Está en la página 1de 21

"We tell it as it is"

75
Number 86 The UFO Monthly January, 1975

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Of MUFONJ MUTUAL UFO NETWORK, INC.

Dr. Felix Y. Zigel, assistant professor at the Moscow work. In future issues he will quote directly from Dr.
Aviation Institute, is probably the top expert on UFOs Zigel's Russian manuscript, which Brill has obtained
in the Soviet Union. In this issue of SKYLOOK, Inter- through an unofficial source and had translated.
national Coordinator Joe Brill describes Dr. Zigel's
In
, Italy, landing case 3
SKYLOOK Close-in lighted globe in California
Criticism of Eric Von Daniken continues
S
8
The UFO Monthly Tasmania, Australia, has rash of sightings -10
26 Edgewood Drive Gordon explains need for creature research .. .. .. .13
Quincy, Illinois 62301 UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain discusses Zigel 14
Auto damaged by glowing object 15
In Others' Words . . . . . . . . 16
Dwight Connelly Project Starlight International explained 17
Editor MUFON Director's Message 18
N.C. group checks reported UFO 19
Carolyn Connelly Recapping and Commenting . .20
Business Manager
Walter H. Andrus EDITORIAL COMMENT
Director of MUFON
As noted briefly in the last issue of ent, In the meantime SKYLOOK and
Ted Bloecher SKYLOOK, the basic subscription MUFON will, of course, continue to
Hurrianoid/Occupant Cases price for the magazine will be $8.00 work as a unit in serving members
per year, rather than the $10 previous- and readers.
Joseph M. BrUl ly announced. MUFON members will Under the new $8.QQ per year sub-
International Coordinator pay a combination dues/subscription scription rate, SKYLOOK will not
price of $12 per year, effective Jan. 1, have much leeway in absorbing -in-
The Rev. Dr. Barry Downing with special provisions for multi- creased printing costs, UNLESS suk
Religion and UFOs member households and members scriptions rise dramatically in the
under the age of 18 (see Director's next few months. Subscriptions have
Lucius Parish Message in this issue). been increasing gradually, out the
Books, Periodicals, History Also as announced in the last issue, rate of increase needs to be faster if
SKYLOOK will remain a financially the pep-unit cost is to be kept in line
Marjorie Fish independent publication, as it has in these times, of rising costs. We will
Extraterrestrial Life since 1967, rather than merging com- continue to dp many of the things we
pletely with MUFON at this time. would normally expect a commercial
Stan Gordon SKYLOOK will, of course, continue printer to do, and this will help, but
Creatures & UFO's to serve as MUFON's Official Publi- we need the help of our readers, too.
cation, as it has since 1969. Through a Here is what we are asking you to
Mark Herbstritt series of meetings, both MUFON and do; contact your local libraries, both
Astronomy SKYLOOK agreed that it would be public and school, and request that
best to delay the proposed merger, they subscribe to SKYLOOK. In addi-
Rosetta Holmes pending completion of organizational tion, get ONE other person to sub?
Promotion/Publicity changes now underway scribe, If all our readers would do this
MUFON is in the process of stream- (or even a substantial number), the
Bob Kirkpatrick lining its Board of Directors struc- per-unit price would go down dra-
West Coast Coordinator ture to reflect the extensive growth matically. Members of UFO groups?
of the organization, and this process who are now sharing copies can help
Ted Phillips will take a great deal of work and by purchasing individual subscrip-
UFO Landing Traces time. It is hoped that the proposed tions (they make nice files and col-
reorganization can be finalized at the lectors' items).
David A. Schroth 1975 MUFON Symposium meeting in A significant increase in subscrip-
St. Louis/Mass Media Des Moines, Iowa, in July. As details tions would mean we could hold the
of the reorganization are decided, line on subscription rates, and prob-
John F. Schuessler SKYLOOK's eventual financial rela- ably enlarge and otherwise improve
UFO Propulsion tionship with MUFON can be deter- SKYLOOK.
mined more adequately than at pres- Will you help? :
Norma £. Short SKYLOOK THE UFO MONTHLY is published monthly by Dwight Connelly, 26 Edge-
Editor-Publisher Emeritus wood, Quincy, IL. 62301 U.S.A. Subscription rates: U.S. $8.00 per year; foreign $9,00 per year.
Single copy, 75 cents.
Second Class postage paid at Quincy, IL. 62301.
Advertising rates: $5.00 per column inch. Minimum charge of $5.00. All ads subject
to approval of editor
—2—
Jul)LlP, 1974

Italian UFO leaves—traces


Sent to MUFON by: Dr. Marco over their heads and the girls waved it to be of any real importance, but
Marianti, MUFON Representative their arms in a sign of greeting and then they went out on the balcony, of
for Italy. suddenly they observed in the lower their house and all the members of
Submitted through Joe Brill, Inter- section a light go on and off inter- the Ragni family (the father, the
national Coordinator for MUFON. mittently. The flashes of light were mother, Giovanna and her brother
very well separated from each other. Guido) observed in a distant field a
First phase: Time: 10:35 or 10:40 "They were like normal lamps . . ." very strange thing which was similar
p.m. Date: July 10,1974. "They were of a white yellowish color to what Giovanna .had reported to all
Three girls, Maria Grazia Gandini, and very bright," the witnesses re- of them.
Patrizia Cremonesi and Giovanna ported. It was a luminous sphere which
Ragni, were walking along the street The object slowed in its velocity seemed to hover at a short distance
when Giovanna Ragni called the at- and made a "gentle turn" always in above the ground and emanate a pul-
tention of her companions to a "very an undulating flight and then again it sating light which varied in its in-
strange light" which was moving very resumed the right angle turn toward tensity and in color without ever com-
quickly through the sky. the earth and in departing in a wavy pletely going out. In the moments of
It had a diameter apparently great- flight disappeared behind a house. great intensity, the light assumed a
er than that of a star, and its color After having run along the street a very strong red, while in the moments
it- changed from yellow to reddish- little further, the girls observed more of less intensity the color became a
orange. The "thing" approached with clearly a sort of "spot of fire" which clear orange.
a right angular diagonal type of di- shined forth in a field on the horizon. Guido Ragni, a security policeman,
rection with regard to the earth and Second Phase: Time: 11:25 p.m. picked up the telephone and called
with a very wavy type of motion, so Date: July 10,1974. the fire department of Pavia, but he
that the witnesses had the impression Giovanna Ragni returned home and was informed that if he was not
that it had the form of a perfect reported what she and her friends had speaking of a real fire that was
"semisphere." seen to her family, and they did not spreading, they could not respond be-
The "strange thing" passed directly give her story any attention or think cause this affair would not be of their

