UFO Newsclipping Service 2006 04 no 441

2006·20.6 MB·English

NEWSCLIPPING
SERVICE
April 2006
Number 441
EDITOR/PUBLISHER: LUcius Farish • #2 Caney Valley Drive • Plumerville, AR 72127·8725 USA
RURAL MISSOURI, Jefferson City, MO - Oct. 2005 CR: B. Soetebler
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any offidal American Indian traditipt~~:.:Qf![¢~lljig::~J~~i','J.',{j
food and tobacco lets tne·spirits Kt:14?.'V/:~~c!,.h<~V~!J:,l!1~~:~·:
forgot them."· · : · . . . ..
She stares down the road to the next hillside;: ..
of·.tl';le,road ··:·· '
Several other cars sit on the shoulder
while their·occupants wait,patlently,.iri·th.e'dar~~:-·:·:· .. :' ,·;
They have come here late· em a ~rJgay:.!Jig~~:~.t~j s~¥~~,;·
the fabled Horfiet Spoqk Ught, ·~.strarig~~glo:W:~ha;~.·.~ .
has appeared for mdre·'tha'n a· ~ntury;l,'• •·.::.:,·. ;. ; ...1 :
Over the years, p~ople nave ttave~e.d:from'.au · · .,:
over the country to ob~erve the.mystetipV:s!ltgbV~'
Scientists, researchers and ·s.ee~~r~-o(tli~:~friQW,n'
have observed the Spoo~ Light ,apd.prqp_g~·~ct~e:i~:
myriad of theories....:.: from car·Ughts to'gllosts':'-
but the light's source remains a mystery. ' ' · .
"Some things are just.not explil;inable,'~-~a~ the.
34-year-old,. who has seen the Spook.tighfinp.ny ·.
to
times over the years; "Personally, I beli~ve spirit~ , Jennifer .Loris.t~rq;~~iu -~lon~r·Spook Light Rq~d see the Hor'het Sp~ok Light. An American Indian from Miami,
are here." · · · ' · Okla;, jen~lfer· has s~~n the lig~t m(!ny times since shewas a kid. On thi.s night, ~he. sees·it not long after arriving.
She abruptly stops talking and exclai~s; "There. ,.,. · · · '· ,c • ' ;· · · · · ·
it is!" On the far hill, a dim glow rises above· the sunspo~s, b~llligh.tp~ng,. opticlll illusions
road. It appears an ~erie shade of orange arid· yel- ca'used by headlights on Interstate 44 and
low, about the color of the lit end of a 'cigarette, as lights flashing atop a distant water tower. Yet
Jennifer describes it. The glow looks unlike any- none of these theories·have been proven.
thing else In sight It flickers through the trees and For decades, experts have tried to solve the
dances from side to side. Quzzle, In 1942, ·a group of students from the
Q.':':~r the next two hours, the Spook Light bobs University of Michigan camped in the area.
and weaves, s !its in two and chan es In ·intensi . ~fter two weeks, tne frustrated scientists shot
Those watching say t ey eel an od sensation, ut ~~ the light to no avail. Since then, many
no one senses any cause for alarm. others have attempted to solve the light's
As Jennifer watches, a group of college students mystery. The list includes'the Army Corps of
from Tulsa, Okla., walks up and asks about the Engineers, the Natl'bnal Geographic Socie!)',
light's source. "You're going to hear everything," _the National: Bureau of Standards, the North:
she replies. For the next 15 minutes, Jennifer American UFO Organization, the University
explains the history and mystery surrounding the J of Arkansas, the Midwest Research Institute
Hornet Spook Light. . ... ,. i:.l , ... .,., ., of Kansas City; a writer from Popular
The Spook Light's first documented , ..... ; .• • .. ; ,' ; .. t Mechanfcs and a crew from ,the NBC tel-
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sighting was in 1886 on a lane near . '-~ \:'-..: · :~;\. ~vision show "·Real People.'~ Still, ~o The Hornet Spook Light appears as a yellow-orange ball of light
ltoipldrn teatl,e sM oof. ,t htheo luigghht Alomnger biceafno rIen tdhiaant st ime. \. . (j .1'•r • ,. 1, . . _1i ).1 -- ·~- ':, r··"-·i:. .) -~ {._)c'.r:.._ .~•~ _ one holDdas lea . Kdeafciznmitiavreek e, xpprleasnidateinotn . anteoaprb tyh tee lreocaodm. Tmhuen liicgahtti,o wnsh itcohw ecro,n itsr aksntso wwni thto a c rheadn glieg hcto olonr sa,
The light reportedly spooked norse~, caus-· 1 • ,: ,1 ,.: ; '<U 1; ) ., of the Ghost Research Society m~ve, split and vary in intensity. ·
ing a number of carriage wrecks during the tHOF-;11~t~,.s 'U .( f"-~ and author of "Illuminating
tum of the century a.nd earningthe·road·tts fe1-: ~:r:_:~l ~-¢:·~,··<!":.)·.the Patl<nes$: The Mystery of Spook typical light.
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nickname, "The Devil's Promenade.'' · t: • '' ' ' • J.lJ~. Ughts," has visited the road a half )n recent years, Mark reVisited the area but never
· Legends began to form around the myste:.: . · , ·dozen times since 1982. On one.occa- saw anything. "Things llave changed so much that
rious glow. The best-known tale says the.llght.l~ the sion;·he:creptWfthin '100 feet of the Ught before it .. i hardly recognized the place," he says. "It seems to
spirit of a young Quapaw brave and·J:it~bri<;iewho suddenly"triok off"imd·left a twinkling, phospho-.· me like people lost Interest. There was·a point in
plunged to their deaths from ~ nearby bluff to · r.escent sparkle'' in·its wake. "It was almost like the · the late '80s where no one saw anything: Then, in
avoid facing punishment from their tribal chief, Ught knew we were there/ he says. the last 15 years, people have started going again."
who forbid the marriage. Other legends say tne Dale insists the eerie glow is not caused by car Mark goes on to list a nuinber of possible sden
light Is the lantern of a miner, searching for his sev- lights, fox fire or any other proposed theory. "I tific causes before admitting· he doesn't know the
ered head or his abducted children. ·can't come up with anything that fits the blll," 11e light's source. ".J have no Idea what I'm looking at,
More rational explanations for the light include says. "J.would say it's some sort of ghost or spirit."· and!' don't really care," he says. "That's what
fox fire (a luminous fungus), plasma, swamp gas, In the 1950s, another enthusiast of the paranor- makes it fun."
mal named Arthur "Spooky" Meadows ran a Now, all that remains along the roaq are a few
museum and observation deck at the end of. ·cars. It is 1:30 a.m., and ]emitter finally decides to
the light's road. As the. light's self-appointed call it a night. She says goodbye, climbs In her car
public relations manager, he regarded the and starts home to nearby Miami, Okla.
strange glow with great affection and even ·After she's. driven beyond sight, a blue and·silver
carried pictures of it in his wallet. Visitors .. truck still rests on the hlllside where the light
from all over the country recall visiting the appeared,most of the night, T_he truck's three pas
museum·a nd looking at old newspaper inti sengers stand on the road and wait patiently. From
des and photos on the walls. Eventually; Jennifer's vantage point, the light seemed to glow
Meadows sold the building to Garland right next to them for the past' several hours.
Middleton, who ran the museum until it Strangely, however, the men say they haven't seen
finally closed in the mid-1980s. · a thing. Uke so many other times, the Hornet
During the late '70s and early '80s, the Spook Ught remains as elusive as ever.
Spook Light attracted hundreds on some
weekend nights. Teenagers would park and ~ To find the Hornet Spook Light, take I-44 west of
party all' along the dark, gravel road. Mark Joplin to the Highway 43 South exit. Go south until you
Rountree, a citizen of Pittsburg, ·Kan., and a see BB Hrghway and take a right onto Iris Road.
member of Mensa, th.e international high IQ Continue west to Stateline Road and take a right. Go
society, remembers visiting the light back about 1.5 miles to E-50 Road and make a left. Park at
Photo by Gibson Studios in Grove, Okla. then. The first time he saw it, he thought it f high pgint along the road and wait.
A group of teenagers observes the Spook light quring the was just a light pole. When he approached, For more information on the Spook Light, visit
1950s. The light has been seen for more than a century. however, he realized it was more than just a www.geocities.com/hypno_raygun/Spook-Light.
DAILY TIMES, Farmington, NM - F.eb. 8, 2006
Vistors from this world and beyond fields of ufology and the para
normal, and it will be held on the
58th anniversary of the purport
ed crash - March 24-26 at the
Aztec Public Library, 319 S.
Ash.
Ramsey of Charlotte, N.C.,
has dedicated all of his spare
time to researching this alleged
.crash. He has 3,400 pages of
declassified documents from the
U.S. military and the FBI.
"It's all there in black and
white," Ramsey said. "That's a
lot of (pages) for an event that
didn't happen."
Ramsey, who will speak at
this year's symposium, sa.id he
recently discovered proof of
photographs being· taken at the
crash site.
"According to the FBI file,
someone was trying to sell them
to the Baltimore Sun," Ramsey
said, adding he will share 19
years of his research at the sym-
posium. · ·
"I will take my research and
go back 50 years and take every
skeptic and critic of the Aztec
inctdent. and · prove them
unequivocally wrong," Ramsey
said. .
In addition to Ramsey's
speech, the symposium will also
feature lectures from former
State Rep. Andrew Kissner, who
will discuss documents that for
mer Congressman Steve Schiff
had declassified.
