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Stephenville, Texas Sighting 3

Women in Ufology 6

Report from the Field: Fishing Trip becomes UFO/Alien Encounter 9

CMS Rankings 21

UFO Marketplace 23

Night Sky 24

Columns Dozens see UFO in Texas Director’s Message 2 Louisiana sighting on same night

MUFON Volunteer A Lousiana woman reported seeing David Watson 12 a triangle UFO on January 8, the same Book Reviews night that dozens of witnesses saw a large object over Stephenville, Texas. Millennial Hospitality 13 (See articles on page 3.) Her illustration, The Artist & the Alien 14 shown on a TV news report, resembled Stan Friedman: these drawings of other sightings. A Minnesota woman witnessed the British Breakthrough? 16 object above on Sept. 2, 1999 near the Filer’s Files 18 intersection of Minnesota Hwy 55 and US 169 (as pictured in the April 2000 Journal). At right, a field investigator in New Jersey witnessed this craft from his home observatory in October 2006 (as pictured in the June 2007 Journal). February 2008 Number 478 Director’s Message By James Carrion MUFON UFOs in the News, Membership Increases UFO Journal Sighting reports increase as well Please join (USPS 002970) UFOs are back in the news thanks me in congratu- (ISSN 02706822) to the alert citizens of the little towns lating Ken, Steve of Stephenville and Dublin, Texas, who and his team Mutual UFO Network reported seeing a UFO on January 7 along with 155 E. Boardwalk Drive and 8, 2008. Alejandro for Suite 300 MUFON is also back in the public doing a fine job in Fort Collins, CO 80525 eye thanks to the hard work and helping MUFON Tel: 970-232-3110 dedication of MUFON Texas led by become a Fax: 866-466-9173 MUFON Texas State Director Ken household name. [email protected] Cherry. Ken, along with Steve In addition James Carrion Hudgeons—MUFON Texas Chief to over 100 new International Director Investigator—and a team of MUFON MUFON members signing up since James Carrion, M.A. Texas field investigators interviewed the story broke, MUFON sighting 155 E. Boardwalk Drive, Suite 300 numerous sighting witnesses and reports tripled to over 600 versus the Fort Collins, CO 80525 gathered photo and video evidence normal monthly average of 200. Tel: 888-817-2220 while at the same time juggling many MUFON’s decentralized leader- Fax: 866-466-9173 media interviews. The international ship worked exactly as it should have [email protected] media frenzy and scheduling of at the grassroots level. Please help us in making MUFON an even stronger Editor interviews was handled very effi- ciently by Alejandro Rojas, MUFON organization by holding public aware- Sally Petersen, M.A. Director of Public Education. Tel: 888-817-2220 Continued on page 22 [email protected]

Columnists MUFON’S MISSION IS THE .SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF George Filer, M.B.A. UFOS FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY THROUGH Stanton Friedman, M.S. Gavin A. J. McLeod INVESTIGATION, RESEARCH, & EDUCATION.

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MUFON is investigating a sighting “very intense bright lights… and in Stephenville, Texas, which was they spanned a wide area…. It witnessed by many on January 8, made not a sound.” Some observ- 2008. The MUFON UFO Journal ers reported seeing fighter jets will publish a report on the results of chasing it. the investigation in a future issue. Local military first claimed that News of the sighting was widely they had no planes in the area that reported in the media by January 15, night, and then later changed their and MUFON Texas had investigators story. on site within a few days. Major Karl Lewis, a spokesman State director Ken Cherry says for the 301st Fighter Wing at the that MUFON received calls from 50 Joint Reserve Base Naval Air citizens who say they witnessed the Station in Fort Worth, initially said UFO and that the number and cred- that no F-16s or other aircraft from ibility of the people is exceptional. his base were in the area the night (Good Morning America, 1/18/08) the sightings were reported. He suggested that it may have been an Houston Chronicle MUFON Texas investigating illusion caused by two commercial MUFON Texas took over 50 airplanes whose lights appeared reports from witnesses on Saturday, orange due to the setting sun. Officials Sighting in Louisiana January 19 at the Rotary Club building at two regional Air Force bases also in the nearby town of Dublin. News stated that none of their aircraft in the on same Night reports claim that from 200 to 500 area that week. people packed the Rotary Building— The same night as the Texas On January 23, officials of the sighting, a woman in Louisiana saw whatever the number, it was more st 301 Fighter Wing changed their story, and filmed something strange in the witnesses in one place than MUFON saying that ten F-16 fighter jets built had ever tried to interview. While night sky. The woman, who did not by Lockheed Martin Corp. were in want to be identified, said the bright many gave reports of the January 8 fact training near Stephenville, at lights hovered so long, she had time to sighting, some told stories of previous about the time of the sightings. grab her video camera and begin experiences, including one woman Stephenville is located about 70 filming. The object or objects were who told a story about something she miles southwest of Fort Worth and seen around 9:00 PM in the skies near saw in 1957. about 70 miles north-northwest from Shongaloo, Webster Parish, Louisiana, Ken Cherry, MUFON Texas Crawford, Texas, home of President near the state line bordering Columbia State Director spearheaded the Bush’s ranch. The farming community County, Arkansas. The witness said it investigation, along with Steve of 17,000 proudly boasts a sign was silent until it began moving. Hudgeons of Fort Worth, MUFON’s proclaiming them the “Number 1 The witness drew a diagram of senior investigator for Texas. The Dairy County” in Texas. the object she observed, which has men plus their team of five additional Over the next couple of months, trained investigators conducted MUFON”S investigators plan to some resemblance to illustrations in interviews with the witnesses. process the information they have MUFON Journal articles in the April 2000 and June 2007 issues. (See Large, bright, fast and silent compiled, follow up with some of the witnesses and eventually produce a illustrations on cover of this issue.) Several dozen observers claim to report about any patterns they find in KSLA News TV contacted have seen a large, silent object with the accounts. Watch for the report in Barksdale Air Force Base, which bright lights flying low and fast in the a future MUFON UFO Journal. declined to comment or to view the skies above Stephenville, Texas, on video. The KLSA report can be the night of January 8. Reporter viewed at: http://www.disclose.tv/ Angelia K. Brown of the Stephenville action/viewvideo/2806/The_Same_ Empire-Tribune, speaking in an AP Object_Was_Seen_in_Texas__ News video, said that people saw amp__Louisiana_/ .

January 2008 MUFON UFO Journal 3 Is there No End to the Excuses We’re Given? Searching for the Truth By Dennis G. Balthaser presented, believing that I can become Why include “woo-woo?” 01-24-08—I don’t normally research a better researcher by such views. Many television documentaries UFO topics such as sightings, Shermer and Magaha cannot accept and news shows, as well as abductions, crop circles or cattle the fact that many of the witnesses newspaper articles that report UFO mutilations, instead I concentrate on who come forward are simply asking incidents, insist on bringing what I Roswell, Area 51, Underground Bases for someone in authority to explain to refer to as the “woo-woo” aspect into and the Pyramids of Giza. I do them what they saw. In my opinion what could, and should be reported as however have an interest when a high neither of these two gentlemen fall the story of the millennium. Why then profile case comes along, trying to into the “someone in do the people in tinfoil hats and sci-fi stay abreast of authority”category. Those who are in film clips have to be included? If that how it develops, authority of course seem to have had is their way of being balanced they is reported, and a lot of experience in not being obviously don’t understand the subject normally swept truthful with the witnesses and the of ufology to begin with. Is it any under the rug in public when making an official wonder that the subject is not taken a short time statement, going as far back as the more seriously than it is, due to the period. Roswell Incident 60 years ago. reporting it receives? In the last Retired military personnel, serious If we are ever to have objective 10 years, three researchers like Stanton Friedman, coverage of this subject, changes cases of and others are invited on the shows, must be made not only in how Dennis Balthaser sightings have but often times are cut off or television documentaries are pre- surfaced which interrupted by the host or skeptics not sented, but news media outlets should are of interest to me: the Phoenix giving a fair balance to the viewing also present their UFO news Lights, the O’Hare Airport sighting, public that is desiring information, differently than what has become the and the recent Stephenville, Texas consequently coming away with norm. Many radio show hosts are event. The official response to each distorted information. trying to do this in live interviews they case by the military and/or Do you believe in UFOs? conduct with serious researchers and government agencies have followed a witnesses, and I compliment them for Another serious mistake made by similar pattern, as have the major doing so. hosts like Larry King is asking media outlets handling of the As for the military and govern- questions such as, “do you believe in information. ment agencies that publicly get UFOs?” UFOs do exist, and have for Television “news” shows such as involved in trying to explain a certain many years, and have been admitted Larry King Live on CNN are a good case, their historical record is also to by the military as far back as the example. Devoting too much airtime extremely questionable, and seems to 1940s and 50s, so it’s not a matter of to skeptics and debunkers like get worse with each case. Remember if they exist, but rather in my opinion, Michael Shermer and James Magaha we have been given four excuses for what they are, which have not does absolutely nothing to educate the what happened in Roswell in 1947 in satisfactorily been explained in the public on the information available the past 60 years, and many of us three aforementioned cases. from credible witnesses. Both of believe we have still not been told the Many television documentaries on these gentlemen have an obvious truth. The excuses given in most the subject of UFOs follow the same agenda that appears to feed directly cases are not satisfactory. It is biased approach. One example is the into the television show host’s biased disheartening to me that witnesses National Geographic special, for reporting of these events. Just once, I must be made to look like they are not which researchers Stanton Friedman, would like to hear Shermer or qualified to comment on what they Don Schmitt, myself and others Magaha admit that we possibly don’t saw, when the truth in most cases is devoted our years of research freely know what these witnesses are the simple fact that the witnesses to filming of the show, only to have seeing, and allow a serious don’t know what they saw, and the the debunkers override the show to an investigation to transpire. In my own excuses given by the authorities do extremely biased conclusion. research I welcome opposing views not correlate with what the witnesses that have factual information Continued on page 5 4 MUFON UFO Journal January 2008 Herbert Prouty J.D., MUFON Director of Legal Affairs, Retires

