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S K Y L O O K The o f f i c i a l p u b l i c z . t i o n o f The Pljiiwest UP0 Network P u b l i s h e d monthly. S u b s c r i p t ion--$3~.OO ~ e y 2r . v ( u n i t e d S t a t e s m d Canada). $4.00, p e r : y e a r e l s e w h e r e . Sc?.mple ccpy - 2.5@. .

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P o l i c y : To s e p a r a t e f a c t f r o m f a n t a s y . To t h e b e s t o f o u r knowledge:, a l l m a t e r i a l u s e d i s f r o m r e l i a b l e s o u r c e s . To 'the b e s t of o u r a b i l i t y , we. t e l l i t as i't i s . Permission t o u s e o u r r e p o r t s i s granted provided f u l l c r e d i t is g i v e n by u s i n g SICYLOOK, Box 1 2 9 , S t o v e r , No. a s s o u r c e .

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We welcome UFO r e p o r t s , newspaper c l i p p i n g s a n d l e t t e r s . m t e r i a l w i l l be r e t u k n c d i.f you r e q u e s t . When p o s s i b l e i g e t - y i j u r r e s o r t s t o SKYLOOK by t h e 2 0 t h of t h e month. Copy r e c e i v e d t h e 2 5 t h w i l l be h e l d overW r i t e f o r a d v e r t i s i n g r a t e s . The e d i t o r r e s e r v e s t h e r i g h t t o r e j e c t r e p o r t s and a d s f a i l i n g t o meet SKYLOOK s t n n d ~ z d so f i n t e g r i t y . The S'XYLOOK

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Mrs. Norma E , S h o r t , E d i t o r a n d P u b l i s h e r , Box 1 2 9 , S t o v e r , Mo.65078 Ted P h i l l i p s , Jr.., ~ e ~ o r t aenrd - F c n t u r c ' T r i t e r , 1113 Were Ave., S e d ? . l i a , Mo. 65301 .. -

John F. S c h u e s s l e r , U R O C o n s u l t ~ ~ na nt d E i r a c t u r of UP0 Study Group o f G r e a t e r S t . L o u l s , P. W. Box 9, d 1 P a l l o r , , Illo., 63366 :Walter AnGrus, Jr., Co-Chairman 1 1 l i n o i ~ - - 6 e c t i o nAPRO 2nd 1 1 l i n o i s S t z t e D i r e c t o r o f The Midwest UFO Network., 40 C h r i s t o p h u r C o u r t , Q u i n c y , I l l . , 62301 L u c i u s P a r i s h , W r i t e r i n Ufology F i e l d 9 lioute 1, R u m r v i l l e , Ark. 7 2127 SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS: Given c r e d i t with t h c i r ~~~~~~~~~~ion r o p o r t s and m t i c l e s .

D i r e c t o r of the Midwest U3W Network--Dr. and U s s i s t ; m t P r o f e s s o r o f Chclnistry v e r s i t y , Oshkosh, \Jisconsi.n.

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A s t z t e t r o o p e r from t h e J o n e s v i l l e P o s t a r d a m o t o r i s t d r i v i n g a l o n g US-12 r e p o r t e d s i g h t i n g an u n i d e n t i f i e o g b j e c t i n t h e s k y headi n g n o r t h w e s t a n d photographed i t Tuesday ( J u l y 2 n d ) a t 2 ~ 0 5p.m.

The d r i v e r , Ray Ostarmyer, of 9603 Bay Cue1 Koad, E r i e , s p o t t e d t h e o b j e c t , d e s c r i b e d a s a sil--;- d i s c , w h i l e d r i v i n g w e s t toward MOSCOW, and s t o p p e d a l o n g t h e high:^. - r T r c ~ p e r3. J . R e 3 t 5 3 , c:: i:-is way t o t h e p o s t , s t o p p e d t o q u e s t i o n O s t a r n y e r . B o t h Fe::'to;: a n d O , t a r ~ y e r t o o k p i c t u r e s of t h e m y s t e r i o u s o b j e c t and r e p o r t s f r o m t h e p o l i c e p h o t o g r a p h i c l a b o r a t o r y i n Ea,st L a n s i n g a r e pending, "The o b j e c t a p p e a r e d t o be semi-round. A t t i n e s i t a p p e a r e d t o b e e l o n g a t e d , l i k e a b l i m p , and. o t h e r t i n e s i t a ? p ~ a r e d t o be r o u n d , " T r o o p e r P e n t o n s a i 6 . H, csti-mate8 t h e e l e v a - t i -n t o be 1 , 5 0 0 f e e t . "It w a s s t a t i o n a r y f o r a p e r i o d , nnfi t h e n t o o k o f f ,''Fenton r e q o r t e d , C l i n t o n C W i l l i a m s J r , AFRO i n v e s t i k a t o r , i s f 0 1 1 0 w i i l g t h e d e v e l opments, and he has f o u ~ dt h e r e a r e n u u e r o u s s l g h t i n g s in H i l l s d a l e c o u n t y d u r i n g t h e summer months, S o u r c e : " H i l l s d a l e D z i l y N e w s t 1 ( N i c h i g a n ) 7/3/69;

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S e d a l i a Woman R e c a l l s 1 9 5 2 S i g h t i n g

Mrs. S m i t h ( n o t h e r name ) of S e d a l i a , No., n e v e r s a w a UFO b e f o r e t h e summer o f 1952 and s h e h a s n e v e r s e e n one s i n c e t h a t t i n e b u t s h e h a s a c l e a r r e c o l l e c t i o n of t h e u n u s u a l o b j e c t s h e saw w h i l e r i d i n g a b u s a b o u t 10 o t , l o c k one morning. She wa,s s i t t i n g j u s t b e h i n d t h e d r i v e r on t h e l e f t s i d e o f t h e b ~ . s , , h e a d e d s o u t h on Ohio S t r e e t . The o b j e c t a p p r o a c h e d from t h e n o r t h - n o r t h e ' a s ' t a n d w a s d i s c - s h a p e d w i t h a rounded a r e a on t h e u n d e r n e a t h s e c t i o n . It was s i l v e r i n c o l o r b u t n o t e x t r e m e l y r e f l e c t i v e , The o b j e c t w a s t i l t e d s l i g h t l y from t h e v e r t i c a l w i t h t h e dome t o w a r d s t h e o b s e r v e r . It w a s q u i t e 103, j u s t above t h e t r e e t o p s . A s i t p a s s e d by t h e b a s , s h e c o u l d s e e It t h r o u g h t h e w i n d s h i e l d of t h e b u s . It ' h e n 3sgan t o c l i m b and d i s a p p e a r e d i n t o the distance,

C r e d i t : Ted P h i l l i p s , S i ~ y ~ u Orhe d o r t e r .

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Bright Object Sighted h e r Mattoon, I l l , A t 1:06 a.m. J u l y 14, Fred McKibb~nc a l l z i l!kttoon p o l i c e .to tell them of a s t a r - l i k e o b j e c t 1n t h e n c r t h v ~ ~ e ssk';r t which was, filasliing and moving i n unusual p a t t e r n s . Patrolman J i m Ap:xl, who took t h e c a l l , could se.e t h e .object from t h e r a d i o room wi;?u.w.

Fks, McKibben f i r s t saw t h e o b j e c t from h e r bedroom window about midnight and she and h e r h ~ s b c n dmoved i n t o t h e y2,rd and watchsd t h e o b j e c t f o r two hours-, U s i i . ! . ~ r e f e r e n c e p o i n t s , they saw i t move from ..a $axtern r e p e a ~ e ds e v e r a l times. ' g ~ i ? ~ ~ s o u t h t o ' n o r t h a n d south a~i-lj-vl, b i n o c u l a r s they could see it f l a s h r e d , g r e e n and 'blue and a l s o d-e-t e c t e d a v e r t i c a l movement,,

