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Two O b s e r v e r s Vdatch Round O b j e c t Move A c r o s s 1 1 l i n o i s Sky
Sam klli, # 5 P h y l l i s D r i v e , C e n t r z l i a , I l l . , w p s on h i s way
home f r o m t h e Millf>rLumber Co., where h e i s employed i n t h c S Z I - e s
D e p e r t m e n t , Nov. 2 4 , 1970. I t was a :lcudy n i g h t , no s t a r s v i s i b l e ,
and t h e r e was no wind. At, 5 : 4 5 iRrC /'ili r o l l e d down h i s c a r window
~ n dsaw a round o b j e c t , i t s o u t l i ~a t~ f i r s t f u z z y , t h e n becoming
c l e z r 2 n d s p p e ? r i n p t o b e perfectly r o u n d . I t x2s moving t o w ~ r d
him c ? t t h e s p e e d o f a j e t ~ l z n e ,s l c . w d t o ? c o m p l e t e s t o p ~s h e
t u r n e d i n t o h i s d r i v e , t h e n moved due w e s t much f s s t e r t h a n a j c t .
He o b s e r v e d t h e o b j e c t f o r l e s s t h a n 2 i v e m i n u t e s .
On e n t e r i n g h i s home, h e w ~ cs z l l e d t o t h e t e l e - h o n e , t h e n w 2 s
summoned t o t h e d o o r by a knock 2nd f o u n d h i s n e i g h b o r , L ~ r r yP a t t e r -
s o n s t a n d i n g o u t s i d e . M r . P r t t e r s o n a s k e d him i f h e h2d s e e n a n y t h i n g
p e c u l i a r on h i s way home. I n s t e a d o f r e p l y i n g d i r e c t l y , L l l i a s k e d i f
P a t t e r s o n had--2nd wzs t o l d h e h a d .
L a r r y K . J . P ~ t t e r s o n ,#8 P h y l l i s D r i v e , l e f t t h e f i r n o f 3 . K .
H o l t , CPA, w h e r e h e i s employed '2s an a c c o u n t a n t , a n d s t o p p e d a t a
n u r s e r y s c h o o l t o p i c k u p h i s l i t t l e d ~ u g h t e r . He sighted t h e r o u n d
o b j e c t i n t h e s k y a s h e was d r i v i n g t h r o u g h F o u n d a t i o n ( ? ) P c r k and
k e p t t h e UFO i n s i g h t t h e r e s t of t h e way home. h e s ~ i di t e p p e a r e d
t o be s o l i d w i t h a b r i l i i ~ n tglow o f w h i t e and y e l l o w . I t was h o v e r -
i n g when h e f i r s t s ? i~t , t h e n it began t o move i n a c i r c u l z r f a s h i o n
arid i n r a p i d s p u r t s . iie s t o p p e d h i s c z r a t Grzgg S t r ~ t t o w a t c h t h e
o b j e c t , t h e n w e n t on and s t o p p e d i n f r o n t o f A l l i l s home. He s ~ i d
h e t u r n e d t o " s e e i f Sammy w e r e home1' and when h e t u r n e d a r o u n d t o
l o o k ? t t h e o b j e c t a g a i n , lit had d i s a p p e z r e d . Me t h e n knocked on t h e
d o o r t o z s k R l l i i f h e had s e e n t h e o b j e c t .
M r s . R o s e t t a Holmcs o b t a i n c d c o m p l e t e w r i t t e n r e n o r t s f r o m b o t h
men, 2nd t h i s i s w r i t t e n f r o m t h e i r a c c o u n t s . M r . A l l i t h o u g h t t h e
o b j e c t was t h e s i z e of a d i n e h e l d a t a r m ' s l e n g t h , w h i l e M r . P c q t t e r s r : l
e s t i r n z t e d t h e s i z e t o b e t h a t o f a pea h c l d 2 t a r m ' s l e n g t h ,
B o t h a g r e e d on t h e w c a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s , t h e d e s c r i ~ t i o nof t h e
o b j e c t and i t s movement; arid b o t h w r o t e t h e y a t f i r s t t h o ~ p h ti t might
be a p l ~ n e ,h u t r e ~ l . i z e di t w ~ moving s t o o f z s t . Nr. ? ; > t t c r s o n ~ ? t c : - , : : ~ .
t h e o b j e c t f o r a b o u t 1 5 m i n u t e s , s o saw it b e f o r e h i s n e i g h b o r s i g h t . -
ed i t .
( E d i t o r ' s N o t e : We w e r e n ' t s u r e i f t h e l e t t c r w ~ as n "1"" c?r z n " O V r
~ n d e c i d e d on t h e f o r m e r and h o p e we have s p e l l e d M r . h l l i l s name
c o r r e c t l y . Mrs. Holmes h z d j u s t b r o k e n h e r g l ~ s s e s ,~ n ds e n t t h e r e -
p o r t s on t o u s , a s s h e w ~ us n z b l e t o t y p e them f i r s t h ~ r s e l f . )
Coming i n t h e F e b r u a r y 1971 SKYLOOK
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"The UFO: J u s t Beyond t h e S t ~ t e - o f - t h e - f r t " by J o h n F . S c h u e s s l e r .
The c o m p l e t e t e x t o f h i s a d d r e s s a t t h e E i d w e s t UFO C o n f e r e n c e h e l d
a t B r a d l e y U n i v e r s i t y , P e o r i a , I l l . , J u n e 13, 1970.
" N o t e s on M e r g e r s n by C l i n t o n C u r t i s W i l l i a n s J r . i; f a s c i w t i n g
a r t i c l e on a i r c r z f t "merging" w i t h u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t s .
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S t . C h ? r l e s , Mo., a t t ~ h e homer , o f C l i f f Palmberg t o r e c e i v e r e p o r t s
from commit t e e s working oG t h e s~IDW.ZT UFO CONFERENCE s c h e d u l e d f o r
S a t u r d a y , J u n e 1 2 , 1 9 7 1 , a t t h e ~ o l - i ' d a ~I n- n , N o r t h ( S t . L o u i s ) . T h i s
f u l l d a y symposium w i l l b e sponsored by t h e Midwcst UFO Network w i t h
t h e UFO S t u d y Group of G r e a t e r S t . L g u i s a s t h e h o s t o r g ~ n i z e t i o ~ ~
MUFON c o n t i n u e s t o expand i n t h e t m i d w e s t e r n s t z t e s w i t h ' t h e 2dd-
i t i o n of. MICHICAN, t h e b z d g e r s t a t e . , O u r new S t z t e - S e c t i o n D i r e c t o r
f o r t h e Benton Harbor - S t , J,oesph a r e a . i s : George M. ( "MikeP1) Sniith,
2039 Krolow S t . , Benton H a r b o r , Mich. L9022. T e l e p h o n e : AC 616 927-
1260. M i k e ' s b u s i n e s s i n t h e t h r e e c o u n t i e s s u r r o u n d i n g Benton H s r b o r
w i l l , p r o v i d e him , w i t h ,menay p o t e n t i a l U F O - i n t e r e s t e d c o n t a c t s .
IOWA g r e e t s a n o t h c r S t e t e - S e c t i o n D i r e a c t o r f o r t h e Iowa C i t y are'a.
He i s : , W i l l i a m H. ( l l ~ i l) l Hunkins,
?l WABKOM, Eowa C i t y , Iowa. Telephone
AC 319'351-4200. B i l l f o r m e r l y l i v e d a t 714 3 r d S t . , Columbus J u n c t i o n ,
Iowa. He h a s a M 3 s t e ~ sd e g c e r i n L i b r s r y S c i c n c e and i s employed i n
t h e Government S e c t i o n o f t h e S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y o f Iowa L i b r a r y . His
s p e c i a l i z a t i o n i s e l e c t r o n i c UFO d e t e c t i o n d e v i c e s .
The Radio Cornrnunicaft,ions S e c t i o n o f MUFON me't f o r one o f t h e i r
monthly d r i l l s on November 3 0 , 1970 u n d e r t h e d i r c c t i o n o f 'Ronzld M.
Anderson, WA.9PAb7, Chippew2 F a l l s , W i s . I n a d d i t i o n t o . t h e r e g u l a r
a m a t e u r r a d i o s t a t i o n s r e p o r t i n g i n W@NC S t . L o u i s , Mo. ; K@UQJ,, Hazel-
wood, Mo.; W A ~ A R G ' , Q u i n c y , I l l . ; E a s t P e o r i a , I l l . was r e p r e s e n t e d by
K9PWQ w i t h , Bruce a t ) t h e rnicrophonc. S t a t e - S e c t i o n D i r e c t o r . f o r ' t h c
P e o r i a ' a r e a , Ray W a t t s 2nd mcmber, Dezn- Maybcrr-y,; were i n z t t e n d z n c e
t o e x c k i ~ n g ecommunicstions
, on , c u r r e n t UFO r e p o r t s . D i l l Armstrong,
WmNC i n S t . L o u i s r e l e t e d t h e d e t a i l s o f a m u l t i p l e w l t n e s s s i g h t i n g e
made November 16 p t 9:)O PM n e a r S t r e c k n e r , I l l . , t h a t w a s r e p o r t c d
b y Mrs.' R o s e t t a Holmes, o u r S t ~ t e - S e c t i o n D i r e c t o r f o r t h e C a r l y l e
a r e a . 'The n e x t d r i l l w i l l b e . llect-rnber 1 7 , 1970.
, W ? l t ' a n d ~ e a n n eh d r u s - e x t e n d th.e h e a r t i e s t o f Season:
G r e e t i n g s t o . 2 1 1 o f . t h e members o f the-MIDWFST UFO KET-
I WORK 2nd t h ~ i r f.e r n i l i e s . As ,we - e n t e r t h e N E W yea?, yey-
we have vour;..continued e n t h u s i a s t i c s u p p o r t i n o u r mu-
; t u a l e f f o r t t o r e s o l v e t h e UFO phenomena.
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Mystery' Object S i g h t e d i n R. I ;
F r o v i d e n c e , R . I . - - C h ~ r l e s H . S m i l e y , p r o f e s s o r e m e r i t u - s a t Brown
U n i v e r s i t y , S a t u r d a y s a i d a ~ y s t e r i o u so b j e c t s i g h t e d i n l F r o v i d e n c e
s k i e ' s S e t u r d a y morning c o u l d have beien s p a c e s h o t d e b r i s . The a s t r o i l -
omer s a i d t h e d i r e c t i o n of t r a v e l of t h e s i g h t i n g and t h e l e n g t h qf
t i m e i t / w a s o v e r t h e m e t r o p o l i t e n a r e a made i t , unli1cr;fy t h a t t h e o b j e c t
was a n a t u r a l phenomenon, s u c h a s a m e t e o r - i t e . The b r i g h t , w h i t e l i g h t ,
r e p o r t e d l y moving'from west t o e a s t s t z r t l e d e z r l y r i s e r s . O f f i c i a l s
a t t h e N a v a l Air S t a t i o n , Air F o r c e B2ses i n M a s s a c h u s e t t s 2nd t h e Nat-
i o n a l Weather S e r v i c e were u n e b l e t o e x p l a i n t h e phenomcrlon. ( S o u r c e ,
!Vrkanszs G a z e t t e , " Dcc. 6 , 1970; c-i~e4it8--LouF ? ~ . i s h )
Two- W i t n e -s-- s e s t o B o o n v i l l e , Mo.
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Don P. K a b l e r end 3 f r i e n d wFre on a d e e r h u n t i n g t r i p ?rid w e r e

