ELK RIVER CRASH PRESENTATION REVIEW
July 05, 2009 - 3:35pm
Kevin Randle reviewed my presentation on the Elk River Crash at the 6th annual UFO Crash Retrieval Conference in Las Vegas. His Blog titled “A Different Perspective” has an extensive review dated December 21, 2008.
“Given all this, James Clarkson, who appeared at the 6th Annual UFO Crash Retrieval Conference in Las Vegas, hosted by Ryan Wood, made a good case for adding another (UFO Crash Retrieval) to the list. According to Clarkson, on November 25, 1979, a number of people saw something fiery in the night sky and more than one of them thought of it as a craft without power. I use the term craft, though some of them described an airplane-like configuration with lighted with windows and fire on one side.”
As a retired police sergeant, I agree with Mr. Randle’s analysis further in his article that because of the Posse Comitatus Act, it would be illegal for the military to take over logging roads on private property and operate checkpoints without a civilian law enforcement presence.
What if the over-riding concerns were secrecy and time? Westport, a city of about 5,000 population had almost been hit by a fiery object seen by multiple witnesses over thirty miles from the impact point. If the explanation was a satellite or some other military hardware, ours or someone else’s, then the most prudent strategy would be: secure the area fast, keep out civilians, remove the crash debris, and then deny you were ever there.
I remain unconvinced that the Posse Comitatus Act would be obeyed in all situations. Since the other theory of the Elk River Crash investigation is that the crashed object may have had an extraterrestrial origin, the need for swift action by the military might be an even stronger argument for throwing out the law in favor of national security.
Kevin Randle concluded his analysis as follows:
“The official explanation of “helicopter exhaust glow,” offered later, is ridiculous. Even a quick look at the descriptions by the witnesses shows this to be untrue. I’ve flown in a lot of helicopter formations at night and the glow from the turbine just isn’t all that bright.
Clarkson never really says that the craft was extraterrestrial, though I take that as his meaning. He suggests the possibility that what fell might have been something lost by the military, specifically some sort of missile test that failed. He does note that no one lost an aircraft on that night. No reports of either a military or civilian crash and no reports of a missile gone astray.
As I say, there seem to be too many failures of alien craft. Some lists now top two hundred and a couple are closing in on 300. But still, there are some very intriguing UFO crash cases, many of which have no solid explanation… yet. This is another to add to the file. Until someone tells us what crashed, with the appropriate documentation, this is another well documented UFO crash.”
We certainly agree on the major points of this mystery.
To see the fulll review, go to Kevin Randle’s Blog titled “A Different Perspective.”