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mapazine f o l l o w i n g t h e d e a t h c f h e r husband. The d e l a y i n n o t i f y i n g h e r r e a d e r s i s due t o Mrs, S t e v e n s b e i n g h o s p i t a l - i z e d f o r s o r e t i m e .

Mrs. S t e v e n s h a s ' s e l e c t e d SKYLOOK t o be mal led t o h e r sub- s c r i b e r s , and we a r e p l e a s e d tr, h e chosen a s b e s t r e p r e s e n t a - t i v e of J e n r s s t a n d a r d s of r e p c l t i n g and p o l i c y of p r e s e n t i n g t h e f a c t s . We t r u s t you w i l l f i n d SKYLOOK a wor thy r e p l a c e m e n t ,

The l a s t i s s u e of SKYWATCH w 2 s June 1969 and b e g i n n i n g w i t h t h i s i s s u e o f SKYLOOK, your s u b s c r i p t i o n w i l l be e ~ 2 e n d e d t o c o v e r a s many i s s u e s a s were due o f SKYWATCH. The p s p i r a t i c n d a t e w i l l be t y p e d by t h e a d d r e s s l a b e l o f t h i s i s s u e , and you w i l l be n o t i f i e d when your e u b s c r i p t i o n h a s e x p i r e d . Those o f you who a r e a l s o SKYLOOK s u b s c r i b e r s w i l l , of c o u r s e , have y o u r s u b s c r i p t i o n ex tended t o c o v e r t h e e x t r a i s s u e s due ,

We i n v i t e o u r new g r o u p of r e , a d e r s t o c o n t r i b u t e news c l i p p i n g s , UFO r e p o r t s , comments and l e t t e r s . You're P tour f o l k s " now 2nd we hope y o u r l l soon f e e l a t home i n o u r pages . We'd l i k e t o g e t - , a c q u a i n t e d and want t o keep you i n the-SKYLOOK f a m i l y ,

We know J e n h a s your sympathy, a l o n g w i t h o u r own, and we w i s h h e r a l l good t h i n g s i n t h e f u t u r e and i n v i t e h e r t o keep i n t o u c h w i t h - u s t h r o u g h t h e s e pages. She was one o f t h e f i r s t f r i e n d s we made i n . e n t e r i n g , - t h e u f o z i n e f i e l d . , and h e r s u ~ g & i o n s and a d v i c e w h i l e we s t r u g g l e d w i t h o u r f i r s t a t t e m p t s a t mimec-- g r a ~ h i n g a mapazine were warmly welcome and a p p r e c i a t e d ,

SKYLOOK--official p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e MidwesttUFO Network. Director-:Dr. A l l e n Utke, APRO C o n s u l t a n t and A s s i s t s n t P r o f - e s s o r of Chemis t ry a t therWiri.sconsin S t s t e U n i v e r s i t y , Oshkosh.

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Mo., 65301. ~ o h n F . - ~ c h u e s s l e r , APRO C o n s u l t a n t and D i r e c t o r of UFO S t u d y Group o f G r e a t e r S t . L o u i s , P. 0 . Box 9 , O r F a l l o n , Mo. 63366, W a l t e r Andrus, J r . . Chairman I l l i n o i s S e c t i o n APRO and I l l i n i o s S t e t e D i r e c t o r o f Midwest UFO Network, 40 C h r i s t o p h e r C o u r t , Q u i n c y . I l l . L u c i u s F a r i s h , Ufology Historian and W r i t e r , Route 1, ~ l u m e r v i l l e , ~ r k ,

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P o l i c y : To s e p a r a t e f a c t f rom f a n t a s y . To t h e b e s t of o w a b i l i t y , we t e l l i t a s i t i s . Each s t a f f member e x p r e s s e s h i s own v iews ,

R e p o r t s Wanted: Send i n vour UFO r e ~ c r t s , newspaper c l i p n i c g 3 nLc , A l l copy must r e a c h us by t h e 2 0 t h o f t h e month. PLv,ctcrial r e t u r n e d o n l y by r e q u e s t .

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D r . J. A l l e n Hynek w i l l a d d r e s s t h e idw west UFO Conferencs t o b-. h e l d S a t u r d a y , June 13, 1970, a t t h c S t u d e n t C e n t e r , B r a d l e y Univer- s i t y , i n P e o r i a , Ill . T h i s outstarlciing e v e n t , opening a t 9 : 3 0 a.m,, and programmed t h r o u g h 10:OO p,m,, i s b e i n g sponsored by the I l l ~ c ~ l s S e c t i c n of APRO, w i t h t h e A e r i a l Phenomena Club of C e n t r a l T l l i n o l s a s t h e h o s t o r g a n i z a t i o n , p r o v i d i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s , f a c i l i t i e s , and t i c k e t s a l e s . Program arrzngernents and p u b l i c i t y have been d e l e g a t e d t o t h e T r i - S t a t e UFO S tudy Group w i t h W a l t e r H . Andrus, of Q u i n c y , 111,:

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The theme f o r t h e c o n f e r e n c e i s TTUFO"s--An Unexplored S c i e n t i f i c HorizonTT a s supges ted by A l l e n R, Utke, i3h.D, , A s s o c i a t e Pro l"esscr o f Chemis t ry , Wisconsin S t ~ t e U n i v e r s i t y , Oshkosh, Wiscons in ; APRO Con- s u l t a n t i n c h e m i s t r y ; and D i r e c t o r o f t h e Nidwest UFO Network,

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The f e a t u r e d s p e a k e r f o r t h e Conference i s J. A l l e n Hyn?k, Ph.D., Department Head, Depar tnent o f Astronomy, Nor thwes te rn U ~ i v e r s i t y , Evan- s t o n , I l l . ; C o n s u l t a n t t o U . S . A i r F o r c e P r o j e c t f?Blue Book?' o r UFO's f o r over 20 y e a r s . H i s s c b j e c t w i l l be annpunced l a t e r , and it i s p1:n- ned f o r him t o speak a t t h e e v e n i n g s e s s i o n s t a r t i n g a t ?:30 p.m. and he w i l l b e s u p p o r t e d d u r i n g a q u e s t i o n and answer p e r i o d f o l l o w i n g h i s l e c t u r e by a p a n e l composed o f t h e o t h e r c o n f e r e n c e s p e a k e r s ,

Mrs, L. J . ( C o r a l ) Lorcnzen , o f APRO ( A e r i a l Phenomena Resea rch O r g a n i z a t i o n ) , 3910 E a s t K l e i n d a l e Road, Tucson, Ar izona; w i l l a l s o a d d r e s s t h e Conference and h e r s u b j e c t w i l l b e "UFO - 1970, An Up TJ Date Repor t , l f N r s . L o r e n z e n T s work r e t h e - l iPRO ------ R l ~ l l ~ t i - r , . +-.---.- and TO-aut,hor of s e v e r a l books on u fo logy i s t o o w e l l known t o o need e l ; a b x : - ~ L i o n h e r e . We hope t o > h a v e t h e hour of h e r a d d r e s s i n t h e n e x t i s s u c ,

O the r s p e a k e r s , committed a t t h i s d a t e , and t h e i r s u b j e c t s a r e :

Ted P h i l l i p s , Jr., M i s s o u r i Highway Dep t . , S e d a l i a , Mo. ; APRO f i e l d . i n v e s t i g a t c r f o r t h e E i s s o u r i S e c t i o n and f e a t u r e w r i t e r f o r SEYS33K - - s u b j e c t : lf3urned C i r c l e s and S a u c e r N e s t s : What Is T h e i r S i g n i f i c a n c e ? ' "

John I?. S c h u e s s l e r , S e n i o r E n g i n e e r , PIcDonnell-Douglas & s t r o n a u t i c s . , S t . L o u i s , Mo. (home, O f P a l l o n , No. ) ; APE0 c o n s u l t a n t i n a s t i - r ~ n a u t i c n ; .

- D i r e c t o r , N i s s o u r i S e c t i o n of APRO; D i r e c t o r , UFO S t ~ t d y G r o ~ p cf Grea=- e r S t . L o u i s ; e d i t o r of "UFO P o t p a ~ r r i , ~ ~ and s t a f f n e ~ b e r o i SKYLOOK-- s u b j e c t : '?The UFO, J u s t Beyond t h e S t a t e - o f - t h e - A r t ."

' Leonard W. Sturm, E l e c t r i c a l E n g i n e e r , I l l i n o i s Power Company, Deca-

t u r , I l l . ; D i r e c t o r , Decatur UFO Resea rch Comrnit tee--subject : f t E i e c t r o - Magnet ic E f f e c t s A s s o c i ~ t e d w i t h UFOfs,Tf

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The s p e a k e r s w i l l he i n t r o d u c e d by Wal t Andrus. 1n a d d i t i o n t o t h o s e named, a l t e r n a t e s a r e :

W a l t e r H . Andrus, J r . , Manager, Q u a l i t y C o n t r o l , Elotorola I n c . , Q u i n c y , I l l . ; APRO f i e l d i n v e s t i g a t o r ; D i r e c t o r , I l l i n o i s S e c t i o n of APRO, and s t a f f member of SKYLOOK--;?:!I j e c t : t t P h y s i c a l Evidence o i UFO's..'

- Luc ius F a r i s h , P l u m e r v i l l e , Ark. , i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y known w r i t e r and r e s e a r c h e r o f h i s t o r i c a l UFO o b s e r v a t i o n s ; and s t a f f . mernber of SKYLOJK - - s u b j e c t : "My Most Authent i -ca ted Historical UFO S i p h t i n g s . "

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' Rober t S m u l l i n g , p r o f e s s i o n a l p h o t o g r a p h e r , Hami l ton , 111. ; APRO f i e l d i n v e s t i g a t o r ; and Chzirman o f T r i - S t a t e UFO S t u d y Group; s u b j e c t - " P h o t o g r a p h i c Evidence ."

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With many UFO g r o u p s and p u b l i c z t i o n s f o l d i n g up d a i l y , t h e c l o s i n g o f P r o j e c t B lue Book, t h e i n v e s t i g a t o r s and r e s e a r c h e r s i n t h e midweat have g r e a t e r i n c e n t i v e and m o t i v a t i o n t o c a r r y on and f e e l t h i s i s t h e o p p o r t u n e t ime f o r a l l s e r i o u s u i ' o log i s t s t o work h a r d e r and t o : , o o r d i d - - a t e s t u d i e s i n t h i s f a s c i n a t i n g f i e l d . Every e f f o r t i s b e i n g made by t h i s Confe rence t o p r e s e n t a progrom t h a t w i l l m e r i t s c i e n t i f i s c o n s i d - e r a t i o n .

- T i c k e t s may be o b t a i n e d by w r i t i n g and making a check p a y a b l e t o :

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The t i c k e t c o s t can b e broken down i n t o s e s s i o n s , i f d e s i r e d :

A l l Conference s e s s i o n s , i n c l u d i n g luncheon--- A l l Confe rence s e s s i o n s ( n o luncheon)--------- Morning, Af te rnoon o r Evening S e s s i o n ,

Mark t h e d a t e on your c a l e n d a r , t e l l your f r i e n d s a b o u t t h e c o n f e r - e n c e , and p l a n t o b e t h e r e .

The f o l l o w i n g news r e l e a s e went o u t t o a l l newspapers and some r a d i o s t a t i o n s i n Wiscons in and Upper Michigan r e c e n t l y ar.4 A l l e n R . U tke , Ph.D.,Directo:-a o f t h e ~ i d w e ' s t UFO Network, e x p e c t s membership i n t h e Network t o i n c r e a s e . The news r e l e a s e i s a s f o l l o w n :

With t h e c l o s i n g o f 5 P r o j e c t Bluebook, t h e Air F o r c e progrzm which h a s i n v e s t i g a t e d r e p o r t s o f u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t s (UFOs) f o r 22 y e a r s , D r . A l l e n R. Utke, e s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r o f c h e m i s t r y a t W i s - c o n s i n S t a t e Un ive r s i ty -Oshkosh , u r g e s anyone i n U ? s c s n s i n or. Upper. Michigan who b e l i e v e s he has s e e n a UFO t o c o n t a c t him.

