Mufon Ufo Journal

™MUFON UFO JOURNAL

NUMBER 151 SEPTEMBER 1980

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REV. BARRY DOWNING SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SIGHTING WAVE, 1979. 3 Religion and UFOs By Walter H. Greenawald LUCIUS PARISH UFOs AND PROPHETIC RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS 7 Books/Periodicals/History By Mark L. Moravec REVIEW OF THE MORAVEC PAPER 10 MARK HERBSTRITT By Barry H. Downing Astronomy NET NEWS 11 ROSETTA HOMES By David L. Dobbs Promotion/Publicity BRIEF REPORTS 12 HUNTER SIGHTS UFO IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 13 TED PHILLIPS By Paul Cerny Landing Trace Cases FIELD-INDUCTION MAGNETOMETER 14 JOHN F. SCHUESSLER By G.A. Pennington UFO Propulsion MOVE REVIEW ("Hangar 18") 16 By Barbara Mathey DENNIS W. STACY IN OTHER'S WORDS 19 Staff Writer By Lucius Parish DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE 20 NORMA E. SHORT DWIGHT CONNELLY By Walt Andrus DENNIS HAUCK Editor/Publishers Emeritus MOVIE REVIEW ("Hangar 18") The MUFON UFO JOURNAL is published by the Mutual UFO Network, Inc., Seguin, Texas. Membership/Subscription rates: $15.00 per year in the U.S.A.; $16.00 foreign. Copyright 1980 by the Mutual UFO Network. Second class postage paid at Seguin, Texas. POSTMASTER: Send form The contents of The MUFON UFO JOURNAL Permission is hereby granted to quote from this 3579 to advise change of address are determined by the editor, and do not neces- issue provided not more than 200 words are to The MUFON UFO JOURNAL, sarily represent the official position of MUFON. quoted from any one article, the author of the 103 Oldtowne Rd., Seguin, Texas Opinions of contributors are their own, and do article is given credit, and the statement "Copy- 78155. not necessarily reflect those of the editor, the right 1980 by The MUFON UFO JOURNAL, staff, or MUFON. Articles may be forwarded 103 Oldtowne Rd., Seguin, Texas" is included. directly to MUFON. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY UFO SIGHTING WAVE JULY & AUGUST 1979

By Walter H. Greenawald (MUFON Field Investigator)

In early August 1979, I became * C ChildersNL 7/25/79 3 to 4 a.m. As a result of this moderate and aware of a singular UFO sighting in D Shari N. NL 7/25/79 3:15 a.m. local sighting flap I was interviewed by Canoga Park, Calif., reported in the Arrangements have been made the Chronicle and have agreed to San Fernando Valley Chronicle August with an experienced psychologist, author a weekly UFO column for as 2nd. I contacted Sandy Sand at the pa- skilled in hypnotic regression, and at long as the interest is there on the part per inquiring if other UFO sightings least one session will be attempted to of the readers. At least there will be a had been noted. Publication of this determine the possibility of an abduc- local reporting center for UFO sight- event apparently led to other UFO wit- tion. ings if only temporary. nesses stepping forward, although cau- * H Peacock NL 8/3/79 9:15 p.m. Efforts will continue in a cautious tiously in some cases, and reporting I Palmer NL 8/3/79 9:15 p.m. evaluation of the sighting of Shari N. other occurrences. Ultimately, this con- Corroboration of events from these as there appears to be the possibility tact resulted in my intervew and sub- two independent witnesses, unknown of an abduction. sequent involvement in this small sight- to each other and at significantly differing wave. ent sites, make this an excellent sight- Childers Sighting - C The UFO events uncovered were ing. The fine report turned in by Mrs. Location: Canoga Park, Calif. mainly in the Canoga Park and Reseda Palmer allowed an estimate of size and Date: 25 July 1979 3:00 to 4:00 a.m. area of the San Fernando Valley, a altitude of the object to some degree (Night) highly residential suburban area ap- of precision. Witnesses: Dean Childers, 19 and a stu- proximately 25 miles NW of Los Ange- * E Pearson DD 7/25/79 7:15 a.m. dent at Pierce College; Mrs. Mickey les. Through the cooperation of the The multiple witnesses at one loca- Childers, mother and housewife; An- Chronicle and the witnesses themselves tion plus the two unknown policeman other family member who prefers I was able to gather information on 12 make this an interesting DD case. anonymity. sightings (See Table). These events are More investigative effort will be done Sighting: Mrs. Childers was awakened spotted on a map showing relative when time permits to learn the identi- by barking neighborhood dogs and got locations. ty of the two officers. The police, if up to check on the disturbance. From ' In two cases I have corroborating they know anything, are not cooperat- her bedroom window (2nd floor) she evidence from independent witnesses ing. saw a white glowing mass low in the who stated that they did not know of sky over the Chatsworth Reservoir (N One IFO resulted ... Mrs. Nancy the other party. After an article in the to NE) ... looking like a sparkler. She Chronicle August 9th, Shari N. called Zabka after reading the article in the awakened her son, Dean, and both me and volunteered her story about a August 16th Chronicle phoned me and went outside and watched the device seemingly innocuous NL which she gave me this account. At 10 p.m. on for some time with binoculars and a saw in the same time frame as the Chil- the 18th of August she was in her back low-powered refracting telescope from ders on July 25. During our initial dis- yard and noted a strange arrangement the back yard. Initially, the object ap- cussion she admitted to a time lapse of lights toward the SW horizon. She peared to be close with an apparent and some strange physiological effects. called others in the family to watch. size of 3/16". No sound. After I explained what may have hap- They all could hear a noise like a heli- Some time later the object rose to pened she agreed that at least one re- copter but couldn't make out the light about 45 degrees elevation where the pattern. Several days later she was dis- gressive hypnosis session was in order. family watched for about 25 minutes. cussing this event with a neighbor who Generally, excellent cooperation was During this time frame they noted red, obtained from most witnesses ... only also observed the phenomena but at a green, and blue blinking lights on the different vantage point ... it turned out one family requested anonymity. Most object, which appeared to climb to the to be a special sign aboard a helicopter other witnesses did not mind if their E from a NNE direction. (Note: there spelling out a congratulatory message names were used in connection with is a scintillating star in the northern over a house in Hidden Hills, an ex- their UFO sighting. sky at about this position and at the Three cases appear to have high, clusive housing development adjacent validity and merit: to the Zabka's. (Continued on next page) (San Fernando, continued) of an abduction, she shall remain in- * She arrived home approximate- cognito at least temporarily) ly Vi. hour late - her husband right time of morning.) The object Sighting: As Shari N. was driving south was waiting up for her and continued to climb to 15,000 - 20,000 on Topanga Canyon at 3:15 a.m. and wondered where she had been. feet and then disappeared. Initially it shortly before she came to the light at (Shari is a cocktail waitress in a appeared to be a white glowing spheri- Plummer, she became alarmed at what western saloon in Chatsworth cal object. appeared to be an airplane about to and normally the trip home Dean reported three incidents crash. Whatever it was, it was close and takes 12 to 15 minutes; this which occurred after or during the-end appeared to be hovering, no motion time it was 45 minutes) of the major sighting. He saw some- one way or the other. She sketched * She felt nauseous for several what peripherally three separate flashes three fuzzy and adjacent white spheres. days after like meteorites ... bright orange things * She noted large water blisters off to the E each only lasting three As she stopped at the light at on the insides of her knees seconds, about 5 minutes apart. It is Plummer St. she further studied the ob- * Her western hat was on the seat not known whether these incidents ject. She even rolled the driver's win- next to her in the car - normal- were related to the major UFO seen. dow down but could hear no noise. ly she holds it in place with pins Noting that there were no other cars as customers try to pull it off around and that there seemed to be a Shari N. Sighting - D (she uses the hat also to hold lack of street lights and housing tract Location: Canoga Park, Calif. her braid wig in place). illumination, she became alarmed and Date: 25 July 1979 ran the red light and went home. Shari is amenable to regressive Time: 3:15 a.m. hypnosis, commenting that whatever Duration: Several minutes During my interview the following happened during that missing half Witness: Shari N. (Due to the possibility abnormalities have emerged:

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SIGHTING FLAP; JULY-AUGUST 1979

Date Time Location Category Witnesses Description A 7/21/79 9:30-10:00 p.m. Simi Valley NL Perez family Glowing white ball with blinking (5) colored lights, whirring noise. B 7/25/79 2:00 a.m. Canoga Park NL 4 Unknown Large white light making several Bassett & Vanowen Teenagers passes, lit up ground. C 7/25/79 3:004:00 a Canoga Park NL Childers family Large white glowing mass with Platt & Saticoy (3) colored lights. D 7/25/79 3:15 a.m. Canoga Park NL* Shari N. Impending air crash, physiologi- Topanga & Plummer 0) cal effects, time lapse. E 7/25/79 7:15 a.m. Canoga Park DD Pearson & 6 Metallic hovering cylinder. No Oso & Saticoy others (2 police) noise. F 7/25/79 11:00 p.m. Woodland Hills NL Hetman family White lights, possible electro- Fallbrook & Dolorosa (2) magnetic effect. G 8/3/79 12:10a.m. Reseda NL Mortillaro Saucer with blinking lights on Victory & Tampa (2) bottom. H 8/3/79 9:15 p.m. Reseda NL Peacock Large red sphere with small white Runnymeade & Rhea 0) lights at bottom. I 8/3/79 9:15 p.m. Canoga Park NL Palmer Large red sphere with feathery Corbin & Lanark 0) bottom. J 8/4/79 8:30 a.m. Canoga Park DD George Same thing seen by Pearson on Oso & Saticoy 0) 7/25, different direction, witness not talking. K 8/4/79 10:35 p.m. Canoga Park CE-I Artura Close approach of saucer, two Sherman Way & Milwood (2) humanoids seen in clear bubble at top. L 8/24/79 3:20 a.m. Canoga Park NL Anapol Close approach of pinkish/violet Sherman Way & Royer 0) disk.

