Truthed.com Interview With Kevin D. Randle

Truthed · 09-22-2008, 04:55 AM

Dr. Kevin D. Randle, is a major in the Iowa National Guard, as well as a prominent ufologist. Within the UFO Community he is often regarded as one of the leading experts on the reported crash of a UFO near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947. We were lucky enough to get an interview with him:

Truthed.com: First off let me say Thank you for taking the time for this interview. We are a relatively new community but i have always been hungry for the truth when it comes to anything. Truthed.com is dedicated to finding the truth and we welcome skeptics, debunkers, and true believers alike to have intelligent debate and conversation on our forums. Everyone will be thrilled to read this interview.

Truthed.com: What First Interested you in UFOs?

Dr. Randle: I always blame my mother who had an interest in science fiction. Science fiction is about space travel and alien worlds so it’s not a big step from that into UFOs. That sparked the interest, but the evidence, both physical and eyewitness is very compelling and suggests there is something more here than just science fiction.

Truthed.com: What is the best piece of evidence for the existence of E.T's that you have come across to date?

Dr. Randle: I suppose I would actually talk about a couple of cases. Roswell is important because of the number of high-ranking military witnesses who have been interviewed. Levelland, Texas from 1957 because of the number of witnesses including police officers and the fact the UFO interacted with the environment meaning it stalled car engines, dimmed lights, and caused radios to fail. Eyewitnesses in thirteen different locations told of similar events without having heard about the other cases. The Air Force talked to three and dismissed them. If they didn’t talk to the Air Force they didn’t exist. There are the Washington Nationals because of the independent radar sightings that were corroborated by visual sightings by both commercial and military pilots. If you look at these cases, you find independent threads of evidence throughout them. They are good, solid cases.

Truthed.com: Some of your critics raise interesting points about some of your works, what are your responses to your critics?
>>>>>A. Stanton Friedman on you stance of MJ12

Dr. Randle: I believe Stan to be wrong on this and he hasn’t answered the basic criticisms of MJ-12. There is no provenance for the documents which is a real stumbling block. There is no independent verification for MJ-12, everything comes from the same sources, and the work of question documents examiners suggest that the Truman Memo is a forgery which means the Eisenhower Briefing Document is a forgery as well. Until someone can find that independent verification of MJ-12, something hidden in the papers of a government official, or a document with a proper provenance, there is no reason to be excited about MJ-12.

>>>>>B. Kal Korff who has an entire youtube series called The Scandals Of Kevin Randle, interestingly enough he seems to be more worry about promoting his own product and jealous of your success then actually proving you wrong, but he does try to make some points against your work on Roswell.

Dr. Randle: And usually fails. On my blog, I have corrected some of the mistakes he has made such as saying they didn’t use the term flying saucer in 1947. Wherever did he get that idea? The term was coined at the very beginning of the modern era.

He keeps mentioning his book which is riddled with errors. He combines the testimony of three men into one and gives it all to Edwin Easley to dismiss Easley’s interviews with me. He attributes to Easley, for example, the claim that he wasn’t even in Roswell in 1947... a claim made originally by Sheridan Cavitt and which he eventually repudiated. A claim that makes Cavitt a liar but does nothing to suggest Easley was.

Korff said there were no black sergeants in Roswell when the Yearbook published in 1947 showed 24 black sergeants there. He claimed he based that on an interview with a historian in the Pentagon, but why not ask the men and women who were in Roswell at the time.

He makes much of the fact that I believed Frank Kaufmann, which is true, but I became one of the most vocal of the critics once I learned for a fact that Kaufmann had been lying. I didn’t just assume it because I believe there was no crash at Roswell, I know it because we found documentation to prove it. Kaufmann has hurt the Roswell case, just as Gerald Anderson, who was also making up his story did. Korff exploits this stuff, but it’s now five or six years old. Let’s move on to other aspects.

What he is doing is a rehash of his book, believing, erroneously that there are no responses for what he said in 1997 but the truth is, there was so much wrong that few have bothered to take his book seriously. As I say, take a look at some of the postings to www.KevinRandle.blogspot.com and you’ll see what I mean.

