This brief testimony suggests that the witness did not know
the date of this event. It also appears that the “creatures” were seen from
a distance, as evidenced by the statement, “They got nearly up to the
UFO but it was close enough that you could see some creatures.” The
testimony also seems consistent with a description of anthropomorphic
dummies as the witness stated they “didn’t look like human beings.”
Vern Maltais
This secondhandwitness alleged that the eyewitnesstold him
he observed“beings” from a “flying saucerthat had burst open” that
were “about three and a half to four feet tall, vety slim...their headswere hairless,
with no eyebrows, no eyelashes,no hair’ with “sort of a pear-shapedhead.” He
also related that “the beings were...not exactly like human beings...similar but
not exactly.” He describedthat the handsof the beings “were not covered”...and
[they] only had “four fingers.” He also related that the clothing of the beings
was “one-piece and gray in coloP’ The witness concluded that “As they [the
witnesses]were just starting to look things over really closely, the military moved
in and gave them a briefing to not say anything about it.”
Assessment
This description of events also indicates that the eyewitness
apparently did not closely examine the scene and was “just starting to look
things over” when the military arrived. As with the previous testimony, from
a distance the dummies were likely to look, as described by the witness, “not
exactly like humans...similar but not exactly.” The description of the flying
saucer that had “burst open” is a likely description of the dummy suspension
rack that was open on the sides (seefigures 74,75,76). The detailed
descriptions of the “beings” as “about three and a half to four feet tall, very
slim in stature...their heads were hairless, with no eyebrows, no eyelashes,
Fig. 72. “Their heads were
hairless...no eyebrows, no
eyelashes, no hair.” a likely
description of Alderson
Laboratories type
anthropomorphic dummy.
These Alderson dummies,
of the same type used for
Projects HIGH DIVFEXCELSIOK,
were used to test NASAi
AWLLO spacecraft three-man
couch at Holloman AFB, N.M.
in 1965. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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