MUFON UFO JOURNAL

NUMBER 230 JUNE 1987

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(USPS 002-970)
FROM THE EDITOR
(ISSN 0270-6822) Forget Ezekiel’s W heel, flying Roman shields, the Great Airship
103 Oldtowne Rd. of 1897, W W M's "foo fighters,” and 1946Sw edishreporlsof m ystery
Seguin, Texas 78155-4099 U.S.A. rockets; for all practical intent and purposes, the public awareness
of the U F O phenomenon began on a sum m er’s day in June of 1947,
DENNIS W. STACY when Boise, Idaho, businessman Kenneth A rnold reported seeing
Editor nine, silvery, crescent (not disc), shaped objects skimming
through the air over M l. Rainier, Washington. A rn o ld described the
WALTER H. ANDRUS, JR.
objects as skipping like a saucer over water, an offhand remark that
International Director and
resulted in "(lying saucer” headlines across the country. Like those
Associate Editor
other C o ld W a r bugbears, the A to m B o m b and the Iron Curtain, s o -.
THOMAS P. DEULEY called dying saucers, or U F O s , have been with us, (or better or
Art D irector worse, ever since. Th is year, in fact, m arks the fortieth anniversary
MILDRED BIESELE of A rn o ld ’s landmark sighting. Coincidentally, the Fund for U F O
Contributing Editor Research, co-hosts of M U F O N ’s 18th annual sym posium, has its
headquarters in M t. Rainier, M aryland, a continent and nearly a half­
A NN DRUFFEL
century away from A rn o ld ’s original site. But synchronicity aside,
Contributing Editor
we've had no shortage of reports similar to A rn o ld ’s. Include the
contaclees and abductees in the equation and the phenom enon has
PAUL CERNY progressed substantially on one hand, thank you, while remaining as
Promotion/Publicity elusive of resolution as ever on the other.
MARGE CHRISTENSEN In a w ay, A rnold himself was a sort of m icrocosm of the larger
Public Relations picture w e confront today. Like the phenomenon itself, he wouldn’t
quite slay put o r com fortably pigeonholed. H e could have sunk
REV. BARRY DOWNING com fortably and quietly into oblivion. Instead he became
Religion and UFOs inextricably entwined with U F O s , mainly through his subsequent
LUCIUS FARISH association with the erratic Ray Palmer and the infamous M aury
Books/Periodicals/H istory Island H o a x, which resulted in the death of two A ir Force officers.
Th o u gh not nearly as param ount, interpreting A rn o ld ’s checkered
ROSETTA HOLMES
career has proved almost as difficult as making sense of U F O s
Promotion/Publicity
themselves. Staff writer G re g Long’s article, reprinted from the
T. SCO TT CRAIN Novem ber 1981 issue of the Journal, should shed some light on the
GREG LONG subject.
MICHAEL D. SW ORDS
Staff Writers
TED PHILLIPS
In this issue
Landing Trace C ases KENNETH ARNOLD REVISITED by Greg Long ....................................... 3
JOHN F. SCHUESSLER DIX -McGUIRE UPDATED by StringfieJd & Hall ....................................... 7
Medical C ases RESEARCH UPDATE by William L. M oore..................................................9
NEWS’NVIEWS (In Others’ W ords)................................................... 10
LEONARD STRINGFIELD SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE ........................................................................ n
UFO Crash/Retrieval LOOKING BACK by Bob Gribble ............................................................ 12
WALTER N, WEBB RECENT SIGHTINGS................................................................................. 13
Astronomy PARANET CLASSIFICATION by James J. S p eiser.................................. 15
NORMA E. SHORT INTRUDERS: A REVIEW by Richard H. Hall .......................................... 16
DWIGHT CONNELLY BETTY HILLS ‘LANDING SITE’ by J.P. Oswald ................................... 17
DENNIS HAUCK THE JULY NIGHT SKY by Walter N. W e b b ...........................................IS
RICHARD H. HALL DIRECTORS MESSAGE by Walt A n d ru s................................................. 20
ROBERT V. PRATT Cover Photograph of Kenneth Arnold by Greg Long
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 KENNETH ARNOLD REVISTED
By Greg Long

Greg Long is a Journal staff

writer.

