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150 AUGUST 1991

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3". R. Cornznents Noted ",uthor John Spencer _de so_ lnterestJng poInts In "' herd bHlJ nS lntervie., In Ihe July 1991 Issue of UFO Times. Bet$lceJ1y be defended his tw recent boots egelnsl the ballerrlng Ihe y hev" received e t the hands of .... c h 0 (" Ihe UFO press by " s Ung the l,."ort"nt questIon - tIHO lire .... IIUellpIJng 10 g"! throUlfh l o?

My 0.." reviews o f both 10hn' 8 books; • The UFO Enc ylopedle' C.\prJ "ml 'The definitlye c lIl>e book' (SUlll>er' _re very adld co.pared w:lth so .... of the f}ek thet has heeded his .,.,y. lndl!ud r .... 5 even c ril1 c i sed by one Jour,,,,t editor for pllrl1cipathS in 11 8UFORA whitewns h or the worlh o r lhe encylopedte. This WI;IS not lhe c a s e, but r dl6pute J ohn' s s uggestion o r UfO re\lle .... being IH lle _r .. lh, ... rivel authors with \les ted Interest s Dtly t ng hn .. th .. y ..,.,,,Id h""4I ...... Itl." th .. book f . ...... tt" .. _ NOT do bftto o f e o"t "" t .

In lIy opinion , when I revl e we book 1n NUN It h lIy res pon61bl llty to tell r e .. der s ..nether they s ho uld !>"rt vith i ncrellsingly hrge 6U'" o r llUfIe y. Ntm,. re .. dershlp renges (1'0. _ll kno.." reseorcher .. to c Ollplele novices, but _ .. Uy COl_prises enlhul>h.sts with little pr"ctic,,1 experienc e "nd yet 11 I5reat r"scin"t1on (or on,' subjec t. So I hovO;l to benr thftl in lIind. r would certolnly never cOllpro1l10e In ordO;lr to pres .,nt n ravuuroble review, be (consc i ously) c ritic,,} 60 11& to look su~>!rlor or - I mleed -refruin froll dt OC llsslng problellll eV,m Ir the book Ioi ..... .Itt.," by 0 c o ll '!III1"" or 11 frtend, The! would be 0 betrll)'U.I o r the purpose o r 11 book ravlew.

In the 1;111111 o r th.,se two 1;0nt e nUo tl" books. ey !KI"ltlon 10 I ho! J ohn Spencer has trie d hllrd 10 prodoce c opy th .. t "ppallls to th., hUIISry enthuslost IInd evident ly not e l lled thee III the e Kperl""ced UFOloKlnt. However , it would h"ve been ..... 01115 nf't to point out thO;l extrelleJy di f fi c ult usability proble_ or Ills encyl opO!dl1l or the r"du"l errorS r Sll W I" It' ,, c "sebook. For the record I found thi n .. ple"ollllt coffee t .. hla book "nd - /16 I otllted In th., review - 811 sur" It will do _11 I n th" "",rket It I s directed to .... rds. folm Spencer 1; 1 .. 1116 Ihot ,,11 UFO books hov" "rrora (110 doubt true) end he d~ qot like revle_rs who IIttellpt to ' scor e poi nt s ' by refertng to these. Errors In .,. books (notably a quit a sertouo one I n ' The Pennine UFO Myetery' O\leT the Ad .. ." .. ! c "se dlltes) h,,"a been poin ted oul In r e vle_ to De. The l _s beneflc hL They ere thlnss thot clln "lwoyo be correcled In rulure (indeed Sl«)IJLD be c orrected) .. nd I d o not think outhors ohould coo.pl atn If these "re dh;l;ussed In rev If!!"" by OIIO;1S peers. Arte r .. 11, our work l u s et berore others. We know it 10 nol 150lng to be perfecl , Gud whllst nit pi ckl nS Is I "sree frustrating it to OO .... tiDaK necessllry.

Of courue. It Is dlHic ult so_II_5 to kno., where tu slop. For eX"lIPle, in lIy vie .. , the hiShly s llcce .. 6ful book ' Clrcul .. r Evidenc e' hud ....,y (IIults. I h ..... e never rerralned rrOIl &eylns so. I IMlliove there _ 8 en oblig"Uon to do th"t and whil s t others &isht regerd it a a jf!!lIlousy or pure s pite because the book hIIs s old 250.000 copi .... t hese ha"e no relevllnce to .y Ju~...,. I . 'The C .. op Ct rclo EnII5_', (or lm. t ..... c" . ..... It .. 1 not r".I,,_" In HUN (becauoe the publi s hers dIdn' t oblt&e "nd the l1&ited spoc a for revl ...... in HUN I s a l_ys &Iv",n to thooe ..no dol .... 10 - In .., vie .. - " 1500<1 book, It h"d quits a nwabar of thInK" In It I dlsllgreed wHh. hut ",,8 _ll edited by Rslph Hoyes Into a generlJl.ty htr ... olUlle.

When you hoppen to "",e prohl ..... vlth " book thllt 1& going to Infl uence thousands of peOple In "hops ond l1brllrle" - to re ... Jn .. 11 .... t In " re\llev .... uld be to coepound the proble_ Identified In the rlrst plllce, After oil lledla revl...-rs are solnl5 t o hove 11 0 _y of knowing whether a book In Our Held Is on the ball or not. Who e l .. e but rellow r ese"rc hers c .. n poJnt out aoch things? Bul then ..., IIuthors. o r course, tend to o "er- r e act to rod_.

Northern UFO Ne .... , -On 11 broeder leyel John ugu",. th .. t he deliber .. tely Dimed hi" two

recent books .. t the 'new reeder' .."rket in order to .. ttr .. ct people to 'our subject. He feels reyiews should h .. ve recognised this. I bel:leve .. y review of his C .. "ebook did; "lthough " co .. ple~ encylop"dle s""med to pra6uppOSa :lnlet'est of the r""der in the flnl t phce. Although · the f"et th .. t U .... ..te .. .... y imply oth .. rw:l se, I do not believe this "Iters my b .. sic c riticis .. of thllt book which re .... ins v"lld (In .. y opinton) who"ver it ""'6 el .. "d "t.

