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Authors: Robert Doherty
Tags: Fiction, Literary, General, Science-Fiction, Historical, Fantasy, Espionage, High Tech, Unidentified flying objects, Space ships, Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.), Area 51 Region (Nev.)
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MRI was picking up some form of residual radiation.
Nabinger sorted the story out in his mind. There was only one clue to pursue: the name on the dagger. Von Seeckt. Who was--or probably more appropriately--who had he been?
"What are you doing?" Kaji asked, as Nabinger tucked the dagger into his waistband.
"I am keeping this," Nabinger said. "I paid for your story and this is the only proof."
"I did not agree to that," Kaji said.
"Do you wish me to tell your men of your deal? Of the
money I just gave you?" Nabinger asked. "They would want their share."
Kaji eyes narrowed. Then he stood and shrugged. "You
may keep it. It is an evil thing. I should have gotten rid of it long ago."
4
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
T-134 HOURS, 45 MINUTES
"This is Johnny. I'm out of town for a bit. Back on the tenth. Talk to you then.
Leave a message at the beep. Bye."
Kelly slowly put the receiver down, not bothering to leave a message. It was after nine in the morning on the tenth. "Oh, Johnny, you've done it now," she whispered to herself.
There was no doubt in her mind that Johnny Simmons was in trouble. He had a strange sense of humor, but he wouldn't have sent her that tape and letter as a joke. She knew he was dead serious when he went on an assignment.
After the little he had related to her about what had happened in El Salvador, she could well understand his seriousness. He had listed nine in the morning three times in his letter. He would not have forgotten or blown it off. At the absolute minimum he would have changed his message by remote as he had said he would.
She turned on her computer and accessed her on-line service. To find out where Johnny was, she would have to follow him, and information was the way to start.
There were two avenues of investigation to pursue, and she knew they were the same two areas that Johnny would have looked into before he went on assignment.
The first would be to get background information about Area 51 and Nellis Air Force Base. The second would be to get more specific and look into the UFO
phenomenon as it related to Area 51.
Kelly had more than a glancing background in the field of UFOs, which was why, in addition to their friendship, Johnny had sent her the package in the first place. Her trouble eight years ago with the Air Force at Nellis Air Force Base had had to do with that subject and had for all practical purposes destroyed a promising career in the documentary filmmaking field. What had appeared at the time to Kelly as an excellent opportunity had turned into a disaster.
Kelly took the package Johnny had sent her and went through it one more time, this go-around making notes of key words on a legal pad. When she was done, she looked at what she had:
Las Vegas Postmark
The Captain
23 Oct. transmissions, Nellis AFB
Red Flag
F-15
"Mailbox"
Dreamland
Groom Lake
Kelly accessed her on-line data base and set up a Boolean keyword search. She started with the date in question, combining it with Nellis Air Force Base, and drew a blank. Then she switched to both the twenty-third and twenty-fourth of October and accessed any news about F-15's. This time she got a hit. She drew up the article, from the Tucson Citizen, dated the twenty-fourth of October: F-15 Crashes, Pilot Killed
Officials at Davis-Montham Air Force Base confirmed last night that an F-15
fighter jet from the 355th Tactical Training Wing crashed during training yesterday on the Luke Air Force Base reservation.
The pilot, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was killed in the crash.
The aircraft went down in rough terrain and recovery operations are under way.
(No further information was available at press time.)
Kelly checked, but there was nothing on the crash in the following day's paper, which was unusual. Kelly flipped open her atlas. Luke Air Force Base was in Arizona, hundreds of miles from the Nellis Air Force Base Range. She hit the delete key. This had nothing to
Nabinger sorted the story out in his mind. There was only one clue to pursue: the name on the dagger. Von Seeckt. Who was--or probably more appropriately--who had he been?
"What are you doing?" Kaji asked, as Nabinger tucked the dagger into his waistband.
"I am keeping this," Nabinger said. "I paid for your story and this is the only proof."
"I did not agree to that," Kaji said.
"Do you wish me to tell your men of your deal? Of the
money I just gave you?" Nabinger asked. "They would want their share."
Kaji eyes narrowed. Then he stood and shrugged. "You
may keep it. It is an evil thing. I should have gotten rid of it long ago."
4
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
T-134 HOURS, 45 MINUTES
"This is Johnny. I'm out of town for a bit. Back on the tenth. Talk to you then.
Leave a message at the beep. Bye."
Kelly slowly put the receiver down, not bothering to leave a message. It was after nine in the morning on the tenth. "Oh, Johnny, you've done it now," she whispered to herself.
There was no doubt in her mind that Johnny Simmons was in trouble. He had a strange sense of humor, but he wouldn't have sent her that tape and letter as a joke. She knew he was dead serious when he went on an assignment.
After the little he had related to her about what had happened in El Salvador, she could well understand his seriousness. He had listed nine in the morning three times in his letter. He would not have forgotten or blown it off. At the absolute minimum he would have changed his message by remote as he had said he would.
She turned on her computer and accessed her on-line service. To find out where Johnny was, she would have to follow him, and information was the way to start.
There were two avenues of investigation to pursue, and she knew they were the same two areas that Johnny would have looked into before he went on assignment.
The first would be to get background information about Area 51 and Nellis Air Force Base. The second would be to get more specific and look into the UFO
phenomenon as it related to Area 51.
Kelly had more than a glancing background in the field of UFOs, which was why, in addition to their friendship, Johnny had sent her the package in the first place. Her trouble eight years ago with the Air Force at Nellis Air Force Base had had to do with that subject and had for all practical purposes destroyed a promising career in the documentary filmmaking field. What had appeared at the time to Kelly as an excellent opportunity had turned into a disaster.
Kelly took the package Johnny had sent her and went through it one more time, this go-around making notes of key words on a legal pad. When she was done, she looked at what she had:
Las Vegas Postmark
The Captain
23 Oct. transmissions, Nellis AFB
Red Flag
F-15
"Mailbox"
Dreamland
Groom Lake
Kelly accessed her on-line data base and set up a Boolean keyword search. She started with the date in question, combining it with Nellis Air Force Base, and drew a blank. Then she switched to both the twenty-third and twenty-fourth of October and accessed any news about F-15's. This time she got a hit. She drew up the article, from the Tucson Citizen, dated the twenty-fourth of October: F-15 Crashes, Pilot Killed
Officials at Davis-Montham Air Force Base confirmed last night that an F-15
fighter jet from the 355th Tactical Training Wing crashed during training yesterday on the Luke Air Force Base reservation.
The pilot, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was killed in the crash.
The aircraft went down in rough terrain and recovery operations are under way.
(No further information was available at press time.)
Kelly checked, but there was nothing on the crash in the following day's paper, which was unusual. Kelly flipped open her atlas. Luke Air Force Base was in Arizona, hundreds of miles from the Nellis Air Force Base Range. She hit the delete key. This had nothing to
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