1 Possible CE-III - regressive hypnosis recommended (San Fernando, continued) Sighting: As Mrs. Peacock was in her priately and supplied a map of where back yard watering the garden she no- she lived and the direction of the ob- 'ho'ur she: wants to know what it was, ticed a large roundish red object in the ject. Her apparent size was "50 times good or bad. NW sky at an elevation angle of ap- bigger than the moon." This was not — This' investigator has contacted proximately 45 degrees. She described 1 iised in UFO size calculations. -the_Califo!rnia State Hypnosis Associa- the shape as that ofajight bulb with -Jion-and has made tentative arrange- perhaps 20 smalKahd blinking white Palmer Sighting -1 ments for at least one hypnotic session. lights at the bottom. Weather clear. No Location: Canoga Park, Calif. It should be noted that at the noise. No Bother Witnesses as her hus- Date: 3 August 1979 TuruTof Shjiri's sighting at Topanga and band was'gone for the evening. After Time:9:00to9:20p.m. Plummer, 'the Childers family was' watching/the hovering object for ap- Duration: 17 minutes watching a UFO in the same vicinity,as proximately 5 minutes, she noted that Witness: Mrs. Evelyn Palmer (63) hers ... plotting the_azimuths from x it abruptly disappeared She wanted to Sighting: "I first noticed the light as I both-cases,on§"gets-goodjjgreernent as^ / call a neighbor out to see but her leg passed the railroad track (near Nord- to location. The Childers.famiryrefuses was in a cast somewhat restricting her to. give this investigator their address hoff). I had just left work to go home movements, and she really wanted to' at 9 p.m. I was going south on Corbin so that a sighting form can be mailed continue observing the strange device and more details established ... they when I noticed it. It was bright red ... so she stayed and watched. She noted and was directly in front of me as I claim they don't want any adverse that the object,flashed or bunked on publicity.. glanced near the top of my windshield. and off .once^e very, several seconds. When I first noticed it, I thought it This^sighting correlates well as to Peacock Sighting - H 'was a copter, but it did seem quite directiorr?and time with that of Mrs. bright with no other colored lights and Location: Canoga ParkTCali.fV Palmer" about one mile west of her. I they weren't blinking. Then when I Date: 3 Augusf 1979 had difficulty in trying to get an appar- stopped for the signal at Roscoe Blvd. Time:-9fl5 to9:2 ent size (this is sometimes difficult I realized that it wasn't moving at all, Duration: 5 minutes with older women). She filled out a just hanging there. Witness: Mrs. Doris Peacockt62) standard MUFON sighting form appro- (Continued on next page)

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AREA METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES (San Fernando, continued)

"I then sped all the way home, hoping it would be there so my husband could see it. I also kept watching the light. I drove into the driveway, got out of the car, walked back to the sidewalk and looked to the north ... it was still there. I ran into the house, called my husband but he was in the tub and couldn't come out. I went outside and it was still there. Then>I ran into the house for my binoculars but I still could not see anything but a big red light. So then I watched it with- •V FO Sfen-By Maria Artur~&{ Grandson Canoga Park, Calif. out binoculars. I noticed something August 4^1979 silver or grey drop slowly from it, but just for a short distance. Almost im- SIDE VIEW mediately the red light went off and on several times, the object then the same address noted the object. sized heads. No clear details of^he moved very swiftly to the NE^the They all^described it; as teflecting^sun- humanoids were noted, and she light went off and it was gone. I light, apparently^metaljicând tilted scribgd the craftras shown in the at- watched a few seconds longer but" on its side. Two witnesses^did not tal;hed;.sk£tch-.:NoTibise was noted as could not see it. I have never seen any- agree as to whether the ends were ^the craftâpproached and^jeemed to thing like it." rounded or square. Pearson looked at hover-âbove^theâpartment building it with binoculars; he reported that it Mrs. Palmer estimated an apparent across thV street,", within several hun- had square ends and was at 45 degrees. dred feet >or everWcloser. Mrs. Artura size at Va," and an elevation angle of 60 When it left, it tilted so that the axis said that the saucer tilted to one side, degrees. From this I calculated that was vertical, then disappeared to the the diameter of the object was approx- straightened 'up (horizontal), then flew west. Azimuth was 270 degrees, eleva- behind a tree directl/across the street, imately 80 feet and that it was at an tion angle was 45 degrees. Duration 5 altitude of about 8,000 feet. The loca- stopped; tilted the otKer^way. The minutes. No noise was detected. craft flew off to the west. Weather was tion of the object (i.e., over Corbin at Two policemen pulled up in a clear and warm. Both witnesses were Lanark) is corroborated by the direc- cruiser and proceeded to watch appar- very scared. A neighbor, Mrs. Petten- tion stated by Mrs. Peacock who lives ently through binoculars. Several wit- about one mile to the east of Mrs. Pal- gill, and three other witnesses also had nesses thought that they were taking a purported UFO^sighting from their mer. Neither lady claimed that she pictures, but Peter Kim who was close back yard in the same time frame. knew the other so we can rule out to them said that they had binoculars. complicity. Several phone calls from the reporter Citizens Against UFO Secrecy Mrs. Palmer called Channel 4 at the Chronicle were made to local (CAUS; P. 0. Box 4743, Arlington, (NBC) who said that they also had sev- police departments, but no details VA 22204) has filed a set of lawsuits were made available as to who the two eral other calls on UFOs that night. No against three federal agencies to obtain policemen were. follow-up was done in this area due to government documentation on UFOs. the large number of calls being re- The suits - filed in U.S. District Court Artura Sighting - K ceived at the Chronicle and at home. for the District of Columbia on June Location : Canoga Park, Calif. 24, 1980 - seek to obtain information Pearson Sighting - E Date: 4 August 1979 from the National Security Agency, Location: Canoga Park, Calif. Time: 10:35 p.m. the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Date: 25 July 1979 Duration: 5 to 10 minutes the Federal Aviation Administration. Time: 7:15 a.m. Witness: Mrs. Maria Artura (60) Paperwork accompanying the lawsuits Witnesses: Ira Pearson, retired carpen- Sighting: As Mrs. Artura was baby- suggests that the United States Attor- ter; Ejnar Anderson, retired; George sitting her grandson, Brian Berstein, neys are attempting to place the case ; Peter Kim, employee at Alta-Dena age 6, she was summoned by the lad with a judge whose rulings have pre- Dairy store; Two unidentified police- talking about a strange thing in the sky. viously been favorable to the federal men in a cruiser. Approaching from Topanga Canyon government. Spearheading the drive Sighting: Ira Pearson was apparently Blvd. in the west, she noted a round for citizen access to government UFO the first to note the cylindrical UFO in and saucer shaped craft with a plastic information is lawyer Peter A. Gersten the western sky at 7:15 in the morning. dome on top. Inside, she said, were of the law firm Rothblatt, Rothblatt Soon, all three of his retired buddies at two humanoid creatures with over- & Seijas. UFOs AND PROPHETIC RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS

