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Year - $4.00 S K Y L O O K Copy - 3 5 ~ :- -No. 38 . I' We t e l l i t a s i t i s ," J ~ n u a ~ y97 1Two Obs er ve rs Vdatch Round Ob j e c t Move Ac ros s 1 1 l i n o i s Sky

Sam klli, # 5 P h y l l i s D r iv e , C e n t r z l i a , I l l . , w p s o n h i s wayhome fr om t h e Millf>r umber Co., wher e h e i s employed i n th c SZI -esDepertment, Nov. 2 4 , 1970. I t was a :lcudy n i g h t , n o s t a r s v i s i b l e ,and t h e r e was no wind. At, 5 : 4 5 iRrC /'ili r o l l e d down h i s c a r window~ n daw a r o u n d o b j e c t , i t s o u t l i ~ ~t f i r s t f u z z y , t h e n b e co mi ngc l e z r 2 n d s p p e? r in p t o b e perfectly round. I t x2s m o v i n g t o w ~ r dhim c ? t t h e s pe ed o f a j e t ~ l z n e , l c . w d t o ? c o m p l e t e s t o p ~s h et u r n e d i n t o h i s d r i v e , t h e n moved due w e s t much f s s t e r t h a n a j c t .He o bs er ve d t h e o b j e c t f o r l e s s t h a n 2 i v e m i nu t e s.On en t e r in g h i s home, he w ~ s z l l e d t o t h e t e le -h on e , t h e n w 2 ssummoned t o t h e do or by a knock 2nd found h i s n e i gh bo r , L ~ r r y a t t e r -s on s t a n d i n g o u t s i d e . M r . P r t t e r s o n a s k ed h im i f he h2d se en any t h in gp e c u l i a r on h i s way home. I n s t e a d of r e p l y i n g d i r e c t l y , L l l i a s k e d i fPa t t e r so n had--2nd wzs t o l d he had .L a r r y K . J . P ~ t t e r s o n , 8 P h y l l i s Dr i v e , l e f t t h e f i r n of 3 . K .Holt, CPA, where he i s employed '2s a n a c c o u n t a n t , a n d s to pp ed a t an ur se ry s ch oo l t o p i c k up h i s l i t t l e d ~ u g h t e r . He sighted t h e r ou ndo b j e c t i n t h e s k y a s h e was d r i v i n g t h ro u g h Fo u nd at i on ( ? ) Pcrk andk e pt t h e UFO i n s i g h t t h e r e s t of t h e way home. h e s ~ i d t eppea redt o be s o l i d w i th a b r i l i i ~ n t low o f w hi te and y e ll o w . I t was hover-i n g when h e f i r s t s ? ~t , t h e n it began t o move i n a c i r c u l z r f a s h i o narid i n r a p i d s p u r t s . iie s t op p ed h i s c z r a t Grzgg S t r ~ t t o w a tc h t h eo b j e c t , t h e n w en t on and s t o p pe d i n f r o n t o f A l l i l s home. He s ~ i dh e t u r n e d t o " s e e i f Sammy we re home1' and when he t u r n e d ar ou nd t ol o o k ?t t h e o b j e c t a g a i n , lit h a d d i s a p p e z r e d . Me t hen knocked on thed oo r t o z s k R l l i i f h e had s e e n t h e o b j e c t .

M r s . R o s e t t a H olmcs o b t a i n c d c o mp l et e w r i t t e n r e n o r t s f ro m b o t hmen, 2nd t h i s i s w r i t t e n f ro m t h e i r a c c ou n t s. M r . A l l i t h o u g h t t h eo b j e c t was t h e s i z e o f a d i n e he l d a t a rm 's l e n g t h , w h i l e M r . Pcqt ters r : le st ir nz te d t h e s i z e t o be t h a t o f a pea hc ld 2 t a r m ' s l e n g t h ,B oth ag re ed on t h e wc at he r c o nd i t i o ns , t h e d e s c r i ~ t i o n f t h eo b j e c t a n d i t s movement; arid b ot h w ro t e t h e y a t f i r s t t h o ~ p h t t mightbe a p l ~ n e , u t r e ~ l . i z e d t w ~ s oving t o o f z s t . Nr. ? ; > t t c r s o n ~ ? t c: - , :: ~ .t h e o b j e c t f o r a bo ut 1 5 m i nu t es , s o saw i t b e f o r e h i s ne i gh b or s i g h t . -ed it.( E d i t o r ' s No te : We w e r e n ' t s u r e i f t h e l e t t c r w ~ s n "1"" c?r z n " O V r~ n d ec ide d on t h e fo rm er and hope we have s pe l l ed M r . h l l i l s namec o r r e c t l y . Mrs. Holmes h z d j u s t b r o k e n h e r g l ~ s s e s , n d e n t t h e r e -p o r t s on t o u s , a s s h e w ~ s n z b l e t o t y p e them f i r s t h ~ r s e l f . )

Coming i n t h e F e b r u a r y 1 9 7 1 SKYLOOK-"The UFO: J u s t Beyond t h e S t ~ t e - o f - t h e - f r t " by John F . S c h u e s s l e r .The c o m p le t e t e x t o f h i s a d d r e s s a t t h e E i d w e s t UFO C o n f er e n c e h e l da t Br a dl e y U n i v e r s i t y , P e o r i a , I l l . , June 13, 1970." N ot e s o n M e rg e r sn by C l i n t o n C u r t i s W i l l i a n s J r . i; f a s c i w t i n ga r t i c l e on a i r c r z f t "merging" w i t h u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t s .

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1 . IA major planning meeting was held sunday, December 6 , 1 9 70 , i nS t . C h ? r l e s , Mo., a t t ~ h e , omer o f C l i f f P al mb er g t o r e c e i v e r e p o r t s

from commit t e e s working oG t h e s~IDW.ZTFO CONFERENCE sc he du l ed f o rS a t u rd a y , J un e 1 2 , 1 97 1, a t t h e ~ o l - i ' d a ~ -n n , No rt h ( S t . L o u i s ) . T h i sf u l l d a y s ymposium w i l l b e sponsored by t h e Midwcst UFO Network wi t ht h e UFO St ud y Group of G r ea t er S t . L gui s a s t h e h o st o r g ~ n i z e t i o ~ ~MUFON c on t inu es t o expand i n t he tmidwe s te rn s t z t e s wi th ' t h e 2dd-i t i o n o f. MICHICAN, t h e b z dg er s t a t e . , O u r new S t z t e - S e c t i o n D i r e c t o rf o r t h e B en to n Ha rb or - St , J , oe sph a rea . i s : George M. ( "MikeP1) S niit h,2039 Krolow S t . , Benton Harbor , Mich. L9022. Telepho ne: AC 616 927-12 60 . M i k e' s b u s i n e s s i n t h e t h r e e c o u n t i e s s u r r o u n d i n g B en to n H s rb o rw i l l , p r o vi d e h im , w i t h menay p o t e n t i a l U F O- i n te r es t ed c o n t a c t s .IOWA g r e e t s a n o t h c r S t e t e - S e c t i o n D i r e ac t o r f o r t h e Iowa C i t y ar e' a.He i s : , W i l l i a m H . ( l l ~ i l l ? lHunkins , WABKOM , Eowa City, Iowa. Telephone

AC 319'351-4200. B i l l f o r m e r l y l i v e d a t 7 14 3 r d S t . , Columbus J u n c t i o n ,Io wa. He h a s a M 3 s t e ~ s e g c e r i n L i b r s r y S c i c n c e and i s employed i nt h e G over nment S e c t i o n o f t h e S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y o f Iowa L i b r a r y . Hiss p e c i a l i z a t i o n i s e l e c t r o n i c UFO d e t e c t i o n d e v i c e s .The Ra dio Cornrnunicaft,ions S e c t i o n of MUFON me't f o r one o f t h e i rmonth ly d r i l l s on November 30 , 1970 u nd er t h e d i r c c t i o n o f ' Ronzld M.Anderson, WA.9PAb7, Chippew2 Fa l ls , W i s . I n a d d i t i o n t o . t h e r e g u l a ramat eur r a d i o s t a t i o n s r e p o r t i n g i n W@NC S t . Lou i s , Mo. ; K@UQJ , , Hazel-wood, Mo.; W A ~ A R G ' , Q ui nc y, I l l . ; E a st P e or i a , I l l . was rep re sen ted byK9PWQ wi t h, Bruce a t ) t h e rnicrophonc. S t a t e - S e c t i on D i r e c t o r . f o r ' t h cPe or ia ' ar e a , Ray Wat ts 2nd mcmber, Dezn- Maybcrr-y,; were i n z t te nd zn cet o exck i~ nge , ommunic s tions on , cu r r en t UFO r e p o r t s . D i l l Armstrong,WmNC i n S t . Louis r e l e t e d t h e d e t a i l s o f a m u l t i p l e w l tn e s s s i g h t i n g emade November 16 p t 9: )O PM n e a r S t r e c k n e r , I l l . , t h a t wa s r e p or t c dby Mrs.' Rose t ta Holmes , ou r S t ~ t e - S e c t i o nD i r e c t o r f o r t h e C a r l y l ea r e a . 'The next d r i l l w i l l b e . llect-rnber 1 7, 1970.

