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Five y e a r s -is a - . s h o r t t ime i n t h e l i f e of a C a l i f o r n i a Redwood, but a long t i r e i n t h e . l i f e : . o f . a - UFO,-magazine. I n September SKYLOOK - w i l l complete - i t s f i f t h year^ and we ' re beg inn ing , t.o fee.1 l i k e a n o ld t i m e r .
. in t h i s business . . Perhaps you w i l l be-, i n - - t e r e s t e d i n a b r i e f h i s t o r y of t h i s z i n e ,
With john F. Kuhns, of Kansas C i t y , a s : p u b l i s h e r 2nd yours t r u l y a s e d i t o r L ; ' t h e ' f irst i s s u e of SKYLCOK was, mailed i n Sept- ember 1967 and we were o f f - t o a shaky s t m 4 c L Ted P h i l l 5 . p ~ was l i s t e d a s ' qAss i s tan t Edit-.: 0s" and look how he has grown w u f o l o g i c a - i ~ . . ' speaking!
W i t h t h e p u b l i c a t i o n - o f : t he ' {uly ,1968 i s s u e , John .Kuhn.. had t o -give, up.,'hls -work because o r ' - hea f th , .: - . problems.'~arid a heavy work 10aci:in "cc?lege,. - By % h i s . . .. . ~. ' t ime - ?-Ye :Ed was hooked'-'on - * "UFOS*;?nd - , . :altholigh we -had never 'cut '.'a. -stencil,?d'r. 'dperat@ a dmeograph. , we ordered t h e .Monster 'f rom:Sear$ '&' Roebuck 'and-'.got-' bur 7:f i y k t SKY LOOK--^-^^ -'as~"'publisher. and e d i t o r , ; in J a n u ~ r y -1969, -and_ ,hayen!t mi .s ~ igd .'_a . - ~ j ' ~ b x i 2 t-ir; Oh .d ,a te '~ .s inse - ' th.at, t ime.
Backing us 'With copy. an.d m o r . a ' l ~ ~ u p . ~ o r t . - . - . : . .-JE Kn!-5c.h-.. were: -Ted - PhillPps-,- 7- . z-- -u-e-+s-.l-e.3. : :Ls0. -7 ---
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subs crxb.ers 30- t h e U . F . 0; R I c:.! .SOUR_NAL t o u s - s o he could d'evote t i he ' - : t o 'kiis ,Cl ipping Serv ice . and i n A p r i l 197.0; we: i r inWi ted Jer? Stev'ens '. ' s u b s c r i b ~ r s ' ~ ' t o ,SKYW#TCI~--W~, - .- . a r e happy''t0 report"'we 'st ill- .ge t - renewa 1s from both , . , J ? :. ..,
I n May 1969 t h e ~ i d & $ t UFO- ~ e t ~ o r k w a s organized, and, i n J u l y we proud'ly. <announ.ceci we were named?"'the' o f f lci-~T. 'p,ubli:c,?tio:l , :' With- ' the res ignat ion: of Dr: .-A,llerf &ke ia September 1970.;: W a l t e r . H a - -Andrus, became D i r e c t o r and you.. d l 1 knowrr' t h e ' rapid growth of t h e Network under h i s lesdership--and SKYLOOK..has grown r i g h t a long w i t h it,
And t h i s : is . a,,goo.d p l ace - t o vo ice- our hea r t f e I t : : g r&t i t ude a r id ILappre i i a t i on of ow? f i n e ' s t a f f Snd o t h e r s c o n t r i b u t i n g rep0r t . s i Without YOU,"thiere would be no SKYLGOK.
' A I - v ~ ~ ~ s p e c i a l thank yo3 t o MUFON f o r t h e ."vote of thanks" f o r SKYLOOKTs c o n t 3 . - b u t i o n a s expressed i n t h e warm l e t t e r z c - - se ived a s we go t o p re s s , - I am v e r y p l ea s - ed.
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.One. -of. . t h e - ma.jor h. iphlight s <.of .-Ghe Midwest. UF.0 Network; . . ;Inc,. , ,,: Annuo 1 Neet in& qn :June, 18, 1972 , ,was, the ' - accep t ince o f .our . . invi , tat io,n, by. Dzvid R. . . Saunders ; P'h. D;., , . t o :become. a: C,or,st l l~snt t o .MUFON - in . . ,
. S t a ' t i s t i d s . . His : s f i ec i a , l i z a . t i o i wi.11--Be' s t ~ i s t i c ~ l ' r e s e ~ c h . through . .
t h e , a i d :of .:the,, 18,-OOO UF?. s i g h t i n g ? i e p o r t s . recorded on his : r s n d o ~ , , , * -
a~ccess',dis.c';.fiJe-.'called' flUlj',CICAT..ll -:.The 'Board of Dhec t :o r s . of .MUFGN .. .. * ' . . - . . .
voted, td ' submit , ' -our ' . en t i re ' UFO master ' f i l e t d D r . S a u n d e r s t o ad-d t o h i s - a l r e a d y ' ex tens ive , f i l e . MUFON. r e p o r t s w i l l be coded, i n such ,a m s n n e r - t h a , t t h e y may. be crags !referenced..bac.k t o : o u r s m a s t e r f i l e . It i s a n honor. t o h i v e .:a, man of Dr.. S?unders !~ :ca l iber i n * - the educa:ional,
, scientific ,:-arid. UFO -'f.~e1d.s'rkpr!sent:,~~F0~ . a s -a. Cons-il-tant . - D r . . .
. . Saunders i s a Prof.essor i n t h e D&partmeritr.-of .-I 'sychology a t . t h e : Uni- , - , . . ; . v e r s i t y o f Colorado . . and . r e s i d e s .. . a t A418 Mariposa . . . ; Boulder, Colorado
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w e a r e proud t o annousce t h a t it. C . .:S:t'ephens, . D .V.iuI,., ,,.Mendon- ~ e t e r i n ? ; - a r y .Cl&nic ,-. Mendonj - I l l i n o i s , : 623 5l., : will; .be ,ourl ons sultan-t i n Ve-ter-
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has: now ,groyn' 'tb.:L+>O, . Don;.ld .,Richmond,'- Pupblp-, . C o l d ~ s d o . , ( of S n . i ~ p y , Feme) i s , s p e c i a l i z i n p i n animgl ca se s ;. and :Joe. B r i 1 l x . n U F O ~ S behind- __- t-he- ~I-ron-C~rt~i-n-~-~~,-Robe~t~~rnu3~-l-in , ; - a - . ~ p ~ o f - e s ' s . ~ o n a ~ p h o ~ o g r a a p h e r r - - -. . . . . . J 8
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ti.oril o f S t a t e ~ S - e , c t i o n D i r e c t o r f o r . t h e c o u n t i e s - :of Kennebe-,. Pndros-, .- . . copgin, Sagad.aho.c,)~,.Liincoln-, . Knoxakd- rnizldoi ,. . '
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A g r a t e f u l exj j ress ion 6f t h a g k s , i s .eitend.ed . . to . : the . k i n y people -! . -
who he lped t o m3ke our T h i r d .'knl:ual;..MidT.:est 'UFO C n f e r e n c e . such .a . : : h igh ly succeks fu l .:ej&-it. , I ' a r t i c i ~ ~ l n i s , a t t ended from f our teei l s t a t e s . ,
and':one'Canadian. I'rcv%nce; . T ~ . - + , ~ j r t o~ .publ$sh . : t .he ;names- of - a 1 1 the . . .. wonderf u l d ?eogle:who con t r i bu t ed t h e i r time t a l e n t s .and money :;to. ,;
the ' succes s of .-the, conference ~wo.u~d r e s u i r e , . a . .half -page.,-. l ist .. si-ngle-.,. . - 71 spaced' ; . 'with. t h r e e , columnn 'in SPPL?OK,, .., 1-ans- r r e z a l r e n d p underGay - i -
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. . E d i t o r '.s Note : - The' 'above 'was t h e ' head l ine . . i c r b s s ' s i x *C'ol~rnns of t h e S u n d a y , , June 18; 1972 : e d i t i o n of - t h e , Q u f n c y , Ill. ,.: ''The. Herald- h i and photografihs .were in , c luded i n , t h e f i n e p r e s s coverage . o f ,.,
t h e t h i r d a n n u a l confe rence .:of 'MUFON. We ' .can ' t t h i n k b f . a , . b , e t t e r way t o r e p o r t t h e confe rence ' t o ' o - ~ r e j d e r s t h a n by q u o t i q g d i r € c t L y from . B i . l ' l Bradshawls . a r t i ' c l e . A l l t h e -f oi lowing i s . a d i r e c t quote:.--- : . t . . . . . , . . . ( : . . - . . . . . . . ,
. . ' Advanced t e c h n o l o g y manned by humanoids from a p i e n e t i n . 'n'.+d ja- e
c e n t g a l a x y , o r mayb'e d i v i n e revG.la.t ion h e r a l d i n g t h e c l e a n s i n g .of t h e world i n t h e emergence of . t h e Age o f .,Aquar-ius? A r e . t h e s e ) .wh?t .
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The q u e s t i o n s were open and many., and: t h e answers ~ e w , w i t h s t r o n g s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h and i n v e s t i ~ 2 t i o . n t o s u p n o r t a n e x t r z - t e r r w t r i a l
i n t e l l i g e n c e as score3 : -of l l f l y2np s a u c e r " f a n s 2nd e x p e r t s , g e t h e r e d . . . . .
. a t Q u i n c y l s HolLday . I n n on S a t u r d a y , . . It w p s t h e t h i r d . ' a n n u a l conf&rencG o f t h e Midwest ~ n i d e n t i f h d
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F l v i n g Objec t Network,: hos ted by t h e ' Network and t h e T r i - S t e t e UFO S tudy Gro,up. From a b e g i n n i n g , a t - t endance ' o f a round ,150; crowds: s w e l l - ed throughout- ' the dpy ' for ,a f u l l a f t e r n o o n , s e s s i o n and, ' t e r m i n a t i n g S a t u r d a y n i g h t ' w i t h a n addres , s . b y D r . David R. Saunders . ,of t h e . Uni'- . >
v e r s i t y .of Colorado and a. . q u e s t i o n s e s s i o n . f o r . t h e s e v e n speakers- . From t h e he terongeneous , crowd which came from , Q u i n c y , Hznn'ibal,
C a r t h a g e , Csnada, C o l o r a d o ; New J e r s e y , -Texas ,,. Tennessee , : Idaho , Georg ia , Indf ana , Kansds and Nebriiska were many--perhaps a ' m 2 j o ~ i t y = ; -
. - . . , . , . . . . who had s e e n UFOs themselves. ' : ' .. , . -
l e a s t e q u a l l y cbmmit ted ' -wi th keynote spehker Char l ' es E. Barnum, ' e x e - c u t i v e e d i t o r of T h e Herald-Whig , who remained , a s he s a i d , !'oh jet- , . . .
t i v e l y s p e p t i c a l , wha tever t h a t means'." A Skylab d e s i k n e n g i n e e r from.. S t . Lou i s , John F; ~ ; c h u e s s l e r sai'd.' .
llUFOs do a p p e e r t o be. a p r o d u c t ' pf a n e l i e n , even , an e x t r a - t e r r e s t r i a l i n t e l l e c t . - We a r e b e i n g outdone i n s p a c e , n o t by . o u r w o r l d l y p o l i t i - c a l enemies b u t by t h i s e x t r a - t i e r r e s t r i a l i n t e l > i g e n c e e l l S c h u e s s l e r
d u c e r s . l e f t . , n o doubt .of what' he b e l i e v e d t o be t h e s o u r c e o f ' f l y i n g s . Bacnum, who s a i d h i s s k e p t i c i s m hzd b e e n g iven a riew objective :
s h a r p n e s s by re~d ingm D r . J . A l l e n Hynek l s' "The UFO E ~ p e r i t n c , e - , ' ~ ~ ,gave . t h e news medias1 v iews of UFi)s, H e s a i d , t h e p r e s s canno t i g n o r e t h e s u b j e c t because f a r . t o o many r e ~ u t a b l e - p e o p l e a r e . a s k i n g too;many unanswerable q u e s t i o n s . , "It behooves u s , l1 ' h e s a i d , " t o be o b j e c t i v e - l y i n t e r e s t e d and t o p r o v i d e . accurage r e p o r t i n g . " c z l l e d on e x p e n s i n t h e f i e l d t o g i v e a s s i s t , p n c e i n packaging 2nd g i v i n g ' p e r s p e c t l v e and unders tan tc ib le meaning - t o t h e w e l t e r of r e p o r t e d s i g h t i n g s , , s o -. . . t h e p u b l i c , e d i f i c a t i o n cFn be t r u l y e n l i g h t e n i n g .
W a l t e r H.. k n d r u s , ' J r . , .rl i i-ector of t h e Midwest UFO ~ e t w o r k , ~ 2 s . : : ' m a s t e r o f c e r e m o n i e . ~ , s h a r i n p i n t r o d u c t ~ o n s - ~ 5 t h B i l l ~ c h e l e n . , chai ' r - man of t h e UFO S tudy Group. '
h i d e n c e . o f t h e i m p o r t m c e a t t a c h e d t o t h e ' Q u i n c y meeting ceme , . .
w i t h t h e n a t u r e . of t h e p r e s s covc,rage. The Nr : t iona l :Enqu i re r was r e p r e s e n t e d by 'Bob Smith f r o m ' w e s t P a l m - B k ~ c h , . F l a . , p i n c h h i t t i n g . .
f o r t h a t p u b l F c a t i o n P s UFO e x p g r t , B i l l Dick , who i s now i n Russ iz . . . . The UFO Corniwntary of Twin F a l l s , I d a h o , wes r e p r e s e n t e d w i t h a
d i s p l z y and by i t s e d i t o r , y o u t h f u l A l l e n Benz. D r . David H , Saunders o f . t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Colorado a t Bou lder ,
who made t h e p r t n c i p a l a d d r e s s a t t h e f i n a l e , t o l d The Herald-Whig he . ' ( Continued on Nex-t Page ) ..
he thought t h e a+e ra& .&y-&oul'd. )?f find-my . t8 ' lk laborioix3 a n d dry'..'l ?rn . lookin? a t , , t h i s sta.t!,stica;lly, l.' <he-.,. saidL-,_ l!iviewing.:a , largeL .f i l e ; of s i g h t i n g : - . r e ~ o r t s . . and. . tr .yi '-n~, , to - . f ind : pa t t e rns - . and.;. Jobking; 'f or-:.dif-fc.rent
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. ".The dipbe 'is... t,? e~~t , r ac t . : - r e . l . i a ,b i&i t$~ f r 0 . m . a l m g e ~0.1umne o f r e - ,p:orts .'"... As kkd ab'but'. . ,...-( his-,, pf.r.s,onal- . con r i c t i on ,:.;Dr. Saunders ; s a i d ?as , : a
.., s,cienti>t;. , m$ c o n v i c t l on .may. change:, . . .tomorrow. !-' There1,s much-;r.ea> e3-i- .: . ., :: dence; t h a t t h i s : is . a- a r e a . : : Somebody ,ou$ht: t.o:.b,e doing:-ggod ..