The Mattoon JOU'RNAL GAZETTE s t a f f members were among those advised of t h e s i g h t i n g and they observed t h e o b j e c t f o r about 40 minutes, Using r e f e r e n c e p o i n t s , Loth t h e h o r i z o n t a l and v e ~ t i c a lmov'eri~entwere apparent t o t h e naked eye and t h e r e d f l a s h i 3 g l i g h t was s t r o n g enough t o c r e a t e a kind. o f a u r a around t h e o b j e c t , they r e p o r t e d . No one obs e r v i n g could d e t e c t a shape a n d about 2 ~ 2 3s o n . t h e object had moved i n t o t h e west beyond v i s i b i l - it y , It a g p a r ~ n t l j rreaj?peared about 3a.n, S t a t e police and t h e Chanute A i r Force EIase i n Rantoul were advised, On w r i t i n g t h e Chief of .Pol_ice f o r a r e p o r t , .SKYLOOK r e c e i v e d a r e p l y from Raymond Sentenay, a s s i s t a n t cl?S.e-F. reac7,ing a s fo.llows: T.n r e f . t o UFO; Piat;toon, , I l l i n o i s , J u l y 1 4 , 1965: i t was r e p o r t e d by ?'Ira Pred'.McKibb,en,:712Edgar'kve. He s t a t e d t h a t he had watched i t f o r . about an hour. Our department d i d n o t i f y t h e S t a t e P o l i c e 1idq.t-s Bist #10 Pesoturn, I l l . , of a p o s s i b l e .UFG. Y r s m a l l i n d i c a t i o n s I can 05t a i n , i t was a s t a r , h e news r e 2 o r t e r tock a tirre exposure p i c t u r e , and he i n d i c a t e d ",justa s t a r . ' ' . Gur r e p o r t einds with ''This r e p o r t e d s i g n t i n g i s unconfirned," Sorry I cannot give something more d e f i n i t e . ,

E d i t o r t s Comzllent: Thaiiks t o John Sch.t~.essi.erand. A s s i s t . z n t Chief S a n t e P ney f o r n e w m m r c l i 9 ~ ) i . nand ~ ~ r e w - r t , :Jorne of ou.7 i n v e s t i g a t o r s nigh-k dig a l i t t l e dee?er i n t o t h i s one, -nd we'e welcoae f u r t h e : vo~i!, . 1 " 1 1 1

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CBS r a d i o r e p o r t e d t n e Apollo 11 crew observed a glow i n a n a r e a n o r t h of them .ox t h e i r f i r s t o r b i t of the moo?. They were a t ari a l t i !tude .of . a b o u t 1.50 miles above -the moon ;>,n(! harl been asked t o wzitch %.he a r e a of t h e c r a t e r A r i s t s . r ~ ~ . h u:.;here s, 213s been u ; ~ u s l ~ zill.i?z~inat;ion l ohssrved over a period of time, ?:? rzS.i,at).on h a s been r e c o r d e d int ermi-kte n t l y d u r i ~ the g la t ; ~ o;,.Fa -,c: TI:,; as+.-ro~lomers at Corralitos o%se1va5ory, ?Jew Mezico, a r , d 2 ! . ~ r , i:;;)i. ~o-v:-et'astronomers .

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Ted P h i l l i p s , who repcr-LE ths a3a-;e, o k e r v e d t h e Apollo 11 a t h i s horns i n Serlalis, I''Ia. ? thro:q."l h i s 200-powe~ t e l e s c o p e f o r a b o u t 45 m i n ~ t e st h e n i g h t of J u l y 16t;h,

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Ohio E d i t o r Sees UP0 Every UrY) nagazine e d i t o r h o p e s ~ t os e e and r e p o r t a U43l i n s t e a d of always depending on copy turned i n by o t h e r s . A , E. Candusso, e d i t o r of FSIC BULLETIN (P. 0. Drawer G-Akron, ohlo) and Mrs. Candusso, coe d i t o r wrote t h c i r own f r o n t page scoop i n t h e May-June i s s u e of t h e i r a l v ~ a y sinteresting magazine, About 9:25 p.m. on May 1 6 t h , N r s n Candusso i'irst saw t h e " l a r g e blazing blob of l l k h t ? " t h e c o l o r of f i r e and u t l e a s t twice t h e s i z e of Venus. Using r e f e r e n c e y o m t s , N r , and ivlrs. Candusso t r a c k e d t h e o b j e c t t s v e r y d e l i b e r a , t e progress i n a g e n e r a l l y e a s t d i r e c t i o n , low i n t h e n o r t h e r n sky. Through 7 x 50 binocs t h e y could s e e no d e t a l l s , but i t seemed t o both t h a t i t was a l i t t l e l o n g e r t h a n i t was high, It continued its g r a d u a l c i r c l i n g movemcnt i n t o t h e e a s t e r n sk.YJ zl1.d was a n g l i n g i n towarc t h e ESE, t h e d i r e c t i o n t a k e n by two j e t p l a n e s appearing on t h e scene, when t r e e s o b s t r u c t e d f u r t h e r viewing, It was observed about 20 minutes and was 2 l s o witnessed by Mrs, Fran Renner and a. neighbor, M r s , John McVan,

"Seeing Is Believingf1 f o r S t . Loui s Nczan Doris Schneider, of S t . Louis, Mo., i s n ' t s u r e of t h e e x z c t date-t h i n k s it was February o r PIarch, 1 9 6 7 ~ - b u t she i s s u r e t h a t she saw an u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g object-three, i n f a c t , and i t i s scmzthing she w i l l never f o r g e t , , She and a conpanlon were a t a parking l o t i n t h e Eampton and Gravois Ave. area: in st. Louis when they saw t h e o b j e c t s , It was a c l e a r n i g h t , w i t h no wind, and was between 8 and 8 : 3 0 o ' ,lock. Two o b j e c t s appeared from t h e n o r t h , one behind t h e o t h e r , a s though they had been "suddenly t u r n e d on" and "were b r i p h t e r t h a n a n y t h i n g I have e v e r s e e n , " she r c v o r t c d . The o b j e c t s wdre a l s o 3bsel-t.ed by o t h e r s a t t h e jarKing l o t and a l l watched t h e o b j e c t s f o r about a hdlf hoar., They were diamond-shaped, s h a r p l y o u t l i n e d , and 'loved about i n an e r r a t i c f a s h i o n w i t h no sound. While ' t h e i r maneuvers wcr-e being observed, a plarie f l e w a c r o s s the sky, under t h e o b j c c t s , and t h e sound of t h e plane w a s heard c l e a r l y and i t s b l i n k i n g l i g h t s were seen. The UPOts d i d n o t appcar t o b l i n k a t any time. B s h o r t tirne a f t e r t h e f i r s t two appeared, t h e t h i r d one came i n t o view--to t h e l e f t and apparensly below t h e o t h e r s and was A t t h e end of about 30 u i n u t e s , t h e f i r s t two seemed n o t a s brigh-bi t o "fade outIb a f t e r tdking t h e p o s i t l d n of one being d i r e c t l y below t h e o t h e r . Then t h e t h i r d o b j e c t a l s o fnded o u t , but i n s o doing, dropped " f i e r y sparks l i k e ashes Srom a c i g a r c t . I' The o b j e c t s appeared t o be over t h e M i s s i s s i p p i r i v e r a t a 30 angle,

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Miss - Phry Kathleen Kiiowics, Ecluct~tionalT h e r a p i s t , of 61GSA. Horgnnford, S t . Louis,' No., ' l ' . l i ~ Jean s Burke, of Hock P a l l s , 1110, and h i s s Diane P m l , of 244 llclskington s., C a r l i n v J - l l e, 111. observed what may have been a UL!Y) landing i n t h e early norning h o u r s of Junc 1 5 , 1968.

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They were r i d i n g south on Route 88 on t h e i r way t o t h e hone of Miss Knowlesl p a r e n t s and were about t h r e e afid a h a l f in,ilcs out of Hock F a l l s when %hey saw a b r i g h t l y l i g h t e d o b j e c t througn t h e C a r windows. Stopping t h e c a r , tiley r o l l e d t h e vir,dows down t o s ? e more c l e n l y . It was 2boilt 2 a.m., v e r y d ~ i r l r , w i t h EL c l e a r sky, b u t no moon. They n o t i c e d tlie s o ~ m dof c r i c k e t s sk;iri)ing, but t h e r e was 110 sound I r o n t h e l i g h t e d o b j e c t u s i t a p p e ~ r e dt o be slowly noving downward a s i f f o r z landing.

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Bone of t h e g i r l s was a b l e t o d i s t i n g u i s h a shape bec2use of t h e b r i g h t w h i t e l i g h t a t t h e f r o n t of t h e o b j e c t , w i t h t h r e e red l i g h t s f l a s h i n g off and on a t t h e s i d o s and back. Juciglrlg from t h e l i g h t p a t t e r n , t h e y thought tha o b j e c t n u s t be rouulcl. They. e s t i m a t e d i t t o be a q u a r t e r of a n i l e d i s t c ~ n . t ;when flyst s i h t e d , cvrnirig i n from t h e south on a.s t a a d y , downward ga-th ~ i l dno f u r h e r away than on-e h w d r c d f ? c t a3 . i t ayproachcd n z r ; l l l e l t o t h e rozd end ,cIisappeared 'below t h e t r e e z ~ t o pl e v e l of a climy: of' t r o e s .

