EDITOR/PUBLISHER: LUCIUS FARISH EL DEFENSOR CHIEFTAIN, Socorro, NM - July 23, 2003 ·socorro's UFO incident still unexplained· By Valerie Kimble What Zamora described next has been Dave Treseder, a teen-age disk jockey For El Defensor Chieftain chronicled and analyzed by UFO experts at local station KSRC-AM, found. him around the world. Most reports refer to self answering telephone queries from Little did Socorro patrolman Lonnie an egg-shaped object supported by legs, people with prestigious-sounding titles .. Zamora know that a single incident and the presence of two beings des~ribed The city itself was inundated with visi recorded almost 40 years ago would as children or small adults. tors from the military to the merely curious. change his life, and the. city's, forever. A loud roar and the flash of a bluish Zamora, meanwhile, was at the center Around 5:45p.m. on April 24, 1964, flame sent Zamora to the ground for of the maelstrom. It would be difficult to Zamora was in his patrol vehicle in hot cover before he jumped up and ran to the find a UFO aficionado who has riot heard pursuit of a speeder when he heard some other side of the gravel road. of him, or tried to get in touch with him, thing that sounded like an explosion. Zamora heard a whirring sound and to hear from the eyewitness himself just The five-year veteran patrolman watched the object rise out of the ·arroyo; what he saw in the desert south of Socorro stopped chasing the fleeing vehicle to the "legs" he had seen earlier were no on that April afternoon .. investigate what he. thought might longer in view. The aftermath have been the detonation of a shack of Not long after the object's disappear dynamite. ance, he wasjoined by State Police Sgt. Lonnie Zamora, naonw long retired Zamora followed a narrow, gravel Sam Chavez who had overheard from the city, declined interview with road beside a small arroyo, 1\lld radioed in Zamora's radio dispatch. The two officers El Defensor Chieftain regarding this arti~ ttlhouoamtk eedhd e v leiwkheiac sil te .gm o·ii gnhgt htoa vec hbeecekn oann owvh.ear t begAann dto t hscuos ubre tghaen a raena ifnovre csltuigeast.i on into hclee .sT a"hiIad jt.u wsta sd noont' tt htael kc aasbeo iunti tIita lalnv.y A mno arret,i" He drove further on the gravel road one of the most widely circulated UFO cle 'in the Feb. 9, 1965, issue of El and then exited his patrol vehicle to get a stories ever,, one that propelled tiny Defensor Chieftain reported that "the Socorro into the center of the unidenti; better look: fied flying object universe. · An artist's rendition of the UFO .. 01ieftain ran an article and editorial continues, as evidenced by the num also no question about Zamora's annotu1cing the publication of ber of web sites detailing the Socorro reliability. He is a serious police EAST OREGONIAN, Socorro part" of a documentary on "Anatomy of a Phenomenon: UFO landing of 1964; one, by Chtis officer, a pillar of his church, and a Pendletot;l. OR Unidentified Flying Objects had Unidentified Objects in Space - A Lamblight, that bears the ·words, man well versed in reacroega.n izin.g air-. . Aug. 11, 2003 been completed" with Zamora as · Scientific Appraisal" by Jacques Valle. "Socorro the Zamora Sighting" and borne vehicles in his ··one of the principals. The article included the follow a black-and-white image of Zamora· "He . is puzzled by what he· UFO forum schedul.ed The Chieftain quoted the ing .quote: "On April 24, 1964, in a police officer's w1iform. · . saw, and frankly, so are we. This _PENDLETON -A UFO executive producer of the project Officer L. Zamora saw a btight "Of all the evidence that <iould is the best-documented cas~ on · forum is scheduled at 7 p.m. as saying that "Zamora's object which landed on four legs be presented to support the con record, and still we have been Wednesday at Shari's Resta.u unchanged and straightforward two miles out of Socorro, New tention that what Lonnie Zamora unable, in spite of . thorough rant in Pendleton. account was similar to 16 other Mexico. It has been argued, and saw . was something totally unex investigation, to find the vehic'le Participants win-d1scuss verj(ied UFO sigh~ings in various even 'categorically stated' that the plained, perhaps nothing is more or other stimulus that scared UFOs, Bigfoot and other parts of the world." Socorro object was not interplane compelling than (an,_article writte_n ·Zamora to the point of panic." paranormal information, as The newspaper reported that tary, but vety probably one of the by Hector Quintanilla Jr., fom1er · Not all saucers have caused such well as information from Roy several other residents had been · experimental devises recently head of the Air Force's Project controversy. Witness this . news: Timm of Pendleton regarding interviewed for the documentary developed by the U.S. for the explo~ Bluebook)." account in the Nov. 16,' 1980, issue his trip to Silver City, N.M. including Mayor Holin 0. Bursum .r ation of the moon and planets." Lambright . quoted from of the Chuie:fst.a in: The meeting is open to the Jr., State Polic~ Sgt. Chavez, City , However, Valle went on to say Quintanilla's article; written for a· . "The Air Fo~e has a Flying public, and those attending :GJerk Raymo11d L. Senn, Steve that "a good report is I 00 percent formerly classified CIA publication Saucer operating from this_b ase, the are invited to .share thei-r Torres Jr., Mrs. Howard Terry and · tmexplained." called "Studies in Intelligence" . public relations office recently experiences. Mrs. Vince Cardinalli. Walter from the fall of 1966: revealed. Johnson Base personnel For more information, call Shrode, then owner of KSRC No end to the interest "There is no doubt that Lonnie are quite proud. of their Flying Tiinm at 276-2756. radio, conducted the interviews. The fascination with the unex Zamora saw an object which left Saucer. He is T/Sgt. Abner Saucer. In its June 29, 1965, issue, the plained, and the inexplicable, quite an impression on him. There is Jr. of the 13th Bomb Squadron.~·- ' & UFO network's volunteers scour the skies ('II NEWS-GAZETTE, Champaign, IL -. Aug. 5, 2003 a5 By BilL RADFORD .· Leslie Varnicle said. =~~~--- til Knight Ridder Ed Burke, assistant state SURFING FOR :J COWRADO SPRINGS, director of Colorado MUFON cC Colo. - Members of the and a Colorado Springs ALIENS ' Mutual UFO Network keep resident, said sightings in the Type in UFO at ~ their eyes on the skies. Pikes Peak region are infre www google com and you'll > The Mutual UFO Network quent. The Black Forest area, get 2 million-plus entries. Inc., or MUFON, a nonprofit though, is known for "some ~ corporation founded in 1969, strange stuff: fireballs, balls of Here are a few places to start: :8J calls itself the world's largest light, things like that" • www cufos org. the Center civilian UFO research organi Burke's most recent inves for UFO Studies. Includes c: zation. The group uses volun tigation was that of a family UFO case reports, a review of ~ teer investigators to gather who reported several sight government UFO documents information on UFO sight ings late last year around on the Internet and a list of Z ings reported by the public, Monument, Colo., including recommended reading. ~ local authorities and media. a large disc in the sky. • www nsa gov/docslefoja ~ The volunteers are trained "I think they really saw /released/ufo.htmllists UFO ;::) on interviewing witnesses, something," he said. information released to the 8-' collecting physical evidence Burke hasn't spotted a public by the National Security and other aspects of an UFO himself. "I've seen a few inquiry, relying on the lights in the sky, but they Agency in compliance with the 300-plus-page "MUFON Field were probably just Freedom of Information Act. Investigator's Manual." Re airplanes." • ufos about com/mbody ports are sent up the Varnicle, though, has wit ..htm. maintained bY UFO MUFON chain of command nessed several sightings, in researcher Loy Lawhon. SUsan Tusa;~P/Oetroi! Free Pre•s and essential factors are cluding a craft that was no Includes the "ABCs of UFOs." Crop circle entered into a computerized more than 150 feet off the • www nyforc org. the database for analysis. ground. Although she knows National UFO Reporting Mike Esper, 55, of Howell Township, how It got there. 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Tim Fields can be reached at tfields@dailyrepublic. net. GAZETTE, Colorado Springs, CO - Aug. 4, 2003 \ :( .#I .' "'\ t I / .-' • ~ • t- ".. 1- ; I, , • '~ • ... ..