The MUFON UFO JOURNAL NUMBER 131 OCTOBER 1978

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Lt. Col. Larry Coyne addressing United Nations Special Political Committee, November 27, 1978. Back row left to right: Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Sir Eric Gairy, Dr. Wellington Friday (United Nations photo by Y. Nagata) The MUFON UFO JOURNAL FROM THE EDITOR (USPS 002-970) 103 Oldtowne Rd. When any human endeavor lacks a unifying theory, and goals Seguin, Texas 78155 or purposes are vague, the result normally is chaos. That word — RICHARD HALL "chaos" — might best describe the current state of so-called Editor "UFOlogy." Differences of opinion about what lines of research or ANN DRUFFEL investigation ought to be pursued continue to be a divisive force, Associate Editor despite some recent moves toward closer cooperation among UFO groups. LEN STRINGFIELD In my view, we are all (except con-men, opportunists, and Associate Editor exploiters) engaged in a truth-seeking exercise. One unifying force MILDRED BIESELE should be the desire to expose dishonesty and falsehoods. Another, Contributing Editor considering the lack of any unique pipeline to "truth," should be tolerance of any scientific or logical approaches to the study of UFO WALTER H. ANDRUS data, whether or not we are particularly enthusiastic about the Director of MUFON individual project, because resources are scarce and any honest effort deserves support. PAULCERNY Premature or ill-founded theories, on the other hand, can be Promotion/Publicity detrimental to the search for truth. Presumably we are in the position described in the ancient fable of the blind men and the REV. BARRY DOWNING elephant. One of us may have the elephant by the tail, and insist that Religion and UFOs it is a rope-like creature, while another may be grasping its leg absolutely certain that "elephants" are tree-like. Perhaps if we stop LUCIUS PARISH arguing about who is in the best position to describe the "real" Books/Periodicals/History elephant and we share information, a clearer picture of the whole animal might emerge. MARJORIE FISH Extraterrestrial Life

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(In meetings held November 27 and November Meeting s • December 8, 1978, the prestigious \ ^' Special Political Committee of the The Special Political Committee United Nations heard a presentation met this morning to take up"the item sponsored by Crenada,and passed a entitled "Establishment of an agency or resolution asking the General a department of the Uniteo" Nations for Assembly, to take action' The text of undertaking, coordinating, and- the resolution follows, along with disseminating_the'results of research excerpts from the Summary Records of into unidentified—flying" objects and the meetings and from UN press. related phenomena." Grenada, in a releases.-Editor) _^ ..^—-—< letter dated 7 July (document A/33/141), requested inclusion in the """""" The Special Political Committee agenda of the General Assembly of this recommends to the General Assembly item which was also considered by the adoption of the following consensus: Assembly last year, at Grenada's The General Assembly has taken request. Last year, the Assembly note of the statements made, and draft approved a consensus statement to the Dr. J. Allen Hynek addressing resolutions submitted by Grenada at effect that a draft resolution submitted UN Special Political Committee the 32nd and 33rd sessions of the by Grenada (document A/SPC/32/- (United Nations photo by Y. General Assembly regarding L.20), calling for research into Nagata) unidentified flying objects and related "unidentified flying objects and related phenomena. phenomena," together with the Nations. The General Assembly invites statements made by Grenada on this The recent report of the abduction interested member States to take subject, be transmitted to Member of a Cessna aircraft in Australia appropriate steps to co-ordinate on a States and to the specialized agencies seemed to him to be a compelling national level .scientific research and for their views (decision 32/424 of 13 reason for the United Nations to come investigation into extraterrestrial life, December 1977). The replies received alive to its responsibilities and take a including unidentified flying objects, from Governments and specialized serious look at the UFO phemomenon and to inform the Secretary-General of agencies were circulated by the to which planet earth has been the observations, research, and Secretary-General in a report dated 6 conspicuously exposed since 1947," he evaluation of such activities October (document A/33/268). . . . said. The General Assembly requests This morning's meeting was called However, the recent incident in the Secretary-General to transmit the to order by the Chairman of the Special Australia, which had been given world- statements of the delegation of Political Committee, - Rodolfo Piza wide publicity, was only one of tens of Grenada and the relevant document- Escalante (Costa Rica), at 11:01 a.m. thousands of such incidents reported ation to the Committee on the Peaceful After reviewing the documents before by persons in nearly every corner of the Uses of Outer Space, so that they may the Committee on this item, he globe "who have demonstrated some consider them at their 1979 meeting. welcomed the presence of the Prime measure of courage," he went on. The Committee on the Peaceful Minister of Grenada, who thus took the UFOCAT, a computerized catalogue Uses of Outer Space will permit floor to introduce the item. of reported sightings, had listed over Grenada, upon its request, to present Sir Eric Matthew Gairy, Prime 60,000 cases drawn from virtually all their views to the Committee at its next Minister of Grenada, said he had come parts of the world. This listing, he session. The Committee's deliberation here to present the item because of his added, undoubtedly excluded, perhaps will be included in its report which will "deep personal conviction" that the in equal number, many sightings "that be considered by the General subject of UFOs was one of "world- people have failed to report for fear of Assembly at its 34th session. (UN Press wide importance and significance", being ridiculed." Release GA/AH/1490, 8 December and, indeed, one which warranted very In 1975, Grenada had raised the 1978) serious consideration by the United (continued on next page) 3 Press conference at United Nations, November 27,1978. Left to right: Stanton T. Friedman, Lee Spiegel, Dr. Wellington Friday, Sir Eric Gairy, Dr. J.AMeh Hynek, Dr. Jacques V/allee, and Lt. Col. Larry Coyne. (Photo by Peter Tomikawa) ' ~" ^ ^~~~—

(UN, Continued) "It is presumptuous for men to believe delegation by Gordon Cooper, former matter of UFOs and other related that they are God's only intelligent United States astronaut, who was to phenomena in the General Assembly beings and that no other intelligent life have appeared here today as part of his with a view to having the United exists on other planets," he remarked. delegation but who had been unable to Nations take the necessary action to "Such a belief is a gross fallacy. Indeed, be present: co-ordinate research in the field, he we are all, no doubt, aware of the • "I believe that, these extra- said. Again in 1976 it had raised this increasing number of attempts being terrestrial vehicles and their crews are subject. In 1977, it has emphasized its made, by the use of high-level visiting this planet from other planets, concern because of the rapidly growing technology, to confirm the existence of which obviously are a little more interest manifested in the subject all extra-terrestrial life." (UN Press technically advanced than we are here over the world, the magnitude of which Release GA/AH/1478, 27 November on earth. I feel that we need to have a had been gathering momentum. 1978) top level, co-ordinated program to Earlier this year, in the General The Special Political Committee scientifically collect and analyze data Assembly, Grenada had again re- met this afternoon to continue from all over the earth concerning any emphasized the need for establishing consideration of the item submitted by type of encounter, and to determine an agency to study to origin, the nature Grenada, on unidentified flying objects. how best to interface with these visitors and intention of that particular Consideration of the item began this in a friendly fashion. We may first have phenomenon. However, his delegation morning, with statements by the Prime to show them that we have learned to had made clear that Grenada was Minister .of Grenada, Sir Eric Gairy; the resolve our problems by peaceful flexible as to the mechanism to be Minister of Education of Grenada, means, rather than warfare, before we established for conducting and co- Wellington Friday; and three experts are accepted as fully qualified universal ordinating the type of research who appeared as part of the delegation team members. This acceptance would envisaged. It was concerned about the of Grenada: J. Allen Hynek, Jacques F. have tremendous possibilities of "newness" of the item within United Vallee, and Lt. Col. Larry Coyne . . . advancing our world in all areas. Nations circles, and also about the high Certainly then it would seem that the cost of establishing an agency or United Nations has a vested interest in department. Statement by Gordon Cooper handling this subject properly and Sir Eric went on to say that many expeditiously... .1 did have occasion in people might wonder about Grenada's This afternoon's meeting was 1951 to have two days of observation of preoccupation with a subject such as called to order by the Chairman of the many flights of them, of different sizes, UFOs. The answer, as he had stated Special Political Committee, Rodolfo flying in fighter formation, generally before, was that the world was so pre- Piza Escalante (Costa Rica), at 3:42 from east to west over Europe. They occupied, with international problems p.m. Wellington Friday, Minister of were at a higher altitude than we could affecting individual countries that it Education of Grenada, read out the reach with out jet fighters of that time... often seemed to forget "international text of what he called "a very "There are several of us matters relating to earth as one planet." informative document" sent to his (continued on next page) THE GROENDAL RESERVE AFFAIR By Cynthia Hind (MUFON Representative for Rhodesia)

