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MARGE CHRISTENSEN THE 1989 LAS VEGAS SYMPOSIUM . . . . . . . . .... Dennis Stacy 3
Public Education CLOSE ENCOUNTER AT ELIZABETH ............... WaJter Webb 13
REV. BARRY DOWNING MAJESTIC & MOORE: NOT GUILTY! ................... Jean Skier 14
Religion and UFOs THE UFO PRESS ............................ Dennis Stacy 17
"ALIEN HARVEST" REVIEWED . . . ...... Larry Hebebrand 19
LUCIUS FARISH IN OTHERS' WORDS ................................ Lucius Farish 19
Books/Periodicals/History LOOKING BACK . . . . ............................... Bob Gribble 20
T. SCOTT CRAIN THE AUGUST NIGHT SKY . . . . . . ..... Walter Webb 22
GREG LONG LETTERS .............•.................. Wright, Friedman, Overall 23
MICHAEL D. SWORDS FUFOR FIRST QUARTER REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Staff Writers DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE .............................. Walt Andrus 28
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12 MUFON UFO Journal, No. 256, August 1989
Close Encounter At Elizabeth
By Walter Webb
Webb authors our monthly Night found any news item relating to the overhead. "I was almost in shock,"
Sky column. sighting. Mrs. Servilla asserted. At first they
Mrs. Servilla returned her cOm- thought it was a blimp but quickly
Early in 1989 I had given a copy of pleted MUFON form May 17. The fol- ruled that out.
a magazine article (containing an lowing account incorporates the tes- According to Debbie, it was an
account of my Buff Ledge Camp, timony of both Deborah Sovinee and "absolutely soundless" oval (not per-
Vermont, CE-IV investigation) to the her mother, Stella Servilla. fectly circular) object encircled by a
Exhibits Secretary at the Boston central row of many, small, round,
Museum of Science, Nancy DiCiac- The Encounter white, very bright lights. She des•
I cio. Nancy formerly was the Planeta• cribed seeing a pulse of light moving
I, rium's Administrative Assistant; I am Both women recalled that the sight- along the row of lights, brightening
the Planetarium Assistant Head. Exhibit ing happened around the middle of each source in the row sequ€ntially.
Designer Deborah Sovinee, 35, hap- May 1971 and about the middle of the The witness referred to this pulse as
pened to glance at the article and teU. week at a time when Debbie attended a "chase light."
Nancy about her own UFO close a livesaving class. (This would place Mrs. Servilla's recollection differed
encounter when she was 17 and living the date around either May 12 or 19.) somewhat. She thought the object
in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Nancy Mrs. Stella Sovinee (now Servilla) was circular with a row of many
called my extension March 21, but I had driven her daughter home from bluish-white, round lights around the
was unavailable. The next day Planet- the class at the Y and had pulled into middle which were blinking on and off
arium Secretary Jeanette Alabiso not- their driveway at 5 Gibson Place, Eli- like the lights on a Christmas tree.
ified me about the call. I called Nancy zabeth, New Jersey (1970 pop. 112,6.14). She also said she perceived a faint
and then contacted Debbie. An inter- The time was about 10:30 p.m. sound coming from the UFO, like a
view was arranged for March 23. (EDT), according to Debbie, and "faint motor" or the hum of an
After our meeting, the witness agreed "after nine or after ten," according to air-conditioner.
to get further details from her mother her mother. Both agreed ·that the object's lights
(who also observed the UFO) and to The Sovinee home was located in were bright enough to illuminate and
fill out a MUFON form. I questioned the middle of a short, dead-end sub- reveal its outline. The witnesses said
Debbie again on March 28 and 31. urban street about a block long, with the UFO appeared to be at a low
On April 15 I called Debbie's five houses on each side. (Although height off to one side of their roof.
mother, now living in Toms River, both witnesses agreed that the street (Debbie indicated an elevation angle
New Jersey, and obtained information ran approximately north and south, of perhaps 60°.)
which both confirmed and altered her Mrs. Servilla implied that their resi•
daughter's remembered version of the dence stood on the west side of the Dimensions
experience. At the same time I also str~et while Debbie thought it was on
wrote the Elizabeth Daily Journal, the east side.) I asked each observer to attempt to
asking for a copy of the news story The two observers recalled that it estimate the object's height, using
allegedly reporting the UFO. When I was a warm, clear night. Debbie their three-story house as a known
didn't hear from the newspaper's believed others on the street were size marker. Debbie guessed that it
librarian after a month, I telephoned outdoors at the time and assumed might have been about 75 to 100 feet·
' May 16. The librarian said he hadn't that there were at least three or four above the ground. Mrs. Servilla thought
received my letter. But he promised other possible eyewitnesses to the it was perhaps twice as high as the
·),'I to check his files for the UFO story anomalous event, including neighbors house (or around 60 feet up), although
and then call me back the next day. sitting on the porch across the street. she felt very uncertain.
However, I failed to hear from him. I Her mother stated that she didn't When requested to hold a quarter
called again May 19 and left my recall if there were others outside and at arm's length in order to estimate
address and telephone numbers with was unaware of any other witnesses the UFO's apparent size (an almost
someone. Still no response. Finally, to the event on their street. impossible and perhaps meaningless
on June 12 I was able to contact the As Debbie and her mother got out exercise 18 years after the actual
librarian again. He reported that he of the car and walked toward the event), Debbie guessed that the coin
had conducted a search of his files front of their house, they were stunned was possibly "l/5 or 1/6" the size of
from April to July 1971 and hadn't to see a strange object hovering nearly the object. This means that the UFO
MUFON UFO Journal, No. %56, August 1989 13
might have subtended 12.5 to 15°, or lected the wavy d~parture path differ• Deborah Sovinee and her mother, I
approximately 25 feet across if 100 ently. She said the object proceeded find no compelling reasons to doubt
feet above the observers. However, if to move across the street and back that the New Jersey UFO encounter
the object actually were higher than again in a "figure 8" before accelerat- occurred approximately as described
estimated, say 200 feet (assuming the ing northward on a straight course, by the witnesses. The variations in
same angular diameter), the UFO's vanishing from sight within a second. the testimonies of the two observers
true size becomes approximately 45 Afterwards, Mrs. ServiUa 5aid she are to be expected in view of the 18
to 50 feet, matching Debbie's descrip• called the police to report the sight- years of elapsed time since the actual
tion - "bigger than a helicopter" or ing. The police did state that they had observatior.
