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Number 84S Y O OThe UFO Monthly November, 1974

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF MUTUAL UFO NETWORK, INC.

This is the third photo in aseriesallegedly taken Feb. 15, 1974, by Mr. JorrriaViita in Odense, Denmark. Mr. Viita esti-

matedthesizeof the objectas 20 to 30feetindiameter, andabout.six feet high. Hesaidit wassilver greyincolor,and hadblack holes

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SKYLOOKThe UFO Monthly26 Edgewood DriveQuincy, Illinois 62301Dwight ConnellyEditorCarolyn ConnellyBusiness ManagerWalter R AndrusDirector of MUFONTed BloecherHurhanoid /Occupant CasesJoseph M .BrillInternational CoordinatorThe Rev.Dr. Barry DowningReligion and U F O sLucius ParishBooks, Periodicals, HistoryMarjorieFishExtraterrestrial Life 'Stan GordonCreatures &UFO' sMark HerbstrittAstronomyRosetta HolmesPromotion/PublicityBob K irkpatrickWest Coast CoordinatorTedPhillipsU F O Landing TracesDavid A. SchrothSt.Louis/Mass MediaJohn F. SchuesslerU FO PropulsionNorma E. ShortEditor-Publisher Emeritus

InThis IssueDirector's Message Branch Hill occupant case . . .I '.Massachusetts sighting indaylight reported'Robot' occupants reported in CanadaPossible physical evidencefound in Pa.In Others' Words :UFO photos allegedly taken in DenmarkUFO photos from Belgium 'different' :'Flight 412' not a TV 'fictional' programUFO documentaries scheduledMUFON dues, Skylook subs to be combinedAstronom y Notes ..

Skylook, the UFO M onthly, ispublished monthly by Dwight Connelly, 26EdgewoodDrive, Quincy, Illinois 62301. Subscription rates: United States and Canada, $5.00per year; foreign, $6.00per year; 50cents per copy.Second class postagepaid at Quincy, IL. 62301

DearMr.Connelly,I was most interested tosee, in theOctober, 1974,Skylook, a fewcom-ments addressed to my article onUFO' s an ddeception, which had pre-viously appeared. SinceM r. Hallhasapparently misunderstood th e pointI was trying to make, I would liket osay a few wordsin clarification. I amnot sure how I feel about being re-ferred to as an "agent provocateur"or a "noise generator," but I thinkthese epithets areundeserved.My point is that we should con-sider that U F Obeings might wan ttodeceive us. Some reasons fo r this Ipu t forward in my article; theremight wellb eother reasons. Thatweshould be on guard against such de-ception does not imply that wemakea complete change in regard to ourapproach.Mr. Hall says that "If wemake th eassumption that we are deliberatelybeing misled, then the only 'counter-strategy' would be to discard whatou rsensesand our science can tellu sabout UFO' s an d start substitutingpureim agination." Th at this assertionis an exaggerationc an easily beseeni f I were to suggest that since theRussians con tinually try to deceiveus about their strategic capabilities,

we should give up taking satelpictures andsubstitute pu re imagiion.Thisisclearly absu rd.My suggestion about deceptionnot, as M r.Hallwould suggest,acosel ofdespair, bu t rather one ofction.I am simply suggesting that pterns we find in lookinga t U FOdmay becon trived. This doesn otmethat weshould throwth edata awthere may beim portant clues in iwhat is really happening.As farthis, IagreewithJohn K eel.I think in this context that maresearchers might profit f rom reing someof the better case-studiestrategic deception.One I wouldrommend is Barton Whaley's Coword Barbarossa (MITPress, 19which deals with how the Germmanaged to deceive th e Russiinto thinking that they were n ot abto beinvaded.I do not believe that I havesuperior pipeline to truth," as MHall clearly suggests. As my articlearly states, I am only trying give the strategic point ofviewsoairing." Indeed, I think it does sdeserve some serious con sideratiSincerely,Ron WestrumM U F O N SociologyConsul t

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Director s MessageBy Walt Andrus

The Board ofDirectors ofMUFONis extremely proud to announce thatRaymondE. Fowler has accepted theposition of Director for Investiga-tions. Ray was born inSalem, Mass.,in 1933 and graduated magna cumlaudefrom Gordon College, Wenham,Mass., in 1960. He is employed byG.T.E. Sylvania, Needham, Mass., intheC.S.D. Minuteman Program as aProjectAdministrator Supervisor. Heand hi s wife ,Margaret, an d their f o u rchildren l ive at 13Friend Court, Wen-ham, Mass. 01984, telephone A C 6 1 7

468-4815. Ray has been interested inUFO's for 25years and is consideredbymany to be the finest UFO investi-gatorin theUnitedStates.

Ray is theauthorof therecenthard-back book published by ExpositionPress titled "UFO's InterplanetaryVisitors," withthe forewardby Dr. J.-AllenHynek."A UFOinvestigator re-ports on the facts, fables, and fan ta -siesof the flyingsaucerconspiracy". ..provides aclueto thecontentsofhis book.Ray's first major project an d as-signmentwillbe to edit andassembleMUFON's second edition of ou r"FieldInvestigators'Manual"fo r pub-lication. In addition to servingM U F O N as the Director for Investi-gations,,he will be working closelywith the Massachusetts MUFONState organization. Ray is also ascientific associatefor theCenterforU F O Studies in Nor th f ie ld , Illinois.

LaurenceT .ChildsofDenver,Colo.,formerly aState-SectionDirector, liv-ing in Wheatridge, Colo., has vo lun-teered toserve as the newStateDi-rector for Colorado. Larry's businesstelephone is AC 303233-3909. His newhome addressand telephone numberwill be forthcoming since he has re-cently changedhis residence.David R. Moyes is the new State-

Ray FowlerSectionDirectorfor the Illinoiscoun-ties of Winnebago, Boone, an d Olge.H isbusiness addressis Talcott Build-ing, Room 615, Rockford, 111., 61101,telephone AC 815962-5808. His resi-dence phone number is AC 815965-0546. As a professional therapeutichypnotist, David's services may beutilized in UFOcases to advantage.Elmer Kra i ,State Director for Ne-braska, has appointed Charles Lang,1441 S. 163rd Street, Omaha, Neb . ,68130,telephone AC 40233 4-5914, to theposition o fState-Section Director forSarpy and Douglas counties. Charlesis aPhysicsteacher at WestsideH i g hSchool and is w o rk i n g on his Ph. D. inEducation.Everett C . Brazie, 2 Maple CrestTerrace,Fayetteville, N.Y.13088,tele-phone AC 315 445-0388, th e b r a n c h ,manager for Caterpillar in A lb a n y ,N.Y., has agreed to representM U F O N as the State-Section Director

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fo r Onondaga, Oswego, Madison,Oneida, and Herkimer counties inNew York.In Iowa, Harold Cowdin,StateDi-rector, has announced the fo l lowingnewassignmentsasState-SectionDi-rectors.John A .Dinter, P.O. Box287,M a r i o n , Iowa 52303,telephone AC 319377-4378, for L i n n ,Jones, an d Bentoncounties. Calv in R . Shanks, 1126 E .Wa s h in g to n , W a s h i n g t o n , Iowa 52353,telephone AC 319653-4754, for Wash-ington an d K e o k u k counties.PeterL .French, 6 3 0 M c K i n l e y , B u r l i n g to n ,Iowa 52601,telephone AC 31?752-6898,fo r Des Moines and Louisa counties.(Peter is a switchman with North-western Belland acommercialpilot . )Gary Graber, 405 Cedar Lane, Mt.Pleasant, Iowa 52641, telephone AC319385-2473, for Henry and Jeffersoncounties. (Gary's artistic abilitiesm ay appear in f u t u r e issues ofSKY-L O O K .Heattended theMUFONUFOSymposium in Akron, Ohio, and hasbeen very active in UFO'investiga-tions with Don Campbell in the Mt.Pleasantarea.) Robert Wu l l e n w a b e r ,70 3 North Wilson Ave., Jefferson,Iowa 50129,telephoneA C 515 386-3827,fo rGreene and Carroll counties. (Bobalso checks into the MUFON Ama-teur Radio Net each Saturday morn-in g at 0800 Central Time on 3.975M H z as W O K B E . H is w i fe , Darlene,is also a ham operator, possessingthe call letters W O P IN .They both at-tendedthe UFOlecture givenbyWaltA n d r u s at Drake Universityon Sept.28.)

