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FROM THE EDITOR
Leaving aside the first definition of "skeptic" from the
Seguin, Texas 78155 Britannica World Language Dictionary (having to do with the:·
doctrines of religion), a skeptic is defined as "One who refuses·
concurrence in generally accepted conclusions in science,
RICHARD ii. HALL
philosophy, etc." Thus, those of us who reject the consensus of
Editor
Science that UFOs are nonsense are the true skeptics. Where does
ANNDRUFFEL that leave the self-styled skeptics such as members of the
Associate Editor Committee for the Scientific Investigation· of Claims of the
Paranormal (CSICOP)?
LEN STRINGFIELD
Judging by the sTarbabycontroversy (in which CSICOP Board
Associate Editor
members are caught debunking, rather than holding that the ·
MILDRED BIESELE consensus of science might be wrong), they are the "Defenders of
Contributing Editor the Faith." The sTarbaby constroversy has to do with statistical
arguments that tend to support an "astrological" (horrors!)
WALTER H. ANDRUS
Director of MUFON
argument. We hold no brief for astrology, but we do question the
intellectual integrity of the CSICOP members who - essentially -
set out to destroy the data and defame the researchers involved
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TED BLOECHER The controversy has been well reported in FATE and in the
DAVE WEBB ZETETIC SCHOLAR. ft is a sad commentary on the viability of
Co-Chairmen, science as a mediator of controversial claims.
'Humanoid Study Group
PAUL CERNY In this issue
Promotion/Publicity UFO INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM ........•..........•........... 3
By William 0. Leet
REV. BARRY DOWNING
Religion and UFOs SCANDINAVIAN "SAUCER SCARE., ................•................. 7
By Anders Liljegren
LUCIUS FARISH
Books/Periodicals/1-fistory MENTAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISTURBANCE: PART I •.................•.•..........•............ 9
ROSETTA HOLMES By Mark Moravec
Promotion/Publicity
AUTIIOR'S RESPONSE (With Reply by Robert Wanderer) ...•....... 15
GREG LONG By D. Scott Rogo
Staff Writer
SOUTH AMERICAN MAGAZINE MlMfCS U.S. UFO EVENT .•...•... 16
TffiPHIWPS By John F. Schuessler
Landing Trace Cases
(Plus CALIFORNIA REPORT, p. 12; CRITIC'S CORNER, p. 14; LETTERS,
JOHN F. SCHUESSLER p. 17; DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE, p. 20)
Medical Cases
DENNIS W. STACY
(Cover cartoon by Staff Artist Brian Parks) .I,,
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UFO INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM
By William D. Leet
(Copyright ©1982 by William D. Leet)
The first case investigated by Almost 8 miles from the Lexington 8 feet long and 36 to 40 inches in
Bluegrass NICAP Affiliate was of suburbs on the Harrodsburg Pike we diameter. It did not make a sound._As it
special interest in two respects - the arrived at the Walker farm. The home hovered motionless at a sligh~ angle
UFO left material proof of its visit, and was a pleasant old stone residence longitudinally he saw that both ends
the investigators who were pilots nearly a mile back from the road and were pointe,d. The nose light was similar
perceived a remarkable resemblance of surrounded by imposing trees. The to an automobile fog light, not_ bright
the UFO's descent and approach elderly couple were accomodating and but a dim yellow, and it did not cast a
pattern to those of ILS, our nationwide we got right into their account of the bearp. The UFO was rounded and
l aircraft instrument landing system. events. Mr. Walker stated that at about shone like silver, although .the moon
Under the direction of NICAP Director 10:00 p.m. the night of May 21 they had was not out, and the porch light, being
Major Donald E. Keyhoe, and guidance been looking up at the sky for obstructed by the roof, fell about 15 feet
of Assistant Director Richard H. Hall, indications of rain - there had been a short of reaching the UFO. Walker in
our Bluegrass NICAP Affiliate had just "dry spell" - when Mrs. Walker alarm was retreating to the porch and at
been formed and was charged with noticed something that looked like a the same time observing the apparent
newborn enthusiasm. An intensive flap "star with a tail on it." It was about 3 craft. Just as he got to the door and was
was beginning in Central Kentucky of miles to the east and 30 degrees trying to back into it his wife, wh9 a
which this case was a harbinger, but elevation, and if held at arm's length second before had turned off the porch
this one occurred more than lwo would have resembled a star with a tail 6 light, was stepping out onto the porch.
months earlier and we were lucky to get inches long. "Don't come out here!" Walker
word of it. The object emanated its own light, shouted, "There's a flying saucer or
C.D. Walker, over and on whose which differed from starlight in that it something! Don't come out!" But Mrs.
land this action took place, Robert was more like an incand"escent electric Walker was already through the door.
· Boggs and George Shelley, were light. For half a minute or more the two She did not see the object then, when-
friends and members of the Bluegrass of them watched the sight, but Mrs. she returned from the kitchen to the
Kiwanis Club. Sunday morning, July Walker was not impressed as May 21st porch, but she said that Walker at the
24, 1960, Boggs.went to Walker's farin was Armed Forces Day and she time "was as white as a sheet and
to . tell him that Shelley had died assumed the object to be a new type of scared to death." According to
suddenly. Before he left, Boggs was aircraft. She also suddenly developed a Walker's estimate that the UFO when
asked by Walker to look at a strip of headache and went into the house to first seen was 3 miles away and at a 30
grass in his lawn that a few days earlier take some medicine. The front porch degree elevation we can calculate that it
had turned brown. It was 45 feet long' light was on when she entered and she was at an altitude of 7,500 feet, and in
and about 26 inches wide, and ran went on back to the kitchen. the 2 minutes required to arrive in his
through the middle of the front yard To Walker's wonderment the thing yard it had a rate of descent of 3,750 feet
directly toward the porch of the house. which he was still observing started to per minute. Later, we measured the
Walker explained that "a flying descend and head in a southerly trespasser's brown trail to stop 27 yards
saucer or something" had come right direction. Then it. abruptly made ci from the porch.
:'1 along that same path, and he wondered sharp turn to the right and was gliding During our interview, Walker said
whether that had caused the grass to straight toward him! On an that he liad discovered the brown
i" die. I had spoken to the Bluegrass
Kiwanis on UFOs so Boggs suggested
approximate bearing of 300 degrees
along an abandoned tree-lined lane it
swath through the center of the lawn 5
days previously. That was exactly 60
I notifying me. Walker assented, Boggs came head on 8 to 10 feet above the days after the sighting on May 21st. He
called me the next morning, I called ground straightway into the lawn and said that he strolled in .the yard
Walker and made an appointment, and did not stop until it was close to the frequently and was sure he would have
f that evening several other NICAP porch and only a few yards from noted the change of color had it
members and I drove to the Walker Walker! The transition from 7,500 feet happened· earlier. We were welcome,
farm to interview him and his wife and to the yard was done in about 2 Mr. Walker told us, to drive our car up
to examine the purported evidence. minutes. close lo the strip so we could see it
While the UFO was approaching, more clearly under the headlights.
' The author is Arkansas MUFON State Director
Walker could see that it was cigar- When the car was driven up to the
and former chairman of the Bluegrass NICAP shaped and had a yellow light in the
Affiliate in Kentucky during the 1960's. nose or near erld. He estimated it to be (continued on next page)
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affected ground the lights became very
dim, almost went out, and the engine ---~
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ILS, Continued N UFO !LS APPROACH PATTERN TO WALKER FARM
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texture of the grass··_did not reveal the
application of petroleum or other com-
pound. The delayed reaction was puzz[.
ing, but it was only a week later in show•
ing than the first swath, which was de-
layed 60 dayS and also was perplexing.
