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SUBJECT: A NEST OF INFO ON GULFBREEZE UFOs FILE: UFO1615
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PART 1
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From: dona@bilver.uucp (Don Allen)
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Subject: Gulfbreeze files - Introduction
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Message-ID: <1991Nov16.193450.10590@bilver.uucp>
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Date: 16 Nov 91 19:34:50 GMT
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Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
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** Gulfbreeze Introduction **
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The following articles are part of a series on the Gulfbreeze
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UFO's . I know of no other case in UFOlogy that has been
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debated/contested as much as this one has. Much of the debate
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centers around "Mr Ed", Ed Walters and the swirls of controversy
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over his photos. There have been cries of "HOAX!" ever since
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this case made the headlines a few years ago, and this was only
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exacerbated even further when Ed wrote his book. Much of the
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debate centers over the infamous "road shot" that appears in
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this book and the tug of war between the various UFO groups
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still continues to this day. To date, there has not been any
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established or absolute conclusive PROOF as to the hoax claims,
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though there has been quite a few theories advanced. What makes
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Ed's claims the more difficult to accept by many is that he has
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been the ONLY one who has photographed the UFO(s) in great detail,
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where others have only managed to get "red blobs" in their pics.
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Having followed this for a few years now..it is still NO closer
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to being resolved. I think I could safely say that the ParaNet
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UFO organization and CUFOS have rated Ed Walters as probable
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hoax. MUFON on the other hand, has stood behind the Walters
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case all the way.
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Here's a partial list of characters so you will understand who the
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principles are:
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Ed Walters - The _center_ of the controversy.He took the photos
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and wrote the book, "The Gulf Breeze Sightings".
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Bob Oechsler - Investigator/reporter.
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Donald Ware - Florida state MUFON director. Investigator.
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Carol and Rex Salisberry - (former) State Section Directors for
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Pensacola MUFON. Investigators.
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Dr. Bruce Maccabee - Optical physicist for the US Navy and MUFON
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State Director for Maryland. Principle photo analyst for MUFON.
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Duane Cook - Editor of the Gulf Breeze Sentinel.
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Willy Smith - Claims that Ed made the models and hoaxed the photos.
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Got nailed in a "sting" by Antonio Huneeus and Manuel Fernandez and
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was later dis-credited.
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- Others mentioned in articles on the BBS side -
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John Hicks - Currently is the FIDO_UFO moderator and owner of a
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camera business. Knows his optics pretty well and has done some
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investigation in his own right in the Gulfbreeze area.
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Jim Speiser - The guy I like to refer as the "curmudgeon of ParaNet" :-)
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He's asked the hard questions and brought up several inconsistencies
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of the whole affair on ParaNet. In this case, he is very much a skeptic.
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Unfortunately, this case has also caused much division in UFOlogy with
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the extremes of positions. It's quite probable that there has been
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some dis-information involved as well.
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There seems to be two issues here...one regarding sightings and photos
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by Ed Walters and the other involving witnessed sightings _without_
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Ed Walters. In the latter case, there has been quite a lot of those.
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These sightings are *still* going on today. Some have speculated
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that the recent skyquakes in the Gulfbreeze/Tampa area may be
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associated with UFO's.
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Who knows...if you're ever down in the panhandle of Florida and have
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some time to spend..you just might be able to witness this phenomenon
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for yourself. Bring a good camera or vidcam and do NOT trust the
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autofocus, but learn to do it manually and you'll get good pictures.
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Since there are quite a lot of these files, I would suggest that you
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save them when they hit your system as I don't plan on re-posting them
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again. This is a one time shot. There's going to be about 38 files
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altogether totalling around 290K.
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Don
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--
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-* Don Allen *- InterNet: dona@bilver.UUCP // Amiga..for the best of us.
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USnail: 1818G Landing Dr, Sanford Fl 32771 \X/ Why use anything else? :-)
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UUCP: ..uunet!tarpit!bilver!dona - Why did the JUSTICE DEPT steal PROMIS?
