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:CDITORIAL: WHAT'S THI.? • • • EPIC UFOLOGY c/o THE 3DC! Many of you will no doubt not have seen the JBC-1 90 minute TV play "The Flip­

side of Dominic Hide", screened on December 9.If so then you were most unfortun�te After the dismal ITV play about UFO spotters and a little gre�n alien called Nigol (shown earlier in 1980 ) this was nothing short of a breath of fresh air tinged with genius •. If it is repeated, and criticai acclaim was such that it might bo9then do not miss it.

On the face of it you mi�ht not have thoucht it relevant to ufology and,of course,that was not the main purpose.It was a humorous and rather touchinc trans­temporal science-fiction s�ga with superb actin� and fine special effects,but overall in possession of a simple (and far from unique) theme which was neverthe-less Jrilliant in its execution.

Set in both 1980 and 2130 it tells of Dominic, a precocious but likeable 1vorka:::­in the organisation which studies history for the future. They use "flyinG saucorr::·: to travel into the past for first hand study but are only permitted to observe and novor to land .. "\'le must keep saucer si.r�htin-�s to a minimurn", he is toldcLittle lletails liko that about how these time travellers become tqdays ufonauts are woven into the story with pure incid.Jntalism.There are funny, yet to us serious� �oments when Dominic's saucer is seen in 1980.The JDC-1 much aired documentary "Out of this World" is even included,mid-play,and· we see the time travell3r �auning at the Mci�Unnviltlte photo ancl remembering all the stories he has "!Jeen told about travellers who broke the rules and made contact

•• �("Remember Tom Cochran�."

h.J is warned."He landed in Ohmo in 1955 and killed a dog by mistake.That dog Ht1s later to have barked and saved some people in a blazin.t:; building.,Jeca'lSG it did not all those people later died and hundreds of their future d,;scendants vanished off the face of the earth.Whon he knew wh�t he had done Cochr�n went insanoe")

On many levels the play contained a spark of brilliance and rare insi�ht.Not least of importance was how the world of 2130 was made so utterly plausable�Tho characterisation was marvellous and one could 0asily become enraptured by the story-line.One could watch it as excellent science-fiction,or one could isnore t�e science and enjoy it as a movin3 lmve story.Again ono could look deeper and s8e the subtle1�but clever, presentation of the "time travel hypoth8sis" for UFO sightin;s.It was in fact, in parts, first rate ufology!

I must admit to being a little biased in the play's favour because the TTH has always hold a peculiar �ascination for me.It feels correct somehow.It expl2in� why ":=tliens" look like us, why they behave like us, why they are so interested i:1 the minor details of our live, why they are taking samples (souvenirs), why the sightinss are dotted about throughout history and yet never alter much in their character .All in all it offers a great deal in the way of answers ( al thou_::h of course it does have the funuamental dependGnce upon whether euch travel is scientifically feasible or just a dream) Th�n again it is said that· what we can ima�ine we will ono day do.There is a lot of future progress ahead of us and if timo-trav0l is ever invented (even in One million AD! ) then trips to here and nc;�·r mi?ht occur.If tfi8'Y ever do then we would know about it (since we are in tho her� ::1nd now here�nd now! ) By this circuitous argument one is almost forced to acc:ttrpt the �TH as the most probable answer to the UFO mystery!

This theory is stran::;ely quiescent.Only a handful of thErnYetical artj_cles h<.ve ever been producGd on it.In view of its favourable points. I do wonder vrhyoOf course it hasi ts problems too and that was what made :'Flipside" such good ufolog:-:1 It provided one with most of the paradoxes and Jroblems as well as the successes of the theory .It certainly has made me think anew about this :he,slected concej)"C, Althc"'...lgh I doubt if the intention was in the mind of the playwrite he has in fac-e performed a service to ufolo�y.The DBC comes of a�e in a very strange vray indeed, Perhaps we should send Hugh Jurnatt on drama lessons!

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�� c: DO NOT FORGET •• • FED 7 1981 is a very important date.This will be the first ever joint meeting �etween all 3ritish UFO groups, when the northern net-­work (YOU!) meet up with your southern counterparts .. in Iv.u'l.UFOG. The opportunities for si:snificant advnnces are enormous.It is assure:d that MAUFOG will hav•J a fii1e !urn out with most of their dozen or so �roups represented. Do not let NUFON downG 6VERY associate group must make an effort to have at least one represeritative at this event,Why not contact· your nei1hbouring.0r9ups1 �gree to travel together and share petrol cos�s? . UFOSIS; are. organisin [J �h? venture and it will start a t···2:, OOpm_ (to allow good t1me-.. f.or you 9:ll to trav el) . Th8 venue is: The BIRNINGHf.d1 MIDLJ�ND INSTITUT.tB h.ND CONFERENC� CENTRE on M�r.-garet Stree-t in Birmingham (Room No· 2TJ:-­If you wish directions (by road· or rail) contact UFOSIS at 731 Hagl.ey Rd l.Vest, Quintan, Birmingham BJ2 1bJ or call 621- 422- .3949. REMENBER.,. THIS IS IHPORTANT. lt There have still been no offers f�om any group to s��ge the 1981 NUFON con­ference, and so as yet nothinG has been arranged.There have been several vary Good reviews of the October ll,Birmingham,event on CE 4 cases,and a number of requests to know when Andy Collins was organising another ono! I think that the idea of basing a conference on a theme and inviting papers on that them� worked well and could be adopted with a different theme (UFOs- THE PHYSIC.h.L EVIDENCEoo perhaps?) at the next conference,Any takers? It appears that you have all a�reen. to the propos�l that futurG conferences will be or6anised by a committee, �nd this will �e pursued from the next vunture onwards. ' :: Also a5Teed wa s the constitution of a NUFON administrative panel consisting of myself and Peter Warrington (MUFOHA), and Syd Henley and Les:Hall (NUFOIS)o There were no other proposed members and so this constitutes the current panelo This panel (along with represont�tives of whichtver group a�rees to stage the next conference) will have control over its organisation and planning. s: Very few groups. have responded to appeals for their latest details to go into

