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"Orbiter", The New England Aerial Pheomena report will provide news and information on cases and current events of significant value. It will take an objective and scientific point of view on the physical aspects of unidentified flying objects. The editor and supporters of "Orbiter" wish to see a se

A chapter of CS ICOP is forming in the Massachusetts area and call themselves the They are based in Malden, Mass. and their Skeptical Inquirers of New England (S INE). first conference will be held on November 1, at the First Parish Universalist Church in *********************************

Telephone numbers of MUFON members are not be given out under any circumstances. We have a hot line (617-944-0686) which is monitored by me and section directors. Messages will be prom tly distributed to the appropriate party.

This sighting which occurred a number of years ago, recently came to the attention of Mass. investigators as the result of a radio-talk program on UFO's. This sighting involved four adults, longtime friends, who were traveling back to their homes in Boston after having spent the New Years weekend in

For Scrtpps Howard N_. Semce U.fQL psycblc pllenomeD&.l!le Locla Na momt er ud

AUGUSTA. fnE The sun, the controll mg body of our solar ystem, is a star that is ."!1::1assified as average in

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ExploSion, flash mystify residents

INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO DIRECTORY The first limited edition of the UFO Phenomenon Community Who's Who directory will be

CAUS (Citizens Against UFO Secrecy) has invited Marge Christensen to serve as its Director of Public Relations. The duties of this position would vary according to the UFO situation, and would probably include the publication of an interim newsletter which would be published between issues of JUST C

The Italian Center for UFO Studies w.ishes to exchange newsletters with any groups who publish them. The Italian Center issues newsletters which reach more than 300 Italian ufologists. A few other publications include "ITUFOR" (newsletter in English) , "Notiziario Archivio Stampa" (Italian newsclipp

In 1982, MUFO N s P. I. P. E. (Public Information and Public Education) Committee was formed. Since then it has met annually at symposia and has been the only active committee in MUFON to persevere for that many years. P. I. P. E. has a long list of achievements including the production of a set of

Wednesday, October 14, 1987

SCIENTIFIC SPECULATION BY .JUENEMAN the anatomy of a UFO lN A NOTEBOOK ENTRY AWHILE BACK,

I was taken to task by a few UFO buffs, for making light of a "seri ous study" by equally serious in vestigators-a most unscientific atti tude on my part. Tsk.

(Least we forget) a uu:o;c and an dTc:ct of th e J.:clc of liCil'ntific

Soviet Union acknowledges UFOs UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS once were thought to be the exclusive prop ertv of neurotic minds in the Western

Dr. Edward U. Condon heads study The planet Piuto was first sighted In 1930 by Cl y d e . T o m b a ug,hw a t ArlzO'na's lowell Obser

Su11day, Octol1cr 5, 1980 Requests Further Reports of Eerie 'Ghost Lig hts ' Ghosts lights .1r.d UfO's.

la b ele d : " John Wmthrop & UFO's in Coloniall\:ew Engl.md," by Andrew E. Roth ov ius of 4 Smith St., in Milford , N.H., under P<trt II: "E'\traterrestrial Beings Among Us.")

"jouP.NAi oF 5i>CIAi. mcHoLOGY zero to 10 with a median of four. Seven subjecU ·scoring at the median we discarded. Subjects ( n :: 34) above the mc:dU.n were conside;ed to be st rong

In:erest in the existence of ext r:1te r res trial life :tnd its m:tnifestation in the form of "unidentified fiying o bjects" (UFOs), such as firing saucers, exhibitS 1 p:-s:stcnce, in the absence of objective evidence, 1 that suggests "thJ.t beliefs

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O F TH E P R O B L E M

clusion and t h a t . fur a tech n ical cum C h ai r m a n : Joachim P. K u et t n e r m i l l ce. there i s no need t o st ress the

Oarue Stall Writer

aonJawett e1 WOI't'ftttt, tfwble, IM tlld of tbt craft.

Eurx County Newspapc!n - Aeron a u t i c a l a n d m i litary sourcn s a y they've

"It woke both me and my fla out of a aound slrq>," Sala roon uld. " I t was there all of a sudden, for 10 - It could have been 30 S"<nda, and then It was me. l l di dn't fade gradually.

