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on- June. 18, 1972, se.ve,ral memb e r s i n q u i r e d w h e t h e r . t h e g e c y r ? p h i ~ c 7-.~ n?me o f o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n might b e a h a n d i c a p c o n s i d e r i n g t h z t MUF$N h z s now ex; . . Public Relations : psnded from. c o a s t t o c o a s t . B a s i c a l l y , Mrs. R o s e t t a Holmes one of o u r major o b j e c t i v e s i s t o have a 1630 Y i l l Drive State-Ezction, Director responsible f o r C a r l y l e , I l l . , 62231 e v e r y cr_.?.rrltyo r group o f c o u n t i e s i n every s t a t e i:: which we o p e r a t e . A s u r v e y of Staff: t h e mep on d i s p l a y a t t!:e r e c e n t MUFI;N . W a l t e r H. Andrus Confereace d i s c l c s e d - t h a t we have many 4-0 C h r i s t o ~ h e rCo!?.rt c o u n t i e s i n t h e midwestern s t a t e s where Qilincy, 111.., 62301 competent i n d i v i d u a l s have n o t been found a t o r e p r e s e n t MUFCN a s S t a t e - S e c t i o n D i Mrs. C?.rol Armst,rong r e c t o r s . The s u c c e s s of our c o n f e r e n c e s , 6908 Kingsbu-y F ~ v ~ S syrnpos.iums~'and' p i c n i c s may be a t t r i b u 5 e d -t S t . Lcx5.z , &lo. ,. 63130.7 - : . : d i r e c t l y -'.to ' t h e . p r o x i m i t y of our members . . . - .-. -. , , .. .. . .'-and- t h e ~ . p e r s o r i a lc o n t a c t ' t h u s 'made posLucius F a r i s h s i b l e . The name ,Midwest UFO.-Network, I n c . . . Rout'e 1 or' ,MUF?N h a s :now a ch'ie-~'edf n t ern,?t,! o;73!. P l u m e r v i l l e , Lrk. 7 2 l 2 7 . - . r e c o g n i t i o n ' .through&.the: :out s t a n d i n g .wcr.k of o u r members, and . t h e ! a r t i c l e s i n 'w' -. .-.yMirk Herbs..i;ritt . .. i n g Saucer' Review.:" .<'-It would' be unv;.:.;::?.1 967 T h e r e s i a S t . a t t h i s ooin-t : i n time', t o ' c h m. ~ et!-T. :.zne S t Marys Pa, 15857 _ ,qfTt@c,; f ~ s t e s t ~ g ~ ~ i ; F $ n . g F f ~ ~ i ! L z b 22..l..ll~i. ~ . ~.:~ L--A: .-n- . - ~ . --.. ,._ - -.-&. ... - - . J r : --;a :, 'in t h e : World, . c r e i t -i f...,,i g ' Fe$ii:'$';? c ~ F.- ::.;,::,on . . . . Ted P h i l l i p s , ' a t . $J . timewhen -we. .ere-.j,~:.sth ~ . ,!:::!; ' i:'i:,..fllly , ,. . . F. ii. Box 615 e s t a b l i s h e d asb a , s i g n i . ~ , . c a n tgw:ir:. S e d a l i a , Mo., 65301 J o i n i n g , S t a n t o n . T., r'rj&t-iG??n., C c r s ~ l !::,ant i n ~ u c 1 e i - .r? h y s i c s ,-: in'. C a l ~. f b. r n i a, we zj?e John F, S c h u e s s l e r e x t r e m e l y -pl;oud t o -w
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h e l p e d b y b e t t , e r s m e - e n i * ' o f ' r e p ' r ~ ~.,s - - -r' e' ~2 . c h j . r ; ~:?15 s 3 t h k t w'e can . p r o v i d e o u r retiilers a b e t t e r , coherent o f what .i:j nappening o n . t h e UFO f r c n t k t l e a s t f o r s e w - a 1 coil&ues a n d ' m y s e l f , -now t h a t you a r e i n town, . a q u o t e f r o m J a c k . T a y l o r o f . M i s s o u r i seems a p r o p o s . He remarked about t h e new m i n i s t e r ' a t - h i s c h u r c h : . " O u r n-ew p a s t o r is d o i n g a: wail- . d e r f u l - j o b . We d i d n ' t . ki.;ow what s i n w 2 s ' u n t i l he .cgme t o town," . : ' - I must acknowledge t h a t z s - a s k e p t i c : . I 1 v e had my s k e p t i c i s m b l u ~ t ~ e i ! and my i n t e r s s t a r o u s e d by s e v e r a l .hooks on UFOs, o n e b o o k i n p a r t i c - . u k r . It is..I1The UFd ExpGrience:, A Scf-entific,Inq~~.i.ry:'''by D r . J. A l l e n Hynek, c h ~ i r m a nof t h e d e p a r t ~ e n tof astroriomy o f ' N o r t h w e ' s t e r n ' . U n i v e r s i t y , y o u r 1970 conf e r e n z e h e a d l i n e r . A f t e r r e z d i n g D r . HynekTs book 2nd some o t h e r m a t e r i a l on UFOs, I ' m p r e p a r e d t o -acknowledge, lTyou'.re u n h o u b t e d l y d e a l i n g w i t h some-. t h i n g t h 2 t n e e d s , n o t s n i g g c r i . n g , b u t d o w n r i g h t e n l i g h t e n e d :i n t e r e s t - by t h e s c i e n t i f i c community, s: And - I might add; t h e s o m e t h i n g r e f e r r e d t o needs o u r news m e d i a ' s c a r e f u l a t t e n t i o n and h a n d l i n g , . . : I w i l l a l s o -acknowledge, on ' t h e b a s i s of a somewhat s u p e r f i e i a . 