. MUFON UFO JOURNAL

NUMER 181 MARCH 1983

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1983 Los Angeles MUFON UFO Symposium planners. Left to right: Joe Thomas, Speakers; Bill Hassel, General Chairman; Dennis Regan, Assistant Chairman. MUFON UFO JOURNAL , (USPS 002-970) FROM THE EDITOR 103 Oldtowne Rd. Seguin, Texas 78155 Oh, wad some Pow'r the giftie gi'e us To see oursels as ithers see us! (Robert Burns, 1759-1796) RICHARD H. HALL Editor An educational experience for UFOlogists who wonder why the ANN DRUFFEL subject is not taken seriously in many quarters would be to step back Associate Editor and take a hard look at the "image" of UFOs in the popular press, and indeed in many so-called "UFO Journals." The general picture is LEN STRINGFIELD a hodge-podge of obviously misidentified phenomena such as Associate Editor meteors, exotic "Space Brother" claims by opportunists or MILDRED BIESELE crackpots, rife speculation, uncritical lumping in of anything else Contributing Editor mysterious, and the like. This is what busy scientists, Government officials, TV journalists, and skeptics tend to see. Given the same WALTER H. ANDRUS manure pile with no motivation for digging through it, I, too, would Director of MUFON conclude that UFOs are a nonsense problem. It is our job to shovel away the manure and focus attention on the "diamond" we feel it is TED BLOECHER concealing. DAVE WEBB Co-Chairmen, Humanoid Study Group In this issue PAUL CERNY THE SOUTH DAKOTA CONNECTION 3 Promotion/Publicity By Marge Christensen REV. BARRY DOWNING PILOT SIGHTINGS AND RADAR TRACKINGS .6 Religion, and UFOs By Bob Gribble

LUCIUS PARISH MENTAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL Books/Periodicals/History DISTURBANCE: PART II 7 ROSETTA HOLMES By Mark Moravec Promotion/Publicity DESIGNING FALSE REPORTS: ANOTHER RECENT EXAMPLE 10 GREG LONG By Anders Liljegren Staff Writer EXPERIMENTERS' RESPONSE: IMAGINARY ABDUCTIONS 14 TED PHILLIPS By Alvin H. Lawson & W.C. McCall Landing Trace Cases JOHN F. SCHUESSLER 1983 UFO CONFERENCES -18 Medical Cases (Plus CALIFORNIA REPORT, p. 12; CRITIC'S CORNER, p. 16; IN OTHERS' DENNIS W. STACY WORDS, p. 19; DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE, p. 20) Staff Writer ROBERT WANDERER The Mutual UFO Network, Inc. is exempt from Federal Income Tax under Columnist Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. MUFON is a publicly supported organization of the type described in Section 509(a)(2). Donors NORMA E. SHORT may deduct contributions from their Federal income tax. In addition, DWIGHT CONNELLY bequests, legacies, devises, transfers, or gifts are deductible for Federal DENNIS HAUCK estate and gift tax purposes if they meet the applicable provisions of Editor/Publishers Emeritus Sections 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the code.

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Linda Seal, David Webb, and I ball lightning storm, and later she have just concluded the investigation of attended a meeting at an auditorium- a rather unusual Massachusetts type structure, during which people of abduction case. The data presented all races from our earth were present here constitute a strong case for and were being given a lecture increased scientific, objective study of telepathically by the entities. We asked UFOs, and, in particular, of abduction her if she knew any of the humans cases. The names of the individuals and there, and she indicated that she did, of the South Dakota city in question and she spoke to us at length about a have been changed to ensure young man from Anaheim, California, confidentiality. and a woman from near Hull, The witness, an artist and painter, Massachusetts. Using the information age 50, contacted us shortly after furnished to us by our witness under listening to some of the speakers from hypnosis, we attempted to locate these the 1981 MUFON Symposium at two persons, but neither search M.I.T., on radio and television shows. produced any results. She could recall only that several times However, little did we realize that a she had seen two faceless, hooded, few months later, almost purely by three-foot entities standing over her accident, a search in a different area of just as she had retired for the evening. the country for another human who They insisted that she had to go with was allegedly at the same meeting in the them, and seemed to exert some sort of "auditorium" would produce rather mind control over her. Within minutes incredible results. Humanoid "abductor" she would hear a horrifying noise, and At the end of the final hypnosis would experience the sensation of session, on August 16,1982, just before bom in February. being sucked into a black vacuum, and concluding the session, we told her that Linda Seal: And what month is this? Witness: June. the feeling of tumbling and tumbling. in a few minutes we would bring her out Linda Seal: So, you're almost 31. Why did Under time-regressive hypnosis of hypnosis, and we asked if there was you remember Ingrid? over a period of a year and 13 hypnosis anything else that she would like to tell Witness: I don't know. She's pathetic. She's sessions, a full-fledged abduction us about before that. After, a long an artist. She's pathetic-looking. She's not scenario emerged. During the episodes pause, she replied, "Ingrid Swenson. All unhappy. She's a nice lady. Linda Seal: Was anyone else an artist? (which apparently number 6 or 7), the right. Did I tell you about her?" (Text of Witness: I'm an artist. witness relived several incidents with transcript of session follows, with Linda Seal: Besides you and Ingrid? genuine emotions, terror, and obvious names changed.) Witness: No, I don't think so. fear. These included being taken Marge Christensen: Why did you say onboard a saucer-shaped craft where Linda Seal: No. Ingrid's pathetic? Witness: She was the old lady at the Witness: (chuckles) You should see what she was given a thorough medical she's wearing. Well, she's got this long dress examination; visiting a room on the meeting. Robert Sampson (investigator): Where is on; she's got shoes on with heels...you craft in which there were bins of cork- she from? know, the fat heels? And she's got her like chips, and there were literally Witness: Greenfield. stockings rolled down. She's just a nice hundreds of "unfinished little people all Linda Seal: Greenfield, where? lady. Witness: South Dakota. Linda Seal: How does she feel'about being over the room." there? She also visited a crystal-like Marge Chrisfensen: She was with you at the meeting? Witness: She loves it. Everybody there pyramid city, which included a Witness: Yeah. I forgot about her. I just saw loves it. She's been there before too. "university" with pyramid-shaped her face when you said if there is anything rooms. Another experience involved a else. After the session concluded, visit to a "factory" in which a type of Linda Seal: Tell us about her. during a discussion, the witness told us energy (from some sort of crystals) was .Witness: Oh, she's an old lady. that Ingrid took care of people. Upon Linda Seal: How old? being produced in a large machine. She Witness: 70? 60? returning home that evening, I delved was also taken to a shelter, from which Linda Seal: And how old are you? vantage point she witnessed a bizarre Witness: I'm only about 30. I'm 30. I was (continued on next page) S. Dak. Connection, Continued sister, Mrs. Groff. In his letter, the attorney, Mr. into the U.S. Atlas and found that Manning, stated that Ingrid Swenson Greenfield, S. Dakota, seemed to be a had been a registered nurse by very small rural town. I banked on the profession, and an artist as a hobby. fact that everyone would know Our witness had told us that Ingrid took everyone else, and that there might be a care of people, and this certainly applies chance of locating someone who knew to nurses. The following is a quote from of Ingrid Swenson. Mr. Manning's letter: The next morning, I called the "Mrs. Groff (Ingrid Swenson's Greenfield, S.D., City Hall and found sister) told me that Ingrid has never that there is no art association in been in the East, except that a few years Greenfield, but there is an artist whom I ago the two of them went on a bus trip could call and who would most likely through the New England states and know any artist from Greenfield about came back by way of Canada. They whom I was seeking information. That made no stops except for food and eyeping, I called the artist, and was lodging and, of course, attended no astonished to find that there had indeed meetings. Mrs. Groff said Ingrid never, been an Ingrid Swenson who had at any time, mentioned anything about recently passed away. She had been an UFO sightings. The description of your artist, and was noted for rosemaling 'abductee' is quite accurate in the (Swedish carving). description as to the Ingrid Swenson of The artist was unable to furnish me Greenfield, South Dakota, and also, as with much specific information about to her age. At the time in question, Ingrid Swenson, except that she had Ingrid Swenson would have been about never married, and had no children, but 60 years old which corresponds with she did have a surviving sister. the 'abductee's' version. I would say Therefore, I then had to devise a means that she did appear as a pathetic Sketch showing humanoids' by which to obtain more extensive looking person, although not unhappy. greenish-black "cape" information about Ingrid and to She also did wear longish dresses and determine whether or not the with the kind of shoes indicated. Mrs. pointed to Mrs. Groff, and then information furnished by our witness Groff couldn't recall that she ever hesitated, saying, "None of these really about Ingrid was, in fact, accurate. It walked around with her stockings look like her. The coloring is just not was a delicate task to formulate rolled down. Ingrid Swenson and her right." Then, suddenly she moved her questions for an elderly lady (now sister were both nice ladies. finger and pointed straight at Ingrid residing in a nursing home) concerning "I am going to send some pictures Swenson. At that point, she also the possibility of her deceased sister's which will include Miss Swenson, which remarked, "She's a nurse. Did I tell you having had a UFO abduction may be helpful. Miss Swenson during that?" experience, as reported . by her period as a nurse worked only in the At that point, we showed her a Massachusetts witness. Dakota's and Minnesota and never, another photograph of Ingrid Swenson However, I carefully constructed a under any circumstances, been east of alone in her nurse's uniform. Upon letter to the City Clerk in Greenfield, Minnesota which,' of course, would looking at that photo, our witness explaining objectively about the case preclude or mean that she never exclaimed, "Now, that's more like her! and furnishing the page from the worked in any hospital in See, I told you the coloring was wrong in transcript of the hypnosis session in Massachusetts. / know of no way in the other picture. See how much lighter which pur witness spoke about Ingrid which your 'abductee' could ever have she is here? See, her hair is lighter." Swenson of Greenfield. Within a week met Miss Swenson." (emphasis mine) At this point, she suddenly became the reply from Greenfield arrived. It The photographs arrived, and we noticeably shaken, and remarked, confirmed that the age estimate given arranged for the witness to meet with us "I'm really scared now." When asked by our witness was pretty accurate, to select the correct person from a why she became frightened at this point since Ingrid had died in 1980, at the age group of eight ladies (all pretty much after several months of delving into the of 77, making her 60 years old at the the same age). The photographs were case, she commented that until now the time of the "auditorium" experience. taken 20 years ago, and the incident entities could have simply been Then, to my surprise, a few days later, I reportedly occurred 19 years ago. We products of her fantasies, but now that received a lengthy letter from the simply placed the photograph of the another human being is involved, she attorney who handled the estate of eight ladies in front of her, and feels that it is possible that her Ingrid Swenson. The City Clerk and instructed her to identify Ingrid experience is real, and she finds that City Auditor had shown him my letter, Swenson. She was given no prompting and he had gone to visit Miss Swenson's or other instructions. At first, she (continued on next page) S. Dak. Connection, Continued the information gained from the quite suggestive, although, of course, hypnosis session. For instance, there is unfortunately, we will never know. prospect very frightening. no way to tell from the article that Miss All of this serves to reinforce the I continued to correspond with the Swenson was pathetic-looking, but not importance of continued study of attorney in S. Dakota, as well as with unhappy. We did question our witness abduction cases, and the need to leave Budd Hopkins, New York City (author thoroughly in regard to her ever having the conclusions for each case of Missing Time). I forwarded questions read anything about Ingrid Swenson. somewhat open-ended, with the from both Budd and myself to the We questioned her during a hypnosis possibility of further investigation at a attorney, who was most gracious in .session as well as after the session. We later date. managing to visit Mrs. Groff a second did not tell her that we knew of the This case is also a graphic example time to obtain answers for us. It is article, and we used several subtle of the importance of researchers important to note at this point, that Mr. methods to see if she was withholding sharing information and providing Manning stated that although Mrs. any information from us. None of our mutual cooperation with other Groff is now 84 years old, she is quite questions resulted in even the slightest UFOlogists whenever possible. We, in mentally alert. , hint that she ever read an article on Massachusetts, are grateful to Dr. We were able to find out that Ingrid Ingrid Swenson. William Hassell, and the field Swenson was apparently never missing We also visted her home without investigators in Southern California for any particular time. She did not have giving her an advance reason for our who have attempted to locate the any special fears, and was not nervous visit, and while there examined her young man in Anaheim (mentioned about any particular stretch of highway magazines and asked her which earlier) for us. We are also indebted to — except that about 10 years ago a magazines she generally reads. Popular Budd Hopkins, who has been deer jumped out in front of her car Handicraft was not included in her list extremely supportive and helpful with when she was driving, and while there or in her magazines on her shelf. Since this case. was no damage, according to Mr. this is not an art magazine, but rather a Our greatest appreciation goes to Manning, "Ingrid Swenson never hobby magazine, it is not the sort of the individuals in Greenfield, S. Dakota, wanted to drive that road again." She periodical that an artist would find for permitting us to intrude into their apparently never talked about any appealing. Neither Budd Hopkins, nor local community, and for being so dreams, nor were there any marks or his wife, who is an art critic, had ever gracious and friendly to us, in view of scars on her body of which she did not heard of this magazine. the fact that our only possible know the origin. This leaves us with no It appears that our witness is connection with them is through a indication of Ingrid Swenson's ever sincere and never saw an article on possible UFO experience — something having had a UFO experience, and no Ingrid Swenson. If this is so, how then somewhat unsettling to the average explanation of how our witness in was she able to know so much about a person. A full report on the case is being Massachusetts could possibly have person she never met? And, how was submitted in the near future to been able to furnish us with such she able to identify the correct person MUFON Headquarters files. accurate information about someone in the photograph which was taken 20 on the other side of the country, whom years ago (incidentally, over 10 years LATE NEWS she had never met. We were able to before the magazine article appeared)? Budd Hopkins, author of Missing establish that our witness has never And, what about Ingrid Swenson? Time (about UFO abduction reports), been to South Dakota, and, in fact, was Budd Hopkins feels that the incident was a guest on the new CBS Sunday unable to indicate for us the location of about the deer darting in front of night Larry King TV show on April 17. South Dakota on the map of the United Ingrid's car may be very significant. He King, best known for his late-night radio States. has a case in which a .Long Island phone-in ' program, has previously We explored all sorts of woman lost 5 hours. It always hosted UFO programs on radio possibilities to explain the case, but frightened her and she had no including Dr. Bruce S. .Maccabee, none of those explanations fit. We even explanation for the missing time. Two Richard Hall, Don Berliner, Stanton checked into the fact that both our years after the incident she saw on Friedman, and Len Stringfield, with witness and the South Dakota television a shot of a horse leaping in MUFON and the Fund for UFO individual have Scandinavian last front of a car, and the car swerved to Research represented. names, and might have been distantly avoid hitting the horse. The image The Fund for UFO Research related. This is not the case. terrified her, and she immediately shortly will offer for sale a new set of We eventually learned from Mr. connected it with the episode of missing Government documents which include Manning that Ingrid Swenson and her time. In South Dakota, it is likely that surprising information about the 1975 sister, Mrs. Groff, were featured in a deer running across the road in front of unidentified "aircraft" intrusions over hobby magazine article (Popular people's cars are not rare occurrences. U.S. Air Force bases; 1976 Iranian jet Handicraft) several years ago. We Ingrid's fear of ever driving on that interception case with E-M effects on managed to obtain a copy of the article. road again, even though there was no aircraft; 1978 Kuwait oil field landing Although some of the details furnished damage to her car t and no apparent with E-M effects; 1980 Kirtland AFB, N. by our witness are confirmed by the injury to her, seems a definite over- Mex. sightings; plus a variety of article, the article does not include all of reaction. Budd feels that the incident is fascinating historical material. 5 PILOT SIGHTINGS AND RADAR TRACKINGS By Bob Gribble

