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Corbyn J a c o b s , T r i - S t a t e UFO S t~ idy Group Rego: r te r , Palmyra, 90.

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Mi ssour i I-Ifis F Y u y o f UFO Repar -t: 3 LTO Stous Fa i l C a r r i e r ' s Truck -Farmers See UEY) " A s B1g A s a HouseH ---

K i e s o ~ : r i k i d a f l u r r y of ~ i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g objec t r epor t s dur ing Mzrsh-.-cl,l:c~ w h i t i s more s u r p r l s ing, newspdpers such a s " m e Kansas, C j ' y l.'1ri.\sH m d "The S t , Louis Globe-Democrat" c a r r i e d r e p o r t s , Even

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"The Fhco-n Chronicle-Herald1' ca r r i ed a f u l l r epor t of a Macon (bun- ti-ir,'- ?:?:,oii.nter w i t 3 ib s t range , f l y i n g objec t which stopped h i s r ad io and -t,.,icl; siigii:e, fI?-ctr,?h a th . William h e r s t r e e t , 51, i s a s t a r route mi l c a r r i e r out of Elmer, a sr ia l l town i n nor theas t Missouri, and is, a l s o the c l t j - zcrs l-xl . The newspaper descr ibes him as a man "not giv- en t o e : ' ~ a ~ ~ : , g e r a t i o ~ : ~ alld one who L k d taken l i t t l e s tock in UFO s t o r i e s u n t i l h i s e x p r i e n c e wi th one,

SXlr'LdL?T;'s e d i t o r wrote t o N r . Overs t ree t and asked f o r a personal r e p o r t of his encounter, and h i s l e t t s r in rep ly i s so well-writ ten, we a re giving !lia story i n h i s own words, a s follows:

I n reg;~irds t o your l c ~ t e r about the UFO t h a t I saw March 4, 1969, a t 6 s43 A.M. on i-1Lghway J, 4 rn-iles west of At lanta , No., t h i s is what happened,

I was "caveling e a s t approaching Eas t Fork Bottom when I not iced a large x d objec t about -one ha12 x i l e t o the r i g h t of me, i n the f i e l d , It was t r ave l i cg nor th and I was going eas t . When it came upon the, road i n f r o n t of me, i t t a m e d the same way I was going. Judging from t h e w i d t h cf the road,, the object was about 100 f e e t across . The low- e r eCge ~3f the red glow was about 50 f e e t above &he ground. It seemed t o sea? 'JOT 2 seconc LS i t turned the szime d i r e c t i o n a s 1 was going.

A s I c?~~!e c l o s e r t o i t , a r e a l s t rong w ~ l i t e light came down upon t h e rod6 i n f r o n t of me. The l i g h t was f u l l width a t the top and came t o a ~ 2 0 % about 8 f e e t ac ross on the road. The l i g h t magnified the cha t on the highway ' t o about s l z e of golf b a l l s . T h i s l i g h t beam t h a t cane c:? the g m u n d was extrenely hot. The heat c& through the wind.c-' ' s h l k f j 2 sly %nick so bad t h a t i t T e l t l i k e I w a s s i t t i n g out i n the sun iL. ~ i l not summer dcy with the ca r g l a s s e s r o l l e d up.

'il;-,i-;-. . - i;' is beam came to the ground, the ob jec t changed colors. The ce:lter p e r t changed to a b r igh t blue with a quivering sensation0 Arom? bl:le was a wide r e c band, then a small yellow band on -the outs ide , i*/j!ich glowed l i k e bubbie l i g h t s and made the yellow band look l i k e it was turr i tng clockwise around the r e s t of-. .it. The light was ex- 'zmely b r igh t . I could not see through t h i s glow. I couldnt t t e l l what kirld of ~ z ~ ; t ; e r i a l t h i s was made of . I could see no windows o r doors. There was a l s o no sound,

I s ~ - - .;;r$ed moving up c lose r . I had my two-way rad io on and was t r y i n g t o t a l k over i t , but sez~ned t h a t my s igna l was no t g e t t i n g out. When I got c lose t o the- beam -of l i g h t , my t ruck motor q u i t and a l s o

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T ,he . l ight was s o s t rong I; had t o p u l l my sun v i s o r down and s h i e l d my eyes wi th my hands,. I re leased the c lu tch 'and l e t t h e t r u c k coast .

the Seam moved from me a few f e e t , I heard s t a t i c on my radio and l e t t h e . c l u t c h out and t h e mot,or s t a r t e d . I moved up slowly t h i s time. When .I got wi th in s i x f e e t of the beam, the motor s t a r t e d miss- in.gc I-gave i t m o r e gas a2d it d i e d again as' before--radio out a l so .

. -,- I L C L . L the objec t mved away from me, the t r x k s t a r t e d again. I rlroppsj. back away f r o n i t , ther, followed i t about four miles . It moved . . L.s2. ! * .~ ' t, ,;-. .+; i . ~ : A i . . k ~ ; - d c f i; , L.I. A + Ln:.i~~. .lil~: . r V d G w l t i l tlLe k ~ e ~ n i ,k;,:n i t changed back t g i t s o r i g i n a l color which was a br ight red. it. stayed about - the.szqe he ight above .the ground. It went up and down w i t h . the contour of t h e ,ground a n . was t r a v e l i n g about ' 40 miles an hour. . .

It f l a shed once more a s it crossed a high l i n e . It followed by the site of J Ijighway u n t i l it crossed Highway 63.. Then it veered o f f t o the sou-tneast. I t looked l i k e i t would cross Highway 36 about s i x o r e i g ; ~ t miles e a s t of &con, N o . , then i t went out of s i g h t .

I saw it about seven t o e lgh t minutes a l toge the r . I had never be- l i e v e d i n them too muc2l u n t i l I saw this--now I k-low the re i s something t o these UEO:s. 1 do not why i t was t h e r e , I a l s o don ' t know where i-t was going. I do not kncw what it was a f t e r I s a w i t - -but I d o n ' t care about being t h a t c lose t o another one.

The weather was c l e a r , the sun was u.p j u s t enough t o be i n f u l l view.

We a r e g r a t e f u l t o Mr.. h e r s t r e e t f o r t h i s personal r epor t which conta ins iiiore d e t a i l s than the aewspaper accounts. A s s t a r t l i n g as, - th i s enccunter must have been, he kept h i s w i t s ab0u.t him and was a b l e t o give m .excel lent desc r ip t ion of what happened,

On I 'Ia~ch 11 "The Ka,con Chronicle-Heraldt1 had more t o add t o t h e i r f i r s t r evor t on G r c h 5: + * * a l l was a u i e t f o r a few days u n t i l l a s t n ight when s igh t ings ( a t a g r e a t d i s t a n c e ) were repor ted a l l over Kacon County and irl s eve ra l nearby towns.11

-HUE::-.:rous r e ~ o r t s of s t a r - l i k e UPOS came i n t o Macon from At lanta , G i f f prt.;, Lew- 13ostoiz, . E t h e l , Elnler and t h a t a rea . The ob jec t s were estina.:-;?3 -to' be from one-half mile t o ' a mile high and were white o r v.aryin5 i n thejlr co lo r ,

C i t i zen band rad io people also repor ted l i g h t s from Fulton, Cameron, I ac lede , Brookf ield. , W1niga.n and I..:~coil, Most of the s i g h t i n g s were 0 5

ve ry slowly- novirlg objec ts hit one r e p o r t described an extremely f a s t moviiig objec t t h a t went soutliwest from the nor th par t of the county and was s ighted over Brookfield and near Cameron before it s t a r t e d coming Sack t h i s way, (Macon) - and was l a s t seen over Laclede .

The Federal Aviation l?dm~nis , t rczt ion s t a t i o n a t -the Kirlgsvil le a i r - p o r t had two r e p o r t s Tuesday n i g h t , March 4. A r t Buchanan, who l i v e s a t Gresntop, No., and i s a p i l o t , repor ted he followed an unusually s t rong white l i g h t as it f lew west from Greentop. Harold Forman, of

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n o v e l t y , s p o t t e d ano the r high over Novelty.