Truthed.com: From what I read you think a lot of the UFO sightings and evidence is fake or can be explained, but is there a UFO video or picture that stand out to you as REAL or the best chance of being real?

Dr. Randle: Sure. The McMinnville pictures taken in 1950, the Lubbock Lights pictures taken in 1951, the Montana Movie for 1950 and the Tremonton Utah movies of 1952, just to name a few of them.

The unfortunate thing with photographs is that 99% of them were taken by teenaged boys and 99% of those are faked (the Lubbock Lights pictures were taken by 19-year-old Carl Hart, Jr. and I believe them to be solid). In today’s world with Photoshop it’s even easier to fake a still and much easier than it was to fake a movie.

Truthed.com: I am relatively new to the field, but Ufologists seem to argue amongst each other about things that don't really help in the ultimate quest for truth (ie: mostly ego bases, like who discovered what first), which makes it difficult to accomplish things collectively which works so well in other fields on investigation. What are you thoughts on this statement?

Dr. Randle: In almost any endeavor, you’re going to find the same thing. Look at the dinosaur wars that took place at the turn of the last century. Those guys were dynamiting each others fossil beds and engaged in a verbal warfare that far surpasses anything we do in the UFO field.

Sure, there is ego involved. You mentioned Korff and his nonsensical YouTube rants. Can we ever find common ground when he is spouting off about so much, accusing everyone he dislikes of fraud and lying, and then bending the evidence to suit his remarks? In one of those he claims that I said Mack Brazel’s picture appeared on the front page of the Albuquerque Journal, but if you listen to what he says when he reads the passage from my book, I make no such claim. A story about Brazel did appear on the front page of the Journal but he makes it worse by saying that Brazel’s picture never appeared on the front page of any regional newspaper, yet I found one on the front page of the July 10, 1947 Roswell Daily Record and of course, found Brazel’s picture in other newspapers as well. Now, Korff has said he would apologize if he ever made a mistake, but he has yet to do so for this and many others.

I have tried, in the past, to end some of this, but it just never works. Sometime always sets these people off and any agreement that might have been in place is quickly forgotten... which is not to say I ever had any agreement with Korff, but I have with others.

Truthed.com: After your extensive investigation on Roswell you are often regarded as THE Roswell expert, Do you think the Government actually recovered Alien bodies from that crash, do you think they were alive, and where do you think those bodies are now?

Dr. Randle: Yes, I think the evidence, mostly eyewitness but with limited documentation suggests that an alien craft fell at Roswell and the government recovered it and the bodies of the crew. There is some evidence, not nearly as persuasive, that one of the creatures survived the crash. Most of that testimony is second hand and therefore not nearly as strong as that for the recovery of the craft.

We have testimony that suggests the bodies were taken to Wright Field at Dayton, Ohio but we also have information that one of them went to Lowry in Denver, at the time the headquarters of the Army Mortuary Services. There has also been information that one of them ended up in Florida at an Air Force aerospace facility. The best guess is that the bodies are still housed somewhere on the sprawling Wright-Patterson Air Force Base but I don’t know for certain.

Truthed.com: There is a debate on the truthed.com forums right now about the appearance of aliens, and how they are often depicted with 2 arms and 2 legs, much like humans. What do you think Aliens look like, why?

Dr. Randle: If I base the description on what was found at Roswell, then the aliens do look amazingly human. If we base it on abductions, we do get a variety but mostly humanoid, meaning two arms and two legs... but sometimes we do get off into the weird. So, if we base it on the descriptions offered by witnesses, then mainly we see humanoids.

Truthed.com: Do you have a final message for truthed.com users in their ultimate quest for the truth?

Dr. Randle: Go where the evidence takes you even if you don’t like the path and even if others think you are wrong. Let the evidence lead the way.

Truthed.com: Thank you again for you time, it means a lot to myself and the truthed.com community!