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On Dec. 1 7 , Rober t C . Seacsns J r . , s e c r e t a r y o f t h e Air Force : an- nounced t h e c l o s i n g of t h e p r o j e c t , l o c a t e d 2.6 Wright P a t t e r s o n A i r Force S a s e i n Cayton, Ohio , P . ~ l l o u i n ~ a r e p o r t f i n a n c e d a t t h e Univsr-- s i t y of Colorado by t h e A i r I';:cz, Csamans, however , s u g g e s t e d tiia:: e l t h o u g h t h e A i r F o r c e had clo::ad i t s own i n v e s t i g a t i o n , r e p o r t s of s i g h t i n g s shou ld b e made " t o respon:;.ible members o f t h e s c i e n t i f i : community."

D r . Utke a s k s t h z t anyone who be:.j.eves he h a s s e e n a UFO, e i t h e r i n t h e p a s t o r i n t h e f u t u r e , c o n t a c t him a t Wiscons in S t a t e U n i v e r - s i ty-Oshkosh , 54901. He added t h z z a l l such r e p o r t s w i l l b e h e l d in s t r i c t e s t c o n f i d e n c e . He a l s o urged t h a t t h o s e i n t e r e s t e d i n ' F V e c o r n i ~ ~ a member of a UFO o b s e r v e r - i n v e s t i g ~ t o r network a l s o c o n t a c t h-ifi,

D r . Utke h a s been i n v e s t i g a t i n g UFO r e p o r t s f o r o v e r f i v e yea:-%, He has p u b l i c l y s t a t e d h i s b e l i e f t h a t UFOs a c t u a l l y do e x l s t an.; a r e p o s s i b l y e i t h e r new n a t u r a l phenomena t h a t h a v e n ' t b e e n e - p l a i n e d o r a r e e x t r a - t e r r e s t r i a l i n o r i g i n ,

John S c h r o e d e r , of 4991 Miami S t . , S t . L o u i s , Mo., h a s a v i v i 3 r e c o l l e c t i o n o f a UFO he and h i s b r o t h e r saw i n November 174% when he was . 17 y e a r s o l d , h i s b r o t h e r 16, and t h e two were l i v i n g w i t h t h e i r p z r e n t s i n C leve land , Ohir>.

As r e n o r t e d t o A r t E p s t e i n , of S t . L o u i s , t h e two boys were on t h e i r way home from an a f t e r - s c h o o l job i n a g r o c e r y s t o r e . I t was 'about s i x o r c l o c k and t h e boys were r u n n i n g because it was r a i n i n g . The c loud cover was v e r y low. Suddenly t h e whole a r e a became lit up a s if a h u p s e a r c h l i g h t had been t u r n e d 09. I t was a b l u i s h - w h i t e c o l o r l i k e an a r c l i g h t , and a s t h e boys looked up t o t h e s k y , t h e y saw a disc-shacecl o b j e c t abou t 35 f e e t i n d i a m e t e r . It l e v e l e d o f f j u s t below t h e c l o s 2 c e i l i n g , e s t i m a t e d t o b e from 300 t o 500 f e e t , The a n g l e a t whlch it came down t h r o u g h t h e c l o u d s was e s t i rnz ted t o b e a b o u t 40 d e g r e e s . A f t e r l e v e l i n g o f f and moving on f o r a s h o r t d i s t a n c e , it went back up t h r o u g h t h e c l o u d s a t a 30-degree a n g l e .

A s it was l e a v i n g , John saw what he thought t o b e a d e f i n 5 t s r i m cf a d i f y e r e n t c o l o r , a y e l l o w i s h orange . The t i m e f o r t h e e x t i r e s i g h t - i n g was no t more t h a n t h i r t y second:,, and M r . S c h r o e d e r b e l i e - ~ e s t h e o b j e c t was no f u r t h e r d i s t a n t t h a n 500 o r 600 f e e t .

T h i s r e p o r t h a s a l s o been s e n t t o APRO i n Tucson, Ar izona ,

I n f o r m a t i o n Wanted on C i r c l e s !

C i r c l e s - - b a r r e n a r e a s where v e g ~ t a t i o n h a s been des-:.royerl and w i l l n o t g ~ o w and a s p o t avoided by birds and ar,iosi;; ---have been found i n v e r i o u s par . ts o f t h 2 wor ld . Thei-e seEms t o be a r e l a t i o n bctween I;hsse bd;fllr,g c i r c l e s and UFO's, and Ted P h i l l i p s , ED-: Si - , ' c d a l i a , h o . , 65301, w i l l be g r a t e f u l i f you w i l l send L n ar,y m a t e r i a l you may have conce rn ing - c i r c l e s ,

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wonder fu l p i e c e o f d o c u x e r i i a t i o n ~ ' and s u g g e s t e d i t b e p u b l i s n e c i n i t s en t i ; - e ty . We a g r e e , and h e r e i t i s , , j u s t a s it came f rom t h e pen of t h e 7 8 - y e ~ r o l d w r i t e r -

It was d u r i n g t h e n i g h t o f May 33, 1910--a r e d l e t t e r v e a r i n t h e a n n a l s o f a s t ronomy, t h a t t h e a s t c u n d i n g and i n e x p l i c a b l e p h s n o n ~ n a which I am a b o u t t o r e l a t e o c c u r r e d . P phenomena which when have s o u p h t . , i t , e x p l a n a t i o n f rom many c a p a b l e z s t r o n o m e r s ar ; i s c i e n ; i s r ) s , h a s l e f t them e i t h e r s i l e n t , o r f r a n k l y s k e p t i c a l and m c r e d u l c ~ s -

A s I hzve s a i d , a s t r o n o m i c a l l y s p e ~ k i n g 1910 was a r e d 1-etJter yen;- b e c a u s e a s you w i l l remember, two g r e a t conet,s b l a z e d f c r t h iri.:C v lcw o n l y a f ew weeks a p a r t , one a m z g n i f i c e n t s p e c t a c l e appea red s u d s e n l y and unexpec ted j u s t o v e r t h e w e s t e r n h o r i z o n i n J a n u a r y , By t h c f i r s t of A p r i l t h e second c e l e s t i a l wanderer a p p e a r e d , f o r i t was t h e n t h a t m y s t e r i o u s cosmic m i s s i l e known a s H a l e y t s comet came hur t l i ~ g int.r, v i ew i n t h e n i g h t t ime s k i e s of t h e n o r t h e r n hemisphere , a n o b j e c ; of i n t e r e s t i n g , i f we i rd b e a u t y a s n i g h t a f t e r n i g h t i t s uncanny b r i l l - i a n c e i n c r e a s e d w i t h i t s e v e r l e s s e n i n g d i s t a n c e f rom t h e Sun ; k d i s - t a n c e which was d a i l y growing s m z l l e r z t t h e a p p a l l i n g r a t e of ms-e t h a n a m i l l i o n m i l e s due t o t h e comet ' s head long p lunge toward t h e Sun f o r i t s r e g u l e r s e v e n t y - f i v e y e a r p e r i h e l i o n v i s i t ,

Now, a s a s t r o n o m e r s w e l l know, H a l e y t s i s a v e r y o r d e r l y and r c g u - l a r v i s i t o r t o o u r S o l a r sys t em and h a s been known a s s u c h f o r hundreds of y e a r s ; b u t a s you no doub t r e c a l l d u r i n g t h i s i n t e r e s t i n g 1910 v i s i t , some e n t e r p r i s i n g newspeper chap came o u t w i t h t h e s t o r y t o t h e e f f e c t t h a t a t t h z t p a r t i c u l a r t i m e t h e p e c u l i a r p o s i t i o n of t h e c o m t was s u c h a s t o r e n d e r t h e d a n g e r o f c o l l i c j i o n . w i t h t h e e a r t h a l i k e l y :,:cz- s i b i l i t y , Of c o u r s e , t h i s s t o r y g z l n s d wide c i r c u l a t i o n i n t h e news- p a p e r s and magazines of t h e t ime and found o n l y t o o many p e o p l e w5ose c r e d u l i t y mzde them r e a d y b e l i e v e ~ s i n t h i s f a n c i f u l t a l c ; 2 s a r@.-ll';-

i n s p i r e d i n many a v e r y pronounced u n e a s i ~ e s s which w i t h scrre 2.t l e , . s i amounted t o a b s o l u t e t e r r o r . The a s t ronoac l r s a l l o v e r t h e wor ld d i c what t h e y cou ld t o c o u n t e r a c t t h e s e wi ld s t o r i e s and c l e ~ r l y ~ h o w e ~ by m a t h e m a t i c a l formula t h a t t h e p o s i t i c n of t h e c e l e s t i a l v i s i t o l - . was s u c h t h 2 t a c o l l i s i o n w i t h t h e cart\ was a c t u a l l y i m p o s s i b l e , bLt t h e s e r e a s s u r s n c e s however d i d n o t s u f f l c e t o q u i e t t h e a p p r e h c n s i c ~ i 3 of t h o s e p e o p l e who had a l lowed t h e m s e l v e s t o become alarrric?d. T h i s was p a r t i c u k r l y t r u e i n many of t h e r u r a l cornmunitlc-s o f s o u t h e r n I l l i n o i s , and d i r e p r e d i c t i h n s of t n e a p p r o a c h i n g end o f t h e wcrl-d were f r e e l y made,

NOW a s I have s a i d : w h i l e t h e o b s e r v e r s had r o n c l u s i v e l y proven b y t h e i r c a l c u l a t i o n s t h z t w e were i n no d a n g e r whc teve r of e d i r e c t h i t froin t h e comet , s t i l l t h e y d i d d i s c o v e r a v e r y p e r u l i ; r ~ c i rcum- s t a n c e and one moreover which l e n t some semblance o f r e a l l ~ y t o ~ 1 : e f a n t a s t i c s t o r i e s o f t h e newspaper men. I t was t h e f a c t d i s c l o s e d by t h e i r r e s e a r c h e s t h a t on May l o t h , t h e comet would p a s s dirt:. t l y bccwecn t h e Sun and E a r t h and a s t h e t a i l o f t h e c o n e t z lways p o l n t ; c i r e c t l y away f rom t h e S u n , t h e r e was a v e r y s t r o n g p r o b a 5 i l l t . y t;hat t h e Farth. might p a s s t h r o u g h a s e c t i o n of i t . They d i d n o t how el^^?:' t - ~ ! - ' , j . c ~ p a t e any o c c u r r e n c e o ~ l t o f t h e o r d i n a r y due t o t h i s f a c t b,?r 1 1 . ~ ~ c c i e ~ c e hirs

An Enigaa o f t h e Heavens ( C o n t i n u e d )

broven t h a t t h e t a i l of 2 comet i s a b o u t t h e most t e n u o u s o b j e ~ t of which it i s p o s s i b l e t o c o n c e i v e ; i t s d e n s i t y a p p a r e n t l y b e i n g mush l e s s t h a n t h e most p e r f e c t artificial vacuum and a p p r o a c h i n g i n f a c t a b s o l u t e z e r o .