"Tne public will see docu
ments for the first time ever on
the Schiff investigation and other
r.nenomenon," Ramsey said .
.'. · · •·· · ' . · · · . · · DaVe: Watson/Th~ Daily Timts 'He's got some stuff'that will
A!len·themed artwork made by 10.year-old Katla Dlochenko of Israel and computer-generated space scene~ made by Piedra VIsta blow your mind.".
H1gh .School Students decorate the Aztec Public Ubrary on Monday In preparation for the 2006 Aztec UFO Symposium. The late Schiff, w.hen in
office, urged the federal govem
Aztec UFO symposium continues
.ment to declassify documents
pertaining to the famous 1947
to draw people from around the world UFO crash in Roswell.
Also speaking is Linda Moul
ton-Howe, an award-winning
- By Debra Mayeux - · . made of. But for some Aztec journalist; Stanton Friedman, a
nuclear physicist and renowned
· Tht Daily Timts residents and big-time ufolo
ufologist;· Dennis Balthaser, a
gists, this had the makings of a
AZTEC·- At 5 a.m. March story that would put Aztec on ufologist specializing in the
Roswell crash; Frank Feschino,
25, 1948, an· unidentified flying the niap. · .
author of the book "Braxton
object,was spotted on a mihtary .Leanne Hathcock, Aztec AZTEC - It began as a forum of discussion with a small County Monster; .. and .Scott Lit
radar,-lt was reportedly flying ·librarian, and Scott Ramsey, a. price tag for admittance. The money raised by the Aztec UFO tleton, a professor, who has stud
over .N.orthern New Mexico,. friend. from North Carohna,
Hbeafrotr.Cea~ ncy·roansh nionrgth ionf aA zftieecl.d in sbieugman ntihnee Ayzetaercs UagFoO wSiythm pthoe nSeywm pliborsaiurym I sw bausi let,a brmuta trhkee ds yfomr pao nsieuwm l igboraersy oinn .A ztec. Now, the ileesd iUn FthOe s1i9g5h0tisn. gs in Los Ange
It was a saucer-shaped ship, purpose of propagating the sto-, So how much was raised over the years? Suzanne Ninos-Ramsey, for
merly of Farmington, will be the
100 feet in diameter, and there ry and the small town it hailed Symposium founder and Aztec Librarian Leanne Hathcock
emcee. She became involved
were small charred bodies from. ' said she really couldn't put a dollar amount on how much has with the symposium as an event
inside, according to eyewitness- This year the .symposium ~ been raised In nine years, but she said it has been a plus for the planner, and then ended up mar
es -:-military personnel, locals will feature big names in the
community. rying Scott Ramsey after win
and police officers.
This is the stuff legends are · "It has basically, broke even, and it has made some money ning a date with him through the
over the years," Hathcock said, adding that the worldwide symposium.
publicity for the event has been worth a mllion. She said the dedication to
research from the speakers is
''The political influence is more than the money raised," she
what has impressed her 1post
said. "I'm hoping that (at) some point it hits." about this symposium.
The symposium has garnered attention for both the library '.'What I have seen with the
and the town of Aztec. In January, the Aztec Library was speakers is if it is not document
DAILY ASTOR IAN, Astoria, OR - Jan. 20,· 2006 featured on the national WebJunction Internet site for libraries. ed, it doesn't exist," Ninos-Ram
What's your UFO story? It detailed the technological aspects of the new library, but it . sey said. "Everything is thor-
also focused on the UFO crash of 1948 and how Hathcock used oughly document~d."
that to raise interest in the library. She has traveled across the
Did you .see something unusual in the sky near Sven.sen the morning of ''They're Interested in all the things we're doing --bridging the country ·with· Ramsey as he
Dec. 307 The Mutual UFO Network wants to hear from you. digital divide as a rural library," she said. attempted to ·gather evidence
JERRY SHIFMAN,·a "field investigator'' for the Colorado-based group, from eye witnesses and their
WebJunction is sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates
which describes itself as '.'dedicated to resolving the scientific enigma known Foundation, which has also Invited Hathcock to speak at a families. She said it has been and
collectively as unidentified flying objects," is seeking witnesses who saw any national library convention about how other librarians can use interesting and ~ye-opening
thing unusual at about 6 a.m. Dec. 30 about eight miles east of Astoria. experience.
similar models to raise Interest and funds for their libraries.
Shifman has already spoken with "People are interested in get
two people about the strange sight In addition to the WebJunction, there was a documentary ting to 'the. truth," she said.
they say they encountered in the pre filmed at the symposium and ufologists from across the world Those .w anting to learn more
dawn darkness. He won't identify the have been talking about Aztec for the past nine years. There about the alleged crash and other
witnesses or what they saw-he wants have also been a number of articles in national and international UFO sightings .are invited to
independent reports, no.t someone magazines, she said. attend, Ramsey said, adding that
repeating what they've read else As the symposium continues, and it will, Hathcock said she law enforcement and military
where, he said - but did say the two hopes It will someday be a big moneymaker. When it Is, she personnel, firefighters and emer
were "absolutely straightforward, salt said the money will assist in the development of a mountain bike gency medical technicians and
of-the-earth" citizens, one of whom trail near the crash site, an archeoastronomy center for their families are admitted for
told him he had always dismissed universe studies and an arts in public places project. free.
UFOs as a hoax-until that day. "We have a lot of things on the plate," Hathcock said. Information: [phone]
"You can't be 100 percent certain, Information: [phone] or www.aztecufo.com or www.aztecufo.com.
but I am 99.9-percent sure these peo
ple were telling the absolute truth," he said, noting that both gave sirililar Debra Mayeux:
accounts and one drew a diagram of what they saw. ''This is one of the most dmayeux @dally-times.coin
interesting cases they've asked me to look into."
A retired.e ngineer who recently moved to Oregon, Shifman said he's had
a lifelong interest in the UFO phenomenon. He remembers as a boy hear7
ing the original radio news reports of a crashed "flying disc" in Roswell,
New Mexico in 1947-the famous incident that sparked the modern fas
cination with UFOs - and even then scofflng a.t the government's expla-
nation that the object was merely a weather balloon. ·
In his 10 years as a volunteer MUFON investigator, Shifman has offi
cially. reviewed only a handful of purported UFO cases. But even though
he's never had a sighting of his own, he said there are far too many cred
ible eyewitness accounts to be dismissed. 2
"I have not resolved it in my own mind, but it's perfectly clear there is
something very weird going on."
Shifman can be r~ached by e-mail at [email protected]
MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, Westmoreland City, PA - Dec. 15, 2005
40 years later, mystery still surrounds area's fallen object
-- Many IJUestions still unanswered ·
December 9 was like any the mysterious fallen object that
Thursday in Mount Pleasant back landed in Kecksburg on December
in 1965. The Mount Pleasant 9, 1965.
Journal that week featured front- Struble, a co-chairman of the
page stories about the fust Kecksburg VFD Y.£Q..and Festival
Christmas program at the new sen- Committee, welcomed visitors to
ior high and the school board the crowded hall. All 350 seats
announced the officers for the 1966 were filled and the total attendance
year with William Potoka as presi- for the afternoon was estimated at
dent. Samer's Candyland deluxe over 500 people.
assortment was $7.50 for a five- "It's about time," Struble simply
pound box. An Old Spice gift set stated, when asked why now.
was Just $2.50 at Bum's Drug; Struble went on to explain that
Christmas trees were only $2.50 at officials and members of the This replica of an unidentified
Mount Pleasant Floral and a like- Keclcsburg Volunteer Fire flying object that landed In
new 1965 Chevy Impala could be Department decided the time was Kecksburg was created for a
purchased at Shaffer Chevrolet for right, on the_10!!Law..!Y.~!Bn'-oft~.IE. televised· movie of the 1 965
only $2,795. landing of an unidentified flying incident. Kecksburg firemen
Little did Journal readers that object in Kecksburg, to move for Bamey Leeper and Rich Comp,
afternoon know, specifically in the ward and take advantage of an along with other firemen,
Kecksburg area, that just after 4 opportunity to not only raise funds·· restored the acorn-shaped
p.m. that day, something, in the for the fire department but to also object just in time for the 40th
shape of a fiery red ball, would establish a site where visitors can anniversary of the Incident. A
pass over the community and land come to find out about the 1965 special viewing area will be
developed including a new
in a secluded wooded area of incident. He informed the crowd
base and Informational mark
Kecksburg. Something, that would that the acorn-shaped replica, orig
ers, describing the events of
be called "nothing." by military and inally created for a televised
that day in 1 965.
government officials for the next Unsolved Mysteries presentation
40 years, yet observed by thou- would have a new location plat-
WsBaeirttnyte egrssas,te hhsea,r diIn nrgec sluoedfr vitnehgde , BKfrielol cnBkt surboleuwbr gos se1ha 9,t 6ss5 ae tcs oiSgnahdttu inrfrdgoa. myB' sel et4tfe0t rthsa narden cnJaievllererrdy san"dIts awcarso ssn ot hem Uisntaikteed, Sstoamteest.h ing for"mT ibuesi nisg ndoetv aenlo pinevde. stigation, we Vployl uenmteebra rFkiirneg Doenp aratm pernotj eisc t sifmo r
seeing a truck and actually seeing the object, uncovered on the did happen," said Kecksburg vol- will let that up to the experts," badly needed funds for the fire
bed of the truck. unteer fireman Ron Struble about · added Struble. "The Kecksburg depattment."
