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A t t e n t i o n ! A l l SKYWATCH S u b s c r i b e r s , A t t e n t i o n ! We r e g r e t t o announce t h a t Mrs. J e n n i f e r S t e v e n s , e d i t o r of ,.- SKYWATCH, h z s been o b l i g e d t o c e a s e p u b l i c a t i o n of t h a t f i n e mapazine f o l l o w i n g t h e d e a t h c f h e r husband. The d e l a y i n n o t i f y i n g h e r r e a d e r s i s due t o Mrs, S t e v e n s b e i n g h o s p i t a l ized f o r s o r e time.

Mrs. S t e v e n s h a s ' s e l e c t e d SKYLOOK t o be m a l l e d t o h e r s u b s c r i b e r s , and we a r e p l e a s e d tr, h e c h o s e n a s b e s t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f J e n r s s t a n d a r d s of r e p c l t i n g and p o l i c y of p r e s e n t i n g t h e f a c t s . We t r u s t you w i l l f i n d SKYLOOK a w o r t h y r e p l a c e m e n t , The l a s t i s s u e o f SKYWATCH w 2 s J u n e 1969 and b e g i n n i n g w i t h t h i s i s s u e o f SKYLOOK, y o u r s u b s c r i p t i o n w i l l b e e ~ 2 e n d e dt o c o v e r a s many i s s u e s a s were d u e o f SKYWATCH. The p s p i r a t i c n d a t e w i l l b e t y p e d by t h e a d d r e s s l a b e l o f t h i s i s s u e , and you w i l l b e n o t i f i e d when y o u r e u b s c r i p t i o n h a s e x p i r e d . Those o f you who a r e a l s o SKYLOOK s u b s c r i b e r s w i l l , of c o u r s e , h a v e your s u b s c r i p t i o n extended t o cover t h e e x t r a i s s u e s due, We i n v i t e o u r new g r o u p of r e , a d e r s t o c o n t r i b u t e news c l i p p i n g s , UFO r e p o r t s , comments a n d l e t t e r s . Y o u ' r e P t o u r f o l k s " now 2nd we hope y o u r l l s o o n f e e l a t home i n o u r p a g e s . We'd l i k e t o g e t a c q u a i n t e d and w a n t t o k e e p you i n the-SKYLOOK f a m i l y ,

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We know J e n h a s y o u r s y m p a t h y , a l o n g w i t h o u r own, and we w i s h h e r a l l good t h i n g s i n t h e f u t u r e a n d i n v i t e h e r t o k e e p i n t o u c h w i t h - u s through t h e s e pages. She was one o f t h e f i r s t f r i e n d s we made i n . e n t e r i n g , - t h e u f o z i n e f i e l d . , and h e r s u ~ g & i o n s a n d a d v i c e w h i l e we s t r u g g l e d w i t h o u r f i r s t a t t e m p t s a t mimec-g r a ~ h i n ga mapazine w e r e warmly welcome and a p p r e c i a t e d ,

SKYLOOK--official p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e MidwesttUFO Network. Director-:Dr. A l l e n U t k e , APRO C o n s u l t a n t and A s s i s t s n t P r o f e s s o r o f C h e m i s t r y a t therWiri.sconsin S t s t e U n i v e r s i t y , Oshkosh. E d i t o r and P u b l i s h e r - - M r s . Norma E . S h o r t , Box 1 2 9 , Stover, Plo., 650.76. S t a f f --Ted P h i l l i p s , J r . , R e p o r t e r and F e a t u r e W r i t e r , BOX ' 6 1 5 , S e d a l j k , Mo., 65301. ~ o h nF . - ~ c h u e s s l e r , APRO C o n s u l t a n t and D i r e c t o r of UFO S t u d y Group o f G r e a t e r S t . L o u i s , P. 0 . Box 9 , O r F a l l o n , Mo. 63366, W a l t e r A n d r u s , J r . . Chairman I l l i n o i s S e c t i o n APRO a n d I l l i n i o s S t e t e D i r e c t o r o f Midwest UFO Network, 4 0 C h r i s t o p h e r C o u r t , Q u i n c y . I l l . L u c i u s F a r i s h , U f o l o g y Historian and W r i t e r , R o u t e 1, ~ l u m e r v i l l ,e ~ r k , S u b s c r i p t i o n - - $ 4 * 0 0 p e r y e a r , p u b l i s h -e .d e v e r y month. Ssmple c o p y , 3 5 # . P e r m i s s i o n t o u s e m e t e r i a l i s g r p n t e d , prov,ided f u l l c r e d i t i s g i v e n by u s i n g SKYLOOK, Box 1 2 9 , S t o v e r , Mo. : a s s o u r c e , 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 of o w a b i l i t y , we t e l l i t a s i t i s . Each s t a f f member e x p r e s s e s h i s own v i e w s , R e p o r t s Wanted: Send i n v o u r UFO r e ~ c r t s ,newspaper c l i p n i c g 3 n L c , A l l c o p y must r e a c h us b y t h e 2 0 t h o f t h e month. PLv,ctcrial r e t u r n e d o n l y by r e q u e s t .