n. 1981 edition of the· Northern Groups directory. (One of the_ three that has is·= not oven in NUFON!) Please send �n updated r eport on your �roupgaadross,equipment; policios,memborship stren�th otc etc.The diructory cannot be published until them. i z T0d Horton,formor UFOSIS investi,_�ations coordinn.tor, has had to leave ufology for the time bein[; due to personal problems. We wish him a very speedy recovery from the heartbreakinG situation he h�s found himself in, Meantime all UFOSIS

communication should �o to the address above (see top news item on this page) :: Readers are advis3d to watch out for a new film (being previewed in your cinemas now) Called HANG/ill 18 it is a fictional thriller basect. loosely on the Len Strinsfield articles (in FSR) about crashed saucers,cover-ups and alien bodiP�, What is the secret of Hangar 18? I think you can guess, but the film looks well dramatised.I�m not as convinced by the claim (in the trailer) that this film is TitUE! (or based on the truth). No doubt it wen't-���� �o� 9ffice receipts though� :: The UNEXPLAINBD carried a short series of articles by myself on �FO identification A number of letters from pr.)spocti ve UFO­lo�ists came my way,One,none-En�lish,person requested information on where to 3et the FLYING SAUCE REVIEW ••• I can see mt now • • • • • •

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these damn physical traces"

ELSEWHERE THIS MONTH, • • • • MAGONIA 5 ( or.54Q ( 40p, 64 Alric J�, ve ,New Nalden, Sur:vey) Roger Sandcll turns from MASTERMIND to C0nspiracy theories,plus a new complex UFOIN CE4 case,, • • SKYWATCH .38 (J5p,92 Hillcrest Rd,Offerton,Stockport SK2 5SE) h1-s an impressive :=trticle on psycholo�ical disturbance & seeminglty "psychic" UFO reports,plus a review of the NUFON Oct 11 conference in depth • • • cMAGIC SAUCER 12 (25p,8 ::Tily Close Habberley,Kidderminster,�lorcs) is back with more childrens si�hti..n.rss, stories,cartoons etc • • • • NORTHERN EARTH HYST.!:!iRI.ti;S 10 (JOp,61 Cllimber St Hull HU 5 JRH) major pieces on l1. tlantis and earth energies, stone circles etc. P�ASUS,from SICAP,Nov/Dec 1980 (50p,149 Mytchett Rd,Mytehett,Camberley,Surrey) has a report on an interestine CEJ at a childrens home • • • • • PROBE .3 (60ppl6 Narigold Walk,Ashton,Dristol) is a nice glossy mag with pictures.Ther8 are pieces by Arthur Shuttlewood and myself (on the ethics of skywatchin5),cases,including a poyacal traces,CE4 and intri;uing misidentification and other articles. Finally GU�RNS::BY UFO RESEJ"RCH GROUP �Circular 8, (15p,Highcliffe ,Avenue Eeauvais� Ville Au Roi,St Peter Port ,Guernsey) has arrived with latest news on activity inthe little hesrd from Channel Islands.

NOrlTHERN UFOLOGY • • • l ��2-�22!S�_!2��

1980 was a tremendous year for UFO books in the UK,surpassing evon th8 Have year of 1977-78.It was perhaps most remrakable for its development of fictional ufolo� as a force. FEE saw ±ne paperback version of Ian- Watson" s· MIRACIE·.VISTTO:rtS (Panther £1,256pp)(A terrific sci-fi stoEy basGd on contacts.,r.egression and tho ··· Vallee/Jung school of ufo theorising.Great stuff with an interesting now theory to boot) MAR saw the paperback of Brad SteL;er' s GODS OF AQUAR,�US ·(also P anther £1) (A look at contactee messar;cs and the n0w a7Fr.e which is overloaded and boring). pl\.u: Janet&Colin 3ord' s ALIEN ANir1ALS (Granari.a h b £6.90)(A wetll ':Produced pot -pouri� alien· animal encounters, with ·material re la tin; them to UFOs and a reyieH of the· theories .• The Dord's 1Jest book yet) In Mh.Y Sph�re (95p) churned out Bruc� Cathi0's long published New Zealand text HARMONTC:;JJ (and later HARNCNIC 695) (Old hat and unconvincine; stuff about a ufo-grid systam that supposedly covers the --Horld) Lack • to fiction in JUN:tB wi.th a sci-fi book not obviously about UFOs ;Richard Francis 1.s -4