Struble introduced Stan Gordon, According to Gordon, the offi verified by the military. Witnesses space craft, or even a Soviet craft?" Stan Gordon, according to Gatty.
who has been researching informa cial explanation is still: "Nothing saw many military ofticials there Bob Gatty, at that time a local ·"It was covered up, NASA even
tion on the Kecksburg UFO case found." that night, but the government reporter for a neighboring newspa acknowkdgcd a t'O'VI.!r up.
for many years and is convinced In the '80s the event gained denks they were there. It was said per, was just starting his career in Government records have been
that something of government national acclaim because of expo the object was taken to an Air journalism when he was sent out to mysteriously lost," Gatty informed.
interest did occur which triggered sure on an Unsolved Mysteries Force base in Ohio. It is not known cover the st~ry. His editor told him "Hopefully, current effot1s will get
the military to respond so quickly. production. Gordon recanted the where it is now. Was this a cover it would be the "story of the centu to the bottom of this."
According to Gordon, the event has findings he has uncovered in his 40 ' up?" Gordon cited. ry". However, he was met by mili Journalist Les Kean, represent
attracted international attention of years of research. He also recalled The more Gordon knows about tary and ·law enforcement person ing the Freedom of Information
late. There are still so many unan the experiences of several witness the case, the more he believes there nel and not allowed to go to the Act group, participated in research
swered questions. es like Bill Bulebosh and Jerry was indeed a cover up. site. for the recent SCI FI publication.
"Witnesses have been corning Betters. "Some say law enforcement per He chose instead to interview Kean informed the group that an
out as years go by," Gordon added. "At the time there was major sonnel there that day were sworn to witnesses including the seven men archeologist said it could not have
"After 40 years, why will the gov media .coverage. A flat bed truck -&ecrecy" Gordon . added. "What who saw blue lights at the site. been a meteor because witnesses
ernment still not come clean about was observed leaving the crash site was it... a meteor, a missilt!r, "The Kecksburg Story has been recalled a slow descent and a sharp
what came down that day?" in the woods, yet it has never been Gemini capsule, experimental kept alive because of people like u-tum by the object and that it was
not a crash. Now, all of a sudden,
after years of pursuing information
including a law suit, NASA
released information, just two days
This article appeared on the front page of the December 17 Journal, just one week after a smoldering object fell to the : ago, that the object appeared to be
earth In ~ecksburQ. ·. L:ocal high school students stood curiously by observing the scene. Perhaps you will recognize ~ a Russian Satellite, according to
someone In the'.p~oto~r~ph. · · · Kean.
"How do th..ey know this, if there
MAl\T)' QUESTIONS STILl , UNANSWEHED was no records on it, as indicated
previously," questioned Kean.
Mystery Surrounds Area's Fallen Object
"That, in and of itself, is proof that
something did happen."
Now, forty years later. as wit
Mount Pleasant township. more nesses slowly come forward with
specifically a wooded hillside
east of Kecksburg. shot Into the more and more infom1ation, ic is
headlines last Thursday after most certainly obvious that people
seven area residents reported are interested in finding out what
seeing a smoldering object happened that day. The 500 plus
crash to the earth. · curiosity seekers and witnesses that
The!~ report followed thou attended the event are proof of that.
sands of reports from lndlvtdu
als across the Untied States, And as for the fundraising efforts
Including airplane ptlots. of the fire depanment, t-shirt sales
weather observers and coast were brisk with a total sell-out
Guard personnel. of an orange midway through the four-hour
ball of fire flashing through the presentation. Orders for nearly I 00
sky.
Air Force officers. state additiorwl !-shirts were taken and
police and area scientists plans arc in the works to add other
combed the 75-acre area memorabilia to the offering.
'I11Ursday evening as curious As for responses from the wit
onlookers (estimates ranged up nesses about all of the attention,
10 400 p~rsons)joked about "lit Bill Bulebosh says it is a g<·od
lie gn:cn men- and flying
saucers. In spite of the fact that thing. "It brings everyone together,
tl11: area had supposedly been finally." he added.
scaled off by pollee and Army A 24 year-old Paul MonJo~:k
ofnctals. the wtndlng roads In was on his way home to Norvelt
tlw are<~ were jammed. after visiting his aunt in Mammoth.
The Immediate area where
lhe unidentified object was "The object came right over the top
reported to have fallen was of my car. I ·will never forget it. It
rop<:d off. on the possibility that was just as the others have
tf something had fallen. II might A Jownt:f phcotographer took this picture of the crowd, many of them students, at about 11:30 p.m. described it," he said. "Maybe. one
c:onlain radioactive m;~tcrlal. day, our great grandchildren will
Mrs. Arnold Kalp of Acme. scoured uy pollee. military been a Gemlnld meteor. A otlwrs areas. were so many offi
RD.! and her two children. authorities. st:lentlst$ with shower of meteors from the cial ronc~ntratl'd in the search know the real truth.''
wt•n: among those who reported geiger counters and other vol· Gemini constellation had been here? Mabel Mazza was a receptionist
st·etng an an· of blue light. unt,:ers. predicted for Friday. .Reports rontlr111c to circulate at a local radio station at the time.
rlt·s<"endtng tnlo the secludecl. The final report: neither Not everyone. however. Is that an object was removed She took hundreds of calls from
wooded area. sight nor evldt:nce of falle11 satisfied with the reports: some from the woods In a htrgc drum. people who saw the objeet in the
t'loTschde· nInoitthialnl gs ebaurct hso. wmhel rsl1h rdeids·· JoobJstt'·Cpth. DStuastsela . poc·lol<m.:tm: aCnadpctra ionf qWuheys tihoanvse reUm.Sa.i nA rumnya nosfwfiecriaelds.. apst•trrhoanposm ecrcsm enhl<~·vlc:i n~ndo. teSde vtehraalt sky that day. "Finally it h::~s been
<AkIc l dfoaiwl. nc ursleeda raclh eI ras. mr.e Fsurimdaeyd. T"Wn•t·n'rpe sAat ishfcieadd q11u awrta<s: rsa . msentled· hnoa stsetanteedm eton t thoen sthcee nree. suIslstsu eodf dmcetntc~eo ros f utshueairll \('·a lllt.' avCel asroimfict:a teivoin sreacido.g nized that it did happen," she 3
tll('fr work. By Friday t•vt·ntn~. or." Other report I! verified the their search? And why, with of this mvsterv would ease lhe
tlH' area had hc:en thoroughly possibility of tiH: fireball huvln~ reported slght1ng from many mtncls of many <~rc<~ res!d('nts. (continued on page 4)
(continued from psge 3 - MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL Westmoreland City, PA - Dec. 15, 2005)
Bil.l Weaver thinks the gathering out, their hope is that they will be '
?f Wttness~s and ~ople who are treated with the dignity they
mterestcd m knowmg more about deserve. It is the hope of many, that
the event was a success. "It is great the subject that caused much dis-
to get more people out here to sension in the past, will come
bring out their stories," he com- around to be the one thing that
mented. helps to promote the continued
What ever happened, the people financial success of a hard working
of Kecksburg, who were unwilling- volunteer fire ·department whose
ly made a part of it that day, are main goal is to provide safe. effi-
now part of the incident's legacy. cient support in times of emer-
As they come forward and speak gcncy for the community.
Witnesses to the Kecksburg incident on December 9, 1965 dime forward at Saturday's meeting for
a group photograph. Some offered recollections of what they saw that day, 40 years ago. First row,
from left: Stan G~rdon, George Latz, Robert Gatty, Mabel Mazza, Robert Bitner, Second row:
Michael Polloch, Btll Weaver, Jerry Betters, Bill Bulebosh, Dean Campbell, and Paul Mondock. some
mo:e re~uctant to sha~e the spot light, remained in their seats. One visitor, a rocket scientist from
Cahfornta asked the wttnesses to describe the characteristics of the smoke they observed that day.
She and several others sought out the witnesses to discuss in detail their part in the famed incident
In Kecksburg.
UFO and Festival co-chainnan Ron Struble lntr~duced the 40th
anniversary speakers, including Stan Gordon (lett), who organized
the event that was held at the Kecksburg Fire Hall on Saturday
December 1 0. '
Joumal photos
•!• Viewpoint •!•
2005: A year atomic bomb blasts on planet the subject.
~
Earth. Many UFO sightings have In the September MUFON
Pete
0 • revi• ew occurred near nuclear facilities. Journal, Stanton Friedman, a
~In :Hartinger Another quote was noted, "any nuclear physicist, stated that "yes
,.. panic that might take place terday's paranonnal is tomorrow's
forUFOs
~ RUFOS because of UFO disclosure is nonnal. We need to recognize
~ because of the lack of knowl our ignorance rather than saying
:Eftl edge." something is impossible." .
S The end of 2005 marked 17 On January 9, 2005 there was The Brazilian Air rorce on Fonner Canadian Deputy
years of the Roundtown UFO May 20, met with civilian UFO Prime Minister, Paul Helyer, said
§. Society's existence. It was started oa vseir~ Atisnhgv iollfe a. sTtrhaen gwei tfnoenssn asttiaotned investigators, as they opened that ET is here.
·-; in Jan., 1989 by the three found- some UFO files. This was very Michael Swords, a retired pro
there was a formation of several
CP ing members, Pete Hartinger, Jon unconunon, as many coun fessor from Westem.Michigan,
'E UFOs when one peeled off and no~
Fry and Delbert Anderson. tries have done this. Perhaps in made this quote, "This question of
(J then came back into the group.
Together, we have over 120 years
Peter Jennings headed an ABC the near future other countries whether there really are UFOs
9~ of UFO research. Slowly, it is will open up their UFO files. . should have been set aside as a
News Special on Feb. 24, 2005.
