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Po.li .cy: TO' s e p a r a t e f a c t Prom f a n t a s y . To t h e b e s t of o u r knowledge, . . all azteria.1. u s e d is from r e l i a h l e s o u r c e s . To '%fie.; b e s t o f o u r a b i l -

i t y , w e t e l l i t as it is, , .

Perr l l iss ion t o use o a r r e g o r t s . i s f r e e l y g r a n t e d p rov ided f u l l c r e d i t i s ' give? by usir ,g SKYLDOK, aOx 1 2 3 , S t o v e r , Mo. as source .

We wescone UFO repoz- ts , newspaper c l i p p i n g s and l e t t e r s f rom r e a d e r s . M a t e r i a l w i l l be r e t u r n e d i f r e q u e s t e d ,

Staff and S 2 e c i a l C o n t r i b u t o r s t o SKYLOOK

Ted P h i l l i p s , J r . , R e p o r t e r and F e a t u r e W r i t e r , 1113 Ware Ave,, S e d ~ l i a , Mo.

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L u c i u s Bai-ish, W r i t e r in Ufology F i e l d , Route 1, ~ l @ e r v i ~ l e , Ark. , . I I I

N r s . R , E, Holmes, I l l i n o i s S e c t i o n APRO Repor te r , ' ' 2690: H i l l D r i v e ; C a r l y l e , Ill. : 1 , - .

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A UFO Sight ing, A l sos t ! By Ted P h i l l i p s , Jr.

r ~ > ~._lls . r e :~o r t e r , a long w ~ t h four o t h e r people, watched a very unusual ob:;ect 53. t h e nor thern sky f ~ r ubo~i t s i x minutes on the n i g h t of Jan. 26 , i359.

!'-le sky wits s l i g h t l y hazy and The o b j e c t appeared. as a dim, r e d d i s h cc!:).~c' s s o t of l i g h t with what appeared t o ' b e a pink beam o r r a y of - ~ i , , ? b 2- ':2L:ci~ng from it t o the south. The ob jec t d id no t move du r ing 7-1- ,,,e ;; '-cji? of o b s e ~ v ~ t i o n .

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' t1.1 $ J . ~ , ~ - c ;..;Ls ihat i t i J e ; k i t b e a ccjlliet o r meteor t r a i n , .however, as the o-3 .j e2s xis i n s i g h t ?or the exteilded per iod of t ime, I thought t h i s would no t be the ca se , . .

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The ol-? j e c t neas: re6 1 inc!? '<?I leqgth snd 1/8 inch i n width on a r u l e r he ld a t srms length . It w s xbout 2nd o r 3rd magnitute and d i s - apperrcd as clouds loved ir i to the a r e a .

I did t&e two &otogr(;l&s ~il:lCh were of e x c e l l e n t exposure. They show tile ob jec t q u i t e .we l l sad a t r e e i s v i s i b l e i n the foreground. The ex;,osures were 1 5 secolrds i n l e n g t h on T r i - X f i l m (USA 400) a t f/3.5 on a Yashica canera a t infinity.

I sei , i a conplet'e r e , ~ o r t anr!, the nega t ives t o D r . J . Al len Hynek, Northwestern Urliversi ty, Evailstun, I l l . , f o r a n a l y s i s I r ece ived copies o l the photogradhs and a l e t t e r from D r . Hynek Feb. 15 a n d f the l e t t e r reads a s fol lows: "I th ink tile mystery has been solved4 The phoijogra .,is you took a r e of a p e r s i s t e n t t r a i n of a meteor o r re- en t ry w~:lell was widely observed over ?any s t a t e s almost due n o r t h a t 1:00 A.H. arc a few mifiutes a f t e r . Ih . -

The norniag a f t e r the s i g h t i n g I d i d f i n d s e v e r a l a r t i c l e s i n var- i o z s aev lsppers on the many r e p o r t s of meteor-l ike o b j e c t s s een t o t h e nor th . A t the time I could no t imagine a n e t e o r t r a i n 'P~ l s t i ng f o r over f l v e minutes, but I have the g r e a t e s t r e s p e c t f o r Dr. Hynek and h i s evaluat ion.