Now d u r i n g t h e s p r i n g of l 9 l O I w2s a s e n i o r i n t h e l o c a l h i g h s c h ~ , ? ? and i n c i d e n t a l l y a v e r y - e n t h u s i z s t i c amateur a s t r o n o m e r , a n avocat iorr i n which I s t i l l f i n d g r e a t d e l i ~ c , ' ; , T h i s b e i n g t h e c a s e , you can e a s i l y imzgine w i t h w h ~ t absorb]-ng l n t e r e s t I watched t h e s k y f o r e v e r j o p p o r t u n i t y t o c a t c h a g l impse of t h e i n t e r e s t i n g v i s i t o r and it wzs w i t h c o n s i d e r a b l e i n t e r e s t t h a t I a s c e r t a i n e d from my o b s e r v a t i o n s and t h e a n n o ~ n c e m e n t o f p r o f e s s i o n 2 1 as;ronomers t h a t t h e c o m e t P s t a i l would i n t e r s e c t t h e E a r t h ' s o r b i t a t t h e - e x a c t p o i n t where t h e E a r t h would be on May 19, and w h i l e n o t r e a l l y e x p e c t i n g a n y t h i n g ctzt of t:?e o r d i n z r y t o happen, s t i l l I d e t e r m i n d t o make u n u s u a l l y c a - e 2 u l . o b s e r - v a t i o n s t h a t n i g h t .

The n i g h t o f May 19, 1910, s e t t l e d down c l e a r and calm o v e r s o u t h ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ l l i n o i s . I was, of c o u r s e , most i n t e n t l y o b s e r v i n g t h e heavens a l l d u r i n g t h e e a r l i e r hours o f t h e e v e n i n g f o r s i g n s of any unv.sllz1 happen-

' i n g s , p a r t i c u l a r l y was I c u r i o u s t o s e e w h e t h e r o r n o t t h e r e would b e any uncommon number of me teo r s ; b u t n o t h i n g a t a l l o u t of t h e orci inary was v i s i b l e , n o t even t h e comet i t s c l f , s i n c e i$ was now i n c o n j ~ n c t l o n w i t h t h e Sun and hence below t h e h o r i z o n , s o toward e l e v e n o rc ,oc l ; I d e c i d e d t o r e t i r e f o r a few hours s l e e p znd have a n o t h e r l o o k i n .;he e a r l y hours which p recede t h e dawn. I seemed t o f a l l a s l c e p a s soon a s I touched t h e bed and seeminglv h z r d l y a second l a t e r was awake a g a i n , r e a c h i n g f o r my watch and s t r i k i n g a l i g h t . I was smazed t o n o t e t h a t i t was 2 : 3 0 a.m, Being mindfu l t o s e e w h a t , i f a n y t h i n g , had developed d u r i n g my t h r e e 2nd one h a l f h o u r s a s l e e p , I d r e s s e d and walked o u t f o r a few o b s k r v a t i o n s .

Seldom, i f e v e r , have I s e e n a n i g h t more p e r f e c t f o r t h e purpose , The a i r was u n u s u a l l v c l e a r and t h e myr iads of s t a r s and c o n s t e l l a t F o n s shown w i t h t h e d a z z l i n g b e a u t y and d i s t i n c t n e s s of m i c r o s p i c a r c l i g h s s a g a i n s t t h e j e t - b l a c k c o l o r of t h e s k y , w h i l e , overhead t h e f a i i l t e r an2 more remote b e a u t y of t h e milky wav spanned t h e c e l e s t i ~ l v a u l t l i k e some f a r o f f r i v e r of s i l v e r y , luminous sand. Los t i n c o n t e m p l a t i o ! ~ of t h e sub l ime g r a n d e u r of t h e s c e n e 2nd absorbed i n a d m i r a t i o n o f i t s s u r p a s s i n g b e a u t y , I hcd f o r t h e moment q u i t e f o r g o t t e n t h e comet a l - - t o g e t h e r 2nd a l s o a l l t hough t of any u n u s u a l phenomena--whcn ~ u d d e n l . ~ ~ o u t o f t h e s o u t h w e s t e r n sky somewhat from t h e g e n e r e l d i r e c t i o n of t 2 e descended Or ion and S i r i u s ( a p o i n t n e a r l y e x a c t l y o p p o s i t e f rom t k 2 -

. - p o s i t j o n of t h e comet) t h e r e b x s t upon my v i s i o n a s t r a n g e and ex5r.a- o r d i n a r y s i g h t . F l a s h i n g i n t o vkew w i t h t h e i n s t a n t a n e o u s q u i c k n e s s of a b o l t of l i g h t n i n g , a d a z z l i n g r e d meteor appea red o r r a t n e r - w h a t on t h e s p u r of t h e i n o ~ e n t I presumed t o b e a me teo r , b u t what e r r a c i k . . l aw o r whim was g o v e r n i n g t h e motion o f t h i s s t r a n g e me teo r i f such it was? Where b y t a second b e f o r e n o t a t h i n g o u t o f t h e 0rd. j -ary h2d been v i s i b l e i n t h e s k y , t h e r e was now a p p w r i n g t o ny z>?.sf~unci.ed and i n c r e d u l o u s v i s i o n a f i e r y r ed g l o b e l a r g e r and b r i g h t e r ~ h n n ?Tzcus,, s l o w l y 2nd l e i s u r e l y d r i f t i n g z c r o s s t h e sky f o l i o w i n g a sTlg,:t17 sig zag and i r r e g u l a r p a t h 3 toward t h e n o r t h e a s t , and w i t h a s2em.1 ap?xr - e n t l y n o t much g r e a t e r t h a n o u r -p resen t dey a i r y ! l ~ n r - s would a t ~ a i i ~ . I n appea rance i t s t r u c k me i n z t a n t l y and f o r c i b l y e s ~ 7 2 s : . n + , ~ ~ n g 2 p e r f e c t r e semblance b o t h i n -shape and c o l c r t o t h e rv.i!cy ;:.!-inct Mars; more e s p e c i a l l y Mars 2s s e e n t h r o u g h a m o d e r a t e l y powered t c l e s c ~ p € ,

( c o n t i n u e d on n e x t p a g e ) .

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An Enigma o f t h e Heavens ( c o n t i n u e d )

There was t h e -same r e d d i s h o c h r e c o l o r , t h e s;lme s l i g h t l y o v a l s h a p e , b u t t h e r e was however no i n d i c a t i o n of t h e s o - c a l l e d c a n a l s and ~ o l s - ~ > c a p s which one would e x p e c t t o fii>:i i n an i m ~ g e of Mars,

S lowly and s t e a d i l y t h e s t r a n g e r e d o r b seemed t o d r i f t o r f l o a t Ir: i t s s l i g h t l y i r r e g u l a r c o u r s e a c r o s s t h e s k y . The r e semblznce tc: ?:arc ( a l t h o u g h , of c o u r s e , many t i m e s ?:- . . ; - :~hter) was v e r y s t r i k i n g and t !~c?? was n o t t h e f a i n t e s t h i n t o f t n e f i c ~ y t r a i l of s p a r k s which a r e t h e u s u a l accompaniment of me teo r s and s h ~ o t i n g s t a r s , T h i s s l c w drlf 't!.ng mot ion of t h e s t r a n g e o b j e c t was p u z z l i n g enough f o r a s a l l o b s e r v s r s - . know, t h e mot ion of a common a e t e o r i s e x c e e d i n g l y s w i f t and USU:::!-Y o v e r a l m o s t , h e f o r e ' one h a s t i m e t o g e t a good ' l o o k a t i t , b 1 ~ t eT~-el7 s t r a n g e r t h i n g s .were t o imr~ led ia t e ly happen, I h a d , by t h i s th?, f o l ? o ~ ed t h e o b j e c t ' s movements w i t h e a g e r w a t c h f u l n e s s f o r a p e r i x i whieh I judge must have been two minutes ,From a p o i n t a b o u t one t h i r d w d q ~ down t o t h e s o u t h w e s t e r n h o r i z o n a l m o s t d i r e c t l y overhead t o a p o i n t w e l l down toward t h e n o r t h e a s t h o r i z o n , when s u d d e n l y w i t h a j e r k y , c o n v u l s i v e shud&ing movement, i t s mo$ion s t o p p e d a l t o g e t h e r 2nd I was g a z i n g w i t h l a s t o n i s h m e n t a t a m o t i o n l e s s , s i n i s t e r r e d o r b suspended

- a g a i n s t t h e background of s c i n t i l l a t i n g s t a r s - a n d d e e p b l a c ? s k y , if I had b een s u r p r i s e d b e f o r e , I w2s t r u l y amazed now f o - s u r e l y no o r d i n a r y me teo r hzd e v e r behaved i n t h i s manner b e f o r e . F o r a l m o s t an hour t h i s s t r a n g e f i r e b a l l o r wh2 teve r it was remained s t a t i o n ~ r j r i n t h e s k y , w h i l e s t r a n g e s t o f 2 1 1 was t h e f a c t t h a t I was zw?re of its g r a d u a l r i s i n g h i g h e r i n t h e s k y j u s t a s t h e Sun and Moon a p p e a r ii-.;. do a s t h e E a r t h ' s r o t a t i o n c z r r i e s t h e o b s e r v e r e a s t w a r d , T h i s f a c t proved c o n c l u s i v e l y t o me t h ~ t w h ~ t e v e r t h e t h i n g was , it wes beyond t h e l imits o f o u r a t m o s ~ h e r e , hence c o u l d n o t be a me teo r : b e c a u s e - a l l me teo r s and s h o o t i n g stars w i t h o u t e x c e p t i o n a r e caused by s o l i d p a r t i c l e s p a s s i n g t h r o u g h t h e E a r t h 7 s a tmosphere a t a speed of msny m i l e s p e r s e c o n d , t h e r e b y becoming i n c a n d e s c e n t and mel ted by t h e f r i c t i o n of t h e i r p a s s a g e t h r o u g h t h e a i r , I t w ~ s n e a r l y 3 : 4 j a.m now and I hed been wa tch ing t h i s amazing s p e c t a c l e f o r more t h a n a n h o u r , and i t ' h ~ d by t h i s t i m e r i s e n some d e g r ~ e s backwzrd and upward i n t h e heavens due t o t h e E a r t h ' s r o t a t i o n : a movement which i t d i d n o t s h a r e ; )when s u d d e n l y w i t h o u t a momentis w a r n i n g - a n d w i t h t h a t same j e r k y , c o n v u l s i v e , s h u d d e r i n g muemen:, which I hzd no ted w h m i t s t o p p e d , it resumed i t s s l o w , l e i s u r e l y d r i f t i n g movement toward t h e h o r i z o n . T h i s t i m e , however, i t s jou rney wzs e x t r e m e l y s h o r t l i v e d , n o t more t h a n t e n seconds d i d i t f o l l o w i t s s l i g h t l y z i g z a g p a t h when w i t h t h e suddenness o f a l i g h t i n g f l a s h , i t was gone. Not a t 7 a c c n o t a s i g n of i t s p r c s e n c e r emained , where b u t a second b e f o r e i t h ~ d shown i n a l l i t s ruddy end s i n i s t e r b r l l l i a n r e , t h e r e was now o n l y t h e t w i n k l i n g s t a r s , and t h e deepen ing d r a r k n e s s which h e r a l d s t h e dawn.

