The Human Mutilation Factor

 The Human Mutilation Factor

                   by Don Ecker

In the last forty years of UFO research, one of the most baffling

questions that have plagued researchers has been "Is

the UFO Phenomenon dangerous to humanity?"  Over the years, there

have been numerous cases where the phenomenon has figured into

human deaths, but as a rule, most cases have been officially

ruled accidental.  When speaking of cases where death has

resulted, usually most assume cases where military pilots have

died as a result of "chasing" the phenomenon.  One of the most

famous of these military chases that is discussed when ever the

subject of death and UFOs is raised, is the famous "Mantell

Case".  This case is so well known that I will not discuss it

here, but there are many others.  In one of the less well known

cases, during the mid 1950's, a military jet interceptor was

observed on radar being "absorbed" into a UFO over the Great

Lakes.  No trace of pilot or aircraft was ever found.  In another

case reported in the excellent work "Clear Intent" was the case

of the "Cuban MIG Incident". In this case a Cuban MIG was

locking on his weapons radar when the aircraft exploded in mid*air.

The wing man was certain that the UFO had fired some type

of weapon, but other than the jet exploding, no other smoke,

flame or other obvious weapon firing was observed.

The matter of either overt or covert hostility on the part of

UFOs has always been treated warily by serious researchers.  On

the one hand, if the enigma is hostile, then several questions

must be faced.  What if anything should the powers in authority

tell the public?  Is the government capable of handling a threat

of this type?  Is the public ready to face an issue as

potentially terrifying as a "possible threat from somewhere

else?"  Other than incidents involving military involvement, have

there been cases where civilians have been injured or killed

during some type of UFO encounter?  Is it possible that the

reported cases of UFOs and their occupants abducting unwilling

humans for some type of medical or genetic experimentation could

be true?  Now, if any of this is factual, then what ramifications

do the Human Race face in light of the above?

According to Mr. Phil Imbrogno, during the research that led to

the writing of "NIGHT SIEGE The Hudson Valley UFO Sightings" by

Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Philip Imbrogno, and Bob Pratt, Imbrogno has

stated that on several occasions, Hynek specified that he wanted

no mention of the dozens of human abductions that they had

already uncovered at that time, to be mentioned in the book.

Hynek was afraid of the adverse publicity if word of this aspect

leaked out to the public.  After Hyneks death, Imbrogno stated

publicly on Compuserve and other public forums, facts of

abductions, animal mutilations, and EVEN several cases of

mysterious deaths of humans, that he indicated COULD possibly

be linked to the UFO Phenomenon.

While researching several stories for UFO Magazine, I interviewed

a number of prominent UFOlogists, over the last several months,

and in each case, the question of human deaths, in connection

with animal mutilations, invariably was raised.  Most readers of

this text will be familiar with Mr. John Keel, who many regard as

the last of the Great UFOlogists.  From the earliest days of

modern UFOlogy, Keel has been a force to reckon with.  The author

of numerous books that address various aspects of UFOlogy, and

magazine articles too numerous to mention, Keel has a unique

slant on the subject that most will never experience.  According

to Keel, the phenomenon has always had an unexplained hostility

towards humans, that have led to untold numbers of deaths.  While

Keel will be the first to explain that he rejects the ET

hypothesis, he does not doubt the phenomenon a bit.  In what many

UFOlogists consider as one of Keels best works "The Mothman

Prophecies", E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1975, Keel related report

after report of animal mutilations involving cattle, dogs, horses

and sheep, and also related what were called "vampire killings"

of four humans in Yugoslavia, were the victims were "mutilated

and drained of blood".

After having spoken to John Ford, the Chairman of the Long Island

UFO Network, for a news story for UFO Magazine, I became even

more convinced that the aspect of potential UFO hostility should

be investigated.  Ford relayed a numbing number of animal

mutilations, human disappearances, human abductions, covert

Federal involvement in areas that suffered high numbers of animal

mutilations, and even armed military helicopters that chased UFOs

over civilian communities.  Ford, who is a officer of the Federal

Court system, did investigations into the disappearances of

mostly young adults over a year period, in areas of high UFO

overflights, and after having several personal friends who were

police officers of the local municipalities look into the

situation, came to the conclusion that the facts were being

suppressed.  The reason given was that there was "no need to

panic the public."  Although no iron clad proof can be made for

direct UFO intervention, the circumstances are extremely suspect.

After growing up in an age where the entire human race can be

decimated by nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, the human

race somehow manages to keep slogging on.  I have seen more

people "panicked" over a shortage of gasoline than imminent

nuclear holocaust, yet somehow when the subject of UFOs crop up,

the government doesn't want to panic anyone.  It really makes me

wonder what they know, that I should.  I really don't think that

they are going to talk to anyone soon, as you shall soon see.

In January, 1989, it came to the attention of the MUFON State

Director of Idaho, Mr. Don Mason, that cattle mutilations had

occurred once again in the southeastern section of Idaho.  After

an investigation by a MUFON investigator, the facts were as

follows.  The animals ( two cattle, same night, but each owned by

different ranchers ) were "somehow" killed, sexual organs removed,

body fluids drained, patches of hide "surgically"

removed.  All the appearances of what is today considered to be a

classic case of animal mutilation.  As of this date ( February

15, 1989 ) the final lab reports are not back yet, but already

the Sheriffs Department has labeled it a "cult killing."  No

tracks, tire or human, around the animals even though it had

just rained, no unusual activity reported by the ranchers that

evening, and one animal was found next to an occupied house.

One of the ranchers admitted that this was the second time he had

been "hit" by the mysterious mutilators.  The last incident had

only been a bit over a year previously, and they were worried

enough that all had their "deer rifle" within easy reach.

