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ufologist magazine vol.11 #1 2007

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ISSN 1833-4962

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throughout magazine Global UFO Reports
3 Australian UFO Reports & Experiences
23 Book Reviews
26 DVD Reviews
major 55 Your Stories
56 News
features 71 Classifieds

8 UFO SIGHTED BY AIR TRAFFIC

CONTROLLER
by Sue Hansen

13 THE NEW SOUTH WALES (NSW)

other great features
SPOTLIGHT ON UFOS 2 Editorial
by Bill Chalker Robert Frola
43 2006 UFO Expedition - BLUE 6 News & Reviews
The Australian UFO Research Network
MOUNTAINS AND HILL END Diane Harrison
by Attila Kaldy
30 Revelations
48 HOW MANY STARS IN THE UNIVERSE Keith Basterfield
by David Reneke 39 Land of the Long White Cloud
Sue Hansen
51 UFO IGNORANCE 41 UFO History Keys
by Frank Warren Bill Chalker
52 INDEX: VOLUME 10 ISSUES 1 TO 6 61 Tales of Ghostly Sightings
by Robert Frola Jo Kent
 Editorial:
Two major events were reported in the
media throughout Australia. One was the
French authorities releasing their files on
UFOs and the other, Steven Spielberg
taking up Australian citizenship.
But first lets look at the media report
regarding the French as reported by Molly
Moore of the Washington Times.
On an August day in 1967, two children
tending their family’s cows outside a
French village reported seeing “four
small black beings” fly from the ground
and slip headfirst into a sphere that shot
skyward in a flash of light and trail of
sulfuric odours.
The alleged extraterrestrial sighting,
described by the French government as
“one of the most astonishing observed
in France”, is among 1600 UFO case
files spanning the past 50 years that the
country’s space agency opened to the
public for the first time on Thursday.
The decision by the National Centre for
Space Studies to dump more than 100,000
pages of witness testimony, photos, film
footage and audio tapes from its secret
UFO archives onto its internet site,
www.cnes.fr, for worldwide viewing is
an unprecedented move among Western
countries. Most consider such records
matters of national security.
Within three hours of the first cases being
posted on Thursday, the agency’s web
server crashed, overwhelmed by viewers
seeking the first glimpses of the material.
Over the next several months the
agency will post it to enhance scientific
research seeking to explain what the
French Government calls “unexplained
aerospace phenomena”.
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and
to do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
Because that goal will serve to organise and measure the best of our abilities
and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing accept, one we are
unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win…”
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by Robert Frola
“The data we are releasing doesn’t
d e m o n s t r a t e t h e p re s e n c e o f
extraterrestrial beings,” said Jacques
Patenet, head of the Group for the
Study and Information on Unidentified
Aerospace Phenomena, the agency’s
UFO investigative team. “But it doesn’t
demonstrate the impossibility of such
presence either. The questions remain
open.”
He said that among the 1600 cases to
be opened to the public, “a few dozen
are very intriguing and can be called
UFOs”.
Most of the cases were found to be caused
by atmospheric anomalies or mistaken
perception of such things as aircraft
lights, or to be hoaxes.
In the case of the two children, they said
the UFO left “a strong sulfur odour after
departure”. They raced home in tears
and their father summoned police who
“noted the sulfur odour and the dried
grass at the reported place where the
sphere took off”, the report said.
The investigators were impressed by
the uniformity of detail provided by
the children and other witnesses. “No
rational explanation has been given to
date of this exceptional meeting,” the
investigation concluded.
This was reported on the 1st April under
the title SPIELBERG TO BECOME
AN AUSSIE & MAKE FILMS
HERE
Steven Spielberg, one of the world’s most
powerful and successful filmmakers, has
applied for a visa so he can reside and
become an Australian citizen; he will
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relocate his company to Sydney within
the year, sources tell Urban Cinefile,
to pursue a slate of multi million dollar
budget productions set, filmed and post
produced in Australia, using local cast
and crew. “He’s inspired by the talent
pool in Australia,” said the source, “and
wants to make Australian films; the best
way to do that is to become an Aussie and
live there.” The source, who preferred not
to be identified, said the first Australian
project Spielberg is working on could be
a $150 million historical epic based on
the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney
Cove in 1788. Between 1788 and 1850
the English sent over 162,000 convicts to
Australia in 806 ships. The first eleven of
these ships are today known as the First
Fleet and represent the first step in the
colonisation of the Australian continent.
“All I know is that he’s very excited and
has been talking to some very talented
people in Australia ... on both sides of
the camera.”
An April Fools Joke? Could be!
As always we have an informative
issue for you, with the continuation of
the Spotlight series. In this issue Bill
Chalker focuses on New South Wales.
Sue Hansen continues to amaze us with
an excellent sighting by an Air Traffic
Controller from across the Tasman,
Book and DVD reviews, and all you
favorite regulars.
Cheers
FAMOUS QUOTES
President J.F.Kennedy 1961
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Australian UFO reports and
Experiences
A COLLECTION OF UNEXPLAINED
PHENOMENA AND UFO SIGHTINGS
FROM AROUND AUSTRALIA
UNDATED - MARYVALE, VIC 1626hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5220: Reported
21.11.05
The witness has asked for much of his
story to be withheld as he feels that his
small town locals will be able to identify
him by the details.
He was riding a bike one day and saw
up ahead something that he thought
was some cattle, but he couldn’t
get a clear view in spite of it being
a perfectly clear and sunny day. He
described it as looking ‘pixelated’ which
is an interesting way of saying that the
object cannot be clearly focused on.
This unclear thing then rose up off the
ground, as he got closer. It went over the
fence, through some trees and took off
at high speed. He said it looked about
the size of a car and was like looking at
pixels. He now wonders what it might
have been. He said also that it was like
a gyrocopter with bags hanging from it,
and looked pixelated even though it was
only about 300 metres away. George
Simpson AUFORN VIC
1973 BERRIGAN, VIC (NL)
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 4972: Reported
21.08.05
Gordon and three other people were in
Berrigan in 1973. They saw five or six
lights going up and down in sequence.
The lights were stacked one above
the other. The top one would shoot
off, and come back to the bottom of
the stack, then the new top one would
shoot off and return to the bottom of
the stack etc and the pattern repeated.
The lights then dispersed very quickly,
like skyrockets in all directions. There
was no sound. George Simpson
AUFORN VIC
1978 SALE, VIC 1312hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 4973: Reported
21.08.05
The witnesses lived about two kilometres
from the RAAF base in Sale. The family
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have had many UFO sightings since
1978. One rainy night in 1978 they were
having a kitchen tea and were watching
stars which were visible in the distance.
They noticed some bright lights over the
RAAF base. These were not actually
stars, but they didn’t behave like military
aircraft either, and it was this that got the
family’s attention. The lights became
very large and seemed to be over their
paddock. They had a closer look and
saw that these large lights had become
a massive dome with archways in it
and it was shooting sparks out of each
end. At this point they decided to call
the RAAF base. They were told that
there was no aircraft activity going on
at that time.
While they kept watching, the dome
went back to being just two large
lights again, then turned back into a
big dome again, then back to two large
lights. They noticed the lights at the
RAAF base then went out. The base
maintained that there was no aircraft
activity, and nothing else going on.
George Simpson AUFORN VIC
1980s SYDNEY (BALMAIN), NSW
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code unknown. Reported
09.05.06
Whilst reading an article in the Sydney
Morning Herald, Allan was moved to
report something from the 1980s that
he felt was too extraordinary for words.
Whilst living in Balmain, he looked out
on a weekday night from his upstairs
verandah on a side of the house looking
west. Not too long after sundown,
against a pitch-black western sky,
there were point sources of light low
down on the horizon. He saw about
five or six of them and there seemed
to be a mothership around which the
other points were rotating. “Erratic
circling” was the description given to
their movements about the dominant
craft. They moved as a group from
south to north. All of a sudden, they
all accelerated north. He recalls no
colours, simply white point sources.
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Allan was really amazed by this. Later
on that night, he called the observatory,
“Had any reports?” No was the answer.
The very next day, he rang the Herald,
“Any reports?” No again. The whole
sighting lasted about four minutes. He
was amazed no one else saw anything
and decided to ‘pull his head in’ after
that. The extreme acceleration of these
objects were estimated at travelling
through 10-degrees in a couple of
minutes when first observed, then
through an angle of 30-degrees of sky
in a couple of seconds. Convinced that
it cannot be explained in down to earth
terms, Allan was also just as convinced
that these objects were low in the
atmosphere. Dominic McNamara
AUFORN NSW
1994-1996 SYDNEY, NSW 0200-
0400hrs (NL)
Source: AUFORN NSW 2006-002
(Reported 07.09.06)
Seen near the Sydney International
Airport was a glowing light travelling
the wrong way in a northerly flight path
as seen from the grounds of the RPA
hospital when the witness was working
at the hospital. The witness said “I had
an unusual experience of delayed time
while watching it between buildings.
The light seemed to be a very brilliant
white colour”.
various years LISMORE, NSW
1800hrs, 2300hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5608: Reported
29.06.06
Stella rang to say that she has been
seeing things in the sky since she was 8-
years-old. Even her son saw such things
and had used the type of language to
describe them that he should not have
known at the time. By then, all of this did
not seem so strange to her. There was,
to her, almost a feeling of being one of
a few fortunate people in the world. In
those times, Stella and her family lived
in a remote area known as Wyangeree,
(Lismore). But all of that was some forty
years ago.
Present day: Having shifted to Dubbo,
she had forgotten about all that stuff -
until about 1993. She now had a garden
outside which she tended of a nighttime
do the watering. During the 1990s she
and her husband and neighbours saw
strange things which she was certain
were not satellites. Stella started to
count the sightings and managed to
get up to 120 before 2006 had even
begun. She called recently to tell of
objects which outshone others and she
asked about little scout ships seen well
before Christmas, even asking if anyone
knew what they might be. She was
now seeing objects in a sort of pattern
of timing which suggested they might
have been manmade. But nothing was
supposed to be in the sky and nothing
so bright in orbit (she had a friend
check this out for her). Stumped by this,
she went on to describe large ones at
roughly 8.30 or 11 pm. They used to flick
on due east and travel southerly. Some
erratic movements were noticed but
mostly smooth and slow moving actions
dominated her sightings. According
to her informers, no known manmade
objects should have been bright enough
to occur regularly in the sky at those
times. Some of these objects were a
reasonably large size but most were
small and looked like a remote control or
unmanned AVs. They had no particular
shape. Stella has formed a great belief
of galactic ships in the solar system. We
have invited her to collate her sightings
with us over time. Dominic McNamara
AUFORN NSW
1982 TOOTGAROOK, VIC 1335hrs
(CE4)
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 4974: Reported
21.08.05
Luke rang to say it started in 1982, when
he was about seven years old. He was in
Sorrento. He claims to be an abductee.
He said things have happened to him,
in Blairgowrie, and Dromana. He says
he has learned a new language through
these experiences.
We arranged to meet on Friday 2
September. He never showed up.
George Simpson AUFORN VIC
1995 SALE, VIC (CE1 + missing time)
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 4973: Reported
21.08.05
In 1995 their son went out shooting
on the morass (a large swamp). He
reported seeing the moon “in the
morass”, which is implausible. He
returned later than usual and said he
had seen a large circular thing with
two lights, which came along very fast.
He looked up, and then he hid under
a downed Cyprus tree and watched
the object travelling about, like it was
searching for something. When he
returned he was not able to account
for about one hour of time, like he had
missed an hour, and his gun belt and
boots had disappeared. They searched
and searched for these missing items
and never found them. He now has very
powerful psychic abilities that he never
had before this missing time event. He
knows things that he has never been
taught, or ever had any interest in. He
continually astounds his parents with
knowledge of things that they know he
has never studied. Also, watches don’t
last very long. They usually just stop, no
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matter what brand or quality he wears.
They last only a couple of days then they
never go again.
On another occasion, when they were
irrigating, they went down to the morass
and found a large crop circle which
was full of triangles. It was made up
of one large triangle, about 15 by 15
metres, which was set right up in the
corner of two fences, with a large circle
around the outside corner of the angle
where the two fenced met. They have
also had many sightings of UFOs over
their house.
This location is about twenty minutes
from Rosedale, the location where many
UFO sightings have been recorded,
along with farm water tanks being
completely emptied, farm animals
going crazy etc. George Simpson
AUFORN VIC
1996 LOCATION UNSTATED
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5519: Reported
11.05.06
About ten years ago, the caller’s sister
had a strange sighting. Although she
is a nurse with no interest in UFOs at
all, she felt compelled to tell the story
through her brother as it involved a
strange disappearance. Living on an
elevated setting in a mountain range,
she was able to look down upon aerial
objects. One night, she looked out
to see a bright object illuminated by
a set of onboard lights. At one point,
the silent, slow moving object gave
out a brilliant stream of light which
corkscrewed ahead of the craft. It was
into this stream of light that the craft
dematerialised.
Some years later, the caller’s father, a
retiree from air traffic control, and also
with no UFO interest, was outside the
same premises at around 3 am when
he saw what could only be described
as ‘the same damn thing’. The caller has
subsequently become deeply interested
in theoretical physics to the extent that
he had to call someone and correlate his
findings along with reporting the original
incidents which started it all off. Domi-
nic McNamara AUFORN NSW
13.12.98 LIMBRI (nr.TAMWORTH),
NSW 0215hrs (CE2)
S o u rc e : U F O R e s e a rc h N S W,
Reported 23.05.05
I had a business in Sydney and every
second week I used to leave my country
property at 2.30 am to head back to
Sydney. This particular morning on 13
December 1998 I got out of bed at 2.15
am and went straight to the fridge to get
myself an orange juice and as I opened
the fridge something in my head told me
to go outside and look. As I made my
way out of the house I found it strange
that the animals were not making any
noises and my dog refused to come out
of his pen. As I looked south I noticed
two lights approaching and travelling
at about 70 knots towards me. At first
I thought it was a plane with engine
trouble so I immediately turned all the
outside lights on, then I realised it was
not a plane but two flying discs. They
both slowed down and hovered above
me at a height of about ten metres.
Both objects were silent and suddenly
I got this intense feeling of love that I
have never felt before, then I scream to
my brother-in-law to come out and as
I did the objects started to accelerate,
heading in a northerly direction. My
brother-in-law managed to see the
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objects speed away and he said to me
what the hell was that and I replied that’s
our creators and then I felt this sadness
just like when someone dear passes
away. Even to this moment I still feel
that feeling of loss.
The sighting lasted about three minutes.
Both objects were about ten metres
across, glowing a very soft yellow. One
of the saucers had a dome underneath
that had almost invisible red electrical
discharges ‘happening’ inside the
dome. The sighting occurred outside
the witness’ house on Danglemah
Road, Limbri, about 35 km north of
Tamworth. The objects appeared from
the south in the valley and flew north,
following the valley. It was a clear
pleasant moonless night. The witness
has added that he/she has had “many
other encounters with alien machines”.
Anthony Clarke UFORNSW
2003 BRISBANE (ALGESTER), QLD
2300hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5678
The sighting the caller originally wanted
to report turned out to be the blimp. But
he also told me about a sighting of a
creature from about three years ago.
Michael lived in Algester at the time.
There was a train siding area situated
at the back of his property. One night,
he came home late around 11 pm. He
ventured out onto his balcony for a
cigarette. Suddenly, about 15 metres
from him, he saw a dark, black creature,
about 8 to 9 feet tall running across
the train tracks and into the bush. He
described it as looking like bigfoot.
Michael was terrified to the point that
the sighting has never left him. Larraine
Cilia AUFORN NSW
2003 WEST KEMPSEY, NSW 1830hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5557: Reported
01.06.06
According to Roger, an incident
occurred around three years ago so
richly bizarre that even though he had
called National Security some 22 times
in order to report its nature, he is still
dumbfounded to find that no one takes
him seriously. The caller lives in the
Newcastle to Williamstown area, close
to the Dividing Ranges. One night, he
observed a craft that he estimates could
only have been about 50 metres away,
low to the ground. The time of this
sighting was around 6.30 pm. Roger
states that the device, whatever it was,
measured about 15 feet long and was
kind of football shaped, like a dome
from a mosque with what looked like
three portholes. Hovering just above
the trees, the object made no noise and
moved rapidly away.
Some months later, living on a property
with full 360-degree viewing, an object
lit the room up. Windows were shaking
but that there was no noise to speak of.
Many people have confided in Roger of
having the same sorts of sightings in the
general area but that none have come
forward. Roger has lived in this area for
20 years and until three years ago, had
seen nothing. Dominic McNamara
AUFORN NSW
2005 BAIRNSDALE, VIC 2130hrs (NL
+ sound)
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 4885
Susan saw a round object going over
and above her, so it was round from
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underneath. It had red and green
flashing lights, and was going slowly,
then it sped off really fast and was gone
in a moment.
She then saw another one later, which
was very low in the sky and a triangular
shape. It went across the sky, above the
trees, at about 9.30 pm. Susan stated
that this was definitely not a plane, she
could hear a humming sound coming
from it. She watched it travel from
Elsternwick to Brighton, heading north.
George Simpson AUFORN VIC
2005 SYDNEY (LIVERPOOL), NSW
0005-0200hrs (NL)
Source: AUFORN NSW 2006-004
(Reported 07.09.06)
I saw three large orange lights travelling
in a triangular formation heading in
a northeasterly direction from the
southwest, over Liverpool heading
to Bankstown airport. First I saw two
of the lights, from street level, flying
silently at the same moderate speed,
then I saw a third, which was glowing
brighter, following at the same speed.
All lights were flying at a reasonably
low level then the lights dissipated.
Initially I thought they were candles
suspended from bags but were too
bright and moving at the same distance
apart and there seemed to be no wind.
A work colleague of mine told me he
also saw the
lights, whilst he was driving home after
his shift on the M5 motorway.
13.03.05 LILYDALE, VIC
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5187
On Sunday 13 March 2005, thirty people
were having a party when a plane flew
past, but it looked transparent and
made no noise. The plane disappeared
then reappeared, but now looked like
a Weber BBQ. It was a silver colour
and ball-shaped. It stopped suddenly
then it shot off at high speed. It was
daytime, about 6 pm, with blue sky
and no clouds.
On Sunday 27 March 2005, at the same
location, Ron saw a similar plane again,
leaving a chemtrail over Lilydale, from
Lilydale to Mooroolbark.
Later in the year, he saw a silver disc fly
over Lilydale at 10 am, heading towards
Sale, making no sound. George Simp-
son AUFORN VIC
2006 GUILDFORD, NSW 2330hrs,
0300hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5543: Reported
24.05.06
Mr M. is a 68-year-old accredited
author and a very well respected man
in his area of Guildford. He has been
witnessing a strange phenomenon
over the Blue Mountains area since
the beginning of this year and decided
to ring and report it after having coffee
with a young man Mr J. who had also
witnessed the strange event.
Mr M. has been witnessing strange
flashes in the night sky, which only
last for a micro second, over the
Blue Mountains area most weekends
since the beginning of the year. The
flash happens generally between
the hours of 11.30 pm-3.00 am and
he has seen it four times in the past
months. After witnessing this several
times, he decided to contact the
Department of Meteorology and the
Sydney Observatory to see if there
was an explanation. Neither party were
interested in giving an explanation,
however the Dept. of Meteorology
seemed to think he was witnessing
lightning.
Mr M. laughed this explanation off
but has no idea what the flash and
was hoping that there had been other
reports. He explains the flash to be like
an electricity transformer exploding but
with no noise just the flash. The flash
happens so quickly that if you were
not looking in the right direction, you
would never see it. He also explains
that if it were lightning, then the whole
sky would light up and this is not the
case with what he is seeing. Only an
area directly west of Guildford over
the mountains lights up! Kelly Pataky
AUFORN NSW
18.05.06 TERRIGAL, NSW 0949hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5552
On 18 May 2006 at 9.49 am, Mr P.
was driving through Terrigal when he
saw an object, which at first glance,
he thought it to be an aircraft as it was
leaving a contrail. After viewing the
object for about five minutes, Mr P.
then saw an aircraft come very close to
the object which made him realise that
both objects looked quite different from
each other and what he first viewed was
not an aircraft. He has no idea what is
was, but seems to think there are a few
strange things happening in the Central
Coast area. Mr P. took a photo of the
object with his mobile phone and is
going to forward it on to AUFORN. He
is a private investigator and has seen
quite a few strange things in daylight
hours while doing investigations and
had forwarded a report onto AUFORN
earlier this year. Kelly Pataky AUFORN
NSW
23.05.06 SINGLETON, NSW 1901hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5541: Reported
23.05.06
Trish called during a sighting of three
objects that she saw circling an area
between the Williamtown air base,
Scott’s Flat and Singleton. She was
originally drawn outside by the two
dogs on the property barking. Trish
described the objects by their lights -¬
three in a line on the underside. None
were blinking. Having lived in the area
for fifteen months, both she and her
husband had to admit that the lack of
sound and closeness of these craft,
coupled with the strange bright lights
on them, made an unusual sight. The
craft were seemingly able to slow to
a crawl if necessary and occasionally
gathered formation whilst circling, one
waiting for the other in mid-air. The
couple are used to seeing so many
aircraft and jets in the area, that at first
her husband dismissed it as anything
strange. But after seeing the three
strings of light in the sky, he changed
his mind.
About one year earlier, still new to the
area, Trish was first called to the back
garden by her dogs barking incessantly
at nothing. That was the first time she
encountered exactly the same string
of three lights in a row on a single
craft. This object was most definitely
hovering and the dogs did not give up
until it was gone. Neither witness had
ever reported UFOs before. Dominic
McNamara AUFORN NSW
28.05.06 WINDSOR, NSW 1831hrs,
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Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5549 & 5558
Whilst waiting to go on air on a
community radio station on the night
of 28 May 2006, Debbie received a call
from a listener declaring that they had
seen a ball of fire falling from the sky
whilst driving along Richmond road
at about 5.45 pm. She rang the air
force base at Richmond. They didn’t
see it, so when she went to air, Debbie
announced the sighting and asked if
anyone else had seen it. Someone rang
in and said they lived in North Richmond
and had seen the exact same thing.
No mention of colour or sound was
made. The station transmits on 89.9
Hawkesbury. From all correlations and
descriptions, it seems most likely that
this was one of the meteorites called in
from the local area that week. We have
made other callin reports from rural west
NSW surrounding balls of fire that have
hit the ground. Dominic McNamara
AUFORN NSW
29.05.06 CANBERRA, ACT 1739hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5551
Cahl called as part of the Sea Search
and rescue teams on duty at the time
that the meteorite calls were being
aired to radio and TV. He called us as
a second measure after ascertaining
that reports made to his department
whilst he was on shift were not in fact
related to air traffic going down over
the surrounding area. Once he was
sure that no aircraft were unaccounted
for, he rang us and urged other callers
to ring the 1800 hotline number if they
had any other such sightings.
It is our opinion that these were the
origins of some of the callins we
received over the course of the week
of meteorite sightings across the
Australian eastern seaboard. Dominic
McNamara AUFORN NSW
01.06.06 NARELLAN, NSW 2035hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5561
Darren, normally a non-believer in
UFOs, called to report the classic
case of a flying disc. Darren said that
two large round silver objects, about
30 feet apart and flying roughly 800
feet high (the cloud bank was above
these objects), flew straight towards
him. He yelled out to his mother who
also saw them. As they silently flashed
overhead, the objects veered off at
45-degrees in order to travel straight
out to sea. They were coming from the
Blue Mountains, towards him and then
went to the east. NO sounds at all. The
speed of them was incredible. It was at
nighttime, a cloudy night, but he could
see them easily against the backdrop of
clouds. Telstra 123 put him through to
AUFORN. They took off at an incredible
rate. He went on to say that he could
not distinguish any light sources. The
objects were, in his opinion, “most
likely metal, roundish, like an oval but
a curved at the end”. Darren has lived
at Narellan for five years and had never
seen anything like this before in his life.
Dominic McNamara AUFORN NSW
01.06.06 CENTRAL COAST
(OURIMBAH), NSW 2145hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5562
Ms P. and partner Mr J. witnessed
an incredible event on 1 June 2006
at 9.45 pm. Ms P. was sitting on her
verandah looking over the Ourimbah
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area, a suburb of the Central Coast,
when she noticed what she first thought
was a star. The object seemed to be
hovering and was showing colours of
red, white and green. The object moved
several times which then made Ms P.
call out to her partner to come onto
the verandah and watch this object as
well. Both viewed the object for at least
five minutes and then called the local
radio station to report the sighting. As
nobody really seemed to be interested
in what she was saying, she then rang
Telstra to get the phone number of
their local police station. The lady she
was talking to told her that the police
probably wouldn’t be interested and
gave her the AUFORN 1800 number.
While both were still witnessing the
event, Ms P. rang the 1800 number
hoping to talk to somebody straight
away so she could report the event and
hopefully get an answer. After leaving
her details, she watched the event for
at least another five minutes. She said
the object moved from side to side
several times and at one stage made
a very quick acceleration which made
them both realise it was something out
of the ordinary.
Ms P., 51, and Mr J., 58 and an industrial
chemist, feel that what they witnessed
may not have been in our Earth’s
atmosphere as it did appear to be a fair
distance away. Ms P. explained that she
has witnessed a few strange things in
the sky before over the years, but her
partner, with his scientific background,
has always had an explanation for what
she had seen. However this time he
couldn’t explain the event and it was he
who prompted Ms P. to call somebody
and report the sighting. Kelly Pataky
AUFORN NSW
05.06.06 SYDNEY
(CAMPBELLTOWN), NSW 2230hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5577
Cheryl rang saying that, together
with two other witnesses, she saw
two orange balls in the sky sometime
between 10.30 and 11 pm one evening.
She thought at first they were stars until
they started to move up and down and
then straight up, ascending through the
atmosphere very quickly. “They were
definitely in our atmosphere”, she said.
Cheryl has seen them a few times now,
including an earlier sighting when she
saw one the size of a basketball at arms
length in the sky, “it was that close”.
This object, as orange as the others
she saw later, hovered at eye level. As
she hurried in for binoculars for an even
closer look, it vanished into thin air.
This time, the sighting was around 3.00
am in the morning, occurring during a
bathroom trip. Cheryl has lived in the
district for around fifteen years and
had not seen anything like it before
these two incidents separated by a
few months. The objects were viewed
facing north. Dominic McNamara
AUFORN NSW
18.06.06 ALWOOD, NSW 1450hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5607
This report concerned both night and
daylight orbs from the areas of Alwood,
Canterbury and Hurstville. On the 18
June 2006, between 2.50-3.05 pm, they
were appearing as stars in the afternoon
sky lasting some seven minutes. The
objects numbered up to four, then one
disappeared and the rest formed a
triangle. During the phase, one would
accelerate toward the others. Gary
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remembers looking up a website called
UFOevidence.org where he found that a
pilot saw something similar on the same
day at Tamworth two and a half hours
earlier. Gary first saw something strange
on 27 September 2003, at 11 am,
around the Botany Bay area, mostly in
the southern sky. He could not describe
the shapes. On separate sightings on
the 6, 12 and finally 14 January 2005,
an object appeared over Sydney. Each
time, the object first appears at 7 pm
then disappeared at 8.20 pm. He said,
“It speeds up and just goes! A tail forms
as it speeds up”. At one point, Gary
contacted The Daily Telegraph. They
were not interested. Dominic McNa-
mara AUFORN NSW
27.06.06 NEWCASTLE, NSW 1745hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5603, 5618, 5623
Deborah rang on several occasions
to report two sightings she had on
successive nights. She stated that what
she saw was like a bright white light
much more so than any starlight but
that it shone a bright gold in the middle.
Yet in three to five seconds it had faded
and vanished. She stated that at that
time of night, it was adjacent to the
Southern Cross constellation in the sky.
The whole sighting on each night, at the
same time of evening lasted around six
to seven¬ seconds and she felt that
what she saw was strange enough to
report it to a UFO society. Dominic
McNamara AUFORN NSW
AUGUST 2006 LIVERPOOL, SYDNEY,
NSW 1000hrs (DO + PHOTO)
Source: AUFORN NSW 2006-001
(Reported 07.09.06)
At approx. 10.00 am one weekend in
August, whilst at work, I noticed unusual
clouds with a plane and jet trail in the
morning glow, near the Hume Highway
and Liverpool hospital. I had my digital
camera handy and took two shots with
slightly different positions in the sky. I
did not notice anything unusual in the
sky at the time. On studying the photos
at a later date, I noticed two small
white orbs together in the sky not far
from the jet and trail. Upon inspecting
the photo further I then noticed a third
white orb in the picture away from the
others. The second photo revealed the
white orbs at different slightly different
locations. I have had several sightings
of unidentified flying objects in recent
years but I do not report them often.
02.08.06 LILYDALE, VIC 1045hrs
(PHOTO)
Source: AUFORN VIC 2006-003
(Reported 08.09.06)
During the morning of 2 August 2006 I
was trying to take a picture of my brother
and his wife on a borrowed Kodak V550
digital camera at the entrance of the
Redgum Art Gallery & Cafe in Lilydale.
I couldn’t get the flash to work, which is
why I took the second shot. As you can
see, the flash didn’t work then either. I
wanted to get the view of Mt Dandenong
in the background. I was in Melbourne
for four days visiting relatives. I didn’t
notice anything at any time. When I got
home I downloaded photos from the
camera into my PC and emailed them
to my relatives. I was drawn attention
to the UFO by my brother. It was a
clear, mild day with some cloud and
good visibility.
08.09.06 MELBOURNE (GLEN
HUNTLY), VIC 2105hrs (CE1)
Source: AUFORN VIC 2006-005
(Reported 09.09.06)
On 8 September 2006, I saw above the
treetops from a distance (in the direction
of the Glen Huntly CBD) a spaceship that
look like an upside down plate. It had
blue and red lights changing alternately.
The UFO was stationary for more than
five minutes, while only moving slowly
from side to side. When I left the site it
was still there. When I returned after two
hours, it was gone. It was a foggy and
cold evening with a slight breeze.
08.09.06 MELBOURNE (BALWYN) VIC
2130hrs (CE1)
Source: AUFORN VIC 2006-004
(Reported 09.09.06)
As I drove down Lower Heidelberg
Road towards the direction of the
eastern freeway, I saw the UFO in the
sky hovering near the Balwyn-Bulleen
region, near the eastern freeway, on 8
September 2006. The object was so
distinct that I could not miss it. I couldn’t
keep my eyes off it. It was five times
the size of an aeroplane and mainly red
laser lights were flashing simultaneously
with green, yellow and blue lights. The
shape was a disc, saucer silver. It was
some distance from me yet it was large
and I could see the intricate design on
it. It hovered not like an aeroplane or a
helicopter. It was fairly close to houses,
about 100-150 metres. Again, hovering
was the predominant movement, no
sound and flashing of lights. It stayed in
the air for five minutes. I had parked my
car to get a closer look at this object and
when I return to the spot, the object had
disappeared. The main attraction was
its array of spectacular lights, the red
flashing lights and the fact that it was
hovering and it was large. This stood
out in a dark sky. I will never forget this
night. I was sceptical as to what it was
but I know it’s different. The evening was
cold and breezy but clear.
15.08.06 BEGA, NSW 2320hrs,
2335hrs
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hot-
line Callin Code 5672
At about 11.20 pm on 15 August 2006,
three security officers were beginning/
ending shifts in Bega. One of them
looked up, asking, “Is that a helicopter?”
All three of the men looked up to see a
bright orange ball of light to the south,
seemingly high in altitude but low on
the horizon. Then the ball of light came
closer, getting larger and brighter than
the amber street lamps in the foreground.
At one point the caller estimated the
object to be no more than 300 m up
and 300 m away. The object flickered a
little around the edges. Then the three
witnesses, ‘gob smacked’, looked on as
the object hovered motionless without
making a sound. When the object finally
moved away and receded, it petered
out of sight.
The three guards talked about what
they had seen and then went about their
business. The whole sighting took about
fifteen minutes and the caller referred
to their notes when recalling the times
and dates. At around 11.45 pm, the
nightwatchman telephoned the caller
from one of the premises on his tour to
say that the object was back, this time
somewhat smaller and more distant.
A little further to the eastern sky, the
object finally went out like a light. The
caller logged the times as from 11.52
¬to 11.55 pm for the second sighting.
The caller has lived in Bega all of his life,
has been on the night shifts for thirteen
years and has never seen so much in
the sky as in this one year. Dominic
McNamara AUFORN NSW
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Hi again and welcome to another great issue
of the UFOlogist magazine, AUFORN is
lucky to be able to use this magazine to
keep you up todate and informed of what
is going on around Australia.
So what’s happening to start we have had
some really interesting UFO photos sent
with many under investigation. Here’s just
one you which I sure you’re going to say
it looks to good to real and I have agree
however this image is said to be one of 3
images each taken one after another so we
are going to wait before casting judgement
as we never like to throw the baby out with
the bath water.
For those who like listening to UFO
reports via the internet I have started my
radio segments with Jeff Rense at www.
rense.com. Our first show for the year
was great and I have to say thank you to
George Simpson AUFORN Victoria for
helping me put it together. The show is
called “UFOs Down Under” which went
to air in March. For those who would like
to listen we have arranged for the show to
be placed on AUFORNs web page at www.
auforn.com/Rense1.htm Past show are
“1966 Westall School Incident” followed
by a mix of UFO sightings UFO Military
Cover-ups” which will be linked at www.
auforn.com/Rense2.htm
You may have noticed the coming
Symposium in Sydney the I.S.M.S on the
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“May update”
2nd & 3rd of June only 8 weeks to go and
the early bird finishes April 29th. I am so
looking forward to listening to the line
up of guest speakers, for instance George
Knapp who was interviewed by Denise
Blazek on www.ghostradiox.com.au it was
a great interview and was a prelude to his
lecture here in Sydney. So come on folks
get your tickets early as seating is limited
you don’t want to miss out.
Great news France became the first country
to open its files on UFOs yes the French are
stepping out form under the vale of secrecy
and allowing 1,600 files to be viewed over
the internet. The National Space Agency
figured they had nothing to hide so file’s
spanning five decade were released and
placed on the internet. Wow I can just
see what’s going to happen their internet
server will be working overtime, steam
will be seen pouring from the motherboard
from the downloads “captain the engines
just can’t take it” crash overload, I hope
the National Space Agency web sever can
take the load. To view these files visit this
website: www.cnes-geipan.fr.
Former Arizona Gov. Fife
Symington says he saw the
Phoenix Lights
Interesting news, the former governor of
Arizona finally broke his silence owning
up to seeing the Phoenix lights. I for one
wondered how come if so many people
saw the lights why did no one in authority
step outside witness the Phoenix lights for
themselves, now after 10 years Fife makes
a statements he saw them to.
Former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington
says he saw the Phoenix Lights himself
and believed from the start that they were
extraterrestrial. Symington said he didn’t
acknowledge his own encounter at first
because he didn’t want people to panic.
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Symington discussed the sighting with a
UFO investigator making a documentary,
and in media interviews. “I’m a pilot, and I
know just about every machine that flies,”
Symington, a former Air Force captain, told
the Arizona Daily Star on Thursday. “It was
bigger than anything that I’ve ever seen. It
remains a great mystery. Other people saw
it, responsible people. I don’t know why
people would ridicule it.” Symington told
CNN the craft he saw March 13, 1997, was
“enormous. It just felt otherworldly. In your
gut, you could just tell it was otherworldly.”
Symington said he initially told no one but
his wife that he had seen the lights.
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The ashes of James Doohan, who played
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chief engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott
on the original “Star Trek” TV series, have
been loaded into a rocket that is set to
launch in New Mexico later this month.
The remains of Doohan, Mercury astronaut
Gordon Cooper and some 200 others were
loaded into the rocket Friday by Charles
Chafer, chief executive of Celestis, a
Houston company that contracts with
rocket firms to send cremated remains into
space. “And we’re ready to go,” Chafer
said after inserting the silver canister. Jerry
Larson, president of Connecticut-based
UP Aerospace Inc., said the rocket will
be launched April 28. Families paid $495
to have a few grams of their loved one’s
ashes placed on the rocket. Chafer said
he’s aware of the dedication of “Star Trek”
fans. “There’s no doubt that we’ll find a
way to accommodate fans who travel here
and want to be part of that experience,” he
said. Doohan died in July 2005 at age 85.
The remains of “Star Trek” creator Gene
Roddenberry were blasted into space in
1997.
I’ve always said if I was an alien visiting
another planet I would deffinatly avoid
introducing myself to the authorities of
that world, maybe this is why ET visiting
earth visit everyday people. Judi McLeod
writer of Canadian Free Press web site
writes “Space aliens avoiding earthling
known as the politician?”
A UFO believer kindly sent me the latest
ABC News, “Former Arizona Governor’s
Close Encounter with UFO”. Criticism
had been tossed my way when I last
month criticized former Canadian Defense
Minister Paul Hellyer, who told the Ottawa
Citizen that governments are holding out
on the rest of us in regards to not disclosing
alien technology that could be used to solve
the problem of climate change. “I would
like to see what (alien) technology there
might be that could eliminate the burning of
fossil fuels within a generation…that could
be a way to save our planet,” Hellyer said.
He also noted, “We need to persuade our
governments to come clean on what they
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know. Some of us suspect they know
quite a lot, and it might be enough to save
our planet if applied quickly enough.” I
have no argument with Hellyer’s belief
in life on other planets. It’s the concept of
his stating something that that cannot be
proven that bothers me. “That’s a notion
that’s going to be advanced some time
soon,” I thought when first reading about
Hellyer’s comments.
And before you could say extraterrestrial,
along came high-flying movie star John
Travolta. Travolta, a Scientologist, is
claiming the solution to global warming
can be found in outer space. “It (global
warming) is a very valid issue,” Travolta
declared. “I’m wondering if we need
to think about other planets and dome
cities.” With Hellyer and Travolta in
on the act, how far behind can Al Gore
be? To my way of thinking, Hellyer and
Travolta are exploiting space aliens.
They are assuming that the inhabitants
of other planets buy Gore’s charge that
global warming is man made.
For all we know, ET or his equivalent
may believe that carbon credits are a
crock. Hellyer’s and Travoltas’ words
are indicative that the space aliens have
the solution to save Mother Earth, but are
keeping it to themselves. It’s tantamount
to saying that the intelligent life that
exists on other planets believes Al Gore’s
predictions that earth as we know it, will
burn up and while watching things from
on high, is choosing to do zip to help.
At least former Arizona Governor Fife
Symington isn’t pointing to outer space
as an answer for global warming—at
least not yet. He is merely revising his
description of the Phoenix Lights Sighting
in 1997.
Governor for six years, Symington kept
mum on his encounter with what he is
now prepared to say was a UFO. “It was
absolutely breathtaking,” Symington
said. “I mean when I saw it, I said this
is definitely a UFO. I have never seen
anything like this in my life.” (ABC
News, March 30, 2007). “It was an event
that is now the stuff of legend, called the
Phoenix Lights. There was video taken in
1997 of those mysterious lights flying in
formation in the Arizona night sky, and
was witnessed by thousands.” Thousands
of eyewitnesses gave their description of
the sighting--and never changed a word
in those descriptions.
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Symington, who tried to poke fun of the
encounter while in office, now describes
his sighting of the Phoenix Lights as “a
geometric form with extremely bright
lights on the leading edge.” When he was
governor, he held a fake news conference
to present the source of the glowing lights:
his chief of staff dressed up as a Martian.
“This goes to show that you guys are
entirely too serious,” Symington laughed
at the news conference. He didn’t mean
to downplay the eyewitness accounts, but
was only trying to keep everyone calm, he
now says. “What I was trying to do was
have fun and make a spoof, and stop all
the public hysteria that was going on at the
time,” he said.
It’s not the average citizen creating public
hysteria at the possibility of UFOs and life
on other planets. They know that no space
alien has ever given any grief to Mother
Earth. It’s the politicians, the politicians’
changed stories, their lies and their hype
causing all the grief. People on Earth
have always been able to make up their
own minds without politicians. There was
so much public interest in the 100,000
documents released in France’s online
X-files last week that the Website crashed
within two hours.
The same people that Al Gore accuses of
creating global warming, are open minded
enough to conclude that we aren’t the only
intelligent form of life in God’s breathtaking
galaxy. Meanwhile, they await the news of
visiting space aliens. But perhaps there is
a good reason why space aliens are not
showing themselves on Earth. Could be
they’re aware of the duplicity and absurdity
of that self-serving earthling known as the
modern day politician.
See you in the next issue of the
Ufologist.
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CONTROLLER
A MULTIPLE WITNESSES SIGHTING BAY OF
PLENTY AND WAIKATO, NTH IS., NZ, 1995
(From UFOCUS NZ’s Sightings Records)
by Graeme Opie and Suzanne Hansen
UFOCUS NZ Network
Copyright © G. Opie and S. Hansen 2007

