The MUFONUFO JOURNAL

NUMBER 134 MARCH-APRIL 1979

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FROM THE EDITORAn important function of any serious UFO journal is to keep its

readers informed of hoaxes and errors. In this issue we discuss someinstances of questionable information that has been entered into theliterature, and also some examples of borderline UFO sightings thatmay or may not be explainable. Occasional case studies of this typecan be informative, and they can serve as examples to keep us onour toes.

We cannot, however, devote the majority of space—all toolimited— to that "90%" of IFOs. It is the "10%" of UFOs thatpromises to yield information of scientific value, and we intend tofocus attention on the mystery, not on the smoke screen. Still, it isimportant to realize and keep in mind at all times that the vastmajority of things that get reported as "UFOs" are natural orconventional objects, but not always obviously so. Careful andthorough investigation often is needed to identify the culprit.

This smoke cloud always has obscured the important cases,and is mistaken by skeptics as being the entire story. Therefore, it isincumbent upon us to screen information and encourage thoroughinvestigation in the process of singling out for attention those casesthat establish UFOs as a real mystery.

In this issue

MYSTERY AT MINDALORE .-- 3By Cynthia Hind

CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH E-M AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS 8By Raymond E. Fowler

UFO OR AIRCRAFT?: A CASE STUDY 10By Willard D. Nelson

FLAGRANTE DELJCTO IN THE AFLAFLFA? SACRE BLEU! 13By Ted Bloecher

UFO ABDUCTION HOAX 14By. T. Scott Grain, Jr.

1965 HUMANOID CASES (News) 14UFO TECH NOTE 15

By John SchuesslerCALIFORNIA REPORT , 16

By Ann DruffelIN OTHERS' WORDS 19

By Lucius ParishDIRECTOR'S MESSAGE 20

By Walt Andrus

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(Mindalore, Continued)embankment as they could, towards'the light and the new road which slopeddown away from the embankment. "Aswe came closer," Meagari said, "I couldsee it wasn't a plane of an ordinary kind.We approached it from the sideactually, and we were rather worried aswe got closer and I didn't know whatwas going on. It looked so odd! But I ama nurse.and I felt-thaTH there was anytrouble at all, perhaps I could be of help.

xAt least, I could call for an ambulance orsomething like^ that, \ or give therrT^assistance on the^spot." .

Ad they drew nearer fcf the object,Meagan could see that whatever it was,it was encased by this pink light; a verybright, absolutely pink light. Both sheand Andre were adamant about thecolour of the light. It completelysurrounded the craft ,• although Meagancould see no light which might 'havecaused the glow. There were two~lights~"~on either side of an opening they couldsee in the side of the craft, and one on-top of it. The same pink glow seemed to

. . emanate from within-the^opening. "^^"As we-walked up towards^ the

edge of the road, I could seethe crafF^ • -and as far as I am conggrned( ft was acraft of some soft_was standingstraight on the road, although the roaditself is at a sfefit away from the edge

^^ where Wg-were. The object was also^s^JggiShaped from the top down. At the

bottom, where it appeared the egg-parthad been-cut^straight across, it wassupported'by four legs. They .were

- -spider'.legs—not very thick; about10,16 cms and a=sucker pad fixed eachleg onto'ihe road. The legs were about1,22 meters high."' What height was the craft above

the legs?- "Well, I'm not very good at

estimating heights, but it must havebeen about that height altogether" —indicating about 3,66 meters — "Whenit was on the ground."

How wide was the craft?"It fitted nicely into the yellow lines

on the road."When measured on site, I

estimated this to be about 4,88 meters,but I feel there might be some doubt asto this. It was dark and the lightdistortive. There' seems to be someuncertainty about the width; it might

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indeed have been narrower. : , ' (I asked Meagan what her

impressions were at the time."I was very confused. I didn't know

what it was." ^Was she^afraid? "\"No, I wasn't afraid, because I

thought it was some sort of aircraft,perhaps some experimental aircraft. Itwas unusual, but then you^get all sortsof unusual things nowadays^ Shelaughed loudly, "I certainly didn't think

_it was something from outer space. Idon't really believe in those things, youknow. I haven't read anything about iteither so it wouldn't have^entered-my--=mind anyway." ^ '

I asked Andre what,he had seen."It looked like this," he-.:said, doing aquick drawing on the back of a cigarettebox^" There was no^doubt abqutjhe^egg-shape. The rest was"also sirnilar towhat his.mother had[described! '.""

Meagan >aidj- "Frank Norton(UFO investigator in South Africa) saidthat I was fabricating the story. I)foldhim, 'Oh no, if I was going to lie aboutsomething, I wouldn't Jnyplve my- 12-year^old_son. What mothef^wotild liewith her, child unless she was a bit round-thg bend>"6pecially when the child isvery s~ehsitiveand getting ready to go toHigh School."' -

Meagan went back to the story."As we stood there, we spoke togetherquietly, wondering what it could be. Itdon't know why we were so quiet, it wasalmost as-thoughrweLdidn't want "to beoverheard." And 'then^.as -they cameeven "closer.to*the^cfaftr5 of 6 men,stepped out of the openincftmto-theground. ;'

I asked if they had seen anyonenear the object before the menappeared. "No," AndreX said. "Theyonly came out as we got there." Meaganadded, "One or two.of-them went to theleft hand side of the craft, away.fromus.-Andre and I have.discussed this, but weare not absolutely sure if there was oneman or two." xx^ ^\

Two of the men remained near thecenter of the craft and the other twocame to the side where vwe werestanding. One of the two near to us.wastalking quite a lot and the other^one wasanswering in monosyllables. The onewho was doing all the talking had ahigh-pitched voice, and the words

sounded rather sing-song, but wecouldn't actually hear the words, justthe sound of it."

Andre interrupted, "I saw one ofthe men on the far side bend down andpick up some sand from the sandy bit

^ off the edge of the tarmac. They were•;,, talking and l)saw this man lifting the\ sand in his hand and he let it trickle

through his fingers."Meagan .added, "I actually saw i

them bend downand-tojach the tarmac ,but.Ldidn't see them do anythihg-with .

.the sand:"- ̂I asked Meagan-if_she thought she

— could identify the language:^' '" ' ^

put it down to is Chinese. But it wasn'tChinese. I can't imitate it because I'vegot a deep voice and his was very high-pitched. It was -broken up~ahd quick;.that's whatmade me think of Chinese."

Could either of them see the men'sfaces? "-̂

"We couldn't see them too clearly.They were all covered upoveralls with~only their faces showing,,except" forTwcfof them: the one nearestto me=and one on the far side. Theirheads were uncovered."

Of the; two meii approachingMeagan and: Andre, the one with' hishead uncovered had thick dark^hair_which was 'curlish,' and a beard. "Andthen~suddenly," Meagan said, "the onewhojyas doing all the talking obviously

^realized" trTatjveiwere^tandjng^there,for he^said something to rtiscorhpanion.At trie same time, he took .a step back

^as thoughjianding overjp the beardedman." "- — ~-~~=^,^- ' ̂ ----

"We were standingat the top of theembankment on a level with the

' - -slightly down at "them. They weren'ttiny. I'm 1,7 meters tali and they cameup to my chin. I would say~fhey were.abo_ut_ 1,58 "meters. They were veryslenderlrrbuiidvthough."

( Meagan__said -the suits coveredthem completelylso that.one could notsee any muscles or anything like that.Except for the two mentioned, the suitwent over their feet and right up to theirheads, leaving only the face^visible. Thehands -were clear, as far as she couldrecall, and they appeared^to bejquitenormal. ~~~~^"̂ What was the colour of the^suits?

MYSTERY AT MINDALORE/ By Cynthia Hind

f' (Copyright Cynthia Hind, 1979)

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Mindalore is a/r"~suburb ofKrugersdorp, a town some 26 kms frorfvJohannesburg, South Africa. Theh'ouses are not big, but modern andattractive, placeo1 on wide tarmac roadsand^surrounded'by large open spacesand sweeping hills. In the area, aconsiderable variety of minerals are

^mined, such as high grade manganese,iron, and asbestos. ̂ There_are threeuranium plants within tKe^muriicipal"area of Krugersdorp.

-The Mindalore case was broughtto, my attention by a local newspaperreport in The Herald, ~a leadingRHcfdesian newspaper, and I managedto contact the witness, Mrs. Quezet,who ;agreed for me to int,ery.iew,her-ii Iflew down to SoutrTAffica. This Imanaged to do on the afternoon ofFriday, January 12, 1979. I arrived atabout 4:30 PM on^ a ̂ darkeningafternoon with driving rain and was metin Johannesburg by my daughterLindsay and her husband, Richard.They had arranged to drive me to-Mrs.Quezet'sj, house immediately^ aftereating supper and we actually arrivedthere shortly after 8:15 PM.

Meagan Quezet, a housewife inher thirties, lives with her French-born^husband Paul and her two sons, Gary(8) and Andre(12): at 14, Saul^JScobs-Street, Mindalore. >AIth6ughrMe"agantrained as a nurse^sKe did not completeher training, but is^obviously anintelligent and questioning wqmarLAtour first meeting, J_had a feeling of slight,antagonism frorn~her,- but I was-'notsurprised whervl heard how she-hadbeen inundated by telephone,-reporters, and some "crank" callers./

"However, as the evening wore on "andshe became-aware, of my ,genuineinterest in -UFOs and my extensiveknowledge of-^previous cases, thev

feejing improved and I think when wefinally left the Quezet home, I had

gained a certain amount of trust fromthe family. .'

Meagan told me that late on, Wednesday' evening, January 3, 1979,she was sitting in the lounge finishing offa book she had been reading. Sheremembers booking at the clock andnoting that '(it was 10 minutes tomidnight. Just then her elder son Andrecame into the living room saying that hehad*been unable to sleep and could hemake a cup of tea for both of them?Meagan readily^agreed. She'said, "I"think Andreiwas getting.bored with theschool hSlidays"—in South Africa thelong, summejr hojidays occur duringDeclhiber/January^'and he was also

^anxious to"start"HighxSchool."It was then she fieafcbtheir part-,-

bred Daksie dog, Cheeky; ''barkingoutside, pheeky had recently beenknocked down by a passing motor-carand his back had been, badly damaged.He had only recently been nursedjbackto health/and Meagan didn't wantanything else to happen to him. Meaganwent outside and called to Cheeky butshe soon realized that he had managedtg^get outside/thVgates'and she knewthat if she left him, he would bark andbark and disturb jthe neighbors.

