The Truth is Already Here

ISSUE NUMBER 16

SEPTEMBER 2005

DID A UFO CRASH INTO THE TROODOS MOUNTAINS OF CYPRUS IN 1973? A WORLD EXCLUSIVE
ROY DUTTONS ASTRONAUTICAL THEORY
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CONTENTS
EDITORIAL CONTENTS
4 Did a UFO crash into the side of a mountain in Cyprus in 1973? A world exclusive report! sightings from around the UK.

Welcome to the 16th issue of UFO Monthly.com. This month we have a bit of everything. We start of with a World Exclusive report of a possible UFO CRASH and retrieval operation in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus in 1973. Having recently looked at the work of Eammon Ansbro with regard to Roy Duttons Astronautical Theory what better to have the man himself fill us in on his research. Remember to keep sending your photos, articles and letters. Enjoy the magazine. GH

7 Roy Dutton gives us his low down on his Astronautical Theory.

20 An extremely rare article about the FooFighter enigma of the Second World War from 1945. 24 The Big Picture-The latest UFO sightings from around the world. 28 A classic document

16 An obituary article with regard to the death of arch UFO sceptic Philip Enjoy the magazine. GH Klass. 17 The very latest
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from 1973 pertaining to a Army helicopter crew being targeted by UFO whilst in mid air.

THE CYPRUS UFO CRASH OF 1973

ONE MANS ACCOUNT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT IN THE TROODOS MOUNTAINS
24 years (19651989) and may have been involved in a potential UFO incident in Cyprus in 1973.

CORPORAL TOM CLARKE

and we all thought strange was the orange man never made contact with us, because know matter where you went on Cyprus it didnt take long for one of these individuals to find you and set up a stall to sell you fresh squeezed orange Now armed with full contact details juice, or sliced oranges to eat. I began a correspondence We had all settled in for with him that the night in location. eventually led me to visit his Several months ago whilst Everyone mentioned how home. There I examined his doing a BBC Radio Leeds show clear the night was and on service papers and I have no a man rang in telling me about the millions of stars and reason to doubt the following an incident in Cyprus. He said things that could be seen. account of the incident that hed once sent me an email Sentries were posted, and took place during an army about it. the rest of us hunkered exercise high in the Troodos down for whatever sleep Mountains of Cyprus. At the time I had vague we could get. memories of the email but that CYPRUS 1973 when Id tried to return an We were all awoken at email to him the message about 2am by a brilliant, I was selected to be a couldnt be sent for some but not dazzling bluish member of an eight man reason. bright light. At first we all patrol consisting of six thought it must be a soldiers, one sergeant and Sadly the initial email hed helicopter looking for us or one officer. sent me hadnt provided me something else. with any other contact details We were given an area, in so I was unable to take the What happened next is and around the mountain matter further. hard to explain. There was area of the island and we no explosion but we were where to mount a watch However there was now all hit by what I can only and report operation. another opportunity to pursue describe as a shock wave this mans claim. He told me that knocked us all flat to One thing from the outset he had been in the army for 4

Diagram supplied by Tom Clarke

the floor! The light just disappeared or went out.

information to base before two pieces of this gold coming back to us and that substance had stuck to my we were to stay put as hands and one piece had We all took up a defensive recovery and manpower lodged behind the buckle position, believing we were was on its way and we of my webbing belt. I under attack, and I were to help in securing managed to put all three remember being very the area and retrieving pieces into the map pocket afraid. We all must have any wreckage. of my combat jacket. laid there for what seemed like hours, in total silence, Helicopters arrived and After what seemed like waiting to see what was people in black clothing hours a halt was called going to happen next, we where seen getting out and and we were all lined up could see nothing. unloading stores from and told that under no them. We were only circumstances were we to The first sound I heard was allowed on the site when talk about what we had the sergeant on the radio all the large pieces had been doing and that we reporting what had been lifted off the area were forbidden to take happened and asking for under slung loads, our job, anything from the site instructions on what to do. then we were told to comb under threat of Courts the area for anything we Martial and that we were The officer with us took thought might belong to all to be searched and that over the radio and after a the crash site and if we had to give a short while he and the anything was found it was declaration to the fact that sergeant briefed us and to be placed in what looked we had not removed told us that he and the like large industrial waste anything. sergeant were to go bins. forward and carry out a recce of the area where we I picked up a believed an accident of piece of what some kind had taken place. like coke to We were all told that we me but on were to stay in situ whilst one side it they went out and had a had what look. looked like gold tiles After about an hour the two covering it. arrived back, they said After placing there had been what looked the object in Piece of gold coloured foil-like debris with like a crash of some kind the bin I interwoven thread running through it. and they had radioed the noticed that 5

We were then all taken from the area by helicopter and flown to Alex Barracks in Dheklie where we were all taken to the cookhouse. What looked like voting booths had been set up to one side. We were then all interviewed separately. I was asked to describe exactly what I had seen and done and was warned again not to discuss with anyone the events that had occurred. After our individual interviews we were all gathered together and told that we were never to divulge anything we had seen or done that day because if we did as serving members of the armed forces we could be tried for treason and shot! All six of us were then split into different troops and platoons. I never saw our Platoon Commander or the Sergeant again, they did not return to the UK with our unit. After a week or so all six of the remaining members of the patrol were posted far and wide. The unit was moved from Ripon to a brand new barracks in Catterick.

no noise. At no point did they ever hear an explosion on the mountain that would account for the crash debris. The helicopters that arrived to pick up the debris had no markings whatsoever. On arrival in the UK he was posted to Northern Ireland within a week when not due another posting. From everything that has been described I would have to label this a UFO event. Something obviously crashed and by the response of the military it was something highly secret. Questions-Just what was the object recovered? Why were there no markings on the helicopters? Why no insignia on the overalls of the people sent to recover the debris? What was the blue light? Why was there no sound to it? What caused the shockwave that knocked them off their feet? In 24 years in the army (Royal Corp of Transport) and after being involved in countless military exercises this event was unlike anything else he has ever known before or since. I think that Tom may have been unwittingly involved in a UFO Retrieval operation. Tom is open to that possibility. As for the three pieces he recovered. I plan to submit them for analysis. Ill let you know the results in a later issue. Thank you Tom for coming forward I am extremely grateful. GH

Reverse of the larger piece plus another tiny fragment.

This is a shortened version of events which led me to having these three pieces I recovered from the site. There maybe a simple explanation why all that happened did but I will leave it at that. This is the first time I have talked about these events all those years ago and the first time anyone has seen the items I have. I dont think I believe in flying saucers or little green men from Mars but I do have an open mind. EDITORIAL COMMENT When I visited his home we discussed his account in more detail.

