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; "It i s u n f o r t l l m t e t h a t UFO-research h a s become t h e p l a y g r o u ~ d o r . - e m o t i o n a l l y u n s t a b l e p e r s o n s , c u l t i s t s and s p a c e - s t r u c k juvenile':.; . i have a lways opposed s t t e m p t s t o t r a n s f o r m UFO-resezrch i n t o a VMorne-- mentT. . a n d . condernncd t h e sort ; yo$ . p r o s e i y t ~ s m which iss i imes t h z t a use - f u l pu rpose 'is s e r v e d by s e e k i n g t o b l u d g e o n . t h e m a n - i n - t h e - s t r c e t ' in.- t~ a c o n v i c t i o n t h a t UFOs e x i s t . There i s a r e 2 1 d a n ~ e r ; u n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h a t i n t e l l i g e n t p e r s o n s , such 2s o u r ' c o l l e a g u e s i n SIUFOP would seem t o b e , may be d e t e r r e d by a l l t h e f o l l y and humbug f rom t h e r e a l i z a t i o n t h a t , a s D r . J . A l l e n Hynek h s s s u p g e s t e d , t h e r e i s a s i g n a l i n t h e n o i s e .

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Ralph Kramer 2nd f i v e of h i s c h i l d r e n , a g e s 9 t o 1 5 , watched a group o f c o l o r e d l i p h t s move a c r o s s t h e s k y about 10:05 t h e n i g h t of J u l y 1, 1970, and admi t t ed l a t e r i n g i v i n g t h e r e p o r t t o M r . Leonard Sturm, o f Deca tu r , I l l . , t h a t he was f r i g h t e n e d and t h a t "he f e l t an a t t r a c t i o n t o them--poss ib ly a men ta l communication of some kind."

M r . Kramer, owner of Kramer's L e t t e r i n g and S p o r t i n g Goods Co.? 305 South Oakland Ave., Decatur and a l s o a C i t y f i r e m a n , was d r i ~ l n . 5 e a s t on Highway 24 when he and t h e c h i l d r e n observed t h e l i g h t s n e a r Rea 's Br idge , n o r t h e a s t of Decatur .

A group of from 1 5 t o 30 red and g r e e n l i g h t s i n a geomet r i c p a t t e r ! were moving j u s t over t h e t r e e t o p s t o t h e r i g h t of t h e c a r . Suddenly

a , t h e l i g h t s s t o p p e d , and t h r e e b r i l l i a n t w h i t e s e a r c h l i g h t s came on f o r a minute o r two, and t h e o b s e r v e r s cou ld s e e a c o u n t r y home under t h e l i g h t s . A s t h e " s e a r c h l i g h t s t r went o f f , t h e o b j e c t moved e a s t , t h e n s o u t h , b e i n g under o b s e r v a t i o n f o r f o u r o r f i v e minu tes ,

The o b j e c t when f i rs t s e e n seemed t o b e f l y i n g a lmost p a r a l l e l t o t h e road i n a n e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n a t abou t 3 0 MPH. It s topped d i r e c t l y above t h e home o f Grady E. Davis , on t h e s o u t h s i d e of H e a t s Br idge Road, about $ m i l e wes t of t h e b r i d g e . Then t h e o b j e c t f l e w e a s t f o r a b l b k k , t h e n s o u t h e a s t e r l y toward t h e l a k e , and f i n a l l y s o u t h w e s t e r l y ,u

over t h e l a k e channe l , toward t h e c i t y , a t a h i g h r a t e of speed, Kramer s a i d t h e r e d and g r e e n l i g h t s spanned a d i s t a n c e o f abou t

20 f e e t , and t h e w h i t e l i g h t s a d i s t a n c e o f 12 f e e t . He d e s c r i b e d ths r e d and green l i g h t s a s acorn shaped and i n a doub le l a y e r , a l t e r n a t - .

. i n g r e d and g r e e n w i t h a r e d l i g h t be tween- two g r e e n l i g h t s , an'd c ~ p - o s i t e a g r e e n l i g h t , t h u s forming a d e f n i t e p a t t e r n . They seemed t o be mounted on a frame r a t h e r t h a n a s o l i d body, a s t h e o b s e r v e r s fe'.;) t h e > - could always s e e a l l of t h e l i g h t s , none e v e r seeming t o b e b lockz4 ou t by any s o l i d s t r u c t u r e . The c o l o r e d l i p h t s were suspended, l i k e a n a c o r n w i t h t h e t i p down, and were glowing and t r a n s l u c e n t , w i t h ng b r i g h t s p o t a s a Cilament makes i n s i d e a n i n c a n d e s c e n t lampbulb. -he l i g h t s d id n o t b l i n k o r f l a s h o r chage p o s i t i o n r e l a t i v e t o each o t h e r The t h r e e b r i l l i a n t w h i t e f l o o d l i g h t s were mounted a t t h e l e v e l of ti:? lower row of c o l o r e d l i g h t s . M r . Kramer s a i d t h e y seemed t o be 1 5 t i m , b r i p h t e r thari any ca rbon a r c lamps he had e v e r s e e n , and t h e y wera co:-:._ shaped.

There a r e no p o l e s , e l e c t r i c l i n e s , t e l e v i s i o n o r r a d i o towers i n t h e Davis home a r e a - t h a t would have s e r v e d a s mounting f o r t h e lie!? The l i g h t on t h e Davis home and ya rd seemed t o be b r i g h t e r t h a n day- l i g h t , and Anne Kramer, 1 5 , s a i d s h e though t you cou ld have s e e n a n e e d l e i n t h e g r a s s ,

Al tho t h e Krarners came w i t h i n 100 f e e t o f t h e l i g h t s , t h e y s a i d t h e r e was no sound from t h e o b j e c t . The Davis f a m i l y , q u e s t i o n e d l a t e r , s a i d t h e y were r e t i r i n g - f o r t h e n i g h t , w i t h t h e d r a p e s drawn, and had n o t n o t i c e d t h e l i g h t o u t s i d e o r a n y t h i n g u n s u a l a s a p o s s i b l e s i d e e f f e c t of t h e l i g h t s .

Karen, a g e 1 0 , s a i d t h e l i g h t s reminded h e r of a Chris tmas t r e e . C r e d i t : Leonard Sturm, Deca,tur , 111. ------------------------------L-------------____--__________ -I-------------------------------------- _______

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M r , 2nd Mrs. John Brown ( n o t t h e i r r e a l npmes) h2d a n experience t h e n i g h t o f Feb. 15, 1967, which t h e y w i l l n o t f o r g e t . The Brown? l i v e on Route 2 , n e a r Weston, T4issol.lri ( a s m e l l community 1 5 m i l e s n o r t h w e s t of Kansas C i t y ) n c e r che i K s s o u r i R i v e r and were d r i v i n g home f rom Weston a b o u t 7:OU p.m., g o i n g e a s t on Route P when t h e y s u d d e n l y saw "two r O b J S of l i g h t s , which looked l i k e l i g h t s on a 5211 f i e l d .

T h e r e were e i g h t l i g h t s v i s i t - l e d i r e c t l y ahezd of them, o r d u e c ? s t c Brown s t z t e d t h a t he t i lought +,i-!;~ t h e l i g h t s w 6 . m on an a i r p l a n e when f i r s t s e e n . They were l i k e neon li,r;?t,s and d i d n o t dim o r brig ' i :enn The s k y was c l e a r , b u t d a r k . Erown d ~ e s n o t remember s e e i n g ally s t z r s o r t h e moon.

I They c o n t i n u e d 0.4 m i l e when Route P t u r n e d s h a r p l y t o t h e l e f t , and Brown d e c i d e d t o c o n t i n u e on i n a n e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n on a g r a v e l r o a d t h a t l e f t Route P a t t h a t p o i n s , a s he was c u r i o u s ?bou t t h e l iph t .3 and wanted t o approach them. He had been d r i v i n g about350 mph, hl:s s lowed t o a b o u t 30 m i l e s on t h e g r a v e l r o a d . liihen t h e y w e r e w i t . L n an e s t i m z t e d 0.2 m i l e f rom t h e p o i n t where t h e l i g h t s were hovkc ing , t h e y c o u l d s e e t h s t t h c r e were two s e p a r a t e o b ' e c t s - - o n e h o v e r k g t o 2 t h e l e f t of t h e r-oad, t h e o t h e r t o t h e r i g h t . a c h o b j e c t consl.s'c;eci o f f o u r l i g h t s , t h e same c o l o r and s i z e . As t h e Browns cpae w~.t':ln 0.1 m i l e of t h e o b j e c t s , t h e y could s e e t h e o b j e c t on t h e r i g h r , w?a abou t 25 f e e t f rom t h e r o a d , w h i l e t h e one on t h e l e f t w2s ~ h o u : 19 f e e t f romr t h e road . They were h o v e r i n g - a b o v e t h e ground ;)I; ?bout . i J k ~ same heFght and,Brown estimc7ted t h e y were some 1 5 0 t o 1'75 f e e t abov? t h e ground. '

When s l i g h t l y l e s s t h a n 0.1 m i l e f rom t h e o b j e c t s , t h e one on I.' .: r i g h t moved away t o w ~ r d s t h e s o u t h , d e s c r i b i n g a s l i g h t a r c - It r?:>vw a t a h i g h r p t e o f speed and no sound W ~ S hear<,The l i p h t s d i T ; nf:, change i n i n t e n s i t y o r c o l o r , a n d t h e o b j e c t d i s z p p e z r e d i n a iew seconds .

The o b j e c t t o t h e l e f t d i d n o t move. Brown s t o p p e d h i s c z r i n t!i-2 middle of t h e r o a d a t a p o i n t some 10 f ~ e t f rom t h k n c a r edge of t ' t e o b j e c t . He r o l l e d down t h e s i d e window f o r a b e t t e r l o o k , b u t . c o s l c s e e no d e f i n i t e s h z p e , j u s t t h e f o u r l i g h t s , Agzin t h e r c wes no so-cqd, ~ n d B r w n e s t i m p t e d t h e o b j e c t , which seemid t o wobble s l i g h t l y i n i t s h o v e r i n g , t o be some 50 f e e t i n d i z m e t e r ( t h e d i a m e t ~ r of t h e row of l i g h t s 1 . The o b j e c t w ~ s -1.arpcr t h a n a g r ~ p e f r u i t 2 t a r m ' s l e n g t h ~ n d wes a t 2n a n g l e of ~ b s u t 70 t o 80 d e g r e e s j u s t ahead of and t o t h e l e f t of t h e c ? r . Brown hzd t u r n e d o f f t h e e n g i n e , which had n o t been a f f e c t e d by t h e o b j e c t , and t h e c a r r a d i o w ~ s n o t on.

A s t h e o b j e c t seemed t o be s l o w l y d e s c e n d i n g t o t h e ground and toward t h e Brown c a r , Mrs. Brown became f r i g h t e n e d and a s k e d h e r husband- t o l e a v e t h e s c e n e . As Brown s t a r t e d h i s c a r which r o l l e d fo rwzrd a f o o t o r two, t h e l i g h t s on the o b j e c t s u d d e n l y went o u t , anC a t t h e ssme t i m e a r e d l i g h t a p p e ~ r e d 2 t t h e t o p f r o n t s e c t i o n o f t h e o b j e c t and a l o u d r o 2 r wes h e a r d and what appea red t o b e smoke czme from t h e r e a r s e c t i o n . The r o a r i n g sound and smoke c o n t i n u e d f o r a b o u t 4 t o 5 s e c o n d s , and t h e o b j e c t s t f i r t e d t o move i n a n o r t h t - r l y d i r e c t i ~ n , Out of t h e smoke, t h e o b j e c t wzs v i s i b l e a s a d a r k egg-shape e g a l n s c t h e s k y , and t h e r e d l i g h t was s t i l l on. The o b j e c t moved t o t h ~ n o r t h f o r a veyy s h o r t d i s t 2 n c e , p i cked up spged and t u r n e d northcc?s;; and disappeared i n t h e d i s t a n c e i n a m a t t e r o f s e c o ~ d s . I n v i s i c i n g t h e a r e a w i t h Rrown zr:d r e t r a c i n g the - e v e n t s , it i s es i amated t::n t o t 2 1 cb-. s e r v ? t i . o n tim IWS ~ b o u t 3 t o 3 ; n i n u t c s Q

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R e s i d e n t s o f Dunn, N . C . , Repor t B r i g h t , Moving L i g h t Ry A n c ~ l n C a p . p A . r P l l a T I T !

On t h e n i g h t o f June 18, 1970, t h e t e l e p h o n e began t o r i n g a t r a d ? o s t a t i o n WCKB, t h e l o c a l newspaper o f f i c e , 2nd t h e Dunn P o l i c e s t a t i o n a s a b o u t h a l f a dozen r e w i d e n t s r e p o r t e d a h r g e round l i e h t moving e a s t . Upon l e a r n i n g o f t h i s s i g h t i n g t h e Nor th E a r o l i n a UFO Repor t - i n g Network r e 2 c t e d by c o n d u c t i n g t e l e p h o n e i n t e r v i e w s w i t h t h r e e of t h e p r i n c i p z l w i t n e s s e s which could b e l o c a t e d June 22 and 2 3 .