Sue Hansen will be Speaking at the 2nd International Scientific And Metaphysical
Symposium to be held in Sydney on the 2nd and 3rd of June 2007.
Both Sue And Graeme Opie Will Be Speaking At Ufocus Nz’s ‘Future Perspectives’
Conference In Rotorua, Nz On 29th & 30th Sept 2007

INTRODUCTION of her life, Sue had long ago learnt steadily overhead above her house
The 1995 UFO sighting reports to follow such spontaneous intuitive heading from the Kaimai Ranges
described below have recently been feelings which have invariably led to towards the sea in a descending
reinvestigated by UFOCUS NZ. All advantageous events or meetings. north-easterly path. Given its size
of the witnesses vividly remember Such was certainly the case on this (large coin), she considered it was
the object that they sighted to this evening. quite low in the sky.
day, because of its extraordinary
characteristics. We have tracked Once outside, Sue sat looking at the As Sue watched it descend, she
down further witnesses who have night sky, wondering what may be was surprised to see another light
provided the details required for about to happen. Within seconds, a also descending from higher in the
Air Traffic Controller Graeme Opie large bright green ball of light crossed sky from a north-westerly direction
to be able to make more definitive
calculations relating to the flight and
characteristics of the object. These
particular events have highlighted the
importance of sometimes ‘revisiting’
prominent and credible sightings,
enabling new information to come
to light. More extensive information
on this sighting will be highlighted
by UFOCUS NZ at their September
29 & 30, 2007 ‘Future Perspectives’
Conference

ALIEN RENDEZVOUS?
On February 25 1995, Sue was
spending a quiet evening at home,
when at around 10.30 pm, she felt the
sudden and urgent impulse that she
must go outside. Having experienced
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out over the sea. This light really
caught her attention as although it
was further away, it was large also
with a brilliant reddish-orange glow
and a short tail flaring behind it. Its
brightness did not diminish during the
descent. It descended quite rapidly
and steeply, and then appeared to
slow and level off slightly, before
continuing to descend slowly and
at a different angle, all of these
movements indicating a ‘controlled’
descent.
Meanwhile, the green ball of light
continued its course out towards the
sea on a path that would eventually
cross or converge with that of the
other light. They were both lost
from view behind a coastal hill with
trees, at which point they were both
low over the sea in the direction of
Mayor Island, and appeared to be on
a collision - or rendezvous course.
The sighting lasted for approx. 8-10
seconds. It appeared almost as if the
green light was ‘escorting’ the larger
reddish light during the final visible
part of their descent.
Numerous UFO sightings have
occurred in this coastal area of
the Bay of Plenty over the years,
especially around Mayor and Motiti
Islands, all along the coastline and
around Tauranga Harbour. Local
witnesses of highly strange events
have long speculated on the possible
existence of an underwater UFO
base out at sea beyond the islands.
A GREAT DAY FOR FISHING
Some days later on 9 March 1995 on
a sunny clear day, at approximately
1:17 pm NZDT, two witnesses fishing
near Pudney Rock (some 9 miles
NNE of Mt Maunganui, near Motiti
Island, Bay of Plenty) sighted an
object in the sky moving east to west,
from out at sea towards the coastal
lowland. (The object appeared from
the general direction where Sue
had seen the two lights disappear
some days beforehand). One of
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the witnesses (a part-time qualified
meteorological observer for the NZ
Meteorological Service) stated that
the object had a short tail, with a
ball or sphere-like object, extremely
bright silver in colour, protruding from
the surrounding glow. Immediately in
front and half surrounding the object,
was a pinkish/orange halo-type
‘bow wave’ that pulsed or glowed
extremely brightly. The observer
stated that at arms length, the object
would have been the size of a 1-5
cent coin, and was observed for 6-8
seconds, passing over Motiti Island
towards Papamoa on the coast,
before rising over the Kaimai Ranges
towards the Waikato. The sky was
otherwise clear with no wind. The
length of this sighting enabled the
observer to alert his friend to the
object as well.
When this sighting report was
received, and given the sighting Sue
had witnessed herself, Sue visited Dr
Frank Bateson, world renowned NZ
astronomer, in Tauranga. Following
a discussion on the characteristics
of both the objects sighted, Dr
Bateson agreed that they were not
meteorites or fireballs as these do
not: (1) travel horizontally, (2) rise
over hills, (3) have varying speed
and path of descent (4) and were
not likely to converge from two
different directions to the same
apparent spot. Dr Bateson did not
speculate on what the objects may
have been, only commenting on the
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logical possibilities that could be
eliminated
SIGHTING FROM AIRPORT
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
TOWER
On March 9 1995 (the same day as
the Pudney Rock sighting), Air Traffic
Control at Hamilton and Rotorua
Airports received reports of sightings
of an object in the skies above the
Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Waikato.
The staff at the Rotorua Air Traffic
Control Tower received 3 calls at
approximately 1:20pm, re the sighting
of the object travelling east to west
towards Hamilton.
At 1:20 pm, some three minutes after
the Pudney Rock sighting, the Senior
Air Traffic Controller at Hamilton
Airport, Graeme Opie, was looking
to the south of the Control Tower and
observed an unusual object trailing
a long tail, as it passed east to west,
south of the Control Tower. At arms
length, the shiny ‘head’ of the object
would have been approximately 2mm
in diameter. His observation lasted
approximately 1 ½ seconds.
He stated, “There were two other staff
in the tower at the time, but due to
the sighting time being so brief, the
UFO was not sighted by them. I just
happened to be looking in the right
direction at the right time! Basing
a compass rose on the Hamilton
Control Tower (in degrees magnetic),
I observed the object travel from
approximately 160 degrees through to
183 degrees in the space of a second
or so, so it was moving very fast. I
could liken it to a jet fighter!”
The object was some 10 degrees
above the horizon in relation to the
observer, and was above the cloud
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tops. It maintained level flight and
disappeared behind the cloud tops in
a westerly direction. Upon losing sight
of the object Graeme immediately
checked with the Auckland Air
Traffic Control Radar Centre to see
if the Unidentified Flying Object was
registering on their radar screens – it
was not. He was also advised that
there were no aircraft registering on
the radar in that area either.
G r a e m e e c h o e d D r B a t e s o n ’s
comments concerning meteorites/
fireballs: “It was definitely not a
fireball or meteorite. It was travelling
virtually horizontally. At arms length
the sparkling trailing tail would have
been three fingers long, with a very
bright silver ‘head’ (metallic?) similar
to sunlight reflecting off a mirror. It had
an orange ‘tail’, the edges of which
were sparkling similar to a fireworks
sparkler.”
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!
Reports were soon received by the
Waikato Times newspaper of sightings
of the same object. School children
at Cambridge said they saw what
looked like a comet flying across
the sky and several other witnesses
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rang the newspaper to report the
incident. The newspaper printed an
article on the sightings on 10/3/95
entitled, “Goodness gracious, great
balls of fire”, promoting the opinion
of Dr Wayne Orchiston, Director of
the Carter Observatory, Wellington,
that the object was a ‘fireball’ (burning
rocks ranging in size from thumbnail to
fist size, that disintegrate in the Earth’s
atmosphere). However, Mr Orchiston
also stated that fireballs usually burn
up in a flash of heat and light 25-50
kms above the Earth, which clearly
discounts this object from being a
fireball.
The newspaper also quoted a Te
Kawa farming couple who sighted the
object at approximately 1.20 pm while
driving south along SH3 approaching
the Te Kawa crossroad south of Te
Awamutu. The wife said it caught her
attention because it was so bright,
with a ‘rainbow-coloured tail’. It was
very high in the sky and they had to
lean forward to fully observe the object
through the front windscreen. The
couple confirmed the exact time and
position of the sighting to UFOCUS
NZ, enabling Graeme to make certain
calculations using data from the three
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sightings.
With the information from the observers
of the three sightings on March 9, from
Pudney Rock, the Hamilton Control
Tower, and the Te Kawa crossroads,
and subsequent precise information
obtained from an interview with the
met.observer/fisherman, UFOCUS NZ
has made the following findings:
1. The witness to the first sighting
of a similar object on 25 Feb
(a teacher), and the 9 March
witnesses (a met.observer/
fisherman, a farming couple, and
the Senior Air Traffic Controller),
were all credible witnesses and
were able to provide factual
information.
2. At arm’s length, the met.observer/
fisherman estimated the object’s
size to be similar to a 1-5 cent
coin at some 15 degrees above
the horizon. This put the object
at an approximate height of 9500
feet with an approximate speed of
17,800 kph. The observer had the
object in sight for 6-8 seconds and
stated that the object ascended
above the Kaimai range to the
west. The object was relatively
close to the observers.
3. The sighting from the Hamilton
Control Tower put the object at
approximately 10 degrees above
the horizon. The object was further
away from the observer.
4. The Senior Air Traffic Controller
observed the object for 1 ½
seconds. During this time the
object passed from the 160 radial
to the 183 radial from Hamilton
Control tower (approx 23 degrees
of arc).
5. Triangulation using the Te Kawa
couple’s sighting placed the object
approximately 20 miles south of
Hamilton airport (southwest of
Te Awamutu) at approximately
19,000 feet, travelling some 14
miles at a speed of approximately
39,000 kph (25,000 mph).
6. We concur with Dr Bateson’s
opinion given at the time. As
the object observed by all the
witnesses had specific flight
characteristics (horizontal path
over distance, varying speed
and height, ascent, controlled
turn), the object does not fit the
characteristics of a meteorite or
fireball as described by the Director
of the Carter Observatory.
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7. The object appeared to have a
shiny metallic body protruding
from, and ahead of the glowing
‘tail’.
8. All the above witnesses gave
virtually identical descriptions of
the object/light.
Given these findings, and the fact that
Auckland ATC Radar Centre reported
no aircraft on radar in these areas at
Mexico: According to a report received
from researcher Alfonso Salazar, on 23
December 2006 the crew of a Magnicharter
flight between Los Cabos and Mexico City
witnessed the maneuvres of an unidentified
flying object (UFO) at 8.30 pm, as reported
by flight engineer Angel Torres Arenas.
The witness described a luminous UFO
giving off orange, green and blue lights,
flying at an altitude greater than the aircraft’s
cruising altitude, placing it at 22,000 feet. He
added that the probable UFO accompanied
the aircraft through its entire route and
that the crew was fully aware that it was
an identified craft. As an additional item of
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the time, UFOCUS NZ considers this
object to have been a UFO (aerial
craft) of unknown origin, source and
technology.
And a final word from Air Traffic
Controller Graeme Opie - “I consider
that what I saw from the control tower
was a UFO – definitely some form of
controlled UFO / craft. Very interesting
that it did not appear on our radar
information, he noted that the airliner was a
Boeing 737-200, registration XA-MAE.
Turkey: 4 January 2007 - Mysterious
lights seen in Istanbul skies have baffled
people on Wednesday night. Witnesses
have claimed that the lights were coming
from a UFO. In Bahcelievler district of
Yenibosna, Istanbul, people have called
news agencies on Wednesday night and
reported unidentified white lights flying in
the sky. According to the eyewitnesses,
the flying object was revolving around itself
and blazing.
NORTH WEST TERRITORIES, CANADA:
18 January 2007 - Over the Arctic Ocean
in the High Arctic, North West Territories.
At 2220hrs, the pilot and crew of a United
Airlines flight from Chicago to Hong Kong
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screens.”
Visit UFOCUS NZ’s website at: www.
ufocusnz.org.nz
- to report a UFO sighting in NZ
- if you have had a close encounter
experience you wish to discuss
- for full details of UFOCUS NZ’s
International ‘Future Perspectives’
Conference Sept 29 & 30 2007 in
Rotorua, NZ (registration forms,
speaker info, contact details)
watched as a ‘flaming ball’ passed by their
aircraft. They reported that the object passed
them ‘from high to low’ and ‘appeared to
be on a flat trajectory’ and was ‘dropping
wreckage’. It was only observed for about
one second before it dropped into the cloud
cover below. The altitude of the object was
estimated to be about 34,000 feet. The
latitude of the sighting was about 9-degrees
from the North Pole.
PUERTO RICO: On 4 February 2007, Rita
and her sister watched and video recorded a
UFO in the night sky over Vega Baja, Puerto
Rico. They had noticed a light in the sky
behaving oddly and decided to watch and
record it. The light was moving across the
sky the suddenly “shut off”. Having watched
satellites, they felt it was not one. The video
is awaiting analysis.
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The New South Wales (NSW)

Spotlight on UFOs
by Bill Chalker
Copyright © B. Chalker 2007

Bill Chalker Will Be Speaking At Ufocus NZ’s ‘Future Perspectives’ Conference In

Rotorua, NZ On 29th & 30th Sept 2007

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has a rich history of organised interest in the
UFO subject. It proceeds from the solitary interest of one individual Edgar R. Jarrold, when he
began Australia’s first public civilian UFO group – the Australian Flying Saucer Bureau (AFSB)
– in July 1952, through to the myriad manifestations we have now. This article will focus on these
NSW responses to the UFO mystery

