APRO Bulletin, June 1980
The Rendlesham Forest incident would dominate British ufology for decades. APRO was reporting on Chinese UFO research as relations opened, adding a new dimension to the global picture.
Sighting Reports
Pravda. The main argument of the article, by V. Gubarev, is as follows: The majority of mysterious lights in the sky are "optical effects." Some "optical effects" are unidentified natural events, such as ball lightning. Others are unidentified man-made phenomena, such as earth satellites and "atmosp
All these readers had faith that Pravda would agree with their assumption. Their faith was well placed. The newspaper of the U S SR Communist Party unequivocably put down belief in extraterrestrial visitors. The scenario that Pravda presents is that some comrades wrote requesting "Say it isn't so."
August 19, 1949 Mojave, California. Two prospectors, Buck Fitzgerald and Mase Garney, reported that a "whizzing disc" crashed near Death Valley and that two little men jumped out and disappeared in the sand dunes. The disc was estimated to be 24 feet in diameter and going about 300 miles per hour. T
By John Beckjord A phrase familiar to most ufologists is "It can't be, therefore it isn't." I here wish to add tlte CSICOP (Committee for Scientific Inquiry into Claims of the Paranormal) corollary, which is "I say it is solved, tperefore it is." A second corollary, also often uttered by CSICOP memb
stars at night. Does anyone really feel that even after sixteen years had gone by since his discharge, that this ex-naval officer, this navigator, would mistake Venus, a star he probably "shot" hundreds of times, for a UFO that was as bright as the moon and which showed movement in the sky? *where h
"UFO's '79" This issue of the B UL L E TIN features several photos taken at the " UFO's '79" Symposium in San Diego, California. Most are candid shots taken with Mrs. Lorenzen's Hanimex Mini 218 camera so we apologize for photo make-up and quality. Shown above is part of APRO's display at the Sympos
March [date?L 1980 - King City, Missouri. Kermit and Sally Wells were relaxed in their living room watching television when, suddenly, the entire house seemed to be illuminated. A look out the window revealed a shining mass of light in the sky which appeared from the ground to be at least 3 feet squ
March 30, 1980 - Dundee, Scotland. A police officer was asleep in his home when he and his wife were awakened about 4:55 a.m. by a "hollow metal hum" which grew increasingly louder. From his bedroom window, he saw 4 "glows" in the northwest moving slowly in a diamond formation. After several minutes