john ford's ordeal: a liar, delusional or an innocent victim?
newsday - august 20, 1997
As I mentioned earlier on the homepage, the Florida UFO Network was established as an affiliate of the Long Island UFO Network, LIUFON, in 1991. Unfortunately, the events that were to take place during the summer of 1996 were not only tragic, but bizarre in nature. Having been an investigator with LIUFON for the brief time I was living on Long Island and having known John Ford as a friend and fellow UFO investigator, the news that he was arrested on such bizarre and serious charges was not only shocking and disturbing, but cause for concern regarding the truth towards what really happened leading up to his arrest. My conversations with Mr. Ford in the months preceding his arrest suddenly surfaced and questions prevailed as I struggled to make sense of this tragic turn of events.
From early 1996 up until the time of Mr. Ford's arrest, I had several phone conversations with him that indicated to me that he felt he was "on to something big" regarding the South Haven Park UFO crash investigation. I also sensed an increased sense of paranoia in the way he had expressed himself while we talked. He led me to believe that his phone was being tapped, (later that proved to be true), and that he couldn't reveal too much about what he had learned regarding the recovery of a crashed UFO in South Haven Park.
- Around March 23, 1996 I received a phone call from John asking that I call him from a pay phone later on that
night. After giving me the number of what I had assumed to be a pay phone, I went into town and made the call. John was with another LIUFON investigator at the time and they then told me that I should meet with someone who they referred to as "Rocket" who was apparently involved in some way with the recovery of the South Haven UFO. They said he, Rocket, would get in touch with me in a few days and I was to ask him three questions; 1) Where did the object crash?, 2) Was the government involved?, and 3) Did he have a piece of the object? Needless to say, Rocket never got in touch with me and there the matter rests.
- In another phone conversation John sounded extremely upset and told me that an attempt was made to silence him. He said that four thugs beat up a member who was borrowing his truck. This resulted in John distributing a bulletin to LIUFON membership and others detailing the incident. The bulletin can be found at the ufoteacher's site. John also said that neighbors had recently seen intruders jumping over his back fence.
- In yet another phone call, John again sounded very upset and told me about a mysterious death involving an alleged witness to the South Haven UFO crash. Apparently, the witness was found with his head "bashed in" and John said he had warned this witness to be careful. John also said that he wanted to write a book because he felt "things" needed to be told. He also said he wanted to build an office by remodeling his garage so he could work for LIUFON full time.
- The last couple of phone calls with Mr. Ford were a bit strange to say the least. In one conversation he acted as if he was rushed and, again, upset about something. He wanted me to fly up there and meet with him because he felt I should know something. He expected me to come up there the following week, but that was impossible for me to do. In the last conversation I had with him before his arrest, he still sounded as though something was bothering him. He didn't make sense saying that he would see me up there that next week. No such arrangement was ever made.
- In another phone conversation with John, I remember him telling me about his and other members of LIUFON cars being broken into and during that same time frame my vehicle underwent the same fate, but nothing was stolen just an obvious violation of my privacy. Whether this was connected to the incidents up in New York is unknown, but I note it here due to its coincidental nature.
On the night of June 13, 1996 I received a phone call from Elaine Douglass of the now defunct organization OPERATION RIGHT TO KNOW, telling me John Ford had been arrested. During the next few weeks and months, I learned a lot about John Ford that I didn't know before, primarily, his political activity with the Republican party there on Long Island. As it turned out, there was so much that had gone on behind the scenes it was difficult to sort it all out and make sense of or find out the truth about the reasons for his incarceration. Rumors, accusations and disinformation was rampant and continues to this day. Other UFO organizations were quick in judgement and condemned John Ford without really taking an objective look at the facts and in short order in their eyes he was guilty as charged. Unfortunate to say the least. Of course, there is the slight possibility that John is guilty, lying and delusional but there is no proof of that, or at least none that I know of. In the over 16 years of correspondence I've had with John, he has never admitted his guilt and maintained his belief that it was a frame up. At this point, let me recommend to you, the visitor, go to http://johnford.ufoteacher.com and do so some research. Download the pdf's, listen to the interviews, go to the site links and be as objective as possible before deciding on your verdict. If you are inclined to sign the petition, do so and urge others to do the same and help us reach our signature goal.
In May, 2009 John sent me a briefing paper finally telling his side of this whole nasty affair. He asked me to put it on the internet and it can be found at www.ufodigest.com/news/0709/john-ford.php (The link will take you to Part 1; for Part 2 you will have to visit the link for The John Ford Initiative and scroll down till you reach the downloads). I urge you to take a look at it. As for the veracity of his testimony, let me relay this message to you that John Ford said to me in that letter of May 2009. He said, "...Just tell them I say it is all the truth as it happened to me."