S t a t e Highway P a t r o l Trooper Warren Robinson, s t a t i o n e d in Brook- f i e l d , r epo r t ed t h ; ~ he was stopped by hie m o t o r i s t s who s a i d they had s-2zuted a UFO on Boute Z southeas t of Pk rce l ine m d Robinson s a i d they wzre qu i t e e x c i t e 6 about it. He went back t o t he spot where they had sczn t h e f l y i n g o b j e c t , but he d idn l t s e e anything,

Ed Ze tze r , of the P l i g h t Serv ice S t a t i o n i n K ~ r k s v i l i e , r epo r t ed t h a t lie had seen an a i rborne ob jec t Sunday n i g h t , March 2.

On Thursdzy n i g h t , Fbrch 6 , Fz. and M r s . B i l l Anderson s a w a UFO "'as bi&-;s a two--;; tory house" hovcr ing over the t r e e s about one hund- r e d ya rds from t h e i r farm house on Route 1, Road FF, about seven and a ha l f rai ies sou thves t of S tover i n Morgan County,

The couple were watching t e l e v i s i o n about seven o ' c l o c k when Mrs. Anderson glanced ovLt t he wif idow m d s a w the "'blood red" o b j e c t , She shouted t o h e r h.l.sband, and both w ~ t c n e d it. 14,. Anderson t o l d SKY- LOOK'S e d i t o r , ?tf we both hadntt; seen i t , I wouldnf t have be l ieved my own eyes and I su re wouldn ' t h?,ve t o l d anybod-y abdut i t o"

The o b j e c t , wbich MT. A,dc.rson r epea t ed ly r e f e r r e d t o a s being ''blood red'! h o v e r ~ i i :i.bout t e n mi:mtes then "a ha.tch l i k e a s l i d - i n g door" ogened ..tbo;it two t h i r d s t5t7 way up frola tile bottom, and t h e r e w ~ i c a b r l & t , wiil?,e I1l;11't ori r;he ~ n s i d e , The guessed the open- i n g t o be d b o u t f u ~ r f e e t syudrz9 out colnld s e e no th ing i l i s lde except t h e very r i g h t light, The wicdow closed a f t e r a few seconds, ai7-d t h e c b j c c t continued t o hover another t e n minuces, then moved away t o t h ~ w ? s t , t r a v e l i n g i n a straight l i n e a t no g r e a t speed, When i t s t a r t e d t o move, t he re was a bright l i g h t "at t he back" but no tmi l of ar:y kind and no sound. Mrs. Anderson had opened t h e ~r i r ldow~ she s a i d , t o see i f they could h e a r anything,

The Andemons telephoned r e l a t i v e s i n S tover as they f e a r e d the objctct might r e t u r n and they wanted t h e i r r e l a t i v e s t o know about the o b j c c t " i n ca se ,mything happcned t o us" but s a i d they h a d n ' t t a lked t o .w.c;one e l s e about the i n c l d e n t u n t i l we t a l k e d t o them s e v e r a l deys l a t c r , ?hey were too scared t o go t o s l e e p t h ~ t n i g h t , they s a i d , and s a t by the window, fc , l r ful t31e o b j e c t would r e t u r n , Two hours a f t e r ii; bud. Z-eft the a r e z , two pl;srles appeared and c i r c l e d t h e a r e a f o r o e , then departed, (1-t is poss ib l e the planes were from the a i r base x.;r Seda l ia . )

Si20wn a p e n c i l ske tch of the " t y p i c a l " disc-shaped saucer w i t h a dolie on t o p , botn the A,dersor,s r e j e c t e d i t , repeaking the o b j e c t they hzd seen w a s "ro;iiid l i k e ti, b a l l . I " find I' blood r ed . I L

UFO PGT1OURRI i s a non-scheduled bu. l lc t in c v a i l a b l c only through ex- change f o r o t h e r VPO ii?Porm-:t;-inn--pwblic?-tiofis, c l ipq i i igs , photos e t c , I t s s o l e pu-rpose is t o h c l p filrtl-._er the c-use of r e s p o n s i b l e , sc ien- t i f i c UFO i nv2s t igu t ion . Write John F. Scl iuess lcr , P, 0, Box 9, G ' P a l l o ~ l , I'b. 63366,

( 3 d i t o r t Note: The rnechmics of g c t t i n g out SKYLOOK--typing ma- t c r i n l , ctd&i;ng s t e n c i l s , minecgmphing e t c i s a one (wo)rnan job; consec:ucatly Ye Ed v~crks on CODY ?s it comcs i n from our f i n e s t a f f i n or?-cr t o ge t paecs r e z d y t o assemble, f g l d and address by mai l ing

. d a t e , I!.: our eagerness t o g e t t h i s i s sue out e z r l y we wrote the pre- ccd j -ng M < ; s o u ~ ~ - s igh t ings before d l the r e p o r t s were i n . 78 should have lleld o u r horses . ~~d now--onwith the news.)

TL-u filil-lips, J1. our Ozarks r epor te r and f e a t u r e w r i t e r , made a t r i p zo El,mr, iib., a i d ta lked t o William Overstreet and has some a d 2 i I - i ~ ; i d d c t 2 i l s t o add to the r epor t PIT. Overstreet sent us. There vas i c e a r o u ~ d the edges of the wmdshield a s the e a r l y morning ternperatre was belcw Preezing when the mi l c a r r i e r l e f t Elmer and t h e i c e w a s s t i l l the rc when he s igh ted the object--but a s it moved -

o. v e r h i s tr i ick, thc i c e melted. When the l i g h t passed by a l a r g e L b O w r 9 z?~ou.t 160 f e e t h ighr )Iro Overstreet could make a good guess a t the height of the 0b2~2ct and j c d g ~ d it t o be 60 f e e t above the ground,

~ n c t h k r i n t o r e s t i n g no.te. i s t h a t Mr. Overs t ree t1 ,' wr.tch has been l o s i n g tiiw' s ince t!i$ ' l i g h t beam stopped the t ruck ' notor and radio ,

rtr. P h i l l i , , ~ s t z t e s , "1 was nost impressed with Pir. Overstrect a s an observer. He KLS most s ince re and would d iscuss only the f a c t s he w 2 s sure of . I t

Othcr r e p o r t s wcre picked up of landlng ~ m d near-landing cases. Four pcople were involvad in one account I'll. % i l l i p s learned of - A man h i s v i f c saw a L r g a , r e d , glowing objec t m a r a barn, They c a l l 2 d the ownzrs and a f a r n e r and h i s wife l c f t t h e i r house to m t c h thc o b j ~ c t f o r s e v e r ~ l m i n u t ~ s . They described the objcc t a s being r e d with whitc l i g h t s imci s;li.d it WPS q u i t e c lose t o the ground. It was a b o u ' ~ a qu:'lrtcr of a r i l e d i s t c n t and "m?.de a noise l i k e a com- bine." After a few mi;iutes it moved over a r idge 2nd disappeared.

x l i o ~ h e r c lose aLqroclch was regorted by a lddy d r iv ing on Highway 3; no;x B~mer . T h i s occurred ;.1;7,rch 11 znd the objec t i s s z i d t o have landcd on the high:day. N o =trks were found.

T~,,,To nen rcpor ted watching a.glowing red objec t on the groimd near a l~ : . rg ; a r n ,

Ano-"~cr s i g h t i n g was repor ted near K i r k s v i l 1 e . b ~ a lady who re- ported s2elng an xai2en-t i f ied objzc-t a b o ~ t 1 1 : O O p.m, The ob jec t was d:-.rB 3 r d projec ted a beam of l i g h t toward the road.

A\11rthci- r ~ p o r t s have come i n from lTovclty a s gathered by HPRO invcs Li tp tor Stanley C , Mnrquette, of Quincy and forwarded t o SKYLOOK by ;':tit Andrus, i'k, l~arquet-be, who is a l s o a member of the T,i-State> group, interviewed I+k. znd lIrs. l b ro ld fore mar^, of Novelty, The Fore- mans along with t h e i r two clll!-drcn 2nd neighbors--PIr. and Nrs. C a r l StockAm 233. 21,s. L?.r.ry G21bach spot ted . an ob j cc t about 45 degrces above the horizon, rncving nor t i~wss t 9: 15, Phrsh 3. .Mr; Poremm

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o p e r a t e s a gas s t a t i o n i n Novelty and who h a s spen t f o u r y e a r s i n t h e A i r Force , s a i d he had never seen a n o b j e c t of t h i s n a t u r e be- f o r e . He descr ibed i t as being "about f i v e o r s i x times b igger t han t h e Ivxestern s t a r t a t i t s l a r g e s t , then growing f a i n t e r and f i n a l l y f a d i n q out j u s t above t h e horizon.It w e c o l o r w a s b r i g h t orange, c!:arig:?g t o red-orange every 30 seconds, and the o b j e c t remained i n s i g h t ~ i s 3 u t 1 0 minutes. MY. Foreman thought the o b j e c t might be t u r n ~ n g slowly a s t h e b r igh tnes s v a r i e d , the t i n e of the si&t- i n g the sky was c l e a r w i t h the wind from t h e nor thwest ,

P J - ~ Foreman was contac ted l a t e r by TV s t a t i o n KTVO i n Lancas te r and h i s r e p o r t w a s b roadcas t a t 10:15.

