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PRESI DEI{TIAL ANI{OUI{CEMENT

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? Who will open the 2nd LondonInternatior^al UFO Congress.

Vol 9 No3 Published Nov 1980

Council 1979/80

PresidewLord Kings Norton

Vice-presidentsThe Rt Hon Earl of ClancartyLeonard G Cramp, ARAES, MSrAProf Bryan lJ7inder, Bsc, cENG, FIMEcHE.Geol1rey G Doel, MRcs, LRcP, DMRE(Past president)Graham F N Knewstub, CENG) MIERE, FBIS(Founder president)

Council chairrnanLeslie Bayer, MBEJ FINsr MsM

Vice-chairmanNorman Oliver, nnas.

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BUFORA JOURNALVolume 9 Number 3Edited by Norman OliverCorrespondence and contributions to:-

ContentsUFO Research Fundinaugurated in USA 2

Special Announcement 3

Uforum 4

Kensington Lecture Reviews 6

Report-Extra ! 10

From here-and there 17

Messengers from the Stars-2 20

Sighting Summaries 24

2nd London InternationalUFO Congress 28

Book Reviews 29

Investigator Training Course 32

Kensington Lectures 1980/81 32

Dd,itorialWe can, so why cantt t they t ?Members will know that Bufora iscommitted to no particular UFOhypothesis: they will also know thatwhilst this applies to myself also, ffeel strongly that in recent years manyufologists have been less than just iirtending to exclude the ETH (Extra-terrestrial hypothesis) from their del-iberations.

Published Novembar 1980

95 Taunton Road, London SE12 8PA

When and why did this trend awayfrom the ETH begin ? Really itstarted about a decade ago when manyresearchers, increasingly puzzled bythe apparent proliferation of varietiesof UFO experiences and events, de-cided that the ETH was no longerviable. I would not myself agree . . . .

but . . . . another reason was given forthe' re-think' as well . . . . " we haoeto conclude that UFOs do not etnanatefrom beyond Earth . . no ' entrances'are picked up on 24-hour radar " . . . .

became a parrot-cry in some quarters.There are, of course, three answers tothis:

Firstly, why should we ever have beentold if they were so picked up ?

Secondly, there is only a 24 hotrcoverage on certain parameters, not ablanket coverage.

Thirdly-again a point often almosttreated with scorn. Why should notsuch craft (if craft they be), havedevices rendering them immune toradar detection ? " Pure science-fiction " scoffed the sceptics.

Really ? It is now science fact !

Earth science fact ! And, if it shouldturn out that UFOs are from otherworlds, one would at least expect themto be abreast of our own scientificdevelopment, would one not ?

Norman Olizter.

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AWARENESS-The Journal of contact uK. Details from: The NationalChairman, Contact UK, 59d Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford.

UFO Research Fund inaugurated in Maryland USOrganised by a group of scientists,engineers and writer-editors, the Fundfor UFO Research was incorporated inthe District of Columbia on 1 August,1979. Its purpose is to provide amechanism for channelling money intoresearch projects that will increasescientific knowledge about, and publicunderstanding of, UFO phenomena.The Fund is a non-profit, scientific andeducational organisation financed bycontributions from the general public.Proposals for research or educationalproiects are reviewed by a ls-memberNational Board consisting of scientists,educators and other specialists. Thoseapproved by a two-thirds majority ofthe Board are eligible for funding.The Fund will support high quality sci-entific research and responsible publicreporting designed to clarify the natureand significance of UFO phenomena.No pafticular theory is advocated;instead, scientific data is sought thatwill help to evaluate current theories orprovide the basis for new ones.

Proposals are accepted from any qual-ified person or group, without regardto organisational affiliations. Thus,members of UFO organisations or anyindependent members of the public areeligible for grant support. The Boardconsider$ only the merits of the pro-posal, which must have a concretegoal, and the ability ofthe proposer toperform the task competently within areasonable time period on a contractual

basis. Anyone may submit a proposalto the Fund.

Examples of the general types ofscientific research that the Fund an-ticipates sponsoring include:-

On-site investigation of physicalevidence cases with follow-upphysical and chemical analysis.

Analysis of purported UFO photo-graphs or movie films.

Statistical studies of accumulateddata.

Psychological and sociological studies

Legal activities to obtain suppressedinformation.

Historical research and documen-tation.

Evaluation and development of in-vestigative tools.

Public Education proiects will also beconsidered and these would includethe public exposure of hoaxes orinaccurate information.

The following are the Directors of theFund's National Board :

Eugenie Clark, PhD, Barry H Downing,PhD, Charles H Gibbs-Smith, RichardF Haines, PhD, Ward I{imball, Louis RPurnell, Peter Rank, MD, Herbnt ERoth, Ron lVestrum, PhD.

The Fund's address: Fund for UFOReseatch, Box 277, Mt Rainier, Mary-land, 20822, USA.

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Special Announcement . . . .

Bufora is honoured to announce thatLord Kings Norton, distinguishedengineer and scientist, has consentedto accept the presidency of theAssociation.

Lord Kings Norton has long beenclosely connected with aeronauticaladvancement and research, havingnumerous papers published on thetheory of structures, wing flutter, gasturbines, civil aviation and airships.His many appointments in the 1930sincluded those of Principal ScientificOfficer, Aerodynamics Dept, RAE:Chief Technical Officer, Air Regis-tration Board and Supt of ScientificResearch RlE, followed by waftimeposts such as Dep. Director of Scien-tific Research, Ministy of AircraftProduction and Director of SpecialProjects in the same Ministry.Amongst subsequent appointmentshave been that of Chief Scientist at theMinistry of Fuel and Pozler and Chair-man of the Council for Scientific andIndustrial Research.

A past president of the Royal Aero-nautical Society, his approach to theUFO enigma is a scientific one, hisattitude being exemplified by his con-tribution to the House of Lords UFODebate on 18 January 1979, in whichhe stated he was sure that most re-corded sightings are terrestrial inorigin, listing a large number of typesof misreports, both rare and commonwith which tl;e investigator/researcherhas to contend. He does, however,consider a small proportion of 'uni-dentifieds' remains, and whilst heinclines to the view that these may wellfinally be found to be terrestrial inorigin, he does not completely dismissthe conception of extra-terrestrial pos-sibilities, though he would still " bereadier to accept some explanation interms of what I might call the astro-nomical phenomena than ships fromouter space." Nevertheless, thoughconsidering it" a z;ery long shot indeed,"he does not entirely exclude such apossibility.

During the Debate, His Lordshipstated that whilst he was sceptical of themore bizarre explanations and landings,it was his view that there should be aserious governmental enquiry into thephenomenon for several reasons, notleast that there is a social danger inleaving people in ignorance of theorigins of the phenomenon

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association of UFOs with mysdcism andreligion makes exploration of the phen-omenon a rnatter of great importance andsome urgency."

His Lordship's attitude closely reflectsBufora's approach and aims, and we arekeenly conscious of the impetus hispresidency will give both to theAssociation and to UFO research in thiscountry.

UforumI agree wholeheartedly with youreditorial comments in Vol 9, No 1,March '80. I should like to quotePMHEdwards,PhD:-" Psychologists assert that the sub-conscious mind acts and reacts in un-predictable ways; we tend to shunthings that we cannot understand; orelse, we explain them away with ref-erence to spiritualism, or magic, or aparallel universe or the like. If we arefaced with a phenomenon which ap-pears to disobey the laws of science aswe know them, we sometimes state that'it couldn't haoe happenedr' or somepeople who hold specific religiousbeliefs invoke divine intervention asthe explanation-the ancient conceptof Deus ex mach'ina. This kind ofreaction to the unexplained, so dear toostriches, has bedevilled the interpre-tations of ufological incidents for avery long time, and it continues to doso, to some extent, even today."

The present trend is not ' to someexrcnt ': it is virtually taking a strangle-hold on our major organisations andgroups, both in the North and Southof the UK, and like the lemmings, wewill virtually plunge in reasoning downthe slippery path of self destruction-unless some of us have the courage tostand up and say that UFO organis-ations came into being in the firstinstance because of the ETH hy-pothesis....I only hope I am alive when our Earthprobes are able to penetrate the en-veloping 'soups' of Ganymede,Europa, IJranus, Pluto, Saturn and alltheir satellites

The complicated mental gym-nastics ufologists get themselves intoare pure human conceit. The evi-dence is there nightly for all to see-4

billions of twinkling stars telling us weare not alone in the Universe.

"Yff#'::r:f:i;. . . . I find the regular Bufora Journalof most interest, and as an engineerused to reading professional researchjournals, I found the first issue of theJournal of Transient Aerial Phenomenato be of a quite high standard. Keepup the good work.

Gerard Butler,Dublin, Ireland.

. . . . A short note to congratulate youon your editorial in Vol 9, No 1. Ifind it refreshing to note that you do notlump all ETH adherents with cultists.

P B Grant,W Mailing.

Recently, a lot of discussion has takenplace in various circles regarding theproblems of common terminology,definitions and classifications in re-lationship with the study of UFOreports. Obviously, this is a majorstep forward, as, if UFOlogy is to beaccepted as a truly scientific study, itmust acquire universal standardisationin these, and other aspects. Butsurely, the first step in any study, is toensure that one's means of datacollection-ie, the UFO investigator-utilises the highest possible standards.One cannot conduct a scientific analysisof the phenomenon if one's raw data isquestionable, as is often the case.One researcher likened it to' building ahouse on weak foundatiow.' Sooner orlater, someone will discover the faultsin our 'foundations,' and its builderswill be discredited and the ' house'will be torn down.

Many examples of researchers em-ploying questionable methods (if theycan be called methods) can be cited,but this is not the place for criticism ofindividuals. What can be done to stopthese' investigators' ? Perhaps theorganisations most striving for scien-tific involvement in the subject, or-ganisations such as Bufora, must be-come extremely selective in choosingtheir. investigators.

_ Perhaps their

training programme should be com-pulsory. I cannot say. But some-thing needs to be done, either byBufora on its own, or by the Inter-national Working Party. The latteris obviously the befter, as I'm sure thisproblem is global. As Peter Hillrecently wrote . ., . " Some research isof reasonable quality, but much is sub-jectiae and lacking in the basics ofscientific method . it is time thatUFO research matured from hobby toscientific discipline." I cannot agreemore.

Anthony Green,. SKYSCAN,Member Society of Bufora.

Your Russian correspondent (UFOProbe in the Kremlin? Vol 9, No 1)is in error in implying that the exis-tence of a functioning lightning con-ductor will prevent the occurrence ofball lightning. Lightning conductorsgive protection only against strokelightning. Dr Dmitriev is certainlycorrect in his diagnosis.

Since you asked (Editorial Vol 8, No 4)I do think you are an idiot forsuggesting that readers should proposehypotheses in which they do notbelieve. Debating societies are onething, but the journal of a scientificresearch organisation is quite another.We have enough dificulty making ourviews plain to each other as it is, withoutthe added difficulty of finding that theviews expressed are not sincerely held.

Nor should you be surprised.that theresults (some of which are printed inVol 9, No 1) are not what you asked for.Two are clearly jokes: we can dowithout the flippant attitudes ex-pressed by Hilary Evans and H Urth(whoever he is). Self criticism is notthe same thing as insincerity. By allmeans let us criticise our own beliefs,but I think it is foolish to mislead thereader. . . .

