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SUBJECT: UFO: INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT NATIONAL SECURITY PINCH FILE: UFO2665
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An article published on April 24, 1988 in the Flushing, Observer
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(Flushing,MI) dealing with "black helicopter" harrassments of MUFON
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investigators. (Reprinted with permission)
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From The Flushing Observer (Flushing, Michigan), Sunday, April 24,
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1988. [Reprinted with permission]
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UFO: INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT NATIONAL SECURITY PINCH
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By Judith Karns, Observer Managing Editor
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They say it isn't so: there ain't no such animal as a "flying
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saucer."Even though our government spent a decade deeply enmeshed in
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investigation, (Project Bluebook, Majestic 12), suddenly, one day, a
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security lid was clamped so tight on the subjec t of extraterestrial
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visitors (some even speculate them to be subterranean) that even the
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squeak of a mouse couldn't get out. And with that lid came the
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"official" denial of the phenomenon's existence.
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Why, then, asks Flushing residents Shirley and George Coyne, state
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directors of MUFON (Mutual UFO Network based in Seguin, Texas), should
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they be singled out as subjects of what they call "intimidation", by
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what they suspect might be the National Se curity Administration (NSA),
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one of our country's more covert intelligence operations?
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The Coynes had long been aware that their delving into the touchy
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subject of UFO investigations could bring on some governmental
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attention; they'd long heard stories from others who had been involved
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with the subject for far more lengthy periods of time than they. But
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it wasn't until Sunday, Jan. 10 of this year, at approximately 11:30
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a.m., that they were certain they were targets of some considerable
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curiosity.
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The Coynes were in the bedroom of their two-bedroom mobile home.
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Shirley was seated on the floor, George in a nearby chair. Reclined on
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the bed was a woman deeply entranced by hypnotic suggestions brought on
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by hypnotherapist Virginia Tilly who sat in another chair near the
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bed.
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The scene wasn't an unusual one. The Coynes, through the course
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oftheir investigations, often come in contact with subjects who have
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strong suspicions that their UFO sightings amount to more than just an
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eyeball perspective. And when this happens, "Ginny", a school teacher
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and hypnotherapist from St. Joseph, is called in to assist in getting
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to the bottom of the murky puddle of speculation.
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According to Shirley, this particular regression session had been
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arranged by two telephone calls, one to the subject and one to Ginny
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Tilly.
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As Ginny questioned the regressed subject, in the far distance could
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be heard the approach of a helicopter. From her vantage point on the
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floor, Shirley had been entranced in her own way by the sequential
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flickers of small, voice-activated red light s on Ginny's tape
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recorder.
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At about the same time they became aware that the helicopter was
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notsimply passing by, Shirley became aware that the red lights on the
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recorder had stopped. And not wishing to disturb the progression of the
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hypnosis, she ran to an adjacent room to get her own recorder, which
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she activated. It is on this recorder that the helicopter's approach to
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a hovering position above their mobile home is recorded.
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According to Ginny, the contents of her tape, before it was "shut
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off", contained the subject's comments about the "hiders" who were at
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that very minute approaching in "that helicopter", and she also
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provided a description of the helicopter even tho ugh her eyes were
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closed and the drapes were drawn. It was learned later that the subject
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had previous experiences with such vehicles near her home in another
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part of the state. And, "she named a time, a date, and a beach in
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Virginia where, supposedly, aliens gave the U.S. government the
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technology to be able to listen in (on private conversations)", said
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Ginny.
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Meanwhile, George had gone to his car to retrieve his camera from the
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trunk just as the helicopter hovered. Shirley joined him in time to see
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the helicopter "tipped" down as it maneuvered away from them. Because
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of its speedy exit, George was unable to get a picture.
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It is the Coynes' estimate that, though it did not directly hover
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again, the vehicle circled the mobile home community during the
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duration of the hypnotic regression, for approximately one to one and
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on half hours.
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They described it as dull black, and large--at least four to six
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passenger. (Other descriptions withheld at request of George and
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Shirley.) The windows were tinted dark. George noted a "wire" which was
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visibly draped from the rear of the helicopter to the front, and it was
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his impression that it was some type of antenna.
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Indeed, the hypnotized subject telephoned the Coynes some time later
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to tell them she had forgotten one detail of the helicopter--what
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appeared to be a wire connected from back to front.
