Australian UFO Bulletin 1997 06 June

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Contents
PAGE ARTICLE
2 Editorial
3 On TheU FO Trail
5 UFO Potpourri
7 VictorSiiagnh tings
8 BookR evie-wU FO Visitation
9 UFO AFRINEWS
13 TheE arlYye ars
14 Debunkefrasit lw icteod iscreUdFiOt c ase
16 PresCsu ttinogfis n terest
19 BUFORAC aseF iles
22 MissiAnigr craft
24 EMUFORAS ightings
25 UFO Evidenfcreo ms icxo untries
27 QueenslaUnFdO Sightings
30 UFO Seminar
31 SocieNteyw s
AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 1
ON THE UFO TRAIL
EDITORIAL June 1997
Paul Norman ©
Guest Editorial by Barry Greenwood
Intelligence Centre), where the process of
Editor of Just Cause the journal of the book on pilots and UFO's has just disinformation was initiated. Documents were
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Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS) been published, authored by Dr. Willy ordered to be removed and they are no longer
Smith of the Unicat Project. It is in the files but, fortunately in many other
entitled ON PILOTS AND UFOs. cases, the letters providing the instructions are
elcome to the fiftieth issue of Just There is plenty of information out there detailing
still there. Complete dossiers are missing. All
WCause, which happens to fall on the 50th the fiftieth anniversary of UFOs so I don't plan any
year of the modem UFO era. Being a commemorative retrospectives. This publication Most of the cases analyzed in this book refer to we find now are CRYPTIC statements
small publication as it is, it was not expected to go does retrospectives on UFO information anyway interaction of pilots and unidentified flying -FILE MISSING-!
this far when it was begun back in 1984. Many of most of the time, in the hope that some mistakes are objects, and all but one are taken from· the
us expected that as the century drew to a close, repaired. But what would really be beneficial Blue Book project As an example I have
much of what is mysterious about UFOs would would be to see the second fifty years of UFO MICROFILM. Some of the selected the Capt. Killian
have been settled by now. Some mysteries have research get more serious than the first fifty. It incidents have never been incident over
been solved but many others remain. As the public would be a shame if the pioneers who worked so
published, and the collection Pennsylvania, because it is
face of UFO logy becomes yet more bizarre there are hard to make UFO research credible (Hynek,
provides a good example of ''those who one of the better known
still a sea of details waiting to be explored which Ruppelt, Keyhoe; etc.) became victimized by
how the UFO phenomenon incidents among ufologists
make up the serious side of its history. "Serious second generation blunderers who bound from one
side?" some would say as they scan the recent news. extreme to the other like so many squirrels in a field was handled by the United report flying and I was in Tennessee
Yes, it still exists, buried under the headlines looking for their hidden nuts. States Air Force. investigating a case at the
decrying "UFO Kooks" and "Saucer Wackos" and saucers have had same time.
beneath lurid television treatments. Much in the sea The time to fix things is now. The official files of the
of details can become murkier over time, which Spanish Air Force are the one drink too The Killian Case not only
makes it all the more compelling for anyone source for the additional received official attention,
choosing to do research into UFOs to keep a clear many''
incident, which illustrates that but was also extensively
head and a thick skin and not allow fantasy to
. the U.S. Air Force is not alone discussed by both serious
spring from reality.
in its futile attempts to dismiss ufologist Hall, 1964; Good
the UFO phenomenon as in 1987 and the debunker
DetailsL We have accumulated a half-century of
details. If the UFO controversy has not yet been irrelevant. Menzel in 1963.
solved with all of this, then what good are those
details? Is it all just a vast assemblage of endless After expressing his scepticism because of the The encounter occurred on the night of
cubic feet of paper, of interest only to social prevalence of hoaxes and frauds, many times February 24, 1959, when an American Airlines
historians? What does it all prove? sponsored by ufologists, which today rivet the flight from Newark, New Jersey to Detroit,
Editor: Barry Greenwood
attention of TV audiences, has made him very Michigan reported three lights over
The fact is that truths are hidden in the mass, as
cautious regarding the 'genuineness' of present Pennsylvania at 8.20 pm for 40 minutes. The
well as being partially obscured by the Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS)
day cases. lights were also seen from at least two other
incompleteness of the details gathered. The truth in
this case requires a lot of hard work and expense to flights further to the south, as well as by the
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discern because the fifty year history of UFOs is He then begins to take apart the explanations tower operators in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Stoneham, Ma. 02180 U.S.A
awash with false prophets pretending to know the of sceptics who try to debunk genuine cases
truth and dragging hapless souls along with them on from project Blue Book. Willy Smith has been The first debunking explanation was that it was
a sorry quest into the world of make-believe. Rates: $15 US, $20 Foreign in possession of the microfilm for many years. a fuelling operation. Before Capt. Killian was
Reality may not be as exciting to some as He says the files show him how the initial silenced, he provided a lot of information
Hollywood portrays but it allows you to think for
reports were sent to the ATIC (Air Technical proving it was not a refuelling exercise as they
yourselves instead of letting others think for you.
