NUMBER 113 THE MUFON APRIL 1977

UFO JOURNALFounded 1967

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Director Walt Andrus discusses UN strategy with Dr. Hynek and Prime MinisterGairy, as Ambassador Wellington Friday looks on. All the speakers at the AcapuicoUFO Conference also attended the private meeting with the Prime Minister.

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DENNIS WILLIAM HAUCKEditor

WALTER H. ANDRUSDirector of MUFON

PAUL CERNY .Promotion/Publicity

REV. BARRY DOWNINGReligion and UFOs

ANN DRUFFELCalifornia Report

LUCIUS PARISHBooks/Periodicals/History

MARJORIEFISHExtraterrestrial Life

RICHARD HALLAssociate Editor

MARK HERBSTRITTAstronomy

ROSETTA HOLMESPromotion/Publicity

TED PHILLIPSLanding Trace Cases

DAVID A. SCHROTHSt. Louis/ Mass Media

JOHN F. SCHUESSLERUFO Propulsion

NORMA E. SHORTDWIGHT CONNELLYEditor/Publishers Emeritus

LENSTRINGFIELDCommentary

FROM THE EDITORWe are proud to wel-

come Ted Phillips tothe staff of the MUFONUFO JOURNAL. Ted is along-time member of bothMUFON and the Center forUFO Studies and is widelyrespected for his seriousand pioneering work onUFO landing trace cases.

Ted is presently work-ing on the Delphos, Kan-sas case for a technicalreport to be publishedby the Center for UFO

Studies.For this reason, Ted

is asking anyone withany data on that case toforward it to him at:2601 East 12th St.,Sedalia, Missouri 65301.Taped interviews,

photographs of the ringor surrounding area,news clippings, or soilsample analysis reportswould be greatly apprec-iated.

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In this issueTHE UFO STATUS QUO 3

By Len StringfieldUFOs SEEN NEAR BARCELLONNETTE, FRANCE 4

By Jean BastideTHE ACAPULCO CONFERENCE 6

By Dennis William HauckCALIFORNIA REPORT: MIMICKING UFOs 9

By Ann DruffelUFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICES AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC...10THE UFO INVESTIGATOR AS A HEALER

By RonWestrumSWEDISH ABDUCTION CASE 11

By Richard HallTHE FENCEHOUSES HUMANOID ENCOUNTER 12

By Jenny RandiesSCANDINAVIAN EM CASES 13

By Richard HallSKYNET LOG 14

By Ann DruffelUFO RECOGNITION PROCEDURE 15

By Walt AndrusIN OTHERS' WORDS 16

By Lucius ParishORANGE UFO OVER RHODESIA '7

ByC.R. HindDIRECTOR'S MESSAGE 18

By Walt AndrusRECAPPING AND COMMENTING 20

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The UFO Status Quo By Len Stringfield

It is common knowledge amonginformed researchers that the UFOrates high on the agenda of worldproblems. It has long been a covertconcern to all technically advancedgovernments. A new public aware-ness to the mystery has placed newpressures on private UFO researchgroups to intensify their efforts toprobe the mystery, and find theanswer.

With the proliferation of UFOactivity since 1973, showing an in-crease in reported UFO landingsand close encounter incidents, newdistinguished names representingall fields of science have openlyjoined in research. Now there is ascientific urgency to identify theUFO's nature and origin. And find-ing those answers scientifically is theprime purpose of MUFON/GSW.

Theories as to the answer of th^UFO's nature and origin are manyand are amply known to MUFON/GSW. At this juncture in its continu-ing search for evidential proof,MUFON/GSW recognizes two majorhypothetical realms which mayprovide a plausible or even a cate-gorical answer:

1. That UFO's are surveil-lance vehicles (occupied and/or propelled) controled by anadvanced extraterrestrial in-telligence.2. Tha UFO's constitute anextra-dimensional or psychicalmanifestation associated withplanet Earth that is not under-stood by present day science,or possibly;3. An interaction of bothelements.

Irrespective to theory, MUFON/GSW is dedicated foremost to servea twofold operation in its research:

1. Basically to study all UFOreports, endeavoring to find ameaningful pattern from cor-related and computerized rawUFO data, and by employingscientific methodology, toachieve an understandabledetermination of the UFO'snature and origin.2. To objectively disseminatethe resultant and substantivefacts of this study to the newsmedia and the public.

Perhaps the most popular andplausible theory is that which char-acterizes the UFO as an intelligentlycontrolled vehicle of extraterrestrialorigin. However; many technicalquestions remain to be answeredbefore a commitment can be an-nounced to the world qualifying theUFO as interplanetary.

MUFON/GSW is aware of the risksof making a premature judgementat this juncture, knowing that theconstant imput of new UFO data, orany single dramatic incident, maytrigger a breakthrough to substan-tiate any one theory or show proofthat two theories can be unified. Forthe present, MUFON/GSW willcontinue its critical examination of allthe banked data which is brokendown into four major categories,as follows:

1. To determine the nature ofthe UFO, its structure, aero-dynamic principles andanomalous behavior, (maneu-verability, speed, nullificationof gravity, etc.) method of

propulsion, the physical traceevidence and residuals re-sulting from landings andclose encounters, and com-puterization to determine theauthenticity of photographsallegedly showing UFOs.2. To determine the origin of ;

the UFO, conceivably from our "solar system or anotherdistant star system in ourgalaxy, or from an extra -dimensional realm in spaceand time not yet determined"by our laws of science.3. To determine the nature ofthe UFO humanoid occupants,their degree of intelligence,behaviorism, physicognomy,and their functional or tacticalassignment.4. To determine the means ofcommunication used by theintelligence inherent withthe UFO. Other than radioastronomy in search forsignals from outer space,research depends on the UFOand/or humanoid contact forcommunicative evidence.

The strongest evidence in supportof the UFO's existence, essentialbefore hypotheses can be explored,is in MUFON's and GSW's updatedstatistical and photographic data tobe released during the MUFONsymposium.

Significant is the computerizationof 80,000 individual UFO entries,including those from the Air Force'sProject Bluebook files, many of whichbear physical trace evidence as aresult of UFO landings and closeencounter incidents. Most of thesecases have been investiaged on-the-

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UFOs Seen NearBarcelonnette, France By Mr. Jean Bastide

On the evening of Wednesday,December 8, 1976, two staff-ser-geants of the llth Battalion of AlpineLight Infantry ("Bataillon de Chas-seurs Alpins"), Mr. Gaborris andMr. Charrins, are driving betweenMeyronnes and Maisonmeane, goingto Maisonmeane, where they havetheir quarters, coming from Meyron-nes. About 23 hours, they can seen,under the cloud level (ther are cloudsin the night sky, lightened by thefull moon which was rising at 18 h 50and is visible on the South-East) avery strange object, of a long ovalor elliptic-shape flying from S.-E.(Italy to N.-E. The dark object is onlyvisible several seconds, disappearingin the direction of Mirandol Pass(Col de Mirandol), whose altitudeis of 2433 meters (about 8000 feet)a little under the level of the cloudceiling, which is about 2500-3000m(8200-9800 feet). Arrived a little after23hOO at their quarters of Maison-meane, they are informed about thefact that the dogs of the mountainsection have just been howling atthe same hour, when the object wasflying in the night sky. We must notforget the fact that the full moon wason December 6, 1976, therefore,only two days before, and dogs wereperhaps howling to the lunar crescentbut it is very doubtful, for the moonwas visible since hours and the dogshad not howled before or after 23hOO.