~ • I ' ( . '1 I ' THE GAZETTE FILE ~. , r~· • l, ALIEN CHECKPOINT: ·Hooper's UF'O Watchtower is in the heart of the mystical San Luis Valley, an area with no light pollution. I 1 • · f , On watch for visitors UFOs big business Is Colorado's San Luis Valley a Much ado ab·out circles top vacation spot for visitors from other worlds? The valley has long been a hot spot for the unexplained, from cat . Budget debacle takes· a back seat to wheat field enigma tle mutilations to whispers of se cret bases to lights zig-zagging across the sky. And for three The mere mention of four teenagers pages of the local newspapers. years, it has been home to the UFO Watchtower, which wel claiming responsibility for the crop There's a bit of one-upsmanship among comes humans and aliens alike. circles that appeared recently in a the media. TV stations jockey for a better Unable to make a go of her field at Rockville Corners stirred·m ore fuss story. The metropolitan newspapers sail ranch, Judy Messoline opened the· and furor than the state budget defiCit. into town to deliver "the story." And local UFO Watchtower on Memorial Day 2000. An igloo-shaped, UFO It is discouraging to think that n·ewspapers battle, as usual, for themed gift shop sits partly under a debate over who is responsi- the latest developments. the 10-foot tower. ble for flattened wheat will As much as the stories are The site draws UFO buffs as inspire. people more than who There are too written with tongue pressed well as t_h5! merely curious. . '.'This should be held accountable for many people into cheek, at times, there are· year, we've ·had large buses come a $38 billion-plus financial taking this way too many people taking this way in, which has been really nice," Messoline says. . · quagmire. t . too.sertous. . . Who.c ares who did it?.T }?.e oo. serwus. ·. ·: 'bi(ftlie teens do it? It's hai'd dozTehne rseig hhtaivneg s bferecinm atbhoeu tt otwweor , crop circles, not the budget ~· ,. .. ; ·'io'say; though many portray The from a long, narrow object that morass, that is. Reporter's coverage as propo~ · zipped across the sky to an object We should all be up in arms over how ilentS·o f the teens and their that resembled the bottom of a roulette wheel. California's governor and Legislature, story. A competing newspaper go~s out of "I don't know if they're little with plenty of warning, let the state's its way to debunk the.ir story, which was green men or not," Messoline economy slip over the edge. Some things. first published elsewhere. says of t.he sightings, "but they're . were beyond their control, but they let Our report on the teens' claim came strange." their.r e-election get in the way of good with the imperative qualifications, includ The UFO Watchtower is on Colorado Highway 17 just north of governance. They are making difficult . ing experts' disbelief that four youths the town of Hooper. Hours are 11 choices now. They could have made could have done it. As we said in an edi a.m. to 10 p.m. - though it stays painful, bufless difficult, choices before. tor's note with our story about the teens open later if there's activity in the Still, all of that, at least locally, has . claims, "with crop circle stories and tales sky, Messolirre says. There used taken a back seat to·t he debate over of the paranormal, we understand that to be a small charge to visit the Watchtower, but now donations 2 whether four high-schoolers worked . ultimately, you will believe what you want are welcomed. For more informa through a night·to:design something that to believe." · tion, call 1-719-378-2271 or go to lias·b rought thousands to Solano County. But in the end, who really cares who~ www.ufowatchtower.com. The dispute continues on the editorial dunit? c: DISPATCH, Columbus, OH ca c: Aug. 28, 2003 CR: J. Fry 0 z0 Encounter a: with Mars ~ (.) nothing new M 0 0 to some folks "' - 0 For most of us, last night's intimate orbital flirtation between Mars and Earth was the stuff of which celestial "oahs" and "aahs" are made. For devotees of the Unarius Educa 0 (.) tional Foundation-some of whom . say they've already vis Q; ited Mars - the event >c: may have been just cQ ) another yawn-inspir ing, been-there-done ..: that moment. (/) Utah native Ernest 0 Norman launched CL Unarius in 1954. after claiming to have visit ed the red planet MIKE through astral travel HARDEN and toured its vast network of under ground cities at the behest.o f h~~ Mar tian guide, Nur El. "He trailsitioned in 1971," Unarius spokeswoman n-acey Kennedy said. In the prosaic language of the earth c bound, Norman kissed the floor (although Kennedy avoided using the word died). Denver Post photos I Andy Cross "He has evolved," Kennedy said in A handcrafted alien points the way on Judy Messoline's ranch in Hooper, home of the UFO Watchtower and campground. About 50 an interview from La Mesa, Calif., near people attended Messoline's second-annual UFO Watch on Saturday to hear speakers and scan the skies for i!lterstellar visitors. the El Cajon headquarters of Unarius. "He lives in his celestial body, which is Truth or not, they're out there a high-, high-frequency energy body." Norman didn't seem to think there was an'ything astounding about his · professed Mars visit that would prevent other earthlings from doing the same. · Eclectic group on lookout for UFOs at Sari Luis Valley ranch He believed that the mind is a fourth-dimension energy device, not unlike a TV broadcasting system. By Becca Blond Getting to Mars was no more com Special to The Denver Post plicated than mastering the workings HOOPER - With her chin of one's personal energy body. cupped in her tiny hand and the To assist with this process, Unarius wind gently blowing ·her bright initiated a 22-lesson home-study red hair around, Moi-Ra Dove lis course: "The Psychology of Copscious tened intently as a woman spoke ness." about the day she was abducted Kennedy said each lesson·c osts by aliens. $3 t<;> $5, making Mars accessible for For many people, extraterres possibly less than $100. ' trial abductions, flying saucers, "We've lived many lives before on bizarre flashing lights and ani this planet," she explained, "and we mal mutilations are nothing more than the raw material of a will live many more other lives on other good episode of "The X-Files." planets and in other dimensions." .. But not for the group of more In other words, to borrow from the,·. than 50 gathered at the UFO broadcast-station analogy, a person's Watchtower and Campground on being, his energy body, is like a cable Saturday for the second annual network that keeps churning out sit UFO Watch. coms. Each sitcom is a life and -like a To these men and women, the sitcom-a person sometimes gets paranormal is just a part of life. canceled (or transitioned) after only a They say they .believe in the often short run. unseen. And some, like Moi-Ra One life could have been I Love Lucy. Dove and her partner Ra-Ja Another might have been more like My Dove, who traveled to Saturday's Mother the Car. · gathering from California, are One of the late Norman's lives was convinced they are not from this apparently Star Trek, for he visited planet. Mars and learned: Judy Messoline spray-paints an alien figure next to a model of a UFO. After her cattle business Moi-Ra, who stands about 4 • Martians immigrated to their cur failed, Messoline.built the watchtower-and says she has sighted 16 UFOs herself since. feet tall, immigrated to the Unit rent habitat from a dying planet more ed States from the Philippines in than 1 'million years ago. They consid theB u1t9 7s0hse. believes she is actually itsh eo avvearwilahbellme einvgid,"e nscaei dw iTlli mfi nEd di t ebruetd d Eidanr'tth c aanred f eovr eonu srt parlat~nde ta. colony from Venus. "I'm on an interplan wards, a UFO videographer and • All Martian cities lie underground, ellnootuvvaseer, y . t aIom tpieEsllsaali nroptenhet . ot optI h lebac rotIi mnidgse o pnafer'ltloa cmuean bdaVoenuerd t setriherliseM nhe sgaeee.srr rs ciocholaueintrste llwy es h atbohidu os suptihgnoahektste s ia tab ftwao tiuahletse dn bg 'utta ihutlhdna t lmaisna•tk rn"oe Tdcn ohobnemyrt eeelo rnasndr gehe admnv,o eee t pamaurlt ibthsultbiabcoke 'suescn nhtdh ofao otrl, s cN,a"on ra ls. sshtaen sda iadn. y way other than love,"· ing the watchtower. "I'd always Unarius literature explains of Mars. heard the UFO stories, but I was "The child is taught to a large extent in Moi-Ra said she often travels skeptical. I mean, I have a hard his sleep (similar to American iniddle. · to Venus in a spirit form. "There time dealing with the