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On The UFO Trail
UFO POTPOURRI
wtheersee onpoet raatti otnhes toaoukth polraisceed. altitude at which isnpseteadnitnagn enoourstlhy. followed the . other two, MARCH 1997 JOHN F. SCHUESSLER. FPA.OX.( B�OX) 5488488·351, 2H1O USTON, TX 77258-8485
UFO REPORTS INVOLVING 281 began to misfunction. The radio faded out, then
the engine stopped. There were nine other cars
The case made headlines and threw the Air A few days later. I visited a radar operator at VEHICLE INTERFERENCE stalled at thi� spot also. The occupa�ls of the cars
Force into a frenzy with several accusations the nearby Joelton radar station and told him AND HUMAN were watchmg an egg-shaped ObJect approach
including "those who report flying saucers of the couples report. He replied that the man PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS from the northeast. pass low over the cars (within
have had one drink too many"! However, a and his wife were telling the truth because the Examples taken from: UFO REPORTS 1co5m00e tob a3c0k00 w ifteheint ),a m foevwe mtoi ntuhtee sn oartnhdw etos t,m thaekne
scientific and more detailed re-examination of Joelton radar station and the radar at Sewart INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE another pass. Stokes estimated it to be 500 feet in
the files revealed that the Air Force was more Air Force Base blacked out as the objects flew By: Mark Rodeghier length. He also reported "heal" and "pressure"
eager to produce an excuse rather than what about half way between the Station and Base. CUFOS when the UFO passed overhead. later that day he
noticed his skin was reddened as if sunburned.
actually happened. Willy Smith gives many October 20, 1954: Turquenstein, France
reasons in his book which proved this S�me six months later, I met up with a pilot While driving his automobile in a wooded region. October 26, 1958: Loch Raven Dam, Maryland
encounter was not a fuelling operation. who knew of the incident and said the sky was the single witness noticed a luminous shape Two young men observed an egg-shaped object
full of interceptors that resting on the road ahead. He slowed, but when hovering above Bridge No. 1 over the reservoir. It
As a result of this case, a same night, trying to hwee rwea fsro wziethni nt o6 0th fee estt,e heeri nfegl tw phaeraeily. zeHdi.s Hcaisr hmaontdosr wa adsim 1 0w0h ifteee. t Tlohnegir, ca12r5 w feenett dine aadlti t7u5d eto, 8a0n dfe gelto fwroinmg
group of Airline pilots held a determine what was going also went dead , but as the car coasted to a stop. he the bridge, or about 200 to 300 feet from the UFO.
meeting in Dayton, Ohio, in on. qnuoitcickedly raons ein acnreda lseittn gto s tehnes antoiortnh eoaf sht;e tahte. sTehnes aUtFioOn sAeftceorn ldesa,v itnhge yt hsea wca trh aen UdF wOa tfclahsinhg b froillri aanntolyt hwehr it4e5,
protest. The spokesman for the ''We are of heat vanished, the witness could move, and the shoot straight up. and disappear from view in 5 to
pilots stated: The book is available at engine was restarted. seconds. There was a loud noise as the object
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"we report cases such as these threatened not book stores in the U.S., lett. as well as an increased sensation of heat. The
but can be purchased for March 30, 1955: Tucson, Arizona witnesses later noticed that their skin had been
and when we land, we are Andy Florio sighted a "disc machine" at least 1 00 reddened on the side facing the object.
interviewed for hour.�. We to make US $17.00 including feet in diameter. it made the sound of "electrical
are tired and want to get postage and handling humming" and had bluish-green lights on its top, April 1. 1966: Tangier. Oklahoma
home to our families. We are statement s. ..' ' from: and amber lights from openings on the rim. Florio A 34-year old man saw a green UFO flying nearby
threatened not to make Dr. Willy Smith, dstimopmpeedd, hainsd c tahre wchaer ns lothwee dra idnivoo lfuanilteadri,l yt htoe 1li2g·h1t5s afr osmhr iae ksionugt hneorilsye d. irTechteio nw.i tnTehses ofebljte cintc wreaass eemd ihtteinagt
statements and told that the The UNICAT Project, mph. The UFO swayed back and forth while as it passed nearby. His car engine quit operating
thing that paced our aircraft 8011 S.W. 189th Street, hovering and shot a beam of white light at the as the UFO passed by.
