Hi Dr.Birnes,

Have been watching the newer, recent episodes of the UFO Hunters on the History Channel. Kudos, Dr. Birnes, you haven't lost your touch (and probably never will).But I do have one question for you however. In these aforementioned recent episodes, I noticed that a familiar UFO Hunter's face and name is missing from starting credits/lineup of the show. And you guessed right, it's Jeff Tomlinson. What happened to Jeff and are you planning to bring him back on the show? Jeff represented and appealed to the youth of your TV viewing audience and I, for one, would be beyond elated if you would please reinstate Jeff in your team.Hoping that you'd be kind enough to respond, Sir..please.

Dr. Birnes,

I remember seeing the old "UFO Files" episode on the Aurora crash. It was one of the most interestng ones, and it doesn't seem to be well known either. Odd too isn't it?, That it isn't all that far from Stephenville. This season seems like it's going to be much more solid that the first too.

Was the Aurora craft a man made dirigible airship that was mistakenly reported to be a UFO or ET craft?

I am still very interested in terrell copeland's story. How is he doing and will you track his new UFO sitings. Also the guy from cleveland. Is there a way to contact terrell outside of myspace.

Answers:

About Jeff Tomlinson, for whatever reasons that I'm not privy to, Jeff is simply not part of the show this season. I know that Jeff wanted to back to school to finish his degree and get on with a chosen career, whether in graduate school or in the biological sciences, but I was not a part of the decision-making process about the makeup of the team this year.

About the previous UFO Files on Aurora and the nature of the craft, it always seemed ludicrous to me that a flying saucer would actually be unable to avoid a stationary windmill, crash into it, and explode. It also seemed strange to me that the body of an extraterrestrial creature, even a hundred years ago, would escape notice of the county sheriff and the public health authorities so that it would simply be buried without any type of autopsy or post mortem to determine the nature of the remains. In other words, whoever that pilot was, he or she was human.

I believe that craft was some kind of rigid-hull balloon, which, as you'll see in tonight's episode, was a common sportsman's hobby craft even a hundred and fifty years ago. But the fun in this episode is how we uncover the truth by peeling away the layers of myth, one by one, and then boiling down the facts we have left.

This is a fun episode with some humor and lots of action.

So the Aurora craft had nothing to with the other airship sightings at all?

Watch the episode tonight and you'll find out the whole story.

Return to Roswell

This coming Wednesday, we return to Roswell, where we meet Earl Fulford. Earl passed away shortly after this episode was filmed, but his statements about what he saw and did at the Roswell crash site are absolutely riveting. This episode, along with last Wednesday's Aurora and the upcoming "Alien Effects" about the Cash/Landrum case is a favorite of mine.

Tom Carey and Earl Fulford will rewrite the entire timeline of Roswell, and Stanton Friedman will debunk the Mogul balloon theory once and for all. Finally, Dennis Balthaser will slam the door right in the debunkers' faces.

There are other strong episodes in UFO Hunters this season, but Aurora, Roswell, and Cash/Landrum are the closest to my heart.

Re: Sgt.Earl Fulford - Return To Roswell

Dear Dr. Birnes,

I believe that Sgt.Earl Fulford was among the few first-hand witnesses to Roswell. In July 1947 he was stationed at what was then called the Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF).He was a Staff Sergeant with a Top Secret clearance and served with the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron (AES).

He also recently appeared with Tom Carey on the Larry King Live show on CNN. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 6, 2008.Sgt. Fulford shared with us the most precious of gifts - his unique experience of being a witness to Roswell.

My heartfelt condolences to Sgt. Fulford's family, may your memories of Earl be an amazing celebration of his life.

********* May You Rest In Peace, Sgt. Fulford ********

And to Dr. Birnes, for your courage and your dedication in search for truth.

"True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason." ~ Alfred North Whitehead

(P.S. Thank you also for your info on Jeff Tomlinson. I wish Jeff the very best in his pursuit of education and chosen career.)

This episode about the crash in Aurora is one of the best yet. All aspects of it were handled very well and this should be an example of how to investigate other stories. I do have two comments. The first is that I would have like to have known more about the hand disease and the results of the water tests. Nothing specific was mentioned about whether the tests were for berylium, or heavy metals or viral strands or bacteria; nor was the bottom of the well excavated for let us say 50 years of sediment from the crash until it was covered, perhaps 4 feet. I felt the ball was dropped on this aspect.
And comment #2: In let us say it is 40 minutes of program, perhaps 20 minutes was spent repeating what was just said in the last segment. That technique of stretching out the material is getting pretty tiring. People are bright enough to follow the most sophisticated hollywood movies where a clue is mentioned once, and yet in these UFO Hunter shows we have to be clobbered and reclobbered with the same statements over and over again. Maybe I am too generous in stating that 20 minutes of the program was content, the rest repetition. I should get a stopwatch and replay the DVD to see how many minutes of content was in the hour program. What do you think, Bill? maybe 15 minutes of content, 25 minutes of repetition and 20 minutes of commercials? I know you can do better, so do it.
I will be watching and am very devoted to the subject.
Sincerely,

Oh, and thank you for having this comment page/blog. Finally those with comments can make a point. That is, if you read it and care about what people say. I hope you do. Thanks.