Y o u r Director has received onlyf a v o r a b l e responses to the proposedc o m b i n e d M U F O N membership an dS K Y L O O K subscription dues struc-ture. A nexplanationof the newstruc-ture as adopted by MUFON's Boardof Directors e f f e c t i v e January1,1975,is contained in this issue ot SKY-L O O K .S K Y L O O K readers and M U F O N C o n t i n u e d o n page 1 9 )

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BranchHill,Ohio, 1955

OccupantcasedetailedBy Ted BloecherINTRODUCTIONToward the end of August,1956, I spent a weekend withL en an dDellStringfield at theirhome in the eastern suburbsofCincinnati. Len introduced m eto m a n yof his UFO colleagues,some of whom provided usefulleads,and hetookanactive pa rtin the investigations.Theexten-sive notes I made tha t week are

the primary source of informa-tion used inthisreport, supple-mented by certain informationacquired since then.W eh ad hoped toobtaindefini-tive information on three par-ticular cases the observationof smal l human oids under abridge at Loveland,Ohio(called"the bridge case"), th e Sym-monds encounterwithsmall be-ings in southern Georgia (Mrs.Symmonds was a resident ofCincinnati ) , and the Greenhillscase. Other incidents had beenbriefly referred to andalthoughwe tried to pin these down, th eresults w ere negative. H owever,in pursuring leads on the threecases outlined above,we cameupon another encounter in theLoveland area thathad notbeenpreviously reported the extra-ordinary Hunnicu t t case atBranch Hill, described in thisreport.Although the results of theseinquiries were indeed interest-ing, we found them notentirelysatisfactory fo rseveral reasons.They lacked clearcut an d de-finitive quality. All of the re-ports, except the Greenhillscase, were single-witness en -counters, while th e latter in -cludedcertain dubious elementsthat su ggested thepossibility ofa hoax. The stories remained

somewhatelusive an d fragmen-tary. All inall, the findings didnot seem to warrant a formalpresentation at that time. Thehighlights of these cases weresummarized by Stringfield inhis book, INSIDE SAUCERPOST. . . J 4 )BLUE, an accountofhis ownexperiencesas a UFOresearcher; but at the time, nofull-length report of ourinvesti-gationsw asfelt necessary.Today the situation is differ-ent. Stringfield's book, for solong the only first-hand sourceabout these cases, has beencopied and recopied at secondan d third hand, and in the pro-cess certain inaccuracies haveintruded. Additional informa-tion has been found regardingsome of the earlier uncertain-ties. Accordingly, a detailed re-port providing more completean daccurate informationseemsto be in order. Cases similar to

those in 1955 con tinue to be re-ported in this country an dabroad. In the light of thesemo re recent rep orts, it isappro-priate to look back again onthose earlier accounts,an d thisreport is being prepared tomake available accurate, first-hand information, in an organ-ized form , tothosew hoshareaninterest in this part icular as-pectof the U FO subject .BRANCH HILL, OHIO-

MAY 25, 1955The Branch Hill encounterwas unknown prior to August ,1956,beyond theoriginal partici-pants.Itcametolight du ringaninterview by this reporter withLoveland Police Chief John K.Fritz on Aug .31, in a meetingarranged to inquire about an-other incident thath adoccurred

in the summer of1955,involvinga 19-year-old Civil-Defensevol-unteer who had reported seeinga group of foul-smelling "littlemen" under a bridge in Love-land (to be reported inDecem-berSkylook).When the Loveland bridgecase was broughtupduringourinterview,Chief Fri tz appearedreluctant to discuss what hadhappened.Inw hat seemed to bea diversionary tactic, hechanged the subject by introduc-in ganotherhumanoidencountert ha t . ha d occurred near Love-land several monthsbefore th ebridgecase. H e freelyprovidedwhatdetailshecouldrecallandshowed nohesitation indiscuss-ingthis report.Fri tz could notremember th eexact date bu t thought it hadoccurred some t ime in March orApril,1955.Hesearched his filesfo r th epolice report on the casebu t was unableto locate it. (Hewas looking under th e wrongdate.) Fritz told m e that thiswas the kind of a report that"would makeyourh air standonend." Th e back of my neck didtingleperceptibly.The police chief recountedhow he had been awakenedbysomeone pounding on his f rontdoor about 4 a.m. Answering,he was confronted by a some-whatshaken m annamed RobertHunnicutt,standing in thedoor-way. "H e lookedas i f he'd seena ghost," F ritz said.Hunnicutt , a short-orderchefin a newly-opened Lovelandarea restaurant, told the policechief that while he was drivingnortheast through Branch Hill(in Symmes Township) on theMadeira-Loveland Pike, he hadseen a group of "strange little

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men" along sideof the roadwith"theirbacksto thebushes." Cur-ious,he hadstopped the car andgotten out.According to Fri tz, th e wit-ness claimed that he had seen"firecomingout oftheir hands,"an da"terribleodor" perm eatedth eplace. When Hu nn icutt real-ized he was looking at some-thing quite out of the ordinaryhe became frightened and,j umping back into his car, haddriven directly to the policechief 'shome.Fritz, who knew Hunnicu t t ,found it difficult to believe hisstory"straightout," but he said

there was no question in hismind that Hunnicut t was"scared to death." Said Fritz:"The man had seen something,an d there's no argument tothat."By gettingcloseenoughtosmellhisbreath,Fritzwas sat-isfied that therew as noquestionof Hunnicutt 's having beendrinking. H e agreed to checkthe area and told Hunnicutt togo on home.Chief Fritz dressed, got hisgun, loaded his camera, an ddrove to the area indicated byHunnicutt . He made four orfive passes along the road look-ing for signs of something unu -sual but he saw nothing thatwas out of the ordinary.Alone,with the details ofH unnicut t 'sstrange story fresh in hismind,Fritz acknowledged that he didindeed "feel peculiar"; he alsofelt like he may have been "thebiggest foolinL oveland."Asked why he had taken acamera, he said he wan ted evi-dence in the form of photo-graphs if he came across any-thing unusual . Asked what hewould have done if he had en-countered th e strange littlebeings, hereplied th at he wouldhave gotten out of the car "andtried totalk tothem,to find ou twhere they come from." H eaddedtha t "someone has to do it

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t ime, th e forward figure low-eredhisarmsand,nearhis feet,seemed torelease whatever hehad been holding. To the wit-ness,"it looked as if he tied itaroundhis ankles."Then, as Hunnicutt stood bythe left sideof thecar,allthreefigures simultaneously turnedslightly totheir leftso that theynow faced the witness. Motion-less, and with absolutely nosound or change of expression,theystareddirectlyathim.In the car lights, Hunnicuttwas able to closely observe an u m b e r of details. This mostextraordinary trio consisted ofthree humanoid figures, eachofwhom stood about three and ahalf feet h igh; they were all ofa greyish color approximatelyth esameshade of grey for theirheads as for their"garments.""Fairly ugly," were the wordsHunnicu t t used to describethem.Alarge, straight mouth, with-out any apparent lip muscles,crossed nearly the entire lowerportion oftheir faces, an effectwhich reminded the witness of afrog. The nose was indistinct,with no unusual features thewitness coulddiscern.The eyesseemed to be more orlessnor-mal, except that no eyebrowscouldbeseen.The top of the head was baldan dappeared tohave rolls off a trunning horizontally across thetop, rather like the corregatedeffect of adoll'spainted-on hair e xce pt that there was nod i f -ferencein color.Themost remarkablef ea tu rewas the upper torso: the chestwas decidedly lop-sided. On theright side of the figures, thechestswelledout in anunu sual-ly large bulge that began underthe armpitand extended to thewaist, giving them a markedlyassymmetrical appearance.Thearms seemed to be of une venlength, the right one being long-

