John Weiskopf

“I remember the Betty & Barney Hill incident vividly, all the press, the interviews, and the subsequent television MOW, the book rights which were bought by James Earl Jones (who played Barney in the movie).

This book authored by Stanton Friedman and Kathleen Marden, Betty Hill’s niece, was in 2007.

I found the book to be intriguing, almost overly methodical in presenting local, Air Force reports, hypnosis logs, contradictions of various professionals as to what they believed or not and why, efforts to suppress the abduction claim, efforts to support it. All-in-all, this was an excellent read.

I’ve read many books on the subject, and usually try to read those publications which are thorough, and as objective as possible. I heard an interview with Stan Friedman and Kathy Marden which aroused my curiosity.

The more our society’s technological advances expand, our satellites gather more information which is publicly accessible or is exposed as a result of various leaks from private groups, and our ventures into space open more, the more, I believe, that we are going to learn about the enormity of our universe. Part and parcel to that are the undeniable and unavoidable questions, “Are there other civilizations out there? Are we alone?” Recently, the Hubble Telescope has recorded images of the “Hubble Ultra Deep Field” in the constellation of Formax where there are over 100,000 galaxies (like our own Milky Way) in a very small slice of the night sky. Each one of these galaxies has millions of star systems, of which many probably contain planets and solar systems like our own. This is science, not science fiction.

To anyone who is interested in the possibility of life elsewhere due to scientific advancement and discovery, the UFO phenomena, whether you believe in it, or you are “sitting on the proverbial fence,” I strongly encourage you to read this book.

APOLLO 11 MISSION. 40 Years ago, July 14. University of Maryland flew me to Cape Kennedy to deliver 3-three inch, hand-held argon laser filters to astronauts Mike Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin, so they could spot an argon laser beam (green beam) that the University of Maryland and several observatories around the globe would fire at them in their Apollo 11 capsule while they were in trans-lunar flight toward the moon. They were told when to look out the window toward Earth to see the bright green argon laser beams.  I was picked because I worked a senior worker at a student job in the Physics Department at the University of Maryland, who built the reflector with a Texas University.

The University of Maryland spearheaded a project to deploy a lunar reflector of one hundred round mirrors that could measure the distance of the Earth to the Moon within centimeters. It is still working today 40 years later!

The University of Maryland physics professor Carroll Alley was the project’s key person during Apollo years. “Using these mirrors,” explains Alley, “we can ‘ping’ the moon with laser pulses and measure the Earth-moon distance very precisely. This is a wonderful way to learn about the moon’s orbit and to test theories of gravity.”

I flew these three small filters down to Cape Kennedy to give them to the Apollo 11 astronauts. it was a last minute small part of the laser experiment in which the University of Maryland was a world leader. I look back today and realize that I was a very, very small part of it!

THANKS, APOLLO 11 CREW!

I had a pre-cognition dream experience last night. It involved the movie “Pollock” (2000). These dreams come at irregular intervals. See http://johnweiskopf.blogspot.com/

Here are some photos from my book signings in Texas at Fort Hood in Killeen at Fort Sam Houston and Randolph AFB in San Antonio.

 Every book sold at all three locations, 300 books in all… 100 copies of The Ascendancy at each AAFES base. I will be signing books at AAFES bases in Georgia, North & South Carolina at the end of February, and in Maryland and Virginia at the end of March.

“What I loved most about doing the book signings was talking with the soldiers and their families. I found them to be incredibly committed and in many ways selfless. It was a moving experience for me.”