THE FIFTIES
Edgar Jarrold, widely viewed as the
pioneer or father of Australian ufology,
in his own words was just an “interested
observer of the first 1947 sightings of
weird aerial objects.” That interest
deepened in May 1951 when Jarrold
(then a 32 years old foundry worker)
had his own sighting of “something
very unusual in the night sky” from a
Sydney suburb. He indicated, “There
were two of them – flying saucers I
mean. They appeared as fast moving
yellow lights. One followed the other. I
rang the papers about it and found that
many other people had seen saucers
at the time.” He felt the bright objects
were under intelligent control, but
“appeared to possess no solid body
sustaining them.” Following personal
investigations of his own sighting and
other reports Jarrold was surprised
that “no body existed in Australia
for the purpose of recording and
correlating all available data regarding
the strange apparitions,” so on July 31,
1952, Jarrold formed the AFSB based
at his Fairfield Sydney home.
In May 1953 he began publishing the
Australian Flying Saucer Magazine.
Six issues of the magazine were
issued (May 1953, August 1953,
November 1953, March 1954, August
1954 and February 1955). The group
was initially a one man operation. In
January 1954 Andrew Tomas became
AFSB’s “Sydney observer” and an
assistant to Edgar Jarrold. Other
members of this first public Australian
flying saucer group, included Dr. W.P.
Clifford, his wife Mrs. I. de L. Clifford,
Mr. Gordon Deller, Mr. David O. Moore,
Mr. Michael Duggan, Mr. Mueller-
Sorau and Dr. Miran Lindtner. (See
also my article in the Ufologist First
Quarter 2000, “The Jarrold File” and
No.6, 2002 “Andrew Tomas: Australian
UFO Pioneer (1906-2001)”) By July
1955 Jarrold had abandoned his AFSB
work. Sydney based UFO work was
adrift.
During the latter part of 1955 Andrew
Tomas accepted the idea of making a
New South Wales (NSW) state branch
of the South Australia based Australian
Flying Saucer Research Society which
was run by Fred Stone. This was a short
lived arrangement. Soon, the members
from the remanents of the AFSB (the
people listed above and others), and
those of the AFSRS (NSW) branch,
sort to establish themselves as an
independent group. In November 1956
the group UFO Investigation Centre
(UFOIC) was formed to continue the
Sydney based UFO work first begun
by Jarrold and Tomas. Dr. Clifford
became the first UFOIC president,
followed briefly by Dr. J. Greenwell
(December 1958 to 27 February 1959).
Dr. Miran Lindtner then took on the
UFOIC presidency position, continuing
an energetic and dynamic period of
research and investigation. UFOIC
became the centre of UFO work in
NSW and provided an energetic focus
for public meetings, investigations,
publications and research. UFOIC
embraced the appearance of television
in Australia with some gusto. What
seems to have been the first factual
UFO programme on Australian TV was
aired at 7.10 pm on Tuesday January
29th 1957 on Channel 7 in Sydney.
Dr. Miran Lindtner and Andrew Tomas
appeared on Australia’s first TV current
affairs programme, Howard Craven’s
“At Seven on Seven”. In a 10 minute
segment a range of material was
covered, including showing a number
of UFO photos – “the Kentucky tracer
bullets”, “the Brazilian discs”, the
“Paris saucer”, “Adamski’s mother
ship & scouts”, and the “coast guard
photo of 4 luminous discs.” UFOIC
published the UFO Bulletin (June 1957,
September 1957, December 1957,
March 1958, June 1958, September
1958, January 1959, April 1959 and
July 1959) which carried information
about key cases of the period. Further
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occurred over the following months,
including appearances by Jack Kunst
and Fred Phillips. The Katoomba flap
of 1957 also attracted TV attention.
A number of UFOIC branches and
separate groups appeared in the late
1950s. The UFOIC Mt Druitt branch
became an independent group but
appears not to have continued after
the death of its young president Dr. E.
Very early in 1959. With a rash of UFO
sightings around Katoomba during
1957 Terry Body became the UFOIC
representative for a Blue Mountains
UFO group. It seemed when the
sightings abated the local group lapsed
or merged with UFOIC.
David Osborne Moore (a participant in
the AFSB and the early UFOIC) formed
a group called the Northern Flying
Saucer Research Association. It rose
to some prominence with the 1959 visit
of George Adamski, the controversial
contactee figure, then slipped into
obscurity. By June 1962 David Moore
would claim he had seen 26 separate
UFO sightings mainly from his Manly
home since 1955. One afternoon in
1955, after having watched fruitlessly
for UFOs for 11 years he claimed
(1944?), David Moore and his wife
saw three within a few hours. David
Moore often reported his sightings
to the RAAF. On one RAAF file Sgt.
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Cusick of the RAAF Provost Service,
Field Security Section, Sydney (March
1958) wrote, “Mounted in the backyard
of his residence (North Manly) was a
7” telescope with which (Mr. Moore)
claimed he and fellow members of
the UFO (?) kept watch on selected
nights. Also in his possession were
numerous publications and charts
containing information regarding
UFO sightings. The services of this
group were offered to the RAAF by
Mr. Moore, who stated that they would
keep watch on a “hush hush” basis.”
Not surprisingly, nothing seemed to
come of this offer. Mr. Moore passed
away in 1975.
Even though George Adamski’s visit
to Australia was a big event on the
local saucer scene UFOIC took steps
to distance itself from the contactee
spectre, not altogether successfully.
Some aspects of Adamski’s Sydney
visit were at best a shambles and Dr.
Greenwell resigned from the group
presidency, in part over the problems.
Miran Lindtner took over and helped
steer the group along in a scientifically
focused approach. Elements within
the group had interests in diverse
areas, some mystical, spiritual and
even in contactee areas, such as the
bizarre Aetherius Society, but none
of these overshadowed the main
objective focus of the group.
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One of the more impressive sightings
of this early period was reported to
UFOIC by the witness Brian Crittenden
(21). The Casino area experience
lasted for about 15 minutes. He
described it in the UFOIC “UFO
Bulletin” of March 1958:
“I was leaving my girl-friend’s house
on Farm Hill at 11.45 pm, on Monday,
January 13th (1958). As I closed the
fence gate on the way home, I saw a
dome-shaped light with a long narrow
light underneath which was bright and
glowing. It came over the hill from the
east and straight towards me. I was
so shocked that I ignored a half flat
tyre and jumped into the car and sped
towards home. The strange object
followed me 3 miles on Benns Road.
It appeared to be about 50 yards away
and about 30 feet high, practically
touching the telegraph poles. Its
size was about that of a sedan car.
The object chased my car, overtook
it though I was travelling at 65 to 70
m.p.h. in my panic, hovered for a few
seconds and then swooped low over
the roof of my car. It kept repeating
its actions until I reached town, 7
miles from my girlfriend’s home…
It is a notable fact that my car radio
developed interference as the object
was approaching.”
THE SIXTIES
During August, 1960, a resident of
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the northern Newcastle suburb of
Belmont witnessed an intriguing
close encounter. At about 1.30 am,
Mrs. Helen Aldridge was awoken by a
buzzing noise. Looking out a window
she saw “a bright, round object, not
unlike a large musical top” resting in an
adjacent paddock only some 50 to 70
feet away. A light on top of the object
“rotated and projected a yellowish
white beam, illuminating the paddock,
house and garden as it swept around.
The object itself, however, glowed
red and gold and showed a surface
pattern like that of a camouflaged tank.
It gave out a continuous low pitched
buzzing sound.” It appeared to be
about 14 feet across and apparently 4
feet high, with a foot high lighted strip
running around it. Mrs. Aldridge then
saw a small humanoid figure, between
31/2 to 4 feet in height, approaching
the house through the garden. The
figure appeared to have normal body
proportions. It was dressed in “an
olive-green, skin tight suit of a dull
material... (with) a helmet of the same
material, but with a face piece of
non transparent, orangey plastic-like
substance.” The figure also appeared
to be wearing whitish-grey footwear,
like basketball boots. This figure
walked along the side fence (11/2 to
2 feet high) apparently looking at the
ground. It climbed over the fence.
When it had approached to about
10 feet from her, Mrs. Aldridge went
to wake her son. When they got
back to the window, the figure and
the UFO were gone. They did see a
bright, glowing object moving slowly
in the sky about a mile away. Mrs.
Aldridge kept her experience largely
to herself until a relation told the UFO
Investigation Centre (UFOIC) during
about 1967 (UFOIC files 1967 held by
the author).
Another striking case occurred near
Vaucluse Beach, one of Sydney’s
beach suburbs, at about 5.30 pm, on
July 19th, 1965. Between showers
and high winds, Dennis Crowe, a
former technical artist with English
aircraft companies, was walking along
the beach, near his home. He became
aware of a glow coming from what
appeared to be a huge disc shaped
object resting on leg like structures.
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The object’s diameter was estimated
at some 20 feet. It had a glowing,
greenish blue rim, while the top and
bottom halves were dull silver grey in
appearance. Crowe thought a hollow
in the top could have been a glass
dome. He could not make out any
sign of movement in the object. When
he approached the object to within
50 to 60 feet, it suddenly lifted off the
ground. A noise, like air being forcibly
released from a balloon, was noticed.
The UFO climbed rapidly and within 10
seconds had disappeared into clouds.
There were no other witnesses to the
encounter ave a dozen or so dogs.
While the object was stationary they
were all barking loudly at it. After
it took off they were all strangely
silent. A geologist made independent
calculations at the landing site which
confirmed definite traces of an unusual
object having rested there. He stated
that the vegetation there was dying
and would remain dead for a number
of years. The Royal Australian Air
Force (RAAF) put forward a possible
explanation for this extraordinary
incident. They suggested it was a
“tornado”!
A striking entity sighting sighting
occured in suburban Sydney, at
Greenacre, on April 25th, 1969. At
7.30 pm, a woman and her daughter
(11) were travelling by taxi past Roberts
Park. Young boys were playing football
under spotlights. The woman and her
daughter spotted a “Japanese Lantern”
near the trees, above and behind the
spotlights. A minute later, as the taxi
turned a corner, they saw it again,
30 to 40 metres away, apparently
in the same spot. The Greek driver
stopped the taxi. They could see
what looked like a metallic craft,
approximately 10 metres in diameter,
with the appearance of “two soup bowls
joined rim-to-rim”. There was a steady
red light on top. The object seemed
to noiselessly rocking backwards and
forwards, at a frequency of 1 to 2 rocks
per second. This movement allowed
some astonishing details to be seen.
A “depressing blue glow” from the
interior of the object was visible
through a window that took up most
of the upper part. A humanoid figure
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could be seen, apparently operating
controls near the window. Another
figure was pointingat the witnesses.
A third seemed to be walking towards
a back door. All three figures were
apparently human size and were
observed either in silhouette, were
wearing black tight clothing or were
black skinned. The boys in the
park apparently did not notice the
extraordinary display above them,
ostensibly due to the bright canopy of
light formed by the spotlights. After
15 seconds or less, the driver sped
off down the road, dropped off the
couple and drove off quickly without
taking their fare. At 8.00 pm, the
woman and her daughter returned
to the park. All appeared normal.
The UFO was not to be seen. An
investigation was undertaken in 1971
by Martin Drawbridge & Barry French.
See UFOIC Newsletter No. 31, June/
July 1971. A detailed retrospective
investigation was undertaken by
David Reneke, UFO Research NSW,
in 1979. Report in UFOIC/UFOR
(NSW) files held by Bill Chalker. The
witnesses were also interviewed by
Roger Climpson for his Channel 7 TV
documentary “UFOs Fact or Fiction?”
In cooperation initially with the
Victorian Flying Saucer Research
Society (VFSRS) and later also
with the Queensland Flying Saucer
Research Bureau, UFOIC published
the Australian Flying Saucer Review
(January 1960, April 1960, September
1960, February 1961, July 1961,
January 1962 and November 1962).
The interstate cooperative effort
lapsed. VFSRS began publishing its
own Australian Flying Saucer Review
Victorian edition in May 1964. UFOIC
published 3 issues of its own NSW
edition (June 1965, November 1966
and the much delayed December 1969
issue). UFOIC also began publishing
the UFOIC Newsletter beginning with
Issue 1 in March 1964 and with Issue
26 by December 1969.
UFOIC worked closely with the authors
of the first three UFO books in Australia
– James Holledge, Richard Tambling
and Michael Hervey. UFOIC was
profiled in James Holledge’s 1965
compilation “Flying Saucers over
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Australia. There was a focus on
some compelling Sydney area cases
in Richard Tambling’s 1967 book
“Flying Saucers – Where do they
come from?”, namely “the Canterbury
saucer” incident of March 8th 1967 – a
striking daylight disc encounter, “the
Wollstonecraft Object” of February
1967 and Denis Crowe’s striking
sighting of a UFO on Vaucluse Beach
in July 1965. It took a few years before
Tambling disclosed his own “secret life”
as a contactee himself.
While Tambling’s book covered some
of the better recent local sightings,
it was his infatuation with contactee
photos (particularly those of Dan Fry
and Paul Villa) that set the tone and
with hindsight revealed his calling. As
an Air Force photographer Tambling
should have been a bit more critical,
but subsequently all pretence was
put aside. Tambling was a full blown
contactee. His space visitors came
from Uranus no less. A 400 year
old alien named Namoi revealed
to Tambling and his followers that
catastrophe was at hand. Tambling’s
journey into the world of contactees
ostensibly began in 1967, the year his
book appeared.
Michael Hervey’s 1969 book “UFOs
over the Southern Hemisphere”
had a foreword written by UFOIC’s
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secretary Bill Moser. Hervey, in
his acknowledgements indicated
without the help of Moser and Dr.
Lindtner the book “would never have
been written.” The book was not
without its obvious problems. Hervey
lack the judgement that comes with
experience with the UFO subject,
and thus low weight cases were often
given prominence often at the cost of
limited coverage of more substantial
cases. Further still the lack of careful
editing meant some avoidable errors
crept into the text. Despite this the
book represented a useful catalogue
of Australian events.
A number of other groups appeared
during the sixties. In 1967 the
Newcastle UFOIC was formed with
Rosemary Pendlebury as its president.
She supplied to UFOIC the details of
the 1960 Belmont entity case. The
witness was a relation of hers. The
Canberra UFO Research Society was activities.
formed on September 5 1967 with
Harry Zwankhuizen as president and By 1969 another organisation APIC
Vicki Klein as secretary. Vicki Klein was formed by K.S. McKern in Sydney
also had a “secret life” – an early who set up sky-watching cameras
abduction odyssey – which I described within a 4 square mile area, some
in detail in my book “Hair of the Alien.” with diffraction gratings attached,
She also had a sighting that featured a “in an attempt to acquire permanent
“UFO detector” alarm going off. and informative data on UFOs.”
(“Spacelink” magazine, January 1970)
The Picton Ufological Society formed At least two “unidentified light sources”
in the mid sixties undertook some were recorded and one of the photos
impressive research in the Picton was examined by Dr. Don Herbison
area south west of Sydney. It was Evans, of Sydney University, who had
led by a local science teacher Ron called for an active research effort to
Gunn. The group undertook extensive secure such photos utilising a “UFO
field work and monitoring of UFO identification kit” he had developed.
activity in areas like Razorback and He was hoping that such efforts might
the Burragorang valley. For example provide evidence for the light spectra
during early May 1968 a field excursion of UFOs. Recently Dr. Herbison-
to Razorback yielded 3 confirmed Evans confirmed to me that while
sightings. According to the group “the he had received some photos they
craft came so close to the observers were poor quality and did not appear
that its shape was clearly defined to contain useful evidence. McKern
with the naked eye. In addition, it had also apparently taken a photo of
caused significant secondary effects.” a rocket shaped object that allegedly
(Picton Post May 23 1968) The peak risen out of the water off Coogee
periods of activity were in 1968 and Beach on May 10 1968. He reported
1969 but monitored activity continued that the object that rotated and shot off
through to 1973. The activity of the to the north. The image on the photo
Picton group also seemed to attract resembled a scratch on the negative.
intense surveillance activities from (see Spacelink July 1969 & UFORAN
certain quarters, possible military or Jan-Feb 1980)
intelligence, to an extent that led to the
cessation of the group’s UFO research The UFOIC group went through
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Frankh Wilks of UFORPA in 1972 (Man magazine Nov 1972)
a period of crisis with the tragic
accidental death of its president Dr.
Miran Lindtner on August 29 1969.
Frederick Phillips became president
during this difficult period
THE SEVENTIES
A transitional period for UFOIC
followed, punctuated by some internal
difficulties and cooperation & discord
with a new organisation UFORPA
(UFO Research Projects of Australia)
run by Frankh Wilks.
UFORPA sought to energise and
revitalise active research and
Roger Climpson introducing his 1972 TV special -
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by Barry Taylor.
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investigation, and found it difficult to do
this within the existing structure and
then current disposition of UFOIC.
Members of UFORPA even tried
to take UFOIC over in December
1972 in an effort to envigorate the
lapsing activities of UFOIC. The
attempt was unsuccessful, but within
a year and half elements of UFORPA
led by David Buching did achieve
this objective, but without Frankh
Wilks, who by then (early 1974)
had to put his UFO group activities
on hold for personal reasons. A
number of members of UFOIC
(including Fred Phillips, Bill Moser,
Witness drawing of 1969 Greenacre entity sighting
as seen on the 1972 Roger Climpson Channel 7 TV
documentary UFOs Fact or Fiction?
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and Michael Smyth) participated in
this process and a revitalised UFOIC
was underway by early 1974.
1973 was a year of tremendous flux in
UFOIC activities. Limited investigations
were being undertaken by UFOIC and
UFORPA seemed to be more active
in this area. This was reflected in a
Channel 7 TV documentary which
appeared in early 1973. Written,
producted and presented by news
veteran and the face of Channel 7
news Roger Climpson “UFOs Fact or
Fiction?” presented a lot of sighting
material from UFORPA investigations.
UFORPA also carried out expeditions
and monitoring in the Burragorang
Valley. UFORPA’s attempted UFOIC
“coup” in December 1972 further
unsettled the remanents of UFOIC that
had limped into the early 1970s. While
UFORPA survived in a manner through
1973, Frankh Wilks’ departure led to a
diffusion effect between URORPA and
UFOIC - a “marriage” that had been
developing throughout 1972, then
briefly aborted by years end because
of the “coup” attempt. The visit of Dr.
Allen Hynek to Australia in August 1973
helped the process of the diffusion of
active and interested elements in
UFOIC and UFORPA to combine
forces in a reborn UFOIC. These were
slowly nutured developments which
were formalised by early 1974.
As a country NSW member of UFOIC
I remained largely removed from these
developments, but I was receptive to
any active investigation and research
developments in the “on and off”
UFOIC/UFORPA “marriage”. These
were best communicated to me by
David Buching. Early in 1973 I had
visited Sydney and was disappointed
David Buching who led the revitalised UFOIC in
1974 as seen on the 1972 Roger Climpson TV
documentary when he was still part of UFORPA.
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with the lack of focus and activity
that seemed evident in UFOIC. I
even found a recent investigation
report of a striking close encounter
I had documented (which was later
published in the British Flying Saucer
Review Vol. 19, No. 5, Sept - Oct
1973 as “Tractor driver under “cold
scrutiny” by UFO”) languishing in a
pile of UFOIC case files in a exposed
outside storage shed. It seemed to
me at the time that UFOIC was in a
drastic decline. My pessimism was
short lived when my investigations
of the Tyringham Dundurrabin UFO
flap of 1973 attracted the attention
of David Buching and his “UFORPA/
UFOIC” investigation team. David and
members of the team came up from
Sydney (on 4 seperate occassions in
July, August, October and November
1973). These visits and our close
cooperation during them led me to re-
evaluate the future of UFOIC. When
I finally moved to Sydney in 1975 I
quickly became more involved with
UFOIC and joined its management
committee.
Out of this process emerged a
revitalised UFOIC committee with
an energetic investigative team lead
by David Buching. It continued the
UFOIC Newsletter run beginning
with issue 40 in May/June 1974. By
this stage the position of president
was largely honorary with Fred
Phillips continuing in the role. The
actual running of the group was
undertaken by the newer members
of the committee.
The Benboyd UFO photos (UFOR(NSW)/UFOIC, GSW, NIcholas Flaskas)
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The Central Coast UFO Research
Bureau emerged in the seventies.
Based in Gosford NSW it actively
conducted investigations into cases in
the area, sometimes in collaboration
with UFOIC. It documented a major
flap in the area during 1976. Harry
Griesberg and David Seargent from
the group were asked by Dr. Hynek
to form what became the Australian
Co-ordination Section (ACOS) for
the Centre for UFO Studies in 1974.
ACOS would become the Australian
Centre for UFO Studies which at least
until the mid eighties was a strong
force for a national focus on UFO
research.
Terry Bishop in Orange formed a
group called the Central Western UFO
Research Bureau. He cooperated with
an investigation of an impressive UFO
physical trace case near Orange in mid
1977 undertaken by a UFO Research
NSW team (a psychologist Anne
Brown, who later became my wife, Dr.
Geoff Stevens, a scientist from Lucas
Height Atomic Energy Commission,
and myself, an industrial chemist).
My report on that case “UFO Landing
near Orange, May, 1977” appeared
in the group UFO Newsletter No. 52,
November, 1977. By that stage UFOIC
had adopted the name UFO Research
NSW.
By 1975-76 Michael Smyth and myself
were coordinating the UFOIC group’s
activities. In line with a trend established
by some other state groups UFOIC
changed its name to UFO Research
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(NSW). Fred Phillips continued as
honorary president for a number of
years. The last UFOIC Newsletter was
issue 50 of January - February 1977
and the newsletter format continued
with issue 51 appearing under the
name UFO Newsletter (UFO Research
(NSW)) in May 1977. Its name was
changed for one issue to the Australian
UFO Newsletter in the double issue
N0.54 & 55 dated July - August 1978.
With the No. 56 & 57 double issue
dated January - February 1979 the
name Australian UFO Researcher was
adopted which continued until issue 60
dated November - December 1979.
The Sydney based group as UFOIC
and UFOR(NSW) had published 57
issues between 1964 and 1979 (3
issues 54&55, 56&57 and 58&59
were double issues) in a continuous
numbered run.
One compelling case investigation by
UFOR(NSW)/UFOIC was the Benboyd
UFO film event. At approximately
4.00 pm, on October 23rd, 1976,
three young men - Nicholas Flaskas
and Frank and Bill Zonaras - were
preparing their cameras for the coming
eclipse of the sun. They were located
on top of a large cliff face overlooking
the sea at Taola Point, Benboyd
National Park, which is about 15 km.
north of Eden, on the south coast of
NSW. They had an unobstructed view
in all directions.
Suddenly one of them yelled out
that a group of strange objects were
hovering over the water close to their
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horizon. They all gathered to watch as
the elliptical shaped objects began to
move towards and away from them in
an apparently controlled manner.
Remembering that they had a loaded
movie camera, Frank Zonaras quickly
picked it up, checked the settings,
and immediately began to film the
phenomenon. Nicholas Flaskas took
a series of still pictures. The movie
camera was panned over a large area
taking in one of the objects which was
more prominent and at least 2 of the
apparently smaller objects. Frank
Zonaras paused to adjust the camera,
then with it at maximum zoom, he
observed that the more prominent
object appeared to be revolving. It
appeared to by dull grey in colour and
bell-shaped. It was very clearly defined
and the witnesses were adamant
about what they had seen. The filming
stopped as the eclipse began. The
group turned their attention to the
reason for being there. During totality
the group kept their attention on the
eclipse. After the eclipse they again
looked for the anomalous objects but
they were nowhere to be seen. The
objects were recorded on both film
and stills.
David Reneke co-ordinated a detailed
investigation of the case. His report
appeared in the UFORAN publication
in March-April 1980, as “The Benboyd
UFO Movie – History and Evaluation.”
The quality of the film in terms of clarity
of the images was poor. The stills only
recorded small indistinct dots. The
footage was subjected to computer
enhancement techniques via the
Ground Saucer Watch (GSW) group.
Their conclusion was:
“...the UO image represents a structured
object of unknown origin, without
any sign of misinterpretation of a
conventional object or phenomenon....
we feel the reconstruction pictures
represent the object’s “real” proportions
and size.”
The GSW analysis further concluded
that:
“The UO image is at a vast distance
from the camera, over a mile, as
determined from other foreground/
background features.”
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“The size of the UO image based on a
digitizing program and the focal length
of the camera is approximately 30-40
feet in its largest dimension.”
“The main image can not be compared
to any type of helicopter or aircraft.”
“The main object is being affected by low
horizon atmospherics, substantiating
the distance of the UO.”
“The image is one of three dimensional
proportions and definitely appears as
a structured object.”
While some elements of the GSW
computer enhancement technique
were controversial their conclusions
add support to an intriguing piece of
photographic evidence
THE EIGHTIES
In 1980 UFO Research (NSW)
(aka UFOIC) joined forces with the
cooperative publishing venture UFO
Research Australian Newsletter
(UFORAN) edited by Vladimir Godic.
By the early 1980s the UFOR (NSW)
group was reconfigured, adopting
a networking type approach, rather
than continuing the traditional public
group format. This change worked
well with a good working relationship
with national networking efforts, initially
with the Australian Centre for UFO
Studies (ACUFOS) and then UFO
Research Australia (UFORA) from
1984 to 1995.
A spate of activity including some
apparent close encounters, occurred
in NSW, during June and early July
1983. During that period there was
a rash of puzzling radar “paints” from
Sydney Airport (Mascot). More than
30 unidentified radar returns were
recorded. None were correlated
with any visual sightings. When
word leaked out, widespread media
attention occurred. The RAAF initiated,
with perhaps tongue in cheek, what
their UFO files called “Operation
Close Encounter”, which led to RAAF
aircraft being on standby, to pursue
any verified correlated returns. They
finally concluded the returns were
probably spurious. A major flap then
broke out in NSW, centred in the
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Gosford/Central coast area, during
late July and early August 1983.
UFOR(NSW) undertook investigations
into these events. By coincidence, one
of the largest UFO exhibitions in the
world, opened in Sydney’s spectacular
Centrepoint Tower on August 18th,
1983. It ran for about 2 years. UFOR
(NSW) participated in this exhibition.
The networking format with a national
focus adopted by UFOR (NSW) from
the beginning of the eighties allow
myself and associates to undertake
extensive work on specialised research
projects such as official Australian
UFO investigations and abduction
events. These programmes continued
into the nineties (once again under the
name of UFOIC) and led to extensive
documentation and research in both
areas. In particular my research
between 1982 and 1984 into the
Australian government defence UFO
files was widely documented (e.g.
UFORAN magazine over 3 issues
during 1982, and Omega Science
Digest, Sept.-Oct. 1982).
In 1988 Moira McGhee with Bryan
Dickeson co-founded the Independent
Network of UFO Researchers
(INUFOR). Initially a limited venture
it became more active by 1995 with
the appearance of the INUFOR Digest
edited by Moira McGhee.
THE NINETIES
The UFO Research (NSW) group that
operated from 1977 under my direction
readopted its original name UFOIC in
November 1991 when a name change
was forced by a new group registering
the name UFO Research (NSW) as
a business name. To minimise the
confusion with the new UFO Research
(NSW) from 1991, the work of the
original UFO Research (NSW) from
1977 to 1991, may best be seen as a
phase of UFOIC during which it shifted
(in the early eighties) to a low profile
research network under my direction
(see my web log on UFOIC’s history:
http://ufoicaustralia.blogspot.com in
particular the January 4 2007 post:
“The evolution of UFOIC”).
The new UFO Research NSW was
led by Bryan Dickeson, Paul Sowiak
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and Moira McGhee. It adopted a
public group profile, running public
meetings and intermittently publishing
a newsletter the “UFO Reporter” until
1996. The Reporter reappeared in
2001/2002 but was subsequently
replaced by a group newsletter. One
of the more interesting cases the
new UFOR (NSW) examined was a
close encounter event at Kyeemagh
near Sydney International Airport on
April 19 1992. Four people observed
a disc-shaped object for over 10
minutes. It eventually departed in an
unusual erratic jump motions. During
its presence the nearby Kingsford
Smith Airport control tower appeared
to have been affected, with an alarm
sounding. Subsequently the control
tower claimed nothing unusual
occurred. The case was written up
in the UFO Reporter in June 1992
and was included in Timothy Good’s
book “Alien Update” (1993).
UFOIC continued its research and
investigation, preferring a successful
model of a “low profile” active network,
rather than a public relations group
format. This approach had served
the group well and continues today
under my ongoing direction. Through
this UFOIC network I was able to
coordinate extensive investigations
into alien abduction cases, in
particular the experiences of Kelly
Cahill and Peter Khoury. I was able
to get my book on the Australian
UFO experience “The OZ Files”
Peter Khoury
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published in 1996. When my initial
study of the biological evidence
associated with Sydney abductee
Peter Khoury’s 1992 experience
appeared in the International UFO
Reporter and the Ufologist in 1999 it
began a remarkable journey into an
alien DNA paradigm, which I am still
examining. A specialised subgroup
of UFOIC was formed to focus
on these aspects – the Anomaly
Physical Evidence Group (APEG).
The forensic perspective on alien
abduction evidence indicated that
substantial progress could be made.
The work attracted funding which
enabled further focused work and
the publication of my recent book
“Hair of the Alien – DNA and other
forensic evidence of alien abduction”
(2005). group called ALERT (Anomalous
Light & Energy Research Team) which
In 1992 Peter Khoury and Jamie
focused on unusual light phenomena
Leonarder formed a support group
such as Min Min lights and remote
for UFO experiencers, initially within
outback mystery lights.
the new UFO Research (NSW)
group. Problems developed and
Conflicts within the new UFO
on April 14, 1993 the support group
Research (NSW) group led to Moria
became an independent group – the
McGhee leaving the committee.
UFO Experience Support Association
This allowed her to concentrate on
(UFOESA). The group under Peter
Khoury’s direction became one of the Independent Network of UFO
the most notable manifestations Researchers (INUFOR) from 1995.
of the support group concept in INUFOR provided a focus and forum
Australia, helping witnesses and for smaller groups and independent
experiencers of UFO events cope researchers. These included Paradox
with and understand their encounters. based in Nowra from 1996 with
For a few years Jamie Leonarder Robert Goss, UFOLinx with Sylvie
and Michael Williams operated a Orville-Blue, Quest Australis with
Allan Craddock, and Rex Gilroy’s Blue
Mountains UFO Research group based
in Katoomba. Apart from research into
diverse mysteries in Australia Rex and
Heather Gilroy undertook NSW based
UFO research and conducted regular
meetings. They published two books
to date on the UFO subject “Australian
UFOs – Through the Windows of Time”
(2004) and “Blue Mountains Triangle
– Australian/American Underground
Bases and the ET connection” (2007)).
Moira McGhee and Bryan Dickeson
co-authored an INUFOR book “The
Gosford Files – UFOs over the Central
Coast of New South Wales” which
appeared early in 1997.
Other groups and individuals which
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“UFOs in Liverpool: The Extra Exhibition”, held at the Liverpool Regional Museum between 20 October 2001
and 26 January 2002
continued from page 20
appeared and operated within NSW
during this period included Doug
Moffett (who initially operated on the
South Coast of NSW, before joining
UFOR (NSW) when he moved to
Sydney. Later he would co-host with
me an internet based TV show “UFO”
on the Banana TV web site, which
produced more than 20 episodes
devoted to various aspects of the
UFO subject), Mike Farrell’s Project
UFOVac (which concentrated on
disseminating UFO programmes and
videos), UFO Abductions & Contacts
based at Wentworthville (Paul Bonet),
UFO Australia Encounter based at
Parramatta and operated by Matthew
Favalaro and Robert Marx (focusing on
abduction experiences and hypnosis
support), Lightning Ridge UFO Watch,
INFODIG (based on the Central Coast
and providing a discussion group
focus run by Derek Bott), Graham
Stewart (who through SA Research
and UFOtec provided some photo
analyses and interpretations of UFO
events in the context of New Zealand
pilot Bruce Cathie’s UFO grid theory),
Paranormal Western NSW based
in Orange (with Debra Goninan &
Russell Dunn who undertook some
investigations for a few years) and
others who seem to have come and
gone.
Barry Taylor began extensive sky
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watch activity in my old home town
of Grafton. He had been part of
the UFORPA group during the early
seventies and during the nineties
began focusing on videoing UFOs.
In 2000 he produced a video “UFOs
Down Under” which showed a variety
of UFO images, the most interesting
being a “jelly fish” orange coloured
UFO with an appendage. He has
continued to monitor the skies over
the Grafton area.
2000 and BEYOND
In August 2000 a new group appeared
based in the Campbelltown area.
The UFO Society of Western Sydney
(UFOSWS), with Attila Kaldy as
its president. undertook an active
public lecture/meeting programme,
sightings investigations and a series
of expeditions focused on the Blue
Mountains, the Burragorang and
Sydney northern beaches. The
group produced a video “The OZ
Unknowns” which in part focused
on a controversial sighting, video
and abduction milieu in June 1999.
UFOSWS has two specialised
divisions – RACE (Research of
Australian Close Encounters) and
PR2D (Paranormal Research
Second Division – which focuses
on evidence for haunting).
Between 20 October 2001 and 26
January 2002 the Liverpool Regional
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Museum managed by Ricardo Peach
put on a major exhibit “UFOs in
Liverpool: The Extra Exhibition”. The
curator was Chris Downie and the
project was facilitated through the
close co-operation and support of
UFO Research (NSW). The exhibit
included artworks, drawings and
images from a number of experiencers
including Kelly Cahill, Tracey Taylor,
Scott Longley, Suzanne Hanson, and
Peter Khoury. Material was supplied
from groups like ACERN, PRA and
UFOIC.
The national network AUFORN
operates in NSW currently through
its NSW director Larraine Cilia, who
is also vice-president of UFOSWS.
While independent researchers
continue to contribute to UFO
research and investigations in NSW
the bulk of research and investigation
seems to be undertaken either
through my group UFOIC, UFOR
(NSW), UFOSWS, UFOESA and
AUFORN. Public meetings are
regularly put on by UFOR (NSW)
and UFOSWS. Conferences have
been organized by UFOR (NSW),
UFOESA, UFOSWS and AUFORN.
Thus a diverse and dynamic range
of groups and individuals continue
to undertake UFO research and
investigations in New South Wales,
adding to the long and potent tradition
of UFO work in this state.
The author welcomes further
information on any of these groups
and individuals, and particularly
on others that have not been
addressed. I can be contacted via
bill_c@bigpond.com or P.O. Box 42,
West Pennant Hills, NSW, 2125. If
sufficient interesting new material
becomes available a follow-up
article will be done. Because of
my close association with UFOIC
through its various phases from the
late 1960s I have been researching
the history of UFOIC. Some of this
material is on a blog site I manage
http://ufoicaustralia.blogspot.com I
welcome your interest and support in
providing information about UFOIC.
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Flying Saucers - 50 Years Later by C.A.
Honey
In the opinion of C.A. Honey a disinformation
program, that includes utilising hypnosis, is
being used by certain government agencies
to add confusion and nonsense to serious
UFO studies, thus masking the true facts
about the actual nature and reality of
UFOs and their occupants. That is why
the scientific approach of C.A. Honey is
so important so as to separate the truth
from the nonsense. Over 25 years ago,
C.A. Honey regressed people who had
encounters like the ones being talked about
by contactees and abductees today. About
95 per cent of these claims, then as today,
are fraudulent.
His lecturers document the truth behind
UFO reality and why it was denied and
kept secret by governments all over the
world. Because of its nature, he agreed
with the reason behind the secrecy, and
now, after all these years, decided to once
again surface with the answers for those
ready to receive them.
Here are some of the unarguable
facts presented in his books - the term
‘unarguable’ is used in the sense that no
intelligent argument can be presented
against the statements.) You can choose
to ignore or simply choose not to believe,
but the statements cannot be refuted by
reasonable or intelligent argument.
• UFOs, cigar-shaped, disk-shaped, or
otherwise, do not come in the vicinity
of Earth from other star systems.
• Mankind did not originate on Earth
through normal evolution from
anthropoid ancestors.
• Human origin is known and fully
documented in ancient history pre-
dating biblical writings.
• All religions of the world are manmade
and their sacred writings are in most
cases reasonably accurate history.
• United States officials, as well as
those of major foreign countries, will
never release information known to
them about the actual origin of UFOs
and their occupants. The articles and
books by C.A. Honey will do just that,
and then you will agree they can
never release the true facts due to
its nature.
• Space travellers, on occasion, live
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or walk among us and cannot be
detected unless they so desire. They
impart authentic information to the
human race as part of their overall
plan for humanity.
• Contrary to ideas put forth by the
wacko religious cults, flying saucers
are NOT led by SATAN and piloted by
demons. Part of the deliberate fraud
that is designed to keep the truth
hidden from all those who could not
possibly accept it at this time, is the
idea that some of these beings from
space resemble the ‘mantis or insect’
profile. All people coming here to the
Earth are human in appearance, with
their manufactured android servants
in humanoid form.
• One of the biggest mistakes made
today is the acceptance of all the
stories by self-proclaimed psychics
that only add more confusion to
what is the truth about interplanetary
visitors.
About the Author:
C.A. Honey is a researcher who was very
well known in ufology 30 to 40 years ago!
His lectures, sharing why he has remained
out of the picture all this time, cover such
topics as:
His personal investigation of ‘contactees’
in the late fifties and early sixties.
Documented proof of the origin of the
space travellers.
The origin of the human race.
Why no missing link exists.
Who were the builders of Tiahuanaco,
Machu Picchu, Baalbek Terraces and the
like? After years of lecturing on things such
as these, without proof, concrete proof
finally exists today.
C.A. Honey was in Electronic Design with
Hughes Aircraft for over 26 years, now
retired. He held a Secret Clearance with
Heavenly Lights - The Apparitions of
Fátima and the UFO Phenomenon by
Dr Joaquim Fernandes & Fina d’Armada MA
A meticulous synthesis of history science,
and anthropology, Heavenly Lights
establishes that the Fátima Incident of 1917
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the government for over 25 years, many
of those years working on space related
programs. He was with George Adamski
on one of his contact claims and has had
his own experiences over the years.
C.A. Honey published a UFO oriented
newsletter for several years that went
all over the world, appearing in thirteen
different countries and seven languages.
For many years he was a ghostwriter of
George Adamski’s publications including
his book Flying Saucers Farewell, and a
host of articles and pamphlets. In the mid-
sixties he published his own book entitled
The Origin of the World’s Religions, and
recently his new books The UFO Situation
Today, The Great UFO Deception and in
2002, Flying Saucers – 50 Years Later.
His books reveal why the government will
never reveal the truth about UFOs, and are
an exposé of the group of people behind
the necessity for official secrecy.
C.A. Honey was the first in the state of
California to receive teacher’s credentials
to teach and train hypnotists. He founded
and operated the first school approved by
the California State Board of Education
in California where he taught hypnotism
theory and trained hypnotists. He wrote the
first course approved for training hypnotists
in California, training doctors and laymen
alike. Many Hypnosis Centres still use his
course today in training hypnotists.
Visit the author’s web site:
http://hometown.aol.com/choneyufo/
myhomepage/index.html
involved not “Marian apparitions” - as is
conventionally believed - but rather, a series
of close encounters with alien beings.
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 The first history of Fátima to be written
by Portuguese historians based on the
original documents, Heavenly Lights is the
result of a 25-year odyssey by the authors
in search of the actual facts of the Fátima
case. Fernandes and d’Armada began
their investigation in 1978, when they were
given access to secret archives held at the
Sanctuary of Fátima.
The records of Sister Lúcia, kept at the
archives since the incident, revealed
that the children did not interact with an
apparition of the Virgin Mary but with a
hologram of an extraterrestrial projected on
a beam of light from a spacecraft hovering
high above them. The archives clearly
showed that the entities encountered at
Fátima were not deities from Heaven but
rather alien beings visiting our planet from
‘elsewhere’ in the cosmos. This finding
was supported by hundreds of other facts
from the time of the apparitions. Fátima,
the authors discovered, was the first major
UFO case of the 20th century.
Heavenly Lights is certain to become a
definitive history of the Fátima Incident
of 1917. When it was first published in
Portugal in 1995, entitled As Aparições
de Fátima e o Fenómeno OVNI, the
Jornal de Noticias, a leading Portuguese
newspaper, heralded the work “a literary
success without precedent in the field of
Portuguese ufological studies”.
Now the whole world can know the truth
about the apparitions of Fátima. This new
translation offers a powerful and convincing
argument for mainstream ufologists and
religious researchers alike to re-examine
the actual evidence that at last explains the
enduring mystery of the Fátima Incident.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Joaquim Fernandes is Professor of History
at the University Fernando Pessoa in
Porto, Portugal. He directs the Multicultural
Apparitions Research International
Academic Network (Project MARIAN). His
research interests include the history of
science and the comparative anthropology
of religion, with an emphasis on anomalistic
phenomena.
Fina d’Armada holds a Masters degree
in Women’s Studies. She has written five
books about the Fatima incident, all based
on original documents held in the archives
- three co-authored with Fernandes - and
hundreds of articles. Her research interests
include phenomenology, local history, the
history of women, and the era of Portuguese
discovery.
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SupernaturaL by Graham Hancock
• The evolution of modern humans
has taken more than five million
years but until less than 50,000
years ago we had no art, no religion,
no sophisticated symbolism, no
creative and innovative thinking, and
quite possibly no language. Then,
a dramatic and electrifying change
overtook our ancestors in every part
of the globe, and all the skills and
qualities that we value most highly in
ourselves today appeared suddenly,
already fully formed, as though
bestowed on us by hidden powers.
Scientists describe this change
as ‘the greatest riddle in human
history’.
• The first art of mankind, in the painted
caves and rock-shelters of southwest
Europe and South Africa, dates back
to the time of the great change. Why
do these ancient paintings, tens of
thousands of years old, depict beings
of a kind that are never found in
nature – strange and eerie hybrids
with the heads of animals and the
bodies of humans?
• In the depths of the Amazon rainforest
tribal shamans drink a powerful
hallucinogenic brew called Ayahuasca
(‘the vine of souls’) in order to induce
visions. When they return to normal
consciousness, after experiencing
what they believe is out-of-body travel
in the spirit world, they make paintings
of the ‘intelligent beings’ they have
encountered. Why are many of these
beings also depicted as uncanny
hybrids with the heads of animals or
serpents and the bodies of humans?
And why do the shamans say that
they have taught them everything
they know about how to live in the
jungle, and about the medicinal value
of rainforest plants?
• Why do Western lab volunteers,
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placed experimentally under the
influence of hallucinogens such as
DMT, psilocybin, mescaline and
LSD, report visionary encounters with
‘beings’ in the form of animal-human
hybrids – beings identical to those the
Amazonian shamans claim to meet
and to those painted by our ancestors
in the prehistoric caves?
• What is the significance of the
astonishing similarities between the
entities known as ‘aliens’, ETs’ or
‘greys’ in modern popular culture,
the entities known as ‘fairies’, ‘elves’
and ‘goblins’ in the Middle Ages, and
the entities that shamans in surviving
tribal cultures know as ‘ghosts’, ‘gods’
and ‘spirits’? Why are such figures
depicted in prehistoric art as far afield
as Africa, Europe, the Americas and
Australia?
• Why have eminent scientists at
the cutting edge of consciousness
research, especially those who study
the ways that hallucinogens work in
the brain, recently begun to question
long-established theories about the
nature of reality? Why are some now
even ready to consider the possibility,
long ago embraced by shamans, that,
far from being ‘false perceptions’,
what we see in the strange imagery
and experiences of hallucinations
may be real perceptions of other
‘dimensions’ and the beings inhabiting
them?
• Why did Nobel Prize-winner Francis
Crick keep concealed until his death
the astonishing circumstances under
which he first ‘saw’ the double-helix
structure of DNA? And why did he
become convinced that natural laws
are unable to explain the mysterious
complexity of the DNA molecule
itself?
• Why does the 97 per cent of DNA that
scientists do not understand – so-
called ‘junk DNA’ – contain chemical
‘sequences’ arranged in patterns and
frequencies that are otherwise only
found in the deep coding of all human
languages?
• Could the ‘supernaturals’ first depicted
in the painted caves and rock shelters
– and still accessible to us today in
altered states of consciousness – be
the ancient teachers of mankind?
Could it be they who first ushered us
into the full birthright of our humanity?
And could it be that human evolution
is not just the ‘blind’, ‘meaningless’
‘natural’ process that Darwin identified,
but something else, more purposive
and intelligent, that we have barely
even begun to understand?
These are some of the mysteries at the heart
of the quest Hancock unfolds in the pages
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 substances bring us. Fortunately, however,
a number of shamans in the Amazon
are also gifted artists and have made
paintings of their own visions. Through
these paintings it is possible for all of us
to get some glimpse of the Ayahuasca
Otherworld – which, mysteriously, is not a
different place for each different individual
who drinks Ayahuasca. On the contrary,
whether experienced by an Amazonian
shaman, or an American lawyer, or a
European businessman, or a Japanese
fashion designer, the Ayahuasca realm
is always recognizably the same place,
inhabited by the same intelligent beings
with the same mission to teach us important
truths about ourselves and the nature of
the universe. The Peruvian shaman Pablo
Amaringo is the most famous and gifted of
Ayahuasca artists working today and has
kindly granted us permission to reproduce
here a gallery of his paintings.

