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There is no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial. So the U.S. Air Force (AF) has been tell;ng us for nearly a quarter of a century. Yet, the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, has, for several years, been teaching its budding young officers just the opposite -- that UFOs are probabl

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A secret, in-house document from the Rand Corporation states that UFOs are real and are "a class of phenomena rather widely occurring today (and perhaps since earliest times) that is elusive, puzzling and often at variance with known scientific and technical experience." Rand is supported mainly by

"We find it diffiau.U to ignore the small residue of well--documented but un explainable cases which foPm the hard core of the UFO controversy [italics origi nal]," announced the UFO Subco11111ittee of the prestigious American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics (AIAA) in the November 1970 i

A new pulsar star discovered by NASA Explorer 42 satellite is "so different from most other pulsars that scientists are rethinking their ideas about what these mysterious stars are and how they came to be formed," stated the Apri1 1, 1971, ed1ton of The Washington Post. The star, estimated to be 10

The following sightings have also come to UFOR's attention: February 1, 1971. Delia, Kaflsas. About 8:30p.m. Fred lundin. An object exploded, emitting a red light as it did so, and crashed near the wit ness' home. It Mburned for several minutes, with a flame about 18 inches hjgh leaping from 1 t, 1

An important new witness to the famous sighting in which Air National Guard Captain Thomas F. Mantell, Jr., was killed while chasing a UFO has been found by UFOR. Former Air Force (AF) pilot Lt. Col. E. Garrison Wood was Deputy Base Co11111ander and Operations Officer at Godman Field, Kentucky, sHe

(An Editorial Comment) The majority of UFO witnesses are psychologically marginal, distort infor mation and "alter the system of evalua tions that presents the dilemma," wrote

or·. J. Allen Hynek may help design possibly the first observatory on the moon, if plans of a private New York group for taking over the Apollo moon shots once they are terminated by the government materialize. The Nothwestern Univer sity astronomer, .long.;.time chief UFO scientific consultant fo

Lord Portal of Hungerford, Chief of Britain'-s Air Staff during World War II, said that he does 11not rule out interplanetary travel from extraterrestrial sources. ..

Frightened witnesses; electro-magnetic (E-M) effects; animal reactions; an object that was 11engulfed in a cloud of steam11; a UFO that looked like 110ne of these space stations on television11; an object that trailed flame; and rotating, flashing UFOs are some of the characteristics of sighting rep

Additional information has been received by UFOR on the Lean Turner case of Septenber 1 , 1970, including dogs that "barked wildly" (see UFO Research Newsl-et ter Vol. I, No. 1 , p. 6). UFO RESEARCH NEWSLETTER

The Air Force (AF) Academy textbook chapter that taught its students that UFOs were probably extraterrestrial has been modified as of the Fall 1970·semester (see UFO Research Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 1, p. 1). Chapter XXXIII of the Academy's De partment of Physics textbook, Introductory Space Scienc

(An Editorial Comment) 111 think that there very well may be a possibility UFOs exist," said Dr. Edward U. Condon in a speech at the University of Missouri in St. Louis on May 18, 11but only

A film of two discs over Scandinavia taken by 'a photographer during a total eclipse of the sun has apparently been explained by well-qualified wit nesses as "reflections." Julian Hennessey, of London, England, uncovered the The well-publicized sighting took place on June 30, 1954, near Lifjell, De

By R. Conway Jones (The author is a supervisor of consumer saZes for a Zarge bank in Georgia. On November 22 Z968 he had a startling encounter with a UFO. His case as far as we know, was the first of its kind). Collecting past due accounts is a thankless job. At the end of a long day

UFOs that frightened witnesses and emitted bright beams and "blasts" of light have been stirring up the residents of the Quincy, Illinois-Taylor, Mis souri, area since January, according to the April 24, 1971, edition of the Quincy HeraZd-Whig. At 7 p.m., January 18, an unidentified Quincy woman an

A UFO 11surrounded by a circle of white lights" was seen over East Pater son, N.J., on the evening of May 7, according to the May 8, 1971, edition of the Paterson News. At 9:15, Richard Pashman reported seeing 11a square of eight or nine rows of

A worldwide roundup of UFO reports for the first two and a half·months of 1971 has been sent to UFOR by George D. Fawcett, of Greeneville, Tennessee. January 6. Basia, France. Residents saw an oval-shaped object with illuminated portholes flying at a low altitude, stated La Dordogne Livre. • Januar

By Gordon I.R. Lore, Jr. Swamp gas? UFOs? The 11deer man11 ? A ghost? Or an eccentric old man who keeps a coffin he bought in 1910 propped up against his refrigerator? The first is the most likely explanation for the weird lights that were plaguing the resi dents of Clare, Michigan, in April and Ma

Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, America' s famed top World War I flying ace, and two prominent astronomers saw a star-like UFO that moved down and disappeared behind a cloud stratum on the evening of August 7, 1921, at Mount Hamilton, Calif., accord ing to Sky and Telescope editor Joseph Ashbrook in the

A scientific 11receipt center for UFO reports.. is being planned by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, former chief UFO scientific consul tant to the Air Force (AF), and other scientists.

A huge UFO that apparently caused a power failure, physiological effects in witnesses, ,ani11aL reacUOD$, .emitted a .. "higbpitched .sound". and . a. strange. odor, was seen by Gene Whitlock, a Navajo Indian, and his family at 9:30 p.m., May 16, 1971, near Chesterfield, Indiana, accoding to the M

UFOs that frightened witnesses, 11moved back and forth across the horizon,11 sped.across . tbe.sky, stopped abruptly, and hovered over an AriT\Y ammunition plant were characteristics of a series of sightings by Tennessee residents in 1968. Witnesses included police officers, a Civil Defense director

UFOs that spun like a top, emitted sounds and were engulfed by light are the ingredients of two recently investigated reports from California and Oregon during the sighting wave in June and July, 1967. Around June 12, two Klamath Falls, Oregon, women saw a cigar-shaped UFO heading toward the west. A

(A Book . Review) In his latest aerial phenomena opus, Invisible Residents, biologist Ivan T. Sanderson once more demonstrates that he is much more at home with elephants and whales than he is with UFOs. In Uninvited Visitors, he attempted.to make a case for UFOs being some sort of space animals; in

By Dr. James E. McDonald [Sinae Dr MaDonatd's untimely and tragia death on or about June Z3_, Z9'1t_, we have deaided to quote exaerpts_, under his by-tine_, of some of his hundrediJ of prepared statements for speeahes around the aountry in a speaiat series beginni!lg UJith this

A UFO that looked like a "Maltese cross" was reportedly seen by a police of ficer early on the morning of July 27, 1971, in Atlanta, Georgia. Sgt. B.G. Hod nett said the object had 12 to 20 blinking lights. The UFO hovered in the sky and the witness rushed to his car for a camera. By the time he r

(An Editorial Comment) For the past few months, numerous newspaper and magazine editorials and arti cles have been leading the public to be lieve that UFOs are a dead issue. This,

UFOs are probably 11extraterrestrial, and come from many places, not neces sarily within our solar system or even our galaxy, .. wrote Colonel Robert B. Emer son {USAR) in a 1968 paper entitled 11The UFO as a Subject Worthy of Serious Study... 11The diversities in shapes and in performance, and jn

An impressive array of UFO reports from Tennessee has been uncovered by George D. Fawcett, of Greeneville. The body of sightings from the last 24 years include such characteristics as radar trackings, E-M effects, animal reactions, a power failure, plane and car chases, physiological effects, physic

By Dr. James E. McDonald [Part 2 of a series. Before his death earlier this year, Dr. McDonald was senior physicist, The University of Arizona, and the leading scientific pPOponent of the UFO problem. FoUowing are excerpts fPOm a prepared statement of a talk uiven April 22, t96'1, before the America

POLICEMEN OBSERVE AND PHOTOGRAPH UFO A British constable who photographed a huge object; American policemen who saw a "glowing" UFO that eventually "sped southward"; flying objects that emitted sounds like a "large air conditioner" and a "whistling" noise; a craft that "glowed lfke an

(A·sook Rev1ew)

There is .. almost everywhere .. in the universe 11the molecular constituents of life,.. stated Dr. George H. Herbig in a speech before. the Commonwealth Club late in July, according to a UPI wire story dated July 31, 1971. The acting head of the University of California's Lick Observatory also said

The scientists-laden UFO subcommittee of the prest igious American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics (AIAA) has revealed an impressive, detailed investiga - ion by the.late Dr. James E. McDonald of a startl ing..military pilot case in the July, 1971, Astronautias and Ae::roonautias journal.

A few additional details have been received by UFOR from Michael H. Baran con cerning his sighting of a green UFO at 2:35 a.m., April 12, 1971, over Jamestown, N.Y. (see UFO Research NewsletteP, Vol. I, No. 2, p. 5). The object flew into view from the west, hovered over the city, then procee.ded to

Photographs of Mars showing a "remarkable" resemblance to the Great Lakes and the North African desert have been taken by Mariners 6 and 7, Cornell University scientists reported ·late last month. The scientists, including Dr. earl Sagan, famed astronomer and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF-THE PROBLEM'OF UFOs By Dr. James E. McDonald [Part 3 of a series. Before his death eartier this year., Dr. McDonaZ.d was senior

Sighting reports of UFOs that contained occupants; "attacked" a car; caused elec tro-magnetic (E-M) interference to house lights and a television set; possibly created a power failure; emitted smaller objects, light beams, an odor, and a sound; and frightened witnesses have come from four states, A

11The promise of contact with restrial [ET] civilizations is sufficiently high to justify initiating a variety of well formulated search programs,.. was the conclusion

A thorough investigation by three prominent UFO investigators of the case in which a British constable snapped photographs of a "disc" has netted negative results. (See UFO Research NewsZetter V ol. I, No. 6, p. 1). According to the October 17, 1971, edition of The NatonaZ Enquirer, 10 police cons

and suppressed the rest. The Staffordshire Chief Constable remarked that "it was not in the public interest to release the photos" and sent them to the Ministry. Constable Leek said he received a call from

By Dr. James E. McDonald [Part 4 of a series. Before his death eartier this year Dr. McDonaZd was senior physicist Institute of Atmospheric Physics University of zona. FoZZowing are excerpts fm a prepared statement of a tatk given January 26 Z968 at a GeneraZ Seminar of the United Aircraft Re

Two police officers saw a UFO that descended to "less than lOO feet off the ground" in the vicinity of New Ulm, Minnesota, just. after 2 a.m., November 12, 1969, according to the March, 1971, issue of Sentinel, published by F. M. Castator, of Banning, Calif. (P. O. Box 715, Banning, Calif.), Deputy

There is a possibility of life on or near the planet Jupiter, stated astronomer Karl G. Henize at the 50th anniversary convention .of the Ohi.o V ocational Association, according to a UPI wire story dated October 9, 1971 Henize stated that the far-out planet's temperature is about lOO degrees below

A UFO symposium is being held in Adelaide, South Australia, conducteq by the South Australian Opposition Leader, Steele Hall, who described it as 11a serious·. study," according to the November 3, 1971, edition of AuatraZian Newa; WeekZy Round Up published by the Australian News and Information Bu