BLACKPOOL VANISHES (Panther £1.28)(Satire,poetry and characterisat�on as the alieni get bored with abducting p�ople and abduct Blackpool,en bloc,instead!.) AUG·saw th� second Peter Paget offerln:j UFO-UK (NEL pjb) (An endless catalo@ue of familiar UK ·

LITS,and some not so familiar but just as endless) SE? book of the yoar, wi thou-:. . doubt 1 was the UK edi ti.on ( unfortuna te;ty with no chan��es) of All en H�rid,fy 1 s · UFO HANDDOOK (Sphere pfb £5 •

. 95) (Very expensive,America�ised and not at all a

handbook,but a superb analysisOof IFO cases compared with UFOs.Vital.rtadin�).p1us THE INTERRUPTED JOURNEY (Souvenir £6.95) ,a slightly updated version of' John .. � --.. �·:-. Fuller's r�counting of the Detty& Barn�y .Hi.ll saF,a.If you have the American pj"b .

0di tion �rom the si�ties forGet it (a� Cor·�i are. releasing. a UK_ paperback in 81) ,·

OCT was tho month. WJ� Harbinson' s "pornogra�hic" novel about Uf.o irtvesti:?"ators 'h·ho ·

murder their witnesses,conspiracies, the lot! GENESIS (Corgi £1.?5); St��r- put ..

out a paperback of Johann Von Buttl�r's awful rip-off THE UFO P-�NOMBNON (not ·

worth the :bus fare to the ('orner shmp); Frank Hohnson' s saga THE ·t)'ANOS PEOPLE (Spearman;£5.25) was launched at the NuFON conference. (ari i.ntere$ti� st-ory bu't· 11<? analysis or anythin;� but superficmal,naive appraisal); P HOTOGRAPHS OF THE UNKNOWN. CNE!.L h/b) by Do b Rickard & Richard Kelly (Great stuff with page� �fter ·1ar.�c; of Fortean photographs • • • exFt.ctly like the ti.tle tells it); finally THE UFO ,··· . · ENCYLOPEDIA by Ron Story (with articles from many.leading ufolo�ists,pen �ortraits theories, position statements and 1he world 1·s··top c.ases summarised.Its bio; an.d bulky, full of pictures and costs no less t.han £12.95 from NEL, but .�t is,a·very valuable reference tool and will be used a!3ain and again by the active·- w-orker)_ Last,DEC saw Stuart Holroyd's ALIEN INTELLIGENCE in Abacus papenback (£2�50) (�t deals with other forms of intelligent life on· aarth, including ufonauts9 fairi'es and so forth) ••• l5 books is not bad 0oing and 1981 is already turnin� them out¥ with works by Charles' Bcrl� tz, the B�rds,Paul Deveraux arid· myself .co�ing very, �oon..,

UFOs EXIST BECAUSE? • • • • (1) DRIAN FISHWICK

:3rian is �oordinator of Merseyside group NIG.h:J;, a.l'FOIN inv�sti::sator -and a fire officer by profession. ·

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This is not an easy. s�bje.(,t to write about. One of the main ;ir::-oblems vrhen:· try­ing to educate people on t�� subje�t of UFOs is that.they canno� und�rstandvwhy "they' have not made cqnta�t with wo�lq .governments.A lot of p�ople thus �q along with thB attitude that they really do not exist, or .that the Si��tin�s·have· a rational explanation.A number of peopl� I have spoken to have ... a:=.Ked me•Hhat ev-­idence there is that wo·Lld make them believe .. This. is hard to. answer._ us�lly just ask if they believe in GQD.Most of· them say .they do.I then ask 1-fhat proof they have that. GOD exists.Nine out of ten say Je.sy.s Christ, . . the son o� God�Of course such an answe� does not, objectively, .support the existence of God.Homo Sapien� need something to ,hold on to.If:.th:��·- did not have a GOD lvho wou:.d save them? kt the first si;sn of danger people ·be.-;;:ln to pray ,asking the almightly for help.In.most cases he never answBns.There is more concrete proof of the existcnco .of UFOs than there is of. the existence of GOD.

In fact ·a rBadin5 of the Bibl8 provides much proof of the existence o: UFOs ·and superior bein�s.In Ge

.nesis it says," And God made man in his own image" This

sounds, to'me, like generical engineeririg.On this evidence GOD must look like uso There is more. "The sons of GOD came down to·. earth and took them women .o: earth for their wives" .Accordin�-; to the Bible God only had one �on, Jesus. This I regard as my first piece of 8vidence for the existence of UFOs. r

UFOs EXIST BECAUSE (1), • • 4 .My seeon� pi�ce of evidence is the Socorro sishti ng of 2L� April 1964,People

tr�ed to wr1te �t off Rs a .hoax but no proper explabation of what this 1�·, t � has ever been made.Philip Klass claims it was a tourist ploy to r.Jut the 0 t��� 0��'"�' the map.Wha� he never told was that at least 14 people (includin�. o:f_Lic0r. •J:--.m.c:.:-1 1 wc:re witnesses to the eve�ts, and names,add.resses and photos q.re r�.ll on file,

Three items of physical UFO evidence were obtained from this landing,quickly p?ompting the ·mil tary to clam up, Zamora was told not to di vul:-re th8 red in si ·rn4 a on the 'craft, The soil at the landin� site was highky radion.cti ve for a short while, The Air foree confiscated most of the evidence. Within hours Zr�.moJ.:a . . was ob-ftscating the faet that he had seen humano]ds by the craft.4n FBI . agent had sug­�estei it: Analysis of metal fra�ments said "The particles are co�prised of a material that could not occur naturally,consisting of the two G�emonts Zinc and Iron ." No earth alloys have tho same combined ratio, This finding str�ncrthens the case that mir�ht be made for an extraterrestrial oriGin . ·' · .

