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THE AUSTRALIAN BULLETIN DEC. 2004 I Victorian U.F.O. Research Society P.O. Box 1043, Moorabbin, Vic. 3189, Australia INCORPORATED 1988 Comments are welcome, address email to vufors@ ozemail.com.au VUFORS Web page at http://www.ozemail.eom.au/-vufors Print Post Approved DECEMBER 2004 PP338968/0023 Contents ARTICLE PAGE Editor-iParlesidJeundti Mtahg ee . 2 ...................................................... On TheU FO Trai-Pla uNlo rman 3 ........................................................ TheE volutiOofAn Camera 6 .................................................................. SnapshoFtrso mB ettHyi llL'isf e . 8 ......................................................... InternatSiiognhatliR negp orts. . . . 9 .......................................................... TheP assiOnfgD rJ ohnM ack . . 16 ........................................................... TheE arly Years 17 ...................................................................................... 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'They' are Paul Norman © 2004 still creating a great deal of interest for visitors to the area, and also our intrepid UFO 'chasers', Paul Norman, Jacqui Purtell, and Jacqui's "dear mother." It is frus­ Regretfully another pioneer of Ufology has Professor James McDonald, a scientist from trating for them, because it takes considerable time for J acqui to set up her tripod with her passed away - Betty Hill. She, together with the University of Arizona, was instrumental gear on it, and she has plenty of items to put together. her husband Barney, had an experience on in getting the Radar information, covering 19th September 1961 that made headlines the time of the incident, released from the The UFOs seem to disappear and as soon as the trio starts to pack up to finish their night of throughout the world. Her story is one of Air Force. watching, the UFOs show up again. That does not mean to say they are invisible during the only a few cases that I consider reliable. I early part of the night but that the activity might be somewhat less. had the pleasure of being invited to stay at I have interviewed a number of abductees, Betty's home in 1986 and again in 1987. and have not found any who have felt good I have read the second part of Jacqui's article "The Evolution Of A Camera" and found it to be She was a widow at that time, as Barney died about their abduction experiences; in fact, most interesting and entertaining. She has put her unique sense of humour and a considerable in 1969. two or three have been suicidal. amount of time and expense, into her investigations and report, and it is an article well worth reading. The reason I consider this case reliable, is One case, which comes to mind, occurred in Be sure not to miss the interesting articles on the lives of: Betty Hill known for her abduction because Peace Air Force Base in New Hamp­ July 1972. I sat in the back seat of a car while shire detected an unknown object on radar, with her husband Barney; the very special psychiatrist Dr John Mack; and the famous NASA an experiencer believed she was seeing an en­ on the same night, and in the same area Astronaught Gordon Cooper. Each of their lives was affected by UFOs in a very tangible way. tity that a colleague and I could not see. She where the abductions occurred. Some of was shown the 'control room' of a UFO and� Paul recently received a letter from Dr Richard Haines, who gave us a very nice compliment Betty's best friends were stationed at the the entity pointed to an object in the centre of tegarding our publication. He stated, "It is marvellous to see how dedicated you, Judy, Tony, base, and Dr Benjamin Simon, the Air Force the room. She was in a different reality. At and the others are in keeping the flame alive all these years in spite of mounting expenses, ridi­ psychiatrist, had a hypnosis session with no time did she leave the car. cule, travel distances, sceptical nonsense, etc." Thank you Richard, compliments are as scarce Betty. as 'hens teeth'. I know of another case reported by a friend in Every Sunday morning, Betty had �a breakfast California who, together with his wife, was On the 23rd of August, we received a number of phone calls late in the evening regarding orange in her home for her friends at the Base. After with an experiencer who was seeing an entity lights in two triangular formations. Some who called, thought they may be a danger to passen­ being ridiculed by sceptics, Betty considered that neither he nor his wife could see. The ger aircraft coming from interstate, and phoned our numbers to ascertain the probability or pos­ her best relief and encouragement came when experiencer vectored the wife to the exact spot sibility of an air accident. she was invited to give a lecture to the Air where the entity was located. While the wife Force. When she drove up to the entrance Fortunately we were able to calm their nerves and assure those who phoned that personnel at the gate, she saw that the arch over the gate dis­ could not see the entity, she experienced a tin­ airport would have the situation well in hand. gling sensation like static when she reached played the message, "Peace Air Force Base this spot. Welcomes Betty Hill". As there were no nominations for positions on the VUFORS Committee, the Committee will remain the same. Betty always referred to the entities as aliens. It has recently come to my attention that She did not regard the encounter as benevo­ statements made by the now deceased Dr We take this opportunity of wishing our members and readers a Safe, Happy and Healthy Fes­ lent, and said she would never want it to hap­ Karla Turner, have been confirmed by my tive Season and a Great New Year. pen again. Betty and Barney were on their experiences to date. Dr Turner, who worked way home to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with over 400 alien abduction cases, was an after a Canadian vacation. The best and most abductee herself. detailed account of their encounter is in the book 'Interrupted Journey' by John Fuller. Here are some of her findings: 2 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 3 ON THE UFO TRAIL ON THE UFO TRAIL 1. Aliens can alter our perception of our at an elevation of about 45 degrees, in the contact with aliens from other planets, and stories told by contactees. If there was any surroundings; northern sky. sounded very sincere. Retired Major Donald truth to these encounters, it must have been the Keyhoe, Director of the National Investiga­ aliens who were misrepresenting the truth. 2. Aliens can control what we think and If these lights had already been there while tions Committee on Aerial Phenomena see; Jacqueline was still videoing, I would have On 23rd August this year, at about 08:30 p.m., (NICAP) also appeared on the program but seen them, or if they had approached while near the Tullamarine and Essendon Airports, a only spoke about appearances of UFOs in 3. They can appear to us in any number of glowing, I would have seen them. Whatever minor flap occurred while aircraft were taking which physical evidence was involved. guises and shapes; their activity was, they were operating in the off and landing. Six orange lights in two trian­ dark without glowing. These lights could not It was amazing, the number of listeners who gular formations were reported initially, fol­ 4. Aliens can be present in an invisible state, have been over one kilometre away, but believed the contactees; but then came the evi­ lowed by the disappearance of two, leaving and can make themselves partially visible. could have been as close as 300 metres away. dence revealed by space probes. There was four lights in a diamond shaped formation. nothing to substantiate the claims made, on the If this were true, these ETs, UFOnaughts, This possibly explains the incident previously contrary, just the opposite was true, such as We sent out a number of Sighting Report Entities or whatevers, would be able to moti­ published in our Bulletin, of two witnesses Venus being too hot for the conditions the Forms, but unfortunately, most of them were vate some individuals to hijack an aircraft from the Moorabbin Aero Club, who were on contactees had reported. This lead me to ask not returned. If those who received the forms and fly it into a building, or cause any other Reids Lookout and saw a large white light fly the question - who was the source of the mis­ had taken the time to fill them in and return form of destruction. across the valley, and curve under the over­ leading information, the contactees or the ali­ them, we would have learned much more hanging cliff. Although they waited until the ens? Consequently, I treated with caution, about the formations of orange lights. My major concern is - are we dealing with wee hours of the morning, they did not see it friend or foe? I continue to search for indi­ fly out. The previously luminous object might cations of benevolence. We have on record, have done so, but was not glowing. Plasma Sheath Around Objects fatal encounters of aircraft with UFOs, and hundreds of safety violations within the avia­ It would appear that UFOs sometimes operate UFO Potpourri - No. 453 August 2004 tion industry alone, caused by UFOs. There without glowing, when relatively close, espe­ is certainly nothing good about these cases. cially when their activities might be videoed, John F. Schuessler, 9862 West Unser Ave., Littleton, CO 80128-6986 and that some are prepared to be seen when Activity in the Grampians still continues, al­ their activities cannot be recorded. Whether The UFO Enigma - October 2004 though not at the same rate as before the two the UFOs are playing teasing games, or have For many years UFO researchers have been Ministry is working on developing active jet aircraft overflight. security concerns, has yet to be determined. reporting what appears to be a plasma sheath stealth technology based on plasma-field gen­ surrounding Unconventional Flying Objects. eration, applicable to combat aircraft and On October the 6th, Jacqueline Purtell and I When Steven Swanwick first discovered this They have suggested that the sheath serves to high-altitude cruise missiles." The article also arrived at Reids Lookout at twilight to set up activity, he and others reported seeing flying protect the craft from the surrounding envi­ claims that the U.S. and Russia are interested the telescope and camera. During that time I disks during daylight hours, but when Steven ronment, thereby allowing manoeuvres that in plasma technology "as a means of achieving was viewing both valleys with binoculars. secured a video camera, the UFOs only ap­ would otherwise be impossible. In addition, high Mach flight without having to cope with After dark, Jacqueline was videoing some uni­ peared as lights at night. This change would the sheath seems to have provided a measure the normal aerothermodynarnic issues." dentified lights, which were not very active. never have been observed but for the persis­ of invisibility, shielding the UFO from radar tence of interested researchers spending tracking systems. The French work is in the initial technical Just as the videotape ran out, three bright much time in freezing wind atop the lookout. feasibility stage for the generation of plasma white lights, each about the size of a match Maybe these claims are not so far-fetched as to mask radio frequency (RF) energy bright head at arm's length, appeared suddenly in During the 1950's I often listened to a late some have imagined. The August 9, 2004 is­ spots. They have already built a functioning an equilateral triangular formation, apex up­ night program on radio station WOR in New sue of Aviation Week & Space Technology plasma antenna and are now working on the ward, about the size of a fist at arm's length, York City. Various callers spoke about their magazine reports that "the French Defence source itself. 