Stuart Campbell,Edinburgh.

lN/ell, I did inoite anyone who thoughr Iwas an idiot to say so ! As RIC forScotland, Stuart has made a oery de-tailed study of the Lhtingston CEI 11case (a reoiew of his Kensington talhwill appear in a later Journal). He isparticularly interesred in ball lightningassociations-and, indeed, his predel-iction in this area is the subject of acartoon elseznhere in this Journal. Nooffence Stuart ! There ?t)as no room,unfortunately for some pertinent pointson the subject of Time Traoel, to beprinted in this issue, and these will appearinstead in January 1981. Other lettershaoe also been held ooer.-Ed.

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Kensin$ton Lectures3 November 1979

Symposium on UFOs and PsychicResearch

Speakers: Hilary Eoans (SPR)Manfred Cassirer (SPR)Lawrence Dale (Bufora)' Norman Olivn (Bufora)

Presided over by former BuforaChairman Captain Ivar Mackay-himself extremely knowledgeable inboth spheres, this symposium waswell-timed, for the Society for PsychicalResearch had recently convened a UFOStudy Group, co-operation with Buforawhere reports evinced areas of commoninterest having been agreed.

All four speakers were united inconsidering this a welcome develop-ment, differing only in emphasis:-'There is much comlnon ground forparapsychalogists to explore hand inhand'-Hilary Eaans.

' It doesn't follow that a psychic inoest-igator should become a UFO inztestigator,but both shauld combine their skillswhen required' -Larry Dale.' The expertise of the SPR inoestigatoris pertinent to the UFO inoestigator-both can benefit by pooling their know-ledg e'

-Manfr ed C assir er.

'It would be zurong to attribute apsychic origin to the ent'ire phenomenon,but there is a definite connection of aproportion of UFO reports with psychicphenomena and a good case for jointimtestigation in these ovrqs'-l{sv7n44Olizter.

Hilary Evans' points included differentinterpretations of the same phenomena:'fringe' areas of interest to both-' the UFO cannot be studied in isolation' :the Toronto ' conjuring up Philip'experiment and the ' holier than thou'attitude of the established scientist-

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'were raindrops to be widely regardedas tears shed by the V'irgin Mary,scientific circles might well deny theirexistence.' ' UFOs are realr' Hilaryconcluded. 'There IS something outthere: on the other hand, UFOs behaoethe way they do for reasons somehowconnected with the people who see them.We hazte to reconcile the tuto.'

Larry Dale's contribution includedreferences to the capabilities of themind in cases of precognition and tomaftial arts training, but his maintheme centred on diagrammatical re-presentations of the various dimensions,introducing a fourth factor ' Alphajwhich could represent what onemight refer to as subconscious orpsychic realms. ' If intell'igent ldeexists elsewhere in one domain, it ispossible it exists in another,' Larryconcluded.

ManfredCassirer - 'A little moreformal,' said he had yet to see manymonographs by ' the senior discipline'evaluating common parameters, butdisciples of the ' junior discipline' hadbeen more adventurous but perhapsnot always equally knowledgeable.After making the point that 'fo,etcperts in other fields to profess expertisein our oztJn was to invite disaster'and various interface comparisons,Manfred concluded by comparing theaftitudes of UFO investigation bodiestowards ' Flying Saucer Cuhs' withthe attitude of psychical researcherstowards ' Spiritualistic aspectsr' and heconsidered that the attitude ofscientistsunable to separate 'scholar' and' cultist ' was ' at least partly due toow own absurdly obsequious defensioeorientadon.'

Norman Oliver referred to three cat-egories of association: (1) Sharedpsychic and UFO effects. (2) UFOwitnesses who subsequently experiencepsychic events. (3) UFO witnesses with

a psychic history and vice versa. Hewent on to compare the Raudive VoicePhenomenon with the ' Space Messages'received by the late Philip Rodgers-' both might come from a similar so!.uce.'Norman also maintained, however,that'there are many reports of appar-ently plrytsical craft also: were we notin danger of examining psychical aspectsat the expense of the physical ? Mightwe not also be ozterlooking possibly themost oboious place of origin-our ownEarth?'

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8 December 1979

New thoughts on the ETHSpeaher : Wilfrid Grunau

Ruth Rees, president of Contact Inter-naiional and the advertised speakerwas unable to be present. WilfridGrunau, Bufora's new Treasurer accor-dingly stepped into the breach with atalk titled as above.

Opening with two questions: ' Areworld-wide reports of UFO landingstrue ?' ' If so, where do they comefrom? ', the speaker proposed twopossible answers. Either they are ofthis Earth and atmosphere or fromOuter Space, and should the lafter beprefbrred, then are they from our ownsolrr system or another ? He con-sidcred the concepts of parallel worldsand other dimensions were complicatedand his preference was for 'a simplesolution.' Accordingly, he invited hisaudience to assume the existence ofintelligent extra-terrestrials' not unlikezs,'but predating our own appearanceon Earth, by which time they wouldhave attained considerable technolog-icai and cther skills. However, hepointed out, such a hypothetical racewould not necessarily possess a similarchemical structure, and, for lack of abefter term, gave them the appellationof ' Silicon Man.'

l7ilfrid then asked us to imagine thatthe population of a planet inhabited bysuch beings would have colder con-ditions than our own, adding that hewas not attempting to be dogmatic orclaim expertise on life-forms or plane-tary conditions but presenting a hypoth-eses he considered would still be validwere it to concern other completelydifferent life-forms. Furthering thishypothesis, he asked whether such arace might not have developed spacetravel before Man appeared, and,indeed, have ' seeded' Mankind onthis planet, then permitting naturalevolution to proceed: possibly theycould be conducting experiments inlife-forms and genetic manipulationon other planets also.

The speaker then went on to sug€testthat whilst such a ' Silicon Man,'-to whom Earth's atmosphere mightbe inimical-would not often overtlyinterfere, from time to time, maybewith androids or robots, a ' helpinghand' might have been given, bothwith Man's environment and personaldevelopment, and he asked whether,to assist closer supervision, ' SiliconMan' might not have transferred hisown planet to become one of ourSun's planetary family, speculatingthat if so, it might well be far beyondthe orbit of the outermost planet andas yet undiscovered. The variety ofUFO events might turn out to be aploy on the part of ' Silicon Man' to' confuse the issue' until it was consid-ered politic for their existence to berevealed.

A variety of questions followed, somesuggesting extra-terrestrial tourismmight be a better ET-type solution:others pointed out that Pluto couldalready 'fill the bill,' whilst a numberpresent clearly considered the pro-position was not to be taken seriously-or that it was ' sci-fi orientated.'

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The speaker, however, pointed out inreply that he was not claiming hissuggestions as fact, but had beenpresenting them in the context of ahypothesis as deserving of considerationas many others.

Certainly a different-and, to some,provocative presentation of one formof ET possilility.

T Huntington***

5 January 1980Extra-terrestrial Life

Speaker: Ian Ridpath

The January lecture was given bywell-known writer and broadCaster IanRidpath: frequently consulted by themedia on astronomical and spacetopics, he is also a contributor to theNew Scientist and The Obsenser. Thetalk was based on his book Messages

from the Stars.

Opening by telling his audience thatover the past 20 years, the possibilityof extra-terrestrial life had becomescientifically respectable, he gave tworeasons for this:-1 The increasing possibility of other

planetary systems like our own,and

2 The right chemicals for the form-ation of life are extremely abun-dant in space-amino acids havebeen found in meteorites.

Can we find life elsewhere in space ?

Sayr.rg we now have the ability to tryto answef that most exciting question,the speaker added that this would bethe most significant discovery in thehistory of mankind.

Two questions were then posed:-" Is ours the only sun with planets ? IsEarth rhe only planet with life? MrRidpath pointed out that our sunwould appear just an ordinary starfrom even the nearest stellar system.

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Additionally, stars rarely form singly-they form as double, triple stars, etc,probably as a star and planet system:he felt the presence of liquid waterprobably leads to an abundance oflife.Experiments with computer-printedplanetary systems had produced sys-tems similar to our own.

A 'run-through' of our solar systemwas excellently illustrated with slides.Mercury-an'a'irless body zlithoutwater, only 50o/o larger than our ownmoon. No chance of life here.'

\,rs1qs-( bright ctoud coaer, the atmos-phere almost all carbon dioxide, withclouds of concentrated sulphuric acid.'Such an atmosphere traps the sun'sheat with a resultant temperature ofaround 475"C. Again-no chance oflife as we know it.

The Earth: Mr Ridpath commentedthat 'Earth' was perhaps a misnomersince it is mostly water, as indeed, arehuman beings. The dense atmospherewith white clouds of water vapour givesabundant liquid water and life isbelieved to have originated in the seas.The current atmospheric theory is thatit was exhaled through the mouths ofvolcanoes.. The majority of_ volcanoemission is water vapour-this con-densed and filted the seas. There hasbeen some form of life on Earth forthree-quafters of its existence.

Mars, the 'Red Planet' possessesorange deserts and other, darker mar-kings. These appear green and wereonce thought to be vegetation. Couldthere have been life on Mars ? Thereis a thin atmosphere and polar caps:large volcanoes and dried-up riverchannels. Conditions in the past mayhave been sufficiently good for life tohave formed. In 1976, two Vikingprobes were sent to investigate, butpictures taken showed no sign of veg-etation or anything moving. Soilsamples were tested, but results were

somewhat ambiguous. Mr Ridpathconsidered it fair to say that Vikingdetected no life on Mars.

Jupiter: a gigantic gas body, 11 timesthe Earth's diameter, its compositionmore like the Sun than the Earth: inits clouds one permanent object-a redspot, possibly some sort of long-livedstorm. First.steps to the formation oflife may be going on in these clouds andtheir colours due to a simple form oforganic chemistry. From the Voy-agel results, however, suggestions thatlife may already have built up in themappear slim, though, the speaker said,it was possible that Europa, a Joviansatellite, may once have supported life,perhaps when Jupiter was hotter andacted as a sun. It had also been sug-gested that life may exist on Titan,one of Saturn's moons, but Pioneer'sresults did not indicate this to be apromising proposition.

IJranus, Neptune and Pluto, the outerplanets, are too unsuitable and cold toexpect life there. If then, there is nolife on the planets, the speaker con-tinued, what of planets of other stars ?

Unfortunately, it is not possible tosend probes in any reasonable time-span: one can, however, send or receiveradio messages, wavelengths between1 and 30 being favoured as being lesssubject to background interference.Attempts have been made to pick upintelligent broadcasts, originally on

21cm, but nothing was heard: maybereceivers were tuned to wrong wave-lengths or listening to the wrong stars.NASA have proposed a more com-prehensive search covering the wholesky on a wide range of wavelengthsover a 5-year period, but so far it hasnot proved possible to raise the cost-about 20 million dollars.The Arecibo centre in Puerto Rico,though, has sent a message out intospace. It was suggested this shouldnot be done as it would give away ourexistence, but radio, TV and radarwaves, etc, had already done so.The Pioneer probes passing Jupiter andSaturn carried a plaque which may befound as they wander through thegalaxy. The Voyagers have a moresophisticated message-a long-playingrecord with instructions which containencoded pictures and Earth sounds.

