MUFON 1994

FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK As you might know, I am participating in a national research project with a dozen other MUFON members who are looking into the abduction phenomenon. Under the direction of Dan Wright, each of us are contributing

Another reminder that the Triad Research conference entitled "Are There Intelligent Life Forms Out There?" January 22 and 23 is to be held at the Sunburst Hotel, 4925 N. Scottsdale Road (near Chaparral, which is north of Camlbackl. Ray will be Master of Ceremonies

Dimitri Ossipov [Many of you will remember that Dimitri Ossipov has kept track of reported UFO sightings in Arizona over the years. We have published most of this list in former newsletters, and the following is an update to that list.]

SOUTHAVEN PARK [Reprinted from October 1993 Oklahoma MUFONews Original article from 5/25/93 issue of the South Shore Press, Medford, NY

[Reprinted from October 1993 Oklahoma MUFONews Original article from 5/25/93 issue of the South Shore Press, Medford, NY

BUDD HOPKINS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Respondent,

Dear Respondent, Fifth Free Conference/WorkshoP

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LAS VEGAS, NV 89119 White Sides Defehse Committee A Citizen Group Challenging the Proposed Land Seizure at Groom Lake Glenn Campbell, Secretary

White Sides Defehse Committee A Citizen Group Challenging the Proposed Land Seizure at Groom Lake Glenn Campbell, Secretary Rachel, NV 89001 (702) 729-2648

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WEEK LATE -- JANUA y 21!!

FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK After two conferences in town with numerous speakers, the Triad Conference and Bob Dean's presentation, I figure it's time again for a meeting featuring a videotape. Jere Castor just acquired a new videotape

In the interest of keeping the UFO topic before the public, the following is a list of programs on the subject recently aired via television, radio and newspaper in recent weeks. We will attempt to list programs ahead of time whenever possible; unfortunately, we are not

''Earthlings Welco!ll£" in Tiny Nevada Town Where Mysterious Aircraft Often Fly Overhd

RACHEL, Nev. - Lots of towns get a tourism boost from special attractions: Los Angeles has Hollywood; Washington, the White House and capitol Hill. And just beyond the jagged brown Groom Moun·

! GAO to look at famous UFO case Associated Pres s ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The investigative arm of Congress is looking into a well-known UFO case to determine whether a

The investigative arm of Congress is looking into a well-known UFO case to determine whether a government cover-up followed the 1947 crash of a mysterious object in New Mexico. U.S. Rep. Steve Schiff said he asked the General

It's been more than 46 years now, and Rep. Steve ScluH thinks u's high wne the federal government came clean on whether space aliens crashed the11 flying saucer 111 New

CONTINUED FROM PAGE AI The 1947 crash. known as the "Roswell Incident" because it hal>' pened about 75 miles northwest ol' Roswell, has been the focus of

son of government plot to tude whatever really hap the ranch and steered on whatever was Rep. Steve Schiff says his inves cgatio n into the 1947 pened in 1947. That paper was given to Schifrs office

FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK ROSWELL OUTA LIMITS MUSEUM UPDATE In last month's MUFON Journal an interesting article appeared on the fantasy-prone personality hypothesis. The thing that intrigues me about articles like this is

Recently Tom Taylor was promoted to the position of Assistant State Director. There is no better person to fill this position, and the promotion is well deserved. Tom has been a pillar of the chapter since the

is the very interesting cover story for this issue, and there are good color photos of the area. This issue will become a collector's item for UFO buffs, but with all the .Publicity the area has received it's hard to believe much will continue to happen there.

See Jim Ossipov's review elsewhere in this Newsletter. USA TODAY: Thanks to Doris Barley, our contact in Yuma, we are able to offer an interesting article taken from USA today [printed elsewhere in this issue] concerning Chris Carter, the producer of "The X Files."

In the 1960s I knew a person named Joe Lanom from Mercury, Nevada. I also knew that he was doing some type of unusual work for the government in Mercury, which may have some connection t o Now that I am involved in MUFON, I wish I had asked

'X' marks the spot for eeriness Fox show's creator keeps things scary By Matt Roush LOS ANGELES- What is an X File?