s i t t i n g i n a c r r w a i + , i n g f o r d a Y l i $ l t t h e m o r n i n g o f Nov. 1 7 , 1 9 7 0 ,
The s k v W ~ Sc l e a r 2nd t h e moon 2nd st2rs w e r e v i s i b l e . I t w ? s . 5 : 3 0
a.m. r n d t h e y saw a l a r g e , b r i g h t o b i e c t , r e d i n c o l o r ~ l n d g u l s n t i n g .
It w z s on 2 w e s t t o e z s t c o u r s e , moving s l o w l y . I t was much l z r . y e r
t h z n t h e s t a r s pnd n o t 2s l a r g e a s t h e moon. It passed over t h e
c p r e t a n u n d e t e r m i n e d a l t i t u d e ? and t h e r e w ~ no s sound.
The o b j e c t moved i n a s t r z i p h t l i n e , b u t i n 2 s e e m i n g z i g - z z g
movement. I t s u d d e n l y s t o p p e d , h o v e r e d f o r ,3bout one m i n u t e , p r o -
c e e d e d towartis t h e n o r t h , h o v e r e d z ~ a i n . I t c o n t i n u e d t o d o t h i s
d i ~ r i n gt h e 1 2 - 1 5 m i n u t e s it was u n d e r o b s e r v z t i o n .
As t h e s k y b e g ? n t o l i g h t e n , t h e o b j e c t was s t i l l v i s i b l e . K z b l e r
and t h e o t h e r w i t n e s s l e f t t h e c 2 r and went i n t o t h e wooded a r e a
n e e r b y , 2nd l o s t s i g h t of t h e o b j e c t , s t i l l i n t h e n o r t h when l a s t
s e e n . The o b j e c t d i d n o t b r i g h t c n n o r dim a t a n y t i m e , :?nd no d e t , a i l s
o r o t h e r l i g h t s could be seen.
I have known Don K z b l e r , a n I n s p e c t o r w i t h t h e Highwey D e p a r t m e n t ,
t h e p a s t e i g h t y e a r s 2nd c o n s i d e r him a m o s t r e l i a b l e individual. I
am n o t a c q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e o t h e r w i t n e s s , b u t h e c o n f i r m e d t h e s i p h t -
i n g 2nd d e s c r i p t i o n a s g i v e n by K a b l e r .

I l l i n o i s F a m i l y Watch B r i g h t O b j e c t ... By Mae J 2 n n e t . t

My h u s b a n d , s o n 2nd I were t r a v e l i n g on I n t e r s t z t e 7 0 , j u s t e a s t
o f E f f i n g h a m , I l l . , t h e e v e n i n g o f Dec. 6 , 1970, j u s t a f t e r s u n s e t .
We saw 2 v e r y b r i g h t l i g h t t h a t l o o k e d l i k e a . s t a r , b u t much
l a r g e r - - a b o u t h s l f t h e s i z e o f t h e moon. I t wzs n o t moving when f i r s t
s e e n , t h e n s t e r t e d moving t o t h e w e s t and s o o n f z d e d f r o m v i e w . T h e r e
was s t i l l enouph l i g h t t o d e t e r m i n e t h e r e was no o u t l i n e o r s h e p e
o f a p l a n e , 2nd it w ~ ns o t h i n g t h z t I c o u l d r e c o g n i z e .

BIOVERSE 7 i s now r e z d y f o r m i l i n g ! A f t e r r e m ~ r k c b l cs u c c e s s i n
s e l l i n g t o t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c ' , we a r e now o r i e n t i n g o u r form,?t t o t h e
l e e r n e d r e s e a r c h e r . 1 0 w r ~ p - ; . r o u n d o f f s e t peges o f f u ? ! T h i s i s s u e
f e z t u r e s - - a n a r t i c l e on UFOzine p u b l i s h i n g , and w h 2 t 1 s wronp x i t h i t .
- h lampoon o f t h e pompous FLYING SAUCER DIGEST! D o n ' t miss t h i s ! -
The f u t u r e was y e s t e r d a y - A new ~ n dd i f f e r e n t s e r i e s ! B e a u t i f u l ill-
u s t r ~ t i o n s , p l u s a r e v e c l i n g l e t t e r f r o m Gene D u p l ~ n t i e r ! Anyone e l s e
would e s k 75 c e n t s . . b u t UFOs a r e o u r h o b b y , n o t 2 s i d e l i n e ! J u s t
3 5 k , 3 - i s s u e s u b s c r i p t i o n f o r a d o l l ~ r .P u b l i s h e d b i - m o n t h l y . A l l m a i l -
ed f i r s t c l a s s ! F o r e i g n n i r m a i l , 7 0 $ , 3 / 2 . 1 0 .O r d e r t o d z y ! K r i t e Gary
2nd Glenn R i c k e r , 1 3 3 4 S . Wcsley Ave., Berwvn, I l l . , 60402. Note t o
Publishers--BIOVERSE i s c o p y r i g h t e d 1970 b y Gcry a n d G l e n n R i c k e r . No
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r e a d e r t h e b e s t f o r 1971 - 2nd 2 s p e c i a l 11th2nk you" t o t h e f i n e S K Y -
LOOK s t a f f t h a t n e v e r l e t s me down. Y o u ' r e t h e t o p s !
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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D e b b i e T a l l m z n and J a n i c e S k i v e r , o f B e c k e m e y ~ r , I l l . , r e p o r t e d
w a t c h i n g f o u r moving o b j e c t s z b o u t s i x o l c l o c k or,e e v e n i n g t h e l 2 s t
week i n A u g u s t , 1 9 7 0 . The two h i g h s c h o o l g i r l s s 2 w t h r e e o b j e c t s
l1sh2ped l i k e f r i s b e e s f 1 ( a r o u n d d i s c - s h s p e d t o y t h e t s z i l s t h r o u g h
t h e a i r ) . They a p p e 2 r e d t o b e h o v e r i n g o v e r z f ~ r m h o u s e ,C e b b i e s a i d ,
t h e n s t r r t e d moving t o t h e w e s t . r, f o u r t h o b j e c t "swooped o u t o f some
c l o u d s " and j o l n e d t h e t h r e e , a n d a l l s l o w l y f,-,ded f r o m v i e w . T h e r e
was n o s o u n d . The o b j e c t s were a s i l % , r e rc o l o r 2nd r ~ ol i g n t s c o u l d b e
s e e n . ( C r e d i t : Ma? ~ a n n d t tand R o s e t t a Holmes)
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B s 1 1 o f L i g h t Over A v i s t o n , I l l .
Bob Crow r e p o r t e d t o Mrs. Mae J a n n e t t , o f Beckemeyer, I l l . , k h e t
he ~ n dh i s f a t h e r w c r e h e a d i n g w e s t on R o u t e j O t h e o f Nov. 26,
1 9 7 0 , a b o u t 7 o l c l o c k , , a n d w e r e a m i l e w e s t o f i . v i s t o n , I l l . , when
b o t h s s w a f l a s h o f l i g h t r e s e m b l i n g a w e l d i n g f l a s h . I\ f e w s e c o n d s
l a t e r a b i g b 2 l l of l i g h t appeared over Aviston, yellow+sh r c d i n
c o l o r , and n o v i n g s o u t h a t g r e a t s p e e d . I t d i s a p c e z r e d i n l e s s t h a n
a m i n u t e . Bob t u r n e d on t h e c a r r z d i o 2s t h o~ b j e c t d i s z p p e e r e d , b u t
c o u l d g e t no s t a t i o n b e c a u s e of s t z t i c . Ten m i n u t e s l a t e r , r a d i o r e -
c e p t i o n was n o r m a l .
R e v o l v i n g L i g h t S e e n Near J e f f e r s o n C i t y , Mo.
Mrs. B e t t y Kehoe of M o b e r l y , Mo., w ? s d r i v i n g on Highway 4 0
a b o u t s i x O ' c l o c k t h e m o r n i n g o f Nov, 2 2 , 1 9 7 0 , when s h e S 2 W
a b r g e g r e e n and w h i t e r e v o l v i n g l i g h t z b o u t s i x h u n d r e d y ~ r d swest
o f t h e highway. The o b , j e c t w s o v e r a d e n s e l y wooded F r e a a b o u t
f i v e mriles f r o m J e f f e r s o n C i t y , Mrs. Kehoe r e ~ o r t e d t h e o b j e c t ceclscs
t o r e v o l v e a s s h e p a s s e d t h e s i t e . B e c a u s e o f t h e b r i p h t n e s s of t h e
l i g h t , s h e was u n a b l e t o s e e a n y o u t l i n e o f t h e o b j e c t .
( C r e d i t , L a r r y Yoder)
C a s s i u s C l a y S e e s S t a r s ! ( N , Y . C.)
P e r h e p s i t i s n ' t u n u s u a l f o r a f i g h t e r t o '!see st;rsl' o f one
k i n d o r a n o t h e r , b u t C a s s i u s C l a y s a i d t h i s o n e w 2 s a UFO. He s p o t t e g
i t a s he w?s d o i n g r o a d w o r k i n C e n t r a l P ~ r kDecember 1st. C l a y s ~ j 6
h e o f t e n s a w UFOs when h e d i d e a r l y m o r n i n g r o a d w o r k , a c c o r d i n g t o 2
c l i p p i n g f r o m t h e "Chicago D a i l y Newsf1--"They're u p t h e r e a l l t h e tlmr
and t h e government i s k e e p i n g it a s e c r e t , " he s a i d .
P o l i c e headquartex-s s z i d e p2trolman i n 2 s a w d c z r r e p o r t e d s c e i ~ ;
a UFO h o v e r i n g i n Q u e e n s C o u n t y , and t h e La G u z r d l a A i r p o r t a l s o r e -
ceived r e ~ o r t s .
The i n t e n s e b r i g 3 t l i g h t was V e n u s , a n d t h e W a s h i n g t o n N e t ~ o n a l
Observatory explained its unusual brightness t o atmospheric conditions,
( S o u r c e , " C h i c a g o D a l l e y News" a n d 'lArk2nses G a z e t t e T 1 - - C r e d i t , Thomas
E. M i l l e r , o f E r a n k l i n P ~ r k ,I l l . , m d Lou F ~ r i z h )
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Dec. 14, 1970 i n J e f f e r s o n County and p a r t s o f S t . L o u i s C o u n t y may
h a v e b e e n a s u n c r s o n i c m i l i t a r y j e t a i r p k n e , a u t h o r l t l c s theorized.
However, F e d e r a l A v i a t i o n Apency and S c o t t Air F o r c e Bz-se spokesman
s a i d t h e y knew o f no s u p e r s o n i c p l a n e s i n t h e a r e a a t t h e t i m e . The
boom r e p o r t e d l y s h o o k t h e J e f f e r s o n County C o u r t h o u s e i n H i l l ~ b o ~a nc d
was f e l t by many r e s i d e n t s i n E u r e k a , F e n t o n B s l l w i n ~ n do t h e r p a r t s
o f southwest, S t . L o u i s County. ( C r e d i t : " S t . L o u i s Globe--DmocraL1j
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f i l e s ) h a s s e n t u s a n i n t e r e s t i n g s i h t i n g . We w i l l r e f e r t o h e r
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w i t h i n 1 0 0 m i l e s f r o m S t . L o u i s ( t r u e ) . Ye h a v e w r i t t e n o u r r e p o r t
f r c m Mrs. B r o w n ' s l e t t e r s , g i v i n g t h e e s s e n t i a l f s c t s and o m i t t i n g
c n l y i d e n t i f y i n g l z n d m a r k s e t c w h i c h would p i n p o i n t t h e i r home.
The Browns l i v e on a f z r m sever:' m i l e s f r o m a M i s s o u r i town. On
t h e n i g h t o f IJov. 5 , 1 9 7 0 , t h e t e e l l .~;e s o n , who w z s o u t d o o r s ; c a l l e d
e x c i t e d l y , "Come h e r e and l o o k a t t k 2 1 i ~ k . t s . l '
Mrs. Brown h u r r i e d o u t s i d e a n d t h e y b o t h w ~ t c h e dl1 a bunch of
g r e e n and r e d and y e l l o w l i g h t s b l i n k i n g o f f a n d o n , j u s t a b o v e t h e
t r e e t o p s , " t o t h e e a s t . "When two o r t h r e e would come o n , t h e o t h e r
two o r t h r e e would b l i n k o f f , 1 1 N r s . Brown w r o t e . "If t h e y would h a v e
2 1 1 s t ~ y e don ~t t h e s2me t i m e , i t would h a v e made a c o n p l e t e o v a l
i n t h e sky."
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g e t t i n g b i y g e r and b i g p e r a s it cpme c l o s e r , f a r t h e r t o t h e l e f t of
t h e o v a l o f b l i n k i n g r e d , g r e c n 2nd v e l l o w l i g h t s . f f I t w ~ hs i g h e r
i n t h e s k y . T h i s l o o k e d l i k e i t c o u l d be 2 n ~ i r q l a n e ,b u t we h e ~ r d
n o t h i n g and s u d d e n l y it went o u t a l t o g e t h e r - - j u s t went o u t c o m p l e t e l y ,
Then i n a n o t h e r m l n u t e o r t w o , t h e c o l o r e d l i p h t s w e r e gone t o o . we
w a t c h e d a 1 1 t h i s z good f i v e m i n u t e s . "
The c o l o r e d l i g h t o v a l was : b o u t 5 m i l e s e a s t of t h e Brown home,
t h e y judged, w h i l ~t h e l a r g e w h i t e l i g h t , a l s o e z s t , was h q z h e r i n
t h e sky.
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t h e e l e c t r i c l i g h t s i n t h e h o u s e went o f f f o r a m i n u t e 2nd t h e n csme
b a c k on. T h i s was r c p e z t e d f o u r o r f i v e t i m e s 2nd Mrs. Brown d e c i d e d
t o c a l l t h e R . E. A . t r o u b l e number. On c a l l i n g , s h e g o t a b u s y s i g -
n a l , w ~ i t e da fcw m i n u t e s and c a l l e d a g a i n .

