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tion about unidentified objects in the airspace in and around When we came into the clearing we were quite surprised to find Thailand, and it shows how determined the government is to something quite unlike what I've ever seen before. At the time, I extract all information it can on the subject. Also, there is men- held the rank of Lieutenant. We had with us approximately four- tion of another strange encounter in the same general area. teen Special Forces of our country [USA] and several dozen Thai "I spoke with Joe off and on for several weeks. When he spoke arranged with us." about this encounter, he never changed his story and I believe he BOSTROM: So you were in Special Forces? wants to give the true account as he himself saw it happen. As JOE: Yes. I was originally with the 101st Airborne Special my conversations continued with Joe around 1985, he said he had Tactical Unit. We were reassigned 506th Air Cavalry sent to been contacted by an officer friend still on active duty who told = Thailand. They were under the auspices of a group we won't dis- Joe that he could freely speak about the subject of his encounter cuss for obvious reasons. During this time, there had been several with the extraterrestrials in Cambodia and anything else concern- reports of some strange incidents of things flying through trees. ing the subject. He said the officer told him, 'This information We more or less pooh-poohed them, thinking they were people will be made public in the near future, anyway’. But Joe was told getting scared in combat. not to indicate specifi- We entered the cally the true reason - clearing. What we why he was in saw was almost Cambodia. spherical in shape and "This other officer suspended close to also talked about the the ground on four UFO subject in gener- legs. And there were al, and told Joe that the a number of, the best Roswell crash really description I could happened and say, humanoids. described precise meth- There were at least as ods of how people who many of them as there need to see the alien were of us. vehicle and bodies are BOSTROM: How transported in high- many do you think? security procedures. JOE: I would say The officer also dis- there was anywhere cussed two different between sixteen to alien beings. One twenty-one. Their name he used was the appearance was not 'Greys' and the other that of any human was the 'Nordics'. being I'd ever seen on "Several months Earth. Skin was a later, Joe said he was greyish-whitish going back into gov- colour. They were ernment service. He wearing what still seemed to have appeared to be a one- government friends piece jumpsuit which with high-level security : ; _ * was silver in colour, clearances." Spherical craft with symbol etched in mirrored surface that matches symbol drawn by uch like a met- Officer Lonnie Zamora in Socorro, New Mexico on 24 April 1964. (Drawing by Joe from 1971 encounter in Cambodia.) allised Mylar heatsuit. JOE'S ENCOUNTER It didn't appear to be a WITH NON-HUMAN BEINGS pressure-suit of any kind. We found out later that it was quite a JOE: In September 1971, I was stationed with the Army in strong material. Thailand. Originally it was a routine mission into Cambodia When we approached, they really didn't notice us at first; and close to an area called Tonle Sap, just south of Angkor Wat where when they did, they turned toward us. Some of the fellows [non- the temples are. We had gone on a previous mission in answer to —_ humans] were carrying some type of instruments. Didn't see any some problems and had gone back on a search-and-destroy mis- weapons anywhere. Made a quick judgement. It didn't look like sion. The area we were mainly concerned about was insurgents any weapon I'd ever seen, so I thought it could be safe. from the Khmer Rouge—Pol Pot's people. They were really caus- We had a young corporal with us [George]. Well, it was his ing havoc at the time with the local indigenous personnel. We second time in combat and he didn't react very well. These—I'll were after one group, and when going through the jungle we call them aliens—one of the aliens turned toward him with some- heard some noises that sounded like generators or machinery. thing in his hand. George evidently thought it was a weapon of Something with a hum. some type, felt threatened and let loose a short burst of fire from a PETER BOSTROM: So, that's what attracted you? Browning FNFAL, which is literally a three-way Winchester. It JOE: Yes. We assumed they had some kind of refuelling sta- has a 150-grain slug, the same hitting power as the 30-0-6 out to tion or something out there. It was quite common for the Khmer 150 yards. About the shortest burst you could fire on full auto is Rouge and Pathet Lao to use a high place in the jungle to make an somewhere between 8 and 12 rounds, which, at the distance from artificial clearing for refuelling helicopters, things like that. Most 30 to 35 feet where it struck this fellow, would devastate a normal of them were Russian-made and they could refuel them. human being. When we came into the clearing we were quite surprised to find something quite unlike what I've ever seen before. At the time, I held the rank of Lieutenant. We had with us approximately four- teen Special Forces of our country [USA] and several dozen Thai arranged with us." BOSTROM: So you were in Special Forces? JOE: Yes. I was originally with the 101st Airborne Special Tactical Unit. We were reassigned 506th Air Cavalry sent to Thailand. They were under the auspices of a group we won't dis- cuss for obvious reasons. During this time, there had been several reports of some strange incidents of things flying through trees. We more or less pooh-poohed them, thinking they were people getting scared in combat. Wa an A tha was SN (Drawing by Joe from 197 JOE'S ENCOUNTER WITH NON-HUMAN BEINGS JOE: In September 1971, I was stationed with the Army in Thailand. Originally it was a routine mission into Cambodia close to an area called Tonle Sap, just south of Angkor Wat where the temples are. We had gone on a previous mission in answer to some problems and had gone back on a search-and-destroy mis- sion. The area we were mainly concerned about was insurgents from the Khmer Rouge—Pol Pot's people. They were really caus- ing havoc at the time with the local indigenous personnel. We were after one group, and when going through the jungle we heard some noises that sounded like generators or machinery. Something with a hum. PETER BOSTROM: So, that's what attracted you? JOE: Yes. We assumed they had some kind of refuelling sta- tion or something out there. It was quite common for the Khmer Rouge and Pathet Lao to use a high place in the jungle to make an artificial clearing for refuelling helicopters, things like that. Most of them were Russian-made and they could refuel them. 64 * NEXUS DECEMBER 1998 - JANUARY 1999