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A Message f r o m Your D i r e c t o r UFO S e m i n ~ rHeld i n Oklahoma C i t y - S t z n t o n Friedman S p e a k s L a r g e UFO R e p o r t e d Near W i l l a r d , C h i o Dozens o f F l y i n g O b j e c t s R e p o r t e d b y F i n n s F l ~ i n g , I n s t r u c t o rR e p o r t s UFOs i n I l l i n o i s Sky d n o t h e r S i g h t i n g from H a z e l c r e s t , I l l . Two Yore R e p o r t on S i g h t i n g of J a n . 31, 1 9 7 1 Double S p h e r e W~tche.d o v e r P h o e n i x Woman 2nd Teen Age Sons S e e S p a c e . S h i p w i t h O c c u p a n t s Michigan Youths R e p o r t UFOs. Bsriurn Cloud E x p e r i m e n t s R e s u l t i n Many UFO R e p o r t s The R e g u l a r F e ~ t u r e s- Astronomy - Eook Reviews - - A r t i c l e s More

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One o f t h e m a j o r p u r p o s e s of MUFON, i s t o , .keep t h e UFO pherlomena Editor and -Publisher b e f o r e t h e .A.meric.an p u b l i c 2nd n6.l.j:: media s o t h e t q u a l i f i e d scientist.^ Mrs. Norma E. Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Box 129. Stover. MO. 65078 . w i l l r e c o g n i z e t h e e x i s t e n c e of a Staff r e a l s c i e n t i f i c c h a l l e n g e . By a p Walter Andrus . . . . . . . . . .40 Christopher Court, Quincy, 111. 62301 plying t k l e ir combined e x p e r t i s e Art Epstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . .962$ Radio Drive, Affton. Mo. 63 123 t o whzt some have t e r m e d a s "The Lucius Farish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Route 1. Plumerville, Ark. 72127 G r e a t e s t M y s t e r y . o f Our Time" t h e Rosetta Holmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1690 Hill Drive. Carlyle, Ill. 62231 T e d P h i l l i p s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P . O . B o r 6 1 5 . S e d a l i a . M o . 6 5 3 0 1 S C ~ E ~ ~ ~ gian'.~ s t e p s i n resolving t h i s perplexJohn Schuessler ..:..... : . . . . . .P. 0. Box 9. O'Fallon. Mo. 63366 . . i n g problem. S U B S C R I P T I O N : $4.00 per year (published monthly). Sample MUFON,, l i k e S p r i n g , i s ' ? b u s t copy. 35c. Send rubscriptions and all material for publication to i n g 0 UC 2 11 o v e r " w i t h t h e a d v e n t SKYLOOK,BOX 129, Stover. MO. 65078. o f two new s t a t e s . KENTUCKY has- .a D E A D L I N E for copy js the 20th of the month. new S t a t e - S e c t i o n D i r e c t o r - - M i s s B . ROSS Henderson, PI. S . , 9 0 0 P O L I C Y : T o +parate fact from fantasy. W e tell it as it is. E a s t e r n Kentucky Univ e r s i t y , RichP E R M l S S l O N i GRANTED to our reports, provided full credit . ' i s given, as; SKYLOOK; .BOX 129. Stover, MO. mond, Ky. 404.75. "ROSS" w i l l b e r e c e i v i n g he r DOC^ o r a t e i n Higher ADVERT . . IS IN,^: per line, minimum 5 0 ~(count 12 words per line). w r i t = for rates on printed inierts. W e reserve right 'to Educat.ion i n August - of 1971 Her reject material considered, unsuitable. s p e c i a l i z e d UFO i n t e r