, W ? l t ' an d ~ e a n n e d r u s - e x te n d th.e h e a r t i e s t o f Season:G r e e t i n g s t o . 2 1 1 o f . t h e members o f the-MIDWFST UFO KET-I WORK 2nd t h ~ i r .e r n i l i e s . As ,we - e n t e r t h e N EW yea?, yey-we have vour ; .. cont inued en t hu s i a s t i c suppo r t i n ou r mu-; t u a l e f f o r t t o r e s o l v e t h e UFO phenomena.. (S5gncd) W p l th721t Andrus, Di rc c t or1

IM y st e ry ' O b j e ct S i g h t e d i n R . I ;F r o v i d e n c e , R . I . - - C h ~ r l e s H . S m i l e y, p r o f e s s o r e m er i t u- s a t BrownU n i ve r s i t y , S at ur da y s a i d a ~ y s t e r i o u s b j e c t s i g h t ed i n lF r ov i de nc es k i e ' s Se tu rday morn ing cou ld have beien space s ho t de b r i s . The a s t ro i l -omer s a i d t h e d i r e c t i o n of t r a v e l of t h e s i g h t i n g and t h e l e n g t h qft i me i t / w a s o v er t h e m e t r op o l i te n a r e a made i t , unli1cr;fy t h a t t h e o b j e c twas a n a t u r a l phenomenon, such a s a m e te o r- i t e. The b r i g h t , w h i t e l i g h t ,r e p o r t e d l y moving ' f r om w es t t o e a s t s t z r t l e d e z r l y r i s e r s . O f f i c i a l sa t t he Na va l Air S t a t i o n , Air Force B2ses i n Massachuse t t s 2nd th e Na t -i o n a l Weathe r Se rv ic e were uneb le t o ex p l a i n t h e phenomcrlon. (Source ,!Vrkanszs Gaze t te , " Dcc . 6 , 1970 ; c- i~e4i t8--LouF ? ~ . i s h )

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Two W i t n e s s e s t o B o o n v i l l e , Mo. S i e h t i n g . . .- ------ -.---.--- By T e d P h j . 2 1. i .n~"-.--- . ..---.-,Don P. Kable r end 3 f r i e n d wFre on a d e e r h u n t i n g t r i p ?rid w er es i t t i n g i n a c r r wa i+ ,i ng f o r d a Y l i $ l t t h e m o rn in g o f Nov. 1 7 , 1 9 7 0 ,The skv W ~ S l e a r 2nd t h e moon 2nd s t 2 r s w er e v i s i b l e . I t w ? s . 5 :3 0a . m . r n d t h e y saw a l a r g e , b r i g h t o b i e c t , r e d i n c o l o r ~ l n dg u l s n t i n g .I t w z s on 2 w e st t o e z s t c o u r s e , moving s l o w ly . I t was much lzr.yer

t h z n t h e s t a r s pnd n o t 2s l a r g e a s t h e moon. I t p as s ed o v e r t h ec p r e t a n u nd et er mi ne d a l t i t u d e ? and t h e r e w ~ s o sound .The o b j e c t moved i n a s t r z i p h t l i n e , b u t i n 2 seeming z i g - z z gmovement. I t s u d d e n l y s t o p p e d , h o ve r ed f o r ,3b ou t o ne m i n u t e , p r o-c ee de d t ow ar ti s t h e n o r t h , h ov er ed z ~ a i n . t c on t i nu ed t o d o t h i sd i ~ r i n g h e 1 2- 15 m i nu t es it was u n d e r o b s e r v z t i o n .As t h e s k y beg?n t o l i g h t e n , t h e o b j e c t was s t i l l v i s i b l e . K zb le rand t h e o t h e r w i t n e s s l e f t t h e c 2 r a nd went i n t o t h e wooded a r e an ee rb y, 2nd l o s t s i g h t of t h e o b j e c t , s t i l l i n t h e n o r t h when l a s ts e e n . The o b j e c t d i d n o t b r i g h t c n n o r dim a t a n y t i m e , :?nd no d e t , a i l so r o t h e r l i g h t s c ou ld b e s e en .I have known Don Kzbl e r , an I n s pe c t o r w i t h t h e Highwey Depar tment ,t h e p a s t e i g h t y e a r s 2nd c o n s i d e r him a most r e l i a b l e individual. Iam n o t a c q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e o t h e r w i t n e s s , b u t h e c o n fi rm e d t h e s i p h t -i n g 2nd d e s c r i p t i o n a s g i v e n by K a b le r .

I l l i n o i s F am il y Watch B r i g h t O b j e c t . . . By Mae J2nnet.tMy husband , son 2nd I we re t r a v e l i n g on I n t e r s t z t e 70 , j u s t e a s to f Ef f ingham, I l l . , t h e e v e n i n g o f Dec. 6 , 1970, j u s t a f t e r s u ns e t .We saw 2 v e ry b r i g h t l i g h t t h a t lo oked l i k e a . s t a r , b u t muchl a r g e r- - a b ou t h s l f t h e s i z e o f t h e moon. I t wzs not moving when f i r s ts e e n , t h e n s t e r t e d moving t o t h e w es t a nd s o o n f z d ed f r o m v ie w. T h er ewas s t i l l enouph l i g h t t o d e t e rm i n e t h e r e was no o u t l i n e o r s h ep e

of a p la n e , 2 n d it w ~ s o t hi n g t h z t I c o u l d r e c o g n i z e .BIOVERSE 7 i s now r ez dy f o r m i l i n g ! A f te r r e m ~ r k c b l c u c ce s s i ns e l l i n g t o t h e g e n e r a l p u bl ic ' , we a r e now o r i e n t i n g o u r f orm ,? t t o t h el e e r n e d r e s e a r c h e r . 1 0 w r~ p- ;. ro un d o f f s e t peges o f f u? ! T h i s i s s u ef e z t u r e s - - a n a r t i c l e on UFOzine p u b l i s h i n g , and w h 2 t 1 s wr onp x i t h it.

- h lam poo n o f t h e pompous FLYING SAUCER DIGEST! D o n ' t miss t h i s ! -The f u t u r e w as y e s t e r d a y - A new ~ n d i f f e r e n t s e r i e s ! B e a u t i f u l ill-u s t r ~ t i o n s , l u s a r e v e c l i n g l e t t e r fr o m Gene D u p l ~ n t i e r ! Anyone e l s ewould esk 75 c e n t s . . bu t UFOs a r e ou r hobby , n o t 2 s i d e l i n e ! J u s t3 5k , 3 - i ss u e s u b s c r i p t i o n f o r a d o l l ~ r . u bl is he d b i- m on th ly . A l l m a i l -ed f i r s t c l a s s ! F o r e i g n n i r m a i l , 7 0 $ , 3 /2 .1 0 . O r de r t o d z y ! K r i t e Ga ry2nd Glenn Ri ck er , 1334 S . Wcsl ey Ave., Berwvn, I l l . , 60402 . Note t oPublishers--BIOVERSE i s c o p y r i g h t e d 1970 by Gcry and Glenn Ri cke r . Nor e p r i n t i n g w i th o ut w r i t t e n c o n se nt .

