Mufon Journal - 1967-11

Vol. 1 - No. 3 pS: QESI-E

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EDITOR'S NOTE : We asked f o r and p x e i v ed permissian t o k e material f r m Dm Berliner's articlew "The U.F:O. Fran the Cesigner's Viewpoint" in the Octaber A I R PFOGKESS. _I

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It w a s j u s t past s i x o'clock the mrning of f%cch6. %re WE& broken. cirrus c1.ouds a t 3,000 f e e t m d Wkb Briddell, his 16-year old sister, Gretchen and "Mm" ( E l r r s . Bern& Bridell) w Z t W unidentified flying cbject f o r , three mi.nutes. Bridell, who has s i x yecars experienm as an a i r c r a f t - p i l o t 2nd who is cmployed a t ~ ~ e *raft l J in S t . I;ouis , s.ays the abject, seered to hover ~ r o x i m a t e l y30 %con&'- af@ r he saw it a t 2 ;000 fk .' ' ?hen it pmc&dd t o do a sl&d 360 *en tub to an a l t i t u d f of llObO *&t. pitchcd bp at an angle of SJdqr&s.' ' "If it had hem an a i r c r a f t , yohid say it was nose high, " Pr. Bridcll said. ~e cstimatcd the objcct to bc 8 b 10 f m t ' b i c k and 50 f a t in diameter. . !luring t h c t k of turn -and descent it was grccn and &itc in color, thcn turned an thc h e d i n g of 90 'dc?g&s and accelcratcd, tuminu a bright red =and pulsating. It went q through the ovcrcbst "f a s t c r than anything I 'd ever s e n " and disappeared. . Mr. B r i d c l l notiacd no pro-. trusions; there was no' sound or air glow.

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Would you believe there arc a i r c r a f t c$able. of 'hyprsonic s p e d a t law altitude without scnic bccnn, s i l e n t f l i g h t , high+ am1eratj.m following prolonged hovering, ri@F7+gle , t - . sa t high spced, and radar invisibility? , We hai't--xhieved

these amazing technological breakthroughs, but soarcbody has. For lack of a b e t t e r term, these rcmarkable *%raft are h m as "uriidcnti f ied ,xiy*& G+ j,e* " ,or mrc familiarly , "UFO'st,'!,,, #@r &xi,'t Jg-p~,athey q are frm, ol;,.,~hy,@cy-;% & x ~ , ~ ~ r - , pish oflying thcm, or h o w jm~~g,,@w; ham Imp around, o r t h a t theyt t o , do next+ We dm ' t knw o r h m 1 they arc mhow ,t$~y,iux

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WE-ao-kncwm t h i n g - &out what thcy lock like. Mr. Berliner' lists the three basic shapes: discs, sphercs and cigars with tlw&rvariat-ich in s i z c , and usually dcscr-d as, w i n g mtallic, m t h s having w s , dams, and projccticms As t o p r e f o m .r they have h e n clockcd on radar a t k t k r .than 12,000 nph. Thcy out maneuvlcr expcricnccd jet p i l o t s . Instantaneous rcverskls of di&m have k e n in-air *and ground basedl observrcport cd . ers. These speeds and velocity s h i f t s never s e a t o be acampanied by the s o r t of loud noises, usually associated with extrem ~ r e f o m o ,e though high pitched humring o r whirring sounds are oftcn heard. They are caps$lc of e l e c t r i c a l interfcrencc---in mrc than 100. instances, there has been canplctc b u t t;emporary failure of auto e l e c t r i c a l

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IWSPS CITY TIMES, O c t . 28, 1967. A s t o r y p u t of bndon wfierc n m r o u s sightings WX-rep~rtccithe prccccding £EWWS. The d e s c r i p t i m s varied frwn "a f i e r y cross" to "a cigar shapc surmundcd by a grcen g l m " and "a szucer shapc surrounded by stsr shaped b c m of light." %c England dcfmsc ministry said a i r bornc cxcrciscs by U.S. A t r . Forcc plancs wcrc respansiblc. ,, SEES

