Monday, September 30, 2024

The Senator Did Not Reply

The Newsday piece brought out something of intrigue:  Producer Clarence Greene had attempted unsuccessfully to contact Senator Richard Russell (D-GA) about a very interesting UFO sighting he experienced while flying over Europe several years ago.  Many UFO researchers in later years were very familiar with Sen. Russell's incident and speculation that he did not speak about it due to either official recommendations or to his own caution about releasing data which might in some slim way involve national security (and there would also be thoughts of embarrassment in the fifties, for to report UFOs as a prominent person left one open to a windstorm of press inquiries and strange inquirers).  Also shown here today, the Portland news clipping, while informative, erred in claiming that Chop narrated his part, when it was Towers who portrayed Chop all the way through.  (credit:  Barry Greenwood)