Dr. Eric A. Walker

Who's Who In America : 43rd Edition : 1984-1985 : L-Z
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-Excerpt on Walker, Eric Arthur.


WALKER, ERIC ARTHUR, consulting engineer, institute executive;
b. Long Eaton, Eng., Apr. 29, 1910; came to U.S., 1923, naturalized
1937; s. Arthur and Violet Elizabeth (Haywood) W.; m. L. Josephine
Schmeiser, Dec. 20, 1937; children; Gail (Mrs. Peter Hearn), Brian.
B.S.,Harvard U., 1932, M.S., 1933, Sc.D., 1935; LL.D., Temple U.,
1957, Lehigh U., 1957, Hofstra Coll., 1960, Lafayette Coll., 1960, U.
Pa., 1960, U. R.I., 1962: L.H.D., Elizabethtown Coll., 1958;; D.
Litt., Jefferson Med. Coll., 1960; D.Sc., Wayne State U., 1965, Thiel
Coll., 1966, U. Notre Dame, 1968, U. Pitts., 1970. Registered profl.
engr., Pa. Instr. math. Tufts Coll., 1933-34, asst. prof., assoc.
prof. elec. engring., 1935-38, head elec. engring. dept., 1935-40, U.
Conn., 1940-43; assoc. dir. Harvard U. Underwater Sound Lab., 1942-45;
dir. Ordnance Research Lab., Pa. State U., 1945-52, head elec. engring
dept., 1945-51, dean 1951-56, v.p. univ., 1956, pres., 1956-70; v.p.
sci. and tech. Aluminum Co. Am., 1970-76; dir. Armstrong Cork Co.;
Salem Corp. Exec. sec. Research and Devel. Bd., 1950-51; cons. NRC,
1949-50; mem. and past chmn. com. on undersea warfare; chmn. Pres.'s
Com. on Tech. and Distbn. Research for Benefit of Small Bus., 1957;
mem. nat. sci. bd. NSF, 1962-68, chmn. nat. sci. bd., 1966-68; chmn.
Naval Research Adv. Com., 1963-65, 71-, Army Sci. Adv. Panel, 1956-58;
vice chmn. Pres.'s Co . Scientists and Engrs., 1956-58; adv. panel on
engring. and tech. manpower Pres.'s Sci. Adv. Com.; mem. Gov.'s Com.
of 100 for Better Edn., 1960-61; bd. dirs. Engring. Found.; chmn. bd.
Inst. for Def. Analyses. Contbr. to tech. mags. United bd. visitors
U.S. Naval Acad., 1958-60, U.S. Mil. Acad., 1962-64. Recipient Horatio
Alger award, 1959, Tasker H. Bliss award Am. Soc. Mil. Engrs., 1959;
Golden Omega award Am. Inst. E.E., and Nat. Elec. Mfg. Assn., 1962;
DoD Pub. Service medal, 1970; Presdl. citation, 1970. Fellow IEEE, Am.
Acoustical Soc., Am. Inst. E.E., Am. Phys. Soc.; mem. Am. Inst.
Physics., Am. Soc. Engring. Edn. (Lamme award 1965, pres. 1961-62),
Pa. Assn. Coll. and Univs. (pres. 1950-60), Middle States Assn. Colls.
and Secondary Schs. (commn. higher edn. 1958-61), Engrs. Joint Council
(pres. 1962-63), Nat. Assn. State Univs. and Land-Grant Colls. (exec.
com. 1958-62), Nat. Acad. Engring. (pres. 1966-70), Am. Acad. Arts and
Scis., Newcomen Soc., Royal Soc.




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 Note:  The following is a 3 page excerpt from the paper entitled,
        "UFOs, MJ-12 AND THE GOVERNMENT", which is co-authored by
        researchers Grant Cameron and T. Scott Crain Jr.  This brief
        excerpt gives additional background information on Dr. Eric
        Walker's professional activities during the last 60 yrs, along
with a short example of one of Dr. Walkers' initial responses
        to correspondence from UFO researcher, William Steinman.

                                           - Tom Mickus <<UFONET I>>

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Enter Dr. Eric A. Walker.  Dr. Walker's name was deliberately
 kept secret by a small group of investigators, the authors of this
 paper included, in hopes that Dr. Walker would discuss his past
 association with MJ-12, the research and development hierarchy they
 directed, and the set of Top Secret meetings held at Wright Patterson
 Air Force Base dealing with a recovered flying saucer.