My first knowledge of the sighting Warden of the Reserve, Mr. D.P. about which they seemed patently in Groendal came from the headlines in Zeelie, as I thought he would be able to ignorant. the Port Elizabeth Week-End Post. give me information about the Reserve. The story concerned the sighting They read: SPACE VISITORS IN To my surprise, the girl who answered by four young boys of three "silver EASTERN CAPE. The story' gave the phone would not let me speak to men" in the Groendal Reserve, and the details of a humanoid sighting in the him; she said that Zeelie had been subsequent discovery of what-could Groendal Reserve not far from instructed by his Department to talk to have been a landing site by Keith Ross Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape of South no one else about the sighting. I have and members of the South African Africa. been unable to obtain a reason for this. Police. It was obvious that I would have I arrived in Uitenhage just before 5 The following morning I contacted to start with the boys who had PM on the 25th October, 1978, and Keith Ross of the Week-End Post. witnessed the "silver men," and 1 made went straight to the police station. Previously skeptical, he was now my way immediately to Despatch, However, when I learned that the puzzled by what was going on. He about 5 kms from Uitenhage, where the Reserve was 20 kms from Uitenhage, I invited me to his office and we had a boys all lived. Four young school-boys decided to check into an hotel in Port long chat when several reporters and had been involved. Peter Simpson, 16; Elizabeth for the night and pursue the photographers gathered around, so I tall, pale and fair, a Standard 9A matter in the morning. Before leaving was able to give them a lot of student. Jannie Bezuidenhout, 15; Uitenhage, I got onto the phone to the information about UFOs, a subject (continued on next page)

(UN, Continued) (astronauts) who do believe in UFOs throughout the world A surprisingly mechanism whereby such interchange and who have had occasion to see a large number of individual scientists could be accomplished... The creation UFO on the ground, or from an had expressed to him in private their of a mechanism within the United airplane. There was only one occasion involved concern with the challenge of Nations to facilitate the exchange of from space which may have been a the UFO phenomenon. . . .No UFO reports and studies conducted in UFO If the United Nations agrees to intergovernmental or nongovern- various Member States would hasten pursue this subject, and to lend their mental organization existed to enable the day when such opinion would be credibility to it, perhaps many more well such persons to pool the results of theii translated into firm scientific qualified people will agree to step forth research. All that was needed was a knowledge. (Summary Record of the and provide help and information." 35th meeting, Special Political (UN Press Release GA/AH/1479,27 The Special Political Committee Committee, 27 November 1978. Also November 1978) decided by consensus this contains summaries of statements by Mr. Hynek (Grenada) said that the morning to recommend to the Jacques Vallee and Larry Coyne.) scope and extent of the phenomenon of General Assembly that it invite unidentified flying objects was not interested Member States "to (Editorial note: On the same morning, generally recognized. It was a take appropriate steps to co- Dr. Hynek narrated the showing of phenomenon so strange and foreign to ordinate, on a national level, several UFO movie films and still man's terrestrial mode of thought that it scientific research and photographs. When the Committee re- was frequently ridiculed by persons and investigation into extra- convened that afternoon, Mr. Friday organizations unacquainted with the read the letter from Gordon Cooper facts. Contrary to the expectations of terrestrial life, including unidentified flying objects." - and Stanton Friedman made a many, the phenomenon had persisted United Nations press release, statement. Summary Record of the and had touched the lives of an December 3. 1978 36th Meeting, Special Political increasing number of people Committee, 27 November 1978) 5 (S. Africa, Continued) Peter's friend, well-built and dark complexioned. Hugo Ferreira, 12; small in stature but with a quick laugh and sparkling eyes. Joe Perino, 13; the quietest of the four. Peter is the son of Doctor and Mrs. Simpson. He is a practicing General Practitioner in Despatch. All the boys were Afrikaans speaking but Peter was the one most fluent in English. It was for this reason that I addressed most of the questions to him. Monday, 2nd October, 1978, was a holiday for the boys. The day was overcast but fine. The boys had gone off to the Groendal Reserve on a hike. Groendal Reserve is a wild nature reserve and equidistant from Uitenhage and Despatch. It is an isolated area of hills and valleys, heavily wooded with what the South Africans call 'fynbos' (finebush). Many animals abound there, ranging from small 'dassies' (rock-rabbits/hydrax) to baboons and leopard. The area is overseen by the warden, Mr. D.P. Zeelie. The boys arranged . for Mrs. Simpson to pick them up at 12 o'clock midday at the site of a stone monument. Here the ground is fairly clear of bush and scrub and isolated trees offer shade in the heat of the day! The gravel road to the Reserve also stopped at this point and although the road is not a good one, rutted in places and almost closed in by foliage in others, it does allow accessibility to the area. The boys were tired after their walk and at approximately 11:15 AM, they were seated on the ground at the monument, Jannie Bezuidenhout points to route followed by 'Silver Men" under the shade of a large tree waiting (Port Elizabeth Week-End Post) for their lift: was suggested at a later date and was couldn't see any face at all. There were Silver People not his impression at the time.) Peter two men at first and they were moving Peter Simpson says, "We all four of was aware of the men at almost the in a strange way. They didn't have any us saw this silver thing glisten between same time. noticeable walking movement, and it the trees on the side opposite to us. I "Who did you think they were?" I looked as though they were gliding over thought it was a large stone shining in asked. the surface." the sun. It was in the Strydomsberg "In the beginning they looked just Hugo Ferreira and Joe Perino direction and to the left of where we like ordinary.men and we thought they agreed about the movement. Both were." were poachers. But then we could see voiced the opinion that the men At almost the same moment, they wore silver suits like firefighters." appeared to be moving on trolleys. Jannie Bezuidenhout pointed to a spot Hugo Ferreira said, "I thought Peter said, "The two men came about 275 meters to the west of the their silver suits looked like aluminum from the direction of the glistening glistening stone. "I saw two silver foil."; object. When they were in the middle of people standing there," he said. (He Peter added, "What struck me was the hill, they were joined by a third man actually used the word "monsters" in that their clothes shone so brightly. who was carrying a silver square Afrikaans in his statement, but Lfeel this They were completely silver and I (continued on next page) suitcase. I do not know where the third man came from; he just suddenly appeared." "Did you see a handle on the suitcase?" I asked. "No," Peter said, "We didn't see any arms, either, but the suitcase was a bit behind the man who was carrying it." "Was it attached to his body?" "No, it wasn't attached. But I don't know how he was holding it." All the boys agreed on this point. None of the witnesses could detect any arms. Jannie Bezuidenhout says in his statement that he did not notice any legs either, and from the drawings made by the boys, only Hugo Ferreira and Peter Simpson show any separation where the legs are. I asked, "Did they appear like robots as opposed to normal men?" Apparent landing area in thick bush "No," Peter said. "They were like (Port Elizabeth Week-End Post) normal men." "And yet you say their movements were strange?" interests at school were and he told me "Did they go over the top of the "Yes. They only moved from the "History." hill?" knees downwards. It was almost like a "What did you think about it all at "No, they just suddenly fin." the time?" I queried. disappeared," Peter said. The boys watched the men come "I didn't think of anything," Peter Hugo Ferreira in his statement, to a fence (marked on the photograph said. "We all just looked." says that when the men "disappeared," by the turning point in the tracks). "Were you talking among the round thing had also gone. "They climbed over the fence and the yourselves?" Jannie Bezuidenhout says, "They one at the back looked in our direction. "No." walked up the hill alongside the fence It seemed as though he stopped, During my conversation later with until they disappeared," a statement waiting for the other two to go through Mrs. Simpson, Peter's mother, she told reiterated by Joe Perino. the fence and then he looked at us. I me that Peter admitted to her Peter Simpson noted two further could see then that the silver suit he afterwards that during the sighting he items of interest which pointed to the wore came down over his forehead and felt completely disorientated, as though strangeness of the "men" involved. As then where his face was, that was grey." he was quite alone there on the hill, with they walked up the hill, which is fairly "Do you think he saw you?" I no one else about. When we discussed steep (as per photograph) they did not asked. this in front of the other three boys, bend forward as a normal man would "Yes." they admitted that they too had had a do, they remained upright. When I "Did you try and communicate in "peculiar" feeling, but reluctantly, I felt I spoke to Mrs. Simpson, she said, any way; like waving at them?" should discount this claim to a "joint "Peter thought a normal human being "No," Peter said. feeling" as it only came to light after and a fit man at that, would take at least "Did it strike you at the time that general discussion. 10 minutes to get up the hill." She they might be people from another "What was your reaction after you added, "I looked at it and I thought it planet?" had seen the men?" I asked. would take me a jolly sight longer." "Only when they had gone," Peter "We were excited. We decided to This follows on to the next admitted. leave the stone monument and move interesting point that the entire "Have you read any books about along to Mr. Zeelie's house and wait sighting, according to Peter Simpson UFOs, or seen any movies about them, there for my mother." and verified by the other boys, took like Close Encounters of the Third "After the men went over the .from 50 to 60 seconds only, although a Kind?" I asked. fence, what happened?" I asked. fairly large area was covered. Despite All the boys said that they had not Peter said, "They moved along the Mrs. Simpson's words, I still feel that read any UFO books nor seen any fence towards the top of the hill and even she is underestimating the UFO movies. I asked Peter what his then they disappeared." (Continued on next page) (S. Africa, Continued) distance travelled by the beings.