1�Iy final pleee of eviuence comes from my own experience ,At th'o ago ·of . ."13 I had

what is now.talled a CEl.I.had never noard fuf UFOs and I -dld nof · read sci.:..fi . So the sighting was not projactod out of my hoad, as some would have us believe!

I was returning home after wa tchin·� TV :1, t a friends . house. I was Halking along side the house ,to the b�ck door.At tho rear,a �Jout 100 yards away,is a cemetary

lined with larg'o trees,about 20-JO ft high,h.s I cot to the bs.ck a bright li�ht eau3ht my attention, On lookin� over I saw a :lar-;;e m.etallic object like a child's spinning top , I t was silver with an orange fl.ashin�g; li,�ht on top • .A.round the eentro there were a number of coloured lights· �SOing on and off in an anti-clockvrise

di:!'eetion,My parents were not in.I �ot out my nei �hbour and her daw;hter ., I pointed out the , o�je� t ib the cle�r,starlit sky,All three of us stood there looki�0 at ita It did not make a sound . After about 20 minutes ·it moved vertically.It got to <-�.bout 1e0 _ft and then shot strai--�nt up and was· lost to �i.o;ht ··in secQnds.I ro_ported the incident to the police who �sked me what I had been watchin� on TV!

I riever found out what I had seen that nl·�ht.I shall never forget it and,at least, I now know that UFOs exist.I've se_en_ .: bne of them close up.

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YES, THEY PROJA13LY EXIST BECAUSE,.·.. (2 ) Hilary E vans

Hilary is UFO coor dinator,-of the SociGty for·Psycqical Research, UFOIN advisor on psyct!.c matters and·au:thor of a coffee -t:l.me' book UFOs and a forthcom ing history of the Society for .. Psychical Research, which �a� its centenary in the _next year.

Ultimately,no�e of us is likely to drerive a to-tal conviction of the reality of UFOs from anything less than a personal expevience,and then only if it is very satisfactory and solidly confirmed,Failing that, all we can entertain is. tho in-

•tellectual proposition: is.it more probable that UFOs posses�·objective re ality than that they do ·not? And this proposition is meanin�;ful only if we accept that9

whether or not UFOs exist,thousands of soeming�y �ompetent persons are repo�ting. in se eming good faith,seeing objects which not only loo�. as if they are artifacts

but which behaqe as' if th�y are real. . J•t things arc not always what they seemcEach of the four fact�requir�ng

ae ceptance ,which "seem" to be"_ so offers a loophole , If we reject either of ·the first two there is .. no case to answe:I'.If ·witnesf!es are not of at least a-rerage

competence,or are deliberately deccivin1tus,then the whole question bf UFO reality

is meanin�less.Personally, however , I am prep�red 1 to believe that ·the majorlty of UFO wi tness_es are both competent and honest, .

Next· we have to consider wh.ether the witnesses .are .rir�ht when they say that .what they have seen is an artifact.C ould they be �i,spercei ving natural phenomena; and investing �hem--with the attributes of artifacts - · seeing tham , for some reason, as 1'alieri spacecraft"? There is no doubt that this process does -:.ake place on some occ�sionsa ,·He have to decide whether· it has happened in e...-eEy casG.

As good·

a test as any is to take a· sample of cases as reported month by m onth ( eP" in FSR ) ,'arid try ·to match them with 'natural' explanations offered by Kla.ss� Hendry, et al,If we can acce.Pt that every _one is a misperceivGd aircraft,helicoptv: or whatever,th en we must agre� that all UFOs are likely to be sim�le natural objects,des�ribed so inad equately . as to evade their true explanation,Personallyf thou.-�h I welcome the ·saluta:uy eff<;:>rts of the debunkers,I do not find their ex-� planations even remotely probabie for more than a sm all fraution of t�e casesQ

So we-come to the fourth "seem",and the question of physical reality . vle have

now to ask ourselves if perhaps witnesses,thou)h acting in good faith , did not in

fact see what they thou�;ht they saw,but only haa the illusion of seeing it, ?

UFOs EXIST BECAU�7 \�}••••J 'Perhaps their sighting was a mental construct,an appearq��� · ofobJecti �e r-��l�ty�.

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created ih the mind (individual or grpup) for reasons re la fed;. e"i ther· -to- ps;ycho;;.. lo -r,y or collecti VG cultural belief -systems. If so, then: the UFO may. b"e no more .. .

substantial than .thr.t other phenomenon which has for· S:o·:'lo·ng defi-ed scientific· .. :.· explanation - the :�host. ·

Once ��ain,whether we accept such a possibility must be a matter for individual Jecision.Wc h�ve. to consider whether thG �pparant leaving of physical ·traces,and the frequency of multiple witnesses,could all be attributable to a psycholo�lcal process.Personally,thou�h I�aept that such processes occur anu are the cause of many anomalous phenomena I do not fin<l it adequate for more thana few UFO case·s·.