If messages are not received withexisting equipment-what then ? Itmay be possible to 'eavesdrop' withProject Cyclops '-a number of 100mdiameter ' dishes' designed to receive' radio clutter.' Such complexes mightin future be erected in space to avoidinterference. If life were discovered,would we recognise it ? There may beintelligent but passive life-contactwould only be made by visit. Theseare questions it is not yet possible toanswer) the speaker concluded.

Keith Goldswortlry.

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Report-Extra !Margaret Fry, an inoestigator of longstanding for Contact UK and also aBufora member, has kindly giaen mepermission to publish futails of thisintriguing CEIII case which bears somesimilarities to. a report I referred to in aKensington talk last year: it is also ofinterest to me personally since I know thearea concerned extemely well.-Ed.

On the CommonLocation: Plumstead Common,

London, SE18Date: Monday t7 July 1978Time: 7.45pm. Conditions: A fine

sunny evening (sunset 9.10pm): no wind: no clouds.

In March this year, Margaret Fry gaaeme the followrng account of the exper-ience of the witness----who I shall refertoasMrsM....The witness is still in such a nervousstate over the occurrence that she re-fuses to allow her full name to be used:several visits took place with her.Mrs M is 36 years old, has five childrenand lives with her husband on one ofthe roads leading down from Plum-stead Common. The houses on theseroads are continuous, terraced, largeand roomy Victorian houses.

That July evening, she was taking hertwo daughters and the family dog for awalk on the Common, and as they werereturning home, the children and dogran on ahead. Mrs M decided to sitdown for a while on the grass in a spota few yards from a small copse of trees.A narrow road cuts across the Com-mon just past this clump and a majorthoroughfare passes right over themain plateau of the Common to \7oo1-wich: the clump of trees is clearlYvisible from both. The witness, how-

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ever, did not recall whether much-orindeed any, traffic was around.

Suddenly, the witness related, a largeorange ball of light hurtled out of thesky towards the clump of trees. Thisball settled on the grass on the Com-mon side, beside the trees and Mrs M,by now in a shocked state, watchedtwo small men walking towards her.Then, glancing to her side, she saw herfather-who had been dead six years-sitting beside her on the grass wearinga suit. She looked again towards theapproaching men, who now appearedto her to be near 5 feet in height,though her first impression had beennearer 3 feet. They were dressed likechauffeurs in peaked caps and fawnuniforms, with raised gadgets or but-tons down the front of the chests.They stood in front of her and talked,but she could not understand them.She must then have passed out infright.

The next thing she was aware of washer husband getting her into their carand of being driven to hospital. MrsM remained there for several weeks,and, indeed, continued to receivetreatment for about ten months after-wards. At first, she could not see atall-her sight was lost for about threemonths. At the beginning she had arash on her face and arms, all the ex-posed areas of her body. In her ownwords, she '/ost an mtire week afterthc incident' and was in terrible pain.When she saw the beings come to-wards her she says she felt all theenergy drain out of her body and theblood go down to her feet, leaving hervery cold.

Since this occurrence) her daughterJ--- and she have felt a 'presence' inthe house on occasion. The two

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daughters (14 years old), one otherdaughter and the two sons have onoccasion heard their mother's namebeing called, and other odd occurrenceshave taken place which the witness feelstoo nervous to talk about.

Though at first treated in hospital for'nerves,' later, the psychiatrist whotreated her decided that she had nothad a nervous breakdown, but had hadsome sort of experience which he didnot understand, but which he thoughtto be quite real. Neither those at thehospital nor the witness herself hadpreviously given any attention to thesubject of UFOs and little attentionwas given to the physical symptomsthat accompanied her distressed mentalstate, which was made worse byneithcr she nor the doctors being ableto relate her experience to a physicalone within the framework of their ownknowledge.

Coincidentally, on coming out ofhospital, she met two people interested

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in UFOs-both she and they had achild attending the same nurseryschool-who tried to reassure her bytelling her of similar experiencesclaimed by othersworldwide. Thoughat first relieved, she found that doctorsat the hospital did not take kindly toUFOs as a possible cause of her con-dition and again became unhappy andneryous. Her eyesight has never fullyrecovered and she still wears darkglasses'*****

The case of the expanding UFO:Or.....?Our nerct report zoas receioed fromauthor and former Bufora RIC RandallJones Pugh who considers it indicatesthere are entit;es, aisible and inoisible,capable of capturing the intellect andbody of an indiztidual, suggesting that'maleoolent traits' may be manifested.At the family's request, their names andto c ati on det ait s

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On Monday, 7 January, Miss J arrivedhome at 1.30 pm and sat down in thekitchen: all other members of thefamily were out. At 1.50 pm sheheard a strange high-pitched hummingwhich lasted about one-and-a-halfminutes and then continued to comeand go. The family's two dogs-acocker spaniel and a whippet-beganto bark and whimper, which one ofthem rarely did, and just after 2 pmthe hum became so high-pitched thatit hurt the ears and Miss J went out tothe back yard to investigate. In thesky was to be seen a metallic egg-shaped stfucture ' almost like silzter':around it lengthwise was an orange-redglow like a halo. The object was flyingtilted on its ' side' at a height of abouta hundred feet and was the length of alarge car. As it passed immediatelyoverhead the witness felt a slight vib-ration in the ground and the walls ofthe house: there was also a strange' chemical' smell, first, like sulphur,then resembling a 'silong, sickly de-tergent.' Its hum was very loud and asit passed away out of sight, Miss J feltan unusual tingling sensation over herentire body: she then returned indoors.About three-quarters-of-an-hour laterthere was a second experience. Thistime the same witness was sitting in theliving-room watching TV when thedogs again became noisy, and, lookingthrough the window, she could see ahalo-like glow hovering near the backdoor. The hum came again, togetherwith a strong sulphurous smell. Al-though a reddish glow itseemed tobe ofsome luminous solid material, the ringitself being tube-shaped and severalinches thick, the whole about the sizeof the kitchen sink.

Next, Miss J felt a strange, powerful' presence' next to her, and ' just knew'that the presence wished her harm.She says she just cannot explain whatit felt like to have such a strong force

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influencing her mind. Then, it leftand she felt giddy: she moved over tothe window and sat down, the tubestretching out like a piece of elastic,hovering and enlarging towards thewindow. The hum became a buzzand increased in intensity: the sulphur-ous smell was also in evidence as thetube of light stretched out farther andfarther until it touched the windowpane, at which point it was about nineinches in diameter and fifteen feet inlength.The witness froze: the smell weakened:the hum ceased: the windows rattled:then, outside, just a strange orangemist, ' Iike cigarette smoker' remained.Going into the kitchen, she found thatthough the cooker was 'off' at themain, all switches were on and everyring, the grill and the oven wereheated: the fat in the frying pan hadmelted and water in the saucepan hadboiled away: the oven handle made herhand tingle and the dogs would notlet her touch them with it. On herbrother and father returning shortlyafterwards, both felt the heat from thecooker themselves and then, at 4 pm allheard the hum, though nothing furthertranspired.The next day, Miss J's aunt, cousinand a friend came over to keep hercompany: about 1.30 pm, she and hercousin heard a distant humming,whilst at 2 pm both felt a ' presence,'though the others had not. At thispoint, the toilet radiator repeatedlyturned on and off, the controlling capbeing seen to turn: then the cookelrings were again seen to be on and theypromptly switched them off. \7aterwas then heard running: witness andher aunt went to investigate and foundthe water behind the shower screenwas on full force, and the shower headhad fallen off into the bath.

By now, all four were panic-stricken asthey could find no logical explanation.

\Titness's mother was phoned and shereturned home to find a strong smell ofburnt rubber. By 3.50 pm the in-cidents were over.

On Saturday, 12 January 1980: MissJ had been alone in the house for aboutone-and-a-half hours when her motherreturned about 5 pm. After abouthalf an hour, her mother noticed shewas looking up at a corner of the kit-chen ceiling, though she gave no ex-planation. A while later, however,she said she had seen an orange ball oflight moving through the kitchen downone side, into the corner, and across theother side. Then, at about 6 pm,Miss J ran out of the toilet sayingsomeone had put the light out and onagain (the light switches were at thebottom end of the kitchen and theothers were seated at the kitchentable). The house was felt to be icycold: and later the dogs again showedstrons

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Tunstall, Staffs, November 1978IruBHolland,EFrirh

Diane Brunt, aged 21, was walkingthrough fields near Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent with a friend, when they sawa light flashing on and off: underneathit was a brighter light.

Making no sound, the lights began tomove towards them, and as they camelower, the witnesses started to run.When the lights were above their heads,Diane looked up: the bright light wentout and then the shape behind it could

be seen-described as a sharply de-fined' upside-doam boutl,' white-greyin colour.

Witnesses could then see three largeround red lights and one large greenlight, which, together with a number ofsmaller red lights were on the under-side of the object. At this point, theobject made a sound described byDiane as ' I'ike nothing I had heardbefore,' moved off and was gone withina few seconds leaving a small whiteflashing light, 'moving all oaer theplace.' The time was 7.35 pm on 1

November 1978, and the whole in-cident lasted something between fiveand fifteen

T":*: * *Nr Chatham, Kent, April 1979

Ino L Dale

Stephen Pearl, aged 12, was travellingby car to Chatham with his parents andsister when he noticed a large saucer-like object hovering above a house onF{untsman's Corner. His sistern alsoin the back of the car, saw the objectas well.

His father stopped the car and they gotout iust as the object had passed overthe road: it headed away at great speedand all noticed that it appeared to bespinning with the top half pulsating.The object's colour was given as beigeand white and was sharply defined.Visible for between a half and one-and-a-half minutes, it made no sound.The time was 2.45 pm on a dull springday-24 April 1979.

*****Lowestoft, Suffolk, lune 1979

Ina Mrs D Street

Mrs Jennifer Hooks was making a callfrom a phone box one Thursday even-ing at the beginning of June 1979,

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when she saw a strange shape in thesky hovering above a housing estate.Roughly the shape of a double deckerbus, it was bright orange in colour withoval windows along its side and threeflashing lights on top. The objectwas stationary and whilst it hovered, itappeared to vibrate.

Witness timed the obiect as remainingmotionless for exactly two-and-a-halfminutes, after which time, emitting ahigh-pitched whine, it took off towardsthe sea ' at an alarming speed' and at asteep, curved angle, being out of sightin a few moments) though its soundremained for some seconds longer.

*****A45, Suffolk, July 1979

Ina P Johnson

This report is particularly interestingbecause the witness (name withheld byrequest) stated he often watched the sky'because I am interested in ffying to seephenomena which could be mistaken forUFOs.' It would seem that this in-cident could not be classed amongsttheir number!

On Friday, 6 July t979 at 15.10 hours,he noticed an object near the horizontravelling nofth to south. He watchedit as best he could whilst still keepingan eye on the road, but for a while lostsight of it. He was on the A45, andafter passing under two flyovers nearBury St Edmunds, something caughthis eye to his front and left, fairly lowdown: looking up, he saw 'an objectsuch as I haae neoer seen before.' Thiswas oval in shape, like an egg, but thesame shape at both ends. Mostlywhite in colour, there was a black partat the lower front. There were noprotrusions whatsoever, no visiblemeans of propulsion and no vapourtrail. It was flying very fast in astraight line. Vitness could hear no

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sound, but the noise of his car couldwell have obscured any. He rangRAF Honington to see if anything un-familiar had been picked up on radar,but they would disclose no information.

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Peterborough,Cambridgeshire, September 1979

Ina J Capewell,UAPROL.

