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NICAP REDEPLOYS NICAPANDAPROCONFER

With the Bew Decade, Ne

w Strategy on C

o

rporate Operations C

o

ope

r

at

i

ve

P

act

i

s Sought

NiCAP is marching to a new drum. NICAP and APRO, two of the major UFO research o

On December 3, 1969, the Executive Committee of ganizations in the world, have conferred for the first time o

NICAP's Board of Governors met in special session to map ways in which they might work together.

new operational policy for NICAP during the 1970s. Enacted

w

a

s a broad program to redefine

a

nd restru

ct

ure NICAP's In expl

o

ratory talks

i

n Washingt

o

n

,

D.C

.

, representat

i

ve

of the two groups met informally last month to discuss th

c

o

r

po

ra

t

e affa

i

rs

,

general statu

s o

f their

r

especti

v

e c

o

m

p

ani

e

s and the

U

F

Among the changes called for were astandardized mere- movement. Accord was reached on the need for rethinkin

bership system, based on automated file maintenance and an

NICAP-APRO relations and the possibility of joint cooper

ann

u

al rene

w

al cycle; rep

l

acement of the old UFO Investi- tion

o

n scienti fic proj

e

cts.

gat

o

r with a drasti

ca

lly restyied monthly newsle

t

ter; and far-

ran

g

ing planning

o

f new se

r

vices to N ICAP members. Both groups felt the past 23 years of UFO investigation

The renovation program was introduced to assure had seen excesses in representation and interpretation

NICAP stable economic and

a

dministrative f

o

oting

i

n coming many events in the UFO field. Acknow

l

edging their ow

y

ear

s

, error

s i

n t

hi

s respect

, t

he gr

ou

p spokesmen agree

d t

h

a

t

i

The 1960s had been a turbulent time for the UFO field, creased conservatism was the only practical policy for th

Extreme fluctuations in public interest and reported UFO future. With accentuation of objective research, the spoke

a

cti

v

ity char

a

cterized the decade

.

The relat

i

ve quiet of 1960- men sa

i

d, muc

h

of the contr

o

versy surrounding personalitie

6

4 was b

r

ok

e

n by an unex

p

ected s

u

rge of

sig

h

tin

gs at m

i

d_ an

d v

este

d i

nterests c

o

ul

d

be a

v

oided

.

decade, which included the now classic swamp gas episode

of 1

9

66

. T

his in turn stimulated

w

idespread public debate

,

No attempt wa

s

made at

t

he conclave to work out d

which led to the controversial Colorado Project and Condon tails of any liaison the two organizations might enter int

Report, Then, as U.S. elections approached and social issues Further negotiations wig be necessary before any specif

dominated the news, sighting reports -- and general interest -- program can be mounted.

reversed toward earlier levels. APRO, located in Tucson, Arizona, is the Aerial Phe

For NICAP, the fickle trends proved difficult to cope omena Research Organization. Older but smaller than NICAP

with. In reviewing the corporation's internal business history, it operates in much the same way as NICAP, although tr

the Executive Committee noted continuing problems in such ditionally it has been regarded as more liberal in some of

areas as funding and allocation of resources, policies.

To help meet these problems, the Committee established

st

r

i

c

t ne

w

fis

c

al controls.

W

ith t

h

e aid

o

f

l

ega

l

c

o

uns

e

l

,

bank-

ing and accounting procedures were revised, a

n

d budgetary

plans were initiated. In addition, overhead expenses were MAJOR KEYHOE RETIRES

substanti

a

lly

educed.

L

ore Takes Leave; Nixon Appointe

d

in taking t

h

e actio

n

, th

e

Co

mmi

t

t

ee s

t

ated,

it is ou

r

co

n

v

i

ction t

h

at (present) NIC

AP

patrons

-

-

a

nd many more

who have remained silent -- wig welcome know_edge that a Major Donald E, Keyhoe, for 13 years Director

thorough house cleaning is now being undertaken under pro- NiCAP, has retired at age 72 as helmsman of the organization

fessional egis... Kept by heavy administrative duties from his writing a

trave

li

ng interes

t

s

,

the M

a

jor stepped clown

w

ith great regre

O

n

e long-term prop

o

sal made by the

C

ommit

t

ee is a He

sa

id he ho

p

ed h

e w

ou

l

d b

e

ab

l

e to bet

t

er serve N

lC

A

P

in

National Advisory Panel on Scienti fic and Technical Policy.