Make sure to check out Dr. Randle's book: Click here to check the out!

zerogravity · 09-22-2008, 07:07 AM

Awesome interview truthed! I watched some of those Kal Korff videos, he is an idiot...

That is amazing that being such and expert on roswell that he thinks bodies were recovered and possibly one living!

ALien · 09-22-2008, 10:20 AM

great interview, so good to hear what the experienced have to say

thumbs up

CanitBe · 09-23-2008, 03:40 AM

"Dr." Randle's stories has been outted for having major flaws MUCH like EVERY other "ufologist" I have to admit though, it would be tough to write books on something made up and write them as documentaries. And Kevin Randle is a great fictional writer. Hell he even writes some books as pure fiction. Crash at Roswell, which is his best seller, is written well, but I will take it as more of a blair witch type documentary, good but fiction, Showtime even bought the rights to the book and made it into a TV movie!

holeg2212 · 09-23-2008, 04:12 PM

Nice Work!!

zerogravity · 09-23-2008, 04:37 PM

I picked up his book Crash At Roswell, so far it is pretty sweet!!

kidflash2008 · 09-25-2008, 12:21 PM

Maj Randle is one researcher who will correct himself if there is any wrong information in his works. He will speak and write the truth, even if it is a mundane answer. Not very many other researchers will do this, and he should be commended on it.
Thank you for interviewing Major Randle.

Truthed · 09-25-2008, 12:35 PM

I agree, not many researchers, especially in this field, are willing to correct something in their work if they discover it was wrong. Major props are due to Dr. Randle! Keep truthing sir, I need more books and articles to read! haha

CanitBe · 09-25-2008, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kidflash2008

Maj Randle is one researcher who will correct himself if there is any wrong information in his works. He will speak and write the truth, even if it is a mundane answer. Not very many other researchers will do this, and he should be commended on it.
Thank you for interviewing Major Randle.

When he is wrong or when he is caught in a lie?

Truthed · 09-25-2008, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CanitBe

When he is wrong or when he is caught in a lie?

Don't mind the skeptic...

