SUBJECT: CAPTAIN PRISONER ! FILE: UFO3375 BY CHARLOTTE BEARD Podolsk, Russia - The captain of a shimmering silver starship that landed in a Russian park last month was captured and is being held prisoner! That's the shocking word from a Russian ham radio operator who saw the ball- shaped craft land here on March 25 and watched as law enforcement agents over powered the extraterrestrial captain and took him into custody. Reports of the incident were first published in a underground Russian newspaper and later picked up by European wire services. But those reports only confirmed that the starship had landed - and totally disregarded the violent way the ship's captain was taken away. "The captain of the UFO is in a Russian prison and Heaven knows what the Russians are going to do with him," said Jacques Gaits, a ham radio operator who spoke with the Russian ham from his base in Paris. "My contact said the captured extraterrestrial was dressed in shiny red overalls - the others were dressed entirely in silver - and was obviously in charge. He was taken by Russian police while he and his crew were surveying the landing site. "He offered no resistance and actually seemed very gentle. But the agents still hit him with a club, stuffed him in the back of a black van and sped away." Gaits refused to identify the Russain ham operator because he feared Russian police would arrest the man. But ham operators in Sweden, Italy and Japan also heard the man's report and backed up what Gaits said in published reports around the world. For their part, Russian officials deny the allegations and insist the international wire reports about the landing of the spaceship were "total fabrications." But U.S. officials say the denials by the Russia government should not be believed. They point to wire reports quoting several eyewitnesses who all described the aliens the same way - as being between 10 and 12 feet tall and having very small heads. They were reportedly accompanied by a fireplug-shaped robot that appeared to be taking air and soil samples. The visitors were in the park for nearly 10 minutes before policemen arrived and arrested the captain. According to the Russian ham operator, the other aliens retreated into the ship as soon as the police arrived, but the leader stayed outside. After the leader was taken in to custody, the ship ascended in to the sky, where it seemed to take the shape of a disc as it flew off, witnesses said. Genrikh Silanov, head of the Podolsk Geophysicial Laboratory, supported the stories when he conducted tests at the landing site that proved extraterrestrials had been there. Silanov noted a 60-foot depression and four deep dents that clearly show where the craft touched down in the park. Two small rocks that fell from the ship were tested and found to be unlike anything on Earth, he said. High-ranking U.S. officials refused to comment officially, but privately they expressed concern that the captain of an alien ship was manhandled and arrested. "This is very delicate and dangerous situation," said one Washington-based intelligence expert, who asked not to be indentified. "The Russians don't know who or what they are dealing with - nobody does for sure. "There could be reprisals. And if there are, our entire planet could be held responsible for this intergalactic act of espionage." There are also fears in Washington that the Russians could gain significant military information from the captured alien. "There's no telling what kind of technology these extraterrestrials are privy to," the source said. "Many Americans feel the Cold War with Russia is over, but the fact is, there are still many powerful political leaders over there who would love to gain an upper hand on the United States." The Clinton Administration has reportedly called on Russian President Boris Yeltsin to order the release of the captured alien "before it's too late." ********************************************************************* * -------->>> THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo <<<------- * *********************************************************************