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SUBJECT: A NEST OF INFO ON GULFBREEZE UFOs FILE: UFO1635
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PART 21
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The follow are two reports by UFO investigator/researcher
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Bob Oechsler, from Annapolis, Maryland. They provide insights
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and technical information relating to the Gulf Breeze, Florida UFO
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phenomena. The reports were received 9/22/88.
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THE GULF BREEZE PHOTOGRAPHIC SIGHTINGS CASE AS VIEWED
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FROM WITHIN THE INVESTIGATION
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One of the most often asked questions by investigators unfamiliar
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with the Gulf Breeze Case is to provide the single most compelling
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piece of evidence that proves the case valid.
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In the final analysis of the Gulf Breeze UFO photographic sightings
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case, it's not the photographs or the 8 mm home video of the flying
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UFO, or the landing site or any one particular sighting or piece of
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physical evidence that makes this case authentic.
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It's the people behind the story that make this case believable in
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spite of it's incredibility. The UFO phenomenon is rich in a foundation
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of historical documentation. This case has a certain uniqueness with
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no precedence in the literature. It has challenged the investigation
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team right to the core of their individual areas of expertise.
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Putting the case in perspective, however, has been an even greater
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challenge. There probably can be no singly conclusive piece of the
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puzzle that would validate the case. Given adequate resources
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someone probably could closely duplicate the photographic evidence.
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Missing, however, is any evidence that any of the principals in this
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case involving six months of active UFO sightings has the technological
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background, resources or ability to duplicate the evidence.
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So we must ultimately evaluate the human factors in which we
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are on firmer ground. We must ask ourselves can more than 135
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witnesses be lying about what they saw, is it possible that a dozen
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well trained investigators and professionals be so naive and
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incompetent as to allow even a sophisticated hoax to go undetected
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under their very eyes for half a year. Are at least nine victims of
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missing time collectively hallucinating, and how can we deny the
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concerns of a mother whose three year old daughter has since last
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summer reported ghosts in her room, ghosts with big black eyes,
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who take her away and bring her back. And upon seeing photos of
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the UFOs the child told her mother that she'd seen that and had
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been in it!
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The evaluatable evidence in this case is abundant and available
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for close scrutiny. It is imperative to note that no specialist to date
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has been capable of duplicating even one single piece of the evidence,
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and I've personally witnessed a number of such attempts. One day
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someone will inevitably duplicate some of the evidence as will we
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one day be capable of duplicating the technology many have
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witnessed this year. But for now we must consider, has an alien
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culture from the stars initiated a long awaited Glasnost Policy of their
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own. If indeed that is the case, what will it mean to our society and
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the rest of the peoples of the Planet Earth in the years to come!
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Broadcast Reporter
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Bob Oechsler
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Investigator/Researcher
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Annapolis, Maryland
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INVESTIGATIVE ANALYSIS
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The photographic and video taped evidence in the Gulf Breeze
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case was brought to my attention approximately two months after
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the first reported sightings of UFO activity on November 11th of
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1987. An exhaustive series of polygraph tests were conducted on
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the primary photographer in the case, one of five known to the
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investigative staff. It seemed pertinent under the circumstances
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that additional methods be employed to verify the veracity of the
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witnesses. Following a background check of the primary
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photographer with his verbal permission, various investigation
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interviews were subjected to Voice Stress Analysis using state of
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the art Psychological Stress Evaluator equipment operated by one
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of the nation's top expert analysts. There were no reactions in the
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analysis that would indicate that any of the three witnesses
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interviewed were telling anything short of the truth about what
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they observed.
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Meteorologic and Site Survey analyses were performed as a
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check against the details reported for the first photographic sighting.
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The conclusion verified that the photographs were likely to have
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been taken on the day and time period reported as no other similar
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conditions existed over a two week period prior to publication
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of the photographs.