The people who arrived at the crash site wore black overalls with no insignia whatsoever. The unit is now disbanded He has never had any contact and the new barracks at with any of the others on the Catterick are no more. I use exercise. All six were posted my computer at home and within a week even though am in regular contact with none were due a posting. many old comrades from many of the units I served The blue light did not make in. A comprehensive list of any noise whatsoever despite all the units of my old Corps being in view for 7-8 minutes. are display but not 60 Unit. There was no arrival and no departure of the light. One To date I have never been second it was there another it able to make contact with was gone. anyone who served in this unit from my time with it. The shock wave was extremely powerful and again there was 6

Astronautical Theory for UFO Events

by T.R. Dutton
Foreword by Editor
In the last two issues of the magazine I have given time over to Eammon Ansbro to outline his broad support for Roy Duttons Astronautical Theory. That resulted in a call from Roy himself. After a lengthy chat on the phone he agreed to release the following article based on his research. I believe there is great merit in his theories. GH ********************** Major changes in human thinking have sometimes resulted from innovative work carried out by lone individuals working in isolation. Understandably, the reactions of professionals operating within the boundaries of established knowledge are initially hostile towards such work. This article is about work to probe phenomena currently regarded as taboo by the pillars of modern science. As a result, it has suffered hostility and summary dismissal for more than twenty years. Nevertheless, as will become apparent, the discoveries being claimed have resulted from long-term objective and detailed processing of the best available data. It is hoped that, some day, they may be considered to be of significance. CEng., MRAeS, MIMechE Human Limitations Nevertheless, such unexplained happenings have A Quaker philosopher, Isaac continued to occur all over the Penington, wrote in 1653: world and, despite the All truth is but a shadow much-quoted Condons Report except the last, except the recommendations1 to the utmost; yet every truth is true contrary, they surely merit thorough investigation and in its kind. It is substance in its own place, though it be but rationalisation. a shadow in another place .... During 1998, science writer Surely, no truer words have ever been written. Each human and SETI author, Edward generation is trapped within its Ashpole, and I co-authored an essay for a competition being accumulated knowledge-base promoted by The National and paradigms. This situation Institute for Discovery Science is changed only gradually as (NIDS), Las Vegas. Edward the old foundations are Ashpole's suggested title for replaced by new discoveries. the essay was "The Scientific Most people are averse to Search for Evidence of sudden changes. Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Solar System".2 He would The dangers of making discoveries ahead of their time write a "supporting science" rationale to preface my have been adequately contribution, which would be a demonstrated throughout summary of the nature and the history. What is considered results of my thirty years' acceptable in a given Age seems to be determined more objective analysis, and global synthesis, of reports of by political and personal unidentifiable aerial craft, considerations rather than collected from a period of more philosophical ones - and even scientists are not exempt from than a century. such pressures. Much to our shared satisfaction, we were informed, There has been no more effective way to incite outrage some months later, that our essay had been selected to be and ridicule from modern one of three first prize winners scientists than merely to of the competition. Furthermention that one has been more, the NIDS people wanted researching UFO phenomena. to display the winning essays That despised acronym has become to many scientists like on their web site, and to bring them to the attention of a red rag to a bull. Concerted leading academics and SETI attempts seem to have been specialists. So far, there have made during the past thirty been no enquiries from any of years to relegate the topic to those people as a result of the the realms of science fiction. publishing of that essay. That

has to be surprising in view of the profound nature of the discoveries being claimed.

his book to set the record straight and to share his own view of the topic. His book is almost essential reading for Could it be, given the anyone wishing to come to prevailing attitudes, that they terms with the discoveries are being regarded as heretical about to be claimed in this and definitely unfit to be article. promoted by open debate? This article is yet another The original term "flying attempt to break through into saucer" was eventually that exclusion zone. It will replaced by Unidentified Flying describe the manner in which Object (U.F.O.) to describe the discoveries were made and mysterious aerial objects being will place them within the reported by eyewitnesses. That context of the past fifty years. change had the effect of Finally, the main discoveries clouding the issues quite will be listed for consideration. effectively. In the late 1940s Having been arrived at through and early 1950s, the name objective and painstaking "flying saucer" had indicated analysis and synthesis of the that the object being reported best evidence available, if they had had the appearance of are eventually validated by being an aerial craft of some other researchers, they will kind, even though many were change several existing not saucer-shaped. When SAC scientific paradigms. (strange aerial craft) were placed under the "UFO" The Hynek Contribution heading, they became rarely-occurring items within a The late Dr. J Allen Hynek, an plethora of all sorts of things in American professor, was the the sky that members of the Director of the Lindheimer general public had been unable Astronomical Research Center to identify. Whether that at Northwestern University and change of categorisation had Chairman of that university's been made deliberately to Astronomy Department when mislead, or not, it certainly his book The UFO Experience: provided the cynics with A Scientific Enquiry3 was sufficient evidence to enable published during 1972. them to assert that UFOs were the results of inadequate Prior to that he had been the observation - and any official astronomical consultant craft-like things were just to the U.S. Air Force's Project figments of imaginations Blue Book, a project set up to over-stimulated by sci-fi books investigate all American UFO and films. reports and, subsequently, he had become a member of the Offsetting these dismissive University of Colorado's team assertions in his book of 1972, created in 1966 to take over Dr. Hynek defined six Blue Book files from the USAF. categories for the UFOs he had That team, headed by Dr. investigated in his official role Edward U. Condon, produced with the U.S.A.F.: the Condon Report (1968), which concluded negatively. Nocturnal Lights - Strange lighting formations seen at The conclusion was not shared night. by all the members of the team and Prof. Hynek was one Daylight Discs - Objects of those dissenters. He wrote witnessed in daylight, often

disc-shaped. Radar-Visuals - Objects seen and also picked up by radar. Close Encounters of the First Kind (CE 1) - strange object seen at close quarters but leaving no physical evidence of its visit. Close Encounters of the Second Kind (CE 2) - As for the First Kind but with physical evidence left behind. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE 3) - Alien creatures reported in association with a strange (usually craft-like) object at close quarters. Subsequently, the last of these categories was brought into public focus by Steven Spielbergs famous (but fanciful) film of the same name. Hynek was the UFO advisor to Spielberg and his services were recognised when he was given a short walk-on part in the climax scene of the film. Unfortunately, that film opened the topic to a flood of even more fanciful films and TV series and these have played their part in further devaluing UFO research as a serious scientific pursuit. A Personal Quest Introduction to the UFO scene occurred, for me, during my final years (c.1953) at Grammar School. One day, a school friend who shared my intense aeronautical interests handed me a book. He asked me to read it and to give him my opinion of it. It was the controversial Leslie/Adamski book, Flying Saucers have Landed.4 When I handed it back, my view of it was that it was very fanciful.

Nevertheless, that book made me wonder whether there might be better ways of flying than those we already knew about and set me thinking along those lines. Particularly, it focused my attention on the nature of Gravity. Two years later I had realised my ambition to become accepted as a trainee engineer in the British aircraft industry. One of my new-found friends re-introduced me to the UFO topic when he handed me a book by the late Major Donald Keyhoe, a retired U.S. Marine with contacts in the Pentagon. The book's title was The Flying Saucers are Real.5 That book certainly opened my eyes to the possibility that alien technology could be visiting this planet and it caused me to keep my mind open to new information. By the year 1967 I had settled with my wife and small son in Bramhall, a Cheshire village on the fringes of the large Greater Manchester conurbation. During the late summer of that year the local press began to feature reports of strange aerial craft received from residents in the South Manchester area. As the weeks passed, the reports became more frequent. Prior to all this, during the period 1959-1963, I had been a member of the Special Projects Office, Weapons Research Division (WRD), A.V.Roe & Co. Ltd., located at Woodford Airfield, near Bramhall, Cheshire. My work in that think-tank had involved participation in feasibility studies of advanced space launchers and, also, analysis of photographs of existing launchers (American and Russian) to determine their performance capabilities. Our long-term objective had

