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Jenny Randles Alien Contact The First Fifty Years
CONTACT
Jenny Randles
ALIEN
CONTACT
The First Fifty Years
BARNES
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ISBN
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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Picture Credits
Front cover: Spiral galaxy (courtesy of Spectrum Colour Ubrary).
Opposite title page: The 'face on Mars', as found by NASA landing missions,
a highly-debated issue of 1993.
CONTENTS
Introduction
72
76
80
10
84
12
1977: Investigations
86
88
92
14
1951: Standstill
18
20
94
22
98
24
100
1955: Contact
28
102
30
104
1957: Sexperiments
32
106
36
108
38
1987: Spacenapped
110
114
116
40
1961: Abduction
42
46
120
48
122
50
124
54
126
56
130
58
132
62
136
64
138
66
Further reading
68
UFO organizations
70
Index
139
141
142
6 ALI EN CONTACT
INTRODUCTION
Fifty years of UFO reality has just elapsed. Now it
is time to assess where this has led us. However,
this book focuses not so much on UFOs
although, of course, they arc hardly incidental to
our story. Rather it examines the whole concept
of alien contact. I do this chronologically, so that
you can follow the main cases and the debates
that have surrounded them. You can see the way
in which trends and patterns have appeared and
developed to create the legends of today's
conspiratorially-minded UFOlogists.
just as importantly, I have contrasted these
events with other strands that contribute towards
the fuller picture. These help us to figure out
how these patterns may have come into being.
There has always been the world of political
intrigue. We must look at the whys and where
fores of it involvement with this mystery. How
have governments around the world reacted to
the prospect of alien visitors? Did they capture
solid proof many years ago, as some people
allege? Have they invented stories to confuse and
deceive us? What is the real motivation for inves
tigating these phenomena?
We also see how science fiction has been
'loving the alien' for a very long time. Do novels,
television series and movies imitate reports of
L1'0s or stimulate them? In other words, is there
a symbolic relationship between the grand mas
ters of fantasy and those people who claim that
they really have encountered aliens on a dark
and lonely night?
Finally, we see how science has striven to turn
this science fiction into reality, pushing outwards
towards that frontier in space and seeking some
faint sign that we are not alone in the universe.
Researcher Paul Devereux perceptively calls it
'the cry of a lonely species' and it is a most
ITHODLCTIO\
goings-on.
Tbe
marauders.
obscned it.
8 ALI EN CONTACT
he
VFO
mystery
officially began
on
'flying
Cover-up
An ob\'iously embarra..o;;sed
Major Jesse Marcel of the
Intelligence Office shows
off the remains of a weather
balloon at Carswell Air
Force Base in Texas on the
afternoon of]uly 8, 1947.
This had been substituted
for the real wreckage found
at Roswell, New Mexico.
On orders from the
Pentagon, Marcel was
acting out his role as a
stooge to get the media off
the LS government's back.
The aliens
like an idiot .
'foreign technology.
W(L
1 0 AL IEN CONTACT
of UFO lore.
by
witnesses,
including
Len
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At the end of World War 1\vo, it was discovered that Nazi
scientists had been surprisingly well advanced in rocketry
m<Lsive recovery op
no muscular stmcture,
the
debris
and
The photographer
was rescued.
with an admission bv
a retired photograph
from
An alien pilot
around
the
burnt
form
12
A LIEN C Or\TACT
such visitations.'
Watching brief
1 9 4 9 : S E C R E T I VAS I O
1 3
lar formation that moved across the sky near his home at
White Sands missile site and stated later that he knew there
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deep concern over the L'FO sighting over top scientific
research centres such as Los Alamos, ew Mexico.
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Oregon, USA, it has passed all the tests to which it has been subjected and appears
to show an object far too big to be a model.
1950:
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A still from the first movie footage of a UFO that is considered genuine, taken by
the manager of a baseball stadium at Great Falls, Montana, USA, in August 1 950.
The identity of the objects remains unknown.
I 9 5 0 : L ITT L E G R E E :\ 1 E :\
I 7
lose consciousness.
an
engineer
in
the
Drakensteen
18
A L I E N C O N TA C T
1951: STANDSTILL
Landing site
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1 9 5 1 : STADST 1 l. l.
19
(\H 11 .\ T I f C .\ II S T Il l'
There arc people who suggest that the alien contacts that
were reported during the late forties and early fifties were
the most ob\ious features of these early C:L'\eS and yet w:L'\
arrival of the aliens is when their car engine and lights fail
Tbe D()' Ibe Eartb Stood Still was a fable of alien con
Or was i t si mply a
l ittle men of the real c:Les, but more human still than that.
Where the fil m did draw upon UFO imagery w:L in the
way the craft took off :L'\ this, agai n , has often
a shock wave.
s o m eth i ng
about
the
pro p u l s i o n
system
20
AL IE N C O NTACT
1 9 5 2 : F R O M A O T II E R W O R L D
2 1
afterwards.
shows that some had noted the way in which the UFOs, after
Sceptics often say that they will believe in UFOs when one
Washington DC encounters.
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Alien in\'asion
In July 1952, Washington DC was 'imaded' by rFOs.
This photograph purports to shows LtOs O\"er the
Capitol building. The 'UFOs'
are,
in fact, ground
camera.
22
A L I E I" C O I" TA C T
G r \ r \ \1 : It .\ :\ f T I 0 ,\
.
By 1 953
This flight from Luke Air Force base in Arizona, USA, captured proof
of the CFO on illi
1 9 5 .3 : T i l E M E ;\ l .\ B L A C K
2)
Flying Saucers,
been silenced.
hut even
24
A L I E !\ CO T ACT
activity.
Alien-contact
cases
had
1 9 5 4 : A LI E ;\ S I ;\ E U R O P E
25
In 1954, contactee stories were receiving huge publicity. King of them all was George
Adamski, who supported his claims with spectacular photographs like the ones shown
here. Above: Adamski claimed that this photograph showed a 'Venusian' spaceship,
but later, when more sophisticated analysis became possible, many UFOlogists came to
suspect that this was simply a small table-top model. Inset: This photograph purports
to show a 'mother ship' surrounded by smaller ' baby' crafts.
