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Number 95
SKYLOOK
The UFO Monthly
75 cents
October, 1975
This 100-foot in diameter circle of 91 sequenced ISO-watt 91 spotlights by 100 one-million candlepower strobes. The P.S.I,
spotlights with one coded central light serves as a wide angle complex is designed to attract and study UFO's through a
visual signal at the Project Starlight International (P.S.I.) variety of sophisticated instruments. P.S.I, equipment was
facility near Austin, Texas. The electro-mechanical sequencer displayed and discussed at the recent UFO Conference at
may be replaced by a more versatile solid-state device, and the Ft. Smith, AR (story begins on page 10).
Founded 1967
SKYLOOK
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Dwight Connelly
Editor
Carolyn Connelly In this issue
Business Manager
humanoid reported in Ontario3 Canada—- :- 3
Walter H. Andrus First issue of PSI Journal available- •— , -4
Director of MUFON Ontario family 'invaded' after UFO sighting— 4
'Light in the sky' case investigated in California 5
Ted Bloecher
Hurrianoid/Occupant Cases
Friedman reviews Jacobs ' 'UFO Controversy ' •> 8
Ft. Smith conference—a summary and critique r 10
Joseph M. Brill Men say UFO visited dairy in California 14
Iron Curtain countries South Africa sightings described——•—— — 16
Adamski photo—copy or original?— • 17
The Rev, Dr. Barry Downing Giant UFO in France reportedly stalls cars 17
Religion and UFOs 'The Two' lead Oregon's 'missing persons' -18
MUFON Director Walt Andrus' Message •: -19
Lucius Parish Recapping and Commenting - -20
Books, Periodicals, History Astronomy Notes for November — -SO
South River, M (1963) correction • -20
Marjorie Fish
Extraterrestrial Life
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Thought barn was.on fire .
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however, she asked the witness- Probable Explanation southern California. Therefore,
es during the initial tele- Clint saw Jupiter that night as
phone interview to look at Estimated azimuth and eleva- "yellow."
Jupiter on the early morning of tion figures for Jupiter on the 4. The witnesses were pos-
the 25th to see if that could date and time reported were ob- sibly able to see the four at-
have been what they had seen. tained from Griffith Observa- tendant Galilean satellites of
tory. Jupiter, which were all in evi-
Weather was checked. On the 1 a.m. Elevation: JUPITER 30+ dence around the equator of the
morning of July 24, the skies degrees - OBJECT 36 degrees - planet on the date in question.
were exceptionally clear, the ^Azimuth: JUPITER 130-140 de- It is possible for persons with
result of sporadic thunderstorm grees -.OBJECT 125 degrees. exceptional eyesight to see
activity from a weak southeast- 4:30:a.m. Elevation: JUPI- these satellites without opti-
erly front which had been af- TER 45-50 degrees - OBJECT a- cal aids. The witnesses might
fecting the Los Angeles Basin bout 45 degrees. Azimuth." JUP- have seen them as indistinct
area several days. ITER 190 degrees - OBJECT 185 extensions of the disk. This
During an on-the-spot inves- degrees. could account for Laurette's
tigation at the witnesses' home It has been noted by personal impression of a "shadowy rec-
on July 26, Clint stated that observation of the investigator tangle behind the central blob
he had seen Jupiter the night (also an amateur astronomer) of light," and also might ex-
before, but that it was "yel- that Jupiter at its brightest plain Mrs. K's impression that
low," in comparison to the tends to look brilliantly white the object was "a conglomera-
bright white object the family when viewed in smog-free air, tion of light sources," or "two
had viewed. especially in the early morning blobs stuck together." The ob-
Figures on azimuth and ele- hours when the sky is relative- ject appeared round to Clint at
vation were taken, with engi- ly free of ground glow. In first, a normal impression. As
neer's compass and elevation- normal smoggy or hazy air, it he stared, his eyesight probab-
finder. Clint first viewed the assumes a steady, yellow glow. ly resolved the brilliant
object at about 25 degrees ele- It is assumed, therefore, planet and the attendant satel-
vation, 125 degrees azimuth. that the object viewed by the lites into a "sausage-shape."
