Presidential Candidate on UFOs.

Congressman Dennis Kucinich - Pres. Candidate in Seattle on UFOs
by Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson
Kingdom Underground Newsletter Editorial , Seattle UFO/Paranormal Group
8/5/03

The Candidate with a history of disclosure.
Dennis Kucinich had just arrived at the Elliott Bay Bookstore in the quaint historic Pioneer District of Seattle from the University of Washington July 19th to talk to a small conversation club. The bookstore overlooks the blue waters of Puget Sound - the location where Seattle¹s founding fathers first set up shop in the gold rush days. Over the years the bookstore has hosted prominent politicians and authors including Jimmy Carter so it was not surprising when word got out that Congressman and Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) would be arriving at the bookstore. Kucinich- a short dark haired smiling man dressed casual walked comfortably through the small crowd at the cafe, past the espresso line and the grinning faces of Hillary Clinton adorning the cover of her new book. Kucinich took the wooden stage and spoke for a few minutes before eagerly answering questions.

There were questions regarding the war and relations with Canada but there was one interesting question posed to Kucinich. The question was framed with comments that trust and security are a huge factor with our government and asked in the same vein that Bill Clinton said he would look into the Kennedy assassination and the question of UFOs before his presidency, if he himself would look into these areas if he was elected president. Without hesitating Kucinich said that he indeed felt a great loss with Kennedy and he honestly didn¹t know if he could ever find the answers to those questions. He then questioned the intelligent life in Washington D.C. which elicited laughter from the audience but Kucinich then stated in a serious tone ³we would be arrogant to think we are alone in this universe². On disclosure, does Kucinich have the fortitude to ask the tough questions and follow through? At least in several instances it seems Kucinich has the background. Kucinich on disclosure used a rare House procedure known as a ³Resolution of Inquiry" to force the current Administration to provide Congress with a copy of the 12,000 page Iraqi declaration to the United Nations. People can now view the classified Iraqi document at: http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/oh10_kucinich/030311doc.html

Kucinich then went on in his Seattle talk to say we should not be dominating other nations, that we need to be strong and he focus on repairing this nation. Standing up to corporations has been his trademark and indeed Dennis Kucinich has been a person who has walked the walk having marched with Seattle City Councilman Nick Licata in Seattle¹s 1999 WTO protests. A candidate with foresight? Kucinich introduced the "Space Preservation Act of 2001" (HR 2977), which calls for the banning of all weapons in space and would outlaw all research and development for space-based weapons. Dennis then finished the question with ³We are all connected². Interesting, a candidate that refuses to sell out to corporations, marches with protesters defending humanity and encourages peace and cooperation. Is it any wonder that Kucinich has the endorsement from Mahatma Gandhi's grandson¹s? Keep your eyes on the stars and a watch on this guy.

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Charlette LeFevre with Dennis Kucinich

Mad-cow likely to force higher rendering costs
By Shannon Dininny, The Associated Press