She went to their front gate callingto the dog, but by that time Cheeky had

^gone up, the road. Realizing thatCheeky; wouldsopner come to Andrethan to her.'Meagan shouted for him tocome and help.her get Cheeky backinto the garage., "I was*1 also worriedabout the area," Meagan said. "Thereare always people wandering about

-^after dark and Kwanted Andre to comewith me up the road to find Cheeky."

No 14, Saul Jacobs Street is aboutmicTway up" the street. At the top thereis a T-junction, and the road crossing

.A there is called TindalJ Road. However,v-beyond that, about,12. meters further

up, there is a road running parallel to

Tindall Road, which actually has no.-'connection with it at all. This is a newly-

made road, a connecting (ink betweenthe factory' area of Chamdor andLuipaardsvlei Industrial Area, and usedmainly by heavy traffic during the day.Very little traffic passed that way duringthe night.

When they neared Tindall Road,Meagan saw Cheeky still barkingfrantically, together with most of theneighborhood dogs. At the same time,she became ~aware'of a bright pink lighton the top road. She said to Andre,"Look, .they've got lights on that road

;up"thereT" -~^>^^^"No, there -aren!t- any lights up

.^feifMorti;" he replied. ""Well tHS". what's that very odd

looking thing trief6?" Meagan queried,pointing to the pinTTgJow she could seeabove the road. F^ immediatereaction was that it was^liaht aircraftcome down on thementioned this to Andre, quite~convinced that she was right-

Worried by this possible,eventuality, they moved quickly 'uptowards the top road.,-The" access isthrough some _ ditches -and- uneven-groundr overgrown with grass andsmall bush, and steeply slanting to thetop road. This embankment has not yetbeen cleared and it provides anexcellent place for children and theirdogs to play.

Meagan counldn't think of anyother explanation for the very brightpink light. She said it.might have been apolice car with its light on the roof, butshe couldn't hear anything andnormally the police car light had a sortof 'whoo-whoo' sound to it. Also sherealized that the light was quite high upon the road, as though topping a planeof some sort.

They moved as quickly up the(continued on next page)

Andre and Meagan in their back garden.- (Copyright: Cynthia Hind, 1979)

"White .T." Meagan said hesitantly."Andre thought they were pink, but Ithink that was the effect of the glow offthe light. They were definitely white ..they had this pinkish effect from thelight"

Was there a sheen to'the suits?"No, just absolutely white."Did they notice the colour of the

craft?"It was a metallic-lead colour. That

was the impression I got," Meagan said."It had no contours to it, no fins oranything like that, just smooth."

Andre added, "The colour was likea fishing weight — like the ones we usewhen we go fishing."

Meagan said, "The body of thecraft was quite smooth. I could seenothing on the sides at all. There mighthave been something on the other side,but I didn't get to see that. I would haveloved to have gone round and inspectedthe other side, but you know, you onlythink of these things afterwards."

Meagan noticed that the beardedman was looking at her all the time. Stilllooking at her, he bowed low to thewaist and said something. Meaganthought it was a greeting of some sort.

All the time, his eyes never left hers.Andre said, "The man said

something with three syllables in it. Iheard it quite clearly."

Sheepishly, Meagan said "Hello"and laughed nervously. She said, "Theone with the beard, whom I presumedwas in charge, had ordinary black hair.But his skin was dark, like the MiddleEastern people, a sort of olive. But hewasn't black." Meagan felt herselfdrawn to the man with the beard. Shelaughed, "I have always liked men withbeards."

She couldn't see the colour of theireyes, but the bearded man's eyes werequite normal, like an ordinary person'seyes. I asked if they were slanted, orlarge and round. Meagan said, "No, butI must tell you something. I don't knowif this means anything or not. I had theimpression that the bearded man's eyeswere quite translucent, as though Icould look through his eyes. I kpow itsounds a silly thing, and maybe it was areflection of the pink light in his eyes."

While the man greeted her andbowed, Meagan just stared at him. Andthen suddenly, for the first time sincethe sighting, she had a feeling that

something was not quite right!Somefh/ng was not quite normal.Andre was standing slightly behind herand to her left.

She said to him, "Andre, go and getDaddy, and run, please run." Meagansaid, "I think I shouted at Andre,loudly." Andre said, "I ran straightaway. I was frightened. I didn't expectto see anything like this."

I asked if they thought the menappeared to be threatening. Meagansaid, "Well, he spoke to me and I juststared at him. Then he said somethingto the other man and that one in turnsaid something to the others. Theyweren ' t h a v i n g any l eng thyconversation, just sort of mono-syllables." But the next thing she knew,they had jumped back into the craft.

I asked if they had climbed inthrough the doorway, and if so, were

-there any steps? "No, there were;no''steps, but the.opening was about 1,22meters off the ground. The door was inthe middle of the far side from us. Butthey just stepped in."

"Did they jump up?" I asked.JYes,.but I "didn't get any impression of anyeffort going into it; they didn't heavethemselves up. They just stepped up.And then one moment the door wasopen and the next moment it wasclosed. I didn't see the door close." :

Within seconds of the doorshutting, Meagan heard a buzzingnoise. She described it as sounding"like bees in a hive" — that was theclosest she could get to the sound. Andthen suddenly, the legs elongated toabout three times their length.

"The legs came from the bottomend of the craft and they elongated tothe size of the craft itself when it stoodon the gound."

"So that the overall height wouldnow have been about 6,1 meters high?"I asked.

"Yes, I would think so."In the meantime, Andre who had

been going down the embankment asfast as he could in the dark, stoppedwhen he heard the buzzing noise.Meagan herself stepped back. She wasafraid; she didn't know what was goingto happen next.

She said, "I was a bit frightened. Ididn't know whether to run or what.

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(Mindalore, Continued)And then suddenly the object seemedto right itself; it went slightly to the leftfrom where it was. Then the legs startedtelescoping into the craft. I must tell youI hadn't thought of that word'telescoping' — the legs just started towithdraw into the craft, but one of-thereporters who came to interview us,suggested that the legs 'telescoped' intothe craft, and it is a much better word.The legs went straight up into the craft.It hovered for about a second or twoand then it shot off into the sky, veryquickly. The clouds were very low thatnight. The whole thing looked just like apink light and it went straight up into theclouds and disappeared in about 30seconds. But the clouds were colouredthat pink colour for quite a while after ithad gone."

I asked how long it was from the_ time they first saw the object until jt

tOOk Off. r

"I think it was about 10 minutes,"Meagan said. "It's difficult to time timewhen you don't have a watch." Shelaughed. "I can tell you it seemed muchlonger. I remember.my mouth going dry

rribly dry, when I shouted to Andre.to go and call his-Dad. I was scared stiffthen. I am an outgoing person, so I wasvery interested in what was going on allthe time but just the same, I wasfrightened! I can't explain it to you; it isthe most unusual thing I have ever seenin my life."

When the craft took off, what didshe do?

"I watched it for some time andAndre had come back to the top of theembankment again by this time. He'dstopped running when he heard thebuzzing noise. And then as he came tostand beside me, I said to him. "You see,it's gone up.' He was watching and hejust said, 'Yes, I can see.'"

I asked if they had any impressionof power when the craft moved off?

"No. It was a slightly windy nightbut I didn't get any impression of jets orflame or anything like that, or even anyextra wind. It was quite chilly andwindy, but no different from how it hadbeen before."

What did they do next?"We just stood there for a moment

or two, quite flabberghasted." Thenthey walked quickly down the hill to

Top road showing width of object, Andre in background.

jtheir_house.^Meagan's intention was towake her husband up immediately, butas they, walked home she realized thatthere was nothing he could do. After all,the craft had gone! Paul was manager ofa workshop and his hours were longand hard. He was always tired andMeagan mentioned that he was afraidthat the stress and strain of his workwould lead to a heart attack. He went towork early and came home late.Meagan felt she would not be justified inwaking him now to tell him the story.The morning would do just as well.

Andre however, wanted to wakehis father right away and tell him thestory. "No," Meagan said. "We won'twake Daddy because he is so tired andwhat could he do about it nowanyway?" She said she had thoughtabout it and decided against it. "Hedoesn't get enough sleep as it is."Meagan and Andre sat in the lounge fora little while discussing the event.

I asked if they had thought ofphoning the police.

"No," Meagan said. "It didn't occurto me. I thought it was somethingunusual but I really didn't know what todo about it. In any case, by this time it

was 10 minutes to one, so.ljhought thebest thing we could do was to go tobed."

In the morning, Andre decided totest out the story on his youngerbrother Gary. Andre said, "Would youbelieve me if I told you " When Andrehad outlined the story of the nightbefore, Gary said "No," very firmly.Then Andre phoned his father who hadgone to work before they were awake.Paul was a bit skeptical at first, but thenAndre told him "that Meagan had alsoseen the craft with him.

Meagan says, "I spoke to myhusband and told him the story. I askedhim what he thought it could be and hesaid. 'It must be a UFO. It sounds like aUFO.' He asked me if it was really true,did it really happen? And then he said Imust phone the newspapers."

Meagan had noted recently, whiledriving in town, a sign which had said"Associated Newspapers." So shedecided to phone them, although shewas almost certain they would think shewas crazy. "But Andre saw- the samething as I did; we can't have made it upor sucked it out of our thumbs," shesaid emphatically.

' When she phoned the news-papers, a man there said, "Just amoment. I want you to talk to one of mycolleagues about this. I'll phone youback."

"This he did," Meagan said. "Andthey asked Andre if he had seen StarWars or Close Encounters of the ThirdKind and Andre said 'No.' He was-feeling so embarrassed about the wholething."" "

- Since then, Meagan and Andreand the Quezet family have beeninundated with phone calls and callers,some from newspapers, some fromprivate people. There have beenhoaxes, cruel ones, for no rhyme norreason, but naturally one has to acceptthat there are mentally ill people all overthe world. One of the calls was from aman who purported to be from theDai7y Mirror in London.

He gave a name and an addressand told Meagan in return for exclusiverights to,the-story, his paper would flyher. ;and* her.; family to - England andFrance for two weeks holiday, allexpenses paid. She did not expect tomake any money from her story, but itwas a wonderful offer and she wasdelighted to accept. They arranged tocall on her at '2- PM on 'Saturday,January 13. The Quezet family wereterribly excited about the prospect ofthe trip; Paul had not been home toFrance for • many years. But on theSaturday, no one turned up. Nor didanyone phone. The basis of such a hoaxseems completely sick to me.- Meagan also had genuine callsfrom England and America. TheNational Enquirer wanted to put herunder hypnosis, but she was wary ofthis: 'She said, "Andre is a 12 year oldand going through a difficult age.11 don'tlike hypnosis. I told them I wouldundergo a lie detector test anytime they'wanted me to, but hypnosis, that issomething quite different." Shelaughed. "Perhaps if they arrange toinsure me while I am undergoing thehypnosis, I might do it. Because thingshappen under hypnosis. The hypnotistmight say, 'What-happened when'.youwent into the craft?' and they could-besuggesting things to me which I know Ididn't do."