At about 4:30 a.m. it was be- witnesses on July 24 was Jupit- 5. The zooming lights seem-
tween 40-45 degrees high, and er seen under an unusual set of ingly coming from the object
about 185.degrees azimuth. circumstances, outlined below: could have been Delta Aquarid
1. The sky was abnormally meteors, annually seen in late
Honest, Stable Witnesses clear, giving Jupiter an unus- July and early August. The
ual appearance. It. might be height of the display was on
The witnesses in .the inves- noted here that the night staff the mornings of July 27 and 28.
tigator's opinion,, are honest of the Griffith Observatory had One of the radiants of the
and stable witnesses, reporting several calls on the night in shower was slightly west of
what they saw—no more, no question in which Jupiter was Jupiter.
.less. She was impressed by the reported as a UFO. 6. Delta Aquarids are, by
careful way in which . they 2. Mrs. K has exceptionally reputation, "slow and bright,"
sought to describe. their ex- good far vision. Her children which could explain the fact
perience. and husband confirm this, Mr. that the objects were not
From July 27 through August K remarking that ."she has eyes recognized as meteors by the
2, efforts were made to identi- like a "scope!"' The children, witnesses. The other faint ob-
fy the reported objects. Other were probably; able to see the jects seen zooming in other di-
researchers in the area, were disk of Jupiter with unaided rections than FROM the object
contacted, but no correlating eyes. The planet at this time could have been from the meteor
UFO reports could be turned up. was -2.4 magnitude, or about shower's second radiant, or
Professional and amateur astro- 15-20 times the size and bril- sporadic meteors. The one ob-
nomical sources were contacted, liance of a first-magnitude ject which made a right angle
out these also failed to turn star. Its disk is 45" in equa- turn in the north and "joined
up any qualified observer who torial diameter, large enough with another," traveling west
had seen a "peculiar astronomi- for a person with exceptional to east, remains unexplained.
cal object" in the Long Beach eyesight to see it as more than (See Figure 4)
area on the date in question. a point source of light. Since there is a high proba-
Consultation with a profes- 3. By July 25, the skies bility that the object viewed
sional astronomer and two qual- over Long Beach had probably by the witnesses has a conven-
ified amateur astronomers, plus returned to . "normal," even tional explanation, no further
research into astronomical though the weak southeasterly action is planned on this case
journals, led to the informa- front was still affecting moun- at the present time. (Report
tion detailed as follows: tain and desert regions of filed August 6, 1974)
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Friedman says
By Dwight Connelly
SKYLOOK Editor
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features varied attractions
ghlights of the conference was the demonstration of Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the best-known name in Ufology, found himself
nts. busy with both the media and conference participants.
from, a qualified person under Hickson is how more or less angular size of the full moon
conditions not connected with' a self-employed in a field re- (about 30 feet in diameter when
UFO conference." Klass and lated to his previous work at distance was calculated), emit-
others have charged that the the shipyards. He is also ted an unusual orange color.
polygraph exam given to'Hickson working on a book with the help Beneath the object the light
several days after his alleged of a friend, Professor William appeared to be. brighter, .form-
encounter - was conducted by a "Chic1.1 Mendez. . Hickson says he ing something resembling : a
person whose skill was somewhat has not made ' any money on his shaft or beam which illuminated
questionable. . experience, .and that he does the hillside below. The object
. The most convincing !testi- not intend to. moved slowly parallel with the
mony on behalf'.of Hickson comes He has had at least one UFO ridge in a northerly direction,
from those on-the scene immedi- sighting . since the Pascagoula only : a few feet above the
ately after the incident alleg- experience, and he suggests trees. After being in view for
edly occurred, such as Dr. that he has had at' least one about 25 seconds, the object
James Harder of APRO, who con- additional contact (i.e. when darted backward over the ridge
ducted an abbreviated hypnosis asked how he knew that the "ro- toward a ravine and disappear-
on Hickson soon after the ex- bots" at Pascagoula were extra- ed. . '
perience. Dr. Harder and others terrestrial he indicated that • Hickson's initial reaction
present were convinced that subsequent events had something to the sighting, according to
Hickson and Parker could not to do with this conclusion). the PSI JOURNAL, was, "Well,
have faked the. terror which The one subsequent sighting I'll be!" The JOURNAL article
they demonstrated at the sher- which has been made public thus indicated, however,, that "Hick-
iff's office. far occurred about,9 p.m. on son's reaction left some of
Dr. Harder told me at the Oct. 12, 1974, at the Project those present with the subjec-
convention that "there is no Starlight International facil- .tive feeling that he was
question" but that Hickson ex- ity near Austin, Texas,, with pleased to be seeing something
perienced what. he. claims to five witnesses. On this occa- strange, but was not nearly as
have experienced. sion the group saw a very bril- startled as the others present
I had an opportunity to talk liant object resembling a disc —as if he had already seen or
with Hickson on two different on ^edge; or a sphere, about experienced something much more
occasions during the confer- 5,000 feet -to the , southwest startling at an earlier time."