UFO KE(?£

OOOf- -r—< 1-
F4M .T/J*
'/rtrt^
6 To
-i 1—(—t-

U.T" H^ V
concern. about ten meters in diameter, flat on
The policeman returned to the bal- its base, part of the object going ver-
cony and noticed that many other tically up. Meanwhile, the witnesses
persons were standing and observing were truly frightened and they scram-
this luminous object in the field, from bled into their car and sped away as
the balconies of nearby houses, but he fast as possible. The mother observed
alone decided to go and investigate other particulars: a sort of "pillow"
for himself at close range'. He asked of red dust between the base of the
his sister to go with him. His mother, object and the ground below it" and a
moved by a protective sense for her sort of "fixed light" pointed toward
son, insisted and also went with them the ground in the lower part of the
to get a better look at this thing. object.
Third Phase: Time: 11:45 p.m. They calculated that the UFO was
Date: July 10,1974. about three hundred meters from
These three individuals climbed them, and they heard no sound nor
into their automobile and after leav- smelled any odor nor had any other
ing the main highway they threaded
their way along a dirt road which
took them into the area that they
were interested in, but instead of see- The electrical power station.
ing the "luminous object" they saw
nothing but complete darkness. to the road. On the other broad'side of
The day had been hot and serene— the rectangle there were three burnt
a typical Italian summer day in July tracks in the form of triangles point-
—the moon had already set and the ing towards Pavia.
night was dark and perfectly clear. It should clearly be pointed out that
Everything was in order, and in the the field where these traces were dis-
sky many stars were shining which covered had been sprinkled abundant-
seemed to smile down ironically, but ly after the harvesting so that on the
there were no strange noises heard. 13th of July the ground was still
Now, rather completely confused, soaked with water, so that, a normal
the policeman supposed that all the fire was simply impossible.
witnesses, himself included, had been While investigating this sighting,
deceived by a very unusual natural the Carabinieri discovered another
phenomena, and after a short while trace on the road which bordered on
they decided to go back home. But the field. There was a circular im-
then the mother let out a scream, and print of about one and a half meters
Guido turned suddenly to see what it This sketch of the alleged UFO ap- in diameter (one meter and 50 centi-
was. There in the field hovering was peared in the Aug. 1, 1974, edition meters exactly) and very definitly
the same object they had seen from of "Corriere d'lnformazione." "fresh," according to the Carabinieri.
the balcony of their house, shining Some newspapers reported that two
brilliantly. E-M effects of any kind. persons (Mr. Vecchi and his daughter
It was a "luminous semisphere" of Fourth Phase: Time: 00:15 hours. Elda, who live near the landing site)
Date: July 11,1974. between 11:45 and 00:15 hrs. went
On returning home, the policeman into the corn field to extinguish a
Two "very scorched" ,Ragm called the Carabinieri (Italian little fire that was burning.
areas national police) of Pavia and with Very near to the landing traces
them returned to the site. The UFO there pass electric power lines, and
was no longer there, but they dis- there is also an electric power cabin
covered a very large trace on the directly in front of the burnt trace on
ground formed by the stubbles (the the other side of the dirt road.
grain had been cut previously by the Two very intensely burnt areas ap-
peasants) which had been burned and peared in the center and the right of
scorched in a circular manner, with the rectangular trace, and also the
a whole line of dust and ashes scat- circular imprint found on the road.
tered on the surface. All of the witnesses seemed honest
The traces were many meters from and sincere during the interviews.
a very dusty road which ran along- The Commanding Officer of the se-
side this grain field. The trace had the curity police guaranteed the unim-
form of a rectangle (about 30 x 15 peachable seriousness and alertness
meters), with the broad side parallel of the principal witness, Guido Ragni.
—4—
California, May 23, 1974
Close-in lighted globe reported
By Ann DruHel diamond light points, or whether the
MUFON Inrestigator impression of extra outside lights on
This sighting on May 23,1974 involv- the rest of the bottom was caused by
ing an unidentified flying object is reflection from the intense band, the
recounted in detail for three main tiara effect around the middle. But
reasons: the entire bottom half was so brilliant
•1. The closeness with which the < ' I ' I I t I / / / / / that it gave the same effect.
UFO approached the witness; O OOOOOCM3OOO OOOOOOOOOOO "When the globe was coming at me,
2. The wealth of detail regarding \ \ \ \ \ \ \ it was very slow, even seemed close
the UFO as noted by an exceptionally O O P • O o to hovering at first. I don't remember
observant and eloquent witness; and it growing in size as it came nearer.
3. The nature of the witness herself Its slow speed enabled me to get a
and the effect of the UFO upon her good look at it. It was in full close
which might provide some clues to 'a view for about 25 seconds.
suspected link between UFO activity "At no time was there any light
and parapsychology. beamed at me or the surroundings
Since the witness, Miss Ethel Berg- from the thing. It radiated by itself
man, 64, is exceptionally well-read, and within itself. It cast no shadows
educated, and uses very clear and on the ground, at least none I noticed.
meaningful language, most of the text of I was staring at it so intensely I
will be in her own words. The nar- vestigator), or about six to eight feet didn't notice anything else around me.
rative has been taken from a .45 .min- in diameter. All -I could think of was At no time did the lights on the ob-
ute tape recording made at the scene that they found me there and they ject blink, but the lights around the
of the sighting. It is essentially se- thought they'd have some fun. I center gave off sparkles, not in regu-
quential, but has been edited down to haven't been out since I've lived here lar rhythm, though. It was rather the
a manageable length: at 1:00 at night. irregular dimming and brightening of
The Sighting "It was right in front of me, full scintillation, like a diamond, or the
"At 12:57 a.m. (just past midnight) size, when I first saw it. The thing that sun reflected on water, rather than
on that day, I stepped out onto my hit me was the two different types of blinking. It wasn't an on-and-off deal,
second-story balcony to shake out the lighting on it. On the top half of the but a constant scintillation.
drapes. I'm that way. I do things when sphere, the inside had a glow like an "After it approached me, moving
the mood strikes me. I was banging illuminated milk-globe lamp, but east to west, it veered to my right
away at the drapes on the balcony more translucent, really more like a (south) went just over a tree about
rail, which faces east. I noted that the frosted incandescent light bulb. You twenty feet away, and then started
clouds were very high and thick, but couldn't see through it — it was like leaping up and off southwest at a
they did not cover the sky. They were solid incandencent radiation, very in- diagonal. I ran to the corner of the
torn and ripped, and a lot of dark sky tense. porch because I wanted to see what
showed between them. Diamond-Like the back looked like. Naturally I
"I had my eyes again on the drapes, "Then right in the center of the wasn't going to miss anything.
when all of a sudden I felt that a globe, just like a dividing line, were Fin Visible
bright flashlight was in my eyes. gleaming diamond-like points of light, "In the darkness around the ball of
Straight with the line of my vision, pinpointing the outside. This very light I saw a little fin or fish-tailed
right over a red roof on the next block, sharp lighting made a contrast with thing sticking out from the bottom.
I saw a bright white light so brilliant the solid lighted portion above, even (See Sketch 2) I've never been able to
that I couldn't see any nearby points compared with the intense glow figure the exact shape. I saw the
in relation to it. The object had me above. It was like a diamond tiara shadow of an outline. There was no
mesmerized immediately, not in the around the sphere, astonishingly appurtenance over or under it, just
sense that I didn't know what I was bright. These points seemed to be that little protuberance in the rear.
doing, but I knew I'd never seen any- extra lights coming from the outside. "The fin was darker than the back-
thing like it and probably never will (See Sketch 1) ground of the sky, because the sky
again. But it didn't occur to me that "This diamond effect must have around here gives off a little sheen
it was anything out-of-space until gone around to the other side. It from reflected lights of the city. I got
later on. seemed to encircle the sphere. I can't a look of about five seconds at the
"It was a perfect circle, and the remember, because of the sharpness back. On the back, the upper part was
size seemed to be about the size of a of the light, whether the entire bottom not so bright. The glow still came
wall there (pointing behind the in- of the globe was sprinkled with these from the center, but the under part of
—5—
the globe still reflected the same the object was, in fact, really that
scintillating kind of glow, only not so close to her. The same applies to her
bright as on the front of the thing. The judgment that the object passed
glow was enough, however, to make a 'above the nearby tree.
shadow out of the fin-shaped thing. The fact that she did not at any
"I didn't see exactly where the fin time notice it growing in size as it
was.attached. It could have been up „ "moved toward her" indicates to me
into the body of the thing and stick- that- it was, in actuality, very close.
ing out from beyond the perimeter. Its failure to grow in size hints that it
That doesn't mean that it couldn't was much nearer to her than a block
have been stuck on up on the body, away (400 feet) when first seen, even
only that the light prevented me from though it seemed to her that it was
seeing it among the glare. If I had to over a red roof on the next block when
choose a color for the fin, I'd say it she first saw it.
was dark brown. The sensation of its moving nearer
No Sound was doubtless caused by its moving
"Lwas fascinated by it. There was ftff- from five degrees elevation to seven- '
no sound at all. I have unusually good teen degrees elevation during its
hearing, being able to detect, the low- "slow approach." Did the object, in
est and highest sounds audible to the forget to do it in the morning. It's fact, "materialize" close to her, just *
human ear, according to audiometer not like I was going out looking at the as it seemed to "dematerialize" at its
tests I've had. In fact, even ordinary sky, even. disappearance?
noise bothers me, like my landlord "It was like Jung calls synchro- The object subtended an angle of
. handling lumber or hammering in the nicity. It can't be coincidence, be- about two degrees arc. She compared
back yard. cause I'll probably never again see it to the size of a small bottle cap
"The oddest thing of all was the anything like that so close. It aimed held at arm's length, after searching
way it disappeared. It leaped up into straight at me, and then when it came through her house for an adequate
the southwest sky and disappeared. close, it veered right off." comparison, since the investigator's
When it took off, it was so fast it was Viewing Angles usual comparison objects, aspirin,
gone in the blink of an eye. It never After the interview, angles were ob- dime, penny, quarter, etc., did not suit
got up into the clouds. My impression tained by the investigator from the her. The bottle cap is about one and
was that it disappeared maybe like places on the porch where the object one-half inch diameter (3.8 centi-
it went into another dimension and was viewed. The object was first seen meters).
became invisible. You saw it, and at 80 degrees azimuth, and was at 200 The great apparent size, the wit-
then it disappeared and it was gone! degrees azimuth when it disappeared. ness' unshakeable belief of closeness,
"I'm mystified about how I saw it When first seen it was at five degrees and the fact that at no time did it pass
come down so low. I never actually elevation, and seventeen degrees ele- behind any of the many available ref-
saw it go behind or in front of any- vation at disappearance. erence points in and around the yard
thing, but it seemed to be maneuvered At its closest point east to west give credence to the possibility that
in order to avoid bumping into the toward Mrs. Bergman, it was seven- the object was, indeed, very close,
wires and trees in the back yard. In teen degrees elevation, and main- perhaps on the order of twenty feet
fact, I thought it was going to land in tained that elevation as it passed away. These points also give credence
the back yard! above a tree by her garage some to the possibility that the object was,
"I saw it certainly no less than twenty feet from the southeast corner as the witness thinks, maneuvering
thirty seconds, and it seemed as long of her porch, traveled through the about the yard and house (and around I1'
as a minute. Not only do you lose southern sky, and finally disappeared her?).
track of time, but you're just in a dif- at seventeen degrees elevation in the The tree over which it seemed to ?
ferent mood when you see something southwest. . pass had branches reaching up to •
like that. You're not thinking of the It is about nine feet from the spot about fifteen degrees elevation. There
passage of time, you're thinking that where Mrs. Bergman was shaking her was no evidence of burned branches,
here's something you've never seen drapes to the corner of the porch wilted leaves, etc., on this tree.
before and you're concentrating on where she moved quickly to see the Personal Data.On Witness
observing it. back of the object. We reenacted the
"It certainly wasn't more than a entire sighting to obtain an estimate Miss Bergman is divorced, no chil-
block away when it came upon me, of its duration. It came to between 27- dren. She lives alone in a densely
this I am certain. Look at the timing! 30 seconds. settled area of Los Angeles, on the
It's a funny thing for me to do, shak- The angles indicated that the ob- second story of a rental unit, situated"
ing out dust from curtains at that ject, in relation to her, was just above in the backyard of her landlord's
hour of the night, but the thought just a telephone wire some twenty feet home. Miss Bergman is Jewish, was
occurred to me I'd better do it while from the porch due east, but of course formerly married to a man with an
. I had a few minutes because I might we have only her own judgment that Irish surname, but took back her
—6—
BEC DOUX El SES AMIS KEN MEAUX-EARl COMEAUX
rumi
QUOI C'ETAIT
C ETAIT C'ETAIT UN DECES
LES PRIX OE
SONTTROP

OWE OF THOSE
. FELLOWS. HE RAIDS
*WHAT
iii AT WAS
\A/AS TWM
THAT?
, PRICES TOO HI6H.
GWN6' 6ACK

maiden name when she divorced. her (curiosity?) nection.'