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Miss Knowles s a i d w I i i l 3 t h e wl,ite lie,.Lt was v e r y bright, i t was not blinding c~ndc i ~ dn o t appedr t o oe airned a t t i l e ground a s . she d i d net n o t i c e t h e gruuna b e l l l g lit z t -my t m e . Sht' * h o q , h t t h e o b j e c t w a s l a r g e r than any j e t plane but t h e l Q ~ m l i n g lwas ' i-uch slower t h a n could be achieved by a plane--cgain, t h e r e was no s o w d a t any tirne. There w a s n scsll l o c 2 1 a i r p o r t about two miles from t h e s i t e and t h e young wonen drove t h e r e t o awaken 14jss Lnowles' brother, who operated. t h e r a d i o and c o n t r o l tower. He s e i d t h e only plnnc l a n d i n g a t t h e a i r p o r t , otlicr than slaall p i v n t e plmes, w a s a small The airL20rt c l o s s d at Ozark plane which came i n 2bout 5 : 3 0 p.n. 10:00 p.n. The young rnan s a i d , a s f a r a s he k n e w , no h r g e planes evur f l e w over t h a t area.

On Z ~ n e17 t h e "Sterling h i l y &eettoll c l r r i e d a n a r t i c l e n o t i n g a "sancerl' 'had been seen by s e v c r a l peoole, but tlctliing no-re his been learned about the ob;ject -the young FJOLieE watched over a five-minute period. Miss Knowles s a i d "it w2s 2. r c t h c r s h o c k i n g ex$(:ricnce.'l Crc2i.t: I n t e r v i e w obtained by John P a S c ~ l u e s s l e r ,A p r i l 2 5 , 1969.

Seeking UFO i n Lake? An item in Gene Duglantier1s S S S i n d i c a t e s t h a t J'acques-k-ves Cousteau, fabed ufiderwater e x p l o r e r , i s loo.klr,g w i t h two n i n i a t u r e Lake T i t i c a c a for -evisubs and a crew o f 1 2 i n . t- h e deuths o f

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Chaput, a wiry 54-year o l d former bushworker l i v e s on a IC-acre farm on t h e Wabash Line n e a r Chapeau, Ciitzrio, Canada, and h i s s t o r y was r e p o r t e d i n t h e ''Pembroke Observer" and t h e ''Yiontreal Gazette. "

The rnachine had landed ~ ~ - ~ 7 ? - 3 _ ' 'times 31 b e f o r e , Nr. Chaput s c i d , n l t h o t h e l i g h t had bee;? seen or,-, Xiis tulle. I m p r c s s i o ~ si n t h e s k p e or" huge c i r c l e s of m:?-i;tc? gi-L:: ; a r e KT. Chnput evidence t h a t s m c t h j n g 'T'hc ?.-ingo, ,?bout 27 f ~ e i tn d i a x o t e r , a r e perfcct2:y s t r a n g e hsppened. formed where g r a s s ~ y s t c r i o v . s l ydis~ppe;?red.o r was burned, 2s Ivk.&aput b e l i e v c a . Inside the circles the grass i s i n t a c t , Thrce such ~ ? a r l i i i l ge~x i s t , onc of which i s a h a l f - c i r c l e ne?.r "This i s whore t h e mac9i.m hn$ a bad l m d i d ? , " he l a r g e rock-pile. t o l d two r e ~ o r t e r si n t h e mDnvl:?r of 2 mrln o r i t h s f i r m b e l i e f I n a theory, iLn emgloyt-e of t h e Consolid..ted-Bdthust p u l p u i l l k t Portage du F o r t , Chaput s a y s h i s b e l i e f i n u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y l n g o b j e c t s stems from v a r i o u s s t r a n g e i n c i d e n t s 2nd n o i s e s occurifig on h i s farm l a t e l y . H i s wife and e i g h t cliildrcn concur w i t h h i s s t n t c m c n t s o

"One n i g h t I was s t a n d i n g n e c r t h e f i c l 6 and wztched. t h i s b r i g h t o b j e c t tr:!,velling below t h e t r e e - l i n e , t h e f r o n t of i t had two l a r g e r e d eyes,. I watched i t f o r about 10 minutcs, t h e n i t d i s a p p e a r e d , " he s a i d . de vows i t could n o t hnve been a c a r a s t h e r e i s no road a c r o s s , t h e rocky f i e l d . H i s f ~ ~ irs a on a back a c c e s s r o c d l e a d i n g t o Chapeau,

The neighbors a r c divided i n t h e i r f e e l i n g s . Ilrs. Aloreg Dcmers; says she d o e s n ' t b e l i e v e i n " f l y i n g s a u c e r s . " S e v e r a l pcople along t b Wabash Line, a rugged L ~ i c c eof road d o t t e d w i t h o c c a s i ~ n a le m d l f a m s , On wselc-ends have v i s i t e d t h e markings and d o n ' t know What t o thi&. l a t e l y , t h e road i n f r o n t of the. Chaput house i s l i n c d w i t h c a r s , People a r e c u r i o u s and t h e y want a glimpse of t h e m r k l n g s , however dubious thcy mzy be about UFO's, !Two small b a l s a n t r e e s and a branch f r o m a tiny p i n e trce have been taken t o t h e Depcirtment of L2nds nil6 3'orests f o r m a l y s i s . The trees, were l o c a t e d i n t h e c e n t e r of t h c r i n g s where b-, Chaput says " t h e n i a ~ h i n e 'landed, ~~

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NkJYD P. IlUHHAY, c o l l e g e s t u d e n t , Chester, F'a., writes;: "1 f i n d SKYLOOK t o be very i n t e r e s t L i g aild r e l i a ' b l e and I agree w i t h . your poli c y t o t a l l y . I ' m g l a d t o s e e t h a t you gave space t o t h a t ",answer1' t o t h e UFO probl-em.which t h e Tulsa WORLD p r i n t e d * +--I a l s o l i k e t h e inc l u s i o n of i n f o r m t i o n on astro:lonly, a. . h i ~ h l yi n t e r e s t i n g sub jet-i; i n i t s e l f . And I'm gln?' t o s e e Lou l%rl-sh d.ci.ng t h a t f e a t u r e f o r ;you. H i s w r i t i n g s a r e always i n t e r e . s t i n g . I f Com..ent: We L-.lwzysl i k e t o know t h e s p e c i f i c f e a t u r e s :..readers f i n d i n t e r e s t i n g .

BRIAN D. LLOYD, UZOKC S p e c i a l s s s i s t a n t , Export, Pa. , says he i s s o r r y the UjDRC JOURNAL i s no more, but adds: "Your copy of SKYLOOK j u s t a r r i v e d t o d a y , and I t h i n k i t i s a very good and a u t h o r i t a t i v e magazine on UFO1a * * That "We t e l l it a s i t i s ' on t h e cover i s c e r t a i n l y t r u e . SKYLOOK mab:es a good r e f e r e n c e and has l o t s of informat i o n from a l l over t h e country which keeps us up t o date." Comnent: We hope o t h e r former JOURlJaL r e a d e r s write--and we know Rod Dyke a l s o wants t o know~youropinion of SKYLOOK. JAlTES and EMILIA SCHILDGEN, Evanston, I l l . , a r e new s u b s c r i b e r s and 1"l.r. Schildgen w r i t c s : A f t c r following UFO r e p o r t s , books, clubs e t c f o r 1 2 y e a r s , I found your sample t h a t you s e n t me i n t e r e s t i n g and w e l l done f o r a SegfnniRg type of p u b l i c a t i o n . I wish you good l u c k

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JENNIFER STEVENS, e d i t o r of SKV~A TCH, B,x 1 2 4 , Schohqrie, Mew York, s a i d i n a l e t t e r , Itr8KYLOOIC g c t s b e t t 3 r rt? b e t h e r ~ n c ?you m-y quote me. I enjoy i t very much. I t o l d you y o u l d corlquer the t old monster mimeo! Comment: This g l v e s me a n o t h e r opportunity t o thank Jen and Joan (Whrited om); m d o t h e r big-hedrted eclltors who answered my c a l l f o r h e l p w i t h t i p s on c u t t i n g stencils, opera%ing a mimeograph and We s t i l l have much t o 1 c a r n 9 good advice on p u b l i s h i n g i n g e n e r a l but thanks t o y o u - a l l , f e e l we' re going t o make it.

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WM. E. DANIELS, of D a l l a s , Texas, a s u b s c r i b e r " i n h e r i t e d " from t h e UPORC JOUiPNAL wrote he likes Sl(YL0OK and requested back i s s u e s which have been mailed. C o n ~ e n t : Glad ycu l i k e u s , b l r . Daniels. ~ d i t o r ~Note: , This.was s e t u p f o r t h e J u l y i s s u e , but had t o be omitted because 0.f l a c k of room, Too many pages mean e x t r a postage.