Ho,"",Yer . one is Ill .... ys going to dls"gre ..... lth 60mething .. hout " book .. nd it "erVes no useful purpose, '''; John s"ys, just to s"8gest how YOU might h"",e ..... ·!tten It. One c .. n only co ..... ent o n the book "s :It WAS written.

lohn s"" .... to f...,l th"t IIIOst UFO books nre epl"tles ..... Hten by UFOlogists TO oth"r UFOlogist" .. nd so hit .. "anII market "nd "re of little effectiyene" ... He .... nled to go beyond th"t .. nd strike out to,",erd" " new group of prOGpediye enthush .. ts. There is no her .. in th"t - indeed It.. the ""'in renson I cnn live with my books .. I,..,st "l .... y" being "erl,,}ised by the tabloid press (th" Sunduy Mirror etc>. I kno ... thnt wh .. t I write w111 only rench " rew thous"nd In the nor .. el .... 'Y ent! the t"blold coyer .. ge spre"ds the word. r do not p"rtlculnrly like whet they do to 'popul"r1se' ,md "H r nct " different group of re"d"rs (eg 'Abduction' ending up "l..o"t unrecosniG<'Ible when portr .. yed In the Stnr) . But It Is sometImes necessery "nd Iohn is right '" . .... _ Thi n k about It: If • .only P'''' In .. l"",,~ .md ""ch r .... d .. r" 60 on to beCOlQe iI long ter .. "nd dedlc .. ted UFO l ogl .. t the rewards justify the meUnS.

Bonl types of book .. re needed In .. y opinIon. I know th"t fro .. pure co .... erc1 .. 1 con>llder"llon,; If I churnet! out" book like 'The UFO Consplrncy' e" .. ry ye.... It would re"ch " lot of people .. nd ".,ke my bele"sured b"nk .... n" ger f.,r heppier thlln he pre&ent ly Is, hut 1 " .. not sure th .. price I lolOuld h"",e to p .. y In "'y mind ,"",uld be W<lrth It . As '" UFOlogist for 20 ye"rs now I reel e n ohlJgetlon to expI " .. " through ,,,I .. y writings the often 'Ulp .. lateble truths of our "ubject and ""y things th"t I know 90t. of those w:lthout " deep grounding in UFO re .. lily don't nc t u"Uy w"nt to he"r. As" writer lhi .. is prob .. bly stupid fInd the te"pt"tion to write popul"r books th"t talk of "liens, craoshed Gp,"ceshlps .. "d .... s .. lve conGplr"cie" in deference to the d"y to d"y IlIund" nity of our subject cen get irresistible. But es " UFOlogist it Is h .. rd not to see this "'"~ " sell out .. nd my oYerwhel-"'.tng belief thnt o ne OIuut tell It like 11 Is - even if Ih"t does .... e n rew will went to know "bout WHAT it 1" - .. till usu"lly wins the d"y.

I "Ill not sU8sest1n8 for " .., .... nt lh"t Iohn Spencer h"s sold out. F"r fro .. it, In f"ct. but r think we need to see the denserG on the rond toward UFOlogicnl cOllll!lerd"lity - In books AND in Sroups. At ti_s bafng" writer AND " serious UFOloglGt Is not the """t COllpollble rel<l_tionship. "'"ybe Iohn wHl be the one who cnn find the '""!!Iic for .. uh. I wish hill Good luck.

NEWS ROUND UP:

.. Ken HisginG ""'etin!!ls, activities

o f SI!UFO e"kll ..., to r emind reeders in Scotl"nd of their l""d news-sheet. ""os" int erested uSe the "ddre .. G on p. 16

.. Eric Herr or PO Box 15044 S"n Diego C .. Ufornlll USA 92175 I s offering S20 (up to S1000 max per person) ror photocople .. of case reports Inyol'l1n8 e ..... gnetic co .. pnsG or detector being efrected by " UFO. If you know of " c"se write fIrst to .... ke ,;ure It .. not On his d"t" lNIae "Ire"dy.

Hor1hern UFO Hews

CIRCLES UPDATE

Ano1her ....... er of cereologJ c ,,1 ..,yhe. i .. dr"wlng ~o " c l ose "nd "s Lh .. winter n ight.. draw In lI'Q _1I""!,,es prepare to dlg .... t th.. neWS Ilnd dl .. cover1es. I will rf!vle .. thlil ey .. n! .. in depth .In .y reSuhr coluwo for TIlt: Crop Walcher, so here are Ju .. t a f .. w htghl1e:hls (or 10wl1&hls?)

There Is 111 t h doubt thl . ... 111 be known as 1hll 'ye"r of the hot .. :'. It Is pleo"!ns 10 " .... Lh,,! -.,y cen tolog l s t" now appear to .. upport the chi. 1 ... de l o,,! ""nter that _ 11 OYllr 50% or cas .. s I n the past two or three .. u-.r .. a re t he res ult o ( Ir!clwry. 1991 _" (ull o ( llle .. Sey .. r,,1 _re arre61ed. 50_ were ctoughl In Ihe aet by c:ircle sHe _I cher.. IHdlcu.lou .. patterns s!"rted 10 "ppear - fro. cOllp .. ny t ogos to the HSBaSe ' Greettngs Earthlings ' (00 Ihll hi" of WJghU J In Ger_ny hw " lude nts rltl e d a fi el d with 11 bellutifuJ "rr"y o f s"olDll trl c designs with Ih" st.-pie Ml thod or uslng Ira.-Unes to enter and .. t1lt .. 10 n!llch virgin bit" of cu,·n. I n thll UK one "gricultural coll"se Wll.1O plllylnll S"_s wilh II-nothQr hll-tlU"1:! to s",e who c ould' co .... up wllh thll b .... 1 {oo· ... llon.

Th"re 1s nOW vir tu .. lly 00 duubt In lIy ..tod thl1! .uc h O( "ut .. Il l o( th .. cUlllpl".: pattern .. we t ... ve .e"I> II-re th .. r",;ult or hu"d0l:! ' I II . y yj .. ... th .. nl Hy _11 nul eyen b<I any re .. l c rop Circle pheno .. mun boyond ,; Iaple Circle .. , doublet., triplet ... ",d d l>S" elc. Howeyer, I k l>o ... !huL y l .. w " till re_ In .. pretty ullpopul.ar with all .. I de .. of the c lrc l .. d .. ba LtI .