for fifteen minutes was a bolt Miami, Florida, 33157. witness. burning his elbow and bubbling the paint
on the car. Florio also felt heat and a tingling August 27. 1967: Texas Creek, Colorado
of lightning". He said "nuts to U.S.A. sensation. Eventually the UFO departed, and Three cars simultaneously experienced complete
this big brother attitude, who needs it". when the car was checked, it was found to have a failure of their headlights and engines. All
defective battery, dead radio. and only three spark passengers saw an oval object on the ground by
plugs still firing. the road. One driver was approaching the object
Another said he would not report any if they
when suddenly there was a flash of light and he
wKeilrleia nfl yeinncgo uwnitnegr otcipc urfroerdm adtuiorinn.g tTheh eti mCea potf. Linda Moulton Howe TNwovoe mmebne rw 2e. re19 d5r7iv: inLge vfoeullra nmdil, eTse wxaess t of Levelland btheec asmkye. uTnhceo nwsictnioeusss. sTtrhueck o bbyje tcht es lloigwhlty rreomsea ininetdo
other reports including a case I was checking author of "An Alien Harvest" on Route 116 when they saw a flash of light in a dazed for some time afterwards.
field. An object then rose up and passed over their
in Tennessee. truck. Their lights failed and the motor as it came June 7, 1973: Sousas. Brazil
near. The witnesses got out of the truck and Three people in a car saw a "fireball" which came
A motorist and his wife were driving toward watched it pass overhead. It was "torpedo- toward them and stopped 50 meters away. It was
Nashville when the wife noticed a bright 7 .30pm, Hotel Y, syheallopwed ,f"la mabeo uatn d2 0w0 hfietee t slmonogk,e .g ivTinhge owffi tnae bslsuees- e15n gfeineet oinf dthiaem ceatre fra ailendd wgahveen oitff w aa yse nlleoawrb liyg hatn. dT thhee
speeding light travelling from south to north in CATO Conference Centre, YWCA heard a sound like thunder and felt heat. The . witnesses felt "prickly." They also had intense
fifteen seconds. When they looked back, (next to Victoria Market) object moved away to the east and their headlights headaches later. The object eventually left and the
came on. They then drove away. car could be restarted.
another similar one was hovering to their left
about two miles ahead, then a third identical Tickets $18, $15 concession.­ November 4. 1957: Orogrande, New Mexico
light sped north, following the same path as �he Available at the door. Ten miles south of Orogrande. James Stokes· car
first. The one that was hovenng
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Western Highway
UFO POTPOU·RRI
JOHN F. SCHUESSLER. FPA.OX. �BOX! 5488488-351, 2H1O USTON, TX 77258·8485 18th February, 1992
APRIL 1997 Sighting Report Paul Norman ©
UFO SURVEY INFORMATION Air Defense Region.''
From: Washington. D.C. TIMES. Feb. 16, 1997 Earl Howe replied that the RAF does not respond
According to a Gallup Poll on UFOs, conducted unless there is evidence UK air space has been
e have recently received a report of On 15 June an object was observed near East
September 3-6, 1996, UFO interest continues to "compromised." He added, "To date no sighting W
rise. The poll results include: has provided such evidence." a sighting which occurred 18th­ Wallan at 8 p.m. it had several lights. As it
87 percent of America'ns have read or "We do not investigate further or provide an February, 1992 of a triangular flew alongside a car, the mobile phone cut out.
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heard about UFOs. explanation for what might have been observed."
object five times larger than a
.12 percent have seen something they Mr. Redmond is accusing the government of
thought w• as a UFO. covering up information on UFOs and says if there stealth bomber. It was reported by a retired Several objects floating along with the wind
45 percent think UFOs have visited Earth is no defense threat. there is no excuse for secrecy Government Department Archives Researcher. and or breeze have been reported but not near
in some •f orm. either. The sighting occurred near Ballarat, over the the number since Judith Magee exposed the
48 percent believe UFOs are "something "The answers I've been given lead me to think
real," 3•1 percent think they are just peoples there is something more to this." added the MP. Western highway. The time was 8:40 p.m. helium filled balloon equipped chemical sticks
imagination. . "The only thing I know for sure is this whole issue is The colour appeared to be designed as night on ABC TV .
72 percent believe there is life of some shrouded in secrecy." camouflage, black underneath with lights
form on •o ther planets in the universe. Last week Defense Minister Nicholas Soames
arranged to mimic stars above. As it flew Two observers were on Assembly Drive,
38 percent think there are people refused to reveal how many UFOs RAF pilots have
somewhat like ourselves living on other planets in spotted since 1966. He said the information would directly overhead the wing spread was about Tullamarine at about 8:30-9:00 p.m. on 3
the universe. cost too much to obtain. But he added: 500 ft wide. The highway is about 300 ft. The April. this year, when they observed an egg
knows m• or7e1 a pbeoructe UnFt Obesl itehvaen tith ies Ute.lSlin. gg ouvse. rnment "idUennidteifnietidfi edb yc onatlal ctasv paeilnaebtlrea tinmge UaKns a, irsinpcalcued ainrge impression of the observer was that it was shaped light pinkish from solid body about 10
intervention." "mapping"? star glow. It was followed by a second similar
A November 1996 Newsweek poll reported 48 Weather conditions were clear from a warm object at a speed too fast to estimate.
percent of Americans believe UFOs are real, and 29 HUM IS STILL BEING HEARD day. The observer said that he had a very Direction was northwest to southwest. Anyone
percent believe we've made contact with aliens. From: Providence, R.I. JOURNAL-BULLETIN. uneasy feeling. He was afraid and numbed. in the area please contact us on (03) 9506
Another 48 percent think there's a government March 19, 1997 .. He hesitated to report the sighting until 7080.
conspiracy to cover it all up. From Vermont: The group of people who report
hearing a mysterious humming sound in Northeast recently.