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D r . J. A l l e n Hynek w i l l a d d r e s s t h e UFO C o n f e r e n c s t o b-. h e l d S a t u r d a y , J u n e 13, 1 9 7 0 , a t t h c S t u d e n t C e n t e r , B r a d l e y U n i v e r s i t y , i n P e o r i a , I l l . T h i s outstarlciing e v e n t , o p e n i n g a t 9 : 3 0 a.m,, and programmed t h r o u g h 10:OO p,m,, i s b e i n g s p o n s o r e d b y t h e I l l ~ c ~ l s S e c t i c n of APRO, w i t h t h e A e r i a l Phenomena Club o f C e n t r a l T l l i n o l s a s t h e h o s t o r g a n i z a t i o n , p r o v i d i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s , f a c i l i t i e s , and t i c k e t s a l e s . Program a r r z n g e r n e n t s and p u b l i c i t y have b e e n d e l e g a t e d t o t h e T r i - S t a t e UFO S t u d y Group w i t h W a l t e r H . Andrus,, of Q u i n c y , 111,: , a s program c h a i r m a n ,

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The theme f o r t h e c o n f e r e n c e i s TTUFO"s--An Unexplored S c i e n t i f i c H o r i z o n T Ta s s u p g e s t e d by A l l e n R, U t k e , i3h.D, , A s s o c i a t e P r o l " e s s c r o f C h e m i s t r y , W i s c o n s i n S t ~ t eU n i v e r s i t y , Oshkosh, W i s c o n s i n ; APRO Cons u l t a n t i n c h e m i s t r y ; and D i r e c t o r o f t h e N i d w e s t UFO Network,

D r . U t k e f s l e c t u r e w i l l b e on."UFOs and t h e Problem o f S c i e n t i f i c Evidenc z . IT The f e a t u r e d s p e a k e r f o r t h e C o n f e r e n c e i s J. A l l e n Hyn?k, Ph.D., Department Head, D e p a r t n e n t o f Astronomy, N o r t h w e s t e r n U ~ i v e r s i t y ,Evans t o n , I l l . ; C o n s u l t a n t t o U . S . A i r F o r c e P r o j e c t f ? B l u e Book?' o r UFO's f o r o v e r 20 y e a r s . H i s s c b j e c t w i l l b e annpunced l a t e r , and it i s p1:nned f o r him t o s p e a k a t t h e e v e n i n g s e s s i o n s t a r t i n g a t ?:30 p.m. and h e w i l l b e s u p p o r t e d d u r i n g a q u e s t i o n and a n s w e r p e r i o d f o l l o w i n g h i s l e c t u r e by a p a n e l composed o f t h e o t h e r c o n f e r e n c e s p e a k e r s ,

Mrs, L. J . ( C o r a l ) L o r c n z e n , o f APRO ( A e r i a l Phenomena R e s e a r c h O r g a n i z a t i o n ) , 3910 E a s t K l e i n d a l e Road, Tucson, A r i z o n a ; w i l l a l s o a d d r e s s t h e C o n f e r e n c e and h e r s u b j e c t w i l l b e "UFO - 1970, An Up TJ D a t e R e p o r t , l f N r s . L o r e n z e n T s work r e t h e -liPRO ------ R l ~. l l ~ t i - rand , TO-aut,hor o f s e v e r a l books on u f o l o g y i s t o o w e l l known t o o need e l ; a b x : - ~ L i o n h e r e . We hope t o > h a v e t h e h o u r of h e r a d d r e s s i n t h e n e x t i s s u c , +-.---.-

O t h e r s p e a k e r s , committed a t t h i s d a t e , and t h e i r s u b j e c t s a r e : Ted P h i l l i p s , Jr., M i s s o u r i Highway D e p t . , S e d a l i a , Mo. ; APRO f i e l d . i n v e s t i g a t c r f o r t h e E i s s o u r i S e c t i o n and f e a t u r e w r i t e r f o r SEYS33K - - s u b j e c t : lf3urned C i r c l e s and S a u c e r N e s t s : What Is T h e i r S i g n i f i c a n c e ? ' "

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W a l t e r H . Andrus, J r . , Manager, Q u a l i t y C o n t r o l , Elotorola I n c . , Q u i n c y , I l l . ; APRO f i e l d i n v e s t i g a t o r ; D i r e c t o r , I l l i n o i s S e c t i o n of APRO, and s t a f f member of SKYLOOK--;?:!I j e c t : t t P h y s i c a l E v i d e n c e o i UFO's..' - L u c i u s F a r i s h , P l u m e r v i l l e , Ark., i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y known w r i t e r and r e s e a r c h e r o f h i s t o r i c a l UFO o b s e r v a t i o n s ; and s t a f f . mernber o f SKYLOJK - - s u b j e c t : "My Most A u t h e n t i - c a t e d Historical UFO S i p h t i n g s . " 1

R o b e r t S m u l l i n g , p r o f e s s i o n a l p h o t o g r a p h e r , H a m i l t o n , 111. ; APRO f i e l d i n v e s t i g a t o r ; and Chzirman o f T r i - S t a t e UFO S t u d y Group; s u b j e c t " P h o t o g r a p h i c Evidence '

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W i t h many UFO g r o u p s and p u b l i c z t i o n s f o l d i n g up d a i l y , t h e c l o s i n g o f P r o j e c t B l u e Book, t h e i n v e s t i g a t o r s and r e s e a r c h e r s i n t h e midweat h a v e g r e a t e r i n c e n t i v e and m o t i v a t i o n t o c a r r y on and f e e l t h i s i s t h e o p p o r t u n e time f o r a l l s e r i o u s u i ' o l o g i s t s t o work h a r d e r and t o : , o o r d i d - a t e s t u d i e s i n t h i s f a s c i n a t i n g f i e l d . Every e f f o r t i s b e i n g made by t h i s C o n f e r e n c e t o p r e s e n t a progrom t h a t w i l l m e r i t s c i e n t i f i s c o n s i d eration. -