selected some fifty convincing cases from this combined database, I progressed into analysis of craft characteristics and a survey of all the sites from which reports had been Unfortunately, all that came to received during that exciting an end when new owners, period occupying the months Hawker Siddeley Dynamics, between July and December. Ltd. decided to close WRD, beginning with the closure of The analysis of craft the Special Projects Office characteristics revealed a during 1963. I had then been number of commonalties pleased to accept a transfer to effectively defining them as the Wind Tunnels Department being technological objects of Hawker Siddeley Aviation, demonstrating capabilities Ltd., at the same airfield site. beyond human achievement. This was still my application Even though a variety of when those reports of strange shapes was evident, all had things in the sky began to appeared to have been create newspaper headlines. propelled in the same puzzling manner. They had operated Investigations Begin silently, close to the treetops, in radar clutter, and had Having the background just sometimes been witnessed to described, I was naturally depart, finally, by streaking curious to know more about upwards with very high the strange aerial craft (SAC) accelerations, before being lost being vividly described by the to view in seconds - thereby eyewitnesses during 1967 and again avoiding detection by the began to carry out private radar systems then in service. investigations of them. Most It was found that the sites of the witnesses had been visited had mostly occupied a deeply shocked by the sight of narrow, 35 miles wide, large, noiseless, craft hovering magnetic north-south band, or moving slowly over their with the newly opened M6 homes and surroundings, motorway lying near its usually at very low altitudes. centreline and that large Furthermore, the craft had man-made topographical sometimes glowed in the features, capable of being seen darkness and/or displayed from high altitude, had multitudes of brilliant lights. occupied all the sites visited. been to explore means by which a more economical launcher system might be produced to enable Britain to maintain a Space Programme. There were also several sightings of craft-like objects during daylight. As my investigations of local events progressed, I learned that similar reports were being recorded in the Stoke-on-Trent area of Staffordshire. Subsequently, in 1968, I was able to incorporate some of those events into my database after the limited publication of an in-depth report6 produced by two Stoke-based amateur astronomers, Roger Stanway and Anthony Pace. Having Taking all this evidence together, it seemed logical to conclude that a developing part of NW England had undergone detailed survey by non-human agencies. The evidence pointed towards space as being the likely source of those agencies. After having drawn so much from the data already collected, I decided to continue monitoring British reports and to analyse them progressively. This spare-time study

continued until 1973.

programmed, automated, surveillance had been carried All the early findings had been, out over a period of some 86 by then, vindicated and there years - and was being was felt a desperate need to continued. All the evidence be able to begin a study of seemed to suggest that the similar reports gathered from small SAC seen in the all over the world. Only in that atmosphere had been way would it be possible to delivered to, and retrieved recognise any planned from, the targeted locations by activities from space - it being larger craft operating mainly in hoped that, as within Britain, space. Further intensive study evidence of planned of the possibilities during the surveillance might become early 1980s led to the evident in other parts of the recognition of a coherent world. strategy. This finding was then presented for consideration The Global Study during an invited lecture to B.U.F.O.R.A. (British UFO Through an association I had Research Association) in May established with the 1987. Manchester-based investigations group D.I.G.A.P. No lasting follow-up resulted (Direct Investigations Group from this, possibly because for Aerial Phenomena), I was many present at that lecture able to create a global did not have the necessary database by selecting the most background required to significant reports from two understand the rudiments of independently-produced astronautics and comprehensive catalogues. astro-navigation. Even if anyone there had had that The earliest report selected for kind of knowledge, they would a global distribution exercise have found themselves faced occurred in 1865. However, with a very unfamiliar when the exercise developed scenario. In view of that to consider the dates and probability, I felt the need to times of the recorded events, develop the work, so as to the original database had to be enable testing to be carried reduced because some records out, using new data. did not provide sufficient information. The earliest case Development by Computer qualifying for the timing exercise occurred in 1885 and Until a PC was purchased the number of cases selected during 1988, all the work had had been reduced from 450 to been done manually. Then 368. Then followed years of began work to write computer processing. Several programs for the PC that would unproductive attempts to encapsulate mathematically synthesise the data used up the features of the model many hours of precious spare derived by slide-rule and time, but each attempt graphs. By 1990 the essential seemed to point towards programs had been written another possibility to be and tested. investigated. Next began the process of By 1980 a discernible global collecting data to check pattern of activity had whether new reported events emerged from all this, strongly seemed to confirm (or indicating that some sort of otherwise) the model created

from the historical database. The reasons why those people already familiar with astronautical techniques would have found themselves considering an unfamiliar scenario were these: *The evidence had suggested that those hypothetical delivery/retrieval "motherships" had always approached the Earth in retrograde motion: i.e. from East to West, against the planet's rotation. *They had always entered short-term or partial orbits, at the same precisely-determined super-orbital speed, to carry out their drops and retrievals, the implied speed being roughly Escape Velocity (if at 380 miles altitude). *The paths they had followed over the Earth's surface had repeatedly referenced a set of fixed navigational points on the Earth's equator. *Ten well-defined orbit inclinations to the equatorial plane had been adopted to provide coverage of the inhabited regions of the world lying between latitudes 76 North and 76 South. No humanly-produced spacecraft of the present time could possibly emulate this activity. Furthermore, the timings and dates of the reported SAC events in the atmosphere had indicated that *The paths in space followed by the hypothetical delivery/retrieval craft had been referenced to specific celestial markers. It was all rather incredible - and that was why testing was so essential. To date, almost 1,000 additional selected cases have been processed through the

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computer programmes. The checking has been done in various ways. Sometimes I obtained a batch of sightings from a given area (e.g. the San Luis Valley, Colorado) and this facilitated graphical as well as numerical checking of the data.

other words, some of the times given will have been given with hindsight and from memory. [One special exercise, with data not included in the main checking sample, checked a set of random times against the same number of collected recorded times for a given Graphs are computer-produced area and showed that about for a specified location and the 20% (60) of the random times computer selects up to seven had not occurred within 1 hour optional real-time paths in of any predictions, whereas all space (selected from the the actuals had qualified within programmed global set) that that timescale.] could be used to access that site. As the programmed A further characteristic of the timing options available to the SAC seems to be revealed by perpetrators are linked to these results: celestial markers, the available times for delivery and retrieval *Since the SAC in processed of probes associated with the reports have been found, identified paths are largely, to have been sighted predictable, and change from within 20 minutes of the day to day with the movement nearest predicted times, it of the Earth round the Sun. follows that an atmospheric probe (SAC) is probably most The timings graph displays a visible soon after its arrival series of lines representing from space and, again, when it those times, throughout any has become highly charged year, for the set of available with energy just prior to its access paths identified. departure. However this Superimposing actual observation does not preclude (reported) time and date for that visibility may also occur each event on this at other times during the arrangement of lines shows duration of its clandestine how close the reported time is mission. to the nearest prediction at that date. If this is done for all Examination of a significant the other reports in the same number of alleged Close batch, it can then be seen if a Encounters accompanied by a particular path and/or period of witness amnesia orientation has been favoured (now known as a CE 4s) has to access that location. Such shown that the time at the indications can aid in-the-field beginning of the encounter and observations. the time when restoration is experienced often correspond Of the additional cases to the predicted times for two processed, over 60% (600+) consecutive overhead passes of the reported times have of a hypothetical mothership. correlated within 20 minutes of This implies that: the nearest predictions. In considering that result, it must *The minimum mission time be remembered that surprised available to any probe (SAC), eyewitnesses do not usually on a given day, is represented look at their watches by the gap between two immediately on seeing a consecutive timing lines on the strange thing in the sky. In timings graph produced for a 11

given location. Summary of Claimed Discoveries It is now possible to bring together all the elements of the Astronautical Theory for SAC/UFO Events, a theory encapsulating the following discoveries: *Strange aerial craft (SAC) displaying inexplicable characteristics, but described by reliable eyewitnesses, are physically real. *The SAC descend from the sky and depart back into it and display operational capabilities beyond our current understanding. *The SAC are atmospheric probes. They are deposited into the atmosphere by advanced spacecraft ("motherships") and are, later, retrieved by them. *All the fully automated craft are engaged in continuing Earth surveillance and exploration activities. *The hypothetical spacecraft motherships follow well-defined paths in space as they approach the Earth and then orbit transiently, at super-orbital speeds, to release the SAC over selected target zones on the Earth's surface before accelerating away. *The motherships' approach paths in space are governed by fixed (programmed) rules determining orbit inclination and celestial orientation. *Two kinds of celestial orientation have been identified. Two orientations are referenced to the fixed stars. The remaining two are linked to the position of the Sun

amidst the stars and, therefore, move round the sky with the Sun throughout any year.

