SUNlite Shedding some light on UFOlogy and UFOs Volume 2 Number 1 January-February 2010 UFOs on vacation, Socorro, This issue is a bit lean on stories be- cause of the holidays and other per- and ET commissions sonal business. I also noticed there was little news in the UFO commu- It seems like there are always lots of UFO Denver ballot. Apparently, Peckman tried nity. I apologize but I can promise reports each month. However, with the this once before with some sort of “peace you there a several stories in the arrival of the holiday’s it seems that UFO initiative” (Probably to push his metatron works from a few authors. In order news eased off a bit around Thanksgiv- peace program scam). It failed at the to make sure their work is complete, ing and early December. It is probably ballot box and I hope that this waste of due to the cooler weather/holidays that time and resources will also fail. Don’t I chose not to rush them along. keep people from looking up and seeing let Peckman fool you. He claims that no UFOs. The Bluebook statistics (as well money will be spent by the government TABLE OF CONTENTS as those presented by Hendry) indicate but, by just putting it on the ballot, it has this is normal. I wonder if any Christmas already cost the taxpayers money. By eve UFOs can be classified as probably being a government related entity, the Who’s Blogging UFOs ..................................2-4 Santa? members of this board will not be able to The Roswell corner...........................................4 do or say whatever they wish. There will Elsewhere, I have been monitoring most have to be somebody playing “watch- OK astronomer UFO update ........................5 of what has been happening in UFO land dog”, which means resources will have to MOD shuts down UFO hotline....................5 and it seems that quite a few people be expended by the government. were stuck on Socorro for the first part of Old UFO reports still make headlines.....5 November. Bragalia’s articles on the sub- This is all about Peckman finding a way Don’t set the snooze alarm for the Kecks- ject created a firestorm across the web to cash in on publicity and elevating his burg crash by Robert Young.........................6 and prompted numerous rebuttals and position in the UFO community. I in- Cautionary tales: Just how bad might a UFO proclamations. After the dust settled, vited Skeptic Bryan Bonner (co-host of observation be? by Matthew Graeber...7-8 everyone was back at square one on all Warning radio and the Rocky Mountain of this. The case will remain unresolved, Paranormal Research Society) to provide Almiro Barauna’s many hoaxes by Ken- which is exactly how UFOlogists want it. a piece about the commission. You will taro Mori......................................................9-10 Mr. Bragalia will probably still proclaim find his piece about Stan Romanek very What about the Photos?..............................10 it was a hoax with very little to support revealing. this claim. I commend him for his tenac- Look up in the sky!: The Stan Romanek saga ity but I want to see something more In closing, it is interesting to note that, by Baxter and the Rocky Mountain Para- substantial. Without the names of the despite bold proclamations all year long, normal Research Society....................11-22 hoaxers and methodology, the present that no UFO “disclosure” happened. This UFOs on the tube..........................................23 hoax scenario has very little, if anything, is the same promise that has been made Buy it, borrow it, bin it.................................23 to support it. for the past fifty years! With that track re- cord, what do you think the odds will be Probably the biggest news item was Jeff that 2010 will be the year for “disclosure”? Peckman’s ET initiative is now on the I would not bet any money on it. 1 Kevin Randle spent a lot of time re- that showed two shapes behind a tree. hasing the old Socorro case. This was Who’s blogging MUFON investigated and determined “inspired” by Anthony Bragalia’s recent them to be balloons. This brought out story about a student hoax. He brought UFOs? some cat calls on the blog. Apparently, up some pertinent points and recounted some people are not interested in any most of the stories about the case. He explanation that does not involve alien bascially concluded the event is consid- Hot topics and varied opinions spaceships. ered unsolved. The comments on his blog was full of the usual heated back and The final series of reports that caught forth between the sides. The my eye from MUFON had multiple comments were pretty to do with alien spaceships much made by the same read- landing in Texas on two oc- ers. I have been down this road cassions. Alien beings ap- long ago in various venues. It parently decided to get out accomplishes so little. I made and take a stroll on good old my opinion on the case known Earth. Alas, no evidence has last issue. I would love to call it been provided to confirm solved but nothing so far has these stories. My guess is done this to my satisfaction. that some people are playing a joke or have vivid imagina- Frank Warren implied that tions. When MUFON pres- Stephenville must be active ents some real evidence to again. Apparently, the resi- support these stories, I will dents formed some sort of alert change that opinion. network. They reported a lot of recent jet activity in the area. Skeptic Karen Stollznow of This is not surprising since there is an Mili- Australia made some good comments tary Operating Area just to the southwest with potential solutions: about the ET commission initiative by of town. Warren listed a log from “pilot” Jeff Peckman. Her commentary is well Steve Allen, who was a principle witness One involved witnesses describing see- worth the read and spares no punches. to the 2008 event. He gave an account of ing UFOs regularly but they looked like Peckman deserves the criticism. His ET jet’s “scrambling” and “two whole squad- stars with the naked eye. When viewed commission is a scam (just like his little rons” being in the air. I think his use of in binoculars, one could see the under- program that enhances peace through these words indicate he really does not sides of the UFOs “spinning”. These UFOs your computer). I hope the voters of know much about military operations. A were seen regularly for three months. Denver learn this and vote it down. squadron of planes involves about 18-24 Why didn’t MUFON come by with gear to aircraft and a “scramble” involves the rapid record them if they were so predictable? Michael Cohen still keeps presenting takeoff of jets from an airbase. Since Ste- It does not sound like much of an inves- all sorts of wild stories and videos. His phenville is not near Carswell, it is unlikely tigation if you ask me. They sound like latest came from China where a UFO sup- he saw them “scrambling” and I doubt he scintillating stars if you ask me. posedly landed and “light beings” were saw some thirty aircraft in operation over seen. If you watch the clip, it looks a lot Stephenville. It is more likely there were The other case was in Arizona, where a like somebody was shining a bright flash- two or three groups of aircraft conduct- witness saw a bright light in the south- light against the wall/fence. Cohen really ing an exercise. I am curious why nobody west sky at 10PM. It seems that the wit- needs to show some sense of skepticism. has bothered to record this activty with ness may have been viewing flare activ- This is just silly. video cameras from various locations. ity over the Barry Goldwater test range, One would think MUFON would set up which was in this direction. There is no Cohen did not stop there. According to a surveillance network in a UFO hotbed mention of any effort to see if military ac- him scientists at JPL are looking at a pho- like Stephenville. Sigh....another lost op- tivity was happening on the range that tograph taken by the Spirit rover that portunity for MUFON. night. It was labeled “unknown - UAV”. shows “possible UFO wreckage”. I wonder if Cohen could actually name a non-UFO The UFO examiner described nineteen The remaining “unknown” cases were in- scientist that thinks these pictures really cases that have been investigated by triguing but, like these two cases, really show alien spaceship debris. their STAR teams. I was not overly im- were vague about details. In one case, pressed with the cases. They revolved police officers apparently investigated, Cohen just keeps saying silly things and arounded single witness or groups of saw the UFO, and determined that there in a subsequent blog posting, he stated witnesses that were not independent of was not much to the event. I wonder that many scientists have CORRECTLY each other. There were some solutions why they would think that? determined that the pyramids were built offerred on a few but many were listed as with the help of alien technology. I am “unknown”. Two of them caught my eye Another UFO video was posted by Marsh not sure what scientists he is discussing 2 sition against the constellations, the Who’s blogging UFOs? (Cont’d) way one would plot a meteor or sat- ellite. Not only can the azimuth and but very few believe this.