European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 5, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 7gorbachev receives award from Reagan former president Reagan Mikhail Gorbachev and a 3-ton chunk of the Berlin  Book will add to charge of ufos cover up Milwaukee up a a Wisconsin Man who believes in unidentified flying objects is writing a new Book detailing his investigation of the 1947 crash of what some say was a weather balloon and others Call a flying Saucer. Donald Schmitt crying government cover up is working with iowan Kevin Randle on a Book due to come out at the end of the year. His first Book was ufos crash at Roswell published in 1991. The second Book will be a hardback edition containing much of the same information along with new details compiled by Schmitt and Randle in their investigation. A a we re getting More and More firsthand military statements off the record statements a Schmitt said. A one thing we can proudly say is lots of them Are conceding there was a  their subject an incident in new Mexico the summer of 1947 a a time when hundreds of sightings of ufos were reported around the United states. On july 3 that year a rancher found the wreckage of what appeared to be an alien spacecraft Northwest of Roswell . A few Days later the bodies of what some claimed to be extraterrestrials were discovered a few Miles from the crash site. On july 8, col. William Blanchard commanding officer of the 509th bomb group in Roswell said the object was a flying Saucer. Military personnel cordoned off the area and removed the evidence. Within hours Brig. Gen. Roger Ramey commander of the 8th air Force in fort Worth Texas retracted the flying Saucer report saying officers were caught up in the hysteria of the moment and misidentified the debris said it was the remains of a weather balloon. Ramey a a it a Standard military procedure that if something gets out of hand you first acknowledge it then you quickly come up with an alternative explanation and then you explain it a Schmitt said. A damage control. First they admit it. Then they explain  the incident was forgotten until 1978, when Jesse Marcel a former intelligence officer of the 509th, revealed he was the one who picked up the debris. He said it was not a weather balloon but rather was something unexplainable. Schmitt co director of the j. Allen Hynek Center for ufos studies in Chicago and Randle a special investigator for the Center decided to look into the incident. At first they were sceptical that the incident was any thing More than the military said it was. Their first trip to new Mexico in february 1989 changed their minds Quot after we started talking to the first 10 witnesses and quickly observed How Adamant they  Schmitt said they Learned some had been threatened with harm if they told what they saw. Some were afraid to talk but others were not. A to Date we have talked to 400 people. They say it was not of this Earth a he said. Tight lipped investigators have been the main hindrance to the investigation Schmitt said. Military members who were at the scene of fac incident said they were sworn to secrecy. But some arc talking off the record. Schmitt said he has talked to a four Star general a who tells us we re right  but the military is still handcuffed by a regulation that prohibits disclosure of classified ufos information he said. Schmitt said he wants a congressional investigation and wants witnesses to be granted government immunity. A we have Over a dozen key military people who arc still telling us they re sworn to secrecy on this a Schmitt said. A when we pushed the Pentagon to pull the files we were told to leave it alone. We just keep getting confirmation Over and Over  dog rescued from ledge on Remote alaskan Island paper says Lujan shifting stance on Indian gaming Simi Valley Calif. A former superpower leaders Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev greeted each other As friends monday and posed in front of a chunk of the former Berlin Wall. Gorbachev received the first Ronald Reagan Freedom award at Reagan a presidential Library in Simi Valley. He said that today his land has a More free people than Ever before people who Are committed to the principles of democracy and Are capable of building a democratic  the Library Scenter for Public affairs said Gorbachev was honoured for making the world safer and for easing superpower tensions. Gorbachev and his wife Raisa began a two week . Tour on saturday in Santa Barbara. They visited the reagans Mountaintop ranch on sunday and toured the Library and posed with a transplanted 3-ton chunk of the Berlin Wall on monday. The Library is in Simi Valley the suburb 35 Miles from los Angeles where four White current and former City police officers were tried for the videotaped beating of Black Motorist Rodney King. Their acquittal wednesday touched off devastating riots. Gorbachev did not mention the trouble but Reagan said a your hearts and prayers go out to those who have lost their lives for their friends and families and for Justice and  Nancy Reagan and Raisa Gorbachev appeared to get on Well during the ranch tour sunday despite their history of Chilly relations. At one Point mrs. Gorbachev wearing Black High heels found a Boulder and sat beneath an Oak tree for a rest. Mrs. Reagan wearing athletic shoes joined her and they talked about real estate prices. Mrs. Reagan grabbed mrs. Gorbachev a hand at another Point and pulled her toward the stables and the tack room while Reagan regaled his guest with yarns focusing on the Hollywood Memorabilia inside. Gorbachev Shook his head in disbelief at Reagan a personal Gas pump. A there Are such Long lines for gasoline in our country a mrs. Gorbachev explained. Gorbachev 61, resigned As president of the soviet Union on dec. 25 As the country dissolved after a failed August coup. The trip is sponsored by the Gorbachev foundation Usa a san Francisco based non profit offshoot of Gorbachev a Moscow think tank. Gorbachev a itinerary includes Fulton to. Chicago san Francisco Stanford Calif. Atlanta new York Washington d.c., where he will address a joint session of Congress and Cambridge mass. Las vegas apr Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan suggested in a memo to president Bush Stop aide that the administration strengthen its position against the spread of Indian gaming a newspaper reported sunday. The april 20 memo to Bush a chief of staff Samuel k Skinner obtained by the Las vegas review journal indicates a shift in Lujans earlier stated support of legalized gambling on Indian reservations. A in order to counter what May turn into a Campaign to blame this administration for foisting Indian gaming onto states which profess not to want it i suggest that this administrations position in favor of family values and against unwanted gaming be reiterated through proposed a clarifying amendments to the Indian gaming regulatory act Lujan said. Tribal leaders said Lujans proposals would infringe on the Sovereign rights of indians to engage in gambling on Federal reservations. A it is probable that heavy political pressure was brought to Bear on Lujan by the Nevada resort association acting through the Republican party Quot said Gerald Ducheneaux lobbyist for the National Indian gaming association. Interior department spokesman Bob Walker said sunday that Lujan is concerned there Are problems with the gaming act and recognizes that a unless Steps Are taken there could be action that affects the tribes  a it certainly does not signify any lessening of the Secretary a support for gaming As an Enterprise to develop the Economy on the reservations a he said. Dog rescued from ledge on Remote alaskan Island Kodiak Alaska a a dog that slipped off a 300-foot Cliff on a Remote Island spent three Days on a tiny ledge Halfway Down before being rescued by Rock climbers flown in for the Job. A it was a Miracle that dog caught on to that Little ledge a said Art Schultz who organized the Rescue for Silver. Silver got separated from his owners Jess Willard and Leslie Mastick while they were hiking said Jenny Stanford a dispatcher in Kodiak who handled the couples Rescue request. Willard and Mastick Are the Only residents of Sitki Nak Island about 30 Miles South of Kodiak. They manage a cattle ranch there with Silver and two other Blue healers dogs trained to round up cattle. Stanford called Schultz who rounded up fellow climbers Tom Tipton and Tim Gentner. Within an hour the three boarded a plane for the hour Long flight to Sitki Nak. Gentner Rappel led Down to the dog who was whining and eagerly got into his Backpack for the Rappel the rest of the Way Down. Stanford said she radioed the couple tuesday to see How they were doing. A Jess said Silver a Back seems to be bothering him a Little because of the fall a she said. A other than that he a going