ence. A rather retiring indi- over some trees. The object, :- Hickson said he and his fam-
vidual, .despite his notoriety, about 60 to. 80 percent- the ily still ; live in the same
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house as at the time of the there are varying degrees and
sighting, and that the family types. Working with a volun-
has experienced no particular teer from the audience, Mrs.
problems as a result of his ex- Mildred Higgins, he demonstrat-
perience. He says Parker has ed a technique which made use
now recovered from a bad case of a ball suspended from a
of nerves which grew out of the chain, which was in turn held
sighting. by the person being regressed--
a type of pendulum which was
Polygraph Exam Workshop moved by the subject to indi-
cate answers.
A series of workshops for
investigators was conducted
Saturday morning, beginning Cattle Mutilation
with a polygraph presentation
by Sgt. Charles Hill. The
planned polygraph examination This workshop was conducted
of Hickson was, as already by Kevin Randle of APRO, who
noted, cancelled at Hickson's introduced the session by say-
request, but Sgt. Hill tested ing that there is no connection
another individual who claimed between UFOs and cattle mutila-
to have been taken aboard a UFO tions. Indicating his dis-
several years ago. fBecause pleasure at having to investi-
the individual does not desire gate mutilations when he could
additional publicity, his name be checking UFO cases, Randle
will not be used.) said the mutilations were the
Sgt. Hill indicated that this result of cultist groups and
individual "had not fully con- natural predeators. He said
vinced himself that the exper- some of these cases were mis-
ience had taken place," accord- represented by persons claiming Philip Klass, who has written two books
ing to the polygraph exam. to be UFO researchers. Randle "explaining" UFOs, took an active part
I later talked with this in- indicated that investigating in the conference.
dividual and his wife, and he mutilation cases had brought
maintained that the event had him threats, apparently from Klass the Nonbeliever
occurred as reported. His wife members of cultist groups, and
said that events over the past that he had become concerned Philip Klass, author of UFOs
several years, especially pre- enough to carry a gun. IDENTIFIED and the more recent
dictions which came true, had UFOs EXPLAINED, was reportedly
convinced her he was telling Some members of the audience
questioned whether there was attending his first UFO con-
the truth. The witness said he ference, so on the last day of
had been trying to put the ex- enough evidence to conclude
that there is positively no re- the conference I asked him his
perience out of his mind,"tell- reactions. He said he had en-
ing myself it didn't happen," lationship between UFOs and
mutilations, and it was sug- joyed the conference, and that
which he thinks may account for everyone had treated him very
the results of the polygraph gested that UFO investigators
keep an open mind on the sub- well. His most frequent and
exam. ject. Randle commented that most vocal critic was Stanton
Sgt. Hill explained to the his investigations had failed Friedman, who presented a tall;
investigators that the skill of entitled "UFOs Are Real."
the polygraph operator is of to turn up any relationship.
Throughout the conference,
extreme importance, and that Sources outside the workshop Klass continued to defend his
investigators should use only later indicated that a recent analyses of key UFO cases, such
those operators who have been case in Colorado involving as the Delphos, KS., case, ap-
adequately trained, preferably strange lights and a string of parently with sincerity. He
from states having strict cattle mutilations might tie frequently asked questions of
licensing requirements. UFOs with some of the mutila- other speakers, and tape re-
tions. This source .also sug- corded numerous sessions. Over-
Hypnotic Regression gested that radioactivity had all, he appeared to be an asset
been found at the sites of some to the convention, keeping UFO
Dr. Leo Sprinkle of APRO mutilations, indicating that proponents on their toes,
discussed the technique of hyp- investigators should routinely though seemingly not changing
notic regression, noting that check this. any minds.
