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PROFESSIONALISM" and "MUTUAL SUPPORT". We've started the ball rolling, but we need your active participation. Please support Australian Research. by David Seargent Guest Editorial.

PHY SICAL TRACES & EFFECTS: 1976 - Kettering - ca.25' scorched grass circle after UFO landing. 1977 - Orange - 4 imprints after UFO "landing". 1976 - N eminha -precipitate: on· car. 1968 - Heyfield - grass wilted at UFO landing site. EFFECTS ON LIVING THIGS: 1963 - Willow Grove - headache & cows re

1944 - Bass Strait - planes instrument affected. 1975 -Lake Sorroll .- effect on radio reception.· APPARENT INERTIAL & GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS: 1966 - Burkes Flat -headlight beams bent towards UFO. 1969 - Casino - "beam" phenomenon. 196 7 - Boyup Brook ... "car control"

PUBLICATIONS: Australia 1 s first comprehensive listing of "physical trace" cases is in preparation. Entitled "A SOURCE BOOK OF AUSTRALIAN UFO RELATED PHYSIC AL TRACE EVENTS AND OTHER RELATED SIMILAR PHENOMENA", it is being compiled by Bill Chalker. Copies of the paper "PHYSIC AL EVIDENCE FOR UFOS I

Bill Chalker. Copies of the paper "PHYSIC AL EVIDENCE FOR UFOS IN AUSTRALIA a preliminary study of the Physical Trace Experience in Australia" by Bill Chalker, presented at UFOCON 4, 1979, are available from the author, c/o P.O. Box 6 Lane Cove NSW 2066. The APESG will concentrate on detailed "case

compiled by Bill Chalker, will be circulated o interested parties and all ACUFOS affiliated groups. It will carry updates on APESG research activities, Australian & overseas "physical evidence" cases, science/technology applied to "physical evidence" and literature reviews. The newsletter will hope

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I quote from the article's conclusions: "The literature on which this article is based represents only a tiny fraction of the vast amount that has been published in the last thirty years, and for each theory that has been put forward on the origin of UFOs, there is far more evidence than has been pr

Crmp, LoG. Cribb AB. (1967) PIECE FOR A JIGSAW, Somerton, Isle of Wight 388pp and J.Wo Cribb (1974) WILD FLOOD IN AUSTR ALIA, Collins, Sydney, 1974 Fontana edition 1976 240pp

Fontana edition 1976 240pp C SI R O (1 9 70) THE I N SECTS OF AUSTRAL I A, Melbo u r ne Un iv ersi t y P ress, Melbo u r n e C o le, F .M. , B. A. F uhr e r and A . A. H ollan d ( 1978) A F I EL D GUI D E TO THE COlr·.ON

G EN E RA O F GI L L ED FUN GI I N AU S T R AL I A , I n k a ta P r ess, Molb o u r ne. C u s a c k , F . ( e d .·) ( 1967) AUSTRAL I AN GHOSTS, \.Jilliam H ei n em a nn , 196 7 . Ang us an d Rob e rtso n , Syd n e y, 1967 1 77p p . Dick i n s on, . 8 - ( 19 7 8 ) C L 0 SE S I GHTI N G AN D AMA Z I

Mar t i n, W. a n d J . C h il d ( 1972 ) L I CHEN S O F N EuJ ZEALAN D , A . H . an d A.W . Reod, W e lli n g ton 1 9 3 p p . L am b e r t on, J . A. (1956 ) Crif!"II CAL C ON STI TUENTS O F THE L UPliN ESC EN T FUN GUS P L EUR.O TUS L AMP A§.., Austra l ia n Jo u r n al of C h emis t r y , 2. ( 3

NS D ep t. Ag . TAK E-ALL O F W H EAT , P lant D is e ase Bu lletin N o . 3 3 c N SW D ep t . Ag. ( 19 7 4) S O OTY M OULD , P l a nt Disea s e B ul l e t in N o . 2 1 2 p p Dram, J. ( 1 975 ) THI N GS THAT G O BR I GHT I N THE N I GHT, Daily Mi r r or, S y d ney , Novembor 5, 1 975 p p12 -13, 42 e

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H yn ek , J . A . The U F O E xpe r i e nc e L on d o n ; C o r g i , ( 19 72 ) , 1 9 7 4 R a n d le s , J. P u b l i s h in g o f U F O Da t a . F lying S a uc e r R e v i ew v o l 2 4 no . 2 Aug 1 9 78 o · ----- ---·- ·

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(Papua N . G . ) , filmed a disk that rose out of a cloud, turned abruptly nd zoomed off at spoed.

RAAF, who sent it to the U . S . Drury with the best frames missing. R ADA R -V ISU AL, NSw 3 1/B /5 4 ( 21 3 0 ) . L t . O ' Farrell was flying a

On the first night, Rev. ( C E3 ?) , PAPU A, 26 /6 /5 9 ( 2 -ihours ) and 27/6 ( 1hour ) .

C E2/EM , 15/2/6 3 , 0 70 0 . 8rew saw a spinning disc descend and hover over a tree and nearby magnetic ( ? )

CJrr, pilot of an Ansett D C 6 Brisbane-to-Port fVtoresby flight, and two crew, a round ball with vapour trail pace the plane. He took photos.

fV1r. Pedley abject rise with a loud hiss out of Horseshoe Lagoon.

