The Valiant Thor Landing
002741-57 Room 4D-717
Project Blue Book
Jill, Donn, Valiant
April, 1957
During the winter of
1956-57, the Washington, D.C. area was extremely cold, but it was a good feeling to be
working in a high security position in the Pentagon. I lived only a short distance
away in Georgetown, the old section of the Nation's Capital. Senator J.F. Kennedy
lived on "O" Street just a block away from our house on Prospect.
During a
successful tour with the U.S. Naval Ceremonial Honor Guard, we had met with astronauts
Glen, Cooper, Waly Sherrar, who were the first wave of successful space travelers.
Also we had visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier numerous times. It seemed like
every time a visiting dignitary came to Washington, they lay a wreath at the tomb.
We had met the Queen of England several times at the airport, as these were
some of the duties I performed as a young officer in the Navy. After carrying the
2-Star flag at the funeral of my late uncle, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, I was
recommended for a security clearance and was granted a Top Secret Clearance after a
lengthy six-month background study (B1 complete 1957). After being transferred to the
Chief of Naval Information (CHINFO), I worked in the Security Clearance section before
being indoctrinated into the branch office of the Air Force called PROJECT BLUE BOOK.
It was a joint service office; that is, two Marines, two Army, two Navy and three Air
Force officers.
The work was routine, opening incoming mail, sorting out what
was called actual sightings as opposed to many fake UFO photos. We also acted as a
Public Information Office (PIO), much like a public relations office. Every
publisher's dream was to get the real low down on the UFO situation, which was
suppressed by the group that dictated national policy on the UFO matter.
In mid March, 1957, we received an urgent message from the Alexandria Police
Department. The message indicated that two of their on-duty police officers had picked
up an alien who had landed some 14 miles south of Pentagon Boulevard, and the occupant
was transported to the Pentagon to meet with the Under Secretary of Defense and then
shuttled underground to meet with President Eisenhower and Vice President Richard
Nixon. The meeting lasted for nearly an hour and then, the alien visitor was put on
VIP status and was shuttled back to the Pentagon where he spent the night in the Army
reception office on the first floor near the concourse. This alien's name was Valiant
Thor.
Commander James was on duty at the Security Clearance and Review for the
branch officer of the Project Blue Book. He oversaw the meeting through official
channels and reported the landing and meeting of the "space emissary", as he was
labeled by the Department of Defense, to a governing group of high military officials
including Secretary of Defense F.F. Forestall and other scientific men of which there
were twelve. They in turn made recommendations to the President and Cabinet members,
the CIA, FBI, NSA, and so on.
The landing of Valiant Thor was perhaps the first
documented landing of a human-type alien by military officials. He contacted an
individual in the Pentagon who was an advocate of the UFO alien situation. "Nancy
Warren" in turn contacted a minister, who was also a private investigator and
theologian, a Dr. Frank E. Stranges, who then met with this individual. Dr. Stranges
had been a guest speaker at the National Evangelistic Center for two weeks.
Val
Thor landed in Alexandria and met with the President to discuss the world's problems
and offer advice and counsel on how to deal with and eliminate them. He indicated to
Mr. Eisenhower that the world was in a precarious situation and that if the world
continued to proceed on a war footing - it would cause an economic imbalance
throughout the world. Val Thor stayed on Earth until March 16, 1960, and then
disembarked to his home planet Venus.
He indicated that his race of people
lived and dwelled underground and that many of the planets throughout the universe
sustain life in this same manner. He also mentioned the waves of aliens who would land
around the world to help with the Earth's seemingly insurmountable problems. He stated
that a group from a distant planetary system would be coming to give aid and data to
help the Earth's progress. Val Thor spoke of Christ's presence in the universe and
that it was heartwarming to see Christ's advanced teaching continuing. This visitation
at the Pentagon marks perhaps a new era in knowledge, wisdom and understanding on our
planet.
- Harley Andrew Byrd
Nephew to the late
Rear Admiral
Richard R.E. Byrd
United States Navy
From the book
Stranger at the Pentagon
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