Did Howard Hughes View a Captured UFO and Its Occupants?

oward Hughes ever get a chance to view aand I want you on board,” Hughes
captured or crashed UFO and its occupants? Iexplained. That was the end of their meeting.
have long pondered this question and there mayA few weeks later Hughes took Linda’s
now be an answer to it. According to a formerfather aside again and told him to forget about
employee of Hughes Aircraft, he did. The visittheir previous conversation in the office. He gave
allegedly occurred not long after the crash of anher dad the impression that there were too many
alien spacecraft near Roswell, New Mexico, inhassles and not enough money for him to get
1947. You may think this story belongs in theinvolved with that project. Her father felt it was
BELIEVE OR NOT file and you may be right, but Imore plausible to believe that Hughes
feel compelled to pass it on to you anyway.wouldn’t have been able to run the show
Linda is a retired teacher. She taught in public andand didn’t want to get involved with
private schools for over thirty years and hassomething he couldn’t fully direct. Or,
emailed me an impressive array of diplomas andperhaps he knew or had learned something more
certifications. She also emailed a few photos andabout the project that turned him off to it.
some paperwork that verifies the fact that herIt wasn’t until many years after their
father probably worked for Howard Hughes.conversation in that office that Linda’s
Because she asked for anonymity, I cannot sayfather came to realize that Hughes might have
much more about her or divulge where shebeen talking about a crashed UFO and, specifically,
currently lives at this time. I have encouraged herone that probably crashed or was shot down
to come forward at some point and tell her ownduring the summer of 1947. Her dad had never
story in her own words.shown any type of interest in UFOs or Aliens.
Linda says that her father was involved withLinda believed he might have come across the
Hughes Aircraft as early as 1942, but theinformation about one of the UFO crashes from
timeframe that concerns this story is the yearthe tabloids that his wife read. The timing would
1947. It was during the summer of that year thathave been correct because I saved issues of the
Howard Hughes was obsessed with getting hisNational Enquirer and other supermarket tabloids
oversized wooden seaplane nicknamed theduring the 1970s and recall articles about alien and
"Spruce Goose” ready for a test flight.military encounters and UFO crashes.
Officially known as the H-4 Hercules, the aircraftI asked Linda if her dad might have been kidding
flew only once on November 2, 1947. Theher about the Hughes incident. “Oh,
amount of time and work that went into gettingno,” she said, “Dad never told tale
the Hercules ready for that flight was unbelievable.tales. He had enough true stories about Hughes
Her father worked closely with Hughes during theand other important people he met throughout
Hercules project and later became a full-timethe years… He didn’t need to
employee of Hughes Aircraft. The two men metmake up stories… I am certain he was
after he was referred to Hughes by a mutualtelling me the truth.” I also asked Linda
acquaintance just after the USA declared war onhow many times they discussed that story after
the Axis powers and entered World War II. Lindahe first told it to her. She replied, “Not
told me that Hughes used as her dad as amore than a couple of times… He
“problem solver.” He had a knackwasn’t interested in UFOs… He told
for being able to look at most any mechanicalme the story on a whim because he thought it
problem and quickly suggest a practical solution.might give me a chuckle or two… Dad had
He also had the kind of temperament that allowednothing to add to the story and I believe
him to work with the eccentric billionaire.that’s why we never discussed it
Hughes was besieged with a number of problemsmuch.”
during the summer of 1947 including a U.S. SenateUnfortunately, her father passed away a few
inquiry into the way he had managed funds foryears ago. I doubt he realized the impact that the
the Hercules and XF-11 Photoreconnaissancestory had on his daughter. Before she heard it,
Aircraft projects. Linda says that shortly after heLinda barely gave the subject of UFOs a second
testified at the Senate hearings, Howard Hughesthought. Afterward, she slowly became fascinated
returned to oversee work on the Hercules andwith the subject and told me, “My father
spoke to her father about his possibletold me that what Howard said he saw sounded a
involvement in an important government project.lot like what the tabloids were describing as
According to Linda, Howard Hughes and hercrashed alien spaceships… and the bodies
father were not friends and her dad wouldthat he viewed fit the descriptions of
probably not be considered a part ofaliens… I do not believe everything that
Hughes‘ inner circle if such a thing existed.politicians tell me, but I never saw a reason to
However, he did spend a lot of time with Hughesdisbelieve what they were saying about UFOs.
