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Webb's Night Sky 24 Dr. John Mack, 1929-2004 Gordon Cooper 1927-2004
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November 2004 Number 439 By John F. Schuessler
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reconstituted to an equally marked de- Westminster, B.C. cephaly, so this condition can safely be
gree, being somewhat less than half as Dr. John Bachynsky, radiologist, ruled out as a cause of the abnormali-
thick as normal human bone, with a New Westminster, B.C. ties expressed.
corresponding weight of roughly half Dr. Ken Poskitt, pediatric Hydrocephaly also causes a widen-
nonnal. neuroradiologist, Vancouver Children's ing of the sutures, again not expressed
The reconfigurations and the recon- Hospital here. There was consensus agreement
stitution are uniform throughout all axes Dr. Ian Jackson, craniofacial plastic to both of these observations by other
and in all planes of the skull. There is surgeon, Michigan (formerly of Mayo experts conversant with these features.
no asymmetrical warping or irregular Clinic). Dr. Kaburda carried out special
thinning that is the hallmark of typical Dr. JohnMcNicoll, craniofacial plas- three-dimensional X-rays which mea-
human deformity. tic surgeon, Seattle, WA. sure certain fixed points in any skull,
Highly unusual morphology Dr. Mike Kaburda, oral surgeon, allowing for comparison of any particu-
The morphology of this skull is so New Westminster, B.C. lar skull to the established norm.
highly unusual as to be unique in my Dr. Tony Townsend, ophthalmolo- Deviations outside the norm
forty years of experience as a medical gist, Vancouver. These accumulated results were
doctor specializing in plastic and recon- Dr. Hugh Parsons, ophthalmologist, compared to a statistical analysis of 100
structive surgery of the cranium. Vancouver. human skulls. This skull was found to
Because of its uniqueness, I under- Dr. Smith noted that the skull's cra-
be more than ten ( 10) standard devia-
took an extensive review of current lit- time sutures
nial were well knitted at the
of death, indicating an age at least tions outside the norm, i.e. the statisti-
erature on craniofacial abnormalities, teenaged. cal center of a Bell curve.
which failed to uncover a single simi- He further noted the extensive col- This is another strong indication that
lar example. lection of Wonnian bones (small bone the skull in question is unlike anything
In short, it seems to be not only "islands") connecting the lambdoidal previously seen or investigated.
unique in my personal experience, but suture (between parietals and occipi- Doctors Townsend and Parsons ex-
also unique throughout the past history tal), indicating maturity beyond child- amined the orbital cavities and con-
of worldwide study of craniofacial ab- hood. cluded that the being may well have
normalities. This is significant. This was agreed by several other been sighted, but if so, its visual struc-
Specialists who examined the skull specialists who studied it, so based on tures deviated strongly from the norm.
and associated X-rays and CAT scans these features the likelihood of matu- The cavities, while astonishingly
were: rity is high. symmetrical, were less than 50% nor-
Dr. Fred Smith, head of Pediatrics, Dr. Bachynsky noted that there is no mal depth. The optic foramen, which
Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA. evidence of erosion of the inner table carries the optic nerve from the brain
Dr. David Hodges, radiologist, Royal of the skull. Such erosion would be through the orbital bone to the eye, is
Columbian Hospital, New consistent with a diagnosis of hydro- nearly an inch lower than it would be
Background
In the early
evening hours of
March 25, 2004,
a Northwest
(NW) Airlines
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shows returns in the 12 o'clock posi- These fast-moving radar returns ended at 19:09 C.S.T. This means that
tion, but the returns are about 40 miles could possibly be due to weather, but a enough daylight existed to see the ob-
from the NW flight. check of weather radar shows that rain jects, but darkness was approaching
The radar map does show returns showers were well into Northwest Iowa towards the end of the sighting period.
that could be interpreted to be very fast- at this time, and the radar returns were Inquiries were made to NORAD and
moving aircraft that were not transmit- west of Omaha. Therefore it is unlikely Strategic Command (STRATCOM)
ting transponder information to the ra- that these returns were due to weather. regarding the unidentified aircraft sight-
dar. Dr. James McDonald said in his ing on March 25.
