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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