S t a f f Member V i s i t s O b s e r v a t o r y . a n d UFO S i t e s Ted P h i l l i p , J r . , SKYLOOK r e p o r t c r a n d f e a t u r e w r i t e r , a n d Mrs. m i l l i p s , o f S e d a l i a , Pio. mzde a v a c a t i o n t r i 2 t h r o u g h some of t h e w e s t e r n a n d s o u t h w e s t e r n s t a t e s i n June* With PIr. P h i l l i p s ' i n t e r e s t i n a s t r o n o m y a n d u f o l o g y , i t i s n o t s u r p r i s i i ~ gt o l e a r n t h e y v i s i t e d t h e C o r r a l i t o s observatory, stopped a t a meteor c r a t e r , and observed t h e a r e a o f two well-knovn UFO i n c i d e n t s ,

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The C o r r a l i t o s o b s e r v a t o r y i s i n L a s C r u c e s , New Mexico a n d i s ope r a t e d by N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y a n d d i r e c t e d by D r . J. A l l e n Hynek o f t h e u n i v e r s i t y ' , astronorcy d e p a r t m e n t , w i t h 2 u s t u s R e Dunlap as r e s i d e n t d i r e c t o r . D r . Hynek was a t t h e o b s e r v a t o r y a t t h e t i m e o f t h e P h l l l i p s l v i s i t , h l n e 18, 2nd w i t h PIr, Dunlzp e x p l a u l e d some of t h e work b e i n g done t h e r e & a d "answered o u r many q i x e s t i o n s . " Some new equipment i s b e i n g t e s t e d . The l a r g e t e l e s c o p e i s a 24i n c h C a s s e g r a i n r e f l e c t o r used i n c o r , j u n c t i o n w i t h a n i n a g e - o r t h i c o n t u b e . The o b s e r v a t o r y i s o g u r a t e d w i t h NASA s u p p o r t f o r t h e p r l m a r y p u r p o s e o f d e t e c t i n g t r a n s i e n t c h s n g e s on t h e moon, The o b s e r v e r s i t s i n a room below t h e t e l e s c o g e , s e e i f l g t h e xoon on a m o n i t o r s c r e e n . A '3-color f i l t e r w h e e l , PIr. bill i3s e x p l c i - n e d , p e r m i t s e x a m i n a t i o n a t s u c c e s s i v e w a v e l e n g t h s . The a r e a s e e n i s 6 r n i ~ m t e s o fa r c s q u a r e . The program began i n No-nmher, 1 9 6 5 , 2nd s i n c e t h e n o v e r 3 , 0 9 0 ho:.rs of l x n m s u r v e i l l a n c e have been coml?lete2. D u r ng - t F l i s t i m e no l o c a l i z e d l u n a r e v e n t s have been s e e n , P l r . a n d lblrs. & i l l l j ? s s a w t h e t e l e s c o 2 e s y s t e m a t work, s e e i n g t h e moon a n d s e v e r a l s t a r f i e l d s , "The i i g h t a m p l i f i c a t i o n by t h e s y s t e m i s t r u l y f a n t a s t i c , la M r . b i l l i p s r c p o r t s ,

O f f Highbay 66 between Winslow a n d F l a g s t a f f , l ? r i z o n a , t i l e P k i l l i p s saw t h e g r e a t m e t e o r c r a t e r of A r i z o n a , T:?is c r a t e r i s 570 f e e t dee:. a n d more t h a n 4,000 f e e t a c r o s s w i t h t h e m e t e o r o r m e t e o r i t e s which f o r n e d i t b u r i e d t h o u s a n d s of f e e t below. M e t e o r i t i c f r a g ~ m ; : t s a r e on d i s p l a y i n t h e museum on t h e r i m of t h e c r a t e r , and l e c t u r e s a r e give^. w h i c h d e s c r i b e t h e h o l o c a u s t of n a t u r e . Even a p o s 5 c a r d pic-Lure of t h i s huge' h o l e i n t h e g r o u a d l e a v e s one f i l l e d w i t h a w e a s t h e e d i t o r o f SXYLOOK c a n t e s t i f y ,

D G u b t l e s s a l l of o u r r e a d e r s rcmember t h e c a s e o f S n i p p y t h e k r s e ( s e e September 1967 i s s u e of SLYLC)Ei) a n d w i l l r e c a l l i t w a s r e p o r t e d s n i p y y had b e e n k i l l e d by a UFO, The i 3 h i l i i p s s t o p p e d a t A l a n o s a , srfi~11 C o l o r a d o , a n d saw S n i p p y f s s l r e l e t o n dLr;,:layed i n Trent cf c u r i o silop. Mr. ~ i i l i g st a l k e d t o t h e lozzl v e t e r i n a r i a n who h a d e x a ~ ~ i i e tihi e h o r s e some t i n e a f t c . r t h e i r i c i d e n t , aild h e t o 1 5 Ted t h e h o r s e -had been s h o t t w i c e i q t h e f l a r k and n i g h t ha.ve d i e d from t h e s e wounds, Hc a l s o s a i d t h e r n - ~ o r t st h a t t h e f l e s h had been r e ~ ~ o v ef dr o n t h e head a n d n e c k wcre false,

M r . and M,s. P h i l l i p s wcre i n S o c o r r o , JT?w P'Iexiso, J u ~ e18th, and saw t L e s i t e of one of t l ~ er,ost, ~ ~ I ~ ~ OULF 'L3 S s ~ ~ , h t i i O l r~f '~i c+e r Lonnie Zanlora o b s e r v e d a. s t r d n g e egg-:;i-irl.;eC o t J ~ C %i n d L j 1-1.&?, a t f a i r l y - c l o s e range. in 1 9 6 4 , de i s now _working a t .a l o c ~ ls e r v l c e s t a t i o n - , b u t was o u t of town the d a y t h e P ' n i l l i . 7 ~ s t o p p e d t o i n t e r -

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Staff Member Visits- (-continued) view him. They went on t o t h e s i t e of t h e 3BO landing. It i s l o c a t e d a t t h e bottom of a small g u l l y , PIr. % i l l i p s r c u o r t s , and it i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o note i t landed i n :I enot where it couid n o t be seen from e i t h r r t b e town o r nearby roqds. Officcr Zmora sqw t 3 e o b j e c t a s i t was Icnding. It trns a l s o seen S y a n o t h e r vcrsnn, a p-ssing m o t o r i s t , who t o l d a s e r v i c e s t a t i o n .-.tten&nt he thought he had s2en an a i r p l a n e about t o crash. U n f o r t : ~ r a ~ e l y t, h e a t ~eficiantu l d n o t dsk t h e nun' name. h r . fiillip r e $ " r t s The 1 8 n d ~ n & pad marks a r e s t i l l f d l n t l y v i s i b l e and a r e s t i l l ringed w i t h rocks. It was a most i n t c r c s t i n g experience t o v i s i t t h e s i t e , he s a i d , Willy Ley, Hoclcet Expert, D i e s Willy Ley, a u t h o r and r o c k e t e x p e r t , died of a h e a r t a t t a c k i n h i s home i n Queens, N. Y. on June 2 4 , 1969. Hc was 62 y e a r s of age, A S a v e r y young nan i n B e r l i n , Fil-, Ley introduced Wernher Von Braun t o Prof. Hcrmann Oherth. H i s inafiy books 2nd - a r f , i c l e s made 2x1 importa n t c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e popcd2rization o f t h e p o t e n t i a l s of space f l i g h t . He was a t r u e pioneer i n h i s f i e l d .

