Bradford Runyon Interview, 5 May 2000
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| BR: | No, not with the precision that they did it. | |
| INT: | So that makes that report sort of questionable also? | |
| BR: | Yeah, and the fact that our cameras malfunctioned and you know, they really didn't film the things that the film showed that they'd filmed and that the radios all of a sudden just went dead, and then all of a sudden came back to life again. | |
| INT: | Yeah there are too many incidents that are unique. Did they have any further follow-up? Did people come from another base to talk to you? | |
| BR: | No, no one interviewed me, period. Just Major Partin was the only one from our crew was interviewed at all. | |
| INT: | You filled out a report form, didn't you? | |
| BR: | I think I did. I don't even remember whether I did or not. | |
| INT: | Okay. Yeah, there's a report in the file. | |
| BR: | Okay. Mm-hmmm. | |
| INT: | It's pretty minimal. | |
| BR: | Yeah. We were afraid to say anything. | |
| INT: | You were intentionally not saying anything? | |
| BR: | Right. No, I had a pretty good military career right then, I didn't want to jeopardize that. | |
| INT: | Are you retired from the—? | |
| BR: | No, when I strained my eyes, you know, in Vietnam, well then I couldn't fly anymore and they kicked me out but I couldn't fly any more and, well, I just couldn't stand the thought of everyone else being promoted and then my not being promoted, so, like I said, I had a former classmate—four-star general, and my buddy that was in advanced survival training is a chief of staff of the Air Force right now. | |
| INT: | Oh yeah? | |
| BR: | Yeah. And then another guy is, you know the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. |
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