T i c k e t s may be o b t a i n e d b y w r i t i n g and making a c h e c k p a y a b l e t o : Midwest UFO Conference 726-N. S t . Anthony P l a c e P e o r i a , I l l i n o i s , 61604 The t i c k e t c o s t c a n b e b r o k e n down i n t o s e s s i o n s , i f d e s i r e d : A l l C o n f e r e n c e s e s s i o n s , i n c l u d i n g luncheon--A l l C o n f e r e n c e s e s s i o n s ( n o luncheon)--------Morning, A f t e r n o o n o r E v e n i n g S e s s i o n ,

Mark t h e d a t e on y o u r c a l e n d a r , t e l l y o u r f r i e n d s a b o u t t h e c o n f e r e n c e , and p l a n t o b e t h e r e .

The f o l l o w i n g news r e l e a s e went o u t t o a l l n e w s p a p e r s and some r a d i o s t a t i o n s i n W i s c o n s i n a n d Upper Michigan r e c e n t l y ar.4 A l l e n R . U t k e , Ph.D.,Directo:-a o f t h e ~ i d w e ' s tUFO Network, e x p e c t s membership i n t h e Network t o i n c r e a s e . The news r e l e a s e i s a s f o l l o w n : With t h e c l o s i n g o f 5 P r o j e c t Bluebook, t h e Air F o r c e progrzm which h a s i n v e s t i g a t e d r e p o r t s o f u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t s (UFOs) f o r 22 y e a r s , D r . A l l e n R. Utke, e s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r o f c h e m i s t r y a t W i s c o n s i n S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y - O s h k o s h , u r g e s anyone i n U ? s c s n s i n or. Upper. Michigan who b e l i e v e s he h a s s e e n a UFO t o c o n t a c t him. ( c o n t i n u e d on n e x t p a g e )

Midwest UFO Nztwork D i r e c t o r Urges A c t i o n ( c o n t i n u e d ) On Dec. 1 7 , R o b e r t C . S e a c s n s J r . , s e c r e t a r y o f t h e Air F o r c e : announced t h e c l o s i n g of t h e p r o j e c t , l o c a t e d 2.6 W r i g h t P a t t e r s o n A i r F o r c e S a s e i n C a y t o n , O h i o , P . ~ l l o u i na ~r e p o r t f i n a n c e d a t t h e U n i v s r - Csamans, h o w e v e r , s u g g e s t e d tiia:: s i t y of C o l o r a d o by t h e A i r I';:cz, e l t h o u g h t h e A i r F o r c e had clo::ad i t s own i n v e s t i g a t i o n , r e p o r t s of s i g h t i n g s s h o u l d b e made " t o respon:;.ible members o f t h e s c i e n t i f i : community." D r . Utke a s k s t h z t anyone who be:.j.eves he h a s s e e n a UFO, e i t h e r i n t h e p a s t o r i n t h e f u t u r e , c o n t a c t him a t W i s c o n s i n S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y - O s h k o s h , 54901. He added t h z z a l l s u c h r e p o r t s w i l l b e h e l d in s t r i c t e s t c o n f i d e n c e . He a l s o u r g e d t h a t t h o s e i n t e r e s t e d i n ' F V e c o r n i ~ ~ a member of a UFO o b s e r v e r - i n v e s t i g ~ t o r n e t w o r k a l s o c o n t a c t h-ifi,

D r . Utke h a s b e e n i n v e s t i g a t i n g UFO r e p o r t s f o r o v e r f i v e yea:-%, He h a s p u b l i c l y s t a t e d h i s b e l i e f t h a t UFOs a c t u a l l y d o e x l s t an.; a r e p o s s i b l y e i t h e r new n a t u r a l phenomena t h a t h a v e n ' t b e e n e - p l a i n e d or are extra-terrestrial i n origin,

has a v i v i 3 John S c h r o e d e r , of 4991 Miami S t . , S t . L o u i s , Mo., r e c o l l e c t i o n o f a UFO h e and h i s b r o t h e r saw i n November 174% when h e was . 17 y e a r s o l d , h i s b r o t h e r 16, and t h e two w e r e l i v i n g w i t h t h e i r p z r e n t s i n C l e v e l a n d , Ohir>.

As r e n o r t e d t o A r t E p s t e i n , of S t . L o u i s , t h e two boys w e r e on t h e i r I t was ' a b o u t s i x way home f r o m a n a f t e r - s c h o o l job i n a g r o c e r y s t o r e o r c l o c k and t h e boys w e r e r u n n i n g b e c a u s e i t w a s r a i n i n g . The c l o u d c o v e r was v e r y l o w . S u d d e n l y t h e whole a r e a became lit up a s if a h u p c o l o r l i k e an s e a r c h l i g h t had b e e n t u r n e d 09. I t was a b l u i s h - w h i t e a r c l i g h t , and a s t h e b o y s l o o k e d up t o t h e s k y , t h e y saw a d i s c - s h a c e c l o b j e c t a b o u t 35 f e e t i n d i a m e t e r . It l e v e l e d o f f j u s t b e l o w t h e c l o s 2 c e i l i n g , e s t i m a t e d t o b e from 3 0 0 t o 500 f e e t , The a n g l e a t whlch it came down t h r o u g h t h e c l o u d s was e s t i r n z t e d t o b e a b o u t 40 d e g r e e s . A f t e r l e v e l i n g o f f a n d moving on f o r a s h o r t d i s t a n c e , it went b a c k up through t h e clouds a t a 30-degree a n g l e .