On the following day, ThursdayDecember 9,1976, the same two staffsergeants made the same journeyfrom Meyronnes to Maisonmeane,when with astonishment, they can

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see an astounding phenomenon. Nota single, but four objects are flyingfrom the same direction of theLarche Pass (Italian border, at theS.-E.), without noise, to the direction,of Mirandol Pass at the N.-E. (thealtitude of Larche Pass is of 1997m/6650 feet, a little less than MirandolPass). These four objects are flyingat 500-1500m (1630-4920 feet) fromthe ground level, therefore at about3000m (9850 feet). A little light hasbeen visible under one of the fourthings during a moment. As the wit-nesses arrived at theirs quarters,they had heard about the fact that thedogs have howled in the same man-ner than the day before, at the samehour, when the four objects have

been visible, at 23hOO. The sameThursday, December 9, 1976 anotherwitness was with Mr. Gaborrisand Mr. Charrins: the sergeantPierrat, also from the llth B.C.Aof Maisonmeane. In addition,another serious witness has seenthese four objects, but from theLarche Pass on Thursday 9: a customofficer of the custom-house ofLarche Pass, Mr. Phillibert.

Following these strange facts, anight watch was organized at LarchePass by the soldiers of the llthB.C.A. and members of the Frenchforce of gendarmes (GendarmerieNationale) on the evening of Friday10, Saturday 11, and Sunday 12,without result. The things seen on

the two evenings quoted cannot havebeen a star, the moon, or anotheratmospheric phenomenon, or satel-lite.

As has said the Commandant ofthe Brigade of Alpine Light InfantryMr. Vausson, about the observationof Wednesday, December 8, 1976 bythe two staff-sergeants Gaborris andCharrins: "They have noted in thesky a dark object, of circular shape,as big as a large aircraft, Thisshape, luminous in its center, whichcould have been at 600m (1970 feet)above them; had stopped a while justbefore deissappearing a minute afterbehind the mountains". About theobservation of Thursday, December 9the same commandant Vausson hasbeen quoted as saying: "Suddenly,one (of the four objects) of them hadseparated from the others, and hadbeen flying towards the witnesseswho have been very afraid. Then,abruptly, the engine has disappearedat an astonishing speed, as the threeothers"...About the night-watches,the chief of the Brigade of force ofgendarmes of Barcelonnette-CaptainJean-Yves Montfort, himselfl-hasbeen watching without result atLarche Pass on the nights of 10 to11,11 to 12, and 12to 13.

It is of interest to quote, also, thatanother witness who was driving hiscar in .the same country has seen thephenomenon (on December 8 or 9, atthe same hour). This later witnesswas a civil one; and his name wasnot divulged by the trench "Gendar-merie". It is a pity when we see thatsuch interesting reports cannot befreely given to all the interestedmen, by the french force of gerd-armes. But, as has written Kipling,this is another question...

When questioned by the sameJean-Yves Montfort, about theirobservation of Thursday December 9,Mr. Gaborris and Mr. Charrins andMr. Pierrat are quoted to have said:"The meteorological conditions werenearly identical than during the nightbefore (night of the first observation,on December 8). Almost at the samespot, while we were driving to theLarche Pass, we have seen fourobjects, identical to the one of the daybefore, following nearly the same tra-jectory, at almost the same altitude.Immediately, we have stopped, cutthe engine off, switched off the head- .lamps, and we have went out of thecar and walked on the road.

"The four objects have beenmoving forward in an impressivedead silence, without the faintestlight, along a rectilinear trajectory(Remember of Orthoteny...), perfect-ly aligned. We have succeeded inseeing their flight during about tenseconds. They have been at abouttwo kilometers (6550 feet), barely,and, again, our dogs have howledduring their passage. Ourselves hadexperienced a sufficiently importantfright."

It certainly was not natural, thewitnesses being in no means ac-customed with such fantastic events,all the men agreed at this subject.Furthermore, the things are totallynoiseless, and such a fact that onnot be explained, as the things arerelatively close. And we have thefact that on the observation ofDecember 9, one of the four objectswas seen flying towards panic-stricken witnesses...Such an intelli-gent comportment cannot be easilyexplained, it seems...

Another member of french force

of gendarmes (Gendarmerie Nation-ale) from the town of Barcelonnettehas declared on the waves of thefrench radio broadcast (France-Inter), on December 13, 1976, at09hOOa.m.:

"It would have been of acylindrical shape (during thefirst observation on December8, of one object only), as big asa large aircraft, of a dark greytinge, but during the nightit would have been verydifficult to know exactly thecolour. And the fact has oc-curred two times. The firsttime, they have seen only oneobject with a luminous spot inits middle. The second time,there were four objects andthey had flown at great speedwithout noise. Actually, weare still investigating on theobservations. But, about theveracity of the facts, we thinkall has really occurred, ofcourse, for the witnesses areserious and well-known men,and worthy of interest. And,too, we have the curious factthat, as it seems, the dogs ofthe company ("les chiens dupeloton cynophile") at thequarters of Maisonmeane,near the Larche Pass, wouldhave howled three eveningsconsecutively"

Therefore, on December 7 withoutknown observation, on December 8,and December 9, we can add thatin the folk tales, the fact for a witnessto meet for three consecutive daysFairies is the general rule...Strange,isn't it. 5

The AcapulcoConference

By Dennis William Hauck

Contradictory feelings of chaos andprogress marked the First Inter-national UFOlogy Conference, heldin Acapulco, Mexico, from April 17 to24. The complicated logistics ofbringing together the world's mostprominent ufologists for a week ofinterlingual debate took their toll aspersonal inconveniences and organi-zational delays mounted throughoutthe week. Nonetheless, the Confer-ence succeeded in bringing togetherleading UFO researchers with widelydivergent attitudes and real progresswas made on a number of importantpoints. For this reason alone, kudosare in order for the Conferenceorganizer Guillermo Bravo and thestaff of the Mexican Center forInformation and Investigation ofParanormal Phenomena CIIFOP).

MUFON members who spoke at the Conference posed for this snapshot In the heat ofthe Acapulco sun.

Director Walt Andrus takes time out to, pose for a picture at the InternationalUFOlogy Conference In Acapulco.

MUFON had more representativesat the affair than any other organi-zation. Director Walt Andruspresented an excellent, in-depth lookat some of the recent UFO casesinvestigated by MUFON and pub-lished in national newspapers such asthe National Enquirer. MUFON UFOJournal editor Dennis Hauck pres-ented a view of the problems ofpublishing UFO information withsome pointed examples of how it canbe mishandled. Charles Huffer ofthe MUFON Central EuropeanSection talked about his latestfindings on government UFOcover-up activity, as did HenryMcKay, Director of MUFON inCanada. State Director of MUFONin Arizona and Ground Saucer WatchDirector William Spaulding offered

a number of photographic casesthat have been analysed by computerand stirred up a good deal of contro-versy among the delegates with hisstatement that the Adamski pictureswere frauds. This position wasbacked up by MUFON State SectionDirector and Project StarlightDirector Ray Stanford, who alsopresented an excellent slide lectureon computer assisted and instru-mented UFO research.

Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Director ofthe Center for UFO Studies, pre-sented an overview of the very signi-ficant problem of disseminatingUFO information and stressed theimportance of educating school-children and youth with anunprejudiced and authentic view ofthe UFO problem. Allan Hendry,editor of the International UFOReporter, talked about the problemsof sorting out genuine UFOs frommisinterpreted natural and artificialobjects.

John Keel made a rare appearanceat the Conference and presented theresults of his extensive investigationsinto ufology and parapsychology.Mr. Keel is presently working on anew book entitled "The Gods WhoWalk Among Us". ResearcherJames Hurtak spoke on the search fora definitive extraterrestrial model,arid Colman Von Kevicsky pointedout some cases of hostile UFOactivity. This theme was furtherdeveloped by Hans Peterson of Den-mark and Karl Veit of WestGermany.Jim Lorenzen, Director of the Aerial

Phenomena . Research Organiztion,talked about APRO's interest in thesignificance of abduction and entitycases. During the proceedings therewas a two-hour public debatebetween Jim Lorenzen and WilliamSpaulding on the Travis Walton

Charles Huffer takes notes at the International UFOIogy Conference In Acapulco.

