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Volume I Issue 5 September, 2011 Newsletter for Members of Missouri MUFON Dedicated to the Scientific Investigation of UFOs Missouri News By Debbie Ziegelmeyer was a speaker question and an- ings are free and open to the pub- Missouri MUFON State Director swer panel which gave the audi- lic, but donations to help with Interim Board of Director ence a chance to address all the speaker and video costs are al- conference speakers with their ways welcome. Culpepper's Res- A questions, enabling the audience taurant also requests that guests ugust was a busy month for to hear different opinions and in- purchase a meal to help cover the Missouri MUFON with 39 sight- formation on the same subjects. cost of the meeting room. In addi- ings reported to mufon.com and Once again Margie Kay and her tion to the video, we will be dis- several additional sightings di- staff did an excellent job in put- cussing the news of the comet rected to Margie Kay and myself ting on a first class conference Elenin's breaking up, and the re- by either cell phone or e-mail. enjoyed by all who attended. cent asteroid entry into our at- The Kansas City area experi- Our August St. Louis area meet- mosphere over the southwest. I enced a large volume due to the ing hosted Jason Cordova, foun- hope to see most of you there on Golden Knights who preformed der of the Crypto Science Society Wednesday the 21st. night sky diving during an air of Denver. This was Jason's sec- show but at least people are fi- For further information about nally starting to look up Missouri MUFON or joining a n d t a k e n o t i c e . MUFON International, please Thanks to the hard work and visit missourimufon.org dedication of Missouri's Field In- vestigators, Missouri MUFON Upcoming St. Louis meetings: finished with a 100% case com- pletion rating. We also offer our October 19th: Ted Phillips Vet- special thanks to Kansas MUFON eran UFO Investigator who liter- Star Team Investigator Stan Seba ond appearance of a two-part ally wrote the book on UFO Field who assisted Margie in the Kan- power point presentation on his Investigation. (Tentative depend- sas City area. personal family experiences, in- ing on his improving health). The Midwest UFO Conference vestigations, and on-going re- Investigator Ted Phillips will be which hosted several out of town search into UFOs and paranormal discussing his on-going research speakers was a great success, experiences. This month's activity and investigation of the Marley especially considering it was a will be a video presentation by Woods sight which he has been one day conference. The keynote Linda Moulton Howe which was conducting since 1998. speaker, Dennis Balthaser presented at the 2011 MUFON He is presently working on an traveled from Roswell N.M. with Symposium in Denver this past up-dated DVD video of his Mar- a presentation about not only July. Our meetings as always are ley Woods Investigation which Roswell and its UFO history, but held the third Wednesday of will include footage of several some great new information every month from 6:30 to 9:00pm additional investigations he has about underground tunnels in the at Culpepper's Restaurant in worked on past and present. U.S. and his latest Creve Coeur, which is located on research involving the Pyramids (Continued on page 2) Olive Blvd. and Hwy 270. Meet- in Egypt. The conference finale Missouri MUFON Newsletter KC UFO Reports Remain at High Levels Missouri Mutual UFO Network www.missourimufon.org By Margie Kay MO MUFON Assistant State Dir. Newsletter Editor: Margie Kay In August, Missouri had 39 offi- Copyright 2011 by Missouri cial UFO reports at the MUFON MUFON website. Of those, 14 were in the KC area. Many of the Kansas State Director City reports were turned over to Debbie Ziegelmeyer Kansas Star Team Investigator missing time have also occurred. Imperial, MO Stan Seba, who was kind enough These types of reports are more MUFON Dive Team Founder to handle several of these since I unusual than the standard ―lights Star Team Investigator was busy with the conference and in the sky‖ that can’t be identi- Interim Director, International a vacation to Yellowstone and fied. MUFON other areas. Kansas City MUFON has been [email protected] Witnesses reported Fireballs, a very active with 40-50 people at- chevron-shaped cluster, a dia- tending most meetings lately. Assistant State Director mond-shaped craft, balls of light, Our guest speakers have been Margie Kay orange balls of light, a bullet/ very interesting, and we have a Kansas City, MO missile shape, blimp shapes, disks good lineup of speakers for the Star Team Investigator and spheres. next few months. Our speaker for [email protected] The KC area has been very ac- October will be Chris Brethwaite, Emergencies: 816-833-1602 tive for the past few months. Af- a former KC MUFON Section ter a lull for a long period, we be- Director. Chris has his own UFO