26
A L I EN CO NTACT
1 9 5 4 : A I. I E S I E U R O P E
27
It told of sci
These crude methods clearly did not work and were not
grays,
macho
South
American
Alien monsters
28
ALIEN CONTACT
1955: CONTACT
From the Vienna Woods
1 9 5 5 : CO TACT
terrific
29
He
left,
strange being
30
A L I E N C O N TA C T
G ' \ - tl E .\ \l o \ n E tt
This photograph of a UFO high above San Francisco's Bay Area was taken on
October 1 0, 1 956. It typifies a growing dilemma. If UFOs can appear on a
photograph above such a densely populated location, why did thousands of
witnesses not report each sighting?
1 9 5 6 : A LI E S V T i l E E A R T I I
31
of the first movies to try to reflect the UFO mystery had been
It
because the truth about the alien 'invaders' was fully knO\m
visiting earth.
impression
that
the
authorities
could
not
really
The movie reflected the idea that the aliens might have
may well have suspected that it hid some terrible truth, they
may not, with the exception of Roswell, have had any actual
investigate and monitor the situation and just hope that the
were not myths. They had happened and tl1e authorities had
Operation intercept
In
the
same
month
as
experience.
the
battle
over
told to intercept.
32
A L I E N C O N TA C T
1957: SEXPERIMENTS
Inside view
1 957 saw the launch of the first object to enter the earth's orbit - Sputnik 1 . There
was a marked increase in UFO sightings, particularly around sensitive top-secret
research institutions, around this time. This photograph of a UFO was taken in New
Mexico, near Hollonan Air Force Base, on October 1 0, 1 957 - although opinion is
divided as to whether it is a lenticular cloud or a strange alien craft.
I 9 5 7 : S E X P E J{ L \1 E \ T S
.1 .)
34
A L I EN CONTACT
many
features
that
would
be
found
in
transitional episode.
Space sirens
up the hillside.
there in space'.
1 9 5 7 : SEX P E R J M E\TS
35
All this meant that Fontes sat on the cae file for
three years before it came to the attention of
36
A L I E :\ C O N TA C T
One of several photographs taken from the Brazilian naval survey vessel the
Almirante Saldhana in January 1 958. While it was moored off the uninhabited
island of Trindade in the Atlantic Ocean. A team of scientists on board were setting
up a meteorological station when the UFO appeared, caused the ship's electric
winch to stop and circled the island.
1 9 5 H : A l. l E \ C O L O \ l S T S
.1 7
debris from a
electromagnetic
hallucinations
forces
from
the
triggering
natural
subconscious
envi ronment;
the
sapiens.
descri ption
were
Ghama.warn exactly.
p rovided.
Cynthia's
p regnancy was
Homo
provided
by
the
man
from
38
A L I E N C O N TA C T
uneducated,
had
spoken
English
from
the idea that the obj ect was an alien craft only
Alien telepathy
appears suspect.
I 959 :
II E Ll. 0 E A H T I I
.1 9
10
ALI EN CONTACT
creatures
in
that
laid
seige
to
a farm
1 9 6 0 : C L O S E E C O U T E R S 1 1
in
and you must wait ten years for a reply. Most round trip
Nature
B y 1 960 L'FOs fl)ing in fonnation were rare, although they had once
been quite common. This photograph taken orer Italy on September 26
42
A L I E N C O N TA C T
landed
on
his
property at
Eagl e
River,
and literally!
1 96 1 : A B D UCT I O
develop fears,
4 :S
They
were
encounter.
overcome them.
about to unleash.
Taken away
Over a period of some months between
behaved
Betty
was 'different' .
44
A L I E N C O N TA C T
Barney's banana
every case that I can recall, the tall ones rule the
menials or robots.
1 9 6 1 : A B D l C TI O \
45
faster than would ever have been the case had this been a
record. Therefore,
these
who is presumably
A L I E N C O N TA C T
46
19 62 : UNDER WRAPS
S
death-bed
confessions.
The
stories
are
folklore.
his wife just before his death that it was true. The
In 1960 the typical UFO shape was not the 'flying saucer' or the 'flying disk' ,
as indeed it never had been. I nstead it was the oval as seen in this photograph
from that year whose identity was othenvise shrouded in confusion.
1 9 6 2 : U ;\ D E H W H A P S
47
J no O nniT
As these dramas unfolded well out of the pubic eye, NASA
planetary
had, during the 1 950s, told of how tills world was very
and invisible.
information
about
the
earth's
nearest
h angar.
Despite
the
p i lot's
top-sec u rity
c raft were
Government.
made
of extraordi narily
light
forces
incurred
during
the
phenomenal
'
196 3: IT s OUT THERE
4 8 A L I E N C O N TA C T
if trying to grab
B o t n t Y G o t \ r;
In 1 963, space travel was at lat becoming a reality and the first curious
photographs were being taken by astronauts in orbit. Some looked sur
prisingly like UFOs, but the official verdict is that they result from the
crew's own waste matter, ejected from the tiny capsules and reflecting the
strong sunlight as they drifted away. A true case of the men from NASA
boldly going where no one had gone before!
49
'
Monster madness
being
50
A LI E N C O N TA C T
J l) 6 4 : T I M E B A D JT S
W4L'i
5 1
no test
Solway spaceman
Elizaheth Templeton in
helmeted figure in the
hackground.
5 2 A L I E N CO NTACT
new dress holding a bunch of flowers. Nothing
Launch surprises
the facility and then shot away into the sky. After
by my team. '
1 9 6 4 : T I M E B A :\ D I T S
5 .3
O I ST H T lV O ll UI S
1964 W<Lii anoth er exciting year for space fligh t. The first
three-man mission was launched by the Russians, a pre
lude to their planned moon fl igh ts with m ul tiple astro
nauts. Meanwhi l e NASA had sent Ranger 7 to the moon
and it had returned the first close-up photographs of the
;I
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Lunar landscape
<l"
such an effect.
and
5 4 A L I E C O N TA C T
wave
of alien-contact
cases
took
place.
because
nobody
1 9 6 5 : A LI E .'\ S I O R B I T
55
T II E A S T ll ll \ .\ l' T S r(1 .\ L E
'
them into the glare of the sun and the UFO was lost to view.
knew that these pictures were certainly not of the UFO he believes they show sunlight shining on window bolts.
Alternati\'e \'iew
56
A LI E i'J C O N TA C T
19 66 : STAR TREKKING
Window wonderland
stories.
Devil places
As a result of cases such as this, French
connection.
as
1 9 6 6 : S T A I{ T I{ E K K I \ G
5i
Ground control
Rocket technology on \iew at the Kennedy
Space Centre.
