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SUBJECT: E B E's FILE: UFO1021
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PART 2
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The Suffern Story: On October 7, 1975, a 27-year old carpenter,
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Robert Suffern, of Bracebridge, Ontario, got a call from his
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sister who had seen a "fiery glow" near his barn and concluded it
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was on fire. Suffern drove to the spot and, after determining
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that there was no problem, got back on the road. There, he would
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testify, he encountered a large disc-shaped object resting in his
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path. "I was scared," he said. "It was right there in front of me
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with no lights and no sign of life." But even before his car
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could come to a complete stop, the object abruptly ascended out
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of sight. Suffern turned his car around and decided to head home
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rather than to his sister's place, his original intended
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destination. At that point a small figure wearing a helmet and a
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silver-gray suit stepped in front of the car, causing Suffern to
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hit the brakes and skid to a stop. The figure ran into a field.
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Then, according to Suffern, "when he got to the fence, he put his
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hands on a post and went over it with no effort at all. It was
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like he was weightless" (UFOIL, n.d.).
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Within two days Suffern's report was on the wire services, and
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Suffern was besieged by UFO investigators, journalists,
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curiosity-seekers, and others. Suffern, who made no effort to
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exploit his story and gave every appearance of believing what he
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was saying, soon tired of discussing it. A year later, however,
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Suffern and his wife told a Canadian investigator that a month
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after the encounter, they were informed that some high-ranking
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officials wished to speak with them. Around this time, so they
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claimed, they were given thorough examinations by military
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doctors. After that an appointment was set up for December 12 and
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on that day an Ontario Provincial Police cruiser arrived with
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three military officers, one Canadian, two American. They were
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carrying books and other documents. In the long conversation that
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followed, the officers apologized for the UFO landing, claiming
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it was a "mistake" caused by the malfunctioning of an
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extraterrestrial spaceship.
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The officers produced close-up pictures of UFOs, claiming that
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the U.S. and Canadian governments had had intimate knowledge of
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aliens since 1943 and were cooperating with them. The officers
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even knew the exact dates and times of two previous but
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unreported UFO sightings on the Suffern property. The Sufferns
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said the officers had answered all their questions fully and
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frankly, but they would not elaborate on what they were told.
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Reinterviewed about the matter some months later, the couple
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stuck by their story but added few further details.
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The investigator, Harry Tokarz, would remark, "Robert Suffern
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strikes one as an individual who carefully measures his thoughts.
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His sincerity comes through clearly as he slowly relates his
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concepts and ideas. His wife, a home-bred country girl, is quick
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to air her views and state unequivocally what she believes to be
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fact" (CUFORN, 1983).
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end of part 2
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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