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well the Ozark Mountain UFO conference

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began back in the 1980s it's been going

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on for 27 years

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it's the oldest UFO conference in the

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United States and when we began back

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then we had 50 people in one room and

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those in those days we brought people

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from Washington who were the older ones

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the ones with the blue book project and

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The Grudge project and of course all

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they wanted to talk about was there's no

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such thing as UFOs it's been proven it's

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not real and the audience got mad even

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though with just 50 people they said

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what do you mean we know it's real

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they said you're just saying this to

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protect your retirement and of course

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they're at lot none of people aren't

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even alive here anymore but I said if

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nothing else it showed us the beginnings

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and where it all started way back with

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Project Blue Book and at the end of that

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show they had the first TV footage of

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the we had shot of the UFOs that came in

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over the schoolyard I've been there and

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I saw where it is and of course this was

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the most fantastic thing at that time

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and they were keeping him anonymous but

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that was the very last thing they showed

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and the people said that's what we want

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to know that's real where the other was

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all denying and it ever happened so

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doctor ever since then we have not done

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the negativity that it doesn't exist we

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focused on what really happened

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and we've had wonderful videos from all

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over the world we've had people that

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have had interaction and word and the

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crop circles I've investigated them

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myself since in early 90s so we're going

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at what is real not the negativity in

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the controversy and all of that so now

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that when Lou died I've taken it over

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the last two years and I can only see it

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getting bigger

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last year when I took it over was the

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first time it was entirely sold out the

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biggest crowd they've ever had it was

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700 people this year I think we're going

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to top that and we had to make extra

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room for these people that we know are

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coming in otherwise it was already sold

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out before we started but that is the

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problem outgrowing the venue it has

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always been at this hotel and they would

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like us to keep it here because it's

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very important for the town of Eureka

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Springs brings in revenue for the whole

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town but if it keeps growing I don't

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know if we can keep it here or not but

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right now it's like a tradition for the

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whole area and I do want to honor Lou

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farish's wishes and what he wanted and

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I'm keeping it pure I'm keeping it to

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what is real and we don't want the

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negativity and the the naysayers and all

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of that we're trying to keep it at the

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real information that's what he wanted

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as he always said he was a healthy

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skeptic because he always thought he

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knew was real but there was always that

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skepticism I want to know what more

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proof we should know can't prove it

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anyway

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but we've tried to keep it that way the

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search for information and knowledge

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dealing with the whole conference so I

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can only see it getting bigger other

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ones have started up but they haven't

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succeeded but this one has stood the