1980 MUFON UFO SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS "le 3 sober we Clear Lake City,Texas June 6-7-8 , 1980Symposium Theme UFO TECHNOLOGY A DETAILED EXAMINATION Sponsored by Mutual UFO Network, Inc. (MUFON) Hosted by VISIT Vehicle Internal Systems Investigative Team CONTENTS PROJECT VISIT - AN APPROACH TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THEY?" by L. David Kissinger and Jom F. Schuessler, Houston, Texas. UFOCAT “AND A FRIEND WITH TWO NEW IDEAS by Fred Merritt, Evanston, Illinois, UFO CONTACTEES: CAPTIVE COLLABORATORS OR COSMIC CITIZENS by R. Leo Sprinkle, Ph.D,, Laramie, Wyoming. THE UNIFIED FIELD THEORY AND THE UFO by Henry C. Montieth, Ph.D., Albuquerque, New Mexico HYPERSPACE (VIRTUAL STATE) ENGINEERING by Thomas E. Bearden, M. S., Huntsville, Alabama QUALITY CONTROL OF THE UFO DATA BASE: SOME SUGGES’ TECHNIQUES by James E. Oberg, Dickinson, Texas... PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL INJURIES AS-A RESULT OF UFO pcan 54 71 104 e122 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS by Richard C. Niemtzow, M.D., Houston, Texas....131 FLYING SAUCER ‘TECHNOLOGY r by Stanton T. Friedman, M. S,, Hayward, California INSTRUMENTED SENSING, RECORDING, AND DOCUMENTATION OF TRANSIENT PHENOMENA IN UFO EVENTS by Ray Stanford, Austin, Texas Eleventh Annual MUFON UFO Symposium CLEAR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL CLEAR LAKE CITY, TEXAS June 7 &8, 1980 4 139furon) MUFON Symposium Proceedings WALTER H. ANDRUS, JR. Walter H. Andrus, the ternational Di: Mutual UFO Network, Inc., (MUFON) a worldwide organization ‘dedicat- ed to resolving the phenomenon known as unidentified flying ob- jects. He also serves on the staff of THE MUFON UFO JOURNAL, the official publication of MUFON. He is a Production Manager “for the Motorola Automotive Products Division Plant in Seguin, Texas. Prior to his present assignment, he was em- ployed in successive capacities as Assistant Plant Manager, Man- ager of Quality Control, and Op- erations Manager, during his thirty year tenure with Motorola. Walt and his wife, Jeanne, reside at 103 Oldtowne Road, Seguin, TX 76155. They are former members of the First United Presbyterian Church in Quincy, Illinois, where Walt served as an Elder for twent: s. Their son, Donald L. Andrus, is Sn Rttorney-at-Law in Harrisburg, Illinois, and’a member of MUFON's le- gal staff. They are the proud grandparents of two lovely granddaugh- ters. Mr. Andrus has been interested in the UFO phenomenon since August 15, 1948, when he, his wife, and son observed four UFOs flying in forma- tion over downtown Phoenix, Arizona. He was instrumental in founding and organizing the Mutual UFO Network in May 1969, an organization which has grown from the participation of members from a few midwestern states to one of international stature, known throughout the world for its sc: entific approach, investigative capabilities, international UFO sympo- siums, and publications. . Mr. Andrus hag presented illustrated lectures to colleges, univer- sities, and civic groups in Illinois, souri, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Indiana, California, Arkansas and Mexico cn UFOs. He has also participated in both national ‘television and radio programs on the sub- ject of unidentified flying objects during the past twelve years. When the Center for UFU Studies was founded in 1973, MUFON was the only major UFO organization to pledge its support. These two compatable organizations have developed a high degree of codperation during the intervening years