MUFON Missouri newsletter 2011 06

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Volume I Issue 4 June, 2011
Monthly Newsletter for Members of Missouri MUFON
Dedicated to the Scientific Investigation of UFOs
UFO News in St Louis
By Debbie Ziegelmeyer
events.
Missouri MUFON State Director
We discussed the approaching

comet Elenin C/2010 X1 which
M
issouri has been a very active
was first discovered on Dec. 10,
area in May with 12 reported 2010 by Leonid Elenin, an ob-
CMS sightings. Of these 12 filed server in Lyubertsy, Russia. As
reports, 9 were in the Kansas City of May 4th, Elenin had closed the
area. We also unfortunately have gap towards Earth to a mere 170
been the center for tornado activ- million miles with its closest dis-
ity this month with the deadliest tance from Earth being 22 million
one in US history hitting Joplin miles on October 16, 2011. There
head on taking 141 lives and is a very interesting Website
leaving one third of the town in called EXONEWS, which is fol-
total destruction. This is not UFO lowing the progress of this comet
related but deserves mentioning and it‟s under-play by NASA. ings are the third Wednesday of
with Missouri Mufon‟s sincere We also discussed Teche, which every month as usual with June‟s
condolences to all of Joplin. is according to astronomers John meeting falling on the 15th. We
Matese and Daniel Whitmire of meet from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at
The St. Louis Wednesday meet-
the University of Louisiana, a gi- Culpeppers Restaurant located at
ing in May featured Ray Kosu-
ant gas planet located in the solar 12316 Olive Blvd. in Creve
landich, who is a local St. Louis
system‟s Oort cloud. Coeur near Hwy 270 and Olive
resident and an abductee. Ray
This planet is thought to be four Blvd. and are free to the public.
told of his experiences since the
times the size of Jupiter and a 9th Our speaker‟s lined up for 2011
age of twelve to present, which
planet. As the Earth‟s orbit ap- so far are as follows:
included information given to
proaches, Teche is bouncing as-
him by his abductors of future
teroids off of its atmosphere to- June 15th: Joe Palermo
wards Earth at an alarming rate. Paranormal Research and Inves-
Teche is recognized and dis- tigator will speak
about his paranormal/ghost ex-
cussed on the NASA web-site.
Our May meeting was one for the periences and research.
records with 31 in attendance, 5
July 20th and August 17th: Jason
new faces, and a record 4 hour
Cordova. Jason S. Cordova
audience participation discussion.
is the founder of the Crypto Sci-
The St. Louis area monthly meet- ence Society (CSS) at the Metro-
Missouri MUFON Newsletter
politan State College of Denver, a time for sale at this lecture. If
Missouri Mutual UFO Network
student organization dedicated to not, there will be information pro-
www.missourimufon.org
the study of unusual phenomena. vided for its purchase when avail-

He is currently working to expand able. This is a lecture you won‟t
Newsletter Editor: Margie Kay
the CSS to colleges and universi- want to miss. Ted Phillips is a

Copyright 2011 by Missouri ties throughout the country. Field Investigator and living leg-
MUFON Jason is a veteran of the US end who spent several years
Navy where he specialized in working with J. Allen Hynek.
State Director
electronics systems on advanced Hynek gained fame as an advisor
Debbie Ziegelmeyer
aircraft. In May of 2010 Jason to the US Air Force working on
Imperial, MO
graduated with a Bachelor of Sci- Project Blue Book, and later
MUFON Dive Team Founder
ence degree in Aerospace Opera- breaking off on his own to release
Star Team Investigator
[email protected] tions. the truth of his investigative find-
Along with his family, Jason ings.
Assistant State Director has encountered and investigated I know several of you have
Margie Kay
a wide range of strange phenom- been wondering where Ted
Kansas City, MO
ena. He will discuss his personal (where is Waldo) Phillips has
Star Team Investigator
experiences and research of possi- been the past few months. I
[email protected]
Emergencies: 816-833-1602 ble ET contact, insectoids, spoke with Ted a few days ago
shadow beings, black rectangles, and he is home relaxing and re-
Kansas City Section Director amber orbs, cattle mutilations and covering from some health issues.
Richard Hayde
UFO hot spots in Colorado. Ted took a few months off to re-
Kansas City, MO
cover from some old field investi-
[email protected] September 21st: Clifford Clift,
gator injuries which have caught

