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46 crash or crashes was concentrated and thus cumulative: As the testimony piled up, the credibility of the case grew. Stringfield, on the other hand, continued to make the point that there could be a dozen or more crashes, yet did little in-depth investi- gation, and so his cases remained vague and inconclusive. He continued to report that his flow of information from infor- mants was subject to abrupt changes: After a period of intense activity it all stopped, as if someone were orchestrating the flow. But nothing was offered as solid evidence of this presum- ably governmental interference. In July 1989, during the MUFON symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bill Moore startled the large crowd by admitting to having cooperated with a government disinformation cam- paign by observing its damaging impact on a witness. His reputation as a source of reliable information suffered, as did his ability to contribute to UFO research. Whose side was he on? Was some of the information Moore published actually disinformation? His direct involvement with the widely panned UFO Cover-Up, Live! TV special detracted further from his reputation. Stanton Friedman had no choice but to face this unfortunate situation and disengage himself from the once-productive relationship with Moore and his partner, Jaime Shandera. In September 1989, the NBC-TV series Unsolved Mysteries led off its new season with a half-hour reenactment of the Corona crash, hiring Friedman as a technical adviser and on- camera expert. The show, which was more accurate than the genre referred to as tabloid TV depicted the crash scenes and alien bodies in a nonsensational fashion and drew one of the highest ratings of the week. When repeated the following Janu- ary, it was again one of the week's top twenty shows. Tens of millions saw the two programs, and scores of them called a special telephone number to offer assistance. From the many calls recorded, a few provided meaningful leads to persons who had been involved in both the Corona and San Augustin crashes and their aftermaths. CRASH AT CORONA