March 1985
The March 1985 issue of the Australian UFO Bulletin. 18 pages. Mark Sawyers' comprehensive astronomical survey of 46 sun-like stars within 55 light-years, with detailed spectral-class tables and the Zeta Reticuli / Betty Hill star-map connection.
In This Issue
“Possible Locations of Alien Intelligence in Our Galactic Neighbourhood” (Mark Sawyers)
Pages 2-7
“Observations of UFOs” (Betty Hill)
Pages 11-13
“Revolving Double-Breasted Liars” (Gordon Creighton, FSR)
Pages 7-8
FSR editor Gordon Creighton’s editorial (Vol. 30 No.
“Analysis of the Northeastern United States UFO Sightings” (John Auchettl)
Pages 7-8
Auchettl analyses the Connecticut-New York flap, challenging the “hoaxing pilots” explanation promoted by the New York Times. Witness William Dollard, a service station manager, refuted the theory: "They were nothing like what I saw, nothing like it at all…
“On the UFO Trail” (Paul Norman)
Pages 13-14
Norman investigates a UFO-coincident blackout at Wangaratta, Victoria, 7 February 1985. The State Electricity Commission confirmed the 22 KV town feeder tripped out at 10.25 p.m.
“Aliens Will Stop Nuclear War” / Gordon Creighton Press Coverage
Pages 9-10
Two press clippings from Watford, England (October 1984).
“Green Cloud” UFO Sighted (Soviet Aeroflot Encounter)
Pages 15-16
From the Melbourne Age (1 February 1985), reporting on the Soviet newspaper Trud.
Halley’s Comet Preview (John C. Shorten)
Pages 14-15
A factual overview of Halley’s Comet’s return: visible to the naked eye March-April 1986, closest to Earth on 11 April 1986 (40 million miles). Tail approximately 60 million miles long, diameter approximately 3 miles.
Film Review: “2010” (Rick Rendell)
Pages 16-17
A thoughtful review of the film sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, focusing on its treatment of contact with alien intelligence. Rendell notes the cultural suppression of Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Steven Spielberg’s credits “rarely include Close Encounters, as if it was an offensive film.”
Editorial (Judy Magee)
Pages 1
Magee connects the Connecticut-New York flap to Betty Hill’s long-running observations in New Hampshire, noting that American ufologists had previously accused Hill of “seeing too many” UFOs, and now they were “confronted with hundreds of sighting reports in that same general area.” She introduces Hill’s credibility: university graduate, retired supervisor of the NH Department of Public Welfare, examined by more psychiatrists than any woman in history.
Notable Quotes
“I’ve probably been examined by more psychiatrists than any woman in history, and each and every one certified me sane.” Betty Hill
“They came back night after night to observe the progress made.” Betty Hill (on UFO behaviour)
“Lives have been ruined, health has been wrecked, careers and jobs have been lost.” Gordon Creighton (FSR)
“What I saw was rigid, absolutely rigid! Nothing like an aircraft.” William Dollard (CT-NY flap witness)
“Of course, they are going to say we are not normal.” Aeroflot second pilot Lazurin
“About 30 different types of aliens, possibly including some from different dimensions, are studying Earth.” Dr James Harder (Berkeley)
“A genuine UFO was involved.” Nikolai Zheltukhin (USSR Academy of Sciences)
