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impact on my precious well-being. I had initially only gone to the —_ quite agitated by my actions, and a heated discussion followed. Solomons to enjoy an early, youthful retirement and certainly had Joseph and I left at 8.00 pm to travel to our vantage position. We not expected to be chasing UFOs. But as a former military man, I knew that the UFO had the habit of appearing at around 10.00 pm couldn't stop thinking about the fact that this UFO was continually or 3.00 am. After parking the car in the bush, with torchlights shin- coming and going near ships that had been involved in a great battle ing we climbed up to the top of the mountain. This turned out to be where thousands of men had lost their lives in the cause of freedom. a perfect position as we had a 270-degree view of the area. It seemed as if this UFO was robbing graves. This weighed heavily Because of the orientation of the mountain, we faced east. With a on my mind for weeks. clear view of the sea to the left of us and the valley's entrance to the One night, though, while I was sitting fishing, my indecision _ right, there was no way that we were going to miss seeing the UFO changed. I had been watching the UFO submerge into the sea near when it made its appearance—and we didn't. the wreck of the USS Chicago and then surface again shining more Having sat up half the night, watching and waiting and having a brightly. I had my binoculars fixed well on it when I saw the lights few beers to pass the time, at 2.35 am we saw the first glimmer of of a ship that was travelling toward my direction. From the — the UFO's light leaving the valley's entrance. There was an air of trigonometric perspective, the UFO couldn't see the ship because of | excitement between me and Joseph. While training my binoculars the point that was shielding its view. on the UFO, I noticed that it was travelling However, I had both the UFO and the ship in toward our direction at a fair rate of speed, my field of view. After about 30 seconds, which we estimated later to be about 100 knots. when the UFO did see the ship it instantly vanished. The UFO didn't seem to go We had been watching it approach us for close on a minute when it came past at an estimated We had been watching anywhere; it simply vanished as if it had it approach us for height of 300 feet, half a kilometre away. No tno ahs Tok my Spe fom | ose om a minute | “oma hs UFO pase by hn ok instantly accelerated or had somehow cloaked when it came past at accelerated away at phenomenal speed. I took te denon people seeing tue mind | @eStimated eight | i Crs ight ciminiing over the horizon when someone sa it who woul possibly of 300 feet, half a within seconds while it was still travelling at know of its real identity. If there's one thing I kilometre away. near sea level. hate, it's sneakiness! Q This whole episode was a mind-fathoming In any case, I made up my mind right No sooner had this . experience, even when I think back on it then and there to gather intelligence on UFO passed by than it today, seven years later. this so-called Dragon Snake by doing took an instantaneous All our efforts had paid off. This sight- some reconnaissance on its movements. ing confirmed to me the information that I Switching into soldier mode, I went to 45-degree turn to needed to know. This UFO definitely did sleep formulating my plan. the left and then come from somewhere up that valley! accelerated away at phenomenal speed. My subsequent investigation into the This was the first time that the information UFO's ability to cloak itself revealed that the two chiefs had given me had started to this characteristic was commonly known e proved correct. by all within the area and had become At that time, there was only one other part of the superstition about the Dragon course of action left for me: I had to make Snake. There are just too many stories an expedition up the valley to Mount about the Dragon Snake's sudden Dragon and try to document this UFO on "disappearance" to discuss here. film. I was extremely under-funded for the manner in which I wanted the expedition to proceed, as most of EXPEDITION TO MOUNT DRAGON my money was tied up in essential assets and I had been living off The next morning I went up to Joseph's house to tell him of my my fortnightly military pension. Even though I had most of the plan. My intention was to place ourselves at night, high up in a —_ equipment necessary to commence, I was still short of a good video panoramic position so that we could familiarise ourselves with the camera that could take pictures at night. I had a Kodak Instamatic, UFO's movements. With the map out, we began to study the area _ but it was useless for night work and certainly was not the calibre of for possible positions. camera that I required for this job. I was in a catch-22 situation. I From where "Mount Dragon" was situated, there was really only couldn't borrow a camera; there was only one white man I knew one way to the coast that the UFO could take without being detect- well enough to ask, and he didn't have a video camera, anyway. As ed flying over mountains. That was via a five-kilometre-long val- the weeks went past, every time I saw the UFO I became progres- ley that runs in a northward direction past Mount Dragon. Earlier sively more frustrated about my video camera situation. discussions with some of the people living a few kilometres east in One morning at 3.00 am, a couple of weeks later, Joseph and I that direction had well confirmed this to me. After searching the were on the grass outside the house, husking coconuts around a fire, area for a suitable position that afternoon, we chose an accessible when we noticed the UFO. As we watched it, we observed that it 800-foot mountain that had all the requirements we needed. And so was slowly moving in our direction. It started to get closer and we went home to prepare for what was becoming a military mission _closer, and it seemed to us that if it continued on the path it was on for me. it would overfly us. As it progressively came even closer, we The next day, we gathered all the equipment we thought was started to move to the door of the house. Both Joseph and I were required. I also loaded my 30-shot, 7.62-mm and my shotgun to standing at the door when it flew over the nearby trees and over the take along just in case. There was also the danger of being gored _ top of the house. The brilliance of its white light radiated the whole by wild pigs, of which there was no shortage. My wife became _area as if we were standing amidst the light of a dozen arc welders We had been watching it approach us for close on a minute when it came past at an estimated height of 300 feet, half a kilometre away. No sooner had this UFO passed by than it took an instantaneous 45-degree turn to the left and then accelerated away at phenomenal speed. EXPEDITION TO MOUNT DRAGON The next morning I went up to Joseph's house to tell him of my plan. My intention was to place ourselves at night, high up in a panoramic position so that we could familiarise ourselves with the UFO's movements. With the map out, we began to study the area for possible positions. From where "Mount Dragon" was situated, there was really only one way to the coast that the UFO could take without being detect- ed flying over mountains. That was via a five-kilometre-long val- ley that runs in a northward direction past Mount Dragon. Earlier discussions with some of the people living a few kilometres east in that direction had well confirmed this to me. After searching the area for a suitable position that afternoon, we chose an accessible 800-foot mountain that had all the requirements we needed. And so we went home to prepare for what was becoming a military mission for me. The next day, we gathered all the equipment we thought was required. I also loaded my 30-shot, 7.62-mm and my shotgun to take along just in case. There was also the danger of being gored by wild pigs, of which there was no shortage. My wife became 58 ¢ NEXUS WWW.NeXU smagazi ne.com AUGUST — SEPTEMBER 2003