little green schoolers after a Johnny Marzetti is nothing materialistic about Ve men theory," Messoline said. lunch). nus. No money is ever ex changed," she said. "You float She planned to charge admis "A Z-ray device ... imparts the les while you are there and the hous sion to the.t ower and run a little sons or knowledge directly into his es we stay in sway." business. The admission fee nev subconscious mind. Usually a child gtoa Tthmheearienr dyi d, ebaaust tm Jniugodht yt tsoo Mutnhedes saogblrsionuuer'dps egnara ntci oatnuo gbphaots uokrne ,ti n si onf srstohemea d s.ae lPtl eooouvpte lear tdbhoee wreedialulc chhaaetvdioe t nht hbee ya: e gtqheue oi tvfi am1l0ee.'n 'h te ( oof)r sah ceo hllaesg e Scaamngprger odue nCdr isatot mthoeu· nfotaoitn so. f the CRaa-liJfoa rnDiaov, eb uwta hs ev iaslistion gs athyse tUhFaOt hwea'stc hfrtoomw eJru fproitmer . hTish ihso ims et hien ccooSmuoneot rnay mhaenardg ntwheeat tfwcohrot rotlhdwo.es er ihnatder ebset de"fIetn'sd neodt. h"Iot'csu nso-pt omcyusst,i"c Kisemn.n" edy Saturday's UFO Watch is the second year for the UFO Watch in the San Luis Valley. ed in paranormal activity. And Instead of watching Mars through second one Messoline has thrown Messoline herself has become a telescopes, we could be there. since building the watchtower in 1995 to raise cattle. She ;1lways they've seen crafts as long as a little less skeptical. It's as easy as Ww'w.unarius'.com. 2000. She said it's important to joked about building a UFO mile. Others cite dozens of fire "Since we built the tower, . Say hello to Ernest have these gatherings. watchtower, however, because balls filling the sky. we've had 23 sightings. I've seen "People that have had these ex the area is known for its high lev For those who believe, UFOs 16 of them myself," she said. "So· Mtke Harden is a Dispatch columnist. periences need to be able to get els of UFO sightings. are no joke. Serious scholars say I've started to think something is [email protected] together with others who've had Those who believe in the paran ancient woodcarvings· and more going on. I mean, there are these similar experiences and talk ormal say the area is a giant an recent photographs and video bizarre lights going at incredible 3 about it. without anyone laughing tenna that attracts alien life tapes back up their beliefs. speeds and then just stopping. at them," Messoline said. forms. Indian legend says the "Do your homework and re "There has to be life outside of Messoline said she never ex area is a window to other worlds. search because there's enough ev this universe," Messoline said. pected to get into the UFO busi There ~ve been hundreds of un idence out there .that .anyone "There just isn't any o~er expla ness. She moved to Hooper in explained sightings. Some say spending a few days researching nation."· TRIBUNE, Chicago, IL - June 29, 2003 Close encounte·rs ofthe·M erle kind Hag to host UFO fest in Roswell By Chrissie Dickinson dleader, the 66-year1>id .Hag Special to the Tribune boasts one of the richest canons in the genre. His massive· body Listen up, Fox Mulder. Merle of work includes such. classics. Haggard is throwing hiS hat in· as "Mama Tried," "Okie From to the extraterrestrial ring. Muskogee" and "Workin' Man On July 5, the country legend Blues." will debut Merle Haggard's 1st ' • • • Annual UFO Music Fest at the ' Country mus1c comadence Eastern New Mexico State Fair So why is Haggard now dedi Rodeo Arena in Roswell, N.M. catedtostartinghisownannual The concert - which also in- UFO music fest? Partly; there's a eludes · country stars Marty historical country music coinci Stuart and Pam Tillis on the bill Id ence involved. One of Hag - is part of the 2003 Roswell gard's own musical heroes, the UFO Festival, which runs late country star Lefty Frizzell, Tribune file 'photo Thursday through Saturday. was living in Roswell in 1947. At Merle Haggard says the New Mexico festival is the fruition of his Interest In the Roswell Incident. The appearance is not just an- the time of the July crash, the 19· other stop on the concert trail year-old Frizzell was making a serious panel discussions at the for the iconic road warrior. For local name for himself on radio International UFO Museum and the Hag, it's the fruition of a and stage. But an incident with Research Center, the festival SUN, Jonesboro, AR - July 12, 2003 long-held personal interest in an underage girl soon wreaked welcomes all comers. the infamous Roswell Incident. havoc for the young singe1: "My whole feeling on the Scientists say crop circles "I believe the Roswell Inci- In August, Frizzell was sen- whole Roswell mystery is exact- dent happened," says Haggard, tenced on a statutory rape ly that-: it's a mystery," Lucas were no prank calling from his home in Cali· charge and began a six-month says. "That's the allure of Ros fornia. "The Roswell thing hap- sentence in the Chaves County well. People aren't coming here pens to be something I believe Jail in Roswell. In September, to find aliens and UFOs. People occurred, and they can put me while sitting in his cell, Frizzell are coming here because some-. Ry Keith lllDl.all soils seldom exceed 0.4 mllllgrams of in whatever category they want penned his classic "I Love You a thing happened here. And A sertes of 10 clrcles discovered June 7 magnetic material per gram of soil, the to there." Thousand Ways." An expres- they're connecting with that, In a wheat field at Knobel was no prank. soli at Knobel measured ~0.29 rng. the Haggard is among the legion sion of enduring love, the scng whether it be a government con a group of sclentlst.s who study crop report stated. of believers who cite that event was a mea culpa to his wife, AI- spiracy, or whether it be over Hclordweesv aerro. ubned cthaeu sweo rttdh eh asw ch.oenactl udweads. . mTaIg1en eBtLicT creopnocretn lntr<alltcioatnesd ftohuant dt1 1ae th itghhe as evidence of alien existence. icc. In 1950, Frizzell recorded blown paranoia. Whatever it is, harvested before sclenUsts could arrive, Arkansas site are similar to trends found In a nutshell: The Roswell Inci· and re!eased the song. people are connecting with they said they c:ould not be certain. in a large number of crop formaUons dent occurred in July 1947, "'I Love You a Thousand that." TI1e discovery generated Interest and \\.OI'ldwk!e. when a sheep herder named Ways' was one side of Lefty's Noteveryoneintownishappy rumors. not only In Northeast Arkansas. "The fact that under U1e microscope we W.W. "Mack" Brazel discovered· double-sided debut hit record," about this. but from BLT Research Team Inc.. of can see both spherical and partially unusual debris on a crash site in says Daniel Cooper, author of "There are people in Roswell Cambridge, Mass• • which has studied ablaled particles here. U1e fact lhat there a field northwest of Roswell. "Lefty Frizzell: The Honky- who don't want Roswell to be crop circles In the U.S., Canada and were no magnetic particles round In the Tonk Life of Country Music's known for the UFO Capital of ~urope for approximately a decade. control soils, and the fact that llie Subject of debate Greatest Singer." "The other the World," Lucas says. JoAnne Scarpelllnl. a BLT tleld In concentration In the circle samples was What followed in the wake of side was 'If You've Got the Mon- "They're embarrassed by that vestigator. visited the site adJacent to so great. all indicate that th1s formation Brazel's discovery has been five ey I've Got the Time.' Both sides ·fact. They go, 'Oh, we've got so Williams Cemetery on June. 16 and June. was not mechanlcatly-Oattened, • Talbott dbericsa dseims polfy d ethbea tree: mWnaasn tthse o dfe a- lwaeurnec shmeda shhi sh citasr aeenrd." c ompletely fmacutcohr ye ltshe~·t wmea'vkee sg aoltl ath ceh meeosze aa2nc5cd, oc troadnkidninuggc tt oisn oag l irI nestpaeomrvrptie lbewyss N wfraiotnhmc yw tiThtnaeel bssositteets,, cre.Sp hoLeret. esvdae.i ndg ao ·poadp, ear pubblolisphheyds lbdys Wt ifllrioamm crashed weather balloon, as Ar- For Haggard, "I Love You a zarella in the United States.' It's one orBLI s founders. Michigan. and John Burke. a New York my Air Force officials claimed, Thousand Ways" carried enor- true we do. But that's not what Todd Young harvested his wheat crop businessman, may shed some light on or was it the detritus of a mous artistic impact. ..we'r~ known for - we're not on Jtme I 1. tte remains uncertain about what happened. Levengood and Burne. crashed alien spaceship? "Lefty was so young to be k;i'0wn as the Wisconsin of the tl1e source of tlle crop circles. "I know who are co-founders of BLT Research, Among some skeptics of the offi- singing that song," he says. "He Desert We're known as the UFO something happened. but 1 don't know," hypothesized that microscopic particles of cial government version, there co~dn't have be~n n~thi~g b~t Capitai of the World. so, with Young said. "I'm trying to put all that meteoric Iron which are entering the has even been speculation that ak1d, buthewas)~stsJ?gm~~us the UFO festival, we're going to aap behind me.