"Something Out of the Ordinary" When the men disappeared, the four boys spoke excitedly among themselves. They realized by then that they had witnessed something out .of the ordinary and they decided that instead of waiting for Mrs. Simpson to collect them at the monument, they would carry on along the gravel road to *^S&7^ar.'*Wf:*X\tf .iLii .!•»*? .£• the Warden's house. Mrs. Simpson took up the story from there. "The arrangement was that I would pick up the boys at the Big Stone at 12 o'clock, but I was a bit late and arrived at Mr. Zeelie's house at 12:05. I was very surprised to see the boys sitting outside Mr. Zeelie's house, next to the garage." Mrs. Simpson continued, "I stopped the car and the four of Imprints in the ground within one of the impressions them came running and the one was (Port Elizabeth Week-End Post) jabbering faster than the other. I told them to calm down and tell me what happened. I thought perhaps they had seen a baboon or a leopard on their walk from the Big Stone. But , impression that he believed the boys but that I could see they were highly excited and very reached the barrier (the fence) they he was playing it cool. Subsequently, I heard couldn't make out if they glided over or agitated. And then Peter told me that they that he had seen green lights on previous had seen three silver men. I questioned him occasions over the Reserve. , climbed through as they couldn't see and he said they appeared to be like normal the fence clearly. When this man turned human beings, adult size. I asked him if he "I said to Peter, 'Are you sure they're back and looked at them, his face had a had told Mr. Zeelie and he said he hadn't for not fire-fighters or poachers or anything like sheen to it." fear of being laughed at. The other three also 1 that? And he said to me, 'Besides the fact When they arrived home after the didn't want me to go to Mr. Zeelie because that their clothing looked like tinsel':— that they said it seemed such a far-fetched story. was the word he used — 'their movements incident, Mrs. Simpson wanted to were so strange and awful ...it seemed to me notify the police and the press but her "None of them ever thought of a UFO or as though they were on trolleys.' Joe Perino husband was against it. It was for this people from outer space. I certainly' didn't also told me that they looked as though they reason that the report of the story was think of it then! But I was taken aback when were gliding. the boys explained what these people's delayed. It took Mrs. Simpson some movements were like and then I immediately "I drove back to the stone immediately days to persuade her husband to allow thought of people from outer space. But I afterwards, to the parking area. I stopped her to report the story and only after didn't mention what my thoughts were. I and got out of the car. It looked very steep up the boys had persisted with their said, 'Let's go and tell Mr. Zeelie' and Peter that hill with low grass. I was taken aback said 'Please Mom, he's going to laugh at us; experience. Eventually, Mrs. Simpson afterwards when I heard that the hill was contacted Keith Ross of the Port this is top far-fetched." " covered with bush over 2 meters tall. I don't think I would have bothered about the whole Elizabeth Week-End Post and he came "Peter said that at first he had thought thing except that Peter said their movements out immediately to check the story. they were poachers, but he changed his mind were so strange and that they were moving very quickly when he noticed their strange uphill in an upright position, and at a terrific movements. At the same time, he wondered speed. I thought the sighting was about 200 Imprints whether they could be fire-fighters or these meters from the boys. (This is a conservative At about the same time as the boys people who go into the veld and eradicate the estimate. /— Author) The distance they made their sighting, Groendal Reserve wild cactus plants. And then Peter told me walked was from east to west and then south that he didn't think they could be that Forestry workers, Alfred Pope, Cedric to north and the total length was about 200 Kaptein, and William Five came across because a normal human being couldn't meters. (According to Sgt. Powell of the move the way they did. What struck me so South African Police, it was much further strange footprints about 2 kms from forcibly and made me think it was something than this. — Author) It all happened on where the boys had sighted the silver alien was when Peter said, 'Mom, it's uphill Monday, 2nd October, which was a holiday." figures. The prints were oval shaped and a normal human being would bend forward and no human could go uphill at -and about 18 cms long. I was . such a rate.' So I said, 'Come on, we're going I asked the boys if they had felt any subsequently at this spot and frankly, to Mr. Zeelie.' ill effects. Mrs. Simpson said, "Peter although I am quite sure the trackers has been complaining of headaches this were correct in saying that the prints "We went to his office and he came out last week but he was not ill immediately were neither animal nor human, it did and we told him. He was a bit skeptical; he looked as though there was something, but afterwards." Mrs. Simpson also added, not seem conceivable to me that the he didn't mention it to us. I got the "Peter told me that when these men (continued on next page) 8 (S. Africa, Continued) It appeared as though something impossible to absolutely pinpoint the prints of the silver men would be found heavy had rested here, flattening the position. But there is no doubt in my in a spot as remote from the original grass and small trees. According to Sgt. mind that the depression was not sighting as this. When I examined the Powell, there were 8 marks on the formulated by anything normal. The spot, which Christopher Powell pointed outside perimeter of the oval shape, marks were too symmetrical." The out to me, the imprints were no longer each of the marks containing three Groendal trackers concurred. It was to be seen. fairly deep indentations. There were certainly no known animal, although Keith Ross, Sergeant Christopher also four other marks within the oval, someone had suggested that it might Powell, and Major Gillamie of the South seemingly not related to the eight have been turtles nesting in the area. African Police, together with two outside marks which were equidistant "Under no circumstances could trackers from the Reserve, decided to from one another. There was no any turtles have made marks so explore the area where the boys had evidence of burn marks on the bushes absolutely symmetrical and equidistant first witnessed the "glistening stone." immediately surrounding the area. from one another," Christopher Powell To their surprise, they found the hill Unfortunately, none of the men told me. opposite to the boys and where the involved in this first examination were After interviewing the four boys sighting took place, and which at first aware that they should have taken soil and Mrs. Simpson, Peter and I, glance appeared to be merely grassed samples or used a Geiger counter. together with Sgt. Powell and two other over, was in actual fact covered with "In any case," said Keith Ross, "I people, drove to the Groendal Reserve. "fynbos" over 2 meters high, and think much of value would already have We were able to view the entire area almost inaccessible. The terrain was so been lost by this time due to the rains." covering the sighting from the stone rough that it was not easily The area was also trampled by the men monument, an area which was clear of transgressed and it took the men which must have negated any further bush and easily accessible. Peter told approximately 1% hours to reach the evidence which might have been found me that they knew this particular spot spot. Soon after their arrival in the there. However, Evert-Smith of the as "Death Valley" and I wasn't approximate area, they came across a Week-End Post took some fairly clear surprised. Towards dusk, as it was fairly large depressed area. pictures of the area. then, there was a certain atmosphere Unfortunately, it was now some time Powell says, "I cannot say for about the place. In the distance, we (about 16 days) after the sighting and certain that this was the landing ground could hear baboons barking, and there had been some heavy rain in the of the 'glistening object' the boys muted animal noises could be heard on area. observed as it would have been the evening air. But there was a strange quietness about the place, almost as though, momentarily, one was lost in time. If the men in silver were aliens, they couldn't have chosen a better place if they were searching for privacy and remoteness. We stopped briefly at Mr. Zeelie's impressions in soil house, and he came out to meet us. He G R A S S Y CLEARING ! seemed friendly and cooperative and I 0 0. did not mention the abortive phone call. Zeelie told me that three months before he had seen a green light over the Reserve and he could not account for it normally. He also told us that on the Friday prior to the boys' sighting (29th September, 1978) an Indian PLAN .VIEW showing soM woman living in the area had reported

:impressions (ringed) : seeing a disc-shaped object take off GROENDAL near UITENHAGE from the Reserve. She had been terrified and it had been impossible to interview her. Zeelie would try and obtain more information. "Impressions a, b, c, and d were sub-oval in outline and there were 4 small holes within the impression such as could have been made by a tubular prong or tine. There was some evidence of compaction in When I arrived back at the hotel the soil, especially at impression a which was the best preserved. Impressions e, f, g and h were poorly •that night, I decided to telephone preserved, but also showed prong marks, 3 each in the case of g and h. Impression i lacked such holes America and the advice was to try and and showed superficial compaction features which made it appear as if a flat surface had rested on the get a Geiger counter from the soil. There were no burn marks present and gciger counter readings showed no abnormal radioactivity. University and at the same time, see if The location of the site itself is in such dense bush that it is difficult to imagine that any equipment could have been easily transported through the thickets into the clearing." — R. W. Shone, Lecturer in anyone from the Geology Department Geology, 8 Nov. 1978. (continued on next page) BOOK REVIEW

The New Soviet Psychic Discoveries, by Henry Gris and William Dick (Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1978, 304 ppg.), $10.95

There is always cause for many have wondered if he is just such classics as a landed disc complete exhilaration when responsible another UFO nut. Gris and Dick dispel with trace evidence, sightings by journalists undertake a seemingly any doubts about Zigel's integrity atmospheric physicists, and the impossible task and produce an in- through their descriptions of his work Russian UFO flap of 1968. Obviously, depth look at the state of science and at the Moscow Aviation Institute, his the UFO phenomenon is as bizarre in technology in Soviet bloc countries. teachings of Russian Cosmonauts, and Russia as in the West. This book goes far beyond simple his writing of 28 books and some 250 By combining William Dick's stories about psychic events. It articles on astronomy and interest in the frontiers of science with provides information on mind control, cosmonautics. Zigel is obviously Henry Gris' knowledge of Russia, parapsychology, UFOs, and Russia's equivalent of our Dr. J. Allen The New Soviet Psychic Discoveries extraterrestrial life, as seen through the Hynek. gives a glimpse of the future through eyes of the Soviet scientists actually Americans, with their nearly vivid descriptions of sight-by-touch, involved in the research. complete freedom to examine any area telekinesis, UFO operations, and the Whether one chooses to "believe" of science, often fail to appreciate how exploration and mapping of the human the many unusual areas of Soviet hard it is for civilian UFO researchers to brain. This book is the most significant research is immaterial. The important operate in countries such as Russia. treatise on the frontiers of Soviet fact is that recognized scientists like Gris and Dick give a brilliant insight into science to be published in the past Zigel, Raikov, Katsatkin, and the others the extreme measures that must be decade. It contains valuable clues on are involved. Closing our eyes to that taken just to survive in that the Russian state-of-the-art in a number fact is dangerous and shortsighted.. environment. One such means is the of fields and is recommended reading UFO researchers around the use of a "cover" for their operations like for all who are searching for truth.-- world have heard of Prof. Felix Zigel, a the Club of Fantasts. The UFO reports John F. Schuessler, Deputy Director of leading expert on Russian ufology; but exchanged through the club include MUFON.

