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New Facts Revealed
About Robert A.M. Stephens ?
1-20-99
 
 
Note - Several weeks ago we strongly suggested there was much more to Mr.
Stephens than had been revealed to date, and that his 'confession' letter
was, in fact, a mocking tongue-in-cheek exercise in gamesmanship. The
following seems to confirm that.
 
 
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:50:02 -0600
Subject: Confirmation of Robert Stephens
From: "Scot Bowlin" <wubi@iquest.net>
 
 
 
To whom it may concern,
 
Alot of you have noticed my name on many emails that have come from Robert A.M. Stephens since he entered the UFO field back on 10-16-1998. I wanted to take this time to confirm a few things as true that Robert has been accused of falsifying.
 
They need to be clarified now since the information he has offered to the UFO communtiy has been shown to be true over the time he has been involved pertinet to the UFO subject. A few more minor items need to be verified as well. His reluctance to reveal details about his service to this nation are his perogative. I'm countering his wishes a little here under the circumstances. His military record I am most confident will not be available in the public view.
 
#1. Larry Mauk, NASA-Kennedy Space Center, Florida, is a real person. I have met him, I have had dinner with him. Robert and Larry go back to 1982 as pretty close friends and associates with the agency. He was in large part responsible for getting me my job at NASA.
 
#2. Robert was in the Seals. I have seen the paperwork, I have seen the pictures of him with his team. I can not elaborate more, but I am sure of this.
 
#3. Robert does have access to what he says he does. One does not have the badges he has without a very thorough security check. While I worked at NASA I had the lowest clearance that there was, Robert was much nearer the top, if my memory serves me he was one of a few who had direct access to the shuttle and anywhere on any center he wished to go---even the most snesitive areas at the various top secret air facilities and test beds. He had also gone through pre astronaut training for the artist in space project..
 
#4. Robert is who he says he is. To my knowledge he does not, nor has he ever worked for NASA. He has always remained a contractor by choice though NASA has courted him at times to come onboard. He is a painter of world renown. I have seen his work, I have seen the press clippings. He was even covered in my local paper while he visited me. He also is and has done all sorts of work for the various vendors associated with STS and NASA. He continues to do this work by choice from his rural home out in Montana. At times he does travel on NASA assignments and other directives.
 
All of the above is true. I can and would verify anywhere, anytime. I have known Robert for more than 15 years. I have never known him to fabricate anything about himself because in truth he does not need to.
 
His disavowing of himself in that interview where he calls himself 'Fraud' was his own ruse, I believe, if anyone cared to think, to show that everyone in this peculiar discipline online should be watchful of sensationalized claims. Sometimes, we can overlook fact when we are assailed with fiction. Your UFO field online is a harbinger of some fiction.
 
Sincerely,
 
Scot Bowlin <wubi@iquest.net
 
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From: UFOLAWYER1@aol.com Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 01:06:53 EST Subject: Re: Confirmation of Robert Stephens
 
Scot,
 
Why did you wait until now to come forward? Please explain what prompted you to come forward now. Would it be possible for you to forward any e-mails that you have received and sent to Stephens within the last week. Interesting that Stephens has shown you documentation of his SEAL affiliation but refuses, on privacy grounds, to show anyone else. I guess he does make exceptions. So you have never known him to fabricate anything? If I could prove to you that he fabricated something, would that change your opinion of him?
 
Peter A. Gersten
 
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 01:46:36 -0600 Subject: Re: Confirmation of Robert Stephens From: "Scot Bowlin" <wubi@iquest.net To: UFOLAWYER1@aol.com,
 
Peter wrote: Why did you wait until now to come forward?
 
Well, to be frank, I have a life. I have an 18 month old daughter to take care of, we have been buried under 20 inches of snow for the past two weeks, and I finally grew tired of the one sidedness of all this.
 
Peter wrote: Please explain what prompted you to come forward now.
 
If you are implying that Robert asked me to no, he did not. I nearly "came forward" a few weeks ago, but with the weather and all I just ran out of time. It really is that simple.
 
Peter wrote: Would it be possible for you to forward any e-mails that you have received and sent to Stephens within the last week.
 
Sure, it is possible, although from 1/17 to today my phone line was out, internal short, fixed by Ameritech today. But what is the point? Unless I grant you access to my email account, which I won't, (nor would you me) it would prove nothing. You would have no way to verify you had recieved them all.
 
Peter wrote: Interesting that Stephens has shown you documentation of his SEAL affiliation but refuses, on privacy grounds, to show anyone else.
 
No, not interesting, if you know why. Robert and I used to be neighbors, this was years ago. I happened to show up one day as he was going through some papers. He showed them to me. That is it, no hocus pocus, no big cover-up.
 
Peter wrote: So you have never known him to fabricate anything?
 
No, not to my knowledge. Of course I am not with him 24 hours a day, I have not known him his entire life, he is rougly 10 years older than me.
 
Peter wrote: If I could prove to you that he fabricated something, would that change your opinion of him?
 
 
Prove to me he fabricated something? Peter, step back for a moment. We are not in court, and you are not cross examining me. If we must go through this as you have started here, fine, but we learn nor fix anything.
 
Can you prove Robert has told a lie? Proably. Who hasn't told a lie? The things I wrote in my letter I know to be true, period.
 
This amazes me: You accuse Robert of not being a SEAL because you can't prove it. And yet, most if not all of the UFO stuff I have seen is unprovable, but you have no problem acepting it. Why?
 
Your rapid fire questions lead me to believe that you have put me in the same boat as you have Robert. That is your right, but you know nothing of me, you have not caught me in a lie, nor will you. I seem to be guilty by association. Odd position for an attorney.....
 
Scot Bowlin <wubi@iquest.net





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