• earth's atmosphere constantly as alien bodies were retrieved at as_s off: All the k1ds 1~entif1ed get between 20,000 and 30,000 Young said he had lost Interest In the meteors burn up In the upper twhaeDs so tiehtsee . H deabgrgiasr odf abnel aieliveen tshpaatc ei-t sfWourict hha ahgn~u myt. e·h·~·i seT shat~gm esg. o cInotg na JcleUl pSmtt thaoad 1~et Wvyoishuia tgoto raisnr eg otyovo eluor cgkoo iunnpeg y toowu deroe d?ko eAonrrdse., pmfahmaekoniunosgm." ae hnlievo isnna.gi d In". Is'mte amd oorfem lanktelnregs ml.eyds eInlf aintmt"oTo ahs edp Iehdseecraee In.s d tTihnhagot p stleha esp mamraet i\tc(e)le(o'sfrei cgX edstye sbdtrmeismw I.sn tchra"afItt ?dw oe. Ih tahvien kn oowur cteacmhen oflroogmy Twsehaness net~ ,1 ata tcn ahdme I c ewo touhnlrdodnue'rgte hbde t w hwehi gtehrrea hp eh_ere-. msoirge anrrc tehh yaaontu ts agsyohsion 'pAgs tl oiae onnpd Se anpl ueu'tp? Iuytpo's u aar 5Tro1aBn lbfnaeoaseUtett d odIn neo. sd •nc iTar iipmbleehe doct eetiotrn a,gt eswra raiU cp1•lh r mtcshli enro eiw-fet ar tcishpi raelcer lo eJsuusitn leIidan. vmtbhooiercttnhreo xdhw rbeaaaywv teIentss dI nsettotmor o tailtn ltegem ddmo elabtsegycnn e tenhsldtlecain tsgfeipe pblidlryaa saltimnhndeag that," he says. "I think all the y~e th~t, yes_. Lefty had been ~n chance for the local economy to eacl1 •aml" of decreasing sizes dO\Ioll'l to plasma. • Talbott wrote In the report. technology that we have today ~a~l, he d wntten that song m take advantage of a worldwide eight feet In diameter. Circles In amlS "Tbe. molten. and now magnetized, - at least laser beam technolo· Jail .... But he ~ecame a r?l~ mod- phenomenon." spaced approximately 10 feet apart had particles then Conu spheres and partides gy; all of this computer know I- el because ~e ~been to Jail, and Lucas is thl:illed that Haggard a slight curvature clockwise, acc:ordlng to with partially rounded surfaces as tlley edge that we have - all came came out ofJ ail ~nd gotte~ good. is participating. "We're crazy U1e research. Crop lay was reported to cool on the way down to tlle earth's from what came out of those I wanted to be like Lefty m t~at aboutitbecauseit'sgoingtoadd have been clockwise ln au drdes. surface and are left In the soli In the crop ships. Prior to that, we had noth· resp;,ct, more than anythmg a whole other level of credibility On June 25 Scarpelllnl returned to U1e circle area as the plasma vortex Impacts ing; our technology was a else. . to our festival." site, alter Young had already dlsked the the field. 100,000 years behind that. All of Haggard and FriZzell became field and planted soybeans. She took "This UlOOI)' Is the most reasonable yet a sudden America had all this close friends in later years. AI· soli samples from the location where tlle orrered to explain the presence of these knowledge. Even Russia real· thoughHaggardasayoungman formations were found and control magnetic particles In so many crop circle. ized it. They're not afraid of us had spent nearly three years in samples some 500 feet away from the soils, all CNer the world. • because we've created this great · San Quentin for a botched bur- site. Tal.boC.t also noted that lnteJViews with atuerscm hbneeocdla ofuogsryec. e osAf. w nTdhh atethy we'ryee h kaanfvroeaw,i d ow uoerf · cglua"srLsyee; dfht yeth Fseariyirzs iz ntehcllea a rtcnwedor I an nteieovvneesrr .,d eivs-- creo"pnTcoheretnestedra stbiaoymn t pohlefe m sB ayLgiT en ledTteiecda m mtha teIen r hiaaig l cherevoesprt aewbmiotnaYenesa Ustielnesg f o urcepmvwaeauaroldensd. tot haat tl eeanset BrgOyO wfeaest clrcle,• Talbott reported. Willie normal have something, and I think we er mentioned it, that we'd been On U1e Net: wwCD.bltresearch.com got it out there." ·in jail," Haggard says. "It's kind Besides Haggard's concert. of like talking about the war. the overall QFO festival in· Things that go on in pi-ison are eludes the Plateau Wireless not things you talk to your (") UFO Electric Light Parade, the mother about." 0 Classic Sci-Fi Film Festival, the It's this collision of historical C0\ 1 Alien Costume Contest and the events in 1947 - a supposed lOK Alien Chase Fun Run. More alien spacecraft crash coupled information on the festival can with Frizzell's presence in Ros be obtained at www.UFORos· well --that has inspired Hag well.com. gard to fuse these two interests Organizers of the UFO festi- into an annual concert at the val, now in its ninth year, didn't UFO festival. need to entice Haggard to partie- "It's sort of a kooky idea of ipate. mine that there might be a lot of "Merle brought Merle," says people that like country music Carl Lucas, executive director that also have suspicions about of the festival. "Merle is coming what went on in Roswell," he ex to Roswell. Merle wants this, plains. "!thought it might be in· and this is,Merle's baby. They teresting to bring a couple of contacted u5, he rented the ven· events together." ue, he's securing all the market-· • • u) What causes crop circles? Some believe couldn't discern whether crop circles have ing for it, and he's putting to-! Vaned audience w they are hoaxes; other think they come highly mysterious or highly suspicious gvaelt,h aerrii :hIliise 'sp oi:Irotmiogn i to tfo oth pee rfceestnit- • traLcutcs aths e smaeyrse ltyh ceu rfieosutisv taol f uallt ;§ from supernatural or extraterrestrial origins; seems there's at least those two t- sources - visitors from other galaxies. We schools of his way." . blown UFO-ologists. The parade Doing it his way has always that kicks off the festival has in· don't know but we were curious about thought and - been an apt description of Hag~ eluded everything from light these crop circles found in a Walla Walla probably gard. A member of the Country draped teenage skateboarders County wheat field last week. The field be more. Music Hall of Fame, Haggard toparticipantspushingaplastic longs to Kent Farms near Prescott and was -Times 4 reigns in the annals of country · facsimile of an alien autopsy harvested after this photo was taken. In photo by music as a genuine titan. As a around on a gurney. From such checking the Internet for information, we Morgan singer, songwriter and ban· lighthearted fun at the parade to Baker DAILY STAR, Hammond, LA - July 28, 2003 ac ing for aliens glowed and changed colors as they "The largest majority of people that watched. report abductions have to undergo Four days later Arnett was part of these very invasive probes. On our Local man tracks down UFO reports a team that accompanied one of the level, our technology is s~ch that hunters·back to the site. we can scrape a ceil off some- They found a 14-foot wide pat- body's arm and know everything. By SYLVIA SCHON Arnett is a retired paramedic hard is if you've got somebody tern of reeds twisted and smashed So you are telling me these 'peo from the New Orleans area and is who is so UFO pro that everything in a circular pattern. The trees pie' are so advanced, they can do Daily Star Staff Writer working on a two-year degr~ from in the sky is a UFO. above had been scorched. Some of these amazing things in the sky, Southeastern Louisiana University ~·on the other hand, you have the the branches had actually burned come from thousands or .billions of ALBANY - Scott Arnett looks, in occupational safety and health. debunkers _that there. is no. way and and fallen to the ground. The reeds light years away and have to .stick ta1ks and acts as normal as any His interest in UFO reports began everything has to be Venus or on the ground were not burned, · . pro~es up our wazzoos? Once they body. He is disarmingly down to as an interest in astronomy while he swamp gas. They will always find a however.