Kenneth Arnold’s sighting on June

24, 1947, of nine crescent-shaped
objects flying in formation near Mount
Rainier is practically a cliche. It was the
era of the Cold War, and Arnold, a
private businessman and pilot, was
convinced that what he had seen were
guided missiles, perhaps of Russian
origin. As he wrote later in The Coming
of the Saucers (1952), a privately
published book co-authored with
science fiction writer and editor Ray
Palmer, “If, reasoning along patriotic
lines alone, I had not reported my
observations, I would have _been
rightfully considered disloyal to my
country.”
A short time later, Arnold came to
regret his act of patriotic duty. On the
day of his sighting, he landed in
Pendleton, Oregon, and finding the
local FBI office closed, visited Noland
Skiff, editor of the East Oregonian,
Arnold had no intention of seeking
publicity and merely wanted an
explanation of what he had seen. But
shortly thereafter, a short news story of
his sighting (which coined the term
“flying saucers”) went over the wires, Kenneth Arnold
and all hell broke loose.
He was deluged by reporters,
visited by military intelligence, and the
longer his sighting went unexplained, through a stack of memorabilia that he in UFOs. Arnold soon joined her. His
was persecuted and ridiculed by left with me in the living room. There gray hair contrasted brightly with the
disbelievers. Others began reporting were newspaper clippings, magazine single tone of his blue shirt, dark pants,
strange objects in the skies, and a rtic le s, p h o to g ra p h s , a 1977 and black boots, and the white Western
although such aerial anomalies had commemorative issue of the East string tie clipped at his neck added the
been reported throughout history, the Oregonian celebrating the 30th kind of detail I expected of this craggy-
modern era of UFOs was born, and anniversary of Arnold’s sighting. faced, 66-year-old man who had carved
Arnold was permanently stigmatized as Each story that I skimmed rang out his own livelihood from this part of
“The Man Who Started It All.” with the same conviction and internal the West.
consistency — the man had seen nine Arnold began by handing me a
INTERVIEW strange objects; the sighting had copy of the works of Charles Fort. Fort,
occurred as originally reported; time a form er n ew spaper re p o rte r,
I arrived eatier than expected at had not eroded the reality of the event. published four books between 1919 and
Kenneth Arnold’s house in Meridian, When I finished with the last 1932 th a t ch ro nicle co u n tless
Idaho, and while Arnold finished lunch clipping, Doris sat down on the sofa, unexplained p h enom ena, which
with his wife of 40 years, Doris, I went and I talked with her about my interest include UFOs. These collected
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 sightings have convinced Arnold that' people ridiculing me. I was considered investigations. These would have been
the U.S. Air Force had no explanation ■an Orson Welles, a fraud... I loved my proof enough, he thought, to justify
for his sighting, even though the military country. I was very naive about the deductions for traveling expense. Not
said that the nine objects were whole thing. I was the unfortunate goat so, said the IRS. What was required was
manmade or natural phenomena. who first reported them.” a detailed accounting of expenses
“I was convinced that what I saw Arnold took out a cigarette and lit entered into a record book, a standard
. might have been Air Force craft,” up. the IRS strictly enforced. In this
Arnold said, “I was astounded when 1 “Governments are more afraid instance, no allowance for deductions
read Fort’s books. There were than’ anything else of Joan of Arcs, could be made because of Arnold’s
similarities between what I investigated religious saints, or ‘phenomena’ that faulty record keeping. .
and what Fort had collected.” cause their self-destruction.” This fear, Frustrated, Arnold threatened to
As Arnold spoke, he revealed an Arnold believes, seems to lie at the call his attorney. Thirty-one years ago,
unyielding, critical attitude toward center of the official attitude in all $2,500 was quite a sum of money. In the
science that ignores, ridicules, or ‘ countries concerning UFOs. end, up against the bureaucratic wall of
attempts to rationalize away the Arnold learned this truth himself in government, Arnold concluded that it
“damned,” Fort’s term for anomalous the early days after his sighting when he wasn’t worth it; he paid up.
data that do not fit established scientific was visited by Lt. Frank M. Brown and
views. This attitude is readily Capt. William Davidson of A-2 Military THE STYMIE FACTOR
understandable given the treatment he Intelligence. After discussing Arnold’s
has received at the hands of the press sighting with him, the two officers went The ridicule, the debunking, the
and the skeptics. through his mail and selected letters harrassment — they all added up to
“I wan’t smart enough to dodge from religious groups and organizations the “stymie factor,” a term devised by
Noland Skiff. After the story of my that had written Arnold for accounts of Ray Palmer, a friend of Arnold for 30
sighting, reporters came out of the his experience. Capt. Davidson himself years, in a lecture that Palmer gave in
woodwork,” he said. “They’d ask a few told Arnold that the government was Chicago in 1977, two months before his
questions, then go away and begin aware of the effects of religious fervor, death, -
writing stories. The thing was, the and that they did not want that to Arnold played a tape of this lecture
stories were all different!” happen here. for me. "Palmer had a dangerous
Arnold was particularly angry Arnold also soon learned how the theory,” Arnold said. “If it’s absolutely
about Dr. J. Allen Hynek, former Air Air Force, at first personable and true, it would have to be given to people
Force consultant on UFOs for more friendly to him and eager to hear of his like a piece of salami, one slice at a time
than 20 years, and Isiter director of the sighting, soon changed its attitude, over a period of 50 to 100 years.” The
Center for UFO Studies. perhaps because of the threat his metaphor of the salami had just the
According to Arnold, Hynek told experience posed to the government. right air of absurdity to it to prepare me
his that he (Hynek) had received from The Knife and Fork Club originally for the unexpected.
the Air Froce for analysis the wrong invited him to speak on its lecture In a dry, fragmented voice, Palmer
report made by Arnold of his sighting. circuit at $100 a day. At his own mused upon the past and his
On the basis of this report, Hynek expense, Arnold printed a booklet, involvement with UFOs. Among his
concluded in the official Project Blue “The Flying Saucer As 1Saw It," which experiences had been the “stymie
Book files that “certain inconsisten­ he planned to use as a program guide factor,” or the element of ridicule that
cies” existed in Arnold’s estimated size for his audience. Air Force military paralyzed and flustered, such as it did
of and distance from the nine objects. intelligence learned of this offer and Arnold when newsmen made “a mess”
Therefore, according to Hynek, the suggested that Arnold not publicize his of everything he said. In the case of
UFOs “may have been some sort qf experience since the Air Force was still Palmer, the “stymie factor” tongue-tied
known aircraft.” . working on its investigation of the him in public debate with Willy Ley in
Arnold was flabbergasted that sighting. Later, a letter arrived from the 1950 and ridiculed him in a Life
Hynek had not gone back to the original Knife and Fork Club, mysteriously magazine article in 1952 that mocked
report. When asked why not, Hynek withdrawing the offer. Although Arnold the Shaver stories. It is these famous
said, “Well, I was working for the Air could not prove that the military was Shaver stories that form the root of
Force.” behind this change of heart, the Palmer’s “dangerous theory,” as
“I wouldn’t be surprised if Hynek implication is too strong to ignore. Arnold put it. .
was still working with the Air Force.” In 1950, the Internal Revenue In 1943, a man by the name of
Som eone, at least, in the Service (IRS) bedeviled Arnold with red Richard Shaver submitted a story to
“cloistered scientific society," Arnold tape, which suggested that the Palmer’s Amazing Stories magazine.
believes, is debunking UFOs. government was . quite interested in Shaver described a secret underground
In addition to the skepticism that Arnold’s involvement with the subject world in the Earth populated by beings
greeted Arnold after he reported his of UFOs. When filing his taxes, Arnold (th e D e ro ) w ho tra v e le d in
sighting, there came the harrassment presented receipts of all expenditures subterranean tunnels in craft that
and, as he said, “the nameless, faceless in c u r r e d d u rin g h is p riv a te perform ed like flying sau cers..
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S u p p o s e d ly , S h a v e r re c e iv e d
information about this world through
“voices." 1
Curiously, Palmer noticed that in a
religious tom e, O ah sp e, which
purports to be “a history of the Earth
and Heavens for the past 79,000 years,”
Ethereans, or astral entities, travel in
vehicles along “roadways" that link
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levels or plateaus in a spirit world that v& *r
exists from six inches to 100 miles at
above the surface of the Earth. The i**? ■' •Ah™*"
craft from both worlds, Palmer noted ■*
later, made the same peculiar fluttering
motions as Arnold’s UFOs sighted in
1947. After further thought and .
investigation, Palmer concluded that
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Shaver was contacting Oahspe-like
astral entities who could obsess or
possess people, even though Shaver
insisted that the astral, spiritualist view
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was “all wool” and that the Derodid live oi
under the surface of the Earth.
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Palmer added to these two literary
souces a third element — the - ', *t\ .r. ‘,.r;
observation in physics that subatomic
matter is real and solid, and since
human beings are real and solid, then so
must be their souls. And from the
assumption that an invisible, spiritual,
although solid, world coexists with the
Earth, Palmer drew a startling weather had been rough all day and he man had died from a crushed head; the
conclusion: “...I think that the flying landed in Fall River Mills, California, second man, practically cut in half, had
saucers are the spirits of the dead.” when it was just beginning to snow. He crawled to the base of a tree where he
As the tape ended, I reflected on was tying up his airplane when two or had died, according to a doctor who
this “dangerous theory.” It aptly drove three fellows at the airport approached visited the site, about 20 minutes after
out the extraterrestrial hypothesis as him and said that a plane had crashed the crash. This would have been the
the origin of UFOs, yet it seemed hollow near a ranch 6 miles out of town. approximate time that the farm family
and incomplete, mostly because of Because of his experience in search and had seen the second light.
P alm er’s dam nably fru stratin g , rescue, Arnold decided that he would Arnold added matter-of-factly that
purposely detracting statements that help, and he accompanied about 20 such lights are not unusual in his
immediately followed: “I don’t say that; I other men to the ranch, arriving experience. People involved in search
don’t say that at all...I don’t ask anyone approximately 20 to 30 minutes after and rescue have often seen globes of
to believe what I said.” the plane had gone down. light associated with dying or dead
Arnold removed the tape. Well, A farmer, his wife, and children people, and the same phenomenon has
what did he believe? Palmer had said on testified that they had heard the sound occurred at crash scenes in Idaho. As a
the tape that Arnold had been adamant of a plane before it suddenly went silent boy of seven, he himself had seen, along
that what he had seen in 1947 were near a meadow. Outside, the family saw with others, a globe of light in a room
machines. I wondered if Kenneth a globe of light the size of a basketball where the body of his g reat­
Arnold was a “nuts and bolts-er.” circling through the air near a draw. grandmother lay in state.
He shrugged his somewhat bowed This light was followed by a second one Spirits? Machines? Or something
shoulders as he sat facing me in a moments before the rescuers arrived, else?
wicker chair. “I don’t know what they which vanished, like the first, into the Arnold had his eighth sighting of
are, but I’ll tell you a story.” worsening snowstorm. UFOs in 1952 near Susanville,
The storm intensified so badly that California. What Arnold saw were two
THE ANECDOTES rescue was impossible until the apparent “craft,” one of which was
morning when an old Army training totally transparent. “They looked like
In the early fall of 1952 or 1953, plane and the dead bodies of two something alive,” he told me. “I’ve had
Arnold was flying to San Francisco. The college students were discovered. One the feeling with these things that they
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are aware of me, but they made no often in the summer, over the ocean, come forward, Arnold resented the
effort to come close.” and travelled on 180° headings with criticism they received from “mundane
I asked him whether these UFOs, little change of bearing at 30 miles an scientists.” In turn, he felt that any
then, are some kind of lifeform that has hour at 3,000 feet. The source of these criticism he received (until recently, he
the ability to assume the shape of a targets was invisible to the naked eye had flo.wn since 1932) was a criticism of
craft. He shrugged. At .best, what he and to aircraft sent aloft. In some cases, all pilots. Above all, Arnold disliked
saw were shaped like craft; but the targets split into two, which people impugning the professional
perhaps, he said, we are being visited in continued on ISO5 headings and then integrity of pilots who place the utmost
a mechanical sense. later merged together. Some targets emphasis on safe travel and the security
“It’s possible that intelligent life can came to a complete halt. The radar of their passengers. For these reasons,
make the journey from other galaxies. I expert never found a satisfactory he spoke out on the subject.
wouldn’t want to be selfish; I wouldn’t explanation for this phenomenon after However, what Arnold was left
deny that anything’s possible.” extensive study and the painstaking with after his public involvement with
Arnold related stories of UFO elimination of all possibilities. UFOs was frustration and hurt. “When
sightings experienced by other Arnold pointed out to me that the it happens to you, you’re completely
individuals in the Northwest and in radar station was later closed down helpless,” he discovered. He spent
Idaho. One that was particularly after military interest in reports of $30,000 of his own money in his private
intriguing concerned two disks that flew “mystery submarines” in the area and investigations of UFOs and related
over Mount Adams, Washington, and of objects seen leaving the ocean. phenomena. Out of that came strong
crashed in the trees, leaving behind a Arnold removed the last tape. clues that UFOs really exist, yet except
gelatinous substance and a sulphurous What did all this add up to, I asked him, for the rancher and the “fellow pitching
ordor. The foreman of a construction playing the student imploring the wise hay,” no one listed to him.
crew building a road for the county at teacher. Arnold was prepared for that, What puzzled him the most was
the base of the mountain scooped up a and later I would consider my question what people did with his experience —
sample of the substance in a jar. The very presumptuous. He handed me a ridicule it, criticize it, exploit it. Except
sample subsequently vanished into thin card. One sentence on it read: “Who for The Coming of the Saucers, which
air. but the Creator could have created so was privately printed and distributed,
great a man as the unbeliever?” and the modest profits which went to
THE TAPES Kenneth Arnold is certainly not a support research into UFOs or to aid
believer. Even if Ray Palmer’s theory of charity, Arnold never tried to write
As the afternoon lengthened, the “spirits of the dead” were true, about his experiences or to profit from
Arnold brought out tape recordings of Arnold knows that it wouldn't be them. His attitude has been "take it or
interviews he made with witnesses in accepted: “The status quo of religion is leave it.”
the late 1940’s of strange phenomena in so geared from an economic basis, a However, for Arnold to say that he
the skies. Three of these interviews hypnotic basis, that no one wants a hasn’t written about his experiences
concern flying men. simple explanation.” isn’t quite accurate although it is true
What was most striking about Arnold once sent President that he hasn’t attempted to get rich off
these interviews were the straight­ Dwight Eisenhower a telegram warning UFOs. Fate magazine published a
forward, detailed descriptions of the him that Americans were being visited series of articles written by him in its
objects, and the insistence of the by “other worlds.” Now, as the theories 1948 issues. In the spring issue, Arnold
witnesses that they had seen something of the origin and purpose of UFOs have recounted the Mount Rainier sighting
undeniably real. The mundane context changed, so has Arnold, and he admits, and his involvement in the Maury Island
of the experiences also seemed at best, that “it’s a complicated sort of incident in Tacoma, Washington, in
noteworthy. In one case, a woman had thing,” Even though “after 30 years, if which Capt. Davidson and Lt. Brown
been eating an orange and had gone to t h e r e ’s p ro o f [of U FO s] th e died while transporting purported
the kitchen sink to wash her hands government has it,” Arnold believes “fragments” of a UFO to Hamilton
when she thought she saw seagulls in that the world will probably never Field, California.
the air, but looking more closely, accept the reality of their existence In the summer issue, Arnold
noticed three men dressed in khaki since “we are so engrossed in economic presented a number of his own
suits and wearing helmets were flying in or selfish pursuits.” investigations into unconventional
the sky at the height and speed of an In part, Arnold sees his own fireballs in the Southwest; blue-green
airplane. involvement in the UFO controversy in “flashes,” UFOs, and mystery fires in
In a fourth interview , an terms of his responsibility to fellow the Pacific Northwest; and river­
electronics and radar expert spoke with professional pilots. From the very dwelling purple “globes” in Canada. In
Arnold about mysterious targets beginning, he saw that many pilots the fall issue, he described “phantom
observed at the Landing Aids would have liked to have stood up and lights” in Nevada. Additionally, some of
Experiment Station on the coastline in recounted their own sightings of Arnold’s other cases have come to light
Areata, California. These targets unexplained objects, but couldn’t (although sketchily) in the past few
appeared on radar for 3 years, most because of their jobs. Of those who did years, namely at the Fate magazine-
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sponsored First International UFO explore the possibility of serializing it. her story.
Congress in Chicago in 1977. Arnold told Pratt that he would want There is a clear lesson here for
As I was preparing to leave, Arnold the book run exactly as it was. Nothing Arnold, who — if no one else—
showed me a film can containing a 16­ should be deleted or added since the re c o g n iz e s th e value of his
mm movie that he had taken of a book presented exactly what he had experiences. Thus, he would demand,
glowing “cylinder” over Idaho Falls, experienced. Arnold ajso asked Pratt at minimum, a return on his original
Idaho, on July 9,1966, at 2 p.m. Arnold what his feelings were about UFOs. investment from anyone who wrote the
said that the object in some ways Pratt answered in complete serious­ full story of Kenneth Arnold.
looked like an atmospheric balloon. ness that UFOs were “the greatest This view isn’t surprising given the
However, the object was traveling discovery in the history of planet personal history of Arnold. “I’ve always
against winds of 45 to 80 mph blowing Earth.” And although Pratt did not been a do-er,” he said, A resourceful,
from the north-northwest. make a formal offer on the book, he independent, rugged man, Arnold
Despite the evidence for UFOs that asked Arnold if he would consider made it through the Depression, the
he has collected, Arnold is in no rush to $ 8 , 000. toughest years of his life, built his own
present it to the world. He considers To Arnold, UFOS are, at least, the business, his own house, his own
that he has lived on “hunches” his greatest aeronautical mystery in the planes, and because of a fateful
whole life and the time simply isn’t right. history of planet Earth and a subject moment near Mount Rainier and his
Besides, for Arnold the businessman, truly international in scope. He good conscience, was caught up in a
UFOs are a business proposition. considered P ra tt’s figure highly series of events that have added up to,
Several years ago the National unreasonable com pared to the plainly, “a pain in the neck.”
Enquirer showed interest in The $250,000 that Arnold knew the
Coming of Saucers. Arnold sent Bob Enquirer had paid one of President ® 1981 Greg Long
Pratt a copy of the book for him to John F. Kennedy’s mistresses to print