(The following reports are from the files into a high speed vertical climb and years. of Phenomena Research*. Most of this vanished into space. The pilot said, "As At 8 p.m. the same night — about material has had little or no publicity so I soon as the sphere left we got all of our 45 minutes before the airliner incident am sure that readers will find these radio gear back. Our navigation came — four unidentified objects were cases very interesting. Names of back and we were off course." tracked on radar by two air traffic witnesses will not be published at the The two man crew of an Air Force controllers at a facility near Oxnard. request of the reporting parties.) T-38 flying in the same, area also "We spotted four moving targets on the observed the red sphere. According to radar scope about 3 to 5 miles north of September 22, 1977—Three UFOs the pilot, "The bright red glowing object Laguna Peak. Scope readouts were tracked on radar as they streaked was at our 12:30 position approximately indicated that the targets appeared to over Omaha, Nebraska at 3 p.m. One 10-12,000 feet and seemed stationary. move 5 miles in a sweep of the scope. of the four radar controllers who After viewing the UFO for I've always had an open mind about observed the targets gave this approximately 15 seconds the sphere UFOs, but I've never seen anything like description of what happened: "As I appeared to be closing very rapidly. An this in all 20 years that I have worked as was looking at the scope something evasive maneuver was considered but an air traffic controller," one controller popped in that was pretty weird to me determined unnecessary. It. appeared said. "We watched the targets on the after working with radar for 17 years. the closing had ceased. The size of the scope for nearly 3 hours." What we were seeing was three objects object at this time was about that of a December 17, 1977—At about 3:45 that gave the appearance of aircraft. dime. "The second member of the crew a.m. radar facilities in Colorado and The size was much larger and they recalled considerable static over his South Dakota tracked two unknowns appeared out at about 430 kilometers headset at the time. moving at speeds in excess of 1,000 and the speed of these things was November 18, 1977—A bright white miles per hour. One of the UFOs made terrific. One of the objects was moving light moving at a high rate of speed a close head-on pass at an aircraft in the in front and there were two of them came alongside a small aircraft flying at area, the approach being observed on behind at a distance of about 20 13,000 feet between Vichy and Troy, radar. The objects moved around over kilometers behind the first one, moving Missouri at 9:17 p.m., and paced the a wide area for about 30 minutes and side-by-side at the same speed also. airplane for 3 minutes. The light then their presence was unmistakable by the We kept watching these things and moved away at high speed. The pilot "strong" radar returns. A third radar they were gone from our scope in less reported that while the light was station was unable to function while the than a minute. I figured the speed with abreast of his aircraft one of his objects were in the area and one of the my calculator and came up with the transponders stopped working. After two operational facilities was put out of fantastic figure pushing 17,000 miles per the UFO pulled away the transponder service when the main shaft holding the hour. I have worked on radar long resumed its normal operation. radar antenna was severly bent by an enough to know what radar December 8, 1977—Two large, unexplained force. interference looks like and that was not brilliant circular lights maneuvered February 5, 1978—A company it. The size of the targets at that around a Golden West commuter airplane with six persons aboard was distance was tremendous compared to aircraft for 15 minutes on its flight from flying 20 miles northwest of Klamath regular aircraft." Oxnard, California to Los Angeles Falls, Oregon at about 8 p.m. when all October 26, 1977—While flying at International airport. "One of the six persons observed a V-formation of 19,000 feet between Abilene and Dallas, objects paralled us for 10 miles and then 10 large, bright whitish-orange lights Texas at 5 p.m., the pilot and passenger it moved away. Then it came back pacing the aircraft on the starboard of a small aircraft spotted a bright red across my 12 o'clock position at a side. After about 10 seconds the stationary sphere in the distance at tremendous speed — like you would formation climbed slightly and moved their 12 o'clock position. As their just snap your finger and it was there. It away to the southwest at high speed. airplane closed on the sphere all got so close it scared the hell out of me. February 19, 1978—Two radar navigation instruments became erratic There's just.no way that whatever that operators tracked a "large" UFO over and the pilot could not contact any was, could it move with the intensity Minnesota at 1:20 p.m. The object facility by radio. The sphere suddenly and the speed that it came to my 12 moved at a fantastic speed as it changed from red to white, then went o'clock position, but it did," the pilot maneuvered about in the sky in an said. The Captain of the aircraft had *P.O. Box 1807, Seattle, WA 98111 been flying as a commercial pilot for 10 (continued on next page) 6 MENTAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE: PART II By Mark Moravcc (Copyright © 1980 by Mark Moravec)