· · · got a hold of one of us, they would earth, considering his avocation. · was in his teens. After reason why. So you've got to come · "I noticed right away that our know everything. They would just Arnett, 49, is a state s reading one of Frank to the middle and you've got to use feet were muddy and the ground need a skin sample, so I just don't section director and Edwards' books on UFO good judgment and have an open was very soft. I could see no track see it." . ' . . field investigator for s reports, Arnett's own mind." of any vehicles," Arnett said. This area was "hot" in the 1970s Mutual UFO Network, interest in the topic took Arnett said he has personally A geologist with the team took a~d 1980s for UFO reports, but it Inc., an international hold. never seen a UFO, but after years samples of the soil and reeds back has been quiet in the area for a organization dedicated The book was a series of straight of talking to witnesses and reading to a New Orleans lab for testing. . nlimber of years, Arnett said. to compiling, analyzing and pub forward reports on sightings by wit other accounts, he does have a gen No radiation was found, and there The· current "hot" areas are South lishing reports of unidentified. fly nesses who appeared· to be credible, eral point of view. was also no trace of any known ·America and the -northeast where ing objects. he said. 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Average, everyday people, bright," Arnett said. One of those occurred in 1976, local authorities. . day, he said. radar technicians, nuclear scien "It's that other 2 or 3 percent I when he went out on his first case "MUFON is where they can vent One of those occurred in Slidell tists, physicists, anthropologists, wonder about. When you are ques as an investigator. this incredible thing that has hap- several years ago when someone chemists, medical doctors, psychol tioning a witness, you can't be Hunters had reported an object pened to them without worrying called the police .to report an object ogists, ham radio operators, and judgmental. You can't let that inter hovering and at times moving errat about whether their names will hovering over his house. Deputies many other professionals and non fere. You have to keep an open ically over the swamp about two wind up all over the newspaper or arrived and saw th~ object and also professionals have joined MUFON mind that this could be as much miles from the Michou facility in ·police blotter of whatever," Arnett recorded static· radio interference or have at least contacted members bull as fact. said. "We will only publish names every time' the object moved, to rep01t an unusual experience. "What makes an investigation with their .permission. It is protect- Arnett said. ed. We guarantee it." · The most common shapes of A pair of Pascagoula shipyard crafts are the saucer shape, similar workers went public with their own to two bowls put .together, the encounter in 1973, causing a great "Cigar" shape and an egg or round commotion nationwide. · ·shape. But there have also been CHIEFTAIN, Pueblo, CO - Aug. 11, 2003 The two reported seeing a bluish reports of triangular, diamond and Hybrids, believers gather glowing object moving along the other shaped crirl't. .. river where they sat fishing on a The "saucer" name came from dock. the news media in the 1940s when The object silently appeared ·a airplane pilot flying around some behind them, and one of the men mountains reported seeing what claimed he was taken into the appeared to be alien craft. The annual gathering at "ship" by a pair of the ship's occu- Arnett noted that pilots and radar the UFO Watchtower pants and later released. · operators are probably more reluc- Calvin Parker, who was 19 at the . tant than most to report UFO sight near Hooper attracts time, agreed to a followup inter- ings. · some who are out of view with Arnett years later. Parker \VL. "Barney" Garner, the for told Arnett of seeing two tall crea- mer Louisiana MUFON director, this world. tures emerge and take his· friend was a radar operator who became before he passed out. · interested in UFOs after an incident Arnett said after talking to him, where he and the pilot he was mon By ERIN SMITH he believed Parker's account, itoring where watching things "that THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN which was dramatic but less so than cannot be" from their own particu the man who claimed he was lar spots-the pilot·in the air and HOOPER - Dozens of abducted. Garner on the ground in front of a believers and the just plain curi "He just did not seem the kind of radar. ous came to the UFO Watch person to seem to be shaken easi- Arnett also noted that Dr. J. 2003 over the weekend to hear ly." Arnett recalled. Allen Hynek founded.t he forerun- "hybrids" and alien abductees Generally, however, Arnett is not ner of MUFON right after the U.S. talk about their experiences. impressed with the vast majority of Air Force ended its famed "Blue Saturday and Sunday's UFO. abduction claims. Book Project." Hynek, now Watch was the second to be "I get off the boat with a lot of deceased, was in charge of that pro held at Judy Messoline's UFO people on this subject. I notice that ject. Watchtower, about three miles the abduction phenomena with your "He wanted to·let the public north of Hooper on Colorado 17. typical 'gray' with the big black know what is really going on with Messoline built the watch CHIEFTAIN PHOTO/ERIN SMITH eyes and large head, things like these sightings. He couldn't say tower several years ago after Gloria Hawker poses with her book, 'Morning Glory: Diary of an Alien that, have o'nly started after the there were little green men. He she often woke up mornings to Abductee,' at the_g ift shop at the UFO Watchtower, north of Hooper. movie "Close Encounters" came didn't know. But he could say what find watchers of the unex Behind Hawker stands Hooper resident Brian Ash. out," Arnett said. ·· the witnesses were telling them," plained camping out on her He suspects many of those Arnett said .. property. 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It gave believers in the She said she later learned that featured speakers who claim to unexplained a time to congre one of "The Grays," extraterres have seen and photographed gate and compare experiences. trials about 4 feet tall from the alien ships. One with experiences to constellation Orion, had pushed One of the most prominent children and made several compare was Raja Merk Dove, her. The fall broke several speakers was Tim Edwards, of revelations. who claims Mount Shasta, bones and landed her in the Salida, who showed his video Edwards said reports from Calif.. as his residence. Dove hospital. tape of the famous Salida UFO Salida in 1917 were of a "wheel said he is really from Jupiter. He While bedridden, she incident taken several years within a wheel," or a sphere sur is a "star seed," the hybrid off-. spring of an earthling and a star claimed, "The Grays" began to ago. Edwards told the more than rounded by Saturn-like rings. person, he said. use her for everything from 40 people at his talk Saturday Since the Salida incident, "We're all actually hybrids," medical tests to impregnation to afternoon that there have been Edwards said he has witnessed he insisted. carry hybrid children, which UFO sightings in Salida since "two bright headlights in the Joe Fex, attending the confer she said aliens would remove 1897. One especially famous sky" on Sept. 10, 2001, the day "semhHnaaculresme, fbaDrunoN!ms Ana oNr eat e nlnwidno ktgM sef,e"rno xehmisec ofsh,ra oeiarmdge.r . e aWendie . hfdkraanouvSomgewh heh t faeeobrrar , ldw vssuoeooc ammtrcesbel.d.at himihnseg r s thhyeeo duiandlg ienenosstt saPtiipomgprhetetu aiognrfage ld t h wwetao hMs e snieir nvat ehc1rle9ae 1 lV7 a Pti raoFgbriatontuui gmMtu aeat hsrinyee wbCereohifnlioolgerr e ao dd9bro/ji1 ev1Sci,p nt argfin nodbrg aswac ibkano t cNuhhtoo emv4d0e em a mfbhrioeolrevm.s 5 I g .~., :;, I 0 (,) f z e I:Y ::c (,) CHIEFTAIN PHOTO/JOSHUA BUCr: Paola Harris talks after her presentation about UFOs at the second annual UFO Conference of Pueblo in the Forino Ballroom at Pueblo Community College Friday. otit"-lhere? Af~, ~~ltey·•- gathers believers {)~0/tOll.ference ·· B~ JDST.IN.~MORE'f~-z~:_, .. ,. · - .. ~· tdmits ·:never. '·witnessing any more like "Mr. H." -. . THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN .. UFO-related activity firsthand, "You are not a body. You're --~ but ·has interviewed numerous not male, or female. You are Pueblo .UFO irivestigator Bill eyewitnesses. . not· a persona.· We are· what 1 Winkler once again has shined Her ·work sidesteps civilian unawareness is," he said. a . spotlight on th~ . vast and reports and focuses mainly on · Native American speaker enigmatic wodd that' ·.encom- ·testimonials by former U.S. . Standing Elk/Golden Eagle of passes .· extraterrestrials · and . · military ·personnel. who pave .t he Kakota Ihunktowan Band "UFQ-ology."