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<v Speaker 1>Silver Suited Humanoid Reports a blog by UFO history buff

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<v Speaker 1>and author Charles Lear amidst the many assorted descriptions of

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<v Speaker 1>UFO related entities, silver suited humanoids, sometimes with antennas, show

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<v Speaker 1>up in many reports. They are described repeatedly in the

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen seventy six Center for UFO Studies publication by David Webb,

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen seventy three Year of the Humanoids, and there were

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<v Speaker 1>several reports during the nineteen seventy seven flap and what

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<v Speaker 1>has been called the Welsh Triangle that we wrote about recently.

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<v Speaker 1>In this week's blog, we'll look at a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>cases from the southern United States, the second of which

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<v Speaker 1>became quite well known in the January fourth, nineteen eighty

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<v Speaker 1>one issue of the Robesonian out of Lumberton, North Carolina.

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<v Speaker 1>There is an article page seven of the PDF by

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<v Speaker 1>Tim Lewis, headlined shining silverman Stock's Forest Acres area. According

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<v Speaker 1>to Lewis, the previous Tuesday, at around ten pm, a

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<v Speaker 1>couple had just exited Barker ten Mile Road when they

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<v Speaker 1>saw a round flashing light near the turnoff at B

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<v Speaker 1>G and McLoud. As they got closer, they were able

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<v Speaker 1>to determine that the light was located in a vacant

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<v Speaker 1>wooded lot. They turned onto McLoud Street and a shiny

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<v Speaker 1>figure came out of the bushes, waving its arms as

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<v Speaker 1>if it was signaling them to stop. They thought better

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<v Speaker 1>of it, sped up and continued on. Lewis tells the

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<v Speaker 1>reader that he did some research after hearing the story

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<v Speaker 1>and found an article in the Robusonian Files that described

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<v Speaker 1>multiple reports of the same sort of figure. There is

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<v Speaker 1>a reprint of the article headlined area residence report citing

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<v Speaker 1>UFO Sunday. According to the article, dated December thirtieth, nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>seventy four, County dispatcher Fred Barnes said there were four

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<v Speaker 1>calls from residents who said they saw an object or

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<v Speaker 1>subject wearing a silver and black suit and wearing some

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<v Speaker 1>kind of helmet. They all said that when they saw it,

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<v Speaker 1>it jumped into the bushes at the intersection of Forest

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<v Speaker 1>Road and Barker ten Mile Road. There were also reports

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<v Speaker 1>of a white object with bright lights over Forest Acres.

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<v Speaker 1>Four deputies investigated and didn't find anything. Lewis notes that

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<v Speaker 1>the events reported in both instances occurred in the month

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<v Speaker 1>of December, around the time of a full moon in

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<v Speaker 1>the same area. He then goes on to describe other

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<v Speaker 1>strange reports received by the staff at the paper. According

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<v Speaker 1>to Lewis, there was a series of recent reports from

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<v Speaker 1>residents living along a railroad track going through forest acres,

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<v Speaker 1>involving loud wailing and voices speaking in a foreign language.

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<v Speaker 1>About two weeks prior to Lewis's article, a residence said

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<v Speaker 1>she saw a figure run from her yard into the woods.

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<v Speaker 1>When her husband went outside to investigate, he found a

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<v Speaker 1>set of fence posts had been pulled out of the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>Lewis has this to say about the effort involved. Evidently

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<v Speaker 1>this had to have taken superhuman strength to have pulled

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<v Speaker 1>fence posts out of the ground bare handed. During the

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<v Speaker 1>Year of the Humanoids. On October seventeen, nineteen seventy three,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six year old recently elected Falkville, Alabama Chief of

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<v Speaker 1>Police Jeff Greenhaw, reported an encounter with a silver suited

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<v Speaker 1>humanoid and had four polaroid photos to back it up.

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<v Speaker 1>A comprehensive examination of the case can be found in

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<v Speaker 1>the blog by Mark Russell Bell headlined detailed report of

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Greenhaw's Falkville incident. Alien encounter testimonial posted on August fourth,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty, at Metaphysical articles dot org, along with reproduced

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<v Speaker 1>articles on the case from official UFO magazine. Bell includes

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<v Speaker 1>one from the October nineteenth, nineteen seventy three Birmingham News

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<v Speaker 1>and one from the November sixteenth, nineteen seventy three Decatur Daily.

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<v Speaker 1>His source for those was the nineteen seventy five book

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<v Speaker 1>by Ralph and Judy Blum, Beyond earth Man's Contact with UFOs.