One of the potential aircraft was 1968 report to Congress that a tendency STRATCOM did not note any un-
moving at around 4 times the speed of exists to explain too many radar returns usual aircraft activity on March 25.
sound and the other at nearly 3 times as weather, birds, ducting, etc. He fur- NORAD also said that no anomalous
the speed of sound. If these returns ther stated that some returns not iden- aircraft were noted on March 25, but
were objects, they would have to have tified as known aircraft could represent that exercises were conducted over
been quite large to be viewed by the UFOs. South Dakota and Canada on March
crew. Another point to consider is that 26.
''Fast walkers" UFOs are frequently reported as exhib- On March 27 equipment testing was
The returns were on the same gen- iting unusual maneuvers, disappearing, conducted. NORAD said that the
eral heading of the NW flight and were and reappearing. Perhaps this could ex- equipment testing was classified.
obviously speeding away. Radar ech- plain why these craft didn't leave a con- NORAD did say that exercises encom-
oes that move rapidly are often referred tinuous path of radar echoes ahead of pass "scramble-type maneuvers."
to as "fast walkers" by radar operators. the airline. One has to ask the question: Did the
This effect can be produced by returns The information that we have indi- sightings on March 25 over Nebraska
that are off of the scale of the radar cates that the crew had the craft in sight and Iowa influence the decision of
scope and do not show up until the next continuously, but we don't know that NORAD to conduct these exercises?
revolution of the radar antenna. for sure. We do know that the FAA controller
This concept is discussed in the ra- According to the U.S. Naval Obser- contacted NORAD on the evening of
dar section of the MUFON Field vatory sunset at this time and location the sightings.
Investigators Manual. was at 18:42 C.S.T. and civil twilight A check of the ARTCC logs for
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March 25, 2004, did not reveal any in the WNW, and were close together. fast-moving objects about 40 miles
mention ofthe sighting. Several brief- Mercury was positioned in the WSW ahead oftheNW flight.
ings were held after the sighting, but at the time of the sighting (close to Mars These echoes were in the 12 o'clock
it is not known if these briefings are and Venus). position from the Northwest flight, and
routine. Could the pilots have mistaken bright were heading in a WSW direction
No simple identification planetary objects for UFOs? The three (same general heading as the Northwest
What could these unidentified air- planets were close together and posi- flight).
craft be? The weather balloon expla- tioned in the approximate direction However, we don't know for sure if
nation has long been used to explain where the pilots saw the objects. these returns represent aircraft, and the
UFO sightings. A weather balloon Based on astronomical data, it ap- 40-mile distance would mean that the
was launched from Omaha, NE, at pears that Venus could have been vis- craft would have to be very large to be
18:00 C.S.T. This was about an hour ible towards the end of the time period visible to the crew. Therefore the ra-
before the sighting. ofthe sighting. It is quite doubtful that dar data provides little support to the
The winds aloft at the flight level the other planets would have even been sighting.
of 35,000 feet were from WSW at visible during this time, however. The FAA controller said that radar
about 50 knots. For this reason the Pilots are trained observers, and I did not detect the craft. Several stud-
balloon explanation doesn't hold, be- think it highly unlikely that they would ies have indicated that UFOs are fre-
cause if the crew had sighted the bal- mistake planets for aircraft. The pilots quently not visible on radar, so the ab-
loon, it would have been moving to- likely would have flown this same route sence of radar visibility in this case does
wards them and ascending. during the period when the three above not reduce the validity of the sighting.
The crew reported that the craft planets would have been visible in the In summary we can say that reliable
were heading in the same general di- above positions and time. observers saw four objects that they
rection (WSW) that they were, and Also, the crew said that the objects couldn't identify, and other pilots also
were speeding away from them. The were moving away from them through- likely sighted the objects. During brief
crew also stated that they saw four out the time period of the sighting. The intervals in the duration of the sighting
craft. planets should have been getting radar showed some returns in the di-
The crew didn't report any con- brighter as darkness increased. For the rection where the pilots made the sight-
trails from the craft. According to the above reasons I doubt that the crew ing.
