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- WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- oceanographic and physical sciences
-
- Dr. Robert I. Sarbacher
- President and Chairman of Board
-
- November 29, 1983
-
-
-
- Mr.__________________
- _____________________
- _____________________
-
- Dear Mr.____________:
-
- I am sorry I have taken so long in answering your letters. However, I have
- moved my office and have had to make a number of extended trips.
-
- To answer your last question in your letter of October 14, 1983, there is
- no particular reason I feel I shouldn't or couldn't answer any or all of
- your questions. I am delight- ed to answer all of them to the best of my
- ability.
-
- You listed some of your questions in your letter of September 12th. I will
- attemp to answer them as you had listed them.
-
- 1. Relating to my own experience regarding re- covered flying saucers, I
- had no association with any of the people involved in the recovery and have
- no knowl- edge regarding the dates of the recoveries. If I had I would
- send it to you.
-
- 2. Regarding verification that persons you list were involved, I can only
- say this:
-
- John Von Neuman was definitely involved. Dr. Vannever Bush was definitely
- involved, and I think Dr. Robert Oppenheimer also.
-
- My association with the Research and Development Board under Doctor Compton
- during the Eisenhower administration was rather limited so that although I
- had been invited to participate in several discussions associated with the
- re- ported recoveries, I could not personally attend the meetings. I am
- sure that they would have asked Dr. Von Braun, and the others that you
- listed were probably asked and may or may not have attended. This is all I
- know for sure.
-
- 3. I did receive some official reports when I was in my office at the
- Pentagon but all of these were left there as at the time we were never
- supposed to take them out of the office.
-
- 4. I do not recall receiving any photographs such as you request so I am
- not in a position to answer.
-
- 5. I have to make the same reply as on No. 4.
-
- I recall the interview with Dr. Brenner of the Canadian Embassy. I think
- the answers I gave him were the ones you listed. Naturally, I was more
- familiar with the subject matter under discussion, at that time. actually,
- I would have been able to give more specific answers had I attend- ed the
- meetings concerning the subject. You must understand that I took this
- assignment as a private contribution. We were called "dollar-a-year men".
- My first responsibility was the maintenance of my own business activity so
- that my participation was limited.
-
- About the only thing I remember at this time is that certain materials
- reported to have come from flying saucer crashes were extremely light and
- very tough. I am sure our laboratories analyzed them very carefully.
-
- There were reports that instruments or people operating these machines were
- also of very light weight, sufficient to withstand the tremendous
- deceleration and acceleration associated with their machinery. I remember
- in talking with some of the people at the office that I got the impression
- these "aliens" were constructed like certain insects we have observed on
- earth, wherein because of the low mass the inertial forces involved in
- operation of these instruments would be quite low.
-
- I still do not know why the high order of classification has been given and
- why the denial of the existence of these devices.
-
- I am sorry it has taken me so long to reply but I suggest you get in touch
- with the others who may be directly involved in this program.
-
- Sincerely yours,
-
- (SIGNATURE)
-
- Dr. Robert I. Sarbacher
-
- P. S. It occurs to me that Dr. Bush's name is inccorrect
- as you have it. Please check the spelling.
-
-
-
-
- JUNE 13, 1987
-
- Dear Sirs,
-
- Although I missed your very recent radio and tv shows, a friend suggested
- that I write this letter and share my information with you. I am fifty
- year af age engineer that has worked in the private sector, as well as with
- the government.
-
- From 1975 to 1980, i was involved with several investigations having to do
- with E.T. material. Even though the project was very well covered, I am
- still very much surprised that Project Pluto and results have not surfaced
- yet.
-
- In as much as the project was handled by others, there was no question that
- the government was in full control. For security purposes, Project Pluto
- had five levels. Those who investigated one level had nothing to do with
- the next, and would only turn in the results of data of these findings to
- the next level, then go on to another area.
-
- No one that I knew ever had the results of two levels at the same time.
- There was only one very rare exception to the rule which took place in
- 1975, and was in fact my very first assignment with the project. I was
- employed by a non- government firm that of course was directly involved
- with the government, and probably fronted for them on the projects.
-
- I would assume that eventually government records could be made available
- to the general public, but not from the private sector. I'm not really
- sure. In any event, several others and myself were rushed to a rather
- remote place in upstate Pennsylvannia.
