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MONSANTO'S TOP-SECRET RESEARCH AND THE 'SEEDING' OF AMERICA by Kenny Young experience during his second space MONSANTO'S TOP-SECRET mission. RESEARCH AND THE ‘SEEDING’ While the docking operations between OF AMERICA his space capsule and Mir were underway, by Kenny Young Baladin became aware of a glowing object gyrating a short distance away. Manarov \ ) J ith the July 1997 publication of managed to capture the strange phenome- Philip J. Corso's The Day After non on videotape, which was shown during Roswell, the retired Lieutenant the UFO forum. Baladin claimed that the Colonel, who served under Eisenhower, recording, along with other evidence pre- _ introduced the public to the concept of the sented, "must be studied by an international "seeding" of American industry and corpo- scientific commission". rations with exotic technology derived Baladin insisted that the Russian military from recovered extraterrestrial vehicles. has a great contribution to make to UFO In the midst of the hype and furore over research, giving as an example the multi- _ the Corso publication, I couldn't help but ple-witness case at the Kaputsin Yar mis- temper my disbelief in serious considera- sile base, whose personnel sighted a semi- tion of his claims, because of a bizarre circular object flying at low altitude and — encounter that I have been absorbed in for lighting up all of the base's depots and _ nearly two years. magazines with a powerful searchlight in June 1989. The Phantom Informant "Many of my old comrades, who are now In the spring of 1995 I received a phone working at top-secret military facilities, call from a resident of Springfield, Ohio. acknowledge having seen unidentified fly- "I wanted to tell you about certain reverse- ing objects over manufacturing centres, engineering projects conducted on flying gunnery ranges and military facilities." saucer components," stated the voice on the In any event, Baladin made it clear that other end of the phone line. The caller had “not all that can be seen should be taken for tracked me down after a statewide a UFO, since it is very possible that we Associated Press newspaper article was may be facing natural phenomena which _ published in a Springfield, Ohio, newspa- have not been properly studied". per. The article had portrayed me as a These explosive and unexpected state- "UFO skeptic" who questioned the possi- ments should at least give us cause to ask _ bilities of extraterrestrial visitations. many questions about what is happening in "I'm listening," I replied to the caller, the former USSR on the ufological level. expecting an outlandish or delusional (Source: Inexplicata, http://www.inexpli - account to commence. To my surprise, the cata.com) gentleman on the other end of the line sounded cognisant, sane and knowledgeable. "A friend of mine was an employee at Monsanto Research Corporation, on Nicholas Road near Dayton, Ohio..." The caller (who claimed to be formerly of the military) and I had agreed to meet for lunch at a restaurant south of Dayton within two weeks. Thad contacted two acquaintances, Carla and Lois, who shared my interest in accounts of the bizarre, and we all thought it would be intriguing to meet the infor- mant and receive his news. and sane ith the July 1997 publication of Philip J. Corso's The Day After Roswell, the retired Lieutenant Colonel, who served under Eisenhower, introduced the public to the concept of the "seeding" of American industry and corpo- rations with exotic technology derived from recovered extraterrestrial vehicles. In the midst of the hype and furore over the Corso publication, I couldn't help but temper my disbelief in serious considera- tion of his claims, because of a bizarre encounter that I have been absorbed in for nearly two years. "| wanted to tell you about certain reverse-engineering projects conducted on flying saucer components," stated the voice on the other end of the phone line. We left Cincinnati with plenty of time to spare and, reaching the Dayton area an hour before our appointment, decided to venture to the Monsanto Research Complex, the focal point of the drama. Having been given directions to the facil- ity by the informant, we found the complex easily. Situated near Interstate 75 on Nicholas Road, south of Dayton, the facili- ty is now operating under the name of Quality Chemical, and from the road it appears to be several big, box-shaped buildings surrounded by fencing. The top halves of the windowless buildings are rid- dled with air ducts, protruding ventilation shafts and metal railings. Approaching the main gate, a security guard put down his sandwich and hitched his pants up around his big belly. "Can I help you?" "Tam conducting a research project on corporations in this area, and am curious to know if this facility was once called Monsanto Research," I said, just to break the ice, even though I already knew the Abard oned ereb hey? answer. "Yes it was, several years ago." "Do you know what type of research pro- jects were done here?" I asked, hoping for something juicy. "Nope, but it was some classified project from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base." Carla and Lois thanked the security 70 * NEXUS APRIL — MAY 2000