~THERN U~ NEWS

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9Vinie !~ 1992

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Ha: An apology to readers who hove wondered whero this issue went~ 1 hod on extreme .. mount of work to do on book proJ .. cts to very tight deadlinee. on illn .. ss intervened and on lop of it all Br1g''"t1a ( ..... ich r ..... e counting on to ~pp .. "r in Fehru .. ry ond neatly plug the gap) WI'Ia late too! The A.pril i .... ue will follow .are quickly to hopefully - put uS back on schedule.

:r. R. CO:rnzDe>n.t s TbAre _s on interestinlf reoction to.y OO110rl01 lost :Jssue oboot .y ·obdoction'. Op:JIJ:JOIJS var:JOO froa thos .. ""0 s"l<1 1 hlJd lfOne bllck On .. y I<If;}rd to " cur:Jous note :In the 1l1eest &lfOIljd ""1 ch ,.rs6ed the point entirely. Not lIke th ... to be dsl""p.ls It? ...

You will reed I th"t I expld1ned how 11'1 1987 <lJld 1900 whibt ...... iting • A.bductton· I underwent " 6erles of "l<po!rience.. wi th a clInical p .. ychologist.This weS portly to te .. t 0 thoory but .., .. t1y to s .... whot It wo .. like to go through th .. prm;" .... of hyp"otic '-"!!ire, ... l"" t"", k tu G ,,,1,,,11,,,,1y l.....cent 11ght 10 th .... ky encounter Ofld see whether" CE IV would e_rge.

I dewed this .ltl M intereating experi ...... t. particularly os it ollo_d "'" to co ....... t on the ... p"ri .. nc .. of ..... dng CE IV ' .... OIOri .... • e .... rge under hypflo .. is. To .... th",t .... e " darn sIght better than .. u .. lng about what goes onaft .. r oyerdosing on books by Budd Hopkin .. Or John Ri_r and concluding th"t abductions MUST a .. 0 re .. u)t be eIther on .. or other of tho two .. xtre~ hypoth .... e .. (le alien g .. netic prob .... or psycholostca1 delusions).At least by doing what r did I could r .. l"t .. pr .. ci .... ly wh"t happoned for others and Judg .. th .. "ccounto of abductees fro .... 0 .... degre .. of first hand expe .. i ..... ce.

In pa .. ticular it hoa _do _ v .. ry .. y.pothetic of opinions expreGBed by abductee Alon Oodr .... y who told _ that h .. could not b .. sure if the story h .. h'p"rt .. d vi" hypno .. i ...... 11 _.,ry Or (""tallY; eyen though he ICJiEW \dt"t th .. UFO ha "0" WA.S "0101. A.ll h .. could do _s d .... crih .. th .. ilDOgery that app .. ared and nota hone .. tly that h .. hod r .... d UFO accounts before tho hypnosis took pl .. ce which &ight hove been .. subcon .. ciou .. trigge .. for his ·recoll .. ctlon .. •. SDsed on wIlDt I oxp .. rlenc .. d this la 0"" of th .. "", .. t profound .. tate~.mt .. utter .. d by 0 l .. ading CE IV witn ...... and on .. 1 c .. n abllolut .. ly vouch fo ...

On Hs own this i .. not an opinion for or agotm,l the y .. UdHy of obduction dot ... but it t .... cautionary tole worlh r .. p .. ating, b .. c .. use who i .. !is\ .. ning? I r .. a1111e tbat obj .. ctive .. esearchers euch os Eddl0 Bullard will contend that many CE IV cas .. s do not ...... rs .. out of the hypnotic IIt"te but f"oll ·cu" .. c1ou .. • "",,"11. But 1 .. lhal n b11l"J f h.""l ract.; ... '?' You "ee, I hove di .. cov ...... d fro. a ...... sGing the data Ih .. t Ih .. OIOr .. gifted you ore lIt creative vi .. u"JJ .. atlon the IOOr .. likely you or .. to r .. co,mt " CE IV '"""..o.-y' when proapt .. d. Ther .. i .. "l .. eody "IIPIe evidence thet abduct .. es ARE cr .. atively vi .. u"l. Whether that _"n" thoy 0.- .. 'fanta .. y prone' (0 .. "u .. tralla" UFOlogist K .. Hh Ba .. t .. .-field contends) or .. ll11ply • tuned In' to a perc eption the r .... t of u" find 110 .... difficult to pick up re_ine another _tter. YOll lMy for. your own concludon " .. to ...tJlch 1 .. th .. IIKIr .. lik .. ly.

In other words. frOIl this infor ... tlon pIu.. the f ec t thot clos .. encounte .. s involv .. on Oz F"ctor ("nd thu .. illply 0 degre .. of alt .. red .. tot .. of consciousness on th .. p"rt of th .. percipient) s1atlor ment .. l proces .. e .. could well be afool in .. ponton .. ous ..... d hypnotically sU_ulet .. d r ec"l1 of CE IV c" .. es.After .. y hypno .. 18 1 r .. _baroo DIOr .. 1" drea_ and .. udd ..... fla~hbacke - .. g during periods of r .. v .. rle. Abducte .. EIde Oak .. n6en did 06 well without hypnosis by visuo.lidng .... d r .. con .. t .. ucting th .... yents on 61t ...

Northern UFO News

The COllOlllOn deno..tm,tor here i8 .. n .. 1tered st .. te - one of the ..... ny 6hifts in con8clousness .... ALL go through every single d .. y. HypnoGis, .. s I nOw know, i8 ~rely one more - neither more nor le6e ~gic81. It le .. trick &0 .... people find helpful to ph.y mnd S"""'6, but it 18 1n it&elf neither th" sourc" nor the ro .. d to true In .. 1ght of the .. bduction phenolOleflon.

Peter Roserson In MIlsoni.. (quite ludicrou61y In .. y vi .. w) h.pl1ed to the _s,,>::1nes re .. ders th .. 1 I .... s foUowins in the foot.,teps of other UFOlos::tsts and .avinS to .... rds proch.i..tng that I ""'s an abductee. This .... s never the point.r can no more 8Ily th"t th .. n I can say I h .. ve lived .. p .. st life ("lthouSh 1 h .. ve h .. d hypno&is and explored th .. t too with &Ollle interesting result& checked with objective rese .. rcher Ian 11l1son).

Hor was I o..ck-track1ng fro .. ay e .. rl1er editori .. l .. bout the possible intell1sent origin of so .... UFO ceses (which I STILL .. cceptl. At le .. st one reeder eccufled .... of being p .. td by the government to ....-i te the retr .. ction they s .. w my '"bduclee' report eS bei"e;t It .... s not th .. t either, .. s in truth 1t stl11 1 .... ve8 the door open for CE IVs to he contllcta fro_ other lifefor .. s whilst the creatively vieu .. l witnesses .. re in .. ltered stetes.

No - wIlllt I WAS doing - and ALL I .... s doing - was &etting forth e brief .. ccount of so.elhlng I believed I should now sh .. re .... re widely 8s il h .. a influenced .. y vie .... on .. bduction d .. t" consider .. bly. It proves nothing, of course.l know th .. t . Hut it _s for ID(! of more use th .. n 10SginS ceses, acceptins witness stories hl.pl1cHly, or suesslns .. bout the psycho-socilll besls of the ebduction stele. I lried "n e:>rped....."t .. nd h .. ve reported wIl .. t heppened - no .... re, no less. You be judse of whet thot .. c tually _,,"':I.

NEWS ROUND-UP

~\ .. NiSeI Wotsoo, whose recent controyerstol cre .. ted 0 stir, ia beck with evens"",,ce this Spr:lns. /le tells ODe thet he h .. a a prollisins new lille - ·Supern .. turel Spielberg' for rele"ae,revieving the .... estro·s I.I.IOvies. Wat c h out for thet. Hopefully e review copy w111 wend Hs ""y (hint hint - NiseI t) .. nd if aO you'll re .. d full del .. ila os soon os possible.