e s t i s i n MOVING) ~ h usd your =hange of address immediately. Third : p S Y C . h O ~ O g yShe ~ ~ has p a r t class mail is not forwarded, but returned to US and we. have to i c i p a t e d a s ' a UFO r e s e a r c h t e a m pay postage for the return trip. w i t h two o f M.UEONts S t a t e - S e c t i o n ~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!:IIIIIIII::IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII D i r e c t o r s i n Texas--Tom Adams and S t a n Ferguson.. NEBRASKA j o i n s , MUFON w i t h a new s t a t e - s e c t i o n D i r e c t o r , R o b e r t D . d n d r u s , L t . C o l . USAF ( r e t i r e d ) mcl Radi.0 Amateur' K@LuG,. A SKYLOOK s u b s c r i b e r , he r e s i d e s a t 4116 North 1 0 0 t h S t . , Omaha', ,Nebr.. 6 8 1 3 4 ; t e l e p h o n e : AC 402 397-7.759.' M r . Hayden,C.. Hewes.,..Dfrector . o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l . :UFO B u r e a u , h a s c o n s e n t e d t o r e p r e s e n t MUFON a s t h e S t a t e - S e c t i o n D i r e : c t o r f o r C e n t r a l Oklahoma. Haydm a n d K e i t h a Hewes l i v e a t 2705 N . Hudslon, O k l a h o m C i t y , , Okla 73103 ; t e l e p h o n e AC 405 525-7784. The Bureau jus t r e c e n t l y s p o n s o r e d a v e r y s u c c e s s f u l UFO Symposium i n w h i c h S t z n t o n T. Friedman was t h e : f e a t u r e d s p e a k e r . Hayden h a s done an o u t s t a n d i ! n g : job d u r i n g t h e p a s t s i x y e a r s i n k e e p i n g t h e p u b l i c c o g n i z a n t of the-' UFO .phenomens i n h i s p a r t o f t h d n a t i o n . Hayden w i l l b e s p e e k i n g ~ u d 162 , '1971 ~t t h e Midwest :UFO C o n f e r e n c e i n S t . L o u i s , Mo. on t h e subjec',t' "The A l i e n s , ? ? A p o i n t o f i n t e r e s t t o UFO .magazine e d i t o r s and r e a d e r s i s t h e f a c t t h a t M r s . : K e i t h a F i s h , E d i t o r o f "The Kansas Newslette'r'' and s o o n t o be a. c o m b i n s t i o n l\Kansas-Oklahoma N e w s l e t t e r " i s Hayden Hewest mother in-law.. I t i s a pleakurie t o welcpme two d i s t i n g u i s h e d c o n s u ; l t a n t s t o t h e A d v i s o r y S t a f f of ,MUFON, b o t h from Oklahoma. Varnalrlii.. L. "Yic" Jone s , M. S. i n G e o p h y s i c s , who r e s i d e s r t 1 4 1 2 N o r f o l ~ k , ~ , T u l s aOk.la. , , 74120; t e l e p h o n e 4 C 918 584-3912. :lVic'l w i l l s p e c i a l i z e I n gravi:y, and m a g n e t i c s . For a b i b l i o g r a p h y on t h e a c c o m p l i s h m e ~ n t s o f Vic J'ones, p l e a s e c o n s u l t "American Men of S c i e n c e , 11 V a l . I , a t y o u r l. o c a 1 publlic

