_5efef=_3_British UFO Research Association JULY 1985 No 18

c0uNcIL - 1965-e6

PoEt to be ftlledvIcE-PRESIDENTS: The Rt.llon €all of Clanca!iy

6.F.N. Kneletub, cEnq., !tIERa, FBIS

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lohn E. 86!!ett llenneth PhillipaLionel E- SeE!, FRAS r,4iss Jenny Randles8lrarv EvanE Miss Dtane Rol}isonRobin LindEeV Jdhn L. Spence!ch!istopher pea!son (TREASURER) l.rich€el R. uootten

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TNE BRITISH UIO RESEARCHAESoEiFTTEN---BUFEm LTD-(bv .uElan-t eE-t:TEIfiEE o re64. Beqrst;r;dorllDe, 40 JoNES 0F0l/E, llllITTtEsEv,PETERA0n0UEHT PE? ZHtl. Reglsteledrn Lohdon 12J4921r.In.o!por.tinq the L0NDoN uFoRESEARCH ASSCCIATI0N founded 1959,and the ARITISH UFo ASS0CIATI0ttl

AIt!s I. To encouraEer E!bndte andcondu.t !nbladed 6clenttllc !eEeErchof unldEntlfled rlylng obJec!s( UFo) DhEnonen6 thrDrohdut the

2. Td colleci 6nd dl6Eenlnateevldence and dEtb relatinq to un-ldentirled rlylnq obJects (UF0s).l. Id co-o!dlnatE UFD !EBea!chth!ouqhout thE UnttEd Xtn9don 6ndto co-ope!€te olth othErs Enqaqedin such.eoea!.h throuqhout thE

IIEf,IBEFSHIF- fienbE!rhip tB open io6ll uho EUppo!t the.lhs ot theAsso.lEtlon 6hd uhos. Eppllcatlon1B €pproved by the Erecutlveconnittee. Appltcatlon forns/tnform6tlon c6n be obt6lned fror6.y A33oc16t1on offlcE!.

entrV on tfiE PRESJELav6tEn 5t6!ts !t DEqe

(on EASTEL).

.J!!!J-?g:

1985 LEcture Prdolan e

CONTENTS

I]FO CASE flEPORTS-'Efi!-f,-End-E;--

UFD Stohttnqs. PUF0IC

E"T;-T;;T;_It61I€n Ua0 Scene UEdated

A u6!letv of CEEes and Iheotte6.R.Ddrt on th.

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e:3:l-:-!l--!i-S--e41sl11n

Book Revleu/Letter to thefti:I;;-

-!e-4erIsNN 0265-194?

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(c) BUF0RA LI0.1945 It l. pe!iloE-6bIe fo! nEnbErs to u.e n6te!1.1 1nthis publtc6iron fo! thetr ounpe!sonEl usE provtdlnq thEt thla l.done oh B llntted bEslB. Uheten.tFrt!l t3 uBEd lor oubllcatlon6cr.nodledqEnEnt 3hould be qtv.n bothtD BUFoRA End the.PPloprl.tE con_

JEINY RAIIDLES'' 'lFO eAS€ iEPORtg:'" '

3!$!S_-9-!E!_l!E_-EieqASE 19-275 JANIJARV/FEBRUARV. 1979

NLEADLESS IOIIN END

ThtB 1B € qaod old-fashloned UFo encounte!, dEnonst!6t1nq thEttheV h6ve not entl!e1V qone out of vo9!e. It 16 a.lose encounte!dr the thtrd klnd that right h6ve conE olt of 6 tlne uFlpl

P!lnctpat !eporter 1s lA ye6r old fi!E J.F. 6 uerd EdE!st€ntat a ShefflEld hosDltEI. At thE ttne shE uEa n6r!tEd but herh!sb6nd dled the ye6! folldulnq the tnctdent. Mr6 J.F. repo!tedthE enoountE! by tettEr to Jenny Randler 6lter reodlnq one ofJennyrE bookE and €n lnvestigatlan uds undE!t6kEn Ioc6llV bVDavtd C16rke. Jennv noteB ih61 in the aEme u€ek 6s M!o J.F.rslette! a!!1ved tdo othe!e (one r!dn 6tdckpool and one rronMsnchEste!) uE!E !ece!!ed fron oihe! !ltneeseB both !epo!ttnqthE .!hErut6E unusuEl obEe!vatlbn ol r UFO .bove a f16t-!dof

Th€re uEa a Eecond ult.ess dlth Mta J.F. 6t the tlhe of herslqhtlng, but 6he kneu hln bv EIqht ont! 6s E nelqhbou! c61IediKEn.i Ha!1n9 n.ved to Bnother part of sheffiefd folloulnq he!husbEndrB de6th ue hEve not been able to flnd thtB c!!c1sl 6econduttnEss desFlte H!s J.r.rE help.

5he hEd qone to nake 6 telephonE cEll EftE! 6 televi3!on!!6q!6mne she had been uatchtnq hEd cone to an end. Th!5 placesthe ilme Et lust.fte! 21.00 on E ntld' scattered 61ood nrqht. €n!oute Bhe stoppEd to ch6t io 'heni !han, over bv a chtp sh.p andadjacent Co-op (Epp!dxtnltEly l00fi auEV) Ehe.potted an obie.t!htch she Dolnted o!t to hE! nelqhbou!.

The obJe.t uEs hoverlnq 6 red reet 6bove the ldof End sppearedthe Bsre Elze 66 6 tennlE bsll 6t Ern'6 1€nqth (esltnEted !EErslze !ort tn dlEnEte!). It uaB 6 cl6sstc lnve!ted sEucer, dullgrEy in colou!, evtdently nEtaIllc tn 6tr!ct!!e. 0n toF d6s aitu!!et'and 6t the bottom E lgrqe red ltqht. Th€ cololr of theobject 1t6e!f uE6 iturned dodni 6o aE not to att!a.t atte.tlon to1t6 b!1ll6nce. The!e uEs a IE!qe cent.El rutnd.u'6pdnntns iheurdth of ihe c!Eft and inElde th15 tuo'peoplei ue.e vt5lble.

Both looked ldenitcEl, uEre huhan-llke, uorE lce-blue' one_piecE 6uitB and hEd lonq brond(e) he1! ln cledpatra styl€.0ne hadltE 6rns behtnd lts b€ck ltke B sold!er eiandtnq td dttentlon 6nduEs ne6! ro sone imEchlne!yi (ttke conp!terE). rhe other udBoeEnlnqlV Et6!lnq doon Et the tuo uitne6tEB. The tnatde df thec!6ft d6s rtt by d!dtn6rV i.oon l1qht1nq. tr

14r. J.F. €;v6 thEt th€ 6!ed 6eehed unusoally q!tet (no not!eor t.Efftc durtnq th. enco!nter) - ths.ls6Elc 0Z racto! effect.soEe c6!B ue!E 6een Bho!tly Elt.r the obJect 1eft.

'lelthe! oltne6t ohaelved thl6 dl6EpFeat6noe (onE EEcond 1t uas

there.nd thE next It u.B not). rhEv EsItnatE a luo rlnuteobse!v!tlon' but thi6 lB lIkeIy to bE En orEr-eattFste ol cdurBE'1l the oz r;Eto! 1. eenqtnE tha i!e.li tlnd elcF.ed nbv be 1n-DdE.tble to ludoe,' DEvId Cistie round Flrs J.F. verv 6lnce!e, buL obvlou6lv !no!-ledoEbIe dbout UFCE (hdvlnq o!lqlr.llv !eEd JennVrs book)' Sl-eFl.; h.d.I.dr d!ecdncelved noLlon6, EEIllnq thE oblEcL 6 "epEce_c!Brtr..d thE ilqu!.s r€psce people.'He! uncertEtntv 'bout

the

dEte 6nd the.ohne.t that tt!66 trJuBt qettlnq ds!ki doEtnDt qeli ulth her JEnuE!v/Feb!uErv auqq€€tIDn. Ir iru66 J!3t dE!k Et 2l.a0h!B(9Fb) 1! nqEt hbve beentste tn the sFttnq (fi€!ch/

Follo!tnq the encouhte!thE uttne68 ctElns that sheh66 developed atr tntE rest1n !Eltqlon. 'I feEl 6ohdnoulEd io hEvE Been a!.h

6n unu€u61 6lqht.r She hEs 3130 hEd othe! etlsn9e enEounte!8. He!televl8lon flEEhed on 6nd ofr E re! thes uhllot.h€ u6E 6tone lnhe! !oon. The!e uEa no dbvtdu€ fEUlt. She al.tnE to hEve €eer theqh.st df he! de6d huBband durlnq I9S4 ln h.! bEd!non. No palsnolnglExperlences p!eceded the UF0 enco!nte!.

Davld cl6rkE notes thEt the 6red I6 !ery bullt-up and 1tto equdiE lhe Elreqed dblEcttvtty of thF UFD (tEd EeopIe

ulth the clearly s!blectlve puzztE thrt nobody e1.e dld 3d.0b!1ou61y the ieEtlndnV of iKEn! uoul,d be inv.luEble. Utthout

UF06 6nd tht6 slghtln9 ts ao tdentlc.l ulth iAdEnEkl-aiyler entltyc6seo from l0 te6!s a9o ihat one td lEft.uEFlclou€.

Inde€d the REnton, staffordehlre 6tghttnq by Jeaste RoedtEnbe!q(tn 0.tobe!, 1954) 1a al ost tdentlcal. the Urs daE Elnll!!. lt h6dtud entliles lnElde. ThEy ud!e tce-b1uE EUItE End h6d falr hEt. 1nCleopdt!s-stVle. The!e 6!e dlffeiences too (no 0Z facto! .nd [1!EFoestenberq End he! yolnq chlld!en htd under the tEble tn fea!).3utthE c6Be 1s uldElv knDUn (tt h66 been !rltten 6bout 1n seve!al bookg- lhcludlnq JennvrE - 6nd tl.B Roestenbe!q has been tntervleuEd on

the BBC p!oq!Enhe 6bout UFoe iDUT 0F IHIE ldoRLDr lepeated thrEe tlmea6lnce lte o!lqtnEl sc!eentnq tn 19t6.

So firs J.F. could ha!e fEb!lcEled he! 5to!y, bEElng 1t on the

0n the oiher hand the Roedtenbe!q c65e tE !ne df ihe bEst EEIcBeea ln arltlBh UF0 reco!dE, uldelv !eqErded Es hon6-rIdE, l.ll lhl.Iolo slghilnq Ie qenulne ll seend to bffer En €rnost urheErd df!epeat perform6nce by the B6ne UFo 6nd o.cup.ntE ove! E span or 5qua!ter.f E cEnt !rv.

Haybe tht6 15 onE of thoEe caEeE uht6h aupport6 the tlie trEve!hVpothesl6. A ttne-t!avelltng UFD f!on oor futu!e ls tEklnq a lookot 20th cEntu!v BritElni the pockege tou! tncl!dtnq REnton 1n 19541sheffleld In 19?9 ..,..8nd....,?

Elthe! u6v thlE 1E E f65clndi!ng c66e.

I t ue 6.e leat ulthoul corrob.tlve evIdencE. r,.E J.F. knous Ebdut

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DAVID PEARS0N and HEN PIILLIPS

IO THE TEST

cAsE 84r0sTONEIlENGE. III LT SH IRE.

INVEST IGAI ION:

llr dnd Hrs tl (&! Ui sqEd lr6 and 6 Bdlesndn' fitE lrJ, 69ed l?) End ihel!tuo chttd!en, M6.ttn (11) End r!evot (11) !E!e !etu!ninq fron a ldEstCo!nt!y hdlldaV tD thel! honE at Potton' EedfordBhlte. 1t uEd 2J.00.

Ihev ue!e t.Bvelrlnq eEst on the Al0l ehd !ete tnnedl6telv€djacEnt to StonehengE uhEn the encountEr began. fl!B ri. tnltl!t€d

1t by polntlnq 6ut ho! the sky had chanqod col,ou! to becone golden1n hue. Iuo o!Enqe/qold sphe!e6 (utth 6 h6ze E!ound then) thenEFpeE!ed 1n thE uest-nD!th-ue6t (tdBE.ds Ii.!rtnsterl) Then tdo no!eEtrd Enoihe! t!o, llnlhq up lnto.a deflntte fo!natlon. At thls pointthE fantly clatn the headltqht6.l thet! c6! dtnf,ed but dId not qooui. Afte! sbout 1-2 nlnoteB thE Ephe!ea vEn16h€d.

Ma!tln next 3BU (nobody else dld) 3 tlght novlng.c!dsE th€sky Ehd chan91n9 colo!! f!!r uhlte-qreen-!ed, Th1. uaE alnosice!iainly 6n 6trc13ft.

fi! u h.d ElduEd the c.! !!qht doun nou 6nd the exclted fanllyuere on the look ou! fo! UFoB. Th€y by-p6BEEd ArEBbu.y End €dne!€!!EEk. (not EeEn tn the d!rk) and alound 2J.O2-23.O7 had an en-Dounte! ulth 6lended obleEt. Thts uEs ft!6t 6Een dnly by M! U.(uho Epotted lt blterry thlough the hedqolou 6o thev dlove by). r1! lr.u.E concent!6tlng on hlB d!tvlnq and thE boyE de!e looktnq Et thesky. tlodever, 6t the fl!.t con!Enleni oFot fl! lr. turnEd the cErrolnd.nd d!ove psoi !he fleld. Alt lou! nou ob6e!ved the object.Aqaln fl! U. t!!ned the.E! End dent bEck (he6dlnq ea6t on the A3036qsln nou),onry. nj,nute o! !o h.d passed 1tnc. the ldst vle! ofthe oblect, bll the ft.ld urE enpt!.

The object 1B dE6c!1bed.€ a qley done reotrnq on the glo!f,du!th a lou of lindous qlllnq out o!anq./!ellou 11qht.

th€ he.dllsht. uEle uoltlns nolially nou but MlB U. satd there6eened to be'an unn6tu!El qulet ... !6 thouqh (ue) uE!6 nov1n9 LnE .oo€uh.t dreErltke u6y, rdihe! llke uEtchtnq 6 flln.' Thts lB thetyplc!l 0Z a.clo! ellect.

Fior thlspolnt on vBliou6 119htE End nore of the olE.ge sphereBuere Eeen. H!B U. ente!ed a E!3te of ne!pho!1€r. H! U. uas soexclted he etopFEd the c.! (no! on the $r). A poltce cE! dllvE! askedhIn lny hE h€d Etopped (stopptnq En a noioluay 13 llleqal) blt he d1dhoi qtve the !eEl reEson,

Tne fantly e6t!nEtE seetnq liqhts up to 01.r0 (3 3!ghttns du!a-tlon of li hoJis theV thEl.t - Blthough thts 1E plalnly 2t hoursl)!s bl.6.Vs thEt uhen.he rE! thE lrEt llqht she ikneui tt daE the

f1n.l one. Sh. cl6trs to hEle hEd plendnittond of evenlE tn the p.st,Mrs ld. u.! so exclted nett day (on.!!1vEt homE) tfi6t uh1lBt

ln HltchIn Et 7pn (no! bEct hone ln Bedrordshl!e) they !ent t! thepollce Bt.tlon end !eported thel! expe!tence. They EIaIn the pollEeue!e lnlilally sceptlcll but cdrtEd thE fanlly b6ck latet to 5dy thEtthe!e hsd been qthe! rEpE!tE 6nd thEt they 5ho!ld !Epd!t the occu!tenceto the ntn!!t!y of DErence (qlvtnq then a phone nunber ln orde! to

The Hrtchtn poltc.6upplled. st.tenent conftrntnq the !eport6nd.ddtnq ihEt the pdttce drflEe! concerned cEIted the lrtltBhl!epollce uho 6hecked lnto the r.ite! !nd islled Htichln baDk (the Eahentohi) to advlEe that hllttEly ln fo!c. on 5E115buryPlBln 63 the f.nlly dlove by. Ih.y 96ve the nuhher of an 6l!-b6re toEsll Eo the lehlly could conflln thlt.

!6 U. dtd E.tt th. b.6e, No !eplv u6E Bver rorthconlngrolloutnq thtitaterent Ehe qave (uht.h they.std bould be ro!dErdEdto the $InI6try ot DsfEnce). Jenny R6i|dle. u!ote to the tllnl€t!v toE.qqlre .bout ihts 1n lEblusry, 1985. The $tnts!!v f.Iled to !eplv

- not .n un!.sal oc.u!!?ncelEvantuallv nr. u (d.6oer.te ?o! Eorebodv to tell) called

the loc!1 nedEp.pEr, .n!, they E.!!led E stotv iFA lLv sPEAI' 0rCL0SE EIICOUNl€h. on Auqu!t l5th. F!on thle SUf0RArs lnve6tlqEtton!eq.nr The ne!!peFe!;oied that th. noo Edrltted h.vtnq ths t!ntlvrEr.polt but tefu6.d to EonrEnt on lt.' Cle.rly th. nlllt.!y i.noolvte. nuEt rccuuni fo! mo6t

det6tls of thlE c.Be. The o.En9e 6phereE dould bE pE!achute fl6!eor'thE flE6hlnq 11qhtE 61!c!alt, ThE dbnlng of the headliqh!6 coulduell have beEn 6 tEnpd!E!V pE!ceptlonEI Itl!BIon cEUeed by hav!nqspent eone tlne rooklnq 3t brl9nt ll9hto !n the oky rfter havlnqbeen uEed to dtm, nl9ht-d!1v1nq condithn. (the EyE cohpEnBEtInqby reduclnq thE apparEnt llght output fo! the heEdtiqht6).

Houe!e!, th!s does not 6eem to oxpl6!n the l6nded oblect(unlgss It dEs 6 b6!r6ck. hui uhich hEd r!1!ht6 oltr - hlklnq rt6e4 !d dtsappE6!.

cluciEl ts the B2 fEctor'!e6tlty tllt', noEt stton9ly !e-po!ted by firs ui, D!. Aler he!1 repo!ts on tn€ Ananne3l3 andRorEcborch (1nk blot) test6 c.!!1ed o!t on bbth .d!1t6. ThesedenonstrEted that fi! d. h6E r Ellqht tendEncy td BEe thlnqE inEciEnce flctlon contexts rnd thEt !6 li. h6s r sLlqht deq!ee ofphobI6. she lB the dontnEnt one ln the p.!tne!Ehlp 6nd InEqtn!t1ve.Dr. heul atre6BEE th.t !!!!.rE lnlEIltgeht .nd aelthe! 3re tn Envsense psychotlc. aut cEn the psycholoqtc!l Fatte!a deflned con-btne dlth the'unoEUEli IF0.tlnulu! ol thE rtltt6ry exerclBe top!oduce the ".lo3e encounte!i? And uhy 6r. tne HoD 6ppE!e.tIy aorer!ctEnt lust to sFyr po6ltlvery' 1t t4 ! mllltE!y ExerclEe

ORANGE SPHERE FORMATION

a@@

oooLANDED OBJ€CT

t d 6 6 t b o hb

u€ing f!6!e5? The cEEe h63 fr.nyEtntl.rltte6 !1th thE Inf.nouE'Stonehenqei movle flln taken bVth. FlattlEy fsntly fron Cleu€ln 0ctobE!, l9?7. ThE 61te 16Elndst er€ctly the 66ne. Theo!Enqe fo.n.tlon of EphE!ea Endlong d!!atton (captu!Ed on r1In)1a ldentl..l. The excEaE cIEtn.of the uttne6oe. b66ed dn thlr( rncrudlnq 0Z f6etor End bu!nnalks 0n the n6nr3 Bktn End €fleffEctB on elect!IcaI eq!tpnentln uEe) ErI nlrlor the U fEnlly

P!EsumEbly tne htgh levelof mtllt6ry 6cttvtty on sEllsbqryPlEtn, the lrE!n!nBtEr dvBt lque.End the EddEd Bplce or 6n lnEgl-natlvE set Dr ultnesBes l3 6ltde need to ExEl.tn B!ch event€

0nlEBB thE |1lnl,st!v of 0efence

tB testinq somethlnq el6E raine! l.te!esttnq ove! the ore6l

gFO €oUnS - ElEo boo(! o. .tl tEttet L!Lnu!u6l phEnonen..nd leq.ndd. sEnd forc6tsldguE. EXCALI€UR €00lls, l5 Rockpo!tRo6d, ClatqEvEd, Co.Do$' STlS 00DlNorth.!n I!!l!nd.

TIlO UFD SIGI.ITTNGS

- Plyiouth UFo Inve6ttqstton Cehtte (pUFoIC)

EFIC I.4ORN IS

q!-e!E,

Tiiie:

BIGGIN HILL, ERNESETTLE, PLVMOUTH. Of,I/ONFRIDAY, 0Cl0BER 2Sth, l9SlA.rqph (6nI)

ErnEsettte lE E dlEt!Ict of plynouth, lyt.g on rhe no!Lherl outer!!sE of the Eouth-uesr of the ctLy. It t3 Ertusred dn the norrhernffank of Plynoqth.urroundEd hy othE! dlEtrtcts Euch.6 Southu6y;HDntcknoule, €nd T6ierlon poltor. Three End 6 h6If nlrEs (5.6jir)!" !J'..""! !lea Robo!oush 6t!oo!r, ptynouth's onry Etrpo!r. FurIh;rto LhE ndrth-ErEt lteB LhE dert-knoun OErtnoo!.