GNOSIS - THE SECRET OF SOLOMON’S

of his new book Supernatural – a quest that
takes him on a journey of adventure and
detection from the depths of the Amazon
rainforest, to the stunningly beautiful
painted caves of prehistoric Europe, and to
ancient painted rock-shelters in the remote
mountains of South Africa. This is a book of
page-turning story-telling with electrifying
descriptions of the daunting journey that
Hancock must undertake as he drinks
hallucinogens with tribal shamans in the
Amazon and self-experiments with DMT,
psilocybin and the African visionary drug
known as Iboga – “the plant that enables
men to see the dead.” But Supernatural also
has an exciting basis in the latest science
– much of it so far largely unknown to the
general public. Thus, although the book
takes readers into unusual and daring areas
of enquiry, and investigates extraordinary
possibilities about human origins, and
about the nature of consciousness and
of reality, the argument is underpinned
throughout by the discoveries and views
of eminent scientists doing cutting-edge
research.
TEMPLE REVEALED by Philip Gardiner
In 2005 Philip Gardiner and his co-author
Gary Osborn brought to the world the secret
of the Holy Grail, the Elixir of Life and the
Philosopher’s Stone with international
acclaim. For the first time somebody cut
across the trend and revealed the truth.
Now in this exciting and incredibly thought
provoking work, Gardiner reveals the truth
behind Solomon’s Temple. For generations
scholars and researchers have tried in vain
to discover this fabled edifice, only to be
confronted by one problem after another. All
the problems raised by these disparate and
often desperate people have now been fully
answered and can be revealed to the world.
From the Queen of Sheba to the arcane
secrets of the Christian Gnostics; from the
Muslim Sufi to the Hindu Avatars, this book
weaves a tale so profound and so precise
that it will re-write not only the history of Gardiner once and for all tells the truth in
this ‘Temple to the Lord’, but will also bring plain language, something the adept and
to the world a new method of psychology. mystic refuses to believe is possible. Also
Gnosis discovers from the depths of ancient including a massive Knowledge Directory
mystical language and secret societies at the end of the book, giving new insight
that the truth of Solomon’s Temple has on thousands of arcane myths. Find the
been known all along within the realm of true secret of the Knights Templar and the
esoteric understanding. Using a unique mysteries of the ancients. Find the truth for
insight gained from years of research and yourself in Gnosis To order your copy goto
his own infiltration of ancient secret societies this linkwww.gazellebookservices.co.uk

Supernatural was published in the UK

on 6 October 2005 and in the US during
2006. Copies can be purchased direct from
Amazon.co.uk, see here. Graham Hancock
will give a number of lectures at bookshops
in cities throughout the UK during October
2005. Details of the lecture schedule will
be published and updated here.

As part of his research for Supernatural,

Graham Hancock travelled to the Peruvian
Amazon to drink the powerful plant
hallucinogen Ayahuasca with indigenous
shamans. Such visionary experiences,
Hancock argues, were fundamental
to the unprecedented and astonishing
evolutionary leap forward achieved
by our species during the past 40,000
years and provided the inspiration for the
earliest art and religious ideas of mankind.
It is difficult for those who have not
experienced Ayahuasca, or other related
shamanic hallucinogens, to visualise the Brett Parrott invites you to visit his crop circle web site
strange parallel realities into which these www.users.bigpond.com/TENUFO
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Out in the Fields 2003, Circle Chasers 2004
& Crop Circles: The Ultimate Undercover
Investigation
OUT IN THE FIELDS 2003
Hackpen Hill, near Winterbourne Bassett,
Wiltshire. Reported 20 July.
This is an exciting new departure for
the team at Crop Circle Connector
as we enter into the dynamic new
world of the DVD. Stuart Dike,
one of our key researchers, takes
you through the season of 2003
using our sophisticated video pole
equipment which brings an in depth
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experience and appreciation to these edited it together with Mark Fussell.
sensational and mysterious events. Julian has also written, shot, edited
We also take to the air to bring you and directed Crop Circles - The
fabulous aerial shots of this years Ultimate Undercover Investigation,
wonderful formations. which is distributed by Crop Circle
Connector.
This exceptional DVD, presented
Ogbourne St George, near Marlborough,
and written by Stuart Dike, is the start Wiltshire. Reported 15 June.
of an on-going collection of annual
records from the fields of England.
This truly is a journey of discovery
for the viewer as we have filmed
these amazing events in the fields
of Wiltshire in all different ways.
This presentation marks a new
and exciting time for The Crop
Circle Connector team, as this
comprehensive coverage of the 2003
season can now be enjoyed in true
21st century technology.
North Down, near Beckhampton, Wiltshire.
Reported 6 July.
This DVD incorporates evocative
music, and of course the amazing
imagery of the crop circles. We
clearly indicate how moving and
intriguing these designs are to the
people who visit and research them
each year.
Green Street, near Avebury, Wiltshire.
Reported 6 July.
Mark Fussell, webmaster of Crop
Circle Connector, co-ordinated and
co-produced this complex project.
There is wonderful aerial and ground
camerawork by Julian Gibsone
and Stuart Dike. Julian Gibsone
directed this captivating video and
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Furthermore the DVD includes a map
of Wiltshire Crop Circles of 2003.
As you watch the 2003 DVD, you can
use this map to discover how close
these events were to each other in
the vicinity of Avebury. There you
will find monuments where these
formations resided in the summer
months. The relationship to ancient
sites can now be understood and
enjoyed with this illustrated map of
the Wiltshire landscape.
Walkers Hill, near Alton Barnes, Wiltshire.
Reported 4 August.
The Crop Circle Connector has
encapsulated the beauty and power
of these formations in the landscape,
and is the perfect companion to the
web site, as we celebrate and enjoy
Out In The Fields 2003. Duration 48
minutes.
Crabwood Farm House, near Winchester,
Hampshire. Reported 15 August 2002.
BONUS FEATURE
Out in the Fields 2002
It has always been an important part
of crop circle research to compare
designs to each other throughout
consecutive seasons. The 2002
formations were memorable for
many reasons, but the connection
between the two seasons can now
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be established with these films back
to back. Out in the Fields 2002 is
a 28-minute bonus feature with
commentary taking you through the
previous seasons highlights. It was
first shown in Phoenix, Arizona, in
November 2002. A worthy companion
film to the awe-inspiring events of
2003.
CIRCLE CHASERS 2004
Silbury Hill (2), near Beckhampton,
Wiltshire. Reported 2 August.
This is our latest DVD, as the Crop
Circle Connector team chase the
formations across the southern
English landscape to bring you
breathtaking imagery from the
air and the ground providing a
comprehensive coverage of the
highlights that shaped the 2004
season.
The chase is on in 2004 to seek out
and locate the finest crop circles
in southern England. The Circle
Chasers Team focus most of their
efforts around the amazing Avebury
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DVD REVIEW
Stone circles area, which are
surrounded by many ancient and
mysterious sites.
The Ridgeway, near West Overton,
Wiltshire. Reported 30 May.
Every year remarkable formations
appear in the ripening crops all over
this beautiful landscape. The Team
set out each season to capture
many of the key formations onto
digital video so as they can be
preserved and enjoyed on DVD
forever. The combination of aerial
and pole photography completes a
comprehensive coverage of each
formation as we travel between
each site.
West Kennett Longbarrow, near Silbury
Hill, Wiltshire. Reported 13 July.
This is your opportunity to feel the
excitement and wonder with us as the
2004 season unfolds in a spectacular
way. Join the Circle Chasers by
purchasing this memorable DVD
experience which is also packed with
wonderful extra bonus features.
Stuart guides you through the amazing
patterns, revealing the sheer beauty
and intricacy of the formations, which
then can be fully appreciated from
a human perspective. The team
covers several thousand miles, each
summer, on the trail of the most
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tangible phenomenon in the world.
Stuart Dike
We also visit the world famous
ancient Uffington White Horse and
explore its mysteries.
Uffington White Horse
Mark Fussell, webmaster of Crop
Circle Connector, co-ordinated and
co-produced this complex project.
There is wonderful aerial and ground
camerawork by Julian Gibsone
and Stuart Dike. Julian Gibsone
directed this captivating video and
edited it together with Mark Fussell.
Julian has also written, shot, edited
and directed Crop Circles - The
Ultimate Undercover Investigation,
which is distributed by Crop Circle
Connector.
Fort Nelson, near Portchester, Hampshire.
Reported 11 June.
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This DVD incorporates evocative BONUS FEATURE
music, and of course the amazing
imagery of the crop circles. We Out in the Fields 2001
clearly indicate how moving and The 2001 Season 29 minute video,
intriguing these designs are to with narration, including the Milk
the people who visit and research Hill 409 circles event. Shown in
them each year. Furthermore the Barcelona, Spain, March 2002.
DVD includes a map of Wiltshire
Milk Hill (2), near Alton Barnes, Wiltshire.
Crop Circles of 2004. As you watch Reported 12 August.
the 2004 DVD, you can use this
interactive map to discover how close
these events were to each other in
the vicinity of Avebury. You will also
find out how many ancient sites
surround this area of Wiltshire, and
the continued association of these
sites to circles locations. Finally it
becomes a fascinating aid as you
watch the DVD, and pin point each
location, as we chase them around
the landscape. With an illustrated
map inside main cover.
Milk Hill, near Alton Barnes, Wiltshire.
Reported 26 June.
FEATURES 2004 UFO
SIGHTING
Plus amazing Pewsey Vale UFO
events, which occurred on 22 July
2004. A key interview with the two
Norwegians who witnessed these
extraordinary occurrences.
The Crop Circle Connector has
encapsulated the beauty and power
of these formations in the landscape,
and is the perfect companion to the
web site, as we celebrate and enjoy
Circle Chasers 2004. Duration 48
minutes. With bonus Out In The
Fields 2001.
Tan Hill, near Stanton St Bernard, Wiltshire.
Reported 28 July.
CROP CIRCLES:
THE ULTIMATE
UNDERCOVER
INVESTIGATION
The Crop Circle Connector has
opened its latest video files and made
them available for this investigation.
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It includes the most recent aerial
footage to add a new perspective to
this dynamic report.
For many years a mysterious force
has been creating fantastic formations
in the wheat fields around the ancient
stone circles of southern England.
What would happen if an undercover
private detective was sent from Los
Angeles to investigate this magical
annual phenomenon? This is an
extraordinary video report. It contains
a fascinating insight into Wiltshire’s
crop circles.
People arrive each year from all over
the world, to see these fabulous works
of art that appear overnight, and to be
part of the mystical experience that
surrounds them.
This DVD including the Music Video,
runs for approximately 60 minutes.
The video has won the EBE Award
for ‘Best Musical Score within a UFO
programme’ at the Congress of the
International UFO Convention and
Film Festival at Laughlin, Nevada.
The composer and songwriter is

EBE Award

Justine Gibsone ORDERING INFORMATION:

To order any of the DVDs reviewed
BONUS FEATURE in this article, please goto http://
www.cropcircleconnector.com/ for
CIRCLES FROM 2001 information on costs, postage and
TO 2002 handling. Highly recommended!

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY:

“This DVD is a wonderful gift to us all. I could virtually smell the cereal plants as Stuart Dike took us on a hands
on visit inside many of the creations. His television presenter style came off well and because he is a personable
person, he connected well with us through the camera being operated by Julian Gibsone. There is not a better on
site, and aerial coverage of the subject as this on DVD. The quality is exceptional.”
Colin Andrews

“On a personal note I should like to congratulate you on the production of your video Out in the Fields 2003 which I
viewed with considerable interest. Such films, and indeed the work of Crop Circle Connector generally, has provided
a much appreciated service to the study of our subject over the years.”
Michael Green RIBA, FSA, President of the Centre for Crop Circle Studies, London.

“From a country like Australia where crop circles are a rarity, possibly due to the vast and isolated distances between
major centres these DVDs, produced by the Crop Circle Connector crew, are definitely one of the more informative
and entertaining documentries made on the subject of crop circles. It leaves you with a strong feeling to immigrate
to England, just to be close to this marvel! Totally recommended!”
Robert Frola, editor of Ufologist Magazine

Manitoba, CANADA: 27 January
2007- I was just sitting in my apartment
watching hockey when at approx 10.15 pm
something caught my eye out the window
(4th floor facing south) over Winnipeg.
My first instinct was something was
falling from the sky possibly a plane, but
I couldn’t hear any noise and for the four
or five seconds I observed it, I could see
it was a bright bluish-green coloured light
and a second strobing or pulsating light. (I
think that’s why I thought it was a plane at
first.) It was traveling north to south falling
steeply and quickly and fell out of my view
in the southern horizon. It appeared to be
headed to crash into the ground one or
two kilometres away but I heard or saw
no evidence of explosion, the light just
vanished.
UNITED KINGDOM: 7 March 2007 -
Seven people have now come forward
to claim they saw a UFO this week.
All reported seeing a large mysterious
triangular object, with flashing red
lights. Electrician Graham Hearson,
45, of Westcliff, claimed he saw a UFO
in Basildon while through Basildon on
the A127 about 5 am on Monday. Pitsea
couple Michael and Jane Pittaway said
they too had seen fast-moving lights
about 11.30 pm on Sunday. Tree surgeon
Terry Waller, 29, of Rayleigh, said he and
two friends had seen something similar on
Tuesday night. He said he had seen red
lights and heard a weird noise. Yvonne
Simmons, 53, of Rayleigh, was ringing
on behalf of a “shy friend” who also lives
in Mr Waller’s Street. She said her friend
reporting seeing flashing lights and a
whirring noise about 7pm on Tuesday.