-
- We were informed that every thing was top secret, and had to remain that
- way. We were even housed in a hotel close by, and security people were
- assigned to us. Some type of aircraft had crashed in this area, and the
- government felt that it would be easier and faster to do all of their
- investigation right there rather than to move the remains of the wreck, and
- whatever evidence the soil may contain.
-
- The wreck site was rather difficult to get to, however, we turned it into a
- construction site, clearing the area, and building two small and one very
- large metal pre-fab buildings over and around the wreck. Heavy equipment,
- materials, and workers were flown in and out on a daily basis.
-
- We were moved from the hotel to some mobile homes that were brought in for
- us, and many more top level people who joined us. I might add that the
- local people who still lived some distance from the site, were led to
- believe that a large private corporation was preparing to build an
- electrical power supply for the area. But it was off limits to everyone in
- the area.
-
- We were some of the first ones on the scene other than lots of security
- people. The wreck had already been covered by very large canvas blankets,
- and large nets were tented over head to protect the site from any possible
- air traffic. I did manage to get a very good look at the wreck on several
- occasions. My first thoughts were that it may have been and experimental
- air craft of our government, or perhaps the government of another.
-
- It was later suggested to us that it was a new type of air craft of a
- foreign government, and it was a super hush hush project. That air craft
- was nothing like I have ever seen or probably ever will again.
-
- The crash site was also something quite different. The disturbed soil was
- about a hundred feet in diameter, although the craft was much larger in
- length. I only saw what appeared to be about two/thirds of the rear end,
- and even that was about ten feet below the surface. When it crashed on
- about a 30 degree angle, it pushed all the earth back away from the craft
- itself. Almost as if the hole were made first, and then something half the
- size was put in place.
-
- My best thought of this rather strange hole is that some kind of magnetic
- field had pushed all the earth away from the craft at impact. It was
- reasonable to assume that I was looking down at the rear end of the air
- craft, yet there was nothing to indicate that it had any kind of engine as
- we know it. Not even one little opening.
-
- I don't really like to use the term cigar, but since I could not see the
- front part, it certainly appeared to have once been shaped like a large
- cigar. That's by best description.
-
- If it was a craft from a foreign government, then we are in big trouble. I
- actually held one small portion of the wreck in my hand. Incidently, there
- was only a very small reading of radio waves in the area. The area was
- quite safe. There was on the other hand, a great deal of free magnetic
- energy in that area. It was very difficult using our instruments. It was
- very difficult just to establish the correct time. Every wrist watch was a
- different time.
-
- The piece of physical evidence that I held in my hand, was a material that
- I really can't identify. It may have been torn from the front of the craft
- when it crashed. A few of us compared thoughts as to what it might be, but
- no one was really certain. None of us had ever seen anything like it
- before. It was about one square foot and about an inch thick. It weighed
- almost nothing, and one had the feeling that it may blow away if you let go
- of it and the wind increased.
-
- It was the same color and texture of the large portion, so it was safe to
- assume that it was part of the shell of the craft. It weighed nowhere near
- enough to be any metal that we had ever seen. It even weighed less than
- any plastic that I had seen of a similar size.
-
- I tried to scratch it with a pocket knife, and even cut away a small piece
- of the edge, but the knife did nothing to it. The surface was clear as
- glass, and stronger than anything we had ever seen. It was like trying to
- scratch the surface of glass with a feather. Of course, we had to turn it
- into the security people.
-
- After the site was secure, the first groups that included myself were taken
- away. There was a very thorough strip search prior to us being given
- jumpsuits, and put into a truck for the transportation to a waiting plane.
- We were taken to another area and debriefed before we were allowed to
- return to our normal way of life.
-
- About three months later, a few of us returned to the site to remove the
- buildings, fill up the hole, and generally put the area back into the same
- shape as it may have been prior to the crash. We went through the same
- type of security search and debriefing as we had done the first time.
- Whatever was left of the craft had been removed and sent to - unknown-.
-
- Almost one year to the day, I was sent to another crash site. Everything
- was a repeat of the first time, except that there were six of us. Four of
- us were part of the first crash site, and the other two were new. This
- time the air craft was buried so deep into the lower side of a hill that we
- could not get a good look at it.
