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SUNlite Shedding some light on UFOlogy and UFOs Volume 3 Number 3 May-June 2011 Front Cover: A photograph of a waxing crescent moon. The moon can be a source of UFO reports and I mention how on pages 15-16 Left: Do these look familiar? Of course they do. They are the landing lights of an airplane shot using simi- lar camera settings as those used in the Ramilles photograph. It was a 737 aircraft and it was pretty low on approach for landing. In my opinion, this image bears a resemblance to the Ramilles image. comments about the Eupen explanations I mentioned briefly in SUNlite 2-6. Despite Meessen’s argument against Paquay’s article, I still consider the imag- es in question show lights that look a lot like airplane lights. I wonder how these photographs would fair if an indepen- dent group of scientists examined them? It is up to Mr. Meessen to provide a con- vincing argument that they could not be from an airplane. I did not see him do this Remember, it’s only UFOs in his article. hose are the sage words I received that supposedly was a Roswell smoking Abductology continues to revolve around Trecently regarding some people who gun. Many already know the story but I Carol Rainey and Emma Woods. Their in- seem to think that UFOs are a life and wrote about it anyway in the Roswell cor- formation is being ignored or shouted death struggle. When one looks at UFOs ner so everyone can follow some good down by defenders of Budd Hopkins and in the grand scheme of things, they lose links as well as some of the information David Jacobs. One has to wonder how their significance. Recent events in Ja- I had on the matter. long this will continue. pan demonstrate what really is impor- TABLE OF CONTENTS tant. The power of the tsunami and the On page 5-6, I discuss the infamous solar death toll overshadows quibbling over eclipse UFOs in 1991. I did this because how people interpret various documents I have received some recent e-mails de- Who’s blogging UFOs..................................2-4 and sighting reports. One can only feel claring that this was a case of an alien The Roswell Corner .......................................4 intense sorrow for the people of Japan spaceship appearing over a major city. and their great loss. Couriers of chicanery..................................5-6 There are two new contributions this Hollywoodn’t by Martin Kottmeyer....7-9 As tragic as this all was, there were indi- month. Martin Kottmeyer has an in- viduals that chose to take advantage of teresting piece about Hollywood and More UFOs and Nukes nonsense......10-12 the news coverage. They found various Jean-Michel Abrassart adds his point of More crashed debris claims....................12 bits of debris, clouds, or whatever float- view about UFOlogy and folklore. Both Those elusive “best evidence” UFO ing around in the videos and used them are excellent pieces that are well worth photographs and videos...................13-14 to promote UFOs. Yes, they are, by defi- reading. nition, “unidentifieds”. However, in my IFO University: The moon..................15-16 opinion, these people used this tragedy Speaking of Jean-Michel, I received an 1979 binary code..........................................16 to elevate their own personal interests. e-mail from Auguste Meessen, who felt By linking their sensationalized UFO vid- that SUNlite was not being truthful. He Another source of an IFO friend..........16 eos/blogs to the tsunami/earthquake, has posted his rebuttal on his web site UFOlogy, a contemporary folklore they made sure that google searches (http://www.meessen.net/AMeessen/ by Jean-Michel Abrassart........17-18 would get them noticed. Ramillies.pdf). In that rebuttal, he states More tainted Trindade.................................18 he was presenting the “truth”. I have a In UFO news, I noticed that the anniver- problem with anybody who like to use Battle of LA photo exposed...............19 sary of the “Phoenix lights” came and the word “truth” because usually it is Answer to “The Belgium UFO wave went with barely a whimper. It seems to that persons own biased interpretation and the photos of Ramillies”....20-22 have been overshadowed by the Japan of what they consider the “truth”. This event. kind of language is often used by politi- Questions about the Eupen UFO cians and religious leaders. That being explanation................................23 What was a really slow few months with said, there have been some questions UFOs on the tube.......................................24 UFO news, took a big jump in April, when raised about the content. Roger Paquay people “discovered” an old FBI document responds in this