Incident at Joshua Tree,

Part One, “Surveillance”

Southern California CSETI files, January 1996,

Synopsis: CSETI’s scientific/diplomatic contact protocols facilitate human initiated close encounters with Extraterrestrial Intelligence(ETI). This first report for the year 1996 describes the events surrounding CSETI field work in the high desert January 24-25. For the week prior, Dr. Burkes, LA-CSETI Working Group Coordinator, repeatedly received strange phone calls. During field work, at 2 separate locations members of the CSETI team was openly photographed in apparent surveillance. During a windstorm on the night of the 24,, very limited interactions transpired between the CSETI group and golden globes of presumed ET origin. The following morning after the adverse weather had cleared, the CSETI team was buzzed at low altitude by 3 waves of fighter bombers. They were flying well below 1000 feet in violation of federal regulations. Details of these events are described within the context of CSETI’s worldwide campaign to establish peaceful relations with Extraterrestrial civilizations visiting Earth. Implications for future research activities are discussed. Copyright 1997 Joseph Burkes, MD.

This document reflects the experiences and opinions of the author alone. It does not represent national CSETI position or policy.

Introduction

The following report should be viewed in the light of ongoing developments within CSETI and the Project Starlight.

Briefly, the CE-5 Initiative involves teams of trained CSETI investigators going out to remote locations with the deliberate intention of attracting ET spacecraft to these research sites. Limited interactions, such as using lights to signal back and forth with ET spacecraft, have been achieved on a numerous occasions. A more advanced CSETI research group designated as the Rapid Mobilization Investigative Team(RMIT), has carried out more direct interactions. This has included an encounter between a CSETI team and two different ET phenotypes who were visible on the ground in Los Mitres Mountains of Mexico. This remarkable event occurred in December of 1994. A detailed report is available from the CSETI office.

The second CSETI project of note has been Project Starlight. Project Starlight’s purposes include briefing high-level leaders of government and industry concerning the Extraterrestrial presence on Earth. It is CSETI’s position that the current era, characterized by general societal denial of ET spacecraft visiting our planet, is coming to an end. To further this process, high level witnesses to the ET presence, such as former military and intelligence officers, astronauts and other prominent individuals, are being assembled to come forward publicly with their knowledge. These steps will hopefully lead to a worldwide disclosure about the ET presence on Earth The creation of peaceful and cooperative relations between our civilizations will then be able to follow.

Given the monumental importance and sensitivity of this task, it is understandable that select sections of government, as well as private intelligence networks, might take a special interest in CSETI activities. This is especially true given the de facto policy of secrecy and denial of the ET presence. In this context we find the rationale for the apparent surveillance and probable military intervention described in the following report.

Part One, Surveillance

During the first week of 1996 as Working Group Coordinator for the CSETI’s CE-5 Initiative, I made plans for field work. This required calling a number of CSETI investigators in an attempt to assemble a team. According to our contact protocols, the minimum required to form a team is three researchers. After last minute cancellations, only three were available to go out into the field. My co-worker at the hospital, Michayel Goldman (apseudonym)and I drove from Los Angeles. Robert Hairgrove, CSETI Working Group Coordinator for San Diego planned to meet us on site. It was located in the high desert, about 120 miles east of Los Angeles.

The date for our intended field work was January 24, 1996. The place where we were to assemble was Jumbo Rocks Campground in Joshua Tree National Monument. Our plan was to link up at the campground parking lot. Giant boulders, some over 40 feet high served to mark this jumping off point for our excursion through the Queen Valley. Our research site was situated several miles south of the campground. It could be reached on a dirt road which sported a sign warning “4 wheel drive vehicles only.”

For a week prior to the intended field work, my wife and I noticed that we were receiving a large number of strange phone calls. Ten to fifteen times a day, during both day and evening hours, the phone rang. When we picked up, there was apparently no one on the line. At times these unnerving calls occurred almost every hour.

On Wednesday, January 24, I drove my red Isuzu Trooper eastward on US 10. Michayel l and I both felt the excitement building as we turned north on highway 62, heading towards the Yucca Valley. It was mid-week, in the middle of winter. Not surprisingly when we arrived at the monument it was practically deserted. Situated at an elevation of about 4000 feet, our research site promised to keep us nice and cold. “ The colder the better”, I reasoned. I didn’t want a bunch of spectators to interfere with any ET contact which might occur. Little did I know that we were far from alone.