By P ET E R A. ST U R R O C K Sta n f ord U n iversi t y M ost U F O rep o rts conce rn t he e x p er i e nces of l ay me n , bu t sc i en t i st s

Space Science In S t a n f ord's School ol E n g i n e e r i ng . Asllophyslcs i n i ts A p p l ied Physics

"Wh al l s your s u b J l l ve assessment ol tho prob< b l l l l y

The 25th Annual

l!JY§21ig,1Qr.> cover-up/debunking prog ram has

The two ladies were sitting at table about 8 p.m., with the window open. It was raining heavily at the time, and there was no wind. Stormy clouds were about, but it was not unusually hot. Thunder and lightning at the same time were afterwards reported from London-a distance of, say, 50 miles but th

As a principal or secondary participant in the investigation of more than thirty close encounter claims,

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hlef police reporter · ·South Australian and Western :Australian pollee are treating as ·serious a reported sighting yesterday of a UFO on the Nullarbor P.lain by a middle-aged woman

trivance whose origin :&nd mission is for certainly, if this were the case, a lied flying objct is any craft or con

hallucination. It seems to me that this tic missile, an unannounced satellite,

- SPARKLiNG RAlN Rain which on touching the ground crackles and em i t s electric sparks is a very uncommon but not unknown phenomenon. An instance of the kind

Below this are three photocraph.s or th is thin. sha!)f'd roughly like a tat disk with a &lowing, tapered bottom and a small clowin& protrusion on top. There are re&ubrly s pac ed d:1rk marks goin&

describes i tself as "an international scientHic organiution composrd of people serlousl)' l nter estrd Ia stu dyi ng and resurchlnc" In an eftort to providt "tbe ultimate answer to thc UFO

WESTERN AUSTRALI A ,

NA.'1E OF W I T:-I ES S : Bank Road , Nas hua , N . H .

SATLAY , MAY 30 , T .E OF S IGHTING : 6 : 30 - 7 : 00 P

SOUTH NASHUA, N . H. DURAT ION OF S ICHT :U:C :

COLOR PHOTOGN\PH F-STOP 16 , KODACOLOR ASA 200 ESTL.).TED D I STA.'-:CE OF OBJECT FROl

MOt.'D.&.Y. ARn. 18. 1988

by JCX: t.larlon Tbc "Investigation" Let's step back for a moment and take stock of what we

thrown it with i ts inmates into ten thousand fragments. It really seemed that God's mercy is manifested in sparing our lives amidst such

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3 women : 'We F E B R U A R Y 5, 1 9 11

Wea.l.her : TooJgb t : MocUy dur and extremely cold. Low

Absenteei&m has declined ;ince a peak Monday, in :ticaling that an outbreak or in nuenz.a or a flu-like illness is ;•Jb&iding ln the ci ty ' s schools ,

raJ judge spared a reputed .ob associate a jail sentence • 5ave his life, but ordered :m out of the New York City

to -a g er convicted of chasing black man to hU death oo a ghway in the Howard Beach tion of the city and batt.er

tah hd' hum e.

. If KDKA Radio aald the sky was falling, Pittsburghen would probably ak e cover - even on April Fool's Day. Morning d1sc jkey John . · · • Cigna im p l ied yesterday that a flymg ucer had landed in North Park. Ma ny callers claamed to

Pintade Publishing,

of May 1, 1988) .·.:: with the witness, a rview of a fairly ·and investigation eport content ·.-·

well-detailed

Febl-ual-y,

in Orbiter,

Westport, Mass. that John Fuller, in writing recently about VFOs in the TRADE WaNDS column of SR ancl later in the book, "Incident at E:rcler,"

ric:cl a description by Dr. Donalcl Ritchie, of tl1c Bcndi:r Corpomlion, of c:rpcriments in tdlic:h first Runiun and then American sci c:uti.ds hacl crtificiu/ly crcttccl frc•e-/l(}{lting /JI,IJ.v of 11lfl.mw similar to those oiJscrvccl in the form of ball lightning.

· By Paul Norman

:. UFO's in the Mind's Eye

We invite d Jwoplt

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II studit•d widl'ly, npp:ll('lllly tal<·s tlw lot 111 of

AND 0'1,1-IEIS DON''l,?

ho"Otci t h a t th i s so-its :nil :> ro t· idt a fo ;.,, m fo r co11 t i n u ing disc.u u i o n oi such iss u es. s o m e t i m es cil but f'or· gotten in tht msclt

1JUrf,Q Uuulis And he ha:s d o n e a w o n d erfu l j ob. Pe op l e out t h e re w an ted s o m e o n e t o c o m e out and re l a t e this :.in d of

t h i s book Pl:Bl.I S H t: P. !' ll>t:t: ,.; L '

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At a time hen public awareness of. the UFO phenomenon is at a high level e note a disturbing situation. Serious controversy has developed i :onnection with the Gulf Breeze, Florida UFO photo case, a controversy which threatens the integrity of our subject (see

t..'"te suoentition · cf" the medievalM 1n.afi:ner, doubtless \'OLDI E H. SL"f B E R 4

JOL" it =" A L OF T H E O i' T I C .\ L SOC I ET Y OF .Uf E R I C.\ A P R I L. 1 9 5 J Pha:1tasoagoria