(In part I, three cases were allegedly became ill, vomited, and had "letters" in the sky. Once she was reviewed and analyzed in terms of the recurring headaches. Mrs. D. later standing at a bus stop and saw brown- degree to which they could be discussed the sighting with her colored "initials" ("S" and "P") which explained as resulting from psycholog- relatives. Strangely, her daughter-in- appeared to come out of a cloud. No ical disturbance and delusional law was also to allegedly experience the one at the bus stop gave any indication thinking. Here we pick up with Case 4 same physiological symptoms! of having seen the same thing." and present the author's conclusions.) The second sighting occurred one Another time, Mrs. D. was travelling in night at 4 a.m. An orange-colored a car with her family when she again Case 4. Mrs. D. claims to have had "flying saucer" with black sections or saw some letters in the sky^ However, five UFO sightings. In the first sighting, "windows" was seen for 20 minutes by the others in the car ridiculed her and the reporter got up from bed when she Mrs. D. and her daughter-in-law (the claimed there was nothing to be seen. heard neighborhood dogs barking. She latter allegedly becoming ill as noted The reporter also claims to have heard a soft, low-pitched humming above). After the object left, Mrs. D. felt had two visions of Christ in a sound, looked outside and saw a large "...as if I had lost a friend." neighborhood church. The apparition- silvery-white, cigar-shaped object In the third sighting, Mrs. D. saw a al figure, which appeared to carry a facing three smaller cigar-shaped vague, dark shape over the telegraph goblet, walked up to her and said, objects, all at a high altitude. Bluish- wires at 1:30 a.m. In the fourth sighting, "drink this for my sake," and then silver "sparks" emanated from one she saw a white, dinner plate-shaped glided away and disappeared. Mrs. D. cigar while the largest cigar appeared to object in motion for 15 minutes while a had tears running down her face during "shudder," passenger in a car. The object these experiences. She was the only The witness woke her young disappeared from view before anyone witness to these visions. granddaughter who, upon being shown else could witness it. Her fifth sighting Several times Mrs. D. has received the lights in the sky, became frightened was of a triangular-shaped object, multi- mental communications while engaged and ran into another room. The objects colored, which appeared to move in routine activities such as doing the were viewed for over an hour and then toward an airplane. washing or watching television. In one the witness tried to get some sleep. The Apart from these sightings, Mrs. incident, a male voice stated: following afternoon, the witnesses D. has experienced hallucinations of We are peaceful....Seek and you will find. You have not lived on our machines but have visited ten minutes as conditions were Pilot-Radar, Continued just go straight up and stop, and come unsuitable. You contacted a "mothalin" straight back down again. We got from a white cloud. Many people from apparent attempt to evade the radar actual times on it and it went 5,000 feet "Asperio" are from Japan; England a few; beam. The object was first picked up on in less than a second. I figured it to be and Australia 125. While on earth we seek, the radar screen at an altitude of about about 3,400 miles per hour. It moved up we have ways of communicating. A message will be transcended very shortly. 8,000 feet. Before the object finally and down on the vertical, Twenty-five men will be transported moved away, two separate radar instantaneously! shortly. We think this man transports. systems were employed in an attempt "It took both of us to keep on it. I Confide in no one except self-seeing to track the object. The following got the impression that it was humans. In contact with human who speaks description of the incident was obtained something that was evading the radar foreign tongue. Do not touch. Evade (h) is left eyes. We use eyes for transmission. Left from the radar operators: beam and knew that we were trying to hand straight with thumb up. Cuticle of "I got a good solid signal and it track it. I tried to follow it manually and' utmost importance. Keep eyes clean. looked like an aircraft. I put the radar the beam jumped from side to side. It Protect colors: green, amber, blue good. over on manual and moved it over on looked like it just got ahold of the beam, the target and as soon as I did the thing more or less took control of the radar The messages appear to consist of started going up rapidly so I followed it beam I guess. The beam would jump to images and words not necessarily up. Then it stopped, then it went down. one side or jump to the other. Every connected in a logical sequence, and It appeared to be taking evasive action. time I tried to get on it it would deflect it the overall tone of the passages is As soon as I would get on it with radar it automatically. As soon as I would get emotionless and "mechanical." The would move to get out of the radar close to being on it it would jump off to above message was accompanied by a beam. We got four good plots on the one side or the other. After we lost it the thing. We would get on it and it would beam went right back to normal."D (continued on next page) Disturbance, Continued • New settler (immigrant) It has been said that the • Old age vision of trees, large red flowers, a neurotic dreams in an unreal • History of nervous/mental bulding, and a black shiny pond all in way about life, whereas the breakdowns one scene. Mrs. D. is not sure whether psychotic lives life in an • Difficulty in personal relation- the messages come to her in a psychic unreal dream. ships way from UFO intelligences or from her • Unstable work history own mind. I would suggest the latter. "speaking in tongues") are typical of the The "communicators" provide a disturbances in thought which can be Current convention divides comfort and reassurance which Mrs. D. found in psychoses. psychological disturbances into two fails to find in ordinary living. By There are a number of factors major categories: psychoses and receiving these messages she has which appear to have contributed to neuroses. become a focus of attention and gained the reporter's psychological the feeling of being an important disturbance. She is 65 years old, lives Neuroses can involve- person. alone, and is very isolated. Her poetry (1) Worry, tension, and The reporter claims to have a reveals an intense loneliness. She distractability (indicants of excessive psychic background as a medium and readily admits that life is going too slow fear) has allegedly accomplished feats of for her and that she is not involved (2) Excessive forgetting, obsessive levitation, healing by prayer, sending of enough. She is divorced and thoughts, and compulsive rituals (self- telepathic messages, and production of immigrated to Australia some 16 years defeating attempts to cope with fear ectoplasm. Several times she has ago. Apparently a number of years ago, situations) suddenly started speaking phrases in a Mrs. D. underwent a perjod of amnesia (3) Depression and fatigue "language" that no one has been able to following the death of a very close friend. (psychological residuals of prolonged identify (so-called "speaking in There is evidence of marked conflict tensions) tongues") She believes her home has and tension between herself and some Psychoses can feature- been infested with mice, cockroaches, members, of her family. Her mystical (1) Hallucinations (disturbances in tarantulas, etc. A woman told her that it background has provided her with perceiving reality) was a test by God. ample raw material for delusions. (2) Delusions (disturbances in How do we evaluate these bizarre From these case studies, we can interpreting reality) claims? On initial examination, Mrs. draw out a number of common factors (3) Loose associations, D.'s UFO sightings appear to be fairly which are "warning signs" that may fragmented and incoherent speech detailed and specific. However, at least point to a psychologically disturbed (disturbances of thought) some of them may be misidentifications individual. First, if we look at the actual (4) Prolonged melancholy or of planetary objects (for example, the experiences reported, the following are elation (mood disturbances) light that was viewed for over an hour) consistent with an evaluation of (5) Isolation and withdrawal (dis- and subjective exaggerations of psychological disturbance: turbances in personal interaction). ambiguous stimuli (the "dark shape" (Buss, 1966, p. 31) over the telegraph lines). The claimed • Delusions (particularly It has been said that the neurotic physiological effects may have been paranoid beliefs) dreams in an unreal way about life, induced by fear rather than any strange • Hallucinations (such as "voices" whereas the psychotic lives life in an UFO influence. It is also possible that and unpleasant smells) unreal dream. Using the above the single witness sightings were • Distorted self image (body classification system, the people hallucinatory —- especially since Mrs. "contaminated" or "falling apart") discussed in the case studies would be D. has experienced a variety of other • Bizarre or illogical associations considered to be displaying psychotic hallucinations. in thought and speech behavior. The reporter's observations of • Autism (retreat from reality into The line between "normal" and "letters in the sky" and visions of Christ a fantasy world) "abnormal" behavior can be extremely are clearly hallucinatory since other • Vagueness and low weight of fine, depending on the situation or the people present failed to observe UFO reports cultural context. Is the man who kneels anything unusual. Likewise, her mental • Single witness down next to his bed and starts talking communications are most likely to himself mad, or is he praying? a auditory hallucinations incorporating Second, there are a number of witness witness does not have to be psycholog- her subconscious fears and ideas from background factors which can ically disturbed to be able to put an UFO and psychic lore. She appears to contribute to a disturbed psychological exotic interpretation on his hold the delusional belief that her house state: experiences, for instance, people who has been purposely infested with bugs are religiously inclined can find great and pests. Her instances of loose • Personal crises (such as divorce significance in their UFO experiences: associations (the mental messages) and or death) of fragmented/incoherent speech (the • Isolation ' (continued on next page) 8 Disturbances, Continued have any support, I would suggest that at least three conditions are necessary: Case 5. Mr. E. was driving home (1) The witness has experienced a when he saw a very bright, silver-white, traumatic UFO experience; cigar-shaped object or light source, (2) This UFO experience has not stationary in the sky. No sound was been overshadowed by personal crises; detected and the object was seen for and about 30 seconds. The reporter also felt (3) The disturbed psychological that definite "feelings" had been state (and accompanying behavior) "transmitted" from the object: "It clearly began after the UFO wasn't aggressive, and it wasn't afraid; it experience. was just sitting there as if it were a part None of the case examples of the sky, a part of the scheme of satisfies these criteria. things, a part of nature, and it was such Are there any cases of mental a natural part of the sky that other communication which cannot be people probably would not have explained as simply due to a noticed it. It seemed to know how to be psychological disturbance? Further a part of the Universe, and wasn't research is required to give a definitive concerned what we think of it... answer to this question. However, a "It was an experience which I think number of provocative cases are few people would associate with as it difficult to dismiss. In the Frankston, was something which happened to me Victoria case of 1972 (Magee, 1972), alone (seemingly only a very short Mrs. Puddy had several detailed incident, but has had a fairly great encounters with UFOs, mental impact on my understanding of man's communication contacts, and existence on earth and his relationship apparition experiences. However, this with God)." was only a single witness case. Howard S. Finkelstein, recently Soon after the sighting, Mr. E. The 1968 French case of Dr. "X" appointed Texas State Section became suddenly aware of what an (Michel, 1969) is one of the most Director "extraordinarily beautiful clear day it extensively documented cases of was." He said that the "sky was the psiufological phenomena on record. In bluest he had ever seen before" and felt this case, the central witness received MUFON sure that these very strong feelings and mental communications and the beauty of the day were relevant. experienced a wide variety of 103 OLDTOWNE RD. "Without a doubt this day was paranormal events subsequent to.a SEGUm.TX 78155 extremely 'spiritual'." detailed UFO observation. Even in the In this case, the sighting stimulus continuing case of Dr. Andrija Puharich could easily have been a distant balloon (Holroyd, 1979), while the they imply that some people can or aircraft. The witness has strong communications received via mediums successfuly incorporate the UFO religious convictions and this led to a were most probably expressions of mythology into a complex, if delusional, religious interpretation being placed on subconscious fantasies, some belief system. My aim has been to show, a mundane event. It was a way of apparently genuine paranormal events that at least some mental confirming his own desire to believe in (poltergeist-like effects and telepathy) communication cases can be explained God, and of being a privileged witness did take place. as being the delusions of to one of "His" manifestations. In these cases, though the mental psychologically disturbed individuals. The existence of UFO-related communications can still be interpreted Other, more evidential cases appear to "mental communication" cases raises as delusional, the subjective involve psychotic delusions triggered several issues. One issue is: What experiences may have been triggered off by traumatic, but objectively real, comes first, the psychosis or the UFO off by a genuine UFO experience. Thus UFO events. experience? I have argued in the case the "mixture hypothesis" sees these studies presented, that personal cases to be a combination of objective, REFERENCES difficulties have contributed to a inexplicable UFO/paranormal events Buss, A.M. Psycnopar/io/ogy (NY: John psychological disturbance and that the and subjective psychological delusions. Wiley & Sons, 1966). individual has merely incorporated At most, mental communication Holroyd, S. Briefing for the Landing on Planet Earth (London: Corgi, 1979). UFO and psychic lore in his delusions. cases imply that some human beings Magee, J. "UFO Over the Mooraduc Road," An alternative viewpoint is that a can communicate directly with alien F/ying Saucer Review, v. 18, no. 6, Nov.-Dec., traumatic UFO experience can trigger intelligences, and that such 1972 (pp. 3-5). off a psychotic reaction in the communications may potentially alter Michel, A. "The Strange Case of Dr. 'X'," individual. For this latter hypothesis to UFO Percipients (FSR Special Issue No. 3), Sept. the course of human history. At least, 1969 (pp. 3-16). 9 DESIGNING FALSE REPORTS: ANOTHER RECENT EXAMPLE By Anders Liljegren

(Reprinted with permission of Archives for UFO Research, AFU Newsletter No. 24, May/Aug. 1982, P.O. Box 11027, S-60011 Norrkoping 11, Sweden.)

