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- S E P T E M B E R 1969

With t h e . i3ditor

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A l l e n Utke, U R O Consultant anit A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r of Chemistry a t t h e
Wisconsin S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Oskkosh, Wisconsin.

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o r of UFO Study Group of G r e a t e r St. Louis, Box 9, OIIp?dllon, Mo, 6336
Wzlter Andrus, J r . , Co-Chairman I l l i n o i s S e c t i o n APRO and I l l i n o i s
- , S t a t e n i r e c t o r o f t h e Plidwest UFO Network, 40 C h r i s t o n h e r Court,
I ' Quincy, Ill. 62301. Lucills F n r i s h , i.iri4-er i n Ufology F i e l d , Route 1.
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Bright Object Sighted Near I m p e r i a l , M o b . ,. . . : . .

Nark Wallace, Route 3, . I m p e r i a l , 0 , . s i g h t c d . a br:ight o b j e c t . i n

t h e sky ab0u.t 9 o f c l o c k , t h e n i g h t of J u l y 30;i:July 3 1 s t and August
h t . The sky was c l e a r t h e f i r s t n i g h t w i t h mo.on :and,. s i a r . ~v:isipleo
The next n i g h t WAS tthazylfand i t was tlcloud.ytlt h e f o l l o w i n g night.
. The o b j e c t w a s seen i n t h e eastc:m s k y , ~mov-ing: f r o n . ,the .sou-ti.l::tolithe
, n o r t h and was i n sigb.t a3ou-t t h r e e second&. Seen ~t f i r s t t h e s i z e
of a d i s t a n t s t a r , i t was described ::s b e i n g ;'a l i t t l e b i t l r g e r
than L1 g r a p e f r u i t 1 ' a s seen tilrough b i n ~ c u l ~ cr s~t h t e closes-t p o i n t
t o The obsc;rver and w a s , . d ~ e , s c ~ r ~ b e . $eiag.'"brigi~'r,
d:~s a s a he&dlight.'L
Two other I m p e r i a l r e s i d e n t s (naines on f i l e ) a l s o observed t h e obje'cto
Credit:Mrs. Doris S c h e i d e r , Reporting: J-ohn F. S c h u e s s l c r , I n v e s t i -
gating.

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Azines t h i s s i z e this month, and we a r e a b c a t t o use t h e n u g i n s and
hsng some " o v e r t h e edge" i n o r d e r t o p r i n t QS much a s possible.
 I n t h i s mad, mod f ~ ~ ' r almost ld anything koes, 'but some oldLfasl1ioned
t r u t h s h a v e n ' t changed a b i t , and one 1s t h e old saw, "Saying l t 1s So-
d o e s n ' t n e c e s ~ a r ' i l y , ~ m a kiet so. f b Rightdnow we a r e r e f e r r i v l g t o the c , u l t s
who claim c o n t a c t w i t h beings from Venus, t h e Moon, Mars o r o t h e r plan-
e t s . They r i d e f l y i n g s a u c e r s i n t o o u t e r s,pace and come. back t o t e l L
of- t h e p l a n e t s they havz v i s i t e d and the "messages" t h e y Bring t o e a r t h -
l i n g s , Whether they a r e j u s t seeking' p u b l i c i t y ,or t r y i n g t o mUkea fczst
buck, they h i n d e r and d i s c r e d i t the work of s e r i o u s i n v e s t i g a t o r s , as
they arouse t h e r i d l c u l e , ' c $ a public which only too o f t e n makes no
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d i ' s t i n c t i o n between t h e groups,
Consider the f oilowing :

The Aetherius .Society, a,r e l i g i o u s group, c l a i m f i r s k h a n d knowledge

of t h e mysteries .>of space... D r . Gcorge King, -of::Los Angelr?s, .who founded
t h e soci'ety., sciys- he yas m a t c h e d by a 'Venusi.r;l.nnamed -4ethGrius i n l954.
- ' D r . Xing h ~ vsi s i t e d . : ' t h e r i l q n c t s , he . s ~ y s ,-lnd h e Fe.,orts t h e Marti'nns
a r e 6 . f c e t , 6 . .inches . t a l i , with t i n y ft::et ,.' l r r g t . h- .rids and glossy. clnh-
amon colored skin. '.Heh ~ s nt e x p ~ ~ ~ ~ rhow i e l l%hLy e x i s t o n ~.LIa1itne.t wh,ich '

our- m r i n e r .,ca~neras :;revilclt o h , , o i l . s u r f ~ c ca out l i k e that Of ',the .,

moon--no' doubt :Dr. ;King : w : i l l get around t o t h i s i n . 'time. E d n a ~ $ q k e . y ,

who heads the l a r g e s t -.an'd m o s t a c t i v e 'braiich o f 'this scci.e:,ty .in"P.e'trolt,
says t h a t u n t i l a few y e a r s ago, when s a u c e r f o l k had' base's on the 'moon,
man was forbidden .to l a n d t h e r e . Now t h $ s ban h a s been revoke,d,. .:she.
says. This, n o , doubt, - kc'count s f o r 'the s'af e landing of 'ou'r astro'nauts.
It h a s n ' t been explained 'if they ware informed'of t h i s 'gracious. pcr-
-m&.ssion-before l e a v i n g earth--or i f t h e - timing - i s . . j u s k .lucky--coincidence,
r . ., , . .. g .

In England t h e Rev. I a n , Jbhnson, of ~ i r m & k r m , heads t h e N ~ G '

.Church of Jcrusa81em with about 4,000 members -:and h i s -congrZegatko$ ,..- . . .:be-
l i e b e d , t h e a s t r o n a u t s . .wbtild f m d d w a r f & ' ".w i-t.h vo.ices l-i'ke.-thddei!y-: .:;
when t h e y l a n d e d ,on t h e .moon; :nc.cording $ 0 o statement ;&a&,, ~ u l yl y t h
j u s t . t h r e e days b&&x-f:th'& moon l,2hding,., Maybe ithe iit t .l e. f k l l e ; r s . . l e f t
%he N.. o . o n . w...~ t h . a .the--&6k;erigna-w.hen
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knqrnin r e s c a r c h c r antnounces' commun.ic~tionw i s h people on $1 known pian-
e t s i n our solar.'system--as wel1,as t h e undisccvcred ones? -vJe arb 11,olt
permitted t o - p ~ b l - ~ tshhc name of 'tili-s- rrcse,lrclier s i n c e he o r she, d p e. s.
not wish t o i n t e r r u p t r e s e a r c h t o answer t h e volume of m a i l whl%h
would r e s ~ z l t++ * * IL--Wc have quotcd t h i s w.ord f o r vrord., Some of the
books - a d v c r t i s e d ' i n t h e r e s t of t h e ad include such t i ; c l e s a s "Invita-
t i o n from t h e Planct Venus, ' I " ~ e ~ l t u nfrom e E x ~ c r i n n c eG j v e s Advice, "
"From J u p i t e r t h c Flanct of Joyff--2nd i f t h p t i s n ' t enough, !'The Un-
d.iscovcred. -FLanetsH - ( u n d i s c o v r ~ r ~ ~ d ; -co!;rcc,
of hy 3nyone b u t the 'well
known r e s c a r c h e r ' mentioned i n tile. f x r s t paragr: ~ ~ h s ) .
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t author,' 'I'?-;~a'i-tling v i s i - t s % j t h space peo,pk . . ' I 1 Another.
a l l ~ : ' ~ i > b uthe , .

book on t h e m a r k e t . w i l 1 t ' e l i ' y o u hbout l'tlik strange^. 'from:'~enus'~~ wh? .....

has been w o r k i n g a t t h e IDentago~i n Washington . f o r yL3arse If t h a t d o e s n ' t
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grab you, you. can s p e n d '-three- d , o l l a ~ sf o r , s t i l l -7nother. book -which w i l l . . .. . . .- .-

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n o t only e x p l a i n a l l UFOts, but w i l l e x p l a i n " l i f e i n t h e Gavrns an8 ,
H e l l s , ,i3.;ri, 1. , psychic phenomena, h e a l i n g , l e v i a t l o n , clzirvoyance * *.
s p i r i t s have shown themselves s o they could be recognized and h v c t h c 7-
' p i c t u r e s drawn * * and t h c a u t h o r of t h i s remarkable book .''is a
,dead manf1--well-, dead from t h e e a r s up, a t any r a t e .
. .
- ' a n o t h e r autlior f o r a , p u b l i s h e r 01 t h i s type of " r e v e l a t i o n s " has a
f r i e n d f.rom. Saturn who 1s a couple hundred y e a r s o l d but " a j e r f e c t
speciman of a man" and she h a s a l s o met people from Venus and Mars-
a s well-. She i s inforined on a l l ki_rds of out-of-this-world matters--
f o r exampl'e, she s a y s J e s u s i s s a i l i n g around i n space on a s p ~ c e s h i p -
w i t h 78 d i s c i p l e s ! The reason you and I and ' t h e f o l k s n e x t door have
n o t been approached by t h e b r o t h e r s from o u t e r space i s because we a r e
"unclean. I' Only t h e pure i n h z a r t . ... . . - I
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<:ary
..., t r a v e l and'wou1d~'we~come o u r a s t r o n a u t s whowould b e a b l e t o
.,':&ders.tand thcir':langua&. We assume. t h i s i s a , d i f fi.rcn-nt t r i b e from
1 '.'
, t h e d w s r f s w i t h .+oic.es l i k e thundcr o r the &ethcricinh,. a d a p p a r e n t i y
they' had b u s i n 6 s s ~elsewhere
. . b r got th'c landlng d a t e o,ixed f o r we
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SKYLOCKTo Be .L- i s t e d i n Univ2rslty D i r e c t o r y

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J . F Kuhns,. 311 E e 48th' S t . , K;trtsas City, No. ( f ormer p u b l i s h e r ' o f
SWLOOK) - 6 r w a r d e d a l e t Ler and q u c s t i o n ~ u l r efrom t h e University L i -
brdry st ' t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Michigan, Ann Arbor. W e rnallcd t h r e e copies
.o'f2SKYLOOK (May through J u l y 1969) along witn t h e complu t e d q u e s t i a -
m i r e and have s i n c e been informed by Robert H, Muller, Associate
D i r e c t o r , t h a t SEE;YIDOK w i l l be included i n t h e u n i v c r s l t y l , new d i r -
---ezrtory "of ' p e r i o d i c a l s d e a l i n g w l t h c o n t r o v e r s i a l i s s u c s , dissident
" v$ows)' minority opin.ions e t c . kir. PIullcr informed u s t h e f i r s t ed-
i'ti!on (1967)- w a s ' v c r y favorably received snO was bought by over 2000,
1 l b r a r i e a,,
We a r e 'more t h a n pleased w i t h t h e copy of the review g i v e n SB(YL0OK-
<and a r e g r a t e f u l t o John f o r forwarding ;he o r l g i n a l l e t t e r .