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for demons.
The
5 8 A L I E N C O N TA C T
was
J l) h - : S CI E \ C E \ \ 1 > A LI E \ S
59
\ S T \ T E S I U E S l id I T I \ li
A patrolman's tale
on
Another
important
c ase
occurred
wa
md initially thought it
wL"
a broken-down
<L"ked telepath
a screech
60
A L l E r\ C O N TA C T
mount
full-scale
study
into
UFOs.
of time.
At Falcon Lake on the Ontario border, Canadian prospector Steve Michalak wa'i
searching for minerals when he came upon a landed object. Walking up to it,
convinced it was a secret American aircraft, he looked inside to find it empty
apart from strange fla'ihing equipment. Su ddenly the door began to close and
a jet of steam escaped from a vent and set his shirt alight. Staggering back to
civilization, Michalak checked into hospital suffering from nausea and bums.
This chequer pattern on h i s skin was said to match the grill structure on the
UFO vent.
I () (> i : S C I E \ C E ,\ \ D \ L I E \ S
6I
This was a tragic year in the space race. For the first time,
earth. Science was agog with the news for a short while
until the sad tmth dawned - like the quasars before them,
in deep space.
believed
that
they had
to
come
from
an
al ien
Report. In fact, in
with
site conclusions!
taking place.
62
A L I E N C O N TA C T
0 C S E It r _\ T 0 R Y 0 C S E R r .\ T I 0 \
Astronomers look at the sky every night and contrary to popular sceptical
belief they do see UFOs from time to time. In 1 968 scientists at the EI
Infurmilla observatory in Chile succeeded in photographing this object
detected by their telescopes.
1 96H:
T i l E l r\ VA D E H S
(d
ren world, but did not land. Their Christmas message look
ing back across the void at the blue planet earth floating
lonely in the blackness of space wa" a moment of almost
divine inspiration for millions of people.
This vision illustrated the fragility of life on earth. For the
first time we saw just how enonnous the universe was and
how tiny earth was. In many ways Apollo 8 was the high
point of the space programme and had a deeper philo
Earthrise
Earthrise from the moon .
This photograph wa-; taken during the
Apollo 8 mission of Decem her 2 I -2i, 1 96R.
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much alone.
64
A L I E N C O N TA C T
southern hemisphere.
On April 2 5 , a woman and her daughter
l I) I f }1 0 \I E _\ T
In the summer of 1 969 NASA fulfiled John Kennedy's promise and successfully sent
Apollo I I to the moon . When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first
humans to set foot on an alien world on that July day, an amazing scientific project
had gone from nowhere to the surface of the moon in an incredibly short time.
The earth had finally become a race of fully-fledged space travellers.
1 9 6 9 : A I. I E \' E \' D G A M E
6S
secret memos not released until I 977 show that they kept
tant was going on. He enlisted the AAAS and Dr Carl Sagan,
did not tell the press that they were doing so!
de Luna.
6 6 A L I E N C O N TA C T
of semi-sleep ,
obj ect
was
inside
the
on
the
base
on the woods.
Ski attack
1 9 7 0 : T i l E A ti E S R E T U R
67
Down South
South America was struck by a major wa\'e of UO sighlings in
Roja, Argentina.
68
A LI E I" C O I" TA C T
Alien implants
One of the most intriguing new developments
in the abduction phenomenon began slowly this
year when a 1 0-year-old girl called Caroline
started to have a number of visitations in her
bedroom at her home in Adelaide, South
Australia. Her remarkable story has been fol
lowed by care worker and UFO expert Keith
Basterlield as it broke new ground in the whole
history of alien contact.
Her numerous encounters involved two dif
ferent types of aliens. There was a single, tall,
blond haired figure which was 'the controller' .
He appeared to have psychic powers and was
always kind and helpful. He possibly assisted
Caroline to develop her own abilities as a form
of disassociation from severe family problems.
Southern sighting
A UFO over the Kempsey window area in Australia.
1 9 7 1 : l \' D E H T i l E S K I \'
69
UFO or not?
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One of several
photographs taken during the
moon landings which some say show CFOs
'spying' on the missions. Or are they simply light reflections?
A L I E N CO NTACT
70
vacuum
surrounding her
and
a curious
never
be
n egative'
(a
phrase
she
has
1 9 7 2 : FA D I G V I S I O \
71
CUFOS
7 2 A L I E i\ C O i\ TA C T
1 0pm
on
October
1 7 , Jeff
Alien or actor?
One of the photographs taken in October 1 973 by Jeff
Grecnshaw, the chief of police of Falkville, Alabama. Was
he the first man to successfully film a lhing alien or was
he the victim of a cruel hoa.x?
1 973: MARK
O F T i l E A LI E \ S
73
74
A L I E N C O N TA C T
Th e fishennan's tale
The most dramatic encounter in the southern CS states
that autumn occurred on the Pascagoula River in
Mississippi. Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker had their
fishing expedition interrupted by three aliens.
of
the
encounter,
not
to
mention
the
unexplained
behaviour
exhibited
by
the
Fisherman's tale
1 9 7 3 : M A R K O F T i l E A LI E \ S
75
catfish
from an
with
nearby clearing.
same
the
expectation
that
their
private
odd
He went on to say,
rather more
saw a spaceship.
terri'i ng
gradually.
encou nter.
He
recovered
only
l Parker's J
destroyed his
7 6 A LI E N C O N TA C T
E .\ s T E ll p .\ u ;\ D E
CFO filmed over France on March 23, 1 974.
1 9 7 4 : E U H O R E J\ D E Z \' O L S
77
the car failed, hut when the object flew off they
quite a walk!
Abduction UK
An observed abduction
After the disappointments of the Maureen
7 8 A L I E N C O N TA C T
was I 0.20 p m and they were nearing their
shared visions.
my first
captors.
The aliens revealed that their world was
Vari ous
paranormal
phenomena
such
as
Alien assault
At about the same time as the
Aveley case was being investigated,
79
through the same part of the sky, nothing like it was ever
distant star.
picked up again.
this subject?
beamed across the light years from a source far across the
was now clear that tills sort of project was not a vast waste
of a tcrrif)ing memory.
197 7 . e\en
she collapsed.
8 0 A LI E N C O N TA C T
of a hoax.
