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While driving along the car route No 86 near Mont-ville Wr. Olden Woore noticed a bright object movin~ rapidly across the Through the windshield the object appeared to split in two, of which one part proceeded towards the car with increaaing brightness. He stopped the car

TEXAS - On the night of September 28, 1966 at about 11a30 porno, IYiro Fred Loven noticed from his kitchen window a bright light coming towards the houseo

- ''Unidentified Flying Objects They are craft manned by living beings from another world

Steve michala:k was pr-ospecting in Suddenly his

daughter of a Lt., On 26th January, 1967 at about 8 pom0 the

BRISBANE SIGHTING - Considerab-le excitement was sti ' ri'E(_d up through Newspapers, Radio and TV over the recent Brisbane report of UFO sighting and photographs by James Wallace,

of West End. Aftsr investigating the sighting, the Queenslan·d Flying Sauc-er Res

Farmer Alan Pol, 43 of Yerecoin, 99 mils noth of Perth was

UFOIC Sydney, which is a branch society o has been invited by a large departmental store to present their case b·e

Zwankhuizen, President, VPhone: 49 7555

THE OCTOBER IYIEMBERS IYIEETING at Adyar Hall was atten·ded by 120 peopl·e ·. of UFOs from world publications were shown. F'i fty:...six slides .

Dutton, followed by IYir. A most interesting talk

After the official part, films will be shown. The final social evening in 1g67 for members only, will· be our Christ mas Party on Saturday, 1 6th December at 8 p. m. , 33 Woodward· Avenue, ·str·athfield..

From time to time various members have enquired about ·overea journals. UFOIC has contacted a considerable number of Edita.rs and obtained infa.rmation re subs criptions, which average about $2. 50 Australian. Here is a list of some of the Journals we recommend:

Members $1.00 per year .

CANBER~A - The Canberra Unidentified flyin g Objects Research Society had its second public meeting on Saturday, 24th February, 1968. The guest speaker on this occasion was mr . Peter Norri~, the President of the Victorian UFO Research Society. He was accompanied by the Secretary, mrs. Judy magee an

JUNIOR -SECTION - In accordance with the UfOIC programme dedicated to the juniors, two leeuu~es we~• held - one on 24th march, dealing with Astronomy and the other on 21st Apr~l, deali~g - wltn Archaeology and Anthropology.

membare era mast probably aware t hat our Society maintains a close· connection with ever 120 Sociat!ae and privata researchers all over the world. Through our office, subscriptions

It ie well-known that Review No. 10 should have bean issued, at the latest, by February last, The main reason for t his long delay is the fact that an extremely large amount of typing and retyping hae to be done. At t he moment the voluntary services of only one t ypist are available, end even than

many member• visited Sydney ebservetary last year through six excursions organized. by l)rlil!C •. Similar visits ere planned this year and members wishing to attend should notify the Secretary as soon as ~ ~ ~ eible eo that bookings can be arranged • Anether. visit which may be ef" interest to memb

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Since the failure of th~ Colorado Project, numerous protests were by USA Congressmen, urging them to form a new commission in respect to investigation of this:, mast intriguing phenomenon. In view of this pressure, on 29th July, 1968, a symposium on uro~ was organised by the House Committee on Scien

UFO takes .control of a car. On 12th December, 1967, mrs. Rita malley and her young s·o n, Dana, were driving home on a highway at approximately 7· p.m., when 'an object of about 50 br 60 feet in diameter, .. appeared at the side and above h~~ 1 car, stopp~d ~he engine and to.o.~ ..control of the v~

On February 2nd, 1968, Captain Oswaldo Senvitti, a veteran pilot with 22,000 flying hours, announced ov·e r his plane 1 s loudspeake;-, "Everybody, leek out. the windows to our right. There's e strange object ·there end it's watching us. It 's a UFQ1" Fifty-two passengers and six other crew members

A UFO was tracked by radar of the Department of Civil Aviation at 6th J une ,-- 1 96a, f:com-..Waibi to. Tauranga. _ Tha ob..J_ect ~descr.ibed by qbseu:ver§-mam-_ bars of the Teurenge Aerb Club, resembled a long white cigar, travelling at a speed of between 70 and 90 m.p.h. The Auckland airport, whi

Last July, thirteen schoolpoys watched a silent object "twice the size ' of a house" flyin,g over their schoolyard. It was round and flat, silvery grey in colour with a "nola in the middle like a life-saver". They saw it approaching, then suddenly chanSJB direction, streaking upwards at about 60° an