er than the left, as though toaccommodate this unusual fea-ture. (The lopsided torsoseemsto be un ique in humanoid re-ports;noother examplehasyetbeen foundthat matchesit.)Hunni cu t t sa w noth ing unu-sual about the hands, al thoughhe could not say how m a n yf ingersthey had.If they woregarments abovetheir waists, they were tight-f i t t ing and thesame color greyas the rest of the body.N o lineof demarcation could be de-tected between a garment andthe skin itself. Belowthe waist,however, there seemed to be aloose-fitting garment of thesamegrey color, butHun n i cu ttwas unabletorecallanydetailsother than the hips and waistappeared to be "heavy." Hecouldsee nofeet,but thef iguresstood in grass that was aboutsix inches high.Hunnicu t t ' s car was parkedabout 2 0 feet away from thehumanoids. After standing nextto the left-hand door fo r perhapsa minuteor am inu t eand a half ,his curiosity overcame any fearhe might have fel t and hestarted to walk around the leftf ront of the car toward the trio.Ashereached th e front fenderthethreelittlehum anoids simul-taneously moved slightly - for-ward an d toward the witness a"peculiar"motion th atwasqu i tedefini te an d "graceful." Hunni-cu t t had the distinct impres-sion that he should approach noc loser no words were needed.H estood by the f ron t fender forperhaps two or three minutesmore , too amazed by thisbizarre spectacle to be fright-ened.Hunnicu t t said that when hefinally left, it was only to getsomeone else to see thesestrange figures. As he got backinto his car he was sudden lyaware of an extremely strongan dpe netrating odor, whichwas

most noticeable as he drove offHe compared it to a combina-tion of "fresh-cut alfalfa, with aslighttraceof almonds."Only as he drove away,pasthese three weird grotesquesdid the frightening implicationsof whathe hadseen begintosinkin .Althoughit wasnearly4a.m.hedrove directly to the homeofLoveland Police Chief John KFritz.Hunni cu t t said that he had animpression he might have in -truded upon some kind of"operation." Askedtoexplain,hesaid that whenhe realized thefigures weren't praying, he had

a distinct feeling that the for-ward figure was using the im-plement in hishandsas a signalto someone, or som e thing, onthe opposite sideof the road,al-thoughhecouldnot seeanyth ingin the woods on that side of theroad.Regarding the odor, Hunni -cutt said that several monthslater (Ju ly or Augus t ) , he wasdriving along the same roadwith a girl fr iend late at nightAs he passed the spot whereth e three humanoids had beenseen earlier, both he a n d . t h egirl noticed the same strongodorhe hadsmelledon then igh tofhisencou nter. Hestopped thecar, looked around and, seeingnothingu nusu al , droveon .Hunn i cu t talso confirmed thattherehad beena UFO sightingat the L oveland GOC postearlier on the same night thathe had seen the "little men."He said an account of this ob-servation had been published inthe next edition of the localpaper.

UFO SIGHTING B YLOVELANDGOC MAY 24During the week I visited theStringfields,Len arranged meetings with a n u m b e r of his associates in and around Cincinnatisome of whomwere helpful in

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1 assisting us in our inquiries ofthe events of the previous year.One ofthesewasFrank White-cotton,thechiefco-ordinator forCivilDefense inHamiltonCoun-ty and surrounding areas, andhead of the LovelandG O Cpost.O ur meeting took place at theStringfield home on Sundaynight, Aug.26,1956.Whitecotton was an impres-sive manauthoritative, ser-ious, with a craggy face and ashock of white hair. He had agreat deal of information re-garding local UFO sightings;his staff at the LovelandGOCpost was an active and inter-estedgroup who had themselvesmade anumbero fobservations.Whitecotton gave us a verydetailedaccountof one ofthese:his wifean danother womanhadbeen manning the post oneeve-ning in the spring of1955whenseveralobjects were spotted.Anofficial report was made to thefilter center at Columbus andjets were scrambled toinvesti-gate. Whitecotton viewed thisparticularsightingas importantand, because of its official sta-tus, he asked us not to takenotes.N othavingyet learned of theHunn i cu t t caseand its associa-tion to the GOCsighting of thesame night, the significanceofWhitecotton's narrative escapedus, andneitherStringfield nor Itried to reconstruct the detailson paper after our guest hadleft. The passage of time haserased almost all of my recol-lection of Whitecottons ac-count, except that one of theUFOs, upon buzzing the GOCpost, had so f r ightened Mrs.Whitecot ton and her colleaguethat they fled thetower leavingthedoor wide open.It wasn't until several yearslater, on a subsequent visit toCincinnati, thatI had anoppor-tuni ty to go through thenews-paper morgue of the Loveland

(Ohio) Herald in search of thepress reference to the GOCsighting which both Hunnicu t tan d Chief Fritz had mentioned.The story had been publishedin the edition for Thursday, June2, 1955.It was notuntil this newsaccount was found that a connection could be made betweeiWhitecotton's report of theLoveland GOCsighting and thenews account mentioned byChief Fritz an d Robert Hunni-cutt. This report, unfortunately,lacks any of the dramatic de-tails provided by Whitecotton.It serves, however, the impor-tant purpose of providing th ecorrect date of the Hunnicuttencounter.

DISCUSSIONAlthough this report involvesonlyasingle witness, there another points that enhance itscredibility. Hunnicutt wasstraightforward an d coopera-tive inanswering all ourques-tions about his experience, andin helping Stringfield prepare asketch, of the humanoids. H ismannerwasquietandcautiousgiven to understatement in recounting the details; if he wasuncertain about a particularpoint, hesaid so . Nothing in hispresentation suggested that hewaselaboratingorlying.Internally, nothing in his storywas inconsistent with whatChief Fritz had already re-ported. Hunnicutt's reconstruc-tion of theencounter impressedus as a careful recollection ofhis observation of strange andunfami l iar beings beings cer-tainly notnative toOhio,or anyother part of the world withwhichw e are famil iar.Hunnicut t ' sinitial response tothesituation isalso significant.H e responded by reporting itimmediately to the chief ofpolice.This wouldscarcelyhavebeen the case, particularly atthat hour of the morning, if he

ha d not been quite certain ofwhathe'd seen.Chief Fritz's own account ofthe incident supports Hunni-cutt's: it wasclearthathetookthestory seriously enoughto getdressed and go out to thesitetoinvestigate.Finally, the news story abouta UFOsightingat theLovelandGO Cearlierthat night, to whichboth men referred, lends addi-tional weight to the story. (Therelationship if any of theU F O sighting toHunnicutt's encounter, ofcourse, remains un-certain.)Hunn icu t t never sought pub-licityas aresult of hisencount-er. It came to ourattentionbyaccident, and it was Stringfieldan d myself whosoughth imout.O nce contacted, he asked onlythathisnamenot be associatedwith any published account ofthe incident. (His request hasbeen ignored byothers and,un-fortunately, his namehasbeenpart of the published record ofth e incident for a number ofyears.)

The temptation to dismissHunnicutt ' s story because it isso strange is understandable;bu t considered along withhun-dreds of other similar reportslogged since 1955,itbehoovesusas serious researchers to re-examine it in the light of morerecent information. Similar en -counters continue to be re-ported; nomatter how one mayfeel about such things happen-ing, the evidence exists in amassive volumeofreports.Only by carefully examiningthese reports, and those whom a k e them, can we find th eclues to what it is we are dealingwith. Witnesses like Hunnicu t tcomprise th e bulk of our evi-dence: they must beheard an dquestioned, their reports col-lected, examined critically, andevaluated.

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Massachusetts couple claimsDaylight UFO sightingEditor'sN ote: Followingis the

reportof an investigation by DaveWebb, M U F O N State Directorfor Massachusetts, of the allegeddaylight sighting of a highly re-f lect ive UFO near Keene, N.H.The sighting occurred near thebeginning of a flap of reportsfrom tha tstate.Thesightingwasof short duration and no struc-tural details were noted on theobject. The last names of thewitnesses have been deleted,since they requested that theynotbe identified pu blicly.The ReportAt approximately 10a.m. EOT onthe morningofMonda y , Aug .12,1974,Bill and Kathy were driving toKathy 'sfather'shousetohelp paintit.Thesky wasclear "withouta cloud,"but the day was already quite hot.Theyh adjustarrived at a m ajor four-way highway intersect ion just southof Keene where S.Main St. and Rts.9,101and 12cross. They were travel-ing easton Rt. 101/9 and were at astoplight preparing to turn sou th onto