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PSI Demonstration also enhanced the many unoffic,- tured part of the conference,
ial conversations throughout probably with each conducted in
Project Starlight Inter- the three-day event. two or more time slots.
national Director Ray Stanford, As noted, the Saturday 2 p.m.
his wife Kitty-Bo, and other to 5 p.m. segment of the con-
PSI personnel presented a most Convention Critique'
ference featured nothing but
interesting demonstration of public relations-type material
PSI equipment, which was trans- It is perhaps somewhat un-
appreciative to critique what from APRO, CUFOS, and MUFON,
ported to Ft. Smith from Aus- yet there were no alternative
tin, Texas, for the conference. was a unique, first-of-a-kind
UFO meeting. Overall, it was a sessions for this time period.
A highlight of the presentation On Sunday, Walt Andrus was
was a demonstration of the very fine meeting, and some of
the not-so-fine aspects were scheduled to discuss MUFON's
video-modulated laser beam, Investigator's Manual at 8 a.
which may be used for signaling perhaps beyond the control of
conference director Bill Pitts, m., the same time that Bill
UFOs and for possible testing Spaulding was supposed to dis-
of whether UFOs cause light who deserves congratulations cuss Ground Saucer Watch in the
beams to bend. for a fine job of pulling to-
gether diverse elements for the main session. Andrus wisely
The growing equipment com- cancelled his session so as not
plex at the Austin site is uti- first time. to conflict with what turned
lizing sophisticated instrumen- It would, in my opinion, out to be one of the better
tation in studying the UFO phe- have been preferable to have presentations of the confer-
nomenon. scheduled Charles Hickson1s
presentation on Saturday, since ence .
GSW Photo Analysis many of us have full-time jobs So much for the formal ses-
and long distances to travel, sions. The informal sessions
Bill Spaulding, director of making a Friday evening session were marred by three factors.
the Western Section of Ground difficult. Friday evening would First, two different "parties"
Saucer Watch, with headquarters have been, a good time for the were scheduled for Friday
in Arizona, described equipment directors of the three "major" night, effectively splitting up
which enables GSW to break down UFO groups to tell why they are the participants the very first
UFO photos into various ele- the best—a generally useless night of the UNITED for Objec-
ments for analysis. activity. If anyone wants to tivity conference. There was
Spaulding invited UFO organ- know what the various UFO no party of any kind on Satur-
izations to send photos for an- groups allegedly do, it is not day night. A little coordina-
alysis, but noted that a heavy difficult to obtain written in- tion and cooperation would have
volume of photos would slow formation. Unless a group has made this aspect of the confer-
down the process and possibly a worthwhile contribution to a ence more enjoyable and valua-
require charges to offset GSW convention program--such as ble.
costs. PSI's demonstration of instru- Secondly, the motel facili-
Participants mentation equipment, and GSW's ties did not seem conducive to
demonstration of photo analysis the gathering of individuals
When all is said and done, —it does not deserve a prom- into informal groups. The major
the best thing about a UFO con- inent place on the program. sessions were held across the
vention is the people it at- The Saturday morning work- street from the motel, and
tracts . It was good to see shop sessions on polygraph ex- there seemed to be no central
Walt and Jeanne Andrus again aminations, hypnotic regres- area, other than a small lunch-
after their move from Quincy to sion, and cattle mutilations room, where participants could
Seguin. I enjoyed meeting Tom- conflicted with the regular mingle with each other. The
my Bland for the first time, programs featuring the FAA conference was physically
and talking with Gene Steinberg radar team,'• the NORAD presen- split.
in person instead of by phone. tation, and the resoloutibn- Sessions which begin at 8 a.
It's always interesting to chat proclamation involving cooper- m. should be outlawed at all
with Allen Greenfield, and of ation between UFO groups. In conventions where participants
course our own Lou Parish. fact, the very interesting normally go to bed after mid-v
Allen,Hynek, Ray Stanford, workshop on polygraph exams re- night—especially where break-
Charles Hickson, Leo Sprinkle, sumed in the afternoon, though fast service was as slow as at
James Harder, Coral and Jim unscheduled, conflicting with the motel headquarters.