So s t r a n g e , s o f a n t a s t i c , s o u t t e r l y p r e p o s t e r 2 , u s d i d t h e whole t h i n g seem t o me t h e t a s I r e t u r n e d t o bed t o l i e p o n d e r i n g and t h i n k - i n g , I c o u l d n o t p o s s i b l y conv ince mysel f t h a t i t had no2 been a n h a l l u c i n a t i o n . I n f a c t , I f i n a l l y d e c i d e d t o c o n s i d e r i t a s s u c h 2nd t o s a y n o t h i n g o f t h e m z t t e r t o anyone,

Imagine my s u r p r i s e t h e n , when on t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y , I - c h a n c e d t o meet a n a c q u a i n t a n c e from t h e n e i g h b o r i n g v i l l a g e of L a c l e d e who informed me t h a t h e , t o g e t h e r w i t h s e v e r a l o t h e r yoang peclp1 e of t h c v i l l a g e , h2d h e l d an a l l n i g h t 7'comet p ; r t y T f and he vol-l .?t . , :*ily r e - l a t e d t o me t h e v e r y t h i n g which I had s c e n , 2nd knoi:.'ng P~,: 2ilte-Aes: i n as t ronomy, ~ s k e d f o r a n ex-plqns-Lion which I w a s ~ ! l i ~ : l l ~ :q g i - r e ,

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An Enigma of t h e He2vens ( c o n t i n u e d )

b e i n g a most e x t r 2 o r d i n ~ r - y a s t r o n o n i c a l p u z z l e , and such i t h a s r e - mainsd t h r o u g h a l l t h e s e n i n e t e e n y e z r s . I c a n f i n d no s a t i s f a c t o r l ; e x p l a n ~ t i o n of i t , L o r have I been a b l e t o o b t 2 i n one from a n y scio:l.=. t i s t o r a s t ronomer of whom I h?ve s c u g h t . S t r a n g e a s it nay seem, t h e r e can be no q u e s t i o n t h z t t h e f z c t s i n t h e c a s e o c c u r r e d e x a c t l y a s r e l a t e d , l e t your i n t e r p r e t a t i o n be what i t may. Whatevcr t h e ob- j e c t may have b e e n , it must have been i n t i r e l y o u t s i d e o u r oreEn of a l r . T h i s i s d e f i n i t e l y shown by t h e f a c t t h a t i t d i d n o t p a r t c k e of t h e E z r t h l s r o t a t i o n a l movement, b ~ i t a f t e r s t o p p i n g appea red tr-> r i s e i n t h e sky e x a c t l y l i k e t h e r e g u l . z r h e s v e n l y b o d i e s and w i t h a b o u t t h e s a n e speed . Had it been m e r s l y a luminous b a l l of g s s suspended i n t h e a i r , a s some a u t h o r i t i e s have s u g g e s t e d , t h e r e would have been no a p p z r e n t motion o f r i s i n g a s was t h e c a s e when i t became s t a t i o n a r y , b e c a u s e a l l o b j e c t s w i t h i n t h e E a r t h ' s atmosy,hcre rxr : r , of n e c e s s i t y s h a r e w i t h t h e a t a o s p h e r ~ t h e E a r t h ' s eas tward movement of r o t a t i o n ,

To have been o u t s i d e o u r a e r i a l e n v e l o p e i t would h ~ v e hzd t o have been a t 2 d i s t a n c e o f a t l c a s t two hundred m i l e s from t h e E a r t h ' s s u r - f a c e and how much f a r t h e r it may have b e e n , we cannot s a y , A t t h ~ t d i s t a n c e t o h2ve Bppezred l a r g e r and b r i ~ h t e r - t h a n Venus, it would have been n e c e s s a r y t h a t it have a d i a m e t e r of many hundred ~ 3 r d ~ ~ n d a l s o a t t h p t d i s t a n c e t o have g i v e n t h e e f f e c t of even s low motion t h ~ t was a p p z r e n t , i t would hzve been i m p e r a t i v e t h a t i t 1;2 t r a v e l i n g a t t h e t e r r i f i c speed of t h o u s a n d s o f m i l e s p e r hour ,

N o w ' j u s t w h ~ t t h e answc,r t o t h i s p e r p l e x i n g a r r a y of f a c t s may S e , I canno t s a y . You may s a y t h a t it was mere ly some unusue l phenonma ' connected w i t h t h e comet and t h i s t h e o r y I can no3 e n t i r e l y d i s p r o v e , b u t t h e r e a r e f a c t o r s which make i t a p p e a r e x t r e m e l y d o u b t f u l . F i r s t : t h e o b j e c t was moving d ' i r e c t l y toward t h e cornet o r n e e r l y s o w h i l e i t s motion was more n e s r l y a t r i g h t a n g l e s t o t h e cometary o r b i t . Second: how accoun t f o r t h e f a c t o f i t s s l o w mot ion i f you s a y i t was some s o r t of cometary s a t e l l i t e , f o r even though i t s speed was t e r r i f i c , it was v e r y r u c h s lower t h a n t h e t o f t h e comet a t t h z t t i m e ,

A s I watched i t s e r r a t i c movements t h a t l o n g ,gone n i g h t , t h e r e was borne s t r i k i n g l y upon my mind a c u r i o u s i m p r e s s i o n of i n t e l l i g e n t c o n t r o l . Ana a s u g g e s t i o n o f d e l i b e r a t e o b s e r v a t i o n on t h e p a r t of t h e s t r a n g e r e d mystery w s s s t a r t l i n g l y i m p r e s s i v e a s it paused and I

hung m o t i o n l e s s t h a t l o n g hour i n t h e midn igh t sky . Could It have been p o s s i b l e t h e n t h a t i t r e a l l y was some monst rous i n t e r - p l a e t a r y o r even i n t e r - s t e l l e r v e h i c l e , p o s s e s s i n g a power o f making i t s e l f luminous o r non-luminous a t w i l l ? Could it have been t h a t it was

. someth ing p r o p e l l e d and guided a c r o s s s p z c e b y i n t e l l i g e n t b e i n g s ? And i s it p o s s i b l e t h a t t h u s t r a v e l i n g , it by chance o r d e s i g n , passed n e a r o u r p l a n e t and paused momentar i ly t o g a z e upon it pe rhags even debat img t h e a d v i s a b i l i t y of a t t e m p t i n g t o r e a c h i t s s u r f z c e f o r a b r i e f v i s i t ? I c o n f e s s t h a t i t sounds w i l d l y i m p o s s i b l e 2nd .ye t . . ? Anyone wa tch ing it t h a t n i g h t could e a s i l y hcve been persuzded t h a t a f t e r a l o n g p e r i o d o f i n d e c i s i o n , t h e m y s t e r i o u s o r b sudden ly d e c i d e d upon a c o u r s e of a c t i o n and a g a i n s t a r t e d t o move, o n l y t o .?anish i n a few seconds .

If by some w i l d p o s s i b i l i t y , i t w2s s u c h a v e h i c l e a s I heve sug- _ g e s t e d , d i d i t s o c c u p ~ n t s d e c i d e t o c o n t i n u e t h e i r voy2g2 2nd f c r Fur-

poses known t o t h e m s e l v e s , cause t h e i r s t r e n g ? c a r t o becone non-lum- i n o u s and i n v i s i b l e , o r d i d it r e a l l y a t t e m p t t o t?qprboach ~ y d c o n t a c t

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The February i s s u e o f SKYLCOK c ~ r r i e d a s t o r y which i n c l u h e d mznt'c- of t h e l ~ t e Dorothy K i l g a l l e n 7 s r e n o r t of hav ing s e e n a f l y i n g S ~ U C ? : ~ - and t h e p rese rved b o d i e s of t h e occupan t s a t a n E n g l i ~ h , A i r F o r c e b z s e i n 1955*

We c7sked LOU F 8 r i s n i f he had, ar.:ithi.ng on t h i s i n h i s f i l e s , and he c ? n e up w i t h t h i s r e p o r t from ?:he Hamilton S p e c t a t o r l l of May 2 6 j 1955. It fol lows:--London, May 24. 4 r e p o r t t h z t l l l i t t l e menu from o u t e r s p a c e m;y h ~ v e a r r i v e d i n B;-it;:irL i n f l y i n g ssucei-s was d e n i e d b o t h o f f i c l z l l y end u n o f f i c i a l l y l e s t n i g h t .

Howevcr, P r o f . A , M. Low, p r e s i d e n t of t h e B r i t i s h I n s t i t u t e o r E n g i n e e r i n g Technology, confirmed one p e r t of t h e f l y i n g s a u c c r r e - p o r t s . He s a i d t h e A i r M i n i s t r y was h o l d i n g up a r e c e n t l y c c ~ ~ l r t e d f l y i n g s a u c e r s u r v e y ,

P r o f . Low s a i d he was a s s u r e d t h e r e a s o n f o r h o l d i n g up t h e r e - p o r t was " p u r e l y e a r t h l y , " presumzbly because i t c o n t a i n e d r e f e r e n c e s t o a i r c r e f t s t i l l on t h e s e c r e t l i s ? ,

Over t h e week-end a B r i t i s h o f f i c i a l o f C a b i n e t r a n k was qxc1ted a s s a y i n g s c i e n t i s t s nnc! airmen examined t h e wreckage o f a m y s t e r i o u s f l y i n g s h i p and were convinced i t was a f l y i n g s a u c e r f rom a n o t h e r p l a n e t .

The szme s o u r c e , who was n o t f u r t h e r i d e n t i f i e d , was qvo ted a s s a y i n g : "We b e l i e v e , on t h e b z s i s o f o u r i n q u i r i e s , t h a t t h e s a u c e r s were s t a f f e d by s m a l l men--prob?bly under f o u r f c e t t a l l , "

"Not t r u e , " d a i d t h e Defence M i n i s t r y l ~ s t n i g h t , "No -such i n v e s t i g a t - i o n was c 2 r r l e d o u t , s s s a i d t h e A i r M i n i s t r y , P r o f . Low gzve t h e o p i n i o n t h a t t h e d e l a y i n i s s u i n g t h e P i r

M i n i s t r y r e ~ o r t , p r o b ~ b l y s t ~ r t ~ d t h e r e p o r t s abou t t h e o u t e r - s p a c e o r i g i n of f l y i n g s 2 u c e r s .

The I n t ~ r - P l a n e t a r y S o c i e t y , which i n v e s t i g a t e s f l y i n g s a u ? e r s , r e p o r t s on i t s own, s p i d : "We I v v e n o t hei7rd o f any r e p o r t s of such

a 12nding i n B r i t a i n and t h i n k i t would be i m p o s s i b l e t o k e e p such a r e p o r t q u i e t . "

If any of o u r r e a d e r s have a n y t h i n g i n t h e i r f i l e s on t h e Ki lga- - . . l e n r e p o r t , we'd a p p r ~ c i a t e t h e i r l e n d i n g it t o u s s o we c o u l d pr in-c i t i n SkYLOOK.

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Al though SKYLOOK has e a r n e d a w e l l - d e s e r v e d r e p u t a t i o n a s a p u b l i - c a t i o n f e a t u r i n g ''new and nowu UF3 m a t e r i a l , t h e e d i t o r h a s asked ~e ';. i n i t i a t e a s e r i e s o f a r t i c l e s d e a l i n g w i t h t h e pre-1947 UFO r e p o r t s , T h e r e f o r e , i n e a c h s u c c e e d i n g i s s u e of SKYLOOK, one s u c h a c c o u n t 1 : : i l l

b e f e a t u r e d .

The London, England, D A I L Y M I R R O R f o r Aup .~s t 4 , 1967, r e - p r i n t e d r e p o r t s of a n a e r i a l o b j e c t s e e n i n L e i c e s t e r and Nott ingham i n 1783. The s o u r c e ' f o r t h e o r i g i n a l a c c o u n t i s n o t g i v e n , n o r i s t h e e x a c t d a t e of t h e s i g h t i n g s . The f o l l o w i n g i s a quo te : - -

The f i r s t ( r e p o r t ) d z t e l i n e d L e i c e s t e r , r e a d s : On Monday n i g h t a - b o u t n i n e o ' c l o c k , a most uncormon phenomenon i l l u m i n f d t k i s p l a c e . t\ g l o b e of f i r e , a p p a r e n t l y a b o u t t h e s i z e of t h e moon i n fu.11, w i t h a t a i l of s e v e r a l y a r d s , l i k e t h a t o f a comet , and seeming ly n o t more t h a n f o r t y y a r d s above t h e t o p s of t h e h o u s e s , p a s s e d o v e r t h e town.