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A s it was l e a v i n g , John saw what he thought t o b e a d e f i n 5 t s r i m cf a d i f y e r e n t c o l o r , a y e l l o w i s h o r a n g e . The t i m e f o r t h e e x t i r e s i g h t i n g was n o t more t h a n t h i r t y second:,, and M r . S c h r o e d e r b e l i e - ~ e st h e o b j e c t was no f u r t h e r d i s t a n t t h a n 500 o r 6 0 0 f e e t . T h i s r e p o r t h a s a l s o b e e n s e n t t o APRO i n T u c s o n , A r i z o n a ,

I n f o r m a t i o n Wanted on C i r c l e s ! C i r c l e s - - b a r r e n a r e a s where v e g ~ t a t i o nh a s b e e n des-:.royerl and w i l l n o t g ~ o wa n d a s p o t a v o i d e d b y birds and ar,iosi;; ---have b e e n f o u n d i n v e r i o u s par.ts o f t h 2 w o r l d . Thei-e seEms t o be a r e l a t i o n b c t w e e n I;hsse bd;fllr,g c i r c l e s a n d UFO's, and Ted P h i l l i p s , ED-: Si - , ' c d a l i a , h o . , 6 5 3 0 1 , w i l l b e g r a t e f u l i f you w i l l s e n d L n ar,y m a t e r i a l you may have concerning - c i r c l e s ,

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It was d u r i n g t h e n i g h t o f May 33, 1910--a r e d l e t t e r v e a r i n t h e a n n a l s o f a s t r o n o m y , t h a t t h e a s t c u n d i n g and i n e x p l i c a b l e p h s n o n ~ n a P phenomena w h i c h when have w h i c h I am a b o u t t o r e l a t e o c c u r r e d . s o u p h t . , i t , e x p l a n a t i o n f r o m many c a p a b l e z s t r o n o m e r s a r ; i s c i e n ; i s r ) s , h a s l e f t them e i t h e r s i l e n t , o r f r a n k l y s k e p t i c a l a n d m c r e d u l c ~ s A s I h z v e s a i d , a s t r o n o m i c a l l y s p e ~ k i n g1910 was a r e d 1-etJter yen;b e c a u s e a s you w i l l remember, two g r e a t conet,s b l a z e d f c r t h iri.:C v l c w o n l y a f e w weeks a p a r t , one a m z g n i f i c e n t s p e c t a c l e a p p e a r e d s u d s e n l y and u n e x p e c t e d j u s t o v e r t h e w e s t e r n h o r i z o n i n J a n u a r y , By t h c f i r s t of A p r i l t h e s e c o n d c e l e s t i a l w a n d e r e r a p p e a r e d , f o r i t was t h e n t h a t m y s t e r i o u s c o s m i c m i s s i l e known a s H a l e y t s comet came hur t l i ~ gint.r, v i e w i n t h e n i g h t t i m e s k i e s of t h e n o r t h e r n h e m i s p h e r e , a n o b j e c ; of i n t e r e s t i n g , i f w e i r d b e a u t y a s n i g h t a f t e r n i g h t i t s uncanny b r i l l i a n c e i n c r e a s e d w i t h i t s ever l e s s e n i n g d i s t a n c e from t h e Sun; k d i s t a n c e w h i c h was d a i l y g r o w i n g s m z l l e r z t t h e a p p a l l i n g r a t e of ms-e t h a n a m i l l i o n m i l e s due t o t h e comet's headlong plunge toward t h e Sun f o r i t s r e g u l e r s e v e n t y - f i v e y e a r p e r i h e l i o n v i s i t , Now, a s a s t r o n o m e r s w e l l know, H a l e y t s i s a v e r y o r d e r l y and r c g u l a r v i s i t o r t o o u r S o l a r s y s t e m and h a s b e e n known a s s u c h f o r h u n d r e d s of y e a r s ; b u t a s you no d o u b t r e c a l l d u r i n g t h i s i n t e r e s t i n g 1910 v i s i t , some e n t e r p r i s i n g newspeper c h a p came o u t w i t h t h e s t o r y t o t h e e f f e c t t h a t a t t h z t p a r t i c u l a r t i m e t h e p e c u l i a r p o s i t i o n of t h e c o m t was s u c h a s t o r e n d e r t h e d a n g e r o f c o l l i c j i o n . w i t h t h e e a r t h a l i k e l y :,:czs i b i l i t y , Of c o u r s e , t h i s s t o r y g z l n s d w i d e c i r c u l a t i o n i n t h e newsp a p e r s and m a g a z i n e s of t h e t i m e and f o u n d o n l y t o o many p e o p l e w5ose c r e d u l i t y mzde them r e a d y b e l i e v e ~ si n t h i s f a n c i f u l t a l c ; 2 s a r @ . - l l ' ; i n s p i r e d i n many a v e r y pronounced u n e a s i ~ e s swhich w i t h scrre 2.t l e , . s i amounted t o a b s o l u t e t e r r o r . The a s t r o n o a c l r s a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d d i c w h a t t h e y c o u l d t o c o u n t e r a c t t h e s e w i l d s t o r i e s a n d c l e ~ r l y~ h o w e ~ by mathematical formula t h a t t h e p o s i t i c n of t h e c e l e s t i a l visitol-. was s u c h t h 2 t a c o l l i s i o n w i t h t h e cart\ was a c t u a l l y i m p o s s i b l e , b L t t h e s e r e a s s u r s n c e s however d i d n o t s u f f l c e t o q u i e t t h e a p p r e h c n s i c ~ i 3 of t h o s e p e o p l e who had a l l o w e d t h e m s e l v e s t o become alarrric?d. T h i s was p a r t i c u k r l y t r u e i n many of t h e r u r a l cornmunitlc-s o f s o u t h e r n I l l i n o i s , and d i r e p r e d i c t i h n s o f t n e a p p r o a c h i n g end o f t h e wcrl-d were f r e e l y made, NOW a s I h a v e s a i d : w h i l e t h e o b s e r v e r s had r o n c l u s i v e l y p r o v e n b y t h e i r c a l c u l a t i o n s t h z t w e w e r e i n no d a n g e r w h c t e v e r o f e d i r e c t h i t froin t h e c o m e t , s t i l l t h e y d i d d i s c o v e r a v e r y p e r u l i ; r ~c i r c u m s t a n c e and o n e moreover w h i c h l e n t some s e m b l a n c e o f r e a l l ~ yt o ~ 1 : e f a n t a s t i c s t o r i e s o f t h e newspaper men. I t was t h e f a c t d i s c l o s e d by t h e i r r e s e a r c h e s t h a t on May l o t h , t h e comet would p a s s dirt:. t l y bccwecn t h e Sun and E a r t h and a s t h e t a i l o f t h e c o n e t z l w a y s p o l n t ; c i r e c t l y away f r o m t h e S u n , t h e r e was a v e r y s t r o n g p r o b a 5 i l l t . y t;hat t h e F a r t h . m i g h t p a s s t h r o u g h a s e c t i o n o f i t . They d i d n o t how el^^?:' t - ~ ! - ' , j . c ~ p a t e a n y o c c u r r e n c e o ~ l to f t h e o r d i n a r y d u e t o t h i s f a c t b,?r 1 1 . ~c ~c i e ~ c eh i r s

