APRO Bulletin, January 1973

In Florida The I anuary 24 issue of the Fort Myers News-Press carried a lengthy article by Susan Taylor of the News-Press staff which featured m any direct quotes from Dr. Edward U.Condon, the former chief of the University of Colorado UFO Project. One of Dr. Condon's comments was that "It was like

Follow-U ps O n p a ge 1 , c o l u m n o f t he July-August 1972 bulletin, details of an occupant case near Kuraby, Queensland , Australia based on press reports were presented. APRO requested that Field Investigator Lindsay M cKeon of Brisbane attempt to look into the matter via the local UFO resea

abnormal power drain from the high tension lines. The witness was hazy on t he shape � f the object due to the short duration of the sighting but estimates its length to be around 8 0 feet (twice t he length of a n e a r b y h o u s e ) . No marks were in evidence on t he groun d when the area w a s

�lr. F rank G. Morton, APRO's Re esentative for South Africa, has forwarded a lengthy report of UFO activity in his country in t he last nine m o nths. Although there are many sightings included , some are doubtful as to authenticity and others are lacking in detail. The m ost detailed and interesti

The Paul Carter Sighting July 30, 1 9 73, Durban, South Africa. A bowl-shaped indentation was found in the m id dle of ripe sugar cane fields at La Lucia. A Durban University student took his dog for a run through the cane fields, and suddenly the d og darted through the cane, the young man followed

e e e e to give them a clue as to what they had seen. Mrs. Hansen commented : "If it's a j oke, who's doing it and why? It's frightening all of us to death." A ugust 20-24, 1 9 72, Fort Beaufort, South A frica. A UFO was again reported from the farm of Bennie Smit, who had had an experience with a U

Kathleen, 8 , Pullen, were walking with a Middelburg on the Graaff-Reinet road at friend David Dicker ( 1 1) when they saw a about 8 p . m . when his wife pointed out a glowing light over the city which they ball of light in the sky. "It was about a described as looking like a very b right half a ki

only as D.G. The basic data, however, are as follows: Mr. G. was proceeding north out of S edona, Arizona bound for Flagstaff when he spotted what appeared to be a white Butane tank off on the side of the road . Being familiar with the area he knew there was no tank in that location , so he stopped

Residents o f S a ylors L ake, Pennsylvania reported t o State police in Stroudsberg that strange objects were flying over the area at intervals between 7 : 2 5 p . m . and 1 0 : 4 5 p . m . on the night of March 1 st . Mrs. H oward Pfeiffer of Saylors Lake said she and 1 1 other residents counted 3

( 1¥2. lunar diameters) South of the 12-times brighter Jupiter, the angular distance between the two planets increasing by about 0. 70/day thereafter. Jupiter is 6 lunar diameters ( 3 0) South of the 46o/o-illuminated Moon at OS 1 S UT on 2 6 April. _ Jupiter is again in c o nj u nction with the Moo

Press International news item on the 5 th of March, 1973 which told of the sighting of a UFO by President l di Amin on the 3rd of the month. Radio Uganda allegedly broadcast the news and the object was described as falling into Lake Victoria and then taking off again like a "gentle rocket".

Flap i n Alaba ma Beginning on December 2 7 , there was a concentration of s i ghtings of unidentified flying objects in the vicinity of Lexington, ·Alabama. Field Investigator Bill Rogers has forwarded a total of 1 7 reports which he investigated, but we will present only six , which give the best

the object was still out in the field. Weather conditions accompanying this sighting were : Clear sky , no precipitation , no wind, temperature approximately 3 5 0, and the moon was out and very bright. Mrs. Wylodean Nix, the mo ther of Philip , Mike and Gayla Nix ( 1 8 , 2 0 and 1 6 , respectively

the end of the lock and searched for the obj ect using binoculars, but could see nothing. He and his companions kept a close watch for about 9 or 1 0 minutes and were about to leave when they noticed an object or the same o bj ect rising up from the surface of the water on the Lauderdale County side

Press Reports Septem ber 1 6, 1 9 72, Sain t Loup ( 2 0 kilometers from Montpellier, France) . M .N . : Towards 9 : 3 0 a.m. he w a s taking pictures of the countryside when his attention was attracted by an object having the form of a metallic disc and the size of a Caravelle Jet. The o bj ect cros

aircraft landings. I never s a w a light like that. A helicopter could travel 5 5 m.p.h. but not with the acceleration or that speed . That's not even the right term , because acceleration implies a buildup of speed, and this was instantaneous." I n the same article in the M ilwaukee J ournal sighti

minutes. It was described a s brightly shining in yellow, red , blue and green. January 1 3, 1 9 73, Marion, Wisconsin, U.S. At between 5 and 6 p . m . Witness (unidentified ) was proceeding east on Highway G when he saw a red light in the sky which was too slow and too low for an airplane. It was j

On The South A merican S cene J o rge E. Parra 0 . , A P R O ' s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e for Colombia, has forwarded translations of three news clippings pertaining to UFO reports on the South A m erican Continent : February 5 , 1 9 73, Huila, Colom bia. Night was turned into day when a light so

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