(660) Tue 14 Apr 92 23:35 By: Peggy Noonan To: Linda Bird Re: OGDEN ENGIMA - TRY AGAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Relay to Linda Bird: (Linda, this is the item I've been trying to send to you. Hope it works this time.) * Forwarded from "UFO" * Originally by David Worthington * Originally to All * Originally dated 18 Mar 1992, 14:37 .. and now for something completely the same ... In 1980 Author Gene Snyder published a fictional book called "The Ogden Enigma" (Playboy Press). In the "Author's Note" at the beginning of the book, he releates a story that he states that happened to him that provided the basis for his fictional work. A synopsis of this follows: On a Wednesday night in the Fall of 1977, the author was giving a lecture to a college class (topic was paranormal events, UFOs, occult, etc.) At the end of the lecture a person attending the lecture (who was not recognized as a student, and who the author refers to as "Charlie") related to the author the following account: On a June night in 1950, five Air Force personel drive a flatbed truck, with cargo covered and lashed down by a tarpaulin, into a U.S. Army supply depot near Ogden, Utah. This supply depot is to reside north of a U.S Army base at Dugway, Utah. The truck is driven into a hanger, and the 5 men close the doors and bend the lock bolts. In the following days, a security screen is erected around the hanger, including electrified fences, guard dogs, and restricted air space above the building. He maintains that an Air Force Security detachment still guard the hanger to this day (which would be unusual for an Army Base). "Charlie" then claims that the 5 men involved with this transporting of 'whatever' are all dead within one year of the mission. At this point "Charlie" promises the author a follow up visit, but never appears again. At this point the author embarks on a reasearch project of his own .... First Find: No record of this Army Supply Depot can be found. Second Find: While in the latter stages of drafting the novel, the author comes across some maps that indicate that the size of the U.S. Army Base at Dugway has more than doubled its size since 1954, and would have engulfed the location of the Supply Depot mentioned earlier. A second map indicates a single triangle located at the far north end of the base, at the location "Charlie" said the Hanger could be found. The third map is a pilots map of the area, showing the restricted airspace that "Charlie" said the restriction would be in effect. These 3 maps were reproduced in the fictional book. Thats all, people. No sources. No proof. Just a little bit of (what I hope was) interesting reading for you all. If this material has been covered before, my apologies, since I am new to this echo. --- * Origin: Gourmet Delight (407)649-4136 Orlando, Fla. (1:363/29)