The MUFON UFO JOURNAL NUMBER 134 MARCH-APRIL 1979
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SOUTH AFRICAN UFO IN HUMANOID CASE The MUFON UFO JOURNAL (USPS 002-970) FROM THE EDITOR 103 Oldtowne Rd. Seguin, Texas 78155 An important function of any serious UFO journal is to keep its RICHARD HALL readers informed of hoaxes and errors. In this issue we discuss some . Editor instances of questionable information that has been entered into the ANN DRUFFEL literature, and also some examples of borderline UFO sightings that Associate Editor . may or may not be explainable. Occasional case studies of this type can be informative, and they can serve as examples to keep us on LEN STRINGFIELD Associate Editor our toes. We cannot, however, devote the majority of space—all too . MILDRED BIESELE limited— to that "90%" of IFOs. It is the "10%" of UFOs that Contributing Editor promises to yield information of scientific value, and we intend to >•»•»>••»••••»«•«•«»«»«•«•« focus attention on the mystery, not on the smoke screen. Still, it is WALTER H. ANDRUS Director of MUFON important to realize and keep in mind at all times that the vast majority of things that get reported as "UFOs" are natural or conventional objects, but not always obviously so. Careful and PAULCERNY Promotion/Publicity thorough investigation often is needed to identify the culprit. This smoke cloud always has obscured the important cases, and is mistaken by skeptics as being the entire story. Therefore, it is REV. BARRY DOWNING incumbent upon us to screen information and encourage thorough Religion and UFOs investigation in the process of singling out for attention those cases that establish UFOs as a real mystery. LUCIUS PARISH Books/Periodicals/History
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ROSETTA HOLMES MYSTERY AT MINDALORE .-- 3 Promotion/Publicity By Cynthia Hind CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH E-M AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS 8 By Raymond E. Fowler TED PHILLIPS UFO OR AIRCRAFT?: A CASE STUDY 10 Landing Trace Cases By Willard D. Nelson FLAGRANTE DELJCTO IN THE AFLAFLFA? SACRE BLEU! 13 JOHN F. SCHUESSLER By Ted Bloecher UFO Propulsion UFO ABDUCTION HOAX 14 By. T. Scott Grain, Jr. 1965 HUMANOID CASES (News) 14 NORMA E. SHORT UFO TECH NOTE 15 DWIGHT CONNELLY By John Schuessler DENNIS HAUCK CALIFORNIA REPORT , 16 Editor/Publishers Emeritus By Ann Druffel IN OTHERS' WORDS 19 By Lucius Parish The MUFON UFO JOURNAL is DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE 20 published by the Mutual UFO By Walt Andrus Network, Inc., Seguin, Texas. Subscription rates: $8.00 per year in the U.S.A.; $9.00 per year foreign. Copyright 1979 by the Mutual UFO Network. Second class postage paid at Seguin, Texas. POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 to advise change of address to The contents of The MUFON UFO JOURNAL are Permission is herby granted to quote from this issue The MUFON UFO JOURNAL, determined by the editor, and do not necessarily provided not more than 200 words are quoted from any 103 Oldtowne Rd., Seguin, Texas represent the official position of MUFON. Opinions of one article, the author of the article is given credit, and 78155. contributors are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the statement "Copyright 1979 by the MUFON UFO those of the editor, the staff, or MUFON. Articles may be JOURNAL, 103 Oldtowne Rd., Sequin, Texas" is forwarded directly to MUFON. included. (Mindalore, Continued) indeed have been narrower. : ,'( sounded rather sing-song, but we embankment as they could, towards' I asked Meagan what her couldn't actually hear the words, just the light and the new road which sloped impressions were at the time. the sound of it." down away from the embankment. "As "I was very confused. I didn't know Andre interrupted, "I saw one of we came closer," Meagari said, "I could what it was." ^ the men on the far side bend down and see it wasn't a plane of an ordinary kind. Was she^afraid? "\ pick up some sand from the sandy bit We approached it from the side "No, I wasn't afraid, because I ^ off the edge of the tarmac. They were actually, and we were rather worried as thought it was some sort of aircraft, •;,, talking and l)saw this man lifting the we got closer and I didn't know what perhaps some experimental aircraft. It \ sand in his hand and he let it trickle was going on. It looked so odd! But I am was unusual, but then you^get all sorts through his fingers." a nurse.and I felt-thaTH there was any of unusual things nowadays^ She Meagan .added, "I actually saw i trouble at all, perhaps I could be of help. laughed loudly, "I certainly didn't think them bend downand-tojach the tarmac , xAt least, I could call for an ambulance or _it was something from outer space. I but.Ldidn't see them do anythihg-with . something like^ that, \ or give therrT^ don't really believe in those things, you .the sand:"- ^ assistance on the^spot." . know. I haven't read anything about it I asked Meagan-if_she thought she Ad they drew nearer fcf the object, either so it wouldn't have^entered-my--=— could identify the language:^' ' Meagan could see that whatever it was, mind anyway." ^ ' "' ^ it was encased by this pink light; a very I asked Andre what,he had seen. put it down to is Chinese. But it wasn't bright, absolutely pink light. Both she "It looked like this," he-.:said, doing a Chinese. I can't imitate it because I've and Andre were adamant about the quick drawing on the back of a cigarette got a deep voice and his was very high- colour of the light. It completely box^" There was no^doubt abqutjhe^ pitched. It was -broken up~ahd quick;. surrounded the craft ,• although Meagan egg-shape. The rest was"also sirnilar to that's whatmade me think of Chinese." could see no light which might 'have what his.mother had[described! '."" Could either of them see the men's caused the glow. There were two~lights~"~ Meagan >aidj- "Frank Norton faces? "-^ on either side of an opening they could (UFO investigator in South Africa) said "We couldn't see them too clearly. see in the side of the craft, and one on- that I was fabricating the story. I)fold They were all covered up top of it. The same pink glow seemed to him, 'Oh no, if I was going to lie about overalls with~only their faces showing,, . . emanate from within-the^opening. "^^ something, I wouldn't Jnyplve my- 12- except" forTwcfof them: the one nearest "As we-walked up towards^ the year^old_son. What mothef^wotild lie to me=and one on the far side. Their edge of the road, I could seethe crafF^ • - with her, child unless she was a bit round- heads were uncovered." and as far as I am conggrned( ft was a thg bend>"6pecially when the child is Of the; two meii approaching craft of some soft_was standing very s~ehsitiveand getting ready to go to Meagan and: Andre, the one with' his straight on the road, although the road High School."' - head uncovered had thick dark^hair_ itself is at a sfefit away from the edge Meagan went back to the story. which was 'curlish,' and a beard. "And ^^ where Wg-were. The object was also "As we stood there, we spoke together then~suddenly," Meagan said, "the one ^s^JggiShaped from the top down. At the quietly, wondering what it could be. It whojyas doing all the talking obviously bottom, where it appeared the egg-part don't know why we were so quiet, it was ^realized" trTatjveiwere^tandjng^there, had been-cut^straight across, it was almost as-thoughrweLdidn't want "to be for he^said something to rtiscorhpanion. supported'by four legs. They .were overheard." And 'then^.as -they came At trie same time, he took .a step back - -spider'.legs—not very thick; about even "closer.to*the^cfaftr5 of 6 men, ^as thoughjianding overjp the bearded 10,16 cms and a=sucker pad fixed each stepped out of the openincftmto-the man." "- — ~-~~=^,^- ' ^ ---- leg onto'ihe road. The legs were about ground. ;' "We were standingat the top of the 1,22 meters high." I asked if they had seen anyone embankment on a level with the ' What height was the craft above near the object before the men '-- the legs? appeared. "No," AndreX said. "They slightly down at "them. They weren't - "Well, I'm not very good at only came out as we got there." Meagan tiny. I'm 1,7 meters tali and they came estimating heights, but it must have added, "One or two.of-them went to the up to my chin. I would say~fhey were been about that height altogether" — left hand side of the craft, away.fromus.- .abo_ut_ 1,58 "meters. They were very indicating about 3,66 meters — "When Andre and I have.discussed this, but we slenderlrrbuiidvthough." it was on the ground." are not absolutely sure if there was one ( Meagan__said -the suits covered How wide was the craft? man or two." xx^ ^\ them completelylso that.one could not "It fitted nicely into the yellow lines Two of the men remained near the see any muscles or anything like that. on the road." center of the craft and the other two Except for the two mentioned, the suit When measured on site, I came to the side where vwe were went over their feet and right up to their estimated this to be about 4,88 meters, standing. One of the two near to us.was heads, leaving only the face^visible. The but I feel there might be some doubt as talking quite a lot and the other^one was hands -were clear, as far as she could to this. It was dark and the light answering in monosyllables. The one recall, and they appeared^to bejquite distortive. There' seems to be some who was doing all the talking had a normal. ~~~~^ uncertainty about the width; it might high-pitched voice, and the words "^ What was the colour of the^suits? 4 MYSTERY AT MINDALORE
