Copy 35c "We tell it as it is" Year $4.00 (U.S.A.) $5.00 elsewhere SKY LOOK Ofiial Publimfion oj the Midwest UFO Network Send Subscripti- to SKYLOOK. Box 129. Stover. Mo. 65078 PUBLISHED MONTHLY Mn. Norma E . Short . Editor md Publirher SEPTEMBER 1972 A Message From Your Director .............1 Delphos. Kansas .An Interim Report ......... 2 Mo Mo .That Missouri Monster ............ 5 Hoax Suspected in UFO Photos ............ 8 UFO in Wisconsin Reported by Press and Hadio .... 9 UFO Reports Made on Boston Radio Talk Show ..... 9 Large UFO "Launchesw Smaller Ones ......... 10 Illinois Family Reports Strange Experience in 1968 . 11 Aerospace Writer for CHICAGO TODAY Sees a UFO ... 12 UFO Seen in Massachusetts ............. 12 Naval Air Station Tracks Object on Radar ...... 13 Graduate Engineer Sees UFO in Kansas ........ 13 UFO Lingers Over D.ighton. Kansas .......... 13 has It A Sonic Boom? ................ 13 More Lights in Kanses Sky ............. 14 Fireball Reported at East Dallas. Texas .......14 Dome-Shaped Object Follows Car ........... 14 Strange Report from Pennsylvania .......... 15 Astronomy Notes ...................16 UFOs Behind the Iron Curtain ............ 17 Dallas Offers Key of City to UFO Pilot ....... 19 In Others1 Words .................. 20 Organization Notes ................. 21 Carlyle Skywatch and Picnic a Success . 22 UFO Croup to Meet in Arkansas ........... 22 "The more I study the evidence the more strongly I incline toward the view that UFO's are extraterrestrial surveillance devices of some type . I believe UFO's are the greatest inter- national scientific problem of our time."--Dr. James PIC Donald A Message From Your Director Editor & Publisher: In recognition of the well organized ?.lrs. liorma L. Short Westmoreland County UFO Study Group, Stan Box 129 Gordon, 6 Oakhill Ave., Greensburg, Pa. Stover, lo., 65078 15601, has been appointed Stbte Director for Pennsylvania. He, in turn, has se- Public delstions: lected Co-State-Section Directors for Ilrs. iiosetta IIolmes Westmoreland County--Hobert H. Kccurry, 1690 Hill Drive 310 South Lincoln Avenue, and Jack b. Carlyle, Ill., 62231 Vogel, 2526 Skidmore Road, both of Greens- burg, Pa. 15601. Jack has his B.A. in Staff: Journalism from Penn State University and \.alter ti. Andrus is involved in the field of advertising, 40 Christopner Court public relations and sales promotion. Quincy, 111.,62301 Bob is employed by Westinghouse and is also a citizen band radio operator. birs. Carol Armstrong Elmer Kral, State Director for Neb- 6908 Lingsbury dlvd. raska, has been systematically covering St. Louis, 1.10. , 63130 Nebraska searching fcr competent State- Section Directors and Field Investiga- Joseph M. Brill tors to represent LUFON. Llmer is very 10554 Crown Hoad proud to announce the following new Franklin ?:rk, Ill. appointments as State-Section Directors 60131 for the counties indicated: Fred Drexler, Route 3, Fairbury, Nebraska 68352, for Lucius Farish Thayer and Jefferson counties; Jerry L. Route 1 Warfield, R.F.D. 2, Scottsbluff, Nebraska ?lurnerville, Ark. 72127 69361 for Scottsbluff, danner 2nd Sioux counties; and Bobby Gene Cooper, H. R. 1, Fiark Herbstritt Oshkosh, Nebraska 69154, for Garden and 967 Theresia St. Deuel counties. Fred is a Professor of St. iwrys, Pa. 15657 Physics, a farmer, and has had sdditional training in education administration. Ted Phillips Jerry is employed by the telephone company P. 0. 30x 615 as a Central Office equipment Lngineer Sedalia, No., 65301 and enjoys the hobby of amateur radio, with the call letters KaDFO. Bobby is a John P. Schuessler farmer-rancher and is also employed as F. 0. Box 9 a foreman of a fiberglass plant. OtFallon, Mo., 63366 Brent Raynes, recently appointed a State-Section Director for Maine, has yscriptionzr joined the bnited States havy and is 4.GO per ye , U. S. A. stationed at Great Lskes, Illinois. We $5.00 elsewhere. offer our best wishes to Brent and his Back issues, 35# each. continued success in furthering his ed- Published monthly. ucation. Brent has recommended the appoint- Il'iail check to editor. ment of Jim and Linda Carey, RFD #1, Wind- sor, Maine 04363, to serve as State-Sec- bdvertisin~rates tion Directors for Kennebec, Androscoggin, Classified: 5 lines, $1.00 Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo coun- Additional lines, 109 each. ties. 