Intelligence (CSETI). Dr. Greer and his rapid reaction teams have visited many UFO activity areas in the world and claim to have witnessed SAC *The presence of a solar at close quarters on several system body (planet, minor occasions. The CSETI mission planet, comet, etc.) in visual objective is to establish direct alignment with one of the communications with the programmed approach paths visiting craft. Light signals seems often to signal the from powerful hand-lamps choice of that path for the have been used, and it is activity in hand. alleged that signals have been returned by lights on the All of these claimed discoveries visiting craft during are now in great need of encounters. It is also claimed rigorous scientific that some of those CSETI investigation. In view of their encounters were facilitated by potential importance and the the use of timing graphs they weight of evidence supporting had received from me. them, they surely warrant that kind of response, but to date Yet more cause for outrage there has been little movement in that direction. For the sake of completeness, it seems important to record One notable exception has the author's investigations into been the interest shown by an the nature and cause of Irish astronomer who, having crop-circles. The 1987 BUFORA had much success in being in lecture resulted in a request, several right places at the right from someone present in the times, as a result of using my audience, that I might visit timing information, is now Southern England to view the setting up a special strange circles appearing each observatory in a remote area summer in the crop fields of of Ireland. The observatory will that region. That person was be equipped with advanced Colin Andrews, who is now a equipment to record and ana- well-known celebrity. My first lyse the strange recurring UFO encounter with those enigmas phenomena in the skies of that occurred in August 1988 - and region. Mr. Eamonn Ansbro, from the evidence presented to FRAS, is a member of the me then, I knew that the SETV group of SETI scientists, genuine items could not have whose aims are to search for been produced by any kind of evidence of ET vehicles in the mechanical means. Solar System. This caused me to examine the Testing by Amateurs nature of the swirled patterns produced by the flattened Amateur direct observation wheat and barley stalks. In groups, using supplied this I was aided by information from me, are near-overhead photographs of sometimes reporting very high small circle specimens donated success rates. The category by Mr. F.C. Taylor (also now Close Encounters of the 5th well-known as an aerial Kind (CE 5) has been created photographer) and by by Dr. Steven Greer, founder accurately measured drawings and active member of the from Mr. Andrews. By analysis controversial Centreer for the of the swirl patterns in each of Study of Extraterrestrial the cases presented to me, I 12

was able to discover a vortex law that applied to them all. That law did not apply to any natural vortex. When it was written into a computer program for my PC, I discovered the swirled patterns had almost certainly been produced by a piece of technology - a rotating line-scanner. The stalks in the specimens examined had clearly been laid down as a series of strips. The computer program not only produced the correct swirl pattern but, also, the same number of strips observed in each case. This finding supported my initial observation that the stems had not been flattened by mechanical means and pointed instead towards a focused beam of high-frequency radiation, such as might be produced by a scanning airborne laser. However, the true nature of the beam is still unresolved, because not only would it have to have the ability to heat the plant cells, transiently, at the base of the stems, it would also have to be able to apply gentle overpressure in order to sweep the crop down in the beam's direction of travel, without causing damage. In my view, this is a form of technology not yet developed by Man, and the discovery gives credibility to the idea that genuine crop formations are the result of SAC activity. Furthermore, on several occasions these mysterious circles had been witnessed being laid down, without visible cause, in daylight. The time of each of those events, on the dates given, correlated very well with the nearest predicted SAC time for that local area.

request for more details? Once 5. D. E. Keyhoe. The Flying Saucers are Real . New York: Fawcett (1950). again, I have to suspect that I 6. R. H. Stanway/A. Pace. "UFOs, have discovered things that Unidentified, Undeniable," Newchapel Observatory, Stoke-on-Trent, Over the thirty-six years of some people in high places this study, the author has think should be kept to myself. Staffordshire. Report, February, 1968. 7. T. R. Dutton. "Puzzling Global documented progress as it has To offset this effective Reports of Strange Aerial Craft (SAC)/ occurred, at first in papers censorship by exclusion, A comprehensive Technical Assessment and a Testable Theory/1. presented to B.U.F.O.R.A. during 1994, following up a Early work and the derivation of an during the 1970s. After the 1992 offer from an Astronautical Theory. Paper, March discovery of a programmed ex-aerospace colleague, Roy 2001. activity from space during Rowlands, I recorded the first 8. Dutton/Rowlands. We are DEFINITELY not Alone. Video series Pts 1,2 1979/80, he began to set of a series of three videos8 &3 (4.5 hours) PAL. inc p&p (UK down the details of the study with the primary purpose of in the form of a book, believing bringing together all the main only). UK Distributor: Horizon Video, Box 3, Torquay, Devon, United that only in that way could all threads of the work for poster- P.O. Kingdom. the facts be presented ity's sake. The final Part 3 was 9. Edward Ashpole. The UFO together. The manuscript was recorded during June 1999. Phenomena. Headline Book Publishing 1995 & 1996 (Paperback). completed during 1984, but it Although this video trilogy is then failed to attract a available in Britain through a About the Author publisher. The next attempt local distributor, the major T. Roy Dutton is an innovative was the paper produced for, distributors do not consider it professional aeronautical and and delivered to, B.U.F.O.R.A. to be commercially viable mechanical engineer, who served for during May 1987. and that may well be the case. almost 37 years within the British aircraft industry before his early Unfortunately lacking any retirement in 1991. Over the period of distributor in the U.S.A., the computerised development, videos are not currently Through his versatility (which enabled 1988-2001, several research available in American NTSC him to survive several reorganisations) he gained a wide experience of many papers were written to record format. aspects of the industry whilst serving investigations into various at the same site. His career began Edward Ashpole, in his book of with future Space applications and offshoots of the main theory. 9 1995/6, The UFO Phenomena, afterwards encompassed aircraft R&D, They were listed in the Aerodynamics, Performance, Design bibliography of a major paper7 devoted an entire chapter to Programme Control activities. produced during early 2001, the basics of the Astronautical and Before his voluntary retirement at 55 the purpose of which was to Theory and requested a sky he was a Principal Engineer, Future Projects Department, BAe PLC, place on record all the major search by astronomers. The Manchester Division, based at steps which led, ultimately, to only person to respond, who Woodford Airfield, Cheshire. the derivation of the was adequately equipped to astronautical theory. That carry out meaningful searches, He has a life-long vocational interest bibliography also listed all the was Eamonn Ansbro, the Irish in aerospace matters in addition to a earlier papers and the NIDS astronomer referred to earlier. wide range of other interests besides, essay. Edward Ashpole has continued some of which this article encompasses. He is currently engaged to promote the work in various in the design, building and testing of a Closing Comments ways up to the present day. large radio-controlled surface Documentation by the Author In view of all that, it seems to References: 1.. D. S. Gillmor (Ed.) Scientific Study of be significant that, over the Unidentified Flying Objects . Univ. of years, I have been unable to Colorado under contract to the publish anything in scientific U.S.A.F. (1968). 2. Dutton/Ashpole "The Scientific journals, that the British Search for Ext raterrestrial Intelligennational press has always ces in the Solar System," Winner, declined to publish anything NIDS Essay Competition, 1998. about the work and that I have http://accessnv.com/nids/DuttonAshp ole essay. shtml never received further 3. J .A. Hynek. The UFO Experience - A enquiries following my few Scientific Enquiry. Abelard-Schuman brief appearances on British Ltd. (1972). television. Why did information 4. D. Leslie/G. Adamski. Flying Sausent to our Ministry of Defence cers Have Landed. Neville Spearman, Ltd. (1954 &1970). Paperback, Futura (MoD), via MoD author, Nick Publications, 1977, 1978. Pope, fail to stimulate a 13
skimming flying boat model, of novel design, with hoped-for future commercial applications - and has several other innovative concepts still waiting to be investigated. He is happily married, has one married son and now has three teenage grandchildren.