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h e r h u s b a n d , ll'. H e r e ' s a n o t h e r i n the same v i c i n i t y . " The l i n e r w n t a l k s ?
t o Mrs. Brown a n d s a i d t h e y had b e e n g e t t i n g o t h ~ e rr e p o r t s of t h e
l i g h t s g o i n g on and o f f s i n c e t h e f i r s t o f O c t o b e r end s a i d , flWelve
checked e ~ e r y t h i n gon t h e l i n e a n d e v e n w a l k e d t h e l i n e s on f o o t , b u t
c z n l t f i n d a n y t h i n g o u t o f order.-F1
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had gone o f f and on a numbc,r o f e v e n i n g s , z l w a y s b e t w e e n 6PM 2nd
7 : 3 0 PM, b u t n o t e v e r y n i g h t .
Mrs. Brown a s k e d . "Do vou t h i n k t h e r e i s 2nv c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e n
t h e b l l n k i n g l i , g h t s ' i n t h k o v a l end t h e b i g w h i t e l i g h t t h ? t went
o u t , t o t h e l i n e t r o u b l e ? I d i d n ' t t e l l him a b o u t t h e b l i n k i n g
l i g h t s ( d i d n ' t want t o e x c i t e t h e w h o l e REA) i f meybe it i s o n l y
some f a u l t y t h i n g on t h e m ~ i nl i n e . B u t I am t e l l i n g vou."
Firs. Brown made it c l e a r s h e w a n t s no p e r s o n ~ lp u b l i c i t y , b u t
s h e g z v e u s p e r m i s s i o n t o s'end a s t a f f member t o h e r home f o r a n
i n t e r v i e w , 2nd we hope t o h ~ v emore on t h i s a t a l a t e r d a t e .
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p o r t e d a s a UFO by p o l i c e and o t h e r i n d i v i d u a l s i n v ~ r i o u se r e a s .
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n e a r t h e e a r t h . D u r i n g J a n u a r y i t rises a b o u t one h o u r b e f o r e Venus,
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morning hours. I t w i l l b e s e e n a s a b r i g h t s t ~ or v e r h c a d and l e t e r
i n t h e mid-western po?tion of t h e sky.
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s p l e n d i d o f a l l t h e C o n s t e l l a t i o n s , The most c o n s p i c u o u s s t z r s i n
T a u r u s ? r e a c l e a r V-shzped g c o u p o f s t a r s known a s t h e Hyades which
f o r m t h e n e c k of t h e b u l l . A t t h e t o p of t h i s group i s the Pleiades
( a g ~ l a c t i cc l u s t e r ) ; s o m e t i n c , ~c a l l e d " t h e s e v e n s i s t e r s . " The
P l e i a d e s a r e one o f t h e most b e e u t i f u l o b j e c t s i n t h e s k y and p h o t o -
g r a p h s show o v e r 2 , 0 0 0 s t a r s .
When t h e f i r s t p r l m a t i v e a r t i s t s b e g a n t o d e c o r a t e c e v e s , t h e b u l l -
; t h e f i r s t d o m e s t i c s t e d a n i m e l , was a n i n v e r i a b l e s u b j e c t . The b u l l
h a s b c e n w o r s h i p p e d i n , m n y a n c i e n t r e l i g i o n s . T a u r u s i s l o c a t ~ da -
b o u t 6 0 d e g r e e s above t h e s o u t h e r n h o r i z o n a t t h e l a t i t u d e of New
York C i t y on J a n u z r y 1 4 a t 9 PM.
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t h e s u n ' s d i a m e t e r . Also ' l o c a t e d i n T a u r u s i s t h e f a p o u s c r a b n e b u l a
w h i c h i s t h e rernnznts o f a s u p e r n o v a e x p l o s i o n . About 5 , 0 0 0 y e a r s .
a g o t t h e v e r n a l e q u i n o x p r o b z b l y s t o o d b e f o r e t h e s t s r s of T a u r u s .
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Mo.) w h i c h q u o t e s B r i t i s h g e o l o g i s t p r o f e s s o r George Malcolm Braown
i n t e l l i n g t h e B r i t i s h A s s o c i a t i o n t h ~ ht e h ~ da n a l y z e d some moon
r o c k s 2nd f i n d s t h e y have a l o t i n common w i t h a c h e s s e c a l l e d S w i s s
e m m ~ n t 2 l e r . He s a y s " t h e n e a r e s t t h i n g on e p r t h t o t h e moon a s f a r
e s t h e t r a n s m i s s i o n o f s e i s m i c w2ves z r e co'ncerned 5 s chee,se.lt
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moon i s mzde o f { c h e e s e g e t s t ~ r t e di n t h e f i r s t p l a c e ? l s Comment, a n y -
one?
OKLAHOMA READERS, p l e a s e n o t e : hny Oklah'om~ UFO n r g a n i z a t i o n w i s h i n g
t o a f f i l i a t ' e w i t h t h e Midwest UFO Network, o r i n d i v i d u a l d e s i r i n g t o
I s e r v e ' a s a MUFOQ f i e l d i n v e s t i g a t o r , p l e a s e w r i t e t o Wrn. L. I r b y ,
1 4 0 4 E. 6 t h S t . , T u l s a , Okla. 74120.
MI!. I r b y i s t h e Okl~*homaS t s t e D i r e c t o r ' C j r MJFON. If y o u h ~ v e
f r i e n d s i n Oklahoma i n t e r e s t e d i n u f o l o g y , a s k them t o 4 c o n f 2 Y t I[+,
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To g z i n a f r e s h and o b j e c t i h e p e r s p e c t i v e on t h e UFO p r o b l e m , t h e
UFO S u b c o m m i t t e e of t h e A I A A , from i t s i n c e p t i o n i n 1967, d e c i d e d t o '