/ By Cynthia Hind f' (Copyright Cynthia Hind, 1979)
Mindalore is a/r"~suburb of gained a certain amount of trust from Tindall Road, which actually has no. Krugersdorp, a town some 26 kms frorfv the family. .' -'connection with it at all. This is a newly- Johannesburg, South Africa. The Meagan told me that late on made road, a connecting (ink between h'ouses are not big, but modern and , Wednesday' evening, January 3, 1979, the factory' area of Chamdor and attractive, placeo1 on wide tarmac roads she was sitting in the lounge finishing off Luipaardsvlei Industrial Area, and used and^surrounded'by large open spaces a book she had been reading. She mainly by heavy traffic during the day. and sweeping hills. In the area, a remembers booking at the clock and Very little traffic passed that way during considerable variety of minerals are noting that '(it was 10 minutes to the night. ^mined, such as high grade manganese, midnight. Just then her elder son Andre When they neared Tindall Road, iron, and asbestos. ^There_are three came into the living room saying that he Meagan saw Cheeky still barking uranium plants within tKe^muriicipal had*been unable to sleep and could he frantically, together with most of the "area of Krugersdorp. make a cup of tea for both of them? neighborhood dogs. At the same time, -The Mindalore case was brought Meagan readily^agreed. She'said, "I" she became ~aware'of a bright pink light to, my attention by a local newspaper think Andreiwas getting.bored with the on the top road. She said to Andre, report in The Herald, ~a leading school hSlidays"—in South Africa the "Look, .they've got lights on that road RHcfdesian newspaper, and I managed long, summejr hojidays occur during ;up"thereT" -~^>^^^ to contact the witness, Mrs. Quezet, Declhiber/January^'and he was also "No, there -aren!t- any lights up who ;agreed for me to int,ery.iew,her-ii I ^anxious to"start"HighxSchool." .^feifMorti;" he replied. " flew down to SoutrTAffica. This I It was then she fieafcbtheir part-,- "Well tHS". what's that very odd managed to do on the afternoon of bred Daksie dog, Cheeky; ''barking looking thing trief6?" Meagan queried, Friday, January 12, 1979. I arrived at outside, pheeky had recently been pointing to the pinTTgJow she could see about 4:30 PM on^ a ^darkening knocked down by a passing motor-car above the road. F^ immediate afternoon with driving rain and was met and his back had been, badly damaged. reaction was that it was^liaht aircraft in Johannesburg by my daughter He had only recently been nursedjback come down on the Lindsay and her husband, Richard. to health/and Meagan didn't want mentioned this to Andre, quite~ They had arranged to drive me to-Mrs. anything else to happen to him. Meagan convinced that she was right- Quezet'sj, house immediately^ after went outside and called to Cheeky but Worried by this possible, eating supper and we actually arrived she soon realized that he had managed eventuality, they moved quickly 'up there shortly after 8:15 PM. tg^get outside/thVgates'and she knew towards the top road.,-The" access is Meagan Quezet, a housewife in that if she left him, he would bark and through some _ ditches -and- uneven- her thirties, lives with her French-born^ bark and disturb jthe neighbors. groundr overgrown with grass and r husband Paul and her two sons, Gary She went to their front gate calling small bush, and steeply slanting to the (8) and Andre(12): at 14, Saul^JScobs- to the dog, but by that time Cheeky had top road. This embankment has not yet Street, Mindalore. >AIth6ughrMe"agan ^gone up, the road. Realizing that been cleared and it provides an trained as a nurse^sKe did not complete Cheeky; wouldsopner come to Andre excellent place for children and their her training, but is^obviously an than to her.'Meagan shouted for him to dogs to play. intelligent and questioning wqmarLAt come and help.her get Cheeky back Meagan counldn't think of any our first meeting, J_had a feeling of slight, into the garage., "I was*1 also worried other explanation for the very bright antagonism frorn~her,- but I was-'not about the area," Meagan said. "There pink light. She said it.might have been a surprised whervl heard how she-had are always people wandering about police car with its light on the roof, but been inundated by telephone,- -^after dark and Kwanted Andre to come she couldn't hear anything and reporters, and some "crank" callers./ with me up the road to find Cheeky." normally the police car light had a sort "However, as the evening wore on "and No 14, Saul Jacobs Street is about of 'whoo-whoo' sound to it. Also she she became-aware, of my ,genuine micTway up" the street. At the top there realized that the light was quite high up interest in -UFOs and my extensive is a T-junction, and the road crossing on the road, as though topping a plane knowledge of-^previous cases, thev .A there is called TindalJ Road. However, of some sort. feejing improved and I think when we v-beyond that, about,12. meters further They moved as quickly up the finally left the Quezet home, I had up, there is a road running parallel to (continued on next page) something was not quite right! Somefh/ng was not quite normal. Andre was standing slightly behind her and to her left. She said to him, "Andre, go and get Daddy, and run, please run." Meagan said, "I think I shouted at Andre, loudly." Andre said, "I ran straight away. I was frightened. I didn't expect to see anything like this." I asked if they thought the men appeared to be threatening. Meagan said, "Well, he spoke to me and I just stared at him. Then he said something to the other man and that one in turn said something to the others. They weren't having any lengthy conversation, just sort of mono- syllables." But the next thing she knew, they had jumped back into the craft. I asked if they had climbed in through the doorway, and if so, were -there any steps? "No, there were;no' 'steps, but the.opening was about 1,22 meters off the ground. The door was in the middle of the far side from us. But Andre and Meagan in their back garden. they just stepped in." - (Copyright: Cynthia Hind, 1979) "Did they jump up?" I asked.JYes,. but I "didn't get any impression of any "White .T." Meagan said hesitantly. All the time, his eyes never left hers. effort going into it; they didn't heave "Andre thought they were pink, but I Andre said, "The man said themselves up. They just stepped up. think that was the effect of the glow off something with three syllables in it. I And then one moment the door was the light. They were definitely white .. heard it quite clearly." open and the next moment it was they had this pinkish effect from the Sheepishly, Meagan said "Hello" closed. I didn't see the door close." : light" and laughed nervously. She said, "The Within seconds of the door Was there a sheen to'the suits? one with the beard, whom I presumed shutting, Meagan heard a buzzing "No, just absolutely white." was in charge, had ordinary black hair. noise. She described it as sounding Did they notice the colour of the But his skin was dark, like the Middle "like bees in a hive" — that was the craft? Eastern people, a sort of olive. But he closest she could get to the sound. And "It was a metallic-lead colour. That wasn't black." Meagan felt herself then suddenly, the legs elongated to was the impression I got," Meagan said. drawn to the man with the beard. She about three times their length. "It had no contours to it, no fins or laughed, "I have always liked men with "The legs came from the bottom anything like that, just smooth." beards." end of the craft and they elongated to Andre added, "The colour was like She couldn't see the colour of their the size of the craft itself when it stood a fishing weight — like the ones we use eyes, but the bearded man's eyes were on the gound." when we go fishing." quite normal, like an ordinary person's "So that the overall height would Meagan said, "The body of the eyes. I asked if they were slanted, or now have been about 6,1 meters high?" craft was quite smooth. I could see large and round. Meagan said, "No, but I asked. nothing on the sides at all. There might I must tell you something. I don't know "Yes, I would think so." have been something on the other side, if this means anything or not. I had the In the meantime, Andre who had but I didn't get to see that. I would have impression that the bearded man's eyes been going down the embankment as loved to have gone round and inspected were quite translucent, as though I fast as he could in the dark, stopped the other side, but you know, you only could look through his eyes. I kpow it when he heard the buzzing noise. think of these things afterwards." sounds a silly thing, and maybe it was a Meagan herself stepped back. She was Meagan noticed that the bearded reflection of the pink light in his eyes." afraid; she didn't know what was going man was looking at her all the time. Still While the man greeted her and to happen next. looking at her, he bowed low to the bowed, Meagan just stared at him. And She said, "I was a bit frightened. I waist and said something. Meagan then suddenly, for the first time since didn't know whether to run or what. thought it was a greeting of some sort. the sighting, she had a feeling that (continued on next page) (Mindalore, Continued) And then suddenly the object seemed to right itself; it went slightly to the left from where it was. Then the legs started telescoping into the craft. I must tell you I hadn't thought of that word 'telescoping' — the legs just started to withdraw into the craft, but one of-the reporters who came to interview us, suggested that the legs 'telescoped' into the craft, and it is a much better word. The legs went straight up into the craft. It hovered for about a second or two and then it shot off into the sky, very quickly. The clouds were very low that night. The whole thing looked just like a pink light and it went straight up into the clouds and disappeared in about 30 seconds. But the clouds were coloured that pink colour for quite a while after it had gone." I asked how long it was from the _ time they first saw the object until jt
