Number 105 THE MUFON AUGUST, 1976

UFO JOURNALFounded 1967

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ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1967 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 P.M. NEAR SEDONA, ARIZONA, MR. C. D.GHORMLEY OBSERVED WHAT HE THOUGHT TO BE A B R I G H T TANK ON A DISTANT M O U N T A I N ANDDECIDED TO PHOTOGRAPH IT. AFTER T A K I N G THE PICTURE, HE LOOKED TOWARDS THE OBJECTA G A I N AND ALL THAT HE COULD SEE WAS A CLOUD OF SMOKE. COMPUTER A N A L Y S I S OF THEPHOTO BY GSW SCIENTISTS APPEARS I N S I D E THIS ISSUE.

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SEDONA PHOTOGRAPH EVALUATION BY W I L L I A M SPAULDING 3UFO SHADES CAR - MAN DIES BY OTTO RAYMUNDO 6TRAVIS WALTON ABDUCT I ON: PART II BY P H I L I P KLASS 8STANTON FRIEDMAN'S LECTURE SCHEDULE ^^DANISH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE CASE BY R I C H A R D HALL 15SPANISH LABORER ATTACKED BY JOE B R I L L 16INT'L DATA EXCHANGE PROGRAM BY R I C H A R D HALL. 17IN OTHERS WORDS BY Lucius FARISH 18UFO LIGHT BEAM CASES BY R I C H A R D HALL 19DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE BY WALT ANDRUS 20ASTRONOMY NOTES BY MARK HERBSTRITT 20

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The Sedona, Arizona Photograph and EvaluationbyW.H. Spaulding (Director of GSW, Inc.) (copyright 1976)

The initial photographicevaluation, performed by Dr. J.Ames Harder, appeared in theMarch-April 1973 issue of theAPRO Bulletin. Dr. Harder'sanalysis into this anomalousphtograph involved the standardevaluation techniques, which in-volved:

(A) a review of the witness'camera/lens system.

(B) a close look at the negativeunder moderate magnification.

(C) an evaluation of the wit-ness' verbal report on thesighting.

Harder's analysisUpon completion of the same,

this prompted Dr. Harder to makethe following bberservations con-cerning the sighting. Apart fromthe character of the origionalphotographer, the analysis of teorigional negative, and the cir-cumstances of it being found quiteby accident, there remains a verycogent argument for authenticity:who would think a fake a UFO pic-ture of this sort?. The measurements from thenegative reveals that from thelowest barely visible image tothat of the brightest images is 0.14inches. From the brightest imageto the last visible image is 0.20 in-ches, and aboe that point there isa faint trace 0.10 inches in length,for a total size of 0.44 inches. At acalculated idstance of 4,000 feetfrom the witness, this representsa~ transverse distance of 700 feet,in which the object traveled in 29milliseconds. This caculates to aspeed of 16,000 miles per hour,several times faster than theaverage speed of a rifle bullet.

One of the most fascinatingaspects of the photograph is thelarge number of distinct imagesthat appear. We must infer thatthe object is very brilliant (higher

density level) •, brighter than anyportion of the surronding sky.These distinct images arepossibly due to one of two oc-curences as follows:

1. The flashing on anf off of abrilliant light source on the ob-jects.

2. The slowing down or stoppingand immediate acceleration of theobject, 15 to 20 times, during the1/60 second shutter opening(speed) of the camera.

This capulates the analysis ofDr. Harder on the Sadona UFOTrack photograph.

GSW computer analysisDue to the extraordinary con-

clusion of this bit of UFO pictorialevidence and the fact that this pic-ture was photographed in adaylight mode, with sufficient lan-dscaping reference points, it wasan ideal candidate for the com-puterized enhancement system.

The lone witness to thissighting, Mr. C.D. Ghormley, wasvisiting Arizona. On September23, 1967 .at approximately 1:30P.M., near Sedona, the witness

observed what he though to be abright tank on a distant mountainand decided to photograph it withan inexpensive Kodak camera.

According to the witness he tookthe picture and rolled the film tothe next fram, when he lookedback to see the object, all that.waspresent was a cloud of smoke ordust.

Mr. Ghormley took his film tothe photography shop of an APROmember, who in turn obtainedthis date . for Dr. Harder'sevaluation. '

The Test DescribedA first generation copy of the

picture was obtained for the com-puter evaluation. After a carefulreview by the GSW phototechnicians it was determinedthat the following date pointsmust be established to quantifythis piece of possible UFO pic-torial evidence:

A.- The exact distance of the"object" from the camera.

B. The true size of the "object".C. The angular motion of the

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range of the image.Areas shown as white and

shades of blue and greenrepresent respectively lighterfilm densities than areas shown asyellow and shades of violet andred. The thickness of an image isconstant within all areas that aredisplaced as the same color.

Identifying Apparent ShapeWhen p e r f o r m i n g

color/profiling tests on an image,its apparent shape can be iden-tified. For example:

1) A cloud would have a brokenuneven density.

2) An aircraft body wouldnaturally have a cylindrical shapewith protrusions from wings, thuscausing a variable densitydisplay.

3) A weather balloon would nothave the density of that of a truemetallic object, even if theballoon was photographed at a"good" sun angle.

4) A hoax photograph generallyconsists of such trite items asFrisbees (TM), camera lens caps,pie plates, etc. The density profilefrom such a common object wouldbe one of low reflectivity and itsobvious shape would be resolvedwhen color contouring andmagnification techniques werePAGE *4

added to this ultrasensitive, highresolution technique.

A highly "suspect" UFOphotograph would profile itself in-to a disc or ellipse shape with ageneral even density that is,brighter in the middle than theperiphery, due to its con-figuration. This coloring effecthas been noticed on numerous oc-casions during the interpretationof a "bonafide" object photo,especially when the object hasbeen filmed in the edge profile(view).

A profiling cursor denoted bythe vertical white lines throughour various test objects revealsthe object's real shape—flat,round, disc, elliptical, etc.

Hypothetically, if a UFO was ahoaxed item, such as a

pie plate, montage, or a hubcap, the cursor lines would

"profile," with some respect tothe density, into a

flat, shallow shape. The same istrue with a lens flare, a commonphotographic anomaly. Thenlogically, a tangible, metallicbonafide object would have aprofiling cursor line(s) with sub-stance and shape.Step 3—Emage Enhancement,

digitizing

The last image test for this pic-ture is the digitizing of the image,for either a high resolution pictureor a true analytical review of thedata points on the film. A typicalblack and white photograph iscalled a continuous tone imagebecause the shades of'grey blendcontinously, both in intensity(level) and spatiality (area).However, our evaluation systemis not continuous, but crete greylevel assigned to it.

System resolut ion maytherefore be defined as the abilityto reproduce images with a visualquality that is comparable to thecontinuous-tone originals. THisrequires a sufficient number ofpicture elements to give the ap-pearance of spatial continuity,and a sufficient number of greylevels to give appearance of depthand width.

The pixel (picture (picture cell)is the basis element of pictureresplution. Our system divides apicture into an array of 512horizontal columns and 480 ver-tical rows, thus producing 245,760equal and discrete pixels. Eachpixel is then assigned a valuebased on the average level of greycontained on that minute portionof the picture it encomposses. Thegrey scale (density) of the pixels,ranges from 0 to 255,0 is black and255 is white.

When we digitized com-puterized the Sedona photograph,the true shape of the object wasdetermined. The finished com-puterized photograph gives ushard data about the shape, den-sity, reflectivity, atmosphericlight glare (veiling), a sizerelationship, and in some caseswhere more than One picture wastaken, the angular motion.

The enhancement of the data inour UFO pictorial evidence givesus vast quantities of data from arelatively "poor" original pic-ture. Our computer program forthis type of work has the key func-tions of control and calibration ofthe film characteristics.

D. The detail of the individualimages.

E. A complete digital den-sitometryscan.

With the selection of thephotographic test parameterscompleted, the next step was theanalysis, utilizing the computer.

Step 1 - Edge EnhancementTo gain some of these additional

data points from the picture, itwas subjected to the edge enhanceanalysis. Wth enhancement, finelines representing delicate struc-tures are magnified and madevery distinct for visual analysis.The same technique has theability to evaluate areas of anyphotograph or transparancy thathas areas both over or under ex-posed.

Hard date exists within theseareas of light & dark densities.The human eye can not perceivedetail in certian portions ofphotographs that lack proper den-sity (grey value). We subjectedthe photograph, Reference Figure1, to the edge enhance process.The details are enhanced on theedges and exacting measuremen-ts can be obtained. By enhancingthe edges of this photograph itnow becomes practical tomeasure the object's aspect ratioexactly, without concern over fuz-zy edges caused by the un-sharpness factors.

