APRO Bulletin, January 1960

0.), 1712 Van Court, Alamogordo, New Mexico, and is issued every other month to members only. The Aerial Phenomena Research Organiza tion Is a non-profit group dedicated to the eventual solution of the mystery of the unidentified objects which have been present in the skies for hundreds of years. In

Investigation of a Mutual Broadcasting System news item concerning a UFO "as big a s a two-story house" revealed some unusual information about the unidentified object itself, plus an example of how information is frequently misconstrued. Clippings kindly forwarded by E. 0. Dahl and Mrs. Charles Bru

Pictured above i s Mr. fun' !chi Takanashi, our new Representative for Japan. A graduate of the Kwansei Gakuin University, Mr. Takanashi is Chairman of the Modern Space Flight Association, Editor of "Flying Saucer Intelligence," (a Japanese language periodical) and also editor of "Japan UFO Intellig

Redmond, Oregon, 24 September-Authorities checked on reports of an object sighted by m any over this central Oregon town . Patrolm a n Robert Dickerson first saw the object which he said came to within 200 feet of the ground a nd moved from side to side. He called Redmond Airport a nd notified Laver

During the first week of December ( no exact date ) -7 employees at the Kyger Creek Power Plant at Cheshire, Ohio, reported seeing an unidentified object in the are a . We are attempting to obtain more information, for this power plant furnishes power for the Atomic Energy Plant at Portsmouth, and t

An object described as resembling a "silver pencil with fins" was observed over Willoughby, Ohio on Thursday, 10 December by Mrs . Ronald T. Bundy a nd two other housewives. Mrs. Bundy said there was a loud sound like a clap of thunder, but nothing like the usual sonic booms heard in the are a . The

At 11:50 p . m ., 22 Dec. Kenneth Lindsley Jr., 28 of Oakdale, Calif., was walking in the vicinity of Claribel Road and McHenry Avenue when he spotted a "bowlshaped" object coming down out of· the clouds toward him . He estimated its altitude a s about 2,000 feet when he first saw it . Its color was

On the 3rd day of January, 1960, at 10 p . m . , Clark Fengel of Omaha, Nebraska and his wife observed a brilliant object which streaked across the sky leaving a fiery trail behind it, from west to east. He estimated its height as 10,000 feet; its trajecory was flat, he s aid . On the same evening,

On the 6th of January several young couples panicked and left secluded regions of Cobb Park in Fort Worth, Texas, and officers were dispatched to the park after an excited caller reported a "flying saucer had just landed in Cobb Park and is chasing all the cars out." The Fort Worth Star-Telegram whi

On 1 January APRO began its 9th year of UFO investigation. Established in January, 1952, the organization has many accomplishments to its credit. Acting as a stabilizing influence in a field of research which is, to say the least, fraught with pitfalls including crackpots, confidence men and general

whole story of the Brazilian Nav sightAFRO Special Representative for Brazil ings at the Island of Trindade, the reWhen Navy officers, competent techmarkable series of incidents which caused nicians and experts on meteorological and a tremendous impact on the Brazilian atmospheric phenomena, from a

ered portion o f the 113,000 pound airplane showed signs of tremendous exterior heat, but that the blast which disintegrated the big ship did not come from within the plane. A veteran Air Force pilot testified before a three-man Civil Aeronautics Board that he had seen a m a ssive, mushroom-shaped r

. MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN Our photographic consultant, John T . Hopf, has launched into a n extensive c ampaign to bring more members into APRO from the Rhode Island are a , and it is paying off. He has appeared on radio programs dealing with the UFO mystery, which resulted in a wellwritten, sober a cco