f t c l k e d wi'th D r . Hynek f o r s a v e r a l hours a t Columbia, Missouri , l a s t OctoLer; and ray wi2e and I v i s l t e d the observatory a t manston, -- Ill. , vrn:>re we t a lked wi th G r . !?ynek, D r . Powers and Fred Beckmann f o r seT.T r a l hour s , i n November a d . I f e e l t h a t D r . Hynek i s q u i t e s i n c e r e i n h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n ~ n t o t h e UFO ~ r o b l e m . ----- More on S p r i n g f i e l d , Mo. S i c t t ~ t i n g

On c , ~ $ c L L ~ ~ ~ f ulsiiler on , tne X L U S U ~ ~ ily 1~16 O D j e c t s een nea r dpring- . f i e l d , ~ I O . Jan. 1 2 (see P'ebrudry i s s u e of SLYLOOK), Ted P h i l l l p s Jr, e- ceived Lhis h f o r m t l o n from :('T'_PS-TV, Channel 10 : "An u n i d e n t i f i e d fly- i n g object was spo;teci over Sgr i f lgf ie ld . It was descr ibed a s being . '

ve ry l a r g e ar,d white. It was lirst noxiced i n t he v i c i n i t y of the rend7 e r i n g ;:lant no r th of t k e c i t y . A s i r n i l a r ' o b j e c t was spo t t ed a few miq- u t e s l a t , e r nca r the F r i s c o Railway; yards . ShorjAy a f t e r , _ t h e S h e r i f f ' s .Deputy Len dobles saw at1 ob jec t and followed i t f o r s e v e r a l minutes. He sa id 'ie l o s t s i g h t of i t no r th o f Spr ing f i e ld a f t e r it c i r c l e q and pickec?. ,I;? speed.lt

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ilhc! nlanc-t 'Mercury is v i a j b l e low In t h e e a s t e r n s k y b e f o r e s u n r i s e , t l r le 'nvarage m,igni-i;ude of tile s ral l p l a n e t w i l l be -1.0 d u r i n g l%rch.

Venus 1s s t i l l b r i l l i a n t a t -4.2 magrlitude i n t h e w e s t e r n sky f o r s6.i ,r;-1 h o u r s a f t e r su i l se t . , Yenus 1s now m a r i t s c r e s c e n t phase .

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' iQrs i s i o v i n g towerds i t s c i o s e approaCh t o e a r t h , ' and w i l l bri~;:-Le:1 cons idera i : ly as it does . It is nbw a t ' -0.6 magn i tude , a gai r , of' h a l f incgnittide d u r i g g . t h e 1a:st: month.. 1.t is l b c a t e d i n L i b r a .

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Tn? two S o v i e t Venus probes are r e g o r t e d t o be o p e r a t i n g w e l l and a r e some 4 ,500,000 t o . 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 rn i les f rom e a r t h .

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lishclreds o f ' pe r so i i s - - inc lud ing P o l i c e Chief James A t f o r d - - r e p o r t e d s t r a n ~ e sounds . coiliing f rom two c l o u d s ax J a c k s o n v i l l e , , Pla. f eb . .3rd . One Iilar; d a ~ c r i b e d tile soctnd- as l i . l . i c . . " s0~50ne . .i.*attlii?g cel10phan.e.:" A wonlai l stzld ii; was more l i k e 'ls.or;:eone, w a l k i n g - o n p d b b 1 . e ~ . ' l . '

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. c r a a n i n g s u r f " r c f 1 e c i c d fqom above. (Sourc .e , k d a l i a and .Kansas C1t-y . , p r e s s . 'C'rcdit--T&d ' l ) l i l l i k ) s . , J r . ) a . -

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":p. e 'Corn ...- L , a i t t e e has rc;.de a c a r e f u l e x m i n d t i o n of the present s t a t e .

of thc UBO i ssue and hzs concluded t h a t the controversy cannot be re- solved wi$hout f u r t h e r study i n a q u a n t i t a t i v e s c i e n t i f i c manner and t h a t i t deserves the a t t e n t i o n of the erigineering and s c i e n t i f i c c 0IxYL: :. i t y ?,:!.