MUFON International Director
up with him in the past few
St. Charles Section Director
(Tentative)
Bruce Widamen months.
St. Charles, MO October 19th: Ted Phillips Vet- He is still actively investigat-
Field Investigator eran UFO Investigator who liter- ing the Marley Woods sight hav-
[email protected]
ally wrote the book on UFO Field ing been there just a couple of

Investigation. (Tentative depending weeks prior to our conversation

on his improving health). a n d s c h e d u l e d t o r e t u r n i n a c o u-
Investigator Ted Phillips will be ple more.
We need content for discussing his on-going research His wife Ginger is encourag-
the newsletter! and investigation of the Marley ing him to take the time and get
Woods sight which he has been his health issues in order, but
Please send UFO or paranormal conducting since 1998. from my conversation with Ted
related photos, drawings, articles, He is presently working on an this down time is like putting a
and events to Margie Kay at
up-dated DVD video of his Mar- leash on a “Jack Russell”. Ted is
[email protected]. Don‟t
ley Woods Investigation which eager to get back on the lecture
worry about writing perfectly, the
will include footage of several circuit and if not in October he‟s
editor will take care of that!
additional investigations he has sure to be ready in November.
worked on past and present.
Hopefully this will be done in End
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Midwest Regional Independence Day Sky Watch Project 7/4
On Independence Day, Ameri- sightings, and there were many
more sighting of Orange Orbs
can Citizens are always taking
but not have enough informa-
to the lakes and parks and all
tion with them to be included in
over the countryside shooting
my study, just doing this in my
and watching firework dis-
spare time while training to be
plays! It is our belief that be-
a FI! Going through the CMS
cause more Americans are
state by state and compiling the
looking up on this night more
reports and breaking them
than any other, common people
down was a fairly easy process.
are seeing objects that don't vice to the communities we live
We noticed One of the reports
resemble Fireworks, thus re- in. With that said, the possibil-
yielded an off duty police offi-
porting is increased on this ity exists that this project
cer who witnessed the same Or-
date! This also shows that MU- would also prompt more people
ange Orb Object at close range
FON is the place to report these to Join MUFON and get in-
and had missing time, leading
sightings and that‟s one of the volved in the movement
the Field Investigator to think
reasons that prompted us to try
„Possible Abduction‟!
this Sky Watch Project! Our idea is to start this project

Over the last two years I as a Regional Project. If this
At this point we realized
have documented, from the project bears fruit, we believe
that this is the one night of the
CMS ,multiple sightings in this system could expand to a
year Americans are watching
many states on this date. Some, National Sky Watch Day annu-
the sky above and that must be
but not all of these sighting re- ally and become a well-known
the reason for more reports
ports described the same type event that could be sponsored
coming in than usual! So the
of objects, with the same flight within MUFON sections across
idea was born…
patterns and colors! (Orange the nation to generate funds
It is our feeling that this
Orbs/Lights) For Example: If and public awareness to MU-
would be a win-win project for
one goes to the CMS and does a FON Sections at the Local
us (MUFON) and the public!
search under event date Level!
We will be calling on the pub-
7/4/2010 and a specific State, The West Central Section of
lic to participate with us in a
say MO. ... 9 sighting reports Arkansas MUFON is willing to
mass sky watch project in an
pop up and the Information do this work after the Sky
effort to try to identify these
from those cases that match Watch Event and report our
strange objects in the sky!
will show you multiple sight- findings to our State Director
Once the Reports have been
ings of Orange Orbs/Lights/ Norman Walker for Confirma-
compiled and the data will be
Fireballs with some reports giv- tion on our conclusions prior to
researched and objects classi-
ing directions of flight paths release of the data to the pub-
fied, we will report our find-
and times of the sightings... lic! One more thing I should
ings back to the public via the
From there it is very easy to mention is that this project
MUFON JOURNAL, MUFON's
make a time line and flight path would also be a useful Training
Website and various other Mu-
for these Objects! Doing this tool for New FI's and FI train-
fon social networks such as
from state to state is how we ees to participate in and make
Facebook, Twitter, My Space
came to our conclusions about the public aware of Convenience
as well as MUFON Sponsored
this project! This can be con- and Easy use of the CSM Op-
Radio Programs! Working to-
firmed by anyone willing to go tion! We see this as a Healthy
gether with the public and the
to the CMS and make the effort Project with Great Possibilities
transparency of the project is
to go through sighting reports! for MUFON and the Public!
exactly what MUFON needs to