:: Dr Petsr T .. lbol 0 HUFORA investisator fro .. tbe western isle", ond Irel .. nd (he IIOves eround " bit) h8e received .. curious letter fro .. our old friend .. nd for_r Irish UFO Rese"rch Centre stal""rt, Miles Iohoslon. In e missiye evidently sent to Iriah UFOloSisls JlUles seys ;' Ani .... l .mtll .. tions h .. ve redic .. lly increased 1n the north western Scotll .. h Ides, Go keep .. look out. .. ' Hei ... s b .. sed on the Isle of Lew1s end "",,11 pl .. ced to cheCk Dr T .. lbot did 80. !le spoke with ..."y .... mbers of the close-knit co_unity, i ... cludine; the Crofters Union HQ on Skye .. nd its Stornoway brftllch, plus the ne .... p .. per thot covers the ls1 .. nds. Ho such reports "llesedly e:d6t (ollhouah there .... a " reported rise in .... lfor ... d 18mbs In the two ye .. rs after the Chernobyl nucle .. r " cc1dent). Is th:ls e 'folk tele' or 111 there .. &ource for the rumours? Hopefully, KtIes will tell us. It should be noted he does h",vII quite e SenGe of humour. I was prob .. b1y the only judse of the competition who knew thot hi& wickedly funny entry to the Sund .. y Hirror 'win ten grend' crop circl .. competition ""s Cl hope!) _ .. nt 118 11 joke IInd not 11 serious theory. It ""s so well disguised it prob .. bly fooled everyone who did not know Kiles. It cert .. inly sot lhroush to the finol selection of the ' best· theories thllt lhe newopeper picked out. Of course, I could be wrong. Milee -.iSht .. 1 ways h .. ve had .. CE IV .. nd now imo .... the truth ..... Hall . ...

Northern UfO Iffl_ . -i i Belgian group NUFOC ore to replClco their oxcellent Engl16h longuClge Journal with two new pubUcotions; ona co"ering sighting .. and OOe co...ent .. ry articles.l a. aura the high standards w.l.ll be _intCllned.

.. Ph.l.l1p Mantle I,. trying to put t osether a coaprehensiva directory of glob .. l UFO /!TOups (certainly needed - JudginS by how up to dale h .. "a been USt8 by other. in the p"stl) Croups frOIl One -.ber up will be included,plus deta l ls of ,,11 publ.l.c"tJonB they orfar.Sounds good. Juet write with det"1l" to: - J Woodh"II Dr , Healey Lane, Batley. Weat Torks WFJ7 7SW

" Sus"nna St.bbing Books (' 1 Ter.a!nulI Dr l!ern. B"y K.nt CT6 6PII) h"e "eked we to polnl out thot she ls offsring copi es of ay nUW Aaerican book on Bent_ters (Froll out of the 81ue) (nor_lly £15) to retClUers, UbrClrlell and UfO group" "t a di"count o f 25S for two or .ore copi.a.Thia bring_ the price well In line vith the s ... you IlUst p"y in the USA (ill 1n sbops or SI! fro. t hs publishers vith .. six week _tt>. Lionel Beer tells _ he h hopinS to retdl copies Cls well (dstdls of hls ter .... when I hne thea). A .... in. trea. US IIdition (froll S .. llClntinel hCls now been "grlled, so hopeful ly tha boOk wi ll becoH IOOre videly .. " .. 11 .. ble here "s " result. But th"t'" in tha future. Mea.nwhlle the che"pest source (possibly - .. s axchangCl r .. ts", daloys and postage he"a t o be teken Into " ccounU is the SIO.95 froe Arcturus Book s (PO Bo .. 83 1383 Stone Mountain CA 30083-0023 USA). Tou cen froll there al so set 80_ of the best or the naW US titlas nol avall .. ble In tha Uf( yet (if ever) ... es: tha Sch.utt & Randle paparb .. ck UFO crash .. t Roswell ($4.95), V .. llee' s na.t new book, UFO Chronicles of tha Soviet Union (SIB) or th .. naw Oavid Jacob" abducti on 'big book' - Secret Llfs (S21).

Finally on books, lCe"! n McLure,adltor of Tha Wild Pl .. c •• ,h .... put up for .ala so.., Interesting esolaric Ufo ... terial frail the period 1955-1975 at pretty reasonable s econd-h""d prices. Details froll hi. at: -42 Victoria j/d, Mount Ch .. rles, St Austell Cornwall PL25 4QO

:: AnthDny Nor th, well kno .... literar y antrepeneur and editor of tha worlds only supern .. lural publi c .. tlons ellplra h .. s leunched a naw venture - 'Ill&. ~ PhenOmenA ~'. The id"" is to c ubait an article up to 1000 word. on any mystery aroll NeGlII e to UFO. or .0 .... th1nS oddar). It c .. n ba SarlOU6,

. satirical or .cepticel. A £1 per antry fee is required but tba one judged best vill 'Itn £25 .... d the 10 runner s up 11 free years 6ubsc rlptlon to hla ' Fi r eside Phl1060 pher' _S;.ClosJng dot .. for entry is 30 July,winn .. rs no tifl .. d by 30 Oc t ober.lf interest.d ..... lte' - AnlhDny North Enterpri •• s 8CH Keyhole Loodon WCIN 3XX.

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It l a .everal year. since Or Jac que6 Vall ... p .. cked to theatre in London's Co"ant Gardan end gave an 'in concer l' performanc •. But ths celebrated nuthor - JK>dsl for scientlllt Lacollbe in SpieJbarg ' s famoue taQvlB Cloli. Encount a rs of the Thi rd Kind and whose books fr oll 'A Cb .. Ueng" to Scillnce' ""d 'Anato.y of " Phcno-enon' - first published 0"1l(' 25 yeers ago - have aI_y8 been essential reading - I s finally co.a!ng back to the UK t o prollOte hili na w book 'lIevelations' . He .. 111 firllt epp .. ar In a 8UFORA lec ture st agad (J beli.". at Kenatniflon Librllry, London, on tha evening of FddllY 24 April - details via BurORA hot line on 0582-763218). Next dny , he will take port io the north-welit' . fin,t 'blS; avent' of the UFO c .. lender.

Northe r n UFO Neww , -This 1 .. In .. one~d .. )' conference buUt oround hilil visH ood oqplliaed

by Enl8JOO In Burnley. hide fro. Joc quelil • • tolworl long-di!llldlng US invesUgotor Georg .. fowcett will be oppeorlng. el< BBC c o-ero .... n John kNi .. h w111 b •• ho.,!ng hilil crop c.ircle foohge juo l releeeed on v ldao olld Pater Houan and I .. lll be pn ... Jorwl"lI our new b O<l k 'I.ookj.ne: tor tl> .. A11.n .. '

It pf"oat .es to be .. Sre .. t d .. y out .. nd tic ket . co. t juot e8 fro . Stu .. rt SooJ.th ot :- 15 RydlOl Street Burnley LlllIco .. h l re BB IO IIts.

The vaQue is the .u!""rb lecturll thll .. tre in thll RMold'. By lJdi llS gL ~ (University gL !1anch@!iter Ins tituta gL Science IlW1 Tochnologti. f.D!a l.Z. IUlQ.IL t2 ~ RA- Wl SoturdQ)' li dRdl· CIn th city centrll aid .... y between """cheater Piccadilly i!llId Oxford Rd IIhl1ons).

Book e ... rly .. 0 ),OU won't h .. ve to be .. orry U - -.1ssed this one!

