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Bovine hemoglobin the smoking gun? p. 3.

Dr. Oppenheimer and UFOs: connecting the dots, p. 5.

Strange objects re- 2005 Symposium speakers ported in the UK, p. 8. Clockwise, beginning lower left, Scott Ramsey, Stan Friedman, Dr. Profile: Ted Roger Leir, Richard Dolan, Dr. Phillips, p. 9. Edgar Mitchell, Alan C. Holt, Esen MUFON Forum, p. 10. Sekerkarar, Paola Harris, Dr. Claude Swanson, Phyllis Budinger, Dr. R. UFO Press, Aztec Leo Sprinkle, and Elaine Douglass. video, p. 17 The 36th annual MUFON UFO encounter? p. 19. Symposium is )uly 22-24 in Den- ver, Colorado, at the Mariott Tech Calendar, p. 22. Center Hotel.

UFO Marketplace, p. 23. Columns Director's Message 2 Filer's Files 12 Ted Phillips 15 Stan Friedman 20 McLeod's Night Sky 24 Director's Message June 2005 Number 446 By John F. Schuessler

MUFON The ET Presence: Cons and Pros Dr. R. Leo Sprinkle will present his lines of military and physical games, exciting new paper "The ET Presence: sexual and biological games, political UFO Journal Cons and Pros" at the 2005 MUFON and psychosocial games, and healing and (DSPS 002-970) International UFO Symposium in Den- spiritual games." You won't want to (ISSN 0270-6822) ver, CO, July 22-24, 2005 (see insert for miss Leo's presentation and his descrip- registration in- tion of the purpose of these games. formation). Mutual UFO Network Leo first Newest information on implants Post Office Box 369 spoke at a Dr. Roger Leir will present a hard- Morrison, CO 80465-0369 MUFON sym- hitting new paper at the 2005 MUFON Tel: 303-932-7709 posium in 1975, International UFO Symposium describ- Fax:303-932-9279 and we are ex- ing physical evidence found in his im- tremely pleased plant research. to have him He will describe the properties of back in 2005. International Director three types of implants-metallic, non- Leo describes metallic, and totally biological. You will John F. Schuessler, M.S. the "Cons" as also hear about two new pending surgi- Tel: 303-932-7709 "confidence" John Schuessler cal cases. [email protected] people who try Roger says, "The subject of UFOs to con us into discounting or denying the and their occupants has turned the cor- ET Presence. ner in that those who once questioned Editor: On the other hand, the "Pros" are even the existence of these vehicles are the "professional" people who profess Dwight Connelly, M.S. now looking at the occupants and their the reality of the ET Presence. reasons for visitation." 14026 Ridgelawn Road Part of his conclusion states that "we He is a leader in bringing the evidence Martinsville, IL 62442 can anticipate further UFO reports together with the theories in a labora- Tel: (217) 382-4502 which confound our views of science tory environment and putting the sci- mufonufojoumal @ hotmail.com and reality. Further, we can predict that entific method to work on the problem. UFO 'games' will continue along the (Continued on page 22)

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By David E. Twichell ©2005 f all the impossible and im- probable anomalies discov- Oered in scores of catde mu- tilations around the world each year since the 1950s, the presence of pure bovine hemoglobin may be the most im- portant. Yet the only known modern bio- chemical process to produce pure hemoglobin from human or animal blood requires a laboratory, a cen- trifuge, and strict A typical mutilation. temperature con- trol. jP?$a^ff$f For those un- familiar with the cattle mutilation even of the animal itself. Occasionally phenomenon, bones are broken at the point where the About the Author David Twichell ranchers have carcass has impacted the ground, sug- David E. Twichell is a MUFON awakened to find gesting it had been dropped from some Field Investigator and editor of the one or more of their cattle dead on their height. Michigan MUFON Newsletier. He is property. Not just deceased, but, at first As eerily precise as the unusual ani- the author of The UFO-Jesus Connec- glance, brutally mutilated. mal deaths are, typically there is abso- tion and Global Implications of the The ranchers know that the particu- lutely no blood to be found around or UFO Reality. He has his own cable lar animal was alive and well as recently near the carcass. Further, the animal TV show, "We Are Not Alone," and as 12 hours prior to the find. But die itself is completely devoid of blood. has written numerous UFO articles. skeptic's unwavering and illogical con- Other natural predators, such as coy- www.ufoimplications.com clusion is either predator or satanic . otes and wolves, typically refuse to go Upon closer observation, it is discov- near the area of the carcass. ered that the animal was not mutilated, In October of 2,000, biophysicist www.earthfiles.com (October 16, 2000 as would be true in the case of a preda- W.C. Levengood of The Pinelandia Bio- - Part 2) tor, but "operated" upon. Specific or- physical Laboratory in Grass Lake, MI, A 2,000-pound Black Angus bull had gans were removed with laser-like pre- called to discuss been discovered at the ranch of Jean and cision. his amazing findings concerning a bo- Bill Barton that displayed all the signs In the typical mutilation, a similar pat- vine excision case that had occurred in of a classic bovine excision. The bull tern of hide and tissue are removed 1997 in Red Bluff, CA. was found in a hillside pasture about from the head. Usually an ear, eye, jaw Levengood is a world-renowned bio- one-half mile from the only dirt road flesh, the tongue, and sexual organs are physicist who has worked extensively in that led into the area and could only be removed. the field of "subtle" or "implicate" en- reached on foot or horseback. In almost all cases, the rectum and/ ergies. He is well known for his work in Besides the typical earmarks of a or vaginal tract in females have been studying crop formations and bovine ex- genuinely anomalous excision site, small cored out. The excision sites appear to cisions. black, hardened specks were discovered be "cauterized" around the edges, indi- Ms. Howe is an Emmy Award-win- on the chest and testicles at the point cating some form of heat was employed ning TV and documentary producer, in- of the excision. in the process. vestigative reporter, and editor of the Samples of these were gathered by To add to the mystery, there is no sign science and environment news website, field investigators Jean Bilodeaux and of a struggle, nor are there tire tracks Earthfiles.com. The full report, may be Royce Myers and delivered to or footprints around the carcass-not found at Ms. Howe's web site, Levengood for analysis. To Levengood's JUNE 2005 MUFON UFO JOURNAL amazement, he found them to be pure In a phone interview with Leven- hemoglobin! good, he told me, "There is no way all To confirm his findings, he sent the of the blood can be drained from such samples to analytical chemist Phyllis a large animal, to include the capillar- Budinger in Ohio. Ms. Budinger used ies-especially in a pasture environment." the latest state-of-the-art infrared spec- In light of the hemoglobin discovery tral photometer to analyze the samples. and the missing erythrocytes and leu- Her research confirmed Levengood's kocytes from the carcass, he hypoth- findings that these were indeed samples esizes that the blood has been "disinte- of raw bovine hemoglobin. grated" via some form of microwave Levengood states in his report, "The technology that is yet unknown to mod- fact that erythrocytes, leukocytes and ern science. other components such as enzymes and Both Levengood and Howe were in- hormones are missing-somehow they terviewed for an installment of "UFO had to be extracted from the blood of Files," pertaining to cattle mutilations, the animal in order to obtain the very which recently aired on the History homogeneous hemoglobin. Channel. 'To do this, you need to break down William Levengood Ms. Howe was the investigative re- me cell membranes to die erythrocytes porter working to collect samples for and leukocytes to remove die hemoglo- before, and within six miles of each Levengood at the site of a mutilation in bin molecules. To do this, requires a other. Farnam, NE, and the production crew laboratory procedure with very precise In excision cases, the vegetation sur- followed her around. biochemical steps. rounding the carcasses has been af- Levengood indicated that he was in- "It's totally incomprehensible how fected, as in crop formations, although terviewed all day, and spoke at length the hemoglobin could be removed in the he believes that two different-but simi- of the hemoglobin find and its impor- middle of the night out in the middle lar-types of microwave energies are tance to the bovine excision phenom- of a pasture and separated from all the being applied. enon. other cellular components." Levengood says these could not pos- Alas, not a word on the matter was He adds, "Here you have two basic sibly be random energies within Earth's aired. enigmas: how was it removed in the atmosphere, especially in the case of the After more than 45 years of catde, fresh state and remained biochemically bovine excisions, but rather purposely horses, and wild animals being found active in a very pure form? And sec- directed by someone or something. bearing the same distinctive character- ond, how was this formed into a solid In the 2002 report, it is the first time istics of intelligent intervention using that looks like a piece of old, black that biophysicist Levengood publicly advanced technologies, no one has ever Bakelite-a very black, hard substance? alludes to extraterrestrial intervention as been arrested in connection with these "So what this does, in my estimation, a possible solution. As to the energies hideous acts. it takes it out of the realm of the preda- employed, he states: After coundess man-hours devoted tors, takes it out of the realm of. devil \ "The results from these two sources, to careful scrutiny of the evidence, bio- worshipers. This has to be an extremely combined with data from past investi- physicist Levengood, among many oth- sophisticated process. I have no idea gations, demonstrate quite clearly that ers, believes that the bovine hemoglo- how it is done." the energy producing the changes in the bin discovery is the "smoking gun" evi- Identical evidence has been uncov- plants is not of the same design or in- dence. ered in bovine excision cases in Califor- tensity as those producing the excisions References: nia, , and Alabama. or purifying the blood hemoglobin. ' Hardened Bovine Hemoglobin Levengood had sent the particles to "The energy affecting the plants is Found On Mutilated Bull. several laboratories for peer review, and of a more sub tie nature, giving the im- (Parts 1, 2 & 3) www.Earthfiles.com they refused to even look at them. pression that it may be an artifact of © 2000 by Linda Moulton Howe. "They took one look at this and said, the propulsion or internal energy com- Biophysical Study of Two Bovine 'This sure isn't hemoglobin, because ponents emitted by the TJFO' craft." Excision Sites at Christmas Valley, Or- whoever heard of hemoglobin in a solid, Elsewhere in the same report: "This egon, 2002. © 2002 by W.C. Levengood. black form?'" he said. local injury effect was not observed in All Rights Reserved. In this writer's opinion, their igno- plants at the bull excision site; however, All excerpts from reports reprinted rance (and desire to maintain so) is the in this case the energy source (UFO) with permission. reason mainstream science has stag- was at a sufficient height above the soil nated in this and many other areas. surface to cause the induced magnetic Estate planning In his Research Report dated June 22, field from the ion-electron avalanches Planned giving can be beneficial 2002, entitled "Biophysical'Study of to 'pick up' magnetic particles—thus ac- both to MUFON and to your own Two Bovine Excision Sites at Christmas counting for the reduction in the level tax and estate situation. Valley, Oregon, 2002," Levengood dis- of magnetic particles near the animal Please contact MUFON head- covered the same pure hemoglobin in as well as the log-log type of distribu- quarters for details. two instances that occurred only days tion." MUFON UFO Journal June 2005 Connecting the dots Oppenheimer and UFOs By Donald R. Burleson, Ph.D. Although there have been, all along, magine, if you will, that it is the questions about his political leanings, he About the author late 1940s, and that you are Presi has brilliantly spearheaded the effort at Dr. Burleson is State Ident Harry Truman. Los Alamos to build the world's first Director for MUFON, a MUFON It is two years or more now since the atomic bomb, ushering the United States Research Specialist, and a Field In- presidency dropped on you like a bale both out of global conflict and into a vestigator. of hay. You new technological age. He holds masters degrees in math have seen World General Leslie Groves, director of and English, and the Ph.D. in En- War II through the Manhattan Project, has defended glish Literature. His Ph.D. disserta- to a victorious Dr. Oppenheimer from the outset, ar- tion led to a book, H.P. Lotvcraft, A end, and you guing that scientists of Oppenheimer's Critical Study. have become a caliber (and there were very few of Burleson's UFO books include popular presi- those) have to be freethinking individu- The Golden Age of UFOs and UFOs dent during the als who cannot always be expected to and the Death of Monroe. postwar years. toe the political party line. He has written articles for the In- But you Oppenheimer was desperately ternational UFO Reporter (CUFOS) could do with- needed at Los Alamos, and he is going and the MUFON UFO journal. out the sort of to be desperately needed now. Burleson has done extensive re- message you Such is the scenario you would have search on the famous Ramey letter, have just re- Don Burleson likely found yourself immersed in, had utilizing sophisticated computer en- ceived, one you been Harry Truman at that fateful hancement. whose implications are chilling. time. It seems likely that President At one time he held a Top Secret The voice still reverberates in your Truman would have thought of Robert security clearance in U.S. Air Force memory after you've hung up the phone. Oppenheimer right away, along with Intelligence as a Chinese language The gist of it is that an anomalous ob- certain other people. specialist. He is also fluent in Span- ject has crashed to earth somewhere in "Oppie," as many were fond of call- ish. the desertlands of New Mexico, and the ing him, was after all a kind of national best intelligence suggests that this ob- hero, a thinker of virtually unparalleled ernment, Sarbacher with the U.S. ject did not originate on the planet. reputation, and for good reasons-his William Steinman was an indepen- Remembering the Kenneth Arnold acumen as a scientist was such that even dent writer living in California who was sighting, as well as numer- the other physicists who had worked on later to write (with contributions from ous other such reports, you are quick "the gadget" at Los Alamos (a hand- Wendelle Stevens) the book UFO Crash to understand that this news from New picked crew bristling with genius, people at A^tec: A Well Kept Secret (Tucson: Mexico may well herald a spectacularly like Hans Bette and Enrico Fermi, some UFO Photo Archives, 1986). significant event. of them Nobel laureates then or later) Discussions of the SSS correspon- You are also acutely aware that you held Oppenheimer in awe. dence, in more detail than we shall need have very little time—a matter of min- Already cleared for present purposes, can be found in utes—to decide upon the best mode of He was already cleared, and it would various places in the literature, e.g. in response. be a relatively uncomplicated matter to Steinman's book, and in Hesemann and The military is already involved, but send him in. Of course, the fact that it Mantle, BeyondRosu>e//: The you must coordinate things by seeing to would have been imminently logical for Film, , & the U.S. Government it that both the right military people and Truman to send him to a UFO crash Coverup of UFOs, NY: Marlowe & Com- the right civilian scientists are on hand. retrieval operation in New Mexico does pany, 1997, pp. 79-85. You know that a great deal is going to not mean, without more substantial evi- The SSS interplay began with Wilbert be at stake. dence, that it was so. Smith, an engineer who had taken his The decisions with regard to the mili- But we do have more tangible evi- master's degree at the University of Brit- tary people, at least, are pretty clear-cut, dence, at least for the early involvement ish Columbia and served as the senior and after a moment's reflection, the of Oppenheimer with UFO-related ac- radio engineer for Canada's Department choice of civilians is too. tivities, and this evidence takes the form of Transport, later the Department of You need people with Top Secret or of what I will call the SSS (Smith- Communications. higher security clearances and first-rate Sarbacher-Steinman) correspondence. A new energy source scientific knowledge. Among others, Two of the three parties to this com- Smith's special area of interest was one name hovers around the top of the plex of exchanges were government geomagnetism, which he thought could list—Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. officials: Smith with the Canadian gov- be used as a source of energy and pro- JUNE 2005 MUFON UFO JOURNAL pulsion. When Frank Scully's book Be- cates, as much by implication as by what hind the Flying Saucers came out in 1950, it literally says, an Oppenheimer involve- Smith was intrigued, beginning to theo- ment in UFO crash retrieval investiga- rize that saucer propulsion might have tions. But there is another consideration to do with magnetism. altogether that suggests the same, in Since Scully's book discussed flying even stronger terms. saucer crash-and-retrieval activities, and Increasingly, in the late 1940s and since Smith realized that there could be early 1950s, Dr. Oppenheimer's politi- technological revelations in such circum- cal views came into question. In part stances, he wanted to get in contact with diis was because he very vocally op- scientists who had investigated crashed posed the development of die H-bomb, discs. whereas his erstwhile Los Alamos col- Through apparently well-connected league Edward Teller just as vocally contacts at the Canadian Embassy in championed the building of such a Washington, Smith obtained an appoint- weapon. ment widi Dr. Robert Sarbacher, scien- But the growing official uneasiness tific adviser to the Research and Devel- over Oppenheimer's politics also opment Commission of the US. De- stemmed in large part from the fact, fense Department, a distinguished sci- Dr. Robert Oppenheimer long known in government circles, that entist with an office at the Pentagon. both his brodier (the physicist Frank Smith was treated to a substantial learned at that point of the Aztec re- Oppenheimer) and his wife Kitty had conversation with Sarbacher, taking de- trieval story from Scully, but also refer- been members of the Communist Party, tailed notes of what they talked about. encing crash retrievals generally. a cause that Robert Oppenheimer him- Sarbacher told him, among other things, Responding to Steinman in a letter self had favored back in the 1930s. that flying saucers indeed existed and dated 29 November 1983 (on a letter- In the early 1950s Oppenheimer was were highly classified, "higher than die head reading "Washington Institute of working closely with die Atomic Energy H-bomb." Technology, Oceanography, and Physi- Commission, but that organization was Top Secret memorandum cal Sciences, Dr. Robert I. Sarbacher, about to be taken over by Lewis Strauss, Smith later composed a Top Secret President and Chairman of Board"), who made no secret of the fact that he memorandum, dated 21 November Sarbacher said that in the late 1940s and detested Dr. Oppenheimer. 1950, to the Canadian Secretary of early 1950s many prominent scientists Basically Strauss told President Transportation urging the initiation of were actively involved in die study of Eisenhower in 1953 diat he would ac- a "Project Magnet" to study magnetic crashed UFOs. cept the position of chairman of the propulsion; in this memo he specified He said that gatherings of such par- AEC, but only if Eisenhower got rid of that flying saucers' operating principles ticipants had occurred at Wright Field Oppenheimer. The President capitu- were unknown, but were under study (later Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), lated; Strauss was in, and Oppenheimer, in the United States by "a small group though Sarbacher himself had not (he whose Top Secret security clearance headed by Doctor Vannevar Bush" said) attended. Eisenhower ordered suspended, was (Hesemann, 81). Of those who did participate in out. Bush was of course one of the men crash-retrieval-related activities, This was in late December of 1953. later said to belong to the group MJ-12. Sarbacher elaborated, "I can only say Oppenheimer was given to understand It is important to note, however, that at this: John von Neumann and Dr. diat he had the option of having hear- the time of all this correspondence Vannevar Bush were definitely involved, ings with the AEC to determine whether nothing was known, to the public any- and I think Dr. Robert Oppenheimer his clearance would be reinstated, and way, about MJ-12. also" (Hesemann, 83-84). without hesitation he opted to undergo Had the Smith memo been com- A need to know basis that procedure. posed and filed in the United States, it I would add that while Sarbacher here It is with these hearings, I claim, that would most likely have remained classi- speaks only of official meetings having die real intrigue begins. I will argue diat fied forever, but in fact the Canadian to do with retrieval of crashed UFOs, the outcome of die hearings—and we all authorities declassified it in 1978. die normal condition for deciding who know Oppenheimer's clearance was The memo, along with Smith's notes would be invited to attend such gadier- denied in the end—does not flow logi- (Smith had died in 1962) on his conver- ings would be, aside from the appropri- cally from either the nature of die com- sation widi Sarbacher, came to the at- ate clearances, the need to know. plaints against him or the nature of die tention (through Leonard Stringfield) of One could scarcely imagine officials testimony at die hearings themselves, in- writer William Steinman. at Wright Field judging that a civilian sofar as we are privy to what went on. Steinman, desiring more information scientist had the need to know unless Faulty process about die "small group" and their in- he was, or was shortly going to be, in- Something was gravely wrong widi vestigations into flying saucers, wrote volved in the crash retrievals themselves the whole process even before the hear- to Sarbacher, specifically focusing his or the analysis in their aftermadi. ings of 12 April 1954 to 6 May 1954 questions with regard to what he had Thus the SSS correspondence indi- began.