atmospheric temperature profile, con- misidentified the planets as flying ob- Finally, NORAD conducted exer-
trails would have formed above about jects. cises in the general area of the sightings
28,000 feet, but would have rapidly Conduslon/Flnal Remarks on the next day.
dissipated due to the low humidity In conclusion we have an airline References:
conditions (per studies by National crew who sighted four objects that they National UFO Reporting Center
Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- couldn't explain. Some evidence also (http://www.nuforc.org)
tration). exists that other pilots had sighted the National Climatic Data Center (http://
The NW flight was flying at 35,000 same objects, according to the discus- www.ncdc.noaa.gov)
feet and the crew said that the objects sion between the controller and the James McDonald, Statement on
were at a higher altitude than they FAA supervisor. Unidentified Objects, July 28, 1968.
were. However, if the aircraft were A check with NORAD revealed no J.C. Toomay, Radar Principles for
conventional, contrails probably unexplained aircraft on the date and the Non-Specialist, Second Edition,
should have been briefly seen. time of the sighting. However, 1998
A check of astronomical data NORAD related that exercises were U.S. Naval Observatory, http://
shows that Mars and Venus were conducted on the following day (March aa.usno.navy.mil/
quite bright in the evening sky in late 26) over South Dakota and Canada. What is a Contrail and How Does it
March, 2004. Venus could have be- We learned that these exercises involve Form? National Oceanic and Atmo-
gun to be visible towards the end of "scramble-type" maneuvers. spheric Administration, http://
the sighting (sunset was 18:41 C.S.T. Could these exercises be related to www.wrh.noaa.gov/F1agstaff/science/
and civil twilight began 19:09 C.S.T. the sightings? Also NORAD was con- contrail.htm
at Omaha). tacted by the FAA flight controller re- The Night Sky, MUFONUFO
Bright stars and planets begin to be garding the sighting. Why did NORAD Journal, February, 2004
visible at the beginning of civil twi- say that they were not contacted by MUFON Field Investigator's Manual
light (source U.S. Naval Observa- anyone regarding any unidentified air-
tory). Venus was quite bright, with a craft sightings?
magnitude of -4.4 (MUFON UFO Radar showed some primary returns Case reports
Journal). Mars was dimmer with a at the 12 o'clock position from the air- Please send a copy of case re-
brightness of 2.2. Mercury was also craft, but the returns did not show a ports directly to the MUFON
visible. continuous path of movement. At 19:11 UFO Journal.
Mars and Venus were positioned C.S.T. radar indicated two potentially
The World's Best UFO Cases, Connelly argues that "convincing puter-enhanced images should have
compiled/edited/written by Dwight evidence is elusive, since contactee been used.
Connelly, 2004, 6 X 9, soft cover, 240 claims tend to be of the single-witness There is a comprehensive index and
pages $9.95 plus $2.50 p/h from Book- variety," though he accepts that "some list of recommended reading. To the
seller, Inc., 14026 Ridgelawn Road, sort of alien-to-abdlictee contact is an latter I would have added Unconven-
Martinsville, IL 62442. accepted element in many of the cases tional Flying Objects by Paul Hill-
that are considered valid on the basis surely one of the best introductory
Reviewed by Timothy Good of other evidence, as in the Pascagoula books, especially for the scientifically-
"Obviously, the term 'best case' is case." minded-and at least several of the
somewhat subjective," Connelly sensi- He could have pointed out that most books by Jacques Vallee, John Keel,
bly points out in abduction claims also involve single and-dare I mention ?-myself.
his preface to The witnesses. Criticisms aside, it's no mean feat
World's Best UFO But this admittedly is a gray area, to tackle a work such as this, especially
Cases; selected since there have been occasions when given the multi-disciplinary, multi-fac-
mostly from the witnesses have been abducted/kid- eted nature of the subject.
MUFON UFO napped by aliens and communications And in general, Connelly has done a
Journal. have been established, with no evidence fine job editing his selection of signifi-
"The cases in of missing time (e.g. in the Antonio cant cases. This is an essential refer-
this book are in- Villas Boas case). ence book for both aspiring and sea-
cluded because I But for the benefit of newcomers es- soned investigators.
think they are the pecially, I think we should make the How about another volume of the
best . . . others distinction that there have been many truly international best cases?
would add some cases and possibly reported encounters with aliens involv-
eliminate others." ing neither abduction nor missing time.