Allhouqh the eEetErn flEnx of Ernesettte tB heavllv bdbul.rEn.ihe no!thE!n pE!i rE EdJqcenr ro En lntEt.r ur,. ni,." i";;;;-;;i;ils croEEEd by LhE B!une.L rstluEv b!j,dqe End drvrdE6 Devon ridnnelqhbourlnq CornuEll. Ihe tntEt ts EUr!ounded bu DtEvlno ftetds-E-rEth.! d€nEely uoodEd E!eE oh the northern 6roe ai,a i ariarp uro;of the lEnd helqht doun to the uEter lever or the tnret. The tEveiElBo !6!Ies blth e6ch tndlytdu.I tldE. nathe! predtctabty thrs a!eala bE!!en and spE!6ely FoputEted, Fol1ourn9 the tnler rniEnd 1e6dEone io BudEheEd C!eEt uhtch 11eE ho!th-e6or of ErnEsettte. thEc!eek t6pE!a o!t to. Bn6ll uood, p!edlctably E6tled Budshead Uoodl

Theae 6reasr oB!ttcurErly the c!eEk End the uoEd Ere 6tqn1-flc€nt ln the rolloutno !pFo!i.r,ir 6nd HrE AlEn Northcott, E coupte In thel! thtrLtes, tlveurth thet! soh, uho l6 unrortuh.tery deEf, In steqln Hllt, Lhe-6eit1e. ThEy occupy 6 counEll hou6e uhose !e.! qs.den overrooksBudEheEd Uood. A leftu6rd Sl6nce 9IvE6 . 6ent-vt.u of gudshEsd

Du!rnq the tlhe In que6tton the No!thcotts de!e busV !Edeco!-Ettng thel! kltchEn End ue!e devotlnq 6one or thel! evenlnq hdu!E iothlB In o!de! to flnl€h !t Es q!tckly 6E posBtbre.

0n F!1d6y, Dctobor ZBth, 1983, they ue.e Etlll engaqed on rhetEsk hsvlnq, earlIe.. 1n ihe evenlnq, put thel! Eon !d bed. IherehEd been dltftcultle€ ulth thls ro! thot! son, uho usuallv uentqulettv to bed, u.€'olEytns up.' cdlculErtbne bv PUf0Ic atafrahdued thEt lt had t6ken Eore a0 ntnute€ (1, hou!B) to 'Bettte'

At A.r4pn Mls Nolthcdtt DEE holdtnq some uallpape! for herhlBbEnd dhen ne! 6ttehtlon u66 att!Ected by a il1qhi'!h!.h she6.u th!ough the kltchen ulndod. 5hE ql6ncEd a!ay, drvE!tinq he!6ttEntlon bEck to he! hlsb.nd bui, 6E she totd PUFoIC lnveBtlqatd!6:iI lett qnea.v End ftv heE!tbe.t oulckened.r A re! ntn!teB tater6he rEtd; iI h6d to look 6sEl. io.att.lV ny curIo.lty.i

lhE ltqht u.! dtlll the!E Bnd she polnted tt o!t to he! husb6hdalnce Ehe !.6 nod rrtghtened. she Expl6tned to htn thdt she hadseen li a feu floDentE befo!e. They €topped uhat they uere dolnq t!u.ich It, gnd AlEn.qreed utth hlE urfe thEt the llght u6E a vE!y6i!anqe one and of q!€.t tntenElty. They uent Into thel! !earqB!den to 3Ee tt no!e cle6!1y, 6lthoush LtndE No!thcott h.d rese!-v6tlonE !bout thtB co!!!e of Ectlon !!nce Ehe thouqht the IrghtrcrEepyi, Ihey !e!e nou 6bIe td 6ee tho ltght nuch nd!e cloEElV.tt UEB Eg9 Eh.ped .nd h!d three ltghtB 6Et out llke the points of.n Eqqll!te!.1 t!l.n9lB. Th. too ih!nt-lIShtEi uere conotant' .nd

uere not 6s brlqht ds the ovgrall b!tghtnesE of the dblect 1rEe1f.The object u6B €t ft!Bt 'E!dpendEd' ove! EudBhe.d Udod boigr6dualry c6ne .toser to the couple. Iis lllqht path flon litflrst belnO qltnp€ed us6 thEt of de€cent End ihen 6 €t!61ght path

ove! the uoodr lts.loaeat dlet6hcE to the couple betng 3O ya!d!(?r.r5m) and tts estlh6ted hetght 60ft (ts.29n).

Uhen the.bleci 06.6t itE EloBEBt to the couplE rt. iuofront l19ht6 ifd.!o6edr onto ihen, Elthouqh there !66 no vlsIbt.beEn. A16n totd nE th6t the tuo f!ont llonts it!!ned to Iodk aruEr, !6LhEr Es hunEn eyes do uhEn rocusBt;q oa 6n obJeEt.

Apptoxln6tely DnE ntnute 16te! the obJect .!everBed. .lonqthe path 1t hbd.ome 6nd dlEappEs!ed behtnd Eohe t!Ees rn the !ood.lhe !ltne33E6 stated thEt ihe oblect dtd not ituln 6!oundi !hen1t ndved EUBy fron then brt i!ev.!6Edi !6 doEs E.E.. Ihe obje.rtook sone 45 seconde t! f6de lion vteu, uhlch le6ds one to thtnkthBt tt perhEps cEhE cloEe! to tfiE qround behlnd the !ood,

3y thls ttne M!a Northcutt uas very coId, €hlverlnq and cle!!1y.hocked. Ha. huBbEnd tdok hE! lnto th. Itvlnq-loon.nd nEde he! a

sDth uere nystj,fied by ihet! .xpe!1encE 6nd .rte! LtndE!ecove!ed they both uent back tnto the reE! kltchen, ttdled uFthelr deco!Eilnq Equtpment Fnd c.llled 1t 6 day. N6tu!81 c!!1oE1tynade then look out ot the kltche. olndod 696ln io Eee tf the ltghthEd letulned - nuch td thEl! letlEf lt hld not.

Uieathe! condltldn6 thEt nlght uele:1. A elEa!, cloudlE6s 6kV2. Ve!y co 1d tenpe!atuleJ. Ulndle6s4. Dry on the qloond but !1th ihe beqlnnlnsB or

an eErly evenlnq f!oat5. 6ny EtE!6r 6r1 cl€.rly vrElble.Toqethe! the Eouple h6d ob.e!v.d the oblEct for Eare 5-6

fitnutes, slthouqh !E ND!thcott had EEen lt lo! Ebo!t dnE ntnuiEt.n9Er (t.e. 6-? ntnuter). Nelthe! hEE!d Eny nDt.e r!on thE obJecionlv the backq!ound no13eB frdi.o.venttDnat nachinery 6round Ebout.

Netlhe! uttne66 Euffe!ed any ch!ontc phyBlc!1 atde-effEcl€6part froi LlndE uho had 6 r.pld hE6!tbEEt uhEn EhE flrEt obsErvEdthe dblect - EhE.ls. develoFed'9od6e-plnples'on he! Elna uhenoutslde, The tBite! could h6!e been ati!lbuted to the 1o! tenpe!-€tu!e outelde, stnce both ulineB6e6 uere !ea!tng only normEl

one othe! factor ln thE c6.e l6 thE 6onrB odd bEhaviou! befo!.qolng to bed. ThiB oas very unuaual for the boy uEs not lll .ndgsva no Blqn of belng lII.

tjE r6loe hhe qdEstion: iCould the boy, uho ls deal, h6v€ bErnau6!e ol the tiFora tnpendlnq epp!oach?'

The!e lE one bthE! polnt of tntere!t 1n !efe!ence to theloc61ltV of the alghtlnq. ThE!. !3, !!nnInq clo.e to the No!th-.oti's houBer 6112t(! Glld Ltne th6t lead6 td anothe! dt€ttlct ofPlrnouth, IthltleIqh, th. 6cenE of the EeEond c6ae !eport ln tht!

It todk PUFoIc dvE! stx ionthB to conplete 1i3 Inve6ttqatlon- Eon unlc6tton u!ih sone dfrtctal bodlEa betnq Elou 6nd te.tlousl

Ihe tocsl 61!oo!t - Roboroush - hEd no 6trcrEft ln the vtclnttyat the rElevEnt ttne. The hert fllqht Et!tvEl u6s due 6t 9ph(22.0Dh!s). The Drevloo! deos!ture h.d been 6pn (lS.00h!B). Ihelllqht path l!, houeva!' dpploxttr6tEly tuo mlI.3.osy r!on Blqqtn HUI.

Exeier.Irpo.t teported no Fl! tlEfflE ]n the a!E! qt the

The county pol1ce heltcopte! ua6 n.t a1!bo!ne 6t thE tIme.Loc6l defencE eotBbllEhD€nt6 had nothlng 6l!bo!nE etthe!,

.Ith.ugh ue dld not lecetve.ny leply to our leitgr to ths Foyalp!olonqed n!9ht-tlDo obde!vEtlon tn th€ 6!e6 by FUForc dtd

not !eveal 6hy llkely expl6nrtton fo! the !t9httnq. It bore no.tnlla!tty to p!€stnq c.! he.dltghtE.

lhere lgre nE dtBco6 (.nd lEsEt ltghttng) ope!€trnq ln the

The onIV 6!tIftcl6l llqhtlns uas thEt lron 6t!Eet 1EnpE.

A iho!dugh lnEpectton of SudrheEd b!.d End BudEhEEd C!eekteveEled no phy€Ical t.6cee o! dEn69e 1o the qround, q!6€s o!,qtven the 1ou Eltttude of the object, tlEe-top8.

Thele h6d been no fluciudttEn ln thE lucEl pouE! suprlv 6taround ths ttne of thE 3lqhtlnq.

tl! End t1!E No!thcott 6!e verl otdtn6!y peopte Bnd thel! Eon'6lthduqh dloabled, t6 lntelltgent lor ht.6qe, The couple uere noltrvlnq to gEt publlc1ty of.ny 60!t' no!.itEnpt.ny fin6nct6t

8ec6u6. ol an tnduet!!El tnJu!y !hlch occufed tn the locElhsval dockyEld' AIEn tr unEble to uotk t. hls chosen t!.de - that

'PUFOIC lnie!vlEUed the co!ple fd! ne€!1y ih!ee hou!s 6nd ue!econvrn6ed ihst they h6d not f6b.l6atEi the sto!y. Ihe No!thcott6h6vE no lnte!est ln UFDa 6nd hEve neve! re6d Eny ltterEt!!e dn thE'sublect. letthe! of then ElE F.ychlc 6nd ihey hEve no lnt€!€siln.ny o!he! roln of anoralouB phenorenon.

r.l!. NolthEott da. thE on. lho tlrfEled noEt fron tht6 tnctdEnt,6lthouoh ln EhvElcal u6v' She uad Ebvlduslyrrtqht;ned bEcEu..3h. telt: 'uihEtev.! ths ttght uEE, cEnE aoEtoae and nv tnBttnct told he thEt tt uEE ob6elvlng 'uE.iPUFoIC hsve f.tted to tdentlfy thIs slqhttnq End 1t has beenpIEced In tts 'tiNIDEllTIftED' ftle !nill futihe! dEtE cone6 to 119ht.

The!e !!e tuo queBttonE to !hIch an6!e!s €re nE€ded (6lthouqhnot yet .lolthconltrg):

l. could the NolthcottrE !eEr ktt.hEn 11qht (End theopentnq or thelr !e!! door) hEve 6tt!Ect€d thEph.nohenon?

lilhen PUfoIC vls!ted the couple End dond!ciedinl9ht-tlmer ob6e!vstto€ In the EreE the NDrthEottslklt;hen ltqht u6€ the only one on fo!.long dulEtIonof ttoe. 0f th. vely fe! houeeB that tulned thetrItqhtE dn the !ve!.94 pertod or lllurtnEtion !58 onlvtou! ntnut.3.

CouId thE flo!th60t!s hEvE unknoulnqlv and unin-tentton6tly !tt!.cisd th€ Fh€nohenon?

2. Dould th. Nolthcott't IS nonth Dld 6dn hdve beEnElf€cted by the oblect'6 trPendtnq 6pF!o5Dh?

Alan.nd LlndE sald tnat he had been v€lvdtlll.ult - tuttchv .nd .gtiated _ !htch dao no'tunusu.l!

Could lt b-e th6t 6trhouqh de6p, he spnEed sounduavea co46ide!6bty !ouer/htqhe! ih6n E oe.Eon utLhno!hEr Eudltory 6enEE6? The bov ttralty 6ettlEddodn €t lldn (2J.ooh!d) End ste;r perre;iIy uetiEnd u3E ftne the nert day.

- orerlduB record6 of EI!hrtngs tnvolvjnq urtnesseB uho 6!edeEf uourd be oa tnte!6sL td puF0Ic tnveEttaEto!8.

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BERliICrl AVLNUE, bHtTLElGr" pLvf10uIfl . DEV0NSUNDAV, FESRUARV tJth, I9A'0l.l0a (GfiI )

Thls.€ge occurred sIx honth€ bEfore the No!hhcott BI.hL1,.-Aoo!ortnEtely l+ ntleE (2.Sl5rn) r!or Lrne6ertle rrEsLlhttlelqh, andther dtslrtct df ptvrouthr E popul6ted E!e.utth 6 hlqh oe!ce.tsgE dr.ounclt hduses.In Feb!!E!v, l9a, E Bt!a.Ee 1n.ldent ocE!!!Ed to 6narrled couplE uho, e6rly tn the;orntn9, uere re!u!nIhq

home fron a pd!tv.0n Sund6y, FebruE!y 1rth, a! Epp!oxlnEtetV t.l0 sn {r

6nd t4rB Snlth ue!e ualklnq Elonq Do!che6te! Avenoe he6dtngtouardB thel! hone 1n sodnin RoEd. Ar the end or Do!EhesierAven!e they c6ne to En ovEl-€h!ped Fl6yinq qreen uhtch neet6the te!ntn!€ of three dep.r.te Et!eets.

9uddenlv 11r 5alth ob.ervedr Eporortnstety ?5 yu!d5(22.3h) aheEd E i!ed rIErv cticul.r oblect, d;oDDr;o r!oIdIvout or the 6Ly. He qut.kty 6le!tEd hIa ulrE to It. but rhehEd 6lrEEdV seen lt. They both €td.d BtIIt End u6tched rhe.bjEcl fEll further untll tt d!opped to thE bEBe of. nE.!bvlEnp-posl,, lt then !hovered" Ero!nd onE arde ontv or rhE bE;eof lhe ooEt ro! 6DproxtnEtetV r0 EEconds. ThEn, quttesuddFnlv, lt Ehdt up tnto th;.kv and vanrEhed. ihE uhotetnctdEnt took 6pproxl{ately !5 second3.

No ndt€e uEs hegrd 6nd thE cDUote dld not 3ufrer.nyohyEldlogtcEl o! p6ycholostcat elre;t6. Ih. Eoupre'6 onliother DDmnEnt u6s th6t thEre uE! ! funnv 6nE11 Ette! thedblect v6nt6hEdr They then conttnuEd th.t! loulney hone.

Tuo d6ys afte! the event ihe srtth6 contEcted puFoIcuhD tnte!vted.d then th!t eventng. F!to! to gtvtnq thelnte!vteu they 6Eid Lh.t thEy dId not uanr ro corElEte 6nyforn6 o! ut6h rdr Env ldentlllc!tlon. The !eEsons tor tirt.llnlt6ttDn u.6 th.t Mr Snlth lolked tn th€ 1oc6l ndvaldocly6!d. PI.TFDID !erE cDnvlncEd thEt thelr .ccoqnt !.8 t!ue,and h.d nDt been f6b!1.!ted. Afte! conFlEttng the tnt.!vt.!rr! Snlth took !E to the 6cen6 of th.61shtlnq.

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r4! S lth told us ihEt the oblect dld not.ppea! to rlEndi bltrhovered' F!o!nd one p.rtlculE! slde ol the lEnF-post. He es!rn6tedth6t lt. hetEhi f.on the q!ound !66.pploxtnEtet! slx rn.heE(15.24cn).PUF0IC InveotlqatorE dld not Expect to 6ee Eny evldencE ot the.blectrsE6!Ite! pre.enEe, but ou! pollcy or vlsltlng thE EcEne or everv siqht-lnq re.llV pald dlvldendr. 11! and n!. srtrh told ue e6!IrE! thEt i,hevh.d.m.ItEd. rpecullE!. odou! 6tte! the otqhtlnq, End uhe4 ue.r!tved 6t th.6cene ue dlscove!€d the p!ob6blV c6use of thrs.

lhele u€. an alea of burnt, EEolched qlass 6t the otde of theI.hp-FEEt uhe!e the s[lthE EEld thE obl€ct hEd hove!ed. The b!rnt _qlaa3 !!. e6€Itv tdenitf!!bl. End occupled . c1!clhferEncE (?06.9 tnz)6t the blre. The grsEs uE6 de.d, and p.ls stldu In cdlou!.

An unu6u61 lE!tulE of the bulnt E!e6 u66 thEt tt b6s not lrreg-ul.!, b!t folned E 6t!6tqht Ilne 6nd a nEa!1V Eonplete seml-c1rc1e.P.!t ol the p!tte!n 61so dhoued E iDr the uronq !6y roudd. Er6nt-n.tlon or 6ectlona oa thE bulnt E!e6 oa6 very dlfriclrt beca!6e ortta frlablltty. REdlo-actlvtty !EodIngE ulih E qelqe!-co!.te! !houEdnolnrl b6ckqro0nd !Erdtn98.

Ptit0lc checked ulth thE loc.t south Lre6i Electrl.itv €o6.d iodete!rine If they courd offe! En explEnutton - th€y uere unable todo Eo. 0evon Coonty Cd!nctl, uE!e ulEo 6pp!oa.hed but could offe! noexplsnEtton 6a tD the cEu€e of the oblEct ltEelf. Loc€l 6lrports andnll1tsly b!3es ue!e lnhelplul. thE loc.t nEtes!orDqt.E] sltuEtlon us6lclr6!.ky, cold, no uind, d!y,

Sohe l5 nonths afte! the !ncldent the q!aBs hEd vt!tuEl,ly !e-gtoun, atthouqh .one rde6dr p6t6heE ue!e 3tl1l vI6tble.

The!E l6 one othEr slh11a!lty betueen thls c6se dnd thE Erne-aettle lncldent !lnce the sEmR llZr4v q!1d l1n€ !uns cloBE to theloc6tton of both eventE.

The lrihltlelqh .lqhttnqr io d.te, hs3 6ttrt not been !eEolvEd.

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l9a4 uas ndt E!ch 6 qulet Vea! fo! It6ltsn urolo!v. REpo!ts ofUF0 slqhtlngs ue!e not q!e!t, b!t nEdta covE!Ege 6nd reEeE!chEcttvttteE ehoded a con6l6tent tnE!.!se.UFO/IFO REPORTS

Elqhty-frve olqhtlnq6 uere ftred by Centru Ufoloqlco NaztonatEas of JanuEly, 19S5. Thele ue!. 269 ln 1940, 60 th I9A1, 2rr Inl9A2 and 212 ln 194r. E6t of thE l9A( leports !e!e N! tvpe5. Th.onlV cases or re6l lnte!est de.e tuo EEz End , 6E6eE !hlch tookpIE.e 6 fe! ho!rB lrdn each othe! on 0crohe! 9th, 190q.At l.l0an a houBekeepe! tn Polcanto, nEs! Fto!ence6uakEnEd by a l1qht cohlng rldn htB ulndou and,ldoktnqlo! an lnstBnce, 5 d.!k h!n6n rhEpe !pon 6 hEdrbV htll,foreheEd 6 to!ch-1ike beEn !!! coning.

Investlg6tErrE sketch of thePolDanto ehtlty.

It d166ppeE!ed End E dE!k hd.lzdnt6l llnerEnEined vlslble undE! uhtch three fIEme6 des-cended to!a!d6 q!ound. After 6dne ninutes ttdlsBppea!ed 8160, very !sptdIV, and a bllndlrquhite 1t9ht b€q6n 6Fp!oachtn!r t11!ntnatrnq thea!e6 a5 b!lghtly Ed dEyll9ht. A red spherethen 6ppe6!ed, qIvlnq dff.n tnternlttEnt lIght.Fo! some dEya EftetdE!ds the uitness conplalh.dlhat hIE Eyes ue!e !ed 6nd lrritEted.

