Your January 2023 eNewsletter

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Dave MacDonald
MUFON Executive Director
The Fort Dix/McGuire Air Force Runway Incursions by Purported Aliens

By Glenn Green, Chief Investigator, NJ AND National Director of Sweden and Bob Spearing, Director of International Investigations

Anyone familiar with Ufology folklore is aware of the very high strangeness case that occurred on
January 18, 1978 at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey when an alien was allegedly reported shot
dead on the tarmac of one of McGuire’s runways. The initial account came from MUFON New Jersey’s
long time State Director, George Filer, who had a number of other incidents in his career as a pilot. This
is his most famous report. It is well documented. However, not everyone in the UFO community is in
consensus that it happened. For example, NICAP, another long time UFO Investigative entity, has closed
their investigation of Filer’s report as being a hoax. Before I delve into NEW EVIDENCE suggesting the
case has legitimate legs, lets do a synopsis of the original event.

Mr. Filer, was privy to information that morning on his way to a security briefing, that an entity had
breached the base’s perimeter. Earlier that morning around 2:00 A.M. the base’s military police were
following an oval shaped unknown flying object with a bluish-green glow. The intruder, similar to a
typical Grey Alien, was shot by the police when it stepped into the headlights of a vehicle. The police
were stopped watching the craft hovering in a possible attempt to retrieve the entity. The alleged Alien
Grey died shortly afterwards on the tarmac. The corpse smelled noxious like ammonia. Photos were
taken. Shortly afterwards, Men in Black (MIB) types, possibly from Wright-Paterson Air Force Base came
in with special forces type soldiers and “sanitized” the event. One witness Filer spoke to stated “UFOs
were all over the place!”

So, did it happen? It is an extraordinary account and it has been subject to ridicule. Was Filer hoaxing
something? It was first reported to the N.J. newspaper called the Trentonian in 2007.

A search of MUFON’s extraordinary 125,000 case database suggests Mr. Filer wasn’t faking ANYTHING!
Let’s look at some correlating or similar cases that seem to validate Mr. Filer’s account and then on to a
recently found witness who has come forward!

According to NICAP, on Oct. 14, 1972 at approximately 2:00 P.M. at McChord Air Force Base in
Washington State, “two airmen were instructed to check the tactical air navigational (TACAN) facility
located eight miles east of McChord Air Force Base. The TACAN site was situated on government land
maintained by the United States Army. Briggs and Hillsgeck drove to the TACAN site at approximately
1300 hours. Upon their arrival, they opened the locked fence surrounding the TACAN facility and
entered the compound. Once inside the compound, they opened the TACAN building and began to
conduct a “systems” check of the TACAN equipment. Briggs heard a strange sound outside the building.
According to Briggs, it sounded like a high pitch engine. Briggs exited the building to investigate the
sound. Once outside, Briggs observed a saucer shaped object directly above the TACAN building. Briggs
watched as the object landed just south of the TACAN compound. Briggs was startled by the object and
entered the TACAN building to summoned Hillsgeck. Once Hillsgeck and Briggs exited the building
together, they observed two "creatures"; walking towards the fence.“

What we can gather from this report is that an object, disc shaped, and similar to the McGuire oval was
over a military base and “creatures” were seen that could be construed as similar to what Filer was told.

Recently NJ. MUFON’s Chief Investigator Glenn Green reported in Filer’s Files on MUFON Case # 102608,
January 18, 1978. This previously unknown witness that Mr. Green tracked down adds a new level of
importance to this already intense Alien death case.