CIRC ULAR LOGI C ,

It'I> bee n .. hecti c ... Inter on t he c r op c ircle front. thanks la the f4!f services froc"s.D ouS ... D .. ve, the two lIel f confessed hOllxers, ... ll e gedly GAVE thei r story fr.e to TODAY ne ..... p.p.r.who s p l ll l>hed it .round the world with slee In Seplllaber l ... t. Thl.. _a c redited 10 HBF - ..... if " ne .... "Sency copyright. Ruooours s oon STew th" t MIlF .... s 11 ( ront t" receive p.y-.. l <rid the .. tod es _Ill dO ..... hill r"o t (roA !hot poInt onW<lrd. Now lII ... ny key c:ereolosi e t s .. eea to .. uspec t the two IIIl1 .. ble old corlSnrll .. rll port of 11 so .. ern-nt consplrocy t o de .. troy their .. ubJec:t.l find l h"t .. b1t h .. rd to ew.llow.

Whot is the truth or en thi s? Outlook (Jen /Feb) GIlYs the PlIre l10k newo ser vice (1) cite .. Col in Andrews with the c l"l. that e Fren ch sc ientl .. t reports he .. ring _ek" BEFORE 0 ... 0 ' I> IIrri .... l th"t th .. British go .. ern ..... nt .... 0 ebout to r eved the circle .. lIG ho .. xes . lln nppeor .. nce f o r he o;\d P"l Delgedo on 'lIogon' .... s .. 1"" ',.y "terJo" .. ly· .. x"d; f"r-th e .. ing the b.ll.f tn • pl o t. Outlook soy vh thI s 'A told B th .. t C Geid' Sllgll thet HBf !>erv!cee h .... bellll fOWld t o heve ' only on" prevl o" " c l ient; the Minis try o f Defence.'

Kindred Spirll _sodne (Wlnt . r, f2. ( 0 frOIll Foxhole, DllrUngton, Totne .. , Devon TQ9 6ED) hove ... boI .. utHul colour photo r"lIbl" throush the 199 1 Circ les with ahot. or ell the 'in .. ectogr •• • end i ntr i cete design .. whic h i!llIyooe with en i o t .. of investiSeUonel exp .. rienc e would .. urel y nnd I>uspecl i!llId res .. rd ... a hoaxes until PROVEN o therwise. There .. re el so 60_ photosrophe with or.nge stre .. ks on th ... (who s ei<.l '60 wh .. t'?) 11", for MBF - TIIEY only odd enlg.elicelly thllt · Wlueu .. l circull .. t .. nc .... e re "pperent'.

No such holdI ng bIIck by GeorSe Wingfield.ln 16sue 5 o f the Cereglog:ist (£2.50 f rail 20 f'IIul St Fro-e SOller .. et BAil IDX) - ... aog .. z lne t o _ oddI)' conelder"d the 'ere".' by ~riCi!lll UFOlogist .. whOIl ..,st o f you will bol d In r"spect he ...... 1tes of the '00"8' 'N' Dove Scem' In br"Gthleos feshion, t e ll!ns .. otory o f how Pot Delg .. do· s d"ushter renS Col1n Andrews 10 Gey her d .. d h"d 'collepsed' (wor ding I ... tol d Delgedo ... y now dispute) .nd o f AndrQ"" rushlns round only t o be .. t opp .. d for "'p .... d inS on route (io thle disputed too? ) AndreW!< orrived to find TOOAY wilh 0 ... 0 lInd quickly e .. tebl1obed th .. t ,"uch o f whllt thllY ",!Old wes Wltrue - after which TODIIY retreoterl with the quotes they hed ol ready ...... ung ou t or Delsodo.

Vlngfil!ld lIdds agol0 h16 lI s .. ort!on o f 0 Septelllber 1990 -.inlsterlo1 .... etinS to dl.cu .... whet the Thet c h .. r sov"rnJDellt shoui d do oOOu t circ l es. This Gecret _eting ruled out Me .. den'. theory, found hoedng of .inor i.por t end decided circl .. s _re (ro ... n WlknoWll f orce. It then SOY" th .. HoD pOV<'lr .. o f aonttorlns find dldn for ... Uon ... Where did he get thb 007 dlllo fro .. ?

Northern UFO He_ , -O{ tour .... tha proble. with disinlor .... l!Of\ h •• we 501' with MJ-I 2> iB

thot if you beUeve thot it hopperos ot 011 . how do you know the cource o{ the story thot it boppens in the Hret place ilill ' t dis i nror ... U on t oo!

Ho ... tter - Wingri eId describes his "Uuopts t o trace MIIF senrJces -the TODAY' prS66 .,senc y'. Allegedl y orter eabllrr"S6~t the deputy editor 6111d thot MBF WIIS Just IIn ordin"ry press "gency who put the pllper onlo D a­D - ..no in turn deny ony knowledge o f KIF "t ,,11 Illld ""y it .... s t be so.ethlng to do wi~h TODAY! Wing{i eld round no listed prees "gency o f this n...a but di d troc e e.,.. with the .... i ntUol .. ; One 0 scienHfic consultancy in the wee t country run by " .achanical angineer.lle "dodtted worUng (or the MoD! So it did Indeed. on purely circuaatanci .. l evidance,look a bit r~

In the Circular CJ"n,,[I. 75; saW. addr ...... liS tha Cereo logiKl now ond it is ruaoured that Georg .. Wlng{ield ... y tok .. over oS aditor) - the deporting editor Bob l1ng&ley (whose 1I0bar voIce wUl be II.lli6ed In the field) g"ve 0 good review o{ the HBF tele and pointed out lhat none o{ this con.t it u ted proof o f a link bet_en the MoO ond 0 a- D. Ho_ver, i t hlls t o be t e r"'" intrigu1n~although I ~d .. r would the MoD really be so s t u pid "IS t o use " rsal consult"nc7 sO reod!ly tied to lhOA t o front ° convol uted sc~1

The picture WftS furth e r clouded by 1111 Schn"bel,lIn Oxford University reseorcher wh o wrote 0 do.nlng piec e "bout the cereolosists response t o 0 a­D for t he Obseryer col our supple.ent (7 Oec). Ho body coae out of it terribly _11 (althousft ot leo"t the _horologists lire shown .. eetns: Sense and rejec tJng the plct ogro .. oS hooxee - even if l .ms: overdue in -r viewl) There h08 been on uproor within cer eol ogy o boul this orticle.Orle group leoder eVen wrote to Sch.no~l's coll e ge boss In t er ... that cannot hllve helped his etotus .. uch. I olso know (" s I h"d .. l ong c hat with tho A.erican sociologiot) th"t he h"d picked up 80_ exlroordlnllry stor ies rl'Oe r...,us cereol og:hte which I could do not hing bul l augh o rr . Aside froe touring the count ry fsking circles (s . if I hod lhe li_ or could be bothered) I olso otoad ace u.ed o f being 0 gover ..... nt og .... t olongsld8 D ... D (yo .... ! ) ond of writing reke letters f r o. Rochdole H"st U.e I _ nt there it ....... huD.

Jlegllrdless o r the e thics or t h i s orticle,-...:h o r whot Schnobel wrote s eems t o s ...... rise the incredible roocti on to D ... 0 beinS expressed (openly and in privote) by ..... ny cereologisto.50_ quoted, such os WingCiel d, tu .... e publicly responded to Scnnllbel wllh letters disputing certoln thing. in the

·_g"zino, but. the essence of the .. tor y (viz the MIIF/MoO link) seee" int act. As f o r t his. Schn,,~l reports the l nloresting now co_ot by TOOAY tha t

the "gency _ s " n i n ... enlion on their prr.rt to "cor. o ff othor n . .... p"pers fr oe extroc ting ... t e r i.l fro. their exclusi ve r eport be fore they sol d it to o ther sour cea. Knowing how t he .edio works thot sounds quite credibl e t o .e, but 1 guese it 'WOn'l parSl10de ......ny wh o r elld the HBF/HoIl links th" t Wingfield h ... found (and now supported by Bob Xingaley ' 8 0 .... r e se8rches).