MUFON UFO Journal June 2005 But for the purposes of According to library stipulations (by my inquiry, the most strik- agreement with Gray himself as donor), ing feature of these hear- certain kinds of papers are "withheld ings was the matter of who from research use," including, signifi- headed up die three-man cantly, "papers relating to investigations ^, board that officiated. His of individuals or to appointments and j name was Gordon Gray, personnel matters." f^ I To anyone well-read in The Gray papers, overall, occupy P/' I the field of UFO studies, some four feet of shelf space and are that name should ring a divided into five series, of which Series bell. Gordon Gray, accord- IV is 'The J. Robert Oppenheimer Case, ing to documents familiar 1954-75." to UFO investigators, was Series IV is then divided into a member of MJ-12, die Subseries A, B, and C, where Subseries group purportedly as- B, according to library records, "con- sembled by President sists of the PSB [Atomic Energy Dr. Robert Sarbacher Truman in 1947 to oversee Commission's Personnel Security ©Geoff Olson 1996 Vancouver Courier matters relating to flying Board] hearing transcripts and has been saucers and crash-retrieval withdrawn in its entirety. These tran- Between the suspension of his clear- operations. scripts contain unpublished portions ance and the start of the hearings, I am quite aware that the reality of which may relate to national security." Oppenheimer had four months to de- MJ-12 has been hotly debated in UFO The catalog goes on to list, for the cide, with his attorneys, how to proceed circles, with some researchers accept- withdrawn Subseries B, 19 volumes of with his defense, so to speak. (The hear- ing its existence and some not. "Oppenheimer Hearing Transcript" ings were not a trial, strictly speaking, For the purposes of the current ar- material running to some 3,314 pages but they might as well have been.) gument, I will take the stance that MJ- altogether. During this interim, Oppenheimer's 12 did indeed exist and did function It is interesting that this whole body private telephone line came under fed- pretty much as described in the docu- of material, published and unpublished eral wiretap surveillance, which in itself ments usually put forward. (One can portions alike, has been made unavail- is scarcely surprising. have access to all these documents at able. What is not only surprising but www.majesticdocuments.com.) As the withdrawn material certainly shocking, though, is that transcripts of This is, in fact, my own view of the satisfies the description of "papers re- his strategy-planning telephone sessions matter. With all respect to those who lating to investigations of individuals" with his attorneys were routinely turned have argued otherwise, I find the pro- specified in the library's list of stipula- over to the other side, i.e. to the AEC MJ-12 work of such outstanding re- tions, one can only gather that Gordon legal team that would be opposing him. searchers as Stanton Friedman, Dr. Rob- Gray himself, when donating the papers Thus Oppenheimer would go into ert Wood, and Ryan Wood to be per- to the Eisenhower Library for their pres- the hearings with his whole defense suasive. ervation, was not eager to encourage too strategy already long since revealed to The mysterious Gordon Gray much public familiarity with these tran- his opponents. (This, of course, under Gordon Gray, or "MJ-9" in terms of scripts. any decent standards, would be grounds die usual list of members, was an attor- Gray died in 1982, and the library is for impeachment of those responsible.) ney, a publisher, a broadcaster, a former apparendy committed to respecting his Clearly, from early on, some people state senator, and at one time the presi- wishes in perpetuity. in government very desperately wanted dent of the University of North Caro- The Government Printing Office, Oppenheimer's clearance to be denied, lina. after a complex series of maneuvers in no matter what had to be done. The He served as assistant secretary 1954 soon-after the hearings were con- reasons for this deserve a great deal of (eventually secretary) of the Army dur- cluded, did publish a version of the study. ing the Truman years, and had held vari- Oppenheimer hearing transcripts, typo- In any event, the hearings began on ous government-related posts, includ- graphically condensing them from over 12 April 1954, and over the course of ing chairmanship in 1954 of the AEC's three thousand pages down to just un- the next three and a half weeks, forty Personnel Security Board, the group that der a thousand. witnesses would testify at length, includ- deliberated over the Oppenheimer case. Asterisks instead of details ing Dr. Oppenheimer himself. (Gray's membership on MJ-12 does As a form of redaction, strings of Closed-door hearings not generally appear in published ac- asterisks were substituted for classified The hearings were closed-door, the counts of his credentials and experience, portions, sometimes with the effect of press was not allowed in, and needless to say.) concealing whole paragraphs or even Oppenheimer's attorneys themselves, The Gordon Gray papers, some whole pages. not being cleared, had to leave the room 7,800 pages of them, reside in a special An excellent selection from the un- whenever classified information was collection at the Dwight D. Eisenhower classified, published portions may be presented, which it repeatedly was. Library at Abilene, KS. found in the book In the Matter of J. Rob-