Edge enhancement helped withthe intitial evaluation of the sub-ject film and operates in thefollowing manner. A black line isproduced on the T.V. displaysystem when a normal imagechanges from white to black, orfrom a lighter to darker greyvalue. Conversely, just the op-posite occurs when we areworking with a white line orlighter grey value. Then all brightand dark areas on the picture aresuppressed to a simple shade ofbackground grey.

. In order to facilitate theanalysis, the enhanced displaycan be adjusted for different

degrees of enhancement; that is,from a normal photo to a fullyenhanced one for optimumanalysis. The width of the enhan-ced lines is adjustable from fine tovery coars for maximal visibilityof fine details.Step .2 - Color Enhancement-

ProfilingThe next evaluation mode,

Color Enhancement, offers thegreatest amount of analyticaldata. The photograph was sub-jected to this system of theanalysis to determine some of thehard data, which includes exactdensity of the object and itssurrounding area, the averagereflectivity of the object, theexact shape of the UFO, and arelationship of its true size to itdistance perspective.

The density was the first itemattempted with the color analysis.The grey scale of a photograph isexpressed in te rms ofphotographic density (H & D Stan-dard units) which has differentmeanings in different pictures. InReference Figure 2, the greyvalues are directly related to thecross- sectional thickness of the"object (s)." With the utilizationof color enhancement thephotographic density is elec-

tronically analyzed.THe measurements taken from

the color data, show clearly anuneven distribution of color. Thisindicates a non-homogeneous den-sity across the entire face protionof the UFO, ie, a tenous matter orone of varying cross sectionalgemetry. Digital dehsitometry in-dicated slight variances in theabove data; however, it is a molehighly sophisticated system thanthe color evaluation method.

The Profiling technique wasperformed to gather data on theshape of the unidentified object inthe picture. Reference Figures 1and 2, note The profiling cursorand its result in each photograph.In these pictures the 90 degreeprofile of the image reveals aslightly wavy, flat, nonsubstanceimage, very similar to the shapeof a reflection.

The coloring technique -tran-sforms a bland, non-detailedphotograph in vivid colors, in oneof an infinite number of differentcolor analysis. The data on anyphotographic medium is elec-tronically evaluated andclassified into thirty colors plusblack and white. In this case thefull spectrum of color is dividedequally over the toal density

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ConclusionsIt is the consensus of the GSW

photographic techniques that thephotograph tested represents thefollowing:

The Sedona, A r i z o n a ,photograph is a lens reflectionand a typical example of a misin-dentification of a commonanomaly. The computerized datahas revealed information thattotally supports the postulation asfollows:

1) There is a complete lack ofsubstance to the object, onlylength and width are displayed.

2) The profiler reveals the "ob-ject" (image) as a flat (light)source.

3) The irregularities in the colorand digital densitomet effectivelyreveal the same data.

4) The irregular geometry, onthe image's edges, violates stan-dard geometry shapes of previousobjects that have been pat-ternized and categorized, evenallowing for the unsharpness fac-tors and the hypothesized brokenmotion of the object.

5) The individual pixels (picturecell) data of the edges isrelatively sharp, within the focusplane of the camera/lens system,indicative of non-movement.

6) with the type of camera andfilm utilized (AS A speed) it is sim-ply beyond the realm ofpossibility to photograph an "ob-ject" traveling the speed of abullet, in 1-1/60 of a second.

7) Additional pixel datastrongly suggests the images arefairly close to the camera. Distantobjects would have been wavyand broken pixel edges and thedistant factor would beheightened due to atmosphericsand veiling glare.

It is hoped that this broad lookat a single UFO photograph andthe value of the computer maystimulate wider applications ofsome of these newerphotographic/computer ap-praochesP A G E 6

UFO Shades Car- Man Diesand Wife Turns White-headed!

BY OTTO RAYMUNDO

LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro,Brazil At summer resort (openocean beach) named Recreio dosBandierantes, near Barra daTijuca.DATE: Possibly in 1954 or 1955TYPE OF SIGHTING: UFOshades car in broad daylight,frightening occupants.

CAUSES: Man had an inex-plicable death few days later andwife turns whiteheaded in acouple of months.

SIGHTING BACKGROUNDS: Acouple went out for a ride ashore,during a sunny day, despite it wasnot the summer season, and forthis reason, location was verydeserted. The riding was pleasantand confortable, looking at thelandscape and taking the oceanbreeze, until something veryunusual happened...

SIGHTING DESCRIPTION: Wit-ness stated that a large shadowsuddenly covered the car, likepursuiting it along the seashoreroad. Was a huge round shadow,very strange, like coming downfrom a large umbrella above thecar...Her husband pulled over, stoppingthe car. Taking a look out of thewindow, he stared at somethinghanging up there...like a hugemetallic disk, hovering, silen-tly....

She did not look directly into theobject as she was very puzzled,most with the reactions of herhusband. She was reallyfrightened and asked her husbandwhat was all that. He hardly couldtell her about what he saw, as hewas stuttering almost totallyunintelegible words. (I suppose he

could never explain exactly whathe really saw up there).Then, they decided at once tochange the car riding to the wayback home.SIGHTING EFFECTS: A fewdays later the man died of a sud-den unknown illness (causa-mortis was never mentioned tome). His wife became so puzzledand sorrowful, miserably sadenough to have her hair turnedtotally white, in a couple of mon-ths, or less...

INVESTIGATIONS: This casecame to my attention narrated bya close friend in Brazil and now isreconfirmed in a recent, letter tome. All efforts are now beingmade to locate this lady of whitehair, perhaps the only witness ofthe case, in order to take her wordonce more (and record it).

COMMENTS: By that time, SouthAmerica (and Brazil in par-ticular), was very busy withsightings of all sorts, as stated byFrank Edwards in his book"FLYING SAUCERS-HEREAND NOW! (Lyle Stuart, N.York,1967), page 81: The year 1954came in with a rush of UFOs. InBrazil they seemed especiallyactive, buzzing automobilesalong lonely stretches of high-ways, making near approachesto planes, interfering with elec-tric power transmission...

Then, in page 83, I have foundan intriguing case, very similar tothe present one, in a way:

In Brazil, a small automobilewas overtaken by a UFO whichswept overhead so close to thecar that the car rose into the airand flipped into the ditch, for-tunately with little injury toeither the car or the occupants.

DRAWI.NG or THE R i o DE JANEIRO .(BRAZIL) SIGHTING'I N . W H I C H A UFO FLEW - D I R E C T L Y O V E R A C AR IN B R O A D

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THETRAVIS

BY PHILIP J. KLASS(AUTHOR OF UFOs EXPLAINED,RANDOM HOUSE 197*4 ANDV I N T A G E PRESS 1976)

THIS IS 'TH.E! LAST OF A TWO-PART SERIES ON THENOW FAMOUS T R A V I S WALTON A B D U C T I O N CASE. BE-CAUSE OF THE P O S I T I V E H A N D L I N G T H I S P U B L I C A T I O NGAVE THE CASE WHEN IT F I R S T OCCURRED, WE THOUGHTIT IMPORTANT THAT ML) FON MEMBERS BE AWARE OF THENEW FACTS BROUGHT TO LIGHT HERE.

, If a UFO could abduct the Hillsin New; Hampshire, why couldn'ta-UFO abduct a wood-cutter inArizona? After such a terrifyingincident, it would be only naturalfor other members of the crew torefuse to return to the work-site.Rogers would now have groundsto claim that he simply could notcomplete his contract for reasonsbeyond his control. If the ForestService agreed, Rogers could thencollect the 10 per cent of his ear:ned funds that had been withheldand the crew would not have towait until the following spring toreceive all of their pay.

Travis Walton would be thelogical "victim." His oft-expressed desire to ride on a UFOcould explain his seeminglyfoolhardy act of running under theUFO. And his expertise inUFOlogy, compared to other crewmembers, would make it easierfor him to concoct a story abouthis experiences aboard the UFO.

Plans could be worked out in ad-vance for a hide-out, perhaps acabin that would not be usedduring the winter months.Travis's mother was then living ina small house on the Gibson ran-ch, not far from the TurkeyPAGE 8

Springs area where the crew wasworking. The two hours betweenthe time that the incidentallegedly occurred and the timewhen it was first reported to Un-der-Sheriff Ellison at Heber wouldallow plenty of time to driveTravis to the selected hide-out. (Itmay be simply coincidence, butthe day after the UFO incident,Mrs. Kellet. decided to leave theGibson ranch house and return toher home in Snowflake. Thiswould avoid visits by law-enforcement officers to the Gib-son ranch house.)

