for ; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 10:30:12 -0500 (EST)
From: ElPatricio 
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 01:57:46 EST
To: updates@globalserve.net
Subject: Lab Shopkeeper's Notebook
[The following is a 'non-subscriber' post - the phone number
 and name check out, according to the Trib Pat is an=20
 "environmental-writer" -- ebk]
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Errol,
I haven't posted to this or any other mailing list before, but=20
have some information I know your readers will find interesting.=20
The post will explain everything.
Pat McCartney
Dear UpDates List,
I interviewed Jack Shulman of the American Computer Co. today for=20
my small regional daily newspaper (which happens to be at Lake=20
Tahoe). And I wanted to share with this mailing list what he=20
said, and my impressions.
Personally, I find their story, and Philip Corso's, pointing to=20
an unexpected direction of UFO research, namely the private=20
sector. I think you will find what Shulman's goals are as=20
interesting as I did. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be=20
much of a way to speed the process up, unless you can help with=20
their research.
I will be writing about ACC and Corso spoiling Bell Labs' 50th=20
anniversary of the transistor for my paper, so if anyone has an=20
informed and opinionated comment they'd like to share, you can=20
e-mail me or call me at the Trib (530-542-8012).   =20
Anyway, as others have described, interviewing Shulman is quite=20
an experience. He's extremely voluble, and you really have to=20
work to break in and ask a question or redirect his monologue.=20
Gee, kinda reminds me of myself.
Having said that, he's also quite friendly, very open to a point,=20
and fluent about computers in a way I can only envy. We spoke for=20
more than 90 minutes, when he returned a call I left in the=20
morning asking to talk to someone about the company's Roswell=20
page.
My main interest was to see what kind of care and research they=20
are exercising with regards to the "lab shopkeeper's notebook"=20
they acquired that kicked off their current "investigation."
If their claim -- that the notebook is evidence Bell Lab's 1947=20
"discovery" of the transistor was based on their receiving debris=20
from a crashed saucer -- proves to be true, than this document=20
may come close as close to being the smoking gun as anything we=20
could wish.
When you think about it, it only makes sense that such documents=20
would surface in the private sector, which by definition is not=20
under the direct control of the federal government. And, as much=20
evidence suggests, unacknowledged programs have been privatized=20
to a large degree over the years.
Following are points he made about the documents, in answer to my=20
questions.
  1)  The notebook bears the "eyes only" security stamp of the=20
then-War Department, along with the printed names of Bell Labs=20
and General Electric.
  2)  Shulman said the notebook wasn't a hardbound diary, but=20
rather a ring binder with individual pages and reports. Some of=20
the reports are typed, others are mimeographed or handwritten.
  3)  If I followed him correctly, the consultant's initial=20
acquisition of a journal came from the "estate of the deceased=20
shopkeeper."
  3)  The unnamed consultant then somehow acquired 28 boxes of=20
supporting material, perhaps from inside Bell Labs was the=20
implication, but he did not specify how. Shulman first said each=20
box contained 300 pages =97 which would be under 10,000 in all =97=20
but described the complete collection as 20,000 pages!=20
  4)  The old cardboard boxes are rotting and some of the papers=20
in terrible condition. They smell to high heaven, Shulman said.=20
His staff wear masks and gloves while working with the documents,=20
and are using sealants and plastics to restore and protect the=20
pages.
  5)  Because of the instability of the decaying pages, the=20
investigators have photographed, rather than photocopied them.
  6)  Age analysis (unspecified) has confirmed the age of the=20
paper as being from early 1940s to 1947, indicating it was=20
written on different stores of paper.
  7)  A university forensics expert (unnamed) is analyzing the=20
style of the reports for inconsistencies and other information.
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Shulman told me the company is planning some kind of public event=20
within 90 days, publicizing what it has learned about the=20
shopkeeper's notebook, and the revolutionary ideas that it may=20
contain. He was very vague about what he planned to disclose, and=20
I simply advised him to go with a hired gun public relations firm=20
that could get the attention of the mainstream media.
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During our dialogue, Shulman said his Grand Strategy is to force=20
the government to make its own disclosure by releasing top secret=20
information from the notebook and supporting documents =97 at a=20
rate of one bombshell a month.
"Let's say there are 600 such details in all," Shulman said. "We=20
can release one a month for 50 years, devastating military=20
secrecy, until they realize the public losses are so great that=20
they will have to throw in the towel."
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