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NICAP REDEPLOYS NICAPANDAPROCONFER
With the Bew Decade, Ne
w Strategy on C
o
rporate Operations C
o
ope
r
at
i
ve
P
act
i
s Sought
NiCAP is marching to a new drum. NICAP and APRO, two of the major UFO research o
On December 3, 1969, the Executive Committee of ganizations in the world, have conferred for the first time o
NICAP's Board of Governors met in special session to map ways in which they might work together.
new operational policy for NICAP during the 1970s. Enacted
w
a
s a broad program to redefine
a
nd restru
ct
ure NICAP's In expl
o
ratory talks
i
n Washingt
o
n
,
D.C
.
, representat
i
ve
of the two groups met informally last month to discuss th
c
o
r
po
ra
t
e affa
i
rs
,
general statu
s o
f their
r
especti
v
e c
o
m
p
ani
e
s and the
U
F
Among the changes called for were astandardized mere- movement. Accord was reached on the need for rethinkin
bership system, based on automated file maintenance and an
NICAP-APRO relations and the possibility of joint cooper
ann
u
al rene
w
al cycle; rep
l
acement of the old UFO Investi- tion
o
n scienti fic proj
e
cts.
gat
o
r with a drasti
ca
lly restyied monthly newsle
t
ter; and far-
ran
g
ing planning
o
f new se
r
vices to N ICAP members. Both groups felt the past 23 years of UFO investigation
The renovation program was introduced to assure had seen excesses in representation and interpretation
NICAP stable economic and
a
dministrative f
o
oting
i
n coming many events in the UFO field. Acknow
l
edging their ow
y
ear
s
, error
s i
n t
hi
s respect
, t
he gr
ou
p spokesmen agree
d t
h
a
t
i
The 1960s had been a turbulent time for the UFO field, creased conservatism was the only practical policy for th
Extreme fluctuations in public interest and reported UFO future. With accentuation of objective research, the spoke
a
cti
v
ity char
a
cterized the decade
.
The relat
i
ve quiet of 1960- men sa
i
d, muc
h
of the contr
o
versy surrounding personalitie
6
4 was b
r
ok
e
n by an unex
p
ected s
u
rge of
sig
h
tin
gs at m
i
d_ an
d v
este
d i
nterests c
o
ul
d
be a
v
oided
.
decade, which included the now classic swamp gas episode
of 1
9
66
. T
his in turn stimulated
w
idespread public debate
,
No attempt wa
s
made at
t
he conclave to work out d
which led to the controversial Colorado Project and Condon tails of any liaison the two organizations might enter int
Report, Then, as U.S. elections approached and social issues Further negotiations wig be necessary before any specif
dominated the news, sighting reports -- and general interest -- program can be mounted.
reversed toward earlier levels. APRO, located in Tucson, Arizona, is the Aerial Phe
For NICAP, the fickle trends proved difficult to cope omena Research Organization. Older but smaller than NICAP
with. In reviewing the corporation's internal business history, it operates in much the same way as NICAP, although tr
the Executive Committee noted continuing problems in such ditionally it has been regarded as more liberal in some of
areas as funding and allocation of resources, policies.
To help meet these problems, the Committee established
st
r
i
c
t ne
w
fis
c
al controls.
W
ith t
h
e aid
o
f
l
ega
l
c
o
uns
e
l
,
bank-
ing and accounting procedures were revised, a
n
d budgetary
plans were initiated. In addition, overhead expenses were MAJOR KEYHOE RETIRES
substanti
a
lly
educed.
L
ore Takes Leave; Nixon Appointe
d
in taking t
h
e actio
n
, th
e
Co
mmi
t
t
ee s
t
ated,
it is ou
r
co
n
v
i
ction t
h
at (present) NIC
AP
patrons
-
-
a
nd many more
who have remained silent -- wig welcome know_edge that a Major Donald E, Keyhoe, for 13 years Director
thorough house cleaning is now being undertaken under pro- NiCAP, has retired at age 72 as helmsman of the organization
fessional egis... Kept by heavy administrative duties from his writing a
trave
li
ng interes
t
s
,
the M
a
jor stepped clown
w
ith great regre
O
n
e long-term prop
o
sal made by the
C
ommit
t
ee is a He
sa
id he ho
p
ed h
e w
ou
l
d b
e
ab
l
e to bet
t
er serve N
lC
A
P
in
National Advisory Panel on Scienti fic and Technical Policy.
