PART 14


April 20, 1980

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Dear ________,

I read your letter of the 13th with considerable interest.
It seems difficult to believe that I have finally found
someone that is as interested in finding out the true story
of Project Red Light.

First of all I would like to address the specific points
requested in your letter, and then I will expand on them and
other items as well.

1. I did not know about the UFO movie prior to reading your
article.

2. I found out the name of Project Redlight almost by
accident. I was ____________________________________________
in a warehouse at Area 51 and saw a large number of wooden
shipping crates (the type made with tongue and groove lumber
and used for shipping heavy items securely) with the code
name "Project Redlight" written with grease pen or felt tip
pen. Also on the crates was a stencilled "Edwards AFB" in
standard military type of letters.

3. The article in Readers Digest that I referred to was
about a UFO that flew over the US from the East Coast to
where it "blew up" somewhere over eastern Nevada. The
article did not state that the pilot was human. I'm sorry
for the confusion on this. The reason that I felt that this
Digest article is important is that I remember a period
shortly after the date given in the article (I don't
remember what it was, sorry) everything came to a screeching
halt at Area 51. As you can see, I am just putting two and
two together, but I am satisfied that the UFO of the Digest
article and the UFO of Project Redlight are/were one and the
same.

Now for some additional information that has come to mind
since I talked to you.

Your report about the motorcycle riders is interesting. I
can remember hearing similar rumors while I worked on the
test site and I would not doubt the authenticity of your
report. The security force at Area 51 while I serviced the
Area were heavily armed and I considered them dangerous.
There were several times that I was in the wrong place at the
right time and had it not been provable that I was not
snooping or trying to snoop I really don't think I would be
writing you this letter. Incidentally, the security wore
standard air police uniforms but looked nothing like any of
the AP's I have ever dealt with. They were all in their 30's
to 40's, and looked like dock workers. Also as I remember it
the only markings they wore just said Air Police. They did
not have Nellis AFB on anything but a few of their vehicles,
and I believe that they were assigned to Edwards rather than
Nellis. The reason I remember this is that it seemed strange
to me during my first trip to Area 51 I noticed a slight
difference in their uniforms from Nellis AP's, and I over-
heard a couple of remarks that indicated they were from
Edwards.

Another interesting point. I was accustomed to going out
onto the Bombing and Gunnery Range and had a number at Indian
springs (Nellis AFB maintains a forward area base there) to
call to get clearence onto the range. This was SOP.
However, in the case of Area 51 I called the security office
at Area 51. This indicated to me that Nellis AFB had nothing
to do with the operation of Area 51. Also the designation of
Area 51 was classified TOP SECRET.

Incidentally, although I carried a "Q" clearance from the
Atomic Energy Commission as well as an inter agency TOP
SECRET clearance I was investigated for a special Air Force
TOP SECRET clearance in order to operate in Area 51.

At this point I am going to give you just a series of
disconnected observations that I made in the hope that they
may tie in with something you or Len Stringfield may know.

1. I saw some crates being unloaded from a cargo plane. The
aircraft was a super constellation with standard markings and
had nothing to indicate it had any military connections.
There was no airline name on it.

2. I only saw the UFO one time. It was on the ground and
partly hidden behind a building and at first I thought it was
a small private aircraft until I noticed it had no wings or
tail. I was probably 1/2 mile or farther from it but I would
guess it 20 to 30 feet in diameter and sort of a pewter color
rather than bright polished aluminium.

end of part 14


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3. The reason I know it flew silently is I was present on a
number of occasions when it was landing or taking off (I was
always taken inside and out of view of the runway at these
times) and at no time did I hear anything that sounded like a
conventional or any other kind of engine.

4. I was working on their ______ several times when they
just_______. However since I was there to work on them I
really didn't think anything about it. Oh yes, they would
___________ again just as suddenly. Also there were a number
of times that I was called out to work on ______ and could
not find anything wrong with it.

5. On of the men that I knew were "Pilots" was just slightly
larger than me.

6. Most of the test flights occurred in the daytime rather
than at night.

7. The radio frequency they used at that time was in the
regular commercial VHF band and was a simplex frequency. At
one time I had the Freq. written down but I have no idea now
what it was. Anyway, i really think that someone with a
scanner could pick them up if they were to park on the road
to the east of the test site and use some kind of directional
antenna.

8. Before I send this letter I will try to get a USC&GS map
of the area and will mark the location of Area 51 on it.

9. There was a Radar Station at the north end of the test
site near the town of Tonopah, Nevada. A fellow from my home
town of _______,________ was an operator there. His name is
__________ __________ . We were talking about the test site
one day when he mentioned that he was always picking up UFO's
over the test site but was told to ignore them. I remember
him telling about one that he picked up on the edge of his
RBI on the first revolution was directly overhead on the
second pass and was just going off the scope on the third
revolution of the antenna.

10. For some reason I seem to remember that the Redlight is
spelled Redlight i.e. all one word.

11. I always had the impression that the flight test area
was from Area 51 north because there is a natural valley that
runs in that direction for 200 miles or so. Also the area
to the south was more populated. Also I entered Area 51 from
the north and there were a couple of times that i was
questioned about whether I had 'noticed' anything on the way
in.

12. I was reminded constantly that no matter what I saw I
could be in serious trouble if I ever talked about any of it.
I can't stress how much how tight the security was, it was
almost paranoid.

13. I don't think this has anything to do with Redlight, but
I remember when I was a kid back in the 40's, on two
occasions I saw a story about UFO's included in the weekly
Pathe' News. There was one story about a UFO that had
crashed somewhere and another story about a UFO that was
found in some farmers barn. Both of those stories were given
the usual news treatment. The reason that I am mentioning
this is that I recently read an article about the entire
library of Pathe' movie film being given to an institution of
some kind which would make it available to researchers. I am
certain that if these film clips could be located they would
be useful. Realizing that these stories appeared prior to
Blue Book and at a time of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon,
there is probably a better than even chance that they can be
located by someone willing to spend the time viewing a few
hundred hours of old news film.

14. More on item #7, the air-to-ground frequencies were in
the 200mc range. I believe there is a standard set of air-to
-ground or government frequencies either just above or just
below the 220mc ham band and their communications were on
those frequencies.

Well there you have it ______. I hope that I have shed some
light on some dark areas. Should any other thoughts come to
mind that I feel may be important I will try to catch you on
the ____________. Hopefully if I can get things settled down
to a dull roar I will be able to start checking in on a more
permanent basis. Of course, should you have any questions or
want further clarification please contact me.


(signature)

NOTE...Any information that would identify the sender or
recipient of this letter has been deleted in order to protect
them. The original document contains both names and
addresses but will be given to no one without their
permission. The reason Len Stringfields name is left in is
that he is a known UFO researcher and it cannot hurt him as
he was not the sender or receiver.

end of part 15


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