Rt. 1 2 to go toSwanzey.As they waited for the stoplight tochange, some"kids"in a"state t ruck"(a p ickup) next to them (presumablytotheirlefton the four-lane highway)excitedly pointed to an object in th esk yto the EN E. Bill andKathylookedan dsaw an elongated brightly reflect-in g metallic, silver object with noobviouswingsor other protuberances.Bill said it looked "likeamirror"or"likeasun."Although th e shape was ill definedbecause of the reflective glare, thereflectingareaseemed to get smallerrather than bigger, as if it were rotat-ing.The UFO was about45degreesupin th e E N E . The sun was well up inthe sky,so their eyes were shieldedfrom itsglareby thecar's roof. (Sun-risewas at 5:53a,m EDT,so the sunwould h ave been about6 0degrees upin theeaston thatday. )When first seen the object was

either "kindastill" (Ka t hy )or mov-ing slightly (Bill). Then it rockedback and forth along its long axisseveral times. Kathy characterizedthis motion as "jiggling." The UFOmoved to the left (no rth), then back,apparent ly con t inuing the j igglingmotion.Themainimpressionthatthewitnesses received during this periodof about 1 minu te was tha t the UF Owas gen erally stationary , oscillating"inplace."Suddenly the object began acceler-ating,andwithin1secondwaslosttoviewin thenortheast Itmoved awayon astraight trajectory. Notrailwasseen againsttheclearblue sky.During the initial period, Bill ha dturned the car onto Rt. 12 headingsouth. A t this point they both got agood look at the UFO through th eopen window (on the driver's side?)Previously they had been viewing_itthrough the windshield. Sinceneitherof them wearseyeglasses, the possi-bility ofseeing a reflection or distor-tion through glass is eliminated.When th e object accelerated, theyturnedthe car aroundand"chasedit"down Rt . 101 to theeast,but it quicklydisappeared in the direction of BeechHill toward Dublin. Beech Hil l is alocal landm ark, rising 1040 feet high.Both people agreed the object ap-pearedto be thesizeof anickel heldatarm's length. This apparen tly largediameter may have been overesti-mated due to the reflecting glare.Aturboprop a i rc ra f t flew over after theobject had disappeared. The planewas lowbecause it had jus t left th eKeene airport (Dil lant Hopkins Air-por t ) a bit over a mile to the southof th e intersect ion. Bil l thought thattheUFO was a bou tthesame sizeoronly slightly smaller than the planew as at that al t i tude (probab ly onlyafew thousandf e e t ) ; Ka t hyfel t it wasdefinitely smaller. Ho wever, theyboth thought the object was qui te abi t farther aw ay than the plane. Theydid not at tempt to give any distanceor sizeof theU F O .They heardnosoundfrom th eU F O .During the early part of the sighting

they had been in the car with theengine running, but after pursuing itthey had gotten out of the car. N owindwasevident.

TheInvestigationI was informed of this sightingwhile on another investigation in theKeene area on Sunday, Sept. 2.Iar-rived at the home of a real estateagent and former associate of aNICAP investigating group in Keeneat about6p.m.todiscuss the originalinvestigation which he had been in-volved in.W hile there, he introducedm e to B ill, his 2 2-y ear-old son-in-law,an d Ka t hy , his 19-year-old daughter.They hadbeenmarried aboutayear.During a general discussion of pastlocal UFOreports withhim andBill,Bill voluntarily related his story tome. I listened, then decided to getdetails from both h im and Ka t hy .Atape.recording was mad e of the inter-view.I did nothave timetovisitthesightingarea.

ConclusionsLike so ma nyareas ofN ew Hamp -shire , Keene is rich in UFO reports.Thisis the f i rst report whichIknowof f rom this immediate area duringth e recent flap in N.H. Most of theflap reports were from the Laconia/Manchester areas to the east andnorth of Keene. It is noteworthy thatthis sighting happened thenight afterthe police encounter at Sanbornton.It was mentioned that there arepower lines on or near Beech Hill ,which the UFO may have been over .I did not confirm this. An industrialarea lies southwest of the hill, de-noted by "Drive-In Theater" on thema p . A reservoir, Otter Brook, nowlies to the northeast of the hill; it isnot labeledon the map bu t isprobablyin the flat, open area 2 V z mile N E.Thereservoir dam does not generateelectricity. The entire area is on e ofm arshes and hills.Negative factors of the report in -cludethe f a c tthatthewitnesses areuntrained, the sight ing durat ion wasbrief, and no corraborat ing sight ingshave been located. The kids in in the

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Canadiansightingincludeslandingtraces'Robot'occupants reported

DATE:JneU,1174.TIME:l:UULto4:ttuLLOCATION:St Cjrffle deWariovcr,nearCamptns de I ert,PnvlBceMbee,Cn*d.WITNESSES: Mr.ud Mn. L name* are known to SKY-LOOK, tat arc Ml to be refeaied to the poUle)INVESTIGATORS: Mr.JenRoy,ofDnmuradvllleMr.FkBlaqitere,atRoifemoatMr. MareLete ofSt.BrnoP.O.Mr. Wl* Hnffle, of DtfmMa-Ormcan P.O.REPORTED BY : Mr. WUo HovOte.TYPE OF SIGHTING: Landtag, landfall traceroenpuuMIB.O n the night of the incident,Mr. Lage 26, waswatchingthelateshowonTV in the 65-foot mobile home wherehe and his wife, age 26,live. About1:15a.m.Mr.Lwaspreparingto go tobedwhenhe suddenly heard a strangesoundoutsidesomesortof bum. . .bum...bum,as ifsomethinghad fall-en on thegrass.He lifted the curtain in his livingroomand saw areddish orange roundobject hovering over the field to thenortheast side of his mobile home.The object was so luminous he couldhardly look at it without hurtinghiseyes.Mr. L went to the bedroom toawaken his wife. While in the bed-room he heard another sound,sortofa bzzzzz.He looked out the bedroomwindow and saw what appeared to be

an occupant, about 15feet f rom thebedroom windows. The occupant wasabout 6 feet tall, stiff looking, of ametallic appearance,and with glow-ingredhorizontal bars acrossits up-per body. The witness could not re-member anything about the occupant's head.After watching th e occupant in -specttheinteriorof apre-fabstorageshed near the trailer (nothingwastaken),Mr. L and hiswifewentto theliving roomarea,where they lookedou t the window and saw threeaddi-tional occupants. The witnesses re-ferred to the occupants as "robots"because of the stiff way the threemoved. Mr. and Mrs. L said they werevery frightened atthis point,and un-sure as to what they should do. Asthey observed the three occupants,the"robots"appeared toexaminetheshaft an dwheel assembly of amobilehome whichhad not yet been placedon afoun dation.

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The witnesses continued towatchtheactivitiesfor thenext three hours,during which time theysawabout15occupants together in one line closeto the creek. The 15stood in. a linefo r more than five minutes, thenmoved suddenly together as thoughby command.During the threehoursof observa-tion, twofreighttrains passed.Mr. L described the sighting thenextday tohiscolleagues atwork,buthe apparently was notbelieved.Thelocal radio station picked up thestory, however, and then Mr. JeanRoymade the first attempt to contactthewitnessesfor aninvestigation.Hediscovered three landingtraceswithleg imprints, and photographed them.H ealsointerviewedthewitnessesontape.M r.Ph.Blaquiereand Mr.WidoHovillealso investigated the sighting.A t a farm down the street,a dogwhich reportedly barked habituallyat the slightest sound had, on the nightthe sighting occurred, pulled out ofhis collar and hidden, completelyafraid. A n unidentified woman had

also reportedly contacted the polregarding theincident,but thepolha dnotresponded.The three landing traces fouwere circles of 17feet in diameTh e outer 2-foot ring of each circontained disturbed, flattened graGrass in the inner circle,15 feetdiameter, wasnormal. There wasindicationof anyburnedarea.O ne of the landingsites was fowhere the witnesses had reporseeing anobject.Theother twosiwereon the other sideof the crehidden from th e view of thewnesses.The landingsiteswere still visimore than two months after the siging,and thegrassat thethree landsites reportedly grew twice as has grass in the surroundingareasAccording to the witnesses, a whsubstance wasfoundwhere the robhad been, especially near the pfabshed visited by one of the robAchemical analysis ofthis substanis being made throughM U F O N ,resultsare notavailableatthis timO n the morning of June 2 8,thdays after the sighting, two m

dressed in black reportedly knockon the door of the witnesses' homWithout showing credentials, thbegan to ask questions about sighting. Mr. L cut thequestionshort, however, and asked the twoleave.H e described them as wearblack suits, black ties, black shoan dcarrying a fileholder.Only onethe two spoke, th e language beFrench Canadian with no acceThey drove a car oflight color,th e witness did not write downlicense number.O neJuly 10 ,abouttwoweeks afthe two men hadasked questions,witness observed the two drivingf ront of the witness' mobile homTwowomen were in the car withtw o men. Mr. and Mrs. L saidtwo men reminded them of French cartoonseries"Tintin," sithecharactersin this cartoon are adressed in black.

