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SUBJECT: THE KLASS LIE FILE: UFO2486
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* Forwarded from "INFO.PARANET"
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* Originally by Jim Speiser
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* Originally to All
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* Originally dated 9 Aug 1993, 22:12
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One of the major points of contention in the Walton case, and the central
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point about which Klass spins his "alternative scenario," is the status and
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resolution of Mike Rogers' Turkey Springs logging contract. Specifically,
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Klass contends that Rogers was too far behind on his contract to be able to
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complete it by the deadline, which had already been extended once.
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Therefore, says Klass, Rogers cooked up a UFO hoax in order to qualify for a
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default termination, in which case he would receive his 10% retention and be
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done with the whole deal.
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Ancillary to this is Klass' contention that Rogers was deliberately
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deceiving the US Forest Service, because he was "moonlighting" on the
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contract, trying to complete two other contracts at the same time without
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the Forest Service's knowledge.
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In a personal letter to me on May 4, 1993, Klass wrote the following and
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asked me to pass it on to Tracy Torme for comment. I told him I would
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bypass Torme and send it directly to Rogers.
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<< ...On Oct. 16, 1975, US Forest Service inspector Tom Hentz reported to
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Contracting Officer Maurice Marchbanks that Mike Rogers had used up
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approximately 80% of his contract-extension time but had completed only
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37% of the 353 acres under contract. Further, Hentz told Marchbanks that
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Rogers could not possibly complete his con- tract work assignment by the
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deadline of Nov. 10.
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Four days later, on Oct. 20, 1975, Rogers wrote a letter to Marchbanks
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which said (in part):
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"I am writing to tell you personally of our progress on the
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Turkey Springs thinning. I cannot honestly say whether or not
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we will finish on time. However, _we are working every day_
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with as much manpower as I can hire..." (Emphasis added here
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[PK].)
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I invite you to send the enclosed photocopy of this letter to Tracy Torme
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and seek his answer to the following question:
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_Was Rogers being truthful when he informed the Forest Service
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on Oct. 20 that "we are working every day" or was he resorting
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to intentional falsehood?_
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>>
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According to Rogers, Klass is attempting to demonstrate that Rogers was
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engaging in deception because he had NOT been working every day on the
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contract, since he had two other contracts to complete. But, Rogers says,
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they HAD completed the other contracts by October 20 and were indeed
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starting to devote full time to the Turkey Springs contract.
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But did the Forest Service know about the other two contracts? First of all,
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says Rogers, there is no question of deception, since he is not under any
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obligation to inform the Forest Service about other contracts he may be
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performing. But second, and more damaging to Klass' case, the answer is
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yes, the Forest Service had been informed. Rogers had told Tom Hentz of the
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other contracts, and felt no compunction to also so inform Marchbanks, who
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was Hentz' subordinate.
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As a final flourish, Rogers adds that Klass should ask Marchbanks if he at
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any time felt deceived by Rogers' Oct. 20 letter.
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ADDENDUM:
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The above was sent to Phil Klass as is. Subsequently (but prior to my
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receiving Klass' response), Mike Rogers provided me with two minor
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corrections. First, Marchbanks was Hentz' superior, not subordinate. Second,
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Rogers did not tell Hentz verbally about the other two contracts. He told
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him about one of them, and assumed he knew about the other, since there was
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paperwork on it in the Forest Service Inspector's office, and it was Hentz'
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job to know about such things.
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Klass' response will follow, to be followed by more comments from Mike, and
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some of my own observations.
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Jim
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Philip J. Klass 404 "N" St. Southwest Washington D.C. 20024
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Here are my comments on Mike Rogers' statements contained in your letter of
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July 12, 1993:
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(1) Rogers now claims that he and his crew "HAD completed the other [two
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"moonlighting"] contracts by October 20 and were indeed starting to devote
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full time to the Turkey Springs contract."
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PJK comment: But in Rogers' letter of April 19, 1977, to APRO's Jim Lorenzen
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Rogers wrote: "Between 10/16/75 and 10/28/75 [the date of inspector Hentz'
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next visit] the inspectors (sic) diary clearly shows we lost 3-1/2 days one
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week alone due to some unfortunate circumstances. The 1/2 day accounts for
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the other 4 acres [which were completed at Turkey Springs between 10/16/75
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and 10/28/75] The other 8 days were spent [working] on another job..."
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(Emphasis supplied)
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If Rogers was being truthful in his April 19 letter to Lorenzen, between
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Oct. 16 and Oct. 28 "8 days were spent on another job." If one makes the
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most favorable assumption for Rogers, those 8 days were Oct. 16 to Oct. 24.
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Thus, on the night of Oct. 20, when Rogers wrote contracting officer
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Marchbanks in regard to his Turkey Springs contract and told him: "We are
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working every day with as much manpower as I can hire," ROGERS WAS TELLING A
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BIG FAT LIE.
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(2) Rogers claims he "had told [inspector] Tom Hentz of the other contracts
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[NOTE PLURAL], and felt no compunction to also so inform Marchbanks, who was
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Hentz subordinate."
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PJK Comment: On the evening of July 11, 1976, during a telephone
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conversation with Rogers (which we both tape recorded by advance agreement),
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he accidentally let slip that the real reason he was so far behind on his
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Turkey Springs contract was that he and his crew were moonlighting on two
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other jobs. When I asked if contracting officer Marchbanks knew that Rogers
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was working these two other jobs and was not working Turkey Springs full
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time, as he claimed in his 10/20/75 letter, he said he assumed that
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Marchbanks knew about one of the moonlighting jobs because Rogers claimed
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that inspector Hentz knew. I told Rogers I planned to call Marchbanks the
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next morning to find out.
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If, as Rogers now claims, he "felt no compunction to also so inform
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Marchbanks," why did Rogers get up very, very early the next morning (July
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12) and drive 60 miles to Springerville so he could inform Marchbanks before
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I called? When I called, Marchbanks told me "I was not aware of it until
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this morning." And Rogers did NOT tell Marchbanks about his SECOND
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moonlighting job, only ONE.
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CONCLUSION TO KLASS' MAY 4 QUESTION AND HIS JULY 17 COMMENTS
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FROM MICHAEL H. ROGERS
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Philip Klass' foregoing comments have once again given us an excellent
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example of his true modus operandi - to falsify documents and generate
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outright fabrications in a loathsome attempt to cover up the real truth
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about our experience.
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A skeptic is one who has the right to disbelieve in things which can not
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actually be proven to exist. But, an honest skeptic is one who will also
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look at the surrounding documentation with complete, unbiased appraisal.
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I have some friends, one close friend in particular, who have seen and
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pondered all the documentation of our case. Displaying his right as a
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citizen of a free country, and from the lure of his own desire, he has come
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right out on a couple of occasions and stated that he is not sure he can
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actually believe in extraterrestrial visitors, but he fully acknowledges, in
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the same sentence, that the documentation as a whole proves that we are
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telling the truth and honest in all the surrounding issues, and that Philip
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Klass is quite obviously a dishonest skeptic. Even though my friend is a
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skeptic he is an honest skeptic, and he is, among others, still my friend.
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