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The M U F O NUFO JOURNALNUMBER 119 OCTOBER 197

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WALTER H . A N D RU SEditor

WALTER H . A N D RU SDirector of M U F O NPAUL C E R N YPromotion/publicity

REV. BARRY D O W N I N GReligion and UFOsA N N DRUFFELCalifornia Report

LUCIUS PARISHBooks/Periodicals/HistoryMARJORIE FISHExtraterrestrial Life

MARK HERBSTRITTAstronomyROSETTA HOLMESPromotion/Publicity

- . TE D PHILLIPSLanding Trace CasesDAVID A SCHROTHSt. Louis/Mass Media '

JOHN F. SCHUESSLERUFO PropulsionNORMA E. SHORTDWIGHT CONN ELLYEditor/Publishers EmeritusLE N STRINGFELDCommentary

Th e M U F O N U FO J O U RN A L ispublished by the Mutual UFONetwork, Inc., Sequin, Texas.Subscription rates: $8.00 per yearin the U.S.A.; $9.00 per yearforeign. Copyright 1977 by theMutual UFO Network. Secondclass postage paid at Seguin,Texas. Publication identificationn u m b e r is 002970. R e t u r nundeliverable copies to: TheM U F O N UFO JOURNAL, 103Oldtowne Rd., Seguin, Texas78155.

F R O M T H E E D IT O RRichard H. Hall, AssociateEditor of Th e Mufon U FO

Journal and MUFON Inter-nat ional Coordinator willalternate each month as Editorwith your Intemation Directoruntil such time as a permanente d i t o r is assigned t h i sresponsibility. This will give usan op p or tun i ty to w o r ksimultaneously and bring theJournal to a current status.The Journal will keep itsreaders abreast of the progressand status of NASA's entryinto the UFO investigationeach month. Dr. Richard C.Henry has submitted hisrecommendation to Dr. R obertA. Frosch, NASA Adminis-trator, who in turn will reply toPresident Jimmy Carter'sScientific Advisor, Dr. FrankPress. Despite the negativeresponse of Dave Williamson,NASA assistant for special

projects, to the proposedr e o p e n i n g o f t h e U F Oinvestigation by a governmentagency, something positivecould eminate from J immyCarter's assignment to NASA.Considering that both Dr.Frosch and Dr. Press will addtheir comments and recom-mendations to the evaluationby Dr. Henry, their personalbias either pro or con couldradically influence the outcomeas delivered to the President.To date, neither Dr. Frosch orDr. Press has made a publicstatement that might disclosetheir decision. The need fo rf i n a n c i a l f u n d i n g a n dmanpower to condu ct a studyand investigation has croppedup in statements to the press,giving NASA and the President"an out" if they elect not toconduct an indepth study.

In this issueCALIFORNIA AIRLINE SIGHTING & MOVIE FILM 3By Paul CernyMEET FRED & EVA SVTHUS 7By Walt Andrus"CALIFORNIA REPORT" - New Insights Into Old Mysteries 8By Ann DruffelTHE UFO STATUS QUO 10The Len StringfieldCLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 12By Walt AndrusUFO RELATED INFORMATION FROM THE FBI FILE, Part I 13By Bruce S. MaccabeeIN OTHER'S WORDS 16By Lucius ParishNASA ASSIGNED UFO RESPONSIBILITY 17By Walt AndrusOUR EXTRATERRESTRIAL HERITAGE 18From UFO's to Space ColoniesDIRECTOR'S MESSAGE 19By Walt Andrus

The content s of the MUFON UFO JOURNAL aredetermined by the editor, and do not necessarilyrepresent.the official position of MUFON. Opinions ofcontributors are their own, and d o not necessarily reflectthose of the editor, the staff, or MU FON. Art ic les may beforwarded directly to M UF O N.

Permission is hereby granted to quote from this issueprovided not more than 200 words are quoted from anyone article, the author of the article is given credit, andthe statement "Copyright 1977 by the MU FON U FOJO UR NA L , 103 Oldtowne Rd., Seguin, Texas" isincluded.

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CALIFORNIA AIRLINESIGHTING AND MOVIE FILM

b y Paul Cerny-MUFONWestern Regional DirectorOn April 11th,.1977, a Belmont.

California professional photographer.Fred Svihus and his wife Eva werereturning to the States from a New.Zealand vacaction trip. Their airlinerlanded at Los Angeles InternationalAirport early in the morning. Shortlythereafter the Boeing 747 JumboJet took off from the Los Angelesairport for the final destination oftheir journey to San FranciscoInternational.

Svihus. [pronounced Sweeas) andhis wife both had window seats onebehind the other on the port side ofthe aircraft. Svihus was fascinatedby the mechanical workings of theaircraft flap system on the trailingedge of the wing ust slightly ahead o fhis seat position and was moviefilming the flap action as it slowlyreceded to its inflight position withinthe wing. The big airliner headednorthwest up the coast towards SanFrancisco, The morning wasbeautiful a nd clear with just a fewscattered clouds. About fifteenminutes out of Los Angeles, atapproximately 8:00 a.m. and about20.000 feet of altitude, the 747wascruising close to Vandenburg A.F.B.The view out of the port side of theplane showed clear blue sky to thesouthwest and the massivenesso fthe/ocean down below with the sunon the opposite side of the aircraft.Svihus was intermittently filming thewing and clouds when a n outcryfrom his wife behind him alerted hisattention to what he instinctivelysa w at the same time himself. "My

God. what's that?" she exclaimed!"Do you see it Fred?" Heanswered,"Yes. I'm filming it." Four glowingobjects suddenly appeared in the skyopposite their window position andslightly lower inaltitude,speeding byin the opposite direction.The objects

.were in echelon formation,somewhat oval in appearance, andmoving by very rapidly at anestimated five to seven milesdistance from the 747.

Utilizing his skills as a professionalphotographer, Svihus continued to"pan" the flight of four objects asthey went past his window beingcareful to steady the camera andholding it as close to the plexiglasswindow as possiblewithout touchingthe lens shell to it. He was able to

"Copyright Fred Svihus \91Tglance up occasionally to view theflight with his naked eyes as heworked the camera and continued tofilm the objects as they continued onout of sight behind the airliner. Asthey were just about out of sight,he.watched as the four suddenly brokeformation and "scattered", thenwere lost from view. Reflections ofany kind were ruled out due to thecloseness of the lens to the windowand the fact that the UFO's werevery obvious against a clear blue sky.with the sun shining on them fromthe opposite side of the airplanewhere the observers were seated.Th e whole experience lasted only amatter of seconds and as far as isknown, none of the other passengersaboard, which were only a very few,

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apparently saw the spectacle. Mostha d .departed from the aircraft atLo s Angeles.At, one point in the filming, hemanaged to "Zoom" the objects incloser. The Bolex movie camera wa sfilming at standard eighteen framespe r second. The UFO's were exposedon thirty-two individual fra mes of thefilm. Near the Los Angeles airport,while in flight, at the properperspective turn of the aircraft, Mr.Svihus shot out a few frames of themoon as it was visible in the earlymorning sky just above the wing. Thisis on the same rol l o f film. It wasinteresting to compare the size ofthis two-thirds moon as seen overthe wing tip, to the later shots of the"unknowns", which appeared to thisobserver as abou t one-third to one-quarter the size of the moon incomparison. Ana lysis of the film willb e attempted v e r y s o o n byprofessional photo-analysts a ndresults should be forthcom ing in thenear future.From communication with theairline, which definitely wishes toremain a nonym ous, for obvious,reasons, though they a re quiteinterested in the film, it was felt thatthe crew saw the objects. This hasno t been confirmed and the airlinespokesman w a s rather evasive andnoncommittal about this point. Thisma y or may not have a b earing on thefact that according to Svihus, whocal led the FBI thinking they ma y havean i n te res t , not i f ied' N a v yIntelligence and the'-O.S.I. There isa lso an indication o f Washington,D.C. White House interest.