By Mark L. Moravec

A prophetic religious movement is in the eastern highlands of New teachings and advice about religious a system of beliefs and practices, held Guinea, was investigated by Robert matters and cosmology, and predicted collectively by a group of people, Berndt in the 1950s when contact be- future events, the most important which "formalizes the conception of tween the Usurufa and Europeans had event being a flood which would sub- the relation between man and his envi- still been minimal. The first contact merge the city just before dawn on ronment" (Winick's definition of reli- was in 1930 when the natives were ini- December 21, accompanied by a cata- gion, 1961, p.454) and predicts the re- tially terrified by the sight of aero- clysm which would submerge the West newal and improvement of the world planes but later believed "the white Coast of the Americas. Those people at some forthcoming time. By examin- men inside the big mother bird were who drowned would be spiritually re- ing three ethnographic examples of friendly spirits". (Christiansen, 1969, .born on other planets appropriate to prophetic religious movements, I will p. 28). their spiritual development, but flying present the evidence for the view that Because the Europeans had red saucers would come down from the such movements have several common skins, they were not identified as men, sky in time to save the believers from elements and are more than simply re- but rather as spirits of the dead, re- the flood. Despite the fact that the di- ligious attempts to escape from reality turning with wealth in the form of sasters did not come to pass, the failed based on misguided prophecies. Rather, quantities of European goods (cargo) prediction reinforced the movement's the movements seem to emerge as a re- which would be stored in the large conviction, because its members took sponse to both certain social condi- warehouses the Usurufa had construc- credit for the avoidance of the destruc- tions and an "impulse" within human ted. However, as the goods did not ar- tion! The group only disbanded when consciousness pushing human beliefs rive as calculated, distrust of the Euro- the leaders were threatened with legal in a definite direction to produce social peans grew. (Christiansen, 1969). The action and possible commitment to a change. movement peaked in 1947 between mental hospital. The Ghost Dance religious move- Mount Hagen and the Markham River ment of the North American Indians and spread beyond, with periods of Common Elements emerged with great impact in 1890 af- disappointment and depression follow- The above three prophetic reli- ter a Paiute healing shaman called Wo- ing excited expectation. (Lanternari, gious movements share a number of voka ("the Cutter") had a vision of 1963). common elements. They — God who ordered him to establish the A modern counterpart is a move- (1) were dissatisfied with the social new movement. ment which began in the 1950s in an conditions which they were forced industrialized city in the midwest of to accept; All Indians must dance, everywhere, (2) rejected established authority; keep on dancing. Pretty soon in next the U.S.A. A surburban housewife, (3) were initiated after a prophet re- spring Great Spirit come ... All dead In- "Mrs. Marian Keech," received messa- dians come back and live again ... When ges via automatic writing claimed to ceived revelations and prophecies Great Spirit comes this way, then all be sent by "superior beings from a from a "higher being"; the Indians go to mountains ... Then planet called 'Clarion'. These beings (4) were promised a new age of en- while Indians .way up high, big flood have been visiting the earth in what we lightenment and renewal for the comes like water and all white people world, a rebirth in paradise; and die. jet drowned. After that, water go call flying saucers." (Festinger, Rieck- way and then nobody but Indians even and Schachter, 1964, p. 30). (5) were catalyzed by individuals act- erywhere and game all kinds thick. Through Mrs. Keech's network of ing as leader, prophet and/or mes- -Wovoka, the Paiute Messiah (Brown, siah. friends, a movement of initially several 1970, p. 416). By 1890, Indian culture was rapid- dozen people gathered around her and ly declining due to the unjust takeover became committed to the beliefs of Despite the imprisonment of of land and violent expulsion of the the group's accumulating folklore. Pos- Ghost Dance prophets and persecution Indians by the white man. Wovoka's sible objective, physical manifestations of their followers by the white men claim that the promised land was only which occurred include the mysterious who thought the movement dangerous, for the Indians openly paved the way appearance and disappearance of a it expanded to the most distant re- for the Sioux uprising. In New Guinea, "stiff-legged entity" at a prophesied gions of the northwestern United the Usurufa's brief contacts with Euro- flying saucer landing. States. (Lanternari, 1963). peans revealed the comparative materi- The cargo cult of the Usurufa, The "Guardians," as the beings who lived in the area around Kainantu came to be known, gave the group I'Continued on next page) (Prophetic, continued) details show, all three movements in- Theories of Causation clude beliefs identical to some of the al disadvantage of the natives. Accord- How do prophetic religious move- beliefs of Christianity. In fact, Wovoka ing to Christiansen (1969, p. 108), the ments come about? Lanternari (1963) was identified as the Son of God by cargo cult is a "cult of wealth which has suggested that many movements the Mormons in 1892; and the most does not merely embrace material result from the clash between two cul- important Guardian, called Sananda, goods, but also power, good fortune tures. The "less advanced" people may revealed himself to be the contem- and fertility, etc., which has its roots become aware of their economic and porary identity of Jesus Christ. Some in the traditional ideology." A study social lags and turn to the message of Melanesian cargo cults constructed by Guiart and Worsley (Christiansen, hope and salvation offered by the pro- "telegraph stations" using dummy 1969) found that, of 73 Melanesian phets (and it may well be European, poles and "lines" of lianas to receive cargo cults, only half had a belief in exploitation and oppression within the messages from Christ. Did these move- the cargo myth proper. In fact, accord- traditional contact which promoted ments borrow Christian-like beliefs ing to this view, the cargo movements the search for an alternative). In con- from the society they were rebelling trast, Oosterwal (Christiansen, 1969) reflect more than an envious desire for against or did these beliefs evolve inde- European goods; they are a search for believes that in the case of the cargo pendently? It may be that the identity "spiritual cargo." The modern flying cult, the movement is traditional. It of Christ was incorporated into an in- • saucer movement was clearly uncon- was only after the introduction of dependently evolved belief system European goods that the concept of cerned with material gain, refusing all which already included a Christ-like offers of money. The cult members material cargo was incorporated into messianic role. were unsatisfied with the social and the belief system. Unless "we assume a spiritual conditions of modern, indus- completely static historical situation it trialized society. The Guardians com- The "prophet" announces the is not unreasonable to suggest that municated with Mrs. Keech to teach forthcoming state of paradise, the movements rather like Cargo move- her and other humans "those princi- "leader" directs the movement,and the ments were occurring in Melanesia ples, ideas and guides to right conduct "messiah" is believed able to make the before the white man came there." that are necessary to advance the spir- millenial dream come true because of (Burridge, cited in Christiansen, 1969). itual development of" the human his divine powers (Christiansen, 1969). Thus, while a clash of cultures may race ..." (Festinger et al, 1964, p. 45). Wovoka, whose powers of healing were emphasize material and social differen- The Usurufa cargo cult came to regard widely regarded, possessed all three ces adding impetus to a movement, the Europeans as a threat to safety roles and was probably a "charismatic" this clash may not be a basic cause of when the cargo failed to arrive, and leader. Yet 20 years earlier in 1870, it. Studies of movements prior to sub- rifles appeared in the villages. The fly- the prophet Wodziwob started the first stantial Western 'contact should sup- ing saucer cult maintained its beliefs in version of the Ghost Dance after report this conclusion, but few, if-any, the face of social pressure from the ceiving a revelation emphasizing the such isolated movements exist these media and the legal authorities. same major themes of the return of days. the dead, the catastrophic end of the According to "deprivation" the- The revelations which initiated world, and the regeneration of Indian ory, the prophetic religious movement the movements all have a similar con- life after the disappearance of the is only one of several responses to a tent. "God instructed Wovoka to com- white man. Dr. Berndt's last survey of state of deprivation — the despair mand his people to work assiduously, the Usurufa cargo cult in 1953 reveal- caused by a dissatisfaction with pre- not to steal, lie or fight, to love one ed the movement still existed, being sent material and social reality when another and to live at peace with the kept alive by a succession of prophets. compared to the past or another cul- white man, even though they might The flying saucer cult gained a second ture. (Barber, in Lessaand Vogt, 1972). still hope and pray for his disappear- prophet when one of. its members However, this theory doesn't explain ance from their midst." (Lanternari, went into a fit and trance and relayed why the prophetic religious movement 1963, p. 152). The revelation prom- communications to the group from the is the response in "those situations in ised the Indians the return of a Golden "Creator." .- - ' which it has manifested. Age of plentiful buffalo and spiritual salvation. Through dreams and visions What these details of a succession . It has been suggested that dissatis- with the Spirits/Europeans, an era of of prophets point out is that .the role faction with economic conditions is freely available material and spiritual of the prophet/leader/messiah, no mat- the cause of the movements..Accord- wealth was prophesied for those in the ter how charismatic he or she may be, ing to Lawrence's (1964) study of a cargo movement. For those in the fly- is limited. Lanternari (1963) suggests cargo cult in Medang, New Guinea, ing saucer movement, paradise was to there is a dialectical relationship be- there was an obsession for cargo be- be their spiritual rebirth on planets tween the prophets and certain socio- cause of economic necessity and be- with a higher level of spiritual develop- logical and cultural conditions. The in- cause it was an index of self-respect ment. The ghost dance .and cargo dividual prophet is not the sole cause and status. This observation does not movements also promised the return of the movement, but a catalyst around seem to generalize to- .other move- to life of the dead ancestors. As these which the group centers. ments. Certainly the members of the