1 9 7 5 : G L O B A L E :\ C O L .\ T E H S
X I
is involved.
described .
have
T hese
remote
outposts
would follow.
some how
brought
about
this
hysterical
82
A LI E N C O N T A C T
great importance.
very clear.
even murder?
and
medical
l l) 7 5 : G I. O B A I. E i\ C O L I :\ T E H S
H :)
made for US
j ust as the wave unfolded. This was a well told and fairly
that w,L;; based upon an actual UFO case and it set new
the details of the alien contact. Stories had been told in the
not suspect they knew things long ago that could only have
Incident
11Je UFO
been told them by aliens who had seen our solar system
close up. The Dogon also describe the alien ship arriving
or
M exico
heartland
where
someone,
m eteor
shower
visible
in
the
n orthern
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1 9 7 6 : T i l E A LI E A R M A D A
X5
Shoot-out
was
made
sniff out any intm ders. They called out the rest
discharged
'L'
86
A L l E r\ C O N TA C T
1 977: INVESTIGATIONS
The wave continues
investigate.
a giant
situation.
static
and
ahead
of them
was
apparition
had simply
disappeared.
Gone away
1 9 7 7 : 1 :\ V E S T I <I A T I O \ S
H7
Wars
Spielberg,
sceptics who said that this film would make people see
E.\perience.
of Hynek's book,
The UFO
Welcome to Earth
One of the final scenes from Close Encounters of!be Tbird Kind
a blockbuster l lollwood mmie, direcled by Ste\'en Spielberg.
say was that he did not recall the ' missing tim e .
8 8 A L I E C O TACT
unaccounted for.
contact.
guinea pigs.
1 9 7 8 : W E A R E 7\ 0 T A L O ;\ E
89
help
and then
everybody. '
These aliens were visiting from another
bending
or
stooping.
the
Then
hillside
was
they si mply
found
completely
Bush Aliens
9 0 A L I E N C O N TA C T
I Y 7 H : W E A H E N O T A I. O \ E
Yl
I ll .\ f L E R ; .\ I, I T \'
Throughout 1 978 Spielberg's movie spread its message of
friendly contact around the planet on a wave of public
euphoria and vast commercial success. It said nothing
about terrifying medical examinations and genetic
experiments to create a human/alien baby. If the alien
contact phenomenon was a fantasy provoked by changes
in the collective unconscious, there is no doubt that the
cases in 1978 md afterwards would have responded
massively to the friendly, awe-inducing images of Close
Encounters ofthe Third Kind. Instead, they continued the
pattern that had gradually developed for over 20 years and
which Spielberg had simply missed (as indeed by 1978 had
most UFOlogists) .
Yet there was one truly remarkable science-fiction
story that year. It was a novel published around the world
by British author Ian Watson entitled .Miracle Visitors. It
remains in many people's opinion (myself included) the
best attempt yet to dramatize the extraordinary
complexities of alien contact without resorting to cliches
of little green men and spaceships.
,-.
92
A L I E N C O N TA C T
Touchdown!
1 9 7 9 : A G E LS O R D E M O\ S ?
I
1
-- - - - -
- -
95
-- - -
r(1 II t; L I Z HUI S H .\ H L .\ \ H II
Alien threat
Alien
The beings
(communicating by telepathy)
why, but she was too old to have children and this
might well have been the key. The man, who was
Her
knowledge of
94
A L I E N C O N TA C T
of mist
that
came
from
together.
Circular madness
95
simple in design.
minutes
of
time
on
his
j ourney
were
comparisons between
this
case and
the
Whilst
this
UFO
encou nter
is
firmly
the UFO.
alien abduction.
in some way.
uncomfortable
with
havi ng
celebrity
W<L
split as
96
A L I E N C O N TA C T
Woodland mysteries
numerous
senior personnel -
captured
by the
military and
numerous
known
to
be
responsible
for
seen
in
J ') H O : B A C K W JT J J A B A \ G
97
USAF intelligence forces who may have hoped that the silly
publicity over the Hangar 18 movie would kill off any
serious interest in what had really happened in the Suffolk
forest.
True or not, these stories coincided with the first claims
that an 'education programme' was under way. LrOlogists
everywhere began to receive supposed leaks from official
sources that a plan was afoot to break the cover-up. This
was down to intelligence operatives who were frustrated
by the years of silence. The public were to be gradually
prepared for the ultimate revelation, by funding set in
place for the production of movies that emphasized the
reality of alien contact.
This was to become a regular talki ng point
throughout the 1980s. When documents were fed out to
UFOlogists purporting to show the workings of these
secret operatives, and allegedly released by some of the
disgruntled intelligence staff, it did look as if the
education programme might be a reality. Unfortunately,
it soon became obvious that these documents were
as likely to be part of a disinformation operation as
actual information. The end result was more confusion
than elucidation.
Sightings
of large,
dark
and
u n marked
Men in Black.
it.
have
protected
its
citizens
from
in
which
A L I E N C O N TA C T
98
ofScience.
alien contact.
came down.
Institute of Agricultural
Research was so
I 9 8 I : A L I E I T E IU L: D E
99
0 II II I \ .\ ll y p E 0 11 t E E X T ll .\ 0 II II I ,\ .\ ll \' T .\ t f: s
'
if to
- <L
I 0 0 A LI E J\ C O J\ TA C T
1982: T HE oz FACTOR
A breach in defences
sweeping
the
patrol
cars
were
swamped
with
static
1 9 8 2 : T il E O Z FACT O H 1 0 1
8HK
1\
G t S I.\E S S
quite blase about the process and said that they only
bothered to look out for night launches which were more
visually spectacular!
The earth had now become a planet of accomplished
space travellers and accustomed observers.
Launch site
The first Shuttle mission
landed in 1 982. Here the
space shuttle sits on the
launch pad ready to
blast off for one of its
now routine flights
from Cape Cana\'eral.
had experienced.
experienced
series
of
paran ormal
1 02
A L I E l' C O l' T A C T
his dog with him and had just poured some tea
landed object.
He put down his tea and set off with the men
long afterwards.
orange light and then a.o;; ked him his age. After a
ushered outside.
As
1 9 8 3 : A LI E :\ R EJ E C T S
1 0 .)
Alien artistry
Clues began to emerge from ahductees that they
were creatirely gifted more often than chance
should dictate. CS abductee Judith Starchild, for
exan1ple, was an artist. Others were poel-;,
wrote norels. and expressed an inner desire 10
communicate the 'alien message .
