- HBCC UFO Research 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.
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- 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.
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- 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 Vike - Director of HBCC UFO Research your personal
information will never be given out to anyone. It stays here with me. So
please don't worry about any of your private contact information leaving
HBCC UFO Research.
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- Thank you, Brian - hbccufo@telus.net
- Website: http://www.hbccufo.org
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- Date: 1975
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Thank you to the person for relating an excellent account
from his Father.
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- Also here are some links to other reports I received
on this UFO sighting over the Loring AFB UFO Incident. The reports from
HBCC UFO Research were posted on the Jeff Rense website and can be found
here:
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- 1. - Loring AFB UFO Incident - Ex-Military Serviceman
Speaks. Loring AFB UFO Incident- October 1975 Another Person Speaks Out.
http://www.rense.com/general70/speaks.htm
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- 2. - The Loring's AFB UFO Incident
- http://www.hbccufo.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4168
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- 3. - Loring AFB Unknown Intruder (s) - AFB Penetration.
- http://www.hbccufo.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4190
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- 4. - Loring AFB UFO Incident - A Senior NCO Speaks Out.
- http://www.hbccufo.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4211
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- 5. - Military Serviceman Stationed At Loring AFB Recalls
UFO Incident.
- http://www.hbccufo.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4241
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