2016 Speaker summaries...

Peter Robbins



Most of us know of the Rendlesham forest event, which was one of the most significant military encounters with a UFO. This is described in detail in Larry Warren’s (a witness) and Peter Robbins book “Left at Eastgate”. The setting: Rendlesham Forest is a large pine forest east of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. Nearby are the twin NATO air bases, RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge; at the time both bases were being leased to the United States Air Force. It was the largest repository of nuclear weapons in Europe, and there were bio-weapons.

Several UFO incidents, including sightings by many very credible trained Air Force observers and security police, ground traces, and radioactive anomalies were reported from Rendlesham forest over a span of three days, December 26-28, 1980. The UFO was described as appearing metallic and triangular in shape, approximately 2-3 meters at the base. It illuminated the entire forest with a white light, and had a pulsing red light on top and a bank of blue lights underneath."

Peter set the stage as to what the world situation was at the time. In Poland the reform movement ‘Solidarity’ was founded. There was a mass strike headed by Lech Walesa in the Gdanse shipyard. Russia was nervous about this, and massing troops at the Polish border. And therefore, Europe and the US were also nervous. It was a tense time in the cold war. Consequently the base was at Red alert (one alert lower than war). They didn’t need a UFO going over nuke bunkers shining a beam on them.

Mention was made of Jim Penniston and John Burroughs who were witnesses of the first event on Dec 26. (Jim Penniston presented at our 2014 conference. Ed.) They experienced missing time. Binary code was loaded into Penniston’s mind when he touched the craft. He said they were time travelers with a message. The code supposedly is of locations of several ancient sites around the world. Peter thinks that this was information put in his mind by the military. Penniston has taken points out of “Left at Eastgate” and refuted them. Peter’s opinion is that Jim is “old school” and loyal to the military/government which possibly is prompting him to rebut some of the facts Peter discussed in the book. The same reason was opined of Nick Pope’s rebuttal of some statements in Peter’s book. Nick was a former member of the MOD (British Ministry of Defense).

The talk was more focused on Larry Warren who was witness to the Dec 28th event. There were attempts to discredit his character and story. Larry, 20 years old at the time, was trained in security with a specialty in terrorism, as well as work around nuclear ordinance. He was assigned to the most primitive part of the base for security the night of the event. Lights were seen and he was told to leave that position. He was ordered to an off base site, and so he had to leave his weapon. Men were broken into three-man groups. They encountered an electromagnetic field and high static. In a farmer’s field he could hear a cop crying. He then saw a self-illuminating oval craft and encountered ground fog. A reddish light came over the fog and exploded with bright white light, followed by a craft setting down. A peaceful stand-off took place (remember the men had no weapons), which went on through the night. Then the groups gradually peeled off. Purportedly, beings appeared. They were three to four feet tall with close fitting garments. They floated about three feet off the ground. However, the credibility of these entity sightings is not fully substantiated.

Larry does not remember going back to the base. His eyes bothered him due to the brilliant white light. He called his mother, but it was cut off by the base. He was called into the office and eventually fined for the call. He later sent a letter to his mother containing a description of the event. Meanwhile a debriefing followed. In this scenario he was ordered to go to a base parking lot where he was met by a car. Larry was apparently chemically subdued (lost consciousness), and taken to an underground place on the base. This is where he found himself when he regained consciiousness. He was told this was part of a tunnel complex that led to the North Sea.

Larry kept pertinent documentation showing he was on duty the night of the event. This was disputed by Colonel Halt. He has a letter from his mother mentioning the UFO sighting. He was honorably discharged from the Air Force. He requested the discharge because he was assigned other duties which were not the ones for which he signed on. The contract with the Air Force permits this. This was disputed by Halt who said the Air Force discharged him. He has documentation of his eye appointment. The diagnosis was optical retina burn. He experienced bleeding in 1984 which he purports was a result of the UFO contact. There is a hospital record. There were other things which are presented in Peter’s book “Halt at Woodbridge”.