1 04
A L I E N CO NTACT
lr 1u r T [ \
1,
c "oun
1 9 H : S TA H C I I J I. D H E
A year after these events, but when none of them had been
published on express request of the women involved,
Budd Hopkins produced his first report leading up to his
second book on abduction research. This would
eventually appear in 1987 under the title Intruders.
Hopkins told of a case that he began to investigate in
late 1983. It involved a woman called Debbie Tomey from
Indiana but the researcher had not published anything
about it until he had verified some of its wilder aspect'i
through other cases. What Hopkins told me of his work
stunned me because it matched exactly what had emerged
from three British women and their abduction stories.
Debbie Tomey (and several other American women) had
been abducted several times. They believed that samples
were taken from them to allow the aliens to develop an
alien-human hybrid baby. They insisted that this grew
inside their womb and was then removed in a subsequent
abduction. Often the first they knew of tllis came via
105
I 06
A LI E i\ C O i\ TA C T
than others.
of
Highlights in llessdalen
Little children
Whilst lights in the sky can certainly be regarded
as natural phenomena, alien contacts are much
harder to explain in this way. There were
certainly encounters of this type within the
window area.
1 9X 5 : STRAGE E\EHG I ES
1 07
attention. M o s t n otab le
was
a n incident on
children's feet.
thei r claims.
1 08
A L I E N C O N TA C T
hospital bed.
an
where
the
literal
interpretation
of
mounting evidence.
surprisingly well.
however,
began
to
1 9 H 6 : B J (; H A D A LI E .\ S
1 09
experience instead.
C::L<iCS
of overlap
is happening.
reaction
to
the
drug
b eing
The Oz factor
It is
witness lapses.
One question remains unresolved. Is this
w::L
given a typically
possibly its
I I0
A U E C O I'\ TA C T
abduction .
based on an article in
Wolfen)
G IL\ y II \ y I) \ \L\ I \ (
The image of the 'gray' alien came to dominate alien-contact stories
during 1 987. This sketch by a witness depicts the figure he saw in his
bedroom inspecting his bedroom alarm. As a very practical man, he
noted that it was not an hallucination because he had to screw up his
eyes to see the figure - being shortsighted and not wearing spectacles
at the time.
1 9 8 7 : S PA C E A P P E D
I l l
AtiE\ SoH
If the impact of Whitley Strieber's book was not dramatic
enough , a popular television soap opera, Dynas(J' (and
its spi n-off, The Coi)'S) , ensured that millions more
around the world saw the reality that underpins the
abduction phenomenon. One of their major characters,
doonvay amnesia
this inability to recall
being taken into the UFO - was a significant clue that
suggested to Bullard that abductions were more like
reality than myth.
had great impact for the viewers and is precisely the sort
1 12
A L I E N C O NTACT
how
been spacenapped?
it
was
dealing
with
the
abduction
Because
Mass market
Communion
mystery overnight.
as a UFOlogist.
his
own
experiences,
Strieber
had
unin
All change
odd events i n
1 9 H 7 : S PA C E :\ A P P E D
I I :)
window area.
climbi ng skywards.
exami nati on
shown
The 'li ttle green man ' image on the grainy shot
W<L"
in this context!
detailed research.
it
certai nly
represents
the
first
known
the
h Hlsidc.
before
during 1987.
as
claimed by
it
is
prime
evidence
that
the
1 14
ALI E CO NTACT
her doctor told her she was not. Then she found
normal again.
In
Britain,
new
case
surfaced
in
Susan was
Corinne
In Gulf Breeze
in November-December 1987.
had
genetic creations.
1 9 H H : A L I E \ R E V E t AT I O \ S
1 15
the alien 's genetic experiment. Lazar has not gone as far
convinced many.
new Ford car actually shows the vehicle entering the site,
People like Lazar claim that it does. In fact, he has seen the
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on Ed's story.
].
another wei rd
departure
for
the
rapi dly
1 16
A L I E i\ C O r\ TA C T
hat
the
phenomenon
dramaticallv
1987
since
had
was
changed
alreadv
kidnap as it happened.
downtown
or dead.
high-rise
apartment
block
in
stunned.
1 9 H 9 : T E L L T i l E \V O H L D
1 17
\V I T \E S S S 1 11 11 0 ll T
The self-help therapy group set up in New York by Budd
Hopkins was one of many that had been created. It
followed ideas mooted by Whitley Strieber and noted that
UFOlogists were not catering well for the emotional needs
of spacenap victims. In Britain, BUFORA helped to create
a 'Witness Support Group' and these gatherings allowed
close-encounter victims to share their intimate
experiences with others who had been through the same
trauma \vithout fear of their stories appearing in the
tabloids. They operated not unli ke 'Alcoholics
Anonymous', based on the principle that people need
support and that such support is best offered by others
who have found ways of coping with the abduction
entering their lives.
However, doubts were growing about the constant use
of regression hypnosis to 'bring out memories' from the
subconscious of abductees. Witnesses expected this to
help them, but often faced more trauma from the
uncertainties that these new memories brought (not to
mention thei r frequently horrific nature) . Hypnosis
appealed to UFOlogists because it seemed to provide
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1996 published
the GL'ie that hL'i been dubbed " 'the big one .
If this case is proved genuine and if the
night in question.
Perez
de Cuellar.
De
Linda
close encounter.
being floated
away.
Some
fin d
it
1 18
A U E C O TA C T
Circular logic
When
the
Hopi
Firstly,
the
phenomenon
caught
called
animals
to
computer-gen erated
complex
Fields of \'ision
Crop circles began to appear in south-west England in the
mid- 1 980s and becan1e increasingly complex. The theories
about them range from the 'plasma vortex' theory to
suggestions that they are 'messages' from an alien culture.
the
entire
phenomenon
human engineering.
stemmed
from
I 9 8 l) : T E LJ . T I I E W 0 I U D
I I9
Daily Star,
NASA \Vould be
'Discovery' .
I 20
A L I E :\ C O TA C T
described by others.
Mass demonstration
new
type
of
computer-controlled
laser
I 9 9 0 : E X T R A T E R IU S T R 1 A L T V
I 2 I
way. The trend began in 1990 and over the next five years
reported.
A series called
Unsolved Mysteries in
Sigbtings,
Times,
even the
Financial Times,
cover the subject which had once been left to the tabloids
and 'pulp' writers.