T hre e y o u th s o n a c li ff-top s a w s e vera l d i s c s hoverin g o u t to s e a . They to o k a m ovi e. fi lm an d ' s ti l l p ho to s , an d th en th G y turn od t o fi lm th e e c lip s e ·o f the s un . A fter th e ec lip s e h ad p a s se d , th e U F Os were n o lon g er in s i g h t

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except· for UFO organisations. Credit must be given.,

A listing of Australian Cases

BULLETIN INDEXo

The mos t common w ays that A u s t ramian r e s earche r s fi r s t b ecame i n t e r e s t e d in U F O s was throu gh r ead i n g U F O li t e rature ( 8) o r throu gh a p e r sonally-exp e r i e nced U F O s i ght i n g (6). O th e r paths to an i n t e r e s t in UFOs was through an e x t e n s

no. of r e spon d en t s. hours per week

E xactly hal f o f the sample ( 10) claime d t o hav e p e r sonally exp e r i e nced a UFO s i gh t in g . Goi n g by tho s e who w ent i n to f u r th er d etail? thes e s i ght in g s ap p ear ed to be main ly of the noctur n al li ght v a r i e ty. As p oi n t e d out ea rli er , the s e_ p e r

The an s w e r s to th i s q u e s t ion ran g ed w i d ely. I n fact almos t 3 0 UFO books w e r e nominat ed. H o we v er , t h e majo r ity nominat e d .the following t i tles a s the be st LJFO book s: ''The U F O Exp e r i ence11 by J . All en Hyn e k (B ) 'The U F O H a n d boo k " by Allan H

This w a s p erhap s the m o st p r ov ocat i v e q u e s t i on in th e s ur v ey. So p erhaps it is n o s u rp r i se that 40% o f the r e s p o n d ants ( 8 ) d e cl i n e d to g i v e a n e s t ima t e . H owe v e r , the f ollowin g e stimates r e s ulted from th os e will i n g t o take a s t

The b alan c e o f op i n i on was that the m a s s m ed i a d o m o r e "harm" (10) than '' g o od " (6) t o u fo l o gy. H ow e v e r , thi s v i e w w a s by n o m e an s u n an i m o u sly s up po rted. Many r es p o n d ents con v ey ed that thi s was n ot an " eithe r/ ori' sit uation; the an

A wi d e r an g e o f e xp lan a t i o ns w e r e s up p o rt ed , mo st n ot a bly the ext rat err e str ial i nt e r-d imen s i onal an d p sychol o g ic al/m i sp e r c ep t i o n hyp othe s e s . N o. o f r e spond ents * e xplan a t i on E xt r ate r r estr i al

A us t r alian r e s e a r c he r s w e r e ev enly div i d ed on wheth e r or not the i r study o f U FO s h a d i n fl uen c ed the i r p hilo s op hy o f l i fe ( ll said 1 1 yes " : 9 s ai d " n o H ) . O f th o s e who a n s wer e d i n th e a f fi r mat i v e , the p r edomin ant themes t o em

0n ce a3in the r e was a d ive r s e rang e o f r e sponses to this q u es tiono However , the overr iding r eason given for st ud y ing UFrJs was a c u r iosit y for det e rm inin g the nat u r e of th e p henomena . Oth e r r eas ons given inc lu d e d to fi l l a gap in s ci ent i fic k now l e

os t r e s ear che r s t hough t that A u s t ra lians have made important c o n t ri b ution s to UFO r e s ear eh ( 10 said 1 1 y e s n; 5 sai d n n o" 9 and the r emain d e r said both 1 1 yes and no;' ) . The a r eas fav o u ra b l y m entioned inc lud ed : d o c um e ntation s o f r epor t s;

· This was p erhap s the most impor t ant q ue s t ion as far as finding o ut whe r e we , as r e s ear cher s , are at, an d whe r e w e ar e goingo A lar g e n um b e r of s ug g e s t ions we r e advanced, with the ove ra l l emphasis being on b e t t e r invest igat ion , doc um e n tat ion a n

July/August 1981. Credit must be gven.

The breath of Fred Phillips' interest wa s extraordinary. Here was a man of n.arvelous intelle ct, who was only too willing to share his knowledge. His interests spread from a profound interest in all matters occult to practical explorations of such mysteries. He surrounded himself with a large libr

T h i s kin d of d i s t r i b u t i o n h a s l i mi t e d v a l u e on l y s i n ce i t i s n ' t a b l e- t o d i s p la y , wi t h i n a c c e p t a b l e b o u nd s , t he r e a l q u a n t i t a t iVt? c on c en t r a t i on' o f t h e·· ph e n omen o n d ur i n g t h e ye a r s . Cons i d e r

T h e mo n t h l y d i s t r i b u t i on o f a nat i o n a l s amp le ( as w e l l a s o f an in te r n a t i on a l o ne , ev e n t h o u g h rno r e c omp lex l y ) s u f fe r s t h e p r e sen ce of wav e s i n d e t e r m i n a n t m a n ne r. In fact , t h e d i s t r i b ut i o n dep e n d s

Th e d i s t r i b ut io n h as a h o r iz oDt a l t r e n d {he r e a r e n ' t s i gn i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n ce s am o n g t he f r e q u en c ie s ) : t h e p h en ome n on d oe s n ' t s e e m t o d ep e nd o n a s p e c i fi c wi t n e s s fa c t o r t h a t m a y b e f o u n d d r in

T h e q u ant itat i v e r at i o betw e e n s iht i n g s w hi c h h ap p e n e d in n i g ht h o u r s a n d thos e d u r i n g t h e d a y i s a b o ut 4 t o 1. Th e p h e n omen on s h o ws its el f e s snt iall y d u r i n g t he n i g ht . Betw e e n 2100 a n d OlffiO ( a p e r i o d wh e r

