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No. 61

Know Your Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Message From Your D i r e c t o r 2 . . . . Aerospace Photography With I n f r a r e d F i lm Reveals UFOs 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UFO Observed Near Greenr idge, Mo. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy Woman Reports S i g h t i n g . 5 Research Bal loon Lands; Seen uver 4 S t a t e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michi an S i g h t i n g Reported 6 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UFOs v e r Ohio Turnpike 7 New J e r s e y Report . . . . . . . I n v e s t i g a t i o n of a UFO F l i g h t o v e r San to Dominpo 8 Radioac t ive "Foot P r i n t a n Found i n Norway 1969 Canadian S i g h t i n g Reported They Saw Them Then! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Colorado Women Report UFO Followed Car It Happened i n Arizona . . . . . . . I l l i n o i s Man Reports Blue L igh t s i n V-Formation 10 Older UFO Report from I l l i n o i s Good View of UFO i n M i s s i s s i p p i Astronomy Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Can You Help? The World's Bigges t Eye k t Cambridge, England Law O f f i c e r Keeps Eye on Sky . . . . . . . . P h v s i c a l Traces - M a t e r i a l Evidence of UFOs? 12 SeGeral See Ligh ted , S i l e n t Object Over S t . Louia UFOs Behind t h e I r o n Cur ta in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 UFO Notes from Barry Greenwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 I n Others1 Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Organiza t ion Notes From Around the Network . . . . . . . . . 17 Shor t Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

The E d i t o r and S t a f f of SKYLOOK extend our very b e s t wishes t o a l l of o u r r e a d e r s f o r a very merry Christmas wi th a l l t h e good w i l l of t h e ho l iday season running over i n t o 1973 and l a s t i n g t h e whole y e a r through.

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SKYIDOK was f i r s t published in September 1967. Your ed i tor a k o became the publisher in 1969 and SKYU)bK has been published monthly since that time .

I n May 1969 the Midwest UFO Network was organ- ized and SKYLOOK was proud to be mmed i t 8 o f f i c i a l publication i n July.

You do not have t o be a member of UUFLM t o sub- sc r ibe t o SKYLWK; but i f you a re a member, you ' l l find the best way t o keep up with the organization's plans and progress i s by reading Director Walter A. Andrust "bssage" in each issue along with the "urganization Notes."

SKYLLCK i s s taffed by and for adults. Our policy has alwaye been t o t e l l it as it is, and we make every e f f o r t t o separate f a c t from fan- tasy. We inv i t e UFG reports from our readers, a s wel l a s from our regular s t a f f and HUFON members. We give c red i t f o r material used, but w i l l not use your name i f you prefer anonymity.

SKYLOOK i s in the m i l around the 27th of the mcnth preceding the date of issue.--and the dead- l i n e f c r c o ~ y for next month's issue is always the 20th of t h i s month. Please send in your material a s ear ly a s possible, a s we hold open only two pages for the morning mail of the 20th.

b t e r i a l f o r SKYLMK should be mailed t o the edi tor . Enquiries r e UUFQN should be directed t o Walter H. Andrus (addresses on t h i s page).

Where t o Order MUFCiN Publications

The Field Invest igator ' s Manual --guidelines, tech- niaues and sueeestions on how t'o conduct UFO siaht- ~ ~ -- ing interview, investigaticn, f i l i n g reports, 6- porting form, aide, char ts etc. Price: $1.50 to MJRTFON mehers; $2.00 t o non-members, USA and Canada; outside, $2.75. brder from Kldwest UFO Network, Inc., &O Christopher Court, Quincy, 111.,62301. 1971 ~onf&ence Proceedinz- -43.00 in USA and Canada; n.75 elsewhere. Urder from UP0 Study Group of Greater . "- - - St . Louis, Inc., Box 9, 08Fallon, no. 63366. 1972 Conference Proceedings --a big book - speeches made a t the 1972 Conference; An Introduction t o MlFON by Walter H. Andma, Director; and a wealth of infor- maticn on UFOs. $3.25 i n USA and Canada; th.00 else- where. Order from Midvest UFO Network, LO Christopher Ccurt, Quincy, Ill., 62301.

Anyone interested in UFOs should add these books t o t he i r l ibrary. Highly recommended by your edi tor .

A Messane From Your D i r e c t o r . Exen though t h e name Midwest UFO Network, Inc. imp l i e s a geo-

f* g r a p h i c a l a r e a of t h e United S t a t e s , MUFON now o p e r a t e s i n S t a t e s from Maine t o F l o r i d a , and from New York t o C a l i f o r n i a w i th S t a t e - S e c t i o n D i r e c t o r s , S t a t e D i r e c t o r s o r both. We have F i e l d Inves t iga - t o r s i n numerous o t h e r S t a t e s which a r e n o t counted i n our t abu la - t i o n s f o r s t a t e o rgan iza t ions . With t h e appointment of Ivan T. Thom- son , P. 0. Box 396, Sioux F a l l s , S. Dakota, 57101 a s S t a t e -Sec t ion D i r e c t o r f o r t h e South Dakota coun t i e s o f Minnehaha, Moody, Luke, McCook, Turner, Clay, Union and Yankton, MUFON i s a c t i v e l y conducting UFO r e s e a r c h i n twenty-six of our f i f t y s t a t e s . We have t h u s passed t h e half-way po in t i n about t h r e e and one h a l f y e a r s of s t eady and s o l i d growth.

Calvin R. Shanks, 1126 Eas t Washington, Washington, Iowa 52353 has accepted t h e p o s i t i o n of S t a t e -Sec t ion D i r e c t o r f o r Washington and Henry coun t i e s i n t h e "Ta l l Corn S ta te . "

A s a r e l a t i v e l y young o r g a n i z a t i o n i n t h e UFO f i e l d , MUFON has many accomplishments t o po in t t o w i th p r i d e i n which i t has been t h e l e a d e r . A s we prepare t o pub l i sh t h e second e d i t i o n of our F i e l d I n v e a t i g a t o r t s Manual ( t h e o r i g i n a l e d i t i o n was publ i shed , copyrighted and d i s t r i b u t e d i n 19711, a w e l l known i n t e r n a t i o n a l UFO group has j u s t s t a r t e d d i s t r i b u t i n g cop ie s of t h e i r manual t h i s p a s t month. O u r Annual Midwest UFO Conferences, s t e r t i n g i n 1970, have a t t r a c t e d world- wide a t t e n t i o n f o r t h e c a l i b e r of speakers and t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l format of our publ ished proceedings i n book form. Plans a r e p r e s e n t l y being formulated f o r t h e l o c a t i o n s f o r t he 1973 and 1974 Symposiums. The h o s t c i t y and d a t e f o r t h e 1973 Hidwest UFO Symposium w i l l be announced i n t h e very n e a r f u t u r e i n SKYLOOK, our o f f i c i a l pub l i ca t ion .

Ye can be e q u a l l y proud of N r s . Norma E. S h o r t , e d i t o r and p u b l i s h e r of SKYLOOK, and h e r very competent s t a f f , a s t h i s monthly UFO publ i - c a t i o n has earned f o r i t s e l f one of t h e t o p rankings i n t h e UFO f i e l d . As t h e year 1972 draws t o a c l o s e , it i s very a p p r o p r i a t e t h a t we acknowledge t h e ou ts tanding work t h a t has been done a t t h e s t a t e , community and i n d i v i d u a l l e v e l s by t h e t a l e n t e d members o f MUFON. To each of you, my wi fe Jeanne and I wish you and your fami ly a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year f o r t h e Yu le t ide season. The o f f i c e r 8 of MUFON convey t h e i r b e s t wishes and would l i k e t o thank you person- a l l y f o r your l o y a l suppor t du r ing t h e p a s t year . We look forward t o ano the r i n t e r e s t i n g and i n t r i g u i n g year i n UFO re sea rch toge ther .

Walt and Jeanne hdrus , D i r e c t o r John and Kathy Scnuess l e r , Deputy D i r e c t o r Ted and Ginger P h i l l i p s , S e c r e t a r y F i e l d s and E l l i e Freeman, T reasu re r

T r i - S t a t e Study Group E l e c t s O f f i c e r s

The Tr i -S t a t e UFO Study Group met Nov. 15 , 1972 a t t h e home of Mrs. Anita Lavery. O f f i c e r s e l e c t e d f o r t h e 1973 season a r e : Chairman, Robert R. Kewney; Vice Chairman, Lon D. Moel ler ; S e c r e t a r y , P i s . F i e l d s Free- man; T reasu re r , Mrs. Ann H . Viar . Committee Chairman a r e : Publicity, Laverne Knipe; SKYLOOK r e p o r t e r , l'lrs. Martha Holtman; Irleetlng Not ices , IW. and Pks. Berry D i m m i t t ; Program, h a l t Andrus. Meetings w i l l con t inue t o be held i n t h e home of f i r . and h s . k a l t Andrus i n Quincy, I l l . Pub l i c meet ings , Feb. 21, May l b and October 17 w i l l be he ld w i t h ou ts tanding speakers i n t h e UFO F i e l d presented. M r s . Ray Holtman.

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Aerospace Photography With I n f r a r e d Film Reveals UFOs - E d i t o r ' s Note: We have w r i t t e n t h e f 'ol lowing from two long a r t i c l e s i n "The Reg i s t e r , " a d a i l y newspaper of Santa Ana, C a l i f o r n i a . The a r t i c l e s - were w r i t t e n by Robert B. Klinn and David Branch i n Los Angeles, and appeared i n t h e R e g i s t e r on Oct. 25th and Nov l s t , 1972. They were s e n t t o SKYLOOK by Prof . Emer. Char les G. K a h l e r t , of S e a l Beach, C a l i f . , and we f e e l t h i s could be one of t h e most important r e p o r t s of 1972. -----

Photographic engineer Norman F. Schu l t e r evea l ed i n Los Angeles on October 18, 1972, t h e on ly known i n f r a r e d p i c t u r e s of UFOs made by t e c h n i c a l l y q u a l i f i e d personnel . The films were taken by Schu l t e and two co-workers, Bob F o r r e s t e r and LaRue S t i l l w e l l whi le t h e t h r e e were employed i n t h e photographic engineer ing department o f North American Avia t ion ' s E l Segundo f a c i l i t y .

On t h e morning of March 5 , 1955, Schu l t e and S t i l l w e l l had decided t o photograph, from Los Angeles, atmospheric atomic t e s t s being conduct- ed a t Frenchman's F l a t , Nevada. They f e l t t h a t t h e y could o b t a i n b e t t e r . c i t y - s k y l i n e p i c t u r e s t h a n those prev ious ly publ ished and t h e y s e t up two Speed Graphic l+ X 5 cameras, w i t h Ekta r l e n s e s , on a vacant l o t i n Baldwin H i l l s . S t i l l w e l l used s t anda rd Type B f i l m . But S c h u l t e used a r e d - s e n s i t i v e Type C f i l m , Tri-X. ( T r i - X manufactured now i s a d i f f - e r e n t type of f i l m from t h a t made i n 1955.) he a l s o equipped h i s camera wi th a 25-A r e d f i l t e r , t h i n k i n g a r e d - s e n s i t i v e f i l m might record t h e bomb b l a s t more d i s t i n c t l y .

khen S t i l l w e l l came o u t o f t h e l a b wi th two p r i n t s he had j u s t pro- ce s sed , one h i s and one S h u l t e ' s , he jokingly remarked, "Hey, Norm, you've g o t a f l y i n g saucer on y o w pic ture ."