Mrs. Henry Baldwin wzs s i t t i n g i n h ~ r y a r d a l o n e w i t h f r i e n d s and + e l 2 t i v e s whdn t h e y n o t i c e d an o b j e c t which had a p p e s r e d i n t h e e a s t , It was a round b a l l , r e d d i s h - o r z n g e i n c o l o r , and moving n o r t h e a s t o The e d g e s o f t h e o b j e c t were even and round. I t was t h e s i z e of a s a u c e r o r o n e - f o u r t h t h e s i z e o f t h e f u l l moon. She s a i d t h z t t h e ob- j e c t was moving s l o w c r t h a n a n a i r p l ~ n e 2nd wes much l ~ r p e r t h a n e n a i r p l ~ n e l i g h t . A l l of t h e w i t n e s s e s n o t i c e d t h a t t h e o b j e c t s cened t o b e . t r a i l i n g smoke behind i t . Though t h e s i g h t i n g o n l y l a s t e d a few se 'conds, Mrs: Beldwin was f r i g h t e n e d and r 2 n o n t o t h e c z r p o r t , b u t by t h i s t i m e ' t h e o t h e r s informed h e r t h e t t h e o b j e c t hzd s u d d e n l y d i s - a p p e a r e d . The s i g h t i n g t o o k p l z c e b e t u ~ e n 10 and 11 p.m,

It w 2 s be twsen 10 ?nd 11 p.m. when b'irs. J e r r y Smith a l o n g w i t h Mrs. Dody Warr'en saw t h e o b j e c t . They were a b o u t a m i l e somewhzt s o u t h o f , Dunn on U . S . 421 head ing t o w ~ r d s Dunn. Suddenly , Mrs. Smi th no- t i c e d a n $ o b j e c t i n f r o n t of them a b o u t t h e h e i g h t o f an a i r p l a n e . The o b j e c t was coming t o w ~ r d s them and a t an a n g l e a s i f f a l l i n g i n t h e i r d i r e c t i o n . It was t w i c e a s b i g a s 2 cc?r h e a d l i g h t and, much b r i g h t e r . When t h c y r e z c h e d a cu rve i n t h e r o s d , t h e o b j e c t t h ~ n w2s t o t h e i r r i g h t . J u s t a s t h e y were p u l l i n g o f f t h e r o ~ d , Mrs. Smith s ~ i d t h a t t h e o b j e c t went o u t , whereupon smoke went u p w ~ r d from i t ; For a s c q a n 4 Mrs. Smi th saw a coup le of l i t t l e red l i g h t s , 2.5. on a n a i r p l e n e , w h i c 5 appea red a t , t h e p o i n t t h e o b j e c t seemed t o d i s a p p e a r .

Mrs. Warren, who w 2 s d r i v i n g t h e a u t o m o b i l e , conf i rmed most of Mrs., S m i t h ' s a c c o u n t . However, s h e s t a t e d t h z t t h e o b j e c t was y e i l o w i s h - - r e 3 and t h e edges appez red b l u r r y ; Befo re i t d i s a p p e z r e d , s h e ' s a w many s m a l l l i g h t s a round i t 2nd d i d n o t s c e t h e two r e d l i g h t s a f t e r it d i s a p p e a r e d . She a l s o added t h z t , because s h e w2s d r i v i n p , s h e c o u l d n o t s e e it a s w e l l a s h e r companion. The er:ti:-e i n c i d e ~ t l a s t e d a b o u t on'e minute .

I n v e s t i g a t o r ' s Remzrks: M ~ k i n g t h e ? s s ~ , x p t i o n % h 2 t b o t h s e t s of w i t n e s s e s s2w t h e ssme ob, ject ( n o t i c e t h e s i i n i l z r i t y i n d e s c r i p t i o n ) , we 2 r e f ~ c e d w i t h two d i s c r e p e n c i e s : t h ~ t of t i m e and d i r e c t i o n , I n s p e a k i n g w i t h t h e r a d i o s t a t i o n and p o l i c e s t z t i o n , a s w e l l ~ l s c a l c u - l a t i n g it from a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m t i o n s u p p l i e d by Mrs. Wzrren , it scec,,; t h e t i m e of t h e i n c i d e n t can be s h o r t c n e d t o between 10 2nd 10:30 p.m, A s t o d i r e c t i o n , t h i s i n v e s t i g a t o r c o n s i d e r s it more r e l i e b l e t o con- s i d e r Mrs. Smith 2nd Mrs. Warrens ' r e p o r t t h 2 t it moved f rom wes t ( p r o b a b l y NW o r N N W ) t o e a s t ( p r o b e b l y SE) b e s e d - o n t h e o b j e c t ' s o r i e n - t a t i o n t o t h e road whose d i r e c t i o n i s known. Mrs. Bpldwin i s p r o b a b l y i n e r r o r when s h e s t p t e s t h ~ t i t moved f rom E t o NE. A l l t h r e e w i t - n e s s e s a d m i t t e d t h a t t he i i - . s e n s e of d i r e c t i o n i s poor and s o n s i d e r i n g i t was a t n i g h t , t h i s i s under s t zndab l -e . N e i t h e r Polk AFB n o r Seymour Johnson AFB knew of any a i r p l a n e s o r b a l l o o n s i n t h e a r e a a t t h a t t i m e , The n i g h t was c l e a r w i t h a f u l l moon. The n e a r e s t w e a t h e r s t ~ t i o n a t Raleigh-Durham a i r p o r t r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e c o n d i t i o n s were n o t a p p r o p r i - a t e f o r r e f r a c t i o n and d i s p e r s i o n t o t z k e p l e c e due t o l a c k o f t e r . ? e ~ - a t u r e i n v e r s i o n s , C r e d i t : Nor th C a r o l i n a UFO R e p o r t i n g Network, w i t h M r . C a p p a r e l l a a s i n v e s t i g a t o r - r e p o r t e r .

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The c r z f t , a c c o r d i n g t o Y i s . Luebben's e y e w i t n e s s a c c o u n t , appeared t o be c o n s t r u c t e d o f two c i r c ~ : l a r s t r u c t u r e s , t h e l a r g e r one m t c ? lit w i t h an i n t e n s e glowing b l u e l i g h t . The bottom one , v:hich a p p a r - ed t o be connected by some s o r t oi' r ~ d , was a neon, giowi-ng yel low. M r s . Luebben s a i d it looked l i k e t h r e e i r o n - b a r t y p e appendages wer? on t h e bottom of t h e c r a f t , a l t h o u g h i t d i d n o t s i t down, b u t hovered over t h e a r e a .

The o b j e c t hovered i n t h e area between t h e Luebbenfs house , which i s l o c a t e d on Lu-Roy Lane about s i x b l o c k s e a s t of highway 60-70-89, and t h e highway. Lulu s a i d t h e l i g h t was s o b r i g h t t h a t s h e could iden+ , i fy t y p e s o f v e h i c l e s moving on t h e highway beh ind t h e c r a f t , s u c h a s a semi - t ruck , lumber t r u c k e t c . A f t e r a b o u t 1 5 m i n u t e s , t h e o b j e c t I I ~ G . J ~ ~

t o t h e o t h e r s i d e of t h e hiphway, and Flrs. Luebben r e p o r t e d t h a t she was s u r e of t h i s because c a r s p a s s i n g on t h e highway were between :he

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30 minutes , t h e n moved o f f t o t h e sou thwes t . Although t h e s i g h t i n g may sound l i k e s c i e n c e f i c t i o n , s e v e r a l o t h e r

people i n t h e a r e a have s e e n ob, jec ts i n t h e sky a t n i e h t w i t h apparen t - l y t h e s?me i n t e n s e b l u e l i g h t .

Hud Hutchison, emnloyed a s a s e c u r i t y guard a t Fa lcon F i e l d , s a i d he and two o t h e r men w,tched an o b j e c t w i t h t h e szme t y p e of b l u e l i g h t s l o w l y c r o s s t h e sky t o w ~ r d s W i l l i 3 m s AFB. s a i d ~t t h e t i m e a l l t h r e e men had t o r e a s s u r e each o t h e r t h s t t h e y h a d n ' t been dreaming-

Two p e r s o n s i n t h e Bush Highway a r e a l a s t October s i g h t e d an o b j z c t a g a i n i d e n t i f i a b l e by t h e same b l u e l i g h t , c r o s s i n g t h e s k y t o t h e w e s t , Mrs. D o r i s Mathews and Richard S a y e r s , b o t h o f Boston S t . , j u s t west of Bush, watched t h a t t h e y though t was a b r i l l i a n t b l u e f a l l i n g s t a r suddenly appear t o t h e southwest and c r o s s t h e s k y toward t h e n o r t h .

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went o u t a s though i t had been e x t i n g u i s h e d . Once a g a i n , b o t h persons had t o r e a s s u r e each o t h e r t h e y had a c t u a l l y s e e n such a n o b j e c t i n t h e sky.

Checks w i t h t h e P i n a l County S h e r i f f ' s O f f i c e and t h e Arizona High- way P a t r o l f s % l a y p o o l and Phoenix O f f i c e s r e v e a l e d no r e p o r t s by rnotoi-- i s ts of s i g h t i n g unusua l l i g h t s a l o n g t h e highways around Apache Junc- t i o n .

A check w i t h Wil l iams A i r Force Base produced t h e i ~ f o r r n a t i o n t h a t Wil l iams had no a i r c r a f t o p e r a t i o n a l a t t h e t i m e o f L u l u ' s s i g h t i n g s and t h a t t h e r e have been no r e p o r t e d s i g h t i n g s of UFOs w i t h i n t h e l a s t s ix months.

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T r a n s c r i b e d from m i c r o f i l m c o p i e s s e c u r e d from t h e Q u i n c y P u b l i c L i b r a r y , Q u i n c y , I l l i n o i s , o f t h e f o l l o w i n g news- p a p e r s o f t h a t era-- lVQuincy Morning Whigf1 2nd l lQuincy D a i l y ,Herald.If Research by Wal t e r H . Andrus, Jr.

E d i t o r ' s Note: Beg inn ing i n t h i s i s s u e of SKYLOOK w i t h t h e f i r s t men- t i o n of t h e a i r s h i p on A p r i l 4, 1837, a page , more o r l e s s , w i l l be devoted t o t h i s s e r i e s e v e r y mgnth u n t i l t h e e n t i r e c o l l e c t i o n i s used , T h i s i s a f i n e c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e h i s t o r y of t h e much-wri t tp4i-?bout a i r s h i p . Every a r t i c l e t h a t f o l l o w s is an e x a c t q u o t e , w i t h n o t h i n g added and n o t h i n g d e l e t e d ,

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N i l e s , Mich. A ~ r i l 3--In many towns i n s o u t h w e s t e r n Michigan c i t i z e n s a v e r t h ~ t l a s t - T h u r s d a y n i g h t t h e y saw an a i r s h i p h o v e r i n g i n t h e hea- vens. A t Cz le sburg , a b o u t - 1 0 o ' c l o c k t h a t n i g h t . t h e c i t i z e n s were s t a r t l e d by a s h a r p c r p c k l i n g sound , accompanied by a b t r i l l i a n t w h i t e l i g h t , e v i d e n t l y coming from ab,ove. The phenomenon l a s t e d ' n e a r l y a minu te , a d adhid t h e confus ion s e v c r a l of t h e s p e c t a t o r s a r e p o s i L i v e t h e y saw a huge b h c k o b j e c t , t i p p e d w i t h f l a m e , a t a g r e a t d i s t ? ; ~ c d above t h e e 2 r t h and moving nor thward . Some d e c l a r e t h e y - h e a r d h c m m v o i c e s coming from t h e o b j e c t . They a r e s u r e i t was an a i r s h i p *

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b r a s k a , pessed o v e r t h i s c i t y a t 8 o l c l o c k Mond~y even ing . I t appc&~-.- ed i n t h e n o r t h w e s t a s a l z r g e r e d l i g h t , and a s i t approsched t h e c i t y a d a r k o u t l i n e was f a i n t l y d i s c o n c e r n c d . The f a c t t h ~ t t h e ob-- j e c t t r a v e l e d f r o m - t h e n o r t h w e s t w h i l e t h e wind was from t h e sou the as^- goes t o prove i t w2s n o t a b a l l o o n .

Moscow--A 33-pound m e t e o r i t e c r a s h e d i n t o a s t r e e t i n t h e U k r a i n i a n c i t y o f Yago t in , d i g g i n g a deep p i t , t h e Russ i zn news agency T a s s r e - p o r t e d Sa tu rday . T a s s s a i d t h e N e t e o r i t e wes a chunk of i c e , which s h a t t e r e d i n t o g r e e n i s h c r y s t ~ l s on impac t .

Meteorology e x p e r t s f rom Kiev U n i v e r s i t y he lped d e t e r ~ i n e t h e m i s - . s i l e was a comet and not a hugh h a i l s t o n e . ( S o u r c e , " A r k ~ n s a s G ~ z e t t e , " J u l y 5 , 1970. Credi t --Lou F z r i s h )

I N OTHERS' WORDS . . . . . . . . By Lucius F a r i s h -7

The magazine, SPUTNIK, i s a s o r t of "Russian READER'S DIGEST, " pre - se 'Mng a r t i c l e s f rom -a v a r i e t y of S o v i e t p u b l i c a t i o n s , t r a n s l a t e d i n t o E n g l i s h . I n t h e p s s t , have c a r r i e d UFO a r t i c l e s by such w r i t e r s a s F e l i x S i e g e 1 ( o r and klexar,der Kazantsev. The June 1970 i s s u e o f SPUTNIK c o n t a i n s a ve-ry i n t e r e s t i n g a r t i c l e by V i c t o r Demidov, con- c e r n i n g a p o s s i b l e UFO lIcrashT1 s i t e . A m y s t e r i o u s c r a t e r found i n Kar - e l i a i n 1961 i s t h e f o c a l p o i n t of t h e a r t i c l e , a s no l l n a t u r a l l ' e x p l a - n a t i o n has y e t been found t o e x p l a i n it. T h i s i s one more i n d i c a t i o n

. t h a t t h e R u s s i s n s a r e wellawareof t h e UFO p o s s i b i l i t y , d e s p i t e t h e o f f i c i a l pronouncements t o t h e c o n t r a r y . Demidovls a r t i c l e is w e l l

, : .wor th r e a d i n g . The August i s s u e of SAGA c o n t a i n s two a r t i c l e s d e a l i n g w i t h UFOs.