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This appears to be fine research and makes you think. I know Eammon Ansbro is getting consistently high percentage correct predictions for UFO events based on Roys theories. Thank you Roy. GH

National UFO Conference Hollywood, California September 2-4, 2005

This year's conference will offer attendees a unique and valuable perspective on the latest developments in the UFO phenomenon. This year we are starting a new trend. We will be presenting a complementary lecture open to the public and press on the UFO subject. "Ufology 101" will be held Friday afternoon September 2nd at 1:00 on the second floor of the Renaissance Hotel. This will be a great chance to learn the basics of UFO's especially if this is your first conference or if you have a limited knowledge of the subject matter. NUFOC has been presenting fresh, objective information to the public for over 40 years. NUFOC is proud to be the longest running UFO conference in America.

2005 Speakers & Presenters

Richard Dolan Nick Redfern Linda Moulton-Howe David Sereda Farah Yurdozu Dr. Lynne Kitei Greg Bishop Terry Hansen Grant Cameron Dr. Richard Sauder
Also ...

"Master of Ceremonies" Cheryl Jones-Former CNN news "Startling New Evidence on the anchor Billy Meier Case" with UFO Researcher Michael Horn

"UFOLOGY 101" with International Ufologist Rob Simone

Keynote by Steven Bassett

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See the website for further details. At the moment there are five guest speakers listed for the event. SPEAKERS: Philip MantleAuthor, researcher, broadcaster and former BUFORA press officer. Malcolm RobinsonSPI (Scottish Paranormal Investigations) founder. John HansonRetired Police officer (27 years service) John doing his own UFO research since investigating a colleagues sighting in 1995. Ann and Jason Andrews Jason is an abductee and has a remarkable story to tell. Christopher MartinHe has

Its been a while since Russel Callaghans name has appeared in UFO Monthly.com following his decision to spend more time with his family but I am glad to say that he is far from retired.

has been sadly missed.

However Russel has got together with respected researcher Philip Mantle and Michael Buckley to organise a conference in Leeds on Saturday October the 1st Russel has been building up his 2005. own website along with former

UFO Magazine researcher, The venue is the Leeds Rugby Tony Barker. The site is called: Supporters club based at the www.ufodata.co.uk world famous Headingley Rugby and Test cricket ground It is a worthy addition to the just outside Leeds city centre. list of sites on UFOs. There is ample free parking at the venue and a hotel within Such has been the loss of the complex for those who Graham Birdsall that the loss might wish to stay over. of the Leeds UFO Conference 15

filmed numerous unusual objects over the last six years and has lectured regularly in Britain and overseas. A sixth speaker is yet to be confirmed. The cost is 15 for the entire day. It promises to be an excellent day. From small acorns... GH

OBITUARY PHILIP KLASS 1919-2005 FAMOUS UFO SCEPTIC

No doubt many people within the UFO community will see the passing of Philip Klass as something of a blessing. He has been one of the biggest, if not the biggest sceptic against the subject for decades. However should we knock anyone who holds genuine beliefs just because they differ from our own? I believe passionately in the circumstantial evidence that points to a small proportion of UFO sightings being real. Should I be condemned likewise for my beliefs? Whatever your personal thoughts on Philip Klass you surely have to have a sneeking regard for his dogged determination for UFO researchers to show, beyond a reasonable doubt, the evidence to convince him of the reality of aliens. My own criticism of the man is the way he chose to ignore does not blind me to the truth if the truth is revealed. I will always look at each case on its merits without a preconceived opinion. If the facts support the ET hypothesis I will go with it if it doesnt then I wont. Philip Klass appeared to follow a school of thought that took an opposite view no matter what you present to me as evidence I will always find a way to discredit it. For me that does not show objectivity and for that reason I am critical of his beliefs. However I had to admire his tenacity and his ability to put the UFO community on the good evidence by totally backfoot. ignoring the facts and speaking in generalisations. A common One thing is certain, his death deflection technique. represents the end an era. GH I hold firm beliefs in the reality of alien visitations but that

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UFO sighting near Manchester Airport England, 23rd July 2005
MARA received the following UFO report from a member of the public. Dear Bill, I found your website by doing a search tonight on Google. I hope that I am emailing the appropriate person but I wanted to report an unusual sighting tonight. We live under a very busy stretch of airspace but typically, I could not see any aircraft at all and there were no vapour trails which I could compare the object's position to. Also, there had been a regular stream of aircraft coming off Manchester Airport's runway 06L but at this point, there was nothing to compare the object's position/altitude with. couple of jet planes. There was no moon and very low light pollution. The object was a bright flashing light tracking across the sky, west to east at first, flashing at non regular intervals, much brighter/larger emission of light than any plane we had seen that evening.

I mistook it for a plane initially. It was brighter than any star Hope this is of interest. I have or satellite by about 5 times, excellent eyesight and am a and larger than any other keen plane spotter and know visible body by about 5-10 I happened to be looking out that this was no normal times. But still small, it from my kitchen window out aircraft. appeared to be at very high over the garden tonight, in a altitude and heard no noise. It north-westerly direction at I saw something like this some was not a plane, as there were 21.45. I saw an object in the years ago but didn't report it no other navigation lights, and sky. It was a dark, round because somebody else had was much brighter/larger object, around 20 degrees already posted it on the emission of light than any above the horizon and it internet with a description plane we had seen that remained absolutely stationary which matched mine perfectly. evening. for about 3 minutes. Look forward to hearing from It only grabbed my attention It appeared to have caught you and am hoping that some when it shifted course several the last rays of the sun below other people saw it. times, and appeared on a the horizon because it glinted different heading with each briefly like a high-flying Alastair Bewsher flash, ended up exiting view aircraft; it was this glint which 20-40 seconds later in a north caught my attention. There Courtesy of: east direction. Also it was were no clouds in the sky and http://www.mara.org.uk clearly visible, then it stood out against the dark disappeared (perhaps behind blue background. Dunwich, Suffolk cloud) but was clearly visible August 5th 2005 at a 20 degree elevation above I had thought it was a distant the horizon when no stars hot air balloon but it Dunwich, Suffolk UK An were visible at that elevation. unexpectedly moved to the Unusual Flashing LightTime: left and then upwards. I 10:00 -11:00 p.m.Number of I have no idea what it was, but shouted out to my wife to get witnesses: 3 it did not behave like anything the video camera but the obNumber of objects: 1 I have ever seen and I have ject was too small to focus on. Shape of objects: Unknown. spent quite a few nights Full Description of event/ watching stars and satellites Around 3 minutes after I first sighting: I was watching track across the sky. noticed the object , it moved satellites go over at night on to the right and then a very clear night (clearly see Courtesy of Brian Vike, disappeared. I scanned the the Milky Way). Other sky with binoculars but could Director, HBCC UFO identifiable objects such as a not see anything. Research

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UK SIGHTINGS - Eccles, Manchester 10th July 2005

First of all, I would like to point out that I am a big skeptic as far as UFO sightings are concerned but in some ways this only makes me more determined to show the photos knowing what is was and ultimately if need be would take a lie detector test to prove that we are telling the truth. The photos were taken using a Cannon 300D camera with a 300mm image stabilising lens. The original photographs untouched are available if required. At around 10 am July 10th 2005 I was sitting outside with four colleagues when I saw a very bright flashing rotating object in the sky. This I pointed out to everyone, and everyone saw it. At this point I must say that I am one of the worlds greatest sceptics with regards to UFOs. I managed to photograph the object and have 6 very good photos of it. Please do not take this email as a crank contact as I must admit that I would be very dubious but others saw it as well. some kind of answer or comment about them... The bottom line is... that myself and colleagues know what we saw whilst not To continue... 3-5 minutes after the object had passed over we all saw another object flying in at the opposite direction at great speed against the wind direction and seconds later suddenly took a sharp turn to the left, second later to disappear from view.