. . s o l i d : s c i e n $ i f i c resear-c,h.i .. M o s t r e p o r t s : w e g e t a r e e x p l a i n a b l e :fr..oh :known . . : f i c t s and5,sc lent i f i .c -d ' a ta? - ,.But ; . the re . -a re eqgugh of - t h e : o t h e r - -
u - kind ' t h a t . you canL fiind - qi.iestions f o r which ypu can:.fdnd',-no :ans%$-S ," Heard dur ing: . t h e morning..,were:: Barnurn j , . S . ~ h ~ e ~ ~ l e . r and Joseph M
... . B r i l l . ..of Fragklin..: . . Park'; - ,w.ho, -spoke: on.' !UFOs-: Behind : t h e i r o n :!Curtain.. lV . : Ted :l?hiilips,, :Jr, - a n . i h s p e c t o r . w i t h - t h e . . . . . ,Mj . s soy j State1Highwiy+.. . .
:Commissi.on, opened - the a f t e r n o o n per iod . : w i t h . "Landing .$ . : Traces .:-Fhysicai *, . . Evidence f o r t h e UFO, l1.'"' . . ' ' . . . . . . , . . . .. , , ._ . .., . . . . . .
D r . . R. CedriB ~eonard, ' :ele.ctrohic t e c h n i c i a n w i th : Western. ~ l e c & i c , . . c o v e r e d . : W F ~ s i n - d n t i q u i t y , l l and Brad S t e i g e r , no ted 'au thor . , L e c t u r -
e r b r o a d c a s t e r ,-..?added-. -. t h e , . l i t e r a r y : - s n c l : , ~ h i l o s o p h i ~ a l t o u c h wi th . " F l y - . - - ... -- . .- - . - - . - ' , i ng -Saucer Miss ronar ies . l! . . . . . ' . .
. . The - .Speak~r ,s - covered vir.tu.2 llp alll.=f;s c ~ t ; of n o t i on5 2nd ; i kp l i ca - - . . t i ons . . about- U F ~ S .. St.e.iger- , s t i r r e d many.. i m 3 g i n a t i o ~ s :wi th i . the t h e o r i e s
and -questions::~'he expoinided f rom2. the resea.rch. : f o r " th ree of h - i s -books . . '?The: Gquarian Revelat io,?~; , 'l.-~.llReyelat$on:. rtThe:D$v3ne :F,irev1. -?rid W o i c e s ,.
'Visi . t 'a t ibns . and Messages .,F.rom G.ther,,-J/Iorlds. l!:;. . , ;$ :a . <:, ?k :* * . ".: )Ir . *.. 2::. ,+ ' . .. . ~ . o s e ~ , h M.' Bri-11 : o f Fi .anklin ~Fzrk:: . c i t ed ;publish.& evideridc t h a t
. . t h e r e ..have . . . been. m a n y ' UFI) .. '$ilghtings:-behind; . tdha I ron. : .Cur ta in; - that. t h e ~. . . - - S o v i e t , ~ovecnrnent'...>ad.mi t s,:-t here~.~.r-e~,~~UF.Os~::bU-ts aps.- t he t., ~ R U S s i,a--$sL7mak-- - - ,<.
. . i n g -them. . I .:He . . . . . . f . inds : _ I . , .. ,, t.00 , t h a t .-s,eni.ous s t u d i e s ; ,, oc.c;upvi,ng . s.ome. of. Rus'sialf's b e s t s c i e n t i s t s , a r e . - . 'pr :esently u,nde:rwaLy on'ithi 's .'.v.ery problem,
Dr. ,R ., Cedr i c . Leonprd ,, who h?s- e . .d ivin , i ty : ;d;egrde n d , h a s -swit.ched - . t o . .anthropoIogy ,:-combin'ing - these , . ins - iph ts y i t h . . h i s :knowledpe a s a'ri :
e l e c t r i c a l e n k i n e e r , brought . al-&.~avenu,es :of. r e l i g i on-2nd -.philoso.phy - '.:to b e a r i n l1.ge;tt.ing :t ogether:'. msn s:, thoughts::on,.- 'uF.0~ : of . h+,,i-qui'cy!'
.: .: '. . . . . - . . . . -He. , tra 'ced s'ikht'i'ngs t o 16:1-9.;-in iSwitzer:lend ,. . . . . .. . r . - . - . . . . . . . "From s c r a p s of ev idendi ; " he sa-id:,: "I f e e l -wk' G n . j u s t i f i s b i g : '-: . . .
.form: hypotheses , t he t - . e ? r , t h : y;s, v i s i t e d ;count less : times:.thltou{:h-.. Z t s l o n g h i s t o r y ; bkck thfoughi.t .he -time ,of, prehis.t;ori,c,..man.l1' : .::. * '* '$:,*:. 4:.
. . ..:. ~ k d ~ h i l ~ i $ s > J , w i t h " " ~ i r l d i n ~ ~ r a ce'$-,-;)hysici 1. ~ lv idence f o r , %he UFO1! s e i d he has i n v e s t i g a t e d over .15:O,UPq . repor ts . -2nd : th .a t 3 5 8
. . . . . such r e p o r t s - a r e on file +: g-: *. * He ,describ&d- 'physical ' t r a c e s found , a s c i r c u l 3 r rna:rks : burned; .depressed. -or : .dehydr~. ted ,. and de 'scr ibed , . . . l,lsauc,e-' nest 'st , .oval a r ' e a s .,of ,dahaged s o i l o r p 1 q n t ; l i . f e,? . -+. X:: :% '::,--*
S.c,hue~ssGf".s, t a l k 'Sa turda~; .norn . ing . .- - t5, i.nc;luded ! many f u1l.j.. i n v e s t i g a t e d r s p o r t 3 . o f UFOs '$ ta lking iutornob,iies, .i o r - menacing .a.i,rpTaanes. : zc. ,::' ?. he
. ' . s a y s what he be l i e i r e s . about . l1fl$ing saucersT1 has only been he igh t ened .. - :by, w0r.k:: i n ; .the., space: program. :+" .+, . ++.he ..marveLs.,'at:. !the propulsi .on ' sys tem. . . , , theLdeve?op;nen+,,i of m.&tals, f o r : suchSpace . . e x p l o i t s and- t h e . l i f e b end<.-.
s a f e t y p ro te -c t ion systems. : . . . - . ~ - . . ..,, .. . , . . .. - --
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has made UFO p u b l i c a t i o n s a l l - ove r t h e w o r m , . f u l l y expected' .$o h w e . a complete a repor t of ' t h e s , o i l * a n a l y s i s : ,for t h i s i s s u e ' o f SKYL.Q( iK , ' *
- . fie . . informs us ' a l l , r e p o r t s . from s e v e r a l independent l a b o r a t o r i e s a r e n o t i n a s y e t , 'and h e f e e l s he : should w a i t u n t i l t h e - f i n a l c o n -
. c l u s i o n s can ,be , given a f t e r s tudying a l l r e p o r t s . He s a y s , "-1 .do. , .
promise ' the'' Sky lbbk-+e ide r s -a r 6 p 6 i t Y jhit a s ' soon. a?' G e r e a l l y : s e e whatlwe have. '14c.ari s a y t f i a t - i n y a l l t h e ' r e p o r t s r ece ived t o - - d a t e , f t 1s g e n e r a l l y s t a t e d t h a t t h e two samples . ( r i n g . a n d n o r m a l s o i l ) a r e
r . . . markedly d i f f e r e n t ' . 0 . ., - .
. He added t h a t b o b - J o h n s o n t e l ebh jned h i m ' J u n e l 4 t h and s a i d La: r i n g is st151 v i s i b l e f o l l o w i n g , a ,rain.'shower---which- means t h a t : : a f t e ? be ing ekpo$ed f o r , 226;dqYsj .:the ' r i n g ' i s . - : ~ t i l i ; ~ i s i b l e ; M r . - ~ 6 h n s o n : 5.2
. f e n c i n g t h e r inged ' . a rea :.to p ro t ec - t : it: a n d . - w i l l 'obtain's -samph o$ : - . t h e ' r i n g s o i l every mon%h f o r .fi.q-ther study,: - . . . . . . . :.
.The annua l b u s i n e s s meeting -of t h e M.ildwesC'..UFO . - -Netwo~rk w a s he ld ,
a t t h q - Holiday I n n , Qu incy , Ill. , Sundcy morning, June l€l ' ?r id Walt ei. . . . . . . :He Andrus was . r e - e l e ~ t e d a s ~ i r e c t o r ; . . : . -
;,; qther,..dff;ircer~.;nemed - Ce.:. .~;ssistp-nt: ;Director , * John :F ; - ~ c h u . e 3 s i e r ; .Sec r~e~ ta ry , , 2 , ed P h , i l l i p s , - ,Jqti, -and -Treasur\er;: F,i.elds :Fi;: F k e ' e p i n ~ : ~ ~ ~ ; ~ ~ . . - . .* , . .. -
. ~ e c o r t s were made by S t a t e and S ta te , -Sec t lon D i r e e 6 . r ~ 05 work : - ;b.eing done ' i n t h e i r a r e a s , aiid.-some- of: t h e s e w i l l b e - c a r r i e d i n - . .": . -.-.- .
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C . :-'A new. s t a f f p o s i t i o n , t h a t , of: Coord2ria:t'or: of , . S p e ~ i a l i ' z ~ t ' i o n , . - , ha's: .., . . been f i l l e d , by Ted. P h i h l i p s , of S e d a l i a , , . . a ., .
. . 'Caro l -Armstrong a c t e d u a s r eco rd ing sec?e tLary 'and . submltted:;a i' . ,
w e l l w r i t t e n , d e t a i l e d r e p o r t of t h e 'rne'et,iiig, a n d SKYLOOK . .. w i l l . . pub'- l i s h e x c e r p t s a s space permits , ' i n f u t u r e ' i s s u e s . . .
Severa l - new m a t t e r s were d i scussed ' and some ; we... a r e . surer, . ' ,p!ill , be brought up i h M r . ' Andrus f . !1Mess,age.'Ji a s 'being of in tkres .5 . 7 . t.6' a l l MUFClF
. . . . members .an&.'non-members a's w e l l , . -
Rose t ta Holnies, mindful of , h e r iiubli 'c p e l a t i o n s p o s i t i o n 'on t h o . .
. SKYLOOK s t a f f , .asked a l l new- members' t o g e t - new s u b s c r i b e r s ;. and ' ,
i n v i t e d a l l t o t h e skywat ch . .-and . .- p i c n i c , . r , a t CarIyJ3:..'Lal(e :; <Jillv .-32.-23,ar.i- . . , ' _ . . . . . ,
Your e d i t o r t h a n k s a l l who s e n t ' i n t h e e r t i c l e by Rich f i o s t e r , f e a t u r i n g Dr, J. Ai len Hynek, which was publ ished i n t h e Sunday r,;egt-
. zinc ~ e c t i o n a i n newspapers a l l over t h e United S t a t e s . The a r t i c l e was f;i::en d i f f e r e n t t i t l e s i n t h e ma'gazines, hut t h e t e x t i t s e l f was .
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J u s t g o t , o u r - copy of B o n i t a 3drnani.s: "The O h i d WO Repbrte+.ll 36: pa&s~ of . f < . n e r ead ing ; $end 50- c e n t s f o r a copy t o . ~ e d i r o r , P,oni'&a Roman, Routa 3 , Yankee Road, Middletown, Ohio,, 4.5011.2, More on. this nex t i s h .
Skywatoh J u l y 22nd, P i c n i c J u l y 23rd a t ~ o u 1 d e r ' ~ c c e s s t o C a r l y l e L z k ~
D r . W i l l a r d I?. Armstrong w i l l d i r e c t t h e s h o r t wave communications p o s t s s e t up around C a r l y l e Lake ( I l l i n o i s ) S a t u r d a y n i g h t , J u l y 22nd, and a s k s f o r more v o l u n t e e r s . Each r a d i o o p e r a t o r w i l l need a n ob- s e r v e r and a l o g keeper . Phone D r . Armstrong a t AC 314-836-9177 o r w r i t e t o him a t 6908 Kingsbury B l v d . , S t . L o u i s , No. 63130.
The a l l day p i c n i c w i l l be h e l d Sunday, J u l y 23rd w i t h a p o t l u c k d in- n e r a t noon. T h i s f r i e n d l y g e t t o g e t h e r of a l l i n t e r e s t e d u f o l o g i s t s
w and t h e i r f a m i l i e s was i n i t i a t e d f o u r y e a r s a g o and h a s Secome an an- n u a l a f f a i r w i t h more a t t e n d i n g e v e r y y e a r . Lou F a r i s h , of t h e SKY- LOOK s t a f f , w i l l be t h e a f t e r n o o n s p e a k e r . M r . F a r i s h informs u s he i s n o t ' a b s o l u t e l y c e r t a i n he can be p r e s e n t , b u t w i l l make e v e r y e f f o r t o do so . We know t h e r e a d c r s who f o l l o w h i s colugn i n SKYLOCK e v c r y montfi and h i s a r t i c l e s i n o t h e r u f o z i n e s a r e l o o k i n g foward t o mee t ing him i n ' p e r s o n and t o h e a r i n g him speak. - F o l k s i n t h e C a r l y l e 2nd S t . . L o u i s a r e a r e f e r t o t h e g a t h e r i n g . :as . "Rosie and Dicks ' r i c n i c " a s R o s e t t a and Dick Holmes hos ted t h e f i r s t one, do ing s o w e l l , t h e y " i n h e r i t 1 ' t h e . r o l e f rom y e a r , t o y e z r --and t h e y l o v e it. Y o u ' l l n e v e r meet a f r i e n d l i e r couple .
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See t h e June i s s u e of S,KYLOOK f o r f u r t h e r i n E o r m a t i o n . r e t h e skywatch S a t u r d a y n i g h t , J u l y 22nd and t h e p i c n i c on Sunday; J u l y 23i2d.
, C .. :.. A t :10 p.m. Sundsy, June 11, 1972 ,. I'aul and , 'G lo r i a Dorn j . of M i l l - . .
s t a d t ' , 11.1.. , were d r i v i n g west on 59 th - S t r e e t ' f r o m i 3 e l l e v l l l e , Ill." G l o r i a n o t i c e d a . s t r a n g e c o n f i g u r a t i o n . of l i g h t s which swept i n s e - quence, ' d e s c r i b i n g 'a c i r c l e . " - P a u l s topped CJie c a r t o ' obse rve t h e , ' '
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sweeping a r c of . l i g h t s ' t r a v e l i n g southhfest . ' a t .zbout t h e speed. of , a. . -
descending a i r c r a f t and w a s . convin.ced.. it was. . n o t a . :convent iYonal : a i r - . . crsrf t .
