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was unrealistic and that we would need to transport air from the Earth. The congres- sional report concluded that there was plenty of oxygen on the Moon, trapped in the rocks. The recommended solution: pulverise the rocks on a large scale with major excava- tions. The liberated oxygen would be stored in underground caverns and tunnel systems and the debris from these pulverised rocks dumped into the existing craters. Naturally, the craters would eventually disappear—an observation made by astronomers long before the first Moon landings and, ironical- ly, one that had initially prompted Leonard and other scientists of the 1950s to analyse early Moon photos. That the Moon should be occupied by oth- ers who periodically visit the Earth makes pérfect sense to me. I remember in the 1960s, after President Kennedy mobilised NASA, that the talk was about beating the Russians to the Moon and using it as a sta- tion or stepping-stone to the stars. In those days, there were great debates on who would get the mining and mineral rights if gold or | other precious metals were found. Also, in those days, there were arguments about one who saw them was impressed, least of all me. ButI remained allowing the US military to place missiles on the Moon since it preoccupied all the same, particularly with my other find. was not to be used militarily. Not until years later did I mention the transcripts to a few close Today, we no longer talk about using the Moon as a base of any friends. One eventually mentioned a special lady he thought 1 kind. Instead, we talk about using space stations. Why? The should meet. Since I don't have permission to use her name, I'll | Moon would seem to be a ready-made station, And why aren't call her Jane. Jane was a college co-ed at the time, transcribing companies like US Steel, 3M and Shell Oil lining up for conces- audiotapes for NASA. I eventually asked her how astronauts sions to the Moon's mineral rights? I can remember when Pan Am could talk about UFOs during live broadcasts being transmitted all | World Airways was actually selling advance tickets to the Moon! over the world without anyone hearing their conversation. And finally, when has the government's Department of Defense She explained that the space program had developed many tech- _not pushed for funding to build a strategic missile base with first- nologies which at the time had not been declassified or adapted for _ strike capability? They're still building "Star Wars". oe Es NASA Apollo 8 photograph of the Tsiolkowsky Crater on the dark side of the Moon. Notice the large ‘lake' in the centre of the photo and smaller ones on each side. commercial use. One of these new developments—unknown to Personally, I think Leonard was right, and I thank Lester Howes the general public—was instant-replay video, which would _ for trusting me to get involved. Someday I'll track him down and | become common later. But in 1969 and ‘70, only a handful of tell him about those transcripts. °o people were aware of it. Thus, NASA could switch the Mission Control picture to a live broadcast of a news reporter standing next to a full-scale mockup, and while a viewer's attention was divert- ed, the real stuff was happening behind the scenes. It's no wonder that in the early days, only military pilots were qualified to be astronauts. These were the guys with the real right stuff: they knew how to keep their mouths shut! When I met Moon photo researcher Marvin Czarnik in [April] 1995, I learned that he had helped develop some of the technical systems used at NASA. Besides the length of time of instant teplay, he knew that code-words like "alpha" and "bravo" referred to special switching stations around the country that ‘switch’ broadcast reception away from Houston and Mission Control to missile bases in the north-west portion of the country, as they were equipped with "secured communications equipment". This was my missing puzzle piece. I knew then for certain who it was that had the master list of photographs. In 1980, another puzzle piece fell into place. A friend had shown me a special congressional subcommittee report on Moon rocks brought back by the astronauts, and a feasibility study on colonising the Moon. The document was dated 1972 or ‘73, and concluded that Moon colonisation using giant plastic air bubbles Vito Saccheri is a Houston-based engineer who, in the late 1980s, established Ameridian Technologies, Inc., a technical investigation firm specialising in accident reconstruction, engine and metal fracture/failure analysis and thermodynamic/solar technology development. Since his 1979 NASA incident he has been intrigued by scientific aspects of the UFO phenomenon and continued his research into particle physics, anthropology, archaeology and ancient mythology. He has been a MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) member since 1994. Vito Saccheri can be contacted through HOUSTON SKY. HOUSTON SKY is a bimonthly Houston-area MUFON newsletter published as a forum for the open exchange of ideas and information. Subscriptions; USD$15.00 per year; USD$20.00 per year foreign. Sample copies: Send USD$3.00 + SASE. Contact details: Gayle Nesom, Editor, HOUSTON SKY, PO Box 1718, Bellaire, Texas 77402, USA; phone/fax +1 (713) 772 0222; email: houstonsky@aol.com. Vito Saccheri is a Houston-based engineer who, in the late 1980s, established Ameridian Technologies, Inc., a technical investigation firm specialising in accident reconstruction, engine and metal fracture/failure analysis and thermodynamic/solar technology development. Since his 1979 NASA incident he has been intrigued by scientific aspects of the UFO phenomenon and continued his research into particle physics, anthropology, archaeology and ancient mythology. He has been a MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) member since 1994. Vito Saccheri can be contacted through HOUSTON SKY. HOUSTON SKY is a bimonthly Houston-area MUFON newsletter published as a forum for the open exchange of ideas and information. Subscriptions; USD$15.00 per year; USD$20.00 per year foreign. Sample copies: Send USD$3.00 + SASE. 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