p h c e s p e c i f i c , w e l l - d ~ f i n e d q u e s t i o n s t o UFO e x p e r t s o f h i g h s c i c n t i -
f i c q u ~ l i f i c a t i o n sb u t s t , r o n g l y d i v e r g e n t v i e w s . S u r p r i s i n g l y , t h e
f a c t u ~ lFnswers t h e Subcommittee- o b t a i n e d i n a s e r i e s ' o f i n t e r e s t i n g
i n t e r v i e w s were s t r i k i r i g l y s i m i l z r . Differences o c c u r r e d i n c c r t a i n
q u a n t i t ~ t i v ee s t i m t e s a n d i n t h e d e g r e e o f e m p h a s i s , . b u t n o t i n p r i n -
ciple. -
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i v e judgment 2s t o t h e s > c i e n t i f i c s i g n i f i c ~ n c eo f t h e . p r o b l e m a n d t h e
need t o p u r s u c znd e x p l o r e i t . - , O b v i o u s l y , s u c h o p i n i o n d t p e n d s .on t h e '
c r i t e r i a a p p l i e d by t h e i n d i v i d u a l , and much o f t h e d i s c o r d a p p e a r s Co
be due t o a l z c k of a n a l y s i s of t h e s e c r i t e r i a . It i s a t t h i s s t a g e
where g u e s s e s and s p e c u l a t i o n s c r e e p i n t o t h e d i s c u s s i o n end l e a d t o
controversy.
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l y p r e m a t u r e and no p o s i t i o n i s a b s o l u t e l v d e f e n s i b l e ~t t h i s p o i n t
i n t i m e . T h i s a p l i e s specifically t o - s t ~ t e m e n t st h z t t h e e x t r z t e r r e s -
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e x p l a n a t i o n ( N a t i o n a l Academy o f S c i e n c e s , -Review o f t h e '"Condon Re-
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?or: a s s e s s i n g s u c h p r o b a b i l i t i e - s $ t , t h i s t i m e .
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s c i e n t i f i c 2nd t e c h n o l o ~ i c a lz n a l y s i s z p p l i c d t o ~ r ~ c t ' i c ~ al ll l y o b s e r - .
v a t i o n s : b e f o r e t h e Condon s t u d y . T h e c f e w , o f t e n c o u r p p e o u s , e f f o r t s b y
i n d i v i d w l s t o come t o g r i p s w i t h t h i s p r o b l e m s'hould $be viewed more
f r o m P n b a s p e c t o f f o c u s i n p r t t r n t i o n on t h e p r o b l e m r a t h e r t h e n of
s o l v i n g , i t , l s i n c e t h ~ r ei s l i t t l e d o u - t t h p t i t t a k c s [more thc'n a p e r -
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c a l l y o e i e n t e d i n v e s t k g a t i o n p u b l i s h e d on t h e UFO problem. A t t > c k s d i -
r e c t e d a q a i n s t t h e s t u d y seem t o o v c r l o o k t h e a h o s ' t imsurmount?bl,e
d i f f i c u l t i e s which a s h o r t - t i m e , one-shot p r o j e c t of tihis t y p e f a c e s ;
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i n p a r t ! t o i t s o r g a n i z a t . i o n 8 ; o n e must s t u d y t h e ' b u l k o,F t h e r e p o r t .
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Condon, ' o r summaries of b s u m r n a r i e s , oh w h i c h t n e v a s t masjorlty o f r'ead-
e r s 2nd news media sacm t o r e l y . T h e r e ? r e d i f f e r e n c e d i n t h e o p i n i o n s
and c o n c l u s i o n s d2awn by t h e a u t h o r s of t h e v ~ r i o u s ' ~ c h & ' p t e r. as n, d t h e r ~ ?
a r e d i f f l e r e n c e s between t h e s e and C o n d o n l s summary. N,ot a l l ~ c o n c l u s i o r , s
c o n t z i n e d i n t h e f i e p o r t i t s e l f 2 r e f u l l y f e f l e c t e d i n (Condonils summaTyo
F o r example t h e o p t i c a l / r z d a r c h z p t e r c c n t n i n s t n e f o l U o w i n g s t a t e m a i t
on t h e L a k e n h e a t h # c a s e ( 1956) : "The apparently r ~ t i o n q l ,i n t k l l i g e n t
b e h a v i o r o f t h e UFO . s i l p g ~ s t . sa m e c h a n i c a l d e v i c e of v n ' ! : n ~ ~ w r o~ r i p i n ' a s
{ ~ o l j t , i l ~ i 1 0 (( 111 1 I L C , Y Ti > n y a )
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t h e most p r o b a b l e e x p l z n a t i o n o f t h i s s i p h t i n g . However, i n v i e w cf
t h e i n e v i t ? b l e f ~ l i i b i l i t yo f w i t n e s s e s , more c o n v e n t i o n a l e x p l a n a t i . 0 ~ 3
o f t h i s r e p o r t czrznot b e - e n t i r e 1 r r u l e d o u t . "
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On C o l o r z d o S p r j n p s c z s e ( 1 9 6 7 : ' ? I n v i e w o f t h e r x e t e o r o l o g i c e l
s i t u ~ t i o n ,i t would seem t h a t AP ( a n o m a l o u s p r o p ? g ~ t i o n )w ~ s rpther
u n l i k e l v . B e s i d e s , w h ~ ti s t h e p r o b a b i l i t y t h a t a n AP r e t u r n would
z p p e ~ ro n l y o n c e and a t t h a t t i m e a p p e a r t o e x e c u t e a p ~ r f e c tp r p c t i c e
ILS a p p r o a c h . ''
Condon's own c o n c l u s i o n s h z v e b e e n w i d e l y m i s q v o t e d . He s a y s : ''. .
S c i e n t i s t s . ; r e n o . r e s p e c t e r s o f a i l t + o r i - t y . Our conc?.usion t h a t s t u d y
o f UFO r e p o r t s i s n o t l i k e l y t o a d ~ ~ a ~ s czi cen c e w i l l ' n o t b e u n c r i t i -
c a L l y a c c e p t e d by them. Nor s h o u l d lt b e , n o r d o we w i s h it t o b e .
F o r s c i e n t i s t s , it i s o u r hope t h a - G t h e d e t a i l e d c ! n a l y t i c a l p r e s e n t a -
t i o n o f , w h a t we,;were a b l e t o . d o , 2 n d sf w h ~ twe werc u n a b l e t o d o , w i l l
a s s i s t them i n - d e c i d i n g ~ i h e t h c ro r n o t t h ~ ys g r e e w i t h o u r c o n c l ~ l s i o n s ,
Our hope i s t h z t t h e d c t a i l s o f t h i s r e p o r t w i l l h e l p o t h e r s c i e r ~ i s t s
i_n s e e i h g - what t h e p r o b l e m s a r e ?r,d t h e d i f f i c u l t i e s o f c o p i n g w i t h
them,
" I f they agree with our .conclusions, t h e y w i l l t u r n t h e i r v a l w b l e
a t t e n t i o n a n d t ? l e n t s e l s e w h e r e . If t h e y d i s z g r e e , i t w i l l b e b e c a u s e
o u r r e p o r t h 2 s l h e l p e d them r c a c h a c l e ~ rp i c t u r e of w h e r e i n e x i s t i n g
s t u d i e s , a r e f ~ u l t yo r i n c o m p l e t e 2nd t h i r e b y w i l l hnlre stimulated
i d e a s f o r more ? c c u r z t e s t u d i e s , - I f t h e y do g c t s u z h i i c ~ s?nd c2n
foL-mulpte them c l c ~ r l y , we , h r v e ;no d o u b t t h ~ st u p p o r t w i l l b e f o r t h -
c ~ ~ z i nt go c F r r v on y i t h s u c h c , l e ~ r l yd e f i n e d , s p e c i f i c s t u d i e s . Lde
t h i n k t h ~ st u c h i d e z s f o r work s h o u l d b e supported.
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g o v e r n m e n t , ~ n dt h e p r i v ~ t e~ f o u n d ~ t i o n?ss w e l l , o u g h t t o b e w i l l i n g
t o c o n s 3 d e r UFO r e s e ~ r c hp r o p o s z l s ? l o n g w i t h t h e o t h e r s s u b m i t t e d t o
them op ' a n open-minded, u n p r e j u d i c e d b s s i s . W h i l e wo d o n o t t h i n k 2 t
p r e s e n t t h z t a n y t h i n g w o r t h w h i k i s l i k e l y - t o come of s u c h r e s e n r c h
e a c h i n d i v i d u z l cast o u g h t t o b e c ~ r e f u l l yc o n s i d e r e d on i t s own rnerit.:l
Condon's c h a p t e r , llSummary o f t h e S t u d y , " c o n t a i n s more t,han i t s
t i t l e i n d i c a t e s : i t d i s c l o s e s meny o f hiis . p e r s o n 2 1 c o n c l u s i o n s ~M ~ k i n y :
v a l u e j d g e m e n t s was no . d o u 5 t o n e r e a s o n why Condon 1~72s a s k e d t o h p n a l r .
the project. One i s happy t o o b t a - i n t h e judgement o f s o e x p e r i m b e d
and r e s p e c t e d a man; b u t one need n o t a g r e e w i t h i t . The UFO 'Subcor:.init?,c,
d i d n o t & f i n d a b a s i s i n t h e r e p o r t f o r h i s p r e d i c t i o n t h ~ nt o t h i n g of
s c i e n t i f i c v a l u e w i l l come o f f u r t h e r s t u d i e s ,
I n . r e i v i e w i n g t h e m z t e r i a 1 a c c i ~ m u l c ? t e dt o d a t e , t h e S u b c o m m i t t e e four.*-
a n e x c e e d i n g l y low s i g n z l - t o - n o i s e r a t i o , a s i l l u s t r z t e d by t h e s t r t i s -
t i c s o f t h e A i r F o r c e ' s P r o j e c t s'Bluebook19q u o t e d i n t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f
Colorado1 s t u d y , w h i c h showed 3 . 3 % u n i d e n t i f i e d o b s e r v e t i o n s ( 2 5 3 o u t of
7741 a v a i l z b l e a t t h ~ tt i m e ) . T h i s f i g u r e i s f r e q u e n t l y d i s p u t e d , b u t
i t s o r d e r of m a g n i t u d e ( 5 % ) a p p e a r s t o b e c o r r e c t , t a k i n g z l l a v a i l a b l e
r e p o r t s i n t o account, The f ~ c tt h ~ t h e C o n d o n t s t u d y i t s e l f a r r i v e s ,
a t a much h i g h e r p e r c e n t a g e o f u n e x p l a i n e d c 2 s e s name1y;at ? b o u t 30%
( 3 5 o u t of 117) f s p r i m z r i l y d u e t o t h e p r e s e l e c t i o n of s p e c i f i c
cases for investigation. The p r e c i s e f i g u r e i s h a r d t o a s s e s s , f o r
t h e Condon r e p o r t d o e s n o t l e n d i t s c l f e ~ s i l yt o t h i s t y p e o f z n z l y s i s ,
4.
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ferent i d e n t i f i c a t i o n s . ( T h e f i n a l f i g u r e s , ~ c c o r i i n pt o o u r i n f o r m ? -
t i o n , a p p e F r t o be 7 0 1 o u t of 1 2 , 6 1 8 o r 5 , 5 % . )
I t h ~ bse e n v ~ r i o u s l ve s t i m t e d t h z t t h e r e p o r t e d c ~ s c s ,~ p p r o x i m a t e -
l y 2C,00?, r e p r e s e n t o n l y 5 t o 1 5 % - c f t h e t o t a l o b s e r v e t i o n s , s i n c e
I ( c o n t i n u e d on n e x t p a g e )
 UFO A p p r a i s a l , Page 3 SKY LOOK
most o b s e r v e r s e i t h e r d o n o t g o t o t h e t r o u b l e o f a n o f f i c i a l r e p o r t
or feer ridicule. I n tui-n,$ v a r i o u s p o l l s s u g g e s t t h e t 3 t o 5% of t h e
U. S. p o p u l a t i o n c l a i m t o h a v e s e e n UFOs. It follows, t h e n , t h a t t h e
a v a i l n b l e r e p o r t s which can be c l a s s i f i e d a s l l u n i d e n t i f i e d " r e p r e s e n t
a v e r y s m a l l p e r c e n t a g e of a l l UFO s i g l ~ t i n g son t h e o n e h ~ n d ,b u t n o t
a n e g l i b i b l e number of o b s e r v a t i o n s o n - t h e o t h e r .
It i s i n t e r e s t i n g t h z t , , c o n t r s r y t o p u b l i c o p i n i o n , t h e estimzted
p e r c e n t a g e of l l h o a x e s l l i s l i k , e w i s e s m a l l ( l e s s t h a n 5%) 2nd t h a t t h e
g r e a t m e j o r i t y of UFO P-,-:htings c ? n b e e x p l a i n e d b y known phenomena
( z b o u t 75%) w h i l e 1 5 t c 20% c o n t a i n i n s u f f i c i e n t d 2 t e . I n o t h e r words-
what may a p p e a r t o t h e u n t r z i n e d o b s c r v e r a s s t r a n g e 2nd u n e x p l a i n a b l e
i s i n most c z s e s known znd e x p l s i n e b l e ,
T a k i n g a l l e v i d e n c e which h'2s come t o t h e S u b c o m m i t t ' e e * ~a' t t e n t i o n
i n t o 2 c c o u n t ) we ' f i n d i t d i f f ' i c u l t t o i p o r e t h e s m l l r e s i d u e of w e l l -
documented b u t i i n e x p l a i n a b l e c n s e s . w h i c h f o r m t h e h ~ r dc o r e of t h e UFO
c o n t r o v e r s y . They r e p r e s e n t o n l y a s m a l l f r a c t i o n o f t h e " u n i d e n t i f i e - .
c a s e s and ? r e c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y ' b o t h a h i p h d e g r e e o f c r e d i b i l i t y a n d
a h i g h a b n o r m z l i t y ( " s t r 7 n g e n e s ~ ' i~n Hynekf s t e r m i n o l o g y ) . A l t h o u g h
none o f them o f f e r s : t o o u r ' knowledge q u z n t i t a t i v e r e c ' o r d i n g s b y c a l i -
b r a t e d i n s t r u m e n t s f o r p e r m a n e n t i n s p e c t i o n , th-ey z r e o f t e n c a l l e d
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r e s i d u e and f o u n d e s t i m p t e s t o v a r y b e t w e e n 10 2nd s e v e r a l h u n d r e d
c a s e s , d e p e n d i n g i n p F r t on a s u b < j e c t i v e judgment a s t o t h e c r i t e r i a
f o r a " h a r d c a s e ; " 'High c r e d i b i l i t y i s g e n e r a l l y a c c e p t e d f o r o b s e r v a -
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i n d e p e r l d e n t o p e r a t o r s ) o r b o t h ; h i g h a b n o r m a l i t y o r s t r z n g e n e s s , whgn
n o known n a t u r a l phenomena w h a t s o e v e r s e e m , t o f i t t h e o b s e r v a t i o n s ,
I t i s c l e ~ r ,t h e n , t h ~ t h e h a r d ' c o r e r e s i d u e r e p r e s e n t s l e s s t h a n
1%of t h e t o t 2 1 a v a i l z ' b l e r e p o r t s .
Those u s e d t o 8work.ing u n d e r c o n t r o l l e d l a b o r a t o r y c o n d i t i o n s f i n d 1.:.
d i f f i c u l t t o c o n s i d e r , s e r i o u s l y Pny o b s e r v a t i o n w h i c h i s n o t a v a i l z b l e
i n r e c o r d e d f o r m f o r " q u a n t i t a t i v e i n s p e c t i o n . ' A s a m a t t e r of f a c t , tl?c:-
make t h i s a c r i t e r i o n f o r ' a " h a r d case.'' On t h e o t h e r h z n d , t h e r e a r c
t h o s e , ~ i n c l u d i n g ~ s o mmembers e o f t h i s Subcommittee, q a m i l i s r w i t h t h e
i n t r i c i c i e s o f r e s e j r c h i n t h e ' c o m p l e x and y n c o n t r o l T e d ' l r b o r s t o r y o f
t h e a t m o s p h e r e , .who f i n d t h i s l e ~ os f a d e t e r r e n t . They d i s c o v e r p?ie,-
a l l e l s .bebween :he UFO p r o b l e m 2 n d c e r t a i n a t m o s p h e r i c ~ h e n o m e n a w h i c t
f a l l i n t h e c l a s s of ' r p r e e v c n t s , A! r a r e 'eirent a l w ~ y si n v o l v e s ~t
, f i r s t 2 q u e s t i o n . o f t h e r e a l i t y o f P q u z l i t ~ t i v eo b s e r v z t i o n . L?'ter,
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s c i e n t i f i c i n v e s t i g ? t i o n , u s u ~ l l yc o m b i n i n g s t c t i s t i c s and ~ h y s i c , ~r e, -
s o l v e s ' t h i s q u c s t i o n one way o r t h e ' o t h e r . I
, A l t h o u p h t h e vniCr'rsi.ty o f C o l o r a d o r c p o r t d e ~ l sq n l y w i i h a v e r y
s m e l l S r e c t i o n o f t h e exist in^ o b s e r v e t i o n s l : m r t e r i ~ +( l e s s ' t h e n I$),
it o f f e r s i t s c l f J l e n o u g h s u b s t ~ n c eo f t h e 'descrilbed s o r t : e s p e c i a l l y .if
a d d i t i b n z l i n f o r m ~ t i o n + e x t r p c t c db y McDonclc! i s a d d e d t o some o f # t h e
c z s e s . ' I n f ? c t , : t h e 'Subcommittee f i n d s t h ~ tt h e o r j p d s i t e c ' o n c l u s i o n
c o u l d h ~ v eb e e n drzwn f r o m i t s c o n t e n t , n?rnely, t h ~ it ghenomenon
w i t h s u c h a h i g h r z t i o of: a n e x p l z i n c d c; s e s ( c b o u t ' 30%)' s h o u l d a r o u s e
sufficient s c i e n t i f i c c u r i o s i t y t o continue i t s studx.
T h e , i s s u e seems t o b o i l down t o t h e q u e s t i o n : A r e h w e j u s t i f i e d t o
e x t r a p o l ~ t efr.orn 0.99 t o 1 . 0 0 , i n p l y i n ' g t h a t i f 99% 6f a l l o b s e r v p t i o n s
c z n b e e x p l z i n e d ; t h e r e m a i n i n g 1%c o u l d z l s o b e e x p l a i n e d . ; or' d o we .
f a c e a s e v e r e p-oblcfi o f s i g n a l - t o - n o i s e r a t i o ( o r d e ? o f m a g n i t u d e lo-; !
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I n t h e o p i n i o n o f t h e S u b c o m m i t t e e , t h i s q u e s t i o n must b e e s k e d
c r i t i c a l l y and o b , j e 3 c t i v e l y i n e a c h i n d i v i d u e l c a s e . lr! c a s e s which do
n o t f i t t h e e x t r a p o l a t i o n a l t e r n a t i v e , t h e . f u r t h e r q u e s t i o n s h o u l d be
e x p l o r e d : "Do t n e Y e v i d e n c e common a t t r i b u t e s ? " It e p n e a r s t o t h e Sub-
c o m m i t t e e t h a t , - t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C o l o r a d o g r o u p h a s m d e no s e r i o u s
attempt i n t h i s direction,. '
If i t i s a l r e a e y d i f f i c u l t . t o r e a c h a c o n s e n s u s on what c o n s t i t u t e s
a h ~ r dc a s e , i t a p p e z r s even more d i f f i c u l t t o f i n d a y r e e m e n t on t h e
a d v i s a b i l i t y and i m n o r t a n c e o f ~ r ~ r t , i n ~ r:e~s 'ede r c h . As m e n t i o n e d e z r l i e :
i t l p p e a r s even more d i f f i c u l t , t c f j n d agreement on t h e a d v i s a b i l i t y
and i m p o r t a n c e . o f c o n t j n u c d r e s e ~ r c h . Ls m e n t i n n c d e a r l i c r , i t i s e t
t h i s p o i ' n t w h e r e t h o c o n t r o v e r s y o f t c n becomes h e z t e d b e c a u s e c r i t e r i a
f o r such: a s s e s s m e n t a r e n o t . w e l l - d e f i n e d .
E a r l i e r , C o n d o n T s s t ~ t e v e n twas q u o t e d t h ~ lt t c l e ~ r l yd e f i n ~ d ,s p e c i -
f i c ' stud*ies. .. s h o u l d b e c o n s i d e r e d and s u p p o r t e d . " I n t h i s c o n n e c t i o r :
he c a l l s a t t e n t i o n t o "important a r e a s of ztmospheric o p t i c s , i n c l u d i n g
radiowav,e p r o p a g a t i o n , 2nd o f a t m o s p h e r i c e l e c t r i c i t y i n , w h ' i ~ hp r e s e n t
knowledge i s q u i t e i n c o m p l e t e . T h e s e t o p i c s czme t o o u r a t t e n t i o n i n
c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of some UFO r e p o r t s , b u t t h c v a r e
a l s o o f f u n d a m e n t a l s c i e n t i f i c i n t e r e s t , 2nd t h e y z r e r e l e v a n t t o p r z c t -
i c a l p r o b l e m s r c k t e d t o t h e improvement o f s a f e t y o f m i l i t z r y 2nd c i v -
i l i a n flying."
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c r i t e r i o n f o r s u p p o r t o f UNC-related - s t u d i e s t h a n t h e c1ai.m by some ETH
e x ~ o n e n t kt h ~ UFO t r e s e 2 r c h d e s e r , v e s maximum s u p p o r t e s l o n g a s t h c r e
i s a - g h o s t o f a c h a n c e ' t h a t UFOs a r e e x t r a t e r r e s t r i p l v e h $ c . l e s , o r t h e
o p p o s i t e c l a i m t h a t p r o o f f o r t h e ETH must be p r o v i d e d b e f o r e s e r i o u s
c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f ; t h e UFO p r c b l e m i s j u s t i f i e d . Both o p i n i o n s s t r i k e
t h e Subcommittee a s unwarrznted.
We h a v e a l r e a d y e x p r e s s e d o u r d i s e n c h a n t m e n t w i t h a r g u m e n t s ? b o u t
t h e probability of t h e e x t r a t e r r e s t r i a l o r i g i n o f UFOs, s i n c e t h e r e i s
n o t s u f f i c i e n t s c i e n t i f i c b a s i s a t t h i s t i m c t o t a k e a p o s i t i o n one
way o r t h e o t h e r . However, i n v i e w o f t h e i n f z n c y o f o u r s c e i n t i f i c
and t e c h n o l o g i c ~ lknowledge ( a p p r o x i m a t e 1 . v one c e n t u r y , ) , t h e ~ u b c o r n r-~ t
t e e would a g r e e w i t h t h i s s t s t e m c n t by Condon: "We m u s t - n o t Pssume t h z i :
we ? r e c a p a b l e of i m ~ g i n i n gnow t h e s c o p e and e x t e n t off f u t u r ~t e c h n o 1
o g i c e l d e v e l o p m e n t o f o u r own 'or a n y o t h e r c i v i l i z a t i o n , snd s o wt muc:-3
g u a r d p p z i n s t 2 s s u m i n p t h z t - w e h s v e 2nv c ~ p a c i t yt o i m e g i n e w h ~ ta' more
a d v ~ n c e ds o c i c t y would r e g 2 r d a s i n t e l l i g e n t c o n d u c t . " On t h e o t h e r
h a n d , we f i n d no c o n v i n c i n p b a s i s f o r h i s s t e t e m e n t , i s s ~ f et o
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y e s t e r d a y a f t e r n o o n t o c a l l t a t t e n t i o n t o a n ' a s t r o n o m i c a l phenomenon
o f w h i c h he w 2 s a n e y e w i t n e s s - He s a i d t h a t y e s t e r d a y m o r n i n g w h i l e
he W ~ Son a t r a i n on t h e L J i l r f l i n ~ t o n Columbia , a n d Augusta R a i l r o x l gc-
i n g . f r o m S u m p t e r t o F l o r e n c e , and w h i l e i n t h e i m m e d i a t e n e i g h b o r h o o d
o f T i m m o n s v i l l e , - t h e p a s s e n g e r s w e r e s t s r t l e d by a g r e a t a n d s u d d e n
l i g h t i l l u m i n a t i n g t h e c o u n t r y and t h e i n t e r i o r o f t h e c a r . He l o o k e d
o u t o f t h e window and saw i,n t h e s k y , p a s s i n g o v e r t h e t r a i n , a n o b j e c t
r e s e m b l i n g t h e moon i n s i z e and c o l o r , b u t w i t h a l o n g v p p o r y t r a i l .
t h e o b j e c t passed v e r y r a p i d l y i n a r o r t h e 2 s t d i r e c t i o n , b u t f i n z i l y
seemed t o s t a n d s t i l l i n t h e sk-y a b o u t -15 d e g r e e s ' a b o v e t h e h o r i z c n .
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was s t i i l v i s i b l e . 2 t s u n r i s e , l o o k i n g l i k e a s m a l l moon, b u t t h e t e i l
had d i s a p p e ~ r e d . ( C r e d i t - - J a n A l d r i c h )