tOOk Off. r "I think it was about 10 minutes," Meagan said. "It's difficult to time time when you don't have a watch." She laughed. "I can tell you it seemed much Top road showing width of object, Andre in background. longer. I remember.my mouth going dry rribly dry, when I shouted to Andre. jtheir_house.^Meagan's intention was to was 10 minutes to one, so.ljhought the to go and call his-Dad. I was scared stiff wake her husband up immediately, but best thing we could do was to go to then. I am an outgoing person, so I was as they, walked home she realized that bed." very interested in what was going on all there was nothing he could do. After all, In the morning, Andre decided to the time but just the same, I was the craft had gone! Paul was manager of test out the story on his younger frightened! I can't explain it to you; it is a workshop and his hours were long brother Gary. Andre said, "Would you the most unusual thing I have ever seen and hard. He was always tired and believe me if I told you " When Andre in my life." Meagan mentioned that he was afraid had outlined the story of the night When the craft took off, what did that the stress and strain of his work before, Gary said "No," very firmly. she do? would lead to a heart attack. He went to Then Andre phoned his father who had "I watched it for some time and work early and came home late. gone to work before they were awake. Andre had come back to the top of the Meagan felt she would not be justified in Paul was a bit skeptical at first, but then embankment again by this time. He'd waking him now to tell him the story. Andre told him "that Meagan had also stopped running when he heard the The morning would do just as well. seen the craft with him. buzzing noise. And then as he came to Andre however, wanted to wake Meagan says, "I spoke to my stand beside me, I said to him. "You see, his father right away and tell him the husband and told him the story. I asked it's gone up.' He was watching and he story. "No," Meagan said. "We won't him what he thought it could be and he just said, 'Yes, I can see.'" wake Daddy because he is so tired and said. 'It must be a UFO. It sounds like a I asked if they had any impression what could he do about it now UFO.' He asked me if it was really true, of power when the craft moved off? anyway?" She said she had thought did it really happen? And then he said I "No. It was a slightly windy night about it and decided against it. "He must phone the newspapers." but I didn't get any impression of jets or doesn't get enough sleep as it is." Meagan had noted recently, while flame or anything like that, or even any Meagan and Andre sat in the lounge for driving in town, a sign which had said extra wind. It was quite chilly and a little while discussing the event. "Associated Newspapers." So she windy, but no different from how it had I asked if they had thought of decided to phone them, although she been before." phoning the police. was almost certain they would think she What did they do next? "No," Meagan said. "It didn't occur was crazy. "But Andre saw- the same "We just stood there for a moment to me. I thought it was something thing as I did; we can't have made it up or two, quite flabberghasted." Then unusual but I really didn't know what to or sucked it out of our thumbs," she they walked quickly down the hill to do about it. In any case, by this time it said emphatically. ' When she phoned the news- reliability of regressive hypnosis, I did papers, a man there said, "Just a not feel it would harm her. At the time moment. I want you to talk to one of my however, Meagan would not change colleagues about this. I'll phone you her mind. back." On Thursday, January 4, Meagan "This he did," Meagan said. "And and Andre went back to the spot where they asked Andre if he had seen Star the craft had stood. They could see Wars or Close Encounters of the Third nothing.unusual. There were no marks Kind and Andre said 'No.' He was- on the tarmac and although the sand on feeling so embarrassed about the whole the side of the road where the men had thing."" " stood was a bit disturbed, there was Electric power lines within few - Since then, Meagan and Andre also a ditch nearby where men were meters of landing site. and the Quezet family have been working to place a pipe in position. inundated with phone calls and callers, "There were sections of the ditch note that there had been some heavy some from newspapers, some from which had not yet been filled in, so it rains in the area since the night of private people. There have been could have been something to do with January 3/4 which' might have hoaxes, cruel ones, for no rhyme nor that," Meagan said. destroyed any ground evidence. reason, but naturally one has to accept 'I asked if they had noticed any There were no signs of burn marks that there are mentally ill people all over physical after-effects, but Meagan said on the tarmac, and as there was no the world. One of the calls was from a "No." An interesting: point of note is foliage in the immediate .vicinity, I could man who purported to be from the that Meagan had started her menstrual look for no evidence there. I examined Dai7y Mirror in London. period a week earlier than expected, the ground;closely on either side of the He gave a name and an address and immediately after the incident. This road to a depth of about 2-3 meters, but and told Meagan in return for exclusive was not normal for her and she was could detect nothing untoward. Where rights to,the-story, his paper would fly surprised that I asked, but said she felt the men had been' working, the ditch her. ;and* her.; family to - England and herself that it might have been due to was not filled in, so any evidence of the France for two weeks holiday, all the stress and excitement of the sifting of the sand would have 'been expenses paid. She did not expect to incident: destroyed by now. make any money from her story, but it On Sunday, January 14, Lindsay I was subsequently in contact with was a wonderful offer and she was (my daughter) drove :me back to Dr. Wim Ahlers of the University of delighted to accept. They arranged to Mindalore. Meagan, Andre, and Witwatersrand Planetarium. He told call on her at '2- PM on 'Saturday, Cheeky (the dog) led us to the spot on me he had no reason to doubt that Mrs. January 13. The Quezet family were the road where the craft had stood. 1 Quezet and Andre were telling the terribly excited about the prospect of timed our walk from the house, which truth. Frank Morton, of whose the trip; Paul had not been home to was quite leisurely, to the embankment credentials 1 am unaware, but who France for • many years. But on the at the top, and it took less than 5 styles himself as UFO consultant to the Saturday, no one turned up. Nor did minutes to reach. Beyond the top road Planetarium, informed me later that anyone phone. The basis of such a hoax (we cannot at the moment trace the when questioning the neighbors, it had seems completely sick to me. name of this highway) and on the side been learnt that Meagan Quezet was a - Meagan also had genuine calls away from the houses, there is a large highly imaginative woman. Morton has from England and America. The stretch of open ground. To the left and subsequently labelled the whole National Enquirer wanted to put her far in the background — certainly a few incident "a hoax" although I am still under hypnosis, but she was wary of hundred meters away — there is an old waiting to hear on what reasons he has this: 'She said, "Andre is a 12 year old mine dump. Meagan told me that we based his assumption. My impressions and going through a difficult age.11 don't were standing on the site of an old gold on the telephone of Mr. Morton were like hypnosis. I told them I would mine. ' ' • '''••' good, although 1 must admit he referred undergo a lie detector test anytime they I noticed immediately that where to a well-known UFO case in relation to 'wanted me to, but hypnosis, that is Meagan and Andre indicated the craft Meagan Quezet's report, and his something quite different." She stood, was almost directly under some reference was inaccurate! laughed. "Perhaps if they arrange to electrical power lines (see picture). This On the Sunday, I had occasion to insure me while I am undergoing the was the only part of the road where the talk to Paul Quezet alone. He said, "My hypnosis, I might do it. Because things power lines crossed: There were no wife is a highly strung person, but she happen under hypnosis. The hypnotist other power lines in the vicinity. would not lie." ' might say, 'What-happened when'.you : As I stood on the spot where the What has worried me most about went into the craft?' and they could-be craft had been, I called to Cheeky and this case is the time factor: Meagan had suggesting things to me which I know I he came to me readily, so he showed no noted the time Andre first came into the didn't do." fear of the area, and there was lounge which was 10 minutes to I explained to Meagan that whilst I Obviously no scent which he could be midnight. She had looked at the clock felt one could not accept the total afraid of. However, it is important, to (continued on next page) CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH E-M AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS
