APRO Bulletin, September-October 1973
The 1973 wave, one of the largest in UFO history, brought hundreds of reports across the American South and Midwest. The Pascagoula and Coyne helicopter cases gave researchers some of their strongest evidence.
Sighting Reports
UFO Chases Helicopter The incident described below has been widely described in the press and on electronic news media, but for those who have not had the details made available to them or who may not have read an accurate version, we present the following narrative: Captain Lawrence Coyne, an Army
Shown above is Mr. Daniel H. Harris, "resident astronomer" to APRO Headquarters in Tucson. Mr. Harris was born on November 17, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. He obtained an A.A. degree in astronomy at Cerritos Junior College, Norwalk, California in 1963, his B.S. degree with honors in physics at C
Idaho [ Continuedfrom Page S ixI approximately the same, so we will describe here the latter one: The two men were camped on a bluff overlooking a valley. When they awoke in the early morning at about 6 a.m. they noticed a shiny spot on the ore dump of a Spring Creek Mine across the valley. Neither
Sedona UFO Speed Dr. Harder's analysis of the Sedona, Arizona, photograph and cameral indicated an effective shutter speed between 0.019 and 0.037 sec (though reported by the witness to be 0.013 sec). He then computed the UFO speed to be "on the order of 24,000 feet per second, or 16,000 miles per h
Jacobs Receives Doctorate We are pleased to announce that David M. Jacobs, APRO's Consultant in history has received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Jacobs has contributed sighting reports and a book review to the Bu Uetin and has been a consultant since 1971. Dr.
On Friday, November 2nd, the Dick Cavett television talk show (ABC) featured UFOs as the theme. During the show, Astronaut McDivitt, Charles Hickson (the Pasacagoula, Mississippi case), Charles Coyne (the helicopter-UFO chase case) and Dr. J. Allen Hynek were interviewed. Inasmuch as the show was wi
Close Encounter In Oklahoma One of the many UFO sightings which took place around the United States during the recent flap but which did not garner any publicity to speak of, took place near Mannford, Oklahoma on the 16th of October at 12:20 a.m. This and
other subsequent cases were investigated by Field Investigator L.G. Sikes whom we thank for a thorough and top notch report. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hatchett (Donna) and their nine-year-old daughter, Valerie, and their four-year-old son who was asleep, were driving to their rural residence near Cushing, O
Encounter [Continued from Page Eight] intense white light being emitted from the forward section. Behind the object were two red lights toward the top, one white light near the center and two red lights near the bottom. Although Mr. Hatchett was constantly expressing his desire to drive on and put s
West Virginia "Saucer" Scene By Ted Spickler The Raleigh County Airport sounds like "UFO CENTRAL" as pilots, sheriffs, weathermen and local saucer buffs gather for the nightly vigil which has resulted in UFO sightings over four evenings. The usual airport "hangar talk" was largely supplanted by sauc
night by a glowing, giant, gaseous object. It sounded like a classic sighting. Not until five hours later did he come forward and admit what is indeed one of the clearest and most exciting reports yet made of a UFO. The pilot was flying from Indianapolis to Beckley, Va. the previous evening (Friday,
Eastern UFO Symposium There are still available a limited number of transcripts of the Eastern UFO Symposium which was held at Baltimore, Maryland in January, 1971. Of particular interest was Professor Ted Spickler's dissertation on ball lightning and plasmas which is particularly effective in debat
In early spring of this year, the Lorenzens were contacted by Mr. Ralph Blum, a writer who was doing an article on UFOs for Cosmopolitan magazi n e . They furnished him with the information he req uested and promised further cooperation. In late Sept�mber Mr. Blum again contacted APRO by telephone a
Visitatori Da11o Spazio is the title o f a new UFO book published by ARMENIA EDITORE, Milan, Italy, 1973, written by Dr. Roberto Pinotti with a foreward by Professor Herman Oberth, the "father of rocketry". Price: $6.00 (U. S.) This is not just another book on the UFO problem but surely is one of th