It is said that “all good things must come to an end.” way. When unscrupulous individuals did things that In this case, the end simply means that Herbert Prouty J.D., could be harmful to the future of MUFON, Herb pro- our Director of Legal Affairs is retiring. Herb served as vided the legal direction that defused those attempts and Director of Legal Affairs under three MUFON International kept MUFON on the straight and narrow path. Directors – Walter Andrus, John Schuessler and James In 2006, Herb became a MUFON Lifetime Member Carrion. thereby demonstrating his continuing support for Herb was always there when MUFON needed legal MUFON beyond his term as Director of Legal Affairs. advice or direction. He graciously shared his legal expertise We appreciate the work that Herb did for MUFON and to assure that MUFON was operating in a legal and ethical are proud to call him a friend.

Balthaser: Excuses Continued from page 4 saw. Is it any wonder that most government is experienced in spending Stephenville case, and I’ll await their sightings go unreported because of our tax money without accountability, findings, but I feel the military the ridicule, embarrassment or threats why not notify the public in Phoenix explanation after a two-week delay the witnesses will have to deal with that the Guard will again drop flares was again unacceptable. when they report it? over the same location, same time of In all my years of doing research, Having been in the military night and altitude, so they can again be I thought the U.S. military had shot myself, and as a proud life-long filmed and compared with the original themselves in the foot several times, American supporter of our troops, I event. particularly with the 1997 “crash test believe those military personnel in the The O’Hare Airport case also had dummies” excuse for Roswell, but I United States who are supposedly in a credible witnesses (pilots and ground really believe they have outdone position of authority, and in fact are personnel) who witnessed a craft over themselves with the Stephenville, speaking for the military, are the second busiest airport in the Texas, sighting, by not accounting for deceiving the public and in some case country. Our government and military ten F-16s for two weeks. How much outright lying to us, and it must stop. didn’t seem concerned with National longer will the American public have Security, waving it off as a weather to put up with the excuses we are Three credible cases phenomenon. United Airlines even being given, when all we want to The three cases that I mentioned tried preventing the witnesses from know is what is actually being seen by that I have been following are the commenting. credible people who help to pay the Phoenix Lights (March 1997), the And now we have the Stephen- salaries of these individuals in O’Hare airport case (November ville, Texas, case—again with what authority who continue to give us lame 2006), and—just last month—the appear to be several credible excuses? It’s time for accountability. Stephenville, Texas case (January 8, witnesses—and the military originally 2008). In all three cases credible stated no aircraft were in the area of Dennis G. Balthaser moved to Roswell, witnesses have come forward asking the sightings. Two weeks later, in the NM in 1996, to pursue his 25-year interest someone to explain to them what they interest of public awareness, the in Ufology and particularly the Roswell saw and experienced. military admits it was in error, and had Incident. Today he is an independent Of the three cases, the Phoenix ten F-16 Fighters in the air near researcher, investigator and lecturer and recently joined the advisory board of the Lights probably had the most wit- Stephenville on the night of the Great Pyramid of Giza Research nesses, with many taking photographs sightings. How the hell does the and video film of the event. The Association. military lose or not be able to account Phone: (505) 625 8402, Email: excuse given by those in authority and for 10 F-16s (that are not quiet, unlike [email protected]. Website: still used by skeptics and debunkers, the object seen by witnesses) being in http://www.truthseekeratroswell.com. was that the Phoenix Lights were the area of the sightings two weeks flares being dropped by the Maryland later? MUFON investigators and Air National Guard. Since the others are still investigating the

January 2008 MUFON UFO Journal 5 women in ufology

We continue to recognize some of the women who are the movers and shakers of ufology. They are presented here in no biographies and photos of local published writers for the particular order. Monroe County Historical Society and the Albia Public Library. Pat King Pat was a Girl Scout Albia, Iowa leader for many years and Assistant State Director, Iowa later a volunteer tutor in English as a Second Lan- Pat King has a variety of interests: besides being Assis- guage and has been an active tant State Director for Iowa of MUFON, she is active in member of Beta Sigma Phi several writing organizations, currently serves as Branch sorority for some 40 years. President and State President of the National League of She and husband Jim try to American Pen Women, Newsletter Editor for Ottumwa keep July and August free for Writers and the American Association of University Women, windsurfing in a nearby lake. Membership Chairman for Albia Woman’s Club, and volun- She has always been teer Ambassador for Elderhostel. more interested in science She has traveled to over 70 countries, often with Elder- and science fiction than most Pat King hostel, writing journals along the way. She publishes prose people she knows, and these and poetry in a variety of publications and often serves as a interests have naturally segued into UFOs and MUFON— judge in national poetry contests. She has studied Spanish as especially psychological aspects and abductions. She would a hobby and continues to be fascinated with all aspects of love to learn how aliens think, but is skeptical about much of languages. what she hears unless it is very well documented. She has She is currently assembling a book of her poetry for helped investigate most of the 18 UFO reports in Iowa in publication in 2008 and is also compiling a collection of short 2007.

Beverly Trout Mitchellville, Iowa in the 1940s, my perception was that a reptilian was in State Section Director - Iowa charge of a team of grays when they took me out of a hayfield where I was driving a little tractor while my dad and I was State Director for MUFON from 1995 to 2006, at a neighbor loaded hay onto a hayrack. This memory (which I which time I asked Jim King to take over as State Director, never would have consciously thought of) was accessed since I work as Legal Assistant for an attorney an average of through hypnosis in 1993. over 50 hours per week year-round, and have much less time I wrote two articles for the MUFON Journal in late 2004 for investigations. Jim does a great job as the State Director! entitled “Serpents of Wisdom, or Snakes in the Grass?,” Early on, in my assessment of MUFON’s importance to regarding the reptilians. It would seem that reptilian life UFO research, I concluded that “investigations” were where forms have played an inordinately huge part in the various my energies should concentrate, and so my substantial cultures on this planet, as it’s a common theme in ancient experience in investigating UFO sighting reports, encounters writings. I am certainly no apologist for aliens, of any kind. with UFO occupants and crop formations in Iowa, led to And frankly, I am no apologist for humans, myself included, what I consider to be a super- important educational compo- for our part or role in the encounter/abduction phenomenon. nent in my life, as I, along with fellow-investigators, attempt We humans need to become aware of and consciously to be as objective as possible in our investigations. work to develop our own “consciousness potential,” so that I have some familiarity with the encounters/abduction we can emerge onto a more level playing field with the aliens, phenomenon, having been involved from early childhood. be they reptilian or otherwise, because at this point the Some of my memories have been recalled through light encounters equation is heavily weighted on the alien side— hypnosis with a psychiatrist. However, in recent years I have they’re in control, and we’re the controlled. And yes, part of had conscious encounters as well. When I was an adolescent Continued on page 7 6 MUFON UFO Journal January 2008 women in ufology

Deborah Atherton Black River Falls, Wisconsin Wisconsin Asst. State Director & Secretary/Treasurer clock showed 9:30 PM, so there were 15 minutes unaccounted for. I became interested in ufology when, as a child I would We saw nothing more that evening, although in the early view “objects in the sky” usually towards dusk. My dad morning hours we were awakened by the movement and dismissed these sightings as “illusions.” squeaking noise of the trailer. The lights were on and both of In 1975, one evening around 8:00 p.m., I stopped at the us felt pressure on our chests and could not get up to turn off stop sign at the end of my street. Immediately to my left I the lights. This happened at least twice during the night. saw a disk-shaped object with revolving lights, stationary in Next morning, when trying to fill the water buckets for the sky. At first I assumed this was an advertising plane, like the horses, I discovered that our 40-gallon tanks were one you might see at a ball game. There was no movement completely empty! Yet the surrounding ground was bone dry. and no sound coming from this object. As quickly as I saw Even more unusual was that when my friend checked the the object, it vanished! No direction, no lights out, just gone! clip of the pistol he had given me, he found it was empty! The incident that led me to MUFON happened in 2004. Both of us were stunned. In September, a friend and I were camping in a horse At home the next day, we found MUFON on the internet. camping park not far from our home. We had taken the We contacted Bill Olinger (State Director at the time) and horses, along with our horse trailer with living quarters. Two explained our “event.” Bill met with us and made us feel at full 40-gallon water tanks for the horses sat atop the trailer. ease and explained the purpose of MUFON. Bill assigned our Later that evening, friends (a couple and their four children) case to Jim Grubb, who went to Horse Camp, investigated, joined us for dinner. The two men went into town for a and reported the sighting to MUFON. business meeting at approximately 7:00 PM. Before leaving, Following this incident, we became MUFON Field Inves- my friend left me a pistol with a fully loaded clip. My tigator Trainees. Currently I am the Asst. State Director and company left about 9:10 PM, leaving me alone at Horse Treasurer/Secretary under Timothy Whiteagle’s direction. Camp. About five minutes later, I heard the sound of jet Tim is diligently promoting MUFON recruitment and is engines. As I looked for the planes, instead I saw three doing an awesome job. This month he is hosting a Field reddish-orange cylinder-shaped lights in single file formation, Investigators Seminar in preparation for the Field making NO sound! As quickly as I saw the three lights, they Investigators exam. We here in Wisconsin are extremely immediately formed a triangle overhead. appreciative of Tim’s professionalism. About then, I heard my friend’s truck coming up the I have been a Real Estate Institute Professional for 20 road. The triangle of lights above me now were encased years. I have been trained in basic through advanced inside another triangle, of white lights. Then it was gone! Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV) in Alamogordo, New When my friend returned to the trailer, I told him what I had Mexico by Lyn Buchanan of PSI. Mel Riley, former military seen. I believe the initial sighting was about 9:15 PM but it Remote Viewer, also continues to mentor me with ongoing seemed like just a few seconds had passed. However, the CRV training. I am honored to have been trained by the best!