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t h e v e r a c i t y o f ' many r e p u t a b l e , c i t i z e n s t o b e q u e s t i o n e d , p r o m i s e s t o
be c l e a r e d up w i t h i n a , few - d a y s # t h r o u g h t h e medium o f . t h e t r a n s - I q i s s -
i s s i p p i e x p o s i t i o n . L i t h e r t ' h i s )is t h e f z c t o r a s t u p e n d o u s hoax i s '
t o b e p e r p e e r a t e d :on t h e e x p o s i t i o n a u t h o r i t i e s , :the f i r s t m a i l
y e s t e r d a y S e c r e t a r y W a k e f i e l d r e c e i v e d a l c t t c r d s t e d a t Ornzh~ a n d
b e a r i n g ' t h e p o s t m a r k Omahe. :,The l e t t e r was s i g n e d Ilk. C. C l i n t o n s ' a n d
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b u t ,I ~$11 come tom t h e f r o n t ' . n o w > , i f you g u ~ r z n t e eme $ ~ 1 7 0 , 0 0 0 s q u ? r e 5
f e e t of ~ s p p c e . I am t h e famous a i r g h i p ' c o n s t r u c t o r and w i l l g u a r a n t e e
you p o s i l t i v e l y o f t h i s f a c t i n 3 week. The a i r s h i p i s my own imnvcn-
t i o n , an'd e s I am a n Omaha m2n I w i s h i t t o b e h e l d a s 2n Omzha , i n v e n -
t . i o n . I t w i l l c a r r y s a f e l y t w e n t y p e o p l e t o a, h e i g h t o f f r o m 1 0 , 0 0 0
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c o v c r y e b e r made. Will s e e y o u A p r i l 1 7 , 1@7, a t t h e h e a d q u n r t e r ~ . ' ~
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W A N T E D ~Books by M o r r i s Jessup--"A C f s e f o r t h e UFOu and "The Ex-
p a n d i n g Case f o r t h e UFO." W i l l buv o r t r e d e . W r i t e I r s . . M s e J e n n e t t ,
Box 2 7 7 , ; B e c k e m e y e r ) I l l . , 62219. Acjlv,
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p h o t o s ) ' s l i d e s , b o o k s e t c . F r e e UFO s l i d e w i t h e a d h ' -