Thou;r,h some UFO cases ahare some similarities Hith some ghost reports the diffGrences between them seem to me at least as si�nificant. So, while I believe that study of p�ranormal anomalies may contribute to understandin� the UFO I would not GXpect such study to ·�ive us .a total explanation. Hare are three examples of the sort of case which has led me to this conclusion: 1) THE FARLOW Cl;.SE, Hampshire,En.:;land, 6 NOV 1967 • • • . . . . . • • Truckdriver,Farlow, driving a diesel truck ay ni�ht has his eleGtrics fail and pulls up.He sees an egg-shaped object 25m long, hovering over the road ahead.It moves away then vanishes.There is a hum like a fridg� and a. smell like a drill boring through wood.He sees another vehicle stopped.Joth the en�ine and electrics of a vet ' s Ja�uar car have malfunctioned.The drivers consult,call the police,and investig­�tion re�oals substantial traces.Neither police nor MOD issue a statement.A week l�ter the road is re�urfaced • • • See· BUFORA Vehicle Interference Report� 1979v p 44 2) THE PARTINGTO:r� • Cli.SE, Gtr Manchest�r 14- NOV

.19.77 • • • • • • • • Four passen';ers get off a bus at. l7.45.They start to walk tor;�� their homes when all become aHare of curious lights,gradually seen to relate' �o a massive dar:ij object soemin:sly at.· first stationary but which moves towards them and passes overhwad at about 35mo It appears to be 1 km long, but moves silently and is unnoticed by anyone e'lse or: hy any establishment • • • See FSR Vol 24 No 4, 1978, p 22 3) THE VOLVIC CASE, France 6 JUNE 197 5 • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1�. t 10. CO Qn a clear

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virtually everyone in a school - headmastor , staff & p�pils see a lumi�o�s object like a flattened h�t,darti�; about thJ sky,vanishing a reappearing periodic�lly n

It is 3 t�mos the size of the moon.A pc.1.ssing a:l,rcrn.ft pcr:rorms no stm:llar act pf appoaringjdisappearin�.The object returns twice in the day.A group OT p�pi�s go to whw.ro the object appears to be,about 1 km away,but they cannot see it l·rh�ras thei:r _ comrad.e.s . back at th� school have it in plain view • j: See LDLN 150.', Dec J 97 5

Those c·ases impress me py their " either-or" nature. �i te simply, either the witnesses were lying· or de�ei vcd �r they did see something sufficment_ly real to be seen by others,and in some .cas.es to leave physical traces.No explanation in terms of known natural phenomena nor hallucination is possible· for� any of them;. except by hypothesising a psycholo,�ical process for which no other evid t:;nce exists,, So,always with the p�oviso that. the report is a fac�ual e�&munt of what the witnesses claim to l:lave experienced,those cases give,for me at etny rate,sufficient �rounds for believing that UFOs do possess some k kind of objecti-ve existencec

UFOs ARE REAL (3) Patricia Austin

Pat�i�ia is- a -reader of this magazine who·-lives in Walsall : West �lidlandse It was terrifyinrs.It was frightening. He came in and I could see something was

1'1Tong. I was partllys'ed. · I could not move. I have never seen anything like it in Iil�� :ife . When he came ih. l).e was green with fear.

UFOs really do. exist because so ·many·pcople see them , experience them and have their lives radically altered by that·exporience.These vivid phrases just quoted �re typical of the way people describe·these experiences,or describe their ·first contast with someone who has just had an encounter.with the: totally unk�owna

Such a steady flow of · reports from all over the world cannot be igno'red ·? and some scientists are :i:now thinking that it ,is time some objective research uas ·done into the subject.It'.>is early days yet. for science to take an i17-terest, since ihG phenomenon is not bidd�ble and refuses to come into the laboratory . Sc�entific respectability without this repeatability or very much concrete evidence comes_ very slowly,but it can be gained,as is shown by the story of that other doubtful phenomenon - ball lightning. There had been a steady drizzle of reports from eye witnesses through all time,and several retent dossiers had been built up.On one occasion it was recorded that a ball fell into a barrel of rain water and boiled it all away yet science did not admit that it existed.

!IFOs EXIST �ECAUSE ? (3) • • • 6 Many explanations were forthcoming (it was lightninG seen end-on or retinal

images after a flash etc etc ) , but gradually the resistance of science to an apnarantly impossible phenomenon·was broken down and people beGan to experiment and search for an explanatory model.It still has not been found,although there have been significant advances of late. In the same way I'balieve the flow of UFO experiences will wear down the objections and Gain acceptance for the UFO.

It is often said that the UFO transcends ?O many laws of nature , as we·know them9 that it must be a product of the subconscious ':mind,. or clreams,or a phantasmcliell, so it may be,but there is one si�nificant observation which makes me believe that even if UFOs are brought into existence ')y the human mind, as a catalyst, then there must be an external. stimulus which trige;ers that action.