Lorenzen, Bill Spaulding, Bill Dewey Fournet's discussion of Finally, the Saturday after-
•Pitts, Walt Andrus, Dewey Four- Proj ect Blue Book. Since the noon session was just too long.
net, Philip Klass, Stan Fried- workshop sessions were of con- Not many people can listen to
man, Capt. Stephen Pease, and siderable value they should speakers from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
others on the official program have been scheduled as a fea- with no scheduled break. This
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was especially unfair to the
5:00 speaker, Philip Klass, who
was more or less an
guest.
outside Southern
Obviously, part of the sched- By Richard Hall
uling problem involved too many International Coordinator '
speakers and not enough time.
This in itself indicates the (A spate of UFO sightings in
high quality of the conference. Rhodesia and S. Africa which ap-
Perhaps it would have been parently began the first week of
impossible to limit the less July may stir a new official in-
interesting aspects of the pro- vestigation. MUFON Representa-
gram (i.e. the PR from the tive Carl Van Vlierden in Wands-
three UFO groups). Maybe the beck, S. Africa, has submitted
directors would not have come extensive newspaper coverage of
to the conference, .if they had the incidents and is circulating
not been allowed to speak for a MUFON report forms to key wit-
full hour each. Moreover, it nesses. This preliminary report
might have been difficult to Is this Mr. Klass? I've run out of swamp summarizes the main sightings to
justify providing PSI and GSW gas. date)..
with time . for their excellent -
presentations while denying Reports of oddly behaving
equal time to APRO, CUFOS, and Men say dairy lights in the sky began early in
July in the vicinity of Salis-
MUFON.
Perhaps some sort of criteria visited by UFO bury, Rhodesia, and quickly
mushroomed into a minor "flap"
can be worked out for future DAILY OBSERVER/Corning, CA, with wide newspaper publicity.
meetings." Perhaps the directors Oct. 16, 1975--Tyrone Philips, On July 13 a couple driving
of the major UFO groups will 38, and Hubert Brown, 22, claim to S. Africa, from Fort Victoria
agree to talk only when they they, saw a UFO at the Kent to Beitbridge (southern tip of
have something new and of gen- Plott . Dairy at 3:30 a.m. on Rhodesia), said that their car
eral interest to say—such as Sept. 30, 1975. The dairy, was followed by a UFO (D. F.
discussions on new equipment, where both are employed, is ADVERTISER 8/6/75). (EDITOR'S
new techniques, or new in- located seven miles south of NOTE: this was in the same area
sights. . .Corning, off Highway 99W. as the reported teleportation by
The object was described as "Peter" and "Frances" on May
A Summary disc shaped with a dome on top. 31, 1974; see March, 1975, SKY-
"It made a humming sound and LOOK. )
In summary, it was a good lit up the whole lot like day- On the same date at Berea,
meeting. There was a good mix- light," according to Brown. Orange Free State, S. Africa,
ture of the "popular" UFO , The object was first spotted journalist Gavin Alcock was sit-
material (Hickson), the current by Brown, who .had gone to the ting in his 16th floor flat when
scientific advances (PSI, GSW, back lot to round up the cows. he heard a loud .crash and a
NORAD, FAA), the "nuts and He ran back to the milk house sound like thunder. Rushing to
bolts" (workshops), the histor- and got Philips. a window, he saw a large glowing
ical (Fournet and Blue Book), They watched the .UFO hoverr orange, cigar-shaped object in
and the skeptical (Klass). ing and emitting a bright red the sky. The object "grew in-
Stanton Friedman seemed to light. After three to five visible from the center till
bring nearly all these elements minutes it soared off "in the just the edge was visible, then
together in his entertaining blink of an eye" as the two men vanished- completely." (RAND
and reasonably scientific talk, tried to get closer. The cows DAILY MAIL 7/14/75)
"UFO's Are Real." had fled from the area and gone
The field of UFO studies behind the barn when they saw Sightings Near Prison
would benefit from an annual the UFO raising a huge cloud of
conference of this type, al- dust. . . July 15: .Prison officials at
though the conferences sponsor- The case is being investi- Khami, Bulawayo (SW Rhodesia),
ed by individual UFO groups gated by Paul Cerny, MUFON di- saw an orange UFO, almost cir-
might suffer. Perhaps a week- rector for Northern California. cular with a flattish bottom and
long joint conference in a re- As additional details become rounded top, pacing their car at
sort area each summer could available, they will be printed a distance of about 2-3 km at
combine the best of all confer- in SKYLOOK. (Submitted by Joe 8:30 p.m. About 30 minutes
ences . Brill) later another prison officer saw
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Africa reports several UFO sightings
a similar object in about the about the overall reliability of sisting of two hemispheres weld-
same place. Next night at 7:30 the witness, but this informa- ed together. At one end are the
p.m. a bright, round, silvery tion has not been cleared for remains of a threaded pipe
object was seen hovering motion- publication.) screwed into a hole, and at the
less about 4 km northeast of the Police in Salisbury personally : other a gaping hole apparently
prison. After several minutes it witnessed and chased a UFO on burned through the metal. Orange
moved away rapidly in an easter- July 28. As three police on the and white markings, some re-
ly direction. (BULAWAYO CHRON- roof of the police station sembling faint lettering, were
ICLE 7/18/75; dates of the pris- watched, two officers in a pa- noted on the surface.
