The Blue Book

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After scanning the video camera over the whole tangle of metal airliner and ship Dirk and Al slowly made their way back to the surface. When on board the LeSoleil, they headed to the Communications Center where they met Melinda Albertson and Lewis Arlton, who were ecstatic at the finding of the Tammy Tryloff. Nina said a fast growing storm was headed their way. Everyone on board both ships battened down and the two ships were connected by a strong cable. Over 100 minutes later everyone felt the storm lessen to a steady stream of rain. When Lewis went out on Deck he saw that the Falmouth had gotten loose of the strong cable connection and was still in sight but looked like it was in need of help. He ran back inside and had Captain Burton Hirschfield hurry the LeSoleil towards the Falmouth.

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When they finally got to the Falmouth and boarded her they learned that a couple of the crewmen and Anthea Lewellyn were washed overboard in the storm. Despite a search effort, they were not found. With a copy of the Video showing the Tammy Tryloff lying on the top of Air Force One the Falmouth headed back to Miami to report to Lawrence Turaud about her finding. Lewis Arlton was suspicious about the two crewmen and Anthea just being washed overboard. Something deliberate had happened and the cable connecting the two ships coming apart seemed too convenient in Lewis' mind. When he and the others met Lawrence Turaud, they showed him the Video. When Danny and Melinda left, Lewis stayed and told Lawrence about his suspicions. Now that there was going to be an official investigation of the site, Lewis said that some things may not be released upon completion of the report. He asked permission to keep Melinda and Danny on the project for a bit longer. Lawrence was grateful for having Lewis on hand to keep things going. Lawrence called his friend, Greg Atkinson and told him of the discovery of the Tammy Tryloff and Air Force One and wanted to be sure to be included in the loop of any news that would not be in the final report. Later, Lewis met Dirk Pitt and knew he could confide in the NUMA man about his suspicions.

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Danny Silverstone was curious about the location of both wreckages being that close together. He knew it was in the realm of possibility that both could be together like that but his pique at the two being intertwined like that was too coincidental. He looked up the coordinates in his own private computer lab at home and the numbers rang a bell in his mind. He went to a bookshelf and found the book that he was looking for. He skimmed through it until he found what he wanted. Then he recalled both the Air Force and the Navy had some interest in the location back in the 1960s and early 1970s. Sure enough, when he looked at an old software that had been designed by a defense contractor back then and was now public knowledge and used for commercial purposes with a more up to date version of the program. There had always been UFO interest over the past 60 years since the end of World War 2. And now he recalled a sighting over that part of the ocean back then. Somehow that had been used as an observation site by the defense contractor for a time and included some bits of data in a popular video/computer game that is popular now. He did some research into the company but learned it was absorbed many times over by a larger defense contractor now. Then it occured to him there might still be some low level observations at that site where the wrecked airliner/ship was found.

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Danny Silverstone met Lewis Arlton in a public mall and told Lewis what he found. Lewis gave a general statement about his suspicions of what happened to Anthea and the two crewmen. This only confirms Lewis' suspicions of something going on and he meets Dirk Pitt out in the everglades, where Dirk was on assignment. Dirk was most interested. On the way to meet Dirk, Lewis had received a call from Lawrence Turaud. Lawrence said that he would be included in the loop on anything that's not released to the media in the final report about both wreckages. Lewis also told Dirk about this.

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Aboard the Deep Submergent Observer LaSalle, Dirk and Al were scanning the bottom of the ocean over three miles from where they had found Air Force One and the Duraut Ship, The Tammy Tryloff when they came across the remnants of an unmanned X-51A Scramjet that had crashed in December 2008 as part of a series of experimental flights that had reached speeds of 4.500mph. What they did not know was that they were being observed by a well disguised underwater lab that housed Project Blue Book. Selim Chu-Ling, the team leader yelled at Henry Potchik to radio the Omega Group's Blue Cove, Delaware headquarters. Larry Narvaez, manning the radio at Blue Cove took the message to Steven Wolters, the Chairman of the Omega Group. Steven Wolters in turn called his partner in the Blue Book project, WaldenCorp president, Tyree Broomfield and informed the Defense Contractor that NUMA came close to discovering their underwater lab."Thank you, Steven, I appreciate your calling me" replied Tyree.

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Looking good, tony.

You always have great names for the sea-going vessels in your stories.

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Danny Silverstone was doing some tedious corporate research when he picked up the trail on Shoreham Associates, an old defense contractor in the 60s and the 70s that had been bought by one company and that company in turn was acquired and so on until it all came under one of the three big defense contractors of today, WaldenCorp. It was Shoreham Associates that had developed the technology that made up the core of it's electromagnetic warfare and detection unit in WaldenCorp's Project Blue Book. As he relayed this to Lewis Arlton, Greg Atkinson was informed that WaldenCorp was trying to keep the location of the Duraut Ship and Air Force One kept from the public in the report that was to be given to the media. Greg Atkinson called Lawrence Turaud and told him, "Lawrence, I don't know if this is of any help but WaldenCorp has pulled some strings to keep the exact location from the Press Release". "Thank you, Greg, I appreciate it". Later, Lawrence gets a call from Lewis Arlton about Shoreham Associates' work and it's being a small part of the large defense contractor, WaldenCorp.