She is retired, having formerly She was entirely free of a prideful
Parapsychological Aspects manner. She spoke of the possible
been employed as a medical secre-
tary. She is well-educated, with two Toward the end of the interview, psychic connection only when di-
years of law school training. She the investigator on impulse asked rectly asked by the investigator, giv-
seems an extremely intelligent per- Miss Bergman if she considers her- ing answers to specific questions. She
son. During the interview and two self "psychic." She unhesitatingly re- was as objective in her manner
subsequent phone calls she has not plied that she did. She told of having discussing the psychic factors as she
made any attempt to embellish her gone through an "awakening of grace" was in her straightforward descrip-
original account of the sighting. in 1947, and since that time she has tion of the sighting.
realized that life is not a quest for Investigator Druffel points out the
She states before the incident she personal success or comfort but similarities between the Bergman
had never given thought to UFOs be- rather a period of opportunity for sighting and the sighting by Darrel
fore. She was very skeptical about one's personal spiritual development. Nickels in Oklahoma on Nov. 30, 1973
stories she'd heard, but now that she She considers herself Jewish but (May, 1974, Skylook).
has seen an unidentified flying object doesn't practice any orthodox re- Meteorological and wind conditions
herself, she accepts them as real. ligion. She accepts Christ as her for the day and time of sighting indi-
She states that she has trouble spiritual leader. She feels that she is cate that the object was traveling
wearing a watch (a fact that seems to "an old soul," one which has lived counter to the flow of wind.
crop up from time to time among other lives before in its quest for per-
UFO witnesses). She has tried brand
name after brand name, but they sonal development. UFO course planned
either refuse to run or run too ir- She speculates that the object at U of Alabama
regularly to do any good. She has no- might possibly have found her differ- A Course entitled "UFOs: A Scien-
ticed, too, that electrical appliances ent, not only because of her effect on tific Approach""will be taught May
in her home have abnormally short electrical equipment, but also be- 12 through May 30 during the Interim
use-lives. Radios go out after only a cause of her concentration on psychic Term at The University of Alabama,
few months, her television is often in and spiritual development. She felt Tuscaloosa, Ala. Professor E. J.
need of repair, her refrigerator gives that the object "had an existence in Planz, Associate Professor of Metal-
shocks. another dimension," but temporarily lurgical Engineering and MUFON
appeared to her eyes in a physical State Director for Alabama, is,con-
She has wondered often, even be- state for whatever its reasons might
fore the UFO incident, if the electri- ducting the course.
be.
cal charge in her body is somehow Anyone interested in enrolling in
abnormal. She speculated about the She commented that since the spir- the courss may obtain particulars by
possibility that the UFO might have itual or psychic world is of a vibra- writing to Dr. Donald Noble, Director
detected this about her, accounting tory rate different from the physical Interim Term, Box BG, University,
for its extremely close approach to universe, there might be some con- Alabama 35486.
— 7—
Serious researchers dubious
Criticism of Von Daniken continues
By David Branch . . . can be seen in quantities in the
Santa Ana Register Cairo and other museums . . . (He)
Copyright 1974 by David Branch may well ask why the Egyptian
priests lied so shamelessly to the
Von Daniken: If I find that what traveler Herodotus (about alleged
I've written is wrong, then I will be gods from the sky . . . but we may
the first to correct i t . . . I never in- equally well ask why the modern
vent anything. Herodotus (Von Daniken) with all
the contrary facts before him should
Interviewer: In the book ("The so shamelessly continue the decep-
Gold of the Gods") you say (archaeol- tion."
ogist) Moricz led you in darkness, —E.C.B. MacLaurin, head of the f
then gave yon the command, "Switch Department of Semitic Studies, Uni- "
on your torches!" You write, "We are versity of Sydney: "Von Daniken's
standing dumbfounded and amazed in chief weakness is sheer ignorance ... '
the middle of a gigantic hall" Is that —Photo by Dwight Connelly (His) book is superficially plausible
what really happened? Eric Von Daniken was a featured but cannot stand up to examination.."
Von Daniken: No, that is not true. member of a discussion panel at the —Barbara Thiering, lecturer in
It is what I call theatrical effect. — first conference of the Ancient As- Hebrew and Biblical Studies, Univer-
"Playboy," August 1974. tronaut Society last summer in sity of Sydney—specialist in the Dead
Chicago. Sea Scrolls: "Von Daniken's state-
The 25 million-copy international ments about the Dead Sea Scrolls re-
best-selling books by Erich von Dani- is now teaching. "Playboy demolished veal ignorance of basic fact and basic
ken ("GodsiFrom Outer Space," "The Von Daniken," Lawson said to me methodology."
Gold of the Gods," "In search of the recently. —Gordon Whittaker, lecturer in
Gods," and "Chariots of the Gods?"), Prior to reading the Playboy inter- Aztec Civilization at Brandeis Uni-
in which the Swiss author argues that view last week, I had discovered versity, U.S.A.: "Von Daniken ap-
astronauts from outer space visited "Some Trust," a compilation from pears to have gone out of his way to
the earth in ancient times, have come Australia of authoritative analyses of distort and ignore the known facts of
under devastating attacks recently. Von Daniken's "Chariots." Salient Aztec civilization."
(Von Daniken has become a mod- statements from "Some Trust" fol- —N.K. Weeks, lecturer in Ancient
ern phenomenon; his theory, a world- low: History, University of Sydney: "From
wide fad. In America, Playboy maga- —A.D. Crown, senior lecturer, De- the point of view of the Mesopota-
zine said recently, "Von Daniken partment of Semitic Studies, Univer- mian evidence, this book is so full of
ranks in popularity ... somewhere be- sity of Sydney: "There can be little error, mis-statement and untruth as
tween the streaking and the exorcism doubt that a group of responsible to be worthless."
craze. 'Chariots' is in its 44th paper- scholars drawing on their training —Clive Houlsby, chartered civil en-
back printing, with U.S. sales esti- can demolish the arguments put for- gineer, Australia (who analyzed Von
mated at 5,000,000 copies.") ward by Von Daniken in his 'Chariots Daniken's claims of outer-space in-
Both in a book titled, "Some Trust of the Gods?', for there is barely a fluence in the construction of the f
in Chariots" (Popular Library: New statement in the book which will Egyptian pyramids): "It seems
York; 128 pp., 95$), and in a cutting stand scrutiny." fatuous of Herr von Daniken to have f
interview in Playboy magazine —Colin Gauld, lecturer in Science built such an extensive theory on such '*'
(August, 1974), the "evidence" sup- Education, University of New South readily disprovable premises."
porting the ancient-astronaut hypoth- Wales: "Von Daniken makes some Although authoritative opinions do
esis is dismantled to what some remarkable statements about specu- not in themselves disprove the an-
critics believe to be an irreparable lation which he openly contradicts in cient-astronaut theory, they do indi-
degree. other sections . . . This inconsistency cate that serious readers should ap-
One scholar who has followed the borders on academic dishonesty!" proach Von Daniken's books with
Von Daniken controversy, Dr. Alvin —Professor Basil Hennessy, visit- caution and skepticism. And "Some
H. Lawson, professor of English at the ing professor of Near Eastern Ar- Trust" contains numerous concrete
California State University at Long chaeology, University of Sydney; for- objections to Von Daniken's views.
Beach, is conducting studies into the mer director, British School of Ar- Playboy interviewer Timothy Fer-
logic and semantics of the UFO (un- chaeology, Jerusalem: "Von Dani- ris asked Von Daniken, at one point
identified-f lying-object) debate as ken's 'non-existent' rope (used to con- during their three-day talk, for his
part of a course in UFO literature he struct the Great Pyramid in Egypt) strongest evidence that astronauts
—8—
landed on Earth in ancient times. In
reply, Von Daniken cited a stone carv-
ing in Yucatan that allegedly shows
an astronaut piloting a rocket.
"— at his nose he has what I would
call an oxygen mask," said Von Dani-
ken. "He is operating some controls
with his hands, turning something
on—you can recognize every detail—
and the heel of his left foot seems to
be on a pedal which has different
adjustments. Behind him you see
some circles, some boxes, all kinds
of mysterious things. And outside is a
flame like an exhaust."
Aztec specialist Gordon Whittaker,
however, points out that a quetzal
bird (the national bird of Guatemala)
is perched on the nose of Von Dani-
ken's "rocket."
"But then," Whittaker continues,
"Von Daniken does not mention the
rather distasteful skull with the big
fangs pictured below the astronaut's
seat either. Nordoes he mention the
life-expectancy of the astronaut, who
is sticking his head outside the
rocket.
"And now that I think about it, the
astronaut must have taken his trendy
jacket off, since all I can see is a
necklace and ornament on his chest.
His shorts are sadly too much like
the commonplace Maya kilt—he prob-
ably picked it up on his travels. His
antenna could easily be mistaken for
a Maya hairdo—camouflage, I sus-
pect.
"One has to hand it to Von Daniken
for not being fooled by the arrogant
members of the Establishment who
say that the relief only shows a
Mayan dignitary on a throne above
the skull of the Lord of the Earth, and
that the dignitary is about to pluck a
fruit from the Tree of life, on top of
which is a sacred bird representing
the zenith direction.
"After all, who ever heard of an
astronaut in the company of a bird
blasting off into space in a tree?"
Interviewer Ferris asked Von Dani-
ken in conclusion: "In 'Gold of the
Gods'... you suggest that the banana
was brought to Earth from space.
Were you serious?" I mean what I say seriously. In other he was convicted of "repeated and
"No and not many people realize ways, I mean to make people laugh." sustained acts of embezzlement . . .
that," Von Daniken said. Playboy reports that at the age of fraud . . . forgery' — and served a
"Is all your writing a put-on?" asked 19 Von Daniken was examined by a year in prison. At his trial, a court-
Ferris. . psychiatrist who said he displayed a appointed psychiatrist described him
" . . . yes and no In some part.".-.. "tendency to lie." Some years later as a liar and a criminal psychopath."
—9—
Tasmania, Australia, reports
was shaped like a sharp dome; be- by the witnesses at the time of the
neath that, green, pink, and occasional sighting. The weather tallied with
Light in sky white and pale blue light moved from witnesses' descriptions, being fine at
at Scamander left to right around what appeared to
be a disc like an unturned plate. This
first with increasing clouds later.
No one else viewed the UFO, most
Reported by: Paul B. Jackson, lower part did not appear solid, but people being in bed at the time.
MUFON Research Associate, The rather was an area of light.
Tasmanian UFO Investigation Cen- Its apparent size was about one-
tre. sixteenth moon sized; at Vz a mile Family'buzzed/
Submitted by: Joe Brill, International this could roughtly be a width of at
Coordinator. least 20 ft. plus. Shocked by UFO
It was a lucky day for the Tasman- The light from the object did not Investigator: Mr. R. Brooks. f:
ian UFO Investigation Centre when make shafts in the sky, but rather Sent to Joe M. Brill, International '
Roger Brooks, a senior English Mas- twinkled brightly. Coordinator, by Paul Jackson, Cor- '
ter and Garry Bensemann sighted a Clouds began to appear some half respondence Officer, Tasmanian UFO •
UFO at Scamander on Aug. 30, 1974. hour after the object was first Investigation Center.
Their meticulous notes on the sight- sighted; Jupiter and the stars went
ing resulted in one of the best docu- dim, but not the UFO—only when it Date of Sighting: Sept. 16, 1974.
mented reports to the Centre. disappeared south into the increasing Location: Near St. Helens, Tas-
About 10:20 p.m. the two men were cloud did it fade about 11:50 p.m. It mania, Australia.
out walking a dog on Scamander was seen again just after midnight Since May, northeast Tasmania has
beach when the dog became excit- very distant before going into clouds seen cars followed, hunters ap-
able; it was then they noticed what again after some 12 minutes. proached, and brilliant low level
looked to be a bright aircraft light, Movements UFO's, but on the night of Sept. 16
estimated to be Vz a mile out over the In relation with St. Patricks head to the UFO came south to the St. Marys