"To Norma Short and t h e SKYLOOK S t o f f : I n t o d a y f s news media where

t r u t h and value appear suddenly ' - . : ; t i q u a t ~ . d , ~I e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y admit
t o no doubts whatsoever t h a t tlils i s 3 xagozine d e s t i n d d t o grow; t o
emerg'e, and to; take i t s r i g h t f u l &ce among t h e h i e r a r c h y o f v a l u e s
b
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(Signed.) " D o r i s J . Schneider"
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LUNAR A I R FORCE POOH-POOHS SPIDYRY U F O - - - " ~ i d l c u l o u s , ~Shys Moon ikn

THE MOOi1:--The lmar a& f o r c e d i s c l o s e d t o d a y t h a t i t i s i n v e s t i g a -

t i n g r e p o r t s t h a n a n u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t (m0)
was s i g h t e d l a s t
Sunday i n o r n e a r t h e Sea o f T r a n q u i l l i t y .

However, a n a i r f o r c e spokesman s c o f f e d a t . s u g g e s t i o n s t h a t . t h e UFO

may have been a s p a c e s h i p from e a r t h o r some o t h e r p l a n e t ,
"We g e t r e p o r t s of t h i s t y p e q u i t e f r e q u e n t l y a n d we r o u t i n e l y check
themb o u t , " t h e spokesman s a i d . "The so-cal1,ed , f l y i n g s a u c e r s ' u s u a l l y
t u r n o u t t o have been ' o p t i c a l i l l u s i o n s caused by c r a . t e r . g a s o r some-
t h i i l g o f t h e s o r t , We have no e v i d e n c e tha$l t h e r e i s a n y k i n d of l i f e
on e a r t h . And even i f t h e p l a n e t were i n h a b i t e d , i t would be r i d i c u l o u s
t o t h i n k , t h a t t h e e a r t h l i n g s would b e . a b l e t o f l y t o t h e moon!"

D e s p i t e o f f i c i a l s k e g t i c i s m , however,, r e s i d e n t s of t h e Sea of
q u i l l i t y i n s i s t e d t h e y saw a s t r a n g e v e h i c l e l a n d on Sunday and t a k e o f 3
ran-
a g a i n on Monday*
"It passed r i g h t o v e r my head," s a i d M r s . Maudie T r i b l i n g , who l i v e s
in C r a t e r 22. "I c o u l d s e e two w e i r d - l o o k i n g c r e a t u r e s . p e e r i n g o u t 03?
t h e windows as i t wen-t by." Asked t o d e s c r i b e t h e v e h i c l e , M r s . T r i g l i n g
s a i d it 'llooked something l i k e a s p i d e r w i t h - . s p i n d l y l e g s a n d d i s h e s
i n s t e a d of f e e t , She s a i d i t was I t b r e a t h i n g f i r e f ' when s h e f i r s t saw
it. She s a i d i t seemeh t o hover b r i e f l y o v e r t h e c r a t e r ~ n dt *h e n descend
a s h o r t d i s t a n c e beyond t h e r i m ,
Mrs. T r i b l i n g l s stdry wzs c o r r o b o t r a t e d t o some e x t e n t by Clyde K i p p ~
who-vowed t h a t he a c t u a l l y s a w t h e v e h i c l e l a n d and two unmoonly f i g u r e s
emerge, "They were w h i t e a l l o v e r and had b i g s q u a r e backs and g l a s s
f a c e s , " Kipper s a i d , "I c o u l d n ' t t e l l , i f t h e were r o b o t s o r l i v i n g.-
iT
t h i n g s , and b e l i e v e me, -I . d i d n ft ,hafig are* t o f i n d o u t . "
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. Kipper w a s a s k e d what t h e c r e a t u r e s were doing. when he saw them..

'IS h o w you a r e n f t g o i n g t o b e l i e v e t h i s , " h e : s a i d , " b u t t h e y were- k i n d
o f l e a p i n g around a n d , p i c k i n g up r o c k s . Once t h e y s t o p p e d a n d - - I ' l l
swear I f m n o t making t h i s up--they s t o p p e d a n d s e t up a r e d , w h i t e and
b l u e c l o t h and s a l u t e d it,"
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A -lunar a i r f b r c e o f f i c i a l c a l l e d K i p p e r t , s t a t e m e n t ' " s h e e r fantasy."
H'; ; s a i d , " I ' v e h e a r d some w i l d s t o r i e s i n my time b u t t h i s , one t o p ? .
them a l l . He must have b e e n r e a d i n g t o o much , s c i e n c e - f i c t i o n . ",

Source: "The Brawley N e w s y 1 ' Brawley, C a l i f . , J u l y 24, 1969 . -

C r e d i t : Lou P a r i s h
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been.' & b l e 1 . t of i n d any ihfqrmkt i o n i6nfirming t h i s a s of
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were'. from" *he ndrtheast:'; It".would appear t h a t . t h e b a l l o o n , -if such ' i t .
yas,:?wou$'d' h&e, pa&.sed.,:niirthof ~ t & e r2nd. t h e ' s i g h t i n g are& I i , ' w ~ u . l d
appear wet- c'ah.:elirncnate . t h e '.radiosonde balloon from :Colu~ibiaa s ib.. '
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s t a t e i s st,ill bkihg' checked. iihy f u r t h e r ' repof t w i l l appear i n t h e
n e x t i s s u e , , - , a n d w e would l i k e t o hear from o t h e r s who observed t h e
...:, .'Send . i n ' ,gour,r e p o r t t o the w r i t sr-.-iTed . P h i l l i p ' s - j 1113 Ware
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On t h e e v e n i n g of A,r:;ijst 6 , 1969, a p o l i c e o f f i c e r i n J e f f e r s o n C i t y ,
IvIo., s a w a m e t e o r - l i k e o b j e c t . When i n t e r v i e w e d 'ofi t e l e p h o n e by Ted
P h i l l i g s , t h e o i ' f l c e r s a i d t h e , s i g : l l ; i n g occu-ryed as h e . w a s w r i k i n g a
t - r a f f l c t i c k e t a t 9:25 p.m. The s k y w a s clc-ar a n d t:.e o b j e c t 'seen
i n . t h e n o r t h w e s t . I t w;s a yellow-w:lite b a l l o f f2ire hnd a p p e z r k d t o -be
i n sevc.1-al p i e c e s , He saw t h e o b j c . c t f o r j u s t two o r t h r e e s e c o n d s .
T h e r e was no sound.

This Looks L i k e 3. Big h e + ! -

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As we '"go t o p r e s s t b Ted ,Phillips i r i f arms

u s he , i s i n v e s t i g a ' t i n g a
r e p o r t e d l a n 6 i n g c a s e , l v l t h probdb1,y a d o z e n w i t n e s s e s , a n d phot-ographs-
We won1 t g i v e t h e l o c e , t i o n now as we h o p e . tllis w i l l be a . ~ ~ Y L O O,"ex- K
c l u s i v e " i n o u r n e x t i s s u e . ' -.latch for i t !
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, C h i l d A l p r t s Mother
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t o Sky 0 1 7 i e c t
A b r i g h t o b 2 e c t wns s e e n I n t h e n o r t h e r n s k y Lt'oaut 3 U.Plc ~ ~ ~ 2,~ u s t
i l e a r Cmdentan-, 1.10. I'he o u s e r v e r , m ~ e r v i e w e dby ,fed ~ + l l l l ~ ssa,i d
h e r 5-year o l d s o n c a l l e d ' h e r c beritlorl t o . a glowiilg l i g l ~ t ,dn$ t h e y
watched i t f r o m t h e bedroom w;udow f o r s e v e r a l i x i n u t e s . She d e s c r i b e d
it a s ' b e i n g a b r i g h t , w h i t e l i g h t i;:lat f l a s . h e d a t r e g u l a r - internal-s,.
I t h o v e r e d a n d movcd i n a z i g z a g f a s h i o n w i t h c o n s i d e r d b l e v e r t i c a l .
' m o i i o n . They c o u l d s e e n o # - o t h c r lights on t h e o b j e c t and t h e l - e w a s
" - no s o m d . - - ,___
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UPORC S i g- h t i n g Forms
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a .Ted P h i l l i p s wl.ites: "I : r e , c e i v e d t h e ',fi r s t . . - c 0 ~ i e . of 8 9 n6iuXJ~0".. , ' ,

s l g h t i n g form from M r . Rod Dyke, UFOKC, ' S e a t t l e , Washiilgton: The

- - f o r r r l si n c l u d e a 6kpage . r e p ~ r t +orm, :f a -4-page. p r i o r i t y fOL-I;~,, 3 wea;her
f o r m , a s k y n a p fdi-m; ~ a l J da j , p l i b t o g r a i ~ h i :cr e p o r t f o r m . T h e s e . a r et h e ; -!

most c o m p l e t e a n d f a r r e a c h i n g s e t of r e s o r t f o r m s t h a t 1 ' h a v e y e t t o
.se.e. Upon t h e .c.omplet,ion. o f t h e s e forms any g i v e n s i g h t i n g woilld be
covereti v e r y w e l l . 1 would l i k e t o take 't-!iis o$.porturiity .'to'c onn;:end----.
.Ro8. f o r t h e d e v e ~ o p e g.of. t t h e s e .fo m s . UYOHC .is.,do2.ilg:a l o t : of -..very
. : f i n e work..in -i-he:.ijl%: f i e a d anci. s h o u l d , be. ~ i v g nc r . e d i t . where . ' c r e d l,-:.k . , .; .a