According to this witness to Mr. Filer’s story, “On 18 January 1978, on the border of Fort Dix and
McGuire AFB, just off of Texas Ave in Fort Dix, {I was} on the way to an area called Freedom Ridge. The
place where soldiers display military operations for basic trainees and VIPs get to observe military
displays. I was a soldier (Medic) that covered the ranges throughout Fort Dix. I had an assistant driver to
the ambulance vehicle, who was at that time, a Sgt, a native Panamanian American, who was a
supervisor. That night we were going to relieve the first shift at Freedom Ridge, and traveled via Texas
Ave to the point where we would turn on Range Road, then go straight to Freedom Ridge. That's when I saw the crafts flying around and I informed the Sgt. That didn't go well, since he was super-superstitious about these things. He instructed Me to keep straight to the Ridge and not stop. I maneuvered and parked. Soon after I heard a couple of shots. I left the vehicle to the dismay of the Sgt. I wasn't scared at all. Then I saw the craft and at the same time heard, then saw military vehicles, along with civilian police cars, which weren't supposed to be on post. I was now on the fence between bases and observed an entity crossing the fence, maybe through some opening, not sure. All I know was that now we were face to face. Then I felt the anxiety of the entity, and what was happening mentally from it. I had the feeling it was running from someone and trying to return to its craft. It impressed the urgency it had to return with others that were around chasing it, trying to harm it. While this was going on, I remained in contact with my Sgt of the happenings only to find out that he was just sitting there in a blank stare forward. I would turn back to the entity every once in a while, to keep both within sight. It seemed like the entity wanted to impart on me the urgency of its survival. Mentally, I think it was communicating with me. I could almost see everything that was going on through its thoughts. There was a tremendous commotion going on in McGuire AFB, with MP vehicles driving erratically Fast, up and down the airfield too.“
The witness continues “You see, I'm the rest of the story never told on that day, that became the Fort
Dix/McGuire AFB Flap/Incident. It's been a mystery since that they never asked about my side, and I did report it the next morning even though my Sgt kept insisting to do nothing especially report it. He was
still very frightened. A matter of fact, that night when we finally got to Freedom Ridge, besides being
late, which is another story, he had a severe headache all night, until he finally passed out on his cot.
The soldiers waiting to be relieved were angry about us getting late, because we got there after 11:30,
when we were supposed to get there around 7 or so, yet it was around 11:30, but our watches reflected
about 7:30 or so. We lost time somewhere, which only made the Sgt and the other NCOs very angry,
because they didn't appreciate the lateness and wasn't excepting {accepting} excuses. I had a clue of what may have happened, missing time. The story I'm telling You has been sent several times
throughout the past 40 years, without anyone ever asking for My side of the story. Why? I don't know.
Strangely enough, I didn't know anyone else had experienced on the Air Force side this exact situation, until approximately the mid-80s when I read a report in another UFO site, which made me glad to know it had happened, which vindicated me as well. That's why I said this is the rest of the story, like Paul Harvey used to say.”

The reader will notice several interesting oddities. First the witness mentions more than one craft. Then
talks about only one. Filer only mentioned one craft but a person he interviewed said there were more.

Additionally, this witness made mental contact with the entity and lost time. Lost time is a hallmark of
abduction. How would abduction play into a narrative taking place on a runway with an escaping entity
fighting for its life. Why would a UFO abduct soldiers in the middle of a failed extraction mission for one
of their own for 3+ hours? It’s not reasonable to assume missing time occurred. Moreover, Filer’s
account suggests the incident occurred about 2:00 AM. This witness mentions 3 hours of lost time
between 7 and 11:30. Are we talking AM the next morning 30 minutes before Filer’s version or did their
version of events occur at 7 :00 PM beginning and ending many hours before Filer’s account at about
2:00 AM on January 18th? This is a problem of inconsistency between this witness and Filer’s account. It
will, most likely, never be resolved at this point unless perhaps memories fail is an answer or two
separate incidents were taking place at the base over a long number of hours.

Finally, if we look at this account with a detective’s lens, we know the entity was shot dead. The witness
in this case says he heard shots and exited his vehicle only to be confronted by an entity that was still
alive and well. Is this an inconsistency or did this witness see additional events such as a subsequent
execution of the entity but has chosen to eliminate that portion of events from his narrative for safety or
psychological reasons?

Even more interestingly is that yet another correlating case occurred eleven years later at McGuire AFB
per MUFON Case # 81327. It occurred on Jan 1, 1989 at Gate 6, McGuire Air Force Base, when an entity
climbed over one fence and then a second fence.

The witness narrative states “While standing at Gate 6 in McGuire Air Force Base looking into the woods
and at a fence, a small 4-foot hairy entity with big eyes and possibly naked climbed quickly over the
fence, stopped, looked at me, then proceeded to jump another fence and disappear. It was humanoid
but not human.”

Hairy! That’s a new wrinkle! Naked I was already acclimated to but now we have a hairy Bigfoot
perhaps? They are known to frequent UFOs!

He continues “later, when telling the story to another military serviceman, he told me that the base’s
water treatment plant operator saw an identical creature recently.” That’s three or more possible entity
accounts at McGuire now!

Notice that this is the second case occurring in January at the base. More interestingly is that this
witness saw the entity hop two fences. McGuire/Fort Dix is a joint Army/Air Force Base. Was this entity
crossing between perimeters? Interestingly enough, in our previous case above #102608 from January
18, 1978 our witness states “I was now on the fence between bases and observed an entity crossing the
fence, maybe through some opening, not sure.”

