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SUBJECT: E B E's FILE: UFO1022
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PART 3
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EBEs in South Dakota: On February 9, 1978, a curious document--an
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apparent carbon copy of an official U.S. Air Force incident
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report-arrived at the office of the National Enquirer in Lantana,
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Florida. Accompanying the document was an unsigned letter dated
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"29 Jan." It read: "The incident stated in the attached report
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actually occurred. The Air Force appointed a special team of
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individuals to investigate the incident. I was one of those
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individuals. I am still on active duty and so I cannot state my
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name at this time. It is not that I do not trust the Enquirer (I
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sure [sic] you would treat my name with [sic] confidence but I do
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not trust others.) The incident which occurred on 16 Nov. 77, was
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classified top secret on 2 Dec 77. At that time I obtained a copy
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of the original report. I thought at that time that the Air Force
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would probably hush the whole thing up, and they did. The Air
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Force ordered the silence on 1 Dec 77, after which, the report
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was classified. There were 16 pictures taken at the scene. I do
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not have access to the pictures at this time" (Pratt, 1984).
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The report, stamped FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY, purported to be from
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the commander of the 44th Missile Security Squadron at Ellsworth
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AFB near Rapid City, South Dakota. The incident was described as
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a "Helping Hand (security violation)/Covered Wagon (security
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violation) at Lima 9 (68th SMSq Area), 7 miles SW of Nisland, SD,
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at 2100 hours on 16 Nov. 77." The recipient of the report was
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identified as "Paul D. Hinzman, SSgt, USAF, Comm/Plotter, Wing
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Security Control." Two security men, Airmen 1st Class Kenneth
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Jenkins and Wayne E. Raeke, experienced and reported the
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incident, which was investigated by Capt. Larry D. Stokes and
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TSgt. Robert E. Stewart.
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The document told an incredible story. At 10:59 on the evening
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of November 16 an alarm sounded from the Lima Nine missile site.
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Jenkins and Raeke, at tHe Lima Launch Control Facility 35 miles
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away, were dispatched to the scene. On their arrival Raeke set
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out to check the rear fence line. There he spotted a helmeted
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figure in a glowing green metallic suit. The figure pointed a
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weapon at Raeke's rifle and caused it to disintegrate, burning
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Raeke's hands and arms in the process. Raeke summoned Jenkins,
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who carried his companion back to their Security Alert Team
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vehicle. When Jenkins went to the rear fence line, he saw two
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similarly-garbed figures. He ordered them to halt, but when they
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ignored his command, he opened fire. His bullets struck one in
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the shoulder and the other in the helmet. The figures ran over a
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hill and were briefly lost to view. Jenkins pursued them and when
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he next saw them, they were entering a 20-foot-in-diameter
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saucer-shaped object, which shot away over the Horizon.
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As Raeke was air-evacuated from the scene, investigators
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discovered that the missile's nuclear components had been stolen.
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Enquirer reporters suspected a hoax but when they called Rapid
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City and Ellsworth to check on the names, they were surprised to
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learn that such persons did exist. Moreover, all were on active
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duty. The Enquirer launched an investigation, sending several
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reporters to Rapid City. Over the course of the next few days
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they found that although the individuals were real, the document
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inaccurately listed their job titles, the geography of the
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alleged incident was wrong (there was no nearby hill over which
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intruders could have run), Raeke had suffered no injuries, he and
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Jenkins did not even know each other, and no one (including Rapid
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City civilian residents and area ranchers) had heard anything
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about such an encounter. As one of the reporters, Bob Pratt,
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wrote in a subsequent account, "We found more than 20
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discrepancies or errors in the report -wrong names, numbers,
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occupations, physical layouts and so on. Had the Security Option
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alert mentioned in the report taken place, it would have involved
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all security personnel at the base and everyone at the base and
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in Rapid City (Population 45,000 plus) would have known about
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it."
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end of part 3
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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