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Peter Robbins Explains In the event you’ve forgotten, early last for so long. But first I gear up for one more
year before we decided to drop John’s offer to round of RFI investigative work, once again
His Take on Left at East pursue Peter B’s feature film option (and don’t dedicated to substantiating my coauthor’s claims

we wish we hadn’t), John sent us a draft for a if at all possible.
Gate contract. Bob Freedman reviewed it in detail, As you know I specifically zeroed in one
communicated with John about it, and felt it was of the photos I found on Sacha’s website, the one
Continued from Page 17 definitely in our interests to move forward on. purporting to be of you and John Lennon.
You were sent copies of all communications
between them, them and me, and of course a End of Part I - Part II and the final installation of
After all I’ve done for you and all we
copy of the contract draft itself. I also sent you a this story will be in the next edition of The ‘X’
have been through together, that you would go
off on me like this, that you would dare accuse copy of the detailed working outline for the Chronicles Newspaper.[]
me of such things still amazes me. I never did documentary that John and I had put together,
anything to deserve this kind of treatment from this subject to any changes, adjustments, About Peter Robbins:
additions, ideas or whatever else that you
you and I’m certainly not going to put myself in
wanted to make. The draft made clear that we
the position where you can ever pull anything
would have each been paid for our participation
like that on me again. The level your normally
in the project. When you asked me for John’s
violent temper has risen to, your often
contact information just before you and Dennis
completely irrational paranoia toward me and
departed for Toronto (or once you were there? I
others, these things never really made sense to
me except as an indication of some deeper forget) I thought, maybe there was still a chance
problems. Whatever their causes may be, I am you were going to connect with him and pull this
tired of dealing with them and do not want to out of the fire. All you had to do was ask Sid to
email him for his phone number, but you chose
have to ever again.
to let it slide, and with it, what could have been
The thing that seems to have set you off
a feature documentary every bit as good as
on your July 14 rant was imagining, and I stress
‘Travis’ if not better. You and your paranoia
the word “imagining” here, that John and I were
were responsible for torpedoing this great
somehow out to get you or to fuck you over in
project and not John or me. All I can add is that
the making of the documentary he had intended
to produce, for what purpose or what aim I have it’s a damn shame.
no idea. This while I’d specifically included the In past when I’ve asked what you Peter Robbins is one of America’s most
following along with the link I sent to you: “Just thought my ‘agenda’ was, you’ve always gone respected UFO investigative writers. He’s been
quiet. You said in a July message that I never
to give you an idea of what he's thinking in involved in the field for more than thirty-five
really ‘got you,’ and I guess that’s proved to be
terms of, check out the link that follows. Its years, as a researcher, investigator, writer,
something of an understatement. I did ‘get’ some
NOT footage or stills he'll necessarily be using, lecturer, activist, conference organizer,
of you, but looking back I don’t seem to have
but just a working idea of the format, 'feeling,' documentary producer and author. A regular
been nearly as good an investigator as I thought
content, etc he's interested in using to focus on fixture on US and UK radio, he has written for
I was a quarter century ago. But I have always
the LAEG story” (italics mine). Larry, the one numerous online and print publications both
thing John wanted more than anything was had ‘an agenda.’ Corny as it may sound, it has here and abroad and appeared as a guest on and
simply to hear from you. To hear something, always been to follow the evidence wherever it been consultant to numerous television
anything from you. A self-motivated action leads you, then to tell the truth about it as best programs and documentaries.
I’m able. This even when evidence takes you to
indicating if you still had a genuine, actual Peter was a founding member of Budd
places you would rather not go. It’s the reason I
interest in committing to a project he considered Hopkins’ Intruders Foundation and worked as
choose to correct my errors in public, be they
the most important of his professional career. Hopkins’ assistant for many years. In 1998, he
mistakes I discovered after the fact or ones
John and I were sure committed to it. But as has founded the groundbreaking news website
brought to my attention by others. Maybe most
happened with us in past, I was again obligated UFOcity.com and served as it’s editor-in-chief
important, there has never been a clause
to act as go-between because you do not use through to its conclusion in 2004. From 2007
email. You’ve then complained to me about excluding truths that might prove embarrassing until 2010 he was a consultant to the City of
feeling left out, cut out, not being consulted on to me, or for that matter, to you, and that’s what Roswell NM and coordinator of their annual
and/or not being kept up-to-date about. this has all come down to. UFO symposium. In 2013 he was made a
I want to keep what I have to say as
FYI John has had nothing but respect member of the French Académie d'Ufologie and
focused as I can. I have come to a point in my
and admiration for you from the first time he that same year invited to give testimony at the
life where I no longer have any interest in
read Left At East Gate some years back up until Citizen’s Hearings on Disclosure held at the
researching, investigating or otherwise actively
last month when you couldn’t be bothered to National Press Club, Washington, D.C. Robbins
studying that thing alternatively known as the
send him a note, see him, or even speak to him was Event Coordinator for the SCI FI Channel’s
Woodbridge Lights, the RAF Bentwaters
while visiting his hometown. There is no ‘Alien Abduction Phenomenon: A Symposium,
question in my mind that this extremely talented incident, or the Rendlesham Forest UFO organized to promote the release of the Steven
and dedicated man would have raised the incident. I will not doubt be compelled to talk Spielberg miniseries ‘Taken,’ and is an
substantial amount of money necessary with the about aspects of RFI now and again, return to Associate Producer of the award-winning
Deliberate Deception and Halt In Woodbridge
Canadian government likely underwriting part documentary, “Travis: The True Story of Travis
again, especially now that Charles Halt’s book is
of the production. Early this year I spent hours Walton.”
out or about to be published, but otherwise have
and hours going through every single box of Peter Robbins was born in New York
no desire whatsoever to wade back out into RFI
LAEG-related material I’d collected in 29 years, City and holds a BFA (painting, film history)
research and investigation. And while my career
including copies of every single audiotape, still from the city’s School of Visual Arts where he
in UFO studies may take a hit as a result, I could
photo, VHS tape, DVD of film, TV, conference, taught painting for more than a dozen years. He
documentary or self-shot footage I had that we care less. There are other areas of UFO studies has traveled extensively, is an experienced New
appeared in, all for John to take home, review, I’m involved in or that interest me. More York City touring guide, and an accomplished
important, I want to get on with a life beyond
digitally transfer where necessary, then - with photographer.
Bentwaters. To some degree at least I have
our approval - include clips from in his film. The
forced myself to follow the general dialogue,
attention he paid to each piece of material he Visit Peter Robbins Online
various attacks and counter-attacks, assorted
went thru or filmed during the time he spent here
posts as well as parts of ‘Left Out of east Gate’
in February was impressive to say the least and at
etc. It’s just that ‘dialogue,’ your part as well as
he departed for Toronto with both of us excited
the voices of assorted others, has succeeded in www.peterrobbinsny.com
and optimistic about this once-in-a-lifetime
project. all but killing the interest I had had in the subject