Burai.r A .liious CoJr?MC:ion, Dtro-il. Jfid;iran ( Rece!nd Dece::1her 22, 19.52) s t o r y , :be sky bu be-en cccupied by various gods, or consteiladons, or bircis,

A T I 0 S P H E R E

object. Even the astute editor of the Washington Post The United States, in acquiring its lea.dership in drew the obvious conclusion that real objects were in

Congressional

Q: What· was the most interestin g aspect of the Levelland, Te xas sightings? ·s+Jaa W3 aLJ4aA paJuaJadxa sassau+M +46a Ll :JaMsu Q: In what year was the word "saucer" first used to describe Unidentified Aerial Objects?

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eggs o!Jlained in Cr.Iirornin; E. Scmtlltla.- p _1;. 1112, On n eupposcd new Rirc•lun; rl t.he unuS\1Alsiht of a ;()n 18 Februon· 1!>51 at 7.30 p.m. 11.t. S ou t hampton, I n o t ie

. Bauett. Row, Southampton omns llnelt

tcrrcstrinl origin. '\Yo kno\f notbmg abouL tho perfectly disaipated, in a fi gure resembling atJ electri fi ed lock o{ hair in the midst ol a cloud or smoke. The stain meaaured aix feet by !our."

-ltOV., un. Quick note: While contemplating on the

By S. ALEXJ.. DEL " The foll owin g aceoant of a rem:ukable optic:U phenomenon wAs recently related to me by a lady livin g in this vicinity. She is i nte lli gen t and entirel y trustworthv. H e r atatement has been corroborated bv others. The occurrence

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Brazilian Jets Said to Have Chased UFOs

Pay particu ar attention· _ to the descriptions.:gi·n by lights, and chased with seven on one side.

··-he prepared to land his Brazilian-made

IN THE ATMOSPHERE

Jan/Feb 1 84 .

: : :;: 2; ffo f htt l fr;;;

- mo:;l any other home in any devel- .' that a LFO attack th s Brazilian garrison in 1947 ?

hconesty, and r-.:thici:.'\1 behC\vieor·. Cc•mplett.:>.ly 1-efu-;:.;c.:- teo communi c ate \·Ji.th such i n div i d uals neo rnattr:l- hc·w vJell l::neovn"' t1·1ey Do n eo t p 1- o v i d f.? t I"H? m \·J i t h m eo r· e cj a t a f c• L t. h e if\ t C• p u Lll i ::, h

encoun t e r

a n d t ha t a n yo n e si g h t i ng them shoul d report them to t h e Pease Air Force Base i m m e di a t el y . The H ills spoke very c i rcu m spectl y of

in lncidrrt :\1 Exrtrr. C· l 966 by J o h n G . Fuller, ( C . P. P u t l a m · Sons. S5.95 ) . W h e r e a n d w h e n w a s t h e ea r l i e s t d o c umen t e d s i g h t i ng s

N t t r l l cr(>ll ! ' i k e Co 1 1 n l y rr. idc r t L <> h u v c r c por te d r. , i n g s i r :111gc l o w - l ev e l :t c r i :t l l i g h l. c; 0 1 1 t wo d i l fr r c n l n i g l t r w i l h i n k s t h a n n

By J im Melesciuc The photo s taken from the Viking 1 orb iter o f the " Face On Mars " imag e and it ' s a c c ompany ing " C ity " i s s l owly be ing swal l owed by many in the u f o l o g i c a l f i e l d ( ho ok , l ine , and s inker ) as pro o f o f

Founded in 197 by James Gregory, Project Visual serves as a clearing house that investigates and publishes UFO sightings and encounters. "V ISUAL" is the acronym f or Volunteer Investigators that Study Unidentified Airborne Lights. Project

Several recent surveys conducted by the Public Opinion Laboratory at Northern Illinois University, f or the National Science Foundation, suggests that a vast number of Americans are scientif ically illiterate (The Boston Globe 11/1/88 & NZ Herald

Commentary: Jim Melesciuc During the 1952 UFO f lap the CIA and high ranking USAF officers thought the wave of reports might constitute a threat to national To offset this threat one of the reccomendations of the Robertson panel, which convened f rom January 1 - 17 19 53 in

ui jcc t was

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RA'l'IIEit 'J'IIAN A SPACE

who pursued a "flying saucer" apparently did not know whul a much like pursuing the ruinl.Jow.

from outer space. Sut:h is

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ORANGE BALLS OF LIGHT thunderstorms). Even at great distances, the SOLs are unmistakeable, measuri·ng many feet in diameter and unarguably do not demonstrate the characteristics of manmade or common natural atmospheric or astronomical

night vision.