Beverly Trout contined from page 6 because that destroys objectivity. No matter what we may developing our consciousness potential means we need to consider to be solid information, we’d better keep on asking realize that we are indeed more than our physical bodies, and questions growing out of whatever conclusion we think that we have capabilities way beyond the physical. we’ve arrived at. Ultimately, we’re all trying to make our way into some I have spoken at various conferences, including the sort of truth on this whole phenomenon. I can only point to MUFON Symposium in 1999, several times at the Ozark the need for as much objectivity as we can summon into the UFO Conference in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and other investigation process, and the very real need to neither deify conferences in various states. I am often asked to speak in nor demonize whatever this UFO phenomenon represents, Iowa to various community groups. January 2008 MUFON UFO Journal 7 women in ufology

Davina M. Ryszka Delta, Colorado MUFON State Section Director/Field Investigator and forth across the horizon, and also moving up and down, I have always been interested in UFOs and flying. I unlike normal aircraft. Our learned to fly while in college, receiving my fixed wing, guide said they were always single engine private pilot’s license in the early 1970s. out there, but often much Growing up on a Montana ranch, my interest in UFOs closer. Even when he had seen began before I was in high school. Occasionally in the 1950s them going right over his head, and 60s I would read or hear a news story of a UFO sighting they were always totally silent. somewhere in Montana. One report that really interested me At another time, my happened at Canyon Ferry Lake near Helena, Montana. A husband and I observed a family, camping and boating at the lake, witnessed a UFO silent triangle in Custer, where landing, which left markings on the beach as evidence. This we lived. It had a white strobe Davina Ryszska intrigued me, and since then I’ve been intensely curious light on each corner. My teenage daughter and I tried to about UFOs. I acquired every book, magazine, journal and follow it with the family van, but we could not catch up with tape recording on the subject that I could find. it. A friend in a town 30 miles away also observed this object It wasn’t until my husband and I moved to Custer, South 15 minutes later as it flew over his residence. He reported Dakota, in the 1980s that I learned about MUFON from Don that it was totally silent, and that all the dogs in the neighbor- Curtis, the MUFON State Director of Iowa. He was on his hood barked and yelped like they were in pain. It appeared to way back to Iowa and had drawn attention to himself with him to be about 500 feet high and he estimated the sides of his van, highly decorated with Flying Saucers, MUFON the triangle to be about 150-200 feet in length. What sur- contact information and bumper stickers about UFOs. I prised him was the total silence and the animal reaction. As became a member, later a Field Investigator and eventually soon as the object was gone, the dogs became quiet. the State Director of South Dakota. We began to hold Since we moved to Colorado in 1995 I have learned monthly meetings and we gained new MUFON members. We about many sightings, past and present which have occurred learned of many sightings, current and past, receiving every on the western slope. I have conducted a number of investi- type of report including crop circles, cattle mutilations, day gations in the Delta, Grand Junction and Montrose areas. and night time sightings of all kinds, and a few abduction I hope that MUFON can continue to grow and to cases as well. continue to strive for answers to the mysteries out there. The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, southeast of Rapid City, was the site of much unusual activity. I have since learned that all the Indian Reservations across this country have experienced similar things: UFO sightings, Bigfoot Judy Varns sightings, cattle mutilations, unusual animal sightings, strange Phoenix, Az ground markings and silent black helicopters. The Emer- Assistant State Director gency Services coordinator from the Reservation spoke for three hours to our group about all the UFO-related incidents I was the State Director for four years. My college and investigations he conducted for about 10 years on the degree is in Business and Engineering. reservation. In 1953, I witnessed a UFO—a disc-shaped craft that He took our MUFON group on an all night tour to hovered and maneuvered, then shot off in a split second. locations on the reservation where events and major sightings Nothing of our then at least. I also witnessed the Phoenix had occurred. On a remote hilltop that looking north into the Lights of March 13, 1997. It was a wondrous sight—not badlands, he said we’d be sure to have a sighting 365 days of much of a light show, but of humungous size. the year. This was verified by a female police officer who I have many contacts in NASA, and also with other lived nearby. Amazingly, at 2:30 AM, we saw white strobe engineers as I used to sell high tech sound, noise and vibra- lights in the distance. At first we thought these must be tion testing equipment, even to Sandia Labs, etc. airplanes, but it was odd to see first one and then another I am working diligently to get on board with MUFON until there were between six and eight of them going back new county section directors and new field investigators. 8 MUFON UFO Journal January 2008 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121

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North Carolina Fishing Trip becomes UFO /Alien Encounter

SUBJECT: Event, witnesses, objects passionate about. He supplied me with the events of that night ever again. I observed, entities observed. documentation to confirm that he did speak briefly by telephone to one DATE OF REPORT: January 26, 2008 holds a commercial pilot’s license and of these men, who verified that Chris DATE OF EVENT: January 8, 2007 that he and his contracting business Bledsoe’s claims were accurate. CASE NUMBER: US10102007–0005 were very active in his community. In this report I refer to Chris LOCATION: On the Cape Fear River, It should be noted that Chris Bledsoe as Chris, and his son as Chris Hope Mills, North Carolina, near struggled greatly with the decision to Jr. Fayetteville go forward with reporting the events Sequence of events WEATHER: 33 degrees, clear that he, his son, and three other men SKY: dusk and night. No moon or experienced on January 8, 2007. He is Chris, his son and three other men clouds well known in Hope Mills and he were fishing for catfish on the Cape LOCAL EVALUATION: Unknown, feared that people would ridicule him. Fear River most of the afternoon of significant, close encounter He eventually submitted his report on January 8, 2007. The weather was MUFON INVESTIGATOR: Steve October 10, 2007, but still struggled at cold and clear. Just before dark Chris McGee times during my investigation. Chris Jr. wandered off into the woods and his 17-year-old son Chris Jr. hoping to see deer feeding. Chris (Sr.) Background information on experienced fear and anxiety for decided to walk up the muddy two-rut MUFON Director of Legal weeks after their encounter. The road through the thick woods, away three other witnesses were men who from the river. As he walked he heard Affairs Retiresw itnesses at the time worked for Chris as a lot of scurrying in the woods on both Chris Bledsoe is a well-respected building contractors. They did not sides, which he assumed were citizen in the community of Hope want their names known nor were probably deer. Having no flashlight, he Mills, North Carolina. He is a family they willing to participate actively in couldn’t see into the dark woods. The man, a successful businessman, a the investigation due to the impact the muddy road led to a field about 200 hard-working (now retired) contractor events had on them. Chris said that yards or so wide, just short of the who is active in his church and two of them vowed to never discuss supports financially the things he is Continued on page 10