On Nov. 18, 1975, Rogers wroteto inform the Forest Service thathe could not complete his contractbecause of the UFO incident"which caused me to lose mycrew and will make it difficult toget any of them back on the jobsite." The Forest Service put theremaining work up for bid, awar-ded it to another contractor andlater released the funds it hadbeen withholding to Rogers.

The reactions of members ofTravis Walton's family when theyfirst were told that he had been"zapped" and abducted by a UFOprovide a useful clue as to

whether they really believed thestory. If the family really believedthat such an incident had oc-curred, they might never seeTravis alive again.

Several Navajo County law en-forcement officers had assembledlate on the night of Nov. 5 and hadreturned to the "UFO site" withRogers and several of his crew tosearch for Travis. Shortly aftermidnight/it was decided to informTravis's mother who was thenstaying in a small house on theGibson family ranch, not too farfrom where the incident allegedlyhad occurred. Rogers, who knewwhere Mrs. Kellet was staying,and Under-Sheriff Ken Coplan, ofHolbrook, drove over to bringMrs. Kellet the shocking news ofthe fate that seemingly hadbefallen Travis.

On Nov. 6, a large search panywas organized to look for Travis,or his remains. Mrs. Kellet andDuane, who had arrived fromPhoenix, joined the group. But ac-cording to Under-Sheriff Coplan,by late in the day it was Mrs.Kellet herself who suggested thatthe search be abandoned, ex-plaining: "I just don't think

there's any use of looking any fur-ther... I.don't think he's on thisearth."This was confirmed to meby Navajo County Sheriff Marlin.Gillespie, during our Mar. 15 in-terview. As members of the sear-ch party were preparing to leavethe site, Duane announced that hewould remain on, alone. Coplansaid that Duane remarked that hewould stay "because they (UFOs)always bring them (victims) backto the same spot." This suggeststhat Duane had considerableknowledge of other alleged UFOabduction cases.

Duane and Travis had had avery close relationship. Mrs.Kellet's two ill-fated marriageshad left the family without afather and Duane told me that hehad assumed that role. Even ifDuane were correct that the UFOwould bring Travis back, Travismight have been blinded orseriously burned from the intensebeam of radiation that allegedlyhad zapped him — IF THE IN-CIDENT HAD REALLY OC-CURRED.

Yet during the Nov. 8 taped in-terview with Fred Sylvanus — ata time when Travis was still"missing" — Duane was verycalm and confident. At one pointin the interview, Duane volun-teered: "I don't believe he's hurtor injured in any way. He will beback sooner or later, wheneverthey . get done what they'redoing." (Duane's calmness onNov. 8 is in striking contrast to hislegitimate concern .when Travislater returned in a confused state-of-mind, to be described shortly.)

The Nov. 8 interview continuedas follows:

Sylvanus: "You feel he willcomeback?"

Walton: "Sure do. Don't feelany fear for him at all. Little

' regret because I haven't beenable to experience the same thing.That's about it."

Sylvanus: "You feel you justmiss him and he'll come back?"

Walton: "He's not evenmissing. He knows where he's atand I know where he's at."

Sylvanus: "You know where.he's at?"

Walton; "Basically, he's not inthe woods. They took him forwhatever purpose they takepeople, to run a few tests."

Sylvanus: "Well, where do youfeel he is?" ' .

Walton: "Not on this earth!".(Later in the interview)Sylvanus: "You know that he's

going to come back?"Walton: "Sure do. It's a matter

of time. They don't kill people...."•• Sylvanus: "You feel that he'll

befound?"Walton: "Yeah, he'll be found

and if he doesn't come back, it'llbe voluntary because he wantedto stay..."

The bulk of the Sylvanus in-terview was with Mike Rogers ashe described events leading up tothe alleged UFO incident. Duringthe hour-long interview, Rogersdescribed in great detail the con-struction details of the UFO, evencommenting several times on itsgreat beauty. Rogers describedhow Travis had been zapped bythe intense beam from the UFOthat allegedly sent him "flying"in the air with his arms out-stretched.

BUT AT NO TIME DURINGTHE HOUR-LONG INTERVIEWDID ROGERS EXPRESS THESLIGHTEST CONCERN OVERWHETHER TRAVIS MIGHTHAVE BEEN INJURED ORKILLED BY BEING ZAPPED,OR WHETHER HE WOULDEVER SEE HIS FRIEND ANDASSOCIATE ALIVE AGAIN!

ONE P O S S I B L E EX-PLANATION FOR THE REAC-TION OF ROGERS AND MEM-BERS OF THE FAMILY IS THATTHEY KNEW THAT THE IN-CIDENT WAS A HOAX ANDTHAT TRAVIS WAS SAFE IN ATERRESTRIAL HIDEOUT,RATHER THAN ABOARD AN

EXTRATERRESTRIAL SPACE-CRAFT THAT MIGHT BETAKING HIM TO A DISTANTWORLD FROM WHICH HEMIGHT NEVER RETURN.

There is reason to believe thatTravis Walton may not havefollowed the original "game plan"for the hoax. On the evening of theintial search party effort, on Nov.6, Mrs. Kellet had urged that thesearch be abandoned on thegrounds that Travis was "not onthis earth." The law enforcementofficers, suspicious of a hoax,were not unhappy to comply withthe request. ^

Two days later, on Saturday,Nov. 8, Duane told me that hedrove to Holbrook to see SheriffGillespie whom he sharplycriticized for failing to continuethe search for Travis. (Recall thatthe search had been called offearlier at the suggestion >, ofTravis's mother.) So anothercostly search effort was mountedon Sunday, Nov. 9, and it con-tinued on Nov. 10, being called offonly a few hours before Travisreappeared. Also on Nov. 10,Rogers and five members of hiscrew went to Holbrook to take apolygraph test administered byC.E. Gilsbn.

Shortly after midnight, Mrs.Grant Neff told me, she received atelephone call from Travis whosaid he was calling from a pay-phone booth in a gas station inHeber, approximately 30 mileswest of Snowf lake and about 10-15miles from where the UFO .in-cident allegedly occurred. Mrs.Neff said her husband drove "toMrs. Kellet's house to pick upDuane and the two men drove toHeber to pick up Travis. Theybrought him to Mrs. Kellet'shouse, then Mr. Neff returnedhome so his wife could drive toMrs. Kellet's home to see herbrother.

During my Mar. 12 interviewwith Mrs. Neff, she told me thather husband said they had found

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Travis "slumped in the bottom ofthe phone booth." Mrs. Neff usedthe following words to describeTravis's condition when she sawhim that night: "so shook-up, hewas so upset...he was verypanicky...even talking to us was areal strain. He was very upset."

This is confirmed by otherevidence that shows that Traviswas barely aware of what wasgoing on at the time of histelephone call. During a tape-recorded interview with the"National Enquirer," severaldays after his return, Travis said:"I rushed into the first phonebooth I came to and called mymother." (Emphasis added.)There was no telephone either inMrs. Kellet's home in Snowflakeor in the house on the Gibson ran-ch in the mountains.

Shortly after Travis called hissister, Sheriff Gillespie received atip that a man claiming to beTravis Walton had called Mrs.Neff from a telephone booth inHeber. Gillespie called Sheriff'sDeputy GJen Flake,.in Snowflake,asking him to get dressed anddrive to the highway from Heberto watch for Travis. Flake did sobut without success. So he decidedto drive to Mrs. Kellet's house,arriving there around 2 a.m., hetold me during our Mar. 12 in-terview. Flake said he found"lights were on in the house andthere was a fellow out in the yardsiphoning gas out of a car." Theofficer got out to investigate andrecognized the young man asDuane Walton. Duane explainedthat he had decided he had toreturn to Phoenix immediately toget back to his business but hadforgotten to buy gas for the four-hour trip. So he was siphoning gasfrom his brother-in-law's car sin-ce there would be no gas stationsopen at that hour. Flake made noattempt to enter the Kellet house.

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costly search effort to line1 Travis.Yet now that Travis had beenfound, Duane did not "tell Sheriff'sDeputy Glen Falke ihar Travishad returned and was just insidethe nearby house. ONEPOSSIBLE EXPLANATION ISTHAT DUANE DID NOT WANTANYBODY OUTSIDE THEFAMILY, AND ESPECIALLY ALAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-CER, TO SEE TRAVIS IN HIS"CONFUSED. 'STATE-OF-MIND.

