From: Ed Gehrman <egehrman.nul>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:50:09 -0800
Archived: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:59:08 -0500
Subject: Re: Michael Hesemann?


>From: Eustaquio Andrea Patounas <socex.ufobras.nul>
>To: post.nul
>Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 20:13:49 -0300
>Subject: Michael Hesemann?

>Hi All,

>Can anybody tell me where MIchael Hesemann is nowadays? Has he
>quit ufology? If so, does anybody knows the reasons?

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12-17-08

Dear Mr. Gehrman,

I certainly do not agree with Phil's conclusions. I consider it
a fact that an unidentified object crashed SE of Socorro on May
31st, 1947, that there was a cameraman who with the film,
decided to create a "reenactment".

I do not trust Spiros Melaris at all, due to the many
contradictions in his claims and obvious false presentations.

Phil's claim that there is no cameraman does not explain how Ray
learned about the real event of May 31st, 1947, which was never
uncovered by any UFO researcher before. Only AFTER we started
our research it was confirmed by eyewitnesses and official
documents re. the "reopening" of the "Niggerhead" Mine on June
1st, 1947, which would serve as a perfect cover to cordon off
the crash area.

It is true that one of the many claims and e-mails I heard in
1996 or 97 was the one from an anonymous person, that a Spiros
Melaris was behind it. I confronted Ray with the claim, I called
Mr. Melaris and did not find anything which would confirm it. At
the same time I received e-mails claiming that Rob Irving or
even Philip Mantle were nvolved "in that hoax", with not more or
less evidence. As a serious reseracher I certainly do not draw
onclusions based on rumors or anonymous claims.

When I was introduced to Mr. Melaris at Phil's conference last
fall, the name rung a bell, but I did not remember which one,
since all this happened 11 or so years ago. Only when Phil told
me that Melaris claimed that "a person with a German accent
called him", I remembered that this was one of the many phone
calls I made at that time trying to collect information on the
background of the AA footage.

When Phil claims: "We even have Michael Hesemann admitting
(under duress) that he was told in l996 that Spyros was behind
it all, but he did not tell anyone until 18 months ago when
pressured by me" this is more than an exagerration, since he
neither "pressured me" nor did I "admit" anything. I just
emembered what I considered at that time an unsignificant rumor.
"Under duress" is an outright lie. Phil wrote an e-mail, I
answered. As simple as that, as simple as your inquest today.
Also to date this "18 month ago" is more than inaccurate, since
the congress was only in October 2007 and our e-mail exchange
re. Melaris happened about a year ago. I like and respect Phil
as a human being, but I wonder why he is making these false
claims. Obviously the AA meant a lot of frustration for him and
he decided to react in quite an extreme way.

Certainly Melaris played some role in the whole affair, but in
no way he is the mastermind behind a hoax as he claims to be. He
was just hired by Ray who had the BIG problem that he told
everybody he has the most important piece of film ever and ended
up with ... nothing at all...

I more or less retired from Ufology, concentrating on my
original profession as Historian and Author writing books on
Church History, so I gave up following all publications...

My book "Beyond Roswell" (Phil only added some details to the
original book, which was published in Germany in 1996) only
quoted statements available at that time, so any result of any
investigation published in 2008 was certainly not considered.


Wishing you a blessed Christmas,

I remain yours sincerely
Michael Hesemann

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