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SUBJECT: THE PHOENIX PROJECT FROM A GENIE FORUM FILE: UFO2500
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PART 3
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Filename: Phoenix3.Rpt
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Type : Report
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Author : Steve Jones
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Date : 08/23/92
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Desc. : Official report from the Sacramento UFO SIG on K2
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The Sacramento UFO SIG (Special Interest Group) is a small group of
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individuals who have keen interest in expanding their knowledge on this
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subject. We have been meeting officially for one year and numerous
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members of this group have had significant encounters. Like most of
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you, we have a keen interesting in the Who, What and especially the Why
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on this subject.
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The SIG has made four trips up to K2 during the last 3 weeks, and at
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this point, to be frank, we have come up empty handed. This is not
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saying that there is nothing up there, but we are not seeing evidence
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of anything at this time. Due to the fact that there have been a flurry
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of sightings occurring approximately 75 miles to the south of K2 (Pilot
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Peak), both ourselves and apparently several MUFON members are of the
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opinion that the Greys may have moved their operations to the south.
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We have made the following observations.
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1. The area, although remote, is somewhat heavily traveled by the
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locals. This, we feel, is the reason for the very smooth surface
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of the road. Road traffic is light, if not nonexistent, at night
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(usually between about 9:00PM and around 4:00AM when the local
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loggers start coming through from Quincy to go to work at the
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logging sites). There seems to be extensive logging going on
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between the mountain and the junction of the Quincy- LaPorte Road
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and the road that goes up to Little Grass Valley Lake. It is our
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opinion that the reason that the road is paved from the base of
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the mountain, up and through the valley below the peak itself and
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to the top of the rise that over looks the Feather River canyon,
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is the possibility of eliminating washouts, especially along the
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face of the hill just below the valley entrance.
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2. The valley itself, which contains the Onion Valley creek, is not,
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in my opinion, anything unusual for the Sierras. The place is
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teeming with life, including bear, deer, owls, squirrels, birds,
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frogs and in the evening, loads of bats (which swarm down from the
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mountain). Two of the people who went up to the mountain (John
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Pickens and Ed Stewart) went up to the lookout and they said that
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there was a lot of evidence of extensive rat population up there.
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I have personally walked over approximately 75% of that valley
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floor and about 25% of the slope to the south (which is just below
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the face of the mountain. I have found very little evidence of
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anything out of the ordinary, especially cave or cavern openings.
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In fact, I found little if any indication that anyone had been
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walking up there within recent weeks.
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The pond is made from a small man-made dam, which appears to be at
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least 20 years old. I can see the distinct possibility that the
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forest service made it to create a water source in case of fires.
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I did see the area that the report mentions regarding the washed
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out part of the dam. The pond is, according to a man that one of
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our party interviewed, fish-less. It does, however, have several
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resident ducks, which make a considerable amount of noise during
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the night. The bats feed extensively on the insects that populate
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the pond and they are somewhat aggressive. You can toss a small
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stone up in the air and the bats will go after it. John Pickens
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showed us that little trick.
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3. We were only approached once by a local sheriff, who simply wanted
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to know what we were doing sitting by the side of the road late at
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night. This was just after he had left the campground which held a
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large group of local indians, who were camping there. These
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indians were very much aware of our presence and no doubt were
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concerned about us. Since the mountains of California are known to
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have drug farmers, it is prudent to maintain one's distance.
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Mountain folks are a quiet bunch and usually have little to say to
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"flat landers." We only saw US Forest Service Ranters driving
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their trucks on the road and we were never approached about why we
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were in the area.
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4. Pilot Peak (K2) is indeed in a fairly remote area, which given the
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patterns of life of the area, could be an ideal spot for some
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surreptitious activity. Logistical it is in a very good location,
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considering the local terrain, it's relationship to areas in
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Northern California and Nevada and it's relative ease of access.
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If I were going to build a secret base in Northern California,
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this area would be ideal. The roads leading to the site from the
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south are paved up to within 10 miles of the mountain and the
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loggers and the locals, use it extensively from 4:00AM until about
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9:00PM. As I have mentioned above from 9:00PM until 4:00AM, the
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road is deserted and the place is very quiet.
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The area to the west of the mouth of the U-shaped valley just
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below the peak goes into a long narrow canyon, which the Phoenix
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group describes in their report. I can see that this could be
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utilized to gain access below radar.