-
- The security arrangements were just about the same, and we constructed
- similar buildings around it. It was very close to a rerun of the first
- crash site. Only this time we were told, "as a matter of fact it was a top
- secret experimental air craft that had crashed". I could however, manage
- to see the rear end of the craft. It appeared to be the same type as the
- first. The code name of the project was Pluto, as it was the first also.
- Incidently, that was in upstate New York, in 1976. I do not know if there
- were any "people" or life forms aboard.
-
- Several years later, I had an occasion to be in the area of site #one. The
- bartender only recognized me because he brought in our first room service
- the first night we stayed there. There was no room service there, but he
- made his one and only exception to the rule for us. He asked me lots of
- questions which of course had no answers for, nor would I give any. He
- told me that he heard that there were lots of medical people on the site.
- He thought that rather odd for an electric power station. He assumed that
- there must have been some kind of an accident, or lots of waste material in
- the area. We let it go at that.
-
- It appears that security was very good, and no one had any idea that an air
- craft had crashed there. I suspect that the air craft was fifty feet in
- diameter and as long as two hundred feet. I could be wrong in the length.
- As I recall the under portion of air craft #one had more of a flat surface.
- It was difficult to see, but I do recall the difference in the portion of
- the under surface that I could see.
-
- There were also a few interesting grooves on the top and side areas about
- twenty feet long. We had speculated that either a steering fin had been
- attached, or a place where it could slide through from the inside, similar
- to the type of system used to lower wheels on any air craft. First
- speculation!
-
- In 1978, I was again sent to a crash site. We arrived the day after the
- security people. This time the air craft landed in a lake in upstate
- Pennsylvannia. We went through the same motions, and built several
- buildings on the edge of the lake to house the craft, once it was removed
- from the water. Lots of Navy equipment was flown in, and there were divers
- everywhere. The same magnetic field was present as in the first two
- incidents. There was no air craft.
-
- I spent three weeks there in the event that the buildings had to be
- adjusted. It seems that the divers had located the exact spot that the air
- craft had rested on the bottom, but it was gone. There was lots of
- evidence on the beach that something very large had crashed into the lake
- causing the water of the lake to splash ashore, over thirty feet, and what
- was normally a rather clean lake, was suddenly a very large mudhole. After
- three weeks, I left and was subjected to the same type of security as the
- first two times.
-
- I didn't have to return to dismantle the pre-fab buildings. I would think
- that it was done by others very soon there after. There was some thoughts
- at first that the craft may have been buried under the bottom of the lake,
- but by this time, we knew enough about the craft to know if that were the
- case. It was not - it just vanished. Perhaps it was not damaged and
- managed to fly away. That may sound silly, but I believe that it is a
- reasonable conclusion. There was some damage to the immediate area. Six
- large electrical transformers, and some other equipment were burnt out and
- had to be replaced by the electric company. The government took the
- electrical equipment and had it flown somewhere else.
-
- In 1979, I was sent to the shores of southern Texas. The same type of
- situation, all the evidence led us to believe that whatever it was, it
- landed in the water and flew away.
-
- I understand that over twenty men actually saw it go into the water, but
- the days that followed bore no fruit. The Navy divers had a good deal of
- evidence that some thing has made a very large recent gash on the bottom in
- about seventy feet of water.
-
- The very same magnetic field was present, and every thing electrical in the
- immediate area was burnt out. By the end of 1979, I was sent back to the
- very same lake in Northern Pennsylvannia. It was a duplicate incident as
- the first time we were there. It had landed in the lake and was gone. The
- same electrical items were again destroyed, and the same magnetic field was
- evident. I really have no physical evidence to prove one way or another
- the identification of the air craft. I can only examine what I have
- experienced and wonder! My opinion is another story.
-
- I don't really believe that the air craft belongs to our Government or any
- other government on this earth. From 1975 to present, we would certainly
- have seen some kind of revolutionary change in our air craft. To date, I
- still have not seen any material to even slightly match the very first
- piece of physical evidence that I had examined. That alone, would have
- made a fantastic change in the material we use today. No corporation or
- government could keep that kind of material quality under cover for over
- twelve years. If they had invented it.