?13n Tuesday n i g h t : Iikrch 4 th , t h e Foremans and s e v e r a l o t h e r s i n Bovcity bel ieved they s a w the same o b j e c t a g a i n a t about t he same hour and i n the same l o c a t i o n , b u t p o s s i b l y f u r t h e r away as it did n o t seen as b r i g h t a s t h e n i g h t before . The sky w a s c l e a r and the wind from the nor th .

On W,dncsday evcfiing, b r c h 5 , Ilr. an? f/I,s. Delber t Hartsock and M r . and Krs. Joc Moy;.r r epo r t ed z b r i g h t ob j ec t . The Hartsocks l i v e on a farm i n County, Mlrce mi les west dnd sou th of Novelty. A t 1 0 ~ 1 0 p.m. l b l r , Hartsock s a l d , they s a w what "looked l i k e a s t a r " s t a r t i n g from nzar the eas tcrr l hor izon , then moving overhcad i n a w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n and f i n a l l y " fad ing o u t f k low i n t h e wes te rn sky about _'0:30 p.m. A 1 1 agreed the o b j e c t appeared la rger -when d i r e c t - l y overhead and '"was so b r i g h t it h u r t your eyes.". M r . Hartsock s a i d t h e c o l o r "was l i k e an arc-wclderIk ( s i l v e r y blue-white) and the shape was a "'jagged round o r There w a s no sound. The sky w a s c c i q l e t e l y ove rcas t wi th no stars v i s i b l e , as t h e o b j e c t passed below the clouds. A s h o r t time l a t e r t h e sky c l e a r e d and the moon and sTars were v i s i b l e ,

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P l a s h o v e r Dallas, Texas

Tic D a l l a s Norning News , Feb. 18, 1969. A meteo r i t e s t r eaked a- cross : k l l a s a r e a s k i e s s h o r t l y before 1 0 p.m. Monday, caus ing a floo.! 2.f phom c a l l s reportzi lg an a i r p l a n e explos ion The b i g b a l l of f:: 3 s t reaked west a long a l i n e from Xesqui te through Mansfield.

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UFO Regorts from Greene County,, 'Ijqsouri ------by -Ted P h i l l i p s , J r . On February 21, 1569, I spen5 cons ide rab le time t a l k i n g wi th Greene .

County S h e r i f f I s Deput ies , e s p e c i a l l y Prank Gilmore,

Dcp-by Gilmore had a good s i g h t i n g on Jan. 2nd, 1969. He and an- t h e r deputy were c a l l e d t o a l o c a t i o n n e a r S p r i n g f i e l d where a UFQ had bee:1 s igh ted . The o b j e c t was some 300 t o 400, f e e t from them. They we-e a t the t op of a h i l l and almost l e v e l wi th the hover ing o b j e c t , It a p p e a r e d - a s a glowing white d i s c , While the o f f i c e r s were watching, a s i n g l e engine a i r c r a f t f lew i c t o the a r e a and c i r - l e d t ? e o b j e c t and f lew over t h e UFO. 4 - t t h i s p o i n t , e s t i m a t i n g the

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wing-span of t h e aFrcra f t a t about 20 f e e t , Gilmore s a i d t h a t the a i r c r a f t passed w i t h i n 500 f e e t of t h e o b j e c t which he es t imated t o be at l e a s t e i & t tunes the wldtli of the ~ i r c r a f t wings (150 feet ) , . The o b j e c t f u a l l y f lew away a t a h igh r a t e of speed t o t h e west ,

I am a t t e x g t i n g to l o c a t e t h e p i l o t of the a i r c r a f t .

On Jaliusry 14 , 1369, a n unusual o b j e c t was seen by the depu t i e s , The o b j c c t was glowing whi te and appeared q u i t e l a r g e t o t h e po l i ce o f I ' i c e r s , A f orenan 'at the South.western Rendering p l a n t , M r . Charles Carl;c.r, o f Spr ingf j .e ld , s a w t he o b j e c t as i t passed d i r e c t l y overhead, The o b j e c t was c l o s e enough t h a t Mr, C a r t e r could s e e what appeared t o be windows o r po r t s .

The v a r i o u s depu t i e s t o l d me the re have been many s i g h t i n g s and . t hey a r e s t i l l coning i n ,

Depi ty Gi lmore .a l so t o l d me of a power f a i l u r e in Greene County and a d j o i n i n g coun t i e s l a s t November. The power f a i l u r e l a s t e d f o r abont f i v e hours and UFO r e p o r t s came iil dur ing , the e n t i r e per- sod. T , e o b j e c t s were s een by l o c a l r e s i d e n t s and pol ice o f f i c e r s . The r ea son f o r tne power f a i l u r e has not been d e t e r n x e d ,

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T H E A S T R O B O M Y C O R M E R By Ted P h i l l i p s , Jr.

The p l anc t Venus i s s t i l l v i s i b l e i n the western sky a f t e r sun- s e t f o r s e v e r a l hours. The p l a n e t has been r e spons ib l e f o r many c u r r m t UFO s i g h t i n g s due t o i t s unusual b r igh tness . It w i l l appear redCFsh i n c-olor a s i t nea r s t he horizon.

The red p l a n e t l h r s i s b r i g h t e r t han the plane% Saturn and w i l l soon be a s b r i g i t a s the p lane t J u p i t e r . It i s r i s 3 n g s h o r t l y a f t e r midz ish t dur ing t h e f i r s t h d f of A p r i l and before midnight du r ing t h e l a t t e r h a i f of t he month. It i s , l o c a t c d in Libra.

I J u p i t e r i s v i s i b l e a l l dur ing the month, r i s i n g about sunse t , Sa tu rn i s no t v i s i b l e a s it is q u i t e n e a r t h e Sun.

~ o c k c t cn Course t o Mars

A t 7 :29 p.m., Feb. 24 , 1969, an Atlas-Centc?ur rocke t l e f t Cape Kcnnedy on i t s 5-month, 226,000,000 n i l e f l i g h t t o the r e d p l ane t Mars. i t is t o a r r i v b a t its t a r g e t on J u l y 31. The c r a f t has two caneras t o photogrash o b j e c t s a s smal l a s 900 f e e t ac ros s ,

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The second &rs probe i s t o be launched l a t e i n March;

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Comparison

One! w r i t e r put it t h i s way: I1If you imagine the sun a s a basket- b a l l , d iamater one f o o t , then the e a r t h i s a BB sho t 110 f e e t d i s - t a n t , an2 the g i a n t s J u p i t e r and Sa turn a r e marbles 500, a d 1000 f c e t away, r e spec t ive ly . " How about Lhat?

F i r e b a l l L igh ts Sky

A bi i l iding blue-white f i r e b a l l , bel ieved t o be a meteor, . tu rned niF.+$ 3;;t.o ?jzy a c E s + F'Tbxi.?o the en>j.tfibreq-toyr !!m?t;p-d- S t ~ t e s -

-ti'ebp , 1969, aefore a p p a r e n ~ i y crashing u7;0 tile rugged S ie r ra Mkdre momta ins i n Mexico.

"Tke l i g h t was so. b r i g h t wc had t o shade our e y e s , " r c p o r t e d a: ncws man i n Chihuahua. In some Mexican towns c i t i z e n s r an screaming i n t o -the s t r e e t s . The i?ewsmnc?r T,1 I-Ieraldo" ( ~ h i h u a h u a ) s a i d the . f i r c b a l l crashcd t o e a r t h an6 the inprrct c reu ted "a tremendous t-re& mor" t h a t shook the grourld f o r hundreds-of mi les s o hBrd t h a t some windows Jver? broken.