"about the same size as my house." received a few other calls but explained The aerial event described in this
Mrs. Servilla would n0t hazard a the object as an advertising blimp. report bears no similarity to any IFO
guess as to the object's true dimensions. The next day the Elizabeth l'lews- that this investigator is aware of,
After hovering for perhaps "a min- paper, according to Debbie's mother, including the advertising blimp or
ute Of two," according to Debbie's mother, ~onfirmed that "people had seen night ad aircraft referred to above.
the UFO moved off toward the something in the sky, J)OSSibly an The unknown object's appearance
southwest in a "side-to-side, snake- advertising blimp." Mrs. Servilla said and flight behavior place it in the
like" motion and was gone within she was familiar with both advertising UFO category.
seconds. blimps and night ad planes, and the I believe this episode should be
Debbie herself had great difficulty object was neither. However, the classified as an unknown. I also
in recalling the precise nature of the librarian of the Elizabeth Daily Jour- assign it a Paranet/Hynek Strangness/
motion and the sequence of events. nal was unable to find any story relat- Probability Rating of S4/P4 (Strange
Before she telephoned her mother, ing to the sighting. Debbie didn't and not conforming to known princi-
she thought she hci.d remembered first recall any media publicity about the -ples/Credible and sound).
seeing the UFO in motion, racing sighting, eit~er in the newspaper or Deborah Sovinee lives at 687 North
from one end of the street to the on radio or television. Cary Street, Brockton, Massachusetts.
other and then halting near ·her Mrs. Stella Servilla resides at 66 Vir•
house. But now she agrees with her Evaluation gin lslands Drive, Toms River, New
mother's version that it was station• Jersey.
ary at first. Debbie, however, recol- Based upon my interviews with
In the wake of his remarkable the usual background and start-up tia1 briefing" papers mailed anonymous-
speech Saturday night at the Las matters. "Future Flights," however, ly to LA 1V producer Jaime Shandera,
Vegas symposium, William Moore did promises a forthcoming article on a colleague of both Moore and Stan-
not stick around to answer questions. "How to contact the visitors and do I ton Friedman. The point of origin for
A good deal of the talk, however, want to do it? You can get in touch the book's plot is the Roswell Incident
consisted of a question-and-answer with 'them, and even draw them into itself, and in fact, Strieber visited the
session conducted by Moore himself. your life. But is that wise?'' area in Moore's company, and was
Among the sixteen questions he asked September 11 will see the official able to interview some of the major
\ and answered was, "What do I think publication date of Majestic, Strieb- witnesses involved.
of Whitley Strieber and his claims of er's newest novel, from G.P. Put- Strange, then, that with an on-site
j being a UFO abductee?" nam's Sons, New York, 319 pages, background briefing and his own
"At first," Moore said, "I was highJy $18.95. With a11 due respect, it did not experiences as an abductee to draw
skeptical and admittedly somewhat impress this reader as one of Strieb- on, Majestic remains oddly anorexic,
jealous of Whitley." But in the pro- er's more gripping tales. Or maybe not quite fully fleshed out, as it were.
cess of getting to know Strieber bet• I'm simply jaded from having read too Plot and treatment are a composite,
ter, in order to assess things for him- many UFO books. composed of different measures of
self, Moore confided, "he has earned The title, of course, refers to Majic fact and fiction, including official quotes
my respect, my admiration and my or Majestic-12, the aJleged superse- from several former UFO players on
friendship ... He has come very close cret, government-military UFO cover- one hand, and informed speculation
to the truth in a number of ways, up agency alluded to in the "presiden- on the other. The story itself is told in
and, although still somewhat baffled
by his experiences, has found a very
acceptable way of accommodating Creatures From Space?
them into his life." Moreover, "if one
makes a conscious effort to remove
Whitley's emotional reactions and takes
Well, They Have Antennae
a good hard look at the remaining
core of information, the result is
Sightings of unidemified flying ob-
insight into what gives every appear- jects have been blamed on everything
ance of being a real situation." from bright stars and meteors to air-
Moore concluded his remarks about planes and falling space debris.
Strieber by saying that "in any event, But now a biophysicist has con-
I certainly wouldn't dismiss this man cluded that some unidentified flying
objects glowing in the night sky could
too lightly. We're going to hear a lot be swarms of migrating insects.
mofe from him before it's all over." "A lot of night sightings of U.F.O.'s
Several salvos have been heard are jus1 lit-up insects riding storm
already, or soon sha11 be. The movie fronts." the scientist, Phillip Calla-
of Communion, starring Christopher han, said in a statement issued re-
cently by 1he American Institute or In 1he course of his researcn on
Walken as Strieber, comes to the Physics. Dr. Callahan, a retired re- crop pests. Or. Callahan found 1hat
when msects we-re placed in an elec-
'~ silver screen either later this summer search professor at the University of
lrical held, lhe spmes in the antennae
Florida and a biophysics consultant
or early fall. In the meantime, Strieber in Gainesville, Fla .• said the storms would light up. He likened the effect
and associates have instituted the gcncrnte electrical fields that can to St. Elmo's hre. a flammgelectncal
cause insccl antennae to glow. dischargc somc11rncs seen around a
Communion Foundation. The first church sleei}\l• nr ship's mast on a
sample of the Foundation's quarterly A study comparing spruce bud- stormy night ln a swarm vf msects,
worm moth migrations with U.F.O. 1hc sncnus1 ~.11d. this effect rroduccs
publication, The Communion Letter sightings seems to suppott the hy- an aura of UhK•. gieen .ind yellow
(four issues, $20/yr, Box 1975, Boulder, po1hesis. he said. M.iny insects mi• light.