Kansas City Section Director gan getting more reports starting encounter to share along with in- Richard Hayde in mid-April of 2011. The reports formation about Near Death Ex- Kansas City, MO have included landed craft, close periences, so be sure to attend! [email protected] encounters, and alien sightings. See the calendar section on the Some possible abductions and next page for more information St. Charles Section Director about KC meeting locations and Bruce Widamen (Missouri News Continued from page 1) times. St. Charles, MO If you see a UFO, please report Field Investigator Hopefully this will be done in it to www.mufon.com! Some [email protected] time for sale at this lecture. If members have mentioned their not, there will be information pro- UFO sightings to me at meetings, We need content for vided for its purchase when avail- but have not filed reports with the newsletter! able. This is a lecture you won’t MUFON. If we don’t get your want to miss. Ted Phillips is a reports, we don’t have an accurate Field Investigator and living leg- Please send UFO or paranormal account of what is going on in our end who spent several years related photos, drawings, articles, skies, so that is why it is impor- working with J. Allen Hynek. and events to Margie Kay at tant to file. Online reports can be [email protected]. Don’t Hynek gained fame as an advisor done any time of the day or night. worry about writing perfectly, the to the US Air Force working on editor will take care of that! Project Blue Book, and later If you don’t have internet ac- breaking off on his own cess, please call my office at 816- All issues of the MO MUFON to release the truth 833-1602 9-5 M-F to file a report Newsletter are available at of his i nvesti gati ve over the phone. www.missourimufon.org f i n d i n g s . Page 2 Missouri MUFON Newsletter Calendar of MUFON Meetings and Events UFO Connect - Mobile App October 10: KCMUFON, West- other members and share your port Flea Market Restaurant, 817 most recent UFO sighting with Available Soon Westport Rd. Kansas City, MO everyone. The KC ET Experi- 64111. Order off the menu—this encers group will share some of is a cash only establishment. 6:30 t h e i r e n c o u n t e r s . PM.– 8:45 PM. We thought it would be appropriate to have a November 16th: St. Louis MU- somewhat scary talk during the FON meeting 6:30 PM at month of Halloween. The speaker Culpeppers. Culpeppers Restau- is Chris Brethwaite and the topic rant located at 12316 Olive Blvd. is Near Death Experiences. in Creve Coeur near Hwy 270 and Chris is a paranormal Investigator Olive Blvd. and are free to the in Kansas City, and was a Sec- public, but donations are wel- The new UFO Connect mobile tion Director for Kansas City come. Speaker TBA. application will soon be available MUFON. Chris is also a UFO for download at MUFON.com. experiencer. He will talk about The application was designed for December 12: KC MUFON NDE's and his most recent inves- investigators to better communi- Westport Flea Market Restaurant, tigations. Margie will also report cate and research reports. The Kansas City, MO. 6:30 PM. An- on the recent UFO sightings in mobile application allows the user nual Holiday Party. (The venue the KC area. to navigate MUFON’s online may be changed so watch the chat content from their iPhone or iPad. list for more information) October 19th: St. Louis MU- The free module is called FON meeting -Ted Phillips ―MUFON Mobile Application 6:30 PM at Culpeppers. Culpep- module.‖ The paid modules are Upcoming Conferences: pers Restaurant located at 12316 called ―UFO Search‖ and Olive Blvd. in Creve Coeur near December 16-18: Pythagoras ―Skywatch Alert.‖ Skywatch Hwy 270 and Olive Blvd. and are Conference, Louisville, KY. Alert is designed so that users free to the public. Veteran UFO Stephen Bassett, Kim Carlsberg, will be able to monitor their cus- Investigator who literally wrote Dr. Edward Close, Richard Do- tomized alert areas, and also to the book on UFO Field Investiga- lan, James Moroney, and more. alert others of a live witnessed tion. (Tentative depending on his Visit.otherworldradio.eventbee.com event. The user fills out a report i m p r o v i n g h e a l t h ) . f o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n . f o r m , t a k e s a p hoto, then alerts Investigator Ted Phillips will be any user in the area. discussing his on-going research The app was created by RT De- February 22-26: International and investigation of the Marley sign Group and Protovisual, LLC, UFO Congress Conference and Woods sight which he has been with input from MUFON Field Film Festival 2012. Fort conducting since 1998. Investigators and volunteers. McDowell Resort & Casino, Proceeds from sales go to help Fountain Hills, AZ. Visit November 14: KCMUFON fund the nonprofit organization of www.ufocongress.com for info. Westport Flea Market Restaurant, the Mutual UFO Network. Pro- 817 Westport Rd. Kansas City, tovisual, LLC plans to create MO 64111. 