B i l l M a s e r , i n h i s l i fe , u n d e r t o ok m a n y d i v e r s e a c t iv i t i e s . H e w a s a n a c c o unt a n t , a s t r on om er , J . P . , a n d sp e a k e r o f s i x l a n g u g e s t o n am e b ut a few . H i s H u r ls t on e P a r k a d d r e s s b e c am e t h e c en t

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Briti s h Astronomic a l As sociation . ( V S S Section,) B AA. Americ an A s so c iation of V riab lc; Star Ob scr vc:r s . ( A AV SO) R o y a l A stron omic a l S ociety of N e w Z ea l and . ( V:JS Section ) A ustr a lian ob ser vc;r s us ua l l y j oin the latter s ection and en quir ies sh o u

UFOs an d P r ophetic Re ligious Mov eme nts by Mar k Mo r avec

T h e G host D an c e reli g ious mov emen t of th e N orth Americ an I n d i a n s emer g e d with . ir.1pact in 1890 a fter a P ai ute h ealin g s h aman called lJovoka (:'the Cutter" ) hao a v ision of God w ho ord ered him to establi s h the n ew mov e men t. "A ll I ndian s m ust d an c e , e

T h e c a r go c ult o f the U s ur ufa , who liv ed i n t h e are a around K ainantu i n t h e eastern hig hlan d s o f N e w G uin ea , w a s in v e sti gated b y Rob ert B ern dt i n the 195 0 s when contact b etween th e U s uru fa and European s h a d still b eon min imal . The fir st con ta ct

A mod e rn counterpart is a mov ement wh i c h b e g a n in th e 1950 s in an in d ustriali s e d city in t h e mid w e st o f t h e U . S. A . A s ur b ur b an hous ewife , ".r"ir s Jarian K e e ch11 , r ec eived mes s a g e s v i a a utomatic w r itin g claimed to b e s ent by 1' s uperior bein g

The a. ov e thre e proph eti c religious mov ements shar e a n umber of common ele ments . Th e y ( 1) were dis s atis fied w ith the soc i al con d ition s whic h the y wer e forc ed to a c c ept; ( 2 ) r e j e cted e stablish ed a uthority9 ( 3 ) WC?ro initiated a fter 'J prophC?t rec eiv e d re

H ow d o pr o ph etic r e li o j nus 1nov e1 1 t e1 1 ts come about? Lanter nari (19 6 3 ) has s u g g est ed that man y 1 1 1 0\t e 1 1 1en t s r es u lt from th e c lash betwen twt ' c u ltur es . The n less adv an ced " prop le may b e co m e awar e o f th eir e c on omic an d socia l lag s an d

P r op h e t i c r e li g i o u s m o v e men t s ar e v eh i c le s for c u lt ur a l c h an g e . The b a s i c c a us es ar c p r o b a b ly b o th in t er n a l an d ex t er n a l - a n i mp u ls e: wi t h in h um an c o n s c i o u sn e s s laun c hin g a " n ew " b e li e f s ys t em in a s i

An t hr op o lo g i s t s an d s o c i o lo g i s t s do n ot k n o w e v e r y t hi n g a b o u t t h e m o v emen t s w e . l CJ V C b o on d i s c u s s i n g . O ur c on c l u s ion s c an on ly b e t c:n t a t i v e and s e v e r a l un r es o lv ed i s s u e s r emai n .

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c omme n t s by Fran k Gill e s p i e The a r t i cl e w h i c h follows ap p ear e d fir s t in U F O E n c oun t er N o . 8 7, J ul y A u g u s t, 198 0; a j o ur n al w h i c h i s e d i ted b y t he a u t hor, Mar t in Got t s c hall . A br ie f c r i t i c is m o f t h e a r t i cl e w a s s u

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STUDIES -Volume 3. y/February 1982.

Whc:n a 3cienco student is taught about the electric field, he all too quickly passGs to a state of "knowing11 by means of rules and mathematics, without ever asking some very basic questions. It is surprising the extent to which electric fields can bG undorsto d by using ideas about ordinary matter

U cspit c h avin g an e x tre me ly quit e year wit h very few reports o f any magnitu d e , retrosp e c t ively w e c an se e t h ere w as an in cre ase in reports m f in t erest i n August - O c to b er l ast y e ar . A CU F O S inv e s tigators wil l a lre a dy b e aware o f t h e initia l d e t

m i ner trave llin g to work at 6 . 3 0 p . m . from uJollon gon g · tow a.r ds H e le ns bur.g saw an u nusual o b j e c t p ass an estimat e d 2 0 Dm over his h e a d . T he ob j e c t w as descri b e d a s b eing ' co f fin ' sap e d wit h angu lar sid es a n d c orn ers . I t ap peare d t he si

ob j e c ts w as report e d o f f t he coast n e ar Bun bury on 2 5 August 81 . T hr e e m e n said t h ey saw up to 15 brig h t ob j e cts travelling in formation abo ut 2 K M o f fshore a t a b out 4 p . m . S urveyor ' s assist a n t J o hn H arvey o f Bun bury said a bou t 1 5 brig h t silv er s

Gray were travel l i ng alon g t h e Lower D nmark R o a d towards Elleker a t a bout 7 p . m . on 2 6 Aug 8 1 w h e n an objec t is s aid to h ave flown across in front o f t he m a n d in to p a ddocks a t t h e side o f t h e road . Mr . B e cker l e g is quoted as s ay mn g t hat t hey h a d st

P r o c l!c di n gs o f the 6 th an n u a l C o n feren ce he ld. in A d e l aide S o u t h A ust r a li a O c t o b er 1 98 1 a r e now avai lab l e t h r o ug h ACU F O S ' s P ub lisi n g servi c c e C ost is $ 15 , which i n c l u d es s u r face p os tin g .