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They descr ' ibed t h e c i r c l e of f l a b h i n g ' l i g h t s a s , '?about e s l a r g e ,:
a s a f i f t y c e n t p i e c e h e l d . A t a-rmf s l e n g t h . .They- were yellow-r.€d.. i n c o l o r and could he des..cribed " a s ' p o r t h o l e s i n s o m e t h i n g c i r c u l a r , b u t we. neve,r saw t h e o b j e c t i t s e l f -.- j u s t t h e l i g h t s - - a n d . t h e y lit. In ' a r c s of s e v e r a l a a a t i m e . " _ . . - . . _ . . ,
A f t e r w ~ t c h i n g f o r t h r e e minu tes , t h e two.. re 'e 'ntered t h e : c a r t o : p u r - s u e t h e . l i g h t s . , Because of b u i l d i n @ 2nd' t r e e s , it w 2 s . d i f f i , c u l t . t o f o l l o w . the. l i g h t s :2nd sud'denly t h e y , d i s ~ p p e o r e d , '1,eading t h e m . t o be- . ; l i € v e the 'objec t lznded o r took. off a t a n o t h e r ang le - a t . ex t remely . , ' - :,
, . h i g h speed. ' Had' it k e p t - t h e sneed i t h a d been t r a v e l i n g , it could . . . .
have beeh s i g h t e d i n . the . ' v a r i o u s openings between ' b u i l d i n g s and t r e i s . The. Dorns : s a i d , !'If it w a s scme. form o f ' a i r c r z f t ,. ,we'd l i k e t o ' ' . . .
know it beccuse we lve. s e e n a i r ~ l ~ n e s ,. h e l i c o p t t r s , a x l sc lvc - r t i s ing .
bl imps . a t n i p h t b u t none looked l i k e ' t h i s . If anyone knows :what it. . .
was, . we would c e r t a i n l y . apprec i . a t e t h e , . , . , .. . How' about i t , r e a d e r s ? Any i d e a s ?
. - Credit": John' E. Schroeder .
Back i s s u e s of SKYLOOK a v a i l r h l e a t ?F;$ e ~ c h . F c i ; t c ~ . w r j t e f i r s t , as-* s u p p l i e s a r e s h o r t on some.
UP% C ~ o s s F o o t b a l l F i e l d .- ----- - Faul . Se l i g sohn w s one of spproximately 75 people wztching a f r a t e r n i t y touch f o o t b a l l game a t t h e Weshington U n i v e r s i t y (S~;-LCIIFS)
p r z c t i c e f o o t b a l l f i e l d . , ,just . , eas t of'. . ~ r s n c i s .F . i e ld , -on a - c l ec? r , c3ol- . .
Noiiember day i n "195'0 when ;two i n i d e n t if - . i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t s moved ovei.': . t h e fie.hd i n , p l a i n -.view o f . a l l p r e sen t ., - - . . ,
The first.' oS j e c t , :a d u l l , m e t h l l i c cy , l indkr about 10-l2"::f e e t l h l g . -
and 2-3 f e e t i n dic-,.m'et'er, 'w i th no s p p a r e n t .openings -or: markings, -crce:L:- ed t h e f i e l d from the- 'nor thwest t o vthe southeas+, making a llsputterFr!g- . noise . l i k e e l e c t r i c 1 ,spark' d i ~ c i ? a r g e s ~ ~ , . . a n d . l e a v i n g a d e f i n i z e smklL. -of o.ione,. 'Altho -no .di]s'chp,r@e' optjning i o u l d '-be s e e n , t h 2 r e w2.s a . . -
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' the 'wi tness ."and sl-ight'ly t o . t h e n o r t h a t . e n est imz' ted a l t i t ' u d e . 02 2;000 f ~ e t . .lt .appc+red t o ' h e aboutq ' th t i ; s i ze : of a dime and spher- . . .
- i c a l , or' p o s s i b l y bowl'-shhped-. S u n l i g h t . f r e f l 'ected from i t - 3 . s i l v e r y - - m e t a l l i c s u r f a c e . It remained i n a h o w r i n g pos iS ion f o r 10-15' set- .ends; t h e n a d e f i n i t e change took p l ace . - It l o s t i ts . meta l l i c , , sheen and begPn t o glow w i t h a de?d whi te c o l o r . . l t ' 2 1 ~ 0 - seemsd t o b e v i - -
b r a t i n g , - t hen a b r u p t l y a c c e l e r ~ t e d ' .~?t an- unbe l iev5ble . r?tg'"'a.nd.: . - " s t r e a k e d ". eqstwc?rd; It was' out : .of s i k h t i n - o n e - o r two seconds. :, ' . :
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J a n i c e Judy : a n d J o y c e Schwaegel, t h r e e s is ters who liv&...on a f e r h about two,: m i l e s southwe-st of Germantown, Ill . ,., watcJ1e.d a . b r i l l i a n t l y . .
-.r- -.--..- The o b j e c t was f i r s t s e e n h o v e r i n g 6 v e r - - a 'nci 'ghb6rf.s fzrm builtl,=r@
t o t h e : s o u t h e a s t . The g i r l s desc r ibed t h e o b j e c t a$ b-eing of: h e l f -mc:?~: shape- w i t h ' a da rk g r a y , , metaLl ic body. A t ' . f i rst t h e craft, dis,?:i.ayeci
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. two. b r i l l i a n t ' white--. l i g h t s d-€scr ibed a s -bei:ng q u i t e . . s imi l e r , t; o d s r .-:
h e a d l i g h t s . Eifter" h o v e r i n g f o r about . 11 minutes , t h e . 'ob j k c t be,?sn t o . move s lowly . t o - t h e we$. -At t h i s . ' p o i n t t h e w h i t e l i g h t s c l i s : i~pcared .~ and b l u e , g r een , r e d ,and 'wh i t e l i g h t s appezred ,?rc;::nd t h e ' ent i : re ' ?.in of t h e c r a f t . T h e s e l i g h t s resembled a i r c r s i ' t i+~nn ing , l i g h t s , but..' - d id no t f l a s h , ' and were - v i s i b l e u n t i l - t h e - c r a f t was- out . . of s l & h t ; .
..Altho t h e - c r a f t had j5een s i l e n t whi1.e ,hovering, . :when i.t;rnoved I
t o t h e west a sound ' s i m i l a r t o t h a t of 5, s m a l l a i r p l a n e w ~ s . ~ h e a r d . , ., . .
However, %he a2rspeed - w ~ s ebout h a l f t h a t of :a sma l l .plahe; . . . . :.
-The g i r l s observed t h e c r a f t f o r about 15 'minutes, end , ' : a l l ' h $ d . .
an . oppor tun i ty - t o 'view it -wi th 7x35 b i ' n o c u l a r s , 3 n d e l l Gxle sure'-: .it was..not a n 'orc t inary a i r c r ~ f t . The d i s t 2 n c e . f rdm t h e i r hone ' to . . t h e . - . . c r a f t when f i'rst- seen ' ebove t h e 'ne ighborT.s fa rm . b u i l d i n g s - i s . ro~ ; . gh iy a h s l f . mile:, and'..they e.st!imated t h e ' c r a f t ' t.o be 'about. .50 ' f ~ e t ' i r i -
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, . , . . . . . . . - d iame te r . and -about - 2 @ 0 , f e e t .above ground. ..
- T h e g i r l s r epo r t ed : the ) ihad ?observed : s t r a n g & ; yel l&i :& lighht ,..'
which ' l sperkled ' : : l ike :'diamonds'! i n t h e sou thwes te rn sky,, visi!:i.&e f o r , ,
abou t , one minute a t d u s k , ;on t h e , n i g h t s of ' A p r i l . 1 6 2nd 19. The s k y . - - .- - . .. . - . . .
was c l e a r f o r - a l l : t h e s zgh t ings . . . . . . - r . . . b I .
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C r e d i t : Te r ry Turner. . .. . . . .
A t t e n t i o n , S t . L-ouis Xrea Readers -- '. Joe Gurney r e p o r t s t h a t mzny UFO r e p o r t s a r e mzde on t h e "Hot Line1' progrpm, r a d i o KXOK, S t . Louis . :roo from e i g h t o ' c l o c k t o midnight , eve ry Sunday night, . Tune i n end-pGon2 - in. . ---
Boy Sees S ~ u c e r L2nd i n Mexico - 1 ~ 1 o t h ~ r - See UFO Take C f f - Trace Left
' The . f o l iowing i s a t r a n s l a t i o n made by D r . Wi l l e rd P. Armstrong :of' "A: F ly ing Saucer Landed i n . Acu.escomaf' .from t h e Mexican. wyekly Jueves de E x c e l s i o r ,. A p r i l 20, 1972, publis-h&d ' i n Mexico Ci ty . . , ,
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It i e s &.out- t-en o t , c lock - s t n i g h t on Mnr-ch 19 when t h e .boy, Mario , .
Sanchez P e r e z , . went dut-,to . the p a t i o , of h i s house i n ~cuescoma , S t z t e of Mexico, t o l o o k . f o r 2 .b.room, ., The n i g h t was c le t? r ; end there
' were some s t e r s i n t h e s k y , . bu t 2rncng-al l .of . these a b l u i s h l i g h t c a l l e d - t h e ' a t t e n t i o n of t h e bog a s . i t . g r a d w . 1 1 ~ became l a r g e r , a s if it were approa chir,g t h e . g r :~ .und , . . . .
He looked- a t it a moment. u n t i l i e r.c.ted t h z t , i n e f f e c t , it was coming .toward where he ~ 2 s ' . . site Mario 's h o e s e t,he;re,w?s a va-, c an t l o t some 200 meters i n l e n g t h , a t t h e end of wh ichwas 7-oceted t h e . ma~usoleum of t h e v i l l a g e .cemetery. The l i g h t , on approaching, became b i g g e r , c a l l i n g 'powerfu l ly t h e ~ a t t e n t i c n of . t h e boy; who 'be- l i e v i n g - t h z t it must be- a hot 'a i r ba l l oon - l i k e ' tho-se -which t h e y send o,,
' up a t t h e v i l l z g e f e a s t s , began t o run i n t h e d i r e c t i o n of t h e p l a c e ' where, he . be l i eved - i t .was going t o f a l l , ' .
. When. t h e c o b j e c t was-. on t h e po in t of- touch ing t h e e e r t h , it seemed. t h a t it was go ing to descend i n s i d e t .he'~mausoleum a n d t h e boy. be,gan t o ' r u n t owards it. But on a r r i v i n g and pee r ing - . i n s i d e , he saw nct-*:;nee Theref ore.: h e cbntinued h i s running towprd: t h e back; ,par t . However, be- f o r e , t u r n i n g . t h e co rne r he peeked a round>- c a u t i o u s l y . because t h e slow . of t h e l i g h t was very i n t e n s e . Then he saw a kind of luminous sphere which w2s g i v i n g o f f ' a : b l u i s h . glow s i i n i l a r - - a s , he. t o l d us--to: the$
Then. M a r i b became- f r i g h t e red and began t o run beck, i n o rde r t o t e l l h i s mother. As, ,he en t e r ed ' h i s house, some ,ne ighbors , 'i"lr ... Zac? r i a s Mendoza and Mznuela Car lo ' t t a de Mendoza, 'c rossed t k g vassr:t, l o t a n d ' h e ca l l ed . t o : t he . a t t e n t i o n of t h e , l edy t f ie . l i p h t which was t.!:ere back . of t h e mausoleum; but , .Don' Zaea r i a s s a i d t o : him: "They a r e , , t h e . . r a b b i t h u n t e r s which e r e w a l k i n g wi th t h e i r , s e c l r c h l i g h t ~ . - ~ " . . .
And t h e y gave no g r e a t e r importance t o t h e a f f n i r , ~ u t whec Mario went ou t accompanied 'by h i s mother; .-Mrs'.".;losef i n a .Sclnche'i'-de. I'erez,, t h e o b j e c t , which had remained on the. ,ground f o r some seven minutes , began t o r ise up, p r o d u c i n g , ~ hum and c a s t i n g o f f more b lu i sh-co lored sparks . , L i t t l e , . >y l i t t l e . the ,sound wcs l o s t i n t h e n i g h t , and t h e . l i g h t d i s a p p e x e d : i n t h e 's,ky',, . .,. , -
Nei the r t h e mother, n o r t h e boy could e x p l a i n what t h e y had seen. Mario only sgid- , .T9Tomorrow I am going , t o s e e i f I can f i n d ~ o m e t h i n g . ~ '
. : The sun ;had h a r d l y r i sen .when he , - got , u p . . , 2nd . went, t o t h e 'p lece where, t h a t o b j e c t 'had r e s t e d , . , .
That Mcrio found: s t i l l can be s&en. .perfe&ly. he; a r e f o u r d e e p . , t r a c k s about 2 0 cen t ime te r s i n dep th , s e p s r a t e d e x a c t l y one from t h e o t h e r i n t h e form of a s q u a r e ' o f 2.50 meters. I n t h e c e n t e r of t h e t r a c k s a t . a - po in t e q u i d i s t a n t from what one supposes .wer-e t h e f e e t o f . the ' o b j e c t , ' s t i l l is ' s een a b l ack 'mark :on t h e burne'd ground. If one conside , rs t h a t t h e l and ing of whatever it must have b'een, occurred '
March..'l9, and'we were t h e r e Sunday, A p r i l .9 , f i n d i n g , still' t h e ' ho l z s and t h e ashes i n s p i t e of t h e f a c t t h a t it had r a i n e d ' a n d t h e wind 'had blown wi thou t , anyone t z k i n g . c z r e t o p r o t e c t ' - t h e ev idence , . t e l l s us
' t h a t t h e o b j e c t which M2rio and h i s ,mot .her saw must. h w e been very. heavy-, ' and moreover . . . must ' .have producedd'an, ihcandescence s o i n t e n s e
%hat t h e burned grcund s t i l l . can: be .seen a f - t e r a lmost - t h r e e gee4s - - - s i n c e t h e s t r a n g e event ' occurred-.
Wishing t o f i n d ox',.: whether the^. boy ?h&dl a' - l iv&iy ' im2ginoti:on,'whk-ch . . . -, . -
could -!have coined. -in. h is~. : f anta:sy-.wh,?'t- he' - t o l d "us j ' 7 we. '&sked q.uit,e a few q u e s t i o n s about what he : l i k e d t 6 . r eadb , ' . .if he ched, the, : rf.,:,.,or: , ,
i f he re-ad. mapazines of f ~ ~ t a s y . But n e i t h e r t h e one t h i n g ' nor t h e - o t h e r . , Mario.. i s . a reservedr- b.oy; .who- answers-' on ly wha'u-, is; ' asked-;- wi'th-- ou t s p e c u l a t i n g 'on 'anything. - When we asked-. himz.-about whzt" he .belie.veci he had. Seen., he on ly shrugged h i s shoulders' : end s z i d , , W h o , k n b w ~ ? - ~ ~ . - ,
. M a r i ~ - ~ s ' mother is". a. l ady - o f ' l i t t l e inore- t-han 40 ;years , :k imple ,:-as ' . a r e t h e mz j o r i t y of :the-.pea-ple: of - !;cueSc6ma~. T o :bur.- ,quest ion about. . : : :
what she thought it was t h a t she had. see:n ,.- s h e ..'a-nswered us', .:''I~- wi,sh7 : t h a t ' it hed .no t ' gone awajr., 'so t h a t ' 1- could-.hav'e. seen' tt.- be t t e r ' . 1;
- ".. , o n l y manaped t o . s e e it. when i.t was r i s i n g up.; . b u t m y )boy - r e a : l l y z s n w . . . . -. -. . . . . . . . . -:- - . . . . . . . . . . . . i t . ' o n . t h e g-roundo1v . , ' . . . * . . , . . . . . ? . - .; , . I . . . .