We are all professional people and quite frankly have better things to do with our time than to make wacky emails or photos but we all feel that what we saw was totally unexplainable taking into account the possibilities of the object being a weather balloon or plane reflecting the sunlight. I must say once again, please do not take this email as a hoax. I have the photographs to back up our claim of seeing a UFO. Steve Mera

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Courtesy of HBCC UFO Research EditorialAn almost identical sequence has been videotaped in Mexico. See next months issue. GH

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WESTWOOD NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ENGLAND Date: Monday 8th August 2005 Time: Approximately 1220am GMT Approach Direction: south west direction. Departure Direction:south west Witness Direction: South Height & Speed: unsure. Courtesy of UFOINFO SMITHLEIGH, NEAR PLYMPTON, DEVON ENGLAND although there was road noise from the nearby (motorway) A38, which could have drowned out faint sounds. After the first formation had gone, there came several more objects over the next ten minutes. I think there were two occurrences of two lights together and then two single lights after. The last object flew over and seemed to be lower than the others. As it got overhead, it seemed like you could make out a rectangular shape, which appeared almost fluid. My friend (there there three of us present) said it looked like a jellyfish, I think, because the shape appeared to be changing. All of them seemed to have a bright orange light at the front and back, or maybe on top, as you could see the lights when they were coming towards us or going away. But the light was not visible while they were overhead. Courtesy of UFOINFO

Eyewitness Tim Francis reported, Yesterday evening (Saturday, August 13, 2005) at Description: I was sitting in the approximately 10:30 p.m., living room and I heard a there was a series of bright humming noise so I looked out orange moving lights in the sky of the window to see what it was over my neighbourhood. and all I saw was a triangle shaped object with three white They were moving westward from lights at each point and one red Smithleigh. Initially it was light in the middle flying slowly possible it was lights flying over the house so I rushed outside together in some sort of to watch it and it must of took at formation. It looked like a star least five minutes to go constellation until we spotted the completely out of sight. lights moving towards us, and some were too bright and too It could of been an plane but I orange in colour to be stars. hadnt seen one like this or go so slow before. As the lights got overhead, the formation changed, with one of Color/Shape: Triangle, three white the lights speeding up a bit faster lights on each point and one red than the others. No noise one in the middle. could be heard from the objects,

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Whilst trawling the net for this months issue I came across the following article about the Foo Fighter enigma of the Second World War. What drew my particular attention is the fact that the article was written just months after the war had ended ie; December 1945! As far as I am aware this is the earliest magazine article I have ever read on the subject and therefore has to be of historical importance in UFO literature. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did. GH The Foo Fighter Mystery By Jo Chamberlin THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE - December, 1945

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then disappeared just as mysteriously as it had appeared in the dawn light over Fujiyama. Some B-29 crews said they could readily lose the ball of fire by evasive manoeuvres, even though the ball kept up with them at top speed on a straight course; other B-29 crews reported just the opposite. Nobody could figure it out. Far to the south, a B-24 Liberator was at 11,000 feet over Truk lagoon, when two red lights rose rapidly from below, and followed the B-24. After an hour, one light turned back. The other kept on - sometimes behind, sometimes alongside, sometimes ahead about 1,000 yards, until daybreak when it climbed to 15,000 feet and stayed in the sun, like a Jap fighter seeking game, but never came down. During the flight, the light changed from red to orange, then white, and back to orange, and appeared to be the size of a basketball. No wing or fuselage was observed. The B-24 radioed island radar stations to see if there were any enemy planes in the sky.

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up their defence in every way possible against air attack, but without success. Our B-29s continued to rain destruction on Japanese military targets, and finally dropped the atomic bomb. Naturally, U. S. Army authorities in Japan will endeavour to find the secret but it may be hidden as well as it appears to be in Europe. The balls of fire continue to be a mystery - just as they were when first observed on the other side of the world - over eastern Germany. This is the way they began. At ten o'clock of a November evening, in late 1944, Lt. Ed Schlueter took off in his night fighter from Dijon, France, on what he thought would be a routine mission for the 415th Night Fighter Squadron.

DURING THE last months of the war the crews of many B-29s over Japan saw what they described as "balls of fire" which followed them, occasionally came up and almost sat on their tails, changed colour from orange to red to white and back again, and yet never closed in to attack or crash, suicide-style.

Lt. Schlueter is a tall, competent young pilot from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, whose hazardous job was to search the night sky for German planes and shoot them down. He had done just this several times and had been decorated for it. As one of our best night fighters, he was used to handling all sorts of emergencies. With him as One B-29 made evasive The answer was: "None." radar observer was Lt. Donald manoeuvres inside a cloud, but J. Meiers, and Lt. Fred when the B-29 emerged from A curious business, and one for Ringwald, intelligence officer it, the ball of fire was following which many solutions have of the 415th, who flew as an in the same relative position. been advanced, before the war observer. It seemed 500 yards off, three was over, and since. None of feet in diameter, and had a them stand up. The important The trio began their search phosphorescent orange glow. point is: No B-29 was harmed pattern, roaming the night No wing or fuselage suggesting by the balls of fire, although skies on either side of the an aerial bomb or plane was what the future held, no one Rhine River north of seen. The ball of fire followed knew. The Japanese were Strasbourg - for centuries the the B-29 for several miles and desperately trying to bolster abode of sirens, dwarfs,

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gnomes, and other supernatural characters that appealed strongly to the dramatic sense of the late A. Hitler. However, at this stage of the European war, the Rhine was no stage but a grim battleground, where the Germans were making their last great stand. The night was reasonably clear, with some clouds and a quarter moon. There was fair visibility. In some respects, a night fighter plane operates like a champion boxer whose eyesight isn't very good; he must rely on other senses to guide him to his opponent. The U. S. Army has ground radar stations, which track all planes across the sky, and tell the night fighter the whereabouts of any plane.

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The inside of the plane was dark, for good night vision. Lt. Ringwald said, "I wonder what those lights are, over there in the hills." "Probably stars," said Schlueter, knowing from long experience that the size and character of lights are hard to estimate at night. "No, I don't think so." "Are you sure it's no reflection from us?" "I'm positive."

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on their mission, and destroyed seven freight trains behind German lines. When they landed back at Dijon, they decided to do what any other prudent soldier would do - keep quiet for the moment. If you tried to explain everything strange that happened in a war, you'd do nothing else. Further, Schlueter and Meiers had nearly completed their required missions, and didn't want to chance being grounded by some sceptical flight surgeon for "combat fatigue." Maybe they had been "seeing things."