MABTON, Yakima County ‹ Rocky Ross jubilantly swung his sport-utility vehicle into the Sunnyside Wildlife Area, certain he had caught his prey: illegal dumpers. His grin collapsed to a wry smile when the quarry turned out to be two reporters caught peering at a half-dozen dead calves. The area, just three miles from the dairy farm where the nation's first case of mad-cow disease was discovered, has been turned into a dump site for dead animals ‹ everything from goats, sheep and calves to cats and puppies. Ross has managed the 10,538-acre wildlife area in this Yakima Valley town for more than two years, but the problem has gone on much longer. He attributes it to a few local farmers who lack respect for public lands and don't have the money to properly dispose of animals. The problem had nothing to do with mad-cow disease ‹ until now.
The Washington mad-cow case, ensuing international bans on U.S. beef products, and new regulations to prevent another incident raise questions about how dead farm animals should be disposed of, and whether the costs will rise too high for farmers. "It's still a big unknown," said Tom Cook, president of the Alexandria, Va.-based National Renderers Association. Farmers now are allowed to bury animals on their own property, dump them at licensed landfills or send them to rendering plants, where the carcasses are exposed to extreme heat and reduced to bone and tallow. Renderers used to provide their services to farmers free of charge. Rising costs and declining value of the byproducts forced them to start charging, Cook said. Recent events could drive those costs even higher.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Dec. 23 that a Washington state dairy cow had tested positive for mad-cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). More than 40 countries subsequently banned U.S. beef products, and Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced sweeping changes designed to ensure the safety of the meat supply. Those changes include a push for a national animal-tracking system and a ban on slaughtering cows that cannot walk unaided, the same animals most likely to be tested for the disease. Veneman said the changes may require that testing be focused on rendering plants instead of slaughterhouses. But adding testing to the rendering plants' duties only adds to their costs at a time when their products are being turned away under the ban, Cook said. Baker Commodities, a California-based rendering company that operates in 13 states, lost $500,000 just by making its ships turn around after countries banned its products.
Farmers who have their dead animals rendered typically pay $25 to $55 for a full-size animal, said Ray Kelly, Baker's executive vice president. "Since BSE, it's probably going to go up." As expected, the impacts are trickling down. Dan Bulski's meat-processing company in Bozeman, Mont., pays about $35 per week to a rendering company to haul away carcasses. "It's going to go up," Bulski said. "With the rendering companies, it's been a struggle for them to make it. Now, with this mad cow, there's going to be some more fallout." Bulski couldn't say if the fallout includes illegal dumping. The vast majority of farmers and butchers follow the rules, he said, but he pointed out that many landfills reject animal waste. In a 1,000-acre section of the Sunnyside Wildlife Area, the dumping has been going on for years. In his first winter on the job, Ross found 31 animal carcasses between December and February.
Farmers in Washington state can bury animals on the farm as long as they are buried with at least two feet of soil cover on top, 10 feet above the seasonal high of ground water and 100 feet away from wells or other surface waters. Still, most choose the rendering process if they can afford it, said Art McEwen, an environmental-health specialist with the Yakima County Health Department. Most also follow the rules, Ross said. Aluminum cans, beer bottles and paper far outnumber carcasses among the garbage dumped at the wildlife area, he said. Ross almost laughs about catching the culprits. "I'm not sure I want to," he said. "There's days I'm in pretty good humor, and there's days that I'm not."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001843782_madcow26m.html

Descending into an Underground Pyramid
- a tour of a former secret Titan 1 Missile Base in Washington State.
by Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson, Seattle UFO/Paranormal Group
11/23/03

Bari Hotchkiss making a snowball at the entrance to the the Titan site and an illustration of the complex.

The Missile Base couldn¹t be seen from above, it was only known to a few yet for two and a half years during the 60¹s it held the world¹s very existence in its hands. Situated between the towns of Moses Lake and Euphrata in the state of Washington is a former Titan 1 missile complex with tunnels and shafts going down five stories to sixteen buildings. The 57 acre location is now up for sale and permitted us an opportunity for a review and article. Below is a brief account of our tour taken Nov. 22, 2003.

We started out early from Seattle and drove past fields of flat pristine snow to central Washington, down a driveway lined with tall poplars acting as standing sentinels to the front gate of the Titan I complex. Barb wire and tall fencing framed a warning sign on trespassing to what looked to be just an empty field.

Bari Hotchkiss the owner directed us to the only structure visible above ground - a small concrete door which is held open by two large steel anvils. After donning hard hats and taking flashlights, we descended down long flights of stairs circling a large elevator shaft and reached one of the main tunnels. Everywhere there was steel, wiring, concrete. We entered the control room which at one time housed the personnel and the various other rooms which housed equipment and supplies. All the time we were walking between rooms, Bari was answering questions pointing out history and features and details. The tunnels were dark quiet and cool.

We next came to the antenna silo which was especially amazing. Built in case the above ground antenna was damaged, a back up antenna was housed in this silo to continue communications. We next came to one of the three silo at the far end of the complex. The tunnel met the silo near the top and a person can peer down 150 feet. Large, dark, ominous, it wasn¹t hard to imagine it once held a nuclear missile.

The powerdome Bari showed us last and it was breathtaking. At 125 ft. diameter with a 70¹ ceiling It was like entering a small arena or some might describe as the inside of a UFO. The dome curved to meet the platform which stood another ten feet off the ground. It was like entering an ancient Italian basilica or a small Kingdome - Seattle¹s now demolished arena. What amazed us was the acoustics. You could talk in a normal voice and be heard anywhere in the room. Bari had previously opened the top of the dome to let in light and remove debris so the winter sun was shining down. For a moment I expected to see doves fly out among bits of debris upon entering this silent tomb.