Jacques Vallee first found that the UFO experience is found is inverse prop­ortion to poulation density; it is fClr IJlOre likely to occur in remote areas than in cities.ll 3edish research eroup tested this statistically an� found it correct, at least for Sweden.Therefore,I feel,it cannot be altogether a natural function of the human brain or it would . concentrate where there are more people, like suicides, murders and traffic offences.

It has also been observed that UFOs and occupants display skills, u�.e equipment and get up to antics which,although like ma5ic and incomprehensible at. tho time.,· are lciter seen to be on the foremost fringe of human advance. The ·airship .•vaves �-t the turn of the century displayed this well.And this trend·.-·o')ntinues todayo

I recall readin_� rtbout some French peasant ch�ldren in the ·ear):y fifties who . came upon a UFO in a field.Some occupants were floating,doing somersaults and one· took a dive headfirst into the craft,quite unaffected by �ravity.It was not until over ten years later tnat the population Generally were made aware of what one is capable of beyong the effects of gravity, thanks to the astton�uts.

UFO occupants have beon reported transmitting messages telepathically into q witness's brain while pressin_s buttons on a control box.According. t.o a rGcent ·:r work (1) research in Leningrad is bein:r, done on electrical j_mpulses reprosentin13 accoustical si1nals which the brain translates into messages.Simple messa�es can now be placed directly·into the brain by means of electrodes.Tqe ufonauts w�e a�ain displaying techniques,unknown at the time,but a distinct scientifi� possibility�Professor Eric Laithwaite is researchin� the exciting way �ravity is lost by a rapidly spinning disc.UFOs have been demonstrating this for years!

So,if UFOs have no reality beyond the human subconscio�s,then th�t subconscious must· be a·'universal orte ,able to extract ideas from the most advanced scivntific thinkinG of our timH,inserting them into the OJnscious mind of a French paasant child, or a Botivian.gaucho,or a Belgian businessman drivine home from work.

Finally, I th�f\�· UFOs d9 ,exist because they m\:st! Gi vGn the number of suns in·. our p;alaxy older tha!') ours,and accordinf2 to Peter Warrington's .elephant effect (3) or hime Hiehel's f�mous cat-flap (4 ) only one civilisation is needed to spread its influence beyond its own solar system,for a whole galaxy to be per- " meated by that influo�2� in a v0ry short. time.

I believe that the UFO close encounter may be a .side-effect of such an influen�u which may be mo�e pervasive than we realise.But the UFO experience must pe a real one. and UFOs must .really exist. _ . _ . . . .. .. . (1) THE NEW SOVIET PSYCHIC DISCOV�RIES, Gris & Dick; (2) WE ARE NOT ALON8� Sullivan; (3) NUN Sep 1980 No 76 (4) FSR Vol 25 No 5, 1980

PROOF OR DELUSION? (4) Jenny Handles - - - .:... -

This has been an interestin� exercise for a number of reasons.For ono th�ng leading ufolo�fusts had to be coaxed,cojoled and almost bullied into respo:nidin{S (�nd even then most of our regulars did not contribute) There seemed a stranGe reluctance to meet this most important of questions head-.on.After all if.-we have no real eviQence that ·our phenomenon exists then what on earth are we still aro�:� fort Fun? Social meetin.1s? Prese:vation of mustique? All these ideas have boon . pro:posGd recently by the newbreed of ufo lo��ist - the sceptical believer - Hho is makin._; his presence dramatically fel t,.Allen Greenfield was first to be frank in -a superb,and crucial, article conveniently swept under the .carpqt by most �fol�'�·, ists (just as they accuse science of sweeping,UFOs into that same cubby-hole) (l) He has been echoed by others, inc�ludin6 myself, Peter · Warring ton ,Bob Morrell and Allan Hendry, in his extremely important book (Z.).Whether this is a �octal trend; manipulation from elsewhere or a genuine mistrust of our own footing is hard to_ say. •

So let me ponder my own reasons for believing UFOs real,fully reco�nising that

this is a vastly different thing to believing that there is a �sen�ine phenomeno11.�

� That much i s undeniable , regardless of the stimuli , because i t i s global anJ extensive in extent and durable in the face of scientifi c. : 5cep:ticism .An important and intrizui ng mysre:ty exi sts even if. all UFO reports can �)e put down to . mis�· identif,ica tions . ··-· ::; � � : ·

There is no one thin which persuades me that_, there is <1. physical ,·enie;ma ( the que�ti on we truly pose ) However , if I were· to put -- up- three logical ar_-�uments :to ,a hypothetical super-scp:ti c they wou�d be these thre.e : 1 ) The reports are consi stant in basic . essenc� . Som·e type::;; . of UFO ( not