confirm our mission that we
Last year, I recorded 33 sight- For any questions or infoCon-
( all volunteers) work for the
ings in 14 states and developed tact Race Hobbs, Coordinator,
public and provide a useful ser-
a time line on some of these at [email protected]
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Missouri MUFON Newsletter
Calendar of UFO Events
June 13: KC MUFON meeting online through SKYPE or Yahoo.
6:30—8:30 pm. at Wetport Flea Watch the chat list for more infor-
Market, Kansas City, MO. Be- mation.
yond Watching presentation by
Bill Spicer. Information about July 4: Midwest Skywatch coor-
recent and on-going UFO obser- dinated by Arkansas MUFON
vations, how they are made and (see article on previous page for
what the implications are. This more information).
presentation will contain authen-
tic digital photographs taken by July 20th St. Louis MUFON www.ufomidwest.com
the presenter during actual experi- meeting 6:30 PM at Culpep-
ences, including possibly the pers. Culpeppers Restaurant lo- August 27 2011: MIDWEST
Aurora Next Generation Craft. cated at 12316 Olive Blvd. in UFO CONFERENCE, Unity
$5.00 donation requested to cover Creve Coeur near Hwy 270 and Temple on the Plaza, 9:00 AM—
speaker travel expenses. Olive Blvd. and are free to the 10:00 PM With Dennis
public. Guest speaker Jason Cor- Balthaser, Grant Cameron, Chuck
June 15th: St. Louis MUFON dova. Jason S. Cordova is the Z u k o w s k i , D e b b i e Z i e g e l m e y e r ,
meeting 6:30 PM at Culpep- founder of the Crypto Science Margie Kay and Art Campbell.
pers. Culpeppers Restaurant is Society (CSS) at the Metropolitan MC Todd Sheets from Night-
located at 12316 Olive Blvd. in State College of Denver, a student watch Radio. All NEW informa-
Creve Coeur near Hwy 270 and organization dedicated to the tion. Visit www.ufomidwest.com
Olive Blvd. and are free to the study of unusual phenomena. for more information and to regis-
public. Gust speaker: Joe Pal- ter. call 816-833-1602 for more
ermo, paranormal research and July 29-31: International MU- information. $5 off for MUFON
investigator will speak about his FON Symposium, Hyatt Re- members.
paranormal/ghost experiences and gency, Irvine, CA. Astronaut

research. Story Musgrave, George Filer,
December 16-18: Pythagoras
Barbara Lamb, Linda Moulton
Conference, Louisville, KY.
June 17-18: UFO Revival, com-
Howe, Stanton Friedman, Richard
Stephen Basett, Kim Carlsberg,
memorating the 1973 UFO
Dolan, and more. Visit
Dr. Edward Clolse, Richard Do-
Flap. Patterson Community Cen-
www.mufon.com to register.
lan, Gary oss, James Moroney,
ter, Patterson Missouri. Guest

and more. Otherworldra-
speakers, boos, photo exhibits,
August 17: St. Louis MUFON dio.eventbee.com
NASA exhibit, astronomy club,
meeting 6:30 PM at Culpep-
UFO sculpture exhibit, and more.
pers. Culpeppers Restaurant lo-
Debbie Ziegelmeyer, Ken Storch, February 22-26: International
cated at 12316 Olive Blvd. in
and Margie Kay will be speaking. UFO Congress Conference and
Creve Coeur near Hwy 270 and
$1.00 adults, .50 children. Pre- Film Festival 2012. Fort
Olive Blvd. and are free to the
sented by the Cultural Arts Alli- McDowell Resort & Casino,
public. Guest speaker Jason Cor-
ance, Wayne Ozark Region, Inc. Fountain Hills, AZ. Visit
dova the founder of the
www.caawcaaw.com. 573-856- www.ufocongress.com for more
Crypto Science Society (CSS) at
4005. information.
the Metropolitan State College of