As late as June 1990 the landing site of the craft was darker than the surrounding area. The soil analysis shows changes occurred at the landing site. More metallic particles were in the site soil than the control soil. This is believed to be due to an electromagnetic effect originating from the craft. Seed germination studies showed seeds take longer to germinate in the affected soil. Soil “glass”, that is soil which had melted to glass, was reported detected in the site soil. (This is called ‘vitrified soil’ which can be found at lightning strikes or nuclear blast sites. Ed.)

He is co-author (along with Larry Warren) of the British best-seller "Left at East Gate: A First-Hand Account of the Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident, Its Cover-Up and Investigation". He is the author of "Deliberate Deception: A Case of Disinformation in the UFO Research Community", and "Halt In Woodbridge: An Air Force Colonel’s Thirty-Year Fight To Silence An Authentic UFO Whistle-Blower".


UPDATE: Peter has since broken all ties with Larry Warren after it was revealed that Warren apparently fabricated many of his experiences.


Jen Stein




Most of Jen’s presentation was obtained from Nancy Talbott’s BLT (Burke, Levengood, Talbott) Research and Jeff Wilson’s ICCRA (Independent Crop Circle Researchers’ Association). We can track the crop formation phenomenon as far back as April 1678 where a woodblock depicting the devil plowing a formation was discovered. Shakespeare also wrote about them. (So Dave Bower and Doug Chortle could not have hoaxed all of them unless they were time travelers. Also, they must be pretty good to create thousands overnight all over the world. Ed.) A clue to a hoax is a ‘broken’ crop which means it is probably manmade. Real ones are not broken.

Jen focused on specific crop formation events occurring all over North America. These included Wisconsin, Arkansas, Oregon, Tennessee, Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. Of all the states Ohio has the most formations.

There is much scientific evidence that differentiates crop formations from hoaxes. For example, there is an increase in particulates high in iron. There’s phone and camera interference. In wheat formations one finds elongated nodes (knuckles of the plant) and expulsion cavities. Steam created by heat is thought to be the cause. There is also an increase in the crystallinity of the soil as compared to control soil. Again this effect is said to be caused by heat. Other anomalies include high electromagnetic readings, photographs of light and disturbed animals. Insects have been found melted into the crop. Germination studies show growth differs from seeds obtained inside the formation versus control seeds.

Formations occur in all types of crops, e.g. corn, wheat soy, beans, etc. There are even snow circles and ice circles found in lakes and rivers. 65% can be found near ancient mounds. Many are near power lines, as well as water. Then many can be correlated with sunspot activity.

There are a few theories as to why they form. One that Jen expounded on was descending ionosphere plasma. This plasma originates in the ionosphere. The plasma brings meteoric dust to the ground. That is, this meteoric dust is drawn into the descending plasma system by strong magnetic fields. It is suspected this energy signature causes crop formations as well as balls of light. (This is a theory proposed by William Levengood. I once asked him about it on one of my visits to his lab. I said, “I wonder if the magnetic fields associated with the plasma could originate from a UFO.” With a gleam in his eye and a sly grin he said, “Now that’s the question, isn’t it?” Ed.)

As the producer of a feature length documentary about abductee Travis Walton, Jen graciously allowed a preview of her film to be shown during the lunch hour of our conference. An extrememly well produced production, it easily held the audience's attention and was definitely considered a "conference bonus" by all in attendance.

In 2012 Jennifer won two Open Minds' International UFO Congress EBE film festival awards for her co-production of the Disclosure Dialogues with Ron James. She again succeeded in winning two more EBEs at the 2015 Open Minds' film festival for her film "Travis: The True Story of Travis Walton". Jennifer has produced numerous video treatments for speakers in the UFO field and hosts her own cable network television show.

Jennifer is a State Section Director and field investigator for MUFON.




Her documentary film: "Travis: The True Story of Travis Walton" is now available.