During my Api 23 tcfephont in-terview with Duane, 1 asked himwhy he had not informed Sheritf'sDeputy Flake that Travis hadreturned. Duane replied: "It wasnone of his damn business!"Duane went on to explain that atthat point his primary concernwas for Travis's health and well-being, and that he wanted to getmedical attention for his.brother.

When I asked Dua.ie why he haddriven all the way to Phoenix toget medical attention tor Travis,he explained: "Showflake doesnot have a doctor, and as .o why Ispirited him away to Phoenix inthe middle of the night — becausethose narrow-minded, small-townred-necked people (in Snowflakeare dangerous.... There's no doc-tor there and the reason I tookhim to Phoenix in the middle ofthe night was to get him medicalassistance."

Investigation showed -thatDuane was correct about therenot being a physician inSnowflake. However, only 16miles south, in the town of ShowLow, there is a physician namedDr. Garver who operates amedical clinic there. If speedymedical aid was Duane's prin-cipal concern, he did not have todrive all the way to Phoenix,unless Duane had a family doctorthere in whom he had great con-fidence. When I asked about thispossibility, Duane replied: "No.Nobody in my family is sick, ever,very seldom."

Polygraph examiner McCarthytold me that before he ran the teston Travis, he had first talked withDuane. During this discussion,McCarthy told me, Duanestressed what a fine young manTravis was and that he was NOTA DRUG USER. McCarthy toldme: "One of the things he(Duane) harped on was that whenhe found him (Travis) in Heber,the first thing he did when he gothim home was to strip him nakedand look all over his body. And hefound a needle mark in his rightelbow, and he (Duane) knows thisis foreign because this boy hasnever used anything (i.e. drugs)."But McCarthy said that when helater interviewed Travis that hecontradicted his older brother'sstatement and that Travis ad-mitted to having used "pot,""speed," and LSD.

The first person outside theWalton family to talk with Travisafter he returned was Lester H.Steward, of Phoenix, a hypno-therapist and health-consultant.The meeting was arrangedthrough William Spaulding, an of-ficial of Ground Saucer Watch(GSW), a UFO group that is sym-pathetic to the idea of ex-traterrestrial visitors in the formof UFOs. Duane and Spauldinghad met during the time thatTravis was "missing" andSpaulding had offered to provideassistance if Travis returnedsafely. According to Duane, heand his brother arrived inPhoenix shortly after 6 a.m. onNov. 1-1. Duane called Spauldingwho in turn called Steward around7 a.m. Shortly afterward, Duanecalled Steward and arranged tovisit him in his office at 9:30 p.m.

In retrospect, it seems thatDuane originally thought chat"Dr. Steward" was a physicianwho could give Travis a medicalexamination. Steward is not. He isa psychologist and hypnotistwhose Ph.D. is from a smallprivate school in Southern Califor-

nia. Soon after the Waltonsarrived, Duane realized thatSteward could not himself per-form a medical exam and hemade it clear to Steward thatTravis was not ready to undergohypnosis. Steward agreed andcalled a f r i e n d , anM.D./psychiatrist, to ask him totry to arrange for extensivelaboratory tests. But by the timethe latter could make thenecessary arrangements, theWaltons had decided to depart.

In the course of the discussionsin Steward's office, the Waltonslearned that he had worked ex-tensively in the field of drug-addiction. When the Waltons firstarrived, Stewart noted thatTravis seemed dazed and con-fused. Travis sat silently holdinghis head in his hands, Stewardtold me in a telephone interviewon Apr. 25, while Duaneproceeded to tell in detail whatallegedly had occurred to Travisaboard the UFO. At first, Stewardtold me, he had assumed thatTravis's dazed condition was theresult of his traumatic ex-periences aboard a UFO.

But as the interview proceeded,.another possible explanation forTravis's condition occurred toSteward as a result of his own fir-st-hand experience with the with-drawal symptoms of drug-users.As time passed, Travis began toemerge from his confused anddepressed state-of-mind. If hisoriginal condition had been theresult of a traumatic experienceaboard a UFO, it should have per-sisted for a much longer time,Steward concluded. More im-portant, Steward had observedthe small puncture wound on theinside of Travis's right elbow.

This prompted Steward tosuspect that Travis might have in-jected LSD, perhaps in com-bination with an animaltranquilizer called PCP, Stewardlater told me. Although LSDusually is taken orally, when in-

jected in combination with PCP itcan have a very powerfulhallucinatory effect. Steward toldme that the effect would normallybegin to wear off about 8-16 hoursafter being injected. At t: e timethat Travis had arrived atSteward's office, it was about ninehours after he had called from theHeber telephone booth in a "con-fused" state-of-mind.

It is not known whetherSteward's growing suspicions ofdrug involvement were obvious toDuane, nor what effect Steward'smention of his experience intreating drug-addicts may havehad in prompting the Waltons toterminate the interview after ap-proximately an hour-and-a-quarter in Steward's office.

Later that same morning (Nov.11), APRO officials made contactwith Duane at his home. Inresponse to his request for amedical exam for Travis, APROcalled two physicians, both APROmembers, to ask them to visitDuane's home and examineTravis. The two physicians, Dr.Howard Kandell and Dr. JosephSalts arrived about 3 p.m., Dr.Kandell told me during our secondtelephone interview on April 25.

Dr. Kandell said he broughtalong both a tape recorder and acamera, but Duane flatly refusedto let him record the interview ortake any pictures of Travis. Kan-dell told me that Duane "askedme to limit my examination tojust determine that he is alrightand not to go into any details as towhat had transpired (aboard theUFO.) It was hard to examinehim without questioning him, andI did question him somewhat,although most of the informationthat I got at that time as to what(had) transpired was from thebrother (Duane)." (Emphasis ad-ded.)

(Considering that Travis hadbeen in such a "confused" state-of-mind when picked up in Heberand that he apparently remained

in this dazed condition until late inthe morning of Nov. 11, it isstrange that Duane would havebeen able to acquire so manydetails by 3 p.m. of the same dayas to what allegedly had happenedaboard the UFO. And despite thefact that APRO officials werevery sympathetic to the UFO ab-duction story, Duane was not yetready to allow even APROrepresentatives to tape recordTravis's story of the alleged in-cident.

Dr. Kandell described to meTravis's condition on the af-ternoon of Nov. 11: "He was lyingthere in bed with the shadesdrawn...looking . up at theceiling...He really didn't show anyemotion.:. He answered questionsappropriately when spoken to buthe wasn't very verbal...his at-titude was like a person who wasdisturbed, depressed." In respon-se to my question, Dr. Kandellacknowledged that he has had nofirst-hand experience with drug-addicts because he is apediatrician.

Dr. Kandell found no evidenceof physical injury or burns,despite the claim that only sixdays earlier Travis had been"zapped" by a very intense beamfrom a UFO. However, Kandelltold me that he did find a smallpuncture wound on the inside ofTravis's right elbow.

Dr. Kandellsaidthis small pun-cture was similar to what wouldbe found if a blood sample hadbeen taken. "I came across this inthe course of my examination andasked him if he knew how he gotthis, and he said 'no,' that hehadn't noticed it before." (Thisc o n t r a d i c t s M c C a r t h y ' sstatement that Duane said he hadspotted the mark shortly afterTravis's return when Duane hadhim strip down.)

Dr. Kandell said that the punc-ture mark was not directly overthe large vein. When i asked himwhether LSD injected into the

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spot where the puncture markwas found could have caused anarcotic effect, he replied: "Yes,because whether it is injected intoa vein or under the skinanywhere, it is absorbed andwould have its effect. Most peoplewho take drugs usually inject it in-to the vein because you get an im-mediate effect. If you inject it intoa muscle or under the skin, youget an effect but it is delayed.''

When I asked Dr. Kandellwhether he had mentioned thispuncture mark in the elbow in hisofficial report to APRO, hereplied: "Yes, it was in myreport." YET APRO HASNEVER MENTIONED THISTRAVIS WALTON PUNCTUREMARK IN ITS ARTICLES ONTHE CASE. Instead, APRO hasemphasized that there could notpossibly be any drug involvementbecause an analysis of a urinesample, allegedly the first voidedby Travis after his return, showedno evidence of drug use.