(S. Africa, Continued) Christopher Powell and survey the Naturally, as with most UFO would assist me. My first contact was depressed area. Unfortunately, I cases, there are many questions still to with Professor Rust of the Geology couldn't stay on in Port Elizabeth be asked and answered. In the official Department. On the phone, when I indefinitely, and had to move on to report, Russell Shone states: asked for an appointment, he was Cape Town. There were 9 separate impressions as completely skeptical of UFOs and also I spoke to Christopher Powell, far as could be discerned. These were arranged symmetrically. The distance informed me that his students were however, on several occasions. The between the marks were measured, using a very busy with their year-end exams men eventually made the trip to the steel tape and have been plotted. Four of the and he didn't know if he could find the area on Tuesday, 31st October, 1978, impressions were sub-oval in shape. There time for a discussion. 29 days after the actual sighting. Russel were 4 small holes within the impressions "Just allow me five minutes of your Shone and a colleague of his, Dave which could have been made with a tubular prong or tine. There was some evidence of time?" I begged. In the end, he agreed to Glenister, went along on the trip with compaction in the soil, especially in one a brief interview at 12 o'clock. When I Powell and the two geologists produced impression which was best preserved. arrived there, one of the students an extensive report. In a personal letter obligingly showed me to the Professor's to me, Shone says: There were no bum marks and Geiger office. counter readings showed no abnormal radioactivity. The location of the site itself is Rust is a dark, handsome man, but Unfortunately, the impressions were in such dense bush that it is difficult to obviously had little time for stories not at all clear when we visited the site. imagine that any equipment could have about UFOs. I showed him the picture However, they are symmetrically distributed easily been transported through the thickets of the depressed area provided by the and this alone makes them interesting. From into the clearing. Week-End Post and he was obviously the site, I would guess that the object spotted by the boys must have been about 6 meters Taking all the evidence into intrigued. At first I thought he might go high in order to correspond with then- account, particularly together with along to the area himself, but he called account. I am not in a position to comment Shone's report, the reliability of the in one of his lecturers, Russel Shone, on the possible mode of origin of the marks. However, if a hoax is involved, then there witnesses, and the details which I was and introduced us. I arranged with personally able to obtain, I think we Shone, together with one of the, can be no doubt that the hoaxer is imbued with a certain amount of ingenuity and a large have a pretty authentic sighting and students perhaps, to go along with resource of energy. landing case here. 10 JETS CHASE RADAR UFOs IN JAPAN By Jun-Ichi Takanaski (MUFON Director for Japan)

It is a very rare occurrence in southwest at a slow speed of about 70 picked up the object, but strangely Japan that a UFO is tracked on radar kms per hour at a low altitude of about enough, the airborne radars showed no and a jet is scrambled to chase it. On 900 to 1,800 meters over Nemuro target on their screen, and although it the night of August 17,1978, it occurred Channel, south of Kunashiri Island, was a moon-lit clear night, pilots of both in the easternmost part of Japan. approaching the eastern end of jets could not recognize any flying According to the evening editions of Hokkaido. It was later picked up by the object which corresponded to the various newspapers in Tokyo, the radars of another radar site at Erimo- target on the radar screen in the radar Mainichi, the Ybmiuri, the Sankei and misaki, too. sites. (One news report explains it as the Tokyo, etc., dated August 18,1978, By order of Air Self-Defense Corps the result of different frequency of the Air Staff Supervision Authorities of Misawa Base, two F4EJ Phantom jet airborne radars, but we doubt it.) the Defense Department released the interceptors were scrambled from The two jets returned to the base following news. Chitose Base about 10 minutes later, without result, but the strange object Around 10:30 PM, radars of Air and guided by the instructions from persisted in the area, proceeding Self-Defense Corps Nemuro Radar Site both radar sites, searched for the target southward, approaching Kushiro, and picked up an unidentified aerial object, in the vicinity of Nakashibetsu (slightly was twice picked up by ground radars which was flying from north to south- SW of Shibetsu) where radars had at 11:23 and 12:13 PM, and on each (continued on next page)

DAILY PRESS, Ashland, WI - NOT. 14, 1978 CR: R. Heiden Close encounters of the Latin kind

BUENOS AIRES. Argentina (API headlights died, and the banker said he last Feb 4 saw a saucer light up the a special section of the Buenos Aires Carlos Acevedo and Angel Moya told it this and his passenger, a navy officer, suffered predawn sky A towering (igure in a silver newspaper Clarin analyzing the UFO phe- way: temporary paralysis. jumpsuit climbed down a ladder, waved, nomenon. It was 4:30a.m., Sept. 23, and they were returned to the saucer and sped away. Vlado Kapetanovich, a Peruvian on the flat pampas south of Buenos Aires, In a region fascinated by strange oc- Police found huge footprints, five feet engineer who says he met spacemen while stragglers on the final leg of a 39-day stock curences, these stories nude from page apart, al the scene building a dam. put himself under psy- car race. headlines and the cover of a serious news —A flying object hovered over a train chiatric analysis to dispel his own doubts Suddenly they noticed a yellow and magazine station in San Juan one night in July and lit before writing a book about the encounter. violet light shining in their rear-view According to an Associated Press sur- up the place like day Dozens of frightened When it was published his daughter had mirror. It approached too fast to be a com- vey, such UFO yams get frequent and stray dogs and cats, took refuge: in the him committed toanasylum, but he talked petitor. widespread public attention in Argentina, building and the station chief suffered a his way out and his book became a best Then a strange force shut off the engine Chile. Peru. .Brazil. Uruguay and nervous collapse seller in Peru. and headlights of their Citroen CG. lifted it Colombia —An oval-shaped translucent object, Grenada Prime Minister Gairy has a In.Grenada, UFOs are a personal con- K feet off the road, then set it down a ringed by a halo of light, flew silently over harder time with skeptics. His recent cern of Prime Minister Enc Gairy, who minute later and 75 miles north. The force the Andes mountains in Neuquen Province demand for a U N investigation of UFOs also drained the car's gasoline lank. had them put on the Caribbean island's on Aug. 22 Descriptions along its 300-mile was ridiculed by the island's newspapers. postage stamps. That's the way Carlos Acevedo and Angel path were so numerous and consistent that One cartoon showed him on a mountain Moya told it. Reports of UFO sightings even draw the UFO landed on covers of two national gazing at flying saucers while his people crowds. For instance, travelers gathered news magazines. suffered in squalor below. Businessman Alejandro Hernandez at Chilca on the Pan American Highway in Argentina's highly literate population While Yaqui Indians in northeast Mexico recalled it like this: Driving in southern Peru to gaze at the sky where a squadron seems ready for the "invasion." Books like curse extraterrestrial intruders for their Chile on Sept. 24. he spotted a huge saucer of 30 to 40 flying saucers was recently "Chariot of the Gods" and "The History of woes, most Latin believers say the overhead. The saucer havered over his car I cum led. Flying Saucers in Argentina" have sold and swallowed it. Inside, he said, five "visitors" are benevolent explorers or Hundreds invited by radio to meet an briskly, and a 424-page textbook on bulky figures stuffed his l>-year-old son peacemakers. Sergio Lemos. a Rio de outer space visitor drove to Chile's Tenglo "Extraterrestrial Science" a being of- into a box while a sizth interviewed Janeiro schoolteacher, says he was told by Island one night in September, only to fered to Argentine secondary schools. The Hernandez in a metallk voice. Witnesses a "UFO Commander Akilovan" that his learn the whole thing was a hoax movie "Close Ecounters of the Thin). reported watching the car, with frightened Kind" just ended a profitable 15-week run mission was to prevent nuclear holocaust father and son inside, descend to the road Here in Argentina - which leads the here. "They have vested interest in averting a afterward. world in UFO sightings, according to a "When people continuously contemplate nuclear war on earth, as this would blow NASA tally - extraterrestrial visitors are such films, television shows, magazines the planet apart and alter the cosmos," A month earlier, bank manager Serrano part of the national folklore, thanks la and books, then UFOs, flying saucers and said-Ariel Rietti, head of Argentina's UFO Silva reported a flying object butted his dozens of such wellpublicized tale* ax green men become so natural that finally Observatory Commission. "They .have car on the highwar between Tunja and these: the>' are perceived in the world that sur- come here to see how their security It Bogota. Colombia. The car's engine and —Six fishermen in San Luis Province rounds us," wrote Gregorio Klimovsky in related to our stupidity."

11 CORRECT COLOR COMMUNICATIONS By P. Wayne LaPortc (Tarheel UFO Study Group)

Communication of color by the The Color Visualizer Chart is a Use the Color Visualizer Chart. witness to the investigator and by the matrix of 108 colors. Each column is a Label color on drawing by witness. Use investigator to the central headquarters basic color: Violet, Blue-Violet, Blue, first initial of color. For example, use is often a problem. Two relatively etc. There are 12 columns. The mid- BV for Blue-Violet. Behind, write pure inexpensive tools can be used. One is a row is the pure color. Above this row color or shade number (-4, -3, -2, -1,0,1, Color Visualizer Chart on the back are 4 rows progressively lighter in 2, 3, 4). Then further identify color by cover of the Color Wheel Kit put out by shade. Below are 4 rows progressively using Federal Standard Number from M. Grumbacher, Inc., 460 West 34th darker. Assign O to the row of pure Color Catalog. Use FS followed by Street, New York, N.Y. 10001. This is color. Now assign a -1, -2, -3, and -4 to appropriate number of color selected No. B425 and sells for about $5 in art progressively lighter rows as you move by witness. stores. The second item is the Federal to top of chart. Likewise, assign 1,2,3, Standard No. 595a Color Catalog (see and 4 to rows moving toward bottom of box). chart.