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i s t r u l y s p pr e c i a te d - e a c h c a r d , a f r i e n d l y " h e l l o" . We w i s h e ve r yr e ad e r t h e b e s t f o r 1971 - 2nd 2 s p e c i a l 1 1th2nk you" t o t h e f i n e S KY -LOOK s t a f f t h a t n e v e r l e t s me down. Y o u ' r e t h e t o p s !HAPPY NEW YEAR! --Ye Ed

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H ip h S c h o o l G i r l s Watch Ob,iects- --Debbie Ta l lmzn a n d J a n i c e S k i v e r , o f B e c k em e y ~ r ,I l l . , r e p o r t e dw a t c h i n g f o u r moving o b j e c t s zb o ut s i x o l c l o c k or,e e v e n in g t h e l 2 s tweek i n A u gu s t , 1 97 0. The tw o h i g h s c h o o l g i r l s s 2 w t h r e e o b j e c t sl1sh2ped l i k e f r i s b e e s f 1 ( a round d i sc -s hs pe d t o y t h e t s z i l s th r ou g ht h e a i r ) . They ap pe 2r ed t o be h o v er i ng o v e r z f ~ r m h o u s e ,C eb bi e s a i d ,

t h e n s t r r t e d m oving t o t h e w e st . r, f o u r t h o b j e c t "s woo pe d o u t o f s omec l o u d s" a nd j o l n e d t h e t h r e e , a nd a l l s l o w l y f,-,ded f ro m v ie w . T h e r ew as n o s o u n d . The o b j e c t s w e re a s i l % , r e r o l o r 2nd r ~ o i g n t s c ou ld b es ee n . ( C r e d i t : Ma? ~ a n n d t t nd R o se t ta Holmes)________________________________________----________________________________________--------- ............................

B s 1 1 o f L i g h t O ve r A v i s t o n , I l l .Bob Crow r e po r t e d t o Mrs. Mae J a n n e t t , o f B e c k em e ye r, I l l . , k h e the ~ n d i s f a t h e r w cr e h e a di n g w e s t on Route j O t h e of Nov. 26 ,1 9 7 0 , a b o u t 7 o l c l o c k , , a nd w er e a m i l e w e s t o f i . v i s t o n , I l l . , whenb o t h s s w a f l a s h o f l i g h t r es em bl in g a w el di ng f l a s h . I\ f e w s e c o n d sl a t e r a b i g b 2 l l o f l i g h t a pp ea re d o ve r A vi s to n , y e l l ow +s h r c d i nc o l o r , a nd n ov in g s o u t h a t g r e a t s p ee d. I t d is a p ce z r ed i n l e s s t h a na m i n ut e . Bob t u r n e d on t h e c a r r z d i o 2s t h ~b j e c t d is z p p e e r e d , b u tc ou ld g e t n o s t a t i o n b ec au se o f s t z t i c . Ten m in ut es l a t e r , r a d i o r e -c e p t i o n was n o r m a l.R e v o l vi n g L i g h t S e e n N ea r J e f f e r s o n C i t y , Mo.

Mrs. B e t t y Kehoe of Mob erl y , Mo., w ? s d r i v i n g o n H ig hwa y 4 0a b o u t s i x O ' c l o c k t h e m o rn in g o f Nov, 2 2 , 1 9 7 0 , when s h e S 2 Wa b r g e g re e n and w h i te r e v o l v i n g l i g h t z bo ut s i x hundred y ~ r d s estof t h e h ighway . The ob , jec t w s o v e r a d e n s e ly wooded F r e a a b o u tf i v e mriles f r om J e f f e r s o n C i t y , Mrs. Kehoe r e ~ o r t e d t h e o b j e c t ceclscst o r e v o lv e a s s h e p as se d t h e s i t e . B ec au se o f t h e b r i p h t n e s s of t h el i g h t , s h e was u na b l e t o s e e an y o u t l i n e of t h e o b j e c t .( C r e d i t , L a r r y Yo de r)C a s s i u s C l ay S e e s S t a r s ! ( N , Y . C.)P e r h e p s i t i s n ' t u nu su al f o r a f i g h t e r t o '!see s t ; r s l ' o f o n ek in d o r a n o t h e r , b u t C a s s iu s C la y s a i d t h i s o ne w 2 s a UFO. He s p o t t e git a s h e w?s d o i n g roadw ork i n C e n t r a l P ~ r k ecember 1 s t . C l a y s ~ j 6h e o f t e n saw UFOs when he d i d e a r l y m or ni ng r oa dw o rk , a c c o r d i n g t o 2c l i p p i n g f ro m t h e "Chicago D a i l y N ews f1- -"T he y' re u p t h e r e a l l t h e t lmra n d t h e g o v er nm e nt i s k e e p i n g it a s e c r e t , " he s a i d .P o l i c e he ad q ua rt e x- s s z i d e p 2 t r o lm a n i n 2 s a w d c z r r e p o r t e d s c e i ~ ;a UFO h o v e r i n g i n Q u e e n s C o u n ty , a nd t h e La G u z r d l a A i r p o r t a l s o r e -c e i v e d r e ~ o r t s .The i n t e n s e b r i g 3 t l i g h t was Ve nu s, a nd t h e W as hi ng to n N e t ~ o n a lO b s e r v a t o r y e x p l a i n e d i t s u n us u al b r i g h t n e s s t o a t mo s ph e r i c c o n d i t i o n s ,(S ou rc e , "Chicago D al le y News" and ' lArk2nses Ga ze t t eT1 - - Cr ed i t , ThomasE. M i l l e r , o f E r a nk l i n P ~ r k , l l . , m d Lou F ~ r i z h )

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Mi ss ou ri Boom From J e t ?The s o u r c e o f a loud booming n o i s e hezrd a bou t 2 :5 0 p.m. MondryDec. 14, 1970 i n J e f f e r s o n Co unt y a n d p a r t s o f S t . L o ui s C ou nt y mayhave b ee n a s u n c r so n i c m i l i t a r y j e t a i r p k n e , a u t h o r l t l c s theorized.H ow ev er , F e d e r a l A v ia t i o n Ap en cy a nd S c o t t Air F o r c e Bz-se spokesmans a i d t h e y knew of no s u p e r s o n i c p l a n e s i n t h e a r e a a t t h e t i m e . Theboom r e p o r t e d l y s hook t h e J e f f e r s o n County Co ur th ou se i n H i l l ~ b o ~ cn dwas f e l t by many r e s i d e n t s i n E ur ek a, F en to n B s l l w in ~ n d t h e r p a r t so f s o u th w es t , S t . L o u i s C ou nt y . ( C r e d i t : " S t . L o u i s G l ob e -- Dm o cr aL 1

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M i s s o u ri R e a de r R e p o r ts S i g h t i n g-E ; d i t o r T s N ot e: One o f o u r M i s s o u r i r e a d e r s who d o e s n o t w i s h h e rnzme u se d o r t h e e x a c t s i t e of h e r h on e g i v e n ( i n f o r n l ~ t i o n n o u rf i l e s ) h as s e n t u s a n i n t e r e s t i n g s i h t i n g . We w i l l r e f e r t o h e rf a m i l y a s t h e Browns ( n o t t h e i r name7 and i d e n t i f y t h e i r home a s b c i n fw i t h i n 1 00 m i l e s fr om S t . L ou is ( t r u e ) . Ye h av e w r i t t e n o u r r e p o r tf rcm Mrs. Brown's l e t t e r s , g i v i n g t h e e s s e n t i a l f s c t s and o m i t t in gc n l y i d e n t i f y i n g l z nd ma rk s e t c wh i ch would p i n p o i n t t h e i r home.The Browns l i v e on a fzrm sever :' mi le s f rom a Mis so ur i town. Ont h e n i gh t o f IJov. 5 , 1970 , t h e t ee l l .~;e so n , who w z s o u t d o o r s ; c a l l e de x c i t e d l y , "Come h e r e an d l o o k a t t k 2 1 i ~ k . t s . l 'Mrs. Brown h u r r i e d o u t s i d e an d t h e y b ot h w ~ t c h e d 1 a bunch ofg r e e n and r e d a nd y e ll o w l i g h t s b l i n k i n g o f f a nd o n , j u s t a bo ve t h et r e e t o p s , " t o t h e e a s t . "When tw o o r t h r e e wo ul d come o n , t h e o t h e rtwo o r t h r e e would b l i n k o f f , 1 1 N r s . Brown wrote. "If th e y would have

2 1 1 s t ~ y e d n ~t t h e s 2 m e t i m e , i t would have made a c o n p l e t e o v a li n t h e s ky ."71Thcn,11 he r e n o r t e d , "We saw 3 b i g , w h i t e l i p b t t h ~ tcemed t o b eg e t t i n g b i y g e r and b i g p e r a s it cpme c l o s e r , f a r t h e r t o t h e l e f t oft h e o v a l o f b l i n k i n g r e d , g r e c n 2nd v e l lo w l i g h t s . f f I t w ~ s i g h e ri n t h e s ky . T h i s l oo ke d l i k e i t could be 2 n ~ i r q l a n e , u t we h e ~ r dn o t h i n g a nd s u d d e n l y it w en t o u t a l t o g e t h e r - - j u s t went o u t c o m p l e te l y ,Then i n a n o t h e r m ln u te o r t wo , t h e c o l o r e d l i p h t s w er e g on e t o o . wew at ch ed a 1 1 t h i s z good f i v e m i nu t e s . "The c o l o r e d l i g h t o v a l w as : b o u t 5 mi le s e a s t of th e Brown home,t h e y judged, w h i l ~ h e l a r g e w h it e l i g h t , a l s o e z s t , was hqz he r i nt h e s k y .

