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"Coleman's a fascinating character, a real player," says San Francisco's Paul Meehan, author of "Saucer Movies" in 1998. "When I watch 'Close Encounters of the Third which involved a UFO landing at a remote location, recorded in secrecy by the government, I can't help but wonder if Spielberg was influenced by what was rumored to have happened at Holloman." 'Conflicted man' Don Berliner, who chairs the Fund for UFO Research in Alexandria, has known Coleman since the latter had a Pentagon fice. To him, the USAF's public in-; formation chief from 1971 to 74 remains an enigma. "Certainly Bill was one of the most objective Pentagon spokesmen I ever met," says Berliner. "He had to spout the party line, but I think he tried to be as honest as he could within those constraints.

When it comes to (UFOs), I think he's a conflicted man." For his part, Coleman, who worked the Air Force's official study of UFOs in the 1960s called Project Blue Book the Emenegger controversy was always much to do about nothing. Today, at 78, the survivor of 155 combat missions says the footage in question never concerned UFOs. "There was nothing extraordinary on there that 1 could see," Coleman says. "All I know is, we would not release the film because there were special lenses on the cameras involved, and we didn't want our technological abilities getting into the public domain." According to Emenegger, the journey that would lead him to Coleman began in 1972-73. Emenegger was producing commercial television ads when he hooked up with Sandler, who was interested in doing military documentaries.

While discussing ideas on advanced research projects at Norton Air Force Base outside Bakersfield, Emenegger says security officer Paul Shartle, chief of the base audio-visual department, asked, "What would we think if there had been a landing of alien craft at Hollo-' man Air Force Base, that they were met by some of the officers, and that TV camera people had filmed this landing? Skeptic at first "Well, I was a skeptic. I thought this UFO stuff was a lot of BS. But Shartle described the film in great detail, descriptions of the aliens, that it happened in May 1971. But it was all handled semi-officially. What was so strange to me was, at the time, he told us this film was unclassified.

Shartle said if you want to pursue this, bury it along with things like laser and dog training and holography; otherwise, if you ask just about UFOs, a lot of red flags are going to go up. So that's what we did." Emenegger says he and Sandler "went through the motions" of filming assorted Air Force projects, with the understanding that they would get exclusive access to the Holloman footage at the end of the line. In 1973, as a precondition for release of the film, they met with Coleman, and others, at the Pentagon, to submit their script (even though they hadn't seen the footage) for technical accuracy. By that time, Project Blue Book had been terminated for nearly four years, after a University of Colorado committee concluded the phenomenon reflected neither advanced technology nor a threat Ko national security. Coleman had joined Blue Book in 1962, following a conversation with Air Force Secretary Gen.

Eugene Zukert. "Before I took the job, I knew I needed to explain my own sighting to him," Coleman recalls. "After I told him the story, he said, 'Good, you're just the guy for the job. You've remained objective, and that's what we want on the program to tell the Coleman's sighting is now legendary among UFOlogists. In 1955, while piloting a B-25 over Alabama, he and his four-man crew attempted to pursue a silvery disc reflecting mid-day sunlight.

The object cast an oval shadow when it dropped to the deck, then eluded the bomber with a series of MASTER OF DISGUISE (PG) 1:55 4:40 7:30 9:35 7:35 9:40 7:40 9:45 7:10 9.30 ULOi STITCH KJ GOLDMEMBER (PG-il) 2:00 4:35 1:50 4:25 1:25 4:05 1:45 4:20 1:25 4:15 1:44 4:00 1:30 4:10 1:30 4:30 1:35 4:45 BANGER SISTERS (R) MEN IN BLACK II (PG-13) SPIDER-MAN (PO-13) ROAD TO PERDITION (fl) ONE HOUR PHOTO (R) SPY KIDS 2 IPG) CITY BY THE SEA (fl) 720 9:45 7:00 9:50 7:25 10:00 7:15 9:55 7:05 9:25 7:25 10:05 I visit WxU I 8 finu Phone 4 they don't want to let on, so they play along? That's what our conversations were like." "The film I saw was made at Vandenberg (AFB)," Coleman says. "What I saw, I didn't get excited about. Sometimes when you launch missiles, you'll get a light phenomenon called halations, which can look like UFOs. They can be seen rising with the missiles, they can even be seerrgoing in the opposite direction. This is what we were dealing with.