SOUTH AUSTRALIA On September 27th, 1967, a highways department drilling team sighbed an object approaching at a fantastic speed. It came down directly towar~s the drilling rig and so close that the men thought it would crash. But, the object suddenly deviated, rose and stopped in a position high abo

Miss Grace Adam, a nu~sing siste~, has a daily ro~tine, early each marning, ta swim in the local swimming pool. On 11th March this year at 7.25 a.m., just as she was about to enter the water, she noticed, in the distance and high above in the sky, a disc shaped metallic-like object, about faur times

Gn 5.t h· August, a milk vendor, Brian Buckley, was delivering milk at 2.45 By some impulse, he' had to turn around to see a bright shiny object pass over the roof of the house acrose the street. The object was the size of a small plana, disc-shaped and metallic looking with a bright white light und

A mysterious flying object was sighted between Sydney and WollPeter Anderson of Caringbah saw ongong shortly after 7.30 p.m. on the 24th of last month . the object from his backyard coming f rom the ~~tht p~s~ing_Q¥~~ the hoDSS_aqd c~nt~uing- ~n a southerly direction. · It was tremendously large, ci

In view of the Society's expansion in various activities, and endeavouring to correct some administrative irregularities, the Committee decided to issu~ a circular printed on the back of this section in which members are asked to fill in requested information. The idea behind it - instead of always

July and August referring to strange lights hovering or performing manoeuvers over various parte of Sydney. Only a few days ago, on 30th August at about 6. 30 p. m., journalists ~ watched from the roof of the Sydney merning Herald building, two shapes of pulsating red, gre~ and white lights passing

Eleven members with professional electronic qualifications have, eo far, offered their services . Following a pre-conceived plan for research activities in this field, the group has adopted' steps towards construction of the necessary equipment. Two, four-feet-diameter parabolic mirrors were acquire

A few months ago, a tragic piece of news was received that Dr. Fontes, one of the most prominent UFO researchers in South America, died from cancer on may 9th, 1968 in Rio de Janeiro Not only was he a pioneer in this field in Brazil but also a leading fig re and co-ordinator of UFO investigation in

On February 12th, 1968, a strange disc-shaped object was seen speeding across the sky over Orocue, Colombia. Seconds later, three ear-splitting Debris was seen falling from the sky and some of the blasts resounded through the area. local residents immediately set out to search for them.

and C. Introny, a bus inspector, were returning home late at night from night shift. walking along the Douglas-Smith Highway near Duncan, East London, a colossal, round, orangered light suddenly appeared and hovered in front and above of them. It was stationary for a few seconds, then shot off in a

SEPTEmBER SOCIAL Due to the postal strike, the previous Newsletter informing the UFOIC members about the September Social at Killara was delayed - so only 27 members attended that function An interesting lecture "The moon" was given by mro W. Robertson, the Deputy Director of the Sydney Observatory

at the President's residence The meeting was directed towards co-ordinating various student JFO clubs recently formed at two high schools, manly and Randwick. It became clear that, with the enthusiasm these groups have, they could play a great role in the future study of UFO phen

On 1st November, a Social was held at Dr. Lindtner1s residence in Strathfield with fifty-two members present. Mre Paul Smith, an Electronics Engineer and a long-time mem ber of NICAP and APRO, just arrived from the U.S.A., gave an extensive review of the UFO situation in America. It was interesting

While many junior and senior members of UFOIC tiecome easily enthusiastic certain projects the Society is planning, only a few actually take some of the responsibilities and obligations involved. This certainly is not the case with our junior member, mr. Alan Davies, a final year high school stud

At the last meeting held at Newcastle on 28th August, 1968, an int eresting lecture was given by mr. W. Ray an electronics engineer from the Gosford area. Ray discussed propulsion systems of UFOs and in particular two systems that he, himself, had investigated. These were magnetic Propulsion and El

AND TOLERANCE OF mANY IRREGULARITIES WHICH OCCURED ON OFFICIAL AND PERSONAL LEVELS DURING THE YEAR - AND TO THIS EFFECT SEND GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FOR CHRISTmAS AND THE NEW YEAR.

The following cases were investigated by Dr. Methodios Kalkaslief and Dr. Max Berezavsky, on behalf of Professor Flavio Pereira and the Brazilian Commission for the Confidential Investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects.

