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- UFO GROUP FASCINATED BY GULF BREEZES SIGHTINGS
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- 02/28/88
- GULF BREEZES, FL (UPI) [Via Moseley/Saucer Smear] -- A man who took
- 21 photos of objects he says are flying saucers and claims he has twice
- seen diminutive aliens has generated interest from a group that
- investigates UFO sightings.
- Mutual UFO Network, or MUFON, in Texas says the Panhandle case is
- either an elaborate hoax or one of the most amazing encounters ever. The
- key is "Ed," a home builder with bizarre tales of encounters he claims are
- continuing.
- In the March edition of MUFON's "UFO Journal," investigators
- offer one possible explanation for why Ed is privy to sightings: aliens
- may have placed an implant in his head in an abduction years ago, and the
- implant is now being activated.
- Hoax or not, it's garnered a lot of interest from a local weekly.
- It all began when the Gulf Breeze Sentinel on Nov. 19 published
- Polaroid photos of a glowing object. The anonymous photographer claimed
- they were taken Nov. 11. He said he would come forward if others saw the
- same thing.
- The following week the paper published accounts from other residents
- who claimed they saw a similar object, and other photos taken by two other
- anonymous photographers.
- The newspaper has had nearly weekly updates ever since. This week
- the paper published a four-page insert with more photos and an open letter
- from "Ed." In addition to a picture purporting to show a UFO with a light
- beam shining down, the insert has a drawing of a 4-foot-tall alien with
- almond shaped eyes and carrying a silver wand.
- Two daily newspapers that previously ignored the sightings last week
- ran stories, and a local television station had a three-part series about
- Ed's sightings. The editor of the Gulf Breeze paper said he has talked to
- reporters from Miami and Orlando and the National Enquirer in Lantana.
- The photographs have been scrutinized by many people who claim to be
- photo experts. Some say they are the real thing, others say they are set
- up. None has said how they were doctored.
- Ed's reliability is the key, and he has made some incredible claims.
- The article in the MUFON publication said it was premature to make a
- judgment about the validity of the case, but does call the sightings an
- "incredible UFO photographic and CE-III (Close Encounter of the Third
- Kind) case."
- It describes in detail 13 alleged encounters "Ed" had. They range
- from hearing a "humming" in his head to a Jan. 12 incident where he claims
- he was stopped by a UFO that landed in front of his truck and saw five
- aliens approaching.
- He left, in great haste.
- On several other occasions, Ed claims he was caught in a blue beam
- that held him fast in place. Once it levitated him toward their craft,
- then let him go for reasons unknown.
- He has also told investigators he has heard voices, telling him not
- to be afraid and to stop resisting. He claims he is tipped off to the UFOs
- appearance by a humming sound in his head.
- Because of the humming sound, MUFON investigators have supplied Ed
- with a two-way radio so he can tell them when an experience occurs. He has
- done so, but so far no investigators have seen a UFO.
- The MUFON article ventured to theorize about why Ed has been singled
- out.
- "There is a possibility that Ed may have had an implant installed in
- his head at some time in his life" that was only recently activated, the
- article said.
- The MUFON article said it normally does not publish sighting reports
- until being thoroughly investigated. But it said it was making an
- exception because it is an "ongoing" case with continuing sightings.