~ being accepted as a serious phe On July 14, at our regular no-brainer almost as soon as the
It lasted two hours with the first
~ nomenon, to be investigated and monthly meeting we had a special phenomenon began tlapping in
hour being posi1ive toward the
researched. I know some people
speaker. John Timmennan, a 1947.
existence of UFOs. It even had
are afraid of this subject. As a
an Air Force case with a good retired banker from Lima, gave a I gave a talk about the UFO
great leader once said, "the only
talk about the hundreds of UFO phenomenon to the DuPont
description of the UFO from air
thing you have to fear, is fear
crew and ground observers. reports from the various people he Retirees' group on July 11 and the
itself." After all the UFO phe
had personally met. He put on a Chillicothe Limis Club on Nov.
There were some negative com
nomenon has been around for
UFO display for some 12 years 29. Both talks were informative
mt:nts in the second hour. UFO
years.
while representing the J. Allen and were based on more facts
Center in Seattle, Washington had
One wi01ess to a UFO event,
Hynek Center for UFO Studies than speculations.
some 1400 UFO sighting reports
stated, "you think about all that
based in Chicago. He has proba UFO sightings were still being
in the first month alter the ABC
you have learned, been tau'ght and
bly interviewed more UFO wit recorded all over the world. Two
telecast. Nonnally, they receive
believed, and yet we don't know
nesses than anyone else in the more were added to my Pickaway
between 250 to 500 per month.
what is real anymore."
country. His lectwe was televised County Sighting List. One
One report was from around
The Firefighter's Guide for Christmas time of I 925! on our lQCal community channel. occurred near Mt. Sterling on Oct.
Disaster Control was copyrighted
It was discovered that Harold 17 and the other was a daylight
Sometimes it takes compelling
in 1992. In chapter 13 it refers to
evidence for people to talk about Hotfman has one of the earliest ·sighting of a saucer ~haped disc
Enemy Attack and UFO Potential.
their own sightings. UFO sighti.ngs on record from a ne~ Darbyville that was seen
It was co-written by Dr. William
Pickaway County resident. While around 1972. In both cases the
Tim Hanunond, a f01mer VA
M. Kramer. He is listed as a
on guard duty in the U.S. Anny, witnesses said that [ could use
police otliccr, !'rom Chillicothe,
Professor of the University of
he observed strange objects over their names as the UFO phenome
reported at a RUFOS May me.et
Cincirmati and was also a District Long Beach, California on Feb. non is becoming more and more
ing of a UFQ he had seen. This
Fire Chief for the ci.ty. The other 24, 1942. This was the same accepted. I commend witnesses
hud occurred •o n Nov. 26, 1983
author was Charles Bahme, an
night of the famous "Battle of Los who are willing to do this, as it
while he was on duty at the VA
author of many fire service arti Angeles." The government has attests to this phenomenon. Their
Hospital in Chillicothe. A beam
cles and books, including the
never explained what these names are on file with RUFOS.
of light from the UFO had shone
Handbook of Disaster Control.
down on his patrol car early in the objects were, even though hun If you have any questions or
MUFON of Ohio newsletter
moming. A fellow officer was dreds of round~ of anti-aircraft would like to speak to me about
are now being sent to the
were fired at them. this subject just phone me at 477-
with him. His sto1y made the
Pickaway County Library. They
RUFOS had UFO displays at 6252; or write me at P.O. Box 52,
Chillicothe newspaper this past
are included in a binder. This is
year, as he has written a book the local library on July 23 and at Circleville; or e-mail me at 4
just another addition to the infor
the Old Village Days in South [email protected]. Our
about the experience.
mation you can gather at our local
Bloomfield on Aug. 20. Both Web site is www.roundtownufos
There haw been over 2200
library.
events drew people··interested in ociety.com.
NEWS, Ann Arbor, Ml - March 20, 2006
'UFO' mystery still haunts some
1966 Dexter sightings Quigley and Brand roads. suddenly appeared over his pa
by residents, officer Frank Mannor, 46, told au ·. 'We haven't solved trol car at a height of about 1,000
called swamp gas wtheonritt oieust tinh aste nairgchht othf taht eth oeb jtwecot the mystery. This fliegeht,t st hoant iitt thhaadt awt htiitme easn hda rde da
by U.S. government moments after they saw it touch ·case is 40 years bluish tinge, and that it hovered
ground. He said it appeared to over the car before continuing
be brown, with a "quilted" effect old. We still don't sweeps over the swamp.
NB~Yw sJ SOta fCf RO~pLoLrItN~r S MATHIS bono ttthome s aunrfda ccoe.n Iet- swhaasp .feldat t oown athrde know the answer.' waHtcuhneadw itlhl er eopbojerctet df otrh aa t fehwe
Forty years ago today, for a · tthhee otoupt,e wr eitdhg tewso e msmitatilnl gli gah gtlso won Harry Will nus tmhirneuet oesth beerfso trhea itt fwleaws jino ifnoerdm bay
brief but interesting time, ing blue-green color that inten tion, with. one set of two flying
Washtenaw County became the sified and turned Ted at times. makes when it ricochets off high above the other two. They
flying saucer capital of the Mid- When it became-:brightly lit, the something. Then this object then disappeared into the sky.
west. entire object was light yellow, went up. in the air, passed di . Professor J. Allen Hynek, a
It started when a Dexter with the light running horizon rectly over us and disappeared" Northwestern University astro
farmer named Frank Mannor tally between the two outer run Patrolman Robert HWlawill of· physicist who consulted with the Harry W.. lllnROuBsER vT CisHiAtSsi TtHhE eAN aN rARuBO Rn NeEaWrS
and his 18-year-old son, Ronald, ning lights. the Dexter Village Police De military, came to Dexter to inves Brand Road and Quigley Road
told the Washtenaw County According to the police re partment reported then that he tigate, and then reported his find . where a UFO was reported to
Sheriff's Department that .a port, Mannor said: "We then saw what appeared to be the ings at the Detroit Press Club. · have landed 40 yurs ago. Wlllnus
strange flying 9bject appeared. heard the sound of a whistle - same object after he parked his wrote a story abou,t the Incident
and landed .in a swampy area at something like a rifle bullet car near the area. He said it that nm In a British magulne.
"ltwas like a mob scene," said the U.S. government. He came wrote a feature ·article about it
Bill Treml of Ann Arbor, the Ann into my office. We went out to the . for UFO (UK edition) magazine
Arbor News reporter who cov- site where supposedly this object two years ago. '
ered the story. "Then (Hynek) came down on the ground. Dr. Wlllnus has a copy of the po
said: 'As near as I can tell, what Hynek in the car said, 'There is . lice report from that night, and
we're seeing is swamp gas.' " something. We just can't put our said there's no way that it was
"I remember (Mannor) say- finger on it. We've qeen investi swamp gas.
ing, 'I was in the Army and we gating this for quite a while.' " "For instance, it mentions that
were down in Louisiana and They returned to Harvey's of the object was observed to rise to
there was swamp ·gas all the flee, where Hynek ~ked to use an altitude of approximately 500
time; this was not swamp gas.' " the telephone in private. feet, and then return to the
Treml is convinced the Man- "He was on the phone for quite ground," he said. "Swamp gas
nors and Hunawill saw some- a while, which I found very en doesn't do that. It only goes off the
thing that night lightening," Harvey said. "He ground a few feet. It mentioned
"Frank Mannor wasn't a nut came out and I said, 'Well, Dr. when it took off, it sounded like a
case," he said. "He wasn't a guy Hynek What do you think?' He· rifle shot in a canyon. Again,
who had wishes of grandeur. He said, 'It's swamp gas.' He tells me . swamp gas doesn't do that"
was just telling what he saw. I'm one minute he has no idea what it · So what was it?
sure he didn't dream it up. He is. And then he makes one phon~ . ''We ~·t be sure," he said. "It
died thinking ·that· was some call' to Washington and comes out. was, I think, either a craft that
kind of UFO, either Air Force- and gives a statement that it's came from off the earth, an ex
connected or from another plan- swamp gas. Very strange.'' · traterrestrial, or some kind of
et or something." "And then the Mannor family · one-dimensional device. And I'm
Treml said he thinks that really caught a lot of flak, which starting to use the word multi
something was manmade. was very unfortunate.'' verse rather than universe ...
"I'm sure the Air Force has He said soon after that, a man Some kind of one-dimensional
secret files about all their ex- who . was out running ·in craft, perhaps, that came into
periments with rockets or what- Brighton reported a sighting. our realm and then left."
ever," he said. "Sometimes the '~d then that was it," Harvey Willnus, who is retired from
high officials are so st1,1pid, they said. ''It just kind of died away." teaching in the Romulus school
think, 'This will create a panic.' Harvey doesn't know what to district, worked for a while as an
That's ~eir alibi for not saying,. think about it. investigator for· H;Ynek after
'Hey, we had a rocket ship go "They did see something," he Hynek started The Center for
round the moon, or something said. "I'll believe this to the day UFO Studies.
come down.' Each administra- I die. Somebody has kept some- · "We haven't solved the mys
tion continues the charade." thing quiet •. and nothing more tery," Willnus said. "This case is
Douglas Haryey, Washtenaw ever materialized. So we. don't 40 years old. We still don't know ·
County sheriff from 1965 to 1972, know if it was the government the answer, and yet it still con
agrees with Treml that the Man- experimenting, or was it really a tinues to occur, with sightings
nors clearly saw something. UFO. I don't know." · every day around the world."