DIX-McGUIRE UPDATED
By Leonard Stringfield & Richard Hall

Both men are MUFON flown to Wright-Patterson for a engineer and brother of Richard) were
members. “debriefing,” instructed to remain present. Dr. John B. Carlson, Univ. of
silent, and shortly afterw ards Maryland astronomer and Fund Board
The former Air Force security transferred overseas, while his Member, was to have been present, but
policeman who claims to have colleagues who also witnessed the a postponement caused a schedule
witnessed a UFO incident on January event were shipped to various parts of conflict and he was out of town on the
18, 1978, involving military police at the world. date of the conference. William Hall, a
McGuire AFB, New Jersey and A preliminary report. on this former technical consultant to the
adjacent Fort Dix, and New Jersey incident (and many others) is included National Investigations Committee on
State Police, recently visited the in Stringfield’s 1982 “Status Report No. A e ria l P h e n o m e n a (N IC A P ),
Washington, D.C., area from overseas, Ill,” and a detailed follow-up report substituted since he had a number of
where he is employed and met with the appears in the MUFON 1985 UFO things in common with Morse
authors. The Fund for UFO Research Symposium Proceedings. * Over (including military police background
sponsored a mini-conference to bring several years, Morse remained and overseas duty stations) and would
Stringfield from Cincinnati, Ohio, and incommunicado, surfacing briefly at be able to judge Morse’s credibility as
have representatives of the Fund meet times in response to Stringfield’s he talked about his activities.
the witness to form their own communications. His silence, he said,
impressions of his credibility. was due to harassment and threats by NEW INFORMATION
T h e w itn e s s , J e f f M o rse officials as a result of talking to
(p s e u d o n y m ), h ad c o n ta c te d Stringfield. By prior arrangement, Morse
Stringfield in 1980 and described the T he F u n d -sp o n s o re d m in i­ remained incognito, using only his first
alleged events, including a non-human­ conference took place on January 24, name, but talked freely and responded
appearing body found near a deserted 1987, at a large shopping mall in the to questions by Maccabee and William
runway, allegedly shot by a Fort Dix Washington, D.C., area suburbs. In Hall. (The authors know his full name,
MP, crated up and hauled away on a addition to the authors and Morse, Dr. employment status, past biography,
special aircraft from Wright-Patterson Bruce S. Maccabee (Chairman of the etc.) During the questioning and review
AFB, Ohio. Afterwards, Morse was Fund) and William H. Hall (electronics of the alleged incident, Morse filled in
 details that were missing from his to Stringfield (reproduced in the
previous account, ' but offered no MUFON 1985 UFO Symposium REMOTED
startling new information. A number of P roceedings), obtained from a CONTROLLED UFO?
questions were clarified, and some new colleague still on active duty, has been
information (including claims that can disputed by the Air Force Office of In the summer of 1951, my great
be checked and proved or disproved) Special Investigations (AFOSI) on the aunt, Mrs. L.O. Bauerlein, saw a UFO
were offered. However, the authors grounds that the style and terminology from the front porch of her ranch home
were again impressed by Morse’s used — allegedly — does not follow on Benton Creek, six miles N.W. of
straightforw ardness and lack of proper Air Force style and is therefore Medina, Texas.
embellishment. probably a hoax. One of the key It was about 2:00 a.m. on a hot and
T he m o st sig n ifican t new statements made by AFOSI was that humid night in late July or early August,
information related by Morse, briefly, pay grades (E-2, E-3...) were given and Aunt Amie could not go to sleep.
was his claim that on a trip to the United instead of ranks (Corporal, Sergeant...) So, she slipped quietly out of bed, being
States to visit his family in October 1986 on the official form. careful not to wake Uncle Louie, and
he had been “detained,” while in Aside from the fact that Morse has walked out onto the front porch. (This
California, under obscure pretenses. claimed all along that this was a rough is a large open porch that runs the
Outraged, he filed a lawsuit against the draft “back room” copy subject to entire length of the house.)
California-based authority and notified review and revision, and that minor As she was admiring the clarity of
Stringfield by letter that he would errors would be corrected by the early morning sky, she spotted a
return to the United States in January responsible officials before the final small yellow light high above the
1987 for court appearances and, at that report was filed, the AFOSI statement windmill tower. (The windmill is about
time would be willing to meet him and is inaccurate. Pay grades, rather than 2Cf south of the corner of the porch.)
Dick Hall and a couple other well- ranks, are routinely filed in official Air The light was descending very slowly,
trusted friends to discuss the matter. Force reports. Two examples of this swinging back and forth like a
But, during Morse’s layover in the are an Air Force form reproduced in a pendulum. The object came down in
States he could learn nothing about the November 6, 1985 Congressional the front yard and stopped for a few
cause or reason for his detainment, nor hearing transcript (copy provided to seconds at a point approximately five
the identity of the source who dictated MUFON) and an Air Force Serious feet off the ground and ten feet from
the “pick up and hold” order. His legal Incident Report form on a 1973 case her. It made no sound at all.
probes, for some inexplicable reason, reproduced in Appendix A of Clear It was a circular device about six to
had been stalled in a tangle of red tape. Intent by Fawcett and Greenwood eight inches in diameter, and about one
Among other things discussed at (Prentice-Hall, 1984), labelled Figure 6. inch thick at the rim. A soft yellow glow
the mini-conference was the entire P a rtic ip a n ts of th e m in i­ came from the top and bottom of the
question of alleged harassment of UFO conference discussed ways of obtaining thing, but the one inch thick rim area
crash/retrieval witnesses, apparently in additional confirmation of the reported was bright orange in color. On top of
an attempt to intimidate them into 1978 event, and varius initiatives will be the rim was a small intense white light
silence. If Morse’s story is credible, he is undertaken to do so. Results will be that blinked on and off with a steady
potentially an important witness who reported periodically. pulse.
would tend to undermine the official As a result of the mini-conference, After hovering briefly, the object
cover-up. Unfortunately, this makes two additional persons (B. Maccabee floated erratically toward the N.E.
him vulnerable to retaliation (which and W. Hall) now have met and talked corner of the porch. Staying at about
may account for his detainment) and with Morse and can confirm that he is the same distance off the ground, the
inhibits his ability to lead a normal life. not a “fairy tale” or a figment of the object turned left at the end of the
Skepticism about crash/retrieval imagination. They are also now in a porch and disappeared around the
reports may be fully justified and position to help confirm or disconfirm north side of the house. My aunt ran to
entirely understandable on the part of his story. the end of the porch just in time to see
UFO “believers” and “disbelievers” the object shoot straight up into the sky
alike — unless they have met Jeff . at fantastic speed and vanish in
Morse or one of his many counterparts (Status Report No. Ill is available from the seconds.
face-to-face. Morse has now provided author for $11.00. Address 4412 Grove Ave,, -Richard Bauerlein
many additional leads that we intend to Cincinnati, O H 45227. The M U F O N 1985 U F O State Section Director
check, and we will report our findings Symposium Proceedings are available from
MUFON for $10.00 + $1-50 for postage and
Minnesota
objectively as new information is handling, Address 103 Oldtowne Rd., Seguin,
obtained. Texas 78155-4099.)
103 Oldtowne Rd.
AUTHENTIC? Seguin
M U F O N Texas 78155
Meanwhile, the authenticity of the
“Incident Report” form Morse supplied
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 data provided us verbally during is currently underway which, if
m eetings with these c o n tacts. successful, could bring about the
RESEARCH UPDATE Assurances have been given that add­ release of additional information
itional information can be made available through a major news media source in
By
to us over the next several months. the near future. This project has
William L. Moore
This information is being shared presently reached a delicate juncture
with the UFO community, and through and no further specifics can be
them, ultimately, with the public at provided at this time.
(Under auspices of Focus, the large, in anticipation that the resulting If for some reason our major effort
monthly newsletter of the Fair-Witness controversy will prove useful in further should not prove successful, it remains
Project, veteran UFO researcher and verifying the authenticity.of its contents nonetheless our intention to make
author William L. Moore recently and also in the hope that it will assist in available a lesser but still highly
released a 12-page packet of retrieved setting the stage for additional significant amount of information which
government documents pertaining to information to come. is already in hand and currently under
' UFOs. Several of the documents deal Recently a number of rumors have study. Once again, no further specifics
with Special Studies Project MJ-12 and circulated within the UFO community can be provided at this time.
Project Aquarius, thought to be the to the effect that some sort of major Meanwhile, any assistance which
supersecret government agency in release of information on UFOs is can be provided us in further
charge of UFO investigations. They imminent and that I am intimately researching this material will be most
bear headings which range from involved with it. At this time it is only appreciated.
“Confidential” to "Top Secret/Eyes possible to confirm that a careful effort
Only, ” and hail from sources as varied COPT OWE 0 ? ONE.
as the Air Force Office of Specia/
Intelligence (AFOSI), the CIA, and a
On 2* J u n e , 1947* a c i v i l i a n p i l o t f l y i n g o v e r th e C ascade
Presidential appointment calendar. Mounts 1no i n th e S t a t s o f W ashington o b serv ed n in e f l y i n g
Whether they are all legitimate remains d is c -s h a p e d a i r c r a f t t r a v e l i n g I n f o rm a tio n a t a h ig h r a t e
o f s p e e d . A lth o u g h t h i s wee n o t t h e f i r s t known s i g h t i n g
to be seen. o f ouch o b j e c t s . I t was th e f i r s t t o g a in w id e sp re a d a t t e n t i o n
In the meantime, interested I n th e p u b lic m ed ia. Hundreds o f r a p o r t a o f e lg h tln g o o f
s i m i l a r o b j e c t s fo llo w ed * Many o f th e s e came from h ig h ly
parties may contact Moore and FWP c r e d i b l e m i l i t a r y and c i v i l i a n a o u r o e e . T hese r e p o r t s r e s ­
at 4219 W. Olive St., Suite 247, u lte d lit In d ep e n d en t e f f o r t s by s e v e r a l d i f f e r e n t e le m e n ts
o f th e m i l i t a r y t o a e o e r t a l n th e n a t u r e and p u rp o se o f th e s e
Burbank, CA, 91505. The following o b je c ts i n th e I n t e r e s t s o f n a t i o n a l d e f e n s e . A number o f
cover letter is copyrighted 1987 by IV.L w itn e s s e s w ore l n t e r v l e t p d and t h e r e w ere s e v e r a l u n s u c c e s s f u l
a tte m p ts t o u t i l i s e a i r c r a f t I n e f f o r t s t o p u rsu e r e p o r te d
Moore Publications & Research. d ie s # I n f l i g h t . P u b lic re m o tio n b o r d e r e d on n e a r h y s t e r i a
Moore will also be the featured
banquet speaker at the 18th annual
MUFON Symposium to be held at
American University in Washington,
D.C., the weekend of June 26-28,
1987.)