Dr Lleul. F••:u' u. ScuortKLD, U. S. !f&'I'J"• The following roport, na kindly communicAted by the editOr of the Pilot Chnrt, is elAted U. S. S. Supply, nt sen, lntitude 36°

Capt. C. D. Swart, of the Dntch bark " J, P. A.," makes the 1 fol lowing report of remarkable phenomenon obsen-ed by him·/

As you may notice there has been some changes in this newsletter. Orbiter now will be published on a bi-monthly basis and will cons is t of 11 to 12 pages . This is sue cons ists of 16

By: Robert D. Boyd "On Sunday. March 20, 1988, Mr. Donald M. Ware, Dr. Willy Smith, Mr. Bill Hein z er l ing and I drove to the home of the boy and his mother and introduced ourselves. This interview is documented in the original "Other Side of the Coin" report dated March 27, 1988.

Ware wrote a letter to me on March

Eight months following our interview with the boy (informant) and his mother, we have finally recieved evidence of the "ghost-like " or "demon" image. Now, with no thanks to the GB "UFO" proponents, we can examine and judge for ourselves, freely and openly, what the

Fortunat.ely, two pictures are available for examination; one before and one during the visit by the allegedly unexplained "ghost-like" or "demon" image. This enables us to make some careful comparisons of the surrounding enviroment composed of items

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Bruce Maccabee appearing in April 1989. paper written by Dr. MUFON UFO Jr.

significant points. I don't know yet whether I will bother to prepare a formal answer to Bruce's paper, as this decision depends on two factors beyond my control: (a) what Dick Hall decides to do and (b) will

Examples of specious arguments

Who is kidding who? 9. Page 16, column 2, extending to page 17, column 2. example of specious argument in the. paper, full of "ifs" and false premises, attempting to explain the (still unseen) "ghost photos " as an accident.

"Robert Boyd and Willy Smith were informed of the failure of the spy... "Nothing in my files even suggests such a thing, and when I asked Bruce about this (letter dated Feb. 2, 1989) I obtained no reply. As a directly involved party, I can assert

date was in Ed's log book when I visited in March. Proc.., p. 153), so Frances could not have taken the photos on that date; thus, the records had to be changed. - page 10, column 1. Range of the flash. There is no way it This has also been proven by the

(Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love "La Bamba") Dedicated to those who -- despite all common sense, sound judgement, accepted research standards, proven journalistic

Others have said this, 'tis the proof I await. Wait no longer Sire. . er. . Squire. Sir Robert Knows this because he was told by Lady Linda of Moulton & She states that when she met Doty in 1983 that

She claims that mannerisms and speech were the same that she remembered.

"How An Alien Bit-off My Testicles And I Lived To Tell About It (Albeit In Falsetto) "! by Sir John of "Jet Lag", "the Learing One". PtTh.lK ROCK REVIEW " A Critical Look At The Circle Jerks ",

" A Critical Look At The Circle Jerks ", Pudding " aka, knave Bob "the Hasty ".

AT RO SWELL, THE FAR SIDE·

(Educational. Investigative. Research - founded on June 26.

Texas. USA, 17 May 1988, 0332 Observer: Cary Hannsz 0 N, 9 .75 0 W) Location: Near Haske l < 3.15

Observers: Capt. J. Krom and F.O. D. Ross; Quanta s flight 70 (Tokyo-Perth) Aircraft Location: 13.17°N, 137.69 °E (650 km S SE of Tokyo) 1st sighting: Azim. 227 °, alt. 300 End sighting: Azim. 2320 , alt. 150

Charles Lee (Interviewer-Nippon T.V.), Larry Fawcett (part three>

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-3Lear on the other hand filtered into this subject the most hideous allegations and presented his "shock ufology" at public conferences, which included grammar schools. (we have this on Lear's tales ranged from 30 to 100 alien bodies being

Gordon Kellander told those in on a recent trip to the western U.S., to visit Hal Starr and was

were guests on

A "BREAKTHROUGH" FOR UFOLOGY? Hilary Evans Those of us who tend to be skeptical that there exists 'a' UFO

Au s tr a l i a - 1 2 November , 1 6 39 GMT ( 1 3 Novmber, 0 039 l o c a l time Obs erver : C apt . J . B . Chr i s t e 3 2 0 km NW of Derby Locat i on :

Obs erver : K irk S chne i der Location : Longmont ( 0 . 23° N, 1 05 . 4 1 0 W) Path : In WNW sky , moving vert i c a l l y down to

an example of a broad, i n terdisci

e x i s t ence

CL : Char l e s Lee ( I nterv i ewer ) - Nippon T . V . ) , BG : Barry Gre e nwo o d LF : Larry Fawc ett . BG : We l l , I f ir s t wrote about MJ - 1 2 in 1 9 8 5 whe n I he ard rumo r s from a re s e archer out i n C a l i f ornia that s omething was a f o o t as f ar a s new do cuments were be in

