UFO Whistleblowers [Vol.2]

Overview

"UFO Whistleblowers Vol.2" is the second entry in UAP Gerb's ongoing series examining lesser-known UAP whistleblowers across history. The video analyzes three distinct storylines: the claims of Harland Bentley, an electrical engineer and Army veteran who alleged he witnessed a UFO crash near a Nike Ajax missile facility in Maryland in 1958; Senator Barry Goldwater's documented and publicly stated attempts to access a classified UFO storage room — known as the "Blue Room" — at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where he was angrily refused by General Curtis LeMay; and the account of a former U.S. Marine known only as "RB," who claimed in December 1963 he spent two weeks guarding a 40-foot disc-shaped craft of non-human origin at an undisclosed military base. The video frames all three accounts as converging on a common thesis: that the U.S. government has been in possession of recovered non-human craft since at least the early 1950s, and that access to these materials is compartmentalized beyond even the most senior military and political officials.

A central thread connecting these accounts is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which appears as the probable storage site in both Goldwater's testimony and RB's account. The video draws on archival letters compiled by researcher Leonard Stringfield, a 1953 AFOSI document recording Ralph Brown's statement about three recovered flying saucers held at Wright-Patterson, a FOIA response confirming the destruction of Blue Room film materials in 1965, and research by aerospace historian Michael Schratt, who accessed Stringfield's personal archives to reconstruct RB's full account. A secondary thread investigates Steven Greer's Disclosure Project connection to an alleged uncut NASA film of six UFOs descending onto the lunar surface, purportedly filmed by astronaut Frank Borman during Apollo 8 in 1968.

Harland Bentley

Harland F. Bentley claimed an electrical engineering degree and graduate work in nuclear engineering, and served as a private first class in the U.S. Army as a radar operator at a Nike Ajax missile facility north of Washington, D.C., near Olney, Maryland — likely either Site W-92 (Gaithersburg) or W-93 (Olney). Bentley first appeared publicly in Steven Greer's 2001 Disclosure Project. UAP Gerb was unable to verify Bentley's military or education records, requiring his claims to be evaluated on their own merit.

At 6:00 a.m. in May 1958, Bentley claimed to observe a disc-shaped craft — roughly 30 feet in diameter, with circular ball-like pulsating lights cycling between orange, red, and white, and a cake-like structure on top — collide with the ground in a nearby cornfield approximately 2,000 yards away and immediately take off again. Metallic debris was left behind, including a washing machine-sized piece glowing white hot. US Air Force personnel in radiation protection suits arrived with long poles and a lead-lined truck to collect the material. The following evening, a nearby Gaithersburg facility reported 12 to 15 UFOs hovering 50 to 100 feet off the ground in varying shapes. These were tracked on M-33 radar; all signatures departed simultaneously at a calculated speed exceeding 177,000 mph. A presiding general debriefed the men, attributing the contacts to Navy-Army-Air Force maneuver training exercises — an explanation unsupported by any documentation.

Bentley also claimed that while doing classified NASA contracting work in California around 1967–1968, he overheard Houston Mission Control communicate with the Apollo 8 crew about a "bogey coming in at 11:00." The crew requested and received permission to perform collision avoidance. The craft was described as saucer-like, paralleling the capsule, with visible portals and internal movement suggesting occupants. A colleague immediately told Bentley: "You did not hear anything." UAP Gerb finds these claims interesting but cautious, particularly given their connection to a separate investigation of a Greer-linked Apollo 8 film allegation.