I explained to Meagan that whilst Ifelt one could not accept the total

reliability of regressive hypnosis, I didnot feel it would harm her. At the timehowever, Meagan would not changeher mind.

On Thursday, January 4, Meaganand Andre went back to the spot wherethe craft had stood. They could seenothing.unusual. There were no markson the tarmac and although the sand onthe side of the road where the men hadstood was a bit disturbed, there wasalso a ditch nearby where men wereworking to place a pipe in position.

"There were sections of the ditchwhich had not yet been filled in, so itcould have been something to do withthat," Meagan said.

'I asked if they had noticed anyphysical after-effects, but Meagan said"No." An interesting: point of note isthat Meagan had started her menstrualperiod a week earlier than expected,and immediately after the incident. Thiswas not normal for her and she wassurprised that I asked, but said she feltherself that it might have been due tothe stress and excitement of theincident:

On Sunday, January 14, Lindsay(my daughter) drove :me back toMindalore. Meagan, Andre, andCheeky (the dog) led us to the spot onthe road where the craft had stood. 1timed our walk from the house, whichwas quite leisurely, to the embankmentat the top, and it took less than 5minutes to reach. Beyond the top road(we cannot at the moment trace thename of this highway) and on the sideaway from the houses, there is a largestretch of open ground. To the left andfar in the background — certainly a fewhundred meters away — there is an oldmine dump. Meagan told me that wewere standing on the site of an old goldmine. ' ' • ' ' ' • • '

I noticed immediately that whereMeagan and Andre indicated the craftstood, was almost directly under someelectrical power lines (see picture). Thiswas the only part of the road where thepower lines crossed: There were noother power lines in the vicinity.

: As I stood on the spot where thecraft had been, I called to Cheeky andhe came to me readily, so he showed nofear of the area, and there wasObviously no scent which he could beafraid of. However, it is important, to

Electric power lines within fewmeters of landing site.

note that there had been some heavyrains in the area since the night ofJanuary 3/4 wh ich ' might havedestroyed any ground evidence.

There were no signs of burn markson the tarmac, and as there was nofoliage in the immediate .vicinity, I couldlook for no evidence there. I examinedthe ground;closely on either side of theroad to a depth of about 2-3 meters, butcould detect nothing untoward. Wherethe men had been' working, the ditchwas not filled in, so any evidence of thesifting of the sand would have 'beendestroyed by now.

I was subsequently in contact withDr. Wim Ahlers of the University ofWitwatersrand Planetarium. He toldme he had no reason to doubt that Mrs.Quezet and Andre were telling thetruth. Frank Morton, of whosecredentials 1 am unaware, but whostyles himself as UFO consultant to thePlanetarium, informed me later thatwhen questioning the neighbors, it hadbeen learnt that Meagan Quezet was ahighly imaginative woman. Morton hassubsequently labelled the wholeincident "a hoax" although I am stillwaiting to hear on what reasons he hasbased his assumption. My impressionson the telephone of Mr. Morton weregood, although 1 must admit he referredto a well-known UFO case in relation toMeagan Quezet's report, and hisreference was inaccurate!

On the Sunday, I had occasion totalk to Paul Quezet alone. He said, "Mywife is a highly strung person, but shewould not lie." '

What has worried me most aboutthis case is the time factor: Meagan hadnoted the time Andre first came into thelounge which was 10 minutes tomidnight. She had looked at the clock

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH E-M AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS

By Raymond E. Fowler

On January 6, 1979 at 0035, Ireceived a telephone call from theM a s s a c h u s e t t s S ta te Po l iceHeadquarters, Boston. At 0022, theyhad received a teletype message fromthe Sturbridge State Police Barracks,concerning several UFO sighting

(Mindalore, Continued)again shortly before she and Andrewent to bed, and it was then 5 minutesito one in the morning. It took them 5minutes walk (maximum estimate) tothe top of the embankment, either way.Assuming it was about 5 minutes beforethey left the house to look for the dog,and 10 minutes watching the craft onthe ground (I think this time factor isquestionable, I would say much lesstime was involved) would account for25 minutes of time.

. Assuming they spent about 10minutes discussing the event after theyreturned to the house (again, I think thisis over-estimated) this would bring thetotal time accounted for, up to 35minutes. And yet, Meagan looked at theclpck at 10 minutes to midnight and 5minutes to one, a total time of 65minutes.

Personally, I think there is adiscrepancy of about 30 minutes plus orminus!

On January 25, after I had beenback in Rhodesia for a week, Lindsayphoned to say that Meagan had nowagreed to undergo hypnosis, but only if Iwas present at the same time. I phonedthrough to her immediately pointing outthat it was too expensive for me to flydown again, but that I could arrange fora reliable psychiatrist to do theregression, and she had agreed. I amhot sure when this will be done, but I amhoping to have a full report of thatavailable in the near future.

In the meantime, I present the caseof Meagan and Andre Quezet as itstands.

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reports they had received on theevening of 5 January 1979 and shortlyafter midnight, in the early morninghours of 6 January 1979. The CharltonPolice Department reported to theSturbridge State Police that they hadreceived a "Big-Foot" creature sightingon the evening of 5 January 1979. (Theyalso had a similar report on 28December 1978). One caller hadreported a "diamond-shaped object"which hovered 100 feet over her car.Another called on the morning of 6January and .said that UFOs hadcaused a traffic jam along Route 49during the early evening hours of 5January 1979. One caller did identifyhimself — Tom Emery, who lives withhis parents in Springfield.

Tom Emery had called on behalf ofhis sister who had experienced a closeencounter with 3 UFOs while travellingalong Route 90 to visit her parents. I f

called his sister Anmarie Emery, andtaped a telephone interview with her onthe morning of 6 January. 1979 and onthe evening of 7 January 1979, while shevisited her parents. I visited herpersonally on the evening of 12 January1979, at her apartment in Boston.

Anmarie departed her place ofemployment (a hotel in Cambridge) atabout 1820, 5 January 1979 to visit herparents' home at Springfield. She hadhoped to leave earlier but had to catchup some work first so got a later-than-planned start. She proceeded with nostops other than about a 5-minute delayat two toll-booths.

She first noticed 3 red-glowing,triangular-appearing objects flying overwoods to her left (South) shortly afterShe passed through the Auburn area atthe junction of Route 90/290. Theywere flying in precise formation about 54mile from the road. She noticed severalcars that had slowed and assumed theywere watching the objects. They lookedstrange so she slowed, put down her

Massachusetts UFO,January 5,1979

driver's window to listen for an aircraftengine sound but could not hearanything. The objects glowed all redand had red-blinking lights to their rear.(See sketches). At one point, shethought she saw four but realized that itwas just a flashing red beacon atop theMassachusetts Turnpike MaintenanceDepot radio tower. She had slowed toview them through the open windowjust about 100 yards beyond this tower.Anmarie was driving a 1970 FordMaverick. Her radio (AM) was playingand tuned to WHYN. Her CB radio wason but with the volume turned down.There was moderate traffic.

When she reached the Route90/86 interchange, all other trafficexited to Route 86 (Sturbridge/Conn-ecticut/New York) and she foundherself travelling alone. About a mileafter this interchange, she climbed a hilland turned a corner. There was notraffic in her west-bound lane and theeast-bound lane was blocked from viewby a hill. When she rounded the corner,she sighted 3 glowing red craft hoveringover the road directly in front of her car.Simultaneously, her radio stoppedplaying, the CB radio light blinked outand its indicator needle dropped, andthe car slowed smoothly to a full stop.Please note that the car has standard

transmission and was in 3rd gear andthe engine continued to run! Anmariebecame totally paralyzed and could notmove except her hands shook a bit asshe gripped the steering wheel. Her footremained on the accelerator pedalwhich remained depressed but the carwould not move. The red light from theclosest object was so bright [hat she feltthe heat on her face. A strong pungentodor filled the car which she describedas a "sweet skunk smell."

The objects were in the same typeformation that she had noted earlierwhen they were flying in the distance.The closest was only 20 feet away and10 feet above the road. The secondhovered to its right, at the same height,but about 40 feet away. The thirdhovered to the first's left, at the sameheight, but about 60 feet away.

The objects appeared to be shapedlike 4-sided pyramids with their apexesfacing her. They appeared to be madeof a smooth glass-like substance. Thered light seemed to be emanating fromwithtin the objects but had nonoticeable point source as the glow wasuniform all over. Four brighter red,blinking portions protruded alongeither side of the back of the objects asif there were four red bars located at therear of each that were protruding. Theyblinked slowly, once every 2 seconds.Anmarie felt totally mesmerized andalthough the face-off seemed to last along time, she estimates the closeencounter was only 2-3 minutes induration.

Her face felt hot and flushed andher eyes watered. Then, a distantheadlight could be seen in her rear-viewmirror. Concurrently, the objectsaccelerated straight up, one at a time.The nearest one left first followed insuccession by the next nearest and thefarthest craft. They all moved away atan altitude of about 300 feet. Each hadswung around at "about like a 2-o'clockposition" and they all moved away anddisappeared behind a distant hill towardthe northwest. The objects were out ofsight in about 30 seconds. As soon asthey left, Anmarie's AM radio beganplaying, the CB radio light blinked onand the needle swung up and her carbegan to move. She could now move.

She arrived home sometime after2000. Her mother saw her flushed face

| Mark R. Herbstritt

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THE SKY FOR MARCH 1979

Mercury — On the 7th, it is at greatestelongation east (18 degrees) and theplanet stands about 15 degrees abovethe horizon at sunset.Venus — It rises 1J£ hours before thesun and is very low in the southeast atsunrise.Mars — Though technically a morning"star," it is too low in the sky to be seen.Jupiter — In Cancer, it is high in thesoutheast at sunset and sets beforesunrise.Saturn — In Leo, it rises at aboutsunset and sets at about sunrise, beingat opposition on the 1st.

(like a mild sunburn or high fever) andthe dazed look in her eyes andimmediately asked Anmarie what wasthe matter with her. Anmarie retortedthat her mother would not believe her ifshe told her. In any event, she told themwhat had happened. She did not wantto call the police because she felt thatthey would not believe her so herbrother Tom phoned the SturbridgeState Police barracks. They in turnteletyped the data to Boston StatePolice Headquarters who phoned me.

The flushed appearance/feeling ofher face disappeared. There was a bit ofrash or peeling of skin around her eyesand above her nose on the following daywhich healed quickly. Her automobile isoperating fine. The paint on the hoodshows no sign of blistering or peeling.