I asked Dr. Kandell whetherthis "first" urine sample had beenobtained in his presence so hecould be certain that it had reallycome from Travis. Kandellreplied: "Duane gave me a jarand he said 'this is Travis's firstvoided specimen since he's beenfound.' All I have is his (Duane's)word for it." (GSW's Spauldingtold me that prior to Travis'sreturn, he had urged Duane to ob-tain an early urine specimenbecause there would bespeculation that there might bedrug involvement. If Travis's con-dition prompted Duane to believethere was drug-involvement, theurine specimen 1« gave Dr. Kan-dell could have come from Duaneor his brother-in-law.) Dr. Kan-dell told me tb?t there is nopossible way to determine if theoriginal specimen really did comefrom Travis.

Dr. Kandell commented on onecurious aspect of the urine samplethat Duane provided. This was theP A G E 12

lack of "acetones" in the urine.The physician explained that if aperson has gone without nourish-ment for several days, his bodybegins to break down its own fatfor survival. The waste-product ofthis process shows up as acetonesin that person's urine. Despite thefact that Travis had been"missing" for more than fivedays, lab analysis of the "first"urine sample revealed NOacetones present. This means theurine sample came from a personwho had not gone without nourish-ment for five days.

It might be argued that the sam-ple did come from Travis and thathe was fed aboard the UFO. But inhis frequent tellings of his allegedexperience, Travis never hasmentioned being fed while he was"conscious." It might then beclaimed that perhaps while hewas "unconscious," he was fed in-travenously and this could thenexplain the puncture mark in hisright elbow. But as Dr. Kandellnoted, the wound is not over alarge vein, which would rule outintravenous feeding.

According to Steward, whenLSD is injected, no traces of thedrug can be found in blood, urineor saliva samples 10-24 hours af-ter injection. When the Waltonsfirst came to Steward's office,Duane was extremely anxiousthat Travis undergo full lab tests.But by later that afternoon, whenDr. Kandell and Dr. Salts arrived,Duane only wanted a more casualphysical check-up. It was not untilthe afternoon of Nov. 13, morethan 48-hours after Travis'sreturn, that he came to Dr. Kan-dell's office to give blood andurine samples for lab analysis.Lab tests of these samples showedno traces of illicit drugs.

Not until Travis was in Phoenix,and outside the legal jurisdictionof Navajo County Law En-forcement officials who had beensuspicious of a hoax from thestart, did Duane notify the Navajo

County Sheriff's office inHolbrook that his brother hadreturned. At first Duane said thatTravis had been taken to an un-named hospital in Tucson formedical tests. Duane later ad-mitted this story was false and hesaid it was released to avoid thenews media. (Yet within severaldays he and Travis willingly metwith the "National Encmirer.")

According to Sheriff Gillespie, itwas not until late in the afternoonon Nov. 11 that Duane called togive a truthful report on Travis'swhereabouts. During my Mar. 15interview with Gillespie, theSheriff told me he had said toDuane: "I need to talk to Travis,and he said, 'well, Travis is notavailable.' And I said, Well, youneed to make him available so Ican talk to him." Duane finallyagreed and Gillespie told me thathe promptly drove to Phoenix,arriving late that night.

Gillespie described his meetingwith Travis as follows: "When Ifirst went into the house, he(Travis) was laying on a sofa inthe living room...He appeared tobe tired, spoke in a very low toneof voice. I talked to him for quite awhile and asked him numerousquestions, and had him relate hisstory to me."

When I asked the Sheriffwhether he had tape-recorded hisinterview with Travis, he replied:"No. They had made an almost in-sistent request that there benobody else around, and no recor-dings, or anything like that."(One possible reason for Duane's

-insistence is that this would be thefirst time that Travis himselfwould have to tell of his allegedUFO experiences, rather thanhaving Duane tell them. Travishad not had much time, sincerecovering from his "confused"state-of-mind, to master the story.Gillespie told me that he has sincenoted a number of changes in theTravis Walton story as heoriginally heard it and as it has

since been, reported in the newsmedia.)

Shortly after APRO made con-tact with the Walton brothers, italerted the "National Enquirer."The newspaper asked APRO toarrange the polygraph test andAPRO called McCarthy. Thenewspaper also asked APRO torent rooms at the Sheraton Hotelin Scottsdale to shield the Waltonbrothers from the rest of thenews media. It was in theSheraton where Travis flunkedthe lie-detector test given by Mc-Carthy.

The Dec. 16,1975, edition of the"National Enquirer" ran a full-page feature on the Travis Waltoncase under the following bannerheadline:5 Witnesses Pass Lie Test While

ClaimingARIZONA MAN CAPTURED BY

UFOThere was no mention of the

fact that the "abductee" himselfhad been questioned about thealleged experience by a'very ex-perienced polygraph examinerwho had concluded that story wasa hoax!

On Feb. 21,1976, Travis Waltonand APRO's L.J. Lorenzen wereinterviewed on an NBC-TV net-work program called "The Unex-plained." The moderator(Leonard Nimoy), after men-tioning that APRO had carefullyinvestigated the case, asked Mr.Lorenzen why he believed TravisWalton's story. Lorenzen replied:

"Well, he's truthful and doesn'tuse drugs. We had psychologicaltesting carried out and it shows hehas a normal psychologicalprofile."

(Apparently it is quite "nor-mal" to hope to be abducted by aUFO!!)

The February, 1976, issue of"The A.P.R.O. Bulletin," (mailedin late April), carried anotherstory on the Travis Walton casewhich began: "Pursuant to ourpolicy of attempting to present as

accurate information as possibleto the membership, and becauseTravis Walton was kind enough tofurnish exact information, weherewith correct some inac-curacies which appeared in ourinitial recounting of his ex-perience."

These corrections included suchminutia as: "The dividers did notglow but were a dull silvercolor...the clothing of thecreatures (aboard the UFO) wasnot brown but rather ah orangish-tan which Travis designates as adifficult color to describe...Hewas not taken into another craft,but rather out of the enclosurewhich Travis refers to as a'hangar,' down a straight hallwayto a small room..."

Dr. J. Allen Hynek...said he hadinterviewed Travis Walton andbelieves he is "not hoaxing." Healso said Walton had successfullytaken a lie-detector test threeweeks ago..."

"He has been made the subjectof a lot of unnecessary and un-founded accusations," Hyneksaid. "There seems to be littlesupport for the accusations madeagainst him..."

"I still don't know whether hewas abducted in a nuts-and-boltsUFO," said Hynek in the in-terview. "The case isn't open andshut."

Hynek added that he wouldawait hypnosis of Walton beforereaching more definite con-clusions.NOT ALL UFOORGANIZATIONS WERE SOGULLIBLE:

William Spaulding, westerndirector of Ground Saucer Watch( G S W ) , q u i c k l y becamesuspicious of the Walton story inthe wake of the incident inSteward's office. By Nov. 15, bothSpaulding and Steward hadpublicly denounced the case as ahoax. even though neither wasaware of the then-secret Mc-Carthy lie-detector test. (I wish to

express my appreciation toSpaulding for his considerableassistance in my investigation byproviding a copy of the Nov. 8taped interview and copies oflocal newspaper clippings on theincident which were most helpful.Although Spaulding and I

But there was no mention of theNov. 15, 1975, lie-detector test by.McCarthy that Travis Walton hadflunked. Nor. was there any men-tion of the small puncture woundon his right elbow. The articleconcluded with the following ap-praisal:

"The Consulting and Ad-ministrative staffs of APRO feelthat the Travis Walton case is oneof the most important and in-triguing in the history of the UFOphenomena." (Emphasis added.)>

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THATAPRO IS THE OLDEST UFOORGANIZATION IN THIS COUN-TRY AND THE LORENZENSARE AMONG THE MOST EX-PERIENCED INVESTIGATORSOF UFO CASES. :

Another very experienced UFOinvestigator is Dr. J. Allen Hynekwho has been active in the fieldfor nearly 30 years and who nowheads his own Center for UFOStudies. In late March, 1976,Hynek visited Arizona to conducthis own investigation of the TravisWalton case. He was interviewedby the press and the AssociatedPress released the followingstory:

Phoenix (AP) — A leadingnational authority on unidentifiedflying objects said yesterdaythere is "no substantiation" forallegations of a hoax made again-st a young Arizonan who said hewas abducted by a UFO lastyear. Disagree on the fun-damental UFO issue, we sharethe common view that hoaxesought to be exposed and thatfailure to do so can only hurt the"UFO Movement.")