I t s n o t i o n d i d n o t a p p e a r swift, n o r t h e c ~ l o u r o f t h e f l a m e r e d and t e r r i f y i n g , n o r w2s it accompenied w i t h a n y e x t r a o r d i n s r y h e a t i n t h e a tmosphere , n o r a n y rumbl ing n o i s e .

The a p p e a r a n c e was b e a u t i f u l beyond d e s c r i p t i o n ; t h e f i r e cf a l i q u i d p e a r l c o l o u r .

A t t h e same t i m e a r e p o r t e r i n N o t t i n g h a m obse rved : ". . a v e r y l a r g e b a l l o f f i r e . . . it moved f i r s t h o r i z o n t a l l y and w i t h i n c r e d - i b l e v e l o c i t y .

"It a f t e r w a r d s p a s s e d , i n a n o b l i q u e d i r e c t i o n , upwards, when it b u r s t i n t o a number o f p z r t s .

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Has your s u b s c r i p t i o n t o SKYLOOK e x p i r e d ? T h i s i s your k s t i s s u e if t h e r e is a r e d X by your name on t h e a d d r e s s l a b e l , Use i l i e b l a n k e n c l o s e d t o renew your s u b s c r i p t i o n t o d a y s o you w o n ' t miss t h e n e n copy. Send check o r money o r d e r f~~ $4.00 t o Firs, Narrn3 E - S h o r t ( o r

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The Dec, 7 , 1969 i s s u e o f t h e "Dayton D a i l y News1' gave B o n i t a and Kenny Roman t h e c o v e r p g e o f t h e i r Svndzy magazine s e c t i o n , and anothej: .

page t o a pho tograph o f Mrs. Rona;: and a r e p o r t of h e r u f o l o g y i n t e r e s t :

"Bonnieff i s t h e e d i t o r of t h e " F l y i n g S a u c e r B u l l e t i n , " a SINDEC pub l i c a t i o n which we have mentioned b e f o r e i n SKYLOOK, a s we ]:me a h i g h r e g a r d f o r t h i s b i -monthly m ~ g a z i n e whose e d i t o r a l s o I f t e l l s . ~ t a s i t i L ~

We now draw f7om t h e magazine a r t i c l e f o r some i n t e r e s t i n g :acts a b o u t B o n i t a Roman who i s t h e d i r e r t o r of t h e a r e a UFC I n f o r m e t i o n Cen- t e r . The Romans l i v e i n a n o l d whi'ze house t h a t i s between 75 and 105) y e a r s o l d ( v e r y a t t r a c t i r ~ e , a s pic:ured on t h e c o v e r ) allti Bcri:;ie': I>..'-

f i c e i s on t h e second f l c o r . The w - i t e r d e s c r i b s s h e r a s , l l J j e r i?ai-- i s brown, b u t i n t h e mod, a r t i f i c a l l y s-peckled w i t h grzy. l l The ?ho t? shows a p r e t t y young wom2n w i t h a n a l e r , e x p r e s s i o n .

Her i n t e r e s t i n s a u c e r s s t ems from t h e tine s h e was i 3 and s h e aC.ds, " I n f a c t , I am i n t , e r e s t e d i n a n y t h i n g u n e x p l ~ i n e d . " Her I n f o r m z t i o n Cen- t e r is a f f i l i ~ t e d w i t h N I C A P and APRO. When r e p o r t s f rom t h e bliddletown a r e a cone t o h e r a t , t e n t i o n , s h e goes o u t and t 2 1 k s t o peop le who have s e e n t h e o b j e c t s . "1 d i g r i g h t i n , ' ' s h e s e y s ,

She o b j e c t s vehement ly t o t h e p r e s s o-ffqn making w i t n e s s e s t o UFOs o b j e c t s o f r i d i c u l e and f e e l s t h c t h e r b u r c a u o r f e r s 2 s e z i i r s p l a c e f o r t h o s e who have s e e n u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e z t s t o make r e p o r t s , , "We w i l l keep names p r i v a t e i f t h e y w i s h , ? ' s h e s a i d . "The r e p o r t s a r e more i m p o r t a n t t h a n g e t t i n g nznzs , "

One of t h e i n t e r e s t i n g r e p o r t s g i v e n i n t h e a r t i c l e t e l l s of a youqg boy who r a n s c r e a m i n g i n t o - h i s r w a i H s m i l t o ~ home abou t a ' y e a r ago , H i s mother r a n o u t j u s t i n t i m e to s?3 211 o b j e c t ' ;as b i g a s z house f f t a k i n g o f f f rom a n a d j o i n i n g field. She r a n back i n t o t h e house 2nd c a l l e d h e r husband home from work, lie found a t i - a i l cZ red d j j s t - - l i k e t h i n g s i n t h e y a r d . On t h i s sai-ile d a t e s i g h t i n g s n + a r t h e F a i r f i e l c i s c h o o l and i n Middletown were made,

Kenneth Roman i s now s e l l i n g a UFO d e t e c t o r , a magne t i c al-prm d e v i c e he bough t f rom a Cincinnati t o 9 l firrj?, I t is c d v e r t i s e d i n E m n i e 7 s magazine. The b i -monthly u f o z i n e i s $4,00 p c r y e T r , and t112 a d d r e s s is Route 3 , Yankee Rozd, Middlctown, Ohio, 4504.2,

Lou F a r i s h s e n t u s a copy of t h e Day:o~ p : l b l i c a t i o n . From r>-lr pe r son- a l c o r r e s p o n d e n c e w i t h Bonnie , we cFn 2dd t h a t s h e i s t h ? mother of' f o u I c h i l d r e n , t h r e e boys and a g i r l j a g e s f o u r t o e l e v e n - She anc n e r hus- band a r e i n t h e i r v e r y e p r l y 3 i ) : s .

When do YOU g e t SKYLOOK? We tilj'il't unders';,?nd She r n a o ? . r o l - . f r e q u e n t . . d e l a y s i n m a i l s e r v i c e , b u t xi; ':;arp nr-lngir:g i.f up bc:g~-se wn want you t o know t h a t s i ~ c e - we have b?e:? e d i t o r and publisher oc SK'LLCCJK, t h i s magazine has NEVER been lete . . - .a- i ; t h i s eri,i; r ~ i ' t h e 1 i . n ~ . Yc;a s lr io3~ld a lways r e c e i v e your copy bby'the f i r s ( , c>? t;h? month o r 3 u s t a C1.3;' or ~ Y J O l a t e r .

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W i t n e s s e s : Gary P a s s e y and Richarc! Shum?r, b o t h o f S u l p h u r S p r i n z q , Texas. I n t h e s p r i n g 3f 1368 bo th were s t u d e n t s a t E a s t Texas S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Commerce, Texas.

L o c ~ t i o n of S i f h t i n g : 5-6 m i l e s e a s t of Coml~erce , Texas . 3 J i t n e s s e s were t r a v e l i n g e a s t i n c a r d r i v e n by Shum?r, on S t z t e Highway 11,

Weather: L i g h t , v z r i a b l e winds , m ~ s t l y c l e a r s k i e s w i t h some h i g h c l o u d i n e s s .

D e s c r i p t i o n of O b j e c t : A t f i r s t g l a c c e , o b j e c t appez red t o be ccn- v e n t i o n a l a i r c r a f t . As s i g h t i n g p r o g r e s s e d , p e c u l i z r i t i c s b e g - 2 ~ t~ be no ted . F u s e l a g e r e m i n i s c e n t of a "B-29," b u t appea red s m c ~ t ~ h o r mi,- form w i t h no c o c k p i t o r p i l o t ' s c z b i n and no .windows. Wings were p r2 - s e n t and gave t h e i m p r e s s i o n of b e i a g s h o r t e r and +;bicker t h a n o r b i n - a r y wings , were n o t a n g l e d o r d e l t a - s h a n e d . Co lo r : o b j e c t w ~ s u-ifcrrn i n c o l o r , a d u l l , r a t h e r n o n d e s c r i p t brbwnish o r g r a y i s h c o l o r which d i d n o t seem t o r e f l e c t l i g h t , O b j e c t gave t h e i m p r e s s i o n o f b e i n g 'Ozll one p i e c e , n o t s e c t i o n e d e f f There seemed t o . b e some k ind of t a i l con- s t r u c t i o n p r e s e n t . No p r o p e l l e r s o r f u e l t a n k s were d i s c e r n i b l e , and no smoke o r v a p o r was no ted i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e c r a f t . No sound wha t soeve r wzs e v e r a s s o c i ~ t e d w i t h t h e c r a f t , a l t h o u g h it passed a l - most d i r e c t l y o v e r t h e w i t n e s s e s and a t a r e l a t i v e l y low a l t i t u d e ,

Movement o f o b j e c t : As f i rs t s e e n f rom t h e a u t o m o b i l e , t h e o b j s c t was t r a v e l i n g w e s t ; s h o r t l y , it " r e v e r s e d d i r e c t i o n " and a p p e ~ r e d t o move p a r a l l e l w i t h a u t o . The o b j e c t t h e n changed d i r e c t i o n a g a i n and began moving r o u g h l y p e r p e n d i c u l z r t o t h e w i t n e s s e s 1 l i n e of t r a v e l . Wi tnesses t h e n s t o p p e d t h e a u t o and s t e p p e d o u t t o o b s e r v e o b j e c % , The o b j e c t t r a v e l ~ d i n a s o u t h e r l y d i r e c t i o n u n t i l it passed a l m o s t d i - r e c t l y ovcr t h e heads o f t h e w i t n e s s e s ; a t t h e t t i m e it chznged d i - r e c t i o n a g a i n , moving i n a more sou thwes te r l -y d i r e c t i o n u n t i l it s l o w - l y f a d e d o u t of s i g h t , P l though thctre a p p e ~ r e d t o be some ' s m a l l change i n t h e v e l o c i t y of t h e o b j c t a t v a r i o u s t i m e s , i t , f o r t h e most p a r t , moved a t a v e r y s l o w r 2 t e of speed " l i k e a blimp.iq Ob jec t appe? red t o p i c k up speed t o w ~ r d t h e l a s t a s it b e p n t o p a s s o u t of s i g h t ,

D u r a t i o n of S i g h t i n g : Approximately 10 m5nutes. F u r t h e r C O T e n t s : The o b j e c t a?peared t o have no r n ~ r k i n p s , i n s i g -

n i a s o r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n . A s t h e w i t n e s s e s s topped t h e i r a t o t o obse rve t h e o b j e c t , and t h r o u f h o u t most of t h e d u r a t i o n of t h e s i g h t - i n g , s e v e r 2 1 o t h e r au tomobi l e s p a s s e d , b u t nofie s t o p p e d o r a p p e ~ r e d t o n o t i c e t h e o b j e c t which , a g a i n f i rst a p > e ~ r c d t o be no more t h a n a . con- v e n t i o n a l a i r c r a f t . A t l owes t a l t i t u d e , t h e ob- jec t appee red t o be no more t h a n 200-300 f t e t i n t h e a i r , M r . M a ~ s e y c o ~ m e n t e d t h a t , a f t e r v i ewing t h e o b j e c t , it looked l i k e s o r e o n e had t r i e d t o make "a d m n y . o r mock-up a i r p l a n e . "

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T h i s r e p o r t was compiled from a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h Cary Massey, a NICAP and f o r m e r APRO member, i n December 1969, by Tom A d a m , o f Commerce, Texas, one o f o u r SKYLOOK r e a d e r s . R icha rd 8 h u m r i s s e r v i n g i n t h e United S t a t e s Army and was n o t p r e s e n t d u r i n g t h e i n t e r v i e w ,