B u t D r . Ronald_ Gchors, a 6 astronomzr wi th t h e Jet Propuls ion Lab a t Pasadena, Calif . ; v i s i t i n g I n Texas, s a i d the f i r e b a l l might hzve brokcn upA'md .never -landed. He s a i d the tremors f e l t n i g h t -have been caused by a s o n i c boom crka ted by the f i r e b a l l s t r e a k i n g t h r ~ u g h the sky. D_r; Hobert Cintron of the Smithsonim Astrophysical a s e - m a - t o r y s q s it was probably a mr,.tcor, but could have been a po la r - o r b i t ~ c g s a t e l l i t e , (Credi t - - .Cl ippings , Walt Andr1ls and Lou ~ a r i s l i )

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The ~ s t r o n a u t s and UPO1a < .

P r o b a o l y t'he 'best iiF0 r e p o r t f rom any o f t h e a s t r o n a u t s came f rom t h e flj.:;ht o f G e m l r , i 4. O n J1:ne 4 , 1965 , ,Edward IJh i te and James Mc

' Divi - ; t were ' assi in^ e a s t w a r d o v e r Hawaii when N c D i v i t t saw a "we i rd 05jec- t ." The o b j e c t had p r o j e c t i o n s f rom it r e s e m b l i n g arms. McDiv- i t t 't2olr h l s movie caulera and f i l m e d t h e o b j e c t . x few m i n u t e s l a t e r t h e ~.sc&ia~2;s.;ja\.,w two [.,ore s ~ ~ i i l ~ ~ r o b j e c t s o v e r t h e Cdr ibbean .

-I::i!ie~lateLy he Air r 'orce r e l e a s e d i t s e x p l a n a t i o n o f t h e f i l m e d 0 3 j e c l ; a u be ing t h e Pegasus s a t e l l i t e . A f t e r o u r s p a c e d e t e c t i o n and t rac! \ i n . e~r.s t ,e :~~ sliowec thti t l e g a s u s was 1 , 2 0 0 m i l e s f rom Gemini 4 , c- - - -'- u:Je i s ~ u C i m s e C o m m d changed from Itwas t h e Pegasus" t o t'iilight have: b e e n t h e ~ e g a s ~ ~ s , " ' '

One o f tile u o v i e f r a m e s was r e l e a s e d and showed a d i s c - s h a i ~ e d ob- j e c t r / . . - i L > a tefiuous t r a i l . EASA r e l e a s e d a s t a t e m e n t s a y i n g t h a t th e o b j e c t itsiiows n o t , : i i i ~ t h a t l o o k s l i k e a s a t e l l i t e , " b u t n e v e r k i d whzt t h y th0~1gk-L t i e o b j e c t t o be.

, The A & D,fziise Cozmmd, which knows' t h e p r e c i s e p o s i t i o n of a l l s a t k l l i t e s . ; s p a c z . d e b r i s , e t c , 2id a t h o r o u g h check and found n o t h i n g t h a t c o ~ l - d a c c o u n t f o r t h e slg!iii.ng. Even t h e Condon r e p o r t - . l i s t s it as u - n i d e n t i f i e d ,

D u r i i l g +he Genilni 7 f l i g h t . in December 1965 , Frank Bormann and J m e s Love11 saw a UFO. l'lioug!? calm when he r e g o r t e d i t , Bormann l a t e r t o i d newsmen t h a t a f t e r JXASA. c o u l d l lot i d e n t i f y i t , he.. was .a

. . l i t t l e slic~icen up,.

. O t t o Binder rngntions two o t i l e r s i g h t i n g s i n "Saga" Dee. 1968. Pho- t o s .and !~:ovies- o f UFOs were o b t a i n e d on' t h e Gemini f l ight o f Cooper and. Coilr8d. Gemiiii 1 0 i n J1li.y 1966 ha2 a r e n o r t tha , t two b r i g h t ob- j e c t s .:c-Te p a s s i n g c h e i r c a p s v l e . A s t r o n a u t John Young o b t a i n e d '

p i c t ~ r e s of t h e x . U n f o r t u n a t e l ; ~ , we do n o t know o f c o n f i r m a t o r y i n - *f orina ti-an oil t h e s e two s i g h t ~ ~ ; ~ ~ . If a n y r e d d e r s blows of m r e on t h e s e r e p o r t s , p l z a u e i n f o r m u s .

Credi t --The IT@OIIWOm'IER, 307-13 P i n e S t . , C a r r b o r o , N. C. 27510 ......................................................................

i?L'I ?%,G SLUCER R3VIEW i s g e t t i n g o u t a s p e c i a l i s s u e f o r Apr i l - - '!The h o r i h x u e r i c a n Repor t " and i t s h o u l d ' b e i n t e r e s t i n g r e a d i n g . John K e e l ,:.ar.!ong o t h e r w r i t e r s , con-tribu-tes and M r . Keel wro te u s "This s , g ~ c i a l ~1.11 c o n t a i n rnmy d e t a i l s of my s t u d i e s and r e v e a l many f i n d - i n g s h i there to k e p t I s ~ ? c r e t ' t o $ r e v e n t j o k e r s and h o a x s t e r s f rom g e t - L i n g h l t o the- a c t . It v ~ i l l a l s o c o n t h ~ n e x c e l l e n t a r t i c l e s by o t h e r inform8d s c i e n t i s t s and r e s e a r c h e r s . I t s h o u l d s e r v e as t h e f i r s t r e a l handbook on t h e o v e r a l l phenomenon.

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bank d r d f t on Chase ivhnhattar, Said<- - 0 b t a i n c b l e a t a l l b a n k s f o r a s.mll f?e. -

I ! . B e , t t e r , s end f o r y o u r s right away.

Unident if ied Blips i n Thailand

The repor t cones from Bangkok t h a t t h e United S t a t e s A i r Force r ada r operations' i n Thailand have been .seeing "s t range , un iden t i f i ed b l i p " on t h e i r screens--but suggest they might be Communist a i r c r a f t dropping weapons t o g u e r r i l l a f i g h t e r s . (Source--Ib~rkansas Gazette", Credis--Lou Par i sh )

---- Czechc Set Up I n s t i t u t e t o Study UFO's

* I E'roc:~.~--60vi& occul;ied Czechoslovakia i s s e t t i n g up an i n s t i t u t e t o i n v e s - ~ i g a t e r e p o r t s of un iden t i f i ed f l y i n g ob jec t s over i ts t e r r i - t o n , - the o f f i c i a l news agency CTK says. The - i n s t i t u t e plans t o co l labora te with s i - i l a r orkanim t ims i n o the r coun t r i e s , but hasn ' t indicated i f they w i l l be Communist count r ies o r i n the West. (Source-- "Kans~a City Tines!' 2/27/69) . ---

Faai ly Flees-Heat Prom UFO

I n September 1968 a family i n TIIelforL (Sask., Canada) heard a . high pi tchzd sound over Lheir famhozse , A s the p i t c h increased , the %em- pera-tcre i n t h e hause rose. The heat becdme s o in tense the family f l e d t o the c e l l a r . neighbor reported see ing an objec t hovering over the farmhouse and another farmer saw thrce disc-shaped Objects i n the a rea . (Cr-dit-Gene Duplantier ' SS&S, 17 Shetland St . , Willowdale., Ontario, Canada) --- Five Czxadians Watch UFO -,

Dau:xin, Peb. 4 , 1969-4 repor t Monday from Ste. Rose du Iac , 3-0 n i l e s southcast of Dauphini said an un iden t i f i ed f l y i n g object had bedn s ighted near there Siunday.