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Mr. Hoville's investigation reportnotes that the credibility of the wit-nesses is "very good," and that bothare "open-minded." They app arentlyhad no more interest in UFO's thanthe average person, and their knowl-edge of the subject was limited tothat w hich they obtained fromnews-papers.A second landing was reported onJuly 1, but details of this landin-which involveda rectangular objectare not yet available fo rpublication.

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1965PennsylvaniasightingPossible physical evidence locatedBy Stan GordonA 1965U FO sighting with possiblephysical evidence was recently un-

covered by WCUFOSG investigatorBo bBoydeofBeaver County. Boyde.while investigating a wave o f UFOactivity,in August heard rumors ofthe incident and was able to trackdownthe individuals involved.The 'incident occurred in Octoberof 1965., The witness, who wishes toremain 'anonymous, was returninghome f rpm work at 9p.m. when henoticedastrangeobjectin a hayfieldnear his home in Monaca, and stoppedhis car toobserve theobject betterHe described it as being about4 5feet in diameter an d about 2 0 feethigh. It was shaped somewhat like anupside downbowl, and seemed to bedull silver incolor. There were whatappeared to be 3 portholes in theupper part of the object evenlyspaced. From these openings, softlights of varyingcolorscould be seen.In one porthole, there were darkshadows seen moving about; how-ever, no definite form could be de-termined.The object seemed torest a shortdistance above th e ground onabout8 to 10 beams of light. Th e witnesswassure that they were lightsources,sincehecouldseetreesthroughthem.Afterseeing this for a short time, thewitness got into his car and wenthome after his wife with the ideaofreturningto thescene with her.Whenthey returned, the object wasstill in the same position. The mandecided to get out of the car to obtainabetterlook. Hiswifewasafraidandasked him not to go.He thenclosedthe car door, at which time the ob-ject made a sound like gushing airan ditstartedtorise.A s it gained altitude, th e lightbeams retracted, and the witnesseswere able to see the bottom of thecraft.Thebottomwas thesame coloras therestof theobject, except therewas a circle in the center about 10feetin diameter that was darker thantherestof the craft.The witness returned to the sceneth e next day to see if he could find

uThisdisc,which measures justover20 inches in diameter, was found at the sitewherewa sallegedly observed.There is noknown direct connection,however, between the dthe UFO. An analysisof the metal indicates it wasmadeofmaterials commonto than y signs of the visitor. At the spotwhere th eobject hadbeen,hefound ametal disc 20 and 1/16 inches indiameter an d1/16 inches thickwithahole in the center and 8small holesaround th eplate. Thewitness took ithome an d showed it only to his wifean dbrother-in-law,fearingthat otherswouldlaughat hisstory.The disc remained outside in hisbackyard for 2years, an d after thatremained in ashed upuntil now.Thewitness has never claimed that themetal fell from th eUFO,onlythat itw as found at the same location afterthesighting.Consultants to the WCUFOSG sub-mitted th eplate to X Ray diffractionan d emission spectroscopy analysisan d found it to be a stainless steel

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alloy,very smiliar to the 400sequant i tat iveanalysis showed thmetal contained 0.4% CadmiuChromium, 0.06% Copper, 53 %0.03% Magnesium, 2% Mang0.2% Molybdenum, 6 % Nick0.5%Silicon.Several chemists an dmetalluwho worked on the sample feeth ewear marks around th eedgto be caused by cavitation. Tcurs at aseal areawhere extrhigh pressures exist, and thstarts to leak. The analysis thatthematerialsare allcommEarth. Thearea wheretheplafound is out in the country afactories were in theareaat thofthe find.


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InOthers WordsBy Lucius Parish

ThelatestNATIONALE NQ U I RE RU FO articlesar e featured in the Oct.2 and Oct. 12issues.The former dealswith Dr. R. Leo Sprinklers belief thatUFO occupants ar e using ESP andhypnotism to communicate with peo-ple onEarth.Th elatteritemtellsofVic Damone's 1953U FOsighting.NATIONAL TATTLER for Oct. 13has anarticle on the beliefs ofPresi-dent Ford and Nelson Rockefellerwith respect to UFOs. Both men arelabeled as"believers" an d some feelthat this may be a key factor in aforthcoming release of governmentinformation on the subject. Perhaps,bu t thisseemsto m e to be another ofthose "don't h o l d ' y o u r breath untilithappens"sortofsituations.Th eOct.20TATTLER has a rehasharticleonU FO activity in the vicinty of W arminster,England.O ne of the most interesting articlesto appear inSAGA in quite some timemay be found in the November issue.PsychicPeter Hurkos gives his "im-pressions" of various bits of UFOevidence, along with aprophecyaboutfu ture UFO events. It would be quiteintriguing to see more research ofthissortdone w ith psychics, possiblygettinga"concensus ofopinion" fromseveral persons. The SAGA article iswellworth you r time.A rather questionable article onunderwater objects appears in theNovember issue of MALE. Some ofthe sighting reports seem to be gen-uine,but thenames an d organizationsmentioned a reunfam il iar.

Th e Winter issue of PROBE TH EU N K N O W N contains a U F O articlewhich is largely rehash, alth oug h itdoes give prominent mention toMUFON members Ted Phillips an dThomas Nicholl. If you don 't mindreading about Delphos,Kan.,again,i tisn't too bad.Some Mexican"little men"storiesmay be found in an article in the No-vember issue of FATE. However ,i tis not known if these small beings

have a U FO connection. Some U FOreports are used in the story and thereader is left todrawhis ownconclu-sions. Quite intriguing.Th e DecemberissueofFATE is supposed tocontainan articleon "mini-saucers" by yourstruly. ;Are you readyf or yet another bookon ancient space visitors? If so,per-hapsyou'd liketoread R obin Collyns'DID SPACEMEN COLONISE TH EEARTH?. There is a lot of famil iarmaterial here, bu t Collyns does man-agetocomeu pwithsomen ewitemswhichhaven 't been rehashed to deathby other writers. For one thing, hespeculates that the "Garden of Eden"m ay have been in Australia Well,whether or not you think that theoryhas merit, he does give some in-triguing Maori legends which mayhave "cosmic" relevance. Collyns isa native of New Zealand and has ap-parently traveled to many parts ofthe w orld gathering data for his book.H e quotes from various Soviet writ-ings which have not been readilyavailable to Westerners. The bookalso includesan interesting pho to sec-tion. It is available fo r $7.50 fromPelham Books Ltd., 52 BedfordSquare, L ondon WC1B 3EF, England.THE NEW UFO SIGHTINGS byGlenn M c W a n e& David Graham islargely a round-upof 1972-73sightingreports, plus chapters on UFOs inhistory, contactees, monsters an dUFOs ,Iron CurtainU FO reports, etc.The book also contains interviewswith Brad Steiger, John Keel, andTed O wens. There are also favorablementions of M U F O N and variousM U F O N members (McWane is alsoa State-Section Director). Still, on eputs thebook down feelingthatyou'veread it all before in a dozen differentplaces. For neop hytes, this would bean in teres t ing summary of recentevents. Copiesare availablefor$1.25(plus 15$ postage) from Warne rPaperback Library , P.O. Box 690,N.Y. ,N . Y .10019.

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More familiar material is to befound in a new book by Robert Em-enegger, UFO'S, PAST, PRESENTAND FUTURE. However, the authordoes ad d some previously unreporteddetails when he discusses such"classic" cases as Mantell, Chiles&Whitted,Zamora, th eCoynecase, etc.This book is based on the forthcomingdocumentary film of the same titleby Sandier Institutional Films. Themost fascinating portion of the bookhas to be the photo section. In addi-tion to the 1973"eclipse UF O" and avariety of illustrations, the sectioncontains previously-unreleasedphotosfrom NASA files.These show a wide range of "phe-nomena" which were photographedon Gemini, Apollo and Skylab mis-sions. One can only hopeas rumorhas i tthat these are forerunners ofthings to come. The price for theEmenegger book is $1.50 and it maybe obtained from Ballantine CashSales, P.O. Box 505, Westminster,Maryland21157 (add 2 5 < f for postage).Is mankind really a hybrid of aprimitive Earthly hominid and far-advanced extraterrestrial beings?Well,Max H.Flindt an d OttoO .Bind-er certainly think so . Perhaps youwill also after you read their newFawcett paperback, M A N K I N D -CHILD OF THE STARS.In the course of 16chapters, Flindt& Binder lay out, step by step, theirreasons for concluding that evolutionan d natural selection alone cannotpossibly account for man's supposedrise f rom a lower formof life. WhileI am inclined to think the authorshave perhaps over-reached them-selves on a few points,the theory it-self is a totally fascinating one andon e which will m a k e you stop an dthink, to say the least. "Sapiens stel-lar" it has a nice ring to it Thebook may be ordered from : M ail Or-derDept, Fawcett Publications, P.O.Box 1014, Green wich ,Conn.06830.Theprice is $1.25, plus 25$ for postage.


