Number 76

"We tell it as it is"

SKYLOOKThe UFO Monthly MARCH 1974

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF MUTUAL UFO NETWORK, INC.

This cloud-like, bright, mushroom-shapedobject in the center of the TV screen has beenlisted as an Unidentified Flying Object byFrench scientists. The reflection in the upper

right corner of the screen is that of a lamp,not a UFO. The original photo, taken in June,1973, was in color. Story on page 8.,(Photo provided by Joe F.rill)

In This Issue EDITORIAL

Director's MessageHew Twist to Fish Story-

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Around the Network 5Kirkpatrick Named Skylook Coordinator 5Center for UFO Studies explained 6UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain 3In Others' Words • 9Los Angeles Police Chase Object 10UFO College Course in Nebraska 11Columnist Suggests Contacting UFO's 12Three Sightings in Pennsylvania 131974 Symposium Plans Announced 14St. Louis Symposium Bus Planned 1514 Ring Reports in 1973 Landings 16Summary of 1973 Physical Traces 17SKTJET Sighting Log ISArgentine Contact Case Lacks Details 19Astronomy Notes 20

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One of the difficult problems faced by seriousUFO researchers is the lack of credibility oftenassociated with UFO reports, and in some caseswith UFO investigations in general.

This problem is caused by many things, some ofwhich are simply beyond control.

There is the sensational type of newspaper andmagazine, which often is more interested in run-ning interesting stories than in the truth.

There are UFO hoaxes, which not only add tocredibility problems, but often create serioushazards.

There is the self-proclaimed UFO investigatorwithout sufficient training or adequate back-uporganization.

There is the so-called "kook fringe."There are others.Skylook is attempting to do its part to sepa-

rate the serious research from the merely inter-esting by clearly labeling articles and providingfull facts on each article used. Obviously, MUFONinvestigative reports should be viewed as beingmore reliable than newspaper stories, and shouldbe labeled as such. This we attempt to do.

In addition, Skylook often holds articles andphotos until investigations are completed. Atthis time, for example, we are holding a fas-cinating UFO photo which is being evaluated forauthenticity. We are also holding an equallyfascinating account of a UFO repair operation,pending an interview with a second witness and asearch for a repair part which may have been leftbehind.

We may occasionally make slips in carrying outthis policy, since we are human. But the deter-mination is there, and we hope our readers shareit. We welcome your suggestions for increasingour credibility.

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Director's MessageBY WALT ANDRUS

With the appointment of Edward J. Planz asState Director for Alabama, MUFON is now organ-:ized in thirty-five states. Ed is a professor atthe University of Alabama in metallurgical en-gineering and resides at 1119 Brookhill Road,Tuscaloor.a, Ala. 35401: telephone: AC 205 553-0064. He has laboratory facilities available toconduct X-ray diffractoraetry and spectromatryanalysis of metals.

Also in Alabama, MUFOM is proud to announcethat Ernest H. Wells, 712 Kilkenny St. N. W.,Iluntsville, Ala. 35805; telephone: AC 205 536-525?. has accepted the position of State-SectionDirector for Madison, Jackson, Limestone, Morganand Marshall counties. Ernest has a 15': S. in E.E.and is a space scientist with NASA in Huntsville.Tic has been an astronomer for ten years • and hashis own private observatory. Please refer toCondon Report Case £54 on pag;i 457 for his per-sonal UFO sighting and photograph, known, as the''Gulfstream" photos.

jiUFOH continues to grow in Georgia as Bruce C.Henne, 1224 Maple Drive, Griffin, Ga. 30223:telephone: AC 404 227-3144 volunteered to serveas State-Section Director for Spaulding, Pike,Lamar, Fayette, Butts, and Henry counties.' Brucehas his Masters Degree in Psychology and is aninstructor at Gordon Jr. College. Filling a vac-ancy created by the trasfer of Francis Ridge toMt. Vernon, Ind., George J. Taylor,- R. R. 2,Litchfield, -111. 62056- .telephone: AC 217 324-4316, is the new State-Sectipn Director for Mont-

gomery, Macoupin, and Fayette counties in Illi-nois. George, a radio technician with the Illi-nois State Police, is also a radio amateur oper-ator W9YXC and holds the following governmentlicenses: Commercial Pilot — single and multiengine with instrument and instructor ratings; acommercial F.C.C.. Radiotelephone First Class andRadiotelegraph Second Class,

Thomas 11. Nicholl, one of the co-chairmen forthe 19"3 t-tUFOU UFO Symposium in Kansas City, hasaccepted the post of State Director for Kansas.Tom and his lovely wife, Grace, live at 9935 HighDrive, Leawood, Ks. 66206; telephone: AC 913 642-9320. He is a graduate mechanical engineer andhas served as an instructor at the University ofHouston and the University of California. He isnow the owner and president of Nicholl Brothers,Inc. in Kansas City, Mo*, a manufacturing .firm.To fill the vacancy associated with Mr. Nicholl'snew assignment, he has appointed J. StanleyFouch, 9914 Ensley Lane, Leawood, Kansas 66206;telephone: AC 913 642-5948 as State-Section Di-rector for the Kansas counties of Johnson, Wyan-dotte, Leavenworth, and Miami. Stan has his M.S.in Math and is a manager for the I.B.M. Corpora-

tion in Kansas City. Stan was very involved inthe success of the 1973 MUFON Symposium, and con-tinues to do an outstanding UFO public relationsjob in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

We have regretfully accepted the resignationof William K. "Bill" Case as State Director forTexas due to added business responsibilities.However, we are very happy to announce that Wil-liam A. Dexter,.astronomy instructor and directorof the Planetarium and Observatory at St. MarksSchool of Texas, 10600 Preston Road, Dallas,Texas 75230; telephone: AC 214 368-2425 has as-sumed this responsible office for the "Lone StarState." Bill will serve in a dual role as StateDirector for Texas and as a Consultant in Astron-omy. He has been a UFO investigator referencesource in the Dallas area for Dr. Hynek since1964.

As a scientific-educational organization,MUFON is constantly seeking qualified people asadvisors and consultants in many diversifiedfields to apply their expertise to resolving theUFO phenomenon. Ward A. Riley, Ph. D., 205 S.Mulberry, Maryville, Mo. 64468; telephone: AC 316532-5634 has volunteered to serve MUFON as a Con-sultant in Physics. He. presently teaches atNorthwest Missouri State University and heads upthe Physics Dept.

Another UFO related phenomenon that has notreceived adequate attention and study is theelectro-magnetic effects that UFOs have upon ve-hicles,- especially automobiles. Robert I. Hasta,2247 Prairie, Ann Arbor,- Mich. 43105; telephoneAC 313 662-2234 has dedicated his efforts tostudying this aspect as a Consultant to MUFON.Bob is a graduate electrical engineer employed bythe Cadilac Division of General Motors.

Joe M. Brill, International Coordinator, hasappointed Einar A. Terjesen, NORSK UFO CENTER,Postboks 2119, H-7000 Trondheira, ilorway, as ourForeign Representative to Norway. Einar is anintegral part of the NORSKA UFO CENTER, and holdsa B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Oslo.

As one of the methods MUFOH utilizes to shareUFO information and sighting reports with outliaison representatives in other countries (thatis, outside of the United States, Canada, andMexico), a complimentary subscription to SKYLOOKwill be sent to each Foreign Representative aslong as he -is actively participating with MUFON.Harold Fulton, director for New Zealand, has al-ready paid the postage to have his copy of SKY-LOOK sent air mail. Any Foreign Representativeswho may have sent his subscription to SKYLOOK

prior to this time will be automatically creditedwith this amount and the funds will be used to

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New twist to fish storyA fish story with a new twist has been re-

ported by MUFON Field Investigator William F.Christian.

On or about Oct. 15 or 16, 1973, RobertEicholz. 58, who owns and operates an auto-motive repair company in St. Louis, was fish-ing in a pond on a farm near Red Bud, 111.,owned by his cousin. Red Bud is about 35 milessoutheast of St. Louis, The weather was clear,bright, sunny, and warm.

At about 2:30 p.m. Mr. Eicholz says he heardwhat sounded like an airplane in trouble, cut-ting its engines, then speeding up again. Hestepped out from under some trees to get abetter look, and saw a four-engine prop planetaking evasive action to avoid hitting whatappeared to be a large horseshoe-shaped objectthat was hovering in the sky at an altitude ofabout 3,500 to 5,000 feet. The plane, whichcane within 500 feet of the object, seemed to bemaking a turn from an eastward course to asouthward course (Scott AFB is near Belleville,111.). The plane flew south, and the objectleft in an easterily direction at a high rate ofspeed.

Mr. Eicholz said that the ends of the horse-shoe, which were down, looked like bubbles. Hesaid that, in the distance, the object lookedlike a balloon spider dragging two balloon webs.The color of the object was described as like aplastic cleaners bag with a dark, distinct out-line around the object. No noise was heard fromthe object. The duration of this sighting was afew minutes or less.

Mr. Eicholz resumed fishing', thinking hemight have observed some sort of launch experi-ment. He was fishing from the bank, using twopoles with plastic bobbers, one 1" in diameter,and the other one IV in diameter, with piecesof metal running through the centers of them.After sitting under the trees fishing for aboutone-half hour, he said the bobbers began to popout of the water, sometimes as much as a foothigh, then settle back into the water again.Thinking at first that a school of fish mightbe playing with his bait, he sat watching thishappen for about 15 minutes. Realizing thatfish were not causing the bobbers to pop out ofthe water, he looked up into the sky, betweentree branches, and observed that the object fromthe first sighting had returned, and was hover-ing over the pond at an altitude of about 900-1,000 feet.