Me"nwhUe, D:u:. ~ WDtcher <£1. SO, Or £9 for eh, fro .. 3 Selborne Ct TDVist ock Clos8 Ro_y H .. nle SOSI 7T'O continues to do wh..t it doee bes t. It hll" reflected these even t s bul ai ni ... U y ond at t1_" g08S overboard in its snipi ng and critic1 s .. but boy does th i s field need objective c r1tic1sL Poul Full .r c .. nnot ha occused of not doing the Job ho sets 1\18s.lf . 1I1s .... gozine ls not os pretty os the o t her s ond hD6 non. of the exotlc theories they do.lnsteod it focuses issue oft<l r i$sue. on e><posiog hooxes, presenting slte inveat ig"t10ns o{ both re"l and du bi ous c"ses IInd prioting newly round _tertol obout overse"., hfstorf c .. l ond eyewitn."" c " se". I t i.. utterly different fr .... the o th"r c ircle public .. Uons Ir.I1d lr"nkly geta loo l Utle o f lhe support fr o e UFOlogy thot H deserves. I odei t to bia .. os 1 writo {or tt.8ut I do so b"c"""8 TCW cllrri ... ou t ° vital - and th""kl <lGS - t osk.

Northe .. n UfO He ....

a PLAQUE TOO FAR?

I feel d"e"dful1y sorry for Malcol .. Robineon, Ron"ld H"ll1d"f "nd SfL In their Feb l ""ulI of thll1r o1""ys excllllent .... g Enlgmos {£7.5a for 5, froe Rondd "l 35 Fountain Rd Bridge of Allllll StrirHng FIg 4AU> they express deligh t "l the fino1 pl .. ce_nt of .. plllque by Ll v1nS"ton Corpo .... tio" "t the spot in the town ..tIere foreeter 80b T .. ylor h"d hb (""",UII close encounter. Thi. i •• o_thing they propolled ""d ho .... fought to secure for ye"rs.How thot it 1. set up (" world ' s (1ret they cl"1e - ""d correctly I euspect) they intend to hold" cere.my 1n the wood".

But i n truth tll"y _re tre .. ted sh ..... fully by the develop ..... t corporol1on. Despite SPI'. role, thll LDe refused to Ueten to their "d ... lce on anythi ng ""d put th .. r1"'1"" nn .It .. io> o.,tnboo!r 1991 vilh" ... t both.ring to tell thee or Bob T .. ylor of tht •. In f .. et SPI hed to breek tha ne"" to tha witne .... the.salva.. ..,nth .. leter! Worse still , deepite ell the herd work by UFOlogy the pl"que does not even ne .... Ihe witneell.Inste"d it ludicrously credtts Adhur C Clorke - one of the "'<:IrId" bigg"st debunkere - on t he pretext th" t t he c"se l"ter fe"tured 1 n " TV s how th"t c .. rri.d hl" m . .... t!!

ReBordless of the e .... rene"s the t 51'1 (perhepe rightly) feel thia pleque ... y brjng, I wonder 1f this plog for HIli science Hction ..,..1Ie .. 1s eo_ thing""" reelly should be h .. ppy .. !xIot. ""'nthe .. cter potting it there ("fter SPI coaplained) the LDC haye ailked extroordinery publJcity froa H . .... Jor orticl ell hoye opp.ared in The T1ag§, Telegraoh and IndeRendent (31 I .... " 1 F.,bl. Job.t -'lion Chrke. Hone -.nUon UFOlogy. The y \elk about alien .. lending end none er. Ye ry e er10U5. The LDC e "y Clerke ' laaort"l1sed. it in h i ll book' (wh1ch wee written by soeeOne e l se, wosn't Jt?> end Justiry the pleque "s It .... " ' recorded hy ..... thur C Cl .. rke <the "cJence ..,..1Ier)' ,

In otber "",rde, to hell with whet "ny seriou" re"e" .. cher " "eid or d1d to estebllsh the f .. c te of thls c .. s" - if .. d"b,m~1ng .. " I .. ntt .. t who 1'1 ... lo l d _ he fOW1d UFOs boring ""d "'"0 hee ne"er investig"ted thle cose .. t oIl h .. d hi .. n ........ a .. t<:hed to .. TV ehow 1h .. t <:he"ced to "",ntion 11 - wel l then, lets Use th"t f .. ct.Cynic" will prob .. bly guelle this lB 11 che .. p pubUcity gi-.1c~ by the LOC IllId thot's the re .. eon Cl .. rke is ghen eh .. blll1ng. 8igser .... tings. Ths cBBe itsel r h"s no rele ..... nc. et .. 11 to th .....

At the tt ... when Sp l first eooled the idee I thought it e Sood one end eBid 110.1 apphud 51'1'11 .{(ortll e ll the .... y and S\'ellll Jt is JUllt ,,_tel plete.But SlYen how the tOC hoye III<lnlpuleted this i saue to their 0 .... ends,! Just wonder if it iB wIlolly wi se to go .. long with the.? .. Any CO-.ntll?

FOR YOUR PERUSAL

Hojor "rtiel es el se...tlere

UFO T1....,s WJnter (with BUFORA eub; Suite 1 2C Leyton Rd H"rpenden AIS 2TL) A curlous plece on the plne .. ) (f)fmd end Jlnks .... llh the p .. ronor_d ... ld " report on I'lctivHles In Eire fro_ P .. t Del/mey IJnd Ann Grlffln.

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THE DARK SI D E QE WARMIN S TE R

During the 1960' s one place in lhe U~. if not the wor)d.woG synony-auu. wilh 1IF'0s Waral nsler in Wilt s hire. After a .erie. o f r eport . Ilnd pho tograph. of t he so-called 'Thi"S' people fl ocked there fr o .. eround l he wo .. ld to IIk )"""tch. Berns u.prouted gr .. fHL Journ .. UlIl Arlhur Shutllawood beca.e Orlt .. l n· e beat known UFO writer of tha sixtie. and s eventies with 0 u.eries o f books cO_lDCiDS with 'The Werains ter Hyetery·. The y fJ rst -.ention c r op circIea 1n the .. re .... nd this reput .. tion h o s continued - with c l rcles now .. ttr .. c ting thouoend. o f UFOlogJsts t o the town in ren .. l ..... nce.

Ho_ver. the question aus t no .. be posed:- ho.,.uch of imrains i er ' s reput..tlon ...,s jlJsllF1ed? Evide nce h .. s Just co_ in that so_ pri_ C .. seS thlll g .. ve th .. town .... rly prOll.inence wer .. p .. rt of a c .. lcul .. ted ho .. x. Moet not .. bly. that one fa-oua pho tograph of the' thins' whi c h _de 10cll1 then the nnUonal pr nss s t ori .. s during 1965 .... 8 - it 1& now clai_d - .. hke. B1S q .... stions IIr .. oulstondlnS liS to ..no kne.. what - end when - .. bout such cl .. ias or to whot extent they _y errect subsequent reports 1n th .. t own.

The ne ......... broken by n IIIOn loIho wrote la BIJI'ORA o rfi cer 10hn Spencer, nfter reeding hi . cn~nt .. on Weradns ter in 'The UFO Encylopedi .. · .Thi 8 -..n ai.ult .. neouely sent cop1eu. o f ell hi .. moter10) to _ (preSUlllObly Be. a sof"guard). llo_ver. he. has d oee hUud to respond t o ay co...wic otl on .. ; IIltho~ J ohn Spencer .... ye. he has proved helpful t o hi.

Allegedly. the UFO in the phot os:raph wo .. c re .. t . d froa -.ilk bottle l ops and buttone and sever .. l people were involved. The ho .. x gol oul of hond .. e it W06 neVer Intended t o c r e .. te .. notional pros", report.