And he's never believed the Harry Willnus of South Lyon,
government's official stance on the former state director of the Jo Collins Mathis can be reached at
what that something was. Mutual UFO Network, has in [email protected] or
"Dr. Hynek was sent in from · . vestigated the sightings and 734-994-6849.
Believers mark
l0O place; the phones have just been reason is because the government "We're hoping to get some re
0 ringing day and night," said Stan is covering something up." sponse soon," said Kean, adding
('I Gordon, of Greensburg, who or· A report was given by Lee Hel that the government may never
.,.: ganized the event and has spent a frich, an attorney with Lobel, relinquish documents revealing
anniversary lifetime investigating the incident, Novins and Lamont, Washington, the truth of the matter. "It's quite
~40th in which a large, metallic acorn D.C. Helfrich is representing jour· possible that records have been ex
shaped object supposedly streaked nalist Leslie Kean in a Freedom of punged, or that whatever records
through the region's skies before Information Act lawsuit tued in remain are so highly classifled that
in Kecksburg plummeting into a patch of woods December2003, in the U.S. District we will never get them. But they're
near the town. Court for the District ofColum bia, obligated to tell us that, and they
The anniversary event attracted to get the National Aeronautics haven't done that."
many who were on the scene that and Space Administration to re A NASA spokesman told The
day. Each testified that military lease records of what happened Associated Press there is no cover·
and pollee ofllcials restricted all ac-· that day in Kecksburg. Kean is an up and the UFO was a Soviet satel
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J Farewell to flying saucers
surgeries and lengthy therapy. At
IN MY OPINION
UFO expert Fawcett is times, he didn't think he'd make
it.
retiring, but he hqsf! 't
I've known Fawcett, a Mount
0c0o lost his enthusiasm JDoeeP riest Adiirreyc tnoar,t ifvoer manodr er ethtiarne d2 0Y yMeaCrAs.
-N Last month, I spotted a notice
Q As we sat in his ·Lincolnton about his upcoming "farewell ad
LINCOLNTON That ranch house this week, Fawcett, dress" at the 58th meeting of the
NASCAR Hall of Fame an 76, reminded me he'd pitched the Mutual UFO Network of North
nounced in Charlotte this week idea of a state UFO museum to Carolina at Pfeiffer University.
sounds great, says UFO expert anybody who'd listen· way back · Fawcett-is founder of the N.C.
George Fawcett. in the 1970s. Back when people Chapter ofMUFON, a group that
(z.) He's got an idea, too. called him a nut for believing in tracks and researches reports of
Why not a· .UFO museum in stuff like that. UFOs.
=G) the Queen City? "Now skeptics are in the mi According to the notice, Faw ROBERT LAHSER [email protected]
.2 After all, Nor.th Carolina ranks nority," Fawcett said cett was retiring from active George Fawcett, dean of N.C. UFO ·Investigators, Is sending books
:0 flfth in the U.S~ for flying saucer The soft-spoken deari of North · membership because of his ·and other materials to the International UFO Museum In Roswell,
,t; sightings. Sightings are up world Carolina "UFOnauts" has had a health. N.M. He's retiring from active membership In the Mutual UFO
(.) wide. So is interest. rough year following two knee Network of North Carolina, which he founded, because of his health.·
r:i
w
> It was time to check on my dren and grandchildren. He's campus of Lynchburg (Va.) according to UFO circles.
ffi old friend. I hadn't seen him big on Duke basketball and College, where he was a stu Fawcett may hit the high
8CJ) since 1998 When he'd just do- pancakes. He remains active in dent. It was 30 feet in diameter lights of the conclusions he'.£
nated most of his Sauceriana St. Luke's Episcopal Church, and orange. reache~ after years of study.
Collection to the International singing in the choir and serving His interest in UFOs went · Fawcett· believes UFOs are
UFO Museum in Roswell, N.M. on the vestry. And his pas~ion back even earlier, to 1944, when real, controlled by a clear in
That's it, I figured. Fawcett. for UFOs is still hotter than a he spotted an Associated Press telligence, and that extraterres
had been cpllecting UFO mate down-to-the-finish race at article about "mysterious balls trials could be responsible. The
rials since the subject hooked Lowe's Motor Speedway. of fire" American pilots saw government knows all this, but
him jn 1944. Maybe he'd finally When I stopped by, he was over Germany in World War II. keeps the information hidden
let it go. Maybe he'd take up boXing up another load of UFO Fawcett has taught a UFO from the public while coQSider
golf or stamp collecting. materials for the Roswell muse class at Gaston College, foun ing UFOs a threat to national
I should have known better. um, where he's an honorary ded and advised five UFO security.
Funny · thing· about those board member. He ships at study groups from New En That's it in a nutshell His re
empty UFO flles, Fawcett said least two boxes a year. gland to Florida, served as a search continues.
as he showed nie into the living "George is a major benefac movie consultant ·and written Wading deeper and deeper
room. Theyd filled up again. tor to our library," museum di two books, one of which he re into UFOs isn't. my thing, but
People from all over the world rector Julie Shuster told me. cently revised and enlarged. Fawcett keeps probing. I ad
keep sending him books and ·uwe rely on the generosity of You can hear him speak in mire the depth of his curiosity.
videos, research papers and people like him."· April at the Lincolnton Rotary And he's gOt a neat philosophy:
photos. He gets journals from I've never seen a UFO, Not Club. I hope he tells the story of "Keep an open mind and not an
England and Australia and sub that I know of. Those strange how he met a Man-in-Black in empty head." · ·
scribes to a· national UFO clip- lights I spotted in the night sky 1974. Sometimes called MIBs, So rest · easy. Don't .w orry
ping service. · once were probably shooting these mysterious figUres try to about the night sky. The UFO
Fawcett is pretty much the stars or aircraft of some kind. intimidate witnesses to UFOs man is still on the job.
same as ever. He still likes to Fawcett has seen only one· or other strange doings the gov
talk about his wife, two chil- UFO. That was in 1951; on the ernment is trying to cover up, ·Joe DePriest: (704) 868·7745;
[email protected]
Sonora paralegal looks for the paranormal
By AMY LINDBLOM his interests from those of garden variety UFO
theorists.
Paralegal Mark Olson spends most days "Maybe they belong to the military, I don't lmow.
hunched over a desk scanning books and paper But I see them and say: 'Oh my God, what was·
work - finnly grounded in the law. that?'"
But at night, Olson turns his attention skyward. Olson, who refers to himself as Dr. Olson,
Olson looks for UFOs. encourages others to contact him via his Web site
His interest goes beyond mere passing, how and send him their photographs and videos.
ever. He ~d his brother regularly videotape what He said he has received e-mails and pho
they say are strange lights in the night air, togTaphs from all over the world.
and post their evidence, plus other theories, A regular contributor to hls Web site, he said,
on their Web site: sonorasightings.com. is a man he calls "Johnny Anonymous."
'Tm often asked why I watch the sky, and I reply Olson said all he knows about Johnny Anony
'Why don't YOU watch the sky?,,..' he said. 'There mous is that he livez:i ·in the Modesto area. The
are amazing things in the sky.". two have met several times and compared Union Democrat photo by Amy Alonzo
Olson, 39, said he is not ready to chalk up what notes, photographs and theories, Olson said, MARK OLSON (left) and his brother, Jed Freed, say they
he sees to space aliens. He's coined the tenn don't believe in aliens, but nonetheless keep an alien planter
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena to rufferentiate named Marge in their kitchen.
by his grandmother, a Tarahumara Indian from
Chihuahua, Mexico who married a man
adding that he doesn't know Anonymous' Olson described as a "good-old Texas boy" -
last name. Olson's grandfather. .
Olson said more than once that he doesn't It's from hls Swedish father that he gets his
want people to think he is a "nut case." strawberry blonde hair and fair skin.
"Long ago, people thought the world was flat Olson said he moved to Sonora brother Jed
,. .. , ''' taon dbe a ncryaoznye," w hheo s qauide.s "tiSoon hedo wth iast twhaiss tahnoyu dgihf t FrHeeed a. nHde Falrseoe dw,a 2n3te, da as sklio wlifetr -oppaeceradt loifre .a t
ferent?" Dodge Ridge, share an apartment in the
Olson haSn't confined his interest in the uni Sonora area.
verse to UFOs. They also share an interest in scanning
He's ~P curious about religion - becom the night sky. ·
ing an ordained minister with and receiving The Olson-Freed apartment looks like any
a degree from the Metropolitan Community two-bedroom bachelor pad - TV; bikes, stereo
Church in Modesto. He perfonns weddings for and comfy chairs occupy the living room.
friends and friends of friends. But in the kitchen, next to a table, are binoc
He nonnally wears a clerical collar to the legal ulars and a video camera set up on tripods.
office where he works, he said. · On most clear evenings, the two sit on the
"I've gone to lots of other churches - Mor deck facing Bald Mountain, scan the heavens
mon, Catholic, Baptist. They all believe in basi and talk about life. Much of the time they laugh.·
cally the same thing, but they fight with Olson is rarely serious. He giggles a lot
each oilier. Look at the wars, they are all and breaks into song shamelessly.
over religious beliefs," he said. He encourages everyone he meets to look at
"I thlnk whatever you want to believe is all the sky and wonder about the univer!le,just
right as long as you don't hann anyone else. like he does.