Over the past 6 V2 years, through

aggressive means, I and ultimately
sev eral close a sso ciates have
succeeded in establishing a cooperative
relationship with a number of well-
placed contacts within the American
intelligence community. As a result,
certain information has been made
available which appears to pertain
directly to our government’s continuing
in v o lv e m e n t w ith th e U FO
phenomenon. Among this is both hard
and filmed copies of documentation,
several videotaped interviews and a
number of useful leads which, have
enabled us to independently uncover
additional supporting information.
The new information corroborates
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 NEWS’NVIEWS

CENTER FOR UFO STUDIES CA 94538. All of the booklets in this

NOW IN CHICAGO
series are valuable contributions to our
The J. Allen Hynek Center for understanding of the “modern” (post-
UFO Studies (CUFOS) has moved to a
IN OTHERS’ WORDS
1947) UFO situation. The series will
new location in Chicago. The new By apparently continue and it will ■be
office, located at 2457 W. Peterson, .interesting to see how many booklets
Lucius Farish
Chicago, II. 60659, provides more space are required to cover the flap year of
to house the Center’s extensive files of 1952!
UFO cases and its library of UFO Rumors abound concerning UFO
materials. With all the recent UFO reports books and manuscripts. In addition to
Founded by astronomer J. Allen and publicity about the subject, the the forthcoming book by Timothy
Hynek in 1973, CUFOS was the first NATIONAL ENQUIRER remains G ood, ABOVE TO P SECRET,
research facility established by a strangely silent. The April 28 issue Wendelle Stevens should soon have
scientist and dedicated to the contained a rehash of various historical four or five new titles available, ranging
investigation, research, and analysis of sightings. At any rate, UFOs are from UFO crash/retrieval reports
UFO reports. CUFOS maintains a “news” again, whether or riot the to more UFO abducitons in South
nationwide network of experienced ENQUIRER boards the bandwagon. America. Richard Hall’s SPACESHIPS
field investigators who follow up on The April 21 issue of WOMEN’S OF SPECTERS? has reportedly been
promising cases. WORLD has a “Whatever Happened submitted to Random House for
The Center also publishes a bi­ to UFOs” article quoting both skeptics consideration. Philip Imbrogno and the
monthly magazine of UFO news and and proponents. late Dr. J. Allen Hynek were preparing
commentary, the International UFO US for May 4 has an account of a manuscript dealing with the many
Reporter, edited by Jerome Clark, and Whitley Strieber’s experiences which sightings in the Northeastern states and
will soon resume publication of the led to the writing of COMMUNION, this will apparently be published.
scientific Journal of UFO Studies, to be including details of incidents at his Thomas E. Bullard is at work on a huge
edited by Michael Swords. Manhattan apartment which have not analysis of UFO abduction reports
The new office also houses the been detailed in previous interviews. which will be made available (in one
case files of the defunct National The May 11 issue of PEOPLE has a format or another) by the Fund for
Investigations Committee of Aerial rather lengthy article on ' Strieber’s UFO Research. The Fund will also have
Phenomena (NICAP), founded in 1957 COMMUNION, Hopkins’ INTRUD­ Robert Neeley’s chronology of ‘ the
by USMC Major Donald E. Keyhoe ERS and Kinder’s LIGHT YEARS, 1896-97 “airship” reports. Dr. David
(ret.). The NICAP files contain the giving details of the incidents chronicled Jacobs is at work on a second book.
original reports of many of the classic in these books. Ronald Story is hoping to either reprint
UFO cases of the 1950s and 1960s, Still more on Strieber and or revise THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
including the Socorro (N. Mex.) landing COMMUNION in Jerome 'Clark’s UFOs and is also planning a book
of 1964 and the Betty and Barney Hill article for the “Anti-Matter/UFO dealing with UFO abductions. More
abduction. news and rumors in later columns.
Update” column in April OMNI In the
For further informaiton, contact May issue, Clark returns with a
the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO synopsis of the “Kathie Davis”story After many delays the Frederick
Studies, 2457 W. Peterson, Chicago, II. from INTRUDERS, as well as additional V alen tich pilot case has been
60659; (312) 271-3611. information relating to Budd Hopkins’ published by the L.D.A, Press in Los
abductions research. Altos, Calif. TitledMe/boumeEpisode*
Those who have been obtaining A Case Study of a Missing Pilot by
the series of booklets on UFO history
MUFON by Loren Gross will want to know that
Richard F. Haines, Ph.D., it is a
definitive report on the circumstances
103 Oldtowne Rd. two additional booklets are now su rro u n d in g th e young m a n ’s
available. Copies of UFOs: A disappearance, followed by possible
Seguin, Texas HISTORY, 1950; August-December alternative explanations. For copies of
78155 and UFOs; A HISTORY; 1951 may be this book please write to Dr. Haines at
obtained from Gross for $6.00 each. His 325 Langton Avenue, Los Altos, Calif.
address is: 690 Gable Drive - Fremont, 94022. '
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 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON UNIDENTIFIED
AERIAL PHENOMENA: 1947 -1987