Researcher Stanton Friedman in speaking of Dr. Walker stated
 "he has all the credentials" and Dr. Walker's credentials are indeed
 impressive.  Born in England in 1910, he received his B.S. degree in
 Engineering in 1932, his M.B.A. degree in 1933 and D.Sc. degree in
 1935, all from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dr. Walker taught mathematics and electrical engineering, and
 for two years was chairman of the department of electrical engineering
 at Tufts College.  He then joined the University of Conneticut where
 he taught electrical engineering and established courses for a special
 war training program.

Once the U.S.A. had entered WWII, Dr. Walker joined the Under-
 water Sound Laboratory at Harvard University.  He was promoted to
 assistant director, and then associate director, where he was in
 charge of ordnance weapons.  Dr. Walker had studied the industrial
 use of acoustics.  These studies were applied to the homing torpedo,
 which was successfully used against the German submarines.  For his
 work Dr. Walker was awarded the Naval Ordnance Development Award, and
 also a Presidential Certificate of Merit.

In 1944 Dr. Walker was a civilian with the Office of Scientific
 Research and Development.  In 1945 Dr. Walker was persuaded by the
 Dean of Engineering at Penn State University to accept at Penn State,
 the position of head of the department of electrical engineering.  In
 addition, the ordnance section of the Harvard Underwater Sound
 Laboratory was transferred to Penn State, and became the Ordnance
 Research Laboratory with Dr. Walker as director.

This move involved moving most of the staff (200) and their
 families, building a laboratory building and family housing.

In 1951 Dr. Walker became Dean of Engineering and Architecture
 where he directed the construction of a research reactor on the
 campus.  In 1956 Dr. Milton Eisenhower, then the President of Penn
 State, named Dr. Walker as Vice-President.  Part of Dr. Walker's job
 would be to coordinate and stimulate research on the Penn State campus.

Dr. Walker's term as Vice-President would actually be minus
 two days as he became President before Vice-President because of
 the resignation of Dr. Eisenhower who moved to John Hopkins University.

In addition to his earned degrees, Dr. Walker has honorary
 degrees from Temple, Lehigh, Hofstra, Lafayette College, University
 of Pennsylvannia, University of Rhode Island, Elizabethtown College,
 Jefferson Medical College, Wayne State University, Thiel College,
 University of Notre Dame, and the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Eric Walker wrote two prize papers for the AIEE, and
 was inventor of the coliolithophone which is a device for the
 acoustical detection of gallstones.

Dr. Walker's awards include the Navy Distinguished Public
 Service Awared; American Legion Distinguished Service Award; Fellow,
 Institute of Radio Engineers;  Benjamin Franklin Fellow; Fellow,
 American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Fellow, Royal Society
 of Arts (London); Fellow, American Physical Society; Fellow, American
 Acoustical Society; Horatio Alger Award; Tasker H. Bliss Award of the
 American Society of Military Engineers, Golden Omega Award of the
 Electrical Insulation Industry; Lamme Award and honorary member from
 the American Society for Electrical Education; the White House
 Citation from President Nixon; and Department of Defense Distinguished
 Public Service Medal.

Dr. Walker's professional activities include: member of the
 Army's Scientific Advisory Panel, member and chairman of the Naval
 Research Advisory Committee, Vice-Chairman of the President's
 Committee for Scientists and Engineers, member and former Chairman
 of the National Research Council's Committee on Undersea Warfare,
 Executive Secretary of the former Research and Development Board,
 Chairman of the National Science Foundation's Committee for
 Engineering; Chairman, Engineering College Research Council;
 President, Engineers Joint Council; appointed in 1957 by President
 Dwight Eisenhower as General Chairman of the Conference on Technical
 and Distribution Research for the Benefit of Small Business; member
 of the board of visitors, Naval Academy; member of the board of
 visitors, U.S. Military Academy; trustee for the Institute for
 Defense Analysis starting in 1958; elected to the chairman of the
 board at IDA in 1981, retiring in 1986 to become Chairman Emeritus;
 President Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities;
 member, Advisory Committee on Higher Education; member, Commission
 on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges
 and Schools: Vice-President and President of the American Society
 for Engineering Education, Chairman National Science Board of The
 National Science Foundation.