A h a l f a n ho u r l a t e r , t h e B rowns we re i n d o o r s w s t ch i n g TV whent h e e l e c t r i c l i g h t s i n t h e h o us e went o f f f o r a m in ut e 2nd t h e n csmeb ac k on. T h i s was r c p e z t e d f o u r o r f i v e t i me s 2nd Mrs. Brown decidedt o c a l l t he R . E . A . t r o u b l e n umber. On c a l l i n g , s h e g o t a b u s y s i g -n a l , w ~ i t e d fcw m in ut es and c a l l e d a g a in .

The w i f e o f t h e l in em an r e p l i e d a nd Mrs. Brown h s a r d h e r c a l l t > oh e r h u s b a n d , ll'. H e r e ' s a n o t h e r i n th e same v i c i n i t y . " The l i n e rw n t a l k s ?t o Mrs. Brown a nd s a i d t h e y ha d b ee n g e t t i n g o t h ~ e r e p o r t s of t h el i g h t s g o i ng on and o f f s i n c e t h e f i r s t o f O c t o b e r e nd s a i d , fl We lv echecked e ~ e r y t h i n g n t h e l i n e a nd e ve n w al ke d t h e l i n e s o n f o o t , b u tc z n l t f i n d a n y t h i n g o u t o f or de r.- F1Mrs. Brown had ment ioned e e r l i e r i n h e r l e t t e r t h a t t h e i r l i g h t shad gone o f f and on a numbc,r o f e v e n i n g s , z l w a y s b e tw e en 6PM 2nd7:30 PM, b u t n o t e v e r y n i g h t .Mrs. Brown ask ed. "Do vou t h i n k th e r e i s 2 nv c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e nt h e b l l n k i n g l i , g h ts ' i n t h k o v a l end t h e b i g w hi t e l i g h t t h ? t wento u t , t o t h e l i n e t r o u b l e ? I d i d n ' t t e l l him a bo ut t h e b l i n k i ngl i g h t s ( d i d n ' t want t o e x c i t e t h e whole REA) i f meybe it i s o n l ysome f a u l t y t h i n g on t h e m ~ i n i n e . B ut I am t e l l i n g vou ."Firs. Brown made i t c l e a r s he w a n ts no p e r s o n ~ l u b l i c i t y , b u ts h e gz v e u s p e r m i s s i o n t o s 'end a s t a f f member t o h e r home f o r a ni n t e r v i e w , 2nd we hope t o h ~ v e ore on t h i s a t a l a t e r d a t e .

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; t h e f i r s t d o m e s t i c s t e d a n im el , was an i n v e r i a b l e s u b j e c t . The b u l lh a s b ce n w or sh ip pe d i n , m n y a n c i e n t r e l i g i o n s . T au ru s i s l o c a t ~ d -b o ut 6 0 d e g r e e s ab ov e t h e s o u t h e r n h o r i z o n a t t h e l a t i t u d e of NewYo rk C i t y o n J a n u z r y 1 4 a t 9 PM.Aldebaran i s t h e b r i g h t e s t s t a r i n T au r u s ; it 1s a r e d g i z n t 3 5 tl:t h e s u n ' s d i a m e t e r . A ls o ' l o c a t e d i n T a ur us i s t h e f a p o u s c r a b n e bu lawhich i s t h e r e rn n zn t s o f a s u pe r n ov a e x p l o s i o n . About 5 , 0 0 0 y e a r s .a g o t t h e v e r n a l e qu in o x pr o bz b ly s t o o d b e f o r e t h e s t s r s of Taurus .....................................................................

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E d i t o r ' s N ot e: The f o l l o w i n p i s f . rom t h e November 1970 i s s u e of 'A s t r o n z u t i c s & ~ e r b n ~ u t i c s .r e d i t : J o h n F . S c h u e s s l e r .To g z i n a f r e s h a nd o b j e c t i h e p e r s p e c t i v e on t h e UFO p r ob l em , t h eUFO Su bc om mi tt ee of t h e A I A A , from i t s i n c e p t i o n i n 1967, d ec i de d t o 'p h c e s p e c i f i c , w e l l - d ~ f i n e d q u e s t i o n s t o UFO e x p e r t s o f h i g h s c i c n t i -f i c q u ~ l i f i c a t i o n s u t s t , ro ng ly d i ve r ge n t v iews . S u r p r i s i n g l y , t h ef a c t u ~ l nswers t h e Subcommittee- o b ta i n ed i n a s e r i e s ' o f i n t e r e s t i n gi n t e r v i e w s were s t r i k i r i g l y s i m i l z r . Differences o cc ur re d i n c c r t a i nq u a n t i t ~ t i v e s t i m t e s and i n t h e de gr ee of e mp ha s i s , .b u t n o t i n p r i n -c i p l e . -I t w ? s a t t h e n e x t s t e p where t h e v iew s begzn t o d i v cr g e : s u b j e c t -i v e judgment 2s t o t h e s > c i e n t i f i c s i g n i f i c ~ n c e f t he .p ro bl em and t h eneed t o p u r s u c znd e x p l o r e i t . - , O b v i o u s l y , s u c h o p i n i o n d t p en d s .on t h e 'c r i t e r i a a p p l i e d by t h e i n d i v i d u a l , a nd much of t h e d i s c o r d a p p e a r s Cob e d u e t o a l z c k o f a n a l y s i s o f t h e s e c r i t e r i a . I t i s a t t h i s s t a g e

where g u e ss e s and s p e c u l a t i o n s c r e e p i n t o t h e d i s c u s s i o n end l e a d t oc o n t r o v e r s y .I n t h e c p i n i o n o f t h e UFO S u bc o mm it t ee , - s u ch s p e c u l a t i o n s ? r e e n t i r e -l y p re ma t ur e and n o p o s i t i o n i s a b s o l u t e l v d e f e n s i b l e ~t t h i s p o i n t 'i n t im e. T hi s a p l i e s specifically t o - s t ~ t e m e n t s h z t t h e e x t r z t e r r e s -t r i z l h yp ot he si s 7ETH) i s " t he l e z s t p r o l ~ r b l e "o r " t h e l e a s t u n pr ob ab le rlex p l an a t io n (N a t io na l Academy of Sc ie nc es , -Rev iew of t h e '"Condon Re-~ o r t " : zmes E. McDonc?ldls s t ~ k e m e n t s ) . T he r e i s no s c i e n t i f i c ' b2 s i s?or: a s s e s s i n g s u ch p r o b a b i l i t i e - s $ t , t h i s t im e.The Subcommittee was g r e a t l y p e r tu r b ed by t h e ~ a u c i k ~of thoroughs c i e n t i f i c 2nd t e c h n o l o ~ i c a l n a l y s i s zp p li cd t o ~ r ~ c t ' i c ~ l l yl l o bs er - .v a t i o n s : b e f o r e t h e Condon s t u d y . T he cf ew , o f t e n co u r pp e o us , e f f o r t s byi n d i v i d w l s t o come t o g r i p s w i t h t h i s p ro bl em s 'h ou ld $be v ie we d moref ro m P n b a s p e c t o f f o c u s i np r t t r n t i o n on t h e p ro bl em r a t h e r t h e n ofs o l v i n g , i t , l s i n c e t h ~ r e s l i t t l e d o u - t t h p t i t t a k c s [more thc'n a pe r -s o n a l e f f o r t t o i n v e s t i g ~ t e u l l y e problem of such co, rr ,pl t .xi ty. .I I n t h e o p i n i o n i o f t h e c o mm i tt e e , t h e C o l or z d o U n iv e rs il t y s t u dy ," S ci ; .e n t i f i c S tu dy o f U n i d e n t i f i e d E h v in g O b j c c t s , " ' ( Th e W on d on R e p o r t , "IB2ntam Books, New Y,ork 296 9) a t this1 t i me r e p r e s e n t s t h e most s c i e n t i f i .c a l l y o e i e n t e d i n v e s t k g a t i o n p u b l i s h e d o n t h e UFO p ro bl em . A t t > c k s d i -r e c t e d a q a i n s t t h e s t u d y s eem t o o v c r l o o k t h e a h o s ' t imsurmount?bl,ed i f f i c u l t i e s which a s h o r t - t i m e , o ne - sh o t p r o j e c t o f t i hi s t y p e f a c e s ;b u i l d i n g up t h e m u l t i - d i s c i p l i n ~ r y , unb ias ed t a l e n t , a.ccum:il: t i n g - .p r s c t i c < l ex pe ri en ce :, v c o l l e c t i n g h z r d i n f o r n n t i o n , s oq Li ng o u t t h e I- Ls i g n a l f rom t h e n o i s e , a p p l y i ng t h e b e s t ' a n a l y t i k z l m e, th od s, a ndw r i t i n g , a n d e di i t in g .2 r e p o r t i n l e s s t h c n t wo y e a r s .To under s t and t h e Condon r e p o r t , wh ich i s d i f f i c u l t L ' t oreed ' , duei n p a r t ! t o i t s o r ga n iz a t. io n 8; o n e mu st s t u d y t h e ' b u l k o,F t h e r e p o r t .I t i s n o t en ou gh t o l r e z d s u m m er i c s, s u c h 2s t h o s e by S u l l i v a n m d byCondon, 'o r summaries of bsumrnar ies, oh which t n e v a s t mas jor l ty of r ' ead-e r s 2nd news m edia sacm t o r e l y . T he re ? r e d i f f e r e n c e d i n t h e o p i n i o nsand c o n c l u si o n s d2awn by t h e a u t h o r s o f t h e v ~ r i o u s ' ~ c h & ' p t e r s ,and t h e r ~ ?a r e d i f fl e r en c e s between these and Condonls summary. N,ot a l l ~ c o n c l u s i o r , sc on t zi n ed i n t h e f ie po rt i t s e l f 2 r e f u l l y f e f l e c t e d i n (Con doni ls summaTyoF o r example t h e o p t i c a l / r z d a r c h z p t e r c c n t n i n s t n e fo lU ow in g s t a t e m a i ton t h e L a k en h e at h # c a s e ( 1956) : "The apparently r ~ t i o n q l , n t k l l i g e n tb e h a v i o r of t h e UFO . s i l p g ~ s t . s m e c h a n i c a l d e v i c e o f v n ' ! : n ~ ~ w r ~ r i p i n ' as{ ~ o l j t , i l ~ i 1 0 ( 11 1 1 I L C , Y T > n y a )