,An Eng 11. ah TV cr-ew that filmed the f1 1ght of a UFOi a Yugoslavial'l who photographed an bJ ct ; and U FOs that appeared to be drawing power from an electric· power sta• tion . cause electro-magent1c (E-M) effects. and em1t light beams and sounds are charac tertst1ct of reports from three

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near Edgorton, Wiscon1n. sid h• Ootob- 7, 1971, ed1t1on of he Aft!V111e, W1s· COn S in, vasBftG, The obJcts, first seen to the northwest, wrt then observd ovtr th• ShttPS· head Powr Plant whe re they $eemed to be e1 ic1ing power from the pltnt.. c.os1ng the plant li9hts and the lights i

The following &ight1ni repQr.t s h1ve •1so orm to UFOR's tttn1on: Octqbr 14, 1971. · 6v•n1ng. Hanover, MJachusetts, re.. Nm•oua w1n•• ses reported a l a rge , br1gh'!: object with a b1u glow that ''seemd tQ h6Vft .Y11lQW•red flames $hooting out the front." Others described it as yello

11To this incredible and frightening story, I have one living witness and two others who have crossed the great beyond, one the father of one of our women am bassadors to Asia, .. begins the equally incredible account of a UFO sighting in the

Wo1dw1di rtpijfts of oceup&"-tl 111n 1n or aOuna UFOs 1n 1970-11 hAVe r@cently betn oomp11eG end ,. lea sed by George D. Faweett (1908 Moore Ave., Greenevi11e, UFO RE§ARCH NEWSLETTER

More facts concerning the sighting by four police officers of the Long Branch, New Jersey, force and others at about 1 a.m., July 22, 1971 (see UFO Researah News tetter Vol. I, No. 6, p. 3) have been uncovered in the October 31, 1971, edition of The NationaZ Enquirer.

By Dr. James E. McDOnald Before his death earUe:r> t11'is ye Dr. MaDonatd was senior [,fal"t 5 of a eries. physiaist The Institute of Atmoepheria Phyeie UnVIaity of Arizona TUason,

A rash of UFO re p orts from England include objects that caused animal reactions, electro-magnetic (E-M ) effects, frightened witnesses and emitted sounds. Most of the sightings occurred in August, others in May, June and September. During the morning and early afternoon of September 8, hundreds of

. LIFE CONFERENCE (A·n Edit6ria1 Comment) The Soviet-American scientific confer ence on the search for extraterrestrial (ET) life, held in Byurakan, Armenia, U.S.S.R.,

ARE UFOs EXTRATERRESTRIAL SURVE ILLANCE CRAFT? By Dr. James E. McDonald [Part 6 of a series. Before his death in June L9?l Dr. McDonald was senior physi cist The Institute of Atmospheric Physics The University of Arizona Tuason Arizona. Following a excerpts from a prepared statement of a taL

The year 1971 was hardly the UFO subject's best season. The impact of the Condon report, released in January, 1969, and the closing of the Air Force's (AF) Project Blue Book (the official organ that had been "investigating" UFO reports for more than 20 years) was still being strongly felt at the sta

1971 Highlights (Continued from page 2) Physicists Speak Out Several physicists spoke out for the subject during the year. The most prolific lecturer, by far, was Stanton T. Friedman, a nuclear physicist who spoke mostly at col leges and universities throughout the nation. A Centenary College, La.,

Or. Greene said that ET visitors are a "very real possibility." He added that the . Condon report "came to a rather unscientific conclusion To the scientist, lumping

In December, Maryland winesses sighted UFOs on two different occasions. At 9 p.m. on the 13th, Mike Walsh and Burton Wheedleton, state game wardens, saw two objects with red, green and white flashing lights over Easton, a small town on the Eastern Shore. The sighting was confirmed by Officer J.F. C

By or. Jamea E. McDona1d [Pcu't , of a ••M-••· BefoH hts dsath n tlwns, un .. Drt. MdDor&ad wae sentoJ' physt .. fht lnettkt• of Atmosphlo Phyttos, tvereity of Arisona, Tuoeo sona. lot,wing •rpts m_a prepd ttat•ment of a atk givn M 3t, tB68, to thl toa,o ohaptl of thB oan Net

• October 21, 1971. 8:40p.m. Western and north-central New Mexico. Many wit nesses reported a "fireball" crash and start small fires. Others said they saw the object, with a flame being emitted from its bottom, ascend, then explode, according to the Los Alamos,N.M., Monitor. October 22, 1971. (Poss

fhe De&mber 1, 1971. ed1t1on of the Phoenix; Ar1 z •• aasette ha$ published an 1n tefes ng editor1a1 on the UFO symos1um held i Tcsan on November 2-23, 1971 (see

(An Editorial Comnent) The American and Russian probes of the planet Mars are continuing to show surprising developments {see UFO Research Newstetter Vol. I, No• 10, p. 4).

The German scientist, now living 1n the u.s,. believes that man w111 retc h Mars by the mid-19aos. The trip would take about seven months now, but, 1f'l anoth•r 1 6. : years, could be reduced to about a month. But there w111 be dengets. he w•ntd: pd&·

brigh..tl.y.lighted objects "absorbed" by a 1 arger white object, whieh moved off s1 owly and disappeared behind some hills. During the suiTJTler of 1970, a lookout saw a bright light between the ridgetops and the ground. The witness said it passed between her and the cabin at waist height. It circ

The U.S. AF and one or more of the other branches of the military and/or intelli gence agencies may have secret UFO projects in existence, according to Lou Corbin, news director of WFBR-Radio, Baltimore, Md. Corbin, long-time UFO enthusiast, friend of Mad. Donald E. Keyhoe (USMC-Ret. and ffmer dir

Addtt1ona1 fact* concerning the UFO p hot ogr a p he d by b British TV crew have been un ve1ltd 1n the Februar 13, 1972, edit1oh of e NactonaZ Enquie (see UFO Reeearah N.w••tt•• Vol. I, No. 8, p. 1). Fred Pye, who saw the f11m on tslevision, wrote the newspaper story.

!!l've btn on t his camf!ra crctw fot- f oy r ,year••'' sttf) remk@d. ''W'v• filmefJ· overyh in g frqm a1rplan• to rQckets and it w as notl\tng like either, ..•• A spo k esma n for the TV co mpan y said other wftne5ses f n sohern England had re

A philosophy professor who believes that UFOs could b e "controlled by being s from outer space" is currently t ea chin g a course entitled "Phflosophical Probl em s Arising Fr om UFO Reports" at the State University of New York at Albany (SUNYA). In a lette r to UFOR, Or. Robert F. Creegan stated t

. Ann Gr1e,, of Prel1dent Nixon's press information stff, dentes that the Presi dent was involved 1n a telephone Red Alert between the underground North American Air 'befense Con111a 11d . (NORAD} Center at Cheyenne Mountain, Colo •• and other mi11tary instal1at1ons co ri e l n g UFOs approachi

By Or. James . MeDona ld 8efop his dath in Jn, ZB?t D. MoDgnaZd was aania physi ois, The Inatitue of Atmospheo Phy1ioa Univesity of Alana, :Uoto", A

UFOs that emitted light beams and frightened witnesses; an object that swooped down in front of a car; and flying "bales of hay" highlighted sighting reports from five states since last August. Witnesses inijluded police officers, a former county sheriff's deputy and a credit manager. It was about 1

(An Editorial Comment) After several delays, the Pioneer "F" spacecraft to Jupiter and beyond is off and running. Aside from the fact that it is by far the longest and fastest space probe with

A photograph from the Mariner 9 satellite showing geometric patterns near the Martian South Pole appearing "at first glance" to resemble an ancient City ' s ruins has been released by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), according io a UPI wire story dated March 2, 1972. Scientists said, however, th

Flying uucers are be1ng manufactured 1n Wich1ta, Kansas. Not that this by any means solves the UFO problem. Actually. the saucers are toys powered by model air plana engines and are being assembled bY W1ch1ta Precision. a division ot Longv1ew Macij1ne, Inci; of Longview, Texas, according to the Nov

A lttt. written 1n Spanish {with translation l a ttr supplied) from an 1ndiv1duai named R@yma, S . J. concerning UFO sght1ngs 1n and around the Buenos Aires, Ar· gent1nl, area has come to us vi a a UFOR correspondent/investigator, who 1s attempt1nl to 1 e en more about tht reports and secure the

'A BQpk Re v,ie) It has seeed impossibl e for us to run 1nto an objective UFO book worth its salt during the past few years at l east from a maor publ ishing company. There's got

By Dr. James E. McDonald [Par* 9 of a s•ries.

UFOs that emitted light beams and sounds; an object that paced a motorcycle and frightened its driver; another that swooped down upon a scared motorist; a photographic case; and the transcription of a recorded dialogue between police At 10:55 p.m., March 17, 1972; a houewife (wHo.wishes to remain u

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Sketches by ma.in witness of UFO at Orland, Calif., March 17, 1972. The driver followed the lights on back county roads. She hit a dead end on one road, parked, and the witnesses watched. The. UFO slowly approached, accord ing to a UFOR investigator in his report. It passed over the automobile at a

The U.S.S.R. will use "robot biolo gists11 to beg.in the search for life on Mars, but will conclude with human explor ers, stated space engineer A. Trofimov, a Russian scientist writing in Lenin's Ban

The National Enquirer's distinguished UFO reward panel (see UFO Research News letter, Vol. I, No. 12, p. 7) met in Palm Beach, Fla., March 2-5, to hash out de tails, stated one of the participants, Dr. Robert F. Creegan, in a letter to UFOR. The Enquirer recently offered a $50,000 reward to anyone

UFOR has received a few more details on the UFO symposium held late last year in Adeh1de, South Australia (see UFO Researoh NewsZetter, Vol. I, No. 8, p. 1). The South Australian Opposition Leader, Steele Hall. conducted the October 30. 1971 • meet1ng, sponsored by the South Australian d1v1s1on of t

The Germans, Frenchp English and Americans are work ing on magnet1 c levitation (mag lftv) vehicles for possible future fast-speed transpor:tation of tht types h at could possibly explain some UFO propulsion, displacement and electro-magnetic ( E-M

A worldwide rash of dramatic sightings over the past eight months have been reported by George D. Fawcett (607 North Main St., Mt. Airy, N.C. 27030), an in dependent investigator who has been studying the subject for years. In a recent press release, Fawcett described UFOs that emitted occupants, l

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The UFO Experience; A Scientific Inqui, a long-awaited work by Dr. J. Al len Hynek, is slated for publication on May 31 by Henry Regnery Co., Chicago. It will contain over 70 "unknown" sighting reports of the 2,400 the author says have not been adequately explained, stated the Sedalia, Mo., Democ

U OR' S AlD The NationaZ Enquirer has asked F U OR for any assistance which might aid its

By Dr. Jmes E. McOonald [Part ZO of a series. Before his death in June Z9?Z . MaDonaZ4 was senior physioist. The Institute of Atmospherio Physias University of Arisona Tuas o n Aria. FoZowing are exaerpts m a ppared statement of a tatk given Pebru t2. t969 _to the DuPont ahapter of the

A ·brilliant" light accompanied py a noise and an odor apparently caused radiation-like symptoms to an entire family near Mracaibo, Venezuela, on the evening 9f Otober 24, 1886, according'to U.S. Consulate Warner Cowgill in the (probably) December, 1886, issue of Scientific Ameriaan. The family o

Another fairly recent report from the Orland, Calif., area (see UFO Research NewsLetter, Vol. II, No. 1, p. 1) has been verified bJ a UFOR investigatf, At 7:10p,m., April 14, 1972, Robert McGarr, a lumberman, and his sflf1, Gary, were feeding stock on a relative•s ranch in Orland when they saw a br

AcGording to the Midwest UFO Ntwork, the wQman reported the UFO u abou'tl five feet i n diametr with two legs extending from a dish-shaped body. The legs a pp eared ta have red, green and white lights atta ched. The object made a abrupt turn to the south and appeared to pace the car. Then it

By Dr. Robert F. Creegan [In previous issues of this newsletter -- Vol. I, No. ll and Vol. II, No. l -- UFOR reported on a UFO course that was taught from January through May, l9?2, by DII. Creegan, a philosophy professor at the State University of New York at Albany

A dilc 1 1 1 t up i1kl. 1 ct'lurch l ttt p h a1! n1;ht11 puttd ovtr a car thrtl t1ffle$ and once o pprooched w1th1n 15 feet of the vehicle on the evening of Ju1y 22, 1966, near ·Fremon. Ind,, according to the Ft. Wayne, Ind., Newa SentineZ •. May 6. 1972. A prominent Ft. Wayne businessman, David M.