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Now d u r i n g t h e s p r i n g o f l 9 l O I w2s a s e n i o r i n t h e l o c a l h i g h s c h ~ , ? ? and i n c i d e n t a l l y a v e r y - e n t h u s i z s t i c a m a t e u r a s t r o n o m e r , a n a v o c a t i o r r i n w h i c h I s t i l l f i n d g r e a t d e l i ~ c , ' ; , T h i s b e i n g t h e c a s e , you can e a s i l y i m z g i n e w i t h w h ~ tabsorb]-ng l n t e r e s t I w a t c h e d t h e s k y f o r e v e r j o p p o r t u n i t y t o c a t c h a g l i m p s e of t h e i n t e r e s t i n g v i s i t o r and i t wzs w i t h c o n s i d e r a b l e i n t e r e s t t h a t I a s c e r t a i n e d f r o m my o b s e r v a t i o n s and t h e a n n o ~ n c e m e n to f p r o f e s s i o n 2 1 as;ronomers t h a t t h e c o m e t P s t a i l would i n t e r s e c t t h e E a r t h ' s o r b i t a t t h e - e x a c t p o i n t w h e r e t h e E a r t h would be on May 19, and w h i l e n o t r e a l l y e x p e c t i n g a n y t h i n g ctzt of t:?e o r d i n z r y t o happen, s t i l l I d e t e r m i n d t o make u n u s u a l l y c a - e 2 u l . o b s e r vations t h a t night. The n i g h t o f May 1 9 , 1910, s e t t l e d down c l e a r and calm o v e r s o u t h ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ l l i n o i s . I was, o f c o u r s e , most i n t e n t l y o b s e r v i n g t h e h e a v e n s a l l d u r i n g t h e e a r l i e r h o u r s o f t h e e v e n i n g f o r s i g n s o f a n y unv.sllz1 happeni n g s , p a r t i c u l a r l y was I c u r i o u s t o s e e w h e t h e r o r n o t t h e r e would b e a n y uncommon number of m e t e o r s ; b u t n o t h i n g a t a l l o u t o f t h e o r c i i n a r y was v i s i b l e , n o t e v e n t h e comet i t s c l f , s i n c e i$ was now i n c o n j ~ n c t l o n w i t h t h e Sun and h e n c e below t h e h o r i z o n , s o t o w a r d e l e v e n o r c , o c l ; I d e c i d e d t o r e t i r e f o r a few h o u r s s l e e p z n d h a v e a n o t h e r l o o k i n .;he e a r l y h o u r s w h i c h p r e c e d e t h e dawn. I seemed t o f a l l a s l c e p a s s o o n a s I t o u c h e d t h e bed and s e e m i n g l v h z r d l y a s e c o n d l a t e r was awake a g a i n , r e a c h i n g f o r my w a t c h and s t r i k i n g a l i g h t . I was smazed t o n o t e t h a t i t was 2 : 3 0 a.m, Being mindful t o s e e w h a t , i f a n y t h i n g , had d e v e l o p e d d u r i n g my t h r e e 2nd one h a l f h o u r s a s l e e p , I d r e s s e d and walked o u t f o r a f e w o b s k r v a t i o n s . Seldom, i f e v e r , have I s e e n a n i g h t more p e r f e c t f o r t h e p u r p o s e , The a i r was u n u s u a l l v c l e a r and t h e m y r i a d s o f s t a r s a n d c o n s t e l l a t F o n s shown w i t h t h e d a z z l i n g b e a u t y and d i s t i n c t n e s s of m i c r o s p i c a r c l i g h s s a g a i n s t t h e j e t - b l a c k c o l o r of t h e s k y , while, overhead t h e f a i i l t e r an2 more r e m o t e b e a u t y o f t h e m i l k y wav s p a n n e d t h e c e l e s t i ~ lv a u l t l i k e some f a r o f f r i v e r of s i l v e r y , l u m i n o u s s a n d . L o s t i n c o n t e m p l a t i o ! ~ of t h e s u b l i m e g r a n d e u r of t h e s c e n e 2nd a b s o r b e d i n a d m i r a t i o n o f i t s s u r p a s s i n g b e a u t y , I hcd f o r t h e moment q u i t e f o r g o t t e n t h e comet a l - t o g e t h e r 2nd a l s o a l l t h o u g h t of a n y u n u s u a l phenomena--whcn ~ u d d e n l . ~ ~ o u t o f t h e s o u t h w e s t e r n s k y somewhat from t h e g e n e r e l d i r e c t i o n of t 2 e d e s c e n d e d O r i o n and S i r i u s ( a p o i n t n e a r l y e x a c t l y o p p o s i t e f r o m t k 2 p o s i t j o n of t h e c o m e t ) t h e r e b x s t upon my v i s i o n a s t r a n g e and ex5r.ao r d i n a r y s i g h t . F l a s h i n g i n t o vkew w i t h t h e i n s t a n t a n e o u s q u i c k n e s s of a b o l t of l i g h t n i n g , a d a z z l i n g r e d m e t e o r a p p e a r e d o r r a t n e r - w h a t on t h e s p u r of t h e i n o ~ e n tI presumed t o b e a m e t e o r , b u t what e r r a c i k . . l a w o r whim was g o v e r n i n g t h e motion o f t h i s s t r a n g e m e t e o r i f s u c h it was? 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An Enigma o f t h e Heavens ( c o n t i n u e d ) T h e r e was t h e -same r e d d i s h o c h r e c o l o r , t h e s;lme s l i g h t l y o v a l s h a p e , b u t t h e r e was however no i n d i c a t i o n o f t h e s o - c a l l e d c a n a l s a n d ~ o l s - ~ > c a p s w h i c h one would e x p e c t t o fii>:i i n a n i m ~ g eo f Mars, S l o w l y and s t e a d i l y t h e s t r a n g e r e d o r b seemed t o d r i f t o r f l o a t Ir: i t s s l i g h t l y i r r e g u l a r c o u r s e a c r o s s t h e s k y . The r e s e m b l z n c e tc: ?:arc ) v e r y s t r i k i n g and t ! ~ c ? ? ( a l t h o u g h , o f c o u r s e , many t i m e s ? : - . . ; - : ~ h t e rwas was n o t t h e f a i n t e s t h i n t o f t n e f i c ~ tyr a i l of s p a r k s w h i c h a r e t h e u s u a l accompaniment of m e t e o r s and s h ~ o t i n gs t a r s , T h i s s l c w drlf't!.ng m o t i o n o f t h e s t r a n g e o b j e c t was p u z z l i n g enough f o r a s a l l o b s e r -v.s r s know, t h e m o t i o n of a common a e t e o r i s e x c e e d i n g l y s w i f t and USU:::!-Y o v e r a l m o s t , h e f o r e ' one h a s t i m e t o g e t a g o o d ' l o o k a t i t , b 1 ~ t eT~-el7 s t r a n g e r t h i n g s . w e r e t o i m r ~ l e d i a t e l yh a p p e n , I h a d , by t h i s t h ? , f o l ? o ~ ed t h e o b j e c t ' s movements w i t h e a g e r w a t c h f u l n e s s f o r a p e r i x i w h i e h I j u d g e must h a v e been two m i n u t e s , F r o m a p o i n t a b o u t o n e t h i r d w d q ~ down t o t h e s o u t h w e s t e r n h o r i z o n a l m o s t d i r e c t l y o v e r h e a d t o a p o i n t w e l l down t o w a r d t h e n o r t h e a s t h o r i z o n , when s u d d e n l y w i t h a j e r k y , c o n v u l s i v e s h u d & i n g movement, i t s mo$ion s t o p p e d a l t o g e t h e r 2nd I was g a z i n g withlastonishment a t a m o t i o n l e s s , s i n i s t e r r e d orb suspended - a g a i n s t t h e b a c k g r o u n d of s c i n t i l l a t i n g s t a r s - a n d d e e p b l a c ? s k y , if I had b e e n s u r p r i s e d b e f o r e , I w2s t r u l y amazed now f o - s u r e l y no o r d i n a r y m e t e o r hzd e v e r behaved i n t h i s manner b e f o r e . F o r a l m o s t a n h o u r t h i s s t r a n g e f i r e b a l l o r w h 2 t e v e r i t was r e m a i n e d s t a t i o n ~ r j ri n t h e s k y , w h i l e s t r a n g e s t o f 2 1 1 was t h e f a c t t h a t I was zw?re of its g r a d u a l r i s i n g h i g h e r i n t h e s k y j u s t a s t h e Sun and Moon a p p e a r i-.;. do a s t h e E a r t h ' s r o t a t i o n c z r r i e s t h e o b s e r v e r e a s t w a r d , T h i s f a c t p r o v e d c o n c l u s i v e l y t o me t h ~ w t h ~ t e v e rt h e t h i n g w a s , i t wes beyond t h e l i m i t s o f o u r a t m o s ~ h e r e ,h e n c e c o u l d n o t b e a m e t e o r : b e c a u s e - a l l m e t e o r s and s h o o t i n g stars w i t h o u t e x c e p t i o n a r e c a u s e d b y s o l i d p a r t i c l e s p a s s i n g t h r o u g h t h e E a r t h 7 s a t m o s p h e r e a t a s p e e d o f msny m i l e s p e r s e c o n d , t h e r e b y becoming i n c a n d e s c e n t and m e l t e d by t h e f r i c t i o n of t h e i r p a s s a g e t h r o u g h t h e a i r , I t w ~ ns e a r l y 3 : 4 j a.m now and I hed b e e n w a t c h i n g t h i s a m a z i n g s p e c t a c l e f o r more t h a n a n h o u r , and i t ' h ~ dby t h i s t i m e r i s e n some d e g r ~ e sbackwzrd and upward i n t h e h e a v e n s d u e t o t h e E a r t h ' s r o t a t i o n : a movement w h i c h i t d i d n o t s h a r e ; )when s u d d e n l y w i t h o u t a momentis w a r n i n g - a n d w i t h t h a t same j e r k y , c o n v u l s i v e , s h u d d e r i n g muemen:, w h i c h I hzd n o t e d w h m i t s t o p p e d , i t resumed i t s s l o w , l e i s u r e l y d r i f t i n g movement t o w a r d t h e h o r i z o n . T h i s t i m e , however, i t s j o u r n e y wzs e x t r e m e l y s h o r t l i v e d , n o t more t h a n t e n s e c o n d s d i d i t f o l l o w i t s s l i g h t l y z i g z a g p a t h when w i t h t h e s u d d e n n e s s o f a l i g h t i n g f l a s h , i t was g o n e . Not a t 7 a c c n o t a s i g n of i t s p r c s e n c e r e m a i n e d , w h e r e b u t a s e c o n d b e f o r e i t h ~ d shown i n a l l i t s r u d d y end s i n i s t e r b r l l l i a n r e , t h e r e was now o n l y t h e t w i n k l i n g s t a r s , and t h e d e e p e n i n g d r a r k n e s s w h i c h h e r a l d s t h e dawn. So s t r a n g e , s o f a n t a s t i c , s o u t t e r l y p r e p o s t e r 2 , u s d i d t h e w h o l e t h i n g seem t o me t h e t a s I r e t u r n e d t o bed t o l i e p o n d e r i n g a n d t h i n k i n g , I c o u l d n o t p o s s i b l y c o n v i n c e m y s e l f t h a t i t had no2 b e e n a n hallucination. I n f a c t , I f i n a l l y d e c i d e d t o c o n s i d e r i t a s s u c h 2nd t o s a y n o t h i n g of t h e m z t t e r t o anyone, I m a g i n e my s u r p r i s e t h e n , when on t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y , I - c h a n c e d t o meet a n a c q u a i n t a n c e f r o m t h e n e i g h b o r i n g v i l l a g e of L a c l e d e who informed me t h a t h e , t o g e t h e r w i t h s e v e r a l o t h e r yoang peclp1e o f t h c v i l l a g e , h2d h e l d a n a l l n i g h t 7'comet p ; r t y T f a n d he vol-l.?t.,:*ily r e l a t e d t o me t h e v e r y t h i n g w h i c h I had s c e n , 2nd knoi:.'ng P~,: 2ilte-Aes: :q gi-re, i n a s t r o n o m y , ~ s k e df o r a n ex-plqns-Lion w h i c h I w a s A s 1 h ? l s:,al ~ ~ pd r?h91,7e, t . h i ~L T n 8 - 7 J r "IKCP s + ? - v r k me a t :-hn b , l y : ~ a s > ( C O Q t i ; . l l l ~ 4 ni? ncr t page ) ~ ! l i ~ : l l ~