The- f i r s t , bv -Ot to , 0 . Binder , d e a l s w i t h c o n t a c t e e Ted Owens, who c l a i m s t o have a d i r e c t l1p ipe l ine" t o t h e b e i n g s he d e s i g n e t e s a s S I s ( S a u c e r I n t e l l i g e n c e s o r Space I n t e l l i g e n c e s ) . Owens h2s a l l e g e d l y p r e d i c t e d a number of o c c u r r e n c e s , c a t a s t r o p h i c and o t h e r w i s e , s i n c e h i s c o n t a c t s began. The p r e s e n t a r t i c l e i s P a r t I , s o y o u ' l l have t o s h e l l out a n o t h e r 50$ f o r P a r t I1 i n t h e September i s s u e i f you want t h e f u l l s t o r y .

The o t h e r SAGA a r t i c l e , by Hsr ry L . Helms, J r . , r e l a t e s ( o r r e h a s h e s ) some -of: t h e p u c l i s r goings-on i n v o l v i n g our s p a c e s a t e l l i t e s . S i n c e

. S,putnik 11, a v a r i e t y of enigmas have b a f f l e d our s p a c e s c i e n t i s t s - - s a t e l l i t e s which m y s t e r i o u s l y d i s a p p e a r from o r b i t e t c . UFO s i g h t i n g s by a s t r o n a u t s , a r e a l s o r e c o u n t e d , a l though no new r e p o r t s a r e i n c l u d e d .

. T h i s - i s a n o t h e r of tho-se interest i n g - i f - t r u e a r t i c l e s . It i s unders tqodi t h a t t h e OFFICIrAL GUIDE TO UFOs, pub l i shed by

SCIENCE & MECHANICS, megazine some t i m e ago , i-s mow a v a i l a b l e i n a r paperback e d i t i o n f rom Ace Books. I do n o t know i f t h i s e d i t i o n h a s been r e v i s e d o r upda ted , b u t any l a t e r i n f o r m a t i o n w i l l a p p e a r i n a f u t u r e column.

John K e e l ' s a r t i c l e , "Fabled o f t h e UFO Age," a p p e a r s . i n t h e August i s s u e of FATE. M r . Keel c i t e s a number of "buff f a b l e s " and t h e n a t - t empts t o demol i sh e s c h of them. U n f o r t u n a t e l y , h i s own r e a s o n i n g l e a v e s a g r e a t d e a l t o be d e s i r e d and one wonders why he b r o u g h t up t h e s u b j e c t i n t h e f i rs t p l z c e , I--:-=----=------------------------------------~==========-~-~~=

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Two Gray' O b j e c t s , With L i g h t s , F l y Over Oregon

From t h e "Cqlumbia P r e s s ," A s t o r i a , Oregon, A p r i l 3 0 , 1970: --Twg u n i d e n t i f i e d f l v l n g o b j e c t s wcre r e p o r t e d s i g h t e d o v e r t h e J e f f r r s Gardens a r e a gunday n i p h t about midnight .

Weiklo T e l e n s a i d t h e v cpme from t h e n o r t h , ?bout t h e d i r e c t i o n of Chinook, a t g r e c t speed which he t h i n k s was over 500 m i l e s a n hour. The o b j e c t s were g r a y and round w i t h f l ~ s h i n k l i g h t s , f l y i n g p a s t bout 2000 f c e t h i g h i n t h e a i r . Fred Sheeder saw thcm f i r s t and c e l l e d Mr. T e l e n t o watch. The UFO's were t r a v e l i n g ?bou t h a l f a b l o c k from each o t h e r and d i s a p p e a r e d t o t h e s o u t h . C r e d i t : The U.F.O.R.C. ' C l i p p i n g S e r v i c e , 3521 S. W . 1 0 4 t h , S e a t t l e , Washinpton. E d i t o r ' s Note: Rod Dyke o p e r a t e s t h e c l i p p i n g service.. The June c l i p s numbered '15- lega l s i z e peges of UFO r e p o r t s from t h e Uni ted S t a t e s and e l sewhere . Your UFO o r g a n i z a t i o n would be i n t e r e s t e d i n t h i s

,monthly s e r v i c e , and we s u g g e s t you w r i t e M r . Dyke f o r f u r t h c r details.

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The t i n y p l a n e t , Mercury, r e a c h e s i t s g r e a t e s t a n g u l a r d i s t a n c e , e a s t of t h e sun on August 16, and w i , l l be s e t t i n g a n hour a f t e r sm- s e t . The v e r y b r i 1 l i ; n t p l a n e % , Venus, w i l l b e s e e n i n t h e west-. n o r t h w e s t - a f t e r s l ~ n s e t , s e t t l i n g bekwcen 1 0 : 3 0 and 11 p.m. Venus wil-1 b e q u i t e n e a r t h e d i s t a n t p l a n e t , Urznus ( v i s i b l e i n b i n o c u l 2 r s a t 6 t h magni tude) on t h e even ing cf August i!+. On August 30 i t w i l l b e n e a r t h e s t a r , S p i c a , magnitude 1.2. The p l a n e t Mars w i l l h o t be v i s i b l e d u r i n g t-he month.

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hour may b e s e e n . .b -1. -0. 4. 4, .a- -L .L d, .s- .L .L .*, d, .L .L 0, .L -8- .b -0, .L .a* -8 , .a. -8 - .B* .v> -8- d, .L .r, .L .b .L .,. .,. .,' a,. . ' I .I. .I. ,,. -,. . , . . ., . , ,. ., . .,. ,,. -, . ., . ,,. ,,. >,. ,, . ,, . - ,.,, - - ,.,,..,. * ,..,..,. , ,..,. q.,,..,.

Old M i s s o u r i R e p o r t - C a r r i e d i n A i r F o r c e F i l e s

A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 4 :30 a.m. on Feb. 9 , 1968, t h e o b s e r v e r was awaken- ed by s e v e r a l of h i s cows bawling. The o b s e r v e r r u s h e d t o h i s l i - v i ~ ~ room and s i g h t e d a c r a f t t h a t was e s t i m a t e d t o b e a b o u t 3.00 ft.:>-, 5-1 d i a m e t e r and had concave s i d e s . A b r i g h t ye l low-green 1 igh . t c , , x f r m t h e concave s i d e s of t h e c r a f t and t h e c r a f t i t s e l f prcdc?,;:q a ; ) l ~ l s ~ c . - i n g sound s i m i l a r t o a p i e c e of w i r e w h i r l e d a t h i g h s ~ ~ s d aSsv2 a p e r s o n ' s head. During t h i s t i n e b t h e cows were- r e p o r + , c d i y s t , ? r l n g z;, t h e o b j e c t which t h e o b s e r v e r e s t i m t e d t o b e a b o u t 103 t o 290 frl-9'-. away and a b o u t 25 f e e t above t h e ground. F i n a l l y t h e cows ' d n i r l c 3r;G r a n i n t o t h e b a r n . S h o r t l y a f t e r w a r d t h e c r a f c moved 2 ~ 2 j r 7'zpid.i; . ward t h e sou thwes t . A t t h i s t i m e t h e n o i s e was r e p o r t e d l y t r ; s or :57-~'.3

t imes l o u d e r and t h e sound p u l s a t i o n s were more r a p i d . 7'112 d l l r -a t i cn o f t h e s i g h t i n g was 1 t o 5 minu";ns. Note: The o b s e r v e r i s sc.m$i~ha", n e a r s i g h t e d h u t w a s n o t wear ing h i s g l a s s e s d u r i n g t h e o b s e r v a t i o n ,

Comments: S e v e r a l p o l i c e depa r tmen t s and s e v e r a l a i r p o r t s i n t h e a r e a s t a t e d t h a t t h e y had not s e e n a n y t h i n g u n u s u a l and no one ha5 r e p o r t e d a n y s i m i l a r o b j e c t t o them. No e o f t h e a i r p o r t s t h z t IT- sponded t o t h e r e q u e s t f o r infor rna t ionh$<ny 8 h e l i c o p t e r a c t i v i t y i n t h e a r e a b u t s e v e r a l t h o u g h t t h e descripLic7n sornewhat s i m i l a r t o tha:; of a t u r b i n e h e l - i c o p t e r , e s p e c i a l l y w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e sound. Howevc1.- because no d e f i n i t e h e l i p v p t e r a c t i v i t y could be p l a c e d i n t h e a r e a 2.i t h e t i m e of t h e s i g h t i n g , t h e r e p o r t i s c ~ r r i e d a s u n i d e n t i f i e d i n A i r Force f i l e s . C r e d i t : Ted ~ h i l l i ~ s , Jr. ________ _ ---- --------- ---- .

ENCOUNTERS WITH ALIENS: UFOs and A l i e n Beinps i n S c i e n c e F i c t i o n . Sc'- ence F i c t i o n ? ? ? Yes, but w i t h a d i f f e r e n c e ! ENCOUNTERS h a s been cornpiis by George W. E a r l e y , a u f o r e s e z r c h e r f o r n e z r l y 20 y e a r s (member N i C - 4 1 - APRO, SITU e t c ) I n t r o d u c t i o n by I v a n T. S ~ n d e r s o n , w r i t t e n s p e c i f i c a l l : f o r ENCOUNTERS. Also c o n t a i n s O r t o n ' s "The Four-Faced V i s i t o r s of Ez.. ek ie l ,17 a d e t a i l e d NON-FICTION s t u d y of t h e B i b l i c a l accoufit o f EzekF3 l i - encoun te r w i t h a l i e n s . . t h i s i s t h e o n l y i l l u s t r a t e d h a r d - z o - ~ e r Scol: ::. c o n t a i n t h i s c o p y r i g h t e d s t u d y ! To o b t a i n your c o ~ p , p c r s o ~ a l l y azt.-;;:..-:, . ed by M r . E a r l e y , send $4.95 t o : Donald 14. Gran t : B o o k s e l l e r , West Kings ton , Rhodc I s l a n d , 02892. -.-- i ' \dvertisem?nt,

- B r i g h t O b j e c t Msy Have Been Venus

Mrs. Brown ( n o t h e r r e a l name) and h e r d a u g h t e r saw a v e r y b r i g h t , w h i t e " s t a r - l i k e f s o b j e c t w h i l e d r i v i n g on Route H between H u g h s v i l l e a n d S e d a l i a , Mo., between 1 0 and iD:3O p.m., CDST, J u l y 3 , 1970. The l i g h t appea red t o be moving v e r y s l o w l y o r h o v e r i n g a s t h e y were a l m o s t d i r e c t l y b e n e a t h . t h e o b j e c t . A t t h i s c l o s e s t p o i n t , o n l y t h e b r i g h t , w h i t e l i g h t cou ld b e s e e n . The o b j e c t moved away t o w ~ r d s t h e n o r t h - w e s t and t u r n e d p i n k - r e d i n c o l o r a d ' ! three o r f o u r r e d l i g h t s " were s e e n on t h e bot tom s e c t i o n . I t was under o b s e r v a t i o n f o r 20 m i n u t e s and moved.out o f v iew beyond t h e t r e e l i n e ,

Ted, P h i l l i p s , o f S e d a l i a , who i n v e s t i g a t e d t h i s s i g h t i n g , makes t h i s comment: "When f i rs t s e e n , i t appea red b r i g h t and w h i t e i n c o l o r ; t t h e w i t n e s s e s were d r i v i n g s o t h e r e was t h e motion o f t h e i r c a r t o b e cons id .e red . A s t h e y d r o v e , t h e o b j e c t seemed t o g e t c l o s e r , o r h i g h e r apove t h e h o r i z o n ; t h i s may have been due t o t h e chanpirlg p o s i t i o n of t h e a u t o m o b i l e i n r e l a t i o n t o t h e h o r i z o n . . . it had l i t t l e o r no mo- t i o n and f i n a l l y ' e i t h e r l anded o r moved behind t r e e s i n t h e d i s t a n c e , : It d i s a p p e a r e d i n t h e n o r t h w e s t , a s does Venus; it was l a s t s e e n a t a b o u t 1 0 : 3 0 p.m. Venus s e t s a t a b o u t 1 0 : 3 0 i n t h e n o r t h w e s t . The t i m e , t h e a p p a r e n t mot ion and t h e c o l o r , c h a n g e , a l o n g w i t h t h e d i r e c t i o n s

' i n v o l v e d , . would s - t r o n g l y s u p g e s t Venus . l l

Burned C i r c l e i n ' I l l i n o i s

- Mrs. Roset. ta Holmes, o f C a r l y l e , a d d s a n o t h e r t o t h e l i s t of m:;,-s- t e r i o u s burned c i r c l e s which have been r e p o r t e d from t i m e t o t i m 2 i i i a l l p a r t s d f t h e g l o b e ,