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UFO A p p r a i s a l - p a g e 2 SKYLOOKt h e most p r o b ab l e e x p l z n a t i o n o f t h i s s i p h t i n g . However, i n v ie w cft h e i n e v i t ? b l e f ~ l i i b i l i t y f w i t ne s se s , more c on ve nt io na l e x p l a n a t i . 0 ~ 3o f t h i s r e p o r t c zrznot b e - e n t i r e 1 r u l e d o ut ."On C olo rzdo Sp r j np s czse (196 7 : ' ? I n v ie w o f t h e r x e t e o r o l o g i c e ls i t u ~ t i o n , t would seem t h a t AP ( an om al ou s p r o p ? g ~ t i o n ) ~ sp t h e ru n l i k e l v . B e si de s, w h ~ t s t h e p r o b a b i l i t y t h a t a n AP r e t u r n w o u l dz p p e ~ r n ly once and a t t h a t t im e ap pe ar t o e xe cu te a p ~ r f e c t r p c t i c eILS approach . ''Condon's own con cl us io ns hzve been wid ely misqvote d . He sa y s : ''. .S c i e n t i s t s . r e n o . r e s p e c t e r s o f a i l t+ o r i -t y . Our con c?.u sion t h a t s t u d yof UFO r e p o r t s i s n ot l i k e l y t o a d ~ ~ a ~ z ec i c n c e w i l l ' n o t b e u n c r i t i -caL ly ac cep ted by them. Nor sho uld lt b e , no r do we wish it t o be .F o r s c i e n t i s t s , it i s o u r h op e t h a- G t h e d e t a i l e d c ! n a l y t i c a l p r e s e n t a -t i o n o f , w h a t we,;were a b l e t o . d o , 2 n d sf w h ~ t e werc u na bl e t o d o , w i l la s s i s t them i n - d e c i d i n g ~ i h e t h c r r n o t t h ~ y g r e e w i th o u r c o n c l ~ l s i o n s ,Our hope i s t h z t t h e d c t a i l s o f t h i s r e p o r t w i l l h e lp o th e r s c i e r ~ i s t si_n s e e i h g - wh at t h e p ro bl em s a r e ?r,d t h e d i f f i c u l t i e s o f c o p i ng w i t hthem," I f t h e y a g r e e w i t h o u r . c o nc l u s io n s , t h e y w i l l t u r n t h e i r v a l w b l ea t t e n t i o n and t ? l e n t s e ls ew he re . If t h e y d i s z g r e e , i t w i l l b e b e c a u s eo u r r e p o r t h 2s l h el p ed th em r c a c h a c l e ~ r i c t u r e o f w he re in e x i s t i n gs t u d i e s , a r e f ~ u l t y r i n c o m p l e t e 2nd t h i r e b y w i l l hnlre stimulatedi d e a s f o r more ? c c u r z t e s t u d i e s , - I f t h e y do g c t s u z h i i c ~ s n d c2nfoL-mulpte them c l c ~ r l y , , e h r ve ;no d ou bt t h ~ t u p p o r t w i l l b e f o r t h -c ~ ~ z i n go c F r rv on y i t h s u c h c , l e ~ r l y e f i ne d , s p e c i f i c s t u d i e s . Ldet h i n k t h ~ t u c h i d e z s f o r work s h o u l d b e supported.

I f . . . T he re fo re we t h i n k t h ~ t 11 of t h e ~ g e n c i e s f t h e f e d e r s lgovernm ent , ~ n dh e p r i v ~ t e f o u n d ~ t i o n ss w e l l , o ug ht t o b e w i l l i n gt o c o ns 3d er UFO r e s e ~ r c h r o p o sz l s ? l o n g w i t h t h e o t h e r s s u b m it t ed t othem op ' an open-minded, unp re ju d ice d b s s i s . Whi le wo d o n o t t h i n k 2 tp r e s e n t t h z t a n y t h in g w or t h wh i k i s l i k e l y - t o come o f s u c h r e s e n r c he ac h i n d i v i d u z l cast o ug ht t o b e c ~ r e f u l l y o n s i de r e d on i t s own rnerit.:lCondon 's c h a p t e r , l lSummary of t h e Stud y," co nt a i ns more t,han i t st i t l e i n d i c a t e s : it d i s c l o s e s meny o f hiis . p er s on 2 1 c o n c l u s i o n s ~M ~ k i n y :va lu e jd g em e nt s w as no . dou5 t one r ea so n why Condon 1~72sa sk ed t o h p n a l r .t h e p r o j e c t . One i s h ap py t o o b t a- i n t h e j ud ge me nt o f s o e x p e r i m b e da n d r e s p e c t e d a man; b u t o n e n ee d n o t a g r e e w i t h it. The UFO 'Subcor:.init? ,c,d i d n o t & fi n da b a s i s i n t h e r e p o r t f o r h i s p r e d ic t i on t h ~ t o t h i n g o fs c i e n t i f i c v a l u e w i l l come o f f u r t h e r s t u d i e s ,I n . r ei vi ew in g t h e m z t e r i a 1 acc i~mulc? ted o d a t e , t h e Subcom mi t t ee four.* -a n e x c e e d i n g l y low s i g n z l - t o - n o i s e r a t i o , a s i l l u s t r z t e d by t h e s t r t i s -t i c s o f t h e A i r F o r c e ' s P r o j e c t s ' B l u e b o o k 1 9q uo te d i n t h e U n i v e r s i t y ofColorado1 s t u d y , which showed 3 . 3 % u n i d e n t i f i e d o b s e rv e t io n s ( 2 5 3 o u t o f7741 a v a i l z b l e a t t h ~ ti m e ) . T h is f i g u r e i s f r e q u e n t l y d i sp u t e d , b u ti t s or de r of magni tude ( 5 % ) a p pe a rs t o b e c o r r e c t , t a k i n g z l l a v a i l a b l er e p o r t s i n t o a c c o u n t , The f ~ c t h ~ t h e C ondon ts tudy i t s e l f a r r i v e s ,a t a much h i g h e r p e r c e n t a g e o f u n e x p l a i n e d c 2 s e s n ame1 y; at ? b o u t 30%( 3 5 o u t o f 1 1 7 ) f s p r i m zr i l y due t o t h e p r e s e l ec t i on of s p e c i f i cc a s e s f o r i n v e s t i g a t i o n . The p r e c i s e f i g u r e i s h a r d t o a s s e s s , f o rt h e Condon r e p o r t do es n o t l e n d i t s c l f e ~ s i l y o t h i s t yp e o f z n z l y s i s ,4. 1,ns same c as es b e i n g t r c ~ t e d f t e n i n d i f f e r e n t s e c t i o n s a n d u n d e r d i f -ferent i d e n t i f i c a t i o n s . (The f i n a l f i g u r e s , ~ c c o r i i n p o o u r in fo rm ?-t i o n , a pp eF r t o be 7 01 o u t o f 1 2 , 61 8 o r 5 , 5% . )I t h ~ seen v ~ r i o u s l v s t i m te d t h z t t h e r ep o r te d c ~ s c s , p p r o x im a t e -l y 2C,00?, r e p r e s e n t o n l y 5 t o 1 5% -c f t h e t o t a l o b s e r v et i o ns , s i n c e