There was a very c l e a r , d i s t i n c t l i t t l e o b j e c t i n t h e middle of t h e p i c t u r e . Under a magnifying l o o p it looked even more cur ious . S t i l l w e l l blew it up about 50 d iameters and it looked even more unexplainable--and another unknown o b j e c t was found, sma l l and l i k e t h e f i rs t , dome-shaped.

This decided t h e two t o g e t i n t o t h e i n f r a r e d i n v e s t i g a t i o n of UFOs and Bob F o r r e s t e r , a l s o i n t e r e s t e d , joined them i n a s e r i e s of expe r i - ments.

The i n f r a r e d p a r t of t h e e lec t romagnet ic spectrum ( t h e e n t i r e spec t - rum be ing a l l k inds of e lec t romagnet ic r a d i a t i o n ) c o n s i s t s of i n v i s i b l e h e a t waves of va ry ing f r equenc ie s . I n v i s i b l e i n f r a r e d i s an ex t ens ion of and is cont iguous t o t h e red end of t h e v i s i b l e l i g h t spectrum.

The men knew t h a t t h e human eye can perce ive only a s m a l l f r a c t i o n of t h e e lec t romagnet ic spectrum. If UFOs could ope ra t e i n i n v i s i b l e a r e a s of t h e spectrum two puzz l ing a s g e c t s of many UFO r e p o r t s would be c l a r i f i e d ; sudden d i sappearances of t h e o b j e c t s , o f t e n desc r ibed a s "ike someone t u r n i n g o f f a l i g h t bulb," and appearances on r a d a r o f a p p a r e n t l y s o l i d t a r g e t s i n v i s i b l e t o t h e naked eye.

"We were g e t t i n g very s t r a n g e images every n igh t , " S c h u l t e says of t h e experiments. "And t h i s happened f o r about 30 consecut ive n i g h t s be fo re we d i scont inued t h e p r o j e c t . Only one o r two t imes d i d we draw a blank. I n 28 o r 29 of t h e s h o t s we had one i ~ g e s more; eve ry th ing from c r e s c e n t s t o boomerangs and ova ls . There were c i g a r , domed, and e l l i p t i c a l - s h a p e d objects- -very d i s t i n c t , very c l e a r c u t , very intenso."

"We e l imina ted a l l p o s s i b i l i t i e s o f any kind of e r r o r o r convent iona l exp lana t ion such a s fogging , chemical d e f e c t o r r e f l e c t i o n s , " S c h u l t e s t a t e s . . . We d i d a s much a n a l y t i c a l work a s we could ' on t h e photographs. We determined t h b t t h e r e was something i n t h e s k i e s over t h e a i r p o r t t h a t shou ldn ' t be t h e r e . And t h e s e o b j e c t s could no t be seen w i t h t h e naked eye. We were a l l convinced t h a t we had hotographed UFOs." P (Continued on nex t page

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An o f f i c i a l o f t h e Fede ra l Avia t ion Adminis t ra t ion i n Los Angeles confirmed p r i v a t e l y t o t h e w r i t e r s who in te rv iewed Schu l t e t h a t nun-

- e rous v i s u a l s i g h t i n g s of UFOs, around t h e t ime of S c h u l t e ' s expe r i - ,merits, had been made by Los Angeles a i r p o r t tower ope ra to r s .

S c h u l t e ' s group d i scont inued i t s exper iments , which were known t o t h e 13 o r 1 4 n i g h t - s h i f t employees of t h e North American photographic eng inee r ing department. Schu l t e kept t h e i n f r a r e d nega t ive s a t h i s home. About t h r e e weeks l a t e r , i n e a r l y May, 1955, S c h u l t e was con- t a c t e d by a n Air Force o f f i c e r .

Schu l t e was d ry ing p r i n t s one evening--in a c l a s s i f i e d department-- andlooked up t o s e e t h e s t r a n g e r s i t t i n g a t h i s s o r t i n g t a b l e . Small t a l k l e d somehow t o UFOs and t h e i n f r a r e d p i c t u r e s . The man asked i f he could s e e t h e p i c t u r e s . S c h u l t e t o l d him they were a t home whereupon t h e man became very i nd ignen t and wondered why p rope r ty of North American should be a t S c h u l t e ' s home.

S c h u l t e t o l d him t h e p i c t u r e s were no t t h e p rope r ty of North American and t h e man demanded t h a t he b r i n g them i n . "About t h a t t ime , he brought ou t a m i l i t a r y o f f i c e r ' s i d e n t i f i c a t i o n card . It s a i d 'Capta in ' somebody. I d o n ' t remember h i s name, bu t t h e surname ' S c o t t 1 comes t o mind. He t o l d me he was from t h e A i r M a t e r i a l Command a t Wright-Pat terson A i r

- Force Base and t h a t he had heard about UFO p i c t u r e s made a t North Amer- i c a n , and t h a t it was h i s impress ion t hey were p rope r ty of North Amer- i c a n and t h a t he was s e n t ou t here from Ohio t o o b t a i n t h e n e g a t i v e s f o r i n y e a t i g a t i o n and a n a l y s i s , " Schu l t e s a i d .

1'1 s a i d I ' d be g l ad t o lend them t o him f o r a n a l y s i s p rov id ing I g o t them back. He s a i d he cou ldn ' t guaran tee t h a t I ' d g e t them back. I s a i d , 'Well, i f you c a n ' t guaran tee 1'11 g e t them back, you can ' t have them.' Then it g o t t o t h e p o i n t where he was v i r t u a l l y demanding them and s a i d he was going t o c o n f i s c a t e them."

The ho t words cont inued and t h e a l l e g e d o f f i c e r t h r e a t e n e d S c h u l t e w i t h t h e l o s s of h i s job " f o r s e c u r i t y breaches." S c h u l t e s a i d he n v i r g u a l l y t o l d him t o go f l y a k i t e . And I have t h e nega t ive s i n my possess ion e v e r s ince ."

The A i r Force has claimed f o r yea r s t h a t it has never a t tempted con- f i s c a t i o n of UFO photog,raphs o r p ressured i n any way c i t i z e n s who have t aken such p i c t u r e s .

"I have t h e h i g h e s t regard f o r t h e government's s e c u r i t y system, and a l l my c l e a r a n c e s a r e s t i l l i n e f f e c t t o d a t e , " Schul te s t a t e s . "No f u r t h e r p r e s su re , t o my knowledge, wes e v e r brought t o bear . My s e c u r i t y c l e a r a n c e s included Top S e c r e t M i l i t a r y In formst ion and an AEC "Qn c learance . To con t inue accus ing me of s e c u r i t y breaches would have

. seemed tantamount t o a d m i t t i n g t o t h e e x i s t e n c e of in format ion and an agency c l a s s i f i e d above Top S e c r e t M i l i t a r y Information.ll

Does a UFO i n v e s t i g a t i v e agency c l a s s e d above TOP SbCRET e x i s t ? . f SO concludes t h e a r t i c l e s . 7

UFO Observed Near Greenr idge. Mo.

Mrs. E. C. , of kansas C i t y , Mo:, wrote Ted P h i l l i p s a f t e r hea r ing him speak on a r a d i o program t h a t d u r l n g t h e summer of 1948, s h e was l i v i n g i n Greenr idge, Mo., w i th h e r paren te . While p lay ing i n t heya rd , s h e looked up a t t h e sound of plane. She saw t h e p lane and a l s o ano the r o b j e c t a t . high a l t i t u d e . It appeared t o be round and had a w h i t i s h - m e t a l l i c g l i n t i n t h e b r i g h t s u n l i g h t . I t t r a v e l e d from west t o e a s t a t a g r e a t e r speed t h a n t h a t of p l anes a t t h a t t ime. when about d i r e c t l y overhead, it made . a l ong cu rv ing t u r n t o t h e s o u t h and f i n a l l y d i sappeared from view. The g i r l c a l l e d t o he r mother who a l s o watched t h e ob j ec t .

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Troy Woman Reports S i g h t i n g t o Study Group D i r e c t o r - Object Also Seen

By D i r e c t o r ' s Wife, Kathy Schuess l e r , a t O 'Fal lon, Mo.

Mrs. Erna S t i n e r , a h a i r d r e s s e r i n Troy, Mo., was on h e r way t o h e r home on Route 1, f o u r mi les from Troy, between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. Oct. 17, 1972, when she saw a b r i g h t sky o b j e c t which she was unable t o i d e n t i f y .

Mrs. S t i n e r was d r i v i n g sou th and e a s t on Highway J and no t i ced t h e b r i g h t l i g h t s h o r t l y a f t e r c ros s ing t h e r a i l r o a d t r a c k a t sou th Troy. Af t e r t h e f i r s t gl impse, t h e l i g h t was hidden behind t r e e s and wasn't s een a g a i n f o r ano ther mile when Mrs. S t i n e r t u rned e a s t on Highway U. It wes a mis ty n i g h t wi th no s t a r s v i s i b l e , and t h e r e had been r a i n e a r l i e r .

The b r i g h t l i g h t , remaining a t t h e same e l e v a t i o n and appa ren t ly t h r e e mi les d i s t a n t was t r a v e l i n g t o t h e n o r t h e a s t . It appeared t o have t h r e e o r f o u r b r i l l i a n t whi te l i g h t s w i th a s o f t glow about each. The weather c o n d i t i o n s could have accounted f o r t h e "glowR Mrs. S t i n e r thought .

A s h e r husband wasn' t home a t t h e t ime , Mrs. S t i n e r drove on p a s t h e r home t o h e r p a r e n t s ' home a s h o r t d i s t a n c e n o r t h ; and she , w i t h M r . and Mrs. Ern ie Buenemann, s tood on t h e f r o n t porch, f a c i n g e a s t and watched t h e o b j e c t f o r s e v e r a l minuter . During t h i s time t h e i i g h t s went completely out and then came on aga in twice. Then t h e o b j e c t suddenly took on speed and was ou t of s i g h t i n seconds. Because some farm machinery was i n ope ra t ion , no o t h e r sound could be de t ec t ed .

Unexpected co r robora t ion of t h e s i g h t i n g came when Mrs. S t i n e r c a l l e d John Schuess l e r , D i r e c t o r of t h e S t . Louis Study %oup of G r e a t e r S t . Louis, a t h i s home i n OtFa l lon , K O . , t o r e p o r t t h e i n - c iden t .

M r s . Schuess le r was s t and ing by t h e k i t chen window a t 7:30 t h a t evening ( b e i n g s u r e of t h e t ime because of a TV program j u s t coming on) and saw an unusual l i g h t approaching from t h e west. It f l ew d i r e c t l y over t h e house a t low a l t i t u d e , bu t t h e r e was no sound of an a i r c r a f t o r t h e u s u a l v i b r a t i o n i n t h e bu i ld ing when a plane f l i e s over.

Mrs. Schuess l e r r e p o r t s t h e o b j e c t was l a r g e and moving r lowly and s h e saw a row of f o u r l i g h t s , a l l white. ---------- Research Bal loon Lands; Seen Over 4 S t a t e s

A h i g h - a l t i t u d e r e s e a r c h ba l loon t h a t had been v i s i b l e over a fou r - s t a t e a r e a Sunday, Sunday Oct. 1, 1972, plummeted t o e a r t h near Leban- on, Tenn. Monday a s i t s 4$00-~ound payload parachuted i n t o a wooded a r e a near I n t e r s t a t e 40.

A nine-member recovery team from Raven I n d u s t r i s o f S ioux F a l l s , S.D., was nearby t o r e t r i e v e t h e package of s c i e n t i f i c ins t ruments w i th t h e a i d of a r e n t e d crane.

