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NUMBER 114 I || E MAY 1977 UFO JOURNAL Founded 1967 $1.00 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF MUFONJ MUTUAL UFO NETWORK, On the night of December 12, 1974, several nocturnal lights were photographed over Prahova, Romania. Complete discussion of that case is included in this issue. FROM THE EDITOR MUFON UFO It is with a material to a totally false JOURNAL sense of regret public almost case on the cover 103OldtowneRd. that I must an- too eager for of the July issue* Seguin, Texas 781 55 nounce my resig- information on I hope that my nation as Editor this subject. resignation and of OFFICIAL UFO. It is this exposure of this As Editor of same indescrim- fake will insure this newsstand inate eagerness that it does not DENNIS WILLIAM HAUCK magazine* I have that has prompted enter the liter- Editor sought to disi- the publisher to ature of ufology. seminate auth- present a most WALTER H. ANDRUS Director of MUFON enticated UFO sensational and In this issue PAUL CERNY Promotion/Publicity LUMINOUS UFO OVER ROMANIA 3 REV. BARRY DOWNING By Augustin Moraru Religion and UFOs UFO GROUPS SEEK AID 5 ANN DRUFFEL By Richard Hall California Report WHY THESE ABDUCTIONS? 6 LUCIUS FARISH HUMANOID SEEN IN ENGLAND 7 Books / Periodicals / H istory By Jenny Randies MARJORIEFISH CALIFORNIA REPORT Extraterrestrial Life 10 By Ann Druffel RICHARD HALL Associate Editor INCIDENT AT INDIANAPOLIS 13 By PeterMcNeall MARK HERBSTRITT 14 Astronomy IN OTHERS'WORDS ROSETTA HOLMES By Lucius Farish Promotion/Publicity SKYNETLOG .15 TED PHILLIPS By Ann Druffel Landing Trace Cases UFO LIGHT BEAM CASE 16 DAVID A. SCHROTH By IlkkaSerra St. Louis/Mass Media MUFON AMATEUR RADIO NETS 16 JOHN F. SCHUESSLER REPORT FROM SOUTH AFRICA 17 UFO Propulsion By MikeViljoen NORMA E. SHORT NATIONAL ENQUIRER PANEL 17 DWIGHT CONNELLY Editor/ Publishers Emeritus FINLAND QUARTERLY REPORT 18 LENSTRINGFIELD PILOT SIGHTINGS SOUGHT 18 Commentary By Walt Andrus DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE 19 The MUFON UFO JOURNAL Is pub- By Walt Andrus lished by the Mutual UFO Network, RECAPPING AND COMMENTING 20 Inc., Seguin, Texas. Subscription rates: $8.00 per year in the U.S.A.; By Richard Hall $9.00 per year foreign. Copyright 1977 by the Mutual UFO Network. Second class postage paid at Seguin, Texas. The contents of the MUFON UFO JOURNAL are Permission Is hereby granted to quote from this issue Publication Identification number is determined by the editor, and do not necessarily provided not more than 200 words are quoted from 002970. Return undeliverable copies represent the official position of MUFON. Opinions any one article, the author of the article Is given to: The MUFON UFO JOURNAL, 103 of contributors are their own, and do not necessarily Oldtowne Rd., Seguin, Texas 78155. credit, and the statement "Copyright 1977 by the reflect those of the editor, the staff, or MUFON. MUFON UFO JOURNAL, 103 Oldtowne Rd., Seguin, Articles may be forwarded directly to MUFON or to: Texas" Is included. L Dennis W. Hauck, 114Gostlin St., Hammond, IN 46327 Luminous UFO Photographed Over Romania BY Augustin Moraru Following is the narrative of Mr. Calin Turcu, schoolteacher from Valenii de Munte (Progresului street no. 56) Prahova, Romania, concerning his observation of an UFO in December 11, 1974. On the evening of Wednesday. December 11, 1974, I was typing some material in my private room. This work lasted more than usual, til after midnight. At on time, I heard my dog barking in the back court of r* -, jt1*7*,•!-„"-'' - * the house. I went out of the house and at first I didn't observed any- The first photograph of the object thing strange. I untied the dog but (left) and an enlargement (right). I don't remember which way he went or if he barked on. I turned to home when I observed my shadow was distance. The period between two writer, and publicist from Romania, intensely casted and very well out- pulsations was 1-2 seconds. The light of my observation. He has had many lined of a strong light on the white estinguished slow after a last ascen- experiences with "flying saucers" wall. I turned to the hills situated sion which was longer than the and knew of many cases from around beyond the Teleojen River at ap- anterior. No sound was heard during the world. He was very surprised proximately one kilometer distance. the whole sighting which lasted 12 at my photographs for they resem- I saw at that time a dazzling white minutes until 1:34 a.m. The lumin- bled the following cases: light like a light of a soldering ap- ous object did not reappear. paratus. It was much brighter There were no physical effects to (1) Sauterrain (Creuse)-France and had no definite outline. It was the witness other than the normal September 2,3, 1968. hard to look directly at it. The light trauma in