. We asked them i f . t h e y . had colAected t h e f r e s h ash&;-, -:which. they-" ' , . . had., and gave- u s a t i n y 'sample, - e x p l a i n i n g . t h a t :sXnc'e lvson~e-people from ou t s ide . have : come t o ask.: f.or:-what :we : coll-ect.ed-i andi nbw,.we-. have- -.
. .- - . . . . no.. more t h i n th i s . - l i t t l e .,bit;." I..: . . _ . . . . . . _ & . - r ' . . ! , . , ? . . - .: . . , - -
.-We took p i c t u r e s o f t h e place; . -which remains : i n t ac t - . - :-The peop le : - - .
who p a s s by a l r e a d y a r e g e t t i n g . u s e d - t o t h e f a c t i t h a t - a - f lying-rsjh-er . . \ . . 1and.ed t h e r e .beside,. tkie:'~ma~us.oleumi : : , . , . . : . . ' z ! ,.- r . . . . . . . . . - _ . ._ . . - .
The.: even t seems no t t o - h a v e changed: any th ing %bo& t h e l i E e o f . t h e -
l i t t l e v i l l a g e , w h i c h -i's .loca%ed:. s6me;-nine kiZorneXers ,from,.:Tex-coco-, : .
on t h e ,hi'ghway whi-ch- g'oes .from. :-the l a t t e r :p lace . t o . the.-pyram5ds..iof . ' . . . - - . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . - .
Every n i g h t t h e of ' t h e : v . i l l g & ~ : l o o k . ~ a t ' t h e s k y :in::$ekrc$ - . of . .
-ob jec t s ; - ' but among them- all .only Msri-ij-Perez , : S a i ~ c h e z ~ i ~ = : - t l ~ 6 -one whori-; . .. . . c a n s a y . t h a t h e -saw. nsornething ,which. came-..down. .from t h e s?ky - tni t h e . '
form o f a sphe re , ; s t ayed : s eve ra l . . minutes. . o n t h e :ground, -andi,then took. , . : .I - . . of f ; making a -humming s o ~ n d ~ . - ~ ~ . : . . . . . . . !. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .- - .J: . . . . . . .
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t o t h e !rmstrongs f 0.r s e n d i n g it: i n . Mr.s ..- Armstrong (-Carol).:.is; a.. mem- .. . . . . b e r -o f t h e SKYLOOK staffl., .: . . . . - . . . . - . . - . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . .
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Marvin R. ~ i b k , ~ t + - l t r o l l ~ i , ~na:~i~~n~;;.~~,.--c~~dit~'~;..ie~~i, . , _. ,_:. ; fob . t h e ' . Gates Rzdio Comp~ny . i n Quin.cy., Ill. , were'Bri . . . . $nt ikua ;- Gust-emgla, , - _ . . - - .
. . . . < . May-.'lo ,- 1972 when ' they saw.:a UF.0. . . - .
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It wss abbut l O @ l m. when th.e ~ t k b men. decided1' . . . ti t a k $ ,a .-d;i,p1 i G L t h e pool a t t h e r e s o r t motG.1 where -'t'h6y -were '%t'av$ng; 'After' swirnmiing ".arouz!.t: .- f o r .a ' t ime., both were f l o a t i n g o n ~ . t h e i r backs alnd' .admir'<ng:&he::clear ..
s.ky and- b r i g h t s t a r s .when ' s u d d e n l y , - :appearmg ; i n -.th@' sky ';2s a' sm,a-l_l.,- _
d o t , a . b r i g h t o'r?nge c i r c u l a ' r ,light appeared'. "-It moved:'r&j?id'ly'tovi2rd 2
us and a't ]its c-lose'st; po in t to.: 'us*;it wou1d"h~ve X ~ k e n ' . -a. . 2'-:1t'--circu'lc?r ': - -
d i s k t o .cover t h e o.bb7ject : a t armT s . . l e n g t h , l1 Dii5k'.s$id'. :.tt;Ther!e. . . . . ' ~ 2 s : .... ..: ' . . , .. 1 .-+ . . . , . .- , , -- - -. . . - . - L . ? . . - . 7 . c . - . I . sound:comi,ng f r o m - t h i s .ob'ject-." .'' " . . . - .
k t i t s ' c l o s e $ t poifit tor'$he: Cerii, ".it:--hQue'r&d' 'f a p p > o ~ ~ ~ - & t ; - & ~ y . -3'b'.:".; . ' . ,
to- 60 -seconds-, t hen : .moved back 'up: , . - , - o u t , 'of s igh t . . I t . a p p e a r e d . . .
as- .- . i f- . ' i t - . were .an' orenge bc?Pl.of f i r e , . - ' . . . , . . -
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. .- . i p - , . The sky was clEi.ar w i t h no- -&lditds : T.hk . s i g h t i n g whs., i n af 'yo;i?tah6u3
a r e a wi t 'h ' l o t s - 'of ' t r e e s lth~weve.i-,-. th'e o b j e c t d i d - no t ..get' close-:enou'gh;, . .
t o he - between us and e i t h e r : the.; t r e e s . . . o r . . . - . t h e m o ~ n t e i n s . , ~ ~ ; ~ D i c k . 'said,'.. . , . , - . . . . Cred i t : Wzl te r H. Andrus-. .- - ' .- - * . .
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. If t h e r e i s a : b u S i e r r .UFO. i n y e s t i g a t o r ..t,han ..$.tan Gordbn, o f .Greens- burg! ?a'., t hen Y e .,Ed, hasnl t, heard ,about . it ... He and:,, h is . :group :-haxre-. '. i n v e s t igat ,ed mor-e : than :f o.rty- UFO. -sight i n g s in.=,We-stmoreland C-aunt y du r - -
, i n g March , April- and:'May .:(- he-...hasril t . .had - t i m e . t o . . t y p e . t h e June:.repo?:r a s , y e t ) a n d . : t h s t r e p r e s e n t s - a ~ l o t of wprk. S t a n : i h s i s t s t h a t ' ' t he UFC Study G*oup-.of, Westmorelsnd County,. b.e giv.en . the-&edi t . f o r ' a 11' i n v e s t i g a t i v e work and :pu.b.lished r q o r i ; ~ , p inn ing no, , roses on : hYims~elf -for.% any i n d i v i d u a l accompli,shment a s , .Director--but . .we;. a.11 .know i-t ' t akes ' . a ' l leader l t . to organize: and: . a c t i v a t e .. .a .group t ,hat4s~.: 'coverine; ' a s much
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- ., . , ! , ' L - ground a s t h i s one. .. _ & . . - . . _ . .
Stan- Gordon i s a n - & e c t r o n i c s t&chni ,c i s r i - ~ h o ~ ~ s ~ & c i e ? . i e 6 s i n r a d i o c o h u n ~ c a . t ion. , He became; i n t e r e s t e d - . i n .UF.O.t:s ..in : .high schoo1 whenhis .. . reses ' rch f , o r a term- pap-er - drew him d e e p e r i n t o . - the . f i'eld ;:' and -he w2S soon . making lsctures ; t o . *any g r o u p i n t e r e s t e d i n , - l i s tening: . ye. organ-i ' f zed- - the s t u d y . group:- . inLSeptember '.of 19.70, and' t h e r ' , f o r t y members' i n - - - .
d u d e - s c i e n t i s t s , . , eng-inters:, .pho,t ogra.phers., .. end ,:otherq prof e s s i b n a l : '-
- - . ? _ . _ - people with:'a . se r ious , - i n t , e r e s t i n UFOs. - . . - - . , . ' . ' - . ' - -
l1%r main g o a l i s t .6 be. a b l e t o s e n d ou t ; f i ' e ld i n v e s t i g a t b r s who..: know .how t o ga the r ; ; phys i ca l evidence and . collecct .... d-ata ,11 S t e n t o i d :: - : .. . a s t a f f , w r i t e r .on t h e Greens.burg.. ..llTribune I RevTew. l'... r e s en t ly . . - ( and' made: t h e f r o n t . page ,offl the.:.May 5 ,197?. i -edi t ion j i n a f i n e . ; a r t i c l e t h a t . does . credi t t o t h e newspaper:.as w e l l a s t o . the-;,sub j e c t m a t t ~ r ) .'- , ' ' . . . ' . . ' ..
'lFJe t r y , t o f ind,a l o g i c a l , exp l ana t ion f o r the- things pi@ople- see-,". S t a n ' s a i d . . "And. 95 pe rcen t . o f t h e t ime .we do.'!^:, And herei,;.i, l i e s - t he : .. "workfv - involved. .Anyone- -c.an : t ake- -a - tele-phone :r.e.por-t ,and- joi;.idoWn:a.:- f e w n o t e s . and. l e t . i t :go . a t that--hub t h i s , group!:get.s ..on: :t-he:rjoS w i t h , : f i e l d : i n v e s t i g a t o r s . ' w i t h g e i g c r c . o u n t e ~ s - , . , cameras and. t a p g e c o r d e ? . ? . : Witnesses ' . a r e : interviewed , o t h e r wi,tnesses.,, a r e :,s.ough-L ; - eve27 aven?+? :. of .. i n v e s t i g a t i o n 'i.s ' fo l lowed .-a'nd .:whe'n-.the. r e p o r t is:. w r i t t e l l 'and ' f i l e d ,. a long - w i th .taped . - i n t e r v i e w s . and .- .physiczl- .evidence -( i:f ;.any) r: . . .-
t h e !' conclus. ionsfl have .meanink,; .The: .V_f kve;. . .pe rcen t - . . +wM:cl-r.: di??j .i.den?:,i.- f , i c a t i o n v prov'idesr a cha l l enge .wh ich ,inv:o!!yes- more: h o x s of w o ~ k .-a .: a s . - - t h e . ~ ?UFO .dete.ctives-'!:. s ' tubbornly s t a y -0-n t-he job. .-;;.. . .. t. :.. i i.- , . - , . ._
:-,Moni$ori'ng -S t ' a t i on IdIlX3GHF .-is manned. c?round~ t h e ;c3ock; - alone;. w i t . 5 te$ephone, l i n e s , and t h e h u n d r e d s o f s i g h < t i n g s i r e p o r t e d :is: e.vi8enatl
. ., . - tha t Westmoreland County r e s , i d e n t s t a k e . , t h i s . g r o u p . s e r i o u s l y . .. " . : . . ':. Stan. . $s a f f i l i g - t e d wi-th, several. . :UFO .~o.rga 'nizat : ions~ and j s. a . StaXe-'
Sect ion, Direct -or . f o r MUF,ON.. His < l o c a l g r o u p pub l i shes : .a :newsle . t t e r .'ci'% an: i r-regu1a.r . b a s i s , .a,nd t h i s i s , f r e e ( a s long 2 ; s t h e - supply-: lc?s. ts ) - , t o - anyone . sending a stamped s e l f - a d d ~ . e s s e d enveilope to;the"Westmor:e~cn&" county ' U F R S ~ U ~ Y Group , b O a k h i l l Ave. ,. Greensbu rg , Pa. 15601.:: If, ':
you l i v e 2n ' -Penn~ylvan~a , - g e t ;yourb r e p o r t t o : Stan.. Gordon:.at-.- thibl- . ' .:
address . The . t e l ephone . number i s ,83!+-8668 . o r . .834-0~2&: : . . :'- - . ::;-... .-. ..SKYLOOK i s happy .:tp have Stan--:Gordona r e p o r t i n g . t o ' u s , ' frorn.,his Grol:;~.
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- . A p r i l 1 6 , 1972 - ~ r e e n s b u r ~ : a r e a - ~ t : approximately; 9: 1.5 P.M. t h e ? -TO Cont ro l . % e n t e r s phones be.ga'n r i n g i n g w i t h numerous r e p o r t s .of a . . i c r g e ,
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o renge colored o b j e c t th2 t :was dropping' r e s idue . and -mdving 'eas t n-cer .Greensburg. A t f i r s t t h e indications were t h a t t h e ob j ec t ' .was pi-o"JaS1.;: a b o l i d e o r a space 'junk re-entry . . . Af te r - in te rv iewihg .each' w i t n e s s and c o r r e l a t i n g t h e . r e p o r t s , it was -soon ev iden t .* thS ' t t h i s ' K ~ S r ; C t .the case . Two wi tnes se s iwere i n . t h e i r -c2im when t h e y f i r s t not iced, ' t k e o b j e c t ~ b o u t . . ' 2 0 f ' e e t .above - t he ground, appezr ing froin between -two houses. The ground .was lit up b r i g h t l y e s soon a s 4 . t h e 0b j ec t "began . .
, . . . t o asc'end a t en ang le i n t o t h e sky, The -w i tnes se s a t t h i s po in t 'stopped the i r c a r and- &o..k.out, s o . t h i t
' t h e y . could observe t h e ob je.ct . b e t @ e r . ,They. 2l'so r iot iced seV.sra l o t h e r c a r s s topped 'and' t he ' . pa s senge r s were a p p a r e n t l y watching t h e same ob- j e c t . . The o b j e c t . tix-ned .and began t o move over t h e . c i t y of h r e e n s b u ~ ~ and 'continued t o - move s lowly o u t . of ; s i gh t . ., It .--was desc r ibed ' a s loo;.:-- i n g l i k e Ifa p i l l capsu le wi.th one end on f i r e a n d * . f l i p p i n g over end t o 'end." The o b j e c t madea f l a p p i n g sound .and dropped :a yel low spa1-l; .
a s it ;continued on. . . S e v e r a l , of t h e w i t n e s s e s had . s p e c i a l . t r a i n i n g i n ,ground . obse rva t ion and s t a t e d t h z t .fiany. t imes t h e y had, observed . '
l a r g e meteors , b u t . t h a t t h i s o b j e c t was v i s i b l e f o r t o o long-.and ' -
moved t o o s lowly t o a b e a meteor. It w a s under -obse rva t ion . fo r , up t o s ix minutes. ' .About f i v e minutes a f t e r t h e o b j e c t -was observed cve r Greensure;, we r ece ived a r e p o r t f rom' P l e a s a n t U n i t y , d ' smal l .rnr.a:! community. abou t , 7 mi l e s s o u t h e a s t . The' witness 'es . r epo r t ed - t h a t
-. ~.~ -= -= ~ ~ b r ~ g h t - . - c ~ r ~ u ~ a ~ C C o b j e c t ; : f l e w o e a?- tra.i.ler:'pa-rk--.and ' . l e ~ ~ ~ t e d d d ~ ~ brrigh$:. - . whi te beam downward on a ,house t r a i l e r , i l l u m i n a t i n g '%he : . ' t r a i l e r . ' -
and t h e . a r e a . around it. The o b j e c t . , then cont inued tko .n:ove er !z t ' % ~ w a r d Latrobe. Area r a d i o . , s t s t i o n s c a r r i e d news r e p o r e s on : the.sigh.?; i l ;<s;
A p r i l 1 7 - ~ r e e n s b u r ~ - k t 6 : 19 ?..M.,the f i r s t of two witf iessez W ~ S . .