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/\/\ What is research but a blind date with knowledge. William Henry /\/\
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Xref: hplabs alt.alien.visitors:3030 alt.conspiracy:5640 sci.skeptic:12337
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Path: hplabs!hplabs!hp-cv!sdd.hp.com!think.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!tarpit!bilver!dona
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From: dona@bilver.uucp (Don Allen)
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Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors,alt.conspiracy,sci.skeptic
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Subject: Gulfbreeze files - Introduction
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Message-ID: <1991Nov16.193450.10590@bilver.uucp>
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Date: 16 Nov 91 19:34:50 GMT
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Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
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========================================================================
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** Gulfbreeze Introduction **
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========================================================================
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The following articles are part of a series on the Gulfbreeze
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UFO's . I know of no other case in UFOlogy that has been
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debated/contested as much as this one has. Much of the debate
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centers around "Mr Ed", Ed Walters and the swirls of controversy
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over his photos. There have been cries of "HOAX!" ever since
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this case made the headlines a few years ago, and this was only
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exacerbated even further when Ed wrote his book. Much of the
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debate centers over the infamous "road shot" that appears in
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this book and the tug of war between the various UFO groups
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still continues to this day. To date, there has not been any
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established or absolute conclusive PROOF as to the hoax claims,
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though there has been quite a few theories advanced. What makes
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Ed's claims the more difficult to accept by many is that he has
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been the ONLY one who has photographed the UFO(s) in great detail,
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where others have only managed to get "red blobs" in their pics.
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Having followed this for a few years now..it is still NO closer
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to being resolved. I think I could safely say that the ParaNet
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UFO organization and CUFOS have rated Ed Walters as probable
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hoax. MUFON on the other hand, has stood behind the Walters
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case all the way.
|
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|
|
Here's a partial list of characters so you will understand who the
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principles are:
|
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|
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Ed Walters - The _center_ of the controversy.He took the photos
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and wrote the book, "The Gulf Breeze Sightings".
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Bob Oechsler - Investigator/reporter.
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Donald Ware - Florida state MUFON director. Investigator.
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Carol and Rex Salisberry - (former) State Section Directors for
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Pensacola MUFON. Investigators.
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Dr. Bruce Maccabee - Optical physicist for the US Navy and MUFON
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State Director for Maryland. Principle photo analyst for MUFON.
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Duane Cook - Editor of the Gulf Breeze Sentinel.
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Willy Smith - Claims that Ed made the models and hoaxed the photos.
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Got nailed in a "sting" by Antonio Huneeus and Manuel Fernandez and
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was later dis-credited.
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- Others mentioned in articles on the BBS side -
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John Hicks - Currently is the FIDO_UFO moderator and owner of a
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camera business. Knows his optics pretty well and has done some
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investigation in his own right in the Gulfbreeze area.
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Jim Speiser - The guy I like to refer as the "curmudgeon of ParaNet" :-)
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He's asked the hard questions and brought up several inconsistencies
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of the whole affair on ParaNet. In this case, he is very much a skeptic.
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|
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Unfortunately, this case has also caused much division in UFOlogy with
|
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the extremes of positions. It's quite probable that there has been
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some dis-information involved as well.
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|
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There seems to be two issues here...one regarding sightings and photos
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by Ed Walters and the other involving witnessed sightings _without_
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Ed Walters. In the latter case, there has been quite a lot of those.
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These sightings are *still* going on today. Some have speculated
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that the recent skyquakes in the Gulfbreeze/Tampa area may be
|
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associated with UFO's.
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|
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Who knows...if you're ever down in the panhandle of Florida and have
|
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some time to spend..you just might be able to witness this phenomenon
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for yourself. Bring a good camera or vidcam and do NOT trust the
|
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autofocus, but learn to do it manually and you'll get good pictures.
|
|
|
|
Since there are quite a lot of these files, I would suggest that you
|
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save them when they hit your system as I don't plan on re-posting them
|
|
again. This is a one time shot. There's going to be about 38 files
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altogether totalling around 290K.
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Don
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--
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-* Don Allen *- InterNet: dona@bilver.UUCP // Amiga..for the best of us.
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USnail: 1818G Landing Dr, Sanford Fl 32771 \X/ Why use anything else? :-)
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UUCP: ..uunet!tarpit!bilver!dona - Why did the JUSTICE DEPT steal PROMIS?
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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