BG : O f f i c e o f Spe c i a l I nve s t i g a t io n . I t ' s co n c erne d ma i n l y w i th inve s t i g at i ng drugs , i t ' s v ery mu l ike a n A ir For c e F B I . LF : We f ound that Richard Doty h a s inv lvement in UFO ' s prior to that a l s o . There was another docume t that s ur f

The second witness, Patrolman Jones, was finally contacted in reference to the 28 May 89 sighting at Otis AFB, Cape Cod reported in Orbiter #19. To brief those who are not aware of the reported sighting I will give a general summary. While on routine patrol Sgt Trill of the Department of

Ufology Research of Manitoba, Winnepeg, Canada. Dobrovolsky,

- ·: nology -ii tl ied sciei1 tist: !o. . , .. . ' . , itrie a·--rjdic_uling eport ·?t - ; 8 l t .t--.9,:· {ff:W:fi;. :Ag. ?,l-::7, S · . . I ; ;e : i! n.;,; .HAS FA MILlAR. RING

2llift;.!J!F-.-qy 9/ ;'f(r,l: i· ·· flc;ft

perienced . hefe --·bY.;-: j,eJltiStS tainly. needs VQrifiQitiorr.:.' ., '. . .. APl'l l - . h!! .. Sald ' V,IS fro !ill' M a _r O W J tZ, f ormerly · of .the

Publ i shers P . O . Box # 2 81 3 0, San D ie g o, CA . 9 21 2 8 . Jan . 2 - Ch .

"There would be no return for you and it would be dangerous for us," came the reply. "You might bring thought bacteria." The Voronezh story fizzled when it emerged that only the teens,not the "many

atmospheres), to switch off the engine this pressure has to be reduced. This is usuallv done by venting the rockt with the hdp of explosive

Cand. Sc. (Phys. & Math., senior researcher Institute of Earth Magnetum Ionosphere and Radiowavt Propagation, USSR Academ/ .. of Sciences

Cand. Sc. (Phys. & Math.), head of laboratory Polar Institute of Geophysics. Kola Branch (named afte-r Kirov) ofthe USSR Academ: of Science

Ar i z ona ,

Obs e rver : J ohn Betz L o c at i o : L o c at i on :

and the huge growth of interest in "visi tors", declared that extra-terrestrial civ ilizations could exist and make contact with mankind.

soUthWards.this· unortha-: · · ·. fairs in the us National Security n dox phenomenon was also watched by ·.: cil, Major-General Robert LSchwe.tzer, APN's and Izvestia's own correspon- - - saying that the President was fully dents ln. Mozambique (see Izvestia, . . aware of the threat so competently

The two pictures of an ALO In flight were taken by photo reporter Sergei Solovyov In the Pamir foothllls.ln Tajikistan.

in rarefied gas, living on food and with out food - exclusively on sunrays, be ings which resist heat, beings which re sist cold, and beings which resist

U F O Re search

Some o f c i t i ze n c o n ta c te d T e h ra n Me h ra b a d A i rport towe r con t ro l & i n fo rm i n g t hem a b u t un i de n t i f i e d b r i g h t o bj e c t a bo u t S l E D KHAN DAN & SHAR I EAT I STR E E T .

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Those of you who are keeping a close vigil on the MJ-12 matter are well aware , or should be, of the latest problems posed in JUST CAUSE ( Issue 123), regarding the "noise" markings and

carrying UFO reports. Ten dol lars per year, write to UFO Filter Center 618 Davis Dr. Mt. Vernon, IN. 4 7 6 2 0 From tbe letter box we hear from Chris Rutkowski responding to Dr. Wil ly Smith's article which was printed in the las t Chris says, "I wasn't real ly planning on responding to

studies initially gave a value of about 2 0% unkowns, but this was dropped significantly with more rigorous criteria being The most recent MANUFOCAT study of over 7 0 0 UFO reports found a value of around 2. 5% unknowns, similar to the UFOCAT results.

By: Christopher D. Allan The older generation of UFO buf f s may remember some articles in FLYING SAUCER REVIEW during the period 1 9 5 8 - 1 9 62 written by the Canadian ufologist Wilbert B . Smith. Wibert Smith was a Canadian civil servant and engineer , specializ ing in radio and telecommunicatio

phenomena but some 25% relates to flying saucers. The fact that it was classified 'Top Secret' for nearly 20 years has caused ETH supporters to attach great importance to it ; in reality its value to ufology is practically zero , as ·we shall see.

reprinted in ref. 15) up to his death in 1962. It has been alleged that he died of a brain tumor and that this tumor caused the apparent mental derangement affecting his later writings; however Mr. Grant Cameron of Winnepeg assures me that Smith in fact died of stomach cancer; thus there is no reaso

By: Bill Pitts Director - The New Project Blue Book I will not rehash the Gulf Breeze episode , as it is well known , in fact , too well known to reconstruct .