Dr. Walker was one of the founding members of the National
 Academy of Engineering.  He served as Vice-President and President.
 He was a member of the Board of the Engineering Foundation; member
 of the board of trustees, Science Service; President, Commonwealth
 Industrial Research Corp; Board of Directors, Mid-State Bank and
 Trust Company; Board of Directors, Girard Trust Company; Board of
 Directors, Westinghouse Air Brake Co.; Chairman, Board of Directors,
 Melpar, Inc.; consultant on research and engineering to Koppers Corp.,
 Borg-Warner, Bendix Aviation, Hughes Aircraft, IBM, and others.

Dr. Walker initiated the Conference on The Administration of
 Research in 1947.  He has published numerous articles in various
 periodicals and co-authored a book entitled "The Physical Bases of
 Electrical Engineering".  Dr. Walker wrote a column for "The Center
 Daily Times" in the early 70's.  Dr. Walker directed a nation wide
 study for the ASEE on the "Goals of Engineering Education."

Dr. Walker's first reference to UFOs came in a speech he
 made in 1969 at the Franklin Lectures (Approaching the Benign
 Enviroment, Eric A. Walker, Franklin Lectures in the Science and
 Humanities, First series, @1970 lectures April 1969 at Auburn U.)


"We will soon spend millions to probe the
                atmosphere of Venus and Mars, while here
                on earth it remains polluted with dust and
                heat with which we cannot cope.  Indeed it
                may be a good thing that ships from another
                planet are not sampling our atmosphere - the
                conclusion might be that life cannot possibly
                exist on earth."


Researcher William Steinman was not given Walker's phone
 number by researcher Stanton Friedman, so his first attempt to
 contact Dr. Walker came in the form of a letter, dated March 19,
 1984.  He got a response, but not what he expected.  Steinman
 explained how Dr. Walker responded in a letter to Grant Cameron,
 dated September 8, 1987.

 Steinman writes:

"The answer to my correspondence was very strange;
it stated "STOP! DON'T TRY TO FIND ME I CAME ON
  THAT MACHINE I WILL LEAVE MAY 15 ERGOT QUIET QUIET
                QUIET."  The above was typed on the lower portion
                of my letter that I sent to Walker, as evidence by
                my signature and "very sincerely yours."  My return
                address was cut from the upper portion of my own
                letter to Dr. Walker and was taped to the front of
                his stamped envelope to me!"


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 Note:  The following is an excerpt from Grant Cameron and T. Scott
        Crain Jr.'s  research paper entitled, "UFOs, MJ-12 AND THE
        GOVERNMENT".  It is a transcript of a phone conversation.
        I have personally spoken with Steinman, and received assurances
        that Walker's replies are accurate.  The transcript was made
        within 10 minutes of the phone call, and was not taken from
        an audio tape.

                             - Tom Mickus <<UFONET I>>   8/12/89


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  This telephone interview took place on August 30, 1987 between
  William Steinman of La Mirada, California, and Dr. Eric Walker
  of State College, Pennsylvania.


    Walker:  Hello.

  Steinman:  Hello...this is William Steinman of Los Angeles,
             California.  I am calling in reference to the meetings
             that you attended at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
             in around 1949-1950, concerning the military recovery
             of Flying Saucers, and bodies of occupants.
             Dr. Robert I. Sarbacher (now deceased) related this to
             me.  You and Sarbacher were both consultants to D.R.B.
             in 1950, you were secretary 1950-51.

    Walker:  Yes, I attended meetings concerning that subject matter;
             why do you want to know about that?

  Steinman:  I believe it is very important subject.  After all, we
             we are talking about the actual recovery of a flying
             saucer (spacecraft) not built or constructed on this
             earth!  And furthermore, we are talking about bodies of
             the occupants from the craft who were analyzed human-like
             beings not of this world!

    Walker:  So...what's there to get all excited about?  Why all the
             concern?

  Steinman:  I am not excited, just very concerned.  Here we are
             talking about a subject that the U.S. Government
             officially denies, even going to the extent of actually
             debunking the evidence and discrediting the witnesses.
             Then you sit there and say, "What's there to get all
             excited about?" and "why all the concern."
             Dr. Vannevar Bush, Dr. D.W. Bronk, and others thought it
             was very important and were concerned enough to classify
             the subject ABOVE TOP SECRET, in fact the most highly
             classified subject in the U.S. Government!!
             Did you ever hear of the "MJ-12 Group" and there "Project
             Majestic-12" which was classified as TOP_SECRET/MAJIC?
             I have a copy of President elect D.D. Eisenhower's
             briefing paper on that project, dated November 18, 1952.

