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The Guardian Tape: UFO Caught on Camera, or Hoax?
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Susan Gilles' Secret: Missing Time and a Quiet Job
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The story of Susan Gilles takes a sharp twist after her death when her grandson, speaking in a CBC documentary, reveals the contents of a private letter she kept about the August 1991 night. The account is close to what she told Encounters — but with one explosive addition. [1] — Carter Roy "Anonymous witness Susan Gilles claims she saw a craft land, a glowing humanoid emerge, and then — without any memory of time passing — foun…" 28:30 Susan wrote that she was watching television at 9 PM when the dog barked and the lights appeared. She went to investigate, saw beings emerge from a craft — and then simply found herself back on her couch as the 10 o'clock program began. An entire hour was gone without any memory of transition. She believed she had been abducted. The grandson also notes that Susan owned a typewriter matching the style used to produce Guardian's forged documents, and that she was skilled with electronics and cameras. On the question of whether she was Guardian, he cannot say yes or no. One final deflation: Oeschler had implied Susan held a top-secret government clearance, but her job was in external affairs — managing international relationships for Canada, nothing classified about UFOs.
Nobody in the UFO research community ever explicitly names Bob Oeschler as Guardian — but the circumstantial case is uncomfortable. He played Guardian on TV, made a comment about 'making a buck,' and his MUFON colleagues say he molded the story into something more credible than it deserved.