Denver, a student organization
June 25: International UFO
Send UFO related events infor-
dedicated to the study of unusual
Day. Watch the skies and report
mation or corrections to
phenomena.
your sightings to the MO MU-
[email protected].
FON live chat that will be set up
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Missouri MUFON Newsletter
UFO Reports in KC in May
By Margie Kay abduction experiences are very
Assistant State Director rare and to have three in the same
month is highly unusual.
May, 2011 was the busiest month We have two cases of large,
I‟ve ever had for UFO reports. grey metallic craft. One in Lib-
There are still reports coming in erty may have been caused lights saw nothing. I then took another
so the real numbers won‟t be to be burned out in an apartment. picture (see above) and this was
known for a while. I don‟t know The events were reported to the in the photo, but I could not see
what was going on but SOME- media and Chanel 5 News inter- anything with the naked eye.
THING was happening in the viewed me about it then ran the I then drove home and found
Western side of the state out later that from May 8
in May! to May 14, multiple wit-
23 Sighting reports of nesses saw fully armed
UFOs in the greater Apache Helicopters flying
Kansas City area and over the Lee‟s Summit
East of Kansas City and Blue Springs areas
were received from May day and night. A call to
7 - 21 in my office. This Whiteman AFB was fruit-
is an unusually high less as they said they had
number since the aver- nothing in the skies during
age number of reports that time. Yet, two wit-
for the entire state of nesses said they saw the
Missouri has been about helicopters landing and
six per month in the past Photo taken by Margie Kay on May 7, 2011 on I-70 at Odessa
taking off from the Lee‟s
year. Some reports came Summit Regional airport,
through the official MUFON story twice and put it on their not far from where they saw a
website at www.mufon.com and website at www.kctv5.com under huge disc shaped UFO on May 15
others called me directly from my “UFO Watchers Experience Busy at 4:00 am along with other wit-
other website. Weekend.” Roger Marsh wrote nesses in the same vehicle.
Witnesses reported a large or- two articles about the events, Another unusual factor in this
ange craft in Platte County, 125 which were published at case is that one witness got 13
orange lights in Raytown, a large www.examiner.com under photographs of the orange orbs on
metallic craft in Lee‟s summit, a “Kansas City Reports High Num- I-435, I got one photo, my secre-
large grey craft in Liberty, a ber of Orange Lights, UFOs,” and tary got two pictures off her TV
white craft in Odessa, a large or- the article on the next page. screen during a Channel 9 news-
ange craft in Liberty, and numer- I got my first picture of a pos- cast which were taken by an un-
ous reports of anomalous lights sible UFO on May 7, while trav- known person, and several wit-
too far away to see structure. eling back to Kansas City from nesses have submitted drawings.
The number of reports is not St. Louis. I held my cell phone Photographic evidence is nor-
the only unusual factor. I also out the window and snapped a mally difficult to obtain, but in
received reports of three abduc- picture of the sky, not knowing this case (lumping all the May
tion experiences that involved what was there, but sensing some- cases together) we have several.
missing time. These occurred in thing was nearby. After I saw As I‟m writing this article I just
Liberty, Lee‟s Summit and Inde- that there was something in the received another call! Attend the
pendence, and were all women picture, I pulled off to the side of July meeting in KC to hear more!
who were involved. I can say that the highway and looked up, but
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Missouri MUFON Newsletter
UFO Flap in Kansas City, Missouri
KC MUFON
UFO Library
By Roger Marsh the side of the highway to watch.
UFO Examiner for examiner.com The objects appeared to be shoot-
ing out of something at about 90 Librarian: Steve Winans
An unusual amount of UFO ac- mph, then slowed to about 50
tivity in the Kansas City area in mph. All then rose into the clouds Visit http://homepage.mac.com/
April and May, 2011, has and disappeared. There were ap- steve27winans/
prompted a serious investigation proximately 125 of these orbs ap- kcmufonlibrary to see the list of
by the Missouri Mutual UFO Net- pearing in a half-our period, ac- over 113 books and DVD's
work (MUFON). cording to a local insurance agent available to members to check
MUFON Missouri Assistant and a friend who witnessed the out for free, then let Steve know
State Director Margie Kay has objects. what you want and he'll bring it
received reports from multiple to the next KC MUFON meet-
Another witness, who was
witnesses who saw UFOs, orange ing.
called by one of the men watch-
orbs, and an entity.
ing the scene from I-435, claims
The following press release After you are finished, just re-
to have photos taken from his
was issued by Missouri MUFON. turn them to Steve or the owner
house.
at a regular monthly meeting.
May 18, 2011 Kansas City,
For KC MUFON members only.
A woman saw a lighted craft just
Missouri: A large number of calls
above the clouds on Saturday
were received at the MUFON of-
night, May 14 at approximately
fice by Margie regarding orange
10:32 PM over Independence,
orbs and a large silver UFO on
MO, South of 39th Street and
the evening of May 14 and the
Lee's Summit Rd headed in a NW
early morning hours of May 15.
-SE direction. It was not defined
The sightings occurred during a 9
and difficult to see - only the
1/2 hour period from 7 p.m. Sat-
large bright circular white light
urday until 4 a.m. Sunday. Some
was clearly visible.
of the reports were filed at mu-
fon.com.