Th.ee c1!c!16r hoIeB, l0cn6 1n dlamete!,f.ns 1n depth In E 2n 1llequra! t!18nqle uerefound tn the E!eE! The q!aEB h6d beenflEttened. No r6dloEcttvltV !rs !ecotdEd. Adoq, sleeplnq dutsidE, dld not bark but fo!eome d6yE aftErus!de lt !efu6ed all food and

k€pt to tt3 kennEr, !efuslnq e!en to b6!k at stranqersrIhe lnvesilgEtlon report on thiE ca€e u.B c6!!1ed out by

PI€R LUI6I SANI.Ai ?.r0an on the eane d6y, 6 pe66ant 1n P!atE P!Inctp€tol

near Avelltnd, uatEhed E 1.10n t6l1 n3n ln 6 biod. i.p6ce sultiand ueartnq 6 helnet co.nected to d !uckE.ck bv tuo !IDE6. holdtnqa forked Etlck in h1s hsnd, ohlch qEvE off bl!. sps!ksr toa !3pace.!Eftr, End hove!!nq 6bo!e the 9!ound. ThE craft took off !tonce. stt cdnlc.l holeE ln a !ect6nq1E, pluE tuo rs!qe tlEoEB.ndeome footprlnts, uErE foond dn the stte bV CUN tn!eBtlq.to!UMeERT0 TELARIC!. T!ace6 !enain.d hotte! th6n th€ surro(ndlnqdres fd! tuo daya. ThE caEe uEE.lEo tnvEatlqatEd by th. Itsllrn

Ldcal rflEp6i ue!e !eEordEd tn thE north-e6stern ptovtncesof veneto! Frlull Bnd Treniino tn Feb!udrv, 193(. Hoverinq llqhta6nd E 'husnlnq' !e!e lepo!ted by n6nV lnhsblt.ntB. TheEe 3.i.

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6!eEe 6nd north-uesl,e!n IrElv(PIednont snd LrqurlE) uere;e-peElEdly dverfldun by qloulnqllqhtE utth lonq tr6llE ln eE!lv

0n 0ecenber 5th, at ll.l0:6nIn full dEyliqht, hund!edE orFeople ln the provtnces of Clheo,InpE!16, s6vona 6nd 6enov6notlEed 6 !e!y b!lqht oblongBhEpE crosslnq f!on lrsncE Endfol!o!Ed by E tof,lnous i!all. It.iploded utth 5!ch d vlolentno13..nd fl33h th.t people !6f,lntE the EtreetB. A ldud 6etlegof iboofisr u€le neard bV tEn3 oftho!sEnda of pEdple sll ove! the!eqton, End uefe even !ecordedselsrographlcally, A dark cloud!en!tned tn ihe Eklee fo! ro!ethEn h6lf an hour.RESEARCH IN PRIGRISS

Th!ee p!oJ.cts uhtch ploducedrerultB 1n 19€4 !e!e:t. ReqronEl E€tEloquEE of !e-

po!ts conptled by 10c.1 tn-veEil9.iors. Thls t. . con-plste flItnq (.nd publlcaitof,ot 6 caialoquE) of ItatI6nUFA.Ightlnqa l9A0-1944 1n anopen data bEnk ope!Eted bV6IAN PA0L0 GnASSINo ln Tulln.

l. TTRACAIi fiauFIZI0 VERGATg!efE!ence ltst df It.lIEnt!sce !sndlnq caEeB !BElE.qely upd6ted tn l9aq6nd nEU contrlna aunnrllEaof l5l !epo!iB.

iPf,OJECT IIALY ].. A cof-ol€te lt6t ol all ItElt.n

CErE - lepoltB.nrl .our.es- cdipltEd by PA0L0Fr0Rllt0

l.o neu !es!E!ch plDlects ue!. l.unched by cuN ln 19s4:

l. TPRoJECT 0RI6I{S . ful1-€csle sutvey fton neuEpape!ltb!Ely .uttlng. ol ihe Eatly yea!. ot qfoloqy - 194?-t95o - in otder io EolIect rll retevdnt dEtE on thebtrth of ihe UFo s6qa tn Itsly. A nuch qlEEtet FresBcovEllg€ th.n expEcied u.6 lound.

2. PROJECT 64'. nlc!o-conFste! neiuo!k (nEtnly !3!nqconrodore 61. !nd Aprl. It) dtth the.th of conFlettnq.lull lndextnO of !lI lt!lt.n cE!e !eFo!tE by the..ddf l9A5t lto!. ihEn 4ro00 entttca hEve llrE.dy beEn

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UFo rourn6lE h€ve h€d th€1r Eh6!E or t!ouble€. Dnly o.e i6E!euEs publlEhed or e6ch or the rorldutnq: NOtrzr4qr0 irro tcunr ui-adnthlV), Ur0L06lA (E Epectat lsEUe on neut r!.nch oroloqtcsltheo!1Es), 00CUfiErlTI UFo rtor{0GRAFIE (an rEE!e on hypr.st; End

In Decenbe!, l9a4 the long-auatied cUN FtEtd InveEttq6to!elManu6l uqs E ub l tEhEd.

Tlo UFo bookE ue!e ElBo publl6hed: the ItalIEn t!6nst6ttonof JadquEE valleetE r.tESSENsEiS BF DEcEPTI0N End thE cEse hlEt.!yDf thE EE!leE of 6bductlonE of ntghtd6tchn€n F. Z6nf!EttE. ThlshEE been urttten bv lou!nEllBt RIno Dl stef6no 6.d rB entlitedLI6HTS IN THE NIGHT.

THE I.IED IA

In 19a! cUN collected !50 neuEcllpplnqs about UF0E f!Dn ItallanneuEpape!si ihe!e uas 6 h6!ked lnc!eEse over the l9al,-3, 6v€!Eqe.Sone e!ents pErtlcut6!lV evoked p!eEE lnte!EEt End cDvE!6qe. IhEBE!E.E the cUN conq!e€s 1n Palerno 1n J.nu.!y' l9aA End ln,GenoE tnfiay, t9aq, and the offtct6l quEEtlon6 6sked by fo!! con9!e55nento the govelnheni' !nde! the qutdancE of CUN, th6t the 1nI€t!Y of0efenEe open tta files to prlvEte !eseErahe!s.

The Mlnlste! r!eplled th6t uFo file. a!e 6otuElly uncl636lfIed'nd crnt6tn nd EEtudl unldEntlfled lEoD!t. CUN UlcE-P!EEldent andILaIv's foreadst a!EId lnvestlqEtor, ANT0Nl0 cHlUtllLNI0 6sked thet,lniBtrv ro. oetElle Ebdut a UFElptlot encounte! dlth Dhdtoqrsphlcevldence In l9?9 and uEe told that 't!r u65 luEt E bEIIoon n€de ofbl6ck FIEstlc bEgE. N.ne of the 6a phntoglaph. taken hEv€ been

nitl6trd 16p!EsElon of o.EBndnq thE A0 pho toq!6ph!tdken by an Al. Fotce pt!dtdurtng E l9?9 UFo encounter

a carto6nlotr6 vle! of theItEllEn l.lintstet of 0efenceGlovonnl Spadolint,uho c l.lhedthEt the UFo 6iqhtlnq u6r th.t

devdted mDle aFlce toNeuspape!3' !Ed1othe deb6te du!lnq the

EDOARDO RUSSO TF EdltO! OI th' CEIITRO UFOLOGICO IIA2IONALE( CLIN ) Joq!nE1 NoTIU IAR!0 UFo.

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A Valiety ot Cas€s ud Theorled

- R€polt oa the r9A!-85 !octu!6 ProSluuo

Tbe r98a-85 l€cLxrg proaramEe besaD oD SeDteober lst. t9B4 sitr! atalk by tlechestor Boliattor ItAtRY E-ARFIa_ on hyDnoli; !;des6ionaDd tlo l9Ao Alao Godfrey elductioo ca6€. UDfo;lusrety IlaDhhd6lI rad ueble to b. nre.ent-

Balrt stateA his cas; uequlvocaUyt he belteveil ilrat leelEpace cralt exi8ted anit that th6ir occupmts abducteil peo!1e.

Regarding tbe Goalfr6y cas€ H.!!y said that there iasevideoce to bsck up llan's clsln, tblee police coltessues had alsoaeen the lisbt8 of a! ulldertifj6d oblect 6oDe 20 Dinules berorehlB orm encoutgr. lapes of Ala:r oodirey unaler regressloD were6hoe! aE eas oDe of th.ee Ebopshlls roden rbo bad und€rAoDe arexp6!1eEce BiDilar to hi8. UlfortnnBtelr tbs souil and !1cture6eerg not alwatE of th€ best quality.

Perh6ps Godf!6trs lost iatereatils sretebeot ,a6 lhat hevoulil rrave dotb€! €lcouDter 10 yea!. (1.€, l99o) artor the firsr

R€cres8lve hyDDo616 raE lot lnfal1iab1e ({hat i6?) Deoblecourd lie sld beliici.ete uld;Fit, but pulse; blood pieieui.e uaheart-beat could e11 be cbeckeit 6B indicatorg of vhethe. theabatuctee wa6 ltiDg. Other bodlly aciivlty coutit a16o be eoritoredto Bee iI the subJect ras actuallr.elivinA a real erpe.leDce.Harry thou8hl, thst tbe Alvio Lsr€on equsLion of Bbduciiob llbkinaeittr the blltb trau6 hld little to r€coDeeld iL. fhe I'Dut6 ddboltsi claft eas! he felt, the o!1y likely et+lanatioD, ud tbecivillsstioE which used tb€d ea6 ol aD €ra€ptional intaUlAeDce9!d Io could Dot be erpocted io rlldelstaDil rht they illil rhat ihsy

Early introatuced Bd abducireer Llnitar ,hot rith her Eother,rcs ilrivirA fror southlolt to tlecbester alory tbe EaEt Lancastrireroed or an eeeDils iB J6!uarv, 1941. It BeeDFd a pelfectly loFEBI dlive exccpt that tbs ueirilly busJ road was stis.gely iuteretl t.aflic-free fo! 7 orclock in the €votriDs. Lihda 6aid thatshe anit he! Dother 6ar 6 huAe liAht hovorilB at tlee-top 1eee1to their rjgbt aDd trevelllos iD the saoe direcrioD a6 tbeir car.She began to feel frishteneit, but coDld lot Eake the car travslaly fast€t'. It the! begM to ralluctlon erd "bonnced,' eloDgthe loadr EloriDB !!oE ao-5oEph doru to rr'oph. She noiiced 6.nold-tsablooed (circe 19ros) csr in flont ot Ler, too close infact for her to lske out it€ r68l6b!€tior luEbei. 116 drtvertoLally islorod tbe duaelourly close prox.LEiLr of Lincq's csr sidtb6 ltsht.

Sh. glanced oDt of her cat riDdoe. The ti8ht hsil gone.T$tosd 6 lsrge Eetel-structured olJect waE hovering ebovc theo.Ste 6cre@ed dd the cer i! flonL of her Just disaplcsrpd. It was,Ebe said, a pelfectly stlal8bt rosdr ald Lhele ras no eay thevetttcle could h€ve tulDed off to tbe lett o! the lighr. it sinptyvant8bed. In te!.o! Ehe drove to a Dearly Chev.on filting staiialrilookina back she could Etill Bee the 11ght, it app.oached her cate86jE, tilted ed shot up into the Bky. A DsD hsd be€n at thelilllng 6tat1o! aDd libds dres hl! alientio! to the 1i6bt. A laterappeal for hiE to coEe fotrald Det rlth no t'espo!6e.

T\.o tliDgs occurred rher !iDd6 arrived ho4e. She dlscoveledtbab ber cost va€ El86ing troE ttre cer, 6!d sbe ras viol.otly sick.rhele had been a tibe 1dp66 of about two bo!$, but Linita,ov€n ordor \ypro6is, had beeD usble to reca11 alltr ol the detrails.lbis she attrlbutsit to fear.

that 6h€ did !eca11 eas a po6t-eveDt dleair a lecoUectio!,htcb ha':l core about a6 a leBult of the hypDosis ses6lon.

It ras iD viyid colour. Ehe eas iE a !oud, phite !ood, there,6s a !oo1 and standiDg by 1t a taltr blord ra! witb bluo eieEand allesseit 1! a {hite Buit. H€ did lot speak but beckoned-ttDilato cod6 lo hlE. TheJ both toucbed a dolpLin lyin8 h ihe poo1.

thst tbe c!€auu!€ r.E i1t. rt reiivEa ara ali raitold th8t sbe could Ao. Thls dt6tlessed her. €ince she bad fouaitthe_experielce e rea6suliDa obe. Tbe dreEE, Ebe alleged, vas 60real aD erDeriorcs Lhat the itolDhiDr6 head ias ,er be;eeih h.Ehaod.

Besealcb by ufoloaist Bud EopkiDs has sboE thst a 'coverstoly" ootit, ofleD iDvolvhA Lhe coofortina pleseDce of sjr sn166t.,as cohnoD i! sucb everts. The stoly oft€a 6€fled to blde tbatthicb ta5 Eaccentable-srnce 19aI iiDda hsd had several other Dhrsic eherien.es.

includibg a second tibe lap€e froE t1!D, eh€a;h6 sar'dom rorriLe a letterr util lBD. ttalfr poiDt;d out that there {ere ralrreculrinB factoB t! aldlcliob storlee, Md if tbeJ eele te€ the;rle rental coEtrol the a1leos po6seE6ed ra6 very fiiEhteat.E. €ilcelhey could Duipulato tlbe, coD6clouBnesg, leopjte ed veuclis,lth

OiscussioD tulred to the dliectlo! in which utology Eishlr beAoine siven th6t ca€eE such as hndars ed Ald codlretis rale nol.slDosl coDEonpla.e. Early said that st the Eooentr aDy{sJt troclea! directlotr could be see.. Tb6J had collected s gi€at deat ofdatat bDL the fnstretloE lal in noi knorilg precis€li uhat to dowith it, o! ho{ to evalu€te il, inLo soo6thiiA-rhtcrr oisbt tbrotliaht on the pbedoleDotr aB s rbo1e.

T.as id Creece vbeo Jennt RsDdleB gave ber tacLure in Octoberrso aE @able to repolL oD etrat 6he b6d to 6ar about RFrdtesbs!Foresr. Tbore rss, boweverr s chsnce to catab uD o! this durin.lhe resr of Lhe sessiob, siice R6Ddlesh$n haE heavily occupted -BUFoMr6 collectiee tboiabts ov€! lhe lest yea!.CTNTHIA 8IT!The ouch-t.avellFd CYNTIIIA H.!ND. IlUFONts Afrlcan reDrEAentattve-shd based iD ZiEbabve, ,aE i! Londob tq Novenber €lii spote aL Hieev€liDg lecture on the lrit. Sh" cobcentrated rEintr o; EiqhtttrE6aDd eveol6 of a lfoto8icsl nsture Bhicb iDeotved pe;pto or-B ae;ydilferent cultulsl baaksround ro Lhose cobcernod i,,irir trre coarrei,sbductioo dd ReDdlesbai Forest. Southem African coDlainedinstances of UfoB snd aliens beibe sl8bted by EiElle! pfl[ttiv.baop.IA llvin8 i! !u!al a!e$ and who had no nrevioug kno,ledge ofthe lhenooero! and .egar{ed st.al8e l18hts, craIt6 anit aueDs asevil glirits or ihe ghosts ot encesio!6. lithat they !€po!t6d,ho'everr {as basicallr dlnilar to tho6e reports *lrh rbtcb 16 irthe r.est we.e nor 61I too feiuar.

At Port B.6ufort, CaDo Ployince. South Africa oDe lobin. iDJuDer lq_zr a ram Hofkpr! Boer de Eiefk, had seeD a louldt 'Drilllsnt r.d llsht (76.b across) boveri;s sbove sooe t!ee;. H6callpd ihe fam oMer, Beuy Snlt. ,ho. $ttevinR lb to be de.erous-It uas eDittirF flsbeB. shor at it erd then.alr;d th. D6!i..--Th.obJpctr Bhilst u.d.r ob6eNsriorr .snish,d End reappear;a ua evercronged corou! oD one occasion into a Eetalllc AreJ. It slsoqlpeared to Eove iD r€6polse to tbe hMad voice. SoDe 15 6hot6 qe!€fired at it befor6 1t evertuallt tugapleared lnto the thick udeF9routh_{Ith 6 loud cradhi!g Doi8e. Nino u!-tdentirl6d ibplllts(7cEs in di8bel€!) eero leter diBcovered h rbe area ebe;e th6obJect had last been he6!d.

No one even rellloDed the lossiblltty of lts lein8 6or€ihil8

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frod or,'tsr Epace, 6.id Ctnthia. It eas s Ehost, inslsted !oe!de f,lerkr "sDd bou cBn you shoot s sho6t?rl

Tbele *ere other siAhting€ aroubd the 6aEe tlre aDd rlate, andSblt'B resolvoh 6n i! d16!eber 166 dyEheriougly shaLtered on.tuly 8tb. rbe csse had Dever beeD resoleed. xrs Binil voDderFd itthe obJect had beeD a very strdse, ud rathe! sini8ter, satellite.I! A!6!st, 1981r flr6 (iEd ileeEtiaated sell-toowD,at Mutari (t551@ frob Earare). flerc 20 l6bouler6 at the touristresolt of la Rocbeue, rele coDflonteit by a larae !aI1 of lisht.hich lo1led across the larN. It seered io be obserriDs thed Ith€y 6aldr before up the side of a tbEe EtoF ,8lasB-tolpeal ob6enstlon torer aDd burst lnto flaoes. lhe ball offleDe then gatho.ed its€lf togetber, doved dom the io{er r.a1l udrepeateit the perfomsnce at another bulldln8 lfhe lartasy." It {agthcn that the lebourer€ clalred to hav6 6een three ligrfea staniting1D lroDt of the buifiling. llhe wo.kle eho told the gtoryr Clilfodlluchene, at flrst believ€d oie ot theE to be the gabeeardenr Andre,Connolley, uDtil he realiBed thst the figures xete itres8ed i!ove!a118, vero covereit ir liBht ard roved a1no6t ln slor rotion.AlthouAh 6oue llDe feet atray f.o! theE vuchele sa6 pushed to theAroud by tle "force rhicb tbey eDoDateri.dsblDlDa" rae sugAested to biE as a descriltion ot ho* they

"roI b€ satd, 'rsilve!, Itke tbi6tr! E€ puUed tron 1Li6pockct a 20 ceat pieca,

"i{bat rele they?" hs 1.aB asked.I'ttt encestolsr coE€ back to reronstrete.'r"B!t ,ouldn't your alcestols trave roE skias ead fuN?"'Ie6, but tiE6E chdBe.'

!.e-!c*-.93-4!.!8$the natlve voden and chlldre! at lra Rochelle had fled into thebush as tbe light aplroscbsd aDtl refu6ed to return for 24 hour6.AU rele convinced that ,hat they had eee! rere ece8tral splflts.

Ilten6ive re8earch ras ualeltakeir. Thele va6 !o daua8e toeltber of the tore!6 dd tbe UDivelsitr of ziEbabt€ did Dotbelleve that tbe phenonerE ra€ aitrlbuiable to bel1 lishtning or!€thale Ae6 f.@ rottlng re8etatlor. The labou.els theDBelte!,sald H.6 ElDil I eer€ illlterEte ed Eot eveD a{a.e of the noonlanding iD 1969! As far a€ 6he coulil telt, via her iDte!p!ete!6'l{uche[o and his f!1ends rere tellins the tnth. But, as in so dalycas6s such as this, wby should they lie iD tbe tilst placs?

Celtail1r he! lectue deEolgblated l,b€t there i6 Do 13.k ofUTO acthlty ln southem Aflicai the chibotti coves sighliEas of198r-44, the leltial iledtructlon ot the teuis court at Rosenea.tlald th€ stAhtin8 by Soloron f,atiw, h1d blothe! and two trienda1! Jo!e, r98, ,are aI1 d1€cue6ed. h the latter case viinessegclaioeit that a di8c b@eled at tree-top levelr 6 dooc opebed diltyo oeD i!6lde Ilost:d dovn io salth. Alcestral 6plrits werea8aln beuoved io b€ iDvolved by tbe Den ebo fled iD te.!o!. ltr6lliDtl bed t!1ed to fol1ov up thlE case lut bad !€t ,lth little

Tbo Chlnottl case had been hve8tiAatetl fo! posslble plezo-olectrical lll}Er but it ra8 tbouabt ulikgly tbai thi6 we3 the

She re!1, ob to Eentlod tro other extraordiDaly ca6es' Deithe!y€t sub6tantlated. ono ea8 that a u?o bail atlegeilly not onlylarde.t 1n alr Ethlopie villaae iD NovsEber, 19ar, but hai! lenainedth6.e for lt days. I! the Becond' 1r a leoote Ni8elian viuagela l18ht had b66r lepolted as bavina cone doh tnto a lake 3oo€

years ago. It !.a!pea!ed anIlrrsUyt It was repo.ted thatthc fBEiDg tecbliques u6ed iE tbe \rillaF6 rere guDelior totbose ol its belAhboul6 ard tbe vl]las€ ;h_ildien v;re atlfitte! and Eo!6 itteLUgont.

