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bers." The clerk objected but did change the key, and so they locker in the Greyhound bus terminal in downtown Las ended up in a different room. Now they wondered what would Vegas. He said that there was an envelope, taped up have happened if they had used the first room. behind the door-locking mechanism in the front of the locker, This time the note seemed a little more conciliatory. It had the which I should remove as soon as possible, as there would be a delta triangle pointing up at 12 o'clock again. Then the note said: follow-on delivery by his friends inside the S-4 facility if this "100,000 within 48 hrs for location. No foul play or"—and that were removed. room. I don't like this number. I am very sensitive about num- Cr: had given me a locker key that he said was for a was all. I went to Las Vegas and called John Lear to go with me to the On Tuesday, 29 October, a seventh note was received, again bus station and videotape me as I opened that locker number 424. mentioning 100,000 and showing three stick men walking away. I had a map of the location of that locker bank and number in the The delta triangle was again pointed up, and then it said, "18:00, bus station. I found the correct bank of lockers, and the position All be there". of the locker number I was looking for—but that number was not The 48 hours ran out at 18:00 on Wednesday evening, and at there. The locker numbers were in correct order on either side of 18:15 an eighth note was found stuck behind the house numbers this position, but one whole bank of lockers was now different. in Tucson again. This one said, "Trouble with money Delay to The locker key I had looked exactly like all the other keys in the 13:00 to 16:00 tomorrow". That would be Thursday, 31 October other lockers in that major number series, but the locker I wanted 1991. by number was gone. Its number was on my key. We waited all Thursday afternoon, from 12:00 to 18:00, with I went to the locker manager in the terminal and explained my no further contact. Finally Connor dilemma, and was told that the lockers asked for my car so he could go make were a concession, and that the con- acall. He came back somewhat dis- cessionaire did occasionally change turbed and said he had been told that "They" would not hesitate to lockers for his own reasons, and that, the orders to "terminate" him had been yes, some had been changed just last issued. take out my whole week. That ended my contact with this A t that point we decided to raise neighbourhood if necessary, story, except that I had the two-hour Connor's profile so that news videotaped interview with the mysteri- of such a "termination" might " and the reference, ous Connor O'Ryan. draw the interest of hundreds of UFO MALAKIA 5 meant just that. My house was again searched sev- buffs anxious to check out Area 51 and eral times, but that tape was never S-4. found because, in fact, it had been in I called the Ham Radio Net and the hands of the Pima County Sheriff's asked them to stand by in case some- Office ever since it was recorded, and thing dangerous happened, giving them a few clues and contacts it was still safe there. oo to put the story together. I also called the computer mailboxes and had them stand by for a spectacular release, or for a story About the Author: about our being taken in on a set-up intended to discredit us. Wendelle Stevens is a retired Lt Colonel who served as a Either way, the story would get much mileage. US Army Air Corps test pilot during World War II and then There was no contact at all, all day of Friday—very unusual in worked out of the Flight Test Division of the Air Materiel view of the deadlines. Command at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. His duty desk was On the morning of Saturday, 2 November, we found a plain in the Foreign Technology Division of the Air Technical brown envelope behind my house numbers again. This was ntelligence Center—the office out of which UFO-related Air apparently the end of the negotiations and a final kiss-off. The Force projects Sign, Grudge and Bluebook were eventually threat was plain and simple: no more negotiations. "They" would jormed. In 1947 he took part in the Prarmigon project to map not hesitate to take out my whole neighbourhood if necessary, and he entire Arctic land and sea area, and record all anomalous the reference, "MALAKIA", meant just that. phenomena, even evidence of UFO activity. Sunday passed and still no contact had been made. Connor was From thereon, Wendelle Stevens began amassing what is beginning to lose patience in view of the execution order issued now arguably the largest collection of UFO photographs in on him. He called a friend (his tutor and mentor from earlier in he world. He retired from the US Air Force in 1963 and has his career) and consulted him on what to do. The friend offered to pursued his UFO interests ever since, contributing articles to come and get him and take him to a safe place. many UFO magazines, both US and foreign, and giving lec- On Monday, 4 November, Connor decided to go get us some ures internationally. He has accumulated reams of data from stashed evidence to be used in publishing the whole story, if that his owny investigations of sightings reports Over the years. became necessary to prevent the deaths of his several confederates Stevens is not affiliated or aligned with any particular UFO sertai ¥ - oe organisations and continues his research at his own expense. who by now had certainly been discovered. He timed this to coin- 5 4 cide with the arrival of his rescuer in a private plane to take him to At the QUFON 1997 Australian International UFO safety, or so he thought. Symposium, held in Brisbane last October, Wendelle Stevens . ‘went public’ for the first (and last) time with Connor He asked to be dropped at the bus station where there would be ' ' ; : safety in numbers, and that is where I took him. His last words OH NEN Bip CAT Unt) Beal Hake Gites) Seu a O'Ryan's videotaped statement (see Video Reviews this issue). were that he would retrieve a stashed package and put itin our —_| Wendelle mentioned that he actually received death threats hands before he left. He would contact us with instructions in a over the phone as he was preparing to leave the USA to come few hours. . ; . to Australia to deliver this presentation. That was the last we saw of our mysterious visitor. "They" would not hesitate to take out my whole neighbourhood if necessary, Pees Dn | 2 ~ and the reference, "MALAKIA", meant just that. About the Author: Wendelle Stevens is a retired Lt Colonel who served as a US Army Air Corps test pilot during World War II and then worked out of the Flight Test Division of the Air Materiel Command at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. His duty desk was in the Foreign Technology Division of the Air Technical ntelligence Center—the office out of which UFO-related Air Force projects Sign, Grudge and Bluebook were eventually iormed. In 1947 he took part in the Prarmigon project to map he entire Arctic land and sea area, and record all anomalous phenomena, even evidence of UFO activity. From thereon, Wendelle Stevens began amassing what is now arguably the largest collection of UFO photographs in he world. He retired from the US Air Force in 1963 and has pursued his UFO interests ever since, contributing articles to many UFO magazines, both US and foreign, and giving lec- ures internationally. He has accumulated reams of data from his own investigations of sightings reports over the years. Stevens is not affiliated or aligned with any particular UFO organisations and continues his research at his own expense. At the QUFON 1997 Australian International UFO Symposium, held in Brisbane last October, Wendelle Stevens ‘went public’ for the first (and last) time with Connor O'Ryan's story, at the same time showing segments of O'Ryan's videotaped statement (see Video Reviews this issue). Wendelle mentioned that he actually received death threats over the phone as he was preparing to leave the USA to come to Australia to deliver this presentation. NEXUS - 69 DECEMBER 1997 - JANUARY 1998