An important reason for Connelly's In the section on animal abductions/ The Kell;Ineideniby Anna Karyl,
choice of cases owes to his conviction mutilations, I was surprised at the lack 2004, Gate Way Publishers, 2801 Red-
that "The credibility of the witnesses of any reference to the pioneering work wood Parkway, #219, Vallejo,
and the investigator is, in fact, the key of Dr. John Altshuler, a hematologist CA94591, 6x9 soft cover, 170 pages,
to any case, and the investigators in- who first examined the carcass of a $7.95.
cluded in this book are among the mutilated animal (the horse "Lady," in Reviewed by Dwight Connelly
world's best." Quite so. Alamosa, CO, in 1967), and whose ex- This is a fiction book based in part
My main criticism of this otherwise tensive medical research, based on the on the famous Kelly, KY, encounter in
carefully conceived volume is the pau- analysis of numerous tissue samples, 1955 in which a
city of foreign cases. led to some important discoveries, in- group of indi-
The large majority are American, corporated by Linda Howe in her book viduals encoun-
with only four foreign: two from Aus- and documentary, A Strange Han·est. tered two or
tralia; the Papua, New Guinea, case; Dr. Altshuler, who died in January more strange en-
Nancy Talbott's witnessing of a crop this year, led a distinguished career, his tities, and shot at
circle being formed in Hoeven, Hol- posts including fellowship of the Insti- them numerous
land; and passing references to a few tute for Dermatopathology at the times with little
related cases in other countries. Jefferson Medical School in Philadel- effect.
Thus the title is somewhat of a mis- phia. considered to be one of the most The author
nomer. How about China and the prestigious and competitive in medi- moved to the
former USSR-with the largest popu- cine. Hopkinsville
lations in the world-or Canada, Europe The book is illustrated throughout. area as a youngster about a year after
in general, and continental South Photographic reproduction leaves much the encounter, and initially learned of it
America? to be desired in some cases, which from neighborhood children.
I would have liked a CE IV case not doesn't help us assess the validity of While the Kelly incident serves as
involving abduction to have been in- the claims made for the Ramey Roswell the means of introducing the fictional
cluded. message, for example. Clearer, com- (Continued on Page 22)
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' The History Channel easily fitting in one vehicle. 1986 (during my visit to the Harvard
I wasn't able to watch the History If that had been all there was, then Archives where I found many surprises
Channel TV Program on MJ-12 and rancher Brazel would have brought it about his involvement in highly classi-
Roswell when it was first broadcast on in to Roswell in his old pickup, and fied work for the NSA, CIA, Naval
Oct. 10 because the Channel is not there would have been no reason for Intelligence, etc), she indicated she
shown in Canada. However, someone Jesse Marcel knew nothing about his classified work.
taped it for me, and I have had a chance and Cavitt to Why would his daughter be sur-
to review it. follow the prised that some of her father's activi-
Fortunately it was much less anti- rancher down ties had been kept secret? An 8-page
Roswell than two previous Roswell the long dusty appreciation of Menzel in Sky and Tele-
shows they had broadcast. One was so trail to the scope also said nothing about these ac-
bad I wrote a strong letter, which is on ranch. Mogul tivities.
my website www.stanfriedman.com. had 20-24 They showed me poring over docu-
I was interviewed for many hours in standard neo- ments on a table, but Nickell and Kurtz
Chicago many months ago by Tower prene weather using cameras and apparently (not re-
Productions, and answered many sub- balloons tied ally) doing scientific work on the MJ-
sequent questions by phone. I can't together at 20' 12 documents.
complain about airtime. intervals along The National Archives and other
Other prominent interviewees were w i t h Sono- Archives were made to look as though
Dr. Robert M. Wood and his son Ryan, Stan Friedman buoys, radio they were open stack facilities in which
Dr. Mark Rodeghier of CUFOS, Rich- gear, radar re- researchers could bring briefcases and
ard Dolan, author of two books on the flectors etc. other items and easily slip things into
National Security State, and the late Even the cover-up story on July 9 boxes. In fact they are not.