JUNE 2005 MUFON UFO JOURNAL ert Oppenheimer: The Security Clearance were under official scrutiny during the ground—some reason that had not been Hearings (Ithaca: Cornell University early 1940s when he was being consid- there in 1942 but was there by 1954. Press, 2002), edited and with commen- ered for leadership of the Manhattan Here we recall the SSS correspon- tary by Richard Polenberg. Project, so that it is difficult to under- dence indicating Oppenheimer's early A careful reading of even the unclas- stand why the same government that did involvement in UFO crash retrieval op- sified transcripts will make it clear that not censure him in 1942 thought it rea- erations, and we must note that as a the reasons ultimately given for the de- sonable to do so in 1954, even after he member of MJ-12, Gordon Gray, offi- nial of Oppenheimer's clearance were had proven his dedication and loyalty. ciating over the so-called Gray Board at less than convincing. The key, I would suggest, is the fact the AEC hearings, would have known The question of Communism that Gordon Gray was running the day- that Oppenheimer knew things classi- With regard to the question of mem- to-day operation at the ARC clearance fied "higher than the H-bomb"—things bership (which Oppenheimer himself hearings. that he had not known in 1942 or even apparently never held) in the Commu- There had to be more to the matter in 1945. nist Party on the part of relatives and than Oppenheimer's long-renounced Gray would have known that associates of Oppenheimer's, a number prewar political leanings, or his running Oppenheimer was continuing to learn of witnesses argued quite cogently that argument with Edward Teller about the government secrets of unprecedented the view of Communism had changed. desirability of building the H-bomb. and unparalleled sensitivity. Although in the 1930s it had been Those things themselves fall flat Next month: Part 2 fashionable in some intellectual circles without some darker reason in the back- to be a Communist, this had been not so much a political as a philosophical stance having more to do with empathy for the poor and downtrodden-and with UK man reports sightings of suspicion of corporate excesses-than with any connection to international power conspiracies. strange objects in 1998, 2000 Mrs. (Kitty) Oppenheimer remarked Andrew Bell, Ashburton, Devon, My pictures are made with my com- to the AEC panel, "In the days that I UK, has sent the following sighting re- puter so do not do justice to the UFOs was a member of the Communist Party, ports to MUFON: we have seen with our own eyes. I thought they [philosophical commu- First sighting, Dec. 13,1998: nism and Soviet Communism] were This was a crystal clear night and a definitely two things. craft passed over our window twice, "The Soviet Union had its Commu- along with a satellite travelling in a dif- nist Party and our country had its Com- ferent trajectory but at the same munist Party. I thought that the Com- speed. munist Party of the United States was The craft had an illuminated outer concerned with problems internal. I rim with four large round white now no longer believe this" (Polenberg, lights in a straight line underside. 215). Second sighting September 2000 As Oppenheimer's one-time col- This was a about 8 league, Charles Lauritsen, put it to the PM. The craft passed across a valley and AEC panel, "I think there is a great deal directly over our heads, with clear sky of difference between being a Commu- and little wind. This craft was illumi- nist in 1935 and being a Communist in nated on all edges, and very large. This 1954" (Polenberg, 220). object was cubic and L-shaped, as large 1998 object sighting. It became very clear during the weeks as a jumbo jet. of testimony that Oppenheimer and his It had a slight protrusion at the rear, family and most of his earlier commu- with three balconies above. Within the nism-inclined friends had become dis- protrusion at the rear were mesh dishes enchanted with the Communist Party which were emitting a blue/purple because of its evolution from a domes- light-this seemed to be propelling the tic to an international cause, and had craft at around 40 MPH. moved away from the Party well before The underside of the object had three the Los Alamos period. large white lights, two at its tall end and Kitty had left the Party by the time one at the other. These were joined by she and Robert were married in 1940, huge pipes. The craft was so close we and Frank Oppenheimer had left the could see the bolts on the pipework. Party by 1941. The craft emitted an electrical hum- It is important to note that, even so, ming noise which was not loud, al- Robert Oppenheimer's political leanings though it sounded very powerful. 2000 object sighting.

8 MUFON UFO Journal June 2005 Ufology Profile Ted the king of traces

By Dwight Connelly haps method of propulsion of UFOs." ed Phillips, considered the He emphasizes that "this is not al- world's foremost authority on lowed by any other type of UFO event. Tphysical traces associated with The traces are UFO fingerprints, and it UFOs, has been involved in ufology becomes obvious that various types of since 1964, and was a research associ- objects leave individual signatures. Some ate with Dr. J. Allen Hynek from 1968 sites have remained visible for many until Hynek's death in 1986. months and in some cases, years after It was Hynek, a close friend, who sug- the UFO event." gested in 1968 that Ted specialize in Ted explains that "physical trace land- physical traces, noting the need for ing events push us to the edge of what ufologists to become skilled in certain we can or should believe. They are in- key areas. credible, but the witnesses have re- Since that time, Phillips has been di- mained credible, and the residue unex- rectly involved with some 600 UFO plained. They seem to represent a visit, cases. however brief, by something unknown." In addition to spending thousands of His hope for the Center is that it can hours investigating, he has also been Ted Phi Hips provide a central repository for the col- active in sharing his research—participat- lection, study, and distribution of data. ing in numerous meetings and presen- www.angelfire.com/mo/cptr/), with "The Center will take advantage of tations, including the American Institute files containing 3,091 physical trace re- current technology," he explains. "Un- of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aero- ports from 91 countries. like the'l'960's, we now have the ability space Sciences Meetings, along with In discussing the mission of the Cen- to communicate at incredible speed. We Hynek, Dr. Jacques Vallee, and David ter, Ted points out that "it has been said are in a position to receive new cases Saunders. that little, if any, real evidence exits almost as they happen." Ted was a member of an elite team which could prove the existence of He explains, "In these cases, time is invited to meet with the United Nations Unidentified Flying Objects. While it is critical, and full on-site investigation Secretary-General at the UN in New true there is no known.absolute proof, should be done. With email and digital York, along with Hynek, Vallee, and as- there is tangible evidence available for images it is now possible to' take any- tronaut . study. one seriously interested to a landing site Phillips gave two presentations at the "Without question, if solid evidence in near real time." First International UFO Congress, and exists, it should be found in the physi- He says the Center "has no interest has appeared on national television on cal trace events—reports in which cred- in taking cases away from local research- "In Search Of," NBC News White Pa- ible witnesses claim to have observed ers, but in working with them. The only pers, CBS News Special Reports, and a the landing or near landing of an un- interest is in obtaining data and residue public education documentary movie, known object, and then to have found using the proper methods of research "UFOs Are Real." traces of that landing." and analysis. I have no interest in group Ted has taken part in countless radio Ted notes that "over the past 36 politics; it is a waste of important time." and television talk shows, including the years, specialized research into Close He says the Center can work at a dis- Larry King Radio Show, and been a Encounters of the Second Kind has tance or on site, depending on the popular speaker at MUFON sympo- resulted in a wealth of such events in wishes of the local investigators. siums. His most recent presentation was every major country of the world. Physi- Of the more than 600 cases that Ted at the Ozark UFO Conference in Eu- cal traces present us with the most di1 has worked on, he says the most impor- reka Springs, AR, in April. rect approach to resolving the mystery tant project is one he is currently inves- Ted, who lives in Missouri, has of UFOs." tigating. It involves what appears to be worked as a civil engineer, professional He points out that "traces remain as an ancient structure deep in a cavern in photographer, professional race car visible evidence long after the reported the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia. driver, professional musician, and spe- object has gone. If UFOs are not avail- The case had its beginning more than leologist. He participated in the Van- able for study in the laboratory, the resi- 30 years ago. "In 1970," says Ted, "Dr. guard Satellite Tracking Program, and due is. Alleged UFO landing sites may Hynek and I interviewed the Czech was a field engineer on the Minuteman be photographed, measured, sampled, army captain who found the artifact Missile Project. and subjected to laboratory analysis, and during WWII in 1944. In 1998, Phillips set up the Center have the potential to reveal data relat- "He and two of his 168-man group for Physical Trace Research (http:// ing to the size, configurations and per- survived a fierce fight with the Ger-

