SUNlite Shedding some light on UFOlogy and UFOs Volume 3 Number 4 July-August 2011 Cover: While driving in New Jersey on return from vacation, I saw this blimp passing over the turnpike. One wonders how many blimps populate the skies over NY City on a given day. Left: An image of my toy UFO that I used to see if amateur astronomers could detect an object dur- ing their observations. In my one test, they did. I will have to see if I can test it another time. immediately, I heard, “What the heck is that?” That was immediately followed by, “What are you doing?!!!” It is one small sample but I confirmed my suspicions that people at a dark sky site are not go- ing to be oblivious to everything around them. I may attempt this little experiment a few more times in the future to see if I get a similar response. I just hope I don’t get banned from the observing site for these antics. This issue has quite a collection of articles from various people. I hope my readers will find them interesting and informa- tive. I know that I did. Additionally, I am thankful to Manual Borraz, who pointed out to me a potential explanation for an interesting UFO event from 1957. I appre- Better late than never ciate the effort made by all these people. am sorry for the delay in releasing this object may simply be an artifact of how TABLE OF CONTENTS I issue of SUNlite. I was on vacation and the object was recorded. One can not de- really could not tear myself away from finitively say. However, I would not say family to devote the time to finish the is- it actually showed a craft of some kind, Who’s blogging UFOs..................................2-3 sue properly. Anytime I have to choose which is what I meant in the article when The Roswell Corner .......................................4 between UFOs (or for that matter - As- I was discussing “true UFOs”. So high up, the earth looked like a what? tronomy) and family, it is family first. by Martin S. Kottmeyer..........................5-8 I noticed in writing to some of my read- I took some criticism about my article ers that they have the links disabled in In defense of the psychosociologi- concerning UFO photographs/videos their pdf readers. I just want to point out cal hypothesis – Another reply to Au- in the last issue. I mentioned that no that if you desire to go to the applicable guste Meessen by Jean-Michel Abra “true UFOs” had been recorded by all of web site (most often in the “Who’s blog- ssart.....................................................9-12 these systems in place that do record ging” segment), I do provide links so if An example of mathematical intimidation events like bright fireballs. Reality Un- you want to follow up, enable the links. in Ufology by Nicolas Gauvrit...................12 covered member “Buckwild” pointed me towards a video that was shot in Japan Finally, about a year ago, I mentioned Project Bluebook Special report no. 14...... by an amateur astronomer some time that I would test some amateur astrono- ......................................................................13-14 ago that showed a pair of lights that rap- mers to see if they would notice a UFO at UFO over the Bronx and 1.3 million idly moved across the field of view and at an observing session. Using a child’s toy people miss it!..........................15-17 some sharp angles. There appears to be (see picture at left) that pushes a spin- Did the police almost shoot the something dark between the lights but ning wheel with LEDs into the air, I ran a moon?: An article inspired by an e- it is fairly indistinct. One can view the test at a dark sky observing session. The mail from Manuel Borraz....18-20 video at the link http://sonotaco.jp/fo- LEDs are not that bright so I was not too rum/viewtopic.php?t=1723. The owner concerned about interfering with every- Lost opportunities and stolen valor - a of the video feels it may be birds or in- one’s night vision. I also made sure that book review by Peter Merlin....21-22 sects. Those at the Bad Astronomy forum nobody was taking photographs (I was UFOs on the tube..........................................23 (where Buckwild originally discussed this the only astrophotographer present). Buy it, borrow it, bin it.................................23 two years ago) felt the lights may have There were about a half-dozen people been a reflection off the window the observing when I went behind my ve- camera was shooting through. The dark hicle and produced my surprise. Almost 1 Some people never learn. Paul Hill is ings. Wake me up when he presents the promoting his lights over lake Erie videos Who’s blogging data instead of claims. as proof of aliens visiting earth. The last time somebody did this, UFO investiga- UFOs? James Oberg correctly predicted in an tors determined that they were just air- e-mail that there were going to be UFO plane lights (See SUNlite 2-3). The videos videos appearing on May 4-5 from in this clip appear to be the same lights Hot topics and varied opinions Russia. Sure enough, there were plenty presented last time. They look just like of UFO videos/claims made. One individ- planes on approach to Cleveland’s air- ual on the Above Top Secret forum sug- port. gested the videos showed the formation of a wormhole SETI lost its funding. This is for a UFO to travel through! too bad and UFOlogists seem to In reality, the videos were be rejoicing. How much money of a Russian Meridian Satel- has UFOlogy squandered in the lite launch from the Plesetsk past decade chasing useless cosmodrome. This was no cases that have proven noth- surprise since it seems like ing. At least SETI tried to con- all these rocket launches (in duct a search and people can Russia and the US) still create learn from their efforts. UFOl- UFO reports. ogy does not learn from the past. They just keep repeating My article about the Battle the same mistakes. of LA photograph was fol- lowed up by two blog en- Robert Sheaffer wrote a won- tries by Kentaro Mori and derful article outlining the Lance Moody. Moody’s ar- work of those at the Above Top Secret ticle is interesting as he describes his in- forum debunking the UFOs over Lon- also claims to have detailed knowledge teractions with Frank Warren, who stone- don videos. Once again, I apply the rule about the shutdown. Once again, his walled him when he tried to locate the of it looks too good to be true, it probably sources are the same mysterious person- source of the image he was using. As it isn’t. This looks like somebody has been nel. As pointed in last SUNlite, according turns out, Warren’s source used the re- playing with CGI again. to official sources, the actual shutdown touched image and not, what appears to event occurred at 1:35 AM on the morn- be, the original negative. Warren would Hastings is now promoting the FE War- ing of the 23rd. Therefore, none of these post Moody’s article with the following ren AFB missile shutdown on October “blimp sightings” (which appear to have comment: Editor’s Note–We thank Lance 23, 2010 as a genuine “UFO and nukes” been made during the day) could have Moody for allowing us to publish his OP- event. He lists quite a few of the sightings caused the shutdown. Hastings has yet ED, and of course will follow with a thor- but many of these have absolutely noth- to provide any documentation to sup- ough, elucidating rebuttal ASAP. Warren ing to do with the FE Warren shutdown. port his claims, which is his usual meth- posted this on the 10th of May but the The information for all of these sightings odology. All he has are rumors, which are only thing he would post is a news clip- he describes is extremely limited but many not facts. ping from 1942 with no comment on the appear to have potential explanations. As 11th. If this was his “elucidating rebuttal”, pointed out in the last issue, there were Irish astronomer Eamonn Ansbro Warren needs to look at a dictionary for very few unsolicited UFO reports at NU- made the news with his claims of what those words mean. The lack of com- FORC and MUFON, which brought into recording alien spaceships in orbit ment gives far greater weight on what question, the claims made by Hastings around the earth. He also claims that Moody wrote. Of course, SUNlite’s read- about increased UFO activity in the area. he can predict when they appear. Well, ers now know that this image indicated However, Hastings needs these previously if they are in fixed orbits, it should be that there was no apparent object in the unreported events to indicate increased no problem to predict them. However, center of the spotlight beams. They also UFO activity inthe area and prop up his when he attempted to present his “evi- know that the newspaper accounts of the rumor about a “blimp-like” UFO that was dence” at a recent SETI conference, some time were not very accurate about what hovering over the missile silos on October of the scientists present left the room! was in the sky as witnesses and gunners 23-24th. His sources for this UFO are, not Ansbro has been promoting this for at became confused over the AA bursts, surprisingly, anonymous AF personnel.