-
- After twelve years we probably don't even know what it is, or how to make
- it. I am positive that at the very least, they have two of the air craft
- hidden somewhere, and probably have learned very little from them, other
- than they exist. However, the company that I was associated with has made
- some gigantic leaps forward in electromagnetic forces. Perhaps they did
- learn something from it after all. If we wish to assume that these air
- craft are not from this earth, and are from way out there in space, then my
- goodness, the planet must be full of visitors. The air traffic alone, must
- be fantastic. It seems to me that who ever they are they have found it
- easier to land in the water rather than on our dry earth. Perhaps it was
- designed to land on water or a very flat surface.
-
- I have never really had any feelings one way or another abvout E.T.'s. I
- have elected to deal with hard evidence only, that was prior to 1975. For
- those few years afterwards, I could not help but interject some opinions
- into my brain.
-
- As I would rather deal with hard evidence only, I am forced to put all of
- this on a scale, and take a good hard look at the tilting of the scales.
- There is far too much here to ignore. I must confess that I had some what
- leaned towards the experimental air craft story. But as the years passed,
- it became evident that was only a cover story. Too much time has past, and
- our air craft are pretty much the same. There is no doubt in my mind that
- we as well as others, are constantly experimenting with new air craft,
- however at this late date, I am reasonably certain that those crash sites
- were not made by anything that we are familiar with, and then again, I
- still kind of reserve that possibility. As you can see, I have many mixed
- feelings about it.
-
- Im addition, I have no way of knowing if I had been on every crash site
- that occurred. There may have been many more during that period and many
- more since then.
-
- I really don't know if any one had ever been removed from the two wrecks,
- that I had personally seen. Perhaps they were only mechanical flights.
- Perhaps the medical people were only there - just in case. And/or to test
- the wreck for any form of unknown bacteria prior to removing it. Their
- being present is not really evidence that a life form was found. It could
- go either way.
-
- I just cannot imagine our government or any other keeping it such a secret,
- if in fact, they were not from this earth. It really serves no purpose
- that I can understand. Also appears to me that if they were from somewhere
- else that they mean us no harm. I would suspect that after all these
- years, if they meant us harm, we would most certainly know about it by now.
-
- Even if they were only mechanical flights, the fact that they could get
- here at all...so many times, is certainly a feat in itself, and worthy of
- publication.
-
- If the fact that they managed to get here at all, and the physical
- evidence, the material that I examined is any indication of how intelligent
- they are, then I would feel safe in assuming that they have left us in the
- stone age. On a personal level, I have no fear of meeting or contacting
- such a being. In fact, the very first time I saw the craft, the thought
- had entered my mind. I didn't expect a being like Frankenstein to come
- walking out. And for a short time I had wondered what I would do if
- suddenly a door opened and some form of life came out. What the heck! If
- it didn't look too bad I may have walked up and said hello just as I would
- to anyone else who may visit me.
-
- I would think that I would be more afraid of picking up some unknown form
- of bacteria than I would be of the life form itself. Well, today we can
- pick up AIDS...so, as I put the germ fear aside. Yes. I would certainly
- try to be friendly once the first wave of fear passed me by. What I fear
- more than any visitor is that some farmer is going to get them with a shot
- gun and do more damage than we can or want to handle. Also, some cowboy
- policeman trying to shoot his first space man. Because of that I should
- think that our government would try to edcucate us as to the proper way to
- handle any such situation. That little bit of awareness and education may
- save our planet form destruction. If there is clear evidence that we are
- being visited by intelligent life forms, then the heads of our government
- are by far crazier than I had imagined by trying to keep it a secret. The
- damage of hostile action on our part may not be repairable.
-
- I'm sorry but I am not familiar with your group, but my friend was very
- impressed by your speaker on tv as well as the radio. Because of that I am
- trying to share whatever information and evidence that I have which is in
- fact all first hand data. I have illustrated the evidence and information
- as it happened, and made note of where I speculated.
-
- There are many items that I have not included in this letter, only because
- this could turn into forty or fifty pages. At some time in the future, if
- you wish, I will take my time and write every detail that I can remember.
- I'll also put it on tape for clarification.
