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mankind.
J u l y 2 0 , 1969
P u b l i s h e d monthly. S u b s c r i p t ion--$3~.OO ~ e y 2r . v ( u n i t e d S t a t e s m d
Canada). $4.00, p e r : y e a r e l s e w h e r e . Sc?.mple ccpy - 2.5@.
P o l i c y : To s e p a r a t e f a c t f r o m f a n t a s y . To t h e b e s t o f o u r knowledge:,
. a l l m a t e r i a l u s e d i s f r o m r e l i a b l e s o u r c e s . To 'the b e s t of o u r a b i l -
i t y , we. t e l l i t as i't i s .
' Permission t o u s e o u r r e p o r t s i s granted provided f u l l c r e d i t is
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g i v e n by u s i n g SICYLOOK, Box 1 2 9 , S t o v e r , No. a s s o u r c e .
We welcome UFO r e p o r t s , newspaper c l i p p i n g s a n d l e t t e r s . m t e r i a l
w i l l be r e t u k n c d i.f you r e q u e s t . When p o s s i b l e i g e t - y i j u r r e s o r t s t o
SKYLOOK by t h e 2 0 t h of t h e month. Copy r e c e i v e d t h e 2 5 t h w i l l be h e l d
over-
W r i t e f o r a d v e r t i s i n g r a t e s . The e d i t o r r e s e r v e s t h e r i g h t t o r e -
j e c t r e p o r t s and a d s f a i l i n g t o meet SKYLOOK s t n n d ~ z d so f i n t e g r i t y .
The S'XYLOOK Staff
Mrs. Norma E , S h o r t , E d i t o r a n d P u b l i s h e r , Box 1 2 9 , S t o v e r , Mo.65078
Ted P h i l l i p s , Jr.., ~ e ~ o r t aenrd - F c n t u r c ' T r i t e r , 1113 Were Ave.,
S e d ? . l i a , Mo. 65301 .. -
A s t z t e t r o o p e r from t h e J o n e s v i l l e P o s t a r d a m o t o r i s t d r i v i n g
a l o n g US-12 r e p o r t e d s i g h t i n g an u n i d e n t i f i e o g b j e c t i n t h e s k y head-
i n g n o r t h w e s t a n d photographed i t Tuesday ( J u l y 2 n d ) a t 2 ~ 0 5p.m.
The d r i v e r , Ray Ostarmyer, of 9603 Bay Cue1 Koad, E r i e , s p o t t e d t h e
o b j e c t , d e s c r i b e d a s a sil--;- d i s c , w h i l e d r i v i n g w e s t toward MOSCOW,
and s t o p p e d a l o n g t h e high:^. - r -
T r c ~ p e r3. J . R e 3 t 5 3 , c:: i:-is way t o t h e p o s t , s t o p p e d t o q u e s t i o n
O s t a r n y e r . B o t h Fe::'to;: a n d O , t a r ~ y e r t o o k p i c t u r e s of t h e m y s t e r i o u s
o b j e c t and r e p o r t s f r o m t h e p o l i c e p h o t o g r a p h i c l a b o r a t o r y i n Ea,st
L a n s i n g a r e pending,
"The o b j e c t a p p e a r e d t o be semi-round. A t t i n e s i t a p p e a r e d t o b e
e l o n g a t e d , l i k e a b l i m p , and. o t h e r t i n e s i t a ? p ~ a r e d t o be r o u n d , "
T r o o p e r P e n t o n s a i 6 . H, csti-mate8 t h e e l e v a - t i -n t o be 1 , 5 0 0 f e e t . "It
w a s s t a t i o n a r y f o r a p e r i o d , nnfi t h e n t o o k o f f ,''Fenton r e q o r t e d ,
C l i n t o n C W i l l i a m s J r , AFRO i n v e s t i k a t o r , i s f 0 1 1 0 w i i l g t h e d e v e l -
opments, and he has f o u ~ dt h e r e a r e n u u e r o u s s l g h t i n g s in H i l l s d a l e
c o u n t y d u r i n g t h e summer months,
S o u r c e : " H i l l s d a l e D z i l y N e w s t 1 ( N i c h i g a n ) 7/3/69; credit--Lou Farish.