Dates: June 26,27 & 28, 1987

Location: The American University, Washington, DC.
Annual MUFON UFOSymposium, hosted by Fund for UFO Research
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday, June 26, 7:00 p.m.: Reception, International Relations Building.
(Registration desk on-site for those not registered in advance.)
Saturday, June 27:
7:30 a.m. • on, Registration, Ward Circle Building
8:30 a.m. ■Opening remarks, Bruce S. Maccabee,Ph.D., Host Chairman
and Walter H. Andrus, Jr., International Director
9:00 a.m. - 12 Noon:
From Arnold to Hynek: The End of an Era byDavidM. Jacobs, Ph.D.
The Italian Scene, 1947-1987: A Roundup by Dr. Roberto Pinotti
Scientific Approach and Results of Studies Into Unidentified
Aerospace Phenomena in France by J-J. Velasco
Correlation Between the UFO Phenomenon and Its Associated
Entities by Captain Daniel A. Perisse (Argentina)
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch Break.
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
UFO Research in Britain by Hilary Evans
UFOs and India: Ancient and Contemporary by Kanishk Nathan
A Historical Survey of UFO Cases in Chile by J. Antonio Huneeus
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.:
Contributed papers presented in two parallel sessions.
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.: Banquet (not included in $30 per person cost of
registration; seating limited, make reservations at $20 per person).
Banquet Speaker: William L. “Bill” Moore, author of The Roswell
Incident and noted UFO crash/retrieval investigator.
8:30 p.m. to -- (probably when American University closes and locks up
Ward Circle Building for the night):
 Panel discussion on Abduction Cases featuring Budd Hopkins
(author of Missing Time and Intruders), Whitley Strieber (author of
Communion), Eddie Bullard (abduction case catalogue and analysis
sponsored by the Fund for UFO Research) and others to be
announced.
Sunday, June 28:
8:30 a.m.: Displays, films, book sales, etc. open.
10:00-11:00 a.m.:
Contributed papers in parallel sessions.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon:
History and Cultural Interpretations of UFOs in Southern Africa,
1947 - 1987 by Cynthia Hind
The UFO Mystery in Australia by Bill Chalker
9:00 a.m. -12:00 noon: Mutual UFO Network, Inc. Board of Directors
Meeting. (Private).
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch Break
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.:
Forty Years of Ufology in Sweden by Bertil Kuhlemann
Ufology in Uruguay and Brazil by Willy Smith, Ph.D.
The History of UFOs in Canada by Stanton T. Friedman
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.: Panel discussion on UFOs, theU.S. Air Force, and other
governments responses to the UFO question. Participants will
include U.S. and forgeign national representatives most
knowledgable about the actions and reactions of their respective
governments to UFO reports: Panelists will include Barry J.
Greenwood (co-author of Clear Intent); Bill Moore, Stanton
Friedman, Jenny Zeidman, Bill Chalker, and others.
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.: Final Contributed papers.
A total of 24 contributed papers have been submitted for the three
scheduled parallel sessions. Some of these contributed papers will
be presented by: Dr. James W. Deardorff, Tom Benson, Dr. Virgilio
Sanchez-Ocejo, Vincent Di Pietro, Donald R. Schmitt, Thomas E.
Bullard, Barry J. Greenwood, Dr. Daniel H. Harris, Dr. Bertil
Kuhlemann, Stanton T. Friedman, and many others.
Note: A schedule of contributed papers will be available at the symposium
along with the program agenda.
 Air Corp officers at Maxwell Air Force new.”
Base, Alabama, (Capt. W.H. Kayko, ★ ★ ★ 1
LOOKING BACK Capt. J.H. Cantrefi, Capt. Redman, Twenty Years A go-June 1967: On
and 1st Lt, T. Dewey).observed a bright the night of the 13th, Mrs. Gertrude
By ' light zig-zagging across the sky and Purdue was sitting on the front porch of
Bob Gribble making 90-degree turns at high rates of the .family home in Summerdaie, PA.
speed. They watched the tight for about Donald (Butch) Purdue, Jr., 23, was
25 minutes. stretched out on the ground across the
O n the following day at 1:15 PM, driveway. Suddenly a rotating egg­
Gribbie directs a national UFO four witnesses, including Dr. C.J. Zohn shaped craft as big as a car approached
hotline in Seattle. The following and Curtis C. Rockwood — both their home. The object stopped in mid­
column will be a continuing feature missile experts at the Naval Research air and hovered overhead. A brilliant
in the MUFON UFO Journal Laboratory, White Sands Missile , light radiated .from the object, bathing
Range, New Mexico, observed a large the house and lawn in a eerie glow.
Forty Y ears A go-June 1947: Prior silver disc or sp h ere moving Caught in the glare, Mrs. Purdue found
to Kenneth Arnold’s highly publicized horizontally at high speed. It had no she couldn’t move: She was holding the
sighting there were more than 27 protruding surfaces such as wings. On porch banister and tried to get up, but
reported sightings of over 100 UFOs for the same afternoon, two U.S. Army Air she couldn’t.
the period of June 1st thru the 23rd. On Corp pilots at Hamilton Field, CA, Butch tried to get up from the
the 23rd Pacific Coast veteran pilot, reported two disc-shaped craft trailing a grass and also discovered he couldn’t
Richard Rankin, observed 10 disc­ P-80 aircraft and following it toward move. He weighed 260 pounds and was
shaped craft over Bakersfield, CA, Oakland. On June 30th, Lt. William G. six-feet two inches tall. But as soon as
doing about 400 MPH. That was at 2 McGinty, a U.S. Navy pilot, was flying the light shown he just couldn’t lift his
PM, about 24-hours before Arnold’s near Williams Air Base, AZ, when he arms or legs. The craft was right over
report. Rankin, with 7000 hours in the sighted two gray, circular craft about him. Then as suddenly as it had come,
air, though the discs were 9000 feet eight feet in diameter, moving at the craft zoomed up into the starry
up. On the morning of the 24th, a “inconceivable” speed, dive straight night sky — giving off a high-pitched
Portland, OR, prospector —working in down from 20,000 feet to ground whining sound — and vanished like a
the Cascade Mountain Range in level and disappear from view. streak. As its glow receded and went
Oregon — observed a group of five or In June 1947, some fifty reports out, strength and mobility poured back
six “round, metallic-looking discs” as were made of silvery balls flying in the into the Purdues. For the Purdue family
they banked in the sun about 1000 feet skies of Hungary. And, according to the terrifying-episode was but one of
overhead. They were about 30 feet in pilots of the Norwegian Air Lines, three they experienced during the week
diameter. While the discs were missile-like objects had been clocked of June 11-17 — a week that heralded a
overhead, Johnson's compass weaved flying as fast as 6700 MPH, moving as fantastic summer-long explosion of
wildly back and forth. The discs were in high as 25,000 feet and as low as treetop UFO sightings in central and south­
view for about 60 seconds. level. The 6700 MPH clocking was central Pennsylvania.
Later than afternoon, at 2:58 PM, witnessed and timed by the President of ★ * * \ r
another highly experienced pilot, the N orw egian A irline P ilo ts Ten Y ears Ago-June 1977: Dale
Kenneth Arnold, observed nine, bright Association. Schexnaider, 26, had spent the day
disc-shaped craft while flying near Mt. T hirty Y ears A go-June 1957: fishing and swimming at Cotile Lake,
Rainier, Wash, Arnold clocked the Something very strange was going on in LA. It was about 11 PM on the 17th.
discs at an estimated speed of 1200 space 70 miles above the southern end Suddenly he became aware of an ultra­
MPH. Two minutes after Arnold’s of New Zealand’s South Island. Puzzled low frequency humming sound. He
sighting, Sidney B. Gallagher of scientists ruled out the Soviet earth looked up and hovering motionlessly
Mineral, Wash., (20 miles southwest of satellite. Dr. Michael Gadsen, an above the tree line was a disc-shaped
Mt. Rainier) observed nine disc-shaped authority on auroral activity, said craft with a bubble-like top. He
craft moving across the sky at a high mysterious objects had been observed estimated the craft to be 75 feet across
rate of speed. Following Arnold’s on International Geophysical Year and 50 feet above him. Two children
sighting the news outlets around the radar screens. The IGY radar has a with him also saw the disc. The craft
world were full of flying object reports, maximum range of 1200 miles into began to glow and shown a bright
some from highly credible witnesses. outer space. He said the objects had “studio-type” floodlight on the
Lt. E.B. Armstrong, U.S. Army Air been running about, first traveling threesome. It then directed several
Corp was flying an F-51 30 miles north, then doubling back on their path. deep-blue rays of light at them. They
northwest of Lake Meade, Nevada, on Gadsen said he believed the objects appeared to strike them in the solar
the 28th at 1:15 PM. He observed five or “could be a little man steering around plexus. It was an intense, electric,
six disc-shaped craft, three feet in up there or ionized particles rushing silver-blue thin beam, three to five of
diameter, flying in tight formation. At about. The fact is, we don’t know what
9:20 PM the same day, four U.S. Army is going on up there, it’s something (continued on page 14)
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Clarkson & Johnson

RECENT SIGHTINGS
Ret . Capt, Nash
(Note: We are releasing this report us.,.1 thought that it was a plane that on the object was similar to that of a
in the hopes that publicity about the was going to come down on the helicopter, the men contend that the
sighting will encourage others who may highway.” object made no sound despite its low
have witnessed the same event to As they drove toward the object a altitude. In describing the silhouette of
come forward and provide additional bright red light became visible beneath the object, both stated that it was
information. The witnesses request the white lights. The driver pulled over difficult to see because of the brightness
that their names not appear in print but next to a guard rail and the passenger of the lights, but they were certain that
are willing to have their report made jumped out of the vehicle to watch. As it did not have the wings or body of a
public. For further information, you the driver was getting out of the vehicle, conventional aircraft.
may contact James E. Clarkson, (533­ the passenger observed the object roll After the UFO passed over the
7587), the MUFON Field Investigator, slightly in a counter-clockwise direction truck it continued moving slowly down
in Aberdeen, Washington, or Donald and then right itself. The driver noticed the road. The driver and passenger got
A. Johnson (822-6609), the Washington at this point that a few other cars back in the truck because the driver
State Director for MUFON, in passed them: “I saw that the cars were wanted to drive down the road to a
Kirkland, Washington. People who going slow. 1 don’t know if it was cam pground so he could pull
wish to report a UFO sighting are because I pulled over or if they saw completely off the road. The passenger
urged to call the UFO Reporting what we saw.” was still watching it out the rear
Center, (206) 722-3000, a 24-hour Both witnesses stated that the window. After the object travelled
number, in Seattle.) object passed directly overhead at a about a half mile down the road, it
very low altitude, estimated by them as suddenly stopped, and without turning
no more than 200 feet. The two men, around, reversed direction to follow the
Two men on a camping trip interviewed separately, had similar witnesses’ truck.
sighted what they described as a descriptions of the object. The driver “My God, it’s coming after us,” the
“manta ray” shaped UFO on Saturday stated that its silhouette was like a passenger said. The driver looked back
night {March 7,1987) near Aider Lake, “ flounder” fish. The passenger and saw that the UFO was approaching
about two miles west of the town of Elbe described it as a “manta ray” or "stealth at a much greater speed than when it
on the road to Mount Rainier. The aircraft”: had first passed over their vehicle. The
object made no sound and passed very “When it went over I saw that it driver sped up to get to the
low over their pickup truck, stopped, had a bright red light in the center. It campground. Just before the UFO
and without turning reversed direction wasn’t blinking or anything. It had a reached the truck it veered off to the
and appeared to chase the witnesses’ small bright light on the back. When I north.
truck east- down Highway 7. When it saw it overhead the first thing that 1 “1 looked back and...it took off to
was close behind and above the pickup thought of was a stealth aircraft or a my left over the hills. The highway runs
truck, the UFO veered off sharply to manta ray.” at the edge of the lake just below the line
the north and accelerated very fast, of hills. There’s heavy woods on the
over the hilltops, and out of sight. The NO HELICOPTER hills. It took off at a very high rate of
entire incident lasted about three speed and that’s the last we saw of it.”
minutes. 1 • \ The two white lights on the objects The witnesses, age 42 and 36, were
The two men had left their favorite were reported to be very bright. “It interviewed separately by James
fishing spot and were on their wiay to looked just like the landing lights of a Clarkson of Aberdeen, Washington, a
the small community of Elbe to pick up 747 or a large aircraft,” said the driver. police officer and investigator for the
some groceries and, firewood for “They were like the spotlights on a tank Mutual UFO Network (MUFON),
camping out. The weather had been that I saw in Vietnam,” reported the headquartered in Seguin, Texas. He
clear all day and at approximately 7:30 passenger, age 36. “The part that described the men as sober and
p.m., they were not far from Alder Lake amazed me was when they dimmed. somewhat reluctant to report the
and nearing the town when they first They dimmed to a point where it looked incident. It is his opinion that both men
spotted the lights over the highway like they were going to go off.” The were trying to relate exactly what had
ahead of them. _ ‘ ■' dimming of the two bright white lights occurred to them. Both witnesses
“1 looked ahead and saw two big allowed them to see the red light and admitted that they were scared by the
white lights,” said the driver: “They the other white “tail” light. experience* but that they were also
were right over the highway ahead of Although the lighting configuration intensely curious.
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 They both freely admit they don’t
know what it was they saw.
★ ★ ★