Near right, Chris Jr.’s drawing of the being he saw in the woods near the river. He wrote: “It was very dark and I could see two red orbs floating over the ground about waist high...... when it got within a couple hundred yards, I hid in the bushes. Then the men noticed it ... when the creatures noticed [that the men] were watching them, they went into the woods ... My friends got freaked out and drove off in the truck. I was then alone hiding in the woods. ... [The little creatures] had googles or something on that blinks one after the other—bright red.They were looting our came back with the truck and the Above right, Chris Sr.’s drawing of the being stuff. I think they saw me because they [creatures] ran and hid. I ran to he saw on his land behind his home. He came within 30 feet of me and were the truck and demanded we wrote: “It appeared to glow like it had a looking straight at me. ... the guys leave.” glass appearance around the entire body.” January 2008 MUFON UFO Journal 9 From the Field... North Carolina Continued from page 9 main road. As he approached the field, he saw three orange orbs1 moving down toward the ground in his direction. About a mile away, they stopped, hovering silently over the trees for about 10–15 minutes. Frightened and nervous, he quickly headed back on foot to where the other men were at the river, asking them whether they have seen his son. They reply they have not. He tells the other men what he has seen and they laugh at him and make jokes. The orbs seen by the men at the river. Chris Bledsoe wrote: They came from behind Worried about his 17-year-old son, us where I had just seen the three orange orbs. They looked like stars for a he took off “in a panic” into the woods minute, moving, they then converged and landed side by side on the other side of calling for him. Soon the son the river behind the trees. (Big as a greyhound bus.) reappeared, also in a panicked state of mind, reporting that he had observed flew over the witnesses. The sphere- two red orbs floating about waist high At some point during this shaped objects flew side by side, and in the distance. As they became closer timeframe, the other three men also then either landed or went out of sight he saw that these lights were the eyes saw something. Then, while all the on the other side of the river, or goggles of entities about 4 feet tall. witnesses were at the river, together approximately 200–400 yards away. Chris Jr. said that the entities were they saw what looked like 6 to 8 stars The frightened men dropped their picking up items off the ground like from different parts of the sky moving fishing poles and took off in Chris’s soda bottles. very fast and seeming to converge in a pickup truck which was parked at the Chris and his son returned to the group. Suddenly, three of the brilliant fishing site, leaving their equipment river. The time was approximately white objects—which Chris describes behind. They drove back up the 7:15 PM. as being as big as a greyhound bus— muddy two-rut lane to exit the area and connect with the main road. When the truck arrived at the end of Horse Tail Road—at the field where Chris had first seen the three orange orbs—the witnesses encounter a brilliant white egg-shaped object with what looks like spokes attached to it. The object is approximately 200 yards from them, and is rotating clockwise while hovering approximately 20 feet above the main road. The object gave off such an intense glow that witnesses could not make out any structural details. Chris stated that they all sat “frozen in my truck looking at this thing straight in front of us.” The object then appeared The object that all the witnesses saw from the truck as they were leaving the fishing to rise up and move down the main area. Chris Bledsoe wrote: “It was brilliant white, 200 yards from me, 20 feet over road then suddenly shot off just over the ground. It had spikes all around it and it was rotating clockwise. Egg shaped as big as a greyhound bus.” Continued on page 11 10 MUFON UFO Journal January 2008 From the Field... Letters to the Editor North Carolina Continued from page 10 Dear Editor, Steiger and Vesco have reliability the trees out of sight. In the December 2007 issue of the problems. By now the witnesses were very Journal, John Ringer had an interest- Keith Chester has compiled a upset and just wanted to get home. As ing article regarding the “Foo Fight- comprehensive history of foo-fighters they drove they continued to see ers” of World War II. in Strange Company: Military strange lights in the sky and observe Based on my own research for a Encounters with UFOs in WWII cars parked on the side of the road future presentation, I was familiar with which should be on everyone’s apparently watching the lights. The the cases highlighted. I believe the reading list. Since the publication of men, who live within three miles of date of the report form the 415th Keith’s book, I have finished some of each other, all return home safely. Night Fighter Squadron was 26 Nov. the research on the foo-fighter subject Later that same night at around 1944, not 23 Nov. The B24 mission that I put aside some time ago and am 1:00–2:00 AM, Chris and Chris Jr. are over Fala Island, Truk Atoll occurred compiling the results to supplement still talking and trying to calm down. on 2 May 1945, not 1944. Keith’s work. I have made some They heard a loud noise from outside For readers interested in the foo additional discoveries both official and which sounded “like a prop jet flew at fighter phenomenon, I recommend the non-official. My compilation will also treetop height right over the house.” book Strange Company, Military include war time sightings by civilians Chris ran outside and could see Encounters with UFOs in WW II. which was not a focus of Keith’s nothing. About 30 to 45 minutes later, This is an in-depth account of uncon- book. all of their 15 hound dogs are barking ventional aircraft observed by the I [have information about] the wildly from within their kennel military in both the European and discovery of a Top Secret US Strate- enclosure outside, and so is their Pacific theaters. gic Air Forces Europe document Chesapeake Bay retriever who is James E. Delehanty dated January 1945, which mentioned unrestrained. It was apparent that Jeffersonville, Indiana both “phoo-bombs” and “crystal something has spooked the dogs. balls.” The document was found at As Chris and his son go outside, the Air Force Historical Research the retriever jumped off the patio in Greetings, Agency at Maxwell AFB. pursuit of whatever it detected. Chris My Dec. MUFON Journal just Jan Aldrich raced toward the back yard, past the arrived. John B. Ringer’s foo-fighter Project 1947 http:// kennel, trying to head off whatever article is far behind the curve of www.project1947.com/ the dog was chasing. When he current available research. The Canterbury, CT reached the rear of the 4-acre majority of his sources, Story, Stevens, property, he comes to a quick stop, startled to see an entity staring at him from no more than five feet away. Chris describes the entity as approximately 4 to 5 feet tall, Conclusion appearing to glow like it had a glassy This is the strangest and most conventional explanation. This is the appearance around its entire body, significant MUFON case I have been fourth case I have worked on that little to no neck, wearing red type involved with. I found both Chris and involved orange orbs being seen. goggles and with a mask-life covering Chris Jr. extremely credible. Pope Air I would list this case as over the lower part of its face. It Force base and Fort Bragg military UNKNOWN. I believe these men appeared to have a dark plate-like installations are both in the encountered craft and beings from object on its chest area. The entity Fayetteville area, but not close to another dimension or from another stood still in front of Chris for several where these events took place. A star system. seconds and then disappeared as the logical way to explain this would be to 1 Chris identified the orange orb that dog and Chris Jr. approached. Chris say these men encountered some type he saw as similar to the one pictured as Jr. tells his dad the aliens he saw in of military exercise in progress but the “Original” at www.coasttocoastam.com/ the woods by the river fit the same description of the UFOs observed and gen/page2128.html?theme=light . description. the entities observed do not match any

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Millennial Hospitality IV: After Hours, scriptions of the desert scenery where did make it into space, co-opted by the by Charles James Hall, 2007. AuthorHouse, Charles was based, although I found military, contra the official story that the Bloomington, IN. ISBN 9781434342669. that reading them helped me to more project was cancelled in December Hardcover, $28.50, softcover 6x9, $19.50 at easily enter his daily life and mindset. 1963. 2 Hall’s account thus fits nicely www.AuthorHouse.com . More background is with this timeframe, needed about an earlier shedding possibly signifi- Reviewed by Warren P. Aston encounter he claims to cant light on the black-op For more than two years in the have had with another aspects of America’s space 1960s, USAF weather observer Charles alien group while growing program. It gives consider- Hall claims to have interacted with a up in Wisconsin. Artist’s able weight to long-standing group of aliens in the Nevada desert impressions would help to claims from many sources whom he dubs the “Tall Whites.” In further flesh out his that unacknowledged exchange for their U.S military-provided descriptions of the aliens manned launches have been underground base, the Tall Whites were and their craft. And some carried out for decades and providing the military with limited of his deductions and ideas that the NASA programs technology. Their presence in the area were clearly made after represents only the public predated not only the military use of the the fact, rather than as face fronting a vastly more land, but even the arrival of the white events unfolded, as the text implies. But advanced military space operation. man. In fact, some of the long-lived these are minor quibbles compared to Confirmation of the tall whites “visitors” had apparently been born on the potential significance of the Tall earth hundreds of years ago. White story. As for the Tall Whites, reports of Hall’s fourth Millennial book very tall, very thin and very white documents in great detail how he came to Secret US space program humanoid beings have been a staple, this assignment, the fate of earlier beginnings? although not prominent, component of weather observers and how he slowly One of the book’s most intriguing “alien encounters” over the years. Often came to realize that what he was seeing elements has no direct connection to these reports contain key elements was real. Lots of self-deprecating humor his Tall White encounters: in the found in Millennial Hospitality: the Tall is found in Hall’s story as he attempts to summer of 1965, Hall claims to have Whites are very thin, proud, aloof reconcile his experiences with his witnessed the launch of a large rocket beings normally uninterested in human Catholic faith and no-nonsense upbring- that seems to have been a prototype contact. They can run, very fast. They ing. His encounters with the beings space shuttle assembly—a large central may grow up to 8 feet or more in became almost daily occurrences. He rocket with two side boosters attached. height. They often wear clothing that was able to communicate both in English Attached to the central fuel tank was an allows them to hover. They are involved and telepathically with several of them. X-15 styled spacecraft with two in limited technology transfers to the US Some of the group lived permanently at cockpits visible. He was able to track military. They can—and do—pass their base in family groups while others the launch and separation of the themselves off as human with suitable arrived regularly in groups for short boosters through his theodolite until it clothing and makeup. Hall’s book stays. He was able to observe the regular disappeared over the horizon.1 Hall contains several corroborating accounts schedule of their large deep-space craft later calculated the launch was from from people who appear to have as well as the smaller, earth-built craft somewhere in Area 51. encountered the same beings. I would used for “local” travel. From this, Hall For Hall’s story to have validity, the like to add two accounts that seem to developed his theory of how the aliens covert development of a larger two- involve the Tall White race. navigate and achieve faster-than-light pilot craft and a ground-launch facility In 1995, a group of seven people travel. comparable to Vandenberg AFB would near Honolulu encountered an extremely None of this is to say that the book is be necessary by 1965. The most white woman at least 7ft 4 in tall, without flaws. A good argument could be plausible explanation is that the X15’s walking with long strides down a hill made for reducing the repetitious de- successor, the X20 Dyna-Soar craft, Continued on page 14 January 2008 MUFON UFO Journal 13 Book Review: Millennial Hospitality IV: After Hours