I n s e n d i n g u s t h e r e p o r t , M r . kdams comfiented on Rober t S r n u l l i n g T s "Plane? UFO?" r e p o r t i n t h e Februa ry SKYLOOK and wonders i f t h i s ok.- j e c t coulc! have any c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e ' lmystery p l a n e f 9 t.iie7 was r e - p o r t e d buzz ing t h e Gateway Arch i n S t , L o u i s , M r . Adam a l ~ ~ n e n t i o n s . f f t h e c o n s i s t e n t ~ x c o l l e n c e o f SKYI,OOI(ff--f~r whlch we t h z r k ? l i i l i ,

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Readers may r e c a l l my " g r i eM i n l a s t mon th ' s column p e r t a i n i n g t c t h e s l o v m a i l s e r T r i c e and my r t h e n ) i r a b i l i t y t o r e p o r t on Tvan S::xier= s o n ' s a r t i c l e , 17UFO's Under S e a ? , v i i n t h e Merch i s s u e o f A3GSSY, Well, , b e t t e r l a t e t h a n neve r . Sanderson c i t e s a number of i n s t a n c e s hers u:- i d e n t i f i e d a q u a t i c o b j e e t s have been s e e i n t h e o c e a n s , a s well a s h e i r : ; t r a c k e d by s o n a r . He a l s o m e n t i o ~ s t h e s t r a n g e a n t e n n a - l i k e o b j e c f . " p hotographed on t h e ocean f l o o r i O O O m i l e s wes t of Cape Horn , sol:;;!^ America, A t a d e p t h o f 2250 fa thcms ( 1 3 , 5 0 0 f e e t ) , a photcgraphi. : probz f rom t h e r e s e a r ~ h s h l p El.t,;zin p i c t u r e d t h e s t r a n g e o b j s c t , Tk? -- --- - amount of under sea UFO a c t i v i t y s u g g e s 3 s t h a t someone ( n a t i v e o r v i s i - --- --- t o r ) i s a s a t home i n t h e s e ~ s a s i n t h e a tmosphere o f OLZ- p l a n e t . Thn a r t i c l e i s w e l l wor7,h r e a d i n g ,

The NATIONAL ENQXRER has r e c e n t l y begun s e r i a l i z a t i o n o f a c o ~ d x - s e d v e r s i o n o f E r i c h von Daniken ' s CYLSIOTS OF THE GODS? F e g i n n l n s wi>::: t h e March 15%h i s s u e , t h e s e r i e s w j l l c c n t i n u e t h r o u g h t h e A p r i l 5Cl1 i s s u e a t l e a s t , pe rhaps l o n g e r . For 3hose who s h y away f rom krdcosre;- books b e c a u s e of t h e p r i c e t a g s (who d o e s n ! t ? ) , t h e s e i r , s t aS .menfs w i l l g i v e you t h e g i s t of t h e book,

The A p r i l i s s u e o f FATE c o n t a i n s a n a r t i c l e by George E a r l e y , r e - p o r t i n g on a UFO symposium h e l d by t h e N a t i o n a l Amateur Ast ronomers , I n c . : d u r i n g t h e i r a n n c s l c o n v m t i o n i n Auf is t , 1962, P a r t j c l p a t m g i n t h e symposium were Drsn J , A l l e n Hynclc, J a v e s E. McDc;h~ld, Jarnes A . H a r d e r , R , Leo S p r i n k i e , Frank B , S a l i s b u r y and David X, ~ a u n d w s . A s w i t h o t h e r s i m i l a r c o n f e r e n c e s , such m a t t e r s a s -the ~nad :quac ies o f t h e Condon Repcr t and t h e need f c r much more s c i e n t i f i c i n v e s t i g a - t i o n of t h e UFO s u b j e c t were d i s c u s s e d , h r l e y has done a good job o f summarizing t h e h i g h l i g h t s o f t h e meet ing-

One of t h e b e s t UFO a r t i c l e s t o g r a c e %he pages o f SAGA i n s e v e r a l months a p p e a r s i n t h e A p r l l i s s u e , Ro>+ K x t o n r e p o r t s on h i s " f o i l o w - upTv of t h e H e r b e r t ~ c h i r m e r c o n t a c t s t o r y which occl-rred i n hshlac ' l , Nebraska , on December 3 ? 1967, Tile incLden t r e c e i v e d q l ~ i t e 3 b i t of' p u b l i c i t y a t t h e t i m e , b u t seemcd t o have S e e n over looked IF. r e c e n t months, The Condon Report mentions t h e c a s e , 'out does POL cc ;ns idcr it. wor thy of f w t h e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n , I n r e a l i t y , it i s l i k e l y t113t a greaF. d e a l mors v ~ i l l be l e a r n e d by tho rough i n v e s t i g a t i o n s o f s1:c.l e a s e s thar . by more h a l f - m i l l i o n d o l l a r ltsnow jobs1? a s t h e Condon Rcpc.:-t., P r ~ c t - ~ i c a l l y a l l t h e i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n t h e a r t i c l e w i l l b e new t o mcs? r e a d e r s and it is w e l l wor th your a t t e ~ t i o n ,

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Through t h ~ g r a p e v i n e , we h e a r t h a t t h e p u b l i s h e r s cf SAGA w i l l soon produce a n o t h e r s p e c i a l magazine devo ted e n t i r e l y t o U F O s , If any more d e f i n i t e word i s r e c e i v e d , it w i l l be mentioned i n a l a t e r column,

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The Jan . 1 4 , 1970 r9Eagle" of Reading , Pa. , c a r r i e d a LIP1 s t o r y from La Madera, N . M. and O r 2 s t e s Wi l son , o f Read ing , s e n t u s t h e c l i p p i n g which f o l l m s : quote--.-

La Madera, N. M.- occasione ell^, d u r i n g d e e r s e a s o n , a h u n t e r o r ' two s t o p p e d b r i e f l y i n t h e s l ~ e p y S p z n i s h town b e f o r e moving on t o Carson N z t i o n a l F o r e s t .

Evcry now and t h c n d u r i n g a n e l r c t i o n y e r r , e p o l i t i c i 2 n v i s i t e d t o p i c k up a few e x t r a v o t e s from t h e t c w n l s p0pu la3 ion of 200.

O t h e r t h s n t h ~ t , vc r y f e w s t r s r y e r s were s e e n i n t h e sn ia l l town i n t h e f o o t h i l l s of n o r t h w e s t e r n F i o A r r i b a County--except f o r hat c o o l s p r i n g n i g h t i n 1964 when Or lzndo Gell-egos s t e p p e d o u t of h i s f z t h e r f s adobe home t o chase away a s m a l l he rd of h o r s e s .

A t 1 2 : 3 0 a.m. A p r i l 2 7 , 1 9 6 4 , G a l l e g o s saw a n u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g ob j e c t - - a f l y i n g s a u c e r ,

The A i r F o r c e l a s t month concluded t h a t UFOs d o n o t e x i s t and d i s - c o n t i n u e d i t s i n v e s t i g a t i o n of them.

The peop le of La Madera, which means RThe T i m b e ~ " i n S p a ~ i s h , hzve g e n e r a l l y f o r g o t t e n about t h e UFOs a l s o , b u t t h e r e a r e s t i l l some who can v i v i d l y d e s c r i b e wh2t G a l l e g o s s 2 w t h a t n i p h t .

Looking n o r t h toward t h e s c r u b - l i n e d s h o r e s o f t h e t r i c k l i n g V a l l e - c i t o s R i v e r , G a l l e g o s saw what he l a t e r d e s c r i b e d a s an "egg-shaped o b j e c t , l o n g e r t h a n a t e l e p h o n e p o l e and e b o u t 1 0 0 f e e t i n c i r c u m f e r - ence ." The o b j e c t , accord in^ t o t h e s t p r t l e d G ~ l l e g o s , h?d no v i s i b l e windows o r d o o r s .

The s i g h t i n g n i g h t have b ~ e n pzssed ovc r i f a s i m i l a r i n c i d e n t had n o t been r e p o r b e d j u s t 55 h o u r s e a r l i c r a t S o c o r r o , N . M . , 200 m i l e z t o t h e sou.t;h8, ( E d i t o r f s Note--here f o l l o w s e n a c c o u n t o f t h e Zamora s t o r y , well-known t o o u r r e z d e r s and o m i t t e d h e r e ) ::: :I: ):: ::: The r e c e n t Air F o r c e r e p o r t s t i r r e d znew t h e c o n t r o v e r s y o v e r s u c h s i g h t i n g s , e s p e c i a l l y in La Nadera.

Former U . S . Marsha l E m i l i o N ~ r z ~ j o , who was Rio A r r i b a County S h e r i f f a t t h e t i m e of t h e s i g h t i n g e t I a Vadera , s a i d r e c e n t l y t h e whole t h i n g was a hoax and amounted t o no more t h a n a l a r g e b o n f i r e b u i l t by s e v e r a l you ths from t h e community,

'!Our i n v e s t i g ~ t i o n showed t h ~ t t h r e e o r f o u r young boys hzd bcen washinp a c 2 r a t t h e r i v e r 2nd s t a r t e d a f i r e t o bu rn the r 2 g s bhey had used .Th2t was t h e f l y i n g s p u c e r G a l l e g o s saw," s 3 i d Maranjo.

N a r a n j o s z i d most of t h e townspeople v iew t h e i n c i d e n t a s 2 j o k e , Naran jo rnd t h e n d e o u t y s h e r i f f P e t e J ~ r a m i l l o b o t h s ~ l d t h e y f e l t

t h k e x c i t e m e n t 2nd f e a r a r i s i n g from t h e S o c o r r o i n c i d e n t added f u e l t o t h e i n c i d e n t a t La Madera.

S t p t e P o l i c e Chief M a r t i n V i g i l , however , s a i d he could n o t g o a l o n g w i t h N a r a n j o ' s t h e o r y , b u t hc could o f f e r no e x p l a n z t i o n .

V i g i l , commander of t h e s t ~ t e p o l i c e d i s t r i c t which i n c l u d e d La Madera, s a i d he s e n t o f f i c e r s A l b e r t Vega 2nd David Kingsbury t o i n - v e s t i g a t e .

"They r e p o r t e d t h e ground wss s t i l l smoulde r ing when t h e y a r r i v e d t h e n e x t day and wha teve r bu rned thcr e hed t o have been p r e t t y h o t , " s a i d V i g i l , r e f e r r i n g t o t h e l ~ r g e c i r c u l a r p i e c e of burned ground.

The a r e a , however, was p a r t o f a community dump which i n c l u d e d many h i g h l y i n f l a m a b l e i t e m s .

Whatever i t wzs , t h e memory has f a d e d th rough t h e year:j 2nd t h e a r e a r e s i d e n t s , o r most of them, e r e not conce rned ,

W e even t a l k e d t o Gal-legos 2nd h e just laugheci cff t h e whole t h i n g , s a i d Naran jo.

S e v e r a l UFO M a ~ z z i n e s Are D r o p ~ i n g Out

During t h e p a s t yea - 2 number of UFO ~ u b l i c a t i o n s hzve ceased w b l i c e t i o n , o r have announccd t h e i r i n t e n t i o n o f d o i n g s: on a g i v e n d a t e .

Mark Bouge, e d i t o ~ of SLUCER P X G R Z I N E , i s one o f t h e most r e c e n t t o j o i n t h e g roup and he w r i t e s i t i s n ' t b e c a u s e t h e M . I . B . o r anyone e l s e h a s t r i e d t o " s i l ~ n c e ' ~ him--or even b e c a u s e of f i n a n c i a l d i f f i - c u l t i e s - - b u t b e c a u s e h e needs more t i m ~ f o r r e s e a r c h and i n v e s t i g t i o n , He adds t h z t h i s S.M. subscribe-rs w i l l y f h i d i n f u l l and t h a t he Lcooes they--and o t h e r ufo logy f r i e n d s - - w i l l c o n t i n u e t o keep i n t o u c h , k1k a d d r e s s i s 1911 Nain S t . , S e l l e v u e , Mebr., 68005. That was a n i c e l e t t e r , Mark, and w e ' l l be e x p e c t i n g t o h e a r f r o m you i n t h e f u t u r e .

