Filename: Phoenix2.Edi
Type : Editorial/Opinion
Author : John Pickens
Date : 08/22/92
Desc. : Observations on Phoenix Project's K2/Pilot's Peak report

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REFLECTIONS ON THE K2 REPORT & OBSERVATIONS AT PILOT PEAK
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Having read the Phoenix Project's K2 report and having visited the
Pilot Peak area I offer some of my impressions and observations.

Animal Sounds: The K2 Report suggests there is curious lack of animal
sounds and indicated there is an unnatural quiet in the area.

Having spent 2 nights in the immediate area in question I can say there
was nothing I observed, either by night or by day, to support this
contention. The level of animal sounds was consistent with what I have
heard in other forested areas.

Animal Life: The K2 report makes much of the fact that there was an
absence of animal life in the area (this additionally supported by the
claim of lack of animal sounds). In particular the report comments on
the apparent absence of squirrels, chipmunks, rodents, owls and birds
flying over the area.

On my first night at the Pilot Peak area I spent the night at a spot
over-looking the location of the "landing zones." I had an unobstructed
view of the area. I was there while the Moon was still below the
eastern horizon and I used a high-powered spotlight to illuminate the
area. I saw no less than two (possibly three) deer - one of which was
very close by, if not on, one of the "landing zones." Throughout the
night, owls could be heard hooting. During the day birds could be seen
flitting about the meadow that contained the "landing zones" and both
squirrels and chipmunks were easily seen. At the very top of Pilot Peak
there is a lookout station which I explored. There I found two
exhausted boxes of D-Con rodent killer and rodent droppings in the
first and second floors of the station - clearly evidence of rodents.
Another variety of rodent - bats - were seen in no small numbers around
the Pilot Peak area.

I will comment on the K2 report itself concerning their claim of
absence of animal life and animal sounds. I found it a curious
contradiction that one of their observers (and I do not recall how they
identified him/her, it was perhaps Contact #2, but it was the one who
forgot their camera and had to come back the next day to make
photographs) indicated that there was a sighting of a UFO and once it
came into view all the animal noises ceased. I have to ask - If there
was a curious and noteworthy lack of animal sounds how could they
cease?

Landing Zones: Having seen the purported "landing zones" personally,
and in some cases having walked over them, I have to say there seems to
be a more prosaic explanation. There was an abundance of deer tracks
throughout the area. It is not unreasonable to assume these are places
where deer have rested. I found it odd that in the midst of the
flattened grass there was, in some instances, a variety of tall weed
that was still standing, unbent, in the area of flattened grass. In
addition, the "landing zones" exhibited none of the swirling patterns
associated with UFO "nests" or the more recent crop circles. Very low
strangeness index and certainly subject to more "Earthly" explanation
than landed craft. I also found other, smaller, areas of flattened
grass which looked exactly like the purported "landing zones" but which
could clearly be discounted as such.

There are two other factors which weigh heavily against these areas
being "landing zones" which I will address next.

Camping Area: Far from being the desolate area one might imagine from
reading the K2 report there is a camping area immediately adjacent to
the "landing zones." To the southwest, and just behind a moderately
dense stand of trees, this camping area did not remain unoccupied
during the time of my visit. On the first night there were three
carloads of people camping and on the second night there was one family
there. The area of the "landing zones" is easily seen from this camping
area and access to the "landing zones" from the camping area is
immediate. It is not the sort of area one would choose if one wanted
any sort of privacy. In addition, the area of the "landing zones" is
clearly seen from the road which passes nearby and the view from the
road is unobstructed, save for two small trees, for over a quarter mile
of travel.

The Road: The report mentions a road which passes the K2 site. This is
not the unused and long-forgotten road one would envision from reading
the K2 report. Quite the contrary. During the day logging trucks, pick-
up trucks, residents of the La Porte & Quincy areas and campers travel
this road. While it will never resemble rush hour, I was somewhat
surprised at the number of vehicles traveling that road as I thought we
were well off the beaten track.

At night the traffic is much less active. The first night there was no
traffic from 9 PM until 4:15 AM the next morning. The second night
there was traffic on and off throughout the night. Again, the meadow
with the "landing zones" is clearly and unmistakably visible from the
road.

Forest Service: The K2 report alludes to the Forest Service personnel
being mind-controlled minions of the Greys and says they were
questioned about their reasons for being there. The report paints a
picture of the Forest Service watching their every move and questioning
their every action. I found quite the opposite to be the case. Not once
did the Forest Service exhibit the slightest interest in what I was
doing - even when I passed a Forest Service truck on the mine road (a
dirt road that leads right to the base of the summit of Pilot Peak).
The only reaction I received from the Forest Service was a smile and a
wave as they drove past in their trucks.

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My observations cover a brief period of time - from the evening of
Wednesday, August 19 to the morning of Friday, August 21. My comments
and observations can be verified and confirmed by Mr. Ed Stuart who
accompanied me to Pilot Peak.

As Ed has asked, "If the facts we CAN verify are false then are the
facts we CAN'T verify false?" To which I must reply, not necessarily,
but they are certainly called into question.

Other lines of inquiry come to mind. IS the corrdor from the west to
Pilot Peak actually RADAR blind as put forth by the Phoenix Project K2
report? I'm sure any ATC person from the area can answer that easily
enough.

I also think a discussion with Forest Service personnel is in order.
Are they aware that some of their members are being presented as
unwitting allies of the Greys? Did they have occasion to question the
activities of a group of people investigating the Pilot Peak area? Has
there ever been a female member of their team, and if so, who was she?
And if so, what does she think of the seduction for information
scenario as described by the K2 report?

I think I'm ready to go ask some questions.


Jim Singleton
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