A 7-year-old was riding in a
car with his mother on Highway
635 headed south in Kansas City
North at 7 p.m. on May14. He
told his mother that he saw a
large, round orange colored UFO
moving in the clouds. The mother
is a UMKC University professor
and a member of the Kansas City
chapter of MUFON.
Orange balls of light were
spotted East of I-435 southbound
at Gregory Boulevard (Raytown)
low in the tree line, going from
north to south at 9:30 p.m. on
Drawing of a large sliver metallic disc-shaped object over Lee’s Summit, Missouri
May 14. Witnesses pulled over to
Missouri MUFON Newsletter
“CAAW’s” UFO Revival, Commemorating the 1973 UFO Flap
CAAW will retain 20% from the
By Dawn Sperry Allen tions, Debbie with present
sale of these sculptures.
“Missouri Sightings” and Margie,
This is a semi-rural area without
“CAAW” (The Cultural Arts Alli- “Inter-dimensional Missouri; the
a large number of accommoda-
ance, Wayne Ozark Region, Inc.) SLCC Mobile Tech Center,
tions. There are likely to be bed
is happy to present a unique MTC”(mobile classroom on Fri-
and breakfasts and other accom-
event, of the third kind to held at day only) for students interested
modations available:
the Patterson Community Center in Science and Technology fields.
http://
in Patterson, MO from 10 a.m. to The NASA Mobile Video
www.madisoninnlodgefrederickto
7 p.m. June 17 and 18. The ad- truck is unable to come due to
wn.com
mission charge will be $2.00 per budget cuts and an inability to
All participants for the event
adult and $1.00 per child, begin- locate a driver to transport the
must fill out a participation/entry
ning on Friday, June 17th the pro- unit from Ohio. A Robotics group
form and RSVP by June 11-2011.
gram will open with emcee Bar- and another celebrity speaker are
This form is available on our
bara Decker and Director Dawn pending.
website under EVENTS:
Allen at 10 a.m., with a welcome Novel, UFO-oriented souve-
www.caawcaaw.com
and an introduction for Denny nirs will be for sale to attendees

Hovis, who will recap the including UFO t-shirts, UFO &
This will be an educational family
historical flap, presenting radio alien cookies, miniature flying
“Back to the Future” experience.
clips from his stint at local saucers, aliens, UFO books

KPWB during that momentous written by our presenters and area
We are artisans networking to
era. memorabilia to view and a chil-
stimulate, enhance and enrich
Denny Hovis will introduce dren‟s project table for little peo-
communities through the cultural
Mark Rutledge (son of Dr. Harley ple to develop their own space.
arts with appreciation for Ozark
Rutledge a UFO Flap author) A UFO Sculpture contest will
history, customs, area
with a recap of his father‟s re- run in conjunction with this event
colloquialisms and folklore.
search, Project Identification: An and there is no charge to enter.
historical perspective. Earl Mul-
lins (from the Space Museum in
Bonne Terre, MO) will be giving
his presentation “From my Soap
Box” following up with science
demonstrations, “Rockets Rule”
on the floor of the gym. Lowell
Grissom will be speaking about
his brother, Gus Grissom, “An
Astronaut‟s Life”: Mr. Paul
Vance, NASA space suit inventor
will talk about his aeronautic past
and his historical NASA space
suit invention; Ken Storch, a no-
table UFO Researcher “Proof Be-
yond a Reasonable Doubt versus
Scientific Proof”; Missouri MU-
FON (Mutual UFO Network)
with Debbie Ziegelmeyer and
Margie Kay both giving presenta-
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