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SUBJECT: UFO STORIES FROM ANNAOLIS, MD FILE: UFO3349
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05-18-90 - ANNAPOLIS, MD
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Lewin Maddox didn't know what to expect when a neighbor led him into an old
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barn in Pasadena during the winter of 1944. What he saw looked like a
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helicopter with a wheel instead of a blade to keep it aloft. He was
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intrigued but didn't think much of it. Three years later, however, in the
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midst of national hysteria over an invasion of unidentified flying objects,
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Maddox learned that the curious object had been seized by the Air Force.
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"The Air Force apparently thought that it might be a prototype to a flying
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saucer," the Glen Burnie resident recalled. "It was seized and taken to the
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Aberdeen Proving Grounds. But a week later, they decided it couldn't
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possibly have flown." Government officials located the man who had apparently
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constructed the odd machine, effectively ending the debate and the county's
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day in the UFO glow. Now, four decades later, local UFO enthusiasts say they
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have sighted hundreds of unidentified flying objects in the Chesapeake Bay
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region. At a recent Maryland State Conference on UFOs held at the Maryland
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Hall for the Creative Arts, more than 60 believers gathered to share their
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views and experiences on the curious phenomena. "We are very serious people
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studying UFOs as a scientific element," said Bob Oechsler, of Edgewater,
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president of the local chapter of the international Mutual UFO Network. "We
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have had numerous sightings in the last two years. It's not a question of
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believing, it's a matter of looking at the factual evidence." The evidence
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for Oechsler and his followers is concrete, hundreds of photographs showing
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strange glowing objects of all shapes and sizes, videotapes of flying
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machines, and dozens of accounts from residents who allegedly have been
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"abducted" by aliens. "We have had medical examinations performed on people
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who have been abducted," Oechsler said. "Many people claim that UFOs are just
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a bunch of lights at night. But the credible evidence's there." Two years
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ago, a rash of UFO sightings over the Chesapeake Bay led to the establishment
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of the local chapter of MUFON, headed by Oechsler and Debbie Regimenti of
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Annapolis. Both say they have seen numerous UFOs. The group now claims a
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dozen members and meets every month to discuss the latest sightings in the
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region. "The Chesapeake Bay's a hot area for sightings," Regimenti said. "We
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try to document the sightings and look for reasons that (aliens) are here."
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The first to admit that many sightings of unidentified lights can be
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explained by ordinary means, Regimenti also said that the evidence pointing
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to the existence of UFOs can no longer be denied. "The government's
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completely stopped claiming that UFOs aren't real," Regimenti said. "Once
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they remove the stigma and allow them to be acceptable, then we are on the
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right road." Several months ago, Regimenti and Oechsler completed a report
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documenting their sightings and accounts from dozens of other county
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residents. Entitled the "Chesapeake Connection," the report will be
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presented at the annual MUFON symposium to be held in Florida this summer.
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"It's such a complex issue," Regimenti said. "We don't know who they are,
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but we are looking for clues. All I can say is, don't laugh at your next door
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neighbor when he says he saw something strange. Keep an open mind."
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