8 (Prophetic, continued) consciousness launching a "new" be- other. Specifically, will UFO cults con- lief system in a situation where there is tinue appearing? As Jacobs (1975) re- flying saucer cult wanted nothing, to dissatisfaction with current social con- lates, the 1950s saw the growth of do with material gain. ditions. The movements are catalyzed hundreds of contactee and contactee- Vallee (1976) proposes that move- by successive prophets yet manifest a orientated clubs in the U.S.A. The early ments such as the flying saucer cult system of beliefs consistent over time 1970s bred a "new" type of contactee, come into being in response to a and geography except for minor local such as Uri Geller, who claims posses- mechanism, possibly within human variations according to the history and sion of psychic powers derived from consciousness, which is pushing human environment of the society. UFO contact experiences. It seems beliefs from, a materialistic-oriented Hence prophecy is not merely a that the prophets of the flying saucer perspective to some level of higher foresight of trouble or a gratuitous cults will be with us for quite some awareness. This change in belief, jn form of error, but the means by which time. turn, produces cultural change. an impact is made on the collective Is the contactee experience separ- consciousness of the people, thereby able from the remaining UFO picture? Applying Vallee's hypothesis to Alvin Lawson (1977) has been con- the cargo cults, there is on the surface leading to cultural change. The movements are not just religious attempts ducting some very interesting investi- a contradiction presented by the belief to escape from reality. Their myths gations of the reliability of hypnotic in cargo. However, if we accept the hy- and dreams are "not something that regression in CE-III cases. He suggests pothesis presented earlier, the cargo exists outside the world of reality, but that UFO abduction- cases have "a belief extends beyond solely material represent a sort of truth and reality wholeness or integral quality (although goods, which may have been empha- which, although differing from what details and duration vary) which dif- sized only after European contact with we call reality, are not for that reason fers from other close encounters" the accompanying appearance of West- less true or less real ..."(Burridge, cited which are frequently interrupted by ern goods. Perhaps our materialistic in Christiansen, 1969, p. 91). human intrusion. It could be, and has Western perspective has also over-em- been, argued that the "full-blown" re- phasized the importance of material ligious contactee experience is differ- cargo in the cult belief system. ... Some Questions ent from the abduction cases (the lat- The effect of prophetic religious Anthropologists and sociologists ter being somehow more acceptable, movements is unambiguous: social do not know, everything about the especially to supporters of the extra- change. But is this social change posi- movements we have been discussing. terrestrial hypothesis). Yet both the tive or negative? The movements often Our conclusions can only be tentative religious (willing?) contactees and the function to unify traditionally separ- and several unresolved issues remain. abduction contactees go for rides in ate and hostile groups as has occurred What is the nature of the "impulse" with New Guinea cargo cults in a de- "flying saucers", receive esoteric cos- within human consciousness which fensive reaction against the Europeans. mic philosophies, and often subse- might initiate the movements? Vallee This greater solidarity leads to a more quently experience seemingly paraphy- (1976) thinks it originates from the sical experiences. In any case, it is im-- effective development of the society "collective unconscious" — Jung's c6n- portant to find out whether or not the (Christiansen, 1969). Lanternari cept of a universal level of the human contactee experience is qualitatively (1963) views the movements as posi- unconscious which is the residue of all different from other (more physical?) tive "and progressive - paving the way our ancestral experiences. The poten- UFO experiences, since a difference for reform in the cultural, political, tialities of these ancestral or archaic may imply multiple causation (despite and social structure of society. Cohn images can enter consciousness as Occam's Razor) or, at the very least, a (1961) views the movements as abnor- "thought-feelings" or archetypes: the multiple approach (physical and para- mal and negative and compares them to irrational patterns of thought and prim- physical) to solve the entire UFO mys- Hitler's nazi movement. In any case itive feelings found in dreams, visions, tery (I use the term "paraphysical" to many authors are guilty in assuming and myths (Hadfield, 1974). Accord- cover both psychological and appar- that cultural change must follow the ing to this line of thought the UFO is ently parapsychological events). In one same pattern as that of Euro-American an archetype (see Jung, 1969). Yet sense, the UFO problem reminds me society. Although individuals in a Jung's "collective unconscious" is of the apparent paradox of the elec- movement face persecution and disap- merely a theoretical construct and tron being both a particle and a wave. pointments, could an ultimate benefit quite possibly scientifically unprovable. The UFO phenomenon, in totality, lie in the impact of prophetic religious The point is that we may be attempt- appears to be both physical and para- movements on human consciousness? ing to explain one unknown (the UFO) physical. Any proposed solution of the in terms of another (the archetype). UFO mystery cannot ignore either the A Conclusion (Similarly, no one has proved that physical events at Socorro or the para- Prophetic religious movements are extraterrestrial life exists). physical events experienced by Mrs. vehicles for cultural change. The basic It seems pretty certain that pro- Keech and her followers. causes are probably both internal and phetic religious movements have al- external — an impulse within human ways been around in one form or an- (Continued on next page) (Prophetic, continued) REVIEW OF THE MARK L. MORAVEC PAPER By Barry H. Downing But we must not forget the people who actually go through the prophetic religious experience. The prophets who receive their psychic revelations may undergo a personality change from ordinary people to those with Prophetic religious cults involving dict that if a higher form of reality the "inner glow" brought on by reli- UFOs have for some time been an em- were to appear in our skies, prophetic gious conversion. They and their fol- barrassment to the scientific study of cults around their reality would devel- lowers are compelled to follow a radi- UFOs. Scientists have tried to separate op. And they have. cal and complete belief system. But themselves from the "cult fringe." this is often at the cost of personal dis- From my own particular perspec- tress and sometimes tragedy brought Mark L. Moravec's article should tive in regard to Biblical studies, let me on by the experience itself and the help take away some of our fear of the add these words of caution. The Bibli- subsequent persecution by the rest of prophetic religious aspect of UFOs. He cal religion believes in a world of pro- society. In the movement centered has shown that when people are in a phets: false and true. Thus, although around Mrs. Keech, several of the core state of deprivation, a cult of salvation the prophets in Moravec's study all pro- members quit their jobs several weeks often develops, sometimes stimulated duced false prophecies of a flood, the before the predicted disaster - which by contact between a lower and higher Bible maintains the view that Noah never occurred. One of the most high- society (Africa and Europe in regard was a prophet who called the shot on ly educated in the movement, a local to the Cargo cults, the American In- the nose. professor, was to say: "I've had to go a dians and Europeans in regard to the long way. I've given up just about ever- Indian Ghost Dance Movement). The meaning of this caution is ything. I've cut every tie. I've burned that in our scientific approach to the every bridge. I've turned my back on We live in an age of fear and anx- prophetic religious cults, our tempta- the world. I can't afford to doubt. I iety, especially in the face of the de- tion may be to say that while the cults have to believe. And there isn't any structive potential of technology. Mor- are worthy of study, we cannot expect other truth ... This is a tough time but avec's paper shows that sociology and much truth to emerge from them. Be- we know that the boys upstairs are anthropology predict that UFO re- ware that among all those cult groups, taking care of us." (Festinger et al, ports, in so far as they are thought to there may be a Noah. 1964). be a superior power, would automatic- ally trigger hopes for salvation especial- It is possible that UFOs are caused Prophetic religious movements are ly from deprived groups. by a higher reality, one that we might not the delusions of "backward na- even call Divine. And this divine reali- tives." They are occurring today, in ty may indeed have its prophets. our own "highly developed" society. So, scientists should not look at At the height of the flying saucer cult, the cult side of UFOs as something we Good science is always open to the members received literally hundreds should try to hide in a closet. Rather, the unlikely, though of course it is of visitors, telephone calls, and letters anthropological studies seem to pre- rightly skeptical of the unlikely. from seriously interested pepple. Their ideas were not without popular appeal.

Jung, Carl G. Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky, NY: The "International UFO Report- REFERENCES Signet, (1959), 1969. er" of the Center for UFO Studies, Lanternari, Vittorio, The Religions of the Brown, Dee, Bury My Heart At Wounded previously absorbed in the newsstand Oppressed, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Knee, London: Barrie and Jenkins, Lawrence, Peter. Road Belong Cargo, Man- magazine Probe, now will be incorpor- 1970. chester: Manchester University Press, ated in Second Look magazine — a Christiansen, Palle, The Melanesian Cargo 1964. Washington, D.C. based publication Cult: Millenarianism as a Factor in Cul- Lawson, Alvin H. What Can We Learn From tural Change, Copenhagen: Akademisk dealing with UFOs and extraterrestrial Hypnosis of Imaginary "Abductees"? Forlag, 1969. life as well as some other borderline The MUFON UFO Journal, Nov. 1977, Cohn, Norman. The Pursuit of the Millenni- science subjects. Second Look is intel- No. 120,7-9. um, NY: Harper, 1961 (2nd ed.). Lessa, W. & Vogt, E.Z. Reader in Compara- ligently edited, has an attractive for- Festinger, Leon; Riecken, Henry W.; Schac- tive Religion, NY: Harper & Row, mat, and has a circulation of about ter, Stephen. When Prophecy Fails, 1972. 11,000, so we applaud this effort by NY: Harper & Row, (1956), 1964. Vallee, Jacques. The Invisible College, NY: the Center for UFO Studies to reach a Hadfield, J.A. Dreams and Nightmares, Lon- Dutton, 1976. wider audience. (Second Look, bi- don: Penguin, (1954), 1974. Winick, Charles. Dictionary of Anthropolo- Jacobs, David M The UFO Controversy in gy, Paterson, NJ: Littlefield, Adams & monthly, $15 per year, 10 E Street, America, NY Signet, 1976. Co., 1961. S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003) 10 NET NEWS "Project Redlight"

By David L. Dobbs, K8NQN

AMATEUR RADIO UFO NETS

NET NAMES MHZ DAY TIME N/C __-.. QTH MUFON 40-Meter 7.237 Sat.A.M. 0800 EST/EDT N1JS MA MUFON 75-Meter 3.977 Sat.A.M. 0800 CST/CDT WA9ARG IL Cincinnati Area 28.795 Thurs.P.M. 0100 UTC KA8BVO OH Saturday Afternoon 28.795 Sat. P.M. 2'000 UTC KA8BVO OH Harrisburg Area 144.250 Fri.P.M. 0000 UTC WA3QLW PA