yes CanitBe, some people can admit they made an error ! you should look into it

09-22-2008, 04:55 AM	#1
Truthed Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,079	Truthed.com Interview With Kevin D. Randle Dr. Kevin D. Randle, is a major in the Iowa National Guard, as well as a prominent ufologist. Within the UFO Community he is often regarded as one of the leading experts on the reported crash of a UFO near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947. We were lucky enough to get an interview with him: Truthed.com: First off let me say Thank you for taking the time for this interview. We are a relatively new community but i have always been hungry for the truth when it comes to anything. Truthed.com is dedicated to finding the truth and we welcome skeptics, debunkers, and true believers alike to have intelligent debate and conversation on our forums. Everyone will be thrilled to read this interview. Truthed.com: What First Interested you in UFOs? Dr. Randle: I always blame my mother who had an interest in science fiction. Science fiction is about space travel and alien worlds so it’s not a big step from that into UFOs. That sparked the interest, but the evidence, both physical and eyewitness is very compelling and suggests there is something more here than just science fiction. Truthed.com: What is the best piece of evidence for the existence of E.T's that you have come across to date? Dr. Randle: I suppose I would actually talk about a couple of cases. Roswell is important because of the number of high-ranking military witnesses who have been interviewed. Levelland, Texas from 1957 because of the number of witnesses including police officers and the fact the UFO interacted with the environment meaning it stalled car engines, dimmed lights, and caused radios to fail. Eyewitnesses in thirteen different locations told of similar events without having heard about the other cases. The Air Force talked to three and dismissed them. If they didn’t talk to the Air Force they didn’t exist. There are the Washington Nationals because of the independent radar sightings that were corroborated by visual sightings by both commercial and military pilots. If you look at these cases, you find independent threads of evidence throughout them. They are good, solid cases. Truthed.com: Some of your critics raise interesting points about some of your works, what are your responses to your critics? >>>>>A. Stanton Friedman on you stance of MJ12 Dr. Randle: I believe Stan to be wrong on this and he hasn’t answered the basic criticisms of MJ-12. There is no provenance for the documents which is a real stumbling block. There is no independent verification for MJ-12, everything comes from the same sources, and the work of question documents examiners suggest that the Truman Memo is a forgery which means the Eisenhower Briefing Document is a forgery as well. Until someone can find that independent verification of MJ-12, something hidden in the papers of a government official, or a document with a proper provenance, there is no reason to be excited about MJ-12. >>>>>B. Kal Korff who has an entire youtube series called The Scandals Of Kevin Randle, interestingly enough he seems to be more worry about promoting his own product and jealous of your success then actually proving you wrong, but he does try to make some points against your work on Roswell. Dr. Randle: And usually fails. On my blog, I have corrected some of the mistakes he has made such as saying they didn’t use the term flying saucer in 1947. Wherever did he get that idea? The term was coined at the very beginning of the modern era. He keeps mentioning his book which is riddled with errors. He combines the testimony of three men into one and gives it all to Edwin Easley to dismiss Easley’s interviews with me. He attributes to Easley, for example, the claim that he wasn’t even in Roswell in 1947... a claim made originally by Sheridan Cavitt and which he eventually repudiated. A claim that makes Cavitt a liar but does nothing to suggest Easley was. Korff said there were no black sergeants in Roswell when the Yearbook published in 1947 showed 24 black sergeants there. He claimed he based that on an interview with a historian in the Pentagon, but why not ask the men and women who were in Roswell at the time. He makes much of the fact that I believed Frank Kaufmann, which is true, but I became one of the most vocal of the critics once I learned for a fact that Kaufmann had been lying. I didn’t just assume it because I believe there was no crash at Roswell, I know it because we found documentation to prove it. Kaufmann has hurt the Roswell case, just as Gerald Anderson, who was also making up his story did. Korff exploits this stuff, but it’s now five or six years old. Let’s move on to other aspects. What he is doing is a rehash of his book, believing, erroneously that there are no responses for what he said in 1997 but the truth is, there was so much wrong that few have bothered to take his book seriously. As I say, take a look at some of the postings to www.KevinRandle.blogspot.com and you’ll see what I mean. Truthed.com: From what I read you think a lot of the UFO sightings and evidence is fake or can be explained, but is there a UFO video or picture that stand out to you as REAL or the best chance of being real? Dr. Randle: Sure. The McMinnville pictures taken in 1950, the Lubbock Lights pictures taken in 1951, the Montana Movie for 1950 and the Tremonton Utah movies of 1952, just to name a few of them. The unfortunate thing with photographs is that 99% of them were taken by teenaged boys and 99% of those are faked (the Lubbock Lights pictures were taken by 19-year-old Carl Hart, Jr. and I believe them to be solid). In today’s world with Photoshop it’s even easier to fake a still and much easier than it was to fake a movie. Truthed.com: I am relatively new to the field, but Ufologists seem to argue amongst each other about things that don't really help in the ultimate quest for truth (ie: mostly ego bases, like who discovered what first), which makes it difficult to accomplish things collectively which works so well in other fields on investigation. What are you thoughts on this statement? Dr. Randle: In almost any endeavor, you’re going to find the same thing. Look at the dinosaur wars that took place at the turn of the last century. Those guys were dynamiting each others fossil beds and engaged in a verbal warfare that far surpasses anything we do in the UFO field. Sure, there is ego involved. You mentioned Korff and his nonsensical YouTube rants. Can we ever find common ground when he is spouting off about so much, accusing everyone he dislikes of fraud and lying, and then bending the evidence to suit his remarks? In one of those he claims that I said Mack Brazel’s picture appeared on the front page of the Albuquerque Journal, but if you listen to what he says when he reads the passage from my book, I make no such claim. A story about Brazel did appear on the front page of the Journal but he makes it worse by saying that Brazel’s picture never appeared on the front page of any regional newspaper, yet I found one on the front page of the July 10, 1947 Roswell Daily Record and of course, found Brazel’s picture in other newspapers as well. Now, Korff has said he would apologize if he ever made a mistake, but he has yet to do so for this and many others. I have tried, in the past, to end some of this, but it just never works. Sometime always sets these people off and any agreement that might have been in place is quickly forgotten... which is not to say I ever had any agreement with Korff, but I have with others. Truthed.com: After your extensive investigation on Roswell you are often regarded as THE Roswell expert, Do you think the Government actually recovered Alien bodies from that crash, do you think they were alive, and where do you think those bodies are now? Dr. Randle: Yes, I think the evidence, mostly eyewitness but with limited documentation suggests that an alien craft fell at Roswell and the government recovered it and the bodies of the crew. There is some evidence, not nearly as persuasive, that one of the creatures survived the crash. Most of that testimony is second hand and therefore not nearly as strong as that for the recovery of the craft. We have testimony that suggests the bodies were taken to Wright Field at Dayton, Ohio but we also have information that one of them went to Lowry in Denver, at the time the headquarters of the Army Mortuary Services. There has also been information that one of them ended up in Florida at an Air Force aerospace facility. The best guess is that the bodies are still housed somewhere on the sprawling Wright-Patterson Air Force Base but I don’t know for certain. Truthed.com: There is a debate on the truthed.com forums right now about the appearance of aliens, and how they are often depicted with 2 arms and 2 legs, much like humans. What do you think Aliens look like, why? Dr. Randle: If I base the description on what was found at Roswell, then the aliens do look amazingly human. If we base it on abductions, we do get a variety but mostly humanoid, meaning two arms and two legs... but sometimes we do get off into the weird. So, if we base it on the descriptions offered by witnesses, then mainly we see humanoids. Truthed.com: Do you have a final message for truthed.com users in their ultimate quest for the truth? Dr. Randle: Go where the evidence takes you even if you don’t like the path and even if others think you are wrong. Let the evidence lead the way. Truthed.com: Thank you again for you time, it means a lot to myself and the truthed.com community! Make sure to check out Dr. Randle's book: Click here to check the out! __________________ "You Want To Believe" http://www.truthed.com truthed@truthed.com