Dr. J. Allen Hynek addresses the International UFOIogy Conference held InAcapulco from April 17:24.

abduction case. The debate served tobring to light the many complicatedfacets of this controversial case,including some polygraph transcriptsnever before released.

Sir Eric Gairy of Grenada calledon the governments of the world towork together in a common search for

a solution to the UFO problem. Hedeclared his irrevocable intention tosecure the interest of world powers ina United Nations UFO researchproject. All of the participants of theConference signed a resolutionsupporting the Prime Minister andpledged their future assistance.

THE ACAPULCO RESOLUTION

Whereas the Prime Minsiter ofGrenada, Right Honorable Sir EricMatthew Gairy, has already raisedthe question of UFOs and relatedphenomena at the United Nationsduring the Thirtieth and Thirty-FirstSessions of the General Assembly,urged that body to establish anAgency or Department for researchinto those matters and requestedthe more widespread release ofaccumulated data on UFOs; and,Whereas there has been world-wideacclaim for the initiative that PrimeMinister Gairy has taken in a matterwhich many nations of the worldconsider highly sensitive; and,Whereas the Prime Minister, at theFirst International Congress on UFOPhenomena in Acapulco, Mexico, hasdeclared that it is his irrevocableintention relentlessly to pursue thismatter and to secure and harnessthe support of all member gfovern-ments of the United Nations Organi-zation, some of whom have alreadyexpressed deep interest in andsupport for the initiative alreadytaken;be it resolved, that all participantsattending the First InternationalCongress on UFO Phenomena atthe Convention Center, Acapulco,Mexico, April 18-24, 1977, organizedby the Center for Information andInvestigation of UFO and Para-psychological Phenomena, unani-mously recognize the initiativealready taken by the HonorablePrime Minister of Grenada on UFOphenomena, congratulate him forhis forthright stand on the matterof UFO research, stand behind himin his effort to foster United Nationsparticipation in this important matterand urge him to pursue his diplo-matic thrust in seeking cooperationfrom other nations of the world tobring about the establishment ofa United Nations Agency or Depart-ment for research into UFO and otherrelated phenomena.8

Ambassador Wellington Friday looks on as William Spaulding signs the AcapulcoResolution In the Main Mall of the Acapulco Convention Center.

Ray Stanford prepares to address the delegates and audience at the International UFOIogyConference.

Louisiana State Director Ted Peters was one of many MUFON memoers inattendance at the Conference.

CALIFORNIA REPORT'ARE THERE MIMICKING UFOs?" Part 2

By Ann Druffel

Serious researchers have endeav-oured during the past thirty years toseek out conventional answers to UFOreports. It has been the author'sexperience that only about 2 to 3 %of raw data sightings received turn outto be scientifically valuable "un-knowns", not 20%, the commonlyaccepted figure. The case of theGlendale helicopter sighting of Feb-ruary 1st, 1977 was presented lastmonth in this Journal (Part I) as alikely "unknown" or UFO.

The trouble with the Glendalehelicopter case is that it happened atthe same time and location as hoaxballoon activity of an unfamiliartype. Are we, therefore, forced tosome to the conclusion that the twoprofessional and trained observerswho were encountering a strange"craft" 1100 feet above the city ofGlendale were, in fact, viewing anerrant hoax balloon? In order to tryto answer this knotty problem, let usconsider the nature of the hoax balloonreports in Glendale on and aroundFebruary 1st.

At about 8:00 p.m. on January 28th1977 on Sparr Blvd. which borders thearea over which the helicopter sightingoccurred, a 16-year-old girl, H.C.,saw a bright yellowish light rising upin the south. As it went out of sightat the top of her window frame she ranoutside to catch sight of it again,meanwhile calling to her mother.The two witnesses stood on their drive-way while the light wandered east-ward, then straight up again, clearingthe tops of nearby tree. Above thebright, steady light was an indistinctblack mass, onto which little or none ofthe light source reflected. It madeanother bend east and then started

H.C.'s sketch of light with darkindistinct mass above. Feb. 1, 1977Sparr Blvd., Glendale sighting.

drifting northerly at 12 degreeselevation, slowly rising higher. Itnow kept a straight path seeminglyonly a couple of hundred feet high,but its motion was "floating" ratherthan controled. Apparent size of thelight was about one-half the full moon.As it climbed, it diminished from viewin the NNE at 60 degrees elevation.Duration of the sighting was about10 minutes. (Figure A)

Rather awed by the occurrence, theyounger witness was doubly startledthe next two nights. From her roomon these two subsequent eveningsshe saw identical lights in the south.On the 29th, the object remainedbelow 20 degrees elevation, half-hidden behind trees and evidentlytraveling in a southerly direction.As before, the light was very brightand close. On January 30th, thelight drifted toward the east, travelingupward and disappearing behind aneighbor's house. The young girl'smother and brother were witnesseswith her and all three described thelight as comparable to a car's head-light 'on high beams from one-halfblock away.

On February 1st, the night of the

helicopter sighting, at about 8:35 p.m.H.C. and a 17 year-old friend, KayeBrown, were in her room on SparrBlvd. listening to records, when shesaw the fourth appearance of thestrange light. The two girls dashedoutside and watched the light, self-contained as before, maneuveringin a lazy drifting pattern from eastto west across the southern sky. Atthe same time, they heard neighborboys laughing in a yard two doorsdown. They did not pay much atten-tion as the boys concerned, H.C.stated later, are "nocturnal" andalways working and kidding aroundwith friends in their garage.

As the light, with its dark massabove it, floated back and forth inthe sky (Figure B), Kaye called hermother. Mrs. Brown, who lives onlya few blocks from the C. home, couldnot see the light, which indicatedthat the light was comparatively nearthe Sparr Blvd. location. H.C. contin-ued to watch while Kaye was on thephone and saw the light continue anupward path into the southern skyturn orange and fade out of sightinto the distance about 8:50 p.m.

Checking the wind directions later,

it was determined that on all fournights of the Sparr Blvd. sightings,the winds were light. On all fournights the wind direction was consis-tent with the directions of the object'stravel, and on the evenings of variablewinds, the drifting "maneuvers"could be accounted for by shifts inwind direction. Therefore, it wasdecided that the Sparr Blvd. sightingswere probably hoax balloons.

But of what type? They were cer-tainly not ordinary hot-air or candleballoons. There were no lightedbags, flickering, or dropping of flam-ing particles, common to candleballoon sightings. They were nothighway flares on helium-filled bags,as these have a typical sputteringeffect entirely different from thesteady, brilliant Sparr Blvd. objects.A valiant effort was made to trackdown the young hoaxers, but theseefforts were met with hostile silencefrom the suspected boys and theirparents.

If any reader knows of a new typeof hoax balloon which fits the abovedescription, it would be very good tohear.

We are left with a delimna. Southof Glorietta Park, a few blocks fromSparr Blvd., a helicopter with twohardheaded, professional observerswas circling with a precisely controlled"craft". The evidence of the hoaxballoon activity was presented to thesewitnesses. Their answer again spokeeloquently: they unqualifiedly repliedthat they were certain, judging fromtheir observation of reference pointsduring the encounter, that they wereorbiting with the object, not merelycircling around it. No way, in theiropinion, could it have been any kindof balloon drifting with the wind.