    Walker:  Yes, I know of MJ-12.  I have known of them for 40 years.
             I believe that you're chasing after and fighting with
             windmills!!

  Steinman:  Why do you say that?

    Walker:  You are delving into a area that you can do absolutely
             nothing about.  So, why get involved with it or all
             concerned about it?  Why don't you just leave it alone
             and drop it?  Forget about it!!

  Steinman:  I am not going to drop it.  I am going all the way with
             this!!

    Walker:  Then...when you find out everything about it, what are
             you going to do?

  Steinman:  I believe that this entire matter has to be brought to
             the public's attention.  The people should know the
             truth!!

    Walker:  It's not worth it!  Leave it alone!!

  Steinman:  Can you remember any of the details pertaining to the
             recovery operations and subsequent analysis of the
             saucers and bodies?

    Walker:  I am sure that I have notes concerning those meetings
             at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.  I would have to
             dig them out and read them over in order to jog my
             memory.

  Steinman:  If I write you a letter, will you please answer in as
             much detail as you can remember.  Furthermore, could
             you please xerox those notes for me and send me a copy?

    Walker:  I might.  At least I will keep your letter, will dig
             out my notes, and contemplate answering.  That's the
             best I can say for now.

  Steinman:  Well, Dr. Walker, I will write a letter as soon as
             possible.  Thanks for your valuable time.  Good-bye.

    Walker:  Goodbye.


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 Note:  The following is a transcript of a phone conversation between
        Tom Mickus and Dr. Eric Walker which took place at approximately
        10:30am on the morning of August 11, 1989.  One word of caution,
        a transcript of course is not the same as hearing it first-hand.
        Tone and emphases of speech are not reproduced here, nor are
        things such as pauses between responses recorded.  Therefore
        those who read the following should be aware of such deficiencies
        before coming to any conclusions.
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 <SECRETARY> "Good morning, Dr. Walker's office."

 <MICKUS> "Yes, would Dr. Walker be in?"

 <SECRETARY> "Yes he is, may I tell him who's calling?"

 <MICKUS> "Yes, this is Tom Mickus phoning, I called yesterday."

 <SECRETARY> "Tom Mickus?"

 <MICKUS> "Yes."

 <SECRETARY> "Okay, and what company are you with please?"

 <MICKUS> "Actually I'm a university student."

 <SECRETARY> "Okay, just a minute please."

 <MICKUS> "Thank you."

 (20 second pause)

 <WALKER> "Hello?"

 <MICKUS> "Hello, Mr. Walker?"

 <WALKER> "Yep."

 <MICKUS> "Yeah, my name is, allow me to introduce myself, my name is
          Tom Mickus, I'm a university student here in Toronto, at the
          University of Toronto.

 <WALKER> "Yep."

 <MICKUS> "And I'm phoning from Toronto right now.  I'm also a reporter
          with a computer BBS network.  And just recently, actually two
          days ago, we came into possession of a just released
          research paper.  It was put out by researchers Grant Cameron
          and T. Scott Crain.  You may be familiar with them?  The
          subject matter is quite controversial.  The report itself is
          180 pages and approximately 80 pages deal with yourself and
          some of the reputed statements that you've made, etc.  And
          I'm just wondering if you'd be interested in making a comment
          about the veracity of some of those statements.

 <WALKER> "I'm not sure I know what you're talking about."

 <MICKUS> "Okay, well..."

 <WALKER> "Tell me a little bit more."

 <MICKUS> "Yeah, do you remember corresponding with someone by the
          name of William Steinman?"

 <WALKER> "No."

 <MICKUS> "...from California."

 <WALKER> "No."

 <MICKUS> "Or Scott Crain, he supposedly lives close to you there in
          Pennsylvania?"

 <WALKER> "You know, I know nothing about this. I'm... Have you got
          the right Walker, that's the problem <slight laugh>.

 <MICKUS> "Well, you're the former President of Penn State University?"

 <WALKER> "That's correct."