1 s u r v e y , a s I d,id n o t hsve. a v a i l a b l e a wide - . a s s o r t m e n t :of p e p e r s , - t h a t . - . some of ,us i n , t h e new.spaper b u s i n e s s have n o t d o n e . eno.ugh t o . b r i n g p r o p e r ' - f ocus on t h e - U F O mystery. .., , . B r i n g i n g t h e . UFO e x p e r i e n c e i n t o a - s h a r p f o c u s e n t a i l s . much more t h a n d o i n g a s we h z v e g e n e r a l l y done , : - r e p o r t i n g o c c a s i o n a l ,si',ghtiris by. i n d i v i d u a l s i n o u r r e a d i n g a r e a s ; : .. . . .~ . .. .. Even J e s u s r e a l i z e d ' t h a t the: f c l k s ' a t home .do n o t a -.prophet. r e c o g n i z e , t h z t one, becomes a n e x p e r t o n l y when. h?. t r a v e l s far,- fro^ home. So it i s . w i t h ,the c r e d i b i l i t y o f s i g h t e r s i n , + , h e i r.own .-backyards ,. T h e i r n e i g h b o r s , and t h e i r . hometown edizogs.?-.don_I t c r e d i t t h a n w i T h - _ -el:e - q u ~ ~ i t i - e s - - n e c ~ e ' s ~ a r y ~ f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ on. ~ ~ ~ ~I~n~ t.h;i 42 ~ s e r vctTbn', ~tl Dr. Hynekls s u g g e s t e d .method 'of r a t i n g , c r e d i b i l i t y makes a l o .t of:. . . senseo .. The s t u d y I made of r e p o r t s - i n .t h e p r e s s . o f UFO s i g h t i n g s impres'sed me i n t h e . same way t h a t r e p o r t s o f . t h e l a t e Sen.:rJoseph M c C a r t h y f s A s one r e a d t h e McCarthy B l s s t s - - a l l . i s o l ? t e d ~ - m ehad chargei'did. a growing f e e l i n g of u n e a s e , and an..u n d e n i a b l e . f e a r . t h a t .Communists were t a k i n g o v e r t h e government. As e ~ c hs t o r y u n f o l d e d , t h e n a t i o n . experienced a nervous binge. . -. , , . . ,.. Whst w a s l a c k i n g i n t h e McCrrthy c a s e wzs t h i s : ,A b l o c k b u s t e r ., ~ r a ' of ~ ut h~e whole M c c r r t h y s t c r y , . . p u l l i n g . a l l f a c e t s - . t o g e t h e r s o t h z t t h e c o u n t r y c o u l d g e t a l o o k ~t t h e c o m p l e t e McCarthy c z s e . - If h i s cherges. w e r e s o l i d . , t h e wrapup would h a v e shown them .,. t o ...be s o and --would hzv e md e him -a.. n a t i o n a l h e r o . But .when ..such .a. compi'lation. wqs done by a p r e s s a s s o c i a t i b ~ ~t ,h-e M c C p r t h y , s t o r y exploded end h e : : f a d e d ,from t h e n a t i o n ~ ls.cene. . There we,s n o ~ . o c u r n e n t a t i o nof . h i s - . . . c h a r g e s , 2nd n o t h i n g w 2 s . found t o , s u b s t a n t i e t e h i s s t a t e m e n t - s . + As f o r , t h e UFO phenomenon, I c o n s i d e r . t h e . D r . Hynek book a n e s s e n t i a l b l o c k b u s t e r wrapup of t h e UFO s t o r y - - p u l l i n g t o g e t h e r , a l l r e l e v a n t , f a c e t s and o f f e r i n g t h e r o u t e t o .a. . s c i e n t i f i c apprqisal- o f available data. . . .. . The UFO s t o r y o b v i o u s l y i s n o t g o i n g t b e x p l o d e , f o r ' D r . Hynek shows tha t it h a s tremendous s i g n i f i c a n c e f o r u s . and o u r t i m e , and, p o s s e s s e s enough s u b s t a n c e t o , . w a r r a n t g r e a t l y a c c e l e r a t e d s c i e n t i f i c . i n q u i r y . . . It .was i m p o s s i b l e f o r ..me t o t r a c e a c o n s i s t e n t p a t t e r n . . o f UFO '-hzndl i n g by t h e news media: . I found t h a t some U F O s i g h t e r s c o n c l u d e d t h e y . had b e e n t r e a 5 e d t o o l i e h t l y i n s t o r i e s d e t a , i l i n g t h e i r r e p o r t s . ( c o n t i n u e d o n n e x t page 1,. .

