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SUBJECT: CLEARING ED WALTERS - AUTHOR OF G.B.S. FILE: UFO3215
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Excerpts from MUFON Journal, Clearing Ed Walters
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(author of Gulf Breeze Sightings)
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"In order to keep this secret, they have obviously needed to
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do some strange things. For example, one guy who took some
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seemingly pretty good photos of UFOs in Gulf Breeze,
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Florida, was found to have apparently been hiding a model of
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the EXACT craft in his attic (he sold his house and the new
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residents found it). Knell implies that the FBI visited
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this man, stole construction material from him, crafted the
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model, and planted it in the attic..."
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This from the MUFON Journal;
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"...In late December 1988, Ed Walters moved to a new home to
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escape the attention of curiosity seekers. The residence he had
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occupied at 612 Silverthorn Road was put up for sale. The home
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remained vacant for 10 months, until it was purchased by Mr.
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Robert E. Menzer. In March 1990, Menzer was trying to find a
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shutoff valve on the water supply to his kitchen, so he could
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hook up a new ice maker. This search led him into the attic,
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where he found a UFO model under insulation and next to the
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water line to the kitchen.
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On June 4, 1990, a Pensacola News Journal reporter, Craig
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Myers, interviewed Menzer and asked a number of questions,
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including: "Did you find any models of UFOs, anything like
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that?" Menzer showed Myers the model, which Myers borrowed and
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from which he published the story.
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CONCLUSIONS ON MODEL
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Watson's [Gary Watson, MUFONs Chief Investigator for
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Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties] investigation concluded the
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model was not constructed before September 1989, at least 8.5
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months after Walters had moved out of the home. Furthermore,
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close examination of the model and Walters' photographs did not
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show any exact match of markings, height/width ratios, etc.
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Watson's final conclusion: 'The Model was built and planted by
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persons unknown in an attempt to discredit Ed Walters.'"
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End excerpt.
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The MUFON article goes into detial explaining how Watson
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arrived at his findings. I'll briefly outline them here.
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Excerpts;
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"...The model was made out of plastic foam plates and a strip
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of blueprint paper. The inside surface of the paper strip
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suggests it was once a part of a plot plan for a home..."
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"..By his own admission, Ed Walters recognized the
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hand-writing as being his own, suggesting the original
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blueprint was from a home Walters had designed..."
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"...September 6-7, 1989: Walters designs a custom home for
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Mr. and Mrs. Lynn C Thomas....The home is to have 1740 sq. ft.
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of living area, with a 2393 sq. ft. slab..."
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[These are the measurements readable from the strip of paper
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from the model]
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The home was never built. Walters discards the house plans in
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September 1989, 8.5 months after moving out of the home where
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the model was found.
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Of course, Ed could have built the model and placed it in the
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vacant house, but why?
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Wrong text file... Shoot...
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I don't seem to have saved away the text with the proof -against- Ed Walters on
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it. This one is the excerpts that MUFON used to help clear Walters after two of
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their top researchers uncovered the hoax.
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The researchers were later fired.
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Among the report the researchers later made evident displaced the evidence
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against the strip as being of an older house plan with the same dimensions
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(they were common dimensions).
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They were also quoted as saying: "We just said the wrong thing, MUFON has put
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too much into this Walter's thing."
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They also uncovered a teen photo expert in the area who said he helped Walter's
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fake the photos.
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The later, 'official', report posted above appears to be combatting 'selective'
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evidence.
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