""MUFON UFO JOURNAL NUMBER 155 JANUARY 1981 Pounded 1967 $1.50 •OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF AfCS^OAT/ MUTUAL UFO NETWORK, INC. "Enigma" QSL Created by Al LaVorgna, MUFON Amateur Radio Net, Hicksville, N.Y. (WA20QJ). The MUFON UFO JOURNAL (USPS 002-970) FROM THE EDITOR 103 Oldtowne Rd. Seguin, Texas 78155 In testimony before Congress, scientist Barry Commoner stressed RICHARD HALL the importance of asking the right question: "In general terms there are Editor three ways that a presumably scientific analysis may arrive at a faulty conclusion: (a) The question addressed by the analysis is inappropriate- ANN DRUFFEL ly stated; (b) the data employed in the analysis are inaccurate; (c) the Associate Editor analytical procedures are faulty. The first of these faults is particularly LEN STRINGFIELD serious since it is likely to result in the use of inappropriate data and Associate Editor analytical procedures as well." When we ask, "Are UFOs extraterrestrial?" ("or other dimension- MILDRED BIESELE al?", etc.) we are stating the question inappropriately, invoking selec- Contributing Editor tive data, and slanting our analytical procedures. The question that needs to be asked is, "What are the stimuli or referents of UFO re- WALTER H. ANDRUS ports?" The correct answer to that some 90% of the time is conven- Director of MUFON tional objects or phenomena, so we need to further refine the ques- tion by adding '". .that describe phenomena of appreciable size and TED BLOECHER duration, "high strangeness," and remain unexplained after competent DAVE WEBB Co-Chairmen, investigation and careful screening against possible familiar or known Humanoid Study Group objects (e.g., meteors, advertising aircraft)." No UFO report should be considered an accurate datum until it undergoes this process. PAUL CERNY Promotion/Publicity REV. BARRY DOWNING Religion and UFOs In this issue LUCIUS PARISH Books/Periodicals/History UFO SIGHTING IN MEXICO 3 MARK HERBSTRITT By Walter Blaney Astronomy AUSTRALIAN "ALIEN HONEYCOMB" ANALYZED 5 ROSETTA HOLMES By Mildred Biesele Promotion/Publicity TRIANGULAR UFO: PRELIMINARY REPORT 6 By Robert E. Morgan TED PHILLIPS UFO SECRECY UPDATE: "A MATTER OF CONDITION" 7 Landing Trace Cases By Larry W. Bryant JOHN F. SCHUESSLER CHINA UFO RESEARCH 8 UFO Propulsion By Paul Dong DENNIS W. STACY CALIFORNIA REPORT: ENTITY PHOTOS, Part 1 9 Staff Writer By Ann Druffel BOOK REVIEW ("Tujunga Canyon Contacts") 13 NORMA E. SHORT By Barbara Mathey DWIGHT CONNELLY BOOK REVIEW ("Encyclopedia of UFOs") 14 DENNIS HAUCK By Isabel Davis Editor/Publishers Emeritus IN OTHERS' WORDS 19 The MUFON UFO JOURNAL is By Lucius Parish published by the Mutual UFO DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE 20 Network, Inc., Seguin, Texas. 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Articles may be forwarded 103 Oldtowne Rd., Seguin, Texas" is included. directly to MUFON. 2 UFO SIGHTING IN MEXICO By Walter Blaney (NOTE: Walter Blaney is a profession- As the craft approached closer, al magician who has often appeared on I then saw there was fifth craft in national TV on such programs as formation following the other four Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore and Mike from behind. This craft was a bright Douglas.) red light, and had no comet-like tail behind it. The red light was pulsating My wife and three daughters were very fast, much like a fast heartbeat, spending the summer in Guanajuato, going bright, dim, bright, dim. It ap- Gto., Mexico, where my wife was peared much different from our usual studying Spanish at the University of red flashing warning light as seen on Guanajuato. They had rented a small most conventional aircraft, and the house atop a mountain next to the flashing rate was much faster, much city. I had joined the family for a like opening and closing one's fist as Walter Blaney with Merv Griffin week's visit, and we had just spent the fast as possible. day sightseeing around the area, re- While the craft were directly over- light craft (and not around the red- turning to the house at dusk. head, at the best possible viewing light craft). At a steady pace, there It was at 8:10 p.m., Sunday even- point for me, the red craft passed up appeared small green and red (and ing, August 6, 1967, that I was just the other four craft to assume the lead perhaps other colors as well) lights outside the house, leaning against a position. The interesting thing here is that popped into view at a small dis- fencepost, looking at the beautiful that its acceleration was phenomenal. tance behind a white light. They mountains, watching dusk turn to It passed up the other craft in the time moved in a forward manner, passing nightfall, seeing the brighter stars it takes to snap one's fingers. .it liter- up the white light, then vanishing at begin to appear. As I happened to be ally zipped ahead of the others. It a small distance in front of the white looking at the horizon to the south- stayed in the lead position the rest of light. It finally occurred to me that west, I saw coming over the mountain the time as far as I was able to observe if the white light were at the center ridge in the far distance what I them as they went on out of sight over of a saucer-shaped craft, and if the thought to be some jet airplanes com- the northeast horizon. smaller colored lights were around ing toward me. I fly a lot, and am still I believe I saw the craft for about the perimeter of the saucer, and if no expert on judging altitudes of one full minute, from horizon to hori- the saucer were slowly spinning, and craft, but I would guess these craft zon. After they passed overhead, I if the saucer were on its side as it were perhaps flying at 10,000 to thought to call to my wife and chil- passed over me, then I was observing 20,000 feet. I noticed that they also dren, and they ran out in time to see each light as it came around into view seemed to be flying at a much faster them about the last 40 degrees of the from behind, passed up the center of speed than anything I had observed pass. Since it was just dark, I could the craft, and disappeared out of sight before. not see the craft themselves, but only as it went around the other side of the As the craft came closer and the light which they emitted. craft. If my assumption was correct, I closer, I could see more and more of Now here is a most unusual as- was not able to see how many lights what they were. The first thing ap- pect. As the craft approached, and were around the perimeter of the sau- parent was that there were four very were closer, about 30 degrees up in cer, so could not accurately estimate bright bluish-white lights in formation, the pass to 30 degrees from the end how many revolutions per second each abreast of each other, and I could de- of the pass, I could see many smaller craft was turning. If I were to guess, finitely tell by their movement that colored lights appearing and disap- from what I recall seeing, I would say they were four craft, each separate pearing around the craft. about two or three revolutions in 5 from the others. Streaming way out These smaller lights were very seconds. behind each white light was a long confusing at first, and I didn't know During the whole pass, there was phosphorescent bluish-white comet- if I was seeing many smaller satellite no sound whatsoever from the craft. like tail, shimmering much like an craft or what. Here is what I saw oc- I recall hearing a dog barking down artist's conception of a comet. curring around each of the four white- (Continued on next page) (Mexico, continued) UFO's, I of course believe in what I guns ready in case we would need saw, and know them to be craft far them, and were in a great state of ex- the mountain side in town at the very advanced from anything the general citement. The light got very bright, moment the five craft were directly public knows about as far as conven- yet there were no roads, railroads or overhead, and it dawned on me that tional aircraft are concerned. But I airports anywhere for miles around. I heard nothing from the craft at all. also know it is easy to be fooled by The light seemed to stop, then head The atmosphere was 100% clear with what one sees, and I have seen unusual back away from us, then come closer, no pollution. Since I was on a moun- "lights" before, as have so many citi- then back away again, etc.