. . n. : . L ~ I . S atziteiiieht agpas-e'd i i the ;December i s sue of . fLAstronautics &

~ e r , ~ ; ; : ~ , ~ - ~ - i ; ~ & ~ ' ~ ' : - - - . . . a pibl.:..ca.tion of 'the American Institute of Aeronautics z .Q,~ ~>~\j-:~il~L--~.inc VL. an< the cornnittee' r e f e r r e d t o was- .formed about a

yea:L- ;> .,,, .-... with . kcrn's?rS-. Prom: ESSA. Research Laborator ies , of BauIder; i5art.i:~ : .%~-l; t t ta, . of Denver; TRW Systems Group of Redondo Beach, C a l i f . ; u e r o s g x e cbruoratic!:li cf Los uilgeles ; Georgia I n s t i t u t e of Technology

. . of ~'t:ai:i;a;. ifc:ec-rc1 .>KT .Resea-ch, . I n . of A l t a d e n a , Ca l i f . ; Douglas MissLie & SpBce S:;rs i.:;s~s D i v i ~ in:a ? :of Santa M5nica, Cal i f . ; NASA God-

I L ,nli group made i ts 'ow?? object ' ive inves t iga t ion of the UFO problem and issued the s t ~ . t e n e n t above, wkiich speaks f o r i t s e l f . The committee plans t o develop ce r t a in recornendations and t o give some i n s i g h t in- t o i t s reasonirlg t o 5P.c A I A A rzad.ership i n f u t u r e i s s u e s , " the maga- zine s Ja t es,

This , 01 Course, 1s i n d i r 2 c t c o n t r a d l s t i m wlth B r . C)ndonVs coriclu-nloils tadt no f u r t h e r s t ~ d j r ,of UPOts can be j u s t i f l e d , ( Credi.: -.John >'. Schuessler)

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A b - i l l i a n t f l a s h of l i g h t burs t ac rosss the dark sky over sec- t i o n s oY t h ree mid-western s t g t e s a ah. 26th. Author i t ies said the f l a s h lwas probably caused by a meteor.

The f l a s h was s i&ted a s f a r nor th a s Green Bay, Wis., a s f a r south a s Spr ingf ie ld , I l l . , 2nd -as f a r west a s Cedar Rapids, Ia.

P i l o t s guiding j e t l i n e r s to Chicago's OIHare a i r p o r t reported s i g h t i ~ l g a smoking orange f i r c?Sa l l over the a i r p o r t a t 1:12 a.m. It seemed -to s e t off two b r i l l i a n t f l a s h e s in quick succession, the p i l o t ~ 2 i d .

A p,~ilceman i n Appleton, W i s . , s a i d he s ighted an orange f i r e b a l l t r a l l i n g a plume of blue f l a n e a t 12:55 a . m . de s a i d it seemed t o be d l r ~ c t i y overhead. 'The s lg i l t ing was accompanied by a 2-second power failure and ' cba l l s of f i r e dr ipping from high tens ion wires ," a pol ice s ~ o k e s m m said.

A t OIHare and i n Anpletnn witncsses revorted f lashbulb-bright i l lumlnstiol? 'from the l i g h t , An observer i n Dubuyue, I&., t o l d po l i ce t:ie f l a s h a,)peared m n y miles nor th of . the c i t y .

- u ground c o n t r o l l e r h the towzr a t the Spr ingf ie ld , I l l . , a i r p o r t s a i d he witnessed a sturming f l a s h . tha t seemed t o be about f i v e miles n o r t h oZ the c i t y , (Source, TI!L E;ulJSuS C I T Y TIPIES)

'JPO1 s Re!,ortod a t ~ ~ n b s t b n e , Arizona. ... ,

A ah lb 'br of ' t $ e saucer magazines llava c a r r i e d s t o r i e s r e c e n t l y of g$yJi.s; '-.,., -~i ' i lg seen . ,. a t . gravcyzrds . . One w r i t e r sugges t s t h e tombstones 1:h.y e . a x a r I J. -L;o'.be--homes, of e a r t h l i n g s , thus l e a d i n g occupants of space; shi gs : t o ixves t i g a t e . - A t -a* . r a t e - , everi the name ".Tombstone-" seems tc, t:.CJ~~_;act v i s i t o r s from out of t h i s world.

-,... ' l i . : r . L , ~ l a m s e r &pt u s t h i s ' newspaper c l i p p i n g - from t h e Phoenix . . . . 8 .

t i i l r ir a c Z ~ i l .,- .. .Republic"' of Jan. 1 3 , . 1969. The complete account fol lows: . .