4 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 5 The Evolution Of A Camera The Evolution Of A Camera Sensitivity or low light ability (low lux num­ pose time will tell. My efforts to videotape By Jacqui Purtell ber) is required, and having a lens diameter of those strange lights in The Grampians con­ over 200 rnm on the telescope means it is out tinue, and to date I'm still trying to get that [Continued from September 2004 Bulletin.] I guess logic would dictate that I should util­ of sight, so to speak, of the two cameras I was shot which will be worthy of "smoking gun" ise some form of compact transportation sys­ looking at. The idea of having a compact status. I have seen wonders that have truly I must admit that not everyone shows me ridi­ tem, perhaps something with wheels, maybe video monitor on the back of the telescope puzzled me and left me awe-struck. was certainly appealing, especially when my cule, some show what seems to be genuine a small wheel barrow, no that's no help, too mother came to the rescue once again, and interest. Just as well the weather was dry, or large to fit inside the Honda, but what about I have seen things that are amazing, but offered to help cover some of the cost of the I'm sure a light show would have ensued, and a modified golf buggy, yes that's the answer. video camera. happened so rapidly that getting a focused It's light in weight and folds down into a I'm not thinking of UFOs, anomalous lights, lock on the visual wonders has proven elu­ manageable size. or whatever. To have 240 volts and plenty of A Sony DCR-TRV80E was then duly pur­ sive. There is so much more there than just damp metallic bits and pieces all providing a The problem of a heavy car battery needed a chased and pressed into service as a digital moving coloured lights. I have been in the nice conductive circuit, is a little dicey. better resolution as well; otherwise the idea recorder and monitor only, with the security Honda with a witness beside me, on the camera and telescope as the main optical re­ of that $100,000 professional video camera Wartook/Horsham road, when an intense This might have truly given an expression of ceptor. The security camera is powered by its might just be a little too entertaining. So the beam of blue light has enveloped the car, reality to the saying "to have stars in your · own separate 12 volt supply (two series con­ eyes," or perhaps "a spring in your step". grey-matter had to be put to use again, and nected 6 volt dolphin lantern batteries) taped and seconds later a ball of blue light ap­ the possibility of actually buying a proper peared on the passenger side of the car and to the leg of the tripod - heaps better than a And to think of it, I vaguely remember dear video camera started to look more attractive. heavy car battery. pulsed another beam through the window. mother calling out to me, "Jacqui do you Unfortunately such a proposition would ' know what you are doing?" and returning a mean a rather hefty slug to my bank account. So that is pretty much where the evolutionary These things certainly do fit the category not too confident affirmation. state of my camera sits at the moment. I sup- of UFO. Even the lower priced items were expensive as Well it must be time for another revolutionary a one item expenditure, but the advantage of step. Being a practical sort of person, I rap­ power supplies, video monitors and recording More Sightings Of 'Fireball' idly latched onto the possibilities of expanding facilities in one relatively small package was the adaptabilities of the inverter, this required very enticing and it could double up for other Weekly News, Newbury, England- July 29, 2004 the acquisition of a 12 volt car battery and hey video duties. So I set out to find a suitable camera. What I found was that none could presto, one more problem solved. Now I UFO Newsclipping Service, October 2004, Number 423 match the performance of my cumbersome could move my set-up to a slightly more re­ #2 Caney Valley Drive, Plumerville, Arkansas 72127-8725 USA good old telescope and security camera - that mote filming location . . . at least 300 metres Editor and Publisher: Lucius Farish was a surprise. down the walking track, toward the panoramic site of the "Balconies." Speculation continues over the strange night search of the area around Hungerford and up The lower end Sony digital camera (DCR­ time sights in the skies over Hungerford after to the M4, fire engines and a police helicopter TRV22E) had only a 5 lux at F17 sensitivity Have you ever carried a car battery any dis­ last week's report in the Newbury Weekly were unable to find anything. and a 30 mm lens filter diameter; the specs tance on a warm summer afternoon? Well, sheet does not give a lens size. The more News about the mystery fireball. that's certainly an experience, and one learns Since then, many people claim to have seen expensive DCR-TRV80E was actually worse from experience, even if one has to try the at 7 lux, its lens filter diameter was 37 mm, At about 10:30 p.m. last Monday, several of the same thing in the sky several weeks be­ experience a couple times just to see if the only slightly larger but it did have a bigger the town's residents contacted the emergency fore. Possibilities for the object range from last time felt as bad as the first time, and it CCD chip, better definition I guess, but I don't services saying they thought they had seen a aircraft, illicit night time hot air balloons to does! So what happens is further evolution. think that is such a problem with the telescope. burning aircraft, but after a comprehensive, meteorites and UFOs. 6 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 7 Snapshots From Betty Hill's Life International Sighting Reports The well known UFO researcher and author, It was the radar -located at Peace Air Force Selected extracts from Filer's Files #48 - 2004 MUFON Skywatch Investigations Betty Hill, died from lung cancer in Ports­ Base that detected an unknown flying object mouth, New Hampshire, on the 17th of Octo­ in the White Mountains of New Hampshire George A. Filer, Director, Mutual UFO Network Eastern www.GeorgeFiler.com-www.CEWarren.com ber 2004. She was born in Newton, New that same night in September 1961, when h Webmaster Chuck Warren Hampshire, on the 28t of June 1919. On the Betty and her late husband experienced their th 19 of September 1961, she and her husband unusual incident. Also, at the request of the Barney were involved in one of the earliest, U.S. Air Force, psychiatrist Dr Benjamin California - Airline Pilot Sees UFO; New is very easy to think an object is moving, most highly publicised, and well documented Simon commenced sessions with the Hills at York - Manoeuvring Light; Maryland - from small corrections the autopilot makes. I cases of UFO abduction in the USA. his office in Boston, Massachusetts. Sphere Follows Jets; Virginia - Flying Trian­ found a handful of stars to serve as a refer­ gle; Wisconsin - More UFO Encounters; ence point and verified that the object was Paul Norman from VUFORS met with Betty, During his two visits with Betty, Paul accom­ Minnesota - Three Coloured Lights; Mis­ slowly moving north. It moved about 30 de­ and was invited to stay at her Portsmouth, panied her to two of her sighting areas without souri - Flying Triangle; Texas - Triangle grees and then stopped. Then, it made a New Hampshire home, for a few days in success. The only lights seen were reflections With Bright Lights; Montana - Unusual slight tangent to the right and continued 1981 and again in 1982. During these stays, of aircraft lights, but over the years, many in­ Lights on Disk; Arizona - Light; Canada - moving for about 20 more degrees. he was able to confirm information in her cluding police and other law enforcement offi­ Object Shone About Us; Pakistan - Flying "It stopped and turned again to the right and book, "A Commonsense Approach To cers at all levels, as well as former CIA, FBI Triangles; Philippines- Saucer in the Sky. continued for 10 degrees, then stopped again UFOs," especially her close association with and Pentagon agents, had witnessed unex­ and disappeared. The whole sighting ran officers from the Peace Air Force Base. Paul plainable lights and objects in these areas, and California - Airline Pilot Sees UFO about two minutes or so from start to finish. provided the following information about her were eager to discuss UFOs. ' It was difficult to judge the actual distance life and research. San Francisco - An airline transport pilot and speed. When I talk about 'moving in A Sheriff and his wife were taking Betty to with 14 years' experience in commercial avia­ degrees and turning,' I am talking about my Betty and her husband -Barney's experience investigate a sighting when all three saw what tion can't quite explain what he saw at 1 1:00 (cockpit) viewpoint and compass degrees. was the first abduction case to receive a large they thought was a big trailer truck on an over­ p.m., November 03, 2004. The jetliner P.A. quantity of publicity. John Fuller wrote a pass. It appeared to be an eighteen-wheeler was flying was making its approach into San "The UFO' s size was very small, about the book about the case, "The Interrupted Jour­ pulling a second trailer, which was illegal in Francisco. The jetliner was approaching the size of the stars and planets you see in the ney," and since then several documentaries New Hampshire. The Sheriff sped up, and city from the east, passing just north of sky. We had initially been at 35,000 feet have been televised, and most people inter­ when they got closer, all three saw the trailer Stockton, when P.A. received instructions (10,500 meters) but had descended to 24,000 ested in the subject know about this case. Her truck go above the turnpike, but since no over­ from the tower to descend from 35,000 to feet (7 ,200 meters) when we saw the object. experience motivated Betty's own research pass existed, it had to be airborne! 