The Brazilian Colloquium on UFOs, led by the president of the Brazilian Institute of Aero-. nautics and Space Sciences, announced recently that "a critical, scientific study over the period of twenty years had allowed them to come to the conclusion that flying saucers exist, and are extraterrestrial

U Thant has been aware that Ul,Os might emanate from outer space civilizations, since June 30, This warning of the significance of the subject was issued to the United Nations by a member of its Secretariats' Office, Coleman Von Kevicsky. Holder of a Master of Military Science and Engineering Degree

Un J:t,ebruary 2, 1968, Amos t•!iller, 3q, was found dead on his New Zealand farm, follo"·ing a Police investigating the cal l, found Miller

At 2·a.m. on April 5, 1968, an unidentified rocket-shaped object was seen streaking over U.S.S.R., a resort city on the Caspian Sea coast. It moved inland emitting a loud roar rather like a low flying aircraft and glowing a very bright blue-white colour. ject had no wings, but two huge scoop intakes

On 29th August last year, a local policeman and a control tower operator at the Toronto International Airport watched an aerial object with white lights around its rim and green and orange lights on top, flying over Oakville, Ontario. Seemingly about 1,000 feet above Oak ville Lake and about a mile

\( A total of eight British coastguardmen watched a large metallic conic object hovering over { Brixham on April 28, last year. First seen by a man in the town who rang the coastguard office at 11. 25 a.m., the object was visible against the blue sky, at a height of about 15,000 feet.

Ori November 25, 1968, a Port Victoria, S. A. motor m echani c , Mr. J. A. W. Wyatt, was returning home from work at Maitland at about 9.q0 p. m. with Christopher Dolton, a teenager who boarded As. they were leaving Maitland, they noticed a bright white light high in

Mr. Allen Webster, der1tist of Concord West, N.S.W., was watching television at about 9.05 pm when he noticed a red light through the window and ran outside to the front of the house just in time to notice a round 15 feet sphere 450 yards away, travelling east in a straight line.

CI1RISTMAS PARTY: A very entertaining evening was spent at Dr. & Mrs. Lindtner's residence, and it was very pleasing to note the number of new members who attended an(i soon became ac quainted with the Committee and others. Among the guests was Mr. Marvin W. Smith, a visit ing American, who has be

the theme of "The Scientists' View on UFOs". He presented an analysis of UFO hypothesis and Examining the for UFOs is based.

for 1969, which includes the building of a light modulator, completion of the UFO detector The meetings have now been changed from the third Sunday in the month and other projects. Anyone wishing to join the Junior Group should contact our Secretary, to the 3rd Saturday. Mr. Moser at 55-3833 after 6

beater by trade, undertook the task of constructing stands for the UFOIC display boards. These proved both successful and ornamental, adding to the prestige of the Society at public exhibitions. Now Mr. S ep and Mr. Doherty, a wood turner, have combined their skills to produce two beautiful mouels

KEEP THIS NUHBER HANDY and inform Mr. Homan of any UFO sight has been changed to 660-2729. All reports are investigated and you may witness ing you may witness as soon as possible. evidence the UFO research is waiting for and has been seeking for over 20 years. Since the January Committee Meeting,

On Sunday, August 17, 1969 there will be a National Space & UFO Convention in the grounds of Woburn Abbey with a number of prominent speakers on various UFO and kindred matters. It is anticipated that the large majority of UFO Groups in the United Kingdom will partici The whole event should receive

Two separate coastguard stations reported and recorded "an unidentified light in the sky" Mr. Stan Lance, auxiliary coast on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 2308 hours to 2315 hours. guard at Brook, one of the stations, said that whe h8 saw "was not a star, not a planet, and not an aircraft

A.P.R.O. which ranks in status with N.I.C.A.P. in the United States, has recently establish ed The Olavo T. Fontes memorial Fund, (named after A.P.R.O.'s late Brazilian representative) which will sponsor an annual UFO research award. This will be granted to any person or persons, of any background

A number of people watched an unusual light in the sky over Chorleywood on may 7, 1968. mr. G. A. Lines, one of the first onlookers described it as slow-moving and glowing. around about ten o'clock. "It seemed that some aircraft were buzzing it and I saw a search light", he said. "It was definitely

On February 4th last year, many people in Redlands, California, saw their first UFO. Police man Albert Tetzlaff, since deceased, watched the object which was emblazoned with red lights, hovering over a nearby house. It moved upwards, returned to its original position and re mained there. A school

On the evening of 12th IYiarch, 1969, IYirs. Trude Baumann of Bellevue Hill, Sydney, alighted from the bus and walked home. Suddenly her attention was caught by a large, brightly shining, yellow-golden object silently moving from west to east in the cloudless evening sky. The object appeared larger

On the morning of 16th April, 1969, IYir. T. J. Heffernan, a ·share farmer of Bungawalabin about 15 miles south of Lismore in northern New South Wales, was inspecting his property on At an instant he noticed among the saccaline crop ( a fodder grain, growing to 9ft in height ) a flattened area about