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L & r i n t r o d u c e d h i s . a r t i c l e b y posing a,n i m i g. i.n d t i v e .want-ad -..:t;ha?, .. . . . , r e a d s a s - f o l l o w s : ; . +,'- ,,: - . l l H i s t o r i c o p p o r t u n i t y : I s 5 g i n e & s h e & b n $10 can .sffc& :to's$er.:* - - $70 ..millipn- of. h i s .awn :non.ey wiE.ing,.to spend i t .i n 'hx-iting.:for ma:?% 1ong-10s t':rela't.ives- f ar;o.& . a n o n t .the: . s t a r s ? W i l l , t h i s Ger'son ':please c o n t a c t P r o f , Melvin C a l v i n , ~ c h i r m a ,n C o y i t t e e - on S c l e n c e :a'nc. S'ublic . . . . . . . . :.. P o l i c y , Nat:ional 'Acade!gy of f c i s n c e s , Washiniton', U. C . B e c a u s e . . I b e l i e v e . 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The .'izl?.abi.many'-stars o t j n e r t h e n - t h e 2 s u n c a n . . - b et,s k e n f o r g!rc?nt e d t a n t s of somb of t ' h e s e plenet,s. must b e a t l e z s t o s ' i n t e l l i g e n t a s .v+ .are.iand i t .i s l o g i c 2 1 to.-:assume.th?G', t h e y u s e t h - e . e l e c , t r c m z g n e t k ~ . - spectrum t o c-orrimunicate w i t h ' e ? c h o t h e r o v e r l'ong d i s t a n c e 8 ,'Yas'.w?. . . 'do. We c p u l d " e a v e s d r o p , on $hei.r. messages now. .if we t r i , e. .d , h z... r d .,. enough, ... Because'& , o w n . f a t e , .a s . - a s p e c i e s u l t i m a t e l y qkpends, on- o.ix ?::~.;.c~r.z-.. n,ess t o .re cognize - o u r s e l v e s . - a s- , e v o ~ v + ~ n e . , c ~ e a :in,ian t u u r ~ :e-~e S~ o ~ v . ~en-. . r . < _. ~ vironmen t , w e . cannot ai3f o r d .toi.wa,i't -much', . l o n g e r . . b e 0r.e f b,eg?nn'ing 'It-o, listenser seriously for c l u e s . .3 s - t o .t h e " w h e ~ e z . b o u tps f t h e s e remote, . c i v i l i z a t i . o n s ,. l o c ' a t e . them ,'. ancj . t r y ' t o engage them.'lri c.qnversat-ion, pending t h e . still u n f o r e s e e a b l e timejwhen d i s c o v e r y , of n e k : p . .h y s. i c e l : d,-.,laws,;mfly a l l o w u s -t 0. visi.t,;;them,or: them t o v i s i t : The N J S r e p o r t : s a i d . . i n a d d i t i o n J : . t h a t Vat t h i s i n s t a n t t,h$,ou&h :thks . . verg?document. a r e perhaps' p a s s i n g , r a d i ' o w s v e s b e a r i n g...t h e - c ~ l i v e r k a t l ~ : . . . ~ of d.ist,ant : c r e a t u r e s , which we. could r e c o r d i-f"'we - b u t - p o i < i t e ~ d . ~ a n - .- e x ~ ~ t l e s c o p e in.