o r d e r . W r i t e : Mark R . H e r b i t r i t t , 967 T h e r e s i a S t . , S t : ~ b r Pa. ~ ~ s
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P. 0 . Box 615, S e d a l i a , Mo., 6 5 3 0 1 . ~dv,
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No+,es ~ e i t h p~ i d:?! t P e l n ~ ~ c lhome. ~e 2 n d some g r o u n d
work w ~ done s f o r t h e ~ i d w c i t~ ' r ' 0 ' ~ o n f e r ~ n c e -bc. to
h e l d i n S t . L o u i s , J u n e 1 2 . h c o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g was
s e t up f o r Dec. 1 3 t h . R o s e t t a Holmes announced a n
o p e n - t o - t h e - p u b l i c p z n e l t a l k on UFOs w i l l be h e l d a t B r e e s e , I l l . ,
! J a n . 1 0 t h . (Art E p s t c i n , R e p o r t e r )
John S c h u e s s l e r , D i r e c t o r of t h e UFO S t u d y Group o f G r e a t e r St.
L o u i s , 2 1 ~ 0 MUF'ON S t p t e D i r e c t o r of N i s s o u r i , a d d r e s s e d a n e t , t t - n t i v e
a u d i e n c e of more7t h a n 200 a t Linden$%-ood- . -.. - - - C o l l e g e , S t . C h e r l e s , No.,
Dec. '2nd. H i s s u b j e c t was "The UT:* 4 C h a l l e n g e t o S c i e n c e 1 ' Mr.
S c h ~ e s s l e ra l s o a p p e c r k d on t h e --- B1,-- - E'j-- e l d program on. KPLR'-TV, C h e n n e l
'11, K O ~ . 27.
M i c h i g a n members of t h e , A e r i a l Fh~p7ornena R e s e a r c h O r g a n i z a t i o n , o r
a n y r e ~ d e r sof t h i s publication, a1.e ~ v i t e dt o wl-fLte o r c a l l - Clinton
C u i - t i- s W i l l i a m s , Jr. 662 Main S t . , I t o c h e s t e r , Michigan 48063, ( 3 1 3 F -
651-3789, c o n c e s F s g c u r r e n t S t a t e o f N i c h i g ~ nA .P.R.O. a c t i v i t i e s . A
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m o n t h s , m e e t i n g - i n Rochc*:: c r e v e r y o t h e r S a t u r d a y ; t o consider- f i e l d
r e s e a r c h a c t i v i t i e s , a n d rll;!n l e c s u r e s , s c - r n i n ~ r s ,and o t h e r p u b l i c
p r e s e n t z t i o n s o f t h e p r o t - i m s and c h a l l e n g e s - o f ? m a t e r i a l i s t i c LIFO
f i e l d r e s e p r c h . T h i s i n v i t a t i o n i s c o r d i a l l y e x t e n d e d t o p e r s o n s who
s h a r e t h i s i n t e r e s t . (C.C, Vlill-izrns, J r . 9
Rondld M. F , n d e r s ~ n _ ~ - W -----! 9 P k M ~ I l F O N Communicetions D i r e c t o r , of
R t . 5 , Box 511. W. TJJ2f-e S h o r e ~ ~ r i v -Chi-pp~wa e, F a l l s , W i s . 54729, w r i t e s
t h a t t h e f i r s t MUFON-Radio - n e t h e l d - Nov. 6 i n . t h e 75 - M e t e r Band 2 t a
f r e q u e n c y o f 3.975 Nhz ?t, '0200 GMT, f i v e i s t a t i o n s checkcd i n ; and s i x
a t t h e s e c o n d n e t on Nov. 3 0 t h . Upcoming d a t e s 2 r e Dee* 17, Jan;9$
J a n , 2 5 , Feb. 10: F e b , 2 6 , March 1 4 , .March 3 0 t h . ~ e e p t h e s ei n y o u r
memo p ~ d -. M r . - h n d e r s o n w i l l remind t h e r e g u l p r o p c r e t o r s end S t 7 t e
D i r e c t o r s of t h e s e d a t e s end h o p e s t o g e t -new o p e r a t o r s . You cpn r e a c ?
$Ron a t t h e a d d r e s s ' g i v e n . His home phone i s 723-1729, a r e a code 715,
. and h i s work phone i s 723-4441. - ,