As far as the Holloman stuff, I'm not sure what they were talking about." TV exposure Despite the confusion, the SandlerEmenegger documentary nevertheless made it onto the airwaves in 1974. Called "UFOs: Past, Present and Future," it was narrated by "Twilight Zone" host Rod Serling. Coleman appeared on-camera, and the feature earned a Golden Globe nomination. In 1980, an expanded version called "UFOs: It Has Begun" was released. Supported by stock footage, the Holloman landing which does show the descent of a curious glowing orb against a desert backdrop that Emenegger is at a loss to explain is presented, according to Serling, as "an incident that might happen in the future, or perhaps could've happened already." In 1988, Shartle would tell his side of the story on national TV.

During a two-hour special called "UFO Coverup: Live," Shartle described the 16mm film as having documented the arrival of "three disc-shaped craft," one of which landed and opened the door to three "human-size beings" with gray complexions, tight jumpsuits, and "thin headdresses that appeared to be communication devices." The ETs were then met by Air Force officials, who escorted them away. Additional corroboration Shartle might've provided died with him last year in a car wreck. "It's a good metaphor for the UFO situation in general," says Dr. Colm Kelleher, of the National Institute for Discovery Science, a Las Vegas research organization. It's very difficult to pin down, and unfortunately, we didn't realize just how important Shartle was until it was too late to interview him." Coleman says he never met Shartle and doesn't know what to make of his story.

After leaving the Pentagon, Coleman went on to become an advisor to "Project UFO," an NBC prime-time series produced by Jack Webb that ran from 1977 to '78. Each episode THE SANTA CLAUSE 2 is) onfa 11:45 12:15 12:45 2:00 2:30 3:00 4:15 4:45 5:15 6:30 7:00 7:30 40 9:15 9:40 SPY (PO-13) OnTtofeMnt 1:15 2:15 3:45 4:30 7:15 7:45 945 10:15 PUNCH DRUNK LOVE (R) mw 1:40 4:40 7:40 9:55 'jackass: the movie mi minsan uv, 2:30 3:45 4:50 7:50 8:15 10:00 10:30 GHOST SHIP B) to.ikM 2:00 5:00 8:00 1020 THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE (po-ij) 1:35 4:35 7:35 WAKING UP IN RENOiPG-m 3:30 9:15 THE RING (pg-13) 1:10 4:10 7:10 9:50 RED DRAGON (R) mum 1:05 4:05 7:05 9:40 JONAH: A VEGGIE TALES MOVIE 1:30 SWEET HOME ALABAMA ((- 1-25 4:25 725 10:00 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (poi 1:45 4:20 7:20 BARBERSHOP (po-13) ABANDON (PO-13) TUCK EVERLASTING (poi THE TRANSPORTER (pg-isi BROWN SUGAR PO-i3 THE TUXEDO (PO-13) 10:35 9:50 7:05 9:30 1:05 4:20 1:45 9:35 7:20 i I I'lin Sf a free evasive maneuvers. Although Coleman collected and filed individual eyewitness reports from his men, the account never turned up in the Blue Book archives. Exactly what happened when Coleman met with Emenegger and Sandler depends on who you talk to. "I looked at it just as a commercial venture on their part, a couple of guys out to make some bucks," says Coleman.

"But in terms of (releasing) the film they were so interested in, I showed it to my people and they said no. Not because of anything on the film, but because of the particular camera lenses. They said they didn't want the Soviets to know our capabilities." 'Bizarre' event Sandler couldn't be reached for comment, but Emenegger says what happened next was especially "bizarre," given how they had already done location shots on-site at Holloman, and even interviewed eyewitnesses off-camera. "It wasn't some clandestine adventure. Everyone had been very cooperative, in terms of allowing us access.

