June 1981
The June 1981 issue of the Australian UFO Bulletin. 17 pages. Editorial on water as the key to UFO sightings (White Acres tank cracked under stress; Cardinia Reservoir emptied). Dr. Ian Gordon's analytical paper 'Why Do Some People Experience UFO Phenomena and Others Don't?' (using the Puddy case as starting point).
In This Issue
Editorial: Water and UFOs
Pages 1
Theory that UFOs use water as fuel or coolant. White Acres tank (10,000 gallons) was not only emptied but “found to have cracked as if it had been under high stress.” Cardinia Reservoir tank also emptied before Christmas.
Why Do Some People Experience UFO Phenomena and Others Don’t? (Dr. Ian Gordon, PhD, MEd)
Pages 2-6
Millthorpe Shooters (6 April 1981)
Pages 7-8
Three Millthorpe youths (Chris Harvey, Dean Mitchell, Kelvin Parker), spotlight shooting at 4 a.m. near Panuara.
SS Arcadia Cruise Ship Sighting (October 1977)
Pages 8-9
Philip Taylor and Brad Maxwell, crew on SS Arcadia, just sailed from Lautoka, Fiji. "A really huge mass of bright red lights in the clouds.
BUFORA: “Whatever Has Been Going On Is Over”
Pages 9
From the second BUFORA international congress in London. National investigations co-ordinator Maureen Hall: “Last year was ‘absolutely terrible for sightings and 1981 so far has been just about as bad.’” "There is a lot of theorising among us that whatever has been going on is over…
Gordon Cooper’s Denied UFO Report Over Australia
Pages 10
Mercury 9 (Faith 7), 22nd orbit, 15 May 1963. Cooper reported observing “a green UFO with a red tail out in space” over Australia.
Fund for UFO Research (FUFOR)
Pages 6-7
Established in the US; awarded grant to the International UFO Journal. VUFORS reports this institutional development.
Notable Quotes
“The White Acres encounter was a classic case of a UFO taking water from a tank in a large amount… on further inspection the tank was found to have cracked as if it had been under high stress.” Editorial (on water)
“People involved in multiple UFO phenomena should, in fact, be given special attention rather than dismissed as cranks.” Dr. Ian Gordon
“I heard the bullet ricochet off the side of the silver, dome-shaped object.” Chris Harvey (on firing at UFO)
“What impressed us most was its utter silence.” Philip Taylor (SS Arcadia)
“There is a lot of theorising among us that whatever has been going on is over.” Maureen Hall (BUFORA)