Although summer seems to have Matt Archer, as we will call him, in three revolutions of the antenna, an reduced activity on local UFO amateur runs an electronics business today in a extraordinary velocity. radio nets, the MUFON nets continue small midwestern town. From 1961 to All work on this project stopped to flourish. A dozen check-ins are us- 1963,he performed radio maintenance suddenly in 1962. Archer remembers ual on the 40-meter section, and four at the Atomic Proving Ground. He also reading an article, in Reader's Digest, or five on the 75-meter net. Recent did some top-secret radio work for the he believes, which described a UFO UFO sightings in upstate New York Air Force at times. "Area 51" was lo- exploding over eastern Nevada after were reported on the early section run cated 60 miles due east of the base crossing the U.S. from the east coast. by Joe Santangelo, N1JS, MUFON's camp, behind a mountain range which He assumed that it might have been Amateur Radio Director, by KB2DP, separated it from Yucca Flat. Under the craft being tested, since the date Winnie. Her feminine voice is a wel- highest security, an operation was con- given in the article was around the come change,on the net, and cuts nice- ducted there under the code name time when PROJECT REDLIGHT ly through the seasonal background of PROJECT REDLIGHT. Archer pre- came to a halt. As yet, this article has lightning static. Anomalous nocturnal sented a body of evidence strongly sug- not been substantiated, however, Ar- light sightings have been frequent over gestive that this project involved flight- cher also believes that the craft he saw North Carolina, according to Ray, testing of a UFO which had been ship- may have been the undamaged UFO K4HXC, although little is being report- ped there from -Edwards Air Force shown in the Air Force movie, which ed from other parts of the country. Base. intelligence sources cited in the String- An analysis of reports in that state The craft was not conventionally field disclosure said had been reco- shows an increase of 100% over last powered, but flew silently. Radios in vered after crashing in New Mexico in year. About 25% of the cases were good operating condition often "just 1952. daylight sightings, and most of the died for no reason," only to begin Archer was familiar with the tur- UFO activity has been along fault lines. working again as suddenly. Although bojet fan-driven experimental disc One mystery often leads to anoth- security men always escorted him in- tested at nearby Nellis Air Force Base er. Such has indeed been the case with side and out of view of the runway during this period. Coincidentally, this the UFO movie shown by the Air whenever IT, as they referred to the was pictured on the front cover of The Force to select groups of radar special- craft, was about to take off or land, he MUFON UFO Journal for February ists during the 1950's. Len Stringfield's heard no engine noise of any kind. 1980. This was not the craft he ob- report of this movie was described in Once he saw the craft on the ground at served, nor would it have flown silent- an article, "Hams on the Trail of a distance of about half a mile. It was ly, if indeed it had flown. He thinks UFO's," published in the April 1980 20 to 30 feet in diameter, he estima- that this "non-flying saucer" may have issue of 73 Magazine. Shortly after ted, and pewter-colored, lacking any been a cover-up for the real UFO re- reading it, an amateur operator with a wings or tail. search being conducted in Area 51. fascinating story checked into the 40- A friend of Archer's was a radar Shortly after Len Stringfield was meter net to contact the author. Al- operator at a station near Tonopah, able to confirm privately the existence though his subsequent disclosure is still Nevada. He confided that he often ob- of Area 51 and its possible connection under investigation, Journal readers served UFOs over the test site, but was with UFO research, Newsweek publi- may be able to supply additional in- told to ignore them. One was described formation which would be helpful. which crossed the screen completely (Continued on next page)

11 BRIEF REPORTS

(Sightings from various sources con- talized with a nervous breakdown as a . At the same time in Lincolnton , two taining features of special interest) result of the sigh ting. (From La Razon, communication center personnel saw a Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 28, red ball-shaped UFO moving horizon- March 8, 1980; Wilmington, N.C. 1980. Translation by Jane Thomas) tally at tree-top level above highway at 9:30 p.m. a UFO (no description) March 31, 1980; Bari, Italy. A 321 south of town. (Tarheel UFO swooped down over the car of a local young Mexican acrobat and the son of Study Group Newsletter, June 1980 businessman, made a jet-like sound, an Italian circus owner sustained visi- Case #13-80 and. 13-A-80) and cast a brilliant white light on the ble burns when they were confronted April 20, 1980; San Mateo, Cali- car. The driver's small dog began howl- by a circular UFO emitting a'very in- fornia. While driving north on 1-280 ing as if the sound were hurting its ears. tense light. Next morning they noticed about 5:30 a.m., Richard A. Jokinen, The driver, thinking the object was go- the effects. Felipe Garcia, 19 (the an electrical engineer, and his 18-year- ing to crash,got out of his car. The UFO Mexican) had a burn on his wrist be- old son saw five bright metallic spheres hovered overhead for 5 to 10 seconds neath his watch, which had mysteri- flying rapidly along the length of Crys- longer before it took off and disap- ously stopped. Paride Orfei, 17, had tal Springs Reservoir. They appeared peared. (Tarheel UFO Study Group burns on his waist under his cowboy to be about 500 feet above the water, Newsletter, North Carolina, July 1980. belt. (ANSA news service, La Razon, and made no sound. They were seen Case #21-80) Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24, against the backdrop of coastal moun- March 24, 1980; Baterias, Mendo- 1980. Translation by Jane Thomas) tains and traveled about 120 degrees za Province, Argentina. Personnel from April 10; 1980; Lincolnton, N.C. of arc in about 5 seconds. Toward the YPF (government oil fields) who had A businessman saw a bright red disc- end of the sighting, the objects ap- been involved in previous UFO sight- shaped object directing a beam of light peared to have Saturn-like rings around ings were among numerous witnesses onto the ground as if searching for their, circumference. (Investigated for to a~ luminous object with a small something. Finally it moved away at a MUFON by Thomas Gates, Space Sci- dome on top that flew over Baterias. 45 degree angle making a strong hum- ence Center Planetarium Director. Pre- The technical workers of YPF said ming sound and leaving some kind of liminary report) that one of their members was hospi- exhaust streak. This was at 9:30 p.m. May 7, 1980; Valdese, N.C. About 5 :20 p.m. while driving east on 140, an X-ray technologist first experienced (Net News, continued) which checking in regularly engenders, car radio interference and then saw a the amateur radio nets definitely ac- UFO move below a cloud cover direct- cized it in their issue of May 12, 1980. complish something of substance even ly in front of her car. The object made The team sent to rescue the hostages during periods of low UFO activity, as a horseshoe turn and banked, showing held by Iran had practiced for its mis- this story confirms. the shape of an upside down soup sion, they reported, "at Nevada's top- News of MUFON activities in the bowl with a dome on top and a red secret Area 51, a 50-square mile qua- San Antonio area and an occasional rectangle on the underside. At one drant of Nellis Air Force Base"! message from Director Walt Andrus is point the car radio blacked out com- For 18 years, Matt Archer has relayed from Elmer, WA5CTJ by Dr. pletely. The UFO disappeared towards South Mountain after about 5 minutes, been seeking an explanation of what Will Armstrong, WONC, in St. Louis. appearing hat-shaped as it departed. actually went on during PROJECT WONC is also a mainstay of the 75-me- (Tarheel UFO study Group Newslet- REDLIGHT. He hopes that Freedom ter net and acts as liaison between the ter, June 1980. Case #19-80) of Information Act probing or corrob- two sections. oration by other witnesses will bring With the return of cooler weather out the true story, which has been and resumption of indoor activities, it is anticipated that contact with the briefly summarized here. Until that Journal readers (except commer- happens, it remains, of course, only an West Coast and southwestern part of cial enterprises) are invited to-sub'mit unsubstantiated but highly interesting the country will once more be practi- requests for information, UFO items tale. cal on 10 meters. For this reason, we for sale, and offers of information ex- have listed the information on all UFO change for publication. Name and ad- Unfortunately, not every Satur- nets known to be active. Amateurs in- dress will be published on request, but day session of the MUFON nets leads terested in UFOs and related subjects if you prefer anonymity we will code to such information. Aside from the are welcome to check into any net, your request and relay responses on a fellowship and keeping up to date whether they have any information to confidential basis. MUFON, 103 Old- about happenings in the UFO field transfer or not. towne Road, Seguin, Texas 78155 . 12 HUNTER SIGHTS UFO IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

By Paul Cerny (MUFON Western Regional Director)

A large object hovered silently over a nearby tree late at night. Various colored lights went on and off and blue vapor came from side exhaust ports. It changed from a silhouette to .an object so brightly lit that he could -hardly see its shape. This happened not once, but three times in 1973. So reported Dave McCready, associated with the Air Force for over 30 years. Dave had been in the Air Force from 1942 to 1945. He then worked as Assistant Fire Chief for Travis Air Force Base, Calif., for another 28 years, including 5 years in the Azores. Though he lived in Vacaville, Calif., he and his family owned property south of Dinsmore in northern Califor- nia. Dinsmore is in Humboldt County, 50 miles east of Fortuna, 120 miles west of Red Bluff on Highway #36, and 75 miles west of Platina. The town is a small lumber community with a Paul Cerny during NASA Mission Control Tour, 1980 MUFON UFO Symposium. gas station, country store, and a bar. Their piece of land, approximately 3 miles south of Dinsmore, had the big tree down hill. The object was very bright, all one light, he noted, fill- been private property and most of the 75 to 100 feet above the trees, with a ing in the area. Then it decreased in in- timber had been harvested by 1975. light beam shining from the lowest tensity, faded and went out, and he The terrain is hilly, with a ravine, and edge down onto the tree. The defined could see better. is sparsely covered with trees. They beam was about 4 or 5 feet wide and Suddenly the lower beam of light had a trailer situated there and often was definitely not a spotlight. The came on again, moving over the sur- used it as a hunting camp. Nearby was light, he judged, was just plain white — face area of the tall tree, not in a wide a 1100 Watt generator to service the not a high-intensity light. angle -just moving around the tree. It refrigerator and lights for the trailer, The light then went out and the went through this repeating procedure, providing some convenience for tired dome-shaped outline of the craft was the lightbeam faded and the angled bar hunters. revealed by its silhouette. A line of of.light came on dimly. There appeared On this particular September in eight or ten blue jets suddenly appeared to be a sequential pattern and he knew 1973, Dave and five friends were as if on an even platform, looking like what to look for .the second time on camped on the site in the trailer. exhaust ports, similar to a blue ex- the exhaust ports. Did they go off or About 10:30 p.m. he stepped outside haust from an airplane - continuous. stay on all the time? He wasn't sure, and immediately noticed a beam of About 10 to 15 seconds after the because, in the bright intensity of the white light shining on the tallest tree - single beam of light on the tree went light on the dome, he could hardly see an "old snipe" which was across a ra- . out, he noticed a bar of dim light in the exhaust. He was fascinated, watch- vine and about 200 to 250 yards from the shape of an inverted angle on the ing the strange procedure from this un- him. An "object" was hovering silently surface of the dome. The two ends, known object. over the tree. Dave was quite .familiar starting from the base of the -dome, He watched as the object com- with the terrain. The hill on the left diagonally, met at the top center of pleted the second sequence of events sloped down gradually to the right, the dome. In about fifteen seconds the with random trees along the crest and angled bar of light went from dim to (Continued on next page)