Not even Chris Carter, The X Files' sottken creator, can tell you for sure. It bas to be scary. It definitely helps to be smart. "I know It when I see

Television Program Review On Tuesday, March 1 at 7 pm, Channel 12 presented a program titled Ancient Propecies. Prophecies are

Tuesday, January 11, 1994 Scientists ready .for Jupiter blast By The Baltimore Sun COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The

There is strong evidence for the existence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Civilizations Spacecraft.

are comprised of qualified scientists and investigators who can respond swiftly to an area of ongoing ETI/ETS contact. Cases of high scientific and investigative merit and credibility will be considered for this special investigative approach, particularly when they also have

to facilitate in-depth analysis and think tank formulations and planning on al aspets of ETI studios. Specific topics include: Human initiated ETI contact;-the origins and motives of current ETI visitors; ETI biology, anatomy, physiology, and medical implications; peaceful

MEDIA WATCH In the interest of keeping the UFO topic before the public, the following is a list of programs on the subject recently aired via television, radio and newspaper in recent weeks. We will attempt to list programs ahead

Wednesday, Aprit 27, 9:00 p.m., KTAR Radio (620 AMI - "Straus' Place" with Bill Strauss: Richard Hoglund ("Face on Mars") and Representative Schiff from New Mexico will be the guests on Bill's program. Between this program, the 48 hours program (listed below) and

New York, July 1978. Due to my Balkanian skin, in the summer I am deep-tanned, like bronze. Here I was, at one of the UFO conferences, admiring J.Keel's books when a young lady ran up and started to hug me. "So good to see you again!"

Book Review by Jere Castor Cropcircle Apocalypse [ISBN 09522580 3X) is authored by John Macnish and was first published in the UK in 1993 by Circlevision Publications.

[If you have examples of UFO and Alien-related materials being used in advertising, etc., we'd like to have copies for publication in the newsletter. Thanks.] I would recommend Mr.Macnish's book to anyone who would like to review the subject from another's vantage

In the 19th century, European powers, mostly England and France, carved out Asia and Africa among themselves without any regard to local populations. They just decided "this is yours, and that is mine." And the next day, the natives had to drink a warm beer or

While searchers fan out across the Holland area this weekend to look for evidence of UFOs in Michigan, a new sighting was reported in the western Upper Peninsula. The Michigan section of the Mutual Unidentified

Well, we finally did it!! We are no longer the "fringe." This last month we became mainstream. show "48 Hours" did a terrific job of presenting the UFO phenomenon in a professional, objective manner. They interviewed some of the best spokespersons with an

Forty-seven years ago an incident occurred in the southwestern desert of the United States that could have significant implications for all mankind. It involved the recovery by the U.S. Mili tary of material alleged to be of extraterrestrial origin. The e·vent was announced by the U.S. Military on

Staff Writer Mysterious circles found grow Ing ln the Sidney area have been called UFO circles and •fairy but a former resident

Doris Barley, MUFON member from Yuma, has recently been named MUFON Section Director for the Yuma County area. Doris, a regular contributor to this Newsletter with many interesting articles, has also recently taken and passed the MUFON Field

In UFO!ogy there are three kinds of people: First, true believers who indiscriminately swallow anything, the more exotic the better. Everything -- from New Age beliefs to underground bases full of aliens or right-wing conspiracies by pot

MUFON is a flexible organization. It has general guidelines but state chapters have a latitude to regulate themselves. Our State Director provides us with a wide variety of speakers, ranging from strictly nuts-and-bolts

B fl.lrH>. THE-nt OVJ't>ONE RANDLE AND SCHMITT DEBUT NEW BOOK IN ROSWELL IN THE MIP{)l.f AN() Ff!OZt/11 ON lr0Tt4 fii'P$.

NEW BOOK IN ROSWELL IN THE MIP{)l.f AN() Ff!OZt/11 ON lr0Tt4 fii'P$. With eager anticipation, we left Albuquerque at 7 a.m. on March 26 for Roswell via Corona. South

IN THE MIP{)l.f AN() Ff!OZt/11 ON lr0Tt4 fii'P$. With eager anticipation, we left Albuquerque at 7 a.m. on March 26 for Roswell via Corona. South of Corona, we followed the footsteps of Mac

ON lr0Tt4 fii'P$. With eager anticipation, we left Albuquerque at 7 a.m. on March 26 for Roswell via Corona. South of Corona, we followed the footsteps of Mac Brazel through the barren New Mexico landscape to

Special for The Arizona Republic he believe stories of space kidnappers some lurid testimonials about women impregnated by aliens? There's a pause. "It would be ironic for me, with so much said against me,to be in the