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Lawrence Turaud drives into the parking lot near the dock where the NUMA Ship, Le Soleil was berthed and awaited for Dirk Pitt to arrive. After 12 minutes of waiting, Dirk finally walked over to the car and slid in beside Lawrence. "Shoreham Associates, an old defense contractor back in the 60s and 70s was involved in electromagnetic warfare and detection for WaldenCorp before and after WaldenCorp bought the company through a maze of companies that had acquired them over time. But, essentially it was WaldenCorp who benefited and has used some chip technology of that EWD program for numerous software in both commercial and noncommercial applications". "Whew, that's quite an advance in technology and secrecy that has kept it secret for this long". "Yes, indeed" replied Lawrence. "I must go, but if this will help you in getting back at them for me, then go for it". Dirk smiles and gets out of the car and watches Lawrence drive out of the driveway and he turns back towards the NUMA Ship.

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Steven Wolters, former Deputy Secretary of Justice under Reagan, Undersecretary of State for G.H.W. Bush, Deputy Undersecretary of Treasury for Clinton, Ambassador to Israel for George W., and now Chief of Staff for President Dennis Richardson sat in the daily National Security Briefing, half-listening to the National Security Advisor drone on about South Africa when his aide slips in and whispers in his ear about a meeting that the IADC director is calling for. Finally, the meeting ends and Steven strides to his office, impatiently. He picks up his phone and calls Greg Atkinson. "Greg, what is so important that you have to interfere with a National Security meeting for?". "Steven, I have a bit of a trouble with several agencies crying foul about the lack of an exact location of Air Force One and the Turaud ship, the Tammy Tryloff". "Who?" replies the Chief of Staff. "The White House Press Secretary, NUMA, NORAD, NOAA, DIA, Duraut Shipping, Lloyds Maritime Intelligence and so on".

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Lawrence and Dirk had a good laugh while quaffing some beers at Arthur's Bar about how they manipulated several agencies into the need for the information on the whereabouts of Air Force One and the Tammy Tryloff. Lawrence's cell phone buzzed and he answered it, listening for a few minutes and asking one question. Lawrence put's the cell phone away and turns to Dirk. "Danny Silverstone just did some more research on Shoreham Associates and learned that they had been set up by the Sierra Vista Corporation in Nevada and that reminded him of a vessel that had disappeared in the Triangle back in the 50s, named the Vista, that was a boat that belonged to a family in Nevada whose forefathers had come from both the Basque and Norwegian lineages. The point is that this family was obsessed with UFO's and Aliens back in the late 1940s and gained some media attention with their claims of capturing aliens and sank their bodies in the Triangle. They are the ones who set up the Sierra Vista Corporation, named after their town. That mask you found is an old Norse relic belonging to Loki, the mischievous son of Thor, and whoever wears the mask shall go crazy. Sounds nuts, I know, but that can explain some ideas that have been bouncing around my head for some time now".

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Steven Wolters sat at his desk recalling the days he grew up in Sierra Vista. Not only had his father set up the Sierra Vista Corporation but it's spinoff company, Shoreham Associates as well. His father had also set up the museum ond institute on UFO's and Aliens. Steven's father was both genius and touched with madness in his setting up the path to power for his son. Steven was not as passionate or totally into the UFO and Alien obsession but it did lead him to believe in technology that would advance mankind's leap into the future. Malachi Wolters had also taken advantage of Casino and tourism business to gain political influence that would later lead to his influence with U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt. Steven had worked for the U.S.Senator from Nevada before his appointments to the cabinet positions under several administrations. It was only after a couple of years working for Senator Laxalt that he was approached by several corporate, lobbyist and nonprofit interests that had come together for one common goal to set up a powerful organization that would coordinate such interests under one organization that he came to call the Omega Group in 1976. He accepted and led the organization through many challenges and also it had helped his career as a bureaucrat under several Presidents.

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On a phone call to Lawrence Turaud, Dirk asked who Tammy Tryloff was "Dirk, I met this most attractive woman when I worked in Dayton, Ohio back in the late 1980s for several weeks just before I set up my shipping company in Chicago. I was on assignment for the shipping company that I worked for at the time and was sent to Dayton. I met her at Goodwill Industries where I was to get some furniture for some of the ships in their fleet. So I went to the Goodwill headquartes on Kuntz Road in Dayton and was given a tour of the facility and met her there. She was working as an occupational rehabilitation counselor there. We had a brief affair, but she left a strong impression on me. I later learned that she was married and living in Seattle. It was a wonderful interlude, but alas it was not to last. I take it everything has settled down now that all the agencies are happy with the exact location of the ship and Air Force One". "Yes, indeed, especially the FBI and Secret Service" answered Dirk Pitt.

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