An interesting feature about theobjects was the way they turned. Thenose would drop about 45 degrees in aturn. The nose also dipped while theywere in the hovering mode in front ofthe car. Unfortunately, Anmarie neversaw the full back of the objects so we donot have a detailed description of theblinking red lights/bars(?)

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By Willard D. Nelson

(This report illustrates problems ofinvest igat ion and evaluation inborderline UFO reports that containsome "typical" UFO-like features, butin which witness psychology andsubjective impressions play animportant role. The lighting conditionsand the generally "low" performance ofthe objects might suggest aircraft, butsome details — if accurate — wouldcontradict this explanation. —Editor)

On W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g ,September 27, 1978, at 9:20 PM, EarlGoff, 20 was sitting in his upstairsapartment bedroom in Orange,California, watching TV when a flash oflight out the window caught his eye. Hesaw a lighted object which at firstlooked triangular, or boomerang-shaped, because of the arrangement oflights. It hovered at an estimated 200 to300 feet above the ground and he couldsee it straight in the east approximatelyYt mile away above the apartments andbeyond some trees. Because it lookedso odd, he raced downstairs and acrossthe street, and banged on the door ofhis young married friends, Pat (21) andSue Campbell (19), yelling for them tocome out and see what he saw. Theycame into the street and all claimamazement. "It's a UFO, isn't it?" Earlasked. Pat Campbell admitted that wasa direct suggestion, but he was hardpressed to think what else it might be. Ithovered in that spot perhaps 1%minutes. They saw a number of verybright steady white lights in two rows,with a blinking red light centrallylocated among them. All the lights wentoff and another light beamed down toscan the ground, a vacant field, Earlthought. Its size at that time wasclaimed to be a hand width at arm'slength (or almost 340 feet wide at 1300feet away); however the boys laterguessed its size at 150 feet wide, whilewondering if that weren't an

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underestimate.The object then moved south for a

half block, coming directly over KatellaAvenue. It began heading west towardthem, right above the busy street. Earlcried out for anyone to get a camera,but no camera was available. Two otherneighbors came out to watch, MargaretMurphy (43) and her daughter, Shelly.Earl and Pat ran down Shaffer Street tothe corner at Katella and watched theobject slowly approach, seemingly justabove the 50-60 foot telephone polesalong the street. It moved precisely andsilently, "as though by mind control."Cars under it were passing it since theywere going approximately 40 mph whileit rolled along at 15-20 mph. As itneared, they could see it really was alens-shaped object. The top half abovethe lights appeared darker, "a fadedbrown." It seemed huge. Pat said itmust have been 8 hands across as itreached the intersection at a 60-degreeangle above them. At the estimated200-300 foot elevation, it would be 300-

350 feet wide. Whatever its size, Patsaid Katella Avenue, a four-laneboulevard, "was like a runway for it — itseemed to overhang the street's edges.It made no noise at all. No type ofcombustion noise." Earl was waving hisarms and screaming at traffic to stopand look up. Some may have pulled to,the curb, he didn't know. They mayhave thought him a madman.

At the intersection the objectstopped to hover for 30 seconds. Allother lights turned off again, and the"strange white light shone bright on theground around us." This scanning lightmade a complete 360-degree sweeparound them at about 75 feet distance.It didn't shine directly on them. It wasodd, bluish, shadowless. "There wereno reflections." They felt as though theywere being watched. Pat even had theirrational thought, he admitted ruefully:"Take me." Earl admitted fear in themidst of his excitement.

The spotlight went out, the otherlights went on, and the object began

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moving again, emitting a small soundlike the wind as it started. It angledacross the neighborhood, goingnorthwest toward Glassell Street, thenchanged to northeast toward TrentonAvenue, then eastward back toward itsoriginal position, always at the sameelevation. Each change of direction wassudden. "The next moment it was justmoving in a new direction. Beautifulcontrol. Very steady and smooth." Atthis point Pat was on a garage roof, Earlin the street below. It had far outpacedtheir running efforts to keep up. Aftertransiting the neighborhood, it hoveredabout 10-15 seconds in its originalposition while the scanning lightsearched the ground once more. It thenmoved directly south, going out of theirview over the trees and housetops. Thebehavior was "as though it was lookingfor something" and the observationtime had lasted a total of 5-6 minutes.

..Helicopter?At this point the question naturally

arises whether this was a policehelicopter. Orange police do not have ahelicopter and they said that they didnot request helicopter assistance fromany other agency that evening.Anaheim, the nearest city with a policehelicopter, has a Hughes 300 "with aquiet kit," according to HelicopterSergeant Webb. It has a 1.3 millioncandle power searchlight and when it ison, the other lights probably would notbe visible because of contrast. ForSeptember 27 the Anaheim police logshows that it was north of the city ofOrange at 8:55 PM, and at the corner ofKatella and Tustin Avenues at 9:02 or9:03. This latter location is only Y2 milefarther east and in line with the line ofsight of Earl Goffs first noting theobject. However, the police recordshows the helicopter logged in at thewest end of Anaheim, 9.33 miles away,at 9:16 PM. It would have averaged 43mph (not 15-20) to cover the distance inthat time, and the police logs appearaccurate within a minute or two. Also,the UFO departed in a southerly, not awesterly, direction. The matter of timebecomes crucial here. Earl, Pat, andSue claim the time of the sighting tohave been between 18 and 20 minutesafter 9:00 PM.

Further comments by the Orange

Police Centrex Operator, Res. Off.Collins, are interesting. Officer Collinsstated he received a call that nightwhich he still remembered 10 dayslater. "The person said she saw a largeblack object. It appeared as if the sideswere bending downward. Like a disk."Pressed for the time or the identity ofthe caller, he said it had to be close to9:00 PM, but he couldn't add any moredetail. He volunteered, "I hope you canresolve something on that," indicating afrank interest in the events that eveningon the part of the police. Sue Campbellhad also called the police at 9:30, andEarl Goff says a police cruiser camearound the intersection of Shaffer andKatella 10 minutes after the call. It istempting to speculate that theoverhead "black object" was the sameobject that later attracted Earl Goffsattention as it lit up with a flash.

Al Lawson, another investigator inthis case, talked to Orange police theday after the sighting. Mike Leintz,dispatch officer, stated to Al that "twopeople sighted some dark black object"on the call that Officer Collins hadtaken. "When the second personcalled" (probably Sue Campbell) "theywere told another person had alreadyreported the same thing."

Lynda T. (35), an instructor atFederal Truck Drivers' School inOrange, independently saw theWednesday evening event. She lives inthe same apartment complex as, Patand Sue Campbell, and knows them.Says Lynda, "I just stepped out in backof my apartment and saw it. I thought itwas my imagination, or that my eyeswere playing tricks on me. It must havebeen about 9:30 PM. Yes, it cast a lightdown. It was moving west alongKatella."

Mrs. Margaret Murphy anddaughter Shelly were neighbors whocame out to view the object after Earl'sinitial call for witnesses. Reportedlythey were willing to be interviewed byme, but before I was able to talk to themthere was a near-tragedy in their family,so it became inappropriate to pursue aninterview at this time.

For whatever it is or isn't worth, itmight be noted that these days ofSeptember 27-29 encompassed a largesolar magnetic storm which affectedcommunications on earth, according to

General configuration of UFO,September 27-29, 1978,Orange, California

astronomers.

Second SightingOn Friday evening, September 29,

1978, the group of friends were sittingon the lawn in front of Earl Goff'sapartment "as they usually do." Earl,Pat, and Sue Campbell, Vila andCharlie were five of the group. Alsopresent were several "older people" —Linda T. (an independent witness of theprevious Wednesday event) and DougW. (29) her friend, also an instructor atthe Truck Driver's School. Earl'smother, Marge, who lives in the citynearby, was also reported to bepresent, but because of her businessconnections she apparently does notwish to be contacted as a witness. Shedid say, "It's all very interesting. Thewitnesses all seem to agree," aboutwhat happened next.

Vila was saying: "It'll never comeback to the same place twice!" It was8:55 PM. Suddenly a Hash of light drewthe attention of the group to the eastand Earl and Pat were certain thatWednesday's UFO had come backagain! And in the same spot as before.The others were in various states ofuncertaintly as to what they wereseeing.

Let's start with Sue Campbell'stestimony. "I'm not sure of their shapebut they were gigantic lights, not points,3 maybe 4 in a row. It was likeWednesday when I was just amazed atthe brightness of the lights, but this timethey were in a different pattern." Color?"I saw no red, like Wednesday. Othersdid. Just the white." Shape? "So dark.Couldn't be sure of any shape. Maybe adark shape. Same problem asWednesday with the strong lights —getting the eyes adjusted to anythingbehind them. Except it was a moredefinite shape Wednesday." How did

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(Orange, Calif., Continued)you know about it? "The flash, andthere it was. Sort of like it appearedfrom nowhere. Like a light bulb thatburns out when you turn it on, youknow?" Location, movements? "Moreto the south than Wednesday, butmaybe even closer and lower."

Linda T. and Doug. W. said theyboth saw "the second one" on thisFriday night. Said Doug, "It was veryslow at first. Three giant big lights. Likegreat big white spotlights. No shape tolights. Made out a shape to the craft likean inverted saucer. I never paid anyattention to UFOs and I sure don't goout looking for the things but, like theysay on TV, it was like two saucers, oneinverted on the other, with big lightswhere they joined. It accelerated fast,then, to the south. It had one blinkingred and green light, one port and onestarboard Blinked about one time persecond " He insisted he'd seen a lot ofaircraft and helicopters when he was inthe Navy and knew what they lookedlike. When I suggested it might havebeen a large aircraft with landing lightson, first pointed at them, then bankingto the south, he rejected that. "It wastoo erratic to be an airplane, it movedback and forth. It was hard to see ashape behind the lights, but it moved sofast when it did move that I couldn'tconnect it with an airplane." Doug sentme-a sketch of what he thought he saw.He strikes me as a forthright,responsible person. Among otherthings, he talked about wanting toinstitute a much-needed class in drivingsafety at the truck drivers' school.

Meanwhile, Earl Goff was readythis time. He'd borrowed a moviecamera the day before, hoping that theWednesday UFO would return so hecould get some record of it. He and,Pathad spent nearly the whole previousnight on a garage roof, waiting. He raninto his apartment to get the camera.He said when it reappeared it seemedthat it would repeat the same pattern ofmovements as on Wednesday, butwhen he started filming "it just fadedback quickly, like it didn't want to befilmed." Pat reiterated this. "At first itcame down close in front, but it gotaway fast when we started filming. Likeit knew."

Next began the great UFO chase.