24,000 feet (10,500 to 7,200 meters). We were above the clouds with a clear view, into the phenomenon. and there was a crescent moon behind us. On another night, while driving a UFO inves­ During the approach, he reported that, "an Betty had been accused of seeing too many tigator, both saw a UFO come up behind her orange dot began to glow and seemed to "The weather in San Francisco was partly UFOs, but nobody to Paul's knowledge had car, shoot ahead of the car, and then stop flash higher up to the west of us. I thought cloudy skies and light rain. There were two spent more time looking for them, and she over a field. The UFO blinked its lights in a that it was a planet. It then changed colour of us in the cockpit, and we both witnessed had only reported one abduction. Although variety of patterns, arid Betty responded with from orange to white. Again, I thought a the same thing. We were both in awe. I she had had many dreams similar to what her car lights, duplicating the patterns. planet could be illuminated through a local have been flying for 14 years have never wit­ some individuals interpret as abductions. While the investigator became fearful, Betty atmosphere that would explain the colour nessed something like this before." Much was learned from Betty, even psy­ laughed at his reaction, as she had previously change. chologists had discussed the subject with her experienced what she called "blinking ses­ Thanks to UFO Roundup Vol. 9, # 45, to gain knowledge in the field of hypnosis. sions" with UFOs. "It then began to move in a northeasterly di­ November 10, 2004, Editor: Joseph Trainor rection. Once again, being in an airplane, it http://www. ufoinfo.com/roundup/ 8 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 9 International Sighting Reports International Sighting Reports New York - Manoeuvring Light This was reported to me by my 12 year old number of unusual happenings around this here. So much in fact that a fellow investiga­ son. I have transcribed it as told. family's home came over for a visit and said tor by the name of Sam Marino and col­ Syracuse - Between 09:00 and 10:00 p.m. you have to come outside and see what is leagues (Illinois, MUFON) will be driving to Thanks to Peter Davenport on November 03, 2004, on a cloudless night, happening in the sky! They all went outside the family's home and spending a couple of Director www.nuforc.org. the witness happened to glance out her and to the west of the home they could see days with them to carry out interviews and an kitchen window facing north to look at what something strange which had a red ball of investigation. We all are hoping that they Virginia - Flying Triangle she thought might be planets or bright stars. light at the top and on the bottom. will be fortunate enough to get a glimpse of what the family is witnessing. The witness states, "I then noticed a third Charlottesville - At 05:48 a.m., on No­ "The body of the object was white, which light source which at first I thought to be just vember 08, 2004, the observer was getting extended out leaving the red balls of light Thanks to Brian Vike, a normal airplane moving directly away from his car and happened to look up to see a sitting in the middle of whatever it was. Director HBCC UFO Research. me as it did not seem to be moving much, but shooting star. As he lingered to watch its tail Shawn's friend told him to look towards the after a few seconds, it began to move in an die out a very, very, very large flying triangle back of the object and a bit in the distance. Minnesota - Three Coloured Lights erratic zigzag motion, i.e., up, down, left and shaped craft passed effortlessly directly over Looking through a good pair of binoculars head without making a sound. Shawn saw a red coloured pyramid shaped right at varying angles." St. Peter The observer was located in a - object that seemed to be towing the pyramid river valley in Southern Minnesota when he It appeared to be covering large distances It appeared to be a string of triangle lights behind it. saw two very bright lights above the far side connected together at a perfect diagonal. very quickly as it did this. This went on for Connected to the lights were long tubes at "As the objects moved towards the east they of the valley on November 08, 2004, at at least 30 to 60 seconds before it left my different lengths almost reminiscent of a re­ dropped down behind the tree tops and they 08:15 p.m. One light was slightly above the field of view. volver chamber on a pistol. I would surmise all could hear what sounded like a jet aircraft other. Then a third one appeared above and the object to be about the width of thirty for a brief period of time. Whatever these slightly to the left of the other two. Thanks to Peter Davenport commercial jet sized airplanes at an undeter­ things were, both had been silent the whole Director www.nuforc.org. mined length. time they were travelling across the sky." Then, the lowest one started to move to the left, and unfortunately it disappeared behind Maryland - Sphere Follows Jets It was hard to comprehend anything that size Shawn's wife Robin said, "They have gone some trees. The witness lives on the top flying. It did not hover, it did not speed off, through the process of shock and being over­ floor of a dorm so ran to get a better view, Glen Burnie -At approximately 08:00 a.m. it simply floated effortlessly towards the east whelmed, to acceptance and they will never but the other two "twinkled" out. At that on November 08, 2004, the witness noticed and disappeared. I have never seen anything be able to understand what has been going time, it reminded me of a video I have seen two highflying jets travelling north leaving a remotely like this and cannot imagine anyone on!" Robin said, "It is just really bizarre and that was taken from above a town in New contrail. He states, "Behind the two jets a creating something that looked like this. I that being a Christian lady, the unexplainable Mexico or Colorado that many people caught ways back I saw a white/silver sphere follow­ will never forget it as long as I live, and feel chain of events has really rocked her world; on tape. ing behind, that was about the size of a dime very fortunate to have seen it. I only hope we don't know what is real any more!" at arm's length. others did as well. The military said that they were very bright Shawn said that he asked a few people around burning flares. I then saw three red lights "It followed along behind the jets for about 3 Thanks to Peter Davenport the area if they have ever witnessed any that flew and slowly went together. The one to 4 minutes, long enough for my school Director www.nuforc.org. strange lights? They said no and walked away red light flew for a few seconds and disap­ but one did say he had seen some unusual friends to see it too. Shortly after the sphere lights, but he doesn't even bother looking up peared. This was typed about 20-30 minutes was lost to view a green helicopter, the same Wisconsin - More UFO Encounters any more. after the sighting. shape as the Maryland Police helicopter, but not a police helicopter, followed along the Frederic- Brian Vike reports, "On a recent HBCC UFO Research Note: There is a lot Thanks to Peter Davenport same path but much lower and much slower." evening Shawn's friend who was witness to a more to this experience than I have written Director www.nuforc.org. 10 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 11 International Sighting Reports International Sighting Reports Missouri - Flying Triangle like it was a symbiotic type ship-organism and could hear a faint roar like a jet. But the or eight of them although they were difficult to I was being 'introduced' without a face to face sound kept getting louder behind me. I count as they flashed in a random manner. Kansas City - The witness was walking meeting preparing me to accept this." turned around and about 350 feet above me his dog on November 08, 2004, at 03:33 a.m., was a huge craft several hundred feet across The object was about the size of my thumb­ I think I might see them again and I do not and even though he was located next to two with two large lights in the back of it, head­ nail at arm's length. If this object were at a know if they are harmless or harmful. I felt busy highways everything was abnormally ing in the direction of the orange ball. great distance from where I was standing, mentally racy but like the physical was in still. Highways 152 and 169 normally have a that would cover a very large arc. The object slow motion, excited/unsure, scared with the lot of activity and the all night car wash is At first I thought it was two fighter jets going appeared to be green, although there could unfamiliarity but not threatened to run off - generally busy. to look at the ball but soon realised if was be the flashing green lights, also. It had but I was not trying to signal this ship either. one vehicle, and it was moving way too slow green highlights that came and went. He felt strange and continued to look around I felt like a dream state, somewhat disorient­ for a jet. A jet would have fallen out of the and towards the left he sensed a spatial dis­ ing, but I was calm. sky moving that slowly. I jumped around to They, too, appeared to be random as to turbance. He was observing it when a craft It was like a time displacement effect - if film it and got about 10 seconds of video be­ placement. It, also, showed a great deal of 'uncloaked' and became visible. It was very yellow although the red and greens kind of they can exist. I have worked with MRI and fore it went behind some trees, that is how low in relation to me and I was in a parking overpower the yellow that was concentrated resonance and know there are subtle shifts a low it was. lot by the interstate highway in a three stories at the middle of the object. The colours were body would feel and this ship had an effect tall building. As I watched the video, all but around three distinct and bright. The object didn't move. just not sure what. When I could visually seconds was jumping and shaking, but in It seemed so incredible I couldn't believe it make out the ship then in a moment the faint I was visiting a friend's house and called him slow motion there is definitely something and reconfirmed but it disappeared in the light/luminosity would manifest. I'm still in out to view it. He saw the same thing and blink of an eye. Then it reappeared, re­ awe! there. However, no discernible shape is visi­ got his 7 X 50s binoculars and we saw it ble. But the lights I thought were flames cloaked, uncloaked then cloaked where I clearly. We watched a half hour when some Thanks to Peter Davenport were blinking. They stayed on but blinked could approximate the trajectory but could cloud cover moved in. The second part of Director www.nuforc.org. intermittently through the white light. not physically see it. It was so quiet I could­ the evening we saw the Northern Lights, and n't believe what I had seen. I have seen they spanned from the western horizon in a Texas - Triangle With Bright Lights It was strange and I showed the video to peo­ stealth aircraft three or four times. I have complete arc around to the east. ple at work and they had no answer either. I seen a few photos of 'flying triangles' and one video with some sound - this was neither. College Station - The observer reports, "I saw a show on the Phoenix Lights, and these I've seen the Northern Lights many times have been seeing various lights and objects are the same type of lights as the object that from here, but never in a 180 degree arc. He states, "It appeared very dark blackish or during the past month and reported a sighting passed overhead. And the odd part is that they appeared to some deep reddish tone and I could identify a to you a week ago. On November 04, 2004, start from the horizon and arc up to a single triangle shape and movement. The craft at 10:00 p.m., I was outside with my video Thanks to Peter Davenport point almost overhead. We are located 8 seemed like it was not in a power up mode camera looking for another object to film. I Director www.nuforc.org. miles east of Lavina, out in the hills. The and it had a faint slightly luminous perimeter saw the usual yellowish orange ball to the following night the witness looked again and and throughout the triangle body there was a east of me when I noticed a blinking light Montana - Unusual Lights on Disk a similar star was there in the same place, but non-random pattern." near it. It either came out of it or was cir­ not as bright. cling checking it out. Lavina - The witness reports, "About 08:30 The equilateral spacing, like dots on a triangle p.m., on November 07, 2004, I spotted a disk Tonight the Northern Lights have not been seemed odd but it was faint and it moved with It kind of darted back and forth then slowly shaped object in the northeastern sky with turned on at this time but the sky does have no resistance that was apparent. There was no headed my way. I filmed it as it passed over many red lights that flash around the perimeter the chromatic effect and the colouring is engine sound at all! He states, "I felt surreal, a little to the south of me and as it went by I in a half arc. There appeared to be about six there, merely not as pronounced, which must 12 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN . AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 13 International Sighting Reports International Sighting Reports be why I have not noticed it before. I do (NUFORC Note: The object appears to be lights seemed to be hovering and moving in old