This is envisioned as an adjunct to the Board of Governors to capacity free from the pressure of the Directorship.
pro
v
i
d
e
t
he nee
d
ed expertise f
o
r effecti
v
e gui
d
ance of The titl
e
Dire
c
t
or
has be
e
n r
et
i
r
e
d
wi
t
h him in r
ec
o
NtCAP's research effort. It is anticipated that once current nition of the special devotion he gave to it. NICAP's chi
business reforms are fully implemented, attention can be given executive officer is now President. Colonel Joseph Bryan I
to formation of the Panel and to related reconstruction of the Chair
m
an of NICAP's Board of Governors, h
a
s assumed th
research program. In the meantime, investigations and evalu- positio
n
in an actin
g
capacity, pending election of a ne
a
ti
o
ns are bein
g
m
a
de
i
n
a
cc
o
rda
nc
e with
e
xistin
g
pol
i
cy
.
President.
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2 UFO I
N
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Guest Article
Editorial
T
he last issue of the
UF
O In
v
es
tor
(
Septemb
e
r-O
c
t
o
b
e
r 196
9
) was
lished in October. Under the sy
then in effect
,
the next issue (Novem
December 1969) would have followed
December
.
On December
3, h
ow
NICAP
'
s E
x
ecutive Commi
t
tee dec
to aba
n
don the old bimonthly sche
and introduce a new monthly publica
of much d
i
fferent format and style.
is the first issue of the new edi
MARS: The Red Riddle Reduces The transition from the old s
b
y
John B
.
Carlson u
le
to the
n
ew ha
s
ta
k
e
n a
]D
o
g ti
m
I
n
structor
i
n Astrono
my
, University of Maryland
mu
c
h
lo
n
g
er
, i
n fact, tha
n w
e had
Chairman, NICAP Capital Area Subcommittee hoped. Part of the problem was
difficulty in converting our member
files to a computer system at the
Data from Mariner 6 and 7, the twin spacecraft that passed near Mars last time we redesigned the newsletter.
summer, ha
v
e now been suffic
i
ently digested to help answer some of the more two tasks put inord
i
nate demands on
intriguing questions about the red planet. As expected, the data provide no basis for time and manpower.
resolution of the most arresting question of all - that of indigenous life -- but they do
offer con
c
rete
c
lues to other elements of the mystery. We realize the hiatus has ca
The biggest surprise to scientists was the discovery of three disparate types of many NICAP members to wonder if
to
p
ography. The first type
,
called cratered terrain
,
h
ad
a
lre
a
dy been s
e
en in
h
ave been forgotten or if NICAP
photographs from the 1965 Mariner 4 mission, but the second type, chaotic terrain, ceased operations. For this we are
and the third, featureless terrain, were largely unsuspected, premely sorry. Had there been any
to avoid the delay, we would have t
Hope that Mars wou
l
d be found with landscape similar to
E
arth's was lost when
it.
Mariner 4 returned lunar-like pictures. Now, however, it appears that the Martian
surface
h
as even less in comm
o
n with Earth or moon than originally t
h
ought. To express appreciation for
Accordi
n
g
to
Do
n
ald P
.
Hearth
,
Direct
o
r of Plane
t
ary
P
rog
r
a
m
s
fo
r NASA
, patience
sho
wn u
s
, we
shal
l
en
d
ea
v
o
These three types of terrain show that the evolutionary history of Mars has been produce an interesting and informa
different from that of the moon
,
and possibly unique in the solar system. newsletter that; meets the best stand
Puzzled scientists speculate that the featureless areas are
c
omposed of a material of
jo
urnalis
m.