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h l r s . Ted P h i l l i p s , Jr. , of W a l i a , was in Springfield the nicjnt of Scpt. 2nd when she saw an unidcntificd flying object f o r hcr - hk; Tgd P f i l l l p s ,3r. f i r s t tim. Shc described it as a bright ' 1113 Ward Ave. ' y c l l m object rmving slowly across thc sky 'Sbdslia', Mo., 65301 fran thc northeast a t a wry slw rate of .. . speed. Tficrc were no other liqhts emanating .. no ****~****tt***q,$~'th~&iibr*dr**f***t*********frm the objM . Wp have fdund, durind our thrw mths as *tor, 'many 'do,not w m t their riais used UFO's mF?I BACK IJHEN f o r fear of' r i d i c u l e f m :friends and nei* boA--others -donot r e c a l l thel day and hour ST. I13UIS WEE-DEJ.OXAT, August 2 , 1967. of a. sighting ,wather conditians , wind direcFiery flying d;mqms wcre seen i n the sky tion Or eh *'line omr Pragur, ~ z e c ~ o s ~-in ov 1130 &i and a ,in othfr wrtbent would estab1142. a c o o m g to historims of day. lish,whcthek we abject could e a s i l y be Also, they . t c l l us, in thc 18th and 19th identified, .or c l a s s i f i e d as a true LED, as mntwies, flying objects so f+rqufntly , . the teym,is c & m d l j understood. sccn i n Ibhemia, childrcn learned &out thcm in school. Y e t , ' h i l e s m b r i e f ' repotts may s m almost maningless ;' .we, w i l l use - them as -they may fig' into the blueprint ytii& is k i n g m m ' s CN! I added t o &y by day in covering the over-all picture,_and heads-wiser than ours m y rcadN m t h a t ih-wrican ahd m s i a n spa=i l y " separate f a c t frcm fantasy ." c r a f t have estcabliShed thc amsphere of Venus to bc a W t 100%carbon dioxide, a J* H*& has said IMy gzs dc&ly t o pan, m d thc terrpfratof bc lurking 'in the uFb reprts hidden that plNlet between 500 800 s c i e n t i f i c 'paydirt', as a mite of radium F ~ h r c n h c i,t contactees who claim t o have was 11id&n in tons of pikchblcnde. "W rem d c t o t r i p them cmd 1b~~c.k w i l l haw a x spectfully suggest- there could a l s o l l i t t l e trouble explaining how they stood the 'paydxt ' in . a not-so-gcud report. For. one , , b a t ! thing, it could add strength to the sighting of another wiltness v&o had a b c t t c r look a t We look f o r Dr. Stranges to announ= thc cbj e c t i n q u e s t i m md who could giw that his man frwn Vms isn more informatian. a f t e r all, but f m a strange, l m d i s c 6 ~ r e d , ',.,man& and unknown (certainly! ) planet fa^ So we urge you--send in your report, out of reach of E a r t h ' s mddling -spacecrclft. b r i c f tho it may be. YOU may bc the witness needed 'tp substantiate another's report. -.

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I t wcls incorrectly s h .in the Scpt SKYLOOK t h a t the Lihnzcn's bkdc F'LYING SAKER OCCUPZWiS is a .reprint of a 1954 editim. The f i r s t printing ms July 19.67. the stmet f o r 2 &t&r l& a t the f ~ s t moving abject before it diszppsscd fran . sight. The sky was o w r c z s t w i t h a sliat c l d -cornring a d thc m n cod3 be Seen naw and thcn. The rcd b ~ 3 1samd to b5 blow thc OVi5rWst when firs$ scen, M r . Bceschen said; then rapidly \ktabove thc

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P o l i b flew rriihiri B f q lECt ~ of the is a truckcr akix;d.drivers object, photcqrctpcii it, and described it as quite :a_;&$ , t night. He is f m i l i a r with , a ballcon 'within ' a l w i n i u q '+eets hanging shooting stars, ~uctcorsand aircraft Liqhts , . 4000 fect. and says-this couldn't Have h m any of thcm. daam', 2 t 'about I W E was lp sound. -pilot Jce ~ l a r i d q bsaid it was about