CO, 80306-1975), is a handsome, 8- graie after dusk, riding a storm from, Bue Philip J Kl;iss. who h:is wnucn
olccn in saucer-shaped swarms. A scvcr.1! boo!;~ 011 the U.F.0. phenome-
page example of the desktop publish- clump of migra1ing hudwonns can non, said lll~tct~ might cxplam "only
ing art, edited by Dora Ruffner. Whi- exH•nd for 5 or IO miles. with insects one uuc ul a thou~nnd" s1ghrmgs.
tley's wife, Anne, is executive editor. on the outer edge flying ~1ck into the Mo~,. he said. arc 1r.1ced to other phe.
swarm, giving a ha~y outline. nomen:,
Most of the first issue is occupied by
MUFON UFO Journal, No. 256, August 1989 17
flashback form from the eyes of both
investigative reporter, Nicholas Duke,
and one Wilfred Stone, an agent for Next UFO landing zone: your backyard.
the Central Intelligence Group, the Illusion Disc"' is the first flying disc with on-board electronic
special effects. lwo LEDs (red and yellow) in the rim flash approx-
CIA's forerunner. The latter charac• imately l00 times per second. As the disc rotates, the lights appear first
ter's admissions and well placed career to spin in one direction, then hover motionless, then reverse direction.
allow the reader an inside view of the LEDs are powered by a 9v
retrieval of the original Roswell object, battery (not included) and
provide 10,000 hours (ten
the subsequent cover-up, and the years)of use.
formation of MJ-12 itself. They also Molded of high-impact
allow us to meet such conspiratoria1 polyethylene, Illusion Disc
UFO luminaries as Roscoe Hillen- handles like any standard
flying disc. Measures IH x
koetter, James Forrestal and Harry 11" in diameter; weighs IO
Truman, who emerge as little more oz. One-year warranty. Fly
than cardboard cut-outs, though they it in your backyard and see
may look imposing enough in the what ventures down out of
the sky to investigate.
cinematic version of Majestic, if there
■ lllusionDisc
is one.
Forrestal, for example, would seem
#HITIOI $19.50 (3.00) I
to have been any fictioneer's dream \
gift horse: "Secretary of Defense
Learns Secret About UFOs and Jumps
Out Window!" Yet, his secretive sui-
cide lapses in passing. And instead,
we are treated to the exploits of primitive, warlike earthlings persist· the two. And society, after all, as
Stone himself. ently misread their motives, whatever Jung noted, has accepted, if not
A sense of verisimilitude is sought they are, throughout. Are they con- necessarily understood, the awesome
by the extensive quotation of "official" strained by the rules of the game, or implications. of the hydrogen bomb.
government documents, including an the nature of the unsubmitting beast, So the social body as it is can take or
"Intelligence Estimate on Flying Disk or a combination of both? leave the revelations embodied by the
Motives," which repeats two widely After the imaginative success Strie· authenticity of MJ-12. It's the inau-
discredited stories in the literature of her had in breathing alien life forms to thenticity of MJ-12 and its conse-
anomalies: the disappearance of David life in Wolfen and The Hunger, the quences I'm worried about. And the
Lang and the supposed 19th century allegedly real aliens of Majestic are society likely to be affected is a lot
encounter of one "Robert Loosely" anything but. At their center, behind
(the actual perpetrator of this book- their fascinating almond eyes, rings a
length hoax was an English physicist) hollow resonance. If they are sup- MJ-12, continued
with an alien robot probe. In a work posed to be a mirror held up to
of fiction, why rely on such discre- humanity, as sometimes suggested, smaller than that which makes up
dited "facts," when they could have the reflection found in Majestic is a McLuhan's global village. It is, in fact,
just as easily been fabricated out of pale one indeed. a society of one or two, more or less.
whole cloth? Instead of bolstering a Maybe Strieber himself was con- The reader can analyse this surpris·
sense of reality, their presence deflates strained by what he knows. Or ing situation for himself, taking into ac·
one's willing suspension of belief like maybe the problem of portraying count the facts as he now knows
pin-holes in the fabric of a balloon. angelic, or near angelic, life forms is them, to draw the right conclusions.
Abductions occur with unhistorical an a1most insurmountable one, as Unless our dear colleagues, the social
abandon, too, but it's still not clear to even the critics of Paradise Lose have psychologists, have a slant on the
this reviewer what Strieber means to been forced to concede. Lucifer, or Menzel mystery and go to great
imply about their ultimate nature. If Satan, the Prince of Light, is simply lengths to explain it to us from every (1
they are the product of some sort of more psychologically interesting than psychological perspective, doubtless
species of avenging angel, as Strieber his heavenly counterpart$. with two or three hundred references
seems to indicate, their meaning still Fina1ly, if I may be so sanctimon- to Freud, Jung and other great
remains murky after a reading of ious and presumptuous at a single thinkers, we must assume that the
Majestic. On the one hand they stroke, a warning. With Majestic, behavior of the celebrated astrophysi-
appear to dispense a sort of cosmic Whitley Strieber firmly anchors his cist was normal.
justice; on the other they seem intent yacht to that bobbing buoy known
on a revelation of personal signifi- collectively as MJ-12. Even if one CREDfTS
cance or enlightenment. Either way, should sink and the other swim, it (Page 17) New York Times
these omniscient angels emerge as couJd become increasingly difficult for (Above) The Sharper Image
oddly impotent and ineffective, while society at large to distinguish between
18 MUFON UFO Journal, No. 256, i\ug'1St 1989
"ALIEN HARVEST"
Calendar of UFO Conferences for 1989
REVIEWED August 25, 26, 27 - Ancient Astronaut Society, Schaumburg Marriott Hotel, Schaum-
burg, Illinois.
By Larry Hebebrand
September 15, 16 & 17 - 26th Annual National UFO Conference, Quality Inn West.
Linda Moulton Howe, a writer, edi• Phoenix, Arizona
tor, producer and director of docu- October 21 - The Show-Me UFO Conference, Harley Hotel, Earth City, Missouri
mentary films, including A Strange (near St. Louis)
Harvest, put ten years of research
into her book, An Alien Harvest, pub- October 26, 27, 28 & 29 - International UFO Conference, Frankfurt's Airport Conven•
tion Center, Frankfurt, West Germany
lished this year by her production
company located in Littleton, Co- November 11 & 12-The UFO Experience, Ramada Inn, North Haven, Connecticut
lorado.