( C o n tin ued. f r om last J o u r n a l ) B oo ks i n P ri n t .

1 ) O oo k R e vi e w Diqes t - H . W . Ui lson C o . , N . Y . ( m o n t h ly , s e v e r a l c u mu latio ns , an n u a l )

1 ) i b li ogr aphic I n d e x A C u la t iv e Bib liogr aphy o f Bib liogr aphies r.: o .. , N . Y . ( Ap ri l , A u g ust , an n u 3 l ) .

BQ.p_li o d S cie n c e & Tc cn o logy I n d e x - H . ul . J i ls o n C o . , J . Y . ( mon th ly , q u a r t e r ly ann unl ) . 2 ) A us t rali a n S c_i c n s:e I n_sje x - C S I R O , f1e l b o u r n e ( rp o n t h ly , an n ual)

:March/April 1982. 6f this publicatioh may be .reproduced without prior written c6nsent of ACUFDS, except for UFO otgnisatibns. ·credit· must be given. Articles appearing in this publication are not necsarily the views and :opinions of ACUEOS.'

The Australian Governmnt Freed om of In formation Act (FOI Act) 1982 was assente.d to on 9 . March 82 .·.and will come intd operation later this year on dte to be proclaimed. It is expected at the moment ·that this coJld be in July.

leislation is to; give access to the ublic to information about .the rules and_operations of

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l 45p. S)13.50. - INFORf'lA1ION S T ORE AGE AND RET R IEVAL FOR UFOL OGISTS - how to set up your own information retrieval system. 52p . $6.

interesting research pap ers. 150 p . tl· 15. Dll - A CATALOGUE OF THE MORE INTERESTING AlJ..;T RALIAN CL0.3E EN COUN TERS - summGries of the "best'' 1.10 cases. 29p. $4. - A PRELIMINARY CATAL O GU E OF AU S TR ALI AN and sources. 22p . 4.

013 -WHO'S wHO IN AUSTRALIAN U F OLOGY - a 3 2p review of Australian ufologists. Provides biographical etails, p osition statements and contact addresses. $4. Dl4 - PSIUFOLOGICAL P H ENOItENA - 136 p ages. A study of cases which straddle tt:1e borderline between U FOs and p sychic p henomena. Aust

An interesting article was forwarded to the Centre by Mark Mcitavec1 titled ''The Ark on Ararat'', which we thought would be of interest to our readers. The search, apparently quite fruitless to date, for the miraculousl . preserved, remains of r oah1 s Ark, is an established and delightful part o

oclc1 s of t h a t h a o pe n i n g t h e uni ve r s e A.nd. o ur ca J. o,xy and o t h R r l i fe f o r m s i n i t 1 re l a t i ve t o OUr yo u.t.'·t .,

P .lymp t o n 30Ulli AUi -1 RA L IA

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Gre e nac re N . S , ) .. In c l ud. -3 8 rr'a p e

1982) made us realise a global problem facing UFO researchers all too often. It is a problem which has been with

or COMBTIJATION Chandler quotes an article illustrating the quandary which appeared in ( May 1976).. "Amongst features on Hars YJhich defy positive explanation.

2) Nutch, Thomas A. et. al. - The Geology of M Princeton N.J.

12 P re 1947 re por t s - a re expla ina ble b y I I T. U FO repo rt s hav e been a ro un d as lo n g as people sa y E TH p roponen ts. I I Te r s me rel y poin t o u t t ha t p eople and

b y Bill C ha lk e r . Sin c e J an u a y 19 8 2 I h nv o b e e n un d e t a k in g t h e fi s t dir e ct civi li a n e x ami n a ti o n of t h e R AA F U FO f ll es ev er al lo w e d o N o w , a rt er 3 v i si t s t o t h e R us s ell Offi c e s of t h e D e p n rt m e n t of D ef e n c e i n

B i b l i o g r ap h y U p d at es . ?r t i fi c i a l I n t e l l ige 1 ) L e w i s , T . G . - 11W h at C omp u t e r s C an n ot U o i ' - _Q-'Lte , J an . 1 98 0 - p . l0 0 - 1 12 . 2 ) r·1 i c h i e iJ o n a l d - ' ' T h e :J o c i a l Asp c c t s o f A r t i f i c i a l I n t e l li g e

After several years of jointly running the Centre, both of us are retirin g from our. roles as co-ordinators. We now have increased personal commitments which means we do not have the time to put into the Centre as

The Centre's new management will be Frank Gillespie, none of which really need Lad Godic and Bill Chalker,

Mark Moravec· . PSIUFO phenomena are those cases where UFO and paranormal phenomena

Was the earth seeaed by complex organic molecules Compiler's N:

Cherwinski, Wally - "HC N A Winner - Interste llar Heavyweight Crowned" Science Dimension (Canadian) , v. 9, no.5, 1977 p. 24, 26.

'Is There Li e Out There?"

Space Colonization 1) Adelman, S.J. & Adelman, B. - Bound for the Stars - Prentice-Hall, Eng lewood Cliffs, N.J. - 1981.