By : Jim Melesciuc The Blue Lightning Task Force , ( BLTF ) which Pitts re f ers to in his report, is a j oint U . S . Air Force, Coast Guard, Cus toms , and local police departments effort, in battling the influx of drugs , mostly cocaine, from entering the U . S . ( 1 )

The following is a combination of four descriptions of one lf J.reba l l . .... '( 1'!=- ions : Beaverton Washington Co . ( 5 . 4 5 , 1 2 2 . 7 5 0WJ : Clackas 5 . 3 3° N , 1 2 2 . 5 5d W ) : Portland , Multnomah Co . ( 4 5 . 5 8 N 1 2 2 6 3 W ) :

S. SALTA OV

The model UFO found in the attic of Ed Walters' former residence: DIMENSIONS: 9 inches across the top; five inches deep (including the dome). CONSTRUCTION: Two nine-inch foam plates attached to two six-inch foam plates; a 6-inch square blue-color gel (plastic film) and one 6-inch round orange paper

Residence: Gulf Breeze. Born: Jacksonville. Education: Attended pubHc school in Jacksonville; two years at Jacksonville University. Wife: Frances. Children: Two.

Walt Andrus. An international organization of UFO enthusiasts announced Tuesday it will reopen its investigation into a Gulf Breeze man's claims that he p h o t o g raph ed

1ggo MUFON S ate and ssistant State Diectors

arARIZED STATD1EIIT Of Au.Fll BENZ TO loiHOH IT lAY COOCERN: 2. I declare, under penalty of per j ury, that the forestoinll.

I have never been on the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation in New Mexico. My conmiss ion expires- l.:omr.;;:.:.::;

P.. I have ne·,er Owned or had the use of "a car full of cameras and video equipment."

" further credence was given to the [McMinville] we read that case in 1951.,, when a French Military pilot photographed an almos t identical

87 (date) and p. 93 (drawing) . Norris, Geoffrey, "Something in the Sky", in Royal Air Force Flying Review, July 1957, p. 1. Sachs, Margaret; THE UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA, 1981, p. 195. Schneyder, Philippe; OVNI PREMIER BILAN, Editions du Rocher, 1983, photographic section, p. 15 ff.

CENTURY, Contemporary Books, Chicago 1989, p. 56. *********************** LOT of mom:y can be made by suing for

ALIVE AND STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. By: Dr. Richard A. Crowe Department of Physics and Astronomy

survive this crisis and s alvage any semblance of credibility or is this the beginning of the end for MUFON? Let ' s examine the facts. I n May, Walt Andrus stated (concerning the Gulf Breeze case) in the MQFON UFO Journal ". . . if the investigation disclo ses that a hoax has been

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This past Sept . 3rd, 1990, marked the 25th anniversary of the UFO Incident at Exeter . The New Hamp shire case was made prominent in the anna l s of UFO his tory, by John Ful l er, through his book, Incident At Exeter (G . P . Putnam's Sons, NY. 1966) .

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Scots Gate, Checkendon, Reading, RG8 OTJ. I see that this hardy annual (the Star of Bethlehem) has risen once again (from the dead !). The latest review, by Farquharson on page 8 of this journal, does well to point out that astronomers cannot satisfactorily answer the question

Five Firs, Cinderford Road, Cowbeech, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 4HL. May I comment on M r Farquharson's paper1• I t is improbable that the object of 4 DC of which records give no exact date and which appeared in Aquila, is

cjo National Westminster Bank Ltd, 32 Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells, Ken!. 1 Farquharson, J. F., J. Brit. astro11. Assoc., 89 ( I ), 8 ( 1 978). 2 d'Occhieppo, K. F., Quart. J. R. astro11. Soc., 1 9 (4), 5 1 6 ( 1 9 78). 3 Elliott, E., ibid., 5 1 5. 4 Keller, W., Til Bib/ as History, 1 5 5, Lond

Thank you for letting me see the correspondence concerning my paper. I appreciate Mr Reade's remarks and the additional information regarding the zodiacal light. I quote the following paragraph from Paul L. Maier's book which touches on this particular theory : "Even the artistic concept ions of the

peo p l e i n thouRht the e a r t h moved, but seismologists s ay the ru m ble like ly was somethi n g much more

Abstract subllli tted tor a poster presentation scientific discipline of subject matter: General

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We ·a r e pl a sed to provide a po st r session for... in wll ioh to present your