The ba l loon w 6 s launched Sunday nea r Cape Gi ra rdesu , Mo., a s p a r t of wSkyhook,w a j o i n t Navy-National Aeronautics and Space Adminis t ra t ion r e s e a r c h program and was designed t o measure cosmic r a y a c t i v i t y i n t h e , upper atmosphere. The sun ' s r e f l e c t i o n o f f t h e b a l l o o n ' s d t i n a t a he igh t of more t h a n 130,000 f e e t brought hundreds of t e lephone c a l l s about a b r i g h t o b j e c t t o va r ious government agencies. (Source: "St . Louis Post-

.. Dispatch," Oct. 3rd. Cred i t : Joe Gurney)

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Michiaan Sinht inR Reported

David Wazny, 29, a General Motors employee a t t h e Saginaw, Michigan, foundry, was d r i v i n g t o work, west on Highway M-81, s h o r t l y a f t e r f i v e o ' c l o c k EST, t h e morning of October 2, 1971, when he saw a b r i g h t l i g h t over t h e highway about one mi l e ahead. The a rea was r o l l i n g , a p s r e e l y populated farm land wi th no l a k e s o r marshes i n t h e v i c i n i t y . S t e r n were v i s i b l e i n t h e p a r t l y cloudy pre-dawn sky. There was l i t t l e t r a f f i c - - on ly two c a r s were seen i n an approximate 12-minute period.

Mr. Wazny was d r i v i n g 55-60 mph and had j u s t c r e s t e d a h i l l a t t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n of Hinson and M-81 when he first saw t h e l i g h t which was making a sweeping motion a c r o s s t h e road, t r a v e l i n g perhaps 300-600 yards each s i d e of t h e highway. A t maintamed a l e v e l path w i t h t h e except ion of one d i p when t h e w i tnes s was s t i l l t r a v e l i n g toward it. It dipped toward t h e ground on one of t h e swings n o r t h o f t h e highway, but came back almost immediately t o i t s o r i g i n a l l e v e l .

A s he drove towbrd t h e l i g h t , he expected t o f i n d a convent iona l ex- p lana t ion . A t t h a t t ime t h e l i g h t was desc r ibed a s b r i g h t and whi te , bu t d i d n o t h u r t h i s eyes. A s he came c l o s e r , t h e l i g h t seemed l e m b r i l l i a n t and appeered t o pu l sa t e . When he reached t h e s p o t where t h e l i g h t was hover ing over t h e road, he stopped h i s t r u c k i n t h e westbound l a n e and looked up a t t h e l i g h t through t h e windshield . He t h e n decided t o s t e p o u t and opened t h e t r u c k door and glanced down a6 he s tepped t o t h e ground. On looking up aga in , he saw t h e o b j e c t had swung around 110-130 deg rees from almost d i r e c t l y overhead t o a p o s i t i o n about 1/3 o f a mi le away t o t h e s o u t h sou teas t . A s he s tood watching f o r s e v e r a l minutes, a Chevy Gamer0 passed h i s t r u c k , s lowly , bu t n o t s topping .

Wanxy t h e n decided t o move h i s t r u c k t o t h e shoulder o f t h e road and d i d so. Soon a f t e r an A&P d e l i v e r y t r u c k approached from t h e west. Wanzy t r i e d t o f l a g down t h e t r u c k , bu t t h e d r i v e r d i d no t s top . The o b j e c t cont inued t o hover and he watched it a few more minutes , then g o t i n t o h i s t r u c k and proceeded wes t , d r i v i n g s l d y and watching t h e l i g h t s . Af t e r he had t r a v e l e d f o r about a h a l f mi l e , t h e l i g h t suddenly a c c e l e r - a t e d towards t h e sou th and was ou t of s i g h t w i t h i n a s h o r t time.

Wanzy drove on f o r s e v e r a l miles and stopped and c a l l e d t h e Tuscola County S h e r i f f ' s department. A c a r was s e n t t o t h e scene bu t was unable t o l o c a t e anyth ing unusual. The fo l lowing day Wanzy r e tu rned t o t h e S h e r i f f department t o a s s u r e them he was no t c razy and t o f i n d ou t i f t hey had d i scovered anything.

When in te rv iewed by Robert L. S t i n son , Wanzy s a i d he was shook up by t h e s i g h t i n g and would l i k e t o have some exp lana t ion f o r what he had seen. Having se rved i n t h e Army t h r e e yea r s , he was s u r e t h e o b j e c t was no t a h e l i c o p t e r o r any convent ional a i r c r a f t .

He desc r ibed t h e o b j e c t a s diamond o r ki te-shaped with rounded p o i n t s w i t h a b r i g h t , p u l s a t i n g white li h t about 2/3 of t h e way up from t h e 8 h y p o t h e t i c a l base , and centered. h i s l i g h t was framed by a V-shaped

r i d g e of red-orange l i g h t s ( e s t i n r t e d 10-20) which glowed o r shimmered a s i f t h r u a haze. 'here was no n o i s e , no c o n t r a i l o r smoke and no hM e f f e c t s . H i s rough e s t i m a t e s e t t h e o b j e c t a s 100-170 f e e t wide and probably two o r t h r e e t imes a s long.

M r . S t i n son , a S t a t e Sec t ion D i r e c t o r of MUFON, i n r e p o r t i n g t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n t o Walter H. Andrus noted it was puzz l ing t h a t two o t h e r d r i v e r s on t h e road a p p a r e n t l y f a i l e d t o observe t h e l i g h t and r e p o r t -. it.

"No s a t i s f a c t o r y n a t u r a l exp lana t ion has y e t emerged t'o exp la in t h i s s i g h t i n g , " he s a i d , "and i t i s f a i r l y obvious t h a t i t was n o t a conven- t i o n a l a i r c r a f t . l l

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WOs Over Ohio Turnp ike

Kenneth Ray, o f 6214 Jackman Rd., and S t e v e P o r t e r o f 2603 F r a n k l i n Ave., To ledo , Ohio , s a i d t h e y s p o t t e d f rom one t o f i v e UFOs between 8 and 9 p.m. w h i l e d r i v i n g on t h e Ohio Turnp ike between t h e I n d i a n a l i n e and T o l e d o , Oct . 19, 1972.

"We w e r e n ' t d r i n k i n g e i t h e r , " lw. Hay s a i d , i n d e s c r i b i n g t h e d i e - p l a y of f l a s h i n g r e d and w h i t e l l g h t s which moved i n t h e s k i e s .

M r . P o r t e r , who was d r i v i n g , s a l d he s t o p p e d t h e c a r t w i c e and t h e y watched t h e d i sp lay - -once n e a r t h e Bryan i n t e r c h a n g e and a k a i n a b o u t 2 0 m i l e s w e s t o f Toledo. There was a b r i g h t moon and t h e s k i e s were c l e a r .

"It s t a r t e d o u t w i t h one w h i t e l i g h t , f l a s h i n g o f f and on. Then r e d and w h i t e l i g h t s appea red t o j o i n them, t h e n back o f f . They moved v e r y f a s t and t h e n v e r y s low and a t one p o i n t t h e y were d i r e c t l y o v e r t h e c a r , " Ray s a i d .

A t one p o i n t , t h e l i g h t s t u r n e d from d a r k t o l i g h t r e d , w i t h a f l a s h - i n g s t r o b e - t y p e l i g h t i n t h e middle . Once, t h e l i g h t s seemed t o t a k e on a t u b u l a r s h a p e , b u t a t a n o t h e r t i m e , i n t h e l i g h t o f t h e moon, he cou ld make o u t a round s h a p e w i t h a dome i n t h e middle ," Ray s a i d .

P o r t e r added , "They d i d n ' t make a sound b u t moved around p r e t t y f a s t . They r e v o l v e d i n wide c i r c l e s a l l a round t h e sky and we watched them f o r a b o u t 3 0 m i n u t e s a l t o g e t h e r . "

Law enfo rcemen t a g e n c i e s and highway p a t r o l t u r n p i k e p o s t s i n n o r t h - w e s t e r n Ohio s a i d t h e y had r e p o r t s o f no u n u s u a l s i g h t i n g s by t h e i r o f f i c e r s o r t h e p u b l i c .

Rober t Beck, c h i e f a i r t r a f f i c c o n t r o l l e r a t Toledo b x p r e s s A i r p o r t , s a i d he hed no r e p o r t s o f any UFOs i n t h e a r e a , b u t added , "Ever s i n c e t h a t t e l e v i s i o n show, "UFO," came on , we've been e x p e c t i n g something l i k e t h i s . " Beck s a i d h igh i n t e n s i t y r ed beacons and l i g h t s which b l i n k i n sequence on a i r c r a f t o f t e n a r e mis t zken f o r something unusua l .

Adolf W i t t , a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r o f astronomy e t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Toledo, s a i d t h e a tmosphere was e x t r e m e l y c l e a r Thursday n i ~ h t , and t h e d i s t a n c e a t which a i r c r z f t l i g h t s cou ld be s e e n w i t h o u t h e e r i n g t h e sound o f e n g i n e s was u n u s u a l l y g r e a t .

A Wil l i ams County s h e r i f f ' s d e p u t y s a i d h i s o f f i c e u s u a l l y d o e s n ' t t a k e such r e p o r t s s e r i o u s l y enough t o p u t them i n t h e log .

'We have a r u l e . If t h e s a u c e r s l a n d and something g e t s o u t and s h a k e s hends w i t h o u r men, t h e y ' r e under o r d e r s t o b r i n g them i n t o j a i l . " he s a i d . Source : To ledo , Ohio, "The Blade ," Oct. 20 , 1972. C r e d i t : Nils H. P a q u e t t e . E d i t o r ' s Comment: ' lhe mens' d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e l i g h t s , a t one time d i r e c t l y above t h e c a r , d o e s n ' t sound l i k e " d i s t a n t ~ i r c r a f t " and w e doub t tha t . hay and P o r t e r a c c e p t t h a t p o s s i b l e e o l u t i o n . A s f o r t h e d e p u t y ' s c u t e remark , i t ' s t y p i c a l o f t h e closed-mind a t t i t u d e o f t h e i g n o r a n t toward a n y t h i n g t h e y d o n ' t unde r s t and . There j is t a i n ' t no s i c h thang.

New J e r s e y Repor t P a t r i c k D. C l o s s e y , o f P a t e r s o n , New J e r s e y , was d r i v i n g on t h e

Garden S t a t e Parkway, a t 8:20 a.m. Oct. 9 . 1972 , when he saw a d i s c - shaped o b j e c t t h r o u g h t h e w i n d s h i e l d . It was moving t o t h e e a s t on a n u ~ w a r d s l a n t o f a b o u t 5 d e e r e e s . It was s i l v e r i n c o l o r and st;en~ed t o be moving o v e r a h i g h t e n s i o n l i n e . The sky was c l e a r , and t h e r e was no sound. The o b j e c t was obse rved f o r a b o u t one minute. C r e d i t : Repor ted by John T. C l o s s e y , b r o t h e r of t h e w i t n e s s , t o h a l t Andrus.

I n v e s t i ~ a t i o n of a UFO F l i g h t Over San to Doming0

Santo Domingo, Oct. 21, 1972. - Dominican a u t h o r i t i e s , a l though somewhat s k e p t i c a l , a r e i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h e tes t imony of a Navy (War) s e r g e a n t who c la ims t o have wi tnessed t h e descen t of an u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t (UFO) i n t h e v i c i n i t y of Bani, 85 k i l ome te r s southwest of t h e Capi to l .

Sgt . Lu i s Arcadio Lugo and h i s f r i e n d , Louis Ney B a r i a s , a n e l e - mentary s choo l t e a c h e r , s a i d t h a t on Wednesday they saw t h e unknown o b j e c t whi le it was s lowly descending behind some bushes j u s t a few meters away from them.