It
,
and the other inn
that readily erodes
,
thereby losing the crater impressions in a relatively short time. ti
o
ns
i
n our new corporate
p
rogram,
But this is only a guess, because no evidence exists on the nature of Martian erosion, serve, we trust, to impart to our m
if indeed any occurs, friends our renewed sense of purpose
Another si
g
nificant find from the Mariner data was the abundance of carbon direct
i
on.
dioxide. Not only is it the major constituent of the Martian atmosphere (approxi- For all our past problems, we
mat
et
y 90
p
e
r
cent
)
; i
t
als
o
acc
ou
nts f
o
r
th
e f
a
m
o
u
s po
l
a
r
cap
s
.
In
all
pr
o
b
a
b
i
li
t
y
,
face
a
n ex
p
ectant
fu
t
u
r
e. To
th
o
s
the caps are thin crusts of frozen carbon dioxide (dry ice) supported by cratered you who share this expectancy, we in
groun
d
. Whether any water is als
o
present is unknown
,
but present opinion fav
o
rs your continued supp
o
rt
.
The m
i
ss
i
o
only minimal amounts of it. st
o
r
e
is
a
n
a
dventure not to be mi
T
h
e so-called canals of Mars -- often cited as evidence of intelligent life
t
h
ere -- failed to turn up for the Mariner cameras
.
Like
t
he tiny dots that form a
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THE BOOKISCLOSED AAAS AIRS UFO PROBLEM
But Who Will Have the Last Word? Liberals Win Forum, but No IssuesResolved
The Air Force has written the final chapter to its opus Respectability for the UFO problem continues to grow,
on the unidentified. On December 17, 1969, Air Force Secre- due in part to such'events as the two-day symposium on UFOs
term
R
ober
t C
. Seam
a
n
g
, Jr. anno
u
n
ce
d
c
losure of
P
roject Blue he
l
d in B
o
ston last December by the American Association for
B
o
ok, the G
o
vernment's 21
-
ye
a
r-old investigati
o
n of UFOs. the A
d
vancement of Science (AAAS). Embracing testimony
Continuation of the Project, said Seamans, cannot be from fourteen spec
i
alists, the symp
os
i
u
m f
u
lf
i
lle
d
its stated
justified eit
h
er on
t
he ground
o
f
n
ati
o
nal securi
t
y or
i
n
t
he int
e
nt
'
t
o de
m
o
ns
t
r
a
te the a
pp
licat
i
on of scie
n
tific me
t
hod
-
interest of sc
i
ence
.
olo
g
y to a con
t
emporar
y co
ntrovers
y
, and
t
o ac
q
uaint scien
tists w[th the wide variety of facts and interpretations.
With the termination came rescission of AF Regulation
80-17, which provided for Blue Book's operation and related Conservatives in the AAAS, led by Dr. Edward Condon
policie
s
on
pu
bl
ic
i
n
form
a
tion. The regu]ation was promul- of the now past Colorado Project on UFOs, sought to throttle
ga
t
ed
in Se
p
tember of 1
9
66 to facilitate Air Force support of the s
y
mpos
i
um on grounds th
a
t it
w
as b
enea
th
t
he
d
ignity of
the Colorado Pr
o
ject, which began t
h
e following mont
h
, the Associati
on
. O
n
re
c
ord e
s
regarding the UFO sub
j
ect a
AFR= 90-17 superseded AFR 200-2, the old 1953 regulation nonsense, Dr. Condon went so far as to invoke the aid o
for the UFO program. Vice President Spiro Agnew, a key government figure in the
national space program. Agnew, however, failed to intercede,
Blue Book's doors closed literally at 3:30 p.m. EST on and thesymposium went on as planned.
January
3
0, 1
9
70
,
the day the Pr
o
j
e
ct offi
ce a
t Wrig
h
t-Patter-
son Air Force Base in Ohio was officially manned for the last Moving forces behind the eeoc/ave were astronomer Dr.
time, The famous Blue Book files had already been packed in Thor
n
ton P
a
g
e, o
f Wesl
e
y
a
n University; scientist Dr
.
