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Don Ecker is an author and served as the Director of Research for UFO Magazine for over 20 years. He is married to a Founding Publisher and Editor of UFO Magazine, Vicki C. Ecker.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Military Background 3 Radio Shows and Television 4 Books and Journalism 5 See Also 6 Sources 7 External Links

Introduction

A medically retired police detective, Ecker puts a skeptical and honest eye on UFO and paranormal subjects. Acknowledged as an international expert on UFOs, he has appeared at UFO conferences both in the United States and Europe, and on television nationally in the U.S., Japan, Europe, Australia and the Russian CIS.

Military Background

Ecker enlisted in the United States Army in 1969 during the height of the Vietnam War after attending his first year of college. Originally he volunteered to train to fly helicopters but was selected for the ultra top secret Army Security Agency. (The ASA was the military arm of the National Security Agency) This meant being vetted for a Top Secret security clearance, which he received.

After training, he was posted to Okinawa at the top secret base at Torii Station. After volunteering a number of times he was assigned to go to Vietnam, arriving at the 8th RR site in Phu Bai in 1971. Ultimately he was assigned to a nine man team assigned to Camp A-4, situated on the DMZ. From this site the American team launched operations against the North Vietnamese forces just across the border in North Vietnam.

On March 30, 1972 the North Vietnamese Army launched their “Easter Offensive” into South Vietnam, overrunning the A-4 site, and finally all the way south to Hue City before they were stopped by B-52 raids ordered by President Nixon.

On Easter Sunday, April 2, 1972 Ecker was wounded in Quang Tri at a MAC-V site just off of Highway One. After spending months in military hospitals he was honorably discharged and returned home. Today Ecker is very active in veterans' affairs. He is the Past Commander of the Audie Murphy Chapter, Military Order of the Purple Heart.

Radio Shows and Television

Ecker hosted the critically acclaimed radio programs UFOs Tonite! and Strange Daze for six years, interviewing the important personalities in the UFO and paranormal fields and related areas. Later, along with his close friend, television and film star Dwight Schultz of The A-Team and Star Trek fame, he hosted Dark Matters on the Reality Radio Network. His guests have included Zecharia Sitchin, Dean Haglund, Dr. Michael Shermer, Hal Siemer, Dr. Joe Burks, Terry Hansen, and Karl Pflock, and other noted guests. Ecker has also appeared on Larry King Live, in numerous documentaries on the History and Discovery channels as well as on Coast to Coast AM and many other radio programs. Ecker resurrected Dark Matters on the Patriot Brigade Radio Network in 2006 and brings his insight, experience and voice talents to an ever growing audience.

Books and Journalism

Don Ecker, while a working as a police detective in 1981-82, was the lead investigator on two cattle mutilation cases. Intrigued by the fact the animals were drained of blood, and always interested in legends and mythological tales, he began researching the vampire myths. This was the first step in the writing of his vampire novel, Past Sins. In addition to UFO Magazine, Ecker's writing has appeared in Quest Magazine and numerous paranormal related periodicals and websites. Ecker is currently working on a sequel to Past Sins.

• Past Sins by Don Ecker. (2004). ISBN 978-0975264508 (Click the ISBN link to find sources to order this book.)

See Also

• Dark Matters
• Past Sins (vampire novel)
• Dwight Schultz

Sources

• Don Ecker (2005), Uncle Dave: A Halloween Story, QuestMagazine.com (Ecker's biography at end of article).

External Links

• Dark Matters with Don Ecker
• Past Sins (vampire novel - official site)