It is interesting to note that thesighting t o o k p l a c e so nearVandenburg A.F.B. , hence thegovernment interest. OnSept. 10th,1 97 7. c o i n c i d e n t a l l y e n o u g h ,another sighting o f a single U FO tookplace in this same vicinity and was

visually seen by four differentairliners in that immediate area,reported by the pilots on radio. Theobject was closest to a DC-10airliner, details of this incident are inMUFON f i l e s . A d d i t i o n a l l yinteresting was that the Sept. 10thU FO wa s tracked on the Fremont,Cal i fornia loca ted Oakland Air Traf f icControl Radar instal lat ion.T he p os i t i on of the Sv i h u se n c ou n te r w a s n e ar Lomp oc ,California or just south of SantaMaria. Maximum viewing time wasestimated at four or f ive seconds!One wonders ho w much more U FOactivity has been going on around the _Vandenburg Base. In the past yearsa number of unusual and o utstandingreports, onewith photographs, havebeen received by. this investigator.At those times, definite attemptswere ma de by the mil i tary to hush upthe incidents.

Are the U F O ' s monitoringactivities at Vandenburg as theyseemingly are at Cape Kennedy,White Sands, and other areas?The position of the four objectswith respect to oneano ther seemedto remain relatively the same withon ly slight d e v i a t i on n o te d inrepeated v iewing of the fi lm. U nderphotographic ana lysis, which w i l l beforthcoming, any deviation of thepositions of the objects should bemore prominent and can bem e a s u r e d . Of the v . a r i o u sresearchers wh o have so far viewed .a nd studied the film! severa l felt thatthe ob jects a ppeared to be discoid inshape. The fi lm was shown in July,1977 at the MUFON Symposium byMr. Svihus whomade aspecial trip toScottsdale, Ar izona, at his ownexpense so that M U F ON scientistsand researchers could view the film.The photos are somewhat similar tothe Montana and Utah movie fi lmfootage taken some years ago.

These films at that time were ofconsiderable interest to the AirForce Project Blue Book.It isn't everyday that dayl ightmovie f ilm footag e o f U FO's happens

to be caught by an alert andprofessional photographer aboardan airl iner a s they speed pa st theplane. MUFON feels very honoreda nd privi leged to have been chosenas the recipient of the Svihus film.Prior to his return to the States, Mr.Svihus had read articles in the NewZealand newspapers o f recent U FOsightings in the Los Angeles area.

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FRED AND EVASVIHUSB Y W A L T A N D R U S

FRED SVIHUSM y wife and I had the pleasure ofhaving dinner with Fred Svihus at the

1977 MUFON UFO SYMPOSIUM incottsdale, Arizona on July 16th whene brought his motion picture film foriewing and analysis. In the evaluationa n y U F O photograph, theof the photographer is eventhe picture itself,the . authent ic i ty is beingphoto, alone, is not

adequate for the photo analyst toconduct a stud y. He m ust have all of thedetails an d conditions under which th ephoto was made, including cameramodel, exposure time, F-stop, focusdistance, type of film, etc.To give the Journal readers furtherinsight into the creditability of thephotographer an d witnesses, th efollowing pertinent information is beingshared with you . Fred Svihus(pronounced SWEE AS) is a retired toolmaker and forme rly owned Tool andDie Welding Engineering Companywhere they did extensive research inthis field. Of Swedish ancestory, Fredprides himself as a professionalphotographer, which in this case was anasset, since he knew exactly how torespond. His wife, Eva, is a retiredCaptain of the Civil Air Patrol (C.A.P.),a trained observer, and a pilot in herow n right. Her father, Capt. Roy N.Francis, was an "early bird flyer", thefirst executive officer of Kelly Field, SanAntonio, Texas during World War I.Capt. Francis' pilot log shows that heflew the first Martin bomber and used itto lay out the route for the A rm y A irCorps, to make their first crosscontinent flight. After retirement, he.was the second person to serve as

superintendent of Mills Field, nowk n o w n as the San F r a n c i s c oInternational Airport.Fred and Eva consider them selvesas v ery normal people, who w ere veryfortunate to have been f i l m i n g th eaircraft wingjQaps as the four objectspassed through their view within four orf i v e seconds. Since Fred did not"believe" in UFOs, he did not questionth e other passengers aboai d when theylanded in San Francisco for fear ofinfluencing them if there was aninvestigation conducted. After th emotion f i l m was developed, Fred didcontact both government an d civilauthorities. Fred and Eva reside inBelmont, California where they have,met with James M cCam pbell, and PaulCerny. MUFON has not only a copy ofthe super 8, 35mm motion picture f i l mof th e sequence, but 8 x 1 0 colorenlargements of individual frames thatare used in this issue of the Journal. M r.Svihus has filed a copyright applicationon his f i l m which is presently beingprocessed. M U F O N is honored that wewere selected fo r exclusive utilizationand analysis of this film. GSW, Inc. ispresently conducting a photo analysison one .of the 8 x 10 enlargementsdepicting the four objects.

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By Ann Druffel

"New Insights into Old Mysteries"With great pleasure I greet the arrival

of an original book upo n the UFOsceneAdrian Vance's U F O s , The Eyeand The Camera. Adrian is a residentof Southern California and for manyy ears has been an i ndus t r i ous ,concerned participant in NICAP andM U F O N investigations.

The. UFO research field has beentreated during the past several years toabout a dozen significant books,written by various experts who meetallthe criteria for objectivity, integrity andexperience. U F O s The Eye and TheCamera is one of these bookswith adifference; ' While the other dozenauthors have ranged in writing abilityfrom passable to professional, V ance'swriting skills are best described aspicturesquely excellent.With this difficult alliterative label inmind, imagine a UFO book with acompletely different theory from anyother. V ance's selected UFOs are notplodding, aging space travelers, notstray .intradimensional visitors, notPucks and elves from Magoniatypeworlds. His UFOs are time travelers--advanced navigators~and he makes avery good case to prove his theory.Author Vance is a gentleman who'/ears many hats upon his shock of,black hair. H e is a physical scientist, am a t h e m a t i c i a n , p r o f e s s i o n a lp h o t o g r a p h e r , exper t photot echn ic ian , educa t iona l f i lmst r ipproducer , f ree-lance wri ter , and

presently W est C oast.editor of PopularPhotography magazine. '

Besides his professional qualifi-cations, he is a humanist. The problemof UFOs is personal to him , disturbingin their possible implications to thehuman race. Years ago he set his mindtoward investigating the.mystery i andfeels now that he has p unctured a smallpart of the veil covering these puzzlingphenomenon of modern times. In his,research he brings to bear not only hiscerebral scholarship, but also.- anintriguing degree of intuition.