Thl ,. su..er .. 0 r"r (.Id Augu,;l) there hll-vs be.!n lce ll Ca Lltl" occ urring oul o( Wessell . A rew htove c rept Inlo Le l c ester .. h !re and Horlhton t 6 Uhll-"k6 to Er n!e Still for 11 report on ontl s logle circle t here) ami a I1U11i>er o r hooxe" 10 Holtlngh ..... hlre (thll-l1k .. to DlIve Cltorke (or hla vLe .... on th .. t). A,dd .. fro. 11 coup l a o f rogua ,; 0 1> H".ber" .ldtl ..,61 of th" L20 or S<l

( .. ub .. I III>U..tly do"," on 1990) hll-ve be .. " I n fll-..tllar h .. W1I I1. An excell .. I>t report fr o ll Rob .. rt Maore d" .. crlb" .. " rlnS (very " .... II .. r

to Ihll-t lit Peover 11> ChQ6hir. 1.,,1 yellr) which 1Urnlld "" lit CII-l\n ll>l"Il ol> 11> So .... r6 .. t on 21 run ... 11 .. <:ol> s lder" tld" yet II-I>other Uk"ly hou.: .

The 6cl!!nlfflc 6lde of the " tory flot the blgS .. "t l OOk In IlYO!r thl" Y"II-r, ""lh both Ohhukl and Uk""hl "rrlytl>fI fro. lap"n to bll-ck up MO!todO!n al>d IIl1len"ive prodlOt!on f or their -..ork and the Operation BlulI fHll e .... rcl .. ., .cool ed by the _!eorolost ll tll . A f; lgntfl<:"ot 'defection' occurre d 11-160 when RHa Ooold. a l .... dlnfl cerllOlo!·i ll t who st"ted she had for_rly believed In .. guld!ne: intel ligenc e cOflc lud .. d that th .. 1'1 as ... vorl a x (pluB hOlld og) _11 the CauSe o(ter s he and l wo COllea gues witnessed a s pec tacular even t I>ellr Avebury In ellrly Iuly. She _ 11 convinced ...nat "he .. 1110 _ 11 Indeed a vort .. .:. Thlll Inc ident ha .. . pllr .... d _jor cun!rover"y In the lIubJect, but I hove t o Bay Ihllt Rtta .. pp .... r .. d ... Ith ... on a .. 0 ..tnute Radio Le1clleter debate on 7 Augu,.t and .. he c'"- ovar 1n al> e"tre_ly co....,nd .. ble and no I>onsense .... y.

Thlnfl" liuch aa thtli, coupled with nlREE 6eperat.. labor .. tory e"p .. rl_nls (two in I"pII-I> and on.. In 1hll USA) ustl>S" wind 1unnel, cOOlputer sl .. ulllUon al>d artlrtCilOl cr .... t1ol> or circl .. 1I vlo .. l a b produced pIllS'" vortex - hll"" - in .y aind "nyhu .. ~ laft Ihe ballic 601utiOl> ,,111106t bllyond doubt to those pr e pllred t o 1001< at the !!Yide l>ce al>d judga frOll. that.

The .Y6ti cal 61dll of c ereology h .... had little eltentlon: ,,!though J)lIvId Icte (surpr I se,6urprise) entered thll fray, vlutt1ng a Circle and c lell11ng the 'Godhelld' wos tnv1tlnfl people Into (leld& to 6end thoughts of pence a.nd lov ..... not .... "ct I y what you'll get frOll far_re 1 f you do &O!!!

Northern UfO News 5 -

FOR YOUR PERUSAL

twO Tl-.. <With BUfORA Sub; 5t .. I The Ley" 2C Leyton Rd H ... rpendO!cn AL5 2TU HBy - .Anthany North h"s IIn Interesting short piece <HI re,,/Jly ... Iu} - It; B bumper Iip.,,:;l.IIl ",ith " dllta/Jed circle" report fro. Paul Fuller. Ih" controvers/"l Iohn Spencer Jnter"iew. " full reprinl of Steullrt C"epb .. ll·" 'e>lpJllnI!U on' of Ih~ Peler D"y f11-.plus lot .. .......

KJFON l ournd (S]O. for 12. 10] 01.110""" Rd S"8u1n TeKss 78 155 USA) H"s gone c rop c Ircle d"ft "'lIh t w recent co"ers d.woled tJnd "rtlcl .... rtJnsJng f ro- • the eystic view' to 'how to .... "sure th ... • "nd lInk. "Jth sound eIIer(fy.In f"et jus t "bOtlI the only thins ~QN h"ven·t don. It; report vorte>l dlltll In the saJ:N .... y. As UtiU,,} _ny .,11<1y vllryJng UFO "rticles ,,1so.

rUR (S]O. for 6, 2457 West Pe 1 • .,.aon ChicIIgo Illlnol.8 60659 US"-) Redre .. se .. the b ... ldJ',ee .. lth 11 pIece (1fIJr) by Chrls Rutkowskl on ClJnlJdl11n C i rcle r e tielJ rch, """Ich 15 perceptive " nd to the point, respunded to by III (Hlly) . IfIJr .. 1 ,,0 htJ" tJn 10ter .. sUlrS Aust rtJlitJn .. bduction resetJrched fr08 the r "ntlJ"y prone p"rso""ll1y perspective by Welth 8IJsterf1.dd. On Ih .. bIIlJ.

Orlbller (/'fu price <tou ted, ( or 6 • f rQlO PO 80x 652 R,,"dtnl'l MI\ 01-1167 USA) .As usu,,1 e"", 155ues whi c h reprint JeLlers 3nd pretiti titorJes .. lth .,,-y l'Jod perceptJve o;v ... entary to rfull .ly " . lp you ti .... .A .... r1cl'Jn UFOlo8Y l ori"y.

Just Cous. (:120, (or (. PO Box 216 Coventry CT 062]6 US"-) Best of the A ..... riclln • cover-up' NSdzin eli hkes 11 sensible l ook "t 0JIJ1Il IIDeS 01) In this fJeld.lnclodes US Intelligence d"t" On Ihe BelgJlJo _ve.

I'tUfOC ] (S20. (or (, Lllngstro" t 19 B-]6:JO Vellen 8elpuool Speo1.1nS of """I ch thIs 8e181110 journ"l covers the _ve "nd o lher IJcUd!y " nd the bit! plus 1s that its in ent!J1sh . Rec_ndad re"d1nt!.

