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   Eddie Wilson to All   
   SUBJECT: NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT DON WAR, MUF   
   11 Nov 25 06:35:22   
   
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   SUBJECT: NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT DON WAR, MUFON-FLA.              FILE: UFO1189   
      
      
   [This is a transcript for the December 4th, 1988 On Line Conference with MUFON   
   Gulf Breeze investigator Don Ware with a special cameo appearance of the   
   principle player in the case "Mr. Ed"]   
      
      
    User  User ID       Nod  Rm   Name / Forum Area   
    ----  ------------  ---  ---  -----------------   
     18   74630,554     ANC   5   Bill   
     24   76703,266     DUK   5   G-WIZ   
     27   72310,2472    BOI   3   Don M   
     32   76650,1021    TTO   5   Tom Mickus   
     24   74000,1033    CNJ   5   Lynn Craig   
     47   72311,2715    BOL   5   JDR   
     59   72460,3101    BMA   5   JERRY WOODY   
     66   74270,3360    BOI   5   DON   
     70   75376,1620    CVK   5   Wedge   
     71   76060,2404    DEQ   5   Mark R. Owens   
     73   76012,3361    MRT   5   Ted   
     77   71450,3504    PSF   5   Bert   
     77   71450,3504    PSF   5   Don Ware   
      
   (5,Bert) Any time, Don is here with me.   
      
   (5,Wedge) Don, is Ed ********* with you?   
      
   (5,Bert) Ed is not here   
      
   (5,Don M) Dale, which Don   
      
   (5,Wedge) Sorry, Don Ware.   
      
   #;;C_ISSU: - Job 77: switching handles now   
      
   (5,DON) Hi you all.......   
      
   (5,Bill) hi Don   
      
   (5,Mark[Y]) Hello, all!   
      
   (5,Don M) hihi   
      
   (Ted) Are we ready? ga   
      
   (5,DON) go   
      
   (5,Don Ware) All set here   
      
   (5,Bill) yes   
      
   (Ted) Tonight's special guest is Donald Ware, head of the Gulf Breeze UFO   
   investigation for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). Don is a retired Air Force   
   officer (fighter pilot) who resides in Ft. Walton Beach, FL and is also a state   
   director for MUFON.  He was spotlighted on NBC's "Unsolved Mysteries" last   
   month.  Before we open the floor to questions I'll get things going with a   
   couple of basic questions. Ready Don? GA   
      
   (5,Don Ware) yes   
      
   (Ted) I understand there has been quite a bit of new activity in Gulf Breeze   
   the   
   last few months. Could you tell us a little about what has been happening? --   
   Especially involving the incident last week where an airforce pilot and his   
   wife   
   had a major encounter on the beach. I heard a rumor that a significant stretch   
   of beach was closed. Anything to that? GA   
      
   (5,Don Ware) First let me clarify for the record that Charles Flannigan is the   
   chief investigator on the GB case.  I have been coordinating some of the   
   related   
   activities.  Regarding recent incidents a week ago Monday, about 10:15 pm, 3   
   teenagers on Pensacola beach were told by US Airforce security police that they   
   must clear the beach. Thirty minutes later, James Larken with another person   
   reported a UFO 12-13 ft in diameter, 25 ft above the tree tops two miles east   
   of   
   GB. This is just north of the Sound from where the teenagers were, and I   
   understand that the teenagers told Mark Curtis of TV3 that an incident was in   
   progress. ga   
      
   (Ted) Thanks for setting us straight on the "head" investigator.  What's your   
   opinion of the attacks being leveled by individuals like Willy Smith? In a   
   report at a national UFO conference in Cleveland recently, Smith reported that   
   he believed the whole GB thing to be a hoax. GA   
      
   (5,Don Ware) First let me clarify that the teenagers were told by the POLICE   
   that an incident was in progress. I think Willy Smith has a personal problem.   
   We have not communicated with him since late March when his responses to our   
   communications became unreasonable. ga   
      
   (Ted) Can you elaborate? ga   
      
   (5,Wedge) !   
      
   (5,Tom Mickus) !   
      
   (5,Don Ware) I'd prefer not to elaborate further, because I prefer not to   
   discuss other people. ga   
      
   (5,DON) !!   
      
   (Ted) I will now open the floor, Dale and Mickus are already on the list (along   
   with Don) ga   
      
   (5,Wedge) Thank you. I was just wondering how you feel about the recent   
   reduction of Bob Boyd and Willy Smith in MUFON circles...since every case needs   
   to have both sides expressed, don't you feel that one sided censorship is   
   taking   
   place?ga   
      
   (5,Don Ware) The change in MUFON status of Boyd and Smith has certainly not   
   changed their visibility. ga   
      
   (Ted) Mickus is next GA   
      
   (5,Tom Mickus) Don, can you tell us if the names of two of the people who also   
   have photos is going to be released...and has Maccabee analyzed these pics at   
   all and if he has, when is the computer analysis going to be made public in   
   print?...and one other question, if Mr. "Ed" is supposed to be a major   
   construction contractor in GB why can't someone determine who is really is?   
   Thanks. GA DON.   
      