,is"sue.
. . . - 1 a.m ' r n ~ s t.... -. h. a p p yt o be.-d i r e c t ~ ya f $ i i i a t e & w i - t h . this ' f i n e group."
..>u ;

The Pjidwest UFO Network woLLid 1die t o h ve he 0 ~ p - ~ r t l l n l t yt o -

s t u a y t h e _sl,,,tinb i o r n s , ds t h e y hGve n o t y e t a d o p t e d a f o m a n d
s e v e r a l dre being cunsldered,
Rodt a d d r e s s is: Rod B. Dyke, 3521 S o ! 104th St., Sea ~ : l e \ , Wash-
---- -- ---
ington, 98146, - - ..- - - - - -
 More 'on' Mattoon, Ill. S,ightir!g
, . The August i s s u k of SKYLOOK l e p o r t e d a s i g h t i n g over Mat-koon, Ill.
J y l y 1 4 t h and it w i l l be remembered t h e p o l i c e decided t h e b r i g h t ob-
i: 'j'ect was l l ~ u - sat s t a r . "
' Leonard Sturm, 1835 S. Fairview A v e . , Deoatur, I l l . , member of t h e
Die-catur UFO' Research Committee, i n v e s t i g a t e d .the s i g h t i n g and s e n t u s
, h i s r e p o r t , along w i t h 'newspaper c3 i p p i n g s from t h e Pbttoon "Journal
Gazettk" ,:frbm which our lugusb r e p o r t was w r i t t e n ) , t h e Coles County
"Times Czurier"' and t h e YDecatur Eierald* l1
-, . . . . . .. . . . . . .

: We quote from M r . StWm's r e p o r t : "'l'k -and M r s . . ~ c ~ i b b ef inr s t notic..-- .

ed t h g ' l i g h t ! i n t h e west-southwestern sky &nd watched it' f o r an hour
a's it ',move.d 's;lowl.y ri0rt.h.. They,notirfi.edt h e :police by telephone a t .
"1::.0.6 'AN: CDT. The .poT~cedispatchey J i i n Apyc?l' could s e e t h e . o b j e c t from
the- wes*window o$ t h e radj.0 .room, a n d he a l e , ~ . e d . .o f f i c e r s Larry %5ghf
Bpd Donald L i t t l e , who als, dbse-rved i t . They b e c i d e d t h a t G'$ , w a s , a n -un-
' u s u a ' l o b j e c t , so %.hey. n o t i f led some , l o c a l . r e o n l e , inclufling some from thc-
riewsmper; and t h e s t a t e p o l i c e , in,Pesoturn, w h o i n t u r n n o t i f i e d Chanu.;?
. A i r p o n e Base P o l i c e of t h e s i -l 7 . t ing - e m l y i n . t-he,morning,.: .Mr. Appel
.

d
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.watched ' t h e ' same o r a s i m i l a r o j e c t each af the fo1lowi:lg two' n i g h t s a t

tdbout, . t h e 4 a d e t i i i e , but h a s a o t s l e n it..s m c e tilen. . .!l-he ub j e c t W ~ S
. &6: sei4i1 o n t h e mbrn.ing of J u l y 3 4 by a bellboy from t h e U. S. Grant
.-
Hd.5.6.T
;>, who wzs..a t Lgke-
'.'. ..' - . . P a r a d i s e , 5 miles southwest of Mattoon." :

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f i p t i e n ,of. t h e object.: " T t , was r r . r a l - shaped w i t h , f l i c k e r i n g r e d ,

g-redri,;,'blu-e and ,yellow l i g h t s on i t t h a t shown l i k e s p o t l i g h t s , except
f o r ' a n area at-.one-.elidIthat had n o l i g h t s on i t . . ..Mr.McKibben watched
ijt -through,b i n o c u l a r s . The o b j e c t a t f i r s t . . s e e m e d t o be a h 0 s . t .g t a t j o n -
.... .,...:.
aFjfii-iri..the-.sky;-' b u t when ,it,--moved,i.t seemed t o -.move .very..f a s t : , i n . .
' w i c k j e r k s , b. McKibben s a i d , he s i z e was "bigger t h a n t h e bigges5
s t a r w i t h t h e -naked eye. A.bout .l%times t h e s i z e of :an egg:*w-hen' view-
.ed th.r.o,ugh t h e .binoculars'. It was a l s o noted " t h e l i g h t s on t h e " obj e c t
jkdepefid&'n-t:ly f2as~ed;;on a n d ' off - i.n no apparent -.:pattern;o r rhythm. I I
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I. 1 .

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Nr. McKibben r e s i d e s a t 7 1 2 Edgar S t r e e t i n Mattoon and i s a n auto-
mobile salesman f o r t h e Bob P e t e r s Ford kgency i n t h a t c i t y ,
' _

, W O POTPOUIjRI ' 6 s non-sched~~Ject and i s a v a i l a b l e only through ex-

change f o r o t h e r UFO ' p u b l i c a t i o n s , r e p o r t s and c l i p p i n g s ,-1-ts s o l e pur-
pose i s t o f o s t e r i i l t e r c s t and cooperatior! in t h e s c l e n t i s i c inves-ti-
g a t i o n of t h e UFO phenomena^ t h ~ o u g han exchange of information and
ideas, This worthwhile', no-nonsense newslet-Ler-i s w r i t t e n by John.
S c h u e s s l e r , P. 0. Box 9, O t Failon, Mo,, 63366, Send a newsraper c l i p -
pi'ng o r o t h e r form of UTO r e q o r t vri-ch v o : r r e q u e s t f.or a copy ,of h i s
U F O POTPOURlU,

' NAPO. J i s b a n d a --Bruce B e n n e t t , + e s l d c n t of t h e Nationai A e r i a l

Phenomenon Organizagion (N.A.P.O.) 8 2 Norman Lane, Levittown, N. Y,
lL756,. wishes u s to announce t h e organiz,:tion i s no more, b u t he s a y s
t h e club b u l l e t i n UFO ' P B D I A will continue t o be pu3llshed a-:; i r r e -
gular Intervals, ..
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S e v e r a l Watch B r i g h t O b j e c t Over S e d a l i a ; , Mo,
- - - - - --

At a b o u t l Z : 3 O a.m., J u l y 13, 1969, an ~ ~ ; u s u ao lb j e c t was s e e n by

s e v e r a l p e o g l e n e a r L e r o y f s Steak house i n S e d a l i a , Moo

A s twq w e r e l e a v i n g t h e St.eakcHoi~.se on s o u t h h r i g h ~ ~ ~6a5y t ~ e y

n o t i c e d s i x ~ e o o l leo ~ okinp.ux, i n t o t h e w e s t e r n s l q ' a n d joined t h e
group.Tbe s k y was - c l o i + y g n d - t h ~ r r ?lArnre . no s t m a sv i s i b l e . A r o u n d ,
yellow-gold c o l o r e d o b j e c t was r n m i n ~froln s o . t U t o n o r t h , j u s t
w e s t oi t h e z e n l t h . I t . b i a s n ~ v l i l ga t a f a i r l y l l l b h r,.te of s p e e d bh?n
i t s u d d e n l y ~ s t o p p e d ,h o v e r e d , dnd, t n e n rnoved, w l t h a z l g - z a g n o t i o n
, f r o m r i g h t . t o l e f t . It was ~ i o v l n gt h r o u g h t h e l o w e r b z s e o f t h e c l o u d s
and . a p p e a r e d b r i g h t e r t h a n the $,lang2. . . - : Venus (one of t h e o b s e r v e r s
i s a n a m a t e u r s t r o n o m e r who i s f a m i l i a r ' w i t h t h e p l a n e t s ' a p p e a r a n c e ).
It a.iso a p p e a r e d l a r g e r t h a n Vefius t o t h e u n a i d e d e y e and was in
s i g h t f o r 30 t o 45 s e c o n d s a t o t h two ~ i n t e r v i e w e d by Ted h i l l i p s
a n d had b-een o ' o s c r ~ e df o r a -J,ol:gec p e r i o d by t h e o t h e r s . TllereTma's
no s o u n d , no change' i n c o l o r o r b r i g l i t n e s s . It w a s - l a s t s e e n some 45 .
e e s a o e t h w e s t e r n h o r ' i z o n ' ~ ~t h o b s e r ' e r s . e n t i s ' d t h e
P g E a u r a n ? Xo more witnesses. ~ F i e nt h e y r e k r n e y , i t Eah S i s a p p e a r -
ed. ,
. The- namesj:ofs~ i t n e s e e sa r e on f i l e a n d ' t h e two i n ' t e r v i e w e d by ,
M r . - & i l l i p s , a r e .known by . h i m a n d c o n s i d e r e d r e l i a b l e . One i s a F e d e r a l
employee a n d t h e o % h m p a r t of a large c o n s t r u c t i o n company i n '

Sedalia.
-

R e p o r t e d UFO h i d i n g - a t A i r B a s e
..
A r e p o r t of a n u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t l a n d i n g a t i h e Whiteman-
A i r i'Orce Base w e s t o f S e d a l i a h a s b e e n r e c e i v e d f r o m two r e l i a b l e
- s o u r c e s ; buh. f o r r e a s o n s o u r r e a d e r s c a n ~ m d e r s t a n d , names c a L m o t 'be
divulged.
, , # -

It i s r e n o r t e d t h e f f o b j e c t " l a n 8 e 8 iu-;t o f f t h e s o ~ ~ t ~ ~ . el nr dc s of
t
a runbray a t ' t h e b a s e , an? t h e are.2 w s r o - e d o f f , 'hilt ' n o t b e f o r e a
burned a r e a , w a s .observe3 :by ace w'ikness. It 1 s repor-tccl l h e base .
was t h e n c l o s e d f q r a t i m e .
, Ted P h i l l i g s i s t r j i n g . t o g e t more on
this. - , I