Pheno.O!cno (120FF for 6 , Post Box 32( 1:1611 oI.i>l- en- Prov.mce 1 Fr .. nce' l've not qulte wrked out ho., or OJIJy yel. but this "nd Ovni Presence no .. seem to be Iss ued sep"r"tely by the S""" sroup. £II511y Ihe best French J""8uIIge oe_ "nd "rUc1e" on """ .. t goes on there. IU ce1lent Inl,.r"J .. _ "ith 1e"dlng polJUc1 .. ns dDd UF01og1llts. 1r you relld French, don! hesHfI!e.

Eurofon News O]OOFB for 6, 54 Princes MarlJkes trallt 596 1 CH Horat Hollllnd) In French .. 1150 but lJII "ven aor. delan ed 1001< III UFOJOflY 10 Europe. often fe"furet; Ihe • best of' tr"ne jlll ed rroe olher countries but very strOlltf on presenllltlon o r Dutch /IIId S.1g11Jn c"se h1stor1" •.

Fort" .. " TiDeS 56 (£.2 In a tores • .1:12 (or 6, 20 Paul SI Fro_ So .... raet BAIIl Ne~ 810ss y look - e"en In so_ s_J1 corner ", tares nolol "od orderlJbJe fro. Bl1 ne_tJ8ent". the s,,_ FT "$ ,.ver. You don·t hll.e ""y e.xcuse n(HI. Buy itl

Str""s .. 7 <£13. 50 for (to 'Mftrk ChorYinsk,' Sox 2246 Rockvtlle MD 203(7) Aeer1CIll1 equl¥1J1ent or FT wHh 600d U/f subscriber orfer - above - bul .or .. arUcl. btJsrtr1. Tbis Is /l1W111S fUCcdJent sluff "nd has l ots of fnterfltSt,

Norlhgrn UfO Hews 6 -

The Skeptlc (£12 f or 6, PO Do. 475 MRnchesler M60 2TH) I doo'I rltC;koo you C/lO Itllord to al66 Ihl& 1N1l produced _g/l1l1ne.lt's Iro. Ihe skI/pile,;;: OIO .. eaft!nt but oflan hits re/lsoned p"pars On aii 1I,;pt!cls of Ihe paranorllUti, lnci udi 06 UFOs e .. ery I .. " 1 IOSUeS, pl u" soi ps of 01lWti' cri t lcal1y treated. If you con"ld"r yourself objr.cll .. e,you'rfi! 001 1111 you retld this!

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BOOKS O F THE MOMENT

1111.,., Ll .. .ttioo: "'" UIlt..,le S .. cro.t n. Good C .. ntury h/b 242 pp £14.99

I alght ~laost Od legpted to be "ickeu /lod Stly, nIce book sha.e .. boul I" .. eO/l I ..nt, but !htll OIOuid probab.ly qualify ItS IJII fi!llot.lsll caJ re .. le",! 1 0

truLh Ill1s is "0 .. Jtc .. l1omt.ly .... ilten book on " ,mbjecl "",I ch one _y flrHu"bly 1 .... 1 silouid (f"I lIa .... b"tm worlh ..,,-HiIlS "bout io the fIr s l place.

To bis credIt, T.I,. ofr .. rs a _11 reason"d prc&.enlatloo, "ltll lOcales lo .... lIabiy t.lpped t o"ards Ib .. .. cceplltm:a of the alll"zlng story he outl1" .. s, but ""'tch nOllethe1ot",. I,. co-"dably fltir In pl aces. He pulls no punches expr" .... Jng the proble ... he s~s "jth thlnss Ilk" the ~-12 doc~ts. Since Ib" 1 .. ", t.I_ I e'Jtpre .. r.ed .y .. ie .... 011 11./-12 in an inter .. ie" It ended up pro .. lt)8 .... ry co,.liy, J'II 'ltlll ""'/1 .. I'. ~h"ad on Ih • ., . Nmlelhel ess, Good araues Ihltt e"et) If .!Ouch doeu,..,,,!,; do pro .... to ba (ho" Shall ...e pul It:~)

probl~_tl<:al, the .. tory "/thin Ill .. ,. I s esst:Illlal'y "ecur.:. t ... He says .uch the .. It"'" ot) at/"tr OllItters; e/I Ihe faaous 8111y Meler

pholus. H .. r~fXJrls I ..... _"U"jp> "Jl h the Ht), bul s .... _ 10 sllY thal e .. en if su.e o f Ihe pholo s do lurt) out 10 be dubfQu:; he stI ll CQIIsJders Ihe "JInesB 10 IN! sincere "t)u s ...... of Ih .. pholo/Iraphs are probably 8,,/luloe.

ThIs sar I of thIns .lahl I.pr"li:l you _rely os honesty (dI>d J'. sure tl's Ihol) or reflect" .. ea I 011 Ih .. (<Plce.I SUess 11 rather depend" ho" yuu look "I It. Of course, If you h"' .... Irouble aCCOaod81fll/f these .ore ,;;tandard UFOloSJclt1 ile&S of rtiCen t exlra-tQrre6lrtaJ lore thell you .all struggle to do .ora Ih.." run senu.-.lnS (ro. Ihe dft<cu"slot) of the Iruly a .. ont 84rde side o( Aaerlclln UFOJ0If)', wHh li s underground bitS/lS, secret 'raaii" .. triih "lIen~ er" .. hed spaceships and bodIes by Ihe Iruckload dfId 'MBn fro. Uncie' plotlines. Ho_ .. er, .m,.lher you botJi ...... any af this or t)ot, 11 hat< 10 be said Ih,,1 Ti. do .. s a r .. a'iQt)abl .. Jub of pr"senllng the 'wllo sltys .mat' o( such thinS" ilnd not too .... ny of hIs pen.onal bali .. f .. i"lrude.

Ultl_lely, I ha .... IQ say I dill 1I0t Hmi alI,; 1 of Ihe dai186 "lthin the /wok psrsuasi .. e (a1th0"l!h odd l>IIlppals did sneak up 00 _ and I kepI /hinkl n/f /lboul allernali~,. r.cenarios In pl/lces .. . llke ' ''''' li t IF Ihay 1IJtJt"TaJ U6 10 think this bec.,use Ihey _re r .. al1y dOlll1f SO'Jt>e lhlo/f el M ... '). The Filet Ihat Ihlt book ,,110_ e .. en Ihi6 flexibllily is 11 plus.

lIno ther plus Js Hs d.-ple slyle. Unllke 'Abo" .. Top Secrat' (01 ""'I ch IhIs Is no r.-equeV you are 1I0t facad "Hh hWldreds of pltgcs o( Bible-llkot lext, .unu!e de/llil and docu.efllat1 on. T'hir.- one i6 _Jl re/ltrencad IIIld inde'Jtlld but It is $/)ort~r alld 1101"'" fllr better AS Itn easy to r .. "d story. In (lIcl,ln _17y senSeS it lr. sI.ul"r tD 111st years 'Out There' by ~d 81u.., but scores 0 .. ..,. thllt effort by .. irlue of TI. Good' s 6uperlor knotd<KlB''' of Ih .. UFO (l eld. In (lIct, in.y opinion, it 16 also 11 b6tter ..... ,tten le.t.

