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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I WOULD LIKE TO RECORD MY thanks to the following individuals and organizations who - either directly or indirectly - have contributed information and material contained in this book:

Jeffrey Acosta, Tom Adams, Dr. John Altshuler, Gerald Anderson and the Springfield, Missouri , Walter Andrus and the Mutual UFO Network, Associated Press/Topham Picture Library, Ron Banuk, Ron Bartels, Andrew Basiago, Timothy Green Beckley, Paul Bennewitz, Howard Blum, Robert Bowker, Curt Brubaker, Larry Bryant, Dr. and Mrs. Howard Burgess, Grant Cameron, Ellen Carney and the Idaho State Journal, the Central Intelligence Agency, Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS), Colonel William Coleman, Robert Collins, Gordon Cooper, Vicki Cooper and UFO magazine, Riley Crabb and the Borderland Sciences Research Foundation, T. Scott Crain, Gordon Creighton and Flying Saucer Review, Marie-Therese de grosses and Paris Match, Colonel Wilfried De Brouwer, the Defense Intclligence Agency, Richard Doty, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Fund for UFO Research, Peter Gersten, Barry Goldwater, James Goodall, Billy Goodman and KVEG Radio (Las Vegas), Stan Gordon, John Grace and the Nevada Aerial Research Group, Lee Graham, Gerard Grede, Barry Greenwood, Dr. Richard Haines, William Hamilton III, Robert Hastings, Everett Hineman, Alan Holt, Mike Hunt, Raymond Ingraham, Robert Kirchgessner and Kenneth Feld Productions, John Lade, Bill Lear, Nikolai Lebedev, Elsa Lee and Quest International, Tania Long, Beverly McKittrick, General Igor Maltsev, Dr. Jesse Marcel, Al and Elizabeth Merritt, Michael Michaud and Headline Book Publishing, Norman Miller, the Ministry of Defense, Dr. Henry Monteith, Charles Moody, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Security Agency, Bob Needham, James Nelson, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, the Office of Naval Intelligence, Hans Petersen, Bob Pratt, the Public Record Office, Ronald Reagan (Hon. KBE), Madeleine Rodeffer, Gary Schultz, William Scott and Aviation Week and Space Technology, Elias Seixas, Rear Admiral Sumner Shapiro, Paul Shartle, Wilson Sosa, Leonard Stringfield, Robert Suffern, Christa Tilton, Robert Todd, Harry Tokarz and the Canadian UFO Research Network, Admiral Stansfield Turner, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Gabriel Valdez, Dr. Jacques Vallee, William Veenhuizen, Dorothee Walter, Philip Waterhouse, and others too numerous to mention here but who are credited elsewhere.

I am especially indebted to my friend Bob Oechsler, who gave me so much of his time and invaluable information (at considerable personal risk); Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, for making the acquisition of some of that information possible; Bob Lazar, for what could be the story of the millenium (if true); Gene Huff, for his kindness in helping me with additional information on the Lazar material; John Lear, who gave me a lot of his time, introduced me to Bob Lazar, and provided me with photographs and material relating to Groom Lake/Area 51 ("Dreamland"); George Knapp of KLAS-TV (Las Vegas), for giving me much valuable information and for the use of copious material from his excellent programs on the subject, as well as from his private interview with Bob Lazar; Linda Howe, for allowing me to extract so much information from her book on the animal mutilations, An Alien Harvest; Bob Emenegger, for helpful information, as well as for the use of the Holloman AFB story from his book, UFOs Past, Present and Future; Bill Moore and Jaime Shandera, for the use of lengthy extracts from their interviews with "Falcon" and "Condor" and for information from their publication, The MJ-12 Document; Michael Seligman and Lcxington Broadcast Service, for extracts from the pioneering TV documentary UFO CoverUp? Live; Drs. John Derr, Leo Sprinkle, and Peter Van Arsdale, without whom the "Colorado Breakthrough" chapter could not have been written; William Steinman and Wendelle Stevens, for the use of important cases relating to "Dreamland," extracted from their book, UFO Crash at Aztec; Daniel Fry, for his hospitality, as well as for extracts from his book, To Men of Earth; Nicholas Redfern, for giving me many documents he obtained from the FBI on the cattle mutilations, and other documents from the Public Record Office and the DIA; Robert Dorr, for helpful information on the U.S. Government's flying disc project; Dr. Leopoldo Diaz Martinez, for his cooperation, and Michael Packer of WOAI Radio (San Antonio), for extracts from his interview with Dr. Diaz; Travis Walton, for his time and for extracts from his book, The Walton Experience; Jorge Martin, for his research into the Puerto Rican UFO incidents, and for arranging for me to meet the witnesses; Beverley Bean, her mother, and sisters, for sharing information about Melvin Brown's involvement in the Roswell incident; Ralph Noyes, for generously allowing me the use of his word-processor when mine packed up; and Admiral of the Fleet, the Lord Hill-Norton, for his outspoken Commentary.

Finally, I am indebted to those who contributed but cannot be named.

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9/14/96