We took samples of the damaged
grass and soil, which I hand ·carried to C.D,WALKER
FAYETTE·
tl COUNTY
the University of Kentucky
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Department of Physics, and which were
determined by a Dr. Kern to be normal ' \
in radioactivity. I then mailed them for JESSAMINE \
chemical analysis to Dr. Rudolph LMAHURST COUNTY I
Ozolins of Brookside Laboratories,
New Knoxville: Ohio, but · he never
received them. These, like many other
samples, books, and notes concerning
UFOs that we Bluegrass· NI CAP
investigators collected, mysteriously C.D. Walker's became indisputable to yard. Ii-i aviation, for the safe and
disappeared. · Bluegrass NICAP members. This orderly flow of the aircraft traffic to and
The soil and vegetation samples of elderly couple we found to be of from airports, there is a rectangular
a 1959 physical trace case that I sent at faultless character; the physical "traffic pattern," the next to last
Dick Hall's suggestion to Colonel evidence· was on the grounds to back segment of which is the "base leg."
Robert B. Emerson (USA, Ret.), them up; their effects from the shocking From the bas·e leg the pilot makes a 90
' Emerson Testing Laboratories, Baton experience substantiates their degree turn onto the "final approach,"
:I Rouge, Louisiana, inexplicably
disappeared from his lab. Our Affiliate
credibility; Walker's refusal to exploit
his experience on television lends still
on which he aligns the airplane with the
runway and establishes the rate of
Secretary, Pat Riddle, a professional more credence to his report; and, descent to touch down not far from the
engineer, made copious survey notes although its significance' escaped us at .runway's approach end.
which departed without trace. A the moment, failure of the auto's engine That is exactly the type of traffic
container of other physical samples of and headlights to furlction while near pattern flown by the Walker UFO.
the 1959 case took. absence from my ihe withei-ed turf dismissed any From its stationary position.to the east
home, and all of the books I had begun lingering notions that the damage was it moved while descending on a
to form a UFO library with vanished the result of earthly instigation. southefly heading, ·or base leg, turni.ng
from my home and my law office. We Clearly, the UFO was on a from that onto a final approach Of
didn't know at the time that USAF scouting mission and any additional approxit;nately 300 degrees, on which
Intelligence and the FBI had "got in the objectives were not discernible, but bearing it continued to descend directly
act," but that could explain the conspicuous was the approach pro- into the Walkers' lawn. The turn.onto
mystifying disappearances. cedure used by the UFO to descend,
The actuality of a UFO visit to the line up with, advance to, and enter the (continued on next page)
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Intriguing yet more is the similarity The Walker farm is devoid of iron MUFON International Director, 103
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the instrument landing system, referred which could cause a magnetic '
to in the aviation profession as ILS, attraction, and there were no signs that_
which is_ an involved but reliable the l)FO explored the land but, inStead
complex the pilot can use, when foul of doing so, made an abrupt t<:1-keoff.
weather has him "flying blind," to The farm exerts no magnetic disparity
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airport, are functioning properly. knowledge and belief, but I c_oncede for Scientific Anomalies Research.
- When the UFO was first noticed that the ILS interpretation may .be a ZS considers parapsychology, the
by Mrs. Walker, its altitude was too mite farfetched. I could n0t help being "occult," the "paranormal," and .all
high, and then its rate of descent too impressed by, the UFO's actions being other outcast subjects in a fairminded
great, for an ILS approach, but it flew a so much like an airplane's flying of the and objective way. Some of us might
traffic pattern and got the right position. traffic pattern and an ILS approach, but object to having UFOs linked with
The precision in the dark night of its let's beware we don't miss the big point: purported phenomena that have more
approach course and descent to touch The preponderance of the evi• to do with alleged "mental powers"
down point ·in the Walker yard was then dence is that the UFO "homed in" on rather than alleged observational
the performance of a perfect ILS. But C.D: ·Walker's signal-emanating mind. phenomena, but many of the
where was the transmitting equipment True UFO logy -' science - scientific/philosophical issues overlap.
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Why did a craft from another This Walker case is a speck of a
world call on a quiet, elderly couple in beginning, like the Hill; Pascagoula;
the country if it was not receiving their Liberty, Kentucky; . Travis Walton;
transmissions? There are many Andreasson; and certain other cases.
features in and. near Lexington one We must no longer fail to follow up Letters to the Editor are invited,
would expect to attract UFOs. Among subjective evidence for clues, new commenting on any articles or other
thefl'.I are the Wenner•Gren ·Atomic approaches, ad infinitum. These can material published in the JoumCII.
Research Laboratory, which has been blaze-new trails of insight into UFOiogy, Please confine them to about 400
on the University of Kentucky campus and into preparing ourselves to handle words. Articles of about 500-750 words
since before World ,War D, and them.□ will be considered for publication as
·numerous industries. If science history "Comments" or "Notes." All
is sought, Transylvania, founded in submissions should be typed and
1780 and the first university in the double-spaced, and are subject to
"West," enshrines the relics of editing for length and style.
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SCANDINAVIAN "SAUCER SCARE"
(Reprinted, with permission, from AFU Newsletter No. 23, Anders Li/jegren, Editor, Archives for UFO Research, P. 0. Box
11027, S-600 Il, Norrkoping 11, Sweden.)
f-
Scandinavia. Continued ""-llberg'' ._., Interviewed by Sven,ka Oagbladet on
Jan. 7, 1980. tlaybe so, ·but the Interview WH never
dltlons" h1 !'edlculous name whlc:h does not 1111ean published and the 111atter h.,s !level' been raised in !!!I.
"Sup;.,,,. tornnand" as c:lal-d ••• ) a;;'.i'1iu'ihed•up ~fter $"""dish newspaper. There are no Swedi'sh sourees a,"t
a "li5-111lnute hiJ1hly technical brleflng". NltAP's all for this "report" and we at AFU are definitely In
"Jim Sullh,an" ( •• ever heard of hh11l..) tried to a posltlon-to•knowl
lnve,tlgate the c:ase via the "then prime 111lnhter
Olaf Palme" ( ... Palfl!P had lo,t the Swe<llth 1976 UFOLOGISTS THAT WEVER EXISTED •••
election and was not pl'lllle ~lnlster ln 1978•79 •• ,)
but faffed to receive a reply (which Is no surprise Hlngl~d Into "Jonsson'," article are nar-es and facts
.!!!! If the "Sulllv•n" letter ever exhted •• ). about Swt-dlsh ufology that 111atch reality, but also
quite Impossible clal111s, On several points "Jottuon"
refers to K.GISsta Rehn, APRO repre,entat Ive for Swe-
J} agreed to an interview on the condition den. Rehn was not an active UFO investigator In 1978.
that certain details of his identity, and Several months before the claimed Oraken/UFO encoun-
J} that of his fellow Oraken pilot. be
ter Rehn, 1110re or less, gave up ufology while turning
over IIIOSt of his collection and data to the AFU al'chl·
J} disguised slightly. They have been. The ve,. Today Rehn Is 90 year, of age and almost bl Ind.
incident has been confirmed through He II .definitely not a "saucer·watc:her' a, claimed,
J} other SwediSh mrntary personnel at but a serl0(15 ell-Investigator who would be very much
Uppsala, but the preceding account offended by "Jonsson'," attempts to put words Into
J} would not have been possible without hh IIIOUth. Rehn pub I I shed two Swedish books In 1966
and 1,69 • true - but had not his "third due to print
J} Larsson's help. In 1981'' as "Jons,on" claims. Rehn's third book .,a,
release-d In 1972 and his fourlh, and final One, In 11
Of cour,e, thel'e could have been• pl lot/UFO encoun• I
ter over the !laltTc'on Dec. 11, 1978. Making lnqul• 1976. The ·72 book Is aval)able In a sllghtly !'e·edl·
rles .,fth de'fence authorities would, naturally, ted English version (5). Rehn is the onlY Scandina·
lead to denials even If .tl\ere was one small ounce of vlan ,.esearcher featul'ed in Ronald O.Sto,.y's £ntyclo·
truth to this hlgtiiy sensatlOf'lallzed l'eport, which pedla of uro, (page 300).