-
- I was told that you plan to open another branch in the future in the
- Philadelphia area? If that's the case I would certainly be interested in
- some form of association with your group. I belong to no other and never
- had any desire to, however, I understand that you are serious people, and
- worthy of respect. I regard the opinion of my friend very highly. He is a
- professor of physics, and himself a very serious person. I would
- appreciate your sending me some literature about your group, and your plans
- if any to enter the Philadelphia area. I think that you have selected a
- very good location. There are many very serious people there and a good
- solid investigation group would be quite welcome. I'm certain that once
- you entered the area the support group would be fantastic. If you selected
- Philadelphia, then the assured that you picked the right city for another
- branch.
-
- Incidently, my experience in the E.T. world ended in 1980, when I changed
- positions. Have you had any reports of material that I examined belonging
- to an air craft from others? And the ever present magnetic field, do you
- gave any reports from others similar to that? I have heard of others
- saying that they have seen a cigar shaped air craft, and I feel rather
- silly. Perhaps that's not the word. But, to the best of my knowledge and
- sight, it appeared to be just that. A cigar shaped craft. Please note
- that in both cases, I had never seen the front of the craft. i can only
- assume that the design was constant. I'll close for now and hope to hear
- from you. I remain, (AUTHORS NAME CENSORED)
-
-
-
-
-
- April 20, 1980
-
- ______________
- ______________
- ______________
-
- Dear ________,
-
- I read your letter of the 13th with considerable interest. It seems
- difficult to believe that I have finally found someone that is as
- interested in finding out the true story of Project Red Light.
-
- First of all I would like to address the specific points requested in your
- letter, and then I will expand on them and other items as well.
-
- 1. I did not know about the UFO movie prior to reading your article.
-
- 2. I found out the name of Project Redlight almost by accident. I was
- ____________________________________________ in a warehouse at Area 51 and
- saw a large number of wooden shipping crates (the type made with tongue and
- groove lumber and used for shipping heavy items securely) with the code
- name "Project Redlight" written with grease pen or felt tip pen. Also on
- the crates was a stencilled "Edwards AFB" in standard military type of
- letters.
-
- 3. The article in Readers Digest that I referred to was about a UFO that
- flew over the US from the East Coast to where it "blew up" somewhere over
- eastern Nevada. The article did not state that the pilot was human. I'm
- sorry for the confusion on this. The reason that I felt that this Digest
- article is important is that I remember a period shortly after the date
- given in the article (I don't reemember what it was, sorry) everything came
- to a screeching halt at Area 51. As you can see, I am just putting two and
- two together, but I am satisfied that the UFO of the Digest article and the
- UFO of Project Redlight are/were one and the same.
-
- Now for some additional information that has come to mind since I talked to
- you.
-
- Your report about the motorcycle riders is interesting. I can remember
- hearing similar rumors while I worked on the test site and I would not
- doubt the authenticity of your report. The security force at Area 51 while
- I serviced the Area were heavily armed and I considered them dangerous.
- There were several times that I was in the wrong place at the right time
- and had it not been provable that i was not snooping or trying to snoop I
- really don't think I would be writing you this letter. Incidentally, the
- security wore standard air police uniforms but looked nothing like any of
- the AP's I have ever dealt with. They were all in their 30's to 40's, and
- looked like dock workers. Also as I remember it the only markings they
- wore just said Air Police. They did not have Nellis AFB on anything but a
- few of their vehicles, and I believe that they were assigned to Edwards
- rather than Nellis. The reason I remember this is that it seemed strange
- to me during my first trip to Area 51 I noticed a slight difference in
- their uniforms from Nellis AP's, and I over- heard a couple of remarks that
- indicated they were from Edwards.
-
- Another interesting point. I was accustomed to going out onto the Bombing
- and Gunnery Range and had a number at Indian springs (Nellis AFB maintains
- a forward area base there) to call to get clearence onto the range. This
- was SOP. However, in the case of Area 51 I called the security office at
- Area 51. This indicated to me that Nellis AFB had nothing to do with the
- operation of Area 51. Also the designation of Area 51 was classified TOP
- SECRET.
-
- Incidentally, although I carried a "Q" clearance from the Atomic Energy
- Commission as well as an inter agency TOP SECRET clearance I was
- investigated for a special Air Force TOP SECRET clearance in order to
- operate in Area 51.