Walter
boxes and started on t
h
eir trip south to Air
F
orce arc
h
ives at
R
oberts
,
former
P
resident o
f
AAAS; physic
i
st Dr. Phil
i
p
Maxwell AFB in Alabama, Lt.Col. Hector Quintanilla, chief Morrison, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and
B
l
ue Book off
i
ce
r, w
as sl
a
ted f
o
r
a
tr
a
n
s
fer a
s
si
gn
ment at astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan, of Cornell
U
niversity
.
Th
e
fo
u
r
Wright-Patterson until his retirement from the Air Force in men acted as a Special AAAS Committee to arrange the
A
p
ril. meeti
n
g
,
For all t
h
e scienti
fic
talent
p
resent, t
h
e s
y
m
po
sium
p
ro
-
Demise of the Project proved no occasion for nostalgia, duced no consensus on the UFO question. If anything, the
Hav
i
n
g
long conte
nd
ed that UFOs evidenced no threat to climate was one of mixed reactions and g_neral d
i
ssat
i
sf
ac
tio
n
national
d
efense, the Air Force
h
ad privately v
i
ewed its U
FO
with existing evidence and re
s
e
a
r
ch
. Al
t
hough sympathy
f
or
assignment as s
o
methin
g
of
a
m
on
k
e
y
o
n the ba
c
k
,
Predict- t
he C
o
n
d
on
F_e
p
ort
w
as re
p
resented, most
Q
f the scientis
t
s
a
bly
,
t
he
r
e
w
a
s c
o
n
j
e
c
tur
e
t
h
at the closure was just one m
o
re
saw the UFO problem as open-ended, still suffer ng from in-
stratagem in a cover-up of government attempts to probe the conclusive data and insufficient investigation.
UF
O m
y
stery. But Pentagon off
i
cials
i
nsisted the Air
F
orce
exit was just w
h
at it seemed -- fin
a
l
.
Most speakers gave some m
e
nti
o
n to t
h
e extraterrestri
a
l
hypot
h
esis
,
but t
h
e foc
u
s of t
h
e
s
ymp
o
si
u
m remained on the
multiple ways in which perceptual experience is difficult to
deal with scienti fically. Behavioral scientists had as much to
AIR FORCE
TO REFER SIGHTERS s
ay a
s
physical scientists, and the dia
l
o
g
ue p
r
o
v
ed on
l
y
to
Police,Yes;NICAP,No show that no firm conclusions are soon to be forthcoming
from th
e
m
ajo
r
i
ty of s
cien
tists
w
ho are curi
o
us about the
UFO
p
henomenon
,
Citizens who approach the Air Force with sighting
reports will now be referred to local law enforcement agencies.
That is t
h
e wo
r
d from Air Force headquar
t
ers on their
p
ost
- KE
Y
H
OE
R
ETI
R
E
S (continued
from
p
a
g
e
1)
Blue Book policy for handling UFO reports at the air base Major Keyhoe was appointed NICAP Director early in
level. 1957. HisreputationaganautborityonUFOsalreadyearned ,
Those citizens who feel their sigbtingg would be of more he guided the infant N ICAP (founded in 1956) through lean
interest
t
o scientist
s
th
an
th
e
p
o
l
ic
e will be a
d
vised to contact
y
ears and fat as it worked t
o
become acknowled
g
ed leader in
a
r
e
spons
i
bl
e m
ember of the scientific commun
i
ty. No serious UFO research.
specific scientist will be recommended. In announcing the Major's decision to retire, Colonel
The Air Force rejected a NICAP proposal to refer Bryan said, 'Major Keyhoe made enormous sacrifice in his
si
gh
t
e
r
s t
o o
rgani
z
ations
l
ike N
[
CAP
.
Wh
i
le c
o
n
c
eding
th
e c
o
mm
i
tme
n
t to NICAP
.