PROPOSAL FOR ESTABLISHING A STANDARD COLOR REFERENCE SYSTEM VIA USE OF THE FEDERAL STANDARD COLOR CATALOG

One problem I have encountered during investigations is communication of color. The color must be communicated by the witness to the investigator, and by the investigator to the central headquarters. I have used an artist color wheel and a paint company paint catalog. The color wheel has too few colors. The paint catalog has too many. Also, central headquarters must have the same brand color wheel or paint catalog. A better system is to use the Federal Standard No. 595a Color Catalog. This is a 31-page catalog with about 650 % inch by 1 inch color chips. The colors are broken down into BROWNS, REDS, ORANGES, YELLOWS, GREENS, BLUES, GREYS, AND MISCELLANEOUS. Each color chip has a number. The number allows for quick location of colors. If the witness says he saw a red nocturnal light, have him look through the REDS. There are twenty-four reds. Note Red and then the federal standard number. Then, anyone having an FS 595a catalog can see basically what color the witness saw. The catalog is furnished in loose-leaf form to permit the insertion of new material. It can be obtained for $2.75 from GSA Specifications, Washington Navy Yard Building 197, Washington, D.C. 20407. Delivery - 3 weeks. (Author's address: 315 Cedarwood Lane, Matthews, NC 28105)

Kunaahiri Island (Jet Chase, Continued) news Reports of various newspapers. time, at 11:25 and 12:45 PM precisely, According to the Tokyo Shinbun, as two phantom jets (different each time) the clear target was caught on the were scrambled. But, strangely enough screen, Air Staff Supervision again, when the jets approached the Authorities think it certain that some Sap] target, it disappeared from the radar object was flying at the time, but they screen. Finally the target disappeared think from the speed, etc., that it may from the radar screens of both radar have been an ad balloon, or a flock of Erimo-oisaki sites. migrating birds. The Mainichi Shinbun Misava ia located in The Air Staff Supervision reports their opinion as, "It may have the northern part of Authorities' opinion on the nature of been a balloon from Soviet Union or Japan proper. the target differs slightly between the China, or a flock of birds." 12 UFO TECH NOTE METAL IDENTIFICATION By John F. Schuessler

During the month of June 1974, a is not uncommon. Many UFO complex. The chemicals aid in fisherman was operating his boat on the investigators have been faced with the determining the presence or absence of Little River near Georgetown, La., decision of what to do about artifacts of certain identifying alloying elements. when he came upon a metallic disc all sizes and shapes. The metalworking They do this by forming precipitates or partially buried in a sandbar. industry faces such decisions on a daily producing the colors that are Recognizing immediately that it was basis. Metals being stored for future use characteristic of the unknown strange to that environment he decided often turn up without identification elements. to retrieve it. Using his boat oar as a tags. The Defense Supply Agency of The Defense Supply Agency has shovel he dug away the sand and the Department of Defense (DOD) has developed a set of sequential charts to obtained a circular piece of metal 38 identified a number of tests that may be break down the identification process inches in diameter, 1/8 inch thick, with used to identify the unknown metals. to very specific alloys. In addition, the a 14-inch hole in the middle. The donut- These range from a simple color American Society for Testing and shaped artifact was discolored on one examination, to spark testing, to wet Materials publishes detailed side as if it had been very hot. The chemical, and finally to spectrographic procedures for the wet chemistry heating had caused that side to melt. As methods. Of course, the spectro- techniques. All this is just the beginning it did, subtle shades of many colors graphic technique is the one to use for a of a very complex field, but one that is formed abstract patterns across the high level of accuracy and detail in the most valuable to the UFO investigator. bubbled surface, along nodules, and on analysis. However, the one drawback is A final word of caution — take care ragged edges. The pattern of molten expense — it is costly and quite not to contaminate or destroy any UFO metal seemed to swirl as if it had been possibly not necessary. evidence. At the same time it pays to at spun while hot. In a great many cases, three simple least understand the process of metals Close examination of the metal tests — magnetic, spark, and chemical identification, a process only briefly revealed some of its properties. It was spot — will supply enough information touched on in this tech note. extremely hard, tough and rigid. The to identify it, or at least assign it to a non-molten side was the color of particular family group. The process stainless steel. The artifact was actually should start with an examination for beautiful, like a piece of abstract art. color. According to Iron Age magazine, The discoverer felt that he had found a red represents copper; tan for cupro- REGISTER, Richmond, XT piece of a "flying saucer," as there had nickel; dark yellow for bronzes; light Her. 30, 1978 been sightings in that area during the yellow for brasses; dark grey for zinc flap of 1973. Eventually, the artifact was and lead; and white or gray for most Two women obtained by David Kissinger of other metals. Next, a magnetic test will PROJECT VISIT in Houston and the reveal iron, steel, nickel, and the 400- identification process began. Since the series stainless steels to be strongly report UFO material appeared to be of the type magnetic. Monel, aluminum bronze, Two Madison County women told used in spacecraft construction, it was and cupro-nickel are slightly magnetic. State PoKw of a strange experience taken to the Materials Section of the they had at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday Most others are non-magnetic. while riding In a car on Log Cabin Johnson Space Center, where it was An experienced metal handler can Road. immediately recognized as a dome from tell a lot by the spark test — a process of According to police reports, Vlctcle Allen and Use Lrgcr were allegedly one of the Apollo Service Module holding the metal to a grinding wheel chased by a large unidentified flying storage tanks. It was titanium. This was and observing the spark stream. object that (lashed blue and white lights. The crall hovered above their not the first piece of material that had Characteristics of interest are