All cases, said CyntLlar gbould be lDveEtlRated. !o sverblzarre tbey Eoulded. BUToRA 166 sobetiDes Buittr oi imorilEcases,hlch she tholghL bed !ea1 potontlat.

she cfest]y regrettctl that her Hork in zlnbabve orten badto be done iD lBolatio!, .ltbouat tb6t Dsile ber check he! factstbat buch oole tborou8b.lr since sbe had ro back-up support.In reply to a questlon Ehe Eaid that sone i!le.e;i bad beerstoy! bt the South Ar.ico Eove leDt i! tbe UrO ph€DoEetro!.

obe Plo8leEsive MP coEtactea be! flor the to tiE;. ajldquestlo.s bsd bee! rai8ed jD P6!11aoe!t, She sot ahe i!p!e661on.horeve!, eben reseslchils a cese tbat tbe auttroritie. hsdotteD sot thers before sbe bad!

JNNNI N"q1{DIE6

T)rero "ere Lso lectures lb leceEbsr, tb€ fir6t o" {hichr o!DeceDber lstt folloviDg the AC r v6e gtveD by JEIFY R-A.Nitggwho looked at the qlestlo! o. gove!@eDl, coYeFup.

Sbe s8id tbdt util !6ceDtly she had not been an sdvocateof the col8plracy tbeory - but ber Bork oD the ieDitlesba!Fole8t csse had DoH coDeiDced ber ot!e!r.ise. Eve! as fa!beck a€ the UgArs laoJEcT AIUE BoOr in tho 19506 tbere hadbeen a strudAiDg of 1ssue6 - 1Jlth authorlty not e*act1t t€lfiEB]ies, but noi exactly tellirg the tNib eittre.. Ruppelttbe SIIIE BOO( ilirectorr had blD6elf cooe to !eg6!n bis wo.kfor the PloJpct aE disbonest, since Dany of the best csse6 hsdsone direct to Lbe Eilitarr authorilio6 aDd Deve! leached thsProJect su 611. I! bts !.!,PoRI oN UPoB he trad gone o. to.ecord bis real feelilAs about the ratter. Hig book specifi-cs1ly Dertioneit l€t^Po chases anit radar 1o8sina6, donathiDEALUE B0O( had oDltte(I. tris earlt death had beeD a realt!a8.dy for ufolosidts.The fntematiopal ApproachOi late goveroeDtE seeEeat to hav6.olued their ettitude onUF06r Eainly iD AuEtralla! hece aDd the lr(, Ho{ever acloser look et kbet bad beeD releesed Bhoreit 6 colpt€t61y

I! tlstlatia! urde! Lbe Free<lo! of IlloloatioD A.t, AlllC\slke!, on" ot the coutrt's leadi!A researche-E, tr6d 6eengiven acceE8 to l-4,{I filea, but these had failed to sho{ s!y-thilg reEotely of intere8t or value - and thet eas ubelievable.

llaDce bad aleays ailopteil a lore liberal app.oach to tho6rbJect, and uDder the awplce8 of GEAN valuable Eaterialhad been releaseil. A GEP,U{ leprssertative hdd even Aore sola! 3E Lo st8te, at tbe 198l BUIOR{ CobFres8, thet Ums weloof an alieo origio. lts ;ork ras €1111-coariDu.ins de6pfiE-.uDo!!8 to the coDtrary, blt re8ealch vss lor ulder thertilection ol aq aerospace etrgineer aid it ro loDAe. dlss-eEinateit infomatlol to th6 gene!61 public.

Tbe Spanlah goverment hait also relea8ed files on uTo(tatai naDy jet cba8e ce8es ud nea! oi8Ees rlth airliEels h3dcode to l18ht ove! tbe past 10 years. irenny lound it hard tobelleve ihat siDllar csse€r ol {h1ch, at pre8entr ,e knernothingr did not exist on UE flles,

It ws6 toovn that bt the oid-1960s ihere ,6.e I5,OOO UIOca8e f1!e6 depo.lted in tbe f,!€ll1! ed rolk ,aE 8t111 goiDA o[

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i! tbe USSR on tb€ phenoleDoD - a De{ 6ov.!!1leEt fesea.ch 6.0r!unil6! r8s€] P6v€lovltch havilc bee! s6t up in 1984. Ib 198, .U!o. trecke.l oD redar. ees kb6m to have ilveded RussiaD;1i8pace. It, ulike the ufortuato (orean al?llne! later thaiyear, had not been blasted out of the Bkie8 aE a re6u1t:

fn ihe !4, ceses caEe u!d.! tb€ auspi.6s of DSB of tbetll 15t!y ol Defelc€. It hait liDlted 6ta!t, no ro$ey and noinvestlgatton o! le8e6rcb lac111ti68. It atid absolutely Dothiiah tbe eay of hfomirg tho pulli,c about UFOB, yet 1t heilr sidce1980, coUected lepolts or Eo feyer then 1600 cases - 4OO a yea!!Tbe6o r€.e lnvariably passeit off to g6Duine ilquirers as !ITS.AI]3OR.[' in the ssse four yea! peliod, had couectert oDly 2ooca8e8, tut thes6 bcluiteit a nubbsr of cE2-r-4 incidenis. MiE6Randl€g foud 1t vert bard to believo thet the lllblstrt's ftlesbad nothlns as lnters€tiDs (o! oole iDLelestiDs:) witb eisbttiEe8 as Ddy ca56s!

3eg!e.s!:.es-.9!-E!e$xichael seBoltinerg denial of sly coveFup over Renilleshanto.esi easr ahe thought, e 1ie. Could it Fally be tse that theev€lts ttiere we.e of no intereBt to aDyone at the Molr tor tbatiD fsct ras tb€i! stofy? lrere Do s€culli,t or diljtery rtsks1nvolv6d? It seeled uIike1v.

Tbe inlEtry bsd, h na;ch, 1984, leleased 15 uFo reportslDoDe of rhlcb in 6.nt ray rctlected th€ truo Dature ol the phe!-oreno!. Tbere bad been nothilB fulthe! slDce tbat date.

SiDce tbe Uinlstryra files, ed tho6€ ol the CIA anit therBI, woultt be Eo Euch uo.e coDlrehe$iv€ thaD tho6e ol rlIO groupsin the llfolratioD that ther contatned, Bovennent eaencies coutdw€1] alfod to 61t back eil ignore ltlg Eroups. Uhat ,as neeiteat irasa r€ilh€cttm of stfort to A6t those fUes out into the opeD.

.{ryI-34g4l9.leg-ry-9gBggI Bp€cial tecture ra6 c611ed on Decebbe! 15th ehe! it eas bopealthat "Art llallace" ole oI tbe key ritDesses at R€nd1e6han Fo.eEiroulil be pr€6ent. Unfo.tunatelyr 6rit st tho vely lest odent, hexaa llable to Dake tbe tllp floo the UeA, 60 JdlNv RAND],ES aDdDOE STREI deputi6eil anil r.eDi ove. the caae agaiD. Ian Ridlath,science Journallst, tra6 a16o !!6ae!t, but liEtenila rath€! tha!actlvelr parttclpatiDg.

The Dsdiars treatr€nt ol the case.aB asain di€cuBsed.Ttle iDcldelt hait either beeD totallr iBloledt or "rubbishetl"

apalt froE repolts 1D the East -aDaua! pape$ rblch hait been faired le8poGible. Jelny thou8ht thet the Dediars attltud6 aas oildin vler of the lEplicatiotrs of the ircident.

l,lbether 1t had deteuc€ colnotatlonsr (a) e btssile out ofcoDtrol o. (b) a !ea1 lltot Eorethlng batt certaidy hapleD€il htbe loreat I yet tbe Derspa!,els BeeEed Duch Dole concetneit ,1th thetot611y tlctio!6 goirgg-on tD rDymsty{ then aserlous thrsat to our deleDco n€trork.

A audber of tap€€ (6Eala.ot etrays vert clear o! of lbp bFetquallty) rere pleyed of the hvesti8stloD6 6!oud tbe ceoD o! ttreDlcbt(B) iD oueEtloD. rhese cert6lnlr lndicated a Ecele o! clraog(€ve! psltc) but lt rss Irot ea6y for tbe audieDce to plck upclearlt 1deltlfiable volces o! convelEatioir. the rold I'podrl

occu!.aal occaElolaUy ln tbe tape traDscrlptE and,Iendy thouchttbt6 si8r.lflcallt slnce lt ras Us Di11t6ry Jargon foi a realoD-carrylng obJect! She also speculateil on vhether tbe Becondled1!8 could bav6 bee! a stage-dana8ed event 1! oder to test theleactiors of Jullo! rilttaly persoDnsl to ao blzaFe an event. h

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thi6 paritcular lnstancer ll her €uplo8itlon Nss corectr thebean frob o.for'd Ness Ughthouae Dight {et1 have plated a part.

S(YCRISET the book oD th€ ibcidentr raa not rideltstock€il tb!o!8hou1r the eouniry and a Elecialis€d bookclubhait even relwed to take lt. Thele rrad beea [o!e tntelegtttoE booksellelB oversead. Tlte ca6e had a16o proiluced anubuEual c.op of strdRei even ib:.eet6!inA. telephono ce116 tothe lnvestigator8, sobo of {htch had be6D taped, ald the6erele llayeal back. JerDt eat Dot had th6ir om ide$ o! {hohad Daite the calls:

Dot 6aiit that she had udei,taken a nunbe! ot lnteivl€egiith "Art \'lal1ace" and 6he ra6 convinced of the ti!$b of bls

5ib.e tbe o^tob.r DeetiiA several ac{ rltaesse€ to tbe:ocirieDt h8d been loud in the lloodbrid8e area, all of ,h@,quiire indepeDdeDtly, pointed to f.antic rilitary activltlo! th€ base anit h the forest at the tlEe8 in question. Dotplsteil a tape of telophoDe ca11s she had iade to Andie{rlDther6onof the MiDiBtly of Deleice ln {hicb, on his pa.tltbere was nole dtploEatic !.evarieation thaD hald tnfoltatloD.JenDt again outlined the chaDge in the l1l,olstryr€ attituiteto tbe iDcideDt, flo! deDiEl to A dg'bE adDi6siob. lrbat hadrad6 it cbes6 it6 EiDd?

A$es:re.Ian Riilpath thought that Jemy va6 "sinking into a quagEi.eof Aupposition'r end stuck firoly io hls tbeo.y that trre lealUIO was the beas lroE the olfotd tre8s lighthouEe - a 6uppodl-tion rhich is clearly nomense tf one looks 6t the evideDce.

Why should a li8hthouse beaDr ,e]1-kDorn to everyone ontbF base 9q a llgblhou6e beBbr sudd€nlt tum itself into aUFo? iloL just a UTO st.eakiog paet lD rhe nigbt slg,.itbeflbui a mO codiD8 iD ove! the tfee-top6 to land aDd b.iDgingout scores of Dilltart persorbel to iDvestigaie it. C1ea.1y!t played gg lole at E11 in tbe fir6t incittenti it6 .o1e on:t, aecoDd eveniD8 i€ opeD to speculatioD.

4 l1rstely FilEThe second hall ot the evening ses alevoted to the shovil8 of abrief, 25 second, 6uper 8MM filE sent anoDyDously to Jeuy inuay, 198r, dd Eholing a stl8nge, aloring object Eovinslalidly acf,os8 tbe sky. the filE had been posterl fr:o! luio.rbut contained Do clue es Lo lhe ideDbiti of tbe selder. thelocation j! which i,he f1]E bBd leen shotr the tiDe (aliboushit tas believed to be Eld-19a2) oi even rhat it purport€it aoBho, - U!0 or IlO. The filo hait later bee! Eagalfieil 4600tibes but the li8ht shored no 6i.uctufe behiDd iti it rast idfactr sinplt our old lrloril th€ Eiil€ntlfied orenge b1ob,

Sore EaDbers ot Lh" audieDce tett thst tbo locatio!. thefilb shouad s {afeFthiD ridEe of houe.s^uildinss alons theopposil,e abi fsr distan! B\o!eline. could b6ve baen the Isloo'ulght, Lhe gythenyrcburcb sr€a of KADtr o! Poft,sDouth.If it ,as the lstte! leople felt thai the "blob" Di8ht harobeen a Eilita.y .ealor beilg used iD nav!1 tests. It rasnot !e1t to b6 either a coDventional elrcraft or E! eircraft

A.ottre! UI,o EyBt6lyl If anyone out there kloeB aDytbiDg!r.ut thls irtrig!1n6 tild snipp€i - pelhals eve[ seDt tt toi.'dy - llease 1et BUIOB.A knov. lour anontnity rlU be

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re€pecteit. nedrtllle ,o are 611 dyiD8 oI curtosity:J6nny dai!€ a Dlea at the Eeetinsrg conclu6ion for the

audleDce to slite !o thel- rospecliv€ MP6 and denand !o knoqtbe r.al lacts ebout EendleEhd. she and the other investi-gato.a had hours and hour6 ot tapeai Eaterial which they ,oulilbapplly lane available, and rhlcb rould certainlt por6ladeeveD the lost sceptlcal t{P that so!€thiDS Deedeil official

.{94ilq!8JOIItr R!flm I edtto! of I,IAGONIA, lD hi8 ]ectus on Juuary

'thr9E5 looked at allen abduction6.!tris ras a very ini6re6ttnA l€ctu.e and Jobrr u duEila

ritty Ep€ar(er, dealt l{ith oDe of th6 ceDtlal questiols ofDlolo8y - were abrtjlciloDg real pbJsical eve!t6, like step!1naouto a Dwber rO bu6 ir !6ker Street. or eltirelr ibaEioery(slbeil corlletety resl to the paltiai!Mt(s)) eieDts? Heseid tbat tbe abductton 6yd-ro!6 re!i, bact in ilistory raypast 6odes €tolie6 (the giII6r Tlavis ltalbo!, &LLJ Audfea-ddotr) to tbe !'alD oJ folk-lore Bnd f8irJ storieB, al1 oirbich had cloee laral1e1s vith the 1llo abAuctioD experienc6.

tloitom reports alBo contalned lecullin8 fesiures, tbeEoUtat? rotorigt, ihe deserted coontry road and the brisht,flarins 1l8bt lD ibe Ekt drittlns ea.ih.ard8 whtcb at liEtvaE tboueht to be a cresbiDg aircralt.

Joh! did Dol, belleve abductiolg rele ot an €xtfsterle8t-rlal laturei the €1 i1a. patteri€ 1n atrodt everr ca6eaugAesteil to hlE a Dhendena that thted {ith people dlivlnAa1o!A boriD8 coutry rosits. the ,hole iDcideDt could beattributoit to lD<Iuced selsory depiivatioD cau6ed sinply bItbd act of drieing. on€ of tbe plobleEs ras that thephenonenon had beed coupled io ihe WO eDlgEa - vheleaB itvas, h6 be11eved, totellt lE€Iateal.

444teg-leEcsscThele ea6t unuke 6tAbtiEg€, no pbyslcal evlilence of abdlctiorrralely ras tbele Eore thaD oae 'itne6s' there {ere certainlyDo photogaalhsr adt the stoliee thenselve8 suAgeatett itre6!like Etate8 rather thd actual evelt8. Invatiably tbenabducteor' vss drlving a c6!. lil€re there ey cases ol aDedest!1d beinR alducted?

MessaAeg also plared a Ealo! !o1€ in abductio! cases buttbe€e wers of a siE8rlarly llnlnaptred and huddled Dature,Aenerelly concerning the d€lgele of truclear warfale, of rhicbro8i 'rabductee8" rele oDIy too ee1l avare 6nray: The teoabiluctees i! the 1971 lapple8ley lue (UsA) eveDt were tolatterePsthicaUy bt AiaDt brain8 that atoDic bonbs e4)losiotrBrele Eealtt ea.tlrqDakos: aamey Hill Has 8ive. do besssSe,orth the !€peatiD8 although hs, aB a civ11 lishts calpaigDe!eil pubuc sp€aker ras tn ar ideal positlon to disseninate it.

Tbe star Dap 6ho!r to Betty Ei11 ras one of the b€tterEe33a8e6, but it hatl, eventuaur, siven rise to Eore 6pecu-latlon the ulder6tandir8, XaJori€ FtBh's cotrfigurattons ontbc star [ap bad ercludsd itouble 6tars a]thou6h lt had beenili6coveleat iD 1980 that zeta Aettcuu 1 and 2, where FishlaintalDed th€ Hll].r abductols bad con€ fro! | {e!e in lact

Even reAre6dlve Wpnosl€ did not alway8 pioduce tbetluth, anat 1t 1,o 6ay that contactees atld not 1ielder lts lnflueace. T€6ts at the unlvergity of Kentucky

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had 6bon coDclusivety that bylnobic slb,iectE we.e 6u6ce!tlbt6uo r,ro@atioD baile availabte ro theo prior to-TEA tryDno;lBsee8ioD aDd thst theJ !e!eet6d 11, yhiiBt "uder.,, '', ,Jobn telt thEt becauso ,ru hsd atrays bsd a fea! of sbduct-1on (s]8verJ, press aaD83) BDd tbe tdea of abiluction bv th6uDxloh ras rooLed dse! in hls ptscbe, babJ of tbe lee:Dts''biAht be pJscholo8ical iq oli8iD. AtiemEiivety, thelhenoDeboa aisbt be soEethjna a6 EiDDts qs resi;I the Dace oreodeE teclDoloay. ne f€lt tlEt the lbDortMt thlne wai n.r*hat the abductors Eaid, bur Hhar tb6r _*erei

llgX v;re, G-Isct ! the ueEEaRe.The hwdoids (€ilveFsuited spaceoebr fobots) coulit belhe retiolal p8rt of De'6 bjndr tha h_ideou6 a11eE6 (ape6l

d{eFes dd aiants) tb€ itdker;ide.xaEilulativs Ploce6s

There {as a lively debate o. so coDtrov€lsiat a BubJecL, !s}t-icularty beLqeeD Jotu ed A]bert BuddeD Hbo fett rh;t stdi,ctioq,es 6n ilterbal not e e).te!!al expelieDce: it did Dot.riseDatxr€l ly but we6 pslt of e bslipularivo procesE.

HllarJ EraDs looked at tbe pstchologjcat sspectE of rheeventa. Jn tbe 16lh-17tb ceDtulles ritchasr ti€d dowtr oq theirbeds aod H€tched oeer bt th€ir ltDd e rs-cene;al . swole lhat ihe,tud left Lheir beds aDd bad f10*! ott to tbeir sabbathB. werethey, perhspB, Iike l-noBe clajDins ro bave be€! abducr€d. c;D-DealaLiDg lor sobe fom of deDrlvattoD?EilarJ believed Lhat tbe!6 eas a real UtO event vhi.h rer

alLered ibEo a pEeudo Uro eveDt ln onGiTo colruB6 the

AI,!EB! BUDIEN

A',BER! BUDIEN, one of BUFOR-AT s tls aDd a Debbe! o! the NrCEpoke ia lebluary o! aspects ot hiah stran8eDess, a oubject onrhicb he ls curlebtlJ Fitins a book.

t1a!y of Lbe poiDte vhic)i be pul foRerd {e!e raised in th6afticle_by EIE TEIFATE! m UIO RELATED EVEN16 (URE) pubtished1n the DeceDber lgazFJduarr, 19al l€sue of rbe Bu!i,!tII!, edreade.s are referred to this.

Eis bcrlef tbat uFo evenrs afe Durlossly staEed erents.in rli.h tbe ildividual is .oasclouslr Dellili,lsrpd, sAsin D;o_duceii a-ljvelJ di6cussloD 6E tndeed ole eouid expect iroE ;oo!1g1n3r a colcopt.

fl4.8Y CORI. 1JONE BEEA Ud HILIXY EVANS

Ihe leclure orgsllser's LisbtoEre becene lanifest in lareIebluary wtreD, {lth oDly e fer dars DoticF. psll DevereaE- ,hohsd a'reed to Btve rh6 t6lk 1tr tlerch on EaithttahtE. had t;so into bospl(al. flis talk sill nor b€ siveb dilibd tle coolb8

. Iie ]ectuls, 6.r6nAed 6t fairly Eholr notice ,EE a ver,enJoyable one rer€ltheless, ed was ever Eole infomal tb.D'usua! si.co lhere rele a D@ber of aDeskers 6nd a variety oftoplcs.. llARl CoRF! s lolg-6tsndin6 Debbe! of BUIOMT snd noe iD

charse of ils osiling departDeirt, g6ve 6 sholt r;Ik on.cotor'dd how "ElienE" 6lrhl be keepin8; *€tcbful e"e o! tbe s6y i;shic! we use (o! EiEUEe) this ptdet's resoufces.