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UFO Ap p r a i s a l , Page 3 SKYLOOKmost o b s er v er s e i t h e r do n o t g o t o t h e t r o u b l e of a n o f f i c i a l r e p o r to r f e e r r i d i c u l e . I n t ui-n,$ v a r i o u s p o l l s s u g g e s t t h e t 3 t o 5% o f t h eU . S. p o p u l a t i o n c l a i m t o h a v e s e e n UFOs. I t f o l l o ws , t h e n , t h a t t h ea v a i l n b l e r e p o r t s w hi ch c an b e c l a s s i f i e d a s l l u ni d e n t i f i ed " r e p r e s e n ta v e r y s m a l l p e r ce n t ag e of a l l UFO s i g l ~ t i n g s n t h e one h ~ n d , u t n o ta n e g l i b i b l e number o f o b s e r v a t i o n s o n - t h e o t h e r .I t i s i n t e r e s t i n g t h z t , , c o n t r s r y t o p u b l i c o p i n i on , t h e e s ti m zt e dp e r c e n t a g e of l lhoaxes l l i s l ik ,e wi se s m a l l ( l e s s t h a n 5% ) 2nd t h a t t h eg r e a t m e j o r i t y of UFO P-,- :htings c?n be ex p la i ne d by known phenomena( z b o u t 75%) w h i le 1 5 t c 20% c o n t a i n i n s u f f i c i e n t d2 t e. I n o t h e r w or ds -wh at may ap p e ar t o t h e u n t r z i n e d o b s c r v e r a s s t r a n g e 2nd u n e x p l a i n a b l ei s i n m os t c z s e s known znd e x p l s i n e b l e ,T ak in g a l l e v i de n c e which h'2s come t o t h e S u b c o m m i t t ' e e * ~ ' t t e n t i o ni n t o 2 c c o u n t ) we ' f i n d i t d i f f ' i cu l t t o i p o r e t h e s m l l r e s i d u e of w e l l -documented b u t i i n ex p l ai n a bl e c n s e s . w h i ch f or m t h e h ~ r d o r e of t h e UFOc o n t r o v e r s y . They r e p r e s e n t o n l y a s m a l l f r a c t i o n of t h e " u n id e n t i f i e- .c a s e s and ? r e c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y ' b o t h a h ip h de g re e o f c r e d i b i l i t y a nda h i g h a b n o r m z l i t y ( " s t r 7 n g e n e s ~ ' ~n Hynekfs t e r m in o lo g y ) . A l th o u g hn on e o f them o f f e r s : t o o u r ' k now le dg e q u z n t i t a t i v e r e c ' or d i ng s b y c a l i -b r a t e d i n s t r u m en t s f o r per man en t i n s p e c t i o n , th-ey z r e o f t e n c a l l e d" h a r d c a s e s . l1The Subcommittee has t r i e d t o e x p l o r e t h e n a t u re o f t h i s h ~ r d - c o r er e s i d u e a nd f ou nd e s t i m p t e s t o v a r y b et we en 10 2nd s e v e r a l h u nd r edc a s e s , d ep en di ng i n p F r t on a s u b < j e c t i v e judgment a s t o t h e c r i t e r i af o r a " har d c as e ;" 'High c r e d i b i l i t y i s g e n e r a l l y a c ce p te d f o r o b se r va -t i o n s b y m u l t i p l e i n d e p e nd e n t w i t n e s s e s o f known a nd r e l i a b l e b ac k-g r ou n d o r b y m ul t' il j' le i n d e p e n d e n t s e n s in g s y s t e m s ( r e p o r t e d b y m u l t i - p l ei nd ep er ld en t o p e r a t o r s ) o r b o t h ; h i g h a b n o r m a l i t y o r s t r z n g e n e s s , whgnno known n a t u r a l phenomena wha ts oeve r se em , t o f i t t h e o b s e r v at i o n s ,I t i s c l e ~ r , h e n , t h ~ th e hard ' c o r e r e s i d u e r e p r e s e n t s l e s s t h a n1% f t h e t o t 2 1 a v a i l z ' bl e r e p o r t s .

T ho se u s e d t o 8work.ing u n d e r c o n t r o l l e d l a b o r a t o r y c o n d i t i o n s f i n d 1.:.d i f f i c u l t t o c o n s i d e r , s e r i o u s l y Pny o b s er v a t i o n w hich i s n o t a v a i l z b l ei n r e co r de d f orm f o r " q u a n t i t a t i v e i n s p e c t i o n . ' A s a m a t t e r of f a c t , tl?c:-make t h i s a c r i t e r i o n f o r ' a " h ar d ca se .' ' On t h e o t h e r h z nd , t h e r e a r ct h o s e , ~ i n c l u d i n g ~ s o m eembers o f t h i s S ub co mm it te e, q a m i l i s r w i t h t h ei n t r i c i c i e s o f r e s e j r c h i n t h e 'complex and y nc on tr ol Te d ' l r b o r s t o r y o ft h e a tmos phe re , .who f i n d t h i s l e ~ s f a d e t e r r e n t . T he y d i s c o v e r p ?i e, -a l l e l s .bebween :he UFO problem 2 n d c e r t a i n a t m os p h er i c ~ h e n o me n aw h i c tf a l l i n t h e c l a s s of ' r p re e v cn t s , A r a r e 'eirent a l w ~ y s n v o l v e s ~t, f i r s t 2 q u e s t i o n . o f t h e r e a l i t y o f P q u z l i t ~ t i v e b se r v zt i on . L ? ' t e r ,I s c i e n t i f i c i n v e s t i g ? t i o n , u s u ~ l l y ombin ing s t c t i s t i c s and ~ h y s i c , ~ ,e -s o l v e s ' t h i s q u c s t i o n one way o r t h e ' o t h e r . I, A lt ho up h t h e v niCr 'rsi . ty o f C ol or ad o r c p o r t d e ~ l s n l y w i i h a v e r y

s m e l l S r e c t i o n o f t h e exist in^ o b s e r v e t io n s l : m r t e r i ~ + l e s s t h e n I$),it o f f e r s i t s c l f J l e n o u g h s u b s t ~ n c e f t h e 'descri lbed s o r t : e s p e c i a l l y .ifa d d i t i b n z l i n f o r m ~ t i o n + e x t r p c t c d y McDonclc! i s a d de d t o s ome o f # th ec z s e s . ' I n f ? c t , : t h e 'Subcommittee f i n d s t h ~ th e o r j p d s i t e c ' o n c l u s i o ncould h ~ v e een drzwn from i t s c o n t e n t , n?rnely, t h ~ t g henomenonw i t h s u c h a h i g h r z t i o of: a n e x p l z i n c d c; s e s ( c b o u t ' 30%)'s h o u l d a r o u s es u f f i c i e n t s c i e n t i f i c c u r i o s i t y t o c o nt in ue i t s s t u d x .T h e , i s s u e se em s t o b o i l down t o t h e q u es t i on : Arehwe j u s t i f i e d t oe x t r a p o l ~ t e r.orn 0.99 t o 1. 0 0 , i np ly in 'g t h a t i f 99% 6f a l l o b s e r v p t i o n sc z n b e e x p l z i n e d ; t h e r e m a i n i n g 1%c o u l d z l s o b e exp la ined . ; o r ' do we .f a c e a s e v e r e p-oblcfi o f s i g n a l - t o - n o i s e r a t i o ( o r d e ? o f m a gn i tu d e lo-; !I