Angelo C a p p a r e l l a 111, 134. Hznna S t . , C a r r b o r o , N . C . 27510, annmn- ced i n h i s November i s s u e of THE UFO IKFORFER t h a t t h e June 1970 i s s u e w i l l be t h e l a s t one. He i s e n t ~ r i n g t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f North C a r o l i n a t h i s f a l l and it i s e z s y t o under s t and why he canno t e d i t 2nd p u b l i s h a magazine w h i l e engag ing i n s t u d y , But he i s n ' t g i v i n g up h i s i n t e r - e s t i n u fo logy . He w r i t e s ! '?. . if s n y t h i n g , t h e disbandment o f Ch4PIC w i l l ~ l l o w me t o becortre niore invo lved i n p e r s o n a l r e s e a r c h 2nd f i e l d i n v e s t i g a t i o n s . . . one o f t h e m o t i v a t i n g f a c t o r s which has i n f l u e n c e d me t o s c e k a c o l l e g e e d u c a t i o n i n p h y s i c s 2nd as t ronomy i s s o t h a t I can a t t z c k t h i s problem from a s c i e n t i f i c s n p l e . " Good l u c k , 2nd we e x p e c t t o h e a r f rom you.

Jozn Whri tenour ceased p u b l i c ~ t i o n o f SAUCER SCOOP l a s t summer 2nd it was ennounced t h z t CAPRI w ~ s t z k i n g o v e r h e r subscribers, b u t we t a l k e d t o Ed Minas izn , e d i t o r of CXPRI NElnlS, 61 Anes S t . , Dorches-. t e r , Mzss. , 02124, by t e l e p h o n e more t h a n a month a g o , and he informed u s he h ~ s t o d r o p h i s u f o z i n e f o r 2 combina t ion of r e a s o n s , one b e i n g i l l n e s s . k t t h i s w r i t i n p , we h m e n ' t h e a r d wh2t a r r2ngement s he i s making t o hend le h i s unexp i red s u b s c r i p t i o n s . Joan Whr i t enour , a s o u r r e a d e r s p r o b z b l y know, i s s t i l l i n t h e w r i t i n g f i e l d .

SKYWATCH, t o o ceased p u b l i c a t i o n lc?st summer and announcerncnt of SKYLOOK t a k i n g o v e r J e n n i f e r S t e v s n s ' s u b s c r i b e r s i s e l sewhere i n t h i s f s s u e .

T h i s may no t b e a complete l i s t . Some o t h e r u f o z i n e s a r e n o t exchanging w i t h u s and have f z i l e c l t o answer l e t t e r s o f i n q u i r y - - b u t t h e r e may be a n y number o f good r e a s o n s why-.we h a v e n ' t h e a r d from them l a t e l y , and we c e r t a i n l y won ' t name them u n t i l we hcve some d e f i n i t e i n f ormat i on.

We a r e s o r r y t o l o s e t h e s e magazines. Ezch one made a c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e u fo logy f i e l d and w i l l b e missed. So t h e r e s t of us w i l l have t o work h a r d e r . S i n c e vUncle? l has a p p a r e n t l y l o s t i n t e r e s t i n wh2t i s g o i n g on "ou t t h e r e , " i t ' s up t o t h e L i t t l e Peop le t o i n v e s t i g a t e and keep r e c o r d s and t h e day may come when t h e s e r e c o r d s w i l l zssume a v a l u e undreamed o f z t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e , W e T r e t a l k i n g abou t h o n e s t r e p o r t i n g , of course- -not r a m b l i n g s i n t o t h e f i e l d of f s n t z s y .

) g a i n , we wish o u r d e p a r t i n g f r i e n d s good luck--2nd keep i n t o u c h ! ? -- ' ic Ed

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T r i - S t a t e UFO S t u d y Group

The F e b r u a r y mee t ing of t h e Tri- .Stzt ,e UFO S t u d y Group x a s h e l d i n t h e home of Walt Andrus, Qu incy , I l l . , Thursday , F e b r u a r y 19 tha

A f t e r t h e S e c r e t a r y s and T r e a s u r e r s t r e p o r t s were made, P r e s i d e n t Bob S m u l l i n g t u r n e d t h e mee t ing o v e r t o Walt Andrus who r e p o r t ~ d on t h e t r i p t o S t . L o u i s , made b y s e v c r a l of t h e &uincy ' members and t h e i r w i v e s , t o a t t e n d t h e l e c t u r e by D r . J , A l l e n Hynek a t t h e Mcnonnel l P l a n e t a r i u m .

The members en joyed h e a r i n g t h e t a p e of D r . Hynekfs spee:,h ( t a p e made by W z l t ) and a f t e r w a r d s d i s c u s s e d t h e h i g h p o i n t s o f Dr, Hpr~c:<'s t a l k . W a l ~ a l s o showed e n l ~ r g e d P o l o r o i d p S c t u r e s of a s i g l i t i n g macie i n November o f 1567 a t Cov ing ton , I n d i a n a , a t which t i m e f r ~ m twe-'-ve t o f i f t e e n o b j e c t s passed o v e r h e s d , The p i c t u r e s a r e co r l s id~ :~e ; l a u t h e n - t i c .

: A f t e r t h e mee t ing was a d j o u r n e d , r e f r e s h m e n t s were s e r v e d by Mrs. Andrus. The n e x t meet i f ig w i l l be h e l d i n t h e horn of BIrs. A n i t a Lavery , 217 S . 1 8 t h S t . , Q u i n c y , I l l . , on Thursday , March 1 9 , 1970, a t 7 :30 p.m.

A e r i a l Phenomena Club of C e n t r a l I l l i n o i s

The ti. P. P.C.I. was h e l d Mondzy? M ~ r c l l 9 t h w i t h l l P h y s i c a l I h j u r i c s t l a s t h e t o p i c f o r d i s c u s s i o n . Var ious t y p e s of i n j u r i e s a s p o s s i b l y r e - - l a t e d t o UFOls--burns, b l i n d i n g , maiming and even d e z t h - - t o man cnd b e a s t were i n c l u d e d .

F o r s e v e r z l ' months-our g r o u p h a s been busy making p l a n s f o r t h e u f o l o g i s t c o n f e r e n c e t o b e he ld i n P e o r i a : June 13, m d a g r e ~ t d e z l of t i m e was g i v e n o v e r t h i s meeting i n comple t ing a r r a n g e m e n t s . fin- nouncemcnts a r e b e i n g s e n t t o UFO mzgazines ,111 o v e r t h e c c u n t r - ~ , 2nd we hope t h e y w i l l g i v e us s p a c e .

There has been some l o c z l i n t e r c s t i n h ~ v i n g t h e e n t i r e c o n f e r e n c e t a p e r e c o r d e d and t h e n making t h e t a p e s a v a i l a b l e t o t h e p u b l i c . If any SKYLOOK readers 'aye i n t e r e s t e d , p l e ~ s e d r o p a p o s t c t l r d z s s o o n a s p o s s i b l e t o t h e Midwest UFO C ~ n f e ~ e n c e , c/o L s i r d C z r t e r , 725 M, S t . Anthony P l e c e P e o r i ? , 111. . 6160.4, and i n f o r a a t i o a w i l l b e s e n t --no o b l i g a t i o n , of c o u r s e . I t 1s n e c e s s a r y t o know i n advence t h e p o s s i b l e demand f o r t a n e s .

The n e x t m e e t i n g will be h e l d . ba A p r i l 9 and llCaves 2nd ';he UFQrs" w i l l b e d i s c u s s e d . Meetings a r e h ~ l d zt the Northminister P ~ c ; b y t e ~ : - i a n c h u r c h , 7030 N. Route 8 8 , P e o r i a , I l l . , 2nd b e g i n a t 7 : 3 0 2nd l a s t a round two h o u r s . V i s i t o r s 2 r e a lways welcome,

We a r e happy t o b v e two new members--Dezn b y b e r r y and Ralph W e s t e r v e l t ,

R e p o r t e r : Michzel Morey

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UFO S tudy ~ r o u ~ Meets

The UFO Study Croup o f , G r e a t e r S t . Lou i s met a t t h e S t . ~ o u i s pub- l i c l i b r a r y t h e e v e n i n g of Ifarch 1 7 t h , a n d t h e mee t ing was h i g h l i g h t e d by s e v e r a l members d e s c r i b i ; i g t l - ! e i r own UFO s i g h t i n g s i n some d e t z i i , D i s c u s s i o n a l s o concerned t h e upzoming UFO SKYwatch, and C a r l y l e Lake was mentioned a s a p o s s i b l e s l t e , ,

Ar thur J , E p s t e i n , mem5er of b o t h APRO and t h e S tudy G r o u ~ , 1-rz- s i d e d ove r t h e meet ing and i n f o r m s t t l lose p r e s e n t o f a new p ~ ~ ' 5 l i c t ; : ~ i ~ ; ~ e n t i t l e d " P e r i m e t e r s ,11 and e d i t e d by S i c h a r d H a l l . UFO a r t i c l z s i c o t h e r c u r r e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s were rev iewed and a b r i e f d j s c u s s l o n was h ~ j c o n c e r n i n g Jacques V a l l e e f s l a t e s t book, l l P a s s p o r t t o Magonia, l l SOP? members f e l t t h e book conce rns t t s e l f t o o much w i t h mat te ' r s a c t re le7 . ran . t o ou r problem of UFOs ( e , g . , f a i r y t a l e s and s i m i l a r l e g e n d s ) , w h i l e o t h e r s d i s a g r e e d , p o i n t i n g o u t p o s s i b l e c o n n e c t i o n s between t h e UFO occupan t s and r e c e n t a r c h a e o l o g i c a l d i s c o v e r i e s of a n c i e n t monuments and s t r u c t u r e s ,

The n e x t meet ing w i l l be A p r i l 2nd a t 7 o ' c l o c k a t t h e l i b r a r y a t 16-40 S. Lindbergh ,

Mark R icha rdson , a Data-Net member, and B i l l Schwar tz and K i l l i a m Helmreich , b o t h S o c i o l o g y s t u d e n t s , were welcome v i s i t o r s a t t h e m e e t i ~ g and we hope t h e y w i l l bscome members,

Repor ted by David A. S c h r o t h

S i g h t s F l y i n g S a u c e r on B i r t h d a y !

L a u r i e Diane W a l t h e r , o f San Mateo, C a l i f . , w i l l rercember h e r 15?-h b i r t h d a y , f o r she saw what s h e b e l i e v e s t o have been a Clying s a u c e r , A~ccording t o t h e San Mateo "Times & News Leaden,':Ls.xiie t o l d Deput,y John A . Wel l s t h a t she was s t a n d i n g a t t h e c o r n e r of Ottawa S:, a i d Monte Diab lo Ave. a t Bi30 t h e n i g h t of Feh. 10, 1970 when s h e saw % f l a s h o f l i g h t t o t h e n o r t h e a s t . Then s h e saw what a p p e a r e d 53 'be 3 f l y i n g saucee--a round o b j e c t about- 25 f e e t i n d i a m e t e r w i t h r e d an-d b l u e l i g h t s on i t s p e r i m e t e r . I t appea red t o b e h ~ v e r i n z a b o u t 50 f e e t above t h e ground n e a r t h e PC&E s ~ b s t . a t i o n , t h e . g i r l s a i d ,

L a u r i e , who l i v e s a t 1514 Monte Diabl-o, t o l d Wel l s t h z t sh.e was IXI-

a b l e t o d e t e r m i n e t h e c o l o r and compos i t ion of t h e o b j e c t i t s e l f -be- c a u s e o f t h e b r i g h t n e s s of t h e l i g h t i t g2ve o c l , A f t e r w a t c h i n g f o ~ a few minu tes , s h e went home and c a l l e d t h e San Mateo P o l i c e -Depar.t- ment t o r e p o r t it. She was. adv i sed t o t e a l h e r - s t o r y t o r;?iz Fecieral A v i a t i o n Admin i s t ca t ion . That o f f i c e was c losed , s ,o , wan t ing t o r e p o r t t h e i n c i d e n t t o someone,, s h e c a l l e d t h e s h e r i f f ' s o f f i c e ,

Deputy Wel l s checked w i t h t h e p o l i c e d e p ~ r t m e n t l a t e r a n d - w s s t o l d t h a t it had r e c e i v e d s i m i l a r r e p o r t s , .