sea to the southeast. the south, the UFO appeared to be the area a number of miles inland from
After watching the light moving same height of around 1,600 feet: The the Aug. 30 case at Scamander.
erratically for 10 minutes and realiz- light was first seen to the southeast The sighting was headlined in the
ing it wasn't a plane, Brooks tele- and came northward initially. Hobart "Mercury" of Sept. 21 under,
phoned the Hobart Airport; they in When it was moving in a darting, "UFO's BUZZED FAMILY." The pa-
turn gave him the Centre's telephone hovering pattern the witnesses set up per told the story of the Richards fam-
number. their rectangle of sticks. There was ily being terrorized by a UFO. Fol-
Sightings Officer Ken Bennetto was no circular or curved flight noticed. lowing up the paper story revealed
able to give Brooks hints on how to At times it moved at slow steady the location of the sighting was in
observe the strange light and the two car speed, then the speed of a fast fact on the Anson's Bay Road four to
witnesses then formed a simple rec- car, and at other times like the speed five miles north of St. Helens, a small
tangle with sticks driven into the of an aircraft on take off. port 12 miles north of Scamander.
sand. Watching the light, they logged When it was stationary it would re- The sighting area is only 20 miles
its flight path. main in the one position for some 10 southeast of the Gladstone district.
The UFO darted at strange angles to 20 seconds before moving on. When Mrs. A. Richards of "The Marshes," t
around the sky, hovered, altered it travelled away to the south gaining about 12 miles north of St. Helens,
speed and flashed colored lights. elevation, it did so steadily but at an was returning home from Launceston ,.
The UFO had been moving vaguely increasing speed. .with her two children, Janine (8 yrs. ,j
north and was due east of the wit- Conclusions old) and Kathleen (5 yrs. old). After
nesses by 10:45 p.m. Then it started Scamander is over 150 miles from stopping at her sister-in-law's, Mrs.
to move steadily south along the coast Hobart, situated on the state's east Richards continued on home. Kath-
so the witnesses rushed to their car. coast, being only 35 miles as the crow leen, by now being very tired, went to
They drove some 8 or 9 miles south of flies southeast of Gladstone. The re- sleep. The car at this stage was run-
Scamander, keeping the UFO in sight. port certainly fits in well with the ning well.
However, it was moving faster than UFO Flap from the North East and a Mr. R. Brooks of Scamander, an
they were, and became fainter; by further sighting at St. Marys soon English teacher, visited the witness
11:30 p.m. it looked like a moving after.. on behalf of TUFOIC and we are in-
star and at 12:15 a.m. disappeared Checks with DCA proved that there debted to him for the following nar-
into increasing clouds. were no aircraft in the sighting area, rative. -
Description of UFO while our astronomical adviser dis- Sequence of Events
The UFO was mainly composed of counted satellites. The brightest as- It was dark with light drizzle when
lights. The brightest, a pale yellow, tronomical object, Jupiter, was noted Mrs. Richards approached a bridge
— 10—
series of 1974 UFO sightings
on Ansons Bay Road approximately with the car except a hot hood-
four to five miles north of St. Helens. probably the radiator had boiled. Mrs.
She noticed that the car radio went Richards finally continued on home. UFO straightens
static. Previously there had been woman's hair
good reception and she hadn't noticed
this trouble before. Husband Second Witness This Report sent to Joe M. Brill,
Following the radio going static, the At the time of the experience Mr. International Coordinator, by Paul
sky marked by the witness' field of Richards, who was waiting at home, B. Jackson, MUFON Research Asso-
vision ahead was lighted brightly. As saw lights in the sky and heard a dis- ciate for Tasmania, The Tasmanian
the car crossed the bridge it lost tant roar. He though it was his wife UFO Investigation Center.
power on a gentle incline, then driving along the farm road and took It was raining with mist on the
stopped dead and all the lights of the little notice, expecting her to arrive mountains when Mrs. W. (name on
car went out: headlights, radio, heat- at any minute. He was surprised when file with SKYLOOK and the TUFOIC)
er, and dashboard — total darkness the car did not come over the hill. parked 200 yards from the junction of
except for the light in the sky. the Tayene and Diddleum Plains
Mrs. Richards tried to start the Car Checked roads late on the afternoon of Sept.
car, but after ten seconds a deafening The next day a St. Helens garage 22,1974. The area is roughtly 30 miles
vibrating noise enveloped the car proprietor, Mr. G. Stone, examined northeast of Launceston, Tasmania,
"like 30 to 40 large jets. I felt my head the car thoroughly and could find Australia.
was splitting oepn. I thought the nothing wrong; the radio worked and She was waiting for a relative to
world was coming to an end," said the electrical system was in working arrive. Owing to the steep bank on
Mrs. Richards. The noise forced her order. the left side of the road, she parked
io cover her ears. on the wrong side to ensure that log
Kathleen was still asleep, but After Effects on Witness trucks using the road would see the
Janine said the sound was "deafen- The day after the event, Mrs. car on the narrow road.
ing." Almost simultaneously, quite Richards' arms and fingers were Mrs. W. heard over the car radio
painful electric shocks began pene- badly swollen and she had difficulty that the time was 5:20 p.m., then all
trating their bodies—like electric vi- in walking. She had a numb right face of a sudden the whole area lit up, the
brations, far worse than a shock from and a red mark (2 cent size) above bright light penetrating the interior
an electric kettle. (Mrs. Richards her right eyebrow. She claims she did of the car, and at the same time the
guessed about 400 to 500 volts). This not bruise herself, but that the vibra- radio developed a very high pitched
all lasted for about a minute, during tions did it. whistle.
which she thinks she screamed. Despite-tranquillizers the witness' The witness leaned over, intending
A Choking Gas nerves have been in a poor state since to turn the radio off. In this position
Then the car was filled by an in- the incident. Mrs. Richards consulted she could see up the hill on the left
visible smell—a penetrating gas, far a doctor, who felt she was suffering side of the road and noticed at once a
stronger than commercial bottled from severe emotional reaction. The glowing orange and silver object
gas, and nothing recognizable. Janine children suffered no after effects. coming between two grees and down
smelt it too and both leaped out of Mrs. Richards says her greatest the hill towards the road.
the car for air. "All I wanted was frustrations have come from trying The object was moving slowly and
fresh air and to breathe properly," to convince people of what happened. appeared the size of a large car. It
said Mrs. Richards. She has never had any form of men- was 15 to 20 meters high and drop-
They dragged Kathleen, who was tal disorder or delusions. She doesn't ping down towards the road.
dazed, half awake, from the car and drink'and has not been sick. . Mrs. W. now panicked and started
fled down the road. By this time there her car and backed up the road. The
Investigator's Conclusions '
was only light in the sky. UFO kept approaching until it was at
Around 9:45 p.m. they reached the Mrs. Richards was badly shaken by fence top height in the middle of the
house of Mr. H. Chappel, about two the occurrence, and though some de- road, about 20 to 30 meters away, as
miles from the car. Mr. Chappel was tails might have become confused, estimated the witness. The car radio
.alarmed by Mrs. Richards' uncon- she has genuinely.been frightened by was still emitting a piercing noise.
trolled state. He returned with his something. She says, "I ,am hardly After backing up the road some 100
brother and Mrs. Richards to the car likely to make up a story like this, yards, she backed over the edge and
and there was no sign of any light. why should I?" People the investiga- the car stuck. The UFO now became
The car started faultlessly although tor spoke with described the witness stationary tor about 60 seconds in
there was little water in the radiator. as sane, healthy, hard working, and front of the witness. Mrs. W. was very
Mr. Chappel is a mechanic, and at sincere, and' were emphatic that this frightened and found that the glae
that time could find nothing wrong was not a made up story. from the dome-shaped top of the ob-
— 11 —
ject made it hard to discern the upper
portion of the object. gmur CONGE-rail*
After hovering briefly, the UFO , HARD D
dipped over to the right and moved DISCERN.
away from the road over a .valley
area alongside the road (to the south-
west, after coming initially Irom the
southeast). It then went straight up
farily fast and was lost from the wit-
ness' field ol vision. Mrs. W's nerve-
shattering experience had lasted
three to tour minutes.
Mrs. W. was very shaken by the
incident and was sick for a number of
days with nervous tension. Her fresh- AFF&OED T& SEWXRATE
ly permed hair turned straight alter INTO 4- SECTIONS
IT MOVED OFF.
the encounter with the UFO. Mrs. W,
did not believe in UFO's prior to the
sighting, although her husband did.
Her relatives said she should report
the sighting.
It would appear the presence of the
UFO affected the car's radio. Before this daylight sighting. The RAAF did was not available for inspection at
the sighting it was claimed to be in not visit the sighting area, but inter- the time.
perfect working order, but has suf- viewed the witness by telephone. Explanations such as weather bal-
fered from distortion since. The Center's Northern Representa- loons, aircraft, helicopters, and
The next day when the car was tive, John C. Dean, visited the sighting meteorlogical phenomena were all
towed home it was noticed how ex- area and checked the surrounding ruled out, leaving us with a good low
ceptionally clean the front of the car ground for any marks or magnetic level daylight sighting.
was. although the rest was still dirty. variations. Nothing was found. Mrs. It is interesting to compare the
Previously there had been cat foot- W. was still disturbed by the incident report with the "automobile stop"
prints all over the hood, but the front when Dean called to see her two near St. Helens six days earlier and
was cleaned as though given a good weeks after the encounter. The car about 30 miles to the east.
cut and polish. Neither the witness
nor her husband felt it was possible
for the hood to be cleaned by the rain
of the previous day while the rest of
Ancient Astronauts' conference
the car was so dirty. The Second World Conference on single occupancy room), and the Con-
The UFO was domed on top, but Ancient Astronauts .will be held in ference ticket.
Mrs. W. found it hard to see details Zurich, Switzerland, on May 29, 30, 31, Depending upon the number of pas-
because of the intense orange/yellow 1975, at the Hotel Movenpick-Holiday sengers, the group may spend either
light that it gave off. The. witness Inn. The admission price is $25 per two or three weeks in Europe, with
therefore found it hard to give an person. The conference is sponsored participants on their own after the
estimate on the size of the dome. by the Ancient Astronaut Society. Conference, or a part of an escorted
Beneath the dome the UFO was Thus far, the list of speakers in- bus tour through Switzerland, Austria
silvery/grey, with a wider brim on cludes Erich Von Daniken, Jacques and Germany, depending on the de-
which the witness thought there could Bergier, Louis Pauwels, Jean Sendy, sires of the group.
have been portholes. Below were 6 to Peter Krassa, Baron Johannes Von Additional information is available
reversed stepped bands estimated to Buttlar, Peter Doberer, Dr. Adolf from the Ancient Astronaut Society,
be about five feet in depth. The ob- Schneider, Frede Melhedegaard, 600 Talcott Rd., Park Ridge, IL. 60068.
ject's width was some twelve feet. Josef Blumrich, and Dr. Luis Navia.
SWISSAIR will make arrangements
At the base in the center was a for a group flight which will leave
small revolving disc, and below this Attention MUFON HAMs: Mo-
Chicago O'Hare at 6:45 p.m. on Tues- bile and Tuscaloosa Counties in
a protruding box or tube of short day, May 27. The flight may also stop
length. The tube object appeared to Alabama need Amateur Radio
in Boston to pick up passengers. The Operators for MUFON Net-
split into four sections as the UFO exact price has not been determined,
sped,off. work. Please refer to Robert
but it will be approximately $625 per Boyd, 121 Huron Road, Mobile,
The sighting was initially reported person, including round trip air fare Alabama 3660 (AC 205) 661-0318.
to the Royal Australian Air Force. from Chicago to Zurich, four nights
They could find no explanation for at Hotel Movenpick (based upon
— 12-
Creatures and UFOs