S e d a l i a Woman R e c a l l s 1 9 5 2 S i g h t i n g
Mrs. S m i t h ( n o t h e r name ) of S e d a l i a , No., n e v e r s a w a UFO b e f o r e
t h e summer o f 1952 and s h e h a s n e v e r s e e n one s i n c e t h a t t i n e b u t s h e
h a s a c l e a r r e c o l l e c t i o n of t h e u n u s u a l o b j e c t s h e saw w h i l e r i d i n g
a b u s a b o u t 10 o t , l o c k one morning. She wa,s s i t t i n g j u s t b e h i n d t h e
d r i v e r on t h e l e f t s i d e o f t h e b ~ . s , , h e a d e d s o u t h on Ohio S t r e e t .
The o b j e c t a p p r o a c h e d from t h e n o r t h - n o r t h e ' a s ' t a n d w a s d i s c - s h a p e d
w i t h a rounded a r e a on t h e u n d e r n e a t h s e c t i o n . It was s i l v e r i n c o l o r
b u t n o t e x t r e m e l y r e f l e c t i v e , The o b j e c t w a s t i l t e d s l i g h t l y from t h e
v e r t i c a l w i t h t h e dome t o w a r d s t h e o b s e r v e r . It w a s q u i t e 103, j u s t
above t h e t r e e t o p s . A s i t p a s s e d by t h e b a s , s h e c o u l d s e e It t h r o u g h
t h e w i n d s h i e l d of t h e b u s . It ' h e n 3sgan t o c l i m b and d i s a p p e a r e d i n t o
the distance,
C r e d i t : Ted P h i l l i p s , S i ~ y ~ u Orhe d o r t e r .
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Young Women Observe Apparent Vl10 Landlng
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Miss - Phry Kathleen Kiiowics, Ecluct~tionalT h e r a p i s t , of 61GSA.
Horgnnford, S t . Louis,' No., ' l ' . l i ~ Jean
s Burke, of Hock P a l l s , 1110, -
and h i s s Diane P m l , of 244 llclskington s., C a r l i n v J - l l e, 111. ob- ,
served what may have been a UL!Y) landing i n t h e early norning h o u r s
of Junc 1 5 , 1968.
They were r i d i n g south on Route 88 on t h e i r way t o t h e hone of
Miss Knowlesl p a r e n t s and were about t h r e e afid a h a l f in,ilcs out of
Hock F a l l s when %hey saw a b r i g h t l y l i g h t e d o b j e c t througn t h e C a r
windows. Stopping t h e c a r , tiley r o l l e d t h e vir,dows down t o s ? e more
c l e n l y . It was 2boilt 2 a.m., v e r y d ~ i r l r , w i t h EL c l e a r sky, b u t no
moon. They n o t i c e d tlie s o ~ m dof c r i c k e t s sk;iri)ing, but t h e r e was 110
sound I r o n t h e l i g h t e d o b j e c t u s i t a p p e ~ r e dt o be slowly noving
downward a s i f f o r z landing.
Bone of t h e g i r l s was a b l e t o d i s t i n g u i s h a shape bec2use of t h e
b r i g h t w h i t e l i g h t a t t h e f r o n t of t h e o b j e c t , w i t h t h r e e red l i g h t s
f l a s h i n g off and on a t t h e s i d o s and back. Juciglrlg from t h e l i g h t
p a t t e r n , t h e y thought tha o b j e c t n u s t be rouulcl. They. e s t i m a t e d i t
t o be a q u a r t e r of a n i l e d i s t c ~ n . t ;when flyst s i h t e d , cvrnirig i n from
, rf
t h e south on a.s t a a d y , downward ga-th ~ i l dno f u r h e r away than on-e
h w d r c d f ? c t a3 . i t ayproachcd n z r ; l l l e l t o t h e rozd end ,cIisappeared
'below t h e t r e e z ~ t o pl e v e l of a climy: of' t r o e s .