The object was slowly turning % circles;that is, about 90 degrees to the left, then backto the original position. Every time the objectwould pass over the bobbers, the bobbers wouldpop out of the water, according to Eicholz.After watching the object for another 10-15minutes, he decided to try to get some morewitnesses. His cousin was about 350 yards awaynear another pond planting strawberries, and the

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The above drawing has been copied from onesketched by the witness, Mr. Robert Eicholz ofSt. Louis.

farm house was about -3/4 mile away. Deciding togo for his cousin, Mr. Eicholz stepped fromunder the trees, at which time the object beganto take off. After he had walked about 50 feet,the object had vanished into- the northwest. Asthe object took off, it wobbled from side toside on its vertical axis, the faster the wobblethe greater the burst of speed. Mr. Eicholzsaid the wobble was similar to the turning whilehovering.

He said the object appeared to be about 12feet wide. The ends of the horseshoe were, aspreviously noted, shaped like bubbles or roundedcabins, perhaps 6 feet in diameter. Each bubbleappeared to have a porthole in its center, per-haps 2-2% feet in diameter. The color was likeclear plastic, or some type of material that re-flected light from the sky, sharply outlined atthe edges with a darker color. The top of the"perfect arch" appeared to have been joined to-gether, like a rope which had been spliced. Thepart connecting the bubbles and forming the archappeared to the observer to be some sort of tube.No noise was heard during either sighting.

Mr. Eicholz was unable to locate anyone elsewho had seen the object, although several nightsightings occurred on Oct. 16 at the SIU campusin Edwardaville. A test with a magnet indicatedthat the bobbers were attracted to. the magnet.

The investigator notes that he has known Mr.Eicholz about 20 to 25 years.

Around the NetworkAnn Druffel and Dan Haefele appeared as two

MUFON investigators to talk before two combinedyouth groups at the United Presbyterian Churchin Los Angeles. Mrs. Druffel was scheduled tospeak before the Kiwanis Club in West LosAngeles in February.

Don Rabat, Jr.', recently appeared on a localradio program in Traverse City, Mich., givingMUFON and Skylook a plug. The program helpedstimulate local residents to form a UFO organi-zation, and has provided Kabat with "more re-ports from people who didn't know who to get incontact with."

MUFO:i Secretary Ted Phillips spoke at LongviewCommunity College, Lee's Summit, Mo., Jan 23, andat the Sadalia, Mo., Jaycees Feb. 15. lie isscheduled to address the Kansas City AstronomyClub, Kansas City, Mo., in March, and will speakat the Instrument Society of America conventionin Kansas City, Mo., on March 19.

A panel made up of Walt Andrus, MUFON director;Joseph Brill, MUFON international coordinator;Robert.Smulling, MUFON state director for Illi-nois ; and Dwight Connelly, editor-publisher ofSkylook, conducted a discussion at Culver-Stock-ton College, Canton, Mo., Feb. 16. The programwas sponsored by the Young Engineers and ScienceClub of Canton High School and the Natural Sci-ence Division of Culver-Stockton College.

LeRoy R. Latham, Fayette County Iowa StateSection Director, had a question-answer hour atthe Charles City Community High School on Feb.16.

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send the copy via air mail to facilitate promptdelivery. The February 1974 issue of SKYLOOK wasmailed to Foreign representatives, including Mr.Terjesen

Speakers and arrangements for the Fifth Annual1974 MUFON UFO Symposium on June 22, 1974, at theCascade Holiday Inn in Akron, Ohio, have beencompleted. Please refer to details in this issueof SKYLOOK and subsequent issues. It would beimmensely appreciated if Editors of other UFOmagazines and periodicals, who exchange with SKY-LOOK, would publicize the 1974 MUFON Symposiumannouncement in their respective publications.These annual symposiums are recognized World-wideas being the finest of their type from a scien-tific and educational viewpoint. The 1974 Sympo-sium proceedings will again be published for dis-tribution, and will be available after June 22 bymail.

Kirkpatrick named SkylookWest Coast coordinatorRobert J. Kirkpatrick, news editor of the Santa

Ana Register, has been named West Coast Coordina-tor for Skylook Magazine, effective March 1,1974.

Kirkpatrick, whohas completed twoyears of graduatestudy in languages,specializes in jour-nalism and photog-raphy, and is aField Investigatorfor MUFON. •He has been work-

Ing with MUFON andSkylook personnel inCalifornia, and hasbeen instrumental inthe extensive cov-erage which appearsin the Register ofthe UFO enigma.

The duties of theWest Coast Coordin-ator will includeworking closely withMUFON and Skylookstaffers in Calif-ornia to insure com-plete, accurate, andeffective coverage

of all UFO and related happenings in that area,including news reports, special features, depthstories, and illustrations. v~

In appointing Kirkpatrick, Skylook EditorDwight Connelly said, "The large number of Sky-look readers on the West Coast, coupled with con-siderable UFO activity in that area, have createda need for expanded West Coast coverage in Sky-look. We have had excellent assistance in thatarea for some time, and we feel the area now de-serves to be represented by an extremely well-qualified coordinator. Mr. Kirkpatrick comeshighly recommended by those he has been workingwith in MUFON. I know he will work well with ourpeople in California to make our coverage thereeven better than in the past. "

UFO SIZE OF SMALL HOUSEREPORTED BY CALIFORNIA MAN

WATSONVILLE, CALIF, REGISTER-PAJORONIAN, Dec.13, 1973—Morris D. Cowen, of Corralitos, saidthat on Dec. 10 at 5:30 a.m. a UFO appeared sud-denly as he was walking... He said it was the sizeof a small house, and was about 3,000 feet in theair. He described it as having red lights on top,silvery lights on the bottom, and a wide red bandwhich rotated around its body. It was observedthrough field glasses, and reportedly remainedstationary for 10 minutes.

Kirkpatrick

Center for UFO Studies explainedConsiderable interest has been shown in the

newly-formed Center for UFO Studies, which isdesigned to serve as a central clearinghouse forUFO investigations. Set up under the guidanceof Dr. J. Allen Hynek of Northwestern'Universityit received the early endorsement of MUFON.

The financial aspect of the Center is cur-rently being handled by the Public EducationGroup (PEG), a UFO study group affiliated withMUFON and headed by MUFON Illinois State SectionDirector Sherman J. Larsen. PEG was in existenceand had tax-exempt status prior to the formationof the Center, and volunteered to serve as recip-ient and disburser of funds for the Center untilother arrangements can be made.

A detailed description of the Center has beensubmitted to Skylook by Larsen, as follows:

Introduction . .

The unexplained content of many UFO reportsfrom credible witnesses in many parts of theworld defines a problem and presents a signifi-cant mystery. Any phenomenon which has occupiedthe thought of so many people for so many yearsis surely a subject worthy of serious scientificstudy.

The UFO phenomenon has not been given seriousattention in the past,'yet it is an incontrover-tible fact that a great many unsolved UFO reportsexist. The phenomenon, on the contrary, has beenthe subject of misconceptions, misinformation,and an unscientific approach.

The UFO CENTER has been established for thosewho wish to see positive scientific action takento end a quarter century of misrepresentation andbuffoonery. The evidence is strong that the UFOphenomenon represents new empirical observationsof great potential value to mankind. The work ofthe CENTER is directed toward the discovery ofthe essential nature of the UFO phenomenon.

A definition of a UFO

The CENTER defines a UFO as "the reported per-ception of an object or light seen in the sky orupon the land, the appearance, trajectory andgeneral dynamic and luminescent behavior of whichdo not suggest a logical, conventional explana-tion, and which is not only mystifying to the or-iginal percipient but remains unidentified afterclose scrutiny of all available evidence by per-sons who are technically capable of making a com-mon sense Identification, if one is possible."

J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience

Origin of the CENTER

There exists a growing number.of scientists,,engineers and other professionals, generally as-sociated with universities, laboratories and in-

Dr. J. Allen Hynek

dustry, who have contemplated the possible sig-nificance of the UFO phenomenon. They noted thatsuch significance to science and society was be-ing totally obscured by the popular confusion andgross misconceptions regarding the UFO phenome-non.

The UFO CENTER provides an avenue whereby theinterests and talents of these scientists andother professionals can be focused and brought tobear on this challenging problem. A significantnumber of them have become actively associatedwith the CENTER and have volunteered their tal-ents and facilities.

Objectives of the UFO CENTER

The CENTER has four principal objectives:(1) to pursue a rigorous study and analysis of

the UFO phenomenon, calling upon the talents andservices of CENTER Associates and employing theexisting facilities (computers, physical and bio-logical laboratories, etc.) at universities andin industry wherever possible. While the ulti-mate objective is the solution of the UFO enigmaor, should this not lie within our present scien-tific rubric, then at least to organize and,doc-ument as thoroughly as possible for the futurethis phenomenon which has figured so prominentlyIn the present epoch.

(2) to operate a UFO CENTRAL, a clearing houseto which persons can report UFO experiences with-

out fear of ridicule or unwanted publicity, andwith the knowledge that such reports will be giv-en serious attention.

(3) to provide Bulletins and Technical Reportsand be a source of reliable information about theUFO phenomenon to schools and universities, sci-entific organizations, and to the public in gen-eral.

(A) to assist and help guide correlative stud-ies conducted in this and other countries throughinternational symposia and conferences. It isnot generally known, for instance, that activework in this field is being pursued on severalcontinents.