'Ihey have both graciously consented Printed Inserts: hrite for to serve in this capacity. Jim is a for- rates and send sample. We mer military radar operator and is an reserve right to reject amateur astronomer. He is self-employed. unsuitable material. (Continued on back page) Delphos, Kansas - An Interim Keport by Ted Phillips Investigation into the Delphos, Kansas knding of November 2, 1971 continues. The writer made his fourth trip to the site on Au~ust8, 1972 accompanying a scientist from California to gather more sanl?les of the ring soil for additional extensive study. I will not, in the following report, go into great detail in de- scribing the sighting as this irlfor~ationhas appekred in numerous publications, including SKYLOOK. ke will have 2 look at the various bits of evidence gathered over the past 9 months. Ps the Iielphos report is 103 pages in length and not yet complete, the information must be presented in a most condensed form. The report is based on four trips to the site--December 4, 1971, January 11, iQrch 113 and kup.ust 8, 1972. Al\iliU!L REkCTICiii: The witness wes accompariied by a srriall dog. It was noted that the dog was very quiet during the observation--did not bark or try to leave the area. 'lhat evening end the following day the dog would not return to the ring. The dog was observed by Sheriff b.nlow 2nd others as he ran into a barn and 2 fence. The dog had elwzys spent the night outside, prior to the lending--since then he has dsm- aged two screen doors in his attempts to enter the Johnson home stid will not stay outside at night. The Johnson sheep were bellowing loudly during the observztion of the hovering object, but did not move during that period. After the incident, they jumped fences for a week. As of late July the sheep born since the event have given premature birth to lambs which have not lived. Numerous physical effects on the witnesses have been reported. Mrs. Johnson, upon seeing the glowing soil, rubbed her hand on the soil surface and immediately noted a numbing effect in her fingers. She rubbed her hand against her leg and that portion of the leg wss numbed. The numbing effect in the fingers lasted for several w~eks; the numbed portion of her leg is still ih effect. f4r. Johnson also touched the soil and noted a numbing sensation in his fingers, but this passed away in a few days. The primary witness, Ronnie, suffer- ed considerable eye irritation for a few dsys and complained of headaches during that time. PHYSICAL EVIDEJtCE AT TH6 SITE: At the lending site there wzs found an 8-foot glowing ring of soil. Portions of nearby trees also glowed with the glowing effect lasting for four nights. b. color photograph of the glowing ring was taken by Lrs. Johnson minutes after the object had ascended. 8,lhe ring width is an irrep,ular 12 to 1g inches; the effect is wider on its eastern edge. It is interesting to note that the wind was blowing across the ring west to east--could it be thst the wind acted as a spreeding agefit? The ring soil will not absorb water; plants will not grow in it. A white fibrous material is found in the ring soil but not in the soil in the center or in the surrounding soil. 1 have heated tne normal soil, using v~riousmethods, including a microwave oven; the white material is not there. The dryin@,effect ~ndthe white material was found to a depth of 14 incnes on Decenber 4th; it could be found at a depth of only four inches on Lugust 8. ~n2lysisof tile bilite material is now under way. Numerous small brznches were found lying near the center of the ring; the bracnes vdere green zt the center yet dried on the outside. k tree several feet from the ring, along the (Continued on next page) 2 flight path, was knocked to the ground. The tree is 7 inches in di- ameter and 12.5 feet lonc. It was broken off 7 inches above the ground; no impact marks could be found. A tree branch 3.5 inches in diameter is hsnginf; ne:!r tne western edge of the ring, broken at a point 8.5 feet above the pround. No large imp~ctmarks were found on the limb, however an area was noted where the bsrk had been peeled bsck; this zrea is one inch square. The flight path is to the south of the site. 'Ue object passed bewtween two trees, the branches being 12 feet ~psrt.'l'he object tnen passed over a low shed and on to the south of the Johnson farm. t vertical ascent is out of the question becsuse of a tliick growth of tree limbs over the ring at a neight of 12 feet. it was noted on Aucust 8 tnat the portions of the trees di- rectly sbove the ring ;.re dead; the trees adjacent are normal. ir:ll'iYLLS ilL.1,;AUiLlTY: I quote from 8 signed ststeinent from Sheriff thlph Llilow: "'l'he Johnsons ;?re life time residents of Ottawa County 2nd the ljelpi~oscommunity. They are well known and well respected by officers from this department. it is the opinion of this officer thzt t!le infor~r~ztion~iven by them k~ouldbe accurate to the b est of their knowledge." 1 quote from a signed statement from firs.