It is the author's opinion that thetwo helicopter observers did not see,and misidentify, a hoax balloon.10

There are points of similarity, to besure, such as the bright yellowishlight and the markings or "struts",not unlike those in some candleballoons. But there are four majorpoints of difference between the objectthey encountered and the objects seenfrom the ground: 1. The objects ofSparr Blvd. acted like balloons, withdrifting flight and lazy maneuvers.The "craft" which the helicopterencountered maneuvered precisely.At three crucial points during theobservation it seemed to performintelligent counter-reactions; 2. Thedark, indistinct mass above the brightlight seen from the ground reflectedlittle or no light, whereas the objecthigh in the air reflected light up ontotwo-thirds of its cylindrical body.But still the reflected light is entirelydissimilar to that of any known typeof hoax balloon; 3. Though carefullyquestioned, none of the Sparr Blvd.witnesses on February 1st saw orheard a helicopter or other aircraftnear or circling around the light,even though the object that night waswatched for 10-15 full minutes duringthe time of the helicopter sighting.A glance at the map indicates that themajor part of the helicopter encounteroccurred several blocks south of SparrBlvd. Massive efforts have failed tofind any witnesses who saw a heli-copter circling with or around a lightin the area involved. 4. The manner ofdisappearance of the helicopter'sstrange traveling companion wasinstantaneous, unlike the gradualdisappearance of the objects seenfrom the ground.

Therefore, it seems reasonable tothink that the helicopter observerswere seeing a bird of quite a differentfeather—not a hoax balloon. Could ithave been an "unknown" mimickingsome of the characteristics of theboy-made objects drifting below?

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THE UFO INVESTIGATORAS A HEALER . . . ByRonWestrum

In the current issue of FlyingSaucer Review (Vol. 22, #5) there isan article by John Brent Musgrave on"The UFO Investigator as Counsellorand Healer". I had the pleasure ofmeeting John Musgrave at theCUFOS conference in Chicago and it isfrom this conference that the articleis reprinted. I would like to recom-mend this article to all investigatorsof close encounter cases. I would liketo make some further remarks toamplify some of John's points. First,however, I would like to relate a casein which the importance of the inves-tigator's role as healer was veryforcefully brought to my attention.

In this case the percipient in a closeencounter case had experienced anumber of physiological and emo-tional problems following her-experi-ence. She tried to get help frommany official agencies but was re-buffed. Finally she managed to makecontact with a UFO organization Iwill call group I. The investigatorsfrom group I meant well. Theywanted to believe that the percipienthad really had a close encounterbut they were put off by her exoticlabeling of routine events (some ofher UFOs turned out to be: a porchlight, the planet Jupiter, airplanes).An attempt at amateur hypnosisfailed. After the failure of the effortsof group I, the witness still wantedto achieve some understanding ofher experience. At this point group II(a rival organization) entered thepicture. The representative ofgroup II immediately established aclose rapport with the witness,successfully hynotized her, and

continued to treat her experiencenot from an objective scientificviewpoint but as an involved counsel-lor and healer. This treatmentaided the witness in recovering heremotional balance and in dealingwith the continuing anomalousexperiences to which she was subjectI am happy to report that the repre-sentatives of group I, rather thanfighting over the jurisdication ofthe case, then realized their ownfailure and co-operated with group IIin continuing to investigate the case.

That this case is a success ratherthan a failure is the result of oneorganization's realization that theproblem was not merely one ofscientific investigation, but one oftherapy. There are undoubtedlymany other cases where such a real-ization would have been very valu-able, in which much suffering on thepart of the percipient could have beenalleviated by therapeutic action. Sofar I am merely recapitulatingMusgrave's argument.

One must go farther, however.Very often the person who has had aclose encounter will become thesubject of various types of para-normal events. They many experi-ence poltergeist manifestations,become telepathic and/or clairvoyantThings may go wrong with theirtelephone. They may have spectralvisitations or feel they communicatewith extraterrestrials. Their attitudetoward life may become changed toparanoia or a "new religious con-sciousness". These effects and manyothers have been detailed by JohnKeel in a series of books. W Some of

them seem to be caused directly bythe "other intelligences" behind theUFO phenomenon. But it also seemsthat some of these effects are dueto a kind of "psychic amplification"a growing psychic ability on the partof the percipient. '

The trigger for this psychic ampli-fication seems to be seme kind ofmental disturbance. Close contactwith the UFO phenomenon maydisturb the mental equilibrium of thepercipient in such a way that theseeffects manifest themselves. NandorFodor suggested many years ago thatpoltergeist cases usually werecaused when a disturbed individual'smind unleashed its own paranormalpowers. (2) in many cases thepsychic conflicts involved were ofa relatively routine nature, caused bysexual problems, repressed hostility,and so forth. It seems, however, thatUFO close encounters can also be ashock to the percipient's mind, andthat the conflict between the experi- .ence and percipient's sense of realitycan release a range of paranormalevents.

Not only percipients but UFOinvestigators also can become thevictims of this psychic amplification.Direct contact with the "otherintelligences" is of course thestrongest releaser of these efforts,but closeness to the phenomenon inany way may bring about the samemental conflicts and the same mani-festations. It would appear thatpsychic amplification has been thecause for the withdrawal of a sub-stantial number of major and minorUFO investigators from active work.

What can be done about thisproblem? I am not sure. Certainlythe first order of business is to talkabout it more. I suspect a largenumber of investigators have comeacross it at one time or another, butbecause of embarassment or uncer-tainty about its nature, have kept itessentially within .a small circle.Talking about, it would also helpremove some of the stigma whichnow attaches to the subject. Moreimportant, however, is the genera-tion of more information about theextent and development of this

phenomenon. What kinds of percip-ients are subject to it? In what waysdoes it develop? How can onechannel it toward outcomes which arepositive and healthy for the perci-pient?

The psychic abilities which thepercipient is acquiring can be anasset instead of a liability, but only ifthe percipient is willing to acceptthem and view them as a new-foundtalent. If one can create an atmos-phere of acceptance, both in thepercipient himself and in his socialcircle, the psychic amplification canbe integrated into the percipients'spersonality. This attitude of accept-ance cannot exist, however, if theinvestigator himself does not acceptthe psychic effects or is afraid ofthem. He must make the percipientfeel that what is happening to him isnatural and even beneficial in thelong run, although in the early stagesit may be somewhat unsettling.

In the process of getting thepercipient to accept and live withhis new-found abilities, the use of aparapsychologist or a psychologist/psychiatrist familiar with the para-normal is desirable. Unfortunately,parapsychologist are a rare breedand may be hard to find. Nonethe-less, there is nothing to prevent the12

researcher from familiarizing himselfwith some of the parapsychologicalliterature. (3)

An important benefit that the para-psychological framework brings isthat it provides a naturalistic ap-proach to the percipient's experi-ences. Many percipients mightotherwise interpret their experiencesin religious or occult terms; somemay in any case. By learning to seehis powers in naturalistic terms,the percipient is less likely to feelestranged from the rest of thecommunity, and is less likely to seehimself as deviant.

These thoughts are offered as astep toward understanding what Ibelieve to be a serious problem.I hope other researchers whoseexperiences or thinking is moreadvanced along these lines will nowcome forward to offer their ownideas.

Footnotes:(1) See for instance, UFOs: OperationTrojan Horse, (New York: G.P. Put-nam, 1970), especially chapter 14.

(2) Nandor Fodor, "The PoltergeistPsychoanalyzed" in his book TheHaunted Mind, (New York: NewAmerican Library, 1968).(3) Leo Sprinkle has sent me a biblio-graphy on "ESP and CounselingLiterature", mimeographed, 1972.His address is Department of Psycho-logy, Box 3708, University ofWyoming, Laramie, WY 82071.This is avery useful short paperand contains an extensive bibli-ography. See also chapter 15 of Coraland Jim Lorenzen, EncountersWith UFO Occupants, (New York:Berkeley, 1976), "Hypnotic andPsychic Implications in the Investiga-tion of UFO Reports", also written bySprinkle.