The interdisciplinary nature of the UFO prob-lem is clearly apparent. There are aspects ofthe problem which are of interest to psycholo-gists, sociologists, . medical practioners andothers. Indeed, there has rarely been a subjectso interdisciplinary in character.

Implementation of the Objectives

To accomplish these objectives, the CENTER as-sumes the following functions and has at present,or is developing, the following facilities:

A. Central Data Bank

The CENTER has access to modern electroniccomputers so 'that a central data bank for UFOdata can be maintained, queried, and constantlyupdated. Information theory and modern methodsof information retrieval, pattern recognition,etc., are used to establish patterns and cor-relations between various UFO parameters (time,place, demographic factors, witness reliability,types of sightings, etc.).

B. Immediate Investigative Facilities

It is essential that current UFO sightings bereported as accurately, fully and as expeditious-ly as possible. A toll-free, nation-wide tele-phone number has been made available to law en-forcement offices across the country, and toother responsible organizations on a 24-hourbasis. This UFO CENTRAL facility is integral tothe operation of the CENTER. It enables theCENTER to be quickly apprised of UFO events, tomake preliminary evaluations, and to dispatchlocal investigators to the scene.

It has been well established that a UFO sight-ing represents a very real event, and often avery frightening experience, to the persons in-volved. The existence of UFO CENTRAL and itsclose association with police departments, civildefense, and various aviation agencies provides aridicule-free avenue for the natural desire onthe part of the witneses to communicate their ex-perience to someone in authority.

C. Laboratory and Theoretical Research

The CENTER'S main efforts are to be directed

toward specific problems arising from the report-ed UFO cases. Thus, for instance, the largenumber of cases in which the UFO has been repor-ted to have interacted with the environment pre-sents a scientific toehold not available in theequally spectacular cases in which, however, no-thing has been left for study except the detailedreports of the witnesses.

The research work is concerned in part withlaboratory analyses of plants, trees and soilthat have been affected by the presence of theUFO; medical study of witnesses who have been re-ported as temporarily blinded, paralyzed and sub-ject to nausea, headaches, etc.; witness credi-bility; statistical studies and theoretical in-vestigations into the dynamic behavior of UFOs.

The problems studied are, thus, not the UFOitself, but the intriguing problems and experi-ments suggested by the consenus of UFO reports.A visitor to laboratories associated with theCENTER might find it hard to discover that theproblems being studied and the experiments beingperformed had any direct connections with UFOs.

In brief, the research would concern itselfwith, for example,

1. Laboratory analysis of residues associ-ated with a UFO Close Encounter.

2. Medical examinations of persons and ani-mals affected.

3. Theoretical studies of the dynamic andluminescent properties of UFOs.

4. Credibility of witnesses.5. Photographic and spectrographic analysis.

Public Participation in' the Work of the CENTER

Persons or organizations interested in fur-thering serious scientific work on the UFO prob-lem can participate best by volunteering theirtechnical facilities, or by making tax-deducti-ble contributions to the Center for UFO Studies,P.O. Box 11, Northfield, Illinois 60093

OBJECT HALF SIZE.OF FOOTBALL FIELDREPORTEDLY HOVERS NEAR OREGON AUTO

LEBANNON, OREGON, EXPRESS, DEC. 13, 1973—Wayne Girard of Lebannon was driving with hiswife Edith on Interstate 5 near Wilsonville whena "large ship about half the length of a footballfield" appeared and hovered in front of theircar. "It couldn't have been mistaken for anythingelse," said Girard. He said he told his wife atthe time that "it looks like we've seen our firstflying saucer."

The "ship" was surrounded by lights located incircular ports about 2 to 3 feet deep, accordingto Girard, and there was one area the shape of aninverted C that had no lights. There was a bluelight located in the center on top of the ship.

The "ship" was in sight for 10 to 15 minutesbefore disappearing behind a hill. Girard didnot report the sighting to police, and was re-portedly hesitant about telling the paper aboutthe experience.

UFO s Behind the Iron CurtainBY JOE BRILL

Although this particular sighting is overtwenty-five years old, I never the less believeit to be one of the best daylight disc sightingson record.

The date of the sighting was June 10, 19A7.The time was approximately 3:30 p.m. The loca-tion was Budapest, Hungary. The newspapers ofHungary did report this incident in a very minorway and it is now impossible to secure any cop-ies of the articles that told of what was seen.

However, one of the eye-witnesses to thisevent has written to me about what was observed,and this is his own personal account of whattook place on that June 10, 1947, day over Buda-pest. The witness's name is Mr. Gyorik-. Ferenc.

"I was standing on the corner of Arena Streeton the right hand corner facing toward Zuglo, atthe place of today's People's Sport Arena. Theflying objects first appeared to my right, wherethe left hand side of the Sport's Arena is todayand the time was approximately 3:30 p.m.

"They were shaped like discs and there werefour of them. Their color was a yellow-reddish.The distance between each of them was aboutfifty meters. The entire observation lasted forthirty seconds and was seen by many people be-sides myself.

"Their elevation in relation to the horizonwas about fifty to sixty degrees above the hori-zon. Their formation was in one straight line,one behind the other. They made a small arc ofabout 120° in their movement around the cornerof the park. The discs were shaped like a plateor a fiat sort of lentil. They appeared to be"swimming" through the sky and after making thecurvature, they disappeared in a northwesterlydirection toward Varosliget Park.

"In measuring the discs with my thumb atarm's length, they were each one thickness ofthe thumb (sideways) in width and two to threethicknesses of the thumb (straight up) in lengthThey were eight to ten thicknesses (straight up)of my thumb apart from one another and theymaintained that distance during the entire ob-servation.

The weather was perfectly clear and there wasnot a cloud in the sky at the time."

According to the United States Air ForceAerospace Intelligence files, there were somefifty reports submitted stating that the witnes-ses had seen strange "silver colored balls fly-ing at fantastic speeds, during the daylighthours" on that same June 10, 1947, day. Thesereports were never investigated as they did notoccur in the United States, but were included in

the Air Fprce Files as having been reported.To my knowledge not a word concerning these

sightings was published in any U. S. newspaper,as Kenneth Arnold's sighting did not occur untilJune 24th of that same year.

Something was observed by at least fifty wit-nesses and it was reported, although very poor-ly, in the press of Hungary. That something wasfour or more strange disc shaped objects thattoday remain as Unidentified.

Cloud-like objectclassified as UFO

(Photo on cover)

In late"January, French national televisionfor the first time showed the public, pictures ofa UFO taken by scientists aboard a Jet flyingover Africa last June.

While the object appears at first glance tobe nothing more than a cloud, Serge.Koutchmy, anastrophysicist at the National Scientific Re-search Center, and Claude Poher, an official ofthe National Center of Space Studies, haveclassified it as an Unidentified Flying Object,according to a UPI news release.

"Study of the enlarged prints indicates theobject was at an altitude higher than the 56,000feet of the Concorde," said Koutchmy.

Because of the altitude involved, most ob-servers would automatically rule out an ordinarycloud as a possible explanation.

The object was estimated to have a diameterof at least 660 feet, according .to Koutchmy.

The object showed up on frames of colorphotos taken by the scientists aboard a Concordesupersonic jet which was flying in the path ofthe June 30 eclipse of the sun. The object wasnot noticed until the film was developed.

By flying in the Concorde, the French,British, and American scientists on board hadthe opportunity of observing and photographingthe eclipse for 85 minutes.

The pilot of the Concorde, Andre Turcat, com-mented that for him the photo "is an interestingand curious document, but I'll not hazard to saywhat it was. After having observed it, you aakyourself what it is—why not. a phenomenon ofionization or the disintegration of a meteorite,for expmple?"

Poher contends that "we must rid this subjectof passion, get used to the evidence, and pre-pare ourselves for more frequent confronta-tions." (Reported by Joe Brill)

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In Others' WordsBY LUCIUS FARISH

NATIONAL ENQUIRER seems to be featuring moreUFO material in their recent issues.- The Feb. 3issue told of sightings in Kentucky, as well ascarrying an article on Josef Blumrich's "Ezek-iel's Wheel'1 spaceship theories. In the Feb. 10issue, Italian sightings and photos were fea-tured, plus an ENQUIRER poll dealing with readers1 ideas on UFOs. Oklahoma sightings and Rev.Carl Mclntire's "20th Century UFO Bureau" weredetailed in the Feb. 17 issue. The Feb. 24 issuetold of.a sighting by Los Angeles, Calif, policeofficers. In the March 3 issue, a Texas sightingreport was given, the preliminary results of thereaders' poll were given (92% believe UFOs r.rereal and extraterrestrial), and various psychicsgave their opinions of UFOs.

Other recent tabloid articles include: A re-port on a lecture by Dr. Hynek in the Jan. 20issue of MODERN PEOPLE; actor Ray Giradin's UFOsighting report in the Jan 27 issue of NATIONALTATTLER; astronaut John W. Young's UFO beliefsand an Arkansas sighting report in the Feb. 3.NATIONAL INSIDER; and reports of encounters withUFO occupants in the Feb. 17 NATIONAL NEWS EXTRA.

The Feb. 17 issue of NATIONAL TATTLER featuredan 8-page "pull-out" section on UFOs.

The Jan., 17 issue of ROLLING STONE contained avery long article on the Pascagoula, Miss. case.In many ways, it was the most informative articleto see print thus far, but the author's "style"and obvious biases would undoubtedly "turn off"many readers.

The Feb. issues of MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED andCRAWDADDY contained roundup articles on the re-cent flap, as do the March issues of MALE andMAN'S. These are largely re-hash.

Feb. ARGOSY has a "Bermuda Triangle" articleby Robert Marx in which he attempts to explainall the happenings in that area by conventionalmeans. Methinks he does not quite succeed.