An Alien Harvest is not just
another book or story about cattle "An Alien Harvest" should be con- charge, and all copies are autographed
mutilations, but a true account of sidered recommended reading for the and numbered in this limited printing
allegedly horrifying events of not only serious UFOiogist. The data and that is surely to become a collector's
the mutilation of cattle, but a1so pos- issues raised here concern all of us as item. The book may be purchased
/ sibly humans. Other animals such as this mystery continues to plague our through Arcturus Book Service, P.O.
dogs, cats, sheep, goats and the like entire planet. The 464-page book is Box 831383, Stone Mountain, Georgia
have also been reportedly found with priced at $55.00, plus a small postage 30083-0023.
stripped skin, sexual organs removed
along with eyes, tongues and jaws.
Occasionally, strange lights are ob-
served before, during and after the
discovery of the mutilated animals.
In Other's Words
The contents of this book do not By Lucius Farish
deal solely with mutilations, but uses
them as a stepping stone to a more The "Anti-Matter/UFO Update" sec- THE TUJUNGA CANYON CON-
complicated, highly intriguing story of tion of OMNl's July issue has a TACTS by Ann Druffel and D. Scott
alien intervention into human life. report by Jerome Clark on the mys- Rogo (revised edition) from New
There are numerous photos of the terious lights which appeared in the American Library/Signet Books; THE
mutilated cattle, accounts of alien Hessdalen Valley of Norway during FELLOWSHIP by Brad Steiger (Berk-
confrontations, copies of alleged U.S. the period of 1981-1986. The lights ley Books); and DIMENSIONS by
Government documents ranging in displayed all the characteristics nor- Jacques Vallee (Ballantine Books).
context from confirmed contact with mally associated with UFOs, were The latter reprints an interview with
EBEs (Extraterrestrial Biological Enti• photographed over 200 times and Vallee which originally appeared in
ties), to intrusion of air space and were tracked by radar at speeds up the April 1988 issue of the Journal.
landings at U.S. Government installa- to 32,000 kilometers per hour. There A complete list of both audio and
tions, to an outstanding and compell- is the usual amount of speculation as video tapes from the Ozark UFO
ing report of a statement about a Top to their origin, but no definite Conference #1 is now available from
Secret/Majic Government Document answers. Rainbow Video, P.O. Box 6681, Fort
... Project Aquarius. Project Aquarius A recent videotape, UFOLOGY: Smith, AR 72906; telephone (501) 646-
explains all of the projects related to AT THE TURNING POINT, presents 5599. The dates for the Ozark UFO
the government's involvement with extracts from lectures given in Febru- Conference #2 are April 6-8, 1990, at
EBE,. ary 1989 by Budd Hopkins (alien the same location as the 1989 Confer-
Also included in the appendix of abductions), Bill Moore (the Aztec, ence.
"' ·, the book are 71 pages of transcript
dealing with two different hypnotic
N.M. case) and Stanton Friedman
(MJ-12 controversy). The 2-hour ver-
sion of the tape is priced at $39.95
In addition to the forthcoming books
by Ed Conroy (REPORT ON 'COM-
MUNION') and Edith Hore (ENCOUN-
regression sessions conducted by Dr.
Leo Sprinkle, formerly the Director of and a six-hour unedited) version is TERS), Whitley Strieber has a UFO
the Division of'Counseling and Test- available on three tapes for $99.95. Novel, MAJESTIC, due out in Sep-
ing at the University of Wyoming, Please specify VHS or Beta format tember from Putnam's. The motion
Laramie, Wyoming. Judy Doraty of when ordering tapes. These are avail- picture version of Strieber's COM-
Texas, an "eyewitness" to a cattle able from: RAD Productions Ltd. - MUNION is also due out in Sep-
mutilation event, covers 39 pages 8306 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 972 , Bev- tember. A quarterly COMMUNION
while a Cimarron, New Mexico moth- erly Hills, CA 90211 (California resi- LETTER is now available for $20.00
er and her young son's sessions con- dents add 6.5% sales tax.) per year from Dora Ruffner, P.O. Box
sist of the remaining 32 pages. Recent paperback reprints include 175, Boulder, CO 80306-1975.
MUFON UFO Journal, No. 256, August 1989 19
that they left a short, wispy tail.
As the strange vehicles circled the
Cessna, the Magnesyn compass con-
***
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO - August
1974: Three boys playing along the
banks of the Coquitlam River at Port
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada,
witne~ed the landing of a UFO on
the 16th. David Bates, 8, Henry Stil-
lie, 7, and his 10-year-old brother saw
a craft shaped like an inverted dish Joseph Barbieri examines hole made by "UFO" in signboard at New
land in a gravelled area. Mrs. Lola Haven. A.C. Roberts Photo
MUFON UFO Journ;,,.l, No. 256, Au91H1t 1989 21
thing just hit my car ... I don't know
how to explain it ... it's strange ... " "Is
the car damaged? Are you in the
The Night Sky
ditch or what?" "No ... I'm upright ... By Walter N. Webb
Something attacked my car ... I heard
glass breaking and the brakes locked August 1989
up ... I don't know what the hell ... "
Apparent impact of the collision broke Bright Planets (Evening Sky):
a left headlight of the car without Close conjunctions between the crescent Moon, three planets, and the
denting the cowling or fender, dented star Regulus occur just after sunset from August 2-5. To be able to
the hood near the windshield, broke observe them will require an unobstructed western horizon and optical aid
the windshield and a flasher light on such as binoculars or a telescope. Even so, it will be exceedingly difficult
top of the car and sharply bent two to glimpse all of the objects. Persons living in the southern states have the
flexible-mounted antennae. The path best chance as these very low objects will appear somewhat higher there.
of damage indicated six points of On the 2nd the Moon, Mercury, Mars, and Regulus mass together. Two
impact in a line varying only a few evenings later Venus lies near the Moon, and Mercury is very close to
inches off center. Regulus. On the 5th Mercury is extremely near Mars.
Unusual phenomenon in connec-
tion with the incident included the fol- Saturn (magnitude 0.3) lies low in the SSE at dusk. It moves westward dur-
lowing: (1) Deputy Johnson first ob- ing the evening hours. \.
served a brilliant light which appeared
to be stationary, then moved toward Bright Planets (Morning Sky):
him so rapidly (from a distance esti- Jupiter (magnitude -2.1), in Gemini, rises in the NE about 1:45 AM in
mated to be about a mile away) that midmonth.
he had no time to anticipate impact.
