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BIJLLETI NUFO RESEARCH NEIiS AND VIEIJSNov 1988 Nuober 30 IISNN 0265 1947

Contents

6. riJ12: The Update

15. Yorkshite Cases Round-up Tvo

19. undrabilla: A Case BrieftngKieLh BasLerfield & Ray

21. Stealth into the Open

22. Readers srite25. Booklook...Reviets

27. Ufology: Divided by Tvo

Jeony Randtes

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A! presen!, re can loot bacta! rhose unfortunaLe times andbe pleased lhat re have beenable to shrug off Lh€resLraints of recession and

ulth the LnprecedenLedsuccess of Phenonenon, ( rhic hhas sold out in hardback andwilt soon be enlering rhe vdslNoirh Ame.ican m:rkel) BUFoR ais now receiving approximately90 frembership req!esrs pernonth, ahich is a record forrhe Associarion. l{ilh lhismore local eroups are luiLdins

ties qilh us i

EditorialSoDe have Etated in the past that BUFoRA is a dead duck,

saniDe into decline rith eventual dissolutiotr. lt is tne thatthe Association has had its problems in the pasti ratching aneobership decline froo nearly 10OO don to less tha. 252 ofthat fiAure at the beginning of the 1980's oust have been ofgreat concerD to the BUFORA Cohcil at that tiEe.

keepins their locat identity(vhich is very inporLanL) burgaining the obvious benef i L sof betonginB Lo a largei,national .elvotk.

The NaLional Inves ligationsCommilLee has groPn to be ablero co-ordinaLe inves riga rions

or lhe Brilishlstes, producing prof essionalcase studies and pioneerinene{ i.vestieaLive rechniques.

A seri€s of ner proiecls and

s€rvices lo members are inthe pipeline and {i 11be highlighLed in fu tureedirions ol rhe Bu1le tin.

Despite Lhis success and thehopeful expansion of the rheAssociaL!on, BUFoRq has noisDrr.Lions to beirp 'Lhe besLand bieBdst' UF0 g!ou! in lheUnited Kingdon. Ufology isnot, a.d should Devei be acompetitive sport. The ma inaims of any Uro group, larg€or smatl, shoutd be to absorba ereater underslanding of Lhephenoienon it inveslieates andto share that infornat!on NiLhthe resL or the ufo communily.

Thar is vhat BUIoRA is inbusiness for and as you cansee, actions speak touder lhan

r4any cdiLorials rilhin lhesriLish uFo literaLure of laLehave focussed on rhe problanof lhe Sunday SporL nerspaper.Headlines like, "space Aliens

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ljTTNESS C O N F I D.E N T I A L I T Y

rr i. rhc noliLv of BUtoRA BuLIeiin nor io Dublish thenames or aa<iresses ot k i] n-t;;E-;-ry" nol in the 'pubLicdonain'. The natexial of eitnesses ehose nanes have bee!published in the hedia witl be treated tith the utrosLcare by the editorship.

tuf,ned ou! so. inLo an oIive"and the classic, rrltortd Rar lIbombe! foundiltustralive of the kind ofverbiare that can be found inLbis - 'adutt conic!-irtelligenr person can sel:Lhat Lhe sunday Sporr !s aconic, ful1 of fictionalsLories of sany kinds andunfortunately thar includes

MosL commentators rho haveaddlessed rhis ropic, havereatised the damage Lhatconstant ficrional UFO sro!iesaDpeatina in Lhe S!orL canhave ot Lhe subie_cL. The

of acti-on Lh,thas been agreed is simple:if you are involred wiLh UEOresearch don'r Lalk ro rhe

Sound advice, bu! we mustremember {here the Sundavsport obtained (ana greatrlexpanded) th€ UEo stereotypeof green, bue eyed nonsters,in flyirg saucers. Tabloidssuch as the Daily S!ar, TheSun, Ne s of the irorld and theDaily and Sunday Villor

the Ltue pocem€kersdho keep lhe UFophenonenon in lhe siLly seaso!

It is cerLainty my belielLhaL these Labloids are farmore ulscrupulous than theSport. As sLated previousty,aL te.st any inreltipenLt,e.son can see rhe spoar'ssrories lor whaL rhey areifictio!. Ho{ev€r, You cannevef be Loo sure rhcther aLradiLioral, daily or SundayLabloid is relayin€ facruatinfornation. Re(edber, it isthey rho cotour and nanipulaLelhe Lhinking of the averag.p€rson i. rhe slreeL, .oL aminoriry citc!larlon nerspaper

like the Sunday Spoxt.

Al a recenL NIC meetingr wehad a .arner inLeres ringdebate otr ahductions and thekind ol research protocoL rharwe, as an associatior, shouldadopt. During this debare theidea of a sDecia Lrr t'abddcr!ons conmittJe' ( roroanr of a berter nane) wasraised !hich sounded alarmbells !n my mind.

tith such a siLuation ofresearching the abductionexperience in a divorced,insutar manner ar€ re no! indanger of toosing sight ol rheUEo beasr as a whole?

I !ould LoLally aBree thatio seience, it is right lharthe subjecr under scrutinyshoutd be caregorised andtabelted Lo aid Lhe resealch.Blt Lo lodh .L 3bd,,cli.n<

analysing thes€ experiencesPiLh other, hiBh s LranBeness,non abduc!ion cases such asBedroom visiLarions, aLlegedpsychic channeling andiepeaters eould b€ itlogicaland rould Leave such a sLudy{ithoul subs Lance.

FolloHing on from this, ilis connon pracrice lor mosLesrabtished i!vestigaLors rot,e selective or th€ cases LheyinvesriBaLe, ie Ll'ts and orherunremarkabLe reports are no!enquired inLo simply beca!seusuatly they are idanLif iableand lhus apparentLy a {asLe ofvaluable lime and resources.

is a practice rhar Iatrays been suspicious

conLinled on page 24

Feoture

l',lJ-12 THE UPDATE

by Bob Digby

lrevious chairdaD aDd oeober of BUFoRAT5 reseatch deparrdent,Bob Digby, reports on the latest infolration on thacoDtlovelsial UJ12 saga.

A lecent holiday touring theUnited States ras putrctuatedby stop-ove.s at teo UFocoDferences. The first ofthese sas the IIUFON cotrferenceheld in Lincol!, Nabraska on24th to 26th June 19a8. One ofthe many schedrled sessiotrsras ItJ-12 and Philip Rlass:trhat ale the Facts? to bePresented by BilI Hoore.

Due to a lasr mtnute chanee,the paper vas presenLed byJamie Shaudera. Jamie ras thelecipient of a !o1I ofuldeveloped film which arrivedat his home in North fiolly{oodin Decenber 1984. !4!eo thefilm ras developed it sasfound to contain tso idenlicalstrips of eight f!ames each onrhich {e!e photographs ofeieht pages of appatentlyctassified documenrs.

states. The Majestic 12 verea :oltectio! of the v€ry bestand most senior scientific,goversment and m!1ilaly brainsin the US eslablishmenr. Theseindividuals rere naned in LhednexDecLed l€aked documenrs(inciuding ir's head, Dr

soon rased aionqsLthe UFO community. The na;erto be presenLed ar Lincoln

specificatty !o re-dress lhe crilicisn of Phil(1ass {ho is a correspondenrlor the I./ashinston Masazine:

The of thesedocuments were that on the7th July 1947 an operatior wasiritiared !o lecover Lhewreckaee ard bodles of analien spacecraft Lhat hadcrashed near Rossetl, Neutlexicn, 0!eraLior r'rajesLic 12

the Top SecretResearch and Developnent

directly responsible ro LheIresidenr of rhe uni led

TOP SECRF]T RRSNANCH

Shaudeta spoke ofdealirAs wiLh opera tiv€sfron the inteLlisencecofrEunity ir th€ USA rhohad effecrively es tabtishedsith hlm rhar they eerewho they said they rete,This ras in th€ period .flare 1982, ea!1y 1983.