By Raymond E. Fowler
On January 6, 1979 at 0035, I reports they had received on the received a telephone call from the evening of 5 January 1979 and shortly Massachusetts State Police after midnight, in the early morning Headquarters, Boston. At 0022, they hours of 6 January 1979. The Charlton had received a teletype message from Police Department reported to the the Sturbridge State Police Barracks, Sturbridge State Police that they had concerning several UFO sighting received a "Big-Foot" creature sighting on the evening of 5 January 1979. (They (Mindalore, Continued) also had a similar report on 28 again shortly before she and Andre December 1978). One caller had went to bed, and it was then 5 minutes reported a "diamond-shaped object" ito one in the morning. It took them 5 which hovered 100 feet over her car. minutes walk (maximum estimate) to Another called on the morning of 6 the top of the embankment, either way. January and .said that UFOs had Massachusetts UFO, Assuming it was about 5 minutes before caused a traffic jam along Route 49 January 5,1979 they left the house to look for the dog, during the early evening hours of 5 and 10 minutes watching the craft on January 1979. One caller did identify driver's window to listen for an aircraft the ground (I think this time factor is himself — Tom Emery, who lives with engine sound but could not hear questionable, I would say much less his parents in Springfield. anything. The objects glowed all red time was involved) would account for Tom Emery had called on behalf of and had red-blinking lights to their rear. 25 minutes of time. his sister who had experienced a close (See sketches). At one point, she . Assuming they spent about 10 encounter with 3 UFOs while travelling thought she saw four but realized that it minutes discussing the event after they along Route 90 to visit her parents. I f was just a flashing red beacon atop the returned to the house (again, I think this called his sister Anmarie Emery, and Massachusetts Turnpike Maintenance is over-estimated) this would bring the taped a telephone interview with her on Depot radio tower. She had slowed to total time accounted for, up to 35 the morning of 6 January. 1979 and on view them through the open window minutes. And yet, Meagan looked at the the evening of 7 January 1979, while she just about 100 yards beyond this tower. clpck at 10 minutes to midnight and 5 visited her parents. I visited her Anmarie was driving a 1970 Ford minutes to one, a total time of 65 personally on the evening of 12 January Maverick. Her radio (AM) was playing minutes. 1979, at her apartment in Boston. and tuned to WHYN. Her CB radio was Personally, I think there is a Anmarie departed her place of on but with the volume turned down. discrepancy of about 30 minutes plus or employment (a hotel in Cambridge) at There was moderate traffic. minus! about 1820, 5 January 1979 to visit her When she reached the Route On January 25, after I had been parents' home at Springfield. She had 90/86 interchange, all other traffic back in Rhodesia for a week, Lindsay hoped to leave earlier but had to catch exited to Route 86 (Sturbridge/Conn- phoned to say that Meagan had now up some work first so got a later-than- ecticut/New York) and she found agreed to undergo hypnosis, but only if I planned start. She proceeded with no herself travelling alone. About a mile was present at the same time. I phoned stops other than about a 5-minute delay after this interchange, she climbed a hill through to her immediately pointing out at two toll-booths. and turned a corner. There was no that it was too expensive for me to fly She first noticed 3 red-glowing, traffic in her west-bound lane and the down again, but that I could arrange for triangular-appearing objects flying over east-bound lane was blocked from view a reliable psychiatrist to do the woods to her left (South) shortly after by a hill. When she rounded the corner, regression, and she had agreed. I am She passed through the Auburn area at she sighted 3 glowing red craft hovering hot sure when this will be done, but I am the junction of Route 90/290. They over the road directly in front of her car. hoping to have a full report of that were flying in precise formation about 54 Simultaneously, her radio stopped available in the near future. mile from the road. She noticed several playing, the CB radio light blinked out In the meantime, I present the case cars that had slowed and assumed they and its indicator needle dropped, and of Meagan and Andre Quezet as it were watching the objects. They looked the car slowed smoothly to a full stop. stands. strange so she slowed, put down her Please note that the car has standard 8 transmission and was in 3rd gear and | Mark R. Herbstritt the engine continued to run! Anmarie 1978 MUFON became totally paralyzed and could not strofiomy move except her hands shook a bit as SYMPOSIUM she gripped the steering wheel. Her foot remained on the accelerator pedal Notes PROCEEDINGS which remained depressed but the car (131 Pages) would not move. The red light from the closest object was so bright [hat she felt A SURVEY OF CEIII REPORTS the heat on her face. A strong pungent THE SKY FOR MARCH 1979 FOR 1977 by Ted Bloecher, odor filled the car which she described New York NY Co-Chairman of as a "sweet skunk smell." Mercury — On the 7th, it is at greatest Humanoid Study Group and The objects were in the same type elongation east (18 degrees) and the MUFON State Section formation that she had noted earlier planet stands about 15 degrees above Director when they were flying in the distance. the horizon at sunset. The closest was only 20 feet away and Venus — It rises 1J£ hours before the 1 967: THE OVERLOOKED UFO 10 feet above the road. The second sun and is very low in the southeast at WAVE AND THE COLORADO hovered to its right, at the same height, sunrise. PROJECT by Richard H. Halt, but about 40 feet away. The third Mars — Though technically a morning Brentwood, MD Editor of THE hovered to the first's left, at the same "star," it is too low in the sky to be seen. MUFON UFO JOURNAL and height, but about 60 feet away. Jupiter — In Cancer, it is high in the former International Coordina- The objects appeared to be shaped southeast at sunset and sets before tor like 4-sided pyramids with their apexes sunrise. facing her. They appeared to be made Saturn — In Leo, it rises at about RETRIEVALS OF THE THIRD of a smooth glass-like substance. The sunset and sets at about sunrise, being KIND by Leonard H. Stringfield, red light seemed to be emanating from at opposition on the 1st. Cincinnati, OH. MUFON withtin the objects but had no Director of Public Relations noticeable point source as the glow was and State Section Director. uniform all over. Four brighter red, blinking portions protruded along UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJEC- either side of the back of the objects as (like a mild sunburn or high fever) and TS by Illobrand von Ludwiger. if there were four red bars located at the the dazed look in her eyes and West Germany. Director of rear of each that were protruding. They immediately asked Anmarie what was Mutual UFO Network Central blinked slowly, once every 2 seconds. the matter with her. Anmarie retorted European Section/MUFON- Anmarie felt totally mesmerized and that her mother would not believe her if CES. although the face-off seemed to last a she told her. In any event, she told them long time, she estimates the close what had happened. She did not want UFOs AS A SPACE-TIME encounter was only 2-3 minutes in to call the police because she felt that SINGULARITY by Dr. J Allen duration. they would not believe her so her Hynek, Evanston, IL. Director of Her face felt hot and flushed and brother Tom phoned the Sturbridge the Center for UFO Studies her eyes watered. Then, a distant State Police barracks. They in turn (CUFOS) and former Astro- headlight could be seen in her rear-view teletyped the data to Boston State nomical Consultant to the mirror. Concurrently, the objects Police Headquarters who phoned me. USAF accelerated straight up, one at a time. The flushed appearance/feeling of The nearest one left first followed in her face disappeared. There was a bit of BEHIND THE UFO SECRECY by succession by the next nearest and the rash or peeling of skin around her eyes Major Donald E. Keyhoe, farthest craft. They all moved away at and above her nose on the following day USMC, Ret., Luray, VA. Author an altitude of about 300 feet. Each had which healed quickly. Her automobile is and former Director of National swung around at "about like a 2-o'clock operating fine. The paint on the hood Investigations Committee on position" and they all moved away and shows no sign of blistering or peeling. Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). disappeared behind a distant hill toward An interesting feature about the the northwest. The objects were out of objects was the way they turned. The Price: $6.00 in U.S'.A. and sight in about 30 seconds. As soon as nose would drop about 45 degrees in a $7.00 m all other countries they left, Anmarie's AM radio began turn. The nose also dipped while they Post Paid from — playing, the CB radio light blinked on were in the hovering mode in front of and the needle swung up and her car the car. Unfortunately, Anmarie never MUFON began to move. She could now move. saw the full back of the objects so we do 103 Oldtowne Road She arrived home sometime after not have a detailed description of the Segum, Texas 78155 U.S.A. 2000. Her mother saw her flushed face blinking red lights/bars(?) UFO OR AIRCRAFT?: A CASE STUDY By Willard D. Nelson