JUNE 2005 MUFON UFO JOURNAL mans. They were left for dead and were aided by a Slovakian farmer, taken to the cave, and hidden from the German forces. "In a search for food (bats), the MUFON Forum Czech, after going nearly two miles into the cave, found a structure which is shaped like a fat crescent moon with walls seven feet thick. He was able to enter the front wall, which was framed California case pp262-265) uses the name Smythe, by cave formations which had devel- That is an interesting compilation by which is what I decided upon. oped over most of the outer wall Preston Dennett about the best UFO Of course I don't favor Good over through a thin crack. cases from California, though as of this Hall. Both are prominent, respected re- "Inside," Ted continues, "he found writing, the series has not finished yet. searchers. himself in this very large vertical struc- I have a correction about case num- -Preston Dennett ture, between two curved walls which ber 20 (April 2005 issue, p. 3). Dennett were like a black mirror. It is a fascinat- called the witness of the famous Cisco Good responds ing series of events, the history of which Grove case "Donald Smythe." This took I'm surprised that Heiden didn't I have explored during two trips to the me totally aback. check my source for the Cisco Grove area. Most sources give him the semi- story, which I list in Alien Ease as "The "On the last trip I did find what I anonymous name of Donald S., but a Cisco Grove Bow and Arrow Case of believe is the cave in question. Currently couple of places I have seen "Donald 1964," by Ted Bloecher and Paul Cerny, I'm trying to obtain funding for a third Schrum,"' the first one being Lou International UFO Reporter, vol. 20. No. trip to reach the artifact and finish the Parish's column "In Others' Words," in 5, Winter 1995, pp. 16-22, 32. Donald job." MUFON's old Skylook No. 102, of May Smythe is the pseudonym used by those In addition to the primary investiga- 1976, p. 18. tion, Phillips says that "each trip to The book that was the subject of the Slovakia/Ukraine has presented new review included the case, but did not The Jennings UFO special physical trace cases involving UFO land- give even the witness' first name. Lou When you consider such one-sided ings. On the last trip in 2002 a bright wrote me Feb. 6,2003: "I honestly don't past programs as NOVA's two UFO circular object descended on a long remember where I first saw the name, presentations, I diought ABC's treat- flight path over a nuclear facility. The but it was 'a reliable source or I would ment generally was fair and balanced. facility, had been in operation for two not have given it in Skylook" And instead of poking fun at the weeks when the event took place. Dennett has written me that he did topic, the Jennings special offered a so- 'The object, seen by many residents see the name Schrum in Richard Hall's ber and serious discussion for die most of Levice, stopped over one of the ac- Uninvited Guests ( Press,'! 988, pp. part. tive stacks and hovered for 10 minutes, 248-249). Even the ratio of "experts" trotted 10 to 20 feet above it. It then ascended However, he opted instead to use out before the cameras was about at high speed vertically. Smythe, as given in 's equally divided between believers and "The security video cameras were ac- Alien Ease (Avon, 1988, pp. 262-265). nonbelievers. In the vast majority of tivated and footage was obtained by If Good just invented a surname UFO cases cited, both sides of the ar- cameras located all around the facility. starting with "S," shame on him! Un- gument were given their due. One clip was carried by Slovakian Na- less Dennett had good reasons to trust Almost all aspects of this multifac- tional Television before it was pulled. Good rather than Hall, at least he should eted phenomenon were touched upon, "I went immediately to Levice, and have noted the two versions of the from unidentified nocturnal lights to found many witnesses, but they were name. close-range structured objects and ab- afraid to give any detailed information. -Richard W. Heiden duction episodes. I tried to obtain copies of the footage On the odier hand, die program fo- without success." Dennet responds: cused too much on recreating the less- After almost 37 years of specializing Thank you for forwarding die letter convincing night light sightings to the in UFO trace events, what does one of from Mr. Heiden and giving me a chance exclusion of the more important, the more conservative mainstream to respond. harder-to-explain reports of landed or ufologists think about UFOs? As far as the Donald Smythe/Donald near-earth craftlike objects. "I believe the data indicates con- Schrum case, Mr. Heiden may be cor- The capsule modern history of structed, physical machines which are rect. Most sources I have say only UFOs was well done. Indeed, die two- under some kind of intelligent control," Donald S or Mr. S. Only a few mention hour program must have been a real eye- says Phillips. "The devices can, and do, his full name. opener to anyone unacquainted with the interact with their immediate surround- Richard Hall's book Uninvited Guests entire spectrum of what is known sim- ings in a very physical way. What these (Aurora Press, 1988, pp248-249) uses ply as "unidentified flying objects." objects represent or where they might the name Schrum; however, Timothy Another positive was honoring die originate are open questions." Good's Book, Alien Ease (Avon, 1988, (Continued on next page, column 2) 10 MUFON UFO Journal June 2005 The Aztec Crash ers of Roswell, states that he is not con- rods are being studied in an effort to UFO Crash-Hoax or Hid- vinced that the crash story is anydiing positively date them. den Truth?, produced by UFO TV, 2321 more than a tale by two shady charac- A rather large book about the case, Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291 , ters who conned the well-known and re- UFO Crash at A^tec, A Well Kept Secret, 800-350-4639, www.ufotv.com, DVD spected journalist Frank Skully, who was by William S. Steinman (with contribu- or VHS, running time , the first to bring the case the case to the tions by Wendelle C. Stevens), was pub- $24.95. public. Skully told the story of Aztec lished in a limited edition in 1986. Reviewed by Dwight Connelly back in 1950 in his book Behind the Fly- This was well before the latest rev- For those with an interest in the re- ing Saucers. elations by the Ramseys concerning new ported crash of a UFO at Aztec, NM, Pflock does acknowledge, however, witnesses and possible physical evi- but who have yet the March, 1950, "Farmington Armada dence, although this book does suggest to make it to the Case" in which hundreds of objects, led that the UFO was accidentally disabled area or to the an- by a red object, were seen over by powerful radar in the area. nual symposium, Farmington, NM, only 14 miles from This video is a very interesting and this video is the Aztec. The "armada," still led by a red well-done update of a case which is next best thing. UFO, was later spotted by Las Vegas turning out to be more and more cred- The reports of postal workers. ible. the March 25, In addition to new;witriesses,;who The latest information on Aztec will 1948, crash have be provided by Ramsey at this summer's nan ot> report actually seeing the downed craft— suggested. that up sam m\v. and even climbing onto or in it-there is MUFON International Symposium in to 1 6 alien bodies possible physical evidence at the site in Denver, set for July 22-24. were discovered the form of cement castings with rein- Ramsey may also have copies of this inside die object, forcement rods. video for sale in Denver, since he has and that the alien bodies and all evidence These were reportedly used to pro- been selling them for the Aztec public of the spacecraft were soon transported vide support for one or more cranes that library as part of the library's fundraising by government officials to a secret lo- moved the object. The reinforcement activities. cation, where all traces of this event dis- appeared. The video includes interviews with MUFON Forum UFO researchers, a walking tour of the (Continued from Page 10) Finally, one of the highlights of the alleged crash site, and a look at the now legacy of Allen Hynek. Flis courageous entire two hours turned out to be in the abandoned secret US radar station that public switch from scientific skeptic to concluding segment with theoretical may have tracked— and perhaps caused— believer in the face of mounting criti- physicist Michio Kaku. the UFO crash. cism by fellow scientists deserves a place He beautifully countered the by-now, The key investigator of the crash—a t of remembrance in ufological history. hackneyed attitude of most astronomers least in recent years— is Scott Ramsey Some day, after the dust has settled, that "they (alien spacecraft) can't get (see August, 2004, MUFON UFO Jour- I feel certain that Hynek will be cred- here from there"-that interstellar travel nal), and he is the featured ufologist in ited for his foresight and courage toward is impractical if not impossible due to this video. He and wife Suzanne have solving the UFO mystery. the great distances between stars. uncovered several key witnesses in die On the other hand, it was a bit trou- Kaku accused such individuals of case, at least two of whom have died bling that John Mack's ABC interview having narrow thinking—that they since being interviewed. was left out. His view was needed in the should rather be looking a million years Thus, as in the case of Roswell and abduction segment to counter two other ahead when other civilizations may have other older cases, it is crucial to find and psychologists who sought to explain all found ways to breach die distance gap interview additional witnesses before abductees as victims of false memory (wormholes, etc.). too much time passes, and die Ramseys or sleep paralysis. Not only did the physicist say that are working hard to do this. While I happen to believe SP is im- some UFOs might indeed be space ve- Also interviewed are , plicated more than many abduction in- hicles, but also the topic certainly was Richard Dolan, and Stan Friedman, all vestigators realize, nevertheless SP im- worthy of scientific study. of whom seem to regard the case in a agery cannot account for most outdoor; "Let the investigation begin," Kaku positive light. multiple-witness, and physical-trace remarked. I couldn't agree more! But Karl Pflock, one of the debunk- UFO abduction reports. -Walter N. Webb JUNE 2005 MUFON UFO JOURNAL 11 FILER'S FILES Director, MUFON Eastern Region

Note: These reports are presented in or- disc in the tree that just shot away into to be aircraft, but which disappear after der to keep readers informed of some of the the sky. three revolutions of the radar. We call vast number of sightings being reported. "We spotted several perfectly cut them Angels, and generally put these However, these cases have not been officially branches in the tree. Many cut branches 'phantoms' down to weather interfer- investigated. were lying on die ground. It had been ence." hovering in the tree, and many branches UFOs have been spotted over Cyprus California flying triangle were bent as though it was sitting there on many occasions in the past. In - A silent object watching us the whole time. March, 2002, a Swiss playwright who reportedly glided between skyscrapers "Earlier that morning we were in bed had just retired to Paphos said he spot- in downtown LA, parallel to 'the 4th and our door ted a silver, saucer-shaped object floor of buildings, on April 20,2005, at alarm went off. "emerging from the clouds" as he 1 PM We thought my walked along .the beach. The witness states, "I am a college little brother left The UFO apparendy hovered before educated vice-president of a corpora- the house again, "floating down" and disappearing be- tion, and the most normal and skepti- but he was in bed. hind some rocks. Thanks to Cyprus Mail cal person I know. I was by the down- "My Mother 2005© and Skywatch-International town courthouse in my car when what said she heard appeared to be a stealth bomber flew in some sort of Large object.in Colorado front of me and flew off through the drone noise, saw ORANGE - The witness reports buildings. something go observing an oblong/oval craft larger ."It was triangular shaped, silver col- George Filer around the house, than a blimp at 10:30 PM on April 9, ored, and flew silently and very low. I and couldn't see 2005, flying extremely low with a streak would have completely missed it if I any of the street lights through the of colored lights about the length of a weren't looking in its exact direction. trees." Thanks to Peter Davenport. football field. Helicopters don't even fly this low "The object flew directly over our within the city. It was parallel to the 4- Cyprus UFO spotted house and my parents' house down the 5th floor of the sky rise buildings." NICOSIA-LARNACA HIGHWAY road at tree line level making a huge Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director, - A British resident reported seeing a rumbling noise," says the witness. www.UFOcenter.com. UFO on April 27, 2005, when several "It was a massive craft, oblong and other motorists all slowed down their oval in shape, bigger than a blimp. It North Carolina flying triangle vehicles to watch the UFO spectacle at made a huge constant loud rumbling MOREHEAD CITY - The witness around 8:45 PM. noise as it passed by slowly. spotted a flying triangle with six large The witness says, "It was in front of "The lights were amazing, with a rectangular lights at 9:50 PM on April me, and as soon as I saw it I started white and green dot on top with a long 4, 2005. Three lights were on the left slowing down, and so did the people in streak of lights along what looked to be and three on the right. They ran down front of me. Then, it speeded up at an the bottom or side. The long streak had the sides and looked equal in size. incredible speed, hundreds of miles an to be close to 100 yards in length, and There was also one round light at the hour in seconds, and literally disap- die streaks changed color periodically bottom in the back center of the craft. peared in front of our eyes. from white to red and to blue. The light was so dim it was barely vis- . "It was amazing. It looked like the "I did capture the craft on video, with ible, heading north. Thanks to Peter kind of height of a low-flying plane or the noise over our house, but the video Davenport. a helicopter. That's why I didn't imme- does not do it justice. As the craft moved diately think it was odd, and then as it overhead, every sensor light we have started to move and speed up I thought, around our house went off and contin- Disc in North Carolina tree This is weird.' It was a bright, white ued to for about 1 /2 hour afterwards." GREENSBORO - The witness re- sphere of light hovering slowly." . Thanks to Peter Davenport. ports, "On April 8, 2005, my dad, my The man said he checked online and brother, and I were watching our little found that UFO sightings were not all three-year-old brother get on his school Arizona cigar . that uncommon in Cyprus. bus at 6:38 AM, when my dad told us PHOENIX - A former deputy sher- One Civil Aviation official said, "The to look into the tree. There was a large iff reports that on April 17, 2005, at radar does regularly register what seem 1.1:30 PM, he saw three large cigar- 12 MUFON UFO Journal June 2005 shaped craft flying over head. They had blue-yellow illuminators on each side, with a dimmer light at the center. They moved slowly, then increased speed with an up and down and side to side motion. Despite the movement they stayed in full formation. "At first," says the witness, "I thought maybe I was seeing three helicopters, but this was in no way possible. After com- Crop of original. Increased gamma value. Edgefind. ing to a complete stop and hovering at a distance of about one quarter mile to writes, "I have analyzed die 13-year-old was a triangle. my north they departed at a great speed. boy's photo that was taken at sunset on "It had no sound and flew across the "I had a very bad headache for about March 4, 2005 (See above.). sky in about 20 seconds, at least three 5-10 minutes after their departure to the "Under image processing, what first times faster than an airplane. My wife is northwest, and I also almost felt some- gives the impression of being a dark a computer programmer, and I an ani- what disoriented. I also suffered severe object with diree lights comes to re- mator; we are both intelligent, well-edu- vomiting a couple of hours later at my semble something else altogether. cated people." Thanks to Peter Daven- residence with a blood-colored vomit. "The first image here is just a crop port. "My wife also discovered several dry of the original, the second is a treatment skin red circular markings on my back. by increasing the gamma value, and the Minnesota boomerang shape A similar occurrence took place with me third is an edge find. EAGAN - On April 15,2005, at 1:20 while working in southern New Mexico "As you can see, there is room for AM, a silent boomerang-shaped or pos- as a deputy sheriff for the Hidalgo doubt as to whether there is really any- sibly triangular-shaped object appeared County, NM, Sheriff's Department in thing solid in the middle of this con- from the southeast traveling northwest. 1999." Thanks to Peter Davenport. figuration of lights. Because of surrounding trees, about "In some images it appears to be a 120 degrees of sky was visible overhead. Luminous object in Alaska trio of small, bright objects with noth- The witness reports, "It was a cloud- 'NENANA - As 37-year-old John ing substantial connecting them—or a less night. The object was a series of Kempen traveled the Parks Highway at connection, possibly, by some sort of dull lights that reminded me of amber about 2 AM on April 23, 2005, he force-field?" bicycle reflectors. There were five to watched the sky, hoping to point out the Thanks to Dr. Don Burleson, New seven lights in a triangle along the front northern lights to his girlfriend. Mexico MUFON. in a chevron pattern, but the trailing Kempen saw a blur of emerald green, edge was not clearly visible. then a bright flash of bluish white light South Africa sphere under water "The motion of the object caught my with sparks for a tail and fiery chunks PORT ELIZABETH - The witness attention, since it was black, but a bit breaking off. He figured the object was reports seeing on April 9, 2005, a blue more matte and light than die back- a meteor. sphere rise up from under water and ground sky, like a silhouette. It was According to Neal.Brown, director hang two or three feet above the sur- about the same size as a Bald Eagle fly- of the space grant program at the Uni- face. He watched for 13 minutes as it ing about 50 feet overhead. versity of Alaska's Fairbanks Geophysi- slowly moved towards the dam up the 'The object made no sound. It tra- cal Institute, Kempen probably saw a river at 11 AM. He states, "My aunt's versed the arc of the sky visible to me piece of space junk. grandmother saw it back in 1936,1 saw (about 120 degrees) in about eight sec- "An estimated 5,000 to 10,000 pieces it 22 years ago, and now I know where onds." Thanks to Peter Davenport. of .useless debris orbit the Earth," diey're hiding. Actually, this is the third Brown said. "Meteors don't have any time I've seen it." New Hampshire blue or green or any colors. Most of the HOPKINTON - "Driving north on meteors are just rocks. California flying triangle Interstate 89 just before Exit 4, on "Secondly, the sighting was in the HAYWARD - The witness reports, March 31, 2005 at 9:30 PM," says the wrong part of the sky to be a Lyrid "It was 10 PM on April 14, 2005, and witness, "my son and I noticed three meteor, which would likely travel from my wife was outside smoking a cigarette. white lights hovering above the highway. northeast to southwest." I was looking at Jupiter when I saw five "When we came under die lights my Thanks to the Fairbanks, Alaska, glowing circles that were underneath a son told me this diing was a big black Neivs-Miner New, and UFO Roundup. triangle-shaped object fly across Jupi- triangle, so I pulled over and got out of Vol. 10,# 17 4/27/05, Editor: Joseph ter, traveling north. the car. It was cloudy there, with no stars Trainor . "The glows were not lights like on visible, and the light from the craft was an airplane, but circle shapes that glowed clearly illuminating the bottoms of the Louisiana flying triangle real dim. Two were in front, and two cloud cover. photograph analyzed on either side. The glowing circles were "It was at 1,000 to 1,500 feet in alti- WESTWEGO - Dr. Don Burleson in a chevron shape, but the whole craft tude, and a few hundred feet from tip