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Pat and Earl jumped into their car andfollowed it south along Shaffer Street at40-50 mph. This time the UFO did notmove serenely: "It was making abruptmovements like I've never seenanything make before," said Pat.During the chase, they claim they lostsight of the UFO and resighted itapproximately three times. FromShaffer they reached Collins andturned east toward Tustin Avenue. Itseemed to be hovering "like it waswaiting for us to take footage." Theyshot some footage while it was over alarge open space (schoolyard). Then ittook off again, moving in many differentdirections but generally in a southerlydirection. They said it was a bumpy rideand the film would show the UFObouncing. They were going south onTustin, a four-lane street, making all ofthe green lights. They entered theGarden Grove Freeway, westbound,because the UFO then seemed to beheading westward by south. Theystopped along the freeway shoulderand filmed since it was now hoveringsouth of the freeway. It moved, theyfollowed. They had the feeling that "itseemed to try to stay away from us". Itnow was moving southeast, lower thanthe tops of buildings in downtown SantaAna. They got off the freeway to doubleback, but it had vanished when theylooked for it again. It had only been aminute and they had not actually seen itdepart. Their descriptions were poetic."Like it went into time travel or likethere was a door in the sky and it justwent into it.-" (Earl). "Like it opened up acloud and just stepped into it. It wasvery strange." (Pat).

Earl's drawing showed three lightson the same lens shape he drew forWednesday night. Doug's drawing wasvsry similar, except for proportions andthe red and green lights at theextremities of the shape. Earl said hesaw the green at some time during thechase.

AnalysisThis could have been a chase after

a slow moving airplane with funny lights(an ad plane?). I estimate the thingcovered about 5 miles as the crow fliesin the 10 minutes they chased it, fromKatella in Orange to downtown SantaAna. That's 30 mph average, too slowfor an ad plane unless it cut back and

forth to cover 7 or 8 miles. I do not knowof any ad plane that carries such brightlights. A large aircraft's landing lightsseen head-on are very bright likespotlights in the sky, but a large planewould have covered the distance toOrange County Airport Oust south ofdowntown Santa Ana) in a minute ortwo.

Earl was emphatic: "It wasn't anairplane!" Pat couldn't say what theywere seeing but rather wanted itexplained to him. Doug's testimony-appears to support the "it wasn't anairplane" theory. The unfortunate partof all this is that the movie film had runout of the camera before Friday nightand the boys didn't know it. Since themotor was running on their borrowedRicoh Super 8, they thought it wasgetting pictures. I've seen thedeveloped film and it shows airplanelanding lights they filmed the eveningbefore from the garage roof. . ."forcomparison if we get a real UFO onfilm." But there it ends. We are left withonly the credibility of all the witnesses,which I'd judge as average. The level ofexcitement seems to rule out fraud, tothis investigator, but I cannot rule out a"folie a deux" phenomenon. Earl andpat were excited and dominantwitnesses, but even so they wereacting somewhat dubious about whatthey were chasing Friday night,insisting that: "There was no questionabout Wednesday night, that was forsure!"

So I am left with only a question atthis point. Did the UFO come backanother night because of all the mentalenergy and interest directed toward it?

Effort beyond the ability of thisinvestigator would be required to rundown all the various ad planes andlight configurations on aircraft today.But that something strange may havebeen going on in the Los Angeles basinis evidenced by the story of two ladieswho saw something early Thursdaymorning, on the 28th, just nine hoursafter the first Orange sighting, but 38miles away. "Like big diamonds, jewels,in the sky. Like two big eyes watchingus. It was so still and quiet. Like timewas standing still." So described FredaKerswill who, with her sister, had justgotten out of their car at the Queen ofAngels Hospital, where they work. Itwas 6:25'AM.

The French Way

FLAGRANTE DELICTO IN THE ALFALFA? SACRE BLEU!

By Ted Bloecher

(Co-Chairman of Humanoid Study Group)

Readers of the British weekly,News of the World, may have beentitillated by an item in its edition ofSeptember 25,1977, in which this CEIIIwith a special Gallic flavor was brieflydescribed:

IT'S A FUNNY OLD WORLDBy George EdwardsA farmer couldn't believe his eyes when hesaw a flying saucer land in broad daylight."A man and a woman-both naked-jumpedout of the machine," he told the police atTout (sic), France. "They made love in thefield three times then climbed back on themachine and took off. 11 ried to get nearer buta blast threw me off my feet."Grinning gendarmes filed the report under"Unsolved UFO sightings."

This bit of alleged alien hanky-panky al fresco was immediatelypassed on by the Humanoid StudyGroup to its ace French humanoidspecialist, Jean-Luc Rivera, to whomwe are indebted for having assembledthe following information.

Zut alors! Something seems tohave happened to the translation of thestory in its journey across the Channel.Mr. Rivera has provided the probablesource for Mr. Edwards' tantalizinglittle tale. In my own free translationfrom the French, we find the followingstory in France Soir, from its edition ofJuly 7, 1977:

TWO MARTIAN NUDISTSA native of Dolcourt, near Toul (Meurthe-et-Moselle) had his afternoon nap cut short bythe appearance of two Martians.Flabbergasted, he saw a helicopter land in hisalfalfa field. A couple got out, dressed in thealtogether."Adam and Eve" made three trips around thefield and got back into the helicopter, whichtook off into the air.Convinced that what he had seen was aUFO, the farmer went to the localgendarmes to report his sighting.

So, we have Mr. Edwards to thank

for turning "three trips around the field"in the buff into something a bit moreprovocative! (The word used in theFrench account is fours; of course thatdoes rhyme with amours, where in maylie Mr. Edwards' error). And it seems tohave been convenient for Mr. Edwardsto omit any mention of a helicopter.

Ah, but wait, mes amis, there ismore! The Paris newspaper's accountmay be traced back to an even morelocal representation from the Girondenewspaper, Sud-Quest. In its edition forJuly 4, 1977, once again with mytranslation libre, we find the followingaccount:

TROUBLED BY MARTIANSIt's not every day that one can see Martiansgot up like Adam and Eve. Last Wednesday(sic) a farmer from Dolcourt (Meurthe-et-Moselle), who was napping underneath atree, suddenly heard a commotion from aherd of cattle that were stampeding to the farend of the field.Getting up to check, he was "struck to theground by a powerful wind from an engi'n"that descended and landed in the alfalfa field.From it emerged a completely nude pair whovery shortly got back into the machine.Convinced that he had seen a UFO, thefarmer went off to the local gendarmes toreport his strange experience.

Now, for the denouement of thisreported romp in the alfalfa, we areindebted to the Groupe PriveUfolo'gique Nanceien, in Nancy. In aletter dated August 15, 1977, fromGPUN's secretary, M. Robe, to theGroupe d'Etudes des Sciencesd'Avant-Garde, of Bruges, Belgium, weare finally able to discover what rea//ywas going on in that field of alfalafa. Theletter was reprinted in GESAG's UFO-INFO #49 (September 1977) on page28. rny own translation of which follows:

We have since been able to conduct aninquiry at the scene. The description of aUFO was complete news to the inhabitants

of the village, as well as to those of theneighboring village.

The witness was not present but wequestioned the mayor and several of theresidents. The incident took place on June 6,1977, a helicopter from the NationalGeographic Institute having landed in a fieldnear the village of Dolcourt, where there wasa young lady sunning herself in a bathing surt.Her father, who was working in an adjacentfield on his tractor, took notice and drovecloser for a better look.At no time did the witness speak of UFOs,nor of Martians.The farmer, M. Flauss, complained to theGendarmes of Toul simply because of thelanding of the machine in his field. The hoaxwas thus one by the local press, and it is trulya sorry business to have to mix the UFOphenomenon into this incident. . .

As the GESAG correspondent,Jean-Luc Proust, so aptly concludes inthe UFO-INFO account, "Here's a fineexample of journalistic irresponsibility."But the first prize for this special awardgoes, of course, to News of the Worldand, especially, George Edwards, whohave turned this cunelard de presseinto a canard d'esfime.

We must doff our chapeaux toMssrs. Robe and Proust for having setthe matter straight. And fast but notleast, to M. Rivera, for having brought itto our attention.

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UFO ABDUCTION HOAX

By T. Scott Grain, Jr.(Pennsylvania State Section Directorfor MUFON)

The recent disappearance ofFrederick Valentich over Bass Strait,Australia last October, has generated arenewed interest in another UFOabduction case that purportedly tookplace in July 1952. As reported in theSpring 1979 issue 13 of TRUE FLYINGSAUCERS & UFOs our protagonist,Fred Reagan, flew his Piper Cubtowards a shining lozenge-shapedobject and was involved in a mid-aircollision. Reagan's plane crashed but hewas suspended in the clouds andteleported up into the UFO. After beingplaced in a dimly-lit room, Reagan wasapproached by creatures looking like"huge stalks of metallic asparagus," andwas told they were sorry their vehicleaccidently collided with his, and theywere here only to observe our primitivecivilization.

In reparation for the loss ofReagan's plane, the creatures told himthey cured him of cancer, a disease heunknowingly had. The occupantsreturned Reagan to earth near hiscrashed plane, warning him not toreveal this experience, for no one wouldbelieve him.

Normally reports such as thismight be considered pure fiction, butbecause of the recent publicity thisincident received in True's spring UFOissue, this researcher felt compelled toset the record straight. To myknowledge, the original articleappeared in ACTION magazine, May1953. It was later reprinted in FLYINGSAUCER NEWS June 1963, and finallyagain in TRUE'S UFO quarterly in1979.

What makes this UFO-abductioncase so tantalizing, is a news reportwhich appears to have originated out ofAtlanta, Georgia, in May 1953:

SAUCER PASSENGER DIESAtlanta—May 16. Fred Reagan, who madeheadlines lasl year when he claimed he hadbeen a visitor aboard a flying saucer, diedtoday in the State Asylum for the Insane.Cause of death was determined to bedegeneration of brain tissue due to extreme

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atomic radialion. Authorities are unable loofter an explanation.

Looking at the article and newsdispatch at face value, it appearssomething very mysterious may haveerupted here. However, in October1972, UFO researcher Kurt Giemser.wrote to the Georgia Department ofPublic Health requesting a copy of thedeath certificate for Fred Reagan andthe fasts surrounding his death. Inresponse, Miss Martha Pattillo,Assistant Director of the Vital RecordsUnit, wrote back, "We checked all thespellings of Reagan we could find butwere unsuccessful, in locating anyrecord of the death of the person inwhom you are interested." The allegednewspaper clipping reprinted aboveappeared in the original article inACTION, but could not be traced toany newspaper I could find.

In conclusion, the story seems tohave no substance at all. In view of thefact there is no death certificate, noC.A.B. aircraft accident report could befound, and no positive proof theincident even occurred, what we haveleft appears to be the ramblings of aghost writer's vivid imagination.