7th IYIARCH SOCIAL many new members were among the forty who attended the Social held at the home of Dr and mrs. Lindtner in Strathfield. Vice President of the UFOIC, IYir. Dutton, gave an interest ing, informative lecture on "Gravity" amply illustrated by detailed drawings and tables. Lively disc

At the IYiarch meeting attended by 12 members a policy was discussed of how to improve re porting of UFO sightings and evaluation of data. To this effect a thorough review of all natural phenomena was carried out usually mistaken for UFOs. To familiar At the April meeting we welcomed 8 new members

Sixty people attended the lecture by Dr. Johnston, Sen. Lecturer, Dept. of Astronomy, Uni. of Sydney, presenting the theme "Theory of Relativity and Space Travel". It was delightful to listen to Dr. Johnson explaining complicated concepts in symplified form and making step In reference to space trav

Triangle Evades Jet Hundreds of people created a chaotic traffic jam for an hour in Madrid when news of an UFO was flashed over radios at 7.30 p.m. on September 5th,last year.

with the Russian Embassy as to whether any Russian ironmongery had re-entered the at mosphere on that evening. Their reply was a firm "NO" and this denial was confirmed

The night of January 1st, 1969 willrremain in the memories of Manuel Lopez and Miss Kay Russell for many years to come. At about 11.15 p.m. as they sat in the front seat of Manuel's station waggon which was parked behind Food Fair Supermarket, Big Cop

IYlan sees Saucer and dies. The London Sun published the fol lowing article on July 19th,

Tony Hocking re radio station and newspapers in large country towns

Andrew's Cathedral, C of E Fel lowship, his friends,

Only eight juniors were present but these few were amply re warded by the coloured slides which accompanied mr. moser's excellent lecture on astronomy.

UFOIC is frequently recelVlng requests for information and assistance in helping other UFO groups$ newly formed groups at Auckland University Club ( NSW)

W. Moser, Secretary UFOIC was congratulated by fellow Committee members on his splendid efforts in the correspondence

The last issue of Newsletter carried the tragic news of Dr. Lindtner's untimely death in Frankfurt, whilst on his way to present his paper and chair a session of the World Veterinary UFOIC committee wish to thank all those people in Australia and Congress in Yugoslavia. Mr. Fred Phillips, overseas w

Three Filipino farmers have submitted eyewitness reports on what ma.y be the first sighting of The reported sightings took place UFOs and their sterious passengers - in the Phillipines. at q a.m., 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on November 1st, 1968, thin the vicinity of the Phillipines Communications Satellit

One of the weirdest sightings was in Lakeland, Florida area in October, 1968. Early one even ing, Mr. & Mrs. W. L. McMullen, Miss Sharon Burgess and two school students saw a mysterious object heading towards the McMullen home from a nearby hill. The disc-shaped UFO, approx imately 13 ft in diamet

A housewife, who wishes to remain anonymous had a frightening experience at 10.30 a.m. on March 10th, 1969, while travelling in her car east from Glenwood, Mo., on Highway 202. speedo was at 50 mph when she noticed a bright beam of light on the roadway ahead. Looking for the source of light, she saw

At 11.7 p.m. on 29th June, 1969, Mr. Jack Cook, a kiln firer at Midland Brick Co., Ansley Hallt was standing on outside .steps 100 ft above ground level when he was startled by an ob ject, swooping down from the sky at terrific speed. It was "like an oval butter dish" glowing bright yellowish-oran

Mr. Emiliano Escalona and Professor Arturo Sepulveda, while on holidays with their families, stopped overnight at "Las Francas" the famous thermal water place of Chillan. During the early hours of Sunday morning, February 9th, 1969, Mrs. Escalona woke and heard the motors of their two cars running.

Nivala in the western part of middle Finland was the scene of an interesting UFO sighting on 1qth November, 1968. At 5 p.m. Oili Antilla ( 16) went out to get water some distance from her home, when she saw a strange bright "star" appear in the sky. It was descending rapidly, so Oili, curious to see

A farmer at Chapeau, Quebec on the island of Allumettes declared in the Montreal Journal of May 2 qth, 1969, that for some time strange flying machines have used one of his fields as a landing strip. The farmer, Leo-Paul Chaput said the most striking incident occureed three weeks before his. report

Clifford Turley, a 1q years old student and eight other boys were playing in scrub on the outskirts of Broken Hill at 10.30 a.m. on 15th June this year, when one of the boys pointed Skywards and called to everyone to "look at that thing up there!" It was a bright clear day and the sun reflected off

