| Did Howard Hughes ever get a chance to
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| | Instead, he got right to the point. "They
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| view a captured or crashed UFO and its
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| | want me to figure this thing out and I
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| occupants? I have long pondered this
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| | want you on board," Hughes explained.
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| question and there may now be an answer
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| | That was the end of their meeting.
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| to it. According to a former employee of
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| | A few weeks later Hughes took Linda's
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| Hughes Aircraft, he did. The visit
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| | father aside again and told him to forget
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| allegedly occurred not long after the
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| | about their previous conversation in the
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| crash of an alien spacecraft near
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| | office. He gave her dad the impression
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| Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. You may
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| | that there were too many hassles and not
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| think this story belongs in the BELIEVE
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| | enough money for him to get involved with
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| OR NOT file and you may be right, but I
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| | that project. Her father felt it was more
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| feel compelled to pass it on to you
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| | plausible to believe that Hughes wouldn't
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| anyway.
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| | have been able to run the show and didn't
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| Linda is a retired teacher. She taught in
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| | want to get involved with something he
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| public and private schools for over
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| | couldn't fully direct. Or, perhaps he
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| thirty years and has emailed me an
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| | knew or had learned something more about
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| impressive array of diplomas and
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| | the project that turned him off to it.
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| certifications. She also emailed a few
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| | It wasn't until many years after their
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| photos and some paperwork that verifies
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| | conversation in that office that Linda's
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| the fact that her father probably worked
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| | father came to realize that Hughes might
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| for Howard Hughes. Because she asked for
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| | have been talking about a crashed UFO
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| anonymity, I cannot say much more about
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| | and, specifically, one that probably
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| her or divulge where she currently lives
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| | crashed or was shot down during the
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| at this time. I have encouraged her to
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| | summer of 1947. Her dad had never shown
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| come forward at some point and tell her
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| | any type of interest in UFOs or Aliens.
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| own story in her own words.
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| | Linda believed he might have come across
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| Linda says that her father was involved
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| | the information about one of the UFO
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| with Hughes Aircraft as early as 1942,
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| | crashes from the tabloids that his wife
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| but the timeframe that concerns this
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| | read. The timing would have been correct
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| story is the year 1947. It was during the
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| | because I saved issues of the National
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| summer of that year that Howard Hughes
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| | Enquirer and other supermarket tabloids
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| was obsessed with getting his oversized
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| | during the 1970s and recall articles
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| wooden seaplane nicknamed the "Spruce
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| | about alien and military encounters and
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| Goose" ready for a test flight.
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| | UFO crashes.
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| Officially known as the H-4 Hercules, the
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| | I asked Linda if her dad might have been
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| aircraft flew only once on November 2,
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| | kidding her about the Hughes incident.
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| 1947. The amount of time and work that
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| | "Oh, no," she said, "Dad never told tale
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| went into getting the Hercules ready for
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| | tales. He had enough true stories about
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| that flight was unbelievable.
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| | Hughes and other important people he met
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| Her father worked closely with Hughes
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| | throughout the years... He didn't need to
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| during the Hercules project and later
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| | make up stories... I am certain he was
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| became a full-time employee of Hughes
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| | telling me the truth." I also asked Linda
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| Aircraft. The two men met after he was
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| | how many times they discussed that story
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| referred to Hughes by a mutual
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| | after he first told it to her. She
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| acquaintance just after the USA declared
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| | replied, "Not more than a couple of
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| war on the Axis powers and entered World
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| | times... He wasn't interested in UFOs...
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| War II. Linda told me that Hughes used as
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| | He told me the story on a whim because he
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| her dad as a "problem solver." He had a
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| | thought it might give me a chuckle or
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| knack for being able to look at most any
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| | two... Dad had nothing to add to the
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| mechanical problem and quickly suggest a
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| | story and I believe that's why we never
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| practical solution. He also had the kind
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| | discussed it much."
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| of temperament that allowed him to work
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| | Unfortunately, her father passed away a
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| with the eccentric billionaire.
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| | few years ago. I doubt he realized the
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| Hughes was besieged with a number of
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| | impact that the story had on his
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| problems during the summer of 1947
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| | daughter. Before she heard it, Linda
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| including a U.S. Senate inquiry into the
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| | barely gave the subject of UFOs a second
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| way he had managed funds for the Hercules
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| | thought. Afterward, she slowly became
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| and XF-11 Photoreconnaissance Aircraft
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| | fascinated with the subject and told me,
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| projects. Linda says that shortly after
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| | "My father told me that what Howard said
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| he testified at the Senate hearings,
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| | he saw sounded a lot like what the
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| Howard Hughes returned to oversee work on
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| | tabloids were describing as crashed alien
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| the Hercules and spoke to her father
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| | spaceships... and the bodies that he
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| about his possible involvement in an
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| | viewed fit the descriptions of aliens...
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| important government project.
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| | I do not believe everything that
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| According to Linda, Howard Hughes and her
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| | politicians tell me, but I never saw a
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| father were not friends and her dad would
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| | reason to disbelieve what they were
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| probably not be considered a part of
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| | saying about UFOs. What would they have
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| Hughes' inner circle if such a thing
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| | to gain by lying about them? It wasn't
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| existed. However, he did spend a lot of
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| | until my father told me the story about
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| time with Hughes during the Hercules
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| | Howard and the material that I began to
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| project and the two had a casual working
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| | doubt their denials..."