In s_ry, I enjoyed this book by ehewins to s" .. our Ihlt tltd,. rather tban s "",J lowinlf. Iffl .usl hear Iblt eT lichool IJItd this is OIIa of their bet ler "olwaes in so..e y,,-DrS, You'll ha .. e 110 trouble finding it in 6hops,ol course.

No .. th" .. n UtO News , -IIQw to cll t c h 11 Flying Sauce .. 1 .... 6 Dee. Koughlon HifHln h/b 192pp SI5.95

An /lbsolute delJght. Plly IJO (etI people triJI problJbly relld H . Thi s book i s IOn "lIe_pI to prO',fidl6 teem.g .. children • .,Jth " prJ.e .. in how to get In,,ol,,ed ",11hln UFO sludi .. s. It Is r" .. "nd lI...,y 'he best book llboul lIFOs ..... it/en spttelriclltlly ror child .. en Ih"l I ha"lJ 11"11" sel!J"J.

The ""Ih{w Is tIn A,... .. i c .. n "nd not" UF010!,ist. but ",,11l<e 50_ hlltcks "",,0 mJ&h/ iI .. "" got it r" i r siz .. d cont .... c l to do such " book and silllply cobbled it t<>t!"lher, D"ellJ tried .... ally hll .. d ItfId OiOrked ",Jlh se"eral IJFOlolIisls. Jffi e"en (Jell to the UI( rro. N .. ", rork "nd "ccessed the /iI/FON riles In &nc hesle .. - ,,"l c h rew BrHi s h re"esr ch .. rs hs"e bothered 10 do ""ell putl1f16 II project tOtfether. Irbrl<1nS 111,,0 ",Hh CI/FOS in the IISA this gl" .. s the boot .. n ,.lr o( up 10 dal .. ,.ccurlJCy IInd lnside knowledge thllc ~y adhe UFOlogists probllbly couldn'l ha"" Ins tilled. Also - ,,"1161 the book i s A"",rl clln and this Ine v l hbly CO_5 o"er, the ,.ddH 1011 o( 11 British e1 .. _nl "ith1n it is IIn Important ad" ... nla8'e. It .ellns th .. t this is _uch lIIOre "srue/tble and use(ui 1(1 " British .. udlence Ihlln i t . ight ha"e been.

Un}os5 H sells UI( rights you mJghl strU/f81e 10 Hnd Ihis edHion (excepl _ybe vIa .. _i1 order cllttJlqrue like Ar~ tUrU5 Books lit PO Box 831383 SIOIIe Hount .. i" CA 3CKMJ-0023 - 111Ihol.l8h incredi bly I h,ven't even s ee H In Ihd r c al,.}ogoo y .. t - WHY NOT CHAPS ?) Bul Jls "",rth the s_rch, bee"use [ susp .. c l e "en IJdu.ll s .,i )J rJnd thJ s "n "Jrc .. ll enl prl_r 10 the "",rid o( UFO in"estiS{JUoo. Let ... put 11 Ihfa _y, [ Ylsh BUFORA couJd ",rrord 10 glve .... thfJ -oncy s o ..... could buy ev .. ry ne" prospeclJ~e

In" .. "tJSlltor d copy. [' 11 sltre It .....,u}d be OIIHI"y "",11 s pent. All "Jrce/Jent and lJ"eJy tflxt Is lidded to by It .mol e series or Itllusins

c .. r! aun slyle ll1u"Ir .. tfans ((rOll ' Trlle X .. 1Jey). i r elllly h .. "en'l purely elljoyed re{Jdin/! so non- prtc'''ntious a UFO bouk In ,.g .. s. 8uy one "s " Chri s t ... s present (0 .. Ih" klds, but r ..... d 11 yourself be f or .. you ""'''p It up!

lus t 11 few bUs o( book _. The n .... 111net ,.nd CaHn Bard book on contactees hlls Jus t arrlv",d (r""iell next tnue> . .uso out at £5 . 95 1u 11 pllperback ""print of 'Crop Circles: A My s tery So lv .. d' fra. Robert IIde.Oy next illsue, cop! ",. af.y book .. " .. ..tning th .. O.nt .... te .. s cau .. a d.cade on (with n.w dll t .... nd of( .. r1nS lIy own thoughts on the e"ents> >lill be a" .. ihble in the US. EntitllJd 'F .. o. out of ths Blu,,' it ia .... I .. all"d by Inn .... Light In New Yo r k a t 110.95. Fl nlllly the book by Peter Hough IInd .yllelf on the lIellr c h for extralerrelltrl .. J life told (rOil ... ny perspectives ( 'Looking for th. Alien,,') I II relellsed by C .... sell In hll .. db .. c k on 6 Februllry.

------------------------------------------------------------MEDIA MATTERS

A look at UFo.. In t he public . y.,

Tt. Good's book inedl8bl y ticked up a fU1I1I In the -.::Ila. The I!§llJ: Expr es' <12 Ju.l) rOW1d It 'c.urlous' thllt Lord NUI- Horton bellev"" in th .. cover up. They then proc .. eded to try .. nd psyc hOftOaly ..... whet they clllled 11 'plai nly daft' book - wttllout , of course, ~Ins any s ubutantl"l effort to say why - exc .. pt th"t UFOe _ .. ., p .. rt or thll 'expec t ation o r 11 IIlIv tOur' synd .. otIe. Such bhnket dls.ssae1& serve no purpos .. , in .y "t.".