I beli~e in one thing: love." "I say: tUrn offyourTVs and DVDs, go out
Olson moved to Sonora in 2000 from San Jooe, side, watch the skies and watch the stars
wherehe worked a variety jobs. come out," he said. ~ou will see amazing
Union Democrat photo by Amy Alonzo He jsa native ofEl Paso, Texas, and was raised thl'ngs." 6
MARK OLSON watches for what he's dubbed "unidentified aerial phenomenon" from his back I
yard in Sonora. Olson and his brother maintain a Web site cataloging their slghtlngs. UNION DEMOCRAT, Sonora, CA - Feb. 10, 2006
FOREIGN. NEWS
[All British clippings courtesy of Timothy Good, unless otherwise credited.]
.One night in1 952, the skies above Washington DC · over .the capital iri prohibi~ed air
space. Two of the targets streaked off
at an amazing burst of speed, which
exploded with mysterious lights - but ever since, ·was estimated at 700mph."
In the alarm, the decision was
ITJu lWy, A1S9 5a2 w, aanrmd' iSna ttuhred ,Wayh ·eitvee nHionugs ien, the US government has insisted it was just freak .mAnaddree wtos sAcirra mFobrlcee flBgahsteer. jTehtse foronmly
President Harry S Truman was in · Aprnodbrleewms wwearse btheaintg trheep ariurendw aanyds naot ·
residence. His had been an eventful weather. .A n ewb ook now claims a vast cover-.up pJane could take off. "One would have
presidency, which had seen both the thought that the capital city of the
end of the Second World War and the most powert\11 nation in the world at
beginning of the Cold War take place on has hidden the truth, as MARCUS DUNK discovers the time or the Cold War would have
his watch. had good flghter cover," says Bennett.
"That it had none or any signiflcance
Yet what happened that evening in the skies was a very serious matteJ;". It is a mys
above Washington DC would make his tenure tery to this day that there appeared
eocvobemjence tmtso oh raaedn e axepntrpdae,o aarrd , gilneraoavuryipn. gBo rteh fuoenr mied ietlhnitetai frntyei gadhn ftdl y htihangde · aS1t9tt~5et3ne, tsih oeAnai dro efF dCo arpcpreto ajoienfcf Etic deBwrl uawerh doB R,o uforpkop,m et lht1,e 9a 5 u1U nnui!tnt etiidnl 'Radar picked up tt~fhole gb hwt~e hrno coleo mcaenmndta rnaedln 't RifroAer FAt-hsmteye ldreie cf2aen4n- chgeoo uvo rf
authorities scrambling to work out what was charge or UFO investigations. Neither a seven targets ernment and administration.". ·
happening and then to stage a cover-up to pre "diehard sceptic . nor wide-eyed believer", By this stage, orange and amber
veTnth eth eea strt uctoha bset ionfg t hreev Ueanlietded. States had been Ropupe}n: !emlti nwda.s Ian w tahre v estuemramne wr hoof li1k9e5d2 ,t oh ikse empi nand over the capital' lpilgahctes. . wNeurme efrloaushs inbga suesp waellr eo vpeicr ktihnge
Jainwuglay o s1vh0e ,rw tVihteihr g csirniegiwah ntoionf tgaes Nd o aar t liUiognFhaOtl " sAt oaiorlll i bnsreuisgm phmlta tenore. b Ofely na woHualdv ibneg bhinleogawsr,dn h weru ismdpeoo okueprs et noc. o an gcoevrneirnngm tehnet sscigiehnt events in the history or UFO encoun wucophu altdth web aessi gtsrneuaelYlns aowsntio thtnh isetbhir,ei n sgnc rawekeaensd s w ebhyuaett.
lighted balloon and too slow to be a big meteor'' tthisitn gw hboig wwaass ccoonmviinngc.e d"Y tohua'rte sgoomineg · ters took place, right in Washington Large orange and amber lights hung
near them, while a few days later, another crew DC airspace. · in the sky, with some darting back
fiying 60 miles ·northwest of Washington saw a tsoig hhtainvges ,t"h teh eg. sracniednatdisdt.y t ooldf Ralul pUpeFlOt. "rt is ditftcult to overstate just how and· forth. According to one control
lleigvhelt, bheonveeraetdh ftohre am r ewwh micihn uthteesn, ·a snhdo tt huepn t roa pthideliyr "toTnh e soirg htNinegw w illY oorckc ur- in pWroasbhaibngly sBigrintiisfthc aanut ththoirs Cinocliind eBnte nwnaest,t", swahyos tBoawsee,r oap e"rhautgoer aftl eAryn-dorreawngse A fsrp Fhoerrcee"
ascended out of sight. Washington." Ruppelt did not have to has written a new book on·the inci was hovering just south or the tower.
The .next few days saw a number or similar dent. "On this night, two radars at Almost as · quickly as they
encounters, which eventually came to the wJualiyt l1o9n, go. nOe no tfh teh en imghots to fs iSgantiufircdaanyt Wupa ssheivnegnto nu nNidaetniotinfalel dA tiarprgoertt sp filcykinedg app(ecaroendt, /nhouweevd~ ro, nth pe atigghet s8 d) isap7-
(continued from page 7 -
DA/L Y EXPRESS, London,
England - March 4, 2006)
peared, leaving the authorities con-
fused and bewildered. ·
. On Monday morning, Ruppelt was
called by a journalist about the sight
ings. It seemed that some sort of
cover-up was already underway.
Ruppelt new straight to Washington
and, alter some wrangling, managed to
be briefed at the Pentagon, which was
already being besieged by the press.
"Intelligence otncers were standing
on their heads trying to think of what
to say," says Bennett. "Despite 'evi
dence' from the incidents, they sure
as hell were going to think several
times before any announcement that
intelligently controlled vehicles not of
human manufacture had invaded the
night skies of Washington. The situa
tion was ·not about a· possible new
Russian aircraft, a new spy revelation,
contractual fraud. No, this was an
inch away from admitting an alien
invasion. It is no wonder that men
used to dealing with somewhat more
mundane matters found great diffi
culties in coping with a situation .
straight out of a B-feature tum."
A press conference was called and
Ruppelt agreed to play along. with a
story that a "bizarre-weather phe
nomenon" had occurred.
Out of the gaze of the media, how
ever, he was determined to get to the
truth of the matter. But when he
attempted to investigate, he was frus
trated at every tum. First or all, he
was prevented from hiring a caz; and
told he should take the bus. "Forced
to take the bus to investigate an alien
invasion ·of earth!" says Bennett.
Then he was accused of beihg
AWOL from his base, even though he
was simply doing his job. When he did
manage to get close to anybody
involved, he was turned away. He
went to speak to three of the tower CLOSE ENCOUNTER: Pauline Smith recounts her experience of a UFO sighting on Abbey Road, Barrow, in 1967
control operators on duty that night LINDSEY DICKINGS REF: 0295607
but, when he arrived at the base, was Woman saw UFO
greeted by the chief of staff of the air
force who once again reiterated the
weather line.
For weeks this went on, with more
sighttngs followed by more denials by
the authorities. For these men, eye
witness testimony and photographic
proof meant absolutely nothing. over
"Ruppelt was getting frustrated and
was being worn down by his constant flying town
battling with his superiors," says
Bennett. "Eventually he became disU
lusioned, and the following year he left
the air force. without: ever getting an
official acknowledgement about·what
had actually gone on that July night."
C
A WOMAN has recounted By ROBERT JOHNSON just looked at each other.
the moment she saw a UFO [email protected] gobsmacked. We have often talked
ONVINCED . that the truth flying over the rooftops of about that day and reading the
neveeendteuda ltlyo wbero kten oaw bno,. oRk·u apbpoeultt Barrow town centre during dtheias-rwlyo rldr eemxpeemribeenrc e. her out-of aUnFdO seneritnidg ea inp htolwto gErvapenhi nb~ro uMgahilt
his experiences which, although long the swinging 60s. Mrs Smith, who lives in Dalton, memories flooding back."
out or print,· has proved to be an Pauline Smith was a 17-year-old said: "It was 7pm in the autumn Mrs Smith is adamant the craft
invaluable resource. Although some u·ainee hairdresser when she and my sister Christine and I had was not man-made and believes it
might say that Ruppelt failed, Colin spotted a flying saucer hovering just finished work. was an extraterrestrial craft.
Bennett believes instead that he was a above Ramsden Square in 1967. "We looked up and saw a flying "Before the incident I had been
hero whose tireless work laid the foun Mrs Smith contacted the Evening saucer with bright flashing lights. quite aware of UFOs. I had read a
dation for much or the research into . Mail after reading Saturday's . We were transfixed. We could not book which made me aware of
UFOs conducted since. story which featured the decline In take our eyes off this UFO. slghtings across the world," she
It is clear that Bennett sees himselt extra terrestrial sight!ngs In "It hovered above Ramsden said.
as a s1milar sort of individual - a Cumbria. Square for a couple of minutes "When I saw the UFO it was so
tmhaev etrriuctkh wdrhiovsees . hdiomgg eodn . p"uI rsbueilite voef Now 58, Mrs Smith, who works a.s before it shot up into the sky. I have overwhelming. The speed the craft
that the universe is not as straightfor an occupational therapist · at never seen anything I ike this in my moved suggested to me that it was
ward as scientists would have us Furness General Hospital can life, the UFO moved so quickly, We not man-made."
believe," says Benriett. "I believe that
there are hairline cracks in reality and
that there is something out there try
ing to speak to us. We don't always
understand the language but some- HERALD EXPRESS, Torquay, England - Dec. 22, 2005
thing is trying to speak." ·
For Bennett this is not just a theory Mystery light UFO investigation
:.. he also has tl.rst-hand experience of
flying saucers. "It was 25 years ago.
that I saw my first UFO just outside
that window," he· says in the base
ment of his Notting Hill fiat. "It was a
Sunday night in 1981 and it turned MYSTERIOUS strange lif?hts moved around, then the shape Mr Gillham said "boomerang"
out to be the most serious experience have been sighted in the mght By JOHN WARE became clearer. It was like a very shapes were becoming a frequent
in my life. sky in rural South Devon. · large boomerang, about the size of phenomenon.