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111'-am c o n v i n c e d t.h& t h e b r t h i s b e i n g v i s i t e d by i n J ; e l l i g a n t l y Cont r o l l e d v e h i c l e s wh2se o r i g i n i s o f f t h e E ~ r t h ," s a i d n u c l e p r physicist S t ~ n t o nT . F r i e d m ~ ? n ,p r i n c i p a l s p e ? k e r . a t a two-day s e ~ l n ; r o f UFOs h e l d i-n OklZhoma C i t y Feb. 2T-2Sth. S p o n s o r e d by t h e I n t e r n z t l o n a l UFO B u r e z u , t h e s e m i n ? r f e a t u r e d s e v e r s p e p k e r s , a n d Havden - C . Hewes, D i r e ~ t o r p r e s e n t e d s l i d e s and s t i l l p i c t u r e s - , o f .UFOs.. Q u e s t i o n 2 nd a n s w c r p e r i o d s f o l l o w e d e; ch s e s s i o n , , w i t h much i n t e r e s t shown. S t o n t o n - Frieclmc?'n;--th'e Redondo B e a c h , C a l i f . n u c l e a r ~ K y s i c i s t ,who h a s worked s e v e r a l y e a r s on n u c l e p r p . - ~ p u l s t o n - . s y s t e m s and s p a c e power s y s t e m s , w i l l - a l s o b e t h e f e a t u r e d s p i a k e r a , t t h e Midwest UFO conferenck: t o b e h e l d i n S t . - L o u i s , J u n e 1 2 . KUFON D i r e c t o r , h a l t e r A n d r u s , whoa t t e n d e d t h e s e m i n e r , - r e p o r t s b l r . F r i e d m a n i s a f o r c e f u l s p e ~ k e r ,s u r e t o h o l d t h e a t t e n t i o n 2nd i n t e r e s t of t h e S t . ' L o u i s a u d i e n c e . Many who have h e a r d M r . F r i e d m s n c o n s i d e r him t h e most o u t s t a n d i n g s p e z k e r )on uf o l o g y .today-. E d d i e Lzxon g c v e h i s UFO r e p o r t which Hewes a a y s h s s b e e n i n v e s t i g a t e d b y 3 0 u n i v c r s i Z i e s a n d t h e A'.r F o r c e , y i t k n o e x p l a n a t i o n e v e r g i v e n . ,The s i g h t i n g was f e a t u r e d i n t h e F e b r u z r y 1966 i s s u e o f . . T r u e Magaz.ine. . The s i g h t i n g was made a s L e x s o n d r o v e f r o n h i s Temple, O k l a . hone t o . S h e p p a r d Air F o r c e ? p s e , T e x . , whem h e worked a s a power p r o d u c t i o n electrician. 1.t was . s t i l i d e r k , L a x s o n B a y s , h h e n h e n o t i c e d ' a b r i p h t Q g h t a h e a d and d ' i r e c t l y b l o c k i n g h i s p 2 t f i 6n U s . '70;He s t o a p e d j u s t 80 y a r d s f r o m c h e c i g a r - s h a p e d o b j e c t ,and c o u l d c l e a r l y sc-e a h u m n u n d e r i t . He s a i d h,e wps a s c l o s e a s 6 0 y a r d s away when h e r e a l i z ' e d it w 2 s n o o r d i n a r y ? i r c r ? f t 2nd d e c i d e d t o r u n b a c k t o t h e -c;r, f o r his c ? m e r a . The c r a f t l i f t e d s t r a i p h t up ? b o u t 50 f e e t i n t h e a i r , h x o n r e ~ o r t e ; ahd & t t y r n e d ? b o u t 1 0 d e g r e e s ~ n df l e w o f f o v F r t h e f l z t l z n d i n ' a southwest d i r e c t i o n . Laxon d r o v e o f f t o w ~ r dwork and two m i l e s down t h e highw2.y h e c?me u p on a p ~ r k e dt r u c k . I t s d r i v e r ' , . C . W . Anderson-,' hzd a l s ' o s c e n "a b r i g h t o b j e c t - l 1 ,which he c l a l m e d had b e e n f o l l o w i n g s him f o r . 