MUFON REG 1992

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1992 BUDD HOPKinS ADDRESSES nEW JERSEY ffiUFDn riROUP "This is going to be one heck of a year . 1992 because of the things that are going on in the field from our end of it." So began Budd Hopkius's view into the "looking

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Another strong area in the Barker Collection is its peri odical section, som of which are extremely rare (par ticularly Rockmore's, Flying Saucer Review , men tioned above). Gray Barker's own early Saucerian publications are among the rarities found. Neverthe

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Some credits need to be passed out for those who helped to make this meeting a success: first, my hus band Bob, for providi ng techn ical support. Second, John Stewart, for contacting Budd origi nally, and pro vidi ng transportation for B udd in and out of New York. To Paul Ferrughelli and Paul Ma

VALUES ARE PERCENT TOTAL OF ( 1000) REPORTS Unidentified Flying Objects over the years have been described by many shapes, the most famous is the Sauetr, or Discoid. This phenomena presents itself as

Unidentified Flying Objects over the years have been described by many shapes, the most famous is the Sauetr, or Discoid. This phenomena presents itself as Lights, Objects or Defined Shapes. The NSRC Data Base has 1000 UFO reports from 1986 - 1990 which desc:-ibe 1 5 separate types of lights and ill

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duri ng CE sightings with 29% of the total cases. OBSERVATIONS Since daytime UFO reports represent only 9.5% of the total sightings, we attempted to show the shape distri bution of daytime sighting in Figure 7 below. This breakdown is based on 92 sighting reports. Shape 8

# OF REPORTS Correlation analysis by months over the four year period showed only 2 out of a possible 21 shape combinations that displayed any significant linear tread. cases it was Shape 8. A significant Linear trend w 1 apparent with the time of day analysis, with 1 7 out of a

EDITOR'S NOTE: -:·le following account was related to Paul Ferrughe/li . Paul is in the process of gathering whatever information is available on this particular sighting (this may be the first of many sightings that this family has hadj, the time lag between the original sight ing and it's reporti

other that the one that replaces the western culture as king of the hill." 1 SURVEillANCE According to a recent article in the New York TimeSt 150,000 Americans are under close surveillance by law enforcement and intelligence agencies. That probably

Universif¥ of W)Corr.ing School of Extended Studies Laramie, Wyoming Pre-session activities include Hypnosis Sessions, Hypnosis Workshops by A.· Leo Sprinkle, Ph.D & June 0. Parnell, Ph.D. These sessi ons will take place Mon

Despite these shortcomings, Jacob's book is the best book treating the abduction phenomenon in a straight forward, descriptive way. Every ufologist must have a copy of this book on his or her sh4!!lves. This is the standard now. UPCOminG UFO COnFEREnCES

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'l. OF TOTAL REPOI"TS 1 9 9 1 : THE UFO YEAR In REVIEW 1 99 1 was definitely a Year of Change. For the first time i n five years, UFO reports described a s 1 11ights/illumina tions" out numbered the reports of 11objects/shapes". Ughts and Illuminations represented 57.4% of 20 1

1 99 1 was definitely a Year of Change. For the first time i n five years, UFO reports described a s 1 11ights/illumina tions" out numbered the reports of 11objects/shapes". Ughts and Illuminations represented 57.4% of 20 1 reported sightings. Another changed characteristic for 1 991 was the Peak M

New J ersey ranked 9th in 1991 with 4 UFO ightings. All four reports were of "Objects/Shapes" and were ob served during nig ht time visibility. Two of the four reports (Refer to Figure 3 on next page for State Breakdown for The above graph shows the breakdown of UFO sightings by month for 1 99 1 .