' out . walking ,a dog when she- observed ''a l a r g e ob je'cti a p p i - o ~ c h i c g h e r - r l from t h e s o u t h e a s t end. moving t &ward- t h e no ' r the3st . ,1112 .cb joc ' t moved
d i r e c t l y over the- wi tness . .and was ; e s t i n ~ t e d .to,. t3n abouk, 15:) I'e'gt i n t h e - a i r . She desc r ibed it: a s -being about tlr,'? s i z e . of a ,"1970 C h e v r . ~ l e t S a t e l i t e car t1 i n d iamete r . It was- a l r r g e . s i l - ier d i s c , wi th - a ' b r i g h t ,
b l i n k i n g r e d l i g h t - on5 t h e bottom c e n t e r ,.. w i t h 'a b lue haze. 'surro.und.ing t h e e n t i r e o b j e c t .'. The. wi tness - r a n home, t o . t e i l - - h e r ' b r o t h e r , :who the?: r a n . ou t s ide w i t h a. . p a i r o r . 7x35 power b inocu la r s . . . H,e .observed ; the oh j e c t through %he . o p t i c s - and. s t a t e d - t h a t it looked - l i ke -a. s i l v e r , . ' -
round ob j ec t wi th a l i g h t . b lue haze aroun'd . t h e top.- The o b j e c t con t in - ued t o move s l o w l y -out , o f :s ight and w a s under 0bservatio.n f o r about -
. - - - . - . a . t e n minutes; . . . & . . . . . , ' . . , . . , . . .
-Apri . l 18,-Greensburg--Four wi tnesses . r e r o r t e d ' t h a t about 7 ' : 3 0 F.M.;. t h e y observed a n . gb' ject a s . 1erg.e . a s a C a d i l l a c i n d iameter . .The. ob- ' '
j e c t was . moving . n o r t h .and was- s,een f o r about '15 ' seconds. It .was ' des- c r i b e d , ~ a s . a n oval,-shaped o b j e c t w i t h . a . s i l v e r e x t e r i o r . It had a . t aZ1 , f i n on t h e upper . s i d e and was f l a t 'on the:bottom . w i t h t h r e e r ec t angu- : l a r windows . through t h e . c e n t e r ; e rn i t t ing- a r e d . l i g h t with about . t h e . '
b r i l l i a n c y .of a 200-watt bu lb . The .ob jec t . was completely s i l e n t and ' . . .. - moved s t e a d i l y o u t . of : --sight , . . . . . : ... - , 7 7 . . . : . A p r i l 18-Bovard-Several w i t n e s s e s . r epo r t ed ' observing a r evo lv ing
s i l v e r - b l u e o b j e c t w i t h i r ed f lame a t t h e bo t ton . It w a s . s e e n a t .
7: 59. P.M. moving s lowly - toward heensbu rg . . and jw3t,;suddenljr d i s ~ p y a r e d i n f r c n t o f t h e w i t n e s s e s ' , eyes .. F. ie ld . . inves t5 ,ga t6rs were imme'dia~cly
. . s e n t t o t h e a r e a , b u t not ,hing 15cx vms obsei-?e;l, .
ApriL 19-Crabtres , Greensbu rg .3~ve ra l c a l l e r s r e ~ l ~ r t , e d s e n i ~ g 9 b r i g h t r ed beam ' o f ' l i g h t ' F \ i i k & i a wj-de f l a s h i i g h t bedm appe,ar f o r a
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\ki:pri . l , 2l-Greensburg;At;--3 :dAi N.. .-$ 'fi2fi. ' s,eex:rii-. n o ? . ~ b ~ j eb t , 'in. the: :sky, -but t h e ::tvholej.sky' andLiar'e'a -arbund. h i s ' hcyfe -1iad;lit up f o r . ,' . . . . a minute l i k e :da'yl.ight,- then. petu'$ned:. t , ~ ~ ~ l l ~ d ~ r ~ n , ~ s $ ,,- : ".; ' . . . . . ...
'I A p r i l 21-VJaterf ord.-Sever23 'wiknesses ';Ql'"n'a: t r a i l e r c o u r t Fn . t h i s . 6 . i s o l a t e d a r e a a b b u t 22 m k e s . e e . s t s o f ' G r e e n s b u r g . ~ r e ~ , o r t e @ ohse rvmg-
- a b r i g h t orange : s p h e r i c a l ob'ject:hovering' 10,w over .a:group- o f ' t r t s s . There. appe2red'.to' . h e . . l i g @ t s revo1vin$%robnd t:hed b a s e o f t l i e o,b ject. It: r o s e u p . a l % t t l e , then' lowered. down beh5,nd th.e t'C1ee.s: 'Th- sTght ing l e s t e d 'about a - h a l f ! hourJ betv?een 10. jnd .10:.3O'P.M. ;Dur,ln@ t h e t ime , ' i t was observed a n d later.!;d&ing: t k e n i g h t ' -, dogs were: very.. nervous ,_,
and. were ' S c r a t c h i n g on. dooors, want&ig.! t~ ' b.~: .p&mitted a , n d . , , TV ' * . . , . . . . dis tu rb ,ance w s s a l s o repor ted . . ... du i-:ing t h i s ' tperi*od:. .;. .
. : - ' . . . . Editorrs : , .N6t 'e . : We-now:de$art ' f r .om~'Mr.Gordonls 'zccount . t . o i ' s @ t e ,
we have- omi t ted some,' of ,- t h e :s'@htLigs.. Zi'st'e6' during: ' th js pecriod-' as.. t h e . i n v e s t i g a t o r s es ' tabrlished t 'hey w.ei .aapIhnets , b;all.oons . -.:- o,ri :other.. ; id2ent2f i e d - o b j e c t s .-. We' now - tur;nL- t 0.-'a j're'port, of phys:ical A res ' tdue; 'And-. condense t h e ' r ep .or t - b e c a u s e of'i, spec 'e . l im<t i t i ' ohs : -- o'n, ' ~ p r i l 2 2 ,. Mr:. Gerdon r ece ived a c a l l - from Mr; vlcJonesll ' f r o m ' h i s , f~rrn"i r i r : the Grekns- burg , ' a r e a , . say ink h e ~ h a d ~ ~ d i s c o v ~ r ~ d - t w o s 'eparat,e.:areas.: 2. a :meta l l i c
. . . m a t e r i a l lllIike+-.'shred'ded. t i n *fo. i$-;but . real : fine1!'- on' h i s . .p roper ty , '
. : On- reach ing ' . the ferm, t h e i n v s s t i g a t a r s ' l e r n e d the matdria!: had: .
,been discovere'd - -a week ea . r l ier ; ' " .ll;Jonesll s ta , ted. : ' h i s dogs had.':@een bar.ki& : and:., ~ u s ~ a l . l y ~ * $ e y . ~ v d i ; l s i d 6 r i n g :.th&ii-i&k -..-afid-twhen"..he -'w&nt- 3kt;- . ....,& . t h e 'next; morning, he ' d isc ,overSd: ' the m a t & r & l , :-; gathered- . . a:Sbmple , , '
w i t h a k n i f e arid .pXaced' i t r i n a ( ;covered , but.eer;dLsh.; . . . . I . . .
.The i n v e s t i g a t o r s checked ,it w i t h .a ' ge iger . c o u ~ t e r $ n d f o:h$ ''it'.'. clean':wrth .rio..;pes.idual . ' t racsngs ;'.Mr_.::.and,'JTrs ;. J ! J,onesFT-:tdok -.ttiem t . 6 . i a p o i n t . about . 15 f e e t from the ' ho&i; wh'ere :,:the .%odds 'beg,an. and a l l . :- found, ..mar.@ .;of , t ,he material . . i i i terwqven 'iQ*:t.lle erj'ss i n a n &x ,a . ~ b b u ? ,
6 ' : . f i v e f , e e t i n diameter:.Some . of - '%he "Keavfer.. hate':-i-a,l was l y i n g .on t'op and samples were ga thered , . . ?. ? , , - . , ,., . 't
. . . ' The g roup went from t h e r e ou t l i n t *.aa f i e i d abput 3 0 . f d e t fr'om t@. f i r s t p o i n t . and found- mor'k m a t e r i a l dire'cE1ji':under a; h igh: te-ns io 'n . . . * ' :
. - l i n e tower. P i c t u r e s . were. t a k e n and more %,a-mples. gi thered,: .: ' .'-" : ' , .
Mr. Gorden, wrote : ?The semple wSs, a6a'iyzed l o c a l l y 8nfi-i,was :found ': t o be. almost - 99 pe rcen t ~ aluminum w i t h minimum tracingsr : .of . ,o ther sub-. s t a n c e s which were t o o sma l l t o ,be.; determihed. The lab . had~;no, id,ea .
whgt ' t h e m a t e r i a l could ' . h v e been 'used for.:! One m e t a l l . ~ g i s t , j d i d s a y ' ,
t h a t i t was s i n i l a r t o , ' r ? d a r ch~.%'' but: t h a t . he had. n e v e n s e e n .it s ;o ' . . . ... . . . . ? ? , , -. : j . . . . . - . . . . s h o r t and. narrow. l1 , , ' . . I . :
L l s o :on. X p r i l 22nil. -( 2nd' remember th i - ' above i i c i d e n t 'occu?r.ed 2 'week e a r l i e r j r e s i d e n t s of L l b y d s v i l l e , ad je'b&k;'to Dom,hue. Rdad-. and La-': t r o b e , r epo r t ed s e e i n g .an unusual e i r c r a f h . ~ low' they: ' thought . . . it . ,- would h i t a neclrby h i l l . :.It - was moving ves t - '6nd .describ.k:d: a.s:.being . .
s i m i l a r t o a World Wer .'I1 p lane , a d a r k ; ~ c h ? k , c o a l ~ ~ r a y , and:oblong in- 1 . - .
shape--not "taperedTt l i k e an' e i r c r a f t j . W o c o c k p i t . o r windows c o g l d be seen o r a n markings of .'any t y p e ;- It' emi t ted . ~ a ~ ~ u n n y : . r o a r i n g . ~ ~ o u n d ~ , ~ ~ , , .
~ d y t o r ' s %? te : , We h a t e t o s t o p now! i & - ' w & , h a ~ & . ~ s g e s rnol.c-~bli t w i 1.3 . . . . . . . .
have t o con t inue t h e s e . r e p o r t s nex t mhiLh:' Watch . . . . . . f m . t‘llei;~'.. ' : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - . > . - . . . - _ . ., - - - . , .
I n l.doki&2-pt, t h e v a ~ i o ~ ~ . . ~ ~ ~ ! ~ ~ s i c & l - ~ ce: -repor.ts..jone a l W g s <J%.?e s . .
. . . . : . to.pb,ta ' in- t h e . . - .&ry .. i s t e s t , c s s s . . . .i WE a r e c o n s t ~ h t ~ l y ~ ~ ~ l o o k ~ i ~ n g f o r : a . , ' f r e s h r e p o r t .1n - d r d e r t o o b t a i n t h e n e c e s s a r y da-ta. which may provide .
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t h e missing; pie.ce-, t:o !t-h-e:TUF.O: puiz4e. : -H,owevec., .-we';.must. not- cVerl'cc& i n o t h d r - p idce< , to - ' t he puzzle-the ;fe'?rlier. trace::rep.ortsi. Cas.es ik: t h e t r a c e f i l e ,:..which :newt otc" 1 s - ~ 4 ~ ~ , q e ~ o r t s ,: .&Ve_ ,.fi_.om.: 149Ort 0:- :the- c u r r e n t t i m e .. y The f o'l.&dwini &re b u t - a . f e,w..qf. -th&':.rea 1 b y : q l d ;cases -which. m?.ke,-up':ja..sma-11-.but.-impopt?nt - 'part - o f . ithe: tote$:. p,icture.,--: - . . -
Tyne. B , ~ i r e ' : # . 3 2 6 : E x a c t l dste..-unknown, - . . . . . . 1-49-0,: -&.LM.$;.rA.: s i lynry- : -d i sc . . . . . ' r ?s s e e n ' by: a -:priest-and.-.oth~rs-'~~s~ -i:t :jF;assed. 0 : v ~ r . a i .churc. :~ d u r i n g .p . ' -...... - . morni,ng~'msss . . . .I..-,-.Th&' . . I iob;,i'ect:;passed.: :ovk;r-,, t h e ; area- -s:er~b-ra.~li t i n 3 3 .', k-.bc.31
- was knocked, 'to, t h e ground- and.;cows were s i n g e d .. ' ( a w c e . - ipersonaL-1: .
ous . fermers; , . saw-,,+; globe, sUrrCynded.,. .by gl.ames::. a s : it:. a~prp,nc.hc.d:: t h e - : . . :. ,. . ground -.' 'AL 'whist- l ink s'ourid: wC,s -he$~d: anti p l a n t s were s e t -ef i r .e .a-lorg ' i t s -path.;. '.Th6.- ob: ject: .lzndaed' .qnd,i:remained;,lon,.the..~groun~: , f o r . s e v e r a l hours . . - .It was .'s"een+ b $ vir1,ohs' off i c - i a l s . -.>. s u c h . .as - t h e .;mayor., a:-dacto;: .
and o t h e r c i t i ' z ens . ' Ahiirngn-'like-? i Ure grper.gsd, pguseij., f oq a- bFieL' - , 5 , t i m e , ]and yanawap: i n t o t h e j . w o ~ d s .; , he- , o b j e c t e x p l q d ~ d : , s iZent ly- an3 :
. t h e p i e c e s b~ rned . : t , ' h , p~w$~r . : : . (so%rc&-va.l1,ee . -, +. , A ! l~~ :a sqp r t ' k t . o . - iylag~nia ,'!.. . - - . . .* ,.,.! .,:.,. ..-+ . . -*? ... : . + . , . 1fFly.fng ~ S a u ~ ' e r , R e v i ~ w . ~ . ~ f ) ~ . - -, , ? - . : . , :,; .. ; - I . :. --.: - . . - . , . _ .I . . . - . .