Thi ... tory h1l6 yet to be fully doc~ted, but the pac kage I received ls disturblng end John Spencer sllys he h" .... lnc e .. een fur ther evldonco. There remain .. nl,lll.ber of deepllr .. 11 0g .. t10ns wilhin th i 8 ......... sc~n .. rl0 .. nd OUFORA council ha", hdselyl dflcided not to .... ,/ eor ... bo"t lh~. until their " t .. tus can be checked. f or now it would be wi .. e cooo .. .. l th .. t .. ny serious rese .. r cher pu t on hold wh .. t ever conclu6 ions .. bou t the UFO aystery they ..,y have for.ed b ...... d to any 1 .. r88 .. xtent on happenings around Waraln6 l e r .

BOOKS OF THE M OMENT

nlE SEVEH11[ SWORD Andr ..... CoUine Century Illb 484 pp LU. 99

Readers of .y book 'AIJen Conbd' wiJl know the rol e ih .. t Andy Collin .. pl .. yt.od 1n th .. t .. tory. For e U ... he .... s on" o f the besi UFOlolJlsts In BrIt .. ln. IUs c ase reports vJ .. 1IF00N (elI the cl .. ssJ c Aveley obductlon o( 1974) ore ovaJlable asoJn vl .. £nJIJaI! . Others ... y r&cal l the extraordJ n .. ry sequel to those UFO adventures ..nen a JP"0up o( psychJ cs fro ... round the country tfOt tOII"ther end al1f1lIedly BrlII"lIed In 'quests' t o flnd burrJlld SOlOrds and j ..... ls o( power and thereafter flsht c atacl y sIZtlc bottles aSalnst the pDINJrt: of .'111 . .4t le"st that i s how the stodes fUl(Jrse i n fhe ' 8i8lIl05 Vii the ... rUan~' prose you con fJnd In the boak. 'Th. Green Stone' and ·n.e Eye of Fire'. n. .... heve beca.a eodern e s oterJc cult book. by ~rtJn X . .. t-an end Grab .... Phl 1Jps (the o thar two In e trluavlrat. of whi c h Call In • ...,s the thJrd). ~e ther you 'belle",, ' the ... thJOfP> 'r~J,' occurred ... y not ... tter.

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50_ years e80 Andy dld sell publIsh ''Tbe Sword end the S ton .. ·.a rether 80re restraIned pre&enhtion 01 .mat occurred. expllllnlng ""y he htJd opted Ollt and took no fHlrt In Ihe I"", book&.Jto-ver,he has n .. ver dlspulM thtJt the IlIcts ther .. lold were correc l (ho ....... er l."roblJble ther _y sound to tho&.- 01 liS usad t o objec tlv .. realIty and tr .... l1ntr cllses .nth sc .. ptl .... ). Ghosts in black suit" th,,' POSI"/ on hIll tops, ch .. ap jellfJ}" 01 hel"/11ntr enerey aod " br .. v .. group 01 psychics staodlnlI betomen th .. e"rlh tJ/Jd tJr_seddon AilIht eound .or .. 1ille .. scrIpt fro. e rejected IndlMe Jon"s ..,vl,,; ~cept thllt sO_ of these ... ent .. cert .. in1y pred"t .. those fi1 ... (th .. t _ch I CM verify).And other - apperently un.:onnll!'Cted people - b .. v" al so discovered burri .. d a>lOrds of tJ si.Jlar nllture .. .:rr>S'; rurlll Brit .. ln 01 l .. t ...

Mdy l .. unches hi& bIll hook career w:fth IJ book that IS bitr in every sen ..... You cert"in1y tr .. t an excitinll r .... d for your IIICJnoy (his journ.,ll"t:lc tr .. ioll11l sees to thtltJ Md the ><ritInll :i" .. n epIc ewe"p10ff OVer the aodern .. "ents .. nd centuries of h1stor:ica1 "necdot"l resSIJrch.Its the duff TV ..,,,1.10 are _de of. If these th1nflS htJd been c}lJi_d 10 the USA /tIeryl Slreep would nO doubt already be perfectinll her Brll1sh .. ccent and plots rewritt en to find her e suitab1.- role. As His, BritlJin odll respond IJp .. theUcally, so you C(lJJ only judffIJ yourself what th.- dlsco"ery of these sJ% slo1Qrds "'(lJJ"

tJIld ""'at the quest for the seventh (that you "r .... tdrad to join) _y I.ply. 1 noted IJI.i.nor I1berl1es her .. lUJd there (etr Andy's .. tt_pt to persu .. de

ut> ha only "t tended the 1979 SUFORA confer""c.- as e journ"lld when h .. ...... Ihen .. 1 .. ad1nll UFO inv .. dllI"tor &ura.ly keen to .. _ th. bill na_ .. who wer .. 1ecturin6)' But in the _In I h .. " •• very re .. pec t for hi_ end no r ... son 10 discredit ""lit he slJys took pl .. ce.In which cos .. ,loiJat th .. heck does I1 _""? REVELATIONS Jac'Iue. VaUee B .. lla"t1ne IIlb 272 pp us S20

'Tbl .. Americ(lJJ edition .... s publ.l.-hed 1tJ6t .. ullllltl, but I'ellee's BrJtish lecture. In April tIe in odth IlK relellse fra. SouI'enlr .11 I. Ihe final p<Jrl of hi .. trll0trY th .. e beS"" in 19B9 .nth DI....,dons, then Confront .. tions.

Revel .. t/ons Is cerlaln1y cUfferent.In so_ re.-pects it I .. th .. sort of book his odd .. ly JMIIl'ed '}fessenfJ8r& of Dec"ption' aifIhl have been. 1 re<;all even .tllen Hyou (hi .. Jjfe lonfJ frl .. nd end -entor) found Ihal look at oddb"lJ c ults hord to f .. tholl out end - ... ybe p"rtly bec .. use of its reception - l' .. l1 .. e took a lonll bIJck6round scet, writlnll nothlnfJ ne", for a dec"d... Hi" reapp .. "r .. nce on the scen .. ..,ith .uch .... "Ier to follo.., (jf nO l .. ss cont entioU6) books hlls not Io1QIJ hi. unlvers .. l pr"ls .. In hIs "dopt .. d ho_lend. A" I'allee buck.- Ihe trend and does nol tJccept the E:11I h .. 15 sc .. rc .. ly on everyone's list of th .. IOOst l.-portent tJS ><rlter. To us In Brit .. ln the posHion Is quHe dl fferent. /ih"t h .. says hit" ho_ herd and I think It lik .. ly th:lIl book od11 .. ppe .. l far .ore to £urop .. en UFOlofJY.

Aft er Ihe ~oul-end-find-... style of hIs l"st book ld .. t,,111nll f .. scln .. tinll .. %cursions inlo th .. Sou th A.erlclUJ JUOfJl .. 10 look .. t 'real' UFOs) I'lIIJe. is beck In the u:s:.t "nd ttJkinll tJ rond drll1 10 It .. current .Ill.tone - docu.ent .. Ilk .. ~-12 end offlc/ .. l infor ... tlon/dls1nfor_tlon.He presents II ror better c ...... for Iloverr>aent -..Ipul .. tion o f UFOJotrY ""d IIFOJofJl&ts th .. n he did In • J#esstu>6er. of n .. c .. plJon'; rtJ/J/finll over topics 1ik .. Ar.-.. 51, the Benl ..... ters ltmdinfJs,UH1«J lmd aven APE/{ In (lJJ insllIhtlul .... y. I lIusl "dJeJ.t to .. bitt .. r irony .. t loiIJat he Il"ys (odth presu.tJb1e i"'P"lfT'ity) "bout ~-12 end cr .. GhM /JFOf;. It 1 .. pretty lOuch om'" 1 fel t .. nd slJld in 1989 w:fth devlJ6tatln8 1ellal con .... quence .... s so_ of you kno..,. Such hove tl-e~ changed slnce then, Fe.., ~11 bnt en .. y.lid no~ Tbls Is .. lho~t provo/dnll book, which sol ..... nothing, but J>O#it!fi very r .. 1e"'ant questions.

