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   SUBJECT: E B E's                                             FILE: UFO1021   
      
   PART 2   
      
   The  Suffern Story: On October 7, 1975, a 27-year old  carpenter,   
   Robert  Suffern,  of Bracebridge, Ontario, got a  call  from  his   
   sister who had seen a "fiery glow" near his barn and concluded it   
   was  on  fire. Suffern drove to the spot and,  after  determining   
   that there was no problem, got back on the road. There, he  would   
   testify, he encountered a large disc-shaped object resting in his   
   path. "I was scared," he said. "It was right there in front of me   
   with  no  lights and no sign of life." But even  before  his  car   
   could  come to a complete stop, the object abruptly ascended  out   
   of sight. Suffern turned his car around and decided to head  home   
   rather  than  to  his  sister's  place,  his  original   intended   
   destination. At that point a small figure wearing a helmet and  a   
   silver-gray suit stepped in front of the car, causing Suffern  to   
   hit  the brakes and skid to a stop. The figure ran into a  field.   
   Then, according to Suffern, "when he got to the fence, he put his   
   hands  on a post and went over it with no effort at all.  It  was   
   like he was weightless" (UFOIL, n.d.).   
      
    Within  two days Suffern's report was on the wire services,  and   
   Suffern   was   besieged  by  UFO   investigators,   journalists,   
   curiosity-seekers,  and  others. Suffern, who made no  effort  to   
   exploit his story and gave every appearance of believing what  he   
   was  saying, soon tired of discussing it. A year later,  however,   
   Suffern  and his wife told a Canadian investigator that  a  month   
   after  the encounter, they were informed that  some  high-ranking   
   officials  wished to speak with them. Around this time,  so  they   
   claimed,  they  were  given  thorough  examinations  by  military   
   doctors. After that an appointment was set up for December 12 and   
   on  that  day an Ontario Provincial Police cruiser  arrived  with   
   three  military officers, one Canadian, two American.  They  were   
   carrying books and other documents. In the long conversation that   
   followed,  the officers apologized for the UFO landing,  claiming   
   it   was  a  "mistake"  caused  by  the  malfunctioning   of   an   
   extraterrestrial spaceship.   
      
    The  officers produced close-up pictures of UFOs, claiming  that   
   the  U.S. and Canadian governments had had intimate knowledge  of   
   aliens  since 1943 and were cooperating with them.  The  officers   
   even  knew  the  exact  dates  and  times  of  two  previous  but   
   unreported  UFO sightings on the Suffern property.  The  Sufferns   
   said  the  officers had answered all their  questions  fully  and   
   frankly,  but  they would not elaborate on what they  were  told.   
   Reinterviewed  about  the matter some months  later,  the  couple   
   stuck by their story but added few further details.   
      
    The  investigator, Harry Tokarz, would remark,  "Robert  Suffern   
   strikes one as an individual who carefully measures his thoughts.   
   His  sincerity  comes through clearly as he  slowly  relates  his   
   concepts and ideas. His wife, a home-bred country girl, is  quick   
   to air her views and state unequivocally what she believes to  be   
   fact" (CUFORN, 1983).   
   end of part 2   
      
                
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