mother of three, noticed three moving watch the sky frequently. Be assured, if I see three balloons, with a dark object suspended and out from this central port of swirling objects in the sky as she sat in her home. another 'flying star' I will contact you again. below it. PD) mist/cloud. She quickly ran outside to her terrace and called to her children, a 15 year old and a 5 Thanks to Peter Davenport Thanks to Peter Davenport Last night, I was really spooked� as I was year old. Three objects were gliding towards Director www.nuforc.org. Director www.nuforc.org. sure I knew this was the same thing, which the east and flew higher and higher. we had observed so many years ago. We are Arizona - Light Canada - Object Shone About Us sure this was a sort of mother ship, with sev­ She states, "I ran and got a digital camera, eral annex/scout type craft that seemed to be but for some reason could not see the objects Tempe- On November 03, 2004, at 04:29 lie Bizard, QC- At midnight November doing reconnaissance flights. The incredible through the lenses, but I finally got a photo p.m., I used a Canon Power Shot A40 digital 07, 2004, Sunday night, our telephone rang, lights, rays and swirling effects, we con­ of them with protrusions in a brownish col­ camera (1600x1200 resolution) to photo­ and my 17 year old son answered. It was his cluded, were perhaps a kind of cloaking our." As they flew higher they formed an L graph a parked Union Pacific Railroad loco­ sister on the phone telling him to "wake radar block, I don't know. shape formation and became round in shape. She says, "When I zoomed into the photo motive near the intersection of Kyrene Road Mom, there is a magnificent aurora outside." My daughter's account will no doubt be two objects were perfect flying triangles and and Southern A venue. He followed her request and immediately more spectacular, as she was out in the one was egg shaped." came to get me out of bed to come out to woods, calling and communicating by cell The sky was clear and even though the Phoe­ look with him. phone with other friends in other regions Thanks to Peter Davenport nix Sky Harbour Airport is nearby there were whom she also alerted to the phenomenon. Director www.nuforc�org. no commercial aircraft overhead when I took Before I even opened the back door, it was my photographs. An hour later I downloaded obvious that there was something spectacular My husband wakes every morning at 04:45 Philippines - Saucer in the Sky the 19 railroad images from the Microtech 16 overhead, as I could see incredible distinct a.m., I got up with him, and the light rays megabyte "Digital Flash Film" card onto my rays touching down on the horizon behind were still prominent in the sky. This morn­ Mandaluyong- On November 2, 2004, at HP Vectra VL420 DT computer. our home. I opened the door and we both ing, I have spoken to a few people who have 10 p.m., my husband was the one who saw it observed that the rays were now all around heard of or observed northern lights last first, we thought it was a plane but we could While reviewing the photos I had just taken us, 360°! "Wow!" He exclaimed. And as night. Their sighting was much earlier, about not hear any sound from it. We were trying of the locomotive, I noticed that in the upper the verse resounded in my brain, the words 08:00 p.m., and in the area of the Laurentian to figure it out. At first it was steady then the th left corner of the 5 picture in the series, spilled out of my mouth. Mountains, St. Sauver area. thing just suddenly put its lights on. there were three evenly spaced white/light circular objects with a dark triangular object "And the glory of the lord shone 'round about Their party did dispute the idea that what The first light was like the headlight of a car, they witnessed was not typical of any north­ and then there were three red lights. Finally, beneath them. It almost looks like the dark them, and they were sore afraid." I recount ern lights they had ever seen in their region the last one was a green light that blinked. object is pursuing the three light objects. the sighting that his father and I shared on that before. This compares to a similar sighting Suddenly, it flew higher and looked like a night in 1982 ... It's exactly the same! What I didn't notice the objects when I was taking in June 1982. saucer and it really-moved so quickly, going we saw last night was a central swirling light up high in the sky. the pictures and don't recall hearing any air­ emitting source - rays of light radiating from Thanks to Peter Davenport craft type sounds. The two locomotives on its periphery. Director www.nuforc.org. Thanks to Peter Davenport the parked train were shut down so there was Director www.nuforc.org. no train related noise. Being an Air Force It had several central lights like those an air­ Pakistan - Flying Triangles veteran I don't recognise the formation of the plane or boat would have, indicating port or objects as being a type of military aircraft starboard sides. There were six or seven Islamabad- On the evening of November formation. such lights. In our initial sighting, these 08, 2004 at 05:10p.m., the witness, a 41 year 14 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 15 The Passing Of Dr John Mack Dr John E. Mack, a Harvard Medical School After fourteen months of inquiry, and amid Compiled by Clive Yates professor of psychiatry, won the 1977 Pulit­ growing questions from the academic com­ zer Prize for his biography of British officer munity (including Harvard Professor of Law, Selected reports from magazines published in the 1950s and 1960s T.E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia", with Alan Dershowitz) regarding the validity of the title, "A Prince of Our Disorder". He Harvard's investigation of a tenured pro­ also conducted research on people who fessor, Harvard issued a statement that Cordoba, Argentina July 30, 1960 Flying Saucer Review (Edited by Charles Bowen). At • claimed to have been abducted by aliens. "reaffirmed Dr. Mack's academic freedom to 04:30 p.m., Captain Hugo Francisco Luis Niotti, a graduate of the National School of Aero­ study what he wishes and to state his opin­ nautics at Cordoba, was driving in his car from Yacanto to Cordoba when, at a spot 70 km On Monday September 27, 2004, Dr Mack, ions without impediment," concluding "Dr. from Cordoba, he perceived an object at what he estimated to be about 100 metres from the 74, dined with friends and while returning on Mack remains a member in good standing of ground. It was raining at the time - a very fine drizzle. The object was rotating on its axis foot to the home at which he was staying in the Harvard Faculty of Medicine." and travelling slowly southwards. He was astonished by its shape and the total absence of North London, was struck on a crosswalk at any sound from it. There was nothing to indicate any motor or engine, any smoke or flame. approximately 23:25, by a silver Peugeot 306 "I am just so devastated by this news," said headed west on Totteridge Lane. He was pro­ Roderick MacLeish, the attorney who repre­ He got out his 35 mm camera and took a picture. Despite the fine rain, visibility was good. nounced dead at the scene by London police. sented Mack during the Harvard investiga­ After he had watched the object moving slowly and silently along, it suddenly shot straight up tion. "This is a great loss. John was one of and vanished among the clouds. The negative was analysed by Argentine Air Force photo­ Mack's extensive research of about 200 men the kindest, most compassionate mental graphic experts. They reported that they found no signs of trickery or tampering. The photo and women from around the world, who health clinicians I have ever met, and I have was published as an exclusive feature in No. 222 of La Revista Nacional de Aeronautica, the claimed to have had encounters with space represented many psychiatrists." official publication of the Argentine Air Force. aliens, found that they had a heightened Norwich, England· December 27, 1962 Orbit (Tyneside U.F.O. Society). Mr and Mrs M. sense of spirituality and environmentalism. Mack's early work focused on clinical explo­ A. Mann are convinced that they watched two flying saucers for about eight seconds when rations of dreams, nightmares and teen sui­ He wrote about his subjects' experiences in cide, and how world perception affects rela­ walking along Rye Avenue between 09:40 and 09:45 p.m. Mr Mann, whose hobby is theo­ two books, 1994's "Abduction" and 1999's tionships. He advocated a move away from retical astronomy, and who therefore watches the sky with interest, has twice before sighted mysterious objects. But last night left him in no doubt that he saw flying saucers. Mr Mann "Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transfor­ materialism in Western culture, blaming it for said, "They were objects giving off a diffused white light, with a light of greater intensity at mation and Alien Encounters." His work the Cold War and global ecological problems. the centre. They appeared at about 30 degrees above the horizon, moving from west to east, was also the subject of the 2003 documentary and disappeared after about eight seconds when they were lost in the city lights." film "Touched." "He was so caring to his patients, and I hope that is what he is remembered for, and not for From underneath they appeared to both Mr and Mrs Mann as saucer-shaped. They did not His efforts, which found that people claiming being the guy who believed in people's stories know their size and therefore could not judge the height. They were absolutely silent. Mr to be abducted came from all walks of life and of alien abductions," MacLeish said. - Mann was able to rule out meteorites and such things. He remains mystified and asks, generally had no evidence of mental illness, "Whoever heard of any natural phenomena in the sky flying along on parallel courses?" met with scepticism and criticism from some Mack was born in New York City on October elements of the academic community. 4, 1929. He earned an undergraduate degree Summerside, Canada September 21, 1966 The U.F. 0. Investigator (National Investiga­ • from Oberlin College (Phi Beta Kappa) in tions Committee on Aerial Phenomena). A round, shiny UFO that hovered close to the In 1994, Harvard Medical School established 1951, and his medical degree from Harvard ground then shot straight up and disappeared at a tremendous speed was observed by eight a committee of peers to review his clinical Medical School (Cum Laude) in 1955. He members of the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. care and clinical investigation of the people graduated from the Boston Psychoanalytic The RCAF members were refuelling an aircraft in the Prince County town of Summerside at he interviewed in the course of his alien ab­ Society and Institute, and was Board certified about 06:30 a.m. and spotted the object in the east travelling at great speed. The UFO then duction research and initiated proceedings to in child and adult psychoanalysis. He served abruptly came to a complete stop, descended straight towards the ground and hovered close determine whether he should retain tenure. in the U.S. Air Force from 1959 to 1961. to the land for about 20 minutes. It then shot straight up and disappeared very quickly. 16 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 17