"After all, take the typical scientist, ry, managed by always helpful librarian Karl busy with his own often single-tracked Osterman. The 1980/81 issue of Lloyd's Regis- projects, and competition with his peers ter, checked by Osterman, has a ship by the for the research dollar, and in a rush name of Vladimir Vorobygv, but this is not to publish new results before someone' a 9.000 tons freighter but a small SOI tons else does, knows about UFOs only that (gross) "motor research/fishing vessel", built which he scans in super-market papers in 1959 in Stralsund, West Germany! like National Enquirer..." j.A.Hynek The third article in the series, titled Space In a series of three articles National Enqui- aliens blast holes in windows (3) concerns a rer recently described, what is purported to Aug 23, 1931 series of observations £rom Mos- be, new Soviet UFO cases. We do know that UFOs cow .which bears seme resemblancsf to the are frequently seen in Soviet territory - one J.une 14, 1980 s.igtn ings from the same city, such report, which has the flavour of an ori- readily identified by researchers as the laun- ginal and trustworthy incident, appears in ching cf Cosmos-1188 from the Soviet base at this issue of AFU Newsletter - but as regards Plesetsk (4). the new Enquirer series we immediately became Space alien blasts forest rangers with a bi- suspicious! zarre ray describes an incident which is, The second part of the Enquirer trilogy star- in minute details, similar to the Finnish so- ted our suspicions. Entitled Space aliens called "Imjarvi" case, wellknown.to internatio- blasts forest rangers with a bizarre ray (1) nal ufology through the Flying Saucer Review we have every reason to believe that this is articles (5) and supplementary information in a faked report, 'designed1 either by the edi- our newsletter (6). Similarities between the torial staff of the Enquirer, or by someone in the Soviet Union. Before I will detail ray suspicions I must mention the two other in- Second in a Series — Amajinq Report! of UFO Activity in.Ruuia stallments in the series. The first article, .Soviet ships buzzed by_ UFOs from under the sea (2), is an unlikely report that American sources (authors Henry Gris and Charles Parmi- Space Alien Blasts Forest. ter) would have been told, by Soviet scien- tist Dr. Vladimir Azhazha, that there were no Hangers With a Bizarre Ray -^^^ less than "190 documented sightings of UFOs * MMl MM M CHJlt.ll MUMTn —"^^ diving into the Pacific in the past seven yaars, all checked out by the commission". In my judgement, 190 sightings of UFOs diving into the sea is in excess of the total number of known such cases from the entire globe since the early days of the UFO phenomenon.

Fiut of a Series - Amaiina Reports of Spacemen Activity in Russia » <•* TM 1*41-1*.-i

Ships Buzzed by : i uf QS From Under the Sea [ two 'cases' (we must say we do not endorse any of them...) are so apparent that one must ask oneself: Is this new Russian case, just a rewritten version of the old classic Finnish original? Has 'the truth1 been tampered with, somewhere along the line, or could details be so similar...? I think the similarities are best shown by The article - filled with superlatives - has comparing the Enquirer's text with that from very few checkable facts, except for the men- one of the FSR articles (T): tioned name of a "9.000-ton freighter, Vladi- HE; "The two Russian forest rangers were skiing over mir Vorobyev", the crew of which - so it is the snowy slopes when they caught sight of something claimed - had an encounter in the Sea of Japan that 'tunned them: a bright red pulsating cloud was on Aug. 18, 1980. (The story is emphasized by drooping slowly from the sky. When It was less than an artist's impression where the cylindrical 20 feet away from them the red mist melted away and UFO hovers above a 10.000 tons freighter - I the men saw a metallic object hovering in the air. It can judge the size by the general appearance, was round with no visible seams, and it emitted a loud and number of cargo holds). For many years I ominous hum". have been a member of Club Maritime, a Swe- dish association for historical, maritime re- search. The Club owns a fine reference libra- (continued on next page) 10 False Reports, Continued vomited...He felt cold but had no fever. In the middle of May'he told us..I am still sick, I have a headache and I have pains..." FSR: "The two witnesses were out skiing. They were NE: "Erkko, meanwhile, complained of arm and chest descending from a hill...they heard a buzzing pains, swollen eyes and had trouble with his sence of sound...(which) became louder...(They saw) a lumi- balance. A local physician who treeted the men. Dr. nous cloud...like a red-grey mist pulsating with 01le Kossola, said their symptoms could have been cau- a strange light. The cloud was soon as low as 15 sed by shock - or by radiation poisoning. "The doctor metres...inside it a round object...metal Iic-like.. was convinced both men were telling the truth", Dr. tne sound became louder...the red-grey mist slowly Azhazha said. "And after sifting through the evidence d isappeared". for three weeks, the (Soviet) special commision on HE: "As they gazed openmouthed. a cylindrical landing UFOs concluded that the encounter did take place". gear lowered itself from the 20-foot sphere until it FSR: "Esko Vi1 Jos...face became swollen and red- touched the ground. Suddenly they were confronted by dish in colour, and he walked in an unbalanced a creature thai was like nothing on Earih. The rangers, way...he had a pain in his eyes. They were swollen. Ari Sarvi, ^ and Mauno Erkko, 38, were later inter- Or. Kajanoja who examined the two men says: "I viewed by Dr. Vladimir Azhazha... Recalling Sarvi's think the men have suffered a great shock. The account of the incredible confrontation on Jan 7, symptoms he (Heinonen) described are like those 1980, Dr. Azhazha said: "The humanoid was about three after being exposed to radioactivity". .feet tall, with spindly arms and legs and a waxen face"". How could it be that two up-to-the-minute- details-alike incidents occur on the very sa- FSR: "The incident occured on..January 7, 1970... me date, exactly ten years apart, experienced the two witnesses were forester Aarno Heinonen, 36 by two equally old foresters who were out ski- years of age and farmer Esko Viljo, ^8_... I caught ing...? In ufology coincidence plays a part sight of the creature...(it) was about 90 cms tall, <8), but, frankly, in this case I only think with very thin arms and legs. Its face was pale "coincidence" played a part in the head of I ike wax." the man (or men) who invented the storyl N£_: "He was wearing a dark green tight body stocking Until National Enquirer staff writers Henry and the same-colour boots. He had on long white glo- Gris & Charles Parmiter have said something ves reaching to his elbows. His thin hands seemed to on the case I think UFO researchers should be just skin and bones. A black object, like a stubby put their NE issues into the depths of their tube was dangling from his scrawny neck. Erkko told waste-paper baskets where they rightly belong Dr. Azhazha that the creature's skin was deathly pale, and not (as Gordon Creighton in FSR) quote 1 almost luminous, and that he had a sharp hooked nose, page-upon-page of Henry Gris obviously unre- big pointy ears, narrow sloping shoulders and child- liable 'data', or (as Lucius Farish in the like hands. The encounter...took place in northwes- MUFON UFO Journal) promote, in each issue, tern Russia, outside the lumber center of Kestenga the apparently very dubious offerings of the close to the Finnish border". Enquirer. It is apparent that American UFp groups havesome financial gain from their co- FSR: "...the nose was very strange. It was a hook operation with the Enquirer, but for the sake rather than a nose. The ears were very small, and of sanity in our field this co-operation ought narrowed towards the head. The creature wore some to be stopped immediately. What we need is kind of overa'l in light green material. On its not a National Enquirer but a Rational Enqui- feet were boots of a darker green colour...also rer. white gauntlets going up to the elbows...and the fingers were bent around (a) black box. The crea- References: ture...was luminous like phosphorus, but its face was very pale. Its shoulders were very thin and 1. National Enquirer, April 6, 1382. We are slanting, with thin arms like those of a child." grateful to Roger Ersson who continously donate copies of NE articles. NE: "The two men are not certain about what happened 2. NE, March 30, 1982. just after they spotted the humanoid...It's possible 3. NE, April 13, 1983. that Sarvi pointed his ski pofe at the creature. The 4. Pekka Teerikorpi; Soviet 'UFOs' identified humanoid, perhaps reacting defensively, aimed the as satellite launchings. FSR v 27 n 6 pp 9- stubby barrel..at the two .-angers and a blinding, pulsating beam shout out, dazing them..." 5. Sven-Olof Fredrikson: Finnish encounter in FSR: "...the creature turned the opening in the the snow. FSR v 16 n 4 pp 31-32. box towards Heinonen. The pulsating light was Sven-Olof Fredrikson: More on the ImjSrvl very bright, almost blinding". case. FSR v 16 n 6 pp 22. NE: "After several terrifying minutes, the men regain- - also ref. 7, below. ed their vision and saw that the metal sphere was 6. Ar.ders Liljegren; The continued story of again .enveloped in a red mist. There was no sign of the Imjarvi skiers. Parts 1 » 2. AFU News- the alien creature. Then the haze lifted and the UFO letter 18 pp 12-14 and 19 pp 10-13. also vanished..." 7. Sven-Olof Fredrikson; A humanoid was seen at Imjarvi. FSR v 16 n 5 pp 14-18. FSR: "While the creature was standing in the light- 8 For instance, on Aug 13, 1970, Danish police beam a thick red-grey mist descended from the ob- officer Evald Maarup had a close encounter ject...At last it becane so thick they could not while driving near Hadsrslev (UFO-Nyt. 1970, see the creature...the mist was "thrown apart" n 5, pp 211-213). Exactly three years and and above us the air was empty". one day later (Aug 14, 1973) Maarup claimed NE; "Sarvi was weak, cold and paralyzed on his entire almost exactly the same experience on the right side Erkko ran off to get help, borrowed a horse same road (UFO-Nyt, 1974, n 6, pp 204-206). and sleigh from a nearby farm and took Sarvi to his home. En route, Sarvi began hallucinating, then pas- sed out. When he regained consciousness he complained about fever, aches all over his body, and he began to vomit. Four weeks later he was still suffering from headaches, nightmares and poor appetite, Dr. Azhazha MUFON said". 103 OLDTOWNE RD. FSR: "...Heinonen felt that his right side had be- come insensitive, and when taking a step forward., SEGUIN, TX 78155 he fell to the ground...ViI jo helped him...He had pains in his back..a headache and after a while he 11 \"

