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April 4, 1989
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Robert G. Todd
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2528 Belmont Ave
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Ardmore. PA 19003-2617
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Mr. Todd;
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This is in response to your March 2 and 28 letters.
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During the conversation with Mr. Klass in January 1988, I merely
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expressed opinions regarding your association with certain documents.
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I never stated I actually knew you retyped the documents you
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mentioned. Regarding the statement you sent forged documents to the
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government. That again was an opinion. You sent me a document
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that you yourself said was forged.
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Regarding the Ellsworth AFB incident. I have told Peter Gersten
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and a number of other people the incident never happened. I never
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was involved in any investigations regarding UFOs at Ellsworth AFB.
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I have never interfered with the processing of FOIA requested
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during my assignment with AFOSI. I never handled an FOIA requests.
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They were handled by the Commander, who forwarded them to HQ AFOSI
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for special processing.
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I have never attempted to discredit you.
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I have won two legal actions against UFO researchers who made
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statements regarding my character. I am more that willing to pursue
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legal actions against you. In your March 2 and 28 letter, you made
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a number of statements that could be considered libel and slanderous.
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I have no intentions of sending you a notarized statement.
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I merely stated opinions to Mr. Klass during the January 1988
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conversation. The opinions I made during that telephone conversation
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are no different than the opinions you made to Peter Gersten and Mr.
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Greenwood in 1987, 1988 and early 1989. I know of several statement
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you made about me to those individuals and certain others. You must
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be more careful what you say.
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I have been exonerated by Government investigators regarding the
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Ellsworth AFB incident, the Kirtland AFB incident, the Falcon affair,
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the document to MUFON and the Linda Howe affair. I went through a lot
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of time, trouble, expense and pain clearing myself of those
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allegations. I will now concentrate my efforts on clearing my name
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within the research community.
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Regarding the book due out this fall. I was not the author of
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the book. A researcher in Seattle, WA did the research and a writer
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in New York wrote the book. I actually had very little to do with
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the book. In fact the manuscript was written before I knew anything
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about the book. The writer presented the manuscript to me for my
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comments. I must say there are a lot of truths about my career with
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AFOSI that was told, some against my wishes. However, the truths
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about the Kirtland AFB incident, the Ellsworth AFB incidents, the
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Linda Howe affair, and many other allegations made against me were
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answered in the book. Once you read the book, you will find out
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the real truths about those incident I mentioned earlier. My uncle
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contributed a great deal to the last two chapters of the book. He
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gives a detailed history of UFO investigations from 1953 unti 1969.
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The Seattle researcher did a lot of good work on the book. He found
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some, yet to be released, Government documents relating to the UFO
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questions. I can honestly say, I don't know how he got them. He
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also obtained some, never before released, Government documents
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through FOIA regarding UFOs. I must admit the book doesn't paint
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me as a saint, but it does tell the truth.
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In closing, I don't know you personally. I don't make comments
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about a persons character that I don't know. I'm sure you are
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sincere in your research work. There is a lot of information out
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there regarding UFOs that needs to be sorted out. There are also
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a lot of unexplained questions that needs to be answered. If you
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wish to pursue the answers to the many UFO related questions, so
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be it. I truly wish you luck. It won't be easy.
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signed: Richard Doty
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Richard Doty
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P.O. Box 973
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Grants, NM 87020
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