Continued from page 13 has so far written about.5 Meanwhile, natural development of the space from a large landed craft that they had Gerry Zeitlin’s website has an excellent program. The X15 program of course earlier assumed was a strange house. range of maps and imagery that flesh officially never progressed beyond one- The woman wore a kind of white tunic out the Charles Hall story nicely.6 pilot air-launched craft that performed almost to her knees with long white Hopefully a future book will condense only suborbital flights from 1959-1968 as boots. She had very long black curly all that happened together with much- a precursor to the Mercury program. A hair (perhaps a wig?) and appeared to be needed illustrations. useful introduction is found at http:// in her twenties or thirties. 3 Contractors Originally written only to preserve history.nasa.gov/x15/cover.html. involved in the construction of military his experiences for his grandchildren, 2. The X20 Dyna-Soar program lasted facilities have sometimes claimed to Charles Hall’s account has provided a from 1959 to1963 when it was can- have had glimpses of obvious extrater- credible home for a variety of reports celled, officially without any flights restrials working with humans. In 1991, that almost seemed outside mainstream having taken place. See, for example: for example, one contractor working UFOlogy and has let us see, I believe for www.aerospaceguide.net/dynasoar.html. deep underground in Edwards AFB in the first time, how a credible military- 3. Unpublished account courtesy of California described briefly seeing a alien liaison may have started. Glennys Mackay, MUFON Australia, being between 8 and 10 feet tall talking This important book deserves much used with permission. with two human engineers.4 more than a brief review can provide. 4. Interview published in the September/ One gets the strong impression that Engineers and medicos need to evaluate October 1992 Operation Right to what is revealed in Charles Hall’s books the information about the alien’s weapon Know newsletter, available online at is but the tip of an iceberg of deep system. Physicists need to explore Hall’s www.ufoarea.com/bases_witness.html. involvement between the military- data on propulsion systems and super- This unusual height matches the Tall industrial complex of several countries luminal travel. These and many other Whites except that the being’s skin with several alien groups. Hall specu- claims need to be evaluated and assimi- appeared “greenish,” although this lates on the wider dimensions and longer lated by the UFO community as soon as might be attributed to the lighting. history of this contact but it is restrained possible. 5. Email to the author from Marie Hall speculation that stays close to his own dated December 24, 2007. experiences. One has to read the three Notes 6. See www.openseti.org/Hall.html and earlier Millennial Hospitality volumes to 1. Millennial Hospitality IV, 80-87. In his other postings on the site’s home page. get the full story, so far; Hall has account Hall thought little of the launch Copyright © by Warren Aston confirmed that more took place than he beyond its beauty, assuming it to be a

Our Multi-Dimensional Universe: The Artist and the Alien

The Artist & the Alien: Guidance, feel compelled to do so. related subjects, although Warnings,and Hope from an ET Living Dena Blatt’s book falls many are only touched on Among Us, by Dena Blatt. ISBN firmly in this second briefly. (Denver: Outskirts Press, 2007) category. Central to the story is Reviewed by Warren P. Aston The story is not hers, “Frank,” the electronic but is that of an artist friend Many hundreds of books are repairman whom Shirlé now living in Vancouver published worldwide each year on the reluctantly comes to BC, Shirlé Klein-Carsh. On subject of UFOs and associated topics. accept was in fact from the face of it The Artist & A few are written merely to gain another world. Seemingly the Alien seems to be a attention or money or both; these an itinerant tinkerer with homely, fairly straight- motives usually become clear very early dark shoulder length hair forward recounting of on. But most are written simply in an and unremarkable features Shirlé’s life story and how attempt by an ordinary person to make other than his large irises, her deepening spiritual and metaphysical some sense of a significant, often Frank appears an unlikely candidate to awareness led her to express herself in pivotal, event or series of events in their be an alien. To the best of my knowl- futuristic art. But much more lies life and to place it on record. This edge, this is the first time anyone beneath the surface. In fact, the book means that people who would never takes us through a wide range of UFO- Continued on page 15 otherwise have written a book often 14 MUFON UFO Journal January 2008 UFO Hunters TV Series Don’t miss the . . . onl History Channel The History Channel will be airing 2008 MUFON Symposium a new 13-part series called UFO Hunters, beginning in February. July 24–27, 2008 MUFON will be featured in one of the episodes. San Jose, California The History Channel website gives this description of the series: “They look to the stars, to Earth, and within the human body. They are UFOs—A Worldwide Phenomenon the UFO research elite that seek answers to the mysteries of the UFO phenomenon. Their determination, attitude, and methodologies stand strong against ridicule and disbelief. In the end, UFO hunters exhibit scientific evidence that pushes the boundary of Speakers: modern-day thinking. At annual conferences, they share findings and Nick Pope – The United Kingdom are often stunned by the commonality Dr. Anthony Choy - Peru of their cases. Follow UFO hunters as Captain Rodrigo Garrido- Chile they search for UFOs and investigate Jeronimo Flores & Victor Camacho - Mexico crash sites. Their hunts for physical evidence of UFOs and alien life forms Farah Yarduzo - Turkey sometimes end up as global wild goose Dr. Bernard Haisch chases, but there are other times, Dr. Richard Haines when what they find is just too intriguing....and might just prove that it Ted Roe is possible that we are not alone in the Leslie Kean universe.” John Greenwald For more information, go to: http:// George Knapp www.history.com/minisites/ufohunters/ The Sci Fi Channel is working on To be held at the Doubletree Hotel San Jose a series with the same name. Call 970-232-3110 to register today!

Book Review: The Artist and the Alien Continued from page 14 of ufology that many still shy away never-ending jigsaw puzzle. The claiming to be from another world has from: abductions, hybrids, coming connection(s) between all of these been reported to smoke! But, over time, earth-changes, dimensional visitors, pieces, our existence on this planet and Shirlé accepts that his abilities and reincarnation, star children, walk-ins our future is of course the real Big knowledge truly come from elsewhere. and more. In one way or another Question for all of us. Each reader will have to decide for ufology is linked to every category of It may provide few answers, but themselves if Frank was from some life on this planet, not merely to strange Blatt’s book encourages us to be much other reality. But for me, the main value flying craft. Right now we seem to still bolder in confronting the multi-dimen- of The Artist & the Alien lies in the be at a stage of just coming to terms sional universe that surrounds us. way that it forces us to face the aspects with the various pieces of a complex, Copyright 2008 by Warren P. Aston January 2008 MUFON UFO Journal 15 PercePtionsPercePtions By Stanton T. Friedman

British Ministry of Defence Breakthrough?