It seems there has been onspecific individual who hagbeef . p.ime source or rdeeprhroaL' ( r. lhe

Aviation leek and spacetechrotoay. Horever. jamiesh:L'der.ri Dreqpnr:ii.n "i<

terns, IloPever, !he team ofJamie, slanton and Bill ag!eedon three absotute rules of

1. There sould be noviolation or journarlstic

2. No violaLio! of lega1

3. No violation of ooral

In addition they woutd notblindly accept whaL lhey werebeirg Lold and thar rhey voutdchallenBe and invesLigate wha tinfo!maLion Lhey rere given.

one ot Lhe earties Lcriticisms ras over the iactLhat the three of Lhen (SMFne!eafter) had held on tothese docunenrs a tong tiflebefore reI€asingHowever, as pr€viously poinLedout SME ranLed to nake furtherenquiri€s Lo veiify vhat theyhad received and nor jusrtelease blindly rirhouL

I{ATERGATE !

DEALIIICS

ETHICS

Shaudera exptaired thatright form lhe start, he ardcolteagues RiLl Moore andSranton lriedman had decidedLo play the!r cards !close toLhe chesl'. The reason forrhis being quite sloplei v!rhlhe gravity and complexity oflhe mareriaL, Lhere Nas many alead to follou beforereleasinE anything.

Shaudera conLinued byconfirming thaL heir primary

sLill acrivelyinvolved rith the op€rationand that the toLal nunber orinLelL!gence opera Livessupplying infornaLion

six of which rcre

SOLE RES?ONSlBlLITY

l{hiLsr it rould be vonderfllfor the US governmenL toconfi.m rhe auLirenricity SNEpoinr our rharlatking abouL one body olindividuats att channeLled lo

wher Fe refer logovernmetrLi nore Like a dragonvith many heads. lndead ifuJ-12 does exisr, rhen it is abody of lhePresidenL: virLuaLly a nini-governhe.r vithi! rhegovernnanL. 1t woulc rhen have

everyLhing Lo do wirh thisThe eame easplay€d their vay

;i+-;".,.];l-i*--Mo.e Lhan one governmenl

ar Lhe Capirol?

Sl.lF arg!e Lhat Lhis is !oLso surprisins - lo use JamieShauderats terminology, chisis noL somelhing LhaL shouldnor be subjecl to rhe rhims ofany particular adminis t!alionexped!ency. The rhole matLer,if Lrue, is of too eteat animporlance and signif icance.

\Jhen il comes Lo cover-ups,sMF poinr our that they comein differ€nL forns. If youtalk about AaLergate, Lhen youa!e LalkinE abouL a criminalact. RelaLire Lo Ulos, if youaccePL Lhe Premise thaL theRoseell incident happened asdesciibed lhen the onlyresponsibL€ thing a governmenlcolld do is to cover rhe {hotething up. Thls, for rlepurposes of getring con Lro 1rdeLerminina rhaL is going o!and vho ir is soine on vilh.Does Lhe inciden! !epresenr athreat Lo fational securiLy?It is nor a case or simptycovering-up jusr Lo hide !!

The next point to beadd!essed is Nhat is National.Security? Does it just m€anrhe rhleat of nili.taryinvasion? No - it embraces theeconomic ard psycho/sociaLmake-up that can unravel aryof Lhe 'fabricst of oursociety is a threat ronaLional secu!ity.

Therefore, argues SMF, theMJ-12 sLyle of operatio! rouldbe the mosr responsibre Lhing

I,JhilsL Lhe ream of SMFcannot Personatty ve!ify ther1J-12 documentaLion, Lheysrill have leads to foLlow up.They still naintain Lhatnothing has happened Loconchsively show a flaud. Ineffect rhe question cabnot beanswered - n€gativety orposiLivety. Theyrevieved the possibiLilies,particularly in the tighL ofrhe irformation supplied fromrheir tntelligence ope!aLives.The team of SMF do noL regardlhe mat!er as on of belief.Their p!ocess is one of tryingto prove vhar they are beingtold, to verify Lhe evidenceas it exisLs in a credible

THE TIT.TII{ATE SNCN'T

one of rhe regular questionsraised over lhe ehole storyis- i F rhP eovernmenL h:s Lhicinrormationi qhy don' t Lheyjust telr us all? The sMEansvef is rhar t!ose in th€knoln {lsh rhey could bur seare dealing lhe biggest,ullimate secret the rorld has

The sys!em of inlolmallonconfidenrialiry was seL up so

.a- con q!! o! 9E.

?art of a seven pa8e brieling documenL prepared lorPres!dent-eI€ct Eisenhover in November 1952.

rho!oughly and secretly, thatth€ nateriat is not accessibleby jusL ralting into somem!lita!y estabtishment and

over time. To have lhe abilityto contac! themidenLifiable office, say andalso the ability fo! Lhesepeople Lo tay on a visit to ahigh secutity, Bovernnentcompound, {he!e, as Shauderaputs it - tyou donrt ee! lhererirh a fluFoN badge! |

Janie shaudela also s LatedLhaL il seened rery importantLo chese operatives Lhat theycould re11 their 5Lory. Ite isunder no iltusions {ith his'producer's eyet what sould berequired to Ao ron a!rt andprove it att. He says anyrayLhar vithour teltine then,they kno{ perrec!ly pelt what

photographs retarirg ro MJ-12coutd onty be vieved throughsPecia L opLrc:L eqLiPnen tdesisned to ioi IphoLography. texluaLdocunen!alion are speciallylreared to preventphoLocopying. Tle conpartnent-alisaLion process ras very

Another point nad€ is LhaLSMF do nor jusL accepr rhaLthe intetlieence opera tiv€ sare rho lhey say they axe.Jamie shaudera pointed outthaL utLinalely, you onty knosthat these peoDle are {ho theysay rhey ale Lhrough rhedeveLopment of a relationship

PLAYIIIC TIIE CAIIE

Therefore, what

blockblsLer or parl

purpose or just telling rhestory unless there i6ultimaLely a Play-out of the6cana!io they ale tetling of.SME say chey are rilling tocontinue ptaying the game aslong as the possibitity stillexisrs. sME repoft that theyale movilg sviftly rowardseoina pubLic eith all theinfornation they have. Theirsoulces have nade it clearthat they expect SUF ro dotheir homeroik. This extendsto then b€ing tested with

enqui!ies sho{ed Lo be false.Sr{r think rhat siftply

docunents would have heraldedthe end of the gane.

{hat of rhe game? shauderasays it involves calts in themiddle of the night, strangerecorded messages, foreignpostcards nailed flon abioaduith cryptic clues. 1r seenssomebody needs to go th€distance on rhis.

SM! also believe Lhisinfolnarion is part of a timedrelease based on a proiiaciedprocess of conditionine Lhatthe public has undergone overthe last forry yeals or so. Itsrarted with the int!oducLionof certaih thenes such as theconcept of life out in sPaceLo Lhe ideas of CloseEncounte!s and ET.

SMF believe that evelythingLhat has happened so far issimply due process. ThisProcess is now enteiinS adiffe!enr phase bur !irhin thenexl few m0nLhs, SMF hope that:11 tn.i r ewidenc. ui I I c.meto 1i8ht. Thet say rhar tbefehave been ov€!tures from highlevel individuals in[ashington lhat have come as aconplere surprise, Indeed,

this {as one of the reasonsrhy Bill Moore co!1d not bePlesent to give rhe paper at

Jamie Shaudera as6uled hisaudience rhat rhat is v€L robe leveale<l tetts a- nostincredible sto!y.

PREDISTABLE QUESIIONS

The questions tlat followedthe plesertation 0ere highlyspecularive and somewharpredictable, ranging from thetlue plrDose of sLar l,la!s(SDl) ro {hy the sovernmentatlows SMF Lo disseminaterhis informaLion.

CONCLUSION?

?ersonally, 1 find the casesfor and against Lo beinconctusive. Clearly, on lyLhe ultimate p.oof

"ou1ilsettle rhe argumenLs fo! all

rrhat I do find fascinatingis that even fo! an audience

I uould caLltconditionedt to the subjectmarter of UFos, I detected alot of disbelief in rhescena!to being de3cribed.Perhaps the team of sflf are

'unacceptabter aeongst

Suppose, then, thaL rhescenario is true and re aredeallng rith Lhe greates tsecret of all rime. tr couldjust be Lhar iL 1s unsateable,even to the majority oE thoseLhal p!ofess an interest inthe subject matLeri 1€r aloneLhe resr of Lhe populaLion.