In addition to the expected chilly weather, a major storm was coming in off the Pacific. As always we were hopeful that our research venture would be successful. We suspected that a good outcome might actually be facilitated by the high winds associated with an incoming storm front. This notion, that foul weather might help our research, requires some explanation. It should be noted that some of CSETI’s most productive investigations have occurred during adverse weather.

For example in 1992, Dr. Greer led an RMIT(Rapid Mobilization Investigative Team) into the crop circle region of Southwestern England. There during a storm on the night of July 25, he reportedly vectored in a 100 foot sized ET spacecraft. The brilliantly illuminated disc hovered ten feet off the ground. It was witnessed by a team of four investigators just few hundred yards from their position. For several minutes the craft flashed its lights at the CSETI researchers, who signaled back with powerful halogen lanterns. The rain storm facilitated this encounter according to Dr. Greer. The sudden downpour apparently drove off a group of intruders who had planted themselves on a nearby hill top. This remarkable human-initiated close encounter was described in a Fox Network “Sightings” program. This TV show was first broadcast in January of 1993. A more detailed report can be obtained from the CSETI office in North Carolina.

Another example of how adverse weather conditions might facilitate contact with ETI was demonstrated in November of 1993. Two members of the Los Angeles CSETI Working Group had a prolonged interaction with two UFOs. The objects first appeared as anomalous nocturnal lights. One of the UFOs approached the CSETI investigators at distance of approximately one mile. At that close range the object was clearly visible as a disc, the entire superstructure of which was glowing like a neon sign. This encounter occurred as the first storm of the rainy season hit Southern California. During that very night, 45 mile per hour winds hit a nearby Marine base. Thus adverse weather may have increased security for the encounter by preventing Marine helicopter flights (For more details see report “Human Initiated Close Encounters(HICE), November 1993”, to be posted in the future)

Now let us return to events of January 24-25, 1996. Prior to this field trip, in accord with specified CSETI protocol, all members of the team carried out thought projection exercises known as Coherent Thought Sequencing(CTS). (For more details on CSETI contact techniques, please obtain the Working Group Kit available from the National office.)

For those researchers who have advanced psi capabilities, CTS involves accessing consciousness in its most unbounded form and then remotely viewing any ET craft in the CSETI team’s vicinity. This is then followed by mentally sending detailed instructions to the intelligence controlling the ET craft. The mentally transmitted data includes the team’s location as well as the desire to have peaceful interactions with the Extraterrestrials. All this for the purpose of vectoring the ETs to our site, i.e. to have a successful CE-5.

Coherent thought sequencing can be done both while on site as well as in advance of the actual field work. For those researchers who are unable to remotely view ET craft at the level of consciousness, a series of visualizations are projected out into the cosmos. Images describing the team’s location on the Earth, in the solar system and in the Milky Way are visualized and then mentally projected.

CSETI researchers are trained to be open to the possibility of receiving what is more commonly known as “telepathic” communications. The term CSETI prefers however is “Subjectively Acquired Material, (SAM).” Thus SAM may include details as to when and where a craft might appear in the sky during field work. Researchers correlate the details of their Subjectively Acquired Material during research outing. Verification of SAM is provided if craft and subsequent interactions occur as predicted. For this particular venture, each of the 3 CSETI investigators independently acquired information concerning the time window for a possible contact event. The team agreed that an encounter would likely occur between 11PM and 1AM.

After a three hour drive from LA, Michayel and I arrived at the Jumbo Rocks Campground. It was just a few minutes before 5PM. A pale wintry sun was already setting. The National Monument looked spectacular in the fading light. In the campground’s entrance I parked my 4 wheel drive vehicle. We waited for Robert who was driving up from San Diego. Less than 5 minutes after our arrival a brand new Jeep Cherokee pulled up and parked directly behind my Isuzu Trooper. The shinny new vehicle bore no license plates. The Cherokee dealer’s sticker was still on the side window. A beefy Marine drill sergeant type emerged. He was alone, powerfully built with a very short crew cut. He appeared to be about thirty years old. Covering his muscular chest he wore a loose sweat shirt which was embroidered with an American flag. He then proceeded to pull from the back of his Jeep some rather fancy camera equipment. This included a flashy 35mm single lens reflex He also had a video camera which he quickly mounted on a tripod.

What followed was somewhat comical. In a rather heavy handed manner he attempted to appear to be taking nature pictures. Stocky, in need of a shave his demeanor was almost ape like. He clumsily moved around the parking lot. Michayel, whose Russian nick name is Misha, pointed out to me how this photographer managed to point the camera our way during each of his “nature shots.”