on incidents vary in other news trol car drove toward an object According to information re-
reports, but this one was clos- hovering .about 150 m above the ceived from the South Africa
est to the scene and seemed most ground. As they approached, the embassy by former international
reliable). UFO moved away and eluded them. coordinator Joe Brill, the ball
Late in July, Wing Commander At midnight that night, a motor- was examined by the Center for
Roger Simmonds, member, of Parli- ist reported, a "big bright Scientific and Industrial Re-
ament for Hatfield, asked the orange light" about twice as big search in Pretoria, but the
government to set up a committee as the setting sun, indented on Center was ' unable to identify
to investigate the sightings. top, followed his car as he the object or1 - its country of
In response the minister of drove from Marandellas to Rusape origin. The Center has now re-
transport and"power, Roger Haw- (southeast . of Salisbury). An turned the ball to the Capetown
kins, said: "I agree with him odor like foul sea water per- police.
that this is no joke and is a meated the car. (RAND DAILY MAIL During the first week of Aug-
matter that has and must be 7/31/75). ust there were numerous sight-
treated with some degree of ser- ings in the vicinity of New-
iousness." Metal Ball castle, Natal. In one case a
A Rhodesian Air Force spokes- farm family watched a silvery
man, however, claimed the ob- At Joubertina, S.. Africa, in object fringed with red, shaped
j ects "never show up on radar" an area called the Langkloff (at something like a rugby ball,
and--ironically--cited the fact, the southern tip of the conti- through binoculars and chased
that the U.S. Air Force had nent) , a silvery sphere crashed it in a truck. The UFO seemed
found explanations for 95% of to earch July 29, just missing a to diminish in size, then" "just
all reports. Minister Hawkins farmhouse and shattering a hard vanished in mid-air." (NATAL
said he would look into, the.'pos- boulder. (See SKYLOOK No. 93, MERCURY- 8/7/75)
sibility of forming a UFO inves- page 13). Later, reports, indicate As a result of the sightings,
tigation committee. . (RAND DAILY that it appears to be manmade, Carl Van Vlierden obtained from
MAIL 7/25/75; P.E. EVENING POST possibly some Russian space a newspaper columnist a 1972
8/9/75). hardware. According to the OUDT- green fireball report that he
SHOORN COURANT .(8/6/75) it is had mentioned while reporting
Man Reports Bruises about 60 cm in . diameter, con- the current sightings.
On July 26 at Macheke, about
110 km east of Salisbury, a wit-
ness reported physiological ef- Ancient Astronauts group plans Mexican trip
fects. John Clark, 54, a sales-
man, said a brightly lighted ob- The Ancient Astronaut Society pancy, including all land ar-
ject appeared at tree-top level is sponsoring a Thanksgiving rangements, air fare from Chi-
near his home and he was flung week trip to archeological cago to Mexico City to Villa-
to the ground and could not sites in Mexico Nov. 23-29. hermosa to Mexico City to Chi-
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move. He showed police large The trip will include visits cago, meals, hotel costs, and
bruises on his shoulders and to the Pyramid of the Sun, the entrance fees. Non-members of
chest that he said were caused colossal statues of Tula, the the Ancient Astronaut Society
by the "UFO"" "I think thVooject • enormpusiv-jstbne heads ^ rat La must include an addit.iona-l\ $25
J . ,- . -. . .