The Brisbane Sunday Mail CJ.rried a report in its 27th July, 1969 issue about strange happenings at Baralaba, 80 miles S West of Rockhampton, on the 25th July. Very early in the morning of that day, Mr. Adrian Reimer, a baker was driving his ear between Biloela and Baralaba when he saw "this bright

Just before 7.30 on the evening of November 7th, 1968, Mr. Harold Reid in company with Mr. Peter Reid left their ble flat to walk to the local swimming pool. As they scanned the moonless sky their attention was caught by a brilliant white light in the south west sky in the vicinity of de or furthe

It was 1 1.30 p.m. on 22nd May, 1969, when Graham Longey, a resident of Moonah, Tasmania, looked out from a window in his house and received a tingling fright. Hovering a few feet off the ground was a large, solid whitely brilliant, circular shaped object with windows around the centre. As Mr. Longe

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Look around you and you will find inspiration in. the umber of people you know and meet' who are doing this work' willingly weli_, with ' ; chearful · toleration of others. I have .. recently bseri,.. h os - pita liz ed end for ··me lt was heat

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June 21st and 22nd, Some :weks :ago vex:ious UFO org anis a ti o ns in the Sth. Amerian Republic of Argantina held n

A Gnllup Poll reports that blievers and di$bel1aver i n·Uf0s ere ·equall diided at 39% . eliavere >

An o/f\Af Canberra bomber chased but failed· to catch a. mystry flying objec-t -over Norther N s.w. The bomber wes sent from Amberley Air f·ott:e·· Bast:F ·when hund·reds· of people in Kyogle Shaped like en $luminium zepplin,

FINLAND : After being woken from a strange dream in the early hours of August 19, 1969, Mrs. B.Bofarull, 28, observed a bright star-like .object through her bedroom window. At the time Mrs. Bofarull was visiting relations at Kotka but was unable to wake other members of the family. On taking a close

STOVER. MO. U.S.A. : A round, baloon-l.ike U. F.O., three or four feet in dia meter and with green, red and blue lights, was sighted by a farmer sitting in the drive-in restaurant of Mr. and IV.£rs. Victor Smith. The object was about 7 feet above the groWld and was observed to be moving in a str ai

NW ZEA.LANIJ..: Mr, J.D. Cudbey, a security offi cer at Waipukurau aerodrome in Te \V airoa , observed a tJ. F. o. carrying out a routine inspection of the aerodr ome on dci. 30; 1969, at 3.10 a. nt.

Nov.-Dec. 1969. ANOTHER SOlAR SYSTEM? An Ameritum :tstronomet\ Dr. Peter van de I{emp; Direc t or of swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College t s Sproul Observatory has detected the first plane tary body

READE RS : U. F.0. I. C. NEWS_LETTE R wants your opinions. The Editorial Ccmmittee had decided to introduce a "Letters to the Editorn Section.

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Members Meeting, Saturday, Nov. 7, at 3. p m. This. meting will be held at 33 Wybalena Road. ,. Hunte.rs Hill, the home of Mr. & Mrs. lrom. : It is the first time we shall .be at this home in the beautiful suburb of HuntE;rs Hill and i.t is planned, _weather permitting, ·to be outdoors as much as

I. C. was privileged to have Profesor Mills, designer of the Mills Cross radio telescope, add ress the public meeting <;>n Tuesday, August _4th. U. F.0. I. C. extends thanks to Profef3sor l\J.[ills for a most informa tive lecture enjoyed by all. A large audience attended the lecture which was follo

Three people, Mr. Aristeo Machado, 45, his wife and Federal Agent Aguiar watched an object about the size of a car land on the ocean about one kilometre from the shore at 11 a.m. on June 21, 1970. When the U.F.0. settled onto the surface of the sea, spray was thrown up on all sides. The object

While driving on the 8th August 1969, in the region of Pudasjarvi parish in the direction of Sarkivaara, Mr. Atte Sarkela, a taxi driver with six passengers, observed a ball of light moving sideways in front of them. It was 1.25 p.m. Another smaller ball was then seen moving over the mountains. Mean

Mrs. S. Pink and Mr. R. Armstrong of Salisbury, on the 19th March, 1970, sighted "three silver objects circling at a height about a black object, before the 'black object' made off at a great speed towards the sun, followed by the silver objects." Other people also saw the objects from different loc

The next U.F.O.I.C. social will be held at Mr. and Mrs. J. Blattman's residence at U Constitution

Spring has come, so Spring into action, and attend the next meeting. Bring along a friend and join them up, so that they can be in the know like you! Don't keep it all to your

Mr. T.W. Dutton, M.S.MEC.E., M.I.D.E. Mr. T. V. Homan. Mr. W.E. Moser, JP, President B.A.A., Mr. H. O'Brien. Mr. Frank Wilks.