RAF RADAR TRACKS UFO Kingdom is growing steadily. Newark artist Claire
From: THE PEOPLE, London, England, 11/10/96 van Vliet, who complained of the noise two weeks
Aliens from outer space may be visiting Britain, the ago in a story in the Caledonian-Record
Government has sensationally admitted. In an newspaper, said she has been contacted by .,.
incredible letter obtained by THE PEOPLE, people who have heard humming noises " '\", .
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Defense Minister Earl Frederick Howe reveals that elsewhere in the Northeast Kingdom and in the / 8/PO'r�llE.
all RAF station commanders are under orders to United States. And the humming noise itself has �{IE<foltS).
report UFO sightings. changed, according to van Vliet. When the story hit
And he adds: "So far as the existence of the national news. the humming stopped for a few
extraterrestrial life forms is concerned we remain days and then started up again with a slightly
open-minded.'' The letter was sent to Don Valley higher-pitched frequency. And it is steadier, she
Labour MP Martin Redmond, who is trying to break said. Van Vliet and other hearers are convinced the
the MoD's veil of secrecy over flying saucers. sound is of military origin. In fact, U.S. Navy "ELF"
He is concerned about a UFO with a red and green (extremely low frequency) stations in the Michigan
rotating light that appeared over East Anglia last peninsula and Wisconsin were scrutinized as the
month. It was tracked by radar at RAF Neatishead possible source in a New Mexico study of other
and RAF Northwood for several hours as it hovered mysterious humming noise. The study concluded
in the sky before flying 50 miles down the coast. the ELF could not be the source.
It was spotted by the crews of a tanker and civilian
plane, while a video· now in the MoD's hands· was PENTAGON SPOKESMAN UFOs
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taken by police. From: ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE.
"It's incredible no aircraft were scrambled when a Little Rock, AR, April 2, 1997.
target was picked up so close to the coast," Mr. Prompted by questions about UFOs, Pentagon
Redmond told Defense Secretary Michael Portillo. spokesman Kenneth Bacon said: "The U.S.
''This raises questions on the way we police the UK Government
substantiate that they exist. ..
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U FO Visitation
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Alan Watts SO, WHAT GIVES?
Book Review
Sometimes I wonder where the Aliens. stay?
timulating to say the least. From a future .. Watts also believes, as do many others, Do they live on aplane t, julsitourk eE arth,
S quick glance through the book I realised that the Governments of the world seem to be Do they eat the same food andd rethess same wa{?
that this may be heavy going in places. I unwilling or even afraid to confirm their All Correspondence to • Do they owe anybi llasn.dwhat artheye worth?
was right. Watts has his independent knowledge on this phenomenon. His opinion GEMINI, P�.O.BOX MP 49
style but still relies on other authors such as is that as we move into the twenty-frrst HARARE. ZIMBABWE. Aret hey happy at times. juasst we are?
Good, Hopkins, Hynek and others, creevnetuarleyd, steheamt ttoh ep ominet stsoa ag edsi retchta tc ohnatavcet . been • =. }�:-.:�_,:_·�� : . .. · . : ArAreetheythey somesad atinmesdq uaitlcceoholr iC01)/ when a ndliVea lth inli a ng basgor , wr ong?
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Watts stated that this book was not intended to · _'i '�"' . :.· ... ·. Or perhaps, unliukstheye, aremor allystr ong?
He considers the future and in this publication
tibhneot euargt whc ainthaeels o dgtouheees m o mf ewUniFttihOo n hoipbsas retorivcwauntlia orn stscy.a lsee Es avnhende dmtaonoegvsee n nwto tteh apmtr oathdkiues.c pe lHadneoe oti msi s m afoonlrdleo gwploionsogimt.i v Fein o ore nov nethcryee I m.· '. ·.' .: .. ·-,··.. -:·�.· · ' ,.. �i.) .:._.:· ::�\',�· - ..·::.: ·:�· . . . . .. ,- ,· 'WhButy what Aleverien s,a Is thever in, aIkdoest , mystery notre emaxplaiinn.
beliefs. I found this to be refreshing and
exciting reading. Watts delves into aspects wweit hh atvhee sobmeleie fin cthoantt eisft abmlea nckoinncde pctaionn sli vaelo nign .. . ... ..
involving Appliance of Science, Physics, both ..... � .....
harmony we will move towards a better world. l�.;� .. ·.�--........: . .....
new and old along with propulsion systems
frorri the past to the present and into the future.