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| relationship as long as her father
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| | Linda said that she started reading UFO
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| delivered the goods. She told me that her
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| | articles published in some of the
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| dad said he was busy brainstorming with
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| | mainstream newspapers and magazines.
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| some engineers when Hughes summoned him
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| | Those tidbits awakened a casual interest
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| into an empty office. Hughes had a kind
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| | in learning more about the subject.
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| of inquisitively stern look on his face
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| | However, after retired Colonel Jesse
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| and that usually meant that he wanted
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| | Marcel came forward to expose the Roswell
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| some advice on how to solve a problem or
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| | UFO cover up, she went out of her way to
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| was about to start a new project.
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| | learn as much as she could about UFO
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| Howard stepped away from the door to the
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| | crashes and military encounters. "I
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| office, but didn't close it. There was
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| | purchased a used copy of a book by Donald
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| enough noise outside of the office so
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| | Keyhoe and read it cover to cover," Linda
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| that no one could hear their conversation
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| | told me. "That book opened my eyes... I
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| anyway. Howard sat down on a stool near
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| | now believe there is much more to the
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| the window. Linda's father stepped over
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| | subject than what we're being told."
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| to where he was sitting and listened
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| | I asked Linda why she waited so long to
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| intently. Hughes hated repeating himself
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| | tell the story she heard from her father
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| and despised people that were not good
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| | about Howard Hughes and the strange
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| listeners. Hughes told her dad that he
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| | aircraft. "I am a very private person...
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| had been contacted by a "high ranking
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| | I believe in doing all I can to promote
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| member of the United States Armed Forces"
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| | education and to encourage students to
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| while he was in Washington, D.C.
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| | stay in school. I want them to go as far
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| The billionaire was used to receiving
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| | as they can in life... I do not want to
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| unusual requests from the military. He
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| | become the poster child for government
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| was known as someone that could keep a
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| | conspiracies... You seem legitimately
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| secret and solve complicated problems.
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| | interested in discovering the truth about
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| According to Linda's father, this one
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| | UFOs and Aliens. I believe that if people
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| might have been the mother of all the
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| | have a chance to learn about the story
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| most secret and complicated situations
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| | that my father told to me, they might
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| that the government ever faced. Hughes
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| | feel compelled to come forward and share
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| said that he visited a military base on
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| | their own experiences and information
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| the way back from the congressional
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| | with you."
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| hearings. He didn't mention where it was
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| | I have a million more questions for
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| located and provided few details about
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| | Linda, but it is obvious that her father
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| what happened there.
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| | was given little more than a thumbnail
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| Linda's father said that Hughes seemed
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| | sketch about Howard Hughes experience
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| uncomfortable talking about his visit to
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| | with a strange object and its occupants.
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| the base. He hated situations that he
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| | He was only able to tell her what Hughes
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| couldn't personally control and seemed to
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| | had told him. Not the best scenario, so I
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| indicate that the entire event was
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| | cannot say for sure that this story
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| orchestrated and controlled by the
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| | involves a crashed UFO and it's
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| military. With the exception of Hughes,
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| | occupants. I can say that I believe
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| no civilians were present. Howard said
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| | Linda's dad heard a story about a strange
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| that they showed him a new type of
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| | aircraft and unusually tiny crewmembers
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| aircraft. Most of it was in pieces and it
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| | from Howard Hughes and that he told it to
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| was obvious that the thing had crashed or
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| | his daughter just the way he heard it,
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| been shot down. Hughes assumed it might
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| | straight from the horse's mouth.
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| have been something that the Russians
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| | I have been researching Linda's story for
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| cooked up.
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| | about a week. I have spoken with her over
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| It wasn't until Hughes got closer to the
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| | the phone on several occasions. With her
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| material that he noticed it was anything
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| | permission, I recorded the calls and
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| but conventional. He didn't pick up or
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| | subjected them to a voice stress analysis
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| touch any of it, but told Linda's father
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| | using an inexpensive testing unit I
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| that it looked like "the damnedest stuff
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| | purchased a few years ago. If accurate,
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| I've ever seen." The military officers
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| | the results indicate that she was not
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| present told him that despite the fact
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| | being deceptive during our conversation.
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| that it was in pieces, the material was
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| | As a experienced UFO researcher, I was
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| extremely resistant to heat, cold and
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| | pleased that she cooperated with various
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| pressure. They also said that it was
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| | requests I had for more information. That
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| almost impossible to penetrate, yet it
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| | is almost always a good sign.
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| might have been an implosion that caused
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| | Linda has emailed enough documentation to
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| the crash. Howard never said if it had
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| | make me believe that she is who she
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| any writing on it and provided no further
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| | claims to be and that her father was
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| details about the material or the
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| | employed at Hughes Aircraft. The
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| aircraft.
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| | materials she provided indicate that he
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| Hughes told Linda's father that the dead
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| | probably worked for Howard Hughes on
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| bodies of the crew members from the
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| | specific projects as a consultant before
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| aircraft had also been recovered by the
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| | he became a full time employee. Because
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| military and were mostly intact. He said
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| | Hughes never told him that he actually
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| they allowed him to view the bodies and
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| | saw an alien spacecraft or referred to
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| described them as looking like "dwarves"
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| | the dead crew members as aliens, we have
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| or "deformed midgets" wearing seamless
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| | to fill in the blanks with some careful
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| flight suits. He added no details about
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| | speculation.
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| where or how they were being kept.
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