I sincerely .doubt th1Jre I, ... Other Swedish "researchers" are cited: "Col_J,.,ge pro·
fessnr I.an S•~ndlln has assemblE!d affidavits fr01n
The "Jonsson" story contlnous by r~r,ortlng about .,ltn"sse, in mi;re than JOO sighting,".,. We are quite
othe!' "thoroughly documented evldeilce that host lie(!) Impressed to le~rn th.Jt we have such a "star" arAOng
lnt!'uders have been paying special attention to s--
dhh skies"JI For lnstancie, 'on Hardt J, 1976, ar• Swedish ufologiH - U'lkoowinglyl It Is dal ..ed that
Sundlln (or Sundin) is a member of tl>e UFO-Swede" or-
tl\lery officers ''reported ·,even· dlsc·sha~d objects
ganization. I checked with thelr 011811lbershlp registry,
, •• during a field exercise at Lulel". The Incident
but Sund I In/Sundin b not to be found In the card
was ''wldely reported In the press, not merely In
lndell of about !Ll'.100 ~wede, who, at one tl111e or anot-
Sweden but by United Press International" •• , (Not
so, there 1, not one line of print about the "Inci- her, showed an Interest in ufology. N o ~ has
ever been· pub I I stied by that "1118n" In S · ~ l ltera•
dent" In the Swedish pre,s archives of AFU, and I
turf'.
congratulate any lnternatlonal researcher who',
able to find anything from UPI In his local news- Another non-exi,tent pe,.,on Is "Garan llndqvl,t",
paper,.,.) Slmllarly It 1, clalmed th.,t on Sept. ufologl,t and author of a boolc, according to "Jons•
1977 a Llnjeflyg Fokker F•Z8 jet I Iner wH "bu:i:zed ,on". A few years ago AfU pub I I shed a 14li·page bib•
by a lone UFO'' and had a near 111ld•alr eolllslon. llography of Swedish UFO llteratul'e whe,.e Gara1'
(Of eourse, no press reports, no rUllkXlr, In ufolo• Lindqvl,t t, strangely absent ••• The author Blso
gist circle,, nothing to support the clal~ •.• ) noentlon 88rje NllssOf'I a!; !>eing the editor of 1
"highly •nlmated-monthly magailne". Yes, there ,,,..s
TM[ [)()HSTEN HISREPAESENTATION one Bllrje Nils~on wh,, was respOf'lslble for two or
three l,sues of "Flygandc tefat", a colou~ful comic·
"Jonsson" break, hi, redlculou, repltlon of non• book rl!presl!ntation of the American type, bought
ivents with 10111ethlng that really happened· but fr01'11 "Wes.ttern Publishing Co •. Int, Rach,e, Wlscon·
not as "Jon,son" s•ysl While wltnlls,'s name, and !;In, USA", 'tran,lated and released by• t~ non•,erlou,
pl•ce•of•Qccurence • as well as the 'date· are publl,hing house SE!lllic !'reu. Tran$latlng theH comic
correct for t"8 1958 Doni,ten abduction •ttempt, str Ip repre,entat i Of'IS of we 11 •lcnown fore I gn cases
not IIIUch el,e 1, true, For Instance the alien hardly quallfy_Barje Nlls!>on as a "re,earther'',,J
creatures were not "throwing goo" at Stlg Rydberg Heed I say that neither "Gllra11· Lindqvi,t" nor
and Han, Gustavoon, the wltnesse,. For a correct 88rje NIisson are found In the UFO•Sweden registry
verslOf'I of this Interesting ca,e·please check out of ufologists •• ?
on• of the Loren:i:en book, (Ii). I wl 11 not bother And so It Is ••• There was no serious UFO wave In
you .,!th .-,11 the details-In-fault !\ere. A ,!Milar Sweden during the 197~•80 pirlod ( .. "almost eve,.y-
"report", by the "Jons,Of'I" pen, of a UFO''spl tt Ing body In Sweden, especially In mllltary c:lrc:les,
forth chemical goo" In the seaport of Gothenburg knows about the ·uFO wave" ••• ), there was no ''sca·
Is nothing but a saga. No Swede has ever heard re", no general fear about UFOs dudng those year,.
about that Of'le ••• Hot 1110re than during the preteeding years. There
were genu In eases that puzzled all their It l es, but
Finally comes the "report" from "criminal tnspee•
tii'ose cases were never reported by UFO Report, or
. tor Lennart Hellberg'', driving between Stockhol111
by "Jonssson".
end Norrtllje ( •.. there Is another wellkn0Wl1 case
where the percipients were driving that pa,.tlcular Who. ls "Y.S.-Jonsson"7 I don't know. I doubt that
road, what a co•lnc:idence ••• ). The problem wl~h he .,111 ever step forward, but I .,111 send thl,
the·"Hel Iberg'' case Is that, whl le driving this article to him via Stephen Ciaccla,.elly • associa-
road his UFO encounter occurred "orily a few kilo· te editor of UFO Report - who has promised to for-
IM!ters:"fran Vlsterls, site of Sweden's most lmpor• ward my opinion. I also hope that UFO Report,
tant Jet fighter base". I advice the reader to fetch which has earned a fairly good reputatlOf'I, will not
a detailed ,nap of Sweden. You will then discover t.hat accept further "data" fr0111 this source or any ot'fier
while driving frQfll Stockholm to Norrt!IIJe ~ c:ould source who ccaies up with strang~ly unc0flflr111ed
not posslblt come. near to Vllsterh, You wlTT never be foreign data.
Ti$, than about 80 kilometres, as the crow flies,
from Vlsterlsl "Jonsson" further !Nlntains that (continued on next page)
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MENTAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISTURBANCE: PART I•
• By Mark Moravec
(Copyright © 1980 by Mark Moravec)
Some of the more exotic UFO Mr. A. also has had a number of the case, we have to look at the
reports involve claims of "mental more subjective experiences. He person's reported experiences and how
communication" with UFO entities. On sometimes feels that "they" are dose these match up with the reported
the surface, such reports suggest that controlling his mind against his wili and experiences of people who have been
I1, selected people can communicate with directing him to do things which he judged as psychologically disturbed.
nonhumaA intelligences by means of doesn't want to do. Some nights Mr. A We also have to look at the reporter's
"telepathy." An alternative explanation has seen "invisible" beings near his bed. background to see if there are any
is that the people involved are In one particular instance, he was factors or Cfises · which may have
psychologically disturbed and are awakened by the presence of an contributed to a psychological
merely describing delusions which have invisible being pointing to a burn mark disturbance.
no basis in physical reality. In this (accidentally done when welding) on his In this and the following cases,
paper, I will look at a number of forehead. He believes that the west there are a number of experiences
Australian "mental communication" coast of the U.S. will be destroyed by typical of those reported by "paranoid
cases and show how they can be earthquakes or other natural disasters schizophrenics." According to,,
interpreted as primarily, due to as punishment for the wickedness of traditional psychological definitions,
psychological disturbance. man. paranoid schizophre~ia primarily
Can we accept the reporter's involves disturbances in cognitive
Case 1. Mr. A. has had one major statements as a true and accurate functioning. The individual may have
sighting of what he believes to be a portrayal of reality? In order to evaluate delusions where real events are
UFO. One night he had a strong misinterpreted in a way which
impulse to go to the local airport. He substantially differs from consensual
went onto the observation deck and reality and where these interpretations
saw a bright, round light in the sky; a ~ UFO stopped car significantly influence the person's
light which "took off past the· moon." - RECCNTL y. I l)Utlllsned tM thoughts and behavior. Less often, the
• ttsllmony ot lwo terrolied West
The impulse to go to the a\rport was so ~ Australian businesswome;·•. wnose ca, individual may also have hallucinations
strong that he got a headache.
i
_,
was l)Ursued for almost 100 kilometres
by a spinning UFO.