I found this publication enlightening. Watts
He explains the concepts of space, along with
has attempted to produce something different Lake Kariba, 146 September, 1994.
the powerful abilities of the extraterrestrial
even though he has relied on past cases and
visitors. Watts is convinced that visits to our
world are fact and that over the past fifty years used these to enhance his book. The scientific Gany and Jamy we�e on a houseboat with a group of friends . They all saw an object
or so has produced change in human explanations appear to give credence to his come very low over the boat. It was huge, with lots of flashing lights, but totally
awareness. theories and if you bare with it, you will be silent The sighting lasted for about six minutes from the horizon to the Kanl>a hills
surprised at· the end result. Well worth which it then disappeared behind. Three peOple on the boat took pictures, but � .
Watts deals with the Council of Nine, who reading. of them came out.
have made contact with the chosen ones on this
planet by channelling, and that information has Jim Owen Jenny said the experience left them with a feeling of disbelief and eer�.
North East Representative
been forthcoming on the past, present and
VUFORS
Atonestagesomeone called ot�:t, 'What i$ it? It looks as though ifs going to hit us!'
Jenny was in the loo and she said she had never come out of there so quidcly � By this
ARE YOU ABOUT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? time the object was ahnost overheAd.
Other reports said that it lifted up over the hills and then came down over the water,
TLOE SASEEN DN BOUTLILFEYUT SI ONAFSN YDO RUERNC EHWAANLGSOEO U PT AA DSOERCEOSNSADT S I IMTE I,.AS F N·OTTE TERHC OENIORM ICA which rather explodes the theory that it was a meteorite shower or the nose cone of
RETURNT O US! a Russian spaceship.
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SURPRISES nSHERMEN
TRIANGULAR UFO
Sedgefield, South Africa
FLASHING-LIGHTS
(Sent by Marie van Staden)
Harare, Zimbabwe
A UFO in the early morning sky above the village of Sedgefield, on _,-.August, 1995,
Sometime :_in March 1996, Justin Marabini, a racmg cyclist, and his friend Nick had a couple of residents experiencing some anxious moments. According to Dirk
Lynch, a Safari guide, saw a bright orange light about 1 S-20 kms away, as they stood Jooste, he and his �d Fanie Kleyn were in a rowing boat at the time, catching fish
in the garden of a house built on top of a hill in Glen Lome, an outlying suburb of on the lake.·
Harare. From their vantage point,.the two reckoned that the 'igbt -was about 250
metres off the ground, and in a direct line with Ruwa (site of Ariel Schoo� where 'Suddenly we saw a triangular object in the sky, larger than a passenger aeroplane.
sightings by pupils � world news in 1994 ). There were three bright lights un� on the base, and smalla' orange-red li_ghts
To their left, there was the glow of Mabvuku Township, which was clearly seen and awphpearedich extended at 02:00 to htheours h.i gh'Iest ht-u�ng int' ,t hJeoos skyte asaibodv.e usA ccordfor twinog min to hutes,im, absolthe obutelyject
had nothing to do with the orange light they were watching, which was in a dark part still. Then it came closer to us, made a tum, and in a fraction of a second it
of the horizon. The tune was about 20:00 hours and the night sky was clear. Their disappeared', he said. Fanie Kleyn drove to the river mouth to see if the object was
first sight of the glowing light lasted about one minute; the glow dipped to SO metres still visible, but there was nothing there.
in an instant, then it went out. Both witnesses thought it was a flare.
However, after about another minute, the light reappeared and moved, this time FLASHING LIGHTS: Case N° 118
upwards; but once again, it disappeared after a minute. Thinking that the 'show' was Fort Risoa, Zimbabwe, Jao� 1995
over, the two went iriside.
January,
On the 3rd 1995, Mrs Connie Cloete of Hwange, was visiting her son's fann
At about-20:45 hours, when they were back in the garden, they saw two small in the Greystone area near Fort Rixon in southern Matabeleland.
stationary lights, flashing irregularly. It seemed to the witnesses that the lights were
some 500. ffietres apart. For about ·1 0 minutes they watched. Every now and � one It was a vert wann night, with clear skies overhead. There were four witnesses: Mrs
of the lights moved up and down, while the other remained stationary. Cloete's son Robert, her sister Cathy, a frien� Justine, and herself They reached a
section of the road which was on a rise, affording a panoramic view of the sky.
As there seemed to be nothing new happening, the witnesses n:tumed indo,ors
speculating on what ·they had seen. Bolh concluded that it could not. be a star, nor the Cathy drew their attention to what looked like an aircraft, but they then noticed seven
planet Venus. The.flasrung wa5 definitely not autokinesis. smalla' objects moving away from the large one; all going in different directions and
flashing on and off as they went ('almost like fireflies flashing').
About 15 minutes later, they went out again to have another look. But this time, to
their disappomtment, there �as n? sign ·of anything untowant in the sky. The large object remained stationary but seemed now to have a flaShing blue light,
with a revolving red light on top. There was no sound. Because of the dark, shapes
Justin said that three weeks earlier he had heard that someone had seen something were not discemable, and only lights could be seen. It was also difficult to judge
resembling the Star of David in the sky, giving off rays, but he could not say who had distances, but it was to the east of where they were.
seen this, nor when it had been seen.