The Jumbo Rocks Campground parking lot is far from ideal for obtaining scenic views of the desert. Large boulders block any panoramic vistas of the natural beauty which abounds. Near where we were standing , several metal pit toilets were featured prominently. It seemed likely that our personal photographer must have gotten several close up shots of the out houses as he filmed us. I mused that perhaps these squat rectangular malodorous structures had excited an animalistic aesthetic sense. Perhaps he was not really carrying out surveillance of my team, but instead was focusing on the toilets. “To each his own,” I thought as ape-man maneuvered around for another shot pointed in our direction. It should be remembered that Joshua Tree National Park is just a few miles from the 29 Palms Marine Corps facility. We speculated that our heavily muscled photo friend was a likely denizen of the base.

A few minutes after five, Robert from San Diego drove up in his truck. “You won’t believe this,” he told us with excitement, “I was photographed on the road 10 minutes ago. It happened as I drove into the park.” Misha glanced over my shoulder and directed Bob’s attention to the boulders behind us. There once again was our personal press agent. “Well Bob this is your lucky day.’ I said with a smile. “I think you’re still on camera.” The man with the American flag on his chest seemed again to be fumbling with his equipment. Apparently he was setting up for still another panoramic shot of my now fully assembled team.

Robert described to us in detail what happened to him. Just a few miles past the ranger station as he headed east on the loop road, he saw a late model Ford Taurus station wagon parked on the shoulder. Next to the vehicle, on the edge of the asphalt, stood a well dressed man with gray hair wearing sunglasses. According to Robert he was in his mid-sixties. When Bob was about 30 yards from the Taurus this elderly gentleman lifted a SLR camera quickly up to his face and pointed it directly at Bob’s car. He then fired off several pictures. Bob described this maneuver as being so rapid that it appeared to be by reflex. Robert said that there had been no time to properly position the camera. Strangely enough the man was wearing sun glasses despite the fact that it was twilight Following this first maneuver, again in a reflex fashion, while holding the camera with one hand, the gray haired man quickly lowered the camera to his side. He then turned and nonchalantly walked away from the road.

Robert told us that he had once been an insurance investigator. He recognized the way in which he had just been photographed. Bob said that it was much like the manner in which he had been trained to carry out covert surveillance. There was one very important difference however. The technique of quickly firing off a few shots and then coolly turning away, was supposed to be employed without the surveillance subject looking directly at you. The man with the sunglasses had snapped photos of Robert in his truck as it was barreling down the road directly towards the camera. Unless Robert was driving with his eyes closed, there was no way that he could not help noticing what appeared to be obvious surveillance. There was nothing covert about it.

But perhaps that was the very message that we where supposed to receive. They wanted us to know we were under surveillance, doubly so with the muscular military type filming us in the parking lot.

If this was supposed to be intimidation, it didn’t seem to be working. We were more perplexed than frightened. After all we reasoned, we were on public land, carrying out lawful activities under the freedom of association guarantees protected by the US Constitution. Not wasting much time reviewing our civics lessons, we climbed into the trucks and proceeded southward across the open desert to our research site.

End of Part One

Incident at Joshua Tree National Monument

Part Two of Three Parts

This document reflects the experiences and opinions of the author alone, it does not represent national CSETI position or policy.

“Contact”

Our research site was situated off a dirt road which cut due south across the Queen Valley. From that location we had 360’ view of the sky. All around us stretching out across the vast plateau were seen countless Joshua Trees. To the north, not unexpectedly looking like a queen’s crown, stood Queen Mountain. To the south and west were some low lying hills beyond which were Palms Springs and Dessert Hot Springs respectively. A seemingly endless expanse of desert stretched out eastward. There distant mountains appeared small as they rose up from the edges of the sandy plain on which we had camped. It was starting to get cold as the sun was setting. We expected the temperature to drop into the 30s before sunrise.