The startling Oe1phos, Kansas, report of Novemb@r 2. 1971 (see UFO Research News tettd, Vo1. I, No. 11. p. 1. and vol. II, No. 2, p. 6) ··fast becoming a classic of is bt1ng investigated by the NatiQnat Enqui's scientific UFO reward pane1 (see UFO!llseal'ohN•wsZettel', Va1. X. No. 12. p. 1. and

A large number of startling UFO reports.from 11 foreign countries since 1970 have come to UFOR•s attention. Characteristics include strange objects that appar ently disrupted electric and telephone service; caused physiological effects and ani

(An Editorial Comment) Cauld black -- and possibly even white -11holes11 or "time tunnels 11 deep in space be an answer to the flights of UFOs from other plan ets? This possibility -- as fantastic and science fiction-like as it may sound-- was at

Foei.l" Repor;s (Continued from poge 4) PhytoZogioaZ Eff c ts and Physa Evidence Top Aruent(nian R•p*'

Some 1nfonnat1on con ce rn i ng organ1zat1ons that have "blacklists" against UFO information h as beeh reveale d by Dr. Robe rt F. Cree gan, philosophy ptofessor at the State Un1versfty of New York at Albany (SUNYA) (se e UFO Reeeah Newetetter, Vol. I I • No. 3 • p. 5J • Graduate studtnts w ho atta

A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) committee has said that there is "a high probability that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe, " according to the June 2, 1971, edition of the SeattZe (Wash.) Poet-InteZZigence. 1he Astronomy Survey Committee, in a report, urged increased federal f

The NationaZ Enquirer's Scientific UFO Investigative Panel (see UFO Researah Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 12, p. 7, and Vol. Il;· No. 1, p. 6, io. 2, p. 5, and No. 3, p. 8) met in Berkeley, Calif., June 23-25, 1972. Present were the UFO reward panel members (Ors. J. Allen Hynek, Robert F. Creegan, R. Le

The fo11ow1ng s1ght1ng reports have also come to UFOR'I attentiont • Jan14ary 12, 1972. Evening. Neat Carr1 zo % a , New Mexico. Girrard lorgan, hi$ ton and a neighbor saw four ye 11ow 11ghts at ab ot. l S, OOO feet a1titude that disoppeared behind some hills, stated the January 14, 1972. edition

A UFO that paced an airliner; another that terrorized a family while they were camping; an object that forced a truck off a road and another that paced a truck for about 50 miles, "broke into segments, wandered around the sky, and then fused together again"; and others that caused physiological effe

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Two UFOs that "made a side wise leap in space," then

By Dr. Robert F. Creegan [Dr. Creegan is a philosophy professor at the State University of New York at AZbany and a member of the National Enquirer's distinguished UFO scientific paneZ (see UFO Research Newsletter Vol. I No. l2 p. ? and VoZ. II No. Z p. 6, No. 2 p. 5 No. 3 p. 8, and No. 4

George D. Fawcett (607 North Main St., Mt. Airy, N.C. 27030) has revealed a startling array of UFO sighting reports from his state of North Carolina since 1944. ,Characteristics include physiological and electro-magnetic (E-M) effects; pry ysical , evidence; occupants; animal reactions; photographs;

A policeman who followed a UFO which disappeared as if someone "had turned off the switch,'' another that lit· up a pasture, and an object that emitted sounds like explosions seen by Kansas residents (see UFO Researah Newsletter, Vol. II, No. 5, p. 4) in mid-August; a newspaper photographer in New J

A Canadian university professor and an Ameri can college instructor have stated that they be lieve UFOs are real and are visitors from some where in space. Or. Max Edwards, French department, Univer

The Delphos, Kansas, landing case of November 2, 1971, is fast becoming a clas sic of UFO reports (see UFO Research Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 11, p. l, and Vol. II, No. 2, p. 6, No. 3, p. 8, and No. 4, p. 8). Top-notch elements are there: a huge object that landed or hovered just above the ground, le

A tremendous UFO -- the diameter of which was estimated to be one city block and which "suddenly blocked out the sun and sky" -- paced a train travelfng through Washington .state from about 2:30 to 3:30 p .m. on a day ,in 1955. .Richard Marell, one of the numerous witnesses, ' sent ah account to a U

Residents of the Indianapolis, Ind., area have spotted UFOs over the years, ac cording to almost a dozen letters to the editor in the July 16, 1972, edition of the Indianapolis star. Two of the more interesting reports are revealed here. P.H. Brown and his family, of Greencastle, were sleeping one

An object that triggered an air-raid alert and caused three surface-to-air mis siles to be sent after it over Hanoi, North Vietnam; UFOs that caused electro-magnetic (E-M) effects to -- and paced -- cars; another that apparently caused a TV set· to mal function; an object that may have caused a po

DOWNGRADES SUBJECT Apparently, the UFOs are out to zap us all, collect our organs for transplants, and perform

The Oelphos, Kansas, case of November 2, 1971 (see UFO Research Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 11, p. 1, and Vol. II, No. 2, p. 6, No. 3, p. 8, No. 4, p. 8, and No. 6, p. 4), already a classic of its kind, is continuing to reveal more puzzling aspects. UFO RESEARCH NEWSLETTER

UFOs that were apparently tracked on radar highlight reports from Maryland dur ing late 1971 and early 1972. An excellent job of investigating was conducted by members of Odyssey (P.O. Box 2022, Baltimore, Md. 21203). John Lutz, president of the organization, Courtney Jordan, Andrew Byers and Edwar

Dr. Robert F. Creegan {see previous story on Delphos case in this issue) reports that the National Enquiroero's scientific UFO reward panel is conducting the following On September 14, 1972, a fighter plane was scrambled to chase a UFO that had been seen visually and was tracked on radar in South Fl

More details on the sighting near Fort Beaufort, South Africa, on June 26, 1972, in which two policemen and a farmer shot at -- and appaently hit -- a UFO were re vealed in the October 15, 1972, edition of the National EnquiP (see UFO Reseh NewsletteP, Vol. II, No. 4, p. 1). Malcolm Balfour, an

Australian astronomers believe they have detected a spectral attern from 30,000 light years in space that could be a chemical turmoil eventually leading to the crea tion of life, stated the July 27, 1972, edition of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. Actually, considering the distance, the creati.on

Most of th citizens of West Plm Beach, Fla., were peacefully sleeping early on the morning of September 13. But not officials at Palm Beach International Airport, Homestead Air Force (AF) Base, the Federal Aviation Admnistration (FAA} in Miami, and the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) n

IN NEARBY GALAXY Huge carbon monoxide gas clouds suggesting "the basic building blocks of life" have been discovered in a neighboring galaxy known as M33, stated a UPI wire story dated October 30, 1972. Dr. Philip R. Schwartz, of the Naval Re

There were a spate of Summer 1972 rports from five other states and five for eign countries. Characteristics include a UFO seen by two airline crews over the Pa cific Ocean; the ame or a similar one that was photographed; a UFO that landed and emitted six occupants and another that · landed and

PANEL ACTIVITIES The members of the distinguished scientific UFO reward panel of the National En met November 3-5 at Palm Beach, Fla., Or. Robert F. Creegan, panel member, tol UFOR (see UFO Research Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 12, p. 7, and Vol. II, No. 1, p.

Ph_oto of UFO over Fishing Creek, L J. , taken by Frank Mark1ey on July 7, 1972

The ultimate discovery of and communication with ET life forms will be the most profound achievement in the history of mankind," stated Prof. Richard Berend zen, of Boston Univetsity's (BU) Department of Astronomy. "The possible ramifica tions of. this discovery are simultaneously excitin and aw

Mrs. Helen Benger, a school teacher -- on her way to Adelaide with her cousin, Mrs. Dorothy Simpson -- was about 70 miles south of Alice Springs, Northern Terri tory, Australia, on the evening of August 27, 1972, when she stopped the car "be cause I was getting cold," according to the September 21

Seven prominent scientists from Wernher Von Braun to Sir Fred Hoyle have recently stated their beliefs that advanced civilizations on other planets most probably exist. At a panel discussion on "Life Beyond Earth and the Human Mind" held at Boston University on November 18 (see UFO Research

By Dr. Robert F. Creegan [Dr. Creegan is a philosophy professor at the State University of New York at Albany and a member of the National Enquirer's UFO reward panel. In this exaZusive arti aZe, he disausses the aontinuing investigation of the DeZphos aase (see UFO Re search Newsletter, Vol. I, N

The year 1972 saw the largest increase in sighting reports for at least five years. The "flap" predicted by many, however, did not materialize. There is little question that it would have had the major daily newspapers and wire services covered the reports. Undoubtedly, many news media personnel wer

(A Book Review) "I am afraid that we must even agree that sci entists have sometimes been caught up in the [UFO] controversy and defended a position with more emo tion than logic." So stated Dr. Robert L. Hall,

UFO RESEARCH NEWSLETTER "MemBers of tfte panel beli.e.ye that soroe of the eyi.dence i.s of Ylue,11 the philo..