1965 HUMANOID CASES(In summer and fall of 1965, a majorwave of UFO sightings occurred in theUnited States, South America,Antarctica, and elsewhere. TheMUFON Humanoid Study Group haslocated these newspaper references toSouth American humanoid reportsduring that period. Translations by LexMebane.)

From Excelsior (Mexico City), Sept. 10,1965 (HumCat #666)

SEVERAL PERSONS ASSERT THATTHEY SAW AN "EXTRATERRESTI-

AL BEING" IN COATEPEC

Xalapa (Vera Cruz), Sept. 9.--Ajournalist, a herdsman, and two taxi

drivers in Coatepec state that they sawan extraterrestrial being on AvenidaCampillo. " '", •"'.. ','.

Enrique Vega, Adolfo Ramirez,Arturo Almanza, and Antonio Nietosay that they saw an individual dressed

. in black, with shining hands, whoseemed to have "cat eyes", and whowas carrying in his hand a metal orcrystal rod which shed an intense light.Later on, the four went away, and whenthey came back to the place, they couldnot find him anywhere. - - <

From El Universal {Caracas,Venezuela), Aug. 14, 1965 (HumCat#645)

A MAN FROM ANOTHER PLANETLANDED FROM A FLYING SAUCER

IN SAO PAULO . i. .

The-Strange Being-according to thecable-Visited A Workingman And

Gave Him a Piece of Rare Metal

Rio ,de Janeiro^ Aug. 13, <AFP.)--"Acrewman from a flying saucer landed inSao Paulo and, in order to dispel thedoubts of the incredulous, gave therailway employee, before going away, apiece of metal,that, does-not exist onearth."

. This is the statement on the firstpage of the reliable and influential"Jornal do Brasil", explaining that arailroad worker from the village ofCruzeiros, in the state of Sao Paulo,had a visit from a strange visitor fromanother planet, while he was quietlyfishing on the bank of the Paraiba River.

According to the statementsgathered by this daily paper, his namewas given as Joao de Rio, the railroadworker in question. He talked inPortuguese with a strange little man,about 70 cm tall and with shining eyes,who authorized him to report thefantastic dialogue.

It was a little before getting backinto his saucer that the midget gave himthe piece of metal, which is now beinganalyzed in the laboratories of theFabrica Nacional de Vagones, with thepurpose of finding out the compositionof the strange "calling card."

People living in the place assertthat Joao de Rio has always been areliable and trustworthy man.

UFO TECH NOTEPROJECT VISIT DATA NEEDS DEFINED

By John Schuessler

Project VISIT (Vehicle InternalSystems Investigative Team) membersare seeking consistent, correlative datafrom abduction cases. Working fromthe baseline of not trying to prove that agiven abduction actually occurred,rather seeking clues from a number ofcases, VISIT analysts are busyconstructing a technological model ofwhat is happening.

An in any scientific endeavor onemust be able to replicate theexperiment and then seek answers bycarefully manipulating variables. To putabduction cases in this context it isnecessary to consider a basic set ofelements that can be repeatedlyaddressed. For VISIT purposes, fiveelements are considered to beimportant: (1) Baseline data, (2) thewitness, (3) the vehicle, (4) humanoids,and (5) post-incident follow-up.

Baseline data establishes the basisfor comparison of the cases. The VISITformat not only seeks the usual time,place, and weather information, it looksfor more subtle elements as well; suchas what the witness considers acomfortable environment (i.e., homethermostat setting, humidity level,motor, clock and animal sounds, etc.)-Once a thorough baseline is establishedother elements can be readilycompared from case to case.

Witness information covers abroad spectrum, ranging from personalcomfort (discomfort), health state, andattitudes, to sensory data andphysiological status during the incident.Of particular interest are sounds,odors, paralysis effects, and skinsensations like burning and tingling.Care should be taken during this phaseof the investigation so as not to passover seemingly insignificant facts.Bodily reactions can ultimately beutilized to determine the characteristicsof a variety of vehicle systems.

Vehicle i n f o r m a t i o n shouldcontain the classic eyewitness typedata, including perceived size, shape,color, and movement. Equal lyimportant is the description of vehicleinternal information. The witness canbe helpful in this area by calmlyexplaining what was seen in familiarterms. As an example, a farmer wouldcompare things to farm machinery, anactor to stage settings, and so on. Theinvestigator needs to note and allow forthis background and VISIT analysts willfactor the conditions into the results.Additional data is needed at this timeon l igh t ing , air f low, surfacetemperatures and textures, and gravityorientations of fixtures.

Humanoid descriptions areimportant because they too can giveclues as to the working of the machine.Our own space vehicles are designed tobe compatible with astronautphysiology. Along this line the humanfactors experts have standardizedmany factors that affect systemsdesign. Utilizing data on humanoid size,shape, strength, and dexterity, acomparison with the human designstandards can lead to knowledge aboutthe systems operated by thehumanoids. Other factors, such asmouth and nostril size, apparent skintemperature, and body coverings leadsto knowledge about humanoidmetabolism and what types of lifesupport they require. Unfortunately,the humanoid element is the most fear-provoking to the witness and istherefore least accessible to theconscious mind.

The post-incident period for thewitness is extremely important toProject VISIT. It is during this part ofthe case that "proofs" can be gained.VISIT experts advise that the witnessseek immediate medical assistancefrom his/her personal physician.

Recognizing that medical examinationsare expensive VISIT suggests havingthe witnesses' physician consult with aVISIT expert on what would be mostbeneficial in the given situation.Because Project VISIT is a specialtygroup and not a popular membershiporganization all cases should behandled through one of the major UFOorganizations. This can be done bycalling headquarters of MUFON (512)379-9216, CUFOS (312) 491-6666, orAPRO (602) 793-1825, who will in turncontact the appropriate VISIT expertto assess the situation and relate what isneeded. On the long term the witnessshould make sure any skin irritation isphotographed for the record. Anyunusual physiological or psychologicaldevelopments should be closelymonitored and reported. If hypnoticregression, voice stress analysis, orother assistance is needed it should becoordinated th rough the hostinvestigative group. Project VISIT maybe contacted by mail at P.O. Box 877,Friendswood, TX 77546.

DAILY EXPRESS, London, EnglandJan. 3, 1979

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By Ann Druffcl

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REPEAT PERFORMANCES AND THE WAITING GAMEFlgun A— Wflun i UFO -hti hug* M

The greatest frustration of UFOresearch is our inability to haul thephenomenon into a laboratory orproduce it at will. We must wait until itdecides to appear, and for the most partits performances are sporadic, short-lived and unpredictable. Therefore, instudying UFOs we must do the nextbest thing — attempt to correlate thoserepetitive, similar sightings which seemable to be classified as "UFO-types."

Sometimes classification ispossible after distressingly long waitingperiods. But the result is often worththe wait, for at times the "result" isidentification of a "UFO-type" as aconventional, earth object.

Take, for example, the "explodinglights" which puzzled Los Angelesresearchers during 1974 and 1975.Several cases fi l tered throughSKYNET in which reliable witnesses,often in groups, reported bright yellowlights flying over the San FernandoValley. While the witnesses watched,the lights "exploded" or expanded intogreat white fireballs which thendisappeared without a trace. Thefollowing case was typical; it occurredDecember 20, 1974.

Patricia Benson and EleanorSawczak were driving west towardSunland, which is the northern sectionof the Los Angeles Basin. The time was11:15 PM. They saw a yellowish-gold,unblinking bright light, approximatelyfive times as bright as a bright star.They temporarily lost sight of it, but atabout 11:29 PM while approaching theBenson home caught sight of it, or asimilar one, again. It was seen overMount Wilson, to the north. As theywatched, the light suddenly expandedto the approximate size of a full moon.Quoting Mrs. Benson,

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The color changed from the original yellow-golden color to a very bright white light. Ididn't believe my eyes; then a second yellow-golden light appeared, to the left and downfrom the first light, and it also changed in sizeand intensity of brightness as the first one.Just as the second one completed its change,a third yellow-golden light appeared to theright and down of the first and went throughthe same changes as the first and second. As ,number three completed its change the firstone shrank in size and changed its color tothe original size and color. It thendisappeared. No movement, it just

• disappeared. The second and thirddisappeared in the same fashion.1

The entire episode lasted aboutone minute, leaving the witnesses awedand puzzled. They were not alone.During succeeding months many otherSan Fernando residents witnessedidentical "exploding" lights. MUFONinvestigator Rick Zimmerman andmyself made attempts to find a plausibleexplanation of the phenomenon butmet with no success. The objects werecertainly not ordinary candle balloonsor any similar hoax-type known to us.

Then, almost 4 years to the date ofthe Benson-Sawczak sighting, a smallarticle appeared in the localnewspaper.2 It told of efforts of lawenforcement officials to apprehend ahoaxer who had launched twohomemade balloons, each about 10 feethigh and each trailing a bag containingsome type of explosive mixture,directly into the flight path of OrangeCounty Airport, which is situatedsoutheast of Los Angeles. In bothcases, when the hoax balloons reachedan altitude of 850 feet, the mixturewithin the bags detonated, causing afireball 25 to 40 feet in diameter.

It seemed probable that this wasthe same type balloon which had

caused the mysterious exploding lightsin the San Fernando Valley. Since thelights had not appeared in our area for acouple of years, I assumed our hoaxerhad changed his residence to OrangeCounty, and for that we were grateful.We were also glad that the nocturnal"exploding lights" had been taken outof the "unknown" class.

Now, in recent weeks, the SanFernando Valley has a brand-new typeof UFO, as represented by the followingcases:

About 9:00 PM on January 21. 1979, Mrs.Gail Z. and her three children were drivingwest on the Ventura Freeway near ShermanOaks. They viewed a big round ball of light,flashing on and off, bouncing up and down,back and forth, and skipping around the sky.The object was white in color, andapproximately twenty times the brightnessof a headlight on a plane or about % degreeangular diameter. As the witnesses watchedfor six or seven minutes, the objectrepeatedly blinked out, then reappeared in adifferent part of the sky, each time traveling20-30 times its own diameter in about onesecond.3

I made attempts to identify theobject for the frightened woman, butcould not label it as searchlights onclouds, reflections on her windshield, orany other conventional phenomenon. Itremained on my charts as an unknown.

Then on February 9,1979 at about6:15 PM another woman witness,traveling west on Ventura Freeway,viewed what seemed to be the samephenomenon.