In spite of the rather heavy handed demonstrations of surveillance which had transpired earlier, Robert, Michael(a pseudonym) and I were excited about the prospects of making contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence. We carried out the usual CSETI business work of setting up our folding chairs, rechecking our equipment, and positioning cameras. As always with a touch of amusement, I assigned boarding numbers. Michael was to board first. I was second and Robert third. This was for the small chance that we would have an actual landing of an ET craft with the possibility of an off-planet experience. This last point is of course a sensitive one. Preparing to board ET spacecraft has undoubtedly earned CSETI a great deal of ridicule. Nevertheless Dr. Greer, CSETI founder and its current director, has always counseled working group members to be ready for what they ask for. This preparation is necessary even if the likelihood of an spacecraft landing for a CSETI team appears extremely remote at this particular time in the Earth’s history. The present is not fixed nor can the future be known with any certainty. If the increasing tempo of UFO sightings and other contact experiences continues to accelerate the situation visa vie the Extraterrestrials may become radically different. Under such future conditions the promise of landings and boardings of ET craft could change from wish to reality.

By 7:15 PM we prepared to start the work. A cool gentle breeze from the west was present. We surmised that the storm was starting its approach from the coast 100 miles to the east. It was already quite dark. As we moved around the campsite we had to be careful. The ubiquitous presence of small cactus and other shrubs with needle sharp edges requires caution where one treads. As team leader one of my prime responsibilities is to prevent injuries. Both Michael and Bob, being experienced desert UFO investigators, required no reminders from me to stay vigilant. At approximately 7:20 PM the first sighting occurred.

At about the same moment we all became aware of an amber colored globe in the southwest. It was flying slowly in a horizontal trajectory just a few degrees above the ridge line. There was no associated engine sound to break the desert stillness. The object had sharp edges which clearly demarcated its structure. It appeared to be about one finger breath in size with arm fully extended. Although it is impossible to state with certainty its distance, from the craft’s position above the ridge line, we estimated that it was about three to five miles away. The craft had no associated strobe or wing lights. Although landing lights when viewed straight on can sometimes have an amber appearance to them, such lights lack the sharply defined edges which we observed on this unknown. The object slowly flew in a northwesterly direction.

Hastily I grabbed for the lantern. Before I was able to signal at the UFO however, the circular light faded out. A few seconds later flying along the same path, it reappeared. This UFO did not hover, nor respond to my signaling. After another 15 seconds of flight it simply disappeared. At no time were we able to discern conventional lights on this globe like object. As is inevitably the case when viewing landing lights of conventional craft, as the airplane turns away from the viewer, wing lights and strobes should immediately become visible. This was not the case with this golden globe which appeared exactly like other UFOs which we had seen during previous investigations.

Elated by the this first sighting we prepared for a round of Coherent Thought Sequencing. Michael volunteered to guide the meditation. Following several slow deep breaths each of us entered a state of deep relaxation. I carried out the prescribed mental exercises as I focused on consciousness in its most unbounded form. I conjured up a series of visualizations, first of our milky way galaxy. In my mind’s eye, I saw it as small point of light among a myriad of other galaxies which expanded endlessly into space. As I zoomed in on our galaxy which forms an enormous spiral, I focused on one arm of our spiral galaxy. There I “saw” our star with its accompanying planets. Based on satellite images of earth, I visualized the western coast of the North American Continent, followed by a closer view of Southern California. Zooming down towards the surface, in my mind’s eye I located our exact position northeast of San Jacinto Mountain. This enormous wall of granite towered 6000 feet above our research site which was itself at an elevation of 4000 feet above sea level.

CSETI type research requires considerable preparation. I recall how prior to organizing my CE-5 Initiative Working Group, I rarely meditated even in the quiet security of home. I never imagined I might find myself meditating outdoors in the wintry cold of a wind swept desert plain. Following our protocols in the prescribed manner, my team repeatedly sent out a mental road map of our location in the universe. While at the same time we mentally broadcast to the cosmos our message of welcome, inviting contact with ETI.

This exercise went on in silence for 30 minutes. The wind was now blowing at about 10 to 15 miles per hour. Michael was seated facing to the northwest. As he ended this first round of CTS he opened his eyes. It was 9:05 PM. Directly in his line of sight was a golden globe.

It was visible just above Queen Mountain and was slowly flying due east. Michael roused us from our meditation and called for me to pick up my 500,000 candle power lantern. I fired a salvo of flashes at the craft, which like its predecessor flew horizontally without any associated engine sound. This object also had sharp edges demarcating its circular shape. We were hoping for a bit of “photon talk”, (an exchange of light signals in an intelligible fashion indicating basic communication had been established). The intelligence responsible for this craft apparently chose not to follow CSETI protocol. Instead of repeating back the same sequence of flashes as other anomalous lights had done in the past, this UFO extinguished its light, just as the other globe had done. This second craft in a similar fashion reappeared a few seconds later further down its flight course. The globe then disappeared. This sighting like the first lasted about a minute.