, ' I Tvpe.-D, F i l e l# '311 ; . i .~u iy , l@O,:EgSt - h&t-;': Untaripj-.;Ca,riada. D.evid Mu-ckle a n d W. - .R'. ivi.cKay heard .. ::a , - ,sudden . .,%bud . . r e p o r t . . .- .They. ' turned I , to.. *:.--
s e e a cloud ..:of' s t o n e s , f ly ing up~nlard . .-, rorn*. a- i ~ p . ~ t .'. in...a.jf:ie.:d;:' A h.ey ~ e x - :amined the^.: s po t - ' With-wss. ..! .. . . L c,ircular::ond:,16-fee&; a c r o s s .: .Tl;gre : ws-s :no -
.& s ign . .o f .an ~ e r ~ p C i o n . n,or, qnythio,g , t&<ndicct$;the ::fLsll+.~fi z.!.$t~?vy :bo.c;~- The ground .was' .simply'r , s w e p t . . . . . . :cleari.., . . . . . . :Theyyace. -quite-: (c&t.c?i-n :c33: .5t. .was
. . n o t caused by. 2' me'te6,rit e , sn:erupti.oii. .; - o ~ ~ a / . ~ h ~ ~ l w i n d . -(.$c:rce:r . . . ;:-+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ". ' " ' " S c i e n t i f i c 'I\meric'an,f!:"7-10-~~80)..,i~:, - i ;: - .,.-.:- - .-- . . . . J : . . :.' . . .- . . . _ . .
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But t h i s d i d n o t prove any th ing i n p i r t i c u l a r , one way o r another , , Z i g e l and S t o l j a r o v had a s s e r t e d t h e c o n t r a r y f i n d i n g s . Is it poss i - b l e t h a t t h e s e two e x p e r t s had e r r e d t h a t much, o r a r e t h e y such en- t h u s i a s t s t h a t t h e y f a i l e d t o employ a l l t h e u s u a l s c i e n t i f i c methods of i n v e s t i g a t i o n when examining UFO's acd p re th?y g e t t i n g t h e r e s u l t s which each r e a l l y d e s i r e t o reach? What i s t h r t inuth?
On t h e l a s t day b e f o r e I l e f t Moscow it had become c l e a r t o me t h a t none of t h e au tho r i zed e x p e r t s would eve r answer my q u e s t i o n s , and s o I had s t a r t e d t o c h a t about UFO's a t lunch t ime w i t h Voloda Gubarjob, t h e ch ie f of t h e Sc ience Depertment of 'Komsomolska Pravda. ' J u s t a f t e r lunch I t aperecorded t h e fo l lowing i n t e r v i e w w i t h eng ineer V. Gubarjov, a known - . skep t i c newspaperman, who h2s a number of good c o n t a c t s no t on ly w i th as t ronomers , p h y s i c i s t s , m i s s i l e s p e c i a l i s t s , bu t a l s o w i t h t h e S t a t e S e c u r i t y and t h e Ermy a s wel l .
Q: Can you t e l l - m e , whether you've s een ' any UFO's over s o v i e t t e r r i t o r y ?
A : 1 have been i n t e r e s t e d i n f l y i n g s a u c e r s s i n c e I was e i g h t y e a r s o ld . The' first t ime I heard of a f l y i n g s a u c e r was s e v e ~ , s l y e a r s ago. I n a meteoro log ica l s t z t i o n nea r t h e c i t y of T i k s i one of t h e meteoro log is t s went ou t e a r l y one eveninp t o x h e c k his,ins.t,ru- ments. While do ing s o he a l s o took s e v e r a l photographs. Then, when he processed t h e f i l m he n o t i c e d a n odd shaped o b j e c t which resembled a c y l i n d e r on one of h i s photographs. ,There fore he s e n t t h i s photo . t o Moscow and a l s o a copy t o ou r d z i l y . I n about two weeks we pub- l i s h e d z n a r t i c l e about t h i s unknown o b j e c t , And then w3 r ece ived a f l o o d of such ' f l y i n g s a u c e r 1 p i c t u r e s . F i n a l l y , we s t a r t e d t o pro- duce them o u r s e l v e s , above Kreml, j u s t above t h e hcuse where t h e f o r - mer ch i e f edHtor of I z v e s t i e M r . Adjubej used t o Live, on Przvda s t m e + - Th i s was r e a l l y no th ing more t h a n a t y p i c a l l i g h t r e f r a c t i o n i n t h e camerat s ob j ec t i ve .
Sometime i n t h e y e a r s 1964 o r 1965 t h e r e was a news s t o r y t h a t somewhere i n t h e Ura l Mountains t h e r e wzs a group of some s i x o r seve! t o u r i s t s who d i d n ' t have any wounds and who a p p a r e n t l y h ~ d d i e d be- cause of a h e a r t a t t a c k j u s t hzve exp re s s ions of amazement and sur- p r i s e on t h e i r f a c e s . $here were some rumors t h a t t h c s e people had d i e d a f t e r s e e i n g a UFO. I phoned t h e m i l i t a r y Department of Regis- t r a t i o n of Sudden De?ths, b u t t h e y d i d n ' t know anyth ing of t h 2 t s o r t . I n t h e l a s t twenty y e a r s , t h e y s a i d t h a t no th ing l i k e t h a t had e v e r happened. Neve r the l e s s , I d i d n ' t b e l i e v e them. I i n v e s t i g a t e d a number of o t h e r p l a c e s , bu t everywhere t h e y a s s e r t e d t h e r e p o r t of t h e S e c u r i t y Depgrtment. ,
Q: And what zbout t h e v a r i o u s news about t h e s i g h t i n g of f l y i n g s a u c e r s from p lanes i n f l i , h t ? f A : Two y e c r s ago (1966 , t h e y wrote a s t o r y i n t h e newspapers a b m * a UFO t h a t had been accompanying t h e plzne AN-24 on a f l i g h t from Kiev to-Moscow where a t a c e r t a i n moment a l l t h e eng ines of t h e p l m e f s i l e d , and t h e 2 i r p l a n e had s t z r t e d t o f a l l down and on ly once i -c had rezched a low a l t i t u d e above t h e ground t h e en i n e s had s t a r t e d t o
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work e g a i n , a l l .had elided happf1ji. . ' . w e l l , ' sir said t o m ] r s e l f : 1 : check i n t o it. And a g a i n , - t h e U-kra-inian Aerof lot ' ( s i r p l a n e ? ) d i d n ' t
know anyth ing about such a n . even t . The M i n i s t r y o f - C i v i l Avia t ion of . . , t h e U.S.S.R. -d idn rk know any th ink . about ' it: .itt;.-wss c l e a r . , t h a t " t h e - a r t i c l e Is ' auth'or had- heard .. something--and. no t checkink t h e 'whole,".stbry
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. r o c k e t , t h a t - r e l e a s e d a. ..color'ed c l o u d a t . a -high a l t i t u d e . s o t h a t ,,.. it could be observed' fr,om grbund s t a t i o n s ' where - t h e y iri3icate.d t h e d r r e c - t i o n and- t h e speed ' of t h e a i r ' s t rea rns . ' in" the h igh atmosphere.?' And:. ,it w a s . a t t h i s t ime , wkien l e t t e r s s t z r t e d to' .come int 'o ' our dd' i t .oyia1 of- f i c e w i th r e a d e r ' s comments on what- t h e y had seen h e r e a n d there, ; s:ome-. t h i n g t h s t - resembled , a ' F ly ing Sa.ucer 1.- and. t h a t . .it: shined w i , t i l .wonder-
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Beside t h i s t h e r e a r e s t i l l ' a niimbkr of phenomenon . . . . . t h a - t ':cannot ,.be e x p h i n e d by s c i e n c e ' f o r %he t ime bei-ng. --.-There 1s' a .: ques t ion . f o r i'n- s t a n c e .abo.ut whet;. i s produ.ced a t t h e unhampered r e t u r n o f a n a r t i f i ; c i a 1 spac i -body when it breaks a p a r t snd:.burns up on ' i t s ':f 1 i g h t ; t h r u our dense s t r a t m ~ ' o f t h e u p p e r a t r n o ~ p h < r e . ~ We - h o w tjia't jk$i t h e r e " ' .
a p lasma o f - s.uper ,h igh: ' temperatures 'originates--but -.that '-s a i i . we -know, Q: h a v e n ' t s o v i e t .,astj-onabt$ eve ' f 'obs,er+ed Sny UFO's? I wed pte-.
s e n t a t t h e l a s t ' l i s t , ronau t : i ca l ' C o n g ~ e s s .i'n'. Belgrade, ;when a s t r o n a u t - .
Pave1 Popvichadmi t ted ' t ' h a t h'e had s een a - ' f l y i n g sauc-er ' a boyut. :.a h g l f a ye2r ago. Then i n .Prague where Pave1 B e l j a jev d i d n ' t , deny. t he ' . pos s -
. i b i l l t y -of, t h e ex i ' s t ance o f t h e UFOs, b u t s 'pbke about ' e v e n t u a l con- . t a c t s w i t h r a t i o r i . a l c iv . i l i z a t i o ,n s '.enipha.s'izlng. .th,e' n:ece.s$i-ty ' .to : stu'dy
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hu t p i l o t s have s e e n t h e m . I t :is:appzre.ntly due t o :a r e f l e c t i o n o f ' t h e ' p lane i t s e l f : t h a t .f l i e ' s t h r o u g h t h e clo.uds. . Fnr t h e fa'c:t- ti3a:t- . .
it i sn . ' t ar iything e l s e , , t h e r e e x i s t s : a circ.umstance- . t h a t the ' se .,'-f-lying sauce? ' accompanying - a p lane .,never'-make anyl o f , t h e i r : . . own %an&vers-'.
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Q: Alr igh t ; and what: d d t h e m i l i t a r y o f f i c i a l s . ahd- '$h$ :sc ieh t i s t3 ' ; . - - , . . - r , .; . . -' have t o ' s a y ?bout- t h i s ? . . - .. - . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A : Nothing.. .,hone o f : t h e s o v i e t rTdar:$tet idn& h g ~ e e v e r reg5st.e-r- ed a UFO. Also our a-stronomers. hpven t s&n them.. -...For. .su&: i'f::.such:' an o b j e c t would have- ,ever a p p e ~ r e d - on o u r r a d a r s c r e e n s , th,e .m i - l i t a ry
. . would immediately pursue .:it. But', 1' d o n&i e v e r reme'mber hedri iy: . ' . . -
Q: , Which means, t h a t , t .he a s s k r t i o n ;f 'D$. ~ e l i i c ~ i g G i . . . . . . published.*.',ba . - _ . I . . - , ; . . . . you;has no t been ba:sed.,on t h e f a c t s ? ' . ' . . . . - ..-.
A: I=; afi s k e p t i c n l . i n r . g e k d . t o h i s views. A S , f i r . I k&w, i thc : - ;"."' : '
comrni,ssion of k h i c h ' h e . , has;: beeh e l e c t e d , z s s e c r e t a r y . . . , has not . . . . r e a i l y _: %,. . ~ begun t-o f u n c t i + - a t a l l ' . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . I . t . .
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come . i n - . t o -your e d i t o r i a l ' o f f i ce .? ' ' ' . . . .
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used a '$re!at dea l ; a n d those . a r e g a s e s f r o m , operntir ig engine-<. They ; . . . a l s o s e e o t h e r t h i n g s t h g t .can always b e ' explgined. i n some'viay;by t h e . . 1 . . . . . . - ' . . . . . as:ronomers, . . . d . . : : t
Thank :you, -Vlad imir , ( f o r t h i s j n t e r $ i $ ~ . l , , I t !A. a ~ i i ~ ' t . ha t , ' , k f i the r4 . t h e adherentis of UFOrs nqr t h e ' ~ f f i c i a l ~ s k e p t i c s do hot' d i s c u s s t h i s . : ... , . . . . . - . - s u b j e c t ' w i t h t h e s-~me",f rankness;, '( End, .of , in te rv iew-) -' , . ' . . . -.
T r u t h - - o r a t l ' e a s t a' t r a c e <of t r u t h , ; I am a f r a i d I haven'l 't beeri 'Gble ' ( Cont-inxed on- ~ e x t - Page-).
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t o - uncover.. -A -'we.l,l ':known- Ameri..c,an:. 'astronomer D r . Donald Menzel s.tst,:-, ed i n his-book on:UFO.'-s t h ~ t the; m a j o r i t y o f ' UFO's- c2n 'be e x y h i K & < by >a ~ e r y ~ n a t u r a l method:, a s . ref-le.ctions; o f t h e moon;:. of. . p l ane t s , a s v a r i o u s appearances i n . E a r t h ' s ,atmosphere., a s - o p t i c a l , : . i ~ l ~ u s i o n s .and.. :
. r e c e n t l y t h e y were mentioned a s d i s c h e r g e s . of overhead power licss.:,.. . t h e -same,. t y p e - o f examples-. dis 'cussed -;by' Gubar jov. . However; .very ' f &w -
obse rva t ions ,;: P . f r a c t i o n of one. per cen t ,. t e n n o t b.e expl?$ned by co~.- . . . , temporzry..me,thods . . Unfor.tunate-ly , . none. of: t h e s o v i e t . s.c'ient-i.sts. t o'ck a s e r i o u s s t and j u s t t o t h e s e inforrnet ions . I r a t h e r had; t h e irnlx-es-
i s i o n lof. . f e e l i n g that:..bot.h-, sides', , the'~UFO..:adherents a s . we' l l a s t h e i r skepts-cs,.,;conceive..the :i;dea,-almost a s t h e sub je .c t of r e l i g i o n . -They ~
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- ' e i t h e r have a b e l i e f i n - l t f l y i n g s ~ u c e r s v o r t h e y . d o n o t have a b e l i e f .a . i n .,thein.- The problem.-.of. the . -ex i s , t ance : of t h e s e . ob~ jec t s ; however; f o r
. - t h e t ime. b.eing-- ha,s no t been-,,solved .> -I The. -Americ,an Air ,Force, ; a s .it is .
we'll known, s p e n t a great . . amount ; of::.money. f o r . r e s e 3 r c h .of ; t h e ~ e , ~ . o b - i - j e c t s i n . t he : . pa s t ::years. . . . ..It. a l s o -4s . -$n te res t ing t h a t t h e - well-known:, American- of Czech. de scen t D r , ; J,. - 4 l l e n Hynek, w h o has-.been i n . charge
: - of t h i s resear.ch,~~nd~during.,~h~s,-lastLvisit t o Czechos1.ovakia announc- -ed h i s wish t o . e s t a b l i s h r e l a t i , o n s w i t h s o v i e t col l ,eagues , by means. -
of. our e x p e r t s t a s s i s t a n c e ,and - t o ,excha.nge v i e w ~ . ~ w i t h .them on t h e s e - . .
unknown o b j e c t s . l t i s of course pos s ib l e . t h a t t h e Americans w i l l issue . .
a r e p o r t t h a t . s t a t e s , . t h e non- exis tance. : of.'. UFO's. .But: l i k e w i s e 'we mksL suspec t - them,.,:.that "t:hose . ~ f a c t , s ' ~ , f o u n d ~ ~ . o u t . 'a t - thes 'e -eesearches: which . .
could have .mi l i t a ry . .& sc ient i -Eic- , s t ra tegica l . , .. -meaning w i l l b e con- ;.:
cealed. . I n o thek -.words. , t hey . ~ 4 . 1 1 proceed -on.;a$ !q.ll m i l i t a r y ilz-,the 1
world, i nc lud ing ' - t he s o v i e t - genera&. ' . s taf f . w i ; l l . proceed. And t h e r e - f o r e , 1 f e a r . t h a t t h e 'S'ovie-t Academy of ~ c i e n c . e s ' ~ s . t a n d !on t h e nori- . e ~ i s t a n c e : ,of- .,m.O.!;s-. . . .ha-s - been :imp~.o.vi.d-ent -.,: if---.-not-~~equa~lly~-cfogma tic-.'; .~ - .