Now. a similar object had reportedly
where he "perceives" people, objects,
or events which do exist. Hallucinations
bulled a m01orist near 'ilg~elere,
1 Tasmania. may involve any of the five senses,
Sandinavia, Continued • The dr11ter (Wllo has asked mat n,s though auditory and visual
~ name be wilhMtdi 'told in.est,qa1<:ors
II' "Jonsson" might be an American who studi<?d the 11-
terature and n,ade up plausible claims by mixing <
J.< ~e saw !he eta!t at acout 7.30pm on
,;; July 7. near me old Haml)Shira ra,lway
=" ya/,lS,
He said. "II was hcsenng ~riou1 Si•
hallucinations (in that order) are 'the
most frequent.
As the term suggests, the most
J
:' me1res at0<,we a Paddock.
names and places he found -in artlcles on Swedish :11 '"II looked a t,;t like ,; l\el:cop1er but
common delusion of paranoid
UFOs g ufology for Instance by John A.l(eel. He Cl) Md no blades. Thero was a bl•Je smt schizophrenics is a paranoid fear of
could even be a moneY·thirsty S1<eden who didn't ma· ,;_ or haze suuouOding ,t. and there
nage toTell his story so well. If he is a Swede seemed to oe an exhaus1 glare. being influenced and controlled by
~ ··wn,1e it hovered. a roadside fence
11 the artlcle is very "weak", unless it was ''de,igned" outside forces. Although common
II
and "planted" as a test of the seemingly noro·exis· ,i seeme:r to g,ve olf e1eetricaI cna,ge-s.
,a ""My car is near-new and ti.as no sense may initially suggest otherwise, a
tent reatity tests some publicatlons arod ufologists
employ when they choose the i r d.- ta. 1n any case it
Is another serious warning against accep'tlng unverl• •
Ii/ hr&tory ot breakC!Owns flut wh•m the
object appeared lhe car lost p,,we,
and came to a na11 ·
belief in a hostile wor\d offers many
psychological advantages. For one
fled cases from far-off places, anywhere In the
·-
wor Id. · away noise1ess1y to the wesl. I was thing, a paranoid person is relieved of
men able 10 re-s1an tM car and drive personal responsibility for his own
References,
~ "The UFO scared me I just didn't situation. The blame for personal
I. .!!fB.
Report Is available from~ Gambl Publications Clo know what 11 was:·
Inc., 333 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11206, Since I co-rounded Vietorla's UFO failures and wrongdoings is always
USA at $1 .50 per issue. Research 5oeie1y in 1957. 1 ha~e placed upon somebody else. Paranoia
2. See AfU Newsletter 18, pages 9·10, "Swedish Afr interv<ewed dozens ol witnesses who
fore'eeolonel reports six rlelta-uros''. claimed 1heir cars. TV o, raoio sets can be viewed as a psychological
broke down when these myster;o,,s
). See ArU Newsletter 21, pages 5-6, "four policemen Objects appeared.
defense mechanism which projects the
photog'raph a close encounter". · Mos1 investiga1ors believe UFOs. of individual's responsibility onto the
~- Coral E lorenlen: Flying saucers: the startling an e,1,~rerresiria1 or;g,n. emit some
evidence of the in,,aslon from space. Signet paper· kind of (o,ce !ield which Interferes with external world.
back, 1966, pages 60-64. Also in APM 8ulletln, electrical ,:treu,to. Another advantage of paranoia is
Jan 1959 £ No" 1959, reports t,y K.G6sta Rehn. These inte<Jerences do no1 usually
resull in in1ury although some eases ol
5. K.G6sta Rehn: UFOs. Here and now. Abelard-Schuman, disappearance nave been atnb,ne<! w
197~- ine interference or UFOs. (continued on next page)
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. ':.f'
.·
Disturbance. Continued years ago when She and a girlfriend saw tapped. She then moved into a hotel in
an unuSual object or light ori a clear the same area and on€ day found her
that a person can make an uncertain summer day. In the most recent door smashed ill. More recently, Mrs.
world predictable. No longer does he sighting, her home was "buzzed" as a B. claims to have been kidnapped and
have to battle with _his own personal light went slowly overhead, "hovered" beaten by "entities." Incidentally, the
conflicts or with subtle social for 5 minutes, and thE!n went slowly reporter claims to have an unusually
influences. The paranoid's "enemies" away. large aura and to be "psychic" like her
In addition. to these sightings, the ,,,
are clearcut - all he has to do is to fight mother. I/
"them," and then life will become rosy. reporter claims _a continuing series of I
However, because this is a delusion, he
will never succeed. The paranoid
individual gains a short-term comfort at
bizarre experiences involving contact
with, and harrassment by, unidentified
entities or forces. Her experiences
(S= cases) can be interpret-
ed in eithe:r a UFOlogwal or a I,,
,..
the expense of obtaining long-term started some 4 years ago and were psychopathological frame-
solutions to his problems. mostly centered in her home. She work.
claims that items of clothing
Subjective Experience disappeared when she wanted to use
them and then later reappeared. These data can be interpreted in
In the case of Mr. A., the subjective Electrical equipment broke down; the either a UFOlogical or a psychopatho-
experience of his mind being controlled television went haywire. She receives logical framework. In the UFOlogical
by outside forces is typical of the · peculiar phone calls from people with framework, we can take note of the
paranoid individual. The "invisible" unusual, unrecognizable voices who tell three nocturnal light sightings. ,,
beings are hallucinations which help her they've seen her, to come and meet However, these are of a low weight and
provide companionship and meaning to. them, or that they will come and visit Mrs. B. was very vague on details. The
an isolated, alienated man. The her. She is also under telepathic control misplaced clothes could be interpreted
predicted natural disasters are part of a to make telephone calls to strangers. as a poltergeist (teleportation) effect.
pseudo-reli9ious belief which functions She claims to be a medium and is The malfunctioning of electrical
to de-emphasize the individual's own occasionally taken over in deep trance, equipment also falls into line. The Ji
weaknesses by emphasizing the failings afterwards unable to remember communication with "entities" could be ,I
of other people.
A number of factors in the
anything.
The reporter attributes other
interpreted as contact with the UFO
intelligence. However, the witness is
'
reporter's background probably experiences to persecution by unsure of who she is "in contact" with.
,, contributed to his psychological scientologists. She is controlled at a The harrassment could be interpreted
disturbance. He is a 56-year-old migrant distance by an unidentified hypnotist as a "Men-in-Black" manifestation
who lives alone in a small room with who forces her to write "psychic" (except_ that she attributes it to
only the barest of essentials. He has letters against her will and either post scientologists and is not sure whether it
trouble staying at jobs, and sometimes them or deliver them to a "contact" she is connected with her UFO sightings).