(Reprinted by permission from The an orange bottom, coming from the on Wednesday, April 29, 1964 by the UFO Examiner, Vol. 2, No. 3, underside of the object. The object then Telegraph-Herald in Dubuque, Iowa. September 1978, Route #1,' Hazelton, rose vertically (by this time Zamora was Mistakes abound in the article as to IA 50641. Editor Ralph DeGraw notes running for cover and looked at the exact date, description of object, etc., that there are discrepancies between object from over his shoulder), then and Stanford (having never personally the witness descriptions and with the moved off horizontally about 10 to 15 talked with the two witnesses) has done original account by Lonnie Zamora, but feet in the air. The object cleared the a lot of speculating and assuming in in broad detail the testimony appears to nearby dynamite shack by about 3 feet, order to make the two witnesses' story support Zamora's report-Editor) heading in a southwest direction. The confirm that of Officer Zamora. object seemed to get smaller as it We decided to contact these two Most readers are familiar with the seemed to slowly gain altitude and just witnesses to get the full story of their famous Socorro, New Mexico landing cleared Box Canyon or Six Mile experience, and to confirm, if possible, case which occurred about 5:45 P.M. Canyon Mountain. It disappeared from that they had indeed seen the same on Friday, April 24, 1964. Socorro view as it went over the mountains. object as Zamora. Interview dates were Police Officer, Lonnie Zamora, was Officer Zamora stated that when set up with the two men and on May chasing a speeding motorist south of the object took off, there was no 26th, Patrick Crowley and I interviewed town, when his attention was drawn to smoke, but dust was apparently stirred Mr. Larry Kratzer at his apartment in a flame in the sky and a roar up in the immediate area. Dubuque. On May llth, I interviewed approximately one-half to one mile to Mr. Paul Kies at his home. Both men the southwest. OTHER WITNESSES agreed to a tape-recorded interview Thinking that a dynamite shack and also filled out standard report which was located in that area had According to a local gas station forms. blown up, Zamora decided to attendant, Zamora's UFO was seen by Both men remembered the discontinue pursuit of the speeder and at least one other witness. Opel sighting and recounted to the best of investigate. The flame descended into a Grinder, a Whiting Bros, gas station their knowledge, what had happened shallow gully beyond a hill as Zamora, attendant, told Dr. J. Allen Hynek, who and what they had seen. More than 14 with some difficulty, attempted to reach was investigating the case for the Air years has elapsed since the incident and the area on a rough road which led in Force at the time, that an unidentified both men found it difficult to recall that direction. motorist had stopped at the station every detail, but were able to recount After three attempts, Zamora shortly before 6 P.M. and had the most important ones. reached the top of the hill and after mentioned seeing a strange craft that When Crowley and I set out to looking around a short time, suddenly had flown low over Highway #85 as he investigate the two lowans' stories, we noticed an egg-shaped object, white in drove North. Grinder told Dr. Hynek assumed that they would tell color like "aluminum", sitting on the that the motorist reported the craft was approximately the same story and give ground in a shallow gully off the road. headed West toward a mesa. After the similar descriptions. However, we were Near the object were two small figures object had disappeared behind the very mistaken. Although the dressed in white coveralls. One of them mesa, the motorist said he saw a patrol circumstances such as time, location, seemed startled as it seemed to turn car (apparently Zamora's) driving up etc., were described the same by both and look directly at Zamora's car. the mesa in the same direction that the men, descriptions of what they saw Zamora, thinking that there had strange craft had come down in. were entirely different! been an accident, as the object Attempts to locate this unidentified In order to accurately relay both somewhat resembled an over-turned witness have been futile and to this day, mens' stories, I have decided to car, continued toward the object, he has never come forth to confirm summarize each man's testimony paying attention to the rough road as he Zamora's story. separately, with my analysis at the end. drove. When arriving at a point According to Ray Stanford's (Analysis omitted here-Editor.) approximately 100 feet from the recent book "Socorro Saucer in a strange object, Officer Zamora noticed Pentagon Pantry," two men from PAUL KIES' DESCRIPTION a strange insignia of some sort on the Dubuque, Iowa also witnessed side of it. The insignia was red, about 2'/2 Zamora's UFO while driving in that On Friday, April 24, 1964, Paul feet high and about 2 feet wide. area at the same time. Stanford's only Kies and Larry Kratzer were returning Suddenly, Officer Zamora heard a source of information, however, is a to Dubuque, Iowa after picking up a loud roar and saw a light blue flame with newspaper article which was published boat which Kies had been forced to 14 leave behind near Quemado, N. through the Texas/Oklahoma After climbing vertically out of the Mexico on a previous trip, due to panhandle they heard a news report on smoke, Kratzer said the object leveled automobile difficulties. They had left the car radio which made them think off and moved in a southwest direction, Quemado earlier that day and were twice about what they had seen earlier disappearing in the black smoke which driving east on Highway #60. After near Socorro. he said was coming out of its underside. crossing the Magdelenia Mountains Kies said they were listening to 'Kratzer described the object as a they began their long descent towards Oklahoma City radio station KOMA shiny silver in color with a row of round the town of Socorro, which lay along during one of the stations brief news "darker mirror-like windows" or the Rio Grande'. reports sometime between shortly portholes across the side with a "red Z" According to Kies, it was before 11 P.M. and Midnight, when the .marking toward the right end of the approximately 5:00 P.M. (Iowa time) or story of Zamora's UFO sighting came object. He told us that he could see shortly before, when they reached a on. Kies stated that during the about four "windows" on the side facing point approximately 1 mile southwest broadcast the radio station suddenly him, but assumed that they went all the of Socorro. Suddenly Kratzer, who was went off the air. By the time it came way around the craft. The object made driving, pointed out a cloud of dust back on, the report on Zamora's no noise that he could hear and when followed by black smoke which encounter was over. However, Kies asked what his impressions were at the appeared to be ahead and slightly to the said they heard enough of the story to time, he said that he thought it'was right of their position. Kies estimated "put- two and two together" and some vertical lift aircraft that the that it was about 1 mile distant and was decided that they must have seen the government was experimenting with. coming from the ground. Then, as they same object as Zamora, rather than a Kratzer said the object was about the watched, a bright, shiny "reflection" , junk yard with burning tires. Too many size of the moon and that after it was appeared within the smoke. Kies stated things fit such as location, time, etc. concealed by the black smoke, the that they continued on toward Socorro After returning to Dubuque, Kies smoke got smaller as it traveled slowly and that they moved at such an angle and Kratzer decided they should tell the out of view in the distance. that. the "reflection" was no longer local newspaper their story since the Kratzer stated that while he and visible. Kies was not sure whether he Zamora sighting was still making Kies were hooking up the boat trailer had seen the reflection of sunlight headlines. This they did but the lights, he mentioned what he and Kies (which was low in the western sky) newspaper didn't get the facts straight. had seen to the attendant on duty. falling on an object on the ground or The paper had the two men sighting the Kratzer said the attendant then told whether the object itself was emitting object on Saturday when in reality the him that he had heard that a local light. However, at the time, he felt that incident had occurred on Friday. The policeman had seen a strange object on there must have been a junk yard in that paper also stated that they were a mile the edge of Socorro also, over the area and that someone was burning east of Socorro, where as Kies said they radio. tires and cutting up wrecked cars, and were definitely west of the town, that he had seen part of a car body or heading east. window reflecting the sun. He at no time thought anything about UFOs and LARRY KRATZER'S DESCRIPTION certainly did not attribute his Strange Lights' | observation to one. Since most of the above summary Continuing on, Kies and Kratzer is consistent with Mr. Kratzer's Seen Over State - drove into Socorro, stopping at a filling account, I will describe only the station (Kies thinks it may have been a inconsistencies between the accounts. Are Unexplained ft> Chevron station), to hook-up the boat Larry Krazer stated that he was ARDMORF fUPI) — Strange, trailer lights which they had neglected driving Mr. Kies' car, a 1964 silver-blue blinking lights that changed colors O to do earlier. Kies told us that he Corvette, toward the town of Socorro, flitted across the sky over southern Oklahoma and North Texas early I vaguely remembers Kratzer and when approximately one mile west Tuesday, and authorities said they mentioning that he had told the station of town, noticed a cloud of black smoke were unable to explain the O sightings. attendant about what they had seen, coming from the ground ahead of them Several sightings were reported but does not remember him (Kratzer) and to the right. Kratzer brought this to by police and other officers, and saying anything about Zamora's Kies' attention and watched as a round, some by private citizens. 00 sighting (see Kratzer's story to follow). saucer or egg-shaped object ascended "At first, I thought it was a falling star, but it kept changing direct- vO After leaving the station, Kies and vertically from the black smoke. ions," said dispatcher Mike Bracken Kratzer continued on toward Iowa, Kratzer told us that it was hard to of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol's Ardmore district headquarters. traveling on Highway #60 until they estimate distances and altitudes, Bracken said the light, which ap- reached Vaughn, N.M. Just east of especially since the incident had peared on the horizon to the south- Vaughn they turned off on Highway #54 happened so long ago, but roughly east about 3 a.m., "seemed to be l moving too fast for a plane." which took them through the estimated that the object was about /2 Bracken said Linda Panic, a po- panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma to 1 mile distant and was at an altitude lice dispatcher, also saw the strange and on to Wichita. While driving of roughly 1,000 ft. when first seen. light. 15 I" Candle Balloon Construction

By Ann Druffcl and Observation Notes

(Note: Although guest writers to this column usually reside in California, an exception has been made this month in order to present the following excellent report by Wayne Laporte. The subject of "candle balloons" presents a great problem to By Wayne Laporte UFO researchers in California. We are happy to publish Laporte's personal experience and advice.)

The birthday candle balloon IFO Third Method: Unbraid a copper on wind velocity. Our best balloon contributes much to UFO "noise." In electrical wire and make a 10-inch traveled about 1% to 2 miles. order to become fully familiar with the diameter loop. Fashion a cup of At maximum altitude, candle appearance of these common pranks, aluminum foil to hold a sterno pellet. balloons look like Venus or Jupiter in UFO investigators would do well to Use four strands of copper wire about visual magnitude and size. construct and launch one. By seeing 6 inches long to hold the foil cup. Very MANEUVERS: Candle balloon one themselves, researchers can better fine wire must be used, or balloon will behavior is completely dependent on understand how witnesses can readily not rise above a few feet. the winds. They do not always drift in a misidentify then as UFOs. In all cases, attach the plastic straight path. Often their flight is Launching candle balloons is not a laundry bag to the 90-degree opening erratic. In variable winds, they bob, dart violation of FAA regulations, provided support by scotch tape. about, and even appear to hover while they are not launched within 3 miles of LAUNCH TECHNIQUE: Use a caught between wind levels which an airport. However, they may be in propane torch to blow up and heat the travel in different directions. violation of local laws, so check with the air in the balloon. Once the balloon 1 These balloons "go out" in the local police authorities before launching puffs out, light the candles. Hold a small following ways: 1. sudden extinguishing, any. (In the Southern California area, propane torch inside the balloon until with sometimes a small glow continuing those investigators who have the plastic feels warm to the touch. for a few seconds; 2. the balloon flaring, experimented with these ballopns have Then release the balloon. momentarily, then going out; 3. the found it useful to tether them on the end Successful launch requires two balloon catching fire as the bag and/or of a long string, due to local danger of persons and low surface winds. High candle support catches fire (when this brush fires.— AD) surface winds are apt to blow the plastic happens, it looks like a "UFO" burning CONSTRUCTION TECH- into the candle flames. Also allow at out); 4. balloon appearing to drop "balls NIQUES: Three techniques are least 200 feet radius for balloon to clear of fire." commonly used to fabricate these nearby trees and buildings. Have a fire This fourth aspect causes more IFOs. All three methods use a plastic, extinguisher on hand. UFO "noise" than the other three shirt-size laundry bag, which is sealed at OBSERVATION: Candle balloons aspects. When the candles fall off, there the hanger opening with scotch tape or rise quite rapidly. The candles can be can be anywhere from one to several with a hot iron. seen and identified plainly at a lateral flaming pieces dropping in succession. First Method: Scotch tape two distance up to 100 feet. The plastic bag The balls fall fast and are visible for soda straws end to end. Using two sets can be seen visually up to about 300 about a 50-foot drop. If the balloon is at of straws, make a 90-degree cross and feet. maximum altitude, this is only a 2% tape together. Trim straws so you have If clear, transparent laundry bags drop of the distance from the IFO to the a 16-inch span. Using a hobby knife, are used, the typical color of a launched ground. Long elevation drops of make three % inch-long slots on each candle balloon is yellow-white. At about candles are extremely unlikely because leg of cross. These slots should be one 600 feet, the light starts to look yellow- airflow extinguishes the burning inch apart, starting one inch from the orange. At 800 feet, the balloon candles as the velocity increases. This center. Melt the bottom of birthday becomes medium orange. Tinted bags, holds true also for burning pieces of candles and quickly insert in slots in the such as green or blue, may cause a plastic straws. straws. different color to be seen by witnesses Burning balsa debris will fall a long Second Method: Use balsa strips on the ground. way. However this wood is light and 1/32 inch thick by 1/4 inch wide. Glue These balloons reach an altitude of floats slowly down. It will drift with the to form 90-degree cross with a 16-inch 2,000 feet and last from 13 to 15 wind rather than fall vertically like the span. Melt bottoms of birthday candles minutes. (In rare California cases, they heavier burning candles. and place on the balsa strips one inch have, been tracked for close to 20 Sometimes "balls of fire" are seen apart. minutes.—AD) The distance depends being ejected from authentic UFOs, but 16 Lucius Farish In Others' Words