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"I was going to tell you something, but I don't think I'd better,"
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said Wright. And he went on to tell them that just prior to his call
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ringing through, a man's voice came over the line, "as if someone had
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picked up an extension in my own home. It w as a male voice--40ish--
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that said, "Just a minute; I have to handle this,", as if he were
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somewhere tapping into their line and was talking to someone else."
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Wright says his initial impression was that the Coyne's line was
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tapped, however he says, "It could have been my line rather than
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theirs. Their phone had not rung yet." Ginny Tilly, though she's
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certain her actions are monitored through such means as telephone
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tapping, feels the situation is more one of curiosity and information
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seeking rather than one of intimidation.
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The Coynes have their own ideas on phone tapping, and take into
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strong consideration their frequent (several each week) one-ring calls
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which illicit nothing more than a dial tone on answering, and they have
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given consideration to a bit of informatio n they've received regarding
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the possibility that those rings are designed to activate a 'bug" (a
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hidden listening device) in their home.
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On March 29, the Coynes were ready to leave on a short trip of
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several days duration. Before their departure, they made a telephone
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call to the friend they were about to visit, to indicate that they were
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on their way. They then proceeded to dirive s outhwest toward the state
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border. As they neared Bancroft, on their way toward Lansing,
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Shirley suddenly noticed a familiar sight--a black helicopter. It was
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hovering beyond an overpass under which they had just driven.
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At first, speculation was that coincidence had befallen them.
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However, their concern mounted as they continued to drive and the
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helicopter continued to stay in their sight, but too far away to be
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photographed.
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George decided he wanted a closer look, and stopped the vehicle under
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an overpass to remove his binoculars from the trunk.
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The helicopter, which had continued on its way, suddently turned and
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came back to pace them for a total of approximately 90 miles. It was
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the helicopter's return that convinced them they were the subjects of
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no coincidence.
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On Tuedsday, April 5, the Coynes witnessed an unmarked black
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planecircle their mobile home community, the incident possibly having
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some connection to a disturbance with their microwave oven clock, which
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stopped, and blinked constant at the time of the Coynes' sighting of
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the plane.
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The Coynes' recording of the helicopter's initial visit to
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theFlushing area has received some scrutiny from both an FAA (Federal
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Aviation Administration) representative, and a member of the military.
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Chuck Pine, an FAA aviation safety inspector out of Kent County
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Airport, had occasion to hear the recording. He said, "It has a
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definite 'whoomp'....to me it sounded like a Huey." Pine was hesitant
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to be adamant in his statement, but did concede th at the "Huey" type
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of air vehicle does have a distinctive sound to it, and the recording
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did seem to contain that sound. Pine is also a commercial pilot and
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former air traffic controller.
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"I took the tape and drawing (Shirley's artistic rendition) to a
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fella who's highly placed in the military," said Dan Wright. "He said,
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'There's no question in my mind; I'd stake my life on it being a
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Huey.'" Wright said the information he obtained on the "Huey" (made by
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the Bell Corporation) suggests that it is formilitary or intelligence
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use only, and is not provided to the private orcorporate sector.
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Wright's had some problems of his own lately. He has had reason to
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believe the FBI was keeping a file on himself, and had requested,
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through the Freedom of Information Act, a copy of that file. However,
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before he received their response that they found nothing on him, he
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experienced a nine-day period in which he received no mail. Wright
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purposely waited an extended period of time before contacting the post
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office, feeling that more credence could be lent to the situation if
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the period of time exceeded one week.
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Upon contacting the post office, he was told that he apparently had
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gone on vacation, and that the letter carrier probably noticed that
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lhis mailbox was full and simply held the mail back.
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Wright's response to this was a confession that he had gone on
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vacation. However, the mail delivery had stopped after his return. He
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did not have a mailbox, but he did have a slot in his door, and the
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letter carrier could not have determined how much mail had been stuffed
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into it. The mail was promptly delivered.
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This--what is happening to the Coynes--is very intimidating," said
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Wright.
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"They want the Coynes to know they are being monitored. To me, it
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begins and ends with all of the documents we have requested, and they
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don't want an open discussion of the UFO issue.
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"Whoever is doing this,....if they want to rattle cages, we are not
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totally defenseless."
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