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MEDIA MATTERS

A look at UFo.. Jn the public eye

The Birmlnsha. ~ (2 1 Peb) recently clai ... d a first when it reported how t heir sister paper (the MIIn) had two days earlier fe!'Otured a wave of UFO dghtings.Apparently tha Wll6t M1dland6 . UFO Neh.ork (eh?) had been swamped with calls about a huge blue disc hovering over the Great Barr area on 18 Feb. So what? Well, see ... Wolverh ... ton a .. troloser Philip SololMln had appeared On Rad i o WM on New Years Eve and predIc t ed the sIghtIng .. 1 In fact he 6ald, ' .... tch out f or a full ..,on on February 18. MIIny will report oCcurrences of a psychIc phenomenon or UFO sightingo.' M.a - .. lightly less l~prellllIve that,but DIlybe we should get the wisdom of Solomon and arrange a sky ..... tch when he ne"t has ,m inkling that the alien6 are co...Jng. JlUdlands investigators w111 no doubt be daing trll. t "ven all I speak .

Me"n .... llle, pop DJ LLc Kersh"w told" el"rlled RDdl0 One .. udIence of her encounler on the /0162 SO" ye.,r6 "SO <it "ppeDrs ne .. r 8urtonwood IIglll n -wher e else?) The object, reported by poli ce .. t the ti .... it ie .... id, ..... s of .. ' hugs tri.mgle sh"pe wHh three red lights .. s It g lided in front ' (Sund .. v ~ - 5 }"n) Tbe only CDSe we CDn lie in Is the Sighting of a triangle by police officers in IDD 1978; foc .. l point of " documentary that MUFORA spent so ..... weeks _king wUh Gordon Burns (of the Krypton F"ctor) which "ired nlltionll11y a few IbOnths Illter with the !nfllJDOus mav!e filII froll Stonehenge.

TIll Good's Alien Lt llIson h"s got 11 bit of publicity (not 1111 lIuch lIa ellrller book .. - UFo.. se ... to be wllning in Lhe _dill eye with crop Circles still dollinant strangely enough). In the Independent <9 Feb) a good long bloplc appe .. red which the pllpar said ""s p"rlly prollpted hy the Livlngston plaque ({e"lured prollinently). The .. rUcl .. r"pe .. ted th., f"..,us tosh ...,-It ten about Ti .. when Above Top Secret CflJDe o"t - ill ' Hr Good's idllllG .. re those of .. l14I\i .. c' ( .. ctulll1y this hllll good PR .. "lue as it _kes folk pDy IIttentlon) The article cHes mare dispDraging 6tuff by other reviewers but then it "ctu .. 11y stops r"blting "nd lets Tt .. h .. ve hi6 interesting 6ey.

The SundAY Sport' I> UFO effortll of lIIte h"ve heen very (eeble, but the WlY M,trrpr 09 Dec) h"d IIn odd ite. Lhllt cHild US .. uthor 8r .. d Stelgtlr (as .. ' loony resellrcher ' - their view and NOT mine). Apparently one out of every five household pets is an IIlien - descended fro .. cre .. tures seeded here 50, 000 year .. nao.n'e p .. per (evidenlly nol sc"red wr i t-less) end with the quote;' JlUllion" of people own sp"ce pets and they don't even know it; , ""Y" the b"rklng .... d ""thor'. I reckon SLeiger i6 right . I a"ked .. Cheshire c"t if it h .. d ever been into outer space IInd I'm sur .. it s .. id - 'Me? 'ow? '

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BRIEF CASES

~ W.!ih boppeuiugs. .. ThDnks to Roy Sandb .. ch for dehlls of an Incident in July 1965 reported by a wo .... n then hoUd .. ying with her boyfriend in County Cl"re.llt 02.00 they were returoins: ho ..... on a lonely road wIth bos: land either aide when .. "DIll! bluQ l~ght Dppeared to p .. c .. the c"r. At thi .. st"g" it aounded Uk .. a st .. r or planet ttho"8h she Insisted noL) but. ...

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Events took a hand when a figure in a long black coat ('Uke the Sande.ans Port Ugure') appeared on the road ahead. As they drew level it .fooply vani.hed. ""en she looked around for the Ught it had 01050 gone. Given the H_ and r....,t. locotlon the coupl . _,.e ada.ant tM s ..... no ordinary hll3Cll1.

Our f,.fend . Pat Delaney and Anne Griffin pa ... on another ca ... frOll I Augu"t 1970 at Bt,.,., Co Offaly. P .... 11 cycling ho_ fr oll working 1n /I gar .. ge ( .. t .. bout 19.00) when he "aw a .t .. r in the ...... t ..,v1ng very fa s t. It IIlowed 8S it grow near .. r and hll now IItood p .. ralysed with (a .. r by its proxiaity.It ...,e dre"cribed /le 0. bubble c .. r,green underneoth end bro ...... in the

centrB.The lop part ..... 0. dome made out o f a for. o f gloss or perspex ond a ISreen 11ght on the belle aee ... d to be rot .. t1nlS.All wos t ot al s ilence.Pos"ibly eost a.o~lng of all wag what .... s INSIDE the do .. - a corridor with £.IGHT beings, four IIIIl e, four fe ... le, "lit either side. They .. U seemed t o be wellring all1tary Buil s (w1th the wo ... n wearlng skirt .. !) All .... re 1n a grey/green colour. P .... s "ery disltppointed

.... See nO in the cr .. ft (so_thing os 11 _chan!c hll WOS very intrigued by )' Also wh ..... they fdled t o co_unlcole ond the cr/lft rose up - th .. 11ght rotating fester and chenging to orange beforll the object fl e w .. way to the SW. The invesl1sators .. re unll .... ,.e of other CaSeS in which entHie .. have been seen thr0U8h a transparent do ... IInd described clearly, but there are In fact sever .. l on r ecord. This c alle reMinds... quite 0 bi t o f the dec1dely odd story of Hrs S .. ge fr08 lC ent where _Hilory suited beings s ot in a glosll heUcopter (lice r e port 1n ay book ' Sixth Sense').

~ BLACKPOOl.. ILLI1KI/fAD1 • On Z4 Oc t ober 1991 the W14lIA Reporter fi r .. t t old how a group o f

regulars fr oa a pub were .eeing light • .aving to and fro acrosS tha Sky On varioUl> n ight a for up to en hour. The de .. cription will s hock no alert rellder or holl awak _ inves tig .. tor who will h .. ve he .. rd it all before.Sy J1 October the pres. waS . wnaped. Typical report. were ... 'It looked like 80aeOne had a

. torch "I th a strong bell .... going around in a ci rcle' ... 'It wa.e eovtng through c l ouds bllckwards .. nd f orward. aCroSS thll sky .•... 'il coul d be aomeone "Hh a strong .. pot light shining up to th .. sky' - .. nd 80 on.

Anyone with their eye .. on lhe skie .. dur ing the p"st couple of years following the IFOs (ofter 1111 95:1 of UFo.. .. re one) would spot th .. clat<elc det<cri ptton of la.er guided searchlight be..- th .. t Illu.-ine te clouds ond go round In circles t<wooping and danc ing_ They ho. ... e been triggering UFO n .. p .. with al .. r.ung ,.egularity when used to open ni ghtclubs or lit r ock shows_

MUFOIIA worked thi s one out i_di .. tely. All the s igns vere there. When we learnt they'd aeen Siailar things in Ormskirk ond Sksl ... r sdale - highly advanced technology Ca ... p to plot ongles) f ound the source - Blackpool. The powerful . Hects of these 11ghte caro be seen fro .. 25 ailes /!I_Y.

End of story? Not !lutt e. Blackpool pleasure beaCh pubUc relations officer instantly IId .. itled the truth. but that did not daunt intrepid 5 teve B .. lon. f{a told the p .. per thot t here _8 no _y t hese _re sellrchlights.

