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Chris now realized that while the government might be hiding UFO secrets with regard to Shelburne, it was definitely hiding military secrets about the port. This would make it even harder than usual to do research on the Dark Object. He knew he would have little luck in getting information out of Shelburne because of its top secret nature. However, he thought he might have more luck pursuing his investigation at Baccaro Station, a more relaxed community nearby. Chris had the names of some sources to check out there, who were witnesses to the event at Shag Harbor. The first one he contacted, on May 1, 1993, was Major Victor Eldridge, retired and now a county councillor in the town of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. At the time of the incident in Shag Harbor, Major Eldridge was the base administration officer at Baccaro, a NORAD facility near Shelburne. Chris satisfied himself that he was talking to the right person and then identified himself. He told Eldridge he wanted to ask him a few questions about the UFO crash at Shag Harbor. "Well, that's how it became known. It was 1967, October fourth. I'm sure you would remember it. Everybody else I've spoken to down your way has never forgotten this incident." Chris said, "Well, considering your position at the Baccaro base, which was one of the staging areas for the search effort, you must have known quite a bit about this. Maybe this will jog your memory." He read him an appeal he had written, urging the public to report UFOs to the military or the RCMP. Eldridge said, "Look, I'd like to help you, but I really can't." He continued with a question of his own: "Mr. Styles, what are you trying to do with this?" "I don't know. I just find it very interesting. I've only been working on it for a short time, and the more I learn, the more there seems to be. It seems to be a very unusual case." Eldridge offered some advice. "I think you will find that there is not enough to this to support any journalistic treatment." Chris was a bit surprised by this remark. "That's a pretty strong opinion for someone who has no recollection of the incident." There was only silence on the phone. Finally Eldridge said he was sorry, [ae ee Is De 7a ee Be Chris first contacted another of the witnesses, Dave Kendricks, by telephone in the fall of 1993. Dave had witnessed the object while it was in the air and, later, on the waters of the inner harbor. At that time he was only a young man, eighteen years old. He had been returning from a date in Clark's Harbor, a small fishing community some ten miles to the north, on a large promontory of land that juts out into Eldridge responded with "The what?" "The Shag Harbor UFO crash." "What do you mean? When was that?" "No, I don't remember it. You've got to remember there were a lot of crazy things going on back then." but he couldn't help.