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finally empty and hanging in the closet. No sooner had he fin- ished unpacking than a man looking like a refugee from a war camp sauntered into his room. The man flashed CIA identifica- tion and told the Major that he needed to pack his bag, that there was a plane waiting and that they would be leaving in 20 minutes. True to his word, in 20 minutes the plane was taxiing to a take- off. Major Wilson knew better than to ask where they were going, but by observation of the compass heading and the terrain, he knew they were over Nevada. The plane circled and set down on a dry lake bed. Later he learned it was Papoose (dry) Lake (S-4), deep within the Nellis Air Force Range in central Nevada. Even up close, the mountains and terrain looked barren. They walked about 300 yards to a rock outcropping. On the other side, nestled between some large rocks, was an iron door with no handle. The scruffy-looking CIA man somehow opened the door. They went inside and down a tunnel. At the end of the passageway, Wilson glanced around quickly. He still marvels at the size of the structure: "I could swear that the whole damned mountain was hollow. Right down the middle was a runway and, at the end, huge doors that I later found could be opened to allow a plane to take off right out of the mountain." The CIA man and he proceeded to an elevator without saying a word. The CIA agent punched an unmarked button. Wilson does Colonel Steve Wilson, USAF (Retired) 4/5/33 [5 April 1933] AO 325727 40 years, 19 days, 7 re-enlistments 64 - NEXUS not know how many floors they went down, because the elevator moved with lightning speed. It descended so fast that he almost lost his dinner! He was ushered out of the elevator and into an office down the hall to meet the Full Colonel in charge. He salut- ed and sized up the tall, angular officer standing in front of him. The Colonel's beady eyes had a mean look which was matched by his cold and harsh attitude. The Colonel informed Wilson of his duties, as well as the plane schedules in and out of Nellis Air Force Base Headquarters, Las Vegas—the closest acknowledged military facility. The Colonel also told Wilson how to get there through the secret underground high-tech tunnel shuttle system connecting this installation with Nellis. Wilson was also warned that anything he saw was Top Secret, and that if he so much as "breathed wrong", or opened his mouth about anything he saw, it would be his last breath. Wilson noted soberly: "I believed him." glanced around quickly. UFOs, ETs & 3-D SURPRISES AT S-4 He still marvels at the size of the structure: "I could swear that Major Wilson had begun his duties at the Papoose Lake instal- the whole damned mountain was hollow. Right down the middle lation, still not knowing what existed 30 storeys farther down. He was a runway and, at the end, huge doors that I later found could had been well indoctrinated in Top Secret work and knew all the e opened to allow a plane to take off right out of the mountain." consequences of keeping the nation's most guarded secrets. The The CIA man and he proceeded to an elevator without saying a past six years had been slow and boring, he recalls, and, other word. The CIA agent punched an unmarked button. Wilson does than what he saw at Wright-Patterson AFB, he felt that he was in a vacuum, going nowhere. He was sitting in his office at S-4, mulling this over one morning, when a Lieutenant Colonel DATA FROM COLONEL WILSON'S Bennett came in. He asked Wilson if he was busy FORM DOD21 4 DISCHARGE PAPERS ‘Leteso a damn," Wilson recalls), and said Wilson followed the Lieutenant Colonel, and Name: Colonel Steve Wilson, USAF (Retired) they eventually wound up two storeys down at the Date of Birth: 4/5/33 [5 April 1933] super-secret S-4 UFO technology area. As they Service No. AO 325727 came out on a landing there, Wilson saw eight dif- vacrrf . ferent kinds of UFOs! There were intellectual- Length of Service: 40 years, 19 days, 7 re-enlistments looking people all over the area, whom he guessed were scientists. He glanced at Bennett, who cut Medals: . . . off his implied question with a curt "Forget it". (1) 2 Distinguished Flying Medals The Colonel and the Major went into a cubicle (2) 2 Purple Hearts where there were about 20 officers and civilians (3) 1 Joint SVS Commendation Medal sitting around. Wilson was startled when a (4) 13 Good Conduct Medals woman came in who was at least eight feet tall. (5) 1 National Defense Service Medal There was not an ounce of excess fat on her body, he recalls. She wore a strange-looking jumpsuit which had a "HI" pattern on the right side above the breast line. To this day, Wilson recollects the (6) 1 Korean Service Medal (7) 1 Vietnam Service Medal (8) 1 POW Medal details of this striking encounter. (9) 1 USAF Commendation Medal "The woman had finely chiselled features. Her blonde hair cascaded neatly past her shoulders. MIA/POW, Korea: 12/07/50 to 01/18/51 [7 Dec 1950 to Her eyes were the bluest blue Id ever seen. 18 Jan 1951] Somehow she was different. Little did I know, then, how different! She sat a large crystal on the table and, without warning, her fingers began to Education: low as she ran them over this crystal. A 3-D (1) University of Oklahoma, 1956 to 1960 hologram began to form above i I looked (2) USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado around the room and everyone's mouth was hang- (3) Advanced Flight Training, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas ing open, and suddenly I noticed mine was, too. (4) High-Tech Weapons School, US Air Force Little did I realise that at that moment my life (5) High-Tech Advanced Combat Computers, US Air Force would forever be changed. My past teachings slipped from me as I stared. My whole concept of life did a 180-degree turn as I watched the holo- gram, complete with sound, unfold the mysteries of the past and the present and of other worlds." APRIL — MAY 2000 DATA FROM COLONEL WILSON'S FORM DOD214 DISCHARGE PAPERS