Morth"rn UFO NeWli

Th .. Soodoy TelegnQh (1 lull actually buUt thelr (o_nt round it ",ith the title 'why credul1t~ springs eternal', calling the book 8n 'elltr80rdlnaruy cOllp.md1 .... of till 1 Uf>O s tor1 e&' IInd prod Ins !lnd poking wilh n .... dless j j be& U k" ' p"rt& of It I,re qu i te fwmy, though the "uthor "eellS unll_re of It' , Of c uur&e, In IIdtlitlon the "rti c le guell on to pra&...a th"t ET OI'Ology IS WOlogy, RegordlOll.hi of how ""Ud Ti. Good' " point of view ..,y be this o.;on&plncy « or It 1& no less th"n thttt) by th" _diG h i outrogllOus, Thay _ntonl y con the public Into th .. "Iew that If you ue 11

UFOl os:l&t you belle"" In s pacelihlp& ond aliens, Jf you 5IIy you " re " Uf>Ologl s t who duesn't "He"e th.& .. things then you c an't IHI - you ha"e to be c lllled " .. ceptlc or dehlll>iler - reinforcing this phonay Illusion. Why???

Ti. Good' .. agllnt , Andro:", luwnie. felt sufficiently annoyed ot the Tel egnph'G fairly pathlltlC atteck t o reply (14 Iul ) palntins: out th" 1111166e e of doe ...... nt" proying go"ernMmt intere6 t ("h, yes , but In ""8t?), reeling off !I f e w n .. _ s and - 0 of cours .. - (b!;!lng a 11terary "gent) wa&ting no opportunity to tell th ll httlf aill1o" r"!ldurEl that despite the r o lt e n r .. "ie", Ti ll' " book ~& unliurprhingJy 'in th" bes t !leilo:r 11sh,' ,

Dllsp1te such raylawt;, Aliom liaison did al"o .... ka it to the 'Arts Re"lew' """tio" of th .. SW\duy Sporl <7 Iul) - perh"pu a c"ndldllle for tha e ont.ridlclion ln Jo ... rn"U .. tlc ter ... of lhe y.uor (tha Sport hDvlng fUlythlng t o do wilh .. rt, lh"l hi) . Wllh .. fe ... pictures of bulc hered co ..... they f oeuli ud on the c!lllle IIUttlcltlon .. ac tion in their lnl.Uabl .. s tyle (·ca tll .. ru" lhni frOCl outer s pace or e s Uclng off CQWli' bollo.;' l.

Wywun' s ~ (25 lUll) had a fairly ra.t.l1ng rOll" o f a piece on UFOs ~I ch Interviewed wltna"""'6 like EI6 1e Oo..kens en ('I do IHIll .. " .. that !lny (hllttllng) power I huvq _y .... Il co.., fro. .y encountur with the UfO' ) and " "ary br l af ("0 .... t .. be .. 1_ 1 •• » l_,Hng) .. "ntc nc .. {ra il _ .. bDut .,lr.,l ..... Oe .. pHa the re .. tu,·e apparently prevJ e...tn8 the BUFORA c onferenc e Tony Dadd o f YUFOS Wa& 81"en !lOre "P"c .. to pon t Hicata "bout allell abduc tions and t o clal. that 'cr,,{t' ha"e been .. e.In hoYerlnS over Held6 whllll circlet; appeured (d .. leG, U ..... , pl .. o: OIs .. nd full d .. tails pio:" .. e!)

Th .. S!rn. (29 Hay) aiHu h .. d a tale to tell wllh 'D"y 0 bellc h "lien gal r"!ldy on tho: .... ndy· - the "llegad'ly true yarn (roil "Ctra66 Shelle)' Wlnlerll "bout a • red colourlld creatura' that Ca ... fro_ tha eea ond lIOule d her with hls webbed hand6 - foll~ by (under IS' 6 plllase do not r.ad on) 'just one big ors:as.'. Thl& 011 10<Hl place on the beach at .... l1bu in C .. IHornia -~era any thins: con h"ppotn after a few pina coladall, s o t'. told. Shelley thought the al1en wa" a Iapanese fr"s-o apparently, bu t he .... ote a thrae 11ne aea"as:e In tha &and .. nd went back Into the all4. Thl& ..... & 50 y"ara ago and &he ha .... ' t Seen or heard {roe hi. &lnce.

A free copy of iss ue 5 of 'UFO lIe_ File' a_It& tbo&e 0410 co_ up w:lth the !IOat appropriate sussestloll for tbis (short) _ a ll"," in th .. slIIld!

Flnally,the SWldoy IIIl1.L Cl4 lull report on 'Ceorga Rawcl I {fe ' (?) -.... 0 ill, 'bead of Blackpool and Py ld .. Colles:e 8IU1"geHnt studies deport-.ent' liS _11 as baing a 'notad UFO exp .. rt'. Reputedly he ha ...... itt . n '30 books on UFo..' (con anybody na_ one?) ond h"s now contacted Whitehall ond the UN in ord"r to urge tha. to set up the ' World Alien Splic e Contact Unit'. This is h .. c"uae he has concluded that th. Loch Hass Monster h r.ally an alien pul In " UFO ond sent to _It. a 50ft l anding on the Loch whe .... 'she' periodically surrac"" to abs o:rv .. th .. goins:& on of h..-nlly. How you know.

Which .altes at I f1"st as auch senGO as sllveral racenl desperllto letters fro. an ob"lous ly since re lady I.n the lIS ~o beHa"e. flyery song DayJd 8owi.e has fiver written I s about har life. Bow:I .. 's ... nlll~t to ... don't ISee_ to -nt t o Itnow but If any 8owi r-phllea wish to wrHe, ht _ Itnow.

Northern UFO News 9 -

BRIEF CASES

SoIDQ curreut lnve"t Igl:lt lOnE.

American Reports;

Mi. a,n AdO/lcB... Ms R relllles IIn ama>!ing arrllY of tl:lle" which begl:lD when "h ...... t F.clh,,,n (Y"" THF. F.dt"",, ) wt. ... , "h .. _s .. c hild. Soon .. ft .. r .... cd ..

(i:ircll 1942) Il purple light Ilppe"red in her bedro,*, and IKlved up and do .... lhe WIll!. She jUlAped out of bud ,,,,,.1 switcbed the roolll lisht OD, which prollptlyexploded. It h"d appllr .. "tly blown a fuse.

Ye~rs IlIter "h"- .... rr l"d .. We .. t Point officer And graduated fro. lUa.ad University. It '""'s now 1953 .. nd sh ...... s blinded by "tllrlng at the sun convinced it \o/IIS ' Calling "p"rt'. She h .. d to be drtl&sed llway but her r"tlno wo" badly buro"d. After """,ny "lghl1ngs of LeTS "he (In,,11y " ..... " '1'1ca6so styl'" UFO quHe recenlly in Fori LII"de,·dlll" . This wa" 11 'big blllck reclllngle' which dri fted acro",. the Gky.