13 (Hunter, continued) FIELD-INDUCTION MAGNETOMETER and began a third time. By then he was By G. A. Pennington watching closely. He moved back and (Project VISIT, P. O. Box 877, Friendswood, TX 77546) forth, 20 or 30 feet each way - 50 feet altogether - looking at it from different vantage points. He realized Over the past several years, many mas, good results can be obtained us- that perhaps he was seeing a UFO. It UFO incidents have been accompanied ing inexpensive homebuilt magneto- wasn't anything like any aircraft the by magnetic disturbances which affect meters as described herein. In addition, military had, he was positive, based on compasses, automobile tape decks, air- though less expensive, the field-induc- his experience in the Air Force. He craft instruments, etc. In an effort to tion magnetometer is faster than a pro- was aware that there seemed to be no detect and render these effects more ton magnetometer by a factor of about noticeable sound, possibly because he visible for analysis, various types of 1,000. sensing devices have been proposed was standing near the 1100 Watt gen- Shown in Figure 1 is a field-induc- and in some cases used in a limited erator. tion magnetometer designed to have manner by UFO researchers. In gener- Moving from one side to the other its sensor mounted vertically on the al, these devices work by recording of where he had originally sighted the exterior of a building. The actual sen- light, he watched it closely as it went changes in the local geomagnetic field sor is comprised of a 61 cm. long mu- through the "sequence" a third time. which occur during UFO passage. metal (or soft iron alloy with equiva- He wished the rest of the men were Since changes in the geomagnetic lent magnetic permeability) bar that field are the basis for operation of there with him. He ran to the trailer, serves as a flux concentrator for two pounded on the door, and yelled to some of these detectors and hence wire coils. The larger of the two coils the men to come out, that he wanted UFO detections, it is appropriate to (LI) is a 16 KHz horizontal oscillator consider the changes which can be to show them something unusual. coil slipped over the bar and posi- expected by natural causes. In a paper They came running out the door and tioned at its center. It should be presented by William H. Hunkins at followed him to the spot. There was pointed out that other types of coils the 1971 Midwest UFOConference.it nothing! It was gone - absolutely may be used as long as they contain is stated that deviations over 5% are gone! No sign of anything. Possibly greater than 5,000 turns of wire. The rare for even the most extreme natur- his yelling and pounding had alerted effect of a smaller number of turns ally caused transient disturbances, the object of impending danger. will directly affect the sensitivity of such as magnetic storms linked with The next day they crossed the the detector. As designed here, changes solar activity. Utilizing his numbers of ravine to examine the tree and the ter- of 1,000 gammas in the geomagnetic 50,000 to 60,000 gammas for the rain. They found nothing on the field can be detected if local condi- geomagnetic field, this 5% deviation ground and apparently nothing had tions permit. happened to the tree, at least nothing would amount to approximately 3,000 that was apparent. Strange that this gammas. Now for most cases, the The second coil (L2) consists of hovering object, at least 40-50 feet fields in question can be considered to 30 turns of No. 24 enamelled wire in- across and 12-15 feet high, would obey the inverse cube of the distance sulated from and wound over the main leave no evidence of having been there, from the source relationship with re- coil. Coil L2 is used to induce a vol- and he had no witnesses, as well as no spect to field intensity. Hence, dis- tage across LI for testing. Signals in- answers. He related the experience to tance rapidly attenuates the field ef- duced across LI are amplified by OA1. his family, but told no one else. fects and localizes any disturbances. OA1 is a standard 301A operational Strangely enough at about that same Obviously, from the above discus- amplifier. When the TEST switch SI is period of time there were multiple ob- sion, very sensitive instruments such as depressed, capacitor Cl discharges jects sighted over the city of Vallejo, proton free precision magnetometers through potentiometer"R3 and Coil L2, where Dave lived with his family in would be required to detect disturban- inducing an EMF in main sensing coil their home. Forty or more people, ces from a great distance. However, LI. Potentiometer R2 is used to adjust Dave noted, were involved this time, since it has been suggested by other' the sensitivity threshhold. The ampli- including police officers. But they UFO researchers that a UFO field is on fied signal is indicated on meter Ml. It were not as close as 200 feet. the order of as much as 100,000 gam- should be noted that if the geomag- He thought little more about it netic field variations produced by a until 4 years later when he and his nia. Since then he has thought a lot UFO also vary in flux density at some wife were watching a television show more about his sighting of that still constant frequency f, a steady-state on the subject of UFOs. Suddenly he unidentified flying object. EMF will be induced in proportion to said to his wife, "That's what I saw! Contacting this investigator was f and Ml will continually register. Be-, That's exactly what I saw!" It was an the next step, resulting in this interest- cause the magnetic field characteristics illustration on the TV as seen by a man ing report of a close encounter by a re- for UFOs are still largely unknown, it named Bill Pecha from Colusa, Califor- putable witness. is recommended that the instrument

14 be initially operated in the PEAK mode as discussed later in this paper. FIELD -INDUCTION MAGNETO METER, The signal at the output of OA1 is also passed via TRIGGER' LEVEL potentiometer R7 to the gate of SCR 1. When SCR1 fires, it activates alarm Al. Since the power source is dc, Al will remain on even after the triggering sig- LEO nal has passed. Normally closed RE- SET pushbutton S4 must be momentarily depressed to silence the alarm. It should be noted that the alarm will continue to be activated repeatedly if the detected object is still present. Two modes of signal detection are provided by PEAK/NORMAL switch S2. In the NORMAL mode, meter Ml will continuously show the signal value output from OA1 when the detected object is present (if UFO flux is vari- able) and will return to null afterwards. In the PEAK mode, the strongest out- Figure 1 put level from OA1 will remain dis- played on meter Ml until the charge on capacitor C3 leaks off. For this rea- only the type of flux concentrator rod meability of the rod substance is fairly son C3 is selected to provide for the mentioned above has been tested, high (greater than 5,000). A list of best low leak characteristics. The charge other rods may be used at a reduced part numbers for a major retailer will can be dissipated on C3 at any time by sensitivity as long as the magnetic per- be supplied on request to simplify con- momentarily selecting the NORMAL struction of the instrument. mode. Two scales are provided on Ml for OA1 output level, so as to provide increased granularity of the detected signal due to large or small field variations induced in LI. These scales are selected by HI/LO switch S3. Operating power is obtained from a line operated, regulated 12 volt dc supply. If line power should fail, B2, a back-up 12.6 volt battery supply will operate the unit. Silicon diodes D3 and D4 provide for keeping the battery voltage slightly lower than the regulated power supply voltage and thus allow its use only if line power should fail. The unit is turned on via ON/OFF switch S5. LED will illumi- nate when power is applied via the regulated power supply only, as it would quickly aid in draining B2 when in battery-only operation. TRIGGER LEVEL control R7 should be set to prevent the alarm from being triggered by natural or man-made sources in close proximity to the detector. The construction and packaging of the instrument is not especially critical. The flux concentrator and coils Left to right: Len Stringfield, Tom Deuley, and Richard Hall at Fund for UFO can be protected by a length of mag- Research table, 1980 MUFON UFO Symposium. (Photo: Bruce Oeuley) netically neutral plastic pipe. Although

15 Movie Review "HANGAR 18" (Sunn Classics Pictures, Salt Lake City, Utah)

At the annual MUFON meeting in June, Mildred Biesele told us to watch for "Hangar 18," a fictional film about a captured UFO. She had spoken with, the Sunn Classics office, who told of Sunn asking the Air Force if they could shoot the movie on an air force base. The answer was such a violent "NO!" that they felt they had touched a sensitive spot. However, they discov- ered an abandoned air force base at Big Spring, Texas, and the film was made on location there."You wouldn't believe the roadblocks put in the way of production by the Air Force," said Sunn. "Hangar 18" opened on the west coast in August, and will be released throughout the rest of the country in January. Mildred also provided me with a list of the actors, who are it UfOS SICBtTS*1 pJ"fA ng- not big stars but do a fine job. I am olion pc'iiid "HQrigoi lc ". grateful for her help. Straightforwardly told with no artistic frills, the movie is packed with excitement and suspense, and I en- this is a movie) alternate with the ruth- tion, as does "Hangar 18" ("any re- joyed every minute of it. Briefly, three less pursuit of the heroes (astronauts) semblance to actual persons or places astronauts launching a satellite en- by the villains (FBI), and the action is purely coincidental"), the public counter a UFO. One does not sur- builds to a satisfactory climax. may not confuse the fictional with the vive. Radar at NASA traces its flight to A more explicit description would actual, but since the subject is the way the southwest United States. It is an spoil your fun, but interesting ques- it is, no doubt confused concepts will election year, and as soon as the Presi- tions arise from the thrills. Is the story result. — Barbara Mathey dent and his advisor are informed that based on a real incident or combina- the Air Force is in possession of a fly- tion of incidents, and if so which ing saucer they decide to stop at ones? Does any evidence exist that the nothing to hush up the event and keep Feds have been authorized to kill wit- the news from the public. The astro- nesses to shut them up, and that this MUFON is working on a special nauts realize they are being manipu- has indeed been done? If so, who gave report on UFO abduction cases, to in- lated and their lives ruined, so, taking the order? Which President? Any com- clude reports from 1971 through matters into their own hands, they ment on these points, or others, would 1980. If youhave case reports or news- rush to locate the craft and prove its be welcome. paper references for this period, please existence to the world, thus saving It is evident that UFOs are now a submit them for this special project. their honor and demonstrating the popular subject, and we may expect All contributions will be acknow- truth. Meanwhile the machine and its some imaginative books and movies. ledged. Participants in the recent mini- occupant, hidden on an air force base Mildred reports that "The Ogden panel on UFO abduction cases^or oth- in Hangar 18, are being examined by a Enigma," just out, is a fictional tale ers with similar professional creden- team of experts. Their discoveries and based on a real UFO incident. As long tials, are invited to contribute evalua- amazingly rapid deductions (after all, as they announce themselves to be fic- tive articles.