Jacques Vallee has an article on the supposedpsychic aspects of Ufology in the Jan./Feb. issueof PSYCHIC.

An article in the March issue of FATE gave de-tails of a 1971 sighting near Miamisbiirg, Ohio.

Two articles of interest are to be found inthe March issue of SAGA. Warren Smith reports onthe Pascagoula case (again!), and Joseph Good-avage provides some highly speculative materialon lunar mysteries.

The spring issue of PROBE THE UNKNOWN is a

"UFO special," with most of the articles beingdevoted to the subject. There are interviewswith von Daniken and Dr. Hynek, as well as othermaterial of great interest, including "TheDistortion Factor" by Steve Erdmann, which fea-tures the UFO Study Group of Greater St. Louis.There is also an article about Stanton Friedman.

The first quarterly issue of SAGA's UFO RE-PORT (dated March) will be out shortly. Dale M.Titler and I will have an article on people whoclaim to have touched UFOs in this first issue ofthe. REPORT.

Is there anyone among the SKYLOOK readers whohas not heard of that arcane and supposedly unat-tainable volume, the Varo edition of M. K. Jes-sup's THE CASE FOR THE UFO? If you have beenreading UFO literature for any length of time,you will surely be familiar with the controversywhich has surrounded this document. Well, if,like me, you have always wanted a copy to seewhat all the fuss was about, your problems areover—if you have $25.00 to spare, that is! GrayBarker has recently re-printed the Varo edition,and his own limited edition is now available atthe above-mentioned price. The annotators ofJessup's original book implied that they posses-sed intimate knowledge of UFOs, their origins,motives, etc. Whether or not all this is true,the book does make for fascinating reading. Theoriginal Jessup book was truly a classic andshould be read by anyone with the slightest in-terest in UFOs. The additional material—true orfalse—adds even more for the reader to consider.Copies may be obtained from Saucerian Press, Inc.Box 2223 - Clarksburg, WV 26301.The names of Janet and Colin Bord will be quite

familiar to Ufologists who receive various Bri-tish UFO publications, such as FSR and BUFORAJOURNAL. How the Bords have put together a largeand beautiful book entitled MYSTERIOUS BRITAIN,which chronicles the many mysteries (includingUFOs) to be found in their homeland. One chapteris devoted entirely to UFOs which have been seenover various parts of Britain, and portions ofother chapters mention possible UFO links withleys and the strange hill figures of large sizewhich are only visible in their entirety from theair. The book is filled with photographs (manytaken by the Bords) and other interesting illus-trations. I think you will find it most absorbj-ing. The price is $14.95 from Doubleday & Co.,™Inc. - 277 Park Avenue - N.Y., ?J.Y. 10017.

Ralph Blum's new book "Beyond Knrth—Man'sContact with ITFO's," will be in the bookstoresApril 1. It is a F.antan paperback.

. ORKGDt! WO* ZAII-CLAIMS UFO FOLLOWS | HER HO'.IE

COOS BAY, OREGON, WORLD, DEC. 6 1973—Mrs.Honore Rigg of North Bend reported spotting a UFOover the Pony Village shopping center laundromatabout 5:30 p.m..Dec. 4. She said the craft fol-lowed her to her home and moved around in thatarea for a few hours. She said the object hov-ered about one foot above the roof of her house,and had green and red and white flashing lights.

Policemen pursue bright objectInvestigative ReportBy Walt Greenawald

MUFON Field Investigator

TIME AND LOCATION: 12 November, 1973: 9:45 to10:00 p.m. PST Los Angeles, Claif., USA. Centralarea of city known as Boyle Heights and in anarea bounded by Whittier Blvd.,Lorena St., Olym-pic Blvd., and Indiana St.

WEATHER: Clear and cool. Temperature was inthe high 50?s with no appreciable wind. Almostfull moon at approximately 45 deg in the south-eastern sky. Stars were clearly visible.

WITNESSES: Primarily two police officers ofthe Los Angeles police Dept., C. C. Smith (29)and Joseph Wynkoop (28) with four and five yearsservice respectively. Officer Smith was inter-viewed for approximately 45 minutes (tape record-ed) and is skeptical of UFOs. He readily admitsthat he (they) saw one, but that he does not knowwhere they originate or what they are. Smithcalled it a UFO because no one could identify theobject.

Other persons in the" area reported seeing aUFO prior to and during the subject sightings;these included two additional policemen from thesame station as Smith and Wynkoop. The privatecitizens who called in UFO reports did not wishto be identified:

SIGHTING: In response to phone calls 'from theBoyle Heights area of East Los,Angeles reportingpossible UFOs, police officers Smith and Wynkoopfrom the Hollenbeck Station were dispatched atapproximately 9:45 p.m. PST to investigate.After searching the area from which the reportscame without seeing anything unusual, they madeone last swing eastward on Whittier Blvd. fromSoto St. Soon after passing the intersection ofEuclid and Whittier, Smith first saw an object onthe north side of Whittier and east of Lorena St.Officer Wynkoop verified what Smith had seen al-most instantly. At this point, the UFO was de&-cending at a 45 degree angle and heading south-west. As they passed under the Pomona Freewayunderpass, several blocks west of Lorena, theylost sight of the UFO f for several seconds.

As they approached the intersection of Lorenaand Whittier the object reappeared from behindresidential homes and small business buildings inthe area; the object was in an ascending flightpath of approximately 45 degrees. At one pointwhile they were traveling east on Whittier, Smithsaid that the UFO passed . behind a supermarketsign and was large enough to overlap the sign.The object was moving relatively slowly at thistime.

This sign, located at Jonson's Market at thenortheast corner of Lorena and Whittier, is ap-proximately 40 feet off the ground. (Editor'sNote: A newspaper report that the object passedin front of the sign is in error.)

The pair turned right on Lorena with the in-

tention of paralleling the object for a possiblephotograph. There was a relatively slow ascent,then the UFO paused momentarily before ascendingat a great rate of speed...(Smith) "It was almostlike the object being in one position at one mo-ment and then being in another at another moment...in the blink of an eye."

The UFO rose to an estimated altitude of 1000to 1500 feet. While near Whittier Blvd. The UFOmust have been very close to the ground to be ob-scured by the local buildings.

At the top of the rapid ascent, the UFO pausedagain and took off again in a horizontal south-west direction at a great rate of speed. The twoofficers followed the • UFO as fast as they couldunder the prevailing conditions down Lorena St.and had to stop their cruiser where Lorena dead-ended into Grand Vista. At this location, OfficerSmith took a photo of the'UFO with a Kodak Insta-matic camera through the windshield of the policevehicle.

During the event, Officer Smith and Wynkoopwere in contact with the watch commander at Hol-lenbeck Station by radio•telephone. Other sight-ings, were reported to the watch commander fromthe same area and during the same time frame. Atleast one of the callers said that the UFO touch-ed down; however, it may have only appeared thatway. Based on the officer's sighting, it doesappear that the UFO only closely approached theground. - . j

OBJECT: The object ' was described as an ovalor oblong shaped. Based on a sketch provided bySmith, it was an ellipse, and most likely, thedevice would have been disc shaped from directlyunderneath. The color was described as a verybright white light with a slight tinge of blue—like a mercury vapor lamp. Smith said it was sobright that one could not look at it for.verylong. A definite shape could be'discerned. Thebrightness was noted to be greater than that ofthe moon. No other details could be determined;i.e., no porthole, no antennae,- or other lights.The object displayed a brilliance without rad-iance or sparkle; There was no movement fromwithin. No noise was heard; however, they werein a closed car. The object did not rotate. Theynoted no abnormal electrical effects on the car;no problems with the radio, ignition or lights.

ESTIMATION OF SIZE: According to an articlein the Los Angeles Times, Officer Wynkoop esti-mated the apparent diameter of the UFO as that ofa half dollar at arms length when, they were aboutsix blocks away. It was assumed that this ratioapplied when they were near the corner of Euclidand Whittier. From Euclid the .estimated flightpath of the UFO scales out to approximately 3000feet. Calculating the diameter of the deviceusing the above numbers, we get a dimension of125 feet, which appears large compared to otherreported UFO dimensional data. The apparent di-ameter ratio used was 1.25" for the coin held at

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30 inches.Officer Smith reported that when the UFO passed

behind the large lighted sign at Jonson's Super-market, it overlapped that of the sign; i.e., itsmajor dimension . exceeded that of the sign by 10to 20 per cent. Using the known horizontal lengthof Jonson's sign (20 feet), and the best guesswhere the UFO crossed Whittier and the: per centoverlap7of the UFO'to the sign (20 per cent), onecan estimate the same horizontal 'dimension .of theUFO by a \different method. This time the sizecame out to - approximately .33 feet, smaller thanthe first method .by a good bit. It is emphasizedthat both" methods are crude ^estimations at thevery most. It would appear 'that-. pfficer-"Wynkoopover estimated the apparent diameter, as the lat-ter method appears to be a better estimate of thetrue size.of the UFO.

During the course of; the chase, Officer Smithrelated that telephone calls were being receivedat Hpllenbeck from the Indiana St. area and thatthe.UFO was reported to be west of Indiana St.This fact substantiates Smith's estimation of theflight path. Thus, from all of,this, the UFO ap-peared to be more on the order of 33 feet in di-ameter.

PHOTOGRAPH: After the subject sighting, thephotograph was taken immediately to the Scientif-ic Investigative Dept. (SID) of LAPD where it wasprocessed and printed. Three officials from SIDevaluated the photo and could not identify theone"light source in the upper left center of theshot which was reported by Smith to be the UFO.No one connected with LAPD could give an opinion,even off the record, of what the light source wasor could be.

