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SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL WOES FOR MR. ED & GULFBREEZE FILE: UFO1667
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MODEL UFO UNDERGOES TESTS, RETURNED TO FINDER; TESTS RESULTS DUE IN TWO WEEKS
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PENSACOLA, FL (JUNE 12) UPI - A model flying saucer that cast doubts on a
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man's claim he photographed UFOs two years ago has been tested and is being
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returned to the man who found it, a newspaper editor said Tuesday.
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Ken Fortenberry, managing editor of the Pensacola News Journal, said results of
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the tests would not be known for a couple of weeks. He declined to say what
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tests were performed.
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The discovery of the 9-inch model was the latest twist on a story that began in
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1987, when contractor Ed Walters took photos of objects that appeared to be
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flying saucers near his home in Gulf Breeze, a suburb of Pensacola.
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The photographs prompted a wave of sightings from other residents that continue
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to this day. Walters claimed he had dozens of additional encounters, including
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a face-to-face confrontation with a 4-foot alien.
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His book about the encounters is selling well.
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A private group that investigates UFO sightings calls the Gulf Breeze flurry
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among the most notable sightings in U.S. history. Skeptics have long claimed
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the pictures were faked, but offered no proof.
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Then came the model.
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It was found in April by a man who moved into a house once owned by Walters.
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The newspaper got possession of the model, and on Sunday printed pictures by
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staff photographers using the model.
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They look similar to Walters' pictures.
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''This is a very critical piece of evidence and a very controversial story ''
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said Fortenberry, who said the newspaper was besieged with calls Monday from
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the media asking about the model.
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Meanwhile, a UFO investigator claims his analysis of the pictures published by
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the newspaper indicates it is not the same object as the ones Walters
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photographed.
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Bruce Maccabee, an optical physicist at a Navy lab in the Washington area, said
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he has not seen the model or the photos published by the newspaper. But he said
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he had Walters take some measurements of the picture.
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Maccabee said the model has different proportions from Walters' photos.
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''What this means is that whatever Ed's UFO pictures show, they don't show that
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model,'' said Maccabee.
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The model was to be returned to the owners Tuesday.
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The man, who wished not to be identified, said he was installing an ice-maker
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in his home and had gone to the attic to trace some pipes when he found the
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model under some insulation.
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''It was not a shock or startling or anything,'' said the resident, a
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scientist. He knew of Walters' involvement in sightings and figured the model
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was one that Walters may have built for a reenactment. ''I thought nothing more
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about it.''
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Later, he saw a diagram of the Walters' UFO.
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''I recall thinking to myself, that model looks a lot like this diagram,'' he
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said. Last week he received a visit from a reporter from the newspaper.
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''This, frankly, I find a little suspicious,'' said the resident, who said the
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reporter showed up at the door and asked whether he had found any photographs
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or models. That's when he told him.
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''I wish I had lied,'' he said.
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Walters insists there was ample opportunity for someone to plant the model.
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''The house was on the market for 10 months, during which time it was opened
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during the day and sometimes closed up and locked up at night,'' said Walters.
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''Sometime, somebody planted this model.''
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''The way I see it is this: It's very suspicious that three weeks before the
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big international symposium, suddenly this model pops into the act,'' said
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Walters.
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**********************************************
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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