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THE AUSTRALIAN BULLETIN DEC. 2004 I Victorian U.F.O. Research Society P.O. Box 1043, Moorabbin, Vic. 3189, Australia INCORPORATED 1988 Comments are welcome, address email to vufors@ ozemail.com.au VUFORS Web page at http://www.ozemail.eom.au/-vufors Print Post Approved DECEMBER 2004 PP338968/0023 Contents ARTICLE PAGE Editor-iParlesidJeundti Mtahg ee . 2 ...................................................... On TheU FO Trai-Pla uNlo rman 3 ........................................................ TheE volutiOofAn Camera 6 .................................................................. SnapshoFtrso mB ettHyi llL'isf e . 8 ......................................................... InternatSiiognhatliR negp orts. . . . 9 .......................................................... TheP assiOnfgD rJ ohnM ack . . 16 ........................................................... TheE arly Years 17 ...................................................................................... GordoCno opeSro areIdnS pace . 18 ........................................................ WomenS pookeBdy U FOs 19 ........................................... ro ...................... VictorSiiagnh tiRnegp orts 20 ................................................................... TasmaniSaing hting Reports . 24 ............................................................... QueenslaSnidg htiRnegp orts . . . . 25 .......................................................... DidY ouK now? . . 31 ................................................................................... ChineOsne TheiyYra yT oT heM oon 31 ................................................. DiscussEivoenn i-nDga te-sD irections . 32 ........................................... AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN EDITORIAL December 2004 ON THE UFO TRAIL Here we are again with more information on the UFOs in the Grampians. 'They' are Paul Norman © 2004 still creating a great deal of interest for visitors to the area, and also our intrepid UFO 'chasers', Paul Norman, Jacqui Purtell, and Jacqui's "dear mother." It is frus­ Regretfully another pioneer of Ufology has Professor James McDonald, a scientist from trating for them, because it takes considerable time for J acqui to set up her tripod with her passed away - Betty Hill. She, together with the University of Arizona, was instrumental gear on it, and she has plenty of items to put together. her husband Barney, had an experience on in getting the Radar information, covering 19th September 1961 that made headlines the time of the incident, released from the The UFOs seem to disappear and as soon as the trio starts to pack up to finish their night of throughout the world. Her story is one of Air Force. watching, the UFOs show up again. That does not mean to say they are invisible during the only a few cases that I consider reliable. I early part of the night but that the activity might be somewhat less. had the pleasure of being invited to stay at I have interviewed a number of abductees, Betty's home in 1986 and again in 1987. and have not found any who have felt good I have read the second part of Jacqui's article "The Evolution Of A Camera" and found it to be She was a widow at that time, as Barney died about their abduction experiences; in fact, most interesting and entertaining. She has put her unique sense of humour and a considerable in 1969. two or three have been suicidal. amount of time and expense, into her investigations and report, and it is an article well worth reading. The reason I consider this case reliable, is One case, which comes to mind, occurred in Be sure not to miss the interesting articles on the lives of: Betty Hill known for her abduction because Peace Air Force Base in New Hamp­ July 1972. I sat in the back seat of a car while shire detected an unknown object on radar, with her husband Barney; the very special psychiatrist Dr John Mack; and the famous NASA an experiencer believed she was seeing an en­ on the same night, and in the same area Astronaught Gordon Cooper. Each of their lives was affected by UFOs in a very tangible way. tity that a colleague and I could not see. She where the abductions occurred. Some of was shown the 'control room' of a UFO and� Paul recently received a letter from Dr Richard Haines, who gave us a very nice compliment Betty's best friends were stationed at the the entity pointed to an object in the centre of tegarding our publication. He stated, "It is marvellous to see how dedicated you, Judy, Tony, base, and Dr Benjamin Simon, the Air Force the room. She was in a different reality. At and the others are in keeping the flame alive all these years in spite of mounting expenses, ridi­ psychiatrist, had a hypnosis session with no time did she leave the car. cule, travel distances, sceptical nonsense, etc." Thank you Richard, compliments are as scarce Betty. as 'hens teeth'. I know of another case reported by a friend in Every Sunday morning, Betty had �a breakfast California who, together with his wife, was On the 23rd of August, we received a number of phone calls late in the evening regarding orange in her home for her friends at the Base. After with an experiencer who was seeing an entity lights in two triangular formations. Some who called, thought they may be a danger to passen­ being ridiculed by sceptics, Betty considered that neither he nor his wife could see. The ger aircraft coming from interstate, and phoned our numbers to ascertain the probability or pos­ her best relief and encouragement came when experiencer vectored the wife to the exact spot sibility of an air accident. she was invited to give a lecture to the Air where the entity was located. While the wife Force. When she drove up to the entrance Fortunately we were able to calm their nerves and assure those who phoned that personnel at the gate, she saw that the arch over the gate dis­ could not see the entity, she experienced a tin­ airport would have the situation well in hand. gling sensation like static when she reached played the message, "Peace Air Force Base this spot. Welcomes Betty Hill". As there were no nominations for positions on the VUFORS Committee, the Committee will remain the same. Betty always referred to the entities as aliens. It has recently come to my attention that She did not regard the encounter as benevo­ statements made by the now deceased Dr We take this opportunity of wishing our members and readers a Safe, Happy and Healthy Fes­ lent, and said she would never want it to hap­ Karla Turner, have been confirmed by my tive Season and a Great New Year. pen again. Betty and Barney were on their experiences to date. Dr Turner, who worked way home to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with over 400 alien abduction cases, was an after a Canadian vacation. The best and most abductee herself. detailed account of their encounter is in the book 'Interrupted Journey' by John Fuller. Here are some of her findings: 2 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 3 ON THE UFO TRAIL ON THE UFO TRAIL 1. Aliens can alter our perception of our at an elevation of about 45 degrees, in the contact with aliens from other planets, and stories told by contactees. If there was any surroundings; northern sky. sounded very sincere. Retired Major Donald truth to these encounters, it must have been the Keyhoe, Director of the National Investiga­ aliens who were misrepresenting the truth. 2. Aliens can control what we think and If these lights had already been there while tions Committee on Aerial Phenomena see; Jacqueline was still videoing, I would have On 23rd August this year, at about 08:30 p.m., (NICAP) also appeared on the program but seen them, or if they had approached while near the Tullamarine and Essendon Airports, a only spoke about appearances of UFOs in 3. They can appear to us in any number of glowing, I would have seen them. Whatever minor flap occurred while aircraft were taking which physical evidence was involved. guises and shapes; their activity was, they were operating in the off and landing. Six orange lights in two trian­ dark without glowing. These lights could not It was amazing, the number of listeners who gular formations were reported initially, fol­ 4. Aliens can be present in an invisible state, have been over one kilometre away, but believed the contactees; but then came the evi­ lowed by the disappearance of two, leaving and can make themselves partially visible. could have been as close as 300 metres away. dence revealed by space probes. There was four lights in a diamond shaped formation. nothing to substantiate the claims made, on the If this were true, these ETs, UFOnaughts, This possibly explains the incident previously contrary, just the opposite was true, such as We sent out a number of Sighting Report Entities or whatevers, would be able to moti­ published in our Bulletin, of two witnesses Venus being too hot for the conditions the Forms, but unfortunately, most of them were vate some individuals to hijack an aircraft from the Moorabbin Aero Club, who were on contactees had reported. This lead me to ask not returned. If those who received the forms and fly it into a building, or cause any other Reids Lookout and saw a large white light fly the question - who was the source of the mis­ had taken the time to fill them in and return form of destruction. across the valley, and curve under the over­ leading information, the contactees or the ali­ them, we would have learned much more hanging cliff. Although they waited until the ens? Consequently, I treated with caution, about the formations of orange lights. My major concern is - are we dealing with wee hours of the morning, they did not see it friend or foe? I continue to search for indi­ fly out. The previously luminous object might cations of benevolence. We have on record, have done so, but was not glowing. Plasma Sheath Around Objects fatal encounters of aircraft with UFOs, and hundreds of safety violations within the avia­ It would appear that UFOs sometimes operate UFO Potpourri - No. 453 August 2004 tion industry alone, caused by UFOs. There without glowing, when relatively close, espe­ is certainly nothing good about these cases. cially when their activities might be videoed, John F. Schuessler, 9862 West Unser Ave., Littleton, CO 80128-6986 and that some are prepared to be seen when Activity in the Grampians still continues, al­ their activities cannot be recorded. Whether The UFO Enigma - October 2004 though not at the same rate as before the two the UFOs are playing teasing games, or have For many years UFO researchers have been Ministry is working on developing active jet aircraft overflight. security concerns, has yet to be determined. reporting what appears to be a plasma sheath stealth technology based on plasma-field gen­ surrounding Unconventional Flying Objects. eration, applicable to combat aircraft and On October the 6th, Jacqueline Purtell and I When Steven Swanwick first discovered this They have suggested that the sheath serves to high-altitude cruise missiles." The article also arrived at Reids Lookout at twilight to set up activity, he and others reported seeing flying protect the craft from the surrounding envi­ claims that the U.S. and Russia are interested the telescope and camera. During that time I disks during daylight hours, but when Steven ronment, thereby allowing manoeuvres that in plasma technology "as a means of achieving was viewing both valleys with binoculars. secured a video camera, the UFOs only ap­ would otherwise be impossible. In addition, high Mach flight without having to cope with After dark, Jacqueline was videoing some uni­ peared as lights at night. This change would the sheath seems to have provided a measure the normal aerothermodynarnic issues." dentified lights, which were not very active. never have been observed but for the persis­ of invisibility, shielding the UFO from radar tence of interested researchers spending tracking systems. The French work is in the initial technical Just as the videotape ran out, three bright much time in freezing wind atop the lookout. feasibility stage for the generation of plasma white lights, each about the size of a match Maybe these claims are not so far-fetched as to mask radio frequency (RF) energy bright head at arm's length, appeared suddenly in During the 1950's I often listened to a late some have imagined. The August 9, 2004 is­ spots. They have already built a functioning an equilateral triangular formation, apex up­ night program on radio station WOR in New sue of Aviation Week & Space Technology plasma antenna and are now working on the ward, about the size of a fist at arm's length, York City. Various callers spoke about their magazine reports that "the French Defence source itself. 