- l i k e years^' ago, when it '(Academy o f Sc i ences ) o f f ic ia1Ip. - -c~ndenined .. c y b e r n e t i c s and gene t ics . , :: O f course ,,, t h e ;purpose:;of ' acader?-C leader: r. a r t i c l e s could b e , - , r a t h e r - - t o :drop- a ,curtain-:-o,f .:.top :,sekre,cy. over . t h e -. . r e seq rch of UFO's i n t h e S o v i e t Union, and . ' thus t o dece ive t h e r e s t -
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. . . . . - - , - . . . . . B a s e b a l l - P l a y e r I n t e r e s t e d i n UFOs , . . . :. ,. ... d .
S t e v e . Kea'ley,.: - p i t che r . fo r : : the Chi.cigo -Whitet Sox', ..hSs n e v e r - s e e n -a . - ' -UFO, - b u t he s a y s : "Someday, though, everybody w i l l HA.VE t o be l ieve" . . . i n .UFOs. .:' i n : - l i f e . in- outer3:space : . some- '.day. when- They- f i n a l l y de-
. . . . . , - 1 .,_ ' . . - . c i d e t o ' make , themselves known- eo us." ,> - .. . . -. -
- He doesn.~t . :approve of t h e ~ i r F o i - c e : s e n d i n g j e t s ' up t o scare : UFOs away. "Obviously, They a r e j u s t cu r ious about our c i v i l i z a t i o n . -,If .. They.: had . wanted : t o . d e s t r o y us., ,.'They could b ve - don'i: 'it- years ego-.+- , - "You know, t h a t s t h e ' thilng. t h a t -. r e a l l y . s c a r e s --me .--.One"-of,< these. ; . .
days , our count ry w i l l deve lop s o p h i s t i c a t e d .enough - a i r c r q f t , t o keep ... up 'wi.th .a UFO. And: when t h e t 'happens ,' our p l anes proSably % w i l l : .s.tari;
.shooting a ' t .-them; i n s t ead* : of jus t . . - sca r ing ; them away.?: . . . .
;,8nd~Steve.~cont~inuesL, ?And-.whenl;ive . s t a r t . s h o o t i n g ' a ' t Theinj . w h a t ' s , . '
going;. to . happen t o us? .:If .THEY:start' shoo t ing back, .we ' re . h i s t ' o ryen . .
:- . - 2 Now there. ' s somqthing ; t o .contemplate . w h i l e f a c i n $ . Harmon:;Killebrew . . . . . . . , . w i t h t h e b a s e s loaded.- : . -. . . .
Source: ;Dave :Nigh t inga le ' s - . c o l u n p i n the,.:?Chic>go Da i ly News , " May 3; - - . . - . . . . . . . . . .
' Cr,edi t : Thomas M i l l e r . : . . . . . , :I . . . . . . . . :-: . .-
E d i t o r s! Note : And,., that , t :S . . . no ,wild p i t c h , SteirB.:::: . . . . . . . . . . - . . : . . : . Y .
GLOSE TROTTING J{:,rsteqr- C i r c , ? . e ( ~ j ; - 1 J . w Zecal.ar.r' P J* zrn . . Whi:; e war;r?v- - ---*.---.,-->.------ ... --- -.--,-
iig - t i > - ~ u g h . h i s f i e l d s S e t u r d s y ,, ,fvlarch..li, 1 9 7 , about . 9 :30 a.m, Len- Baldwin, a h i l t s d o w n 'farmer,
saw f r o m a d i s t a n c e . what he t h o u g h t was' c s t t l e he rded . t o g e t h e r , On c l o s e r i n s p e c t i o r 1 he found it t c be a n a lmos t c o m p l e t e l y . c k r c u l a r
. . . * p a t c h of b a r e e a r t h . .. . . . A
f i l l . . t h e su r fac ' e g r e d s had * i sappeared ,: ,and .so he looked. t o ' s e e if i t was g r a s s grub'. But it' w a s n ' t , bet-ause t h e b a r e p a ~ c h . was. t o p ' l a r g f ( 15-17. paces a c r o s s ) and it w a s . t o o symet r i . ca I , ' f o r m i n g a lmos t a per-- . . . . - . . f e c t c . i rc le . . . , . .. . . .
. . . The n e x t door ne ighbor ,,.Dave- Hamond, looked a t t h e c i r c l e s a n d - ;
s a i d , -it . w a s . e x a c t l y t h e ' same 2s t h e one he- had s e e n a t Rotorua' 1a:zt . y e a r . . .
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"It w ~ s ' n o hoax-,11 h e . s z i d . " I T m n o t sueFesth-g i t was a; f l y i n g 5 s e u c e r ,- but . I j u s t . d o n ' t . know wh2t . to m2ke' of it.. The p t c h is' .pet-' '
u l . i s r , t h e edges. a r e n o t . b u r n t , , b u t t h e y a r e s ' o r t 'of f r i z z l e t i Every- . . t h i n g i s dead on t h e t o p , b u t t h e : g r a s s r o o t s r e a l i v e . ' ' - . - . . ,
I t was n o t g r a s s g r u b t h a t -had ceused t h e ' p a t c h and 'it was : n o t . . . '
e a u s e d b y s t o c k . I n . , f a c t , s~vs~.Harnrnond, . s h e e p d i d n o t walk on t h e t . . . ' . I . . c i r c l e f o r some t i m e , .. . , . -
Source : P u t a r u r u P r e s s , Futaruru . , N. Z . , Msrch 17 , 1972; . . . , , . . . ' r . - . UFO In ter rupts . -Romance i n B r a z i l . Young Lino Osq i ldo ~ a u l and h i s ; '. g i r l were making l o v e on t h e b G c h d e A ~ s u n c a o w h e n he saw s n o b j e c t . r i s e f r o m t h e w a t e r s and move ' i n ' h i s : d - i r e c t i ~ r i . '"Then I '-grabbed mv
, . g i r l and ran , " he said. : B u t d e s p i t e h i s f k e r h e s t i l l saw t h a t it . . was g a i n i n g , a l t i t u d e wi thou t e m i t t i n g : a n y . sound., . .
R e s i d e n t s o f Sao [eopoldo, Viernao, :iCarazinho and pe-f:soiis who' were:. 1 ? - - -on-the Guaibe . beaches d e s c r i b e d t h e ' 6 b je.c't ' 3 - s8 .0 range-co lo red , p a s s i n g
, . , . . - - , i .-. .- . . . . - by ~ ! t Pow a l t i t u d e , . . . . . . . . . ,- .. _ . . . . -
C r e d i t : "0 Globo, l l .-Rio d e J a n e i r o , -Brazi l ' , C& : 2.1 - . ' 1971. :. . ..
I Source: Rod Dyke s C l i p p 5 n g Servi.c,e, 3521 S .: W . l C l + t h , . ' S e a t t l e , Wash.
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C . Dark Cloud With s l a c k C i r c l e O v e r Denmark --blrs, . K i r s t i n e ~ u i s t and 1 , h e r ne-ighbor, Mrs. Helga Ronde, of G 2 e s i n g , '--- DenmAFk saw. a n ~ m u s u a l f l y i n g o b j e c t - a t l.:3O FiWd~lne 2 3 , . 197%, and 'watched it' for. ' f i v e - min- u t e s . a s it moved o u t cxrer t h e s e a . Mrs. Q u i s t s a y s i t .was- n o t ' a con- v e n t i o n a l a i r c r a f t . . , "It looked l i k e .a .dar -k cloud- w i t h a b l a c k . r i n g
. . , . , . . . " ins ' ide ;" - . she . s a i d . . '- . . . .
A t a b o u t t h e same t ime p r e s s ' Kur t L e t h : Ja 'kobsen, bf Grenaa wi thou t - n e b i c i n g it ,. phof ot;?aphed: a ,mysterii.ous and . so : f a r * .
unexp la ined 3 c e l e - s t i a l phenomenon o v e r t h e ,se.a -imrnedie t e l y , e 2 s t o f . . Grenaa ha rbor . . . -
C r e d i t : llD-jursland Grenaa, Denrnerk, : ~ u l . y : 7 , 1971. ~ ~ o m . ' i . ' t r a n s l a t i o n by Douplas-.\Vilson., i n Rod Dyke ' s c l i p p i n g S e r v i c e . ' . . -
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UFO Buzzes --- Car i n ~ u s t r a i i a M. Boyce , a . o f ~ s d i n a was d r i v i n g :home- from Wal laroo Sunday n i g h t s h o r t l y a f t e r 6:30 when. l i g h t . coming f rom behind lit t h e road . in f r o n t . and .on. . b o t h s ides: . . Rciyce t h o u g h t . it 'w3.s. a n o t h e r
. c a r w i t h powerful l i p h t s , b u t saw n o t h i n g . in ' h i s ' r e a . r view wind.owi A t ., . . . t h e . same i n s t a n t h i s ' , c a t engine. c u t dead , z n d - - t h e l i g h t s went o u t . .'Boyce Bot . -ou t bf. . h i s . c a r 2nd looked up t o s e e a round . ob. ject ' ' l i k e a . b i g ,
. d i s h T 1 a b o u t - 150 . f e e t ab0v.e hi.mj- c e s t i n g dn.. or2nge ' g low.o%er p2ddocks on one s i d e of t h e road end: t h e r a c e c o u r s e on t h e . o t h e r . - . T h e r e w e r e two r e d l i g h t s and a y e l l o w l i g h t .on.;- t h e o b j e c t . The.-- l % u z z i n g ~ l l : c o n t i n u e d ; t h e n t h e o b j e c t s h o t awey a t h i g h speed , C r e d i t : ' "Austral- izn UFO ,
R e p o ~ t , P. 0. Box 51 , G l e n s i d e , S'quth A u s t r z l i a . ( S i g h t i n g Oc t , 1, 1971:)
Astronomy Notes J u l y Sky Venus w i l l now be seen a s , a b , r i l l i a n % - morning ' o b j e c t , r i s i n g a t 3 : 3 0 A.M. CST, JCLy 1 and a t 2:00 /\:.Me August 1. Mars is now q u i t e ,
. . . near t h e p o s i t i o n - of t h e .sun. . J u p i t e r , second on ly - t o Venus i n b r i g h t n e s s may be s een du r ing - most .of t h e evening hours , ' s e t t i n g e t 4::15 L.M.. J u l y 1. and a t , 2 : O O l \ . . M . August . l . ; -Look fo:: it i n the' h igh 's .outh&n sky: .Sa turn i s 'now an e ,a r ly morning ob j e ~ t , v i s i b l e a s it r i s e s a t 3:00 A.N. J u l y 1 and 1:20 A.M., August 1. . (By . Ted . . P h i l l i p s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The C o n s t e l l a t i o n s . No. 20. Draco --- (The ~ r a ~ o n ) .Dreco seems. t o - have been i d e n t i f i e d wi th some form oY ser-nent o r dragon i n most c i v i l i - z a t i o n s . About 3000 B.C. t h e s t a r ~h ;brn was t h g n e a r e s t b r i p h t s t a r t o t h e n o r t h C e l e s t i ~ l Fole. The Greeks dep i c t ed t h i s c o n s t e l l a t i o n a s t h e d r ~ g o n t h a t guarded t h e G ~ r d e n s of t h e Hesper ides where, golden app le s p e w . .
D r ~ c o cu lmina tes z t 9 F.M. on J u l y 8 2nd i s a n o r t h c i rcumpol?r c o n s t e l l a t i o n l ocz t ed between Ursa Major end Ursa Minor. D r ~ c o con- t a i n s o n l y , 8 s t z r s b r i p h t e r t h a n 4 f . o u r t h magni tude. , . The b r i ~ h t e s t s t a r i n Draco is.Garnma Drocor is ( ~ l t a n i n ) . k s tudv of t h i s s t e r l e d Frzd- l e y t o t h e -disc&.ery of t h e aberre t ion- . .of . l i g h t . E l , t an in- i s .magnitude 2.22 and is 110. l i g h t yea r s d i s t k n t ~ . -The n o r t h po l e of t h e E c l i p t i c . l i e s w i t h i n t h e . c o n f i n e s of ,Drzco, The -planetc?ry .neb,ula , NGC-6543 i n ..
Dreco wzs t h e f irst o b j e c t of . i t s : ' k i n d - t o be , analyzed w,ith - t h e , s p e c t - roscope by Hupgins o n August 29,1864. T h i s o b s e r v r t i o n solved t h e r i d d l e of the. nebulae , s i n c e huggins recognized it e s a tenuous lum- i nous g a s , r a t h e r t h z n a..,mass of unresolved stzrs 2 s ,some obse rve r s , .
had thought-. (By M ~ r k .He rbs t r i t t ; ) ' . i - . . . - . . I . . ( . I . . .. J . . . , . . - . . . .
1 . ................................................................. ..................................................................... D e t a i l e d ~ e ~ 6 r - t of llCrossed Line1? A l e r t i n J u l y i s s u s . o f SAC./; .'' ---
Lou F'arish i s oh : two weeks N a t i o n a l ~ u a r d d u t y at , ~ t , . ~ h z f f e e , -.
A ' . end s e n t , h i s copy i n e e r i y . A s he ' d i d no t h a v e t h e oppoYcun i tv~ :~ t o : ~ e v i e w " t h e Ju ly SAGA in'hi3,-IN OTHERSV 'WCWVS,,. . yro ?re .c?lling, : :- an*-g&ie le t'o y . o e at;ten';ion ' . s o you. will,-knci:r .a bo$; & ~ d e n . .C . Hewer: !
l eng thy . r e p o r t : on "The UFO 'Raid That Sparked a Wh-ite Hos..e A l e r t ? whi le t h e magazine. i s still o n t h e news s t s n d s . . . . .- . . . . . . i -F
SKYLOOK publ ished a two-page r e p o r t on t h i s i n t h e l?ebruary -1972' . .. i s s u e ' ( llCrossed Lines 'Reveal ' Red 'Aler t rv) ; and sonie o t h e r , u foz ines . ' a l s . . - c a r r i e d - t h e r e p o r t , : but. Hewes'. ac.cou.r,t. h a s .a weal.th of d e t a i l ' t h a t - . .
has- no t appeared elsewhere ( t o ou-r knowledge) and we e e r t a i n . 1 ~ f e e l .. he has done - an e x c e l l e n t job . in -d igg ing -out and - . r epo r t i ng - . every S i t of a v a i l a b l e - in format ion on t h i s i n t e r e s t i n g , case , ;- - , . .
