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SUBJECT: "ED" DECIDES TO WRITE A BOOK FILE: UFO1663
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An open letter for CompuServe from "Ed" of Gulf Breeze.
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February 9, 1989
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In answering a question about the rumors of a "book", I reflect
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on the chain of events that finally forced my wife and me to
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agree.
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Some people have been influenced by much telling and re-telling
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of what happened. Sprinkle in a critic or two with an unknown
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motive to twist a piece of truth into events that never happened
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and it is understandable how distorted the details can become.
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During Feb. 1988, a N. Y. publisher flew to Gulf Breeze and asked
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me to sell my (very sloppy) log and my wife's diary. The money
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offer was six figures. I refused because of the publicity that might
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disrupt my family. Also Budd Hopkins advised that photo
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analysis, lie detector, and psychological tests were required to
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establish credibility.
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For the past year my first concern has been my family. My efforts
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to withhold my name and protect them were honored (with my
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appreciation) by all the investigators and researchers with the
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exception of W. Smith and B. Boyd.
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Only after the frequent blast of "liar", "hoaxer" and "con man"
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from W. Smith did it become clear that the complete, accurate
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story should be told. So, It can be said that W. Smith's efforts to
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ridicule me and sweep Gulf Breeze away, actually caused my wife
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and I to agree to a book.
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I understand that the "book motive" will be hurled against me but
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it doesn't seem to matter. W. Smith or P. Klass will continue to
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degrade the photos and other witnesses, sight unseen.
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So I conclude, Yes there will be a book. If it makes money -- fine,
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if not -- fine. But at least the record will be clear and less easy
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for a critic to distort the events to an unsuspecting listener. (One
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hoax theory recently spread was based on two separate events --
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twelve days apart. The critic lumped the details together, created
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and then debunked a non-event.) Quite likely the people who
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write such reports really believe them. I hope the "book" will
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help them better understand the Gulf Breeze sightings.
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If CompusServe network people have a personal comment, advice,
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or criticism, you are welcome to write me at: Ed "Jones",
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P.O. Box 715, Gulf Breeze, FL, 32562-0715. (Please don't ask for
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photos, the publisher requires that I not give out photos as I have
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been doing. He wants to put all of the color prints in the book.)
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Ed
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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