It w i l l be remembered we r e p o r t e d - a U F O b e i n g s k h t e d o k r a . I . r

missile complex. in t h e C e n t r a l A r k a n s a s a r e a ( ~ u liSBue ~ . of SK~OOI-1)

a n d , L o u P a r i s h .(ourLh r l r a n s a s r e p o r t e r ) h a s b e e n Gnable t o g e t ally
f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n on t h a t one. + ,

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T,exans R e p o r t Great-, ~ l o h i nB a~l l
A g r e a t g l o w i n g b a l l , g r e e n i s h i n c o l o r and t r a i l i n g f i r e , w a s r e - .
p o r t e d s i g h t e d s t r e a k i n g i n t h e s k y sou$hwest o f Lubbock,.Texas., k.i-
day n i g h t , A u g u s t 1 0 . A t l e a s t one man s a i d lie saw t h e f i r e b a l l h i t
. t h e ground. P o l i c e - . u n i t s , i n answzr t o c a l l s f r o m many p e r s c n s , found
- - nothing, - -- - -- - - - -
. -

Source : ARKANSAS GAZETTE;-c r e d i t : L O U Fhr-ish

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 Glowing Red B a l l Pollows Car
, 5

Randolph ("Randyft) Whitcomb, 18, of i Q D 2 , Waldo, Mamc, used t o

i h i r i k people who s p o t t e d L;IIU~s were "some h n d of n u t s f 1 b u t LLC h a s
chsxged h i s mind.
Whitcomb, a summcr s t u d e n t a t S o l ~ t h e r nThine Vocational T e c h n i c a l
I n s t i t u t e , ' S o u t h P o r t l m f i , was d r i v i n p home S17n?ay n i g h t , July 2 0 , on
Rnute 137 between B e l f a s t where he hr:d been v i s i t i n g and Waldo, when
he s i g h t c d a . g l o w i n g r e d b ; . l l 'l.tb u t S, b i g L S -1 basketbaLll' about .
1:45 a.m. He hdd pull'ed. off on t h e h i r c l i e s no;ld tinen t ~ l ec d r ~ a d ' i i o
"went haywiret1 - d t t ~ l es d ~ .ct u n e he n u t i c e d , ; ~ r e d & l a r e u n t h e '

hood .of h i s S r e s h l y waxcd c a r . 'I'he g l a r e w a s from t h e l a r g e , r e d , glow-

d n g b a l l h o v c r i n g o v e r t!le car and a l i t t l c - t o t h c l e f t . It s t a y e d w i t h
-bin;-the t h r e e m i l e s llome and then i t ilmovcd o f f f a s t , " Randy said., and
.he. could s p o t i t over a ~school1ious.eh a l f a n i l e away,
I
. .
H e r r a n i n t o t h e house t o arouse. h i s i:lother, i4,. S h i r l e y Whitcomb,
h i s : b r o t n e r E l i , ~ 2 2 ,and s i s t e r G l o r i a , 14. The cTF0 was s t i l l v i s i b l e
b u t "very h i g h " and - t h e f a m i l y c o n t i n u e d their-'night watch u n t i l "it
w a s p r e t t y , w e l l d a y l i g h t and i t j u s t f a d e d away."
During t h e i r watch u n t i l " f o u r or f i v e o f c l o c k i n t h e morning,"
t h e UFO: scemed,'to !lowr9 then move t o t h e r i g h t . The h o y s n a t i u r a l l y
. c o n s i d e r e d whether it W A S - t h e i l i z h t s of a plane but d i s m i s s e d t h a t ,
as -Randy e x p l a i n e d , "1 n c v c r saw 3 p l m z s t a n d s t i l l ,
The p h y s i c a l appearance a i s o v v i d c n t l y chdngcd a s i t moved a b o u t ,
A t t i m e s i t t r a i l e d a f i r e d V " he s a i d ,
Source: P o r t l a n d , Me. "Press K c r a l d , " J u l y 23, 1969. C r c d i t : B r e n t
Rayncs,, HalLowcll, Q. t

)CiC-X.~~**3CY3C.3C.h-i(.)C-WIC*'k-,~*-k*X.iCjtYr*Yr%?t:'3C~?C X % - 3 +):-%-5i****
* + . E - : C . 3 i ) L 1 - % ~ ~ 3 C k ; C ~ * - ) C - X : . C , % ~ < C - Xk+-%;i

Michigan S i l v e r Disc I + e n t i f i e d
1

The mfsrst UFO s i & h ~ . i n greportf;d i n t h e AuLust , e d l t l o n of S X n O O K

w a s a " S i l v e r u l s c been i n l ~ l i c h i ~ u nA S. ~ stdtt;.d, ~ C l l n t ~ i l l l l h r n s , k-
t r a i t KPAU i l ~ v u s t i g a t o r\ I d s C O U T ~ I I U I I L ttkle
~ 1!1vestl&i?tloil 01 the .ob-
j e c t which s o m e t i m ~ sappeared " l i k e a bli),ip'.' and a c c o r d x p t o %he con-
c l u s i o n of h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n , t h a t i s j u s t 'tihat it was--the Goodycar
A i r s h i p MayfLowcr &hich was ovcr t h e c l t y of Jackson, Michigan a%
a.qroximatcly 2:30 P.M. T h i s i n f o r m a t i o n was o b t a i r i ~ dfrom 1'1. E(. John-
s o n , " P i l o t i n Charge'" i n a l c t t c r t o 1 ~ 1 ~Willicll~s, . wri%i;en J u l y 2@
i n reply t o h i s inquiry,
. M r . W i l l i i l m s s t a t e s - i n n i s re:?ort t h e - T r o o p e r who saw a n d photo . -
graphed t h e o b j e c t was h o n e s t l y m i s t a k e n i n calling^ t h e o b j e c t a GPO.
The s m a l l g r a y o v a l shape on t h c T r o o p e r t s s c v c r a l phctos and t h e C o -
i n c i d e n t a l , p r e s e n c e of t h e k i r s : l i p ( a s l e z r n c d l a ~ c r l) e f t no doubt
a s t o t h e . i d e n t i t y of the o b j e c t ,
C r e d i t : \Lou P a r i s h , who r c c ~ i v c d1.1,.Willi:Ams r c ~ o r t .E d l t o r ' C o m m e n t :
We Ire g l a d t o obtain a f o l l o w u p r e d o r t . Every c a s e t h a t can be cl o s c d
as " i d e n t i f i e d " i s one l e s s " u n k n ~ \ ~ ~ ~ - -t w
c lcl i t as i t i s -
 S t r a n g e Ob j e c t s i n P e n n s y l v a n i a Sky
According t o r e p o r t s , t h e r e was s o m e t h i n g o t h e r t h a n t h e u s u a l moon,
stars' and a i r p l a n e s i n t h e Delaware County s k i e s m P e m t s y l v a n i a S a t u r -
- d a y night, J u n e 28. W i t h i n a 1 5 m m u m s p a n , t h r e e p e o 2 l e r e p o r t e d t o -
t h e C h e s t e r " D s i l y Tlmes" o f s c c i n g o b j c c t s i n t h a z v c n i n g sky.
- b s . L o u i s D a l l a n , 101'8 E n g l e S t . , C h c s t c r , was s ' i t t i n g w i t h he-r
fami-ly i ' n ' t h e b a c k y ~ r dof t h n k - . \ o o e ~ h o l l t7 P.M. wl-en s h e n o t e d f o u r
o b j e c t s i n t h e s k y . S h e t h o i i ~ h t2-t f i r s t t h e v m i g h t be k i t e s , b u t
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A m e ~ b e rof t h e f d m i l y b r o u g h t o u t a f i l r o f b i n o c u l a r s f o r a b e t t e r
- looket'Oile hzd a glow a r o u n d i t a n d was l a r t e r t h a n t h e o t h e r t h r e e , " M r s ,
Dalla-m said'. "There w a s a r c d . , o n k a n d a g r e e n one a l s o . M r . a n d Mrs.
h l l i a n and t h c i r c ! ~ i l d i . e n , n e i g h b o r s , j o i n e d i n w a t c h i n g f o u r t r i a n g u ;
l a r s h a p e d o b j e c t s u n t i l a b o u t 9 P.M.
,i!!Irs,. D a l l a m t n i e c e , wile w a s v i s i t i n g f r i c n t s abou* t h r e e b l o c k s
away : o n Concord Road, a l s o s a w t h e " t h i n g s l L w h i c h secme'd l i k e k i t e s a t
- f i r s t . She a l s o d e s c r i b e d them a s s u r r o u n d e d by a 2nd s h a p d - l i k e
a triangle, ,
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. w a t c h e d them w i t h b i n o c u l a r s ' a b o u t 7 :3O P.M. .he s a i d t h e y seemed t o
remair, s t i l l but z f t e r z. p l a n e p a s s e d n e a r b y , t h e y s l o w l y s e e m d t o be
a s c e n d m g m t o t h e clouds.
.,
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l l b l o c k - l l k e t h i n g s -circling a r o u n d , I' He described them as b r o w n i s h i n
c o l o r and m o s t l y s t a n d i n g s t i l l , moving f o r l a r d a t t i m e s ,
c .