From there the tour ended and we discussed details in the mobile home they have on the property. There have been many uses and ideas for the complex but whatever it is used for in the future the overwhelming feature is that it will likely outlast any existing structures. With no water seepage and its stable location it indeed makes it a attractive for usable space.

Titan Strength
Built to withstand a 1 megaton blast within 3, 000 feet the Titan I missile base was built at now decommissioned Larson Air force Base between 1959 and 1962. Armed with three nuclear warheads atop three Titan rockets if launched would have traveled 18,000 miles an hour and used one ton of fuel a second. The reinforced walls were built up to 14² inches thick and its unique features include floating floors in its two domes to assure stability with any ground movement or seismic shock upto 3g maximum acceleration. Another structure is a portal silo for a 10 ton freight elevator and access and numerous escape shafts. An antenna silo was built to assure continuous communications and the complex houses two 30,000 gallon water tanks. The missile is not only safe from man-made disasters but also safe from natural disasters such as earthquakes, eruptions, chemical/bio attacks, storms - any destruction that any facility above ground would collapse making it an ideal climate as a very secure backup facility for any company. The Washington site was one of eighteen in the nation and would have cost 44 million to construct (in 1996 dollars). The owner though calculated today just the concrete alone would have cost close to 50 million.

Bari at first developed a camp for kids that ran for several years and much of the debris and trash that had accumulated on the property has been removed and shade trees have been planted to provide a more accommodating above ground entry. Back in the eighties and nineties there was many decommissioned former missile bases were put up for sale by the government or turned over to the cities and towns after their surplus was sold in the 60s and 70s.

We left with a better understanding that this location - one of intense security has become an empty sarcophagus like tomb harkening back a bit to the pyramids in Egypt which fell into ruin because of the change in leaders and political climate. Today aside from current military structures the Titan site is possibly the safest place in the world from nuclear attacks and natural disasters. It is interesting to ponder that perhaps the Titan site like the pyramids awaits another pharaoh to take over and live into antiquity.

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Bari Hotchkiss is taking serious inquiries on the sale of the complex and is open to joint ventures or long term lease. Information on the site is at Ebay and Bari can be contacted at barihtochkiss@cox.net

In Memory

Graham W. Birdsall
(Editor UFO Magazine).
7th April 1954 - 19th September 2003

http://www.ufomag.co.uk/

Memorial Site by Australian UFO Research Network

From A.J. Gevaerd

Dear friends and Colleagues:
It is devastating to know that Graham is gone. He was a dear friend and partner. Graham was an outstanding man and UFO researcher. A loving father and husband, a caring friend and a responsible person. A man who has done a remarkable job for Ufology in the UK, Europe and all over the world. He will be deeply missed. In this sad moment I can recall that just a few weeks ago, when Engllish UFO pioneer Gordon Creighton passed away, Graham wrote a beautiful tribute to him. Now he is joining Creighton. The World UFO community has lost two great men in a short period of time. Go in peace, my friend. You may now know the final secrets about our "other" friends. - A. J. Gevaerd

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Service - For investigating with dedication six years of mutilation deaths of animals.

Fernand ³Fern² Belzil was born and raised on a his ranch in St. Paul Alberta Canada and raised cattle - specifically purebred Polled Hereford cattle most of his life. He and his family were fortunate to win championships at major bull sales and cattle shows, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, and San Francisco as well as others. Fern¹s background includes being a judge at major In Montreal , Quebec city, Class A & B fairs, and 4H shows. Fern was introduced to investigating animal mutilations when Canada was celebrating its centennial year in 1967 and when the city of St Paul built the first UFO landing pad in the world as a tourist attraction. The city had a toll free hotline for anyone to call about anything paranormal, ufo sightings , abductions, crop circles, mutilations etc. Fern Belzil on day was asked to help investigate when the chamber of commerce got a call from a cattlemen that had a mutilation and wanted help. Six years and 70 cases later, Fern is still investigating. Fern has now documented six cases of cattle mutiliation so far this 2003 year. He calls them UAD ( unidentified animal deaths) and the animals so far involve Elk, dog , cat, lamb, buffalo, moose as well as cattle. Fern¹s background as a cattlemen has been a real advantage for him and a plus in investigative reports.