UFOR has received ad ditional details from one of the witnesses concern ing the Elliot Lake, Onta rio, Canada, sighting re port of July 17, 1972 (see

"I don't know whether you can detect it," stated Dr. Edward U. Condon, "but I ad mit to a certain bias in this [UFO] presentation." This was concrete confirmation -- from the horse's mouth, so to speak -- that the director of the University of Colorado's UFO Project considered UFOs a "silly busines

Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan in space gear just prior to Apol lo 17 moon mission

A UFO that rattled the windows of a house; another that lit up a home; an object that seemed to explode, forming two 11bowls11; others that appeared to land on a mountain top and in a patch of woods, leaving behind physical evidence; an object 11as large around as a house11; and UFOs that emitted so

UFO Research Two new university courses will feature UFOs as their main topics of discussion and study. Dr. bert F. Creegan, philosophy professor at the State

As the years -- even days -- pass, man is discovering that some of the planetary neighbors he long considered dead are really alive and may actually contain life similar to that found on earth. Recently discovered facts have indicated that the planet Mars and two of Jupiter's four moons contain cond

There is a clear possibility that mysterious radio signals from space picked up by Norwegian, Dutch, and French astronomers from 1928 to 1932 were attempts by an alien space probe from another solar system now believed to be orbiting our planet to commu nicate with man. A fantastic statement? Of co

President Idi Amin, of the African nation of Uganda, saw a UFO that splashed down into Lake Victoria, then took off, stirring up the water, according to a recent UPI wire story. Radio Uganda reported the alleged incident, adding that Amin believed the object to be a 11good omen11 for his

By Dr. Robert F. Creegan [Since last August, UFOs have been sighted on the 2,800-square-mile Yakima Indian Re servation in central Washington state, according to the March ll, l9?3, edition of the National Enquirer. The pape!' 's "Blue Ribbon Panel on UFOs" sent engineer David W. Ake!'s to investig

A UFO that tripled in size, lit up the interior of a house, emitted an odor, and "paralyzed" the witness, causing her to be sick; another that apparently blinded an ob server; a strange craft that emitted a light beam that melted snow; a UFO that "pushed aside" clouds and manuevered over a restrict

Pioneer 10 -- man's first probe to the giant planet Jupiter -- has emerged un harmed from the huge doughnut-shaped asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, according to a NASA press release dated February 15, 1973. The craft also carries a pictorial message of peace that, som

UFOs that flew in formation and apparently dodged aircraft were seen by several hundred persons in Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties, Pa., on the evening of Janu ary 25, 1973, stated the January 26, 1973, editions of the Latrobe (Pa.) Bulletin, and the Irwin, Pa., Standard-Observer. The Westmorel

Albert Einstein's theory of relativity -- that the speed of light is an "absolute" throughout the universe -- may become obsolete by present and future radio astronomy findings, stated Or. Mark Stull, of the Stanford Radio Astronomy Institute in Califor But it is possible that "these problems won't

A "really huge" bat-shaped UFO startled and frightened residents of the Willard Tiro area of Ohio on the evening of January 22, 1971, according to the January 23 and 25, 1971, editions of the Norwalk, Ohio, Ref1ector, and the January 25, 1971, edition of the Bellefontaine, Ohio, Examiner. Richard W

UFO reports are still pouring in, disclaiming any pronouncements that sightings have noticably decreased. An object that possibly landed_near an abandoned stip mine and took off the next morning, causing animal reactions and possible physiological ef fects; another that landed, 11blowing snow up, .

UFOs are a real phenomenon; the U.S. Air Force (AF) has issued ridiculous explanations for sighting reports; and the University of Colorado UFO Project (UC-UFO) was a "far from... openminded investigation," stated early aviation pio

The Hebrew prophet Ezekiel saw a large UFO with four helicopter motors descend to earth "from an earth-orbiting mother ship around 5 9 2 B.C. " So stated Joseph F. Slum rich, chief of the systems layout branch of the pro9 ram development office at the Na tional Aeronautics and Space Administration

Officials from both NASA and the AF have admitted that UFOs have been seen by re liable witnesses, including astronauts while in orbit, according to the January 23, 1973, edition of The Charlotte (N.C.) News. "I think I saw [a UFO], but I have no place to take it," stated Col . William D. Hatcher,

A UFO with a 11man11 suspended in the middle of the object's light beam; a dome shaped object that flew over a car, causing electro-magnetic (E-M) effects; another that hovered over a GTE Sylvania, Inc., plant; a revolving UFO that gave off 1 1Smoke or exhaust .. and lit up the inside of a home; an

The following evening, March 23, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis De Nardo and approximately 10 others saw seven objects -- some with spinning lights -- over Belfast, according to the Easton Express, March 26, 1973. "Six of them came together and fonned a V," Mrs. De Nardo stated. 11The other

As we predicted (UFO Research Newsletter, Vol. II, No. 10, p. 1), the National $5·,ooo reward for "best evidence" submitted in a UFO case during 1972 has gone to the Johnson family in the now-famous Oelphos, Kansas, case of November 2, 1971 (see UFO Research Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 11, p. 1; and Vol

It was 2 o'clock on a clear, dark February morning in 1967. Mrs. Ruth Phil lips, Nita De Agio, and Mrs. Margaritta Espinosa were driving home from work in Or land, Calif., stated an investigator in a report to UFOR. About six miles to the east of town, the women began passing over the railway brid

UFOs that outdistanced aircraft; an object seen on or near the ground with an apparent occupant inside which frightened witnesses and another that landed and took off "like a rocket"; UFOs that caused animal reactions; a "ball of fire" that was

No doubt many serious UFO researchers are tired of hearing about the Bermuda Triangle -- that large area from Miami to Bermuda to Puerto Rico in which mysterious

On June 10, 1973, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched, from Cape Kennedy, Fla. , a radio astronomy satellite toward the Moon to explore the sources of the little understood low-frequency radio noise in our galaxy and beyond. Some of the mysterious radio signals from dee

From its .orbit 682 miles above the. Moon, RAE-B will' conduct the most extensive study to date of low-frequency si·gnals from galactic and extra-galactic sources and from the Earth, Sun, and Jupiter. Unlike its predecessor -- Earth-orbitng Explorer 38 -- RAE-B will be pro tected from extraneous r

Jackie Gleason and Ray Walston, famed film-TV-Br.oadway stars, have admitted seeing UFOs, stated the May 20 and 27, 1973, editions of the National Enquirer. "I not only believe that UFOs exist, I know they exist," stated the rotund Gleason, star of such films as Soldier in the Rain and The Hustler a

A UFO that "flashed" at an estimated 3,000 m.p.h. fn front of a plane; an object that flew so close to a witness he could feel its suction; another that "almost hurt the eyes" of a witness; UFOs that \'lere photographed; an object that emitted a sound; and others that frightened witnesses were highl

Scottish astronomer Duncan Lunan claims to have deciphered a message from ex traterrestrial beings transmitted to Earth 40-45 years ago (see UFO Research News Zettero, Vo1. I I , No. 12, p. 1 } President of the Scottish Association for Technology and Research in Astronautics, Lunan made the extrao

As anyone more than superficially familiar with the UFO subject is aware, mys terious flying objects have been seen for untold centuries. A unique category of re ports is embodied in sightings at sea by ships' captains and crews, who are some of the best witnesses. They had a clear, broad view of

to the edge of the circle, stated the log of the Lady of the Lake, from the QuaPterly Journal of the Meteorological Society, Vol. I, new series, No. 6, April, 1873. A fifth

UFOs that chased launched missiles were reported in three separate incidents in the 1950s from White Sands Proving Grounds, N.M. While there have been other reports from White Sands during the same decade, these particular incidents, as far as we know, have never been made known to the general publi

Sensitive instruments designed to detect and monitor UFOs are being developed by a group of 18 scientists at the University of California at San Diego, according to the May

A scientific investigation of the sightings in Missouri (see UFO Researah News 1, p. 4, No. 3, p. 1, and No. 4, p. 3); a UFO detector that ap....1..._ parently confirmed the landing of an alien object; a UFO that caused electro-magnetic (E-M) effects; objects that 1 it up homes ; others that made 1

UFOR has received a first-hand report of the UFO seen by Mr. and Mrs. William E. Fallon in Bradford, R. I. , on the evening of February 10, 1973 (see UFO Research News \ Zetter, Vol. Ill, No. 3, p. 5). An additional sighting by Mrs. Fallon and others on· March 1 was also included. At around 6:30 p.

A UFO that caused a witness to become violently ill and a dog to react strangely was observed shortly after 4 a.m., December 19, 1967, near Mahomet, Ill. The witness, UFO RESEARCH NEWSLETTER

A report just received by UFOR concerns a Columbia, Mo., family that was badly frightened by a UFO. The object also caused E-M effects and animal reactions, emitted a blinding light, and left behind physical evidence, stated the June 28, 1973, edition of the Columbia Tribune. Shortly before 1 a.m.,

A UFO that apparently attacked a truck driver, temporarily blinding him, and caus ing his eyeglasses to 5e internally heated; a scientific investigation team in Missouri that spotted an object while flying in a small plane and detected, via instruments, electro-magnetic (E-M) effects from a UFO; UF

111 don't know if this story has ever been told,11 stated U.S. Air Force (AF) Chief of Staff Gen. George S. Brown at a Chicago, Ill., press conference, on October 16, 11[but UFOs] plagued us in Vietnam during the war.11 The four-star officer, while still appearing to take the old AF line that all UF

December 1973 . Vol. Ill, No. 8

More than 15 million Americans -- an 11astonishing 1 1 ll% -- have seen UFOs, according to a Gallup Poll conducted November 2-5. This is more than double· the percentage -5% -- of the previous poll conducted in 1966. In a by-lined story, George Gallup reported that more than half --. 51% -- believe

UFOs that displayed astounding characteristi'cs were highlights of sighting reports from at least 14 states and three foreign countries. Witnesses included the Skylab II astronauts, pil ots, helicopter and train crews, radar technicians, Coast Guardsmen, po lice, city councilmen, a town manager,

At long last, the fifth UFO book by Maj. Do . ald E. Keyhoe (USMC-Ret.) has been published and 1 it is a blockbuster. There is no question Keyhoe has valuable military and civilian contacts in the right places who have supplied convincing circum stantial evidence of a Central Intelligence Agency

"I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don't know about -- and probably never will unless the Air Force [AF] discloses them,.. stated Sen. Barry Goldwater (R.-Ariz. ) in the January 6, 1974, edition of the National Enquirer. "But someday soon, someone's going

A UFO that reportedly abducted a man and his truck and whose occupants examined the witness before releasing him; other occupant reports; an object that nearly shook a house apart with its vibrations; another that may have caused the disappearance of a flock of geese; automobiles that were run off r

A poll of 1,175 members of the San Francis co, Calif., chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) -- the over· all organization has its own UFO subcommittee - revealed 129 scientists who had seen UFOs and 21

UFOs are the main subject of college courses in New York and California. "Borders of Science11 is offer£:d at the State University of New York at Albany by Dr. Robert F. Creegan, philosophy professor and member of the National Enquirer's UFO panel. According to Dr. Creegan, in a letter to UFOR, UFOs

Startling details on the Dionisio Yanca case have been reported. (See UFO Researah Vol. Ill, No. 8, p. 1). On November 3, 1973, Yanca was changing a flat tire on his truck in the vicinity of Bahia Blanca, Argentina, when he saw a UFO that emitted three creatures, one of which touched him, apparently

Photographs of a huge, bright, mushroom-shaped UFO taken by scientists aboard a Concorde supersonic jet on June 30, 1973, while tracking a solar eclipse over Africa, have sparked a debate in France. Is the object merely a cloud or is it the real thing? Since the pictures were shown on national telev

U.S. Navy Capt. John W. Young, who walked on the moon as an Apollo 16 astronaut, stated the odds favor the existence of UFOs, said the November 28, 1973, edition of the Greensboro (N. C. ) DaiLy News. "If you bet against it, you'd be betting against an almost sure thing," Young com mented. "There a