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5. The marshes behind and in front of the pond have tall rice-like
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grass and there are areas that appear to have been flattened, but
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not in the classic crop-circle sense. The pattern of the flattened
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grass is uni-directional and it does appear to have been folded
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over and braided, but there is no defined shape to the areas
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themselves. There are approximately 10 of these sites either below
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the dam or behind it and they all have signs of foot traffic going
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into them. The grass in these areas show signs of browning and do
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not show any of the signs of burning (either shaded or tip-burning
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as mentioned in the crop circle evidence). I walked the entire
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area of both marshes and saw no signs of circular burn marks.
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6. Regarding the comments that the Phoenix Group has made about the
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feelings that their team has regarding being watched, there were
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two separate incidents that occurred while we were up there that
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gives me pause to reflect.
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The first of these events occurred when my son and I originally
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went to the mountain three weeks ago. At the time, I didn't see
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the significance of it, but I do now. It was dusk and my son and I
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had set up my tripod and camera on the dam looking towards the
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peak. It was somewhat of a moonlight night and the bats had just
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come out. It was approximately 9:30PM on Saturday, the 8th of
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August. Suddenly I heard what appeared to be the sounds of bear
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cubs. I immediately recognized the sounds, having spend years in
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the woods. Instantly, I had the uneasy feeling that mother bear
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might be close and I told my son to take the tripod and we should
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quietly go back to the car. Since we hadn't intended to stay the
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night, we decided to leave the area. The location of these noises
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were approximately 150 feet up the side of the mountain to the
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South-South West of the southern tip of the dam.
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On the evening of Wednesday, the 12th I went up to the mountain by
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myself and spent the night parked by the side of the main road
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which is slightly above the valley floor and has an excellent view
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of the entire valley. The only significant noise that I heard that
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night was from a very loud owl, who hooted from the very same area
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that the bear noises emminate from.
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On Saturday, the 15th, myself and Ed Stewart spent the afternoon
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and early evening up at K2. I walked up the side of the hill to
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the south, southeast of the pond with Ed and we set up some
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listening equipment (sensitive mikes, including one contact mike,
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which I set up on some solid granite). Suddenly, Ed said, "What
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was that???", motioning over into the same area of the hillside
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that I have previously mentioned with the owl and bear sounds. It
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gave me a very short term feeling of uneasiness, but it pasted. At
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that point I was under the impression that we were sitting over
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the area that was supposed to have the base entrance. Later, I
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found out that I was wrong.
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Last night, on the evening of August 22nd, I spoke to Jack Mathias
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on the phone. I essentially told him what I have transcribed here
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with the exception of the strange noises and their locations. I
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told him that we had been looking for the base entrances and were
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having trouble finding them. It was then that he told me that the
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main one was to the south- southwest of the southern tip of the
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dam, approximately 150-165 feet up the side of the hill and that
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apparently I had been looking at the wrong place all along.
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Whether the locations of the noises that myself, Ed Stewart and my
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son Kris have heard are in fact located nearer to the supposed
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entrance is still an open question. If so, the there is the
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possibility that someone may have been trying to warn us away, by
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playing mind games with us. I didn't think of it at the time, but
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this reminds me of the types of things that Whitley Streiber
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experienced. HUMMMM!!????
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In conclusion, we still have some unanswered questions regarding the
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K2 site. We do question some of the allegations of the Phoenix Group,
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but haven't closed the book yet. There is still the possibility that
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there is something going on up there, but we feel that the burden of
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proof is on the Phoenix Group. The data that they have listed in their
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report is outlined with some inconsistencies. The grid pattern for
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their magnetometer readings is devoid of X,Y co-ordinate markers
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corresponding to their readings. The maps of the area that they have
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listed in the report doesn't have marked on it the origin (0,0) point
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for the X,Y grid. For a scientific report, this is a very sizeable data
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error.
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We also have some problem with their conclusions regarding the road
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and it's usage, the quizzical nature of the rangers, the lack of life
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around the area and in particular the LZ sites that they mention. I can
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see that the place would make an excellent site for a secret base, but
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it's existence is still questionable. We have, as I have mentioned, not
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closed the book on this case, and will keep everyone posted.
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I would like to take this opportunity to give thanks to the very
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helpful efforts and support from Ed Stewart, John Pickens and my son
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Kristopher Jones. I have found that when it comes down to making a
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commitment to field research, there are often few, if any volunteers. I
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greatly appreciate those who participated. Thanks.
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Sincerely- Steve Jones, co-moderator of the Sacramento UFO SIG.
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