This furtive type of behavior had us somewhat perplexed. Was the intelligence responsible for the craft acknowledging the surveillance we had experienced several hours before? By appearing and then quickly disappearing was it “telling us”, that conditions were not safe for more intimate contact? The first object had appeared in the southwest moving northward. The second one was seen in the north moving eastward. Was it the same ET spacecraft that was circling us? And by this oblique path, neither towards us nor away from us, were they attempting to indicate that conditions were not safe for a direct approach? It is probably wise not to dwell too long on such speculation. It is a maxim of this kind of work to never assume you can think like an Extraterrestrial. Nevertheless we were intrigued by the possible implications of what we had experienced.

Twenty to thirty miles per hour wind was now showered us with sand. All around our campsite, low lying shrubs tenaciously clung to the desert floor. We positioned our folding chairs and sleeping bags behind the shrubs hoping for a little bit of shelter from the shifting sand. The Joshua Trees gracefully swayed back and forth in a gentle dance like movement. An occasional tumble weed rolled by our research site. As the wind increased I became more excited. The Twenty Nine Palms Marine base was just 20 miles away. The stronger the wind, the more adverse the weather, the less likely helicopter gun ships could respond to any Extraterrestrial presence at our research site.

I remembered a previous encounter that Michael and I had in November of 1993 when we had interacted with 2 UFOs for over an hour. This memorable experience occurred while 45 miles per hour winds had pounded the local base. Perhaps with another storm headed our way on this particular January night, a repeat performance would be on the schedule. I very much wanted a sighting.

Michael however did not appear to share my excitement about the prospects for further contact. This was in marked contrast to his usual gung ho attitude. He was the youngest member of the team, in his mid twenties, and was usually the most enthusiastic. Michael seldom rested much during the long hours of nocturnal field work. While others might catnap for a few hours between shifts of sky watching, Michael, often alone, would roam the research site. With signal lantern in hand being a good soldier,(he is a veteran of the former Soviet military) Mike is ever ready for contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence. His track record as a UFO researcher has demonstrated that his paranormal capabilities are clearly above average, if not phenomenal.

On several previous occasions he has chosen the time and place for Working Group activities with subsequent major contact events ensuing. Prior to some of these investigations he had reported receiving what is designated in CSETI circles as Subjectively Acquired Material or SAM. This term encompasses a number of psi modalities which can provide useful information to guide research efforts. Michael’s paranormal talents appear to encompass the entire spectrum of psi phenomenon. This includes remote viewing, lucid dreams which predict subsequent contact experiences or simply an awareness of a future event at the level of knowledge (i.e. precognition). In addition both myself as well as another member of our team have witnessed what appears to be Michael’s considerable psychokinetic ability. In my opinion this special talent falls outside of what can ordinarily be applied to field work and therefore should not be mentioned further.

During the days prior to field work, the 3 CSETI investigators present on this particular investigation, had reported subjectively acquiring details of a possible contact event. This information had been obtained by each of us independently from one another. We had determined that contact with ETI might likely occur between 11PM and 1AM of the night of January 24-25. As this time arrived however, instead of a building sense of anticipation, Robert and I, like Misha earlier, perceived that something had definitely changed. The two hour interval which we had hoped might be a window of interaction, felt empty. The anticipation of contact, the growing excitement which every CSETI field worker experiences, had almost completely dissipated. In light of what seemed to us obvious surveillance, we wondered if the absence of ET activity was related to us “having company.”

As the wind increased to over 30 miles per hour, attempting CTS outside the shelter of our vehicles became nearly impossible. Tarps had to be firmly staked down or they quickly became airborne. Each time I turned westward to catch a glimpse of that portion of the sky, my nose, mouth and eyes were plastered with flying sand. I regretted the fact that I had left my goggles at home.

It was approaching 2AM and still there was no additional signs of ET presence. Mike had turned in early, and was soon peacefully snoring in his sleeping bag which he had zipped all the way up. Robert and I stayed awake hoping for another flyby or something even more dramatic. But nothing happened. There was just the stars and the wind and the waiting for predicted rainfall. At about 3AM I removed my hiking boots, put on another pair of woolen socks and finally called it a night. As I fell asleep I glanced up at the stars shimmering brightly in the wind swept sky. I wondered why it was still so clear outside. If the expected storm was truly coming in from the Pacific, there should have been some rain by now. “Better get some sleep while you’re still dry,” I told myself. With some difficulty, I finally fell asleep.

