In 60 seconds
Helicopters keep turning up beside the objects. Some meet them by chance; some, like the Chinooks around the Cash-Landrum diamond, fly with them; and some, by Barber's account, carry them away. Are they escorts, chasers or the retrieval teams themselves?
The claim, in our words · Our reading across 8 records
“Where the objects are, helicopters often follow; the later the record, the more it looks like recovery.”
How it branched
Each line is a branch, named at its end. Dots are the key moments below.
Key moment
Chapter 1 · 1973 to 1999
Encounters and escorts
Coyne and Cash-Landrum.
“Not a unique experience.”
Jake Barber, Contractor helicopter pilot, 2025
Key moments
1973Coyne: an Army Huey pulled upwardAA grey "metallic-looking" cigar stops over an Army UH-1H; a green beam fills the cockpit and the compass spins.On the record
1980Cash-Landrum: a fleet of ChinooksBAbout 12 CH-47s fly around the burning diamond, three days after Rendlesham.Named witness
Chapter 2 · 2000 to now
Recovery flights
Barber and the orbs at a western site.
Key moments
2025Barber: the sling-loadBA contractor pilot says he flew a seamless egg-shaped craft under his helicopter on a long line.Named witness
2025Orbs around a helicopterBDozens of orbs react to a helicopter at a western military site, with ODNI, CIA and FBI people present (Burlison).Named witness
All 8 events, branch by branch, in the Workspace →
Where it meets other stories
The nuclear connectionshares 2 records: Drones over U.S. bases in Europe, Orbs around a helicopter
The price of contactshares 2 records: Cash-Landrum, The Moriches Bay downing (Long Island, 1989)
The squeezeshares 1 record: Drones over U.S. bases in Europe
Ordered to fireshares 1 record: The Moriches Bay downing (Long Island, 1989)