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If you Pere in charge ofselling the concept of contactvith an alie! inLelligence Lothe pubtic, do you Lhink itsould be as simple as soine onthe 6 0rclock news?

Anothe! poinL tha! isoverloo!€d in the question ofexpectalion. Th€ evidence comep!oof of somelhing, is reryoften urimpressire. Th€natchine of expectaLion wi lhthe evidence available issoneLhing thar !his pape!certainly gave me someLhing Lo

I feel Lhal this topic !asroused passions amongst boththose rhaL {ant Lo believe !n

the scenario describedandlhose that do noL.

Ctearty, lhe only sa leconclusion is Lhat ue musta{ait furLher developments andI hope Jamie Shaldera iscofecL is saying rhese a.e!mmirent. As Lhey Say, eatch

Since vriling Lhis article,Bob has informed me thaL, aspredicLed, ner developmenLshave arisen. once lhesedevelopments have 6aenevatuated, 3ob irIL reporL on!hem in these p.aes. lEdl

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The consress neL rith ereaL success bolh in 1987 and1988. 1t is a french forum (riLh the official coneresslanguage being french) for ideas and Lhoughts vhereufologisLs from arou.d rhe {orld can DubLicise thei.resea;ch. The consress acts rike a tc;ossroadr vhereufologisLs and scienLists alike, inLeresred in the U!'0phenomenon can freely expxess and exchanBe Lheir poinLs ofvier. IL is also a juncLionpoi.r rhere a!rhors seeking LopubLicize a recent book a publisher orLrarstation riEhLs.

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YORKSHIRE CASES ROUND.UP TWO

by Dave Clarke

Dave conLinues his sumrary ol Yortshire cases.

February 3/4. - ',1_". l---) o Bpar.nr-r v"r" "" clr.Ltd-obje.! !iLl- bright l's\t naro-uvc- .A o"low .e.oy.ti-" \ Ll-line on HalhexsaBe Road betreen 1-3am. lrom her bedroom windov.

February 4/5. - l1!. 7 Mrs. MorLon ar Ecclesfield sse lighraircraft apparently p!rsuins circtins lish! source, ftyina fromPot\prha r tohd.dq -.1oslde.

february 5. - 5.10pn, observer in Risca) Sourh !ales, se€striangutar objecr *iLh flashing red LighLs, nakes a roarinenoise heaxd by oLh€rs. Repo!red ro Ecclesfietd police.

6.20!.. - 1r. 3 fir". la..) a lilr"h-)'Cn wdr.1 I t- d iiD o..or l-"1\ rl Lit rp" ^ rl o our.a liA\!E.cleslield .ou"-ds !o\ ll!1., h-t "ld.7pm. - Mike carLer & J. fiiLlians, see huAe cross-shapedobject rith red sindoes and rhire rlles "tike rhe space-shuLtle" pass over Carr IIill, Creasbrougn, Rorherham tosardsEcclesfield makine no noise aL alt.

7.30pm. - observers aL EccLesalL, sheffield, see V-shapedobject headine southeas L.

8.45pm. - two observe!s on Mdlehouse Road, crookes, see t{obrilliant objecls tile spoLlishls hoverins over Rivelin valLey,Nli sheffield. No noise, moled ofr to Lh€ north.

lebruary 8. - 6.30-7pm. ,hiLe LiqhL Like a !each balL seen innorthuesr by BLakebrough fanily in canLley, Doncasrer, LighLsup nearby ptayinA lields.

8.20l8,30pm - YUfos' Ian Siirh and Allen Pe!ers repor!eLorgared objects carrying brighL LighLs over Iebron Road,(imbervorth, Rorherhan. 0ne reportedty shaped Like an ice-cream cone viLh with ltashine oranEe and NhiLe lighls.

February 9. - 5am. !ostroman r4rs. TopLey sees ttso brilliantlighLs sLaLionary in sky over r4anor Top, EasL SherfieLd.

6.50-7.30pm, - Btakebrough lanily again see britLianrfLoodliShL in NorLhresL rrom Ca.lLey, Doncasrer, eoes out Likea "lighlbutb" inlo a red gloe.

10.20pm. - Chris Perers se€s brillianL obj!cL Litshrin4 uppLaying lields aL RenLtey Park, Doncaster.

February 10, - 6.10/6.15am. rvy BLakeLhorp. s.es trhile Lishtagain rhen seLling ouL for vork, seen also bv principaL olBeccasar colLeee, 0oncasler, in sky over cafLley.

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-pn.-Bartra:ds ."rah Carter d1d c. v,s-..s cee sLranaF obie_rov.- Lord worth av.iua. Pdrson" ,ross, ftyins Loc;rdsi,.lF.- 6 d. ttao rov ot origlt tignr", perlo-nins sr-anAe,dnoeuv-F in .Lv. I,/as Duro red I .ar for soFe qay. Reporred Io.nl i.c :nd M.n-

7.2Opo - M!s flitlnan ,as ourst<te her house in l,Jombretl, nearBar!sley, sees huge objecr with nany coloured tighrs beneath,above roolroDq -ovi g toFdrd" Hoyland. 4 r!rdnge nois. var

7.2opm - vrs ?etermann and others vere in Main Sr!eeL,Wonbvell, aLt see huge Pyramid-shaped object coeered inbrilliant lighls pass ar rooftop tevel tovards Hoytand making a

7.3opn - Mrs tlilliams and her daughter, re!e leavi.g Hoylan<lon loop-road see huge !riangte-shaped objecL in rhe tir;boveprb. IL ras black and had hundreds of coLoured liehts in rhe.FnLrp. \e ooje-! noved over dr elec!ricit. pvlon ano nov"doFf roLs.ds 0-r'vortl-, aoor.ertl) Iollovilg Lh. coJlse of !he

10.15pm - A car conrainine four people, rraeelling torardsSheffield on the A629 nea! ?enisLone see taree diano;d-shapedobject cafiying b!illiart lights in the sty above the road.Cabin wildors wer€ noted, no noise.

Night, - Mt Seatlors sees trlanSular object in sky ovet

Eebruary 12. - 6.30pmwith coloured lights !n

7.45pm - Itrs tli lsonhich seemed s Lationary

Rotherham. The inctdent

Eebrlary 15. - 11.40pn, Yrcolouxed I ighls r4anoeuvrinsbedroom rindow in Rotherhad.

,1i\< Andprso. <eeo large cqua-. objects!y over Fox HiLl, Crenoside.s6as csucp--slap.d obiecr ri!n I ig\Ls,€r l -ct, bLr rhen novcd "louly _ora!d"vaE repo!ted ro Ecclesfield police.

and wife {atch britlianrniehr sky rhrough their

February 13. - Steve Lucas, leavine wolk at Maltby at 2an seeslor-1eve1, rtiangular-shaped objecr rith red and whire lighLsmoving from Tickhitl towards Rotherham, No Noise.

February 14. - 2.30pm !r creen and f!iend see a cigar-shaped,oranee objecL in l!e sky over Kimb€r{orth, lotherham in broad

Night. - Ttro YUF0S nembers see la!ge ruby-red diamond shapedobjecL rise up fron h!11s in Lhe enr{orLh area, hover andapparentLy 1and. A seatch fails ro discover any trace o.f ir.

Ba i 11y

February 16. - Nighl. Tvo YUFOS .embers see formaLio. of eivered objecLs pass over lheir car in \,/entrorLh area.

Eebruary 18. - 6.3opm, an obserrer on llhirLovdale Road,Ecctesalt, Sheffietd, sees an object {ith red and green lighrs

and maklna a humming noise, froving nolth Lo south, RePolted torhr D.lice and Lhe MoD.

5.!ODa. - 1u!ie Thomas d.ivins neor Stanni.gron' 3a{ a huAemarroc:s5aDed obiect siLh red !ishts fIy very lox abo\e theroad heading fr;n notth totards Rivelin (so!th). No noisehe,rd. n6vinp slovlv -

6.20lb.rop; - Mis oldrield, \a niclobioloeist)' ard \erhusba-d waLah fron Lhe:r home at flalin Bridse, HiLIsborouen,5"l-uae't t!iansuler snsped obiecL vi rh red and uhi Le riash:ngtiE6rs ilviriE qouth rouards sheffield, Lhen Pe!fornilg a

manoeuv-e and appea-ina to lurn ir a no.Lherly direcLion'making a strange noise hlard only vhen ditectly overhead.

