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hi guys Ryan Sprague here and welcome to

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another episode of somewhere in the

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skies Case Files and today we're gonna

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be talking about one of my personal

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heroes Ellison Onizuka the first Asian

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Japanese American and Hawaiian astronaut

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to ever go into space but he's also

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known for something much different

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something that would put him in the

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annals of UFO history forever

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enjoy throughout the history of modern

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UFO research there have been many

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reports of crashed flying saucers and

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dead alien bodies being shipped off to

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destinations unknown and while many of

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these reports come from dubious and less

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than credible witnesses there are those

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rare occasions when the story rests on

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the shoulders of extremely prominent and

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highly credible individuals such was the

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case for Clark B McClelland former

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spacecraft operator of the NASA space

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shuttle fleet McClelland came forward to

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tell a fantastic story he'd heard from

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the late Lieutenant Colonel Ellison

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Onizuka former discovery astronaut who

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tragically died in the 1986 Challenger

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Space Shuttle explosion during a routine

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prep mission the two had connected and

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exchanged several conversations

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throughout their working relationship

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many astronauts had been aware that

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McClelland had an interest in UFOs

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having spoken on many occasions with

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major Donald Kehoe and dick Hall to

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former members of the National

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Investigations Committee on aerial

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phenomena and during one of McClellan's

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correspondence with Onizuka he was quite

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surprised when Onizuka asked him about

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his opinions on the possibility of an

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extraterrestrial intelligence having

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visited the planet McClellan once stated

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that he told Onizuka that he believed

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that life does exist among the stars and

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has visited earth throughout human

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history at this point

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Onizuka smile and then pressed on he

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asked McClelland if his name had any

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type of connection to McClelland Air

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Force Base in California when he

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admitted that he wasn't aware of any

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connection

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he asked Onizuka why he was so curious

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McClelland recalled the following about

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onizuka's response quote he had a

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surprising experience along with other

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USAF Aerospace flight engineers and

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pilots while on military training duty

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and McClellan Air Force Base about eight

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or nine years prior to his astronaut

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training he and his group were at the

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base for specialized training when they

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were directed to report to a viewing

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room as they were seated the room

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darkened and a movie began without the

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usual official introduction by a USAF

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officer end quote at this point

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Onizuka remembered being startled when

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the film began to show what appeared to

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be some sort of medical examination room

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with small bodies laying on some sort of

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table the bodies according to Onizuka

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were quote small strange-looking

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creatures they were humanoid and

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appeared similar to those described by

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alleged witnesses at the well-known

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Roswell site in 1947 they all have large

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heads large eyes slight torsos arms and

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legs they did not appear to be of

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earthly origin but why were Onizuka and

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others shown this film to what purpose

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was it to usher them in sit them down

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and not explain what they were seeing

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Onizuka explained his theories on this

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to McClelland stating that quote we were

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all caught off guard perhaps it was a

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test of our psyche to determine our

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overall reaction well we were all caught

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by surprise

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end quote this certainly would have been

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enough reason to question what it was

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they were seeing so had they been given

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the opportunity to enquire Onizuka went

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on to explain that they were not even

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given a moment to question their

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superiors he would go on to say that

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quote we were then asked to exit the

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room and continued our scheduled

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technical activities as

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nothing special had occurred end quote

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so this had clearly been a cryptic and

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bizarre experience prompted by Onizuka

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superiors and various agencies so while

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it may have been a test on the

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collective and individual psyche of the

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viewers at the time what was the overall

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intent in the opinion of Onizuka he

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postulated the following to McClelland

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quote perhaps it was a planned USAF

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psychological test for military reasons

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NASA may have been evaluating it in my

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selection as an astronaut in 1978

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you know what would my reaction be if I

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actually saw an alien being

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end quote it was at this point that

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McClellan claims that the two went their

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separate ways but not before agreeing to

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meet again to discuss the extraordinary

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story in more detail

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McClelland wished Onizuka the best of

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luck in his upcoming Challenger Space

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Flight mission unbeknownst to both men

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that day it would be the last time they

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ever spoke On January 8th 1986

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Onizuka and the other members of the

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Challenger crew lost their lives in the

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tragic accident that shook the nation

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McClelland was at Kennedy Space Center

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that day when the Challenger exploded

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and fell into the Atlantic Ocean with it

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the incredible accomplishments of the

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crew lived on in the memories of many

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and for Onizuka in particular he was

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remembered by most for being the first

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asian-american the first Japanese

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American and the first Hawaiian in space

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as an astronaut on the space shuttle

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Discovery

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but for McClelland his memory of Onizuka

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included the amazing story of possible

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alien beings and the strange film he'd

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witnessed assuring in yet another

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controversial tale in the annals of UFO