The o b s e r v e r s , who do n o t ivish t h e i r names u s e d , were a m i l e s o u t h of Huey, I l l . , t h e n i p h t o f August 1 5 , 1967, when phey okservcd a b r i g h t , r e d , b l i n k i n g l i g h t d i r e c t l y above them. l h e y compared i t t o a s t a r i n b r i g h t n e s s and compared i t s s i z e a s t h a t of a dime h e l d a t a r m ' s l e n g t h . It was a c l e a r n i p h t , and t h e b r i g h t o b j e c t was under o b s e r - v a t i o n f o r a b o u t 45 minues,

It moved s l o w l y away from t h e o b s e r v e r s and t h e n a p p a r e n t l y lowered t o l a n d on a h i l l t o p . The n e x t morning t h e o b s e r v e r s and s e v e r a l o t h e r s went t o t h e h i l l t o p t o s e e if t h e r e was a n y t r a c e of t h e o b j e c h a v i n g l a n d e d , and t h e y found a c i r c l e . aboilt n i n e f e e t i n d i amete r s i n a soybean f i e l d . The i n f o r m a n t w r o t e : "Some of t h e s o y b w n s were d r i e d , n o t burned . . a n o t h e r odd d e t a i l was t h a t t h e s o y b e t n s on t h e o u t e r edge were o n l y d r i e d half-way down; t h e bo t toms were s t i l l g r e e n , '

I E d i t o r ' s Note: It would scem t h e r e i s enol-yh h e r e t o m c r i t f u r t h e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n , even t h o t h i s i s a n o l d e r c a s e , a s a l o t of unanswered q u e s t i o n s come t o mind, znd we hope t o have more on t h i s . ----------__-----_____-_______----_----------------------------------

ARE YOU MOVING? Do send i n your change of a d d r e s s f o r SKYLOOK, a s t h i r d c l a s s m a i l i s n o t fo rwared b y t h e p o s t o f f i c e d e p a r t m e n t , b u t i s r e t u r n e d t o the - s e n d e r . lie have t o pay s i x c e n t s t o g e t a u f o z i n e r e t u r n e d , and t h e n we have no c h o i c e b u t t o w a i t u n t i l we h e a r f r o n you w i t h t h e change of a d d r e s s . Send ing a n o t h ~ ~ r copy w i t h t h e c o r r e c t a d d r e s s c o s t s u s a n o t h e r s i x cents - -and i f t h i s sounds l i k e we a r e p i n c h i n g p e n n i e s , it i s o n l y because we a r e p i n c h i n g p e n n i e s . We have t o . S o , DO s e n d i n t h a t change of a d d r e s s a s s o c n a s you have i t .

Does Mys te r ious Mas.? on Ocean F l o o r D e f l e c t P u l l of G r a v i t y ?

"Worcester Telegram," J u l y 5; 1970. San J u a n , P. R . ( A P ) - -A 300- man team o f U. S. s w c e agcncy s c i e n t i s t s ccmple ted e x p l o r a t i o n s of t h e A t l a n t i c Ocean ' s d e e p e s t t ~ e n c h y e s t e r d a y i n a n expe r imen t d e s i g n - ed t o t ? k e guesswork o u t of occenogrzphy.

The 10-day m l s s i o n i n v o l v e d t h e u s e o f 2 N a t i o n a l A e r o n ~ u t i c s 2nd S p ~ c e A d m i n i s t r 2 t i o n t r a c k i n g s h i p , o r d i n ~ r i l y used f o r s p a c e f l i g h t s , t o plumb t h e c o n t o u ~ of t h e ocean bot tom i n a f i v e - m i l e - d e e p t r e n c h n c r t h o f P u e r t o Rico ,

The i n f o r m ~ t i o n g ? i n e d , s c i e n t i s t s s ~ i d , m y e n a b l e oceanogrepher s t o m2p w i t h p r e c i s e a c c u r - c y t h e ocean f l o o r ,

They begzn t h e e x ~ e r i m e n t on t h e p remise t h ~ t a m y s t e r i o u s mass ex- i s t s on t h e ocean f l o o r s o dense t h z t i t d e f l e c t s t h e p u l l of g r a v i t y , mzkes a d e p r e s s i o n i n t h e s t l r f2ce znd ' c z u s e s n z v i g a t o r s t o r n i s c 2 l c u l 2 t e t h c i r c o u r s e .

S c i e n t i s t s s z i d t h e m p s s z c t s much a s t h e moon d o c s when it p u l l s w t e r t o w ~ r d t h e s u r f c c e and c a u s e s t i d e s , and t h e y souph t t o f i n d o u t why t h e ocean d i p s i n the P u e r t o R ico t r e n c h i n s t e z d of s e e k i n g i t s own l e v e l .

With i n f o r m ~ t i o n on t h e e f f e c t of t h e u n d e r w ~ t e r mzss on g r s v i t y ) s c i e n t i s t s w i d , t h e v w i l l be a b l e t o p e r f e c t o t h e r t r a c k i n g i n s t r u - ments and improve mapping o f t h e ocezns ,

George Mourad, of Columbus, Ohio, one o f t h e s c i e n t i s t s , s s i d t h e s t u d i e s w i l l e n a b l e oceanographs r s t o ' ' exp lo re t h e d e p t h s of ;he ocean a t a n y d i s t a n c e from s h o r e b e c 2 . u ~ ~ - w e w i l l a lwzys be a b l e t o g e t back t o ou r s t a r ~ i n g p o s i t i o n .

"Now, f o r t h e most p ~ r t , " h e ' s z i d , "Oceanography u s e s g u e s s work," The exper iment mzrked t h e f i r s t t i m e NASA's $65 m i l l i o n t r a c k i q q

s h i p h a s t u r n e d i t s s i g h t s below t h e s e a . I t h2s been t h e o n l y sea- g o i n g i n s t r u m e n t f o r two-way communization between t h e Houston Ypz se C e n t e r and moon r o c k e t s ,

E d i t o r ' s Note: T h i s was s e n t i n by P a u l Braczyk, o f Webster , Mass,, and he poses a most i n t e r e s t i n g q u e s t i o n : Could t h i s H m y s t e r i o u s massn . be i n some way r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e well-known d i s a p p e a r a n c e s which o c c u r i n a r e a s such a s t h e Bermuda T r i a n g l e , D e v i l ' s S e a , and o t h e r s u c h ~ v o r t i c e f t t r a p s ? We i n v i t e your cornmert, ------ - ---------------------------- - -.------ --L------------------ - - - - - - - - - - . - - - -------------------------------------------2

Myste r ious L i g h t s Seen Near Niagara F a l l s i n 1958 - - -

Thrce Niagara F a l l s pa t ro lmen r e p o r t e d s e e i n g m y s t ~ r i o u s l i k h t s ove.1- . a n area . nc a r t h e S i r Adam B ~ c k p l a n t o f t h e O n t ~ r l o Hydro E l e c t r i c Power Commission, A p r i l 3 r d , 1968. P a t r o l r n ~ n Thoma s Shumhay, W i l l i z n Wel ls and Richcrd R tk in s i g h t e d t h e l i p h t s a t 2:15 ?.me 2t t h e same t ime David J; Gras 2nd a f r i e n d were l o o k i n g - . a t J u p i t e r t h r o u g h a t e l e - cope and saw m y s t e r i o u s o b j e c t s moving n o r t h t o w ~ r d t h e F z l l s a r e a . The o b j e c t s were d e s c r i b e d a s b e i n g w h i t e l i g h t s which p u l s a t e d r e d an2 -

b l u e c o l o r s . A s~okes rnzn f o r t h e O n t s r i o Hydro Commission s a i d t h e r e were no u n u s w l o p e r ~ t i n g c o n d i t i o n s a t t h e power p l a t t o czuse t h e l l g h t s . k check r e v e z l e d no a i r c r a f t were i n t h e v i c i n i t y a t t h e t i r i e o f t h e s i g h t i n g . The o f f i c e r s s a i d t h e l i g h t s 2 t f i rs t s t ~ o d s t i l l , t h e n c?oved o f f i n 2 n e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n . - - --

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D r . J . A l l e n Hynek, . s ? e a k i n r a t t k ' s day- long Midwest UFO' Conf.erence :; : .: - . . . . . . . . a t B r a d l e y U n i v e r s i t y j - s a i d t h e U . S:Air F o r c e ' s d i s c o n t i n u a n c e o; - . . . . , P r o j e c t Blue Book, and a U g i v e r s i t y .if Colorado r e p o r t c r i t i c a l of "fl:ir-. . . . . . ' ' s

i n g sauce r1 ' s t u d i e s . have u n d e r c u t s e r i o u s - . , a t t e m p t s t o . exp1a:in UFO's- .-:. - . . .. ,. . ...' . The Air F o r c e ' s P r o j e c t Blue Rook, r e s p o n s i b l e f o r inves . t i .gat ip . .y . . , . .

UF.0 s i g h t i n g s . , was. d.iscsiq:inued l a s t y e a - . o n recommendat ion o f t k s 201-n-- . . . . ~ .' rado. r e p o r t which conc luded iha+ , mosf s i g h t i n g ~ were s u c h orci 'inary. t'hf,;1y;: ...'.., a s a i r p l a n e s , s a t e l l . i t e s , weatheln b a l l o o n s , c l o u d s , . p l a n e t s and kii-ds.,: . . . , ., .... .. .

"We have a , phenomena t h a t is. wor thy o f i n v e s t i g a t i o n j." Hynek a s s e r t e ? ; ,.-..;.' 'We have Blue Book- c l o s e d and t h e heavy .hand o f . t h e Co lo rado r e p o r t , . . \ . .

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. . . . . e x i s t ." .. .- ,. : . .. \ . Hynek, d i r e c t o r o f t h e a s t ronorny .depa r tn i en t and Lindheirner R e s e a r c h , ..'.. '.>' ~ .. . :; , , . . . . .. . . . C e n t e r a t N o r t h w e s t e r n - U n i v e r s i t y , s a i d , . 'lP4o1-e and more p e r s o n s a r e . . , - . . ,. . .

becoming i n t e l l e c t u a l 1 y . b o t h e r e d by t h e UFO problem when t h e y t a k e . . . . . a , . t h e t i m e t o l o o k i n t o it'..'' . . !

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lem,," i s " s imp ly d a t a g a t h e r i n g and d a t a p r o c e s s i n g , . . . ,, <. .. s .

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. of t r y i n g t o g e t . t he f a c t s , " H y n e k . s t ~ t e d , .vvMy own - b u r n i ~ g : . d e s i r e i:; ....:.... . . ._ % . . . . .... each r e p o r t i s , d i d it r e a l l y happen t h e way t h e r e p o r t s a i d it hapx : , - - 1 .. ;.I :

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. , than q u a n t i t a t i v e . . - , , . ' -.,: . . . . . "To s a y t h a t a UFO moved up v e r y .f,a.st i s p o t enough," ' Hyr,ek de,cl;l'?ee.. .--.j*-

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' it moved away. . The .answe'r can o n l y conie t h r o u ~ h d a t a ," , . ;t j -;,'-?:. .; 'Gear ing h i s t a l : k , - . e n t i t l e d "UFO 1s and t h e 73's--A . P o s i t i v e Prosr,?tn?. ..,. ..,,

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ed t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f a c c u r a c y i n r e p o r t s of s i g - h t . i n g s i - . . . . . ' . . -... . :.. . . . ... .&.., .: .:YK : . . llOur problem i s n o t a s c a r c i t y o f d a t a . We a r e $u?ve rged , b u t . . m ~ s : - - : : . . , ,5.;. , . .:., ' o f i t i s ~ o o r .!' .he - s s i d . " I ' m r e a l l y . concerned .about wha.t .can. be. dci??; 1 . ' . . .