2 0 m i l e s . He s a i d h e h ~ db e e n w ~ t c h i n gi t t h r o u g h h i s r e a r v i e w m i r ~ b ra n d s t o p p e d "C. o g e t b e t t e r view'." , Dr. Eula P a g e , . c7 U n i v e r s i t y of Bkl'ahoma p s y c h o l o p i s t , r e p o r t e d 'a s i g h t i n g rnc7he 3 0 d a y s a f t e r t h e Laxson c z s e , t h e t w o l o c c ? t i o n s wepe+ o n l y c? f e w m i l e s a p p r t . D r . P ~ g ewas c r o s s i n g the R e d ) , R i v e r i n t o O k l a homa when s h e saw s o m e t h i n g i n t h e s k y . She s a i d s h e s t o p p e d ~ c ~ nobd s t r v e d e humanoid s h a p e c o v e r e d w i t h f u r ? T h e r e were t h r e e o t h ' a r w i t r n e s s e s : "1 was a f y z i d t o r e p o r t t h e c a s e , f 1 s h e s ~ i d . C c e d i t s : ! l T u l s a D q i l y World ," end "The Oklehoma . ~ o u . n a l ~ - - t h ? n k tso ' WaltL R n d r u s , Lou F s r i s h a n d J e a n L ~ m b far news c l i p p i n g s . %

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- The ' D A T P - N E T REPORT i s t h e o f f i c i a l p u b l i c e t i o n of D p t a - N e t , t h e UFO Amateur ~ a d i lNetwork. o c o n t r o l / D i r e c t o r i s WB6RPL, Niche1 M. J a f f e , 624 ~ a ' r l S e t~. , Mountain View, C a l i f . , 9.4040, end E d i t o r / S e c r c t a r y 2 i s Mrs. J o s e p h i n e J . ' C l m k , 6 9 0 0 H ~ r v a r dD r i v e , Ben Lornond, ' C ~ l i f . 95005. The J a n u a r y i s s u e of t h e i r R e p o r t i s o u t w i t h a g r e e n c o v e r ( l i k e SKYLOOK) and t h s i s 2 t r u e c o i n c i d e n c e - - b u t i s n Y t t h e f i r s t timkJ o . a n d Mike a n d . Ye Ed hc?ve found o u r m i n d s r u n n i n g i n t h e scme c h a n n e l s . ' TrJefve p l u ~ g e dt h c + r f i n e p u b l i c a t i o n s i n c e r e s d i r g o u r f i r s t copy. P u b l i s h e d m o n t h l y ; it 7s $4 p e r y e a r and w o r t h i t . They t o o ' I t e l l i t a s it is."

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L a r g e UFO R e p o r t e d ' N e a r W i l l z r d , Ohio The Huron C o u n t y , Ohio,- S h e r i f f ' s D e p z r t m e n t r e c e i v e d 19 c ~ l l sfrom p e r s o n s who c h i m e d t o hpve s e e n a UFO i n t h e s o u t h e r n . s k i e s F r i d a y n i g h t , J?np?r-y 2 2 , 1971. l e e s t a dozen p e o p l e i n t h e T i r o a r e a a l s o r e p o r t e d s e e i n g it. "When you g e t a c ~ l ll i k e t h e t , you t h i n k i t was a d r u n k o r c r a c k p o t , l l o n e - d e p u t y t o l d t h e '-?Mansfield N e w s - J o u r n a l , l l " b u t when you g e t s o many c a l l s , t h e n you b e g i n t o won? e r . " R i c h ~ r dW i l l i ~ n a s , o r " . M i l l a r d , w ~ ds r i v i n g a l o n g )Old ' N i v e r Road, n o r t h o f b i l l l a r d , w i t h h i s w i f e 2nd s o n when he s p o t t e d a l o w - f l y i n g o b j e c ' t coming t o w z r d h i s c a r . H i s . w i f e a l s o S?W i t . !?The o b j e c t l o o k e d l i k e a - b a t , 1 1 h e s ~ i d ."The w i n g s were w i d e r t h a n t h e p k n e o r w h a t e v e r i t w a s r On t h e m i d d l e of e a c h w i n g t h e r e seemed t o be a n exhc7ust r o c k e t e n g i n e o r j e t e n g i n e . It, had r e d 2nd w h i t e l i g h t s on e a c h ' of &he w i n g s and on t h e t z i l s , l1 "I t h o G g h t it WE, a b i g p l p n e g o i n g t o c r s s h , " h e a d d e d . "It h o v e r e d d . 