-
- At this point I am going to give you just a series of disconnected
- observations that I made in the hope that they may tie in with something
- you or Len Stringfield may know.
-
- 1. I saw some crates being unloaded from a cargo plane. The aircraft was
- a super constellation with standard markings and had nothing to indicate it
- had any military connections. There was no airline name on it.
-
- 2. I only saw the UFO one time. It was on the ground and partly hidden
- behind a building and at first I thought it was a small private aircraft
- until I noticed it had no wings or tail. I was probably 1/2 mile or
- farther from it but I would guess it 20 to 30 feet in diameter and sort of
- a pewter color rather than bright polished aluminium.
-
- 3. The reason I know it flew silently is I was present on a number of
- occasions when it was landing or taking off (I was always taken inside and
- out of view of the runway at these times) and at no time did I hear
- anything that sounded like a conventional or any other kind of engine.
-
- 4. I was working on their ______ several times when they just_______.
- However since I was there to work on them I really didn't think anything
- about it. Oh yes, they would ___________ again just as suddenly. Also
- there were a number of times that I was called out to work on ______ and
- could not find anything wrong with it. 5. On of the men that I knew were
- "Pilots" was just slightly larger than me.
-
- 6. Most of the test flights occurred in the daytime rather than at night.
-
- 7. The radio frequency they used at that time was in the regular
- commercial VHF band and was a simplex frequency. At one time I had the
- Freq. written down but I have no idea now what it was. Anyway, i really
- think that someone with a scanner could pick them up if they were to park
- on the road to the east of the test site and use some kind of directional
- antenna.
-
- 8. Before I send this letter I will try to gey a USC&GS map of the area
- and will mark the location of Area 51 on it.
-
- 9. There was a Radar Station at the north end of the test site near the
- town of Tonopah, Nevada. A fellow from my home town of _______,________
- was an operator there. His name is __________ __________ . We were
- talking about the test site one day when he mentioned that he was always
- picking up UFO's over the test site but was told to ignore them. I
- remember him telling about one that he picked up on the edge of his RBI on
- the first revolution was directly overhead on the second pass and was just
- going off the scope on the third revolution of the antenna.
-
- 10. For some reason I seem to remember that the Redlight is spelled
- Redlight i.e. all one word.
-
- 11. I always had the impression that the flight test area was from Area 51
- north because there is a natural valley that runs in that direction for 200
- miles or so. Also the area to the south was more populated. Also I
- entered Area 51 from the north and there were a couple of times that i was
- questioned about whether I had 'noticed' anything on the way in.
-
- 12. I was reminded constantly that no matter what I saw I could be in
- serious trouble if I ever talked about any of it. I can't stress how much
- how tight the security was, it was almost paranoid.
-
- 13. I don't think this has anything to do with Redlight, but I remember
- when I was a kid back in the 40's, on two occasions I saw a story about
- UFO's included in the weekly Pathe' News. There was one story about a UFO
- that had crashed somewhere and another story about a UFO thaqt was found in
- some farmers barn. Both of those stories were given the usual news
- treatment. The reason that I am mentioning this is that I recently read an
- article about the entire library of Pathe' movie film being given to an
- institution of some kind which would make it available to researchers. i
- am certain that if these film clips could be located they would be useful.
- Realizing that these stories appeared prior to Blue Book and at a time of
- Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, there is probably a better than even chance
- that they can be located by someone willing to spend the time viewing a few
- hundred hours of old news film.
-
- 14. More on item #7, the air-to-ground frequencies were in the 200mc
- range. I believe there is a standard set of air-to -ground or government
- frequencies either just above or just below the 220mc ham band and their
- communications were on those frequencies.
-
- Well there you have it ______. I hope that I have shed some light on some
- dark areas. Should any other thoughts come to mind that I feel may be
- important I will try to catch you on the ____________. Hopefully if I can
- get things settled down to a dull roar I will be able to start checking in
- on a more permanent basis. Of course, should you have any questions or
- want further clarification please contact me.
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- NOTE...Any information that would identify the sender or recipient of this
- letter has been deleted in order to protect them. The original document
- contains both names and addresses but will be given to no one without their
- permission. The reason Len Stringfields name is left in is that he is a
- known UFO researcher and it cannot hurt him as he was not the sender or
- receiver.
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