DID ED WALTERS TAKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH?

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 Note:  The following letter was made available to UFONET by Dr. Willy

        Smith.  According to Smith, it was originally sent to Jim

        Moseley in confidence.  Subsequently, it was passed on to Ed

        Walters by Moseley, and soon found its way into a number of

        people's hands.  In part, this letter was responsible for some

        of the recent controversy surrounding Smith.

                                             -Tom Mickus  8/25/89

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                                                   Dr. Willy Smith

                                                   UNICAT Project

                                                   1200 Murcott Ct.

                                                   Longwood, FL 32779

                                                   February 27, 1989

 Dear Jim:

 Here is a copy of one of the photos (the following five words are

 both underlined and darker than the rest of the text - TM) allegedly

 taken by Ed Walters in New York.  Normally, I would have done nothing

 except filing them, but Dr. Vigilio Sanchez Ocejo, who was visiting

 me when the mail brought the photos, suggested that I should get in

 touch with you.  What I did.

 I have only one question:

             DID ED WALTERS TAKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH?

   Then:

           (a)  if the answer is YES, the sequence will add

 credibility to his story, as it would indicate that the UFO

 events are not related to Gulf Breeze as a location, but to

 Mr. Walters, following him to other places.  In this case, I

 would like to know the exact date the photos were taken.

           (b)  if the answer is NO, the anonymous photographer

 has met the challenge issued by Ed-of-Gulf-Breeze in Vol.13, #5

 of the International UFO Reporter (p.23), when he wrote:

      "I suggest ...  that the best way to cast

              doubt on a UFO photo is to duplicate it."

 If   (b)  is the right answer, Ed's photos have been replicated.

 You can publish the photo if you want to, but (the following nine

 words are underlined - TM) it must be returned to me for further

 study, regardless of what Mr. Walters' answer might be,

                           Regards,

 c.c.  Dr. Sanchez Ocejo

 Encl: one photo, identified on back.

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