0 ~' c l c s e t o me a b o u t 100. f e e t and t h ~ nt o o k o f f ? g a i n 2nd w e n t e a s t and c i r c l e d ? r o u n d K i l l e r d .ll V i l l i ~ r n ss a i d h e , t h o u g h t t h e bb:iect w a s b o u t , ' 2 5 - 3 0 . f c e t i n d i ~ r n e t e r . He s ~ i dhe s t o p p e d c t f r i e n d s 1 homes i n t h e a r e a i n a n e f f o r t t o f i l ? d other witnesses. Some. k i n d of c r e p t u r e w p s i n s i d e t h e UFO b e c a u s e t h e r e p p e z r e d t o . be some kind of m o t i o n , h e s z i d . " I n t h e b ~ c ko f t h e c o c k - u i t t h e r e was s o m e t h i n g f l p s h i n g t h e l i y h t o f f z n d ' o n - - l i k e you were b l o c l c - r . 7 t!-lrl i g h t , lT h e s z i d . The llSendusky . R e g i s t e r 1 ' r e p o r t e d t h r t one w o m ~ n, u n d e r g o i n g t r e 2 t m c : ~t a n e r e a ho'spit ~l f o r i n j u r i p s s u f f e r e d i n a n u n r e l ~ t e d~ u t oaccider1L; , had t o l d l ~ owf f i c e r s .she hed s e e n "a f l y i n g s c h o o l b u s . " One Huron C o u n t y lawman d r i v i n g n e z r G r e e n w i c h s ? w t h e l z r g e o b j ? c t a n d s n o t h e r lawman i n t h e W i l l a - d a r e a r e p o r t e d s c e i n g , i t moments l?+/?' Nobody knew f o r s u r e w h a t t h e l a r g e , f l y i n g 06$ect w a s , b u t I t r e p c e d l y f l e w round t h e s o u t h e r n Huron County a r e 2 a b o u t 9 p,m. F r i d a y , , t h e " R e g i s t e r t 1 c o n t i n u e d . One t h i n g i s c e r t a i n - - t h e y a l l , s s w t h e same o b j e c t and , d e s p i t e t h e ' f a c t ,the s i g h t i n g s r z n g e d e s f a r ' s o u t h a s T i r o i n Crpwford County, and n o r t h o f Willc7rd) t h e s i g h t i n g s w e r e - r e p o r t e d w i t h i n m i n u t e s of e ~ c ho t h e r . C a p t s i n John Wa'rner, Huron County S h e r i f f 1s ~ e p a r t m e n,t s a i d none of t h e w i t n e s s e s had s p o k e n t o e ~ c ho t h c r p r i - o r t o t h e s i g h t s , y e t a l l d e s c r i b e d t h e lob j e c t i d e n t i c a l l y . I t was d-iamond-shaped, w i t h ag l a s s , gl-obe on t h e , f r o n t . I t h2d r e d 2 nd w h i t e l i g h t s , e t e i t h e r p o i n t of t h e diamond a n d two r e d e x h a u s t s i n t n e m i d d l e o f . t h e u n d e r s i d e , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e r e p o r t s . E s t i m z t e s of t h e s i z e ranged' i n width from 2 5 t o 50 f e e t , e n d . t h e r e wes no e s t i m s t e o f s p e e d s i n c e ' t h e o b j e c t was t r p v e l i n g a t e - . r a t h e r ' s l o w r a t e when i t was s i g h t e d . However, s i n c l e two of . t h e s - i p h t i n g s , ' r e p o r t e d w i t h i n m i n u t e s o f e e c h o t h e r , w e r e ~t l e a s t n i n e m i l e s a p a r t , i t , c o u l d n l t k v e been t o o s l o w , Wzrner s z i d . He e m p h s s i z e d , "Nobody r e p o r t i n g s s i g h t i n g was d r i n k , i n g , n o booze. K The s i g h t i n g WPS a l s o r e p o r t e d i n t h e l e s t i s s u e 'of t h e "FSIC B u l l e t i n , " a n e x c e l l e n t ' u f o z i n e o u t o f k>kron, O h i o . 