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Had it been m e r s l y a l u m i n o u s b a l l of g s s s u s p e n d e d i n t h e a i r , a s some a u t h o r i t i e s h a v e s u g g e s t e d , t h e r e would have been no a p p z r e n t motion o f r i s i n g a s was t h e c a s e when i t became s t a t i o n a r y , b e c a u s e a l l o b j e c t s w i t h i n t h e E a r t h ' s atmosy,hcre r x r : r , o f n e c e s s i t y s h a r e w i t h t h e a t a o s p h e r ~t h e E a r t h ' s e a s t w a r d movement of r o t a t i o n , To have b e e n o u t s i d e o u r a e r i a l e n v e l o p e i t would h ~ v ehzd t o h a v e been a t 2 d i s t a n c e o f a t l c a s t two hundred m i l e s from t h e E a r t h ' s s u r f a c e and how much f a r t h e r it may h a v e b e e n , we c a n n o t s a y , A t t h ~ dt i s t a n c e t o h2ve Bppezred l a r g e r and b r i ~ h t e r - t h a nVenus, i t would have b e e n n e c e s s a r y t h a t it have a d i a m e t e r o f many h u n d r e d ~ 3 r ~ d n~ da l s o a t t h p t d i s t a n c e t o h a v e g i v e n t h e e f f e c t of e v e n s l o w m o t i o n t h ~ was t a p p z r e n t , i t would h z v e b e e n i m p e r a t i v e t h a t i t 1;2 t r a v e l i n g a t t h e t e r r i f i c speed of thousands o f m i l e s p e r hour, N o w ' j u s t w h ~ t h e answc,r t o t h i s p e r p l e x i n g a r r a y o f f a c t s may S e , I c a n n o t s a y . 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T h i s r e p o r t was compiled f r o m a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h C a r y Massey, a NICAP and f o r m e r APRO member, i n December 1969, by Tom A d a m , o f Commerce, T e x a s , one o f o u r SKYLOOK r e a d e r s . R i c h a r d 8 h u m r i s s e r v i n g i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s Army and was n o t p r e s e n t d u r i n g t h e interview,

