FUFOR 1998 FUFOR 1998 Q1

We have received a contribution of $20, 000 from a trust fund in Illinois, for which we are very grateful. This will allow us to support a number of important projects, and to enhance our reserve funds for the future. Please do your part and make a tax-exempt contribution of

Don Bertiner assumed the chairmanship of the Fund early in 1998, following the resignation of Richard Hall. (Hall continues to serve o·n the Executive Comittee.) Mr. Berliner's background includes journalism, as a newspaper reporter-photographer, and aviation. He has written hundreds of magazine art

After a few mechanical problems, our YJeb site is being updarted on a more regular basis. (See vvvvw.fufor.org) Watch for new developments there. In addition to regular newsnotes, announcement of funding projects, and new publications, we soon will begin presenting a collection of classic UFO cases

A grant of $2,400 has been approved for Walter N. Webb to investigate an apparent 1925 abduction account from a family diary, first reported to Dr. J. Allen Hynek many years ago. The report includes reference to an object hovering near a barn, and horses being "beamed up." Webb has completed a preli

Robert and Ryan Wood have released a bound volume of allegedly new documei1ts which they claim support the reality of MJ-12, the purported supersecret Government interagency project created to deal with the 1947 crash in Roswell, New Mexico. In a forthcoming book, they say, they will present their "

The internet of late has increasingly harbored several superficially reasonable sounding stories of a sensational nature. We were able to check on t\NO of them which involved Naval personnel, since several of our Board members have past or present Navy

With the help of Steve Kaeser, Bill Weitzel, Max Gratzl, and a few others, the Fund has introduced a line of audiotapes, videotapes, and compact discs featuring both current and historical events. If our supporters continue to show interest in them, we will produce additional records and tapes. Let

For a number of years, the Fund has held an annual all-day seminar at Prince Georges Community College, Largo, Maryland. Many of the presentations have been videotaped and offered to our supporters. The 1998 session was again videotaped by Max Gratzl as a contribution to the Fund. Watch for

Volume II of The UFO Evidence covering the years since 1964 has been dropped by Barnes & Noble due to reported "production problems." The massive volume, compiled by Richard Hall for the UFO Research Coalition, was originally scheduled for publication in fall 1998, then postponed until 1999, and fin

No Donald E. Keyhoe Journalism Award was made in 1998. Balloting is presently underway for the Isabel Davis Award. Nominees are Jan Aldrich, Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, and Jennie Zeidman. Please be sure to cast your ballot. The competition has been close in recent years, so your vote does count.

Enclosed with this mailing is a questionnaire designed to solicit your views on a number of topics, and to help us plan our 1999 activities. Please take five minutes to answer the questions and return it to us.