,plko mfi PIrs. Gordon Bishop and son Gordon, Jr. along wi th M r s . M z r p i ~ ? ~ 2aco.b afid Laurcnt Hence reported seeing an 'object high i n thi3 s..y yest, 0.3 Ste. Rose. It appeared c i r c u l a r o r oblong i n shzpe,, They UL . d they watched i t drop behind the t r e e l i n e and reappear i n abpu-t; . . o si.knu;tcs. They described it a s pink i n co lo r , which changed t o .blan,;a- with a t l c a s t one rcd l i g h t . '1t d'id not seem t o v i b r a t e and did no-; rcscmble a ~ l a p c a r helicopter. They watched i t f o r more than 20 minute's. ( s o u r c e - " ~ i n n i ~ e g Free Pressfb , Credit; Lou ~ a r l s h )

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UFO Dive-Sombs A u s t r a l i a n Dr ive r

Adelaide , Aus t ra l . i a , Dec. 2 , 1968,--A motor mechanic s a i d y e s t e r - d'a? 7;~-;_at; he had d r iven a t 95 mph a f t e r he had been "dive-bombed" by a Ul'O. I

He and a j y o u t h w i t h m m . m d ' oeen "scdred s t i f f " aild had- r e p o r t e d the o i g h t m g -to a policeman who l a t e r watched the UFO wi th them. The: mcchnci*c i s N r . J . i ~ , Wyatt, 21, of Po r t V i c t o r l a , on Yorke Pen insu la abou t 100 n i l e s fron; .Idelaide;. The youth wi th him is Chr i s topher B o l t . ~ i l ~ 1 5 0

T k y - , e re r e t u r n i n g hone Tuesday from Ivkit land, where Wyatt works. Leavi l . ;~ t h e r e about 9: 40 p.m, they n o t i c e d a br igl i t whi te l i g h t h igh over the town, and- j-c t r a v e l e d p a r a l l e l to ' them a s they drove south- w 3 s t t o ' Po r t V i c t o r i a ,

, . PIrc. ' Wyatt s a i d : -']We watched it f e r about ' . -n ine m'iles when it sud-

den ly inade a h z l f - - c i r c l e t u r n i n f r o n t of u s . It came down a t a v e r y s l i g h t arlgie toward us a t a ve ry f a s t r a t e . It got l a r g e r and l a r g e r

, . a i ~ d changed c o l o r frcm b r i g h t white t o orang'e--red, - ,

t tx l though i t i s hard t o judge he lgh t a t n i g h t , I would say it w a s a b o i ~ t a q u a r t e r of a ini le a k m e u s , I reckon it was about 200 t o 300 ;r,.;ras away 2nd. a t111 t r a v e l i n g p a r a l l e l t o u s . As we rounded a beiid t h r e e mi l e s from P o r t V i c t o r l a , it cont inued s t r a i g h t on and appedred8> t o be r l s i n g .

I Vastt s a i d t h a t when he got home h e watched it through ' h i s f a t h e r i s binoculrzrs, bat could no t d i s t i n g u i s h , deta ' i l s . It d i s - a;?p?3ra?d9 then r e a ~ p a r e d , s o he c9,lled Constable D, Guerin, who watchel it wi th them, The cons t ab l e re : )or ted when he saw the l i g h t , i t I J C L I ~ C ~ . ha3e been a t o u t f o u r r u l e s away.

xr:,i\lyatt% s a i a -zhc o-bject- was c i r c u l a r in shape, ' but w a s n o t mak- ing,nrljr no i se . The s l q . w a s c l e a r , ' . . . . . .

The abov'e was talren from the "Melbourne Suntt and on Dec. 13 t h e same neyspaper carr ie 'd ano the r r e p o r t , a s fo l lows: A myster ious top- shApe2 o b j e c t which has mbuzzedl' two m o t o r i s t s n e a r t he f i s h i n g town of G r : ; - , &bout 20 rnilss from l h l l i c e n t , has been seen a s f a r away as o u ' - b i e r The o b j e c t , accofi12anied by a d a z z l i n g whi te l i g h t , t e r i l . --,?d k k s . J . Harvey, o l Grey, about a month ago when she w a s re tur i . . . r i~ hcme. It kept pace w i t h h e r f o r f i v e mi l e s , t r a v e l i n g i n f r o n t ofo:-.cr ca r .

On S7~nday mgh' t , B i l l Ch".fibers, 18, of Grey, was a l s o d r i v i n g home from i4l l l ice ; i t when he saw the o b j e c t . He s a l d i t stopped about 100 f e e t abovc t h e road and sone d i s t a n c e i n f r o n t of h i s c a r ,

When' I reached lt., ' t he t h u l g hovered above ' the v e h i c l e and no m a t t e r what speed I inain-tained, i t k e p t fo l lowing me. when I was a- bout a A l e from Lose, i t sped o f f l n t o the a i s t a n c e almost f a s t e r t h a n tile eye c o ~ : l d r^ollow.''

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a Vcice From o u t e r Space?

An a t to rney , who l i v e s i n a s t a t e i n the eask and who does not want 111s name u$ed f o r the usual reasons, was watching TV one even- i n g wwn suddenly the screen 'bient blank, I*. "AtL got up t o see i f

. he cculcl tune h i s 'program b::ck i n when a voice_.cane frgm .the TV say- - i n g tlla speaker wirzs- from outer , space and would r e t u r n the next,feven-

i n g a t the same time. b

Ths .attorney, went i n t o the ki tchen where h i s wife a t once not ic- cd k l s :,vhite, f a c e and i n s i s t e d on knowing t h e reason f o r h i s obvious pe r t u rbed s t a t e , \{hen he f i n a l l y t o l d h e r , she wanted to c a l l a doc- t o r as ski? thoaght he was oat of h i s mind. He persuaded he r t o wai% u n t i l the next evening when she could wi tness the same th ing he had

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Th2 two were walt ing a t the TV s e t a t the spec i f i ed time the : next evening am1 .again th:. scrcen went blank and the s t range voice

was heard. The couple refused t o divulge t h e message they received-

. * hxs. i losetta Holrnes, of Carlyle, Ill., wrote SKYLOOK she was inc l ined t o th ink t h i s . report ' was " p r e t t y f a r out I t a l t h o the infor- mant sscrned t,o be s inccre . Howcvcr, a f t r r d iscuss ing the s tory with o thc r UFO i n v e s t l g a t b r s , Bhe lehrned of s i m i l a r happenings, and de-- cidcd t o scad us t h ~ rreport, $

Ibs. d o l m s wrote, "L hud 'wondered lf ~ o s s l b l y soiae Helm radio opera.tor might h , , e 'cut _il on the mdn' & T-M. B u t 9 obviously, i n tha-tt case o t h s r t e l e v i s i o n i n the area would have been a f f e c t e d a l s o , IB

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Charles and Robert Gkpperhaus, of Breeze, I l l . , were d r iv ing ,, home from a basketba l l game about .ll:30 the night ,of Dec. 29, 196>7,

when tney, with d thcr high school s tuden t s , watched, a b r igh t , white . - - -light hov-csing .over-t-he a rea , The boys stopped and l e f t t h e c a r t o

wa-cch the objec t but cou1,d'nbt make 'out any d e t a i l s . They d id de tec t z a strange .humming sound.

, . \ih?r? ~skzd i f they were f r ightened, one of the boys admitted t h a t

L he was ?anq t h a t he ran back t o the car. The hea t f l"om the hovering objec t was s o in tense .it was f e l t i n s i d e , the car . In about t en m i n - u t e s the objec t moved *away.

' - . . _ - . - . - . - I - . . Mrs. Roset ta ~ o l m c s , who 'interv'iewcd - the. Grapperhms boys, is

convinced . t h e i r s to ry i s t r u e . The i r , pqrents , PIr. and q s . Arnold Gra2prhaus , a l s o believe t h e i r sons were n o t playing a prank,

The FSIC BULLETIN (&larch -1969) gives e more d e t a i l e d account of - - -&his sighting.-.TQ::ir address i s P, 0. Drawer ' G , Akron, O h i ~ , ~

Spcofogram: ~ f i i c e Ship Caotain t o Home Pl-inct: "No t r u t h t o &mor e a r t h l u g s a r e i n o r b i t around Moon. Moving objec t obszrved is undoubtedly some . of - o w own space ju.@c.tt - -

The b r c h i s s u e o f ~~ h3s an a r t i c l e I . d l ~ L _ V ~ A L ) I I \ G . . . . " ' u v n g e ~ i t t l e lblen Promd O u t e r Space" by

L , J o h A. Kee l and h a s what is . s a i d t o > .

be the f i rs t c o l o r pho to o f a HumanBLd . t a l c o n Zuly '11, 1967 , i n N c r t h C a r o l i n a . In a l e t t e r t o SKYLOOK, M r , Kcel wro te : "The ' l i t - ~ l e m n l photo i n t h e c u r r e n t SA'GA was a b i t t e r d l s a ~ ; > a i n t x e n t t o me, The e d l t o r had t o hzve it r e t o u c h e d . The f i g u r e d i d n : t evcn show up on t h e f i r s t p l a t e .