By Ann Druffel

A UFOIogist's Fairy Tale

Once upon a time there was either quit or lost their power. This was believe he might be able to do it if he a magician named Sha-Ki. He was a good their way of telling him that their powers tried. magician, for he knew how to perform weren't meant to flop dice and identify Sha-ki was also mad at groups like marvelous tricks. He wished he had cards. the MOSEY-US, who moseyed into been born in India, for he's heard there Gradually, however, sy-seeking different parts of the world, finding were real magicians there who could progressed far beyond Ryne. There things like Rapunzel's castle, and whole sleep on beds of nails, and stay warm in were individual sy-seekers and also lost cities under desert sands. At icy streams; and even send their little groups who were finding real sys and . Rapunzel's castle they even found a assistants climbing up ropes which getting them to produce real magic by lock of her hair which had been caught vanished into the sky. He'd heard these being nice to them. They didn't use cold between two stones of the tower. They stories, but he was never able to get a labs. They let the sys relax and chat and had the hair carbon-dated so that handle on them. Since he hadn't been produce magic at their own rate. They people would know the date Rapunzel born in India, but in a plain materialistic treated them like people instead of had lived. It was all very scientific. land called "Columbia", he did the.next laboratory rats. The sys didn't have to Mosey-us did these things, best thing. He Indianized his real name, flop dice and identify cards, and they however, by using real magicians, or which came out to "Sha-ki", but he still now had PURPOSE for using their sys. They'd get groups of sys to tell yearned to learn real magic. magic. The sy-seekers AGREED with them where they thought lost things Sha-ki made a nice living. People the sys that the magic powers should be were located, and then Mosey-us would bought tickets to see him perform. used only for important things. search at the places most of the sys They knew in their hearts that Ska-ki Now Sha-ki was very angry at the selected. That's what made Sha-ki wasn't doing real magic, but it was the sy-seekers, because they could find angry at them — it was all very scientific best they had. As long as they couldn't people who could perform REAL and Sha-ki couldn't do what they were figure out how he did his tricks, they magic, the kind he couldn't do. So he doing. Actually, he didn't have the applauded and called him marvelous. devised a plan to fool the sy-seekers patience to do it, and didn't even believe This made Sha-ki happy - for a while. and bring them down to his own level. he could do it if he had the patience. Now there were in the land of He hired two budding magicians The sys that Bertram and the Columbia (and elsewhere) people who who, like himself, couldn't do real Mosey-us and other sy-seekers worked were studying the whys and wherefores magic. They were still teenagers and a with didn't know they weren't supposed of real magic and trying to learn how it little wet behind the ears, but Sha-ki to be able to photograph things that was done. They were interested in toweled them off and blow-dried their nobody could see, or to know where things like telepathy, clairvoyance, hair so they would look presentable in lost things could be found, so they just psychokinesis, and all the other tongue- the halls of Academe. And they made told the sy-seekers what they knew. stumbling powers that just weren't part their plans against the sy-seekers. And sure enough,'they knew! of the earth plane. In Columbia these One sy-seeker called Bertram The sy-seekers wrote articles in people were called sy-seekers. (who at a very early age had read all the journals, for their work was scientific The sy-seekers at first had tough "Bertram" books in the children's enough to show other scientists that going, because the very few Sys who library and recognized them as real this was real magic. The scientists could perform feats of real magic magic) was now, in his adulthood, didn't understand what was going on, couldn't do it well in cold, formal labs, finding real sys. He discovered a lady sy but you can't argue with success. and it was here the sy-seekers thought who took pictures of crying monks and These articles made Sha-ki climb it should be done. A man named Ryne glittering globes of light and UFO-shapes the walls. He started writing articles in had tried this long ago and was where none of these things were visible. other magazines criticizing the sy- successful at first. But the real sys he The lady sy even taught Bertram how to seekers' successes, for he was worked with got tired of telling him do this a little bit himself, and he wrote convinced if he couldn't do these which way dice would flop or whether articles telling other people that they things, no one else could do them. there was a star or a circle on a card in might be able to do it, too, if they tried. He took his two little assistants the next room. The work was This enraged Sha-ki, for he aside and instructed them to present BORING, and many sys who helped couldn't take pictures like THAT - but Ryne in his lab got so tired that they then, he never tried and didn't even (continued on next page) 12 California Report, Continued weren't used in the sy-seekers' work, but they weren't ever scolded or themselves to famous sy-seekers and criticized. Above all, they weren't ever pretend to do real magic, using tricks asked if they were frauds, for sy- Sha-ki taught them. And they did. seekers had learned that real sys were Now remember that Bertram and sensitive and don't like to be asked the Mosey-us were just a few of the questions like that. successful sy-seekers who were Most sy-seekers knew how to proving real magic existed. Sha-ki control their work and could be sure if couldn't send his two damp-eared real magic was present. But the first sy- assistants to everyone to fool them, but seekers who used Sha-ki's two he spread them out as thin as he could. dampeared assistants were new at the The assistants, who incidentally were job and didn't quite know how to do named O'Pshaw and O'Fudge, this. Other older sy-seekers tried to tell contacted Bertram and other them, but they wouldn't listen. And so important sy-seekers,hoping to fool O'Pshaw and O'Fudge were able to fool them into believing that their fake magic the first two inexperienced sy-seekers. was real. Now Bertram knew how to control Why, you ask, would they want to his work so he could tell if real magic do that? It was all very illogical, for if was present, but he also knew that real Sha-ki had been logical, he would have magic happened sometimes when said to the sy-seekers, "Look, I see things weren't controlled, and he what you're doing. How is it done?" But sometimes experimented with it that Ann Druffel being illogical as well as jealous, Sha-ki way. While O'Pshaw was living in figured if he could get one or more sy- Bertram's house, of course he couldn't After Bertram's article was seekers to report fake magic as real, it produce real magic. Bertram saw he published, and after the first two sy- would prove that all sy-seekers were was having trouble, but he knew that a seekers who had worked with Sha-ki's unscientific and shouldn't be believed few sys don't produce well while being assistants were fooled to Sha-ki's when they reported what their real sys watched, because that was too much satisfaction, the triumphant fake were doing. like working in a lab. So he let O'Pshaw magician revealed his plan to the press, O'Pshaw went to Bertram and to produce some of his "magic" while he the public, to all the sy-seekers he had other sy-seekers and O'Fudge went to was by himself. Some very puzzling addresses for, and anyone else who others. Bertram was a very kind results happened (as one can imagine) would listen. He was ecstatic. He was gentleman. He treated everybody as he with O'Pshaw apparently twisting no longer climbing walls but had his feet liked to be treated himself. He listened spoons inside sealed bottles and things solidly planted where they belonged — to O'Pshaw's interminable stories about like that. And since Bertram never on the earth plane. how he could do real magic since he asked the specific question, "Are you a He thought he'd proved that real was a child. Bertram let him stay in his fraud?", O'Pshaw never told him he magic doesn't exist and that sy-seekers house and even fed him (and you know was. are easily fooled and unscientific. But how teenagers eat) and busied himself Bertram was puzzled at the results Bertram's lady sy keeps on taking for over two months doing experiments and disturbed because O'Pshaw photos of things that aren't there, the to test O'Pshaw's claims of magic couldn't do these things, when anyone Mosey-us team keeps finding lost powers. was watching. Nevertheless, he felt he things, and sy-seekers all over Now Sha-ki, thinking himself an had a duty to sy-seeking to write up the Columbia keep solving murders, honest man, had carefully instructed results just as they occurred, in his own viewing remotely all over the planet, O'Pshaw and O'Fudge that they were scientific, methodical way. He daintily and doing all sorts of real magic, using to answer honestly if any of the sy- suggest that the contents of the bottles real sys. seekers asked them the specific should be dusted for fingerprints and The moral of the story is: if Sha-ki question, "Are you a fraud?", and they hinted that there was plenty of could pull a stunt like this in the field of agreed to do this. Nothing was said opportunity for O'Pshaw to perform sy-seeking, is ufology safe? A about being honest in any other way, fake magic, but that he couldn't find any committee to which Sha-ki belonged, and they weren't. proof. He also wrote a highly called C-SOPS (short for "see the But Bertram and other sy-seekers condensed version of the interminable sops")* has people who don't believe weren't used to asking people if they facts O'Pshaw had told him about that UFOs (whatever they are) are were frauds. It was not quite, uh, polite. himself and his "magic" powers, but real. So, WATCH OUT! and remember Sy-seekers worked with sys in an was careful to inform the readers that to ask each anxious, frightened UFO atmosphere of trust and tranquility, these statements were not verified. He witness, "Are you a fraud?" because that was the way real magic suggested that other sy-seekers work *See Rogct's INTERNATIONAL THESAURUS, flowed best. If the sys couldn't produce with O'Pshaw to see if they got the under "sop" and take your choice of the meaning enough real magic to be useful, they same results. of this word. 13 EXPERIMENTERS' RESPONSE: IMAGINARY ABDUCTIONS By Alvin H. Lawson, PhD and W.C. McCall, M.D.