But a few nights later, Lt. Henry Giblin, of Santa Rosa, California, pilot, and Lt. Walter Cleary, of Worcester, Massachusetts, radarThen Schlueter saw them far observer, were flying at 1,000 off his left wing. Were enemy feet altitude when they saw a The night fighter flies there, fighters pursuing him? He huge red light 1,000 feet closes in by means of his own immediately checked by radio above them, moving at 200 radar until usually he can see with Allied ground radar stamiles per hour. As the the enemy, and if the plane tions. observation was made on an doesn't identify itself as early winter evening, the men friendly, he shoots it down. "Nobody up there but decided that perhaps they had Or, gets shot down himself, yourself." they reported. "Are eaten something at chow that for the Germans operate you crazy?" didn't agree with them and did their aircraft in much same not rush to report their way we did, and so did the And no enemy plane showed in experience. Japanese. Lt. Meiers' radar. On December 22-23, 1944, Lt. Schlueter was flying low Lt. Schlueter didn't know what another 415th night fighter enough that he could detect he was facing - possibly some squadron pilot and the white steam of a new and lethal German radar-observer were flying blacked-out locomotive or the weapon - but he turned into at 10,000 feet altitude near sinister bulk of a motor the lights, ready for action. Hagenau. "At 0600 hours we convoy, but he had to avoid The lights disappeared - then saw two lights climbing toward smokestacks, barrage reappeared far off. us from the ground. Upon balloons, enemy searchlights, reaching our altitude, they and flak batteries. He and Five minutes later they went levelled off and stayed on my Ringwald were on the alert, for into a flat glide and vanished. tail. The lights appeared to be there were mountains nearby. The puzzled airmen continued large orange glows. 21

Then Ringwald remembered there weren't any hills over there. Yet the "lights" were still glowing - eight or ten of them in a row - orange balls of fire moving through the air at a terrific speed.

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succeeding - and yet the lights continued to appear. Eighth Air Force bomber crews had reported seeing silver-coloured spheres resembling huge Christmas tree ornaments in the sky what about them?

After staying with the plane for two minutes, they peeled off and turned away, flying under perfect control, and then went out." The next night the same two men, flying at 10,000 feet, observed a single red flame. Lt. David L. McFalls, of Cliffside, N. C., pilot, and Lt. Ned Baker of Hemat, California, radar-observer, also saw: "A glowing red object shooting straight up, which suddenly changed to a view of an aircraft doing a wing-over, going into a dive and disappearing." This was the first and only suggestion of a controlled flying device.

Well, the silver spheres usually floated, and never followed a plane. They were presumably What the 415th saw at night some idea the Germans tried was borne out in part by day. in the unsuccessful effort to West of Neustadt, a P-47 pilot confuse our pilots or hinder saw "a gold-coloured ball, with our radar bombing devices. a metallic finish, which appeared to be moving slowly What about jet planes? through the air. As the sun No, the Germans had jet was low, it was impossible to planes all right, but they didn't tell whether the sun reflected have an exhaust flame visible By this time, the lights were off it, or the light came from at any distance. reported by all members of within." the 415th who saw them. Could they be flying bombs Most men poked fun at the Another P-47 pilot reported "a of some sort, either with or observers, until they saw for phosphorescent golden sphere, without a pilot? Presumably themselves. Although 3 to 5 feet in diameter, flying not - with but one exception confronted with a baffling at 2,000 feet." no one thought he observed a situation, and one with lethal wing or fuselage. potentialities, the 415th Meanwhile, official reports of continued its remarkable the "foo-fighters" had gone to Weather balloons? combat record. group headquarters and were "noted." Now in the Army, No, the 415th was well aware When the writer of this article when you "note" anything it of their behaviour. They visited and talked with them in means that you neither agree ascended almost vertically, Germany, he was impressed nor disagree, nor do you and eventually burst. with the obvious fact that the intend to do anything about it. 415th fliers were very normal It covers everything. Various Could the lights or balls of fire airmen, whose primary interest explanations were offered for be the red, blue, and orange was combat, and after that the phenomena - none of them coloured flak bursts that Eighth came pin-up girls, poker, satisfactory, and most of them Air Force bomber crews had doughnuts, and the derivatives irritating to the 415th. reported? of the grape. The 415th had a splendid record. It was said that the It was a nice idea, said the foo-fighters might be a new 415th, but there was no The whole outfit took the kind of flare. A flare, said the correlation between the mysterious lights or balls of 415th, does not dive, peel foo-fighters they observed and fire with a sense of humour. off, or turn. the flak they encountered. And Their reports were received in night flak was usually directed some higher quarters with Were they to frighten or by German radar, not visually. smiles: "Sure, you must have confuse Allied pilots? In short, no explanation stood seen something, and have you Well, if so, they were not up. 22

One day at chow a 415th pilot suggested that they give the lights a name. A reader of the comic strip "Smokey Stover" suggested that they be called "foo-fighters," since it was frequently and irrefutably stated in that strip that "Where there's foo, there's fire." The name stuck.

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On Dec. 31, 1944, AP reporter Bob Wilson, was with the 415th and heard about the foo-fighters. He questioned the men until 4 a.m. in the best newspaper tradition until he got all the facts. His story passed the censors, and appeared in American newspapers on January 1, 1945, just in time to meet the customary crop of annual hangovers.

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The foo-fighters simply disappeared when Allied ground forces captured the area East of the Rhine. This This was true in every instance was known to be the location foo-fighters were observed. of many German experimental stations. Since V-E day our The first real clue came with Intelligence officers have put the last appearance of the many such installations under exasperating and potentially guard. From them we hope to deadly lights. They never kept get valuable research 415th from fulfilling its information - including the missions, but they certainly solution to the foo-fighter were unnerving. mystery, but it has not Some scientists in New York appeared yet. It may be decided, apparently by remote The last time the foo-fighters successfully hidden for years control, that what the airmen appeared, the pilot turned into to come, possibly forever. had seen in Germany was St. them at the earliest possible Elmo's light - a well-known moment - and the lights The members of the 415th electrical phenomenon disappeared. The pilot was hope Army Intelligence will appearing like light or flame sure that he felt prop wash, find the answer. If it turns out during stormy weather at the but when he checked with that the Germans never had tips of church steeples, ships' ground radar, there was no anything airborne in the area, masts, and tall trees. Being in other airplane. they say, "We'll be all set for the nature of an electrical Section Eight psychiatric discharge, St. Elmo's fire is The pilot continued on his way, discharges." reddish when positive, and perturbed, even angry - when blueish when negative. he noticed lights far to the Meanwhile, the foo-fighter rear. The night was clear and mystery continues unsolved. The 415th blew up. It was the pilot was approaching a thoroughly acquainted with St. huge cloud. Once in the cloud, The lights, or balls of fire, Elmo's fire. The men snorted, he dropped down two appeared and disappeared on "Just let the sons come over thousand feet and made a 30 the other side of the world, and fly a mission with us. degree left turn. over Japan - and your guess We'll show em." as to what they were is just as Just a few seconds later be good as mine, for nobody Through January, 1945, the emerged from the cloud - with really knows. 415th continued to see the his eye peeled to rear. Sure "foo-fighters," and their enough, coming out of the EDITORIAL COMMENT conduct became increasingly cloud in the same relative po- This is a brilliant article for mysterious. One aircrew sition was the foo-fighter, as me. The pilots clearly could observed lights, moving both though to thumb its nose at distinguish between natural singly and in pairs. the pilot, and then disappear. phenomena and something entirely different. The fooOn another occasion, three This was the last time the fighters displayed intelligent sets of lights, this time red and foo-fighters were seen in movement. The writer white in colour, followed a Germany, although it would obviously hoped that the plane, and when the plane have seemed fitting, if the answer may lay with captured suddenly pulled up, the lights lights had made one last German technology. History continued on in the same gesture, grouping themselves has proved that to be wrong. I direction, as though caught so as to spell "Guess What" in do not believe they were mannapping, and then sheepishly the sky, and vanishing forever. made. In light of todaydo pulled up to follow. But they didn't. you? GH 23

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CANADA EDMONTON ALBERTA August 21st 2005
Color/Shape: 2 where white and the other one looked more orange which was the closest to me. I have been noticing a lot of helicopters flying around the area. Although I don't live far from the Airport, I have never noticed them before. Tonight, I may have seen why they are really there. As I was watching the light move east, I heard a Helicopter in the north. I watched it as it moved east, but then it stopped and became stationary. It hovered in the same location facing the object until I saw the object dim out. Then it began to move again. I was convinced that the Pilot & Passengers of the helicopter were watching the object.