R o s e t t a Holmes r e t u r n e d t o C a r l y l e , I l l . , Dec. 5 from a v a c z t i o n

t r i p )LO ( s h e z.nd Dick s t o p p e d t o . v i s i t -Ye Ed en ' r o u t e )- ~ n dh a s
b e e n u p t o h e r e 2 r s i n u f o - r e l ~ t e d p r o j e c t s e v e r s i n c e . She a s k s ,us1
t o i n f o r m t h e many who h a v e c ~ l l c dand w r i t t e n t ' h ~ ts h e W I L L g e t a -
r o u n d t o a n s w e r i n g a l l m a i l and c a l l s 2s f:,st 2 s p o s s i b l e . H ~ v i n g
,the mi sf or tun^ o f 6 r e c k i r . g h e r g l a s s e s , s h e w2.s ' f u r t h e r d e l a y e d i n
k e e p i n g up w i t h h e r work--but -evenf on v a c a t i o n , R o s i e p l u g g e d S K Y L O O K
and s e n t i n s u b s c r i p t i s o n s ! S i n c e t h e f i r s t of necember s h e h 3 s h ~ d
a r t i c l e s -p u b l i s h e d i n , t h e I l l i n o i s . p r e s s , a t t e n d - e d th:e .UFO ~ x t t i n g
aL Z ' i i i i , r a l m b e r g s , t r a c k e d down dome UFO s l g h t l n g s , ancl appc?rt;d on
c e n t r a i i a , 111. llHot. L i n e " program on Radio .WILY, and, i s i.orKing 'on
p l a n s f i o r a UFO 5 ~ c ~ u r .t eo be p r e s e n t e d a t a h i g h s c h o o l i n h e r a r e a ,
And s h e w i l l zax:'-- * t h c T 3 --ti - b~ B r c e s e , I l l . , J a n . 1 0 t h . We
d o u b t t h i s c o v e r s A a ' i i of h e r z%;vi't'?es, ss t h i s i s b k i n g w r i t t e n
Dee.. l 5 , t h - - a n o t h e r h ~ l f - m o n t h t o go b e f o r e t h i s i s s u e i s cbfijjl&&
( b u t w e ' r e t r y i n g t o g e t o u t e a r l 1.
If we w e r e h a n d i n g o u t a w r d s F o r o u r selection o f Women !of th'e
Y e a r r e u f o l o g y , ,Rosetta Holrnts would certainly be o u . c h o i c e - - a n d -
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t h e , -M --- would have t o . go t o Walt fln'drus--his'
work a s D i r e c t o r of NUFON s p e a k s - f o r i t s e l f . \

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He saw a l a r g e n e o p o l i t a n - c o l o u r e d b a l l o f l i g h t ( , r e d on t o p , w h i t e
i n t h e m i d d l e and b l u e on t h e ' b o t t o n i ) d e s c e n d i n g t o w a r d t h e g r o u n d . He
e s t i m s t e d i t W ~ S50 f e e t ' i n d i a m e t d r . - A f t e r i t had r e s t e d o n , o r clos!;
t o , t h e g r o u n d t h e c o l o u r changed t o r e d . m o m e n t a r i l y . Then t h e o b j e c t
became w h i t e f o r a , s h o r t i n t , e r v ; l l . A p p r c n t l y s e v e r a l - c a r s p a s s e d by
on a n e a r b y r o a d and a s t h e y d i d s o , t h e l i g h t s w e n t o u t , o n l y t o r e -
a p p e p r a f t e r t h e v e h i c l e s had p a s s e d , D u r i n g t h e l ~ s itn t e r v a l where
t h e l i g h t s w e r e e x t i n ~ u i s h e d t, h~ e UFO z y p ~ r c n t l yt o o k i t s l e a v e f o r i t
d i d n o t r e a p p e a r a g a i n a f t e r t h z t . The Bolduc s i p h t i n e w2s t h e o n l y on-
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A number o f s q u a r e d i m p r i n t s 20" by 20" w e r e s c a t t e r e d o v e r t h e
a r e a . S e v e n h o o f - l i k e mmerkins a n d , numerous 1 i n c h c i r c l e s ; c o v e r e d
t h e ground. C e r t a i n l y t h e l l h o o f l l marks h s v e b e e n - r e p o r t e d numerous
t i m e s + b e f o r e a s have t h e s r n a l l ' c i r c l e s , which I ' f e e l emphasizes
t h e i m p o r t a n c e of t h i s czse: I h o p e more d e t ~ i wl i l l -be f o r t h c o m i n g .
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Any supposed UFO sample 0-r f r a g m e n t i s g o i n p t o b e q u e s t i o n e d , D r o

Utke s t a t e s . To i l l u s t r a t e t h i s w i t h a s p e c i f l c e x a m p l e , he UP
t h e most p u b l i c i z e d p h y s i c a l e v i d e n c e c a s e known--the Ubatuba magne-
sium f r a g m e n t s . These f r a g m e n t s a p p a r e n t l y w e r e t h e o n l y p h y s i c a l
e v i d e n c e a n a l y z e d by t h e Condon Committee.
To review--on S e p t . 1 4 ; 1 9 5 7 , it was r e p o r t e d a n o b s e r v e r saw a UFO
e x p l o d e i n m i d - a i r , slicl~~ti;.ing f r a g m e n t s o v e r t h e s e a and a b e a c h i n t h c C

