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Vike’s Note: Below is an excellent letter from a son who's father served at the
Loring AFB back in 1975 when all heck broke loose when many military men
observed an unknown object over the base. The military personal who witnessed
the event were questioned by people from the Air Force as "someone"
wanted to get the facts, then pretty much wanted the entire event to go away,
not to be talked or discussed again.
This
really is another case where an unknown object has penetrated base security and
the base going on full alert and not being able to deal with what was
happening in the sky above them. They certainly tried from the letters I have
received from eyewitnesses from the base, but everyone on the AFB was
pretty much helpless to do much of anything.
There
are more military people who have not come forward to give their accounts of
what took place that night. Maybe if more folks would finally care to write and
share the details on the UFO sighting, it would be most welcomed and very
helpful in trying to find answers. Please note, when writing to Brian your personal information will never be given
out to anyone. It stays here with me.
Thank
you, Brian.
Date:
1975
Message:
I was reading your page on the 1975 Loring AFB UFO incident and got a little
chuckle. My father was a security policeman with the 17th Security Police
Sq, and was on duty the nights in question. For several years after I
learned of the incident, my father as well refused to discuss it. About a
year ago, maybe longer, he relented and told me what went on the first night.
The
object in question, he refuses to call it an UFO, was silent. It had
suddenly appeared over the weapon storage area and the alert aircraft from
nowhere. He was a NCO and was getting calls about the UFO and headed
over towards the WSA and the weapon assembly building. He climbed up a
bunker and stood there, slack jawed, and did nothing. After a few minutes
the wing commander was roused and came over to the same bunker and along with
his staff officers, tried to figure out what was going on.
He
asked my father what the hell was going on and why he hadn't called this into
the tower. My fathers response was that he had called the tower and they
told him he was full of sh**, and they wouldn't wake the wing commander because
as they saw it, there was nothing there. He was surprised because as he
put it, the light was blindingly bright.
There
was no way they couldn't have seen it. He also told them that he was
getting calls from all the posts, roving patrols and even from the gate about
it. The wing commander called up the tower and asked them to verify the
light. They immediately denied it. The commander then told
the NCO in the tower, 'If the eagle on my shoulder see's that light, then
those stripes on your damned sleeve better see it to."
They
immediately, albeit a little dumbfounded, said that that they saw it as well.
The whole incident this night lasted some time more and then was over. My
dad went back and filled out the log with the entire incident and started a
report on it as well.
He
was actually off the next couple of days but was aware that the incident was
being looked into as drug smuggling. He says that is total bull. The
object was dead quiet, had appeared and disappeared with little or no warning,
came and went as it chose, and stopped or slowed no where else but the airbase
and it's weapons storage area.
They
even chased this thing with some fighters sent up to Loring. I think he
said they were Air National Guard F-106's. They never caught up to
it. The helicopters there were not just Canadian but many from the Air
Force. He heard from his friends on duty that the base big wigs were
getting alot of pressure to resolve the matter.
He
came back on duty a few nights later and nothing happened that night. That
morning a couple of men from the Air Force came up and started questioning
everyone who had seen the incident first hand. They were not told to be
quiet by these men as they went through the investigation. When they
finished, my father said that they came to his duty station to inspect the
blotter and related paperwork.
They
then removed the pages from the blotter and the related paperwork and replaced
them with new pages that did not mention the incident. My dad said he knew
enough to keep his mouth shut and not ask why they were taking these
pages. After that, the matter was closed for all intents and
purposes. He later said, that while not told directly by any superiors,
talking about the matter wasn't kosher. He then said that it became kind
of like a joke.
This
is my recollection of the matter and may be incomplete. But he doesn't
talk much about this or any other of the things he saw in the Air Force. I'm
not sure why, it has been over thirty years and I can't see any of it still
being classified. None of the bases he served at exist anymore as
operational bases. I hope this story is helpful.
Thank
you to the person for relating an excellent account from his Father.
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Kamloops British Columbia Canada UFO Research. Email: brian_vike@telus.net
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