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A f i r e b a l l i n t h e s k y , r e p o r t e d t o h ~ v eb e e n s e e n n o r t h e a s t o f Lumberton on Tuesday n i g h t , J a n . 2 7 , may have ended up a s chunk of r o c k on t h e grad i n Robeson County, B i l l y Lewis r e p o r t e d s e e i n g t h e f i r e b a l l a t m i d n i g h t while d r i v i n g e a s t w a r d on Highway 41. He was r e t u r n i n g t o h i s home, between LumSert o n and E l i z a b e t h t o w n , a f t e r l a t e o f f i c e work a t "The R o b e s o n i a n , " where he i s a d v e r t i s i n g manager. A b r i g h t l y g l o w i n g o b j e c t l i k e 'a b a l l o f f i r e d e s c e n d e d nl-owly iq t h e s k y , Lewis s a i d , and made a b l a ~ i n gt r a i l b e h i n d i t . The o'ojec.6 ' a p p e a r e d t o b e a b o u t - t h e same s i z e a s t h e image of t h e maor,, which w s s v i s i b l e a t t h e same t i m e . Lewis s a i d he c c u i d not, e s t i m a t e ' c h ~a o t . u a l s i z e o f t h e o b j e c t b e c a u s e h e c o u l d n o t t e l l how f a r away jr was, b u t i t had t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f b e i n g w i t h i n a b o u t a m i l e o f t h e hfghway, T h e r e was n o r o a d l e a d i n g i n t h e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e o b j e c t , =o he d i d n o - . attempt t o look f o r it, "It was s o b r i g h t i t s t a r t l e d me. It was t h e most s p e c t a c u l a r t h i r . 5 I have e v e r s e e n , " James Hooks, d i r e c t o r of t h e Robeson P l a n s t a r i u m a t t h e E d u c a t i o n e i Resou,rce C e n t e r , s a i d t h e d e s c r i p t i o n f i t s t h a t of a b o l i t e , and hat it m i g h t b e p o s s i b l e t o f i n d r e m n a n t s o f i t on t h e g r o ~ n d , , S o u r c e : L m b e r t o n , N . C . rlRobesoniantt. C r e d i t : Lou $'arish; ___---__-_--_--_-_--_-__-_______--_____ ----- _ _ - -- ----.-.-. --_--____---_-_----------.---_--_------------------------------------------