 <MICKUS> "Yes, and you do have a very distinguished background I might
          say, just from some of the material thats been released. So, I
          guess assuming this is the right Walker, apparently you've
          admitted to in the past when dealing with some of these
          gentlemen, if you maybe forget them (now), about attending
          Research & Development Board meetings in the early 50's,
          back when you were a dollar-a-year man.  Is that substantially
          correct?

 <WALKER> "Well I, huh <slight laugh>, the early 50's you know is many
          years ago and I attended a lot of meetings.  Which one was
          this supposed to be?

 <MICKUS> "I believe this was centered at the Wright-Patterson.
          Apparently it was to deal with, sensational as it is, crashed
          flying vehicles of some sort, UFOs if you want to say that.
  And, like I say, I know its many years ago, but apparently
          in a phone conversation with William Steinman, he has it down
          that you admitted attending some of those meetings.  Indeed,
          it was the late Robert Sarbacher actually pointed you out as
          the person who attended all of those meetings.  Now I know
          that's some 40 yrs ago now.  Did you have any comment on that?

 <WALKER> "(garbled)...well I did attend a lot of meetings, but I can't
          remember any substantive conclusions or anything like that.

 <MICKUS> "Right, and as far as what was discussed there?"

 <WALKER> "As far as the what?"

 <MICKUS> "What was discussed, the topic, the subject matter of those
          meetings?"

 <WALKER> "No, I couldn't remember that at all."

 <MICKUS> "But, you're saying that it had nothing to do with UFOs or
          alien bodies, or anything like this?"

 <WALKER> "Well I don't have any alien bodies in my office, I can tell
          you that."

 <MICKUS> "Well, its quite extraordinary that this paper has come out,
          right now its in limited circulation and due to the computer
          network that I'm associated with, I've managed to obtain a
          copy.  And, like I say, approximately 80 pages deals with
          material centered around yourself..."

 <WALKER> "Hmm."

 <MICKUS> "...and, I'm just interested if you'd be interested in seeing
          some of this, if I could come down and meet you for instance?
          And you could see some of this stuff first-hand, and comment
          on it."

 <WALKER> "Well, I don't think that would be very useful; you might
          want to send it to me, and I'll see if it reminds me of
          anything."

 <MICKUS> "Un huh.  I guess being, ..from my own disposition here with
          the Network and stuff, I'd be interested in trying to get a
          reaction about some of this because..if these authors have
          engaged in a bit of a fantasy, well then I would like to
          expose that."

 <WALKER> "What's the Network, I don't understand."

 <MICKUS> "Its a fairly modest undertaking, but its a group of Bulletin
          Board Systems linked up here in Canada and in the United
          States, and that's something which I run, and this subject
          matter is one of the things we primarily discuss.  And so,
          that's why I'd take the time to talk with you, and come visit
          you if you wouldn't mind, and get a more in-depth response.

 <WALKER> "Well, you know <slight laugh>, this sounds to me like an
          awful waste of time and...if people want to diddle around
          that way, I say let them diddle, but don't involve me."

 <MICKUS> "Right..."

 <WALKER> "I just don't have time for such crap."

 <MICKUS> "Now, just the fact that they spent so much time in this
          paper...like I say, the paper is 180 pages, the title is
          'UFOs, MJ-12 AND THE GOVERNMENT', and...I mean would you
          have any reaction as to why they would place you in that
          context?"

 <WALKER> "Well I'll tell ya, I'll get interested when I see one of
          of those little green men they talk about.  Until they do,
          I just couldn't spend any time on it."

 <MICKUS> "So, therefore you deny ever having any relationship whatsoever
          in your earlier government dealings with the discussion of UFOs
          or alien bodies, anything like that, you deny that was part of
          the Research & Development Board meetings and subsequent
          activities that you may have been involved with?"

 <WALKER> "<slight laugh> You know, you're just wasting your time and
          money, and I'm sorry but I've got other things to do."

 <MICKUS> "Okay, but if I could just get an on the record comment,
          response from you on that, because I don't know, I think you
          may be hearing more about this because if this thing gets
          in wide circulation you may have other people knocking on
          your door trying to get a reaction."

 <WALKER> "I don't have any reaction, I'm sorry."

 <MICKUS> "Do you deny it?"

 <WALKER> "Thank you."

 <MICKUS> "Mr. Walker..."