John A. Keel, who s e n t u s t h e n o t i c e , adds: "1 met Mr. Ley s e v e r a l times and had a ntimbi.r of 1zngthy conversations w i t h him. I-Ie was anti-UFO, but lie was fond of s p e c u l a - ~ i i l gon t h e p o s s i b i . l i t i e s of e x t r a t e r r e s t r i a l l i f e . He f e l c t h a t t h e r e was no scientific S a s i s t o t h e t h e o r i e s of t h e ' f l y i n g saucer b u f f s 1 and was i n c l i n e d t o l d i s m i s s UFO r e p o r t s a s be&g ' n a t u r a l pi1eno:nena.l N e v e r t h e l e s s , he maintained a periphery i n t e r e s t i n U F O ' l i t e r a t u r e . 'I

Coral Lorcnzen, W ~ i t c ra ~ d.Ir PRO Fo~mder,V i s i t s I l l i n o i s S e c t i o n I'ks. Coral Lorerlzen, w e l l laiown UP0 w i - l t u r and f0unde.r of t h e PLeriz.l Phenomena de s e a r c h OLs~aillz:it l o n ( AI)IJLU ) v; ;li h headquarters i n TV.CS on, Arizona, v i s i t e d f r l e n d s and LPHO groups ii? t h e Chicago ari2a r e c e n t l y , On S a t u r b y evening, June 7 , E ~ Cw a s tne honored g u e s t a t a d i n n z r p a r t y given by >Ir. and Xrs, Carti; F I l l l c r , 2 ~ : b l i s h i ' rand e d i t o r of FATE nlakazine, one of t h e o a r l i c s t p u b l i c a t i o n s t o c a r r y UF"3 r e p o r t s and a r t i c l e s . l!/Irs. Lorenzen has Seen a frrcquent c o n t r i b u t o r ,

Walt Andrus, Co-Chzii-n~zn of t h e I l l i n o i s S c c t i c n AURO and a s t a f f member of SKYLOOK, was h o s t t c Mrs. Lorailzan a t a noon d i n n c r a t t h e Holiday Inn, Sd?day, Jllne 8, a n d .-(-zorts 'Ishe has a d e l i g h t f u l pers o n a l i t y anC i s very d e d i c a t e ? to +,&iestudy and research of t h e UFO phenomena, she i s very $LYI ?-,I- her c o n v i c t i o n s and has the i n t e g r i t r and fo r t i t u d e t o c a l l t h e shots, rzz she s e e s them. ! I ' An open house was h e l d a t the H o l i h y 12r,, Pit. P r o s p e c t , Ill., from 2 'io 4 p.111. t h a t ar"tcr.noon w i t h Eobert Achzehner h o s t t o Mrs. Lorenzen and mcnbcrs of t ~ e I l l i n o i s Sect;io_vlAFkX, Among t o p i c s discussed were the plans and activities of A3RO i n conductiilg f i e l d research. Sane of t n e S t a t e $ I % ~ - c i ( j ; OZ l ~ k2RO lisvc donc 2n m t s t a n d i n g job, I I r s . Lorenzen, s a i d , while otheL-shave i ' a l l e d t o fiuli.ction a s i n v e s t i g a t i n g g r o u p , The s t u d y r e q u i r e s i n v c s t i g a t c r s who a r e t r a i n e d t o i n t e r v i e w people,

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Venus, s h i n i n g a t a b r i l l i a n t -3.7 magnitude, rises: a b o u t 3 hours before t h e sun. It w i l l be yllite rlear t h e 1st magnitude s t a r ~ l d e b a r a n , The p l a n e t ' s d i s c i s c u r r e n t l y 63% i l l u m i n a t e d . That b r i g h t r e d o b j e c t i n t h e l o w s o u t h e r n sky i s t h e p l a n e t ?.'@a and i s v i s i b l e throughout the evenirig i n t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n Scorpius, It can be seen n e a r t h e red s t a r A n t a r e s , &,rs has a diameter of 4,200 m i l e s and i s a mean d i s t a n c e from t h e sun of 141,700,000 miles. The f o u r t h p l a n e t from t h e s w , J u p i t e r , i s seen i n t h e west-southwest f o r about 2 ho:xs a f t e r s-mset. It i s a -1.4 niagnitude and i s i n Virgo. T i s i s t h e larges-$ p l a n e t i n t h e s o l a r system w i t h a diame t e r of 88,900 miles.. It i s 483,900,000 m i l e s from t h e sun. The r i n g e d p l a n e t S a t u r n may be s e e n from about midnight on i n t h e southern sky. It i s l o c a t e d i n southern A r i e s a n d h a s a magnitude of 0.6. T h i s p l a n e t has a diameter of 75,100 miles and i s 887,100,000 miles from t h e sm. Uranus i s seen a t t h e l i m i t of v i s u a l magnitude n e a r J u p i , t e r and w i l l a2pear a s a g r e e n i s h s t a r seen through -'ui:~loculars. The p l a n e t has a. d,iaiiieter of 32,000 m i l e s , but i s 1 , 7 ~ 4 . , 0 Q 0 , 0 0 0m i l e s f r o n t h e sun

The P l a n e t I'4ercury Tt?_e.smallestp l a n e t i n our s o l a r system i s a l s o t h e c l o s e s t . t o t h e sun, only 36,000,030 m l l e s mean d i s t a t . ~ c eaway. lt Gas a ciielripier of s l i g i i t l y over 3,000 miles,, . w i ' c h a p e r i o d of r o $ a t i o n of aSou-'t; 68 days.

I t s c l o s e p o x i m i t y t o t h e sun p r e v e n t s us from s e e i n g t h e p l a n e t g i t through a v e r y high above t h e horizon. A s . V J E a r e alitays s e e i ~ t h i c k l a y e r of a t n o s p h e r e , we never g e t a r e a l l y good look a t i t , but it can be seen s i x p e r i o d s of time each year-, The p l a n e t goes bhrough phases as does Veilus and our moon. s s t r o n omers h5,ve been a b l e t o d e t e c t f a i n t markings on t h e s u r f a c e . Xercury c o n p l e t e s ' one r o t a t i o n on i t s a x i s a s it ccm.22.etes o:?a r e T ~ o l u t i o , of r t h e s u n , -one s i d e always t w n e d toward t h e sm, the o?her t u r n e d away. '

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Discover Space G r a v i t y Waves U n i v e r s i t y of I h r y l a n d s c i e n t i s t s ancolmced t h e d i s c o v e r y of gravi t y wives from c o l l a p s i n g s t a r s i n t h e Uillry Nay a t a news coiiference on Sl?~urC.ay,June 14. The d i s c o v e r y may i n d i c a t e a new s o u r c e of energy. D r . Joseph Weber o f t h e u - n i v e r s i t y ' s p h y s i c s department and h i s a s s o c i d w s have d e t e c t e d such waves about f o r t y times t h i s y e a r . It i s b e l i e v e d t h a t t h e waves a r e coming from developiiig o r c o l l a p s i n g s t a r s In the-iviiliry 'ijay sjstsra. hs'oer' s a i d tha-c he d i s c o v e r y may open u p some day "a completely ~ ; - ( i - t ~ , p -r,eds o u r c e f o r maninnd. rllh e Y e is 100 times a 3 m c h gravity e c e r g y i n t h e uiliy~ersea s i;here i s n u c l ~ a rene r g y , " m c l t h a t , "s01'1~6ayan aclvc:nced c i v i l i e s t i o n ;;lay be c l e v , ? r enough t o t r a p i t . " lt; i s h o n e d t h e Mzrvlsnd vor!-, w i l l be used t o measure the gra,vitat;io-nal r a c ' i a t i w yiveul o f f by ~ u l s a r s ,t h e ? ~ l s a t ring, : r o S a S l y c l y r i n g , coi lansec' stsrs c ' i scovnred i n t h e l ~ s ye-lr t and a half.

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J u p i t e r d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d from 1973 t o 1975. If t h e 200 m i l l i o n doll a r s needed. t o f i n a n c e t h e p l a o j c c t can be f o ~ s u i d , we may g e t a c l o s e l o o k a t t h e cloud r i n g e d > l a n e t . The probes w o u l d be d c s i ~ n e dt o c a r r y s m a l l t e l e v i s i o n cameras. Echo 2 Re-enters Atmosphere A-?ter f i v e yeays of space f l i g h t , t h e g i a n t 135' b a l l o o n s a t e l l i t e r e - e n t e r e d t h e e a r t h r s atfiosnh-ere. The re-i2ntry occurred a t 1 2 ~ 0 9pen:. J u n e 7 o v e r S i b e r i a . The Echo I , a 100' s a t e l l i t e W A S burned up upon r e - e n t r y on May 23, 1968.