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- --UFO A p p r a i s a l , p zge 4 . SKYLOOKI n t h e o p i n i o n o f t h e S ub co mm it te e, t h i s q u e s t i o n must b e eskedc r i t i c a l l y and o b, j e3 c ti ve l y n e ac h i n d i v i d u e l c a s e . l r! c a s e s w hic h don o t f i t t h e e x t r a p o l a t i o n a l t e r n a t i v e , t he . f u r t h e r q u e s t io n s ho ul d bee x p lo r e d : "Do t n e Y e v id e n c e common a t t r i b u t e s ? " I t e p n e a r s t o t h e Sub-c om mi tt ee t h a t , - t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C o lo r ad o g ro u p ha s m d e n o s e r i o u sa t t em pt i n t h i s d i r e c t i o n , . '

If i t i s a l r e a e y d i f f i c u l t . t o r e ac h a c on se ns us on what c o n s t i t u t e sa h ~ r d a s e , i t a p p e z r s ev en more d i f f i c u l t t o f i n d a y re em en t on t h ea d v i s a b i l i t y and im no rt a nc e of ~ r ~ r t , i n ~ : ~ ' de s e e r c h . As m e n t i o n e d e z r l i e :i t l p p e a r s ev en more d i f f i c u l t , t c f j n d agreement on t h e a d v i s a b i l i t yand i m p o rt an c e . o f c on t jn u c d r e s e ~ r c h . Ls m e n t i n n c d e a r l i c r , i t i s e tt h i s p o i ' nt w he re t h o c o n t r o v e r s y o f t c n becomes h e zt e d b e c au s e c r i t e r i af o r s uc h: a s s e s s m e n t a r e n o t . w e l l - d e f i n e d .E a r l i e r , C o nd on T s s t ~ t e v e n t as q uo te d t h ~ t t c l e ~ r l y e f i n ~ d , p e c i -f i c ' s t u d* i es . . . s h o u l d b e c o n s i d e r ed a nd s u p po r t ed . " I n t h i s c o n ne c t io r :h e c a l l s a t t e n t i o n t o " im po rt an t a r e a s o f z t mo sp he ri c o p t i c s , i n c l ud i n gr ad io wa v, e p r o p a g a t i o n , 2nd o f a t m o s p he r i c e l e c t r i c i t y i n , w h ' i ~ h r e s e n tknowledge i s q u i t e i n co m pl e te . T he se t o p i c s czme t o o u r a t t e n t i o n i nc o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f some UFO r e p o r t s , b u t t h c v a r ea l s o o f f un da m en ta l s c i e n t i f i c i n t e r e s t , 2nd t h e y z r e r e l e v a n t t o p r z c t -i c a l pr ob lem s r c k t e d t o t h e improvement o f s a f e t y o f m i l i t z r y 2nd c i v -i l i a n f l y i n g . "The S u bc o mm i tt e e f i n d s ; t h i s s t a t d m e n t o f t h e Condon r e p o r t a b e t t c rc r i t e r i o n f o r s u p p o r t o f U NC -r el at ed - s t u d i e s t h a n t h e c1ai.m b y some ETHe x ~ o n e n t k h ~ t FO r e s e 2 r c h d e s e r ,v e s maximum s u p p o r t e s l o n g a s t h c r ei s a - g h o s t o f a c h a n c e ' t h a t UFOs a r e e x t r a t e r r e s t r i p l ve h$ c. le s, o r t h eo p p o s i t e c la im t h a t p ro of f o r t h e ETH must be p r o v i d e d b e f o r e s e r i o u sc o n s i de r a t io n o f ; t h e UFO prcb lem i s j u s t i f i e d . Both o p i ni o ns s t r i k et h e S u bc o mm i tt e e a s u n w a r r z n t e d .We h a v e a l r e a d y e x p r e s s e d o u r d i se n c h a n t m e n t w i t h a r g u me n t s ? b o u tt h e probability of t h e e x t r a t e r r e s t r i a l o r i g i n o f UFOs, s i n c e t h e r e i sn o t s u f f i c i e n t s c i e n t i f i c b a s i s a t t h i s t i m c t o t a k e a p o s i t i o n oneway o r t h e o t h e r . However, i n v ie w o f t h e i n f z n c y o f o u r s c e i n t i f i cand t e c h n o l o g i c ~ lknowledge (a pproximate 1.v one centu ry, ) , t h e ~ u b c o r n r ~ tt e e would a g r e e w i t h t h i s s t s t e m c n t by C ondon: "We mu st -n o t Pssume thz i :we ? r e c a p a b l e of i m ~ g i n i n g ow t h e s co p e and e x t e n t off f u t u r ~ e c h n o 1o g i c e l d e v e l o p m e n t o f o u r own 'or a ny o t h e r c i v i l i z a t i o n , snd s o wt muc:-3g u a r d p p z in s t 2 ssu min p t h z t - w e h sv e 2nv c ~ p a c i t y o im eg in e w h ~ t ' morea d v ~ n c e d o c i c t y would r e g 2r d a s i n t e l l i g e n t c on d uc t. " On t h e o t h e rh an d, we f i n d no c o n vi n c in p b a s i s f o r h i s s t e t e m e n t , i s s ~ f e oassume t h a t no ILE ( i n t e l l i p e n t l i r e e ls e w he r e) fr om o u t s i d e of o u r ,s o l p r svsf,em h es a ny p o s s i b i l i t y o f v i s i t i n g E ~ r t h n t h e n e x t 1 0 ,0 0 0yea rs . " : (l llhen does one s t ~ r t o u n t i n g ? )The q u e s t i o n a r i s c s w h et he r t h e r e i s a need r t a l l t b s p s c u l a t e ona s ~ e c i f i ~ cy p o t h e s i s , s uc h a s ETH, i n o r d e r t o d e ci d e on t h e s i g n i f -i c z n c e o f a s c i e n t i f i c p ro bl em , o r whether any known phenomenon i nq a t u r e lis w or th i ' n v e s t i g ~ t i n g . We t h i n k j t i s , b u t we r c c o g n i z c ztt h e s z m e , t i m e t h t th e .UFO prob lcm may r e q u i r e exp ens ive t o o l s o f *t ec hn ol dg y. T h e r e f or e , t h e q ue st id on of c o s t , ~ r i o r i t y ;2nd r r l c t i v ei m po r ta n lc e o f t h i s ! p ro bl em w i t h i n t h e t o t a l s p e c tr u m of r e s e a r c h c an -n o t b e o v e r lo o k e d . ' (The UFO Sub co mm it te e f t els t h c t the ETH , t a n t a l i z i n g ' t ho ug h i t mayb e , s ho ul d n o t be d r ~ g g e d n t o t h i s c o n s id t L ,1 t i 3 n 2s it i n t r o d u c e sa n u n as s e ss a b l e e lem ent of s p e c u l ~ t i o n ; u t t h e Subcommitpee a l s ~s t r o n g l y ! f e e l s t h ? t , f ro m a scientific and engineering: c+,;..~dpoint,. i ti s unacc$ptabl . e t o si m p ly ig no -e s u b s t a n t i a l numbers o f u ? ~ ~ p linkr io b s e r v a t i o n s an d c o c l o s e t h e book c ,S 3u t t he m on t h e b A s i s GI' r m a t u r e