The October 24 issue of Uruguay, is detailed in the November Ufologists whose involvement with NATIONAL ENQUIRER has a follow: 14 ENQUIRER issue. the subject extends back to the late up report on Carl Higdon, who claims The testimonies of UFO 195Q's may well remember ads for a to have been taken to another planet in "abductees" are..the subject of "Flying Saucers" chart which appeared a UFO. According to the story, comments by Drs. R. Leo Sprinkle, in magazines of that period. It was one hypnotic testimony and Psychological Alvin Lawson, W.C. McCall, and Kent of the relatively few attempts to provide Stress Evaluation analyses confirm Newman in an article for the November a graphic display of UFO shapes, sizes, Higdon's allegations. The October 31 7 issue of THE STAR. speeds, possible origins, maneuvers, ENQUIRER issue reported on an Italian The December issue of FATE etc. As such, it represented a UFO incident from August 1977, in presents Philip Klass' negative view of tremendous amount of research on the which a witness who attempted to the Coyne helicopter/UFO case which part of the compiler, Fred Keziah. approach the object was repelled by a occurred over Ohio in October 1973. In Readers may be interested in knowing violent force. The same issue contains a a rejoinder to Klass' article, Jennie that copies of the 1958 edition of the short item concerning the lack of official Zeidman shows the inadequacies of chart are still available at the original governmental plans for greeting (or Klass' arguments in his attempt to find a price of $1.00 each (plus postage). defending against) possible space "conventional" explanation for the Address your orders to Mr. Keziah at: visitors. UFO activity over the Yakima incident. 8306 Lilac Lane, Alexandria, VA 22308. Indian Reservation in Southern The #12 issue of TRUE FLYING Lynn Catoe's UFOs: AN Washington is described in the SAUCERS & UFOs is composed ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY; November 7 issue, along with the almost entirely of rehash and non-UFO- which has been out of print for some results of a recent poll on the renewed related material. time, is being re-issued by Gale spending of federal funds to investigate. Some rather interesting sighting Research (Book Tower, Detroit, MI UFOs. The majority of those polled reports and photos from the New York 48226) in December. This new edition (75%) opposed additional federal City area are featured in the #2 issue of — presumably hardcover — will sell for spending for UFO investigations. A UFO UPDATE, but a goodly portion of $24.00. UFO landing report from Rocha, this issue is also rehash.

(California Report, Continued) STAMP DONATIONS these differ in size, maneuvers and Recent donations of cancelled speed, as well as being longer-lived than foreign stamps have been received the pieces which fall from candle from Barbara Mathey, Los Angeles, balloons. Calif.; Fred Merritt, Lombard, III.; and Plastic candle balloons do not Grey Woodman, Clinton, Iowa. show up on radar. Those constructed Proceeds from "sale" of the with heavy wire or hanging strips of stamps to a collector (exchange for tinfoil can cause a weak radar return, current U.S. stamps) are used to help but these balloons have almost no lifting underwrite the international exchange power. They .cannot lift and drop of UFO information. Send stamps in railroad flares, such as Phil Klass claims any quantity to Richard Hall, 4418 39th in his book UFOs EXPLAINED. St., Brentwood, MD 20722. Flare balloons, usually construct- ed with lighter-than-air gases, are quite another matter, and more uncommon Author Wayne LaPorte than our old nemesis, the candle Experiments with launch of balloon. candle balloon 17 (Director's Message, Continued A special philatelic issue . Systems Investigative Team) holds from back cover) commemorating the 32nd Regular monthly meetings. Meetings scheduled General by May 31,1979. Grenada, by Session of the General Assembly of the in the near future will be held March 4, itself, cannot apply sufficient influence United Nations dated October 7,1977, 1979,6:00 PM at the home of Lawrence to launch a full-scale study, but the is titled "Quest to Discover More About D. Kissinger, State Section Director, at submission of UFO material and U.F.O.'s and Related Phenomena." It 501 Heather Lane, in Friendswood, TX; l sincere interest by several of the major measures approximately 3 /2 by 4% April 1,1979, 6:30 PM at the residence powers of our world would have the inches in size depicting the United of Richard C. Niemtzow, 1611 Ramada, necessary impact to "get the ball Nations building complex in New York Houston, TX, and the May 6th meeting rolling". MUFON, as an international City. A two dollar stamp picturing Sir is to be announced later. UFO organization, has members in Eric Gairy and the UN Assembly Hall in On November 30, 1979, an most nations who should start perforated stamp size composes the organizational meeting was held in San immediately to cultivate the interest center of the special issue. A simulated Antonio, Texas, to establish a UFO and submit solid cases to their UFO appears over Manhattan Island investigative team for Bexar County governments that may be transmitted with the inscription "Research Into under the direction of Bill Dante, State to the Secretary-General as evidence of U.F.O.'s." All four of these full color Section Director. The following officers support to Grenada's proposal. stamps may be obtained from the were elected: President-Wade Success in such a mission would be postal service in Grenada or your McKinney, Vice President-Irene another giant stride in resolving the recognized stamp dealers. (The $3 Immerman, Secretary-Evelyn UFO phenomenon. Here is your stamp is worth a little more than one Goodman, Treasurer-Kim L. Neidigh, opportunity to take positive steps. dollar in U.S. currency.) Director of Investigations-Bob Morgan, MUFON is indebted to Peter Tom Adams, State Section UFO Hotline Operator-Arline Tomikawa, a Japanese citizen residing Director for Lamar, Red River, McKinney, and Public Relations in Yonkers, N.Y., who has been our Franklin, and Titus counties in Texas, Director-Audrey Palulis. Since moving special envoy to the United Nations, has become very involved in the past MUFON headquarters to Seguin, providing copies of all UN material few years in the mystery surrounding Texas, in July of 1975, organizing Bexar related to UFOs and for photographs the cattle mutilations. He has produced County has been one of my personal taken on November 27, 1978, at the four issues of STIGMATA, the Project goals that is now becoming a reality in Special Political Committee meeting Stigma Report on the Continuing the United States' tenth largest city. and news conference where Investigation into the Occurrence of Keith Basterfield, MUFON presentations were made by Dr. J. Animal Mutilations. Project Stigma Representative in Australia, has Allen Hynek, Dr. Jacques Vallee, represents an on-going probe into the recently compiled a close encounter Stanton T. Friedman, Lt. Col. Larry relentless wave of animal mutilations catalog of Australian cases dating back Coyne, Sir Eric Gairy, and Dr. and mutilation-deaths, . and is an to July 25, 1868, and up to March 5, Wellington Friday. Lee Spiegel attempt to coordinate and assist in 1978, composed of 52 pages, attended the news conference and was information gathering activities on the copyrighted July 1978. It is titled "A the visual aids coordinator for the part of the pertinent and responsible Source Catalogue of Australian UFO presentation to the UN. investigative agencies and individuals. and Related Reports." Keith would like As previously announced in the The.MUFON UFO Journal has not to thank all the member organizations Journal, the world's first postage dedicated space to cattle mutilations, of the Australian Co-Ordination stamps commemorating UFO research since the people behind these illegal Section of the Center for UFO Studies, have been issued by the Caribbean .acts have not been definitely identified and especially Bill Chalker of Sydney island nation of Grenada. The 35C as cult organizations, UFOs, or for his work on physical trace cases. stamp pictures a radar antenna probing possibly both. We feel that the work Both Keith and Bill Chalker responded the skies, and six infrared spots, which being done by Tom and his father has a very promptly on the October 21,1978, could be UFOs, around the moon. place in this diversified quest for Frederick Valentich pilot and aircraft Grenada's five cent stamp shows a answers to the UFO phenomenon. To disappearance case. Their reports were woodcut reproduction of an object said receive the "Fall 1978 STIGMATA" received by MUFON on October 31st to have invaded the skies of send $1.00 (cash preferred) to Project and published in the August 1978 issue Nuremberg, Germany, on April 15, Stigma, P.O. Box 1094, Paris, Texas of the Journal. Bill is also a MUFON 1561. Also on the stamp is an 75460. Tom's interest in this subject Representative in Australia and both illustration of a flying saucer as goes back to the "Snippy the Horse are active participants in UFO described by George Adamski. The Case" in Alamosa, Colorado, in which Research (S.A.) Inc., 2A Castle Ave., three dollar stamp depicts a simulated he became involved. Prospect, South Australia 5082, flying saucer on the left, next to a Frequently in the Director's Australia picture of a strange light photographed Message I discuss MUFON activities, The Missing Seven Hours by over Bells, Texas, during the 1965 flap which could be titled "News Around the David A. Haisell, MUFON Field by Bob Campbell. (It was rotated 90 Network." The Houston UFO group, Investigator in Mississauga, Ontario, degrees in error on the stamp). identified as VISIT (Vehicle Internal Canada, documents a series of UFO 18 (Continued on next page) UTAH MOTES

