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Number 104 THE MUFON JULY, 1976 UFO JOURNAL OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF MUFON/ MUTUAL UFO NETWORK, PHOTOGRAPH OF OBJECT SEEN NEAR CHINGOLA, ZAMBIA (NORTHERN RHODESIA) IN EARLY OCTOBER,1961 OBJECT is CIRCLED IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH; ENLARGED VIEW AND CASE DETAILS APPEAR INSIDE. MUFON UFO FROM THE EDITOR JOURNAL I would like to thank Mark Chesney has also 103 Oldtowne Rd. all of those who took the volunteered his time to the Seguin, Texas 78155 time to write in and com- MUFON UFO JOURNAL. Mark is ment on my first issue. I no new-comer to ufology. He found the comments most served as Investigations Co- Dennis William Hauck complimentary and will at- ordinator for the Center for Editor tempt to build future is- UFO Studies and has had a sues around the very help- life-long interest in the ful suggestions I received. subject. We still need vol- Walter H. Andrus Please keep the suggestions unteers to write up cases Director of MUFON and material coming, since for the MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Joseph M. Brill the "JOURNAL" belongs to so let us know soon if you Editorial Assistant all of us! are interested! Along the same lines, I One final note pertaining Mark.Chesney am happy to announce the to the Travis Walton article Associate Editor appointment of Richard Hall in this issue. It in no way Rev. Dr. Barry Downing and Mark Chesney as Assoc- is an attempt to discredit Religion and UFOs iate Editors. Both have any organization or invest- Ann Druffel been tremendously helpful, igator and should not be con- California Report and it is only proper that strued as such. It is pre- they receive the credit due Lucius Parish sented for the information Books/Periodicals/History them. Richard Hall, as all of MUFON members in what of you know, is the Inter- Marjorie Fish has become one of the most Extraterrestrial Life national Coordinator MUFON. fascinating cases of the Richard is a gifted writer decade. Stan Gordon and spends a good deal of Creatures & UFOs his valuable time preparing Richard Hall material for the "JOURNAL". Associate Edi*i>r Mark Herbstritt Astronomy Rosetta Holmes In this issue Promotion/Publicity David A. Schroth MUFON QUARTERLY UFO ACTIVITY REPORT BY RAYMOND FOWLER 3 St. Louis/Mass Media UFO PHOTOGRAPHED NEAR CHINGOLA, ZAMBIA BY JOE BRILL *4 John F. Schuessler COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF CHINGOLA PHOTO BY WILLIAM SPAULDING 5 UFO Propulsion SOUTH AFRICAN REPRESENTATIVE RESIGNS BY RICHARD HALL 6 NEW "INTERRUPTED JOURNEY"? BY JEAN BASTIDE 6 Dwight Connelly Norma E. Short GIANT UFO WITH E-M EFFECTS IN FRANCE BY RICHARD HALL 7 Editor/Publishers Emeritus THE TRAVIS WALTON ABDUCTION: PART I BY PHILIP KLASS 8 ANATOMY OF A LOCAL FLAP BY ERNST BERGER 13 Len Stringfield 18 Commentary MUFON PICNIC FOREIGN STAMPS HELP MUFON BY RICHARD HALL 18 DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE BY WALT ANDRUS 19 RECAPPING AND COMMENTING BY RICHARD HALL 20 ASTRONOMY NOTES BY MARK HERBSTRITT 20 The Mliroil UFO JOUIlim a published monthly by the Mutual UFO Network, 103 Oldtowne «d., Serjuln.Teus 78155 USA. Subscriptions rates: B.OO per near in U.S.; The content] of Ihe MUTON UFO JOUHN1U. ere determined by tbe editor, end do Permission is hereby (ranted to quote from this issue pntirjed not more then 200 not necessarily represent tbe official portion or judgment ol MUFON. Opinions words are quote from this issue prodded not more thin 200 words ire quoted (9.00 toreijn. Second class postage paid. ol contributor! are their own, and do not necessarily reflect those of the editor, tram any one article, the author of the article is lira credit, and the statement tbe stiff, or MUFON. Articles should be submitted to Dennis William Hauck, 114 "Copyright 1976 by MUFON UFO JOURNU, 103 Oldtowne >d., Seguin, FT n I Gostlin St., Hammond, Ind. 4(327. included. PAGE 2 MUFON quarterly UFO activity report Prepared by: Raymond E. Fowler 20 July 1976 MUFON QUARTERLY REPORT OF UFO ACTIVITY (For Period April - June 1976) DAY MONTH LOCAL STATE OR TOWN OR CITY TYPE NO. SHAPE/LIGHTING/DISTANCE TIME PROVINCE EVENT WIT. 4 APR 2115 MA Ipswich General 1 /LTSO/DIST 4 APR 2127 MA ''':,\ Essex General 3 OVAL/LTOB/CLOS •4 APR 2145, 'MA1'/" ''''' .Ipswich General 1 /LTSO/CLOS 4 APR 2153 MA Ipswich General 2 _/LTSO/CLOS 4 APR 2157 MA Ipswich General 2 /LTSO/CLOS 4 APR 2200 MA Ipswich • • General 1 /LTSO/CLOS 7 APR 1900 SC Granville General 1 OTHR/GLOB/DIST 11 APR 1910 MA Essex , . General 1 OVAL/GLOB/DIST 19 APR 2130 •', MA N. Reading' General 6 OVAL/LTOB/CLOS 21 APR 0003 IL Carthage General 2 OVAL/GLOB/DIST 23 APR 2100 ..