NICAP ( N a t i o n a l In -vestigations Committee on Aerial

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Phenomena), in its first report onthe Travis Walton case to itsmembers, said there was causefor suspicion that the case mightbe a hoax.

***The March 1976 issue of "The

A.P.R.O. Bulletin" containedanother article on the Waltoncase, reporting that Mrs. Kellethad taken and passed a polygraphexamination given by Pfeifer,who had earlier passed Travisand Duane Walton.

The article concludes bysuggesting that "individualswhose testimony conflicts withthat of Mrs. Kellet, Travis andDuane Walton, as well as the sixindividual witnesses, shouldvolunteer, as the foregoing have,to submit to a polygraph test todetermine their roles in this case.Those individuals include SheriffGillespie, Stanford Flake,- KenCopland, Bill Spaulding, LesterSteward and Phillip (sic) Klass.APRO will be happy to underwritethe cost of these tests and onlyawait the acquiescence of the par-ticipants."

On June 9, the day afterreceiving the March issue, I wroteto Mr. & Mrs. L.J. Lorenzen; Afterexpressing regrets at news of Mr.Lorenzen's recent surgery, andciting the above challenge, Iwrote:

"I hasten to accept this offer,subject only to the following con-dition: that my test be given by alicensed polygraph examiner withat least 10 years experience—toassure his competence. OtherwiseI leave the choice of the examinerin your hands. I shall be delightedto take the test in WashingtonD.C. area or in Phoenix if APROwill underwrite my travel ex-penses, whichever you prefer.

"I ask, but do NOT .set-as a con-dition to my test, that Jim Loreri-zen also agree to take a polygraphexamination to be given by alicensed examiner with 10 or moreyears experience. InvestigationPAGE 1^

shows that there is a very com-petent polygraph examiner inPhoenix who was trained at thehighly respected Army Fort Gor-don school and who has practicedfor nearly 20 years. He would bemy choice to administer Jim'stest as soon as his health permits.

"I trust that your acceptancewill be as mine and that APROwill publish this brief letter in"The APRO Bulletin" so mem-bers can be informed of my prom-pt acceptance and of my ownchallenge."

Sincerely,(signed) Philip J. Klass

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DANISH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE CASEby Richard Hall - MUFON International Coordinator

A remarkable case involvingphysical, physiological, and E-Meffects occurred near Orbak, Den-mark, February 19, 1975. It hascome to light in a very round-about way. The witness, whoremains anonymous, reported theexperience to police; a policemandescribed the case on televisionand it was published in the Jyllan-ds Posten (February 25, 1975)with the headline "Car Stopped byFlying Saucer." UFO-Aspektreprinted the story, along withothers, in its April 1975 edition.That edition included a drawing ofa humanoid illustrating an ar-ticle, and for that reason it wassent to Rich Heiden who has ac-cess to a translation service.Using his own judgment, Richfigured out that the article was arehash of humanoid reports so, in-stead, arranged for translation ofthis physical evidence case.

W E S T E R N Z E A L A N D , D E N M A R KF E B R U A R Y 19,1975

The incident occurred during aperiod of increased UFO activity,according to UFO-Aspekt. Mrs Xhad just driven her daughter toRyslinge High School and wasreturning to Orbak when theengine and all other electricalequipment on her car ceased func-

tioning at 19:19 (presumably 7:19PM). She allowed her car to roll tothe curb and stopped. At the samemoment, a very large circular ob-ject descended above the car frombehind. A brilliant bluishluminescence was emitted fromthe object unlike any light she hadever seen. Shortly afterward thelight and the object vanished.

JUTLAND, DENMARKMAY 2, 1975

Physiological EffectsFor a while the heat in the car

became unbearable, and she felt a"prickly sensation" on her face.After the UFO disappeared, thecar started with no problem. Nextday she felt restless and sick withnausea. Mrs. X told thenewspaper that when she wentoutdoors in the open, her faceached; she had never had thisproblem before. The car, a redVolkswagen, had a number ofblue stripes on the roof whichwere not there before the ex-perience (photograph of stripesreproduced in UFO-Aspekt).

; Editorial Note: The case wasknown to Danish UFO in-vestigators within a week. It is notclear whether Mrs X consulted adoctor and any medical reports

are available, or whether anytests or inspection .were made ofthe car. Chemical tests of thediscolored paint should have beenpossible, and Mrs X should havebeen advised to undergo medicalexamination.

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SPANISH LABORER REPORTS BEINGATTACKED BY TWO EXTRATERRESTRIALSSubmitted by: Joe Brill.

LOCATION: Sevilla, Spain at the crossroads of the Benacazon Station and the new highway.SOURCE! "A.B.C. Naw<paper" / submitted by Joe Brill.TYPf Of SIOHTINOl Clou encounter with humanoldl.

For sometime there have beenconfusing stories of inhabitantsfrom beyond who, withoutprevious warning, decide to visitus. More frequently, we know offlights of UFO's, without the littlemen being seen. Until now, whenthose from other inhabited worldsappeared on our planet, the thingdid riot go past a quick exhibition.But this last demonstration ofliving beings from the cosmosleaves us astonished.

And if it leaves us astonished, Iwould not want to say how it leftMiguel Fernandez Carrasco, 24year old, a native of Benacazonand a laborer by trade, residing inthe aforementioned village, streetGeneral Franco number 81. Hisodyssey is also worth the poetry(like Homer).

The night before last, at mid-nite, Miguel Fernandez was retur-ning from Sanlucar la Mayor toBenacazon. He had been visitinghis girlfriend Carmen AlvaradoSaeno. He was walking alongsinging to himself to make thetime pass quicker; when notsinging, then thinking of hisgirlfriend. It was about 12:30 a.m..(probably 00:30 hrs.) and therewas a lover's moon which wasgood to look at. Suddenly...

"The deuce!"It was not Satan, no. Miguel saw

something like a large star andmoving. He continued along hisway and... "What on earth!"Again the star made a pass, thistime very close, and disappeared.Uneasy, Miguel began to hurry.

Yesterday, when we saw him,Miguel Fernandez Carrasco wasPAGE 16

in the room of the Milagrosa of theHospital of San Lazaro, bed num-ber 28. And thanks to the kindnessof the doctor on duty, Dr. MorenoAlba, we were able to talk withMiguel about the event.

"When did the star come backfor a third time?"

"A quarter of an hour after thesecond pass. It came and it landedon the ground about two metersfrom me."

"It, of course, scared you."Miguel's face shows the fear he

felt. He does not say much butgets a lump in his throat andshivers.

"I stopped", he says, "and twomen came out of this thing. Theirclothes looked like a frog-man's,with a wide belt with a buckle andin the center a little light that ap-peared to me like a sort of pilotlight. The two men began to speakand I did not understand them."

As there was no one to interpret,Miguel began to run. Fortunately,his blood, which had seemedfrozen before began to circulatenormally and he could run. In factit was not just running. He ranfaster than the wind. :

"I heard the noise of powerfulmotors and, looking back, I sawthat the UFO was above me,giving off something which bur-ned me and I immediately lostconsciousness. When I came to Iwas lying in the door of my house,which was wide open, where mysister and brother found me. Myface and hands were covered withsmudges and according to whatI've been told, I was shouting"Close the door before the star

S K E T C H BY M I G U E L F E R N A N D E Z

OF H U M A N O I D HE SAW J A N U A R Y28, 1976.

comes in!!""Where did the UFO land?""At the crossroads of the

Benacozon station and the newhighway."

"What was this UFO shapedlike?"

"It was a sort of telephone boothwith three legs and a pilot beaconon top, which rotated, giving off ared and white light."

"Miguel, are you abstemious?""I am from the country.""How do you quench your thir-

st?""With water.""A little glass?""No. The night of the UFO, I

had drunk only two beers."

Dr. Moreno Alba told us that theperson who cleaned the smudgesfrom Miguel said the hair of hisbeard and mustache appearedsinged, as well as the right side ofhis face and the palms of bothhands. This did not stop our herofrom taking a pencil and sket-ching the shape of the UFO for us.

Dr. Jorge Troano, to whomMiguel was sent for anexamination told us:

"I inspected him from aneurological point of view, havingfound him totally normal, apartfrom his great excitement. Heseems very nervous, for which Itreated him."

A rare case, very rare....Miguel, among other things,

told us that UFO's are seenfrequently in Benacazon, and thathis friends Diego and ManuelSuarez have seen them more thanonce.

Before putting an end to thisstory, we telephoned Mr. EnriqueLopez Guerrero, parson ofMairena del Alcor. Mr. Enrique,who on certain occasions has of-fered us the opportunity to write aexciting report, is something of anadvisor concerning UFO's, ourspatial advisor.