It first appeared as a clump of bright whitelights, each many times larger than a brightstar. The clump separated into three or fourdistinct lights, which blinked on and off,moved up and down jiggled sideways, andthen back and forlh m reference to the

witness' position. They then began to movealmost instantaneously across the sky ingreat leaps. These leaps were invariablyheralded by a blinking off. then areappearance in another quadrant of thesky. First seen in the north, they leaped tothe east, then to the south, then back to thewest in front of the witness. The aweexperienced by the woman seemed topreclude a simple explanation, such as in theZ. case above. The duration of the sighting,as in the Z. case, was seven minutes.4

Is this type of report destined to sitin SKYNET report charts and fed intoUFOCAT as an unknown? Or will it,too, be eventually identified?

Before I suggest a possible, butmost tenuous explanation of ourdancing Alights, we should mention adaytime sighting which correlates in asurprising manner with the wildnocturnal lights. The report was filteredthrough SKYNET by police referral toMUFON investigator Morrey Allen.

On November 15, 1978, just two monthsbefore our nocturnal lights above, Charlesand Helen Rambo were walking in a park inVan Nuys, adjacent to Sherman Oaks whereMrs. Z's sighting occurred and also in thesame general area as the February 9thoccurrence. The wind was 20 knots from thenorth-northwest, the sky clear and smogless,with a temperature of 62 degrees. The timewas 9:35 a.m. Suddenly a dark gray, ellipticalobject, seemingly solid, 'popped up'suddenly in the east at about 45 degreeselevation. The object faded, then reappearednearer and to the right of the witnesses, nowpresenting a round appearance. It vanishedagain, reappeared farther to the southeastand slightly lower, vanished and appearedagain farther to the right. (See Figure A.) Allfour appearances took place within 1 ̂minutes. The witnesses stated that as itapproached nearer it lost its solidappearance and became hazy. The Ramboslikened it to a'distant, huge mass of bees or ahuge Brillo pad'!5

The manner in which this daytimeobject repeatedly vanished, thenreappeared in a different part of the sky-seems to correlate with the January 21and . February 9 sightings of thebouncing, nighttime lights. But how canwe correlate the strange "dark, hazy"appearance with the bright whitenocturnal objects?

There is a possible answer which Ihesitate to suggest. It is reminiscent ofthe Air Force's former penchant foridentifying UFOs in all manner ofstrange ways. For instance, we would

•not be surprised, if the January 21 andFebruary 9 sightings described herehad come over a Project Blue Bookdesk, to have them identified as"(possible) birds carrying flashlights"!

The explanation I am going to putforward may sound equally as odd.However, it fits most of the facts of boththe daytime and nighttime sightingsdescribed above.

In a recent DPI newstory6 Dr.Phillip S. Callahan of the U.S.Agriculture Department suggeted thatsome nocturnal UFOs could be swarmsof glowing insects darting abouterratically in a natural electric field. Dr.Callahan reported that insects couldtrigger electric discharges when flyingbeneath a storm front. A vast swarm ofsuch insects could set off a highly visibledisplay. The electric field beneath thestorm front pulls away electrons frompointed exposed surfaces, such asinsect legs and antennae. An avalancheof these electrons would ionize gases inthe atmosphere, emitting light.

The effect had been created withinsects at the Insect Attractants,Behavior and Basic BiologyLaboratory. The glowing effectsresembled a "discotheque...in the sky,"giving off various colors — blue, red,and green. As the insect swarm tries toget out of electric fields they dartaround, making a humming sound andsuddenly disappear from sight becausethe swarm would leave the voltage fieldand the glow would vanish.

All of the data reported by ourthree case witnesses above do not fitDr. Callahan's theory. The color of theSan Fernando Valley darting lights wasbright white. However, according toDr. Callahan, the glowing phenomenonon insects is similar to St. Elmo's fire,which is bluish in hue. Bright bluishlight, when seen from a distance, tendsto look white.

Moreover, the dart ing, thevanishing and reappearing quality ofboth the November daytime sightingand the January and Februarynighttime sightings does fit in splendidlywith Dr. Callahan's theory. Also, thehazy appearance which would bepresented by a distant swarm of insectsfits in exactly with the appearance ofthe darting November daytime object.Indeed, the witnesses did describe it as

looking like a "vast swarm of bees." If itwas bees, or insects, it must have beenat a great distance, as no sound washeard. Considering the apparentdiameter of the Rambo sighting (J£degree or the diameter of the fu l lmoon), it must have been far away topresent such a near-solid appearance.Dr. Callahan gives us the informationthat some insects fly in swarms over 60miles wide and over 15 miles long.

Another vital question: did theJanuary and February nocturnalsightings occur in unstable weafher,since an electrical field such asoccurring in a storm front would benecessary to make insects glow? OnFebruary 9, 1979, the skies in the SanFernando Valley were partly cloudy.The wind was northerly, heralding theapproach of a cold front which wascoming down f r o m N o r t h e r nCalifornia. On January 21, 1979, a coldfront was actually moving throughSouthern California.

Were these meteorologicalconditions right for ionization of insectswarms? Not being an expert on thesematters, I cannot say. I leave thisquestion to those scientists who mightbe interested. However, it is ratherremarkable that so many of the factualdetails of the November, January, andFebruary sightings fit the very peculiar,but possible, explanation — insectswarms.

So we play the waiting game again,as regards our new Los Angeles"darting UFO." Hopefully, the sightingswill continue to repeat until an answer isfound.

REFERENCES

1. Report in MUFON files, "The Sawczak-BensonSighting, Sunland, California, December 20.1974."2. Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1978;'"Fireball Balloonist' Hunted Near Airport."3. Report in SKYNET (Druffel) files.4. Report in SKYNET files.5. Report by Morrey Allen in MUFON files6 Evening Outlook, Thurs.. November 2, 1978;"UFO Sightings Linked to Insects."

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(Director's Message, Continued)through June 1978, using five accesspoints. This is indicative of his work,since he has a Masters Degree inLibrary Science.

Since MUFON is a worldwidecooperative group of investigators andresearchers, it is imperative that ourmembers know who the officers are intheir immediate area or neighboringstates. Louis Winkler, Ph.D., 2149North Oak Lane, State College, PA16801 has joined MFUON as aConsul tant in Ast ronomy. Ap r o f e s s i o n a l a s t r o n o m e r a tPennsylvania State University, he hasconcentrated his research to sightingsprior to 1947. Another new legal adviserto MUFON is Leroy L. Bradwish, M.A.and J.D., Apt. 2801B, 1455 No. ClarkSt., Chicago, IL 60610; telephone (312)266-8217. Mr. Bradwish is agovernment attorney and regards theUFO phenomenon as the majormystery of his lifetime since it appearsto defy solution.

Paul Cemy has recognized thefine work that has been performed byMarvin E. Taylor over the past 10 years,by selecting him as the Assistant StateDirector for Northern California.Marvin is the State Section Director forToulumne, Calaveras, and AmadorCounties, residing at 20811 BriarwoodDrive, Sonora, CA 95370. Mrs. JeanFuller, 1327 Hawthorne, Tyler, TX75702; telephone (214) 593-1933; hasbeen appointed State Section Directorfor Smith County. Jean attended the1978 MUFON UFO Symposium inDayton, Ohio, and has beeninvestigating UFO cases in the Tylerarea for several years. She has a B.A.degree. Donald B. Roberts, 607 SaludaAve., Columbia, SC 29205; telephone(803) 256-4005 has volunteered hisservices and that of a small group ofUFO investigators in the Columbia,S.C. area. Don has been apointed StateSection Director for the followingSouth Carolina counties contingent toColumbia: Richland, Lexington,Calhoun, Sumter, Fairfield, andKershaw. His group attended one ofGeorge Fawcett's lectures as a meansof meeting MUFON's State Directorfor North Carolina.

Two newResearch Specialists havevolunteered their talent to resolution of

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the UFO enigma. They are Geoffrey L.Nicoletti, 200 East Grovers Lane,Philadelphia, PA 19118 in theology andJohn A. Holly, 734 Chimalus Drive,Palo Alto, CA 94306 in propulsionsystems. .Geoffrey is a graduate ofVillanova University in theology andJohn has a B.S.E.E. degree. One ofourConsultants'in Internal Medicine hasnow relocated his practice to apermanent locality and is ready toaccept additional responsibilities in aleadership role. Gus D. Berryhill, Jr.,M.D., 1712 Riverside, Clarksdale, MS38614; telephones - Home (601) 627-2030 and Business (601) 624-4316 hasbeen appointed State Section Directorfor the following Mississippi Counties:Coahoma, Tunica, Quitman, Bolivar,Sunflower, and Tallahatchie. As aspecialist in Nephrology (disease of thekidney), his prime interest as aconsultant concerns the physicaleffects of witnesses/abductees.

The February 1979 issue of EastWest Journal Volume 9, Number 2featured UFO articles of interest toreaders of the MUFON Journal.MUFON is listed in the resourcesection of their magazine. A copy maybe secured by writing to East WestJournal, P.O. Box 505, Whitinsville,MA 01588 for U.S. $1.50 and Canada$1.75. A new independent publicationtitled "Kor's Kosmos — Exploring theBorderlands of Knowlege" IssueNumber One for .January 1979 (16pages) by Peter Kor of 1207 CordovaRoad, Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124has been received. The feature articlefor the first edition is "Getting to theBottom of the Saucer Problem" andPeter pulls no punches in doing so. It isrecommended for people that have anopen mind and are willing to think andreason logically. Only a limited numberof copies will be printed of this nocharge publication.

For those readers having aninterest in both UFOs and thec o n t i n u i n g problem of ca t t l emutilations, the January 1979 edition ofBoulder Monthly features articles byDavid Perkins, MUFON State SectionDirector for the Colorado counties ofHuerfano, Costilla, Las Animas, andAlamosa titled "The Phantom CattleSurgeons of the Plains"; RichardSigismond, UFOlogist and subscriber

to the MUFON UFO Journal, TomClark's "Peak to Peak Strangeness"and an interview with David Perkins,Cari Seawell, and Bill Mclntyre aptlytitle "On the Trail of the Mutes". A copymay be secured for $1.50 by writing toBoulder Monthly Magazine, Inc., 1200Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302.David, Cari, and Bill attended the 1978MUFON Symposium in Dayton, Ohio.Tom Clark, Senior Writer for theBoulder Monthly, is to be congratulatedfor his objective interviews and articleson the cattle mutilation problem. DavidPerkins of Farisita, Colorado, plans towrite a book on the "Mute-Nuke-UFOConnection."

CLOSE ENCOUNTEROF A DIFFERENT KIND

(Reprinted from Lawtalk, December1978, published by the LawyersCooperative Publishing Co./Bancroft-Whitney Co. Submitted by William E.Jones.)