Subsequent to the evaluation of the photo, £team from SID accompanied the officers back tothe location where the UFO photo was taken. Thiswas some two hours after the incident and a fogbank had settled into the area. SID personnel atthe site re-evaluated the photo again to deter-mine if. there could have been any extraneouslight sources or conditions to explain the un-known light.

The photograph as reviewed by Mr. Adrian Vanceand the author showed a blurred whitish object a-bout 3/8" in size on a 5" by 7" reproduction. Nousable .details were evident to the reviewers:however, to a more accomplished expert there maybe something of value. It is understood that thenegative is in the hands of Dr. Nathan at JPL;Dr. Nathan is a member of MUFON.

CONCLUSION: The witness, Officer C. C. Smith,by virtue of his job, is trained to be observantand unbiased and thus is a highly credible obser-ver. The UFO sighting as reported by the two of-ficers was substantiated by other unknown personsincluding two other policemen in the generalarea. The photo, although -somewhat lacking indetails of shape and size, etc. does show an un-explained light source. This reported sightingappears to be a true unknown.

Nebraska course on UFO'sBy Elmer Krai

MUFON State Director, Nebraska

In January, the first Nebraska college courseon UFO's was taught at' Doane College in Crete,Neb. >y Associate Professor of Physics Everett W.Gross. An assistant was Associate Professor ofOrganic Chemistry Dr. David H. Smith.

The course was advertised in the college cata-log as "A Current Controversy: UFO's" for thefour-week Interterm. The course had an enroll-ment of 11 students. "The whole idea of thecourse," according to Professor Gross, "was toinvolve the students as deeply as possible in acurrent controversy. They were expected to bringtheir own views and to be exposed to pro and conviews of scientists in the form of guest speakersand UFO literature."

The content of the course centered aroundstellar evolution, the investigation of reports,meteorological phenomena, the occurrence of balllightning, the basis of skepticism for the extra-terrestrial hypothesis, the problem of psycholog-ical phenomena, and problems in photographic evi-dence. In addition, students reported on booksand other materials that presented information onUFO cases and a history of the subj.ect.

Professor Gross said he selected J. AllenHynek's The UFO Experience (Chicago: Henry Reg-nery Company, 1972) as the basic textbook "be-cause Hynek has the correct attitude, namely,there is evidence of a need for scientificstudy."

Members of the Mutual UFO Network suppliedmany materials, including copies of the MUFONSymposium Proceedings (1971-73) and slides fromWalter Andrus, director. Various tape recordingswere provided by Elmer Krai. Additionally,students pooled materials they owned.

Guest speakers were James P. Allison of DoaneCollege, Dr. William Welch of Hastings College,George R. Wilken of the National Weather Serviceoffice in Omaha, Elmer Krai of Grand Island HighSchool, and two professors from the Departmentof Physics at the University of Nebraska.

All of the students stated in a course evalu-ation that they were happy they had registeredfor the course. Some recommended additionalspeakers, especially in the field of plasmas andactual sighting of a UFO. According to ProfessorGross, "A predominance of the students neilevedin the ITH at the end of the course. But mosthad not significantly changed their opinions dur-ing the course."

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Noted columnist suggestsmaking UFO. contacts

Roscoe Drummond, Che noted columnist whowrites for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate,began a January, 1974, column as follows: "Nowthat Unidentified Flying Objects are widely andwisely accepted as.real, the next step whichmust concern everybody is how we here on earthcan begin to make contact."

He notes that "most astronomers now share theonce heretical view of Dr. Harlow Shapley,former director of the Harvard Observatory, thatthere are at least 100 million Inhabited planetsin the universe."

Drummond, who has read and publicly praisedMajor Donald E. Keyhoe's latest book, "AliensFrom Space," says he agrees with Keyhoe's con-tention that the "aliens" probably do not have ahostile intent.

The columnist also believes that "OperationLure," which was developed by Keyhoe and others,should be tried. For those who have not yetread "Aliens From Space," the following descrip-tion of "operation Lure" is excerpted from Key-hoe's book:

"The lure will have three or more dummy UFOs,disc-types with domes, built of aluminum. Eachone will have glass panels to show that no oneis hiding inside. The base will be unmanned,and the nearest humans will be stationed athidden observation posts over a mile distant.

"Near the dummy UFOs will be several 'edu-cational buildings' containing a number of ex-hibits intended to interest UFO crews. Toemphasize that no humans are concealed, theroofs will be made of shatterproof glass, sointeriors can be seen from the air. Each build-;ing will have one glass wall to permit inspecttion on the ground.

"All the observer posts are to be belowground level, except for the camouflaged roofs,below which will be high-powered movie cameras jwith telephoto lenses and concealed telescopes.".

Drummond notes that there is the question ofwhether Earthlings can communicate with the"aliens" after making contact.

Concludes Drummond: "...if humans are not upto communicating with extraterrestrial beings,it is quite likely that the extraterrestrials,whose scientific achievements would be so muchgreater than ours, can communicate with us.Let's try." (Reported by Charles C. Everman)

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UNUSUAL AERIAL OBJECT

The object .was seen % mile south of GravoisMills, Missouri, exact loaation: NE*s, SE , Sec.20, T.41N., R.17W., Morgan County. The obser-vation was made by five adults from 0130 to 0136on Jan. 29, 1969.

The object was seen by the five witnesses asa reddish-pink light source with a very faintbeam of light extending northward from the front;and a brighter beam of light trailing the objectto the south. Through 6x50 binoculars it ap-peared to be circular, with the beams extendingnorth and south. There seemed to be a secondball, much fainter than the larger just in frontof the brighter ball. The brighter beam was al-most pink and was slightly fan-shaped at thesouth end.

The object was measured with a card rulerheld at arms length: it was 1 inch' long and 1/8inch in width at the widest point. The objectwas 35° above the horizon and was due north bycompass reading. A camera was placed atop anautomobile and two time exposures were taken.Scattered clouds moved into the area and theobject was no longer visible.

The brightest section appeared to be about asa 2nd magnitude star. The object did not changecolor or brightness during the 6 minute observa-tion. It was stationary during most of thistime period.

The temperature was 18°, wind from the E-SEat 12 mph. The camera used was a Yashica D, atwin-lens reflex, f/80mm, 3.5. The photographswere taken at f/3.5, exposure time, 15 secondsand 20 seconds. Film used was Tri-X ASA 400, 120.(Reported by Ted Phillips)

Three sightings reported. ,A series of events In Beaver County, Pa., on

Nov. 1 - and 2, 1973, involving three separatesightings, evidence of a possible landing, andpossible VBig Foot" tracks have been reported byInvestigator Robert Boyde. •

The first incident was reported by officerBernard Zlatovich of the Ohioview police, whosaid he was on patrol when he observed an objectat about 6:30 p.m. in Ohioview Township adjoiningMidland, Pa. (about 30 miles northwest of Pitts-burgh). He said the object was traveling fromthe northwest to the southeast _when . first ob-served,-and he. tried to* put • his spotlightvon it.He said' the object moved from:side to:side, dodg-ing his light. The object- hovered above hightension lines near the highway about' 1500 feetfrom the ground for about 15'minutes, he report-ed. Zlatovich .described the object as pie-shapedwith red and white lights revolving in a clock-wise direction. He estimated the size to be thatof a pie plate, from his location. He said thelights were much brighter than a star, and thatthey stayed at the same intensity at all times.There was no visible exhaust, no sound, and nointerference with the patrol car's operation,lights, or radio, according to the officer.

The next incident reportedly occurred aboutan hour later (7:30 p.m.) seven miles to the eastof the first reported sighting. Three girls re-ported that they observed an object hovering inthe vicinity of the atomic power plant at Ship-pinport, Pa., as they were returning home to In-dustry, Pa., in an auto. They described the ob--ject as having red, white, and green lights, butthey were unable to see beyond the lights. Theysaid the object also had a very bright beam oflight extending from the bottom, and that thelights stayed the same intensity at all times.The three girls—Debbie Hawthorne, PaulettaCroyle, and Bonnie Lofhus—said the objecthovered for about five minutes, and apparentlymade no sound. There reportedly was televisioninterference, and noticable animal disturbances(dogs'"carried on and barked"). The girls stop-ped at a friend's house and reported the incidentto police.

The third incident reportedly occurred an hourlater (8:30 p.m.) in the Midland Heights area,very close to where officer Zlatovich had report-edly seen an object earlier. A Mr. Varvette andseveral youngsters said they saw the object, thenJumped into a car to follow it. The object, whichhad been moving to the east, was described as be-ing about 40 feet in diameter, with red, white,and green lights on the bottom. As the auto withMr. Varvette and the youngsters came over a risein the road, the object reportedly gained alti-tude in a straight direction. It was about 3,300feet from their location when this occurred. Thewitnesses said they were near a pasture, andcould hear that - the cattle were very disturbed.At the time of the sighting, the Midland police

The above drawing has been sketched from oneprovided by Investigator Robert Royde of the pos-sible landing site of a UFO on or about IIov. 1,1973, in Beaver County, Pa.

were reportedly looking for Ma strange "animal,"and did not see the object, which had passed overa housing project. . . .

The final incident occurred the next day whenMr. Varvette and a friend were hunting wild game.They reportedly noticed an unusual "perfect cir-cle ' near the edge of a pasture where a woodedarea began. Near the circle were holes on thesloping side of the ground, according to Mr. Var-vette. To the rear of the housing project, foot-prints resembling those of the "Big Foot" crea-ture were reportedly found. A woman in the pro-ject, who was not identified in the report,claimed that she saw two large, round, greenisheyes staring from the woods as her flashlight hitthem.