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Three photosof UFOallegedlyshot in Denmark

Translatedby: DkkaSeppanen,MUFON R epresentative for Fin-Snbmittedby: JoeBrill, InternationalCoordinator.

Mr.Jorma Viita,who was borninFinland andlatermoved to Denmarktosecureemployment,hassentthreehigh quality photographs to the UFOStudyCenter ofFinland. The follow-ing is a translationof his encounterstory."This all happened on Feb. 15,1974at about 5 p.m. in Odense, Denmark.Theskieswereclearwith no clouds;the sun was justsetting.I was on myway to the local karate club. I had acamerawith me, because I was goingto takesome picturesat theclub."I took my bicycle and drove to the

main highway. At once I saw a saucer-shaped figure passing me f rom myleft At the moment it was impossibleto take a picture, because the.UFOwas behind the trees. So, I turnedaroundandstartedchasing the sauceron my bicycle. I drove as fas t as Icouldforabout300meters."I don't know how fast the UFOmoved, but the speed of a helicoptercame into my mind. Then, I stoppedmy bike and aimed my camera. Inoticed that the saucer had stopped.I shot the first picture, after whichI saw the UFO move again. I sawhow it slowly turned upside downandspeeded up.Then,Ishotmysec-on d and third picture. On the thirdpicture you can see the UFO upsidedown. Now the saucer speeded upand disappeared in a few seconds

on the northeastern skies.; "Myobservation time was three minutes and the UFOapproximately 300 feet abovground. Itsdiameter was 20 to and its height was about six fhad a cabin construction withholes on the sides. Its color was grey. On thebottomI sawsomofreddish holewithsmoke aroIalsoheard a hummingsound."M ycamera was aAgfaOptiSensor and my fi lm was Ilford135. Af te r this encounterI hadrible head-acheforabouttwowIn his letter Mr. Jorma Viitheoriginal negativesof thepiof the UFO to the UFOStudyof Finland..,Laterthenegativereturnedto Mr.Viita.Thephotonotbeen evaluated byM U F O N

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Photo 1 Photo2 Photo 3Asnoted in the accompanyingarticle, th e three photos havenot been evaluated officially byM U F O N .T he extentof the eval-uation by the UFO Study Centero f Finland is not clear at thispoint. The reliability of the wit-ness has not been established,an d it is a single witness sight-

ing-.Th e photos are "good." How-ever, one person who checkedthem indicated some concernover the blac k dot on the bottomo f the saucer, as thoughsome-thing hadbeen covered up. S KY -LOOK Editor Dwight Connelly

has some concern over the al-leged position of the sun, com-pared with reflections on thephotos. H e also notes that thereis apparent camera motionwhichblurs th ebackground,b u tnot the UFO, and that this mo-tion may not correspond withth e description of the incident.At this time the au thent ic i tyofthese photos cannot be deter-minedone way or the other.Interestingly enough, thissame witness allegedly had an-other sightingan d took addition -al photos of a UFO in June ofthisyear.This doublesightingis

unusual and "against the odds,"bu tthereissome indication thatcertain individuals are morelikely to see UFO's than o therpersons. Th e two photos alleged-ly takenby Mr.ViitainJ u n e ar eprobably the best photos SKY-LOOK an d International Co-ordinator Jo e Brill have everseenif they ar e au thent ic .They are daylight shots, and incolor. Details ar e present. Therewere reportedly th ree addition -al witnesses, and Mr. Brill isattempting to check with them.W e expect to print the photosin the December SKYLOOK.

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ABOVEThis photo, allegedly taken April 8, 1974, by Guy Caufriez in Belgium, showsthreeluminousimpressions, althoughthe witness sayshe saw only onewith the naked eye.RIGHTThisis anenlargementof the objecton the rightsidein the top photo.

Belgian youthclaimsphotoofsingleUFO

At 8:50 p.m. on April 8, 1974,GuyCaufriez, 16 , was in a garden inHav-ersin,Belgium , observing the sky. Hehad an Electro 35 camera, loadedwith black an d whi tefilm (ASA125),mountedo n atripod.He allegedly saw a luminou s pointof light, larger than astar, crossingthe sky from northeast to southwest(the sky was clear and completelystarl i t ). Th e speed of the luminouspointw asregular,no trail was visible,an d nonoisew ash eard. Therewas noapparentblinkingorpulsating.The witness says he opened theshutter of the camera for a few sec-onds,withthelens set at 1.7. .

After developingthe film, th e wit-ness observed that the photo did notshow w h a t he had observed with th enaked eye. On the photo is a dottedline, which suggests a blinking orpulsating, yet the witness says he didnot observe this. The end of the tra-jectory, irregular on the photo, wasnot observed th e same way with th enaked eye. Also, the photo showsthree lumin ous impressions, but thewitness says he observed only one.The negative has been given toSOBEPSfo r analysis. It has notbeenanalyzed by M U F O N . (SOBEPS,Jean-Luc Vertongen Joe Brill, Inter-national Coordinator for M U F O N . )

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TV's'Flight412'wastruecoseThe N BC World Premiere Movie"The Disappearance of Flight412,"

produced by Gerald L . Adler, mayhave been considered by some to bea fict ional account ofU.S.A irForcehandling of UFO sighting reports.However,fictionit was not.A Cinemobile Production, directedby Ju d Taylor an d starring GlennFord, Bradford Dillman, and DavidSoul, the film was featured by NBConOct .1.The story concerned the trackingo f UFO 's on radar by the U.S.AirForceand a Marine Corps air facilityan dthesu bsequ ent lossof twoMarineCorps jets dispatched to investigateth eobjects. The twojetsw ere visual-ly-observed to enter a cloud by thecrew of a specially equipped radarobservation craft ("Flight 412") a ndthen simply disappearby moving offth e radar scope. Attempts to "sweepth erada r sightings under the rug"byadvising th e parties involved thateach of their respective radars wasmalfunctioning were not successful .A little "Mission Impossible" tech-nique was employed to whisk th eradar observation aircraft (Flight412) off to an abandonedW orld W arII airfield by a special AirForcein -telligence group fo r interrogationoftheir sighting.The holding of the crew membersan d their interrogation was reminis-cent of the experiences of AirForcepilots back in the 1950's. The crewofFlight 412 was retained until theyhad agreed that they actually had notviewed UFO's on radar or observedthe twojetsdisappear into the cloud.Officers who did not cooperate werepassed up for promotions and re-leased from the U.S.A.F. at theearliest point in their age /ran k status.In a telephone conversation with

W A N T E D :Complete set inoriginal red box andin good condition of K U IP E R ' S"PHOTOGRAPHIC L U N A R ATLAS" U niversity of Chicago done in the1960's. Send list of plates with priceto Harold S. Bates, R.R. 2, Box170,Hudson,N ewY ork12534.

writer George Simpson,M U F O ND i-rector Walt Andrus congratulatedhim forthe.hard h ittinga ndfastmov-ingscript, the "64,000-dollarquestion"was simply "Had the U.S. AirForceapproved th e story an d f i lm?"A ndthe second question to George wasthis "Did yousimply change n ames,services, dates, and locales fromhis-torical UFO cases on fi le?" Georgeadvised that this was the t rue ex -perience of his co-writer, Nea i R.Burger, occurring in 1951. Georgerecognized many of the similaritiesto actual cases on file when he wasreading Dr. Hynek's book an d otherbooks in hisp reparation for the film.(Incidentally, Dr. J. Allen Hynek

commended the producers fo r thisfine film.)The answer to the "sixty-four thou-sand question" was that the U.S. A irForce was not asked to approve or"bless" th e film story, nor have theycommented to the producers orwriters either "pro"or "con" as ofthis writing.A featureof this UFO-inspired filmwas thefirst public viewingof a UF Ophotographed overCatalina Island incolor m otion pictures.It is anticipated that this movie,"The Disappearance, of Flight412,"will be repeated on NBC in the fu ture

for those viewers who missed it thefirst time.