-• sc Mauldin General 1 /LTOB/DIST 29 APR 2305 MA Topsfield .General 1 /LTSO/CLOS LEGEND NO REPORTS RECEIVED ' OVAL - Oval Object (State Directors are delinquent) CYLR - Cylindrical Object OTHR - Other-shaped Object Alabama - Kentucky Oklahoma LTOB - Lighted Object Arizona •• Louisiana Oregon * GLOB - Glowing Object. Arkansas : ;< Maine S. Dakota LTSO -Light Source Only N. California^ Maryland Tennessee DIST - Distant Encounter S. California Michigan Texas CLOS - Cl ose -Encounter (1000 ') Colorado ..Minnesota Utah Connecticut" ' Mississippi Virginia * - Revision to initial form , \Florida Missouri ; Washington Georgia: - Nevada' Wisconsin NEGATIVE REPORTS RECEIVED Hawaii .:•••••.•• ,-.: New Jersey Wyoming Deleware, Illinois, Nebraska, Indiana .-. : New Mexico A.lberta Province New. Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Iowa ,, . .! 'N. Carolina : Ontario Province and West Virginia. Kansas Ohio Quebec Province STATE DIRECTORS OR.THEIR..ALTERNATES ARE URGED: TO SUBMIT MONTHLY REPORTS REGULARLY TO THE DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATIONS - BACK MONTHS MUST. BE MADE .UP FOR FOLLOW-ON ANNUAL REPORT - INPUT FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM R/E! FOWLER1, BOX'19, '. WENHAM, MA 01984, IN THE EVENT THAT'YOU DID'NOT NOT RECEIVE OR MISPLACED ORIGINAL FORMS. PAGE 3 UFO PHOTOGRAPHED NEAR CHINGOLA, ZAMBIA• by Jbe;Brill It was in early October of 1961 and at that time Chingola was a city in Northern Rhodesia as there was no Zambia as it exists today. The photographer, who wishes to remain anonymous, was at this time in the military which was known as the Federal Forces. The Federal Forces were in charge of patrolling the borders of the Central African nations. On the particular day that this photograph was taken (the . J photographer cannot recall the Enlargement of Chingola Photograph. exact date) it was very hot and the sun was very bright. He was (coming up from behind the present whereabouts is either aboard a helicopter (French mountain tops) until it disap- Canada or the Bahamas. None of "Alouette" type) which was peared over the opposite these individuals have ever been performing practice landing and horizon." There was only time for contacted on this matter again takeoff maneuvers. The reason one very quick shot, which he since the incident. This was the for this was that only about a took. It tra veiled Jn a "straight first time any of these men had month previous to this a line almost directly overhead." ever seen a UFO and their first helicopter had landed on what The shape was perfectly round thoughts were that it was some was thought to be a clear beach. and the color was silver with a highly secret aircraft of the Upon leaving the helicopter, the chrome or mirror-like surface. United Nations forces in the area. troops soon found that this clear There were no lights, no sound This notion was quickly rejected beach was crawling with heard (probably due to the chop- because of the velocity attained alligators and they made a very per noise), no smoke, no iden- and the unusual shape. rapid departure from there. The tification marks- no extentions, no When the military authorities photographer had been taking holes, no windows, platforms, "got wind" of. news that this photos of these "water practices" doors, aerials, no legs or wheels. photographer had been taking and of the numerous game that The color was completely uniform photographs of the border areas were in the area. He was using a and it seemed to reflect the bright during their practice exercises "cheap Agfa camera that had cost sunlight all the time, never in- they confiscated all the negatives. about twelve pounds". creasing in brightness or fading. Fortunately, the photographer The time was "about noon" and The photographer guessed the had already made a set of prints^ they were at an altitude of distance to be anywhere from one from these negatives and this is approximately two hundred feet .to three miles away. what was left for us. The and travelling at approximately In addition to the photographer, negatives were never returned one hundred and twenty miles an there were four other witnesses and it was assumed that because hour. It was at this time that the including the pilot of the chopper. of the nature of the area UFO came up from behind the One of the other witnesses was a photographed, they were mountain top (see photo) fellow by the name of Chippy destroyed. This meant that the travelling at a tremendous speed Ackerman, who was killed in 1964 negative with the UFO on it was straight up and directly over the by' a antipersonnel mine in the also destroyed or filed away by top of the helicopter and disap- Congo. Another witness was a the authorities of the Federal peared over the opposite horizon. Gerrie Schultz, whose present Forces at the time. "It took no more than ten seconds whereabouts is uncertain.[-. the The photographer kept this one from the first observation pilot's name -was Brahm whose photograph in his personal photo PAGE M '- collection and in the summer of 1975 when there was a UFO flap COMPUTER 4N4L515 DF THE taking place over Rhodesia, he telephoned an individual, who at PHOTOGRAPH the time was acting as the UFO central gathering office and inquired if she might be interested •BY WILLIAM SPAULDING, GSW INC.