JUNE 2005 MUFON UFO JOURNAL 13 to dp. The object was dark and feature- "After taking photos, we both noticed China and extraterrestrials less, and in the shape of a perfect tri- that our scars were exactly the same WUCHANG CITY - Meng angle except for three white lights. length. Hers, however, was on the left Zhaoguo, a rural worker from north- "They were located at the corners of side of her back, and mine was on the east China's Wuchang city, says he was the craft, with a single non-flashing red more upper right side of my back. Both 29 years old when he broke his marital light on the bottom directly in the cen- of us do not know how we acquired vows for the first and only time-with a ter of the triangle. The object was hov- these straight line cuts, exactly the same female extraterrestrial of unusually ro- ering motionless above us, and no noise length. bust build. was evident. "My mother never used to believe in "She was three meters tall and had "It remained there for two minutes extraterrestrials or conspiracies, but now six fingers, but otherwise she looked and began slowly moving and turning this incident has encouraged her to learn completely like a human. I told my wife north following the highway. We fol- more. My mother's friend, who is a psy- all about it afterwards. She wasn't too lowed it for three minutes more until chic medium, is ready to do an evalua- angry." the object disappeared into the clouds." tion of this. While few Chinese claim to have Thanks to Peter Davenport. "When I was a child, I saw three tall managed to get quite as intimate with shapes around my bed, and another time an extraterrestrial as Meng, a growing New Jersey couple spot UFO I awakened to find my foot broken and number of people in the world's most WEST MILFORD - An executive nose bleeding. Also, I have seen a flam- populous nation believe in unidentified phoned to tell me he was in his bed- ing red object in the sky, and just re- flying objects, or UFOs. room watching TV with his wife on May cently I discovered that a number of Officially registered UFO associa- 7,2005, at 11:30 PM, and she noticed a years ago my father saw a green object tions in China have about 50,000 mem- pulsating star with changing colors in the sky. bers, but some estimate the actual num- through the skylight above them. "We have also experienced a strange ber of Chinese interested in the subject She insisted this was not an ordinary occurrence in our town, when a bright is probably in the millions. star, so they decided to look at it through white light flashed in the sky over our Sun Shili is one of the most serious a modified telescope. Looking through town, causing a blackout. All of our enthusiasts, and he knows exactly where the eyepiece, the object consisted of two town's power is underground." he will be the day the extraterrestrials squares off center, with bright chang- finally make contact with mankind. The ing lights in each point of each corner Canada unknown white object 67-year-old retired Beijing professor will of the object. SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO - be in the 21-member delegation picked The eight brighter lights had lines "Hi, again, George. As promised, I by international UFO associations to connecting the two squares. Some would like to share two more sighting represent Earth as the first negotiations smaller lights were inside the squares. reports that occurred on April 21,2005, get underway. The object seemed to consist of two at 10:20 AM. Once a Spanish translator for Mao square objects tethered together. "I was sky watching on a very clear Zedong during high-level state visits, . The wife is from Russia and phoned day on break at work when I spotted a Sun says language will not be a prob-, her father, who is former general in defined brilliant white orb or probe at lem. "We expect to communicate using Soviet Air Defense. He stated matter of about 4,000 feet, flying southwest to- telepathy," he says. factually that they had seen a UFO. He wards Toronto. was instructed in school about disap- "The object was moving quite fast, Colorado mutilations reported pearance of ships and the UFO phe- 200-300 MPH or more. Every 30 sec- SAN LUIS VALLEY - After a seven- nomenon. They were frequently chased onds to a minute another similar object year hiatus from San Luis Valley, appar- by Soviet fighters. would fly by. I grabbed my camera and ently the mysterious cattle surgeons are snapped five pictures. As luck would back. Although rumors of other cases Alien encounter in Australia? have it, I have in fact caught one on film. have circulated over the past few years, BANORA POINT NSW - The wit- "Later at lunch another larger round no official reports had been filed until ness reports, "I have something that has white object was sighted at 12:30 PM, a rancher reported a mutilated cow shocked our family and their beliefs of facing west, hovering about 2,500 feet found south of Monte Vista. extraterrestrials. About four weeks ago in the sky a half mile away. There was Another case may have occurred last I noticed a cut on my back that was un- also a slight light field around this single month near Jaroso, when a motorist explained. white object." chased an '"orange light" and returned 'The cut was about three inches in to the site two days later and found what length, and was deep. There was no Argentina mutilations continue he described as "a mutilated cow." blood, however. The cut has formed LA PAMPA - Francisco Fazio writes, The Sheriff of Conejos County re- into a scar, which looks similar to that "Here in La Pampa Province we have ported a case in December, 2001, but of a surgery-related operation. My two cattle mutilations. There have been the witness refused to officially report mother woke me this morning and com- several thousand mutilations reported the mutilated cow found in the field plained of back pain. After checking, I in recent years, often with UFOs in the where a landed object and bright "blue realized that her cut was identical to my area." Thanks to Francisco Fazio from and red lights" lights were seen the night cut and I showed her mine. Argentina. prior. , .

