unverified.anonymous"RB" (Marine weapons technician)"RB" → Leonard Stringfield → told itWright-Patterson AFB & 'Hangar 18'
Alleged / one person's word (2)
In 1968, on NASA contract work in California, he overheard Houston and Apollo 8 discuss a "bogey" paralleling them, with portholes and beings seen.Gerb finds nothing to support it.firsthandApollo 8's far-side light
An uncut Borman film shows six UFOs descending to the Moon.Gerb traces it to Greer's emails with Alain Boudier.anonymousGreer witness 101179witness 101179 → Steven Greer → told itApollo 8's far-side light