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 REVELATIONS
by Keith Basterfield
This column will keep readers up to date with the “Disclosure
Australia” Project, now underway. It is written by a member of
the Adelaide based Project Secretariat, from the Australian UFO
Research Association (AURA).
“UFO FILES LOCATED IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
RECORDS SYSTEM...PART 1”
Introduction:
Between June 2003 and November 2006
the Disclosure Australia Project searched
for, located and examined Australian
Government files relating to the UFO
phenomenon. Although the search was as
thorough as possible, there is no doubt it
is incomplete. To begin with, the electronic
RecordSearch system of the National
Archives of Australia (NAA) indexes only
about 10% of their collection. Secondly,
the search was undertaken using both
the Archives Act and the Freedom of
Information Act, where the expense of
the latter precluded broad spectrum
requests such as “for all material held
on UFOs.” In addition, unlike the detailed
and indexed UFO fact sheet available
for the UK Government Archives which
guides researchers through file numbers;
searching the NAA’s RecordSearch is a
very hit and miss affair. Quite often, a slight
adjustment of words, or even letters, would
reveal yet other files.
Some issues:
The first issue confronting the Project was
one of nomenclature. Was the search
simply for files on “UFOs?” Other key
word searches eventually lead not only
to files about UFOs, but files where the
title included the terms “flying saucers,”
“aerial objects;” “unusual aerial sightings;”
“unusual sighting;” “strange sky lights;”
“unusual occurrences;” and “strange
occurrences.”
As the Project was utilising both the
Archive and FOI Acts, another issue
at times, was which Act applied? For
example, at one time, it was found that the
Department of Defence held files inside
the time frame of the Archive Act; and the
NAA held files which could only be made
available under the FOI! This meant asking
Government authorities to transfer files to
other authorities in order that they could be
accessed under the correct Act.
In addition, if the status of a file held by the
NAA was shown as “not yet examined,”
then that file had to go from the NAA back
to the controlling authority who originated
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the file, to be examined and cleared for
release. This clearance could take quite
some time; in fact up to twelve months in
some instances.
The very large volume of material (over
10,000 pages) uncovered was itself an
issue. However, once read and processed,
the files located have been reported
on in a series of 30 Newsletters; 17
“Revelations” columns in the bi-monthly
“Australasian UFOlogist;” at three national
level conferences, on a two part CD-ROM
set and on the Project website at http://
disclosureaustralia.freewebpages.org.
Following Project requests, the NAA has
also made some files available as digital
copies on its website www.naa.gov.au.
Despite the issues related above, the staff
of the NAA could not have been more
helpful in their efforts to assist us. Thanks
must also go to the RAAF’s FOI staff for
their professional approach to what, to
them, must have seemed a trivial topic of
enquiry.
In the end, it is believed that a representative
collection of files has been uncovered
which allows researchers to gain some
insight into how the Australian Government
viewed the UFO phenomenon.
Government agencies
with files on UFOs:
The Project has found records of 146 files
which are, or were, in whole or part, about
UFOs or UFO organisations originating
with:
• The former Department of Supply
• The former Department of Civil
Aviation (DCA) and the current
Department of Transport & Regional
Services (DOTRS)
• The former Department of
Territories
• The former Department of External
Affairs
• The Attorney General’s Department
– Australian Security Intelligence
Organisation (ASIO)
• The current Commonwealth Scientific
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& Industrial Research Organisation
(CSIRO)
• The current Department of Defence
(DOD)
- Australian Army
- Royal Australian Navy
- Royal Australian Air Force
- and former areas such as the
Department of Air (DOA) (1939-
1973.)
The main questions which arise after
examination of over ten thousand
Government UFO documents are:
• “What did these Government
Departments do with the material
they gathered, and why?”
• “Did any Government Agency
conduct scientific research into the
subject?”
• Were there any interesting
“unknowns” found in Government
files?
Former Department of
Supply 1952-1972
Incidents at Woomera, particularly in the
early 1950’s, feature almost exclusively
in the three files located. Indeed, the
security people at the range seemed
to have thoroughly documented the
sightings reported, whether the cause
was mundane or possibly of more exotic
origin. However, almost no analysis of the
data is seen on these files. Seemingly, the
Department saw its role as collecting and
forwarding sightings to their Head Office
and then on to the DOA. Disappointingly,
no Supply Head Office UFO files have
been uncovered so far. Indeed, it is only in
1971 that there was a hint on a RAAF file
that the Department of Supply itself might
be interested in looking into the subject of
UFOs. Project Newsletter 21 provides an
in depth look at this Department’s UFO
involvement.
The former Department
of Civil Aviation
1952-1973 and the
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current Department
of Transport and
Regional Services 1973-
2005
In the early 1950’s the DCA was one of the
two lead agencies involved in collecting
reports of “flying saucers” (the other
being the DOA.) It initially actively sought
reports; considered setting up its own study
section and then liaised with the DOA by
forwarding raw reports. For 20 years it
collected reports and passed them to the
DOA. Its replacement agency, the DOTRS,
following a Freedom of Information (FOI)
request from us, advised that its aviation
occurrence data base OASIS contained
a small number of reports involving the
acronym “UFO”, with brief details released
to us. For more on the involvement of DCA
see Project Newsletter 17.
The former Department
of Territories 1959-1965
This agency, which administered Papua
New Guinea (PNG) at one stage, referred
raw reports from PNG to the DOD between
1959 and 1965, without any attempt at
analysis.
The former Department
of External Affairs 1954
The Federal Minister for this Department,
the Rt Hon R G Casey, took a personal
interest in the subject in 1954 according to
the single Departmental file located. Casey
corresponded with various Australian
Embassies collecting information on the
topic. He also engaged in correspondence
with CSIRO staff.
Australian Security
Intelligence
Organisation 1956-1972
Two files have emerged from ASIO and
the former Commonwealth Investigation
Section (CIS), on the Queensland Flying
Saucer Bureau and the Australian Flying
Saucer Research Society respectively. The
interest of ASIO/CIS appears in line with
their charter.
The Commonwealth
Scientific and
Industrial Research
Organisation 1952-1989
Two files were located covering the period
1952 to 1989, utilising both the Archive and
Freedom of Information Acts. On a number
of occasions the Organisation advised
enquirers that it did not carry out field work
in this subject. However, a small number
of its staff did undertake investigations into
reports as individuals, particularly one Dr
Michael Duggin. The organisation’s files
reveal it mainly directly answered public
queries. Like other Government agencies
it positively responded to the 1966 request
from the DOA to co-operate with the RAAF
by examining any raw reports forwarded to
it by DOA. In reality very few reports were
ever forwarded, according to the files we
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examined. Project Newsletter 20 provides
a comprehensive review of the CSIRO’s
role in the UFO phenomenon.
The Department of
Defence 1951-2006
Royal Australian Navy
Four Navy files have been located, of
which two of these dealt with the 1954
Nowra Navy pilot incident. Of the other
two, file series E499/18 control symbol
C21/4/41 was located at the Darwin office
of the National Australia Archives and was
titled “Unidentified flying object sightings.”
The file was from Defence Establishment
Berrimah (Formerly HMAS Coonawarra)
and consisted of 41 pages. Its date range
was 1959-1974 and although no analysis
was present on the file, someone, for
some reason was keeping a file on the
subject. The final file A6826 control symbol
1361/1/1-3 titled “Earth satellites, space
vehicles, Unidentified Flying Objects-
general” is a mere three pages and
mentions one report of low level interest.
Australian Army
Three Army files were located.
• MP742/1 control symbol 177/1/2356
titled: “Flying saucers re O L Alwin”
contained a letter from Mrs O L Alwin
of North Manly to “Army inventions
etc(?)” dated 4 Jan 1951
• File AWM 288 control symbol R723/1/1
titled “Reports-General-Flying
Objects” located in the Australian
War Memorial contained a Memo
dated 23 May 1966 from Brigadier
Commander HQ Puckapunyal Area
to S Comd. Reference S Comd 109-
S1-3 dated 17 May 66. It said that
enquiries have failed to locate any
info on the reporting of a UFO
• MT1131/1, A31/1/102 of 9 pages
deals with correspondence from one
R Baudish to the Department of Army
in 1957. Baudish asked if there had
been UFO reports in association with
military exercises. The combined
reply from the Department of Army,
Navy and Air was there had been
none.
It appears, that contrary to views expressed
from time to time, in some quarters of the
Australian UFO research community,
that the Army was not a major player in
investigating the UFO phenomenon in
Australia.
The former Department of
Air/current RAAF
The Directorate of Air Force Intelligence
(DAFI) of the former DOA (1939-1973) took
the lead in collecting and examining reports
of UFOs from the early 1950’s. How and
why the DOA was tasked with this role is
not yet clear. The Project continues to look
for early (1947-1951) material, including
a lost internal DAFI file SEC.CD2/2 which
may throw light on this topic.
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All the material examined indicates that
DAFI was, for the main, not really interested
in conducting any scientific research into
the phenomenon. The impression gained
from comments on the RAAF’s UFO policy
file series (554/1/30) was that, for the most
part, examining UFO reports was merely a
job that had to be done:
• “The investigation of Unidentified
Flying Objects is understandably a
tedious task and one in which the
investigator may frequently have little
faith or interest.” (1)
• “As you are probably aware the
Department of Air is concerned
solely with any possible threat to
Australian security and does not go
into detailed scientific investigation
of UFO reports.” (2)
• “We spoke. While I agree with
you in principle, the practicalities
suggest we will continue to wear the
responsibility. You should, however,
ensure that the impact of this chore
does not unduly impede our normal
business.” (3)
There were however, indications at times
of a softening of this attitude. For example
an examination of file 554/1/30 reveals
the original of a letter from Dr M J Duggin
employed by the CSIRO to Squadron
Leader Baxter of DAFI. Folio 115 of
554/1/30 dated 29 Dec 1966 is an internal
memo from D/DAFI (Ops) to DAFI which
included:
“You will note that these scientists are
mainly interested in the unexplained
UFO’s, but as far as I can make out
they would like information on all
sightings…These scientists, with
all the documents and facilities
available to them, are obviously in
a position to assist us in this matter,
and though I am not too keen on
releasing the details of the RAAF
investigations or anything which may
increase the interest of the general
public in this field, I think we should
give these scientists the information
they require.” (4)
What is interesting here is the comment
“…the unexplained UFO’s…” This is an
internal memo, way before the FOI Act
allowed outsiders to see it. Here are DAFI
staff writing of “unexplained UFO’s.” It is
realised that this is in the context of what
Duggin was interested in. However, the
author does not dispute the fact that there
were some UFO reports which remain
unexplained after investigation.
DAFI tried on a number of occasions to
pass off at least part of the task to other
agencies:
1. The Joint Intelligence Bureau of
the DOD in 1957. A letter dated 1
Apr 1957 from DAFI to the JIB, said
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investigated and evaluated by one
of your scientific research officers…”
(5)
2. The Department of Supply in 1971. A
Memo dated 27 Jul 1971 from DAFI
to S/AIR/SS stated in part:
“You spoke to me recently on
the matter of Unidentified Flying
Objects (UFOs) and you mentioned
that the Department of Supply may
be interested in investigating this
subject. This minute provides a brief
historical sketch of this subject and
my reaction to the proposal.” (6)
No other reference to this interest by the
Department of Supply has been located,
although no Head Office Department of
Supply UFO files have yet been found.
3. The Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation
in 1973. In Aug 1973 Prof J Allen
Hynek was out here in Australia and
together with Dr Michael Duggin and
Harry Turner of the JIB, attended a
DAFI meeting on the 24th. A DAFI
file note (7) called it “An unofficial
meeting…in an endeavour to expand
the scientific relationship to the
problem.” In the meeting, Duggin
was described as “…a member of
the CSIRO and is currently based
in Sydney (North Ryde) and heading
the Australian research aspects of
ERSAT.” Paragraph 5 of the note
read:
“DAFI suggested that CSIRO or the
Dept of Science ( but preferably
the former) seemed to be logical
agencies to conduct greater in
depth investigation in Australia.
DAFI agreed that a selection of
reports (mainly those which were
unanswerable and scientific in
context) could possibly be made
available to CSIRO for further study
and computerization.”
However, nothing officially came from
any of these three approaches by DAFI
to shift the “UFO problem” from them to
somewhere else in the Government. DAFI
remained the “Official” Government UFO
agency.
A major change of policy was announced
in the media on 2 May 1984:
“UNUSUAL AERIAL SIGHTINGS
- RAAF CHANGE IN POLICY
The RAAF in future will investigate
fully only those Unusual Aerial
Sightings (UAS) which suggest
a defence or national security
implication. The Minister for Defence,
Mr Gordon Scholes, said today that
while the RAAF would continue to be
the first point of contact, UAS reports
not considered to have a defence
or security implication would not be
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further investigated.
Instead they would be recorded and
the UAS observer would be given
the address of civilian UAS research
organisations if the observer wished
to pursue the matter further. Mr
Scholes said that in the past the
RAAF’s investigation of all UAS
reports had often proved time
consuming, unproductive and had
led to many man-hours of follow-
up action by the RAAF and other
agencies such as the Department
of Aviation and the Bureau of
Meteorology.
He said that procedures for
investigating UAS reports had
remained unchanged for many
years. The vast majority of reports
submitted by the public had proven
not to have a national security
significance.”
A deduction from the last paragraph of the
announcement is that some reports in fact
had a “national security implication.” It is
generally understood just what a “defence
implication” is, e.g. an unauthorised
intrusion into Australian air space by an
unidentified man-made aircraft. However,
just what constitutes a “national security
implication” as opposed to a “defence
implication” remains unclear.
Nothing was known previously of the
inside deliberations behind this policy
shift. However, when examining files at
RAAF Base Edinburgh a file was located
with a draft Support Command Air Staff
Instruction no 3/A/3 (reference AF 84/3508
part 1 of 12 April 1984.) This said that the
RAAF is the first point of contact and that
most UAS from the public are found to be
natural or man-made.
“The RAAF accepts reports on
UAS and attempts an allocation of
reliability. However, few reports are
of any direct interest to the RAAF.”
This was followed by a piece about the
Condon report conclusions, then:
“Experience in the RAAF since the
early 1950s supports the Condon
report conclusion…The RAAF is
responsible for the acceptance and
evaluation of UAS reports. Those
which suggest a defence or national
security implication are further
investigated and a probable cause
determined…”
The draft went on to say that DAFI is to
assess such reports. Reports considered
not having defence or national security
implications are not investigated further
and are filed at Command HQ’s:
“On return of part 2, the report is to
be examined in terms of defence
or national security implications, to
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assess whether further investigation
is warranted. In general terms, further
investigation is to be confined to
sightings of a terrestrial, rather than
an extra-terrestrial nature. Sightings
of interest to the RAAF would involve
incursions into Australian airspace by
man-made objects, and particularly
include sightings near defence or
other sensitive establishments.
The traditional “lights in the sky”
are no longer cause for RAAF
investigation.”
The sentence “…further investigation is
to be confined to sightings of a terrestrial,
rather than an extra-terrestrial nature.” is
very intriguing! This seems to be saying
that although the RAAF knew some
sightings were of an extra-terrestrial
nature, it wasn’t interested in these! A very
rare admission indeed for the RAAF. The
document goes on:
“Command intelligence staff are
to be made aware immediately
of any report warranting further
investigation. On receipt of such a
report, CINTO is to:
a. inform DAFIS and the Chief of
Staff (COFS)
b. commence an immediate
investigation and instruct the UAS
investigator at the reporting unit
to complete Annex A part 3 (Unit
report).
c. complete Annex A part 4 on receipt
of completed parts 1-3 and report the
findings of his investigation to COFS
and DAFIS.” (8)
Note that the 2 May 1984 media release
didn’t contain the reference to “extra-
terrestrial
nature.”
This new policy lasted ten years, and then
in 1994 the DOD policy again changed :
“ Unidentified Aerial Sightings.
Revised policy.
“Consideration of the scientific
record suggests that, whilst not all
UAS have a ready explanation,
there is no compelling reason for
the RAAF to continue to devote
resources to recording, investigating
and attempting to explain UAS. The
RAAF no longer accepts reports on
UAS…”
“Some UAS may relate to events
that could have a defence, security
or public safety implications, such as
man-made debris falling from space,
a burning aircraft or an aircraft
making an unauthorised incursion
into Australian air space. Where
members of the community may
have witnessed an event of this type
they are encouraged to contact the
police, civilian aviation authorities or
coast watch.”
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be publicised by press release.
Known UFO groups will be contacted
individually by mail and provided with
a copy of the new policy together
with a brief explanations of the
implications for them.” (9)
Three points of the above, call for
comment:
• The use of the phrase “Consideration
of the scientific record…” when it is
clear from the DOA’s own statements
that it “…does not go into detailed
scientific investigation.”
• The statement ”… not all UAS have
a ready explanation…” indicates
that the DOD recognised that some
reports were puzzling (indeed their
own investigations sometimes
labelled a report as “unidentified” or
“unknown.”)
• That “The change in policy will not
be publicised by press release.” After
45 years it was to be a quiet exit.
Other areas of the DOD
since 1977
A check of other areas of the DOD, namely
the Army, the Navy, the DSTO and the
DOD intelligence areas by way of an FOI
request in 2004 by the Project, was met
with a response that they were unable to
locate any files originating in these areas
dealing with the topic of UFOs for the
period 1977 to 2004.
Post 1994
With the latest change of policy, came a
call for all areas of the RAAF to close off
their files dealing with UAS. Twenty three
such files were collected and lodged with
the NAA in 1994. The Project located and
examined these files in 2004.
So, since 1994 the DOD has referred all
sighting reports from the general public to
civilian UFO groups, and there has been no
evidence that the RAAF has investigated
any UFO reports in the period 1994 to
date.
Does the DOD have a position in 2006?
It certainly does. The current Department
web site has the following statement
regarding UFO sightings:
“Unidentified Aerials Sightings
(UAS)
Sightings of unusual or unidentified
aerial objects or UFO’s.
Provided by: Directorate of Concepts
and Capability Development Royal
Australian Air Force
Postal: Russell Offices Department
of Defence Canberra ACT 2600
The Royal Australian Air Force
(RAAF) formerly had a responsibility
for investigating and assessing
the validity of UAS. After careful
examination of the factual data
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and historical records that had
been gathered over many years, it
was determined that the collective
evidence did not warrant the
continued allocation of resources
by the RAAF to investigate and report
on UAS. Subsequently, the RAAF
ceased this function.
Current Defence policy on UAS
where members of the public may
have questions on, or seek to
report sightings, is to direct them to
their local police authorities or civil
Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)
research organisations, through the
relevant state telephone directory.”
(10)
From the Minister of
Defence
Late last year the Project directed a letter
to Robert Hill, then Minister for Defence,
as follows:
“Over the last two years I have been
locating and examining federal Government
files relating to the subject of Unusual
Aerial Sightings (UAS), utlising both the
Archive and FOI Acts.
I understand that up until 1994 the
Department of Defence (DOD) was
the federal government agency tasked
with the collection and analysis of such
reports from the general public. I further
understand that in 1994 the DOD ceased
this function and that from that date reports
of UAS by members of the public to the
DOD are referred to civilian UFO research
organisations.
The current DOD website (at http://www.
defence.gov.au access contacts under
UAS) has a statement of the current
position of the Dept. on UAS reports, which
states in part:
“Current Defence policy on UAS where
members of the public may have questions
on, or seek to report sightings is to direct
them to their local police authorities or civil
Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) research
organisations…”
DOD files I have examined demonstrate
that between the 1950’s and early 1990’s,
besides reports from the general public,
the department received reports from
members of the DOD, civilian airline crew
and air traffic controllers.
I would therefore seek your response to
the following questions:
1. If current UAS reports from the
general public are referred onwards,
what happens to reports made by
members of the DOD, civilian airline
crew and air traffic controllers?
2. How many reports have been
made since 1994 to the DOD from
members of the DOD, civilian airline
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crew and air traffic controllers?
3. If there have been any such reports
made by members of the DOD,
civilian airline crew and air traffic
controllers since 1994 may I obtain
full details of these?
4. Since 1994, has the DOD maintained
any personnel whose duties include
the monitoring, collection or analysis
of UAS reports from members of the
DOD, civilian airline crew and air
traffic controllers?
5. In the years between 1947 and
1994 did the DOD ever conduct any
scientific research into the subject
of UAS, and if so, who conducted
this research and what where their
findings?
6. Given that the RAAF was the
area of the DOD involved with the
collection and analysis of UAS
reports between 1947 and 1994, and
publicly announced it was ceasing
this function in 1994; did any other
area of the DOD continue with this
role between 1994 and today?
7. Has any area of the DOD conducted
any scientific research into the
subject of UAS between 1994 and
today, and if so, who conducted
this research and what were their
findings?
I look forward to your response.” (11)
A response was received as follows:
“As you have correctly asserted, the Royal
Australian Air Force (RAAF) formely had
a responsibility for investigating and
assessing the validity of UAS. However,
after careful examination of the factual
data and historical records that had
been gathered over many years, it was
determined that the collective evidence
did not warrant the continued allocation of
resources by the RAAF to investigate and
report on UAS. Subsequently, the RAAF
ceased this function.
I can advise that Defence does not
accept UAS reports, but directs any
such reports to local police authorities
or civil unidentified flying object research
organisations, through the relevant state
telephone directory. I can also advise
that defence does not maintain records
on UAS or on the number (if any) of
attempts to report them. Neither does
the RAAF maintain any personnel whose
duties include the monitoring, collection or
analysis of UAS reports from any source.
In addition, Defence has never conducted
any scientific research into UAS.” (12)
Answers:
The answers to the first two questions
posed at the beginning of this work are:
• Australian Government Departments
who received UFO reports, ultimately
passed them on to the RAAF, which
was the official repository for such
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 reports within the Government. They
did so because it was Government
policy
• From examination of over 10,000
Australian Government UFO
documents, no evidence has been
uncovered that any Government
Department ever conducted any
scientific research in to the UFO
phenomenon.
A DETOUR TO THE UNITED
KINGDOM
The RAAF’s early policy files reveal
that from time to time (1955 (13); 1959
(14)) the RAAF inquired as to the British
Government’s position on the UFO
phenomenon. It is therefore pertinent to
ask did the UK Government ever conduct
any scientific research into the UFO
phenomenon?
Dr David Clarke and Andy Roberts in their
2002 book titled “Out of the Shadows”
(15) reported upon their examination of
hundreds of files generated by the UK’s
Ministry of Defence (MoD); the Royal Air
Manitoba, Canada: I was out at the
lake around 26 August 2006, after 1.45
am, and awakened to light and thoughts
of “what is all this commotion?” running
through my head. There were all kinds
of activity going on around me, not noisy,
but shuffling and movement. I found it very
strange because before my mind could get
a grasp on what was going on I fell asleep
again. It wasn’t a dream because I did open
my eyes for a brief moment. I saw figures
around me and there were others in the
room with me and there was light, but it
was all blurry. There are no lights around
inside or outside. But before I could get
focused on what was going on I was out
again almost instantly. I woke up the next
morning and found I had a chipped front
tooth. Something hit my front top tooth on
the inside or something chipped it and I
noticed my door was still locked.
Russia: Moscow. On 16 August 2006,
several people who were flying from
Russian town Volgograd to Moscow
witnessed quite unusual situation. Eugenia
Kazarinova was the first who accidentally
photographed an invisible UFO that was
following the plane. Eugenia saw nothing
but a beautiful landscape outside the
illuminator, but when she took several
photos she noticed strange lights on them.
She was worried and showed the photos
to other passengers. They began to take
photos using their cameras and mobile
phones. The strange lights were present
on almost all the photos. The passengers
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Force and other Government bodies.
Clarke and Roberts found that the MoD’s
Directorate of Scientific and Technical
Intelligence (DSTI), its predecessors and
later counterpart, had indeed studied UFO
reports:
“The documentary evidence we have
presented demonstrates that DSTI…has
indeed played a significant role in UFO
research and investigation, dating back
to the first “flying saucer” waves of the
1950’s…” (p251)
What was the purpose of DSTI’s interest
in looking at UFO reports? In 1967, the
Deputy Director of Intelligence wrote:
“In our case, we have tailored our efforts
to meet the minimum requirement of
protecting UK airspace from any incursions
which might pose a threat or a hazard.”
(p179)
Consideration was given to the creation
of a scientific post with DSTI for UFO
investigations (p184). At that time,
became panic stricken because the lights
didn’t look like another plane and couldn’t
be seen with the naked eye.
UNITED KINGDOM: Aldeburgh. On 22
August 2006, three witnesses noticed a
bright light flying east over out to sea at
10.35 pm. Thinking it was a plane flying
over, it seemed its lights were very, very
bright. Then I watched and realised as its
lights dimmed out, then it came back again
and moved in a different direction. I thought
it was an American spy plane or radar plane
like the ones you have from Mildenhall but
then its movements didn’t explain anything.
Then, I saw another one creeping across
from around Orford towards the other light.
There were other commercial aircraft that
had their navigation lights on but clearly
could be made out to be planes. I look
at this sky almost every night during my
cigarette breaks at work at the yacht club
and have never seen anything like this, it
was very spooky.
Pennsylvania, USA: Cove Haven
Resort. We were on our honeymoon when
we decided to go horseback riding at
Happy Trails on 28 August 2006, at 2.45
pm. I was taking pictures of the beautiful
mountains and there was nothing in the
sky. When I got back to the resort, we
were looking at the pictures on the camera,
when we saw a dot in the sky. I couldn’t
wait to get back home to download it to
my computer and see it in full version.
We located several spots in the sky. The
biggest one was disk shaped with a dome
and silver in colour. I have other pictures
taken within minutes of this one, with the
same sky in the background, and there is
nothing in the sky in any if them.
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responsibility for investigation of interesting
reports which had survived initial screening,
was the province of a scientist in DI55, Dr
John Dickison (p182). Dickison was a
space weapons expert (p172.)
However, by 2001 DSTI (now retitled DIST)
decided to cease reviewing UFO reports
made to the MoD as it had determined that
UFOs were of no defence interest (p252.)
That same year the MoD stated:
“The Ministry does not question the
existence, or otherwise, of extraterrestrial
life forms, about which it remains open
minded. To date we are, however, unaware
of any evidence which proves that these
phenomena exist.” (p256)
Subsequent to this, an MoD analysis,
published in the year 2000, became public
knowledge. The Executive Summary
contained the words: “…the information
studied…leads to the conclusion that it
does not have any significant Defence
Intelligence value…” (16)
ARGENTINA: On 18 March 2006 six
witnesses reported a large light for
several minutes at the property belonging
to Adolfo Ziegenfhus, located in the
jurisdiction of Parera, province of La
Pampa (Argentina).
Ruben Ariel Lara, 37, Roberto Fernandez,
53, and four minors aged between eight
and sixteen witnessed a source of light,
which they described as “three to four times
the size of the full moon” as they walked
through the fields at 2230 hours on the
date in question.
The luminosity was detected at some 3.00
metres of the place where the witnesses
were located, who advised researchers
that “the light appeared over the field,
ascending to a considerable height before
descending, engaging in these manoevres
in four separate manoevres.”
Fernandez added that “it was round, spun
on its vertical axis while emitting some very
distinctive red, green, blue, orange, yellow
and silver lights.” The ascent was up to
“some 60-degrees over the horizon”.
The witnesses, who were trapping
“peludos” (armadilloes) at that time, were
completely overwhelmed and frightened
by the sighting, deciding to withdraw from
the field and run back to the farmhouse,
located some 2 kilometers from where the
event occurred.
It should be noted that mutilated animals
were found at this location and that in July
2005, a huge “Australian-type” water tank
containing 70,000 litres of water was found
completely drained from the evening to
the morning.
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“Multi-sensory ‘Craft’ Produced in NZ on the Verge of

Global Attention”
Strange things happening in an on the day. BELOW: ‘Nigel and Dean Zajonskowski
ordinary, back-street warehouse in with their prototype orb.’ (Photo courtesy
‘Weekend Sun’ newspaper)
Mount Maunganui, North Island,
New Zealand, are set to captivate
the senses and imagination of
New Zealanders – and hopefully,
overseas interest.

The fields of sensory entertainment

and education are about to take
a galactic leap forward with the
technology patented and created
by father and son team Dean and
Nigel Zajonskowski, of Zajon Ltd.
Nigel describes the multi-sensory
simulator globe and craft that he
and his father have spent the last 15
years designing and creating, as “like
being in a world within a world”.

Dean and Nigel, who have an interest

in sacred geometry, have used the
geodesic method of construction
to create a prototype sphere, and
now a larger disc-shaped craft. But
this method of construction can be
easily expanded to create structures
seating 5, 50, 500 or 5000 people if
need be. Zajon Ltd has designed a
very unique joining system, enabling
them to build a wide variety of
enclosed geodesic structures of
differing shapes and sizes: spherical,
discoid or dome-shaped, custom
made for events, with no upright
poles or visual interference. From the
outside, their two current structures
resemble silver metallic spacecraft
or intergalactic probes, but Zajon
offers a variety of coloured surface
choices to suit any type of event or
function. They are easily transported
and smaller structures can be put up

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 “As a team, we have endless special event or conference uses overseas market and easily transport
concepts underway that we will are endless. Imagine school or them abroad, or anywhere in New
bring to the market for people’s university groups entering a 100- Zealand for events, concerts, or
enjoyment,” says Dean. seater craft to experience total special occasions.
sensory submersion in astronomical,
Step aboard up the ramp into the geographical, environmental, or “Our goal is to provide entertainment
softly lit interior – the ramp will scientific shows. Hey! Wouldn’t you or educational venues to people at a
hiss quietly as it closes seamlessly learn better that way! price the general public can afford,”
behind you. Each of Zajon’s current says Dean. “We have done all the
‘craft’ are equipped with computer “We can play any footage, and hard work and are ready to get them
operated virtual imaging technology; we are looking to showcase New out there!”
180 degree large screen, high Zealand tourism with adventure clips
focus and resolution projection; full and fantastic scenery from around Genuine creativity has taken the pair
surround sound systems - and wrap- our country,” says Nigel, Zajon’s into this futuristic field of construction.
around seats in true Star Trek style, Director and Marketing Manager. Zajon Ltd is currently constructing
all creating an unforgettable virtual an event dome that will house
entertainment ride. Assisted by Both Dean and Nigel are experienced 5000 people, and Nigel says they
their dedicated team, Zajon Ltd has manufacturers. Dean has 30 hope to launch this portable venue
focused on constantly developing years experience in the timber as a showcase to the public by
better movement and authenticity of manufacturing industry, while son holding a concert in it later this year.
each new craft, with their sights set Nigel has worked in fine wood Zajon is also building geodesic
on producing much larger ones. engineering. greenhouses for the horticultural
market. They believe their geodesic
It is totally another world of perception Dean’s concept for the initial method, closely aligned to sacred
once you are in there. It’s an amazing prototype globe emerged years geometry, may be the future direction
experience – the closest thing most ago and from 1990, the two began of all buildings, utilizing healing and
people will ever get to flying in a serious work together on the project. energy potentials. Zajon aims to be
fighter jet, an extraterrestrial craft, Their passion for the concept and its the leading company for that world
or a high-speed and technologically multitude of applications is clear. The market. Let’s hope further success
superior helicopter. When you are geodesic construction method uses comes to these ingenious guys at
in the craft, you are completely a number of specific units repeated warp speed.
absorbed by what you are watching, to form the whole – no matter what
hearing and sensing! size. Zajon is able to mass-produce Visit their website at: www.zajon.
the craft or similar structures for the co.nz
And what might that be? Well these
babies are built for entertainment or educational use!
Imagine being deposited, Matrix-like, in a high-action,
multi-sensory computer game. The craft moves, banks
and thrusts to different games, taking the passenger on a
senses-stimulating ride. The possibilities for educational,

RIGHT: ‘Zajon Ltd’s workshop with several geodesic ‘craft’ under

construction.’
BELOW: ‘A ‘craft’ simulator near completion.’