An e l d e r l y l a d y , about 70 y e a r s o l d , Encarnacion Lara , a l s o c la ims t o have s een t h e same o b j e c t a n d ' t h a t t h e o b j e c t , which she desc r ibed a s v,ery s i m i l a r t o a wsaucer* landed i n t h e v i c i n i t y of h e r backyard.

The ob e c t was appa ren t ly seen by dozens of people i n t h e l o c a t i o n of Fundo ! a t Ban i ) , accord ing t o p r e s s in format ion and p o l i c e r e p o r t s .

According t o w i tnes se s t h e o b j e c t was send ing ou t a n i n t e r m i t t a n t g r een l i g h t . It f l ew around f o r about t h r e e minutes and t h e n began a slow d e s c e n t , changing then t o a very i n t e n s e r ed l i g h t . The whole o p e r a t i o n l a s t e d on ly a few minutes , t hen t h e o b j e c t ascended, qu i ck ly g e t t i n g l o s t i n space , accord ing t o t h e w i t n e s s 1 s ta tements .

Th i s s i g h t i n g i s repor ted t o be t h e most conc re t e case of UFOs s o f a r i n t h i s count ry which d u r i n g t h e p a s t few weeks, w i tnes se s have r e p o r t e d hundreds of s i g h t i n g s of f l y i n g o b j e c t s . T r a n s l a t e d by Gonzalo J. J a r a m i l l o from t h e S a n i s h newspaper "Diar io R Las AmericasDW Miami, F l o r i d a . C r e d i t : Frank . Inderwiesen.

R m d i o ~ c t i v e "Foot P r i n t s * Pound i n Norwav

I n t h e middle of June, t h i s ye;r, M r . Ola Dahl from Bangsund d i s - covered a number of s t r a n g e p r i n t s i n t h e ground round t h e i s l a n d of Kjo l soya , where he and 4 o t h e r s have week-end c o t t a g e s . There a r e no o t h e r b u i l d i n g s on t h e i s l a n d . The p r i n t s , be ing oiostly t r i a n g u l a r - a few be ing round, however - a r e approximately 2 meters l a r g e .

A l a b o r a t o r y examination has proved t h a t t h e p r i n t s a r e r ad io - a c t i v e , and t h e f a c t t h a t they a r e weak - a f a i r d i s t a n c e beyond t h e n o i s e l i m i t - is due t o t h e t ime passed from t h e p r i n t s were made, till they were measured.

A week be fo re t h e p r i n t s were d i s cove red , enormous d i s tu rbances occurred on t h e TV-casts t o aangsund, whereas t h e TV s t a t i o n a t Namsos, placed f a r t h e r away, d i d n o t n o t i c e anything.

The Norwegian p r e s s s a y s t h a t whatever made t h e p r i n t s d i d no t come by land o r s e a , and t h e q u e s t i o n i s whether it came by a i r ! Source: "Jyl lands-Postenw (Danish Newspaper) J u l y 11, 1972 and quoted i n "UFO Kontakt," publ ished by ICAP Informat ion S e r v i c e , Tvaerhave 6, Molholm, 7100 Ve j l e , Denmark.

1969 Canadian S i g h t i n g Reported

Mrs. Monka Swanson, of C l i v e , A lbe r t a , Canada, w r i t e s Ye Ed t h a t s h e and h e r husband were s t a y i n g 9 mi les west of M l l l e t , A lbe r t a , i n August of 1969. Between 1 0 and e leven o ' c lock on a cloudy n igh t wi th l i g h t r a i n , Mrs. Swanson glanced ou t t h e window and saw a " b r i g h t glowing whi te l i g h t about tiie s i z e of a very l a r g e yard l i g h t hanging above a wooded a r e a t o t h e sou th of t h e house." The l i g h t h o v e r e d . f o r two o r t h r e e minutes above t h e t r e e s , a mi le from t h e house, t h e n suddenly vanished.

No one l i v e s i n t h e wooded a r e a , and t h e r e a r e no power l i n e s i n t h e v i c i n i t y . The l i g h t was below t h e c louds , s o could no t have been a heaven- l y body. E d i t o r ' s Note: Thank you, Mrs. S f o r t h e compliment r e SKYLOOK.

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They Saw Them Then! Some t ime ago we mentioned t h a t L80u F a r i s h s u i g e s t e d watching t h o s e

y e s t e r y e a r c o l k s i n your d a i l y newspapers f o r o ld UFO r e p o r t s . From "Medford Mail Tribune," Medford Oregon, J o l y 24, 1972: 50 YEARS

AGO, Ju ly 24, 1922. S t r ange o b j e c t i n sky over downtown s t r e e t s a t t r a c t s b i g crowds. Specu la t i on deepens mystery. Ai rp lanes s a i d no t i n a r e a .

From "The Atkins Chronic le ," Atkins , Ark., August 16 , 1972: I N DAYS GONE B Y , August 15 , 1947. Corry Burne t t vows t h a t he and wi fe saw a f l y - i n g s auce r over P e t i t Jean i n a s o u t h e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n . It was a wh i r l - i n g b r i g h t o b j e c t , some l a r g e r t h a n a s a u c e r , he s a i d .

A cu r ious r e a d e r wro te i n t o a sk about t h e Ju ly 24, 1922 s i g h t i n g , and t h e J u l y 30, 1972 i s s u e of t h e Wedford bla i l Tr ibunen r e p l i e d : "According t o accounts of t h e event i n t h e h a i l Tr ibune, t h e o b j e c t was never i d e n t i - f i e d . It was f i r s t s i g h t e d appa ren t ly thousands of f e e t i n t h e a i r over t h e southwest p o r t i o n of t h e c i t y . Observers thought it was a p lane, bu t changed t h e i r op in ion when i t f e l l a few hundred f e e t and a b roads ide view was p o s s i b l e , a l s o t h e r e were no r e p o r t s of any plane i n t h e a r ea . S h o r t l y a f t e rwards it began t o r i s e aga in and t r a v e l e d ou t of s i g h t s t i l l going t o t h e southwest . Some tbought it might be a s h e e t of p spe r , bu t o t h e r s he ld t h a t such was imposs ib le a s a s h e e t of paper a s l a r g e a s t h e . o b j e c t would have t o be t h e s i z e of a house."

If YOU f i n d a UFO r e p o r t i n t h e y e s t e r y e a r columns of your newspaper, why no t v i s i t t h e newspaper o f f i c e and a s k t o s e e t h e o r i g i n a l s t o r y . Old papers a r e always ke t on f i l e , and y o u ' l l have no d i f f i c u l t y i n f i n d i n g F t h e i s s u e you want. hen send your r e p o r t t o SKYLOOK.

The newspeper c l i p s mentioned were f u r n i s h e d by Lou Fer i sh .

Colorado Nomen Report UFO Followed Car

A woman, who asked no t t o be i d e n t i f i e d , 2nd h e r f r i e n d whom s h e i d e n t i f i e d only a s Donna, s a i d a " f l y i n g saucernappesred over t h e i r c a r a s t h e y were r e t u r n i n g t o Longmont, Lolo. , from Denver, e a r l y Sunday morning.

She s a i d t h e y s p o t t e d t h e o b j e c t --''it was l i k e a b r i g h t l i g h t w i t h an tennas on i tn - -about two mi les sou th of Del Camino on 1-25. It s t a y e d above t h e i r c a r when they e x i t e d o n Colorado 119 and followed them i n t o Longmont, s h e s a i d . When t h e y a r r i v e d home i n t h e no r the rn p a r t of t h e c i t y , it was s t i l l above them.

The woman s a i d t hey saw t h e o b j e c t whi le t hey were bo th i n s i d e and o u t s i d e of t h e c a r and t h a t it was "about a mi le o r twon i n t h e a i r . The young women became f r i g h t e n e d by t h e presence of t h e o b j e c t and went t o t h e Longmont p o l i c e s t a t i o n . O f f i c e r s "pooh-poohedw t h e s i g h t i n g , . she s a i d , and o f f e r ed t h e op in ion t h a t it was t h e North S t a r .

But t h e woman s a i d she was convinced t h a t it was no t a s t a r , t h a t it moved and changed course i n d i r e c t i o n and speed. "I never saw anyth ing l i k e it be fo re , " s h e s a i d . "It's r e a l l y crazy." Source: "Longmont Dai ly Times-Call," Nov. 5 , 1972. C r e d i t : h k s . Carmen Welch.

It Happened i n Arizona

I n t h e October i s s u e of SKYLOOK, we had an i n t e r e s t i n g r e p o r t under t h e c a p t i o n "Could This Be Another from M r s . E r i c Bluhm, of F t . Wayne, Ind iana r e a donkey wi th an exac t s t r i p c u t from i t s neck. This was observed d u r i n g a vaca t ion t r i p through t h e Canyon de Chelly. S e v e r a l of our r e a d e r s wrote t o a s k what s t a t e is concerned, and we wrote Mrs. Bluhm .

She r e p l i e d : * That is i n Arizona, t h e u per n o r t h e a s t co rne r , n o t - (Continued on nex t page

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f a r f rom t h e famed 'Four C o r n e r s t monument. I had n o t r e a l i z e d t h e s t a t e w e s n t t mentioned. One can r e a d and p r o o f - r e a d and s t i l l something w i l l be wrong when an a r t i c l e comes o u t i n p r i n t . "

- E d i t o r ' s Note: You e r e s o r i g h t ! T h i s hsppens t o us a l l t h e time.

I l l i n o i s Man R e p o r t s B l u e L i ~ h t s i n V-Formation

R i c h a r d H . Baldwin, 42, an employee o f t h e Moorman Rifg. Co., i n Quincy , I l l . , observed a c l u s t e r o f b l u e l i g h t s i n a V-formation f rom h i s home a t 12:50 a.ni.CDST, Oct . 3 , 1972 and r e p o r t e d t h e s i g h t i n g t o h a l t e r H . Andrus, MUFON D i r e c t o r .

The n i g h t was c l e a r w i t h s t a r s s h i n i n g b r i g h t l y . The c l u s t e r of l i g h t s came o u t o f t h e n o r t h , p a s s i n g d i r e c t l y o v e r t h e o b s e r v e r , and d i s a p p e a r - i n g i n t h e s o u t h , a l l i n l e s s t h a n 13 seconds . As t h e l i g h t s were ove r - h e a d , two appea red t o change f o r m a t i o n and o v e r l a p a t h i r d . As t h e y moved t o t h e s o u t h , t h e y r e t u r n e d t o t h e i r o r i g i n a l p o s i t i o n , b u t two l a t e r broke away, one moving w e s t and t h e o t h e r sou thwes t .

T h e r e was no sound and t h e l i g h t b l u e l i g h t s d i d n o t change i n c o l o r o r i n t e n s i t y - - e a c h was l a r g e r t h a n any s t a r i n t h e s k y , Baldwin s a i d . khen t h e two appea red t o o v e r l a p , t h e shape o f - t h e o b j e c t c o u l d be d i s - t i n ~ u i s h e d s t r i a n g u l a r .

A check i n d i c a t e d no a i r c r a f t were r e p o r t e d i n t h e a r e a a t t h e t t ime and t h e speed of t h e moving l i g h t s would e l i m i n a t e t h e p o s s i b l i t y o f t h e "over lap" b e i n g A i r F o r c e f i g h t e r s r e f u e l i n g .

An a c c o u n t of t h e i n c i d e n t appea red i n t h e Uct . 8 i s s u e o f t h e Quincy "Herald-khig."