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except by UFO organisations. Credit rrn1st be given. Articles appear

One of the importan-t. milestones in Australian ufology was the establishment of tho ACUFOS Journal; ulated f or this

by Ma:rk J'oravcc What i"" t he nature and origin of UFOs? Are vre any close r to f indinethe 30 yea.I·s a.go? What is the current state of ufolo['Y? A.re we he ad in g in the right di re c tion ? ill'Os and othe r anomalous phenomena have

W hilst information on investigative methodolO('Y hns been widely circulated, the Aus tr alian ufoloc;ical commun i t y ' s lack of funds hns resulted in a l ack of desirable e quipmen t such as vridely-dissem inated trace sampling equipme nt , instrumentation for chemical/bio loeical onalysis

Ho r nve c , J,l. The P sycho__2f_Q l o se EncolE!t e rs ( fort hcomin pape r) , 19 82 . :Morave c , Val le c , J . Anatoqy of a P he nome no n London : Ne vi llc Spe arman , ( 19GS ) , 19G6 . Val lee , J . UFO re se arch prop o s als : what , who and how mu ch? In Gu rney , N. (Ed . ) !.1JON 197

"Q_J: o ce_§ldi;.t 197 5 . Val lee , J . & Val lc e , J . C hnl J:...n.r ._.t o S c i e n ce Lond on : Nevi l le Spe arman , ( 1966) , \'line r , 11 . The Deyi l ' rr ri a.nt;le NY : Bn.nt am ,

the wo r ld , Your ne w e d it or c laims to bo t he f as t e s t ono - f i n r typ i s t in it s t i l l t nke s him about an hour t o type one page of t hi s

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"Whatever UFOs mey be , uing research into the subject. a compelling case can be made for contin If they are natural phenom9na,

Almost i mm e d i at ely followi ng th e flowe ring of the " flyi ng sau c e r "

by Mark Moravec In a - paper presented at UFOCON 6 in October 1981, I proposed that certain UFO experiences could be explained in terms of known psychological processes. Current research into altered states of

Compiler's Note: There is little doubt that extraterrestrial life, if composed of and restricted to terrestrial-like patterns of biochemistry and environments will be less abundant than if the full range of

1 96 7 - p . 59 . " M a r s h G a s in M i chi gan " - Ame ri c a 9 Apri l 1 96 6 - p . 4 7 3 .. Mi llman , Peter M . - " Seven Maxim s o f U FO s - A s c i e n t if i c App ro ac h " J o urnal o f the R o yal A s t ro no mi c al S o c i e ty o f C anad a , Augu s t 1 97 5

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One of the more interesting things to emerge from nzy inspection of the RAAF Ul·o files in Canberra over the last year, was that their files represent tbe only substantive and largely continuous record of UFO reports in Australia for the period 1950 to 1982. To unravel the civilian picture re qui r

by Ma!'k Moravec Hypnotic States and UFO Experiences

A b s t r 2 ct : A range of psychological at with e vi e tow a r d s

T() FARLEY ON AID BY PRANCE, BRITAIN" "NAl-1 ASY.S lHDUSTRY TO HELP LABCR LA/ WORK SMOOTHLY" "boring" as this was to be th dav h i c h s aw the ultim ate 'de shall re tu rn to this

fOR INDUSTRY" the e York City cimemas on

reason for you re aders reading this now1 Sc1-F1 Pilms I'illiie 3tat .of ·:ashington and subse:tuent flying

"SOVIET WElCOfED 1925 - 1929

"20,000 HALT WORK IN also states:

•TE-NE11ENT CRASHES AS BOY' 1920 - 1924 h ow doubt that this

o f Spac/ ETJ s p a c /ETI sci-fi film closest in time to, 11MARSHALL AUD Plt.T'1':.RSotf APPEAl FOR SPEEDY ARtS .AID

TO "lo1ERICAS" "ASCAP SUED BY U,S, the modern U?C era as the

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An unre cognised puzzle has been staring us in the face for soma considerable time. Although the rate of incidence of UFO reports fluctuates over a very wide range, on a more or less world-wide basis, the proportion of

by Mark Moravec Anomalous Experiences and Altered States of Consciousness UFOa may not be the only anomalous phenomenon which can ( at least partly) be explained by psycholog ical processes. There are a number of experiences which, whilst reported in different contexts and

(by) John Prytz In the May/June 1982 issue of the ACUFOS Journal (p.6-10), Keith Basterfield presented a paper titled "Internal Intelligence Theories Versus the ETH" (ETH = Extra Terrestrial Hypothesis). His paper debated the pros and cons of explaining the origins of UFOs via either (in the main) o

( by ) J ohn Prytz Compi l e r ' s No t e : Human fa s c i nation wi th extrao rdinarily unu sual mys t e ri e s o f the s ea , and i n the ai r , i s universal . Over the pas t s eve ral d e c ade s in part i cul ar , num e rou s au tho rs have c ap i tal i s e d on thi s int e re s t ( i e : publ

Journal re ade rs wi l l be ve ry f ami liar wi th J ohn Pryt z as a. hard working a.nd compe tent bi bliographe r. he has now comp i led

All UFO theories are equal, rut sorre are more equal than others. Those are the ones which have potential significance out of all proportion to the space they take up on paper. A particular UFO could be either a high altitude balloon or an extraterrestrial ship. Two theories, same paper space, vastl

by John Prytz (conclusion) Criticism three: "Cities should report more than rural areas if the

NOTE IN REPLY b,y Keith Basterfield John Prytz and I have been debating the subject of ETH versus IIT for some time now, and I feel that I have gone as far as I can in the debate on present evidence.

CANBERRA, A.C.T.; "THE U.P.O. THE NIREE CREED SHOW, AUSTRALIAN A.B.C. RADIO PROGRAMME,

Niree CREED (Copere): TRANSCRIBED BY:

John Prytz.