U F O s , Th e Eye an d The Camera islifee-an Indian curry. The solid technicalinformation contained within it s pagesis made palatable even to readers whowould ordinarily find it difficult to followtexts involving physics and math. Inaddition, spicing up the scientificdiscourses, are gems of priceless sim ile,onomatopoeia, and hyperbole; Thisknowledgeable author, has a delicioussense of subtle humor.Adrian is a product .of SouthernCalifornia U FO research, and we areproud of his many contributions to thefield. He has unstintingly given of histime on photo' cases throughout theyears; he has the same quality in histime-travel theory. N o pussy-footinghere, no qualifying, no attempts to leaveholes through which he can back out iflater proved wrong. He has spent manyyears developing his theory that someUFOs are craft traveling in time. He

cites the Oregon, Sedona, and Alaskmultiple-image photos to illustrate, andthe quality and quantity of work he hadone to back up his theory iimpressive.He shows the reader how and w hy hconducted his .research on eachparticular facet, even including bits ointuitive thinking. I am tempted towonder whether the answers to thU FO mystery will eventually be founby researchers who inadvertently tapthe psychic realm. :A good writer succeeds in presentinword pictures. V ance goes a stebeyond and writes word niovies whicdelight and stimulate the mind. Hidescription of the command-level AFofficials whose mental fuses wermelted by the repeated UFO assaulton the forbidden air-corridor over thWhite House in 1952 is an exampleThese gentlemen, according to Vancewent into a stammering ac t from whicthey have never recovered. It's anaccurate assessment of U . Sgovernment policy.He w isely points out that the study oUFOs is an interdisciplinary scienceWhen he first became aware odiscrepancies in several ostensiblyauthentic but puzzling photos, hrealized that such photos had to bstudied from the point of view of the twviewing channels through which thehad been detected-i.e., theeye, and thcamera. He felt qualified enough in th

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but admits withfrankness that his

of human vision was sadlyStudying to f i l l in hishe was able to combine the

o sciences in interdisciplinary fashiondevelop a workable hypothesisat least one type of UFO.The section of his book which deals

the intermittent cycle in humanis fascinating. This is notas dry fact. We can actually

ee Vance spinning, night and day,on the principles of "Benham's

We can feel hissleeplessness andhunger. We can see the

of his great GermanBoris, looking on andfearing that his master ha dhis cogs. We can delight ininsatiable search fo r truth,

wherever ;that mightto be.He is convinced, and is convincing,

in his book he has reached outnd grabbed for himself a part of theruth. .Vance is not, only a scientist, a

and a humanist. He is also aer. As hestates in his Preface,We are likely not ready for full-fledgedin the universe, but in anythere are usually a few whoan make use of an information. It is to

hese people that we speak."He had developed an approachmight possibly lead to eventual

solution of the UFO mystery. It's onehich other researchers might -well

adopt. It is to seperate, if possible, theU FO phenomenon into its recognizableparts. We are all convinced that theU FO mystery is of such complexity thatthe human mind is boggled. B ut therere certain.clues that lead us to thinkhat various types of UFOs can beeparated and studied apart from the

rest of the teemingmass. Case in point:Vance's multiple-image photos. He has

separated and studied these withstunning results. The problem, then, isno t merelyaneed fo r specialization, butf o r s p e c i a l i z a t i o n , w i t h i n i n t e r -disciplinary fields.

H e also delves into other phenomena-ancient maps, Biblical reports, theBermuda Triangle, etc.-which aresuspected to be related to the UFOproblem. In these discussions, too, hebrings to bear his unique gifts ofresearch and . i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r ytheorizing. Someday, he threatens, hewill sail straight into the. Triangle,hoping that on-the-spot investigationwill.provide clues to the mystery. I canpicture him there, wearing hi s manyhats with Boris at his side. My bet will beriding on his ability to puncture anothersmall hole in that.very .thick veil.Putting together Vance's expertiseand style and his.publisher's splendidpromotion of this book, it should be anartistic, scientific and financial success.Available at $8.95 from book stpres.prBarlenmir House, 413 City IslandAve.,New York , N Y 10064, it should speedquickly to public and private librariesthroughout the worldon wingsof light-or time.

jMarkR.HerbstrittstronomyNotesTHE SKY FOR

OCTOBER 1977Mercury - It is poorly placed' forobservation, being in superiorconjunction on the 18th.Venus - It is a moving star, rising in the.east about two hours before the sun.Mars - Moving from Gemini intoCancer, it rises well, before midnightand is past the meridian by sunset.Jupiter - In Gemini, it rises in theevening and is well past the meridian atsunrise. On the 24th it is stationary andbegins to retrograde or move westwardamong t h e stars. Saturn - In Leo near Regulus, it risesabout four hours before th e sun.The Orionid Meteor shower occursOctober 18-23. . . .

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T H E U F O SBy Len Stringfield

Psychic prognosticates since 1973have made headlines in the tabloids,predicting autumnal UFO flaps to strikethe U.S.A. Uke other years, the big flapof 77 didn't materialize in the U.S.A.

Instead, the elusive UFO"strategists" have switched their targetto Western Australia. According to amass of clippings received from mysource in Melbourne, dozens ofreported Close Encounters of the Firstand Second Kind have occurred duringmilitary manuevers in September andOctober and, is continuing. I'msurewe'll ge t some well investigated materialfrom reliable sources soon for review inour Journal.Tw o British astronomers, Sir. FredHbyle, professor of astronomy at therespected Royal Institution of GreatBri tain, and, Professor ChandraWickramasinghe. o f appliedmathematics at Cardiff University,have presented a provocative theory inNew Scientist which speculates thatprimeval life on Earth could have comefrom outer space. They also aver thatmajor epidemics like flu and plaguemaycome from extraterrestrial sources.About 4 million years ago, their articlesuggested, a comet could have crash-' landed on Earth bringing primitive

organisms from which all life evolved.Sudden plagues, they said, that haveirregularly swept the globe could be theresult of fresh attempts at the evolutionof life on comets...Coming to this writer's mind is thestill mysterious Legionnaires disease

and whether or not the hypotheticalcarrier of primitive life and disease wasof random cometary or purposefulvehicular origin.During a mid-September visit to NewYork, I was invited by the GrenadaMission to discuss the worldwideUFOproblem with Ambassadors FranklinDolland and Dr. Wellington Friday.

.On the request of Dr. Friday,Ambassador at Large, I prepared a 4-page paper describing the objectives ofscientific UFO research which wasincluded in Prime Minister Sir EricMatthew Gairy's proposal to the 32ndSession of the United Nation's GeneralAssembly, October 7, 1977. Hisproposal basically expressed the needof a permanent agency to beestablished in the UN to exchangeU FO data between all nations of theworld.

On November 28, Grenada'sproposal will be debated in the SpecialPolitical Committee at the UN. Dr.Friday explained in his letter to thiswriter, October 14, that "first, we needto muster up sufficient support fromnational delegations to the GeneralAssembly, and second, we need to

.arouse and sustain the interest ofexperts in the field and secure theirendorsement....! am sure you would beable to help us here again ..."On November 14, Dr. Friday invitedthe writer to attend the UNdebate andact as advisor on behalf of Grenadaduring the proceedings.At this writing, November 22, I am

hoping that finances will allow me attend the UN debate. I feel honorand will report on this high level affaira future column.

