Michael CristolUFOlogistDated: 13:44 January 30, 2010
Hello, My name is Michael W. Cristol, or just "Mike" if you prefer.
I am a UFO and Paranormal investigator. I have been studying the subject of UFO's since the early 1950's and investigating them since 1967. I also became interested in the study of Paranormal Experiences and pursued an active study of the subject in the same year, i.e., 1967. I have had one personal UFO sighting, and have talked to many people locally who have had one or more sighting as well. I have personally investigated a landing experience in the Daviess County area of Kentucky in l967. More about this later.
My experience includes first name relationships with many National and International UFO investigators and authors. I have met with and interviewed Dr. William Fately, of Manhattan, Kansas, a Professor at Kansas St. University. Dr. Fately worked for Project Blue Book during the 1950's and 60's. I met with him personally at his office at K. State and talked with him for about twenty minutes, in July, 1988. He said he would analyze any soil or metal samples, which I send him and give me a hard copy of the report.
I was introduced to him by a friend of mine, whom I located quiet by accident, in Marrysville, Kansas. My friend will remain anonymous because he has worked in sensitive areas and is in contact with military people who have much information on UFO'S.
My own UFO experience includes a sighting of seven white UFO'S flying in a -V- formation, which lasted for about 20-30 seconds.
Date: Sept. 1967.
Time: Approximately. 8:45 P.M.
Weather Conditions: Sky Overcast, light breeze.
No thunder or lightning in the area. No moon or stars visible.
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As I was sitting on a stump in my front yard facing West, I saw what I thought was a Delta Wing aircraft approaching from the North (my right) at about 50-60 degrees elevation, traveling South. As I continued my observation, the object executed a gentle 90 degree banked turn.
The Object proceeded toward my location and passed directly over me. As I turned to face East (toward the back of my house), the object (which I saw was not a delta wing plane, but in fact 6 individual oval-shaped objects, with a crescent or half moon shaped object in front) passed to about 80 degrees vertical and the right side of the -V- pivoted on it's axis about 45 degrees to form an upside down -L-. The whole assembly then slid 90 degrees to the left.
After traveling about 10-15 degrees, the left side then swung back and resumed the -V- formation before disappearing in the night sky.
The seven objects made no sound as far as I could tell and did not blink at anytime, but maintained a smooth steady motion across 270 degrees of the sky. They were approximately 1/4 inch in diameter, by my estimate at arms length.
I called the Owensboro Daviess County airport and was advised: "No aircraft in the area at that time, either civilian or military."
The cloud ceiling was said to be 2000 ft. I could see the clouds streak against the brightness of these fluorescent colored objects.
They were either in the clouds, or above them. In August, 1967, Jack Murphree (radio announcer for local radio station) Ralph Dorris (engineer for General Electric Corp) and I paid a visit to a man by the name of Darrell Whitehouse, a farmer who lived in East-Daviess Co., Ky., about 15 miles from Owensboro. He directed us to his soy bean field, about 300 yards from his house. There we encountered a circle approximately 30 ft. in diameter. The beans within this circle were brown and withered. The ground was extremely dry. I took samples of the bean plants with their roots and soil, and mailed them to NICAP* foranalysis. We took several photographs and tape-recorded a statement from the witness.
Later, Ralph flew over the area and took aerial photos.
*NICAP was NATIONAL INVESTIGATION COMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA, established in the early 1950's by Major Donald Keyhoe, USMC, RET., which no longer is in existence.
Incidentally, Ralph and Jack personally traveled to Hopkinsville, Ky. on August 26, 1955 and interviewed the people involved in the Kelly-Hopkinsville Case, which involved little men in silver suits. I have subsequently done considerable research on this case and have considerable information in my files. I traveled to the surrounding cities and visited the libraries to obtain copies of microfiche of the newspaper articles of that time. I also contacted the author of a book entitled: "THE PENNYRILE", which contains an early history of that section of the state of Kentucky. He gave me a copy of his work on the Kelly-Hopkinsville Incident, and we have exchanged information on this case since then.
I investigated another local case and talked with the two witnesses who reported sighting a pencil shaped object, which appeared to be 6 inches long, at arms length, traveling from East to West at an estimated altitude of 5,000 ft. My background includes investigation on site at such locations as Gulf Breeze, Fl., Fyffe, and Birmingham, Ala., Corydon, Mount Vernon, and West Phalia, Ind., Sacramento, Ca., Toronto, Canada and many other places.
On April 30, 1993, through May 2, 1993, I traveled to Rachel, Nev. and attended a Symposium sponsored by Norio Hyakawa. Bob Lazar was there to speak about his involvement with Area-51. Other speakers were John Lear, Bill Hamilton, and Norio.From there, I and five other friends traveled to the famous "Black Mailbox" at the road, which intersects with the Black Top road leading to Area-51.
While sitting there, we saw a flash of light, and my friend, Mike, adjusted the angle of his camcorder (equipped with a starlight lens) toward the mountains. Once he was home, he reviewed the videotape and found about five minutes of video of a small cursor sized, self-luminous something, moving and jumping erratically across the screen. It also stopped, started, and divided into two different pieces, before coming back together and jumping across the screen as depicted by the following diagram:
This is basically what we saw in motion on the videotape. These are just some examples of the work I have been and am presently involved in.
I am an independent investigator who prefers to work as such. I am not interested in joining any organized UFO group, for obvious reasons. I am willing to share my cases with interested parties, who are also willing to do likewise. Those who know me or interact with me on a regular basis will vouch for my trust-worthiness.
As a resident of Daviess Co., Kentucky, I am a lecturer on the subject of UFO'S, Psychic Phenomena, and other related subjects, and have considerable knowledge and experience in this field. I am available for public or private lectures to interested parties, and request any information and/or personal sightings and experiences of those willing to share them. (This file has not been updated since the early to mid-90's. However, there is enough information here to make you aware of my background.)
Michael W. Christol
January 20, 2010
Davies Co., Kentucky