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An investigation into the photographic equipment used was
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conducted through field tests and close consultation with Polaroid
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Corporation engineers. It was determined that the camera used
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through February 7th could perform double exposure techniques
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with the 108 type film. Investigators provided the witness with a
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35mm Nimslo stereo camera and employed controls that were not
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subsequently breached as determined following inspection of the
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camera and film after a photographic sighting. A more sophisticated
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Polaroid Sun 600 camera was purchased on March 7th. The following
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day the camera was first used during a photographic sighting
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opportunity. It was determined by the Polaroid engineers that a
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double exposure was possible but extremely difficult to effect. On
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March 17th a second Polaroid Sun 600 camera was combined with
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the first in a stereo array to create a parallax for measuring the
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distance and size of objects by comparing two photographs taken
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simultaneously. The degree of difficulty in a double exposure had
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now increased beyond reasonable proportions. The final piece of
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equipment used was a Sony 8mm home video camera with sound
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and without zoom capability. A one minute and thirty eight second
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two part video tape was shot on December 28th.
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An extensive analysis of the two part video tape was started in
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March and continues today. Various enhancement techniques were
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performed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Among those tests
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a variable speed element was employed to make tapes for viewing
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the entire tape at one tenth speed. A Sony Video Editor model
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BVU820 was used with a digital time base corrector to supply a direct
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signal to a Video Hard Copy Unit made by Tektronix, model 4632.
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The thermal printer generated photo images of both phases of each
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frame. A ten second portion of the video tape requires 600 single
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copy prints. Each print is measured to define altitude, flight path,
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rotation characteristics, frequency of beacon lights, ring aberrations,
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attitude in flight, air speed/velocity, acceleration/deceleration
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and an analysis of direction reversals. A preliminary analysis of the
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audio track indicated that no sound could be identified with the
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object. More sophisticated equipment is being sought. A preliminary
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analysis concludes that the object observed in the video tape closely
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resembles objects photographed with the Polaroid cameras. The
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object has a clockwise or left to right rotation. The dome or beacon
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light blinks on and off at no consistent rate or pattern and displays a
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variable luminosity with each cycle. The object loses altitude moving
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to the left of the camera just prior to blinking out. A ghost image
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appears in the first phase of the next frame approximately two object
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widths to the right that may be related but is apparently not visible
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through the transmission medium. There are certain restrictions in
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the evaluation of the video tape. Due to the horizontal resolution
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lines, we are viewing the object through what is analogous to jail bars
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turned sideways. Nonetheless it appears conclusive that the
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bottom or power source light has a variable luminosity characteristic
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which is not synchronic with the beacon light on top of the object.
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As an experienced robotics technician I've built many remote
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controlled devices in the past ten years. As a prototype designer
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I am well versed in exotic techniques used to operate various
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sizes of apparatus from very small to very large using sometimes
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inexpensive semi-automated frequency controlled equipment.
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The specifications detailed in this case, most notably the absence of
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audible sound from the UFO craft in the 8mm home video and the
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rotational characteristic, create enormous difficulty when an attempt
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is made to re-create what is observed by constructing a model to
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examine the technology.
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Further research is continuing in many areas relating to this
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photographic sightings case. It is quite clear to this investigator that
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we are examining a truly anomalous technology.
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On May 9th, 1988, I initiated an official appeal for assistance
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through the Office of the President of the United States and various
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members of the Sanate and House of Representatives. Government
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or at least military interest in the events that were occurring in
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Gulf Breeze, Florida was quite apparent in light of newspaper
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reports bearing photographs of vessels with elaborate radar gear,
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military vehicles with telescoping radar gear (all deployed in the
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vicinity of the sightings) and a reported visit to the primary
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photographer's residence by purported officials requesting original
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photographic materials. Responses received from the Office of the
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Secretary of the Navy revealed concern over evidence of federal
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airspace rules violations, responses from congressional representation
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revealed concern over human rights violations. The Office of the
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Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare) ultimately declined to
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investigate citing scarce Navy financial and personnel resources.
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It might be interesting to note that in a civilian capacity, Navy
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physicist, Dr. Bruce S. Maccabee conducted an extensive photo
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analysis of the evidence and found no evidence contrary to the
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existence of anomalous objects in the photographs.
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Bob Oechsler
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UFO Investigator, Researcher, Broadcast Reporter
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Annapolis, Maryland
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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