O l d e r UFO Repor t f rom I l l i n o i s

A f t e r s e e i n g and h e a r i n g John S c h u e s s l e r on t h e B i l l F i e l d s Show, S t . L o u i s TV, Channel 11, Mrs. Lucy Hampton, o f L t . Vernon, I l l . , w r o t e : "About t e n y e a r s e g o we l i v e d i n t h e c o u n t r y n o r t h o f K t . Vernon, I l l . , and my c h i l d r e n and 1 saw a t r i o o f c b j e c t s hhriging s i l e r i t l y i n t h e a i r , t o o h i g h t o d e s c r i b e i n d e t a i l , but we cou ld s e e t h e y were oval -shaped. We c a l l c d o u r n e i g h b o r s , and we a l l watched u n t i l f i l l a l l y , w i t h o u t any warn ing , t h e y t o o k o f f a t a n u n b e l i e v a b l e speed t o t h e wes t . We d l d n ' t r e p o r t t h i s , b u t have been more t h a n i n t e r e s t e d i n UFOs e v e r s i n c e . n

Good View o f UFO i n L i s s i s s i p p i

A Iqiiddletown, Ohio , man (name h i t h h e l d ) r e p o r t e d : ". . 1 s p e n t two months v s c a t i o n i n J a c k s o n , k i s s i s s i p p i . We had been s e e i n g a r t i c l e s i n t h e pepe r bout t h e coming meteor shower, s o 1 was o u t s i d e t h a t n i g h t f Aug,. 8 , 1972, a t 1 ~ : 3 0 7 . J u s t a s I s t a r t e d t o g o bzck i n s i d e , I saw something cominf o u t o f t h e n o r t h e a s t . A t f i r s t 1 t h o u g h t it was a j e t , b u t where h:sn t any sound , end i t ke t g e t t i n g c l o s e r and c l o s e r u n t i l i t was a b o u t 4 o r 1 m i l e f rom me, and f cou ld s e e windows, eve ry - t h i n g , a l l k i n d s o f l i g h t s . I t s c s r e d t h e d a y l i e h t s o u t of me. It was g o i n g r e a l slow--r;.aybe 20-30 mph--just d r i f t i n g around t h e s o u t h and t h e n t o t h e n o r t h w e s t . , T h e n I hea rd a j e t coming o u t o f t h e n o r t h . When t h e j e t g o t k i t h i n maibe 2 m i l e s of t h e o b j e c t , t h e o b j e c t sudden ly t o o k o f f l i k e a s h o t and l e f t t h a t j e t l i k e i t was s t a n d i n g s t i l l ; i t j u s t a c c e l - e r a t e d and cl imbed v e r y f a s t . . . The jet t h e n went back t h e way it had come, t o t h e nor th ."

T h i s r e p o r t appehred i n d o u b l e - i s s u e o f "The Ohio UFO R e p o r t e r , " e d i t e d by B o n i t a Roman, Route 3 , Yankee Rd., Middletown, Ohio, 45042. A f i n e q u ~ r t e r l y - - $ 3 . 0 0 p e r y e a r . A s i n g l e copy, 50#. We g i v e i t t o p r a t i n g .

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Astronomy Notea The December Sky Venus r i s e s a t 4:30 a.m. on Dec. - 1st and a t 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 1st. Mars r i s e s a t 4:45 a.m. Dec. 1st and a t 4:30 a.m. Jan. 1st. Jup- i t e r is poorly placed f o r obse rva t ion , s e t t i n g a t

6:50 p.m. on Dec. 1st and a t 5:20 p.m. Jan. 1st. S a t u r n may be s een d u r i n g t h e evening hours a s it r i s e s a t 5:20 p.m. Dec. 1st and s e t s a t 5:30 a.m. Jan. 1st. By Ted P h i l l i p s .

The C o n s t e l l a t i o n s . Er idanus (The R ive r1 - I n every a n c i e n t c u l t u r e , t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n of Eridanus has been i d e n t i f i e d w i th a r i v e r . The Egypt ians c e l l e d t h i s group of s t e r s t h e Ni le . The Babylonians named it t h e Euphrates. The name Eridanus i s t h e name of a r e a l r i v e r i n Turkey, known now a s t h e S t rong r i v e r .

Er idanus cu lmina tes a t 9 p.m. on Uec. 25. An a l l t h e v a s t a r e a of Eridanus t h e r e a r e only s i x s t a r s b r i g h t e r t han f o u r t h magnitude. Its b r i g h t e s t s t a r kchernor (Alpha E r i d a n i ) l i e s f a r t o t h e sou th and o u t of view of n o r t h e r n l a t i t u d e obse rve r s , excep t f o r t hose i n s o u t h e r n F l o r i d a and Texas. Achernor i s a very ho t and luminous b lue g i a n t s t a r l o c a t e d a t a d i s t a n c e of 120 l i g h t years . Th i s s t a r is e s t ima ted t o be about 7 t imes t h e s i z e of t h e sun. The name Achernor i s a p a r t of t h e Arabic name f o r t h e s t a r 2nd means "The end of t h e r i ve r . " dy Mark H e r b s t r i t t . --- -------------------==.=-----------------.------------- ----- Can You Help?

One of ou r s u b s c r i b e r s , C h r i s t i a n 0 R. K le in , i s working on a UFO d e t e c t o r and needs Ynagnetized f e r r y t e rodsn.which a r e no t t o be had i n France. He would be very g r z t e f u l i f anyone can t e l l him where t hey be ob ta ined i n t h e United S t a t e s . Be a good neighbor and lend a hand. k r i t e him a t F a c u l t e Des Sc i ences , Un ive r s i t y Mon tpe l l i e r , Lab. M. S a v e l l i , P l ace Eugene B a t a i l l o n , I r iontpel l ier , 34, France.

The World's Bigges t Eye A t Cambridge, England

The wor ld ' s b i g g e s t eye i n t o space , an a r r a y of r ad io - t e l e scopes t h a t can map g a l a x i e s m i l l i o n s of l i g h t - y e a r s away, was fo rma l ly i n - augurated Tuesday. The e i g h t d i s h a e r i a l s , each 42- fee t a c r o s s , work t o g e t h e r t o produce t h e same e f f e c t a s one g i a n t t e l e s c o p e t h r e e mi les ac ros s . I t occupies an abandoned r a i l r o a d t r a c k t h a t used t o run between Cambridge and Oxford, B r i t a i n ' s two major u n i v e r s i t i e s . Source: S t . Louis "Globe Democrat," Oct. 28, 1972. h - e d i t : L. il. Hanna.

Law O f f i c e r Keeps Eye on Sky

Jack S t o l f u s , a s s i s t a n t ch i e f on t h e Oelwein, Iowa p o l i c e f o r c e f o r 11 y e a r s be fo re r e t i r i n g , and now Hazle ton, I a . , marshal , keeps an eye on t h e sky a s w e l l a s on e a r t h a s he goes about h i s d u t i e s .

Uhi le i n v e s t i g a t i n g a prowler r e p o r t about l l : 3 0 p.m. on October end, he saw a b r i g h t , round l i g h t i n t h e sky. The l i g h t was >bout t h e s i z e o f a f u l l moon and c i r c l e d t h e town tw ice b e f o r e d i sappear ing .

On October 12 a t about 11 p.m. he s p o t t e d a v t r y b r i g h t , whi te l i g h t j u s t s o u t h of Hazle ton, heading n o r t h a t g r e a t speed.

On October 17 S t o l f u s and a companion s p o t t e d a b r i g h t , whi te l i g h t about tw ice t h e s i z e of Venus, i n t h e sou the rn sky a t about 11 p.m.

On October 13 a t 9 p.m. J u s t i c e of t he Peace, James Hsyden, of T r i p o l i , ' I a . and o t h e r s a t a f o o t b a l l s tadium a t T r i p o l i , saw a l k r b e , b r l g h t o b j e c t i n t h e sky over t h e stadium.

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F h y s i c a l Traces - M a t e r i a l Evidence of UFOs ? . . . . By Ted P h i l l i p s

1971: A Review - 1971 was a very good yea r f o r phys i ca l t r a c e r e p o r t s wi th a t o t a l of 43 ca se s on f i l e . May l e d i n number of ca se s r e p o r t e d w i t h 19$; January and September were second w i t h 12%; March, June, August and November each had 9%; February and A p r i l , 7%; December 5 %; J u l y , 2% and none i n October.

3Of$ of a l l c a se s r epo r t ed were i n t h e United S t a t e s ; A u s t r a l i a and France were second wi th 14% each; F in l and , 9%; Canada and Spa in , 7%; B r a z i l and fingland, 5 $ ; ~ r ~ e n t i n a , 3%; A u s t r i a , New Zealand, and Sweden, 2%.

I n t h e United S t a t e s two ca se s were r e p o r t e d i n C a l i f o r n i a and i n Kansas and one each i n t h e fo l l owing s ta tes--Colorado, I l l i n o i s , Ind- i a n a , Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, l ior th (Larolina, and Oklahoma.

There were no w i t n e s s e s i n 34% of c a s e s r e p o r t e d ; a s i n g l e w i tnes s i n 33%; m u l t i p l e w i t n e s s e s i n 33%--with from two t o f o u r wi tnesses . Occupants were r e p o r t e d i n @ of t h e cases . E f f e c t s ( an ima l , human, mechanical) were r e p o r t e d i n 23%.

S i t e s were r e p o r t e d wi th t h e fo l l owing e f f e c t s : burned, 9 ca se s ; depressed , 5 ; dehydra ted , 6 ; i m p r i n t s , 5 ; s t a i n e d a r e a , 1.

The m u l t i p l e w i tnes s r e p o r t s a r e of t h e g r e a t e s t i n t e r e s t . The fo l lowing i s a b r i e f summary o f t h e high q u a l i t y cases .

F in land , Jan. 3 , 1971. Three w i tnes se s saw a b r i g h t l i g h t which took of f a f t e r a s h o r t t ime. E l e c t r i c a l power was cu t o f f i n nearby houses. An impress ion 6 by 18 f e e t was found i n t h e snow. Dark green m a t e r i a l found i n t h e c e n t e r .

Anderson, Ind i ana , May 16, 1971. Four w i tnes se s obeerved an o b j e c t a f t e r e l e c t r i c a l power f a i l e d i n t h e i r home. High-pitched sound heard dogs r e a c t e d . Object passed around a sycamore t r e e and d i sappeared a t a p o i n t nea r a creek. The sound could be heard f o r an a d d i t i o n a l 20 minutes , animals were q u i t e f r i g h t e n e d and t h e t e lephone was dead. A l a r g e t r e e , which it had passed and had budded i n t h e normal manner i n t h e s p r i n g , suddenly d ied a f t e r t h e s i g h t i n g .

Argent ine Jan. 8, 1971. Two fa rmers observed a m e t a l l i c d i s c a s it landed. $hey could s e e two antenna and a w h i s t l i n g sound was heard. Object was 10 f e e t i n d iamete r , 3.5 f e e t t h i c k . Pas tu re was burned and a s e c t i o n of a lemon p l a n t a t i o n was d r i e d up.

Canada, Sep t . 23, 1971. Three w i tnes se s observed a square-shaped o b j e c t , 12 f e e t wide and 1 0 f e e t h igh , m e t a l l i c . S i x o v a l marks found, 6 inches long , 30 inches a p a r t , 1 inch deep.

Delphos, Kansas, Nov. 2 , 1971. One wi tnes s saw o b j e c t a t c l o s e range , two o t h e r s saw b r i g h t o b j e c t i n sky. Dried r i n g of s o i l 8 f e e t i n d iameter found.

