| ID | #1606914359 |
| Added | Wed, 02/12/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Thomas E Bullard UFO Abductions The Measure of The Mystery
Jenny Randles: Alien Contact: The First 50 Years, p102
Timothy Good: Beyond Top Secret, pp 87-93
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
When 77-year-old Alfred Burtou was fishing on the Basingstoke canal in the peaceful early morning of August 12, 1983, he saw a bright light descend from the sky and settle on a nearby trail. Thinking it must be a helicopter from the nearest us Department of defense base, he ignored it and poured himself a Cup of tea from a thermos. Then his dog, tiny, began to whine furiously, and two figures emerged from the darkness.
"They were about four feet (1.2 m) tall and were dressed from head to toe in pale green jumpsuits," Burtou told reporters. "And they had helmets of the same color with a darkened visor."
The strangers motioned for Burta to accompany them. Calmly putting down a Cup of tea, the intrepid pensioner followed them down the path to the saucer-shaped ship.
"I was 77 years old and had nothing to lose," he later explained.
As Burtu climbed the steps to the saucer, he found that the ceiling was so low that he had to bend down. He found himself in a black metal octagonal chamber that smelled faintly of rotting meat.
"I didn't see any traces of nuts or bolts, and I didn't see any seams at the joints of the item," he recalls. "I was most interested in the shaft that rose from floor to ceiling. The shaft was about four feet (1.2 m) in circumference, and on the right side were two figures similar to those who had walked with me on the trail."
One of the creatures ordered the old man to stand under an orange light that seemed to scan him for several minutes.
"What is your age?" the entity asked in a voice that "sings-a song" and it sounds like " a mix of Chinese and Russian."
When he replied that he was 78 years old, he stated:
"You can go now. You are too old and infirm for our purposes."
Stunned, Burtu climbed down from the saucer and returned to his fishing spot.
"The first thing I did... was take my Cup of iced tea and drink it," he recalled. "And then I heard this howling sound, like an electric generator was starting, and this thing went up and then took off at a very high speed."
Apparently not bothered by his strange encounter, Burtu resumed his task.
"I did what I came for-fishing!»
Despite his rather harsh reception, he later declared his nighttime adventure "the greatest experience of my life".
Original news
As 77-year-old Alfred Burtoo was fishing the Basingstoke Canal in the peaceful early hours of the morning of August 12, 1983, he saw a brilliant light descend from the sky and settle on the nearby towpath. Thinking it must be a helicopter from the nearby MOD base, he took no notice, and poured himself a cup of tea from his Thermos flask. Then his dog, Tiny, began whining furiously and two figures emerged from the darkness.
“They were about four foot high, dressed in pale green coveralls from head to foot,” Burtoo told reporters. “And they had helmets of the same colour with a visor that was blacked out.”
The strangers gestured to Burtoo to accompany them. Calmly setting down his cup of tea, the intrepid pensioner follow them along the towpath towards a saucer-shaped craft. “I was 77 and didn’t have much to lose,” he later explained.
Inside the Saucer
Climbing up a set of steps into the saucer, Burtoo discovered that the ceiling was so low he had to stoop. He found himself inside a black, metallic octagonal chamber, which smelt slightly of decaying meat.
“I did not see any signs of nuts or bolts, nor did I see any seams where the object had been put together,” he recalled. “What did interest me most of all was a shaft that rose up from the floor to the ceiling. The shaft was about four feet in circumference, and on the right-hand side stood two forms similar to those that walked along the towpath with me.”
One of the beings told the old man to stand beneath an orange light, which appeared to scan him for a few minutes. “What is your age?” asked the entity, in a “sing-song” voice which sounded like “a mixture of Chinese and Russian”. When he replied that he was 78, it declared: “You can go. You are too old and infirm for our purposes.” Bemused, Burtoo climbed down from the saucer and returned to his fishing spot.
“The first thing I did…was to pick up my cold cup of tea and drink it,” he recalled. “And then I heard this whining noise, just as if an electric generator was starting up, and this thing lifted up then took off at a very high speed.”
Apparently unfazed by his bizarre encounter, Burtoo resumed the task at hand. “I got into what I had come out for – the fishing!” Despite his rather curt reception, he later declared his nocturnal adventure to have been “the greatest experience of my life”.
References
Jenny Randles: Alien Contact: The First 50 Years, p102.
Timothy Good: Beyond Top Secret, pp 87-93.
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