4 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 5 The Evolution Of A Camera The Evolution Of A Camera Sensitivity or low light ability (low lux num­ pose time will tell. My efforts to videotape By Jacqui Purtell ber) is required, and having a lens diameter of those strange lights in The Grampians con­ over 200 rnm on the telescope means it is out tinue, and to date I'm still trying to get that [Continued from September 2004 Bulletin.] I guess logic would dictate that I should util­ of sight, so to speak, of the two cameras I was shot which will be worthy of "smoking gun" ise some form of compact transportation sys­ looking at. The idea of having a compact status. I have seen wonders that have truly I must admit that not everyone shows me ridi­ tem, perhaps something with wheels, maybe video monitor on the back of the telescope puzzled me and left me awe-struck. was certainly appealing, especially when my cule, some show what seems to be genuine a small wheel barrow, no that's no help, too mother came to the rescue once again, and interest. Just as well the weather was dry, or large to fit inside the Honda, but what about I have seen things that are amazing, but offered to help cover some of the cost of the I'm sure a light show would have ensued, and a modified golf buggy, yes that's the answer. video camera. happened so rapidly that getting a focused It's light in weight and folds down into a I'm not thinking of UFOs, anomalous lights, lock on the visual wonders has proven elu­ manageable size. or whatever. To have 240 volts and plenty of A Sony DCR-TRV80E was then duly pur­ sive. There is so much more there than just damp metallic bits and pieces all providing a The problem of a heavy car battery needed a chased and pressed into service as a digital moving coloured lights. I have been in the nice conductive circuit, is a little dicey. better resolution as well; otherwise the idea recorder and monitor only, with the security Honda with a witness beside me, on the camera and telescope as the main optical re­ of that $100,000 professional video camera Wartook/Horsham road, when an intense This might have truly given an expression of ceptor. The security camera is powered by its might just be a little too entertaining. So the beam of blue light has enveloped the car, reality to the saying "to have stars in your · own separate 12 volt supply (two series con­ eyes," or perhaps "a spring in your step". grey-matter had to be put to use again, and nected 6 volt dolphin lantern batteries) taped and seconds later a ball of blue light ap­ the possibility of actually buying a proper peared on the passenger side of the car and to the leg of the tripod - heaps better than a And to think of it, I vaguely remember dear video camera started to look more attractive. heavy car battery. pulsed another beam through the window. mother calling out to me, "Jacqui do you Unfortunately such a proposition would ' know what you are doing?" and returning a mean a rather hefty slug to my bank account. So that is pretty much where the evolutionary These things certainly do fit the category not too confident affirmation. state of my camera sits at the moment. I sup- of UFO. Even the lower priced items were expensive as Well it must be time for another revolutionary a one item expenditure, but the advantage of step. Being a practical sort of person, I rap­ power supplies, video monitors and recording More Sightings Of 'Fireball' idly latched onto the possibilities of expanding facilities in one relatively small package was the adaptabilities of the inverter, this required very enticing and it could double up for other Weekly News, Newbury, England- July 29, 2004 the acquisition of a 12 volt car battery and hey video duties. So I set out to find a suitable camera. What I found was that none could presto, one more problem solved. Now I UFO Newsclipping Service, October 2004, Number 423 match the performance of my cumbersome could move my set-up to a slightly more re­ #2 Caney Valley Drive, Plumerville, Arkansas 72127-8725 USA good old telescope and security camera - that mote filming location . . . at least 300 metres Editor and Publisher: Lucius Farish was a surprise. down the walking track, toward the panoramic site of the "Balconies." Speculation continues over the strange night search of the area around Hungerford and up The lower end Sony digital camera (DCR­ time sights in the skies over Hungerford after to the M4, fire engines and a police helicopter TRV22E) had only a 5 lux at F17 sensitivity Have you ever carried a car battery any dis­ last week's report in the Newbury Weekly were unable to find anything. and a 30 mm lens filter diameter; the specs tance on a warm summer afternoon? Well, sheet does not give a lens size. The more News about the mystery fireball. that's certainly an experience, and one learns Since then, many people claim to have seen expensive DCR-TRV80E was actually worse from experience, even if one has to try the at 7 lux, its lens filter diameter was 37 mm, At about 10:30 p.m. last Monday, several of the same thing in the sky several weeks be­ experience a couple times just to see if the only slightly larger but it did have a bigger the town's residents contacted the emergency fore. Possibilities for the object range from last time felt as bad as the first time, and it CCD chip, better definition I guess, but I don't services saying they thought they had seen a aircraft, illicit night time hot air balloons to does! So what happens is further evolution. think that is such a problem with the telescope. burning aircraft, but after a comprehensive, meteorites and UFOs. 6 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 7 Snapshots From Betty Hill's Life International Sighting Reports The well known UFO researcher and author, It was the radar -located at Peace Air Force Selected extracts from Filer's Files #48 - 2004 MUFON Skywatch Investigations Betty Hill, died from lung cancer in Ports­ Base that detected an unknown flying object mouth, New Hampshire, on the 17th of Octo­ in the White Mountains of New Hampshire George A. Filer, Director, Mutual UFO Network Eastern www.GeorgeFiler.com-www.CEWarren.com ber 2004. She was born in Newton, New that same night in September 1961, when h Webmaster Chuck Warren Hampshire, on the 28t of June 1919. On the Betty and her late husband experienced their th 19 of September 1961, she and her husband unusual incident. Also, at the request of the Barney were involved in one of the earliest, U.S. Air Force, psychiatrist Dr Benjamin California - Airline Pilot Sees UFO; New is very easy to think an object is moving, most highly publicised, and well documented Simon commenced sessions with the Hills at York - Manoeuvring Light; Maryland - from small corrections the autopilot makes. I cases of UFO abduction in the USA. his office in Boston, Massachusetts. Sphere Follows Jets; Virginia - Flying Trian­ found a handful of stars to serve as a refer­ gle; Wisconsin - More UFO Encounters; ence point and verified that the object was Paul Norman from VUFORS met with Betty, During his two visits with Betty, Paul accom­ Minnesota - Three Coloured Lights; Mis­ slowly moving north. It moved about 30 de­ and was invited to stay at her Portsmouth, panied her to two of her sighting areas without souri - Flying Triangle; Texas - Triangle grees and then stopped. Then, it made a New Hampshire home, for a few days in success. The only lights seen were reflections With Bright Lights; Montana - Unusual slight tangent to the right and continued 1981 and again in 1982. During these stays, of aircraft lights, but over the years, many in­ Lights on Disk; Arizona - Light; Canada - moving for about 20 more degrees. he was able to confirm information in her cluding police and other law enforcement offi­ Object Shone About Us; Pakistan - Flying "It stopped and turned again to the right and book, "A Commonsense Approach To cers at all levels, as well as former CIA, FBI Triangles; Philippines- Saucer in the Sky. continued for 10 degrees, then stopped again UFOs," especially her close association with and Pentagon agents, had witnessed unex­ and disappeared. The whole sighting ran officers from the Peace Air Force Base. Paul plainable lights and objects in these areas, and California - Airline Pilot Sees UFO about two minutes or so from start to finish. provided the following information about her were eager to discuss UFOs. ' It was difficult to judge the actual distance life and research. San Francisco - An airline transport pilot and speed. When I talk about 'moving in A Sheriff and his wife were taking Betty to with 14 years' experience in commercial avia­ degrees and turning,' I am talking about my Betty and her husband -Barney's experience investigate a sighting when all three saw what tion can't quite explain what he saw at 1 1:00 (cockpit) viewpoint and compass degrees. was the first abduction case to receive a large they thought was a big trailer truck on an over­ p.m., November 03, 2004. The jetliner P.A. quantity of publicity. John Fuller wrote a pass. It appeared to be an eighteen-wheeler was flying was making its approach into San "The UFO' s size was very small, about the book about the case, "The Interrupted Jour­ pulling a second trailer, which was illegal in Francisco. The jetliner was approaching the size of the stars and planets you see in the ney," and since then several documentaries New Hampshire. The Sheriff sped up, and city from the east, passing just north of sky. We had initially been at 35,000 feet have been televised, and most people inter­ when they got closer, all three saw the trailer Stockton, when P.A. received instructions (10,500 meters) but had descended to 24,000 ested in the subject know about this case. Her truck go above the turnpike, but since no over­ from the tower to descend from 35,000 to feet (7 ,200 meters) when we saw the object. experience motivated Betty's own research pass existed, it had to be airborne! 