(T he follow ing report w as

submitted by retired Pan American
Airline Captain William B. Nash, Sr.
Nash, it might be remembered, was
behind the controls of a Pan Am DC-4
approaching Norfold, UA, on July 14th,
1952, when he and Second Officer
William Fortenberry spotted six red
fights streaking toward their aircraft at
a slightly lower altitude. “Their shape
was clearly outlined and evidently straight up. I looked and saw what he was also true of Jacksonville, Tampa,
circular,” Nash reported. “The edges was looking at.- and Key West weather reports.
were well-defined, not phosphorescent It was a large clo u d lik e My wife, Eva-Marie, wonders if
or fuzzy in the least. ” “ S o m e th in g ” sh a p e d like th e “our visitors” have developed a way to
The six were soon joined by two accompanying , drawing, which was become almost invisible in our
similar objects which appeared from moving steadily on a directly North to atmosphere, thus accounting for a
underneath Nash’s plane. In echelon South heading. It appeared to be a thin decrease in reported sightings. Wonder
formation, the lights of all eight winked cbud, but it kept its form and there was what took them so long?
out then back on. They disappeared in no movement of its “surface.” We do
not recall seeing the stars through it. LOOKING BACK, Continued
the West at a high rate of speed, them, centered on their bodies. The
gracefully arcing upwards, their lights Its light intensity was that of a
medium intensity star. Had we not three observers could hardly move.
going out one by one. Nash later In a few moments their entire
estimated the objects were 100 feet in beenk looking up, we would not have
seen it. There was not enough light bodies glowed in the eerie blue aura.
diameter and traveling at a speed of After about ten seconds all of the lights
approximately 12,000 mph. They were contrast with the sky to attract one’s
attention. There was no sound. The vanished instantly. Then the craft
in view an approximate 15 seconds. moved away and the humming sound
Following the report radioed by general sound level was distant auto*
traffic. It was large. It subtended an faded. “It’s an incredible feeling to see
Fortenberry, the two observers were something like that. You can sense the
interviewed at 7 AM the following angle from the viewer’s viewpoint of
about 15 degrees. It appeared about as intelligence. The cultural shock right at
morning by Air Force personnel, only first is the most evident thing,”
one of whom was in uniform. Flashing large as the World’s largest bomber
would appear if it were flying at about Schexnaider said. “Your values
ID cards and badges, the other four change. You realize there’s someone
represented themselves as Special 2000 feet.
There was no way of guessing its out there with incredible technology.
Investigators, USAF. It’s got to change you.”
Project Blue Book classified the altitude. If it Were a bomber at 2000 to
sighting as “unexplained.” Harvard 3000 feet, its speeed looked to be about Lawrence Fawcett and Barry J.Greenwood
250 miles per hour. Of course the

CLEAR
astronomer Dr. Donald H. Menzel, in
lengthy correspondence with Nash, “something” could have been much
proposed and discarded a series of higher and therefore travelling at a

INTENT
explanations, including fireflies trapped much greater speed.
between panes in the cockpit windows We watched it go from straight
(!). Eventually he settled on ground light overhead, over our roof and eventually
sources distorted by haze and the disappear into the bright lights in the
ubiquitous temperature inversion. distance over Fort Myers Beach, all the
The following sighting was made time keeping its precise shape. We had
by Nash Sr. and William B. Nash, Jr., moved around alongside of our house
age 14, outside their Fort Meyers, FL, to watch it until it was lost to view.
home the night o f February 1st, 1987. Though it was cloud-like it seemed
The weather was clear, with no visible slightly luminous. There was a lA Moon
clouds.) or less, about 25 degrees above the THE GOVERNMENTCOVERUP
horizon in the West. OF THE UFO EXPERIENCE
We were outside on our front A check with the local aviation What does the government know
driveway, picking out and naming stars. weather bureau confirmed that there about UFOs and why won’t it tell us?
I was looking East, when Billy said, was no inversion, — that there was a
With a foreword by Dr. J. Allen Hynek
“What’s that, Dad?”, and he pointed linear scale going up to 39,000 feet. This
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 PARANET CLASSIFICATION
B y J a m es J. S p eiser

In the April 1987 issue of the regardless of the rating agent’s information than “12," which becomes
Journal, Don Berliner outlines a propensity to believe what is reported. redundant and ra th e r akin to
method of prioritizing UFO sighting Similarly, th e P factor is a multiplying house numbers.
reports, by calibrating Dr. Hynek’s representation of the soundness of all 4) Greater consistency. Under
Strangeness/Probability matrix to evidence presented to support the Berliner’s system, the Socorro, NM
types of sightings and evidence case, including eyewitness testimony, sighting appears to be nearly twice as
presented, each on a scale of one to ten, photographs, radiation readings, etc. valuable as the recent Cash/Landrum
then multiplying the two factors to Ideally, it should not be influenced by case. I think most would agree that the
obtain a “sighting coefficient." He the S factor. There is a temptation to Cash/Landrum case has much more
proposes this as a method of modify the P (actor inversely with the S going for it in terms of overall evidential,
concentrating “our efforts on those factor; that is, the more far-out the value.
reports which may contain information report, the less “credible” it becomes. 5) The system is dynamic. A case’s
of long-term value..." This is unavoidable with certain cases, Hynek rating can and will change with
I quite agree with Mr. Berliner’s such as when a witness reports seeing a the input of new evidence, correlation
objectives, and believe there is merit to flying saucer with the letters “UFO” with other sightings, the confession of a
the system he has suggested. My emblazoned on the side. Generally, hoax, etc. This continuous state of
organization, Paranet, has for the past however, the two factors should be change reflects the dynamic nature of
year used a similar system for weighing judged independently of one another. Ufology itself, and can serve to increase
UFO reports as a method of interest in cases from prior years that
determining usefulness. The only major may merit renewed examination.
ADVANTAGES
cosmetic difference in our system is 6) It is likely that no two
that a scale of one to five is used, and the organizations or investigators will
two ratings are not multiplied together. The most obvious functional assign the same Hynek rating to a
Our system, called the Hynek difference is that this system is more particular case. While such disparity
Rating System, is calibrated as follows: subjective. It is not dependent on can be confusing, it can also inspire
Strangeness Factor S i - S5: categorization based on specific more public discussion in search of
SI: Explainable or explained. elements of the case; rather it calls fora equilibrium. It can also lead to a “rating
S2: Probably explainable with more more general judgement of how useful of the raters;” for example, an agency
data. the various elements are to the that consistently assigns higher ratings
S3: Possibly explainable, but with advancement of our knowledge. Saying may be perceived by some as being
elements of strangeness. that any CE-1II is an S8 (under Berliner’s “too credulous.” Similarly, rating cases
S4: Strange; does not conform to system) hasn’t told us much; it has towards the explainable end of the
known principles. simply redefined the terms. scale can quickly get one branded as
S5: Highly strange; suggests Other possible advantages of our “too skeptical.”
intelligent guidance. system include: 7) More correctly indicates the
Probability Factor: PI - P5: 1) Easier to commit to memory; anomalistic nature of the phenomenon.
PI: Not Credible or Sound more compact. An investigator or The highest score on Berliner’s K/U
P2: Unreliable; smacks of hoax organization can assign a Hynek rating system was 27 out of a possible 100, and
P3: S o m e w h a t c r e d i b l e or to a case practically off the top of their he is correct when he asserts, “This
indeterminate head. seems to make it clear that there is a
P4: Credible; Sound. 2) Easily absorbs new types of severe lack of reports which could be
P5: Highly Credible; leaving almost sightings, or new categories of used to convince scientists, legislators
no doubt. evidence. As Berliner points out, crash/ and the general public that we are
The Hynek Rating of a class is retrievals and abductions are not dealing with something so unusual that
stated as the combined S and P factors, accounted for under his system, and it deserves immediate attention.” This
for example S4/P2; except cases that would be less easy to categorize. is perhaps due to the high end of each
have been explained need only be 3) Separate factors have more scale being calibrated to unusual,
stated as SI. meaning than one coefficient. Under a m b i g u o u s , or n o n - e x i s t e n t
The S factor of a report is simply a Berliner’s system, how does one judge a events/evidence. For example, he
statement of the report’s prima facie “24?” Is it a 3X8, a 6X4, ...? Stating a assigns CIO to “live television.” Under
departure from known principles, case as S3/P4 yields more immediate that criteria, there is probably no hope
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of ever proving the existence of ball
li ght nin g, e i t h e r . U n d e r t h e
ParaNet/Hynek system, several cases
CASE EXAMPLES
qualify for the highest rating, S5/P5, as
we shall see. (By the way, ! question 1947 Kenneth Arnold, Mt. Rainier, WA S4/P3
Berliner’s implication that professional 1948 Thomas Mantel!, Godman ABB, KY S2/P5
photography has more evidential 1950 Trent Photos, McMinnville, OR S5/P4
weight than that of amateurs. I should 1952 Washington DC radar/visuals ■ S5/P5
think professionals would be more 1957 Car Stoppings, Levelland, TX S5/P5
adept at techniques that could fool the
1964 Lonnie Zamora, Soccorro, NM S5/P3
unwary investigator.) 1966 “Swamp Gas,” Dexter, MI S3/P5
As Mr. Berliner says, the proof is 1973 Coyne Helicopter, OH S5/P5
in the pudding. Below are some of the 1979 TV Film, New Zealand S3/P3
cases he presents in the article, with 1980 Cash/Landrum Injuries S5/P4
the corresponding Hynek rating as
assigned by ParaNet. And to further illustrate (and perhaps infuriate), here are a
(I’m certain many will disagree with few more:
these ratings/ They certainly are not
etched in stone, and the system is not 1975 Billy Meier, Switzerland S5/P1
the sole property of ParaNet. Others 1980 .Bentwaters, UK S5/P3
are free to assign their own Hynek 1983 Hudson Valley Boomerangs, NY S4/P5
ratings, and perhaps some meaningful 1986 JAL Alaska 1 S2/P2
dialogue, will ensue.) 1987 JAL Alaska 2 SI ■ice
I, too, invite comment on this crystals
system, and perhaps some synthesis of
the two systems can be worked out.