congressman Steven Sniff. said the wreckage covered an area 200 One requests certain boxes from a
Appearing for the debunker commu- yards in diameter. Major Jesse Marcel, listing. These archival boxes are
nity were the usual suspects, Dr. Joe the intelligence officer of the 509th, told brought into the research area from the
Nickell and Dr. Paul Kurtz of CSICOP, me in 1978 that the debris covered an closed storage vaults.
and USAF Col. Richard Weaver, area more than 1/2 mile long and hun- They made it sound as though Jaime
whose specialty had been disinfor- dreds of yards wide. Shandera and Bill Moore went to
mation, and who put together the mas- Strange inaccuracies Washington, DC, in July, 1985, seek-
sive volume "The Roswell Report: There were some strange inaccura- ing Box 189 where the Cutler Twining
Truth versus Fiction in the New Mexico cies in the documentary. For example, memo was found. This is nonsense.
Desert." He provided the fiction. all Mogul balloons launched before July There had been a puzzling postcard
This is the report which claims that 8 employed standard small neoprene received from POB 189, Addis Ababa,
there was no saucer crash, but that a balloons a few feet in diameter. The Ethiopia, mailed from New Zealand.
very highly classified Project Mogul program wrongly showed-as have There are many boxes labeled 189 in
Balloon was the culprit. many others-a single huge polyethyl- the Archives.
The claims are easily refuted, includ- ene balloon. Much more impressive It was only after the Cutler Twining
ing such details as the original stories looking, but not correct. Memo (whose brief but important men-
of July 8, 1947, all indicating the wreck- There were a lot of waste visuals tion of NSC MJ-12 Special Studies
age was found "Last week." showing documents that couldn't be Project wasn't actually shown) was dis-
Weaver says it was a super secret read. One surprise to me was the use covered that they realized it was in Box
Mogul balloon train found by rancher of a clip from the Nightline Program of 189 of Entry 267 of Record Group 341-
Mac Brazel in Mid-June, which is June 24, 1987, featuring a sort of de- Bill and Jaime were looking at the
hardly last week from July 8. bate between Phil Klass and myself. boxes of Entry 267 because I had been
Furthermore, Weaver's report also Another surprise was mention of a informed during a visit to Washington
claimed that Counterintelligence Of- letter from Donald Menzel's daughter in March, 1985, that it was being clas-
ficer Sheridan W. Cavitt suddenly re- apparently rejecting the idea of his in- sification reviewed.
called that the wreckage was just a bal- volvement in MJ-12, It consists of 42 feet of material, and
loon covering an area 20' square and When I visited with Mrs. Menzel in is titled "Correspondence and Other
NOVEMBER 2004 MUFON UFO JOURNAL 19
Documents Relating to Intelligence MJ-12 arguments was shown by the a signature to Van Bush's copy or his
Activities Overseas and in the Conti- focus on three specific very weak com- own, since they both are noted in the
nental USA 1945-54." plaints: memo.
RG 341 (USAF HQ files) had 9,787 1. The date format: Nickell has for The CIA, unfortunately, would pro-
feet of material in a total of 480 En- years made a big deal that the cover of vide nothing, even on appeal, about the
tries. This is about 1,000 four-drawer the Eisenhower Briefing Document 1952 security briefings, even though I
filing cabinets. shows the date 18 September, 1952. He provided dates and times of two of
The debunkers pronounced distress has claimed that this style (because of them.There are many other objections
over the fact that none of the documents the comma placement) violates the gov- to the legitimacy of the first three MJ-
were originals. In actuality, the Cutler ernment style manual! 12documents which I have demolished
Twining memo is an original carbon At the archives one finds many dif- in detail in my April, 2004, paper "Ma-
that cannot be removed from the Ar- ferent date formats, especially in lim- jestic 12 Documents Update" which is
chives. ited distribution, highly classified docu- on my website.