Februarv 19. 6.1)en. flr Ander6or ald hiq Hife waLch s cLuste!ol bri'l lianr lia\ic f.on Cleros:de in Lhe dlrection onRoLh-rham. Thev 6-e sLationary lor l0 minute6 Lhen, v!th IiShLs"shooLine olf", noved rapidly northvest Lhen disapPeaFd.

\isht.- - "1. cross aL Cotdthorp 6ces a lo{-Ievel lightedobie;t \e Lh!n(s !as sone Kind ot aeroPlane. Otl'ers in the a!eehaie seen the ssae Lhing, one qayine it qas hoverinS.

FebruaEv 24. Nirht. - a fanily aL Ec-lesfield obser\e,larBelia\red'obiecL in the sky d scharge snall objects 31d Lhenap;arentLy land in a lield nearbv. StiLl qaiting Fo- trrtherdetails via an intermediarY.

February 28. 7pm? - siehling rePolted to Yulos bv uark andcarah B;dber ol Ea.L .le+:nsthorp;, cotnernai,. The) caw a baLlof uniLe I!ght il !he skv -ove- Ltre estate deqcend and "blink

7,)O/t,.', - Bose- ilunL of Thurcrol! reports qeeing an objecllike a otaie's furelase qiLhouL rines roving fron coLhe.ramarea. itrs back appearing ro faII atay in ttanps Lhen the resLoF the obie.t vanishinP.1.2a/?.i5, - 'ar" Ho-dcl'rrson of Pavenlr"ld sees z shootingstar, movini a*ay fron Rothelhan, aPpearing !o sPtit in tto'.ne oarL disinLepraLins in fLam€s.

NirhL? - Mr orLea.i of cdven!ieId se"s on obj"ct hoveringovpr" d oond oa his r a1d _ takes PSoLographs ol i t {und'r

Malch 3. - 9.2opn' four srudents in a cat t!avellin€ on A629f-or Man.neste! - ShFlfieLd see 6 large Iit t.!6nguIa!-s\6Ded.b'ecL Dass ov"r noors !n lrolL or the road vhen at Sal er'qBr;ok. 'r nede no noise and ea" flyr.C Lovard Enlpy fioor fv

arch 9. - 6.3opn, eirl observes strange lights in skv overMexbroueh (probabrY aircraf r).

March 25th & 27th. - Large sLar-like obiecr tirh r€d lightobserved by residenrs of Greasborough, RoLherhan.

r.t lch 27th. - 8-8.10pm, tiona Chaplin sees elonzcred obiecrH:th lig'1ts flyina belween houseq aL l{ickerstey, R;therhan.'

tiarch 30. - 5 ar, "tireball" seen by many people in Sunnyside.Rotherhar. C-Eshes to Lhc around ard fiz2Ies orL.

11.10pm, - lights seen in rhe sky by Mr Ltoy<t over Rorherham,

Harch 31. - 9.30-9.50Dn.brilliant lieht novins inioLherhan. The liehr6 did

Ken Milchell and a friend eatched aa sesi-circle over kimberworrh Park,not seen to resehble aircrafr lights,

coltclusroN

TL certaint/ appears that rony of the sighLiags oetveenJEn,aiy and rebruary lsLh (espec:al1y Lhe fLap;f Feb;uary 2nd,have been csused by a very danserors lor-tlvina tiqhr aiiLraiLvhich carrieq a "v'' shaoeo torration of l:shL" -b,n"arh ,Lcrin8s. CrouDs ol vitre;ses aL Goldrhoroer chapelLoun anoUof,brell have told de that rhe aircraft has been flyins overtowards Sheffield legularly or Tuesday and ltednesday nig-hrs arlooftop leveL.

EfrorLs to L.ace Lhe orisin ol rhis airc.stL \ave so farfailed. RAF Tinn:ns1ey 6ussesLed Lo I' that it ,av b. s .Lr!hrbet{een Leeds/sradford ond _:sr ,iid_ands - boLh of vhom h;vedeaied it hac anytnLns to do virh tnen. Den!ats aL<o r.onYanch-cLer Airporr RAF tinningley, pAf Leen:ng. RA" Chur-1Fenton, RAr Binbrook and others.

YUFoS invesrigators in Rorherham ctaim to have phorographedand filned tieht lornatiol" over the toqn, buL apparenrl);o..of th.qp have failed Lo come oul or are very poor"ir quality.

Since the rriLing of rhis reporr, Daee Clarke has seculed rhehetp of Staffo!d MP Sill Cash who is cotlecting a dossier ofevidence concerninS Lhe reports of lov-ftying ai!crafr forsubnission Lo Lrp Defeace v 1i,L"!. Rogi. Fr".r.nn fo. €nollicial iavestisaLion into the nsL-.r.

BUIoRA RIC, Clive Potter has also bee! tiaising wirh DaveClalke riLh th€ collection of this info!mation in the hdbe ih,LAill Cash ritl hare rhe opporrunity ask quesrl;ns in

Dave l"s dLso lodged a .orrcL co0p."inL v,Ll t\e,i:ni"r-y ofDefenc" "id ihe c:\il Aviatron ArLno.iL/ on Lhe benr I oi t.u!tnesqFq who h-ve repo.Led dalgerous l;v-rlyi-g u-iden i ,"daircraft i. Lhe the South Yorkshire area. in this {ay, !heusual srandard denials are by-passed and an invesLigarionshoutd be conpulsory. Let us hope Lhat these tnparranLi.itiatives taken by Dave wiIl bear f!uir. Any furLherdevelooneat" qilL cerIrilLJ be reDo-r"d i- -he BrllerrnfFnl.

BUEORA Bulletin

UUNDRABILLA: A CASEby (etth Basterfield & Ray

BRIEFING

Relth Baste.field ald Ray Bloole ale both investtAatois forUFO Resealch Austialif,. This fticle is intended as aprelirinrry r€polt only, concentratilg oD ttte (!oe1e. fadilyaod ercludina ouch surtoundila detsil .

- a tyie blowing out shilstthey sere travelling at 6peed.Sean brought the car to a

- Mrs Knorles placed her handon the ca! roof aDd it felttile a I'spongyrt substance.

- Thev Found dovn the vindocsand a 'rsieyish-btack nisL'lcade into the ca!.

- The sound of their voiceschanged in pitch and appeared

- They believed the object rason the loof of the caralthough Lhey did nor seeanything lrotruding fronl,rear or sides of th€ car.

urs Faye (norles aEd songsean 21, Patrict 24 and taayne18 sere traveUirs i! r 1984blue Fold Tetstar froo Perth,te3ted Alstralia to Melbourne

At a point estimated to be40 kiLometres {est ofMundrabilla, I,l.A., Sean, thedriver sa{ {haL he at firsrtook to be a ttlck!s lishlapproaching them from rhe easraDDa!ently alons lhe road. asLhe I iphL aDDroached iE LhendisaDD;ared ';f Eei " iumpinsabouL a bitrr. It becanevisible again and continued toaDDr6ach Lheir vehicle. Sean.i,i'..nt.a ruur it "lookeil Iikebrighter and bigge!. Theykepl driving torards it.then disappeared.

The nexr Lhing they kner theobjecl {as behind then. sea!accelelared the car in anattempL to gel avay fron iL,s'tildcnlv iL u5i in Frdnt

I!

- They could hear a hunning

- sean blacked out

- They all became hysletical,clying and shouting.

- Thev believed that the cai'"" iirt"a ofi the road.Ho{ever {hen asked if lheY

CONFUSII{C

The exac! sequence of eventsfrofr here is ve!y confused.

looked ouL and saw theLhey had not done so.

- They reporLed thevas 'rdroppedt' back

Afle! this period of timeSean stopped the ca!. Thev.1I Aot out ond hid in rhi:scrub adjacenL Lo the vehicle.The object renained in rhevicinity of th€ ca! and thedeparted. Some 15 minutesafter sLopping, the familyre!urned to the car, rapidtychoneed rhe tyre and Ieft therron there theyproceeded to the MundrabiltaMotor uore1, It, a.