·. ·· · · · · ·· : .· participated in retrieving uni- of South Dakota .Band started _: Winkl-e:t;'s. second an~ua,l dentified crashed ships along and ended his performance UFO· Conference. of ·Pueblo with their occupants . . She with traditional native: dance drew a.c rowd of about. 30 peo.:. ·.·believes that the public is being and song. He also spoke of how ple 'in the Fortino Ballroom· at· ·prepared:· for extraterrestrial symbols recovered from the Pueblo Community . College . conta~.t now that tl:e mil~tary is downed spacecraft at Roswell, ca~pus Saturday.· Acc9m,paily-:-· allowing more discussion of N.M., were identical to those ing him were, variou~· _veri'dors. these events~ . found throughout his-. ancestral displaying wares ran&ing from "The future generation can heritage. crystals, dowsing rods, photog- . handle the truth. The current He termed these syn1bols raphers who snap images of generation has been raised on a· "Laws of the Star People" _ human auras ~nd craftsmen. sci~nce fiction background universal truths that can help who construct metalHc ·objects . which is.b,ased on science fact," mankind better their ·lives and into complex ·geometric Harris said. improve the earth. He believes shapes. ' The secorid speaker, . Rev .. Winkler has · been an . a John Gee of Colorado Springs, . there is an ancient connection staunch ad_vocate for revealing·· . ·s_aid he ·.has had numerous ·between · humans and extraterrestrials; the _existence · of. intelligent . encounters With UFOs. · · alien life. and :.hopes :·this con- . In his book,. "I Reme~ber · "I don't call them UFOs or ference will assist in unveiling .. Heaven," he describes his rela... 'ETs, · because those are nega their a'ctiorts. · .· . . · · · ·. · tionship with a mySterious· man tive terms. They are our broth- .: ''The purpose of the. confer- · named "Mr. H." Gee believes ers and sisters. If you honor ence is to educate the public as ·· "Mr~ H" is a spirit ofalien oJ·i- them, they will visit you," he to the .inevitable· first contact- · gin that had gained possession . said.· with extraterrestrials.' In doing.-· of a human body: .as well as Winkler closed the cere-· so, the public ·will· be ·better · unusual powers. · · mony with a brief question- prepared· spiritually~' psychi- ·' . "Through .. a number . of and-answer session and then cally and religious-wise to strange incantations and move- . co~mended the spe,akers for accep~ that w~ are truly riot ments, 'Mr. H' i~voked a huge th~,Ir effort~. . . alone 1n the universe." . ball of golden light over Gar- , I descnbe them as being · Three guest speakers high-. · .· den of the Gods/' Gee said. very brave," he said. lighted the· conference.- ". . · · ··Gee·· believes that orice we For more information you ·The first was Paola· Harris> ·surpass our ego ·and raise our can attend Bill Winkler's an Italian~born ·journalist· and · awareness, we will achieve a · monthly UFO meetings at 7 author of_ the 'book~ "Connect-:·.::;:Ievel pf enlightenment that' will · p.m~ every thi!d Thursday at 6 ing the Dots," which details the allow_us to interact more freely· · the Lamb 'Branch Library, 2525 l!FO phe.nomenon~ H:;1rris· .. ·.with those of alien origin, those S. Pueblo Blvd. s DAILY REPUBLIC, Fairfield, CA ·July 10, 2003 s_ays circle seekers .m ust res nee ronerty By Tim Fields sands of dollars in fines and time DAILY REPUFllJC spent in jail or state prison, he said. So far three crop circle formations FAIRFIELD - While crop circles have been discovered . .~ ay bring with them a sense of mys A second, small formation, was tery, they also bring thousands of found near Solano Community Col sightseers that trample and take lege about a half mile south of the from the fields. _ , Rockville site. A third was discovered With a third crop circle discovered on Sunday on Pleasant Valley and ;ln· a Vacaville com field this week, Fry roads in Vacaville. inned deputies could be dispatched The new site resembles a caterpi~ to clear out the curious, Solano Coun -ty Sheriff Gary Stanton said Wednes- lar and is about 846 feet long with six circles, said Steve Mereno, the direc day. · tor of PsiApplications, a local nonprof "It's up to: the farmers when it paranormal research organization.: they've had enough," he said. "Once it becomes aJ?. annoyance we'll go in ·an lVIereno _and several others are co~ lecting.evidence for the BLT Research get everyone' out." - . Team Inc. based out of Cambridge, ·- Stanton's advice to property own Mass., which investigates crop circle ets is to call law enforcem~nt early sites for authenticity worldwide. because it's easier to get 30 people out :of a field than 300, he said. · Mererio was iD:.t he buggish forma-: Alinost two weeks ago, local farmer tion vV~dnesday and he. said the ci~ Larry Balestra found the largest crop cles were cut out of the corn field .circle formation ever reported'in the instead of being bent down. Most of ;Vilited · States stamped into his the cut down 8-foot stalks were gone., ~acre wheat field. . · "I'd say 60 percent of the mass i_s .· $ince then, hordes of people trying gone, we're talking incineration here," to see the formation ·have trans he said. ''Nobody packed that s_tuff out formed the field into a jigsaw of path because it's difficult to get out there ,ways and trails. Balestra has lost in the first place." hv.nd.reds of dollars in wheat and Crop circles resembling a caterpillar were discovered Monday in a com field at Pleasant Valley and Fry roads in Vacaville. J.VIereno said he's researched all ;~os_~~ more every,d ay as people take . . . . . - three formations and said he has a 'narid.fuls ofhis·wheat home. · _ · complaints from people living'~ the · complained to deputies that people whether one is creating circles, tram mountain of data, yet hasn't had the 'Bruestrahas.allowed people to mill. area'·saying sightseers trying t6 find.a were cuttii~g through their fields to pling crops to see the circles or taking time to study it in detail. ,~_ijpJ,it-his field:a nd has held -off _on _p lace to park had blocked their drive- get to the formation.· crops from the field, he said. ;h:::wVesting the wheat~_· . . . _. . · · w~ys. _ · _ · . . People shoUld remember trespass- ·.Depending on how much damage Tim Fields can be reached at .-However, ~tan ton received several . . Also neigh?oring property owners ing and vandalism are crimes one ca~ses, the penalty can be thou- [email protected]. __, fans to alight near Hooper ~UFO Q :::s footage shows a spinning, <:( Classic saucer footage, brightly . colored disc photo graphed from a side angle. · out of this world 0 At 4 p.m., paranormal inves u speakers visiting tigator Joe Fex will talk. ~ watchtower near There will be a dinner break from 5 p.m. to 7 p:m. fol ~ Hooper Saturday. lowed by a talk by nationally a.. known alien abductee Jane z < Smith, Messoline said. By ERIN SMITH Chuck Zukowski and Deb t- THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN u. bie Zieglemeyer, who are LIJ involved in the 2003 Roswell i: HOOPER-When Judy Mes dig, will speak at 8:30 p.m. (.) soline went to Saguache County Commissioners almost four At 10 p.m. the "Watch" for the unexplained will begin, years ago with an unusual Messoline said. request, it was mostly out of frustration. Although the event is free, Messoline thinks it would be Messoline lives in an area nice if people visited her gift where strange things are seen shop where she stocks .such in the heavens - or at least UFO-alien related items as the . there are people claiming that. friend giving her a hug in a She would wake up finding peo recent photo. And she will ple camped in her front yard have donation jars available to looking for UFOs and alien · help pay the speakers' beings. expenses. She decided to do something about it so she asked the com For anyone who wants to missioners to allow her to build arrive between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday, Hooper post a UFO Watchtower and camp master Ron Lucero will be on ground on her property about 2 hand to cancel letters· and miles north of Hooper along Colorado 17. That way she CHIEFTAIN PHOTO/ERIN SMiTH . postcards with a· special 2003 could exact payment from peo Judy Messoline and her little alien friend are inviting citizens of the UFO Watch collector's stamp. ple who otherwise would be universe to attend a gathering on Unidentified Flying Objects to be next On Aug. 10, the Tower Gift camping on her land. weekend near Hooper in the San Luis Valley. Shop will open at 9 a.m. Cof Since opening the UFO fee and doughnuts will be sWolaitnceh thoaws erb einco Mmaey a2 0c0e0le, bMrietys . SatTuhrdea yc oannfedr eAnuceg,. 