This is envisioned as an adjunct to the Board of Governors to capacity free from the pressure of the Directorship.

pro

v

i

d

e

t

he nee

d

ed expertise f

o

r effecti

v

e gui

d

ance of The titl

e

Dire

c

t

or

has be

e

n r

et

i

r

e

d

wi

t

h him in r

ec

o

NtCAP's research effort. It is anticipated that once current nition of the special devotion he gave to it. NICAP's chi

business reforms are fully implemented, attention can be given executive officer is now President. Colonel Joseph Bryan I

to formation of the Panel and to related reconstruction of the Chair

m

an of NICAP's Board of Governors, h

a

s assumed th

research program. In the meantime, investigations and evalu- positio

n

in an actin

g

capacity, pending election of a ne

a

ti

o

ns are bein

g

m

a

de

i

n

a

cc

o

rda

nc

e with

e

xistin

g

pol

i

cy

.

President.

continued on page

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Guest Article

Editorial

T

he last issue of the

UF

O In

v

es

tor

(

Septemb

e

r-O

c

t

o

b

e

r 196

9

) was

lished in October. Under the sy

then in effect

,

the next issue (Novem

December 1969) would have followed

December

.

On December

3, h

ow

NICAP

'

s E

x

ecutive Commi

t

tee dec

to aba

n

don the old bimonthly sche

and introduce a new monthly publica

of much d

i

fferent format and style.

is the first issue of the new edi

MARS: The Red Riddle Reduces The transition from the old s

b

y

John B

.

Carlson u

le

to the

n

ew ha

s

ta

k

e

n a

]D

o

g ti

m

I

n

structor

i

n Astrono

my

, University of Maryland

mu

c

h

lo

n

g

er

, i

n fact, tha

n w

e had

Chairman, NICAP Capital Area Subcommittee hoped. Part of the problem was

difficulty in converting our member

files to a computer system at the

Data from Mariner 6 and 7, the twin spacecraft that passed near Mars last time we redesigned the newsletter.

summer, ha

v

e now been suffic

i

ently digested to help answer some of the more two tasks put inord

i

nate demands on

intriguing questions about the red planet. As expected, the data provide no basis for time and manpower.

resolution of the most arresting question of all - that of indigenous life -- but they do

offer con

c

rete

c

lues to other elements of the mystery. We realize the hiatus has ca

The biggest surprise to scientists was the discovery of three disparate types of many NICAP members to wonder if

to

p

ography. The first type

,

called cratered terrain

,

h

ad

a

lre

a

dy been s

e

en in

h

ave been forgotten or if NICAP

photographs from the 1965 Mariner 4 mission, but the second type, chaotic terrain, ceased operations. For this we are

and the third, featureless terrain, were largely unsuspected, premely sorry. Had there been any

to avoid the delay, we would have t

Hope that Mars wou

l

d be found with landscape similar to

E

arth's was lost when

it.

Mariner 4 returned lunar-like pictures. Now, however, it appears that the Martian

surface

h

as even less in comm

o

n with Earth or moon than originally t

h

ought. To express appreciation for

Accordi

n

g

to

Do

n

ald P

.

Hearth

,

Direct

o

r of Plane

t

ary

P

rog

r

a

m

s

fo

r NASA

, patience

sho

wn u

s

, we

shal

l

en

d

ea

v

o

These three types of terrain show that the evolutionary history of Mars has been produce an interesting and informa

different from that of the moon

,

and possibly unique in the solar system. newsletter that; meets the best stand

Puzzled scientists speculate that the featureless areas are

c

omposed of a material of

jo

urnalis

m.