The Blue Room and Barry Goldwater

Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) served as a Major General in the USAF Reserve and as a five-term U.S. Senator (1953–1965, 1969–1987). Despite his seniority and high-level security clearances, Goldwater was denied access to a classified facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base known as the "Blue Room," alleged to house recovered UFO materials and non-human bodies. The video presents multiple documentary sources on this:

• A December 3, 1974 letter to Leonard Stringfield, acknowledging he was "denied" access to "the room at Wright-Patterson field where the information was stored."
• An October 19, 1981 letter to Lee Graham, stating he knew of no one with access to the Blue Room and that the subject was "impossible to get anything on" due to classification.
• A March 28, 1975 letter to an unknown researcher, describing materials as classified "Above Top Secret."
• A 1975 public interview, in which Goldwater stated: "I think the government does know. I can't back that up, but I think that at Wright-Patterson field, if you could get into certain places, you'd find out what the Air Force and the government knows about UFOs."

Goldwater described calling General Curtis LeMay directly to request entry. LeMay grew angry and told him, "Don't ever ask me that question again."

A 1953 AFOSI document records Captain Plandowski interviewing Master Sergeant Ralph Brown, who relayed that Wright-Patterson held three flying saucers — one damaged, two functional — and the bodies of their pilots, indicating these rumors predated Goldwater's inquiries. A 1991 FOIA request by researcher Brian Parks produced a response from USAF Colonel Eddie L. Anderson confirming that Blue Room-related film materials were destroyed on September 9, 1965 — around the time of Goldwater's requests and during LeMay's tenure as Air Force Chief of Staff.

The 1999 MUFON UFO Journal is also cited placing LeMay at James Conley Air Force Base during a close encounter between an F-89J Scorpion aircraft and a 30-foot UFO that departed vertically after a near-collision.

RB: The Marine Who Guarded a Disc

The most detailed account in the video comes from a source identified only as "RB," a former U.S. Marine Corporal who served from 1960 to 1966 as a weapons technician. His story appears in Leonard Stringfield's UFO Crash/Retrieval Status Report 5 under the case title "Marine Guards a Disc-Shaped Vehicle, 1963." UFO researcher Michael Johnstone initially arranged the connection between Stringfield and RB. Aerospace historian Michael Schratt was later granted access to Stringfield's personal archives at MUFON in Cincinnati and reconstructed the full account, interviewing Johnstone again in 2015.

In December 1963, RB boarded a windowless plane at Cherry Point, North Carolina Marine Corps Air Station and was flown approximately three hours to an undisclosed location — a range that plausibly includes Wright-Patterson. The building housed a craft described as:

• 40 feet in diameter, totally symmetrical, with an ooid cross-section
• Silverish, resembling polished aluminum
• Completely seamless except for a hatch-like seam on the lower surface so tight "you could not get a razor blade in the crack"
• Elevated five feet off the ground on scaffolding, surrounded by three to four other guards
• No visible landing gear, fins, or propulsion system
• Apparent smoked-glass windows spaced one foot apart around the rim, opaque even at close range

A technical crew was attempting to gain entry. Drilling and torch cutting near the hatch left the hull undamaged: "Metal got hot under the torch but when it cooled you could wipe off the soot and the surface remained clean and undamaged." A high-powered laser powered by two semi-sized generator vans deflected completely off the craft and damaged the ceiling. Civilian scientists made references to "aliens," leading RB to conclude the craft was not of human origin.

Access was controlled by a color-coded badge system — different colors allowed access to designated sections; a red badge conferred total access. A white-taped circle surrounding the craft could not be crossed by any unauthorized person, including USAF generals. RB personally stopped the Secretary of the Navy from crossing this perimeter.

RB photographed the craft with a small German pocket camera. The image was lost in a flood around 1983. On one occasion, he observed the craft being placed on a flatbed trailer for transport to another base. Secondhand accounts described recovered non-human bodies approximately 39 inches tall with no thumbs, stored in an underground base in a western U.S. state. Upon leaving the Marines, RB signed a security oath carrying a ten-year prison sentence and $110,000 fine for violations.

RB is believed to correspond to redacted witness number 10138 on Greer's Disclosure Project witness list. He has never gone public with his account or sought to profit from it. The video suggests RB's facility may be the same location Goldwater was denied access to — the Blue Room.