1070 B RUXELLES. - Ed.) (With compliments of NICAP, April 1971.)

In the last Emergency Press . . . in reviewing James Moseley's book The Wright Field Story, in commenting on his attempts to debunk George Adamski, we pointed out possible discrepancies in Moseley's investigative past (since we have seen the same type of saucer in

John M. Prytz At present, ExoBiology is defined as "the search for extraterrestrial life," or more usually and humorously put, "that science still in search of its subject." Once that search is initially over, the definition will no doubt achieve a more dignified status as being something along the

Committee Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 25th January change of date, please. Meeting will be in the Vienna Coffee Shop, top floor in Imperial Arcade, Sydney, at

JOHN WEST, private UFO Researcher, has by now begun his round Australia journey called UFO Shadow Project. He is travelling in a station sedan equipped with still and movie cameras, telescopes, compasses, and a magnetic field detector. To indicate the presence of a UFO the detector gives out a pierc

incapable of attaining the violent accelerations, reputedly observed. So it would seem that for UFO's to travel by It .is with regret that we announce the closing down means known to use photon power at least is ruled out. of the magazine Panorama, published in South Australia. Something heavier, ne

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Dr. B. Horton, B.Sc., Old.

Mr. T.W. Dutton, M.S.MEC.E., M.I.D.E. Mr. T. V. Homan. Mr. W.E. Moser, JP, Pres. B.A.A., Mr. H. O'Brien. Messrs. J. Blattman, N. Shewchenko.

Our first Public Meeting in Adyar Hall in 1972

in favour of the belief. Sometimes people who seem to have had a remarkable experience disappear - and this Social meeting- Commonweal Club, 120 Castlereagh Street,

at the time each night. Mr. Moser then showed some slides of Moon Rocks, THE LIBRARY IS NOW LOCATED AT A NEW ADDRESS. 21REDALE STREET, NEWTOWN. N.S.W. 2042.

21REDALE STREET, NEWTOWN. N.S.W. 2042. LIBRARIAN: MR. KEN McGUFFIN. some UFO's (real and fake). The next meeting is on the 4th April in the Adyar Hall, and the speaker will be Mr. Minnette of the C.S.I. R.O. We hope to see many

Apologies for no World Scene this time but my translator has let me down. Ed. KEN McGuffin.

September/October 1971, Reoort in Nature of October 1st 1971. The report concerns the International Conference on Communication with Extraterrestial Intelligence which was held at the Byurakan Observatory in Soviet Armenia

send in their newspaper clippings, and reports of sightings to our General Secretary. We are always interested to know what's going on and unless you report to us we cannot let anyone

by Frank W. H. Wilks, UFOIC Director of Research. UFORPA President and Secretary. What's in a name? This may seem. on the surface, to

Of course all this is only supposition, but there are many writings which suggest that the positioning of England's Old Cathedrals hold the secret to the UFO Grid System, so why not the 'BURRA's of Australia" providing they were named by the Aboriginals. I would be pleased to hear from anyone knowi

CENTRE - BURWOOD. JULY 6th to 14th inclusive. Mrs. Beverley Withers. She was able to describe in minute detail the features and illnesses of people whose name she was given on a card. This had some of us quite mesmerized.

by JOHN M. PRYTZ, B.Sc. Man's eternal quest to seek his own kind among the stars has taken on new significance. Even at the launch speed of 32,000 MPH, it would

1972), Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Mr. F.J. Phillips, FCAIA, VK2ZO Senior Vice-PRESIDENT: Vice-President & Sightings Officer:

Vice-President & Sightings Officer: Vice-President & Hon. Gen . Secretary: Asst. Secretary & Membership Scientific Adviser:

Mr. T. V. Homan Mr. WE. Moser, JP, Pres. B.A.A., F.R.A.S. Mr. H.O'Brien Mr. J. 8/a ttman Dr. D. Herbison-Evans, F.R.A. S. Mr. R. DeCLisack

ARRIVED FOR US TO DELVE INTO THE ENIGMA OF U.F.O. ACTIVITY PATTERNS" The Eastern Coast of Australia and much of New Zealand has, since mid 1971, been experiencing the heaviest UFO activity since the 1966-1967 FLAP. However the opportunity to study and define the