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1974 Symposium June 22 in AkronEach year the MUTUAL UFO NETWORK (MUFON) spon-

sors an annual symposium devoted to the study andsharing of information on the phenomenon known asunidentified flying objects.

A real challenge has faced the committee plan-ning the 1974 Symposium after the highly success-ful event held in Kansas City, Mo. in 1973. Thehost organizations are the pioneer UFO groups"Flying Saucer Investigating Committee" (FSIC) ofAkron, Ohio, and the Cleveland Ufology Project"(CUP) of Cleveland. The conference will takeplace in the beautiful multistory Cascade HolidayInn, 5 Cascade Plaza, Akron, Ohio 4430$.The featured evening speaker, Stanton T. Fried-

man, a nuclear physicist by profession and now apopular UFO lecturer at colleges and universi-ties, will present overwhelming evidence that"flying saucers are real" in his own dynamic man-ner.

A newcomer to the MUFON lecturn, but a veteranon the UFO scene in the field of psychiatry,Berthold E. Schwarz, H. D., has titled his speech"PSI, Saucers, and Psychiatry."

A researcher Imown around the _world for hisspecialization in UFO landing case traces, TedPhillips, will speak for the fifth consecutiveannual symposium on current outstanding landingcases in his file, noxv numbering more than GOO.

The "Barney and Betty Hill Occupant Case" hasbeen further documented through the study andresearch conducted by Miss Ilarjorie E. Fish inher scale'model star map depicting the "traderoutes" between stars drawn by Betty Hill whileshe was under hypnosis. Miss Fish will share herfabulous work with symposium participants in herlecture.

Ralph Blum, author of the Mew Bantam paperbackbook titled "Beyond Earth—Man's Contact withUFOs" will discuss in detail some of the mostcreditable UFO sightings during the 1973 "flap."He has appropriately titled his talk "From Scof-fer, to Skeptic, to Believer, in Twelve HecticMonths." His wife Judy collaborated in the prep-aration of his book.

After publishing papers in both the .1972 and1973 MUFON Symposium Proceedings, the ReverendBarry H. Downing, Ph.D., author of the best sell-ing book "The Bible and Flying Saucers," plans tospeak in Akron on June 22.

Walt Andrus, director of the Mutual UFO Het-work, will make an introductory speech on the or-ganization and work being performed by MUFONthroughout the world.

Spearheading the local arrangements in Akronwill be Lawrence "Larry" Moyers, MUF01I State Di-rector for Ohio; Earl J. Neff, "Dean of Ufolo-gists" and A. E. "Marc" Candusso—veterans inthe UFO field, ably assisted by members of thetwo host organizations.

Ticket and reservation information will appearin subsequent issues of SKYLOOK. As Mr. Candusso

Stanton T. Friedman

would say, "Mark" June 22 on your calendar now,so that you may plan;to attend this most enjoya-ble educational and social event. With properplanning, the gasoline and energy "crisis" shouldnot present a problem. We hope to see you inAkron.

Amateur radio luncheon scheduledBy W. P. ArmstrongSt. Louis, Mo.

Plan now to come to the 1974 MUFON Symposiumin Akron on June 22, and to attend the specialluncheon for amateur radio operators at r.oon.This luncheon is being planned especially fpr thehams who check in on the MUFON Radio Net on Sat-urday mornings. It will be an 'opportunity forthe first face-to-face contacts for many of thoseactive in the net. However, all hams attendingthe Symposium are welcome to come to the lunch-eon. Details of rooms exact time, cost, etc. willbe covered in the April and May issues of SKY-LOOK.

The 1-IUFOH r.adio Net meets every Saturday morn-ing at 8 a.m. Central Time on 3975 kHz usingsingle sideband. Net control is usually byHA9ARG, Marshall Coins, in Quincy, 111., withMUFOII Director Halt Andrus, W9KHC, tied in bytelephone fron his home. Usually from 5 to 10or more hams report .into the net; they are spreadout over Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Mis-souri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Allhams with an interest in UFOs are welconc on thenet.

The I1UF01I Radio Net was started1970, by 'Ron M. Anderson, HA9PAM,Falls, Wis., who is director ofCommunications for HIJFON. The netlarly ever since, initially twice a month and nowevery week. The net meetings usually run fron 60to 90 minutes. Reports of recent UFO sightingsand the latest MUFON news items are exchanged.

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Symposium bus plannedIn order to avoid the gasoline shortage and

possible gas rationing, the UFO Study Group ofGreater St. Louis has made tentative plans .tocharter a bus round-trip from St. Louis, Mo., toAkron, Ohio. The bus would leave St. Louis atnoon CDST on Friday, June 21, arriving in Akron,Ohio, at the Cascade Holiday Inn at midnight. Thereturn trip would depart Akron at 1 p. m. EST onSunday, June 23, terminating in St. Louis thatevening at midnight. Two sizes of buses areavailable .from the St. Louis Cape Bus Lines; a 40and a 49 passenger vehicle. The round-trip fareusing the forty passenger bus would be $23.00 andif the forty-nine seat bus was used the farewould be only $20.00 plus tax. (This is a fan-tastic bargain, since the regular round-trip fareto Akron from St. Louis by bus is $51.00.

To take advantage of this terrific offer, res-ervations must be received by March 24, 1974.Please send your written request for reservations(no money at this time) to: UFO STUDY GROUP OFST. LOUIS, P. 0. Box 9, O'Fallon, Mo. 63366 indi-cating the number of reservations that you def-initely desire. Once the bus is reserved on a

"first-come" basis, they will accept alternatesfor replacements to fill any vacancies. If theresponse is overwhelming, two buses will be char-tered provided firm reservations are committed.

Missouri and Illinois people within a reason-able driving distance of St. Louis will bene-fit from this arrangement to attend this out-standing UFO Symposium. (See details in thisissue of SKYLOOK.) Incidentally, 180 rooms havealready been blocked off for "MUFON people at theCascade Holiday Inn. See the next issue of SKY-LOOK for the special reduced room rates. Makeyour plans now to attend the 1974 UFO Symposiumby reserving your seats on the "UFO SPECIAL FORAKRON."

WOMEN CLAIM OBJECT FOLLOVJEDTHEIR CAR. ON TEXAS HIGHWAY

DALLAS, TEXAS, TIMES HERALD, NOV. 20, 1973—Mrs. Faye Seeley and Mrs. Faye Hilemari and theirchildren were returning to their homes in Rosebudfrom Buffalo at about 8:15 p. m. on November18 when they saw a triangular shaped object. Theyat first thought it was a star, but the objectbrightened and dimmed, then began to pace theircar. "It came down to about two car lengths offthe ground and just sat there like it was daringus to come closer," said Mrs. Seeley. She saidshe turned the car around and took off in theopposite direction. "It rose back into the air alittle distance and began to follow," said Mrs.Hileman. "It came quickly for awhile as if try-ing to catch up. But when we saw the lights of acar up ahead.lt just slowed and followed. Whenwe caught up with the other car the light fromthe object dimmed and it went straight up in theair and out of sight."

OKLAHOMA DAIRY FARMER REPORTS" ABJECT LANDED IN HIS PASTURE .

ASSOCIATED PRESS, FEB. 18, 1974—Clay Knight,a dairy faj ner .who lives near Vinita, Okla., hasreported that a silvery, flashing object "thesize of a bedroom" took off and landed on hisfarm Feb. 18.

Knight said the object was first sighted about4:30 a.m. as he was getting his herd out for ear-ly morning milking. He said that it was risingstraight up out of the pasture when he first sawit, then it took of and went a little ways andappeared to land again. "The last time it justwent straight up-in the air and disappeared."

Knight said the object was shiny silver color,had flashing red or orange lights, and was makinga high pitched noise-real shrill, sort of a whis-tling sound.

The noise and lights reportedly scattered theBattle, and scared them so badly they "wouldn'tgive a drop of milk," according to Deputy SheriffJoe Davenport. "His herd dog was so scared thatit took off to the house or garage or somewhere,and he never could get It to come out again."

Davenport said, "It wasn't any prank or fakecall. He was really sincere about -it and wasscared." The deputy added, "I don't have anyreason not to believe him. He's a college grad-uate and obviously a man of high intelligence,and he definitely saw something." (News clipssent in by Hazel Pugh, Sid Shouse, and NormaShort)

300- FOOT LONG RED-ORANGE OBJECTREPORTED BY COUPLE IN MISSOURI

WARRENSBUKG, MO, STAR-JOURNAL, DEC. 11, 1973—Mrs. Jay R. Hodges said that on Dec. 2, about11:15 p.m., she looked out the window and saw anorange glow. She called her husband, and they

described it as a "300-foot long red-orange shapefloating above the tree level." Mr. Hodges, whois a former aircraft mechanic, said, "We had a-bout seven or eight minutes to study the thing5and I tried to think through every possible aero-nautical principle for an explanation. Long be-fore it disappeared I had decided that it made noearthly sense." The Hodges said the object look-ed like a bowl. Mr. Hodges likened it to anorange, split in half, with the flat side up.Mrs. Hodges described the color as that of hotred coals in the middle of a wood fire. Mr.Hodges, judging by the light shed on trees be-neath the object, estimated it to be 200 to 300feet in length. Mrs. Hodges, judging by thenumber of Centerview street lights it stretchedacross, came up with the same figure. Both saidthe object hovered at treetop level without anyapparent movement. After seven or eight minutesthe object slowly moved directly away from thewitnesses with no rapid change of color, althoughthe intensity diminished as the object moved far-ther away.