/toting hie 20 yeors ou f .. Jt wi th the UFO scene Steve Showed no awarenesS aboul whet the.. l ight. can do and l aunched 11 ... Jor 1nvest1ga t1<m. He had docuaen ts proYing that 'success1v .. gover.....,.,t. have .. tte.pled to conceal infor ... tlon about flying eoueers and alien .. ' .

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ne added Wig"n I .. a UFO windo ... and Indian ... h"Ye .. ho ...... crop circles are " ..... rning o f 'ecologic"l, psychological and SOCiological bre"kdown.'

I don't ... ish to criticl .. e DIGM'. They naed our ' sy,"p"lhy after two of their other ......oor6 "ppe"red on the C11ve Ander60n chat show "nd f"ced an audience in hy .. teric6 ....... rely for honestly ral .. t1ng what they belieYG.But, MUFOIIA 1'1 .... no doubt .. t .. 11 th .. t Udr;; ..... Y .. of Bighting" WAS nothing "",re nor les6 th .. n .. e .. rchlightB froa Blackpool.Any .. 11en6 - whether they edst or nol in other c .. ses - .. re in thl" in"lancs , I' .. "fr"ld, mere b"loney.

ANODlER Elll. I.H D:!;E 5Kll

An interesting repe .. t of the fa .... us Peter O .. y .... vie fila ""'y have occurred on 9 December 1991 when police in a corridor fro .. 60uth e .. "t Wales to the "outh aidlands were inund .. ted by call" fro_ lJf'O witne""'e,,.It .... " deficribed a" rocket-like .. nd burniog orange, making .. sound like .. hot - .. ir hall nOn. M<lny s .. id the roaring noise ........ so loud it shook their ..nudo ..... The sightings beg .. n .. t 16. ~5 at Brecoo .. od crosGed Hereford and Worc6litenihir .. around LeolDinsler and ended near Oroit..nch just after 11.00. The 1400 aod CM at Hr lit s .. id they haQ no lde .. wh .. t it wa" but confir.ed th .. t report s of .. crashing .. ircra(t were ...... =g. None W<!re IDis .. lng. But a IDilitary plane expert .. t Ke",spey 6 ..... J.t through blnocul"rs and recognised it ..... "n 1"- 111 jet usins: .. fterhurners. AccordIng to Jo Anne D1s:s:er of BUFORA " YUf'OS ofUcer "ppe"red on 1 0c,,1 rodio lo a .. y it _a not .. n "ircroft "nd jets h .. d been seen circling H. These often intercept UFo... An elllb"rr ..... Ged 1400 then conflr .... d it ........ just .. phne .... pp .. rently .. n 1"-111 _s c"lled b .. ck to lJpper H"yford,where the ru",,,,y ""11 icy.So It duaped ll6 fuel .. t ]0.000 f .. et to reduce risk in londins:.lt should h"ve ju ... t 1I""por"ted, but unfortun"tely the "fterburner ignited it.lf the. MoO story i s true (and it fits all wHness IICCOunts so for liS I c"n see) then it poses an intereBllns: comp"rison with the f""",,us Peter Ooy UFO filII. For that too supP06ed ly sho ....... n 1"-111 fro", Upp"'r Heyford dUllpins: fuel which _6 ignited by .. fterburner ... llo....,ver.Ilot .. the differenc .. s.ln 191J there '"""s no "",ss1"e s....,.the of witnesses, no " ....... ped police ... wftchboords. no r .. tllJng windows or ro .. rlng ooises - in f"ct no re,,} sta1larlly .... nd yet the F- 111 th .. t Peter suppo .. edly fll"",d ""6 "pp"rently [ .. r lower than the bl .. ltmUy obvious one .. t 10.000 feet in December 1991.

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Ml;n and girlfriend 1n Cftr .. t country p .. rk .. t OJ.OO Th i 1 b 1 fl " ....... c c • y ... ow 'spr .. y of l1s:ht' co .... out of " ... hr. Thte split I nt lwo "rcs and " cre .. ",y speckled aurll rorOO<ld. 1I.t th h"se the "pr"ys joined into 11 dl. orans:e 6tOr. Th two .. rcs then went back into the larger "t .. r on to

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and thl ... proce6r;; repe"ted two "",re ti .... s. At no tJ._ did she aention thi6 to hi", .. nd he ........ nothing; .. l though

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p"rl( the centr,,} door lock .. on the c"r ' clicked' when they ... ere inside 'courting' end he reports heariog 11 beating sound In the ... ky. The UFO ally be the hOll>l!-"",de hQt air h,,}loona _ g .. ther h"ve beeo tested 10cll11y (the "rc would be burning dehris) - or "n Qpticd 111u ... lon b""ed On .. st .. r?

CASE 9116 19 NOYember 1991 Hull.Numberside IIUFORA C2- 5

Iokln stood looking .. t "tars Sll ... three 11shts swoopinS .. bout s ky "nd flitting oround before moving off. SolUlde like birds refleclins: s treetlll.Jllps .

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After years of UFO storiea crlllOlDe(j into their pllges the tIIbloid, thl! Dllily StilI', CII" now bOllst thllt they hllve been thl! Cauae of " UFO ~ve.Thla first "truck London In early February 1992 when ~y people s aW a yellowish glow in the sky. It th"" -.oved north and for two _eks (especially on 24, 25 and 26 February> _ had .... ny report .. channeled through fro. Jodrell Sank and other sources of Gightings et Kirkby on Mnrseyllide, Wythenshllwe In Mancheater, Moore in Cheshire and Sol ton IInd Oldlt_ in LnnClIsbire. So .... of the witness sketches are shown balow As you can see they were very al.tlar

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9204 Kirkby The culprit

The cause of both ""ves is shown on the right. It is 11 130 feet long bli .. p ( .. auper airship) called the VirgIn Lightship and is the first of a fleet ltellding our WIly (God help us!) Advertising the DII11y St .. r it h .... been drifting around the north-.... st and landing at H<lnchester Airport around 19.JO e .. ch night. It is In this phase when it has been cre .. ting ~sl of tlte proble ... when Circled by .. spect .. cul .. r ring: of Hg:hla, Hs l11wnn",ted R"S bllS IIlso IIppearins "'S 11 SlowinS do.o.8eWllre ,. it .... y ho .. d your way next!

CASE HISTORIES

TIlE 81J«;Hl«X)() MAl.l CASE (Pllrt 2), HUFORA report by Hough, Randles & SIIndbllch

We had 11 vide<> f.ll_ lllken by one security clllltl!rll lit the Blrchwood MIIll .in Cheshire lit 01. 23 On 25 Febru"ry 1991. On it was IIn object »ovJ.ng "bout thllt reaembled a s ..... ll light fro .. 11 dist ... nca or when closer to th .. c",..,r .. " round "OllP bubble. The only .. ye witneaa wae the "ecurity gu"rd IInd cll .... rll oper"tor but he hlld only "een it through the c"mera lens;IIlthough this ... t lellst ruled nut ""y defect on the tllpe recordoi"g it ae he allW it direct from the camerll feed (le by- p"""ing the tllP" altogether).

We look cop1e" of lhe rH. "nd "tudled it in fine det..ll· .akin!!' a

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"" ...... -7--/, ' • - -fr ...... by rra ..... csse6SlllCnt of wh"t "",a viaibla. There were ao_ interesting effect". For inatll"ce, lit no U_ did the object P""S BElUHIl "ny object. On a couple of occaaions you could IIl..ost see TIIROUCII it to the bllckground.ln all respects It behllved like .. three di.ension .. l object and in onc .. equence enters the frame "t the edge IInd IIppenrs in pllrliel 6tllse6 until the whole

. sphere 1" re~caled in shot - not .. s one might expect of 11 distort10n effect

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On. of the first thing. _ did ...... invite Or St.ve Oonnally - a phydcht at Salford Univer.ity and Itey ...... bar or the British end Irish SkepHcs to invite his sc1enU(1c friend" and h"ve 11 Joint &e&don to go Over the ru ... We reI t that this was useful as ..... hlld no clear idell ...... t ....... on the video bu t were ~ltjng nO great clei.e about It.lt wae only a UFO in the litric tast sense or the t.r. at thlli IIt .. ge ""d we needed input fro .. both .cienti.t. and froe sceptic. to See if My ratio"al ide .. s ..tghl surfllce.