Sixteen-year old Patrick Thrush was driving to the home of a friend near Bradenton, Fla., at about 8:50 p. m. , December 13, 1973, when he saw what he thought was a plane going down in the vicinity of the Braden River. Pulling his car off the road, the witness drove down an

By Robert F. Creegan [In this exaZusive aPitale DP. CPeegan philosophy pPofessor at the State University of New YoPk at Albany and member of the National Enquirer's BZue bbon saientifia UFO panel bPings us up to date on the aativities of the panZ (see UFO Research Newslet ter, Vol. I No. Z2

For some inexplicable reason, science fiction (sci-fi) authors have long denounced the very subject they write about most -- UFOs. Since the 1973 rash of reports started, how ever, there is evidence at least a few of the top names in the field, while generally ex hibiting "an air of cautious and a

Reports of occupants, including one that caused a witness to faint; a UFO that shone a light on a witness and flew "from lOO to 50 0 times faster than a jet airplane"; an object that emitted a light beam onto a car; another that shone a light up and down a creek; a UFO that lifted a truck off a road

An in-depth probe of the now-classic Pasca goula, Miss., incident of October 11, 1 973, is the most salient feature of a new book by Ralph and Judy Slum entitled Beyond Earth: Man's Con (See UFO Researoh Newsletter,

While the book is centered around the start ling "kidnapping" of two Southern fishermen by alleged alien beings, there is also a laudable recounting, mostly from newspaper clippings, of the big 1 973 UFO flap. Much of the work, how ever, is devoted to a rehash of older sighting

Dr. Edward U. Condon, director of the University of Colorado's UFO Project during its tenure from 1966-1968, died in Boulder Corn munity Hospital, Colorado, on the evening of March 2 5of complications resulting from heart disease. Though Condon had led a distinguished career as an atomic physicist,

An occupant report; a UFO that emitted a light beam, melting frost on a window pane at 20 ° below zero; an object that threw a light beam onto a car; another that aimed a light beam at a pickup truck; other UFOs that emitted light beams; UFOs that landed on a lake and threw up a fog "if you approach

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87114. Business Manager: Martha D. lore $7. 0 0 (U.S., Canada and Mexico); $8.00 (foreign, surface rate);

The National Enquirer's scientific UFO Panel has unanimously awarded $5, 000 to a four-man heli- copter crew 11for supplying the most scientifically valuable UFO evidence for 1973.11 (See UFO Researah Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 12, p. 7; Vol. II, No. 1, p.

A UFO that hovered over Tokyo's Imperial Palace, another that divided into four parts, and others that were photographed were highlights of reports from Japan, April, 1 973 - February, 91 74. CBA International, a UFO group in Yokohama, sent the reports to UFOR. Witnesses included a pilot, police, an

The RAAF is conducting a full-scale investigation of UFO reports in Australia and has come up with a figure of 7% unexplained as a result of the upsurge of reports from that country during 1974. (See page 5, this newsletter). Fourteen reports have been added to the "unknown11 files already this year

A UFO that was tracked on radar; an object that apparently reacted to a shot fired at it; another that dove at a car and paced it; an object that caused a car to crash into a guard rail; a UFO that merged with another object; an object that split in two; a formation of mys terious craft flying at a

The object began to descend. Helen jumped back into the automobile and the terrified observers drove off -- fast. Mrs. Stevens' son, Todd, later saw the UFO - again over the elm tree. He alerted the family and

Californians continued to have sightings. Nonie Atherley was returning home from driving her husband to work at 6 : 10 a.m., July 12, when she spotted a huge UFO "several football fields" long near Banning. It had a dome,

Erich Van Oaniken "Why not?11 was the response of Erich Von Daniken when asked if UFOs are rea1. Acknowledging he is not "a UFO researcher," the

The 1976 U.S. space probe to Mars will discover basic forms of life on the Red Planet and there is "no doubt intelligent life exists somewhere in outer space.11 This is the firm conviction of Or. Charles Berry, chairman of the U.S.-Russian space program, president of the University of Texas Health S

Old reports of military pilots seeing UFOs and an object landing in a timber area were included in research by Paul C. Cerny, California investigator for the Mutual UFO Network A UFO made a "sweeping pass" at an F-84 Thunderjet and was observed at a 30- to 50-foot range by another pilot at 11:20 a.m

From July, 1962, to February, 1966, Geof Gray-Cobb was the control tower operator at the South African Deep Space Instrumentation Facility. He had been sent to South Africa by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a public relations consultant, but, when his technical expertise

UFOR and its New Mexico Subcommittee (see story, p. 2) have interviewed at least five witnesses who reported spotting UFOs during a 20-year period -- 1947 to 1967. At approximately 2:15 p.m., in June, 1947, Warren Bethel, a private pilot, was at the controls of a small AF trainer plane, flying at 7,

11We have a very real and persistent phenomenon." These words concerning UFOs, spoken by narrator Jim Hartz, appeared to be the general conclusion of an unusually objective, hour long, nationwide TV program on December 15 -- the NBC production of "UFOs; Do You Believe?" Certainly, the program was s

Pilots and other witnesses saw UFOs over the Pacific coastal areas of Honshu, Japan, on the evening of January 15, 1975. Noboru Komukai observed more than 20 of the luminous objects flying west at 5:58 over his home in Koma, Tamayamamura. A few minutes later, a student in the same area reported a si

Possibly the largest assemblage of scientists interested in the UFO problem were present the 13th aerospace sciences meeting of the prestigious American Institute of Aeronautics UFO RESEARCH NEWSLETTER

UFO occupants; physiological effects; physical evidence; animal reactions; a sound from a UFO that was recorded on tape; other objects that emitted sounds; a UFO that paced a motor cycle, causing electro-magnetic (E-M) effects; an object that paced a patrol car at speeds up to 90 m.p.h.; another th

The new book, UFOs Explained, by Philip J. Klass, senior avionics editor for Aviation Week & Spaae Teahnology, concludes "the idea of wondrous spaceships from a distant civiliza- tion really is a fairy story that is tailored to the adult mentality." As in his first book, UPOs -- Identified, publishe

A UFO that paced a car and emitted a .. yellow cast11 which surrounded the vehicle; an ob ject that emitted a light beam; another that emitted a sound; and UFOs that caused electro magnetic (E-M) effects and frightened witnesses were characteristics of sighting reports from at least four states du

Forty percent of all American men and 39 per cent of all American women believe, without reser vation, that 11UF0s are real ,1 1 stated the December 17, 1974, edition of theNational Enquirer. This was the finding of Roper Organization poll, com

An occupant; UFOs that caused physiological and E-M effects, animal reactions, and frightened witnesses; objects that were photographed, emitted sounds, and appeared to merge with each other; a UFO detector that reacted to an object; a plane and a helicopter that chased UFOs; an object that apparent

By publishing an article entitled "The UFO Mystery," by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, director of the Center for UFO Studies, and including a box stating where law enforcement agencies may write to obtain the center 1 s private, tol l-free telephone number (UFO CENTRAL) (Center for UFO Studies, P.O. Box 11, N

Three old UFO sighting reports spanning a 20-year period have been recently uncovered by UFOR's New Mexico Subcommittee. (See UFO Research Newsletter, Vol. IV, No. 3, p. 2). On an evening in late August, 1952, Mr. R (who prefers anonymity), a retired pharmacist, professional pilot, and member of a f

James M. McCampbell, Jfology - New Insights From Science and Common Sense (1 53 pgs., 1974; order from Jaymac Co., 1 2 -Bryce Ct., Belmont, Calif. 94002, $4.20). In this stimulating work, the author, in the words of Dr. J. Allen Hynek, "conbines logical and systematic marshalling of facts with provo

Sen. Barry Goldwater (R.-Ariz . ) , Republican candidate for president in 1964, has con firmed, in writing, that much UFO infonnation "is still classified above Top Searet" (edi tor's italics) by the U.S. government. (See UFO Researah Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 9, p. 1). Following is the complete tex

Reports of occupants; a plane that chased a UFO; a pilot who attempted to collide with mysterious objects; a UFO that landed near a power line; an object that cast a light beam onto a patrol car; others that shone light beams; UFOs that emitted smaller objects, paced cars, emitted sounds, frightened

The nation's largest circulating newspaper the National Enq uirer - - has doubled its $50,000 award offer to $100,000 for proof that UFOs are ex traterrestrial probes. Submitted evidence, however, will have to pass the rigid scientific scrutiny of

The Volunteer Flight Officer Network (VFON) -- a prime source of UFO reports from com .mercial pilots -- will cease operations on June 30 due to a lack of adequate funding. UFO RESEARCH NEWSLETTER

William Bosak was less than a mile from home -- returning from a farmers' co-op meet ing -- near Frederic, Wise., at about 10:35 p.m., December 2, 1974, when the headlights of his car reflected off an object in the west-bound lane. "It had a curved front of glass," the farmer stated in the January

A pilot and his crew who saw a UFO over the North Atlantic; an object that illuminated a 2-3 block area; another that was larger than a building; a "multitiered" UFO; and an object with "lightning-like effects bouncing off" it were characteristics of sighting reports span ning a 30-year period. UFO

glanced out of a window in her log home near Elk City, /-J,;

A pilot who was forced down twice by a UFO; an object that 11Scraped the ground, 11 1eaving behind unknown metal particles; and sightings by top scientists highlight UFO encounters over the Soviet Union, according to the NationaZ Enquirer in its July 15, 1975, edition. Book Reviews, p. 8) . The pape

UFOs that were photographed; objects that caused physiological and E-M effects; others that caused animals to react, left behind physical evidence, emitted light beams and sounds, landed and frightened witnesses; a witness who thinks he may have been taken aboard a UFO; a __p l ane that dipped as an

(Book Reviews) UPOs Prom Behind the Iron Curtain is the subject of an important book by Ion Hobana, scientific editor of the Bucharest daily newspaper, Scinteia, and secretary of the Rumanian Writer's Union; and Julien Weverbergh, a Brussels publisher and author of fiction, literary criticisms and e

Mrs. Terri Smith and her cousin, Imelda Lugo, were driving in Gilroy, Calif., at about 11 p.m., August 10, 1975, when they spotted a large, bright, gray, metallic disc that had three huge, long legs extending from the bottom. There were green, red and "tiny little white lights" on the legs "and arou

An in-depth look at the UFO phenomenon was conducted by scientists at an American In stltute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) symposium in Los Angeles, Calif., on September Entitled 11Hypotheses Concerning the Origin of UFOs, 11 the symposium was dedicated to the late Dr. James E. McDonald.