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14 ring reports in 1973 landingsBy Ted PhillipsMUFON Secretary

As in years past, 1973 produced a number ofnew "ring" reports. In all, 14 cases involvedcircular landing sites, described as burnt, de-pressed, or dehydrated. One must remember theDelphos, Kansas, case in looking at the two re-ports in which the soil glowed, and the six re-ports in which a white material was found in thering soil. The ring sites ranged from four to 42feet in diameter. In at least four of the 1973cases, the witnesses were within 50 feet of thelanded UFO. The largest number of witnesses to asingle UFO-trace event was 16. The sighting oflongest duration lasted just over one hour.

January 8, 1973 A freshman at East HighSchool in Ellenboro, North Carolina, reportedseeing a small object land behind his home. Asit landed, a "funny squealing noise" was producedover a radio. The witness tried to approach thered and gold object and it ascended with a loudreport. A hole was found with black particles onthe snow around it. A greenish fluid filled thehole.

February 9, 1973 Durban, Rhodesia, witnessfound a ring near his home following numerous UFOreports in the area. The ring was 10 feet in di-ameter and the perimeter was covered with a fine,brown dust. Inside there appeared another ring,covered with a gray powder. In the center of thering, imprints.

March 7, 1973 Akron, Ohio, four witnessesobserved a UFO landing. The witnesses contactedpolice who found a burned area.

April 1973 Navarre, Australia, threewitnesses saw a globe of light rising over nearbytrees. A 42-foot circle xras found. The soiloutside the ring was dark and moist with the ringsoil heavily loaded with a silvery-white sub-stance to a depth of four inches.

.May, 1973 Queenstown, Africa, two witnes-ses heard a strange sound as their bedroom wasilluminated by a bright glow. They found fourimprints 23cm long and 15cm wide. The four im-prints form an area ten feet long and five feetwide. The grass in the area was dying and turn-ing brown.

June 28, 1973 Columbia, Missouri, threewitnesses observed an oval-shaped object glox^ingwith a silver-white light near the ground. Theobject was 40 feet away at the closest point.The house lights failed two times and the tele-phone was dead for about 3 minutes. The objectilluminated an area about 100 feet wide, trees a-round the object were moving violently back andforth. The observation lasted about 35 minutes.Several imprints were found, a large tree limbwas twisted and pulled down. Leaves in the areaturned brown and died within a few days. Leaves

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PHYSICAL TRACE REPORTS: MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION

JAN FEE MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

A SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL TRACE REPORTS: 1973

After receiving information on nearly 2,000 UFO xeports for the period ofJanuary - December, 1973, we find that there were well over 100 reportedlanding cases* Of these, 57 involved physical traces. The worldwide dis-tribution is as follows:

United States 47Rhodesia...... 1Spain.*... 1

England..*..........* 2Australia 5Sputh Africa . 1

In the United States, the reports were as follows:

Alabama........*.*..* 2Arkansas..... 1Florida 1Indiana .....*.. 1Louisiana.....* 1Mississippi.......... 2Nebraska 1Ohio 5Pennsylvania 5

Reports with two or more witnesses.....* 47%Reports with one witness ............. *.. 34%Reports with traces, no witnesses.....*

Object touched ground ........... . ....... 57$Object near ground...... ..... . ....... ... 43%

Effects (animal, human, mechanical).. 10 casesOccupants ............. ............... 5 cases

The UFOs observed were reported as:

Disc-shaped ......... . ................ ... 11%Triangular ........ . ..................... 4%Cigar-shaped. t . . . . .............. ........ 9$Light Mass ...... ........... . ..... ....... 10%

Metallic..... .............. ..... ..... ... 26%Red-Orange ............ .. ................ 47%Gold ................... ..., ....... . ..... 21%White ................................... 6*

Arizona.............. 1California 2Georgia 2Iowa................. 4Michigan 3Missouri............. 6North Carolina 1Oklahoma 1Tennessee 8

Compiled by Ted Phillips

Landing site data:

Circular 14 casesOval 1 caseDepressed 11 casesDehydrated 5 casesBurned 15 .casesTrees damaged 6,casesImprints.. 18 casesUnusual fluid found at site 1 caseWhite material found in ring soil 6 casesSoil glowed following observation....... 2 cases

July 29, 1973 Irwin, Pennsylvania,' a roundobject was seen a few feet off the ground. Vio-.

lent animal reaction. A small tree began to dieshortly after the event.

September 13, 1973.....Roodport, England, sev-eral" witnesses reported seeing a saucer-like ob-ject with a smaller golden ball beneath it emit-ting sparks and smoke over trees about 125 feetfrom them. The roof of a double garage liftedand fell on the back of the roof of their home.The object took off in a westerly direction.

October 1, 1973 ;Giles County, Tennessee,two witnesses reported seeing an egg-shaped ob-ject with a brilliant white light at the top. Theobject disappeared behind nearby trees. Imprintswere found.

October 18,' 1973 Zachary, Louisiana, a

young.boy observed a cigar-shaped object flying

overhead. The object emitted a white, silky sub-stance which fell to the ground. The materialevaporated at the touch.

November 4, 1973 Kansas City, Missouri,several witnesses saw silvery discs overhead at1000. A white material fell to the ground.

December 13, 1973.....Bradenton, Florida, wit-nesses saw a UFO at low level. Witnesses auto-mobile damaged by material dropped from object.

UMBRELLA-SIIAPED DOME REPORTEDBY WASHINGTON STATE WOMAN

OLYMPIA, WASH, OLYMPIAN, DEC. 26, 1973—MyraR. Suaza told deputies she saw a strange flyingobject while driving on Interstate 5 and JordanRoad Dec. 24. She described it as oval shaped,with an umbrella-shaped dome and red and greenlights.

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sighting logOn Feb. 6, 1974, (Wednesday) Miss Connie Butler

called SKYNET if3 Druffel to report an object shehad viewed five minutes earlier over the San Fer-nando Valley, Calif. She had called the Van Nuyspolice department and had been referred by Oper-ator #83.

She stated she had been returning from a dance-exercise class in Woodland Hills, and was drivingnorth toward Canoga Park when she noticed abright white light in the northern sky. It wasmuch brighter than a star or planet and at firstshe thought it was a spotlight on a sheriff'shelicopter. She stopped the car to watch it whenshe realized it was not moving as an aircraftwould do.

It stayed stationary during "two or threesongs" on the car radio. She was on a road abovethe houses in Woodland Kills, in hilly terrain,and the object seemed to be above Chatsworth andSimi Valley further to the northwest.

The light had been steady and motionless up tothis time, but it suddenly I:shot rays," which shedescribed as similar to the rays a child drawsaround the sun. The "rays" were definite and verybright, and the whole object flared brighter atthis time. It pulsed erratically for about 10seconds, then began to move very slowly towardthe southwest.

After the rays shot out, a red color began tospread from the center, and the entire object be-came a beautiful brilliant red, and quickly as-sumed the shape of a "cigar" about size of thefull moon. She noticed a few pulsations, moreregular than erratic, as the object moved awayfrom her. As it faded into the distance the pul-sations were no longer noticeable. She watched afew minutes more (making the entire duration ofsighting about 10 minutes) while it moved slowlyto the southwest. Eventually it faded from viewinto the distance. No radio static noted.

Time of sighting was 10:00 or 10:05 p.m. Wit-ness states that the edges of the cigar shapewere clearly defined. She feels it was somethingtruly strange. She is interested in UFOs fromhearing her friends discuss them, and from see-ing an "orange cone-shaped" object a few monthsago in the Mohave Desert, in the company of fourfriends, Sighting forms (MUFON) sent.

A possible corollary to this sighting mightexist in the sighting early on the morning ofFeb. 6 in Ilorthridge. This is the same generalarea as Miss Butler's sighting, and occurred somefourteen hours before hers. A Mrs. Helen Mahanof Northridge reported to Mrs. Idabel Eppersonthat she had awakened between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m.and viewed a bright white light' approximately %size of the full moon. It was "bouncing as iffloating." She described a tiny light at the po-sition of 4:00 o'clock on the big light. Thistiny light spurted out from time to time. The

object moved toward the northeast and out of hersight. Duration of sighting, 20 seconds.

During the entire day of February 6 therewere northeasterly winds throughout the LosAngeles Basin, gusting at times up to gale force.The Mahan sighting, therefore, was reportedtraveling directly against the winds. The Butlersighting moved generally with the winds, and itwas considered a possible flare balloon at thetime it was reported.

There are some aspects of the Butler case,however, which work against it being a hoax bal-loon:

1. No type of highway flare is knovm atpresent to the investigator that appears whitefirst, then changes to red. Flare balloons whichhave been observed in this area are red fromstart to finish, and always maintain a brilliant"point source" appearance. Miss Butler reportedsharply defined edges to the cigar shaped redobject.

2. The deliberate, slow movement of the objectafter remaining stationary for several minutes isnot typical of the course of hoax balloons, es-pecially in a strong wind.

3. If one considers the light "spurting dut"on the side of the Mahan object as being turnedtoward the observer, it possibly could have giventhe appearance of "rays shooting out" over theentire object, as reported by Miss Butler.

Other UFO's of this same general descriptionhave been seen on successive days over the LosAngeles basin. (Investigation and report by AnnDruffel for Mutual UFO Network)

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Argentine contact case lacks detailsA contact report somewhat like the famous Betty

and Barney Hill case, as well as the more recentPascagoula episode, has been reported from Argen-tina. Although details of the case, , includingthe exact date of the alleged contact, are some-what sketchy at this point, it has received wide-spread publicity in the media.