14 MUFON UFO Journal June .2005 Physical Traces By Ted Phillips

ports involving automobile paint chang- Vehicle effects About the author Physical traces associated with UFOs ing color and secondary effects: Paint color changed Ted Phillips is considered the fore- are not always effects on soil and plants most expert on physical trace reports in the immediate area of the observed In November, 1953, while driving near Gjersjoen Bridge, Norway, three in the world. /For additional back- object. UFOs have generated effects on ground see the Ufology Profile in this vehicles resulting in substantial damage witnesses—Mr. Trygve, Mrs. Buflot and a neighbor-observed an object as it as- issue. during close approaches. Ted will be doing this column for cended from behind a hill. It oscillated Eighty-eight events from twenty-one the Journal each month. countries have been reported to date. over the lake for more than one minute, Vehicle damage reports are significant, moved rapidly toward the witnesses and as the effects are followed their car. spinning like a giant top. It was shaped available for The object passed over the vehicle like a top and made a hissing sound. study for a much and hovered ahead of them very low to "The top part of the object was mov- longer period of the ground. Mr. Trygve stopped the ing in a clockwise direction, and the bot- time than soil/ automobile, and they watched the sta- tom part in a counterclockwise direc- plant damage. tionary object. During the sighting all tion. A tower-like projection was at the It should be three experienced mild electrical shocks top with a dark band. noted that many until the object ascended vertically. "Vane-like configurations were also observed. Small portholes dotted the additional cases A watch stopped working, and nu- bottom, through which flames could be of vehicle EM merous people vouched for the fact that detected. Disappearing in a flash, it re- effects exist with the paint on the car changed from dark appeared a second time. no physical i beige to a bright green. traces reported. Eight months later, on July 20,1954, "It stayed directly in front of my car The earliest two men driving near Oslo, Norway, for at least a mile, about five feet ahead. It was one or two feet above the road. vehicle effects report took place in 1953. were chased by an object for several It suddenly went up over the car. It re- Such events continue to this date. The minutes. They stopped their car to ob- files indicate the top producing coun- serve it hovering a short distance away. appeared a third time, heading for the tries to be the U.S., Australia, England, A watch stopped- working, and the car. Argentina, and Brazil/Norway in de- paint on the car changed color. "The motor began to miss, and I scending order. On Nov. 4, 1974, a single witness stopped the car. It took off and disap- In the US, the states with the highest driving near Scottsdale, Tasmania, at peared in a split second." number of such events are Texas, Ohio, 2300 observed a soundless object of Parham's arms began to burn. FAA officials who interviewed the witness North Carolina, Minnesota, and Michi- great size. His car engine and radio cut gan. out, and his watch dial lit up brightly. called him intelligent, sincere, and so- ber. The reported cases indicate the peak The object moved away, and suddenly The oily marks on the car and the sighting period to be between 1800 and ascended vertically. The watch stopped 2300 (local time), with a large spike at shortly after the event. The left-hand burning effect on his arms remained 2300.35% of the reported observations mudguard of the car changed color even after they were washed. The car took place during the daylight hours. from red to orange, and the color change hood was warped, and paint was 52% involved multiple witnesses, was permanent. bubbled up. with a maximum of eight witnesses to Liquids dropped or sprayed On Aug. 1,1971, a couple from Fin- land, Ben and Helen K, had left a single event. Five cases involved mul- There are numerous reports of odd Gladstone, Australia, at 2350 for tiple objects, 10 cases multiple vehicles. liquids found after UFO landings or Twenty-four of the vehicles were near landings. The following are ex- Rockhampton, a driving distance of levitated from the road surface, and EM amples of such traces found in vehicle 79.5 miles. effects were reported in 30 cases. Hu- events. The trip took only 40 minutes, and man effects are found in 16, and hu- On June 29,1964, near Lavonia, GA, would have normally taken much longer. manoids were seen in eight cases. businessman Beaufort E. Parham was They could not recall driving through Extreme heat was present in seven driving home at 2300. "I spotted a very any of die towns along the way. Both of the reports, and radiation was de- bright light in the sky coming toward witnesses did remember seeing an un- tected in four. my car," he explained. "The next instant usual green light at some point along Following are three significant re- it was directly in front of my headlights, die way. Their 1971 Valiant was covered with JUNE 2005 MUFON UFO JOURNAL 15 a thin film of odorless oil, and unusual nothing to contain a viable sample in. Mexico, when his engine failed. He re- marks were found on the vehicle top. Also it was a residue which when left ported to police that he saw beings like On Nov. 14, 1973, a single witness exposed to air it evaporated." dwarfs on the road. He observed a was driving on State Road 1470, two On July 23, 2000, in the Ashtabula, landed circular object just off die road. miles east of Poteet, TX, at 1850 when OH, area, three witnesses, ages 60 to A flash of light was projected on his he observed an object hovering low over 70, were driving a new Cadillac at 0100. vehicle, the truck burst into flames, and the road. The vehicle was suddenly surrounded was "burnt to a mass of molten metal." Humanoid figures were seen through by numerous small lights. " Oh March 22,1976, a couple driving a window on the object. The witness did The lights followed the car down the near Nemingha, Australia, at 0545 not stop, and as he went by the object highway at high speed for 40 miles. stopped dieir automobile after seeing a some liquid dropped from the UFO During the encounter the car's alarm bright greenish-yellow light descend onto his car. system went off and on, the car radio from the sky. A car approaching from The paint on the hood peeled off and was reset, the clock lost time, and a the opposite direction was enveloped in was ruined. Highway Patrol officers saw sticky residue formed on the windshield. the light from the object. the damage and took samples of the No samples were taken. The light then disappeared as the residue. Vehicles set afire approaching car moved to the wrong In November, 1975, multiple wit- If one were looking for physical evi- side of the road, became enveloped in nesses near Aar, Rhodesia, observed an dence providing a long term investiga- a thick ball of white haze, and stopped. object that passed low over their car. tion, the following events might be of After about two minutes the white haze The object sprayed liquid onto the sur- considerable interest. disappeared. face of the automobile. On Nov. 11, 1957, Bill H. was driv- A woman got out of the car and used On the night of July 8, 2000, Ozlem ing home just outside of Provencal, LA. a cloth to wipe the windshield. The car Seydali and his family were driving from It was raining lightly when he saw a lights were out, but after a few minutes Ezen to Vakifkoy in northern Turkey. large, lighted object on the road ahead, the woman was about to get back into As they reached a point 15 km outside which he thought was a truck. the car when the lights came on. The the town of Ezen they noticed a bright Suddenly the object flashed a beam cloth that had been used burst into circular light hovering over farm land. of light directly at the vehicle, appar- flames. '' At first Mr. Seydali thought it was the ently exerting a strong pressure and Vehicle levitations full moon (the moon was in first quar- slowing the car to a stop only 15 feet Vehicle levitations are one of the ter phase). There were seven people in from the object. most intriguing and potentially evi- the car, ranging in age from 22 to 52, The witness described the object as dence-rich effects generated by UFO and all witnessed the object. oval in shape, 15 feet long, 9 feet high, close approaches. Center for Physical As they approached, it appeared to and a dull green color. He could see let- Trace Research (CPTR) files contain 22 be stationary, and was enveloped by its tering beginning with the letters UN, cases in which a vehicle was levitated own light from the bottom up. There followed by several numbers. and physical evidence found. appeared a bright blue flash of light at A wave of heat filled the car, and the One of the classic vehicle levitation the base which then extended to the top. witness jumped out in panic as the car cases took place in Australia on Jan. 20, At this point the object disappeared. caught fire. The object ascended with 1988. Four members of the Knowles Shortly after, a residue of some kind the sound of a diesel engine. The man family-Mrs. Knowles, 43, and her sons completely covered the car. The win- ran into town and reported the event. Sean, 21, Patrick, 24, and Wayne, 18- dows were rolled down and there was The car, a 1956 Ford, was completely were driving from Perth to Melbourne no odor. The windshield was so com- destroyed. in a late model Ford Telstar. pletely covered with this residue that the On Aug. 28,1962, near Salta, Argen- It was about 0300. when they ob- driver had to execute an emergency stop. tina, at 1900, three witnesses in a truck served lights approaching them. The car In seconds the residue evaporated observed a huge object over the high- radio started to fade in and out. As the without a trace. After reaching their way. They estimated the circular object object neared the family it appeared as destination, they asked a neighbor if she to be 150 meters in diameter and very a white light, "an egg in an egg cup; in had seen anything odd in the .sky. She low over the road surface. the center of the egg was a yellow light." said she had seen it along with many The event was also seen by two ad- At this point another vehicle, a white others. ditional witnesses in a car behind the station wagon, was seen coming from There was much confusion in the truck. The object suddenly ascended a the opposite direction. Sean swerved to neighborhood as to what had transpired. few feet vertically and moved toward the avoid hitting the light and nearly hit the The area was experiencing extreme dry truck. The object hovered directly above station wagon. heat, and it seemed that there was mois- the truck for about one minute. The light then disappeared, reappear- ture on the dry grass and dirt. The huge mass then moved away, and ing behind them. Sean made a U turn I contacted Mr. Seydali and asked if as it did so, the truck engine ignited in and pursued the object. Again the ob- any samples of the residue had been flames and the entire front of the ve- ject disappeared, and in seconds made taken. He replied, "Unfortunately, as hicle was destroyed. contact with the roof of the car and much as I would have liked to get a On May 22, 1973, Miguel Gonzales lifted the vehicle off the road. sample of this residue, it was virtually was driving his truck near Vera Cruz, Mrs. Knowles rolled down her win- impossible at the time, as there was 16 MUFON UFO Journal June 2005 dow and placed her right hand on the roof. She felt a "spongy" substance at- tached to the car roof. She quickly re- tracted her hand and the back of her hand felt warm, the sensation disap- peared in a few seconds. After an indeterminate length of time the object dropped the car to the road. As the car contacted the road a tire burst, and they were forced to brake to a stop. After the car dropped to the road, Mrs. Knowles rolled the window down and "smoke stuff" came into the car. This smoke was a "greyish-black mist." During the observation a number of events occurred: Marine pilot reports UFO •The sound of their voices changed in pitch and seemed to slow down. •A humming sound was heard. over South China Sea •All the witnesses became hysterical, shouting and crying. Mrs. Knowles said My friend in Taos, NM, served two The pilots learned by radio that she believed they were going to die. tours of duty in Vietnam. A Marine Guam had the intruder on their radar. •The two family dogs reacted vio- Corps pilot, Carl was shot down twice. After a few minutes the strange craft lendy. The second time he served 21/2 raced ahead of the flight, rose, became •A smell like "dead bodies" was in months in a Vietnam prison before re- a speck, and disappeared. No photo- the air. patriation. I have waited almost eight graphs of the strange craft were taken •The car started shaking. years to relate this pilot's UFO story, and by the pilots. After stopping the car, the family ran now may do so, but only by using a After landing on the Coral Sea, the from the car to hide in the nearby scrub. pseudonym. four pilots were told by flight command- The object remained near the car for Carl and three other pilots were or- ers not to talk about their sighting. Soon several minutes before leaving. They dered to pick up four F8 aircraft in Ha- they were debriefed by two officers from returned to the car after about fifteen waii in November, 1965. Carl's aircraft Naval Intelligence, and a second time minutes. was an F8U (Crusader), a single-seat jet by two Air Force Intelligence Officers Investigators found an indentation on fighter. who landed on the carrier by helicop- the roof of the car. The tire that failed The four aircraft flew in formation ter. A report was collected from each was in good condition and should not to Guam, refueling twice in mid air. pilot. have blown, but in fact was ripped all From Guam, they flew together toward Two of the pilots in this account did the way around its edge. the South China Sea to rejoin their car- not return from Vietnam. The lead pi- Laboratory analysis of the "dust" on rier, the USS Coral Sea. Carl, a brand lot, a 1 st lieutenant at the time, is re- and inside the car revealed "oxygen, new second lieutenant, flew in the No. tired and living in Corpus Christi. Carl carbon, calcium, silicon, potassium, and 2 position. is trying to contact him for his input. astatine. Astatine is a radioactive chemi- The flight flew west from Guam at There is a footnote to this story. Carl cal that can only be produced syntheti- 30,000 feet at 400 MPH. All of a sud- said in his lifetime he has experienced cally. den on the intercom, "Jesus, what's four or five moments which were truly It should be noted that two other this?" Carl looks to his right and sees a spiritual. This sighting was one of them. vehicles were involved in the incident: bell-shaped flying machine 600-800 feet It caused him to think about how small Vehicle one was the station wagon away, just off the wingtip of the pilot in a part of the whole we really are, how that was nearly hit by the Knowles car. No. 4 position. (See Carl's drawing vast the universe must be, and it caused Vehicle two was a truck driven by above.) him to keep an open mind about strange Graham Henley, 57. Henley saw a light "Jesus Christ," from another pilot. things in the air. in his mirror which looked like a "big Carl looks again over his right shoulder "I know for a fact," Carl said, "that bright...like a big egg, like a fried egg and sees the craft clearly. It was the ship we saw was not of this world." hung upside down....like a very high bell-shaped, and about the diameter of —James Parsons, El Prado, NM, an powered spotlight." the wingspan, tip to tip, a distance of Air Force navigator in the 1950's. There are a number of reports in about 60 feet, Carl explained. which an unidentified flying object ac- A line of glowing clear lights could Case reports tually collided with a vehicle, leaving be seen along its lower rim. The color Investigators. Please send a copy behind considerable physical traces. of the strange ship was metallic of your case reports directly to the I'll talk about some of these cases silver-gray, and there were portholes MUFON UFO Journal. next month. around its sides. JUNE 2005 MUFON UFO JOURNAL 17 Cassini spacecraft finds atmosphere on Saturn moon The Cassini spacecraft has revealed tometer instrument for their studies, and that Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has a the process may be volcanism, geysers, significant atmosphere. or gasses escaping from the surface or The spacecraft identified the moon's the interior of Enceladus. secret during recent flybys, according to Enceladus is a small, ice-covered NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in moon orbiting 147,948 miles (238,100 Pasadena, CA. kilometers) away from Saturn. The Scientists are using Cassini's magne- moon takes 1.37 Earth days to perform Planet outside solar a complete rotation. When Cassini did its first encounter system photographed couple with Enceladus on Feb. 17 at an alti- tude of 725 miles, its magnetometer European and American scientists report two bright lights detected a striking signature in the say they have photographed a planet By Doug Corey moon's magnetic field. outside the Solar System for the first This sighting took place at approxi- On March 9, Cassini approached to time. The European Southern Obser- mately 9:30 PM Central Time on Fri- within 310 miles of Enceladus's surface vatory group said the red image is the day, April 29, in Beatrice NE. The ob- and obtained additional evidence. first direct shot of a planet around an- ject was first sighted by my wife, Crys- The observation showed a bending other star. tal, as we left our house at 1014 Court of the magnetic field, with the magneto- The planet, known as 2M1207b, is St., walking outside to our van. spheric plasma being slowed and about five times the size of Jupiter, and She pointed up in a direction above deflected by the moon. In addition, is orbiting at a distance nearly twice as our van and exclaimed, "Doug! look magnetic field oscillations were ob- far as Neptune is from our Sun. up!" She guided my attention up to the served. The observations from the The parent star and planet are more object, which appeared similar to two Enceladus flyby are believed to be ion- than 200 light-years away near the south- bright stars that moved in perfect uni- ized water vapor. ern constellation of Hydra. son, as though they were joined some- In 1981, NASA's Voyager spacecraft There has been a lot of competition how by an invisible structure of some flew by Enceladus at a distance of among astronomers to secure the first kind. 56,000 miles without detecting an at- direct picture of an exoplanet. When the They moved together through the sky mosphere. It is possible that such de- ESO group first released the picture last lengthwise, not side by side: tection was beyond Voyager's capabili- September there was doubt over N. East <— * * <— S. West ties—or something may have changed whether the star and planet were gravi- Whatever this flying craft was, it ap- since the 1981 flyby. tationally bound. peared to be very large, and seemed to But follow-up images taken at the move very quickly. At one point a pri- Minotaur micro-satellite Very Large Telescope facility in Chile vate plane (much smaller in compari- show the two objects are moving to- son) could be seen intersecting above successfully launched gether. or below its flight path. The Minotaur, a self-maneuvering, It is extremely difficult for current ' This object appeared out of our micro-satellite, has been launched into technology to even detect exoplanets. southwestern sky and moved silently polar orbit. The 220-pound satellite is All of the 130 or so exoplanets discov- above and over us, heading in a north- designed to further explore, demon- ered thus far have been found using in- eastern direction. strate, and flight-qualify micro-satellite direct methods—looking for changes in It did not exhibit erratic flight char- technologies. the properties of stars (their brightness acteristics, as is the case in some UFO The Minotaur is a comparatively low- or the way they move) that can be ex- reports, but I did witness what seemed cost launch vehicle with a 100-percent plained only by the presence of a planet. to be a course adjustment in the flight success rate. path as it appeared to turn slightly east- When the XSS-11 reaches orbit, it will UFO Newsclipping Service ward before traveling out of our sight. rendezvous with a resident space object Monthly collection of news sto- I easily ruled out a satellite because and perform extended proximity opera- ries and features about UFOs and re- of the distance between the two light tions, including standoff inspection and lated phenomena from the world's sources, which moved in unison. The circumnavigation, which help Air Force press, including translations. second reason to rule out the satellite Research Laboratory officials test the For a sample copy and additional theory is the course change. limits of today's technology. information, contact UFONS, 2 We called our children to come out Field investigators should be aware Caney Valley Drive, Plumerville, AR to see this flying object. Crystal unsuc- that some UFO reports may be obser- 72127-8725, or [email protected] cessfully attempted to videotape it. vations of this new satellite. 18 MUFON UFO Journal June 2005 A strange encounter in Ohio? By Rick Hilberg that had crashed into the side of a hill. About the Author He said whatever it was, it was really Somehow it seems as if stories about Rick Hilberg, a veteran researcher, alleged crashed UFOs pop up con- badly damaged by the crash, because is editor of publications for United standy lately, told by people from all parts of its outer skin were shredded Aerial Phenomena Agency (UAPA) sorts of backgrounds, and in many in- and lying around all over the crash site, and the author of several publica- stances seemingly reliable. and that only a badly twisted frame re- tions. He was one of the organizers I have to run die above disclaimer to mained that reminded him of an um- of die first National UFO Confer- the story that follows, because I hon- brella shape. ence back in 1964. esdy don't know what to make of it. Like He was sure, however, that whatever some or all of the crashed UFO sto- it was, it certainly wasn't any sort of air- ries, it may be true-and then again it over at John's house. craft that he was familiar with. John said may not. John reported diat his friend would there were two bodies lying on the I received a call in late August of win every one of their chess games, even ground near the craft, and they appeared 1981 from John [full name on file], a though John was dien a pretty fair chess to be human shapes charred horribly as seemingly sincere man who doesn't want player, and had won many games in a if by a great fire. his last name used in this account, who chess club when he was at school. John He stated that he estimated them to was puzzled by a sighting that he had said at the time he felt as if this person be between four and five feet tall, but sometime in July. could read his mind, because he seemed when asked how he could be sure of Since he could not remember the to know his next several moves. their height he replied that it was just a specific date, his report of a typical day- John related that his friend (he never guess on his part. light disc that made a number of acute would give me his first name, and ad- He asked his friend just what the maneuvers, including a 90-degree turn, mitted that he had forgotten his last photograph showed, but got no reply, wouldn't be of much use to us in our name) claimed that he was a chemical and the photograph was put back in its statistical catalog of UFO reports, so I engineer for the state of Ohio, and place and the two went on to a game of politely listened to his account and in- worked with testing paint, or some simi- chess. formed him that we had many like it in lar line of work. After not hearing from the man for a our files. He also seemed to know a great deal week, John decided to go over to his After asking me about UAPA's local about technical subjects. John related house to see if anything was wrong, as chapter in the Cleveland area and our that they would be walking down the he usually heard from him every day or activities, he asked whether we had ever street and his friend would suddenly two. When he knocked on the door he heard about people who claimed to have start rattling off all kinds of detailed was startled to be confronted by an older seen crashed UFOs, and whether we information regarding a passing car, or woman who eyed him suspiciously. could place any stock in these reports. how some complicated piece of machin- The really strange part was when he After I replied in the affirmative, and ery worked. was told that it was impossible that his told him that we were interested in any John said that it seemed that this man friend lived there, because the woman such reports we might stumble onto, he knew far more about any technical sub- was the only one living in the house, and told me that something happened to him ject that even an engineer would know. she had lived there most of her adult when he was a young man that has He also noticed that the man always life! No, she had never seen or heard puzzled him a great deal, and that he spoke textbook perfect English, and al- about anybody like him living in the hasn't even told his family for fear they though he claimed to be from Ohio he neighborhood, and asked John to go wouldn't believe him. had a slight accent that John couldn't away, as evidently she thought he was As best as John can remember, the place. either crazy or out to do her harm. incident took place in August of 1952. After knowing him about three John said that he never again heard He was looking around in a downtown weeks, John was invited over to the from the man, except several days after Cleveland stamp shop when he struck man's house for dinner and an evening the incident with the woman he received up a conversation with another cus- of chess. It was sometime after dinner a birthday card from his friend. But John tomer. when John said his friend got a photo- was certain he had never mentioned that John said that diey discussed stamps graph out of a drawer and handed it he had a birthday coming up. for a while, and generally seemed to over, asking whether he had ever heard That's the end of the story, and I have enjoy each other's conversation. John about flying objects. to admit that it sounds a lot like the described this new friend as a heavy-set John replied that he didn't know too mysterious empty house story that Ken- man of about 32, with a sort of dark much, but had read reports of them in neth Arnold wrote about during his in- complexion and a crew cut. the paper from time to time. vestigation of the Maury Island "hoax" During the next several weeks they John said he looked at the photo- in The Coming of the Saucers. would meet to discuss stamps and graph and was amazed to see what ap- All I can say is John appears to be sometimes to play a few games of chess peared to be some sort of large machine puzzled by the whole affair of long ago. JUNE 2005 MUFON UFO JOURNAL 19 PERCEPTIONS By Stanton T. Friedman