FRAGMENTARY REPORT ONSWEDISH ABDUCTION CASE

By Richard Hall, MUFON Interna-tional Coordinator

(Information from UFO-NYT, 5-76,Sobory, Denmark, translated bySoren Buus, Winnipeg, Manitoba,Canada).

An incomplete and anonymousreport from the Scandinavian UFOInformation Center, leaving muchmore information to be desiredbefore it can be properly evaluated,describes an alleged abduction caseoccurring on the night of March 22-23, 1974. The report has numerousfeatures in common with parallelU.S. cases.

While driving home from a party,Mr. A. felt a sudden force on his carthat pulled it to the right side of theroad into the area of a small farm.Pulled along against his will, Mr. A.and his car passed between two runicstones, at which point a powerfulbeam of light came from above and tothe left. He was pulled upward bythe light beam, despite strong resis-tance, and encountered four "hughtransparent beings in very old fash-ioned dress."

Mr. A. resisted, fighting to getfree; suddenly he felt pain in hischeek and some blood flowing. Hewas transported home by the beings,where his wife cleaned the bloodfrom his face. Below his temple wasa round hole. He suffered from lightburns, especially in the facial area.Mr. A. "thought he had been takenfor a medical examination." TheSwedish UFO Information group isreported to be investigating.

The FencehousesHumanoid Encounter

Report 7699 September 3,1976Time 21.00 Investigated by JohnRouse (CONTACT)

It is unfortunate that the reportingwitness to this case is an elderlylady (age 63) who was very frighten-ed and wishes no publicity. Therewas an 18 year old witness with her,but she has not so far been traced.However, the investigator forNUFON, John Rouse, believes thecase to be genuine.

Mrs. A and Miss B were returningfrom a visit to some relatives. Theywere walking past a waste area in thelittle village of Fencehouses, countyDurham. The area has in fact sincebeen levelled for building, and islittered with disused mine shafts.

They saw a strange object upon amound of earth. It was very small,and exact measurements provedpossible owing to the events to bedescribed. It was 5' long and 3-3Vi'high—roughly oval in shape with alarge glass like compartment in thecentre and a bright orange dome ontop. It was resting on sledge-likerunners, which appeared to be madeof chrome or steel.

The witnesses were not afraid,but appeared to be attracted towardsthe object in almost a hypnotic fash-ion. As they approached closer theynoticed an odd effect. There hadbeen a moderate wind and scatteredcloud in the twilight sky, but the windseemed to suddenly stop. The treesappeared to stop swaying and thetraffic on the nearby road seemed to

THE OBJECT

just disappear. The witnesseswatches stopped at this point—although they worked normally after-wards. It was almost as if they weresuspended in time.

Mrs. A. was now right up to thecraft and she was able to run herhand along the side of it. It was verysmooth and glass-like and felt warm.This was the point where she wasable to really take in the details ofsize and shape.

Sudddenly two entities appearedby the side of the object. They werethe size of dolls (which we take tomean about 1' tall). Basicallythey were humanoid in shape withlong white hair parted down themiddle. They had large eyes andclaw-like fingers. They appeared tobe frightened by the witnessesand put both hands up to their faces.

At this point the story becomessomewhat confused. The witnesswas not sure what happened to thebeings and became a little confusedand disorientated, particularly as totime. It is possible that there isa time discrepancy of about half an

By Jenny Raudles23 Sunningdale Drive, Irlam, Gt.Manchester, England

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hour, but there is by no means anycertainty about this.

The object was seen to take off atgreat speed, making a hummingnoise at the time.

There was possibly a subsequentphysiological effect. The next dayMrs. A was trying to plug in avacuum cleaner at home. She foundthat she could not put the plug intothe socket. It was as if some forcewere pushing her hands back (re-member she had touched the object).In the end her daughter had to do thisjob for her.

Samples of soil and of vegatationare to be analysed and a radiationreading to be taken, although it isunlikely that they will show anythingso long after the event.

Bearing in mind the distress of thewitness we were very fortunate tofind out about the incident. This wasindirectly and simply because shewanted to get the affair off her chest.There has been no publicity, al^though it is obvious in considerationof the publicity given to the Winches-ter entity case of November 14th that

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she could have easily achieved thishad it been her aim. It does appeara reasonably logical reaction to nowwish to forget the whole affair, al-though attempts are still being madeto investigate matters in completeconfidence. She is very worriedabout the consequences of the pressgetting hold of the story.

One can make comparisons withother cases quite readily. The paral-lel with the story of Mrs. Lainchbury(see FSR 22-3) is interesting. Sheclaimed visits from beings from Plutoseen in a similar trance like situation,and subsequently she reacted ina very similar manner—telling thestory and then deciding she had saidenough. She was of a very similarage.

The prevalance of these type ofcases, which I refer to as psychiccontactee experiences' is remarkableThink of Mr. L from West Yorkshire(August 76 NUN) and Mrs. H fromBelfast(Norhtern Ufology no.l).There has to be a common link factorhere as to why these subjectiveexperiences are being inflicted ingreater number upon witnesses.There will probably be no trace ofthe object—almost as if it were notthere. There was no trace of the Win-chester object (also an orange oval),and it had elements of the unrealabout it. Yet because the eventappears to be subjective does notmean we should ignore it. There isthe possibility that whatever causesthe ufo phenomenon has the abilityto make us see just what it wants usto see or what we want to see.

Let us hope that we are able to findout more about this case—and inparticular that we receive the coober-ative story of the 18 year old girl.That would turn an intriguing caseinto a potentially classic encounter.14

SCANDINAVIAN E-M CASES

SUBMITTED BY RICHARD HALL,

MUFON International Coordinator

(Translated from UFO-NYT, 5-76,By S. Buus, Winnipeg, Manitoba,Canada

A woman in Hordaland, Norway,was awakened at 1:00 a.m., June22, 1975, by the sound of wildcatsoutside her house. While watchingthe wildcats, she hear the sound ofher electric meter running faster thannormal and continuing to speed up.At the same time she sighted twosoundless unidentified objects inthe southern sky. Moving slowly,they "followed the power line in aclimbing curve until they disappear-ed behind the bushes." The moonwas full, and in its bright lightthe objects looked bronze in color.As soon as they disappeared, theelectric meter returned to normal.

A year later, at 12:40 a.m. on June21, 1976, police officer Th. Brandt-Jensen near Ringsted, Zealand,Denmark, saw a bright blue-whitelight cross the road behind him andthought it might be an airplane introuble trying to land on the road.He sped up to 150 km/h toward acrossroad where he could pull offthe highway. The object caught up towithin 50-75 meters and its lightstruck the car. As it did, the carmotor stopped and all lights wentout. The road was illuminated bythe object, and Brandt-Jensenguided the coasting vehicle onto theshoulder. He got out and caught aglimpse of the object as it disap-peared behind local terrain.

beam

Glider-like UFOJune 21,1976Nr. Ringsted, Denmark

The UFO resembled a glider(See Sketch), and was soundlessexcept for a slight whistling soundlike a glider makes. A ray of lightfrom it swung back and forth (cf.,April 1966, Ravenna, Ohio, policecase) as it passed his car travellingover 100 kmh, then slowed down to20-30 km/h. It appeared to be about15 meters long. (This case is alsoreported in the English-languageSUFOI Newsletter, 76/2-77/1,p.7).

Also near Ringsted the day before,another witness reported the follow-ing, which occurred at 10:00 p.m.:

"As I left Kirkebjerg I noticed aflying object in the sky to my left witha sharp dazzling light in front of it.Suddenly the light turned towardsme, the engine stopped and all lightin the car went out. I let the car runto a stop on the shoulder of the road.I tried to start the car again but it wascompletely dead, then I went out ofthe car so the object stood directlyabove me. (It's color was yellow-graythe size about that of a glider, and nosound was heard). Within 2-3minutes the object disappeared to thesouth-south west. I started my caragain without any difficulty. Thenearest traffic at that time was about200-300 meters away."

