Another MUFON State Director retired from the Air Force after 22 
years as a Lt. Colonel. We were discussing the stories of UFO 
encounter witnesses that were most credible for us. He said, It's
when someone you know and have known comes to you with a story
that is believable becuase it's anomalous and the credibility
of the person has already been established by 100% of the
other things they have told you over the course of a long 
relationship.

For example, he said, I knew a non-commissioned officer who came
to me one day scared shitless. He wanted to talk because he was
afraid and didn't know where else to go. He had been to Groom
Lake on assignment and encountered a 7-foot-tall alien there,
working with the government.

Addendum: I was interviewing a witness recalling an incident of
many years ago north of Manitowac Wisconsin when he was a 
teenager (1960s or 70s - I'd have to look it up.) He and a teen
friend were being driven by his father past the Cleveland swamp
when they saw a luminous UFO land in the swamp. They went on to 
their destination (the next town) and when returning by the same
road an hour or so later, saw a "7-foot-tall alien by the side 
of the road right near where we saw the UFO go into the swamp."
We wanted to stop, he said, but my dad was too scared and 
stepped on it instead. 

Richard Thieme
rthieme@lifeworks.com
Fri, Aug 18, 1995 9:23 PM PDT