24,000 feet (10,500 to 7,200 meters). We were above the clouds with a clear view, into the phenomenon. and there was a crescent moon behind us. On another night, while driving a UFO inves­ During the approach, he reported that, "an Betty had been accused of seeing too many tigator, both saw a UFO come up behind her orange dot began to glow and seemed to "The weather in San Francisco was partly UFOs, but nobody to Paul's knowledge had car, shoot ahead of the car, and then stop flash higher up to the west of us. I thought cloudy skies and light rain. There were two spent more time looking for them, and she over a field. The UFO blinked its lights in a that it was a planet. It then changed colour of us in the cockpit, and we both witnessed had only reported one abduction. Although variety of patterns, arid Betty responded with from orange to white. Again, I thought a the same thing. We were both in awe. I she had had many dreams similar to what her car lights, duplicating the patterns. planet could be illuminated through a local have been flying for 14 years have never wit­ some individuals interpret as abductions. While the investigator became fearful, Betty atmosphere that would explain the colour nessed something like this before." Much was learned from Betty, even psy­ laughed at his reaction, as she had previously change. chologists had discussed the subject with her experienced what she called "blinking ses­ Thanks to UFO Roundup Vol. 9, # 45, to gain knowledge in the field of hypnosis. sions" with UFOs. "It then began to move in a northeasterly di­ November 10, 2004, Editor: Joseph Trainor rection. Once again, being in an airplane, it http://www. ufoinfo.com/roundup/ 8 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 9 International Sighting Reports International Sighting Reports New York - Manoeuvring Light This was reported to me by my 12 year old number of unusual happenings around this here. So much in fact that a fellow investiga­ son. I have transcribed it as told. family's home came over for a visit and said tor by the name of Sam Marino and col­ Syracuse - Between 09:00 and 10:00 p.m. you have to come outside and see what is leagues (Illinois, MUFON) will be driving to Thanks to Peter Davenport on November 03, 2004, on a cloudless night, happening in the sky! They all went outside the family's home and spending a couple of Director www.nuforc.org. the witness happened to glance out her and to the west of the home they could see days with them to carry out interviews and an kitchen window facing north to look at what something strange which had a red ball of investigation. We all are hoping that they Virginia - Flying Triangle she thought might be planets or bright stars. light at the top and on the bottom. will be fortunate enough to get a glimpse of what the family is witnessing. The witness states, "I then noticed a third Charlottesville - At 05:48 a.m., on No­ "The body of the object was white, which light source which at first I thought to be just vember 08, 2004, the observer was getting extended out leaving the red balls of light Thanks to Brian Vike, a normal airplane moving directly away from his car and happened to look up to see a sitting in the middle of whatever it was. Director HBCC UFO Research. me as it did not seem to be moving much, but shooting star. As he lingered to watch its tail Shawn's friend told him to look towards the after a few seconds, it began to move in an die out a very, very, very large flying triangle back of the object and a bit in the distance. Minnesota - Three Coloured Lights erratic zigzag motion, i.e., up, down, left and shaped craft passed effortlessly directly over Looking through a good pair of binoculars head without making a sound. Shawn saw a red coloured pyramid shaped right at varying angles." St. Peter The observer was located in a - object that seemed to be towing the pyramid river valley in Southern Minnesota when he It appeared to be covering large distances It appeared to be a string of triangle lights behind it. saw two very bright lights above the far side connected together at a perfect diagonal. very quickly as it did this. This went on for Connected to the lights were long tubes at "As the objects moved towards the east they of the valley on November 08, 2004, at at least 30 to 60 seconds before it left my different lengths almost reminiscent of a re­ dropped down behind the tree tops and they 08:15 p.m. One light was slightly above the field of view. volver chamber on a pistol. I would surmise all could hear what sounded like a jet aircraft other. Then a third one appeared above and the object to be about the width of thirty for a brief period of time. Whatever these slightly to the left of the other two. Thanks to Peter Davenport commercial jet sized airplanes at an undeter­ things were, both had been silent the whole Director www.nuforc.org. mined length. time they were travelling across the sky." Then, the lowest one started to move to the left, and unfortunately it disappeared behind Maryland - Sphere Follows Jets It was hard to comprehend anything that size Shawn's wife Robin said, "They have gone some trees. The witness lives on the top flying. It did not hover, it did not speed off, through the process of shock and being over­ floor of a dorm so ran to get a better view, Glen Burnie -At approximately 08:00 a.m. it simply floated effortlessly towards the east whelmed, to acceptance and they will never but the other two "twinkled" out. At that on November 08, 2004, the witness noticed and disappeared. I have never seen anything be able to understand what has been going time, it reminded me of a video I have seen two highflying jets travelling north leaving a remotely like this and cannot imagine anyone on!" Robin said, "It is just really bizarre and that was taken from above a town in New contrail. He states, "Behind the two jets a creating something that looked like this. I that being a Christian lady, the unexplainable Mexico or Colorado that many people caught ways back I saw a white/silver sphere follow­ will never forget it as long as I live, and feel chain of events has really rocked her world; on tape. ing behind, that was about the size of a dime very fortunate to have seen it. I only hope we don't know what is real any more!" at arm's length. others did as well. The military said that they were very bright Shawn said that he asked a few people around burning flares. I then saw three red lights "It followed along behind the jets for about 3 Thanks to Peter Davenport the area if they have ever witnessed any that flew and slowly went together. The one to 4 minutes, long enough for my school Director www.nuforc.org. strange lights? They said no and walked away red light flew for a few seconds and disap­ but one did say he had seen some unusual friends to see it too. Shortly after the sphere lights, but he doesn't even bother looking up peared. This was typed about 20-30 minutes was lost to view a green helicopter, the same Wisconsin - More UFO Encounters any more. after the sighting. shape as the Maryland Police helicopter, but not a police helicopter, followed along the Frederic- Brian Vike reports, "On a recent HBCC UFO Research Note: There is a lot Thanks to Peter Davenport same path but much lower and much slower." evening Shawn's friend who was witness to a more to this experience than I have written Director www.nuforc.org. 10 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 11 International Sighting Reports International Sighting Reports Missouri - Flying Triangle like it was a symbiotic type ship-organism and could hear a faint roar like a jet. But the or eight of them although they were difficult to I was being 'introduced' without a face to face sound kept getting louder behind me. I count as they flashed in a random manner. Kansas City - The witness was walking meeting preparing me to accept this." turned around and about 350 feet above me his dog on November 08, 2004, at 03:33 a.m., was a huge craft several hundred feet across The object was about the size of my thumb­ I think I might see them again and I do not and even though he was located next to two with two large lights in the back of it, head­ nail at arm's length. If this object were at a know if they are harmless or harmful. I felt busy highways everything was abnormally ing in the direction of the orange ball. great distance from where I was standing, mentally racy but like the physical was in still. Highways 152 and 169 normally have a that would cover a very large arc. The object slow motion, excited/unsure, scared with the lot of activity and the all night car wash is At first I thought it was two fighter jets going appeared to be green, although there could unfamiliarity but not threatened to run off - generally busy. to look at the ball but soon realised if was be the flashing green lights, also. It had but I was not trying to signal this ship either. one vehicle, and it was moving way too slow green highlights that came and went. He felt strange and continued to look around I felt like a dream state, somewhat disorient­ for a jet. A jet would have fallen out of the and towards the left he sensed a spatial dis­ ing, but I was calm. sky moving that slowly. I jumped around to They, too, appeared to be random as to turbance. He was observing it when a craft It was like a time displacement effect - if film it and got about 10 seconds of video be­ placement. It, also, showed a great deal of 'uncloaked' and became visible. It was very yellow although the red and greens kind of they can exist. I have worked with MRI and fore it went behind some trees, that is how low in relation to me and I was in a parking overpower the yellow that was concentrated resonance and know there are subtle shifts a low it was. lot by the interstate highway in a three stories at the middle of the object. The colours were body would feel and this ship had an effect tall building. As I watched the video, all but around three distinct and bright. The object didn't move. just not sure what. When I could visually seconds was jumping and shaking, but in It seemed so incredible I couldn't believe it make out the ship then in a moment the faint I was visiting a friend's house and called him slow motion there is definitely something and reconfirmed but it disappeared in the light/luminosity would manifest. I'm still in out to view it. He saw the same thing and blink of an eye. Then it reappeared, re­ awe! there. However, no discernible shape is visi­ got his 7 X 50s binoculars and we saw it ble. But the lights I thought were flames cloaked, uncloaked then cloaked where I clearly. We watched a half hour when some Thanks to Peter Davenport were blinking. They stayed on but blinked could approximate the trajectory but could cloud cover moved in. The second part of Director www.nuforc.org. intermittently through the white light. not physically see it. It was so quiet I could­ the evening we saw the Northern Lights, and n't believe what I had seen. I have seen they spanned from the western horizon in a Texas - Triangle With Bright Lights It was strange and I showed the video to peo­ stealth aircraft three or four times. I have complete arc around to the east. ple at work and they had no answer either. I seen a few photos of 'flying triangles' and one video with some sound - this was neither. College Station - The observer reports, "I saw a show on the Phoenix Lights, and these I've seen the Northern Lights many times have been seeing various lights and objects are the same type of lights as the object that from here, but never in a 180 degree arc. He states, "It appeared very dark blackish or during the past month and reported a sighting passed overhead. And the odd part is that they appeared to some deep reddish tone and I could identify a to you a week ago. On November 04, 2004, start from the horizon and arc up to a single triangle shape and movement. The craft at 10:00 p.m., I was outside with my video Thanks to Peter Davenport point almost overhead. We are located 8 seemed like it was not in a power up mode camera looking for another object to film. I Director www.nuforc.org. miles east of Lavina, out in the hills. The and it had a faint slightly luminous perimeter saw the usual yellowish orange ball to the following night the witness looked again and and throughout the triangle body there was a east of me when I noticed a blinking light Montana - Unusual Lights on Disk a similar star was there in the same place, but non-random pattern." near it. It either came out of it or was cir­ not as bright. cling checking it out. Lavina - The witness reports, "About 08:30 The equilateral spacing, like dots on a triangle p.m., on November 07, 2004, I spotted a disk Tonight the Northern Lights have not been seemed odd but it was faint and it moved with It kind of darted back and forth then slowly shaped object in the northeastern sky with turned on at this time but the sky does have no resistance that was apparent. There was no headed my way. I filmed it as it passed over many red lights that flash around the perimeter the chromatic effect and the colouring is engine sound at all! He states, "I felt surreal, a little to the south of me and as it went by I in