Aliens Think We Taste Good
A few months ago, I was helping with the forthcoming documentary Mirage Men, working with producer Mark Pilkington on locations in New Mexico and Los Angeles. The crew went out to visit UFO researcher Curtis Peebles in the California desert for a videotaped interview, and he showed them something that I really want to get ahold of.
What this purports to be is an insignia patch from the 509th Bomber Wing, which was the world’s first atomic bomb squadron, and was of course based at the Roswell Army Airfield in 1947. When local researcher Dennis Balthaser saw the patch, he rang up the Air Force to ask them about it. The conversation is on his website and is almost as funny as the translation of the Latin slogan.
Q. Because the B-2 bomber and the numbers 509 are shown on the patch, I assume this is an official insignia patch used by the 509th at some point during the testing of the aircraft?
A. This is not an official patch. The official emblem used by the 509th Bomb Wing was approved in 1952, and is very different from the example given. No official emblem would display a unit number without also indicating its function—bombing, reconnaissance, fighter, etc.
Q. Wording “Classified Flight Test” is at the top of the insignia. During what time period would the flight tests have been done and at what location?
A. No Air Force unit would ever designate “Classified Flight Test” on its emblem. Flight tests, classified or unclassified, are conducted by the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, and no AFFTC patch ever carried such a legend.
Q. Latin words “Gustatus Similis Pullus” are shown at the bottom of the insignia. Please translate to English?
A. Guststus Similis Pullus is dog Latin for “Tastes Like Chicken.” This is supported by the alien figure, which apparently is eating the B-2.
Q. What do the nine horizontal lines in the background represent?
A.Unknown.
Q. What is the interpretation of the symbols shown on the right and left? (One on the left appears to be a fork)
A. The symbol on the left is indeed a three-pronged fork. This would support the eating motif. The symbol on the right is unclear.
(Ed. Note) It appears to be another eating utensil, known to me as a knife.
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Sep 04 2007 
September 5th, 2007 at 1:23 am
yup that on the right is definatly a knife,,with a nice glint on it,,so guess its sharp..hahaha…
love the finger licking good logo..hahaha
September 5th, 2007 at 6:15 am
John Lear would swear this patch was absolutely authentic. Odd, though, cannibal traditions refer to humans as “long pigs” and say we taste like pork. Anyone ask Mike Tyson about this?
September 5th, 2007 at 6:41 am
That’s wacky enough to be authentic.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:40 am
If the patch would have read instead GUSTATUS SIMILIS FRAGARIA (tastes like strawberry) THEN we would have known it was the Real McCoy, since it is a universal truth that the grays’ favorite earthling food is strawberry ice cream!
September 5th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
” A. Guststus Similis Pullus is dog Latin for “Tastes Like Chicken.” This is supported by the alien figure, which apparently is eating the B-2.”
Oh man, if that is actually the verbatim response from the Air Force then it qualifies as a classic piece of official comedy. What the hell does the Air Force know about ‘alien figures’ anyway? Very funny. :>)
S. V. Laconicus
September 6th, 2007 at 1:26 am
Hey Greg
You used to be able to buy replicas of these from the Cabinet magazine site - my friend Gnat in Chicago bought me one last year. It sits on my desk now.
And, good news… It’s still for sale on the site…
http://tinyurl.com/3c9o9l
Don’t all rush at once!
Mark
September 7th, 2007 at 9:11 am
I love it.
~Y
September 7th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Bill and Adam,
Apparently Balthaser took it seriously for awhile too. At least he checked it out at the source, with hilarious results.
September 7th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Mark,
I ordered one even before your comment went up. Thanks!!
They’re $10.00 and worth every penny.
September 7th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
red pill,
Get to work on it! I’ll buy one.
September 17th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
UPDATE!
I recieved my patch from the link that Mark provided, but they changed the wording! Someone apparently chickened out (pun intended) and changed “Classified Flight Test” to “To Serve Man” which really ruins the joke, in my opinion.
I want my money back.