In 1979, I moved my mother and myself out to Bellport after my father's death. In 1982, I won a transfer to Suffolk County Supreme Court and there I remained until I retired in 1993. In 1987, Richard Stout and I met and became friends sharing a interest in war gaming and military scale modeling and also the subject of UFOs.

1987 was the same year I did my last job for the CIA and became inactive. My friend "Walter" had been deactivated by us and rendered useless to the KGB by our operations. In 1987, I attended his wedding as my last surveillance duty and reported on who attended the affair.

In 1988 Richard Stout and I began researching UFOs on Long Island and talked about forming a research organization to report on activity on Long Island after being urged on by researchers such as Dick Ruhl, Phil Imbrogno, John Lear and Linda Moulton Howe.

In January 1989, Richard and I agreed to form a new organization with Richard giving it the name of the Long Island UFO Network. It was the same month as the animal mutilation wave hit the island. In April, Richard and I had our first UFO sighting and after appearing on the Joel Martin Show on which we reported our sighting announced the next month the formation of LIUFON.

With the formation of LIUFON the Hotline never stopped ringing. Long Island UFO Network began reporting on the activity on Long Island and made history. We attracted national and international attention and little did we know we attracted the attention of other nation's intelligence services.

In January 1996, I was contacted by Joe Zuppardo to come to his home and meet a close personal friend of his who wanted to join LIUFON and get involved in investigating UFOs.

So one night I went to Zuppardo's address and met his childhood friend, Joe Mazzuchelli. He appeared to be a nice guy and we struck up a friendship. That night I drove him home and he promised to come by my home and sign up as a member, which he did a few days later. He also took an investigator's application and applied for a position.

After meeting him he became a frequent visitor and it was nearly impossible to keep him away. He showed an impassioned appetite to learn all he could about UFOs. He attended our regular meetings along with his buddy Sal Marino who was a long time friend who he brought to meet me at my home.

Then one weekend in March of 1996, he came to me asking if he could borrow my old pickup truck to move his girlfriend's belongings from her old boyfriend's house up to his uncle's place in Port Jefferson where he was going to store it in his basement. He had the truck for a week and came to my house on a Wednesday night asking if he could keep the truck for a few more days. He also told me he had a friend by the name of Rocket who lived near South Haven Park and had gone into the park after watching the UFO crash and made it to the crash site minutes after it had impacted on a fire road in the park.

He saw what was left of the craft and mentioned that there were a lot of Park Rangers and Police around the site. Joe said his friend was willing to talk to us and he would meet with me at the Manorville Diner in Manorville on Rte 111 on Friday morning.

That Thursday night, Joe took my truck and drove up North Ocean Ave to get to the LIE to get to visit Joe Zuppardo. He was followed by four big men in an official Suffolk County Motor Pool car. They cut Joe off as he entered the service road to the LIE and forced him to the side and dragged him out of the truck beating him severely about the face and the body. Before they left they told him stop investigating things that are not your business.

The next morning I was awakened by a early morning telephone call by Joe warning me not to keep the appointment with Rocket and to stay all day at home not to venture outside. He told me what happened and told me he would be over to my house to return the truck and show me what happened.

That afternoon he came to my house and showed me bruises and lacerations about his face and body from the assault. He related the series of events and told me what they had done and said. I said it sounded like it may have been meant for me not for him. He agreed with me that this was a possibility but for what reason was beyond us. I photographed his face and body capturing both the bruises and the lacerations. That afternoon we both went to the scene of the crime and photographed the area.

End Part 1


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