fights the people there ("they're all refuses to name. Mrs. B. doesn't know In the psychopathological
against me, and I don't know why"). He when she is "under hypnosis," but framework, we can interpret the
sometimes strikes out in frustration. In other people notice she is acting reporter's experiences as matching the r,
his home country, he sometimes differently. Thoughts not her own are symptom pattern of paranoid
wanted lo kill himself because "it was all being put into her head. She is watched schizophrenia. Mrs. B. appears to have
too much" for him. all the time and is·followed around by paranoid ideas of reference where she
All these details show that Mr. A. people in cars. "One day a garden truck unjustifiably associates external events
has trouble coping with everyday life. tried to run over me." She believes the with herself. For example, the alleged
His isolation, older age, and the social sdentologists are trying to drive her harrassment by scientologists and
dislocation of trying to settle in a new crazy because she resists their entities; thoughts being put into her
country have all probably contributed attempts to get money out of her. It head by hypnosis; being forced to write
to his present state of affairs. His UFO should be noted that Mrs. B's first and letters; receiving threatening phone
sighting is only a )ow-weight nocturnal only contact with the scientologists calls; being followed at night; and even
light with no supporting witnesses or (before the present "harrassment") was her disappearing clothes are seen as
physical evidence. Since he has read a over 20 years ago. part of some conspiracy directed
lot of UFO literature with a preference Mrs. B. believes that other people against her. She is projecting her own
for the "way-out" type of articles, we (especially men) dislike her for no unacceptable thoughts and feelings
can safely conclude that Mr. A has reason at all. Somehow she manages to onto other people and events so that it
merely incorporated UFO material into "turn everyone off." She is blamed for appears that she is being persecuted.
his delusions. anything that goes wrong and keeps The reporter also has had
losing her job. When she moved home, hallucinations. An example is the man
Case 2. Mrs. B. claims to have had she received more strange telephone
three UFO sightings. The first was 30 calls and she believes her phone was (continued on next page)•
10 ,/
I
11
"''
Disturbance, Continued
I Would like to respond to Mr. fatigue and stress. Nor does he explain extremely extend€4 length of time.
Wanderer's review of my anthology, how any of this relates to a birth trauma Mountain climbers experience them
UFO Abductions (No. 177, Nov. 1982). type experience, no matter how rather commonly at high altitudes, and
Mr. Wanderer seems to be one of those possibly symbolized. If Mr. Wanderer these experiences can be accounted for
unfortunate comme_ntators on· the wishes to find psycholog"ical physiologically as a result of cerebral
UFO mystery who likes to find explanations of UFO abduction anoxia.
"psychological" causes for close scenarios, he has a responsibility to In simple fact, there is nothing in
encounters and abductions, but show exactly how they arise. This he the large body of literat_ure on
without bothering to study anything has totally failed to do. hallucinations, hypnagogic imagery and
about the causes, nature, and Mr. Wanderer's lack of insight into mental imagery that· can in the least
psychophysiology of sleep, hallucina- the nature of hallucinatory experiences account for UFO abductions. I, for one,
tions, mental imagery, and so forth. is even more evident when he am rather tir~d of "psychological"
First" Of all, desp_ite what Mr. comments on Ann Druffel's "Dapple explanations for these cases which are
Wanderer believes, driving long hours Grey Lane," ,which he explains .may more incredible than the UFO mystery
at night while tired does not cause a have been due to the possibility that itself. □ ·
person to "see things." What is called one of the subjects was drinking that
"road hypnosis"·refers to a momentary night. While it is true that alcohol Robert Wanderer replie~:
redirection of attention which may last "affects perception," drinking
for a few minutes. Hallucinations do not despite the common miscoT'lception - I have always had a great deal of
occur, though on occasion a shadow or does not induce visual hallucinations. respect for Mr. Rogo's writing, and
some other stimulus will cause a person The only exception to this is the therefore I was disappointed at the
to experience an "illusion." This hallucination syndrome which generalizations and the name-calling in
however causes the driver to return to accompanies alcoholic hallucinqsis and his response here. He begins by
full consciousness and usually to ·an de/erium tremens, which only occurs to assigning me to the general cat~ory of
awareness that a trick has been played chronic alcoholics who have suffered "unfortunate commentators" who seek
by his senses. To believe that any type brain damage and who are in such a "to find 'psychological' causes," and
of road hypnosis could cause a long- horrible state of mind and. brain -that then rails at the category without
term amnesia and hallucinations of a they couldn't even drive if they wanted dealing with the key issues I raised.
close UFO encounter is simply to! The content of these hallucinations One such issue in my review ~
ridiculous. are also very stereotyped and have little concerned the believability of the chief
The fact that a major Brazilian connection with anything that could witness in "Dapple Gray," who also
publication refused to publish the feasibly account for a UFO abduction! contended that no atomic bomb was
Villas-Boas story is not pertinent. Mr. As l mentioned, Mr. Wanderer is dropped on Hiroshima, I will defer to.
Wanderer is apparently unaware that the latest in a host of proto-UFOlogists Mr. Rogo's alleged psychological
this poor lad experienced an abnormal who try to explain many of the byways expertise, but surely one doesn't need a
skin rash which defied diagnosis as part of this strange field along psychological PhD in psychology to dismiss such a
of his experience and that there was lines. It would be helpful if these witness as (to quote Mr. Rogo in other
independent corroboration to the fact commentators would actually study contexts) "simply ridiculous" and
that UFO activity was rife in his area at psychology before foisting their "rather far-fetched."
the time of his abduction. opinions onto those of us who have. Some other aspects of his
Mr. Wanderer's "explanation" for Even as cautious a researcher as Allan· response which I find strange:
Jerome Clark's "ultimate alien Hendry makes this fatal error in his The L "The fact that a major Brazilian
encounter" is also rather far-fetched. UFO Handbook, where he adopts the publication refused to publish the Villas
Neither emotional tension, nor long "Wandererian" thoery that some UFO Boas story is not pertinent." I consider
driving causes visual hallucinations. close encounters and abductions can it reasonable that an experienced
Nor can this explanation account for be explained as "isolation . newspaperman on the scene would
the fact that both subjects came up with hallucinations" due· to the lonely drives know more about the man's credibility
highly complex and mutually the victims of these events are so often than third- and fourth-hand theorists
corroborative accounts while undergoing at the time. As a matter of such as Mr. Rego and myself.
independently hypnotized. Note that fact, isolation hallucinations - which 2. "Drinking... does not cause
.Mr. Wanderer does not attempt to manifest solelY as a feeling on an Visual hallucination." I never said it did. I
explain just how this weird story could invisible presense in most instances - merely indicated that drinking might
have mutually emerged within two only occur when a person has been
minds as the result of psychological isolated from human contact for an (continued_ on next page)
15
SOUTH AMERICAN MAGAZINE MIMICS U.S. UFO EVENT
By John F. Schuessler
Journalist Bob Pratt of Lake fabrication, because the minute details in TAL CUAL credited a "cardiologist"
Worth, Florida, was scanning the many· are too identical to the Texas case; with stating that all three people had
reports of UFOs to be found in the while major details such as· date, symptoms of radiation poisioniTlg;
November 1982 issue of a UFO location, and where the victims live when it is very doubtful . that people
Newsclipping Service, when he found a have been omitted. would see a cardiologist for treatment
story about people being harmed by a TAL CUAL quotes Maria as of burns. In Texas, Betty Cash was
UFO encounter in Venezuela. As he saying: "My God, save us! That thing is hospitalized and treated by a
read he noted the close parallel to the on fire and it's coming over· us! It's cardiologist - a doctor she knew
famous Cash-Landrum radiation case getting closer! We're burning! God help before_ the event.
of December 29, 1980, near Huffman, us!" It goes on to describe how Maria The Venezuelan story points up
Texas. appeared to be hypnotized as she the need to be critical when examining
The ·story in the August 20, 1982 relived the incident. reports of UFO encounters. Reliable
issue of TAL CUAL Magazine, During a real hypnosis session details are a necessity. Bob Pratt and
published in Buenos Aires, Argentina, conducted by Dr. Leo Sprinkle of the John Schuessler plan to market a book
describes how Maria Elena Suarez, her University of Wyoming, Mrs. Vickie containing all the details of the Cash-
grandson Gonzalo, and a friend called Landrum, the grandmother in the· ·Landrum case with the intent of helping
Susana encountered a huge flaming Texas case, made similar statements: other people in a similar situation and
UFO and were injured. This writer She implored God to help them. She dispelling rumors caused by fake events
believes the story is a complete said "it's burning, the whole thing is suth as the one in Venezuela. The book
burning. There is fire coming out the will be called FIRE IN THE ROAD.
