Night Search

History

The Night Search served as the official newsletter for Tennessee MUFON, with each issue incorporating "The Tenn Files" as a standing section. The September 2008 issue ran to over 20 pages, featuring cover art by Rick Smith (a 1993 acrylic painting titled "LABORATORY: examining the human animal," originally from a SUNY College at Old Westbury visual arts lecture). Issues are confirmed for September, October, and December 2008.

The publication drew from a wide stable of contributors. The September 2008 issue carried an article by Brad Steiger on the early history of Men in Black encounters, an interview with "Mr. Q, Former MIB" conducted by Paul Dale Roberts (HPI Ghostwriter), a political predictions piece by Pat Ress on the 2008 US election, Stan Gordon's reports of huge flying creature sightings in Pennsylvania, and Andrew Hennessey's "The Scottish X files" on chaos in exopolitics. Roberts also contributed ghost investigation reports. Tim Kelly provided a regular review column ("TNW's Review"), and the newsletter incorporated content from The Mothman Photographer's newsletter.

The newsletter's Tennessee base placed it in a region with active sighting history. Reports from near Chattanooga appeared in the September 2008 issue, and the "Tenn Files" section provided a regular digest of state-level cases. The cover art programme, featuring Rick Smith's fine art prints (available as signed limited editions through ufoteacher.com), gave the publication a visual identity unusual for a state MUFON chapter newsletter.