Some people, however, began to wonder whether
The
subconscious minds.
1980
totally
stage
speculation centred o n
weekend
'sky
Force
scram bled.
j ets
Their
were
on
Belgian triangle
baffled.
Some
flights,
but docu
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A L I E N C O :"J TA C T
Eastward ho!
1 9 9 1 : 7\ E W F H O \ T I E H S
1 23
earth-ba'\ed device.
optical telescopes.
Sho rtly
after
this
e n c o u nter,
the
woman
Cosmic crops
The spread of UFOs and related phenomena to Eastern
Europe beg:m :L Communism fell. This is one of the first
complex circle fonnations to appear in Bulgaria.
1 24
A L I E N CO NTACT
early
199 2 ,
organization
the
Roper
A further
1 .5%
described
incidents that
New clues
long
track
record
of other
paranormal
Breakthrough
I t' E '11 p II 0 \E s . . .
With the Hubble telescope seeking alien life, a new project
victim s
abduction
who
c lai med
frequent
and
there were
suggesti o n s
that
1 26
A L I E C O N TA C T
in the dark.
20 minutes of quite
very
most
extraordinary footage.
exciting,
real
photographic
proof of alien
contact.
early
revelations
with
about
stills.
one
of
the
arguments
main
used
by
in
Ontario,
Canada,
recovered
from
the
public's imagination .
the
hands
of
ex
beard
Oeschler,
who
had
and
established himself in
body is
the
impression
American
UFO
unlike
be1i efs
who
about
L'S
glowing
black.
is
mime
use
The
not
artists
black
government cover-up.
an anonymous source
could
known as 'Guardian' ,
human in a mask.
who
had
already
written
easily
be
UFOlogy is strongly
of an alien?
1 9 9 3 : T i l E A U E 7\ O S C A H S
'I' I R \ l' :
t' li lt
1 27
T I ; s T \ II s
.
human
imagination.
However,
computer
experts
sophisticated
cameras
would
provide
the
best
plains of Cydonia.
Oeschler
h imself
seems
u ncommitted.
stranger explanation.
1 28
A L I E N C O N TA C T
photograph .
But
flawed
1 966 picture. In
1 993, he
journal of
a roadsign!
1 9 9 5 : T i l E A LI E \ O S C A H S
1 29
Mainstream co\'erage
Artistic licence
1 30
A LI E N C O N TA C T
during whi ch
infection
independent witnesses
had
Kelly never
strange room.
I 9 l) lt
A LL
" T ll ll
7\0 T <i 0 I .\ G M A D
I .1 I
) I. \ II
Un iversity,
when
science
documentary for
she
presented
Horizon
BBC
John
Mack,
to
publish
his
book-length
report
seemed
to
side
with
Canadian
alien contact.
none of the credit it deserved for this work, she found that
such severe censure from his peers that he might well ha\'e
night
plate on the
that had stopped beside the
UFO. From this it proved possible to find the car
and its three occupants
a husband and \\ife
and young female friend.
Bill, the husband in this tri o , reacted
intriguingly like Kelly Cahill's husband. H e was,
in effect, 'switched off' during the encounter,
recalling seeing the UFO and ' black figures'
inside, but not seeming to h ave experienced an
abduction. Both the women spoke of going into
the UFO, although, i nterestingly, they felt that
they did so \\illingly. Is this why Kelly Cahill
remembers screaming at people whom she
could not see, desperately tf)ing to persuade
them not to trust the aliens despite thei r
protestations of friendship?
and describe the licence
secon d vehicle
As
Chalker rightly
points out,
this event
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A L I E C O NTACT
Real or hoax?
Was the Roswell footage genuine or not? By the
time stills from it appeared in the tabloids and
the world saw it on television a few days later,
there was already widespread disenchantment.
Numerous leading UFO experts, including
several key figures in the Roswell case
investigation, had been publicly calling it a hoax.
There was dwindling support for its authenticity
when the footage went on sale as a video and
Santilli's marketing company carefully worded
the package to say that, although they thought it
to be genuine, they could not prove beyond all
doubt that it really was footage showing an
alien autopsy.
In essence, the film runs in black and white
on jerky footage for some minutes and shows a
small, but surprisingly human-like body on a
table being cut open by masked doctors. The
being's cranium is large but this is not a gray of
alien-contact lore, nor particularly akin to any of
the accounts of the bodies supposedly recovered
from the Roswell crash. Indeed, the figure much
more resembles a defonned human than it does
an alien. Various organs are seen being
I l) 9 5
I :H
P IHHH :\ T I. A S T ?
R 0 s \\' [ L L R I) \' I s I T E II
Not to be outdone, a movie based on the Roswell story
screenplay
since
Close Encounters.
Its
chief
].
The X Files
Twin Peaks) .
significance.
properly
authenticated
and
it
seems
believer
in
aliens)
sai d
with
great
Dis information?
Indeed
Tbe X Files
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A L l E N C O NTACT
mislead
him.
disinformation
This
to
might
hide
have
h orrible
been
medi cal
autopsy-footage
saga
was
an
excellent
also continued?
Alien airways
I 995
P IH) 0 F A T L A S T ?
I 55
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1 36
A L I E N C O N TA C T
explanation materialized.
Triangular UFOs
where
test
activity
would
otherwise
be
agents of disinformation.
1 9 9 6 : A LI E A R T E FA C T S
1 37
years ago. It might still be there today and those who had
were delighted.
Soon afterwards the first signs of possible life on a
was the key to life. Whilst its presence does not mean that
probability.
Suddenly within a few months the odds against the
existence of alien life both inside and beyond the solar
be the
the years roll by? Was it, in fact, j ust the latest in
description
of what appeare d to
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A L I E N C O N TA C T
F U R T H E R R E A D I ;\ G I :S 9
FURTHER READING
There arc countless books about UFOs and aliens, covering a wealth of ideas. The following
selection is divided into a number of key topics. Whilst I by no means agree with the contents of all
of them , they do provide an important aspect of coverage in the area concerned. As with any issue,
breadth of awareness is crucial to true understanding which is why I have included some books that
arc openly sceptical. Much as you want to sec why researchers adhere to one theory or another, it
is just as important to appreciate why some people do not believe. After all - they might be right!
Early days
Clear In/e1ll
Space-lime Transients
Above Top Secret
UFOs Exist
A Covert Agenda
History
Phenomenon
Scientific research
SETI
FIJing Saucers
Walter SulliYan
(Hodder & Stoughton, 1 965)
UFOs? >es!