We're all waiting word from NAShoping for a positive move to beginscientific U FO study following a WhHouse directive for that agency to lointo the matter. In the meanwhNASA is undertaking the task as tofficial mail drop for the White Houhandling UFO mail which is increasiin volume. With rumors rife, October 18, I called Mr. DavWilliamson, Assistant DirectorSpecial Projects fo r NASAWashington, D.C., for his commenHis response indicated an interest in work fo r Grenada at the UN and asked that I submit other ideas thmight be useful in the NASA/UFprobe. Following, is the contents oletter dated October 19, I sent to MWilliamson to which was attachedcopy of the paper preparedGrenada:

"...Enclosed for your review, pursuato our phone talk,October 18,1977, iscopy of U F O Status Quo which I haprepared on the request of DWellington Friday, AmbassadorLarge, of Grenada, for presentation bhis Prime Minister, Sir EricGairy at th32nd Assembly of the United NationOctober 7, 1977.Perhaps my paper, which briefrelates the mood and objectives ocivilian UFO research, may also serv

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Q U Ohe current NASA position which 1

understand is trying to determine abase, or guidelines, for administrativend/or scientific study of the UFOroblem.

I firmly .believe, based on theof information received

reliable sources and the generalthat for NASA to perform, or

effectively and objectively intop secret

to aof scientific and administrativemay be named to serve

Anything less would be aof effort, and become anin futility.

I also firmly believe that significantand perhaps "hardware", doeswithin the framework of variousagencies or military areas of theStates. Such data,etc., Ibelieve,to be) contained

inaccessible files of the DepartmentDefense, a certain office of the C.I.A.,

AFB, and in the photolabs of Naval Intelligence. I do

claim to know the secret officialof certain vital data (beyondwhich is available to the public atfrom Projectfiles), but whatever is being

by these agencies certainlyvital in any proposed NASA

to perform scientifically withongoing UFO problem:

Without sounding presumptuous orI am personally aware of

certain UFO DATA of an "unsettling"nature. However, because of thesensitivity of some of the data, and thepromise to keep the names of myinformants confidential, I cannotdiscuss these matters by phone.

I will be happy to assist or serveNASA in any capacity on the premisethat itsproject isgeared objectively andhopefully, scientifically, to determinethe UFO's nature, origin and intents.

As stressed in my recently publishedbook, Situation Red, published byDoubleday, I believe that the UFOdeserves serious review..."

Not having heard from NASA byOctober 28,1called Mr. Williamson.Atthis time heexpressed "littlehope" for aNASA agency. The main reason wasinadequate funds. The other, was thefamiliar tune that there was nothing inthe category of "hard evidence" tojustify technical research. "NASA isatechnical agency," he said. "We cannotderive anything substantive from UFOreports unless we can analyze thereporter's minds."

When I asked Williamson about myreferences to substantive data hardware, gun camera photos and evenhumanoids allegedly held in highestsecrecy in various official agencies Iwas told that NASA has had access toall the named agencies and the claimsthat they were hiding information,artifacts or entities, were onlyunfounded stories.

On November 15, I phoned

Williamson to get an update. He statedthat NASA was still pursuing its studyfor the establishment of a useful projectand that it "was no t taking it (theproject) lightly".

I also told Williamson that since ourlast chat that I had received additionaldata relative to the preservedhumanoids allegedly examined andstored at Wright-Patterson AFB in pastyears. Again, as expected, he claimedno knowledge of the alien bodies.Realizing the sensitivity of this "finaiproof phase of the alleged UFO cover-up, Isuggested that NASAneededonlya "technical" shovel with which to digunderground next to the vaults atWright-Patterson where the deceasedhumanoids have been held and maystill be.

The controversial "little men" storiesfor so long ridiculed by officialdom andmost civilian researchers (includingmyself until 1976) are no longer sofunny or so far out. While preparing mybook, Situation Red, Iuncovered somesobering data relative to theirexistence. Since the book's release inJune of 1977,1 have been privy to moreconfirmative data...including first handaccounts f r o m former m i l i t a r ywitnesses...Unlessmy informants havebeen "planted" for covert reasons, or,are skilled hoaxers, I believe thehumanoid factor in UFO researchshould be seriously considered...

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CLOSEENCOUNTERSOF THE THIRDKINDBy Walt Andrus

November 15th marked the premiershowing of Columbia Pictures U FOepic, "Close Encounters Of The ThirdKind" in both N ew York City andHollywood. It is destined to take itsplace as a science fiction thriller alongwith "Jaws" and "Star Wars", however,it has one distinct advantage over thetwo prior films. It is not a UFOdocumentary. Steven Spielberg, thewriter an d director, ha s composed thestory around authenticated UFOevents that are f a m i l i a r toknowledgeable UFOlogists. It is such adown to earth presentation that anyviewer, leaving th e theater couldt ru t h f u l l y say--" that could havehappened to me".Close E ncounters Of The Third Kindor CE3K, as the people at Columbiarefer to their big Christmas seasonmovie, has been kept under closerwraps than a military secret fo r fouryears. Nearly one year of filming wasdone in a gigantic hanger in Mobile,Alabama, while the special effects wereproduced in Hollywood by DouglasTrumbull, the magician of CE3K.

Newsweek, in its November 21stissue, devoted seven f u l l pages plus thecover to "The UFO's Are Coming"-Hollywoods Close Encounters. TheSan Antonio Express-News featured af u l l page spread in the Sunday,November 20th issue. Jack Kroll inNewsweek emphasizes StevenSpielberg's humanistic touch that is soprevalent compared to "Star Wars".H is hero, Roy Neary (R icha rdDreyfuss), is pure Joe Citizen: a hardhat who works for an electrical-powercompany in Indiana, A Dagwood-typehusband with a B londie-type wife (TenGarr) and three cute kids, a solidsuburbanite with a snack-stocked12

refrigerator who gets his news fromWalter Cronkite and enjoys tinkeringwith electric trains. Neary wants a flyingsaucer in his l i f e about as much as hewants a massive power blackout in hisarea. But that's exactly what he gets-both of them.Roy's experience with the UFO'sturns his l i f e inside out and leads himthrough a series of adventures -comicand catastrophic .- to an ultimaterendevous with creatures from beyondthe stars. Spielberg, a basicallytraditionalist filmmaker, starts with th eclassic genre of the 1950s "It CameFrom Outer Space" science fictionflick, bu t stretches its scale andresonance with brilliant special effectsuntil the film flares up into somethingapproaching awe. "Close Encounters"is the friendliest^ warmest SF epicyou've.ever seen. It brings the heavensdown to earth. Spielberg adopts someof the Walt Disney influence with hismetamorph ic gen ius , s en t imen ta lidealism and his feeling for the technicalmagic of movies as a paradigm for atechnological Utopia.As the readers of the JOURNALhave known for nearly two years, Dr. J.Allen Hynek, th e technical consultantfor CE3K, the title having been takenfrom his book "The U FO Experience".To review the entire picture in this briefc o l u m n m i g h t take a w a y t h etremendous build up that occurs in thelast forty minutes as the film in the hugehanger and awesome lighting effectsbring the picture to a grand climax. It isa picture for the entire family, which isrefreshing in this day of sex andpornography.

Stanton F r i e d m a n saw theHollywood premier and was a littled i s a p p o i n t e d f r o m UFOlogist'sviewpoint. The picture was notintended to be a UFO documentary,but a form of entertainment for thepublic at large, giving each anopportunity to share in the UFOexperience. Every UFOlogist must seeth e picture so that they ar e thoroughlycognizant with its contents. There wasa fear that th e beings and" craft might

influence subsequent UFO sightidescriptions. However, authenticatcases were depicted, which preventeintroduction of new humanoid specior unusual space craft.We encourage M UFON mem bersarrange cooperative v entures with thelocal theater managers, as a furthmeans of educating the public and identify themselves in their owcommunities as the source of UFinformation and the recipients of UFsighting reports.