Multi-discipline research needed


By Stan Gordon to be a combination of two factors: NOT THE SAME SPECIES.
Most of the readers of SKYLOOK psychology and politics. This is the most important item to
are probably aware of the research I Families changed remember. The news media has been
have been doing on incidents involv- In regard to the psychological fac- responsible in most cases for calling
ing Bigfoot-like creatures, which in tor of the, Bigfoot incidents, I have these creatures "Bigfoot," since they
some cases seem to be connected found in many cases, particularly in look so similar. At this time the only
with UFO activity. the family lives of the creature wit- major difference that really sep-
Within a short time after I became nesses, that their normal personality arates the Earth-type Bigfoot and the
involved in this, particular area of re- pattern was drastically changed be- creatures connected with the UFO's
search, I.started to feel pressure of cause their loved ones refused to be- is that the latter have only three toes.
disbelief of the events from a few in lieve that they could have seen such a This factor has shown up throughout
the general public and several re- creature. I know of one case where the country.
spected UFO researchers. This is the daughter of a doctor had seen a Reports widespread
something that I would expect from creature, and upon telling this to her Just within the past few months,
an uninformed citizen who might be father, he became enraged and nearly a handful of other researchers have
ignorant of the UFO subject, but I am threw her out of the house. begun to look into this data, and they
quite disturbed at the attitude of the I am familiar with a number of are uncovering the same exact type
UFOlogists. . cases of parents who have punished of incidents in their locales. Reports
An open mind their children when they continued to of these creatures have again in-
I have always -learned, as a very insist that they had seen a "Bigfoot." creased in Pennsylvania. We also
active UFO investigator, to go into all There were several families nearly have reports from many other states,
cases with an open mind, no matter broken up by divorce due to the fact including New York, Illinois, Tennes-
how strange the circumstances might that one of the mates refused to be- see, and California, where these same
be. Just because 'a case you confront lieve the other's encounter. types of events are occurring. •
might be unique to you as an investi- It seems as though humans have As I have mentioned in past ar-
gator, that doesn't mean that a simi- made up their minds. that if such ticles, and as I will discuss in future
lar event didn't occur somewhere things aren't supposed to exist, then reports, there appears to be a great
else in the world. they can't. amount of psychic phenomena and
In many cases that I have been in- The second factor that I mentioned psychological changes which have oc-
volved in, it wasn't until years after seems to be primarily that when an curred to some of those involved in
the initial investigation that another incident is reported that doesn't fit these incidents. These cases should be
incident of almost identical detail the basic ideas or patterns which studied by not only scientists and an-
was reported. I also have learned that have been accepted by ah individual thropologists, but by psychiatrists
a good researcher doesn't give an as fact, then this person tries to tear and psychologists as well.
opinion on a case until he has person- apart the event as being untrue, even At this office we are presently do-
ally made an attempt to learn all the though in most cases little attempt ing a massive study of large hairy
details of the incident, and properly has been made to investigate the oc- ape-like creatures from throughout
evaluate the findings. currence. Or else the knowledge of the world, and we are hoping to come
I now find myself in a position the event is purposely forgotten in up with some answers. If any re-
which some UFOlogists occupied a order not to interfere with his present searchers have any cases of these
number of years ago when they ex- theories. types of sightings on file, particularly
pressed their beliefs that three-foot Very little research cases involving these creatures and
tall humanoid-like creatures accom- As I stated before, the most critical UFO's seen at the same time, I would
panied some UFO vehicles. Since problem in regard to the Bigfoot-UFO appreciate it if you would send a copy
none of these small humanoids have cases is that very little research is of the report to me to compare to
ever been captured, this belief was being conducted into this area of other cases. I am convinced that this
primarily based on the numerous UFOlogy. In most cases, a researcher particular area of UFOlogy is the
worldwide sightings of such crea- upon hearing of a Bigfoot report, nor- most important aspect of the phe-
tures. mally doesn't investigate further, nomena that has ever been uncov-
Today the majority of UFOlogists thinking that there is no UFO tie-in. ered.
accept the possibility that these hu- What must be stressed is that even Any comments or suggestions con-
manoids do exist, but only after more though the creatures which have been cerning this research is welcome by
of these encounters were brought to in some cases observed with a UFO writing to the Westmoreland County
light. The problem of disbelief from look almost identical physically to the UFO Study Group, 6 Oakhill Avenue,
both the public and UFOlogists seem Bigfoot or Sasquatcb, THEY ARE Greensburg, Pa., 15601.
-13-
UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain
By Joe Brill

