Cold Cases!

 I've been thinking this over for the past week, re-looking at certain cases.  I know that the old UFO case seem rather...old, but they are still interesting none the less.  The Navy, Tic-tac's and the Pentagon's past and current UFO...excuse me...UAP interest dominates the current discussions, but I'm not interested in that area.  What is it?  Oh, yes, Back to the Future.  We had Project Blue Book in the past only for it to "succumb" to the government's desire to get out of the UFO business.  Now we all are finding out that the UFO/UAP business was doing well all along...this time business being done under the table.  Oh well, c'est la vie!   

So on with the show.  Projects upcoming when ever that is or promises made, promises broken.

1.  Re-looking at Robert Salas Oscar Flight claims.  Yes, I heard a collective groan from what's left of my readership.  I watched the last National Press Club presentation this past Tuesday and was taken back at the sparse participation as compared to 2010.  As Salas stated in his opening remarks some could not make it this time around and some have passed on.  I have a soft spot for old crew dogs regardless of what I written in this blog.

I'm attempting to reach out to Mr. Salas and will see how that goes.  This will allow me to bring in the 1967 Belt, Mt UFO sighting which I've been woefully negligent by not giving this particular case it's due consideration as it happened on the same day that Mr. Salas says that his flight (Oscar) lost strategic alert status due to UFOs or something else.  Project Blue Book investigated this incident, or at a minimum information was sent to them via the base UFO officer, LtCol Lewis Chase.  I'm going to see if this old crew dog can drag this case across the finish line.  Well, I'll try to advance it as far as I can. Certainly nothing to lose. Who knows, I might get a participation trophy for my efforts.  

2.  David Schindele has an interesting observation/story circa September of 1966 while on the crew force at Minot AFB, ND.  This is very similar to that of the late David Schuur's observation roughly about the same time while on alert at Minot, AFB.  There is a PBB investigation that occurred roughly during the same timeframe.  This should be interesting.

3.  This one is no big deal, but it was a bone that I attempted to provide to Robert Hastings some years back, but as is/was his custom he became a self righteous ass hole so I kept it from him.  As to his last comment about me via an article of his and I paraphrase, "Tim, I have 150 former military members that say differently than you and they are brave enough to..."  Well, I kept two observations from two highly respected former Ellsworth AFB missile wing FSCs that I was well acquainted with...Robert could have had 152... 

These two guys were with me back at Vandenberg AFB in the same missile crew training class, ILCS-26 back in the latter end of 1980.  Both were assigned to Malmstrom with me but in different squadrons.  They might corroborate some of the Minuteman Ellsworth AFB, SD UFO sightings around 1974. 

4.  And finally, I will redo the 1968 Minot case.  I'm starting from scratch as the last effort was a piss poor effort for my part.  My work will be done in silence and will only be posted when completely done to my satisfaction...let me repeat...my satisfaction.  I will provide no updates.  No more distractions this time.  I had a sound methodology last time but I deviated, no, worse, I took a detour and wound up way off the beaten path slowly drifting with a blown gasket up to some off the road version of a dilapidated Stuckeys selling crappy trinkets.  Not this time.

And when I'm done:

a.  One third of you will praise my brilliance and temerity.  Tim Hebert is the "bringer of clarity!"

b.  One third of you will say, "meh, he gave it a shot."

c. One third of you will clutch your fake pearls aghast at my efforts.  "My God, Tim Hebert is stating that witness lied and that they were dopers taking hits from bongs while watching UFOs in the nights sky.  And worse he alluded that they beat their dogs when they returned to base."  Yet it will all be self pleasuring rubbish.  No one will be branded as liars.  All will be taken at face value and treated with respect. They all witnessed something.  That is a fact.  Yet the Greek chorus will sing on and on as they are the keepers of truth.

Until next time...