APRO Bulletin, July 1963

E. Desert Place, Tucson, Arizona, end is issued every other month to members only. The Aerial Phenomena Research Orgazination 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.

"Meteor" Panics Baseball Crowe/ a Another one of those huge, phenomW'enal, several-second meteors scared the daylights out of players and spectators alike at a baseball game at Vancouver, B. C., Canada, on May 28, 1962. Descriptions indicated that this beauty had an aangular displacement of at least

Barometers React To "Meteor" A mysterious bright object flashed across the western sky in Western Washington state at 10:45 p. m. on 31 July 1962. The Weather Bureau said the object apparently caused pressure changes similar to those noted after large nucclear explosions. Observers said the object "

Saucer Lands In Italy casional thunderous crash, and are never

In the early hours of the 18th of December, 1962, a watchman on duty in the courtyard of a suburban factory in Milan, Italy, reported to police that he had seen a "3-foot, 4-inch man climb out of a "flying saucer" after it landed in the courtyard. The little creature beckoned to the watchman, then a

From Peter Norris comes the following information gleaned from "The Sun": Dairy farmer Mr. Charlie Brew of Ole Sale Road, Willow Grove, northwest of Moe, Australia, has reported that a "thick disc" frightened a horse and his cow herd on 16 February 1963. The disc, "battleship grey" in color, appeare

Saucer At Sheff.ielcl Reservoirs Until August 19, cutlery worker Walter Revill of Sheffield, England, had believed flying saucers were "rubbish," and didn't mind saying so. On that date, however, he changed his mind. He and a friend, Mrs. Teresa Spotswood had been out, and when they returned to Mrs.

In Argentina The 1962 "flap" seemed to have officially opened with the January sighting of a UFO at such close quarters that details were easily observed. (See recent issue of the Bulletin). However, the interesting Argentinian series of sighting seemed to get under way with a vengeance in May. The

Rancher Sees Hovering Object A. T. Gray, dairy rancher in the Capay district near Orland, California, reported to the Sheriff's department that he had seen a strange saucer-shaped object hovering over an alfalfa field in September of 1962. The article containing the information was written by Chal G

Green Flash Over Cincinnati On May 3, 1962, at 8 p.m. a bright greenish-white flash spread across the southern Cincinnati sky. Reports generally agreed its light was visible for three to 10 seconds, that the object or light had a luminous tail and traveled horizontally toward the southwest. The obje

Scores of witnesses were cross-examined concerning what they had seen during the night of May 14, 1962, in the near vicinity of the Puerta Belgrano Naval Base. Little or nothing is known about this specific case, but the Navy seemed to be somewhat agitated about the incidents. It is. interesting to

In "La Opinion," a Spanish language paper published in Los Angeles, a sighting appeared in the August 4 issue. From Entre Rios Province, Argentina, came a report that a flying saucer landed on a road near Parana. Out of it came human-like beings over 6 feet tall, fairhaired with very large eyes. The

"On Saturday, July 17, on the road to Istres, a textile merchant and his wife were cruising along in their little van at some 100 k.m. an hour. All at once the driver noticed at a slight distance from the windshield, a strange bluish light. Theen everything happened in a flash! Did the bluish light

finish of the hood, are all there to corroborate his story. This strange phenomena has been reported to the University of Minnesota scientists and one, W. J. Luyten, after discussing it with several colleagues, seems to have no definite answer as yet. His personal feeling is that it might have been

It was within· 75 feet of her car. "It was a little thing, a round ball about six to eight inches in diameter and aglow with a fiercely bright white light. It had a 'tail' of light two or three feet long, and it was spinning as it moved in an orbit twenty or thirty feet across." Mrs. Alderman was dr

details to the printed newspaper version of their experience related above, but did remark that they felt the strange light must have been a reflection but didn't know what from and were badly frightened by the weirdness of the experience. In THE CAPITAL TIMES of Madison, Wisconsin, on Thursday, Nov

were out one night looking for the objects when one of them started coming in very close. He told me that when he shone the beam from his flashlight in the direction of the light, it suddenly disappeared. This bears a close resemblance to the behavior of the four lighted objects above the freight tr

0THE REGISTER, Storm Lake, Iowa, of August 2 1 , 1962, reports the following experience of a motorist with a small disc. "While returning trom Cherokee, Gus Goettsch reported that his car was struck by what appeared to be a flying saucer. According to the report, Mr. Goettsch was on a gravel road so

Goettsch reported that the object struck the rear fender fo his car and disappeared. It left no mark on the car and he was traveling about 30 miles per hour when the incident took place." Unquote. (Credit: Wash. State NICAP Sub-Committe, Seattle, Washington).

my yard less than 30 feet above me. Then it moved to the lower limbs, something like a firefly. "I first thought it was a spotlight," she continued, "but then when it moved from branch to branch and finally flashed away into the sky, I realized it was something that was giving off its own light." Mr