Mrs Etchells and a cousin were drivingto Heathrow in the early morning of4 September 1979. They were motor-ing along from Bretton Village, Peter-borough, towards the A1, when theyboth noticed something unusual in thesky around 2.50 to 3 am.

White and shaped like a disc ('odented saucer'), the thing was left be-hind as they turned left, but then itsuddenly appeared in front of them,having changed colour to orange! Itseemed to be very close and, thinkingit was coming at them, they started topanic. Then, the witnesses realisedthat everything was still: no cars: nolorries: no lights around: no noise,even of their own car engine.

This state of affairs seemed to them tolast some ten minutes and then thething just vanished-it wasn'r seen tovanish, it' just went.' Cars and lorrieswere again heard and lights seen, asalso was their own engine. Then,looking at the time, they found it wasnow 3.50 am-an apparent lapse ofalmost an hour-and, they were stillnear Peterborough!

Even though no noise had been heardduring their experience, neither witnesscould recall having stopped or attemp-ting to stop the car: also, althoughthey had filled up with petrol beforeleaving, the tank was now found to behalf to three-quarters empty !

Because they had to pick a relative upthey continued on to Heathrow, butfelt 'oery frightened ' and ' hot andcold,' the car heater being continuallyswitched on and off. Both witnessesexperienced the same things and actedthe same way.

*****Stoke-on-TrentStaffs, September 1979

Inz,t A Collins,M Keatman

and others

The Bentley family had fust finisheddinner at their Stoke-on-Trent homeon 9 September 1979: the time wasbetween 5.30 and 6.30 pm. MrRobert Bentley then noticed a strangeobject in the sky some distance awayand pointed it out to the others. Thisobiect appeared to be metallic and wasmoving towards the house on a straightcourse.

Gary Bentley, aged 20, described it as

metallic and' utaoering, flapping like abird, drunk,' meaning it was wobblingas if on a central axis: the thing movedvery slowly, and as it came closer, itwas seen to have a flat, black-colouredunderside with a low, angled domeabove. This dome was a shiny silverlike polished metal, described as

'chrome'by the witness. Still movingslowly, it went over the house at-possibly-l,00O feet and appeared to beat least the size of an estate car.

Now, it looked as though it was rotatingclockwise, and, heading in a souther$direction, still in a straight line (andstill' wobbling'), it was seen for half-a-minute longer before disappearinginto the distance. Altogether, thesighting had lasted between one andtwo minutes. Mr Robert BentleY hadat first thought they were watching a

well-designed box-kite, and was of theopinion the obiect was basically square

in shape. Reports were also takenfrom other members of the family.

*****Harrogate, N Yorks,November 1979

Witness (anonymity requested), was re-turning from Calcutt with his sister,when, going over the brow of a hill, hissister shouted that something wascrossing over the road at roof height.The date was 20 November 1979, thetime about 7 pm. Slamming on thebrakes he turned the car round andparked on the other side of the roadwhere three other cars had also stopped.Alighting from the car, the witnessescould see a glowing, whitish-yellowfluorescent cylinder hovering over ahouse, then moving on to hover overa copse of trees, then over a nearbyfield, finally landing in an adjoiningfield, still glowing. At this, everyonedrove off. Witness phoned the policefrom his sister's home, but on re-turning about half-an-hour later, theobject had gone.

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From RIC Stuart CamPbell

Heriot, Midlothian' Spring 1979

Gilbert Guilmartin, aged 56, a historylecturer, gives us accounts of twostrange events witnessed from hisisolated Borders home at NetherBrotherstone, Heriot, Midlothian.Some time in early spring 1979, about2200-2300 local time, he saw to the SEa light of average star magnitude whichmoved in a box-like pattern, pausing atintervals along the sides of the box.First it moved downwards, then a

considerable distance to the right:finally, it moved upwards a short dis-tance and remained there for some time.It was observed

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On 7 December the same year, both heand his wife saw a line of lights in thesky varying between4 and 7 in number.These lights were seen in the south atan elevation of 45', were grouped to-gether in a horizontal line and appearedto be increasing and decreasing inintensity until almost invisible. After15 minutes they could not be seen.Time of sighting was 1830 GMT;the sky was overcast and it was coldand dry with no wind.

A71 Livingstou,W Lothian, October 1979

Whilst driving home to Livingstonwestwards on the A7l, at 1815-1830GMT on 22 October 1979, MaryCuthbert, aged 26 and her husbandThomas, 25, noticed an unusual lightahead in the sky. Their first thoughtwas that it was a star twinkling, thenpossibly an aircraft, but gradually itbecame clear that the object wasneither of these. \7hen they turnedoffright, onto the 4767 at Mid Calder,they noticed the object was floating justover houses in the Craigshill area ofLivingston New Town. They stoppedand got out ofthe car to investigate andsaw a spherical object with an upperdome which was continually changingcolour (blue, red, white, green, etc),giving the impression that it had lightson the ends of whirling propellers.There appeared to be a solid base withbeams of light going from this up to theupper dome. The object, which ap-peared to be the size of a tennis ballheld at arm's length, made no soundand was lost to sight as they drove on.

Edinburgh, April 1980

From his house very high up at Barn-ton in West Edinburgh, Mr C Miller,aged 28, and three of his family, sawtwo unusual objects at 20.30 GMT on8 April 1980. They were seen N-NEacross the Firth of Forth and DalgettyBay in Fife. One object was red int6

colour, but later changed to a fluore-scent white. Nearby was a secondfluorescent light, which seemed to spinjust like the beacon on top of a policecar. The objects were seen for about5 minutes as they slowly movedfurther to the NE, while the otherobiect faded from view. . . . And....A 35-year-old registered mental nursewas washing dishes in the kitchen of herbungalow in the grounds of GogarburnHospital, Edinburgh at 0800 BST onSaturday, 2 August 1980, when sheheard a strange high-pitched oscil-lating noise, which sounded' hollow.'Looking up, she was amazed to see anobject descending towards her fromabove trees about 50 metres away. Itwas bright, circular, and metallic-looking with what appeared to be twotall, thin 'creetures' looking out at her.Terrified, she dropped to the floor andcrawled on all fours to hide behind herhusband who was still in bed. He gotup immediately and looked outside;all he could see was what looked like ashort contrail which quickly disa-ppeared. The weather was fine andsunny with hardly any wind. NearbyEdinburgh Airport had no explanation,except that it might have been balllightning. Thunder had been heardthe previous day.

Donations areurgently neededA For Research costs.B To form a small section in

1981 for members activelyinterested in ET possibili-ties and CEl1l claims andmethods.

Send to: Bufora, 95 TauntonRoad, London, SE12 8PA.Mark 'At or tB'. If tBt,please indicate if you wouldwish to participate.

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A new t ProbetThe International UFO Reporter,'mouthpiece' of the Center for UFOStudies, edited by Dr Hynek and AllanHendry, ceased publication with itsissue Vol 5, No 1 for January 1980.As from the latter part of 1980, sub-scribers are instead receiving copies ofProbe, a bookstand 'future sciencenews' magazine published in Cali-fornia. In each issue of Probe, thecontents of the Reporter will be incor-porated as a separate UFO sectionunder the direction of the Reporter'sformer editors.

Probe's September issue has now putin an appearance and contains roughlythe same amount of UFO coverage(10-12 pps) that was to be found in theReporter. Probe (app 100 pps), coversa wide range of subject matter-' Energy for a Changing World': ' lVerin Space' : ' The Mobius Group' and,' Expanding Brain Potential'-and ap-pears bi-monthly. It may also beobtained by subscription (6 issues$11.25) from: Probe, 1845 West Em-pire Avenue, Burbank, CA 91504,USA. Presentation is' popular 'ratherthan scientific, numerous photos beingincluded-but don't expect a high-gloss finish! * See P.23.

Journal UFOWhilst on the topic of magazines,Journal UFO is an excellent Canadianpublication which now incorporatesCanadian UFO Report. Edited byDavid A Haisell, this is a professionally

produced 36-page publication, full ofinteresting reviews, reports, featuresand comments. Recommended forthe serious researcher, its subscriptionaddress is: UP Investigations Inc, POBox 455, Streetsville, Mississauga,Ontario L5M 2B9. 4 issues (1 year):$10'00.

UFO 'Hang-up'An overall delta shape, with roundedprotruding nose: three ' cutouts' onits leading edge and two symmetricalelongated ' holes ' at 90" to one anotherin the body proper: lettering visible onbody of object: seen hovering motion-less in midair . . . . Stuart Campbellhas sent me a photo of this most recenttype of UFO visitation! See p23.

So now we (k)no(w)" . . . . I wrote to you saying that one ofmy friends has gioen it up and there isonly me and my friend Brian still doingit. I neoer got an anszuer but you nonow that Elliott has giaen it up . . . . "Letter from schoolboy to Hon. Sec.

Not Red ' Squares' apparentlyMichael Binyon's 'Moscow Diary'in The Times of 2l March 1980,headed Russia has Flying Saucers toowas entirely devoted-tJthe Russianattitude to Flying SaucersiUFOs, re-vealing that, despite resolute resistancefrom Praoda, 'the mystery no Russiancan resist is flying saucers.' The itemalso gave prominence to a recentMoscow play-NtO-(Russian initialsfor UFO) which featured many of theUFO 'fringe' associations such as theYeti, Atlantis, Bermuda Triangle, etc,that one has come to recognise as, ifnot inseparable from the subject,certainly inseparable from discussionabout it! Indeed, one felt quite athome!

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Andanother....The second issue of a British ' Probe,'a 24-page journal published by Nufor(Southwest) and edited by Ian Mrzy-glod, is very creditably produced, in-cluding amongst its pages a variety ofarticles. One of these, on possible'UFO nests' below Westbury WhiteHorse, is an extremely interesting ac-count of ihvestigations by Nufor(Sourhwest), fully illustrated by dia-grams and photographs.

On occasion I have seen the heading'UFO Citings' in several magazines,and I intend it as a compliment whenI say this is the first time I have felt aneditor deliberately used the word in-stead of being guilty of mis-spelling !

Cartoons are also a feature and thenext issue is promised to be ' all-gloss.'

Probe is 45p a copy from " NuforSouthwest," 16 Marigold Walk, AshtonBristol BS3 2PD.

UFO Crash and Alien body photosrevealed....So runs the heading of a press releasefrom Dennis Pilichis of the UFOInformation Network, Rome, Ohio.The release states that the Netzuorh'will reveal and make public two photo-graphs of dead alien- bodies reioeredfrom a UFO Crash Retrieoal ' at ameeting on 13 September 1980. Thephotos are claimed to show:-1 The body of one alien in the

debris of a crash after his craftburned.

2 An alien body placed on an openbank after being recovered fromthe crashed 'saucer' with mem-bers of a military team standingaround the body.

Poor photo-copies of these are in-cluded in the release: they are not goodenough to be reproduced-or indeed,to make much out at all. Pilichis

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states, however, that clear black andwhite prints are on file, and, indeed,have been provided to news media forpublication.

Pilichis says that the story as docu-mented so far, relates that an objectwas tracked on radar moving acrossthe southwest United States on 7 July1948, moving at higher speeds thanany known object of the day. Thisobject, it is alleged, ran into troubleand crashed to earth, impacting inMexico, 30 miles south of Laredo,Texas, when military personnel fromthe US were invited to investigate anddocument the impact area crash site.Any'follow-up' received will be givenin the next Journal.