16 Sample Clippings from Newsclipping Service [See page 19]

LIVINGSTON CO. PRESS, Howell, MI - March 26, 1980 JOURNAL, Muscatine, IA - March 21, 1930 Closely encountered realized it was something quite Weird light different." she recalls. "If it h.id stayed there hovering 1 would have kept my mouth shut. I hope I never set* is sighted it again." UFOs return yet again Mrs. Birch was so captivated by what By DAVE DeWITTE she thought she was seeing that she Staff writer called neighbors. "I said, you know I to busy Fowlerville sky "It made the hairs stand up on back don't drink, but I want you to look at of my neck. I know somebody's up, what I'm seeing across the island and there looking down, and I'd like to know Fowlcrville anything like it in my life," she says tell me what I see is there." who it is." A UFO has again invaded the quiel She described the noise as "realh She called Mrs. Walter Wolfe, who skies over Livingston County. The loud, louder than a jet. and it vihrateil Mrs. Fred Birch, who has a saw it also. Their sons went down to the latest reported sighting was at Marsh Ihc air." "gorgeous, panoramic" view of the levee, where they watched the light and Sober Roads, about 8 miles north of Linda watched the object for aboui Mississippi River from her home south move west across the Mississippi into Fowlerville, shortly after 10p.m. on the fifteen minutes, until it was almost nu: of Keithsburg, may be more wary Iowa The boys used binoculars They night of March 19. of sight, headed west toward Lansing. about looking outside'from now on. said many smaller lights resembling Linda Hough was watching TV when Then she realized how frightened she When she first glanced out the small aircraft could be seen in the sky she heard a loud sound outside, "like a was and went inside and locked thi kitchen window at around 9 o'clock noisy car," she says. "I looked out and doors. She was home alone with her also. Thursday evening Mrs. Birch thought A part-time Keithsburg deputy there was a huge light in the sky above young son. "1 called my aunt next door she saw a "funny bright light" and Marsh Road." to see if she had seen anything, but she- reportedly saw the light, as did others "I didn't have my contact lenses on so had been asleep and my cousins didn't think too much of it. But after although their accounts were not as I took the binoculars outside to look at it weren't home. The neighbors on the her husband had left for his night-shift complete. better," she explained. "It was other side weren't home either." Linda job. she noticed it was still there, and Rock Island sheriff's authorities said skimming along just above the trees watched (he sky until her husband took a harder look. "I said to my son, 'that isn't a star; a report March 11 came' in at and the light was so bright it lit up the came home from work a short time approximately the same time of night sky." later. He hadn't seen anything in the it's got a goldish cast to it/ " Mrs. Two teenagers, Julie Smith, rural Linda wanted to try to see the shape sky and neither had Linda's parcnl.- Birch recalls. Later she awakened her Reynolds, and Michael O'DoneU, An- of the UFO so she went back indoors when they returned home from a daughter to take a look at it, and dalusia, reported a very different and put On her contact lenses. The movie. telephoned neighbors. object was still in the sky when she Does Linda Hough believe in UFOs'' What she saw hovering over Mapes looking object in the night sky. went back out "Yes, I believe in UFOs I think there Island in the Mississippi River was The two were driving on a gravel "I watched it cruise along," she said. is something in outer space. I don't road east of Reynolds when they saw "I thought at first it was a plane, but think they're threatening; they're jusl something gold, possiblywith

More UFOs Reported In Carolina Skies JAPAN TIMES, Tokyo, By WAYNE NICHOLAS asking people to notify him of unusual sightings. Japan - March 4, 1900 Obwrttr Glll«fH« Bureau Most reports have come from Gaslon, Lincoln LINCOLNTON — George Fawcett. Lincolnton's and Catawba counties, he said. CR: T. Matsunura 59-year-old unidentified flying object (UFO) expert. Pete Link and Jeff Schlatter, two Rutherford had planned to spend last Wednesday night resting. County carpenters, called Fawcett to report they Soviet Press Criticizes Instead his phone rang off the hook. were working on the roof of a house near Lake Nor- Flying Saucer Cult An x-ray technician, who didn't want her name man at 9 p.m. April 24 when a bright object rose ver- MOSCOW

17 1[MarkR. Herbstritt thern observers. It passes 2 degrees Venus — A classic favorable elongation: POB north of Spica on the 17th. it rises about 4 hours before the sun, Jupiter - Though technically an even- and by sunrise it stands about 40 de- •Astronomy ing "star," it is too close to the sun to grees above the eastern horizon, above be seen. Regulus and below Castor and Pollux. •• Notes Saturn - It is very low in the west at Mars - Moving from Virgo into Libra, sunset. it is very low in the southwest at sunset and sets about 2 hours later. The Perseid meteor shower occurs Jupiter - It is too close to the sun to from the 10th to the 14th. be seen, conjunction occuring on the THE SKY FOR AUGUST 1980 13th. Moon Phases: Saturn - It is too close to the sun to Mercury - Early in the month, it can Last Quarter — August 3 at 7 a.m. be seen, conjunction occuring on the be seen low in the east just before sun- (EST) 22nd (E.S.T.) rise. By the 26th it is in superior con- New Moon - August 10 at 2:09 p.m. junction. (EST) Moon Phases: Venus - It is well placed among the First Quarter - August 18 at 5:28 Last Quarter - Sept. 1 at 1:08 p.m. "winter six" constellations in the pjn.(EST) (EST) morning sky, rising about 31A hours be- Full Moon - August 25 at 10:42 p.m. New Moon - Sept. 9 at 5:00 p.m. fore the sun, and standing about 37 (EST) (EST) degrees above the eastern horizon at First Quarter - Sept. 17 at 8:54 a.m. sunrise. Greatest elongation west (46 THE SKY FOR SEPTEMBER 1980 (EST) degrees) occurs on the 24th. Full Moon - Sept. 24 at 7:08 a.m. Mars - In Virgo, it can be seen low in Mercury — Though technically an (EST) the southwest, just after sunset, but is evening "star," it is too close to the Last Quarter - Sept. 30 at 10:18 p.m. rather unfavorably situated for nor- sun to be seen. (EST)

(Director's Message, continued) at the 1980 MUFON UFO Symposium secured for $7.00 by international pos- Annual MUFON UFO Symposiums in Clear Lake City, Texas, on June 7th tal money order by writing to Reginald may also want to attend the APRO titled "UFO Contactees: Captive Col- Marquis, 47, Hotel-de-Ville, Casier pos- Conference, the 1981 MUFON UFO laborators or Cosmic Citizens" and al- tal 254, Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec GSR Symposium at M.I.T. in Cambridge, so "UFO - '79" in San Diego, Calif., 1L4, Canada. Mass. (Boston) will be held on July on November 17, 1979. His paper is Another publication of interest to 24, 25, and 26, hosted by MUFON of included in the 1980 MUFON UFO our French-language members is a small Massachusetts. We are looking forward SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS avail- pamphlet (20 pages) titled "Detection to having our first symposium in the able from MUFON. A limited number du Phenomene Ovni en France" Resul- Eastern Region in 1981. of copies of the Proceedings of the tats de 1'Annee 1979 by Alexandre Rocky Mountain Conference on UFO Laugier, Bureau: 6, Rue Des Tanneurs, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, will be Investigations are available for $4.00 13100 Aix-En-Provence, France. It is a the site for 1982 and Los Angeles, from Dr. R. Leo Sprinkle, Box 3708, report and graphs on some of the work Calif, in 1983. Pittsburg, Pa., has ex- University of Wyoming, Laramie WY done by CNES-GEPAN in Toulouse, pressed a serious interest in hosting the 82071; telephone (307) 766-2187. We France. Please contact Mr. Laugier at 1986 event. An established MUFON are all very proud of the fine work the above address for further informa- UFO group in a city or state is a pre- that Dr. Sprinkle has done in his spe- tion if you desire a copy of this pam- requisite for submitting a bid to host cialized field. phlet. an Annual MUFON UFO Symposium. Reginald Marquis, one of our Ca- After an 8-year absence from the Bids for 1984 and 1985 are open for nadian members, has recently au- UFO Conference scene, APRO has an- qualified groups. Please contact your thored a new paperback in French titled nounced the sponsorship of a sympos- International Director for further LES OVNIS: CEUX QUI LES ONT ium to be held June 12, 13, and 14, information if you are seriously Inter- VUS (211 pages), copyright 1980 by 1981, in Cleveland, Ohio. Tentative ested. For the past eleven consecutive Les Enterprises, Castelriand Inc., C.P. speakers are R. Leo Sprinkle, Ph.D.; years, MUFON has conducted annual 997, 9 Ste-Anne, Riviere-du-Loup, Stanton T. Friedman; Daniel Harris, UFO symposiums, the only major GSR 3Z5, Canada. Frequent quota- PhD.; Peter Van Arsdale, Ph.D.; and UFO organization to sponsor these tions and references are made to the John S. Derr, Ph.D. The selected annual international events. We are MUFON UFO Journal and various an- theme for the Conference is "Are We proud to be the leader in this import- nual MUFON UFO Symposium Pro- Alone In The Universe?" Since some ant contribution to UFOlogy and pub- ceedings. A copy of his book may be of the people who normally attend the lic education.