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<v Speaker 1>The originals are available with a subscription at newspapers dot

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<v Speaker 1>com and the Decatur Daily website. According to the Birmingham

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<v Speaker 1>News article headlined Foukville chief says Howdy to Spaceman, Greenhaw

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<v Speaker 1>was at home when he received a call from a

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<v Speaker 1>woman who told him and the reporter's words that a

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<v Speaker 1>spaceship with flashing lights had landed in a field west

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<v Speaker 1>of the city. Because there had been numerous reports of

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<v Speaker 1>UFOs in the area, Greenhaw took along a camera as

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<v Speaker 1>he drove to the site. As he was driving down

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<v Speaker 1>a gravel road, he saw a human shaped creature standing

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of it. The creature walked towards him

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<v Speaker 1>and Greenhaw took four photos. He said, scared, I was

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<v Speaker 1>scared stiff. The creature was covered in a material like

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<v Speaker 1>tinfoil and had an antenna on top of its head.

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<v Speaker 1>Greenhaw said it moved stiffly, like a robot and didn't

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<v Speaker 1>make any sounds. Greenhaw turned on the blue flasher on

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<v Speaker 1>top of his car, and the creature turned around and

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<v Speaker 1>took off running down the road. Greenhaw said, I jumped

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<v Speaker 1>into my car and took after him, but I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>even catch up with him in a patrol car. He

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<v Speaker 1>was running faster than any human I ever saw. Greenhaw

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<v Speaker 1>told the paper he received multiple calls the day after

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<v Speaker 1>from people who said they had I'd seen UFOs in

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<v Speaker 1>the area during the time of his encounter. His wife

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<v Speaker 1>is reported to have laughed the incident off, and Greenhaw commented,

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<v Speaker 1>she wouldn't be laughing if she saw what I saw.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a follow up article in the November sixteenth,

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen seventy three Decatur Daily headlined Foukville police chief resigns

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<v Speaker 1>under pressure. It describes the unfortunate events in Greenhaw's life

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<v Speaker 1>following his encounter. Besides being asked to resign by the mayor,

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<v Speaker 1>his car engine blew up, his wife divorced him, and

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<v Speaker 1>his mobile home burned down. Greenhaw is quoted describing his situation.

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<v Speaker 1>So now I've lost my car, my wife, my home,

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<v Speaker 1>and my job, and I guess I'll just have to

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<v Speaker 1>go wherever I can to find another job. I had

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<v Speaker 1>planned to stay in Foukville in spite of all the

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<v Speaker 1>problems I have been having, but now it doesn't look

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<v Speaker 1>like I can can. The four photos made the rounds

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<v Speaker 1>among UFO enthusiasts and were used on the cover of

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<v Speaker 1>Beyond Earth. Georgia based NICAP investigator Marion Webb looked into

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<v Speaker 1>the case and a report is presented on the front

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<v Speaker 1>page of the October nineteen seventy four UFO Investigator under

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<v Speaker 1>the headline police Chief's Nightmare reel or Contrived. According to

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<v Speaker 1>the article, an official received word of a rumor that

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<v Speaker 1>several firemen from a nearby community may have collaborated on

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<v Speaker 1>a hoax which involved their borrowing silver firefighting uniforms. Webb

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<v Speaker 1>managed to acquire such a suit, added aluminum foil to

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<v Speaker 1>the hood and feet, and had his picture taken wearing it.

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<v Speaker 1>While there were similarities to Greenhaw's photos, Webb found it

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<v Speaker 1>difficult to move in the uniform, which contradicts Greenhaw's claim

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<v Speaker 1>that the creature outran his Web speculated that Greenhaw had

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<v Speaker 1>only gone a short distance before spinning out in the gravel,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a detail that shows up in Bell's blog.

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<v Speaker 1>Greenhaw stayed away from public exposure for most of the

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<v Speaker 1>remainder of his life, but gave an interview in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty to Red Water film Works. In the recording posted

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<v Speaker 1>on YouTube, he describes coming upon the creature and saying

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<v Speaker 1>something to the effect of Howdy stranger and getting no response.

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<v Speaker 1>He says he initially thought someone was pulling the prank,

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<v Speaker 1>but that things just started. That was so strange. He

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<v Speaker 1>said that the creature moved stiffly, with no bending of

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<v Speaker 1>the arms and legs. Describing its running after it turned away,

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<v Speaker 1>he said it was like it had springs on its

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<v Speaker 1>feet or something. Greenhaw added that almost to the day,

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<v Speaker 1>ten years later, someone broke into his house and took

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<v Speaker 1>the four photos, along with his service revolver and shotgun.

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<v Speaker 1>He said he thought it was really weird that the

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<v Speaker 1>only three things he had with him that night should

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<v Speaker 1>turn up missing. Charles Lear is the author of The

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<v Speaker 1>Flying Saucer Investigators in its second edition available on Amazon

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<v Speaker 1>dot Com.