Height & Speed: Don't know. UFOINFO Sighting Form Report Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Time: From 3AM until TV/Radio/Press: No, but I did have 5 friends witness this. 5AM GMT Approach Direction: From West to east then it stopped. Moved a little to my right as I was facing west. Departure Direction: From West to east then it stopped. Moved a little to my right as I was facing west. Witness Direction: West Description: Well I have to say I don't believe it until I see it, but right now its 5:04 AM on Aug 21/05 and I've been watching 3 lights in the sky for the past 2 hours that I just can't explain. They are constantly moving up, down, left, right, but generally staying in the same spots. They are a little brighter then any stars but you can tell it's much closer. I have a 6.3 MP digital camera but I couldnt see anything with it because there are too many lights around my house, but I did get a closer look with my crappy 7*35mm binoculars. I first spotted the one because it was moving like a satellite but then it stopped, and within the next 15 mins I noticed the other 2. I had 5 friends witness this phenomenon. Thought Id pass this information on.

AUSTRALIA BANORA POINT/ TWEED HEADS NEW SOUTH WALES Date: August 8, 2005
Time: 8:40 p.m. Location of Sighting: My home. Number of witnesses: 2 Number of objects: 1 Shape of objects: Moving ball of light.

And I just checked with my friend again and he said he remembers a Helicopter in the Full Description of area when he saw three lights event/sighting: Hello Brian, in formation rotating in the Just Tonight, I was outside sky. He told me before, but I our home, when I looked into the sky and noticed a star-like, excluded it from my last report, as I didn't think it had object, moving in an Easterly any relevance. But now, it has Direction out to sea. The put a whole new angle on the object was the same size as the two strange rotating lights situation. I have footage of the Helicopter, but it is too blurred that I saw only a few weeks ago, and was in the same part to review. Unfortunately, I was too busy watching the light, I of sky as them as well. forgot to get my camera, but next time I will make sure it is The object was moving not too available. fast, not too slow. I know what a satellite looks like, and this Just checking outside now, I object was much larger, and can see two helicopters moving traveling a little faster than I have seen them travel. It had about East of my position. I no flashing lights, just a ball of am unsure how many are "patrolling" the skies, but if light. they come close to my house, I will try to note their ID I called for my younger brother numbers and check it out with to look, and he noticed it as the airport. well. For the past couple of weeks, 24 I think there has been a spike

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of objects in my area, although, I have only started observing a few months ago, so perhaps these objects may have existed in my area prior to my knowledge. Also, I think I may be the only person in my area that is actually reporting descriptions of these objects on this site, or on any site. couple of days. I was flying home with a business associate. We were in his private plane. He is a pilot, so he was at the controls on his small plane (4 person aircraft / piper). He did not see this, and I have not even mentioned it to him. I did not mention it to him when it happened either. I was embarrassed as to even know how to try to discuss it as he and I are not If there is anyone in my area or anywhere on the far eastern good friends, but instead only associates, and this was the parts of New South Wales & very first time I had been Queensland, Please occasionally check the skies in around him much. your area for any strange Orange or White Moving lights, It was also the first time I had or anything out of the been up in his plane as well. ordinary. So, the last thing I wanted to do was to start telling this guy COURTESY OF Brian Vike, I don't know very well, about Director HBCC UFO how I just saw a UFO during Research our first business trip together in his plane. USA under us and the pilot said he was about 1000 feet below us). Anyway, I saw this round, chrome coloured ball below us (between us and the ground). It seemed to me to be approx 1000 feet below us (or so). It began to move upward and sort of toward us. I thought maybe it was a balloon. However, I remembered we were "moving" in a plane so we should have passed by it, if it was a slow rising balloon. It didn't act like a balloon anyway. I am looking out the window watching this ball rise towards us. It seemed like maybe it was rising slow at first (or stopped), then within maybe 3-6 seconds or so, it rose up to the same altitude as our plane, then moved sideways (as if it were parallel with us and moved in the opposite direction as what we were flying). I had to turn my head backward to watch it move by through the back seat area glass (I was in the front passenger seat). Then, as it moved by us, it seemed to shoot up really fast and vanish. Basically within about 10 seconds or so from the moment I saw it, it rose up to our level, was about maybe 100 feet away (when at our level), moved sideways (like going opposite direction as us), then swooped upwards (a lot faster than it was moving before) and vanished.

HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA August 19th 2005

Over Huntsville, Alabama Round Chrome Colored Ball Observed From Aircraft Time: Approx: 6:10 p.m. HBCC UFO Research Note: I am looking into this sighting as I have a number of excellent sources in the state of Alabama who may be able to shed some light on this, or at least be able to look into this sighting. But in the mean time, if anyone should have any information that might be important on this event, would you please be kind enough to contact me. Thank you, Brian. I had been in Atlanta for a

Here is my story, and will try not to change it from the "exact" facts only. It was August 19, 2005 at approx 6:10 p.m. on my watch (set to west Tennessee time). We were flying home from Atlanta. I was looking out the window towards the ground just watching. I haven't been up in a small plane but once before, so this was fun to me and I was just enjoying watching the ground. I noticed below us what seemed to look like maybe a chrome ball, or maybe a Mylar balloon? It basically looked sort of chrome in colour and round. It seemed to be about maybe 500 to 1000 feet away (I knew distance because we had recently had a plane pass

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I was a little scared and did not know what I saw. I did not say anything to the pilot about it as I just did not know what to say. I did however, ask him right away "Where Are We Right Now?" and "How High Up Are We?" I thought this may come in handy somehow later if I wanted to try and investigate this. California Objects Disappearing at a rate of speed that is Date: August 13, 2005 unmatched by our planes (that Time: Approx: 9:45 p.m. we are told of) and none of a planes usual lights being that Number of witnesses: 4 it only had one each that was Number of objects: 3 visible. The main seemed to Shape of objects: Bright melt slightly down and then orange/yellow circular. up as it pulsed. 4 people witnessed this over a 10-15 minute period. Full Description of event/sighting: Outside my patio I looked up to see a MEXICO I had no idea where we were bright light. It was overcast MEXICO CITY (above what state or city etc) so there were no stars. My August 17th 2005 as I am not familiar with plane boyfriend and I started to routes. So I had no idea where watch this bright light as it MEXICO: UFO PHOTOGRAPHED we were. Anyway, he told me faded in and out. We then NORTH OF MEXICO CITY we were above Huntsville, noticed two other objects Alabama and we were at 6000 appear from nowhere. They feet. I then looked at my crisscrossed each other and We have received the following watch at noted it was about then the two disappeared. information from Prof. Ana 6:10 p.m. (my watch set at Luisa Cid in Mexico: time zone of my home in All the while the main one West TN). I am not sure if pulsed. They then reappeared "Photo taken to the north of that would be the same time on the other side of the Mexico City by Gerardo Nieto in Huntsville, Alabama or not. horizon, zigzag again in the Cid, 14, son of researcher Ana V shape. During this time my Luisa Cid. This photo was I did not see this out of the two kids came out to see what taken on August 17, 2005 at corner of my eye. It was pretty it was. Again they disappeared 11:51 hours with a 4 clear skies and I watched it and reappeared in another part megapixel digital camera. clearly. It appeared to be of the sky with the V shape something like a "round ball" downward zigzag. They faded "The strange structure was and looked sort of chrome in across the horizon. They flew not visible to onlookers until colour. I have no idea of the size, as the distance would be sort of hard to gauge in the air for me but if I had to guess I'd say maybe 5 to 20 feet in diameter??? COURTESY OF Brian Vike, Director, HBCC UFO Research

USA ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA August 13th 2005

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