According to John DeHerrera's John joined us. Whoever articulated to ignore the fact that by 1977 I had curious version of the 1977 McCall- the imaginary proposal, it was not John taught my college-level UFO class for 3 Lawson imaginary abductee but McCall and Lawson who years and that I was intimately familiar experiments (No. 175, Sept. 1982), I determined the study's protocol, with the literature and the major cases. (Lawson) did little more than hang examined and interpreted the data, and I had also published a workbook around and ask dumb questions. The publicized the study's significance in and two casebooks for my class, had facts are otherwise. articles and symposia appearances. operated a UFO hotline since 1974, and Some background: About a year John's "Eureka!" claims would ring I had been the primary investigator on ago John threatened me with legal hollow even if they were true. the Scott, Kendall, and several other action, charging that I had not given him John writes: Our first volunteer, after CE-III cases — and so I had long been credit for his part in the imaginary being hypnotized, was told that he was intrigued by patterns of imagery experiments. Somewhat stunned by taken aboard a UFO. Then we asked him to (tunnels, bright lights, retracting describe how he was taken aboard and this turn in a previously cordial what he could see inside....This was beams, etc.) in UFO reports. Only John relationship, I quickly sent him copies of an emotional account, indicating how real it and God know why he maligns me thus; the seven published versions of the was to the subject. I certainly don't have a clue. study — in all of which I gave him John DeHerrera was once a acknowledgement along with McCall as FACT #2:1 comment only to show valued and supportive associate of a full participant — a flattering that John's memory has failed him here mine. Both McCall and I needed his exaggeration of the facts. Perhaps I as it has elsewhere. Our first imaginary input and his informed encouragement should have expected that it would not subject was not a "he" at all — she was a during the time when most UFOlogists end there. strikingly attractive, 20-year-old reacted to the imaginary study's results Dr. McCall and I both feel that, in secondary education major from with (1) shock, (2) disbelief, and then (3) the interests of truth, it is essential that CSULB. Nor was her session notably hostility. Further, I considered John a we clarify exactly what Mr. DeHerrera emotional (if John means "frightened" friend: we had many long talks after the did — and did not — contribute to the here); she chuckled several times and imaginary sessions and via phone imaginary study. Fortunately, our seemed relaxed through most of her during this period. I am sorry if the memories are generally corroborated narrative. If such details are hazy to friendship is over. The fact is, however, by a series of audio tapes which I made John, it is doubtless because he had that John's contributions to the during that period. nothing to do with the transcribing of imaginary study were never much more John writes: After observing some the sessions. I have spent hundreds of than those of an interested and regressions...there were still many hours of typing tedium with these and supportive observer — one of many we questions...! asked, "What would happen if other regressions, and I wish John had had during the first few months of our we hypnotized someone who had never seen a UFO?"...Dr. McCall decided that been as eager to labor at a typewriter as imaginary work. Even had the this was a good idea and passed the idea on he has been to distort the truth. imaginary experiments been John's (to) Professor Lawson... (Witness next quote.) idea, he provided little toward the performance of the study, and nothing John writes: Dr. McCall and I shook our FACT #1: Far from making any Moses- heads in disbelief. Soon Lawson asked us, to the clarification of the puzzling like pronouncement of the germ idea "What is so amazing?" We told him that our patterns and other data. He has for the imaginary abduction series, if volunteers were describing events and attempted to write about the imaginary John ever did suggest the idea, neither things that are very common in the "real" work in a book and a few articles, but I Dr. McCall nor I remember it. (My abduction narratives forbear commenting, save for a tapes shed no light on the issue.) The necessary thought or two below imaginary study was the end product of FACT #3: The tape of the after- regarding his book. many hours of hypnosis sessions, session discussion the very first night of There is a two-fold irony in John's aftermath discussions, and the imaginary series proves that, rather MJ piece. One involves his use of Ms. brainstorming — all aimed at than John telling me, / told John about a Druffel's space for beating his own establishing the validity of our CE-III size-changing pattern in the subject's drum. The Druffel-Rogo book, The hypnotic data. McCall and I had narrative, and later I went on to discuss Tujunga Canyon Contacts (1981), deliberated on this matter at great image parallels generally. Here John though it mentions John refers only to length, starting with the 1975 Brian implies that I was ill-informed about CE- Scott case, more than a year before III and other UFO data. He has chosen (continued on next page) 14 Experimenters, Continued in my medical practice since 1959 and was suspicious of the reality of CE-III have spent hundreds of hours in age- reports, and that we needed to find a "Lawson's study" and "Lawson's regressing so-called real UFO way of testing our data.) report," which it finds "totally (sic) abductees and other witnesses, as well Dr. Lawson has spent hundreds of invalid" on methodological grounds. as many volunteers in our imaginary hours analyzing the material that we (The objection is absurd, but that's and related hypnosis studies. have obtained, and when I threw up my another story.) Rogo previously (in Mr. DeHerrera attempts to use the hands in desperation at the end of our UFO Abductions, 1980) dismissed fact that hypnosis is no longer used or imaginary studies saying, "I haven't a "Lawson's study" (he doesn't mention acceptable in court testimony as a clue to what all this means," through his poor John) for similar reasons. Thus in means of discrediting all use of research and investigation of various arguing for a key role in the important hypnosis. However, no experienced psychological phenomena, Lawson was imaginary study, John aligns himself hypnotist denies that there are much able to come up with what appears to with those who find that "Lawson's data retrieved under hypnosis which me to be a very logical, well-thought-out study" is worthless; yet John has not cannot be obtained in any other way. conclusion as to the source of our UFO dissociated himself from any of the It is significant that once a person "abductions." The field .of UFOlogy basic findings of the imaginary series. re-lives an experience under hypnotic owes a great deal to Dr. Lawson since But there is another, more age-regression, he tends to remember his is one of the first and certainly most ludicrous irony in John's complaint. I it. The court is concerned because far-reaching testable hypotheses yet first met DeHerrera in 1976 while he subjects cannot always differentiate submitted to explain the UFO was working with Brian Scott, months between data remembered from the abduction phenomenon. after McCall and I had concluded, after age-regression and data which have When I entered the field of UFO an exhaustive investigation, that Brian actually happened. John's assertion investigations, I went in very deliberate- was a clever fraud, and so had cut all that someone has proved "that ly with an open mind in an attempt to ties with him. I cooperated freely with hypnosis is inherently unreliable" is explain or discover what was going on. I John, sharing with him all the video and basically false. It is certainly the case was very fortunate to meet Al Lawson audio tapes, typed transcripts, phone that hypnosis is not infallible, but a at Idabel Epperson's house and found conversations, analyses, and skilled hypnotist has to learn to that he had a like bent. It appears that miscellaneous materials I had about separate the wheat from the chaff. we may be the only two people in Scott — as well as similar materials Mr. DeHerrera claims to have UFOlogy who are actually going into from many other cases and reports. studied hypnosis at great length, yet his this investigation with an open, In 1978, John printed his own book statement that the brain waves of a scientific, investigative mind — and about Brian's case (Etherean Invasion). hypnotized person are identical with hopefully with no preconceived ideas. I Interestingly, although the book is at those produced during REM sleep is began this study as a complete believer least 50% based on the McCall-Lawson simply not true. It is impossible for even in UFOs and abductions, and have now investigation, neither Dr. McCall's a skilled brain wave analyst to differenti- reached the point where I believe that name nor mine appears anywhere in ate between the waking and hypnotized no one has ever been abducted by a John's text. He even avoids referencing electro-encephalogram, and as a result UFO; that the experience is my 1976 Flying Saucer Review article hypnotists no longer refer to hypnosis psychologically a spontaneous on Brian (though he quotes from it as a state of sleep. regression to the birth event. liberally and without permission), and Regarding the imaginary To answer Mr. DeHerrera's last likewise omits any reference to my 1977 experiments, Mr. DeHerrera's question, "Is it possible there really are MUFON article on the imaginary study. participation in the entire-study was UFO abductions?" — to keep an open Just who did not give, credit to marginal, and while he attended most of mind on the subject I would have to say, whom? For what? And why? the sessions, he was not present for all "Possibly, but I doubt it." Mark Twain observes that the of them. His contributions were W.C. McCall, M.D. difference between a man and a dog is interesting, though not mind-boggling, Anaheim, Calif. that a dog seldom bites you after you and he was of assistance in our give it needed help. analyzing and digesting the material You're welcome, John....Ouch! that was obtained. As to who originated Alvin H. Lavvson, PhD, the imaginary study, I have always felt Letters to the Editor are invited, Garden Grove, Calif. that I first propounded the idea. But commenting on any articles or other ***** whether I merely contributed to it or material published in the Journal. I recently read the article by John not, I do know that I was instrumental in Please confine them to about 400 DeHerrera and would like to straighten pursuing it and making certain that we words. Articles of about 500-750 words out a few of the statements that he followed proper protocol. (I specifically will be considered for publication as made regarding the use of hypnosis and remember stating that — after "Comments" or "Notes." All the 1977 imaginary abduction regressing 35 abductees and other submissions should be typed and experiments. witnesses and not obtaining even one double-spaced, and are subject to I have been using hypnosis actively item of extraterrestrial information — I editing for length and style. 15, CRITIC'S CORNER By Robert Wanderer The Andreasson Adventures