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S e v e r a l See Lip,hted, S i l e n t Object Over S t . Louis

A t 10:30 o ' c lock on t h e m0rnir.g of J u l y 25, 1972 Miss "Jonesn ( r e a l name i n f i l e ) was a t 5OOO Olea tha , S t . Louis, Mo., when she no t i ced a number of eop le look ing u i n t o t h e c l e a r sky. Looking i n t h e same R d i r e c t i o n , s e saw a t r i a n g u ! a r shaped o b j e c t , wi th rounded c o r n e r s , . and a row of whi te l i g h t s . s h e o b j e c t was blue-grey i n c o l o r and 8-12 f e e t i n width and 7 f e e t h igh a t t h e "peakn of t h e t r i a n g l e . It seemed t o be surrounded "with a s l i g h t hazen which, a t one p o i n t , seemed t o be . i n motion a s if from an exhaust . There was no sound. (ice:)orted t o John C. P r e i s ack , MUFON i n v e s t i g a t o r )

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UFOs Behind t h e I r o n Cur t a in - Research by Joseph M. B r i l l No. 1 5

The f o l l o w i n g is a r e o r t of t h e s i g h t i n g of a UFO over S o f i a , Bul- % g a r i a on November 21, 19 7. This r e p o r t i s made up of e x c e r p t s from "Trudw November 22nd, "Narodna Mladezh" November 24th and t h e November 23rd news r e l e a s e o f t h e wBulgar ian Telegrcph Agency."

PUZZLE I N THE SKY OVER SOFIA

Yes te rday ' s n i g h t f a l l (November 2 1 s t ) brought something very unus- u a l t o t h e day t o day l i v i n g of our C a p i t a l ' s c i t i z e n s .

The sun wes j u s t s e t t i n g behind t h e Lyul in Mountain. Curious people had ga the red i n groups i n t h e s t r e e t s and squa re s watching an enormous luminous o b j e c t h igh above t h e c i t y , almost b t t h e zen i th . With t h e naked eye , it was e a s i l y s e e n , bu t i t s shape was d i f f i c u l t t o d e f i n o wi thout t h e a i d of b i n o c u l a r s o r a t e l e scope .

According t o t h e eye-witnesses accounts , when it was f i r s t n o t i c e d it a p p e ~ r e d a s a luminous sphere much l a r g e r t han t h e s u n ' s d i s c and l a t e r appeared a s a shape s i m i l a r t o a t r apezo id . The g e n e r a l i n t e r e s t ;

about t h i s appearence was brought on by t h e f a c t t h a t t h e o b j e c t appear- ed t o f l y s lowly i n a . d e f i n i t e predetermined d i r e c t i o n . Desp i te t h i s s lowness , t h e obse rve r s could no t e a s i l y d e s c r i b e i t s shape.

It remained s t i t i o n a r y a s if suspended above t h e c i t y f o r some t ime and had t h e c o l o r of t h e f lame of an oxygen welding to r ch .

F i f t e e n minutes l a t e r , through t h e eyep iece of t h e "Lunetan t e l e s - cope which was a t t h e d i s p o s a l of t h e workers a t t h e newspaper "TrudR ( m a g n i f i c a t i o n 40x1 t h i s o b j e c t had t h e appearance of a n open parachute nea r t h e hor izon of t h e darken ing sky. I t s upper s e c t i o n formed a com- p l e t e , f l a t d i s c e n c i r c l e d by a l a r g e , c l e a r band of l i g h t .

A t t h e t i r . e of t h i s obse rva t ion t h e t e l e s c o p e read 25 t o 30 degrees above t h e hor izon.

I n i t s upper s e c t i o n where was a da rk d i s c around which a s t r a n g e h a l o was formed, which gave o f f a b r i g h t g reen phosphorescent b r i g h t - ne s s and appeared t o have g l i t t e r i n g edges. One could s e e d i s t i n c t l y how t h i s "perachute" suddenly began t o s h i n e w i th a s i l v e r i s h - b l u e l i g h t which q u i c k l y changed t a k i n g on an orange co lo r . Before it completely d i sappeared from view it appesred a s a sma l l da rk orange o r r e d s p o t of l i g h t moving away t o t h e s o u t h e a s t horizon.

The o b j e c t i n ques t i on was photographed s t 5:10 p.m. by t h e r epo r t ed - photographer f o r t h e "TrudW newspsper, Luben Donov. It wss a l s o photo- graphed by ano the r c i t i z e n of S o f i a . An engineer by t h e name of C h i r s t o :

Tsankov. He took t h r e e photographs of it. The first was t aken a t 5:20 p.m. and t h e l a s t a t 5:35 p.m.

Th i s would po in t ou t Chat t h i s o b j e c t was v i s i b l e f o r a t l e a s t twenty- . f i v e minutes over So f i a .

Immediately s f t e r t h i s s i g h t i n g t h e e d i t o r s of "Trudn c a l l e d t h e I n s - t i t u t e of Hydrogology and Meteorology and t a l k e d wi th one of t h e r e sea rch - e r s t h e r e . Mr. Dimiter Simetchiev, who observed t h i s e x t r a o r d i n a r y phenofiena h i m s e l f , t o l d Chem: The appearance of t h i s b r i g h t f l y i n g ob- j e c t above S o f i a is c e r t a i n l y e x t r a o r d l n ~ r y and i n t e r e s t i n g . I was ob- s e r v i n g t h i s f l y i n g o b j e c t wi th t h e naked eye and f o r t h a t reason I can no t g i v e you any exhaus t ive informat ion. A t t h i s moment, i t i s p rac t - i c a l l y imposs ib le t o i d e n t i f y t h i s ob j ec t . However, we have e s t a b l i s h e d a very important po in t . Th i s o b j e c t , whatever it was, was f l y i n g com- p l e t e l y a g a i n s t t h e wind c u r r e n t , which can have only one meaning. That i s , it must h ~ v e had its own power source . Our a t t e n t i o n was e q u a l l y a t t r a c t e d by a second p e c u l i e r i t y . During t h e t ime of f l i g h t , t h e o b j e c t '

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had a b s o l u t e l y no e f f e c t on our r a d a r and caused no t e l e v i s i o n o r r a d i o i n t e r f e r e n c e . N a t u r a l l y a l l a s p e c t s of t h e appearance of t h i s o b j e c t w i l l be examined accord ing t o what va r ious s e r v i c e s i n our coun- t r y observed it."

Another expe r t a t t h e Academy of Sc ience of Bulgar ia was con tac ted . This was P r o f e s s o r Bogomil hovatchev, S e c r e t a r y of t h e Bulgar ian Astro- nomical S o c i e t y , who s a i d : "This o b j e c t was a t an a l t i t u t e of t h i r t y k i l ome te r s (18 m i l e s ) . Above a l l , I would l i k e t o emphasize t h a t t h e UFO observed above our c a p i t a l was a b s o l u t e l y no t an a r t i f i c i a l e a r t h s a t e l l i t e . A t t imes t h i s myster ious o b j e c t t r a v e l l e d much f a s t e r t h a n a Spu tn ik and t h e l i g h t it emi t t ed was much t o o b r i g h t f o r a s a t e l l i t e . Bes ides t h i s , we know p e r f e c t l y w e l l a l l t h e s a t e l l i t e s which o r b i t around our p l a n e t . We observe t h e i r o r b i t s and we keep t r a c k of them a t a l l t imes . It is a known f a c t t h a t t h e s e a r t i f i c a l s a t e l l i t e s a r e b a r e l y v i s i b l e because tiley t r a v e l a t such g r e s t a l t i t u d e s and a s I p r e v i o u s l y s t a t e d , t h i s o b j e c t observed over our c a p i t a l was a t a n a l t - i t u d e of only t h i r t y k i l ome te r s above t h e s u r f a c e of t h e e a r t h . The c o l o r changes of i t s r ad i ance could p o s s i b l y be exp la ined by t h e e f f e c t of t h e s e t t i n g sun."

L a s t l y . D r . F e l i x Y. Z i g e l , a p ro fe s so r c t t h e Moscow Avia t ion In s - t i t u t e was asked, t o conmen< on t h i s appearance above So f i a . Th i s was h i s conunent t o t h e BTA: "The o b j e c t mentioned i n t h e Bulgar ian newspapere is a t y p i c a l r e p r d s e n t a t i v e of what a r e c a l l e d UFO 's , t h a t i s , Uni- d e n t i f i e d F ly ing Objec t s . There a r e many such obse rva t ions of t h i s k ind, even i n ou r country. Observa t ions of d i s c s a s w e l l e s o t h e r forms, i n p a r t i c u l a r o b j e c t s which have t h e appearance of c r o s s e s . There a r e many puzz l ing p o i n t s about t h e behavior a n d - t h e n a t u r e of t h e s e o b j e c t s .

wUnfor tuns te ly , t h e obse rva t ions of UFO's wi th t h e a i d of t e l e s c o p e s and cameras do no t occur t o o o f t e n . One could s a y t h a t t h e case a t hand, t h e Bulgar ian s p e c i a l i s t was very lucky. More t h a n once, UFO's have been l o c a t e d by r a d a r , but no one y e t h a s succeeded i n o b t a i n i n g t h e spectrum of t h e UFO phenomena, which would beyond a doubt shed some l i g h t on t h e i r t r u e o r i in."

On November 24 th , 19 % 7 t h e p u b l i c a t i o n "Narodna Mladezhw i n S o f i a s t a t e d t h s t t h i s o b j e c t observed on November 21s t was "a ba l l oon , most probably a meteoro log ica l balloon." How t h e y a r r i v e d a t t h i s conc lus ion was no t s t a t e d . It was s imply s t a t e d t h a t t h i s i s what it was. A s imple s t a t emen t f o r t h e s imple minded, but 1 would guess t h a t most o f t h e people t h a t wi tnessed t h i s obse rva t ion d i d no t accep t t h a t conc lus ion and a r e probably s t i l l wondering toway what t hey observed t h a t November 21, 1967 over S o f i a .

A ba l loon? O f course . hha t e l s e could i t have been?

WILHELM REICH, M. D . , a s ' c i e n t i s t and UFO r e s e a r c h e r , d i e d i n prinon. H i s books were banned and burned. H i s d i s c o v e r i e s hold t h e key t o Plan- e t a r y S u r v i v a l and t h e UFO Invas ion . Read "Orgone Energy," by Jerome Eden. Expos i t i on p r e s s , 50 J e r i cho Turnpike , J e r i c h o , N. Y . 11753. Post - pa id , $6.30. --Adv. E d i t o r ' s Note: M r . Eden's book was reviewed by Luciu8 F a r i s h i n t h e November i s s u e of SKYLOOK.

WANTED: "Flying Saucer Reviewn - Vol. 12-No. 1, 2 and 4. Vol. 13-No. 1 2 and 4. F ly ing Saucer Review Case H i s to ry , Supplement One. Wri te : Mark R. H e r b s t r i t t , 967 The re s i a S t . , S t . Merys, Pa. 15857.

UFO Notes From Barry Greenwood, of Somerv i l l e , Maine

Many s i g h t i n g s have come my way i n t h e p a s t few months. Again, some of t h e s e r e p o r t s have come through i n d i r e c t s o u r c e s , and t h e r e f o r e a r e d i f f i c u l t t o t r a c e . However, I b e l i e v e t hey a r e important enough t o be recorded f o r p o s s i b l e f u t u r e value .