INVf,STIGATION

We received the basicdetails of the inctdent around2.lopm. on tJednesday 20 Jsn,sone 9-12 hours after iL iqleported Lo have occurred.The Cedula Dolice calleduroR(sA). rh; family werePr€sent al the Ceduna policestarion ar rhat time.AEaneements ,e!e made for thefamily to call Lo see rayBrooke lhen Lhpv :'ri vFd i oAdelaide vith th; vehicle.

Horever the stdrv le,t.d t.the nedla and the ianily were

intercepredconcluded a deal sithChannel 7 NeLrork.

"oFF BouNDs',

on Thurs 21 Jan !e arr:needvilh Channel 7 Adelaide'Lomeet th€ faoily, eho {ere thenoff bounds Lo alt otherinterests. Betseen extensiveTV intervievs se manased rotalk informally vith allnenbers of the fanily. Noformal inLerviev qas possibtein lhe cilcumstarc€s. I,econfirned the basic storv thati6 lelated above.

TIIE CAR

Inspectioo eLc of the vehiclehas not been possible owina rothe ca! beina hetd bv Chaanel7 !etvork at an undisclosed

1. It is xeported to have beendark at rhe time of rhe eventand becoming liaht at Lhe end.D!f,ation is quoLed as 1-1l2

2. There is conflsion over rhetime of the episode. lt isreported to have coomenced at5am. bul iL is unctear rheLhetli,A. or 5.A, rime, The fanilyare also very unctear on this.3. The famity appear to us tobe very dorn to €arthi.<lividuals caughr up inevenLs beyond their control.

qEt

:%.1,;ll)61.r2t

Drarina by the uitnesses

iihen rhen Lncvexhtbited signs of tire.lness',s!ress and confusion at times.

.r,1ore ro ioltow tDdl

NOTES

STEALTH INTO THE OPEN

by ike sootten

Afrer ruch sDeculation ol the dcsiAo of the supet secret B-2\r;rlth Bodber. Lhe Evsterv veil LhaL ha5 kePt thisi"""r"tio"".r olane avav iron tublic vier fo! over a de'ade easiri.ili-r"ttla' u,.t to', speciallv cotPosed r'sLesIth Fsnfare"eith 5bO invired suest shovidg their aPProvai -

TiAht security uqsmainLained ar ilorthrop s

detecred by radar or infrared

,FIRST TEST FLIGMS??a1nda1e ' Califomia. Cues ts'ere k€Dt a saf. 200 feeL awaYfr.m L;e manta-rav flYins0ina {ith lelevisi;n picLuresberna str!cL1y cortrolled bYNorth.op, only atlourng a headon tiee: keepine the

maskine sysLem secret.

The bombe.. tith a inssPanol 189 feer;nd a heiahL of 17feet and a price Lag of aroundt277 miLlion is almostenLirelv made fron Plas Licaend non neLarlrc carbon_basedmatet!aLs. This

vost comnenLato!s aeree thatL!is oublic unveitina witlarlor;ranned tes L fliants inJanuari 1989 to ao ahead{ithoui rhe huge costs rhatwould be incurred if thertishLs eere kePt under a toPsecrer cloak. Hotevex, someulo res€arche.s betieve tharLhis tromber has already flotnin Brirain' gen€rating oanYrcnorr< hv {irnesses of a

'himmane,' Lriansul.r shaPedobiect': c dossier oa ihislniormaLion is beins .ompiledbv BUIoRA invesrigaLors, lhich"i1r hopefulty Ptomp!quesLions Lo be asked ln?artianent ( see paAe I8r'{a!ch this space for furthet

machine has an exDecLed xanse.l 1o.ooo niles (tirhoulretuerrine) ctuisine aL ahelshL ot 10,000 Eeet and card€tiver upto 16 nuctear LiPPednr ssi I eq wilhoul beins

readers- wnte

In the May 1988 lssue of theBUIORA Bulletin is an articleby Steuart CanpbeIl entitled' irages Explain UFo Repolts,tIn this article it is statedon page 5 that 'A stellarni!age qas th€ cause of thelamous Socorro (Neu Me\ico)incident of 1964.t

The aurho! doeB not nentionthe fact that rhe pitness,police-officer L. zanorastatad that he saw tso shorrfigures standing nea! theobjecr. Mr campbell also doesnot mention the facr thar rhebushes in the alleged lardingarea vere sLilI sm6dlderinewhen another D.l i.. .FFi.c;(staLe troope!'chavez) arriv€d

Perhaps r Caftple1l vouldlike to telt us hov a nilagecan cause bushes to burn. Itis an insult to seri."sresearches to conrend that themirage theory can e{plai! theSocorro, New Mexico cas e.

Eilitor's Coment.

Thanks for you leLter Paut.Youts was one of nany that I!eceived, disasreeinA{ithSteuart's thesis. As I havesLaLed before, despite Lhefact that SLeuarL does streLct'his mirage theory Lo explainaway every UFo reporr r. thepoint of credul!ty, I soutd b€careful nol lo dismiss Lhis

!heory <ompteLety as soDe UForeDorLs (afre. LhorouahirvestisaLior) nay uelr 6e'thermoclines' a6 de6c!ibed bvSteuart.

Resardine your edito.ial(Bulrerin 28 r , juer vh.rgrand revet6lions has Bri tishufology to offe! chat nakes ib30 years ahead of the USA?

I am sure that Anericanufology arlives at irsco.clusions on evidence ju6Las valid as Lhe BliLish. Thatit couldn't drar anv norefalse conclusions than'you doyoursetE by suggestins thaLmeteoroLosical expl:n.!ionsand folklore correlations a!esomethina new to rhe 80's,thaL Lhe earLhlighrs theory isa serious conlender forexplainins the phenomenon,Lhat prosaic explanat ions,vhich vou.all mor. 'd.un i.earthi; are somehop rmorenaLufalt than rhe ETH (whichis far end a{ay the mosttoslcaL !heorv. noL Lo menLi6nt E;-teas t - inadeauaLe inexp1a!ai;€-a11 Lhe ;vidence).And nost incredibly, thar ithaE be€n Brirish researchersvho have mad€ almosr all Lheso cal1ed breakthroughs inthinkilg which are postularedto suddenly be in existence.

To me it seems a quasmire ofienorance Lo day rMany leadinsufoloAisls in Lhe US are sriLIcalght in Lhe quaenire oflitrle Steen m€n, crashedsauce!a and myLhotogicaL

BUEORA Bulletin Number 30 Paee 22

govelnment secrecy.r las gloConspilacy escaped yo!!

Do you honestlybelieve the people rhoPitnessed the ledains atRossell eele seeing a rearherbatloon? ?erhaps you thinkthat lhousand of humanoidreporrs vorldride a!e jusL

th,t do.s s.pn t..rist inBiitish !fology is a fashionfor deriding the ETH. I havefolnd myself at times*onde!ing if rhis is a vietbasad on fear, of seeminesimple! by enblacins the most

erplanation, or ifconfuse being critical withbeins intellisenL o! cleverlIt may be tha ETH is vrorg,but no-one has a betLei theoryo! evidence to shos it. I'mall for speculaLion about thepsychic or the psychologicalplovided iL is kept inperspective. Ideas abouL theultradimensionat do notnecessarily pleclude lhe ETH

No-one, least of all theEditor ot a supposedlyplesr!eious joulna1, should be

the editolia1s that appear inthe BultetiD are not arefleetion of BUFORA policy o!attitude but af,e my ownPersonat thoughtsvier?oints add are 6tluc!uredin such a uay as to provokediscu6sion ald debate shichhas on this occasion lesultedin a lepty froh you, for which

It seems f!om your IetterRegina, that you have rorallymissed the point of my€ditoiial. It was certainlynot iltended Lo be a 'letsbash Amelicansr siftply otrt ofshear b!,v5d.. But T s.. fr.nLhe cufent contents of theAmerican UFO pless a {ide orendoor to ETH, crashed Eaucersand ET centred abductionstheories, buL 6eeminsly closeddoors to othe! plosaicLheo!ies rhich are just asvalid fo! open debate on theinternational UFo foluft.