(This report illustrates problems of investigation and evaluation in borderline UFO reports that contain some "typical" UFO-like features, but /• in which witness psychology and subjective impressions play an / important role. The lighting conditions and the generally "low" performance of the objects might suggest aircraft, but By Ted Bloecher of the village, as well as to those of the (Co-Chairman of Humanoid Study Group) neighboring village. The witness was not present but we questioned the mayor and several of the residents. The incident took place on June 6, Readers of the British weekly, for turning "three trips around the field" 1977, a helicopter from the National News of the World, may have been in the buff into something a bit more Geographic Institute having landed in a field titillated by an item in its edition of provocative! (The word used in the near the village of Dolcourt, where there was September 25,1977, in which this CEIII French account is fours; of course that a young lady sunning herself in a bathing surt. Her father, who was working in an adjacent does rhyme with amours, where in may with a special Gallic flavor was briefly field on his tractor, took notice and drove described: lie Mr. Edwards' error). And it seems to closer for a better look. have been convenient for Mr. Edwards At no time did the witness speak of UFOs, IT'S A FUNNY OLD WORLD to omit any mention of a helicopter. nor of Martians. By George Edwards Ah, but wait, mes amis, there is The farmer, M. Flauss, complained to the Gendarmes of Toul simply because of the A farmer couldn't believe his eyes when he more! The Paris newspaper's account saw a flying saucer land in broad daylight. landing of the machine in his field. The hoax "A man and a woman-both naked-jumped may be traced back to an even more was thus one by the local press, and it is truly out of the machine," he told the police at local representation from the Gironde a sorry business to have to mix the UFO Tout (sic), France. "They made love in the newspaper, Sud-Quest. In its edition for phenomenon into this incident. . . field three times then climbed back on the July 4, 1977, once again with my machine and took off. 11 ried to get nearer but translation libre, we find the following As the GESAG correspondent, a blast threw me off my feet." account: Jean-Luc Proust, so aptly concludes in Grinning gendarmes filed the report under the UFO-INFO account, "Here's a fine "Unsolved UFO sightings." TROUBLED BY MARTIANS example of journalistic irresponsibility." But the first prize for this special award This bit of alleged alien hanky- It's not every day that one can see Martians got up like Adam and Eve. Last Wednesday goes, of course, to News of the World panky al fresco was immediately (sic) a farmer from Dolcourt (Meurthe-et- and, especially, George Edwards, who passed on by the Humanoid Study Moselle), who was napping underneath a have turned this cunelard de presse Group to its ace French humanoid tree, suddenly heard a commotion from a into a canard d'esfime. specialist, Jean-Luc Rivera, to whom herd of cattle that were stampeding to the far We must doff our chapeaux to we are indebted for having assembled end of the field. Getting up to check, he was "struck to the Mssrs. Robe and Proust for having set the following information. ground by a powerful wind from an engi'n" the matter straight. And fast but not Zut alors! Something seems to that descended and landed in the alfalfa field. least, to M. Rivera, for having brought it have happened to the translation of the From it emerged a completely nude pair who to our attention. story in its journey across the Channel. very shortly got back into the machine. Convinced that he had seen a UFO, the Mr. Rivera has provided the probable farmer went off to the local gendarmes to source for Mr. Edwards' tantalizing report his strange experience. NOTE TO AUTHORS little tale. In my own free translation from the French, we find the following Now, for the denouement of this Articles for MUFON UFO Journal should be story in France Soir, from its edition of reported romp in the alfalfa, we are typed, double-spaced, using paragraph indents. July 7, 1977: indebted to the Groupe Prive Photographs (glossy), sketches, and other artwork are welcome. Please use India Ink or Ufolo'gique Nanceien, in Nancy. In a other comparable dark ink for sketches and TWO MARTIAN NUDISTS letter dated August 15, 1977, from diagrams. The maximum length is about 4,000 A native of Dolcourt, near Toul (Meurthe-et- GPUN's secretary, M. Robe, to the words or about 12-13 manuscript (double- Moselle) had his afternoon nap cut short by spaced) pages. Multi-part articles are not the appearance of two Martians. Groupe d'Etudes des Sciences encouraged unless the content is of extraordinary Flabbergasted, he saw a helicopter land in his d'Avant-Garde, of Bruges, Belgium, we importance. Shorter articles are always needed. alfalfa field. A couple got out, dressed in the are finally able to discover what rea//y For case reports, please begin with a altogether. was going on in that field of alfalafa. The summary in narrative style. A formal report "Adam and Eve" made three trips around the letter was reprinted in GESAG's UFO- outline is not appropriate for the Journal. field and got back into the helicopter, which Technical matter and documentation can be took off into the air. INFO #49 (September 1977) on page presented in tables, charts, or graphs; footnotes Convinced that what he had seen was a 28. rny own translation of which follows: and references may be used. Above all, the article UFO, the farmer went to the local should be readable. Summarize what you are gendarmes to report his sighting. We have since been able to conduct an reporting in one or two concise paragraphs, then inquiry at the scene. The description of a elaborate the details in subsequent paragraphs. So, we have Mr. Edwards to thank UFO was complete news to the inhabitants Use short paragraphs. 13 UFO ABDUCTION HOAX drivers in Coatepec state that they saw an extraterrestrial being on Avenida Campillo. " '", •"'.. ','. By T. Scott Grain, Jr. Enrique Vega, Adolfo Ramirez, (Pennsylvania State Section Director Arturo Almanza, and Antonio Nieto for MUFON) say that they saw an individual dressed . in black, with shining hands, who seemed to have "cat eyes", and who The recent disappearance of atomic radialion. Authorities are unable lo was carrying in his hand a metal or Frederick Valentich over Bass Strait, ofter an explanation. crystal rod which shed an intense light. Australia last October, has generated a Looking at the article and news Later on, the four went away, and when renewed interest in another UFO dispatch at face value, it appears they came back to the place, they could abduction case that purportedly took something very mysterious may have not find him anywhere. --< place in July 1952. As reported in the erupted here. However, in October Spring 1979 issue 13 of TRUE FLYING 1972, UFO researcher Kurt Giemser From El Universal {Caracas, SAUCERS & UFOs our protagonist, .wrote to the Georgia Department of Venezuela), Aug. 14, 1965 (HumCat Fred Reagan, flew his Piper Cub Public Health requesting a copy of the #645) towards a shining lozenge-shaped death certificate for Fred Reagan and object and was involved in a mid-air the fasts surrounding his death. In A MAN FROM ANOTHER PLANET collision. Reagan's plane crashed but he response, Miss Martha Pattillo, LANDED FROM A FLYING SAUCER was suspended in the clouds and Assistant Director of the Vital Records IN SAO PAULO . i. . teleported up into the UFO. After being Unit, wrote back, "We checked all the placed in a dimly-lit room, Reagan was spellings of Reagan we could find but The-Strange Being-according to the approached by creatures looking like were unsuccessful, in locating any cable-Visited A Workingman And "huge stalks of metallic asparagus," and record of the death of the person in Gave Him a Piece of Rare Metal was told they were sorry their vehicle whom you are interested." The alleged accidently collided with his, and they newspaper clipping reprinted above Rio ,de Janeiro^ Aug. 13, PROJECT VISIT DATA NEEDS DEFINED By John Schuessler Project VISIT (Vehicle Internal Vehicle information should Recognizing that medical examinations Systems Investigative Team) members contain the classic eyewitness type are expensive VISIT suggests having are seeking consistent, correlative data data, including perceived size, shape, the