. Our r e a d & s . ~ i l l 'emember it d e a l s w i t h z q Oklahoma C i t y t&lephpne conversa t ion i n t e r r u p t e d by what appeared . t o .be a . h igh - l eve l cornmun-: i c a t i o n ' i nvo lv ing ' s e v e r a l Defense Commands and .even a top-se.cret.:con- v e r s a t i o n w i t h , . t h e - P r e s i d e n t . of . the .United'. S t ~ t e s . . Thik was ..on Janu- 'a ry 12 , :1972, .and t h e next, dsy t h e .Oklahoma'.pr.ess c a r r i e d , a ccoun t s . o f , t h e ' " snar l . UD" and t h e n d e n i e l s . f r o m t h e . Defense . D e ~ e r t m e n t and t h e
. White House.'There was never any, 'quest ion of t h e i n t e g r i t y of tAhe Oklahoma C i t y r e s i d e n t s r e p o r t i n g t h e overheard conversat ions--and t h e r e w s s never a s a t i s f a c t o r y exn lznz t ion f o r t he . , conve r sa t i ons - - a hoax o r a government t o p s e c r e t ?
We read Hewes' r e p o r t w i t h g r e a t i n t e r e s t and , be l i eve you w i l l t oo . We'd be i n t e r e s t e d - i n knowing your r e a c t i o n . Drop us a few l i n e s , and w e ' l l p r i n t your comments.
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. - . . UFOs. a r e discuss~ed-hy:~~oy:-~ort&;:i'n connec t ion w i t h h i s ' s p i c u l a -
t i o n s on. t h e ' Egyptian:' pyramids, , i n .they June i s s u e . .o f SAGA. . .Th? UFQ' .ins-
t e r i a l i s . large ' l .9 c u l l e u Xrom. t h e w r i t i n g s o f . t h e l a t e M.: K. .Jessurr,,, - 3 who f i r s t - d i s Cussed the '~@oss . ib le .connecti.oni .betwe.en~.~.cryptoandhe~~Lo~~~~
and . a n c i e n t - spa-ce :v i ' s i t a t ions . , : :' . , . . . . L
The June 4 i s s u e of t h e NP.TIOXliL NEWS EXPLOITER, one: of' t h e k e k l ? t ab lo id s . ; f e a t u r e s an a r t i c l e d e a l i n g w i th an a l l e g e d -UFO -reEjorY .,froin 'Talihim' , ' : Okla-horn'a-. .rs-n-cher reyjortedly , saw a UF.9 hover ing! . n e e r t h e . ground. ' L a t e r , ":a b~nch:~ 'o f c a t t l e ( n o t e : how . t h e s e . t ab lo id s . . a ik j~ . j -S . '
. . - ' . d e a l i n s p e c i f ics4:)were . 'said : t o . . have been f ound.--dead:, w i t h - f1esn. . . s t r i p . . ped from them. The -au tho r of t h i s :p iece , "rt T~reflbolj:an (thought.; t o
; , be' a .pseudonym- f ~r ?a-. well-knosn UFO res ,ea rcher ) ,. a t . t e3p t s t o . l i n k t h i s r e p o r t t o a n A r k a n s a s s i g h t i n g , b u t t h e d i t e s must be- j c ~ g l e d . . - #
( as' t h e y . have been.),' t o .make'. them- f i t . If you missed t ;he ;a r t ip le ,- d?ii ' 5 , . - .. -
About I - dozeii ycars-'zgb; p ro j0~c+,:O~m5 w p s e s t a b l i s h e d a s - : r l i s t e n - .
ing-post f o r - 's-ign$ls ' f ro rn- o t h e r wci l ldS. ' ' Two s t a r s - - E p s i l o n - E r i d a n i '.
and Tau Ceti--were' chos'en' a s . t e r g e t s . . for- surve 'Tllance. : I n t h e case o f . - Tau C e t i , t h e 'e'f'foi-t *was. s ' e v e r a l .t.hous2iTid y e z r s too.: la*e. So s ays? . Alber t 'Coe i n h'is. book, THE SHOCKIhGZaTRUTH. Coe 'c:l-aims. to . have. met -.a .vspa,cemanlt- descended' frdm.:a r e c e which:'once.: . . l i v e d on Norza.', oile of .. -': seven, plc?nets':.which c i r ' c l e t h e s t a r - T e u ' c e t i . :.N'orca was . a dying. world , s o its ' i nhab - i t an t s - journeyed . t o "our s o l a r sys tem ' t o - se .ek~. [email protected]~rnes!l; - ' ' A ~ i s c a l . c u l a t ~ ~ o n of the . s u n ' s magnet. pu1l:docmgd. i ~ n y of theiP:.si-Cips, w i t h t . he . only- s u r v i v o r s ! be ing ' t h o s e who':crash-landed on':Mars.; .
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M a r s (and . l a t e r on venus ) , , t h e y obberved a & i n f l u e n c e d o u r j e a r l y :. - . - .
ances't;ors;;and' con t inue . t o 'observe' . . us- -today,.. - J . u s t a,riothzr"c?n.ta ,.- _ . , c t e k :.
s t o r y , you ,-may ' .well say. 'Well', pe rnaps ' s o , b u t it I s ;a ' v e r y 'C;~mp€l>--:. ing- . one. . If you. rekd t h e .book, over look t h e p r i n t i n g e r r c r - s :,an<. t h e
. - p l a c e s where e d i t i n g might have --smoothed - t h e . f l ow of. 'words .;. CoeTs . s i n c e r i t y -'is obvi'ous and he t e l l s h i s s t o r y convincingly . '-His,., coiitacts. , begun i'n 39205 ',have. : con t inued on - a. . r e g u l a r b a s i s . . t o* . t h e p r e s e n t - t i n ? , kL he says . 'Only by - i r ives t i g a t i n g - a31 . aspGc,ts o f . 0v.r s-ob-ject , .i,r~cl~ld'i:l,;
- t h e c o n t a d t e e s t o r i e s , can.we eve r hope t o . a r r i v e m y t h i n g ; reaernbi- i n g ' ~ " w s o l u $ i o n l r t o t h e UFO mystery, llHE:~SH~CKID;~ .TRUTHl. may be. o r d e r e d
f r o m I n t e r L n a t i o n a l T r e a s u r e s - ,I.'. 0: ~Box.413, ,I'hi-l,c?delphi? ,.-'P.a ; 1910FL The p r i c e , i n c l u d i n g s h i p p i n g a n d 'handl ing c h e r g e s , i s $6.70 ; ( Fa. . . ,:.
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'. A book d e a I i n E w i t h America I s ' p s y c h i c / m y ~ t i c . i roups . . end . ind ivXt iakz might s,eem an r u n l i k e l y p l ace - t o , f i nd : a :d isc 'uss ion ::of UF9s .: .However, such i s . t;o.?:be . f burid: f n ' zdiin ''Godw~n 7 s ' (ICCULTi 'IiMERICA-,.'( Doubleday & .:
. . Co. , , I n c . , 277 Pe rk . ave;. , N . Y. , 3 . Y .: 10017- - $7.95 ) . . The UFO meCer-
- ia .1 1s contc?i'ried i n . two ' c h a p t e r s - and - i s - , l a rge ly corif ined :to' d iscussioiir;.. of ' c 'ontacte'e s t o r i e s .' Ho;aever ; : . in commenting on' l langel : hs ; i r r l r epor t s - , Go'dwinlr t l isplayk ' hi's , i-gnorailc&, ' of, t h e .sub,ject by a s " c r i b i n ~ . a l l . s ~ ? c h :I.
happenings ,-to.-Y.ails '.'of :'s:pj_'de%-s l webs ; The -view -:is 1zrge- ly ' of " saucer - .. . . ians.., l1 r a t h e r : , th-an 'lUf o l o e i s t s ,I!: i,f, one .may, ms ke such: a .d ist i n c t i on , '
' I - . Godwin woul-d ' p r o f i t ' f.rom' a ' s t u d y of he ..:more s e r i o u s lJF2 l i t e r a t u r e . , ' .
. The r e m i n d e r of '1the.b-ook . d e a l s wl th , .Sc . ientology, Sp i r i . t ua l i sm , S E ~ - - -
anism 2nd o t h e r a s s o r t e d c u l t s 2nd groups. Ari i n t e r ' e s ' t i n g s u r v e y - . . . - : .
of .modern :! loccult ism, jr i n t h e . b roades t sense- of t h P word; . . . . . . .
'If t h e r e , i s a red X by your name . . on t h e Pddress : l a b e l , p u r :scb- -: s c r i p t i 0 2 t o SXXJ,OC'K expt r ' e s . wi'th t h i s i s s u e . Why n o t renew t 33:3$?
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Organiza t ion Notes ; O f course , t h e b i g news is t h e MiJF'ON Con- From Around t h e Network . fer?~-c.2, b u t t h a t i s covered el?S%KeTF-T'
, Ted i-'fiif&ipa, of our s t a f f . , addressed t h e i 4 ~ Kiwanizns . May 25th 2nd r e c e i v -
ed f i n e p r e s s n o t i c e s ; His work .oA t h e Delphos, ~ s n s a s c a s e . h a s been . . r epo r t ed i n s e v e r a l . f o r e i g n ufoz'ines a s w e l l 2s i n S t a t e s p u b l i c a t i o n s
and we 're 'happy i's re ' ce iv ing ' w e l l d,eserved r ecogn i t i on . . %.XL kW- don, MUFON Sta t e -Sec t ion D i r e c t o r ; appeared on Channel 5 TV, Greens- - burg, Pa. , June 5 t h , r e p o r t i n g on UFO i n v e s t i g a t i o n by t h e Westmore- l and County UFO Study Group ( s e e i r t i c l e about M r . o or don e l s awhere .
' i n t h i s i s s u e ) . . . 'Jef-.f G a l y e ~ , a 'MUFON. member and t h e e d i t o r of t h e q u a r t e r l y "Midwest U3O Reportrr has moved-from Ckl.anoma to . 23310 Vic tory Blvd. , woodland H i l l s , , .Calif. , 91364, and 8 sirs U S , t o t e l l our
'i 2 +. + 1 r e a d e r s . t h e nex t i s s u e of ' h i s public.-.?ion may b,e a , . - ~ . , - e l a t e . . .. t h e UFO Studv; G r o u ~ of Grea ' ter S t ;.. L,;& met June 4th i n a ~qork ing s e s s i o n i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e MUFON Conference i n Quinay , ~ u n e ' 17 th . Larrv Hahna was comnlimented f o r h i s work o n . i l l u s t r a t i o n s f o r t h e 1972- conference ~ r o k e e d i n ~ s and a r t work f o r t h e Conference. The J u l y meeting of t h e Group w i l l be he ld t h e day of t h e C a r l y l e F i c n i c a t t h e Boulder Access Area a t C a r l y l e Lake. J u l v 23rd. There w i l l be no 'meeting i n August, and , t h e ' ~ e ~ t e m b e r , mee t ing -wi l l be he ld a t the ' regular: t,ime and place--2 pm a t the ' Lemay .Bank 152 Lemay F e r r y Rozd . . . John F . . ;Schuess le r , O i r e c t o r o f t h e S t . Louis Group, was i n v i t e d t o be .a , g u e s t . on ommu mu nit^ Yrof i le l ' , on r a d i o s t a ' t i o n KCLC-FM ( S t . Louis area)Lindenwood Col lege :it 7 pm .June 14. H i s t o p i c was UFOs " i n general11 grid t h e MUFON Conference . " i n part icu!.arW. . . John Schroeder , of , t h e S t .. Louis Group, appeared on "The. Hour" hosted by Jim Cox on USIL TV, Harrisburg:, I ? J u n e 13, --and h i s t a l k o n . UT'ps aroused s o . much. i n t g r e s t ! , r e p e a t + d . ~ l t a t i o n s a r e s u r e t o . fo l lbw. .. -.--- ~ o s e t t a ~ o l & s ; ' o u r ~ u b l l c R e l a t i o n s g a l , is d o i n g a greaf, job--not o n l y , f o r SKYLO(')K, b u t f o r t h e S t . L.ouis and C a r l y l e g r cups 2nd MiTF"3N a s a whole a s s h e con t inues t b s p r e a d t h e word by a i l . i l A w i;l.ed:ia, spe.aking engagements and persori-to-person. i n t e r v i e w ? , :!nd we Ai;L a p p r e c i a t e it.' . . . John Schues s l e r .found ' t ime t o add re s s t h e . 6 t h -grade
. c l a s s :of t h e F o r e s t Perk Elementa ry School : i n O ' F a l l o n ; Mo. : May 26, and. h i s add re s s and t h e l q u e s t i o n . . and.answer s e s s i o n was 'a d e l i g h t f u l
' two hours. ,Mr. Schuessl-er was s u r p r i s e d 2.5 . . t h e amount of knowledge r e UFOs t h e . k l e s ' - i n t e l L i g e n t qu,est-ions. d i sp l ayed . and it a l l t'1.u-ned o u t t o be a mutual, ' admira t ion s 0 c i e . t ~ . Th i s . was a - ' d a - ~ . t h a t . w i l l :be ,
-remembered. . .. Walt.er- H. Andruc, D i r e c ~ o r of MUFON, 'had t h e suppor t o f ' a l l the ; news m d l a i n promoting Conference p u b l i c i t y . ' s i n e a r t i c l e s anpeared i n t h e I L l i n o i s . p r e s s a ~ i d e lsewhere , and .Nr. Andrus appemed TI TV a n d r a d i o ~ l m o s t , l laround. ' t l ie klocklf on' t h e - days end n i g h t s immediately preceding 'he . C o n f ~ r $ ~ r e . When you . cons ide r -:-?I? growth of MUFON from a few i n ~ c - e s t e d p a r t i c i p a n t s on May 31, l3s.9 t o t h e members i n 22 s t a t i s , today: ( 2 1 s t ~ t e s a s we w r i t e this--may be more., . . by t h e nex t . 'mai l ) t h e fac,t'that'.MUFON is a 1iv.e and growing orgai2i- ,
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z a t i o n . is s e l f , e v i d e n t .., Also . s e l f . , ev lden t i s t h e f a b t . ' t h a t i n t e r e s t i n UFOs i s NOT a - t h i n g o f t h e 'pas t ! To . . the con t ra ry . . . ~ o n ~ r a t u b - t i o n s t o Wal ter H. Andrus, Joseph'Gurney, Lawrence -Hanna , D ~ n n i s Hanm and Sharon Ferk , f o r , p u t t i n g a l l t h e m a t e r i a l t .0getht.r i n "PIUTON ' 72 - Conference Froceedingsv---a book e v e r y ' r e a d e r should own,
'Lhanks t o our s t a f f members and o t h e r s who supp l i ed t h e informat:ion . f o r t h i s s e c t i o n of 'SKYLOOK--'and we. t h a n k - 2 1 1 the . -above who wo;nk i n a p lug f o r SKYLOOK--and we know t h e y ' d 0 .from t h e s u b s c r i p t i o n s coming in .
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