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U F O R E L A T E D I N F O R M A T I O N F R O M T H E F B I F I L EBruce S. Maccabee

State Director for MarylandI have recently received over four

of th e several thousand(i)of documents in the FBI files ondiscs". I have been informed(i)

these pages represent the "creamthe crop" and that the rest includeto UFO's in o t h e rcopies of form letters sentby the FBI, and copies of readilypublications (including at least

After reviewinge documents, I have decided tha t theof the FB I agent(i) wh o handledFOIPA (Freedom of Information)was correct: these probably aremost important documents, in theI files.The pages I have obtained areinto three categories as follows,40% are poor reports andwhich do not add anythingmy opinion) to what is alreadyabout certain U FO reports andhoaxes (e.g., the Maury Islandwhich "resulted" in the death ofo Army Air Force Officers, isin great detail); roughly 40%

e teletype reports and transcriptsto very goodFO reports, some of which are riotin the Blue Book f i l e at theArchives, and some of whichhave been published before (this.may riot be entirely accuratece I have not been able to check allsources of p rev ious lyU FO reports); the remainingon are papers which consist ofmemoranda of the FBI. Thiscontains papers whichdefinitely no t been availablenow. They show the internalFBI, and, even morelight on thethe Air Force tow ards UFOresult of the FOIPAto the FB I, I have also obtainedal docum ents from other agencies

had sent "complementary

Part 1(copyright, 1977, by B Maccabee)

copies" to the FBI. One of these is aradar-visual case from Alaska in 1950that was filed by the Office of NavalIntelligence (ONI). Other documentshave come from the Army and the AirForce.It should be emphasized at the outsetthat the bulk of these documents weregenerated between 1947 and 1955, andthat the FBI f i l e on UFO's comes to ascreeching halt in 1964 with theZamorra case (Socorro, New Mexico).(There was an FBI agent in the policeoffice at the time Zamorra's call camein, and this agent wrote a report thatwas sent to FBI headquarters. In thereport, th e agent vouched forZamorra's credibility.)There is enough material in the FBIf i l e to form a small book, if all thedocuments were to be published.However, in order to make theinformation available to interestedresearchers in a short time, I havedecided to write several papers basedon the FBI f i l e , rather than write a book.Since of necessity some information will'be left out or merely alluded to in thesepapers, I will accept requests forinformation and will respond with aletter saying the information is or is notin the file, and I will send copies ofpertinent documents when they areavailable. In this first paper, I will present anoverview of the FBI files an d a"preview" of things to come. Insubsequent papers, I will publish copiesof actual FB I documents, summaries ofd o c u m e n t s , UFO reports, andcomments on the documents as I seef i t . Readers will thus be able to judge forthemselves wh ether or not the FBI hadany major interest in or affect upon thehistory of UFO research. Perhapshistorians, of UFO research will getsome new insights into the.early days ofUFO's and those who are interestedmainly in the content of UFO reports

will find some more "grist for the mill",As for myself, I am- more firmlyconvinced that if we understood wh^thappened during the first several yer.rsof the UFO phenomenon, w e.w ru ldu n d e r s t a n d the w h o l e U F Ophenomenon. . - . '.

General FBI Involvement.Perhaps the most important question

to be asked in regard to. the "FBIConnection" is "Was the FBI evero f f i c i a l ly i n v o l v e d ? " Secondaryquestions concern the duration andnature of the involvemennt. Theanswer to the first question is aresounding "yes", and the dura tion ofofficial involvement was July 30 toOctober 1 in 1947. How ever, the FBIremained "unofficially" involved upthrough 1964: During the period ofofficial involvement, the FBI agentswere ins t ruc ted by Hoover toinvestigate U FO witnesses. AfterOctober 1947, however, the FBI wassupposed to turn all investigations overto armed forces (specifically, the ArmyAir Force until 1948, and the Air Forceafter the spring of 1948). The . ag entswere generally f a i t h f u l to Hoover'sorders after October and stoppedcarrying out detailed investigations.However, this did not stop them fromfiling reports on U FO sightings andwitnesses, nor did it stop them fromchecking up on police and FBI records,on witnesses at the request of otherintelligence agencies. A typical FBIreport after October 1947 would endwith statements similar to "this matteris being reported to the bureau forinformation purposes"(2), "for yourinformatipn"(3), "furnishing this info tobureau for whatever action they (sic)deem advisable"(4), or "above beingfurnished for information". Asidefrom the collection of UFO reports andthe transmissal of such reports to AirForce collection agencies (Army G-2

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before 1948, Air Force Office of SpecialInvestigations - OSO - and Project B lueBook after the Spring of 1948), the FBImaintained a loose connection with theAir Force investigations of UFO's.Several times FBI agents interviewedAir Force personnel, once at thespecific request of Hoover

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"I would recommend that we advisedoes notit should go into these

it being noted that athose alleged discsfound have been pranks. It iswould

by going intoinvestigations."However, M r. Tolson scribbled " Iwe should do it" on July 15th, andcomments:"I would do it but before agreeing to it

f u l l access to discsFor instance in th e La . caseArmy grabbed it and would riot lethave it for cursory examination." .About a week later, anotherwas filed that indicatedSchulgen had been(i.e., Hoover's)The first paragraph of thisthe previousIt then continues as

: (8)"This is to advise that SA hasandhim in connection with thenotation (i.e.; Hoover'sto SA that he desired toM r. Hoover of completein this matter and stated

that all cooperation beto the FBI arid that all discsbe made available forby the FBI agents.by this author .) Generalout to SA that he willtime to time make the results ofstudies of his scientists available toe Bureau for the asistance of the FBIoffices. General Schulgento SA that there has been ain the reported sightings ofwhich mightbe becauseof the factit has lost much of its publicityit necessary to follow thisto determine as near as

if discswere in fact seen and toIn the next pa ragraph , the

communications channel betweenGeneral Schulgen's office and the FBIwas specified ("regular establishedchannels") and the final paragraph is asfollows:"General Schulgen indicated to SAthat he believed that there was apossibility that this entire matter mighthave been started by subversiveindividuals for the purpose of creatingmass hysteria. He suggested that theBureau keep this in mind in anyi n t e r v i e w s conduc ted rega rd ingreported sightings. General Schulgenstated to SA that he would makeavailable to the Bureau all informationin the possession of the Air Corpsregarding sightings which were firstreported so that the Bureau couldconduct some investigation regardingthese individuals to ascertain theirmotives fo r reporting that theyobserved flying discs. When GeneralSchulgen makes the informationavailable regarding these individuals, itwill be brought to your (i.e., to Mr.Ladd's) attention."About a week later, in . BureauBulletin #42 of 1947, the official orderand explanation for the order" waspublished. Since the explanation is itselfunique, I will present it here in itsentirety, along with the official order(9):"FLYING DISCS -- The^Bureau, atthe request of the Army Air ForcesIntelligence, has agreed to cooperateinthe investigation of flying discs. The AirForces have confidentially advised thatit is possible to release three or morediscs in odd numbers, attachedtogether by a wire, from an airplance inhigh altitudes and that these discswould obtain tremendous speed in theirdescent and would descend to the earthin an arc. The Army Air ForcesIntelligence has also indicated. someconcern that the reported sightingsmight have been made by subversiveindividuals for the purpose of creatingmass hysteria.(This is the specific directive:)

"You should investigate eachinstance which is brought to yourattention of a sighting of a flying disc inorder to ascertain whether or not it is a

bona fide sighting, an imaginary one, ora prank. You should also bear in mindthat individuals mig ht report seeingflying discs for various reasons. It isconceivable that an individual might bedesirous of seeking personal publicity,causing hysteria, or playing a prank.""The Bureau should be notifedimmediately by teletype of all reportedsightings and the results of yourinquiries. In instances where the reportappears to have merit, the teletypeshould be followed by a letter to theBureau containing in detail the resultsof your inquiries. The Army Air Forceshave assured the Bureau completecooperation in these matters and in anyinstances where they f a i l to makeinformation available to you or makethe recovered discs available fo r yourexamination, it should promptly bebrought to the attention of the B ureau."