Ms R now wishe" to e "pl"ln that s he t ..... s I .. "rn .. d the UFOs lICe piloted by III lens fro .. 1I plll"et c" lleu Phll"ton whldl wa" In our "ol .. r syste. but blew ilself up In a nucle .. r holoc .. u"t. The debris .. truck MOIrli, producing Ihe <:i!.ni!.ls.

UFO "t the Pentagon ... 10e DorlllCr p",."eG 'Ill 10 c ...... froll Mc .. X whose hUlib .. nd In July 1952 w,," .. n air fore .. officer 01 th" I'entllgo". They lived at Artlng!on, Virginia. n .. ur WIOt;hlngl';m DC. After 11 plOrty both they Iilld friends ...... re on the p .. lio of tbelr IIpllrtment on 11 Wllrl> eveni ng. Mcs X "","dered off on her 0"''' for .. while llfill " .. t drinking her • highball' when lihe felt '61r"nlle' "" If 60"",one "'e ,. ' '' ..... re of hl!r'. Lokl"lS up she ""'" a • .... Ilow whit,,' "" .. ,·dJ!ll')hL - llk" lll')ht without .. b""I>.· You could reel the sll"nce froll it.' 6he s .. ld. The others were brought "nd fill guests liew It. After thl" they held regular sky .... tch" .. and did See two b"Us of light rising In IIn arc over the State Capitol building, lining op on top of e ac h other .. nd then fIylng off. They interpreted this as .. 'f .. rewell' gestore.

, They shouldn' t ~ abl .. to (/y ••. Thut· s what Hr H Qf Wa .. hlngtQn State says IIbout the ' aircr .. ft' he cl .. l.,; to b .. "" seen o n n .... rous occa"ion" between 1957 Cin a 611111l town .. oulh of San Dl"go. Ci!.llfornl,,) and 1988 (near Spoklln" In W.".hingLonJ. He clall1s the cr"ft he Il .... seen on .. 11 lhese o<:c .. "lons were the "lime IInd cOllpletely llleked a ny wings or "t"bilisers tllllt might let thell fly. He furtber IIUeges lhllt he halO worked at t he WhU" S .. nd& M1s&lle Rr"'ge in New Mexico. during which 111111 h .. OIet UFOs 'nUllerous' tl..e". He hll6 .. I so been contlleled by rlldio Cindeclpherllble noises) IInd saw lights flushing In the s ky which he "SSUllt!S ..... s ..... &sage but has no idea what It .... " nt. This ell"", one night when he WI!IS In a wood shining a fl ashlight at the 6ky hoping to 'send .... ss .. ge .. to outer "pace'.

Hort hern UFO News - 10 -

FROM mE DAWN OF THE UfO ERA Case ~70~ August 1947 08.00 Sh~ffteld,South lorks Roy Sandbnch C3- 5

,.. B - now retired - _ s " t~en"gO!r when ha s "w hI s first UFO. It .... s a red 118ht In the IKIrninS s ky - Hke the IIWl but In the WE!:; •. It IIpp" .. red to head towtl .. ds hl .. "nd 11 qn grllbb .. <l hI" 4 r ... possibly bec "ulle h ...... a .. ellrlng .. n Atr Tr,,1ning Cor p s unlror .. ,.. 8 .... s .. sk .. d whllt It _ 11 C' .. pillne on fire or "0"", ne .. wellpon? ' ). As they wtllked It appeur .. d to ri se up""'rd IInd grow In &lze, but uft e " 4 ainutes It dl &lIpp .. "red whl .. t ob"c ..... ed behind trees and n"Yer re"pp~lIred. Perhllps It """s So .... sort of &Wldog r~flec t1on? On 1 Noye.ber 1968 "I Pentalone l'Ir B "Iso dt!scrlbes " IIOYing white light which WIIB c learly" s alellll... Finally (cage 6918) on 25 April 1969 Mr 8 WG8 a t Gleadl .... s (Sheffleld) 1n his cer vllh h is .. He when" brlSM STe~n IJSht sped through the ""'y a t 21. 20 pta. It paflSotd THROUGU low cloud but left a glow on th~m liS It ~Yed "bove (unusulll ror the most obvious solutIon - a fireb"ll meteor, liS this lOOuld presu-bly be much h1gher Ihan the c lOUd banks>. Aft er 10 seconds or 50 It _s losl In the HW. Subsequenl reportll from dozens of w1 tnes6es In tha "r~" DID bring offich.l cl"l_ t his WAS Just" _teor, but JII!r B s .. ys;' I h .. ve yet to believe "o-thing like that.'

AN ALIEN JAYWALKER Case 75- 170 Hove.aber 1975 OS.OO Penkrtdge,Shffs BUfORA 87- 5

R w"s Wllit

then aged 19 .. tre l ch of

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or 20 IInd on 11 trip 10 a truck wtlh his brother. On IIn thll 1116 IIK>tonllly heading north thll1r headlights c"ught "

figura rWlnlng ONTU the rOlld (ro. the bushlla. R br"ked s harply but in the he"dUshts they both ""w " s .... U 'beinS" no taller thlln 4 f Bat and 11 hlw inc hes C' about the she of 11 7 yeer old chil d') which WIIS dressed In " lightly fittinS ,,11 oVllr silver "uH. The thing d .. rted bllck into the bushes befors they cou.ld " top on the har d s houlder. R 80t out but there ..... a nu s ign of <In accident, broken duwn vehic l e or far"ou"e from where " pr"nke t"r IIrlght h"Ye e"""Sed. No det<lils of the rigur ... e!"e se"n "" the helld _s &II"ked by 11 b"18chv,, Iype hel..,t fitting. Around the llama period - at ho_ In Wes t Bro....tch - R ..... s " .... k~n at 00.05 by hIs father and fro- th" front bedrooll they both _tched " '" .. ucer turned upa ide down with" doae on top' drift s lowly soulh to north "bov!! the rooftopll. It ..... 1$ co.plet .. ly sl1snt. On th .. flatienad bllse -.re I1Sht s of v"rious colour. which .... re carried "round tha object in a cluckwi .. " .at ton (aa vie .... d fro. llbove). The entire p""s"Se of the object took "0_ 12 &"COnd8 after both re"ched the window; .. lthough the f"ther h .. d eeen it predouBly, of cour.". A net curtatn ...... on the window and R l tft"d this for" cleerer vIew to ..... rd. the end of the .ll5hting. On doinl5 so he .... ya that he not " d that thllr" wer .. t .... or three rect"nlP'l&r vlndo_ I n .. "t inlo lhe do_. Lll5hl _" coalng froll th.,.. and t .... flgurea appeared tll be s ilhouBtt"d. Although It ...... difficult to Iret a good "I"w he sllY. they ueemed to h,,"e Ions blond or SOld"n h .. ir. Tbe object flnlllly dt""pp,,"red out o f 6 115hl !>Mind houses but R _" len with a legacy of deep interest In UFO>; which h,," peratsted now "''''y yellrs.

