SUNlite Shedding some light on UFOlogy and UFOs “People don’t like to know what the boring answer would be. People like to know fantasy stuff. People like to think there could be things out there,....” Mitch Stanley interviewed in 2007 Volume 2 Number 3 May-June 2010 Cover: I took a photograph of the sky as it is around 8PM on March 13, 1997. I then put in my versio of what I think the Arizona UFOs appeared like to many observers in Phoenix that evening over sev- eral minutes. Left: I recorded a UFO on March 20, during the Ple- iades Occultation. There were no satellites listed on Heaven’s above but further research reveled it to be the fainter IRAS, which was not listed because of it’s magnitude. My UFO turned into an IFO. e-mail me with all sorts of exotic claims. I gave up responding since he seems to distort just about eveyrthing I write. However, he made one comment that made me smile. He suggested I argued against his Roswell investigations sim- ply because I secretly believed he was right. I responded with a simple “ROT- FLMAO” (“Roll on the floor laughing my A** off”), for which he took offense. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. To change my opinion would require something more substantial than his wild theories about Roswell and Nitin- ol. His latest argument about Alcoholism seems to indicate that only Alien bodies can cause people to be addicted to Alco- Warmer weather = More UFO reports! hol (See the Roswell corner). TABLE OF CONTENTS With the passage of March 13th, we were through Robert Todd. When I started dis- treated with the usual “Arizona UFOs” cussing those that accused him of fudg- hype on the web. As always, it is tainted ing numbers and making up flight paths, Who’s blogging UFOs..................................2-3 and, as a result, I wanted to restate my he basically ignored the question and The Roswell Corner .......................................4 case on this. So, I spent some of the is- chose not to answer it. By that time, he sue trying to explain the case and what had become frustrated wtih the Roswell The case for the Arizona UFOs thirteen the likely solutions are. As with last issue, story. He seemed to think proponents years later....................................................5-12 “Psycho clown” provides us with some were not interested in a scientific discus- The lessons of Zond IV.........................12-13 artwork for this piece! I hope the readers sion on that matter and were more into Malmstrom follow up............................14-15 will find it informative. reinforcing their beliefs. One must re- member that Moore did much more than Bad Alien!!!!!.............................................15-16 Frequent contributor, Matt Graeber in- discuss the Roswell incident and his con- Within the magic circle.......................17-21 forms me that his vision (which is pretty tributions to science and atmospheric re- poor these days) is being affected by search are something to be praised. Will the real UFO monsters please stand constantly looking at a computer moni- up! by Matt Graeber...........................21-26 tor. Despite this, Matt keeps pumping There was also plenty of UFO activity be- More night vision follies.............................27 out articles and I now have a backlog for ing reported by MUFON. I guess it has the next few issues. Hopefully, his vision something to do with the weather warm- IFO University: Satellites.......................28-29 will not get any worse. ing up. The events around Euclid, Ohio So you want to be the next Mr. Ed?....30 demonstrated, once again, that imagina- Is Euclid, Ohio the new UFO hotspot?....31 On March 6th, Dave Thomas informed tion can transform mundane lights into me that Professor Charles Moore passed something exotic. It sounds like UFOl- UFOs on the tube..........................................32 away. Moore was part of the NYU team ogy will have an interesting summer. The Buy it, borrow it, bin it.................................32 that launched various balloon configu- efforts of the MUFON investigator in the rations out of Alamogordo in 1947 in Euclid case indicates that some of them conjunction with Project MOGUL. One know how to do their jobs. It is too bad of these balloon flights is considered the that this is not the case in all UFO inves- source for the Foster Ranch debris, which tigations. sparked the Roswell incident. I only had brief contact with the man years ago Finally, Anthony Bragalia continues to 1 C Hardly had SUNlite 2-2 been released All point towards the same general area when the UFO examiner presented a Who’s blogging southwest of Stephenville and involved whole slew of UFO reports. Either there seeing Jet activity. Do you think it is was a “wave”, the examiner had nothing UFOs? possible the military was conducting air to do with his time, or the warmer weath- operations involving aerial flares in the er has gotten people out looking at the Brownwood MOA again? sky. Several caught my eye. Hot topics and varied opinions Another early April sighting from The first was a sighting in Milford NH, Youngstown, Ohio by a “skywatcher” and not far from my home. This “UFO researcher”, includ- is a report filed very late and ing videos of some flashing happened on September 26, strobe lights. They looked 2009. from two pilots who saw like the strobe lights one an object in the sky that was, would expect on the wings they estimated, at an altitude of of an airplane. Apparently, 70-80,000 feet! How they esti- the appearance of hovering mated this is unkown since it is over the trees for a few min- virtually impossible to estimate utes made her think it could distance or altitude of an un- not be an airplane. Of course, known object without knowing any object that is heading in its size. If it were visible at an your direction from a dis- altitude of 70, 000 feet it must tance, will appear to hover have been really big! Addition- for a while until it gets close. ally, the weather would have The videographer also ex- to have been exceptionally pressed fear over the lights. clear without a trace of clouds! When it passed overhead, it These “pilots” stated it was circular in made the sound of an airplane and the shape (from 70-80,000 feet?). It was there time, angular speed, angular size, etc), I videographer noted this. According to for about 30-40 minutes and then disap- would consider his level of experience as her, the UFO appeared to be attempting peared so rapidly to the northeast that it an “amateur astronomer” at the “novice” to mimic an airplane in sound. Watch the appeared to “vanish”. Based on the wild level. It is interesting that the ISS made a clip. She actually states words to this ef- estimates of distance and altitude, it is pass around 20:30 from NW to SE. Could fect at time 4:50! Ahhh...the power of be- hard to accept this report as credible. this have been the UFO? I kept waiting lief. She obviously “knew what she saw”! for an update on the Georgia MUFON The second was another one of those website or the UFO examiner’s blog but The UFO examiner enjoys presenting pesky amateur astronomer sightings it never happened. I guess nobody cared photographs in low resolution, which from Oklahoma! It seems like Oklahoma to report that it was probably the ISS. makes them hard to evaluate. This one amateurs like reporting various noctornal from Loudon, TN was too easy though. lights to MUFON. This one was puzzling Another astronomical UFO appeared As usual, the witness did not see the as it involved lights flickering on an off to be Venus. The indiivdual stated they UFOs when the photograph was taken. It low in the eastern sky near Fort Smith, Ar- saw Sirius and the object was in the west is my opinion, the person took the photo- kansas. Another observer 22 miles to the much brighter than Sirius. No times were graphs through their window and caught south also saw these lights in the same given but it looked like a bright star he the reflection of the lights behind them general direction. It sounds a lot like mili- was recording. Once the camera was being reflected off the glass. tary flare activity. About fifty miles east of placed on a tripod, the object exhibited, Fort Smith, is the Shirley Military Opera- what appeared to be, diurnal motion Finally, there was a witness who was per- tions Area (MOA). I wonder if they were over the time of the recording. This rein- forming “astrophotography” and claimed busy that night? The long base-line of 22 forces the idea that it was astronomical. he recorded a UFO. He is not much of an miles with the same general direction in- My guess is that it was probably Venus. astrophotographer as the stars were out dicates the lights were very far away. of focus. Despite his claims of it not being Then there was the traveling salesman, a lens flare, this is exactly what it appears Another “amateur astronomer” report in- who watched UFOs for an hour at a fami- to be. You can see the light source at the volved somebody who was going to be lies home. These sounded very much like bottom right of the camera (it illuminates star watching in Georgia on the 21st of scintillating stars to me since he reports the house and tree).