"Any information you develop inconnection with these discs should bepromptly brought to the attention of theArmy throug h- your usual liaisonchannels."Thus by th e end of July, 1947, the FBIhad a working arrangement with theArmy Air Force to investigate UFOreports. As set up, the arrangementseemed q u i t e a m i c a b l e , - a n dpresumably it could have continued formany years. Admittedly the initial fearof subversion faded with time, but still,the FB I could have continuedinvestigations into the fifties if they werereally worried about the possibility tha tthe UFO reports somehow resultedfrom Russian attempts at sabotage.Yet, the FBI ended its officialinvestigatory role only about twomonths after it began. The explicitreason why the investigations wereended will be presented in the next"installment" of this series, along withseveral interesting early reports.However, the perceptive reader canalready see an incipient disagreementas to what sortsof reports the Air Forcewanted the FBI to investigate. InGeneral Schulgen's view, the FBI wouldinvestigate mainly (or only ?) thosereports in which hardware wasretrieved. By the time that the FBI

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Lucius Farrish

InOthers'WordsThe September 13 issue ofNational

Enquirer announced that publication'ssponsorship of a "UFO spotting night"on September 10. Results of theskywatch have not yet beenannounced. A n item in the October 4issue reported on the 4,026 UFOsightings which were reported toCUFOS during a five-year period whichended in April, 1977. A map shows thesighting breakdown by states, while atable lists occupant reports and otherclose encounter cases. The UFO role incattle mutilations is examined in anarticle on Colorado happenings in theOctober 11 Enquirer.

T he Star fo r September 27 quotesDr. Hynek and Dr. Sprinkle regardingPresident Carter's alleged promise toreveal government information aboutUFOs. Both m en seemingly feel thatCarter did not realize the extent of theU FO information in government fileswhen he supposedly made hiscampaign pledge. Reports of FloridaU FO sightings in early September arefeatured in The Star's October 11 issue.Another item on the Carter/UFOssubject is to be found in September 26issue of Aviation Week & SpaceTechnology . It states that th e Carteradministration has "cooled" on UFOresearch, with White House ScienceAdvisor Frank Press handing over thejob of answering U FO inquiries toNASA. That agency is not too happyabout its new task and is not even surethat any UFO research is needed. Itnow seems clear that the rumored"governmental announcements" onUFOs were more wishful thinking thananything else.

The November issue of Fate has anarticle by Curt Sutherly on the strange

U FO "invasion" of Boshkung Lake,near Minden, Ontario, Canada.

Some changes are evident in theNovember issue of U F O Report , withmore space being devoted to psychictopics. There is also an astrologycolumn, of little value at best, andcertainly out of place in a UFOmagazine. This issue contains articlesby Brad Steiger, D. Scott Rogo,;Charles Berlitz, John Keel, JeromeClark and others,, as well as aninterview with John Keel.The November/December issue ofB e y o n d Reality contains an article onUFOs as time travelers, plus anotherfeature on UFOs and cattle mutilations.The "downhill plunge" of O f f i c i a lU F O , prophesied in previous columns,is rapidly coming to pass. No betterexample could be found than theDecember . issue of that magazine,which is nothingbut a collectionof uttertrash.Although I'm reluctant to evenmention it again, considering my pastrecord on this particular item, itappears that Playboy is finally going toprint its "Playboy Panel" feature onUFOs in an upcoming issue. Watch forit in either the December or Januaryissue (maybe).

A few words now about some newUFO periodicals. First, the Kent UFONews Bulletin, published quarterly bythe Cosmic Society ResearchConsortium (16 St. George's Place,Dymchurch Road, Palmarsh, Hythe,Kent CT21 6NE, England). Their firstissue .(August, 1977) is a six-page,mimeographed buttetin with printedcover. Itsprimary goal is to report UFOsightings in the Kent area, as well asparanormal happenings. A rather well-

done publication with good drawiillustrating some interesting Ureports. The subscription price ispence (about 75$) for four issualthough payment in the form of fInternational Reply Coupons willaccepted. Send to the editor, DParry, at the above address. - TSeptember (Vol.1, No. 1) issue of UUpdate is devoted largely to Uphotos, with several examples berepoduced. There isalso a report olanding trace case from BrantfoOntario, Canada and various otitems of interest. This is a nicproduced magazine which shopromise of becoming a leadCanadian publication. It is publishetimes per year for a subscription rat$9.00 ($1.25 for single copies).editor is Tom Grey (573 North ServRoad #402, Mississauga, OntaCanada L5 A 1B6). - A new Italproduced magazine,U F O phenomeis to be published annually at a cos$10.00 per issue. It has an impresseditorial board, consisting of leadresearchers from all parts of the woVolume 1, Number 1 (1976) contaarticles by Miguel Guasp, RichardHaines, R . Leo Sprinkle, Ernst Berand Roberto Doretti and RobeFarabone. The publication attemptbe ultra-scientific in its approach toUFO.subject, but I fear it may osucceed in being dull. While the fissue is 118 pages in length, I feelgrossly overpriced at $10.00. Wsome changes, U F O Phenomena mtake its place with other leading Uperiodicals, but I doubt that it will emake it if it continues its prescourse. For additional informatwrite to: Editecs Publishing HouP.O. Box 190, 40100 Bologna, Italy

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A S S I G N E D U FO RE SPONSIBILITY

y Walt AndrusThe September 26, 1977 issue of

Week and Space Technologythis brief statement in then titled "W ashington Ro undup".Administration has cooled on

flying objects research andHouse science advisor Franklast week shoved the chore of

letters onto theand Space

out if any U FO research is evenand is not too happy about

on letters." NASA stillreleased a public statementtheir future plans in this

MUFON personnel have both metWashington, D.C. with the principalsand have received answere to

offering MUFON'sLetters have been sent to the

NASA administrators whon a position to either direct orthe action NASA will take in

Dr. Robert Frosch, NASAP. Andrews,Officer of Office of the

Dr. Richard C. Henry,Director of Astrophysics

J. Rowe, Associatefo r External Affairs; andr. Jody Powell, President Carter'sSecretary. One of MUFON'sis the brother-in-law toPowell. He utilized this routing to

a written proposal to Presidentdelivered to Frank Press,Advisor to the President.Several responses have beento date with more anticipatedNASA officials or members of thestaff.

