PART 37



The following is an open letter from Edward Walters, one
of the
primary witnesses in the Gulf Breeze UFO flap. He
addresses the isssue as to
who has examined his original
photographs. He also indicates what he plans to
eventually do
with the originals.



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July 27, 1989



A few Gulf Breeze critics, and one in particular, have distorted
the record
as to the professional access and study of the
original photos of the Gulf
Breeze UFO. Here is a partial list of
the experts who have studied the
ORIGINALS.

JIM TURNER, Photographer and film processing specialist
CURT
SHIELDS, Photographer and special effects specialist
MARIE PRICE, Photographer,
touch up expert
AL AUDLEMAN, Photographer, re-photographing expert
CHRISTOPHER
STARK, Photographer, special effects specialist
MARK CURTIS & replica
specialist, ABC News
DR. ROBERT NATHAN, Scientist, optics, etc.
DR. ARNOLD
PALMER, Astronomer
DR. BRUCE MACCABEE, Physicist, Optics, etc.
ROBERT
OECHSLER, Analyst of polaroid film and chemistry
DR. MARK CARLATTO, Computer
analyst
VINCENT DIPEITRO, Photographic analyst
JOE GRECO, Photographic
analysis scanning equipment
RICHARD VANDENBERG, Photographic expert
EDWARD
WEIBE, Electronic engineer, computer analysis
JOHN GARDNER, Acoustical
physicist, video tape analysis
DR. EBERT, computer analysis
NBC photographers,
and many, many photographers w/Cosgrove
Productions

This list goes on and
on with others and their associates that I
do not have the names of. Certainly
this shows that the originals
have not been withheld from skeptical study. The
unanimous
conclusion from the above: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO PROVE
A HOAX.

I
have and will continue to withhold the originals from people
like P. Klass and
Willy Smith. Both proclaimed "hoax", before
seeing the photos and listening to
a single one of the dozens of
other witnesses. Given their history of
debunking and Smith's
fake evidence hoax (discovered recently), it would be
irrational
to trust the originals in their hands. If the originals
'disappear'
they could then argue "hoax" with their altered copies and we
would
not have the originals to prove that their copies had been
tampered with.

WHAT
THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE ORIGINALS

The protection of the originals is crucial
in the support of the
witness testimony. But....the testimony also supports
the photos.
One without the other means nothing. As Dr. Maccabee says, "A
UFO
photo does not a UFO make" .....therefore, the attempts to
discredit my
testimony by the debunkers has been severe.
Distortions and misquotes have been
fabricated with abandon.
Locations and details have been intentionally changed
leaving
the unsuspecting listener or reader to believe that I am a
hoaxer,
prankster, ritual seance master, con man, and all the
other witnesses are
deluded.

The documentation of the precise witness testimony is as
necessary as
the protection of the originals. They go hand
in hand. During the past year
it became obvious that a book
was the only way to completely document my
testimony.
The media stories were not detailed and misquotes only
allowed the
critic to yell "hoax".

When the testimony from the book is available to the
public
and all interested scientists, I will contract with a computer lab
and
have ALL the photos put on computer imaging tapes. The
computer lab will not
be asked to issue an analysis -- only
supply clear, exact copies of the
originals in the computer
format. Requests from serious researchers to study
the tapes
will be encouraged. The originals will be safe, the documented

testimony will be available and the tapes will further the
technical study of
the UFO.


(signature)

Edward Walters

P.O. Box 715
Gulf Breeze, FL
32562



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