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 Note:  The following article is to appear in this
        month's issue of the CUFORN Bulletin.
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In last month's _Bulletin_, Larry Fenwick
 brought out some tantalizing details involving the
 possible involvement of Dr. Eric Walker with the
 study and analysis of a crashed UFO, with probable
 alien occupants, during the early 1950's.  Since
 that article was published, more information has
 come to light, particulary with the long awaited
 publication of researcher's Grant Cameron and T.
 Scott Crain Jr.'s "Preliminary Report Of The
 Government's Involvement Into UFO Crash Retrievals"
 entitled, "UFOs, MJ-12 AND THE GOVERNMENT".  This
 research paper is now in limited circulation amongst
 a handful of interested parties.  I'm grateful that
 the UFONET BBS Network was also sent a copy.  I
 have read it, and what follows is in part, both an
 assessment, and a recap of some of the highlights.
 Soon the paper will be ready for public distribution,
 so it won't be long before you can read and assess
 it for yourself.

  Dr. Eric Walker has an impressive background,
 and one which would make even Stanton Friedman envious
 of.  He's listed in certain "Who's Who" type compendiums,
 so a quick visit to the Library might be in order for
 those of you wishing to see a chronological listing of
 this man's accomplishments.  Credit for "discovering"
 him goes to Bill Steinman, co-author of "UFO Crash At
 Aztec".  It was in a phone conversation with the late
 Dr. Robert Sarbacher (of Wilbur Smith memo fame), that
 Steinman got the break he needed in order to crack the
 identity of another one of those scientists who attended
 the Research & Development Board meeetings in the early '50s,
 within the time frame of the much hypothesized UFO
 crash/retrievals which were said to have occurred back then.

Sarbacher, not remembering the name, alluded to
 a prominent individual from Pennsylvannia who, unlike
 himself, attended all of the Research and Development
 Board meetings held at Wright Field.  Shortly thereafter,
 in response to an inquiry by Steinman, he received a
 letter from Fred Darwin, Executive Director of the Guided
 Missile Committee for the Dept. of Defense's Research &
 Development Board from 1949 to 1954.  In the letter, six
 names were listed as possible candidates for a "hypothesized"
 Flying Saucer recovery operation.  The list was composed in
 early 1984, before the release of the controversial MJ-12
 documents.  Five of the names matched names on the yet to
 be released MJ-12 listing.  One name didn't, that of Eric
 Arthur Walker...the person who most definitely fit the
 description given by Sarbacher.  Later research revealed
 that Walker was at one time the Executive Secretary for
 the Research and Development Board during the time in question.

Along with other influential positions held by
 Walker, one of the most prominent, and secretive, concerns
 his relationship with the "Institute for Defense Analysis",
 of which Paul Dickson, author of "Think Tanks" had this to
 say, "In the hierarchy of military tanks, none ranks higher
 than the Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA)."  Walker
 joined in 1958, and never looked back.  He was elected
 chairman to the IDA in 1981, and became Chairman Emeritus
 in 1986, upon his official retirement.  So, what is most
 problematic when it comes to trying to get Walker to talk,
 is that not only is this man privy to UFO secrets, but
 countless military secrets as well, which in this instance
 are no doubt viewed as one and the same.

  However, Walker is most vunerable when it comes to
 his involvement in the early '50s, before the "security lid"
 started to clamp down on this subject.  From the Cameron/Crain
 research paper, we learn little of what Walker's possible UFO
 related activities were in the period after this, although
 there is speculation.  From their research, it is clear
 that if Walker were to be involved in the aftermath of a UFO
 crash, and possible U.S. government study thereof, he was in
 the right places at the right times.  Along with this, there
 is the body of material, consisting of phone conversations and
 letter exchanges, between Walker and certain UFO researchers,
 the primary one being of course Steinman.

Most damning, are Walker's admissions to Steinman (in a
 phone conversation written down 10 minutes after the call) that
 he knew of MJ-12.  Says Walker, "Yes, I know of MJ-12.  I have
 known of them for 40 years. I believe that you're chasing after
 and fighting with windmills!!".  Along with this, its become
 apparent that Walker is engaged in playing a most peculiar
 "game" of some sort.  One letter of Steinman's was returned
 by Walker with this statement type-written at the end of his
 letter, "STOP!DON'T TRY TO FIND ME I CAME ON THAT MACHINE I
 WILL LEAVE MAY 15 ERGOT QUIET QUIET QUIET".  Another letter
 was returned with numerals inscribed on top of various letters
 throughout.  This is the so-called "code letter".  Another
 piece of documentary evidence, is the type-written letter by
 Walker to Steinman, signed by Walker, describing how 4 alien bodies
 were recovered, alive, from a downed UFO. However, this is so
 sensationally written that
 researchers Cameron and Crain have labelled this as a poor
 attempt at disinformation...or perhaps a continuation of Walker's
 "game" with the researchers.