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. . Two ~ r t i c l e s dca,l. : p : . i t h UPOtis , i n t h e March i s s u e of FATE.. One is ; '11,UFO i n ; & l i f 3;nia1htm>r S Q r a l L o r e n ~ n Bnd i s +PRO''& i n v e s t i g a t i o n off . , ' t h e l i?dlnn.$s s i ; ;h t i cg of F e b r u a r y 1968. The o t h e r i s J o h n K e e l 1 s . . - - . "Od.i' .: . , gi:;.ia I . :?.re k ' i l . ? c - l with Jun!:,!' . B o t h a r e i n t e r e s t i n g .

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~ n 0 t h e . r . r emicder that t h e Y3p1posi'um on ~ n l d e n t i f i ~ d ' ~ l ~ i n ~ . - ' O b . - QectsI1. m y kc o b t z i f ~ e d f o r $ 3 , 0 0 , by w r i t i n g t o t h e C l e a r i n g H o u s e f c r Fcder21 8cien';l;"lic 2nd T e c h - i c a l I n f o r m a t i o n , 5289 P o r t Royal Rood; ' s p r i n g f i e l d , , Ba, , 22151 The c a t a l o g , numher i s P a 17954.1. . .

Thc Eouse C o m i z c c e on Sc ience and / ~ s t r o n a u t i c s h a s exhaused its p r i ~ ? t i ~ + i g of t h z House d o c u w a t of t h e J u l y 1968 symposium, and t h e r e a r c ilo Iilol'e f r e e c o ~ l c s . T h i s book g i v e s more ha rd f a c t i n f o r m a t i o n

-on t h e GPO phcnop~ena t h a n any t h r e z o r f a u r b e s t s e l l e r s we might name o f f band,

If you d i d n i t g c t t o yolw l o c a l news s t a n d i n t ime t o p i c k u p a copy o f :!UFOs? Yesu ,by k v i d 9 , Saunders and .Roger Hark ins , you may w r i t e t o The NSW iirnericdn L i b r a r y , I n c . , Y. 0. Box 2310, Grand Ce,n-l;r<~l SZLstlorl9 Itcw Y ~ r k , 1$, Y. 10017. The p r l c e i s 95g p l u s l o @ f o r m a i l i n g c o s t s dlus y o u r ' l o c u l s o l e s tax. A S you d o u b t l e s s know, t h i s book i s Saundc.rsl a c c o u n t 'of t h e ' even t s which l e d t o t h e f i r i n g of b o t h S :~unders and Norman lievine from the Colorado h - o j c c t , b u t i s nor^ t h a n t h a t i n a l s o g i v i n g an e v a l u s t i o n of a l l a s p e c t s of t h e UFO problem, -----

" J o h n Keel w r i t e s : 'I-Soon I w i l l be i s s u i n g a s o b e r , no-nonsense news l e t t e r t i t l e d tlmAnonaly. It' w i l l be d i s t r i b u t e d o n l y t o ' t h o s e who a ' c t ivc ' ly p r t i c i p t c in f i e l d r c s c a r c h . No s a b s c r i p ' t i o n s . Those who m i g h t ' w i s h t o p a r t i c i p n t e can o b t a i n a copy by s e n d i n g me a stamped, s c l f - - a d d r e s s e d b u s i n ~ s s envc lcpo , I L H i s a d d r e s s ' is Box 3,51, Murray i l i l l .S.~,;.ti~xl~ New York, N . Y,, 10016. ---_- I. . ..--..- - -----.---.--.-------- -.-.----- ...............................

ATTZK.1 . O N ~ ~ ~ D E R S ! ! ! ! ! ! The UF3 SPOTTER.nceds UFO- c l i p p i n g s . f o r p u b l i ( - 3 r i a n i n ~ ! p c m l n g i s s ~ e s , C l i p p i n g s . s e n t t o u s w i l l be r e - t u r n d i f d e s i r e d . Compl-e-te cr i?r l i t w i l l be g i v e n t o you f o r y o u r a r t i c l e s . Send t o d z y t o : The uF1S SPOTTER, 17303 Ridge C r e e k S w e s t , S t ron , r s l~ i " l l e , Ohio, 44136, ----lll,YV$,

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JOBJ QXL, au thor , New York, N, Y. wr i tes : It'l?~ank you f o r the l a t e s t c L ; I L I ~ ~ J I L . -17- r- - - I found it especix l ly i n t e r e s t i n g s ince I c i r c u l a t e d a ca l - c u l ~ t i o n l a e t , f a l l based upon my s t u d i e s of previous f * f l a p s r i n which I , ~ - ~ ? l c t , ? d there w o ~ ~ l d be a ' f l a p t i n Janu ry 1969 and t h a t i t would , p r ~ ) o - l d y s t g r t i n the ;ilidwest * * * If you have no t seen my a r t i c l e s c-1 ad tcors i n the L r c h i ssue of ~~ magazine, I hope t h a t you can f i n d i l cc:~y, The m p drawn u p by the s t a f f a r t i s t is erroneous. T h e eas 'GLILI e Z y of t h ~ "great c i r c l e " swoops i n t o ,Michigan and the Lak Eri~ reg ioAl and bends northwards- into Ontaria, - >

,. - . . - A h-ve reviewe?. .dl of the ' f i r e b a l l t s t u d i e s of the 1 9 5 0 f s , and

conaucted s e v e ~ a l mvll s tud ies of my own. There i s an exce l l en t chance t h a t as tronoxers h:v;re been mis-identifying t h i s phenomena f o r years . The ' E i r e b a i l s ' foil-~vw s p e c i f i c rou tes , o f t e n change course even

-movi;?g a t r ight anr;:cs t o . t h e i r o r i g i n a l path, and a d e f i n i t e time .schedl-:le i s followcd year a i ' t e r year. These f a c t o r s automatical ly ' r u l e out n a t u r a l e x ~ l a n a t i o ~ s , ++ * -%

"There a re many, many M . I . 3 , i nc iden t s which have received no pub- l i c l s y and a r e c o m p l c t ~ l y unknown t o the UP0 buffery. , There was a nat lc imide rash cf t n i s i n J,-,mery. Sane of us who a r e d i r e c t l y in- volvzd i n field i a v e s t i g a t i ~ i ; ~ have declded to underplay these events f o r 'Ac t m e .being * * * most of u s have now had d i r e c t personal ex- perience w;ih these charac ters . They a r e not from the government 02 C.1.k. " , , - -

BLIfli'II KAY~ES, of Perkifis Lane ,' Hallowell, Mzinz., w r i t e s : "Through- oi;t t!l~ world Wen i n Blackf r epor t s have become too numerous t o jus t b r m b : side i n t o the lpo~?~ycoc lc l -catecory. Too many r e l i a b l e UFO w i t n c s ~ ~ s cznd scr ious u f o l o g i s t s claim t o have been threatened and si?cnc\?i ' by t h i s e e lus ive si1.zncers who trarnpl-e ( t9e countryside and destroy importdnt UP0 evidence, I n my opinion, s e r i o u s UFO buf f s ~ 1 1 0 ~ LZ. o r + ~ n z e a new .u& ~ r ~ ~ i ~ l i t d t i o n , a lspecldl department of an o r g c r i l i ~ ~ t l o n or even mybe a p ~ t b l l c a t l o n . t h a t i s so le ly dedicated t o . hunti:ig and tracicing :uowii .tLese mysterious agents. Then, and only the;i, nay we ever .uncover t h c t r u e i d e n t i t y of the '!'men i n black" and i i - ?ve i l t h e i r devious scheme-.-whatever t h a t may be. It is very 1ii;c.l;- ; i ; l t uost o f these so--c'&lled . Men i n -Blackr a re crackpolts and r.-.~::'rc;tdrs, b u t I .sincerely bei ieve that some of them a r e prob- ab ly 2 ? x e t g o v e m c n t agents on a Top Secret M i s s i ~ n . ' ~

a Fr5-1 PrAJL 3RACZYK, of ' i '~ebs ter , Mass., "Being an ,amateur astrono- mer r;,~-;clf ' , I ~ a r t i c u l z r l y c-c;oy The iistronomy Corner 'and support '

i t s z>oarent goal of acquaint ing the reader with comonly misinter- p r e t c ~ - c e l e . s t i a l ob jec t s , l o i?z5 BOD B. DYKE, e d i t o r of ltlCl?e UFORC JouT;-.~-L" says , ''1 personally enjoy The Astronomy Corner by Ted Phil- l i p s . I l i k e t o lmow where t o f ind- the va r ious p l a n e t s e t t

GARY R. LESLSr wr i t e s froin the Washington branch o f f i c e of %aucer Scoop", "It ~~~~~~s t h a t YOU ~ Z V C produced :an e x c e l l e n t , r e l i a b l e and f a c t u a l refzrciice source o f rurr2i-i;- U i C information a n d oplnion.