UFO info releases often disappoint including TOP SECRET material, tion on 25 times as many cases as were Over the years there have been a according to the news media. It was investigated by number of instances in which very admitted that some very early files had the University optimistic claims have been made about been destroyed after five years—but of Colorado. expecting revelation of TOP SECRET that was prior to the relatively recent The unknown government materials about UFOs. Way establishment of a Freedom of Informa- author actually back in 1979, The Washington Whis- tion procedure in the UK. claimed that the Condign Report pers column in U.S. News and World Remembering the Condign Report Report indicated there would soon be a was the only There has been quite a bit of major release of UFO material. This other Govern- discussion amongst the UK ufologists was during the Carter Administration. It ment-sponsored as to just what this means. Readers never happened. UFO study in may recall the big fuss about the British Other rumors have circulated. In English besides Stanton Friedman Condign Report. It had indeed been 2007 there was a big noise about sup- the Condon classified, but British EYES ONLY posedly TOP SECRET official French Report. SECRET not TOP SECRET. Though government UFO reports being posted completed in 2000, it was not released To be released over 3-year period on a government website. There was so until 2006. It was primarily the work of One point that is clear about the much interest that the site went down a consultant (still unnamed) who really current MOD release is that it will be in two hours. What was finally posted did not seem very knowledgeable about slow (over a 3-year period) and done were a collection of reports that had historical ufology. For example, he paid primarily to save MOD personnel from been around for some time. They a lot of attention to plasma explanations the time currently being spent respond- consisted almost entirely of French for UFOs despite the fact, of which he ing to Freedom of Information requests civilian sighting files derived mainly was apparently unaware, that much for UFO information. Apparently there from investigations by the gendarmerie attention had been paid to these by UFO are more requests for this information and not official military records. They debunker (the late) Philip Klass and by than for information about any other had not been highly classified. the University of Colorado study many topic. The press reports suggest there There was plenty of indication at years ago. Klass’s explanations had will be 160 files dating back to perhaps the National Press Club press confer- been quantitatively demolished by the 1970s. It is not clear how many ence in Washington, D.C., on Novem- atmospheric physicist Dr. James E. pages are in each file. One past com- ber 12 that military UFO-related activit- McDonald, though his published work ment suggested that there were perhaps ies are generally closely held. Think of wasn’t noted by the Condign author 100 pages per file. It is certain that file the Iranian Air Force jet encounter with either. There was no indication of the and report and case and page are not a UFO in September 1976 with the inclusion of TOP SECRET material synonymous. It is interesting to me that frightening fact that the UFO was able relating to crashed saucers, aircraft the people taking most of the credit for to turn off military systems on board attacking UFOs, UFOs attacking and or getting the MOD to release materials are the chasing airplanes. No country destroying interceptors, etc. The author the same ones who pushed for release would want to reveal details of such had seemingly not been aware of even of the Condign Report. It would appear encounters lest they give ideas to their large scale unclassified American from their comments that they really enemies. studies such as Project Blue Book don’t believe that exciting materials are MOD to release UFO files Special Report No. 14 or the Congres- being withheld. Their names are Joe In December 2007 there was quite sional Hearings on UFOs held by the McGonagle, Dave Clarke, and Gary a lot of fanfare about the Ministry of House of Representatives Committee on Anthony Another skeptic, Andy Rob- Defense (MOD) in Great Britain Science and Astronautics on July 29, erts, may also be involved. They always releasing all their UFO files, supposedly 1969. After all, BBSR included informa- Continued on page 17 16 MUFON UFO Journal January 2008 Friedman: MOD Breakthrough? Continued from page 16 seem to bring up the fact that Nick found 239 UFO documents of which the real Fox Mulder of X-Files fame. It Pope, of the MOD UFO desk, was only 79 were from other agencies. None would appear from comments he has spending perhaps a day per week on were releasable because of sources and made, that he is not aware of any really UFO related activities as opposed to methods info. Twenty-three of the 79 high security information in the MOD being a full time UFO investigator. were from the CIA. It took me two files. It is also not clear whether he I have learned not to be very years to get about a dozen which had even had a need-to-know for that optimistic about important government been, believe it or not, press abstracts information just as Project Blue Book releases of UFO information. The 92 of Eastern European newspaper people didn’t have a need-to-know for microfilm reels of the Blue Book files articles about UFOs, which the Rus- sightings which could affect national have been available at the National sians had the day they were published. I security. Crashed saucers and battles Archives in Maryland since the mid- have no idea why they weren’t immedi- between interceptors and flying saucers 1970s. Names of witnesses have been ately released in response to my are hardly likely to be made available. redacted. We know from Jim request. The CIA’s own 11 TOP Nor are multiple witness radar visual McDonald’s review of some of these SECRET UFO documents were with- cases, or observations from spy files in the 1960s that case after case held. Upon appeal, I finally received satellites over Britain or any place else. was very poorly investigated and that portions of four of them—three years There appears to be another compli- so called explanations were often later. They were very heavily censored cation as well. The MOD will, generally absurd. In more recent years, research- with black ink. Many years later the speaking, be releasing its UFO files to ers Brad Sparks and other members of NSA finally released 160 TOP SECRET The National Archives. By British law Project 1947 have reevaluated loads of UMBRA UFO documents. As might this means that they need not release any these files. have been expected they were so information now that is slated for release We also know from the October heavily censored with white correction at some later time. Furthermore, at that 20, 1969, memo from USAF General fluid, that one could read only a line or time there apparently will be a page Carroll Bolender that UFO reports two per page. At least we can prove charge for any copies of all materials. In which could effect national security they are withholding plenty of UFO short, life will be made simpler for the were NOT part of the Blue Book materials and these all predate 1980. MOD and there will be delays in informa- system. These were submitted using Can one really believe that 98% of the tion release. We have known for a long CIRVIS (Communications Instructions material in these documents is Sources time that people in government usually for Reporting Vital Intelligence and Methods information? I can’t. But work for the benefit of the government, Sightings) forms. Blue Book wasn’t on the US press has not gone after the not the benefit of the taxpayers paying the distribution list. Furthermore there censored material. Also I must ask: their salaries. Don’t learn much from were very few TOP SECRET reports where is all the post 1980 material? history, do we? that have ever been disclosed. An FBI We know that there have been Stan Friedman [email protected] memo long ago said that the Army and close relationships between American www.stantonfriedman.com Navy and Air Force consider the and British armed forces in general and subject of UFOs to be TOP SECRET. intelligence agencies in particular for When the CIA finally responded to the many decades. The NSA has listening legal push by CAUS (Citizens against posts in the UK. Both countries are UFO Secrecy) for the CIA UFO files, certainly monitoring their skies for For membership questions the CIA released about 900 pages of foreign intrusions which, of course, or change of address, material. None were classified higher have to include those of uncorrelated call MUFON headquarters than SECRET. They listed 79 docu- targets—such as high performance ments from a total of several other flying saucers. Surely there are proce- 970-232-3110 agencies which they couldn’t release dures for sharing at the highest levels? Eighteen of the unreleased docu- The point here is that I have no ments were from the National Security reason to expect that the British Minis- MUFON now accepts VISA & Agency. These were TOP SECRET try of Defense will come clean any MasterCard for merchandise Code word. When finally a court more than the US government has. and membership— ordered search was done by the NSA, Nick Pope worked as the MOD’s UFO Phone orders only desk man for three years, a number of in response to a CAUS Freedom of 970-232-3110 Information Act legal suit, they actually years back. He has been referred to as

January 2008 MUFON UFO Journal 17 Filer’sFiler’s FilesFiles By George Filer Director, MUFON Eastern Region

Note: These reports are presented in order to keep readers informed of some of Ricky Sorrells, a machinist, said he combing the area in grid patterns! Wish- the vast number of sightings being saw, “a flat and seamless metallic ob- ing you all the Best, Jason Greywolf reported. Hoewever, these cases have not ject hovering about 300 feet over a field.” Leigh. http://jasonleigh.org/ been officially investigated, unless noted. He used the telescopic sights of his rife contentarticles.html to get a close up view. (See more of the Texas Mile-Long Mothership HOUSTON – HBCC UFO Research story below). Note: This is the Spotted STEPHENVILLE / CLEBURNE – Ja- second report January 10, 2008 son Greywolf Leigh writes, hundreds of from the Hous- STEPHENVILLE – Jason Greywolf people saw a tremendous UFO not 60 ton, Texas area Leigh writes, “To give you a heads up miles from my home! And these are where unknown on a truly amazing UFO sighting seen country folks who have never had even objects/craft by me on January 8, 2008, and hundreds the slightest interest in seeing such oddi- have been seen, of other people including a pilot, police- ties. Their local newspaper in and also many man and local business owners. They Stephenville, Texas, was selling out like helicopters fly- saw a huge Mothership with bright lights hot cakes when even a judge, respected ing in the area of flying low and fast over the town of citizens and a Pastor with his church both sightings, George Filer Stephenville, 60 miles south west of Fort members of all ages saw it as well! http:/ so it appears Worth on January 8, 2008. Witnesses /empiretribune.com/ Please tune in to my that something is up. claim the object was larger, quieter, interview on http://xzone-radio.com My husband, daughter and I were faster and closer to the ground than an What they saw and what I saw were driving home from dinner on January 4, aircraft. two different objects, although in the 2008, and I had already seen what Steve Allen, a pilot and freight com- same part of the clear night sky! The looked like a plane outside my window pany owner, said: “The object I saw Stephenville UFO was said by an expe- but my husband slowed down and said, was a mile long and half a mile wide, rienced pilot and a navigational expert, “Do y’all see that, what is that? It’s not it was positively, absolutely nothing to have been at least 1 mile long and 1/ moving.” I thought he was kidding, so from these parts… People wonder 2 a mile wide! MOTHERSHIP? What we all started to look at it and we slowed what in the world it is because this is I saw around the same time was higher down and the object was not moving. It the Bible Belt, and everyone is afraid up in the ENE clear sky and was like a was just hovering over a neighborhood, it’s the end of times.” blue star that was stationary and then kind of high, but close enough to some- zipped to the south, quick as what tell what it was. It had three white that, although both my sighting lights, two red lights, one would blink and theirs were shortly thereaf- constantly and the other one would blink ter pursued by two alleged F- every now and then. Thanks to Brian 16s! The next morning, Vike, Director of HBCC UFO Research, Wednesday the 9th, the clear http://www.hbccufo.org blue skies of Cleburne were being “chem-trailed” by four F- California - Flashing Triangle 16s or other such military jets, JANESVILLE – On January 20, 2008 at making patterns that I took pho- 7:56 PM, I looked outside my window at tos of. I haven’t seen such ac- the blizzard outside, and there was a tivity since my videotaping of backwards V-Shaped object, with the This is a colorized photo of a similar UFO the UFOs from June of 1995 lights flashing, but not like those on taken over Rhode Island when there were eight jets Continued on page 19 18 MUFON UFO Journal January 2008 Filer’s Files Gulf of Mexico TX – offshore disk UFO Continued from page 18 GALVESTON BEACH — I work airplane. It was flying so close to the offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and was ground, and I live on the hill, so I was riding a crew boat back to the Galveston surprised it passed over the hillside. It was Beach docks on January 13, 2008 when a really huge object, nothing like you would I first saw the object in the eastern skyline see in the U.S. Air Force, or probably any while lying down in the sun. It was a air force in the world, it was too big. It perfectly sunny day and no clouds were was snowing too badly to see how big it in the sky. The boat was traveling north, truly was. All I could see was the lights. northeast 20-30 miles off the coastline. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director At first, I thought it was a bird but Oregon “dragonfly” www.ufocenter.com there were no other birds around and it wasn’t moving. I turned to my friend next wing tips that crosses the middle of the FULLERTON – I was driving to me and said, “Look at how high that fuselage making it look much like a northward on Highway 57 on January 27, bird is, man!” His first words were, “That dragonfly. It is extremely fast perhaps 10 2008, and from 5:50 to 6:00 PM is no bird!” The object was stationary for to 20 miles per second. This represents California when I saw two lights weaving a good five minutes, so it was not a plane. snowflakes on the tip of the iceberg. “radically” over the freeway, merging in All of sudden while I was looking straight Thanks to MUFON CMS and out of the sky. There was also a at it, the object vanished and never Pennsylvania crash helicopter flying above the lights. At first, reappeared. The object was white and KECKSBURG — A spokesman for I thought the lights were two flares. But curved at the top and flat on the bottom. NASA finally admitted NASA had no flare can flash on and off and cross Almost like a saucer but, it had a slit going examined metallic fragments from the each other. One of the lights flew right through the side of it halfway. Thanks to object that crashed at Kecksburg over above the freeway bypass in the middle Peter Davenport Director forty years ago and now claims it was of the lane I was driving on and it was www.ufocenter.com about 50 feet away and about 25 feet from a re-entering “Russian satellite.” above the freeway. Then the lights Oregon – dragonfly? Furthermore, the spokesman claimed all disappeared. At one point, the two lights If you want to see hundreds of UFOs records were lost. According to an disappeared and reappeared in separate flying in a pattern in addition to many Associated Press story: The object areas. Traffic was stopping and there more flying into and out of the pattern I appeared to be a Russian satellite that re- were a lot of witnesses. can instruct you how to do exactly that. entered the atmosphere and broke up. Comments: The witness reported the You will need a video camera with a rather NASA experts studied fragments from the sighting a few hours after it occurred. long lens (I use a Canon G2) as these object, but records of what they found Apparently several cars were stopped to craft are not visible to the unaided eye were lost in the 1990s. It was taken for view the lights. Given the witness report due to speed, distance and you will be examination to Wright Patterson Air Force I don’t know what was observed. It is looking directly toward the sun. I have Base. Thanks to Steitz. interesting to note that a helicopter was nearly five hours of video tape (DV) and New York – flying triangle flying above the lights. Thanks to Bill about 3,000 digital stills (Sony 828) shot Puckett UFOS Northwest http:// in a number of locations at different times NEWBURGH — I was walking my dog ufosnw.com over the last two years in Oregon and and lights to my right caught my attention. California. I cannot give them a true color as we Georgia – Two triangle-shaped craft These craft can be photographed any know it…they were not white and not with orange lights time the sun is shining. Did you get that? yellow. They had a very “warm” hue, yet ENIGMA — I was going outside to bring This is not a onetime event. I get the same bright and steady. There were no blinking in my dog on January 19, 2008, when I results every time I set up my camera, lights and the shape was between a witnessed two triangle shaped objects every time. I have a theory that we can triangle and horseshoe. Not as sharp as a over our pasture at 10:21 AM. The crafts hail these craft. Are you ready for triangle yet more pointed than a were hovering over some pine trees and contact? There is one craft that is most horseshoe. The area is very close to a were standing still. After a couple minutes prevalent but by no means the only type military base so I am VERY used to it took off unlike any aircraft I have ever seen. One appears to be manufactured on aircraft, but what was most odd about witnessed. They made no sound and the earth most likely by a secret program of this is that it was not the sound that caught light underneath the crafts was bright the US military. It looks like a conventional my attention - but how inordinately low orange. Thanks to Peter Davenport fighter jet except for whatever powers it and how methodically it was flying. There Director www.ufocenter.com makes a bright light originating from the Continued on page 20