- (parastudy, Idc., a group which i n v e s t i g a t e s r e p o r t s o f f l y i n g s a u c e r s ,

a130 'had r c o o r t s .of s i m i l a r s l g h t l n g s i n t h e a r e a t h a t e v e n i n g . A spokes-
m a n f o r t h e F r a n k l i n I n s t i t u t e , w1,ich a l s o r e c c i v c d c a l l s of s i m i l a r
s * g h t i n g s , had no e x i i l a n a t . i o n f - r t h e o b j e c t s , h u t . w i d i t was n o t a
p r e d i c t e d a s t r o l o p i c = ! ll o c c u r r e n c e .
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p e a r a n c e v a r i e d . M o s t & p e o p l ea g r e e d t h a t t h e o b j e c t s w r e . r e r n a l n l n g
stationary. O t h e r s c l a i m e d novemcnt. A number t h o u. g h - t t h e o b j e c t s r e -. ,
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1 2 t h S t . , . v i e w e d t h e o b j e c t s t h r o u g h a telescope. The 60-.power t e l e -
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unusual i n t h e s k y , " Bowes s a l d . ( ~ f l~r s te w a s s e e i n g t h e a u r o r a bore-
alLs.)He s a i d t h e q b j e c t s caused a f l u r r y of excitement i n X i s h i g h -
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. j e c t s , which were n o r t h e a s t of hislhome. He e s t i m a t e d them a t 5,000 t o
6,,000 Ycet and s a i d t h e y appeared t o be g r e e n i n c o l o r . and r~sei:l'uled
huge k i t e s , He watched them f o r about a h a l f hour u n t i l t h e y ' d i s a p p e a r e ?
They remained i n a f i x e d p o s i t i o n , he r e p o r t e d , but t h e "wing p o r t i o n s
seemed t o q u i v e r a;t times." He s a i d ' a l a s t view of them i c d i c a t e d t h e y
were moving eastward and r i s i n g i n h e i g h t a t a g r e a t r a t e of speed.
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On.July'al67 t h e "Daily Times" had more t o add and a p o s s i b l e Bxpla-
n a t i o n , A l o n g l i s t of s p e c t a t o r s r e p o r t e d s e e i n g u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g
o b j e c t s , bu.t t h e most r e c e n t ones "looked l i k e worms" it was r e p o r t e d ,
- L Roxanne P e t e r s , of. 310 E, Ridge Road, r e p o r t e d s e e i n g a n o b j e c t la boa-^
t h e s i z e of y o u r , f i n g e r l ' t h e n i g h t of J u l y 1 4 and was j o i n e d i n t h e
viewing by lhcr p a r e n t s and a l l d e c l a r e d , t h e o b j e c t "squirmed around in
t h e sky l i k e a worm."
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Union livenue. H i s w i f e s a y s h e r husbandr i s a n a t i d l c i t e - f l y e r a n d - u s e s .;
' " f o n s of l i n e " t o g e t h i s k i t e s u p h i g h i n t h e sky. She s p e c u l a t e d
t l i a t . .the:. sun '-, :$-ig.hlt may b e s h i n i n g on t'he k i t e,s.:when .,they - r e a c h. a kiigh
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he w a s If l y i h g k k t e.s , d u r i n g . a l l s i g h t i n g s r.eport.ed,,.:.co,lor.,.. s i z e , wind' ,

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9?eople probably won't b e l i e v e me, but on June 30, my b r a t h e r and

I were up on a dead end road t a r g e t w a c t i c i n g and we were just s t a r t -
i n g down t h e road when I w p s looking a t t h e sky tow r d KAGO H i l l . I
t h i n k we both s ~ i wi t a t once. It was l i k e a b i g l i g h t and i t was mov-
i n g slowly. It had d ylde vaJor t r a l l . I 1 *
So wrote Gail Bumala, 1 2 , 76 Nashington S t . , Uamath F a l l s , Ore.,
i n a l e t t e r t o t h e I1Herald and N e w s u of t h a t c i t y . Gail and h e r bro-
. t h e r Piirk, 1 6 , had joined the growing group of Americans who have re-
ported seelng UFOf s , tkie "Heraldibr e p o r t e d i n a 4 - c , o l ~ ms t o r y i n i t s
~ u l y1 3 t h i s s u e , t h e source f o r t h i s a r t i c l e . ,
G a i l continued t h a t " a l l o f a sudden - ( t h e o b j e c t ) blacked .out. A
second l a t e r something 'appeareC1, but i t d i d n ' t have a vapor t r a i l . All
of a sudden k t disappeared l i k e i t had d i s i n t e g r a t e d i n a puff of smoke,
As we watphed, something.rea1 small looking f e l l i n t o t h e . h i l l s . When
we f i r s t saw i t ( t h e U F O ) ' . ~ b~ r o t h e r focused f i e l d g l a s s e s on i t and
he s a l d i t looked a s if it had f o u r engines.'' G a i l , u n i l k e inany s i g h t -
e r s of UFO's, went on t o note t h e time ol evening, the c o n d i t i o n of the
sky, t h e d i r e c t i o n i n which t h e o b j e c t W ~ Smovkng and t h e l e n g t h of
time taken by t h e process she and h e r b r o t h e r witnessed,
The "Herald and N e w s " a l e r t e c ! 1st L t . Larry Haapanen, 24, t h e Un-
i d e n t i f i e d F l y i n g Objects o f f i c e r a t Kingsley P i c l d . The W ~ @ ~ E : O $
each A i r Force base i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r c a r r y l n g out i n v e s t i g a t i o n s of
Ur3Jfs i n h i s area. Normally, t h l s job i s d c l z g a t e d t o a subordinakc
such as ilaaganen. . .

"The o f f i c l a l p o s i t i o n of t h e A i r Force i s t h a t t h e r e ' i s i n s u f f i -

c i e n t evidence t o i n d i c a s e t h a t t h e s e o b j e c t s a,re e ~ t r a t ~ ~ r r e s t ri ina l
o r i g i n , " Haaaanen e x ~ l a i n e d ,r e f e r r i n g t o tl-c:theory t b n t UFO's may
,be manned s2ace v e h i c l e s from-another pl. n e t . " B u t t h e A i r Force does
not deny t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of l i f e on o t h e r ,&.ndts e1ther.l'. -
The news account went on t o say t h a t , Haapanen, .who has i n v e s t i g a t e d
h a l f a dozen U F G s i g h t i n & i n t h e Klamath F a l l s a r e a i n t h e 'ps t year
and a h a l f , became i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e s u b j e c t before he joined , t h e A i r
Force, and he urges t h e .public -to r e p o r t any UFO s i g h t i n g s t o t.@e A i r
Force. " I ' m happy t o i n v e s t i g a t e any c a l l s I g e t , though n o t S l l of my
cases t u r n o u t t o be unknowns," he s a i d . l l I 1 v encvz? had a 1-ep01-t t h a t
o r i g i n a t e d from anyone I thou-ght was e c c e n t r i c o r i g n o r a n t . And some
repo-rts you canlit e x a c t l y ignore. " He explained lie had r e c e i v e d no
r6ports from t h e "flying" saucer c u l t s , , " whose members t e l l s t r a n g e
p_lanet s .
s t o r i e s of v l s i o n s , -re'velations and mec3ings w i t h ' a s t r o n a u t s f r o m o t h e r
.-
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Haapanen s a i d while m b s t UFOs a r e e v e n t u a l l y l d e n t i f i e d a s a i r c r a f t
02 odd n a t u r a l phenomena, about two p e r c e n t of UFO s i g h t i n g s remain
unexplained, c a r r i e d . s i l y as "unknovmsu on 'the r e c o r d s , and he s a i d
he h a s seen t h i n g s i n t h e sky he could not i d e n t i f y , "but 1 wouldn't
say j u s t because of t h a t i t was a f l y i n g saucer."
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information. '"Sonletlms peo,jle a c c u s e t h e A i r Yorce of n o t t e l l i ? n g
e v e r y t h i n g l t knows about Ur'Os. The gu'bllc d o e s n ' t t e l l t h e A i r F o r c e
e v c r y t h m g i t knows e i t h e r , It' he s a i d .
D e s c r i p t i o n s of UFOs, s a i d t h e lieutenant, a r e o f t e n so vague t h a t
'Isquite f r a n k l y , i t 1 , hard t o t e l l what t h e hbck some of t h c s e things
? r e . If somebody j u s t s a y s he s a w a l i g h t i n t h e sky, w e c a n ' t do v e r y
much. I t
, *' The UFO o f f i c e r s a i d persons who s i g h t Vms' should n o t e t h e f o l l o w -
ing:--The e x a c t time of t h e sigh-tlng; how l o n k t h e .object was v i s i b l e ;
e l e v a t i o n i n t h e sky i n degre'e's' ( i t i s i m p o s s i b l e t o t e l l t h e a l t i ' t u d e
i n f e e t of something t h a t i s u n r e c o g n i z a b l e , he w a r n s ) ; t h e s i z e of t h e
o b j e c t - compare'd t o something o r d i n a r y ; t h e o b j e c t I s shape and '
beh;.lv;ior;
and t h e c o n d i t i o n of t h e sky a t t h e time o f - t h e sikhting..
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Peoplez r e p o r t i n g UFOs, s u c h a s Mark and G e i l , a r e c m t a c t e d by Lt.
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Ha'apanen f o r a n i n t c r v i e w . They a r e g i v e n a simplc .but thorough book-

l e t i n ' w h i c h t h e y d e s c r i b e in d e t a i l what t h e y have observed; d i r e c t i o n s
. a r e s u p p l i e d f o r t h e drawing o f diagrams; m d t h e booklet c o n t a i n s
s p a c e f o r t h e - observe'r s suppliimentary scrfic~rks. Haapanen t h e n c o r r e l a t e s
t h e d a t a suppl5cd--by t h e w i t n e s s w l t h o t h e r s i g h t i n g r e p o r t s , a i r c r a f t
scheduled f o r t h e a r c ? and o t h e r such itoms of i n f o r r n a t i o n . t h a t might
g i v e a c l u e t o 1 what t h e UFO r e a l l y was. Often t h e i $ e n t i f i c a t i o n a:tempt
'2s suc'cessfL1; sometimes i t i s ' n n t .