·wa"sI hjuasdt baebeonu ot utot two atlhke tchirnoeumgah atnhde inNg otow t rUyF aOn sdp doitstceorvs earr teh ein svoeusrticgea ot-f sCehnugdelre nigohti Kcendi gwhhtoant h, ew thheonu tghhet pwaass- tw·"oT hhoeuns, esto. his surprise, flve to Ar"iTzohneare, UhaSvAe, baenedn sqoumitee ian feCwo rinn
gate to my house when I saw a bright the objects over the Chudleigh a shooting star. eight blue or red lights came on wall, the latest at Chacewater. This
liniggh sto. I Id ciadlnle'td k tnoo mwy w ghiraltf rwieansd h, aKpapreenn , KnDiagvhitdo nG ailrlehaa.m , chairman of the th"inTgh eenls eh bee creaaulsies eodf thite wanagsl es.o Tmhee- ltiogwhat,r dwsi tthh ea lseifmt iolaf rt hneu mmbaeinr owfh rietde gaisno tidhn egt h folenrrs wet hIi ishc ahov bwev ehi oenuaesredldy o tosf oignme Dte tteohv itonhnge,
who was home. I thought, if she does Cornwall UFO Research Group light was coming down, and at lights coming on, on the right." bottom of."
n't see what I'm seeing, then I'll have based in Truro, Cornwall said there about ~0J r~r ~bove the ground it Mr Gillham said the He would be interested to hear
to see a doctor. . were two witnesses, and be stoppe ea ' t en moved slowly to "boomerang" followed the car from anybody else who saw any
sm"aKcakreedn. Wcaei nbeo tohu tj uastn ds towoads tghoebre ahpimpe. aAle dm ofotor raisnty h oadth jeurs tto c ocmonet aocftf · th"eT lehfet .w itness noticed there was a ~1h ~n~ethw ~!~a dA b~td tdhi ~~~thi gtn °af ft ·1 ~ Mthoinngd asyi.m iHlaisr ant uambobuetr 9.i4s1 p0m1 8o7n2
with our mouths open. It was like a e A38 onto the B3344 at very large round light. The light very fast speed. 276381.
hypnotic disco light sitting right above
the square. Suddenly we could make
out through the light a Lancas~er
bomber sitting stationary in mid-air, stood up, looked at us for a moq1ent, lot more mysterious than I had 1981. But it is this latest book on propaganda. Although he is still try
and then it suddenly morphed into a and then walked out orthe holise." imagined, I also realised that I need the events in Washington in 1952 ing to understand what it was that
triangular craft which vanished into Colin even described the strange ed to tlnd out more about UFOs." that is the true culmination of his happened to him on that strange
the distance. We were shocked. We man to his neighbour the next day, years spent in pursuit or the truth. Sunday night back in 1981, he is
don't drink, we don't. take drugs, but the neighbour claimed not to A For Colin, his t1rm conviction that determined that his work will con-
and we didn't believe in this sort of know such an individual. the public needs to know the truth tinue to uncover the truth. ·
thing, but it happened." "Needless to say, Karen and I about alien ll!e forms goes hand in
The pair stumbled inside their were both a bit stunned but there ND so began a lifetime hand with outrage at goverrunent • An American Demonology, by
house, only to be contronted by was more to come. I went upstairs quest that has seen this attempts to obscure and hush-up Colin Bennett, is published by
another anomaly. "We walked inside, to reed the cats, bent down to put mild-mannered Englishman the facts. "The us goverrunent said Headpress, price £11.99. To order a
and there was a man in black on the the rood in their bowl and then explore the farthest reaches of the the sightings in 1952 were nothing copy, send a cheque or postal
settee. Apparently he'd turned up stood up again. It was then that I'd galaxy, all from the comfort of his more than a strange weather phe order made payable to The
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NEWS BULLETIN, Nanalmo, B.C., Canada
Feb. 9, 2006 CR: G. Conway CAERNARFON & DENBIGH HERALD, Wales - Dec. 15, 2005
Mysterious object 'It did not move at all, it stayed rock solid'
in
Mystery sky
lights up night.s ky
oVer Newcastle
By ELGAN HEARN
BY CHRIS BUSH "When those six crafts
THE NEWS BULLETIN ·were all there just like AN unexplained flying object was seen
that out of nowhere, I was floating over the Menai Strait last week
Mystery lights ·over New- astounded and scared, but I by a husband and wife driving down
castle Island have left a was also left wondering just from Snowdonia to Bangor to do their
Nanaimo man is wondering what it was that I saw. Quistmas shopping.
what exactly it was he saw. "Maybe you could tell At 10.32arn last Wednesday, retired edu
Cory Figura admits he got me. cational psychologist, Dr Robert Thmer
and his wife Julia pulled their car into a
frightened when he saw sev- Figura also sent a draw·
erallights appear and hover ing he made to illustrate his lCaXy0-5bSyl "oaadts Yton ywsa tc!ahg toh en oebajre ctth efo rR sheivwelraasl Strange
in the sky above the island description. minutes Qefore it disappeared. sighting: Have
while he was sitting on a In a subsequent interview A shaken Dr Thmer who lives at any of our
bench at the end of a break- Figura said he initially Penybl)'Il cottage, Capel Glascoed, near readers seen
water next to Nanaimo thought it was the Coast Penisarwaun, said: "I'm not prone to seeing something they
Yacht Club. . Guard Search and Rescue things. I'm a fairly rational sort of guy. can't explain in
The incident, which aircraft dropping flares "Tiris exceedingly bright light was over the sky?
the Menai Strait as you looked towards the
occurred Jan. 24 between while practicing over the Great Onne an Uandudno. ZZHH121205ufo-2
8:30 and 9 p.m. troubled him Strait of Georgia. "I used to be with the mo\mtain rescue had been the momiDg starNenus, it would we both just walked off. I suppose it was
enough that he sent the fol- "I've seen a million planes and RAF, so I can judge height and dis have moved, we just wonder if anyone else unbelievable."
lowing written account to in my life and those cer- tances quite well. I'd say it was 1,500 to 2,000 saw this?" · An RAF spokesman Wmg Commander
the News a· tainly were feet in the sky. . A young woman from Bangor, who did Field said: "It wasn't one of our Hawk jets
Bulletin: 'I've seen not like any "It did not move at all, stayed rock not wish to be named, recalled seeing a was it?
"I saw an pl I' solid. similar sight a few yeazs ago in the city's "Our policy is not really to comment or
odd ligh.t million planes ev~~es se:~ "I know that even if a helicopter is Hirael area. record UFO sighting.S.
in my life and hovering trying to rescue someone from the She said: "I could not sleep and walked "They're only checked out if there's an
appear in before," he sea then there would be some movement down to the. garage on Beach Road at aircraft close by. To be honest we don't pay
the sky over said.
those certainly "We stood watching it for a couple of 6.30am one morning. much attention to these sightings."
the Island. .k He said minutes, it was like a powerful halogen "I saw this strange object in the sky. 0 If you have aperlenced a similar
no"tHhiangv ibnetg- Were.n o· t 1I e any tahpep ealriegdh ttos lig"hAt. s I fiddled trying to find my binoculars hav"Ae s mtoaond snaewa ri Dt aicsl cwieesll baonadt ywaer db wotaht cmhiunsgt sHigehratilndg a pt l1e4a sEea swtgriatete tSot retehte, CCtaUemmaoriffoonn,
ter to do, planes I've ever be low over in the car, it disappeared." it for 15 minutes before it disappeared. Gwynedd, ILSS lAG or e-mail us at
I watched the island Retired teacher Mr.; Thmer said: "If it. "Neither of us said anything to the other, [email protected]
as it sim- seen before.' and, 'from
ply· stayed _Cory Figura where he
motionless • • • • • • • • • • • was sitting
in sky. . appeared to
'Mer about three or four be about the size of a street
GAZETTE, Whitby, England - Dec. 20, 2005
minutes another light mate- Iainp viewed trom.up to six
Base says no UFO
rialized in the sky off to the city blocks away.
left. It just appeared and it This is not the 'first time
too simply sat motionless. strange lights have been
"All of a sudden the first spotted over Newcastle
light began to move towards Island.
the second. After closing the On July 2, 2004 another sightings recorded
gap between them by half, it Nanaimo man reported
stopped. two "ball-like" objects low
"Then another object in the sky tha~ appeared to
appeared out of nowhere be above Newcastle Island.
in the place the first object They hovered side-by-side
had started. flashing red and white.