P r e s s C l i p p i n g s -- ( c o n t i n u e d ) SKY LOOK -.--

e h i l l i p s s a i d t h e r e have been 1 2 8 r e p o r t e d c a s e s of c i r c u l a r a r e a s : f rom two t o 72 f e e t i? d i a m e t e r , where v e g e t a t i o n hzs been d e s t r o y e d and mat ted down ciuri:,g a s a ~ l c c . 12nd.izg,

"The s i g n i f i c z n c e is t h a t yoc h a e n o t something t h a t f l i e s away i n t o t h e d i s t a n c e and d i ~ a p p e a ~ s , b u t something t h a t can b e examined. It l e a v % u s w i t h t a n g i b l e e v i d c n z e , a l t h o u g h we c a n 1 t e x p l a i n i t ," '

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"The Commercial Appeel , l t iY?~@-j.s, Tune 1 4 , 1970. E d i t o r ' s Note: The a r t i c l e j u s t quo ted from t h e Tulca newspaper appea red i n Memphis pap??,

" S t . Lou i s Globe--Democ.f , l9 June 1 8 , 1970: Evans ton , I l l . ( A P ) --I+- s e a r c h i n t o r e p o r t e d s i g h t i n g s sf GF0s- -un iden t i f i ed f l v i n g ob jec tc -=- shou ld be handled by a l o o s e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f i n t e r e s t e d i n d i v i d u z l s ,

T h a t ' s t h e o n i n i o n of J . Al l en Hynek, head o f t h e as t ronomy d e p a r t - ment a t North1 e s t c r n U n i v e r s i t v , who made such a p r o p o s a l l a s t week a t a meet ing of t h e Midwest UFO S tudy g roup a t B r a d l e y U n i v e r s i t y i n Peori-a,

I n a n i n t e r v i e w bJednesday, Hynek p o i n t ~ d o u t t h a t -the A i r F o r s e sc rapped i t s UFO i n v e s t i g a t i o n - - O p e r a t i o n Blue Book--"There i s no p l a c e f o r peop le t o r e p o r t . And t h e a i r o f mystery i s k e p t around t h e s u b j e c t , ,

I t w i l l b e d i f f i c u l t f o r t h o s e i n t e r ~ s t e d i n e x p l o r i n g t h e phenorne- non, Hynek s a i d , because t h e chsnce o f government moneTj i s n i l , COlWNT by A r t E p s t e i n , SKYLOOK s t a f f member: I t was i n t e r e s t i n g t o a e t h a t t h i s p r c s s r e l e a s e was made f rom Evans ton f i v e d a y s a f t e r thr ; r:':nc 13 P e o r i a Conference . D r . Hynek urged i n d i v i d u a l r e s e a r c h e r s t o :>pcc i a l - i z e , such a s burned c i r c l e s , o r E.M. e f f e c t s e t c . I t ~ 2 3 i n t e r ~ s t l i , : ; t o n o t e t h a t h i s p e r s o n a l cho ice i s ? ' t he s i n c e r i t y of t h e jndivid~l.r?:~-'l' o r i n o t h e r words , c r e d i b i l i t y . From t h e p a n e l d i s c u s s i ~ ~ n a x e r hj.5 s p e e c h , I was impressed w i t h t h e remark t h a t va c o i ~ l < n ' t t ; - u s t ai?o:.i?~?i- government sponsored p r o j e c t . D r . Fynek a l s o promised nc-;r./ z g a i n i;> 11-5;

t h e t e r m "swamp gas . " H i s own book +;ill b e p u b l i s h e d soon. I n my humble o p i n i o n , t h e UFO pherinmenon has z t l a s t r e a c h c ~ ~ . - - ~ ~ ~

r e s p e c t a b l e s c i e n t i f i c s t a & t h a t k t was supposed t o have r~2c? ; l s -? SC-:-- --- e r a 1 y e a r s ago a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Colorado. D r . Hynek I S r e s e z r c h - Fag t h e UFG problem and h a s t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g w i t h Nor thwes te rn Uni- v e r s i t y t h a t t h i s i s p a r t o f h i s work. T h e r e f o r e , t h e q u o t e i n t h e a r t i c l e t h a t s t a t e s ?!There i s no p l a c e f o r peop1.e t o r e p o r t y 1 i s r a t . ? e ? c o n f u s i n g because D r . Hynek h a s asked f o r p e o p l e t o scnd him r e p o r t s , I t is a l s o i n t e r e s t i n g t o n o t e t h a t t h e Ml~.>ces t UFO Network i s e x a c ~ l y one t h a t was s o descri-bed by D r . Hynek--"a l o o s e o r g a n i z a t i o n of - -

i n t e r e s t e d i n d i v i d u a l s . l1 Things a r e l o o k i n g up! ,

E d i t o r ' s Note: Thanks t o s t a f f members and r e a d e r s who s e n t i n newe c l i p p i n g s . We d e l e t e d some p o r t i o n s i n t h e i n t e r e s t o f a v o i d i n g r a p e t i - t i o n and i n s c l e c t i n g t h e most j n t e r e s t i n g s e c t i o n s r o r o u r r e a d e r s . A comple te r e p o r t o f t h e Conference , w i t h a l l speakers, appea red i n t h e J u l y i s s u e of SKYLOOK, Back i s s u e s a r e a v a i l a b l e .

M r . E p s t e i n heard D r . Hynek s ~ e a k i n P e o r i a , ar,d c o u l d r e a d l q b e t l ~ ~ e ; i . t h e l i n e s " i n commenting on thc E'6rqnstoni r. 5-nterview w i t h Hynek. I t i s e n t i r e l y p r o b a b l e t h e e n t i r e a ~ t i c l e was c u t Cow2 b y t h e S t , L o u i s pape r ( t o fill a g i v e n s p a c e o r because of l a c k of i n t e r e s t by t h e e d i t o r i a l depa r tmen t h a n d l i n g i t ) and t h i s would accoun t f o r i).e'a~:.sraz., m i s l e a d i n g s t a t e m e n t t h a t : ' t h e r e i s no p l a c e f o r p e o a l e t o r e p e r t , ' ' Q u o t e s s e l e c t e d a t random seldom i r n p s r t ' t h e f u l l meaning (Page M r . .lgse~v:

. , -,. ~2 az;-'; - and t h e message i s l o s t because o f poor r e p o r t i n g 2r,a/o1- 72--&,j - . - - - i n ~ . C o n s i d e r i r ~ t h e "Globe sf3 u s u a l i n c l i f f :ll.zn ~2 hr>s-:e UP~; : = r e t h z s1:SJecP; wn're i n l u c k t o g e t a rcm?lc? parezr<??hs,

R e p o r t on C r a f t and Occupant Seen Near LaHarpe, I l l i n o i s , 1966 -

E d i t o r ' s Note: I n 1956 Walt Andrus, of Q u i n c y , I l l . , r e c e i v e d a l ~ t % c r f rom a l a d y r e v e a l i n g h e r c l o s e - r a n g e o b s e r v a t i o n of a n u n c o n v e n t i o m l a e r i a l o b j e c t and occupant . I n A p r i l o f t h i s y e a r Mr. Andrus and h b e r ' S m u l l i n g , o f Hamil ton , I l l i n o i s , t a p e d a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h Mrs. X ( h e r name i n o u r f i l e s ) . Her s t o r y r e n o i r ~ a d e s s e n t i a l l y t h e same a s h e r i n i t i a l l e t t e r and a d d i t i o n a l i n f (,rn;ation was a c q u i r e d . The r e s u l t of t h e i r i n v e s t i g a t i o n , a s w r i t t e n by Ivlr, S m u l l i n g , f o l l o w s :

A t 8:15 a.m. on t h e c o l d morning of t h e 5 t h day of ~ a n u i r y , 1956, Mrs. X was d r i v i n g n o r t h on s t , a t e hig5wzy 9 4 , two m i l e s n o r t h of Harpe. I n t h e d i s t a n c e s h e saw a f l . 2 sh o f l i ~ h t . She i n i t i a l l y be- l i e v e d it t o b e a s i l v e r p l z n e coming toward h e r v e r y r a p i d l y Prom t h e n o r t h w e s t . She t h o u g h t it was ~ r o b ~ b l y a s m a l l p l a n e ownea oy a l o c a l r e s i d e n t . But a s s h e p r o p - & s s 9 d dovm t h e r o a d , s h e grew con- ce rned a s t h e " p l a n e n , which now a p ~ ~ a r e d more d i r i g i b l e - s h a p e d ; was coming v e r y q u i c g y toward h e r on a c o l l i s i o n c o c r s e . But a l m o s t b e f o r e s h e knew i t , t h e o b j e c t was h o v e r i n g j u s t above t h e t e l e p h o n e l i n e s a c r o s s t h e r o a d o p p o s i t e h e r .

The s i l v e r , egg-shaped c r a f t was p o s s i b l y a s l o n g a s a p i e r cub , n o t o v e r t e n f e e t t h i c k and hzd one huge , v e r y b r i g h t l i g h t 7 y e l l o v V i ? h w h i t e ) on t h e end f a c i n g h e r . The re were no d o o r s o r p o r t s o r l&iwir .& g e a r s e e n . Only a l i n e which appea red t o be a seam was seer . a p p r c x - i m a t e l y t h r o u g h t h e l o n g i t u d i n a l c e n t e r of i t .

The c r a f t began t o d r i f t c l o a k w i s e v e r y s l o w l y on i t s l o r i g i t c d i ~ a l a x i s . As . t h e o t h e r end of t h e c r a f t came i n t o view, s h e saw a p l a t f o n . a b o u t two f e e t wide. On t h i s p l a t f o r m was a "nan" wear ing a b u l k y , w h i t e , o n e - p i e c e , a s b e s t o s - l o o k i n g s u i t . H i s hands were cove red w i t ? m i t t e n s o r g a u n t l e t s and o n l y h i s f a c e wss v i s i b l e b e n e a t h t h e hocded garment .

He appea red t o be s b o u t 5 s f e e t t a l l and v e r y s t o c k y l o o k i n g i n t h s s u i t . H i s l e f t hand was p l a c e d on t h e c r a f t and t h e r i g h t was on hi: h i p . He was l o o k i n g r i g h t down a t Mrs. X w i t h " b l a d k , s t a r i n g e y e s v i which s h e " w i l l n e v e r f o r g e t . f 1 H i s f a c e had a ruddy complexion o the ;> . w i s e s h e cou ld n o t s e e any s p e c i a l f a c i a l f e a t u r e s .

The c r a f t d r i f t e d a g a i n and t h e man was l o s t t o view. A s t h e en?. h a v i n g t h e p l a t f o r m and man came around a g a i n , t h e y were no l o n g e r v i s i b l e . The c r a f t c l imbed h i r h e r and. t h e n s u d d e n l y i t l e f t v e r y , v e r y r a p i d l y , f a s t e r t h a n a j ( ~ s , i n a f l a s h s o t o speak .

Mrs. X r e n o r t s t h 2 t s h e waL p - a c t i c a l l y p e t r i f i e d and n o t s u r e i-i' s h e hed s t o o p e d h e r a u t o o r n o t , rlcr i s s h e c e r t a i n how l o n p s h e watched t h e o b j e c t , She d o e s n ' t t h i n k h e r 165 Mustang s t o p p e d r u n n i p ( , She h2d t r i e d t o g c t t h e attention o f a man and woman j u s t t w e n t y f c c ; ahead by waving , pounding on t h e window and ~ o i n t i n g , b u t t o n c a x - a i l - The woman was i n a c a r pa rked i n t h e l a n e which l c a d t o a f ~ r m . The man was s t a n d i n g o u t s i d e w i t h h i s head i n t h e window. They appea red t o b e a r g u i n g . Although t h e i r nemes a r e no t known, i t i s b e l i e v e d t h e y were t e n a n t s o f t h e fa rm a t t h a t t ime . Apparen t ly MI-s. X hzd t o be s t o p p e d and p e r h a p s f o r a t o t a l d u r a t i o n o f f i v e minu tes .

She had t h r e e nine-month o l d m i n i a t u r e Schnauze r pups i n t h e back s e a t which were q u i e t a s mice. T h i s i s q u i t e u n u s u a l f o r t h e s e f r i s k y pups. She h e a r d no sound and t h e dogs were n o t v i s i b l y d i s % u r b c ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - . ...................... ---- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- _ -- _.

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D r . A l l ~ n 3 , Ctke, Ph.D, AssocieLc P r o f e s s o r o f Chemis t ry r t t h e Wisconsin St~te U c i i e r s i ; y a t Oshkssh , was one o f t h e s p e s k e r s a t t h s Midwest UFO Conferc;::e he ld i n 2el:i:1, I l l . , l a s t month and h i s su'r J ~ . c < was "UFO's and t h e Problem of S c i e n t i f i c E v i d e n ~ e . ~ '

He s t a t e s it i s n o t d i f f i c u l t t o : :nderstand why we've b a s i c a l l y i g - nored UFO's f o r s o l o n g when you c o n s i d e r m s n T s r e l u c t a n c e t o f a c e a problem s q u a r e l y " u n l e s s i t h a s him becked up a g a i n s ~ a w a l l . l1 Withouf n o n - c o n f l i c t i v e f a c t s and overwhe1r::ing i l s c i e h t i f i c l ' e v i d e n c e , he i s i n c l i n e d t o i g n o r e t h e problem--2nd i f t h e f a c t s a r e c o n f u s i n g and t h e e v i d e n c e i s o n l y c i r c u m s t a t i a l , k c mev even deny t h z t t h e problem e x i s t r a t a l l .

D r . Utke p o i n t s o u t t h e f a c t s r e l a t i v e t o UFO's a r e v e r y confus ing , While t h e A i r Fo rce s t a t e s t h p t o n l y a p p r o x i m a t e l y 3% o f t h e r e p c r t s t h e y hzve r e c e i v e d i n t h e l a s t 22 y e a r s have i n v o l v e d hoaxes , h a l l u c i n - a t i o n s and p s y c h o l o g i c a l problems, t h e s e "c rzckpo t" c s s e s a r e o f t e n h i g h l y p u b l i c i z e d and o v e r l o o k t h e f a c t t h a t e b o u t 97% of t h e c a s e s

have i n v o l v e d o b j e c t s s e e n i n t h e s k y r a t h c r t h z n i n t h e mind. And when t h e A i r Fo rce emphasizes t h e t t h e y can e x p l a i n a b o u t 93% of t h e r e p o r t s t h e y ' v e r e c e i v e d , p e o p l e t e n d t o o v e r l o o k t h e c o n v e r s e f a c t t h p t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 7% have gone u n e x p l a i n e d .