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NA S A l s a id t h e m c t e or i t e l i k e v i r t u a l l y 2 1 1 o t h c r s , i s 4 .5 b i l l i o ny e z r s o l d . S c i e n t i s t s b e l i e v e E a rt h and o t h c r p l a n e t s were for med t h z tl o n g a g o f r o m a g a s c l o u d. ( S o u r c e , " B u f f a l o Ev en i ng Ntws I f c r e d i t -M ic h a e l M. P . G i n t e r )B a l l L i g h t n i n g May be ~ u c 1 e z . rR e a c t o r -- The m y s t e r io u s en d s t a r t l i n gphenomenon o f b a l l l l g h t i i i n g m2y c ? c t u z l l y be a n s t u r ~ l .e c l e c ' r r e a c t o ri n o p e r a t i o n , th r, ce G ol ora do s c i e n t i s t s s u g g t s t i n t h e c u r r e n t i s s u eof 9fNztureT1 agzzine .B e l l l i g h tn i n g i s a h i p h l p l um in ou s gl o be z p p e ~ r i n g n p r e 2 s o fc o n s i d e r ~ b l e l e c t r i c a l a c t i v i t y , e s i n storms:T%ny in s ta n c es have bcerr e c o r d e d s h o wi n g t h z t i t p o s s e s s e s r e l a t i v e l y e nor mo us e ne r g y . Y et itd o e s n o t e x p l o d e . I t s s u s t a i n e d , r s t h e r t h a n e x p l os i v e , r e l e a s e ofpower i s ev?de nced , by many c zs es where i t s h p t t e r e d wooden l o g s , c u t .m e t a l c ~ b l e s nd d i d othe'r d ~ m ~ g eo s s i b l e o n l y fr om a s u r p r i s i n g a r n o u n .of co n t i nue d power.P r ev io us t h e o r i e s t o Fcco un t f o r t h e - h u g e b u t r e h t i v e l y s l o w e ne rg yr e l e a s e and f o r t h e b e h av io r of b a l l l i r h t n i n g a r e found went ing. ?T 'hisei n c l u de t h e i d ea t h ? t . b p l l l i g h t n i n e might b e a S ph cr e o f i o n i z e d a i ro r p la sma . IThe s c i e n t i s t s s u ~ g e s t h z t , i f t o rn a do e s o r i n t e n s e thunderstormsc r e a t e a s u f f i c i e n t l y h i p h c o n c e n t r a t i o n of i s o t o p e s o f oxygen ( 1 - 1 7 ) ,n i t r o g e n ' ( N - 1 5 ) o r f l o u r i n e ( F - 1 7 ) p l u s hy dr og en p r o t o n s , t h c s c c o u ldi n t e r ~ c t i n a n u c l e ~ r c?tht:r t h a n m e re ly c he m ic al f a s h i o n , 2nd produceb e t a r a y s ; which i n t u r n de ca y t o e m it e n ot h e r n u c ' l e ~ r ~ r t i c l e , o s i -t r o n s . The r e l a t i v e l y l on g k l f - l i f e of t h e ' o xy g en a nd f l o u r i n e i s o -t b p e n u c l e i c o u ld ac co un t f o r t h e s u s t z in e d na t u r e o f t ~ e ? l l l s emi-s s i o n o f ! e n i r gy end t h e p o s i t r o n s , d i s s o c i ~ t i n g u r r ou nd in g r i r n o l e c d ~ nf o r t h e a t t e n d a n t glow. ( S o u r ce , "Arkansas Democrat f; c r e d i t - Lou ~ a r i s i i ;Science Says Ezr th Germs Live on Moon -- Nov. 1 5 , 1 9 70 : S c i e n t i s t si n t h e L un ar R e c e i v i n g - L a b o r a t o r y ? t t h e U . S. S p a ce C e n t e r a t H o us to nr e po rt l a! co m rn o n germ f r om c ~ r t h p p c? rc n tl y s u r v i ve d t , h r k e y e z r s i n t h eh o s t i l e e n v ir o nm e nt o f t h e moon. The r c p o r t cemc fol l 'ohl ing ti?& i s ~ o v i ; r , ~of t h e b a c t e r i a on a t e l e v i s i o n c amera r ~ t u r n c d o e ~ r t h y t h e A p o l l 512 crewmen,I de n t% f 'i ed a s s t r e p t o c c u s m i t i s , t h e m i c r o -o r g ~ n is mw ? s found ont e l e v i s i o n camera which As t r on au ts Ch ar le s Conrad and Alan Bc?n removedf r om t h e 'S u r v e yo r III un-manned moon lan de r du r in g t h e i r moon welk l c s tNovember.! Surveyor 1111 lande d on th e moon i n 1967. The. germ w ~ s r c b -a b l y e x p e l l e d b y a w or km an ls b r e a t h a nd d e p o s i t t d o n t h c c am er z i n at e s t b e f d r e t h e S ur ve vo r was l a u n c h ~ d . I t cPmc t n l i f e '7. . g c L ' x ' 31 .growth media . ( - l , . ( I I ' . V;>IG U o c ...? % : '-" !.

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No. 1 0 i n a s e r i e s of p re -1947 UFO r e p o r t s .C h e r l e s t o n , S . C . , N E ~ COURIER-- Dec . 31 , 1893--Mr. H . K . C o r b e t io f S t . C h a r l e s , S um pt er C o. , v i s i t e d t h e o f f i c e s of t h e NEWS & COUHIERy e s t e r d a y a f t e r n o o n t o c a l l t a t t e n t i o n t o a n 'a s tr o n om i ca l phenomenonof which he w 2 s a n e y e w i t n e s s - He s a i d t h a t y e s t e r d a y m or ni ng w h i l ehe W ~ S n a t r a i n o n t h e L J i l r f l i n ~ t o n , o lumb ia a n d Au gu st a R a i l r o x l gc-i n g . f r o m Su mp te r t o F l o r e n c e , a nd w h i l e i n t h e i mm ed ia te n e ig h bo r ho o do f T im mo ns vi ll e, - t h e p a s s e n ge r s w e re s t s r t l e d by a g r e a t an d su d d enl i g h t i l l u m i n a t i n g t h e c o u n t ry and t h e i n t e r i o r o f t h e c a r . He l ookedo u t o f t h e window and sa w i ,n t h e s k y , p a s s i n g o v e r t h e t r a i n , a n o b j e c tr e s em b li n g t h e moon i n s i z e and c o l o r , b u t w i t h a l o n g v pp or y t r a i l .t h e o b j e c t p as se d v e r y r a p i d l y i n a r o r t h e 2 s t d i r e c t i o n , b u t f i n z i l yseemed t o s t a n d s t i l l i n t h e sk-y a b o u t - 15 d e g r e e s ' a b o v e t h e h o r i z c n .The t e i l w 2 s n o t s t e a d y b u t assumed d i f f e r e n ? . s h ? p e s , a t o ne t i m e l i k et h e l e t t c r G , ' b u t i t a t l a s t b e c ~ r n en e ~ r l y e rp e nd ic u l a r . The o b j e c t

was s t i i l v i s i b l e . 2 t s u n r i s e , l oo ki ng l i k e a s m a l l moon, b u t t h e t e i lhad d i s a p p e ~ r e d . ( C r e d i t - - J a n A l d r i c h )No. 6 of t h e Se r i e s '!The 1897 N y s t e r i o u s A i r s h i p nR e s e a r c h b y W a l t e r H . A n d r m, Omaha, Neb :, 'ApPi l 12- -The m ys te r i ou s a i r s h i p , wh lch ha s causedt h e v e r a c i t y o f ' many r e p u t a b l e , c i t i z e n s t o b e q u e st i on e d , p ro mi se s t obe c l e a r e d u p w i t h i n a , f ew - d ay s # t h r o u g h t h e medium of . t he t r ans - Iq i s s -i s s i p p i ex p o si t io n . L i t h e r t ' h i s ) i s t h e f z c t o r a s tu pe nd ou s hoax i s 't o b e p e r pe er a t e d :on t h e e x p o s i t i o n a u t h o r i t i e s , :the f i r s t m a i ly e s t e r d a y S e c r e t a r y Wa ke fi el d r e c e i v e d a l c t t c r d s t e d a t Ornzh~andbe ar in g ' t he pos tmark Omahe. :,The l e t t e r was s ig ne d Ilk. C . C l i n t o n s ' a n dr e a d 2s f o l l o w s : ,

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R o s e t t a H olmes r e t u r n e d t o C a r l y l e , I l l . , Dec. 5 from a v a c z t i o nt r i p ) L O ( s h e z.nd Dick s top ped t o . v i s i t -Ye Ed e n ' r o u t e - ~ n d asbeen up t o h er e 2 r s i n u f o - r e l ~ t e d p r o j e c t s e v e r s i n c e . She a s k s , u s 1t o i nf o rm t h e many who h av e c ~ l l c d nd w r i t t e n t ' h ~ t h e W I L L g e t a -round t o an sw er in g a l l m a i l and c a l l s 2s f:,st 2 s p o s s i b l e . H ~ v i n g,the mi sf or tun^ o f 6 r e ck ir .g h e r g l a s s e s , s h e w2.s ' f u r t h e r d e l a y e d i nkeep ing up wi th he r work--bu t -evenf on va ca t i on , Ros i e p lugged S K Y L O O Kand s e n t i n s u b s c r i p t i s on s ! S i n c e t h e f i r s t o f necember s h e h 3 s h ~ da r t i c l e s p ub l i sh ed i n , t h e I l l i n o i s . p re ss , a t tend-ed th :e .UFO ~ x t t i n g-aL Z ' i i i i , r a l m b e r g s , t r a c k e d down dome UFO s l g h t l n g s , ancl appc?rt;d onc e n t r a i i a , 111. l lHot. Li ne " program on Radio .WILY, and , i s i .orKing 'onp l a n s f i o r a UFO 5 ~ c ~ u r . eo b e p r e se n t ed a t a h i g h s c h o o l i n h e r a r e a ,And s h e w i l l zax:'- * t h c T 3 --ti - b~ B r c e s e , I l l . , J a n . 10 th . We

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