- Leo Dworshak and Timothy Good don't seem to have much
in common at first glance.
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- Dworshak, 84, grew up on a North Dakota farm, joined
the military, and worked as a salesman most of his life.
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- In contrast, Good came of age in World War II London,
received a formal education at The King's School in Canterbury, and picked
up a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music as a chamber violinist.
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- So when these two men sat together at Dworshak's home
in Helena June 10, one appeared as different as the next. But their belief
in UFOs and alien encounters served as the only bond the two would need
to get the conversation started.
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- Good, perhaps the world's leading authority on UFOs,
arrived in Helena to interview Dworshak about his alien encounter and subsequent
book, "UFOs Are With UsóTake My Word." Good heard of Dworshak's
experience through a man named Lucius Farrila, who runs a UFO news clipping
service in Arkansas.
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- "I find this one of the most compelling contact
stories I've investigated," Good said.
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- That says a lot considering that Good has been investigating
such stories for more than 40 years. He first became fascinated with aviation
and space travel as a boy. In 1955, his interests compelled him to read
a book written by Maj. Donald Keyhoe describing the high-altitude encounters
between military and commercial pilots, and UFOs.
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- Good began his own research into the topic in 1961. He
has since collected information from around the world, including, he said,
declassified documents from both the British and U.S. governments.
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- "There are relatively few people who know what's
going on, and those who know don't talk," Good said. "It's the
most sensitive issue."
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- Good's credibility as a UFO researcher is well known.
He's the author of six books on the topic, including the Sunday Times bestseller,
"Beyond Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Security Threat." His lectures
include IBM, the Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences, the Royal Canadian
Military Institute and the Oxford and Cambridge Union societies.
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- Over the years, Good has interviewed some 50 people claiming
contact with extraterrestrials. Some accounts, he admitted, are more credible
than others.
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- "I have been hoodwinked on occasion," Good
said, his British accent shining through. "The hardest thing to deal
with are the pathological liars ó those who have come to believe
their own lies. The human mind is limitless in its ability to imagine."
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- Good's goal seems simple enough ó to get actual
proof of alien presence on Earth. His latest book, "Unearthly Disclosure,"
argues that aliens have taken up planetary residence, establishing as many
as three bases within the United States.
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- "They have the ability to manipulate space-time."
Good said. "They travel at incredibly fast speeds. These are based
upon what I consider to be credible accounts."
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- When dealing with a topic that begins with "unidentified,"
at times, Good said, his pursuit of proof can be a frustrating endeavor.
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- That's not to say that he hasn't had his own unusual
encounters. Good recalled one instance in New York City in 1967 where he
encountered what he could only describe as an ET in human form ó
a resident alien. Good communicated with the man not through words, but
through telepathic thought.
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- "There wasn't a word spoken between us," Good
said. "He didn't smile. He didn't frown. It was a cathartic experience
and it changed my life."
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- Dworshak doesn't need to be convinced. He wrings his
hands this morning while listening to Good's own contact stories, nodding
on occasion ó a true believer.
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- It was on a summer night in 1932 that Dworshak and his
brother saw a spacecraft land near their North Dakota farm. The first time
they ran off in fear. The second time, Dworshak said, they entered the
ship.
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- "The inner shell seemed to be standing still, or
perhaps, turning the other way," he said. "It was totally silent
and produced no cloud of exhaust or smoke."
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- Dworshak chronicled the encounter in his book, "UFOs
are With UsóTake My Word." The book has become something of
a cult classic among believers around the world, and the letters have rolled
in from as far away as Australia.
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- "When we were talking a few days ago, I forgot to
tell you about the recent sightings of round, stationary lights over New
Mexico and Mexico," one writer said. "Our local TV weatherman,
Jimmy Stewart, commented about them, showed some amateur footage, and made
the comment, ëI'd like to know about theseÖ' "
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- Over the course of his life, Dworshak said, the ETs have
revisited him several times. His experiences have altered the way he views
religion and culture, both of which will serve as fodder for his next book,
"UFOs and What's to Come."
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- "I knew it was up to me to leave a record of what
happened," Dworshak said. "If I'm still around, talk to me 12
years from now. You won't believe what's happening."
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- Through his interviews with people like Dworshak, and
his subsequent research, Good has concluded that aliens are indeed living
on Earth. He says they have been here for a long time.
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- "Some of the beings do not have our best interest
at heart," Good said. "They have their own agenda, and there's
a feeling they may need this planet. It's a complex picture. The information
they (the witnesses) have relayed to me, I find compelling. We're not the
ones in charge."
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