UFOs no security threat? for copies of the reports and of my de- at the National Archives in College Park, In the course of preparing my paper tailed investigations. MD, where they had pulled this mate- "Government UFO Lies" for the July I had no written submissions, since rial for me in advance, per my request. MUFON Symposium (Denver, July 22- these were all told me very quietly after I found only two pages about the 24), I became much more aware than I lectures, and had also apparently, and Sept. 12 disappearance, but a huge col- had been of the enormous number of not surprisingly, been very classified lection of military accident messages. cases in which US fighters chased UFOs events. Some had several pages of follow up, in the 1951-1954 time frame. I don't dis- but the Sept. 12 case did not, at least in Frank Feschino Jr, author of the im- cuss these at those files. portant new book The Braxton County my lectures, so These were all teletypes with lots of Monster: Cover-up of the Flahi'oods Mon- consider each abbreviations, not letters or memos. ster Rerea/ed," has been collecting case case indepen- Planes were falling out of the skies. reports from the Neif York Times and a dent of the I have ordered four reels of micro- number of older books such as Edward others. I feel film supposedly containing the actual Ruppelt's The Report on Unidentified Fly- that if I have military aircraft accident reports for ing Objects, as well as several by Maj. heard of six Sept. 10-15 and July 25-31 from Max- , Harold P. Wilkins, the cases, there well Air Force Base in Alabama. Blue Book Files, etc. had undoubt- The latter dates were selected be- Surprisingly, there were quite a num- edly been cause of the clippings that were found ber of dogfights between UFOs and many more. with such headings as "Air Force Or- military planes in Richard Hall's excel- I almost in- ders Jet Pilots to Shoot Down Flying lent The UFO Evidence, both the 1964 advertently Saucers if They Refuse to Land." version and his 2001 Volume 2 update. Stan Friedman discovered Lt. Col. Moncel Monte, an Air Force The surprise is because Dick made that the 56-page Preliminary Inventory officer, is quoted as saying, "The jet pi- quite a fuss after hearing that Frank's of the "Records, Headquarters USAF, lots are and have been under, orders to book contained a number of such ac- Record Group 341 "(More than 9,800 investigate Unidentified objects and to counts, claiming he was very familiar feet of material) at the National Ar- shoot them down if they can't talk them with that period and there weren't any. chives included a strange listing for down." (Seattle Post Intelligencer, July 29, I suspect that Dick had forgotten de- Entry 60: "Messages Relating to Aircraft 1952). tails of those close encpunters as had I. Accidents, Apr-Dec. 1952." Another clipping headlines: "Jets told Frank and I joined forces, and we had There was supposedly three feet of to Shoot Down Flying Discs" (Fall River help from Dr. David Rudiak, who did messages for just this nine-month pe- Massachusetts Herald News, July 29, such excellent work on the Ramey riod! 1952: "Jet pilots are operating under 24- memo interpretation, and from Barry That, in turn, reminded me of the hour alert to challenge the mysterious Greenwood, who has an enormous col- provocative and apparently very accu- objects and to 'shoot them down' if they lection of clippings about UFO reports. rate comment, first noted to me by Paul ignore orders to land." He had earlier provided a number of Kimball, on page 5 of the Nov. 18, Certainly a number of possible car- UFO and "supposed" meteor reports 1952, Eisenhower Briefing Document: toons come to mind picturing that situ- from the September, 1952, time frame "In addition, a significant upsurge in the ation. There was also a letter from Mr. at my request, since the Flatwoods (WV) surveillance activity of these craft be- Farnsworth, president of the American Monster case took place on Sept. 12, ginning in May and continuing through Rocket Society, to President Harry 1952. the autumn of this year has caused con- Truman which stated that this wasn't a I had also later asked him for clip- siderable concern that new develop- sensible policy. It was publicized, and I pings from July, 1952, indicating that ments may be imminent." have a copy. pilots had been instructed to shoot Equally surprising to me was that this Most serious ufologists are well aware down UFOs. He found several. was the only time period called out for that there were loads of radar and air- Dick was also upset when I noted, in "Messages Relating to Aircraft Acci- borne sightings over Washington, DC, defense of Frank's account of an F94- dents." Remember now, these are not in July, 1952, and that there was a huge C disappearing in the Gulf of Mexico, the accident reports, but merely mes- press conference on July 29 featuring also on Sept. 12, 1952, that I had qui- sages (usually teletype) about them. Gen. Samford (Air Force Chief of In- etly heard of six different cases in which Fortunately, after speaking at the X- telligence) trying to explain away all more aircraft had been sent up to chase Conference in Gaithersburg, MD, in the radar and visual sightings as tem- UFOs than had returned. Dick asked April, I was able to spend two-plus days perature inversions. What I certainly 20 MUFON UFO Journal June 2005 wasn't aware of was a statement by Maj. of a Marine Panther F9F fighter was Clippings can be sent to me at POB Gen. Roger Ramey. scrambled at about 10 PM the evening 958, Houlton, ME 04730-0958. My toll Yes, this is the same officer photo- of Feb. 11,1953, from a Marine base in free number is 877-457-0232. My email graphed on July 8,1947,with a hard-to- Edenton, N.C. address is [email protected] read memo in his office in Fort Worth, He was vectored by ground radar Witness names will not be used with- TX, where he, as a brigadier general, towards a UFO which was suddenly off out permission. If clippings are sent, commanded the 8th Air Force, of which the radar. He spotted it well below him, please note the name and date of the the Roswell based 509th was such an but was running low on fuel and headed newspaper. important part. home. Suddenly it rose up very rapidly, www. s tan tonfriedman.com The Louisville, KY, Courier of July almost to his 20,000 foot altitude. 30 says: "Major General Roger Ramey, He sped up, headed right toward the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force disc-shaped object widi red lights. Be- Staff for Operations, told the news con- cause of his 85 missions in Korea, he Memorabilia and ference that interceptor planes have squeezed the trigger. Fortunately, in my raced aloft several hundred times as a opinion, his guns had not been loaded. bidders wanted for result of reported sightings of uniden- When the object was only about 350 tified objects. He said that was just stan- feet away, there was a very strong blue Symposium auction dard procedure." white light so intense that he could see Items are coming in for this Couple this with the comments about the bones in his hand for a brief time. year's Silent Auction at the July pilots being ordered to shoot down There was not much activity at the Symposium in Denver, but many UFOs, and it seems we were making base that night, and somebody had more are needed to make this as every effort to attack saucers. Would it goofed. He was interrogated at length exciting and as profitable for be surprising if they decided to retali- by Navy and Marine officers. MUFON as it should be. ate? I managed to locate Balocco and Just what is a silent auction? Do- For more than 35 years the official spoke with him by phone. He is 77 and nated memorabilia, collectibles, Air Force position, repeated over and a lawyer and sounded sharp as a tack. and vintage UFO items will be laid over again, was "No UFO reported, in- He will be sending me a much more out on tables in the main speakers' vestigated and evaluated by the Air detailed account of the event written auditorium along with auction bid Force has ever given any indication of just a few years ago. He had been told sheets for each item. threat to our national security." not to talk, and didn't for decades. The bid sheet will show the No threat, but pilots were ordered to The point of bringing up these de- minimum first bid, with lines and shoot them down.??? I discuss these and tails from long ago is that I can only columns for new bids. Bidders fill •related false and misleading Air Force wonder how many planes were de- in their names and contact infor- statements in TOP SECRET/MAJIC. stroyed by the UFOs after the planes mation, and their bids for the items. While pondering this contradiction, had tried to attack the alien intruders. The new bid must be some mini- I received an email of an article from The F-94-C's, which first flew in July mum above the last bid (sheet will the May, 2005, Airport journals, which of 1952, were equipped with a couple indicate). If the next person bids described how a pilot, Eddy Balocco, of dozen powerful mighty mouse rock- over you, you are welcome to bid ets rather than much less effective ma- again and again, ratchetting up the chine guns. price—which is the intent—being a It is distressing that many of the fund raiser for MUFON. Bring planes that crashed or disappeared were cash or check or credit card. July 22-24-36th annual MUFON piloted by pilots who had flown many Items are being collected and so- UFO Symposium, Marriott Tech Cen- missions in Korea . Three had more licited NOW! The more rare and ter Hotel, Denver, CO, featuring Phyllis than 100 combat missions. It just valuable the better. Donors will re- Budinger, Richard Dolan, Elaine doesn't seem very likely that they would ceive a donation receipt from Douglass, Stanton Friedman, Paola crash. MUFON. Harris, Alan C. Holt, Esen Sekerkarar, It seems that there is a major hidden So far we have some rare UFO Dr. Roger Leir, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, history here. The most interesting ar- board games, other UFO rarities, Scott Ramsey, Dr. R. Leo Sprinkle, Dr. ticles were not in the Washington Post or and a hope to have at least one Claude Swanson, and Tracie Austin-Pe- . speaker accompany the top bidder ters (MC). 303-932-7709, While it is not too late in our races for a go-Dutch lunch on Sunday. www.mufon.com. with the undertaker, I would surely like Unusual UFO or Space-related Aug. 19-21-Littie Green Men Festi- to hear about other articles and from collectibles, rare or signed photo- val, 50th anniversary celebration, Kelly, other military personnel who became graphs and books, site artifacts, KY. Details to be announced. aware of pilots lost because of a very vintage magazines, etc. are among Sept. 2-4-42nd National UFO Con- close encounter with a UFO. the goodies we're looking for. ference, "UFOs Past, Present, and Fu- Everybody has heard of Capt. Tho- Contact Tom Deiiley at ture," Hollywood Renaissance Hotel, mas Mantell, who went up after a UFO [email protected] to donate, help, Hollywood, CA. Ten speakers. 858-523- in January, 1948, and crashed after he or get information. 1068. had approached it at high altitude. JUNE 2005 MUFON UFO JOURNAL 21 Director's Message

