Did Howard Hughes View a Captured UFO and Its Occupants?

Did Howard Hughes ever get a chance to view athat project. Her father felt it was more plausible to
captured or crashed UFO and its occupants? I havebelieve that Hughes wouldn't have been able to run the
long pondered this question and there may now be anshow and didn't want to get involved with something
answer to it. According to a former employee ofhe couldn't fully direct. Or, perhaps he knew or had
Hughes Aircraft, he did. The visit allegedly occurred notlearned something more about the project that turned
long after the crash of an alien spacecraft nearhim off to it. It wasn't until many years after their
Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. You may think this storyconversation in that office that Linda's father came to
belongs in the BELIEVE OR NOT file and you may berealize that Hughes might have been talking about a
right, but I feel compelled to pass it on to you anyway.crashed UFO and, specifically, one that probably
Linda is a retired teacher. She taught in public andcrashed or was shot down during the summer of
private schools for over thirty years and has emailed1947. Her dad had never shown any type of interest in
me an impressive array of diplomas and certifications.UFOs or Aliens. Linda believed he might have come
She also emailed a few photos and some paperworkacross the information about one of the UFO crashes
that verifies the fact that her father probably workedfrom the tabloids that his wife read. The timing would
for Howard Hughes. Because she asked forhave been correct because I saved issues of the
anonymity, I cannot say much more about her orNational Enquirer and other supermarket tabloids during
divulge where she currently lives at this time. I havethe 1970s and recall articles about alien and military
encouraged her to come forward at some point andencounters and UFO crashes. I asked Linda if her dad
tell her own story in her own words. Linda says thatmight have been kidding her about the Hughes incident.
her father was involved with Hughes Aircraft as early"Oh, no," she said, "Dad never told tale tales. He had
as 1942, but the timeframe that concerns this story isenough true stories about Hughes and other important
the year 1947. It was during the summer of that yearpeople he met throughout the years... He didn't need to
that Howard Hughes was obsessed with getting hismake up stories... I am certain he was telling me the
oversized wooden seaplane nicknamed the "Sprucetruth." I also asked Linda how many times they
Goose" ready for a test flight. Officially known as thediscussed that story after he first told it to her. She
H-4 Hercules, the aircraft flew only once on Novemberreplied, "Not more than a couple of times... He wasn't
2, 1947. The amount of time and work that went intointerested in UFOs... He told me the story on a whim
getting the Hercules ready for that flight wasbecause he thought it might give me a chuckle or two...
unbelievable. Her father worked closely with HughesDad had nothing to add to the story and I believe that's
during the Hercules project and later became awhy we never discussed it much." Unfortunately, her
full-time employee of Hughes Aircraft. The two menfather passed away a few years ago. I doubt he
met after he was referred to Hughes by a mutualrealized the impact that the story had on his daughter.
acquaintance just after the USA declared war on theBefore she heard it, Linda barely gave the subject of
Axis powers and entered World War II. Linda told meUFOs a second thought. Afterward, she slowly
that Hughes used as her dad as a "problem solver."became fascinated with the subject and told me, "My
He had a knack for being able to look at most anyfather told me that what Howard said he saw
mechanical problem and quickly suggest a practicalsounded a lot like what the tabloids were describing as
solution. He also had the kind of temperament thatcrashed alien spaceships... and the bodies that he
allowed him to work with the eccentric billionaire.viewed fit the descriptions of aliens... I do not believe
Hughes was besieged with a number of problemseverything that politicians tell me, but I never saw a
during the summer of 1947 including a U.S. Senatereason to disbelieve what they were saying about
inquiry into the way he had managed funds for theUFOs. What would they have to gain by lying about
Hercules and XF-11 Photoreconnaissance Aircraftthem? It wasn't until my father told me the story about
projects. Linda says that shortly after he testified atHoward and the material that I began to doubt their
the Senate hearings, Howard Hughes returned todenials..." Linda said that she started reading UFO
oversee work on the Hercules and spoke to herarticles published in some of the mainstream
father about his possible involvement in an importantnewspapers and magazines. Those tidbits awakened
government project. According to Linda, Howarda casual interest in learning more about the subject.
