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secure the craft, debris and the occupants as rapidly as possible.
Concerns over possible exposure to civilians of known biological and
chemical agents dictated the quarantine measures taken. Radiation
hazards were assumed and appropriate protective measure were taken
as well.
In the interest of National Secuirity priorities it was necessary to
detain civilian witnesses for interrogation to satisfy intelligence
requirements, and quash rumors that could alert potential espionage
agents known to be in the vicinity.
Several bodies were dicovered. Because on-site medical
personnel were unsure of the physiological and biological make-up of
the occupants, special preparations and preservation methods were
employed Autopsy information obtained so far suggests that the
occupants mimic the features associated with Orientals. Outwardly
they appear human-like with but one exception: autopsy notes mention
a rarely observed s present
which supports the premise that these beings originate from another
planet. 21
There are two sets of factors in this quotation that, taken
separately, seem to argue persuasively that one is dealing with an
extremely advanced but nonetheless very terrestrial phenomenon,
or that, conversely, argue persuasively that one is dealing with a
very advanced extraterrestrial phenomenon, but that taken together
present an ambiguous and puzzling picture. It is their occurrence in
the same context, without apparent analysis or attempt to resolve
the ambiguity, that requires interpretation and explanation.
Note first of all that, at this stage of the "preliminary
investigation" the origins of the craft remain, in its own word,
"unknown." But a little later on the document indicates that there
was apparently some internal dissention in the preliminary study
group: "Some members expressed the view that ULAT-1 may be
the product of an advanced culture from another planet..." In other
words, there appears to have been genuine indecision and hesitancy
on where to attribute the origin of the craft. This tends to be an
internal corroboration and consistency with what we have already
observed above regarding the recovered technology and the craft's
performance characteristics, for apparently the recovered
22 Ibid., pp. 67-68, emphasis added.
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