(2) The light was so brilliant that it Saturn sets in the WSW soon after 2 AM in mid-August.
was painful, causing him to close his
eyes, and lit up the whole inside of Total Lunar Eclipse:
the car at the time Johnson heard The full moon enters the Earth's shadow on the evening of August 16.
glass breaking. (~) Investigation show• Observers in the eastern states are favored for this eclipse since the Moon
ed that Johnson's car coasted 854 is above the horizon during the entire event. Totality begins at moonrise
feet from the point where glass from along a line through central Montana, western Utah, "and Arizona. For far
the broken headlight was found to a western observers, our satellite already is in total eclipse at moonrise. The
point where skid marks from locked Moon first touches the dark umbral shadow at 9:21 PM EDT, is totally
brakes began. The skid marks covered hidden from 10:20 to 11:57, and emerges completely from the umbra at
another 99 feet to where the vehicle 12:56AM.
came to rest on the road.
(4) Examination of Johnson's eyes Meteor Showers:
by Dr. Pinsonneault after the deputy The gibbous Moon sets about 1 AM on the 12th and thereafter the Perseid
was taken by ambulance to Warren meteors should put on a fine show. Radiating from near the Cassiopeia/-
indicated damage similar to "welder Perseus border in the NE, these bright, yellow, swift meteors peak before
burns." An eye specialist at Grand dawn at about 50 per hour. Some of the streaks are spectacular fireballs;
Forks later confirmed similar damage, about a third of these leave filmy wakes (called trains) lasting up to 1½
although there had been rapid improve- minutes. Both the Perseids and the slower July Aquarids (coming from the
ment. (5) A mechanical watch worn south) dart across the skies in lesser numbers throughout the first half of
by deputy Johnson and an electric August.
clock in his squad car, both of which
had been set at 7 p.m. when he Voyager Encounters Neptune: ,4
started work and checked with the Having already flown by Jupiter (1979), Saturn (1981), and Uranus (1986), '
dispatcher, were each 14 minutes the amazing 12-year-old Voyager 2 homes in on Neptune, the probe's last
slow, indicating they had not been solar system target. On the night of August 24-25, Voyager flies within
running for that length of time. (6) 3,000 miles of the cloud-tops of the eighth planet. The probe will take the
Johnson can remember nothing from first close look at Neptune, its odd partial rings, and its satellites.
the time he heard glass breaking, cal-
culated to be 1:40 a.m., until he Moon Phases:
opened his right eye, saw the red New moon - August 1
engine indicator light on the instru- First quarter - August 9
ment panel of his car (the engine had Full moon - August 16
stopped but the ignition was turned Last quarter - August 23
Continued on next page New moon - August 31 ().
22 MUFON UFO Journal, No. 256, Augut 1989
The Stars: LOOKING BACK, continued
As the Summer Triangle (the stars Vega, Deneb, Altair) attains its highest
point in the sky, already we are given a preview of the autumn months to stopped but the ignition was turned
come. The Great Square of Pegasus, Pisces, Aquarius, and Capricornus on) and radioed for assistance at 2:19
all are visible in the east at 11 PM. a.m.
(7) Investigation reveaJed no other
A few degrees from Vega, the brilliant luminary in Lyra the Harp, is the debris or skid marks on the roadway
famous "double-double" Epislon Lyrae. To the eye the 4th-magnitude star and all aviation sources in the area
appears single. Binoculars reveal two stars, and in a small telescope each confirmed there were no aircraft in
of the components is itself double, making a total of four stars. that area at the time. Johnson said he
heard no engine noise nor did he
Lyra contains another special telescopic object, the Ring Nebula, located smell eXhaust fumes. (Editor's note:
between the bottom two stars of the harp's crooked rectangle. Look first For more details see International
for a "smudgy star" then use higher powers to resolve the smudge into a UFO Reporter, Vol. 4 No. 3, Sept./
"smoke ring" or "doughnut." The nebula represents a spherical shell of gas Oct. 1979 issue.)
cast off by a faint dying star in the center.
·"\.
Letters to the Editor • ••
Dear Editor: their moment of re-entry? If so, would is presumably non-fiction.
It may be argued that, in this busi- these visitors have the sociological What term other than bias can be
ness, _nothing is more gratifying than insight to reaJize that, in light of a used to describe such strange state-
to have one's case findings replicated known event such as a satellite re• ments as these:
elsewhere at a later date. entry, separate UFO reports are "The notion that extraterrestrial
·'The November 1984 issue of the unlikely to be given credence? If this beings are here among us is one that
Journal published my account ("Re- is also correct, might such simultane- I personally have not only come to
Entry Re-Examined"), co-authored with ous occurrences become a modus disfavor, but frankly find absurd." It
Harriet Beech, of three anomalous operandi of sorts as the several would be nice to know what "among
encounters in southern Michigan which hundred inoperative satellites now us" means. Personal opinion ___ but
were in close time proximity to a re- in orbit fall back through the atmos- surely not a professional, data-based
entered launch vehicle in connection phere with increasing frequency?" one ...
with the Salyut 7 space station. The Those whose case reports I've "UFO phenomena must therefore
re-entry and attendant UFO sightings evaluated over the past two years either be the products of fantasy,
occurred on May 20 of that year. know well my conservative approach delusion or hallucination - or they
Two of the three reports were by to any sweeping conclusions. In these are real." Every large scale scientific
multiple adult witnesses at close range events, however, the similarities are study of UFO reports provides a host
(one within 60 feet). In one of the striking, to say the least. I'd be very of explanations, including that some
CEs, as well as the third from farther interested in receiving case reports UFOs are astronomical in origin, or
away, the witnesses described a cigar- from others in connection with space aircraft, or balloons, or reentries, etc.
shaped vehicle shrouded in a whitish re-entries. ... Just as crime includes theft, murder,
mist. A row of lights was visible aJong -Dan Wright rape, battery, etc. No one explanation
the side of the vehicle. MUFON Investigations covers all UFO phenomena. My read-
The June 1989 issue of the Journal 228 S. Fairview ing of the data for 30+ years says
contains Bob Gribble's summary of a Lansing, MI 48912 some UFOs represent aJien space-
highly similar series of events, entitled craft ... clearly that doesn't mean all
"A Re-Entry With Company," con- Dear Editor: UFOs are ET.
