Nexus - 1304 - New Times Magazine-pages

Page Content (OCR)

I confirmed his statement, saying I was also part of an ONI separate saucer-shaped craft while travelling on a train through unit at Patrick Air Force Base, south of the Cape. the Soviet Union on his way to Czechoslovakia. He made a He was surprised to hear that fact. He said, "So, you are Naval small sketch of the object for us to study on his desk pad. He Intelligence, young man?" showed a sparkle flashing under its base and indicated it had two I said, "Well, yes sir, but only one member." lights on its top portion that remained stationary, while the outer He continued, making certain none of the people nearby was section of each disc appeared to revolve or spin. He said it had a within listening distance. "Now, may I ask you what you have slight yellowish colour and may have been 25 to 35 feet in heard or seen here?" diameter. After talking about the object for about five minutes, I joked with him, asking, "Do you Russell tore the desk pad drawing off have a need to know, sir?" We both his sketch pad and placed it in his laughed. wr: . jacket pocket for later burning. He Goldwater smiled while he adjusted Dick said that around told ine that it was clas ‘ified Top his camera tripod. Soon, a man and a sundown on 4 October 1955, Secret by the FBI and military. He woman wandered by, saying hello, and id not want the sketch to end up in we both similarly replied. I asked the he saw two separate saucer- the wrong hands." man if he would take a photo of i i Goldwater told me that Russell Goldwater and me together. I asked shaped craft while travelling then detailed how he'd watched from approval of the Senator and he gave on a train through the his train window as one saucer- his okay. Following the photo being i i i shaped craft rose slowly from the taken, I thanked both the people; they Soviet Union ou his oe ground about two miles away and shook the hand of the Senator and to Czechoslovakia." flew over his train at not too high a went on their way. I was disappointed rate of speed. It was estimated to be to note after it was developed that the between 5,000 to 6,000 feet in photo had been taken too distant to altitude. show both our faces in more detail, but it does show enough to Goldwater emphasised, "Mac, Dick was so excited about this allow recognition. (See enhanced photo below.) actual viewing of a UFO that he tried to summon his Russian language interpreter Ruben Efron, who arrived too late and had Senator Richard Russell's UFO Sightings over the USSR only a brief sighting of the [first] object. His aide was Colonel lL asked the Senator if he knew Senator Richard Russell of the Hathaway." State of Georgia. (Later, I learned he was US Army Colonel E.U. Hathaway, the He snapped back, saying, "Are you kidding, Mac? Of course I military aide-de-camp for the US Senate Armed Services know Dick Russell." Committee.) he saw two separate saucer- shaped craft while travelling ona train through the Soviet Union on his way to Czechoslovakia." Senator Richard Russell's UFO Sightings over the USSR only a brief sighting of the [first] object. His aide was Colonel lL asked the Senator if he knew Senator Richard Russell of the Hathaway." State of Georgia. (Later, I learned he was US Army Colonel E.U. Hathaway, the He snapped back, saying, "Are you kidding, Mac? Of course I military aide-de-camp for the US Senate Armed Services know Dick Russell." Committee.) Goldwater then softly asked me if I was aware of Senator Russell's UFO sighting in the Soviet Union. I smiled and said, "Yes, sir. I learned of it through my ONI unit." He said with a smile, "Now, do you have the proper clearances, Mac?" I told him my clearance level. He said, again with a smile, "That is more than acceptable." He continued. "I had heard a rumour about Russell having his UFO experience, and thought I would approach him about it. I was careful not to have him cuss me out like LeMay. I'll tell you what he and I discussed. About six or seven years ago in 1962, before my election loss to Johnson in 1964, Dick and I got together after a Senate meeting and sat alone in his office. Dick said that around sundown on 4 Clark C. McClelland and Senator Barry Goldwater (right), photographed at the Kennedy Space October 1955, he saw two Center during the Apollo 11 countdown on 16 July 1969. Clark C. McClelland and Senator Barry Goldwater (right), photographed at the Kennedy Space Center during the Apollo 11 countdown on 16 July 1969. JUNE — JULY 2006 NEXUS +53 "Dick said that around | sundown on 4 October 1955, www.nexusmagazine.com