Am I sure? Of course not. They only thing I'm sure of is what I've read. And Occam's razor.
The survivor, Yuri Yudin, being responsible doesn't seem to come up much.
Tom Delonge has this on his website if that helps,
Contact To The Stars
Peter Levenda's website though doesn't have any contact info I can see.
Peter Levenda's Journal | Logging the activities of Sinister Forces
Tom Delonge and/or Peter Levenda. In Levenda's case I'm still trying to figure out if he really thinks HP Lovecraft's Necronomicon has a basis in fact.
Chris - I know I'm a little late to the table on this, but THANK YOU for calling out Tom Delonge at the beginning of the show. I can't believe the amount of coverage and gravitas this obvious dupe is getting.
I would love to see him on the show so he could be questioned by someone who isn't...
I'm not any kind of UFO investigator, professional paranormal pundit, or hokum huckster. I am merely a fairly well educated person who has had an interest in UFOs since I was a kid.
Something did happen at Socorro that day. Based on what I have read, heard, and seen of this particular case I...
As usual, threads like these spur me to do further reading.
As a result I found this article...
ARCHIVED COLLEGE PHOTO REVEALS HOW THEY HOAXED THE SOCORRO UFO by Anthony Bragalia | Strange
Is it out of the realm of possibility this could not only be what Lonnie saw, but also what appeared...
Egg shaped? Three legged? I FIRMLY believe the photo has just as much chance of depicting a Kryptonian World Engine as proving extraterrestrials have visited Earth.
Take that for what you will.