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DULCE, NEW MEXICO
- On Sunday, March
25, I finally
arrived at Dulce,
New Mexico once
again, after more
than 17 years. It
was a long drive
from Los Angeles but
it was definitely a
worthwhile trip.
The last time that I
was at this
"mysterious" little
town was in March of
1990.
I will never forget
that 1990 visit when
I first brought a
Japanese TV crew,
incredible as it may
sound, to document
an alleged existence
of an "underground
U.S./alien joint
bio-lab" which was
rumored to exist
deep under the
Archuleta Mesa,
adjacent to Dulce.
While interviewing
many Jicarilla
Apache locals on the
street at that
visit, we were
inexplicably
detained by the then
Police Chief, Hoyt
Velarde and kept at
his office for
almost an hour and a
half, during which
time he had
meticulously taken
down our personal
info, i.e., our
ID's, driver's
license numbers and,
in my case, even my
Soc. Sec. number, if
I recall correctly.
It was a shock to us
then. We had asked
him if we were doing
anything illegal by
interviewing the
people, the question
to which he never
responded. I
clearly remember
that just before he
released us, he told
us in a rather
warning tone: "Don't
you ever ask any
more questions
regarding such a
base. I have
nothing to do with
it and I do not want
to talk about it!"
An enigmatic answer,
indeed. That was
in March of 1990.
Now here I am once
again, in Dulce. It
brought me back lots
of memories of
1990. However, this
time, as soon as I
drove in to Dulce, I
immediately noticed
that it had
completely changed
since 1990.
It seems to have
grown quite a lot,
not so much in terms
of population, but
in terms of its
physical
appearance. There
are now so many new
buildings, large and
small and many
modern local
community
facilities - a
brand new Middle
School, a brand new
High School, a new
Students' Athletic
Complex, brand new
Police and
Maintenance Center,
a modern Emergency
Medical Service
facility, and on the
south side, a brand
new Student's
Residential Complex,
and, of course, a
newly refurbished
Best Western Hotel,
all in the small
community of less
than 3500 residents.
Yes, it has been
many years, so it
would seem natural
for some growth to
take place.
However, the
question I began to
think was where did
all the funds for
all these sudden
developments come
from? And,
especially, for such
a tiny town?
When I interviewed
the locals in 1990,
I clearly remember
that almost every
one of them had
testified to us that
in the late 70's and
the early 80's, they
had frequently
observed strange
lights in the sky,
especially flying
over and around, and
even appearing to
disappear into the
sides of the Mesa.
They even testified
to us that they also
frequently observed
military helicopters
over Dulce, along
with reports of
cattle mutilations
in the ranches
nearby. Those were
the things we heard
back then when we
were in Dulce in
1990.
To my great
surprise, sightings
still seem to
continue in and
around Dulce, even
now!!
Even recent
sightings of what
many describe as
"Bigfoot" along the
Navajo River is also
a fairly new topic
of conversation in
Dulce now.
I was so fortunate
this time to
personally get to
know a friendly
family who lives in
the northwest area
of the town. I had
gotten to know the
husband while I was
attending the UFO
symposium in Aztec
the weekend before.
During my three days
of stay in Dulce
this time, I have
obtained many new,
fascinating sighting
reports from many
locals again,
particularly from
the family that I
just mentioned and
their relatives.
On my second day of
stay in Dulce, this
family invited me to
their residence for
a great meal. They
had also invited
their relatives who
were willing to
describe to me in
detail many strange
experiences they
have had and even
are having now.
It was assuring me
to know that the
family that I
befriended were
immediate relatives
of high officials of
the Jicarilla Apache
tribe. The husband
was a son of the
former head of the
Police Department
(way before Hoyt
Velarde). His wife
is an immediate
family of the head
of the Jicarilla
Apache tribal
council. His
sister-in-law has
been a Dulce Police
dispatcher. For
this reason, I will
refrain from naming
any individuals to
protect their
privacy.
My friend's wife
told me of a fairly
recent incident
whereby a huge,
silent delta-shaped
dark object emitting
extremely bright
lights slowly passed
over a group of 50
to 75 (all their
relatives) on a mesa
where they were
celebrating a
traditional
Jicarilla Apache
feast called the
"coming out" feast,
a "puberty"
celebration for
young boys and girls
(similar to the
Spanish quincenera
celebration). The
huge object appeared
after sundown, an
hour or so after
their traditional
meals had ended and
after the shamans
had completed their
chantings and
dances. They were
simply stunned to
see the huge
triangular 'craft'
hovering only about
100 feet above the
campground. The
entire area lit up
like daylight. What
was more amazing was
that after a few
minutes of hovering
over the area, it
suddenly took off
with a tremendous
gust of wind. Pots
and pans were flying
all over. Some of
the people were
almost thrown off
their vehicles.