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The mystm-y remains an6 in $7::. -i;i.zds o f veople along -the Th'@.sh
Linc t h c a e $ F \ - S the ~ u c s t ; ~-ic, ;~ 7.' , ' t ?1rC7e tl-e c i r c l n s i n Leo Paul
Chaput I s f i e l > s ?
A Look a t t h e SKY
During t h e l a t t e r h a l f of J u l y and t h e f i r s t h a l f of kugust t h e
p l a n e t Mercury w i l l not be v i s i b l e a s i t r e a c h e s s u p e r i o r c o n j u n c t i o n
on J u l y 22. Mercury i s t h e s m a l l e s t p l a n e t i n t h e s o l a r s y s t e u w i t h
- a diameter of only 3,000 miles. A warm d i s t a n c e of 36 n i l l i o n rniles
from t h e sun, a,nd beczuse i t i s so c l o s e , i t i s never seen a t any
g r e a t d i s t m c e above t h e horizon, 2nd - t 1 ~ e n o h l fyo r s h o r t p e r i o d s of
time .
Venus, s h i n i n g a t a b r i l l i a n t -3.7 magnitude, rises: a b o u t 3 hours
before t h e sun. It w i l l be yllite rlear t h e 1st magnitude s t a r ~ l d e b a r a n ,
The p l a n e t ' s d i s c i s c u r r e n t l y 63% i l l u m i n a t e d .
The P l a n e t I'4ercury
Tt?_e.smallestp l a n e t i n our s o l a r system i s a l s o t h e c l o s e s t . t o t h e
sun, only 36,000,030 m l l e s mean d i s t a t . ~ c eaway. lt Gas a ciielripier of
s l i g i i t l y over 3,000 miles,, . w i ' c h a p e r i o d of r o $ a t i o n of aSou-'t; 68 days.
I t s c l o s e p o x i m i t y t o t h e sun p r e v e n t s us from s e e i n g t h e p l a n e t
high above t h e horizon. A s . V J E a r e alitays s e e i ~ - g i t through a v e r y
t h i c k l a y e r of a t n o s p h e r e , we never g e t a r e a l l y good look a t i t , but
it can be seen s i x p e r i o d s of time each year-,
The p l a n e t goes bhrough phases as does Veilus and our moon. s s t r o n -
omers h5,ve been a b l e t o d e t e c t f a i n t markings on t h e s u r f a c e . Xercury
c o n p l e t e s ' one r o t a t i o n on i t s a x i s a s it ccm.22.etes o:?a r e T ~ o l u t i o , of
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t h e s u n , -one s i d e always t w n e d toward t h e sm, the o?her t u r n e d away.
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( k n t i n u e d on n e x t page)
I n Others' Words. . . . (~ontimecl)
South African c o n t a c t e e E l i z a b e t h ETa:car F i e l d i n g ' s s t o r y i s t o l d
i n some d e t a i l i n t h e August; i s s u e of F.t:.X, 1-1; i s very i r l t r i g u i n g
t o c o t e t h e changes which have taken place i-?h e r s t o r y s i n c e i t was
f i r s t published i n 1956. This sl.;_ouldnot be ;.aken a s a n indictment
of h.er claims, but a s an i n d i c a t i o n ' t h a t t h e ;:r.l.giiial r e p o r t s were.