such a case. (2) Faymonville (Liege)-July was plulsating rhythmically and was Apparent size was 6 cm. and one 19, 1972. lighting very well the surroundings. I kilometer away. Elevation angle (3) Okinawa-Sept. 22.1972. went into the house and I took up the between 32 degrees and 35 degrees. (4) Nagai-Japan July 9, 1973. camera and I went outside (I looked Astronomic azimuth with the origin Soon after that the negative was at my watch: it was twenty-two past in South direction was 240 degrees. examined in a photogrammetry one) and I took 8 photographs. The Nobody from my family or friends and Teledetection Laboratory from light was in a continous slow vertical knew about this event for it happened Bucharest by two engineers: Dan motion ascending 10-12 seconds and very late. After development of the Riadulescu and Dan Mihailescu. descending 10-12 seconds. At the film it was found eith emptiness ' The conclusions were as follows: time when the brightness was max- frames. Each negative frame pre- (1) The images of the object imum the sky, the hills and the woods sented a small black point of various are photographic images and were lit for several kilometers. forms. don't result from defections When the brightness was minimum One month later I informed Ion of the film. the light seem like a head-light at a Hobana, an old UFO investigator, (2) The images are not - The site of the observation in daylight with the maximum points of elevation of the object seen on night of December 11,1974. All the nocturnal light photographs on this page were taken on Dec- ember^, 1974, between 1:22 a.m. and 1:34 a.m. parasite images which ac- one strong artificial light in the UFO GROUPS SEEK cidentally penetrated into the vacinity. COOPERATION cassette. Personal Data By Richard Hall, MUFON (3) The film registered a real Calin Turcu, man, age 35, occupa- International Coordinator light source. tion: schoolteacher. Education; 15th (4) The photographic images grade; vision without glasses, UFO groups around the world have are very small; follow that the married and two children. been increasingly contacting MUFON object was small or far with a He has read many books on UFO's seeking cooperation and information powerful brilliancy of ra- but never seen any UFOs prior exchange. We regret that close diation. to this sighting. cooperation is not always possible (5) Through the comparing The witness gave his permission due to the large numer of such of the maximum dimensions to use his name in relation to this requests and the lack of a full-time MUFON staff. MUFON Information of the images was establish report. the object texecuted motions Centers are asked to supply informa- on the direction of observa- tion to these groups where possible, tion. It was approaching and 1976MUFON and MUFON members in the U.S. retiring from observer creat- may wish to correspond. ing the illusion of vertical SYMPOSIUM Recent inquirers have included motion. Calin Turcu cannot PROCEEDINGS CNIFAA (Comitato Nazionale agree there he don't observed Independente per lo Studio dei approaching and retiring of Finomeni Aerei Anomali), Mr. the light. Francesco Izzo, via Rizzofi, 4 sc/B, "Swamp Gas Plus Ten - And Counting" by 'Dr. J. Allen 40125 Bologna, Italy; the Manchester (6) Studing the position of the Hynek, Director of the Center for UFO Studies. longitudinal axis of the images Aerial Phenomena Investigation in comparison with the frame "Canadian UFO Residuum" by Henry H. McKay, MUFON Team, Mr. David L. Rees, 92, Hill- of the film was establish the Canadian Regional Director. crest Road, Offerton, Stockport object had a rotary SK2 5SE, England; Jerzy E. Wielun- '.'Heavenly Chariots And Frying Saucers" by Dr. Ted Peters, motion in plane. ski, Chopina 4-3, 20026 Lublin, MUFON State Section Director for Central South Carolina. (7) It cannot be exluded a Poland; Commission d'Etudes false created manipulating a "UFOIogy and the Digital Computer - A Lesson In The Ourahos, Henri Depireux, Av. intense bright source of light Evaluation Of UFO Secondary Evidence" by William H. Georges Henri, 299, B. 1200 but the presence of the halo Spaulding, Director of Ground Saucer Watch, Inc.* Bruxelles, Belgium. from the first photo can de- Mr. Izzo, in Italy, is a biochemist "The Operation ARGUS Concept - A New Look At UFO who has been supplying CE-III cases cline a dodge. Event Sharing And UFO Data Sharing" by Ray Stanford, to Dave Webb of the MUFON Director of Project Starlight International. Mr. Calin Turcu was using a Humanoid Study Group, and Beirette camera made in Germany a "Analysis Of Humanoid Reports" by David F. Webb, CNIFAA is a scientifically oriented Meritar 2.9/45. The film was 'Leike' MUFON Eastern Regional Director and Co-Chairman of the group with a planned journal entitled black and white ORWO 20 DIN (80 MUFON Humanoid Study Group.