This radio program is aimed at the subject of UFOs and is heard at the above time in the metro Phoenix area. It may differ in other areas, so check local listings. July 31 - Showtime (Cable) TV "Roswell," the new made-for-cable movie about the 1947 Roswell crash

Book Review This is the latest book by Lyssa Royal and Keith Priest. Right at the beginning, the authors advise us that they are only conveying information received by way of channelling. The informant, for the most part,

But there is interesting information. It seems that some ETs are here to correct their past mistakes, when they allowed themselves to be worshipped as gods. I have in mind one fellow who will have some explaining to do, and I don't mean Zeus . . . on the

Just a reminder that Michael Lindemann will be presenting "Coming of Age in the Cosmic Neighborhood" at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 16 at the Sunburst Hotel Conference Center, 4925 N. Scottsdale Road (just north of Camelback). Admission is $8.00.

Jere and Joann Castor. Tom Taylor and others come to the MUFON-AZ meeting location up to an hour early each month for the express purpose of setting up the room for our meetings. It takes time and effort to prepare the seating arrangements and get the

[Reprinted in its entirety from International UFO Library, April/May 1 994 issue! Now that many years have passed since our first landing on the moon, we are at last beginning to learn the truth about what really happened during the

Can the whole episode of abduction be induced In light of recent developments, some doubt is cast on the value of regressive hypnosis. There was a fellow, who, after undergoing a "therapy" session, accused a Roman Catholic Cardinal of molesting him

Thursday,June 16, 1994 Noisy, blazing meteorite digs hole in cow pasture

Wednesday, July 6, 1994 Comet Times Cometimpacttimes

ShfHking tonlessions f'O(t IJdOft'S 611111 RIII The cover of the June 7 edition of Weekly World.

The cover of the June 7 edition of Weekly World. News "exposes" a senators as space

senators have been "exposed" as space aliens, and many of them - tongues firmly planted in cheeks - have admitted The.Dews, such as it is, came from the June 7 edition of the Weekly World News

Associated Press A huge explosion shook the Montreal area Tuesday evening, possibly caused by a meteorite,

[Reprinted from Direct Mail Piece] The Bureau of Land Management's Las Vegas District wishes to notify you of our intent to prepare a land use plan (LUP) amendment and environmental assessment (EA) to consider a proposed withdrawal by

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT MEDIA WATCH In the interest of keeping the UFO topic before the public, the following is a list of programs on the subject recently aired via television, radio

This radio program is aimed at the subject of UFOs and is heard at the above time in the metro Phoenix area. It may differ in other areas, so check local listings. Showtime (Cable) TV - "Roswell," the new made-for cable movie about the 1947 Roswell crash and its

Since the advent of flying saucers and later of CE3s and CE4s, bureaucrats are at a loss. They simply don't know how to handle the whole thing. How could our Air Force admit in the middle of the Cold War that something is flying around, and despite SAC and a radar

Semipalatinsk is a city of 200,000 residents in Kazahstan. This Central-Asian country was part of the USSR until 1 991 . In the 1950s Soviet military exploded a nuclear device at a nearby installation without telling anyone.

a. Why do some people think they've been abducted Normally, being calm and rational types, we greet tales of alien abduction with hoots, sneers and guffaws, then quickly return to our previous work on behalf of the Zorgon Empire.

We did it again I!! We published incorrect information (which we copied from another publication). This time it was an incorrect telephone number for Tom Kuszelewicz, Tucson Area Section Director. His correct

Staff Writer In between a talk about nose imJ)lan.ts aod cattle mutilations, .4- Barley had tA) answer the · iQhermobW,.'Mme.

RACHEL- From Freedom Ridge, where the Great Basin and Mojave dese.rts meet and the prickly Joshua tree reigns, the naked eye lookmg west takes in an Air Force base so top-secret the military won't acknowledge

• Base authority: Man 1S on crusade to unlock Area 51 secrets. 1 OA • Black mailbox: A UFO landmark. • International interest: German TV crew vis1ts stte . 1 OA

RACHEL - At 10 a.m. on a Fri· day morning. Glenn Campbell, wear in$ his desert camounage suit and cap km to those of Operation Desert Storm, motors his aray Blazer

.MOoMII/Gizttlt·Journol SUIIYILLANCIIa A miti helicopter passes over an area near Free dom Ridge, from which Groom Lake base can be viewed. He pam io the canyon so the Ger mans can shoot footage. Soon, a

and Glenn Campbell has led two visitors to the "black mail box" 29 miles south of Rachel on desolate Highway 37S. It's just a big post bo1 la

The Arizona Republic

because '"pro-UFO,. elements simply dismiss the report as part of the From the rather benign description ofthe 'event' and the recovery ofsome

UFO SIGHTING IN CHANDLER Let's be reasonable! Each government in the world has defense projects. For a world power like the But in order to be it is even an obligation.