1976 MUFON UFO Symposium areas of electromagnetics, geo- I regret that I have been
magnetics, and atmospheric dis- unable to find time to set up
Robert Stinson and the Mich- turbances . my amateur radio station since
igan Section of MUFON are moving to Seguin, Texas, in
pleased to announce that the New Consultant order to keep in constant com-
1976 MUFON UFO SYMPOSIUM will munications with MUFON's four
be held June 12 and 13, 1976, Dr. W. Ray Foster, 104 West nets.
in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Web- 19th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
43210; Telephone: (Business) Ft. Smith Conference
er's Inn at 3050 Jackson Road.
Bob will be assisted by Ron (614) 422-6290, professor of Bill Pitts, MUFON state sec-
Westrum, Robert Masta, Dave geology at Ohio State Univer- tion director, is to be com-
Stupple, Nils Pacquette, Chic sity, has volunteered to serve mended for this ambitious
Mendez, and Dave Fideler, all as a consultant in geology. Dr. undertaking, whereby he had at-
of whom have attended MUFON Foster joins three other con- tempted to bring the directors
Symposiums. The brochure de- sultants in geology: Dorothy J. of the four major UFO organiza-
picting Weber's facilities and Gore, Loren W. Slentz, and tions in the United States to-
delicious food promises to ex- Irvin Summers. gether for a combined meeting.
ceed previous accommodations in J. Stanley Fouch, state sec- He was successful in securing
quality at a competitive price. tion director in Kansas, has outstanding representation from
joined the MUFON staff as an APRO, the Center for UFO Studi-
State Section Directors advisor in computer technology. ies, and MUFON.
Stan and his wife, Dorothy, re- We were very proud of the
Joe Santangelo, state direc- side at 9714 Ensley Lane, Lea- :ine contributions made by
tor for Massachusetts, has ap- wood, Kansas 66206. Stan's MUFON members Stanton T. Fried-
pointed the following members many years of experience in the man, consultant in nuclear phy-
to positions of greater respon- computer field with the I.B.M. sics; William H. Spaulding,
sibility as state section di- Corporation eminently qualifies state director for Arizona; and
rectors: David R. Downs, 632 him to assume this position. Ray Stanford, Project Starlight
Oak Hill Avenue, Attleboro, MA. International of Austin, Texas.
02703; Telephone: (617) 222- Amateur Radio Nets Your Director titled his pre-
7326 for Bristol County and sentation "MUFON: A DYNAMIC
Fred R. Youngren, 31 Highland Joe Santangelo, WINXY, Mas- SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION." A
Avenue, Lexington, MA. 02173; sachusetts state director and vote of thanks is extended to
Telephone: (617) 862-2061 for net control station for one of
Lou Parish and Ed and Mildred
Middlesex County. Dave has a MUFON's amateur radio networks, Higgins for their help to Bill
B.S. in Elementary Education would like to remind ham radio Pitts.
and is vice president of the operators and short-wave lis-
New England UFO Study Group, teners of the frequencies in
while Fred has a M.S. in Aero KHZ and the time in Universal
Time (UT) of each of the four
MUFON
Engineering.
John L. Warren, Ph.D., state MUFON amateur radio nets. They 103 Oldtowne Rd.
director for New Mexico, has are Saturdays at 1200 hours on Seguin, TX 78155
selected Joseph S. Accetta, 491 7220, 1300 hours on 3975, 1400 Phones:
Bryce Avenue, Los Alamos, N.M. hours on 7228, and on Sunday at
87544; Telephone: (505) 672- 1800 hours on 14270. A tele- 512-379-9216
1581, as state section director phone call from Elmer J. (MUFON headquarters and
for Los Alamos County. Joe is Romigh, Jr., WA5CTJ, colonel, Walt Andrus' home)
a physicist, a Ph.D. candidate USAF (Ret.) in Bandera, Texas,
at the University of New Mexico advised that the twenty meter 512-379-8850
and director of the Los Alamos net (14,270 KHZ) may shift to (Director Walt Andrus'
UFO Study Group. He has con- 14,284 KHZ, to avoid interfer- place of employment)
centrated his research in the ence with a NASA net.