Since Kelneth Arnold,ufology has b€en dogged by!esea!che!s tho constartly putthe cart before the ho!se bydeciding what the origin ofthe UFo is anii then pdes 6l Iout to prora it (and t-hat soesfor British researchers too).My ediLolials and otherprevious articles have a1{ayshad a flavolr for promotinsinaccuracies, or atlow salcasm

and unjusrif ied disparas€n€ntto subsLirute for facts. lfLhis is the way ufology is tobe ptesented by Bufora, I, a6a m€nber an €nbarlassed.

Editor's coDdent

tett, vhere do I sLart!firstly I musL remind you rhar

enconpassing all angl€s an<l!ossibilities. A.d I uoutd notexclude Lhe ETH flom, shat iEby .o!, an endless list ofhypotheses Lhat have beenform!1ared over the past fortyyeals. You youlself havefal1en into rhe cart-befole-the-horse syndrone by clainingthat ihe ETH is rhe o.lylogical rheo!y. I am sorry mydear, but I rill have Lo see aSreat daal more evidence toconvince ne ol lhaL one. Itritean article for inclusion in

the BulIeLin that proves thatETH is Lhe only logicaltheory, I rill prilt i!.

l! anseer to you, ye6, Ihave read Ulo Conspiracy andAbove Top Secret. Althoughcertainly int!ialing andthousht plovokins, I am stil1suspicious. It has been nooLedthat Cases like Rosuetl werepossibly'double bluffs';using a UIo story to cove! upsecret mititary u€apon teEts.I suspect that the RendleshamEo!esr incidenL is anotherexanpl€ of a double bluff, abluff that volked bri11iantly.

Y.n sDeak of rtn.nsands ofh!ftanoi<i leports' . Have youspoken to these reportees?Although I have noL spoken Loalt reporters of allegadhumanoid encountets, I havespoken to some, and a najoliby.t th€se sitn€sses ,ould notagree sith your viespoint:rhey do nol look exclusivelyat their exDeriences 0ilh a'n',ts and h.l'L< r.:l i tvr .

On "norrr".

p.i"t. yourecently showed some annoyancelhat you lette! (printedabove) did not appear inBulletin 29 as you expected.The reason is sinple, there{as IiLtle space to plint yourletter as retl as my volumousrep1y. so !lease, be patient'ith us Brirish UEo ediLors!

Editorial,.........,.ContinuedAle we loosing out on

valuable infotmation?Questions of why do peoplerepo!! conmon, eve!yday aerialobjects (naturar and nanmade)as objects that havenysLerious, unwortdlycharsclerisLics n!st be of

importance to the study

It is nearly th€ season ofeood viIl to all men. So Iuould tike ro take tbisopportunity to {ishing you arla very merry Christdas and aprospero!s neu year.

SNIPPM FROd THE PRESS

ia Green Bear Telror

The Daily Star (281h ocLober1933 )i.te;estine report of a familyLravelling home by car rhenrhey encountered a dazzlingbriAht green ligh! as Lheydrove throusn rhe viLlsAe ofEelinfach, Ilest Vales. lii tnessTony 9iIvesLri sLared, !rlLvas so brisht I coutdnr L seethloueh the cindors. Thesighting lasted severalseconds an<l once the light easgone To.y stoppe<l the car tocsln his riEe snd younsdauebLer {ho also sav thelight.

The {iLnesses !eported Lheincident to Lhe RAF whopromptly investigated lhecase. fliAht SeraeanL DavidPengllIy 6aid, t'te like ro Aetreports soon afte! an incidentso that immediate action canbe Laken ro find out whar irras.tt He added, "lle don't liteunidentified thines in our.irspace." Unf"orrunaLeIy,Richald larxence of tbeAutherius Sociery eas aI soasked Lo conment and had thislo say, "lf a hean of tiglt ismitled fron a UFO thpnLhere's a real possibly rhatextraterresrrials are .n board(obviously ! ). Jenny R6ndIesbatanced !aurencers nadcapresponse explaining that itsbeen a busy yeax for Utos.Evalnrtion: Firph,ll xetpor-

Bo o k \ook........ Rev iews

The Nee Aee: Notes of a ErinAeIJat.cher. !y fiartiD cardner.Eard cover, 273pp, publishedby ProDetheus Boots ISBN 0-87975-532-X.

Cardner has fradesuccessful writinBof denol!shing rhe cLaims orpseudo-scienttsts, para-psychotogists and cuttis trel!gions to name but a fee,dirh regula! collnns inSkeptical Enquirer and lhe

The Nev ABe: NoLes of aFringe !aLcher is a collectionof these arL!c1es !hat spanover the last rour y€ars. MosLof lhese arLicles reveal ardaLtack lhe sloppy rork ofparapsychotogisLs and becauseof this there is somerepearine of comienrary fromprevious chapLers Lhal assomerines tedious. H€ a Isocovers Lhe lopics of perpelualdolion, psychic surgery andlhe Marrian srone face.

Shirley Macl-aine ceirainlyreceives constanl cri t icalatLe.lion fron Cardner andquiLe rightty so. His reviersof her seeninEly unending listof autobiographies arecerlainty cutLing and may haveeven brouEhr Shirley bact do{nLo aa.lh a re{ inches. CelLe!also did nol escape fromcriticat comnenL and isbasieally branded a charlatan(charlaLan leins Cardner's

A rhole chapter is devoledLo the famous anLhropologistvargareL vead and her inrerestin Lhe paranormal. cardnet

unearlhs Mead's naiveLy ofsubiecrs lite UFOs, pasL livesard charnelirg, despite he!glitLering, rell travetled

creaLionism, pas anotherfascinating topic Lhat wascov€red, unveiling some rheextraoldinary lenAths Lhatsome cbrislian fundafrenralis bsritl ao to undermined theDar{inian conce?ts of

To sun-up. The New Aee:NoLes of a Eringe Watche! isessential reading for anyoneinvolved riLh paranornalreseaich. You may not agreesith al1 Ma!lin Cardne! says,but it wiLl certainty open

Revieved by Mike lootten.

Disneyland of the Gods byJohn A. Keel. Arok Pless,1988, 174pp. IEport on1y,.t6.95 (try Codpendiuo Boots inCa0den Tom, London - fastdail orde! av.ilable too).

Armed onlv eith severalplnches of-salt and sithtongue pushed ftrmly intoch€ek the inrrePid re{!ewerdecended the inLro paees ofJohn Keels nes - rirst for lenyeaxs - book Disneyland of theCods. If vaLlee's laLesL ishis greatesL hits lhen

Disneylandis'AYounsPersons guide Lo Keel'. Like;Fort of the eighries, Keelvonders, albei t a inless ly,lron one varie!y of anomotousphe.onena to anoLhe!. Butunlike Eort, ther€ ale norefelences, The reader isPresumably meanr to accept ontrust that 611 Lhese thingshappened because John baby

UIO mate!iat crops up hereand the!e; rith an occasj.onalflash of the old Keetb!i11iant i!sight rhen he isdiscussing abductions, missingtime and crashed saucels. Keel{as hlp bo all these thingsqhen Budd Hopkins ras sbillpainting by nudbers and h€should nor be fully developingthese ideas rather thtn vildlyspeculating about possiblelinks beLreen apparenLly (tone) disparate ph€nomena.Hovever, fascinating titbit6of infolnation are offered,foi example, Keel ne!tions!ha! John Eulter, author ofthe 'InLerupted Journey'((eel - ra non-bookr) onlyused selecrive quoLes from themany hours of Betty and BarneyHilI's hvD.osis 6e6sions -'details rhich tend to rodicredit Lhe realitv of thpirlenembe!ed experie;ce', comeon lben, 1€t's have them.