"The whole zone of Baja An-dalucia," says Mr. Enrique, "isthe site of frequent appearancesof UFO's. But, I have investigatedmany cases and never have thecrews shown hostile actions."

"How do you explain the hap-pening?"

"There is a certain type of UFO,which is seen very rarely, which,when taking off produces adeafening noise and explosions.This makes me think the UFOproduced the effect on taking off."

One thing is sure and that is,that in bed number 28 in the roomof the Milagrosa in the Hospital ofSan Lazaro is occupied by a manwho says he was a victim of sometype of extraterrestrials.

INTERNATIONAL DATAEXCHANGE PROGRAMUNDERWAY

by Richard Hall

A system of expediting ex-change of UFO data betweenMUFON and UFO groups aroundthe world was inaugurated inMarch 1976. The keys to the suc-cess of the program are sixMUFON Information Centersoverseas where individuals withaccess to photo-copying equip-ment have agreed to duplicateand distribute reports, clippings,and other data to UFO resear-chers in their areas. (Copyrightedmaterials will be archived forlibrary reference). In return, thecenters have agreed to channelcase reports of certain types(humanoid reports, E-M effects,physical evidence, etc.) toMUFON specialists whose namesand addresses have been suppliedto them: the recipients shouldsummarize information receivedfor Mufon UFO Journal.

It is important for all sup-porters of MUFON and of in-ternational cooperation—especia-lly the MUFON specialists, andRegional and State Directors—toforward all possible informationto these Centers; individual casestudies, summary reports,monographs, books, newspaperclippings, articles, etc. Valuableinformation is already flowing inthe other direction, so let's do our

part to improve information ex-change. Please clip, or copy andsave for reference, the addresses(new additions to the networkmay be announced later).

MUFONINFORMATION CENTERSAll MUFON members and sup-

porters, please send reports, clip-pings, and other UFO data to:

Mrs. Cynthia Hind, P.O. Box768, Salisbury, Rhodesia, Africa;Keith Basterfield, 60 SkylineDrive, Flagstaff Hill, S. Australia5159; J.B. Delair, 75 Norreys Rd.,Cumnor, Oxford, 0X2 9PU,England; I.E. von Ludwiger, 8152Feldkirchen-Westerham, Ger-hart-Hauptmann-Str. 5, Germany(BRD); J.I. Takanashi, MSFA, 2-7-12, Yuuhigaoka, Toyonaka City,Osaka, Japan 560; JacquesBonabot, Leopold I laari, 141, B-8000, Bruges, Belgium (ForBelgium & France).

Air Mail postage to these coun-tries is 31 cents per 1/2 ounce up toand including 2 ounces; 26 centseach additional 1/2 ounce.

Your time and expenses willconstitute an important con-tribution to MUFON, and will helpto keep us all better informed onthe world-wide patterns of UFOactivity.

Surface mail rates are as follows:

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Letter mail18 cents31 cents41 cents82 cents$1.58

Printed matter13 cents13 cents24 cents45 cents77 cents

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Lucius Parish

In Others' WordsThe NATIONAL ENQUIRER

continues to report UFO hap-penings on a fairly regular basis.The August 17 issue told of hugechunks of earth having been cutout by some unknown force andmoved several feet from the ex-cavations. This occurred in anarea of Canada where UFOsightings have been reported forseveral months. The August 24issue featured TV personalityMike Douglas' reasons forbelieving in the reality of UFOs.Various California and NevadaUFO sightings are reported in theENQUIRER'S September 7 issue.This issue also contains com-ments by astronomers RonaldBracewell and Frank Drake,giving their thoughts on thelikelihood of communicationswith ET civilizations.

The August 10 issue of THESTAR contained a two-page ar-ticle oh the Travis Walton UFOabduction case, giving PhilipKlass' reasons for branding thecase a hoax. The August 17 issuereported on a challenge to Klassby Walton, calling for newpolygraph tests, to be paid for byKlass. It will be interesting to seewhat develops from all this,although "positive proof" isprobably too much to hope for.

As many of you will know by thetime this sees print, DennisHauck, the editor of this JOUR-NAL, is also the new editor of bothOFFICIAL UFO and ANCIENTASTRONAUTS magazines. To myway of thinking, this is a verypositive step in the right direction,as we have seen what Dennis hasdone, not only with this JOUR-NAL, but with his formerpublication, UFOLOGY (to beedited in the future by Bruce A.PAGE 18

Schaffenberger). At this writing,an OFFICIAL UFO Collector'sEdition is available on thenewsstands for $2.50. It consists ofreprinted articles from the firstfour issues of OFFICIAL UFO andwill be of particular interest andvalue to those who may havemissed these issues when theyoriginally appeared. Also in-cluded are some beautiful UFOphotos in color on the covers of themagazine. The November issue ofOFFICIAL UFO should beavailable shortly.

The October issue of UFOREPORT should be out in mid-September. ARGOSY UFO is nowbeing published on a bi-monthlybasis also, but the most recentissue contained only reprints fromvarious books and back issues ofARGOSY. The Fall .issue ofUFOLOGY is now on the standsand features interesting material,as always. TRUE FLYINGSAUCERS AND UFO REPORTSis a quarterly publication whichhas contained relatively little ofinterest in the three issuespublished thus far. ANCIENTASTRONAUTS is published on abi-monthly basis and usually hasa number of interesting articles.

Publisher Ray Palmer will sooncombine his two newsstandmagazines, FLYING SAUCERSand SEARCH. The newpublication (still named SEAR-CH) will also be available by sub-scription at $5.00 per year. It willbe published bi-monthly.

UFO books continue to appearin the bookstores regularly. Someof the more recent paperbackshave included: GODS OF AIRAND DARKNESS by Richard E.Mooney (Fawcett; $1.75) — THEZARKON PRINCIPLE by Zarkon

(Signet; $1.75) - UFO TREK byWarren Smith (Zebra; $1.75) —CETI (Communication with Ex-tra-Terrestrial Intelligence) byJack Stonely & A.T. Lawton (War-ner; $1.50) - THE UFONAUTSby Hans Holzer (Fawcett; $1.75)Recent hardcovers will be cover-ed in the next column.

1976 MUFONSYMPOSIUMPROCEEDINGS

"Swamp Gas Plus Ten - And Counting" by 'Dr. J. AllenHynek, Director of the Center for UFO Studies.

"Canadian UFO Residuum" by Henry H. McKay, MUFONCanadian Regional Director.

"Heavenly Chariots And Flying Saucers" by Dr. Ted Peters,MUFON State Section Director for Central South Carolina.

"UFOIogy and the Digital Computer - A Lesson In TheEvaluation Of UFO Secondary Evidence" by William H.Spaulding, Director of Ground Saucer Watch, Inc.

"The Operation ARGUS Concept - A New Look At UFOEvent Sharing And UFO Data Sharing" by Ray Stanford,Director of Project Starlight International.

"Analysis Of Humanoid Reports", by David f. Webb,MUFON Eastern Regional Director and Co-Chairman of theMUFON Humanoid Study Group.

"Must We Stand Idly By? Social Reaction To UFO Reports"by Dr. Ron Westrum, MUFON Consultant in Sociology.

The 1976 Proceedings is availablefrom MUFON, 103 Oldtowne Rd,Sequin, Texas 78155 for $5.00 post-paid.

UFO LIGHT BEAM CASES CATALOGED

Newspaper reports receivedfrom MUFON's BrazilianRepresentative indicate that, sin-ce fall 1975, UFOs displaying"aggressive" behavior have beenobserved over a wide area ofBrazil. No. information aboutfollow-up investigations isavailable for these cases, whichare presented in chronological or-der:

September 5, 1975; Itaperuna,Rio de Janeiro State. The ANSAnews service reported that threestudents, 18 to 21 years old,claimed to have been "harassed"by a UFO while returning homefrom school by bicycle at 10 PM. Afarmer reportedly witnessed theincident, and another witnessphotographed the UFO (thephotograph shows a luminous cir-cle in the starry sky). The studen-ts saw "a great luminosity,followed by strange objects ingrazing flight." They jumped offtheir bicycles and took refuge un-der a nearby bridge. FarmerBoechat Buri heard their shoutsand went to their aid, also seeingthe strange luminosity. (Source:Unknown newspaper which refersto a previous account in "UltimaHora," Rio de Janeiro, whichpublished the photograph).

