The Dalotek Affair

I was watching Conflict last night... I was wondering if what the
guy said (Dr. Frank Stranges, in the interviewed at the beginning of
the episode) was actually based on reality, does anyone know?

Basically, he mentioned that "Congressman Gerald Ford" said there
should be open congressional hearings (about the existence of UFOs),
that Bobby Kennedy believed in UFOs and that these came from other
planets, and that Douglass Macarthur thought that the countries
should unite for the possibility of a war between planets
(paraphrasing). Just the fact that he mentioned Gerald Ford (and he
became president later) was a bit spooky!

David Levine

Correction, I was watching the Dalotek Affair! (Actually, I also
watched Conflict last night, hence my confusion!)

David Levine

> I was wondering if what the
> guy said (Dr. Frank Stranges,
> in the interviewed at the beginning of
> the episode) was actually based on reality,
> does anyone know?

Hi David,

here is a link which should be of interest to you:
http://pages.prodigy.net/thr-ok/quotes.html
There are statements by Ford and Kennedy.
And of course there exists a lot of sites containing
Dr. Frank Stranges.

Christian

Basically, he mentioned that "Congressman Gerald Ford" said there
> should be open congressional hearings (about the existence of UFOs),
> that Bobby Kennedy believed in UFOs and that these came from other
> planets, and that Douglass Macarthur thought that the countries
> should unite for the possibility of a war between planets
> (paraphrasing). Just the fact that he mentioned Gerald Ford (and he
> became president later) was a bit spooky!

Interestingly enough, David, president Ronald Reagan said something quite
similar to MacArthur's comment when he called on the former Soviet Union to
abandon the Cold War in the 1980's......Pam

--- In [hidden email], "Christian J." <memorymetropolis@w...>
wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> here is a link which should be of interest to you:
> http://pages.prodigy.net/thr-ok/quotes.html
> There are statements by Ford and Kennedy.
> And of course there exists a lot of sites containing
> Dr. Frank Stranges.
>
> Christian

Thanks Christian. Mmmmhhmm, before I read your post, it had never
occurred to me that this guy was real and he was playing himself in
this episode! So I guess he must had been pretty famous when UFO was
being filmed...

David Levine

Hi All :)

I remember when I went to a Fanderson convention (Uforia I or II ...can't
remember), and Gerry Anderson was being interviewed... this precise subject
came up, and Gerry mentioned that during the initial filming of UFO, they
had interviewed many scientists and authorities on the subject in case they
had to present an intro on the subject of UFO's to the audience.

Keith Alexander (who had experience interviewing people) interviewed quite a
number including Dr Stranges... Gerry mentioned that he (Dr Stranges) was a
"Real Nutter!". Anyway, many of the other scientists were quite annoyed when
their interviews had not been used... and Dr Stranges interview segment was
only used as it coincidentally mentioned historical references to UFOs, that
worked well in 'The Dalotek Affair".

Hope this is useful!

Best to All :)

Griff

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--- In [hidden email], "Christian J." <memorymetropolis@w...>
wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> here is a link which should be of interest to you:
> http://pages.prodigy.net/thr-ok/quotes.html
> There are statements by Ford and Kennedy.
> And of course there exists a lot of sites containing
> Dr. Frank Stranges.
>
> Christian

Thanks Christian. Mmmmhhmm, before I read your post, it had never
occurred to me that this guy was real and he was playing himself in
this episode! So I guess he must had been pretty famous when UFO was
being filmed...

David Levine





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>Keith Alexander (who had experience interviewing people) interviewed quite a
>number including Dr Stranges... Gerry mentioned that he (Dr Stranges) was a
>"Real Nutter!". Anyway, many of the other scientists were quite annoyed when
>their interviews had not been used...

My recollection from various sources was the Dr. Stranges was the
only one interviewed, as I think he just happened to be visiting the
set. It seems like they just tossed that "interview" up rather
spontaneously -- I don't know who really thought up the questions,
but I assume that Dr. Stranges was giving what he believed were
correct statements. That entire sequence was not in the original
script for the episode.

Marc