; ' ' ~ c m 3 ~ ~ o b c - - ~ ~ s i d e s the cormon vziriety t ende r foo t t o u r i s t s , the . . . r1.n'. ' . . ,.,&;;; ' ~ ~ , y ; . l ~ T o l); ell

. . . G - may sLs.o be drawing bug-eyed v i s i t o r s from .oQQ,.. ,r space.a, . .

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An u n i d c n t i f i e d Oregcn couple r epo r t ed they saw some mul t i co lo red '~'i '0s a t 10 pen , S5tards ; r a s c a n t n i l c f r c n the c i t y l i m i t s on U.S. 80,

' I1l\r, wcre about a mile west of h a r e , t h e woman b l u r t e d o u t , when my lmsband asked lac t o see what was fo l lowing u s so c lo se ly . "

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~ ~ c " i v $ i i i ~ i siii~l 'shc tu rned around and beheld %!hat seemed t o be a r o ~ r d oran@-colored c a r wi th no h e a d l i g h t s but a l ight on the dome.

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" T t c ~ I saw o t h e r round th ings . Red, b lue , green and yellow. F i r s t t hey wdre up i n the z i r , then dropping down, then c i r c l i n g and changing p l a c e s , and I was sccir::d, 'I she - s a i d .

Her husband conf i rncd h i s wife ' s t a l e .

"I took a look back t o o , and whatever those t h i n g s I saw were ,, t hey imde m e h i t the gas and t a k e o f f .

Tlldn, suddenly, the l i g h t s d i sappeared , the couple s a id .

S : v c a l cups of cof fee l a t c r , t h e couple , appa ren t ly somewhat corn$ JSC,~, ' . . l d f t Tombstone,

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Mcji -~hx .'l'gqstonc p o l i c e i10y the s h e r i f f ' , o f f i c e s a id they r ece ived any r c n o r t oP thc i n c i d e n t ,

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J u s t out i s a new saucer publication--[ 'Canadian UFO Report" .wi th John ifhgqr ,as e d i t o r alld P ~ b i l ~ i l ~ r . This s l i c k pzpcr bi-monthly may

\ I ' a p p 4 x r on the news s t ands ia thc f u t u r e , but f o r the p re sen t may be o b t t ~ i i l ~ d only by mai l . It is $3,00 p e r year . Address t he magazine a t Box 758, Duncan, B. C . , Canada. A sample copy i s 60$.

: IChc;f i rs t i s s u e specializes in UBO s i g h t i n g s in t he Yukon t e r r i - t o r y . "]:,,e' a r t i c l e s :arr; well w r i t t e n and i l l u s t r a t e d . SKYLOOK reco- m m e n d ~ v. - th i s one, ( ~ e v i e w )

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!i!Ucs;a7 Arizona.--Dr. J.2;rrea 3 . : ?lcDonald,. s en io r phys ic i s t a t the . , Uni.2. ;;y;; ,: --

. . sy o f ~ r i k n a 1fist i . tute .of. k t~?os.pneric 'physics, . Monday c.alled <.Pbr sci . i . i i t~ia ts t 5 ch&llan&c iiie just-released Condon :lieport on unident-

i f i e d ?I:,-ing objects , ' . ... .,. . . .

~..:~.'hdD3rluld sa id i n a,': statemerit, !,%is : repor*. ,must be vigorously .,- chii$ieil,cd . . - l e s t : it s~iccecd i n c;;l;tir;g. off . ser ious s c i e n t i f . i c a t t e n t i o n t o :& r i s t t e r of e x c r e ~ e l 2 .grci:t in+rtaiice; " He continued, "Condon

.. . eyiele;~tljr. d idnt t r e h 1 . i ~ ~ that ' . the re, ,ort he 'has s.ubuit.ted runs ab;'bd : ,

:- 3.5 I Xo .2;3'2cr c&nt u l?expiakcd cases, , whereas the A i r Fgrce Pro ' jec t i31zc. - &ok .has', been "gutt'ing - . oGt pcr'c'entages close to. 3 o r . 4 per cent' f .o r years." And 'I * * * he h2.s given. only s u p e r f i c i a l a t t e n t i o n t ' o t h e huS?;mds 0.f c l a s s i c uneknlail1,ed cascs o f tf?e p ~ s t 20 years. I" - - '