In this month's article I would like At the end of November the the entire effort fruitless.
to introduce SKYLOOK readers to a DOSAAF Central Committee under However, the reports were assem-
Russian scientist who has for many the chairmanship of Army General bled in manuscript form by Dr. Zigel
years been interested in (and who A. L. Getman adopted and passed a and titled "Sightings of UFO's Over
has attempted to prompt the Russian resolution on the dissolution of the the USSR" Vol. 1.1 had supposed that
government into a serious study of) Department on UFO's. None of the there was a hope for a Vol. 2, and I
the UFO phenomenon that has been members of the Stolyarov Committee had heard from a few sources that
reported in the Soviet Union. were invited to this session, which such a Work did exist, but to date all
His name is Felix Y. Zigel and at called for the dissolution of this new my efforts to secure it have resulted
present he is an Assistant Professor department, nor were any of the in ought. In several of the reports,
at the Moscow Aviation Institute. He members ever informed as to the photographs were taken of the objects
is a Candidate of Physico-Mathemat- cause for this decision by the in question but none of these photo-
ical Sciences and he graduated from DOSAAF. It was done without their graphs were included with the docu-
the Moscow University in 1942. He re- knowledge or involvement. ment.
ceived his Candidate Degree in as- An article entitled "Again Flying Had Dr. Zigel not had the insight
tronomy at the USSR Academy of Saucers" was published in Pravda on to take the time required to perform
Sciences in 1948. Feb. 29, 1968. This article was auth- this work we would never have known
On May 17, 1967, a group of well- ored by several members of the USSR about these UFO sightings at all. Be-
known and respected Russian scien- Academy of Sciences who were ob- cause he did take this time to do what
tists met in Moscow to form an un- viously misinformed and unversed on he believed was necessary, and hoped
official body whose purpose it would Ihe UFO subject. Their article pre- that someday this information might
be to conduct a preliminary scientific sented a very poor excuse for an ex- find its' way into the proper hands of
investigation of Unidentified Flying planation of the entire UFO pheno- those who could judge its worth by its
Objects. menon, but it was stated with much content, we have at least some idea
In October of that same year a com- authority and prestige, and they were of the sort of reports that have been
mittee was set up with the title of the not seeking any debates or opposing made there.
UFO Section of the All-Union Cos- opinions on the matter. The question Through many months of inquiry
monautics Committee, and a retired was settled that UFO's did not exist. and requests (with no assistance
Air Force Major General was elected At least to those authors and in the from any Soviet official offices, pub-
as the chairman. This chairman was Soviet Union that is all that is neces- lications, or individual officials), I
Major General Porfiri Stolyarov. Dr. sary. secured a copy of this rare document
Zigel was elected as the deputy chair- However, many reports had been in its entirety. Another year passed
man of this committee, and he agreed received from that initial television before it was completely translated
to serve at this position as he was appearance, and several well-written into English. And now it is finished,
anxious to see that this subject was at articles on the subject by Dr. Zigel and now it will be revealed to the pub-
last receiving the attention he were published in Soviet magazines lic that this document exists and was
thought it so rightfully deserved. and these could be valuable if placed assembled by Dr. Zigel in the hope
Then on Nov. 10, 1967, General in the proper hands. None of the re that serious UFO researchers every-
Stolyarov and Dr. Zigel appeared on ported observations were vere scien- where could benefit by his effort to
Moscow Central Television to an- tifically investigated by the Soviet record what was reported to the Rus-
nounce the creation of this new De- authorities. sian UFO Committee in 1967.
partment of UFO's of the All-Union So, in March of 1968 Dr. Zigel began Dr. Zigel is to be commended for
Committee on Cosmonautics of the the tedious job of sifting and sorting his foresight and courage in recording
DOSAAF (Equal to the Department out these reports that had been sent these observations, knowing that the
of Defense), and asked the viewers in, and then began to type out these Soviet government would never allow
who had observed UFO's to send in a reports so that they would not be lost such a document to be published there
report of their sightings to this newly- to posterity. in his own country. He has also con-
formed department. The conse- In the end, this work consisted of tinued to encourage his government
quences of this appearance proved 200 typewritten pages of Russian, to initiate a serious study of this
to be unexpected. Hundreds of reports with some 250 observations. Most of problem.
came in, telling of Soviet citizens' these reports were of bright lights, For the next several months I am
sightings of what appeared to them but there were some very excellent going to select some of the better
to be UFO's. reports that if lost would have made reports from this manuscript of Dr.
— 14—
Bright object damages car
By Stan Gordon mission to investigate the sighting, A
At 7:50 p.m. on Oct. 12,1974, Mr. and six-member field team arrived at the
Mrs. Eugene Loyal were resting in location that afternoon. Radiation UFO course taught
the living room of their mobile home readings were first taken, which A special class* called "UFOs: A
outside of Connellsville, Pa. Mrs. showed only normal background read- Mysterious Reality" has begun ses-
Loyal noticed a bright orange glow ings. It had rained during the night, sions at the University of California
coming from the curtained window in so if there was any abnormal levels at San Diego (UCSD) Extension in
her den, and ran to the window to it probably would have been reduced San Diego, Calif. Instructed by Robert
open the drapes, thinking that there by then. P. Treash, B.A., the courjse is designed
was a fire outside toward the front of ' The team then interviewed the wit- to provide an overview of nearly all
their residence. When they were nesses, took photos, made measure- aspects of UFO study. The first ses-
opened, an area of about 40 feet was ments, and took samples of the resi- sion opened with an overflow crowd.
drenched in a bright orange color. due on the car and on the ground. The
The couple's 1969 Grand Prix was team members found the white ash on
parked within the glowing area. the roof of the trailer where it had UFO NEWSCLIPPING
Mrs. Loyal then yelled to her hus- discolored the aluminum paint. Also, SERVICE
band that there was a burning orange samples of the residue were located The UFO NEWSCLIPPING
object just above the tree moving for about a 400-foot area into the yards SERVICE will keep you in-
toward their trailer. The couple went of other residents in the trailer park. formed of all the latest United
out onto the porch and watched the It was noticed that insects that came States and World-Wide UFO ac-
object move in a straight line toward in contact with the material on the tivity, as it happens! Our ser-
a wooded area. When the object was car would struggle and would die in a vice was started in 1969, at
in the distance if'didn't appear to be short time. which time we contracted with
burning. Further interviews with the wit- a reputable international news-
The next morning the couple was nesses revealed that the object was paper-clipping bureau to obtain
leaving for church when they noticed about 30 feet away from the trailer for us, those hard to find UFO
that their newly painted black car and about 50 feet high when first ob- reports (i.e., little known photo-
had dozens of small burned holes, served. The object itself was a very graphic cases, close encounter
with a white material around them, bright orange and appeared to be and landing reports, occupant
all over the body. They also noticed about 3 feet in size. No definite shape cases) and all other UFO re-
pieces of a white ash material in their could be determined, but it appeared ports, many of which are car-
yard scatterd about. The couple then to be more elongated than round. No ried only in small town or
notified the state police. sound or smell was detected by the foreign newspapers.
The WCUFOSG Control Center then witnesses, and they didn't observe
contacted the Loyal's and asked per- anything fair from the object. The Our UFO Newsclipping Service
object was moving from SW to NE. Report, is a 20 page photo-offset,
Zigel's so that SKYLOOK readers and No TV or radio interference was monthly publication containing
the general public will fully realize noted, and the witnesses dog did not the latest United States and
that Russia has had her equal share act abnormal during the incident. Canadian UFO newsclippings,
of unusual encounters with UFO's On Oct. 14, consultants to the with our foreign section carry-
over her own territory. UFO's are WCUFOSG ran a chemical analysis ing the latest English, Austra-
not any highly-secret Russian aircraft on the material and found it to be lian, New Zealand, South Afri-
or weapon as many people would like magnesium oxide. This material is can, and other foreign UFO
to believe, and the accounts forth- commonly found in flares. Magne- newsclippings! We publish more
coming will prove that beyond ques- sium, however, normally is bright UFO reports from around the
tion. white in color when burning. Further globe than ANY other publica-
Beginning with the February, 1975, investigation is being made into the tion in the World! Stay informed
issue of SKYLOOK I will be quoting case. The possibility exists that some- -subscribe to the UFO NEWS-
directly from Dr. Zigel's paper, and I one -could have tied some flares to a CLIPPING SERVICE!
know that all of those who have won- balloon; however, there are several
dered what has been seen in Russia aspects to the case which are not For subscription information
over the years will find these ac- easily explained. and sample pages from our ser-
counts most interesting and educa- vice, write today to:
tional. UFO Literature course UFO NEWSCLIPPING
Thank you, Dr Zigel, for your time Prof. A. H. Lawson, Dept. of Eng- SERVICE, Dept. S
and the courage to state your case in lish, Calif. State Univ. at Long Beach, 3521 S.W. 104th
defense of the existence of the UFO Long Beach, Calif., is now conducting Seattle, Washington, 98146
phenomenon, whatever it mifht be. a full-fledged course on UFO Lit.
— 15—
In Others' Words By Lucius Parish