Camera in SpaceNASA has designated a modifiedNikon F3 camera for use in its SpaceShuttle Project. Some 15 sets will besupplied to NASA for the SpaceShuttle, which is expected to becomeoperational in 1981, several actuallybeing on board the craft for use invarious experiments and investigationsin the weightless atmosphere of space.This special model F3 is complete withmotordrive, 250-frame data magazineback, electronic flash unit and fourmodified Nikon lenses-a 35mm, 135mm, Micro 55mm and Micro 105mm.

. . . . A tangled web they weavePer Andersen, recent Kensington guestspeaker from Denmark, writing in theDanish magazine UFO-NYT, tells ofstrange material that fell over WestJutland on Sunday, 30 September1979. Described as ' a highly stickysubstance not unl'ike candyfloss,' it con-sisted oflight, thin fibrous threads heldtogether in long white strands. It wasreponed to evaporate within a veryshort time, but in fact this meant thatthe material disintegrated in the fingers.

The substance was variously suggestedby the press to be ' spiders ' webs:material for jamming radar: materialfrom a heath fire: from a Venezuelanoil slick, or from UFOs (our old friend'Angel Hair' or ' Fibralvina' whichwas featured in the Eoora case in thelast issue). Samples tested by SUFOI(S candinaoian U F O Inf ormation) in thepersons of Ole Knudsen and PerAndersen clearly indicated that thematerial had an animal protein com-position and was in all certainty spidersweb.

Here is a sample of the material. This samplewas found at Stauning Airfield and analysed

at Aarhus University.Photo courtesy SUFOL

SUFOI was concerned, however, thatOle Knudsen had been quoted in thepress as saying 'zue are in no doubtwhatsoezter that the material was spiders'web' three days before the tests werecompleted. As Per Andersen writes:" such misreporting (at that time OleKnudsen had only said there u)as a pos-sibility rhe material might be spiders'web) could lead to other UFO Groupscriticising SUFOI for being prematurein issuing statements before research is

concluded." Per Andersen could beright, though certainly SUFOI will notbe so criticised by Bufora as we are wellaware of the sins and omissions atten-dant on press coverage of UFOorientated events. Source: Scandin-aoian UFO Information (SUFOI),Denmark) Indeed, we recentlysuffered in a similar manner our-selves....

APRO and the Livingstoncase....

since the APRO Bulletin forFebruary 1980 condemns Bufora RICStuart Campbell in his investigationspurely on the basis of press reports,and asks anyone with information onthe case to get in touch with APROheadquartersl S7e trust that by nowthey will have read the detailed accountof the case in Journal TAP and begood enough to acknowledge theirerror, which was largely based on apress report referring to the 'entities'concerned as ' creatures' whilst Camp-bell used the term ' ball-shaped objects'

-the latter term, in fact, being farmore nearly accurate. Certainly,Campbell inclines to the ball lightninghypothesis (see elsewhere in this issue),but that does not mean his enquiries arebiased. Indeed, it would seem thatAPRO were themselves biased in thiscase by their apparent acceptance oftheuse ofthe word' creature 'by the pressas indicating (presumably) an ETvisitation without waiting for invest-igation results, which, while open toeither ET or non-ET explanations,clearly vindicate Campbell's originaldescription.

Mute evidence requiredTommy R Blann, US paranormal in-vestigator, author and lecturer, wouldlike to hear from any member who hasinvestigated, or has any details on,

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Messengers from the Stars-2 LV Raymond Drake

brandished darts oflightning and rodelike the wind. The most popularGods were the twin Aswins who drovea tawny, ruddy car armed with thunder-bolts.

The Ramayara describes aerial battlesbetween Gods and Demons wagedwith annihilating bombs and nuclearmissiles. The Mahabharata mentionscelestial chariots like spaceships, des-troyed by ground-to-air missiles andthe fantastic Agneya weapon whichscorched the Universe, smashed armiesand devastated the Earth like a hy-drogen bomb. The Drona Paroa tellsof anti-missile-missiles destroying in-coming missiles in the air. The Sam-aralganasutradhara describes flyingmachines which could attack and in-visible obiects, ascending and cruisingthousands of miles, even mounting tosolar and stellar regions. Sanskritliterature delighted in ravishing talesof Gods loving alluring Earthwomen;Gallants from the Upper \Vorld wouldwing down to lay seige to some proudBeauty: Heroes soared to the skies incelestial cars and fought aerial duels,blasting their rivials with explosivedarts or annihilating bombs, all toldwith a warmth, colour and enchantmenttranscending our chill science-fiction.

The Tibetans say that Lhasa wasbuilt by the Lhas, an ancient Asiaticword for Spirits, probably Celestialsfrom Space. Folk-tales tell of Godsand Mortals waging fantastic warswith wonder-weapons: demons, wiz-ards and faeries casting their magicspells in breathless enchantments, thewondrous technology we associate withSpacemen.

The Chinese believed the CelestialDragon to be Father of the FirstDynasty of Divine Emperpors, theDragon became the symbol of China.

Our new UFO studies suggest inter-vention by extraterrestrials. Duringthese celestial visitations, it is likely thatSpacemen also manifested in Israelwhere they were known as t}:'e' Lord'and his ' Angels.'

In America,' the Red Indians wor-shipped the Great \fhite Spirit whodescended to their ancestors from theskies. The Chippewas talk of theGin-Gwins or Flying Boats, reminis-cent of the well-known solar boats ofthe Egyptians. The Navajos, Piutesand Hopi tell of Golden Strangersfrom the skies in flying canoes armedwith terrifying electric rays. The Tol-tecs of Mexico worshipped Quetzal-coatl, a white-skinned Culture-Herofrom the sky whose name signified' Feathered Serpent,' possibly a sym-bol for a cigar-shaped spaceship. Allover South America are legends ofwondrous white people who descendedfrom the stars. The belief that Cortesand Pizarro were Divine Beings re-turning to Mexico and Peru greatlyaided the Spanish Conquest. Highin the Andes exist cliff-structures andastronomical patterns visible only fromthe air. Were they designed forSpacemen ?

In India, the Reg Veda describes thegod Dysus-Patar, as a bull, ruddy andbellowing downwards, possibly sym-bolising a spaceship. Indra, God ofWar, flashed across the heavens in anaerial car with the speed of thought,drawn by glittering shining horses.He waged war against the Asuras anddestroyed their cities with thunder-bolts like nuclear bombs, reminiscentof the war between the Gods andGiants, described in Greek and Celticmythologies. In his battles, Indrawas attended by the Maruts or StormGods who rode in golden cars; they

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The ancient texts describe fantasticmonsters, bodies covered with scaleslike armour, eyes flashing lightning,jaws belching flames; the great beastsroared on the winds to the heavens,plunged down to the ocean depths,their fiery breath shrivelled towns toash: sometimes a dragon kidnappeda damsel and carried her off to itscave in the clouds. Surely China,Land of the Dragon, was inspired bySpacemen!

The Japanese honour their Emperor asdirect descendant of Amaterasu, theshining Goddess of the Sun, Ruler ofthe High Plains of Heaven. In 6678Cthe Emperor Kami-Yamato-Ihari-Bikotold his Court of their Heavenly An-cestor who flew down in a HeavenlyRockboat, 1,792,470 years before.About AD220 the famous EmpressJingo invaded Korea, the Deities wentbefore and after the expedition. TheKing of Silla (Korea) was overwhelmedby these divine invaders and promptlysurrendered. In AD460 the EmpressOho-Hstsuse-\X/ha-Ka-Taka went hun-ting with bows and arrows on MtKatsuraki when suddenly a tall manappeared and revealed he was a God.In AD619 a bright object like a humanfigure was seen over the Gamo river,Central Japan. In AD661 at the fun-eral of the Empress that evening on MtAsakura there was a Demon wholooked down on the mourners. All thepeople cried out in wonder. Thisevokes that amazing incident on 26

June 1959 in New Guinea when theReverend \Tilliam Booth Gill, anAnglican missionary, beheld a hugedisc: four men on the deck waved tohim. The Nihongi records manysightings in the 7th century AD.Today, the Japanese treasure theglorious past, and through their CosmicBrotherltoo d Ass ociation, Yokohama, areplanning the golden future when Japanwill lead all humanity to wondrous

friendship again with our Brothersfrom Space!

Egypt! Land of wonder, mystery andmagic! For unknown centuries themassive Pyramids, the inscrutableSphinx and those mighty temples downthe Nile have dominated the minds ofmen, their silent grandeur evokingechoes of a glorious, grandiose An-tiquity, the presence of proud Im-mortals, that Golden Age of the Godswhen Earth was young. Manetho, anEgyptian Priest, wrote that the firstrulers of Egypt were Gods. Osirisand Isis taught civilisation. To theold Egyptians ignorant of aerial tech-nology, a glowing Spaceship in the bluesky looked down like the Eye of Horusor Ra, the Sun God. The Book of theDead describes the conflict betweenHorus and Set in terms suggesting aSpace War. The Great Pyramidstands exactly in the centre of theworld's land mass, its siting and con-struction suggest that this wonder ofthe wodd was built by Spacemen orInitiates mastering extraterrestrialscience. Egyptologists disagree.

However, we do know how the secondpyramid was built! Herodotus in BookTwo, Chapter 126, says:.

" And Cheops came to such wicked-ness that when he lacked money he set hisdaughter in a brothel and enjoined herto charge thus and thus much, butthey told me not how much. And shedemanded the sum enjoined by her father,and also resokted to leaoe a memorial ofher own. And she besought each manthat went in unto her to gizse her a presentof one stone. And from the stones theysaid was made the pyramid that standethin rhe midst of the three in front of theGreat Pyramid and each face thereof isone plethrurn and half long." Onehundred and fifty t""t'ronronuro

ooerreaf

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The Babylonians claimed immenseantiquity: they called their city ' Bab-ilu,' ' Gate of the Gods.' The Baby-lonian Gods were often associated withplanets, intercourse between Gods andMortals formed the theme of theGilgamesh Epic. The great wingedbulls which guarded the palaces ofBabylon and Nineveh were closelyidentified with Chaldean astronomy,like the Sphinx they often bore humanfeatures symbolising Divine Beings.Would not the agrarian Babylonians,ignorant of mechanics represent aspaceship by a powerful bull withwings and stress the spacemen thereinby giving the bull a human face ?Berossus, a priest of Bal, described" an animal endowed with reason calledOannes with the body of a fish but witharticulate voice. This Being taught menthe arts of ciailisation." Oannes mayhave been a Space Being, his allegedresemblance to a fish possibly somegarbled reference to a spacesuit.

The Babylonian Empire lasted twothousand years, about ten times as longas the British Empire. They had somegood ideas. Herodotus states that theBabylonians brought out their sickinto the market-place and anyone whohad sufered the same complaint muststop and tell the sick man how he hadrecovered. Most sickness originatesin the mind: confession is good for thebody as well as for the soul. Publictherapy might save our sad HealthService. But where could we park sickbeds in our streets ? The Babylon-ians were allergic to doctors. One ofHammurabi's famous Laws decreed" If the Surgeon has made a serious woundin a Gentleman zpith a bronze knifeand has thereby caused the Gentlemanto die-they shall cut off the Surgeon'shand." Babylon had many one-hand-ed surgeonsl today we might have moreif we copied this poetic practice !