SkyNet Log The Sylmar-Newhall SightingOctober 9,1976

By Ann Druffel

At 8:45 p.m. on the evening ofOctober 9, 1976, Rick Lannard, 13,of Sylmar called SKYNET #3 (Druf-fel), having been referred by thepolice. A group of neighbors and hisfamily were gathered at his home,and were viewing an object "like abright star, flashing blue, green andred". The object had been in viewsince before 7:15 p.m.,and was fairlyhigh in the east over a horizon ofhigh hills.

The Lannard family, comprised ofthe mother, Dolores Lannard, Rick,and his sister Lori, 10, had beenalerted to the situation, by theirneighbors Chuck and CharlotteSanborn. Mrs. Sanborn had beenaware of a similar object northwest,also flashing red, blue and green,for about an hour before she inform-ed anyone about it.

In all, a group of ten or eleven per-sons watched the object in the westfrom 7:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. To some,it seemed as if it unrhythmic flashingwas a form of "signalling" to theobject; in the east. The northwesternobject, which was seen to the rightof a "bright star"' (presumablyVenus), slowly moved closer to thehorizon and disappeared; For aconsiderable time before it disap-peared, about eight or ten planeswere seen circling in the sky in thevicinity of the object. The planesseemed to be small private craft,some possibly helicopters. Theymoved back and forth near the object,not actually circling it, but remainingin the general area of the sky.The witnesses were positive that thenumber of planes, plus their behaviorwas not part of any aircraft traffic

pattern, but that the planes seemedto be ' 'looking at the object

After the disappearance of thenorthwestern object, and during thetime Rick Lannard was speakingto the investigator on the telephone,several planes, from about eight toten in number, began moving backand forth in the eastern sky near thesecond object. These planes, too,appeared as if they were keepingwatch on the object.

The Lannards viewed the objectand the planes through Rick's bi-noculars (exact size not known, butmost likely 7x35). The object re-mained substantially of the same ap-pearance through the binoculars,not being increased very much insize. The same effect was notedon the planes. The optical aid couldnot bring in the planes sufficientlyclose for the witnesses to identifytheir types or sizes. This indicatedthat .the object was fairly far awayfrom the witnesses' location.

As Rick was talking on the phone,the object suddenly began to movetoward the north, at an apparentspeed slower than a plane. Its angleof motion was crosswise to that ofthe field of stars. The investigatorreferred Rick to SKYNET #63 (Ronand Judy Klusza) who live inNewhallabout five miles north of Sylmar onthe chance that SKYNET membersin that area might be able to view theobject. She also called #64 (LarryPutrick), about two miles norhtwestof Newhall, who reported that he sawtwo airplanes circling near his home"as if looking for something", buthe could not see the object describedby the Lannards.

The next day, October 10th #63Judy Klusza called stating that al-though she and her husband Ronwere not at home at the time Lannardtelephoned their home, Ron's motherMrs. Marie Morgan was baby-sitting there. Mrs. Morgan had goneoutside in response to Lannard'scall at 8:50 p.m. and viewed an objectmaneuvering in her vicinity. Thedirections and time involved indicatestrongly that Mrs. Morgan wasseeing the same object which RickLannard had called about.

"I was at home," wrote Mrs.Morgan on her MUFON sightingquestionnaire ' 'watching TV. A tele-phone call advised me a UFO wasover our house and if I would go out-side, I would see it—I hurried out andcaught sight of the object (againstthe southern sky) going west. Thenanother call advised my grand-daughter (Tracy, 7) it was turningand coming back. I stood at northend of patio and observed objectcircling back north to northeastto south to southwest and lost sightof it as it passed behind trees on hillgoing southwest. I thought objectappeared unusual, a shape I had notseen before. It appeared to beshaped like a star, with the pointsilluminated, transparent inside withseveral colored lights in upper mainangle. I had a clear view of the objectIt moved fast and fast smoothly as ifgliding and I do not remember hear-ing any sound."

During two phone interveiwswith Mrs. Morgan, the investigatorwas impressed by her common sense-attitude. She avoided embellishmentand speculative thinking, but admit-

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ted being intrigued by the definiteshape of the object. She comparedthe size of the object at the time ofsighting to the full moon, (actuallytwo days past full) which was visibleat the time quite near the horizon.She stated that the objects apparentsize was sufficient "to fit into thefull moon". However, since themoon was near the horizon, it appear-ed larger to the eye than its actualVi degree apparent size. Therefore,it is assumed that the apparent sizeof the object was possibly close toone degree across its horizontal axis.. In questioning Mrs. Morgan overthe meaning of "transparent" sheexplained that the inside of the"star" was dark-colored, except forseveral bright colored light in theupper angled portion. These lightswere blue and red, and possiblywhite or green. The witness statedthat the shape of the object wasdefinite, not merely an impression oran attempt by her mind to see ashape between the five faint illumin-ated points which constituted theends of the five points of the "star".She explained that the edges of thestar-shaped were seen were clearlyseen, though she had some difficultydescribing the actual appearance ofthe edge. She said some light fromthe five faintly illuminated pointstrailed along the edges, making thestar-shape definite. No stars wereseen through the object, but Mrs.Morgan stated that this was becauseno stars were in the background asit flew.

The lights in the upper angledportion were bright, but steady,at least as large as "little stars".

She saw no planes circling theobject during the sighting, whichlasted approximately 45 seconds toone minute. Afterwards, she sawtwo planes, but they seemed part of16

normal traffic and did hot appear tobe chasing the object.

This case, though falling into thecategory of "nocturnal lights" hasmore than average interest, due tothe large number of witnesses,the fact that it represented a suc-cessful "tracking" between SKYNETlocations, and because the "star-shaped" so vividly described by Mrs.Morgan would seem to be unique inthe literature. To this investigator'sknowledge, this shape has neverbeen reported, even among thosesightings later listed as "identified".For these reasons, the .incidentwarrants this written report, in thehope that other sightings might becorrelated with it.

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spot by research teams, some war-ranting laboratory analyses.

Also significant is the increasingnumber of recently reported UFOlanding and close encounter incidentswhere, in some instances, witnessesalso report humanoid activity.

Weighing the massive evidence ac-cumulated since World War II,MUFON/GSW finds the UFO,and even its occupant stories, nolaughing matter.

UFO APPEARANCE RECOGNITIONAND IDENTIFICATION TESTPROCEDURE

By Walt Andrus

A vital addition to any UFO organiza-tions Field Investigator's Manual orHandbook are ideas suggested ina published copyrighted paper byRichard F. Haines, Ph.D. titled"UFO Appearance Recognition andIdentification Test Procedure". Astatement from his introduction to

the paper may "wet your appetite"Quoting Dr. Haines—"There areseveral reasons to obtain reliableinformation from a witness concern-ing the appearance of the unidenti-fied flying object (UFO) perceived.The first is to be able to place itsshape and details into defined cate-gories so that correlations can bemade with other sighting details fromthe same and other witnesses. Suchcategorization and ' classificationmay help us understand betterthe common elements, range ofindividual differences in perceivedshapes, and many smaller detailswhich might be important. Suchdetails will likely go unreported ifa less rigorous technique is used.The second reason is to learn moreabout the true nature of the UFOphenomenon. Should a fixed rela-tionship exist between the shapeand/or details of the UFO pheno-menon and its function or "true"identity, a systematic method forcategorizing such information willhelp to uncover it. The proceduregiven here will also facilitate thecomputerization of perceived UFOcharacteristics which could makepossible valuable statistic analysis."

