Editing Paul Bennewitz (section)

== Myrna Hansen ==
On May 6, 1980, State Police in Cimarron, New Mexico received a report from a woman calling herself "Myrna Hansen" (not to be confused with the movie star of the same name) describing a story involving interplanetary visitors, bright lights, and herds of cattle. Police in Cimarron referred the case to their colleague in Dulce, Gabe Valdez, who they knew to be "the cattle mutilation guy" for his interest in the cases. Valdez, in turn, contacted Paul Bennewitz.<ref name=":0">https://books.google.com/books?id=HWYvNErLKHsC</ref>

On May 7, 1980, Hansen and her son traveled to Albuquerque to meet with Bennewitz, staying in his home. Hansen explained to Bennewitz that on May 5, 1980, while she was driving with her son near Eagle Nest, New Mexico they had witnessed two large, silent objects approximately the size of Goodyear Blimps hovering over a meadow.<ref name=":0" />

APRO director James Lorenzen suggested contacting Leo Sprinkle, a psychologist and tenured professor at the University of Wyoming who had been investigating "UFO contact" reports.<sup>[''clarification needed'']</sup> Bennewitz arranged for Sprinkle to fly to Albuquerque to hypnotize Hansen. When Sprinkle arrived, Hansen and Bennewitz insisted the sessions be conducted in Bennewitz's Lincoln Town Car, parked inside the family garage, with the car's windows covered with thick aluminum foil.<sup>[''relevant?'']</sup> During her first regression, she reported a recollection of a cow being sucked into a hovering spaceship by a tractor beam.<ref name=":0" />

On May 11 and 12, 1980, under hypnosis, Hansen reported recollections of an abduction and of being taken to an underground base with body parts floating in vats. Hansen's recollections would later evolve into the legend of Dulce Base. During the session, she exclaimed "Where's Roswell, New Mexico?", although most members of the public had not yet connected the town to UFO folklore. Hansen reported recalling having been given an 'implant' by the aliens.<ref name=":0" />

Gabriel Valdez's son later commented on the Myrna Hanson story as follows.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=uuI9zgEACAAJ</ref><blockquote>It is a possibility that the Myrna Hansen story was also part of the disinformation campaign... I will go out on a limb here and say that the story of Myrna Hansen was probably a well-orchestrated hoax because of a very important fact: the listening devices found in my dad’s house. The government heard all the conversations on the phone between my dad and [Bennewitz], so such a hoax would be relatively easy to accomplish... Myrna Hansen came into the picture in May of 1980 and the Air Force did not even acknowledge contact with Paul until November of 1980... Although this evidence can barely be viewed as even circumstantial, it would explain a lot of things and how and why they transpired during the 1980s based on what we currently know.</blockquote>