Wanderer, Continued bottom."
The description of the
lead to strange interpretations of what
appi-oaching UFO is also the same. A
one sees (particularly by people who large luminous object clearly visible in
believe no atomic bomb was dropped
on Hiroshima).
3. "If Mr. Wanderer wishes to find
the sky, came in at treetop level and_
emitted reddish tongues of flame down
towards the highway. The South
*Technician
psychological explanations of UFO American story tells how one of the
.,; in close
abduction scenarios, he has a
responsibility to show exaCtly how they
women ·got out of the car, running. In
Texas, Betty Cash did get out of the car
i encounter
f By THOMAS QUIRKE
arise." I am not dear why someone and walked towards the object. Vickie A Mldh,nd lcchnld;U1,thln••
seeking a psychological explanation for
"abduCtions" is required to supply
detailed rationales, while Mr. Rago and
Landrum shouted for her to return,
saying "Come back to the car. Don't
j "" Ila, bad ,. CJ°"" Encounter
of Ille Barr Beacon Kind.
flilc drlvln,: home from lh,
Wc~t :.tidland beMRy spol In ·
lhc cnrly hour,,; Mr. .fobn
walk toward it.'.' Hurley Jaund hlm..,lf on a
f
others asserting these "abductions" are The Venezuelan grandson,
loacly •<>ad pur,.ucd. hr ""Y'·
by II 1tlo,.in1:, oran,:r INdJ 1hr
"real" need provide no hard evidence or Gonzalo, five years old, wanted to run
slu of ,. ~mall lorQ·.
Al fir.I tbc former RAt"
even rational explanations. In any case, away because of fear, but was held ln,llnt 1tln·r11fl.'ln1111 lhou,:bl
.... th~ ~phrrr lOM aU,whMI IO a
what I could do, and did, was to agree tightly to prevent his escape. Vickie Ill ao,rby de<'tricil,,· pylon, Bui
., 1hrn. he sa.•s. ii loll<,.,.~d him
with Mr. Rogo's observation in the Landrum feared her grandson Colby, ., alon,: l><>,,bank l.,.n,•, (;r,,.\
Barr, bov,•rin,: n,,isrl~""IY
book that additional psychological age 7, would run away terror-stricken about 61111. away onr an
ad}&cenl Rdd.
information is needed in such cases, into the night, so she held him close to Ml was lrll[,.lcnrd to say ~
and to wonder why he did not obtain her as they cowered in the front seat of
1-1,- he uid.
Mr Hurley. a,:f'd ~t, ,:ol O<II
this sort of material for this book. the car.
twice 10 ...,,. more drnrly. 8olll
llme&, M ,ay,,. the obJcd
Incidentally, Mr. Rago calls me a The aftereffects of the event are
stopped. appearln.t Lo chanl•
lrom a ball ol gas Joi<) oome·
"proto-ufologist," and I don't know also similar. Susana was said to have
tbln,: 1norc •olld.
Tbe second U1ne, he ~IH>ne
whether that's a criticism 'or a horrible burns and had to be admitted his torch-and II app,-i,91l Ila
"'"Y•• to within nrt.
compliment. The 'tone of his sentence to a special clinic for treatment. Her Th.. Central t:1,drtclty
Genernllni Board unnot
containing that word sounds negative symptoms included loss of skin, nplaln the phnomrnon bul
Bii"mln,:ham"s UFO Studlr•
to me, but my dictionary lists "proto-" diarrhea, nausea, and headaches. In la,·..,.l11tallon S~r<i<tt Is
lnlero,,t~d.
as meaning "first in time" and "first in Texas, Betty Cash had all of these
status."□ symptoms and more. A final statement
16
LETTERS obvious official need to keep UFOs
unofficial, it is probably unlikely that
pentagonal object case (No. 177, Nov.·
1982) was done by MUFON
Mr. Oberg will ever relieve his Investigator Mrs. Merlyn Sheehan. I
Soviet Cover•Up frustrations. was the one who used her report in the
Editor, Judith Starchild New England UFO Newsletter.
I'm writing in reference to a recent Check, Va. Joe Nyman
article by James Oberg appearing in the Medfield, Mass .
.oc·tober issue (No. 176).
I would . like t0 applaud its Editor Error UFO Pioneer's Letter to Nova
thoroughness andprofessionalism
throughout. I think Mr. Oberg has Edito'r, (Staff Writer Greg long obtained
made an important discovery as well as · I believe you inaccurately stated permission to reprint the following
a good underlying .point regarding the skeptical position in your recent letter from Kenneth Arnold to the
professionaJism in ·uFO research. It's editorial associated with the NOVA producers of the NOVA UFO
true that investigative practices might show ( No. 175, Sept. 1982). You wrote program. Arnold's UFO sighting on
be less than thorough, but I feel the_ that skeptics believe that all UFO June 24, 1947 was the first UFO
problem does not lie in the int€grity or reports are "readily explainable." I, for sighting · in the U.S. to receive
capabilities of various UFO one, have never believed, said, or widespread publicity, and the term
researchers·, but in the hands of those written that. Instead, my· point is that "flying saucers" first appeared iri
persons responsible for severing UFO even prosaic stimuli will result in a small newspaper headlines reporting his
research from an accepted scientific fraction of unsolved - and for all sighting.)
subject of study. practical purposes unsofuable (by
· Your guess is as good as mine human means) - cases, and no January 24, 1983
when trying to figure out the reason extraordinary hypothesis is needed to
behind that policy, but the resulting· account for the existence of some British Broadcasting Corp.
Problem is that research is· left up to unsolved UFO cases. That is, the Kensington House
individuals and organizatio-ns who must undisputed existence of unsolved cases Richmond Way
fund their own investigations and make cannot, in my view, be taken as proof London, England W140AX
their ()Wfl-time ·within already existing, for the existence of extraordinary
and often busy schedules. I get the stimuli. Proof of such existence must be Attn: Chairman of the Board and
impression that Mr. Oberg has an pursued in other ways, which I have John Groom
attitude towardS the failings of these suggested elsev.rhere.
researchers and writers who are at leas\ James Oberg Gentlemen:
trying to explore and expose UFO Dickinson, Texas
ci.ctivity. It is this that I cannot In April of 1982 I received a letter
Ur:iderstand. What is behind the need to (Editor's reply: I concede ihat the from your Science and Featu.res
point so critically? skeptical position was oversimplified in producer, John Groom. If you will refer
Mr. Oberg's attitude problem my brief editorial. It would haue been to your files it will be evident how a
dearly jams him up from breaking more accurate to say that skeptics picture of myself by my aircraft ·was
through beyond the surface layer of the "... tend to believe alt sightings are used in .your program "The Case of the
problem; that is, whether or not a explainable in 'prosaic' terms, many UFOs." I made a sincere effort to
specific UFO event actually occurred, readily, some not so readily." As Mr. furnish Mr. Groom with a number of
and is, by all means, "OOna-fide Oberg indicates, he assumes that alt authentic photographs of these strange
unidentified." Althollgh this is the first sightings have "prosaic stimuli." I can't aircraft which were returned to me as
and most Crucial aspect of investigating imagine what evidence other than well as the picture of myself, since he
any ·specific case, the solution is not sightings - preferably, of course, with .;issured me via telephone and letter
always secured at this point. We have instrumented data - could supply that the pro.gram was to be a legitimate,
yet to discover and clearly explain the "proof for the existence of honest effort to present a scientific
origin and the reason behind the truly extraordinary stimuli." In my uiew, we document on the subject.
strange close range encounters. His already have ample proof; not of what Your program was aired in the
own fatal limits are the very plagues that "they" are, but that "they" are.) NOVA series via WGBH Boston, USA
cripple adequate research. Maybe he on October 12, 1982 and I iaped the
should take out his frustrations_ on the Proper Credit program in its entirety. This program
rightful cause of situations he deems was not a documentary as presented to
less than impeccable so that we may Editor: me and was instead a stupid, ignorant
someday launch a full scale scientific To set the record straight and give distortion of facts that I know were
probe into the underlying and proper credit, all investigation and available to you. The showing of my
challenging truths of the UFO enigma. information gathering in th€ Mar. 23,
However, in consideration of the 1979, Bristol County, Mass., (continued on next page)
17
APPARENT ABDUCTION IN ARGENTINA
(Note: The following news story picked him up and he asked to be taken those made by electronic toys,· and
appeared in La Razon, Buenos Aires, to a doctor or the police. Afterwards, he heard a cavernous voice inviting him to
Argentina, on February 23, 1982, was taken to the Neuquen hospital." get out of the car, while at the same time
describing an incident reported on Feb. Mrs. Juan Fatorell added, "At first he felt a burning sensati9n on his neck.