It

,

and the other inn

that readily erodes

,

thereby losing the crater impressions in a relatively short time. ti

o

ns

i

n our new corporate

p

rogram,

But this is only a guess, because no evidence exists on the nature of Martian erosion, serve, we trust, to impart to our m

if indeed any occurs, friends our renewed sense of purpose

Another si

g

nificant find from the Mariner data was the abundance of carbon direct

i

on.

dioxide. Not only is it the major constituent of the Martian atmosphere (approxi- For all our past problems, we

mat

et

y 90

p

e

r

cent

)

; i

t

als

o

acc

ou

nts f

o

r

th

e f

a

m

o

u

s po

l

a

r

cap

s

.

In

all

pr

o

b

a

b

i

li

t

y

,

face

a

n ex

p

ectant

fu

t

u

r

e. To

th

o

s

the caps are thin crusts of frozen carbon dioxide (dry ice) supported by cratered you who share this expectancy, we in

groun

d

. Whether any water is als

o

present is unknown

,

but present opinion fav

o

rs your continued supp

o

rt

.

The m

i

ss

i

o

only minimal amounts of it. st

o

r

e

is

a

n

a

dventure not to be mi

T

h

e so-called canals of Mars -- often cited as evidence of intelligent life

t

h

ere -- failed to turn up for the Mariner cameras

.

Like

t

he tiny dots that form a

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THE BOOKISCLOSED AAAS AIRS UFO PROBLEM

But Who Will Have the Last Word? Liberals Win Forum, but No IssuesResolved

The Air Force has written the final chapter to its opus Respectability for the UFO problem continues to grow,

on the unidentified. On December 17, 1969, Air Force Secre- due in part to such'events as the two-day symposium on UFOs

term

R

ober

t C

. Seam

a

n

g

, Jr. anno

u

n

ce

d

c

losure of

P

roject Blue he

l

d in B

o

ston last December by the American Association for

B

o

ok, the G

o

vernment's 21

-

ye

a

r-old investigati

o

n of UFOs. the A

d

vancement of Science (AAAS). Embracing testimony

Continuation of the Project, said Seamans, cannot be from fourteen spec

i

alists, the symp

os

i

u

m f

u

lf

i

lle

d

its stated

justified eit

h

er on

t

he ground

o

f

n

ati

o

nal securi

t

y or

i

n

t

he int

e

nt

'

t

o de

m

o

ns

t

r

a

te the a

pp

licat

i

on of scie

n

tific me

t

hod

-

interest of sc

i

ence

.

olo

g

y to a con

t

emporar

y co

ntrovers

y

, and

t

o ac

q

uaint scien

tists w[th the wide variety of facts and interpretations.

With the termination came rescission of AF Regulation

80-17, which provided for Blue Book's operation and related Conservatives in the AAAS, led by Dr. Edward Condon

policie

s

on

pu

bl

ic

i

n

form

a

tion. The regu]ation was promul- of the now past Colorado Project on UFOs, sought to throttle

ga

t

ed

in Se

p

tember of 1

9

66 to facilitate Air Force support of the s

y

mpos

i

um on grounds th

a

t it

w

as b

enea

th

t

he

d

ignity of

the Colorado Pr

o

ject, which began t

h

e following mont

h

, the Associati

on

. O

n

re

c

ord e

s

regarding the UFO sub

j

ect a

AFR= 90-17 superseded AFR 200-2, the old 1953 regulation nonsense, Dr. Condon went so far as to invoke the aid o

for the UFO program. Vice President Spiro Agnew, a key government figure in the

national space program. Agnew, however, failed to intercede,

Blue Book's doors closed literally at 3:30 p.m. EST on and thesymposium went on as planned.

January

3

0, 1

9

70

,

the day the Pr

o

j

e

ct offi

ce a

t Wrig

h

t-Patter-

son Air Force Base in Ohio was officially manned for the last Moving forces behind the eeoc/ave were astronomer Dr.

time, The famous Blue Book files had already been packed in Thor

n

ton P

a

g

e, o

f Wesl

e

y

a

n University; scientist Dr

.

