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From: jan@cyberzone.net (Jan Aldrich)
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 10:17:38 -0800
Fwd Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 13:30:38 -0500
Subject: Ambush Journalism I

Now changes the tune.  Please note that since I wouldn't play his little
game I get a more reasonable approach.  Had I gone and done an interview
no doubt I would have been chopped to pieces and made to appear a grand
kook.  Forwarned is forearmed.
>
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
> >
> > I believe my note sent the wrong message.  The first two parts of our
> > series involve the study of animal diseases.  The third part should help to
> > dispell rumors generated by the shroud of secrecy which once drapped the
> > island.
> I will watch it.
> > It's fitting that you refer to the term "critical thinking."  I am an
 alumnus of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio -- one of the few classic
liberal arts institutions left in America.
>  A Liberal Arts education is inoculation against these illogical beliefs.
> > Not knowing much about your writings, I simply considered the source of
 your e-mail address ------------ folks.  I found them during an internet
 search.  I incorrectly assumed you were part of that culture, and
therefore
I attempted to show sympathy for any theories you might have suported.
>  I am somewhat a part of their culture as I study what interests them.  I
 just don't necessarily share all their beliefs.
>
> > I have visited plum island and agree the umors are quite unreal.  But I do
> > have documentation that the Fort Terry Army base -- which existed on the
> > island until 1952 -- transformed one of its buildings into a biological
> > warfare production center.  The now-declassified documents show the Army
> > was researching the possibility of releasing Foot and Mouth Disease Virus
> > on enemy fields to decimate the enemy's agriculture, food supply, and
> > economy.
>  I knew we were researching that possibility.  I had some training in NBC
 defense operations in the Service.  Most of the offensive research
ceased
 under Nixon.
> >
> > I was just testing the waters to make sure there wasn't a large group of
> > people out there who suspect Plum Island is more than just a USDA research
> > center.
> >
> > Our story airs Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 11:00 P.M.  Our focus is
> > more on the interesting aspects of the government facility than on any wild
> > conspiracy theories.  I am not an investigative reporter, but a
> > storyteller.

 Here is one then.  The Japanese balloon bomb attack against the US in WW
II was
 more than just an attempt to start fires in the Western forests.
 Documents not declassified in the original downgrading indicate that
 biological or chemical attack was suspected.  (An interrogation of a
 Japanese general, intercepted coded messages to the Germans, and dead
 animals close to grounded balloons.)  The possibility was scracy to the
 military, but after the war the object was to rehabilitate Japan as fast
 as possible--no need to bring up this little unpleasantness.
Susposedly,
 acording to one USAF UFO project officer, the balloon recovery teams
 which had been activitied during the "attack" were left in place until
 1953.  Maybe that's why the Air Force was interested in "flying
saucers."
  Possibly ufos were seen as renewed attack by a foreign power.

 Conspriacies are wonderful; they are everywhere!
>
> > Thank you again for your time.

 Sure, no problem.
>
> > -------------
> > ----------
> >Jan Aldrich