From: Roger Evans <moviestuff@cyberjunkie.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 07:32:01 +0000
Fwd Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 16:04:23 -0500
Subject: Military Retirees & Secrecy


>From: Bob Shell <bob@bobshell.com>
>Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:07:34 +0000
>Fwd Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 23:35:15 -0500
>Subject: Re: Military Retirees & Secrecy

>>From: Roger Evans <moviestuff@cyberjunkie.com>
>>Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 12:45:50 +0000
>>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>>Subject: Military Retirees & Secrecy

Previously, I had written:

>>You simply inquired about your father's _own_ experiences, which
>>is fine. But just because something like this did not happen to
>>your father does not mean it did not happen to mine, Bob, or
>>that it can't happen to anyone else.

Bob replies:

>Fair enough. He said nothing like this ever happened to him,
>anyone he knew, or anyone he ever heard of, and he doubted that
>it ever happened to anyone. He was hassled by govt types over
>the Powers story, but he believed that the public had a right to
>know, so he ran it anyway. No one attempted to confiscate his
>photos or tapes (audio in those days) and film.

>Did your father run the stories anyway?

Hi Bob,

No. Like his co-workers, my father was an engineer, non a
reporter. He started in radio then, like most, moved on to TV.
It wasn't his place to make decisions about what stories to run,
even under normal conditions, and certainly not in the face of
some goon from the government.

Interesting that your father was hassled by the government, so
apparently something DID happen to him even if nothing was
confiscated. I'm glad he didn't buckle under. On the other hand,
as I was telling Dave Vetterick in another post, much of the
final outcome depends on the individual's own willingness to
take a perceived risk regarding his life or livlihood.

I spoke with my own father after your last post and he stands by
his claims. Apparently, my father's remote crew was not the only
one that suffered this problem. His conversations with other
stations in the area showed that their remote crews were dealing
with the same thing. During the hey-days of NASA, when the
networks used pool coverage and everything was piped through
Houston, he said it was the worst ever for some reason, even if
the story had nothing to do with the space program! Go figure.
Maybe it has someting to do with Houston...

Later,

Roger Evans