Or Oonnelly WBS e greet help.Sever.l aeebers of HUFORA .. nd acIent Iats fro. Manche .. ter, Solford .."d UKIST Wli verlll ties _re invited t o a gllthering lit ManChester Uni'Ver .. ity ana night In Aprtl 1991 wtJere apecie! facilities _re available to view the fU.. The idee th .. t It ..tght be IIn in .. ect tr .. pped i n the c .. _ra lens syate. and .oving .. bout out of focus _s perhaps the on" thllt gr .. bbed th" eoet attention. In f .. et thl e proved ellsy to rule out. Th .. C ..... r .... y .. te. 1 .. scaled but every .. h, eonths le opened up to be Cleaned .."d .... rvi ced. Th..t had last occurred before Chrl.t~& - over two eonthe b"fore the fil .. _8 taken. No 1nsect could h .. ve .. urvived th .. t long.

Or Oonnelly cllrrled out liO" exper:lll<lllts u .. lng a torch, .oap bubbles blown by his children .nd video C .. lIM!ra. Perhllpa the ooost intriguing UFO Inveetig .. tlon yet eounted! In thlll _y,as he reported (21 April 1991);' (I) can nO" eay that the object Uf there ..... s "1'1 el<ternel object as oppoeed to .o .... thing within the optical .yste.) i .. certainly not • rerIecting (or p .. rtiolly reflecting) sphere .. 11 tl'l1a would not gi ... e rise to the ob .. erved ring .. tructure.' The i~g" "'" _re soelng wa .. prob .. bly not i tll rea l .hllpe.

The ring structur. vl.ible on tho fll. gi ... "s a donut like I.presslon to the object. Indeed, .... also .oon .potted th .. t this _de the effecl very d-.tlar to that on the Kent video fU. which _os token during .. thunderostor. In 1989 .. nd which hns been the subject of sevar .. 1 artlcl"s In the scientif ic prelis (nnd .. creened on 'To.orrows World') given its Initial interpr .. tetion as pos .. ible bell lightning. It now see •• that thl. an .. ly .. is wa .. not correct IInd the ¥ideo 1_15. ha. been f..trly ... uccea.fully shown to have been en optic .. l reflection of SO" sort. But the Blrch .... od .... 11 video In ...."y ..... y .. Gho ..... a siadler .nd (owing to its longevlty,.,tion .. nd lit lille. btr ..... si2e) rather more i.pressive phenoeenon to the Kent fil ..

Anyhow, ths fln .. l word fro. Or Oonnelly .. nd his colleagues _. that they had no definite ans_r to wtJet the vld"o depict .. d. llo",ver,he l".."ed quite heavily t ....... rd .. ' .. a_thins caud ng eberretions very clo.e to,or insi de, the lens .,.t.,. o f the caller •. ' We took thl. view seriously end Inltiet"d a nuaber .. r other enquiries. A copy was given to the BUFORA photo .." .. lYllts (a1tho~h a year i .. ter th .. y hev. yet to offer the still hoped for apprai.al) IInd another to eeteoroIogi&t O .. v" Reynold. who _. then working lit S ..... nl5 .. a Univer .. ity. lie well to prove of considerable help later on. The Inllect In the lens option rul"d out, we dtd know thot lhe c a .. ra used .." Infra-red spot bea. to 1l1u...J.nole the dark IIreo being fH_d. Perhaps this IIlight in so ....... y hove a part to phy In the mystsry? A. it turned out that _e to prove true in .. surprising .... nner. Indeed there _ . to be ths biggest .urprille of ell - for we were "001'1 .. ble to discard .11 thought. th.t there was so .. thing ...uss with this p .. rtlculer caeer ...

On 26 AprU 1991 .t 00.35 the UFO returned to Birchwood. It WBS fllee<l by one o f the other caeere .. on another part of the .He! To be contJnued ...

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I Final Word s .. .

Aparl fro. Ihe Htmche .. t er conference 11n'fd up f or AprlJ (sc" fU'se 4)

the IIJH hove some supr1scs in s torQ for thi::; ycll:Vs .1U6IJI>t OV/ml pl(wnod for SheffleJd. lfore On that In ... future 1 .... U8.

Th ere "re al&o " coupl'f of ollerseas confereJlcOS to 10<,k out for. On j-

2-3 HtJy thl & yelJr .. pr...Jere French ellent tJt L y on ls sliJIJ"u.prolil1 all18 IJS a1_y6 to be fIOOd lI"lue f or l«mey.If you p"rJes- lInu& fn.nc d ,; un pflU Ih&ll this is f or you. DetdJs fro. SOS OVNI " I PO Box 324 13611 Aix-en-Prol'"ncc CedfU' I France To.1 or F"x: 33 42 27 26 J8 .

.sa... d"I.!C, but ln EnsJltoh. I f " Jittle further afleld (bu t I lJ)re"dy kno"" I"", NUN readers fJ,ln8 out there) there ' s Ihe 'u/,]oJ"lnS Unexplalned Pheno.cna IV' "I the Nebra ska CeJ1 ter ln Lincoln, Nebr"s.kIJ. USA. COllfirmad dehates wiJl foc us on the Bont"'" t "r6 llUJdlngs fO nd crop c h"des ("lIh yours IruJy I!IId Gear-lIe /II1nSf1eJd ....onffSt others). Other deb"les II11J lnllCJl~ .. LJ"da M:>ulton lIowe an "nl .... J .utllaCions and John K."d on - wen k no ,,1ng hiG books - anythi ng =d el'erythlns. Call Scott Col/Jarn en 4()2-UJ3- 728 4 for det"l1s (/Ion-f'rl 4-7p_ CST - r_.ru.r Che six /Jour U..-, dlfferw.c .. )

A co_peti t ion see.s l n order 10 see who re"ds U,};; Mt, Priz." .. free copy of Looklnll for Che AJlen ... First correct en t ry by::I &rch, Ok - ..no 53"

th l!! excellen t 'HtJlgrl!!t' ser10s on rv? /IIeJl, there le a .:i.,}.: hch ... en /h16 ond JlJy book ' Abduction'. You would hllVfI to bo r e.,l CID _Ccr1,,1 Co spot 1t . but the ..an respon"Jbl~ for t/ ... IIlvJd c..-erIJworJr Un 8l/d"p,,~t doubJ1ns os Paris) ..... '" ZsoJI V .. rkony1. who hll" Just brought o ul 11 J/wllf'''illfl tr"nsl"tion of thllt ~"ry book. IoIe.ll - thero 16 an ellen ..,ro obscure, lf 11 pO(;lIiibl , easier to dll>co~I!r,11nk between nOTJI lfut/JOrS of 'Crop Circles:,1 If'/r; t cry Sol~ed ' I'nd Mother TV deldell". ",erles ('The Ruth RendcJJ Hysterlo,.'). The flrsl to ... uJl:Jt. eJther HtJIsre t or /k.Jt ford I'l>d hls c"r-ge"nl (cl 0.0) . use t hel r 1n"est}Rl:Jt ory skiJJs tuJd 50J .. e thnt r1ddlEl wins the prlze.Bon , ·hMlce.

Oh, yOB, I1rJd th=ks to V1ctor Xean for spo t tins (ref Gyl'sl .... of " strMlfo :JIId dlshnt ti_) Ih,,/ CllIIRON (no/ ChJro,,) Is PJ u to's sIJteHlte.

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