- r ? ,,.-- 7: w i l l wholeheartefil,r ~\.LC\ ' d i . _ ,~~~Ll r t o .KC -11st of .recommended UFO per- i ~ d i c c : r,, I n ny op2 il ? t > /J , J - O I A ; ~ :strai&-f,f o-~?d3rd a;~proach doe-s, a- f i n e job o f " s?,)arz t l ~ g f ..st f r c -z f .3ntasjc '

News from I l l i n o i s Section KTRO a,nd Tri-State UFO Study Groups

T1ed Z h i l l i p s , 'Jr . ,' of Sedal ia , Mo. , t o Address Pr i -Sta te Group '., .

J T2d a P h i l l i p s , Jr . , SKYL30Kt s 0zarks r e p o r t e r and f e a t u r e w r i t e r , . w i l l soezk a t the Apr i l 16th mekting of the Tr i -Sta te UFO Study Group.

The -.?;ting w i l l bc I:cld a t F i r s t unite& Presbyter ian Church i n ' Qxincy, I l l . , and . w i l l o ~ e n a t 7:30 p. m. . \

.,- Kr. P h i l l i p s w i l l r e l a t e ' ~ i s personal i n v e s t i g a t i o n s of a number

of outstanding ~FO!s igh t ings i n Missouri and w i l l d i sp lay photo- graphs and slwtches or? s l i d c s t o i l l u s t r a t e h i s lecture. . One case s t i l l under , i n v ' e s t i g ~ t i o n ' involves cxcelle,nt photographs and consid- e-rable pnysical evidence. ,It has. never been c a r r i e d by the press or o t h z r nuws media but w i l l adpear i n the May i s s u e o f - SKYLOOK,

The tape recorcldd interview with ' ~ i l l i a n ~ v c r s t r e e t , of Elmer, w i l l be played and a general d iscuss ion w i l l be l e d by M r . P h i l l i p s , Walt Andrus and B9b Smulling. I >

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E d i t o r t s Note: 'ife'd l2kc t o add our personal recommendation t h a t you xalce evc'ry .e f fo ' r t t o hear Mr. P h i l l i p s 1 l e c t u r e . A t i r e l e s s in-

, v e s t i g a t o r in - the ufology f i e l d , he has more than 2,000 s ight ings i n h l s , ~ c r s o n a l f i l e s . H i s se r ious approach t o the UFO phenomena d e a l s wi th f a c t s . I f anything? Ted loans T O the u n d e r s t a t ~ m e n t . You'l l '

never f ind him color ing a s to ry t o bui ld lt up a ' l i t t l e : He i s a l i v i n g exponent of t h i s magazine' policy--to sepa ra te f a c t from fan tasy ,

Thuub Nai l Skctch -. . . There a r e manj ac' t ive workcrs i n the I l l i n o i s and Tri-State UFO

Study' Groups and we'd l i k e t o give you a l i t t - l e personal background on soc;e of them from time xa- time. . ,

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Bob Smulling, of Hamilton, Ill., i s a member bf both N I C A P and APRG m d one of the ch(irtcr inembers o.f.4he. Tri-StaZe group. Serving a s r i c e Chairnizn l a s t yea r , he i s Chairnan t h i s year and i s a vcry e n e r c c t i c inves t iga to r . He i s 3 photographer by profess ion and has h i s ok-_r s tud io i n Hamilton.. He- rnct h i s ' w i f e Nori .while serv ing "

-- - the 1,-, 3, army- in- iJi~6 They have t h ree children--ages t en , nim nL:d seven.

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. SAUCZII SCOOP i s e d i t ~ d by Joa1 Vhritcnour and covers the UFO f i e l d ,

- 8 rzs . .x t ing both sJiCes on any' c 'ontrovcrsizl subjec t . Subscript ion i s 4.00 pcr ycar--12 i s sues , 6464 34th Ave., North, St . P ~ t e r s b u r g ,

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The new mailin& address fof 73.1. I. C ( o r S ~ Y W A T C H ) i s BOX 124, Schoaarie, New Yorlr. 12157, This ,b.i-monthly -rsa5clzine 1s well w o r t h the ~-~:bscri'pt-ion $?ice of b3.00 p e r y e a r . .Sanple -copy - 35@. Edi tor - Je-mifer Stevens w r i t c s wi t :? . w i t and knowledge, - .

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Hot n l r i n Sca:idiz?avia, .- . - . . By John K e e l

For the p a s t s e v e r a l months a Stockholm, Sweden, r e s e a r c h e r named k1;e ? r 2 n z e n h a s been (Iigging m t o t h e n e a r l y f o r g o t t e n Scand inav ian I 1 ,f 'l?ip:' o f 1932-34. He h a s now c o l l e c t e d o v e r 80 newspaper r e p o r t s 16ro~n fLac p c r i o d -which i n c l u d e marly p r o s t a t e m e n t s by ' t bp m i l i t a r y n e n ...OX % & b i n s t :n i r l i s t e r s . Much o f t h i s m u t e r l a l w l l l soon be pub- l i b l w i In PLY ~ L J G SAUCEB U Y I d W . I imedld t e l y a f t e r t h e Condon Hepor?t was l u a ? d , I wro te t o IW. B'ranzen and s u b g e s t e d t h a t he c o n t a c t Dr . Page 0 , r r i k s s , o n of t h e Resez rch I n s t i t u t e f o r N a t i o n a l Defense -in S t o c k k o i q ( m a e d on p g e 554 .of t h e Cpndon Repor t ) and a s k f o r o f f i c - i a l r e c o r d s and r e p r t s ' o f t h e 1932-34 i n c i d e n t s .

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' dn 335. 2j;. 1969 , ,Xr: Branxen s s n t me t h e d e t a i l s of h i s i n q u i r y and I ylZ.i= s7cunr~ia-rize them h e r e . I n s t e a d of w r i t i n g t o t h e R e s e a r c h I n s t i t i : t e , h e ghoneii D r . E r i k s s o n d i r e c t l y and was i n v i t e d t o t h e l a t - t e q ' s o f f i c e $or -a p e r s o n a l i n t e r y i e w .

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Eri l iss i ln t o l d him tilit t h o s e e a r l y newspaper r e p o r t s were t h e p r o - duc.t of t'11ncs h y s t e r i a ant! overworlred imaginat ' ions. H i s own t h e o r y 40s. 3 h o a e ~ i g h t i n g s ~ were. t h a t t h e y were h o t - a i r b a l l o o n s (:most of the r e p r . t S : ;descrYbed .winged , a i r e m f t-, :lot b a l l ~ o n ~ s h a ~ ~ e d oh j e c t s ) .

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!; . . r'$&:een brougiyp uy t h e o f f i c i a l , , s ta tkme,nts -of 1Yaj.or orat at and Ger ieml . 7iqgi.n ,'(who w a g t h e ,head o f t h e .Swedish A i r P o x e .in 1934). .

D r i ::XiSi,kssion ~ impl i ed , t h a t :-th,ose s t a t e m e n t s .had :been . d i s t o r . t q 8 . by the p r e s-s...:, He, -,adlde.d tha--t. ,lie .had- net; two ?embers of t h e "condon g roup . w h i l e v i s i t i ~ ? g , t h e U . S o . l a s t y e a r :ail6 he . f e l t " 'they were v e r y r e l i a b l e , .-

peop1e.J' . . .. , : ,

Four days a f t e r %. F r a n e e n f s i n t e r v i e w , t h e Swedish; ,press p u b l i s h - ed a akiotograph taken by a m a n i n Dalarna . The p i c t u r e , a c o l o ' r s h o t , sllovr.ec!;;~yo. co.rjner-colored- . ... . . s a u c e r s .shnged 1 , ike "enormou.~ bu.s whe,elsIt @v,,n~~.j:_y; . a.'sove- ,a. . c i~ :~r rch h e a r Lrke S i l jan . . A few days ' l a t e r t h e news-

i t ? p a p e r Adla-Ueli;okratentl prese1.1ted Ur.. 13riksson1 a n a l y s i s of t h e case . He s c l i G t i le o b j e c t s were h o t dlr & l l o o n s

~ c z o r d i n g t o ' t h e -Condon R e p o r t , E r i k s s o n w a s v i s i t e d by M r . Low i n t h e sxrJll:?r o f 19,67.