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Many See 'Thing ' i n Sky.

Many San B e r n a r d i n o , C a l i f , r e s i d e n t s saw and r e p o r t e d a i a r g e and r e d d i s h o b j e c t t h a t remained i n t h e sane a r e a of t h e S K Y f'x alir ;o~t , a h a l f hour b e f o r e s ~ l d d e n l y d i s a p p 2 a r i n @ , t h e n i g h t of ?29, -i.5; 197a0 The "Sun-Tel.cgrarn'' r e c e i v e d a r z s h o f c a l l s about 10 p,m, Credit: Lou F a r i s h

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Orange-Colored O b j e c t S e e n i n Nor th C a r o l i n a ( F & , 18, 1970)

Roy Barrow Jr . , o f 4 0 2 Clancy S t . r e p o r t e d s e e i n g a n u n u s u a l ob j e a : . i n t h e s k y abou t 10 :20 o ' c l o c k l a s t n i g h t ,

Barrow s p o t t e d t h e o range o b j e c t w h i l e he was d r i v i n g s o u t h on 6rJj f rom highway 70. He s a i d t h e o b j e c t was t r a v e l l i n g n o r t h e a s t LO SOL?;:!--

w e s t a t a s l o w r a t e of S F G ~ ~ . 1.l; t h e n made a 90 d e g r e e tura and zcw;el ' away, S o u r c e : S a l i s b u r y , . N, - C, "Evening P o s t .fl C r e d i t : Lou F a r i s h - _ _ - --_--_-__ ------ ___ -- ----- -----.---------- ---- . ___ ----- _-___-____- ---------- - -- -___-__- --- - ---. -. -

F l y i n g O b j e c t Repor t ed a t Dunn, N o C ,

John E. N o r r i s , . J r . , P o l i c ~ C S f i c e r , a t Dunn, M, C . , s a i d t o d a y t h a t h e saw a " s t r a n g e l i g h t t ' p o i n g f r o n e a s t t o w e s t ove r I3road s t r e e . . i n ' t h e ! e a r l y Morning h o u r s one mr rn ing last week. He w i d it w a s going t o o f a s t f o r a n a i r p l a n e , and t h e r e was no n o i s e accompanying t h e f l y i n g o b j e c t ,

N o r r i s has r e p o r t e d s e e i n g a number of such o b j e c t s w h i l e on e a r l y morning p a t r o l i n a p o l i c e c a r h e r e o v e r t k e h s t coup le y e a r s , S o u r c e : Dunn, N. C . "Record, t1 Feb , 10, 1-970, C r e d i t : Lc:l F ~ r i s h _---------__-----__-____----__-_------------- ---- -------- ---- - ---------------- ----------------============.---=--==:=

F . i r e b a l l 3 e e n o v e r Robeson' County, N , C,

A f i r e b a l l i n t h e s k y , r e p o r t e d t o h ~ v e been s e e n n o r t h e a s t o f Lumberton on Tuesday n i g h t , J a n . 27 , may have ended up a s chunk of r o c k on t h e grad i n Robeson County,

B i l l y Lewis r e p o r t e d s e e i n g t h e f i r e b a l l a t midn igh t while d r i v i n g e a s t w a r d on Highway 41. He was r e t u r n i n g t o h i s home, between LumSer- t o n and E l i z a b e t h t o w n , a f t e r l a t e o f f i c e work a t "The Robeson ian , " where he is a d v e r t i s i n g manager.

A b r i g h t l y g lowing o b j e c t l i k e 'a b a l l o f f i r e descended nl-owly iq t h e s k y , Lewis s a i d , and made a b l a ~ i n g t r a i l b e h i n d it . The o'ojec.6 '

a p p e a r e d t o b e about - the same s i z e a s t h e image of t h e maor,, which w s s v i s i b l e a t t h e same t i m e . Lewis s a i d he ccu id not, e s t i m a t e ' c h ~ a o t . u a l s i z e o f t h e o b j e c t b e c a u s e h e cou ld n o t t e l l how f a r away jr was, b u t i t had t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f b e i n g w i t h i n abou t a m i l e of t h e hfghway, T h e r e was no r o a d l e a d i n g i n t h e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e o b j e c t , =o he d i d n o - . a t t e m p t t o l o o k f o r i t ,

"It was s o b r i g h t i t s t a r t l e d me. It was t h e most s p e c t a c u l a r t h i r . 5 I have e v e r s e e n , " -,

James Hooks, d i r e c t o r of t h e Robeson P l a n s t a r i u m a t t h e E d u c a t i o n e i Resou,rce C e n t e r , s a i d t h e d e s c r i p t i o n f i t s t h a t of a b o l i t e , and hat it might b e p o s s i b l e t o f i n d r emnan t s of i t on t h e g r o ~ n d , , S o u r c e : L m b e r t o n , N . C . r lRobesoniant t . C r e d i t : Lou $'arish;

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Landing R e p o r t s Wanted: T e r r y W . C o l v i n , 710 O l i v e S t . , E v 3 n s v i l l e , I n d . , 47713, i s d o i n g a r e s e a r c h p a p e r on a l l e g e d UFO l a n d i n g s and w r i t e s : "1 would welcome a n exchenpe of l e t t e r s with anvnne o i your a s s o c i e t e s i n t e r e s t e d i n UFO l e n d i n g s : e s p e c i a l l y conrerril:.; t h e p a t t e r n s of s i m i l a r i t y and d i s s i m i l a r i t y o f g l o b a l UFO l m d 7 n g r e p o r t s , tt

SKYLOOK would l i k e t o have t h ~ t r e p o r t , V r , C o l v i n , Hr.55 z : " ~ u t i t ?

You-Don' t Always Have t o ''See'! t o B e l i e v e !

"Pve n e v e r s e e n a UFO. But t hen , I ' v e nEver s e e n Europe and I be-- l i e v e w h o l e - h e ~ r t e d l y i n Eurcpe." Bo w r o t e J im F i e b i g i n a n a r t i c l c w i t h h i s b y l i n e i n t h e D e t r o i t ( l i c h i g s n ) NEWS, Dec. 28 , 1969.

The r e s t of h i s e r t i c l e f o l l o w s , quote:--The UFO i n c i d e n t t h z t s t a r t e d me e y i n g t h e s k i e s i n earnes-L o c c u r r e d n e e r Ann Arbcr i n 1965. F rank , a midd le -age r who l i v e d i n . t,!;? c o u n t r y w i t h h i s f a rq i ly , sane ,

ch ickens and s e v e r a l d o g s , s t e p p e d cnco t h e porch one n i g h t t o q u i e t h i s young Gernan shepherd . But when he saw whet t h e pup.wes straining h i s l e a s h a b o u t , he summoned h i s f a m i l y .

The UFO wzs h o v c r i n g a few f e e t 6 f f t h e . e a r t h just 200 yerdm 2 ~ 2 ~ - a l a r g e v e r y d i s t i n c t o h j e c t w i t h un i fo rm rows o f f l a s h i n g 1122h?-~. Sev- e r a l d e p u t i e s saw i t . F r ~ n R ' s f a m i l y spw i t . And Frank g o t c l ~ s e

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enough b e f o r e it d i s a p p e a r e d t o f e e l h i s h e a r t a g a i n s t h i s t o n s i l s .

I i n t e r v i e w e d him t h e n e x t day , w i t h h i s f a a i l y , and p a t t e d the pup t h z t s t a r t e d i t a l l . Thcrc w z s n ' t a l i a r i n t h e bunch.

But t h e o f f i c i a l government i n v e s t i g a t o r s e n t t o t h e s c e n e s ~ i d F r a n k ' s UFO was n o t h i n g b u t swamp g a s . . . Swamp g a s . T h a t ' s what " P r o j e c t Blue Bookn amounted t o ,

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C r e d i t : Lou F a r i s h ------__--- --------- ---------- _ _ _ _ _ ____________-________-_-_----- S t a t e T r o o p e r s S e e UFO's

David J. G r a s , NICAP member and Resea rch C o n s u l t a n t f o r UFO ANALY- S IS and RESEARCH BULLETIN, has s e n t a couple news c l i p p i n g s from h i s pe r son21 f i l e s . He h a s been i n t e r e s t e d i n and i n v e s t i g a t i n g UFO r e - p o r t s f o r t h e p a s t s ixt! , -yeers and i s b u i l d i n g up a l i b r a r y sfid c o l l e c t - i o n of :afkr;i,a ( a n d i f , & h e r e i s n ' t such a word , t h e n Ye Ed h a s just, co ined o n e ) , A s M r . @rss po in ted o u t i n h i s l e t t e r , t h e f o l l o w i n g i t e m s prove t h a t n o t j y s t o r d i n a r y p e o c l ~ s e e UFO's, , bu t a l s o s t r . t ~ t r o o p e r s and t h e p o l i c e who should be c o n s i d e r e d r e l i a b l e o b s e r v e r s ,

The i t e m s f o l l o w : Kings ton , N , Y . Feb, 26, 1968--Two t r o o s e r s e z r l y t o d a y r e p o r t e d s e e i n g f o u r UPOrs ~ 0 u t h 7 ~ ~ e s t of t h i s U l s t e r County c i t y ,

it The s t a t e t r o o p e r s , , C a r l Van Wagnen and John Co lan , r e p o r t e d s ight , - i n g one o b j e c t a t $ 2 ~ 0 6 a.m. i n t h e v i c i n i t y of Hur ly H e i ~ h t s . A t 1 : 0 7 a.m. t h e y s a i d t h e y s a w t h r e e more o b j e c t s , a l l w i t h " p u l s z 5 i n g r e d and g r e e n l i g h t s , ' ! o v e r t h e community of Krumvi l l e , The o b j e c t s d i s - appe2red f rom t h e s k y ?bou t 3 a , n , , t h e y s e i d . It was a c l e c r s t a r l i t n i g n t .

Lockpor t , N . Y. S e p t . 1 5 , 1967-- A UFO r e p o r t e d l y s p o t t e d on t h e e a s t e r n h o r i z o n m y s t i f i e d p o l i c e . "It looked round , gave off a glow, and appea red l i k e s f l a s h e r on a p a t r o l c s r , " s a i d S h e r i f f Depxty B. Highf i e l d , who s a i d o f f i c e r s 2 t Lockpor t p o l i c e h e a d q u a r t e r s a l s o r e - p o r t e d t h e i n c i d e n t . --------___--_______-________i_-_------------------------I- ---- ---- _- __ __________ ---- _--__ UFO O r g a n i z z t i o n L i s t - - a l i s t of 260 UFO r e s e s r c h o r g a n i z a 5 i o i x i n t h e Uni ted S t a t e s and Canzda, o n l y $1.50. Michae l Lewis , P, 0. Box 55629, Houston, Texas , 770550 --Advo