However, in the past year or so, Walker seems to have
 have taken a new tact.  Over the phone, he now denies _ever
 even knowing who Steinman is_.  This occured in a Dec/88 call
 to Walker by Steinman.  Walker had evidently clammed up, and
 was now even trying to deny ever having dealt with Steinman,
 let alone the allegations relating to his UFO involvement.  Something
 indeed strange is going on.  Most recently, I learned that a
 photo-copy of the original "code letter" was mailed to researcher
 Scott Crain in a SASE Crain provided in a much earlier letter
 sent to Walker.  Evidently, the "game" has resumed.

Crain received this in late August, after I had spoken
 with Walker himself in a phone conversation on August 11th.
 Although cordial throughout, Walker lived up to his billing as
 both evasive in answering questions, and one who it seems,
 experiences convenient memory loss.  Witness the following
 exchange, which took place mid-way through our phone conversation:


<WALKER> "(garbled)...well I did attend a lot of meetings,
                 but I can't remember any substantive conclusions
                 or anything like that."

        <MICKUS> "Right, and as far as what was discussed there?"

<WALKER> "As far as the what?"

<MICKUS> "What was discussed, the topic, the subject matter
                 of those meetings?"

  <WALKER> "No, I couldn't remember that at all."

<MICKUS> "But, you're saying that it had nothing to with
                 UFOs or alien bodies, or anything like this?"

<WALKER> "Well I don't have any alien bodies in my office,
                 I can tell you that."


In his own limited conversations with Walker back in 1984,
 Stanton Friedman referred to Walker as "cagey and careful", and
 stated that "My reaction to how he answered the various questions
 was that he knew a great deal".  Five years later, I concur.

Currently underway, researchers Cameron and Crain are
 trying to enlist the aid of several media outlets, including some
 within Pennsylvannia itself.  Sadly, and not surprisingly, in the
 hands of the media, their report is going nowhere fast.  At this
 point, most promising in this regard, is the involvement of a slick
 on-campus magazine, who currently are sitting on this story, and
 if all goes according to plan, will confront Walker in the next
 couple of weeks.  Both UFONET, and CUFORN will be following all
 the developments as they occur, and will be updating this in the
 next issue of the _CUFORN Bulletin_.

So far, I've only touched on a few of the facts, made
 clear in the Cameron/Crain report.  However, I would be amiss
 if I didn't mention that their report covers more than just
 the story of Eric Walker, which takes up about 80 pp.  There
 are also interesting pieces of information, also related to
 Walker, describing the U.S. military/intelligence complex.
 And along with information on DARPA, the Jason Group, and
 other such institutions, there are tidbits of information,
 much of it documented, regarding a whole bevy of UFOlogy figures.
 Included, are Wilbur Smith, Bill Moore, Richard Doty, Linda Howe,
 Stanton Friedman, Todd Zechel, Lee Graham, Bill Cooper, and
 several others.  If any criticism can be made of the report,
 and their are a few, its that it was too wide in its
 scope, and as a consequence, particular sections didn't get
 dealt with adequately.  Thus, the enormity of the task, coupled
 with the constant influx of new information, were in large
 measure responsible for the delay in having this paper published.
 As I alluded to earlier, this paper will be made publicly
 available soon.  If you're at all interested in the subject,
 you'll want to read it for yourself.  Its one more contribution
 to the amassing body of evidence, that the U.S. government is
 indeed covering up its knowledge and activities with regard to
 the subject of UFOs.




 Tom Mickus, 24, is currently attending the University of Toronto.
 In addition to this, he also is Moderator of a UFO oriented
 computer Bulletin Board Service (BBS) Network, entitled UFONET.
 Unlike Paranet, which I am no longer affiliated with, we are a
 100% UFO subject related network.  We have affiliates in both
 Canada and the U.S.  For more information, you can phone Tom
 at 416/239-1094, or connect directly with UFONET via your computer
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