ASSOCIATION REPORT, VIC. I write in thanks for the well wishes on my move to Cowra, N.S.W. It is possible that same may come before all with unprecendented publicity i.e. Tom House's remarks on Unidentified Radio Signals

Cont. from p_.J Then to provoke further confus.ed tho ght, I must tell you that the years of the 5-year-cycle date from this sighting by Mr. Arnold. So in effect we have the years 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, and

AREA-JULY, 1972. From Earlwood . . . On 26th April, 1972, a star like object was seen. Pulsation of light very noticeable --golden to fringe rays of red and purply blue. Change from star shape to white globe with red top and

on a partly used colour film (FRAME NO. 13). The object appea·red to be considerably longer than a plane, ctually looked similar to a drawing of a rocket and continued in a Northerly or North-westerly direction at a steady speed. At approximately 10 minutes later as we were entering the town of

t rurn tl11 yrOUIJ w110 exiJer rt:llced a sryht11 ry un 4th July, 1972. It was a very bright light very high up in the sky, on a clear night. The object had the exact appearance of a street light seen from a distance, no

ASTRONOMERS AND U.F.O.'s June 17th, 1777: By William Moser, President of the British Astronomical Association

Public Meeting in the Adyar Hall (below the Savoy) at It is imperative that CHANGES OF ADDRESS are notified 8 p.m. A.G.M. at 7 p.m. Members and friends and those

A Postal Order, taken out on THURSDAY July 20th 1972 in a

Mr. Moser, giving the amount and the Post Office of issue so as to NO LIBRARY BOOKS WILL BE ON LOAN as from the 10th receive credit for the amount sent.

Report by Michael Guider, UFOIC Investigator. Having heard rumours of strange goings on around Taree

round Australia. 1972. Many people around the world have seen Flying Saucers or UFO's including Australians, and in the main sightings have been accidental. I wondered just how many more could be seen if one deliberately set out in pursuit? This was the thought that finally prompted me to embark on

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It is not very good to have to begin a New Year with an apology, but I haye to

will be held in the RAILWAY INSTITUTE. This is the far end

Sighting Report from Stephen, aged 11, who is a member of the Astronomy Club of the ULTIMO MUSEUM. By William Moser, President of the British Astronomical Association

HOUSE, in Gloucester Street. Dates so far arr·anged will be JUNE 5th, AUG UST 17th (Professor Hynek), OCTOBER 2nd.

she told of a landing of circular green UFO, about 3 3 feet in August 28- Pimba, AUSTRALIA (Witness cried and shook as diameter that stood on tripod legs on the ground nearby and then

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PROF. HYNEK VISITS AUSTRALIA.

He will give three lectures at Sydney's Science House at 8.15 p.m. on August 17, 20 and 22. Their respective titles will be "The UFO Experience" to the UFOIC, "Television Astronomy" to the Royal Society and "The Fight for Photons" to the BAA.

by Michael Guider UFO and Radiation Damage in 1886.

The circie was said to be about 18 ft. but on investigation it was found to be 25 ft. with a band of 18 in. width. Grass was dead within this band. Two other mystery circles were found on the Ca rter property about 1 00 yards away from the 25 ft. circle and closer to the homestead. These marks were

Another case which defies the fungus theory comes again from South Australia. The scene begins at midnight in December 1971, when a country family sees "a very large red ball of light descending over a shed towards the ground". This sighting occurred over Tooligie Hill, S.A. and quite probably would

I believe it is a case worthy of further investigation for although some causes of these rings have been explained' there are too many questions that remain unexplained. Would anyone able to spare a copy of No. 37 UFOIC

An advertisement in a book catalogue (1949) states about a four-page print, (price at the time £4.0.0). "An apparition of several ships and men in the air which seemed to the beholders to be fighting. They were seen on Tuesday, 26th August, 1679 by the carrier of the Cirencester and his company in B

THE UFO EXPERIENCE The Australian Scene

OF THE BURRAGORANG VALLEY NSW AND THE AREA AROUND TYRINGHAM NSW. If Professor Hynek comes over as anything after reading his book, "The UFO Experience", it is as a sane and knowledgeable man-and that is a rare and estimable enough quality as far as

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joined the N UFO and they performed synchronous antics once (i.e. horizontal zig-zags backwards and forwards, vertical and horizontal accelerations etc.)

It has come to our attention that a man, been falsely named Frank Carey has posing as a UFOIC Investigator.

Mr. T.V. Homan, Mr. D. Buching Mr. H. O'Brien, Mr s P. Buching, Mr. J. Blattman, Mr. M. Smyth, Mr. P. Relf, Mr. B. McDonald.