during the Hercules project and the two had aWhat would they have to gain by lying about
casual working relationship as long as her fatherthem? It wasn’t until my father told me
delivered the goods. She told me that her dadthe story about Howard and the material that I
said he was busy brainstorming with somebegan to doubt their denials…”
engineers when Hughes summoned him into anLinda said that she started reading UFO articles
empty office. Hughes had a kind of inquisitivelypublished in some of the mainstream newspapers
stern look on his face and that usually meant thatand magazines. Those tidbits awakened a casual
he wanted some advice on how to solve ainterest in learning more about the subject.
problem or was about to start a new project.However, after retired Colonel Jesse Marcel came
Howard stepped away from the door to theforward to expose the Roswell UFO cover up,
office, but didn’t close it. There wasshe went out of her way to learn as much as
enough noise outside of the office so that no oneshe could about UFO crashes and military
could hear their conversation anyway. Howard satencounters. “I purchased a used copy of
down on a stool near the window. Linda’sa book by Donald Keyhoe and read it cover to
father stepped over to where he was sitting andcover,” Linda told me. “That book
listened intently. Hughes hated repeating himselfopened my eyes… I now believe there is
and despised people that were not good listeners.much more to the subject than what
Hughes told her dad that he had been contactedwe‘re being told.”
by a “high ranking member of the UnitedI asked Linda why she waited so long to tell the
States Armed Forces” while he was instory she heard from her father about Howard
Washington, D.C.Hughes and the strange aircraft. “I am a
The billionaire was used to receiving unusualvery private person… I believe in doing all I
requests from the military. He was known ascan to promote education and to encourage
someone that could keep a secret and solvestudents to stay in school. I want them to go as
complicated problems. According to Linda’sfar as they can in life… I do not want to
father, this one might have been the mother of allbecome the poster child for government
the most secret and complicated situations thatconspiracies… You seem legitimately
the government ever faced. Hughes said that heinterested in discovering the truth about UFOs and
visited a military base on the way back from theAliens. I believe that if people have a chance to
congressional hearings. He didn’t mentionlearn about the story that my father told to me,
where it was located and provided few detailsthey might feel compelled to come forward and
about what happened there.share their own experiences and information with
Linda’s father said that Hughes seemedyou.”
uncomfortable talking about his visit to the base.I have a million more questions for Linda, but it is
He hated situations that he couldn’tobvious that her father was given little more than
personally control and seemed to indicate that thea thumbnail sketch about Howard Hughes
entire event was orchestrated and controlled byexperience with a strange object and its
the military. With the exception of Hughes, nooccupants. He was only able to tell her what
civilians were present. Howard said that theyHughes had told him. Not the best scenario, so I
showed him a new type of aircraft. Most of itcannot say for sure that this story involves a
was in pieces and it was obvious that the thingcrashed UFO and it‘s occupants. I can say
had crashed or been shot down. Hughes assumedthat I believe Linda’s dad heard a story
it might have been something that the Russiansabout a strange aircraft and unusually tiny
cooked up.crewmembers from Howard Hughes and that he
It wasn’t until Hughes got closer to thetold it to his daughter just the way he heard it,
material that he noticed it was anything butstraight from the horse’s mouth.
conventional. He didn’t pick up or touchI have been researching Linda’s story for
any of it, but told Linda’s father that itabout a week. I have spoken with her over the
looked like “the damnedest stuffphone on several occasions. With her permission, I
I’ve ever seen.” The militaryrecorded the calls and subjected them to a voice
officers present told him that despite the factstress analysis using an inexpensive testing unit I
that it was in pieces, the material was extremelypurchased a few years ago. If accurate, the
resistant to heat, cold and pressure. They alsoresults indicate that she was not being deceptive
said that it was almost impossible to penetrate,during our conversation. As a experienced UFO
yet it might have been an implosion that causedresearcher, I was pleased that she cooperated
the crash. Howard never said if it had any writingwith various requests I had for more information.
on it and provided no further details about theThat is almost always a good sign.
material or the aircraft.Linda has emailed enough documentation to make
Hughes told Linda’s father that the deadme believe that she is who she claims to be and
bodies of the crew members from the aircraftthat her father was employed at Hughes Aircraft.
had also been recovered by the military and wereThe materials she provided indicate that he
mostly intact. He said they allowed him to viewprobably worked for Howard Hughes on specific
the bodies and described them as looking likeprojects as a consultant before he became a full
“dwarves” or “deformedtime employee. Because Hughes never told him
midgets” wearing seamless flight suits. Hethat he actually saw an alien spacecraft or
added no details about where or how they werereferred to the dead crew members as aliens,
being kept. Instead, he got right to the point.we have to fill in the blanks with some careful
“They want me to figure this thing outspeculation.