Jet aircraft that buzzed a UFO and a sighting by a military intelligence officer high light sighting reports, most from the Southwestern U.S., since March. At about 8 p.m., March 7, Mrs.· Marie Martin; her two children, Christine and Julia; and a neighbor, Mrs. Alice Howard, observed an "upside-dow

UFOR's New Mexico Subcommittee, headquartered in Albuquerque, is building up an impres sive list of professional consultants and prospective members. Active members of the sub committee, founded in October, 1974, include Malcolm Macht, an electronics engineer; Bruce J. Kennedy, knowledgeable on mi

Two prominent Albuquerque, N.M., scientists have granted exclusive interviews to UFOR. Dr. Alan Y. Pope is director of aerodynamics at Sandia Laboratories and supervises a an aerodynamics consultant to UFOR's New Mexico Subcommittee. In an interview with Malcolm Macht, Pope stated that, in his opini

UFOR has received additional details on the rash of sighting reports over Rhodesia, South Africa, earlier this summer. (See UFO Research Newsleter, Vol. IV, No. 7, p. 7). Trevor Kitchen and a girl friend were driving from Ft: Victoria to Slit Bridge on July 13 when they saw a UFO which followed the

For the fifth time, a UFO course entitled "Borders of Science.. will be presented this Fall and next Spring at the State University of New York at Albany (SUNYA). In a letter to UFOR, Dr. Robert F. Creegan, SUNYA philosophy professor and instructor for the course, said the enrollment for the Fall se

A whopping 93% of those questioned in the French branch of Mensa International -- the organization composed of people whose intelligence quotients (IQs) are in the upper 2% - believe that UFOs exist. Three hundred and thirty two of the 357 members who responded to a poll taken by Mensa member Dan1e

RADAR TRACKING AND COVERUP HIGHLIGHTS OLD REPORTS A military report coverup of a UFO that was tracked on radar at speeds between 5,00010,000 m.p.h.; a sighting by an aviation expert that the AF has listed as an 11Unknown"; an object that passed under an aircraft; another that paced a "camper11 and e

Occupdnts; UFOs that were tracked on radar, caused physiological and electro-magnetic (E-M) effects, left behind physical evidence, paced jet aircraft, frightened witnesses, emitted odors and sounds, landed and took off; objects that paced a car and a truck; others that were photographed, filmed and

(An Editorial Comment) Seven AF Reserve (AFR) officers are presently doing a 90-day editing job on Project Blue Book prior to the inclusion of the AF UFO cases in the National Archives Record Service (NARS) in Washington, D.C. According to reports, 11their mission is to delete the identities of pers

(A Book Review) In order for a UFO book to be published these days, it seems, you have to have a gim In this regard, The Unidentified, by Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman, pulls out all the stops. In one small volume, the authors attempt to explain UFOs as just about every thing but what the evidenc

A flying object that was apparently tracked on radar and observed by two policemen was seen over Southern New Mexico recently. At about 5:30 p.m., January 23, 1976, City Marshal Will Ronquillo, Texaco, N.M., re ceived a call that a UFO had landed in the vicinity. He investigated and saw a cigar-sha

Occupants; UFOs that caused physiological and electromagnetic effects, animal reactions and emitted sounds; objects that were photographed, landed and took off, emitted light beams, paced cars and left behind physical evidence were characteristics of sighting reports from at least 10 states and thre

A five-week course entitled "UFOs: An Introduction" is currently in progress at Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, N.Y. Long-time UFO researcher and investigator Robert E. Barrow is the instructor. Classes meet every Tuesday from 7:30-10 p.m., January 27-March 2, and are being offered through the

by Stanton T. Friedman [Mr. Friedman is the only space scientist anywhere known to be devoting ful,l time to As a nuclear physicist, he has 7,4 y ears of industrial, experience concerning nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets, and nuclear power plants for space and terrestrial,

For many months now, residents throughout the U.S. have reported strange cattle mutila tions. There have also been a number of UFO sightings in the vicinities of these bizarre in cidents, some on the same days that the grotesquely mutilated animals have been found. The prevailing theory is that so

The Edge of Reality, by Drs. J. Allen Hy nek, director of the Center for UFO Studies, and Jacques Vallee, of Stanford University's Comput

Occupants; witnesses who suffered physiological effects, including apparent loss of me mory; a UFO that was tracked on radar; objects that caused electro-magnetic (E-M) effects and an animal reaction; others that hovered over a nuclear power plant, made "sharp 90-degree turns," emitted sounds and f

Continuing the recent and laudable trend of presenting objective, positive UFO programs, the television people now give us 11The UFO Connection,11 a tightly-knit jewel in a series entitled 11The Un

by Dr. Robert F. Creegan [In this exclusive article for UFOR Dr. Creegan philosophy department State Univer sity of New York at Albany and formeP member of the National Enquirer•s Blue Ribbon UFO Panel tells of the paper's trouble in maintaining the panel of experts responsible for scrutinizi

1 975 is continuing to be a significant and important year for the UFO subject as sight ing reports continue to pour into UFOR headquarters. Occupants; witnesses who claimed they were abducted on board a UFO and 11dissected like......_, frogs11; UFOs that caused physiological and E-M effects; objec

UFOs that caused animal reactions and electro-magnetic (E-M) effects; objects that were tracked on radar, resulting in a "Top Secret" report; a witness who fired a shotgun at a UFO; an object that was photographed; another that was seen lifting off from the ground; and objects that frightened witnes

just died. . . . Although the engine had stopped, the headlights remained in operation, being a little UFO Sketch by Yuma, Ariz. , Witness, dimmer than usual .... I hopped out with the cam February 28, 1976.

The French Air Force, after 25 years, "has concluded that flying saucers may be real, but present no known threat to France. " The official report added that UFOs "could come from other planets or from ' foreign powers' on earth. " None of the reports yielded evidence of "aggressive acts in the defe

Sightings from the San Fernando Valley of California (Los Angeles area) from 1947-1975 were investigated by UFO researchers Walter H. Greenawald and Donald F. Weitzel, who sent re ports to UFOR. At about 6:15 p.m., October, 1960 (date approximate), Mrs. Beverly Diner, her daughter, Melinda, and son

(Book Reviews) It is refreshing to find a book that does not claim UFOs are ghosts, goblins, lepre chauns, fairies, angels, demons, the Bigfoot monster, or psychic manifestations. Encounters with UFO Occupants, the latest opus from Coral and Jim Lorenzen, of the Aerial Phenomena Re search Organiza

Around 11 p.m., July 30, 1975, Sam Cunigan spotted a UFO just west of Auburn, Ky. " I was returning from visiting at the Logan County Hospi'tal, listening to radio station WAKQ, when, suddenly, there was radio silence, .. the witness -- a licensed pilot and member of the Logan County Airport Board -

The files of Project Blue Book were officially declassified on July 5. Dr. J. Allen Hy nek, director of the Center for UFO Studies and former long-time chief scientific UFO consul tant for the Air Force (AF), has been scrutinizing the evidence. There are 12,600 UFO reports containing about 14 0, 0

For the first time, officials of the North Ameri can Air Defense Command (NORAD) have admitted they tracked a UFO on radar and scrambled two F- 1 06 fight_ jets to intercept it. It all began at about 3a.m., November 11, 1975,

Stanton T. Friedman, nuclear physicist, is the "only space scientist known to be devot ing full time to UFOs," and his lecture schedule is steadily growing. (See UFO Research Newsletter, Vol IV, No. 1 0, p. 4). He has given illustrated lectures at more than 300 col leges in 46 states. Below is a p

A series of famous UFO photographs taken by an Orange County, Calif., highway inspec tor 11 years ago have been ea 11ed "fraudulent" by a UFO organization official. (See

UFOs were observed by residents on both the West and East Coasts during the summer. At 1 0 p.m., June 25, Ellen Roberts, her sister, Jo, and daughter, Laura, observed a large, white, glowing UFO about 6 0-8 0 feet long and 4 0 feet high that "hovered over the car for about five minutes, flew over an

front with two faint blue lights" on the rear. ( See sketch, left). With her son and daughter, she watched as it UFO Sketch by Mrs. Diane Hickling, Mt. Airey, Md., July 25, 1976

(Book and Record Reviews) It was probably inevitable that famed ghost hunter and psychic researcher Hans Holzer Jld finally get around to publishing a book on UFOs. The Ufonauts -- while irritatingly inconsistent and even incorrect in some details and containing some questionable documenta tion --

UFOs that landed, abducted witnesses, and emitted occupants, light beams, sounds and an odor; objects that caused physiological and electro-magnetic effects; others that paced a truck, dropped from a cloud, caused animal reactions and frightened witnesses; a UFO that took control of a truck; an obje

Three terrified women were apparently abducted on board a UFO and examined by small creatures near Stanford, Ky., at 11:30 p.m. , January 6. (See UFO Researac:h Newslettera, Vol. IV, No. 11, p. 2) Mona Stafford, Louise Smith and Elaine Thomas were driving when they observed a foot ball-shaped objec

Prior to the Betty and Barney Hill abduction case in New Hampshire in 1961, reliable, well-documented reports involving contact with extraterrestrials (ET} were few and far be tween. As recently as a decade ago, very few reputable scientists would touch such a case. Now, however, that is changing a

UFOR has received more details on the bizarre UFO. experience of Police Officer George Wheeler, fElmwood, Wise., at approximately 11 p.m., April 22. (See UFO Researoh NewsZet ter, Vol. IV, No. 12, p. 2}.

Bill Pecha, 39, is "a rather fearless, healthy, husky individual" with "a keen mind and photographic memory for remembering intricate detail." The heavy machine mechanic has per fect eyesight. But his highly stable physical and mental attributes were severely tested at about 12: 45 a.m., September

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(Book Reviews) Project Blue Book -- The Top Secret UFO Findings Revealed, edited by Brad Steiger, apparently provides only a glimpse of the tip of a mammoth iceberg of declassified AF UFO reports reposing in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. (See UFO Research Newsletter, Vol. V, No. 1, p. 1).

God-like spacemen landed on Earth 450,000 years ago and "created and bred homo sapiens thru artificial insemination to be their slaves" in gold mines, according to Zecharia Sitchin in his forthcoming book, The TWelfth Planet, to be published by Stein and Day, New Before you shatter the window panes

Walter Cronkite, the nation•s top newsman, and Billy Graham, America•s best-known evan gelist, firmly believe UFOs are real, according to the November 30 and December 14, 1976, editions of the National Enquirer.