NATIONAL ENQUIRER'S latest are $7.50 for 6 issues and well worth pro-UFO papers by Dr. Hynek, the
articles on UFOs include an Italian the price. late Dr. McDonald and others. How-
sighting/landing trace case and Mu- Jacques Vallee's second book, ever, that pretty well sums up my
hammad Ali's latest sighting, re- CHALLENGE TO SCIENCE, has re- opinion of this collection of writings
ported in the Nov. 26 issue; an Italian cently been reprinted in paperback on the UFO subject. Everyone, of
jet pilot's sighting report, in the Dec. 3 by Ballantine Books. This edition con- course,.is entitled to an opinion on
issue; and the results of an EN- tains material not found in the pre- UFOs, but only those persons who
QUIRER-commissioned public opin- vious paperback edition from Ace have conducted actual research into
ion poll on UFOs (4 out of 10 Ameri- Books. Vallee's ANATOMY OF A the subject are entitled to an in-
cans believe UFOs are real), in the PHENOMENON is also scheduled to formed opinion. The majority of the
Dec. 17 issue. be reprinted by Ballantine shortly. scientists whose papers are included
Two recent paperbacks are W. R. in this volume have not talked to UFO
The Dec. 8 issue of NATIONAL Drake's GODS AND SPACEMEN OF witnesses or made other on-the-spot
TATTLER featured a 16-page "pull- THE ANCIENT PAST and Robert investigations. Therefore, for all their
out" section on the "ancient astro- Charroux's MASTERS OF THE supposed "expertise," their opinions
naut" concept. Most of the material WORLD. Reviews of these titles will are worth no more than those of the
was reprinted from ANCIENT appear in future columns. average man in the street. I would
SKIES, the bi-monthly newsletter of John Michell's first book, THE also suggest that the book is some-
the Ancient Astronaut Society. The FLYING SAUCER VISION, has re- what misnamed. This was a "debate
Dec. 15 TATTLER contained two cently been reprinted in a British by scientists," not 'a "scientific de-
UFO-related articles; actor Charles paperback edition by Sphere Books bate." There is usually a vast differ-
Pitts told of his underwater sighting Ltd. — 30-32 Gray's Inn Road — Lon- ence between the two.
of a "submarine"-type UFO, and Salt don WC1X 8JL, England. Michell was
Lake City barber/Ufologist James one of the first writers to examine Volume 2 of William R. Corliss'
Wardle received some well-deserved myths, legends and other historical STRANGE PHENOMENA is now
publicity. Wardle has an outstanding material in a search for UFO-related available from him (Box 107 — Glen
collection of UFO literature and data. The present edition contains a Arm, MD 21057) for $6.95. As with the
photos. new introduction, but in other re- first volume in this series, the current
spects, is unchanged from the origi- offering is definitely worth your at-
The January issue of SAGA has tention. A variety of "Fortean"
another article on possible links be- nal. It also includes the photographs
which were omitted from the Ace phenomena from many sources are
tween UFOs and Bigfoot. Interesting,
included.
but rather speculative. The Winter Books paperback edition. Well worth
issue of SAGA'S UFO REPORT is reading, it is available from the above Charles Berlitz's new book, THE
now out and contains the usual address for $2.00. BERMUDA TRIANLE, is currently
amount of intriguing material. SAGA A very good booklet by Loren E. a very hot item in the bookstores. It
is also issuing a UFO ANNUAL, con- Gross, THE UFO WAVE of 1896, is has been in the "top 10" non-fiction
sisting of reprints from various issues currently available. This is not an all- best-sellers in recent weeks. The book
of the UFO REPORT, as well as one inclusive accounting of the California contains the usual amount of familiar
new article, columns on Ufological "airship" sightings of 1896, but it is as material, but it also includes some
topics, etc. This will sell for $1.00 complete a summary as has yet been accounts which have not been well-
and will be available in January. published. Gross does omit some con- publicized previously. Various peo-
The January issue of STAG and the tactee accounts from the airship era, ple who have "escaped" whatever
February issue of MALE contain but the booklet is still a very good forces supposedly lurk in the Triangle
UFO articles. To my mind, the STAG value for $1.00. Copies may be ob- area have told of very strange phe-
article is highly questionable. The tained from the author at: 38675 nomena. A number of UFO sightings
MALE piece is just rehash of a re- Paseo Padre No. 305 — Fremont, Cal- are also discussed in the book. Ber-
cent ENQUIRER article on sightings ifornia 94536. litz draws no firm conclusions, but
at Calvert, Texas, with a fictional UFO'S: A SCIENTIFIC DEBATE, includes speculations on space visi-
occupant case thrown in. edited by Carl Sagan and Thornton tors, Atlantean power plants, extra-
Readers might like to know that Page, is now available in a paperback dimensional visitations, etc. Well
FLYING SAUCER REVIEW has edition from W. W. Norton & Co., Inc. illustrated with photos and drawings,
again changed its address. The new — 55 Fifth Ave. - N.Y., N.Y. 10003. THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE is cer-
address is: P.O. Box 25 — Barnet — The price is $3.95. It may not be very tainly worth reading. It may be ob-
Herts. ENS 2NR, England. Current objective to say that the only portions tained from Doubleday & Co., Inc. —
subscription rates for FSR (sea-mail) of this book worth^ reading are the 245 Park Ave. - N.Y., N.Y. for $7.95.
-16-
Project Starlight International
UFO Research facility constructed
Project Starlight International night in May, 1972, a seemingly coded within a mile or two. P.S.I, offers
(P.S.I.), a research division of the light response from a UFO that ap- free plans for such detectors (which
Association for the Understanding of proached and hovered high above the can be built for $5 to $10) to anyone
Man, a non-profit scientific, research, light circle. sending a stamped, self-addressed
and educational corporation head- The UFO apparently transmitted envelope to: P.S.I., P.O. Box 5310, Aus-
quartered in Austin, Texas, takes a what P.S.I, researchers feel was the tin, Texas 78763.
direct, scientific approach to solving "mathematical inverse" of their P.S.I, is an open, scientific en-
the UFO mystery, according to its di- coded "Pi" (3.14...). deavor, receptive to suggestions from
rector, Ray Stanford. Project personnel are now install- and cooperation with qualified UFO
"The operating scientific philos- ing at the research site a sophisti- researchers, engineers, ' and scien-
ophy of P.S.I, is not the collection of cated laser-telescope device capable tists.
UFO sighting reports, as some groups of providing complex light transmis- "There is some evidence," the
have done for many years," says Stan- sion to, and light reception from, P.S.I, director says, "That a solution
ford. "Instead, the project operates, UFOs. . to the UFO mystery might also di-
and will be adding to, a research facil- When a UFO is observed, the tele- rectly solve our energy-fuel problems.
ity about 15 miles northwest of Austin scope will focus on the object while That, alone, is enough prospect to
in an isolated hill-country location." an attached camera films it. Simul- keep our research going."
The facility contains instrumenta- taneously, an "identification" video-
tion and equipment to obtain UFO tape will modulate the laser to trans-
hard data and'to'test the interest (or mit ^identification data to the UFO. 1973 MjDWEST UFO
lack of it) of UFO intelligences in That data will include a short video SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS
exchanging intelligent communica- (TV) presentation of a daylight view
tion. "MUFON-A Dynamic Scien-
of the site, pictures of the faces of tific Organization" presented by
To monitor (photographically and project leaders, a statement (both by Walter H. Andrus, Jr.
electronically), track, and signal voice and by pictures) indicating that
UFOs is the aim of P.S.I, researchers. there are no weapons at the site, a "UFO Flight Characteristics"
In a preliminary way, two of these statement of the P.S.I, scientific pur- presented by John F. Schuessler
goals may have already been poses, and an invitation to any intel-
achieved. ligences receiving the transmission to "Landing Traces, Physical Evi-
Coded Response? respond by similar transmission dence for the UFO" presented by
In addition to the Oct. 2 photo de- (which P.S.I, equipment will record Ted Phillips
scribed in the December issue, P.S.I, and display on video screen) or else
signal site personnel, utilizing their by an actual landing. Digital time "Vision, Photography & UFOs"
100' diameter circle of 91 spotlights, data will simultaneously be recorded presented by Adrian Vance
with a coded light in the center, re- on the film of the UFO and on the
portedly received about 1:15 a.m. one tapes made. "Ufology and the Search for
Extraterrestrial Life" presented
Simultaneously, the magnetic pro-
by Stanton T. Friedman
file of the UFO will be detected by a
highly sensitive magnetometer, and "The Embarrassment of Riches"
automatically recorded with digital presented by Dr. J. Allen Hynek
Highly recommended time data.
by SKYLOOK More Equipment
Within the year, P.S.I, personnel "Some Questions Concerning Dr.
The Bible
hope to add gravitometers, ion- Menzel's Biblical Exegesis" sub-
and Flying Saucers
sensors, broad band radio monitoring mitted paper by Dr. Barry H.
by
equipment, and other scientifically Downing
Dr. Barry H. Downing
192-page paperback useful monitoring equipment to the
$1.00 postpaid laboratory site. Part of the equipment For your copy of the 1973
from is capable of loading into a van for MUTUAL UFO SYMPOSIUM
SKYLOOK trips to areas where UFO "flaps" PROCEEDINGS, send $3.25
26 Edgewood Drive seem to be occurring. ($4.00 outside the United States
Quincy, IL 62301 P.S.I. Director Stanford says that or Canada) by check or money
the layman, even a child, can make a order, to MUFON UFO NET-
crude magnetic UFO detector which WORK, INC., 40 Christopher
would ring a bell if a UFO possessing Court, Quincy, III. 62301, U.S.A.
certain types of magnetic field comes
— 17—
Director's Message
By Walt Andrus
It is a pleasure to announce that (B) AC 213-820-2503. only cover the increased costs of pub-
Ted Bloecher, formerly a State- Jacob Davidson, State Director for lishing SKYLOOK each month, but
Section Director, has accepted the Washington, has selected Jerry R. will help,to defray part of the salary
position of State Director for New Phillips, 2116 Main St., Everett, Wash. of our new Office Secretary, Mrs.
York. Ted resides at 317 East 83rd 98203; elephone: (H) AC 206-252- Carol Ruggiero.
St., New York, N.Y. 10028; Telephone: 5037 and (B) AC 206-259-9514 as the The NBC TV NEWS Documentary
AC'212-TR 9-3099. He is best known new State-Section Director for Sno- titled "UFO's: Do You Believe?" was
for his privately published book titled homish and Island Counties. viewed nationwide on Sunday, Dec.
"Report On The UFO Wave of 1947" Effective January 1, 1975, a slight 15, 1974, via 200 NBC affiliated sta-
released in 1967. modification of the MUFON dues tions. Written and produced by Craig
Bruce. C. Henne, 523 Ivy, Griffin, structure and SKYLOOK subscription Leake and reported by Jim Hartz, this
Georgia 30223; telephone AC 404-227- fee as announced in the November, special one-hour film was scheduled
8144 has volunteered to serve as State 1974, issue of SKYLOOK will take in the most opportune time.
Director for Georgia. His prior posi- place. Even though the show did not meet
tion as State-Section Director will be As previously reported, the com- all of the expectations of those fa-
filled when a competent and qualified bined MUFON membership and SKY- miliar with the UFO scene, it pro-
individual is found. LOOK subscription will now be $12 vided a very favorable exposure to
In order to devote more of his UFO per year. The new dues arrangement the nation's viewers of the work and
research time to his specialty as Co- is effective on Jan. 1, 1975, for new activities of MUFON. Regretfully, the
Chairman of MUFON's "Occupant members or upon the date your pres- Center for UFO Studies was not
Committee," David F. Webb of Wal- ent SKYLOOK subscription expires if mentioned; however, Dr. J. Allen Hy-
tham, Mass., has resigned as State you are presently a MUFON member. nek was prominently presented. Ted
Director for Massachusetts. He will MUFON members who are under Phillips, MUFON Specialization Co-
continue to serve as Acting ..State Di- eighteen (18) years of age may take ordinator, and your Director had key
rector for New Hampshire until such advantage of the special rate of $10 roles in this hour-long video film,
time as this important post is as- annually. which has brought about a deluge of
signed. Joseph Santangelo, 194 Barb- The major revision in the originally mail from across the nation, seeking
ara Road, Waltham, Mass., 02154; proposed plan concerns those.people information about MUFON and SKY-
telephone: AC 617-893-3257 has al- who desire to subscribe to SKYLOOK LOOK. ... .
ready been appointed and has accept- only, but prefer not to participate ac- Many of our MUFON members ap-
ed the position of State Director for tively as a MUFON member. These peared on nationwide TV when they
Massachusetts to fill the vacancy subscribers will send their $8 sub- were filmed at our 1974 UFO SYM-
created by Dave's resignation. Joe is scription fee to SKYLOOK, 26 Edge- POSIUM in Akron, Ohio, on June 22
a professional engineer and holds an wood Drive, Quincy, 111. 62301, when and 23, and also at our UFO Picnic in
amateur radio extra class license they renew their present subscription Carlyle, III, on July 20 and 21.
with call letters W1NXY. • . . . or request new subscribers. Confidentially, we were a little dis-
Regretfully, Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr., MUFON members will send their appointed in the selection of some of
submitted his resignation as State $12 annual dues, which includes .a the UFO sighting reports depicted
Director for New Mexico when he SKYLOOK subscription, to MUFON, and the inability of the witnesses to
moved from Albuquerque, N. Mex. to 40 Christopher Court, Quincy, 111. present strong and convincing evi-
Los Angeles, Calif., recently. We hope 62301 U.S.A. Since the study of the dence. However, contrasting this per-
to locate a talented and interested UFO phenomenon is frequently a sonal critique, we have received
individual to assume the responsibil- family affair, members in the same "glowing" accounts about the show as
ity for the State of New Mexico in the . family, that is, identical address, may evaluated by interested viewers.
near future. elect to receive only one copy of In closing my message for the Jan-
Mrs. Idabel Epperson is extremely SKYLOOK. When one MUFON mem- uary issue of SKYLOOK, I want to
proud to announce that William F. ber in the family pays the regular invite our reade'rs to send "get well"
Hassel, Jr., Ph.D., has accepted the $12 dues/subscription rate, additional cards to John M. Meloney, Box 59,
position of State Section Director for people in the same family may be Claremont, New Hampshire 03743,
Los Angeles County and will also MUFON members for only $4 each if one of our State-Section Directors,
serve as a Consultant to MUFON in they so designate when sending in who was recently injured seriously in
Propulsion. Bill resides at 4625 Stark their dues. an auto accident while investigating
Ave., Woodland Hills, Calif. 91364; Your Board of Directors feel that a UFO sighting report in Townsend,
Telephone: (H) AC 213-348-9346 and these slight modifications will not VT... . ..
— 18—
Object reported on rood A REVISED COSMOLOGY
By
Merrill B. Taylor
Date: Aug. 27,1974. the object.
Location: east of Kernersville, N.C. The witness says he felt no unu- How can UFOs make sharp, right
Witness: Joseph Kent Needham. sual effects before, during, or after angle turns, or instantaneous
Investigated by Tarheel UFO Study the sighting. The next day he filled out stops and reversals?
Group. a sighting form he had received How can they fly* at speeds of
Submitted by Richard C. Austin, N. earlier from MUFON North Carolina 3-4,000 m.p.h., and yet fail to
L. Bell, and M. B. Quate. Director George Fawcett at a lec- create sonic booms?
Joseph Kent Needham, 16, a high ture given by Fawcett.
school student, was reportedly return- Investigation by the Tarheel UFO This booklet presents a revised
ing from work at 11:15 p.m. on Aug. Study Group revealed no ground cosmology in which these "im-
27, 1974, when he observed an object markings which could earily be con- possible'" phenomena might not
glowing brightly ahead of him when nected with a UFO; it had rained be impossible.
he rounded a bend in the road on US hard three times between the time of Physics says that these phenom-
421. The object he described re- the alleged sighting and the investiga- ena cannot happen. But they do
sembled a standard type saucer with tion, however. The Tarheel group happen, as attested by many
a small dome. concluded that "this does appear to thousands of observers. RE-
He said it was as wide as the road be one of the more credible sightings VISED COSMOLOGY explains
(22 feet, 9 inches), and that two legs in the area, even though no ground how they CAN HAPPEN!
were visible, attached well in from markings were in evidence."
the edge of the object and extending Price $3.00, postage paid from:
outward, resting on the pavement. He 1309 Broadway Dept. S-2
had the "impression" there was a Astronomy magazine Little Rock, Ark. 72202
third leg, but he di'd not see it features Hill map
The entire outline, inluding legs,
was fuzzy, but glowing brightly with The December issue of Astronomy 1974 MUFON UFO
a white light resembling in hue and Magazine contains a lengthy and im- SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS
brilliance a full moon high in the sky. pressive article concerning the re- "MUFON—A Positive Ap-
Moderate fog was present at the time search conducted by SKYLOOK staff- proach to the UFO Enigma" by
of the reported observation. er Marjorie Fish on the Betty and Walter H. Andrus, Jr.
The witness says he slowed from Barney Hill Star Map.
The 14-page lead article briefly re- "UFO's—An Issue Whose Time
50 miles per hour to 30 miles per Has Almost Come" By Ralph
hour upon seeing the object, and that views the Hill case (see The Inter-
rupted Journey by John G. Fuller, Blum
the object "blinked out" when he got
about 100 yards from it. Needharn Dial Press, 1966) and the development "Religion and UFO's: The Extra*
says he did not stop, but drove of a scale model of the universe by sensory Problem" by Barry H.
through the area where he had seen Miss Fish (see SKYLOOK, July, Downing, Ph.D.
1974). The author of the article, "UFO Trace-landing Cases" by
UFO films slated Astronomy Editor Terence Dickin- Ted Phillips
son, visited with Miss Fish in Ohio "Journey Into the Hill Star
for TV showings while researching the article. Map" by Marjorie E. Fish
Howard Lipstone, a partner in Alan Perhaps the most helpful portion of "Saucers, PSI and Psychiatry"
Landsburg Productions, stated in a the article is that which describes, by Bert hold E. Schwarz, M.D.
recent telephone conversation that step by step, the scientific search for
"Flying Saucers and Physics" by
their full-length motion picture film stars most likely to be suitable for
Stanton T, Friedman
previously titled "The Primal Fac- life as we know it. Through extensive
tor" has been changed to "The Outer descriptions and excellent illustra- "UFO's, in Relation to Creature
Space Connection" and will be re- tions in color, the somewhat compli- Sightings in Pennsylvania" by
leased early in February, 1975. Watch cated subject is clarified. Stan Gordon
for advanced billing in your local Dickinson draws no conclusions in "Magnetic Explanation of
theaters. the article regarding estraterrestrial U FO's" by Eugene H.Burt
The Sandier Institutional Films mo- life, but does leave the question open. For your copy of the MUFON
tion picture titled "UFO's Past, Pres- It is a very informative article, and 1974 UFO SYMPOSIUM PRO-
ent, and Future" written by Robert one which is highly-recommended for CEEDINGS, send $3.25- ($4.00
Emenegger and produced by Alan F. SKYLOOK readers. Copies of the De- if outside of the United States
Sandier will be released for television cember issue of Astronomy Maga- or Canada) by check or money
instead of the motion picture theaters zine are available for $1.50 from 757 order to MUFON, 40 Christo-
as originally announced, but the show- North Broadway, Suite 204, Milwau- pher Court, Quincy, III. 62301
ing date is unknown at this time. kee, Wisconsin 53202.
— 19—