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 Examining the UFO controversy from a historical perspective.
The UFOIC Thread
My NSW spotlight article in this issue
of the Ufologist gives a focus on the
UFO scene in NSW. As is evident in
that article the group UFOIC (UFO
Investigation Centre) had a prominent
place. In the article I tried to put its
position in context.
UFOIC has a special place in my own
involvement with the UFO subject. As I
began to get involved in the subject as
a teenager I started to find out what sort
of active groups existed. By the end
of the 1960s I had become a country
member of the Sydney based UFO
group. Bill Moser the group secretary
was a regular correspondent. The
spotlight article highlights that UFOIC
went through a difficult period in the
wake of the tragic death of its president
Dr. Miran Lindtner in 1969. However
David Buching was able to revitalise
the group in part with an injection
of active members of the UFORPA
group.
I didn’t become heavily involved with
UFOIC until 1975 when I settled
in Sydney. I was seconded onto
the UFOIC committee and by 1976
was co-ordinator and director of the
group. I helped steer UFOIC through
a group name change in 1977 to UFO
Research NSW, which was in keeping
with broader currents of change in
ufology at large through Australia.
By the early 1980s I steered the
group through another more profound
change, from a public group to a
low profile networking group, again
a change many researchers were
adopting, which saw working in a
looser networking format, with national
networks was a very productive
path to pursue. At that time the
low profile network approach was
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seen as a better approach than the
public group format, simply because
the latter often consumed the time
and resources in facilitating a public
relations presence, often at the cost of
focusing on research and investigation.
It was the research and investigation
that mattered most to myself and
my close associates and thus the
more informal low profile networking
approach was adopted. That allowed
us to pursue a wide range of research
and investigation agendas, including
the official government involvement
in the subject and the alien abduction
controversy. These and other focuses
continued throughout the 1980s and
into the 1990s.
As mentioned in the NSW spotlight
article the UFOIC name was readopted.
For me in particular it was like
readopting a lot of past threads, some
historical and others more personal.
UFOIC had been my long time group
backbone, and I was more than happy
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to continue the group name, even if we
were not continuing the public relations
aspects of that group’s tradition. We
were able to maintain the UFOIC
tradition of recording the UFO case
data. We have the publication records,
a lot of the case data of UFOIC during
the 1950s, the 1960s and through the
1970s (both as UFOIC & UFORNSW),
and we have continued that tradition
through the 1980s through to today,
but with a more national focus and
networking approach.
It wasn’t until my own focus on the
Asian dimensions of the UFO mystery
that I began to reflect on more deeply
on UFOIC history. It was in this Asian
connection that I kind of went full circle
and embraced the earlier roots of
UFOIC. Here I was in 2002 through
to now continuing the UFOIC name
and many of its traditional focuses,
but also embracing in particular a
research project that focused on
the Chinese UFO experience. I
would soon appreciate that another
UFOIC member had journeyed similar
paths, but through often very different
perspectives and approaches.
That other UFOIC member was Andrew
Tomas. He had come to the Sydney
based UFOIC group via Edgar Jarrold’s
Australian Flying Saucer Bureau and
the NSW branch of Fred Stone’s
Australian Flying Saucer Research
Society. The remnants of both led to
the formation of UFOIC late in 1956.
Andrew Tomas played a vital role in all
that, but prior to all that he had come
to Australia in 1948 by a path that had
taken him from Harbin and Shanghai
in China. In my first UFO History
Keys column I described some of the
unusual Chinese connections Andrew
Tomas had pursued, particularly
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 the strange 1927 UFO sighting his
spiritual mentor explorer Nicholas
Roerich had in China. In 1935 Andrew
Tomas had published a book “The
Planetary Doctrine” in Shanghai and
it was a passage from this book that
he showed to Edgar Jarrold in Sydney
when he first met him in January
1954.
Andrew Tomas wrote the book
under his Russian name A. Boncza-
Tomaszewski (Bon-tcha Toma-
shevski) and the passage he showed
Edgar Jarrold was this:
“Travellers and explorers often notice
in the heights of the Himalayas strange
shiny objects or creatures soaring high
above the mountain crests, which
are an eternal puzzle to Europeans.
Whether these mysterious objects
are vehicles belonging to supermen
we dare not assert, though such an
explanation is quite plausible. Cannot
the reader believe that by such
means, utilising unknown energies,
communication is maintained from
planet to planet...?”
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I acquired a copy of this rare book from
Andrew Tomas’ widow. This led me
to find out a lot more about Andrew
Tomas’ Chinese connection and his
journey with UFOIC. I felt it resonated
in interesting ways with my own
journey with UFOIC and the Chinese
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UFO connection. It has inspired me to
delve more deeply into UFOIC history.
My web log http://ufoicaustralia.
blogspot.com is one result of that
process. The site is devoted to the
Sydney based group UFOIC and is
being used to describe the history,
research and investigation activities
of the group. Already it has attracted
past members and I have indeed
been fortunate that they have been
very helpful in elaborating on UFOIC
and its involvement with the UFO
mystery. I hope that I may be able
to develop a detail social history and
research history of UFOIC – the UFO
Investigation Centre and I welcome
any assistance. I can be contacted
at P.O. Box 42, West Pennant Hills,
NSW, 2125 or via bill_c@bigpond.
com
Just received and well worth reading
is a new book “Flying Saucerers – A
social history of UFOlogy” by David
Clarke and Andy Roberts. I hope to
review it in the next issue. The book
can be obtained via Amazon in the
UK.
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2006 UFO Expedition - Blue
Mountains and Hill End
Blue Mountains
Because of the impressive findings
during the 2005 Blue Mountains
expedition, we decided to return on
15th September 2006 with a five
crew team.
The nights were relatively clear,
although heavy mist did roll in
between 3.00 – 4.00am, making
surface visibility impossible.
Most of the unusual aerial activity
occurred on the first night. At
approximately 8.30pm we noticed
two trailing ‘satellites’ at an equal
distance, heading south-southeast.
At one point the unknowns separated -
the second one seemed to slow down
(diverge), and then stop momentarily
as if deliberately increasing distance
from its counterpart. We lost sight of
them one by one as they approached
the horizon.
Around 9.15pm a bight object
emerged from a distant gorge
(southwest) and then appeared
to zigzag between mountains.
The unknown then vanished and
appeared on the opposite side of
the valley (south) for a few seconds
before disappearing once again.
Then at 9.30pm we witnessed a
bright red light, much closer, and
again in the opposite direction
(southwest), hovering above the
valley. Within five minutes it began
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to gradually cruise parallel with the
valley, heading towards the south. As
it reached the end of the valley (south)
it stopped and hovered for a moment
before repeating its course back
towards the southwest. When reaching
the far end of the south-western side of
the valley it again hovered momentarily
before heading back on its original
path (south). We noted that when the
unknown came to a midair stop, the
object increased in luminosity, only to
dim as it was gaining momentum.
Once reaching the far southern side,
the unknown stopped again. It then
travelled back approximately 1/10
of its original south-western route,
stopped as the final commercial
airflight passed. This time the unknown
began on a different course - heading
east on a 45 degree angle and gaining
altitude. As it rose into the atmosphere
we lost sight of it among the stars.
We are uncertain whether it became
stationary, dull or simply disappeared
without trace.
During the encounter, Kellie assessed
the readings on both EMF meter and
Geiger counter. Due to the distance
between the observers and the
unknown, none of the measuring
devices registered any abnormal
readings (other than the usual
infiltrating cosmic radiation).
There were many other peculiarities
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noted during our investigations.
Here are three other main points of
interest:
• Triangular silhouette of an aircraft
of some kind darted above our
vantage point on a number of
occasions without producing any
audible noise (from northwest
to southeast and southeast to
northwest and then from north to
south).
• A green, iridescent pool appeared
on the far side of the lake, almost
like an oil slick. We were unsure
whether it came from the surface
or underneath the water. There
was no external illumination other
than star light to suggest a form
of algae. Furthermore, the light
seemed to appear in different
regions of the lake within a short
period of time, discounting other
form of aquatic life. Saying that
it is uncertain if theses other
occurrences were created by the
same source or by something
independent.
• On 18th September at 3.00am
a distant and highly luminous
object appeared just above the
valley (at the same region as the
15th September encounter). We
could clearly make out a series
of other lights rotating around the
primary source. The sighing came
to an abrupt end as the unknown
vanished without any visible trace.
The approaching mist from the
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southwest may have acted as a form of cover. This,
however, is only speculation.

It is apparent that the isolation of the Blue Mountains

lends itself to many unusual activities. Whether it is
experimental (newly developed or back engineered
technology) or something a little more extraordinary is
yet to be determined.

Additional Information
In 2005 the first evening of observations were met with
a number of peculiarities. One in particular was noted
among us. Around midnight, two members of the first shift
suffered from sudden effects of lethargy. One member
of the team complained having double vision – an effect
he has never experienced before.

We changed shifts around 12.30am and two of our other

crew members, Larraine and Phillip took watch until
4.30am. It wasn’t until later that we realised that the
instruments (EMF meter and Geiger counter) weren’t
handed over to the succeeding shift. It is worth noting
that assignment of all equipment is a usual protocol.

The sighting and documentation of a UFO took place at

2.47am. Unfortunately, the video camera that was trained
at the object inconveniently malfunctioned. Luckily, it
switched on seconds before the encounter was over,
hence the still image from the footage.

When the two reached base camp, they were surprised

to learn that it was already 4.30am. Larraine and Phillip
were under the impression that only ½ hour had lapsed
and not 1 hour 43 minutes. Furthermore, the batteries in
both torches and Phil’s mobile phone were depleted.

As the news of the sighting alerted base camp, one

member showed a total lack of enthusiasm (an unnatural
reaction of an otherwise curious and enthusiastic
character) while the other indicated symptoms of sleep
paralysis (a condition that has never occurred to this
member before).

After sunrise none of us were our usual selves. It was

as if we had been induced by some form of intoxicant
the night before and were living through its drowsy side
effects the day after. By the way, no alcohol or other
form of stimulant is permitted on any of our expeditions
or night watches.

After analysing our recordings/documentations and

recapping individual experiences, most of us had
forgotten about the slight audible sound we heard during
our night watch. This hardly detectable frequency came
in pulses and would occasionally break for a while before
continuing (or recycling) again. The awareness of this
sound was credited to the unusual eerie silence. Despite
the abundance of local fauna, not a sound was heard
– not a trill or whirl … nothing.

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human hearing range, 10 Hz – 24 kHz. Below 10 Hz
is what we call loud infrasonic sound (0.5 Hz – 10 Hz).
Psychologists believe that within this range the infrasonic
vibrations can affect the vesicular, or the balancing
system of the inner ear, causing the subject to have
unusual sensations and conditions.

Studies have shown that just under 19 Hz (18.97 Hz) the

human eyeball begins to resonate. This may well explain
the double vision one crew member experienced during
pre-encounter.

Natural occurring infrasonic sound can be generated by

earthquakes, tsunamis and avalanches. Most animals
It was this final assessment that led us to believe that are sensitive to infrasound and depending on the
the effects such as:

Seemingly induced lethargy

Unusual behaviour patterns
Audibly faint humming sound – at times causing
discomfort
Inactive wildlife

is possibly caused by infrasonic sounds.

Infrasound is a frequency below the audibility of the

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frequency it can act as a warning (it is
worth noting that some animals use
infrasonic sound to communicate).
It is known that before the tsunami
swept across Asia in December
2004, animals hibernated to the
highlands to seek refuge from an
approaching disaster.

In sight of this, it is not unreasonable

to suggest that this eerie silence on
the night before the encounter may
have been a result of infrasound.

Infrasonic sound can travel over

long distances and is less prone to
interference than higher frequencies.
Therefore the source can be at
an undetectable location from the
observer or observers. The subjects
are consequently at the mercy of the
source. At appropriate frequencies,
certain conditions can be induced
leaving the subject or subjects in a
vulnerable state.
I would urge researchers who
conduct night watches and embark
on expeditions to obtain some form
of sensor that can either amplify
infrasonic sound to an audible range
or register in a measurable form.
Hill End
Three years after the last expedition,
five of our researchers returned to
investigate the strange goings on
near Hill End.
out the other side. Instead we saw a flash as it zipped … chasing the other
one. And the only thing we can come up with is … that wasn’t a satellite. The
other one might have been but that one wasn’t. We didn’t get it on video …
we weren’t tracking them (with video camera) …first we thought they’re just
a couple of satellites.”
Of the many unusual light activities that night, one other made us wonder
what we were actually witnessing. Initially we were observing a bright flash
occurring at variable intervals, between the constellations Scorpius and
Ophiuchus. The unknown remained stationary until a commercial plane
passed nearby. Then unexpectedly the anomaly began towards the zenith,
slightly deviating towards the southwest. We were able to track the unknown
with a more powerful video camera at full optical zoom. Unfortunately we lost
sight of it after tracking it for around 5 minutes. It is worthwhile mentioning that
as the object progressed across the night sky, the glare or flashes it produced

It was the second night again (23rd

September) when the activity began.
This time it seemed to be upper
atmospheric. One of our crew
members, Dominic McNamara
explains one of the sightings:
“Seeing satellites go by is not an
unusual thing … even low Earth
ones. But these two were in the
same part of the sky at exactly the
same time … it’s not impossible, it’s
more unthinkable, it’s not normal.
They were 90 degrees – one was
travelling across the sky and the
other 90 degrees the other way. And
then one of them … one of them we
could keep tracking, the other one
went into the galactic plane … and
they’re faint enough to start to mix
with the Milky Way and it didn’t come

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did not diminish. After analysing still Images like this and the ones been made as to why. One is the great
images (individual frames) of the documented by my crew add credence isolation at the fringe of Australia’s
unknown, none produced a clear to the subtle intervention by unknown most populated area - another is the
outline of its true character therefore intelligence in this vast wilderness. attraction of our major water supply.
I elected not to display any of the The motivation behind this frequent Whatever the case is the evidence is
images. at hand.
presence is unclear. Assumptions have
I would like to thank my team RACE
(Research of Australian Close
Encounters) for the hard work and
effort put into another successful
venture. Thanks (in alphabetical
order) Darren, Dom, Kellie, Larraine
and Laszlo. Also a special thanks to
Andrea, Frank and Phillip for their
support.

POSTSCRIPT:
Nearly a month after our expedition
in the Blue Mountains, we received
this remarkable image of a cylindrical
object hovering in the direction of
our original base camp. Although it is
difficult to determine the actual size of
the unknown, it appears to be at some
distance from the observer. Therefore
it is safe to assume that the anomaly
is of considerable size.

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 How Many Stars In The
Universe?
by David Reneke
Copyright © D. Reneke 2007
David Reneke will be Speaking at the 2nd International Scientific And Metaphysical
Symposium to be held in Sydney on the 2nd and 3rd of June 2007.

We live in a Universe governed by set
laws of time and space. A Universe
which is essentially flat, not curved as
previously suspected. Astronomers
say the Universe is infinite, and by
definition, that means it is limitless.
Have you ever looked up into the night
sky and wondered just how many
stars there are in space? Most people
have, it’s a question that’s fascinated
scientists as well as philosophers,
musicians and dreamers throughout
the ages.
Look into the sky on a clear night,
away from the glare of city lights, and
you will see a few thousand individual
stars with your naked eyes. With even
a modest amateur telescope, millions
more will come into view. The Universe
is a pretty big place alright, bigger than
we could ever imagine.
So, if it’s that big, how many stars
does it contain? That’s a hard question
to answer – in fact, it’s probably
impossible.
alone, and the Milky Way is just one of
many galaxies in the universe. Outside
that, there are probably billions upon
billions of other galaxies as well!
For more than 200 years, astronomers
thought that most of the stars in our
galaxy had stellar companions. But a
new study suggests the bulk of them
are born alone and never have stellar
company.
Since planets are believed to form
more easily around single stars,
the discovery could mean earth-like
planets are more common as well.
Having two suns in a solar system
means the gravitational forces between
them would make it difficult for stable
planetary orbits to form.
Recent observations show that half a
Below: This is a typical spiral galaxy containing over 100,000 stars. Credit: NASA
dozen new stars are produced each
year in the Milky Way, but many of
the details surrounding their births still
remain unclear.
According to the classical theory, stars
form when large clouds of dust and
gas in space collapse under the force
of gravity. Nuclear fires ignite and
new stars are born taking their place
among billions of others within their
own galaxies.
There is no limit to the number of
galaxies that we’ve found and there’s
no reason to think there will ever be a
limit. The further astronomers look, the
more they find.
Seeing the ‘big picture’
It’s dark out there, very dark, and the
light is so feeble. Hubble takes a lot
of images of small patches of the sky

Think about this - there are more stars

in the Universe than there are grains
of sand on every beach in the world!
Read that sentence again and just
think about it for a minute. For every
grain of sand you find, there are a
million stars out there. Amazing isn’t
it? But it’s true.

Stellar families abound

Stars are not scattered randomly
through space, they are gathered
together into vast groups known as
galaxies. The Sun belongs to a galaxy
called the Milky Way.

Astronomers estimate there are over a

hundred billion stars in the Milky Way

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Above: Part of the amazing Hubble Deep Field image showing the countless number
of stars and galaxies in the Universe. Credit: NASA
then a computer makes a composite of
these pictures, adding them together
so the faint light of distant stars and
galaxies is visible.
What Hubble has shown us so far is
that as far away as it can see there
are more and more new galaxies. And
since Hubble is not the ultimate see-
the-farthest instrument, there’s no way
to know whether or not we’ll find more
galaxies as technology gets better.
In 1995, an image from the Hubble
Space Telescope suggested that
star formation had reached a peak at
roughly seven thousand million years
ago. Recently, however, astronomers
have thought again.
The Hubble Deep Field image was
taken at optical wavelengths and
there is now some evidence that a lot
of early star formation was hidden by
thick dust clouds. Dust clouds block
the stars from view and convert their
light into infrared radiation, making
them invisible to the HST.
As powerful as Hubble is it can’t
see the entire picture, no telescope
probably ever can. Using Hubble we
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can now see the light from some of
the earliest stars which were born in
the ‘Big Bang’ almost 14 billion years
ago. Think about that – it means the
light has been travelling towards us for
14 billion years, and we’re just seeing
it today!
It’s worth a guess
So how many stars are in the Univese?
Use your imagination. Your guess
is as good as mine. To answer this
question we’ll need to consider how
many stars there are in the Milky Way.
The number of stars in the Universe
can be estimated by multiplying the
number of stars in the Milky Way by
the number of galaxies in the Universe.
Simple huh?
Maybe, but wait a minute, remember
we said we couldn’t see the whole
picture? We can’t see all the individual
stars in the Milky Way for two reasons
– distance and dust absorption. Both
factors make stars appear dimmer,
so our map of the galaxy gets
correspondingly more sketchy with
distance.
Guided somewhat by observations
of other spiral galaxies, we think that
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How Many Stars In The Universe?
the overall run of star density with
radius is fairly well known. Getting a
total stellar head count is more of a
problem because the stars that we
can see to the greatest distances are
also the rarest.
Measurements of the relative numbers
of stars with different absolute
brightness (known as the luminosity
function) shows that, for example, for
every Sun-like star there are about 200
faint red M dwarfs.
‘Brown dwarfs’ stars too become
part of the issue – a huge number of
brown dwarfs would not change how
bright the galaxy appears at visible
wavelengths, only its total mass.
So, what are the odds?
OK, to get the total stellar population
in the Milky Way we would measure
integrated quantities, like luminosity.
We’d take the number of luminous
stars that we can see at large distances
and assume that we know how many
fainter stars go along with them.
Recent numbers give about 200 billion
stars, but a 50% error either way when
you’re working with things like this is
quite plausible.
Now, to find out how many stars there
are in the universe all we need to know
is the total number of galaxies there
are. We could find that out, provided
that we had boundaries to work in.
If we count the number of grains in a
small representative volume of sand,
by multiplication we can estimate the
number of grains on the whole beach.
At least we have measurable borders
to work with. The universe we’re told
is infinite, it has no boundaries, so no
matter how hard you try, you’ll never
get an answer.
Big eyes on the sky
ESA’s infrared space observatory
Herschel, to be launched in 2007,
will make an important contribution
to our puzzle by ‘counting’ galaxies
in the infrared, and measuring their
luminosity in this range – something
never before attempted.
Knowing how fast stars form can
bring more certainty to calculations.
Herschel will also chart the ‘formation
rate’ of stars throughout cosmic history.
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If you can estimate the rate at which
stars have formed, you will be able to
estimate how many stars there are in
the Universe today.
Herschel is designed to view exactly the
time in the evolution of the Universe,
at the right wavelengths where it is
thought the majority of the obscured
star formation can be seen. The Sloan
Digital Sky Survey, an ambitious
astronomy project currently mapping
the night sky to determine the positions
and absolute brightness of more than
100 million celestial objects will also
help.
This, along with Herschel, will allow
astronomers to see many more stars
than before. We will be one step closer
to provide a more reliable estimate to
that question asked so often in the past
- “How many stars are there?”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR/SPEAKER:
Dave is the News Editor of Sky and Space Magazine
where he writes feature articles, news stories and
edits a mass-circulation weekly email newsletter.
He also writes a weekly column for the Melbourne
Herald-Sun newspaper.
Dave teaches astronomy at college level and he’s
an invited speaker at astronomy conventions
throughout Australia. He is a highly respected
correspondent for the media and speaks on over 20
radio stations each week across the country. These
talks are wide ranging on all astronomy and space
discovery issues. This schedule includes a weekly
segment on the ‘Charles Wooley Across Australia’
program that is networked across dozens of rural
stations. Dave is the prime media correspondent for
Sky and Space Magazine.
A list of the various radio stations on which Dave
appears is available on request.
Prior to working with Sky and Space Magazine,
Canary Islands: A number of phone
calls were received from the Tacoronte
sector in northern Tenerife, reporting
strange lights on Tuesday evening, 12
December 2006. Some of the witnesses
have spoken openly of UFOs that caused
household appliances to die and seeing
white lights diving into the ocean on the
Tacorontan Coast. This is hardly the first
time that various witnesses report seeing
‘strange’ things in the sky, or emerging from
the bottom of the sea. The lights entering
and exiting the ocean are interpreted
by some as large shooting stars, some
reports mentioned green, blue and red
lights - colours proper to a shooting star
as it enters our atmosphere. The evidence
points to a series of helicopters which
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Dave had extensive experience in radio where
he hosted his own radio program on a major
regional station for 12 years. For this work he
won two major Australasian awards for services
to radio. He is a sought after speaker for various
social, sporting and recreational groups. Also,
Dave regularly gives his time freely for a number
of community fundraising activities.
Dave is a very experienced astronomy and space
presenter who has entertained and educated many
tens of thousands of people with his engaging
shows in venues all around Australia. Dave has
developed a style of presenting astronomy to the
public that is interesting and incredibly unique
as well. Dave has a non-serious attitude about
this exciting science and he believes astronomy
should be taught as fun. He also produces a
range of educational CD-ROMS on all matters
associated with astronomy and space exploration
for beginners.
Since 2004, Dave has been touring most of the
were flying over the area. But what caused
the household appliances to fail? The
explanation is a simple one, and appears
to be connected to the impending visit of
Their Majesties the King and Queen of
Spain to the Canaries. This isn’t the first
time that the passing of a royal motorcade
on a highway caused all appliances, liable
to perceive or emit radio signals, to stop
working for a few seconds. Refrigerators
also shut down. This effect is produced
by devices known as signal inhibitors,
which mask anything that could represent
a safety hazard to a head of state.
Iceboxes shut down because the signal
inhibitors cannot distinguish between one
appliance and another. Even the Internet
is disconnected. Could this be the answer
to the experiences of Tacoronte’s residents
on Tuesday? We can only say that for the
Royal Family’s security detail, shutting
off devices at a distance is mere child’s
play.
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primary and secondary schools throughout NSW
introducing a new interactive astronomy and
space education program he’s developed – called
‘Astronomy Outreach’. This was designed especially
for Australian school students and gives students
and their teachers a refreshing new look at what’s
happening in the night sky. This program provides
practical, hands-on experience in the use of
modern telescopes.
Dave has an enthusiasm that is infectious and
this certainly shows in his presentations. He
promises that anyone attending his engaging
talks will leave with a much greater knowledge and
appreciation of the Universe around them.
Contact Details:
Dave Reneke
10 Campbell Street Wauchope NSW 2446
Tel: (02) 65-852260 Mobile: 0400 63 63 63
Email: Dave.Reneke@SkyandSpace.com.au
Web: www.SkyandSpace.com.au
Manitoba, Canada: 27 January
2007 - At approximately 10.30 pm, we
were travelling on Hwy 11 heading south
into Stony Mountain. It lasted about six
seconds in total until it disappeared. It was
a bright blue object with a white/light blue
tail that Dave thought was a falling star.
We continued watching and we believe it
was about 200-300 feet when it turned to
a bright green and then disappeared. We
don’t know if it actually hit ground or if it
disintegrated
PUERTO RICO: On 4 February 2007,
at 11.10 am, Pedro was in front of the
Mayaguez Zoo in Puerto Rico when he saw
a plate-shaped UFO in the sky. It looked like
a shining metallic oval flying beneath the
clouds, maybe at 3000 feet. It moved from
the southwest to the southeast although
when he first saw it, it was stationary. About
15 seconds later it zigzagged towards a
cloud and disappeared from sight.
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It’s not often one sees an article
about UFOs in the mainstream print
press or on television these days;
when one does, it’s usually filled with
terms like ‘believers, pseudo-science,
fringe, paranormal, cult, hoax’ etc. On
television the reporting of UFO events
is generally done in a light comical
manner, complete with the ‘winks,
nods and guffaws included’.
That said, it’s no surprise how ignorant
the American public ‘of today’ is on
the subject of UFOs. Moreover, when
attempts are made by independent
sources, via television, the bulk of
these productions come complete with
organ music, smoke machines and are
narrated by an eerie character with a
British accent.
Occasionally when a reporter from
the mainstream press does gather
the courage to broach the subject of
UFOs, more often then not we see an
individual who approaches the subject
from the aforementioned education
received by his fellow colleagues;
that’s not to say there haven’t been
some reporters/newsmen etc. who
have done some good publicised
research; but those individuals, and
instances, are few and far between.
The ‘all too common’ term, or phrase
used by the mainstream reporters,
is ‘UFO believers’. Most Americans
are familiar with the term ‘UFO’, and
most incorrectly associate the term
with extraterrestrial spacecraft and/or
beings. The term ‘UFO’ was borne by
the Air Force back in 1952, specifically
Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, Chief of the
Air Force’s Project Blue Book, THE
government’s ‘public investigating
agency’ of the UFO phenomenon.
In the verbatim it is an acronym for
Unidentified Flying Objects; the key
word being ‘UNIDENTIFIED’.
To associate the verb ‘believer’ with a
factual thing i.e. UFO is an oxymoron.
Say to yourself, “I believe in the Empire
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Copyright © F. Warren 2007
State Building,” or use the term “The
Mount Rushmore believers” makes
sense doesn’t it? Yet the layman who
is ignorant of the subject of UFOs,
or whose only knowledge on the
subject is from the comedic side of the
mainstream press might assume there
is a debate about the existence of such
things, particularly if the individual has
never seen one.
The public as a whole, I’m sure would
be quite surprised to learn that the
media in the early years of UFOlogy
(late 1940s and early 1950s) did not
turn a ‘blind eye’ to this phenomenon.
‘Flying Saucer’ stories (the term
created by a reporter from Oregon
in response to Kenneth Arnold’s
report of his sighting of nine UFOs in
June of 1947, describing their flight
characteristics) permeated the press
headline news in most states across
the country. The press was eager to
learn and report what these ‘strange
objects’ were, flying in our skies.
Ironically it was the press that provoked
the ‘powers-that-be’ to become very
aggressive in a public anti-UFO
campaign. Initially, when the ‘newly’
independent branch of the military,
i.e. the Air Force, established ‘Project
Sign’, aka, ‘Project Saucer’ (one
of the predecessor’s to Blue Book)
whose function was “to collect, collate,
evaluate and distribute to interested
government agencies and contractors
all information concerning sightings
and phenomena in the atmosphere
which can be construed to be of
concern to the national security”, there
seemed to be a genuine desire to get
to the bottom of the UFO phenomenon.
However, the evidence towards the
end of 1948 was leading to an apparent
extraterrestrial explanation, which
didn’t sit well with the higher-ups,
namely Air Force Chief of Staff General
Hoyt S. Vandenburg.
In the beginning of 1949 ‘Project
Sign’ was no more, and ‘Project
Grudge’ was in its stead. Grudge, like
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its name, took to a dim view of UFO
reports and indicated the Air Forces
‘public shift’ in policy to ‘explain away’
reports as natural phenomenon,
e.g. planets, meteors or stars. More
drastic explanations would include:
hallucinations, reflections, birds and
even “particles that float in the fluid
of the eye that cast shadows on the
retina”.
When the Air Force couldn’t explain
away the evidence they in turn would
ridicule the witnesses. UFO observers
were called hoaxers, fearsome freaks,
or people just trying to get media
attention.
Capt. Edward Ruppelt, in his book,
The Report On Unidentified Flying
Objects, referred to the beginning of
the Project Grudge era as the ‘Dark
Ages’, or ‘as a period of ‘intellectual
stagnation’. What he didn’t realise
is that ‘stagnation’ would evolve and
continue for decades.
In the beginning of the Air Force’s
‘debunking policy’ it used big names
like Vandenburg and Le May to
substantiate and solidify the ‘natural
explanation’ of UFO reports but it didn’t
stop internally; the Air Weather Service
was asked to verify ‘balloon flights’ that
must have been confused with UFOs.
In regards to astronomical answers,
Dr J. Allen Hynek, head of Ohio State
University’s Astronomy Department
sorted out reports that could be
associated with stars, planets, etc.
Although the public and the media
didn’t swallow the Air Force’s policy
shift at once, it did sow the seed of
doubt. Magazines like True and Life
from 1949 through 1952 published
some ground-shaking revelations on
UFOs based on Air Force reports
and files; however that rich source
of ‘official unbiased information’ was
soon to dry up.
Source: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/
viewArticle.asp?articleID=7960
UFOLOGIST 53