INTRUDERS: A REVIEW
By Richard Hall
Richard Hall is a former editor for its own sake or to “sell newspapers.” stage is forced to come up with a better
of the Journal and a frequent But they will be wrong. Hopkins clearly explanation if he or she. can. His
contributor to these pages. understands what the results of his method and expository style is sensible,
investigations and research sound like, methodical, and thoughtful.
This eerie story, laid out so but he has the courage to state them
carefully and logically by Budd Hopkins anyway. The important thing is that he THERAPY
in building-block fashion, is the ultimate has objectively (if reluctantly at times,
refutation of the simplistic skeptical like many of us) followed the evidence Then there is his role as a
view that UFO witnesses are religious where it leads. He is an empirical therapist, as many or most abductees
seekers of “saviors from space.” What investigator in the best scientific need. Here, too, he acts responsibly
the abductees (literally uicftms of tradition. and with care for the feelings of the
abduction by alien-appearing beings) Here we have an artist and abductees and the traumatic effects of
have experienced has been frightening sculptor who acts “more scientifically their experiences. Too many laymen
and confusing; not at all anything than the scientists” when it comes to attempt to be “therapists," probably
desirable or pleasant. The experiences UFOs, and his techniques and ethical with the best intentions in the world,
have been nothing that they sought, principles in handling the abductees are but may do more harm than good.
and certainly nothing that gave them admirable. Anticipating the skeptical Hopkins has the good sense to consult
any comfort. reactions his work will evoke, Hopkins professional psycholgists, psych­
If his thesis is stated bluntly, it forces the reader to listen to the iatrists, and medical experts for
sounds like the banner headline of a witnesses and vicariously experience guidance.
supermarket tabloid. No doubt there the emotional content of their stories, The abduction phenomenon is
will be many people (not only the and to “see for themselves" as the now out of the closet, and we will all
established knee-jerk skeptics) who stories — and supporting evidence — have to come to grips with it in one way
write it off as just that: sensationalism unfold. As a result, the reader at each or another. As Hopkins concludes,
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either it is an extraordinary universal carefully speculates on what the This book is not for the squeamish;
psychological phenomenon heretofore ultimate purposes might be. Most many people won’t want to hear what
totally unrecognized, or the abductees- importantly for the average person’s he has to say. Nevertheless, whether
essentially are reporting real events. understanding and assimilation of the we like it or not, the presentation is
Neither Government nor religion is biza rr e, dis turbing, a n d even ultimately very convincing. It is no
likely to supply the answers. The frightening information he presents, exaggeration to say that this is a
intervention of psychologists and other Hopkins concludes that there is no profound book; not only one of the
behavorial scientist professionals on a evidence of overt hostility or evil most instructive books on the potential
large scale is sorely needed, especially if intentions. Instead, the supposed aliens meaning and significance of UFOs, but
th e av era ge citizen tu r n s to are psychologically different and a also possibly a giant contribution to
“authorities” for an explanation. mutual learning experience is in human enlightenment.
H opkins’ findings are that progress. The aliens have intervened in In a sort of reverse way, it may also
manifestly alien beings are studying family lives, acro ss time and be an important statement of what is
human reproductive processes and generations, revisiting particular good and what should be cherished
apparently engaging in “ genetic “victims” many times. They do so, he about being human.
experimentation” in an offensively suggests, because we have something
personal and intrusive way. He they need.