Greer's Network and the Apollo 8 Film Allegation

A witness listed as number 101179 on Greer's Disclosure Project archive — labeled "AB" in Greer's notes — claimed to have seen an uncut NASA film depicting six UFOs descending onto the lunar surface, taken by astronaut Frank Borman during Apollo 8 in 1968. Greer's emails show the source was traveling from France accompanied by a high-profile French astronaut; contact was planned for April 2009 following late February phone communications.

UAP Gerb identified "AB" as Elaine Boder, at that time president of the French national aeronautical and astronautical Association UAP division (3af-p). Greer's emails from early March 2009 reference the transmission of UAP briefing documents to French President Nicholas Sarkozy, with Boder as courier ("Source One"). A French article forwarded by Boder mentioned Charles Bolden as a NASA administrator candidate and referenced other NASA pilots whose identities remain redacted in Greer's notes.

Frank Borman's December 1965 "bogey" report during Gemini 7 — which Borman himself attributed to the rocket's spent booster — is presented as context. UAP Gerb treats the Bentley overheard-communication claim and the Greer/Boder film claim as parallel but distinct, unverified threads warranting further investigation.

Key Claims

• In May 1958, Harland Bentley claimed to witness a disc-shaped craft crash and regain flight near a Nike Ajax missile site in Maryland; USAF personnel in radiation suits collected debris.
• Bentley's facility tracked 12 to 15 UFOs departing simultaneously at a calculated speed exceeding 177,000 mph via M-33 radar.
• Bentley claimed to overhear Houston Mission Control and Apollo 8 astronauts discuss a saucer-like craft paralleling their trajectory with visible portals and internal movement.
• Disclosure Project witness 101179, identified by UAP Gerb as Elaine Boder, claimed to have seen an uncut NASA film of six UFOs descending onto the lunar surface, filmed by Frank Borman during Apollo 8 in 1968.
• Greer coordinated UAP briefing documents to French President Nicholas Sarkozy via Boder around early March 2009.
• Barry Goldwater stated publicly in 1975 that he believed the U.S. government knew about UFOs and that classified materials were stored at Wright-Patterson, described as classified "Above Top Secret."
• General Curtis LeMay angrily refused Goldwater's request to access the Blue Room and ordered him never to raise the subject again.
• A 1953 AFOSI document records Master Sergeant Ralph Brown stating Wright-Patterson held three recovered flying saucers and the bodies of their pilots.
• A 1991 FOIA response confirmed that Blue Room-related film materials were destroyed on September 9, 1965.
• In December 1963, RB claimed to guard a 40-foot seamless disc-shaped craft for two weeks at an undisclosed military base.
• The craft resisted drilling, cutting torches, and high-powered laser beams without surface damage.
• A color-coded badge system controlled access to sections of the craft; a red badge conferred total access.
• RB stopped the Secretary of the Navy from crossing the white-taped security perimeter.
• RB photographed the craft with a small German pocket camera; the photograph was lost in a flood around 1983.
• RB is believed to be listed as redacted witness 10138 on Greer's Disclosure Project witness list; he has never sought publicity or profit.

Sources

• YouTube — UAP Gerb

Related Pages

• People: Harland Bentley, Barry Goldwater, Curtis LeMay, RB, Leonard Stringfield, Michael Schratt, Michael Johnstone, Steven Greer, Frank Borman, Elaine Boder, Nicholas Sarkozy, Ralph Brown, Brian Parks, Eddie L. Anderson, Plandowski, Lee Graham, Charles Bolden, Ryan S. Wood, Dan Bish
• Organizations: US Air Force, United States Marine Corps, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, NASA, Disclosure Project, 3af-p (French national aeronautical and astronautical Association UAP division), MUFON
• Locations: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
• Concepts: Blue Room, Color-Coded Security Badges, Seamless Craft Hull, White Taped Circle Restricted Zone, Ooid Cross-Section, Security Oath, Above Top Secret Classification, UAP Whistleblowers, Crash Retrieval
• Operations: Project Aquarius