Dr. Haines expresses his gratitudeto Jim McCampbell, Ray Fowler,and Troy Challenger for their helpfulcomments and also to Peri Cline forher patient work in cataloguing eyewitness drawings. Serious consider-ation is being given to printing aninsert for the MUFON FIELD IN-VESTIGATOR'S MANUAL so thatthis idea may be incorporated. Inthe meantime, any individuals de-siring specific information concern-ing this publication should writedirectly to Dr. Haines at the followingaddress: Richard F. Haines, Ph.D.,325 Langton Avenue, Los Altos,California 94022 USA.

Lucius Parish

In Others' Words

The March 15 issue of NationalEnquirer reported on UFO sightingsin the vicinity of Danbury, Conn,in August, 1976. Photographs of thesky objects were obtained. IranianUFO reports, including an account ofobjects being chased by Phantomjets, were featured in the March 22issue of the Enquirer. The April 5issue told of a sighting by an airlinercrew over India on July 22, 1976.

A short item concerning IrwinGinsburgh's new book, First, Man.Then, Adam!, appears in the April 12issue of The Star. The Ginsburghtheories have to do with the "ancientastronaut" concept, based on Biblicalreferences and Jewish legends.

The #5 issue of True Flying Saucers& UFO Reports is now available.Much of the material in this issue isfamiliar, with Wendelle Stevens'article representing a noteworthyexception.

Jerome Clark's interview with Dr.J. Allen Hynek in the April issue ofOUI is, unfortunately, more of thesame old stuff. If you have read oneHynek interview, you've read them all,However, the illustration accomp-anying the interview is, in my opinion,absolutely delightful.

The May issue of Ancient Astrp=nauts is largely composed of specul-

, ative and/or questionable material.

Bruce Schaffenberger's article onhistorical UFO reports from Japanis quite interesting, but overall, thisissue doesn't quite make it.

Various articles on UFOs and"ancient astronauts" may be found inthe May issue of Beyond Reality.Harv Howard's article on the 1896-97"airships" has some items of interest.

Mildred Higgins' article in the Mayissue of Fate points out the variousways that you, as a potential UFOwitness, can be better prepared forsuch an event. Her reports on pre-viously unpublicized UFO sightingsin southeastern Missouri are mostinteresting.

In my opinion, Zecharia Sitchin'srecent book, The 12th Planet, belongsat the top of the "preferred readinglist" of books on the "ancient astro-nauts" subject. It, along with RobertTemple's The Sirius Mystery, repre-sents solid research, not just endlessrecounting of so-called "ancientmysteries." Sitchin provides acomplex cosmology with respect tothe origin of the Earth and the humanrace, An intruder from outside thesolar system—the "12th Planet,"Mard.uk—collides with the planetorbiting between Mars and Jupiter.Half of the shattered planet was re-formed as Earth, with the remainderbecoming the asteroid belt. Marduk,

according to Sitchin, is now in a3600-year orbit, traveling from farbeyond Pluto to the vicinity of theasteroid belt on its closest approachesto Earth. The inhabitants of Marduk,the "NefiHm," first visited Earthnearly a half-million years ago,in search of gold and other metalsfor their technology. They createdhomo sapiens by genetic engineeringand cloning, solely for the purposeof working their extensive mines.The author has spent thirty yearsin his research, basing his inter-pretations on translations of cuneiformwritings of the Middle East, as well asthe Old Testament. Not being astudent of linguistics, I cannot judgethe accuracy of Sitchin's interpre-tations, but his basic concepts arecertainly most intriguing. The bookis available from Stein & Day, Pub-lishers - Scarborough House - Briar-cliff Manor, NY 10510; the price is$12.95.

A reminder that Leonard String-field's new book, Situation Red:The UFO Siege, will be out fromDoubleday in May. Coral & JimLorenzen's latest Berkley paperback,UFO Abductions, is also due out inMay. Barring further delays, June willsee the publication of Dr. Hynek'sThe "Blue Book" Report in a Dellpaperback edition.

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Orange UFO OverRhodesiaByC.R. Hind

In Marandellas, Rhodesia, on thenight of November 20th, 1976,John Butcher, farmer, his wife and11 year old daughter, were on theirway to have dinner with friends at aneighbouring farm. They were ap-proaching the drive of MakararaFarm, their destination, when theynoticed a car coming towards themfrom quite far away. They turnedinto the drive and Mrs. Butcherswung round in her seat to see ifthe other car was following them.The car however, carried on aroundthe bend and it was at this pointthat she caught sight of an orangeobject, hovering over part of theirown land on Dindingwe Farm.

Suddenly, the object moved sharp-ly to the left and Mrs. Butcher askedher husband to stop the car so thathe could observe it himself. By thistime the object was stationary againand then suddenly, it disappearedbehind the gum plantation on theirfarm.

Marandellas is a large farmingarea in Rhodesia, with mainlytobacco and maize farms and unlikemost of Rhodesia, the farms are nottoo far away from one another.

It was about 7 p.m. when theButchers first saw the object and itwas in sight for approximatelyIVt minutes. The night was clearand cloudless and warm enough forthin summer clothing.

When Mr. Butcher first observedthe object, it appeared as an orangeball of light about 100 feet up andabout a mile from their position. Theobject did not change its shape nor itsbrightness, although it was brighter

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than the moon and unlike a star.Mr. Butcher is sure of this as itmoved erratically and appeared tobe controlled in some way or another.In fact, it had almost the appearanceof a flare, but there was no securityoperation in the area that night. Mr.Butcher is a Section Leader with thePolice Reserve and would have beennotified if there had been any action.

Mr. Burl, Mr. Butcher's next doorneighbour, also noticed the strangeorange object. His first reaction wasthat there was some military actiontaking place. He went to see JohnButcher the next day to report thelight and was then told that it had notbeen a flare.

There were many witnesses tothe sighting. Several of Mr. But-cher's African farm laborers saw theHght, but kept well away from it asthey were convinced it was a 'spiritfrom the dead.' "In fact," saysJohn Butcher, "they told me thatthey had met up with this 'spirit'before—and that the last time thishappened—some two years previous-ly—it had given off a strange smelllike two stones rubbed together."

The following day Mr. Butchersearched the area thoroughly wherethe object had disappeared. He took18 of his men with him, some ofwhom went very warily and heavilyarmed with sticks. They found noth-ing of note.

Mr. Butcher has not been involvedwith UFOs before and is slightlyskeptical of the whole subject.However, he now admits that duringhis 4Vi years in the Navy, and manynights spent in the open bush, he has

never seen anything like this before."It was certainly not a star or a

planet," he says, "and if it had beena helicopter or a plane, someonewould have heard the engine."

Whilst not committing himself tospace ships from other planets, hesays he can only conclude that it wassome form of Unidentified FlyingObject.

1976MUFONSYMPOSIUMPROCEEDINGS

(84 pages)

"Swamp Gas Plus Ten - And Counting" by Dr. J. AllenHynek, Director of the Center for UFO Studies.

"Canadian UFO Residuum" by Henry H. McKay, MUFONCanadian Regional Director.

'.'Heavenly Chariots And Flying Saucers" by Dr. Ted Peters,MUFON State Section Director for Central South Carolina.

"UFOIogy and the Digital Computer - A Lesson In TheEvaluation Of UFO Secondary Evidence" by William H.Spaulding, Director of Ground Saucer Watch, Inc.

"The Operation ARGUS Concept - A New Look At UFOEvent Sharing And UFO Data Sharing" by Ray Stanford,Director of Project Starlight International.

"Analysis Of Humanoid Reports" by David F. Webb,MUFON Eastern Regional Director and Co-Chairman of theMUFON Humanoid Study Group.

"Must We Stand Idly By? Social Reaction To UFO Reports"by Dr. Ron Westrum, MUFON Consultant in Sociology.