Alot of input was recieved regarding the EBE photo published in Orbiter 427. Here are some of the more interesting comments and opinions. From the ever fluctuating editor of Saucer Smear, Jim Moseley offers " I think it was mean of you to put a picture of my Chinese half-brother on the cover of your

Tlllll1T THAT SIIOULD BE CONSIDERED ON TilE ABillJCTION PHENOMENA. Many Experience Fears in the Night

*Extraterrestrial Visitations from Prehistoric Times to the Present* (ancient astronaut) - Jacques Bergier, PB, (G), $2. 50. *Chariots of the Gods* (ancient astronauts) - Erich Von Daniken, PB,· (G), $2, 00. *Flying Saucers Uncensored* - Harold Wilkins, PB, *Strangely Enough!* -

ARTICLES, PERIODICALS - RELATED TO UFO PHENOMENA & TRANSIENT/UNUSUAL EVENTS.

FIREBALL PHOTO TAKEN FROM A B-29 OCT. 9, Source: Space Nomads - Lincoln Lapaz.

March 6, 1991 Walter Webb For at least the fourth time in little more than one year, New

Critique by: Christopher D. Allan Critique of:

L. Moore and Jamie Shandera (Fair Witness Project, Burbank, CA; In what follows the authors William Moore & Jamie Shandera are I assume, as have the authors, that readers are denoted by MS. familiar with the MJ-12 story and some of the events surrounding it,

Ufologists who are, like me, getting bored with the endless spy fiction surrounding MJ- 1 2, with the continued withholding of evidence by the two chief protagonists, and by the tiresome ravings put out by

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Barbara Becker In November of 1990, the MUFON UFO Journal published an article entitled

In it, Dr. Maccabee reanalyzes the notorious Ed Walters/Gulf Breeze Photo 19, refuting claims by Rex and Carol Salisbury that the photo is a hoax, a double exposure. their report to Walt Andrus dated 23 September 1990, the Salisberry's state, "Our analysis of Photo 19 of the Walters' case indicated

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The UFO book list has been refurbished with a few hard cover books and a small assortment of paperbacks. Happy pickings!

Irving Greenfield, *The Philadelphia Experiment*

This is repeated in a 1990 issue of FOCUS (ref 3): Moore and Friedman never met LaPaz (who died in 1985, aged 88), although Moore had tried to interview him twice but was told by his daughter that he was not well enough to be interviewed on UFOs. His daughter confirmed his interest in UFOs and told

Moore (paper 1258; W.L.Moore publications, Burbank, Calif, 1985; rev ed. 1987) p.40-43. ROSWELL REVISITED; TE ANATOMY OF A COVER-UP - William L. Moore

and Jaime Shandera, 1989 (printed in FOCUS, June 1990; see UFO CRASH AT ROSWELL - Kevin D. Randle and Donald R.

(Avon Books, 1991) p. ll8-121. REPORT ON UFOS - Edward J. Ruppe1t (Doubleday,

(Cornell Univ. Press, 1972) p. 254-7. UFOS: A HISTORY - Loren E. Gross {Fremont, Calif Aug-Dec 1948, p. 24-41.

the original assumption was i) that the UFO was over the Reflection ii) was located at a distance 18 5 feet from the camera and Image (Rl) , iii) that the RI was "the reflection of light from a non-uniformally radiating source within the glowing bottom of the UFO. . . . "

insinuates that the only figure I worked withwas-·the INCORRECT one furnished by the MUFON survey. Not so, I have worked with every.figure possible using the 5' " camera height.

SIGHTINGS, Bruce writes that he and Flannigan returned to the site of the road shot."to determine the exact location.of the truck." (p. 1279> We are told how ·there were "clear tire marks" on the shoulder but Walters denied these were his, instead he settled on a place a distance from these marks. A

Is this proper investigator

compelling, however, there is no way to know if the cases cited have actually been thoroughly investigated or are simply narratives whose numbers are used to spice up a statistical analysis. confidence in the investigators the investigation is worthless. Barbara Becker

6 August 1991 Dear Bruce,

-11Rex C. Salisberry Za-n Overall P. 0. Box 7000-753

Jim Melesciuc "When the probe passed close to Phobos,

By: Barry Greenwood It is a rather sad occasion to observe the onset of fall, leaves loosening from their branches, shriveling and decaying on an Life everywhere prepares for the increasingly chilly forest floor.