a half arc. There appeared to be about six there, merely not as pronounced, which must 12 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN . AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 13 International Sighting Reports International Sighting Reports be why I have not noticed it before. I do (NUFORC Note: The object appears to be lights seemed to be hovering and moving in old mother of three, noticed three moving watch the sky frequently. Be assured, if I see three balloons, with a dark object suspended and out from this central port of swirling objects in the sky as she sat in her home. another 'flying star' I will contact you again. below it. PD) mist/cloud. She quickly ran outside to her terrace and called to her children, a 15 year old and a 5 Thanks to Peter Davenport Thanks to Peter Davenport Last night, I was really spooked� as I was year old. Three objects were gliding towards Director www.nuforc.org. Director www.nuforc.org. sure I knew this was the same thing, which the east and flew higher and higher. we had observed so many years ago. We are Arizona - Light Canada - Object Shone About Us sure this was a sort of mother ship, with sev­ She states, "I ran and got a digital camera, eral annex/scout type craft that seemed to be but for some reason could not see the objects Tempe- On November 03, 2004, at 04:29 lie Bizard, QC- At midnight November doing reconnaissance flights. The incredible through the lenses, but I finally got a photo p.m., I used a Canon Power Shot A40 digital 07, 2004, Sunday night, our telephone rang, lights, rays and swirling effects, we con­ of them with protrusions in a brownish col­ camera (1600x1200 resolution) to photo­ and my 17 year old son answered. It was his cluded, were perhaps a kind of cloaking our." As they flew higher they formed an L graph a parked Union Pacific Railroad loco­ sister on the phone telling him to "wake radar block, I don't know. shape formation and became round in shape. She says, "When I zoomed into the photo motive near the intersection of Kyrene Road Mom, there is a magnificent aurora outside." My daughter's account will no doubt be two objects were perfect flying triangles and and Southern A venue. He followed her request and immediately more spectacular, as she was out in the one was egg shaped." came to get me out of bed to come out to woods, calling and communicating by cell The sky was clear and even though the Phoe­ look with him. phone with other friends in other regions Thanks to Peter Davenport nix Sky Harbour Airport is nearby there were whom she also alerted to the phenomenon. Director www.nuforc�org. no commercial aircraft overhead when I took Before I even opened the back door, it was my photographs. An hour later I downloaded obvious that there was something spectacular My husband wakes every morning at 04:45 Philippines - Saucer in the Sky the 19 railroad images from the Microtech 16 overhead, as I could see incredible distinct a.m., I got up with him, and the light rays megabyte "Digital Flash Film" card onto my rays touching down on the horizon behind were still prominent in the sky. This morn­ Mandaluyong- On November 2, 2004, at HP Vectra VL420 DT computer. our home. I opened the door and we both ing, I have spoken to a few people who have 10 p.m., my husband was the one who saw it observed that the rays were now all around heard of or observed northern lights last first, we thought it was a plane but we could While reviewing the photos I had just taken us, 360°! "Wow!" He exclaimed. And as night. Their sighting was much earlier, about not hear any sound from it. We were trying of the locomotive, I noticed that in the upper the verse resounded in my brain, the words 08:00 p.m., and in the area of the Laurentian to figure it out. At first it was steady then the th left corner of the 5 picture in the series, spilled out of my mouth. Mountains, St. Sauver area. thing just suddenly put its lights on. there were three evenly spaced white/light circular objects with a dark triangular object "And the glory of the lord shone 'round about Their party did dispute the idea that what The first light was like the headlight of a car, they witnessed was not typical of any north­ and then there were three red lights. Finally, beneath them. It almost looks like the dark them, and they were sore afraid." I recount ern lights they had ever seen in their region the last one was a green light that blinked. object is pursuing the three light objects. the sighting that his father and I shared on that before. This compares to a similar sighting Suddenly, it flew higher and looked like a night in 1982 ... It's exactly the same! What I didn't notice the objects when I was taking in June 1982. saucer and it really-moved so quickly, going we saw last night was a central swirling light up high in the sky. the pictures and don't recall hearing any air­ emitting source - rays of light radiating from Thanks to Peter Davenport craft type sounds. The two locomotives on its periphery. Director www.nuforc.org. Thanks to Peter Davenport the parked train were shut down so there was Director www.nuforc.org. no train related noise. Being an Air Force It had several central lights like those an air­ Pakistan - Flying Triangles veteran I don't recognise the formation of the plane or boat would have, indicating port or objects as being a type of military aircraft starboard sides. There were six or seven Islamabad- On the evening of November formation. such lights. In our initial sighting, these 08, 2004 at 05:10p.m., the witness, a 41 year 14 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 15 The Passing Of Dr John Mack Dr John E. Mack, a Harvard Medical School After fourteen months of inquiry, and amid Compiled by Clive Yates professor of psychiatry, won the 1977 Pulit­ growing questions from the academic com­ zer Prize for his biography of British officer munity (including Harvard Professor of Law, Selected reports from magazines published in the 1950s and 1960s T.E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia", with Alan Dershowitz) regarding the validity of the title, "A Prince of Our Disorder". He Harvard's investigation of a tenured pro­ also conducted research on people who fessor, Harvard issued a statement that Cordoba, Argentina July 30, 1960 Flying Saucer Review (Edited by Charles Bowen). At • claimed to have been abducted by aliens. "reaffirmed Dr. Mack's academic freedom to 04:30 p.m., Captain Hugo Francisco Luis Niotti, a graduate of the National School of Aero­ study what he wishes and to state his opin­ nautics at Cordoba, was driving in his car from Yacanto to Cordoba when, at a spot 70 km On Monday September 27, 2004, Dr Mack, ions without impediment," concluding "Dr. from Cordoba, he perceived an object at what he estimated to be about 100 metres from the 74, dined with friends and while returning on Mack remains a member in good standing of ground. It was raining at the time - a very fine drizzle. The object was rotating on its axis foot to the home at which he was staying in the Harvard Faculty of Medicine." and travelling slowly southwards. He was astonished by its shape and the total absence of North London, was struck on a crosswalk at any sound from it. There was nothing to indicate any motor or engine, any smoke or flame. approximately 23:25, by a silver Peugeot 306 "I am just so devastated by this news," said headed west on Totteridge Lane. He was pro­ Roderick MacLeish, the attorney who repre­ He got out his 35 mm camera and took a picture. Despite the fine rain, visibility was good. nounced dead at the scene by London police. sented Mack during the Harvard investiga­ After he had watched the object moving slowly and silently along, it suddenly shot straight up tion. "This is a great loss. John was one of and vanished among the clouds. The negative was analysed by Argentine Air Force photo­ Mack's extensive research of about 200 men the kindest, most compassionate mental graphic experts. They reported that they found no signs of trickery or tampering. The photo and women from around the world, who health clinicians I have ever met, and I have was published as an exclusive feature in No. 222 of La Revista Nacional de Aeronautica, the claimed to have had encounters with space represented many psychiatrists." official publication of the Argentine Air Force. aliens, found that they had a heightened Norwich, England· December 27, 1962 Orbit (Tyneside U.F.O. Society). Mr and Mrs M. sense of spirituality and environmentalism. Mack's early work focused on clinical explo­ A. Mann are convinced that they watched two flying saucers for about eight seconds when rations of dreams, nightmares and teen sui­ He wrote about his subjects' experiences in cide, and how world perception affects rela­ walking along Rye Avenue between 09:40 and 09:45 p.m. Mr Mann, whose hobby is theo­ two books, 1994's "Abduction" and 1999's tionships. He advocated a move away from retical astronomy, and who therefore watches the sky with interest, has twice before sighted mysterious objects. But last night left him in no doubt that he saw flying saucers. Mr Mann "Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transfor­ materialism in Western culture, blaming it for said, "They were objects giving off a diffused white light, with a light of greater intensity at mation and Alien Encounters." His work the Cold War and global ecological problems. the centre. They appeared at about 30 degrees above the horizon, moving from west to east, was also the subject of the 2003 documentary and disappeared after about eight seconds when they were lost in the city lights." film "Touched." "He was so caring to his patients, and I hope that is what he is remembered for, and not for From underneath they appeared to both Mr and Mrs Mann as saucer-shaped. They did not His efforts, which found that people claiming being the guy who believed in people's stories know their size and therefore could not judge the height. They were absolutely silent. Mr to be abducted came from all walks of life and of alien abductions," MacLeish said. - Mann was able to rule out meteorites and such things. He remains mystified and asks, generally had no evidence of mental illness, "Whoever heard of any natural phenomena in the sky flying along on parallel courses?" met with scepticism and criticism from some Mack was born in New York City on October elements of the academic community. 4, 1929. He earned an undergraduate degree Summerside, Canada September 21, 1966 The U.F. 0. Investigator (National Investiga­ • from Oberlin College (Phi Beta Kappa) in tions Committee on Aerial Phenomena). A round, shiny UFO that hovered close to the In 1994, Harvard Medical School established 1951, and his medical degree from Harvard ground then shot straight up and disappeared at a tremendous speed was observed by eight a committee of peers to review his clinical Medical School (Cum Laude) in 1955. He members of the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. care and clinical investigation of the people graduated from the Boston Psychoanalytic The RCAF members were refuelling an aircraft in the Prince County town of Summerside at he interviewed in the course of his alien ab­ Society and Institute, and was Board certified about 06:30 a.m. and spotted the object in the east travelling at great speed. The UFO then duction research and initiated proceedings to in child and adult psychoanalysis. He served abruptly came to a complete stop, descended straight towards the ground and hovered close determine whether he should retain tenure. in the U.S. Air Force from 1959 to 1961. to the land for about 20 minutes. It then shot straight up and disappeared very quickly. 16 AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN AUSTRALIAN UFO BULLETIN 17

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