Herbert J. Rowe, NASA AssociateAdministrator fo r External Affairs in aletter dated October 27,1977replied toPaul Cerny in the following manner:

"This is in response to your recentidentical letters addressed to Dr.Frosch, Dr. Henry and to me. At thepresent time ou r investigation ofUnidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)phenomena is to b e limited to a reviewof the literature to see whether anyf u r t h e r inves t iga t ion should beconducted. A t this time, we have noresources or staff available to conductinfield investigations or to direct anyinfield investigations. 'Should we arriveat the point where outside assistance isdesired, we will be in touch with you."During a private briefing inW a s h i n g t o n , D . C . at N A S Aheadquarters, a M U F O N researcherwas told by Dr. Richard C Henry,presently Deputy Director of theAstrophysics Program Code SA forNASA, that he has been selected as theP r o j e c t O f f i c e r f o r t h e U F Oassignment. Dr. Henry has had a longinterest in the U FO phenomena,therefore , h is se lect ion for th isimportant role could have significantpositive results. In keeping withNASA's initial step-to review theliterature, we have mailed copies of the1975, 1976 and 1977 M U F O N U F OSymposium Proceedings to Dr. > Henryan d offered ou r assistance.

Letters to Dr. Henry, offeringencouragement in this study ,.w ouldnow be appropriate to counteractnegative influences being exerted byPhil Klass, and Robert Schaeffer. Dr.Henry's complete address is:Dr. Richard C. Henry, Deputy DirectorAstrophysics Program Code SA

NASA HeadquartersWashington, DC 20546

To facilitate reading and reviewingthe literature and "skimming throughthe UFO cases" for the past ten years,Retired A:F. General Chapman wasplaced in charge. He immediately madean appeal to NA SA fo r money an dmanpower in order to perform thisfunction. , :

The November and Decemberissues of The M U F O N U F O Journalwill have, follow-up stories on NASA'sparticipation in this U FO investigationand the' degree in which they w i l l beinvolved. When the October issue ofthe Journal went to press, Dr. DaveWilliamson, NASA assistant fo r specialprojects, had this statement. "We'renot anxious to do it because we're notsure what we can do. It's my personalopinion that it's not wise to do researchon something that is not a measurablephenomena. Spending .public moneyfor such research is questionable.There is no measurable UFO evidencesuch as a piece of metal, flesh or cloth.W e don't even have any radio signals. Aphotograph is not a measurement.. .Give me one little green;man-not atheory or memory of one - and we canhave a multimillion dollar program. It's ascientific dilemma. How do you provesomething that doesn't exist?".'

In spite of this negative reaction byDr. Williamson, Dr. R ichard C. Henryhas submitted his recommendation toNASA adm inistrator R obert A. Frosch,who will pass along his own decision toPresident Carter's science adviser, Dr.Frank Press.

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OUR EXTRATERRESTRIAL HERITAGEFROM UFO'S TO SPACE COLONIES

t Saturday, January 28, 2978J at theJ California Museum: . o ff Science and Industry

The Los Angeles and Orange C ountySections of the American Institute ofAeronautics and Astronautics and theLos Angeles Chapter of the WorldFutures Society have combines topresent an all day symposium on ourheritage in space.The morning session will deal withthe topic of purported extraterrestrialvisitors, UFO's, and our interest inthem as possible technological keys toour own advancement an d mobility intospace. The session will explore some ofth e scientific techniques which ar ebeing employed in UFO investigations.The afternoon session will dwell onwhat man can accomplish in space andwhat he is presently pursuing, basedupon current scientific knowledge. Theobjective of developing industrialprocesses and uses fo r space for thebenefit of mankind will be explored.

The program has been designed toprovide expert speakers in each area ofspecialization. As an added feature, theMuseum will have on display a spaceindus t r ia l i za t ion and co lon iza t ionexhibit which has recently beenacquired.The program schedule for theSymposium:

REGISTRATION 8:00 - 9:00I Scientific Aspects of UFO Research 9:00 - 12Chairman: Dr. William F. Hassel, V ice C hairman - Meetings, AM U F O N State Section Director, Orange County and MUFON Consulta

I f Ufology Does Its Job, Then What?Stanton T. Friedman, Physicist - UFO Lecturer & MUFON ConsulThe Zeti Reticuli EpisodeThomas M. Gates, Director, Space Science Center, MUFON Consul

De Anza and Foothill CollegesInstrumented UFO Monitoring: A Multidimensional ProbDr. Daniel H. Harris, R esearch D irector, Project Starlight InternatiA Two Channel In format ion Theory for the Investigaof UFO PhotographsAdrian V ance, Editor,Popu/ar P h ot og r aph yInterstellar Contact in an Evolving UniverseDr. Thomas H. B. Kuiper, Scientist, Jet Propulsion LaboraL U N C H E O N 1Speaker: Dr. Krafft Ehricke, Consultant to NASA on Space Progr

The New Cosmos and Homo ExtraterrestrisI I The Transition of Man to SpaceChairman: Albin Kazanowski 2:30 - 4

The Technology of Space IndustrializationC h a r l e s L . G o u l d , P r o g r a m M a n a g e r f o r N A S A SpIndustrialization Contract, Rockwell InternationalEconomics of Space IndustrializationGerald W. Driggers and Dr. Ralph Sklarew, Program Managers NASA Space Industrializatio n C ontract, Science A pplications, Space HabitatsDr. R ichard D. Johnson, Dep uty Director of NASA Space ColonizaStudy, Ames Research CenterRegistration: Those who preregister by sending a check payable to AIlocated at 8941 Airport Blvd., Suite 800, Los Angeles 90045, will be gpreference in allocating the limited seating available for the luncheon. Chemust be received by January 25. To verify by phone, call (213)670-0684.

Preregistration $9.00 Includes Proceedings and LuncheonDoor R egistration $10.00 Includes Proceedings and Lunc heon$6.00 Inclu des Proceeding s

Extra Copies of Proceedings $5.00

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Messagey Walt AndrusDr. David W . Schwartzman, Statefor V irginia has approved the

Joseph A. Blake, Ph.D.,9Park St., Christiansburg, VA24073State Section D i r e c t o r for

Craig, Giles, Pulaski,Floyd counties and ain Sociology. Joe teachesatPolytechnic Institute and StateBlacksburg, V A 24061.Paul Cerny, State Director forCalifornia, ha s selected8980 Olney Park Drive,CA 96001 as the new State

n Director for Shasta, Trinity andWilliam M .who recently resigned thisFrank has been active in the S anB ay Area U FO group since

resides in Redding.The weekend of December 3 and 4,marked the date for the "1 erN A C I O N A L D E(First National Congressof the speakers and organizers

h o are M U F O N m e m b e r s orsubscribers participatingIgnacioDarnaude, V incent-JuanAntonio Ribera,Guasp, and friends such asand FabioConfirmed speakers for the NinthMUFON UFO SYMPOSIUMheld July 29 and 30, 1978 at thein Dayton,are Ted Bloecher, Ray Fowler,