1to0 , bwei lhl eblde hise r shtoyrpyn. Tothhee srpaepaiksetr. atG 2l op.rmia. saenrdv eddi scwuhssil et heaitrt eenxdpeeersi envciseist . She has been interviewed by from noon to ·whenever. And Hawker. but there won't be any reporters from all over the it's free. Salida resident Tim planned programs. world. At noon Saturday, Messoline Edwards, who took what is Participants should bring Last year she decided to hold will welcome her guests and regarded as some of the most their own chairs. Camping is a UFO conference - or what tell them the history of the amazing videotape of a UFO available at $10 a night. ever one calls such events-at UFO Watchtower. flying over Colorado's moun For information, call Messo her establishment. This year, At 1 p.m. a woman named tains, will speak next. Edwards line at (719) 378-2296 or visit she noted, she has more to offer Tammy who says she was and his video have appeared on www.ufowatchtower.com on conference attendees. She has whisked aboard a UFO will tell a host of television shows. The the Internet. added a rock garden celebrating three vortexes that several psy chics say are in her front yard. UFO fanatics and the just plain curious can sit in her yard, look at the rocks and distant Sangre de Cristos, where so much is said to happen, and sip soda. appeared to be extremely wide, and it had a very bright light at the front. ~C'? 2002 was active year for UFO sightings June 26, 2002, rural area of Wyoming County - A witness observed two huge dark birds land at the top of a tree. The branches looked as though they :_ and strange encounters across the state were going to break from the weight. The wingspan of the birds were estimated at around 12 .:,; 2002 was a very active year f'cir affeged sightings tenous encounters, his primary focus concerns the feet based on the size of the branches. Historically, of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO's) and vari UFO phenomena and cryptozoology, which is the this area of the state has reported numerous sight c( ous other mysterious events, as reported by resi study of hidden or unknown animals. ings of giant birds with huge wingspans that have a.. dents from across Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has a long history of observations of become known as Thunderbirds. Sightings of Reports of strange incidents originating from 45 strange animals including Bigfoot, the thunderbird these ·huge· flying creatures have been on the. 0> counties in the commonwealth came to the atten (a giant bird), the eastern cougar, and the black increase around the state in recent years. -~ tion of researcher Stan Gordon of Greensburg dur panther. Alleged sightings of huge hair-covered, July 24, 2002, North Huntingdon Township t» ing the last year. Close observations of strange fly generally man-like creatures continue to be report- (Westmoreland County) -At about 10 p.m., three ::J ing objects, reported encounters with mysterious . ed in the state. people standing in a shopping complex parking lot 0 creatures such as Bigfoot and giant birds, strange Gordon is probably best known for his years of observed a round and shiny solid object about the ::c footprints and sounds, and odd ground markings, investigation into the Dec. 9, 1965, UFO crash size of a tennis ball floating past them at a distance ~ were some of the oddities reported. incident which reportedly took place near the rural of about 10 feet, and traveling on a straight path. Gordon has been researching mysterious village of Kecksburg. That event involved multi The odd sphere, which was only about 6 feet off encounters since 1959. During the years since tudes of witnesses who observed a fiery object the ground, kept moving down the road until it was then, he has been involved with the investigation :moving across the sky over a widespread area. The out of sight. of thousands of mysterious incidents from across .object is said to have fallen slowly from the sky September 2002, Derry Twp. (Westmoreland the Keystone State. The researcher has been taking into a wooded area near Kecksburg. The military County)-Members of a family report observing calls from the public concerning such matters arrived on the scene, and reportedly removed the a Bigfoot creature on two different occasions in a since 1969. object from the crash site. Despite numerous eye heavily wooded area·. Tbe most interesting event Gordon continues to actively investigate current .w itness accounts, the official word is that nothing occurred on the afternoon of Sept. 27 as the driver events, and he maintains contact with many fell into the woods that day, and nothing was was traveling along a back road. After hearing a resources that keep him updated on the latest recovered. noise from the woods, the driver then stopped the ·ongoing events. Gordon also maintains a high-tech Gordon's investigation of the Kecksburg incident vehicle, thinking that some deer were approach electronics communications center which keeps continues. The case is once again creating nation ing. At a distance of about 145 feet, the witness ·him informed on a daily basis about mysterious al interest since the Coalition for Freedom of observed a tall man-like creature covered with happenings from around the world. Information (CFI) backed by the Sci-fi'channel, is long brown hair and arms that hung down to the During the 43 years that Gordon has been now conducting a detailed investigation of the knees. The creature was estimated to be about researching various phenomena, it is his· conclu· occurrence as well. eight feet tall, and took long steps as it crossed a sion that most UFO sightings and many other Some of the interesting strange events reported field. The driver watched as the creature crossed mysterious events, when properly investigated, are in Pennsylvania include: over a barbed wire fence· with no hesitation or , determined to be natural or manmade in origin, February 2002, Waynesboro (Adams County) break in stride. Gordon measured the top of the ·and are indeed explainable. Some UFO cases Rick Fisher of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society fence as 44 inches off the ground. investigated in 2002 were determined to be bright (PBS), investigates a series of large, odd-shaped If you want to report a UFO or Bigfoot sighting meteors, automated searchlight displays, and even footprints which were about 16 inches long, and or any strange encounter, or have information the northern lights. eight inches wide, and covered an area of about about the Kecksburg incident, you can contact There remain, however, many UFO observations 1,000 feet around a reservoir. Stan Gordon at: P.O. Box 936, Greensburg, PA 8 and other strange incidents which have been April 15, 2002, Clarksburg (Indiana County) 15601. Phone the PA UFO Hotline (724-838- reported over the years from various locations in Two people traveling on Rt. 286 observe an elon 7768) 24 hours. E-mail Gordon at: paujo@west the state that appear to remain unexplained. gated object about the size of passenger bus hov ol.com. You can also check out Stan Gordon's While Gordon has an interest in all types of mys- ering at tree top level. The silent object's body UFO Anomalies website at www. westol. coml-paufo. [All British clippings courtesy of Timothy Good, unless otherwise credited.] > UFO SPOTTING "' :: c Look! Up in the sky! 0 0 ci 5 By Christine Boyd A diamond-shaped spacecraft. Unearthly flashing lights. my husband - 'Hey! You've got -to Weekly Editor see this!"' Shooting white beams. Five people aren't sure exactly what they gC') A diamond-shaped UFO covered saw hovering over Kimberley Mar. 5, but they agree on one thing - MAr. rmX ewd asw itthhe ao nplyai rw oitfn ebsisn otcou lpaerrs , "' with flashing lights may have been the experience was out of this world! ceive more details on the object. He ~ responsible for the collapse of the reported seeing a fact'lt•d shape like a... z:. McKim Theatre roof in Kimberley diamond in a ring, with an invert~ ~ two weeks ago. cone underneath. Lights played con "' That's the rumour setting the ski stantly <~bout its surface, but the-j :!: town a-buzz after at least five wit- shimmered like lights in a fog, not ' nesses reported seeing strange lights with the concentrated energy of a. .g drifting slowly above the Bavarian bulb, he said. "It definitely wasn't a star," he said. ~ C~~e~~~~n:p:~~~f;~ ~::~;~ports of "Stars twinkle - they don't give off 0 zon unearthly "light show" spotted dazzling light like that. It was too 0m directly over the theatre roof just a brilliant and big for a star." few hours before it's as-yet unex- Mr. X believes it was probablyD plained collapse. man-made object, but is at a loss tQ >: explain it. .. :! Flashing lights above McKim "I don't believe in flying saucer:> Q) and little green men, space men, and 00 The first sighting of the UFO-and all that stuff, I don't believe in it," he ~ that's "unidentified flying object," said. "I was the first to' fooh-fooh!' alf (ij not necessarily "spaceship," all those that stuff when other people talkeci ~ interviewed were quick to point out about seeing UFOs. I think there'sa.. -seems to have been made between logical explanation." ~ 10 p.m. and midnight Mar. 5. Back in Townsite, Zawaski shoo\<. ~ Home care worker Gail Shay had with excitement, too awed to take h\S ~ just returned from work to her apart- . •• s; ment in the Pioneer Lodge on Church Street. As she prepared to retire, she noticed unusually bright lights danc If it had been any clos ing above the roof of the theatre a few blocks away. er, I would have had a At first, the 46-year-old assumed heart attack. When I that the beams were part of a McKim Theatre Society-sponsored light hear reports of other show. people experiencing A second glance sent shivers up her spine. these things from 20 "It was like nothing I've ever seen before," said Shay. metres away - I don't "At first, it seemed like there was a think I'd survive. crisscrossing spotlight going up into the sky from the roof of the school. It was glimmering, like the northern lights. There were all these colours. eyes off the object - which he now "Then the light spread out like a regrets not photographing. He had to mushroom cloud, exactly on the same take a tranquilizer to fall asleep aftel' spot as where the roof is gone." and couldn't help constantly glancing. Aware that she might be in for some over his shoulder the next morning ribbing after going on the record while skiing at the Kimberley NordiC about her experience, Shay quickly Track. added that she hadn't been drinking "It wasn't anything I've ever seeFI and isn't a spaceship buff. Although anywhere," said Zawaski, adding she considers herself somewhat Photo llluatratlon that the experience cured him of an, unconventional and open to esoteric DIAMOND IN THE SKY: The only witness able to examine the strange floating desire to see UFOs in the future. ideas, she was overwhelmed by the phenomena with binoculars reported viewing a diamond shape surrounded by "I don't ever want to see ano.thet experience. brightly flashing coloured lights. one: it's too devastating. After reeling through a list of possi- "If it had been any closer, I would west of the town. "You're kind of laughing at the have had a heart attack. When I heaW' •• Grabbing their coats, Zawaski and whole thing yourself," said Mrs. "X." reports of other people experiencin$ his wife ran outside. "People make these little comments these things from 20 metres away ...-:t "The minute I saw it, I almost pan like, 'Well, were you drinking last don't think I'd survive." . The light spread out icked, because it was like nothing I've night?"' seen on this earth," said Zawaski, In fact, Mrs. X was stone sober and Spaceship not ruled out like a mushroom cloud, who lives in Townsite. doing a last tour of the house before exactly on the same spot Excitedly swapping details with the retiring for the night when she, like While Cranbrook Regional Airport as where the roof is gone. friends in Chapman Camp, the Shay, noticed a bright light illuminat doesn't have radar, nothing unusual Zawaskis watched the object from ing the house from outside. Expecting was reported that night by staff or 12:15 to 12:40 a.m. when it drifted out to see a bright star, she glanced out incoming pilots, according to Hs of sight behind the trees. side and then stood petrified. flight services station. ble explanations, Shay said she "What do I think it is? I don't know. "It was large and round like a car However, Kimberley HCMP decided that she must be hallucinat I can t~ll yo~ what I don't think it light, so I thought it was a plane that received several telephone calls thft ing and crawled quickly into bed. was. . . he sa1d. was goi1'lg to be landing," she said. night about the phenomena, although so"mI ej uusnte xkpelpati nethdi nnkaitnugra, l 'pWheelnl,o mite's tioTnhael qeuxaprltaenta rtuiolend t hoeuyt ecvoeurlyd cthoinnvke no f amA.,sz li-!s!thnee nto, bstehrev ed"p lwaniteh" dhaowvneirnegd itnh ge.y were unable to verify tht! sight~ na' .. . I can accept lots, but this was for the phenomena- it was moving unmoving for five minutes, bright The rumour was even raised among too much!" she said. too slowly and too low to the ground •• members of School District No. 6 ilt "I just couldn't keep looking to be a plane or helicopter and had an emergency meeting called to dis bec;ause my mind. couldn't explain too many extremely bright flashing what I was seeing. I witnessed some lights to be a hot air balloon, said cuss the collapsed theatre roof, which is attached to McKim Middle School· thing, but I don't know what it was." Zawaski. The minute I saw it, I "We're not about to speculate on the Zawaski admitted to being a bit of a Shaking knees in Townsite UFO aficionado himself, and has almost panicked because .c ause of the collapse, but we've heard all kinds of ideas, including UFO spotted four over the past 30 years - it was like nothing I've sightings on Friday night," sald· yeAarp-porlodx Timeda tZealyw aasnk i hwoausr s hlaatkeern, o6u8-t iKni mAbuesrtlreiay,. NHoorwweavye, rn, etahre C oatlhgearr yt harnede seen on this earth. Gtoer.o rge Watson. , school district direC"' a dl!ep sleep by a phone call. witnesses claimed that they had He did admit last week, with. On the other end of the line was a never seen one before and weren't tongue firmly planted in cheek, that efrnitelnyd inins isCtihnagp mthaant ZCaawmaps,k ii ntcaokhee ra looking. swidheit.e T rhaeyns t hoef lliigghhtts schhoaontginegd . to each tthhein wg orink ctrheew wharedc knao.tg ey ett of ourunlde aonu~t. look at the sky. Man-made, not spacemen! "It was ·throwing out quite a few alien spacecraft ag <I cause. After a few minutes, Zawaski says different ligl,ts, rotating around it. "We haven't yet. but maybe when fhrei enwda'ss waboler dtos -maa dkiea mseonnsde- sohfa ptehde ChIna pmfaacnt, Cahmisp otwnloy afgrrieeendd st o cfroomm Tthhaetr eI rweecra-ell daenfdi nmitealyyb ef otuwr o cooltohuerrss we get ~nside that buil.~iing, we'll find. 9 somethmg: we could llnd anything.!.'" object covered with flashing lights ment if they could remain anony ones," she recalled . . was drifting slowly over the trees mous, due to fear of public ridicule. "Then,· of course, I ran in and called SUNDAY EXPRESS, London, England - Aug. 24, 2003 CR: N. Oliver THIS elaborate fonnation of crop circles in a wheatfield is being put forward as evidence that there is life on other worlds. · Expert Eric Beckjord spent hours painstakingly p_ainting a message in binary numbers on a plastic sheet next to a field near prehistoric burial grounds. . He says it asked: "What do you want from us?" Within a day, an answer arrived in the form of a stunning sculpture in the field next to the message. No ordinary crop circle, the incredible pattern at Adams Grove in Wiltshire resembles swallows flying in formation. The appearance of the circles has thrilled Beckjord, an Amer ican, and his assistants and they are now avidly trying to decipher the cryptic response. "I believe that if there is anyone out there they will speak to us in parables, analogies and symbols - not directly to us," said Beckjord. ''This is the fifth message I have laid down. The other four were cut into wheat and not written on to a 'plastic sheet like this was. "I was staggered the crop circle formation appeared so quickly after I put down my message." Theories abound regarding the overnight appearance of crop circles. Most people agree they are the work of nocturnal hoaxers but many believe they have an extra terrestrial or spiritual origin. UFO experts are west. He was surprised Mr Soper said the organ CIUFOR was founded in CIUFOR now limits its investigating reports BY STEVE SWINGLER because there was no isation was now investi 1967 by the eighth' Lord activities to collecting and of strange lights seen noise. 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