6:30– 8:45 PM. other apps for the UFO/Scientific Send UFO related events infor- UFO/Paranormal Book Ex- community in the future. mation or corrections to change and UFO Experience [email protected]. Sharing: Bring your books, Watch www.ufoconnect.com for DVDs, etc. to sell or trade with more information. Page 3 Missouri MUFON Newsletter UFO reports increase: Most states saw August boom By Roger Marsh, UFO Examiner for Colorado, 9.85 (7-month average), reports. www.examiner.com. Reprinted with 29 August reports, (194.41 percent permission. increase). Cases through September Texas, 28.57 (7-month average), 59 12 is 9. Predicting: 22 September August reports (106.51 percent). R cases. Cases through September 12 is 26. eports of UFOs rose dramatically Connecticut, 3.28 (7-month aver- Predicting 65 September cases. across the country over the past six age), 38 August reports, (1058.53 Almost all states were affected in weeks - although Mutual UFO Net- percent increase). Cases through the recent report increase - even work (MUFON) International Direc- September 12 is 2. Predicting: 5 Sep- Wyoming with a mere four UFO tor Clifford Clift says more data is tember cases. reports between January 1, and July needed over the next two months Florida, 20.71 (7-month average), 31, 2011, had five reports in August. before any conclusion can be drawn. 69 August reports, (233.17 percent It could be that MUFON experi- The rise in MUFON reports - for increase). Cases through September enced a brief - possibly six-week some states - appears to have begun 12 is 11. Predicting 27 September reports increase - and things are set- sometime in July 2011 and contin- cases. tling down - well, for most states at ued throughout August 2011 - and Kentucky, 8.71 (7-month average), least. many states saw their average 22 August reports, (152.58 percent monthly report numbers double or increase). Cases through September Predicting UFO activity is tough. triple (or more) in August. 12 is 4. Predicting 10 September But if you're dead set on seeing a Reached at his office today in cases. UFO for the first time - my top 10 Colorado, Clift is considering the Michigan, 16 (7-month average), "best bet" states for the second half idea that MUFON's recent interna- 44 August reports, (175 percent in- of September are - in this order: tional symposium and other media crease). Cases through September 12 California, Texas, Michigan, New reports of UFO activity may have is 20. Predicting 50 September cases. York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Mis- triggered a better awareness of MU- souri, Ohio, Colorado and North FON in the general population - Missouri, 10 (7-month average), Carolina. Combined - those 10 states causing the number of reports to 39 August reports, (290 percent should have about 425 September swell. increase). Cases through Septem- sightings - that's 14 per day. I'd ber 12 is 11. Predicting 27 Septem- watch the sky from a good spot be- The following are example state ber cases. tween sun down and about 3 a.m. monthly statistics. The first number And if you spot a UFO - there's a shows the average number of UFO New York, 11.71 (7-month aver- very strong trend this past year - they reports in that state for January 1, age), 46 August reports, (292.82 per- move in groups and they often return 2011, through July 31, 2011. The cent increase). Cases through Sep- to the same area within minutes of a second number is the actual number tember 12 is 20. Predicting 50 Sep- sighting. So if you see a UFO, stick of UFO reports from that state for tember cases. around - more may be on the way. August 2011. The percentage is the North Carolina, 7.57 (7-month av- And there's no guarantee your elec- increase between the state's average erage), 19 August reports, (150.99 tronic equipment will remain work- seven-month number, and the Au- percent increase). Cases through ing during your sighting - but pack gust number. This data is followed September 12 is 7. Predicting 17 several cameras for the task. by the total number of reports for the September cases. first 12 days in September; and fi- Additional follow-up on these Ohio, 11.28 (7-month average), 38 nally, if that state remains at the numbers as statistics are available. If August reports, (236.87 percent in- same rate, a predictor number for you encounter an object you are not crease). Cases through September 12 total September reports. familiar with - very low to the is 10. Predicting 25 September cases. ground, or one that has landed - California, 50.85 (7-month aver- safety first. Move a safe distance Pennsylvania, 19 (7-month average), age), 127 August reports, (249.75 away from the object - call 911 - and 62 August reports (226.31 percent percent increase). Cases through please - file a report with MUFON at increase). Cases through September September 12 is 40. Predicting: 100 mufon.com. 12 is 17. Predicting 42 September September cases. Page 4