witnesses' physician consult with a from abduction cases. Working from color, and movement. Equally VISIT expert on what would be most the baseline of not trying to prove that a important is the description of vehicle beneficial in the given situation. given abduction actually occurred, internal information. The witness can Because Project VISIT is a specialty rather seeking clues from a number of be helpful in this area by calmly group and not a popular membership cases, VISIT analysts are busy explaining what was seen in familiar organization all cases should be constructing a technological model of terms. As an example, a farmer would handled through one of the major UFO what is happening. compare things to farm machinery, an organizations. This can be done by An in any scientific endeavor one actor to stage settings, and so on. The calling headquarters of MUFON (512) must be able to replicate the investigator needs to note and allow for 379-9216, CUFOS (312) 491-6666, or experiment and then seek answers by this background and VISIT analysts will APRO (602) 793-1825, who will in turn carefully manipulating variables. To put factor the conditions into the results. contact the appropriate VISIT expert abduction cases in this context it is Additional data is needed at this time to assess the situation and relate what is necessary to consider a basic set of on lighting, air flow, surface needed. On the long term the witness elements that can be repeatedly temperatures and textures, and gravity should make sure any skin irritation is addressed. For VISIT purposes, five orientations of fixtures. photographed for the record. Any elements are considered to be Humanoid descriptions are unusual physiological or psychological important: (1) Baseline data, (2) the important because they too can give developments should be closely witness, (3) the vehicle, (4) humanoids, clues as to the working of the machine. monitored and reported. If hypnotic and (5) post-incident follow-up. Our own space vehicles are designed to regression, voice stress analysis, or Baseline data establishes the basis be compatible with astronaut other assistance is needed it should be for comparison of the cases. The VISIT physiology. Along this line the human coordinated through the host format not only seeks the usual time, factors experts have standardized investigative group. Project VISIT may place, and weather information, it looks many factors that affect systems be contacted by mail at P.O. Box 877, for more subtle elements as well; such design. Utilizing data on humanoid size, Friendswood, TX 77546. as what the witness considers a shape, strength, and dexterity, a comfortable environment (i.e., home comparison with the human design DAILY EXPRESS, London, England thermostat setting, humidity level, standards can lead to knowledge about Jan. 3, 1979 motor, clock and animal sounds, etc.)- the systems operated by the Once a thorough baseline is established humanoids. Other factors, such as U.F.O. other elements can be readily mouth and nostril size, apparent skin over Lillvhall compared from case to case. temperature, and body coverings leads 1 [3 the Llllyhall area i I 5 a i onary af a - ard Witness information covers a to knowledge about humanoid Workmgton a largei fcr ihen i jusr vanished I Unknown Flyinp //•AT- By Ann Druffcl REPEAT PERFORMANCES AND THE WAITING GAME Flgun A—Wflu n i UFO -hti hug* M caused the mysterious exploding lights The greatest frustration of UFO The color changed from the original yellow- research is our inability to haul the golden color to a very bright white light. I in the San Fernando Valley. Since the phenomenon into a laboratory or didn't believe my eyes; then a second yellow- lights had not appeared in our area for a produce it at will. We must wait until it golden light appeared, to the left and down couple of years, I assumed our hoaxer decides to appear, and for the most part from the first light, and it also changed in size had changed his residence to Orange and intensity of brightness as the first one. County, and for that we were grateful. its performances are sporadic, short- Just as the second one completed its change, lived and unpredictable. Therefore, in a third yellow-golden light appeared to the We were also glad that the nocturnal studying UFOs we must do the next right and down of the first and went through "exploding lights" had been taken out best thing — attempt to correlate those the same changes as the first and second. As , of the "unknown" class. repetitive, similar sightings which seem number three completed its change the first Now, in recent weeks, the San one shrank in size and changed its color to Fernando Valley has a brand-new type able to be classified as "UFO-types." the original size and color. It then Sometimes classification is disappeared. No movement, it just of UFO, as represented by the following possible after distressingly long waiting • disappeared. The second and third cases: periods. But the result is often worth disappeared in the same fashion.1 the wait, for at times the "result" is About 9:00 PM on January 21. 1979, Mrs. identification of a "UFO-type" as a The entire episode lasted about Gail Z. and her three children were driving west on the Ventura Freeway near Sherman conventional, earth object. one minute, leaving the witnesses awed Oaks. They viewed a big round ball of light, Take, for example, the "exploding and puzzled. They were not alone. flashing on and off, bouncing up and down, lights" which puzzled Los Angeles During succeeding months many other back and forth, and skipping around the sky. researchers during 1974 and 1975. San Fernando residents witnessed The object was white in color, and Several cases filtered through identical "exploding" lights. MUFON approximately twenty times the brightness of a headlight on a plane or about % degree SKYNET in which reliable witnesses, investigator Rick Zimmerman and angular diameter. As the witnesses watched often in groups, reported bright yellow myself made attempts to find a plausible for six or seven minutes, the object lights flying over the San Fernando explanation of the phenomenon but repeatedly blinked out, then reappeared in a Valley. While the witnesses watched, met with no success. The objects were different part of the sky, each time traveling 20-30 times its own diameter in about one the lights "exploded" or expanded into certainly not ordinary candle balloons 3 great white fireballs which then or any similar hoax-type known to us. second. disappeared without a trace. The Then, almost 4 years to the date of the Benson-Sawczak sighting, a small I made attempts to identify the following case was typical; it occurred object for the frightened woman, but December 20, 1974. article appeared in the local 2 could not label it as searchlights on Patricia Benson and Eleanor newspaper. It told of efforts of law enforcement officials to apprehend a clouds, reflections on her windshield, or Sawczak were driving west toward any other conventional phenomenon. It Sunland, which is the northern section hoaxer who had launched two homemade balloons, each about 10 feet remained on my charts as an unknown. of the Los Angeles Basin. The time was Then on February 9,1979 at about high and each trailing a bag containing 11:15 PM. They saw a yellowish-gold, 6:15 PM another woman witness, some type of explosive mixture, unblinking bright light, approximately traveling west on Ventura Freeway, five times as bright as a bright star. directly into the flight path of Orange County Airport, which is situated viewed what seemed to be the same They temporarily lost sight of it, but at phenomenon. about 11:29 PM while approaching the southeast of Los Angeles. In both cases, when the hoax balloons reached Benson home caught sight of it, or a It first appeared as a clump of bright white similar one, again. It was seen over an altitude of 850 feet, the mixture lights, each many times larger than a bright Mount Wilson, to the north. As they within the bags detonated, causing a star. The clump separated into three or four watched, the light suddenly expanded fireball 25 to 40 feet in diameter. distinct lights, which blinked on and off, to the approximate size of a full moon. It seemed probable that this was moved up and down jiggled sideways, and Quoting Mrs. Benson, the same type balloon which had then back and forlh m reference to the 16 witness' position. They then began to move •not be surprised, if the January 21 and looking like a "vast swarm of bees." If it almost instantaneously across the sky in February 9 sightings described here was bees, or insects, it must have been great leaps. These leaps were invariably heralded by a blinking off. then a had come over a Project Blue Book at a great distance, as no sound was reappearance in another quadrant of the desk, to have them identified as heard. Considering the apparent sky. First seen in the north, they leaped to "(possible) birds carrying flashlights"! diameter of the Rambo sighting (J£ the east, then to the south, then back to the The explanation I am going to put degree or the diameter of the full west in front of the witness. The awe forward may sound equally as odd. moon), it must have been far away to experienced by the woman seemed to preclude a simple explanation, such as in the However, it fits most of the facts of both present such a near-solid appearance. Z. case above. The duration of the