Keel kio{s e*llatefies triatsaren't inthe runnirg any more,but quoLing Creiglton and !ePoex T!ench as references,goes back to his old track ofextradim€n6ioDal beings,uttraterre€trlals, paralleIreatiLies and 6o forlh as analiernative to the ETH. Itseems !o oe that ETU'efs nevefdie, they ju6L replace oneunptoven Lheory uiLh another -at leasL the ETE, if aeruine,is ulLimately prorable, Keelsatl€rnaLive is no t.

i{e can artribur€ anythine vevabL to these nystellousvisito!s, sho needs proofanYmore? The car goes missingor the budeie learns a !e{sord rhlch sourds like'Adamskir, it's cool, onty rheulEroterrestrials Dlsyiratheir games. Added to Lheseinferences he ranbtes on aboutLhe qotld fallrng apart,drugs, 1nc!essrnE vrorence elcatt being due to sonemysterious outside folce: weale nearly on rhe sam€ linesas {hen Coldon Creightonseriously suggested in an FSReditoriat that AIDS ras causedby ultf,aterrestriat6. raueh? Inea!1y joined Yuaos. Theseideas take us on strange road,a road shich onty the mostdlscllminating follot,ithout falling pley

And Yet, rhen Keel tatkilgabout belief and hor beliefsLrucLu!es perceptio!,Atimne! of hope is 1it. But ithas att b€en troLled outbefore tn either in hisartictes or boo!s and i f v.',have eot them and unless iouale a collector th€n don'tbother with Lhis one. Cone onJohn You can do better, this1s rlvtna on youf(conside!able) reputaLion.llorsr of all the book has no!efetencds and no irdex.

Sreating profusely, Lheleviewer emerged from the slimtone sone Lhree hours l:rer.exremety sore th€ revie,e!rested, strangely lired aftertbe long journey lhroughfamiliar ler!alory.

Reviered by Ferdner Strebor.

aUFoRA Bulletin

Vlewpoint

UFOLOGY: DMDED BY TWO NATIONS?by Jenny Randles

Is there oore thaD on€ theory to explain the UFO? Jetrnynandles, Dilecto! of InvestiAstions dilcusses this questior.

AfLe! atterding sevela1

(incrudins the vell acclaihedMUIoN conference held inllashinston), I have !ealisedthat there {i11 be a dilemnathat re nust face in the

IL is true to say that bothrhe lrJ-12 affai! and rhe risein abduction lesearch has goledo*n like a lead ballooD, rthink there a !e oany reasonsfor that, {hich do not irtendto discuss here. EssenLially

'it stens fron the facL thatthere are major difre!encesbeteeen ufology as it isDracticed in Lhe USA and ini'tr'.' "t,.". - T c6n of c.urseonly s;eat for B!iLai!, but Iknow enough of EuropeanufoLoAy and spent enolgh tinewith Bill Chalker to assessAusr!aIian ufology, to reatisetbat both are nore akin toBritish Lhan Americar nodes of

To an exlent rhis is ourconseivalism and caurionshorins Lhrodeh' Plus ani n. rp,cad aT lhink over-obsessive) approachsoclolosicat and psYchoLogicalLheorism. Bur I susPect theprobten goes deepe! than that.I am besinnins Lo uonder oaour atsumerrs which took to beat cfoss PurPoses are noLsenerated a! beall bY afaiture ro spot a significantclue. Perhaps te a!e LrYing torec.nci le dif f erences be!{een

app!oaches and data Lhat arei.r!econcilable' because thereis not one UIo problem, bul

|'henever I attend nediainLerviers in Lhis country Iam alrays faced withjournarists qho make thepresumpt!on lhat uE0 ehd AtienSpaceship are interchangeableterms, To believe in thereality of an unkrown U!0phenonenon is to accePt thatthe earth is being visited by1iLt1e g!een m€n. of couise,those Pho are involved in theEubject knor that this is anover simplificalion. It istaking one rheoiy to acoountfor rhe ulknoqns and turningit into the only solution.

ALIEN ASSU!{PTIONS

There ale dany reasons {hythis occurs. ?artty, it is dueto the eay the phenomenorappears tike alie! Lravelle!sand behaves as Pe miehtpredicL (incidenrally, alraysin my dind a negative factor,hecause su!eIy aliens shourdbehare in an aLien ray - andnot Iik€ th€ inte!s telterequivaLents of NASA).

Atso lhere is a kind ofreductionisr togic thar isappl!ed, lie have got intospace. The!e are millions outthe!e. Ergo, Life fron spacecan cone here, lf il do€s, reshoutd see iL. \,/e see Uros,

rle!efore ir ts atien 1ife,Thatrs a superficiallyplausible a!alysis. But it i;!iddled with assumpLions. Lhatfralkly re have lirtlejustiaicatlon in the makins aL

How€ver, above all of theseis the fact that UF0s as AlienSpaceships is the answer thatnost human beines wanL to betrue. Be honest vith voursel l.If it coutd be prove-n to voubeyond any shadow of a doubtthar UFos were not alien, butsome producL of science on rhef!inges ot conprenensioi (esan ner atmospheric pnenomeron)- uould you s till pour in aIlthat time, noney and effo!l roinvestigate Lhese thinss?especially when deep dovn youknow Lhar you do not have ihesciencific credentials !ohandle the data and learn servnuch about tiese ..;

Some p€opIe woutd ansveryes. They are ihvolved in LheUFo field for alLruis ticreasons. Bul T suq.F.t ih,LLhe vasL major!ty, iven whenthey deny it thrice unL!1 thecock crovs, really haee aninner longine to see theirbelief vindicared rhaL UFosare advanced alien vis !torswho have cooe bere, villchanRe the sorLd and mavhehelp us ger out of lhe ness re

0r cotrrse, I kno{ Loo LharLhe ET theory is a viableconcepL. IL may not be pxovenrbut it isnrt disproven eirher.Il deserves lo Live on as a

extent LhaL I am, handlingcases dav in. dav odL. Lo andfron BUFdTA'; ream, cin see anumber of reatities about rheU!0 subjecr Lhat are conmonlyelossed over. I s!spect thatthis even eives a diffe!entpe!specLive on the sho 1esubject for liose whoreeular1, foltor Lhroughthtough cases, as opposed tothose lho read reporls injournars on rhe mostSlanourous eases and th€nspeculate fron there.

901 IEos

lor neaningfut

For a start, most UIos turnout not lo be ufos ar a1l. Irenay a1I say we knoe that, buLunless you face a sit!ationehere 90 percent of your Lineis spent recording 1Fos, thenthe sisnificance does not

Take a siehLing in ea!1yJanuary 1988. A teenag€!reported a brighl shape in thesLy Lhrough her tetescope arhet home in (ensingLon, l,res!london. The polica {ere catledand eiAhr officers eventuallvatrived (rnctddins a senioideLective). Att qe.e b.rFtedby Lh!s amorpnous blob oEliEht in the slv rnat stavedLhere for more than an hour or

Nor any experienced UloinvesLigaror woutd quickly besuspicious of rhis. Indeed tBUFoRA AI, Y!ke ooLlen, q.son the scene, doins his job as

learned ol thestpry. ll Look hir ninu!es Lo

lha sighti.g ri thlhe ritness and ascertain rnatshe had onLy jusr gol theretescope, !as a comple L enovice, did noL reatise thatrhe cheap I.ns disrorted poinLsources !rLo blurred shapes

Anyo.e involved viLh fieldinvesrigaLion Lo Lhe sorl of

BUFoRA Bullelin \'1o". )0 Papp q

and uas pointing straight aL abright ptanet. A compuLer

immediaLely Lhe p16 ne L qaslLpiter (as suspecL€d, bec€useLhere had heen o lhermispercepLions of it) andoLher kev Facts enerPed. ForrnsLance, !he "UFo" iad beenseen by the {itness in lhesane p1ace...a d€ad eiveawayir investiBation Lerns.

None ol rhis prevented lhemedia going crazy riLh theslory. nany nationalne{spapexs carried ir as aserlous sightine. lt eve.became !he firsr British casethar has made Lhe.at!ona1 BBCTV ne{s. Not even lhe

achieved lhal! Doubrless rLhese r.porrs fitLered aroundLhe !ortd, as d1d quoLes fton"exnetls" like 'Dr' R rchardLawrence of the AeLheriusSocieLy (he usdalLy beingpresenled as plain DrLa re.ce, Lhe l€ading U!'0experl, lo give o!Lside.s nosense ol his highLy dubioDs

6uFoRA's 'soLution' to Lhiscase barely gol a look in.Vike did one radio inlervi€{in London and I did Lto inother parLs of the counrrY.Non. of this pur a denl in LhemtLlio!s of TV vier€rs andnersPaper readers conrineed lolhis day Lh!L lhe case is a

Nor is lhis experience inany {ay unique. rL haPPens aIlLhe rine. 0rdinarily, BUL 0RAAls locus on prorisins cases.nd virlually dudp si!pLcIF0s, beyond basi. che.ks a.dLhcn logaifg lhe:n. But iL isoften ne.essary lo Lry !ocorrecr Lh. lalse inpressionstuL ovcr.boul Lhese i nnocuou s

slories. 0f course. !here area ra{ cases each iea! (nevernore lhan 20 or 30 in arypical Lrelve nonths) {hlchdo pass th€ resLs of genuineinveslisation. It is Lheseuhi ch ieDresenl rhal mosLould cail "real ufo1osy",

alrhough Lhe IFosimporla.r in earious {ays andcannoL be iSnored.