We al so at thi s point, wish to make it very clear that the ACOS is in no way a s sociated with, or part o f ny organi sation within Australia - the only one it i s directly associated with i s the main Centre in the United States. Pro fes sor Hynek sincerely hopes that ALL Australian UFO organi s

Sighting s continue to flow in at a fairly sub stantial rate from all over the state. Main area s o f activity are:

4 witnesses watched 2 unusual objects from

27/5/7 4 - 2100 hours A single witness observed 2 green objects

10.7.7 4 - 2230 hours. Single witness sighting at Brighton-le Sands, N.S.W. The witness' attention was attracted by 3 lights that appeared to merge into a triangle. The lights were white

December 25th, 1974 - 23 45 hours. A very loud high pitched reving noise was heard by a local resident coming from the rear of her house at Wentworth Falls, N.S.W. This noise continued for approx. half an hour but no investigation of the sound was carried out at this stage as it was considered to be

clear Plastic like 5 lights shining t hr ou gh tubes at rear of vehicle.

NEAR KATOOMBA ON JUNE 4, It is of note that the preceding sighting occurred in an area wh ich continues tb be the centre of a high amount of UFO

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A preliminary breakdown of characteristic types of close encounters has been made from the cases in the Australian Close Encounter Catalogue being compiled by Bill Chalker and Keith Basterfield. extracted from this catalogue,

Our Investigations Director, Michael Smyth, has completed a preliminary statistical

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Smyth (B. A. Psych), Mr. B. McDonald On the long weekend (October 4-6) a 3 day conference was held at Terrigal, NSW

UFO sightings are rare. Evidence of them is scarce because witnesses are never prepared for them when they do occur. Dr. Don Herbison-Evans has modified his Investigation Kit which is again

As part of the meeting on 29th August, members of the audience were asked to take part in an experiment to determine their ability to remember and reconstruct the appearance of a "flying saucer". drawing of a hypothetical UFO, landing gear,

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The old adage o·f "one picture is worth a thousand words" regrettably is of little validity in the UFO scene. Since the advent of the "flying saucer" era, thousands But upon thorough of photos have been offered as proof of the existence of UFOs. investigation, very few pieces of photographic evidenc

January 6, 1976 at Adamstown, Newcastle N.s.w. A large number of people reported observing a cigar-shaped aerial light in the vicinity of a military reserve adjacent to Brunker Road in Adamstown which rose from the area and travelled in an easterly direction. Upon investigation it was determined tha

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At 2. 5 a. m. on the morning of Saturday, November 1, 1975, Mr. & Mrs A. were awakened for the third time that night by the frenzied barking of their two Each time previously, Mr. A. had been unable to find the cause of the disturbances.

The following statistics have been provided by the Australian Co-Ordination Section of the Centre for UFO Studies and represents an important step in the study of the phenomenon, in that for the first time figures have been compiled on an Australia-wide basis. Total No. of Reports

July - Aug. 1976

T. V. Homan,

In the UFOIC Newsletter No. 44, we reported on our investigations into a bizarre case which occurred at Norah Head on June 8, 1975. The events described involved a "ghost light" which issued smaller objects, which in turn were alleged to have "attacked" some of the witnesses.

The Kempsey area pf N. S. W. has long been a centre for probative UFO activity, particularly since the extraordinary events of early 1971 which featured several close encounters and apparent bizarre levitation of an aborigine.

On the three days, October 24th, 25th and 26th,

A middle aged single woman was in bed reading at about 2300 hours on April 12, 1976 when she heard a loud whistling noise, (perhaps off a nearby fence). followed by what sounded like a ricochet

Strange lights haunt the earth. given many names. They exist throughout the world and have been These types of UFOs do not appear to be related to the normal 11flying saucer..

The Central Coast area of NSW has recently experienced-a small flap of UFO activity during September 1976 with reports emanating from Gosford, Davestown and Holgate.

At 6.50 p. m. a woman was driving along Wilfred Barrett Drive in the North Entrance area when she noticed that several cars suddenly accelerated away from She suddenly made out a strange aerial object hovering at an angle of about

A PUBLICATION CATEGORY

Material app earing in this publication may be

Incorporating a book review .into an editorial is a somewhat unorthodox action, but the publication of some recent books has given rise to a new phenomenon, of the self styled "expert", which should be brought to the attention of all

1977 marks the end of th e first 25 years of UFO research in Australia, The Australian Flying Saucer Bureau,

Because of space restrictions, we failed to include a sketch of the Crackneck creature in the repor on the Bateau Bay area encounter,

OCTOBER 1976

AUGUST 1976