& l ~ t o . ~ ' s ~ ~ ~ o t e : We t h i n k M r . Kee l chose j u s t t h e r i g h t t i t l e f o r h i s ~ F t i c l e . - ,

H LL NEW !'$! THE UFO SPOTTER . . EXCITING! ! . - . , , - . . . . , . . . . . ' . I . . . . . . . . . I,$ you.;i .~ant one '?f t h e most i n t e r e s t i n g and informati;; W O magazines , t h e n s u b s c r i b e nou .Lo t h e UFO SP~TTER. The UP0 SPOTTER ' c o n t a i n s r e , - cent s i g h t i n g s , t o p r a t e d f e a i u r e a r t i c l i i ' s , w e i r d c r e a t u r e s , a s t r o n - omy f a c t s , and t h e b e s t i n F l y i n g Saucer humor. S u b s c r i p t i o n r a t e - is $2.00 ,n~~:year. . , f o r :our ~ q u a , r t e . r l y . i ssues . Hurry ! ! : SUBSCRIBE NOW a n d re-

t,Ceiv.e .oiul. BIG ,c~l l iven$. ion is,sae. , Bend:,.to : . . The, UFO SPOTTER, 17303; Ri,dge . . . ,Creek. . . Yest-, . S t - r o n g s v i l l ' e , ,Ohio .'441'36. ---Adv. : , . . . ,

. : ? . . , . . . ,. . I , - - . ___-__---_-_-------------------------------------------------------- Coming Next Month---"Physica.1 Evidence" by J o h n Keel . In Nay SKYLCOK!

The Pkrch meeting of the UFO Study Groug of Greater St . Louis held i 5 s March nee t ing the 16th i n OtFallon, Mo., with about twenty present .

1% was' noted t h a t a wealth of UFO information has been published sLnce the Condon Report, and the book by Saunders--llUFOt s--Yes lB i s axor!; t:e best . The background presented by Saunders on Condon, Low and szhzr s , t h e i r a p ~ a r e n t a t t i t u d e s and con tes t of t h e i r e a r l y l ec - t u r e s and l e t t e r s leads one t o a b e t t e r understanding of the na ture ljf -Lie rxgat ive r epor t by %he Condon Committee. It appears they should nave w r i t t e n a t r e a t i s e on crackpot cases and not bothered with a l l the o the r s , Many of the cases presented by the Condon repoTt would lead one t o believe a pos i t ive r a t h e r than negat ive conclusion would be reached, Somehow, i t was avoided. This i s un- f o r t ~ z l a - t e f o r i t re tuces the Ccndon repor t t o the s t a t u s of t l j u s t another book on IFO!s, accompanied by the excuse t h a t a l l the UFO's couldn ' t be explained,

t h e o ther hmd, 1 bel ieve that the many individuals t h a t mad-e u the comnittee should be congratulated i n t h e i r a t tempt t o become ~ ~ B F G exper ts" i n a few months. This phenomena has been around f o r q u i t e awhile but - r e x l exper ts a r e few and f a r between,

It i s a shame and a g rea t l o s s t o the na t ion thr:t exper ts l i k e Hynelr, PkicDonald, the Lorenzens e t c were not a t tached d i r e c t l y t o the Cmdcn &ro jec t . Naybe the pro jec t should iidve been headed by some o: these p e o ~ l e ,

The UFO Study Group w i l l sk ip the formal meeting i n Apr i l and will..at.?;end the l e c t u r e e n t i t l e d ttUFO1s--Still Up i n the A i r w t o be given S y John Schuessler on April 24th. A r egu la r business meeting w i l l be held i n &y and. i n June the group w i l l meet j o i n t l y with a group from southern I l l i n o i s .

R.n in tere , s t i r ,g s ide event occurred concurrently wi th t h e meeting . Joe Fooser, an OtFal lon r e s i d e n t , decided t o take advantage of the sunny S p i n g day to attempt to l o c a t e evidence t h a t nay have r e s u l t e d frori rl..~ August 1968 UFO inc ident jus t outs ide d t ~ a l l o n . 11, came acrcsa a s e t of holes or imprints i n the ground tha t were i n the area of th:? s igh t ing , The Study Groug v i s i t e d the s i t e fol lowing the c lose of 'ch; f o r m ~ l meeting. Measurements and photogral~hs were made and w i l l b,e sent t o APRO f o r c o r r e l a t i o n t o o ther poss ib le l i k e inc iden t s , This evidsnce was possibly the r e s u l t of a n a t u r a l event and not connected wi th the GFO s ight ings , A t t h i s l a t e da te , we w i l l probably never know. It does show t h a t an inves t iga to r should never l i m i t h i s inves t iga t ion . h e can never look too much o r too f a r ,

i3di tor t s Iiote: Kr. Schsess ler , i n a note accompanying the above, r e n a ~ k e d tha t some of h i s opinions were showing--and we could cu t them a s we wished. We d i d n t t cu t a word out, Our o-pinton of the Con- don r e ? o r t i s the s m e , a s Johnls--bv.t John ss~rs it b e t t e r ,

, . . . . . Xews Prom 1 l l i n o i s Sec t ion AFRO and T r i - S t n t e UFO s tudy &ups -.

Pluch illeetlnb o l Yri-6t;te UFO d t ~ d y Group --By CorSyn Jacobs

'Ilk2 :Cri.-Gtute UP0 btudy broup he ld t h e i r nonth ly meetjllg a t the P l r s T P r e s b y t e r i ~ n . . Church i n Quincy, I l l . , March 1 9 , 1969.

Cl?.;,? x31i R9'oert S~_m.ulling, of Hamilton, Ill. , pres ided w i t h members greal:ll i f l u m Q i ~ i i ~ c y , h a n i l t o n , Y l a i n v i l l e , Barry and Coatsburg, a l l

8 of i ; l ~ n o l s , and Hmnibal, L,wistown, Palmyra and Lancas te r , NO. ! -

E ;;ir. T k r k e t t , of Lancas t e r , gave a ve ry in t e r e j s t i ng r e p o r t of i n - t e m l-ews he bad c<l;~ducted w i t h r e s i d e n t s of the' Novelty, No. , area i n reg;rd t o UF? s j g h t i n g s . One obse rva t ion was mmde i n t h e h n c a s t - er-Glenwood a r e a nq?. it was noted t h a t a bezrn of l i g h t came down froln + h e o b j e c t t o ?.he hi&;:ny, As a c e r approached, the beam faded away, I n this cdsc tl,e l i g h t beaz w2s l a r g e a t t h e UFO and t ape red duwil -Icl a Pew Pec t ;i l; tile road ,

PIre Walt A-ndrm, Jr. , HPILO rep rdsen taz lve f o r I l l i n o i s , p r e sen ted a very i n t e r e s t i n g rage qx?.de by Hr. Ted 2 h l l l l p s , of Seda l i a . Mc- 'Phillips interrriewad j k . W i l l O,,erstreet o f Elmer, N o . , i n regard t o a U ? J he s a w whi le d r i v i n g t o worx a s a r u r a l mail c a r r i e r , March 4 a

. ( E ~ J - u o ~ ' n o l z : o ihe: details h i ~ ~ i ~ h s re a r e the same a s r e p o r t e d elseiviiere i n St(Yi;!!OL) * * * Jfpn P h i l l i p s s t a t z d t h a t t h i s one of $he b e s t sl ;ht ings and i n t e r ~ i c w s t h a t he had ccnducted. w

:. 2 : - : : .. - - --, - Thc A n r i l mceting w i l l be held a t Quincy, Anril 1 6 , a t t h e

F i r s t; 2:~. esby tc r inn C p ~ r 3 h . T i r . d p l i l l i s , of Serir:lia, w i l l be the

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