perhaps " s t r u c t u r e d " t o provide confirmation for t h e Udarnski c o n t a c t
stories, A l l i n a l l , a quite interesting article,
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Hundreds See UFO S t r e a k Across B r i t a i n
According t o a n a r t i c l e i n t h e August 3 r d i s s u e of t h e NATIONAL
ENQUIItER, hundreds of people from n o r t h e r n Scotland t o s o u t h e r n England
saw a torpedo-shaped UFO s t r e a k a c r o s s t h e n i g h t slry, Yiy 25th"
A l l r e p o r t s s a i d t h e UEO was t r a v e l i n g south t o n o r t h and o f f i c i a l
i n v e s t i g a t i o n s were ordered by t h e B r i t i s h M i n i s t r y o f Defer,se a:~d t h e
Rojral Observatory a t Iierstmonceux, A spoltesnan f o r t h e obszrv.ako::-2:
s a i d t h e i r t e l e s c o p e v a s p o i ~ t e da t t h e m o m a t t h e i;i.?~e of t h e ::L@.+-
i n g and "we a l l had our bakks t o t h e p o s i t i o n i t t r a v e l e d .
t h e whole t h i n g , "
. we missed
I l l i n o i s UFO I d e n t i f i e d
The Fay 28th i s s u e of t h e ''Chicago Tribune" s a y s t h e nibhi;-time .
f l y i n g o b j e c t s e e n i n t n e Palatine-Lake Zurich a r e a a cou.;?ie DY weeks
ago ( t h e n i g h t of May 12--see J u i y S X Y L . > G ~ ~ ) has been i d a n t i f i e d . . Chi-
cago A e r i a l I n d - u s t r i e s of 3arri.ngton says i t was n o t a ~ i s l t o rfrom
ouTvcr si?ace b u t w a s a low f l y i n g a i r p l h l i e t e s t i n g t h e company's n i g h t
p h o t o g r a p h i c equiynent , which i ~ l c l u d e da h i g h i n t e n s i t y l i g h t t u r n e d
on f o r s h o r t d u r a t i o n s .
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Richmond's. Therefor, the " ' d i f f e r e n t view" expressed i s not IU view
but Major R ichmond '
A good , i n v e s t i g a t o r .s t i c k s t o t h e " f a c t s " and a r r i v e s a t h i s con-
c l u s i o n s based upon those f a c t s which h i s i n v e s t i g ~ t i o nd i s c l o s e s .
The point i s t h a t t h e c ~ n c l u s i o n sdrawn i n t h i s case a r e t h e only log-
i c a l conclusions t h d t cdn be reached based upon t h e f a c t s a s given t o
t h e i n v e s t i g a t o r by t h e witness,
Now, t h e r e a r e t h r e e b a s i c reasons why t h i s s i g h t i n g r e p o r t may
seem t o be i n c o n f l i c t w i t h o t h e r r e p o r t s of t h e 'Lsame" phenomena on
the same d a t e : -
1. The witness could be l y i n g .
2. The witness could be i n e r r o r .
3 The witness could have seen a d i f f e r e n t o b j e c t than
t h a t reported by t h e o t h e r observers,
There i s no reason whatsoever t o be-lieve number one; number two
could be p a r t i a l l y t r u e ; number t h r e e could very w e l l be t r u e .
I would l i k e a l l your r e a d e r s a l s o t o c o n s i d e r two t r u t h s t h a t I
have l e a r n e d a f t e r 4,200 hours f l y i n g Wne a s a p i l o t and many y e a r s
a s an i n v e s t i g a t o r :
1. Objects may appear q u i t e d i f f e r e n t when observed from
t h e ground a t g r e a t d i s t a n c e s a s compared t o when observed while i n
t h e a i r from c l o s e proximity,
2. It i s exceedingly d i f f i c u l t t o a c c u r a t e l y e s t i m t e the
a c t u a l s i z e o r speed of an o b j e c t e i t h e r whiie stand-ing on t h e ground
looking ug many miles away or i n t h e a i r a t v e r y high a l t i t u d e ,
(Slgned )
dobert J. E e r t e l l
Pield Investigator
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Reported by Rick Reynolds and Jack Ginther,