The Human Mutilation Factor
by Don Ecker
In the last forty years of UFO research, one of the most baffling questions
that have plagued researchers has been "Is the UFO Phenomenon dangerous to
humanity?" Over the years, there have been numerous cases where the
phenomenon has figured into human deaths, but as a rule, most cases have
been officially ruled accidental. When speaking of cases where death has
resulted, usually most assume cases where military pilots have died as a
result of "chasing" the phenomenon. One of the most famous of these military
chases that is discussed when ever the subject of death and UFOs is raised,
is the famous "Mantell Case".
This case is so well known that I will not discuss it here, but there are
many others. In one of the less well known cases, during the mid 1950's, a
military jet interceptor was observed on radar being "absorbed" into a UFO
over the Great Lakes. No trace of pilot or aircraft was ever found. In
another case reported in the excellent work "Clear Intent" was the case of
the "Cuban MIG Incident". In this case a Cuban MIG was locking on his
weapons radar when the aircraft exploded in mid*air. The wing man was
certain that the UFO had fired some type of weapon, but other than the jet
exploding, no other smoke, flame or other obvious weapon firing was observed.
The matter of either overt or covert hostility on the part of UFOs has
always been treated warily by serious researchers. On the one hand, if the
enigma is hostile, then several questions must be faced. What if anything
should the powers in authority tell the public? Is the government capable of
handling a threat of this type? Is the public ready to face an issue as
potentially terrifying as a "possible threat from somewhere else?" Other
than incidents involving military involvement, have there been cases where
civilians have been injured or killed during some type of UFO encounter? Is
it possible that the reported cases of UFOs and their occupants abducting
unwilling humans for some type of medical or genetic experimentation could
be true? Now, if any of this is factual, then what ramifications do the
Human Race face in light of the above?
According to Mr. Phil Imbrogno, during the research that led to the writing
of "NIGHT SIEGE The Hudson Valley UFO Sightings" by Dr. J. Allen Hynek,
Philip Imbrogno, and Bob Pratt, Imbrogno has stated that on several
occasions, Hynek specified that he wanted no mention of the dozens of human
abductions that they had already uncovered at that time, to be mentioned in
the book. Hynek was afraid of the adverse publicity if word of this aspect
leaked out to the public. After Hyneks death, Imbrogno stated publicly on
Compuserve and other public forums, facts of abductions, animal mutilations,
and EVEN several cases of mysterious deaths of humans, that he indicated
COULD possibly be linked to the UFO Phenomenon.
While researching several stories for UFO Magazine, I interviewed a number
of prominent UFOlogists, over the last several months, and in each case, the
question of human deaths, in connection with animal mutilations, invariably
was raised. Most readers of this text will be familiar with Mr. John Keel,
who many regard as the last of the Great UFOlogists. From the earliest days
of modern UFOlogy, Keel has been a force to reckon with. The author of
numerous books that address various aspects of UFOlogy, and magazine
articles too numerous to mention, Keel has a unique slant on the subject
that most will never experience.
According to Keel, the phenomenon has always had an unexplained hostility
towards humans, that have led to untold numbers of deaths. While Keel will
be the first to explain that he rejects the ET hypothesis, he does not doubt
the phenomenon a bit. In what many UFOlogists consider as one of Keels best
works "The Mothman Prophecies", E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1975, Keel related
report after report of animal mutilations involving cattle, dogs, horses and
sheep, and also related what were called "vampire killings" of four humans
in Yugoslavia, were the victims were "mutilated and drained of blood".
After having spoken to John Ford, the Chairman of the Long Island UFO
Network, for a news story for UFO Magazine, I became even more convinced
that the aspect of potential UFO hostility should be investigated. Ford
relayed a numbing number of animal mutilations, human disappearances, human
abductions, covert Federal involvement in areas that suffered high numbers
of animal mutilations, and even armed military helicopters that chased UFOs
over civilian communities. Ford, who is an officer of the Federal Court
system, did investigations into the disappearances of mostly young adults
over a year period, in areas of high UFO overflights, and after having
several personal friends who were police officers of the local
municipalities look into the situation, came to the conclusion that the
facts were being suppressed. The reason given was that there was "no need to
panic the public." Although no iron clad proof can be made for direct UFO
intervention, the circumstances are extremely suspect.
After growing up in an age where the entire human race can be decimated by
nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, the human race somehow manages to
keep slogging on. I have seen more people "panicked" over a shortage of
gasoline than imminent nuclear holocaust, yet somehow when the subject of
UFOs crop up, the government doesn't want to panic anyone. It really makes
me wonder what they know, that I should. I really don't think that they are
going to talk to anyone soon, as you shall soon see.
In January, 1989, it came to the attention of the MUFON State Director of
Idaho, Mr. Don Mason, that cattle mutilations had occurred once again in the
southeastern section of Idaho. After an investigation by a MUFON
investigator, the facts were as follows. The animals ( two cattle, same
night, but each owned by different ranchers ) were "somehow" killed, sexual
organs removed, body fluids drained, patches of hide "surgically" removed.
All the appearances of what is today considered to be a classic case of
animal mutilation.
As of this date ( February 15, 1989 ) the final lab reports are not back
yet, but already the Sheriffs Department has labeled it a "cult killing." No
tracks, tire or human, around the animals even though it had just rained, no
unusual activity reported by the ranchers that evening, and one animal was
found next to an occupied house. One of the ranchers admitted that this was
the second time he had been "hit" by the mysterious mutilators. The last
incident had only been a bit over a year previously, and they were worried
enough that all had their "deer rifle" within easy reach.