500 Degree Temperatures P o w d on Venus A t o g k u s s i a n s c i e n t i s t t o l d t h e convention of t h e American Astron a u t i c a l and O p e r a t i o n s Research S o c i e t i e s t h a t r e c e n t Sovict probzs of the p l a n e t Venirs i n d i c a t e d t h a t tealpera-!!ures t h e r e exceed 5'10 deg r e e s c z n t i g r a d e . ki, a l s o s t a s a d t h z t t h e a t m o s p k r i c p r z s s u r e i s 1 4 0 to 150 t i m e s au gredt a s z l i a t a t s e a l e v e l on e a r t h . -he p r o b e s i n d i c ~ ~ t eadn absence of a magnetic field. 1% 1733 f'ovncl. t k t the a t rnos:?h:>re i s most1.y c8rbcm Cioxic73 a l ~ dvery L i t t l e oxygen,

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During a b u s i n e s s t r i p t o N,w York C i t y , I a r r a n g e d t o meet and v i s i : : with I:k. John Keel, i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y known UFO w r i t e r , who h a s a l s o c o n t r i b u t e d a r t i c l a s t o SKY LOOK. M r . Keel i s a f o r m e r s c r i p t w r i t e r f o r r a d i o and TV prograns, but i s now d e v o t i n g t h e m a j o r i t y of h i s t i m 'to t h e s t u d y and r e s e a r c h of t h e UFO phenomena. This e x t e ~ i s i v estudy n h a s bekn a b i e t o f e r e - t out through i n t e n s e and t h e i n f o r m ~ ~ t i ohe ef ~ o r it s t h e i n g r e d i e n t s f o r ;lis ~ a g a z i n ea r t i c l e s , newspaper c o l u ~ ~ s d mcmg TV and r a d i o i n t e r v i e w programs i n and books. Ee has a i ~ p ~ a r eon t h e p a s t , but has now c k t t h c s c t o a minimum due t o i n s u f f i c i e n t time t o develop a c l c a r understanding of t h e s u b j e c t f o r the l i s t e n e r s i n t h e a l l o t c d program time. He h a s been a r e g u l a r c o n t r i b u t o r t o magazines such a s SAGA, TRUE, MALE and FATE p r o f e s s i o n a l l y , while a-t t h e same time c r e a t i n g f u r t h e r exposure i n UP0 p u b l i c a t i o n s such a s FLYIliG SAUCER KEVIEW and SliYLOOK. Plr. Keel has j u s t conpletcd w r l t m g a new book t h a t i s now a t t h e p u b l i s h e r s and which d e a l s with t h e "abominable snowman" type of creat u r e s w i t h l o n g hclir and u n p l e z s a i ~ t odor t h a t a r e s a i d t o h v e frequented a l l p a r t s of t h e United St3.tes dad some f o r c l g n c o u n t r i e s . The inv e s t i g a t i o n oZ such c r e a t u r e s reachcd a peak when one wzs s h o t i n Wisconsin and t h e bogy examincd by p h y s i c i a n s . It was n e i t h e r man n o r nor g o r i l l a . If t h i s st112y nnncals t o vour interest, you should watch f o r M r . K c e l ' s book when i t i s n u b l i s h ~ d .

In o r d e r t h a t t h e reziders of SXLOOK n i g h t shsre my o p i n i o n s of t h i s competent w r l t t x dnd k a i n a l l t t l e i ~ l s l g i l tu l t v tne p h i l o s o p h i z s of lJ1r. Keel, a few of my l ~ ~ p r c s s l o nasr c glvcn. k~ppearancew i s e , he has adogted a n e a t beard--as has some o t h e r Ul10 l e a d e r s such a s D r . J. A l l e n Hynek, J i m Lorenzen and Richard Grecfiwell. IJIr. Keel was v e r y g r a c i o u s t o a r r a n g e a time f o r our v i s i t , s i n c e he i s deluged w i t h mail from a l l ovcr tlic world and j u s t answering h i s correspondence i s an impossible job f o r onc man w i t h o u t a s t a f f . He has dcveloped h i s own personal Data Reduction System t h a t h e hopes w i l l be adopted universally i n c a t a l o g i n g UFO r e i ) o r t s .

Mr. Keel h a s b(;en a w r i t e r on a p r o f c s s l o n a l b a s i s a l l h i s l i f e , and i s capable of w r i t i n g z book i n e i g h t d2.y~. He i s a spr2cd r e a d e r and can r e a d f o u r books a day when clonducting r e s e a r c h . H i s persona l i t y and deep i n t e r e s t in people e n a b l e s him t o win t h e i r confidence d u r i n g UFO i n v e s t i g a t i o n . Through h i s interviewing technique, he h a s been a b l e t o s o l i c i t s i g n i f i c a n t d e t a i l s from t h e obscrver t h a t most people would m i s s . While many of t h e r e a d e r s of SKYLOOK have been studying U F O ' s from t h e s c i e n t i f i c p o i n t of view, and could p o s s i b l y have accepted t h e e x t r a - t e r r e s t r i a l h y p o t h e s i s a s t h e most l i k o l y e x p l a n a t i o n of the o r i g i n of UFO's, PIr. Kcel h a s delved i n t o t h e s u b j c c t t o such ext e n t t h a t he h a s r e j c c t c d t h c 3 T concept,

Walt Andrus I n t e r v i e w s John eel--(continued) l s t h e mcst sigt h e y havc had a personal UFO e x p e r i ~ ~ c e .Ilc f ~ ~ thaJi, n i f i c n n t r e p o r t s ncvcr gc;t into the pross o r p r i n t , so t h a t a majorlty of t h e information bei;zg s u p p l ~ c dt o magzziilcs i s i r r e l c v c n t t o t k e study of the t r u e 33'0 pizcnomcncln. This m a a s t h s t no conclusion, s p c c u l a t i v c o r o t h c r ~ i i s o ,can p o s s i b l y bc b a s e d upon such m a t e r i a l . John firnly f e e l s th2.t wc m s t b c ~ i nby systematically i s o l z t i n g land a n a l y z i n g t h c irnportznt a s p c - t s . lf wc had stdrtdd a d;ta rcductiolz system i n 1947, we would now havc a treimndous body of s t a t i s t l c 2 1

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The long-awaited UFO ' S AND RELATED SUBJ2Cl3 'I; AN AiT.iOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY i s now ' a v a i l a b l e from t h e 3. S, Gover:.;i!.;.nt P r i n t i n g Office, Washington, D, C , 20402 (UGSR 68-1656, $3.,50 ;;, It i s a ve'ry impress i v e volume of 401 p g e s , c o n t a i n i n g hundreds af r e f e r e n c e s t o any and a l l a s p e c t s of UFO r e s e a r c h , Whether you' a r e r e s e a r c h i n g - "angel h a i r , " EM e f f e c t s , UFO occupants, h i s t o r i c a l a c c o w t s o r aay o f a few dozen o t h e r . t o p i c s , you w i l l f i n d much of i n t e r e s t i n t h i s compilation. &ss f ~ n g r e has s s d.one a magnificent job i n Lynn E. Catde of t h e Libral,; . ~ ~ amassing and c a t a l o g i n g sue!-: 3 mass of m a t e r i a l .

BEY0113 CONDON, t h e "-?lying h u c e r devlewf s t ' seco:ld s s e c l a l i s s u e , IXS been r e l e a s e d i n dn61and, fimerlcdn r e s e a r c h e r s who may have ordered copies by s e a mail should r e c e i v e them a r c s a d August l s t , Containing a r t i c l e s by such eminerlt r e s e a r c h e r s 2s John Keel, Otto Binder, Jennif e r Stevens, Brad S t e l g e r and Joan b h r i t e n o u r and many o t h e r s , BEYmD COKDON d e f i n i t e l y desorves t o be read by anyone having the s l i g h t e s t i n t e r e s t i n U r n research. We understand t h a t y e t a n o t h e r s p e c i a l i s s u e w i l l be a v a i l a b l e from FSR i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e ,

A s h a s been mentioned i n t h e preceding i s s u e of SKYLOOK, C o r a l and J i m Lorenzen of APHO have a new paperback on s a l e , UFO's--THE WHOLE r persons STORY. The book seens t o have been designed mainly f ~ any who hay have become i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e UFO s u b j e c t upon r e a d i n g t h e Condon Report and/or t h e a t t e n d a n t p u b l i c i t y , A l a r g e percentage of t h e m a t e r i a l may be f a m i l i a r t o long-time UFO f a n s , but t h e book a l s o c o n t a i n s some new accounts which a r e of i n t e r e s t ,

Otto Binder h a s an e x c e l l e n t a r t i c l e concerning t h e Condon Beport i n t h e August i s s u e of SAGA. P o i n t i n g out t h e many i n c o n s i s t e n c e s and c o n t r a d i c t i o n s i n t h e CR, Binder s t a t e s t h a t Condon and h i s c o l l e a g u e s ha-re a c t u a l l y proven t h e c a s e f o r UFOs. The e d i t o r s of SAGA a l s o plan t o i s s v e a s p e c i a l mrpazine fievoted s o l e l y t o UFOs. T h i s w i l l be a "one-shot" a f f a i r ( i . e , publi-shed once only, r?th;?.r t'qan on a r e g u b r b a s i s ) . A s t h i s i s belng w r i t t e n , i t i s not known whether t h i s w i l l c o n s i s t e n t i r e l y of r e p r i n t e d u1~1ter1-~11f r o u p a s t i s s u e s of SAGA o r whether i t w i l l c o n t a i n some r~.. t r t ~: r i a l , In e i t h e r c a s e , i t should be on t h e newsstands v e r y shor4-- ;