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she va6 foUored by LIollEL BESR, the Associatioi's b:Lstorianrrho presented a lectur€ rhich covereal iuch ol the backgToudof ufologt and that ot BUTORI itself, rith slides of theAs6oclationr6 21Bt birthitay lecture in 1981. Lionel bascollected tog€tbe! a rost inte&stin8 loltfolio ol 1llustlaiiolsot fUsht eld ufolosicsl €ublects ehich take in everytbinBfroD Ezekielr8 ebeel to the Eaikora 1l8hts.g9!rgc!.es-4E4r.

IIMRY EVANS 6!oke oE 'r!e6son6 of logicr and crltided E well-knom.eseafcher rho, ln a !€cent retier of llAGoNIA, claihed ihatih€le ,ad Do such thirg as a 11F0. A .edeik rhich Eilart tookto Eean that thele was trothiDg iD ltre Bkie6 wLich ras lotinetartlt iitentlflable. lba1, 6i!!1y could lgL be tru6:

He quoted a report in PltlSlCS 4OD Y of tf,o b.i8ht lightsseen lD a clouitleds sky aDit vislble lor 20 Dirutes. Two liAbtsde8cerded flor the €ky and leDained fired for sboul LHo bjDtrteeDBrk rjngs were s6en around the tisbtd vhict" Doved j! ziE-zaefsshioD iefore diDinisbiDA in size"sld i! isepbearinA. Ihei! -b.ightness reDai.ed coDstait. No one had yet bee! able to as-celtai! ehat ther hait been - !!9X re.e U!Os.

He thetr weDt on to di6cu6s tlE pleseit controversy betreenNIVFo aDd UTo NoBGE reAadirA the liessitale! val]ey 1isht6. UIONORCE wele !til1 carltiD8 out .e8earch into this pheDodeDoDrhich th€y hsd Dot y€t BattBtactorily resolved. NIWo believedall the sigbtings coutd be di6niSseil a6 .eflections froE ca. ddEilita.y vebicl€ beadlight8, plare8 md !.teols,

Hilalr bqit .eceltly vlgited Noreay end had itone sohe skt-katcbing rith UIo NOnGE DeDbeE! as a re6!1t he foud NrrFo'sclalDs quite Dtenable. the Eajority of liabts had been seeDin areas which re.e ballen ett totally lnhospltablet no carso! otbe! naD-bade arielact6 wele in evidence. Ihe nature of tbete.rain, the tack of cash and rallore. aU losed plobleDs lorUlO IORGE. Ee66da1e! it6€U ras sobe ,Ok! froD the nert learest

Ee shoreil a nuDber of Eliites of lights {hichr he said, toldvelt littl€ othe! ihu tlt6 fact that tbey rele struBe lightslbut raly ol the NolreAiar ob8erver had deen Etructured obJectsbehlld tbe liabts,Ilot SclertificThe lhenoleDon could be llnl.eil to the !1ezo-electri.al iheorysince the aiea was very rich geologicallt sleakingr although it,as also a klorn stable re8ionr aith ler, if anyr earth trenols.lDt tbe e*pluatioh could not be didnisEed olt ol bald beceuseol thet. the siAhtiigs stil1 coDtinued and ldt huDdred6 ofptrotograDhs Bnd Dovie fil! foota8e were in existence.

NTVFO'E apploach Has carlsjrlJ tror a s^ientific oner ardpeopl€ Bhould nol 6peak in ttre naEe of scieD.e (Bs NTVTO h6ddone) abolt thiDgs which qele not yet pfoeen. Perhap€ the1ight5 sele lgq those ol space cralt, but, equsllyt they we&certsinly lgt-ehicle heaitlidlts eitherl lo6ic Dust be appliedin oder to filit the solutioD.

"CaD ee be sur6" a6ked qilart, "that sohe ol the Bceptica*ere not beiDg as illogical iD their !e66o!ing a6 qe!e, ufort-unatelyr sono uloloAlsta?i

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Oilda snd lnd6

The evering slded {ith a trtk by flTE! I,JoOTT.EN o! Lhe []ccobpure! lrolecl ed tb. lul brtr siRbtinq oD Jue 213r. 1qa4-aDd tbe r€sul LiDs pholoBrspbg. Tbis ws; currentty ulder'lnve8tlEaLioD by BUFORA. 1nlt1sl leactions rroo rle ftlnprocesslag 8.wice tldiaat€d thEt Lbe sDectaculs! linA otlights-seeD w€rer ib Isct, those oa a low fryiDg airc;sfi,

DoT STREE-I gave u update o! ReDdloshad-ud- ssid th6t16 b6w vitnes€€6 had be€D tlsced ln the I'SA. It uas al6obelieved that a tilu of tb6 hcidetrt had beeD nade eat,as cufrertly b cemaDJ.

F-ILPA NOIES

RIIPB NOYES! a foroe! Ullistpt ol D€ferce o.fficial (be.eliled 1D 1077 Bl, UDd.! Aocretaly ot State grade) leAuta!1yattendB BUFoRA lecrules. 0o Ap!.il ljtb he {;s to be ioud -ob th€ olbe! side of Lb6 !l6tlom, po6jng tbe loltedqueatlonr 'iA!e We Plopelty or Pos.e6sion?"

HiE bookr a UIO novel, A SECRm PROPIECI rqs publisbeil

that he bad to sayr be edphsgiBedr vas rot i. b-eschof sectto. Tso of the 0fficjal seclets a.t, ad HbitsL hetas still covereil bt lrhe strictures ot tbe Act, tre had notasked for olficiel !€rllssion to sive the lecture.

He outlined his life-lola iDterest in sclence-tictloD8nd Lhin8s aeroneulical, his Job as ai!-c!e, froE 194O-.r5(Dot a too figbter io sigbt:) and L!6 uork, slt'Rad6 6tthe Iini6t"7. ne hsd eni6.ert the ctvit 6e;vice i! 1949 withtbc thetr Ai! rinistry end served betveea 1o9l-52 uoder th€Vice C\ief ol the Air Staff, Slr Ralpb CochlaDe.

'Ihere tEdr be saidr certaiDly bFeD a balor fli&pus aL the,Alr niDistrt in ,tult, 1952, at the tire of the si8htiDs6 overi\,6!hiDgto! DC. It eas hi6 ibplession that PRo,IECT GRUDGEhad beeD desigDed 6td!1y iD order to take the heat out ofpub11c interest in ITOE - thousett8 of siAhtlnAd had beeDrepolted betree! 1947 and 1952.

th Nore8 had Eded flod ibe Hini6t.a' iD 1952 and tdsrecolleclio! of tbis ibportaDt DfoloFicsl peliod - theearlv l95os - ras thst there bstt bee; considerable iDLerestiD IFSB, but Lhsl Eo sr6teoatic iEvestiRetio! harl been uDdeFta\cn. The L€keEheaLh iDcideDt, e1tboD6h such lsLe! (1956)had eollied the Alr niDlgtry, ed iD its eake a 1or lev€}case studt arlalgeEelt had been det up - but lothin8 at a

The 1960s sa{ a dr@atie leararseDeit in the way tbedelence depadDerts ,ere organlsed. I! 19dr EoDe depaltEebtsrere rergeii ilto the liDi6t.r of lefence, end in 1959 s6lrhich eith S4 hail prevlou6ly .eported to the public on UrOBlghtlnAgr becaDe D88 enil ,as thon c€dtlal1y placed iD theHiDi8tryr !o 1on6ei b61!S palt of tbe A1. lorcerE respon-3ibil1ty. Fo! tour yearc, flob r972r H! NoJ-s hpsded adividiob of the tlillsbry vhlch boufibt hjb lnto contdct rithtbe llrc probleE and reports.

lroD blE work there it wes bis belief thst ofllcialcoftensus did not regard UIOB aB losln8 a natloaal €ecu.ltyttreat or havins mt dofence Bignlflcance. He eas ceitalnlynot 6sa!e, as he (ou1d hare been 1! thl5 perticula! lobrLh8l E4Y sDccial irvedticatioD cooEittee bsd been fo4ed tolook at tbe pbenoDeooar Tbe ..ct thBt it bsd Eot su8geEted

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to tliE that there was no oflicia1 coveFup. A deception sucbas that rould have involved far too ldt lDdividuals tor itto lrave lenaineil cove.ed up for a period, bov, ol nearly 21O

oD the queltioD ol Bel.tle€had Forest he believed thalr ih6inistty {as lnteleBteit in the cese ald was stallinA over the

it.tail8. EiB om enqullli€s bsd so!6 EoDe xey to confild fi!i6.TotaUr Unpredlctable

The ditficull,y fo! leople at the lntBtlt iD respolding toUIOE lay in ttre b6tuE of the Dbeaoreion ltself. IL waE aloostirpossibte to Aet to *!iDE vlLir it. horeve! bard one tried. Thephenorenon {as tlaru1eDt atrd ooDalouE. It ]eft poorr or Do,traces, it va8 Don-repe6tjnB ln detsil and locationr it rasanecdotat (depebdins on lhe tlutbfulDeds and DeEorr of BitDesses)and it was totally upredictable, cived tho6e codplexities tbereea6 Do ,ay it coulil be piEed doE or relorted upo!.

Ee dler the alalogy ol anothe! st.aDAe lheDonehour thet of€pontueoua h@d coDbu6tionr ol rbicb a Der case hail beeD re-ported only a fe, uoEthB before. like UtOs it raB e int6le6tiDgsooDaly! e.d it ..rtai!lr !L!! baple!, but it Has Dot "idvpsti-Asted'r beca!€e it lqg an a@ly (&d e rare ona er, hbaL) DoLbecause lt was beine covered Dp by Bove!@eni8, or by thedoctor6 aail Durces {ho lerhap6 caEe lDto contact rith it8dreadful re6u1ts. loltel8e16is al8o erlsted, and did daEage, bu1,the local enviloDental health ofticer did not inveEtigate thei,ElEply beceuBe thet, ltke UrOs, r.e.e transi€Dtr l)npredlctableaDrt iDcapable of beila captuled.

It waa poEEible lhat gove.meDts *ere a6 bedused bt UIO8aE rere the rest ol us,ge tended towarils the bellef tbat ,!rat !€op1e saw eas aDatural phenoDenon, as Btt:6!ge to us as a laiDbow, the Aurola8oreali6 o! liAhtDiDg bad !ee! to prinitive Dan, blt wlrich {eDor udelstooal, could erplaln ald no loaAe. ioud baftlidB orfli AtrtnirA.th€le vere vert uaDy electrrEaAnetic raveteDgths of Hhich

bllt {hich re cou}il Dot 6ee or ha!!ess. Atr erarptere6 loDethiDA as siDple sB the tolco arould q ragnet. One wascorpletely lnatale ot it uDtil obe Ba, it attract a handful ofjroD fililg8. gas the UTO pheDoDeDoD soDethiDg aE Eiople Bs

Natulal lhenobena le€ded to be studied closelt. lhey EiBbtEoL prove to bo Lho onErerr but tbs DossibiliLy should nor beovcFlooked or disrissed. TiEe couta he bEsfea i. DrotoaisLscoltiDueii to pursue the idea of a coveFup to the ercluslon otal1 olrhe! po8sibilities.

tIIotHY COOD apit Olt{R rOl{lER

lhe second abductee ol the se66i,oD - Albert Bultoo - was!.e8ent at the lectur6 Riven by IIJlotHl GOOD dnd Otl!! IOw!ER o!

Because this.ase i6.uch a fasciDstirB on- ir ,ill be!e!o!ted at length since sone A6soci6tion Denbers Dieht not bea*are of lt. t1r Gooil ras quite right, ln begiding the lectulelby a8king hi8 audience to Buspenit or forEet a1l their precon-ceiveit idees of abductior Btorle6.

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M! Bu.too is nor aged 79, 61ightly belor sve.ase heiAht ive.J active for hiE age snd poss6s6ed of s Eharp seDs' ot huout,[or ], teals be hsd sesed in tbe QueeD's Royat RegiDeot 4d hadalso ep€lL a furth.r ?1 Jesrs i! Northem ca;ada B;'!e he badtrapped sDd sbob beBrs sld ,olveE. He bad. he eEDbasised. neverbeeD scaled or anlltblns ir...rot ovon ry Eoiheqi!-la{:r liis actjols€t the tiDe of Lhe abductloD seeEr lb nerro6Dect. ves stranceindeed! but they rore sovemed by one mle, L. s;,id.1uett.;hatha!. I coL lo lo5e by goiEs with tbeD? I,E leartr 78 yesra old.BfLer al1." And so, rltbout a oooebtts hegltaLio;, be'webt.

Ab l.15dt oD Ausust l2tb. 198t. be ras oa Lha balk ol theBssibgsroke Cual - fi6hing. it vss sotretbiDg be had dole coutlesstiEes befole. He 6tood up to pou btlselt a cup oi tea tror hi6llask and l1Bbt a cigarette rbetr he loticed a biight, vivid tishtcoriEg torald6 hir f.oD the south at a level ot about ,oott.fiinutes laterr by the lisht of e qoerter doolr he sa{ trosftall fieues *alkiDg towards nid. ChildleD frob th6 neslby viltaAehe thouabir. closer coltact Ehoweil the ti6ure6 to be rearina 16af-Sreen! cootou! roulded coveFall6t no buttons o! seens welevisible! sld black visor€. No balds could be s6en ald the blackvisors Dasked their fsatuleB. tltey beckonsd ttr Surtoo to follor

lhey ,alked back along the toryatb, IDitta! lile, rith IrBurtoo belrweeD tber. ]/ln6D thet caDe to Eore lal1iEg!eere eoa11 enouAh to squeeze thedselveE th.ougb the gaps | fir BultoocliDbed ove!. There was no sounil of the ,'alieDs"' lootstepg o! rhepathrey, only of his otrr fubbe! vailere.

t! Octaqola1 Roorn

Ahead o! hiE, he saiil, thele vas e obJect 40-491t acro6s, sDoorhand bulElshed, stradilllng the toFpatbi 1O-151t ot the object extendedout over the wate!, atrotber 10-1tft x6s ove. the bant. ahere rereeatelnal light8. -!wo ruuerE beneath the craft helit lt 6teaily. Its!€llectlor colld be seen tD ttre rate!6 beneeth.Ihe bwo sliens ra_ked u! rbe 6teDs rhicb erlended doeoyards andslightly to rh" slde ol thF crdft, l1i Burtoo foltow-d.

4he rooE {hich he elteled {as .oundeil ard octasoDal (not, he8aid, ulike the lecture theetle i! {hich he ras ElttinA). Ore ofthe alieng went scros€ the rooE dd Ir Autoo waE vagueiy avare ofa doo! (or !Mel) slidh8 opeD. the other stood betiee;xr Bu.tooald ihe tloo! throuAh {bich they had eDteleat. The eallsr floor snilceilinB $e!e black and a snooth surjaced co1un, approainately 4fti! diareter, .ose fros lloor to ceilins. Ealf-iay up the coliEE henoliced a Z-shaped budle. -ro f!.tbe! sliels sLood on eitber sldeor tba co.lubD. The lou! aliens att aDpeared to be nate.The rloo! wss coveled iD a sorl;;tedsr, snd b- E;H Do dialsor.control pue]s. ThA LeopFrat!-. iasider ae sbout 6soc, v65slishtly kamer than thst ourside. The cllift vas peE;6t;d by EsEell *hich ll! Burtoo delined as vasle]t tlke that of dscayiDanoat - he ras lEEediately eeale of it.

A voice Baid 'rCoD. and 6taDd under the aober light.', Ee dlil Bo,' 4be liehtr the only iUuination v16ib1e in thelendeat frd be los celliDgr the looEt 1n factr was lather diolJtltt.

"WbBt is your aFe?"''SevenLy-eight nert bi!Lbday.""T!r. a!o@d. You are too old sod 1D!1m fo. our lurpose.,'Vhen Ur Burtoo left the clsft be noticed that the handlail Et

the side of tbe 6teps had tpo Jotnt8r it was in fact telescoplc.{hen sone 25o-r0oft elons the tor?eth he Eoticed that tte doro

o! the obJect sas revolviDa ir a! antl-clockri8e dilection. ThereHele vibratloft as the UlO loveit upr ibe ilole levolved but the riD

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of tbe obJect dld noi. lhere were tindol'B beteeer ths doreand tbe !in. As it took ofl the lights care on eraituallt,but Bot brighter aE it Ealned hei6ht. At about ,OOft it Bhotoff at a terrific dpeeit ed ili6aplea.ed l{ithi! 4-5 ssco!d6.The oblect, just aD iDtglBe eldte ltsht I disappeareil over tha1ocql cenet€ry, the torD ol Ayle€lury 6nd, evontuallt, theEoArE 8ack. The light hait beeD bright erougb to illuliDatevi?id etructural dstail oE the lridse aclo6s the Aldershot,/gokirg,4laterloo railea]r 11n6, and evon the lislling floatbobbils i! the Eter..qars-9!-I&!:!gIt ras about tso o'slock tn the nornin8. t'lr Brtoo ralketlback to his tisbis8 tackle ehere his dog' wbicb bad Aro'ledslr the alLensr apploacb but had shom Do othe! siAn oJ fearrstl1l araiteit biE. tl! Bultoo veEi on ti.hlng. Ei6 CE, hadlasted about ,O Dlnutes. lte reDained tisbiD6 wt1l toon onthe norliDg of AuBuEt lrth whea be encouttereit tvo EouDt.dDoliceDeD liding alon8 tbe calel ba!.kr ed ito r.hon tle pa*ly

oEs ot ibent 1n that sound8 like s tongaein cbeek replJr I'I etpect th6t tere checkinA on ou Dilitaay

On the louowitrg SuDday llr Burtoo retuoed io the lanitingslte. SoDe foliase ap!e6.ed to hsve been dala8eil' but lhere,as little €lse to be 6eeD. Ee ees purzled. soreoDe ottte!tbe he rlst have Doticed tbe lightr atespite the lateness ofthe hou!. The.e ,a6 a Dearbt rilltary g\rard house leloDginato ClaytoD !a!!acks, there eas also a Aa. proving 6tatiodand a residential busalow (this tster proved lo be uocclpiedat the !ire). IhF-€ arF. of course! oLher .iD€tatlstion6 iDthiB vFlJ bililary EeDEitive areai BL l,est two atut cadosl6nd codplexes at AldeNhot and FdnbolouBb. ti! Blrtoo treelyadoltteil that there ale f!€quent arly luouevleB laie at

g9-ls9!.E8c!ies-&EbE-Belfled br wl-st bad hoppele<t, dd EL a loss to uderstsnd ltrl4r Brri.. F.te td rhe tIDERSgqr 4N! CAIIBERIEY NEVS overt|o loDths 1ater, or october 14th' 1981. The DeGpaper, intufi. contacted STGIP lnve€tiEato! onsr Poslp! tho hade tbetirsi eDquiries into the cese. Hts iniLisr leacEioD' he toldhis audience. ras one of the BceDticiBE - Lhe storr k36incredlble. '3ut t{r Burtoo's det;ils Lsrl i.d 60 cIoE;I; 'itbothe.s iD the AeDle, 8tolies vhlcb Ur Blrtoo bait not leadr thateventually llr Fo*le. ras conaihced of itE tllthfulness. MrBurtoo hsd no interest in UTOB - he siErlr did not believein rhed. As he *ss sb pal.B to poiDt oirtl "T only believeiD thinr8 T've Eeen."

The ADril^ay, 1984 i8sue of FLIING SAUoER REVIE\,I covereilthe stoly. tib Cooil iDtelview6d ll! lftoo dd af6o carlieat outa llDiteil site invedtigation - needleds to say the passing ottire had leooved all phlyeical traces - had there b"FD 8nt Loste.t wttb. ln Jltyr 198a. tbe NITToNAI, FriQUl nEI calried adetailed coDglde.stlo! ot tte Burtoo cade vhisb' by that tiDelu! Oood ras convinced ra6 a Beruine oDe.

tbloughout the lectu.e llr Bultoo DaiDtaibeit that he ,ascurious about whet ves bap!€ntng to hi! - bxt not afraid. Ee,as not af!61d ol @ythln8. Ho felt that the "a1iens" rere!!.lerdlt, but theD, ;s he-saiit; "I wasn't beinA hostlle."

They epoke Xnglish td sin8-song volcegr rith sorethiDgapproacbius a ChiDese^us6ie iDtolatiotr.

There bsd been !o lastiDA, tErrful effects fro! tbe eD-couot€li bul be "felt" dlff€reDt. IDbedistely aftereerdBr sndror a brief perlod of t1Ee, he hail lo6t soEe {eieht a]lit sleepand his alpetito ha(t ilecr6a6€d. At the tiEe of the irciitenthe had been tatha teo klds of d B - neitber of tben likeltto lrotluce hallucinaiions - obe for blood preEEure qnit tbeother for broDchitis.rutrti1 I hatt tb16 experleDce dth tbe UFO" he erplalneil,"I always tbought ot theu aE scieDce ftction. No, l loow thatthet are a fact. lbey sre Eot ho6iile.' He regletted that DooDe else bad vitnessed! or shaled, the event.{It Hss' be reitel.ateit, I'tbe gr€atest expcr:eoce of Dylife?"

