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SUBJECT: OPEN LETTER REGARDING PROJECT RED LIGHT FILE: UFO1804
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April 20, 1980
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______________ ______________ ______________
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Dear ________,
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I read your letter of the 13th with considerable interest. It seems
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difficult to believe that I have finally found someone that is as
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interested in finding out the true story of Project Red Light.
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First of all I would like to address the specific points requested in your
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letter, and then I will expand on them and other items as well.
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1. I did not know about the UFO movie prior to reading your article.
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2. I found out the name of Project Redlight almost by accident. I was
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____________________________________________ in a warehouse at Area 51 and
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saw a large number of wooden shipping crates (the type made with tongue and
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groove lumber and used for shipping heavy items securely) with the code
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name "Project Redlight" written with grease pen or felt tip pen. Also on
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the crates was a stencilled "Edwards AFB" in standard military type of
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letters.
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3. The article in Readers Digest that I referred to was about a UFO that
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flew over the US from the East Coast to where it "blew up" somewhere over
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eastern Nevada. The article did not state that the pilot was human. I'm
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sorry for the confusion on this. The reason that I felt that this Digest
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article is important is that I remember a period shortly after the date
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given in the article (I don't remember what it was, sorry) everything came
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to a screeching halt at Area 51. As you can see, I am just putting two and
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two together, but I am satisfied that the UFO of the Digest article and the
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UFO of Project Redlight are/were one and the same.
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Now for some additional information that has come to mind since I talked to
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you.
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Your report about the motorcycle riders is interesting. I can remember
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hearing similar rumors while I worked on the test site and I would not
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doubt the authenticity of your report. The security force at Area 51 while
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I serviced the Area were heavily armed and I considered them dangerous.
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There were several times that I was in the wrong place at the right time
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and had it not been provable that I was not snooping or trying to snoop I
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really don't think I would be writing you this letter. Incidentally, the
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security wore standard air police uniforms but looked nothing like any of
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the AP's I have ever dealt with. They were all in their 30's to 40's, and
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looked like dock workers. Also, as I remember it, the only markings they
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wore just said Air Police. They did not have Nellis AFB on anything but a
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few of their vehicles, and I believe that they were assigned to Edwards
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rather than Nellis. The reason I remember this is that it seemed strange
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to me during my first trip to Area 51 I noticed a slight difference in
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their uniforms from Nellis AP's, and I over heard a couple of remarks that
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indicated they were from Edwards.
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Another interesting point. I was accustomed to going out onto the Bombing
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and Gunnery Range and had a number at Indian springs (Nellis AFB maintains
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a forward area base there) to call to get clearence onto the range. This
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was SOP. How ever, in the case of Area 51 I called the security office at
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Area 51. This indicated to me that Nellis AFB had nothing to do with the
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operation of Area 51. Also the designation of Area 51 was classified TOP
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SECRET.
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Incidentally, although I carried a "Q" clearance from the Atomic Energy
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Commission as well as an inter agency TOP SECRET clearance I was
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investigated for a special Air Force TOP SECRET clearance in order to
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operate in Area 51.
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At this point I am going to give you just a series of disconnected
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observations that I made in the hope that they may tie in with something
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you or Len Stringfield may know.
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1. I saw some crates being unloaded from a cargo plane. The aircraft was
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a super constellation with standard markings and had nothing to indicate it
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had any military connections. There was no airline name on it.
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2. I only saw the UFO one time. It was on the ground and partly hidden
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behind a building and at first I thought it was a small private aircraft
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until I noticed it had no wings or tail. I was probably 1/2 mile or
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farther from it but I would guess it 20 to 30 feet in diameter and sort of
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a pewter color rather than bright polished aluminium.
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3. The reason I know it flew silently is I was present on a number of
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occasions when it was landing or taking off (I was always taken inside and
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out of view of the runway at these times) and at no time did I hear
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anything that sounded like a conventional or any other kind of engine.
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4. I was working on their ______ several times when they just_______.
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However since I was there to work on them I really didn't think anything
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about it. Oh yes, they would ___________ again just as suddenly. Also
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there were a number of times that I was called out to work on ______ and
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could not find anything wrong with it.
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5. One of the men that I knew were "Pilots" was just slightly larger than
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me.
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6. Most of the test flights occurred in the daytime rather than at night.
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7. The radio frequency they used at that time was in the regular
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commercial VHF band and was a simplex frequency. At one time I had the
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Freq. written down but I have no idea now what it was. Anyway, I really
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think that someone with a scanner could pick them up if they were to park
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on the road to the east of the test site and use some kind of directional
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antenna.
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8. Before I send this letter I will try to get a USC&GS map of the area
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and will mark the location of Area 51 on it.
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9. There was a Radar Station at the north end of the test site near the
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town of Tonopah, Nevada. A fellow from my home town of _______,________
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was an operator there. His name is __________ __________ . We were
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talking about the test site one day when he mentioned that he was always
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picking up UFOs over the test site but was told to ignore them. I remember
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him telling about one that he picked up on the edge of his RBI on the first
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revolution was directly overhead on the second pass and was just going off
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the scope on the third revolution of the antenna.
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10. For some reason I seem to remember that the Redlight is spelled
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Redlight i.e. all one word.
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11. I always had the impression that the flight test area was from Area 51
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north because there is a natural valley that runs in that direction for
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200 miles or so. Also the area to the south was more populated. Also I
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entered Area 51 from the north and there were a couple of times that I was
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questioned about whether I had 'noticed' anything on the way in.
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12. I was reminded constantly that no matter what I saw I could be in
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serious trouble if I ever talked about any of it. I can't stress how much
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how tight the security was, it was almost paranoid.
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13. I don't think this has anything to do with Redlight, but I remember
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when I was a kid back in the 40's, on two occasions I saw a story about
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UFOs included in the weekly Pathe' News. There was one story about a UFO
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that had crashed somewhere and another story about a UFO thaqt was found in
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some farmers barn. Both of those stories were given the usual news
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treatment. The reason that I am mentioning this is that I recently read an
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article about the entire library of Pathe' movie film being given to an
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institution of some kind which would make it available to researchers. I
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am certain that if these film clips could be located they would be useful.
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Realizing that these stories appeared prior to Blue Book and at a time of
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Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, there is probably a better than even chance
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that they can be located by someone willing to spend the time viewing a few
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hundred hours of old news film.
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14. More on item #7, the air-to-ground frequencies were in th e 200mc
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range. I believe there is a standard set of air-to -ground or government
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frequencies either just above or just below the 220mc ham band and their
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communications were on those frequencies.
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Well there you have it ______. I hope that I have shed some light on some
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dark areas. Should any other thoughts come to mind that I feel may be
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important I will try to catch you on the ____________. Hopefully if I can
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get things settled down to a dull roar I will be able to start checking in
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on a more permanent basis. Of course, should you have any questions or
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want further clarification please contact me.
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(signature)
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NOTE...Any information that would identify the sender or recipient of this
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letter has been deleted in order to protect them. The original document
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contains both names and addresses but will be given to no one without their
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permission. The reason Len Stringfield's name is left in is that he is a
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known UFO researcher and it cannot hurt him as he was not the sender or
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receiver.
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