The Babylonian marriage-market might

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help you ladies today. Herodotussays that once a year all the marriage-able girls were summoned to the marketplace: there a herald called the damselsup one by one and auctioned themagainst each other for the most beauti-ful maidens: the humbler wife-seekershad to content themselves with homelywenches for small payment. Whenthe bidding ceased and the marriage-portions were totalled in a chest, anydowdy spinster left on the shelf wasoffered for sale with a dowry for somehusband willing to have her and themoney too. He adds " In that way thebeautiful girls brought the ugly anddeformed ones to husband." \fhat ifwives had transfer fees like footballers ?

Suppose we had to buy in the marriage-market ? A wonderful idea! It suitedthe Babylonians. If the wife was bad-tempered, the marriage was annulledand the husband got his money back.These ancient people were not stupid:experience brought commonsense.

A recent revelation of Spacemen inancient times is so startling that bysome strange block in our conditionedminds, its colossal importance is com-pletely ignored. The 1970 edition ofthe Nea English Bible, Genesis 6, aersesI and 2, states: " Vhen Mankindbegan to increase and to spread all oaerthe Earth and daughtus of men wereborn to them, the Sons of the Gods sausthat the daughters of men were beautiful,so they took to themseloes such womenas they chose." The fine AuthorisedVersion of King James 1 said " Sonsof Godl' a vague theological connota-tion confounding learned commentatorsThis new translation " Sozs of theGods " surely suggests Spacemen.

The 'Lord' and two 'Angels' ap-peared to Abraham on the plain ofMamre, sitting at the opening of histent, he looked up and saw th'ree menstanding before him. The Extra-terrestrials were human in appearance,

they washed their feet, ate food andconversed like ordinary moftals. Lot,seated at the Gate of Sodom saw two'Ange$l approaching the city; theywarned Lot, his wife and dauehters. tohurry from the ciw. The- . Lord,destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah withfire from heaven. Lot's wife wasturned to a pillar of salt. Abrahamsaw smoke arising like that mushroomcloud over Hiroshima. Sodom andGomorrah seemed to have been des-troyed by a nuclear bomb. The word' Angel I is from the Greek , Angeloi,

-meaning' Me-ssenger.' The buining

bush seen by Moses was probablv ibush silhouetted against a-spaceship;the' Lord ' commanded Mos-es not ioapproach, since he was standing onholy_ _ground, probably meanin[ hewould be burned in the ship's -force

field. . The plagues affecting theEgyptians suggest chemical and- germwarfare: the waters of the Red-Seacould have been parted by an anti-gravity beam: the pillar of cloud by davand the pillar of fire by night, guidin!the Israelites may have been a Motherlship. Manna from heaven like thefamiliar ' Angel's Hair' may have beensynthesised in the atmosphere by thespaceship's force-field. The mostwonderful descriptions of spaceshipsare surely given in those marvellousPsalms of David. Some Jews thoughtSolomon's ]qmple was built by Angels.About 8508C Elijah was translated toheaven in a whirlwind. The famousVheel seen by Ezekiel is now regardedas a Spaceship. During the FirstMillenium BC Spacemen were visitingnot only fsrael, but also Greece andRome.

Copyright:W Raymond Drake 1978

Pa.rt One of Messengers from the Starsappeared in Volume 9, No I.Books bjt LV Raymond Drake include thefollowing:

1964 Gods or Spacemen ?1968 Gods and Spacemen in the An-

cient East.1974 Gods and Spacemen in the An-

cient West.1975 Gods and Spacemen in the An-

cient Past.1975 G_o.ds and Spacemen throughout

History.1976 Gods and Spacemen in Greece

and Rome.1976 Gods and Spacemen in Ancimt

Israel (A reaision of , AncientPast.').

1977 Messengers from the Stars (Areztision of 'Gods or Spacemen?,)

Continued from page lganimal mutilation reports in this coun-try. He has been investigatine thephenomenon of 'mutes'in ihe U"S andCanada for several years and is tryineto compile as much credible data worldlwide as possible on the phenomenon:he would also like to exihange scien-tific and analytical data on- Iandinetrace cases. His address: 1002, Ed-_monds Lane, Apt 752, Lewisville,Texas 75067

isfgP PRESS-Dr Hynek has nov; aban_doned the somewhat wer-brash presentation ofProbe and. the content of Inter:rntionat ifbKeporter ry presentl! to be fond in the mmesctentdtcally oientated magazhu Second LookreJerred to in the last Bulora Journal.

See'From here and there-UFO 'Hang-up,

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Si€htin€ Summaries

Code No Date Time Place Report Investigator/Credit

t926128 Julv 2300 Eye, Suffolk 5 ' Blue bullets ' C3c A Fox

I 948 ? 0t00 Leuens, Cumbria Violet/green ' cigar ' C3c R HALL

195 I June 1230 Newcastle-on-Tyne Silver ' Pumpkin c3b A wESr!f SMURTHWATTE

1954( ?) Summer Night Norwich, Norfolk Round, orange object C4c P JoHNSoN

1954 ? pm Plymouth, Devon Round, orange object c4b A Fox

1957 August I 530 Guildford, Surrey Silver-grey ' Airship ' C3c

1957 Spring 08r0 Queens Park, Londor Stationary silver ball C3c A WEsr

1959 June Miclday Central London Silver-grey cigar c3b C R RoWLANDS

| 959 Nov 0100 Queens Park, London Blue-green magnetshape

C4c A Wxsr

t9s9l60 August 2030 N Fambridge, Essex Orange cigar shape C3c J CooK

I 961 Sept 0300 Evesham, 'Worcs Ormge ball C4c M PRITCHARD

1963 rJTinter 2245 Penally, Dyfed Golden sphere C3tt A LESSER

t965166 Nov Bishop Auckland,Durham

2 ManoeuveringLITS

C4c A Wrsr

1967 20.7.67 2055 Aintree, Liverpool Orange/red oval c4b B HARIEY

1967 Oct 2030 Accrington, Lancs 2 Manoeuvering LITS c4b B HARTI-EY

1968 12.11.68 0630 London, SWl6 Six white cigar shapes c3b C R RoWLANDS

r 968 ? 2100 Newcastle, Staffs Orange cigar c4b M KEATMAN

1970 ? 2400 London, El6 LITS and stu-shape C4c J CooK

197 | l.lo.7t Midday Liverpool Gun-metal ' cigar C3c B HARTLEY

1972 Iuly 2100 Reading, Berks Black cigar shape (]2b M KEATMSN

1974 Nov 2100 Esher, Surrey Brilliant white cone C3c A Fox

1974 Sepl 2320 Brighton, Sussex Circular, soundlessobiect

C3c A Fox

76-459 21.10.76 1730 Weston-s-Mare. Avor Humming cigar shape C3c I VrNmN

76-461 Julv o200 Wickford, Essex Dull, yellow ball C4c E LUFF

76-462 29.4.76 1815 London, SW6 Round ball of fire c4b C R RowLNDs

76-464 ? 2045 Welwyn GardenCity, Herts

Three orange oblongs c3b M LEWIS

77-s84 27.1O.77 1630 E Dereham, Norfolk Humming white oval c3b J CoPSEY

77-s85 ? 2300 Horndean, Hants Elongated oval c3b A FoxM WEAVEN

77-s86 23.8,'17 2100 Gt Yarmouth,Norfolk

White to red oblong C4c K D lTLLraMsoN

't7-517 4,12_77 1630 London, N2 Round, red, pulsatingshape

C3c R FrsHxR

77-518 25.2.77 Night Beaconsfield Red and green oval C4c L ADAMS

77-521 11.12.77 0900 Northfleet, Kent Orange cigar with lightl c3b M WEAVEN

77-522 5.9.77 2300 Blithbury, Lincs Greyish-white hat shap! c3b A HALL

77-523 Sept 0l 30 Ramsgate, Kent Orange globe c4b A HAr.r.

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Code No Date Time Place Report Class I Investigator/I Credit_t_

C4b I M wrevnNI

C4b I E T.rrrr_t_C4c I E Lurr_t_crc leruee _B4c I G r:an,r

cab I B ITARTLEY_t_C+c leDSurrs_t_clb I R FrARrr.Ev_t_c:c ICRRowLANDs

I

c4b lw-*_t_C4c I Ame \(/rsr_t_C3b I M KEATMAN_t_Cab I A Fox

c:blcRR-*"*I

c4. I 14 Lt-"C4c I a rox_t_C:c I o srorenn

C4c I e rox_t_C2c I M Tvnnnrr_t_cab I M PRTTcHARD_t_C3c I o SToNARD_t_C3b

I M KEATMAN

s-lc I s R crEAvER_l__c4c l-c4b I M Fr*

"* I-B HARTI,IY

77-524 20.8.7'1 2200 Tunbridge !7ells,Kent

'White/yellow LITS

77-526 3t.to.7'1 2100 Dunmow, Essex Round, white obl'ect

77-528 April o21 5 Safron Waldon,Essex

IThite oval

77-529 May 2400 Menovia, Spain Two square white lightr

77-531 24.10.7'1 2301 Dewsbury, Yorks \i0hite ' star shape'

77-565 Aug 2230 Burnley, Lancs Darkish cigar shape

77-566 14.2.77 1900 Orpington, Kent \?hite/red manoeuv-ering LITS

77-567 ? 1830 Chatburn, Lancs Round object, bluelishts

77-568 9.4.77 1200 Black Mountains,Dyfed

Square, silver object

77-569 May 1900- 1930 Newquay, Cornwall Humming. circularlisht

77-570 Various Various Durham Round, white, manoeu-vering LITS

77-571 1t.6.7'l 0040 Stone, Staffs Milky-white cubesection

tt.8.77 2020 Ringmer, E Sussex Large, round object

77-57 3 26.8.7',| 1730 Kornos, Cyprus Blue-grey ellipticalobiect

77-574 28.9.7'l 1945 Enfield, Middlesex Yellow, round obiect

77-5',1 5 Oct t 830 Lewes, E Sussex Two silver-grey half-circles

77-576 l2-1o.7'1 1845 Sompting, W Sussex Green cigu

77-577 Sept 1600 Bognor, W Sussex Glowing, round, redobiect

77-578 21.9.',17 1700 Blackpool, Lmcs Black-grey object

77-579 18.1t.77 2000 Northampton Vivid round, blueobiect

77-580 22.12.77 1030 Croydon, Surrey Gold-yellow object

77-582 7.12.77 1600 Lullington ri(oods,Derby

Orange oval obiect

77-598 3l 77 1930 Crewe, Cheshire Disc with dome

77-590 13. 1.77 1725 \flinchester, Hants Glowing circle

77-s91 22 1.77 1900 Sidcup, Kent Round white obiect

77-s92 24. 2.77 0505 rJTarwick White, zigzagging'star,'

77-593 1.1.77 2100 Prestwich,Manchester

Red/white object

77-594 6.1.77 lll5 St Helens, Merseyside Silver ' icing nozzle ' CJb I B HARTLEY

cab l-_tc4b I S CAMPBELL_t_c+u I a rrarr

77-595 Feb 2158 Coventry,'uT MidlandsCirmlar object withwindows

77-596 12.5.77 o005 Penicuik, Mid-lothian

' Moving yellow stil '

78- Feb 900 Kent whiteYdd, Flashins lishtContinued oaerleaf

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Code No Date Time Place Report Investigator/Credit