The sighting took place at 20:50 hours and they watched as the smaller objects moved
away, although the large light remained stationary. After a while, they went home.
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UFO IN THE FIELDS OF AFRAM PLAINS
GHANA,
WEST AFRICA.
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£AR£Y YEARS
This report was originally� from CUFOS in October, 1991. asking if I could
look behalf. {As eledionof reports from"T he AustraliaFnlyi ngSa ucer Magazine" publisbyh edt he
into the matter on their
AustraliaFnly inSga ucer Burienta hue e art1y95<Y s )
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1 immc:dialely wrotetolbomas Agyekum of the School of Forestry in Ghana, asking
several pertinent questions.( I� October, 1991)
Carrab inW.e stern Australia- March 8. 1951
When 1 didn't receive a reply, I wrote again on� December, 1991 and finally to ias A publicaannd fourof hicsu stomerssa w ano bject" glittelriikane dg i amonadn da boutt he
I �aG lwirovian ingand reporterGhana I wrot on feor 2t o?'F hO JimRanTE utoa ryAseN, 1e TIMEi99f he2. coOnSu ol fd2 G.. con reaSeptactt tBem ritaAbergyine,, k hu199amp.pened2 ,B Iuont ntWoo ibellulsc ,vk whi.s iOtoin nge Tvathshenei izpoofseub ha bj1ed l00ectM.ih r caove0 .Kgnr ial.ednilsai swasgtodfaita n odn sraboveth keve a"srth pal e i twasm nhinehn ias ounnurtgdrizoahe it ennove swasa dri nth nde ang n g osi oodtahnth bot euha opwaelnriledgoop sfhnl rat.aot cetitm enh thr egei r ssffokypeiu.ecMn d rdu .H.n. tKiiitln g.
cannot 5ay I didn't try!
SanF ranciscoCal.i forni-aJ anuary31 , 1953
we give you the report in all good faith, but because of the circumstances, cannot A "fieryo bjea-believed to be af lyinsagu cer was chased fo2r5 mileovesr SantAan ai n
state if it is the truth of not. southernCal iforniaby aM arinjeef ti ghteFro.u otrh ersa ucers were seen int hesa me area
soon afterwards by anothetwor pilotsa nda photographaertta ched to Northrop Aviation
'iIn am ou ar studentvillage atin thethe ScboAframol of PlFaorestryins in t, hJeu myEastanerni, G Rheangiao.n ,A w shtranich gleed th tion gmy ha pwpenritinedg aboCoumtp a2n0.y00Th.ey 0 fe saet. idth e onesth ey saw were flyingi nf ormatioatn a ne stimatehde igofh t
about the incident. Tokyo. Japan- Marc1h1 . 1953
Repeateda ndco nfirmedr eports of sightibyn grsad aro bservers andp ilotswe re saitdo be
In a.rty 1990 (February) a strange object resembling an aircraft was seen by me and causinUgS AiFro rceof ficers "concern and mystification•.
my )WilF' sister whilst planting maize in the field in one of the remote parts of the Theo bjects seen inn ortheJrnapa n inclu"dsetra nglei ghflytsi.n gd iscsa ndr otaticlnugs ters
Eastern Regions. of red.wh itea ndg reenl ighwhts"i.ch were �ng. dippianndg c irclati snugp ersoniscpe ed ".
Col.C urtisLow . Commanderof the Northern Divisioofnth e Japan AiDerfe nce Corps.
milPriorl's adliewlnto the apent in gopearancein ogf thouet obto jSect,pace I ,was and ethxep ldeaaintinhsg otof tmhey vsaemilian-til astronliteratea ustisst oerf coponubfirssrmeuedrvedeth. dale wis •touhby no gautrrocco euulnnedtapeas brsoialdnnneengd taeu ilnl aitsndh.deatro n adntifisa oedeverb r.ja ectsloc" cas.ani do thnats UthSe a cliursmteehofnra svel v iagihhntsaly dbe en
Cballalger Spacecraft.
the OneT okyo message saidth at whilstU S AiFro rce officeirsn dicatedt ha..ot t heprh enomena
have been seen"of ficial statements regardithnegs ightinhgasve suddencelyased .
Suddenly the object appeared in the sky, like a jet fighter trying to pick out a ground
target. It came so close to the ground that we could see it clearly. It was silver Washington.D .C.- April25 , 1953
mloured and too slender to be a manedn craft. It was moving intelligently as though An officiUalS AiFro rcep ublicatio"nA,iT rr ainirnegpo•rt.ed that moreth an1 000 flyisanugce r
itwas manned reports were received by the AiIrn telliCegnetnrceeat Dayton. Ohiod uri1n95g2 .