   (5,Mark R. Owens) !   
      
   (5,Don Ware) The two photos from 1986 and the 9 photos from "believer Bill"   
   were   
   taken by people who have not allowed interviews [A lady named Millie took 2   
   photos on 6 April the objects were quite small, .001 radians....   
      
   (Ted) Don Ware got knocked off. Please stand by.....   
      
      
   [Light music...]   
      
   (5,Wedge)    
      
   [Irritating commercial chatter]   
      
   [More Light music]   
      
   (5,G-WIZ) ha!   
      
   (5,Bert) got knocked off, we are back...   
      
   [Bert changes name to Don Ware]   
      
   (5,Don Ware) We have been unable to locate Mike Johnson, who dropped off an   
   undeveloped roll of film at the Gulf Breeze Sentinel. ga   
      
   (5,DON) Hang in there with me, the keyboard is acting up. Ok, Don, all around   
   the UFO community the entire "House" is in disarray perfect case in point is   
   the   
   GB case this is one that has divided the ranks down the middle You, Walt,   
   Maccabee on one side giving the facts that this is very promising, on the other   
   side, People like Smith, etc, not to mention Klass using it to show the rest of   
   the world how we are our own worst enemies. My point is this,. first what do   
   you   
   consider to be the most effective evidence to show that something is indeed   
   occurring, and then do you have any ideas on how you would suggest a healing of   
   the ranks??  and follow up.  ga   
      
   (5,Tom Mickus) !   
      
   (5,Mark R. Owens) !   
      
   (5,Don Ware) Bob Boyd and Willy Smith appear to me to be debunkers. We have 7   
   investigators in NW Florida who have been working on this case plus 3-4 others   
   working on nearby cases. We try to investigate according to the MUFON manual we   
   report what we learn. The reaction of other investigators or debunkers is not   
   MY   
   concern. The NW Florida MUFON case number 15 has been investigated more   
   thoroughly than any case I know one couple has had 22 encounters, including 18   
   separate photographic sessions in a 5 and a half month period. They have taken   
   pictures with every kind of camera we gave them. The 1 May photographs show an   
   object 14.8 ft in diameter, and 14.8 ft high at a distance of 475 ft over the   
   water. The NIMSLO object is in the same frames calculated to be 132 ft away.   
   The   
   object appears to be about 3 ft long. NUMEROUS REPUTABLE people reported   
   objects   
   they described as similar to those photographed. ga   
      
   (5,Wedge) !   
      
   (5,Mark R. Owens) Thank you.  I would like to know what type of credentials   
   that   
   Ed has and how does he fit into the picture with respect to previous   
   association   
   with MUFON or other similar organizations. ga   
      
   (5,Don Ware) Ed has no previous association with MUFON or other UFO groups. I   
   met him on 20 November, the day after the first pictures were published. ga   
      
   (5,Mark R. Owens) follow?   
   (Ted)  We have a lot in line Mark. I have put you in Queue.  Dale is next ga   
      
   (5,Wedge) Don W is a book in the works?  And if so, can you tell us the   
   percentage of take that Ed will take?ga   
      
   (5,Don Ware) On 7 January, I told Ed that this case requires presentation to   
   the   
   public in two forms. First a TV documentary, because it was primarily visual   
   evidence; and secondly a book must be written because that is the ONLY format   
   that can tell the whole story. ga   
      
   (5,Don Ware) wait... I have no knowledge of the finances. ga   
      
   (Ted) Tom Mickus is next ga Tom   
      
   (5,Tom Mickus) Don, I'm not sure if you answered my previous question as to   
   whether Ed is a moajor construction contactor in GB...and when the computer   
   analysis by Maccabee will be pout into print. And a suggestion: Why doesn't   
   someone work a deal with Sony and make sure that everyone down there scraps   
   their cameras and get camcorders instead. And lastly, do you know where I can   
   get a copy of a 1985 Air force regulation entitled "AF200-2"  Thanks...GA   
      
   (5,Don Ware) During the previous 5 years Ed averaged building 20 houses per   
   year.  During the past 12 months, he has only built 9.  The reason is that an   
   extensive and UFO investigation and building custom homes do not mix. Not   
   everyone wants to trust their life savings to someone who photographs strange   
   things. Dr. Maccabees photo analysis has been completed on select photographs.   
   Release date unknown.  Library of congress would be a source for info on   
   regulations. Or "Clear Intent" has a copy of AFR200-2..ga   
      
   (Ted) DON is next GA DON form Boise   
      
   (5,DON) Don, on my last question, I asked you what piece of evidence you felt   
   was most provocative from the stand point of showing that this was a very   
   serious case, so what piece of evidence do you feel would be the one and how is   
   the abduction phenomenon shaping up in GB??   
      