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F o u r o f t,he c o m n ~ n ye x e c u t i v e s w p r e 2 s l t ; e p i n t h e c?bf:-l o f t h e Beach B - 5 5 " B ~ r o n ' ' t w i n - e n p i n e p r o p e l l e r d r i v e n a i r c r z f t , and ~ c i had s e t t l e d b a c k t o r e l a x on t h e l a s t l e g of h i s f l i g h t b e c k home from C h i c a g o t o N o l i n e , I l l ; Hc was c r u i s i n g 2 t d , 5 0 0 f e e t e l t i t u d e a t a g r o u n d s p e e d o f i d 5 ' t o 200 m i l e s p r ' r h o u r . The s k y c o n d i t i o n w s s a h i g h o v e r c c . s t s o Tom was f l y i n g VFR ( v i s u a l f l i g h t r u l e s ) w i t h h i s r a d . i o e q u i p m e n t t u r n e d d ' f s i n c e t h e r e was v e r y . l i t t l e t r a f f i c a t t h ~ ht o u r o f t h e morning. O v e r I n t e r s t s t e H i p h w ~ y80 n e z r Ladd and P e r u , b ~ i t ht h e a u t o m ~ t i c p i l o t i n c o n t r o l , R e e d ' s a t t e n t ion w a s a t t r a c t e d t o f o u r p i n k i s h - w h i t e f o o t b a l l - s h a p e d l i g h t s f l y i n g i n a r e c t c ? r g u l c r f o r m a t i o n ari e s t i m s t e d He b l i n k e d h i s ' e y e s a n d s h o o k hi-s $20 y a r d s o f f h i s l e f t wing t i p . h e a d , w o n d e r i n g i*f t h e 6 1 / 2 h o u r s of f l v i n g t h 2 t d a y hed t i r e d him m o r e d t h a n h e r e a l i z e d , c a u s i n g h i m t o " s e e t h i n g s . " He t h o u g h t a t f i r s t t h a t t h e f o u r l k g h t s m i g h t r have b e e n , r e f l e c t i o n s o f f t h e c u r v e d c o c k p i t o v e r h e a d p l e x i g l a s s from c a r s o r - t r u c k s on t h e highwtly b e l o w him, billJ when h e r o c k e a t h e a i r c r a f t g r c ? d u a l l y ; t h e f o u r l i ~ h t sc o n t i n u e d t o p a c e h i s a i r c r a f t . T h e y . were d e f i n i t e l y n o t r e f l e c t i o n s o f f t h € i r ~ s + , . r l - l ment p z n e l of t h e ' ? B Z i r ~ n . ~. ~ He w a t c h e d t k l i g h t s far t h r e e o r fair m l n u t e s e s t h e y f l e w d i r e c t . l y off h i s l e f t w i n g t i p ~t t h e same a l t i t d e . He , w s s tempte,d t o awakc h i s p e s s e n g e r s s o he would k v e o t h e h ' w i t n e s s e ' s , b u t w ~ asf r ~ i ' d' t h e . l i g h t s would d i s a p p e e r by t h e t i m e he c o u l d a r o u s e them and h e would be r i d i c u l e d - - o r w o r s e , hi's s ~ n i t yo r judgment would b e q u e s t i o n e d . Hn a l s o ' c o n s i d c r e d bankine: t h e a i r c r z f t t o w p r d t h e f o u r : l i ~ h t u st o s e e i< h e c o u l d b r e p k u p t h e i r , f a r m ~ t i o na s t h e y seemed t o b e , - f ~ ~ i+n-d i v i d u e l l i g h t s . when q u e s t i o n e d by W ~ l t e rA . P n d r u s , MUFON , D i r e c t o r , , he s e i d t h a t he' c o u l d n o t s e e a n y m e t a l o r c o n n e c t i o n s b e t w e e n .th,e l i g h t s ' t o i n d i c c t e t h e y mipht be on