It was the evening of January 1. Mr. and Mrs. Francois Perez were driving near Valence, France, when they observed an oval-shaped object like " a big glowing star" that chased their car, stated the Los Angeles Times, January 9, 1977. An hour after the initial encounter, the couple returned to the sc

A UFO that caused a small plane to crash, knocking its pilot out; pilots who allegedly tried to fire on UFOs; jets that chased an ooject; UFOs that hovered over a telecommunica tions satellite base, near an Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) site,

Milton Havemann, a businessman, was driving near Birch Creek on Idaho Highway 28 at about 6 a.m., September 28, when he spotted a UFO. "It was just breaking daylight and the object came into view from the direction of the Grand Tetons," Havemann related in the October 8, 1976, edition of the Pocatel

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In response to inquiries about UFO information, the Library of Congress• Congres sional Research Service suggests UFOs may be ET. "The study of UFOs is particularly popu The key paragraph in the form letter reads: lar today, especially in the United States, because the existence of UFOs may sugges

UFOs that caused physiological and electro-magnetic (E-M} effects; an object that buzzed an ambulance and responded to a signal; others that bathed witnesses, a truck, and a home in light; a UFO that was photographed;. an object that forced a truck into another lane of a highway; others that left be

"UFOs move with very large acceleration..., on the order of 300Gs," compared with 15Gs This is "20 times stronger than the most extreme conditions in military .ctnes." So stated Dr. Daniel Harris, astrophysics and planetary studies professor at the University of Arizona, Tucson, in a lecture at the

"The most outstanding characteristic of the global wave of UFO sightings in the air and on the ground during 1976 was the noted increase in the number of reported landings, occupant encounters, abductions and physical examinations of witnesses," stated ufologist George D. Fawcett, North Carolina Sta

The government of Indonesia has announced plans for a UFO department in its National Aviation and Interspace Institute (LAPAN) to cooperate with other international UFO research The announcement came last December 20 following a visit by Dr. J. Allen Hynek at the request of Indonesian Foreign Minist

(Book Reviews) "The idea that Earth is under more or less constant, or even sporadic, surveillance by interstellar spacecraft ... is, simply, preposterous.H This is the basis of The UFO Enigma; The Definitive Explanation of the UFO Phenomenon, by the late Donald H. Menzel and Ernest H. Taves, psycho

In the results of a survey that should -- but probably won't -- quelch the decades-old that no astronomers take UFO seriously, 53% of 1,356 members of the American Astronomical iety responding to a questionnaire said UFOs "certainly" or "probably" ought to be studied

According to reports, Moscow has been abuzz over a former top secret UFO report that has been making the rounds during the past few months. Dr. Felix Y. Zigel, of the Moscow Aviation Institute, was reportedly the author of "The Present Status of the UFO Problem" -- a transcript of a classified lectu

-Eric Gairy, prime minister of the small Caribbean island republic of Grenada, believ£ , UFOs are extraterrestrial. "tie are quite ready, willing and able to accept the phenomenon that there are flying sau cers," he remarked at a ground-breaking ceremony in January. "There are people in other plan

Occupants; a time lapse; UFOs that caused physiological and E-M effects, materialized, emitted sounds and frightened witnesses; an object seen near transmission lines that-disap peared before a train approached, then reappeared; others that were photographed; a UFO that caused a car to "shake viole

Occupants; UFOs that were photographed, landed, emitted sounds, left behind physical evi dence and frightened witnesses; an object that paced a car and another that followed a truck; a UFO that dodged two jet aircraft; an object that responded to a signal; another that hovered over the antennae of

During a nine-hour period on the night of March 21-22, California, from the Los Angeles area far north to Salinas and Sacramenta, was invaded by two diamond-shaped UFOs. (See UFO Researah Newsletter, Vol. V, No. 5, p. 1). A police helicopter crew, a former pilot, law en forcement officers, and mili

The bulk of the sightings came early the next morning. At 3:15, Ruben Barajas, Hector Lugo, and Rick Ashley were driving on Highway 18 near Apple Valley. They observed 11two bright shining tubular objects" approach their car. They stopped the automobile, and the "UFOs ac

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Occupants; UFOs that caused physiological and E-M effects; objects that landed, left be hind physical evidence, were photographed, caused animal reactions; another that swooped down toward a car and illuminated the area; a UFO that split in two and another that divided into three parts; an object t

and UFO investigators Ian Cresswell, Phi lip Hudson, Bill Muir, Jeff Porter, and Peter War rington for this information. The 1975 reports: January 5. 4:30 p.m. Uppermill. While playing, a young boy and girl observed an oval-shaped object with a yellow, flickering, rotating rim that emitted "a faint

Percentage-wise, commercial pilots flying for a major U.S. airline have reported well over twice as many UFO sightings as the general population. Most believe there are intelli gent entities in outer space and that the government should further study the UFO problem,

Greenawald sent UFO questionnaires to about 170 airline pilots and elicited 24 responses. The average age of those queried was 51.3 years, and their flying times ranged from 6,000 to 33,000 hours. Of those pilots who returned the questionnaire, 20.8% said they had made UFO sightings,

The possibility a soldier hit a time warp; occupants; witnesses who saw the reflection of street lights on a UFO's surface; an object that emitted aight beam and apparently responded to a searchlight; another that caused bicycle9 to glow; a UFO that materialized beneath a light; an object that swoo

The Sedona, Arizona, UFO photograph has been 1abe1ed a "1ens reflection" by Wi11 iam H. Spaulding, director of Ground Saucer Watch, Inc., and the Mutual UFO Network's (MUFON) pho tographic consultant. But J.F. Herr, a research psychologist and director of Precision Mo nitoring Systems -- a group o

The editor of Offieial UFO -- one of the top UFO magaz.ines aimed at the general public - has accused his publisher of perpetrating a front-cover hoax and has resigned his position. According to Dennis William Hauck, editor, Myron Fass, publisher, and his secretary concocted the hoax in the form of

A 12-inch phonograph record for extraterrestrials containing a message from President Jimmy Carter and sights and sounds of the world? That's what will go aboard one of the Voya ger spacecraft to be launched late this month to and far beyond Jupiter and Saturn. ·cornell l'rersity Astronomer earl Sa

(Book Reviews) The hypothesis behind Dr. Jacques Vallee's latest book -- The Invisible College; What a Group of Scientists Has Disaovered About UFO Influenaes on the Human Raae -- seems to have little to do with its title. UFOs, the computer scientist postulates, "may serve to stabi lize the relati

UFO Photos, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy, August 6, 1977

(Book Reviews) A DUBIOUS SMORGASBORD Despite the claims of its authors to the contrary, much of Celestial Passengers; UFOs and Space Travel, by Margaret Sachs and Ernest Jahn, is a hodgepodge of UFO cases, astrono

Police and other residents in at least three Canadian provinces observed UFOs during the first three months of the year. A car that was pushed back by a strange flying object; physiological effects; a UFO that illuminated a backyard and circled near a hydroelectric substation; and an object that emi

A strange object hovered over a town in the northern part of the Soviet Union at about 4 a.m., September 22, according to preliminary, sketchy news reports. The UFO reportedly emitted shafts of light which illuminated the town. Then it expanded into a jelly fish-like shape and disappeared after havi

The preponderance of UFO reports from the last three decades tend, at times, to obscure the fact that little-known historical sources hide a wealth of pre-1947 sightings. Good, re liable documentation from personal diaries, ships' logs, newspapers and magazines date back several hundred years. Perh

Both White House and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officials have confirmed to UFOR that the White House has asked NASA to determine whether that agency should continue an investigation of UFO sightings reported since the closing of Project Blue Book in late 1969. (See UFO Res

A call for the establishment of a department, agency or "small ad hoc committee" within the United Nations (UN) to study the UFO problem was sounded before the UN General Assembly on October 7 by Sir Eric M. Gairy, Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs of Gre nada, a small island in the

UFOR has received additional details on the mys terious phenomenon in the skies over the U.S. S.R. on or about September 20. (See UFO Research Newsletter, Vo1 V, No. 8, p. 7·) . According to the Soviet ne\'ts agency Tass, "a huge mass of light flared up at about 4 a.m.

The current controversy over the UFO photographs taken by Orange County Highway Dept. employee Rex Heflin in Santa Ana, Calif. , on August 3, 1965, shows no sign of abating after more than a year. (See photo, left). Even Philip Klass, the top UFO de

(Film Review) It's a $19 million extravaganza made under the most secretive conditions of any major film in recent memory, invoking promises of sensory and emotional experiences to stir the mind and soul. The blitzkrieg of advance publicity is typical of the marketing usually re served for a Hollyw

After more than 30 years, a secret memo randum to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt from General George C. Marshall, Chief of "The Battle of Los Angeles" has been declas sified, and UFOR has secured a copy.

Stanton T. Friedman, the only space scientist kno\'m "to be devoting full time to UFOs," has come out of his corner swinging and, in 42 rounds, has scored an impressive TKO a·gainst Ronald Schiller, author of "Three UFOs -- How Real Are They?" in the November issue of The Reader's Digest. The fact t

A symposium on UFOs and man in space will be presented by the Los Angeles and Orange County Sections of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Los Angeles World Futures Society on Saturday, January 28, 1978, according to Dr. William Hassel, vice chairman of the meeting

It was April 11, 1977. The giant Boeing 747 jet had just taken off from Los Angeles In ternational Airport for the next leg of its journey -- to San Francisco International. Fred Svihus, a professional photographer, and his wife, Eva, had window seats just behind the left wing of the aircraft. At a

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Both the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United Nations (UN) have shelved their proposed UFO studies -- at least for the time being. (See UFO Re search Newsletter, Vol. V, No. 9, p. 1). According to a NASA release: 11There is an absence of tangible evidence available

A small UFO that rested on the ground near her home was observed by Mrs. Norma McAda Towson, Md., at 6:10 a.m., October 6, 1977. UFO RESEARCH NEWSLETTER

A joint symposium -- "Our Extraterrestrial Heritage: From UFOs to Space Colonies" held in Los Angeles, Calif., on January 28, added little to our knowledge of the UFO research being done, but offered some interesting opinions by respected scientists. (See UFO Research Newsletter, Vol. V, No. 9, p. 7

The symposium chairman was Dr. William F. Hassel, who said participants supposedly ac cepted the hypothesis that UFOs were ET and represented a technology in advance of that here Perhaps the most thought-provoking presentation was delivered by Thomas M. Gates, direc tor, Space Science Center, Foot

by Paul Cerny, Western Regional Director, Mutua1 UFO Net\lmrk (MUFON) The second Happy Camp encounter came the same night as the first "creature" sighting and the Ford Bronco was practically suspended with its four wheels spinning, throwing gravel. [See UFO Research Newsletter, Vol. V, No. 9, p. 8).

At about 12 :35 p.m., January 1, 1978, Floyd P. Hallstrom and Jim Victor took off from the airport in Oxnard, Calif., for Browns Field, San Diego. Victor was delivering the Mustang II he had sold to a customer, and Hallstrom, piloting a Cessna 170A, went along to return his friend to home base. Hall

Occupants; UFOs that caused physiological and electro-magnetic (E-M) effects; a jet plane that chased a UFO; an object that dove upon a plant building; UFOs that were photographed; mys te· us craft that hovered over volcanic craters; objects that lit up a room, the interior of a ea. and the ground;

(Book Review) No reliable book has been written -- to this reviewer's knowledge -- by the witness him self about a single UFO incident with nary a mention of other UFO cases. Abductee Travis Wal ton has changed all that with The Walton Experience - - a significant, rather riveting achieve ment. E

Within a 50-mile radius of Syracuse, New York residents have reported many UFO sightings during the period, November, 1977-May, 1978. Sighting characteristics include objects that shook a house, were tracked on radar, apparently caused electro-magnetic (E-M) effects, paced cars, lit up surrounding a

(An Editorial) There are reports circulating that "high-ranking United Nations officials have joined top scientists in a secret investigation of an incredible and startling report" from an unnamed medical doctor who allegedly examined a being from another planet, according to The San Antonio (Texas)

These, then, are the types of people with wh1ch the UN 1s allegedly dealing--- hardly paragons of scientific virtue. There is always that one chance, of course, that the doctor's story is true, but, judging from past experience, UFOR feels the chances of it are somewhat akin to someone being struck

Maryland residents reported sightings in April. John Lutz, head of Odyssey Scientific Research Association (P.O. Box 1282, Baltimore, Md. 21239), investigated the following inci dents and sent reports to UFOR. At 4:30 a.m., April 23, Mr. and Mrs. Charles White were driving about 18 miles east of Cu

In a nationwide survey conducted in early March, "57% of those aware of UFOs believe they are real, while 27% doubt their existence, .. according to top pollster George Gallup, writing in the May 25, 1978, edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. Comparable figures for the poll taken iP-1973 were 54%