Them agazinesai d that20 per centof the unidentifiaede rioabljeds reported had been
classifiased •unknown•A.l Ali Fro rcepe rsonnelwe re askedto helsoplve the saucer
Asto get we cloloser, oked <nit li ftit edswerved to the downhsky agilail nand at taphe most peared ftaon htaasvteic l anspeded ed bI uhta vweh evilsert w seeen tri edor mystery.
known and soon disappeared up. up into the sky. Continued �-\9. These archives were made availabltoe VU FORS by MrM urraBoty t of New Zealand.
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DEBUNKERS FAIL TWICE TO DISCREDIT U.F.O. CASE. It now seems to .be possible to work for N.A.S.A. even if you are
completelyd evoid of intelligence!
In contrast,w e now in the 1990'sh ave the luxury of hindsight
By George Simpson al�1dg hctao nf r teo-draeya'ds ' TAhlei Iennt aebrdruucpttieodJn oc uarsneesy 'e tacn.d igt eti st hpeo sfsaibcltes . to Ins eet he
The UFO encountera nd subsequentA lien Abduction of Betty and that such a solid case would be a problem for the misinformation
Barney Hill has been mentioned in two separate television-productions. specialists.
'
In both cases, the entireencounterw as "'EXPLAINED"' away as being the
result of the Hills' having seen an episode of a science fiction StantonF riedmanw arned us that the debunkers don't bother with facts,
programo n television. they have alreadym ade up their minds. This is a good example.
The first of these ·two productions had a N. A. S. A. spokesman, Recommended reading ...... The Interrupted
James Oberg who statedt hat the Hills had their encounter just after Journey. ...b y John G. Fuller. Published
the first episodeo f �outer Limits"'w as broadcast. A photograph from by Dell, N.Y. N.Y.
the episode 'The BelleroS hield'w hich featureda n Alien, was shown to
illustratet he point. It was also mentionedt hat the alien had
'wrapa round eyes' just like the ones reported by the Hills under
hypnoticr egression. The similarity between the beings described by
the Hills and the alien on T.V. was slight at best, and the overall
story lines were quite divergent. -NEWS FROM AFRICA-
More importantly,a t the time of the ·Hills' encounter, the
episode,i n fact, the entire series of the Outer Limits, was not even
in i.ts pre productions tages!!!! The BelleroS hield was filmed from
6th to 16th December1 963 and wasn't screened until 10th Feb.1964!
A FL VING HOUSE
Cllipi111e,
Consideringt hat the Hills had their encounter on 19th Sept.1961, Zbaa.bwe
I fail to see how they could have been influenced by a mere T.V. show
that hadn'tb een made yet. And even if it had, and their encounter
had been caused by watchingi t they wouldn't have been the only people Moses Munyanduki, of Darlingt�. Mutare, wrote to tell us that he had several UFO
·so affected. Hospitalsw ould have been full of people suffering from sightings, in the sense that he had seen unidentified lights Moving across the skies.
stohciisa nle pwh teenloemveinsoino.n I ni ancdtuucaPelsd fy acchto,s itsh, e itBe lwloeurlod hShaiveel db eiesn oan em aojfo rt he Most of� reports appear to be satellites, meteors or even the sun reflecting on a
lesser episodeso f the series. flock of�. Howev�, as it. is�· time ago, it would be difficult to assess now.
This crazy attemptt � misinformt he public was again presented wiButnest he dised. d make an mterestmg report .on a sighting which he himself had not
as fact in the A.B.C presenteds eries 'FutureF antastic', which was
part of the 'Quantum's eries hosted by Gilliasn Anderson, a.k.a. Scully
fHproroyemts etmnhatede eXd ut. phF eit lAoel sli.oe onIk cn lr tieh�aeet uearpnei af slroiodemen nt .ah mee TBdeh li'Alsle tireoin m'Se,h tiaehnleod et, xhpewlria tbnhoa ftaficiotnno rh aJdo hn �'It wascal in l it,19 M82unyasa. and I w Ias was in atfaldinthe Chiping thgee S areahaka calvanbuled Sou Primaryth Do Scwnhs� orl a ast t hthaet tliocame.l
been s 1 ; ght1 y refined.�· Now this Outer Limitse pisodew as supposed to One u.a1 1000 afta' scbool, I was walking home with friends, when I heard stories of
rhaevger ebseseino bntr hoeardacpayst tjr uesatt mebnetf ourned Bearr Dnre.yB eHnijlalm wians Stiom ounn.d erTghoi sh ifsi rfsitr st concernea 'tlybla ..,._d, ,. People eYm stated that it hadtime win dows. As far as eye witnesses are
regressionw as done on 14th Dec.1963. whoever lived there during that had either heard about it or seen it.