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ifest the same in Russia �Africa ,B ognor Regis and - so on , ��$pite vast differences :L.n . SO\.!ial status ,. Of dou:t'se .there are divergenci e s and th_e _fJ_nal report i s �ever pure UFO si�hting , i t i s always diluted _by natural ( and individually varying) psycho lo3ical and soc io logical trends , However , the�e seems very little evidence to SUGgest that the whole phenomenon i.'s psychological because of thi s consi s:W.nc;y_:_ ( al thou:_sh in some aspects , eg the CE4-� the evidenc e here i s far more persuas.ive F . The mo'st logical explanation for the· same basic type of report originating from so many divereent sourc es is that all perci pients are · re�ponding to the same basic stimulu s , I f we get reports of " a firp c;od in the sk1 e s of Africa whia h s�r.ikes do�n tree s . with mighty. spearsW and " · a strange zig.J.�ag stre�k of energy i·n · -the.::· . ... clouds of a developed but it;norant na·tion" , objecti ve compari son .of the reports womld sugge st one stimulu s \ that being wh�t we call lightni�g) Uy this pro� ess it seems , sensible to conc lude that we have one ( or several ) physical stimulii bohind the TRUE UFO repo.rt-s . The fact · tha�t · we .do not call it ' ' 'Glog'1 or 1 ' Ziik" :i..�_.': � because as yet we do nbt understand it , so we do rto.t . . name it , ·but other phenomen�.' exi sted before we understood them · ( probably as ·UFOs ) and . it i s stupid and · naive to beli eve that we know all there i s to know about eour:· environment or un:l.vers'e � 2 ) The· phenomenon gener1-te s consi stan.t psycholo:;ical· aqp. .physio logical-- -re sponses , 1 close encounter invariably gene:r:-ates re sponses x • y· and · .z ( or at ·least one ·of · - � the se ) 1 We are fn.r from understandinG Wby .. or how ; or . why' some : re-Sponse s . art:; more . marked than·' others , but we do have an objective fac t here j-I t ·1 s objGc--t.j_ve � and no.t entirel;Y: conditioned by what we rea(i or are condi tioned · to beiieve 11 Cats r dogs :� · horses and the like do not make a habbi t of reading FSR · ( apart from Aime Jichcl � s Grisonne it seems ! ) Yet animals §3Xhi.l;:d t the same typo of·· :psycholo �ical an: � physio lo-�" ical re spon$es , I t is clearly logical to . assume that tq�y ( A.nd thus tho buma:1s . . on ot�1er simi lar �pccasions ) are :r:eaqting to a real stimulus . 3 ) Finally we .haye the �ue stion· of evidential "proof'1 . In truth we have no proof 8 How can I prove to--: you lightning e�i sts ? We photogra·p·n it , study its �ffccts on' .. trees and de�d· : p�op�e , e tc , but thi s prove s nothing, W_e have the same kind of P.rl?:o.f rcg:arding lJFOs! �· ,Look at wha,t science says about tbat , Yet sc ienc e did' accept' · · . .

lightning be�or�· ::t-r. .:could duplicate {t in the lab , but _not before i �- - understo!-c¥1: how . it migh_t. op.e � . . day be duplicated . • The UFO . photo�raptllc -�vidence.· · ·1s · on a' ·:pq.r, Jfi th th�t for lightning a few years back ; \�e have some , but not as much as. �fo'lo�i.s't. s miF.;ht_ think,And -�;th� ·be st: ro�- Lt .is of the Jti6�t po��li· � (f�f:Lp�� , ·UFO s a �ver}_, s�L.8i t.h· cases like the Peter Day movie film ( 3 ) I am willing to ar/:�ue·· that �-re do have sorTie evidence for something �unknOwn . · · · � -- · · · · ·

I n conclusion we have · an intere.stin:�: r,1-sui t , Yes , we undoubtedly, have evidence !lighly suc;ge stive of· the physicaJ) - reali t!y of some kind of- phen0menon :: People have gone to jai l on far. more circumstanc ial evidence than- . this . Yet &one of thi s evidence prove s an alien device , br' ·.ind.eed any of our exotic theories a Thi s leap o:f c onJecture i·s taken blindly by� ufdlogist and public alike , convertinG ' hypothe s5_ s into fact and theory into belief . I fear i t i s thi s that· i s making the soientific community lo.o� the othe;r �ay� 'J;'PP e.;vid�nce woup.� be c ompelling . if only we ·?Bulq . stop overstressing what we think it mean� .All .. t_qa� �e- know. is t�at �hpre l S .a ---. . real 1 phys�9al enig}\1� �nd if' Y?u . are· not , _prepa!.�d : to .keep your . theorief? in c �-:.�.?� '1nd push thi s. simp�e fact thep. yo� .are .�dire u� al:i · a very big disserv�ce !I ' , · LJ·: · ( l ) C onfe ssions of a Ufologi st , MUFOB S�m�er 1979 (? ) �HE UFO lli�NDBOOK Sphere 1980 ( 3) UFO s;: A JJRITI SH -VIEWPOINT pp 94-98 . ·: · - - ' ... .. - - - - - .- - - - ... - _, - .