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C A ~ O :(P. . . . 0. Box .. 1 3 l 6 , . ~ i . ~ i ~ & , 1, ~ a n i t . o b a , .Canada)-published ' . : a11 . anili-V-ei-sary 5,'s si~el:-t!?.eir'' Nov'ember-;pe c ?giber I co.py . %is - magazine , .. with 3. C. Cannon a s d i r c c t o r 9 ha .g . .b terks t - ing U.Nl r e p o r t s f r o m all over %hi. g l o b e and i s rccg~jdenddd' t jy SKY&OOi(. An .unusual' f e a t u r e in. t h i s i ssue ' , i . s IIUBO,' s aild ~ o l ~ ' ~ ~ i : g p i s t ~ ~ ~ , , a n ~ r e l i i t e s . . two remarkable cases- o9e i n : h t a r ' i o , 1968, and. the o t h e r , regor ted by Jenn i fe r Stevens (Ed i to r of i n Scot ia , N. Y. i n Apr i l 1967.

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.Have YOU scen a UFO? send' your. r e ~ o r t to SKYLOOK.

A EL.M Eveciizg N e v ~ , Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 8, 1969.--Of f i c i a l s of t h e Toky-o '~s t ronomica i c,?-st.lrvatory i n Mitaka City on the western o u t s k i r t s of Toyyo weye bus;; ?,?sday night wi th r e ? o r t s and i n q u i r i e s from Chiba . Yar!il.nsshi, Sal tzna and Kznagawa prefec tures about many f i r e - ba l l : 3'-c;?p1 ~g t o the round fron! tile nor th o r northwest sk ies .

UTCT 29. ciill's ns:ci:. 'i:? betwee3 8 and 9 p.m. from exc i t ed people . .

i i l C1-~i . ':+ ~ : . z L g i l b d ~ i;.;g g e f ecturesn C a l l e r s Yeported se'e ing a s many a s 2:) z:;,~..: :yL1l c: C-j . ,-.-.-n- >-. icils s inz 's , ;?an11. tYaili.ng a long t a i l and f a l l i n g

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A b o ~ t G p. no t r ~ e ~ ~ a v i g a t i o n s e c t i o n a t Tokyo I n t e r n a t i o n a l ~ i r p o r t recg;vi< an inquiry f r o m the Niigd$a Airport o f f i c e saying t h a t a brig:,:: ~ b j e c t . had, beeri seen dropping from the sk ies nor th of Ni iga ta a t a speed f a s t e r t h a n t a n airp!-me and asking whether it was an a i r - plane acc ident . A check revealsd t h a t i t was not .

A -eport from the Sahara 201.-_ce S t a ~ l o n t o Chiba P r e f e c t u r a l Pol ice Headquarters sa id t a a t two p o l i c s c f f i c e r s had seen th ree f i r e b a l l s , each wi th a 200 o r 300--meter-long t a i l , speeding i n the d i r e c t i o n of Ibaraki Prefec ture from the sk ies over Chiba Prefec ture about 9 p.m.

MI yewltnesses s a i d t h a t the f i r e b a l l s were not accompanied by a no i se i . k e . j e t planes. The average number seen by t h e people was f i v e al though some saw a's many as 20.

On t k saxe d a t e t h e Jagan "Times" of Tokyo regor ted: 'lYasuo Baba, p i l o t > f a Japan Domestic A i r l i n e s plane bound f o r Tokyo from Oita repor ted lie saw a b a l l of, f i r e of dale blue co lo r f l y i n g toward the n o r t h b t a very high speed when tile plane was f l y l n g between I se Bay and Osnima Is land. He said %he f l r e b a l l f lew a t a much hikher a l t i t u d e than h i s plane which was f l y i n g about 15,000 meters a t the time,

')The b r i g h t objec t was seen f o r about 30 seconds, according t o witness r epor t s . Some Ni iga ta r e p o r t s s a i d it s p l i t i n t o t h r e e and* f e l l ink0 the sea , while eyewitnesses i n Tokyo s a i d the b a l l of f i r e t r a i l e ? a lone t a i l .