There are at least three possible "the long-awaited Second Coming of a 1967 "experience with UFO explanations for the "abduction" Jesus Christ." occupants." The letter languished in stories people relate under hypnosis: Fowler himself says he "believes the files for over a year, but then 1. They are real. the experiences recorded in both MUFON's Humanoid Study Group 2. They are consciously created as books are real." Fowler also reports decided her case might be worth a hoax. (But most hypnotists are that he is a Bible student who earned a investigating. So the use of hypnosis to careful to eliminate obvious frauds, so a degree in biblical studies and has explore this event of 10 years before conscious hoax must occur rarely, if at written articles correlating UFOs and happened to come at a time when she all.) the Bible. "needed" it; to grossly oversimplify the 3. They are unconsciously created, Another leading UFO investigator, situation as I see it, it was as if the similar to our dreams at night, but they Willard D. Nelson, has suggested that hypnotist permitted her to construct an are so powerful psychologically that Fowler and his associates "appear to be exciting story to get her mind off her they seem real. too close and too involved for problems with her husband and her There is no hard evidence proving perspective" and "unaware of related soon-to-come separation from him. or disproving any of these theories. All mental phenomena which may have Her story was indeed exciting. It we have to work with is the story the drastically influenced and embellished allegedly happened on January 25, hypnotized person tells, plus our the reconstruction of the experience." 1967. As Fowler describes it in the first understanding of the person —of their Nelson regards "abductions" as "a book, the conditions would seem ideal perceptual reality, the way they serious matter," but points out the for permitting Betty and her eldest perceive and understand the here-and- difficulty of separating the "real" and daughter to "see" some strange things now of everyday life. the "baloney."3 — there was a power failure at their The Betty Andreasson case is Fortunately for us, Fowler is a home that evening, and a dense local perhaps the most voluminously good reporter, and presents a large and fog behind the house where they "saw" detailed of all "abduction" stories. The significant volume of data, about a UFO "craft" with the entities respected UFO investigator Raymond Betty's background, about the "floating." Betty's story under hypnosis E. Fowler described, in his 1979 book hypnotic sessions, and about the expanding this memory contained the The Andreasson Affair,1 the lengthy comments of other observers of those elements typical of such tales: the series of hypnosis sessions in 1977 in sessions. In effect, he gives us the data, physical examination by "aliens" with which this Massachusetts housewife and invites us to evaluate it. Let me large eyes, and the other factors which related an elaborate and complex tale describe, then, how I would interpret Alvin Lawson has suggested are of being "abducted" by UFO "entities" this material. manifestations of birth trauma.4 in 1967. In Fowler's new book The As I see it, when the hypnosis Betty's adventures while Andreasson Affair, Phase,.Two,2 he sessions began in 1977 Betty "abducted" are more elaborate and describes the 1980 hypnosis sessions in Andreasson must have been under detailed than most, possibly influenced which Betty, now Mrs. Luca, tells of great stress. Her 23-year marriage to a in part by her considerable talent as an additional adventures going all the way chronic alcoholic seemed to be nearing artist. Perhaps the part that elicited the back to when she was 7 years old. Part" an end. Divorce requires readjustment most comment was her story of being of the new book is devoted to the for anyone, but particularly for transported to stand before a huge bird, hypnotically-induced "abduction" story someone in Betty's position. How a Phoenix, bathed in light and heat. of her new husband, Bob Luca. would she care for her seven children? Fowler points out that this Phoenix What conclusions can we reach How would she earn sufficient money story presents obvious parallels with from this extensive data? to support herself and them, since she religious symbolism, but nevertheless Betty herself not only regards her had dropped out of high school to get he seems to believe it "really" story as true, but sees important married and had no job experience or happened. religious value in it. During hypnosis skills? Furthermore, Fowler tells us Shortly after finishing both the she told of standing before "the great Betty is extremely religious; quite hypnosis and her marriage, Betty door," but despite the hypnotist's possibly her fundamentalist Christian moved to Florida. Through friends she strenuous attempts she would not faith would make divorce even more met a man, Bob Luca, who had also reveal what, she allegedly had seen difficult for her to accept. "had a UFO experience," and not long beyond that door. She said that the A year and a half earlier she had "appointed time" to reveal it will be on written Dr. J. Allen Hynek telling about (continued on next page) .16 Critic's Corner, Continued control her levels of consciousness, and fundamental point is that it is possible to possibly also her stress from having to develop a coherent understanding of afterward they were married, and later care for a houseful of children while her the Andreasson case which, on the one moved back to New England. In 1979 injured husband was in the hospital. hand, accepts the fact of her deeply- Betty, Bob, and Ray Fowler "hit the As Nelson suggests, the part about held religious beliefs, and which, on the road together" for what Fowler termed the "entities" actually entering her other hand, does not require us to "a breathtaking national promotional home might have been "created later believe things contrary to our own tour" for the book. They received a with the help of hypnosis, and the sense of rationality. continuous stream of letters and phone suggestions of eager-beavers asking calls asking if there were any further questions while she was under REFERENCES experiences and if Betty had any earlier hypnosis." The remainder of the 1. Raymond E. Fowler, The Andreasson Affair UFO encounters. As if in response to "abduction" stories, particularly the (NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1979). 2. Fowler, The Andreasson Affair, Phase Two this popular demand, Betty underwent parts about the Phoenix and behind (NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1982.) a new series of hypnotic sessions in "the great door," strike me as more 3. Willard .D. Nelson, A Viewpoint on the 1980, which are described in the second properly material for a study of the Andreasson Affair, (privately printed, 1980). book. psychology of religious belief, not for 18302 Montana Circle, Villa Park CA 92667. Betty comes across quite UFO study. 4. Robert Wanderer, "Birth Trauma and 'Abductions'," MUFON UFO Journal, April differently in the second book — a You may agree or disagree with 1982. difference that seems to reflect the parts of what I suggest, but my change in her life. In the first book, during her unhappy first marriage, I UFO DATA MART thought she seemed worried and rather Wanted frightened; in the second book we see a happy, joyous Betty. I am president of the UFO Society of Svetozarevo and would very much like to A particularly useful comment in correspond with U.S. groups, and exchange news, information, and literature. Mr. the second book comes from Patricia Tomislav R. Sarajevska, 35000 Svetozarevo, Yugoslavia. Gail Sable, a "professional hypnotherapist and stress therapist" who attended some of Betty's hypnotic sessions. She found Betty "so pure of Compass Needle Effect Reports By Date heart, so innocent and uncorruptible.... YR/iJO/DY YR/toO/DY YR/VlO/DY It is as if Betty has taken all the Sunday 1*5/08/28 Pacific 63/11/12 Atlantic 68/06/15 Argentina 74/08/04 Australia School lessons of love and brotherhood 47/06/24 US 66/07/01 UK 68/07/07 US 74/10/15 US that we shared as children and made 53/06/20 us 66/11/13 France 68/09/08 UK 74/11/24 US them work for her as a responsible 5^/02/23 UK 67/05/20 Canada 71/08/22 UK 74/11/28 US adult....With both Betty and Bob Luca 54/09/06 Brazil 67/11/06 UK 71/11/23 us 74/12/ Atlantic there is a sense of internal peace.... 55/ / Atlantic 68/ / US 72/09/ US 76/07/10 UK their faith in God is unshakable, their 55/12/2? Australia 68/01/15 US 73/02/02 NZ 77/02/17 UK wants .and needs almost biblical in their 57/12/ Atlantic 68/01/24 US 73/03/11 US 77/04/10 simplicity." 57/12/15 US 68/03/02 Australia 73/04/10 US 77/10/18 UK The hypnotherapist terms Betty "a 59/08/13 US 68/03/04 US 73/10/18 US 78/01/19 US good, solid trance subject. She steps 63/08/21 Austria 68/03/24 US 73/12/02 France 78/04/17 Atlantic 68/04/02 US easily in and out of alternate levels of 63/08/26 France 74/ / Canada 78/11/09 Italy consciousness. There is an energy transference, however,, while Betty is in I will pay $5.00 for a xerographic copy of each published UFO sighting report not on the above list which mentions a magnetic compass needle or trance, which is highly unusual...Some compass-type detector being affected. Jan Eric Herr, 6250 Stanley Avenue, levels. of Betty's consciousness have San Diego. Calif. 92115, U. S. A. more overt and covert control than is usually recognizable." CORRECTION My conclusion from the materials In the article "Airships? No!" by William H. Banks (No. 179, Jan. 1983), the first in these books is, first of all, that Betty paragraph should read- Andreasson Luca is a very nice person, "Writing in the MUFON UFO Journal...Dr. Louis Winkler states...." who believes strongly in her particular (His last name was accidentally given as "Walker" here, but is correctly religion, and is probably a delightful reported in the rest of the article.) person to be around. I would guess that the "aliens" she "saw" in the original STAMP PROGRAM incident in 1967 were a combination of We acknowledge receipt of cancelled foreign stamps for the international the blackout, wisps of fog, her information exchange program from Pat Losornio, Pasadena, Calif., as well as from demonstrably healthy imagination and several of the "regulars" whose continued contributions are appreciated. They will artistic sense, her ability to move and be acknowledged by name from time to time. 17 1983 UFO CONFERENCES AN OPEN RESEARCH The 1983 MUFON UFO Symposium will be held on July 1, 2, and 3 at the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel, 1401 South Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA; INQUIRY telephone (213) 792-0266. The featured speakers will be James M. McCampbell, Paul C. Cerny, Mrs. Ann Druffel, J. Allen Hynek, Ph.D., Peter A. Jordan, This investigator is appealing for Richard F. Haines, Ph.D., William L. Moore, and Alan C. Holt. It is anticipated assistance that might be offered by any that over 1,000 people will attend, based upon the 1,500 who participated in the interested group or individual to verify a 1979 MUFON UFO Symposium in San Francisco. William F. Hasse!, Jr., Ph.D. startling claim made by a CE III witness is the host chairperson. during my interview of him November The host committee has advised that the price of individual sessions varies 13, 1982. between $3 and $7, totaling $25.00. Pre-registration is a bargain at $17.50, the "Paul's" encounter on 15 entire symposium price at-the-door is $23.00, and students at-the-door will be September 1982 with the UFO entity is $15.00 (student identification must be shown). similar to other reports of this nature. Room reservations at the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel per night will be The witness parks beside a road in the $57.00 for a single and $67.00 for double occupancy plus tax. American Airlines southern California mountains while on is the Official Carrier for the 1983 MUFON UFO Symposium in Pasadena/Los a solo night drive and climbs the hillside Angeles, California. To take advantage of American's special Meeting Service in the dark without really knowing why. Desk call toll-free (800) 433-1790; in Texas call (800) 792-1160. They will tell you A lighted craft suddenly appears how to qualify for American's money-saving fares and discounts. overhead and a jagged, solid-appearing The 20th Annual National UFO Conference, sponsored by the light beam works its way to the ground Southern Arizona Chapter of U.A.P.A., will be held Saturday, May 14,1983 at in front of him. There is an entity (a the Safford Jr. High School Auditorium, 300 S. 5th Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701 "solid projection") touching his hand from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. Admission is open to the public at $4.00 per person ($3.00 and mysteriously calming him. Mental for advanced sales). The speakers scheduled are Rick Hilberg, Cleveland, Ohio, communication ensues. He is told he on "UFOs — An Illustrated History"; Kal Korff, Union City, California, on "The will write down and draw things after he UFO Phenomenon"; and Hal Starr, Phoenix, Arizona on "The KGB, .CIA & returns home — which he does, UFOs — The Cosmic Watergate." The closed sessions on May 14 and 15 are without knowing what they mean. open to all serious UFOlogists at the Plaza International, Speedway at These items are described in my Campbell, Tucson, Arizona where the delegates 'will be housed. For preliminary report to CUFOS and Conference delegate reservations, write to Edward Biebel, 1612 Charolais Way, MUFON and are not the subject of this Nogales, AZ 85621. ($5.00 for all sessions.) current public request. Later The 7th Annual MUFON N.C. UFO Conference will be held on the publication can occur if I can first verify weekend of June 11 and 12,1983 at the Nature Science Center, Winston-Salem, this detail — apparently offered by the N.C. Speakers presently committed are Dr. Willy Smith, Paul B. Norman, entity through the witness, as a George Fawcett, and Bernard Haugen. For further information please contact verification of the reality of the whole the Chairperson, Mrs. Gayle McBride, P.O. Box 46, Winston-Salem, NC 27102. experience. Since the North Carolina group has had 6 years of experience conducting UFO It was at the interview that "Paul" conferences, we invite them to consider sponsoring the 1985 MUFON UFO began getting "impressions" as though Symposium. he were again in contact with the entity Ken McLean, Steering Committee of PRO*UFO and R. Leo Sprinkle, (whether he actually was or not is Ph.D., Institute for UFO Contactee Studies, have jointly announced the 4th beside the point, for I too can think of Rocky Mountain Conference on UFO Investigation on June 23, 24, and alternate explanations for this). Paul 25, 1983 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. The purpose of the claims that such impressions are a new conference is to provide an opportunity for UFO contactees and UFO phenomenon in his life since September Investigators to become acquainted and to share information about UFO 15. Before the experience, he had no experiences. Please write to Conferences & Institutes, P.O. Box 3274, such problems and had been strongly University Station, Laramie, WY 82071 for registration, room, and meal skeptical of UFO stories, especially reservations. contact stories. Still, Paul surprised us The British UFO Research Association (BUFORA) has announced that both with the following information. the United Kingdom 3rd International UFO Congress is planned for "What occurred off the coast of August 27, 28, and 29, 1983 at the Larch Foundation, Lane End, Nr High Maine?," he suddenly asked. Then he Wycombe, Bucks, England. Speakers scheduled are Dr. J. Allen Hynek from started filling it in. About 12, maybe the U.S.A., Stanton T. Friedman from Canada, Bertil Kuhlemann from more, years ago a radar station off the Sweden, Dr. Sue Blackmore and Hilary Evans of the United Kingdom. For coast of Maine was "knocked off, wiped information, please contact John Shaw, 5 Vardens Road, London SW11 IRQ, out by a UFO." Nothing was ever found England.n (continued on next page) Lucius Farish In Others' Words