Quentin and his crew filmed a group of brightly coloured lights in the sky that night, and it raised a storm of controversy that will not die

PART TWO : THE BERMUDA TRIANGL E ( by ) J o hn Pryt z C o mpi l e r ' s No t e : S e e " Part One ", March/April 1 98 3 - p . 1 2 . Be rmuda Tri angl e - Bi bl i ographi e s

( cont . ) : fam i l y l i f e ,

The Law of Conservation of Mon:entum is a corollary of Newton's three Laws of which were formulated to describe the dynamics of particles - dimensionless

OF AUSTRALIAN VEHICLE INTERFERENCE UFO EVENTS"" Keith Basterfield In January 1982 ACUFOS pub I ished a catalogue of vehicle interference

A car belonging to Mr William Ellis broke down and sohe got out and started to raise the bonnet when he saw four white 1inverted saucer- I ike objects' flashing past. They were seen for 20 minutes.

(by) John Prytz In a recent ACUFOS Journal editorial (March/April 1983- p. 1) ra k Gillespie presented an argument for "Cases of Mistaken Ident

qy Frank Gillespie One of the problems of being the editor of a journal, is that one is expected to come up with an 'editorial' for each issue. importance and wide interest - exactly those subjects which need comprehensive treatment

by George Hu100 The writer of an article in a 1961 'Flying Saucer Review' had a word of ad vice for new readers, from which I would like to quote, as it will serve to intro "The hoaxer presents a very diff duce some of II\Y own observations on this matter.

{by) John Prytz Rumours are part and parcel of every profession and field of interest Whereever, whenever, whatever human beings are involved in rumours won't be among the facets lacking. Usually they come and go of their own ac

A SCUFORI/ PROHE joint publication, edited by Ian Mrzyglod,

CAS E STUDIES & REGIONAL HAPPENINGS (by) John Prytz Compiler's Note: See "Part One", March/April 1983 - p.12. Regional Happenings - Australia 1) Kil ley, K. & Lester, G. - Devil's Meridian - Lester-Townsend, Sydney - 1980.

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Every reader of this Journal should also be a contri l:utor to the content of its pages, even if only to the extent of an occasional letter commenting on some aspect of what has already appeared here. With on limited contributions com

(by) John Prytz other Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has perpetrated many a trans1ent mystery upon mankind over the millennia. Fortunately for us, and our sanity, we have successfully fielded most of these· ex

Cranston, Frank - "Airline pilots report mystery aircraft over WA" - Canberra Times, 30 Nov. 1982. "Forces checking vapour trail" - West Australian, 30 Nov. 1982. Cranston, Frank - "Mystery aircraft not yet identified" - Canberra Times, 1 Dec. 1982. "Vapor points to Russ ian spying" - (Northern Terr

Over the years, UFO groups and organisations everywhere seem to have been plagued with internal strife, divisions, factional fights, breakaweys and so on; all of which tend to divert the energies of the organisation into unfruitful These troubles have been made the subject of much publicity, espec

OLMOS & M. GUASP: A REVIEW (by) John Prytz

If you are able to type your manuscript, please do so on A4 size paper, with 20 mm margins all round, so that your typescript can be photocopied directly into the Journal poes. Handwritten manuscripts are welcoim but please, make them as legible as you can. The word 'UFO' (plural 'UFOs') appears to

(WITH TRANSIENT LUNAR PHENOMBNA)

The 'earthquake lights' theory is one of many on the nature of UFOs. most outspoken proponent o£ this theory is Dr Micha.e 1 A. Persinr; and a sample o£ his ideas on the subject is included in this issue. The average u£ologist knows little about the technicalities of earthquakes, and even less abou

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These are unknown objects being observed in the early 1800s • • • WENDT: • • • Dr. Michael Persinger prefers to believe his computer at Laurentian University rather than the people who say they have seen flying saucers. And his computer came up with some remarkable results.

- LETTERS FEATURE Ray MARTIN: There was also our story about a scientific theory on

can't people just accept these sightings and en

A simpl e descr iption could be that of blu ish coloured sheet lightning, lasting several tens of seconds, glowing in the region of the epicentre, below cloud level, often visible 3 or 4 degrees or 60 km away. Other descriptions vary dramatically, from fire-balls, to bolts of lightning emanating fro

experiments have proved th at if rock containing quantities of quartz diorite is subjected to extreme pressure a piezoelectric discharge of measurable current is given off. Expanding this .to a grand scale such as in an earth quake it was supposed this effect could explain the ignition of escaping g

D. A. Lockner, M. J. S. Johnston, Generation of E.Q.L. Zoltan Noszticzius

by Cassandra Sowiak-Rudej. The 'proper', 'scientific' study of UFOs requires a classification system.

so called because the prevalent shape reported is oval or disc

This category is the simple close encounter in which the reported UFO is seen at close range, but there is no interaction with the environment (other than trauma on the part of the observer).

about the UFO is reported. by the screening process.

this covers reports of purely (seemingly) telepathic, audio or 'invisible' beings' communications, which have some bearing on the UFO phen omenon. (This includes some contactees, and Bedroom Invaders). 10. RADAR and VISUAL, refers to any sighting where the UFO is detected by both meth ods together

In a recent article (ACUFOS Journal, July/Aug. 1982 - p.3-6) I set

1 ) Coleman, T. - "If life came from the comets, then i t has to be still com i ng" - Austral i an, 3 Oct . 197 8 . 2 ) " Come ts 'po ssi ble cau se o f flu'" - Canberra Times, 2 5 S e p t .