cerning the December 12, 1987 de- Thank you for publishing such an " ... these episodes (abductions) do
orbiting of a Soviet rocket casing excellent example of academic arm- not take place in the physical world
across the central U.S. Of particular chair theorizing, "Toward an lmaginal as such, even, when they leave physi-
note are the witness reports of Interpretation of UFO Abductions," caJ traces of the effects they obtrude
objects, variously described as cigar- by Dr. Kenneth Ring (May 1989). His into our space/time continum." Pre-
shaped and oblong, surrounded by a beautifully elegant language serves to sumably this means the 3900 physicaJ
"cloud of mist." A row of lights shown cover his obvious anti-ET biases. His trace cases are also caused by imagin-
along the side. references certainly do not indicate ed "imaginal" events. What kind of
As we speculated five.years ago: "Is a serious knowledge of hard data. His nonsense is this? Surely a postulating
it reasonable that intelligent visitors invention of an "lmaginal" world to imaginarycauses for physical effects is
would have the technological capacity cover his biases is fascinating as fic- about as silly as requiring a murdered
to monitor decaying orbits of space tion, but hardly appropriate for what person to testify at the trial of his
MUFON UFO Joumal, No. 256, August 1989 23
murderer. The nature of the beast is an accident and did not have to be teen and Ed's son were good friends,
different. And bringing in more non• taken by double exposure ... The both in the high school band. The
sense about a "psychoid entity" does Boyd-Smith argument now loses its teen had no car and depended on
nothing to enhance the legitimacy of importance." Ed's son to drive him to parties and
Again about abductions: "These Actually, the experiment was point- home from band practice. The teen
experiences also reflect an encounter less and proves nothing. The extant has been accused of many things but
with a particular imaginal matrix ... " "ghost-demon" photo was not taken, never stupidity.
How clever to again replace reality looking into a glass door or anything Re the jealously angle, I have a
with a totally imaginary item! like it! It was taken on the opposite copy of a yearbook tribute Ed's son
"I don't have to posit some kind of side of the room from Ed's replica, paid to the teen, thanking him for
almost inconceivable extraterrestrial looking at a section of the rec room keeping Ed's son and his girl friend
invasion to explain it (UFO abduction and through an open (solid) door into together (through the teen's help in
phenomenon)." I have no notion of a laundry room. The anomalous image patching up lovers' quarrels).
why, except for his own fears and is superimposed over two hinged sec- The MUFON membership's per-
biases, Dr. Ring can't conceive of ET tions of a black science project ception of the GuH Breeze affair is
visits to Earth, though his use of the belonging to Ed's son, which are at a largely dependent on Bruce Macca-
term "invasion" certainly suggests 90° angle to each other. If Bruce had bee's indefatigable and dauntingly de-
psychological difficulty with the con- consulted Boyd or Smith for informa- tailed investigation. I hope that in this
cept. The fact is, he does indeed posit tion on camera location, this inane letter I may have raised some (war- •
an almost totally-without-foundation and deceptive exercise could have ranted) doubts regarding Bruce's im-
"Imaginal" world. A bit of projection been avoided. partiality and good judgement in this
here? 2. On p. 15, Bruce makes certain case. I would be glad to correspond
And speaking of ufologists: "they flat accusations against the teenager with anyone wanting documentation
themselves are part of the folkloric who is the principal source for the or more details. Documentation en-
machine, helping to create a new "ultimate prank" and the "ghost- closed.
myth for today's humanity while think- demon'' photo allegations. Typically, - Zan Overall
ing that they are working in a scien- Bruce recites these libelous charges Box 7000-753
tific spirit to solve the UFO question." as gospel when in fact they all rest Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Surely it is Ring who is creating a new simply on · statements of Ed, who
myth. My lectures and papers deal stands to gain a great deal from dis•
with facts and data, not. mythology crediting the boy. There is no evi- MUFON
and "Imaginal" psychoid entities. dence for any of them! For example, AMATEUR RADIO NETS
Finally: " .. .the search for the alien Bruce writes: "In late 1987 he began
somewhere out in the galaxy must be to write nasty, demeaning letters to
abandoned anyway for he is not Ed's son (I have seen some of Saturdays
there." Ring describes himself as a these.)" I have seen the same letters. 0800 EST/EDT -7.2.37 MHz
"timid academician." This statement All Bruce saw were portions (selected
is a bold one for which he can only by Ed) of anonymous typewritten let• Sundays
provide his bias as a basis. ters. Yet this is evidence enough for 1500 EST/EDT -28.470 MHz
Ring might benefit from discussions Bruce to publicly defame a fine young
with his psychologist. man and mislead the MUFON member-
- Stanton T. Friedman ship. NATIONAL
New Brunswick I was aghast when I read: "He also EMERGENCY CALLING
'keyed' {scratched) the son's car and
Dear Editor: put sugar in the gas tank. He ended EST/EDT MHz
I am writing to respond to two par- the harassment when Ed threatened
ticularly false and misleading conten- to call the police." Even Ed himself 0000-0015 3.990
tions in Bruce Maccabee's gargantuan does not (wisely) go so far. When Jim 0400-0415 3.990
Gulf Breeze article in the April 1989 Moseley included similar charges in 0800-0815 7.237
MUFON Journal. (May I ask: Will the the "Saucer Smear," Ed wrote the
50% rule apply? Will Hall and Smith teen's mother that he had been mis- 1200-1215 7.237
be given 11 pages to reply?) quoted, that these were only suspi- 1600-1615 7.237
l. On pp. 16-17, Bruce dismisses cions. Moseley quickly retracted. Yet
the importance of the "ghost-demon" Bruce states these same serious charg•
2000-2015 3.990
picture by citing an experiment to es as facts, not mentioning a much
replicate the photo which he had Ed more logical suspect, a former girl LOCAL
perform in the aptly-named "re-crea- friend who was angry with Ed's son
tion" room of Ed's old house. He for leaving her. EMERGENCY CALLING
writes: "These pictures prove that the At the time of the keying and Same times · 28.470
original ghost photo could have been sugar•in-the-gas-tank incidents, the
24 MUFON UFO Journal, No. 256, August 1989
FUFOR First Quarter Report
By the end of January, the Fund sary. Dr. Jacobs is trying to find some We still have that alien spacecraft
for UFO Research had succeeded in laboratory which can work on such under (observance?)," To this there
raising the $16,0CM) needed to support small samples. (Mufon provided the was no response from Houston. (The
a concentrated effort by Stanton $1,000.) last word is a bit ambiguous, but the
Friedman to investigate the MJ-12 The Executive Committee is con- other words - including "alien space-
documents. Mr. Friedman began his ducting a survey of the news media to craft" are completely clear.) Subse•
work on February 10. Since then, he determine their opinions about the quent investigations showed that the
has spent four days at the Truman UFO subject. In the past the Gallup hams were rebroadcasting "raw" com-
Library in lndependence, MO; fiv,e and other polls have asked for the munications from the spacecraft, rath-
days at the Eisenhower Library in opinion of the general population; er than communications which had
Abilene, KS; and four days at the however, the committee thought it been passed first through Houston
National Archives and the Manuscript would be useful to determine the atti- control. The so-called "NASA select"
Division in Washington, DC. Mr. tudes of those who help shape public audio channel, which was transmitted
Friedman has talked to severaJ archi- opinion. Representatives of the Fund by Houston to the press and other
vists, to people associated with the also conducted interviews with seven interested news media, does not
Truman and Eisenhower administra- radio stations during this quarter, include this statement.