Hall, Major Donald Keyhqed Leonard Str ingf ie ld . R oomarranged atPlaza Hotel and the Daytonstarted for theA n n u a l M U F O N U F O

for 1979, which will bein the San Francisco, Californiaa y Area. To m Gates, JimcCampbell and Paul Cerny compose

the original steering committee fo r thisevent. The Los Angeles area peoplealso bid on the 1979 sympo sium, but arenow reconsidering 1981 as a prospect.The 1980 conclave w i l l be held in eitherthe Central or Eastern MUFONRegion.When Reader's Digest magazineassigned one of their Roving Editors,Ronald Schiller, to write a UFO articlefor this prestigious publication , some ofus who had appointments to meet withRon were elated. After Mr. Schillerspent an evening interviewing yourdirector in M UFON's administrativeoffice, it was apparent that his touracross the United States started in thewrong place. The title of the featuredstory "Three UFOs-How Real WereThey?" in the November, 1977 issueprovided a clue that his original goalwa s influenced negatively by Phil Klass.When Ron arrived in Sequin, Texas, hism a j o r i n t e r e s t w a s M U F O N ' sevaluation of what we considered to bethe five most well documented UFOcases. A telephone call to the twelveleading ufologists would have sufficedhad we known that his first interviewwith Phil Klass, whose only claim tofame is that of being the nation's leadingUFO debunker. If Ronald Schiller hadindeed intended to write a legitimateU FO article, the "brainwashing" that hereceived from M r. K lass destroyed anysuch possibility.The Editors of Reader's Digest havedone a grave injustice to their readersby allowing a man of Phil Klass'reputation in the UFO field to exertsuch an influence over one of theirroving editors, that they would prin tdistorted facts, untruths, an d grossillogical reasoning in a mag azine read bymillions all over the world. It is possiblet h a t M r. Sch i l l e r a l ready h a dpreconceived ideas on the subject,therefore, he was an easy target for PhilKlass' unscientific investigations anddistorted explanations. Personally, I

believe R on accepted the assignmentfrom his editors in all sincerity, but thefirst leg of his nationwide tour took himfrom Pleasantville, NY to Washington,D.C. Had this sequence been reversed,Reader's Digest readers might havebeen treated to an unbiased, factualstory on some of the best current U FOcases in this country.The timing of this article would havebeen excellent to help bolster NASA'sdecision to become deeply involved inthe UFO study an d would havecompl imented th e movie "CloseEncounters of the Third Kind". It isdisheartening to believe that on e"debunker"might be able to cast hisinfluence upon millions of people insuch a negative manner. Anyonefamiliar with the three selected casescan recogni ze the f a l ac i es andunfounded logic that was utilized toexplain the cases. However, the masspublic has not had the privilege oropportunity to be exposed to the facts,therefore, they w i l l tend to accept th ewritten word in Reader's Digest. Thiscould be a giant step backw ard for U FOresearch at a time whe n conditions areripe fo r mak ing positive strides forward.Prayerfully, I hope that intelligentpeople w i l l be able "to read betwee n thelines", especially in the LawrenceCoyne helicopter case. In a personnaldebate between Phil K lass and myself atthe Fort Smith U FO Conference, a"fireball from the shower of Orionidmeteors occurring precisely at this timeof the year and hour of the night" istypical of his illogical explanations,since the object was in view of the fourman crew for 5.5 minutes. I interviewedMajor Lawrence Coyne by telephonesh or t l y af ter t h e i r s i gh t ing w aspublicized in the press.Fo r J O U R N A L readers who wouldlike a thorough investigation on theC o y n e case, I r e c o m m e n d th eoutstanding report written by JennieZeidman, titled "UFO-Helicopter CloseEncounter Over Ohio" that waspublished in Flying Saucer Review,V olume 22 No. 4 in 1976 pages 15through 19.

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(Continued f r o m page 1 5 )entered the investigation it was alreadyapparent that all such reports weremechanical hoax,, devices, someingenious and some very simple, whichhad been placed as pranks. Thus, ifSchulgen had his way, the FBI wouldinvestigate only "crank" reports.However, it is clear from the official FBIdirective that Hoover wanted theagents to be able to investigate aUreports. As w i l l be seen in the nextinstallment, the attempt by the AirForce to limit the FBI to certain kinds ofU FO investigations resulted in a minorintelligence "scandal" which wasfollowed shortly by the decision to endo f f i c i a l FBI investigation.The interview with Gen. Schulgenindicated a considerable interest inUFO reports on the part of the ArmyAir Force Intelligence. M oreover, it isclear that the Air Force f e l t thatsomething real was being observed.The AF was even allowing for thepossibility that some "flying objectsmight be a celestial phenomenon",although there was no mention of thet h o u g h t t h a t e x t r a t e r r e s t r i a lintelligence could be involved. It isespecially interesting to learn that Gen.Schulgen himself interviewed an AirCorps pilot (name not given in the FBIf i l e ) who claimed, even under intenseinterrogation, that he had seen a disc.The "behind the scenes" interest by theAF is to be contrasted with the publicstatements in early July, 1947 tha t th erewere not enough facts to warrant

further investigations, even though theA ir M a t e r i a l C o m m a n d ( A M C )intended to investigate the matter moret h o r o u g h t l y ( i o ) . T h e p u b l i cdisparagement of the reports byKenneth Arnold and by other earlyU FO reporters is to be contrasted withthe apparent acceptance by Gen.Schulgen of the rea li ty of thephenomenon, especially after thereport by the Air Corps pilot. Thus itappears that from the outset the AFinvestigation of UFO reports was doneon two levels. Publically the AF tried todownplay the sightings, while privatelythe AF enlisted the help of otherintelligence agencies in order tod e t e r m i n e th e n a t u r e of thephenomenon. As becomes apparentfrom the FBI f i l e , the AF continued itsundercover investigations even duringthe periods of time when it publicallystated that it had no interest and wasnot investigating as, for example, in1950. Inasmuch as UFO investigationswere treated as a security m anner andthat therefore all internal documentswere classified, it is not surprising thatcivilian investigators in the 1950'sconcluded that the AF was hidingevidence and began to refer to publicAF statements (and later to ProjectBlue Book) as part of a "cover-up" ofU FO information. Although there is noevidence in the FBI file (at least in theportion I have) that the Air Forceactually had hard evidence (e.g., acrashed saucer), it is clear that therewere reports involving mili tary

personnel that were so detailed thatone had to choose between attributin gthe report to a real unknownphenomenon, probably a "machine", orelse to the t e mp o r a r y me n ta lbreakdown of one or more militarypersonnel while on duty. It seems to methat the reluctance to accept thesecond explanation of disc sightingswas what ultimately kept the AFinvestigating. Further information onthe AF investigation as seen throughthe "eyes" of the FBI will be presentedin forthcoming papers.

BIBLIOGRAPHY1. D. Havekost, private communication. (D. Hwas the agent who handled my FOIPA

request)2. FBI Document filed 4/28/53; civilian andmilitary witnesses in Puerto Rico3. FBI Document filed 9/20/52; report of objecover Montana4. FB I Document filed 5/12/52; employeesof thE.I . Dupont Company sawobjects passat lowaltitudes over the Savannah River Plan(AEC)5 FBI Document filed 11/8/57; Dlinois StatPolice officers chased an object on thevening of Nov. 7, 19576. FBI Document filed 3/28/50; a Major and aColonel in the Air Force Intelligence werinterviewed7. FB I Document filed 7/10/47; request by GenSchulgen for the FBI to interview early U FOwitnesses8. FBI Document filed 7/24/47; FB I agrees toinvestigate9. FBI Document filed 7/39/47; official order toinvestigate UFO reports10. D. Jacobs, The UFO Controversy inAmerica, Indiana University Press (1975); Pg42 and following