Ttre queBtiobs cade tli.ck sd !ast, l1r Burtoo hait not asked thealiend any questiona in case they took offence. The ,o!ds theybad 6poke! rere lreard by ltiE rathe! th@ r€ceiveil tefepathically.ge tlid thirl<r on flrst seeing the elieDs that they DiALtbe boE-bde - tbey Hele so LbIb. ID leply to a questioD he toohad sobde-ed late! if they vere lobota 6iDce thet eele 3t1ff-le88eit. The fact tbat ther were so sEa1l Eade hli nontl€r lf tbetbad been specificaUr selecteit for that particular vehicle.

l,Jhy had ibey rejected htn?tb aurtoo ditl trot 1oox, dd felt vasuely iD6ulted that th€y

hail. Eis legB ilid, ho*eve., coatail plsstic vein8 - tre had badaD operation fo! arterloscrerosls erit these Eight, he thought,have bee! pickeal out bt the dbe! scauer.

Ee ras Dot triabteDe(I by tbe erperience - it rss a thetreto whicb he returaeit over &d over egai!. tte eoulil pillinBlt goth.ougb it al1 agaiD.

TlEe bad Beebed to lass quite laturelly afle! Lhe encouoLer.He bail lot bee. vearra8 a vatch but h6it re8ist€red tbe paesil8hou!6 bt tlte strikina 6ou6 ei Bulle! Bd!.ack8.

Ee haat Dot beeD uiter uy euotionEl 5t!6ss !rio! to, or atthe tire of, the encobter. Ee ilid lot sutfer rroE lj,Aree o!headaches. Ee wole Ala6se6 odI lor readlDg.

IE s eDthuEiaEtlc and frequelt Diabt-the lishemu he ras,eU-acqralbtetl *ith phase. ol tbe looD and the DoctuDal ahcrattf'lEhts Bbjcb colld alwaF be 6€eD 6Dd head dd ldeotified aB such.

['tEt did he do ,hen he tished?He Jusi .at anit lookeil at l,he leflecttols tn the wate! ed

li8teieit to the solmd6 of the coontrJrside at Digbt.

An Idterruptiop

Dulins the lectule a uediu in tbe audieDce rent into a seDi-trance ano coDlimetl that tlr Buttoo r.as telung the ttuth. thebeings, sbs said, h8d been attracted to bl.d becaude he too wa8

l1r Burtoo 6aid that be atiil not believe that bi6 alductotsrele froE outer 8!ace, They tre.e, he waB 6urer Russiam.

NothiDA! he 6aid, roultt ever colvinc€ bid that shat he tradexperienced oD that slDrer's eveDin8 *as sot a reel eveDt. Be hadDoi iDssiDed it. It )rsd lot ueen a dreso.--

Ee had had oDe Etra;E; dree 6ince ids eocoure! eheD svoice bad told biE "shut ap, dorrt say no (Eic) nole about it."He bad a16o had a pyschlc erlerience vely Mly realE aso foltoytlgtbe deeth of hls 18 yoar o1d brotll€r.

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4 qu€silotrer lentloned that oE AuFust ?th, 198t - tive darsllior to th Burtoo's experielce - Lbere b6d been a pslatlel "abductioD i! A!Ae!biD6, qrtt! d abducree being rejected.Difllcult To Refute.

A 8tlange ca6e iDde€il. It would be vert iliflicult, given U!Burtoo's patebtly siDcere! bolesrr arEo;r dele!.nLiajt aDDroach-to lefuts b.16 Etory outriAbtr howaver odd it sounds, or'ioaccuse_hiD or ]tiDg o! of tr?ibg to bod teo such ei!.lieDcedinve8ti8aLorE as Tie cood 6nd Oriar rorler. I ar sure tb€L hewes teltibi rhe tnth. SoDebh!!g did halpen to hir.

rroD outer epace? tussies sufleeinA AytF6bu!y?a !x Eilit6ry experiEenr? A ross or eeosory pei."e!ti"on. rte"Bultoo "4e i6 a cla6sic of ils kiad, a""."i.ti,s uo'u";,"tbetter t okE thu lt ts-fir Burtoo, u expert fishemaD does, bo doubi, like soraDy of his kindr tbloq back the tiddler;. Llere 'ihev" - I

"theJ" eere a 'Lbey"r .fisbi.g' and did "Lher' too L-hros bsc\the little one?

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ANDI CO!'II{S, e lomer I'FO investigator, 6ave lrhe last lectu.eof tbe session onJue 1st, aad spoke oD psychlc que6ts. $ebega, by outlinl.A Lhe Holk he bad done in ibe late lg?Os eithGrabab Fhillipg on tLrc BleeDstoDe aff€l!, Tbe use of p6rcLtcfolce6 had led ro tbe diecovery ot s casket contsinjDA'e'EleenJerel feput.d to bave obce belonEed to Isry, Queen of Scots.and a 8vo.d buriFd iD l,b. brick{orx of u oid Wo.cesterghirablidge. The quest hait toFed the baBi€ of hi€ book fttE SVORIAND Tlf SToNE, whl.b hsd att.ect€d a tsi! Dea6u-e ot cliLicaloisrepreeeltstion, be'ng likened to soDethilA Eole akin to rhefictloD of Tolkle! Lhd serious iDvestigstio;:

Ee wa5 tror actively involved in other quests shich usedpsychical ly. de.lved infoEatioD to 1lve6iiAate sncient sitesland to retrieve srtpfact6 - spasls, troms, telisE.Dr c^slice;rbd eveD EeDi plecious object6.

Iiistorical Backcrou.dNo.Be aDd Celtlc leEeEiI ras filleit with t61e! of Dythologicalheroes lndergoing tliat6 in order to .etliev€ obJects ofaaterjal or €Dlrl"ual vatue. 6Dd the oedlevsl De;iod had bee.!srticulBllJ !i.h iD Buch explojts. These hsd bapn cloEettlinked to the lediEcovert or rhe ArthuliED r.Aends! the se;r-hror Lhe soly crsj', visijl6 and the rise or cr-iv6t!i. _lussdpshad oltca been eDberted upoD as tbe result of a vjiiLsLiob bta 66int 3nd h- quoted tbe well-doc@eDted (Btthough disput-d)caoe ot the hemit Pete. sartholoEer rbo,had, at the ti;e ofthe giege ol Antlocb 11thC. claiaeal to have 6een viEitcd baSt. Andlee. The sai.t h6d claiDed thsL beDeath a 6tora in'a certalD chapel ln Artloch 1ay the 6pea! rhich had piercedCh.idt'B Biae at the tihe ot 41s csclfirlon. Ehls had iDfact beeD foud.

lhe rolk of Elizabetb I's court a6t.oloser, ,Ioh! D€eand his beiliuD Edkard Ke1ly, ,a6 also Dentioneit. fhey haduDdeltaken p6ychic irvestigatlonBr oaihlt 1D and arouDd thezodlac-pattern elea of Cladtorbury.

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Afler s lolg perlod of dietavour psycblc questloniaEh€d retuh€d in the late lqrh c€Dtury;iib rhe ,ork of l.tadareBlavatskJ aoil trer Theosopbtcal Socleir aDit in rhe zoth centurritb th8U.of vellesey Tudor Fots sd Fledelick BliEh Bo!d. -

{err - Ied Lo tbe di8covery of a saDDhile b1u,; bovl betlev€dto bove been oa .firEt ccDri,ry, Ilddia Eedtem o!i.in. aDdposseEsed o' pgycblc fibrsrloEs. Tbls h€d beeo t;!e; on ,lotu of DilSrina6e to spllitua1 celtles 6uch aE t,he Iste ofto.a and varjouB Brltish slte6 dedtceted to St. tl.Lchael.Tbe plesent,beresboutsof the borl esre lot now loom, o.t! ,Ellics Eurlved. !l1gb BoDd had uged tbe sutolatic ;Tiri;Rof the long since deaar Do!t6 of c1a€toDbury Abbey to tocate"the exact positioD of otd ecclesiaEtical €ites sirch as tbatol th€ Edeer Chalel.The researcbes of Halry Prlcsr particutsrly into theparsnotual bappeDinas o.f rbe Eucr-tiairuted Borley Rectory,*.!e beatioDed. Itele evebts - a psycblc coDraci 6nd rh;; arrre - Ietl to the djscoeefy of the Dosstbte lebaib€ of tbeJTth centult nua Hary ]Jetldt reputFd to havc beeD outiteredbt-a beDbe! of the WaldeErave fsEily 1D l5a5 &d her bodybjddeD in an hithepto lDaccesslble 'ubdelg!;uld Ehaft. p;tc€

was-.ot B questo!, but b1€ books or the p;rabomsl yoi€ IaDd-barkE ib peychical fegearcb.

Psychlc letectorttore.up to date still AedJ iti6cu6sed tbe Hork of Halaotvlllians uho Dot oDly hsd e uuAust lapDorr with gh;srsbut ves eble to,,tu!; in'to Lhe artefairs theDsot;es, of,hlch Bhe hed collecttou itating fror 1?OO o.rads.A particulallt bed expert6nc6 vitb an alteiact {hj;h p.e-dsted tbis pelioil bad corvibced he! Dot to Ao back to'a ttD€e3!1le! thaD the 18tb certuF-

It wssr €aid ADily, as i'.6he vere e ,'psychic aetsldetpctol'dd the obJaats rhenservos psr. ri.- Dlc.o-c hilsconteini!A tbe e6s6!ce of s locstio! o! sn even' rbich 6becould then release.ADdrrs o*D work DeB6r i! t9ar rhen he fouod€d Earth

Queet-. _'.Ei8_uor\ sith porchic Bensrd coring had lesutte<r ina boolr TIiE ENIGETS 0f DAIBURy rhich recount;d the histor,both of the villaae or Da!bu!x, dd lts kliabts of St.Cteieraad the dlscoverles Dade about both.-_ He abd Co{ing hed also eorked in bhe zodiac area ofulastobbut? dd had ebcouaLeleit a sjte ',g!sd!id' ulro hadled Gowing, bJ pstcbic EeaD6, to the diB;overy bFaestb Al!ee, of a! 18th ceDturr freDch Eorestlc crocifix.UFO linl(gTbele *a6 a }ively que6tlo. ud aDEr6r session whi.h beeuvilb a diacusBion on tbo vBlidity of rhe claiEs or $16 Iil11aE6and Bligb BoDd. ADdy setd !hst- frod rhaL he knee of hervod{. he believed her to be.@ptetety genuine. Every nejorp6ycbic ,,ad bee! dis.rediLed at soDe tiDe, bur ott€n'oot; totbe satlstactio! of th€ detractor.

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Ee agEed with Beriil Kullleuss that earth questin8 hadstrong ufologic8l linka. A1l the pstchics he had worked wirh hsdb8d Ulg experl.bces (sightings, abdlctions) and theJre!e, perha!8 as a re8u1t, ab1€ to "open up!' to the psycbicexperleace ducb Eore essily. Bertil d6Dtioned Lhe cs6e of €Svedi6h abductee *bo had letlEed ejth incressed psJchic akareness.

Dorglng was only one ford ol que8tingr ed pe.baps the bestkDown sd Dost coElonly eccepted, but lhe placLice did notlecgsBarilt relate to raber o!1I. A! indlvidual atLuninB to a8lved aidr could uesith coin6, Jewellery and otber jLen;.

Slte gaaldiss, like the ore encoutered at claBtotrbulyr haitto be aplrosched iE s certaib wsy. Desecrstocs of ancient aitesinva!iably bsd bad luck as a resiltt and Lhe 'influence6" couli!even affect arclEeolocisL6 dd suloerorE if Lhe collect €plroochtss isDorad. Psy.bic; could di€tiDsirish eood dd bad 6it;i dda Eood psycblc lould Eee the Bite Atsdle! ss clesfly,6sidA!dr, Bs he dae hi6 audlelce,

SLoler locksr even {ood ad plasLjcr sllhougD iEMirale, didr bebelievedr possess s 'EeDor?i of atr eeent, or Fv"nt., w\ethprdevotional or dlabollcal, rhich pelhapg 1ay domdt util releaeedby BoEeone trdelsoins a Eidilar euotion. lhe 'hebory" the! !1syedbackt like a lrape recorder, ct'eatlns the Eootl of a site orbuildibg 8ivi.g itibsreputatioD for good o!.vil.

PeoDle i. lbe lonA diEtalt past had knovledge ol the"b.oow".oDlsined ib stoner and Lhi6 Lhey used o! lheir siregboth to ward of'those vho! they did Dot ris\ ro lossess'heirEecrats but to encouraae those tl-eJ tNsted by Bertlng theE

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BUF0EA'6 Council iE Eost aratelul to all those lecturers who83ve up tbei! v8]uable !:0e to infotu! and ofLen enLellsrnrl€sociation DeDberB and thei! ruestg.

Tt also thaDks ihose eho chai!€d tb€ lectules an<t theDeDbara and AueEts thed8elvce rho, nore oltao than rot, prp-seqipd the spe6l.!5 uitb sooe very peltilFrt (ed not at{6rEea6i1y arErared l) quedtjoD6. Ther bave D6de rhe tectules sstbouaht-DlovokinR as they hsle beeD.CoEciI would like io ssy B BDeciaI th6nk Jou to ROB.U!UNDsEl, the AsEo.iatioh's ttirariin utro, desDi;e a lor8 periodoI ilt-li-alth and a belor oDelation. h66 atL.ndFd nosu of the-venjoE l-clulegr tlavel1ioE dom lroE Peterborough ir olde!to lecord theb on tepe. Council tud rerbFrs join in vishinghin a qulck 6rd coEplete *cove!r.

REN Plll1LIPS. BUFOR-Ar6 Training Officer! is rov pl6nnroAthe 1985-46 !ect!!e PlosraDde. ,het Bubjectg would y6! likecovered? lhjch sp.skels, or sub.ie.tsr ,outd you like .o hFsrhonr o! Bbout, agein?

Please leL Lhe Edltor bave rour vietss NoU and Coucit witlaee that a.lanseDents ce be nade fo. the c66lina ses6ion.

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BUFo8A nenbe!s ut1! be f6h11Ia! ulth ihe EtIEqed t;cldents inRendle6hEr Fo!est, Sutfotk tn t6te OeEenbe!, t9AO. Ihts haE beenlnvesilqaLed ro! BUF0RA by toc6l InveEtIqEt;r Dot SurEpr snd;;;.rr_erohq Ltth rndependeht reaearcher IrendE Eutte!. Dot hos reDo;redil tijg_J9yI!"1! r have urltten orEceB etEeuhere r" ir," uro-iii"ilal,urp (FLVIN6 SAUCEn REVILL, TNTLRNATIOIAL UfO nepOqten etc) endihe th!ee or ude h€ve !ecenttV urlrten. book st{ycFASq (NeviltE:!i::l:"1.+?9i).. rhtB taked uork uo unrir Borrnq, res,,, i.o-i""urrtipn chter rv rd our lnto context the !6Lher siatchu ;nd .upr_lhe-loD publtclLv q!€nLed rhe caBe bv !he reus or rnr'r,oiio ii-uctobe!, 1943; pubttct LV uhlch oEcu!red bec6usE bf dtEcu€ston df.ase st t\e AUFDRA Conqress Et Htgh UVconbE tn AuquBt, 19A.,.Ihe c.3e ls bv no neans EoncludEd. lje gre stirr ictt""r,,hveEtrqailno tt. SInce publlcaLton of the book. or tn nEnv'cas.Eberop DUbrrcEr!on buL ElnEp cororerlnq *," "".,!""ipi,..i,r.,--Fed breEkrhrouqhE hEve occurred. tt tB tnidsetbtE ro9unrE!16eLhE[helebecEUgeE6chb!!nqEtobEE'nanvI rl ll orlerl v cItE sone or ths hErn !otntB.DOI'IV IN IHE FOREST

l. The taDE reco!dInq rEdE by Cotonel Dh6!les H6tL in the forEEton the second nrqht of the evenrs (Decenber Z91h_J0th,l9Bo) has n;ubeen h.de 6vEIlEbIe, dr rsthe! E ver6ton of tt h6s. it 6Doea!s to!e.ord H6lt EFd 6eve!El othe! otrtcerB sr rhe 6l l,e or thErrr-iEJcartrscEB, rEcordlns !EdtErton 6nd d€n6qe.nd Laklnq sort "E"i,ris E"Jphotd9rEohs. lhen a'UF0. !eLu!ns, atrhouoh ttei. "," "1,1""groundE ro! bEI!evtnq rhat thts pa!t of ih; tEDe tE e out_uo-ror.Hatt seers td be EcLIng. pd!1. Ua!lous ctuee 6re BEeoed. t; rBevldent the llqhthdusE st Orfd!d NeEE tE betno uEtched. Ihe r6caslnply-thEt thtE second etqhtlhq trEs detibe!Et;ry enqlnEe!ed so thatthls-IF0 6equel 60uId be !elEssed tr thlnqE got out or h6nd andthE l6ni,tnq of Decenber 2?th be.6ie pubrr; k;DUlEdqe.2. Tud p!1ne Al! Fdrce uitnessE€, Se!qe!nt Ad!t6n Austlnza andthen 6I!n6n (noJ Serqe6nt) John Surrouqhs h6ve bEen fdund 6nd jnter-vleued. lheir tnDo!r6nEe uE6.lusVs 9rE6ped, 6nd ue !eter to thFn tnthe bDor.. Thev c6nE td ltqht uhrlst ihe booi !E5 Er LhE prlnter6End thelr otorle6 co!roborEtE nuch oa uhEt ue Etre6dV kned and adduselu! ned dEt6. Soae or l,he rhtngs they havE ro E€i Etronqlv6uopo!tE the beller I nentlon 6bove.bout the LruE nEture of theHalt tEpe recdrdlnqs. Accn!dtnq to Susttnza thE E!ittBh cIvtIl6noDIlce 6!e f6r nore..tIvetV tnvotved In thtE cEsE th6n ue had

f. sdmE neu ctvlttEn uttnesses hEve been t!.cedr lncludtnq a nsnlho u36 on the bd.k load ne6! the E6st Gste oF trrdodbrldqe uhen thEbase !eht dn td ful! 61ert. Andthe! eVe-uItnEEB td the UF0 hso 6IEo

Theae th!e€ds df lnvE6tlqatlon, ptuB sEveral othe!8, nu6t beexplored ln DU! conttnulng BE6!ch for thE t!uth. ue 6re detern!nedLh6t one d€y soon dE uIlI to thiE c66E. It nav notbe lhEt E UFo udE preBentt 0lhs! opLlonE ren61n, p.q. thEt E;

-expe!lnEntEl devlce dent uronq. Aut 1t I. the lob of ufology to Eeekout the ttuth, 6nd tt rEnatnB dne of thE no!e llkely hVpothes.a th6tUF0 lEndtng dld occu! at thtE f{AT0 dl! bE.e.

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SfiyCRASfi haa qene!Ei.d ahdBt ntt publlctty. Indeed the!E IteEs Btory behlnd th€ pu6llc preEEnt6tron of ihE t!ue f6ctr aboutRendleshEn ro!est. Even Bo th!ee he!6ttvE rere!ences tb ihe.6EEhdve occu!!ed .IncE publtcatlon, each cleuer) y 6voIdInq bry rentlonof thE book ltBelf, thE lnveEttgEto!r or 6UFoRAl These threerefe!EnDe6 niqht each h6ve bEen ctoned fron one Enother! Eltho!9hthey h6ve dlflerent urLte!!. Th!t they eEch reftect !h6t ue ntahrcE11 ihe ihlShbrour B!rtt6h p!e6s, o! thFt !eEd by Hps, qovelnhent3o.!cer and oth€!. In tnfruEntl.l podtttohBr Eeens Inte!e.tinq. IriB 6lnoEt EB lr somebod! EoneuhE!e felt tt p!udenr to nake soiEth.i nonE of theD to6k Fendleshan 3e!tosEly tf, bV Ecctdent, thevEtuiblEd upon a copy ol SBVCRAET{ tn one of thE fE!.hops stooklnq

0ne or the !!lters UEB sciencB lo!!na11Et Ad.t6n Be!.y ththE DAILV TELEGRAPH. Be!!y cl6trE hE uEE bEInq oble.tl!e, End theDAILY IELEERAPH edltor !elused to p!lnt ny lette., to snsuE! ttdr td let ne trke 6n ho!r of hls tina to p!Eaent doourents, tapedtntervteds 6nd (in E!npre !o!dE) ihe facts. BErrv h6d B6td th6tthe cEee uEs poslt1!ely ExplElned EB the be6n f.om the 0rfo!d NEBsItqhthou6E €.d th6t ihe UFO hqffB hEd bEen EE!!ted 6d6y on a f11qhiol ufolocloEl f6ncv.