tions, and to people who knew some resulting in nearly seven hours of air This audio tape initiated a search
of the MJ-12 personalities. At the time. for confirmation that it had, in fact,
libraries, he found some interesting The committee has proposed creat- come from the spacecraft and was
information about document formats ing an award in the name of the late not some bizarre hoax by a ham
which is consistent with th€ ·format of Donald Keyhoe, former head of the radio operator who transmitted on
the Eisenhower briefing document National Investigations Committee on the same frequency as the Goddard
and also with the Cutler-Twining Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). This ham station (WA3NAN). The Fund
memorandum. Mr. Friedman is becom- award is for $1,000, which would go immediately arranged for a voice
ing an expert on certain classified to the author of the best UFO-related analysis to determine if the transmis-
aspects of the Truman and Eisen- story published or broadcast in the sion was- authentic and if so, which
hower administrations. So far, he has periodic news media - newspaper, astronaut made the sta.Jment. At this
found nothing to discredit any of the magazine, radio or television - in writing, the analysis was inconclusive.
MJ-12 documents; in fact, he has 1989. Any person could submit one The Fund for UFO Research is
found some supportive information. or more of his own published articles looking for an individual to conduct a
The Executive Committee of the for evaluation. A panel will be created study of the possibly changing patt•
Fund is also supporting William Moore to evaluate the entries and to make ems of the basic types of UFO
in further research into the reported the award. reports. The idea is to compare the
crash and retrieval of a UFO outside In May, there will be a conference relative percentage of Night Lights,
Roswell, NM, in 1947. Mr. Moore in Connecticut, by invitation on1y, Daylight Discs, CE-1, CE-II and CE-ID
made a trip to contact a potentially which will be attended by a number reports during each of the past five
valuable source of information related of clinicians in the fields of psychology years with earlier reports.
to the Roswell case. He will be mak- and psychiatry who have ·indicated an Interested persons are requested to
ing further trips during the next quar- interest in studying the subject of write to the Fund, giving details of
ter. The results of this investigation abductions. The Fund will be support- their relevant experience, the infor-
will be made available when his ing this conference, along with the mation sources they are able to use,
·"·•. research is complete.
During this period, David Jacobs,
Mutual UFO Network and the Center
for UFO Studies. A major contributor
their proposed plan of investigation,
the time needed to complete the pro-
Ph.D., reported on the investigation is making this conference possible. ject and a breakdown of the expected
of stains on certain pieces of cloth In mid-March, the Executive Com- costs. Please send this information to
associated with the abduction expe- mittee was informed that a Baltimore the Fund for UFO. Research, Attn:
riences of some of the people with resident had recorded a very provoc- RFP-89-1, P.O. Box 277, Mt. Rainier,
whom he has been working. The ative statement made during a "ham" MD20712.
Fund provided a $1,000 grant for a radio rebroadcast of the communica• ··
laboratory analysis of the samples. tions between the space shuttle Dis-
The lab which did the analytical work
was not able to identify the ·stains;
therefore, further work will be neces-
MUFON UFO Journal, No. 256, August 1989
covery and Houston ground control.
The statement as recorded was as fol-
lows: "Uh, Houston, this is Discovery. IMUFONI 25
AMONG THOSE PRESENT (not in order): Donna McLeod, Tom Nesser, Dana Schmidt, Barbara
Foquet, Neil and Tammy Palumbo, Dr. Gary Levine, Hal Haglund, Bill and Rhoda Sherwood, Marc
Hutchins, State Director Dr. Gary Levine, Ann Forbes and friends.
MESSAGE, continued
MUFON Meetings in New York State There will be three sessions: Satur·
The MUFON membership in New York recently held two organizational day morning, Saturday afternoon, and
and informational meetings in their state. The first meeting was held at the Saturday evening, each costing $10.00,
YMCA in Auburn on May 20 and was attended by Hal Haglund, Ann Forbes, or $30.00 for the full day. A special
Donna Mcleod, Barb. Foquet, Tom Nesser, Bill and Rhoda Sherwood, State "early bird" conference price before
Director Dr. Gary Levine, Dana Schmidt, Neil and Tammy Palumbo and Marc August 31st is $20; September 1-30 reg-
Hutchins. Dana Schmidt (Section Director for Monroe County) assisted with istration will be $25, and thereafter the
the arrangements. run $30 fee applies.