The following summary has been pieced togetherfrom UPI, La Nacion, the Cross Country News, theNational Tattler, and other sources as the bestcurrently available. There has been no MUFON in-vestigation of this report thus far although JoeBrill, International Coordinator for MUFON, isattempting to gather reliable information on thecase. Any additional facts will be reported asthey are known. The reliability of the allegedwitnesses has not been checked, and no final con-clusions should be drawn from the sketchy and un-checked information available at this point. Thestory is as follows:

A 25-year-old Argentine trucker, DionisioYanka, has been under treatment by a team of sixdoctors in Bahia Blanca (400 miles southwest ofBuenos Aires) since October, 1973, after report-ingedly being taken aboard a spacecraft, accordingto the newspaper La Nacion.

Dr. Eduardo Marta, of Bahia Blanca, was sup-posedly the first physician to treat Yanca. Ina Jan. 21 interview with newsman David Day ofKFJZ, Ft. Worth, Texas, Dr. Marta reportedly said(through translator Kathy Alcala) that Yancawandered around for some time suffering from am-nesia and shock before wandering into the hospit-al and meeting Dr. Mata.

Dr. Mata srid he began to treat Yanca, butcould not learn what had upset hin, as the pa-tient simply would not tell his story. Finally,under hypnosis and the so-called truth drugsodium pentathol, Yanca said he had been taken a-board a spacecraft.

According to Dr. Mata, Yanca has been placedunder hypnosis and given sodium pentathol on num-erous occasions during a two-month period, and oneach occasion his facial expression takes on ex-actly the same look, and the story is told inprecisely the same way.

According to La Nacion, Yanca said he spent anhour and a half aboard the spacecraft. While a-board, the craft reportedly hovered over a powerline, and placed a cable on the power line "and a-nother cable in a nearby lagoon, apparently totake on power. La Nacion said a local powercompany reported a sudden, sharp, and unexplainedrise in electrical consumption at about the timethe incident reportedly took place.

La Nacion also reported that an Argentine airbase near Bahia Blanca sighted a UFO on the sameday Yanca was reportedly abducted. NationalTattler says the sighting was by six ArgentineNavy men in a control tower, who tracked the UFOfor 20 minutes. They reportedly were using so-

phisticated electronic tracking gear, and werecertain that the object was not a plane or a sat-ellite.

According to the Tattler, the incident beganwhen Yanca stopped on a highway to fix a flattire. He reportedly told authorities that a craftwith a brilliant white light landed near him, andthree creatures emerged. According to the Tat-tler, Yanca said the creatures had "huge, bulgingeyes, and they were dressed in tight-fitting jumpsuits when they stepped out of that strange ve-hicle." Yanca reportedly tried to flee, but oneof the creatures placed a hand on his shoulder."Immediately a light hit my head and I don't re-member anything else," Yanca is quoted as saying.

Under hypnosis, Yanca is reported by La Nacionas saying that the creatures communicated withhim by humming voices which were made intelligi-ble through a loudspeaker, and that they predic-ted the Earth would suffer grave events in thefuture. The creatures were reportedly trying toascertain whether man could survive in theirplanet's atmosphere, in another galaxy, if theEarth were destroyed.

There is more detail to the story, accordingto Dr. Mata, but he said he was not at liberty totell the rest of it, citing doctor-patient sec-recy relationships. The doctor reportedly saidthat the story, as related, appears to be true.(From information provided by Charles Kahlert,Ray Hobbs, Norma Short, and Joe Brill.)

OBJECT WITH AMBER AND WHITE LIGHTSREPORTED MEAI. GROUND IN CALIFORNIA

At about 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 25, at Lemoore,Calif., Charlie Kendall, the owner of a pizzaparlor, reportedly spotted a round object withnumerous amber and white lights about 15 to 20feet above the ground near his home.

He said he was first attracted by a hissingsound, and "at first I thought it was a pickuptruck with a spotlight on top." Soon after theobject was spotted, it reportedly soared into theair, hissing "like an idling jet" and making aclicking sound "like a bicycle when kids putcardboard against the spokes."

He estimated that the object was about 12 feetin diameter, and said that it rotated in a clock-wise direction.

Kendall, who noted that he never really putmuch stock in UFO's before, said the object dis-appeared after soaring into the air, but returneda few minutes later, flying back and forth indifferent directions, and changing altitude rap-idly before speeding off to the south.

"I have done some flying," he said, "but Ihave never seen anything that could change al-titudes as quickly and gracefully as this thing."

Kendall's wife and two friends were called outand they also reportedly saw the object.(Reportedfrom a UPI dispatch)

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AstronomyNotes

By Mark R. Berbstritt

MARCH SKY

Venus—is a morning star rising in the south-east about 2 hours before the Sun.Mars—is past the meridian at sunset and sets

before midnight, being in the southwest at 9 p.m. CST.

Jupiter—may be seen briefly very low in theeast before sunrise.Saturn—is on the meridian at sunset and sets

after midnight.

STUDENT CONVINCED HE SAW UFOWHILE GAZING OUT CLASSROOM WINDOW

CHULA.VISTA, CALIF, STAR NEWS, DEC. 13, 1973—Christoper Logue, 11, was gazing out a classroomwindow when he saw an object "shaped like a disc'which looked like "a shiny china plate." He saidthe top of it was toward the sun, and the bottomwas real shiny like it was glowing." He said heand "my friend Charles" saw the object, and "Ijust screamed UFO and everybody ran outside." Theobject had disappeared by the time the class gotoutside, however. "I checked out a book fron thelibrary right after," he said, "and my flyingsaucer was right there in the book. It was justlike the one I saw."

OKLAHOMA DAIRY FARMER REPORTSTRIANGULAR UFO FLIES ABOVE FARM

CLINTON, OKLA, DAILY NEWS, NOV. 30 1973—George Meacham, who lives three miles from Hydro,said he had finished his dairy chores about 7:55p.m. on Nov. 29 when he looked out a window ofhis barn and saw two large lights coming in hisdirection. He stepped out -:f the barn and sawthat the lights were star-shaped "with definitestar points visible." He called his son, a col-lege senior, from the house, and they watched itmove overhead. The object had a triangular shapeTwo points had bright red flashing lights, andthe other point had a blue-green flashing light."All the lights blinked very, very rapidly," hesaid, "unlike airplane lights." The craft hadanother light that appeared to be detached up a-bove the object. "It appeared, with the lightabove, that the craft had some type of upperstructure—like a cabin—but we could not seeit," Meacham said. He said the object appearedto be about one-half to three-fourths of a milehigh, traveling about 70 or 80 miles an hour atthe maximum. "It was motor driven and not of thenormal variety," he said, emphasizing that it wasnot an airplane or helicopter or other type ofaircraft he had seen before.

TEXAS WOMAN' AND GRANDSONREPORT UFO HOVERING IN PASTURE

CALVERT, TEXAS, TRIBUNE, DEC. 20, 1973—Atabout 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, Mrs. Nita Smithermanwas driving with her four-year-old grandson,Brent, on the Old Hearne Road north of Calvertwhen Brent suddenly began talking about "spacemen in our pasture." He insisted there was aspace ship in their pasture near the calf pen,and when Mrs. Smitherman looked, she says she sawa strange object hovering over the pasture,blinking very bright red lights. She said shecould not see the outline of the craft clearly,but that a tower type structure was visible ontop, and a very intensely bright red lightwas on top of this structure. At each end of thecraft, which appeared to be oval, were long an-tennas that seemed to gather and throw the redlights in a pulsating motion. "The light on thewest end was huge," she said, "and it glowedmaroon-like." Mrs. Smitherman pullad into heryard and went inside to tell her husband. Whenhe came outside and neared the fence, the object"made a whooshing sound and took off faster thanthe eye could follow." It settled down again inthe distance.behind a row of trees.

OREGON WOMAN REPORTS OBJECTHOVERING OVER NEIGHBORS' ROOFTOPS

PORTLAND, OREGON, JOURNAL, DEC. 6, 1973—Mrs.Sylvia Glidden, 46, of Vancouver, Washington,told sheriff's deputies that she saw a mysteriousobject hovering over neighboring rooftops Dec. 4.She described the object as having "red and greenlights: and being a "large circular object." Shesaid it hovered for about 20 minutes, then van-ished with the approach of an aircraft. Herteenage son and daughter said they saw the ob-ject, as did others in the neighborhood.

BRIGHT OBJECT SIZE OF HOUSEREPORTED BY MICHIGAN WOMAN

PETOSKEY, MICH, NEWS-REVIEW, DEC. 4, 1973—Mrs.Jeanette Cornell of Horton Bay says she sighted aUFO at about 11:30 p.m., Dec. 3. She said she sawa bright orange object about the size of a househovering over trees off the Pincherry Rd. as shewas driving near her home. "It was right at thetop of the trees," she said. "I drove right offthe road." She said the object was mushroom-shaped, had no direct rays around it, and kind ofglowed. She said her car windows were down, andthe object made no sound.

OBJECT WITH BLUE LIGHTSREPORTED BY WASHINGTON WOMAN

WALLA WALLA, WASH, UNION BULLETIN, JAN. 3, 1974—Mrs. Ebba Davis reported that she was lookingout her kitchen window about 7 p.m. on Jan. 1when she saw "a large blue object with lights allaround it and inside it." She said it "just satstill for about 20 minutes off in the distancebefore moving on." Police officers said she "wasvery convincing," and that she had previouslyseen a UFO early last fall.

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