By Mildred Biesele Those who "Ski Utah," if you'll level, against prevailing canyon drafts. (MUFON State Director for Utan) pardon the plug, may know Robert It reversed its course just before a small Redford's Sundance resort. If you don't plane passed through the canyon, Mountain West, a regional ski, you might recognize it as the scene giving the observers an estimate of the magazine published in Provo, Utah, of the winter cabin sequence of his film size of the Unidentified, which was featured a cover story on UFOs in the Jeremiah Johnson. Two Provo couples about the same size as the plane, a August issue, written by David A. horseback riding in the area heard a Cessna 172. Johnson, a freelance writer living in loud crashing coming from the other When the riders reached the far Orem, between Salt Lake and Provo. side of a meadow where they had side of the meadow, the spot where the He rehashed some of Dr. Frank stopped to rest their horses. The object had apparently been causing the Salisbury's book, The Utah UFO horses were disturbed; one bolted and commotion, about two hours later, Display, and threw in the history of the threw the rider. When it was quiet, they their horses broke uncontrollably for Tremonton films, but his lead was a new continued their ride and reaching the home. Deer were seen dashing at full sighting that occurred on August 12 top of the ridge, they saw a large bright speed across the meadow. near Provo. yellow object going down canyon at eye The case is under investigation. (Director's Message, Continued) and paranormal events experienced by a Canadian family, the Armstrongs, first in England and then in Canada. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION , Many of the occurrences take place during the 1973-75 well documented 1. Title of publication: THE MUFON UFO (A Not-for-Profit corporation incorporated "flap" in southern Ontario. Copies may JOURNAL (USPS 002-970) under the State Laws of Texas. be obtained directly from the publisher, 2. Date of filing: October 16, 1978 Trustees: Walter H. Andrus, Jr. Paper Jacks Ltd., 330 Steelcase Road, 3. Frequency of issue: Monthly (International Director), 103 Oldtowne Road, 4. Location of known office of publication: Seguin, TX 78155; Sam Gross (Corporate Markham, Ontario L3R 2M1. 103 Oldtowne Road, Seguin, TX 78155 Secretary), R.F.D. 4, Seguin, TX 78155; John George Fawcett, State Director 5. Names and complete. addresses of Donegan (Treasurer), 1901 Mount Vemon, for North Carolina, is to be publisher, editor, and managing editor: Seguin, TX 78155 commended for his outstanding public Publisher: Walter H. Andrus, Jr., 103 7. Known bondholders, mortgagees, and relations work through the newspapers Oldtownc Road, Seguin, TX 78155 other security holders, owning or holding 1 Editor: Richard Hall, 4418 39th St., percent or more of total amount of bonds, and his speaking engagements in behalf Brentwood, MD 20722. mortgages or other securities: NONE of MUFON. In the December 20,1978 6. Owner: MUTUAL UFO NETWORK, 8. For completion by nonprofit issue of The Maiden Times he gave a INC. (MUFON), 103 Oldtowne Road, Seguin, organizations authorized to mail at special brief resume about MUFON and the Texas 78155 rates: NO CHANGE seven new members who recently 10. Extent and nature of circulation Actual No. Copies of became Field Investigators. North Average No. Copies each issue single issue published Carolina is now planning for their third during preceeding 12 months nearest to filing date annual MUFON UFO Training A. Total No. Copies Printed : 1200 : : 1200 B. Paid Circulation Conference, to be announced at a later 1. Sales through dealers and carriers, date. street vendors and counter sales. 0 0 Some very interesting UFO 2. Mail Subscriptions '. 973 1013 reports are now emanating from New C. Total Paid Circulation 973 1013 D. Free Distribution by Mail, Carrier or Zealand, starting on December 22, other means Samples, complimentary, and 1978, and culminating with motion other free copies 46 - 39 pictures filmed from an aircraft that E. Total Distribution 1019- 1052 were shown on CBS-TV on January 1, F. Copies Not Distributed 1979, in the United States. Harold 1. Office use, left over, unaccounted, Fulton, MUFON Director for New spoiled after printing 181 . 148 2. Returns from News Agents 0 . 0 Zealand, has sent newspaper accounts G. Total - 1200 1200 for December 22,23, and 24, and Keith Basterfield has filed a preliminary (signed) Walter H. Andrus, jr. report. Details will be published in the Publisher Journal after the complex series of radar, visual, and. photographic cases have been analyzed. 19 by DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE WaltAndrus

The 1979 MUFON UFO Dakota counties of Stutsman, Foster, monthly publication. Symposium will be held Saturday and LeMoure, Barnes, Kidder, and Logan. An update on the proposals by the Sunday, July 7 and .8, at the beautiful Lee has a B.A. in Chemistry and is nation of Grenada to the United Airport Marina Hotel at the San employed as an Engineer with Western Nations regarding unidentified flying Francisco International Airport, 1380 Gear. object may be summed up in the press Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA A writer and teacher, William L. release of December 8, 1978 by the 94010; telephone (415) 347-5444. Moore, P.O. Box 245, Herman, MN Special Political Committee. The paper Festivities will actually start Friday 56248; telephone (612) 589-4259 was reads as follows: "The Special Political evening July 6 for those who arrive appointed State Section Director for Committee recommends to the early. The featured speakers presently Grant, Traverse, and Stevens counties General Assembly adoption of the confirmed for the Saturday program in Minnesota. He is an experienced following consensus: "The General are Dr. J. Allen Hynek, James M. researcher and investigator with an Assembly has taken note of the McCampbell, Stanton T. Friedman, Dr. A.B. in liberal arts plus 45 graduate statements made, and draft resolutions Richard Haines, Dr. Dennis Reagan, credits. Bill Moore's interest in the submitted by Grenada at the 32nd and and Dr. Ted Peters. The program for events surrounding the so-called 33rd sessions of the General Assembly Sunday afternoon has not been Philadelphia Experiment (U.S. Navy) regarding unidentified flying objects completed. The Mutual UFO Network stems from research begun in 1974 with and related phenomena. The General corporate meeting is scheduled for the initial intention of exposing the Assembly invites interested member Sunday morning from 9:00 AM to 12:00 entire story as nothing more than an States to take appropriate steps to co- noon. James McCampbell, Director of elaborate hoax. The extensive ordinate on a national level scientific Research; Paul C. Cerny, Western investigation that followed, an research and investigation into Regional Director; and Thomas M. investigation which led him to visit, extraterrestrial life, including Gates as Symposium Chairman are some 25 states and two foreign unidentified flying objects, and to heading up the host organization for countries and to log over 24,000 miles of inform the Secretary-General of the this gala affair. These dates were travel soon served to convince him that observations, research, and evaluation selected to take advantage of the fourth the exact opposite was in fact the truth. of such activities. The General of July holiday that falls on Wednesday. His forthcoming book, "The Assembly requests the Secretary- Plan your vacation to visit the sights in Philadelphia Experiment: Project General to transmit the statements of the Golden Gate city, since San ^Invisibility" (Grosset & Dunlap, Spring the delegation of Grenada and the Francisco is one of the "four unique '1979), done in consultation with well • relevant documentation to the cities" in the United States for tourists. known author, linguist, and researcher Committee on the Peaceful Uses of (New York, New Orleans, and San Mr. Charles Berlitz, sets forth the Outer Space, so that they may consider Antonio are the other three). results of that investigation in graphic them at their 1979 meeting. The Bill Pitts, State Director for detail. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Arkansas, has reassigned State Section Harry G. Willnus, Ph. D., State Outer Space will permit Grenada, upon Director William D. Leet the counties of Director, for Michigan, has selected its request, to present their views to the Miller, Lafayette, Little River, and Michael Botwin, 22860 Sharrow, Committee at its next session. The Hempstead since his recent move to Warren, MI 48089; telephone (313) 773- Committee's deliberation will be 1304 East 48th St., Texarkana, AR 3049 to be the State Section Director included in its report which will be 75505. Bill was formerly State Section for Oakland, Macomb, Lapier, and St. considered by the General Assembly at Director for Pulaski, Lonoke, and Clair counties to replace William its 34th session." Saline counties. Mrs. Mildred Higgins, Mendez. The UN Committee on the State Section Director for Benton, A special thanks to Carol and Bill Peaceful Uses of Outer Space will next Carroll, and Washington counties, with Armstrong for providing copies of 10 meet in June 1979 and the United her husband Ed now resides at Box 603, early issues of SKYLOOK starting with Nations will convene in September Fountain Plaza, Rogers, AR 72756. September 1967 so that our MUFON 1979. If any positive action is to be taken Lee H. Wilbur, 1010 19th St., NE, file would be complete. This is part of a by the UN, it is imperative that UFO Jamestown, ND 58401; telephone (701) program being conducted by George researchers worldwide must urge their 252-0567 has accepted the position of M. Eberhart, MUFON Staff Librarian, governments to submit UFO State Section Director for the North to cross index all material in our information to the UN Secretary- (continued on page 18)