🇺🇲Jackie Gleason 🇺🇲
American actor, comedian, & writer. Developing a style and characters from growing up in Brooklyn, NY, he was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy, exemplified by his city bus driver "Ralph Kramden" character in the tv series The Honeymooners..
1) He also created The Jackie Gleason Show, which maintained high ratings from the mid-1950s through 1970. After originating in New York City, filming moved to Miami Beach, Florida in 1964 after Gleason took up permanent residence there...

Here is where the real story begins...
2) In 1964 Gleason had moved the production from New York to Miami Beach, Florida, reportedly because he liked year-round access to the golf course at the nearby Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill (where he built his final home). Due to his love of Golf is where the story forms
3) Gleason met his second wife, Beverly McKittrick, at a country club in 1968, where she worked as a secretary. Ten days after his divorce from Genevieve Halford was final, Gleason and McKittrick were married in a registry ceremony in Ashford, England on July 4, 1970...
4) Also in the fall of 1968, Gleason, making his first endorsement in national politics, threw his support to Richard Nixon.  Gleason was still a notable celebrity and had a rather large following throughout the country..
5) Gleason kicked off an hour long televised endorsement for Nixon from Madison Square Garden on October 31, 1968.  His TV introduction started with his personal endorsement of Nixon, the very first ever political endorsement he had ever made..
6) I want to pause here, because as you guys know already, DATES are important to me:

October 31, Gleason endorses Nixon

💥6 days later💥

November 5th, Nixon wins the Presidency

Gleason was an outspoken Republican, had a large following, and Nixon capitalize on that...
7) Following the election, Nixon and Gleason would continue to stay in contact with one another, particularly in Florida.  Gleason lived in Miami and Nixon had a getaway on Biscayne Bay just a few miles away. Also, both were avid golfers...a friendship grew up until 1973...
8) Gleason was greatly interested in the paranormal, buying and reading numerous books on the topic, as well as books on parapsychology and UFOs. During the 1950s, he was a semi-regular guest on a paranormal-themed overnight radio show hosted by John Nebel...
9) Gleason amassed a huge collection of books on those topics. Over 1,700 to be exact. After his death, his large book collection was donated to the library of the University of Miami. He still had over 3000 books left on various topics like history, science, and astrology...
10) Beverly, his second wife relayed a stunning story to a tabloid magazine, The National Enquirer, on July, 1987, that she kept to herself until after Gleasons death in June of 1987.

I will lay it out as she relayed the event. After, I will show you something very interesting.
11) Beverly stated that Gleason was to host a "celebrity Golf tournament" on February 19, 1973 in which Nixon would address member over lunch at the clubhouse. Nixon was in Miami and flew to the Golf and Country club of Lauderhill, he landed at 12:10pm. Gleason met him...
12) At 12:20 to 12:30, Nixon addressed all the attendees and members, after which, Gleason drove Nixon back to the helicopter and Nixon flew off...
13) According to Beverly, it was later that evening that Gleason had a visitor. Gleason answered the front door and there was Nixon, alone with a car. (Nixon was rumored to give his Secret Service the slip frequently) Nixon wanted Gleason to go for a ride with him..Gleason went.
14) Jackie wouldnt return home until about 11:30pm, Beverly recalls. She stated he was pale and stunned, he walked in and slumped into a chair. Beverly asked him where he was and Gleason looked at her in disbelief and stated, "I was at Homestead AFB."

What he said next stunned..
15) "Ive seen some bodies from aliens from outerspace. Its Top Secret and only a few know, but the President arranged for me to be heavily escorted in and see them.."
16) His description of the bodies follows:

"They were tiny, maybe 2 feet tall, small bald heads and disproportionate large ears"..."They must have been dead a long time, they were embalmed.."
17) the only encounter that matches that description was on August 21, 1955, five adults and seven children from Hopkinsville, KY told police that small aliens from a spaceship were attacking their farmhouse and they had been holding them off with gunfire "for nearly four hours".
18) Beverly claims Gleason was extremely patriotic, but detested what he called a "UFO cover up". He stated he couldnt stand how the government would make people who reported that stuff out to be idiots or seem foolish.
19) Gleason never talked to Beverly about this event ever again. They ended up divorcing in 1974, and shortly after Nixon was convicted at the Watergate trials in 1975. His third wife ended up donating all of his paranormal books to the University of Miami in 1987...
20) One thing stands out to me that has been overlooked by so called "UFO researchers" since the story broke in 1987. Not one of them went into Nixons presidential diary to see if there was anything to the story. But yours truly did. I present what I found for your assessment...
21) On February 19, 1973 - Morning
22) February 19, 1973 - Afternoon/evening
23)....Notice how Nixon's day ends at 8:37pm????

Plenty of time to give the Secret Service the slip and take Gleason to Homestead....

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