Ju ly 9 , 1967 - Koman l i v i n g i n Wzshington, D. C. r epo r t ed a low f l y - i n g UFO which n e a r l y ranmed h e r house. She s a i d t h e o b j e c t f l ew on a h o r i z o n t a l course , j u s t ba re ly miss ing h e r house and t h e chimney of h e r ne ighbor ' s house. The o b j e c t t hen s h o t o f f i n t o t h e d i s t a n c e . Time: Between sundown and midnight. Durat,ion: l e s s t han a minute.

1969 - Three men saw a high f l y i n g UFO from a shopping c e n t e r park- i n g l o t i n t h e Fresh Pond s e c t i o n of Cambridge, Mass. They s a i d t h a t t h e o b j e c t looked l i k e a sh iny shoo t ing s t a r b u t t h e UFb s topped , moved sideways, s topped aka in and then s h o t s t r a i g h t up and disappeered.

J u l y o r August 1957 - Dozens of w i tnes se s i n Chaumont, France, saw a t r i angu la r - shaped UFO f l y i n g hi@.h overhead. According t o one of t h e o r i g i n a l w i t n e s s e s , Joseph Boucher, t h e o b j e c t was observed sometime between 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. Hc s a i d t h s t t h e o b j e c t brought a t t e n t i o n t o i t s e l f by a h igh w h i s t l i n g sound emi t ted a s it was f l y i n g over . The UFO was a t a very g r e a t a l t i t u d e and f l y i n g very f a s t i n a s t r a i g h t l i n e . A l t h o u ~ h t h e o b j e c t was a t h igh a l t i t u d e , t h e w i tnes se s could d i s c e r n t h e shape a s t h e t of a p e r f e c t e q u i l a t e r a l t r i a n g l e . Durat ion of t h e s i g h t i n g was 20 t o 25 seconds. Other w i tnes se s included Mr. Boucher ls f a t h e r , a major i n t h e Army a t t h s t t ime , motk.er, s i s t e r , b r o t h e r , two f r i e n d s , and many neighbors. Pi. Boucher a l s o ' s t r e s sed t h e sudden d i sappearence of t h e o b j e c t a t e x c e p t i o n a l l y , , high speed which was u n l i k e any th ing he had eve r seen. l h e r e was no mention of a t r a i l behind t h e ob j ec t .

J u l y 22, 1972 - Woman r e p o r t e d a l a r g e , s p h e r i c a l UFO wi th r ed and wh i t e l i g h t s over Dorches te r , Mass. She s a i d t h s t t h e UFO w 2 s t r a v e l i n g from west t o e a s t a t approximately t h e speed of a j e t l i n e r . A t one p o i n t t h e o b j e c t wes about 100 ya rds away and she compered t h e UFO t o t h e moon, only tw ice a s big. The red end whi te l i g h t s were l o c a t e d on t he t o p and bottom of t h e ob j ec t .

August 1972 - Two young e.irls i n t h e i r e a r l y t e e n s were a t Rober ts F i e l d i n Dorches te r , Mass., one n i g h t d u r i n g August. A t about 9:30 p.m. t h e y were s t ~ r t l e d by t h e appeerence of a b r i g h t , whi te g lobe low over Dorehes te r High School. They watched f o r about 10 seconds a s t h e UFO moved away from t h e school a t about t h e speed of e sma l l plane. The g i r l s f l e d t h e scene due t o f r i g h t and d i d n o t s e e t h e o b j e c t d i s appea r .

Oct. 9 , 1972 - Crew of a f r e i g h t t r e i n saw a round, orange UFO whi le t r a v e l i n g through Dover, New hampshire.

E d i t o r ' s Note: We a r e g l a d t o r e c e i v e r e p o r t s from our r eade ra --but p l e a s e g i v e source of your r e p o r t . l f a n e w s p p e r , g i v e name and p ~ b l i c a t i o ~ d a t e ; i f a n o t h e r UFO magazine, be s u r e t o g i v e name and d s t e s o we can g i v e proper c r e d i t i f u s ing r e p o r t . I f a f r i e n d sends you a newspaper c l i p p i n g wi thout naming t h e newspaper, p l ea se o b t a i n t h i s in format ion from him be fo re sending on t h e c l i p p i n g . We g r a n t anonymity t o t hose no t wishing t h e i r name used, but we must have some a u t h o r i t y f o r t h e r e p o r t i n our p r i v a t e f i l e s . ---------- SkYLOOK would make a good Christmas g i f t f o r a f r i e n d i n t e r e s t e d i n UFOs--and we do t h e "wrapping" and pay postege. k t e l l l even mai l a p r e t t y ' Christmas c a r d , announcing your g i f t .

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I n O t h e r s ' Words . . . By. Luc ius F a r i s h

The NATIONAL ENQUIRER r e c e n t l y f e a t u r e d a t h r e e - p a r t s e r i e s o f a r t - i c l e s on S o u t h American UFO s i g h t i n g s . The f i rst a r t i c l e was mentioned i n l a s t month 's column; t h e o t h e r s appee red i n t h e Nov. 5 and 1 2 i s s u e s . A l s o , t h e Nov. 26 i s s u e f e a t u r e d a r e p o r t o f a UFO h a v i n g been t r a c k e d by r a d a r i n F l o r i d a , and t h e Dec. 3 i s s u e r e p o r t e d on t h e r a s h o f s i g h t - i n g s i n t h e Hays, Kansas a r e a .

A q u i t e i n t e r e s t i n g a r t i c l e on UFO p h o t o s a p p e a r s i n t h e Nov. 19 i s s u e o f t h e NkTIUNAL.TATILER. A pho to o f UFOs o v e r t h e C a p i t o l i n Washington, U. C. i s f e a t u r e d . T h i s was a l l e g e d l y t a k e n d u r i n g t h e famous 1952 f l a p .

November SAGA h a s a good a r t i c l e on a Mexican la r .d in&/occupant re- p o r t . The d e s c r i p t i o n g i v e n o f t h e "Ufonautn t a l l i e s v e r y c l o s e l y w i t h s i m i l a r r e p o r t s f rom o t h e r p a r t s o f t h e world.

No LIFO a r t i c l e s i n Dec. S A G A , b u t J o s e p h Goodavage c o n t r i b u t e s a n a r t i c l e on t h e h y p o t h e t i c a l " P l a n e t X," on t h e o ~ t s k i r t s of t h e s o l a r system.

"Morn0 " t h e monster o f L o u i s i a n a , No., i s f e a t u r e d i n a n a r t i c l e by R icha rd hrowe i n t h e Dec. i s s u e o f FATE. Crowe a d d s some d e t a i l s which have n o t been p r e v i o ~ s l y p u b l i c i z e d ( i n c l u d i n g more i n f o r m a t i o n on UFOs s e e n i n t h e a r e a ) and cones up w i t h a v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g a r t i c l e . The re- s u l t s o f a r e c e n t G a l l u p P o l l c o n c e r n i n g l i f e on o t h e r p l a n e t s i s a l s o c o n t a i n e d i n Dec. FATE. And, f i n a l l y , t h e l e t t e r s s e c t i o n o f t h i s i s s u e of FATE i n c l u d e s a r e p o r t o f UFOs, t h e i r o c c u p a n t s and " c r e a t u r e s , " which make v e r y i n t r i g u i n g r e a d i n g .

Speak ing o f FATE, I r e c e n t l y asked t h e e d i t o r , Eviary Margare t F u l l e r , i f s h e would b e i n t e r e s t e d i n s e e i n g some a r t i c l e s I had i n mind, a l l p e r t a i n i n g t o some a ' spec t o f t h e UFO s u b j e c t . She r e p l i e d t h a t , b e c a s e of t h e l a c k o f p u b l i c i n t e r e s t i n UFOs a t p r e s e n t , FATE d i d n o t i n t e n d t o c a r r y much i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e s u b j e c t . I f e e l t h i s a t t i t u d e i s based on a t o t a l l y f a l s e premise ( i . e . t h e supposed " l a c k o f p u b l i c i n t e r e s t i n UFOsn) and I wonder i f t h e SKYLOOK r e a d e r s f e e l t h e same? FATE has l o n g been an e x c e l l e n t s o u r c e o f UFO i n f o r m a t i o n . I t w ~ s t h e f i r s t magazine t o c & r r y Kenneth A r n o l d ' s comple te a c c o u n t o f h i s 1947 " f l y i n g s a u c e r s n s i g h t i n g . If you f e e l ;s I d o , why n o t d r o p a l i n e t o FATE (500 Hyac in th P l a c e - Highland Pbrk , I l l . 60035) and l e t them know y o u r t h o u g h t s on t h e m a t t e r .

What do you t h i n k o f t h e many " c o n t e c t e e w s t o r i e s ? Are t h e y jus t s o much bunk o r might t h e r e be some t r u t h i n them? One man, t h e l a t e John W . Dean, c e r t a i n l y b e l i e v e d t h e c o n t a c t e e m a t e r i a l w s s o f v a l u e and s p e n t

; many h o u r s c o m p i l i n g and a t t e m p t i n g t o c o r r e l a t e it. The r e s u l t s o f h i s 1 l a b o r s may be found i n FLYLNG SAUCEHS CLOSEUP ( S a u c e r i a n P u b l i c a t i o n s ,

Box 2228, C l a r k s b u r g , WV 26301 - $7.95) . I t seems t o me t h e t a s k Dean . s e t f o r h i m s e l f - - t r y i n g t o make a l l t h e c o n t a c t e e i n f o r m a t i o n " f i t ' ' was a h o u e l e s s one. Hokever, no one can S a i l t o a p p r e c i a t e h i s d e d i c a t i o n t o h i s work. The book is f i l l e d w i t h p h o t o s , i l l u s t r a t i o n s , c h a r t s , l is t- i n g s of p l a n e t a r y s y s t e m s , supposed LT a l p h a b e t s e t c . i t i s t r u l y a mon- umenta l work ~ n d , no m a t t e r what you may t h i n k o f c o n t a c t e e s i n g e n e r a l ( o r Desn ' s c o n c l u s i o n s - r eg t? rd ing t h e m ) , I t h i n k you w i l l f i n d t h e book o f i n t e r e s t . E d i t o r ' s Note: We s t r o n g l y recommend t h a t e a c h r e a d e r d r o p a p o s t c a r d o r l e t t e r t o FATE. I n a d d i t c o n t o your own i n t e r e s t i n UFOs, a d d i t i o n a l proof o f p u b l i c i n t e r e s t i s t h e s e l l - o u t of D r . Hynek's "UFO E x p e r i e n c e , " . t h e hezvy l e c t u r e s c h e d u l e s of a l l o u r w e l l known speakers--Hyne'k, F r i e d - man, F a w c e t t e t c ; t h e growth of o u r own MUFON w i t h t h e o u t s t a n d i n g work

- done by Walt Andrus, John a c h u e s s l e r and Ted P h i l l i p s ( j u s t t o wme a f ew) - i n s p r e a d i n g t h e word; and t h e growine c i r c u l a t i o n of o u r b e s t u f o z i n e s .

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Organiza t ion Notes From Around The Network John a c h e u s s l e r , h i issour i s t a t e D i r e c t o r f o r NUFON. addressed a Bahai g roup i n Green Bay. Wiscon- s i n , i n October. He spoke on UFOs a t t h e i n v i t a t i o n of Drs. ~ d u a r d and Jean Bonn. On October 18 he spoke t o t h e American S o c i e t y of Mechanical Engineers a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Missour i i n Ro l l a , Mo. wi th good p r e s s coverage f rom t h e "Rolls Dai ly Newsw and t h e % i s s o u r i Miner."