January 2008 MUFON UFO Journal 19 Filer’s Files Continued from page 19 length it is neutral for about one minute, object with light on each level. I nearly then it descends to about the size of a was an odd, methodical steadiness of the fell of the chair when I saw that three watermelon at arm’s length. It then makes lights and movement. level one. I am on the north shore of what I can only call “shots” across the The other odd thing was once I Sydney (Lane Cove) which is about 10 sky in various directions for about another noticed it, I could then hear a soft (almost minutes drive to the City of Sydney. It minute, then the color patterns begin muffled) whooshing sound. I’d say that was in the northwest. The object just again of amber, green, blue and red is a UFO…..but then low and behold it seemed to sit there for five minutes so I rotating in different areas of a circle literally hovered for just a second right took some photos, then it was gone. I pattern. above this exceptionally large pine tree that thought it had just gone out of view. I managed on my last day of doing stands out above the tree line and hung Thanks to Brian Vike, Director HBCC this prayer to capture it coming down there in a complete stopped position. As I UFO Research. Email: [email protected] very low almost like it was scanning or started to move further out onto my drive Website: http://www.hbccufo.org wanted a closer look at me and am to make sure I was really seeing this submitting it here for anyone to look at. “plane” just hovering, it lowered straight It is not common aircraft or a weather down. No angle to the lowering, just a balloon. I have seen plenty of those to be straight line down at the same methodic able to know the difference. The other speed it had been flying. I have thing is there is no sound unless it comes determined there is actually about a 30 down close like the one in these pictures, acre field within ¼ mile of where it then it has a bumblebee sound but very appeared lower straight down. airy to it. I do not expect anyone to About ten minutes later, I heard an believe me nor do I care, I just had to get exceptionally LOUD boisterous military this off my chest once and for all. Thanks aircraft engine fly directly over my home. to MUFON CMS I again ran outside but I could not see the aircraft. If I had to give it a direction it Nevada – elongated triangle appeared to be flying towards the Hudson River. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director MESQUITE COLLEGE – I was in the www.ufocenter.com parking lot with a friend from 5:20 to 5:35 PM, on November 21, 2007, when I ob- Texas served what was first thought to be a SAN ANTONIO – On January 26, 2008, strange exhaust pattern of a jet in the night a UFO visits us regularly. I first noticed sky. However, there was no sound and it the visitations around November when I was moving too slow, so I pointed it out was actually filming and investigating to my friend. It was a flying/floating barge chemtrail patterns over Northern San with an elongated triangle shape, color Antonio. I began noticing a strong light was dark gray and huge! Perhaps 250– in the evening hours which I dismissed 300 feet long and the butt end was about for Venus. Some days it was visible in 150–200' wide. No running lights except the same area of sky and the next it was for a single strobe which was emitted not. I am a religious person and would once from the snout. It was about two or pray outside a prayer and since then these three miles southwest of my position over Australia – witness films three-level visitations had become more frequent, the river at an elevation of 2,400' to 3,000' object until I stopped praying this prayer recently. moving south and turning southwest. A SYDNEY — I was out on my balcony in I do not claim that this prayer is bringing small plane with running lights crossed early May 2007 about 6:30 p.m., and saw them around, just the oddness of it over it going west to east. It got too dark a funny looking star in the north-west sky happening when it was said. to see it. Had to get into class anyways. at dusk, just dark. I took some pictures, The lights would change color like I’d love to have one of these “Sky but didn’t look at the picture until today, when you look at a satellite at night and I Yachts!!!” http://www.space.com/ and all I have done is crop it a bit. I was again thought maybe this was the case businesstechnology/ expecting to see something like an asteroid until it started moving in patterns not flying_triangle_040902.html with a tail or something not a three level typical of helicopters, planes or balloons. At about the size of a peanut from arms

20 MUFON UFO Journal January 2008 Field Investigator’s Corner: CMS Rankings By Chuck Reever Rank State Director Weighted Assigned Completed MUFON Director of Investigations Rank (50/50)