Anybody can look at it there and see ments done before word processing Nickell, at the end of the program,
the watermark, the special slant red was the norm. In one file folder I found claims that it is really a shame that some
pencil mark through it, the aged paper, 6 date formats. people might believe these phony
etc. I wish I had originals of the others, In my Final Report I included 3 ("Riddled with errors") documents are
too, but one makes do with what one memos from the Director of Central real and become distrustful of the gov-
has. Intelligence to Andrew Goodpaster, ernment and think less of certain people
No mention was made on the pro- Ike's staff Secretary, done within a 2- because of their involvement.
gram that Phil Klass paid me $1,000. week period and each with a different How naive can one get? I suspect
for disproving his claim that the NSC date format. many people have become very dis-
used only elite type, by providing more I also found the same "anomalous" trustful of their government since find-
than ten documents using the same size date format on items from Roscoe J. ing out about Watergate and the absence
and style pica type used in the CT Hillenkoetter and Walter B. Smith, both of claimed Weapons of Mass Destruc-
memo. A copy of his check is in my MJ-12 members and past directors of tion in Iraq, the absence of a claimed
"Final Report on Operation Majestic the CIA. Reality is different from an link between Sadaam Hussein and
12." armchair. Osama Ben Laden and 9/ll, etc.
A big deal was made of the fact that 2. It was claimed that the Truman This is as silly as his explanation for
Cutler was out of the country on the Forrestal Memo was listed as Execu- the Sept. 12, 1952, Flatwoods Monster
date of the CTM.This is very old news. tive Order 092447, but that "all" UFO case as a 6' owl! I have noted this
I am sure that I had pointed out to Truman's genuine Executive Orders in the Epilogue for the new hardcover
Tower Productions that this was espe- use numbers between 8000 and 9000. book The Braxton County Monster:
cially important because there is no sig- Some serious omissions here are that The Cover up of the Flatwoods Mon-
nature and no /s/ meaning original the TFM is listed as Special Classified ster Revea!edby Frank Feschino, Jr.
signed by. Executive Order (It was TOP SE- I did the foreward as well. Copies
I had also noted that we have copies CRET), not just Executive Order; that are available from me at POB 958,
of memos from Cutler to James Lay, the public list doesn't include classified Houlton, ME 04730-0958, $33.45, in-
the executive secretary of the NSC, tell- Executive Orders; and that the 092447 cluding S and H. [To be reviewed in
ing him to "keep thing moving out of is obviously the date, September 24, the Jouma!in the December issue.]
my in-basket while I am gone," and also 1947. There is also a new video, "Do You
of a memo from Lay to Cutler while I have published items from the State Believe in MAJIC?," shown on the Ca-
Cutler was overseas indicating that he Department in which the date (in this nadian Space TV Channel in June,
was doing exactly that. same format) was part of the file num- which offers comments from much less
Also there was no mention of the fact ber. biased and more informed investiga-
that Lay had met with Ike earlier that 3. Someone was shown cutting out tors.
day (July 14,1954) and had a brief a Truman signature and doing a cut and A good part of it is a sort of point-
phone conversation with him around paste job for the TFM. I long ago counterpoint discussion between my-
4:30; or that George Elsey, who worked pointed out that probably the only copy self and Karl Pflock. It is only $20.00.
for Truman all the time he was in the of the TFM with a signature would have It was also suggested in the show that
White House, had told me that Lay and been Forrestal's. He had died in May, Moore, Shandera, or myselfcould have
Cutler sat next to each other at NSC 1949. DCI W.B. Smith, who did many forged the documents. Evidence pro-
meetings, and that of course Lay would briefings for Ike during WW 2, and four vided? ZERO.
have sent a memo in Cutler's name to in late 1952 about national security One of the prime rules for debunk-
Twining about a simple change of tim- matters, would have been consulted by ers is if you can't attack the data, at-
ing for the MJ-12 briefing. briefing officer Hillenkoetter. tack the people. Stan Friedman
The weakness of the debunkers anti The CIA certainly could have added fsphys@rogers.com.