e s i n p l e o b j e c t w h i c h w 2 s , n o t i l l u m i n a t e d , k t t h e d u r a t i o n of tk t h r e e o r f o u r m i n u e s mentioned,,, t h e f o u r l i g h t s a c c e l e r a t e d a t tremendous s p e e d , s t r a i g h t forwsrd ( w e s t ) , s t i l l f l y i n g i n t h e i r r e l c t a n g u k l' f o r m ~ toi n , v ~ i t h o u t l e ? v i n g ' a n 9 k i n d , of, e x h a u s t f i r e k o r b l u r b e h i n d th'em'. The o b j e c k s ' f l e w o u t c'bout 2 m i l e oy t c p p e p r s a t o s t o p 3nd. h o y e r ? t t h e seme s o i n f r o n t of t h e ~ i r c r a f 2nd a l t i t u d e . S i n c e Re'ed wzs f l y i n g a t a s p e e d o f 3 m i l e s p e r m i n u t e , he r a p i d l y c l o s e d t h e ' g a p between t h e o b j e c t s and h i m s e l f * . They hsd i n deed w a i t e d f o r him ' t o c a t c h u p , f o r now t h e y a g z i n f ~ l e w a, l o n g s i d e , h i s lwing t i p f o r - a n o t h e l r m i n u t e , d e f i n i t e 1 y i n d i c z t i n g Lsome i n t e l l i g e n t I control,, ; The f o u r l i g h t s t h e n a c c e l e r ~ t e df o r w a r d c g ~ i nend were o u t of , s i g h t i n l e s s t h a n a m i n u t e . They l e f t n o j e t t r a i l a n d t h e r e w 2 s n o sound.. t o e x c e e d t h e e n g i n e n o i s e o f t h e Beech- a i r c r a f t . 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The s o u n d s dan n o t b e e x p l ~ i n e dz s s o n i c booms, b l s s t i n g o r a n y o t h e r conv e n t i o n a l - phenomenon, t h o u p h some h a v e p o s t u l ~ t e da UFO c ' o n n e c t i o n . UFO r e s e z r c h e r s h a v e g e n e r a l l y h b e l e d s u c h b l z s t s a s i l s k y q u ? k e s , l l b u t t h e mere a s s i g n i n g o f a ncme mzkes them n o t one b i t l e s s mysterious, Watch f o r more a r t i c l e s by S t e i s e r i n MALE. The #6 MALE A N N U A L i s a l s o on t h e s t z n d s c u r r e n t l y , w i t h 7,n 2 r t i c l e L;argeTy & - h a s h ,of s u c h t h i n ~ sa s t h e on.-UFOs >and'v$rio.us l d i s i s t ' & s . UFOs see,n d u r i n e t h e 1965 N o r t h e a s t e r n power b l a c k o u t , UFOs r e p o r t t d from a r e ' a s o f e a t h q u a k e s 2nd ' v o l c ? n i c e r u p t i o n s e t c . E v m "Shippy" makes t h e r e , h a s h . s c e n e ! . . A s m e n t i o n e d i n n p r e v i o u s column, ~ r i n s l ~ e ~e ~ o Ter er n c h - l s firBt UFO book, THE SKY PEOPLE, h a s r e c e n t l y b e e n r e - i s s u e d i n p ~ p e r b a c kb y Award Books (75ji!). For t h o s e who may"not b e f a m i l i ~ rw i t h the gene:ral theme of t h e book, i t d e a l s w i t h t h e llgods f r o m o u t e r s p ~ c e " ,theme T r e n c h , s u g g e s t s t h e t t h e p o d s i n o u r v e r i o u s l e g e n d s arid m y t h o l o Q i c s were a c t u a l l y e x t r a t e r r e s t r i a l v i s i t o r s and t h ~ tt h e y may w e l l h?ve , had a d i r e c t r e l ~ t t o nw i t h homo s p p i e n s . H i s many q u o t c s f r o m v p r i o u s m y t h o l o g i e s , + t h e B i b l e , modern UFO r