sighting, the daytime and nighttime sightings Dr. Callahan gives us the information as in the Z. case, was seven minutes.4 described above. that some insects fly in swarms over 60 In a recent DPI newstory6 Dr. miles wide and over 15 miles long. Is this type of report destined to sit Phillip S. Callahan of the U.S. Another vital question: did the in SKYNET report charts and fed into Agriculture Department suggeted that January and February nocturnal UFOCAT as an unknown? Or will it, some nocturnal UFOs could be swarms sightings occur in unstable weafher, too, be eventually identified? of glowing insects darting about since an electrical field such as Before I suggest a possible, but erratically in a natural electric field. Dr. occurring in a storm front would be most tenuous explanation of our Callahan reported that insects could necessary to make insects glow? On dancing Alights, we should mention a trigger electric discharges when flying February 9, 1979, the skies in the San daytime sighting which correlates in a beneath a storm front. A vast swarm of Fernando Valley were partly cloudy. surprising manner with the wild such insects could set off a highly visible The wind was northerly, heralding the nocturnal lights. The report was filtered display. The electric field beneath the approach of a cold front which was through SKYNET by police referral to storm front pulls away electrons from coming down from Northern MUFON investigator Morrey Allen. pointed exposed surfaces, such as California. On January 21, 1979, a cold insect legs and antennae. An avalanche front was actually moving through On November 15, 1978, just two months of these electrons would ionize gases in Southern California. before our nocturnal lights above, Charles the atmosphere, emitting light. Were these meteorological and Helen Rambo were walking in a park in The effect had been created with conditions right for ionization of insect Van Nuys, adjacent to Sherman Oaks where Mrs. Z's sighting occurred and also in the insects at the Insect Attractants, swarms? Not being an expert on these same general area as the February 9th Behavior and Basic Biology matters, I cannot say. I leave this occurrence. The wind was 20 knots from the Laboratory. The glowing effects question to those scientists who might north-northwest, the sky clear and smogless, resembled a "discotheque...in the sky," be interested. However, it is rather with a temperature of 62 degrees. The time giving off various colors — blue, red, remarkable that so many of the factual was 9:35 a.m. Suddenly a dark gray, elliptical object, seemingly solid, 'popped up' and green. As the insect swarm tries to details of the November, January, and suddenly in the east at about 45 degrees get out of electric fields they dart February sightings fit the very peculiar, elevation. The object faded, then reappeared around, making a humming sound and but possible, explanation — insect nearer and to the right of the witnesses, now suddenly disappear from sight because swarms. presenting a round appearance. It vanished the swarm would leave the voltage field So we play the waiting game again, again, reappeared farther to the southeast and slightly lower, vanished and appeared and the glow would vanish. as regards our new Los Angeles again farther to the right. (See Figure A.) All All of the data reported by our "darting UFO." Hopefully, the sightings four appearances took place within 1 ^ three case witnesses above do not fit will continue to repeat until an answer is minutes. The witnesses stated that as it Dr. Callahan's theory. The color of the found. approached nearer it lost its solid San Fernando Valley darting lights was appearance and became hazy. The Rambos likened it to a'distant, huge mass of bees or a bright white. However, according to REFERENCES huge Brillo pad'!5 Dr. Callahan, the glowing phenomenon 1. Report in MUFON files, "The Sawczak-Benson on insects is similar to St. Elmo's fire, Sighting, Sunland, California, December 20. which is bluish in hue. Bright bluish 1974." The manner in which this daytime 2. Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1978; object repeatedly vanished, then light, when seen from a distance, tends '"Fireball Balloonist' Hunted Near Airport." reappeared in a different part of the sky- to look white. 3. Report in SKYNET (Druffel) files. seems to correlate with the January 21 Moreover, the darting, the 4. Report in SKYNET files. and . February 9 sightings of the vanishing and reappearing quality of 5. Report by Morrey Allen in MUFON files bouncing, nighttime lights. But how can both the November daytime sighting 6 Evening Outlook, Thurs.. November 2, 1978; "UFO Sightings Linked to Insects." we correlate the strange "dark, hazy" and the January and February appearance with the bright white nighttime sightings does fit in splendidly nocturnal objects? with Dr. Callahan's theory. Also, the There is a possible answer which I hazy appearance which would be hesitate to suggest. It is reminiscent of presented by a distant swarm of insects the Air Force's former penchant for fits in exactly with the appearance of identifying UFOs in all manner of the darting November daytime object. strange ways. For instance, we would Indeed, the witnesses did describe it as 17 (Director's Message, Continued) the UFO enigma. They are Geoffrey L. to the MUFON UFO Journal, Tom through June 1978, using five access Nicoletti, 200 East Grovers Lane, Clark's "Peak to Peak Strangeness" points. This is indicative of his work, Philadelphia, PA 19118 in theology and and an interview with David Perkins, since he has a Masters Degree in John A. Holly, 734 Chimalus Drive, Cari Seawell, and Bill Mclntyre aptly Library Science. Palo Alto, CA 94306 in propulsion title "On the Trail of the Mutes". A copy Since MUFON is a worldwide systems. .Geoffrey is a graduate of may be secured for $1.50 by writing to cooperative group of investigators and Villanova University in theology and Boulder Monthly Magazine, Inc., 1200 researchers, it is imperative that our John has a B.S.E.E. degree. One ofour Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302. members know who the officers are in Consultants'in Internal Medicine has David, Cari, and Bill attended the 1978 their immediate area or neighboring now relocated his practice to a MUFON Symposium in Dayton, Ohio. states. Louis Winkler, Ph.D., 2149 permanent locality and is ready to Tom Clark, Senior Writer for the North Oak Lane, State College, PA accept additional responsibilities in a Boulder Monthly, is to be congratulated 16801 has joined MFUON as a leadership role. Gus D. Berryhill, Jr., for his objective interviews and articles Consultant in Astronomy. A M.D., 1712 Riverside, Clarksdale, MS on the cattle mutilation problem. David professional astronomer at 38614; telephones - Home (601) 627- Perkins of Farisita, Colorado, plans to Pennsylvania State University, he has 2030 and Business (601) 624-4316 has write a book on the "Mute-Nuke-UFO concentrated his research to sightings been appointed State Section Director Connection." prior to 1947. Another new legal adviser for the following Mississippi Counties: to MUFON is Leroy L. Bradwish, M.A. Coahoma, Tunica, Quitman, Bolivar, and J.D., Apt. 2801B, 1455 No. Clark Sunflower, and Tallahatchie. As a St., Chicago, IL 60610; telephone (312) specialist in Nephrology (disease of the 266-8217. Mr. Bradwish is a kidney), his prime interest as a CLOSE ENCOUNTER government attorney and regards the consultant concerns the physical OF A DIFFERENT KIND UFO phenomenon as the major effects of witnesses/abductees. mystery of his lifetime since it appears The February 1979 issue of East to defy solution. West Journal Volume 9, Number 2 Paul Cemy has recognized the featured UFO articles of interest to (Reprinted from Lawtalk, December fine work that has been performed by readers of the MUFON Journal. 1978, published by the Lawyers Marvin E. Taylor over the past 10 years, MUFON is listed in the resource Cooperative Publishing Co./Bancroft- by selecting him as the Assistant State section of their magazine. A copy may Whitney Co. Submitted by William E. Director for Northern California. be secured by writing to East West Jones.) Marvin is the State Section Director for Journal, P.O. Box 505, Whitinsville, Toulumne, Calaveras, and Amador MA 01588 for U.S. $1.50 and Canada Upon learning that UFO's were Counties, residing at 20811 Briarwood $1.75. A new independent publication reported nearby, the plaintiff-to-be Drive, Sonora, CA 95370. Mrs. Jean titled "Kor's Kosmos — Exploring the reached for his binoculars and went out Fuller, 1327 Hawthorne, Tyler, TX Borderlands of Knowlege" Issue looking for you-know-what. As he was 75702; telephone (214) 593-1933; has Number One for .January 1979 (16 crossing the road in a dark, deserted been appointed State Section Director pages) by Peter Kor of 1207 Cordova area, he was hit by a police car. (The for Smith County. Jean attended the Road, Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124 officer inside was driving slowly and 1978 MUFON UFO Symposium in has been received. The feature article quietly, without lights, because he was Dayton, Ohio, and has been for the first edition is "Getting to the looking for suspected rabbit hunters.) investigating UFO cases in the Tyler Bottom of the Saucer Problem" and In the litigation that followed, the novel area for several years. She has a B.A. Peter pulls