   (5,Wedge) !   
      
   (5,Don Ware) As I stated in my initial statement is the combination of   
   excellent   
   photographs and the reputation of independent witnesses that makes GB "case 15"   
   greatly significant. We had 10 abductees at our support group meeting last   
   Tuesday (29 Nov.). My impression is that...   
      
      
   (5,DON) Ok, but is there any physical evidence, or military?   
      
   (Ted) Wait DON Please!   
      
   (5,Don Ware) they are being helped by our activities several abductees have   
   undergone extensive hypnotic regression.   
      
   (Ted) Mark O is next ga   
      
   (5,Mark R. Owens) I wanted to know if the government has been involved in this   
   thing, and if so, to what extent officially?  Also, has Ed been an abductee?   
   ga.   
      
   (Don Ware) Three mobile radars surrounded GB shortly after the photos were   
   published. Thompson 871111/0815 and McClellan 871202/00## both reported   
   fighters   
   making a pass toward the UFO. Light aircraft showed up after other sightings.   
   Light aircraft were reported orbiting over East Bay almost every night during   
   the peak of the sightings. We suspect that the government knows more about   
   what's going on than we do. Ed has has at least 4 periods of missing time at   
   ages 17, 25, 33, and 41. Perhaps later details may be released. ga   
      
   (Ted) DAle is next   
      
   (5,Wedge) If the Ed story turns out to be real it is the story of the   
   century if it doesn't, it could it could really destroy Ufology.  Is there   
   anything about Ed that you think could be detrimental to your case?ga   
      
   (Ted) [good ? Dale]   
      
   (5,Don Ware) we are back   
      
   (Ted)  Dale can you repeat? ga   
      
   (5,Wedge) I think I said...and if not, Ted ask the q. This case could be the   
   most important one in the past century.  But, perhaps it may not be as it   
   seems.   
   Is there anything in the case or in Mr. Ed that troubles you as an   
   investigator?   
   Your case may be the downfall of MUFON, if it is wrong.  Let us) hope that is   
   isn't.  Are there no reservations?g   
      
   (5,Don Ware) There are no reservations. The GB flap is a large number of cases   
   ga   
      
   (Ted) Don is next ga Don   
      
   (5,DON) pass   
      
   (Ted) Mark Y is up GA   
      
   (5,Mark Y) Has any hardware or landing tracings been found? GA   
      
   (5,Mark R. Owens) !   
      
   (5,Don Ware) A circle 12-14 ft in diameter in the school yard was affected so   
   that the grass died and did not grow back in the Spring. Extensive   
   investigation   
   has been unable to determine the cause.  On 17 Dec. Ed said he saw some liquid   
   fall from a UFO into a field. A "butter tub" with rainwater, dirt and algae was   
   found bubbling and apparently captured some of the fluid. Two analyses of the   
   fluid indicated diluted sea water. ga   
      
   (Ted)  Wedge is up GA   
      
   (5,Mark R. Owens) !   
      
   (5,Wedge) The Northeast Ohio sighting is unique in that not only are there   
   independent witnesses, photos, etc., but we have official document showing that   
   the event took "official" place.  Gulf Breeze is really big in event status,   
   but   
   no documents, from what I can see from military sources.  Are there some?   
      
   (5,Bill) !!!!!   
      
   (5,Don Ware) There has been nothing from any government agency on GB. ga   
      
   (5,Wedge) ? follow   
      
   (Ted) Follow Dale   
      
   (5,Wedge) Is there a reason that Gulf Breeze is more important than the Lake   
   Erie sighting (which has an official U.S. document)?  Or is is that your case   
   has been commercialized by the Sentinel and Walt Andrus?  My case hasn't even   
   made the MUFON Journal, but I'm not writing a book.ga   
      
   (Ted) Dale tonight's subject is GB. Let's not forget!   
      
   (5,Don Ware) I have very little information on the NE Ohio case.   
      
   (Ted) Next is Mark, [then BILL of Anaheim] ga Mark   
      
   (5,Mark R. Owens) Don,  Now that you have had experience with several   
   abductees,   
   has any determination been made as to what the motives are behind the GB   
   incidents. I have heard that there is something behind this, possibly some type   
   of programming or something of that nature.  And, what is the future as you see   
   it for GB?   
      
   (5,Wedge) Religious? Sorry!   
      
   (5,Don Ware) The abduction phenomenon was going on here before the photographs   
   were taken, and they have continued since 1 May. I think that the abduction   
   phenomenon and the GB photographs are 2 separate issues.    
      
                    
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