Great article . Will definitely apply it to my blog

Pete,

You are in a excellent location to be retired. You can sit in your backyard rock garden and look down nine-mile hill at the congestion of Albuquerque: the traffic, the commercial and military aircraft, and the UFO’s flying in and out of their base underneath Monsanto. If you will just cultivate a relationship with these aliens, they may even let you travel that high-speed tunnel all the way to Washington, D.C. to see their boss, Barack Obama. If you don’t believe it, just go on some of the UFO websites. You will be amazed at the garbage that will appear, and much of it will be based out of Kirtland.

Pete,

I am not sure exactly where you live; but, according to the map on Google, it is close to Nine Mile Hill. From the vantage point of Nine Mile Hill, you can see all of Albuquerque, including the traffic. The traffic must be horrendous now. When I was out there in the late Sixties Nine Mile Hill was essentially deserted from the Rio Grande to the top of the West Mesa. Google certainly shows a lot there now. We have got to get out to see you some time. There appears to be so many changes. I must see your back yard rock garden. When we bought a timeshare on Maui, they told us that we now had a “piece of the rock”. It may be nice to have a piece of another rock near Albuquerque. I just wish I could get Marina interested in growing rocks. She likes to grow green stuff. She might go for green rocks if I could figure out how to grow that kind.

I got a couple of questions for you. On Google, Carlisle Boulevard appears like it might be four-lane now, and Gibson Boulevard looks like it might be six-lane. Can you tell me if this is true? The area between KAFB and UNM is the area where I used to walk a lot during the time when I was too poor to have a car. If Carlisle is now four-lane, I might now get run over if I tried to walk it.

You once told me that you used to make deliveries on KAFB. The west side of the base that I was most familiar appears really to have changed. All the personnel facilities seems to have moved to the east (Sandia) side. There seems to be nothing on the west side now except base operations, the flight line, the weapons lab, and the new technology center. If Google is giving an accurate picture, my old barracks, mess hall, base theater, Mecca Service Club, NCO Club, base library (where I spent so much of my time), the base infirmary, and the two base chapels no longer exist, at least not in their ole locations. I’d be lost on Kirtland today. Oh well, I was lost when I was there in the late Sixties. At least that hasn’t changed. In spite of Obama, some things don’t change. You probably don’t know the answer to my second question since you probably never made deliveries out to the Monsanto Area of Kirtland or to Lovelace Foundation (almost out to Isleta). On Google, the highway out to Monsanto Base (Monsanto Area of Kirtland) and the Goat Farm (now a riding stable) looks like it has been upgraded to fourlane. Is this true?

I am glad that it wasn’t fourlane on July 4, 1967. On that day, very early in the morning, I was riding my bicycle out to the Goat Farm to do some work. Believe it or not, I did do some work occasionally, even for the government. I hadn’t seen a car since leaving the barracks. I was day dreaming up a storm. All of a sudden this pick-up truck came out of nowhere and past me completely off the road on my right side. He couldn’t have missed my rear wheel more than six inches. He ran off the shallow embankment, skidded around in a cloud of enchantment, pulled down in low gear and drove back on the road. It woke him up as it woke me up as well. I never broke my stride. I just kept on pedalling to the Goat Farm. I didn’t get scared until after I got to the Farm and started to think about it (and what could have happened).

Now the secret is out. This is the first time I have told of this experience to anyone. Now I guess it will be on the internet for all to see. All the lonely biking that I did southeast of Albuquerque around the Monsanto, Isleta, and Belen areas, I can say that I never once saw an UFO or an alien. This is the reason that I don’t believe in UFO’s or in aliens (except those who wade across the Rio Grande from Mexico). Until I see one, I will continue not to believe in them. This is the reason for my previous “garbage” statement. Until I see Barack Obama’s birth certificate, I will continue to believe that he was really born in Mombasa and is a British subject and not a natural born American from Hawaii. Sorry Barack! But the ball is in your court. All you have to to is to produce a birth certificate. Then, I will believe you. Shoot!!! I had to do no less when I joined the Air Force. I imagine I would have to produce one if I ran for President. Barack should to the same. Call me a “birther” if you like. I believe that everyone should be treated equally, even Barack Obama.

Errol