UFOdocumentaries scheduledBy Walt Andrus

TheAllanSandierand BobEmeneg-ger UFO filmeddo cum entary, soontobe released tomotion picture theatersthroughout the nation, wil l probablybe titled "UFO's,Past, Present, an dFu ture" to be com patible w ith BobEmenegger's paperback book by thesame name,now insome bookstores.This documentary will be awel-come addition to the 1956U ni tedArtists film t i t led "UnidentifiedFly-ing Objects." Th e Department ofDefence an d NASA have cooperatedto a high degree with Sandier an dEmenegger byprovidingNASAcolorphotographs previously never madepublic. (Someo f these appear in Mr.Emenegger's book)Dr. David Jacobs from th e Univer-sity ofN ebraska assisted in the writ-ing of this film as a UFO historicalconsultant. Davidis one ofonly threepeople in the U.S.who have earnedtheir doctorates i n UFO relatedfields; therefore, he was eminent lyqualified to lend his expertise to thisproduction,AllanLandsburgProduct ionsis pro-ducing a film for NBC TV as asequel to "Search fo r Ancien t Astro-nauts" an d "Search for Ancien t

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Mysteries" to be titled "ThePrimalFactor." M U F O N has been workingwith Don Scioli on the f i lm by pro-viding WilliamFisher's U FO motionpicture film taken inMoline,IL.,an dstill photographs, both in color an dblack an d white,of the Delphos, KS.,landing site. Mr. Scioli advises thatth e film presently in production willbe released between Nov. 1 and 15.Watch your newspapers and TVcol-u m n sfor th eviewingdate.Three other major film companiesare producingU F Ofilms,bu tspecificinformation an d titles at this timewould be p rematu re . See fu tureissues ofSKYLO OK fo r details. Y ourdirector visited one of the studioswhile in Los Angeles on Oct.28 tomeet production personnel an dwriters.Besure tomarkyour calendars fo rSunday,Dec.15 ,1974,when NBC TVNEWS will present their U F O Docu-mentary at 10-11 p.m.EST and 9-10p.m.C STim mediatelyfollowing"TheBo b Hope Christmas Special."M U F O N has received very favorablecoverage in this f i lm writ ten andproduced by Craig Leake. W e lookforward with ant icipat ionto this out-standingprogram to beaired onyourlocalN BC TVstation .


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offerJanuary1,1975MUFONdues, Skylooksubscriptionsto be combin

A combined structure fo rM U F O Ndues and SKYLOOK subscriptions,discussed in the September andOcto-ber issues of this magazine, will be-comeeffectiveJan. 1,1975.In making this announcement,M U F O N Director Walt Andrus saidthe m ove will enable MU FO N topro-vide significant additional servicestoitsm embers.Th e combined dues fo r M U F O Nmembership an dSKYLO OKsubscrip-tion will be $12 per year. Personsnotinterested in orselected fo rM U F O Nmembership m ay subscribe toS KY -LOOK alone for $10 per year. A por-tion ofthis $1 0subscription price willbe used for general M U FO N activi-ties, so persons in this category willbe designated "Contributing Sub-scribers."Those subscribing or renewingsubscriptions prior toJan. 1willpaythe current subscription price of$5.00 per year. Those subscribing orrenewing after Jan.1 will pay thenew rates as outlined above. All cur-rent subscriptions and renewals, in-cludingthose for more than one year,will be honored until their expirationdates.Th e advantages of the new pro-cedure are outlined by Andrus as follows:"Since the organization ofM U F O Nin May of 1969, the administrativeoffices inQuincy ,IL.,have been oper-ated with volunteers, who also hadfull time positions in business, indus-try , an d education. W e have simplyoutgrown this status as M U F O Nh asemerged as one of the leading scien-tific U F O organizations in the World.W e have found it impossible, underth e present arrangement, to provideth eessential membership servicestoou r f ine people who representM U F O N ."When we say 'membershipser-vices,' this includes correspondence,UFO information to interested peo-ple, processing of membership appli-cations, filing of UFO sighting re-ports an dforward ing specif icreports

to consultants orspecialists,occasion-al SKYLOOK subscriptions, prepar-in g public relations 'News Releases'when appropos,an d mailing MU FO NSymposium Proceedings, just toname some examples."The solution to a portion of thisproblem is to hire a f u l l time secre-tary, whowill handleall of the repeti-tivefun ctions and allow the MU FO Nofficers suff icient t imeto provide theleadership and direction to the or-ganization and to conduct U F O re-search and investigations. This ob-viously willcreate an additional ad -ministrative expense, since no onehas ever been paid by M U F O N fortheirservices.The key to oursuccesshas been the vast amount of volun-teer service provided throughoutth eworld in the study of this fascinatingenigma."Another major step will be takenat the same time that M U F O N addsth e full time secretary toit'sstaff-that of bringing SKYLOOK into acloser relationship to MU FO N ,whereby th esecretary m ayalsoper-form clerical funct ions for ourmonthly publication."The BoardofDirectorsofM U F O Nhas made the decision to combine themembership duesandSKYLO OK sub-scription as one amount startingJan. 1, 1975. As you will note, thisissue of SKYLOOK ha s been "typeset" giving it an even more profes-sional appearance, f i t t ing amagazineof it'sstature in the UFO field. Eachof th e improvements that ou r readershave observedsinceDwight Connellybecame the editor, only a few shortmonths ago,is reflected in addedcosts or added time, or both. Eachof these process improvements plusth e continually rising cost of paperand printing has increased the costo f publishing SKY LO O K. This costmust also be reflected inM U F O N 'snew dues structure, since SKYLOOKwill no longer function f inancia l lyin -dependent as it has prior to this time."Since m embership to MU FO N isaccomplished by the invitation an d

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recommendation of one of ourectors, an arrangement musmade to accommodate those ested people who want to substo SKY LO O K, but who are not amembersofM U F O N ."W e also want to make proviwhereby our teen-agers may papate in the activities of M Usince these f ine young peoplebecome ou r Field Investigatorthe future. Eighteen years of athe minimum for a Field Invgator, and 21years for a DirCompetent young people noting these age requirements arsigned to positions titled "SKYLReporter," "UFO News CLIPPService," and in the case of amastronomers, "Astronomy." M U F O N Board is also cognizanthesesamemembers under 18of age are students and may financial limitations; therefore will receive preferential consitions with respect to membedues. ($10.00 annually fo r suchdents)To accommodate SKYLOOK scribers who are not MUF O N mbers,onwho do notwishto beactinvolved inM U F O Nfo r personasons, but who hav e a sincere desihelp support MUFON researchthe UFO phenomenon , a restrmembership position has beentablished, titled "Contributingscriber." A Con tributing Subscwill be basically subscribing toLOOK as many of our readersdone in the past; however, theynot be issued membership identtioncards, since there willbe nofor same. Contributing Subscrwill not represent MUFON inofficial capacity in field invetions an d research or to themedia, police agencies or gomental bodies.The dues for a Contr ibu t ingscriber will be $10.00 annually,ingJan. 1,1975,or when yourprSKYLOOK subscription expires."Both MUFON an d SKYLOO


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preciatethe cont inu ing supportof ourS KYL OOKreaders, since they are anintegral adjunct of our publication.W ehopethat this combined member-ship/subscription arrangement willmeet with their approval and favor-able response to the finest magazineof it's typein the field."MU FO N members serving asFieldInvestigators, State-SectionD i-rectors, Consultants, Legal Advisors,State Directors, Staff Directors,andOfficers will subscribe to the newlyadopted combined membership duesof $12.00"annu ally effective Jan. 1,1975, or the date when your cu rren tS KYL OOKsubscriptionexpires.Com-biningthesetwo fees will be an addedconvenience to our members and ^subscribers,and also asignificantaidto M U F O N ,sincewe will not have tomain ta in tw oseparate membersh ip /subscription files operated in twodi f fe rent locations."The only exception to this newdues structure might involve a few

Consultants or Legal Advisors whohave volunteered to make theirspecialized services or laboratoriesavailable to MUFON when needed ,

Friedman lectureschedule released

A list of lectures to be given byStanton T. Friedman, "The FlyingSaucerPhysicist,"has been releasedfo r Novemberan d December.Friedm an, who speaks on "FlyingSaucersAreReal,"is the onlyspacescientist devoting full t ime toUF O ' s.Last year he spoke on 93 campusesin 29states. Friedman notes thathespeaks at special rates for "piggy-back" appearances which can begiven enroute tothosealready sched-,uled. His new address is 2 4 1 0 V 2Graha m Ave., Redondo Beach , Calif.,90278 (phone213-371-9800).; S c h e d u l e

N o v . 7, Thu rsday , 8 p.m. , Universi tyb fTexas, Arl ington. N o v . 13 , Wednesday , 8 p.m., S U N Y ,pneonta, N Y .

