"In a conversation with Colonel Halt in 1990 [he was now a full Colonel], I asked him about the top secret status of all this in light of what had happened. He told me then that there was nothing classified about any of this. The Air Force, you see, has always had this sort of policy that, `Yeah, you can talk about this incident or that incident because technically it isn't classified, not officially classified, but -- it's not a good idea.' That was always the way it had been given to me. So I never talked to anybody about this. However, others have, including some who don't know what they're talking about because they weren't out there. There's a lot of truth to be told here, and that's all anybody wants to hear is the facts. To sensationalize it, well . . . that's pointless. It's pretty sensational in and of itself what happened. "For starters, this is one of the most witnessed and best documented UFO encounters ever, observed from a distance by some 80 people on the first night and an additional 30 on the second night -- all of whom were trained observers. This was our profession -- to be observing situations that might occur. We were on the alert. Our senses were ready. Out there, we were trained to be sponges, absorbing everything we saw or heard and documenting it with notes and mentally. Then there was my camera and the photographs I took, which have to be somewhere. There were radio transmissions that were heard and a tape of the deputy base commander's investigation, which is circulating out there. Then again, this was an unknown, and there's a lot of fear about the unknown. "At this point, I don't think I have broken any confidentiality oaths with the Department of Defense or the federal government. I would not do that or anything that would jeopardize the security of our country."

This is one of the most witnessed and best documented UFO encounters ever, observed by some 80 people on the first night and an additional 30 on the second.

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