no punches in doing so. It is question of whether a UFO watcher's degree. Donald B. Roberts, 607 Saluda recommended for people that have an conduct constituted contributory Ave., Columbia, SC 29205; telephone open mind and are willing to think and negligence was decided. The Louisiana (803) 256-4005 has volunteered his reason logically. Only a limited number Supreme Court held that there was no services and that of a small group of of copies will be printed of this no such negligence. Dupas v New Orleans UFO investigators in the Columbia, charge publication. (1978, La) 354 So 2d 1311 S.C. area. Don has been apointed State For those readers having an Section Director for the following interest in both UFOs and the South Carolina counties contingent to continuing problem of cattle Columbia: Richland, Lexington, mutilations, the January 1979 edition of Calhoun, Sumter, Fairfield, and Boulder Monthly features articles by Kershaw. His group attended one of David Perkins, MUFON State Section MUFON George Fawcett's lectures as a means Director for the Colorado counties of of meeting MUFON's State Director Huerfano, Costilla, Las Animas, and 103 OLDTOWNE RD. for North Carolina. Alamosa titled "The Phantom Cattle SEGUIN,TX 78155 Two newResearch Specialists have Surgeons of the Plains"; Richard volunteered their talent to resolution of Sigismond, UFOlogist and subscriber 18 Lucius Farish In Others' Words The January 23 issue of article by Rocky Wood on the material of interest to researchers. NATIONAL ENQUIRER reported on disappearance of Australian pilot Copies may be obtained from: Green UFO activity and power blackouts Frederick Valentich over the Bass Oak Press, 9339 Spicer Road, Brighton, which occurred in Honduras during Strait on October 21, 1978. MI 48116. October 1978. The first of a series of BEYOND REALITY for March/ UFO articles appeared in the April has articles on Dr. Leopoldo Diaz, ENQUIRER'S January 30 issue. This a Mexican physician who claims to have TIMES, Seattla, WA - Jan. 18, 1979 was a roundup of reports from all parts examined an extraterrestrial being, and of the world, including abductions, UFO sightings at Chula Vista, films, photographs, "hardware," California, which allegedly involved Seattle-bound injuries from UFOs, reports of UFO paranormal healings of two persons. occupants, landings, etc. Beginning The latest SAGA UFO ANNUAL with the February 6 issue, weekly is almost total rehash from past issues crew sow U.F.O. reports will present detailed accounts of UFO REPORT, with Jerome Clark's of the more startling UFO cases. The column the only new contribution. A document signed by (our crewmen aboard the vanship President Johnson describes an uniden- first article deals with an Italian case of a The #13 issue of TRUE FLYING tified gluwmg object seen ir. ihe Pacific as the ship security guard who claims to have been SAUCERS & UFOs is also largely wus en route from Yokohama to Seattle. The time of sighting coincided generally with taken aboard a landed spaceship on rehash and material not relating directly reports of U P.O. sightings off New Zealand. two occasions The second report, in to UFOs. Four men on the Johnson's bridge, including Third Mate Btllie D. Norton, said the object ap- the February 13 issue, tells of sightings Martin H. Sable's Exobiology: A peared as a light which Norton considered to be by Coast Guard personnel in the Lake Research Guide is the latest attempt to from a vessel, but nothing appeared on the John- son's two radars. Michigan area, as well as sightings over provide a comprehensive bibliography Ni-rion fixed the sighting at Latitude 36 de- grees, 18 rmnu i = North and Longitude H7 degrees, southern England on October 24,1978. of literature on UFOs, extraterrestrial 28minnie<; HaM Another article in the same issue life, and related subjects. While I admire The ujtclt was changing jusi before 8pm. ship's tim-* December 30. reports on the recenlty-released CIA Sable's courage in tackling what I On December 31. news services reported uni- denMied living objects popping up again over New documents pertaining to UFOs. consider to be an impossible task, I Zealdfid jud accc-uni-; of an Australian television THE STAR for January 23 has an must report that his book is by no crew (ilnvnkelusnc- plowing spheres Nonon Considerable work was expended appropriate people to obtain the facts. Each of us has the dual responsibility of late in 1978 exploring the possibility of The high percentage of "IFO" reports submitting our investigation report to establishing a nationwide UFO (90% of those received on the hotline CUFOS and MUFON simultaneously, coalition to represent the major UFO number) has certainly justified the since this is one of the major features of organizations, such as APRO, CUFOS, preliminary interviews via the our cooperative program. Frequently, CAUS, GSW, MUFON, and NICAP. telephone to screen these reports, thus investigators are filing a report with the This was to occur in conjunction with leaving the remaining 10% to be Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) the attempt to resurrect NICAP, investigated in detail. Your Director only, when they have received a however, the negotiations have been heartily cncurs with the recent decision request to investigate a report by either discontinued pending positive action by by CUFOS and IUFOR (The Dr. Hynek or Allan Hendry. This is not the NICAP Board of Governors to form International UFO Reporter) that they in compliance with our MUFON Field a viable organization. have spent more than sufficient time on Investigator's Manual. On page 132 you A good example of the the IFOs to establish a confirmed will note the following paragraph: cooperation that may be achieved with pattern and should devote the majority "When a call received through UFO such a coalition has been demonstrated of their effort to the 10% that could yield Central (CUFOS) merits investigation, during the past 5 years; MUFON positive information. a State Director or State Section volunteered to support Dr. J. Allen MUFON has always screened the Director will be notified. All reports Hynek when he organized the Center IFOs at the time and scene of the resulting from investigations should be for UFO studies (CUFOS) in October investigation, to remove the obvious first sent to MUFON, with a copy going 1973. Since CUFOS started as a small reports so we will not have filing to the Center for UFO Studies group of scientists, engineers, and cabmeis 90% filled with reports that do (CUFOS)." The Center for UFO related professions to UFOlogy, not help to resolve the UFO Studies also uses the MUFON Field MUFON immediately became the phenomenon. This obviously requires Investigator's Manual as their nationwide UFO investigative network trained and competent investigators. If investigative guide. Allan Hendry has for UFO sighting reports received on the investigator is unable to identify the proposed a UFO Investigator's Guide the CUFOS "hotline" number from reported object after a thorough Book which will be published soon to police agencies. investigation, the completed report will supplement our F.I.M. for those In order to provide CUFOS with be submitted to MUFON for our file so desiring additional material and the names, addresses, and telephone that our Consultants may have this techniques where applicable. numbers of all MUFON State information for further study where With the gracious help of Bill and Directors, State Section Directors, and warranted. This does not mean that Carol Armstrong, several of the early Consultants for their active file, a copy every effort in our files is a bonafide editions of SKYLOOK have been of each processed membership UFO. If there is any question in the provided to complete the MUFON file. application is submitted to CUFOS. Dr. mind of the investigator as to whether We have been reproducing copies of Hynek, Mimi Hynek, or Allan Hendry, the sighting is an IFO or UFO, the SKYLOOK starting with the first issue upon receipt of a "hotline" telephone report should be filed. Other sighting in September 1967, and forwarding call on a UFO sighting, would refer to reports of possibly the same object these to George M. Eberhart, MUFON their map of MUFON and CUFOS when correlated could substantiate the Staff Librarian, at 1615 East 18th St., investigators and call the nearest one questionable report as either UFO or Lawrence, KS 66044, for his file and to on their WATTS line. IFO. prepare a cross-reference filing index Allan Hendry has been utilizing With so many new state for each year by specific categories. A their WATTS line very extensively to directors, state section directors, decision has not been reached on how call the witnesses and also to perform and consultants joining MUFON and this reference index will be published peripheral interviews to substantiate automatically becoming sources for for researchers. Watch the Journal for the reliability of the report in order to investigations by CUFOS, it is future announcements in this regard. determine if they warrant dispatching imperative that we remind everyone of George is to be commended for the an investigator to the scene. Many of the reporting procedures for UFO professional manner in which he cross- the cases may be resolved on the investigations originated by CUFOS indexed the Journal's for January telephone by placing calls to and assigned to MUFON personnel. (continued on page 18)