Hughes and her father were not friends and her dadHowever, after retired Colonel Jesse Marcel came
would probably not be considered a part of Hughes'forward to expose the Roswell UFO cover up, she
inner circle if such a thing existed. However, he didwent out of her way to learn as much as she could
spend a lot of time with Hughes during the Herculesabout UFO crashes and military encounters. "I
project and the two had a casual working relationshippurchased a used copy of a book by Donald Keyhoe
as long as her father delivered the goods. She told meand read it cover to cover," Linda told me. "That book
that her dad said he was busy brainstorming withopened my eyes... I now believe there is much more to
some engineers when Hughes summoned him into anthe subject than what we're being told." I asked Linda
empty office. Hughes had a kind of inquisitively sternwhy she waited so long to tell the story she heard
look on his face and that usually meant that hefrom her father about Howard Hughes and the
wanted some advice on how to solve a problem orstrange aircraft. "I am a very private person... I believe
was about to start a new project. Howard steppedin doing all I can to promote education and to
away from the door to the office, but didn't close it.encourage students to stay in school. I want them to
There was enough noise outside of the office so thatgo as far as they can in life... I do not want to become
no one could hear their conversation anyway. Howardthe poster child for government conspiracies... You
sat down on a stool near the window. Linda's fatherseem legitimately interested in discovering the truth
stepped over to where he was sitting and listenedabout UFOs and Aliens. I believe that if people have a
intently. Hughes hated repeating himself and despisedchance to learn about the story that my father told to
people that were not good listeners. Hughes told herme, they might feel compelled to come forward and
dad that he had been contacted by a "high rankingshare their own experiences and information with you."
member of the United States Armed Forces" while heI have a million more questions for Linda, but it is
was in Washington, D.C. The billionaire was used toobvious that her father was given little more than a
receiving unusual requests from the military. He wasthumbnail sketch about Howard Hughes experience
known as someone that could keep a secret andwith a strange object and its occupants. He was only
solve complicated problems. According to Linda'sable to tell her what Hughes had told him. Not the best
father, this one might have been the mother of all thescenario, so I cannot say for sure that this story
most secret and complicated situations that theinvolves a crashed UFO and it's occupants. I can say
government ever faced. Hughes said that he visited athat I believe Linda's dad heard a story about a
military base on the way back from the congressionalstrange aircraft and unusually tiny crewmembers from
hearings. He didn't mention where it was located andHoward Hughes and that he told it to his daughter just
provided few details about what happened there.the way he heard it, straight from the horse's mouth. I
Linda's father said that Hughes seemed uncomfortablehave been researching Linda's story for about a week.
talking about his visit to the base. He hated situationsI have spoken with her over the phone on several
that he couldn't personally control and seemed tooccasions. With her permission, I recorded the calls and
indicate that the entire event was orchestrated andsubjected them to a voice stress analysis using an
controlled by the military. With the exception of Hughes,inexpensive testing unit I purchased a few years ago. If
no civilians were present. Howard said that theyaccurate, the results indicate that she was not being
showed him a new type of aircraft. Most of it was indeceptive during our conversation. As a experienced
pieces and it was obvious that the thing had crashedUFO researcher, I was pleased that she cooperated
or been shot down. Hughes assumed it might havewith various requests I had for more information. That
been something that the Russians cooked up. It wasn'tis almost always a good sign. Linda has emailed
until Hughes got closer to the material that he noticed itenough documentation to make me believe that she is
was anything but conventional. He didn't pick up orwho she claims to be and that her father was
touch any of it, but told Linda's father that it looked likeemployed at Hughes Aircraft. The materials she
"the damnedest stuff I've ever seen." The militaryprovided indicate that he probably worked for Howard
officers present told him that despite the fact that itHughes on specific projects as a consultant before he
was in pieces, the material was extremely resistant tobecame a full time employee. Because Hughes never
heat, cold and pressure. They also said that it wastold him that he actually saw an alien spacecraft or
almost impossible to penetrate, yet it might have beenreferred to the dead crew members as aliens, we
an implosion that caused the crash. Howard never saidhave to fill in the blanks with some careful speculation.
if it had any writing on it and provided no further detailsIf Linda's story does anything, it proves that people out
about the material or the aircraft. Hughes told Linda'sthere are sitting on important information about UFOs
father that the dead bodies of the crew membersbecause they still fear the repercussions that can
from the aircraft had also been recovered by theresult from coming forward to share it. The blame for
military and were mostly intact. He said they allowedthat may be placed on the doorstep of a news media
him to view the bodies and described them as lookingthat seems incapable of covering anything deeper that
like "dwarves" or "deformed midgets" wearingwhere politicians attend church or how old they are.
seamless flight suits. He added no details about whereThey ignore real news and issues in favor of serve
or how they were being kept. Instead, he got right toserving statements from government flunkies bent on
the point. "They want me to figure this thing out and Iforwarding an increasingly outdated agenda. For more,
want you on board," Hughes explained. That was thevisit
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