The 1976 Proceedings is availablefrom MUFON, 103 Oldtowne Rd.,Sequin, Texas 78155 for $5.00 post-paid.

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE w .WaltAndrus

Our Editor has done a review of the:"Frist International Congress UFOPhenomenon" in Acapulco, Mexicofrom April 17 to 24, 1977 in this issueof the JOURNAL, therefore I willonly touch on personal points orobservations. Mr. Guillermo Bravomust be commended for this fabulousundertaking to conduct a worldwideUFO Congress of this scope with onlya few months of prior planning. Thesuccess of the Congress will bemeasured in subsequent months andyears when it is determined if theactions taken and the cooperativeinternational spirit exhibited pro-vides positive results in resolving thisscientific problem. Dennis hasreprinted pertinent paragraphs ofthe resolution that was composed forPrime Minister Eric M. Gairy ofGrenada to be presented to theUnited Nations seeking the supportof all nations of the world in a com-bined effort to solve this dilemma.Prime Minister Gairy met with theSecretary-General of the UnitedNations on Tuesday April 21, 1977to set a date on the agenda to submitthis resolution.

Personally, I was immenselyproud of the MUFON speakers at theCongress, since our people composedthe largest contingent of any UFOorganizatiion present and providedthe scientific aspects so vitally need-ed to combat the followers of GeorgeAdamski who were very prevelent.Of the twenty-six speakers appearingsix were MUFON officers or repre-sentatives. Commendations are to beextended to William H. Spaulding,Ray Stanford, Henry McKay, Charles

Huffer (MUFON/Central EuropeanSection), Dennis W. Hauck, and yourDirector, Walt Andrus. Other col-leagues of MUFON on the speakingagenda were Dr. J. Allen Hynekand Allen Hendry, representing theCenter for UFO Studies.

It was a distinct pleasure to meetJacques and Janine Vallee, and torenew friendships with John Keeland Jim Lorenzen. Having an op-portunity to meet and visit with ErichVon Daniken was a unique exper-ience. Other speakers that were adelight to meet were Pedro Ferriz(Mexico), Salvador Frexedo (PuertoRico), James Hurtak (U.S.A.), IanNorrie (England), Hans Peterson(Denmark), Antonio Ribera (Spain),Karl Veit (Germany), and FabioZerpa and wife (Argentina). TheCongress was conducted upon such agrand scale, that at times it may havereached beyond the control of theorganizers. It may have amazedMr. Bravo that MUFON had ourcomplete 1977 UFO SYMPOSIUMspeakers and agenda printed for"hand-outs" at the Congress and the1978 plans progressing rapidly,whereby the place, date, facilities,etc. have already been committedand reserved. Our thanks to the keypeople who assisted Mr. Bravo;Carlos Ortiz, Ken Smith, and PedroFerriz, just to name a few. Theyoung adults from Mexico City, whowere the hosts and hostesses, thecompetent translators of the speech-es via personal radio receivers intoEnglish, Spanish, and French wereinstrumental in making the event asuccess. The hotel accomodations

and Convention Center facilities rankwith the best in the world. My wifeand I pass along our personal thanksto Bravo Guillermo and the "beauti-ful people" of Mexico that we met.

As a result of personal contactsin Acapulco, the following peoplehave become MUFON Foriegn Rep-resentatives: Prof. Ramon de AgularM.D., Apt. 681, Panama 9A. Repub-lic of Panama. Dr. Aguilar will alsoserve as a Consultant in Psychiatry.Mario Rodriques D'Agustino, B.Fragoso de Rivera, Montevideo,Uruguay, and electronic engineer,will represent MUFON in Uruguay.John D. Simhon, Apartado Aereo90942, Bogota, Columbia will be ourrepresentative in Columbia. TeresitaDelgado Fernandez, MuhifamiliarJuarez-Edif CL-207, Cal. ROMA&, Mexico City, D.F. Mexico,a teacher, will become a Field Investigator. Fabio Zerpa, Driectorof the Argentina magazine "Cuan.aDimension" published in BuenosAires and his wife have volunteeredto write UFO articles from Argentinaand South America for THE MUFONUFO JOURNAL. They were a viva-cious couple and helped to brightenthe Congress with their personalityand Fabio's illustrated slide lecture.

YOUR A R T I C L E S , N E W S C L I P P I N G S ,AND SUGGESTIONS ARE GREATLYAPPRECIATED. SEND MATERIALTO:

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RECAPPING AND COMMENTINGBy Richard Hall (MUFON International Coordinator)

(Comments in this month's columnare based, in part, on articles ap-pearing in the December 1976MUFON UFO Journal, No. 109)

It is encouraging to see, in thisparticular issue, some of the resultsof first-hand investigation of UFOsightings by MUFON representativesin the field. Rehashed newspaperstories are all well and good, but inthe end would not add much to ourknowledge without the vital elementof direct investigation. We all knowthat the newspapers typically arecareless with facts and, under timepressures for daily publication, oftendistort reports—sometimes beyondrecognition once we learn the factsdirectly.

If MUFON (and the other groups)have a role to play, and I think theydo, it lies in careful screening andinvestigation of UFO reports, not inaccepting stories at face value andrepeating them as if they constitutedmeaningful evident. Data-gatheringand compilation of catalogues are offirst importance, something the UFOgroups collectively are uniquelyequipped to accomplish, but the datawill be of value ultimately in directproportion to the amount of inves-tigation and checking that has goneinto individual cases.

Exactly on this point is where Ipart company with good friends andcolleagues (as well as with philoso-phical opponents) on what the UFO"evidence" is, and what views orbeliefs are justified. This appliesespecially and critically to humanoidoccupant cases per se, and beyondhumanoids to the very bizarre rash of

alleged abduction cases new receiv-ing so much attention. I will becommenting on these basic questionsfrequently in the future, since theyare at the heart of the UFO mystery,so my remarks here will be brief andgeneral.

In the recent past I have editor-ializd repeatedly about the tendencyin ufology (which always ought to beprinted in lower case) to rush tojudgement in individual cases, acompulsion to reach final conclusionsusually under the pressure of organi-zational "face." Considering thatmainline science with all its resourcesremains baffled about many con-siderably more mundane questions,I wonder how ufologists (typicallypart-time, with little or no resourcesand fragmented as they are) feel theycan answer ultimate questions withfinality. It makes no sense, and weought to be more humble in the faceof baffling data which, if ture, haveprofound implications. This preten-tiousness, or naivete, puts off well-qualified scientists who could applytheir knowledge and skills to helpunravel the UFO mystery.

My observation has been only atiny percentage of humanoid caseshave been carefully and thoroughlyinvestigated by independent re-searchers, and therefore that all ourbeliefs about them should be highlytentative. When we come to ab-duction reports, the problem is com-pounded by the complexity of thehuman mind and by the uncertaintiesof 'information' obtained under hyp-notic regression. A lot of researchremains to be done on abductioncases, while suspending judgementabout their ultimate meaning. This

research should be done with in-creasing participation by well-quali-fied psychologists, psychiatrists, andhypnotists, for the simple reason thatsuch reports are now widespreadwith many internal consistencies.That doesn't prove that people are.really being abducted and subjectedto medical examinations; the answermay lie in some previously unsus-pected unconscious fears.common tohumanity, or some sort .of sociallytransmitted fears.

These are questions that ought tobe probed in depth before we leap toany conclusions. If "psychological"answers connot account for the re-ports and the only remaining hypo-thesis is that the abductions must beaccepted pretty much at face value,then clearly all mankind is faced witha problem so serious that it should bein the hands of the best specialistsinternationally.

Well-meaning weekend amateurs(among whom I number myself) cando important work relative to UFOs,but we had better stop playing gamesand start to support a concerted,international, scientific effort if thereis a chance that these stories are true.There is no way that we have answersmuch less the time, facilities, orresources to obtain them.

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