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produced movies of t h e unknowns . l n t h e ,sky,.'I He .!/ant. on t o s d y . th$.t

t h e ,.,bon?on ~ o m r i i i t t e e1Ld' s u b j e c t e d tlis f i l l c s " t 6 . !'extremely d e t a i l e d
,: a r i a l y s i s I' -'and, '"I!hey.:bould 110 t prove che f i l n l s t o be hoaxes. ,There
was
, . .isorriethj_ng up t h e r e . 6.'i t g ini;ercst,ing' t o roc. because . . i t 1$ v i r t -
,, u a l l y - t h e ~ h l y s i g h t ~ n ~ t h e c o m m i t t e e s t u. . d i. e d ' t hd oa et s n l t h n , e %good
e x p l a n a t i o n . .!I' . - :

i 1 ~ v e s t i ~ a t i 6a ~r es k t 411. p e n d i n g o n t j UFO ~ sighti'nng b y t h e Bumalas

: . a-nd ;Haa:panen. ' r e v e a l e d .G i g h t i n g s - - t o o k p1ac.e a t t h e .same time .,o'ver
m n s m u i r a.nd *Nedford,and were r ' e g o r t e d t o Kingslqy F-j. e l d 'by KMED-TV,, ;
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E d i t o r f s Comment: In o u r o p l n l o n , t h e remarkable f e a t u r e of t h i s r e -
p o r t i s n6t t h e s l g h t i n g 1 t s e l T (which c e r t a m l y I S interesting) b u t
- t h e a t t e n t l o o n g i v e n i t by a n A i r Porcc i n v e s t i g a t o r and t h e p r e s s . We
a r e so accustomed t o b e l i e v i n g t h e A i r Force e i t h e r d o e s n o t i n v e s t i -
g a t e o r j a n d o f f i c i a l l y pooh-poohs dny s i g h t i n g as nonsense a s a m a t t e r
'of ' " p o l i c y , " i t i s good t o know t h e r e i s a n o t h e r s i d e t o t h e corn. The
p e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t alld a t t i t u d e of t i l l s i n v c s t i g a t i v e o f f i c e r may make
t h e b i g difference---but i n t h i s i n s t a n c e , a J ~ aily r a t e , no e f f o r t was
made t o s u p p r e s s t h e n n e w s , r i d i c u l e t h e o b s c r v c r , o r l a u g h off t h e
whole m a t t e r . A s a l u t e t o L t . Haapanen ?.n$ t h e Oregon p r e s s !
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2 e r h a . p ~t h e most -controversl, 1 UEO ' a r t i c l e of r e c e n t months i s found

i n t h e August i s s u e o f AHGuSY. The a u t h o r , Henako Vesco, i s an I t a l -
i a n a i r c r a f t engineer who cldims t o have i n v e s t i g a t e d UFO r e p o r t s f o r
t h e . p a s t e i g h t e e n . y e a r s . It i s h i s c o n t e n t i o n t h a t UFOs a r e ~ n ~ l i s h /
~ a n a d i a ns e c r e t a i r c r a f t , manufactured i n huge underground Canadian
plants:' Whence came .theaknowledge t o b u i l d t h e s e remarkable c r a f t ? Need
we even , a s k ? ' Whenever anyone comes u p - w i t h a v a r i a n t of the "Earth-made
d .

sauc'ert' t h e o r y , it always seems t o b o i l down t o " s e c r e t German develop--

ments a t t h e end of World War II.lt V e s ~ o theory '~ i s no d i f f e r e n t . Acc-
o r, d i,n g t o ,him, , B r i t i s h a t e l l - i g e n c e a g e n t s c a p t u r e d 4plans f o r .the Ger-
man 'LKugelb;li,tg, I Y oar "round l i g h t n i n g , 'I and from t h e s e p l a n s (and -o;thers:
t h e B r i t i s h and Canadians have d e v e l o p e d , t h e c i r c u l a r a i r c r a f t - w h l c h
have m y s t i f i e d m i l l i o n s s i n c e 1947. Aside from t h e many a b s u r d i t i e s
and i n c o n s i s t e n c i e s i n h e r e n t i n . t h i s t h e o r y ( e .'g. f l l g h t s over h i g h l y
populated a r e a s f o r 2 2 y e a r s w i t h no "engine f a i l u r e s 1 ' ) , i t t o t a l l y
i g n o r e s 'the vast h i s t o r y of UFOs, extencling back many thousan2s of
years. Tclllile no one deni-es t h e p o s s l b i l . i t y t h a t - saucer-shaped s e c r e t
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a i r c r a f t may e x i s t now, i t i s extremely bard t o b e l i e v e t h a t such super-
weap.ons ? o d d not have become common, knowledge by now, had they * e x i s t -
ed a t t h e end: of World War 11. If t h i s i s chc b e s t M r . Vesco has been
a b l e t o , do.'in t h e p a s t .ei.ghteen y e a r s , we a r g e h ~ i mt o s t i c k t o more
mundane-'s~tbjec-1;s -for, t h e n e x t eighteen! Perhaps he can find s o ~ ~ l e t h i n g
m o p s u i t a b l e f o r h i s talent^.^'
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"Manl?in,d.--ChiJ.dren of t h e Plan,?ts?'' i s t i e t i t l e o f a n i n t e r e s t i n g
arh,i,cle din $he September i s s ~ ~nfe Y A W . .F,r those wlio h ve read Otto
B i n d e r r $ FLYTAG SiiUCBRS ARE WATClII6G US, Anthony ~ h e a r n ' sa r t i c l e may
seem q u i t e f a ~ l i l i a r . I t 1s a virtual word-Tor:-word r e g r i n t from t h e
Binder -book. B r l e f l y , l t p o s t u l d w s t h a t rdan i s a h y b r ~ d - - a c r o s s '
petween, super-ciy,ilized I' starmen'' and p r e h i s t o r i c E a r t h primates. =hk-
idence i s presented which suggests t h a t a n advanced technology once ex* ,

Zsted o n . , ( o r v i s i t e d ) our plane-t, l o n g b e f o r e our w r i t t c n h i s t o r y . The

"hybrid" theory i s a most i n t r i g u i n g one and nay w e l l prove t o beicor-
r e c t . Even w i t h. .t h o s e f a m i l i a r w i t h t h e t h e o r y , t h e SAGA a r t i c l e is
worth reviewing.
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As' some UFO ,resfearchcrs a l r e a d y know, discount book houses o f t e n

o f f e r , s o m e r e a l bargains i n UFO l i t e r a t u r e . This i s d e f i n i t e l y t h e Case
w i t h I?ublisherl s C e n t r a l Bureau, 33-20 Hunters Point Ave., Long I s l a n d
C i t y , M-. Y., 11101. I n t h e i r rcccnl; b o o k l i s t t h e y - o f f e r ( a l l i n hard-
Back e d i t i l o n s ) : , ANATOPIY OF A ?iWiTOPIENON by Jacques, Vallee (#464 )@!!l. 49';
CHALmPJGE TO SCI3NCE by J a c q - ~ e s& J a n i n e V a l l e e (#465) @ $1.98; THE. *
INTERRUPTED JOURNEY by John G. F u l l e r (#9744) @ $1*00. ~ l s o available
in s o f t c o v e r i s UFOrS FOR THE MILLIONS by H. V . Chambers (#8699) @$1.~0.
There i s a m i n i w purchase of @,00, but a t t h e s e low p r i c e s , t h e
books a r e e x c e l l e n t buys. The handling charge on a l l o r d e r s , n o m a t t e r
how small o r l a r g e , 'is only 45@;

A UFO szkn over k t . Vernon, 111. (see June SKYLOOK) was t h e s u b j e c t

of .Otto B i n d e r ' s syndicated f e a t u r e "Our S- ace Agett r e c e n t l y . Also
sketched were; sigh t i n g s from SAUCTR SCOOP and PLYING ,SAUCER. BULLETIN.
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The k e g b r $ B ~ C B S News t h a t t h e i i p o l l o . 1 1 , : a s t r o n a u ~ sh a d s e e n l a ,. . ; ; '.
glow i n t h e l u n a r , c r a t t ' r ' - A r i s ; t a r e h u s was::got y u i t e . , a c c u r a % e . .The . . . '.,

C o r r a i i t o s Obsdrvato,ry-has,,. .. o b s e r v e d . i l l u m i n a t i o n .i n , t h e . c r a t c r ! . o v e r :
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t h e l a s t t w 6 y e a r s . It 1s n o t a g l o w , b u t r a t h e r a l i g h t i n g e f f e c t
n o t e d when t h e a r e a r e a c h e s a c e r t a i n s u r f a c e - t e m p e . r a t u r e . i:s:..ndt
gen&r,ali'y cooniderGd L o be a n i n d i c a t i o n ; o f . : v o l c a n i c : activity. .The . . . . .
a s ' t r o n a u t , ~merely c o n f i r m e d . t h a t , the. c r a t e r i s ,; c o n s i c l e r a S l y b r i g h t e r
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who' h e l d h o p e s of f i n d i n g ' l i f e t h e r e . The P i a r i n e r s 6 a n d 7 t r a n s m i t k e d - ' .

some 200 p i c t u r e s as t h e y n e a r e d a n d p a s s e d by t h e r e d p l a n e t . The ..-
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i n d i c a t e d ..a, moon-lakc s u r f a c e , :plitte.d w i t h . : c + a t e r s . :The':-:. '.-
g i a n t ' i c e c a p l o c a t e d i n . t h e , . s o y $ h e r n area was..:of g r e a t . i n t c r ? s t : - ; a ~m - ' ' '
area.: of Marti'an "snow" was g e m , i n c r a t e r s bej~ond &ts,edge.. in st^^ '
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ments i h d i c a , t e d a t e m p e r a t u r e . ' of .:-253. d e g r e e s ~ ~ h r e n h e oi nt . t h e - -i 6 e . " . , -

cap, @e s c i ' e n t i s t s t a t e d : t h a t t h q c a p inde.ed w a s . d r y . i c e . ~ n o & h & ..k - i - : -,, ~ ':!

s c i e n t i s t d i s a g r e e d , s a y i n g thatal>e,,believ:e.d.~anorher ..instrument i n d i - '

c a t e d f r o z e n w a t e r on t h e e d g e o f t h e c a p ,
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c r a t ' e s s . The o.pian=.ons;-ap..sti&L :. c b n f l . i c ; t i n g . '1,: seems t h a t we i --'

have t o w a i t u n t i i ' %he e a r l y 1 9 7 0 . ' ~t o s e e what t h e s u r f a c e c o n d i t i o ~ ;

i s r e a l l y J : i ~ e , . .A$ s . i n t c l 1 i i g c n . t life f ht?rd R5i :,.
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Ohio, 44.130.- S u b s c r i p t i o n i s $2.00 p e r year, b u t t h e r e i s now a s p e c - l a x

of f e r ? . o f - f i v e . i s s u e s f o r the,-.s a x e - : p r i c e ; , S i i j g l e : ~ ~ j j i .7"5,$?T7--'-, ~ ~ :he: ..~ ..<.";j.-; r ~

m a g a z i n e . c o n t a i n s . .JJ$'o s i g h k i n g s . ; f e a t u r e . a r t i 6 1 e s l ' r e l a t ~ nt o~ . a S t r o n - < ' - .

