So
the Internet is all ablaze with the “deathbed” statement of Boyd Bushman who
apparently has some fine credentials and who said that he had proof that aliens
have visited Earth. He even held up a picture of an alien that some claimed was
the same sort of fuzzy, hard to see pictures that are often offered as evidence
of aliens. The picture he held up didn’t look all that fuzzy to me. It seemed
to be quite easy to see the alien.
Bushman’s
claim was that he had worked at Lockheed – Martin (and some other defense
related corporations) and a few wondered if that was true. It seems, however,
that there is documentation to verify that. On some patent applications or the
like, Lockheed – Martin had given him credit. This sort of verifies that he
worked there and that he was involved in some sort of research. Here was a man
with some fine credentials telling a story that was quite difficult to believe.
Among
the questions to be asked are, “If he was who he said he was why would he make
up such a tale? There could be no financial benefit from it given that this
information didn’t appear until after his death.
This
is a puzzler. But people do make up these incredible tales. A judge in Illinois,
Michael O’Brien, claimed that he had been awarded two Metals of Honor but it
was a lie. For twenty or so years he had maintained this until the truth came
out. He had applied for the special car license plates for Medal of Honor
recipients. As they checked out his claim, they learned the truth. He was
confronted and resigned from the bench.
The
publisher of the Arizona Republic, Clarence
Darrow “Duke” Tully, claimed to be an Air Force lieutenant colonel, a fighter
pilot with over 100 missions in Vietnam and a veteran of Korea. He showed up to
functions in a well-tailored dress uniform complete with all his awards and
decorations. The problem is that he had never served in the military, didn’t
deserve to wear the uniform and had earned none of the decorations.
Now
we come down to Boyd Bushman. He apparently had a rather distinguished career
in the aviation industry. He worked for some of the big name organizations and
filed a number of patents. In this respect he was who he said he was.
Where
all this comes off the rails is when he begins to talk of aliens being held,
(living?) at Area-51. In the video on YouTube and in pictures circulated on the
Internet, he is holding a photograph of an alien. Apparently it was sent to him
by one of his buddies. The problem is this is an alien doll that was sold at
Walmart a number of years ago. There is a video of it on YouTube as well in
which the man is showing us his little alien. He said it is rather delicate after
all these years, but it is exactly like the one in the picture being held by
Bushman which calls the picture into question. (Yes, I know that now someone
will claim that the doll is based on accurate information… but really, is that
a good argument for authenticity?)
I
don’t know if Bushman was pulling a last minute gag on everyone or if someone
had pulled a gag on him claiming the picture was real. He provides other
information about the aliens, such as their 200-year life span and that they
come from Quintonia, a planet somewhere in the Milky Way (or I assume it is the
Milky Way because the other galaxies are just so damn far away).
But
the real problem here, as it is with so many of these claims, is that there is
no corroboration. We are left with having to take the word of a man no longer
available to answer questions and whose credibility suffers because of the
alien in the picture.
For
those who don’t understand the subtleties of what I’m saying, it’s this. I
don’t believe this story and unless or until there is some corroboration for
it, I’ll store it with all those others I’ve been told over the years that are
as thinly supported.