Walter

boxes and started on t

h

eir trip south to Air

F

orce arc

h

ives at

R

oberts

,

former

P

resident o

f

AAAS; physic

i

st Dr. Phil

i

p

Maxwell AFB in Alabama, Lt.Col. Hector Quintanilla, chief Morrison, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and

B

l

ue Book off

i

ce

r, w

as sl

a

ted f

o

r

a

tr

a

n

s

fer a

s

si

gn

ment at astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan, of Cornell

U

niversity

.

Th

e

fo

u

r

Wright-Patterson until his retirement from the Air Force in men acted as a Special AAAS Committee to arrange the

A

p

ril. meeti

n

g

,

For all t

h

e scienti

fic

talent

p

resent, t

h

e s

y

m

po

sium

p

ro

-

Demise of the Project proved no occasion for nostalgia, duced no consensus on the UFO question. If anything, the

Hav

i

n

g

long conte

nd

ed that UFOs evidenced no threat to climate was one of mixed reactions and g_neral d

i

ssat

i

sf

ac

tio

n

national

d

efense, the Air Force

h

ad privately v

i

ewed its U

FO

with existing evidence and re

s

e

a

r

ch

. Al

t

hough sympathy

f

or

assignment as s

o

methin

g

of

a

m

on

k

e

y

o

n the ba

c

k

,

Predict- t

he C

o

n

d

on

F_e

p

ort

w

as re

p

resented, most

Q

f the scientis

t

s

a

bly

,

t

he

r

e

w

a

s c

o

n

j

e

c

tur

e

t

h

at the closure was just one m

o

re

saw the UFO problem as open-ended, still suffer ng from in-

stratagem in a cover-up of government attempts to probe the conclusive data and insufficient investigation.

UF

O m

y

stery. But Pentagon off

i

cials

i

nsisted the Air

F

orce

exit was just w

h

at it seemed -- fin

a

l

.

Most speakers gave some m

e

nti

o

n to t

h

e extraterrestri

a

l

hypot

h

esis

,

but t

h

e foc

u

s of t

h

e

s

ymp

o

si

u

m remained on the

multiple ways in which perceptual experience is difficult to

deal with scienti fically. Behavioral scientists had as much to

AIR FORCE

TO REFER SIGHTERS s

ay a

s

physical scientists, and the dia

l

o

g

ue p

r

o

v

ed on

l

y

to

Police,Yes;NICAP,No show that no firm conclusions are soon to be forthcoming

from th

e

m

ajo

r

i

ty of s

cien

tists

w

ho are curi

o

us about the

UFO

p

henomenon

,

Citizens who approach the Air Force with sighting

reports will now be referred to local law enforcement agencies.

That is t

h

e wo

r

d from Air Force headquar

t

ers on their

p

ost

- KE

Y

H

OE

R

ETI

R

E

S (continued

from

p

a

g

e

1)

Blue Book policy for handling UFO reports at the air base Major Keyhoe was appointed NICAP Director early in

level. 1957. HisreputationaganautborityonUFOsalreadyearned ,

Those citizens who feel their sigbtingg would be of more he guided the infant N ICAP (founded in 1956) through lean

interest

t

o scientist

s

th

an

th

e

p

o

l

ic

e will be a

d

vised to contact

y

ears and fat as it worked t

o

become acknowled

g

ed leader in

a

r

e

spons

i

bl

e m

ember of the scientific commun

i

ty. No serious UFO research.

specific scientist will be recommended. In announcing the Major's decision to retire, Colonel

The Air Force rejected a NICAP proposal to refer Bryan said, 'Major Keyhoe made enormous sacrifice in his

si

gh

t

e

r

s t

o o

rgani

z

ations

l

ike N

[

CAP

.

Wh

i

le c

o

n

c

eding

th

e c

o

mm

i

tme

n

t to NICAP

.

We

can

n

ot a

de

q

ua

t

e

ly

express

o

u

idea ha

d

merit

,

t

he Pentagon said impl

e

me

n

t

a

ti

o

n

co

uld

app

re

c

iation

.

be construed as Air Force endorsement of those particular In another development, Gordon I.R. Lore, Jr., former

a

gen

c

i

es

, The

o

n

l

y solut

i

on -- maintaining a nonselective N

[

CAP Assistant Direc

t

or, took an indef

i

n

i

te leave of a

bs

e

nc

referral

l

lst -

-

would be impractic

a

l

,

to devote more time to

p

ersonal

p

r

o

je

c

ts

.