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.fi r e b a l l s f - i o r m e t e o s ...s - A s we a r e I curren-tly s e e i n g s e v e r a l b r i l l i a n t dig-
p l a y s d u ~ ~ ~ n g . . : t h e t m o n' o- lf; hAugust,
s September and October,- we . f e l t t h a t a n
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stony f r%me:nts.; :.at, c e r t a > i np o i n t s along - i t s p a t h i t encounters con.cen-
trAted.;,a.r.e-ah;:,~t.tliis:tfime we # s e e b r i l l i a n t . d i s p l a y s of m e t e o r f a l l s o r
meteor i h o u e r s . . Meteor showers occur .. .
a t. schecl~le'dt.&-~ies'~'diir'ing the y e a r .
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There a r e g e n e r a l l y t h r e e t y p e s of m e t e o r i t e s : t h e s i d e r i t e s , composed
of i r o n and about 1 0 $ n i c k e l ; t h e a e r o l i t e s , almost 100% s t o n y m a t t e r ,
and t h e s i d e r o l i t e s , which a r e a combination of i r o n and stony m a t e r i a l .
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b t about. 1 2 . miles. above the e a r t h , a meteor t r a v e l i n g 27 m i l e s a SeC-
ond i s . s u b J e c t e d t o a p r e s s u r e :of 10,000 pounds on each square rnch by t h e
resistance of a i r t o compression. A meteor l e s s tilan a f o o t in-diameter,
t r a v e l i n g a t t h i s speed would s u s t a i n a p r e s s u r e of over h a l f a mill-ion
pounds. A s - i t neared t h e e a r t h , it would. 'be confronted by much g r e a t e r
pr-essures. - . -
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F a r e b a l l s ; o r ~ . B o l i d e .s+ r emeteors nf u n u i t - I aril.l-i:?nde ~ n d o f t e nmove
very slowly a c r b s s t h e sky l e e v i , : l g ;'l:?minous t r a i l tlic:l: may: glow f o r
s & e r a l : seconds,.; The w r i t e r d i d s e e d alkteor' or^ this t y y e o n iiugust 10
about 3 :00 a-.ale. Yhe $meteor ~w,s~.~;raCelrr~~ . . c o i ~ d r g st h e southwest and
. . . was . ,

a brillian&.b,lue:-white.and l e f t a g l o v i n g. t. r a i l s e v e r a l d e i r e e s i n
length,,itha;t-
. .gl.o~1ed.:for.:rrbou~t:-:15 seconds, . . , . .
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Meteors :generally vanisli from s i g h t a t a bout 50 m i l e s ,.distance. They
$ r i l Z :,be s e e n t r a v e l i n g ;st : speeds ranging from 1 4 t o 45'm i l e s .a :second;..
'. and ;on ;.r,a-i.e-o.ccasi.ons a t s,p,:ed.s up . t o 100 - m i l e s a second..
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Meteors a r e :seen 'ia8 v g r i e t y of color's, the m o s t u.n,&ual -being . t h e . ,

. "gre:en tfireba.lls.. f b i c . : ~ h e c , f i r were

st irepdrted i n November, 1 9 4 8 , . i n t h .e. . . . . I

ilbuquerque, N. M., a r e a . May persons r e p o r t e d seeing green s t r e a k s ' m

,;he. :sky, low- o n . t h e horizon, t r a v e l i n g i n a v e r y f l a t t r a j e c t o r y . h
?)ccember, 1948,;: a n A i r F o r c e C-47 a i r . c r a f t was yf l y i n g n e a r Albuquerque .
. - h e n ; $hre cr.ePm- observe'd a . , g r e e n b a l l - of- f i r e t-ha-t .seemeaddo be f l y i n g in . '
!. l e v e l f l i g h t path and ever, appeared t o a r c h upward s l i g h t l y . , A few
;inu?i;es l a t e r a commercial a i r l i n e r r e p o r t e d a f i r e b a l l i n l e v e l f l i g h t
ha*/had changed 'fr'om 'orange-red t'o gree? sigh.t.ings l i k e " t h e s e , were ,

:beported i n g r e a t numbers i n New Mexico . a r e a during I948 a n d 1949. The

;reen f i r e b a l l s : have been r e p o r t e d on r a r e occasions s i n c e t h a t time.
k te0r.s:.have be'en a c o n t i n u i n g source 02 UFO m13orts , some have even re?# '

,iorj%d s e e i n g p o r t s o r windows, such h a s a c a s e i n t h e S p r i n g. f. i e l d., . No. '

.irea.i &n January, , 1 9 6 7 ~..~ . . . .
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Meteors a r e g e n e r a l i y ,small, stony fragments, b u t i n r a r e i n s t a n c e s

lery. , l a r g e ones e n t e r ' our atmosnhere. S,, ch was. t h e case of t h e g r e a t
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 meteor c r a t e r n e a r n a g s t a f f , Arizona. X t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t t h i s par-
t i c u l a r m e t e o r i t e f e l l t o earth over 20,000 y e a r s ago. The r e s u l t i n g
c r a t e r is- some 4,153 f e e t i n 2ia.neter ?nfl .#orne 600 f e e t deep.
Another l a r g e meteor-ite impacted i n tlle S o v i e t Unlm i n 1908. It i s
c o m o n i y known as t1,e Ir,un6usfi~~ l e t e o r l t e . ~t c r n ~ ~ ~l net d o m e ground
n o r t h of Vanavara i n Siberia. The meteor was s e e n by many peugle i n t h e
P-reobrazhenka a r e a and w a s d e s c r i b e d a s -helng e l o n g a t e d I n s:la?e and
bluish-white i n c c l o r . An e s t m r t e d 50,009 . t r e e s were d e s t r o y e d in
t h e r e s u l $ l n g explosion. In a c i r c l e some 24 m i l e s i n d i a m e t e r a l l t h e
t r e e s were knocked t o t h e ground, t h e i r ' t o p s p o i n t m g away from t h e i m p c
area,. Scat-tered t r e e s w i t h i n a :72 mile c l r c l e had been d e s t r o y e d . An
e a r t h tremor was r e c o m d a l l a r o m d t h e worid f o l l o w i n g the impact. It
i s r e p o r t e d . t h a t tLhe.sky glowed -for a lank p e r i o d of tlme a f t e r [the
meteor c r a s h e d -to e a r t h . T h i s r e p o r t e d f a l l , 1s s t i l l r e g a r d e d as S-ome-
what of a n enigma and l t woulq be l n t e r e s t l ~ ~t go s e e t h e o u t c o ~ eof a
r e a l l y complete investigation i n t h e a r e a , I

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The p l a n e t k r c u r y , 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 system, i s an a j

evening o b j e c t c u r r e n t l y but w i l l n o t be i n a f a ~ o r a b l gp o s i t i o n f o r '

o b s e r v a t i o n a s i t i s q u i t e n e a r t h e sun, ... . . i ...

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'The exceedingly b r i g h t o b j e c t t o be s e e n i n t h e e a s t e r n sky. duri-ng---

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t h e e a r l y morning h o u s i s ' t h e p l a n e t Venus. The p l a c e t . may be .seen.:f-or

over t h r e e h o u r s b e f o r e s u n r i s e a t b r i g h t -3.5 ma'@itude'; .Th,e vl'an-
e t . . i s i n . ' t h e - - - c o n s .t c- l 1 a ; t i o nCancer,.
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t i o n Scorpius. It i s v e r y ne:?r t h e 1 s t .magdituee s t a i A n t a r e s , 'aiso
$ , r e d d i s h 'i n . c o l . ~ r . ~Pbrs . . a n d . Antag.q,s.- pre,sellt. .d .s t. r i. l ;. i n g ..s i:.g .h t.. .- i. n. ,tile - . r .

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, , 1 1 ii~ . s e t t i n g sh&tl$ afte* .$lje.',suncur~ent1-Y.
&e g i a n t p l a n e t - 1s i n V ingo as '.the d : i , s t a n t ,pl,an'et Uranus.; ,..:Uranus ,, I .
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be r:seen.;just; ~ e s t : : o f ,LTupi$er,:.as .:a ' f a. i. n. t ' o b j e.. c>.t ,tn ' .
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The i n de_p_th stildy of one of lllissouri-'s b e s t sightmga
p r o r ~ i s e df- o r $ h i s i s s u e - w a s wri-cten by Ted P h i l l + p s , but--is
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b e i n g held over because of--NZ'/J and %O\i s l g h t i n g s . which t a k e -
precedence. Watch f o r i t soon--also one by B r i a n Cannon.
 NORTH, SOUTH, EAST and WEST of t h e U. S. 1L

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The fo.pio~'ing
: :iepdrt: was rd&eiv&d:by, .the ~ m ' i t K ~ ~ n 1Ian. snt i t u t i o n
Cent,e.r, -Cambridge, Mass...t from T u n i s i a , A f r i c a :.---Observations made J u l y
6:;; ,.196,9~, ''.by prof eb3& Bkchj'rTorki a t Tunis. A:% 2.0: 54 a c i r c u l a r blue
d.i.sc,t h e s i z e . o f - t h e mooncappeared i n t h e d i r e c t , i o n of n o r t h .about t h r e e
'degrees west of t h e y star. The d i s c slowly. changed i t s s h a p , p4s-s+-
ing.:from ,a c:ircGlar,.%oa n ; e l l i p t i c ;f 6rm 'and, f i n a i l y t o ' t h a t of. a &.ow-,
i n g -.cloudg ~ t ' c o h i d i ~ tPi ils~a p e a r e s 21i07. .ITSc o l d r grew--slowly, at
&Lur'red and ~ l ' e n d e dwith . t h k darkness: :of t h e - sky; :At'20: 55 t h e r e sud-
aeniy 'app&a$efd,: :$he. ' n o r t h , ' & b d u t : l bddgrees e a s t o f t h e ' p o l a r s t a r i
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a ill~lmih~~i~: 'o.b.,$ect:,as ,farg&, and. a s b r i g h t a $ %'hee v e n i n g s t a r . Soon :': :;

a'f te'k'.;l.k$~appPe&r,&ncee;:. .it exploded, 1 2 g h t i n g the- sky and- giving',,appal?-,

L,r.,

e.xtl$ all.t h e . c ~ a ~ , a ~ $ . ~ r i s t i ac sn: u~ cblf~ a ~ ' ~ . , x p l o ~Around i o n . ~ a lumi- .