78-294 12.11.78 2020 Hull Bridge, Essex Orange/red obiect c3b

78-295 20. I 1.78 061 5 Gt Blakeham,Suffolk

Cigar shape c4b A Cor.LrNS

78-296 26.12.78 1710 lVorsbrough Bridge,S Yorks

Starlike obiect c4b K PHILLIPS

78-306 3.1 I .78 1930 Cannock, Staffs Two oval-shaped lights c3b M KEATMAN

78-375 2.2.78 l 305 Stone Cross,West Bromwich

Hubcap shape C3c M KEATMAN

78-176 l.l 1.78 r930 Tunstall, Staffs Round object-coloured lights

c3b D HOLLANDE FRITH

78-37',r 5.ll_78 1905 Penn Fields,Wolverhampton

Red object with beam c3b M KEATMAN

78-378 7.10.78 0l 30 Stone, Staffs Triangle of lights C3c M KEATMAN

78-380 5. I 0.78 201 5 Baswich, Stafford Flashing lights c4b S W BANKS

78-38 I Dec 1900 Brighton, Sussex hw-flying LITS c4b A Fox

78-383 7.10.?8 2000 Bacup, Lancs Orange ellipse c3b R llARTrrY

78-384 7.10.78 o500 Hayfield, Derbyshire Silver dimond c3b B HARTLEY

78-385 3.1 1.78 07 l0 Swiss Cottage,London

Two gold parallel bars c3b C R RoWLANDS

79-095 Jan 2t00 'Wolverhampton Golden LIT c4b M PRITCHARD

79-@6 t4.7.79 r 5l5 Bexley, Kent ' Glinting dot' c4b A Fox/M HALL

79-098 7.9.79 2215 Battersea. London Silver/grey oblong c3b

79-lO5 5.9.79 2020 Blurton,Stoke-on-Trent

Zigzagging LITS c3b M KEATMAN/A CoLLrNs

79-l08 29 -l l -79 20r 5 Bexleyheath, Kent Twelve LITS c4b Mr & Mrs HALL

79-109 1o.10.79 0650 Dartford, Kent Silver disc C3c I CLoKE

79-ttl 29.t1.79 2000 Belvedere, Kent 8 Whitc LITS c4b Mr & Mrs HALL

79-tt2 2.1.'t9 0540-0700 Perth, Scotland 'Bright ball c4b S CAMPBELL

79-113 5.1-79 2125 Sidcup, Kent ' Rising band of mist C3c M HALL

79-114 March 0830 Sidcup, Kent Silver cylinder C3c M HALL

77-599 Aug 2t00 Swindon, u7ilts Dark orange trimgle c3b R M JAMES

78-254 I 1.9.78 2130 Ibiza, Spain Triangle with multi-coloured lights

B2z M J UNDrRwooD

78-288 22.1O.78 2t55 Snodland, Kent Three ball-shapedobiects

C4c M J UNDERwooD

78-289 t4.6.78 1520 Brighton, Sussex Round, gold object c4b A Fox

'18-290 2l -12-78 1900 !ilrexham. Clwyd Cylindrical obiect withball

c3b C RORD

78-351 24.10.78 2150 Shotesham, Norfolk Two orange pencil-like obiects

c3b P Jor{NSoN

78-352 24.1O-78 2145 Surlingham,Norfolk

Two ' light-shafts ',three ' globes '

c3b P JoHNsoN

78-357 12.5.78 1630 Thetford, Norfotk Two dull grey ' de-flated footballs '

C3c K WILLTAMSoN

78-36 I 29.'l O.78 1430 Norwich- Norfolk Two silver, silver-black objects

c3b P JoHNsoN

78-396 26.9.78 1730 Otterburn. N'h'land Domed metallic obiect c3b B HARTLEY

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Code No Date Tine Place Report Investigator /Credit

78-399 31.12.'18 1900 Wigan., Lancs Black obiect, yellowtrail

c3b B HARTLEY

79-l3t 20.9.79 I 845 London, rITl Silver boxlike obiect c4b

79-133 12.1t .79 I 525 Sht.l"y, S..."y Black/grey oblong(s) c3b M Her-r.

79-134 l.l 1.79 1700 Lowestoft, Suffolk White round obiect c4b D V SrRxxr

79- I 35A

?9-135"

1.8.79

IJJ'2130

'2oo

Luton, Beds Mass of lights _Four bright lights

c4bI CowLEY

79-t36 27.8.79 Various Edinburgh Many starlike lights C4c S Caupsrr-r-

79-137

?r-t 38

17.9.79

;.1r.is1 830

1635

Lyminge, Kent

Uphall, If Lothian

Crescent shape

P"l"J.""d rbt"*C3c

C4"

V MARTIN

S C**

79-139 25-6.'19 1300 Worcester Flashing, starlike object C4c A Gnml

79-143

7r-A4

2.8.79

t('\7'0030

,3 l0

Tunstall, Stafs

A"."n.ldr, St"tr td

\?hite obiect

Round objects withlights

c4b

a;S W Btu\Ks

79-145^

?r-145"

22.1O.79 2200 Stafford Round, red object !1b

79-146^ 22.1O.79 2230 Hanley, Staffs Silent, bright oval C4aM KIATMAN

79-1468 2228 Bright obiect

79-t47 12.11.79 1940 Endon, Staffs Obfect with flashinglights

c4 M KEATMAN

79-148 12.t1.79 l9l8 Radford, Notts Triangular object C4a MuRo

79-149 12.11.79 94s Nr Codnor, Derby White LITS C4a MuRo

79-150 t2.11.79 940 Milton, Staffs Shape with lights C4a S W BANKS

79-t5t 12.t1.79 1940 Cheadle, Staffs Triangulu obiect C4a S W BANKS

79-152 28.1O.79 1600-1700 Longport, Staffs White Lights c4b S rJf BANKS

79-158 9.1.79 1610 \V Bromwich,u? Midlands

Orange cigar c3b E J HoRroN

79-l 60 20.12.79 am Folkestone, Kent Hazy white obiect C4c A HALL

'19-162

7c-t63

Dec

,4.rlc2000

,000-ro30

Hurst Green, Sussex

H"ddtngat\E Lothian

Obiects with lights

Round, white ball

C4c

c4b

A Fox

S C***

79-164

7r-t6s

9.11.79

7.1L7c/

t6t0

I 830

Leslie, Fife

Heriot, Midlothian I

Orange/pink obiect

L-"-iltChttc3b

c4b

S Caupsrrr

S c**79-166^ 12.1o.79 0730 Elland, W Yorks Orange cigar C4^

T .WHITAKER79-1668 12.10.79 0730 'Wtley, Halifax Round red-orange obf ect C4a

79-t6@, 12.10.79 0730 Luddesfoot, Yorks Flarelike object C4t

79-167 9.11,79 2000-2030 Carinish, N Uist Hazy, round object

Dull white obiect

c3b S Caupgrrr,

79-168 6-8.1 1.79 0930 Currie, NrEdinburgh

C3c S CAMPBELL

79-r69 13.11.79 2000 Gt Ymouth,Norfolk

Red/white LITS B4b D V SmEET

79-t7t 7 -t2-79 2205 Milton Keynes,Bucks

Formation of lO LITS c4b

79-173 9.11.79 1900 Angus I Travellins LITS c4b S CaMpsrrr,

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2nd London International UFO CongressDates: Sunday/Monday, 24125 i[/'ay 1981 (Spring Bank Holiday)Venue: Mount Royal Hotel, Marble Arch, London Wl.

Following the highly successful lstCongress in August 1979, the pro-gramme for the second Congress is nowbeing finalised. An eminent panel ofspeakers from the United States andEurope will shortly be announced.Amongst those expected to presentpapers afe:-

Dr Bruce S Maccabee

-United States.Dr Alain Esterle

-France.Senor Jose Antonio Campana

-Spain.Mr Chades Bowen

-Editor of Flying Saucer Retsiew.

Eminent researchers from Sweden,Germany, Denmark, The Netherlandsand other countries have been invitedto participate and Dr Hynek, Directorof the Cenrer for UFO Studies in theUSA, for twenty years a civilian con-sultant to the US Air Force, is alsoexpecting to attend.

The President of Bufora, Lord KingsNorton, engineer and scientist, isanticipating opening Congress andaddressing the delegates. Congressproceedings will include a report up-dating the work of the Prooitional Inter-national Committee on UFO Research:following a session in Copenhagenduring October 1980, a London meet-ing of this Committee immediatelyprior to the Congress is anticipated.

A full Congress programme will shortlybe published, giving bibliographies ofthe speakers and details of papers.An exhibition of UFO research mater-ial will be on display, and groups ofufologists or organisations at home orabroad are welcome to panicipate after

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clearance from the co-ordinator. UFOgroups wishing to circularise theirmembers with Congress details canobtain leaflets on application to theSecretariat. (Please state numbers re-quired).

A special ticket only Congress Dinnerhosted by Lord Kings Norton isplanned for the Sunday evening, andnegotiations are in hand to obtain oneof the best UFO films to be shown afterthe Dinner.

As in 1979, a special combined Rail/Hotel Congress 'Package' will bearranged through Grand MetropolitanHotels: this will mean considerablesaving for those outside London.Full details shortly.

\7e anticipate this second Congress willbe of great interest, both to unbiasedufologists and to the scientific estab-lishment and look forward to voursupport.

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Book ReviewsSigns of the Gods ?

Erich von Daniken,Souvenir Press

June, 1980.

252pp {5.95.

\7hat can oni: say about Von Danikenthat is new ? The dust cover of hislastest offering quotes Time Out mag-azine as follows: " . . . . His books arethe result of almost-maniacal traztelling,relentless research and intelligent scien-tific eoaluation." To say that somemay disagree with this assessment is,perhaps, a slight understatement !

The book itself is a mixture of the oft-repeated, exemplified by the chapter onthe Ark of the Covenant, and material

-for example the chapters on Maltaand Zimbabw-I have not hithertoseen mentioned elsewhere, the wholebeing spiced with some intriguing ideason racial origins and cloning.

Once again the author has produced aprovocative book. Many will con-sider his ideas have considerable merit:others will doubtless pour cold wateron his researches and qualifications.If precedent is anything to go by,though, it is sure to sell a bomb !

T Huntington.

Alien Animals

Janet & Colin BordGranada Publishing' March 1980.

258pp {7.95.

Alien Animals, as the authors tell us,' about impossibilitie.s,' for it containsreports of unidentifiable animals, andof known animals, seen where theyshould not be.

'Alien animals' discussed include

Lake Monsters: Bigfoot, Large BlackDogs: Giant Birds/Birdmen and HairyAnthropoids, the coverage being world-wide.

At first glance the price is high, but thebook's 258 information-packed pagesinclude many diagrams, drawings andphotographs (amongst them a' Page 3 'type picture of 'sky-clad ' witches!)more than make up for this. PossibleUFO associations are by no meansneglected and readers will find theauthors' speculations and conclusionsvery interesting indeed.

Any book by the Bords is always met-iculously prepared: this one is noexception, and two appendices, veryfull notes, together with a detailedindex and bibliography are included.Highly recommended, both for itsvery readable content and the factualpresentation.

Norman Olizter.

Genesis

W A HarbinsonCorgi Books (Paperback),October, 1980. 606pp [1,75.

Remember Alternative Three ? Fic-tion presented (more or less) as Fact ?