!sl_g-q!-s-!Anothe! !efE!ence cdnes tn eeverdl p69e of te:t on the ce!e ur!ttenbV a 5Ufl0AY TI ES Jouin6l!Et In a book entltled LIESI DAllNE0 LIESI(aq61n no hentlon uas nade of ihe ln!e.tIq6torE, thE bodk or BUF0RA).Th€ tlile of the JournallEtrE book cleE!Iy lndlcEieE uhat !9 thrnkEof the c66e. He too t!oto o!t the ltghthouBe theo!V and bIBt6ntly.6Ils !he lnclnent iflctidn.i UE havE h6d the 6!t1c1E leq€tIvvett€d 6nd havE bEen rssur€d th6t it 1s drftnttElv ltbelld!s. uecEn prove bEyond quEstton t\Et (uh6teve! ersE n6v Ile bEhtao treRendlEshan cosE) ou! docunents, IettE!B f!on the Mtni6t!y of Defen.eEnd USAF, and hou!E of tEped lnte!!!ed ulth Dountless uitnesees,plllEg It uEs not 6 rlctlon.

S6dlV thEle tB ltttte uE cEn do Ebout tt. The edlto! dl thENeuS 0F THE llDRLDr !ho chEnDtoned !r ln 1941, De!ek J6nesor, qot theBack a6ouple dr uEeke lste! (!e E!e not 6usqe.!tnq Eny connectton!)He nou hDstE televtsldn gane ahoue End hEE E 6€!1Es on the ABC. flg!epl6cehent h6s lsEued tnEtructlona to rcool !i'on the Rendlesham.ase, and 6Ithduqh the idurnsltst tnvdlved (Betth Ae6beV) uas asanq!v Ea us at thi !IEs! DAMNE0 LIES! bDdk, he cannDt qet the flnEn-.161 backlnq fo! 6l6us!1t. luch E! ue uoold llke to nakE 1Eqa1hlstory by flqhtlnq the ft!3t cou!t ca6e ln arlt6in to p!ove uF0!eEllty (ulth, ue a!e advl6ed, Elno6t 9!d!dnteed EUccEss) 6ltbelactl!n 1n thE Uli !ould !!n lnto m6ny ihousands of poundr, End thecdEe haa alio.t b6nkrupted Blend., Dot End ne.

r!-4!!s_l!!_!LE!J!!_!!qThe flnEl !ttE.dnc€ Eone. In the fo!n of 6n 3!tlclE pennEd bVllqhthousE ErpE!t ext!60rdlnal!e Ian RldpEth, 1n IHE GUARDIAN.nJEnud!y 5thr 19S5. Thts 13 bEsed uFon E readlnq of STlYDRASH' hla6ttendEnce .t thE BUFoRA lectule dn Decenbe! l5th, 198L uhen hts1!qhthouse E.qureht !63 aqatn dEbE!ed, and hlE odn'lnvestlsotton".3ut tt nlqht sd uell hsve been urlttEn ln. tlme-ua!p, b€, Eqaln,Rldp.th con!eniEntly forqot to nenttdn the lnveEtlqEtorB, the

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bodk (othe! th€n lh pus6rnq de!tEo!y ie!hE i...UFo !eBesrche!s tn3!ttatn .ould 6ca!celV belte!e theti luck, thtE das IhE SIq one.Itndl prodf thBt ue are not 6lons .... A book das reoentty pub-lished about the csBe,tr), B!F0RA, o! 6ny of the Elqunents 6q61nEthts ltqhino03. hypotheElE.

!_8-!.8!I_Y__E!.!E-9ADld very nauqhty ganeE !tth the rEctB, 11ke uEtng ph!6ses BOch a!rn!ch to thE dtena! of UFo 6pottE!si 6nd iUFo huniers utll contlf,ueto bellEvE thEt qn €Ilen ap6cec!Ett l6ndEd 1n Fendlesh6n Fo!e3tthat ntqhi. 8oi I knou..,..r RtdpEth chulnE out hlE theoly. Ifvoo soltch the ddtE qlven bv Ell the uttnesEee End H6lti! offtctal!epo!t to thE fi1n13t!y of 0efence, froh th. €t.ted 2tth to the 26th,then a neteor uE3 seen that nlqnt thEt rlqht have alerred the 61rnenon duiV ih6t 6dnethlnq usE up snd leEd then Inio the fo!est. Here,they seg 6llqhtholEe bean they h.ve neve!.een bErole 6nd preBune1t td not flve nlles 6dEv b!t flvlnq a!ound the forEst. End ofEtory lf one 6dd6 tdtEl conrabul.tlon (or s ip!trduct or hunanlnEqin6tion' ao ou! trtlepld lo!!n.1tBi Aidpaih put€ It). Thls turnEthe ltqht lnto E t!!EnguIa! c!Efir addE the dlEEovety of aone !6bhltholEE End 6aEUnEa th€! the USAF do not knou uhEt !EdtEtlon 16.

I nlght.dd iGod help ugi If the USAF ev€! flnd theh.Elve3flqhting 6 noclEa! usr, slnce theyr p!Esur!bly' uould not knou Il thEInvadlnq r1!c!aft !Ere !IqhthouEE beanE or MIB.r uould not resltEethey had been It!Ed16ted sln.e they cEnnot tell the dtfference bet-oeen th6t 8nd the nolnEl backqlound ctr{nt, and uould uagtE houlsrllllnq 1n bomb crrtErE nade by the 6ecret 69Ent !EbbttB uhlen theF!sstBns had cleve!ly t!Etfledl The nan dhD, Eccdrdlnq to RidFEth,.Dndoned 3ll of tn1E, ChErles }1aIi, oaE subBequentlV, ndt disctpllnEdd! nade to feel Eor!y fo! hls 6Etton5. He uaE suppdrted bv hlqh-ranklnq offlce!s .Ell 6!ound htnr tncludtnq B!i96dler-ceneral Bo!donlrlttltEns tn tiaEhingtdn 6nd the SrtttEh Squbd!on Leader bE6e cDnn.nder.L6te! tlalt ues or6hoted to fu!1 .oronel End nEde EEEe coin6nder ofthe velv NAT€ baEe at dhleh he h6d' Eltegedlyr nade such lunatlce!!o!51 lrhEt l. hore, !q|t! the nen uho uete thE tud cohnande!5befo!e HEIt (betoeen 1980 and 1934) ln5IEt that the UF0 event !E6.e6l E.d unexplatnEd. Accdrdlnq to Ian Rldpath tnese tuo coldnels(s6r Ho!s!n €nd J6ck cochran) do not knou nuch EbD!t !EbbltE' tlEht-hou€e5 o! !Bdt6ttonr 6f,d uould h.vE allouEd the

If the!E 1B EnV t!uth ln uh!t Rtdprth End THE GUAR0IAN claii.then our 3r1i13h defenoes E!e tn one hEll of a mees. st!Enqe thatTHE GUAfl0IAN dtd not d!6d 6ttentlon to th6t, lEnrt lt?gFILLIANI FLASTIINE LIGHTS

i have stnce Edlnted out to Idn RldpEth that 6one df o!r objectlonoto the llqhthou.e theo!v (EpE!t floi thooe nEntlonEd 3bov3). Ihey

(r) crv1116n !1tne6€es !e!E 6t potnt6 on the Uoodb!ldqe_0!fordro6d f!on uhe!e lhe llqhthouse ta tntlslble. Yet thev.ndthe Eeveral a1!nen (EoproEchInq the roreEt flot at lessttuo dlffe!ent dl!ectlons) 6ll Eau the oblEct inBlde ihetreEs. Even the ElrpIeet EpFllc6tlon or trlqonometrvdemonEt!!tEF that thls !Ei6rk!ble llghihduoe h.6 dEfled

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the tau6 ur nEthen6tlcs in o!der tE ndve fron tt6pdsltlon on the coEBt.nd fIV Eround the udods.rhe alrneF on Lhe LaEt GEte could sEe the Itqhthduse bean,so they klfu It uE5 there, It te obllous rndeed, fr.nth16 p!sttron. ThEy de!e not 6auqht un6oa!es. Alsoseveral of then hEd been on the b6.e ror a lo.q tlne,vea!E In 6l leEEt tuo cE6ee. Io inEgtne Lhev uere un-fEnlllE! ulth the llqhLhouEE tn Etl that tlne d6nohEtrEteEthe lEok of f.lth Rtdpath seenE to hdve tn these nen. HeE!9!es 1n h1B cUARDIA[ ptEcE th€t ithe 6llmEn shooldhdve !.ported aEelng tu. b!Illiant tt6Ehtng l19h!si, tfthEy hEd seen the llqhthou6e 6E uEIr 6e th, UFa. ai.dulse he has not a6ked the. fiE h€E not spokEn to anyuItne6E to the UFo evEnt. lie have EEkEd then. ThEv r;ldu5 th.t they dtd not rerE! to II;llqhthouEe becEu€e ttdld not occur tD then to do ao. uie could f,ot qoarlelolth th6t. Reade!E of the p!E-l9BJ d!ticleE by Dotst!€et o! htself ul1t nrte th6t ue do not rele! to theItqhthou5e elthe!, not becsuE€ ue dld not !eElt.e ltuas thErer but alnply becEU6E ue dld not reg6rd 1t 6s nfanV pdtentt6l lnportance. It 1s such a !equla! featu!edf the l6nd5cape, 1t ts 1!ke 6skInq 6 Fa!l31En UF0 tn-vesti9€to! uhy he dld n!t consider thE Eiffel Tdue! tobe the ollqln fo! E uFo lEport.(r) IhE hen dent out lntd the ro!est ntght arter night fo!at lEdst tuo ueeko hop!nq fo! 3 !etuln of the UF0. surelydomebody uduld hEve flqu!ed dut the reEl explEnEtldn 1fhalf the tISAF re!e betnq fdoled bV thts ltqhthouEel Yetdn J6nu6!y, lrthr 1941, Salt Eent ht6 !epo!t t. the3!ltt3h Minls!!y of Defenc€r a foolleh hove 1f he, ln-!estl9atlng so!!ceo on base, End lnvestig6ting sou!cegflom the MtnistrV of DefEnce 6nd the USAF, had not stlllbeEn .dnvtnced thst it las E 6tr€n9e event. If tt t6hard to lnaqlne thE deq!ee of gulltbllltV rEqutred fo!the ltghthou8e ml6lndentlflcatlon tn the flrsi placE, to6ccept hhlB lEvEl of subseq!ent lnconpetence 15 ElmdBtunthlnkEble.

(q) lhe uFo shape, as deec!tbed by the uttnEBBes 1n thefd!est bearB no !elstion to the llghthouEE bean Itself.€esldeE uhlch 6lt dttnEsEes cIaln thEt tt u€E on theq!o!nd and that ihey bat.hEd 1t fDr a lonq uhlle. SuchbehEvlour uould be 1!terally lnc!edtble unle55 the quErds6nd offtcers tnvolved !E!E c!62y or drogged at the tinEithE conEequence6 of both 6uggeBttdnB bEinq very serlo!alndeed to lhe SrttlEh DUbllE.

Ian RldpBth kne! 611 of these f6ctE bEfdre hE !!ote h1BGUAF0lAN.rtlcle, 6nd I a6led hln uhy he h6d faltEd to nentton o!reply td then,6hd uhy he fBtled to glve c!edlt uherE Eredlt uaEd!. but left re€dE!E tD EEBUnE thEt the NEUS 0F THE tl0RLD had dls-covE!Ed 6nd InveatlqEted the stdry, 6.nething he ce!t61nly kneu tobe untrue? In htd leply, dhtch he tdld se I could quote, he EEld:iYou kndu thEre tE nothln9 ln the GuErdlEn.rtlcle I dld not te11you End the !est of EUFoRA, € yeEr before Vour book appe6!ed,...ii....thele t6 no obltq6tton upon nE dr the Gu6rdl.n to h€ntton(you or your book or BUFoRA) by naie....'

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cloae up detaIlE of lEnd1no.1te.(DrEUrnq by IEn nrzvqlod)( Tltustr6rtoh leproduced bV ktnd F.!rtssIBn of rheauihorE df sHY cFASH'

In dther uordB he 6dnltsthEt he dellbe!Etelv dectdEd ndt to refe!!:_r!:-y:ll"* ohlecrion€ to hrB hvporhesrs..d ch",e r;;;";;;-':l:-::lj.y: quEstlonE oosed to hri Et both EuFDaA 4eE nqe heue.ember, l9aJ 6nd DFcenber, l93rr. H16 vteE,reh;rnsoEtobEr, l9AJ End ou! tnvesttqstldns End BUF0RA cs;

qldo6th EskE ne: ruhEt do vou havE to feEr fron E l50O squib1n thp GUAq0IAN?r (Eoulb:- isio!L prEce Dr BEtrrei (cdrltneDlcrlonory) SEtlre:- conoosttton In uhtch vlce. or folru orts hEId uo to rrdtculp.r r reEr nothrnq; becsu6ethe truth ha6 6 h6blt df.onlnq out eventu.llv. But ti-doe6.oncern ne that he can D!e.enr such a one_!td;d hvLh to thelnrluenttEl reode!s or rhts nEUEEape!, uhen he dr; so In rutltnodredqE thdt the!e uEre rEasonEbIF countEr_6rqunente. It Etrttesne thdi tf-Enyone ts dlspr!ytns lE!! tt tE r.n itdpEth,teE! of the ltuthl

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Fo! Enyone tntete.ted tn hl5to!1c61 UFo !e3.4!ch the nEU6lEtte! ofthE suedlEh qloup A!chtveE fo! LIFD Resea!ch (AFU) 16 ve!V 1nr.!n-6tLve End helpf!1. Fo! 1n.!ance, ln lE6ue nunbe! 24, H6kEn slon-qvlst revterE Kevln.nd Sle Mcclorers STARS AND RIIMoURS DF STAR6!itch l! abEut the spp.tltlon€ uhlch Eu!!ounded 146!V JonEs in ui6lesbetueEn 1904 and 1905. Btohqvl6t conpE!ea !hEt he cBlls these rell-91ou6 dtrh-fulrtrneni. utth En expertence or hiE ldn. Uhen a q!!I-f!tend of hl8 traE tll, unbeknoun to he! he trled uslnq nentalvt6ual1.6tlon to h€61 hE! flon. dlatance. ThE next d6y, much toh15 6ulpriEe, she lelated ho! rhe Bad a llogtlnq €htnlnq Epherefly ove! hE! bed lnd EntE! he! body. Uhlt iE no!€ she u6s culed ol

In thE 36he edltion of AFU NEUjSLETTER €!e iuo alticles byAnde!s ttl,Jegren !ht.h dedl utth nyste!y at.Bhtps and qhost ftlers.ThE f1!Bt 13 6 revleu of THE GFEAT AInSHIPS HYSTERY bV 0aniel Cohen(Dodd, neEd, USA 1931) 1n uhlch hE conpEle6 the lA96-9t USA uave of61!.htp atqhttnqE !1th th" ScEndin6vtEn 19rr-l? qhoEt flie! u€ve.He notes thst tn both uavea the 319hilnoB !EcElved 6 qrest dEEl ofcovE!EqE Bnd debEte tn the p!e6o, and that ihe rlght-uln9 nEUspape!BtEnded to qtve credence to thE rEport6 uh11st the lEft-uIng neuE-pEpe!. tended to d!omlss th€h. ThlB con E16o be €Een tn the E!1t1shE!EEE !Eactlon6 to th. Srltl6h 1909 6nd 19lJ phEnton 6lrEhIp u6ve6.Stni!a!1!, Ell the6e 6tqhttngs nEInly concE!n the obEErvatlon ofnocturnal ll9ht5, 6lthouqh the I9rl-J7 daveB 6eem td havE lncludednore clo.e encDUnte!s than the othE!8. Finslry, LlIjeqrEn polniedout th6t the usA and sEEndtn6vi.n uE!e3 both beq6n in the uest 3ndsp!e.d e63t!.!dB - the dppDEtte td uhEt hEppenEd In the e!1t13h!EvEd (pa!ttcurE!ly the 1909 Dne). Soue!Er, the B!ttlBh uaveE dldtend to EUlntn6te.Ih utdely sepE!!tEd 6tn!ltanedus stqhtlnq3 uh!ch,tf taken 6t facE vslue, cd!1d onlv nedn there uere seve!El aE!dpI6nee/6tr6hlpE dpE!6i!ng.i Thls could be_explalned by ttre fact thEt 5uchuave6 tended to genef!te Eo nuDh p!blt.tty ln.oacEntr6ted b!!Btsth6t nEny pEople do!ld be on the look-dut fo! st!!nqE aerI6l sightd6nd uourd consequently tnte!p!€t sucn th1n96 65 venus, ot br!qhtEt.!E,.Eco!dinq to uh6t thEy uanted to belleve. But 5s Ltljeqren6tdteE, ihE!E 1s 6n iErpIEn.iton qEp !hen eEcrEt lnvEnto!s of nE!-velloua flying nachlnea Ere.uqqested 6s an eiplEnatton fo! the6t!snger cloEE Encounter E.sE6. The aEcret lnventor theory justdoeE not hold uEtght uhen the Endunt of EtqhttnqE and the stEte Ef6erdnauttcE! developnentE E!e t6kef, tnto cdnslde!atlon. It uduldake thtn93 a lot easler tf 6 5ec!et lnvento. coold bE dlscovered !n

o.der to bfand hln or hEr aE the cuIF!1t of the cloee encounter c63e6,End.a the cEtElyst for the u6ves !h1.h ue!e suEtslned by FUbllE6nd nedlE p.ntc. Houeve!, thla !s not thE caEe, lndeed such an!n!ento! D! group of tnvento!E uould h€ve had to hove been p.rtl_.uld!ly energett. fo! then to hEve qene!6ted phanton alrsh!p Fantcaln the UsA betuEen r396 6nd 189?, ln thE g!ltI3h I5lEB, Neu zealand.nd UsA 1n 1909r and South Af!tcE 1n 1916,6ldnq !ith dther slQht-lnqs uhlch ue hsve yet to dlEcove! tn the neoepspEr fllea' dnd notfo!qettrnq (uhlch I ne!!tV did) the 6!lttah l9ll uEve.

0f even ndre trportdnc. E!e Ltrleq!enr5 plans for so!ttnq out!11 thE dot. he hEB Dbtslned Ebo!t th. Sc.ndln6vl6n qhosi fl!erstdhtlnos. At o.esent our nEln 6ource for thIE uave 6!e John reelts

'r;tcl"6 tn FLYllrG saucER ReUICU iFYsrEqv qFRoplrNLs 0r rPL- l9JDsio6!t3 I to 4 tn vdI.l6, nd t End !, and vol.l? nd. L Erd 5' End In;tr b.ok DPERAIT0N TR0JA.l HoFSE (Souvenlr, londdn, l97I) bdBed on

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the reoeErch bV Ake Flgnzen. In h1a 6t6tu6 !epb!t, Lttjeq!en notEEthEt tn thE 0l€! A!.hIve tn Stockholm he hao bEen qtven 6.cess ioro!r bdreB of doclhents dn thE qhoBt flle!, Fo!!un6telt fo! o!!p!!pooesr i€vgry Etqnlftc!f,t 6tqhtlng u.. to be !Eported and !nvest-lqaied on-the-6pot, Etthe! by the pollc. (noEt dften) o! by thEntllta!V. TheEE tnteuoq.ilon rec6!ds fo!n the baslc - say ?5 pe!cEnt - pa!t of the flle. lnvEBtl96tlons ue!e sonetlhEE netlc!lo!srhe ulote. EvenluBlly he hope6 to tlan€l.tE nlDh of thls hatellEllnto En€113h, !htch 1B ce!ialnly uorth looking ro!uald to.

If Vou.€n hglp hlm ln hls t6Ek hE E.n b6 contBctet 6L P0 Bot11027, s-600 t1, Ndr!koptno, Sueden.

r.ty add!EsE t6 Ues!fleId Cot!aqe, Cloule aEnk Ro.d, Althorpe,South Hunbe!Etde, 0Nl? rlZ.

And hele t€ lust Euch 6 lepolt 6ent to stephen0Fnble, BuFoFA's Dtiector ot FEs.!!ch, bv n! J.T. c!'ft ortlld-Glano!qEn U6Ies.

ThE repo!t 1s tEken f!on the cAfiaRIA DAILY lEA0Efl (6 suEn6eEneu6pape!) d6ted Thulsd6v, Janu6rv l0th, I9lJ.