The meeting focused on the establishment of a hotline number and ways to For more information or reservations
better coordinate UFO reporting in the upstate area. S6des of UFO types please contact Bruce Widaman, 3112
were shown. Mod<lngbird, St. Charles, MO 63301,
A second meeting took place in New York City on June 3 and featured telephone (314) 946-1394 or Alex Hor•
several speakers. Wtlliarn Knell, a new member from Flushing, discussed sight- vat, 25 Jackson Place, Apt. P, St. Cha-
ings in New York City and Long Island. He brought with him several photos rles, MO 63303, telephone (314) 947·
of UFOs over populated areas. Budd Hopkins reix>rted on the latest in abduc- 4116. Please make your hotel reserva-
tion cases and augmented his talk with interesting slides. Antonio Huneeus, tions directly with: Harley of St. Louis,
the MUFON representative for South America, discussed UFOs in Puerto 3400 Rider Trail South, St. Louis, MO
Rico and other areas of Latin America. Kevin Lammens ~ Gene Maron, 63045 (l-70 at Earth City Expressway),
Section Directors from Long Island announced that a new UFO hotline phone (314) 291-6800.
number would be in operation shortly on Long Island. They hoped that their
efforts would result in better cooperation among the membership. Dr. Gary
I MUFON I
Levine, the moderator, showed slides on UFO types.
Several members at both meetings expressed interest at holding the
MUFON national meeting in New York State.
CUFOS Photo Exhibit 1. The Mansfield Helicopter Case: Jennie Zeidman .•••.•••.•• D
The MUFON 1989 International New Officers sultant in Psychiatry, has accepted
UFO Symposium is now history. For the additional position of State Sec-
those people who were unable to Stephen J. Firmani, State Direc- tion Director for Sacramento and
attend this exciting affair, this issue of tor for Massachusetts, recently resign- Yolo Counties in Northern California. .,r:.
,the Journal will present some of the ed due to new employment opportun- Karl G. Sanders, M.S., a member
memorable highlights. Attendance-wise, ities requiring more of his personal since 1980, has agreed to take a more '
the 1989 symposium surpassed all of time. In an organizational change, active role by accepting the job of
the previous nineteen except for San Edward A. Sanborn of Lowell, MA State Section Director for Victoria,
Francisco (Burlingame) in 1979. The was elected by the State Section J~ckson, Goliad and Calhoun Coun-
four unofficial speakers on the Sun- Directors to be the new State Direc•
0
ties in Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders
day morning session provided enough tor replacing Mr. Firmani. In a similar attended the MUF.ON symposium in
· speculation and claims to keep eve- action. Morton Schafer, living in Bel- Las Vegas.
ryone talking, wondering and looking lingham, MA, became the new Assist- Edward F. Mazur, State Director
for facts to either confirm or dismiss ant State Director. Both have received for Arkansas, has selected Dale Wood·
the controversial material presented. the approval of the MUFON Execu- son III to be the State Section Direc-
Since MUFON could not support the tive Committee and the Eastern Region- tor for the following counties: Lonoke,
claims being made, it was treated as al Director. Ed Sanborn attended Clark, Dallas, Cleveland, Lincoln and
an unofficial meeting where the speak- the State Directors Training meeting Arkansas. Charles R. Vieth, M.S.,
ers had an opportunity to air their in Las Vegas. living in Tahlequah, OK, was appointed
stories. The attendees were thus Jerry F. Hiers, State Director for State Section Director for Cherokee
given the privilege of conducting their Louisiana, is moving back to Califor- and Adair Counties, Research Spe-
own evaluations. Further research will nia, creating a vacancy. Walter L cialist in Information Science, and
disclose whether such claims are fac- Garner, Jr. ("Barney"), presently the Amateur Radio Operator KG5TV by
tual or science fiction. Dennis Stacy Assistant State Director, will assume Jean Waller, Oklahoma State Direc-
has done an outstanding job of this responsible position and provide tor.
reviewing the official speaker's pres- strong leadership. Both men attended John Altshuler, M.D., of Engle-
entations in this issue of the Journal. State Directors meetings in Eureka wood, CO, has volunteered as a
John Lear, Hal Starr and the Springs and Las Vegas. Mr. Gamer is Consultant in Hematology, Clfnical
host committee in Las Vegas are to a retired U.S.A.F. Lt. Col. and also and Anatomic Pathology. He provided
be commended for their hospitality recently retired from the faculty at unusual surgical analysis on animal
and friendliness. The meeting facilities Louisiana State University. mutilation cases when he appeared
at the Aladdin were superb. The John V. Brown, currently the with Linda Moulton Howe in her
MUFON 1989 International UFO Sym- State Director for New Mexico, has presentation, "Alien Harvest," at the
posium Proceedings are now available asked to resign his post. His nomina- MUFON 1989 International UFO Sym•
for $15.00 plus $1.50 for postage and tion of Teresa Brito·Asenap of posium. He first became involved in
handling. All of the presented papers Albuquerque to fill this position has UFOs with the "Snippy Case" in
are published, except for that of Bill
Moore and the unofficial speakers
been approved. Mrs. Asenap has
represented New Mexico at each of
Alamosa, CO in September 1%7.
(Snippy was actua1ly an Appaloosa
..,
A
(233 pages). the last two State Directors Meetings mare named "Lady.") I
While the 1989 symposium is still and is anxious to build an energetic John Lear, State Director for Nev-
fresh in our minds, we can start mak- investigative team with.available talent- ada, has submitted his resignation
ing plans to travel to Pensacola, Flor- ed people. due to personal and family problems.
ida for the 1990 extravaganza at the S. Christopher Early has appoint- His resignation was regretfully accept-
Pensacola Hilton on July 6,. 7, and 8. ed Larry Hebebrand, a State Sec• ed, considering the fine work that he
The theme tentatively selected is tion Director for Muscogee and has performed on the very successful
"UFOs: The Impact of E.T. Contact Chattahoochee Counties, to the addi- Las Vegas symposium. Peter R.
Upon Society." This will be an oppor- tional role of Assistant State Director Geremia, Stale Director for New
tunity for many of you to visit with for Georgia. Mr. Hebe brand has also Hampshire, promoted Cheryl L. Pow-
some of the 140 witnesses to sightings attended the recent training meetings ell of Derry, NH to State Section
in the Gulf Breeze locale, as well as in Eureka Springs and Las Vegas.
with Ed Walters and his wife. Michael M. Dullnig, M.D., a Con- Continued on page 27
28 MUFON UFO Journal, No. 256. August 1989