Genesis appears to be fiction presentedas fiction in the fond hope that readerswill believe that the facts in the fictionmean the fiction is fact ! Have I lostyou ? If I haven't, this novel, with its600f pages assuredly will,for tX:;;

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and the fiction are so cleverly inter-twined. Nor does the pre-publication' Blurb' help matters much, for itquotes the author as saying: " Genesiscould only hape been written as a nooelbecause the facts on which its it basedunrapel one of the most controoersialmysteries of our t'imes-the true sourceand nature of. UFOs.'

However, this author really has donehis homework, for his characters quotealmost hundreds of UFO and UFO-associated events with, as far as I cantell, absolute accuracy of detail. Norare UFOs the only highly-researchedfield, for almost every reference, be itscientific or of Fortean phenomenaappears to have been painstakinglytracked to source.

To attempt to describe the plot in a fewwords would be a sheer impossibility.Suffice it to say that the theme placesthe origin of UFOs in the 19th centuryand Earth-indigenous. Men In Black:the CIA: Ruppelt: McDonald: Klass:the US Air Force: undersurface bases:Foo Fighters: Ghost Rockets, GermanSecret weapons: hypnotic regression:the Philadelphia Experiment are allfeatured-and that list is but a fractionof the whole! My only criticism ofthe numerous UFO references is that theauthor omits those that do not favourhis theme (a criticism which may belevelled at many more ' factual' books)and that he does not take accountof pre-19th century UFO associations.

So far as the story goes, my feeling isthat the ' solution' is not sufficientlydramatic to warrant the lengthy detailand build-up involved: whilst, too, Ido not normally find the intrusion ofsex and four-letter words objectionable,to me) the portions of the book wherethese were presented just did not seemto 'gell' with the (sometimes almostboring) long lists of UFO and scien-tifically orientated material.

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If Genesis is ever made into a film, itwill be Exodus for me!

T Huntington.

Astronauts of Ancient fapanVaughn M GreenePrentice/Hall International,July 1980

{4.50. Paper only. 164pp.

One may well balk at the price of thisDogu-orientated book, first publishedin the USA in 1978: despite a merel64pp, however, it is larger than theaverage paperback and most pages arepacked full of information.

Whether or not one takes this inform-ation-which covers almost everythingfrom Shaver's ' Dero' s' and ' Tero' s' and'UFOs ozter Japan ' to Lemuria and' Undersea Goblins'-as gospel mustentirely depend on the individual and Imust admit I was by no means happyabout some of the author's conclusions,which include the thought that Hirosh-ima and Nagasaki may have beenchosen as atomic targets in a deliberateattempt to smear Christianity: it can-not be denied, though, that a consid-erable amount of wide-ranging researchhas been put in and certainly the bookmakes interesting reading.

Dogu-orientated ? What exactly areDogus ? The author tells us these' strange little figures ' have been called'eaerything from dolls to gynecologicalartifacts' and ' They definitely do notresemble any other statuary in the world,'going on to list more than thirty sim-ilarities that he considers prove themto be space suits of ancient astronauts.The content includes a number ofphotographs and diagrams, includingone of the ' Dogu Mark V model space-suit' with explanatory notes. Whilstof doubtful appeal to the scientifically-orientated, nevertheless this book offers

numerous thought-provoking ideas,which the author's thoroughness makesappear far less outrageous than parallelpropositions from his contemporaries.

Observing UFOs-An Investigative HandbookRichard F HainesNelson-Hall (Chicago), March 1980$21.95 cloth: $10.95 paper. 300pp.

Bufora members who attended theNottingham Conference in April 1978will recall Dr Haines as our guestspeaker on that occasion, as well as' his insistence on interdiscipl'inary meas-ures for discussing and tying to soloethis interesting phenomenon.' (BJ, Vol7, No 2,JulylAugust 1978).

A professional psychologist, the authorhas produced a comprehensive guide-book ' cooering all releztant plrysiologicaland psychological facts.' Aside fromdemonstrating how easy it is to mis-identify numerous natural and man-made phenomena, the author goes toconsiderable lenghs to show howobservers themselves may quite un-consciously distort what they see:how investigators may_compound sucherrors, omissions and exaggerations:to explain the factors involved and howto detect and (hopefully) avoid some ofthe pitfalls.

A serious and valuable contribution toscientific UFO research, the book isstill very readable to the layman. Morethan 70 figures and tables are included,as well as a comprehensive index andbibliography together with a 2}-pageglossary. About the only point Icould take exception to was the addressfor Bufora shown as that of the formeraddress of Dr John Cleary Baker, whovacated our editorial chair back in19731 Scarcely a reason, however, tocriticise the remainder of the content!

An excellent book.should read it.

Every investigator

Norman Olioer.

Personal ColumnNew Zealand ufologist, age 37, would liketo correspond with any English person inter-ested in UFO activity in this part of the world.Please write to Mr Dennis Rodway, PO Box761, Blenheim, New Zealand.

UFO Country. Holiday chalet to Let,Nolton Haven, St Brides Bay, Pembrokeshire,\f Wales. Send SAE for details to R JonesPugh, Parkland Place, St Brides View, Roch,Haverfordwest, Pembs, \f \7ales. Tel:Camrose 246.

Quality carneras, lenses and accessoriesavailable. Send SAE for details to SimonBattman, 13 Dudley Close, Basingstoke,Hampshire RG23 8BP. Please write theletters CLA on top left hand corner of envelope

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The Christian UFO Research Associationexists to help. Enquiries invited, especiallyfrom the troubled. CHRUFORA, SpringCottage, Fairford, Glos.

I have beautiful pictures available,ready framed and would like you to have one

-or as many as you wish. \frite for price,details, etc, enclosing SAE for quick reply to:Simon Battman, 13 Dudley Close, Basing-stoke, Hampshire RG23 8BP. (NB-Thepictures are not UFO-associated-Ed).

Warminster - Ley and UFO Centre.Cottage now available to UFO researchersand ley hunters. Holidays or weekends.Meet others with like minds. SAE details:UFO Services, 88/40 Grafton Vay, Londonwcl.Interested in contact ideas, research,attempts, original approaches ? SAE pleaseto Box FM, 95 Taunton Road, LondonSE12 8PA.

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Kensington Lectures 1980/81By now those members able to get to Kensington Central Library on thefirst Saturday in each month will have attended-and, we trust, enjoyed-the first three talks in the current series: reviews will appear in later journals.Here are details of the rest of the series from December onwards:-Sat, 6 December 1980: Annual General Meeting followed by lecture.7.00 pm ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (Non-members may arrened'but

not ztote).8.30 pm Odd Encounters of a Curious Kind. Speaker: Alan lVatts, BSc,

FRMetS.Saturday, 3 January, 1981: 7 pm.Life on Earth-a fluke ? Speaker: Martin Heath, BSc, AKC.Saturday, 7 February 1981: 7 pm.The Entity Enigma Speaker: Hilary Eztans.

Saturday, 7 March 1981 7 pm.Research Evening Chaired by Anthony R Pace, FRI.S.Saturday, 4 April 1981: 7 pm.UFOs without Prejudice Speaker: Ian Watson, MA, BLir(Oxon).Saturday, I May 1981: 7 prn.The Janos People: A Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind

Speaker : Fr ank Johnson.Saturday, 6 June 1981: 7 pm.What does it all mean? Speaker: Sir John Whitmore.

All meetings are held in the Lecture Theatre of Kensington Central Library,Campden Hill Road, London W8-opposite High Street KensingtonIJnderground Station.

Investi$ator Trainin$Course ,

An experimental one-day trainingSeminar will be held at Bromley (Kent)Central Library, on Saturday, 13December 1980, commencing at 11 amand finishing at app 7 pm. \7hilst thevenue is more suitable for the southerncounties, the seminar will be open to allBufora members, and it is hoped thatsimilar sessions will be organised forother parts ofthe country in the future.Some supplementary literature will beavailable from the end ofJanuary.

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On beginning the course, unofficial in-vestigators will receive an ID cardmarked " In Training ": after com-pletion of the (entire) course satisfac-torily a full official card will be issued.

The course is intended to provide abasis for developing a personal tech-nique for interviewing witnesses whilstusing uniform and standard methodsof recording data. Buf ora's Chairman,Leslie Bayer, MBE, will open theSeminar proceedings and speakers willinclude Vice-Chairman Norman Oliverand senior members of Bufora's Re-search and Investigation Depts.

Although no charge will be made forattending the Seminar, there are somebasic requirements. The UFO Imtest-igators Handbook will be used duringthe course and members are advised tobring their copies, also pen and note-paper. Some copies of the Handbookwill be available at the Seminar at theusual price of d3. Refreshments willbe served at intervals, but members areadvised to bring a packed lunch.

To book a place at the Seminar, orto enrol for the course, please com-plete the enclosed enrolment slipand post it to the NIC by 30 Nov-ember: venue details will then be sent.All current investigators are advised toenrol.

Important-As from 1 January, 1981,all ID cards will be valid for one yearonly and investigators are requested tosend their current ID cards to theNIC for renewal.

Every time we land in Scotland I geta split personality-I think I'm a

ball of lightning!

People'We extend a wann welcome to the following,whose applications for membership weieapproved by Council at their meetings on2 February 7980, 12 April 1980 and 7 June1980:

London : D Bailey, J Barrett, M S Broughton,D Conway, E G Creed, B D Deacon, T Eagle,B Gravis, M Kodama, E Ormondy, J LQuincey, J Sitkowski, J Spencer, C Thompson.

Horne Counties : T E L Anfield, J E Barton,Mrs. J S Barton, R Benlow, A R Bond,R Crumpacker, C Crowle, B R Fletcher, MrsM E Fry, P M Furness, K Goldsworthy,J Horsford, M D Hudson, Miss M P Lines,R R McCombie, P H McNamara, T Morrison,Mr Penfold, M D Randall, Mrs A Smith,Mrs V I Souleyman, C Spratley, Mrs NThompson.

National : A Anderson, F Andrady, V An-drews, R \7 Barnes, Mrs S Baylis, M pBradford, A Brassington, B !7 Bullock, ACartlidge, M Chimes, D 17 Clarke, S Cleaven,M L D Cotton, G M Davies, R B Day, SDevidasa, J Edwards, A C Evered, F Gormlie,T A Gray, A J Green, S Hill, T Hinchliffe,M Howe, Mrs J Hughes, S Jones, G Kay,A Kealy, Ms D Kiely, C Lally, D C Lowdon,pr H T MacGillivray, D B Mannion, JMcVeney, Mrs L M Miles, N Morris, JPoulson, J C Quinn, Dr A \7 Robertson,A Stephen, J Taylor, Miss S C Taylor, MissG Tomkinson, D H Tucker, L lJnderwood,KEl7intle,LWorrallo.

Member Society : SKYSCAN.

Overseas : M A Borley, B Condron, J Cook,Mrs H Halabi, G Loignon, D Rodway, MrsK Sander, G H J va der Veldt, Baron J deVinck, D G \falley.

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Aims: 1-To encourage, promote and conduct unbiased scientific research of unidentified flyineobjects (UFO) phenomena throughout the United Kingdom. 2-To collect and disseminateevidence and data relating to unidentified flying objects (UFOs). 3-To co-ordinate UFOresearch throughout the United Kingdom and to co-operate with others engaged in such re-search throughout the world.

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