Here is January’s CMS Ranking 1 Delaware Ralph P. Flegal 100 % 1/1 1/1 2 South Carolina Cheryl Ann Gilmore 100 % 14/14 13/13 Report for all State Directors. Con- 3 Iowa Jim King 100 % 11/11 7/7 gratulations to Ralph P. Flegal 4 Kansas Tracey C. Smith 100 % 11/11 14/14 5 New Mexico Donald R. Burleson 100 % 15/15 18/18 (Delaware), Cheryl Ann Gilmore 6 Texas Kenneth E. Cherry 98 % 59/61 57/57 (South Carolina), Jim King (Iowa), 7 Florida Bland Pugh 96 % 54/58 59/59 8 Pennsylvania John Ventre 94 % 32/32 24/27 Tracey C. Smith (Kansas), and 9 California Georgeanne Cifarelli 93 % 66/68 70/77 Donald R. Burleson (New Mexico) 1 0 West Virginia John Ventre 90 % 12/12 8/10 for being at 100%! The top 10 State 1 1 Illinois Samuel Maranto 89 % 44/45 35/43 1 2 Wisconsin TG Whiteagle / 88 % 13/13 13/17 Directors are highlighted. DJ Watson The report is based on our two 1 3 Georgia Walter Sheets 88 % 15/16 14/17 1 4 Tennessee Steven Purcell 85 % 9/10 9/11 measures of UFO Investigation 1 5 Washington Laurence Childs 83 % 13/17 18/20 effectiveness: assigning reports within 1 6 Indiana Jerry L. Sievers 82 % 35/39 39/52 1 7 New Jersey George A. Filer, III 71 % 11/18 17/21 72 hours of receipt, and completing all 1 8 Minnesota Richard D. Moss 66 % 8/18 15/17 1 9 Michigan William J. Konkolesky 63 % 18/37 41/52 investigations within 90 days of being 2 0 Colorado Leslie H. Varnicle 62 % 44/48 19/58 assigned. 2 1 Arizona George C. Parks 60 % 31/80 24/29 2 2 Nebraska John C. Kasher 57 % 4/10 9/12 The “Assigned” column is a six- 2 3 Nevada Mark Easter 51 % 3/29 24/26 month running average of the number 2 4 Oklahoma Charles L. Pine 50 % 0/2 2/2 2 5 Utah Elaine Douglass 50 % 13/16 3/16 of cases assigned within 72 hours 2 6 New York James G. Bouck, Jr. 47 % 47/53 4/63 divided by the total number of cases 2 7 Ohio William Edward Jones 45 % 20/31 9/34 2 8 Connecticut Erik Kubik 41 % 6/12 4/12 received in that six month period. The 2 9 North Carolina George E. Lund, III 40 % 8/30 12/22 3 0 Oregon Thomas Bowden 39 % 15/38 22/56 “Completed” column is the number of 3 1 California Ruben J. Uriarte 36 % 25/65 27/78 cases completed beginning sixty-two 3 2 Louisiana Michael D. Sandras 34 % 8/16 2/11 33 Arkansas Norman D. Walker 32 % 3/13 5/12 (62) days back and going back six 3 4 Virginia Susan L. Swiatek 20 % 1/18 9/26 months from there (for a total of eight 3 5 Maryland Bruce S. Maccabee 17 % 0/14 6/17 3 6 New HampshirePeter R. Geremia 10 % 1/5 0/7 months back) divided by the total 3 7 MassachusettsGreg S. Berghorn 8 % 1/19 2/17 number of cases reported in the same 3 8 Alabama Roy E. Patterson, Jr. 7 % 1/7 0/17 3 9 Rhode Island Richard Lynch 5 % 0/7 1/9 period. The “Weighted Rank” is just 4 0 Hawaii Puuloa M. Teves 0 % 0/2 0/7 4 1 Wyoming Richard Beckwith 0 % 0/6 0/7 the average of the two columns 4 2 Idaho Robert Gates 0 % 0/10 0/13 expressed as a percent. 4 3 Missouri Bruce A. Widaman 0 % 0/7 0/9 4 4 Washington Gerald E. Rolwes 0 % 0/2 0/4 State Directors can improve their 4 5 Vermont Dan Lavilette 0 % 0/2 0/4 scores by being sure to assign all 4 6 Kentucky Earle T. Benezet 0 % 0/16 0/14 cases within 72 hours, and to follow up with their Field Investigators to ensure all reports are completed within 90 MUFON days. To be considered complete, a Field Investigators Manual report must have been investigated and placed in one of the three com- The official Mutual UFO Network pleted status codes (Unknown, Hoax guidelines for in-depth or IFO) by the State Director. If you have any questions or need UFO investigation help with your investigations please Price includes shipping and handling: contact me at 530-414-4341 or 530- Member U.S. or Canada: $28.50 582-8339 or via e-mail at Non-Member U.S. or Canada $38.50 [email protected] . Member Foreign: $49.50 Non-Member Foreign: $59.50

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January 2008 MUFON UFO Journal 21 Director’s Message continued from page 2 The Night Sky Continued from page 24 ness meetings in your area to educate New Field Investigators the public on what MUFON does. Mindy Hunter of Bryant, Ari- phenomenon is only visible from very Position Announcements: zona; Richard York of Benton, dark locations. Arkansas; Timothy Doran of Oregon Zodiacal light is the result of New State Directors House, California; Barry Gaunt of sunlight bouncing off dust grains in our Eddie Middleton is the new Bowling Green, Kentucky; John solar system. These grains lie mostly in State Director for Tennessee. Gerstle of Louisville, Kentucky; the plane of the solar system. Look for New Assistant State Directors James Rivera of Albuquerque, New a pyramid of light in the evening sky somewhat in appearance to the light Lorna Hunter for Minnesota, Mexico; Barbara Delozier of Wewahitchka, Florida; Jeremy from a city or town just over the Darron J. Estopinal for Louisiana, horizon. Wayne La Porte for North Carolina. Enright of Buchanan, Michigan; Dave Stockman for North-East Candida D’Avanzo of Dearborn, Planetary Conjunction Illinois, Dave Finkbeiner for North- Michigan; Kristen Winslet of Mercury, Venus, the Moon and West/West Illinois, Mike Ganster for Hackettstown, New Jersey; Nancy Jupiter East Illinois, Bill Leone for North- Santos of Brentwood, New York; Conjunctions and Occultations Central Illinois, Paul Russel for West- Kenneth Naab of Williamsville, New th Central Illinois, Vic Connor for East- York; Rodger Poole of Fairborn, March 5 : Mercury 0.2 degrees Central Illinois, Debbie Lowery for Ohio. north of the Moon. March 5th: Venus 0.2 degrees south South-East, South-Central Illinois. of the Moon. March 15th: Mars 1.7 degrees south of the Moon. MUFON Volunteer Opportunity: March 19th: Regulus 0.8 degrees north of the Moon. Case Management System (CMS) Administrator March 23rd: Mercury 1.0 degrees south of Venus. Responsibilities: March 27th: Antares 0.5 degrees 5. Check to see that all States with 1. ALL administrative tasks related to the north of the Moon CMS System. multiple SDs (California, Tennessee, 2. Maintain the MUFON USER list based Washington, etc.) have the County on the current list in CMS, plus any field filled in for all reports submitted. adds due to membership growth and 6. Delete duplicate reports after 12/21/2012 new Field Investigators who have reviewing all duplicates and passed their FI Exam, minus any determining which one has the most A PROPHECY data in it to become the surviving case deletes based on expired By Pennsylvania / West Virginia memberships or State Director file. State Director John Ventre directed deletions. Eventually the 7. Alert the Director of Investigations membership adds and deletes should regarding all exceptional cases that “One Possible be an automated feed between the come in. An exceptional case is one Future, One Alien membership system and CMS. that is a recent landing and/or entity Past” 3.Log onto CMS several times each day case at close range (<300 feet). These to check the LAST 20 Reports and require IMMEDIATE follow-up. ensure the content posted is 8. Work with the Director of Please mail appropriate. This includes clicking on Investigations to ensure the timely $20.00 all links and checking all pictures, assignment and follow-up of all (incl. shipping) videos, and other files posted for reports by State Directors and FIs to: appropriate content. respectively. John Ventre 4. Review all automatically deleted If you are interested in this new, PO Box 247 reports by CMS, review the content, volunteer position, contact Jan Harzan New Stanton, and restore those that are valid at [email protected] or Chuck PA 15672 reports. Reever at [email protected] .

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January 2008 MUFON UFO Journal 23 The Night Sky By Gavin A. J. McLeod

February 2008 Sky Moon Phases New Moon March 7th First Quarter March 14th Full Moon March 21st Last Quarter March 29th Bright Planets (Evening Sky) Mars (magnitude 1.3 to 1.2): Moving from Taurus into Gemini. For northern hemisphere observers, sunset will find Mars shining brightly very high above the northwestern horizon, it will shine brightly all night and set below the western horizon about 4 hours before sunrise. For southern hemisphere Looking southeast just before sunrise on March 5th observers, sunset will find Mars low above the northern horizon, it will shine brightly all night and set about 4 1/2 southeast horizon about 2 1/2 hour day in April. Set clocks 1 hour ahead. th hours after sunset. before the Sun and will be found above Spring Equinox: March 20 (Mon- Saturn: (magnitude 0.2 to 0.3) In Leo. the eastern horizon as the Sun rises. day) For northern hemisphere observers Sat- Venus (magnitude -3.8): In Zodiacal Light will be visible in urn will rise shortly after sunset in the Aquarius. For northern hemisphere northern latitudes in the west after east, remain visible all night and set in the observers Venus will rise above the evening twilight beginning Monday rd west-northwest about ½ hour before sun- eastern horizon about 1 hour before the March 23 and lasting two weeks. The rise. For southern hemisphere observers Sun and will stand very low above the Saturn will rise shortly after sunset, re- east-southeast horizon as the Sun rises. Continued on page 22 main visible all night and set in the west- For southern hemisphere observers northwest about ½ hour after sunrise. Venus will rise above the east-southeast horizon about 2 hours before the Sun and will stand high above the eastern Remember . . . horizon as the Sun rises. Jupiter (magnitude -2.0 to -2.1): In Daylight savings time Sagittarius. For northern hemisphere ob- begins March 9 servers Jupiter will rise over the east- southeast horizon about 3 hours before the Sun and will stand low above the Bright Planets (Morning Sky) south-southeastern horizon as the Sun Mercury (magnitude 0.1 to -0.1): rises. For southern hemisphere observ- Moving from Capricornus into ers Jupiter will rise above the horizon Aquarius. For northern hemisphere about 6 hours before the Sun and will observers Mercury will rise above the stand high above the east-northeast hori- east-southeast horizon about 1 hour zon as the Sun rises. before the Sun and will be found low above the southeast horizon as the Sun Other Celestial Phenomena rises. For southern hemisphere observ- Daylight Savings Time Begins: March ers Mercury will rise above the east- 9th (Sunday); formerly on the first Sun-

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