Hi Gordon!

Bill can correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that he has no actual control over the final product of UFO Hunters.

It may be that you need to send your suggestion to someone at History Channel.

BTW, I totally agree with you. The repeating of what has already been said and done is annoying and since I don't watch it live -- I try to skip over those parts.

So Bill, will there be further episodes of the Aurora crash? For example regarding the identity of the kind of airship,possible inventor\pilot etc? Could it have been a military airship?

Maybe this website could list a link to the right place at the history channel to email comments. I think it is pretty sad that all these websites don't have any intention of receiving or answering emails! At least with UFO Magazine you can post your comments. That is very very commendable.

The old UFO Files show on Aurora was shown over Thanksgiving weekend and they had an electron microscope view of aluminum and iron, an odd mix for earth! How about some molecular spectroscopy in the UFO Hunters show on all those fragments. Looking at it and finding out what it is seems to be two different matters --- why not cover both? And again what was in that water?

PS rattlers love to live under concrete slabs. Lifting and sliding knocked it in. Nothing worse than a dead snake in a well, but luckily no one was or is drinking out of it for 50 years. Also, most of those wells were for horses and cattle as the windmills in those days were only to pump water.

PPS I would love to be an adviser to this show, I have a scientific background, have been seeing UFOs since 1964 and have lots and lots of suggestions...............Like how about the German Vril society that used Bavarian psychic mediums to contact Alderbaran ? and built some ufos. I have the documents in this video, and a friend translated them from German. Check this out: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6aa9i_vrillthuleblack-sundoc_news

About the windmill, Gordon is right. It was to draw water out of the well.

I think that the Vrill story would make a great UFO Hunters episode, or at least a segment in the Nazi connection to UFOs. We publish the original Vrill book in the Filament Book Club, and it is one of our most popular titles.

Hi Bill

Any more follow ups on the Aurora crash?

Dear Bill....
I loved the Aurora TX episode. (love all the episodes)
I did get a bit concerned when Pat whined about being attached to a metal cable, attached to a metal tripod in a thunderstorm...then thought it was kinda funny how you teased him with, "and your in water". What a good sport!
I love seeing the chemistry that you guys have and the humor is always a plus.
Keep it up....
LOVE the show...
Love the mag....

Blessings,

Reba

Hello Mr Birnes

As does the alloy of aluminium explain?, for that they did not dig in the well looking for sedimentary caps of it does mas of 100 years?

Hi Bill,

I have a great suggestion for an episode of UFO hunters, and investigation, or an article. Back in the 70's, the was a ufo crash right here in the town that I live in. In a local park, a spaceship reportidly landed in the park, and several beings left the craft to take soil samples. They got back into the craft and when the ufo took off, it cracked huge, thick panes of glass on a nearby apartmanet building. The doorman at that building witnessed the craft dissappear in a flash of light, and he reported that the time of his watch that he was wearing was stopped forver after the UFO flew over the building. Actual physical evidence may be in the park, the hole in the ground was visible for some time afer the landing, and there remain many witnesses and locals who saw or experienced the UFO. The doorman in subject actually lives today, but he refuses to give his name. There is another angle to this case where the night before the landing, a man was abducted from his car while driving through the park late at night.
This is a highly interesting, and in my oppinion, underrecognized, case in ufology. This would be great for an episode of UFO hunters. There are many witnesses and locals who know about the ufo and investigation of the park and apartment building very well might reveal physical evidene of an actual UFO Landing. There are stange craft in and around the park to this day. I have personally witnessed a strage, metallic craft doing impossible maneuvers in the sky, with the craft dissappearing in the blink of an eye.

Bill, I highly hope you would investigate this case more. This is a landmark case in ufology. I have included a link outlining the case,
feel free to contact me.

My prayers go out to the Fulford family. I believe that Earl Fulford was very courageous for coming forward. In my opinion, he was a man of honesty and integrity, and his testimony is just another nail in the debunkers' pointed heads. Thank you, Earl.

It's always nice to hear from Stanton Friedman, Tom Carey, and Dennis Balthaser. They are excellent researchers who dedicate their lives to uncovering the truth. Bravo!

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