William Konkolesky






Bill Konkolesky presented a very personal look into his life as an abductee. He has had: multiple UFO sightings; multiple experiences on board a UFO; encounters with a variety of different non-human entities; and paranormal events, such as out of body experiences and poltergeist activities. Of his three siblings, only one other brother had experiences. His mother was also an abductee.

He categorized four phases of the experiences in his lifetime. They are:

Phase I
These are termed “playtime” encounters occurring in his preteens. His first memory is when he was two years old when he saw a typical gray looking at him at the end of his crib. At age four the entities were playful and “pulled him out of his body” and he floated around. At seven he was taken aboard the UFO. For some reason they cut his arm. After the cut, they took him to a taller gray who asked his favorite color, which is blue. Like a candy reward his eyes were made to appear blue.


Phase II:
Bill calls these the education and experimentation encounters which took place in his teen years. The grays introduced him to a seven foot tall mantis-type being. This creature indicated Bill had better go along with the program. So Bill decided to make it as difficult as possible when they abducted him. He messed up his bedroom with obstacles cluttered all over. In February of 1989 he was followed by different colored (blue, white, red) balls of light.


Phase III:
These are the “adult path” experiences in a domestic sense. Bill had graduated from High School in the summer of 1989. Late at night/early morning he had the feeling the ‘little guys’ were around. He said out loud, “If you’re here, I don’t want to see you. Call me on the phone.” The phone rang. Shocked, he didn’t answer it. Sometime later it happened again and he said the same thing. When the phone rang this time, he picked it up. There was just a dial tone.

The “little guys’ appeared to be giving him precognitive information. In the middle of the night he had an urge to go out. The dog got excited thinking it was going to for a walk. They went out. He saw a circular luminous cloud over the house. It started moving and zipped off. The next morning he told his friend about it, and asked him if he was going to a mutual friend’s birthday party. He also told his friend that “Becky” was going to be his girlfriend. This came to pass. Then there was the dream. He was in northern Michigan, and while walking came across a gray house. A Gray alien was standing in front of it. He felt all kinds of negativity. And bad things did happen. There was a “Dear John” letter from Becky, though they did get back together for a short time. Then his parents divorced. Bill moved. Another girl broke up with him. Then he found out his three best friends had been dating “Becky”. He figured the “Little guys” gave him a ‘heads up’.

These events triggered him to study “Ufology”. He went through six regressions, with his last regression in 1994. He was asked to go to any experience he felt was pertinent to explore. As he relaxed he noticed the room was lightening. With his eyes closed he felt “outside of time” and like he was floating in white space. A voice told him, “Stop the negativity”. The voice assured him it was going to be okay. Coming out of this trance he heard husband of the hypnotherapist say, “There were three of them here in the bedroom.” Bill felt that he Grays had switched off the fear he had of these events.

In 1995 he went to a cabin in Northern Michigan with friends. With trepidation he went even though his ex-girlfriend, now married to an ‘obnoxious’ husband, was going to be there. His story of the husband was really amusing, and he had all of us laughing. It was so funny to him at the time he couldn’t stop laughing, so he and ended up taking a walk late at night. Astonishingly, he came upon the same gray house he saw in his vision/dream. The negativity was not there as in the dream. It was gone.

He dated again. About two months into the relationship he told her about the abductions. On one date they went stargazing. The forest became quiet, and human sounding footsteps came up the hill. Bill and friend had a conversation, followed by the same conversation and on and on. It was like the movie “Groundhogs Day”. When Bill realized what was happening, he found he was “frozen”, and the Gray guys came. They indicated, “She’s not the one.” Bill and girlfriend ran to the car. She broke up with him two days later.

He had an interesting occurrence on January 6, 1996. He read his Horoscope. It said three things. You will be reunited with an old friend; avoid risky business ventures; a new romantic interest will appear. All happened, and he married the romantic interest.


Phase IV:
This is the ‘outreach’ phase which he is currently in. This is joining groups like MUFON, and going out to relate his experiences. Bill’s wife is also an abductee. Their experiences continue.

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His book: "Experiencer - Raised In Two Worlds"

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