Barney Hill would have to be more psychic than Uri Geller to be However, I could not make anything of it; people simply dismissed it as a miracle.'
able to use an episode�of a T.V. show, while still being actually
filmed and not yet completed,h undredso f miles away in another country,
to presentt his while under an hypnotic trance in controlled conditions [Ifan y of our readers in the South Downs area·have knowledge of this event, would
to treat a stress condition,b ased on an event which happened two they please contact UFO AFRINEWS� We will refund any postage lnvolved.-Ed.)
years previously. The mind boggles. It's far more sensible to
accept what the Hills story, revealtehda n to even try to make sense of
the �Explanation"'. Continued-
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13, 1996
PRESS CUTTINGS OF INTEREST
CHRONICLE& ECHO,N orthamptoEnn,g lan-d-J uly
UFOs and blackout
spark investigation covet
:up
THE VILLAGE ofHackleton is "And on Tliursday night UFO sighting&. She said power
at the centre of X-nles-style there was a power cut in the cuts were common when
investigations following village and Edward said he UFOs were present and added:
reports of UFO sightings. saw a UFO flying outside his "We are planning to visit the
Mysterious objects have window at about midnight. village to take a look at what
been spotted in the night sky, "I am sceptical but Edward has been happening."
a crop circle has bene found is a very sensible boy and he East Midlands Electricity
wseehenr ela onndei nregpo anrtded t hUeFOre wwaass woEulledcnt'rti mciatyk es tuhpips luyp t."o the ksaeind glas: "Ths iens culaaustoe rw oans a a trans­ bro­ on.UFOs
a power cut on the evening vilgla e was cut off for more former. The problem is most
of one of the sightings. than three hours on Thurs­ likely more terrestrial than
Edward Plenderleith, 11, day night. UFO."
was with a group of friends A spokesman from West · But a possible explanation -expert
nwweahHaser ina sh UihcshFe h Oislod amlmawen i.d wnidnhegar ti. nhD eae bfsiabeilidde hadiMinn i Bdlanth receirminghae Hdsiav UcedkFOl calet om Isaidnnvls froaesre thetmiaga peo groupatiboopnulset fruhToheresau ad rCase UFOlsindae y,T s'hasseci ghCh hbetinnriocgnian reported en ugi nvSdepoenr tb sty hXin ae­ · tA hUaFhtOa, veexb peeenrssa tpoy tst tehindet t rhuest·a kh boiueotsvt ehSremo yusttheporriitsb.oc e urisanftg
Cheeseman, said: "Edward Northampton man. covereupdb yt heU K andU SA governments.
told me he had seen a UFO 'There was a power Eric Drummond, of Salcey At a packed. ineeting of the bomber being developed at a secret
land on Monday night. I told Strete, said: "The observation Lancashire UFO Society this British Aerospace "skunk works"
him he had been watching cut and Edward may have bene of a satellite lit week, Tim Matthews, chairman of hanger at Warton, but the com­
ttainoonsodoik s th mtmedeuree tc otishom aXwe croph- ifteiw rl eceas irclesit tru blau there.ent and hedde said- hDee bsbaiew C ahe eUsFemOa'n uwawgpaoa biuitynel .sdd"unligh 2h0a vtoet . 3 cIf0o thmmeie 1nman uroteu hasn iddt sthfithhmeev c eesoca beu194dieiene7t yn.re ,c Meposa r rtilMededa akut inedtroh ethswd iocsss i.ghcusohmuotneinwntredgtsys eppnroaTtnhjiyemu cs ti.d aMesntasit etsha et wexsM isottneondldac ey thonefi gh20tht'se 0
thut he claims prove that the meeting in Southport that,
Governments on both sides of the between 1989 and 1991, a wave of
jiiTeryEngfidi09 h Atlantic are involved In a major Silent Vulcan sightings took place
cover up. in Belgium. The phenomenon was
M ts OBney oGf trhea deocmumeGoe ntus n-drywhi ch Be"brlguisuhmed G uonvdeemr tmheen cta. rpet" · by the
has recently been re-classified _ "The Government must know
came from the top secret' what's going on," said Tim
Govemment department Air Staff Matthews. "I think that what we
2A. It stated: "Our policy is to play are seeing is a mixture of
t s d. oIwn nt hthe ela ssut bsjiexc tm oof nUthFsO ssi."g htings tpehrerneostmrieanla bauntd I deoxntra't -ktenrorwes twrihayl
in nigh ky UFO sighted m the Southport area have they are here. There is definitely
included: nothing flying out of Warton, I've
AN EARL Shilton man has in height, just oscillated slight­ • Shocked motorists in Meols Cop talked to people that work there
Jc( �-urenpidoertnetdifi etdh efl ysiinggh toinbgj ecot fo vaenr ly.T" he report follows several Rtroiaandg les,e ewiintgh aa whhiuteg el igbhlta cink aatn dW peoartpolne iins tohne kan coowm apnudt ewrh. aitt''ss
THE sourceo f "strangear"e trying to prove that it does not to offer an explanation. The number of Za: en,.. HiTnrcekvleoyr . Radford from Bellevue bsiyg htthien gLes iwcehsitcehr UwFerOe Rreecsoeradrcehd fieaecldh . corner, hovering over a noDt uar irneagl athirec ramftee."t ing Mr Mat-.
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