BETTY
s '
HILL’S
' _
LANDING SITE’
By J.P, Oswald

The recent appearance in the could predict, nothing happened. been relatively slow from about 1975
MUFON UFO JOURNAL of three Throughout a lengthy period following until the present. Nevertheless, it would
commentaries regarding Mrs, Betty Hill the attempted contact, Betty gave me not be unreasonable to think that
and her “landing site” (W. Webb, descriptions of the numerous sightings persistent nocturnal UFO hunting in
March 1986; Dr. J.K. Long, June 1986; (to me all very questionable) she was the Exeter vicinity could be rewarded
and W. Laporte, August 1986) prompts making near the soon-to-be “landing with an authentic sighting. Since I
me to write, inasmuch as the location of site,” and finally I returned to that place moved here in 1969, I have made one
this alleged UFO activity falls within the on 4/15/77 with her and others sighting of a proabably, nocturnal UFO
small geographical area of my including a military officer. To my light event.
investigative research, and since I, too, amazement, Mrs. Hill was by then
have had firsthand experience with seeing as landed UFOs pole lights, and OTHER REPORTS
Mrs. Hill. In fact, it was I who chose the so forth which is precisely the sort of
exact place of what has subsequently lights mentioned by W. Webb in the The credibly reported UFO events
become known as the “landing site.” account of his 1978 outing with Betty. from the New Hampshire seacoast
Betty had suggested to me that we Thus, b ased on my total region feature close encounters at night
attempt to contact the Aliens. I agreed, experience with Mrs. Hill, I wish to with apparent nuts-and-bolts flying,
saying that 1 knew of a good place; express my concurrence with Mr. objects of classical body types (mostly
owing to its relative remoteness, view of Webb's general assessment for the disks). According to my analysis the
the sky, convenience to her routine evident reality of the Hills’ original concentration of these good local UFO
travels, and proximity to sites of reliably encounter and for a probable casual sightings results as a natural
reported close encounters. But I also relation between that and the consequence when they conduct their
(probably unwisely) told Betty in all unfortunate developm ents under surveillance of the nearby Strategic Air
candor of some of the UFO activity discussion. O ne should further Command Base (i.e., Pease AFB at
from that immediate area. understand that apart from the Newington, N.H.). For this purpose
towering fiction of this “landing site” they fly low, beneath radar coverage,
ATTEMPTED CONTACT there definitely exists an astonishing and at night to avoid detection as they
concentration of reliably reported close wait under the Pease landing pattern,
She readily agreed to the specific encounters — not landings — in the which passes almost directly above
site, at the intersection of a gravel road New Hampshire seacoast (Exeter, Exeter, N.H.
and a railroad, and we set the time for N.H.) region (i.e., context of the My investigation at Exeter of the
attempted contact at 8:00 p.m., E.S.T. “landing site”). And despite this latter many significant close encounter cases
on Feb. 15,1974. Betty and 1were there fact, the rate of local reporting,
alone that night at 8:00 p.m.; as one exclusive of Hill and associates, has
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 LANDING SITE’, Continued
gives no indication that the UFOs are in
any wise not “seeable.” And for
whatever PK effects that may have
THE NIGHT SKY
been demonstrated, which one can By Walter N. Webb
presume does not include the instant MUFON Astronomy Consultant
creation- of a commercial airliner with
crew and passengers, 1 fail to see why
we should seriously consider that Betty
Hill and her friends or acquaintances JULY 1987
are producing Alien spaceships in East
Kingston, N.H., through feats of Bright Planets (Evening Sky):
aberrant psychology. Are we to think
that these super-intelligent Aliens have Mars, moving from Gemini into Cancer, sets in the WNW about 9:30 PM early
their schedules preempted by Mrs. Hill? in the month. Shining feebly at magnitude +1.8, the red planet becomes
To me it is infinitely more increasingly difficult to glimpse at dusk. Use binoculars.
reasonable to think that i/Betty and her
associates ever actually see a real UFO Saturn, in Ophiuchus, remains bright at magnitude +0.2. It lies south at dusk
it is simply one from the sample of those and progresses westward after dark.
that have for years been reported near
Exeter by reliable people. Bright Planets (Morning Sky):
R e g a r d i n g Mr. L a p o r t e ’s
discussion, again, I would raise the Venus rises only three-quarters of an hour before the Sun in mid-July and only
question of what is actually seen half an hour before by month’s end. The brilliant planet (magnitude -3.9),
through Mrs. Hill’s “window,” and however, is so low in the ENE and so near the Sun that binoculars may be
remind him of the history at Exeter, required to find it.
with its relatively slow sighting rate for
recent years. Finally 1would emphasize Jupiter, in Pisces, dominates the morning sky at magnitude -2.4. The planet
the Pease-connection as opposed to a giant rises in the east shortly after midnight in midmonth and is high in the SEat
supposed Quartz connection. The dawn. The last-quarter Moon is near it on the 18th.
State of N.H. (N.H. Dept, of Resources
and Economic Development, Concord, Saturn sets in the WSW about 3 AM in mid-July.
N.H. 03301) has issued various
publications relating to the geology of Meteor Shower; .
the N.H. seacoast.
If some, of these are not easy to Conditions are excellent this year for the Delta Aquarids as there is no Moon
interpret it is clear that the Exeter interference during maximum on the morning of July 29. The expected rate is
Diorite is not “a bed of quartz,” and one about 20 meteors per hour before dawn. Some members of the shower can be
should read Clinton-Newbury Fault seen from around mid-July to mid-August. Although these “slow" meteors with
Zone rather than Clinton-Newburg long trails radiate from Aquarius in the south, observers should search the
Fault. Note that the Exeter diorite whole sky; the streaks of light do not appear until they are some distance away
pluton consists in substantial portions from the radiant point.
of only a few percent ■of' quartz
(Novotny and Meyers, 1969, for the Moon Phases:
State of N.H.; The Geology of the
Seacoast Region, N.H., pp. 16-17 and First' quarter - July 4
Table 7). Full moon - July 10
In my opinion, geological faults, Last quarter ** July 17
quartz, and earthquakes have no New Moon - July 25
importance for the understanding of
the Exeter, N.H. area UFO activity. The Stars:
© 1987 J.P. Oswald While the constellations of spring retreat into the west, the Summer Triangle
ascends higher in the SE after nightfall. The stars in the triangle are Vega,
Deneb, and Altair.
MUFON The southern sky during July features two prominent patterns, Scorpius the
](B OLDTOWNE RD. Scorpion and Sagittarius the Archer. The farther south you live, the higher this
SEGUIN, TX 781SS
pair of constellations gets. Scorpius is fairly easy to see; it was described in
June’s sky. According to mythology, Orion the Hunter died from the sting of
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MESSAGE, Continued
Pennsylvania counties of Montour,
Northumberland and Columbia.
Lawrence A. Lacy, D.V.M., a
Consultant in Veterinary Medicine, has
been reassigned to State Section
Director for Woodbury and Plymouth
in Iowa. Priscilla Draffone ,Ph.D. now
living in Sarasota, Florida and veteran
UFOlogist, is a new Consultant in UFO
History. Robert E. Engberg .former
State Director for Minnesota now living
in Beulah, N.D., has accepted the
position of State Director for North
Dakota. He will also work with the
South Dakota members until a State
Director for the latter state is
appointed.
In addition to the above, the
following people have volunteered to
serve as State Section Directors:
Daniel R. Berker, M.S. for the Nevada
counties of Carson, Douglas, Lyon and
Storey; S tep h en A, Pratt for
G. Reibsamen has volunteered to authority on abduciton experiences
Bennington and Windham counties in
assist Tom Benson as the State and research. He has not only shared
Vermont; Larry H ebebrand of Section Director for Bergen County in his investigation into the abduction
Columbus, Georgia for Muscogee and New Jersey. Steven E. Seifried, mystery, but has provided evidence
Chattahoochee Counties; and John Ph.D., a Consultant in Biochemistry, that we are under serveillance by an
M. Blank, a meteorologist in Great
has assumed the responsibility of State alien culture and that the human
Falls, Montana for Cascade County. Section Director for Lane County in species is being subjected to an ongoing
William 1. McNeff, State Director for genetic experiment. Budd has put
Oregon. Paul M. Makuch has
Minnesota has appointed Richard C. volunteered his expertise as a Research together the pieces of this intriguing
“Buddy” Baueriein as the State Specialist in Statistical Analysis. puzzle. Your Director would run out of
Section Director for Hennepin, Anoka superlatives if I attempted to evaluate
and Chisago Counties. Mr. Baueriein ★ * ★
the outstanding work performed by Mr.
recently passed the Field Investigator’s Budd Hopkins in his book Hopkins in this virgin field of research.
examination, administered by Mr. Missing Time (Richard Marek, New Knowing Kathy Davis personally, her
McNeff. York) 1981 introduced the UFO sister and neighbor, has provided me
Thom as P. D eu ley , State community to the UFO abduction with an insight that the reader cannot
Director for Texas, has approved the scene and its possible implications to comprehend. They are real people like
two following State Section Directors: mankind. His new bookfnfruders -- The ourselves, who have been subjected to
Betty R. Mitchell for Polk and Jacinto Incredible Visitations at Copiey Woods a series of very traumatic experiences.
Counties and Charles E. Knox III for (Random House) 1987 has established Budd Hopkins was the recipient of
Ellis, Hill and Navarro Counties. Gary Mr. Hopkins as the world’s leading MUFON’s award for outstanding work
in the UFO field for 1985*1986. His book
Intruders, undoubtedly justifies the
decision of his colleagues for giving him
this scorpion and so they were placed opposite each other in the sky. Orion this earned recognition.
happens to set in the west just as Scorpius rises in the east. Communion by Whitley Strieber
teased the interest of the public, but Mr.
Just east of Scorpius is Sagittarius, which looks more like a teapot than a Hopkins has provided potential
centaur with a bow and arrow. See if you can see the teapot’s lid, spout, and answers to the abduction phenom­
handle. enon. Budd has taken Ufology into the
new era of CEIV cases.
The Milky Way, a faint glowing river of starlight, crosses the entire eastern sky. The new address of the J. Allen
This band of billions of distant stars stretches from Perseus and Cassiopeia in Hynek Center for UFO Studies
the north through the Summer Triangle to Sagittarius and Scorpius in the (CUFOS) is 2457 West Peterson,
south. The Sagittarius region is full of gaseous nebulae and star clusters, a Chicago, Illinois 60659 and the
favorite target for telescope-users. telephone number is (312) 219-3611.
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 DIRECTOR S MESSAGE
by
Walt Andrus

The - June 1987 issue of the Conference of UFO Investigation is Central European Section, has been
MUFON UFO Journal commemorates scheduled for July 9-11, 1987 at the invited to make a presentation on the
the fortieth anniversary of Kenneth University of Wyoming in Laramie. The work, accom plishm ents, and
Arnold’s famous UFO sighting on June featured speakers are James W. UFO symposia conducted by MUFON-
24, 1947, inaugurating the modem era D e a r d o r f f , P h D . (MUFON CES.
of Ufology. An article abut Mr. Arnold Consultant) and Keith Thompson. Marge C h r isten se n has
with photographs has been published For details please contact one of the announced that the Third National
marking this historical event. host chairpersons: June O. Parnel, UFO Information Week will take place
The MUFON Eighteenth Annual Ph.D. (PRO/UFOs) at (307) 742-3394 August 10-17, 1987. Each state
UFO Symposium, hosted by the Fund or R. Leo Sprinkle, Ph.D. (IFUFOCS) organization should now be preparing
for UFO Research, will be held June 26, at telephone (307) 745*7897. their displays, library projects, news
27 and 28, 1987 at The American “The 4th International UFO media programs, and shopping mall
University in Washington, D C. For a Congress (Congress 87) will be held exhibits.
tentative schedule please refer to a July. 10-12, 1987 at the London Francis Ridge, State Director for
separate article in this issue of the Business School in London, England. Indiana, would like to remind all State
J o u r n a l . T h e M U F O N 1987 Speakers include Walt Andrus, Directors of his new computerized
INTERNATIONAL UFO SYMPO­ “Cash-Landrum Case”; Prof. Allen program appropriately titled “UFO
SIUM PROCEEDINGS will be available Tough, "ETH”; Werner Walter, Intelligence Summary.” The UFO
in Washington, D. C. for $15 and after “UFOs in Germany”; Philip Mantle, Intellegence Summary is produced by
July 1,1987 from MUFON for the same “UFOs in Yorkshire”; Dr .Willy Smith, the UFO Filter Center at Mt. Vernon,
price plus $1.50 for prostage and “UNICAT”; Roy Dutton, “Networked Indiana. The monthly computerized list
handling. UFO Observatories”;Jenny Randles; consists of one-line entries of sightings
The Annual Board of Director’s Dr. Alex K eul:(Austria); Mr. Odd- in the U.S. for the past 18 months,
Meeting of the Mutual UFO Network, Gunnar Roed (Norway); and many including new entries and upgraded
Inc. (MUFON) is scheduled for more. For further information please data. The “IS” is a result of the efforts of
Sunday, June 28,1987 from 9:00 am . to write to Mr. R.S. Digby, Director MUFON-lndiana, MUFON and
12 noon at American University, Congress 87, c/o 16, Southway, CUFOS and is growing in size each
W ashington, D.C. Only the 17 Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9ST month, presently 36 inches long.
members presently serving on the England. ‘ Sample copies are $1. Please send a
MUFON 1986 UFO Symposium On July9thBertil Kuhlemann has S.A.S.E. A subscription may be either
Proceedings are invited to attend. If a scheduled the annual meeting of the 12-S.A.S.E. A subscription may be
board Member will be unable to attend, International Committee for UFO 12-S.A.S.E ’s plus $6 or $10 per year
he/she may authorize in writing a Research (ICUR) at the London (postage and handling included.) Order
person to represent them with voting Business School. from: UFO Filter Center, 618 Davis
privileges. Immediately following the 4th Drive, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620.
The Fund for UFO Research is International UFO Congress on
pleased to announce it will again Monday, July 13, 1987 at the same it if 'if
provide a cash award in the name of location, Walt Andrus has scheduled a
Isabel Davis (a co-founder of the meeting for all MUFON Foreign The continuing growth of MUFON
Fund) to the person who is chosen to Representatives, members and guests is e v i d e n t by t h e m o n t h l y
receive the MUFON AWARD FOR for an all day session. The agenda will announcements of new officers. J.
OUTSTANDING WORK IN THE be sent to all Foreign Representatives in A ntonio H uneeus of New York City is
UFO FIELD FOR 1986-1987. The Europe via air mail well before the the new Continental Coordinator for
engraved plaque and monetary award above date. A major item on the agenda South America. Mr. Huneeus will be
will be presented at the MUFON 1987 will be the selection of a Continental speaking on UFOIogy in Chile at the
International UFO Symposium in Coordinator for Europe and hopefully upcoming symposium, Samuel D.
Washington, D. C. in recognition by the an International Coordinator to fill the G reco, Ph.D., a Consultant in
recipient’s colleagues. vacancy created by the resignation of Propulsion, was recently appointed
★ * it Michael Sinclair, Ph.D. Mr Jllobrand S tate Section D irector for the
T h e 8 th Rocky Mountain von Ludwiger, Director for MUFON- (continued on page 19)