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Two things...

1. I have a relative who has been involved with military intelligence for a very long time. He has briefed Presidents on security matters. He worked with/for the labs out here in New Mexico for many years.

I would like to tease him about the intelligence he was not even allowed to acknowledge, forget about discussing it. One time, after he was particular put out, we had the following discussion:

Him, “You like science fiction, don’t you?”

Me, “You know I do.”

“So you think we might have some high tech stuff that we keep secret.”

“Of course.”

“Well take what you think we have, add 100 years, and you’re getting close.”

Item 2...

In 1974 there was an uptick in interest in UFO’s. One of our local radio stations had a guy who did remote broadcasts at events who, on the air, was claiming that he was watching a UFO, near Lockhart Stadium (Fort Lauderdale). My dad, who usually scoffed as such stuff, got a gleam in his eye and said, “Let’s go find him.”

So we jumped in his VW Bug and high tailed it to the stadium. As we came around the corner of the stadium and were cutting across the parking lot, a low flying ball/oval of light crossed our path, about 100 yards ahead of us, with a WFTL van in hot pursuit. We sat there with our mouths hanging open as the ball sped up, crossed Commercial Boulevard, and took off nearly vertically at a high rate of speed. What was particularly eerie was the silence. The thing made no noise at all.

My father was a no-nonsense kind of guy, a school teacher, who never liked sci-fi. Every now and then our experience would come up in conversation and we were both in agreement that it wasn’t a plane, or helicopter, or blimp, or balloon. It was under some sort of control and it scared the crap out of both of us.

So, in summary, I believe that there is SOMETHING to the UFO reports. Whether they are our craft or from somewhere else is way beyond my pay grade.