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The-,Taurid mtoor.shower .rea&cs' mAximum on N m 5th 'but w i l l bc.x t i v e f o r .t h e atire mnth. The ~ p . W ? d s:.$' . reddish .,ahd- ~ V C :. . . . .. . . . slm~~y. .

rLadi@sI televisions and a i.. .r ,c r z. f t instrants 3- UFO was s e m - ' t o hhvcr b r :fly s l m l y n e x by. Xhen thk depcartcd,. these 'st.q~d,-crd. -electricX deirices.. . .... retunkd. . .. . : t o no&, with no pcrmm.cnt .&ntgc. . . . szrhen

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The W n i d mteor I - s h m rpeaks on Nov. '17th h3-rn bcrn working hnqcmr the full k n n r v l l l ~ d i m k h e i ~ ~ d s i p ~ . ~ . e only . . _ ._ along siinilsx l h e s for mmy ' y e ~ ,..but limitcd 'prcgicsG. , has ... . . . be&i 'riL7:de.. . H e gc'es into Thc p c m t s !&rmry 'and. ~ c n u 3-mx visible : detps d e s j q c r s using the d i s c sh3.p in the ~ ; r r l yrromini hours w h i l e J u p i t e r is : , w g + - . w ;&cas of: SU&SS k c 1 Ayof fail&. r i s i n g about midnight. P k x S g l m h g reddish2 , i2;;draftdbsigner+ ixe i n t t 3 w the d i s c orange, is sccn in t h c lm - s o u ~ s t e m sky ~. . . .,. I .. I . : shc7pc f o r i t o f f e r s great pcksibilitics ' f o r z f t e r sw~sct , . . , . ... . . . . ! ; .! I. :. i high stmqth-to-w~3ight,.lm drag &d e x t r a m~mcwcr~ability. . &ner(?J. ~yn$nics briginccr .. . . .. J, c:+..Fi-she& :f.--.:-'..: - .: :...:-- .-. . .m r s .?. - d ~ s c - s h a P i l ~ : r c .~.. ~. .i ~. ~ ~ ~m~ m . ~ p & q & m .. vehicle =and says, "TO e$i;i\inZt~:~ re-&ntry h W t ; _ . . . i f 3 ,disc;shc$cd. vehicle ~ ~ c used r c for s p . ~ LEN?ER .PND PEESS," Oct 2 k d of Springfield, @rojqcts '$he outer! periphary o r the whole cmriccl 2 s t o r y : o f c? l"lrgc'bbject 'sm frcnn mhicle .could -.beset tc:.spi&ing, i-.bc!ut its d i f f c r c n t s.rc?s in Grccnc County t h c d2y bcfow . . central axis, thus pickirlg up heat z t the front betwecn 16 .cmd-6 :15 -mi. Five ~ h e r i $'.s f deputies : and radizting it t o t h e - A f t laicr hc& sink. obscnnxl thc object t r a w l i n g west. it a high rUso g y r o ~ s p b i l i z a t i o n~ n d=rrtificial q r w i t y rate of s p e d . ~ c r mj r i , Don ~ o i d o l i s. .:. is 2 ~ :by ~ mc,. ~ S R~ . ~, ..... . ' " ;' b ~ .e r o brepcfts. ' cf and Don D c c k ~ !are. d en - ' H i w a y M .near South : irJFq I, 9 .haw n k n t h k d ','splnnirig of: the rim of C 1 1 t.hen.theyaacw t h c : m . . m.s j i d it 7.., . J 'the c r a f t br cvcn ' ~ .q+&c' d ob jcct hxl t w o oblong-shawl7 wir,da\rs i d t h a w h i t c : ': . ., . . . . .. , ,. , .. ' glow asning . f r m t h c Iinteriok zlna a l a g ~ . t : l ; ----- .. .The t o t ~ lack l of sonic .bo* is one mre f lm ccsning ,out: -of thc mew. of thc puzz13s of,. .UFO flight.. 1 y 1 OUT ex. . . p r i m = t o date 'indi&ites. crzf t flying It tms =<SO reported t h a t , four squindl . . f a s t e r than thc speed. of sound, within o w hunters : s w the object -.-. ~.-+hcrb,' creates cl .shock w~m.vlhich' is heard. . . . .. ." as,,a sonic bobm by. my&? in, its.p,?th'. ~ & i r i g,; ik i'ts ,efforts t o .cut .doh the e p l e ? s e n t . OaSECrS.SEX31 AT,THAYER. . . . . .. ef f c c t s .of sonic booms..£ i t ' s ~ ' ~ s u p r s o n s c ~ . .. . ., . .. .transport, hcas ~ ~ e s t c d , ' a ' ~ r k &ai' ' a t of money S e v c r ~ lp o p k at mayer ereported secninfj : ,inshock w w rese"iTch, . ..- . wi#: .so- in.terc_-sting two l q e glowing nbjects ecvly Friday mmreS.u;ltg :. ',m.at. finn1-s.;\e&ynhists ha& 'camc ing , kt. .20th. mther d e t C ~ lwe= s - hot ' . . . . up wiifh-'h vkhic1.c i9mpe which k i f 1 ' n o t learn leCmi3d. n son& &rn, a t llezst i,n thc wjnd tunnel.. This vchiclc with a p r f c c t l y fl$botani, . . . .. . .. $eczqs a shock wave t h a t is pa.rdiel to the PLAQUE !I0 MXX SNIPPY ' S DEMISE 1iq1-of f l i g h t . If the l k c of f l i g h t m u n s . p a r c l l e l to the ground, the shock wavc w i l l . . TULSA TRIBUNJZ, a c t . 16, 1967. A plaque Snippy, the horse, nevcr reach the ground, thus encabling the c r n f t w i l l m-irk the mt &rc to f l y a t supersonic s p d s without crc?.ting nrt &zth ~ ~ ~ - 1 ysept&r 'in on the H u ? y King '2 sonic boom. The c l c x s i c flying saucer, rmch 20 miles frcm %msa, Colorado. ' being: round on top' and f l a t . on thc bottom, could very well bc ~-chievin@ boom-less f l i g h t Thc s t c r y of Snippy 's dcath, bblieved -to 'in just t h i s way. be caused by a UFD by thc m e r , MI'S. Bcrle Lewis , =md others i n the Scm Luis V ~ P & was ~ , (C33NCLUSION D! DECEVBET ISSUE) given i n last: nnnthls SKYUXIC. Since t h a t t i n b we hzvc a few more b i t s of i n f o m t i o n to add. (continued on p ~ ~ gsix) e .