Also , t h e f a c t t h s - t many UFO1s hpve been d e s c r i b e d a s b e i n g s o i i c o b j e c t s c r "machinesf1 moving i n a mnnnpr s u g g e s t i v e of p o s s i b l e e x t r a - t e r r e s t i a l o r i g i n h ~ s been nega ted by t h e many s c i e n t i s t s who deny t h e p o s s i b i l i t v of o u r b e i n g v i s i t e d by s v r h e r + , r a - t ~ r r e r ; + . % 2 1 ~ . .\

An0thc.r r e a s o n we nave a l m o s t c o m p l e t e l v i g n o r e d UFOTs, Dr. d t k e s a v s , i s b e c a u s e t h e r e i s no overwhelming l l s c i c - n t i f i c l l e v i d e n c e a v a i l a b l e t h a t f o r c e s u s t o admi t t h e y t h e y e x i s t pnd c o n s t i t u t e a. problem. "The ev idence t h ~ t is a v a i l a b l e i s o n l y c i r c u m s t a n t i ~ l - , " he s a y s . "It h a s n o t s t o o d t h e t e s t of a s c i e n t i f i c c o u r t o f l a w , wherr t h e emphasis i s on r e p r o d u c i b l e p h y s i c a l d a t a t h a t can b e s t u d f ~ e d i ; ~ a I z b o r a t ~ r y . ~ ~

The t e c h n i q u e o f u s i n g l i e d e t e c t o r s , hypnos i s 2nd l l t ru t ,h drilgs" t o v e r i f y v e r b a l r e p o r t s i s open t o d e b a t e and q u e s t i o n , t h u s doubt . Pho tographs , movies , r a d a r s i g h t i n g s , b u r n t v e g e t a t i o n , l lgoassemerw marks on t h e ground, r a d i o a c t i v i t y , and e l e c t r c m ~ g n e t i c e f f e c t s 3.5 n o t c o n c l u s i v e l y s u p p o r t v e r b a l a c c o u n t s e i t h e r , D r . Utke b e l i e v e s , A l l o f t h e s e t h i n g s , h e s e y s , e x c e p t movies , ra.'.ar s i g h t i n g s , and e l e c t r o m a g n k t i c e f f e c t s , can be f o l r l y e a s i l y f a k e d . Movies a r e more d i f f i c u l t t o f a k e , b u t t h e y a r e a l s a v e r y r z r e . "No d e f i n i t i v e , con- v i n c i n g movie o f a UFO t a k e n a t c l o s e r a n g e e x i s t s a t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e , " he s t a t e s .

C i v i l i a n and m i l i t a r y r a d a r s i g h t i n g s s r e seldom made p u b l i c and cannot be c o n c l u s i v e ev idence a s t h e s i g h t i n g s c c c u r l l i n d i r e c t l y on a r a t h e r s e n s i t i v e machine which must b e o p e r p t e d and i n t e r p r e t e d by a human be ing ." h d , a l t h o u g h t h e r e have been many 1 1 4 u a l i t a t i v e 1 1 r c - . p o r t s o f e l e c t r o m e p n e t i c e f f e c t s accompanying s i g h t i n g s of UFO's, a g a i n t h e s e have been v c r b a l a c c o u n t s . No " q u z n t i t z t i v e " measurements have been r e c o r d e d on s c i e n t i f i c i n s t r u m e n t 2 ,

With t h e ev idence j u s t l i s t e d b e i n g c i r c u m s t a t i a l . r a t h e r t h a n c o n c l u s i v e " s c i e n t i f i c p roof , I r t h e t UFOrs e x i s t and c o n s t i t u t e a v a l i d problem worthy o f i n v e s t i g ~ t i o n , where do we g o f rom h e r e ?

D r . Utke h a s some answers . More i n t h e n e x t i s s u e o f FKYLOOK.

A Reader Comments on John K e e l ' s New Book

E d i t o r ' s Note : John K e e l ' s l a t e s t book flUFOs--Operation T r o j a n Horse' ' was r e v i e m i b r i e f l y by Lou F a r i s h i n h i s column I N OTHERST WORDS i n t h e June i s s u e of SKYLOOK. Frank A, Hudson, J r . , of E l k i n s , Ark. ( a u t h x , of "A Down t o E a r t h Look a t t h e Space Menv i n t h e May SKYLOOK) h a s senr. us h i s views on K e e l ' s book, andwe t h i n k y o u T l l f i n d them i n t e r e s t i n g ,

The f i r s t few pages of t h i s book b r i n g s t o t h e a t t e n t i o n of t h e reaci e r t h a t we d o have some u n u s u a l v e h i c l e s f l y i n g a b o u t i n t h e a i r and l a n d i n g on t h e ground. We l e a r n t h a t peop le i n a l l wa lks of l i f e a r e s t i l l s e e i n g them. These UFOs s r e t r a c k e d by r a d a r and chased b y j e t f i g h t e r p l a n e s . These o b j e c t s have l i g h t s a t n i g h t , and l o o k m e t a l l i c i n d a y l i g h t ,

Then John Keel r e a c h e s o u t and g r a b s a few w c l i n k e r s v and s c a t t e r s them around f o r a f o u n d a t i o n on which he b u i l d s h i s h y p o t h e s i s . The a u t h o r men t ions t h a t he s c r e e n e d o u t a l l r e p o r t s t h a t hsd a r e a d y ex- p l a n a t i o n , b u t i n h i s e a g e r n e s s t o i n v e s t i g a t e a l l t h e e v i d e n c e , he a c c e p t e d a n y and a l l s c r a p s of i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t came h i s way and g l u e d t h e UFO l a b e l t o them. From t h i s odd i n f o r m a t i o n we l c a r n t h a t t h e s o l i d o b j e c t s a r e n o t r e a l a t a l l , and t h e vaporous g h o s t l y a p p a r i t i o n s a r e t h e r e a l t h i n g .

If p r o j e c t i o n s a r e r e a l l y i n v o l v e d , would i t n o t be l o g i c a l t o pu r - s u e t h e i d e a t h a t t h e s o l i d o b j e c t s might b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e m i s t y

. o n ' a g a i n , o f f a g a i n c o n f i g u r a t i o n s i n s t e a d ? The r e a d e r i s l e d t o beiS-evi. t h a t a l l u n u s u a l l i g h t s s e e n i n . t h e d i s t a n c e a r e a u t ' o m a t i c a l l y d e s i g - n a t e d t o t h e , " s o f t s i g h t i n g ! c a t e g o r y . T h i s i d e a i s i n e r r o r and wi thou : f o u n d a t i o n . S i n c e t h i s UT t h e o r y i s b u i l t s o s t r o n g l y on o b s e r v e r s ' s t o r i e s t h a t 'UFOs j u s t "d isappeared , ! ' t h e i n v e s t i g a t o r ~ h o ~ ? d pause be- f o r e he t h i n k s he h a s found t h e answer. The word vdisay.peai-ll i n Ut 0 ?e- p o r t s i s used s o l o o s e l y t h a t i t could hzve s e v c r a l mesn ings , an5 pass- i b l y none o f them would a c t ~ ~ a l l y d e s c r i b e wh;t happened t o th2 o L j e c t . A low f l y l n g v e h i c l e cou ld e d i s a p p e a r v s i m p l y b y t u r n m g o u t l i g L t s d u r i n g n l g h t f l i g h t s , o r by s i m p l y g o i n g behind h i l l s , t r e e s , b u i l d i n g s o r c l o u d s t h a , t t h e o b s e r v e r knows n o t h i n g a b o u t . B u i l d i n g a t h e o r y on t h e a s sumpt ion t h a t a n o b j e c t " v a n i s h e d u i n t o t h e f o u r t h d imens ion rnzrr3 l y b e c a u s e t h e o b s e r v e r d i d n o t s e e where i t went i s t r e a d i n g on s h > i ; ~ ground.

Keel a l s o p u t s UFOs i n t o Never Never Land b e c a u s e 23 y e a r s of 9 7 : r : ~ ~ 3

t i g a t i o n " h a s n o t s o l v e d t h e m y s t e r y , UFOs a r e a complex p rcb lem, a ,C o n l y a h a n d f u l o f s c i e n t i s t s have t a k e n a s m a l l peek u n d e r t h e r u g on two o r t h r e e o c c a s i o n s . T h i s could h a r d l y produce r e s u l t s on a n y s12b- j e c t , UFO s i g h t i r i g s have been r e p a r t e d f o r many y e a r s , b u t we a r e jix:, now b e g i n n i n g t o h e a r of t h e f i r s t few f a l t e r i n g s t e p s toward a r e a i l o o k a t t h e s i t u a t i o n b y - p e o p l e who a r e c a p a b l e o f s o l v i n g t h e m y s t e r y , There i s s u c h a w e a l t h of u n u s u a l and i n t e r e s t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n s e t down i n t h i s b o o k , , i t i s u n f o r t u n a t e t h a t s u c h a t h e o r y was t a c k e d on j u s t t o b e d i f f e r e n t ,

E d i t o r ' s Note: Henk J . H i n f e l a a r , e d i t o r of SPACEVIEW, P. 0. Box 21-007, Henderson, A u c k k n d , 8 , N . Z., w r i t e s : '!If, a s John Keel sug- g e s t s , UFOs may b e n o t h i n g more t h a n t r ansmuted ener.$y p a t t e r n s which a r e shown t o u s i n a shape t h a t m ~ k e s s e n s e , t h e r e i s o b v i o u s l y no r e a s o n why t h e s e "shapes" shou1.d conform t o laws t h a t can b e s a t i s - f a c t o r i l y u n d e r s t o o d . A f t e r a l l , i f we a r e b e i n g de luded by " h a l l u c i n - a t i o n s " ( a n d t h e purpose i n r e g a r d t o u f o n a u t s s t i l l e l u d e s m e ! ) , w h j - n o t mzke t h e " h a l l u c i n a t i o n s 1 ' s o s e n s e l e s s t h ? t we c m l d n e v e r hope t o f i n d a s o l ~ t i o n . ~ ~

H e l l o , Down There! (Was J u l e s Verne Righ t ~ g 2 i n ? )

Wm. F. C h r i s t i a n , of S t . Lou i s , h e s s e n t us e n a r t i c l e w r i t t e n by - 'Gina Manion i n '!Twin C i r c l e q 1 , publ iskkd weekly a t Hunt ing ton , IF^, , a i?d d e a l i n g w i t h t h e llhollow e ~ r t h t 1 i e ~ r - y . ~ ~ M r . C h r i s t i a n comments: "I p . e s 2 u n t i l t h e mystery of t h e s n i c e r s i s s o l v e d , it i s b e s t t o keep an o p m mind." We f i n d t h e a r t i c l e i n t e r e s t i i l g and b e l i e v e you w i l l t oo . 1-G f o l l o w s , and we quo te :

Now w e know d e f i n i t e l y and f i n a l l y t h a t t h e moon i s n o t made of greer- cheese , b u t a r e we y e t s u r e t h a t t h e e a r t h i s n o t shaped l i k e a dough= nut--hollow i n s i d e , w i t h e n t r a n c e s a t t h e p o l e s ? ( S e e d rawing . )

"How is t h i s p o s s i b l e ? " you a,:l-:. lfIf t h c e a r t h i s ho l low, why d o n t t we know a b o u t i t ? " Perhaps soma day we w i l l . How well-known i s o m e a r t h ? Remember t h a t l e s s t h a n 500 y e a r s ago t h e g r e a t i n t e l l e c t s of t h e day cons ide red t h e e a r t h t o be c l a t and Columbus t o be a f o o l . Is it n o t p o s s i b l e t h a t t h e r e s t i l l e x i s t s v a s t a r e a s of t h e e a r t h o f which we a r e i g n o r a n t , j u s t a s were t h e men of Columbusf day?

L e t t s l o o k a t t h e drswing L Ed: Note: s o r r y , c a n ' t reproduce-/ and imagine t h a t t h e e a r t h g e n t l y s l o p e s inward a t b o t h p o l e s f rom a l l p a r t s of t h e c i r c l e on which t h e magnetic p o l e s f l u c t u a t e . (The magnet ic and geograph ic p o l e s a r e wide ly s e p a r a t e d from each o t h e r , b o t h a t t h e n o r t h and s o u t h p o l e s . A l l n a v i g a t i o n a l b e a r i n g s a r e t a k e n from t1:2 magnetic p o l e s . )

Imagine f o r a minute t h a t you a r e i n a s ~ a l l b o a t o r p l z n e . P: :;ou s l i p g r ~ d u a l l y over t h i s p o l a r l l l i p , l l you would have no s e n s a t i o : ? c' C?

change of d i r e c t i o n , because t h e e e n t e r o f g r a v i t y remain.? benea th you, j u s t a s Chinamen d o n ' t walk u p s i d e down, because t h e y a r e or, ~Zle o t h e r s i d e of t h e e a r t h .

F u r t h e r , imagine t h a t t h e e a r t h ' s c r u s t i s $00 m i l e s t h i c k , s o t h n ? a s you p r o g r e s s i n t h e d i r e c t i o n of t h e i n n e r s u r f a c e , y9u a - ?.ot n = : i x t h e curve of t h e hor izon . G r a v i t y under - s ide a s w e l l a2 bcp- r :*:e, xeop:: you i n p l a c e . A s you advance f a y t h e r and f a r t h e r i n t o a d e l j @ f u l l ,

1~72 1::- 1 warmer c l i m a t e and obse rve t r e e s , mounta ins , r i v e r s , b i r d s an:,. -n4 . p l u s a glowing " i n n e r sunf1 h igh i n t h e heavens , would you n Q t x l i e v e you hsd wandered i n t o , a f a n t a s t i c l a n d ?