December 17,1975; Americana,Sao Paulo State. Sergio Salles deAndrade, 16, claims, "I was kid-napped by a flying saucer." Thisis the only explanation he has forwhat happened to him on the nightof December 17. While returningfrom his sister's house he en-countered "an intense light whichhe could not escape from." Hewoke up next day in a densethicket in Limeira, 28 kilometersfrom Americana. When herecovered consciousness, Sergiowas very tired and the shortjacket he was wearing the nightbefore was missing. A deputypoliceman, not indicating any

by Richard Hall, MUFON international Coordinator

belief in his story, gave himmoney for train fare home.

Sergio had three mysteriousspots on his body, one on theforehead and the other two on hisforearms. Upon returning homehe felt ill and was hospitalized. Af-ter rigorous tests, including an en-cephalogram, he was released ingood health. Since then he gets aheadache whenever he tries torecall what happened to him thatnight. He is considered by hisfriends to be an intelligent boy,and he has recently started workas a file clerk at a local firmwhere he passed the tests withdistinction.

Since release from the hospital,Sergio's headaches and the markson his body have increased. Sour-ce: Folha de Sao Paulo, 1/8/76)

March 20, 1976; General Sam-paio, Ceara State. "A strongbrightness coming from a strangeobject must have caused second-degree burns on the body of far-mer Arlindo Ferreira, who washospitalized at the medical stationof the city of General Sampaio, inCeara. The farmer explained tothe doctors that a strange objectflew over the (area) at 10:00 PM.The Ceara authorities declined tocomment on the event. However,it is known that an identicalphenomenon was recorded in thecity of Ipu, in the north of Ceara,on Carnival Sunday." (Source:Folha da Manha, Porto Alegre,3/25/76).

March 11, 1976; Jurema. Per-nambuco State. "In the earlymorning....a 'flying saucer' flewover the soccer field of the city ofJurema....for 10 minutes. Thestrange craft emitted a brightorange light and the first peoplewho saw the object were terrified.Mayor Epitacio Mendonca wasalso frightened and he tried tocalm the people. Some believed

that extraterrestrial beings weretrying to come down, but in frontof the curious it preferred to stayat a height of about 100 meters.Afterwards, turning toward thewest, it disappeared at incrediblespeed." (Source: Diario daRegiao, Sao Jose do Rio Preto,3/13/76).

March 30,1976; Quixada, CearaState. Student Francisca Rosetida Silva, 23, is quoted as saying:"When I looked at the light I wascompletely blinded, and whentrying to run I didn't have anystrength. But even that way,staggering, I could succeed inreturning to the yard of myhouse." While en route to schoolshe saw a luminous object thatfollowed and "harrassed" herwith strong rays of light. She washospitalized with burns and a"bad state of nerves." Students ofthe Tiro de Guerra in Quixadaalso reported having seen aluminous object in the sky. (Sour-ce: Correio do Povo, PortoAlegre,4/1/76).

April 7, 1976; Sao Paulo. About10 PM an enormous "flyingsaucer" was observed hovering inthe back yard at a height of aboutthree meters by Genival Fer-nandes, a "laborer." All theneighbors also saw the UFO,which was floating just above theground and emitting rays ofcolored light. Police were called,and the witnesses waited to seehow the police would react. An"antenna", protruding from anaperture in the UFO, turned con-tinuously. Before the policearrived, the UFO began to rotaterapidly and to emit stronger raysof light, then it rose at incrediblespeed and disappeared in space.The police arrived immediatelyafterwards, but did not see theUFO. (Source: O Dia, Rio deJaneiro, 4/8/76).

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DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE byWalt Andrus

The "1976 MUFON UFOSYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS", co-edited by N. Joseph Gurney withartwork by Larry Hanna, is a tribute tothe dedication of these two men in theirefforts to educate the public to the UFOphenomenon and share the text of thespeeches delivered or submitted withUFOlogists around the World. Joe hasedited each of the MUFON SymposiumProceedings since 1971, except for1974.

I would like to express myappreciation to all of the subscribers toTHE MUFON UFO JOURNAL who sopatiently waited for the June, July, andAugust issues of the Journal, whichwere delayed due to the transfer of thefiles and addressing machine fromQuincy, Illinois to Seguin, Texas.Starting with the September issue, wewill be back on schedule. Thank you forbeing so considerate.

Several sincere bids for hosting thefuture annual MUFON UFOSymposiums were made at the AnnualMUFON Corporate Meeting in AnnArbor, Mich, on July 13th. An activeand well organized local UFO group isone of the prime requirements forsubmitting a bid. Consideration is thengiven to the section of the United Statesor Canada where the host group islocated in such a manner that the sitewill geographically move into adifferent region each year. We arepleased to announce that the 1977MUFON Symposium will be held inPhoenix, Arizona in July 1977 and willbe hosted by GSW (Ground SaucerWatch) and MUFON/Arizona. WilliamH. Spaulding is Director of GSW-Western Division and MUFON StateDirector for Arizona. They have anoutstanding team of UFO investigatorsand researchers in Arizona. The exactdate and facilities contracted will begiven in a future issue of theJOURNAL. Dayton, Ohio was selectedas the site for the 1978 MUFON UFOSymposium. This bid was made byRichard Hoffman, Leonard Stringfield,Charles Wilhelm and associates. The

locale would thus be the former homeof Project Blue Book, Air TechnicalIntelligence Center, Wright-PattersonAFB. Inquiries have already been madeby two other groups to sponsor the1979 and 1980 symposiums, whichattests to the reputation MUFON hasestablished as an international leader inthis field.

Elmer Krai, State Director forNebraska, has appointed Gary Evans,Box 244, Crofton, Nebi. 68730 as StateSection Director for Knox and Cedarcounties. James P. Barrett, 130 BallardDrive, West Hartford, Conn. 06119;telephone: 203/233-7365 is the newState Section Director for Hartford,Middlesex and Tolland counties. Hewas recommended by Frederick Kolbe,State Section Director in Darien, Conn.Thomas F. Maoris, 1245 Cherry Ave.,San Jose, CA 95125 has volunteeredhis services and talent as acartoonist/illustrator to the JOURNALand for future editions of the MUFONUFO Proceedings. Tom has his B.A. inPublic Service and is a Police TrainingOfficer. He was recommended by PaulCerny, Western Regional Director.

The new Editor of OFFICIAL UFO,succeeding Bernard O'Connor and Dr.Russ A. Rueger, is D. William Hauck,currently Editor of THE MUFON UFOJOURNAL. Dennis will continueediting the MUFON JOURNAL, but heis relinguishing the editorship ofUFOLOGY to selected colleagues.Richard H. Hall and Mark Chesny haveassumed the duties of Associate Editorsfor the JOURNAL, thereby givingDennis very competent assistance. Noother UFO publication in the World hasa Staff comparable to the talent andexperience that exists on theJOURNAL Team.

MUFON visitors to Seguin, Texas inAugust were Ed and Mildred Higgins,Fayetteville, Ark.; Jack and MaryCortright, Victoria, TX; Grover andDianna Mackenroth, Port Lavaca, TX;John and Kathy Schuessler, Houston,TX; James McCampbell, Belmont, CA;and Don and Mary Lynn Andrus,

Harrisburg, IL.Mrs. Janice Bernard is MUFON's new

office secretary. Mrs. Jackie Gross willcontinue to help as her personal tunepermits. Processing JOURNALsubscriptions and mailing theJOURNAL from Seguin has added tothe work load performed. Volunteerswill assist during the monthly mailingsof our magazine.

John M. Lucas, Publisher ofBlueapple Books, P.O. Box 5694,Austin, TX 78763, has announced thatRay Stanford's new book "SocorroSaucer in a Pentagon Pantry" will beofficially released on September 15th.Ray is Director of Project StarlightInternational and a MUFON StateSection Director. This hardback bookprovides some insights into the Socorro,New Mexico landing that have notpreviously been known anddemonstrate the thoroughness of RayStanford as a Field Investigator.

Mark R. Herbstritt

stronomyNotes

AUGUST

MERCURY- Greatest western elongation ison the 7th, and will be a favorable one. Un-til mid-month, Mercury will be easily foundnear the eastern horizon just beforesunrise.

VENUS - It is about 10 degrees above thesouthwest, horizon at sunset and setsabout an hour later.

MARS - It is too close to the sun for easyobservation.

JUPITER - In Taurus it rises about twohours after sunset.

SATURN - In Cancer it rises about mid-night.

The ORIONID METEOR SHOWER occursOctober 18 and 23.