(Continued from Page 2) Pandora Project Status Report Position Announcements Other Outstanding Speakers We are proud to announce that the It is a pleasure to announce the ap- slated for MUFON Symposium Pandora Project is moving along nicely, pointment of Michael Bird to the po- The MUFON Symposium will begin thanks to some donations from sition of MUFON National Director on Friday, July 22, at 6 PM with a social MUFON members. for Canada. Prior to this, he has been hour, followed by a dinner and special All of the MUFON UFO Journals, as serving MUFON as Regional Director program. well as Skjlook, consisting of 9,169 for Central Canada. Then, in addition to the speakers pages of material from 1967 -2004, have Kim Shaffer, State Director for East- noted above, an outstanding group of been scanned, and searchable CDs for ern Tennessee, has appointed Kevin W. speakers will make the case for strong each year are available for sale by Green of Blountville, TN, to the posi- evidence in the UFO field all day Satur- MUFON headquarters. tion of State Section Director for day, July 23, and Sunday, July 24. The All MUFON International UFO Sym- Sullivan and Hawkins counties. event will end at 6'PM on Sunday. posium Proceedings, consisting of 7,487 James Bouck, State Director for Tracy Austin-Peters will be the em- pages of material from 1971-2004, have New York, has appointed Tim Kelly cee for the symposium. She is origi- also been scanned, and searchable CDs of Treadwell, NY, to the position of nally from England, but now lives in of each book are available for sale. State Section Director for Delaware and California and hosts a talk show. Tracy The extensive MUFON UFO report Otsego counties. We are also pleased will be giving a special presentation dur- files dating from the formation of to announce that Jim is recovering nicely ing the lunch session on Saturday. MUFON in 1969 to the present are from a recent major surgery. Phyllis A. Budinger will present the being scanned. Marilyn Childs, Assistant State Di- results of her extensive chemical analy- At this point, 13,004 pages have been rector for Western Washington, has ac- sis work on evidence from two abduc- scanned, but thousands of more pages cepted the additional position of Con- sultant in Archaeoastronomy. Con- tion cases. are yet to be processed. The main limi- Richard Dolan will continue with tation on a quick completion of this gratulations to Marilyn on completing revealing the well hidden evidence he work is lack of funding. Tax deduct- her studies in this field. had uncovered. ible donations are welcomed. Elaine Douglass has completed New Field Investigators extensive research on the mechanism for UFO Awareness Month Kathleen Marden, Director of Field invisibility in UFO incidents. MUFON has designated July as Investigator Training, has announced Veteran researcher Stanton T. "UFO Awareness Month." that Clifford Clift of Greeley, CO; Friedman will present a new paper on All MUFON state and local organi- Andra L. Crider of D'Iberville, MS; Government UFO Lies. zations are urged to use this opportu- Cheryl Gantz of Evans, CO; Kevin Paola Harris has uncovered some nity to provide public education about W. Green of Blountville, TN; and interesting government UFO connec- the serious nature of the UFO prob- Sherrye Rushing of Gate City, VA; tions worldwide and will share that in- lem. have passed the MUFON Field formation with symposium attendees. This can be done through contacts Investigator's Exam and are now Alan C. Holt is an advanced pro- with radio, TV, and newspapers, by MUFON Field Investigators. pulsion expert sharing details of his speaking at schools, libraries, and com- Currently, MUFON has 435 trained work at this event. munity organizations, and by becoming Field Investigators and 814 more in the Apollo Astronaut Dr. Edgar a local resource for factual information. Field Investigator Trainee program. Mitchell will open the Saturday evening A good way of proclaiming UFO All Field Investigator Trainees are session with details of his work. Awareness is to wear the MUFON urged to self-study the MUFON Field . Scott Ramsey has dared to open UFO Awareness T-shirt. The shirts are Investigator's Manual and take the exam. Pandora's Box on the Aztec, NM, UFO available from MUFON headquarters State Directors and State Chief Investi- crash. The information he has uncov- in two colors-black with white letters gators are good resources for guidance ered will dazzle everyone. and white with black letters. and training. Esen Sekerkarer, MUFON repre- The shirts have the MUFON logo sentative for Turkey, will present, the and the words "UFO Awareness" on New Lifetime Member evidence found in the best UFO cases the left front and the words "Others It is a pleasure to announce that Tho- from the country of Turkey. talk, we investigate..." on the back. mas Whitmore of San Antonio, TX, Physicist Claude Swanson, Ph.D. The white shirts are priced at $15 in is now a MUFON Lifetime Member. will provide a revised model of Quan- the U.S. and $19 outside the U.S. and Tom is also a member of the MUFON tum Mechanics that supports the evi- the black shirts are $18 in the U.S. and Business Board of Directors and serves dence for ESP as well as a model for $22 outside the U.S. as Corporate Treasurer. UFO propulsion. Contact MUFON headquarters for We are indebted to Tom for packing This is one symposium that you won't a discount on large quantity orders all and shipping the huge MUFON library want to miss. going to the same address. to Colorado in May. 22 MUFON UFO Journal June 2005 RKETPLACE

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JUNE 2005 MUFON UFO JOURNAL 23 By Gavin A. J. McLeod

July 2005

Moon Phases: New Moon: July.6 First Quarter: July 14 Full Moon July: 21 Last Quarter July: 28

Bright Planets (Evening Sky)

Mercury (magnitude 0.1 to 1.4): In Cancer. Early in the month, for north- ern hemisphere observers, Mercury will be visible low in the west-northwest af- ter sunset; however by midmonth it will be lost in the glare of the Sun. For southern hemisphere observers, Mercury, at midmonth, will stand nearly 10 degrees high in the west-northwest just before the end of evening twilight. In the second half of the month Mer- cury will fade as it descends into the bright twilight and will be lost to view Planetary Conjunction: July 8 after sunset by month's end.

Venus (magnitude -3.8): Moving ers. For southern hemisphere observ- July 13: Jupiter 0.8 degrees north of from Cancer to Leo. For northern hemi- ers, Saturn will become lost in the bright the Moon. sphere observers, Venus will set about evening twilight in the first week of the July 18: Antares 0.6 degrees south of 1.5 hours after the Sun and will be ob- month. the Moon. served only very low in the west-north- west during evening twilight. Bright Planets (Morning Sky) For more favored southern hemi- sphere observers, Venus will improve its visibility. At midmonth Venus will stand Mars (magnitude -0.1 to -0.3): In about 10 degrees high in the west-north- Pisces. For northern hemisphere ob- west at the end of evening twilight. servers, Mars will improve in visibility as it rises before midnight in the east, Jupiter (magnitude -2.0 to -1.9): In and will stand about 30 degrees high in Virgo. For northern hemisphere observ- the east-southeast after the beginning of ers, Jupiter will stand about 10 degrees morning twilight. high in the west-southwest at the end For southern hemisphere observers, of evening twilight, and will set in die .Mars will rise near midnight in the east west near 11 PM. and will stand more than 50 degrees high For more favored southern hemi- at the beginning of morning twilight. sphere observers, Jupiter will stand about 55 degrees high in the northwest Conjunctions and Occultations at the end of evening twilight, and will July 7: Mercury 1.6 degrees south of set in the west after 11 PM. Venus. / July 8: Mercury 5.0 degrees south of Saturn (magnitude 0.2):'In Cancer. the Moon. Saturn will not be easily observable this July 8: Venus 3.0 degrees soudi of month for northern hemisphere observ- the Moon.

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