Bu t z , J . S . - " G r e a t bal l s o f f i re ! " - Ai r F o rc e , Apri l 1 968 - p. 1 4 9- 1 5 2 . Cad e , C . M . - " Thund e rbo l t s a s t he X-weapo n " - D i s c o v e ry , v . 2 3 ,

When the first Australian UFO Conference was organised by the Australian Coordination Section of CUFOS, the Australian ufological

by John Prytz I have long held a private belief that the knowledge gained from the ex

reviewed by Cassandra Sowiak-Rudej . Alien Intelligence, b y Stuart Holroyd, published by Reed, Sydney 1979. In this book, Stuart Holroyd has presented a thorough and thought-provoking analysis of the existence and possible existence of alien intelligence.

Ball Lightning - Journal Articles (cant) Uman, M. A. - "Bead lightning and the pinch effect" - Journal of Atmospheric & Terrestrial Physics, v.24, 1962 - p.43. Uman, M.A. - "Some cmments on ball lightning" - Journal of

traditional Extra-Terrestrial

by John Prytz I had sincerely hoped after what seemed an end less series of debates against those who, in my op inion, over-reacted against the UFO extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH) in the early 1980's, that I would be able to quietly promote the UFO ETH without, at

by Mark Moravec One of the earliest speculations about the nature of UFOs was that they were some kind of natural, earthly phenomena. That there are un usual natural earth phenomena of which we know little is evidenced by the data collections of William Corliss (1977).

(by) John Prytz Compiler's Note: Readers who know me won't believe this, but I've never yet featured traditional, routine, radio SETI (Search for Extra-Terres trial Intelligence) in this column - alternative, non-radio SETI, yes,

on t e Exploration and Peaceful Uses (N.Y.) Nations,

Cosmic Chemistry 1 ) Asimov , I . - "Atoms of life" - Omni , Nov. 1983 - p.56-59 , 62-63 , 2 ) Hoyle , F . & Wickramasinghe , N . C . - "Origin and nature of carbonaceous

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by John Prytz Supposedly, according to author Douglas Adams, the Ultimate Answer to "life, the universe and every thing" is "42". Although "everything" of course includes the UFO, whether or not that answer, "42", explains in part or in whole the UFO problem, far less anything or

by M. J. Hough Other commitments have prevented me from be ing active in UFO research during the past two years. This has given me time to think about the present state of research in Australia. ACUFOS, in line with all dynamic organisations, should benefit from debate

Presumably our basic purpose is to 'solve the UFO problem', or if resources are insufficient, to accumulate enough high-quality data to interest some better-funded scientific body. Also, our purpose is to maintain a high standard of objectivity and professionalism, so that

Most investigators would agree that 90-95% of UFO reports received can readily be explained as mis interpretations of common natural and manmade ob jects (stars, balloons, planes, etc.). The amazing ex tent to which some witnesses distort their perceptions

Ufology is in the unfortunate position of being con ducted by a few professional scientists and other expert investigators, and a long tail of amateurs of greatly varying objectivity. Tight control on standards and training are needed to ensure a useful output. The ACUFOS Investigators Manual (curr

Ufologists often state that their subject is a true science, or even a protoscience (the study of a potent ially new phenomenon). Skeptics say that ufology is a pseudoscience or a pathological science. Both views, I believe, are partly true.

An effective public education program is essential before ufology can become an established scientific discipline. ACUFOS itself has not emphasized such a campaign, being largely a research group (except for publicity about UFOCONs). What is missing, I believe,

by Zbigniew Paprotny, Rybnik, POLAND I've read with great interest your ( J. Prytz's) & F. Gillespie's paper "An induct " (note: given at UFOCON 7) . Though I am not into subject of UFO I try to

( by ) J o hn Pry t z Compi l er ' s N o t e : ove r the re c en t pa s t , I have been inun d a t e d w i t h many hundr eds o f n e v e r b e fo re c i t e d re f e r enc e s to pre v i o u s l y re feren c e d

s , M . J . - " I n t h e eye o f a s t o rm " ( Pro f i l e : S i r F . Hoyl e ) 7 ) sh N e w S c i e n t i s t , 1 9 J an . 1 98 4 - p . 4 2 - 4 3 . f low mo l e c u l ar 8 ) Yu en , G . e t . al . - " C a rb o n i s o to p e c o m po s i t i on o w e i gh t hydro c arbo n s a n d mon o c arbo xyl

c o s m i c Tru t h s & consequ e nc e s - Mo nograph 1 ) L i l l y , J . c . - s c i en t i s t : A N o v e l Au t o b i ography - L i p p i n c o t t , Ph i l ad e l ph i a - 1978. Co s mi c T ru ths & C o n s equenc e s - J o urn al A rt i c l e s

2250, Australia.

by Paul Sowiak-Rudej

A Large Crater Field Recognized in Central Europe, Sky and Telescope, June 1975, Vol 49 No 6. COUSINS, F. W. The Solar System, John Baker, London, 1972.

Australia's Henbury Craters, Sky and Telescope, ay 1975, Vol 49, No 5. WITHERELL, P. W. eteorites, Sky and Telescope,

Examining the Evidence Robert Sheaffer

by John Prytz While working on an unrelated project, I recently came across a news item from late 1976 which, to some, has a quasi-relevance to ufology. The story involved the sight ing of a USO - unidentified submarine object. While such sightings have been frequently

(by ) John Prytz

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COMETS AND UFOS by Louis Winkler

by Paul and Cassandra Sowiak-Rudej Success is often dependent on leadership; finances are a recurrent problem; ensur ing membership participation and conform ity requires strenuous effort; and fact ions are common".