Upon learning that UFO's werereported nearby, the plaintiff-to-bereached for his binoculars and went outlooking for you-know-what. As he wascrossing the road in a dark, desertedarea, he was hit by a police car. (Theofficer inside was driving slowly andquietly, without lights, because he waslooking for suspected rabbit hunters.)In the litigation that followed, the novelquestion of whether a UFO watcher'sconduct constituted contributorynegligence was decided. The LouisianaSupreme Court held that there was nosuch negligence. Dupas v New Orleans(1978, La) 354 So 2d 1311

MUFON103 OLDTOWNE RD.SEGUIN,TX 78155

Lucius Farish

In Others' Words

The January 23 issue ofNATIONAL ENQUIRER reported onUFO activity and power blackoutswhich occurred in Honduras duringOctober 1978. The first of a series ofUFO articles appeared in theENQUIRER'S January 30 issue. Thiswas a roundup of reports from all partsof the world, including abductions,films, photographs, "hardware,"injuries from UFOs, reports of UFOoccupants, landings, etc. Beginningwith the February 6 issue, weeklyreports will present detailed accountsof the more startling UFO cases. Thefirst article deals with an Italian case of asecurity guard who claims to have beentaken aboard a landed spaceship ontwo occasions The second report, inthe February 13 issue, tells of sightingsby Coast Guard personnel in the LakeMichigan area, as well as sightings oversouthern England on October 24,1978.Another article in the same issuereports on the recenlty-released CIAdocuments pertaining to UFOs.

THE STAR for January 23 has anarticle summarizing the December andJanuary UFO reports and films fromNew Zealand. Another article on theDecember 30 UFO film from NewZealand appears in the January 30 issueof THE STAR.

The February issue of EASTWEST JOURNAL is a special UFOissue, containing articles by editor AlexJack, Michael Persinger and GyslaineLafreniere, Brad Steiger, and MichioKushi, plus excerpts from JacquesVallee's new book, Messengers o/Deception. Interviews with John PhilipCohane (author of Paradox: the Casefor the Extraterrestrial Origin of Man)and Zecharia Sitchin (author of The12th Planet) are also included, alongwith details of recent sightings, bookreviews, a directory of UFOorganizations/publications, etc.

The March issue of FATE has an

article by Rocky Wood on thedisappearance of Australian pilotFrederick Valentich over the BassStrait on October 21, 1978.

BEYOND REALITY for March/April has articles on Dr. Leopoldo Diaz,a Mexican physician who claims to haveexamined an extraterrestrial being, andUFO sightings at Chula Vista,California, which allegedly involvedparanormal healings of two persons.

The latest SAGA UFO ANNUALis almost total rehash from past issuesof UFO REPORT, with Jerome Clark'scolumn the only new contribution.

The #13 issue of TRUE FLYINGSAUCERS & UFOs is also largelyrehash and material not relating directlyto UFOs.

Martin H. Sable's Exobiology: AResearch Guide is the latest attempt toprovide a comprehensive bibliographyof literature on UFOs, extraterrestriallife, and related subjects. While I admireSable's courage in tackling what Iconsider to be an impossible task, Imust report that his book is by nomeans thorough and comprehensive.The bibliography section is brokendown into sixteen sub-sections(Astronomy and Origin of Life and ofPlanets, Flying Saucer Sightings,Humanoid Contact on Earth, IntelligentLife on Other Planets, Religious andPhilosophical Aspects, Teleportations,etc.). The most recent entries in allthese categories are from 1975, so thebook is not up-to-date. The directorysection provides listings of internationalorganizations and periodicals, butseveral of these are also outdated, withincorrect addresses given. The Guide isindexed by author and by subject, aswell as having an index to the directorysection. Material from foreign booksand periodicals is included in the 3,832entries. Although I consider the Guideto be over-priced ($17.95; hardcover)and incomplete, it still contains much

material of interest to researchers.Copies may be obtained from: GreenOak Press, 9339 Spicer Road, Brighton,MI 48116.

TIMES, Seattla, WA - Jan. 18, 1979

Seattle-boundcrew sow U.F.O.

A document signed by (our crewmen aboardthe vanship President Johnson describes an uniden-tified gluwmg object seen ir. ihe Pacific as the shipwus en route from Yokohama to Seattle.

The time of sighting coincided generally withreports of U P.O. sightings off New Zealand.

Four men on the Johnson's bridge, includingThird Mate Btllie D. Norton, said the object ap-peared as a light which Norton considered to befrom a vessel, but nothing appeared on the John-son's two radars.

Ni-rion fixed the sighting at Latitude 36 de-grees, 18 rmnu i = North and Longitude H7 degrees,28minnie<; HaM

The ujtclt was changing jusi before 8 p m .ship's tim-* December 30.

On December 31. news services reported uni-denMied living objects popping up again over NewZealdfid jud accc-uni-; of an Australian televisioncrew (ilnvnkelusnc- plowing spheres

Nonon <aiiJ ir-e t.rst appejrance was only aglow Ar 6 12 pm ih» hphi appeared on the hori-zon, ver> brithi and round hlte a white, frosiedelectric liphi bulb It appeared about hall ihe sue ofa full moon if one had been on ihe horizon

The Minsjns r Apia in. n-"vn R Coppocfcwas calletl 10 lh-. hn<J^»

At tl:/r, ihe-iighi was on ihe Johnson's Star-board beam, appearing to be 3 to 5 miles off, stillnot showing on (he ship's radars

"Our vessel was in force-8 seas and winds up to35 knots. The ship was rolling 15 degrees, but thelight was showing no motion in any manner. Itseemed to be a fixed object such as a rock or a landmass, or hovering clo-.e lo or almve the water,"Norton said

"Our navigain-nal charts showed no land with-in hundreds of mil̂ from our position."

Norton said men in the wheelnouse watchedthe light through binoculars, and it appeared t o wsuspended and "nitached to nothing.*'

The document, dated January 1 at sea, wassigned by Norton and able-seamen Alfred Kroll,George Williams and Howard Bethel), who was atthe helm

Norton said ihe Johnson';. Captain Cvppockalso curved ihe nhjert

The Johnson was at s«a yesterday and none oftht- men was available for further comment

An official ai American President Lines officeshere said he had speni runtidcrable time with thecaptain and other of the ship <; crew, DUI nobodymentioned Ihe incident to him

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DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE byWalt Andrus

Considerable work was expendedlate in 1978 exploring the possibility ofestablishing a nationwide UFOcoalition to represent the major UFOorganizations, such as APRO, CUFOS,CAUS, GSW, MUFON, and NICAP.This was to occur in conjunction withthe attempt to resurrect NICAP,however, the negotiations have beendiscontinued pending positive action bythe NICAP Board of Governors to forma viable organization.

A good e x a m p l e of thecooperation that may be achieved withsuch a coalition has been demonstratedduring the past 5 years; MUFONvolunteered to support Dr. J. AllenHynek when he organized the Centerfor UFO studies (CUFOS) in October1973. Since CUFOS started as a smallgroup of scientists, engineers, andrelated professions to UFOlogy,MUFON immediately became thenationwide UFO investigative networkfor UFO sighting reports received onthe CUFOS "hotline" number frompolice agencies.

In order to provide CUFOS withthe names, addresses, and telephonenumbers of all MUFON StateDirectors, State Section Directors, andConsultants for their active file, a copyof each processed membershipapplication is submitted to CUFOS. Dr.Hynek, Mimi Hynek, or Allan Hendry,upon receipt of a "hotline" telephonecall on a UFO sighting, would refer totheir map of MUFON and CUFOSinvestigators and call the nearest oneon their WATTS line.

Allan Hendry has been utilizingtheir WATTS line very extensively tocall the witnesses and also to performperipheral interviews to substantiatethe reliability of the report in order todetermine if they warrant dispatchingan investigator to the scene. Many ofthe cases may be resolved on thetelephone by placing calls to

appropriate people to obtain the facts.The high percentage of "IFO" reports(90% of those received on the hotlinenumber) has certainly justified thepreliminary interviews via thetelephone to screen these reports, thusleaving the remaining 10% to beinvestigated in detail. Your Directorheartily cncurs with the recent decisionby CUFOS and IUFOR (TheInternational UFO Reporter) that theyhave spent more than sufficient time onthe IFOs to establish a confirmedpattern and should devote the majorityof their effort to the 10% that could yieldpositive information.

MUFON has always screened theIFOs at the time and scene of theinvestigation, to remove the obviousreports so we will not have filingcabmeis 90% filled with reports that donot help to resolve the UFOphenomenon. This obviously requirestrained and competent investigators. Ifthe investigator is unable to identify thereported object after a thoroughinvestigation, the completed report willbe submitted to MUFON for our file sothat our Consultants may have thisinformation for further study wherewarranted. This does not mean thatevery effort in our files is a bonafideUFO. If there is any question in themind of the investigator as to whetherthe sighting is an IFO or UFO, thereport should be filed. Other sightingreports of possibly the same objectwhen correlated could substantiate thequestionable report as either UFO orIFO.

With so many new statedirectors, state section directors,and consultants joining MUFON andautomatically becoming sources forinvestigations by CUFOS, it isimperative that we remind everyone ofthe reporting procedures for UFOinvestigations originated by CUFOSand assigned to MUFON personnel.

Each of us has the dual responsibility ofsubmitting our investigation report toCUFOS and MUFON simultaneously,since this is one of the major features ofour cooperative program. Frequently,investigators are filing a report with theCenter for UFO Studies (CUFOS)only, when they have received arequest to investigate a report by eitherDr. Hynek or Allan Hendry. This is notin compliance with our MUFON FieldInvestigator's Manual. On page 132 youwill note the following paragraph:"When a call received through UFOCentral (CUFOS) merits investigation,a State Director or State SectionDirector will be notified. All reportsresulting from investigations should befirst sent to MUFON, with a copy goingto the Center for UFO Studies(CUFOS)." The Center for UFOStudies also uses the MUFON FieldInvestigator's Manual as theirinvestigative guide. Allan Hendry hasproposed a UFO Investigator's GuideBook which will be published soon tosupplement our F.I.M. for thosedesiring additional material andtechniques where applicable.

With the gracious help of Bill andCarol Armstrong, several of the earlyeditions of SKYLOOK have beenprovided to complete the MUFON file.We have been reproducing copies ofSKYLOOK starting with the first issuein September 1967, and forwardingthese to George M. Eberhart, MUFONStaff Librarian, at 1615 East 18th St.,Lawrence, KS 66044, for his file and toprepare a cross-reference filing indexfor each year by specific categories. Adecision has not been reached on howthis reference index will be publishedfor researchers. Watch the Journal forfuture announcements in this regard.George is to be commended for theprofessional manner in which he cross-indexed the Journal's for January

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