SUBJECT: THE PHOENIX PROJECT FROM A GENIE FORUM              FILE: UFO2499



PART 2



   Filename: Phoenix2.Edi
   Type    : Editorial/Opinion
   Author  : John Pickens
   Date    : 08/22/92
   Desc.   : Observations on Phoenix Project's K2/Pilot's Peak report

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          REFLECTIONS ON THE K2 REPORT & OBSERVATIONS AT PILOT PEAK
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   Having  read  the Phoenix Project's K2  report and having  visited  the
   Pilot Peak area I offer some of my impressions and observations.

   Animal Sounds:  The K2  Report suggests there is curious lack of animal
   sounds and indicated there is an unnatural quiet in the area.

   Having spent 2 nights in the immediate area in question I can say there
   was  nothing  I observed,  either by night or by day,  to support  this
   contention.  The level of animal sounds was consistent with what I have
   heard in other forested areas.

   Animal  Life:  The K2  report makes much of the fact that there was  an
   absence  of animal life in the area (this additionally supported by the
   claim  of lack of animal sounds).  In particular the report comments on
   the apparent absence of squirrels,  chipmunks, rodents,  owls and birds
   flying over the area.

   On  my first night at the Pilot Peak area I spent the night at  a  spot
   over-looking the location of the "landing zones." I had an unobstructed
   view  of  the area.  I  was there while the Moon was  still  below  the
   eastern  horizon and I used a high-powered spotlight to illuminate  the
   area.  I saw no less than two (possibly three)  deer - one of which was
   very close by,  if not on,  one of the "landing zones."  Throughout the
   night, owls could be heard hooting.  During the day birds could be seen
   flitting about the meadow that contained the "landing zones"  and  both
   squirrels and chipmunks were easily seen. At the very top of Pilot Peak
   there  is  a  lookout  station which I explored.   There  I  found  two
   exhausted  boxes  of  D-Con rodent killer and rodent droppings  in  the
   first  and second floors of the station - clearly evidence of  rodents.
   Another variety of rodent - bats - were seen in no small numbers around
   the Pilot Peak area.

   I  will  comment  on the K2  report itself concerning  their  claim  of
   absence  of  animal  life  and animal sounds.  I  found  it  a  curious
   contradiction that one of their observers (and I do not recall how they
   identified him/her,  it was perhaps Contact #2,  but it was the one who
   forgot  their  camera  and  had  to come back  the  next  day  to  make
   photographs)  indicated that there was a sighting of a UFO and once  it
   came into view all the animal noises ceased.  I  have to ask - If there
   was  a  curious  and noteworthy lack of animal sounds  how  could  they
   cease?

   Landing  Zones:  Having seen the purported "landing zones"  personally,
   and in some cases having walked over them, I have to say there seems to
   be  a more prosaic explanation.  There was an abundance of deer  tracks
   throughout the area.  It is not unreasonable to assume these are places
   where  deer  have  rested.  I  found it odd that in the  midst  of  the
   flattened grass there was,  in some instances,  a  variety of tall weed
   that  was still standing,  unbent,  in the area of flattened grass.  In
   addition,  the "landing zones"  exhibited none of the swirling patterns
   associated with UFO "nests"  or the more recent crop circles.  Very low
   strangeness  index and certainly subject to more "Earthly"  explanation
   than landed craft.  I  also found other,  smaller,  areas of  flattened
   grass which looked exactly like the purported "landing zones" but which
   could clearly be discounted as such.

   There  are  two other factors which weigh heavily against  these  areas
   being "landing zones" which I will address next.

   Camping Area:  Far from being the desolate area one might imagine  from
   reading the K2  report there is a camping area immediately adjacent  to
   the  "landing zones."  To the southwest,  and just behind a  moderately
   dense  stand  of trees,  this camping area did  not  remain  unoccupied
   during  the  time  of my visit.  On the first night  there  were  three
   carloads of people camping and on the second night there was one family
   there. The area of the "landing zones" is easily seen from this camping
   area  and  access  to  the "landing zones"  from the  camping  area  is
   immediate.   It is not the sort of area one would choose if one  wanted
   any sort of privacy.  In addition,  the area of the "landing zones"  is
   clearly  seen from the road which passes nearby and the view  from  the
   road is unobstructed, save for two small trees, for over a quarter mile
   of travel.

   The Road: The report mentions a road which passes the K2 site.  This is
   not  the unused and long-forgotten road one would envision from reading
   the K2 report. Quite the contrary. During the day logging trucks, pick-
   up trucks,  residents of the La Porte & Quincy areas and campers travel
   this  road.   While it will never resemble rush hour,  I  was  somewhat
   surprised at the number of vehicles traveling that road as I thought we
   were well off the beaten track.

   At night the traffic is much less active.  The first night there was no
   traffic  from 9 PM until 4:15  AM the next morning.  The  second  night
   there  was traffic on and off throughout the night.  Again,  the meadow
   with  the "landing zones"  is clearly and unmistakably visible from the
   road.

   Forest Service:  The K2  report alludes to the Forest Service personnel
   being   mind-controlled  minions  of  the  Greys  and  says  they  were
   questioned  about  their reasons for being there.  The report paints  a
   picture of the Forest Service watching their every move and questioning
   their every action. I found quite the opposite to be the case. Not once
   did  the  Forest Service exhibit the slightest interest in what  I  was
   doing  - even when I passed a Forest Service truck on the mine road  (a
   dirt  road that leads right to the base of the summit of  Pilot  Peak).
   The  only reaction I received from the Forest Service was a smile and a
   wave as they drove past in their trucks.

   ---

   My  observations  cover  a brief period of time - from the  evening  of
   Wednesday,  August 19 to the morning of Friday, August 21.  My comments
   and  observations  can be verified and confirmed by Mr.  Ed Stuart  who
   accompanied me to Pilot Peak.

   As  Ed  has asked,  "If the facts we CAN verify are false then are  the
   facts we CAN'T verify false?"  To which I must reply,  not necessarily,
   but they are certainly called into question.

   Other  lines of inquiry come to mind.  IS the corrdor from the west  to
   Pilot  Peak actually RADAR blind as put forth by the Phoenix Project K2
   report?   I'm sure any ATC person from the area can answer that  easily
   enough.

   I  also  think a discussion with Forest Service personnel is in  order.
   Are  they  aware  that some of their members  are  being  presented  as
   unwitting allies of the Greys?  Did they have occasion to question  the
   activities of a group of people investigating the Pilot Peak area?  Has
   there ever been a female member of their team, and if so,  who was she?
   And  if  so,   what does she think of  the  seduction  for  information
   scenario as described by the K2 report?

   I think I'm ready to go ask some questions.




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