A postscript to

INTELLIGENCE HYPOTHESES, THUS BETTER EXPLAINING THE TOTAL UFO PICTURE, NOCTURNAL LIGHTS ARE IMPORTANT TOO! by 1 ohn Pryt z Regular and long-time readers of the ACUFOS 1 ournal will be aware that for

( by ) JOHN PRYTZ Compile r's No t e : o v e r 9 9M o f all o f the " ACUFO S Bi bli ography S e rv i c e " refe ren c es have b e en found o r un c o vere d , by d esign or ac c i d en t , wi th out any assi stan c e from ACUFO S p e rso nn el . Imag i n e the hundreds o f i t ems that slip by m e

The Journal of Transient Aerial Phenomena

On first thought, it would seem highly unlikely that there could be any connection between an abstract branch of mathematics concerned en tirely with the 'form of spaces•, and a series of reports of unfamiliar objects superimposed on a familiar environment. However, recent dis coveries in topology

by Louis Winkler Dates of the occurrence of CE IIIs appearing as collections are related to comets already correlated luminous atmospheric

Brorson Metcalf Grigg Skjellerup

CE III Date Geographic Site Oct 12, 1796 July 25, 1868

CE III Date Geographic Site

CE III Date Geographic Site

CE III Date Nearest Shower or Spray Date

In a further postscript to John Prytz 's "I Spy with My Little Eye, Something Beginning with 'S '", Ray Brooke has come forward with more information about the Fincastle Competition. It seems that many years ago, when Ray was serving in the Royal N avy, he actually sailed on one of the submarines en

consent of A CUF O S,

by John Prytz One of the mast significant biological discoveries ever made in recent times was that of the hydra thermal vent community. These deep sea marine assemblages thrive in the immediate vicinity of oceanic hat

Environment Cann, J. R. &

by Mark Moravec Several articles in the ACUFOS Jour nal have debated whether UFOs represent the manifestation of an internal intelligence (hallucinatory projections

by John Prytz Many people think today's UFO ( nee "flying saucer" ) enigma only became estab lished fairly recently - World War Two vintage, on or about. For all practical

Cynthia Hind

TERA?ORMING

1) Adelman, 3. & Adelman, .S.J. - "Case for planetary engineering" Space World, June/July 198 2 - p.20-21. 2) P.amil, R. - "Teroraforming the Earth" - Analog, July 1978 - p.t17-6 5 . D.A. - "Terraforming" - Space Voyager, Oct./Nov.

No n - R a d i o

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by Frank Gillesple Introduction The trend in recent years for UFO groups and individual ufologlsts to become more and more scientifically oriented, has done much to bring a degree of respectabil

by !'lark l'loravec A picture may be worth a thousand words. But in the case of UFO photographs, are all the words errors and lies? Or do genuine photographic anomalies exist? usually have a question inquiring ether any photo

EXPLANATION

1 photo col. Brit star-like Ht,

sometimes faded Disc-shaped li!tlt

lklexplained

by Frank Gil lespie

by John Prytz One can come up with ideas regarding UFOs in the most unlikely places; in the most unlikely situations. You never know when "eureka!" wi11 strike. For example, con

by Leonard H. Stringfield review and comments by John Prytz characters, and often ill-referenced plac Crash/Retrievals

a review by R. E . Molnar L . H . Stringfield, 1982 . UFO Crash/Retrievals: Amassing the Evidence. (Cincinnati: Leonard H . Stringfield) 53 pp . Status Report

On 9th Apr i l 1 984, a gigantic mush room-like cloud was observed at approx imately 38°30'N, 146°E - about 300Km off the coast of Japan . The crews of three separate commercial airliners en route from Tokyo, Japan to Anchorage, Alaska, stated

2 ) Eberhart , J . - " ' Pl ane t • d e t ec t ed beyond the s o l ar system " S c i en c e N ews , 1 5 De c . 1 984 - p . 37 3 . 3 ) Eberhart , J . - " So l ar sys t em s e arch from apac e s tati o n " S c i en c e News , 1 9 J an . 1 98 5 - p . 40 . 2 ) K e l l e rm ann , K . I . - " Radi o sourc

C o so i c Chemi s t ry 1 ) Dul ey , W . W . & W i l l i am s , D . A . - Int ers t e l l ar Ch emi s t ry - Academ i c Pre s s , N . Y . - 1 984 .

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by Louis Winkler F IRST MARTI AN ARRIVALS About every 2.1 years Mars is found

by John Prytz In the Jan./Feb. 1985 issue of the ACUF0S Jour na1 (p • 5-7 ), Frank Gi11 espie presented his article titled "An Under cover UFO Theory". In the fo11owing is sue (p.9), I commented that though • • •

by Frank Gillespie

UFO S AND ' FATE ' MAG A Z I NE

Compi l e r ' s No t : From Day One , Fate ha s been covering the U FO s c e n e date , I1ve not gi ven any refe rences to Fat e ' s U FO c o v e rage - a s i tu t i o n

by Louis Winkler CULMINATION OF MARTIAN ARRIVALS

If the Wiesbaden hoax was not the cul Shkl ovsky's

Arkansas Modern N ews Bel l , T.E. April 23, 1897.

by Frank Gillespie (1) has objected to UFO Theory'

Authors: Lawrence Fawcett & Barry J. Greenwood reviewed by Paul Sowiak-Rudej Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Eaglewood Cliffs, N.J., U.S.A.

(by) John Prytz compiler's Jote: Highly relevant to the question of the prevalence of extraterrestr1al life, and to the UFO ETH, is the question of life's origin - miracle or statistic? It's probably the weakest link in the causality chain between the UFO and the ETH, and he most uncertain of the r