The forecasted storm, like our “window” of contact between 11PM and 1AM, never materialized. I awoke at 6:30 AM to find a sunny sky with only a few clouds on the horizon. The desert looked spectacular in the cold morning light. Except for Mike and Robert, there wasn’t a soul in sight. They were already moving around research site picking up equipment that had be tossed around by the wind. Bundled up in their parkas, they looked like two bears trying to keep warm. For reasons that would be difficult to explain, I had the strong feeling that ET craft might still be in our vicinity. This feeling became so intense, that I took out my video camera and started video taping the eastern horizon.

Back on November 10, 1993. in the early hour following our encounter, Mike had inadvertently filmed an anomalous object floating above the eastern horizon. Whatever it was exactly, we couldn’t say for sure. It was dark, oval in shape and appeared to slowly drop below the ridge line in a kind of falling leaf trajectory. We had not seen the object at the time of shooting the footage. Only after reviewing the tapes on a big monitor back at home did we notice it.

Hoping again to capture something of interest in the east, I slowly panned the camera across the desert plateau which stretched all the way to the horizon. After several minutes I felt somewhat foolish about filming what appeared to be empty desert. I packed up my camera and joined Robert and Mike who were packing our gear into the trucks. However I kept glancing back towards the east, hoping to see a UFO. It was then that the sky exploded with thunder.

Two F-14 Tomcats blasted past us with a deafening roar. They were flying at what appeared to be less than 500 feet in altitude and were moving at upwards of 400 knots per hour. Robert. who is from San Diego, is quite familiar with this type of craft which has operated out of Miramar Naval Air Station. He easily recognized the Navy markings on the fighters. They were moving in combat formation. The lead plane was slightly ahead, but still very close to its wing man. They whizzed by less than a quarter of mile to our north. I was stunned. The sound of the powerful engines was truly awe inspiring. Wing tip to wing tip, they were so close to the ground that when I saw them shoot past by my left shoulder. I didn’t even have to look up! The F-14s were heading due east.

Our ears ringing, Robert, Mike and I shouted at one another. “What the hell was that?” Less than 30 seconds later, the second wave of fighter bombers roared past. Two jet aircraft, one on the left another on our right bracketed our position. These babies were higher in altitude, perhaps eight to nine hundred feet up. They were moving even faster than the first wave. The jets were separated from one another by only about three hundred yards as they passed on either side of us. Robert was less certain of the type of craft in the second wave. As they thundered across the desert, the plane to the north banked sharply to the right in order to avoid a distant mountain top. My state of shock was quickly turning to a sense of grave concern. This was not safe, especially for the pilots.

The third wave of fighters immediately followed the second. Again two military jets bracketing our position. They were flying at about eight hundred feet up, just as before, one on each side of us. I had to admit that despite my concerns, those jets looked absolutely beautiful. Up to that moment I had only seen movies of high performance jet aircraft. They were so fast and so powerful. Such power was something to be marveled at. Yet there was definitely something very wrong going on.

We had driven three hours into the desert as part of what we had imagined was a citizen’s diplomatic mission. It was ending up like the prelude to a possible interplanetary shooting match. As seductively beautiful as those six jets appeared when experienced up close, they were not gentle little butterflies. They represented about 200 million dollars worth of killing machine. It was all wrong. With a sick feeling in my stomach I wondered if there might be a connection between those strange phone calls which I had received at home and the apparent surveillance that our CSETI team had experienced before reaching our research site? Could the fighter bombers’ sudden appearance have something to do with our encounter the previous night?

A wave of sadness and disappointment rolled over me. I imagined we had tried to extend the olive branch to the Extraterrestrials. If the bombers by chance had caught up with those golden globes, something other than peaceful offerings might be exchanged. I began to feel terribly ashamed.

End of Part II.

In the third and final part of this draft report which perhaps should be titled “Aftermath”, I describe what our CSETI team was able to learn about the three waves of fighter bombers which buzzed us on January 25, 1996 Was it simply a “routine training mission?” The National Park Service ranger we spoke to didn’t think so. What was the possible relationship between the jets and the apparent surveillance we had experienced earlier? And finally what about those mysterious phone calls my wife and I received prior to my going out into the field? These questions and the possible implications of this incident for CSETI’s program will be discussed. Please stay tuned!

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