DEE GRAGG

Dee Gragg's Addendum To Sighting Report by Witness Janet Sailor

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Subject: Sighting Report 18205

Type of Report: Possible UFO Landing(s)

Place of Sighting: Angel Fire, New Mexico, Colfax County, USA

Local Evaluation: Great Significance

To: MUFON Headquarters/Original Material

From: Dee Gragg, Field Investigator 10321

Background

I first saw the rings June 7, 2009 after an ASPE (Alliance Studying Paranormal Experiences) speaking engagement at Angel Fire.  I was shown the rings by the witness and the rancher.   At that time I had not been assigned as the Field Investigator and I visited the site only as a knowledgeable observer.

The rings created intense interest as they looked exactly like photos sent to me by my good friend Ted Phillips (for use in my UFO class).  These are photos of the Landing Site at Delphos, Kansas¹. There was an important difference.  A UFO was observed at the trace left at Delphos.  At Angel Fire there were four traces but no UFO sighting.   I proceeded philosophically guided by a quote often heard from Stan Friedman.  “Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence”.

Investigation

On September 14, 2009 I led a six member investigation team into the field.  The team contained two Field Investigators and a Field Investigator Trainee.  All were MUFON members except for the rancher’s wife.

The site consisted of an 80 acre meadow of recently mowed Timothy Brougham.  The site longitude, latitude and elevation were recorded but are omitted here to protect the identity of the rancher and his wife.  Both were cooperative and indispensable to our investigation.

Prior to the investigation we had speculated that the four rings might form the landing traces of a large wing vehicle.  Our investigation showed that was probably not the case for these three reasons.  (1) Rings A, B, and C do not form a straight line.  See Figure 1. Plan View.  The angle at B is 11 degrees.   (2) Ring D is not perpendicular to a line through Ring B.  (3) The distances from the rings to each other seem to be random.

Therefore, these are probably not the landing traces of a single vehicle but are likely that of four smaller vehicles landing or perhaps a single vehicle(s) landing more than once.  The lack of uniformity of the rings seems also to bear this out.  The outside diameters varied from 6 feet, 3 inches to 12 feet, 2 inches.

Since visiting the site in June, prairie dogs have dug a hole in the dirt of each ring.  The significance of this is unclear.  Perhaps that was just an easy place to dig.  It does mean, however, that the area underneath is probably full of tunnels, as prairie dogs typically connect their holes for escape purposes.

I took my watch, compass, and GPS into the center of Ring A with no apparent effect then or later.  I did this advisedly, understanding that if this ring had the energy of an authentic crop circle, I could have expected: (1) the watch to slow down or gain time (2) the compass to spin wildly or point in the wrong direction and (3) the GPS screen to turn to blue with the electronics burned out making it unrepairable².    Apparently any energy the ring may have had was dissipated by now.

We found a number of randomly located, burned thistles outside the rings!  We find this hard to explain since the rings have been there since at least November 2008 and the thistles would have grown since then.  We have no explanation for this peculiar finding.

We took soils samples from the dirt of the rings as shown in Figure 2. Soil Sampling.  Ring B was used as the control and we took samples out to 200 feet and down to 6 inches.  It was hoped that the soil samples could make a closer tie with Delphos. 

However, since no UFO was sighted, no funds were available for the soils analysis.  The soil samples are double sealed and stored in a container indoors pending the possibility of funds for their analysis

During the investigation we were under surveillance by a small, single engine aircraft.  It made several low, slow passes over our work area.  We waved, but received no return signal.  There seems to be at least two possibilities for the surveillance.  It could have been another crude attempt at intimidation by the government as occurred to us with the black helicopter at Dulce in March.

It also could have been one of the two groups which asked the witness for permission to go into the site before the field investigation team.  The witness referred both to me.  Curiously, neither group ever contacted me, so there was never an opportunity to discover their motives

Expanded Investigation

While four of us were taking the measurements, the witness and the rancher’s wife continued to search further up the meadow and made an interesting find.  Continuing past Ring C, two more rings, Rings E and F were found.  See Figure 3. Nest Area.

Past these two rings there was an amazing find.  There were a number of both rings and circles.  The rings were generally smaller than previously found and some were in varies stages of new growth in the dirt portion of the ring.  This would appear to be an area which has been used as a landing site for some years!

In addition to the rings we also found several circles.  These were most amazing.  They were 10 to 12 feet in diameter and had a growth of 12 to 15 inches in height while the grass around them was still at the mowed height of a few inches.  It was as if they had received a super fertilizer of some type.  One possibility is perhaps a second type of craft is also using this area. But for now,         this remains a mystery yet to be solved.

Conclusions

1. The four rings are probably not the landing traces of a single vehicle but are likely that of four smaller vehicles landing or perhaps a single vehicle(s) landing more than once.

2. The lack of any effect to my watch, compass, and GPS indicates that any energy the ring may have had was dissipated by now.

3. There appears to be no ready explanation for the burned thistles.

4. An analysis of the soil samples would probably establish a closer tie with Delphos.

5. If the aircraft surveillance was an attempt at intimidation, it failed miserably.

6. The Nest Area has been used for years as a landing site.  There seem to be at least two types of vehicles using the area.   

References

1.     Gragg, Dee, “A Simple Explanation of UFOs”, Books, p. 21 and 22, www.swimoutsidethepool.com , 2005.

2.      Gragg, Dee, “A Simple Explanation of Crop Circles”, Books, p. 18 and 19, www.swimoutsidethepool.com , 2007.