Volume 10
Issues 1 to 6
ABDUCTIONS
• 20th March is National Festival of Extraterrestrial
Abductions Day by The Ridgeway Recorder. Issue
1, Pgs 44-45
• UFOs: Physical or Subtle?...Part 1 by Richard L.
Thompson. Issue 2 Pgs 30-32
• UFOs: Physical or Subtle?...Part 2 by Richard L.
Thompson. Issue 3 Pgs 30-34
• The Faith-Based Science of Susan Clancy by Budd
Hopkins. Issue 5 Pgs 11-13
• Abductee Profile #1: ‘Margaret’ by Sue Hansen.
Issue 6, Pgs 8-11
• A Near-Death Abduction by Preston E. Dennett.
Issue 6 Pgs 12-14
ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESES
• Are We Being Visited by Extraterrestrial Travellers-
Aliens? by Diane Harrison. Issue 1, Pgs 42-43
• There is no Fermi Paradox by Robert A. Freitas, Jr.
Issue 3 Pgs 22-23 (illustration)
AUSTRALIAN UFOLOGY
• Australian UFO History Wars: Lessons and
Approaches to the Australian UFO Controversy by
Bill Chalker. Issue 1 Pgs 25-31 (photos)
• UFO History Keys Issue 2 Pgs 7-9; Issue 3 Pgs
18-20; Issue 4 Pgs 39-40; Issue 5 Pgs 18-19; Issue
6 Pg 40
• The National Spotlight on UFOs by Bill Chalker.
Issue 6 Pgs 16-20 (photos/illustrations)
BASTERFIELD, KEITH (AURA)
• Revelations by Keith Basterfield. Issue 3 Pgs 26-
27
• Revelations by Keith Basterfield. Issue 4 Pgs 47-
49
• Revelations by Keith Basterfield. Issue 5 Pgs 30-32
(table)
• Revelations by Keith Basterfield. Issue 6 Pgs 41-
42
BOOK REVIEWS
• Talking to Extraterrestrials by Lisette Larkins.
Reviewed by Robert Frola. Issue 1 Pg 54
(photos)
• Callin on Extraterrestrials by Lisette Larkins.
Reviewed by Robert Frola. Issue 1 Pg 55
(photos)
• Listening to Extraterrestrials by Lisette Larkins.
Reviewed by Robert Frola. Issue 1 Pg 55
(photos)
• Is Alien Abduction Real - or a Creation of Hollywood?
by Karen Olsson. Reviewed by Robert Frola. Issue
2 Pgs 13-14 (photos)
• Star Trek Titan - Orion’s Hounds by Christopher L.
Bennett. Reviewed by Robert Frola. Issue 2 Pg 52
(photo)
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INDEX
by Robert Frola
• Star Trek Voyager - String Theory Book 1: Cohesion
by Jeffrey Lang. Reviewed by Robert Frola. Issue
2 Pg 52 (photo)
• Star Trek Voyager - String Theory Book 2: Fusion
by Kirsten Beyer. Reviewed by Robert Frola. Issue
2 Pg 52 (photo)
• The World of King Kong - A Natural History of Skull
Island by Weta Workshop. Reviewed by Robert
Frola. Issue 2 Pg 52 (photo)
• The Making of King Kong - The Official Guide to the
Motion Picture. Reviewed by Robert Frola. Issue
2 Pg 52 (photo)
• Cracking the Da Vinci Code by Simon Cox.
Reviewed by Robert Frola. Issue 3 Pg 25 (photo)
• Illuminating Angels & Demons by Simon Cox.
Reviewed by Robert Frola. Issue 3 Pg 25 (photo)
• Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical
World Around You. Reviewed by Robert Frola.
Issue 3 Pg 25 (photo)
• Saucer: The Conquest by Stephen Coonts.
Reviewed by Robert Frola. Issue 5 Pg 48 (photo)
CHALKER, BILL
• The Australasian Ufologist (1996-2006): A Decade
of Revealing the ‘UFO Vision’ by Bill Chalker. Issue
1 Pgs 17-21 (photos/illustrations)
• Australian UFO History Wars: Lessons and
Approaches to the Australian UFO Controversy by
Bill Chalker. Issue 1 Pgs 25-31 (photos)
• UFO History Keys Issue 2 Pgs 7-9; Issue 3 Pgs
18-20; Issue 4 Pgs 39-40; Issue 5 Pgs 18-19; Issue
6 Pg 40
• The National Spotlight on UFOs by Bill Chalker.
Issue 6 Pgs 16-20 (photos/illustrations)
CHUPACABRAS
• 1996 - The Year of the Chupacabras by Scott
Corrales. Issue 6 Pgs 43-46 (illustrations)
CONTACTEES
• Project Contact by William F. Hamilton III. Issue 2
Pgs 22-24
CORRALES, SCOTT
• Strange Phenomena: Where Monsters Roam by
Scott Corrales. Issue 2 Pgs 40-42
• The Faces of Belmez: Teleplasty, or a Hoax? by
Scott Corrales. Issue 3 Pgs 34-35
• Gargoyles of the Outer Darkness by Scott Corrales.
Issue 4 Pgs 12-16 (photos)
• Return of the Bird-Men by Scott Corrales. Issue 4
Pgs 17-19 (illustration)
• FUO: Fires of Unknown Origin by Scott Corrales.
Issue 5 Pgs 8-10
• The Paranormal and ‘Blood Magic’ by Scott
Corrales. Issue 5 Pgs 50-51
• 1996 - The Year of the Chupacabras by Scott
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Corrales. Issue 6 Pgs 43-46 (illustrations)
CROP CIRCLES/PICTOGRAMS
• Crop Circles With Intricate Design and Physiological
Changes by Susan Van De Luecht. Issue 2 Pgs
42-43 (photos)
• Ever Decreasing Crop Circles by Robert Hardman.
Issue 3 Pgs 2,9-10
• 2006 Crop Circle Season Todate. Issue 3 Pgs 36-37
(illustrations/photos)
• The Best Crop Circles of 2006. Issue 4 Pgs 36-37
(illustrations/photos)
DISCLOSURE AUSTRALIA
• Revelations 2 by Dominic McNamara. Issue 1 Pgs
10-12 (photos)
• Critics of Disclosure by Dominic McNamara. Issue
1 Pgs 23-24
• Revelations by Keith Basterfield. Issue 3 Pgs 26-
27
• Revelations by Keith Basterfield. Issue 4 Pgs 47-
49
• Revelations by Keith Basterfield. Issue 5 Pgs 30-32
(table)
• Revelations by Keith Basterfield. Issue 6 Pgs 41-
42
DVD REVIEWS
• CircleSpeak: A Journey Into the Heart of Crop Circle
Country. Issue 1 Pgs 13-15 (photos)
• Dan Aykroyd: Unplugged on UFOs. Issue 2 Pgs44-
45 (photos)
• Evidence, The Case for NASA UFOs. Issue 2 Pg
45 (photo)
EXOPOLITICS
• The History of Exopolitics by Michael Salla. Issue
4 Pgs 50-51
EXTRATERRESTRIALS
• ‘Tall White’ Extraterrestrials, Technology Transfer
& Resource Extraction from Earth - An Analysis of
Correspondence with Charles Hall by Michael E.
Salla.. Issue 2 Pgs 16-21 (illustrations/photos)
• Listening to Extraterrestrials by Lisette Larkins.
Issue 3 Pgs 13-14 (photos)
• The Case for Celestrial Humans by Ed Komarek.
Issue 4 Pgs 53-54
• Talking to Extraterrestrials by Lisette Larkins. Issue
5 Pgs 14-16 (photos)
FROLA, ROBERT
• Editorial: 10th Anniversary of the Australasian
Ufologist Magazine by Robert Frola. Issue 1 Pg 2
• Editorial by Robert Frola. Issue 2 Pg 2
• The Ufologist Magazine Awards 2006 by Robert
Frola. Issue 2 Pgs 36-37 (photos)
VOL.11 #1

• Editorial by Robert Frola. Issue 3 Pg 2
• Editorial: Mothman by Robert Frola. Issue 4 Pg 2
• Editorial by Robert Frola. Issue 5 Pg 2
• Editorial: The Politics of Nondisclosure by Robert
Frola. Issue 6 Pg 2
GLOBAL UFO REPORTS
Argentina
• Global UFO Reports Issue 1 Pg 12, 21;
Canada
• Alberta: Issue 4 Pg 19
• British Columbia: Issue 2 Pg 43;
• Manitoba: Issue 2 Pg 39;
• Nova Scotia: Issue 4 Pg 49
• Ontario: Issue 1 Pg 41; Issue 3 Pg 51
• Quebec: Issue 1 Pg 24; Issue 2 Pg 27;
• Saskatchewan: Issue 4 Pg 49, 54
COSTA RICA
• Global UFO Reports Issue 2 Pg 24;
CUBA
• Global UFO Reports Issue 3 Pg 23
ESTONIA
• Global UFO Reports Issue 2 Pg 27;
GERMANY
• Global UFO Reports Issue 5 Pg 34
IRAQ
• Global UFO Reports Issue 2 Pg 33;
IRELAND
• Global UFO Reports Issue 1, Pg 12, 41;
ISRAEL
• Global UFO Reports Issue 2 Pg 32;
ITALY
• Global UFO Reports Issue 3 Pg 17
Mexico
• Global UFO Reports Issue 1 Pg 24;
New Zealand
• Global UFO Reports Issue 5 Pg 10
PHILIPPINES
• Global UFO Reports Issue 4 Pg 54
POLAND
• Global UFO Reports Issue 2 Pg 43; Issue 3 Pg 17;
Issue 4 Pg 19; Issue 5 Pg 51
PUERTO RICO
• Global UFO Reports Issue 1 Pg 24, 41;
SCOTLAND
• Global UFO Reports Issue 6 Pg 14
UKRAINE
• Global UFO Reports Issue 4 Pg 55
United Kingdom
• Global UFO Reports Issue 1 Pg 3; 12; Issue 2 Pg
27, 32; Issue 3 Pg 12, 23; Issue 4 Pg 49; Issue 5
Pg 16, 43; Issue 6 Pg 14
United States
• Arizona: Issue 2 Pg 24; Issue 6 Pg 32
• Arkansas: Issue 6 Pg 32
• California: Issue 1 Pg 12, 21, 24; Issue 2 Pg 27,
32, 33, 39; Issue 4 Pg 40, 54; Issue 5 Pg 43
• Florida: Issue 1 Pg 24; Issue 2 Pg 14;
VOL.11 #1
• Illinois: Issue 1 Pg 43; Issue 4 Pg 35
• Indiana: Issue 1 Pg 41; Issue 2 Pg 39;
• Kentucky: Issue 3 Pg 12
• Maine: Issue 1 Pg 24;
• Mississippi: Issue 2 Pg 14;
• Missouri: Issue 1 Pg 41;
• Nebraska: Issue 2 Pg 14;
• Nevada: Issue 1 Pg 24;
• New Hampshire: Issue 5 Pg 49
• New Jersey: Issue 1 Pg 43; Issue 4 Pg 35; Issue 5
Pg 32
• New Mexico: Issue 5 Pg 10
• New York State: Issue 1 Pg 21; Issue 2 Pg 43; Issue
3 Pg 12
• North Carolina: Issue 4 Pg 19; Issue 5 Pg 51
• Ohio: Issue 2 Pg 14;
• Oregon: Issue 2 Pg 43; Issue 3 Pg 51
• Pennsylvania: Issue 1 Pg 41;
• Texas: Issue 1 Pg 12; Issue 2 Pg 39;
• Tennessee: Issue 1 Pg 12;
• Utah: Issue 5 Pg 16
• Virginia: Issue 3 Pg 17
• Washington State: Issue 1 Pg 16, 21; Issue 2 Pg
27;
• Wisconsin: Issue 1 Pg 41; Issue 3 Pg 23
• Wyoming: Issue 1 Pg 12;
GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACIES &
COVER-UPS
• Writing ‘Cosmic Top Secret’ by William Hamilton III.
Issue 4 Pgs 34-35 (photo)
• Bill Cooper: A Manipulated Disinformant of the
1990s? by Norio Hayakawa. Issue 5 Pgs 33-34
HANSEN, SUE (UFOCUS NZ NETWORK)
• Land of the Long White Cloud: Friend or UFO? Is it
a Bird? Is it a Plane? by Sue Hansen. Issue 4, Pgs
42-43
• Land of the Long White Cloud: Every Cloud Has a
Silver Lining! by Sue Hansen. Issue 5, Pgs 39-40
• Abductee Profile #1: ‘Margaret’ by Sue Hansen.
Issue 6, Pgs 8-11
• Land of the Long White Cloud: The Tokomaru Bay
Illuminated Valley by Sue Hansen. Issue 5, Pgs
30-32
HARRISON, DIANE (AUFORN)
• The Australian UFO Research Network, News and
Reviews: Speaking in Toungues by Diane Harrison.
Issue 1, Pgs 8-9 (photos)
• Are We Being Visited by Extraterrestrial Travellers-
Aliens? by Diane Harrison. Issue 1, Pgs 42-43
• The Australian UFO Research Network, News and
Reviews: Whats New by Diane Harrison. Issue 2,
Pg 6 (photos)
• The Australian UFO Research Network, News and
Reviews: The Legend of the Mothman by Diane
Harrison. Issue 3, Pgs 7-9 (photos)
• The Australian UFO Research Network, News and
Reviews: Timothy Good’s Visit to Australia by Diane
Harrison. Issue 4, Pgs 6-7 (photos)
• The Australian UFO Research Network, News
And Reviews: Dr. Simon Harvey-Wilson by Diane
Harrison. Issue 5, Pgs 6-7 (photos)
• The Australian UFO Research Network, News And
Reviews: Disclosure, Fastwalkers, Night Skies
and The Hunt by Diane Harrison. Issue 6, Pgs 6
(illustration)
ISAKSSON, STEFAN
• New Religious UFO Movements: Extraterrestrial
Salvation in Contemporary America...Part 6 by
Stefan Isaksson. Issue 2 Pgs 46-51
• New Religious UFO Movements: Extraterrestrial
www.ufologistmagazine.com
INDEX: VOLUME 10 ISSUES 1 TO 6
Salvation in Contemporary America...Part 7 by
Stefan Isaksson. Issue 3 Pgs 46-51
KENT, JO (AUFORN)
• Tales of Ghostly Sightings: Bindi; Not Alone; The
Ship Inn; Dissolving; Going In To Help by Jo Kent.
Issue 1 Pg 61
• Tales of Ghostly Sightings: A Rusted Chain; Pleased
to See Her; Waiting Patiently; Timmy; Naval Uniform
by Jo Kent. Issue 2 Pg 61
• Tales of Ghostly Sightings: A Diamond Shaped
Patch; Lady; Deep in Thought; A Bizarre Event by
Jo Kent. Issue 3 Pg 61 (photo)
• Tales of Ghostly Sightings: Extra Guests; A Cheeky
Grin; Her Mother’s Voice; Rock Around The Clock;
Become Aware by Jo Kent. Issue 4 Pg 61
• Tales of Ghostly Sightings: Like Fine Powder;
Stopped to Watch; Stroking His Cheek; The End
Ward; What Did Happen by Jo Kent. Issue 5 Pg
61
• Tales of Ghostly Sightings: Was Speechless;
Constant Interference; Ghost or Imagination; Still
Convinced; Granny’s Visit by Jo Kent. Issue 6 Pg
61
McNAMARA, DOMINIC (AURA)
• Revelations 2 by Dominic McNamara. Issue 1 Pgs
10-12 (photos)
• Critics of Disclosure by Dominic McNamara. Issue
1 Pgs 23-24
• The 2006 UFO Conference: Attila Kaldy, Bill Chalker
& Diane Harrison...Pt 1 by Dominic McNamara &
Larraine Cilia. Issue 3 Pgs 11-12 (photos)
• The 2006 UFO Conference: Dominic McNamara,
George Simpson, Jaime Naussan & Frankh Wilks...
Pt 2 by Dominic McNamara & Larraine Cilia. Issue
3 Pgs 11-12 (photos)
• The Way Home: The Helical Spring by Dominic
McNamara. Issue 1 Pgs 32-34 (illustration/
photos)
• The Way Home: Somewhere over the Rainbow
by Dominic McNamara. Issue 3 Pgs 43-44
(illustration)
• The Way Home: The Stuff of Dreams by Dominic
McNamara. Issue 5 Pgs 48-49
MISCELLANEOUS
• 2004 Tatara, NSW Sand Modelling Competition by
Chris Polglase. Issue 2 Pg 28 (photo)
MOTHMAN PHENOMENON
• Mothman: The Enigma of Point Pleasant by Troy
Taylor. Issue 4 Pgs 8-10 (photo)
• The Cornstalk Curse: Haunted West Virginia by Troy
Taylor. Issue 4 Pgs 10-12
• The MothmanDeath List by Loren Coleman. Issue
4 Pgs 20-26 (photos)
• Mothman Has His Own Museum by Samantha L.
Thomas. Issue 4 Pgs 28-29 (photos)
• Mothman and the Thunderbird: Separated at
Birth? by Daniel V. Boudillion. Issue 4 Pgs 30-34
(illustrations/photo)
NEWS
• Issue 1 Pgs56-58; Issue 2 Pgs56-60; Issue 3 Pgs59-
60; Issue 4 Pgs56-60; Issue 5 Pgs56-60; Issue 6
Pgs56-60
PARANORMAL
• Is It a Ghost? by Rebecca Perkins Issue 1 Pg 22
(photo)
• The Faces of Belmez: Teleplasty, or a Hoax? by
Scott Corrales. Issue 3 Pgs 34-35
• Haunted Australia by Lia Ramses. Issue 4 Pgs
26-27
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• The Paranormal and ‘Blood Magic’ by Scott
Corrales. Issue 5 Pgs 50-51
• Eileen Garrett (Medium) by Jeff Fausch. Issue 6
Pgs 20,22-23
• (PFI) Investigation by Jeff Fausch. Issue 6 Pgs
28-29 (photos)
PHOTO GALLERY
• Aussie Photo Gallery Issue 1 Pgs 36-39 (photos)
PUBLIC MEETINGS, CONFERENCES &
SEMINARS
• The 2006 UFO Conference by Matthew Favaloro.
Issue 2 Pg 34 (photos)
• The Ufologist Magazine Awards 2006 by Robert
Frola. Issue 2 Pgs 36-37 (photos)
• The 2006 UFO Conference: Attila Kaldy, Bill Chalker
& Diane Harrison...Pt 1 by Dominic McNamara &
Larraine Cilia. Issue 3 Pgs 11-12 (photos)
• The 2006 UFO Conference: Dominic McNamara,
George Simpson, Jaime Naussan & Frankh Wilks...
Pt 2 by Dominic McNamara & Larraine Cilia. Issue
3 Pgs 11-12 (photos)
PROLE, REBEKAH
• Digging Deeper: Happy Anniversary Ufologist by
Rebekah Prole. Issue 1, Pg 45
• Digging Deeper: Is it a Bird? A Plane? Superman?
No...just darn Plasma by Rebekah Prole. Issue 2,
Pg 53
• Digging Deeper: Where Seeing is Believing - Or is
it? by Rebekah Prole. Issue 3, Pg 57
PYE, LLOYD
• Starchild Project Update by Lloyd Pye. Issue 4 Pg
16
RELIGION & UFOS
• New Religious UFO Movements: Extraterrestrial
Salvation in Contemporary America...Part 6 by
Stefan Isaksson. Issue 2 Pgs 46-51
• New Religious UFO Movements: Extraterrestrial
Salvation in Contemporary America...Part 7 by
Stefan Isaksson. Issue 3 Pgs 46-51
SIMPSON, GEORGE (AUFORN VIC)
• How Then: Ufology is a Strange Subject Indeed by
George Simpson. Issue 1, Pg35
• Now Then: The Westall Reunion Issue 2, Pgs 38-39
(photos)
• How Then: Never a Straight Answer by George
Simpson. Issue 4, Pgs 44-46 (photos)
• How Then: Meet Pastor Ric D. T. Wilson LFIBA by
George Simpson. Issue 5, Pgs 42-43
STARCHILD PHENOMENA
Manitoba, Canada: 27 January
2007 - At approximately 10.30 pm, we
were travelling on Hwy 11 heading south
into Stony Mountain. It lasted about six
seconds in total until it disappeared. It was
a bright blue object with a white/light blue
tail that Dave thought was a falling star.
We continued watching and we believe it
was about 200-300 feet when it turned to
a bright green and then disappeared. We
don’t know if it actually hit ground or if it
56 UFOLOGIST
• Highlights of a World Tour: April-June 2006 by Mary
Rodwell. Issue 3 Pgs 53-56 (photos)
• Starchild Project Update by Lloyd Pye. Issue 4 Pg
16
• The New Humans...Part 1 by Mary Rodwell. Issue
5 Pgs 25-29 (illustrations/photos)
• The New Humans...Part 2 by Mary Rodwell. Issue
6 Pgs 47-51 (illustrations)
UFO ARTICLES (GENERAL)
• Fotocat: The LArgest Photographic UFO Catalogue
in the World by Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos. Issue
6 Pgs 23-24 (illustration/photo)
UFO DISCLOSURE
• Critics of Disclosure by Dominic McNamara. Issue
1 Pgs 23-24
• Project Condign by Nick Pope. Issue 2 Pgs 10-11
UFO INVESTIGATIONS & REPORTS
Australia
• Australian UFO Reports and Experiences Compiled
by Robert Frola. Issue 1 Pgs 4-7; Issue 2 Pgs 4-5;
Issue 3 Pgs 5-6; Issue 4 Pgs 3-5; Issue 5 Pgs 3-5;
Issue 6 Pgs 3-5
• Your Stories: More Sightings in Canberra. Issue 1
Pg 59 (illustration)
• Your Stories: My Alien-Disk CC Experience. Issue
1 Pgs 59-60
• The Razorback Incident by Ray Stark. Issue 2 Pgs
25-27 (illustration/photos)
• Former Ansett Employee Recalls UFO Experiences
by Dominic McNamara .Issue 2 Pg 33
• Cylindrical Object Seen Over Brisbane, Qld by Ray
Doherty. Issue 2 Pg 35 (illustration)
• Your Stories: Sighting over the Moranbah, Central
Qld Coalfields. Issue 2 Pg 54
• Your Stories: Fireball in Sydney 1952. Issue 2 Pgs
54-55
• Queanbeyan, ACT UFO Investigation by Adrian
Ross. Issue 3 Pgs 16-17 (photo)
• UFOs Over Downer, ACT: @8th June 2006 by Andy
M. Beattie. Issue 3 Pg 21 (photo)
• UFOs Over Ipswich: Some Interesting Cases by
Bruce Harper. Issue 3 Pgs 42-43
• Your Stories: Further Details to My Alien-Disk CC
Experience. Issue 3 Pg 58
• Your Stories: So Far Unexplainable Events!. Issue
4 Pg 55
• Is It a Bird? Is it a Plane? Yes, Its only a Bird! by
Robert Frola. Issue 5 Pgs 44-45 (photos)
• The Kelly Cahill Encounter: Is it a Physical Evidence,
Multiple Witness Case? by Colin Mitchell. Issue 5
Pgs 46-47 (photo)
• Your Stories: A Katoomba Incident. Issue 5 Pg 54
• Your Stories: I’ve Been Away, They Haven’t. Issue
5 Pgs 54-55 (photo/illustration)
disintegrated
PUERTO RICO: On 8 February 2007,
Orlando Pla and Lucy Guzman were
visiting Moca, Puerto Rico, took some
tourist photos. Upon downloading at
home, they noticed that four images
taken in sequence at 12.34 pm featured
strange objects. Image 1 shows nothing
in the sky or on the tree. Image 2 shows
an apparent whitish face with large black
eyes concealed among the foliage in the
second tree to the left. Image 3 shows four
amorphous white objects in the right part
of the sky and an apparent white face with
large black eyes. Image 4 shows one of the
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• Downer, ACT UFO Investigation by Adrian Ross.
Issue 6 Pg 53
• Your Stories: Glowing Orange Ball Sighting. Issue
6 Pg 54
• Your Stories: Skywatchers Club of Newcastle. Issue
6 Pg 54 (Photo)
CUBA
• Ufology in Cuba. Issue 5 Pgs 22-24
NEW ZEALAND
• New Zealand UFO Reports and Experiences.
Compiled by Sue Hansen. Issue 1 Pgs 40-41
(illustration)
• New Zealand Lights: Where to Begin by Tony Lucas.
Issue 2 Pg 12
• Yaldhurst, New Zealand UFO Photo. Issue 2 Pg 29
(photo)
• UFO Sighting in Auckland, NZ by Ursula Hudson.
Issue 3 Pg 52 (photo)
• Is It a UFO or a Flying Saucer. Issue 5 Pg 17
(photos)
United KINGDOM
• Your Stories: UFO Sighting London 2002. Issue 6
Pgs 54-55
United STATES OF AMERICA
• Your Stories: Blue Mountain, Montana, USA. Issue
2 Pg 54
• Mysterious Objects in the Golden California Skiesby
Steven A. Arts. Issue 3 Pgs 38-42
• The Flatwoods, West Virginia Incident: 12 September
1952 by Loren Coleman. Issue 5 Pgs 20-21
(illustrations/photos)
UFOLOGIST MAGAZINE (10TH
ANNIVERSARY)
• Editorial: 10th Anniversary of the Australasian
Ufologist Magazine by Robert Frola. Issue 1 Pg 2
• TUFOIC and the Ufologist by Keith Roberts. Issue
1, Pg 16
• The Australasian Ufologist (1996-2006): A Decade
of Revealing the ‘UFO Vision’ by Bill Chalker. Issue
1 Pgs 17-21 (photos/illustrations)
• The Ufologist Magazine Awards 2006 by Robert
Frola. Issue 2 Pgs 36-37 (photos)
UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA
• Strange Phenomena: Where Monsters Roam by
Scott Corrales. Issue 2 Pgs 40-42
• Gargoyles of the Outer Darkness by Scott Corrales.
Issue 4 Pgs 12-16 (photos)
• Return of the Bird-Men by Scott Corrales. Issue 4
Pgs 17-19 (illustration)
• FUO: Fires of Unknown Origin by Scott Corrales.
Issue 5 Pgs 8-10
four white objects in the same place but
with a darkened middle. The other three
in the area above the foliage show the
apparent white face with dark eyes.
At this point only Lucy Guzman’s photos
and video have been subjected to pre-
evaluation. The ones taken by Orlando Pla
have not. It should be noted that poltergeist
phenomena have been reported in the
house (dark shadows, opening doors,
loud noises, chains, almost all of them
at night). Upon reconstructing the house
Indian artifacts were found, suggesting the
possibility of native burial grounds.
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evident face is seen in the third and final
image. It appears to be the physical
representation of a woman’s face, again
If you have a personal story connected with aliens, UFOs or ghosts, THE validating my earlier theory of it being
UFOLOGIST is the place to tell it. Readers are invited to send all stories for
my Nanna.
publication c/o ‘Your Stories’, Ufologist Magazine, PO Box 738, Jimboomba,
Qld 4280 Australia or via e-mail. Please include your full name and address
(not necessarily for publication). All requests for anonymity will be respected. If the said ghostly image is just a video
anomaly, then why is it observable
Ghost Face in three different frames with three
On the 8 March 2007 at around 5.00 could have been her message to me from different physical manifestations in the
pm I did an EVP session in the family beyond the grave. same place?
lounge room. This would be my second
experiment with the said medium for Either way this was the first voice Along with the recorded EVP message
proposed communication with persons recorded that could be considered “the this is certainly not something to
or animals otherwise deceased or/ real deal” and has thus been archived for be considered trivial or merely a
rather “living impaired”. Unlike the future listening. coincidence.
uncomfortable sensations experienced
the first time around (goosebumps, During the EVP recording session I had The time has come for the truth and I
extreme sick feeling in the stomach also set up a video camera in the room don’t know about you, dear readers, but
etc.), this session proved to be a far more and at one stage asked if the said family I’m going to find it.
pleasant experience and I could literally member or pet could physically reveal
feel the warmth in and around me. themselves on the camera to me, as proof Andrew Merkelbach
of there visitation. www.merkelbachfilms.com
As recommended I tried to be direct with
my requirements and questions to the Sceptical that this crude attempt to capture
spirit world. I’d called for direct family a ghostly apparition had worked I left the
members or pets, with which we had footage for a few days before finally
enjoyed a warm relationship. reviewing it for anything unusual.

When doing paranormal experiments in At first everything appeared to be quite

the family home, I’ve always been a fan
of calling for direct family members only,
as I find this eliminates the possibility
of getting an unwanted entity in your
home (and yes it has happened before,
so I’ve learned from experience). If you
open the door, things are going to get
through unless you are careful ¬ it’s just
the way it is.
normal and dull, but during the time
given for the above request, I found
two seconds of footage, which seemed
to reveal a facial entity above the chair,
in which the portable radio was placed
for white noise.
I took three screen grabs of the said
footage and you can plainly see a face

I asked if the said family member or

pet had any messages for us and upon
reviewing the recorded audio on the
computer after the said session, I was
to mostly find inaudible mutterings
and obscure sounds like breathing
and electronic mumbling (even when
enhanced, this was still unidentifiable).

However for the first time, I did come

across quite a find and definitely
something to prove that this medium
has much to offer the inquisitive mind
or armchair enthusiast.