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UFO f? t?.JCIST BECAUSE ? (5) . . W!lat the _ experts he1ve to SB:Y � .. . . For the purposes of thi s is_sue I SJ.?oke to C harles nowen · and Lord C lar.c 'lrty

and posed them the above que stion , Clli��LBS J OW� cited two main ar�uments J Flrs G:y he believed in " where there s smoke theres fire" , There were · too manj reports from too · wide a cross-section for there· riot · to be a· stimulus . Somi�o£ tho · wi tnesses were qui te illiterate but still described the same kind of thing . He als8 Has mo st impressed by radar/"Vlhsual evidenc e· , e specially from trained mi·litary source s 1 Tncy knew there was a problem , and he ·believe� them ! ' LORD CLANCAR.TY felt that the calibre of witne sse s was often important/rhere were too many good f. traircod ob­servors ,All wi tnesses were not " men in the street" . The coalle si·ng of r-nmours reference UFO s , the E}fuvernment and a kind of " education proce ss" ( of YThic�1 · hG

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UFOs EXIST BECAUSE ? ( 5) . , , 8 believes ' CIDSE ENCOUNTER S OF THE THIRD KIND ' et al are an integral part ) also points at a deep reality as does the definite conspiracy of world gc vernments which keeps even its top men ignorant (Admi.ral Hill-Norton was not told when he ran the MOD , he says! ) As Lord Clancarty puts i t " the governments would not dover-up nothing'' e •

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moving away a little ,After � few minute s it re joined·, Probably . thi s . was an optical effe0t on the star . in question ) Eval s STAR · . · 1 · · ·

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LOW 79-1 47 November 1979 .Weave�h�� � Cheshire Lev�l . c · HUFORA ·

(l1.t 2 0 . 3? a young couple- on a drive saw a pulsing white �LIT's which hurt their eyes to look at it. Stationary, ;for several: , �i nute s , They drove away in·-. fear' leaving it still in the same position . No reason .t9 exclude a bright star ) Eval : ' STJ�

MED 78-267 Ju�e. 197�f - . \ . Birminghd.m , . W Mid Level D ( With UFOSIS) '("Security guard on duty at ·fac tory saw a yellow object like full moo11: -1.�t OJ , l5 .

B obbed up and �ow�r ari� : the� _ move� across at fast speed and vanished �epind roof . B ehaviour i s rio�, . J?lll.ife 1b9--�1 lightningJ) I nsuff data .

MED 79-145 January .H- iQ�� _ Llay1, nr Wrexham , C lwyd Level C NUFORA ; (Two men returning from pightshift in the village at 06 , 2 5 . 0ne man stopped car

and asked o�her to look at bright light in sky . This turned out to be Vemus , which was very bright thai( , l morning .�bout . to laughthey then saw , just below venus , some strange vibrating J!ights , gree� . and orallGe . The;y puised but never went out e.-The whole thing descended slowly ( in utter silence ) until at . tr_ee ' top hei,�ht $ where it hovered. I t then sped off SOJ.lth . Behind the lishts was a · dark round shape o The si:;htinr; lasted 6 minute s ,and was immediately reported to the police . Thi s ev.ent occurred on the same 'date and time as the famous Jean dllngt1ey- D�4.-. rw.irt!l�rmJ....nce."""=" pie" martians at Rowley R egi s ,West Hid lands ) Eval s UNKNOWN . ·

MED 79-146 October 1979 Lockerbie , Dumfrie s , Scotland Level :D TTfiis witness , a 19 year old girl , sent a de tailed report by lette� but neither

sisned it nor gave an address as sh�. was too scared . It is reported for pure anecJotal value . Whilst . rlding her horse she saw two oval objects in the· sky � One remained stationary . The other moved part into a c loud and then came ou� againc It then approached gir�. and horse an� followed them , edging ofoser o She stoppGd :1nd it now appeared. as a huge ·· white oval just feet from her o Ne i ther ; she not' horse felt any fear . Then i t shot away '' like a rocket" , tilting and elG)5ating before doin� so . She was pu�zled because· de spite its proximity she felt no breeze from its incredibly fast departure and ' heard no who0sh sound , That second a car turned the corner on the quiet lane , the first for some time , She i s. convinced the car frightened the UFO away.A potential CEl and unidentified ? ) · mval : Insuff data .

r�D 8045 September 28 1980 � ebington , Wirral _Level A MIGAP (M�n and wife saw W ball moving slowly N , without sound . Watched through binoculars

and saw it as a strip light with two white balls �t �ach cnd o in view 20 minute s � A n outbound a/c from Li verpool was probably vi sible _at the time ( about 2 0 � 30 ) moving NW and i t is feasable that this was a sighting of thi s slightly · abberated by the binoculars) Eval·a Po ssible aircraft

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NED 8047 Novembe� 27 1980 Barnanl C astle ,Durham . Level C ( With CHRYSIS) (Same location as the . olassic car-stop. c&se - from 1977 . Two women and a man . in a

car were followed for 1 2 miles from.20 , 50 by a dark . dome surroun�ed by red LI!S

that swooped down on them· and_ paced· their path , making odd . jerky movemonts� The man thoueht it was a helicopter. One woman saw it a� hat shaped , on the ground and chamgihg from orange to datk in pulsations ) E�l t J:n�uff d9.-ta . .. .. . . .

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CEI PSYCHO October 31 1980 Crookham , North�bria . Leve l C ·scUFON ( 18 yr old man driving car saw lights in field . They paced car, passing along the R iver Till. He stopped and the lights approached�-They were now seen to be a yellow· and White LITS on the end of a · yellow �i�c with _ indents on the edge . The UFO camG close and hovered . He could see another over the field behind it . The area was then· si lenced. Hi s engine was running but he could ' no� hear it. In panic he drovs off � Hith the . UFO now bathing the raad in a daylight-like glow. Time 19 . 00 ) Case f3046

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