-Ubatuba r e g i o n of ~Br'azil'. T h r e e s n l d l l p i e c e s o f d u l l - g r e y m e t a l w e r e
t h e n m a i l e d t o 2 newspaper c o l u m n ~ s ti n R i c d e J a n i e r o , and he r e p o r t e d
t h e s i g n a t u r e on' t h e l e t t e r was " l l l e g i b l e . t t The s2mples werc . t u r n e d
o v e r t o t h e l a t e D r . Olavo T, F o n t e s , a l o c a l UFO i n v e s t i g a & o r , who
t o o k . - t h e m t o ' a - B r a z i l i a n government l z b o c a t o r y f o r a n a l y s i s .
E m i s s i o n s p e c t r o s c o p y r e v e a l e d magnesium o f t t u n u s u e l p G r i t y t t con-
t a i n i n g "no o t h e r m e t a l l i c e l e m e n t t t and "no t r a c e e l e m e n t s . " A n a l y s i s
by x - r a y k l i f f r a c t i o n a f f i r m e d t h a t t h e s a m p l e s wcre bout 100% p u r e
magnesium b u t a l s o r e v e ~ l e dt h a t t h e y c o n t ~ i n e dmagnesium o x i d e a n d mag-
nesium Hydroxide. x - r a y d i f f r a c t i - o n 2 l s o d i s c l o s e d a t y p e of a t o m i c
s t r u c t u r e . t h a t lncli-cated t h e llsamples w e r e f r a g m e n t s o f 2 m ~ g n e s i u m
~asting.'~'A d e n s i t y of 1.866 grams p e r ccibic c e n t i m e t e r was found i n -
s t e a d o f - t h e e x p e c t e d v z l u e o f '1.!741 f o r - t e r r ~ s t i a l .m2gnesium.
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t h i s could i n d i c a t e a non-terresti+al"isotonic' d i s t r i b u t i o n , t h e s ~ l j l p l ~ s
were n o t s u b j e c t e d t o mass s p 6 c t r o s c o p y .
The A e r i a l Phenomena'Rcsearch O r g a n i z ~ t i o nt h e n r e c e i v e d t h e
s a m p l e s . ( D r . F o n t e s was a member' o f A P R O ) and s u b m i t t e d . one ,of t h e f r a g -
ments t o t h e U n i t e d ' S t a t e s h i r . F o r c e f o r a n a l y s i s . But when t h e f r a g -
ment ~ a s ~ ~ ~ a c c i d e n t burnedT9 ally d u r i n g a n a t ' t ~ m p t2 t e m i s s i o n s p e c t r o s -
c o p y , APRO d e c l i n e d t o send a n o t h e r . E m i s s i o n s p e c t r o s c o p v by t h e
Atomic Energy Commission ( A E C ) r e v e ~ l e ds m e l l amounts o f i r o n , s i l i c o n ,
aluminum, 'and c o p p e r p r e s e n t a s i m p u r i t i e s i n t h e sample. The AEC a l s o
r e d e t e r m i n e d t h e , d e n s i t y o f - o n e o f t h e f r a g m e n t s by a n o t h e r method and
found i t t o b e 1 . 7 5 1 3 - - f a i r l y c l o s e t o t h e e x p e c t e d v a l u e of 1.741.
I n F e b r u s r y o f 1968, one o f , t h e f r a g m e n t s was l o a n e a t o t h e Condon
Committee .and i t was s u b s e q u e n t l y ' a n a l y z e d by n e u t r o n g c t i v a t i o n an-
a l y s i s a t t h e F.B.I. l a b o r z t o r i e s i n Washington, D . C . 'rhe sample was
found t o b e 99.9%-p u r e magneslurn. Magncsiun o f t h i s p u r i t y c u r r e n t l y
c a n b e p r o d u c e d h e r e on t h e e a r t h . S m a l l amounts'of z i n c , b ? r i u m ,
manganese, and chromium w e r e f o u n d a s impurities, b u t n o alummum o r
c a l c i u m . ,Most t e r r e s t i a l - m a g n e s i u m c o n t a i n s t h e l a t t e r two e l e m e n t s .
The Ubhtuba f r a g m e n t s a r e e x t r e m e l y i n t e r j e s t i n g , b u t t h c y have n o t
c o n c l u s i v e l y convinced most s c i c n t i s t s t h a t t h e y a r e g e n u i n c e x t r a -
t e r r e ~ t r ~ i aUFOrfrSgmcn-ts..
l T h e r e ' s . j u s t t o o much t o d e t r a c t from t h i s
c o n c l u s i ' o n . F o r example', t h e i d e a o f a hoax c a n n o t b e r u l e d o u t be-
c a u s e t h e f i n d e r .of t h e f r a g m e n t s h a s n e v e r been i d e n t i f i e d . ~ l s o , '
a - l t h o u g h t h e - f r a g m e n t s have b e e n r a t h e r e x t e n s i v e l y aria-lysed, t h e a-
a l y s e s s r e confusing because t h e y c o n f l i c t , Confusion:always l e a d s
t o ' doubtl, D r . Utke r e m i n d s u s . But most damzging o f a l l , t h e s a m p l e s
a r e s i m p l y u n u s u a l l y Dure magnesium ( a r a t h e r p o o r s t r u c t u r z l m a t e r i a l ) ,
The A p r i l 1969 i s s u e ' o f ltChemistry Magazine" s t a t e s : "The sample
was s i m i l a r t o magnesium producefi by t h e now Chemical Company."

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Your s u b s c r i p t i o n b o S K Y L O O K e x p i r e s w i t h t h i s i s s u e jf t h e r e i s a r e d
'B by y o u r name r,n t h e a d d r e s s . l a b e l . Why n o t renew. t o d a y .
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A good c o l l e c t i o n of UFO r e p o r t s f r o m ftdoim u n d e r t t ? r e t o b e found

i n M i c h a e l H e r v e y T s r e c e n t p a p e l b ~ c k ,UFOsOVE'R THE SOUTHERN HI?4ISPKI'F
(Hampton P r e s s , 5 D i c k S t . , H e n l e l , N . S . W . , k u s t r ~ l i a2111, p r i c e $1.:
B e g i n n i n g w i t h a b r i e f h i s t o r y o f UFO,s\, Mi-. H e r v e y t h e n p r e s e n t s a l -
a
t e r n a t e c h a p t e r s d e v o t e d t o p r e s s r e r o r t s and p e r s o n a l z c c o u n t s of
UFO s i g h t i n p s i n 2 1 1 p z r t s of A u s t r s l i a , Tasmznia 2nd N e w Z e e l e n d .
Some v e r y i n t e y e s t i n g c a s e s a r e d e t a i l e d , d a t i n g b 2 c k t o t h e p r e - 1 9 4 7
p e r i o d when UFOs w e r e , t o s a y t h e l e a s t , n o t t h e m a j o r t o p i c of con-
versation.
# APR0,'s C o r a l L o r e n z e n h a s a new p a p e r b 2 c k on s z l e , TSE SHfiDO'd OF T k
UNKNOWN ( S i g n e t Books; 7 5 t ) . I s . L o r e n z e n r e p o r t s on a v s r i c t y of
phenomena--psychic happenings, g h o s t s , s e a m y s t e r i e s , i c e f p l l s ,
t ' c r e a t u r e s , l l ' e t c . - - i n a d d i t i o n . t o UFOs. Though t h e book m2y n o t rneasurc;
up t o t h e s t a n d z r d s w h i c h h a v e b e e n s e t b y t h e p r e v i o u s L o r e n z e n b o o k c , ,
i t i s a f a i r l y t y p i c a l c o l l e c t i o n o f t 1 F o r t e 2 n a . t t Some minor e r r o s ~ s e 8 r e
e v i d e n t , b u t n o t h i n g o f an o u t s t a n d i n g n ~ t u r e .Many o f t h e a c c o u n t s
i n v o l v e anonymous w i t n e s s e s , which i s r i t h e r d i s c o n c e r t i n g t o some
" r e a d e r ' s who would p r e f e r a l l t h e f e c t s r e g z r d i n g a . p a r t i c u l a r c a s e . I
c a n n o t . v o u c h f o r t h e a c c u r a c y of a l l such a c c o u n t s , of c o u r s e , b u t 1
happen t o h a v e f u l l d c t z i l s on one o f t h e ftanonymoustl c a s e s p r e s e n t e d
( f r o m a n o t h e r s o u r c e ) and no e r r o r s a r e t o b e f o u n d i n t h i s i n s t z n c e .
. A b i t on t h e " r e h a s h v l l s i d e f o r c o n f i r m e d t f e n i g m ~ t o l o g i s t s , "b u t it
has i t s i n t e r e s t i n g ~ o m e n t s .
A f & w y e e r s ? g o , t h e B r i t i s h p e r i o d i c a l FLYING S A U C E R REVIEW, ios-
ued a s p e c i a l p u b l i c 2 t i o n e n t i t l e d THE HUMLNOIDS. It w s v i r t u a l l y
t h e f i r s t m a j o r a t t e m p t t o c a t a l o g u e a p o r t i o n o f t h e many t f o c c u p a n t r t
s i g h t i n p s o f t h e UFO e r a . A h r r d c o v e r e d i t i o n ( w i t h added r n z t e r i a l )
was l a t e r p u b l i s h e d i n E n g l ~ n d , T h i s same e d i t i o n h z s r e c e n t l y b e e n
p u b l i s f i e d i n t h e U . S . by Henry R e g n e r y C o . , p u b l i s h e r o f J a c q u e s
V a l l e e ! ~t h r e e UFO books. THE HUMANOIDS c o n t a i n s m a t e r i a l bv V a l l e e ,*
Aime k c h e l , Gordon C r e i g h t o n , C o r n 1 L o r e n z e n , Antonilo ~ i b G aand,
o t h e r n e s e ~ r c h e r s . C h a r l e s Bowan, t h e e d i t o r o f FLYING SAUCER REVIEW,
h 2 s a l s o c o n t r i b u t e d two s e l e c t i o n s t o t h e book. P r i c e d a t $5.95, TFiE
HUMANOIIIS i s a v ~ l u a b l cc o m p i l a t i o n o f " o c c u ~ a n t " r e p ' o r t s =and i s w e l l
worth r e ~ d i n g .
' I v s n Snnd e r s o n s new b o o k , IKVISIBLE RESI'DENTS ( W o r l d P u b l . Co.,
' $6.95) i s f i n a l l y o u t , s o we h e a r , a l t h o u g h I h a v e n q t s e e n a copy
a s y e t 2nd c a n n o t g i v e a r e v i e w o f i t . P e r h a p s l z t e r .
A l s o , I am t o l d t h ~ t h e J a n ~ i s r yi s s u e o f SAGA c o n ' t a i n s pn a r t i c l e
c o n c e r n i n g UFOs, # a l t h o u g h t h i s i s s u e h a s n o t m2de it ; t o my l o c a l
n e w s s t a n d s a s y e t ( d a t e o f w r i t i n g : Dec. 1 3 ) . If s a i d l t z r t i c l e i s wor-
t h y o f l m e n t i o n , 1'11 comment on it i n n c x t m o n t h ' s column.

E d i t o r ' : ~N o t e : The E l m e r , Mo., c z s e o f March 1 4 , 1969,) i n wfiich ,

W i l l i a m O v e r s t r e e t r e p o r t e d a UFO s t o p p e d h i s t r u c k , r e p o r t e d i n
t h e c h a p t e r o f f f A i r b o r n e Anom?licstl ( p a g e 173 ) i n Mrs:. L,orenzen7s
book, r e v i e w e d a b o v e , was r e p o r t e d t o hPRO by o u r st$? member, Ted
P h i l l i p s , a n d was; i n t h e May-June 1969 i s s u e o f THE A,.P.'R. 0 . BULLETIN.
As o u r r e a d e r s know, M r . O v e r s t r e e t t s word-for-word r ' e p o r t a p p e a r e d
i n t h e ; A p r i l 1969 i s s u e o f SKYLOOK, a l o n g w i t h e d d i t . i l o n a l i n f o r r a t i o n
r e c e i v e d f r o m M4. P h i l l i p s f o l l o w i n g h i s i n t e r v i e w wdth M r . ' 0 v e r s t r e c . : - ,
' SKYLO0.K - The; O f f i c i a l P u b l i c a t . , i o n *of t h e-b?i,dwest
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