Researchers and witnesses A working UFOiogist, especially one terror ride by implanting images of un-
The tragic death of John Mack dur- that contacts witnesses on a day-to-day stoppable alien manipulators as we can
ing a trip to the UK this fall has no doubt basis, will find himself or herself rather destabilize their self-confidence and
deeply affected many UFOiogists, es- unexpectedly thrust into a role that is personal development if we give vent
pecially given the avoidable circum- almost that of a priest or analyst. to skeptical thoughts about mental im-
stances of a drunk driver being respon- Frightened, confused, and mystified agery causing them to see things.
sible. witnesses turn to us as their only real Doing what is right in this situation
Pondering the source of both comfort and illumina- is possibly the hardest part of the role
many things that he tion. of the UFOlogist.
brought to our sub- They want us to tell them what is For we easily forget that what is to
ject caused me to happening, and to reassure them that it us just another case is to the witness a
ask myself is not happening because they are suf- traumatic event that will alter their des-
whether we see fering from some mental delusion. tiny. Things that we say to them will
our role as active They may also want some pacifica- alter the course of their lives.
researchers in too tion that their lives have not suddenly I often look back over the 30 years
narrow a focus. turned from safety and normality into a or so that I have been investigating
That is certainly terrible anxiety where they or their kids UFOs. recall some witnesses who were
something that are not safe, even within their own young and impressionable, and wonder
cannot be said of Jenny Randies beds-that at any moment they could be how much I affected them by whatever
Dr. Mack. snatched away by goodness knows who I said during my self-centered pursuit
Of course, there are many ways in bent on doing goodness knows what. of their encounter.
which an individual can contribute to Responsibility I doubt that it always had the ben-
UFOiogy. We may consider ourselves Naturally, it is the abduction re- eficial effect that I intended.
to be an investigator-following up searcher who is forced into confronta- I know that in the early days I did
sightings and trying to define the evi- tion with these awesome issues much not always stop to assess the implica-
dence from which truth will be dis- more than someone aiming to take tions when a 13-year-oldgirl years later
cerned. video film of triangular lights that have became the mother of her own young
Or we may adopt a wider been reported to plague a local hill. child who might then start to report see-
brushstroke and seek to piece the clues The burden of responsibility is enor- ing or hearing strange things in the
together via historical documents, di- mous, in particular when children are night.
rect observation, or instruments detect- involved in having frightening encoun- Would what I said to them 20 years
ing spontaneous phenomena. These ters, as they all too often are. earlier be recalled now as if it had more
seek to provide some grand strategy to It is never easy knowing what is right import than I could ever have honestly
figure out what is really going on. to do. Should we offer our theories or intended?
Soul searching beliefs about the UFO mystery-as we This is one of the reasons I became
However, UFOlogy is at its heart a will inevitably be requested to do? so embroiled in designing the "Code of
human experience. Whatever it is that Do we risk in so doing adding to the Practice," as we call it in the UK. UFO
people encounter, it has an effect upon fear and confusion, even if we are aim- groups from around the country got to-
them. It changes lives. And to a degree, ing to do the opposite by simply report- gether, and we drew up a set of guid-
UFOlogists become the only ones with ing what we think we know. ing principles-simple do's and don't's-
whom the secrets of the soul can be "Think," of course, is the key word as to how we should work with people.
shared. here. Nobody really knows what causes It was a simple thing to do, and in
A witness can have a reverence for the UFO phenomenon, and we have to some ways probably ineffective. Self-
his or her UFO!ogical mentor that bor- be very careful-whatever perspective policing is not something that UFOlogy
ders on the uncomfortable, but is very we approach this from-to make that ig- has ever seemed terribly good at achiev-
understandable given the needs that norance clear. ing.
they have after their whole existence By which I mean we can just as eas- But we were sending a wake-up
has just been turned upside down. ily send a young child off on a lifelong call-asking ourselves to stop and think
NOVEMBER 2004 MUFON UFO JOURNAL 21
about the human dimension behind
these close encounters-not just treat
them as another case for our files or an
Director's Message...
extra statistic to add to the facts and (Continued from Page 14) knew each of them as people dedicated
figures that we are using to build a pic- design, test, and design reviews for the in their determination to seek answers
ture of this perplexing mystery. Gemini spacecraft, when Cooper along to this mystery, regardless of personal
UFOs-whatever they are-are seen with Pete Conrad flew in Gemini 5 in cost. I was inspired by their contribu-
by human beings, and have an almost 1965. That was a milestone flight for tions to the field. That is why I dedi-
unimaginable power to change lives and the Gemini program. cated my message to their memory this
shape destinies. Nearly eight years before he was month. I will do a catch-up message
If we fail to take that into account accepted as an astronaut, Cooper and on MUFON business next month ..
when we seek answers for ourselves, his squadron were flying high perfor-
then we will never see the full truth or mance jet interceptors over Germany,
act in the interests of our fellow human where they tried to intercept a forma-
beings to the maximum extent that it is tion of shiny discs flying high above
Review: Tl,e Kelly
in our power to do:
John Mack certainly knew that
them. After he left the space program,
he is quoted as saying: "While on the
Incident. ..