issue and I added a few Buy it, borrow it, bin it..............................24 1 The UFO disclosure countdown clock is ter stated what seems to be the opinion at 11:30! Supposedly, this means disclo- Who’s blogging of quite a few people. Hopkins’ and Ja- sure is just around the corner. How long cobs’ research and the ethics surround- have UFOlogists been promising this UFOs? ing it are the real issue. The research has great revelation? I seriously doubt that it produced nothing other than book sales is going to happen but would UFO pro- and notoriety for the researchers. Good- ponents be willing to bet money on this Hot topics and varied opinions ness knows how many abductees have occurring by a given date? suffered because of their ham-handed approach towards them. Rich Phillips then seemed shocked that the Russians Magonia put up a disclo- would launch two rockets sure poll after Kevin Randle over several days! The first had completed his. Kevin’s rocket launch was of a Russian original poll did not give the Navigation satellite on February option to his readers if they 26th from the Plesetsk Cosmo- thought there was anything drome. The second, supposedly to disclose at all. Magonia launched on March 1st, appears gave a far easier poll, which to have been a video from the asked the question in three Progress M03-M launch in Oc- clear choices (UFO/ET disclo- tober of 2009. sure will happen, it will never happen, and there was noth- Speaking of disclosure, Dr. ing to disclose). Kevin Ran- Clarke reports that the next dle then put up a new poll wave of MOD files have been on his blog but added extra released. This is the real dis- options. I voted on both that closure of UFO documents. The biggest there was nothing to disclose because I news was the “mysterious” destruction of make them all look the same said a lot. have yet to see any evidence that there files from DI-55 for the years 1980-82. This is a cover-up. The Magonia poll resulted is the Rendlesham time period so it im- Between Carol Rainey and Emma Woods, in about 60% saying there was nothing mediately brought forth calls of conspir- abduction research appears to be split- to disclose. Randle’s poll, which had a acy from people like John Burroughs. Dr. ting UFOlogy the same way the contact- larger sample (and included more UFO Clarke added in another posting that the ees did many years ago. Emma Woods proponents) had about 30% stating that files were destroyed about the same time became a four-letter word on UFO Up- there was nothing to disclose. This prob- as the files for the years 1967-1979, 1983. dates as Errol Bruce-Knapp shut down ably says something about the readers of It seems the files were simply destroyed any conversation on the subject. When these blogs more than anything else. en masse. Dr. Clarke also notes that those Rainey suggested that Budd Hopkins files from the DI-55 that did survive were should not be immune to criticism just A scientist claimed he found life in a essentially duplicates of sighting reports because he is ill, Bruce-Knapp banned meteorite, which became big news. The made to “The UFO desk”. This bit of in- her as well and forbade mentioning her news appeared in something called “The formation seems to indicate there really research. journal of Cosmology”, which, according was nothing important in these files but I to the bad astronomer, seems to have doubt it will satisfy conspiracy fanatics. Mrs. Rainey responded at www.paratopia. problems with checking the accuracy of net (see the Rainey update for 25 April) their articles. Some microphotographs Abduction research continues to suf- with some rather interesting comments showed objects that looked like microbe fer from the Carol Rainey effect. Her regarding John Velez (an abductee and fossils to the untrained eye but it seems first video revealed certain aspects of the personal friend of Bud Hopkins), who ap- that just because they look like fossilized Linda Cortile case, which caused a fire pears to have great influence on the run- microbes does not mean they are. This storm among UFOlogists. Rainey would ning of UFO updates. After Bruce-Knapp appears to be a case of a scientist trying then add another video documenting the issued his “ruling”, he allowed Velez to to make a splash in the news rather than saga of Linda Cortile and some of her out- post a “rebuttal” to Rainey (even though displaying the proper amount of skepti- landish claims. As before, it shows how Velez stated it was not a rebuttal). One cism regarding a claim that is “extraordi- gullible Budd Hopkins can be concerning can only assume this was done so Mr. nary”. what people tell him. The last installment Velez could have the final word.