A SENSE OF ABSOLUTE PATRIOTISM TO HIS COUNTRY

JAMES A. PATTEN
UFO Researcher

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UFO Researcher Forced Off Road

A UFO researcher intent on gathering data along U.S. Highway 666 encountered a change of plans when he was forced off the highway by someone entirely terrestrial. James Patten, author and researcher had planned an ambitious 340 mile bicycle trip from Monticello, Utah, which was to begin Oct. 4th and end Oct. 8th or 9th. His destination was Gallup, New Mexico. According to Patten, "I got the idea to take on the beast when I was reading material that stated that this strip of road had more UFO sightings than any other in the country."

The former Expert Infantryman was in the process of collecting information from his surroundings via a magnetic field sensor, Geiger counter, camera, and tape recorder.

On Oct. 6th Patten was leaving Cortez, Colorado, when he was followed by a Federal police car for a short time.

Four hours later when he was 11 miles north of Shiprock, New Mexico near the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation, he was forced off the road by a blue Air Force-type mechanics truck. The civilian driver "pulled right in front of me and stopped suddenly forcing me into the ditch. He then got out of the truck and inspected his tires and adjusted his mirror. He never once looked at me." Fatigue and shock prevented Patten from responding to the attack. A bedroll packed on top of the small trailor Patten was pulling behind him broke his fall. Luckily he sustained only minor scratches from the incident. However, the bike's front fork and rim were seriously damaged.

Forty-five minutes after the crash, a traveller from California stopped to give aid but Patten declined the man's offer. Patten later encountered the same individual in a fast food restaurant in Shiprock, New Mexico. He accepted a ride in the man's small station wagon and travelled 90 miles to Gallup, New Mexico.

The many mysteries of the Ute Mountain area and Highway 666 remain unsolved. However, Patten has literally and figuratively brushed off the dust from his experience and already plans a future trip down Devil's Highway.