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Recapping and commenting
By Richard Holt
(This month's column is directed "contactees" received all the I would add that "science as
toward articles appearing in the August, publicity and presented to the we know it" may well fall short
1975, issue of SKYLOOK.) public at large a highly dis- of being able to figure out,
This is an especially in- torted picture of what consti- what sort of entities we are
triguing issue incorporating, tuted the UFQ problem. dealing with, but primarily be*
as it does, examples of most of Today it is possible to talk cause science refuses to. try.
the hard-core problem areas and more openly about contact re- If we begin substituting--
controversies of the UFO sub- ports because the entire UFO what? mysticism?--for seienti-'^
ject-including human efforts subject has become more respec- fie method (which means only
to rationalize what is going table, and the reports are pre- careful, systematic validatlorM
on. In the latter area, I found sented and viewed in a more of evidence and 'logical reas-on'-
Rev. Barry Downing's review of balanced perspective. The sit- ing about it) then- we o,pe'n
Ernest Moyer's book on contac- uation today is due, in no door wide for totally
tees, religion, and UFOs to be small measure, to NICAP's pio- al acceptance of everything' a'jt-vsft
thoughtful and balanced. neering efforts. face value and.-,leave our's.elves: ;
Still, I take sharp issue-- no standards for sifting' '.out
and will continue to do so-- truth from falsehood.
with those who are perpetuating Ernest Moy-.e'r probably Is e,^>;J
the myth that NICAP ("scien- tirely sincere in his. ambitious -
tific," in Downing's example)
"has more or less avoided con-
ronomy project. However, if ...'-hi"? -ap-
parent standards . of'wlija^.con-
stitutes evidence'we're g|
tact cases all together." His
"case in point," the Barney and
Betty Hill report, was investi-
Notes
By Mark Herbstritt
ly adopted, then we
almost any liter a*itfr,e: ,!p
gated and brought to light by almost, anyit
NICAP. to. • Im.de e'd-y.
I make no brief for NICAP November Sky point, probably ortiy"
since 1970, but while I was As- help us.
Mercury--it may be seen as a
sistant Director we constantly morning "star" during the first
investigated contact cases in- few days of the month but by the South Ri
sofar as our limited resources 28th it is in superior conjunc- Ted Bloecher says it has beeiv
would allow, compiling thick tion. brought to his attention
files in ma-ny cases. Venus—rising about four hours the South River encounter (
Had Downing suggested that we before the Sun, it dominates the August SKYtOOK, p. 5) date
avoided TALKING ABOUT contact south-eastern sky during the Friday, Oct. 23, 19,6:3;^ is'
cases, that would have been early hours of the morning. possible, since Fridatv^ -the 23rd5
more accurate. And for good Greatest western elongation is 'ttea>5?ear fell on a "W
reason; our investigations in on the 7th. Bloecne'f- wrote to the
more cases than not led us to Mars--in Gemini and becoming for clarification, and
be highly skeptical of the very bright as it approaches the following ""reply: " '- ' - 5
"contactees." The constant opposition, it rises about three "...please be advised -t-h'at;'
standard applied was the de- hours after sunset. ,: the encounter occurred on FrSfl
termined credibility of the Jupiter--on the 15th it is day night which would have beera
witness (claimant), and many magnitude -2.4. It is well up the 25th instead of the 23rd of-;-
were established beyond reason- in the east at sunset. October, 1963. The. . .meriting
able doubt to be liars and Saturn--is magnitude +0.3. It that I attended probably eftcl^
frauds. is in Cancer and rises before on October 23rd. However, -I
Hindsight is a marvelous midnight. recall meeting with variousvN'ew''
thing, especially when it over- There is a total eclipse of England state forestry people
looks the context of the times. the moon visible in the eastern on Thursday and Friday and -.then-
In those days NICAP was trying part of North America on the leaving for New Jersey late
to get serious attention for night of the 18th. Friday afternoon. Please accept
good reports from credible wit- The Taurid meteor shower my apology for giving you' the
nesses, while the colorful reaches maximum on the 4th. wrong date."
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