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UFOiogy went beyond nuts and bolts Mercury project I would have liked to reporter in this book to the realm of
mechanical questions. have met these things, but I never had UFOs, Karyl also utilizes other UFO
We may or may not agree with how the opportunity. I believe that there is accounts in developing her story.
he came to interpret the almost mysti- intelligent life out there that has already Along the way we meet a medical
cal questions and superhuman dimen- visited this planet." doctor who has an avid interest in UFOs
sions that at times seem to be operat- In 1978 he testified before the United because of incidents which had oc-
ing behind the weirdest of all cases. Nations, hoping that the UN would curred with his father, as well as a thera-
But we cannot deny that he helped become a central repository for ac- pist who is well versed in ufological
us appreciate that vital lesson. counts ofUFO sightings. Although the matters and hypnotic regression.
concept was accepted by the UN, it was Ray Fowler (SynchroFile, 2004)
never funded. would also be happy to see
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Nov. 6-0hio MUFON featuring
Nevertheless, Cooper never allowed
the fact he was a United States Air
Force jet pilot, an astronaut, or even a
vice president for Walt Disney Produc-
synchronicity woven into the story.
While this book has UFOs as a ma-
jor theme, it is also a love story, as St.
Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Helen
Ted Phillips speaking on "Physical tions to intimidate him into denying his Wheeler finds romance where she least
Evidence Associated with UFO belief that UFOs are real and impor- expects it-in the hills of Kentucky-and
Sightings: 1460-2004. Afternoon meet- tant to the future of mankind. I would with a man who bore little resemblance
ing, Eagle Creek Garden Center, Route just like to say Godspeed Gordon Coo- to what she thought was her ideal in
306, Bainbridge, OH (Chagrin Falls per. terms of education and sophistication.
area, northeast Ohio). Contact Ufology is aging. We are losing a But all is not right with this young
budingerpa@msn.com lot of wonderful workers in this field man, and, once again, UFOs are in-
Nov. 6-7-World UFO & Paranor- each year. While their contributions volved.
mal Expo, Denver, CO, featuring Stan vary, all are important, and their loss Although this is Anna Karyl's first
Gordon, Freddy Silva, Matthew Bille, will be felt in many ways. I urge ev- book, it is well written in a style which
Joe Fex, Len Kasten, Robert Short, eryone reading this message to focus reminds me of mystery writer Sue
Boyd Blake Rice, Debbie Ziegelmeyer, on their accomplishments, not their Grafton, author of A is for Alibi, B is
Chuck Zukowski, & Sue Wallace. frailties-to work with renewed vigor to for Burglar, etc., who is also from Ken-
www.wupe.net 303-347-8252. seek an early solution to the UFO mys- tucky.
Nov. 12--14--Second Annual Crash tery. It is long overdue. The author keeps the story moving,
Retrieval Conference, Las Vegas, NV, We lost Betty, John, and Gordon and usually ends each chapter in such
featuring Grant Cameron, Linda during a very short period of time. I a way that the reader wants to go on to
Moulton Howe, Don Ledger, Jim the next one.
Marrs, David Pace, Nick Redfern,
Estate Planning While this book may be slanted more
Robert M. Wood, Ryan S. Wood, and Planned giving can be beneficial toward the female reader, I also found
Peter Robbins. www.ufoconfer- both to MUFON and to your own it enjoyable, and would recommend it
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March 6-12-International UFO wish to have more information on serious material that fills most of our
Congress Convention and Film Festi- various options and benefits, UFO-related reading.
val, Laughlin, NV. www.ufocon- please contact MUFON headquar- It can also serve as a nice introduc-
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