This
week I spoke with Don Burleson, the State Director of New Mexico for MUFON. We
talked about the Levelland UFO sightings and the sheriff’s role in that investigation.
Don mentioned his interview with the late sheriff’s daughter, which
produced
some new information. She suggested that her father had seen more than just a
red streak in the distance and that the Air Force had strongly suggested that
the sheriff not talk about what he had seen. I noted that I had found a newspaper
article from 1957 that supported the idea that the sheriff had seen more than
had been reported by the Air Force investigator on the case. You can listen to
the Don Burleson interview here:
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| Dr. Don Burleson |
We
also talked about the symbol that Lonnie Zamora saw on the side the landed
craft in Socorro in April 1964. This part of the discussion was important
because of a claim that Don had published in The MUFON Journal about a
secret briefing given to Air Force fighter pilots in 1964. For those interested
in the great symbol debate, you can read about it here:
Finally,
we talked about the alleged landing at Holloman Air Force Base in late April
1964. Don had an affidavit from a man who was the son of the base commander at
the time that suggested the landing was real. Interestingly, I discussed this
in my book about Socorro, Encounter in the Desert, which provided a
slightly different perspective (yes, I said that on purpose) about that
landing. I also discuss the symbol controversy at length as well. You can find
the book here:
Next
week, I’ll talk with Jim Penniston of the Rendlesham Forest encounter. If you
have questions for him, submit them through the comments section here, and I’ll
try to get them asked during the interview.
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