Ap

p

o

i

nt

e

d to his

NICAP suggeste

d

t

h

e referral

i

dea might be adopted

po

s

t

under t

h

e ne

w

tit

l

e of Secretary-Treasurer was G. Stu

a

rt

without incurring charges of discrimination if the referral Nixon, previously a member of NICAP's Executive Staff.

list was based on recommendations from outstanding scientists Nixon, since 1967 the coordinator of NICAP's photographic

in the UF

O

f

i

eld

.

The A

i

r F

o

r

c

e, however

,

dec

l

ined to act on ana

l

ysis pro

g

ram

,

was also given cust

o

d

i

al charge of NICAP

th

e s

uggestion, propert

y

.

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How many times have you written NICAP and

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c

e

,

ved no answer?

Pr

o

b

ably

m

o

re

ti

m

es tha

_es, we have adjusted our dues rats again. But you care to recall. In recent years we hav

MEMOS this tim

e

you get som

e

thing tangible for your done a poor job of answering our mail, andw

BO aRD mo

ne

y

The fi

r

st and most

i

mportant be

n

ef

i

t

d

o

n

blame

y

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f y

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e fe

el

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proved impossible. We regret the delay very The AAAS article on page 3 was prepared in short on space or felt your commentswere no

much and sincerely appreciate your patience, part from material supplied by Raymond E. of general interest to the membership as

From now on, we will do our best to publish Fowler, Chairman of NICAP's Massachusetts whole.

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Davis, and Diana Knop. They put in many late We are not always able to acknowledge im tution. Her hard work on the logo - and o

night hours to help expedite the task. A kind dividnally what you send us, but you can be the entire newsletter -=was unstlnting, and w

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D.M./Pittsburgh_

Pa. to arrive at in the book which I have been

writing is that photographs can be so con- FrankS. Salisbury, Head

Job vacancies at NICAP occur infrequent- vincingly faked that one by itself virtually Plant Science Department

never constitutes proof, indeed, in the case UtahState University

Iv, Currently no staffing is being done. of the Trindede Island photographs, as in my

Whenever possible, hiring is done within Bioseience artlcle_ I felt that I did a pretty

the

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to

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, O.C., area to minimize

good j

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b of faking the pi

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tures. I remained

the time and cost involved. However, impressed in spite of this, mostly because it BULLETIN

l

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a

good story from the

s

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point

resumes from other parts of the country of the witnesses involved. Yet as you say, to

are accepted, so interested persons are be really impressed, one would at least like to NICAP is now tax exempt under

wefcome to wr

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,

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nesses personalty. The only real arguments

RevenueCode. Contributions made

against the validity of the photographs that to NICAP after June 11, 1969

,

are

I had encountered were these of Menzel, and tax

deductible by the donors.

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George Van Tassel, Giant Rock Airport, tronomer friends in Brazil). So far as I could interested in helping NICAP under

Yucca Valley, California. tell, the accounts published by the Lorenzens the provisions of this ruling. Watch

at least involved direct interviews with the the UFO Investigator for further de-

T

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r

fi

e

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,

Cal. witnesses, these interviews having been carried tails,

George Van Tasse/isa contactee. That out by newspaper reporters and others. The

purported government document is certainly

is, he claims to have made personal con- interesting, but I have never quite been able to

tact with people from outer space. To accept it wholeheartedly -* although it is irm ON TAP FOR FUTURE ISSUES...

help promote this and other serlsational

pressive.

claims, he holds flying saucer conven- tt would be an interesting situation if the

lions at the California airport where he UFOs exist, represent extraterrestrial intell_- The Fourth Side Of TheBermuda Triangl

operates

a restaurant.

H/CAP

regard_ gence of a high order, and yet no photographs

ha

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such activities as who

lly irrelevant t

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orced to t

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the UFO intell i-

serious scientific research on UFOs

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