Great Britain "went through a major UFO flap" in 1977, according to Bryan M. Hartley, Lancashire, England, an official of some of that country's top UFO organizations, in a letter to UFOR. UFOR is indebted to Hartley for the following reports (included in capsule form but with all pertinent and know

On the evening of February 16, per·sonnel at a radar installation observed "five round, glowing objects" that 11appeared to hover, then zip back and forth at incredible speed" over desolate Shemya Island, part of the Aleutian chain, according to an unidentified crew member of a C-141 AF plane flying

Occupants; a possible abduction; UFOs that were tracked on radar, caused electro-magne tic (E-M) and physiological effects; objects that illuminated witnesses, homes, an automo bile, a driveway, a road, and clouds; a craft that swooped down on a car, causing the driver to lose control and strike a

March 6, 1978, edition of the Mt. Cle mens, Mich., Maoomb Daily. "It just a bright white with a bluish

United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim urged a group of scientists and others to attempt to organize an ad hoc UFO committee within the world body "which would then make spe cific recommendations to the Special Political Committee regarding the seriousness of UFOs." The top-level recommenda

For those who like UFOs mixed with their scotch, consider this : the Cutty Sark scotch whiskey firm in London is offering $1. 8 million "to anyone who can produce evidence that people from other planets can travel to Earth." "We are deadly serious about this," Russ Taylor, the company's director, st

A plane flying from t1elbourne to King Island, Australia, disappeared after being paced by a UFO on the evening of October 21. Frederick Valentich vtas piloting a single-engine Cessna 182 in the vicinity of Bass Strait, 130 miles south of Melbourne, when he radioed Melbourne Flight Service Control t

Speculation that bodies of alien beings from crashed UFOs are being held by the U.S. gov ernment is hardly new. Since publication of the first UFO book -- Frank Scully's Behind the Flying Saucers - in 1950, containing a story in which a saucer allegedly crashed near Aztec, N.M., in 1948, such repor

An occupant; a UFO that hovered over a house, causing it to shake; an object that paced a car and lifted it off a road; another that paced an automobile, which travelled at speeds up to 95 m.p.h.; a UFO that smashed a tree; an object that circled over storage tanks; ano ther that responded to the f

(Book Review) Never, to this reviewer•s knowledge, have two major books been published on solely the same UFO case -- the abduction of woodcutter Travis Walton by a UFO near Snowflake, Ariz., on November 5, 1975. What•s more, both are revealing, rather riveting, works that belong on

A UFO that lifted a car from a road and carried it 70 kilometers in one minute; an object that apparently caused a car to levitate; occupants; abductions; a UFO that possibly affected food; an object that hovered over an Air Force (AF) communications site; jets that chased alien objects; a UFO that

(Book Reviews) OK, you crossword puzzle buffs, try these on for size: aconin, befap, blisk, cabala, celestio-metathesis, cosmogony. Or manadim, mascon, maser, meson, naphology, nebecism. How about optiman, tachyon, theosite, transmogrification, zeroid? Stumped? You should be. Even Mr. Webster is app

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A m u ltitude of UFO reports from around the world continue to pour into UFOR. The job of sorting the wheat from the chaff has become a significant and time-consuming task. Following are three significant UFORwill continue to bring its readers these reports. incidents from the first of the year.

UFO ST UDY; MAKESCONOO N REPORT SEEM "VERY POOR"

A French government study of 11 detailed UFO sighting reports between 1966 and 1978 oncludes that UFO s are real and comprise objects "whose modes of sustenance and propul .:don are beyond our knowledge."

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In late November and early December, the august United Nations continued its in quiry, initiated by Grenada Prime Minister Sir Eric Gairy, into the U FO phenomenon. On November 27, 1978, the U N Special Political Committee met to hear three invited

1978 SIGHTI N G REPORTS A UFO that lifted a car and carried it for seven kilometers; an ob ject that executed

to reports, a commercial airliner pilot saw a "flash of light" streak past his plane and

A man near Summerville, S.C., was apparently paralyzed by a UFO's light beam, abducted on board the craft by alien beings (see illustration, left), scrutinized, and released unharmed on the evening of March 18, 1978, stated the Sum merville Journal , January 31, 1979.

Has the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICA P), once the leading and most respected UFO organization in the world, been secretly controlled by the all-power ful Central Intelligence Agency since the group's founding in late 1956? Following months of intensive investigation b

For more than 27 years, Harrison E. Bailey has had direct or indirect contact with UFOs and their occupants. And, as the saying goes, the malady lingers on. UFO RESE ARCH NEWSLETTER

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An occupant; a UFO that apparently shook houses and hovered over electric poles; objects that caused electro-magnetic (E-M) effects and animal reactions; another that was photograph ed; UFOs that landed, lit up a car and the surrounding area, emitted a sound, and frightened witnesses were character

Lectures, workshops, films, and informal presentations will be featured at the lOth held July 6-7 at the Airport Marina Hotel, Burlingame, Calif., near San Francisco. In order of their appearance, the main speakers will be Thomas Bearden, a Huntsville, Ala., space scientist; Dr. David Stupple, Dept.

Occupants; a UFO that apparently caused a waterspout to appear; objects that caused electro-magnetic (E-M) and physiological effects, and animal reactions; others that paced a ship, car, and van; UFOs that landed and took off; an object that apparently.turned the sky blue; another that passed a jet

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(Book Reviews) A top secret Office of Naval Research (ONR) project that culminated in the apparent leportation of the U.S.S. EZdridge and its crew from the Philadelphia Navy Yard to N0rmatter of minutes in July or August, 1943? Was this 1 0lk, Va., and back again in a

"Do applied scientists and engineers laugh at people who believe in Unidentified Flying Objects? Do they express sympathy for those poor, deluded believers in the unbelievable? "No way. A large number of them believe in UFOs, themselves. And only a few of them believe that most UFO sightings are rep

A new full-length motion picture -- VFOs ARE ReaZ "takes a definite stand that some UFOs are intelligently controlled extraterrestrial vehicles," according to Stanton T. Friedman. Friedman, well-known full-time UFO lecturer and nuclear physicist, was co-author of the film script and technical ad

UFOs that damaged a patrol car, caused physiological and electro-magnetic (E-M) effects and animal reactions; objects that emitted blinding lights and fire; another that left behind physical evidence; occupants; a UFO that shone a light beam onto witnesses; objects that landed and took off; and othe

left). Two large, bright spotlights that later /I 'I I I I I I I I ( t' turned a deep blue were seen

turned a deep blue were seen on the bottom. These lights, White bll klng lights estimated to be approximately 10 feet in diameter, "shone

that shone directly at the It "was formed like the head

Four boys and two girls -- students at the Jit Sin Primary School in Bukit UFO Sketch, Near Colusa, Calif., May 26, 1979 Mertajam, West Malaysia -- observed a "tiny flying saucer" with four occupants (Courtesy: Sun Herald)

The House of Lords, London, England, has established a UFO Study Group under the gui dance of the Earl of Clancarty, chairman, stated the London Evening Standard, June 25, 1979. Lord Clancarty is also honorary treasurer of the group, and the Earl of Ilchester is honorary secretary. Establishment of

A group of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists and engi neers are studying UFO reports in their work on a theoretical space propulsion system. The interesting and potentially important admission was made by Alan Holt, a Spacelab Systems supervisor training astronauts at

UFOs that paced a jetliner, causing it to make an emergency landing; an object that reportedly destroyed the roof of a building; others that paced a plane; UFOs that landed and took off; an object that responded to a eignal; others that caused physiological and electro-magnetic (E-M) effects and ani

Overall, it's not a pretty picture. The phenomenon involves the grotesque mutila tions of thousands of animals in the U.S., Canada, and several foreign countries. Most of the victims have been cattle , but the afflicted also include horses , dogs, cats, poultr y , and other animals. Even bestiality

(Book Reviews) In Extraterrestrial Encounter; A Personal Perspective, Chris Boyce, an English science fiction writer, like so many others in his field, believes the day will come when we will make direct contact with one or more ET civilizations, but has a difficult time fitting UFOs into the patter

A witness who disappeared for one week; an attempted abduction; an apparent abduction; loss of memory; occupants; a ball of light that landed on a car; a UFO that shook an auto mobile; an object that descended upon a car; another that paced an automobile; UFOs that caused electro-magnetic (E-M) and

For Alan Halt, a crew trainer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), successful, long-distance space travel is merely a matter of "harmonics." The problem, if course, is how to get there from here. Even our nearest star, Alpha Centauri, is 4.5 light years away. Sci-fi authors

A UFO that slowly circled a woman in her car, causing E-M effects and a possible time lapse was seen near the tiny Church Stowe village of Northampton, England, at about 5:20 p.m., Wednesday, November 22, 1978. That afternoon, Mrs. Elsie M. Oakensen picked up her car from a garage in Daventry. She c

(Book:Review-) In Secrets of Our Spaceship Moon, Don Wilson, author of Our MYsterious spaceship Moon, claims that "proof positive will be forthcoming that the Moon is in fact not a na tural satellite of Earth." Hhat is it, then? An artificial spaceship inhabited by alien beings. A hollowed

Residents of New Mexico from Taos south to Landair reported seeing UFOs. At about 8:30 p.m., January 22, 1980, Justin and 1ary Margaret Moore were on a mesa in Taos when they observed a 11fixed white light" around half the size of the full moon. a second red, white and blue object circled the white

A UFO that caused electro-wagnetic (E-M) effects; objects that illuminated houses, a truck, and surroundin areas; others that paced a car and a truck; and UFOs that emitted sounds and frightened witnesses were characteristics of sighting reports from at least four states during January, 1980. Resid

At least three U.S. Air Force (AF) "teams11 investigated UFO sightin reports during the 1950s, according to former Airman Second Class John Smith (pseudonym), a member of one of the teams in 1957-1958. In a report to UFOR by Paul Cerny and Bradley Johnston, of the 1utual UFO Network, Smith said t

A UFO that apparently abducted a car; an object that was tracked on radar; another that paced a car; UFOs that illuminated a bullring and other areas; objects that caused animal reactions, physiological and E-M effects, landed, emitted sounds, and frighte·ned witnesses; and a plane that chased UFOs

A UFO that crashed into a tree; an object that caused the ground to shake; another that apparently caused a chandelier to shatter; a UFO that exploded; an object that lit up a house; another that emitted a light beam; objects that were tracked on radar and caused physiological and electro-magnetic (

At about 6:50 p.m., March 13, an unidentified couple and their young son observed four UFOs near Groveland, Calif., according to the March 24, 1980, edition of the Sonora, Calif., Union-Democrat.

By Paul Cerny Western Regional Direator MUtual UFO Network A large object hovered silently over a nearby tree late at night. Various colored lights went on and off, and blue vapor came from side exhaust ports. It changed from a

(Book Reviews) An exhaustive investigation of a series of UFO encounters and abductions in the Tu junga Canyons of California is set forth in The Tujunga Canyon Contacts, by Ann Druffel, a prominent Los Angeles UFO investigator, and D. Scott Rogo, California parapsychologist. It all began on March

On December 3, 1977, Mary-Margaret Moore sought the help of a friend-