0/ber Worlds
[;FOs 1947-1997
Case Investigations
Government studies
Where is El'erybod)?
Tbe fnlem1pledjourney
The Report on UFOs
1 40
A L I E N C O N TA C T
Dark White
Magonia
5 james Terrace
London
England
SW1 4 8HB
Fourth Kind
Jenny Randles
(Sterling, 1 993)
Abductions
Abductions
.Missing Time
En igmas
Budd Hopkins
(Random House, 1 987)
29 Kent Road
Alloa
Clackmannanshire
Scotland
FK 1 0 2J
Abduction
Box 3070
Whitehall
Dublin 9
Ireland
lntmders
Box 1 76
Stoneham
MA 02 1 80
USA
New UFOlogist
j Selbourne Court
Tavistock Close
Romsey
England
S05 1 71Y
Box 475
Manchester
England
M60 2TI1
l nfonnation service and
reports of sightings
1 Hallsteads Close
Dove Holes
Buxton
Derbyshire
SKI 7 8DS
L f O O R G A I Z AT I O \ S 1 4 1
UFO ORGANIZATIONS
The following are some of the
more reputable UFO organizations
in the world. Once again, this is by
no means a complete list and no
slight is intended should a credible
group not be featured. But if you
wish to get in touch with an
organization, either to expand your
own knowledge or to report a
sighting, you cannot do much
better than any of the following:
Africa
UFO Afrinews
Box MP 49
Mount Pleasant
Harare
Zimbabwe
Africa
Australia
Australian UFO Centre
Box W42
West Pennant Hills
NSW 2 1 2 5
Australia
Gennany
Sweden
CENAP
Postbox 5202 3 1
D-68246
Mannheim
Germany
AFUIUFO Sweden
Box 1 1 027
600 I I Norrkoping
Sweden
UK
Italy
CISU
Corso Vittorio Emmanuelle 1 08
1- 1 0 1 2 1
Torino
Italy
North America
Canada UFO Research Network
Box 1 5
Station A
Willowdale
Ontario
M2N 5S7
] Allen Hynek Center for
UFO Studies
2457 West Peterson Ave
Chicago
11 60659
Belgium
NUFOC
Tien Esteenweg 78/40 I
B-3800 Sint-Truiden
Belgium
France
Ovni Presence
SOS OVNI BP 324
1 36 1 1
Aix-en-Provence
Cedex I
France
1 42
A L I EN C O NTACT
INDEX
A
I I0
Flying Saucers 23
Hm are Responsible 29
doorwav amnesia
implan
Brazel, William 8
observed 1 1 6- 1 7, 1 30-1
post-hypnotic suggestion 1 25
research 1 24, 1 3 1 , 1 37
screen memories 1 1 2
Adamski, George 2 5 , 27, 28
De\\ilde, Marius 24
Dixon, B o b 7 9
Dogan tribe 83
Drake, Dr Frank 4 1
Drake, Ra}mond 63
dwarf fonns 27, 32
I o6, I 3 1
1 22 , 1 36-1 37
BLl'ORA 1 1 7, 1 20, 1 32
earthlighL'i 56,
aircraft, disappearance 23
Bulgaria 1 23
aliens
46-7, 1 32
grays 1 0, 16, 26, 27, 5 5 , 59, 69, 8 1 ,
83, 99, 1 1 0, 1 1 2 , 1 3 7
electro-magnetism 1 3 1
propulsion systems 34, 59
equipment 25--6, 3 1
Cahill, Kelly 1 30
Eustagio, Fernando 48
Evans, John l 08
message protocol l 2 5
Facchini, Bruno 1 4, 1 6
1 25, 1 37
Amana, llideichi 90
falling-leaf motion 1 9
Chalker, Bill 1 3 1
Chavez, Sergeant 5 1
Churchill, Winston 2 1
films 1 38
of Science 65, 7 1
cinnamon, smell of I l l , 1 1 5
Area 5 1 1 1 5, 1 38
Clamar, Dr Aphrodite 99
Arnold, Kenneth 8
CXD 29
Cocconi, Giusepio 4 1
Doomwatch 7 1
Coleman, Loren 57
cornets 1 3 5
Enem)' Mine 1 07
1 1 4, 1 30
UFOs 33, 5 2 , 64
Aztec, ew Mexico I 0
56, 87, 9 1
crop circles 1 1 8
Hangar 18 97
communication
Alien 93
37
light beams I 06
Star lf{lfs 87
14
Bender, Albert 2 2
Bigfoot 2 0
Blackmore, Dr Sue 1 3 1 , 1 3 7
books 29, 35
I I 8,
1 23
by abductees 1 1 2 , 1 20, 1 2 1
Chocky 1 07
Circular Evidence 1 1 8
cultural tracking 26
Communion 1 1 2
Flying Saucers and the Three Men 23
Intruders I 05
Finland 66, 94
fireballs 1 5 , 20
Flatwoods, Virginia 20
Frying Saucer Review 35, 45, 66
flying saucers 8, 1 5, 1 9
Ford, President Gerald 57
.Miracle Visitors 9 1
de Luna, Leonardo 65
Missing Time 99
devil names 57
France 24, 58
1 7\ D E X 1 4 3
e x peri men t-;
abductions I (}- 1 7 , 51
GEPA." S4, 9S
I S, 84
GAO enquiry I .H
Morrison, Philip 4 1
GEPA.'l 84
;\lothman 20, 49
GAO enquiry 1 34
Italy 1 4 , 16, I K- 1 9
G;llay, Georges 24
Ivanoff, Aino 94
Gemini 4, 5 5
8 1 , ) ()()
Gee, Doctor 1 0
imestigations I 3, I S
MLFO 1 1 5 , 1 1 9
N
apolitano, Unda I I 6
7\ASA 47, 48, 6 1 , 96, I I 9
message protocol I 25
Apollo 64, 67
creation 39
7 1 , l i S, 1 33
Discovery I I 9
GEPAN S4, 98
japan 80, 90
Germany
java 8 1
Gemini 4, 55
'jelly' beings 8 I , I 00
Mars landing 85