Fortunately, no one
was injured. Panic
spread. The
generators failed to
re-start and all
battery-operated
appliances
malfunctioned,
including the car
radios.
Another recent
incident they
recounted was a
daytime sighting of
a silver,
saucer-shaped object
at around 11 a.m.,
which hovered for 30
minutes right next
to Hwy 537, not too
far from the
junction of U.S. 64,
north of La Jara
Lake.
One relative also
recounted a recent,
unforgettable
sighting of a huge,
flying "triangle"
near Hwy 537, near
J-30 (Jicrailla
Road, #30), with
some type of a
"cloaking device"
that almost appeared
to have a
transparent body.
The object was
described to have
been close to
half-a-mile in
length!!
The biggest and most
impressive sighting,
however, took place
in May of 2004 when
several families
were celebrating
together the feast
on a Jicarilla
Apache campground,
located at an area
near J-33 and J-40,
right near the
Continental Divide.
Incredibly, it
involved hundreds
(not just one or two
objects) of
brilliant objects in
the night sky. It
literally filled up
the entire sky,
according to the
testimony of the
former Dulce police
dispatcher. There
were close to 100
witnesses to this
incredible
incident. Some even
said that there were
probably close to
several hundred
objects in the night
sky. They moved en
masse slowly from
one end of the sky
to the other. It
was literally an
"armada" of UFOs
(which exactly
reminded me of the
famous,
well-documented 1950
mass sightings of
UFOs over
Farmington, near the
Four Corners area of
New Mexico).
What was
particularly
fascinating about
this sighting was
that everyone also
saw a small fleet of
military helicopters
which seemed to
follow the objects.
Again, car radios
went dead all
through the
sighting.
An interesting point
is that many of the
appearances of UFOs
seem to coincide
with various feasts
taking place in the
Jicarilla Apache
reservation. Were
'they' attracted to
the Jicarilla
feasts?
Last but not the
least of the
impressive Dulce
sightings involved a
Jicarilla Apache
Forest Service
ranger who witnessed
a 'craft' of some
kind enter the east
side of the
Archuleta Mesa
through several
large rocks that
appeared to open
(almost like a door)
and in went the
craft into the side
of the mesa. He
excitedly reported
this sighting live
on his microphone
while he was
communicating on his
radio with the
Forest Service
station across the
south side of Dulce.
The ranger was
stationed at the top
of the Archuleta
Mesa in the look-out
building next to the
radio communications
tower. This took
place a few years
after a big fire
destroyed many of
the trees on and
around the mesa.
(What is still
strange about the
aftermath of the
fire, which they say
happened about 10
years ago, is the
fact that all
attempts for the
re-forestation have
so far failed on and
around the Archuleta
Mesa. They just
don't seem to grown,
for some strange
reason or other.
What is my
conclusion to all
these fairly recent
sightings in Dulce?
These were all
first-hand
eyewitnesses to the
events. Without
doubt, I cannot help
but believe that
they all saw what
they described to
have seen. There is
no other
explanation.
Lastly, while in
Dulce, the son of
the former head of
the Dulce Police
Department took me
to the site of
Project Gasbuggy.
Project Gasbuggy was
a rather 'strange'
1967 government
project which
involved a large
underground nuclear
explosion (29
kilotons of TNT)
deep inside the high
plateau area 25
miles south of Dulce,
allegedly to release
natural gas from
deep under the
ground. It was a
joint project with
El Paso Natural Gas
Company. What is
not frequently
mentioned in
association with
this curious project
was that the huge
nuclear explosion
had created, deep,
huge underground
extensive caverns
all over the area
along with extensive
natural "tunnels".
What this has to do
with the ongoing
sightings of not
only "UFOs" but also
alleged sightings of
"entities"
(including fairly
recent sightings of
alleged 'Bigfoot'
along the Navajo
River near Dulce) is
up to the reader.
We may not
necessarily be
talking about pure
physical phenomena
but somehow
intertwined with it
could be a yet
unknown type of "interdimensional"
occurrences.
It is simply
fascinating!! And
it is still ongoing
in the "mysterious"
town of Dulce, New
Mexico!!
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Norio Hayakawa |