"*>,-
Recapping and coiiimenting
By Richard Hall action with the environment. The further discussions of this type may
(This column is directed toward 3-8-67 Leominster, Mass., case (See have some value in challenging our
articles appearing in the October, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, Fow- preconceptions" should^ have indir-, ^
1974, issue of SKYLOOK.) ler p. 143-148) contains a parallel ex- cated that 1 agreed with the possible
ample of localized "fog," and many value of "trying to give the strategic
Since this issue was rich in sighting reports describe wisps of "cloud" or point of view some airing." But I dis-
data, some comparison with past "vapor" around UFOs (See Strange agreed—and still disagree—that we
sightings seems appropriate. The Effects From UFOs, 11-10-57, Madi- should even seriously consider being
"sparkling wedge" of Austria bears son, Ohio, p. 11; 8-19-65, Cherry Creek, able to match wits with the presumed
some resemblance to several 19th N.Y., p. 43). spacemen. *•$
Century reports of glowing and spark- The Cherry Creek case further My basic point is this: Given; the *
ling masses described in Chapters 3-5 included a purplish liquid .on the apparently mystifying degree of tee,h-f :>,
of Mysteries of the Skies, by Lore & ground, and both vapor and an oily nological superiority demonstrated in?*-:
Deneault, including an interesting substance appear .in the 6-29/64 La- UFO reports (leading even Dr. Hyflek ,i
incidence of blue and red colors. vonia, Ga., case (Strange Effects, p. to doubt that it will be possible to ,|
Merging Spheres
5). The elliptical UFO chased by a account for UFOs within our present^
policeman near Richmond',: Va;, 624-66 scientific concepts; The lDipO^;Exper-
The reports from Romania included was surrounded -by "a 'mist or vapor" ience, p. 225 )<, then if deiibeF'ate .deegit^
two spheres merging into one object, (Strange Effects, p. 9). is being, practisedI von ^ -wholefale,
a milky fog, green liquid on the we-rnightas well•**'
ground, and a UFO with greenish The liquid substances at- UFO sites
halo. When .we were preparing The suggest that part- of an investigator's If we assume s
kit should be some sterile cotton and point of depaijtfure for' study^tfJefife no
UFO Evidence for publication, we al- sealed jars to absorb some of the
most included categories- »that we longer would-be' a'ny^rat'ional eRi'tena^^
liquid and preserve it for analysis. for arriving at t-fu^h. unless arid|until •
called "merging" and "separation"
cases, but decided against it because Green Halo the space'men wanted us to ."iShfow;.'':!
of,.having too few examples (maybe what was.going on.
The green halo effect has been pres-
'a -.d'pzen or so of each). ent in the 3:19-65 Japanese airliner The analogy with Russian atte^np^s ;
These have .since become fairly case (also involving E-M effects), the to decei've us about their strategic ''
well established as recurring fea-. 7-13-59 Blenheim, N.Z., near-landing capabilities' serves to illustrate my,,:
tures. The witness sketch of the merg- with visible Occupants (UFOs: A New point better than Ron's. We knoiv
ing spheres brings to mind-a range of Look, p. 29), and many others, often where the Russians a<re< have a teeh-^
reports with some family resem- brightly illuminating the surrounding nolpgy on a par with th'eirs, and jfi&Sg, j
blance, -including the relatively rare area. clear-cut ways of siftihg;4nut'h^fjE61ii^
"dumbbell- shape (See The UFO Evi- fiction because we know what- eyi
dence, p. 64). Somewhat similar con- Such patterns deserve far more
attention than, to my knowledge, they dence we are looking ;f|)r-ja;nd^hfei\y-ti0
figurations were reported at Damon, get it. None of this appWes,to,:t'hi&'.pr.^!
Texas, 9-3-65 (UiEtfs: A New Look, have received.
sumed spacemen. /
p. 7) and by then Florida Governor
Burns 4-25-66* (U.F.O. Investigator, I do not by any means rule'.-put the,;
The following refers to a letter by possibility- that 'there may be" s'bme '.
Vol. III No. 8, p. 3). Ron Westrum in the Nov. issue.
Fog or Vapor
practiced deception by the spaeemen Y
Since Ron Westrum's letter objects —fbtal, or partial. I
Fog or vapor associated with ulos should", be.: bn -.gjuapd
has potential significance for under- to some remarks rnad'e in this space
(SKYLOOK,' N'o. -83') concerning his ceptiori. But'jlist'how tftis co'uiid-'Be es- ,„;•':
standing propulsion and/or inter- tablished'eludes me. : ••'••?
notion of "deceitful spaceme'n", I will
apologize to him here for giving the Also,-we know from experience that
McCampbell to speak impression of hurliing\ep;ithets at him4. there is cohsiderablejgfl'iji&'pl'aying by
at 1975 MUFON Symposium The barbs hit 'the wrong target-, ap- self-styled ;JJFi)l.ogi.s'ts who thrive on
James M. McCampbell, MUFON parently due to my cramped wripfig mystification of the subject, and we 7|
Consultant in Research Planning and on a complex subject. However, the 'should even more so be on guard'Jt
author of the book "UFOLOGY—New whole iss-ue is fundamentally impor- against that since it is a known .fact
Insights from Science and Common tant and worth some elaboration. I And the human capacity for self- '
Sense" will be a speaker at the will stick by my guns in' disagreeing deception—willing to believe what we
MUFON 1975 UFO SYMPOSIUM in with Ron. want to believe—is another major/?
Des Molnes, Iowa, on July 5, 1975. My concluding remarks that ". . . stumbling-block on the road to truth
-20- 4

También podría gustarte