I had found a voice with a Dutch (or

foreign) accent clearly saying “hello”,
with a blown kiss sound following
directly afterwards. Now, the only
person of the family who used to do this
was my Nanna, so it’s possible that this

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Student Spots UFO Over
Swindon
He might be concentrating on his college
work, but Chris Moran is also wondering if
we really are alone in the universe.
On two occasions on Monday night the 17-
year-old spotted strange lights in the skies
over Swindon. It was at 8.55pm when he
made his first sighting.
Chris said: “We were walking out the back
of Cricklade Road near some open ground
and out of the corner of my eye I saw it for
just a few seconds.
“There was this oval-shaped object, quite
bright, hanging in the sky. It was really odd.
As I turned my head to look at it, it reacted
like it had been seen, and it zoomed off.”
Chris turned to his friends but they all insisted
that they didn’t see it. advertisement
But just over an hour later there could be
no doubt in their minds.
“I was in town near Eastcott Hill and I saw
it again, and this time so did the others,”
said Chris. “It looked like it was just a few
hundred feet up. All the guys saw it and so
did one man who had come out of a pub.
“It was incredible, but I cannot begin to
think what it was. It was oval again, a bit
like a rugby ball, completely silent, and then
travelled off so fast, it would have been
impossible to estimate its speed. I cannot
believe I have seen this object twice in one
night. Other people must have seen it.”
Chris is confident what he saw was not
an aircraft, helicopter or an astronomical
object such as a shooting star.
“It seemed far too fast for anything I have
ever heard of and it was silent, there was
no rumbling or anything,” he said.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Defence
said they had not received any reports
about UFO sightings over Swindon on
Monday evening.
She said: “The MoD examines any UFO
sighting reports it receives solely to
establish whether there is any evidence
to suggest that UK airspace has been
compromised by hostile or unauthorised air
activity. Unless there is such evidence the
MoD does not attempt to positively identify
what was seen.”
The MoD has no role or expertise regarding
the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial
life-forms and does not study such alleged
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phenomena.
“The MoD remains open-minded but
to date we know of no evidence that
substantiates the existence of these
alleged phenomena.”
By Wiltshire - UK By Anthony Osborne
Seven Claim They Saw
UFO
Seven people have now come forward
to claim they saw a UFO this week.
All reported seeing a large mysterious
triangular object, with flashing red lights.
Electrician Graham Hearson, 45, of
Westcliff, claimed he saw a UFO in
Basildon while through Basildon on the
A127 about 5 am on Monday. Pitsea couple
Michael and Jane Pittaway said they too
had seen fast-moving lights about 11.30
pm on Sunday. Tree surgeon Terry Waller,
29, of Rayleigh, said he and two friends
had seen something similar on Tuesday
night. He said he had seen red lights and
heard a weird noise. Yvonne Simmons,
53, of Rayleigh, was ringing on behalf of a
“shy friend” who also lives in Mr Waller’s
Street. She said her friend reporting seeing
flashing lights and a whirring noise about
7pm on Tuesday.
Source: by Mikarla Marsden. The Echo - Essex 7 March
2007
Police UFO Sightings
Database
A database of UFO sightings by police
officers has clocked up more than 200
cases in five years.
Launched by Detective Constable Gary
Heseltine, of the British Transport Police
(BTP), the unofficial site has seen around
100 officers added each year to date.
Sightings in the News Shopper region
include one in Farnborough and one in
Gravesend.
In October 1993 PC Tony Francis was
called to an address in Gravesend after
reports of a UFO from a mother and her
son. The craft was described as changing
its shape from that of a bell to an oval with
protruding spikes.
According to the DC Heseltine, a seven-
page report on the sighting was submitted
to the Ministry of Defence, which gave no
explanation for the UFO.
Back in April 1978, PC Alan Craggs was
called to an address in Farnborough,
following an alleged UFO sighting.
According to the site, PC Craggs described
it as: “…being 20-30 feet above him with
wings like fins on a dolphin.” The craft had
allegedly been in the sky for close to an
hour before the officer arrived. PC Craggs
is reported to have said: “I’ve been in the
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Air Force, I know what an aircraft looks
like at night.”
The site lists a total of 43 new reports
of UFOs seen by on-duty police officers
across Britain in the past year, with the
largest number of sightings taking place
in West Yorkshire.
DC Heseltine, who works for the BTP in
Leeds, said: “After studying the subject
for over thirty years I am totally convinced
that a small proportion of UFO sightings are
genuine and represent an extraterrestrial
presence on the earth.
“I urge any officer out there, whether
serving or retired to contact me about
their respective UFO experiences. Anyone
wishing to have their identity withheld can
do so safe in the knowledge that I will never
release their details unless they specifically
allow me to.”
To view the PRUFOS (Police Reporting
UFO Sightings Database: http://
prufospolicedatabase.co.uk/
Source: by Sara Nelson. The News Shopper - Watford,
Hertfordshire, England 18 February 2007
Flying Saucer’s Famous
Landing
Memories of Bexley’s most spectacular
UFO sighting have been turned into a book
by one of the people who witnessed it.
It was 17 July 1955 when Margaret Fry
spotted the object as she was making her
way to her GP’s surgery in King Harold’s
Way from her home in Hythe Avenue.
Both she and her doctor, Dr Thukarta,
and around a dozen children playing in
the street, saw the strange craft. Mrs
Fry described it as saucer shaped with a
“blue/silver/grey/pewter texture, yet none
of those colours”. She said it had three
spheres set into its base, one of which
“flopped out”, landing on the ground at the
junction of nearby Ashbourne and Whitfield
roads.
The children went over for a closer look
before it rose into the sky and disappeared
from view after a few minutes. News
Shopper ran an appeal in 2002 for any
of the children to come forward. Rodney
Maynard, who was in his 60s and living
in Belvedere, remembered the incident
vividly. He was 15 at the time and working
as a labourer on the building site in nearby
Streamway.
Mr Maynard said: “We were on our lunch
break when we heard something was
happening in King Harold’s Way. So we
went up there to have a look. This thing
had landed in the road. It took up the whole
width of the road and overlapped onto the
pavements. It wasn’t on the ground. It had
about eight massive suckers. The centre
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slowly and it had white lights flashing, like
a camera flash.”
He said there were about 30 people
watching it and they could hear it humming.
“It had what looked like windows, but the
glass was concave and moulded together
so you could not see in. A couple of us went
forward to try and touch it, and it began to
spin faster.”
He said the craft then lifted slowly, tilting
lightly and hovered above their heads, then
it moved slowly until it was over Bedonwell
Primary School, where it hovered again for
about a minute. “It shot up into the sky and
disappeared.” He says his brother, who
was 16 at the time, also saw it.
Mr Maynard says the craft was “black,
sleek and streamlined, with a surface
like polished metal. It was very fine and
beautiful. It wasn’t a prank.”
Mr Maynard said he had never forgotten
the experience but did not talk about it
because “people would think you were
barmy”. He said he and his friends used
to talk about it among themselves, “but
our mums kept telling us we had not seen
anything”.
Mrs Fry, now in her late 70s, now lives in
Abergele in north Wales. She relives the
experience in her book entitled Who Are
They? and gives details of other UFO
sightings in the Bexley and Kent areas.
Mrs Fry has also been helping UFO
enthusiast and retired policeman John
Hanson with his books on the subject.
He has been trying to track down other
witnesses to the July 1955 incident, some
of whom were named by Mr Maynard as
Ron Deadman, Tony Savin, Vic Clarke and
Tommy Staggs.
Source: by Linda Piper. The News Shopper - London 7
March 2007
Seven Claim They Saw
UFO
Seven people have now come forward
to claim they saw a UFO this week.
All reported seeing a large mysterious
triangular object, with flashing red lights.
Electrician Graham Hearson, 45, of
Westcliff, claimed he saw a UFO in
Basildon while through Basildon on the
A127 about 5 am on Monday. Pitsea couple
Michael and Jane Pittaway said they too
had seen fast-moving lights about 11.30
pm on Sunday. Tree surgeon Terry Waller,
29, of Rayleigh, said he and two friends
had seen something similar on Tuesday
night. He said he had seen red lights and
heard a weird noise. Yvonne Simmons,
53, of Rayleigh, was ringing on behalf of a
“shy friend” who also lives in Mr Waller’s
Street. She said her friend reporting seeing
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flashing lights and a whirring noise about
7pm on Tuesday.
Source: by Mikarla Marsden. The Echo - Essex 7 March
2007
Chupacabras Spotted In
Chile: Alien UFO Escapees
Or Myth?
One week after Chile’s Armed Forces
released photos and videos of UFO activity
around the country, Chile’s mainstream
media has once again gone extraterrestrial
with various Chupacabra sightings reported
throughout the country.
Chupacabra – literally translated as goat
sucker – is the name for a mythical creature
known for sucking the blood out of farm
animals throughout Latin America and the
southern United States. Many enthusiasts
speculate that Chupacabras are aliens – or
escaped alien pets – as evidence of the
creature is frequently reported in tandem
with nearby UFO sightings.
While UFO activity is typically reserved for
Chile’s tabloid press, Chupacabra sightings
make big news in Chile, and the countries
principal newspaper, El Mercurio, reported
Wednesday that Chupacabras are once
again causing a stir in the southern cone
country.
According to the daily, a Chupacabra
attacked a henhouse in San Antonio
Tuesday evening, leaving every chicken
dead, without blood, and with a mysterious
orifice on their spines.
Flor Vásquez, 73, told police that she
could not believe what she saw when she
entered her henhouse. “All the chickens
were dead and were sucked completely
dry of blood,” she said. “But the animal that
did it did not eat a single on of my birds.
It’s really strange.”
One of Vásquez’s daughters, who did not
want to identify herself to the press, said
that she heard dogs barking wildly that
night, but did not see anything abnormal
after rising several times throughout the
night.
Vásquez also told police that she found
strange footprints on her patio with only
three toes, two facing forward and one
backward.
The same night, another Chupacabra
sighting occurred in Curicó. Samuel
Saavedra told reporters that he heard a
loud noise, “as if something had jumped off
the large wall surrounding the house.”
Saavedra said he saw a creature that
was approximately 1.20 metres in height,
furry, and with a round, bald head. The
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creature apparently had large eyes and
an intense stare and gave Saavedra a
“defiant glare.”
Saavedra said he called police and then
went to spend the night at his mother’s
house, being so scared that he refused to
return home for 48 hours.
The last Chupacabra activity in Chile
occurred in 2000, when the creatures
caused widespread panic and interest in
Calama after120 sheep were killed in the
course of one week.
The Internet is full of websites dedicated
to the Chupacabra. The most common
theory speculates that the creature is
extraterrestrial, but other conspiracy
theories suggest the creature to be a
product of a genetic experiment carried by
the US government. Most scientists say the
creature could be similar to a bloodsucking
raccoon species found in Africa.
The first Chupacabras were reported in
Puerto Rico in 1987 after farm animals
around the country began dropping dead.
While none of the animals were eaten,
all were drained of blood and had two
puncture holes in their necks.
Source: by Nathan Crooks. Santiago Times - Santiago,
Chile 16 February 2007
Freedom Of Information
Act: 40th Year Of Law
Falls In Period Of Secrecy
It’s been used to reveal how many times
disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff visited
the White House, to search for previously
undisclosed details on President John F.
Kennedy’s assassination and to aid UFO
buffs in their never-ending effort to find
out what’s really happening in Roswell,
New Mexico.
The Freedom of Information Act, which
gives citizens access to federal government
files, turns 40 this year. Born during Lyndon
Johnson’s presidency, FOIA came of age
after the Watergate scandal and is a vital
tool for individuals, journalists, corporations
and academics who seek information
that the government may be reluctant to
release.
This week, the American Society of
Newspaper Editors observes Sunshine
Week to celebrate FOIA and promote the
need for open government and freedom
of information. This comes amid the
Bush administration’s drive to withhold
documents, records and other information
from public view.
“As a matter of policy, they are more
secretive,” said Tom Fitton, the president of
Judicial Watch, a conservative nonpartisan
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group that fights for government
transparency. “They just say no, which
undermines the spirit and letter of FOIA.”
The Freedom of Information Act was
signed into law on 4 July 1966, and went
into effect the next year. It allows for full or
partial disclosure of previously unreleased
information and documents controlled
by the federal government, with nine
exemptions for national security, personnel
information, trade secrets and other limited
categories.
The use of FOIA is closely associated with
journalism; news outlets have filed FOIA
requests in high-profile stories such as
the disputed 2000 presidential election.
But journalists account for only a small
percentage of FOIA requests. The bulk
of them come from academics, advocacy
groups and businesses, which use the
act for research, to gain information on
competitors or to promote their causes.
Those who believe in alien life forms have
used FOIA to try to pry open National
Security Agency files on Roswell, citing
a famous UFO “crash” in 1947 that US
military officials said was really a weather
balloon. “FOIA is an essential tool for
citizens to find out what their government
is doing,” Fitton said.
He and others say monitoring the government
has become harder under President Bush.
A report last year by a bipartisan group
called OpenTheGovernment.org indicated
that the federal government spent $7.7
billion in 2005 to mark documents secret.
The same year, citizens filed 2.7 million
requests for government records and
materials through FOIA, an increase of
65,000 requests over the previous year,
according to the same report.
“They are quite secretive. Most of it is their
own predilection; some of it is the result
of Sept. 11,” said Patrice McDermott,
OpenTheGovernment.org’s director. “I’m
not sure if it’s unprecedented, but it is one
of the most secretive administrations in
recent history.”
On the state level, the Associated Press
conducted a survey of all fifty states and
found that though laws in every state say
government records and meetings must
be open to all, reality often falls far short:
Laws are sporadically enforced, penalties
for failure to comply are mild and violators
almost always walk away with nothing
more than a reprimand.
Advocates for open government say public
trust is at the heart of our democracy, that
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scrutiny keeps officials honest, and that
information is the foundation of informed
debate.
“We’re in an era, clearly, where there’s
a lot of distrust in government,” said
Bill Chamberlin of the Marion Brechner
Citizen Access Project at the University
of Florida. “The more the public officials
are open in their conversation and show
the documentation that they’re basing
decisions on, it’s going to help the public
have faith in what officials are doing.”
The AP analysis found that nearly all states
have crafted penalties for those who violate
sunshine laws, but the majority do little to
keep track of how often the law is broken
and what the punishment might be.
Source: by William Douglas. The Sun News - Myrtle
Beach, Florida, USA 11 March 2007
Finally Free To Throw
Open The Files
So now we know the truth. Dolphins were
intended to be used in the search for the
Loch Ness monster, West Kilbride has
the most UFO sightings in Scotland and
there are exactly seven zebra crossings
in Glasgow.
Trivia, you might think. But if knowledge is
power, then the ordinary person in Scotland
is a lot more powerful than they were even
two years ago.
There is no doubt that Freedom of
Information - the act which was brought
into Scottish law more than two years
ago - has been a success in a largely
unforeseen way.
For every media story about the brand
of wine in Jack McConnell’s cellar;
David McLetchie’s taxis; the Thatcher
government’s bizarre plan to see if Nessie
was real; or the RAF’s log of UFO sightings,
however, there have been dozens more
requests from ordinary members of the
public.
Why has my child been denied access to
his local school? Who ordered the yellow
lines to be painted outside my home?
What is the cost of closing our local clinic?
These are the sorts of questions which
now have answers thanks to freedom of
information.
In his annual report, Kevin Dunion, the
Scottish Information Commissioner (SIC),
makes the point that ordinary members of
the public now comprise the largest group
requesting information, followed by the
legal profession at 12%, and the media
and politicians, who account for 6% of
requests.
Indeed, 65% of appeals to Dunion’s office
in the past year have been from members
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of the public - a rise of 10%. While two-
thirds of requests for information under
the law were from journalists in the first
few months following the Act, that has now
dropped to 8%.
Public awareness of our right to access the
information that affects us has risen from
less than 50% in 2005 to 72%, and resulted
in the increase in requests.
Of the thousands of Scots who made
valid requests for information to public
authorities, 511 appealed to the SIC in the
last year.
The appeals covered a range of subjects
including health, crime, housing, planning,
employment and education.
The commissioner has ruled in favour of
the local authority in 108 cases and in
favour of the applicant in 144 cases. The
remaining applications were either invalid
on technicalities or withdrawn.
Yes, many requests are still turned down,
but the information being made available
means that public bodies are becoming
increasingly accountable. When parents in
Glasgow were unhappy about the closure
of Simshill School in Cathcart, a freedom
of information request meant they could
find out that every parent who had been
consulted on the plan was opposed to it.
They are not alone. Here, we speak to
three ordinary people about out how the
Act has worked for them.
A user’s guide to the FOI
The Freedom of Information Act 2002
gives you legal rights to see information
held by all public-funded bodies and other
organisations that provide services for
them.
All you have to do is ask for the information
- you don’t have to say why you want it.
You have the right to see paper files,
reports, e-mails, computer documents,
microfiche, video and other forms of
information.
All Scottish public authorities now have a
duty to advise and assist the public when
they make requests for information - and
they must provide the information within
20 working days.
Say you are requesting the information
under the FOI Act. It speeds the process
along because many organisations now
have FOI officers to handle inquiries.
No official documents need to be filled in
and you have only to e-mail, phone or write
requesting the information.
Some information can still be held back for
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those reasons, such as notes from a court
case, information that could damage a
person or putting people in danger.
Most requests are dealt with free of charge,
but if it is going to cost up to £600, you get
the first £100 free then have to pay 10%
of the cost. If your request will cost more
than £600, the authority can refuse or can
charge you the full cost.
In the case of a refusal, you need to ask
for a review of the decision before you
can appeal to the Scottish Information
Commissioner, which must be done within
40 days of the authorities’ decision.
The commissioner weighs up a case and
issues a decision in favour of the applicant
or authority, normally within four months.
A request to the commissioner must be
made in writing giving your name, address,
details of your original request and why you
are unhappy with the response.
# If the Commissioner decides the authority
has failed to follow the Act, he will issue
a formal notice setting out the steps the
authority needs to take.
If it fails, the commissioner can inform the
Court of Session, which could result in the
authority being fined.
Requests for information numbered over
20,000 in the first year to local authorities,
the Scottish Executive, police forces, NHS
boards, universities, prisons, the Scottish
Arts Council and various other public
bodies.
Source: by Katrina Tweedie . The Glasgow Herald
- Scotland 7 March 2007
Russian Fishermen Catch
Squeaking Alien And Eat
It
Village residents from the Rostov region of
Russia caught a weird creature two weeks
ago after a strong storm in the Sea of Azov.
The shark-looking creature was producing
strange squeaky sounds. The fishermen
originally believed that they had caught
an alien and decided to film the monster
with the help of a cellphone camera. The
footage clearly shows the creatures’ head,
body and long tail. The bizarre catch
was weighing almost 100 kilograms, the
Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.
However, ufologists and scientists were
greatly disappointed when they found out
that the fishermen had eaten the monster.
They said that they were not scared of the
creature so they decided to use it as food.
One of the men said that it was the most
delicious dish he had ever eaten.
Chairman of the Anomalous Phenomena
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Service, Andrei Gorodovoi, stated that
the creature, which he could see on the
short video, was an anomalous being.
However, it could hardly be described as
an extraterrestrial form of life, he added.
Gorodovoi rejected the version about
mermaids too. “There are many legends
about mermaids living in the Sea of Azov.
Nevertheless, specialists of the Service
for Anomalous Phenomena have never
confirmed those fairytales. On the other
hand, we do not deny the possibility of
other forms of life in the Sea of Azov,” the
ufologist sad.
A spokesman for the Rostov-based zoo,
Alexander Lipkovich, contacted local
ichthyologists and asked their opinion
about the Azov alien. “They said that the
fish bears resemblance to a sturgeon. It
was an extremely interesting individual. I
have never seen anything like this before
in my whole life,” the specialist said.
Source: Translated by Dmitry Sudakov http://english.
pravda.ru/science/mysteries/07-02-2007/87167-alien_
monster-0 7 February 2007
Leupp Residents Report
Another UFO Sighting In
Night Time Sky
The possibility of life beyond earth is
indubitable. So, we all wait on earth until
that moment when something will attempt
to make contact or visit this planet.
For residents in Leupp, the wait ended
with the most recent incident of a UFO
visiting the area reportedly took place at
approximately 7.40 pm., Wednesday, 24
January.
According to Sean and Deanna Dover, they
were driving home from Flagstaff toward
Leupp when Deanna spotted a curious
looking object above their Honda Accord.
“I saw a bright light and told my brother
to watch it,” Deanna, 20, said. “Then it
disappeared, then reappeared. I didn’t
see it as much as he did, because I had
to concentrate on driving. We were about
ten miles out of Leupp and my sister said
she saw something,” Sean, a senior at
Sinaugua High School, said. “It had a circle
around it and was about one-and-a-half
miles above us. It had three lights and was
a triangular shape. We kept on driving and
when we reached Leupp we saw it had four
lights,” Sean said.
The UFO then flew over the Church of the
Nazarene and the Leupp Public School,
they said. “When it reached the edge of
town it went into stealth mode and had only
one dim light,” Sean remembered.
The pair drove through Leupp and rushed
home to tell their parents what they’d
experienced. “We went inside and got my
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dad’s Night Vision,” Sean said explaining
that his father is a Navajo Nation Police
Ranger equipped with the special device
enabling the user to see clearly in the
dark.
Sean, Deanna and their parents then went
outside to watch the object. “Then two jets
intercepted it in the air. They came from the
southwest,” Sean said. “Then it headed
east. Eight minutes later it lost them and
circled back to Leupp. When it got here it
started blinking its lights.”
Sean explained his confidence in the
identification of the object as a UFO and not
any other type of aircraft. “It was travelling
too fast to be an airplane and not emitting
any noises that a helicopter or plane would
have made flying that high,” Sean said.
As the family viewed the events, their
mother Daisy’s friend and colleague
Denise Fredericks, a fifth grade teacher
at the Leupp Elementary School was
witnessing the same things from her nearby
home. “I was coming home from my son’s
basketball game in Dilkon. When I came
inside the house my husband said, ‘Daisy
just called and said there was something
in the sky,’ then I saw a triangular thing go
overhead,” Fredericks said.
Fredericks and Daisy Scott-Dover then met
in the centre of Leupp near the gas station
and watched the events with approximately
30 other stargazers. “There were two other
planes and another aircraft that it looked
like was refueling them,” Fredericks said.
“It was flying straight and then it turned. It
went toward Bird Springs and then turned
toward Tolani Lake and then came back
this way,” she said.
Each of the witnesses described the object
as triangular with three or four tiers. On the
underside of the craft was a sphere with a
pulsating light.
Fredericks and Scott-Dover said the
UFO emitted a “yellowish” light and
was approximately twice the size of the
Leupp
Elementary School gymnasium.
The UFO circled the area 15 times.
On the last turn, the craft lights went dark,
then suddenly and rapidly illuminated.
Finally, the UFO headed southeast toward
Winslow.
According to the viewers, several other
witnesses attempted to snap shots of the
events. However, due to the darkness and
distance from the ground, capturing the
aircrafts in a photo was not possible.
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Each of those interviewed said the events
were unique due to the proximity of UFO to
the ground, as well as the fact that it was
travelling alone. However, it was not the first
time they had experienced the presence of
a UFO. “It was really interesting to watch.
I believe that it really was a UFO because
of my family’s history. I’ve seen [UFOs]
too many times to remember,” Sean said.
“Leupp is a hot spot for UFOs.”
Sean said that “normally” there are
numerous UFOs traveling together in a
triangular formation.
“We see them, well, I don’t want to say we
see them all the time, but it’s happened
before,” Deanna said. “When they had
that big sighting in Phoenix back in 1991,
we saw the same lights here the night
before. I guess it’s just that no one ever
calls it in or reports it here. This was
pretty cool. I’ve never seen anything
that detailed before...because it was so
close.”
Dover-Scott and Fredericks agreed that
Leupp residents are no strangers to such
events and cited similar experiences 15
and 17 years ago.
“We get so excited about these things,”
Fredericks said. “It was unbelievable
because you hear of sightings, but when
it happens to you....”
“I guess people don’t talk about it because
it’s kind of a mystery,” Deanna offered.
Source: by Rebecca Schubert. The Navajo Hopi
Observer - Flagstaff, Arizona, USA 30 January 2007
Is This A UFO?
Is this a UFO caught on video flashing
across the skies on the night of the lunar
eclipse?
What do you think of the video captured by
Burnley resident, Mr Leslie Williams, who
had his camcorder trained on the sky to
record last Saturday’s lunar eclipse.
The retired businessman, 55, was recording
the moon in preparation for the eclipse
when a flying object shot across its face,
complete with a double jet stream.
The video records the object, which is
shaped like a jet, shooting quickly upwards
and is clearly seen on the video footage.
The father-of-four said: “I was with my son
Paul in the front garden of my house looking
east towards the moon before the eclipse.
It was about 9.15 pm when suddenly this
object shot across the face of the moon.
At first it happened too quickly to see what
was going on, but when I looked at the
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footage on the computer it is very clearly a
flying object. I am not particularly interested
in UFOs but this is very exciting.”
What’s your opinion on the sighting? Did
you see anything unusual in the skies at
the time of the eclipse, too?
Source: The Burnley Express - Lancashire 7 March 2007
Is Something Besides The
Truth Out There?
It began, he’ll tell you, about fifty years
ago, in the early 1950s, when he saw the
object in the sky.
He was the only one, as far as Clifford Clift
knows, who saw the light moving silently
across the eastern Colorado sky that night
when he was about twelve years old.
But from that day, Clift was convinced.
There was something out there.
He was too busy at work for 35 years,
running Clift Realty, being a broker and
developer. But then, when Clift retired, it
was time to think again about that night and
the UFO above his home near Brush.
He began gathering information -
government documents, eyewitness
accounts, Project Blue Book. The Incident at
Roswell. The night skies over Washington,
DC.
Now Clifford Clift is a believer. “I know some
people think we’re crazy.” he told friends
at a meeting this week, “but I believe the
UFOs exist, they are manufactured objects
and they are not of this Earth.”
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Some would put Clift and other members of
MUFON - Mutual Unidentified Flying Object
Network - in a group of other “crazies” that
follow the UFO reports, but those people
could be badly mistaken.
Clift is the state director of MUFON, a
network that has members in 25 states.
They discredit the hoaxes and confirm the
truths of UFOs.
In the local MUFON meeting Thursday
night, Clift gave a history lesson of sorts,
tracing UFOs from World War II to the
sighting at O’Hare Airport in Chicago last
November.
He spoke of reports of UFOs by airline
pilots, military experts, politicians, scientists,
astronauts and astronomers. He spoke of
unexplained aerial events, of the crashes
and military cover-up at Roswell, and of
1952 - the big year of UFOs.
He also spoke of his beliefs. Active in
his church, Clift said he can easily fit his
Christian faith with his belief in UFOs. “The
Bible says God created the heavens and
the earth. It’s pretty egotistical of us to
believe that in the entire universe, we’re the
only life that God created,” he said.
Clift will continue to study, to investigate, to
believe. He knows some don’t and some
never will. But he also believes that one
day people will know.
The truth is out there...
Source: by Mike Peters. The Greeley Tribune - Greeley,
Colorado, USA http://www.greeleytrib.com/
article/20070312/NEWS/103110133 12 March 2007
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No-one knows why some ‘old’ ghosts look as real in spirit as they did in life because they are
suppose to fade with age. Obviously some don’t or won’t. Just another of life’s mysteries.
A Large White
Truck
April 1968
southeast Scotland
Two brothers returning home after
attending their cousin’s wedding were
only a short distance from home when a
strange and frightening event occurred.
Although the road the brothers were
traveling on was bitumen, it was still
classed as a country road. Without
any warning a large white truck came
speeding from a side road and turned
sharply onto the road the brothers were
traveling on, narrowly missing their car
by inches. In the beam of their car’s
headlights the white truck suddenly
disappeared from view. Stopping their
car, both men got out and though still someone. It was now that Sara’s hair to be haunted. One strange event that
shaky, ran to where they thought the truck stood on end. As the children ran off, has been witnessed on and off since the
had rolled into a ditch. There was no they began disappearing bit by bit. Part 1920s is water dripping off the verandah
truck in sight. When relating this story to of an arm or leg, head or body would roof at the front of the hotel. This strange
family and friends, both were astounded disappear until there was nothing left. On event was to occur shortly after the new
that many people knew about this strange returning to work, Sara admitted that she owners took over the hotel in 2004 and
truck and accepted it as normal. found it nigh impossible to concentrate on though a search was made, there was
what she was doing. Sleep was another nothing to account for the mysterious
thing that she found hard to get, as all
Bit by Bit she could see were these two children
water. “It was as though we had had a
shower of rain,” remarked one witness.
Autumn, late 1970s slowly disappearing.
Another strange event that has taken
New York, USA place is when a guest found his clothing
Sara was sitting in the park eating her
lunch while watching two children
WATER, WATER, damp, so damp that they had to be dried.
Another time, another guest. This guest
playing ball. She presumed they were
brother and sister as the boy was
EVERYWHERE also reported his clothing being damp
and not only his clothes but his bedding
somewhat bossy, which to Sara was 1920s to present
as well. This happened in the same room
typical of older brothers. Although it Ipswich, Queensland
and involved the same bed. Nothing was
was autumn, Sara could not understand Water is often associated with hauntings
found to account for this dampness but
why these children were dressed as if it and this is the case with one hotel in
the mystery still remains. Recently water
were mid-winter. After all, the weather Rosewood. Although Rosewood is only
15 km from the centre of Ipswich, it is began to drip from the ceiling onto the bar
was quite mild for autumn, more like
spring. Sara did not hear anyone call the very much a rural area. On 7 January below, causing the customers to move.
children, but from the way they stopped 1914, a large fire destroyed several This occurred in the bar-room. Whatever
playing, turned their heads and smiled it buildings in the Rosewood township with caused the dripping water was to stop as
was obvious they heard someone. Still one of these buildings being the original suddenly as it started with no one any the
smiling they ran towards. What? There Rosewood Hotel. In the same year wiser. Who or what caused these strange
was no one to be seen in the vicinity another hotel was built on the same site events has yet to be explained, leaving
that the children were running towards and is still standing today. This then is the many people wondering just what is
and yet they smiled as if they could see Rosewood Hotel, a hotel that can claim going on in the Rosewood Hotel.

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