19 in Rio Negro Province. Translation he did not recognize us and he had Then nothing else.
by Jane Thomas.) some marks on his hands like the cups His watch had stopped at 9: 15
The attention of skeptics, the of an electrocardiogram. Burns were p.m., when the police found the car 100
indifferent, and believers alike is apparent on his neck and three fingers km from the site between Cha\laco and
commanded by the un·usual of one hand. He hardly remembered Arroyito. Meanwhile, the controverted
appearance of the passenger of a UFO. that he lived in Allen. Do we have case keeps atti-acting much interest.
The protagonist had marks on his economic worries? We have no debts,
hands and burns on his neck and the . live modestly, are healthy and have
PRE& PRESS, Midlarul, Ontario, Canada.
fingers of one hand, when he was enough to live. The car, a Reneau It 12, No·v. 191 1982
attended at the hospital in Neuquen. He is okay. A policeman found it one
said his car's engine stopped on the kilometer from the road in· a place UFO 'sighted'
road and the lights went off. He saw a where there is an entrance, but where BARRIE- A Bartle Ontario Pfovino:Jal Police
opoke:sman·•ld they received "te'Ver;il rtpoN" of
mushroom-shaped object over the car the "break" was there was no trace of it unidmtified nyin&: object (UFOl ll&htln,1 TUesday
having gotten there. It is unexplainable It abolll· 10:4$ p.111.-
that gave off lights, and heard a CaJ\ers in 1M Bante, Oro and Gh!11e11lm ams·
cavernous voice that invited him to get how it got there without leaving marks. Mid (hey SIIW I grHn1sJl..tJlue, lphe/'Wlulped ol,jct
lravelllng laterally in the sky.
out of the car. After that he remembers ''Those of my husband are.there all
nothing. His watch stopped at 9: 15 right, when he walked. They are clearly
p.m.; the police found no traces of the seen, but not the car's. The keys were
UFO. Conjectures. in the start positio_n and the battery was UFO NEWSCUPPING
Bahia Blanca - While the mystery discharged." SERVICE
around the strange case of the UFO On the other hand, the protagonist
passenger in Allen, Rio Negro, himself, Who was already back home, The UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE
continues, hts wife said that, "only now told his family that he took ex-route 22 wi!I keep you infor.med of all the latest
is he beginning to see well and is calmer, towards the west on Friday at 8:30p.m. United States and World-Wide UFO
after what happened to him on Friday. He drove almost one kilometer until t}:ie activity, as it happens! Our service was
engine stopped and the lights went out. started in 1969, at which time we
.Early on Saturday the police advised us
contracted with a reputable
they had found him in Arroyito (where) He saw a mushroomshap~d object
international newspaper-clipping
he had been walking around until a bus over his car making noises resembling bureau ·10 obtain /or us, Ihose hard to
find UFO reports (i.e., little known
photographic cases, close encounter
Letters, Continued Being the first pilot of the modern and landing reports, occupant cases)
era to report these strange aircraft and all other UFO reports, many of
picture by my aircraft gave the public (Flying Saucers) June 24, 1947, I've which are carried only in smaU town or
made 7 additional sightings all in the foreign newspapers.
the connotation that the program had
"Our UFO Newsclipping Service
my approval and I can come to no other daytime and obtained 2 16mm strips of issues are 20.page monthly reports,
conclusion that for reasons unknown it same. In my 38 years of flying I have reproduced by photo-offset,
was an outright insult to not only myself logged in excess of 12,000 first pilot containing the latest United States and
but to the many hundreds of pilot hours in the air and NO violations. In Canadia~. UFO newsclippings, with
observers flying the aidanes of the late 1947 I was an assistant to Military our foreign section carrying the latest
world, not to mention the thousands of Intelligence (A2) of the 4th Air Force at British, Australian, New Z.ealand and
Hamilton Field, California. Refer to Lt. other foreign , press reports. Also
reputable people who have reported
included is a S.5 page section of
sightings of these strange aircraft for Col. Donald Springer, 4th Air Force. "Fortean~ clippings (i.e. Bigfoot and
over a third of a century. Signed other "monster" reports). let us keep
I am in receipt at this time of a letter you informed of the latest happenings
from your Business Department Kenneth A. Arnold in the UFO and Fortean fields.~
requesting consent of my release for Meridian, Idaho USA 83642 For su~cription infonnation and
f~rther world wide distribution of this sample pages from our service, write
-Footnote: today to:
program. In NO WAY will I grant such
permission! I have accepted no monies I am also a lifetime member of the
UFO NEWSCUPPING SERVICE
from you and insist that you not use my (OXS) Association of American Roule 1 - Box 220
picture again for such fradulenf, Pioneer Airman. Plumerville, Arkansas 72127
immature, and misrepresented I.D. #3686
purposes.
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Director's Message, from p. 20 interest in UFOs, but with more in the U.S.A. (It is $17 and $20 per year_·'
emphasis on the physics involved. respedively for foreign subscribers).·
Symposium in Pasadena, Calif. Michael In my "Director's Message," I have PE!te Mazzola, Editor and International
A. Delhom, 3201 Kaliste Sa1oom Road, been sharing the significant actions Director of SBI, has been a positive
Apt #107, lafayette, LA 70508 has been taken by the Steering Committee of the asset to the Steefing Committee of the
reassigned as State Section Director North American UFO Federation as North American UFO Federation.
for the Louisiana parishes of Lafayette, reported by John F. Schuessler, For those readers who are
St. Martin, Acadia, St. Landry, Chairman, in his Newsletter. Due to interested in the ancient astronauts
Vermillion, and Iberia. John's trip to Australia, he was unable field, a new book titled "The Six
Stan Gordon, State Director for to prepare his monthly status report. Thousand Year-Old Space Suit" by
Pennsylvania, has selected George H. Considering the unanimous Vaughn M. Greene is available from
Love, Jr., R.D. #4, Box 105B, Latrobe, acceptance and co-operation of the Mr. Greene at 548 Elm Ave., San
PA 15650; telephone (412) 5394478 to representatives attending the 1982 Bruno, CA 94066 for $6.95 postpaid. It
become the State Section Director for UFO Summit Conference in Toronto, is a thorough research into the little clay
Westmoreland, Fayette, Indiana, and Ontario, Canada on July 5, 1982, it is statues known as the Doger. (110
Somerset Counties. George is an disturbing to read the article titled pages, paperback).