After having been personally involved in an investigation of

cattle mutilations as a police officer back in 1982, I was very

familiar with the "cult" theory of perpetrators.  The Idaho

Department of Law Enforcement drags it out every time there is a

new rash of mutilations.  The problem is, and every one is aware

of it, that no one has yet been brought to trial, or arrested yet

for these crimes.  Out here in the west, people know that you are

flirting with a ranchers bullet if you are caught fooling around

with the ranchers cattle.  They are his livelihood, and he will

defend it.  Yet, the mutilations keep occurring, and no one is

any the wiser, or are they?

With the subject of animal mutilations fresh in everyones mind, I

was once again speaking to Don Mason, when he informed me that

the investigator that had been assigned to the above mentioned

case had come across a very mysterious death of a man back in

1979.  According to the report, two hunters in the Bliss and

Jerome area of Idaho had literally stumbled across the nude body

of a man that had been hideously mutilated.  The body was in the

literal middle of nowhere, nude except for a pair of underpants,

his sexual organs had been removed, his lips sliced off, and

several other classic mutilation cuts.  Although he was in very

rugged country, his bare feet were not marked as if he had walked

in that terrain, but yet no other tracks, animal or human were

evident anywhere.  After the police were notified, an intensive

search was mounted, and miles away, the mans possessions were

recovered, yet no one yet knows how the body ended up where it

was found, or even more importantly, what happened to him.  It

should be noted that this area also had over the years, many

unexplained UFO reports and cattle mutilations.

Now I must explain that I had very mixed feelings about whether I

wished to attempt to explore this subject any further, or allow

sleeping dogs to lie.  On the one hand, I wanted more than

anything to discover just what was occurring, and on the other, I

realized that this had the potential to backfire on someone that

disturbed the status quo.  I was familiar with reports of human

abductions and mutilations that had surfaced in the last several

years in reports such as the Lear documents, Grudge 13 reports

and others, but yet I was not sure what I believed, or even if

there was anything to believe.  I ran across a friend that was still

employed with a police department in this area who was a

detective.  I had mentioned to him the recent cattle mutilations,

and what I suspected in the above mentioned case of a human that

had been mutilated.  Scot had also been involved in the last

several years with several cases of mutilations that he had been

called upon to investigate, always with negative results.  He was

as curious about this phenomenon as I was, and since he was still

an active duty police officer, he had access to the department

computer, to access the NCIC system that is maintained in

Washington D. C. by the FBI.  After giving Scot the criteria for

a search of unexplained human deaths, that involved factors of

mutilation, I asked that the search go back to at least 1973,

involving this area of the Northwest.  Scot ( not his real name )

ran the request through the department computer.  As he mentioned

at the time, he had expected to get realms of reports back that

we would have to wade through, to get to the reports that would

be are further study.  Scot ended up requesting that the inquiry be

run back to 1970, and involve not only Idaho, but also Utah,

Nevada, Oregon, and Washington states.  Because of the magnitude

of this search, Scot stated that it would take about one week to

get the results back into his department.  As a side note, for

anyone that is not familiar with the NCIC system, it is a

national data bank for Law enforcement agencies all across the

United States.  It is maintained and controlled by the Federal

Burea of Investigation, at FBI headquarters, in Washington D. C.

On the 14th of February, Scot contacted me in person, and

appeared very troubled.  His exact words were that "something is

really screwy, Don."  "I got the request back from NCIC on

Monday, and there has gotta be something wrong.  They told me

that they had NO unsolved murders at all, zero, that met that

criteria.  THAT ANY FURTHER REQUESTS WILL HAVE TO BE MADE BY

VOICE, TELEPHONE CALL, WITH PROPER AUTHORIZATION.  Somebody is

sitting on something, big as Hell."  I also knew that something

was as screwy as hell.  After all, anybody that has had any

dealing with law enforcement knows about the "Green River Killer"

in Washington state.  This serial killer is credited with at

least 30 to 40 murders of young women, and to this date, the case

is as big a mystery as ever.  Many of the killings showed some

types of mutilation, and if nothing else, at least some of these

homicides should have shown up.

Once more, as a side note, I had been warned by a prominent

UFOlogist, that there was a lid "screwed down tighter than you

would believe in regards to human mutes."  I also was warned that

in order to break through the secrecy, was going to be a long and

sometimes weary job, but that if enough persistence was applied,

then it was possible to get to the bottom of this facet of the

UFO enigma.  Do I think that this can be solved, along with the

rest of the puzzle?  Yes, I do, because I think that the secrecy

can only be maintained for so long, and then no longer.  I also

believe very strongly that only if the entire UFO community works

in concert will this be accomplished, and the infighting and arguments

MUST CEASE for the good of us all.  

On the ParaNet system and on Compuserve, I wrote and uploaded a

file entitled LIGHT.TXT, and in UFO Magazine Vol. 3, No. 5 I

called for a UFO summit to be held in order to get the UFO

community organized and to present a unified front.  Only by a

unified front, and calling for Congressional hearings, will this

lid ever get torn off, and the truth that is suppressed be

brought to the light of day.  Any help from the members will be

greatly appreciated, and I can be reached at ParaNet RHO at the

following number: 1)208)338)9187.

Also I can be reached on Compuserve by EMail, and my user number

is: 74270,3360.  Anyone with ANY INFORMATION is requested to

contact me at the above addresses as soon as possible.  The

secrecy game has gone on long enough.  It is past time to get to

the bottom of this.  Forty years IS LONG ENOUGH.

Don Ecker