e y ? o r t s , e t c . a l l mjke f o r i n t e r e s t i n k r e ~ d i n g , e v e n i f one may, n o t e p e e w i t h h i s i n t e r p r e t ~ t i o n sOR s p e c u l e t i o n s . TO ray--way of t h i n k i n ,g , t h e book i s c e r t a i n l y w o r t h e d d i n g t o ' y o u r ,UFO l i b r ? r l y . I The scme, -yet d j i f f e r e n t . ' Th: t w ~ one s o f my f i r s t t h o u ~ h t supon r e a d . TO ETERNITY -by L e u r e n c e , W . F o r m ~ n .It i s i n g and i l l d i p e s t i n ~ : lPASSPORT T t h e me^^ i n t h e s e n s e t h ~ t.he t b ~ s i ct e n o r o f t h e book w i l l be-farnPa l i e r t o a n v o n e who' h ~ rs e 8 d c o n s i d e r ~ b l ec o n t r c t e c ? l i t c r ~ t u r e .B e n i g n , a l l - w i s e v i s i t o r s f r o m " o u t t h e r e T 1h e r e t o help h r t h r n z n p r o p r e s s i n t o a h i g h e r w?y of l i f e . F o r c m ~ nr e c ~ l l sh i s c o n t F c t s i n t h e C ? l i f o r n a h d e s e r t ' ~ n dn e ? r S o l c o r r o , N . M . , e x t e n d i n g o v e r a 9-yep'r p e r i o d . Y e t , i t i s d i f f e r e n t i n s e v r r a l ways,. 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As it c r o s s e d a f i e l d . just t o t h e e e s t o f t h e h o u s e , s h e c o u l d s e e t h a t it was a p e r f e c t ' s p h e r e , w h i t e i n ? c o , l o r " l i k e -a f r o s t e d l i g h t b u l b , ' ! s h e s a i d , a n d i t w 2 s s u r r o u n d e d by a p i n k - r k d glow ,or m i s t . ii*ound t h e c e n t e r was a t h i n r i n g w i t h s e v e r s 1 h o l e s a b o u t 1?.I s . . i n c h e s i n d i a m e t e r and s p e c e d z b o u t o n e f o o t a p ~ r t . ,The r i n g was s!l:rgoldl1 i n c o l o r and e x t e n d e d beyond t h e e d g e of . t h e s p h e r e . The o b j e c t c o n t i n u e d t o move t o t e r d s t h e h o u s e s l o w l y , p a s s e d c v E r a f o u r - f o o t h i g h f e n c e ; th'en lower.ed u n t i l i t almos't t,ouched t h e &r.s3ur~L a s it moved k t w e e n t h e l a r g e t r e e and t h e hou'se. E r s . 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As i t h o v e r e d , two s m a l l e r s p h e r e s , a l s o w h i d e i n c o l o r , a p p r o s c h e d f r o m t!le n o r t h ' 2nd e n t e r e d t!- e l a r g e r s p h e r e t h r o u g h an o p e n i n g ' l o c ~ t e don t h e l o w e r l e f t q u ~ - rter. A f t e r t h e s p h e r e s , e n t e r e c j t h e ' ceritr; 1 ring' d i s p l a y e d f i e r y f o u n t a i n s of a r e d - c o l o r e d h t e r i ~ which l f e l l a s h o r t d i s t z n c e 2nd d i s c p p e ~ r e d , . The o b j e c t t h e n ' a s c e n d e d v e r t i c s l l y a n d d i s a p p e s r e d . THE > e n t i r e s i l g h t i n g -12sted e'?out 30 m i n u t e s . The w i t n e s s e s c l a m e d t h a t t h e y f o u n d where snow had1 been m e l t e d a t t h e s p o t where the c ) I ) j c ct. had h o v e r e d n c ~ r t h eh o u s e 2 n d 21 Y-) clc?irncd I ( c . ( * l l t . i n i l ~ d on n p x t p2p.e ) .' ~

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