Landing R e p o r t s Wanted: T e r r y W . C o l v i n , 710 O l i v e S t . , E v 3 n s v i l l e , I n d . , 47713, i s d o i n g a r e s e a r c h p a p e r on a l l e g e d UFO l a n d i n g s and w r i t e s : "1 would welcome a n exchenpe of l e t t e r s with anvnne o i y o u r a s s o c i e t e s i n t e r e s t e d i n UFO l e n d i n g s : e s p e c i a l l y conrerril:.; t h e p a t t e r n s of s i m i l a r i t y and d i s s i m i l a r i t y o f g l o b a l UFO l m d 7 n g r e p o r t s , tt SKYLOOK would l i k e t o have t h ~ rt e p o r t , V r , C o l v i n , Hr.55 z : " ~ u ti t ?

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Y o u - D o n ' t A l w a y s Have t o ''See'! t o B e l i e v e ! "Pve n e v e r s e e n a UFO. But t h e n , I ' v e nEver s e e n E u r o p e and I be-Bo w r o t e J i m F i e b i g i n a n a r t i c l c l i e v e w h o l e - h e ~ r t e d l y i n Eurcpe." w i t h h i s b y l i n e i n t h e D e t r o i t ( l i c h i g s n ) NEWS, Dec. 2 8 , 1969. The r e s t of h i s e r t i c l e f o l l o w s , quote:--The UFO i n c i d e n t t h z t s t a r t e d me e y i n g t h e s k i e s i n e a r n e s - L o c c u r r e d n e e r Ann A r b c r i n 1965. F r a n k , a m i d d l e - a g e r who l i v e d i n . t,!;? c o u n t r y w i t h h i s f a r q i l y , sane c h i c k e n s and s e v e r a l d o g s , s t e p p e d c n c o t h e p o r c h o n e n i g h t t o q u i e t h i s young Gernan s h e p h e r d . But when he saw w h e t t h e pup.wes straining h i s l e a s h a b o u t , he summoned h i s f a m i l y .

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