Ted P h i l l i s , Missour i s t a t e s e c t i o n D i r e c t o r f o r NUFON, qddressed t h e + e t a f.lpha p r e c e p t o r c h a p t e r of Beta Sigma Phi a t t h e home of Mrs. Ed Brummett i n S e d a l i a , Mo., i n October. He was f e a t u r e d i n a two page a r t i c l e i n t h e October i s s u e of t h e "Iviissouri Highway Newstt - a magazine read by 9,000 lkU.ssourians. The a r t i c l e , w r i t t e n by Tom Sunde, from a n i n t e r v i e w wi th P h i l l i p s , included t h e Delphos, hansss l and ing and gave MUFON p u b l i c i t y . A t t h e i n v i t a t i o n of L. I . Hockaday, Super in tendent of t h e Missour i S t a t e Highway P a t r o l , P h i l l l p s w l l l s eak t o t h e Je f f ' e r - son C i ty Hotary Club on February 5 , 1973.

George D. Fawcett con t inues t o l e c t u r e on UFOs. November speaking d a t e s hh ich we have a t t h i s w r l t i n g a re : Nov. 2nd--Blue Ridge Funera l Assoc ia t ion a t t h e Holiday Inn i n Roanoke, Va.; Nov. 13--Annual Hotary Club a t t h e Country Club i n F lorence , S. C.; Nov. 19--WTOB r a d i o "Feed- back ProgramJn a t Winston-Salem, N. C. I w . Fawcett w r i t e s he h a s never found "an informed skep t i c . " Anyone who d e n i e s t h e e x i s t e n c e of UFOs i n 1972 i s uninformed. Well put . We remind you aga in t h a t you can o b t a i n free informat ion s h e e t s by w r i t i n g t o ihr. Fawcett a t b07 North Main S t . , Mount P.iry, N . C. 27030. And don ' t f o r g e t t o send a s e l f - add re s sed l o n envelope stamped w i t h 16#. *ooking ahead t o January 1973, we f i n d S t an ton T. Fried?an is sched- u led t o l e c t u r e a t t h e M t . San Antonio Col lege a t Walnut. L a l l f . . on t h e 1 7 t h and a t 8 p.m. a t Phoenix Col lege in-phoenix, Arizona on ' the 26th. These d a t e s a r e from h i s n e w s l e t t e r "UFO Reviewn (No. 6-71 and ~ - - .

no doubt o t h e r l e c t u r e s a r e now on t h e ca lendar . His ~ e v i e w , e d i t e d by P e t e r C u t t i l l a , is publ ished a t P . 0. Box 941, Lawndale, C a l i f . , 90260.

The December meeting of t h e T r i - S t a t e UFO Study Croup w i l l be held a t 7:30

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on t h e 20th a t t h e Wal ter H. Andrus home i n Uuincy, Ill. The FO Study Group of Grea t e r S t . Louis w i l l meet December 10 a t

2.p.m. a t t h e Lemay Bank and T r u s t Co., 152 Lemay F e r r y Road. The MUFON Amateur Radio Net meets every Sa turday morning a t 8:00 a.m.

CST on 3.975 MHz. E d i t o r ' s Note: P l e a s e send i n your speaking da tes - - in advance whenever p o s s i b l e . Bear i n mind our d e a d l i n e f o r copy i s always t h e 20 th o f t h i s month f o r NEXT month's SKYLOOK. Copy f o r t h e January i s s u e must r each us by December 20th.

S t a n Gordon, who heads t h e hestmoreland County U.F.O. Study Group, - Greensburg, Pa., w r i t e s h i s group has i n v e s t i g a t e d 25 r e p o r t s d u r i n g

October, most of which were e a s i l y expla ined. On t h e n i g h t of u c t . 8 numerous r e p o r t s were r ece ived from about a 10 mile a r e a of Greensburg r e p o r t i n g t h e s i g h t i n g of a fo rmat ion of 8 b r i g h t r ed and orange o b j e c t s t h a t maneuvered over t h e a r e a f o r 45 minutes. A check w i t h t h e La t robe a i r p o r t i n d i c a t e d t h a t no choppers were i n t h e a r e a and t h e a i r p o r t had r ece ived numerous r e p o r t s of something unusua l i n t h e sky. On t h e n i g h t s of Oct. 18, 19 and 20, r e p o r t s were r ece ived from Carbon, Penn, JeaneCta and La t robe c o n c e d n g s i g h t i n g s of b r i g h t white-orange sphe re s t h a t would zig-zag a c r o s s t h e sky and then d i s appea r i n a few minutes. Cordon says t h e r e p o r t s don ' t f i t ho t a i r ba l loons . ---------- T e l l your f r i e n d s you read it i n SkYLOOk.

S h o r t Notes To s e t t h e r e c o r d s t r a i g h t , t h e C i n c i n n a t i mentioned i n t h e I n d i a n a r e p o r t ( p a g e 9, hovember ShYLOOK) is n o t i n I n d i a n a , b u t i n Arkansas. . . . t h e Dec. 3 r d i s s u e o f " N a t i o n a l E n q u i r e r w gave c o n s i d e r a b l e s p a c e t o "hundreds o f e y e w i t n e s s e s

r e p o r t UFOs o v e r Kansasn b u t f a i l e d t o ment ion t h e w e a t h e r b a l l o o n s which p r a n k s t e r s a d m i t t e d s e n d i n g up. It is h a r d t o b e l i e v e a magazine a s l a r g e 6s t h e E n q u i r e r and w i t h t n e i r s o u r c e s of i n f o r m a t i o n d i d n o t know a b o u t t h e wea the r b a l l o o n e . F a i l u r e t o mention them made t h e i r r e p o r t more ex- c i t i n g - - b u t f a i l e d t o t e l l t h e whole s t o r y . I n o u r o l d - f a s h i o n e d v iews , t h i s i s a form of d i s h o n e s t y . . . We b e l i e v e o u r r e a d e r s approve o f o u r p o l i c y o f " t e l l i n g i t a s i t is." Mrs. E r i c Bluhm w r i t e s : "1 l i k e SKYLOOK. I t is f a c t u a l and ca lm and s t r a i g h t r e p o r t i n g . " . . . - e f r e s t i l l g e t t i n g A-

r e q u e s t s f o r sample c o p i e s f r o m l f o l k s who saw and h e a r d John S c h u e s s l e r , ' on S t . L o u i s t e l e v i s i o n , and we re f i l l i n g t h e s e o r d e r s a s f a s t a s w e can. Some have t o w a i t f o r t h e n e x t p r i n t i n g . One c a r d was a d d r e s s e d t o ' - - "Sky Larkw a n d , you know, t h a t wou ldn ' t b e a bad name f o r a u f o z i n e . . Here ' s something new i n UFO's--an U t t e r l y F a n t a s t i c Occur rence , which is t h e way Lawrence R. Hanna announced t h e a r r i v a l o f a s o n C h r i s t o p h e r

P Troy, on O c t a b e r 25th. . .. . We were p l e a s e d t o r e c e i v e " A a u c e r i t i s , No. 11" t h i s month. E d i t o r d r e n t Haynes is f u l f i l l i n g h i s m i l i t a r y ob- l i g a t i o n w i t h two y e a r s a c t i v e d u t y i n t h e U . S. Navy, and t h i s a c c o u n t s f o r t h e l o n g d e l a y i n p r i n t i n g . U n t i l f u r t h e r n o t i c e , a l l c o r r e s ~ o n d e n c e s h o u l d be d i r e c t e d t o h i s a s s i s t a n t J i m Carey , Route 1, Windsor , Maine 04363. If y o u ' l l s end a stamped s e l f - a d d r e s s e d e n v e l o p e , y o u ' l l r e c e i v e two f r e e r e s e a r c h d a t a s h e e t s . t o o d l u c k , B r e n t , and c a - r y on , ivlr. Carey . . . .We have a n o t h e r S p a n i s h t r a n s l a t i o n by C a r o l and D r . Armstrong and w i l l u s e it n e x t month i f we c a n ' t work it i n t h i s i s s u e . NOW we w i s h we had s t u d i e d a f o r e i g n l anguage o r two i n s c h o o l . . . Ron S c h a u l a t , o f C o l l i n s v i l l e , I l l . , w r i t e s , "I want t o t h a n k you f o r p u t t i n g o u t a p u b l i - c a t i o n l i k e ahYLOOK" and he a d d s t h a t w r i t e r s l i k e E l l i o t Carson o f t h e =Wall S t r e e t J o u r n a l " who a s k s where t h e UFO's have gone s h o u l d p i c k up a copy of SKYLOOK and f i n d out! R i g h t on! . . . . we ' re g e t t i n g a good r e s p o n s e f rom "or o f f e r t o send a f r e e , sample copy o f SKYLOOK t o a f r i e n d if you, t h e s u b s c r i b e r , w i l l send u s t h e name and a d d r e s s a l o n g w i t h a n 8 - c e n t stamp. J u s t GNE, p l e a s e - - b u t send a n o t h e r n e x t month if you l i k e . . . The Hollow E a r t h t h e o r y keeps popping up. Mary S t o r e y and Thomas LeVesque a r e p u b l i s h i n g a n e w s l e t t e r "The Hollow H a s s l e w ( P . 0. Box 1 2 6 , B e v e r l y Hills, C a l i f . 90213) d e v o t i n g c o n s i d e r a b l e s p a c e t o t h i s i d e a . M a r s h a l l B. Gardner , a u t h o r of t h e book "A Jou rney . To t h e E a r t h ' s I n t e r i o r " i s quoted a s s t a t i n g t h e h o r t h e r n L i g h t s a r e caused by o u r c e n t r a l s u n s h i n i n g o u t t h r o u g h t h e open ing a t t h e Nor th Pole .Gardner b e l i e v e s t h e e a r t h is a hol low body w i t h a n immense open- i n g a t e a c h p o l a r a x i s and i n t h e c e n t e r of t h e e a r t h i s a s u n which w s r r n s it and ~ i v e s it l i g h t . Remember, GARDNEH makes t h s t c l a i m , n o t t h i s u f o z i n e . . . .From t h e e a r t h t o t h e moon--in ko rocco , p e a s a n t s t o l d k a s h i n g t o n P o s t c o r r e s p o n d e n t Henry Aubin t h e y t h o u g h t t h e Apo l lo l a n d i n g s were Hollywood f a k e s . I h e r e have now been f i v e l s n d i n g s on t h e moon and t h e crew o f Apol lo 1 7 l o o k s f o r w i r d t o t h e s i x t h . . . l a s t month we c z r r i e d a s t o r y of a n I l l i n o i s man h i t by a m e t e o r i t e , and Lou P a r i s h t e l l s u s t h e f i r s t " o f f i c i a l w r e c o r d o f a p e r s o n b e i n g h i t by one was i n S y l a c a u g a , Alabama i n 1953. . . h e d o e n j o y t h e UFO c a r t o o n s and g o t a c h u c k l e o u t o f t h i s one s e n t i n by Capt . Dave Ozanne, c l i p p e d from t h e f f l l a l l a s l i m e s Herald1':-- Two l i t t l e s p a c e men a r e l o o k i n g a t a g a s s t a t i o n pump n e r e on e a r t h . One s a y s : "He won' t s a y a w o r d . J u s t s t a n d s t h e r e w i t h t h a t t h i n g i n h i s ear." And we l i k e this one: an a i r p l a n e f l i e s o v e r a t r i b e o f s a v a g e s . Says one: "Swamp gas." . . . . Again, we s i n c e r e l y t h a n k e v e r y one who s e n d s i n t h e c a r t o o n s , newspaper c l i p i n s e t c . We c a n ' t g e t them SKYLOOK, LOOK, b u t e a c h i s a p p r e c i a t e d by +'e &.

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