N o v . 14 , Thu rsday , 8 p.m. , MadisonCol lege, Harrisonbu rg,Va.

Dec. 3, Tuesday , 8 p.m. , Universi tyo f N e v a d a ,La s Vegas.

bu t prefer not to subscribe to SKY -LOOK or serve in a dual capacity."The Mutual UFO Network , Inc .( M U F O N )has grown so rapidly in thepastfiveyears that positive financialsteps must be taken to fulfill ourobligations to ou r members and tomeet goals and objectives that wehave established as the purpo se ofthis organization resolving t he UF Ophenomenon."With the advent of a series ofmotion pictures and TV documen-taries devoted to UFO's within thenext few months, th e interest of thegeneral public will increase to newlevels never before experienced,creating addit ional demands uponM U F O N in the area ofi n fo rma t iona lservices and public awareness pro-grams."It is predicted tha t the U .S. Gov-ernment,through one ofit's agencies,will make a positive revelation ofthe existence of U FO 's within ayear.

This wi l l .open th e doors to manyareas of research not previouslyavailable or receptive. At the samet ime , MU FO N mus t have a strongviable research organization thatcan meet it's ow ngoals and objec-t ives. W e feel confiden t that the newdues will be helpful inthisrespect."Attaining a tax exempt statusunder th e Internal Revenue Service50 1(c) (3 ) rulingisanotherobjectivet h a t MU FO N mus t ach ieve in 1975sothat tax deductable gifts may beacceptedfromdonors."Even with the increase in duesst ructure , S KYL OOK is , wi thout adoubt , still the finest monthly UFOpublicat ion available anywhere, andat a very com petit ive price. M U FO Nchallengesourreaderstomake sucha comparison in your evaluation ofbothS K Y L O O Kan dM U F O N ."After Jan. 1 ,1975, all dues shouldbe mai led to MU FO N at 40 C hristo-pher C ourt , Qu incy ,IL., 62301U .S.A."

Director'sReportbyWaltAndrus( C o n t i n u e d f r o m page 3 )membc/s m ay receive an up-dateonc u r r e n t an dpendingU F O motion pic-tures for boththeaters and televisionin a separate article in this issue.Y o u r Director recently met with

She rma n Larsen , M U FO N State-Sec-tionDirector fo r CookCounty inIlli-nois, to discuss th e progress of theCenter for UFO Studies. Dr. J. AllenHynek is cha i rman of the Board ofDirectors for the Center f o r U FOStudies, an d Sherm is the presidentan dtreasurer.As p rev ious ly announced inS K Y -L O O K , your Director w as invited topresent a sl ide/lecture in Sacra-mento, Calif., at the California Expo-sition Fair Grounds at 3 p .m. and 8

p.m. on Sa tu rday , Oc t . 2 6 , u n d e r th esponsorship of the South Sac ramen toLions Cluban d P au l W .Kelley, State-Section Director. Through th e f inework ofP a u lC.Cerny, State Directorfo r Nor the rn California , and TomGates , Consul tant in Ast ronomy, yourDirector addressed an aud ience atFoothills College in Los Altos Hills,Calif., at 7 :30 p .m.onOct .2 5.1974. Healso had the p leasureofpa r t i c i pa t i ngin a radio talk show via KGO in San 19

Francisco, an ABC50,000-watt radiostation covering the west coast up toAlaska.On Sunday ,Oct . 2 7,Mrs. Idab el Ep -person, State Director for SouthernCalifornia, had an"open house"meet-in g in Los Angeles where your Di-rectorhad anopp ortun i tytomeet th emajor i ty o f our MUFON people f romth e L .A. an d su r round ing area. Adozenrosesto Idabel for being such agracious hostess, and a personalthanks to all of you who at tended,making my visi t such an enjoyablean d memorable event .L os Angelesisfo r t una t e to have some of the f inestU FO research talent in the nationcombinedin onelocali ty.O n Oct . 6 , Wi l l i am H. Spaulding,M U F O N State Director for Arizonaan d also Director for GSW-West(Ground Sauce r W a t c h ) , m et with ahigh percentage of his f ie ld investi-gators an d cons u l t an t s in Phoenix todiscuss m e m b e r s h i p a f f i l i a t ion wi thM U F O N . H is presenta t ion and a re-view of S KY L O O K bythose a t ten dingw as receivedfavorably . W ehope thatBill c an soon start appoint ing State-SectionDirectors for various Arizonacount ies to represent both GS W andM U F O N .


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AstronomyNotesBy Mark Herbstritt

November SkyMercury is too close to the Sun forobservation, superior conjunction be-ing on the19th.Venusis an evening "Star", bu tbarely above the southwestern hori-

zon at sunset.Marsisa m orningstarv ery low inthe southeast just before dawn.Jupiter is in Aquarius. It is ap-proaching th emeridianatsunset,andsetswellbeforedawn.Saturn is in Gemini . It rises tw ohours af ter sunset and is visible fortherestof the night.Th e Geminid meteor shower oc -cursfrom the10thto the13th.

December SkyMercuryon the 10thit is at great-est Western Elongation, about 16degrees above the southeastern hori-zon.Venuson the 6th it is in superiorconjunction, becoming an eveningstar, but it remains too close to theSu nfo reasy observation.Mars is too close to the Sun foreasy observation.Jupiter is in the southeast atsun-set andsetssoon af ter midnight..Saturn is in Gemini. It rises 3hours after sunset and is visible therestof the n ight.The Leonid meteor shower occursfrom the14thto18th.

MassachusettsdaylightUFO...(Continued from page9)t ruck who also apparently saw theUFO probably cannot be located. Inaddition, Kathy'sfa ther isdefinitely aU FO buff , an d seems to have an in-exhaustible supply of local U FOy a m s totell.Kathyan dBill, althoug hseemingly sensible people, have un-avoidably been conditioned to acceptUF O reality and might be apt to ju m pat a U FO explanation for an unu sualsighting.

Th e report, however, is unusual .

The object seemed to besolid,metal-lic, an d silver; th e reflecting glaremay have obscured the object 's fea-tures. The object 's rocking motions,an d sudden an d rapid accelerationare characteristic of the UF O phe-nomenon. The UFO was apparentlyclose to power lines and a reservoir.The sightings occurred durin g aknown flap period. My conclusion isthat th e report probably happenedasstated and that an unknown aerialobject was involved.

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St. Louis groupdiscussesparapsychologyTheregular monthlym eetingUFO Study Group ofGreaterS

washeld O ct.21 at theFarm&Savings and Loan Assn. buildiForsyth B lvd., Clayton ,M o.John Schroeder described tposes of the parapsychology smittee of the Group's UF O Recommittee. Mr. Schroeder direcentactivities of the subcoman d spoke briefly onseveral mof interest to its membersnth e claims made by and aboGeller, and the ideas expounDr. Jacques Vallee in PasspMagonia an d more recently,Pmagazine ona possible link bU F O s an d parapsychology.Executive Board meetingSchroeder was appointed permchai rman of the subcommitparapsychology.Bill Christian reported thatSeptember 15, he had receivedtwenty (2 0) telephonecallsregpossibleUFO observations. Oall except three (3) were eascribed to misperceptions oridentifications.Results of the Septemberwatch near Pacific, Mo., wecussed by Frank Brown. Twent(23)persons took pa rt in thisexApp roximately 50 persons atthe O ctober meeting. The nexin g will be held at 8 p.m., MNovember 18,at the same lo(Reported by David A.SchroVon Daniken toThe Ancient Astron aut Socipresent Erich VonDaniken,au"Chariots of the Gods?," in aan d slide presentation on Dec. 8, at the North Central CFieldhouse, Napervil le,111., atTh e admission price is $4 pson if tickets are purchasedvance.A lltickets sold at thedbe$5each. Tickets are availabthe Society office at 600TalcPark Ridge, IL. 60068; at CoDu Page, Glen Ellyn, IL.; atCentral College, Naperville,Iat allTicketron outlets.

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