!replied Lawienc~~ -~Al~ost_ .J?-O "T~T," ·observ.ed Sgt.
,cha~e). . • Wha~y, "is the pattern o*sub-
: S t: 'Y,hal~y:,· "Do' you fve in, jects who are not certa of
Det 1t? · · their answers. The respo e in-
L wrence: "Yes." • (N re- crea s on subsequent tes s." -
sponse). ' · · · '
. ; · · · ' · ' · . "There is a question," he ad-
Sgt. Whaley: On Sep • 30,. m_itted "whether the Keeler
did you see what you .believe. polygraph is reliable in such
was, a- flying:· saucer~"'· (, an abstract matter. Lawrence
. L!!-Wrence! "Yes!" (!J;'he poly-: believes he saw something that
graph· chart showed a· strong, f morning at Southfield and Ro-
unfav,orable ·response, Blood· tunda.
pressure spurted . and the pulse I "B t th 1 h h h
rate slowed) f u e po ygrap s ows e
~ '* * , is not as confident about what
SGT. WHALE
1"Do you~ ~t was! a~ ~e was at fi:s~; Doubt
smoke?" lS begmnmgf:o *~re;p m.
Lawrence: "Yes.' (Blood pr~s· •
sure ·and pulse rat normal). SGT. _Whll; y conclude~.
"He JUSt an't be tellmg. the
Sgt•. Whaley: •<Did you see ; lruth, and f el he is telling the
some . little men near South- · truth, and respond the way he
field and -Rotunda?'' did.'' '
Lawrence: "Yes.'' (Moderate
jm:np in blood pressure and slow
down· of pulse rate.''
* * * ~
SGT. HALEY: "Did you have
lunch today?" · ·
Lawren.ce: "Yes.'' (No re-~1
sponse).
The test is over, and you talk
again to Law1;ence Cardenas, a
slim, intense ma:n of 44.
He· tells you h~w he never '
believed in flying saucers until
that morning of Sept. 30.
Wryly, h~ tells you about the
almost-constant razzing he has
talten from fellow-workers ,
and friends. 'Sgt. Whaley: "Did you lie
about what you saw at South-
field-and Rotunda?" I People have sought him out at
· l his home all 1408 Collingwood. :
Law~ence: "No.'' (Blood pres-l "Some of them are crack-pots," ·
sure I aped as str.ong response- Lawrence says. · /
w~s s own.) t .1
,. * *
·'- ' * * * · THEN YOU tell him how the
SGT. wHALEY then peat-. lie detector test challenged the
ed the .series of seven qu tions; veracity of his story.
worded ex~tly' the same lind in ·
the same sequ_ence. ~··r don't care whatfthe
Response to the key questions m chin~ sho~s," Law ence
about flying saucers increased
1
. sa s Wlth qwet stubbo ess.
slightly, · ; "I saw what I saw."
Sgt. Whaley then asl•ed a · hat do you think?
new series af seven questions,
fiv~ o,( which pertained to
fly4tg sau~e~. • , .. .
To the q]l tiom;: "Were you
born' ip J\'{exi o ?" and "Is your
name-: Lawr ce ?" breathing,
blood · pressure and pulse· rate
I.
r~ained nbrmal, : '
But generally, the :unfa~orable
r pons~ to flying.: sauce ques:
ti ns was even stronger· an on ~-----)
t1fu ·~ir:;t two tests. · · . · ~e e Press
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