J u l e s Verne ( n o v e l i s t , 1828-1905) a man ahead of h i s t i m e , t o ~;-:t it m i l d l y , env i s ioned t h e submarine ('l'l'wenty Thousand Leagues Under the. Sea , I t 1870) and a l a n d i n g 'on t h e moon ( I1From t h e E a r t h t o t h e Mooil," 1865). He a l s o dreamed of a hol low p l a n e t when he w r o t e t ? Journey t o tb-; Center of t h e Ear thT1(1864)- - two down now, and one t o g o , t o m ~ k e a l l hi : f a n t a s i e s a r e a l i t y . .

, .. The b e l i e f ' i n "under peopleq1 has been h e l d , i n some form o r a n o t h e r , by e v e r y a n c i e n t c u l t u r e on e a r t h . Some imagined t h e s e " o t h e r c r e a t - ionsT1 t o be c r u e l and e v i l ; o t h e r s f e l t t t s j were benign and v a s t l y morc i n t e l l i g e n t t h a n we, depending on t h e legr 'nds. Thcse c r e a t u r e s were s a i d t o appear on t h e s u r f a c e of t h e e a r t h on o c c a s i o n , - t o h a r a s s o r t o i n s p i r e , a s t h e c a s e might be.

The Holy B i b l e h a s some obscure r e f e r e n c e s t h a t b e a r r e p e a t i n g . "Ani no man was a b l e n e i t h e r i n heaven, n o r on e ~ r t h , ' n o r under t h e e a r t h , t o open t h e b o o k . . " (Apoc. 5 : 3 ; 5:13).

The c u r r e n t t h e o r y h e l d by some of t h e f l1 , ing s a u c e r b u f f s i s t h a t t h e r e e x i s t s w i t h i n o u r e a r t h a v e r y advanced cul : i ; - re arid t h a t fl:riiig s a u c e r s o r i g i n a t e t h e r e and emanate from t h e p o l e s . (Not a l l o f thexi, of course! ): . . -

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The hol low e a r t h t h e o r y i s n o t h i n g new. C a p t a i n John Cleve S~mmes , who was d e c o r a t e d f o r b r a v e r y i n t h e war o f 1812, s p e n t h i s r e t i r e m e n t p u r s u i n g t h i s "mc/th," even t o t h e ? o i n t o f a s k i n g Congress i n 1G23for f u n d s t o conduct a n e x p e d i t i c n :.nko t b e p o l e s . His scheme commmded on'y 25 v o t e s ,

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rnl by James McEride, publis:?e.c! in Li26 :;nd 'l?'l~c; Sj-wries' : ae:jl-y or" (:on- centric Spheres ," wrS.tten by Syrnmesl s o n Arnericus, i n 1878.

Edmund H a l l e y of H a l l e y l s Comet fzme (1656-1742) w r o t e a n e s s a y in 1692 s u g g e s t i n g t h a t t h e e a r t h c c n t a i n e d s e v e r a l "spheres '? o r i n n e r w o r l d s , a l l ' o f which c o n t a i n e d p l a n t and anirnal l i f e i n abundanze. ( "The Under People,! ' E r i c Normsn, -4wa75 Books, 75 c e n t s . )

X n t e r e s t i n t h e t h e o r y ha:; ~ l ~ s i n d i ~ d i n t h e Twen t i e th c e n t u r y . We've been t o t h e moon. The e a r t h h a s been photographed from o u t e r s p a c e , The f i l m shows no " h o l e s i n t h e p o l e s , t t But w z i t ! 'Whclt e l s e does t h e f i l m show? The p o l e s shroudcd i n e n d l e s s c l o u d s . F l i g h t s "ove r %he n o r t h p o l e n da i ly - -above t h e c l o u d s and 40 ,000 f e e t o r s o . They t a k e t h e i r b e a r i n g s from t h e magnet ic p o l e . Do t h e y f l y o v e r t h e g e o g r a p h i c p o l e a t a l l ? I s t h e r e a p o l e ? O r i s t h e i r a h o l e ?

Admiral Byrd a p p a r e n t l y t h o u g h t t h e r e w ~ s a h o l e . More a b o u t t h a t n e x t t i m e !

L P a r t I1 f o l l o w s 7 It would undoub ted ly be a l o t e a s i e r t o d i s c u s s t h e , m y s t e r i e s c o n c e r n i n p t h e North and Sou th Poles-, h2d Admire1 R ich? rd E. Byrd been somewhat l e s s r e t i c e n t c o n c e r n i n g h i s u n u s u a l f l i p h t s ovej' t h e Nor th P.ole i n 1947 and t h e . S o u t h P o l e i n 1956.

To add t o . t h e conundrum, s e r i o u s r e s e s r c h c l r s who a t t e m p t t o pur..~~?.? u n p u b l i s h e d d z t a c o n c e r n i n g Admiral B y r d l s l i f e , work 2nd t r a v e l , zX::r . i n t o a f r u s t r a t i n g dead-end. Admiral B y r d T s p e r s o n s 1 pyper s a r e prez, .- : l t- l y and a p p a r e n t l y f o r a l o n g t i m e t o come, t i g h t l y c l o s e d a g z i n s t ~ u . ! . ~ i c s c r u t i n y . H i s f a m i l y i s n ' t t a l k i n g .

Admiral Byrd wzs a m e t i c u l o u s s t o r y - t e l l e r . H i s many books a r e f l l l e d w i t h d e t p i l e d day-by-day a c c o u n t s o f what h e h a s done and s e e n on h i s various e x p e d i t i o n s by l a n d , s e a and a i r i n t o t h e A r c t i c and th2 Antarc- t i c , o v e r a p e r i o d of more t h a n 7 0 y c a r s . But. i r , h i s publis;l.cd w o r h he s a y s v e r y l i t t l e abou t h i s f i n d i n g s i n 194.7 on h i s f l l p h t o v e r t1.0 Nor th P o l e , n o r does he d w e l l upon a n y c o n c l u s i o n s r e g a r a i n g h i s b i - , ? r r e f l i g h t o v e r t h e S o u t h P o l e i n 1956.

Of n e c e s s i t y , t h e r e f o r e , we must r e l y on t h e contemporary n e w s p ~ p e r and r a d i o a c c o u n t s , s o we t u r n t o t h e Kew York Times f o r ' ! a l l t h e nelrJ3 t h 2 t 1 s f i t t o p r i n t f 1 a b o u t t h e s e i n c r e d i b l e p o l a r e x p e d i t i o n s .

For i n s t a n c e , i n F e b r u a r y o f 1947 , p r i o r t ,o h i s Nor th -Po le r f l i g h t , Byrd i s quo ted 2s s a y i n g : " I ' d l i k c t o s e e t h a t l a n d beyond t h e P o l e . . t h a t a r e a beyond t h e P o l e i s t h e c e n t e r o f t h e g r e a t unknown.1T

Ray Pa lmer , a h o l l o w - e a r t h e n t h u s i a s t , d e s c r i b e s Admiral B y r d l s t r i p 'beyond t h e P o l e 1 a t l e n g t h . Here i s p a r t o f what he s z y s :

" M i l l i o n s o f p e o p l e r e a d h i s s t a t e m e n t i n t h e d 2 i l y p z p e r . And m i l l i o n s t h r i l l e d t o t h e A d m i r a l ' s s u b s e q u e n t f l i p h t t o t h e P o l c and t o a p o i n t 1 , 7 0 0 m i l e s beyond i t . M i l l i o n s hea rd t h e b r o a d c a s t de - s c r i p t i o n s o f t h a t f l i g h t , which were a l s o published i n t h e n e w s p ~ p c r s . B r i e f l y , we w i l l r e c o u n t t h a t f l i g h t a s i t p r o j r e s s e d . ""hen t h e plant? t o o k ocf f rom i t s A r c t i c b a s e , i t proceeded s t r a i g h t Nor th t o t h e PoLe (Magne t i c P o l e . ) From t h ? t p o i n t , i t f l e w on 1 , 7 0 0 m i l c s beyond t h e P o l e and t h e n r e t r a c e d i t s c o u r s e t o i t s A r c t i c b a s e . A s p r o g r e s s wa? made bevond t h e Po le p o i n t , i c e l e s s l s n d s arid I ~ k e s , mol~n-is jns c o v e r c 3

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w i t h t r e e s , and even a monstrous an imal moving th rough t h e underbrush , were observed and r e p o r t c d v i a r a d i o by t h e p l c n e l s occupzn t s , Whdt l a n d was i t ? . . . h a s t n ~ t 191,7 f l i g h t f i c t i o n ? Did a l l t h e newspapcre l i e ? Did t h e r a d i o from B y r d 7 s p h n e l i e ? " (The Under Peop le , E r i c Norman, Awzrd Books 75 cenT,s),

And what o f t h e gou th Po le? I n Deccmber of 1955 Admirpl Eyrd, h e r l n - g a t h e r e d t o g e t h e r a s i z a b l e e x p e d i t i s n , s e t o u t f o r A n t a r c t i c a . The eu- p e d i t i o n . . c o a s i s t e d o f f i v e s h ' p s , f o u r t e e n a i r p l a n e s , s p e c i a l t r a c ~ - o r s , and a complement o f 1:393 men, . . I n San Franc i sco , on t h e eve o f h i s d e p a r t u r e , Admiral E,-r.d d e l i v e r e d a r a d i o a d d r e s s . i n which he s t a t e d : "This i s t h e most impor tan t e x p e d i t i o n i n t h e h i s t o r y of t h e wor ld . lr

On January 1 3 , members of t h e United S t 2 t e s e x e d i t i o n accom?lished a f l i g h t of 2,700 m i l e s from t h e b a s e a t McMurdo gound, which i s 1,dO m i l e s west of t h e S o u t h P o l e , and p m e t r a t e d a 12nd e x t e n t o f 2,300 mile,- beyond t h e p o l e V ( I b i d . ) .

I n checkinp t h e d a i l y r e l e a s e s i n t h e New York Times, I fouxd two e s p e c i a l l y i n t e r e s t i n g : I1Feb. 11, Abozrd t h e s h i p M t . Clyrnpus. . dis,- covery o f in lpnd o a s i s , muddy pea-green l a k e s e x t e n d i n e o v e r f o r t y m i l e s . Feb. 1 5 . . Sea p l z n e s l m d e d i n l ~ k e r e g i o n . Feb. 16. . f l e w o v e r t h e South Po le and beyrond it a l o n g t h e 1 8 0 t h mer id ian a c r o n s t h e Po le 2nd 86 m i l e s i n t o t h e v a s t h i t h e r t o unseen r e g i o n beyond ti:? P o l e , " a n a r e a Byrd l a t e r d e s c r i b e d a s ' t h e most i n a c c e s s i b l e a r e a cn t h e f a c e of t h e e a r t h .

Does a l l t h i s prove any th ing? No. But why d i d Admiral Byrd sudde ;~by become s i l e n t ? Why a r e w e n o t h c z r i n g more abou t t h e wa.-mer w F t c r 2.::. l a n d s n e a r t h e P o l e s ? Why d i d t h e low-orb i t F o l a r s a t e l l i t e s , l m n c k - ed from C a l i f o r n i a i n p e r f e c t o r b i t a few y c s r s ago , suddenly ceas? t o r e t u r n r a d i o s i g n z l s and f ~ i l t o complete t h e i r o r b i t s ? khy i s t h e V a n - A l l e n b e l t of d e a d l y r a d i a t i o n , shaped l i k e a doughnut wit!^ ' h o l e s a t t h e p o l e s ? ' What i s t h e s o u r c e of l i g h t f o r t h e r n y ~ t 5 r i c x Aurora B o r e a l i s ? There a r e i n t e r e s t i n g q u e s t i o n s . Why a r e n ' t ~ h c y d i s c u s s e d ?

'. Ray Palmer has a p a t answcr. I n t h e December, 1959, issue? o f FI-yir:: S a u c e r s , P ~ l m e r pub l i shed an a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d "Saucers from 2~1- th! i' Chal lenge t o Secrecy.ll F l y i n g Saucer magazine, a c c o r d i n g t o Fairncr. '!has amassed a l a r g e f i l e of ev idence , which i t s e d i t o r s c o i ~ s i d e r I_ - a s s a i l a b l e , t o prove t h s t f l y i n g s a u c e r s a r e n a t i v e t o t h e p l a n e t e a r t h ; t h a t t h e governments of more t h a n one n a t i o n . . . know t h i s t o be a f a c t ; t h a t a concer ted e f f o r t i s b e i n g mzde t o l e ~ m a l l zbo-2. them, and t o e x p l o r e t h ~ i r n a t i v e l a n d ; . . t h e fec:s a l i . . ady know;? a r e cons idered t o p s e c r e t . . . t h c danger i s s o g r c z t t lmf; t o o f f e r ~ u b l i c proof is t o r i s k widespread p a n i c . . . t h a t p u b l i c knowledge wc:. k r i n g p u b l i c demand f o r a c t i o n t h z t would t o p p l e governments. . that t h e i n h e r e n t n a t u r e of f l v i n g - s a u c e r s and t h e i r o r . i g i n a t i o n . a r e a i s

\ comple te ly d i s r u p t i v e t o p o l i t i c a l and economic s t a t u s q u o T 1 ( I b i d . , Would you b e d is ruptc ,d t o h e a r a l l t h e known f ~ c t s ebout f i y i n g

s a u c e r s ? Are t h e y merely f i e r y r e f l e c t i o n s ? X ~ ~ a g e s ? Congrcssmm Lcuiz Wymm of New Hampshcre th inks . t h e whole s u b j e c t should be exp lo red wJ;' kn o f f i c i a l Congress iona l i n v e s t i g a t i o n , !?suidnl t t h a t be f u n ?