09-22-2008, 07:07 AM	#2
zerogravity Junior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 66	Awesome interview truthed! I watched some of those Kal Korff videos, he is an idiot... That is amazing that being such and expert on roswell that he thinks bodies were recovered and possibly one living! __________________

09-23-2008, 03:40 AM	#4
CanitBe Junior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 84	"Dr." Randle's stories has been outted for having major flaws MUCH like EVERY other "ufologist" I have to admit though, it would be tough to write books on something made up and write them as documentaries. And Kevin Randle is a great fictional writer. Hell he even writes some books as pure fiction. Crash at Roswell, which is his best seller, is written well, but I will take it as more of a blair witch type documentary, good but fiction, Showtime even bought the rights to the book and made it into a TV movie! __________________ Be Reasonable

09-23-2008, 04:37 PM	#6
zerogravity Junior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 66	I picked up his book Crash At Roswell, so far it is pretty sweet!! __________________

09-25-2008, 12:35 PM	#8
Truthed Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,079	I agree, not many researchers, especially in this field, are willing to correct something in their work if they discover it was wrong. Major props are due to Dr. Randle! Keep truthing sir, I need more books and articles to read! haha __________________ "You Want To Believe" http://www.truthed.com truthed@truthed.com

09-22-2008, 10:20 AM	#3
ALien Investigator Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 330	great interview, so good to hear what the experienced have to say thumbs up

09-23-2008, 04:12 PM	#5
holeg2212 Investigator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western Australia Capitol City 'Perth' Posts: 437	Nice Work!!

09-25-2008, 12:21 PM	#7
kidflash2008 Senior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,699	Maj Randle is one researcher who will correct himself if there is any wrong information in his works. He will speak and write the truth, even if it is a mundane answer. Not very many other researchers will do this, and he should be commended on it. Thank you for interviewing Major Randle.

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