!IIIAT IS IT?fiore flEprrt. Ablut thE L19h! h lhe Sky

Is lt 6n 61!shlp? If 60 the nv.te.y ofthe elu6ive strc!.ft qlod€ no!e nysterlous.It hdE been seen.qaln fiylnq by ntght E6uEq61 6nd iht6 ttng on the co6st ol tlldtl€1E.. It u.E seen by oount!V people afe! nltes solth of Abelvsiuyth dt 4.25dn SEtuld6y nI9ht. At flrEt 1t headed outove! c6rdigan aEV but lis EeE!chttqhtBuhlch BUept the hlllB evl,dentrv !Evealedthe neEldess dr the ocean fo. ti tulnedsouth and lert tn the dllEEtloh of C6!-

Th16 1E.t leEEt the flfth tlie thlanonth that the nystery Et!5hlp haB beerleeen flvtnq hy nlqht.nd yet no Ene h!€seen rt !tEe o! decend(61c) End n. onEknouE uhence lt Eohes or utthe! (elc)

Cn Iu€sdsV tt !as !epo!ied that flvEper60ns dEcl!!Ed ihEy hEd.een li qolnqove! Ltvelpool betleen ? p.n. and a.l0 p.r.on Sgt!!d.v nlght, Vet st a.i0 p.n. lt uE.seen neEr Abe!Etuythl At Llte!poDl ar Inulles Ii ca!!ted 6llqhi or llqhtB.

oe hEve ElreBdy !.co!ded thE stEieneni.of person. .t CE!dlff, Berthy! 3nd Sudn6eE6nd othe! pIscEs rho cl6tr to hEve seen ithe3t!Enqe ltqhii In thE 3ky,

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I BOOXSA SECREI PRDPHEI]V.R6lph Noye6, Qu€rtetEooka ttd. t?.95.

I E!a1ted ex- 1nt6i!V ofDefencE dfflctEl Ralph Noyealbdok on the !F0 phe.omenon ulthq!€at lnte!eEt. Althouqh 6!!-p!lsed by lt5 Do.tenls I u.6 not

ThE bookra freeuhe6llnqstyle od!ks better tn psychold-qlcat drdmE dr'en.ildnElrd!ttInq than tt doeo tn 6.tenceflctldn, but F6lph Noyes does udett ln lois of the bodk to vElyqdod effect and 1t nEkEE foi

ThE book can be ve!Y PolltlcElln the senoe bf rxpresalnq theEutho!'s pe!3ua6tons rathE! bluntly.I thtnk he 13 too bl6t€nt tn thiareEpe.t to be totollV effEcitve,RefE!Encee to. fem6le SrlttthPrtne rltntdtEr - - totallyb61d bene6th he! sculotu!ed cdrff-eurE end extreme !eferen6es to anAhe!1c6. P!e.tdEnt - no!e Reaqanthan Re6qBn co0Id ever be, caoledthe !e€cttons of thls reEde! uhen'presunablv, the oblect u66 td tn-rlane. And they .re onlv the sub-

The natn sto!V, that the eltenvtsttEttons E!E f!on ! r.cE that6o'ehou dtd not o!tte nake 1t lnhlBtory 5nd pe!h6ps qot left behlnduhen the n6mnat6 overtook thedlnosa!!s i6 En lnt!I9utnq theoryinoi lesst th6t thev (ihe allena)e!13t EbneuherE over thE edqe of!earIty. Shades ol rThe Tdlllqhtldne'and'D! liho! I th tnk I

The ndEt dlEdppolnt o3pect ofthe book l3 !is tdtEl fbllure to bebetlEvdblE 1n the 6rEE of rbehindclosed Llhltehdll doo.3i dhtEh ouqhtto be the naln c1a1m to fane a6Mr Noyes ts an ex-Md0 EnFloyee andaB the blu.b 6Eys 'lf, t.uch ulth thELrF0 p!oblEn,' Indeed thE book neversee s to take th16 b6pect bf theEtor! !lth ahy.€rtdt5ne36. In theaeoost-Ponilnq dEvE, ulth the !ff1cl6lSecrEts Act in tatterd ln co!!tsth!o!9hdut the 1.nd, R6lFh Noye6 couldh6!dly have bee. bfratd of.eve6l!nqEnvthlna he 3hd!ldnrt. PerhEpa thetrxth 1E Just too un!e3d6blv dulll€ut ce.ialnl! for ne the 1e63t be-ItEvabte ch.ractEr. 1n the book 5!e

those lnh6btitng Ohlteh6lI,s nany!66n! 6nd co ! !1do.3.

ThE bodk.cdreB mostIV tn 1ted!l9inElttV. Not fro8 sourcen6!e!161 or!bbed f!.n !Ec€nt 6ndu!11-Dobttcleed !FB .aseE ( RendIE-Bh6n 6nd Llvtnqston) and not frdmBtyle - E cdrblnEtl.n of JaheEJoyEE .nd Jdhn Il6borne (ihVUntverattV !as uhlte tlle norethEn !ed b!lcklr) but df a bIe6d-lnq of the tuo, SclencE flctldnhEsn't sEen a contEnFo!arV LrF0book 1n thlE 6t!1e befo!E 6nd lt1a 6 p1e6E€nt chanqe.

Uhen I spoke to the autho.!eEently (Ebo!t 6lectu!e he u6sgivrnq) he Bald hE dtdnrt ntnd 1fpeople !ere drtven i6 fu!v aboutuhBt he hgd to 56V so lonq EBtheV uErE d!1ven td sonEthtnq.Thts book l6 llke th6i, love tto! hEte lt yd! udnrt put tt dounultho!t ooBethlnq to sav 6bout 1t.

JOHN SPENCER.

Fron: lennV R End I eE.0!!ector af Invest !qEt !ons I

sl! -UFos - A UASTE 0F TIME?

I have becone lncreEElnqlVoonce!ned bv the vs!lou5 letter6(the latest betnQ tn the MEV,l9a5 aULLETIN) from 9t eua rtf,6mpbe1l, FlC lor Scotland(thE..LnlrVl) These beqan !he nhe chEllenqed my bb.k THEPENNTNE LlF0 fiYSIERY assertlnqthEt lt se rved

NaturaIlv! Steua.t 13 En-tttled to (and usualLv has) htEoun oplnl.n. I h6ve.everctslned, ettHer 1n hv book.rln the arttcle I urote (3uFoRABULLETIN June, 194!) th.t th-Fre!aa Enythlnq psrt!cuI5r1y.!ectEl 6bout the Pennine €rea- 61thouqh lt6 lncldence of

UFo cloEe en..unte!6 ts undEn-1Ebly htqh. AnybodV uho caresto 3t!dV the rec.!dd uould fotethlE. Uhether th6t l5 En tn-herent l.ctor. hs6 eoclDloqt.aIb66EE, or 1a 6 functlon

.f thE envtronment 1n sdne u6!'rEn6!ns open td debEte. E!t to d1E-ntsE the facts utthoot cDnt!arYevldence EtrlkEs 6e E5 6 ot.anqelvdoon6ttc EooroEch to 6doPt.-HL't then SteuarL cannot bE saldto lack fl!h v1ed5. In hlE I6tEstletter hE 6latns that in 12 Ye3!Eas En 6ctlvE lnvestlqaid! he hEgnEver found E Blnqle csse th6t cduldnot be erDIEIned. H13 onE Po6slbIspxrpntrdn IE Ltvtno6ton, dhlch I.Ers;n61lv tand t re6l16E aqEInEt

" ira".r ooj,nlon) hdvE atdEvEbeen 1e66 than s!!e 6bout. He thenEosEltB that qlf hls cEses h6ve beenetther nisoE!ceottdns o. hodxEB, 5ndooes on to ext!aEolate fot the !EEi;r the uDrldl Erqo, Es he Puts lt:'ufoloolBts Ere ubstlnq thelr tlne'r

tenDtEd td 66k dh'lsLeuart t; dolnq d6stlnq htB ttnethen, 1f ue s!e to t6ke hl6 suqqs6t-1.n serlouslvl FortdnELely (or un-rnitun6tElv AEoendtnq uhtch stde bfrn" ren.t irou EltJ ue cdnnot do th6t'EitrdbDtdtlnq 6n!thinq rrdm bhe bE31BnF st;uartrs InviBtlqabldn€ lE unurde'

l€t ne 5av lnnedl.telv th!i I hEveaIu6ve reEEe;led hln rD! hI6 u'rk' hlBgceoircrgn ana tenEcltv. a€ D!reciorn r Tnvest!oEL!onE I h6!e EeEn EevEr6r

"r rl..t.i reoorLs and t truet B'v th'tI h6ve noL rEad tFen the BETe rEv thal't'" .ria-""tLv h6e. Jh1 Iqt onE o! tio d'them have been E<plElned to mv BaLIE-rnfLlnn aB uell ss hI5' othe!o hEvehEen Ieft up ir the 6l r dtuh a conreFri i r '

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n r ddt6'(uhtch I tEndro.Eoard ao 6n adntsEldn of f611ure.n th; odrt or the lnvestts'tor - 61-thduoh ue Ere 5lI forced lnto Ii on

IhE!e nost cerisinlv !!!9 bEenc".;;i;; """"" t could not e-xprBIn dhrchseen !o ne verv unllkelv 'Erold6ies

I dr1l 0 5t6Lus (ul thout a qrD63 5tretcnlng"r thE evldence) 6no on uhlch r ( aq6rnn..Bonallv) uould h!ve llked ho 5eeiore rorriu-uo. aut there ts 6luEvd 6

iFnder dlLh Env lnveBtlq.tor (and I dr;;i-;;.i;;" nv;er') thEi oerBonsr EtLr-il""i'",iii.16.0 oorecLtv!Lv. It 16 nbtdtlflculi fo! E PteId tnvettlqator io,,nconEclouslv Ehv EUav fron cd€eB be_

.ause Lnev oi not flt lntd ht6 purvrednr hrr lilFo lB. he urt-;e6E claIhB ip.vchlc .(oe!tencE6' si t'ra slohrlno.nd vou do nol !belIeue" rnBuch'rhlnqsr erqd the ultresE l6-rFdq-instt!E'a"d the rF0 6lqhtlng ptobabrv

an ihalluclnatton.i 0! Yoorr.1 611 oen!lne UFgs nLBtbe n6!u!ai phEnomen6 _ so ifa !itnEEs tepo!te a st!uciu!edcr6ft ulth Do!tholea' ulndouBand creEtu!e6 1n tt these uetei.onBi!uctsi gr6fted Dnto the1n1tt61 blob of ltqhi. rheydere not there 1n anv rrEEIi6EnsE. Fron thlB vou nav uerrcon.ludE thEt the c6Ee 1€duitE exollcEbte 65 !ball_irohtnrnq" - even 1f thlB lBD.;ctIcalIy E coP out, be-.6use bElI Ilqhtnlng bDUnda!vderlnltlons E!e hazY and ove.-160 In!o Eome ktnde of UAP.

lrhst I sn rEallV 6aYlnq 1Bthst the uF0 reDort t6 6sdeoendent updi--il-nlnd ol thEInvEsitoator se aInoBt EnV_rrr"..ige. One mEn'5 hEIIU-cLn6ilon ts andthe! nEnrgstdn!ftEant coniEct. lrrho tsto-s€v uhtch or then ls riqhlst thls 6taQE of the qane?Not Vou, nor I. NDt anv 'r u3'uE 6lnPlv do ndt have enouqn

UhllEt I6n s0!e ihatSteudrt !E6llses th16 BE

.LEdrlv de 1 do' hl5 self-cdn-trdEnc; do!rtEE me. rt etrEvel 1s not Po5stbIE, hestdtesl l6n qt6d he t5 5o

oosttlve, becausE noet PhvB l -;rat.6nd ohILoe.Dhers do nolsha!e hlE rEia!ksbte Pe!-cEnttbn. ln no senee an Isu;oesttnq uF!s are t lnE-.hi;o- But thEre !Eallv 15

"'"r;',i or the ulndou on thEdr;BEnt ba5l€ or n6n!6 knou_ieaoe. rhe sane reasonrnq.ooire" to tn. ETH (dr uhlcht .Pn6tn doubirul) o! dnvrnrm of Elien.dmPonent toLhe UFo nv=hety I of dhlch Ihave Vet to be convlnced)'Betnq s6 objectlve Es I cEnhF I do not Bee hou snv orus co!ld EosstblV stEte' aosteuart does' that'thev ttonot erlBt.i 0ur scienceme!elv 6!queB thst therE ErEnn rt;n droundB rdr berlevrnqtn then 6i Present. !t doesnot 3aY thEt theV are th-

tn mv vtEU AlIen Hvnek

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hakes one of the mDst p!.foundst6tehents on the UFD 5!blEctuhen he s6vs th6t ue nuEt !en-Enbe! - the.E ull1 bE € scienoeof the 213t and 22nd centu!IEe,and thE onE thlng ue knod €bout!t !s thBt tt u111 be dlffe!ent,P!oa!eaE l6 ltke thBt. uhat ueknou nod lE not u!!nq.6ut uh6tue knou tono!rDU, ba6ed !pon ltl!tIl be cloBEr to tne t!uth,

!Je reftne ou. unde!Btrndtng aEue paeB th!duqh hIEtorV, hon1.9ddun our concepts touE!dd the pEr-rect rlnlsh. Cu!lent BpacE-tInEconcepts ElE neu 8nd far flonp.llBhed. Thev nEy tn thE end re-sult prDvE ad vag!e 6nd generE-llsed Es the bEllEf 6 feu cent-urteB bEck that the stard !ErEplnp!icks 1n 6 6hleld Eround thee6!th. ThEn ue only h6d one stepcolrect - thE €t6rE !gI9 outeldethe earth. E!entuEllv, EE ue!nderstobd no!e and ho!e deelolved thg theo!y of.tar fo!-mstton. Ule do not knob Et uhatpolnt on the hlqhuay of Ploqless

3ut 1t 1s nost lnE!!-bdble th6t !t t5 nesr the flh5lde3tln6tion. To E!3!!g thdt tt tEts betnq n6tve End EoneuhEt un-

TherE a!e thlngs Ebout UFo6 uhlchbe niqht f,ot be able to unde!6t6ndin the 20th cent0!y.0ne day thEVnEy Elot lnto placE' Ea nEny sctEnt-lflc nyeterles hEve done tn the pdEt.A neu conceptual le.p foluard sudd-enlV p!ovldeE the explEnEtlon rdr EnEqE old puz2l.. iuh6t 6!e thoaEEU6thes ol ltqht Elolnd the nEstE ofou! sslltrq 3h1p3?! asked 6 n6rlne!E ?eu centu!1EE 69o. GhoBt llqhia,denonlc DresenceE? tlEnoes f!dn God

- thev .re the ansuera he uasdffered. then Etonq cones Eclenceand the dl.coverY ol etect!Dnlcch6!qe 6nd hou tt qathe!e e!oundpolnt Eourcet - ltqhiinq cDnducto!t,o! ns.t6 of EallInq 3htF5, Ihetruth tE suddenly 6It !oo obvrouE

fiy Pennlne book EErved tE keep. lecord of uh.t uent on ove! !oellod of tlre In thEt Patt of Eng_l6nd. Dn E l.!qe! sc.le thEt 13bhst ue Ere !11 dolnqteven Steu.rt.I sddeit r! thouqht6 End Buqqe6tlonaEnd ldEE6 6b.ut EoEstbtlItleE -EllEys ulth dtflldence, hecEUEe thEtiB the onlv day tt c6n be dnne.

0the. !folo9tsts have donethtB(rnd u11l contlnoe td)th!!ughout ihE drratlon of theUF0 nyste!y. Eventually de ulIlf19!re 1t 6rl out - altho!qhnEybE tn the end bY €ccldent' o!th6nko td brEEk-throuqhs hBdeelseuhere by soneonE not In the1e66t lntE.ested In uFa6.

In nV opinton uh6t !e do h4v6lue.0!! dEtE u!11 on€ d€Vp!ove uEEfuI to sonebodv, Bone-uhele. I hdvE no ldea uho, o!uhenr o! uhdt 6.ea (o! 6iea6) tdqcl.ncp (even tl 1i ulll be6cI€nce) t. uh16h th15 uilr apFlV.sut I an 3ule that thls st6te-nent 1s vEITii, 0therulse, 6sgteu6!t saVB, ue dould be u65i1nqou. tIme, 6nd thEt uduld ndtEppeal 1o ne dnE b1t.

ThE uorld t6 fllled dlth f5B-cln6tlnq thlnqs. There 3renv6leries E-pIEnly to be un!avelIed.The!E 1s no need for 6nYone tousEte llne on UFos, I !e6earchbecause I6n PoaltivE sleua!t ts

Perhap6 I nlqht be accused ofbla6 - I uould saV thal' do!ldnrtI? only Vou can n6ke uP Yo!r o!nntnd. Il Vou a9!eE ulth Steua!tvou mav Es uell fdrqEL uF03 BndiakE ud ast!ordov inBleEd - onlvioklnq Steusrt - !ell, halfldtlnq, 6eiroloqy ddes have ItgDUn bElfIIno ouestlonB ..... '

!!3!-9!-g_499EC!!tust be notlfled to thPMEnbE!3h1p SecrEtErV End theChstrnan lmFedtatelv thev t.kEplace, othe!ul3e .ontlnultVof publlcbtldn cEnnot bequarsntEed 6nd tt l5 ndt61u.ys posBtble to replEcepublicstlons 0hlch h6ve not

LECTURE FRI]GRAI,IIlE 19A5

LECTURES, uhless othe!uisE statEd!il1 bE held at L0ND0N BUSlNESSscH00L, SussEX pLACE, !0ND0Nt NUIon the li!st saturday !t Esch honrh( unIes6 otherulse Btaled). Lecrurp.beqin 6t 6.J0on and !111 end ara!ound 9.J0pm! Council hopes that asnany members aE possiblE !111 sttendln o!de! t. nake the meeiinqs assuccessful and llvely as possible.

Ent!an.e fee is Cf fo! BUF0RAnembe!s, i2,50 fo! non-nenberE.

The proqranne fo! the rEn6inder bf19e5 is as follods.septembe! 7th. 1965:UF0s: ITIHENCE AND tljHIIHER? byAertil fiuhlenann.0ctobe! 5th! 1945:THf ENGLISH UITNESS FR0JECT bvXen PhllliEs.Ndvember 2nd, l9a5 !TITLE AND SPEAIIEF TO AE ADVISED^(sEe Sepiember iesue !F JrAp).Decenber ?thr I9A5Lectu!e bV Fluqh Pin.ott, TTTLE TO

Q (|J^ k/] c?

Bufola Bullellh (Builde! a Merchan!)34b Malytebone Hlgh Street

\{lr{ 3Pr

Irve heard df the tnuts and bolisr theory, b!t this

B]IFORA F!AL ICATIONS- SPF']AL OF FER

The foIl6uinq Fubliceti.ns aredffered at a soeclat rate tonembe!s. aoolicatlons tD arn ol d

iJest, l6 SduthuaV' B!rqess Hill!rLlest aus6ex, toqEther uith vo!rcrrequE/F0 fdr re aFFroFrjateAN'''Nt. THESE AFE REAL 3AF6AIN5'

LLOsE ENC!IINIEH AI L IU IU!:J!I.64oo. L.!qE rorm.t. LI.)u rPrus50p F3p) {Frevious rJ.00)LIFO INVESTIGAI0'1. Standard FieIdiiiiil-iiEliii tra-noooo k - (Er.50.

L0l\IGFE!5 ' ?9. f2PD Lerqe lornat'F;;;;;I;-d,Brd! /hi eu5 t ub/Hi 11/A";'...": ?5o (olus F3ol.

reForts. C1.50 (Plus

,1ET ANNIVEFsARY 14EMORAS ILLIALionel seer also has s.ne coFie6Ieft.f the four oage teaflet Prd-duced to oa!k aLlFaRA's 2lstann!versa!V 1n l9al. ThesE out-ti.e the Assaciation's historV.Np als. has some.f the soecialred badqes I dve!printed !tth theA.soc!aiion's toqo and uhich aren.u s.methina ofa ..1lecto!'s ttem.Send tu. 1rD-;tamPs (I0. ror e6.hertra bad!e orde!ed) to LI0NEL aEeR,15 Freshu;te! Cau!t, C.6!fo!d Street'London UI. Fox the leaflet send td.l0! stanps, for the badqe and leafletsend JUF in stanPs.

FOUR assorted EUF!RA BIILLETIN/:CLIRNALSTl--incr p sp.

THE BRIIlSH UFO FESEAREH ASSOCIATION dAEs NOt hOIdor erp!ess corpo!ate vieus on lJF0 Fhenonena. Cont!i-buti.ns reflect onlV the vieus of the edltor or the

copy fo! Fubli6Etibn nust be sent dlre.tlv io theEditdr and not t. anV othe! officer. 0!tQinaI nater_ial is copvrlqht both to ihe cont!ibuto! and BLIF0FA.LrhEre cont!ibutions in!.1ve other copv!iqht holde!s,they should be sa ma!ked.

SDIENCE AIVD TIE UF0s by JennyRandles and Peter Uer!inqton dill beDUbti6hed late! thls sunner bV BasilBlack!e1I, pri.ed i 12.58.

The book p!ovideB the fi!st surveyol hou science ha5 tacked the !F!phenomenon and olfers a.hallenqedto scieftists and UF0 investigato!s,

The authors s!qqests uaVE inuhich s6tentific standards maV be app-tied and uh€t f!u!ts such an inq!i!VmaV Vield. TheV also illqstr€te uaVsin ohich the Iaynan naV make a se!iEut

Both duthors are critical of sciencEand of llF0 expe!ts and a!e not afr6id,houevEs, to recoqnise that the!e is anyunde!fVinq UFo !eatitV, attho!!h thisnav not be uhat the oopula! media uD!ld

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