In 1 99 1 there were 20 towns or cities in 13 states report ing a total of 96 UFO s ighti ng s. Those twenty towns reported two or more sightings within the 12 month period of 1 99 1 . Those 96 sightings represent 48% of the total reports for 1 99 1 . This is higher than normal but not u n usual d

above are the top 8 for UFO sighting• in 1 99 1 . substantial

TIME OF DAY A surprise for 1 99 1 was the Peak Time of Day for UFO reports. (Refer to Figure 4) The mode (peak) time is clearly 8:00 P.M. represents 2 1 % sightings and the normal lull activity time was between 6:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M were only 9.3% of the sightings occurred. A consis

aooounted for 74.5% of the total five year average Daylight Diac 1 99 1 were 5.5%, which is lower than the five years average

been documented of video tape. Many of the Gulf Breeze reports were that of a single "red l ight''. When looking at the sighting data over the past fiVe years of with respect to COLOR ONLY, Red was the leading color. To be continued.......... . 1 99 1 SUMMARY RECAP DATA

An important aspect of the UFO Data Base is to com pare Annual Data to the cumulative C\verage data compiled over time. With 1 000 UFO reports in the data b, it is now possible to compare the 1 99 1 data and look for any significant changes in the data. Below is the

IRWIN, PENNSYLVANIA At about 3:30 a.m., on March 28, 1992, a fourteen year old boy was quite shaken when the bedroom of his rural home suddenly became bathed in a bright yellow orange tight, that emanated through the window. The boy noticed a humming sound at the time, and a farge

boy awakened his parents after the ordeal, but they only ALCOA RESEARCH FACIUlY heard it. Also, about 15 minutes after the UFO sighting, members of the family heard another sound, but could On the even ing of March 9, 1992, tow young boys eight not see the source. They said the sound was very loud

UFOS THE ULTIMATE MYSTERY OF THE MILLENNIA Jacques Vallee continued h is attacks on the current state of i nvestigations into abduction cases by Hopkins and people like him. He did have a good point about the exclusion of other types of aliens in researchers

OF THE MILLENNIA Jacques Vallee continued h is attacks on the current state of i nvestigations into abduction cases by Hopkins and people like him. He did have a good point about the exclusion of other types of aliens in researchers reports of alien contact and abductions.

·DURATION/SHAPE BREAI<O::)Wf\.J:1986-91 Perhaps one of the most interesting charaderistics at tributed to a UFO sighting is the d uration of the sighting

This stacked bar graph displays the quantity of reports by each shape with respect to the As signed Duration Class. What is observed at th e Short duration class (0-9 seconds) is the the Shape A sightings out number ALL of the other Shape Groups.

Figures 4 (above) and 5 (below), display the linear line graphs for the top 2 correlations. Both graphs illustrate how the 2 shapes are symmetri cal in distribution over the entire Duration range.

29TH NATIONAL UFO CONFERENCE OCTOBER 24, OCTOBER 25, 1 992 Holiday I n n 1 302 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida The National UFO Conference (NUFOC), fou nded in

OCTOBER 24, OCTOBER 25, 1 992 Holiday I n n 1 302 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida The National UFO Conference (NUFOC), fou nded in Cleveland, Ohio i n 1 964, is the oldest organization in

•A WEEKEND WITH VAL VALERIAN • October 31 & November 1 , 1992 Route 206 & N. J.Tumpike Exit 7 Bordontewn , New Jersey Val Valerian, founding member of the Nevada Aerial

December 15 and December 16, 1991, one of the men had tried to make contact with her near the shopping At a meeting in New York City on October 3, 1992, area of the South Street Seaport. He was driving a Linda said that she is willing to testify against Richard large black Fleetwood sedan with Saudi

murder of Linda. Hopkins, Andrus, and Clark all vigorously objected to this, and they strongly urged me (Washington, D.C., October 20) -- The Fund for UFO not to do so. They said that such action would be "politically damaging" to ufology. Research, Inc., a nonprofit scientific organization based

N UD D - Objects: 365 Sig htings .... 46. 1 % STRAnliE LlliHTS/STRAnliE OBJECTS NUDD - Lig hts : 427 S i g htings . . . . 53.9%