"Then, wayofftotheright, This continued for two THE truth is still out there. by Tim Readman flying at 20,000ft over the East Coast
another object appeared and minutes before one faded Military officials from RAF was labelled a UFO - though there
Fylingdales early warning station was a suggestion it could also be a
to me it looked like it' broke out. The other remailied for say there are no alien craft flying in top-secret. .-:4-m.erican spy plane
into two separate objects. another three minutes, low orbit around the Earth. "The radar is configured in such called the Aurora.·
'J\s quickly as that hap· He had time to point tliem noBrmuta lU FInOv eesntitghautsoirass trse manadin pcaorna · La owwa yE athrtaht aOnryb iot b-jehcot vthearitn igs onvoet ri na in OYffoicrkiaslh riereco drdaste o fb UacFkO assi gfhatrin gass
pened, a sixth and final out to another man walking vinced they have seen spaceships. field or flying through the atmos· 1290 when William of ·Newburgh
objectappearednearobjects his dog before the remain· The statement from the radar phere - would not be .detected by mentions in his family chronicles
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then began moving up into tially thought he was look contained In the Freedom of between Scarborough and Filey - UFO enthusiast and paranormal
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vanished as well, leaving , or more people, according "There are no unidentified of fleets of small UFOs flying in for- · "These things have been seen to
stwkyo. bArti gthhti so bpjoeicntts ai nm thane tvoey t. he Canadian UFO Su. r- objects in Low Earth Orbit. maAtinodn ianr oOunctdo bSecra,r baonr ooubgjhec. t see.n wlahnod haanvde hI ahda cvleo ssep eonkceonu ntot eprse.o"p le
came along and I pointed A spokesman at the
out the objects and we dis- Nanaimo Airport air traffic
cussed the possibility of . advisory tower, in Cassidy,·
KINGSBRIDGE, SALCOMBE & SOUTH HAMS GAZETTE, England
what we were seeing. attributed Figura's report· watChed
"Having not seen all six so to a Boeing 747 airliner on 'I UFO
menacingly lined up across · approach to Vancouver
the island like that, he was International Airport in
quick to believe they were Richmond.
Simply airplanes. photosOnanalmobulletln.com
for an hour'
GAZETTE, Whitby, England - Oct. 18, .2005
Mystery of lights in the sky AN uitidentified flying object was sighted through the lenses but I still couldn't make
off the coast at Bolberry near Kingsbridge out what it was. It still had rays of lighting
last Friday. coming off it with a flame jet at the top left
MtheY STsEkRyI OUoSn ligthhtes wWerhe itsbeye n itno cyroauf t.s"e e from a commercial ~Qr· waAs sveeerny bhraingghitn, gq uiint. et hlea rsgkey, cfiorrc umlaorr eo bthjeacnt sid'Ie .w atched it for more than an hour and it
Guisborough Road on Thursday. The lights were moving in a an hour without moving. The sun was set didn't move. When it went, it didn't just
A local man, who wishes to straight line but after driving a·l!ttle ting and there was a very red sky, which shoot off, it grew smaller then suddenly
remain anonymous was driving on further and stopping to look back, reflected off its shiny, metallic-looking sur disappeared.'
the Al71 near Sunnyland when he the man said they had vanished. face. The National Coastwatch Institution
noticed a light flashing in the sky Wg Cdr Phil Cox, station com After hanging over the sea for an hour, lookout ·point at Prawle Point could not
towards the coast. mander at RAF Fylingdales, said the the object became• smaller then simply dis substantiate the sighting as it had closed at
ciaHl ej etth bouutg hhet sita iwda tsh ajut sstu da dceonmlym tehre· radar had not picked anything up appeared. It displayed .what appe·ared to be Spm that evening.
lights formed the shape of a square but the beam doesn't form until it is a jet of flame at the top left hand part of the Ms Howitt, who has lived in the area for
in the sky-there was a light at each 400 miles from the station. sphere prior to vanishing. nearly 30 years, is convinced she saw some
comer of the square and a couple But he said the phenomenon Malborough resident Pamela Howitt was thing out of the ordinary.
more in the centre. could have simply been an aero looking out to sea at about 8pm when sud 'We've seen a Jot of similar things over
He said: "I don't believe in UFOs plane. denly she saw the object in the sky. the· years. There have been plenty of UFO 9
particularly but it was just weird. · He said: "The navigation lights on 'I was curious what it was because noth sightings in the area,' she said.
"It didn't look like aircraft flying aeroplanes arc often confused for Ing stands still like that,' she said. 'I'm not senile, I know what I saw and it
In formation and .there was no squares in the sky and in the dark, 'I got my binoculars to get "-better look wasn'f a hot air balloon, a helicopter or a
sound. the perspective would make them and could see.it wasn't a plane, a helicopter plane. I think it could only have been a
"They weren't the usual lights look as if it was vertical."
or a balloon. It became more defined· UFO.'
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~ By HENRYK ZIENTEK·
:§ Business Reporter picked up speed and disappeared.
c:( "We're usually pretty sceptical
>< A FIREFIGHTER believes he but this has seen us become more
U>J has solved the mystery of a open-minded.
.C..i1: UFO spotted over Hudders "I can't explain what happened
c field. and I'm not sure what it was but
plenty of other people must have
The Examiner reported on seen it."
Thursday how Crosland Moor res
Meanwhile, reader Mike Smith,
ident Teresa Millward snapped
of Birkby, said he saw a glowing
images of a strange triangular
light in the skies above his house on
object from her window last Mon
Tuesday evening.
day afternoon.
He said: "It was similar to a piece
She was unable to explain the
of glowing firework debris and trav
slow-moving object and wondered
whether any other readers had seen • IN FLIGHT: The 'UFO' spotted over Paddock earlier this week elling at about the same apparent
speed. There were, however, none of
it. See the full video of the mystery object on (S) the other pyrotechnics or noise
Now Outlane man Will Basnett, a
associated with fireworks." "''
firefighter based in Halifax, believes www.ichuddersfield.co..uk
He said: "At the moment, it is the
he has the answer. · not this time, I'm sorry to say!" "There was a cable to the chopper peak period for the Geminid meteor
He said: "While training at the Another Examiner reader, who from the top left corner and a weight showers and it could possibly have
rear of the fire station my colleagues was out walking in Holywell Green at the bottom left - so maybe not been a larger than usual meteor
and I spotted the large object mak- noticed the same strange shape. aliens." burning up and slowing down in the
ing its way across the horizon. · The reader said: "With the use of But one couple who saw it say process to something less than the
"Just as we were about to prepare binoculars, it looked like some sort they were amazed and are now more usual swift speed.
ourselves for an 'Independence of advertising kite and it was being open-minded.
"The Geminid is a regular annual
Day' style invasion by some alien towed by an aeroplane." Betty Heptonstall and husband
· shower which might explain any
force, one of the lads pointed to a Examiner reader Andy Ringrose, Philip were at Birdsedge on Monday
multiple sightings and timings that
very faint object to the right of the from Longwood, came up with the when they spotted the object. may have been reported."
'spaceship' which appeared to be same answer. Philip is a member of Hudd
some sort of light aircraft. He said: "The shape is very sim ersfield Astronomical Society. The video of the UFO's flight on
the Examiner's website has proved
"We presume the object in ques ilar to a very large banner that I saw Betty said: "It was like an enor
tion was some sort of banner that being towed over the skies of mous kite. highly popular with more than 500
hits.
was being pulled by a plane. Manchester by a helicopter on "We watched it for about 10 min
"Maybe one day a spaceship, but Mondav morning. utes through binoculars. [email protected]
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poking fun at the materialists front of the cameras that show· that
:X: who stick rigidly to their "sci- the orbs captured in this way are
~ ence" and who do not ever enter- exactly the same as unexplained
tain any notion or fact that may spiri! orbs.
weaken their own brand of reli- However. the phenomenon of
gion (ie scientific materialism), I Ghost Lights is different, and these
must gently pull him up on some luminous phenomenon usually In the
of his wilder excesses. form of balls or irregular shaped
lights.
In his View Point John spoke about These lights have been seen by wit-
the orbs that he had photographed
when visiting Rothley Station. nesses without the aid of optical
Such orbs, or balls of light, are only instruments and are frequently
ever captured on photographs and responsive to noise and light.
their common mention in literature They appear randomly at particular
and TV has been apparent only since sites and may be active for years or phenomenon as is often the case' the
· become dormant. witness Is genuinely reporting what
the mid-1990s with the huge Increase Charnwood is one area where such
they have seen.
in digital cameras and nightvision
video cameras. Ghost Lights have appeared and seem Such narrow-minded arrogance· of
Many claim these orbs to be spirit to be connected with seismic activity the scientific materialist is akin to the
manifestation but sadly few are con- (mini-earthquakes). religious zealots who used to burn
vincing enough to lay claim to this In the last major earthquake in heretics for their beliefs.
explanation. Charnwood in 1957 such earthquake Likewise, we must seek to avoid
More logical explanations _ and lights were ~een in the sky. interpreting everything strange that
which would keep the Windmillers This phenomenon seems to be pro we experience as unexplainable or
happy (and all serious ghost hunters) duced by natural geological forces belonging to the realms of some
-are that they are the result of flash- deep within the earth and is a subject quasi-spiritualist belief.
light striking particles of pollen, that is being investigated by scien But at least John Rippin is open to
spore, dust and moisture droplets tists all over the world. new experiences and ideas that may
close to the lens. In the past such Ghost Lights were not necessarily fit in with his precon
Several respectable parascience thought of as being spirits of the dead ceived world view, unlike others who
organisations who study paranormal or angels/demons. . sit and sneer from their academic
phenomenon have conducted field In more recent times such lights ivory towers and condemn others
tests and showed amounts other · have been interpreted by witnesses whose experiences and world views
things that the cheaper the camera as UFOS. may be different to theirs.
the more likely an orb would be cap- · But wnat we may be dealing with is I look forward to further reasoned 10
tured. an undiscovered natural phenome- debate between John Rippin and the
The smaller the camera again more non. Windmillers.
likely an orb image would be So let us try and not to scoff too
obtained. much at those who have seen strange Clive Potter