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The August i s s u e of PYiLE ,-!mtaili,: nn i n t e r e s t i n g a r t i c l e by John Keel, d e a l i n g w i t h i n j u r i e s s u s t a i n e d ky persons i n t h e immediate Some f a m i l i a r rnateri21 h e r e , but a l s o some t h a t has v i c i n i t y of UTOs. not been p u b l i c i z e d before. ( k n t i n u e d on n e x t page)

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South African c o n t a c t e e E l i z a b e t h ETa:car F i e l d i n g ' s s t o r y i s t o l d i n some d e t a i l i n t h e August; i s s u e of F.t:.X, 1-1; i s very i r l t r i g u i n g t o c o t e t h e changes which have taken place i-?h e r s t o r y s i n c e i t was f i r s t published i n 1956. This sl.;_ouldnot be ;.aken a s a n indictment of h.er claims, but a s an i n d i c a t i o n ' t h a t t h e ;:r.l.giiial r e p o r t s were. perhaps " s t r u c t u r e d " t o provide confirmation for t h e Udarnski c o n t a c t stories, A l l i n a l l , a quite interesting article,

Watch f o r a new UP'C! s.c?.nu-a!_by an Xnglish w r i t e r , h t l i o n y R , pace, I t s t i t l e i s "Xanual f o r Inof t h e Newchapel Observatory i n ih&ad. v e s t i g a t o r s and Researchers of UFOs." A c h a p t z r w r i t t e n by J o h n P, Scliuessler, one of o w s t a f f medoem, e ~ t i t l c d"Missing U. F, 17. hkidence an$.Ijow t o E'ind It'' i s i n c l u d e d ,

M r . Schuessler wrote t h e chagfer F-t -the r e r u e s t of Nr. h c e , and we '11 have lnore on t h i s l a t e r when t h e p u b l . i z ~ t l o ndi:te 1s s e t =xtd we can t e l l you where you muy 2urchc:se t h e book.

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Roy Holnes, a chemical salesman of Bomsey, s a i d i t was a b e a u t i f u l c l e a r n i g h t and he had j u s t l e f t h i s home about 9:10 when 'lSuddenly I saw what appeared t o be a g r e a t , long c y l i n d e r t r a v e l i n g zt a - h i g h speed a c r o s s t h e sky. It w a s f r i g h t e n i n g . The o b j e c t was long and cylinder-snaped w i t h a b l u n t , rounded nose, scnietlling t h e shage of a t o r pedo. It was very high and i t travel.ed a c r o s s ny whole f i e l d of v i s i o n r e l a t i v e l y slovily. It took a k - - : oc:: minute. It w a s d e f i n i t e l y not a m e t e o r i t e because I have seen t.:.-.,., . : , n f o r e a.n3 i t j u s t ?j.+.n!+ look t h e same. It d i d not zupec?r t o h . 1,. :-,g, but t r r v e l i n g s t a de'termined h e i g h t a:ld i n a s t r a i g h t ).,o;-.-lzc.:.... .!.-i.re nd on a c o c r s e f r o m s o u t h t o n o r t h * +t * when I f i r s t 8 t . l ~ it-. ::. i. :.irl~s glswilig' wi-ii-le, then i t changed w;a s so b r i g l t IC l i t up t h e t o blue, the11 green, and then red. ::.i t o p s i d e of a cloud. as it d-isappezr.:.!, i - i ; seemed t~ swoop (!own9 t h e n l i k e it before.,'' r i s e up again. I f v e never seen a w J ~ h i . x g ,

D e s c r i p t i o n s given by o t h e r w i t n e s s e s were e s s e n t i a X y t h e same,

UFO Hunt W2s Too Easy L a s t noi?th we r e p o r t e d t h a t Edwin H, k h l , of Logan, I h n s . , went . UFO hunt ing-and found one. Other news mc d i a , i n c l u d i n g c i t y ncwspape39. Cil.rried the s t o r y also--and' i t a p p e a r s we w?re had! Ted n 2 i l l i p s ; our e n t e r p r i s i n g r e p o r t e r , wrote t o t h e p o l i c e off'$cer who interviewed young Bohl imedi;ltely a 2 t t . r h i s sl&,hting aid t h e o f f i c e r r ~ c e i v e dt11e i ~ n p r e s s i o nt h a t Bohl was s e e i n g whzt he wGnted t o s e e . Ted a l s o wrote t o BoM, and w e quote h i s r e p l y word f o r ~rord:"A.~:?~:.:. a nonth ago-me and ny g i r l f r i e n d wure"on No, 9 highway i n Kansas be-tween Logan & P h i l l i p s b u r g billen w e were on our way bsck t o Logan abou-* 1:30 i n the c a r l y morning and w e were s i x n i l e s e a s t of Ecgan b~henwe 'seen about 1 2 beings i n t h e road about 3 f e e t high. We could .see rig%.% tnrough t h e beings bGt t h e -Lt;l.:ings were human like b u t you coulc'a't see what they were. One of 1;he t h i n g s was about 1 8 .inches from m e , bu-!; 1 c o u l d n ' t t e l l what t h e y were. &-tt h e beings were f a s t a s lightnirig, but w e hzve n o t seen anything like then? s i n c e , %t I have beex s e e i n g f l y i n g o b j e c t s every n i g h t f o r about 3 weeks s t r a i g h t and about 3 evcry n i g h t It O u r r e a d e r s may a r r i v e at t h e i r own conclusions a s t o t h e v a l i d i t y of t h i s r e p o r t , would seem young Bohl takes too many t r i p s , As Ted says,

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Another PIetallic Cylinder !?he J u l y i s s u e of SXYLOOK r e p o r t e d t h e " g i a n t black x e t a l l i c c y l i n d e r " observed by L t . C o l . Hobert M. Tjrman, s e r v i n g i n Thailand w i t h t h e A i r Force, The June-Jllly i s s u e of t h e UFO IFJVCSTIGATQR (NICAP p b l i c a t i o n ) r e p o r t s a m e t a l l i c cylCnder oveF-WcGh@k -TySon A i r p o r t a t Knoxville, Tenn., May 10. Ray L. Hupp, a Piedmont A i r l i n e s s e n i o r mechaxic, . nd h i s h e l y e r , Gary L, Gardncr, were rctur,lli?g t o a h;tngLGron d rdmp s c o u t e r a t 12:50. a . m . when they s l b h t e d t h e o b ~ e c t , They wntched t h e c y l l n d e r with "an orange b . J l of f i r e on t h e bot-tom" f o r a b o s t a minute. Q-e udpcr pzr-b of the UFO sccned t o be constructed of b r i g h t metal, "When i t g o t halfway a c r o s s t h e a i r f i e l d it s t a r t e d zig-zagging and t k n it s p d u p r e a l f:;st and t h e n it s t m t e d climbing," Gndner said. One of the FAA employees r c ~ a r l ~ ethat d t h e o b j e c t was probcbly a r e e n t e r i n g s a t e l l i t e . "If s o , ;' Hup:? csxi-bered, ''it s t h e first one I've secn t h a t 'was asccnc!.ir,g m d al-.;i.lcrztii._ge

There x a s no sound and the o b j e c t s travelled "at a s p e d g r e a t m than m y a i r c r a f t I have cvrSr seer?, i::cludlng t h a - P-104," Hupp said.

A L e t t e r from John R. Richmond, Major UShE ...

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I t h a n k you f o r t h e sample copy of your p u b l i c a t i o n which c o n t a i n ed t h e a r t i c l e I have e n c l o s e d , U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e r e were e r r o r s i n c o n t e n t which a person knowledgeable of a v i a t i o n would be confused by. A l l of t h e s e e r r o r s I have roughly c o r r e c t e d on t h e e n c l o s e d -$age:, A b r i e f s y n o p s i s of t h e e r r o r s :

Yhere appeared t o be only one o b j e c t , The time was 22522 (z s t a n d s f o r &-lo time o r ~ r e e n w i c ht i n e ) . 3 . Channel 59..i s a TRCM n a v i g a t i c n a l a i d w i t h t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n l e t t e r s of BLV which a l l u d e s t o t h e n e a r e s t c i t y B e l l e v i l l e , . I l l . , (n?y r e s i d e n c e c i t y ) . It i s used t o n a v i g a t e o f f of and t h e r e i s no two way communications c a 2 a b i l i t y ( v o i c e ) , 4. The unfragmented n o r t i o n was approximately 30 f e e t l o n g w i t h t h e f r a b e n t e d t a i l e x t e n d i n g f o r a n a d d i t i o n a l 200 f e e t . 5. I don1+, f e e l i t was a m.cteor a s I ?-.me e v e r seen them, b u t I d i d not r u l e out t h e p o s s i b i l i t y , 6 , I r e q u e s t e d Kansas C i t y C e n t e r (Fe3era.l A v i a t i o n Agency f e c i l i t y which c o n t r o l s IFR a i r t r a f f i c ) t o s e e i f they ti,d an o b j e c t on t h e i r radar i n my vicinity--t!ley sw'Ged triey cuuld i ~ o tobserve ~4ny o t h e r r e t u r n i n my immediate a r e a . This i s ~ n d e r s t a i l d a ' u l edue t o t h e f a c t t h e y r e l y h e a v i l y on t r a n s p o n d e r s i g n a l s f'ror;., t h e c o n t r o l l e d a i r c r a f t ( s e n t from t h e a i r c r a f t when t r i g g e r e d by t h e ground s t a t i o n r a d a r p u l s e ) and I doubt t h e o b j e c t was s o e q ~ i u p e d . 7. The o b j e c t w d s . e s t i m a t e d t o be tra;eling a t about 500; t o 700 mph i n t h e o p p o s i t e d i r e c t i o n , n o t 200 t o 700 mph. 1. 2.