Attorney at Law and an active member "APRO's Position on Unity" in Volume When th~ magazine, Frontiers of
of the Pennsylvania Association for the 31, No. 2. It was enlightening to observe Science discontinued publication,
Study of the Unexplained. Rev. G. Neal that both William L. Moore, a William Bonner, Publisher, and
Hem, State Director for Texas, has member of the APRO Board of Elizabeth Philip, Editor, sent a letter to
approved the following new State Directors, and Richard W. Heiden, all current subscribers giving them an
Section Directors: William A. Wright, Assistant Editor of the A.P.R.0. opportunity to substitute another
710 E. Magrill, Apt. 4, Longview, TX Bulletin, attended the conference and publication on an ~sue for iss~e basis, •,
75601 for Gregg, Upshur and Rusk paid their own expenses. Since neither provided that they were ·not. already a
Counties; W.R. "Bob" Sanders, M.D., gentleman was authorized to speak for subscriber. The choices were FATE,
Route 1, Box 250, Jefferson, TX 75657, the APRO Board of Directors, except BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY REVIEW,
telephone (214) 665-3030 for Marion for a position statement, the article BRAIN/MIND BULLETIN, and the
and Harrison Counties. (Bob is also a referred to above clearly enunciates MUFON UFO JOURNAL. This
Consultant in Psychiatry to MUFON.); APRO's lack of cooperation. The appears to be an opportunity to
John Douglas Norton, 104 San Jacinto, derogatory remarks made about increase the number of subscribers to
Waxahachie, TX 75165, telephone CUFOS and MUFON are unwarranted the Journal and potential members in
(214) 937-9717 for Ellis, Navarro, and and that of a polemicist. The the future.
Hill Counties. organizational work of the Steering Work is still progressing on the
Three new Research Specialists Committee will continue unabated, third edition of the MUFON Field
have volunteered their expertise: Don because unity in UFOiogy stands far Investigator's Manual. The availability
Berliner, B.S. noted aviation/science above the petty jealousy of a few date and price will be announced in the
writer, 1202 S. Washington St., people. Journal. In the meantim_e, we have an
Alexandria, VA 22314, telephone (703) Ken McLean and R. Leo Sprinkle, outstanding book that will supplement
548-0405; Robert Peretz, M.A., 140 Ph.D. have jointly announced that the our present and new manuals.
Rumsey Road, Yonkers, NY 10705 in "4th Rocky Mountain Conference on Observing UFOs by-Richard F. Haines,
'
' Extraterrestrial Life; and Jackson UFO Investigation" will be held June Ph.D., published by Nelson-Hall in
Morris, M.S., 4015 Hillswind, San 23, 24, and 25, 1983 at the University of Chicago, is highly recommended for
Antonio, TX 78217 in Hypnosis. Mr. Wyoming at Laramie. The purpose of the serious UFO investigator by J.
Peretz is a chemistry teacher and the conference is to provide an Allen Hynek. Written as an
amateur radio operator WB20GS. Mr. opportunity for UFO contactees and investigative handbook, the scope and
;, Morris has been actively involved in UFO Investigators to become depth of the investigative techniques
regressive hypnosis cases with the acquainted and to share information exceeds that of MUFON's basic Field
MUFON of San Antonio group. about UFO experiences. For detailed Investigator's Manual in some areas.
Several people have inquired information, please write to This paperback version retails for
about the status of Project Starlight Conferences & Institutes, P.O. Box $10.95; however, through special
International in Austin, Texas. Ray 3274, University Station, Laramie, WY arrangements with the author and his
Stanford, Director, in a recent 82071 and ask for a registration form, publisher, MU FON is making these
telephone conversaiton advised Walt identifying this conference. books available for $5.00 plus $1.50 for
Andrus that P.S.I. has closed their The SBI Report is the official postage and handling in U.S. funds.
offices, but continue on a limited basis, bimonthly publication of the Scientific
having retained the majority of their Bureau of Investigation, Inc., P.O. Box Lou Farish's column "In Others'
equipment. Even though Ray has been 193, Staten Island, NY 10312. The Words" was received too late for
devoting most of his time to painting subscription price is $12 per year for inclusion in this issue. It will resume in
with acrylics, he .still maintains an subscribers and$15 for active members the next issue.
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DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE WaltAndrua
by
,-,
Frederick, and others through 241-6776 is the new State Director for
arrangements made by Paul C. Louisiana. A former State Section
Norman, MUFON State DirectOr for 't Director, Doug is an electronics and.
Victoria. Mr. Schuessler will elaborate data communication engineer with the
on his trip through future articles in the telephone company. Mr. Labat will be
Journal. • announcing his replacement for the
Guillermo E. Aldunati, President of
AOA International, is now arranging •· parishes surrounding New Orleans in
the near future. R. Powell Adams, a
his speaking itinerary for his fourth visit past president of the UFO Study Group
to the United States in May and June of W.R. Saunders, M.D., Texas of Greater St. Louis, has accepted the
19&3. Mr. Aldunati lectured in Quincy, State Section Director and position of State Director for Missouri,
·ru., and attended the 1971 MUFON Consultant in Psychiatry. replacing Dr. Willard P. Armstrong Who
UFO Conference in St. Louis, Mo., moved to Florida upon retirement. Mr.
during one of his earlier lecture tours. Adams, a realtor with a B.S. in physics,
I
He · may be contacted at AOA Metroplex, respectively. resides at 901 Torino Drive,_ Ballwin, '
International, Casilla Postal 467, 2000 During the Christmas holidays, MO 63011; telephone (314) 394-2248.
Rosario, Argentina, for an invitation to your International Director met with Powell was recommended for this
speak. It is necessary for him to make a the Tulsa (Okla.) UFO Study Group position by the following State Section
charge for his slide-illustrated lecture to which presented ~ gift/donation check Directors: Rosetta Holmes, John
help defray travel expenses. Tentative for $600 to the Mutual UFO Network, Schroeder, and Cliff Palmberg.
plans have been made for him to.speak Inc. to be applied to publishing costs on _Mr. Peter R. Geremia, 571
in San Antonio and Houston, Texas. the third edition of the MUFON Field Brackett Road, Rye, NH 03870, a Field
As our Jollrnal readers and Investigator's Manual. May we express Investigator since 1977, has
MUFON members make plans for their our gratitude and thanks to their volunteered to become the State
summer vacations, we woukl like to officers: Dwight Dauben, Catherine Section Director for Rockingham and
remind everyone of the forthcoming (Dapolito) Holliman, William L. Irby, Stratford Counties in New Hampshire.
UFO symposiums. The 1983 MUFON and Roy Lang for this generous gift. Jerry Nevland, 1469. 1st St. North,
UFO Symposium will be held on July 1, Bob Grattan, WA4NKZ, has Carrington, ND 58421 has been
2; and 3 at the Huntington-Sheraton prepared a current MUFON Amateur reassigned as State Section Director
Hotel, 1401 South Oak Knoll, Radio Directory, providing call letters, for the North Dakota counties of
Pasadena, CA; telephone (213) 792- name, address, and telephone nuITlbers Foster, Wells, Eddy, and Griggs. Tom
0266. The speakers were announced in of 52 ham radio operators participating Benson, State Director for New Jersey,
the January 1983 issue of the Journal. in the MUFON net. A copy of this has appointed Peter Jordan, 217
The 1984 MUFON UFO Symposium is directory may be obtained by sending a Connecticut Road; Union, NJ 07083
scheduled for the weekend of June 8, 9, stamped self-addressed envelope to as the State Section Director for the
and 10 at the Northpark Inn, 9300 Bob Gra"ttan, 107 Howard Street, norihern New Jersey counties 'Of ·
North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX Ashiand, VA 23005. The 40 meter band Warren, Sussex, Morris, Essex,
75231. Tentative speakers have already net meets every Saturday morning at Hudson, Bergen, and Passaic. Mr.
been contacted. The success of these 0800 E.S.T., 0700 C.S.T. on 7237 KHz Jordan will be a speaker on cattle
symposiums may be directly attributed with net control being shared by mutilations at the 1983 MUFON ·
to the host groups, MUFON of WA3QLW and KSNQN (Les Varnicle
Southern Calffomia and MUFON and Dave Dobbs). (continued on page 19)