ONE OUA OF TDN

The fact !ha! very criLicalinvesliaaLion aoes on is in my

investiEaror uho does .oL goinLo a case futly atare LhaLLhe{ odds are stacked nine !oofe aaainsL !t beina a

'Eenuina' uFo is not doinErheir job. The inev!rab1e addsa d€gree of cynicism. Ho!could !L iail ro? Bur itprodu.es better qurlitY'unLrouns'in Lhe Lona run.

So uhaL of Lhese unkno ns?fhey, pr€sunabty, are lhespaceships. Ar 1easL, rhar isatnosL al ays rhaljourialisL says ro ne by rhe!ime {. reach Lhis poinl inlhe arqumenL, But lh!s simDly

LeL us look aL a s€IecLionof Lypical cases from recenlBU!'0RA records coverins rhisone ouL of Lef residue.

- cr 19rh Ya! 1985 a vervsFaLl ovoid obie.r ( iust a ie;leeL !f diatreLer) ller NiLhinclose prorinily!enrnor on Lhe Isle of 'Ji3hl,rr made a !uieL rush ol airnoise, Theinves Liqared by Paul Euller.

- 0n Jlh ApriL 193lj a {hilebaLl of liihl sped over Lhehe:c .l a man i. Dukinfield.

Lancashirer naking a throbbi.gnoise. This vas inves LigaLedby Georgina !til1s, vho foundno simple ans{ers.

- ln earLy June 1987, a ease Irotloved up aL "hi Lechurch,involved a series of Lhreerhj.re i! a tr!angle fornat!onLhat remained slationary for

and Lhen just

These do nol misrepresenrLhe remai!der of rhe !nLnoHns,buL rhaL do ee have rh€n ve

The rhiLechuxch UEo (the'paFnbroker sisnt as iL iscoflm.n calLed) is i:re butvery consistent. I foundapProximalely fifleen suchcases on BlJFoRr archives inLhe pasl quarLer c€nLury. ILis evide.LLy some sorL olphenoneno. rhich nobody isluLLt a'are of. There is noreason aL al1 to assume thesevexe Lhree liEhLs on .n

not simply Prire !L off as aUFO. He probed deeper.Suspicions tumbled out as hedid so. There is a secreLradar base on lhe hitts wherethis occurxed. A Navy exerciseinvolvtng 'dron€s' ras takingplace off the nearby coast.The Nary and MoD claflmed upvhen laul mooted !l1epossibility of ctassifiedmititary (RPV) technology

three eases, three differe.lprolable phenomena behindrhem. No.c are solid evidencefor the extra terres Lrialhypolhesis.

Llhich is nor to say Lhar nocase ever is. I am, remember,not arLenpring !o disprove lheexisLence of ETs, merely Lochallenge thc presunption LhaLLhis has Lo be rhe inplied

Howevcr, any e xper ia.c€dinv€sLigalor also knous hotshapes and slructura.re r eadinlo colteclions ol tiBhLs.This occurred i. anorherridely puhLicizad case, on 9thDecenber 198 7. LiteralLydozens ol {i Lnesses observeduhrr ihFv ierm.d "a F..rh.llrietd in'the sky". this aLidedsLovly across severaL .ounliesand oul Lo sea. The nediacarried carried seeninBlyendless reporLs, buLsuspecled an exp lana t iofinvesrigar!onal experience losuspecl Lhis led us to lheright channeLs. lhilip ilan I Le,Dave Clarke ard CLive ?olldr( Lhe Lhrce reLevdnl 3UFct1invesLigaLors) combired ao rce sand quickl.) esrabtishedLhrough lw. indepcndenL rou l. slhal lhe "iaircround olliEnrs" (ano!her qidelv u s.dd€scrifLi.nl {.s . fS \i rfor.e lr.iniig misston lr.ri

sLaLionary spaceship.

The Dukinfield "baLL orlight" is a cLassic uAP. Ir.ay hav€ tinks HiLh baLLlighLnine, earLhLiehtsornet slch evenls. Il inay ba anetr sorr or anonaly. BUL agaifiL {ouLd be siLly lo Loascribe iL to a sPaceshiP orLhe slrenglh or the reporr

only lh€ Isle oa !ighL caseseems Lo ofier much hope for!hose convlnced Lh.L materialcrafl d. crist. I {ould saylnaL aroufd o.e in lhree ofLhe residual cas.s,re ol Lhis

anblguou sobserv.Lions oa

3cLuaL .erial devi.es. Y.l inihls i'slance r.ul FulL€r did

RAF r4ildenhall involvino LwoKC-135 Lankers and a seri"es oFE-111 fighrers hooked up toAiarl fuel tants,

Yel despite this proof I amsure rhe undigested r€porrsvitl have filtered bo otherufologists, ursuspe(tinglyLaking the reporLsseriousty. This is becausealnost all ritnesses sa{ thetights on the va!ious aircraftas a parr of one Siant ulo.From LhiB they in!erpolsEed ashaDe and drer iL .uiLeco!!istently (because Lhelieht fornation ras accuratelyseen and the only efior aaseas the false assumption LhaLlhe tiehts uere fire.l .r onp

Ironicalty, I recently did aBBC radio inteiview inNotLinghan. I erplained a1l ofthis and was met riLh theincredulous looks fron thepresenter. "But yousupposed to betieve in thesethingslt'he told me, Then headded thaL he had intervie"edsome of the ritnesses and qasconvinced that, because theysaid Lhey sar a mile-ridecraft strune up rith lishts,thaL ,as what they sar, But itprobably was not, in rhis

Cases tike Lhat soon teachthe dansers of becomids over-attached to pro-spaceship€rsumenLe based upor Lhe nvrhdr indpn.nd.nr "i r""..". r; "clearly' def in€d craf t provitrssuch a ciafl was really

AEain lel me s!f,ess, I amnot disputing irs ralue as oneof our {orking hypotheses. ButI an cauLioning agains r

problems that ir senerares, I

hinted lhat there miAht be twoufolotsies. pelhaps I should€laboraEe on vhat I meanL.

PartLy, I did nean thatlhere is a difference belweenAmerican and BriLish ufo lop v -The Eormer is undonhLe.llv i;rnore comnirted ro rhe tiH. ILhi.k roo conmirred. ButBritish ufology fatts into rhesam€ trap sith its over-zeatous endoisemenr of !athertague psychological theories.

UFO CEARACTEIISTICS

But tbele is nore to rhanrhat. I believe that rheseresidual UIo cases that I havejust discussedthinss. Bur they do hav;inpottanr che racteiis rics.

You can ger phoLog!aphs ofthem. They ate occas !onalIyrrack€d on radsr. There is

linited movie fitmevidence. lf you plot theaverage nunber of vi lress esper case ac.oss a t€rse sampteiL is very slmilat ro rhefisure for nisidentifications(lFOs). lt comes our a! around2.5 .t 2,6 witnesses pef, cas€

aLso A Starisri.,loverviev 1980-1982, M.oolten, JTAP vol 1, No 1 Edl.

Debunkers use lhis as evidencethaL Lh€ residle cases are thesane as lFos, !e, unconfirmedmisidenlifications. But irp!oves no s!ch thing. A1t irsays it Lhar just as mostsources of IF0s are reaf (vizaircrafL, ptan€Ls eLc). Sooost of the residuals are realthings roo. Anyone in thei!ght place at Lhe ri8hL time

ofren severali. proximiLy to Lhe

To be continued in Bulletin 31

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