Was the entity in both cases seen at precisely the same spot? That would be beyond coincidence! It
would suggest something special about this juncture between Dix and McGuire. This strange double
fence detail actually strengthens both story’s credibility’s considerably. Where there is smoke there’s
fire. When everything looks like a duck, it most likely is a duck!

A final witness emerges!

MUFON Case # 89649 concerns January 18, 1978 at McGuire. The witness states “I have information
passed to me by my father from his time in the military, as well as a personal account of being
questioned by what I believe were government agents approximately 6 yrs. after my father's passing in 1999.”

The anonymous witness, the son comes forth about, was born 1933 died 1993. He was a lifelong navy
pilot in Korea and Vietnam with photos of that era of UFO encounters. He was also a patriot. So why lie!
His son Derek is the reporting party forwarding a report to MUFON about what his father saw that day.

The father witnessed part of an elite clean up unit of alien remains. This validates what Filer was told.
The father told his son that the alien remains were sent to Colorado after clean up to a facility called
Raven Mountain, a.k.a. Site R which also serves as a nuclear bunker. Please see Wikipedia for a detailed
explanation of Raven Mountain/Site R. The father apparently took or had access to photos and took
them home. One day, seemingly in 1999, government agents, Men in Black (MIBs perhaps) confiscated
photos the father had taken. These MIBs showed up at his mother’s house as well as his sibling’s houses
looking for photo evidence. His mother possessed a red box with entity photos. These were confiscated
along with Vietnam UFO photos. Derek, the son, never understood how the MIBs knew his mother
possessed the photos. Derek stated that when he saw the photos prior to confiscation, he saw 5 ft alien
greys with big eyes dead in fetal position on runway. Long time UFO Investigator Leonard Stringfield may
have investigated this incident.

So, what can we conclude? Two things! Four things if our final witness is sincere. First, George Filer’s
account can be corroborated concerning the 1978 event. Second, entities were seen at other U.S.
Military installations scaling fences. Third, McGuire is known to have nuke storage capability. Finally,
there is apparently a U.S. Military Unit specifically designed to clean up evidence of UFO encounters at a
site or to confiscate any evidence that could provide proof of intervention by unknown agents”.

The U.S. Government clearly knows “They” are here from our analysis!

December 2022 Sightings
Statistical Report












UNITED STATES 442
CANADA 24
UNITED KINGDOM 24
FRANCE 24
SOUTH AFRICA 6
AUSTRALIA 5
MEXICO 4
COLOMBIA 3
ROMANIA 3
ITALY 3
BELGIUM 3
IRAN 2
SWITZERLAND 2
BRAZIL 2
IRELAND 2
INDIA 2
COSTA RICA 2
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 1
KOREA, (South) 1
THAILAND 1
GREECE 1
PUERTO RICO 1
UZBEKISTAN 1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1   

TOTAL: 561

BY SHAPE

Circle 109
Sphere 80
Triangle 38
Unknown 34
Other 34
Oval 29
Disc 28
Star-like 28
Cigar 21
Square/Rectangular 16
N/A 14
Tic Tac 13
Diamond 11
Cylinder 10
Fireball 8
Boomerang 8
Bullet/Missile 5
Egg 5
Flash 5
Blimp 5
Cone 3
Saturn-like 3
Teardrop 2
Cross 1
Chevron 1









California 51
Texas 37
Florida 25
Georgia 24
Nevada 22
New Jersey 19
Ohio 17
Pennsylvania 16
Michigan 16
Arizona 13
North Carolina 13
Washington 12
New York 12
Oregon 11
Illinois 10
Missouri 10
Oklahoma 9
Idaho 9
Arkansas 8
South Carolina 8
New Mexico 8
Colorado 7
Kentucky 7
Wisconsin 6
Tennessee 6
Massachusetts 5
Kansas 5
Alabama 5
Utah 5
Virginia 5
Minnesota 4
Mississippi 4
Hawaii 3
New Hampshire 3
Indiana 3
Connecticut 3
Maine 2
West Virginia 2
Louisiana 2
Montana 2
Nebraska 1
Maryland 1
Wyoming 1
Iowa 1
Delaware 1
Alaska 1


DISTANCE FROM THE WITNESS

< 100 ft 72
101-500 ft 63
501 ft - 1 Mile 106
Over 1 Mile 107
Unknown 49
NO VALUE 34

Most impressively there were 24 Landings, Hovering, or Takeoffs reported and 29 Entities observed. Number of abduction (ERT) cases were 38.
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