"An astmnomer a t the observatory sa id t h a t i t could have been e i t h e ~ a comet o r an e a r t h s a t e l l i t e t h a t burned up i n the atmosphem Judging froxi the r e p o r t s t h a t l i g h t emitted by the objec t w a s pa le b l u e , i t was more l i k e l y t o have been a comet than a s a t e l l i t e , he added. " ( ~ r e d i - t , c.21 l; Kndrus, Jro , ----

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, F: :~~~ ;D ,GK~ . . . s e d i t o r . has been l n c l i ~ e d t o t ake a dim view of r e s o r t s on k!is piei.1 i n S lack , a l t h o we t r y t o hold an open mind on a contI-0- vercs'ial: - sub jec t . ;Je have '~siced members of our s t a f f and o t h e r s t h e i r op in lons o:1 t i e i.VB and haTTe found, f o r the most p a r t , few a r e ready .t.o k,... :;e a s o s i t i v e s ta tement pro o r con.

Too nany cases of v i s i t s from the dark-robed ones seem t o be obvi -..I.: B c ~ b r i c s t i o n s designed t o a t t r a c t publ ic i ty - -as a r e many of L 1 boc c m t a e t e e s t c r i e s - -bu t on the o t h e r hand, t h e r e have been ins tances , ~ f - - ~ : ~ a : L l , t he re have been- i n s t znces . . . .

A l e ~ ~ g l h y a r t i c l e " ~ n Analysis of t he Men i n Black" by Kurt Glens5r has aroused our a & i t t e C l y f l a g g i n g i n t e r e s t i n the MIB. Space

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E n t t o o ques t ions the a u t h e n t i c i t y of the ma jo r i t y of c la ims and he m2ri;s o f f the s t o r i e s of Harold A. Dahl, A . 1(. Bender, George Adanski, Buck d e i s m , Korruan b ~ h r e i b s t e i n (who i n a d d l t i o n t o being v i s ~ t z c i by the c l a l x s h i s body i s taken over p e r i o d i c a l l y by an a l i e a :lamed Z a ~ r o n ) , joseph Henslik ( h i s s t o r y was i lzvest igated by John Keel who d id no t be l i eve t h e c l a i m s ) , and a nvmber of o the r s . It b ~ e 6 ~ i ~ p o i n t l e s s t o l i s t .t7:3ese i n d e t a i l .

E x t wr i tes , . "A f r i e n d of 8FO i n v e s t i g a t o r Brad S t e i g e r w a s hamsc:- ,d willle i n v e s t i g a t i n g a UP0 f l a p . T h i s occurred i n mid- E'ebrui~, y 1968. The s t o r y was r e g r i n t e d in wany UYO p u b l i c a t i o n s and i s ..:cite wel l imown. It s t ands a good chance of being t r u e . The MI% 1;: h i s GaSe c m l d ,be agents of the government."

He naiies a good po in t i n sugges t ing much of t h e te lephone harass- ment bz $he ITtB i s simply Mcranlc calls." d i r e c t e d a t anyone and n o t j u s t i ~ . f o l o g i s t s . He q so t e s a " ~ c i e n c e & M e c h a i ~ i c s " ~ ~ a r t i c l e ' ' ,Fighting Tele$ione Terrorismtt i n which Ross Olney says , "Breathers a r e becoming qui%e nuperous. .They g e t t h e i r k i c k s by l i s t e n i n g t o the r e a c t i o n as they pant i n t o t h e phone. Treatment--donf t " r eac t 'I-- j u s t hang up.

Several u f o l o g i s t s have challenged the MIB t o v i s i t them--two being Joseph P e r r i e r e , edi ' tor of I'Probett and John A , Keel, w r i t e r , As f a r as i s known, Kurt w r i t e s , the cha l lenges were ignored,

h o ' t l i e r m c h publ,ic,ized case of a l l e g e d v i s i t s by t h e MIB was t h a t of C a r r o l l Watts who c l a m e d he rece ived t h r e a t s and sho t s were f i r e d in30 h i s hone a f t e r he t o l d ' of s e e i n g a spaceship and space men. i'Jat<s1 whole s t o r y has been p r e t t y imch d i s c r e d i t e d ( s e e SKYLOOK i s s u e s of May and Jxne 1968) ,

W e a i e reminded o f a r e m r k made by Lou F a r i s h l a s t s u m e r when he oSserved the ESIB seemed t o "lave been Itdemoted" a s t he l a t e s t re- p o r t s had them d r i v i n g red Volkswaggens in s t ead of t h e former black C a d i l l a c s . "Tjmes a r e g e t t i n g tough a l l o v e r , " he added,

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