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KPNSAS CITY STAR, Nov. 4 , 1967. Four sighted Sr7.turday morning, Nov. 4*, by m3mbcrs of a Ft. Riley, Kans'x , Army u n i t .

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Ted P h i l l i p s , Jr wzs born in Sedaliz, Jm. 20, 1942, and has s p t mst of h i s l i f e there. He becmc intercstcd i n UFO's 2.ftcr seeing m unusu~.lsky objczt i n 1952. H c is a m r of both NICAP md ?PRO 2nd cmcsponds w i t h mnbcrs of ezch group. With a f i l c of some 3,000 reports of 3 0 sightings, obtc7incd f r m personal ,and i>nnted sources, Ted is continuqlly 3.dding t o t h i s n-imbr and is t i r e l e s s in h i s pursuit of corx-cbrati . evidence when 2 g c d sighting is rcportcd. He says; "I havc not drcmn any FJ-sciute conclusions on the LEQ question, but I 3: Cccl t h a t the extrc7terresf ricd theory is t h e r ~ s 1-ikciy. t "

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Thc u n i t rcported t h e sighting of £our bright objccts i n the sky ever the intersection of U.S. 77 =md K-82. ?he cbjccts had hem seen ecxlicr by four boys a t Clay Cenker ,md police thcre had asked policc i n J m d i o n City t o m n t a c t Ft. Riley f o r identific+ion of the objects by militsxy authorities. '

F-. Filcy o f f i c i a l s t o l d the police they believed thc objcct WIS a s a t e l l i t e , but disps.tch&i the llrmy u n i t to check. The u n i t reported.spotting the objccts ~ m dseaid c 7 t p c t i m c thcy = l p ~ ? c ? ~tod bc quitc low. They hovered, t h m m w d t o the ecwt and back t o the west before disappearing. The unit reported trcaining a spotlight m the objects, but could not distinguish what they were.

Rxcm Drurtmnd, nationally-qmhcated 27 a rrcrrbcr of the Nrltioncd Spelcological .j 5 . 7 ~ky - , hc has Visited mre than 300 C Z ~ S in newspaper cclumnist , "!I!he Condm t e r n is not .-. doing t h i s job reluctantly; thcy s n doing it ~ c s s o - a - i ,Kerrtucky , Chi0 ~mdVirginia. with a sense of e x c i t a r m t ; t h ~ yknow t h a t . just possibly they may be within reach of the Other hobbies include collecting Indim a r t i f a s t s md playing drums. biggest discovery of the
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.Tim 16-yau old g i r l s observcd 2 round object w i t h e "foggy red glcw" cabout a mile frcrn t h c i r h m in Sclrcoxic, July 9th. They s.+-d it d i s ~ p p s n do m e then reappecved.

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Dr. J. Pllm Hynek: " I t is u n e q u i ~ c a l l y f d s c t o say t h a t Urn's arc ncwr reported by s c i e n t i f i c a l l y trained p a p l e . Sane of the b e s t most coherent mports corn from such witnesses ,"

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m'KRNSPSCI?JY1TfEIES, Oct. 1 4 , 1967. Dr., R.O. ;dcm of- &1orc7doorStqtc-University ' s colleqc SENT3 US ~ I P P ~ N G s -, ' cif "b+erinc&y m d i c i n c 'md bio-rrcdicil sciences as saying hi's invcstigckion ~vclcCZnothing Tc rcpmr--plcase send m y ncwsp?pcr t h a t could not bc cxpl~xhcdi n nckurzl. k r m s . clippings an W' s t o SKYLCXIK , k i n g s m to H e 'sc
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We would agr& "Lhc?t it m u l d indwd bc P. t h z t w x l d lcdvc' P m t h c u t cuound && neck of the horse a d 1w.w the horses ' ,abclanin~.lI brain, <md s p h r ? l wvi tics m y , c-s rcmlcd. by m autopsy (reported by the DENVER POST). 7hc is quotcd c l ~saying, "There definitely should h a w becn ,.a. ypod bit of fluid ir. the b r ~ crwity. k "

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I n A d i t i o n t o the findings rcvim~cdhere, you w i l l rcccll thzt a s c y x h - o f the are?. of Snippy's dccth mmlcd circu1c.r exhaust r ~ r k s c o m i n g 2n m ~ ? h.u ~ t 100,by 50 y?qls I f l h t t e n d brush within ;! 10-foot radius of c. l3yee-foothigh bush squashcd t o the crmund, s i x inC@ritat&ns forming a c i r c l e three feet in d i z m t e r , sm b l ~ mtcrirll k shmring high rc7dioactiv2 m~aclings. F q c n t :F? ,sighti n g ~h'd been h 4 . d ~ i n the Prcn z s 1-11 33 in Dcnver whek Judgc..ChcarlcsE. B e n n e t t of +e S,qior Court wcx ~ m n gthose rePo&; ~Lng '!&tee &ng sh@ objects , reddishorcage in color, ' fly'ing a t ap' atl_C,itude, of 2,000 t o 3,000 feet" ' a d m i - g n h\amnjng soupd.

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