'nous,.ball,~fhe~s~ dfz ,teh e moon' a t i t s l u r g e s ' t , * t h e r e fo'rmed .a . s p h e r i ' c a l
shock wave of blue . c b l o r w.hich grew r a p i d l y frora i-ts c'en-ter, was' 'very ..,
luminous, and became the s i z e . ; - a ' t ' t h e , end, of a lar@.mo'on-.halo-. The.
explosion took place i n a frac't-1on o f - ' ' a':second. The luminous b a l l gave.
way t o a misshapen cloud which faded slowly t o blend w i t h t h e darkness
of t h e sky. 3 . e e n t i r e l e n g t h o f t h i s ?hegomenon l o s t e ' d ' onLy 30 .'seconds.
Through.out t h e s e ~henomena,,n o n o i s e wns b . e n r d , not even some hours ? . . .

a f t, ,.e- r, ' t .h e i r en'd., - . ' .,. - ,. . .

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A, b r i g h t ,
p u l s a t i n g l i g h t 'zigzagged-'Ye-%hei:-n$'gh.t : s - k ~dv&~;Warrin'g- ,

ton.,-.England,,; June, 12, .:and .was . . . .

witnessed
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A i a ~'&chin, 5.1.;- .fa. pol ideman.Yor!.30 y e a r s a n d .in for,%wo., the^.^.'^.
was T i r s t t o s p o t t h e o b j e c t a t 1:30 a.m. H i s garden. was ;sudde,nly li,t
-yp .;by a strange,,, : p u l s a t i n g white l i g h t t r e v e l i n g a c r o s s t h e sky. Hg
h a d iieve$ ;s;een'anyt'hjkg'-$si-ke i t be3 dre, h e s t a t e d . It was ,not t r a v e l i n g
,
f a s t a r o u n d ' 6 0 , ~ ' n ~ l e-$er . s %ou+; :he! judged ,a n d 'was heading e a s t . It was . , '

a c l e a r n l g h ' t w i t h 'iio'"moon, no wirid and iio 'clouds.. - H e c a l l e d . t o -his

wife, ,and ..she.,j,oined him t o watch t h e light which had ' a' s l i g h t zigzag
rno.t<on
. , .. .. '. "as i ' f ,.;searching; " ;Suddedly i t changed- d i r e c t i o n , i r o m e a s t '

- . t d a o r t h ; : i n . ~ t h e , , d i r e c t i oonf " k l a r r i n g ~ o n and ~ . s t i l l zigzagging.

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a l s o - r . e ' q o r t e 1s e e l n g . t h e o b j e c t ,
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, " ' ~ a c kEdi4hrds, 40 ~ ~ ! a ~ f a c tmanager byy
g i v i n g t h e s m e gener2l d e s c r i ~ t i . o na.s : d .c j 7 . - s e v ~ r ~otfiersl' who. ,@.oned.
t..h e p..o i .......
i c e h e.. a d- q w r t e r s .
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 ~ ~ D SZRVICE
E R PAGE Do You Read German o r I t a l i a n ?
I n t h e J u l y i s s u e we o f f e r e d - o u r copy of a
. UP0 magazine p r i n t e d i n German t o t h e f i r s t r e a d e r a s k i n g f o r ' it. We'
r e c e i v e d s e v e r a l r e q u e s t s and s i n c e we cannot r e a d German, we a r e n o t
l i s t i n g t h e magazine on o u r exchange l i s t . E',r t h o s e i n t c r c s t c d , t i ~ e i r
a d c r e s s i s UFO/IFO N a c h r i t c h e n , 62 Wiesbaden-Schlenstcin, P o s t f a s h
17185, West Ger~naqy,.Europe. - .

Lou P a r i s h w r i t c s u s he h a s s e v e r a l c o p i e s of a n I t a l l a n UFO m a g a z i ~ e
CLYPEUS, x h i c h he w i l l m a i l t o t h c f i r s t r e q u e s t s r c c c i v e d . You may w r i k
Lou a t Route . l , Plui-acrvi~lle,!Lrk., 72127.

?Vants t o Form -Club'

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Johnny N. ddwards, Y. 0. Box 785, Bridge:ton, No,, 63042, w r i t e s u s
he i s i n t a r c s t c d i n forming a c l u b of "invcntcrsil,w!io a r c work+g i n
d e v e l o p i n g an a n t i - & a v i t y o r magnctic snace d r i i w ,
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United Nctwcrk Proposed
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Bobort A. Goermn, d i r e c t o r of Ojvl1L.n ~ i e ' l ~ ~ l ~vrstqp'tlon'and
Research Orbdniz,tlon ( CAILIU 1, 615 & r l ~ v e ,. 11,w ~ ~ ~ l s l ~ g tPa. ,
oll,
L5068', proposes a Unitcd hctwor!r l o r u r i d Hesc.arch. Spade do'es n o t '
&.
p e r m i t r e p r o d u c t i o n of a 2-pabe o u t l i n e n a i l e d u s , but w r i t e t o
Goerman i f you are i n t e r e s t e d ,
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Debate -in Kansas C i t y , Sept. 1 6 t h

M. 3'. Schwalm, 'Program Chainmn of t h e P s y c l i i c a l Rescarch S o c i e t y , '

of Kansas C i t y , a s k s u s t o announce a d e b a t e ASTROLOGY VS. ASTPION-
OIQ, sponsored by t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n , Lo be h e l d S c p t . 16 a t t h e UniJmr-
i a n Church a t 4500. Wzrwick, a t 8 p.m. Admission t o non-mzubbors i s $ 1 . 5 0 ~ ~
Speakers a r e Robert L. Johnson, a s t r o n o n ~ r ,D i r e c t o r of t h e I b n s a s C i t y
Museum of Science and H i s t o r y and Lt. Cmdr. David Williams, a s t r o l o g e r ,
F i r s t Vice-President American F e d e r a t i o n of A s t r o l o g e r s e
. N r . Schwalm would l i k e t o h e a r from any SI(YL0OK r e a d e r s who might
c o n s i d e r a d d r e s s i n g t h e group. Write him a t 6420 R o c k h i l l Rd., &n_sa.s-
i
C i t y , No. 64131. Those i n t e r e s t e d in membership i n t h e ~ ~ c i c t ~ , ". w.r i t e
8;

M r s . Ann Hoy j: 9315 B l u e J a c k e t k n e , G e s l a n d Park9 Kansas. 66214.

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E d i t o r t s 1fOtt3: AS a g e n e r a l rule.< .wc w i l l n o t rm a " f r e e ad" t o or-

g a n i z a t i o n s o u t s i d e o u r h i d w e s t U$O
' ~ ~ t ~ i cohra rkg i n g a d m i s s i o n t o
l e c t u r e s - - a s SKYZOOK t o o h a s ex.pcns'cs t o m c t 2nd welcomes p a i d adver-
t i s i n g . T h i s w i l l s e r v e n o t i c e t o o t h e r g r o u p s who may have s i m i l a r
announccmcnts t o make. - W e '11 nri!?"t f o u r 1i n e s f o r 5@?, -nd 10$ p e r
" l i n e f o r cach l i n e e x t r a .
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UFO Piagazine Grow l n g
The BmSAS NEWSLETTXR, off i c i z l p u b l i c a t i o n of UFU R e s e ~ r c hA S S O C ~ ~ ~ ~ S
-Inc,, P, 0. Box 8 , Silver LRkc, k:?sas, 66539, h a s grown from a 4-page -
- b u l l e t i n t o 11 pages ( ~ u g u s ti s s l ~ c )In a compc?.ratively s h o r t time
, i s now dcvoted l a r g e l y t o UFO r e p o r t s . The s u b s c r i p t ion
- -.and
1 s $%.uO- p e r y e a r - - i 2 - i h s u e s , - We f e e l tile a L r k e d improvement is- worthy- -:--

of mention. C o n g r a t u L ! t i o n s , neighbor.
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A e r i a l ?henomenon Club * .
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August -11,. we h e i d ouf monthly meeting s t t h e N'orthminister Un-
i t e d P r e s b y t e r i d r i Chuich. Becduse of r e c e n t UPU u c t l v l t y m t h e a r e a
and p r e l m m n a r y work on t h e convention t o be m l d mn r e o r i a , 1 , the
week-end of June 1 3 , 1970, w e d i d n o t g e t t'o our sche'duled t o i ? i c of
" S k e p t i c s and The,i-r T h e ~ r i e s . b' ~u t w i l l c o v e r i t a t th,e S e p t . 8 t h meet-
ing.
A r e c e n t r e p o r t concerns a 3itblobblhgs t a r l l i k e objject'" s e e n n e a r
l h t t o o n , I l l . , J u l y 1 4 , 1969. The .-&ittoon p o l i c e dis'patcher d e s c r i b e d
it aa "an upside-down p l a t e w i t h a r e d l i g h t on e a c h i s i d e a n & one On
t o p . " O t h e r o b s e r v e r s thought i t might have been a s t a r . However9 t h i s
argument. was shown i n c o r r e c t when s h e r i P f d e p u t i e s r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e
ob'j'ect mov'6d o?f t o t h e s o u t h ' l a t e r i n t h e evening, ,

Cr.e,d!it\: , , R i c. h a, r d .Reynolds and J a c k G i n t h e r , R e ~ o r t e r a ,

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