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
From early 1996 up until the time of Mr. Ford's arrest, I had several phone conversations with him that indicated to me that he felt he was "on to something big" regarding the South Haven Park UFO crash investigation. I also sensed an increased sense of paranoia in the way he had expressed himself while we talked. He led me to believe that his phone was being tapped, (later that proved to be true), and that he couldn't reveal too much about what he had learned regarding the recovery of a crashed UFO in South Haven Park.
- Around March 23, 1996 I received a phone call from John asking that I call him from a pay phone later on that
night. After giving me the number of what I had assumed to be a pay phone, I went into town and made the call. John was with another LIUFON investigator at the time and they then told me that I should meet with someone who they referred to as "Rocket" who was apparently involved in some way with the recovery of the South Haven UFO. They said he, Rocket, would get in touch with me in a few days and I was to ask him three questions; 1) Where did the object crash?, 2) Was the government involved?, and 3) Did he have a piece of the object? Needless to say, Rocket never got in touch with me and there the matter rests.
- In another phone conversation John sounded extremely upset and told me that an attempt was made to silence him. He said that four thugs beat up a member who was borrowing his truck. This resulted in John distributing a bulletin to LIUFON membership and others detailing the incident. The bulletin can be found at the ufoteacher's site. John also said that neighbors had recently seen intruders jumping over his back fence.
- In yet another phone call, John again sounded very upset and told me about a mysterious death involving an alleged witness to the South Haven UFO crash. Apparently, the witness was found with his head "bashed in" and John said he had warned this witness to be careful. John also said that he wanted to write a book because he felt "things" needed to be told. He also said he wanted to build an office by remodeling his garage so he could work for LIUFON full time.
- The last couple of phone calls with Mr. Ford were a bit strange to say the least. In one conversation he acted as if he was rushed and, again, upset about something. He wanted me to fly up there and meet with him because he felt I should know something. He expected me to come up there the following week, but that was impossible for me to do. In the last conversation I had with him before his arrest, he still sounded as though something was bothering him. He didn't make sense saying that he would see me up there that next week. No such arrangement was ever made.
- In another phone conversation with John, I remember him telling me about his and other members of LIUFON cars being broken into and during that same time frame my vehicle underwent the same fate, but nothing was stolen just an obvious violation of my privacy. Whether this was connected to the incidents up in New York is unknown, but I note it here due to its coincidental nature.
On the night of June 13, 1996 I received a phone call from Elaine Douglass of the now defunct organization OPERATION RIGHT TO KNOW, telling me John Ford had been arrested. During the next few weeks and months, I learned a lot about John Ford that I didn't know before, primarily, his political activity with the Republican party there on Long Island. As it turned out, there was so much that had gone on behind the scenes it was difficult to sort it all out and make sense of or find out the truth about the reasons for his incarceration. Rumors, accusations and disinformation was rampant and continues to this day. Other UFO organizations were quick in judgement and condemned John Ford without really taking an objective look at the facts and in short order in their eyes he was guilty as charged. Unfortunate to say the least. Of course, there is the slight possibility that John is guilty, lying and delusional but there is no proof of that, or at least none that I know of. In the over 16 years of correspondence I've had with John, he has never admitted his guilt and maintained his belief that it was a frame up. At this point, let me recommend to you, the visitor, go to http://johnford.ufoteacher.com and do so some research. Download the pdf's, listen to the interviews, go to the site links and be as objective as possible before deciding on your verdict. If you are inclined to sign the petition, do so and urge others to do the same and help us reach our signature goal.
In May, 2009 John sent me a briefing paper finally telling his side of this whole nasty affair. He asked me to put it on the internet and it can be found at www.ufodigest.com/news/0709/john-ford.php (The link will take you to Part 1; for Part 2 you will have to visit the link for The John Ford Initiative and scroll down till you reach the downloads). I urge you to take a look at it. As for the veracity of his testimony, let me relay this message to you that John Ford said to me in that letter of May 2009. He said, "...Just tell them I say it is all the truth as it happened to me."
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
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sign the petition to free john ford here
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the arrest of long island ufo investigator john ford, june 1996 - convicted by the media-
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tried by tainted press - a blog by alfred lehmberg
Elaine Douglass had some revealing insights on John Ford.
EPISODE #21 - JOHN FORD POLITICAL PRISONER ROUND-TABLE
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--- "...THE WHOLE THING WAS A SET UP TO DESTROY ME FINANCIALLY AND DISCREDIT ME WHILE DESTROYING THE ORGANIZATION." ---
(John Ford, in a letter dated March 19,1997)
(John Ford, in a letter dated March 19,1997)