Johansson, Gideon 38
jupiter 73, 1 37
Ranger 7, 53
captured alien 26
VFOs I OO
Gill, Father William 38
Glasgow, Scot 7 5
Gleason, jackie 4 6
Glenn, john 47
Pioneer I 0, 73
Slab I , 73
Viking 1 2 7
AJO 2 I , 30, 96
Godfrey, Alan 95
Greenshaw, jeff 72
Ki ng, Barry 79
Xeptune 93
Kingman, Arizona 23
'nest' formation 73
Kneale, Nigel 37
Xetherland-; 76
Knighton , Michael 1 38
Xew Mexico
Hargitai, Karoly I 23
llart, Carl I 8
L
Lagarde, Femand 56
Project 1\\inkle I 5
research centres 1 3 , I 5
healing I 08
Heinonen, Aamo 66
Kurz, Shane 62
rocket testing I I , I 5, 29
.\'eu Scientist
I I0
7\ew Zealand 88
Lazar, Bob I 1 5
Xicolai, Renato 98
Libya 2 5
Xorman, Paul 70
Higdon, Carl 1 03
nuclear weapons I 3 , I S, 29
Luna 3 .W
McBoyle, johnny 9
Oeschler, Bob I 26
Hidalgo, j ose 85
Hind, Cynthia 8 1 , 89
llingley, jean 92
Hollonan Air Force Ba'ie 32, 47
holograms 26, 60, 78, 85, 86, 1 1 3
Hopkins, Budd 99, 105, I I 0, I l l , 1 1 2 ,
J ) (}- 1 7 , I 24
Hopkins, Dr Herbert 82
Lujan, ju;m 85
O'Leary, Dr Brian 1 27
Orion 55
Magee, Judith 70
humanoid forms 9, I O- I I , I 4 , I 6, I 7,
Malaysia 8 I
Mariner 2 47
Masse, Maurice 54
I 27 . I 33, 1 37
Hungary I 23
H)nek, Dr. J. Allen 38, 42, SO, 65, 7 I ,
87, 88, 1 06
;\lexico 54
;\lichalak, Steve 60
Indonesia 8 1
;\liT sm posium 1 24
;\logul Project 1 34
I 08-9, I I 4 , 1 2-!
Oz Factor I 0 I
Page. Dr Thornton 65
Papua Xew Guinea 38
Philippines 6
Pioneer I 0 7 3
Pritchard, Da\id 1 24
Project Blue Book I 5. 27, 65
Project llessdalen I 06
1 44
A L I E N C O N TA C T
army helmet shape 77
electrical 34
electro-magnetism 59, 1 3 1
Sirius 83
Slater, Elizabeth 99, 100
SOBEPS 1 2 1
South Africa 89, 1 1 4
bell-shaped 38
cigar shaped 28, 29, I 08
magnetic 1 0
Project 1\\inkle 1 5
propulsion systems 19, 1 0 1
first sighting 8
flying saucers 8, 1 5, 1 9
l!ruguay 54
Venezuela 26, 55
Soviet Union
pencil-shaped 93
plate-shaped 66
shape 19
submarine shaped 72
taking off 19, 24, 5 1 , 59
Columbus 1 25
Hubble space telescope 1 23, 1 25
manned 47, 53, 6 1 , 63, 64, 69, 1 0 1
quasars 53
Chile 62, 86
Mexico 54
Peru 54
hypnosis moratorium 1 1 7
dish-shaped 98
psychology 37
abductee characteristics 99, 1 03, 1 24
alien image 27
nuclear technology link 29
research 1 24, 1 3 1 , 1 37
triangular 96, 1 2 1 , 1 36
water collection 1 7
1 23, 1 27, 1 3 7
satellites 3 2 , 3 3 , 39
t.:MMO mystery 58
Uruguay 54
USA &-1 3 , 14, 1 5 , 16, 18, 20-3, 27, 29,
30, 3 1 , 32, 33, 40, 42, 43, 46, 47,
49, 50, 5 1 , 55, 59, 62, 65, 7 1 , 72,
Surveyor 1 57
l!FO sightings from 48, 55
Spain 58, 67, 84-5
Sputnik 32, 33
Strieber, Whitley 1 1 0- 1 2 , 1 1 7
Stringfield, Len I 0, 46
Surveyor 1 5 7
reUgion 63, 1 38
Sweden 2 9 , 3&-9, 7 7 , 1 1 7
symbols
1 00, 1 29
research 1 24, 1 3 1 , 1 37
Reunion, Indian Ocean 80
Reynolds, Ros I 00
Ring, Dr Kenneth I 08
Robertson, Dr. li.P. 23, 27
crop circles 1 1 8
on UFOs 9, 1 0, 5 1 , 58, 1 33
Dr Wbo 49
D)'llliSI)' 1 1 1
The Extraordinary 1 2 1
Unsolved Mysteries 1 2 1
1'93
Teller, Dr Edward 1 3
Temple, Robert 83
Templeton, Jim 5 1-2
Santilli, Ray 1 32
Santos, Raimundo 40
Tombaugh, Dr Clyde 1 3
Trejo, Jose 85
Scotland 3 1 , 1 36
Scully, Frank 1 0
secret reports 1 3, 1 5
SETI programme 79
Severin, Antoine 80
sexual encounters 34, 37, 45, 79,
8 1 , 1 14
Simonton, joe 52
Sims, Derrel l 25, 1 36
Roestenberg, jessie 26
Rogers, Mike 82
Rosales, Pedro 86
Venezuela 26, 5 5
Sarbacher, Dr Robert 47
satellites 32, 33, 39
Schirmer, Herb 59, 6 1
Trent, Paul 1 4
Wales 8 1 , 1 07, 1 08
Walters, Ed 1 1 4-1 5
Walton, Travis 82, 1 29
Wanderka, Josef 28
WaL'ion, lan 9 1
weapons 1 6, 18, 24, 49, 80, 82
Weiland, Thomas 1 00
Wieder, Irwin 1 28
Wilcox, Gary 50
Wilder, Dr Leonard 78
Wilson, Sheryl 103
'window' areas 37, 56-7, 68, 86, 95, 98,
1 06, 1 1 3, 1 3 1 , 1 38
Wright Patterson Air Force Base 9, 1 0,
23, 46-7, 97
L'FO groups 22
BLTORA 1 1 7, 1 20, 1 32
). Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies
7 1 , 1 1 5, 1 33
Ml'FON 1 1 5
SOBEPS 1 2 1
L'FOs
see also crash landings; landings
Zamora, Lonnie 5 1
Zeidman, Jennie 74