We
can
n
ot a
de
q
ua
t
e
ly
express
o
u
idea ha
d
merit
,
t
he Pentagon said impl
e
me
n
t
a
ti
o
n
co
uld
app
re
c
iation
.
be construed as Air Force endorsement of those particular In another development, Gordon I.R. Lore, Jr., former
a
gen
c
i
es
, The
o
n
l
y solut
i
on -- maintaining a nonselective N
[
CAP Assistant Direc
t
or, took an indef
i
n
i
te leave of a
bs
e
nc
referral
l
lst -
-
would be impractic
a
l
,
to devote more time to
p
ersonal
p
r
o
je
c
ts
.
Ap
p
o
i
nt
e
d to his
NICAP suggeste
d
t
h
e referral
i
dea might be adopted
po
s
t
under t
h
e ne
w
tit
l
e of Secretary-Treasurer was G. Stu
a
rt
without incurring charges of discrimination if the referral Nixon, previously a member of NICAP's Executive Staff.
list was based on recommendations from outstanding scientists Nixon, since 1967 the coordinator of NICAP's photographic
in the UF
O
f
i
eld
.
The A
i
r F
o
r
c
e, however
,
dec
l
ined to act on ana
l
ysis pro
g
ram
,
was also given cust
o
d
i
al charge of NICAP
th
e s
uggestion, propert
y
.
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How many times have you written NICAP and
,CLIP G000
G
RIE
F re
c
e
,
ved no answer?
Pr
o
b
ably
m
o
re
ti
m
es tha
_es, we have adjusted our dues rats again. But you care to recall. In recent years we hav
MEMOS this tim
e
you get som
e
thing tangible for your done a poor job of answering our mail, andw
BO aRD mo
ne
y
The fi
r
st and most
i
mportant be
n
ef
i
t
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proved impossible. We regret the delay very The AAAS article on page 3 was prepared in short on space or felt your commentswere no
much and sincerely appreciate your patience, part from material supplied by Raymond E. of general interest to the membership as
From now on, we will do our best to publish Fowler, Chairman of NICAP's Massachusetts whole.
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Kathleen Price. To them all, our sincerest don t forget us when you team about some- NICAP member Ted Thoben of Connecticu
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I am very interested in the possibility of request for photographs. I was most interested which to base reasonableconclusions.
employment with NICA
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Pa. to arrive at in the book which I have been
writing is that photographs can be so con- FrankS. Salisbury, Head
Job vacancies at NICAP occur infrequent- vincingly faked that one by itself virtually Plant Science Department
never constitutes proof, indeed, in the case UtahState University
Iv, Currently no staffing is being done. of the Trindede Island photographs, as in my
Whenever possible, hiring is done within Bioseience artlcle_ I felt that I did a pretty
the
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, O.C., area to minimize
good j
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the time and cost involved. However, impressed in spite of this, mostly because it BULLETIN
l
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a
good story from the
s
tan
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point
resumes from other parts of the country of the witnesses involved. Yet as you say, to
are accepted, so interested persons are be really impressed, one would at least like to NICAP is now tax exempt under
wefcome to wr
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,
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nesses personalty. The only real arguments
RevenueCode. Contributions made
against the validity of the photographs that to NICAP after June 11, 1969
,
are
I had encountered were these of Menzel, and tax
deductible by the donors.
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I woul
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George Van Tassel, Giant Rock Airport, tronomer friends in Brazil). So far as I could interested in helping NICAP under
Yucca Valley, California. tell, the accounts published by the Lorenzens the provisions of this ruling. Watch
at least involved direct interviews with the the UFO Investigator for further de-
T
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Fa
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r
fi
e
l
d
,
Cal. witnesses, these interviews having been carried tails,
George Van Tasse/isa contactee. That out by newspaper reporters and others. The
purported government document is certainly
is, he claims to have made personal con- interesting, but I have never quite been able to
tact with people from outer space. To accept it wholeheartedly -* although it is irm ON TAP FOR FUTURE ISSUES...
help promote this and other serlsational
pressive.
claims, he holds flying saucer conven- tt would be an interesting situation if the
lions at the California airport where he UFOs exist, represent extraterrestrial intell_- The Fourth Side Of TheBermuda Triangl
operates
a restaurant.
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regard_ gence of a high order, and yet no photographs
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the UFO intell i-
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