The • February 15 issue of uncovered. Pilichis at P.O. Box 5012, Rome, Ohio NATIONAL ENQUIRER reports on a Ohio's Tri-County UFO Study 44085. UFO which supposedly started a fire Group has produced a Yearbook An excellent foreign publication which did extensive damage in the small Annual which contains some which is now available in the U.S. is town of Londres, Argentina. interesting items, including details of Ahmad Jamaludin's Study. A Speculation that space aliens UFO reports investigated by Group SUMMARY OF UNIDENTIFIED influenced film director Steven members, a statistical analysis of FLYING OBJECTS.AND RELATED Spielberg ("E.T.") is the subject of an encounters with Bigfoot creatures, etc. EVENTS IN MALAYSIA (1950-1980). article in the ENQUIRER'S February 22 The Annual is $3.00 (plus $1.00 postage This large softcover volume includes issue. & handling) and may be ordered from numerous tables, graphs and The UFO REPORT ANNUAL Jim Rastetter, P.O. Box 2, Sebring, OH illustrations, as well as details of UFO 1983 from the publishers of UFO 44672. A monthly Newsletter is also cases which have occurred in Malaysia REPORT is now available. Although available at the rate of $15.00 for 12 during this 30-year period. Some of the largely composed of familiar material, it issues, from the same address. fascinating reports involve tiny entities does have a few new articles of interest. Researcher Dennis Pilichis and craft which have been seen on Eric Mishara contributes the "Anti- (Associate Editor of the above- several occasions. One of Jamaludin's Matter/UFO Update" column for the mentioned Newsletter) has begun an several appendixes to the book details March issue of OMNI, discussing a interesting and worthwhile project, the his theory of UFO flap cycles, with report of a damaged UFO which crash- Fortean Tape Recorded Information predictions of future UFO activity in landed near a NATO installation in Service. Dennis has accumulated an specific areas of the world. This is a England. As the story goes, the impressive number of tapes on UFOs fascinating document and one which American base commander and unexplained phenomena and many UFO .researchers could communicated with the aliens while would like to exchange tapes with other profitably use as a model for their own they repaired their craft. Various researchers. No money is involved, investigation reports. It is available from British researchers have attempted to other than postage costs for mailing Arcturus Book Service . (263 North learn more about the incident, but little tapes, so anyone wishing to obtain the Ballston Avenue, Scotia, NY 12302) for of a definite nature has been details of such a trade may write to $11.00, plus 85C postage.

and find it to be a-fact!" He claimed, destruction could have been the Open Research, Continued when questioned, that .his impression Number 2 (since "No. 3" was off was so strong that he "knew it had to be Nantucket) DEW line station. Does where the station had been. Thirteen true," yet he also claimed it to be totally anyone out there have any information? people died. One hour after the event, a new information to him. The CE-III witness will not identify message was received on the teletype You can understand this at New London, Conn., over the himself to me, wishing to protect his investigator's, dilemma. An intriguing own family and business reputation. I in communication link that had been claim that probably requires access to turn should remain anonymous in print broken by the destruction of the radar classified information to verify. All I can although my name and address are a station. The message was received by do is publicize this event and hope that matter of record to whomever the second (or first?) in command at somewhere, out of the woodwork, a publishes or acts upon this. I feel this New London (Investigator's inquiry: Air clue or lead will develop. investigation should be an ecumenical, Force, Navy, Coast Guard? No So far, efforts by an interested shared effort and not something answer). The (alleged) message stated: friend have established that a DEW appropriated by any one individual or Line coastal defense station, 85 miles organization. It could be important. It :WE ARE SORRY. WE THOUGHT YOU WERE TAKING AGGRESSIVE ACTION. southeast of New York City, collapsed might be nothing at all. WE ARE NOT FROM HERE. WE WILL in an Atlantic storm in January 1961, NOT RETURN. with the loss of 14 USAF personnel and 14 civilian .workmen. Is Paul merely I said to Paul, "this is pretty heavy unconsciously remembering that event Address • replies to "Open Research" c/o stuff. It would be classified, if true." Paul which was certainly in the news of the MUFON, 103 Oldtowne Rd., Seguin, TX 78155. responded emphatically, "investigate it time? Paul's alleged radar station 19 by DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE WaltAndnu

Plans are being formulated by the been announced.) fulfilling for the past few years, this is Scientific Bureau of Investigation (SBI) The manuscript, artwork, forms, not a MUFON endorsement of the new to conduct a UFO symposium in New etc. for the Third Edition of the Foundation for UFO Research, but a York during the month of August 1983. MUFON Field Investigator's Manual news release recognizing its formation. Details will be announced in the April were sent to the printer on April 1,1983. We have also been notified of the 1983 issue of the Journal by Pete We expect to announce the price and formation of a new UFO organization in Mazzola, International Director of SBI. availability date in the April issue of the Quebec, having the corporate name The 1984 MUFON International Journal. This updated manual has been "Centrale de Compilation Ufologique UFO Symposium is scheduled for the improved so as to stay abreast of the du Quebec, Inc." (C.C.U.Q. inc.) Their week-end of June 8, 9, and 10 at the state-of-the-art in UFO investigations, mailing address is Case Postale 103, Northpark Inn, 9300 North Central by adding the following new sections or Drummondville, Quebec, Canada J2B Expressway, Dallas, TX 75231. chapters: The Field Investigator's Code 6V6. Our best wishes are extended to Tentative speakers who have already of Ethics, Photographic Evidence, their directors. been contacted are Tom Adams of Evaluation of Medical Injuries from The MUFON UFO Journal has Paris, Texas, on "Cattle Mutilations UFO Close Encounters, Hypnosis as not carried an astronomy column for and UFOs"; Dr. Stephen Clark of an Investigative Aid, Radiation Survey several years. This column has been Garland, Texas on "Hypnotic of Landing Cases, and The Challenge sadly missed by investigators, as a Regression as related to UFO Cases"; to UFOlogy. In addition, major means of identifying planets, bright and John F. Schuessler from Houston, revisions have been made in the section stars, and meteor showers in the night Texas; The symposium committee is on Field Investigations of Alleged UFO skies. We are very pleased to announce composed of Neal Hern, General landing Sites, and the Bright Planet that Alvis L. Barrier, M.D., an amateur Chairman; Mrs. Jennie Willis, Location Chart. astronomer, who is on the Board of the Recording Secretary and Reservations The Manual has been edited by University of Texas McDonald Chairperson; Lindy Whitehurst, Raymond E. Fowler, Director of Observatory is now writing a monthly Facilities and Publicity Chairman; Investigations. Two new sighting report column that will be predated several Robert Davis, Program Chairman; forms have been added as follows: months so as to make it a current and Mike Broyles, Welcoming/Hospitality Aerial Sighting Report Form 11 as valuable tool for readers. and Transportation Chairman; and designed by Richard F. Haines, Dr. Barrier, a surgeon, is also the Lew Willis, Treasurer. Many other Residual Radiation Form 10, and a new State Section Director for Guadalupe details were consummated during their Computer Input Form 2 to make it County in Texas. He and his family meeting on January 19, 1983 at the compatible with the UFOCAT reside at 214 Milford Lane, Seguin, TX home of Neal Hern. database. The MUFON Field 78155. Of major interest .to Burt L. Monroe, Jr. Ph.D., State Investigator's Manual has been and will astronomers around the World is the Director for Kentucky, has selected continue to be accepted as the guide in installation of a new 400-inch telescope Donald K. Burchett, M.S. as a the English speaking nations of the at the McDonald Observatory in the Research Specialist in Chemistry. Mr. World. Davis Mountains in west Texas. It will Burchett resides at 616 Rymer Way, Alan Benz, former librarian for be the largest in the World, having twice Louisville, KY 40223. He has had 15 APRO, has announced the formation of the diameter of the lens in the telescope years of experience as a research a new non-profit corporation named on Mount Palomar in California. We are scientist in the chemical industry. "Foundation for UFO Research." The extremely proud to have an John F. Magor, Provincial Director' purpose of the foundation is to assist in astronomer of Dr. Barrier's status write for British Columbia, has just been the eventual solution of the mystery of our astronomy column. advised that his new book, titled Aliens UFOs, utilizing their theme "Deeds not Walter N. Webb, consultant in Above — A UFO Report will be Words." Many of its purposes were Astronomy, is also contributing published by Hancock House this identified in the "1982 UFO Summit separate charts on astronomical events Spring. The book will soon be available Meeting" in Toronto, Ontario, hosted for the year and has contributed to the from Hancock House, 19313 Zero Ave., by MUFON, which Mr. Benz attended. MUFON Field Investigator's Manual. Surrey, B.C., Canada V3S 5J9 or The foundation's mailing address is Mr. Webb is Assistant Director of the autographed copies from Mr. Magor at P.O. Box 182, Tucson, AZ 85702-0182. Charles Hayden Planetarium, Boston, Box 758, Duncan, B.C., Canada V9L Since their proposed work is similar in Mass.o 3Y1. Contact your local book stores for nature to the outstanding projects that additional sources. (The price has not the Fund for UFO Research has been