I hope you p r i n t a tor-rected v e r s i o n s o a s t o a l l e v i a t e any conf u s i o n i n t h e minds of knowledgeajle i n d i v i d u a l s who c a r c f u l l y r e a d t h e account. Cordially, (Signed) John R. Richmond:

I l l i n o i s UFO I d e n t i f i e d The Fay 28th i s s u e of t h e ''Chicago Tribune" s a y s t h e nibhi;-time . f l y i n g o b j e c t s e e n i n t n e Palatine-Lake Zurich a r e a a cou.;?ie DY weeks ago ( t h e n i g h t of May 12--see J u i y S X Y L . > G ~ ~ ) has been i d a n t i f i e d . . Chicago A e r i a l I n d - u s t r i e s of 3arri.ngton says i t was n o t a ~ i s l t o rfrom ouTvcr si?ace b u t w a s a low f l y i n g a i r p l h l i e t e s t i n g t h e company's n i g h t which i ~ l c l u d e da h i g h i n t e n s i t y l i g h t t u r n e d p h o t o g r a p h i c equiynent , on f o r s h o r t d u r a t i o n s .

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Following a r e a few comments I would l i k e t o express i n regard t o t h e Major Richmond s i g h t i n g which was r e p o r t e d i n d e t a i l i n t h e previous i s s u e of SKYLOOK. A s r e p o r t e d , t h e s t o r y o f ' t h e s i g h t i n g i s n o t MY s t o r y , but I%jor Richmond's. Therefor, the " ' d i f f e r e n t view" expressed i s not IU view

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A good , i n v e s t i g a t o r .s t i c k s t o t h e " f a c t s " and a r r i v e s a t h i s conc l u s i o n s based upon those f a c t s which h i s i n v e s t i g ~ t i o nd i s c l o s e s . The point i s t h a t t h e c ~ n c l u s i o n sdrawn i n t h i s case a r e t h e only logi c a l conclusions t h d t cdn be reached based upon t h e f a c t s a s given t o t h e i n v e s t i g a t o r by t h e witness,

Now, t h e r e a r e t h r e e b a s i c reasons why t h i s s i g h t i n g r e p o r t may seem t o be i n c o n f l i c t w i t h o t h e r r e p o r t s of t h e 'Lsame" phenomena on the same d a t e : 1. 2.

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There i s no reason whatsoever t o be-lieve number one; number two could be p a r t i a l l y t r u e ; number t h r e e could very w e l l be t r u e . I would l i k e a l l your r e a d e r s a l s o t o c o n s i d e r two t r u t h s t h a t I have l e a r n e d a f t e r 4,200 hours f l y i n g Wne a s a p i l o t and many y e a r s a s an i n v e s t i g a t o r : 1. Objects may appear q u i t e d i f f e r e n t when observed from t h e ground a t g r e a t d i s t a n c e s a s compared t o when observed while i n t h e a i r from c l o s e proximity,

2. It i s exceedingly d i f f i c u l t t o a c c u r a t e l y e s t i m t e the a c t u a l s i z e o r speed of an o b j e c t e i t h e r whiie stand-ing on t h e ground looking ug many miles away or i n t h e a i r a t v e r y high a l t i t u d e ,

(Slgned ) dobert J. E e r t e l l Pield Investigator BPKO P,S,

The speed of t h e o b j e c t was 692 t o 807 m i l e s p r hour, n o t 200 t o 700, . a s r e p o r t e d i n SULOOK. T h i s was c a l c u l a t e d from m j o r Richmond's s t a t e d 600-700 n a u t i c a l m i l e s per hour. ( s e e gage 3 of t h e r e p o r t ) .

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E d i t o r t s Note: The above r e f e r s t o t h e a r t i c l e "'Another View of t h e 'Meteorst1' i n t h e J u l y i s s u e o f SXYLdOK, a s w r i t t e n by your e d i t o r from a r e p o r t s e n t i n by J!k. ~ e r t e l l .i h j o r Richmond a l s o wishes t o c o r r e c t some e r r o r s and h i s l e t t e r ap_nears on the nex't page, W e apologize f o r e r r o r s we made i n w r i t i n g t h e a r t i c l e from I l r , Herte-ll's f i n e r e p o r t and. s i n c e r e l y thank. both gentleman f-or t h e i r l e t t e r s which we t r u s t w i l l s e t t h e record s t r a i g h t . b e d o - t r y t o " t e l l i t a s it is.''

and $he mciiy visi-;orbs W ~ L Oa t t - n d u d the , ~ l c n i c qucs t ion arld answer periods ,

Walt ' h d r u s r c : ~ o r t e d on t h e newly orga1:ized Midwest UFO Network u n d e r t h e d i r e c t o r s h i p of D r . A l l c r Utke of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. kilt's p r c ~ c , n t ? ~ t i owas n i l l u s t r a t e d w i t h an o r g z i i i z ~ ~ t i o n abll o c k c l i a g r m dep i c t i n g 7. breakdown i n d e t a i l of t h c I l l i n o i s S e c t i o n , showing t h e o b s c r v c r n e t w o r k s , S t a t e - S , c t i o n Directors, S t a t e Directors, t h e Nidw e s t D i r e c t o r , t h c r a d i o c h m u n i c a t l o n s chnnnzls v i a axaTeur r a d i o o p c r 9 , t o r s and c i t i z e n band r a d i o o p c r a t c r s . The news C i s t r l b ! j - t i o n ~ ~ i a n n c at l s t h e iqiIidwcst c;nd S t o $ e l ~ v c 2 . si;Idrc. c!cvclopcd as b ~ \ : l l a s the part SKYLOOK p l a y s 2.s the o f f l c l a l U l W bullctin f o r t h e I~lidvJcst N e tworlc,

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s he T r i - S t a t e UFO Study Group w i l l hcve i t s second nnnual Skywatch o n -Wednesday, August 20, 1969, a t 7 : 30 pm E S T a t t h e S h e l t e r Eouse O i l t h e northwest c o r n e r of Westview Golf Course i n Quincy, 111. Pollowihg a b r i e f b u s i n e s s meeting and c u r r c n t r e p o r t s on U H l s i g W i n g s , t h e rcmaindc-r of t h e m e t i n g w l l l be devoted t o scrtming t h e sky t o h e l p t h e p a r t i c i p m t s i d e n t i f y hiown a e r h l o b j e c t s s u c 3 as a i r c r a f t , meteors, s a t e l l i t e s , p l a n e t s , s t a r s e t c , This -kaowle
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The A e r i a l Phenor,:enon Club of C e n t r a l I l l i n o i s h e l d i t s guly meeti n g , " ~ u l y 1 4 t h i n P e p r i a , 111. The d i g x s s i o n c e n t e r e d aroimd t h e convefiticn. t o be sponsored by t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n f o r t h e week-end of June 1 3 , 1970. It willbe held a t t h e s t u d e n t c e n t e r of Bradley Univ e r s i t y i n P e o r i a , and a l l SKYLOOK r e a d e r s a r e inviJced t o a t t e n d , Speakers have a l r e a d y been schee-u.le3. 3ni! in~l~Jcr7.e soiize of' t h e foremost . ,. i n -the ufology f l e - l d t h a t t h e : : ~ L i i . w . ~ - l ;h;s t o o f f sr. We b e l i e v e t h i s convei?tiol~w i l l ba i n t e r e s t i 5 . z i-;: ;.c:Porxative -'! t o all., and f u r t h e r d e t a i l s a s t c t h e prograrn wii::. -q7? f'o-r:-iilcoilling. - - -

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