We made no secret of what we were working on. In fact," Emenegger says, "I talked to the head radar guy there and said, Til bet you were really amazed in 71 when that thing came and he said, Tou mean the flying I said, and he said, "You really don't talk about things like "So I'm at the Pentagon with Bill, and he's saying how we need to be careful about certain things because of national security, blah blah blah. And then he said, 'Let me set you up with George who was the commander of foreign technology, which was in this half-underground bunker with all these surveillance cameras. "And I asked Weinbrenner about the landing of an alien ship at Holloman, and instead of saying, 'What the hell are you talking he started talking about how difficult it was to get information about Soviet aircraft, and about how easy it was to get stuff on our planes. Then he starts talking about spying.

And he draws a picture of a MiG on the wall, and I'm thinking, god, my question was about an alien landing at Holloman, and Weinbrenner was going on about how the Soviets have developed weather alteration patterns, and that's where the really big problem is. 1 thought I was in the Twilight Zone." The Air Force never released the film. Emenegger says he got several different explanations from Coleman. "I love Bill. He can do no wrong in my mind, even though he can stretch things," says Emenegger.

"But one time, he told me it was because of the camera lenses. Then he told me it was because the real incident involved the landing of an SR-71, which was supposedly classified at the time. Once, he even told me it was because we didn't have diplomatic relations with the extraterrestrials. "I'd bet my life that Bill never saw the film. You know how people sometimes play a role, where you're talking about something that they don't know about, but sua I miru1 timr jBHilTAi I 1 1 ii ii Aii i mn4 HARRY POTTER 2 (PG) -Advana Trefcett Now on Sale SANTA CLAUSE 2 (G) ma (1200226 4501 730 SPY (PG-13) mo (12S350I715 940 (1UU4W) WW UMUSTSHIP (R) ID REQUIRED (145 41 51725 96b JACKASS THE MOVIE (R)- ID REQUIRED (130 4051 720 935 IHC HINli (KU-13) (115 4101 IVSWj RED DRAGON R) ID REQUIRED (1245 345 1 650 930 swtt I MUMt ALABAMA (PU-13) (1250 340) 655 92r THE TUXEDO (PG-13) (135420)710 94' IjLj.itffr iWi -i fmuimi It a not mi It2 spend money that way," says Coleman, mindful of renewed calls for UFO glasnost on Capitol Hill.

"You follow me? It wasn't promising enough. I never saw anything that would get us excited, and I had all kinds of clearances." Coleman predicts there will be no earth-shattering documents recovered through new Freedom of Information Act initiatives, and that congressional hearings on more recent events will be unproductive because "we haven't had any interesting cases involving high-performance aircraft in years. At the National UFO Reporting Center in Seattle, which has been collecting data since 1974, director Peter Davenport says it fields some 25 calls a day, the best of which get posted on its Web Site daily. The most dramatic recent video footage, linked up at www.ufocenter.com, was taped over Albany, N.Y., in October, and is now reportedly in the possession of the FBI. "It's a shame," Davenport adds, "that Mr.

Coleman wouldn't con sider what happened over Waldorf (Maryland) interesting. In that early-morning July 26 incident, witnesses reported see ing r-lbs chasing a glowing UFO for more than half an hour near Washington. But a North Ameri can Aerospace Defense Command spokesman contradicted the civilian witnesses, and reported the pilots made no visual contact: "Everything was fine, so (the planes) went home." "Well, that would put them (military spokesmen) in the position of lying, and I don't tMik that happened," Coleman says. "Our policy was always to find out the correct answer before you speak. Because if you start ad-libbing too soon, you may damn well tell a lie and create something you can't stop." Matinee price lor all shows until 6 pm.

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