-t h e r i g h t oh:&e e i c i l i e i t . k x a m $ l e ~ d f $odd,. .... . . - : p r e s s .coverage ~ f , / m a ns , s~e a r c h .t0,-unlock t h e d o o r s t o . t h e u n. k n o d'. and :,thus. e n r i c h . t h e . . d e s t i n y o f . a l l o f u s - . h e r e on e < e t h i . .D r . Hynek e x p r e s s e d t h e w i s h f o r 2 massive s c i e n t i f i s , i n v r s t i & t . j : c :. . .o,f;t he -UFO:phenomenon. Such a n : i n v . e s t i g a t i 0 . n wouldLtakd' t h e same ki.::!:: o f money Lear s e e k s f o r N L S P s probe f o r e x t r d t e r r e s t r i s l l i f e - - a goa:.!. . b e 1 i e v e d : e n t i r e l y a c h i e v a b l e ' i f - s u f f - i c i e n t . r e s o u r c e s . .a r e f o r t h c o m i n g ; ; . :: -:Unraveling . o f ..the UFO m y s t e r y , t o o . i s pos2sible, i n my, view, 'ifterm ' h n . . a l t o g e t h e r - , t o o b r i e f : s t u d y of - p r e s s and :book coverage:'of UFOs. ' ., . . . ..-..Butt h - i s w , i l l . ; take;:.%ime; . e f q o r t t L a n d c t , . at lhleL, . e,nthusiast.%:c.pe.rsist e n p . . - l y ~ ~ . ~ ' h ~ ~ ~ r e . ' s t u d y imuster. n g ~ U F ~I sn ~f cs c~tn, ' y o u l l l ' h a v , e . t o go way beyond t h e ; m o t i v a t i o n ; of . a c e r t e i n .doct'or . i n our-:,town,.who''do.esn?t., - o p e r z t e u n l e s s i t ' s - . .n e c e s s a r y . . If he d o e s n ' t need t h e money, lie..doeizn; operate. . . . .. ~ ~ , i ebeen . . . . f o r g e t t i n g ,my R u r n t j s ~ ' , h 6 r e , . . '..Meanwhile, h a c k on t h 8 ; f a r m . : . I ' m a . f e e b l e - * . k e y n o t e r ;..in;.f ~ c t ,1,ve;:wandered a . b i t 'from. t h e s o_._ -called . -. . t .o p i c W ~ l . ta s s i g n e d ,me. , ,' .. . . -. . .. S t r i c t l y hewillg t o o u r perforrnimce r e c o r d t o e d a t e - - w i t h sane.-ex. . . . (,Continued on .next -page1

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UFOs', . .>The ,TATTEER . a r t i c l e . by: Hayden Hewgs '.report-. . . . . . . ed s e e r e s s J e ~ n eDixon l s - v i e w s ? & . ' ~ ~ j ~ s - - ~d~otn' hTter ~&me from--outer ... :: s p a c e ~ t h ' e ya r e man;-made a n * 'used $or ',spying;ll 'The : EXiiLdITER--(.which:l . - i s ., c e r t a i n l y .appropr$ately:named)'-:featured a n a r t i c l e - ' b y :one .iil~r-ic:' i-L1 - .Wendellll ,( and g u e s s - who h e ' r e a l l y ' ? i s ~ )'6% - a :shaved' mon-key-twhikh,was: .: . p a s s & - o f f a s a- 'wspacemanll,i n t h e - , , e , $ r ~ & y ~ 9 5 0 Wende'll.lf ~'. S&ys maybe:--.-. .-... . . it r e a l l y was a humznoicl;, o r , m a y b e - i t's: jus$ more: of'the ."anythingl. .-.. . ~.- . . . . .. . . f o.r - a . buc-kt?'sch'qbl' of..:journa.l-ism(-?1. .:: . . . . . ' . . . . .-- . . entitl WFO$ a ShdLThe' August i.ssue' of - FATE ' & ~ i ~ $ i n & ~ ~ n .... t h e A i r . F o r c e , " which is,;,:an exc.erpt,,fromD r . . J.; h l l e n . ~ ~ n e k ' new-:! s . . book; THE- UFO EXI"E.RIENCE. -If. you .h.5ve.n t r e a d :.:the . . book:-:!and;wouldi -1-ikez . t o know what p r o j e c t. Blue:: . Book 'was-l l , ~ e a i l.y.l .i k e , 11 3 e, .r -e. . f ' a~, - - ~ o d. -d:. ..-:, . chance t o , . f i n d o u t . ; . . -. . . . . - . .. .. . . 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