The AF files contain documents describing the events, and they are totally consistent. A report signed by Lt. Rogers reads: "it was round and flat in shape.... the size was estimated to be the

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Wim Van Utrecht "Journalists were impressed by the occasions on which

- The mystery of the Ummites) , PET IT has lost his last grain of credibilty. In this book Petit reveals that his scientific work at the CNRS was in reality dictated to him by the inhabitants of Ummo, a planet far beyond our own solar system. Well-read ufoologists will

The above article by So what have we here? Ed. Comment: Let's learn! Mr. Utrecht is a far cry from wht was currently thrust onto the

During the week of OCT. 7-11, 1991, I attended a meeting in Santander, · Spain, the first international symposium on UFOs to take place in that These so-called International Journeys were organized and sponsored by CUADERNOS DE UFOLOGIA, the Spanish magazine which unquestionably has become the leadi

TO THE BANK By Barbara Becker On January 12, 1988, Ed Walters has a most terrifying experience, he had a Close Encounter.

By: J Melesciuc The sentries watched the bright orange light until they realized it was -an object traveling towards them at a terrific speed.

by CYNTHIA NEWBY LUCE live: i n ;,. remo&e Brazilian mounin vil l;a ge - ;a stranger in a strance land. I lho ught I

at about IIK'O ft. At th tim thaa was both tbvodrr &Ad lishtn.ins &:>d a sijJbt driuM of raiD.. At it o plod t!Mrr wu a tnri!c roar aod a blindias ft"b. .\rm polic: - tbc pande tbnw tbrmKh-.s to tb IP"ound. · Tbe • iat:aats wur c-oidaably alumed •!" prrsottal nrircc• and that ol my Kn'"aft

For the purpose of g l ving a systematic ord'?r to the data collected on the humanoid phenomenon in Argentina, we put together a catalogue published in August of 1977, in which we gathered, in 60 pages, suJJUnaries of 46 UFO reports

A.s we indicated, the project is geographically.limited to the Argentine territory, its study involves all news concerning visual observations of UFOs in conjunction with occu pants (in both time and place).

RECOGN I T I ON OF UFO LAND I NG . . . . SCOTLAND , UN ITED KI NGDOM . The e l ated author of the above phr a s e is Ma l co l m ·Robinson , founder and P,d i tor of SP I . Ma l co lm and the S P I group wish to inform the UFO community about " the erection o f a cairn and p l aque in Dechmont Wood

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RED LIGHT SIGHTINGS & GULF The Debate Continues.

INFORMATION REPORT was prepared by Major Jesse H. Tessier and part of the Blue Book files (IR-1-52).

UFO reports get a goingover In the face of ridicule abduction tales draw scrutiny

ne night in la!e Ncwember, 1989, Min'ia says, she 1008 03ieep with her husband in their apartment, on an upper story of a Manhattan build ing near the Brookl bridge, when sl awoke to find heraelf parolyzl!d,

D..wlnC of a c,.shed .,len spacecraft et top, baaed on accounts of a siChtlnc In New Mexico ·.In 1947, .. similar to craft described by iome who uy they were abducted by aliena. Srt, Par-skinned allen with larce eyes, ave, Ia a standard type descrlbad

The search for physical evidence turns up little_ What would it take to prove, or at least to p duee good evidence, that such an extraOrdinary

Richard Price, who says he's beea :abducted several times. produced :m object he c:ills :m '"implant" left by aUeas. Tests were lac:oaclaslYe. purported physical evidence for the phenomenon: a tiny "implant" that UFO abductee Richard Price of Latham. N.Y. S&Y3 was placed in his ab

"What would the military have done had these deputies found the crash and bodies? In fact, how would the USAF have known if and

Well, I hope the readers of this newsletter had a safe and We spent a few weeks down east in Maine, on good enjoyable summer. ole Cape Cod, and a few day trips thrown in, here and there. kids are back in school, the little odds & ends are completed, so its

of the latest publications on the 'Belgian Wave' is completed. Resear· cher & Author Marc Hallet informs us, "definite proofs that the He adds, "They never demonstrated Work of SOBEPS is a very bad one". They did not even demonstrate that the UFOs are extraterrestrial.

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PERSPECTIVE the same account appears on big differences. Barbara Dugger,

In IUR for May/June 1992, THE BARNEY BARNETT STORY,

Schmitt now say that the sheriff was

·Brits baffied by close call with·UFO .:

ai r liner nearl collided with a UFO 14,000 f eet over southern England in a close encounter that has baffled experts. a government report· said yesterda . ·

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/)a (1•/li me: The aircraft was traveling at 355 kn o ts wf10n th e co-pilot spotted ··a black lozengelike object" just 500 meters

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only Information availal.Jic to lite: Wurking Gro\Jp was d.c-rcpon fron• lhc l'ilot of the 1\.':\1, an<:J·.rcpons from the a p p ro p r i a t e ArC and uvcr;itlilg

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' expertise ' in the promotion of the Gulf Breeze it is d ocum e nt ed in either ink or video - no

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