E d i t o r ' s Comment: Wel l , t h i s mzy e x p l a i n one t h i n g . For a long t i m 2 we've thought some of t h e c h a r a c t e r a wc s e e irl t h e pevs on TV ic?:: i i k e t h e y crawled o u t frcm undcr s ro:!c. ?.laybe thc;y rlj.dp 5ne:,ki.:p; .c;n..r-. i o u s l y , we do f i n d t h i s z r t i c l e f a sc inz t i .ng . k h c r e 111(:, t:,:? i - n 2 c % c ' , i r - a 1 Byrd saw? Do any of ollia r e a d e r s have any ' :ebuceted p ~ e , s s c ; : ~ t o ci'~':_:-:' We wiii w?lccne res2er- Cni:zi!~ii:; G X t5ir; ? r t . i_c lz ,

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The T r i - S t ~ t e IF0 St!.:". Group met Wdnnsdsy e v e n i n g , ~ u l ~ 8 , a t 7 :30 --- .----.I>-_.- .---. .__I--- .-- -- i q t h e home of W'\'ait !bj.$.rv.s, ~&j.:;cy,, ill, H i g h l i g h t s o f t h e Xidweet UFO Conference i n P e o r i a , I l l . , were rkviewed 2nd d i s c u s s e d . I n l i n e w i t , ? t h e theme o f t h e txee t ing , 1 1 U E ' 3 7 s i n t h ? 7 0 7 s , o r Where Do We Go Frc!!i Here?17 N a l t Andrus went o v e r t h e s t r ~ c t u r - e of t h e Midwest UFO +Je twork , and d i s ' c u s s i o n c e n t e r e d around t h e f u t . u r e p h n s of ' t h e o r g a n i a a t i o n . A t p r e s e n t i t s membership i n c l u d e s UFO e n t h u s i a s t s i n t h ~ s i x - ' d t a t e s o f A r k a n s a s , Olclahoma, I l l i n o i s , iC i s sovr i , Wiscons in and Iowa.

P l a n s were ' made t o ' a t t e n d t h e c o x b i n a t i o n Skj%etch and p i c i l i c t o b e h e l d S a t u r d a y n i g h t and Sunday, J u l y 1 8 t h and 1 9 t h , a t C z r l y l e La~ke, Ca'rlyle, -Il-l., and it i s a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e s o c i a l s i d e , . ,,

t h e r e w i l l . b e much s e r i o u s t a l k and p l s n n i n g f o r t h e 7 0 ' s . The n e x t mee t ing w i l l be a Skywt. tch t o b e h e l d Aup l s t 8 t h a t t h e

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E d i t o r ' s Note: A f t e r r e a d i n g t h e a r t i c l e " H e l l o , Down There!" e l s e w h e r e i n t h i s i s s u e o f SKYLOOK, we t h i h k y o u ' l l f i n d t h i s r e p o r t , s e n t by Mark H e r b s t r i t t , of S t . Marys, Pa . , e s p e c i a l l y i n t e r e s t i n g . Mark h a s a f i n e c o l l e c t i o n o f o l d e r s i g h t i n g s which he g e n e r o u s l y s h ~ r e s w i t h Ye Ed and we hope someday t o f i n d f c m f o r more and more of themr

S a n t i a g o , Chile--From t h e A n t s r c t i c Thursday came o f f i c i n l rspsrts t h a t 2 m y s t e r i o u s l ens - shzped f l y i n g o b j e c t , maneuvering and m o n n g a t g r e a t s p e e d , was s i g h t e d l ~ s t S 2 t u r d a y .

A C h i l e a n b a s e commander i n t h e A n t a r c t i c r e p o r t e d t h e o b j e c t was " y e l l o w i s h r e d , chpnging t o g r e e n , v e l l o w end orange.1'

I n Buenos A i r e s , t h e Navy i s s u e d 2 communique s ~ y i n g p e r s r a ~ n e l 2 t A r g e n t i n a ' s A n t a r c t i c b a s e saw t h e f l y i n g o b j e c t and photogrq3hed : L o

Mario J a h n B ~ r r e r a , commander of t h e C h i l e e n b a s e , t o l d t h e Defense M i n i s t r y t o r a d i o t h p t i t would be t o o much t o s a y t h a t " a l l of u s saw a f l y i n g s a u c e r , one of t h e s e s c i e n c e f i c t i o n t h i n g s . "

" H o w e ~ e r , ~ he c o n t i n u e d , "it was someth ing r e a l , a n o l j j e c t t h 2 t moved a t amazing s p e e d , maneuvered quSckly 2nd gave o f f a b l u e - g r e e n s h e e n . It a l s o caused i n t e r f e r e n c e i n t h e e l e c t o m a g n e t i c a p p a r a t u s o f e n A r g e n t i n e b a s e which i s f a c i n g o u r s on a n e a r b y s m a l l i s l ~ n d . ' ~

The i n t e r f e r e n c e w ~ s conf i rmed by t h e Navy communique i s s u e d i n Buenos A i r e s .

"The o b j e c t was y e l l o w i s h r e d , " Jzhn s a i d , "chang ing t o g r e e n , y e l - low and orange . It would z i g z a g q u i c k l y . Then it s t o p p e d and we prompt-. l y r e a c h e d f o r f i e l d g l z s s e s , t e l e s c o p e s , a n y t h i n g a t h m d t o s i g h t i t o We wptched a s i t remained q u i e t l y t h e r e f o r zbout 2 0 minutes , ,"

J a h n s s i d a c o r p o r a l t o o k c o l o r p i c t u r e s b u t t h e r e a r e no f a c i l i t i e s f o r d e l o p i n g t h e filrn.The men must w a i t f o r e i g h t months . . .

"I can s 2 y it was n o t a s t a r , because i t s movement w 3 s r ~ p i d and c o n t i n u o u ~ , ~ J z h n s a i d . " A s t o b e i n g an z i r c r a f t , I do n o t t h i n k s o , I am an Air F o r c e man and f rom what I know a b o u t a i r c r a f t t h e r e i s n o t h i n g l i k e i t , b e c a u s e of i t s s h a p e , t h e speed and m a n e u v e r a b i l i t y . " ? . . t h e o b j e c t was s e e n under w e a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s t h z t cou ld be c o n s i d e r e d e x c e p t i o n a l a t t h i s t i m e of t h e y e a r : a c l e a r s k y , some is- o l a t e d s t r a t o - c u m u l u s , t h e moon v i s i b l e i n t h e waning q,~ai.t ,el*. l1

( S o u r c e : "The B o s t o n Globe, F r i d a y , ,Tuly 9 , 13651

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1JFO Land i n A r g e n t i n a . Dur- -. - , s t ~ e e k of Novefiber. 1963,

a r e p o r t reached t h e o f f i c e s of a Sou th American UFO r rgan iza t , ion and was l a t e r pub?.ished f n Sheir j x x a - a 1 " E s p 2 c i 0 . ~ A t r a n s l a t i o n was made f o r SIGAP, and we use t h e r e p o r t a s p u b l i s h e d i n t h e p;~arch-April i s s u e of "Pegasus1' ( 23 Coatham Place,, C r a n l e i g h t , S u r r e y , L g l a n d ) , S i h t i r , a t Hume, Argent ina .

"It wes 2bout 4 a.m. un s a t u r 5 a Y . f e were i n s i d e t h e s c h o o l p remises c e l e b r a t i n g t h e end of t e r m , when suddenly I heard c r i e s and s h o u t s i n t h e s t r e e t . I tho . ight it weuld be a n a s s a u l t o r a c c i d e n t . When I went o u t , I saw a s t r a n g e s p e c t a c l e , a g roup of p e o p l e formed by a schoo l - t eache r and some pupi l s of t h e . s c h o o l were. a s i f p e t r i f i e d , observing the developments, of a f lat tened, elongated disc-shaped object t h a t was 2t an a l t i t u d e of about 200metres. Once t h e f i rs t impression of observ- i n g such a s t r a n g e s c e n e had gone, I could s e e f o r myself t h a t t h e ob- j e c t was l i k e a n i n v e r t e d f o e n t o n surrounded by a v e r y r e d l i g h t . The

I UFO a p p e ~ r e d about t o l a n d and a t t h i s moment we cou ld o b s e r v e w i t h p e r f e c t c l a r i t y , i t s c o n t o u r s . I n amasement we could s e e t h a t t h e t o p p a r t was t r a n s p ? r e n t 2 . a n d i n i t s i n t e r i o r could be c l e a r l y s e e n f o u ~ shadows o f medium s t a t u r e ; p e r s o n a l l y I cannot s2y t h s t t h e y were be ings : we o n l y s 2 w something t h ~ t moved and had human form. . ; A f t e r some moments, t h e o b j e c t executed a s h a r p t u r n a n d a t i n c r e d i b l e speed , wi th - o u t sound, d i s a p p e ~ r e d u p w ~ r d s amongst t h e s t a r s , l e e v i n g - a w h i t e t r a i l behind. . . The witnesses o f t h i s s t r a n p e and r a r e e v e n t , which h s d p o t been r e p o r t e d i n t h e p r e s s t o , a s t h e y s ~ i d , avo id t h e r i d i c u l e ; were ,

i n t e r v i e w e d s e p a r a t e l y , a l l g i v i n g t h e same e x p l z n a t i o n . One of i h e w i t n e s s e s s a i d t h a t - t r y i n g t o obse rve t h e UFO from t h e r o o f o f a n e i g h - bour ing house , was b l i n d e d by t h e i n t e n s e glow t h ~ t t h e o b j e c t wc3 i r r a d i a t i n g . A f t e r an e x h a u s t i v e i n v e s t i g a t i o n t h e A . 0. A . g i v e s a u t h e n t i c i t y t o t h i s c a s e . " The h d y s u p p l y i n g t h e t r a n s h t i o n w z s m- a b l e t o t r a n s l a t e t h e word l f foen ton .v

Flower-Shaped UFO i n England On Feb. 9 , 1970; a t S t e c h f o r d , E n g l a n l , a man and h i s wi fe claimed t o have sEen a s t r a n g e o b j e c t i n t h e sky, It was first observed i n t h e wcst and l a s t Been i n t h e 1 e a s t , The es t ; i - mated speed was 30-40 m. ,~/h , The o b j e c t was d e s c r i b e d a s da rk -g rey and shzped somewhat l i k e a t h r e e p o i n t e d f l o w e r p e t a l t h a t had curl:>.; up. It had no l i g h t s . It maintz incd a s t e a d y , s t r a i g h t movement z..:. s t a r t e d r e v o l v i n g on i ts own a;:is,

The weather wzs d r y and co ld w i t h s c a t t e r e d clo!rd and no wind.. I t was s e e n i n a h e ~ v i l y b u i l t up a r e a . C r e d i t : UFCLOG, Colwe.11 Road,

1 Colwel l Bay, I s l e of Xight .

S i g h t i n g i n B e l g i ~ , Nov. 25, 1959, K o e k e l b ~ r g , Be1gium:An o v a l sha-p- o b j e c t was s e e n on N,ovember 25:h a t Koekelberg, N'd suburb of B r u s s e I ~ , , The s k y was cloudy and t h e UFO appeared m o t i o n l e s s a s a , b l a c k r n e t a l l i ~ . : o b j e c t . Source , " V i s i t e u r s S p z t i a u x , " Belgium. C r e d i t : , UFO CHRONICLE : 26 Churchs ide , Vigo V i l l a g e , n r Meopham, Kent, England. --------

L e ~ r n abou t UFOs i n Argentina. Read t h e A . 0 . A . INTERNATIONAL UFO NEWSLETTER, t h e f i rs t Argen t ine UFO p u b l i c ~ t i o n s v a i l a b l e i n E n g l i s h , Wr i t e f o r f u l l d e t s i l s o r send $2 (money o r d e r ) t o : Gui l le rmo A l d u n a l i , C a s i l l a P o s t a l 467, R o s a r i o , L r g e n t i n a . --Adv,

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w h i l e mak'ing n i k h t o b s e r v a t i o n ~ ~ n t ong o f t h e t e l e s c o p e s of t h e O b ~ e r i VatorY (Ldng.79 27 ' .6 E , L a t .29 21 ' .6N), n o t i c e d s sudden b r i g h t e n i c g of t h e whole sky l a s t i n g ' a second o r s o , a t 20h27m GMT on 9 J-me 19';'9, The a t m o s p h e r i c c o n d i t i o n s a t t h e t l m e were : S k y : , c l o u d l e s s and moonless , R e l a t i v e Humidi ty: 46. Atmospheric t e m p e r a t u r e 16 C . Barometric p res - s u r e : 80 mb. Wind v e l o c i t y : a lmos t z e r o .

"Here a r e t h e i r d e s c r i p t i o n s of t h e e v e n t : D r . P. P. Ssxena : For a b o u t a s e c o n d , t h e t o t a l l o c 2 l s k y s u d d e n l y b r i g h t e n e d up t o a n i n t e n - . s i t y comparable t o t h ~ t o f t h e mi lky way d u r i n g t h e s e summer months , 7%: e v e n t took p l a c e i n two s t p g e s . A l l o f 2 s v d ~ e n t h e s k y became b r i g r l t fo l lowed immedi2 te ly by a d i s t i n c t f u r t h e r b r i p h t e n i n g up.

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