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   SUBJECT: E B E's                                             FILE: UFO1022   
      
   PART 3   
      
   EBEs in South Dakota: On February 9, 1978, a curious document--an   
   apparent  carbon  copy  of an official U.S.  Air  Force  incident   
   report-arrived at the office of the National Enquirer in Lantana,   
   Florida.  Accompanying the document was an unsigned letter  dated   
   "29  Jan." It read: "The incident stated in the  attached  report   
   actually  occurred.  The Air Force appointed a  special  team  of   
   individuals  to  investigate  the incident. I was  one  of  those   
   individuals.  I am still on active duty and so I cannot state  my   
   name at this time. It is not that I do not trust the Enquirer  (I   
   sure [sic] you would treat my name with [sic] confidence but I do   
   not trust others.) The incident which occurred on 16 Nov. 77, was   
   classified top secret on 2 Dec 77. At that time I obtained a copy   
   of the original report. I thought at that time that the Air Force   
   would  probably  hush the whole thing up, and they did.  The  Air   
   Force  ordered the silence on 1 Dec 77, after which,  the  report   
   was  classified. There were 16 pictures taken at the scene. I  do   
   not have access to the pictures at this time" (Pratt, 1984).   
      
    The report, stamped FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY, purported to be  from   
   the commander of the 44th Missile Security Squadron at  Ellsworth   
   AFB near Rapid City, South Dakota. The incident was described  as   
   a  "Helping  Hand (security  violation)/Covered  Wagon  (security   
   violation) at Lima 9 (68th SMSq Area), 7 miles SW of Nisland, SD,   
   at  2100  hours on 16 Nov. 77." The recipient of the  report  was   
   identified  as "Paul D. Hinzman, SSgt, USAF,  Comm/Plotter,  Wing   
   Security  Control."  Two security men, Airmen 1st  Class  Kenneth   
   Jenkins  and  Wayne  E.  Raeke,  experienced  and  reported   the   
   incident,  which  was investigated by Capt. Larry D.  Stokes  and   
   TSgt. Robert E. Stewart.   
      
    The  document told an incredible story. At 10:59 on the  evening   
   of November 16 an alarm sounded from the Lima Nine missile  site.   
   Jenkins  and Raeke, at tHe Lima Launch Control Facility 35  miles   
   away,  were dispatched to the scene. On their arrival  Raeke  set   
   out  to  check the rear fence line. There he spotted  a  helmeted   
   figure  in  a glowing green metallic suit. The figure  pointed  a   
   weapon  at Raeke's rifle and caused it to  disintegrate,  burning   
   Raeke's  hands and arms in the process. Raeke  summoned  Jenkins,   
   who  carried  his  companion back to their  Security  Alert  Team   
   vehicle.  When  Jenkins went to the rear fence line, he  saw  two   
   similarly-garbed figures. He ordered them to halt, but when  they   
   ignored  his command, he opened fire. His bullets struck  one  in   
   the shoulder and the other in the helmet. The figures ran over  a   
   hill and were briefly lost to view. Jenkins pursued them and when   
   he  next  saw  them, they  were  entering  a  20-foot-in-diameter   
   saucer-shaped object, which shot away over the Horizon.   
      
    As  Raeke  was  air-evacuated  from  the  scene,   investigators   
   discovered that the missile's nuclear components had been stolen.   
      
    Enquirer  reporters suspected a hoax but when they called  Rapid   
   City and Ellsworth to check on the names, they were surprised  to   
   learn  that such persons did exist. Moreover, all were on  active   
   duty.  The  Enquirer launched an investigation,  sending  several   
   reporters  to  Rapid City. Over the course of the next  few  days   
   they found that although the individuals were real, the  document   
   inaccurately  listed  their  job titles,  the  geography  of  the   
   alleged  incident was wrong (there was no nearby hill over  which   
   intruders could have run), Raeke had suffered no injuries, he and   
   Jenkins did not even know each other, and no one (including Rapid   
   City  civilian  residents and area ranchers) had  heard  anything   
   about  such  an encounter. As one of the  reporters,  Bob  Pratt,   
   wrote   in  a  subsequent  account,  "We  found  more   than   20   
   discrepancies  or  errors in the report  -wrong  names,  numbers,   
   occupations, physical layouts and so on. Had the Security  Option   
   alert mentioned in the report taken place, it would have involved   
   all  security personnel at the base and everyone at the base  and   
   in  Rapid  City (Population 45,000 plus) would have  known  about   
   it."   
   end of part 3   
      
                
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