NBC-TV h a s commissioned "Unsolved Mysteries" to present a recreation of The Allagash Abductions planned to air on Sunday. September 18. 1994. The aut h o r of the book. Ray Fowler. was filmed in a num

The visit reportedly came in 1976 while Dr. Herbert Hopkins was working as a consulting hypnotist on an alleged UFO abduction case in Maine. One night when he was home alone, the physician said, he got a

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undiscovered; breakthroughs available to those who can remove one of the truth's protective layers. There are places to go beyond belief." So stated Neil Armstrong at the

Television station KGTV in San Diego, CA went on the air recently with a government official stating that UFOs in fact DO exist; this official produced documents stating the fact. It seems that these

Local Public Access Cable [Dimension Channel 22 in some areas!. Moves this week from Tuesdays (9 a.m. - 11 a.m.) to Wednesdays (Noon - 2

The Daily Courier Camp Encounters Some U.S. military personnel arc using great numbers of rental l!Ucks from a local vehicle rental finn.

TAOS- An amateur cattle muti· latioo investigator says she is con vinced a spate of recent mutilatioos in oorthem New Mexico are not the work of a satanic cult or predaton

cans believe they have a beuer chance of seeing UFOs than Social Security checks made out to them when they retire, according to a poll released Monday by a youth·advocacy group.

WIWAMS. A2 86()46 MICHAEL CLANCY AND DOLORES TROPIANO The Arizona Republic

The Arizona Republic Goldwater lands smack in middle of UFO special s it? Could it be? Yes it is: Fonner Sen. Barry

COSMOLOCiiST Cosmic, Alien, and Zodiac Jewelry Powerful Personal Talismans

Cosmic, Alien, and Zodiac Jewelry Powerful Personal Talismans 6900 East Camelback Rd.

tories of alien abductions and crop cir cles disturb Kevin Randle. He says they keep people from believing the truth: The government is hiding the remnants of an alien spaceship that crashed near Roswell,

Radio personality and talk show host Preston Westmoreland will be our guest this month. As you may recall. about a year ago there was an article in the Arizona Republic concerning his adventures with a C CETI group up in Wickenburg, and he did a telephone

JUST "WALKS IN" It happened 4 7 years ago and the search is still on for witnesses. Twenty-year -olds who may have been caught up as guards, debris gatherers, drivers, etc. are now 67. Older persons who may have been in more

It happened 4 7 years ago and the search is still on for witnesses. Twenty-year -olds who may have been caught up as guards, debris gatherers, drivers, etc. are now 67. Older persons who may have been in more responsible positions are now in their late 70s, 80s and

We have word that on February 7, 1995, Stanton Friedman will be speaking at Arizona Western College in Yuma. As soon as we have more details available. we will put them in the Newsletter. Perhaps sub-groups from each major area of the state can

Shov LOlli, .U June 28, 1994 Show Low woman gathering info on

Roswell in Perspective, discussed in the monograph. Then Project Mogul is introduced. Project Mogul was a Top Secret project at Alamogordo Army Air Field (see NM MUFON News #16 for

Moviegoers can readily imagine the sense of dispi01cernent Dorothy must have felt when she was whisked out of Kansas and transported to the mysterious Land of Oz. That feeling, says Britis ufologist Jenny

Jere and Joann Castor provide our refreshments at each month's meeting. Let's give hem a bit of elp this holiday season -- please try to bnng a few Holiday Goodies for our December meeting! Cookies, breads, fruit, etc. will be greatly appreciated. Coffee will be

"Mike" was traveling on ,a Greyhound bus from Cleveland to Phoenix on 1-10 'with ten other passengers, all strangers to him. The sky was very clear, and no clouds were visible. When the bus was about 20 miles outside of

April 1 3 of this year proved to be a very exciting day here at the UFO Enigma Museum. expecting a visit from Don Ecker from UFO Magazine and Researcher/Actor Dwight Schultz, who were to be in Roswell following up on the Midway Sightings. By

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