After having been personally involved in an investigation of cattle
mutilations as a police officer back in 1982, I was very familiar with the
"cult" theory of perpetrators. The Idaho Department of Law Enforcement drags
it out every time there is a new rash of mutilations. The problem is, and
every one is aware of it, that no one has yet been brought to trial, or
arrested yet for these crimes. Out here in the west, people know that you
are flirting with a ranchers bullet if you are caught fooling around with
the ranchers cattle. They are his livelihood, and he will defend it. Yet,
the mutilations keep occurring, and no one is any the wiser, or are they?
With the subject of animal mutilations fresh in everyones mind, I was once
again speaking to Don Mason, when he informed me that the investigator that
had been assigned to the above mentioned case had come across a very
mysterious death of a man back in 1979. According to the report, two hunters
in the Bliss and Jerome area of Idaho had literally stumbled across the nude
body of a man that had been hideously mutilated. The body was in the literal
middle of nowhere, nude except for a pair of underpants, his sexual organs
had been removed, his lips sliced off, and several other classic mutilation
cuts.
Although he was in very rugged country, his bare feet were not marked as if
he had walked in that terrain, but yet no other tracks, animal or human were
evident anywhere. After the police were notified, an intensive search was
mounted, and miles away, the mans possessions were recovered, yet no one yet
knows how the body ended up where it was found, or even more importantly,
what happened to him. It should be noted that this area also had over the
years, many unexplained UFO reports and cattle mutilations.
Now I must explain that I had very mixed feelings about whether I wished to
attempt to explore this subject any further, or allow sleeping dogs to lie.
On the one hand, I wanted more than anything to discover just what was
occurring, and on the other, I realized that this had the potential to
backfire on someone that disturbed the status quo. I was familiar with
reports of human abductions and mutilations that had surfaced in the last
several years in reports such as the Lear documents, Grudge 13 reports and
others, but yet I was not sure what I believed, or even if there was
anything to believe.
I ran across a friend that was still employed with a police department in
this area who was a detective. I had mentioned to him the recent cattle
mutilations, and what I suspected in the above mentioned case of a human
that had been mutilated. Scot had also been involved in the last several
years with several cases of mutilations that he had been called upon to
investigate, always with negative results. He was as curious about this
phenomenon as I was, and since he was still an active duty police officer,
he had access to the department computer, to access the NCIC system that is
maintained in Washington D. C. by the FBI.
After giving Scot the criteria for a search of unexplained human deaths,
that involved factors of mutilation, I asked that the search go back to at
least 1973, involving this area of the Northwest. Scot ( not his real name )
ran the request through the department computer. As he mentioned at the
time, he had expected to get realms of reports back that we would have to
wade through, to get to the reports that would be are further study. Scot
ended up requesting that the inquiry be run back to 1970, and involve not
only Idaho, but also Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington states. Because of
the magnitude of this search, Scot stated that it would take about one week
to get the results back into his department. As a side note, for anyone that
is not familiar with the NCIC system, it is a national data bank for Law
enforcement agencies all across the United States. It is maintained and
controlled by the Federal Burea of Investigation, at FBI headquarters, in
Washington D. C.
On the 14th of February, Scott contacted me in person, and appeared very
troubled. His exact words were that "something is really screwy, Don." "I
got the request back from NCIC on Monday, and there has gotta be something
wrong. They told me that they had NO unsolved murders at all, zero, that met
that criteria. THAT ANY FURTHER REQUESTS WILL HAVE TO BE MADE BY VOICE,
TELEPHONE CALL, WITH PROPER AUTHORIZATION. Somebody is sitting on something,
big as Hell." I also knew that something was as screwy as hell. After all,
anybody that has had any dealing with law enforcement knows about the "Green
River Killer" in Washington state. This serial killer is credited with at
least 30 to 40 murders of young women, and to this date, the case is as big
a mystery as ever. Many of the killings showed some types of mutilation, and
if nothing else, at least some of these homicides should have shown up.
Once more, as a side note, I had been warned by a prominent UFOlogist, that
there was a lid "screwed down tighter than you would believe in regards to
human mutes." I also was warned that in order to break through the secrecy,
was going to be a long and sometimes weary job, but that if enough
persistence was applied, then it was possible to get to the bottom of this
facet of the UFO enigma. Do I think that this can be solved, along with the
rest of the puzzle? Yes, I do, because I think that the secrecy can only be
maintained for so long, and then no longer. I also believe very strongly
that only if the entire UFO community works in concert will this be
accomplished, and the infighting and arguments MUST CEASE for the good of us
all.
On the ParaNet system and on Compuserve, I wrote and uploaded a file
entitled LIGHT.TXT, and in UFO Magazine Vol. 3, No. 5 I called for a UFO
summit to be held in order to get the UFO community organized and to present
a unified front. Only by a unified front, and calling for Congressional
hearings, will this lid ever get torn off, and the truth that is suppressed
be brought to the light of day. Any help from the members will be greatly
appreciated, and I can be reached at ParaNet RHO at the following number:
1-208-338-9187 in the USA.
Also I can be reached on Compuserve by EMail, and my user number is:
74270,3360. Anyone with ANY INFORMATION is requested to contact me at the
above addresses as soon as possible. The secrecy game has gone on long
enough. It is past time to get to the bottom of this. Forty years IS LONG
ENOUGH.
Don Ecker
The Secrecy Game
Don also publishes: UFO Magazine
P.O. Box 1053
SunLand, Ca. 91041
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