18 Lucius Farish in Other's words UFO NEWSCLIPPINC SERVICE

The UFO NEWSCL1PPING SERVICE The July 22 issue of NATIONAL ENQUIRER reports that UFO sightings will keep you informed of all the lat- seem to be associated with natural disasters, such as earthquakes and volcanic est United States and World-Wide eruptions. An article by Bob Pratt in the July 29 issue profiles Ted Phillips and UFO activity, as it happens! Our ser- his study of UFO landing trace cases. There have now been nearly 2,000 such vice was started in 1969, at which cases in 64 countries. In some instances, the evidence suggests that objects time we contracted with a reputable weighing 8 to 10 tons (or more) have caused the traces. The August 5 issue out- international newspaper-clipping bureau to obtain for us, those hard to lines the research of Dr. Harold Heaton, who is studying cases involving animals' find UFO reports (i.e., little 'known reactions to UFOs. photographic cases, close encounter and landing reports, occupant cases) and all other UFO reports, many of James Oberg's "UFO Update" column in the August issue of OMNI deals which are carried only in small town with the UFO sighting reports of Kenneth Arnold, who began the "flying sauc- or foreign newpapers. ers" uproar with his reported sighting in 1947. Arnold claims to have seen UFOs "Our UFO Newsclipping Service is- on other occasions since then, so this brands him a "repeater," according to sues are 20-page monthly reports, re- Oberg, who quotes Dr. J. Allen Hynek as saying that so-called "repeaters" are produced by photo-offset, containing "utterably unreliable." While it is probably true that Hynek made such a state- the latest United States and Canadian ment, that certainly does not mean that it should be accepted (by Oberg or any- UFO newsclippings, with our foreign one else) as being valid. Oberg also errs in saying that "all (Arnold's) UFOs look- section carrying the latest British, ed the same." On the contrary, one of the nine objects reported by Arnold in Australian, New Zealand and other 1947 was quite different from the other eight. His later sightings were of objects foreign press reports. Also included is with varying descriptions. Oberg also reports on UFOs and the U.N., following a 3-5 page section of "Fortean" clippings (i.e. Bigfoot and other "mon- the ouster of Grenada's former Prime Minister, Sir Eric Gairy. ster" reports). Let us keep you informed of the latest happenings in Another Oberg article is found in the September issue of FATE. In this one, the UFO and Fortean fields." he "disposes" of various stories about UFOs on the Moon, enigmatic lunar forma- For subscription information and tions, etc. While there has been a great deal of nonsense written on this topic (es- sample pages from our service, write pecially regarding astronauts and UFOs), it is easy to sense a bit of "overkill" iri today to: this attempt to write off some things which have genuinely puzzled lunar observers. The many reports of TLP (Transient Lunar Phenomena) contain details UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE which are not so easily explained as natural phenomena. Route 1 - Box 220 Plumerville, Arkansas 72127 The September issue of PROBE has an article by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, "The Legion of the Bewildered Silent," as well as Allan Hendry's "UFO Update" col-, umn. It is understood that PROBE has now ceased publication, which is not sur- prising, in view of the types of articles carried in recent issues. It is unfortunate that all the issues could not have matched the quality of the "Collectors Edition" • The 1981 MUFON UFO Symposi- which was released several months ago. um will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Anyone who has not yet obtained a copy of THE ZETA RETICULI INCI- (Boston), Mass., July 24-26. This DENT by Terence Dickinson has missed some excellent information on the re- promises to be an intriguing and well- search done by Marjorie Fish on the "star map" allegedly seen by Betty Hill attended event in a region containing while on board an alien spacecraft. The publication is a reprint of Dickinson's many veteran UFO researchejj, includ- 1974 article in ASTRONOMY magazine, along with all subsequent material pub- ing MUFON State Director Joe San- lished in that magazine which dealt with the article. Dickinson has now authored tangelo, MUFON Director of Investiga- a four-page "update" on the map, which discusses the various criticisms by Carl tions Raymond Fowler, Walter and Sagan and others. Both the booklet and update are available from Stanton Fried- David Webb, Joe Nyman, John Oswald, man at the following address: UFORI, Box 958, Houlton, ME 04730. The Betty Hill, and many others. Make price is $3.00 for both items. Well worth your time and money. your plans now.

19 by DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE Walt Andrus

"UFOs: A Canadian Perspective," for the Stratford UFO Research Team, animal mutilations ;by Project Stigma, chaired by Henry H. McKay, MUFON Stratford, Ontario, reported on their P. O. Box 1094, Paris, TX 75460, was Regional Director for Canada, was an _work; and Oscar Magocsi, author of recently mailed to subscribers by Tom invitational conference held at the the monograph "My -Space Odyssey in Adams, MUFON State Section Direc- Metro-Toronto Reference Library, 789 UFOs" ... the true story of a Toronto tor, and the world's leading investiga- Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario, on March man's first-hand encounter with space tor into these bizarre events. This issue 22, 1980. The theme or topic of dis- . aliens. places emphasis on the international course was directed toward current re- Larry Fenwick and Joe Muskat, scope of mutilations. The 1980 sub- search, educational endeavors, and as- both officers of CUFORM, Inc. of Wil- scription price for four quarterly issues pirational goals of organizations and lowdale, Ontario, gave a presentation is $5.00 and the same will apply" in individuals dedicated to scientific stu: on trie investigations of a reported en- 1981. counter incident involving a number of dies and a rational approach to Un- MUFON member John Paul Os- local people. The publisher of RES identified Flying Objects or related wald, of Hampton, N.H., has submitted BUREAUX BULLETIN, known as disciplines. An invitation to participate a scholarly manuscript of 525 pages ti- "Mr. X /' outlined his experiences del- was extended to those people in tled "UFOs and A Coherent World- southern Ontario who had demon- ving into and uncovering important view," copyright 1980, to your direc- strated in the past an active concerned documentation pertaining to Canadian tor for his evaluation;and comments. interest in this subject matter. government involvement. Mr. McKay John has done a magnificent job of In Mr. McKay's introductory and his colleagues are to be commend- expressing his personal views on this speech,-he related that the UFOlogist ed for conducting this one-day UFO controversial subject and has made as a researcher or field investigator is Conference, whereby the participants definite recommendations to existing faced with many difficulties when deal- could personally meet and share their UFO organizations as to their future ing with a transient phenomenon and investigative experiences in helping to action. John personally feels that the the attendent disciplines. Two such as- resolve this perplexing enigma. All but answers to the UFO phenomenon are pects were enlarged upon by Henry two of the speakers are MUFON mem- contained in this manuscript. He not during his brief address, supported by bers. only reviews the status of UFOlogy Robert M. Hipp, State Director a slide and pictorial display, which ex- today, but delves into the positive and for Pennsylvania, has announced that amined the need for a broader under- negative aspects of Christianity and Thomas Eveland, Box 4402 RD#4, standing as to the complexity of land- the UFO as a new perspective from the Stroudsburg, PA 18360; is our new ing trace cases and the problems in re- Bible and projected into the future. State Section Director for Monroe, solving photographic evidence. These Since I haven't studied the entire man- could be misinterpretations of common Northampton, and Carbon counties. uscript, I am not qualified to evaluate causes, a perpetrated hoax, or a true Mr. Eveland was recommmended by Mr. Oswald's findings, explanations, graphic display of a still unidentified Raymond Fowler, Director of Investi- and recommendations. The manuscript gations. Tom is an environmental biol- anomaly captured on film. He recom- has had_ very limited exposure to date ogist with an M.S. in biology.. Two mended three books of divergent in- among the leaders in UFOlogy. if is new Research Specialists are Myron terest to the participants, two by Ca- one of the most comprehensive studies Karl Ilkin.72 ManahanSt.,Bankstown, nadian authors; "The UFO Connec- of this nature that your director has N.S.W. 2200 Australia, a physicist tion" by Arthur Bray residing in Otta- . had the privilege of being exposed to. wa; "UFO-Sightings, Landings and Ab-" with a Masters in Applied Science and - ductions" by Yurko Bondarchuk; and a member of UFO Research Australia, We are indebted to R. Leo Sprin- W.H. Bowart's "Operation Mind Con- and Douglas J. Labat, 4801 Lurline kle, Ph.D., for mailing a copy of the trol." St., New Orleans, LA 70127, an engi- "Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain OtherTpeakers were David Haisell, neer with the telephone company in Conference on UFO Investigation" author of the paperback book "The New Orleans who will be working with (contactee conference) conducted on Missing Seven Hours" and editor of our State Section Director James J. May 23, 24, and 25, 1980, at the Uni- the quarterly publication JOURNAL LaChute. versity of Wyoming. Dr. Sprinkle has UFO, who outlined some of the work - STIGMATA, Number 10, Third shared the experiences of some of the of UP. Investigations Research, Inc., Quarter of 1980, the publication de- participants in the paper he delivered Mississauga, Ontario; Pat De la franier, voted to reporting on the continuing editor of TROFUS,a private newsletter investigation into the occurrences of (Continued on p. 18)