Northe .. n UFO N"ws - 11 -

CASE 903 1 26 SOlp lub ..... 1990 08.35 Al sager, Slaffs BUFORA

N ...... t~av .. llintl to 8<:h001 when h .. Saw 11 ' .avlng .. "hte1e' In Lh .. sky. It _5 '11 Sht bl ... : kish _tlllllc "",I very ~ " .. o<1yml. l c ' . An o r ange 11ghl Ca..e f .. o. tht! .. l<1e. Nubody II{,elle<1 t o b .. l uuklng up "t 1l frail thll s treets, ,him he rec.ll s ed he _ " l"le "nd hurrl .. <.I 011 - l .. c. .. lng 1l there. A aonlh I,,'er, 27 Oc l ob .... , at 20.30 he .. "w " ' red !Slow' I n 1h" s ky froll 11 field. Thts slowly drHled ou t of s ight. n. .. Sd_ nl~ht hi s .,lh .. r c hi ... s he hellrd an oUd ho-lng sound. TIl .. only cur i ous thing N r 8clIl l .. fr(lOO his pIIISl ...... i n 198" (wh .. n h .. _ s 9). If" ""s .. l e"pinlS with 11 frtautl .. nd th"y were .. "adin! IIIO t o .. c ycle aagllzln Olls "row,tl -.ldnigh1 In th .. blild .. (JOII when thlly hell .. d a deep hu_lng nol ..... Su,J<j""ly Ihu Gn ll,· .. roo .. lit up bri8ht ..... , I .. for ~ bo"t 8

,u, cGnds. The noI se ... ved lI""y • ."d Ihe r ooll retu .. ned 10 no r .... 1. N dtd not cooperll te fu .. th t! .. In lnve .. tlglltIOt' ,."d tht! Initial s ighting, at le"8t, ........ lIk .. ly to hllve b .... n an .. 1 ~ c"lIft l ooki ng .. t .. ange In reflected SW'll lght; IIlthuugh lh .. t I .. re .. l ly J .... t /I gues .. gtven tha sc .. nty det .. tl and th .. 1984 .. xper lenc e Is, u{ cour .. ". ralher .ore Int .. r .... tlnS.

MID LANDS INVAS I ON SEASON CAse 9105 22 Nuy 1991

199 1 23.40 E5-5

At present I Clln only .. u ...... rl s .. p .. ess .: ~ orleG . but J hope lh .. t AJllhony Ill .. " of EKlFORA,who .... s cited all Investlts/ltlnts,.,U I liub-.lt a rull report (or .. fulu .... hosue. Initial r e por t .. (Nottlnllhu. Pos t 24 May ) t old of 11 ' low f1ying,bright l y lit but .. I..,s! .. !tent' obJllct IIee" ove .. G.!.Jllng .. nd Arnold by .. ep .. r .. t .. wl! ,,,,,,,, ,, ,,. A wo ... n In C .. dllng d .... c .. l bed ' .. lol"Iglll .. d Irlllnll1116 r"se.bUng Cu"cord,,' seen f rulI 11 " .. bedr·uo.. . She laId lI .. r husb .. nd .. nd ha " uw lh ... too. n, .. y DI D h .... r ,'" ""g'"'' " U' .. II /I .. the 118hl .. pallsed ovarhelld .. nd Il l ..., ...... n,d "nd tlr",,,, nc.vtalllion typ" IIKht .. b .. hlnd the white . 15 .lnut .... later /I coupl .. drhlns h ..... In Arno ld .. IIW 'two dhmond s h .. ped ll ght ..... no .ar e t han .. f .... r .... t /I~lIr l .There .... s a 10 .. h .... l0ts o r p .... plog 001 ..... n." I1ght s wore ....,h bl!!;K" r th"" those .. f " "y llirc r llft. ' Th" Pa. t quoted To"y DoJd o f YUFOS 1111 lIuyi ng it .... s 1111 pu"ning out Into ' .. o .... thlng quite " pectaeul .... ' and th .. s p .... d ruled out '""y alrc rllft we've got'; Dlthough r mUll! IIdell lily I ..... dlate th<luKht .. "",re of tha lofll.,u .. drcr .. rt r"fudling a lta"cisell o f thll Pll ll t '.itere tha -O il .... f ltllht s _ .. 11 on d .. c .. aft FAR Mahe .. th .. n witne .. s .... gues lI11 ... led (hotllce the nea.- s llenc e,odd " peed IInd esl1uled huge .. !ze , based on c oe.on -.l .. p .. r c epLlon efhct s o f -.l .. judglng the h .. IKhl). "'lIthony I_s appell r ed .. few d .. ys lat er (29 May) appe .. llnll f o .. d"tll and h .. .. tllt ed;'11 ..... s a 111"11" object th .. 1 _t up with s ever .. l sllllll"r ones before dl lOappell .. lng' ( .. not her co_nl that MIGlrr s uppor t the ref ulIlling eltert:ise theory). On 4 lun .. IInothl!r big IIrticle featur ed .. pr og.- e .... report f ro. J::if.FOR .... C .... e .. had floodad I n fr08., 2.0 ellliI .. a d l u .. of No tllnllh .... c..nerally,/lCcu .. d lng ta Anthony 1 .. __ ,'l l .... ~ .. _ _ _ of IIghl .. , vary bright ..... Il e lI Shts /lnd eany j!i.-el!ll ""d red lights. ' T'oIO obJ .. ct~ ...... a now bt!11eved, both o f ""I eh _ tl ted a 'deep huealng d .. OOIil' , Tbey wer .. SOlen bet_en 23.40 .. nd 00.40. IndtH!d by Ihe last IIrtJc llil <Pos t, 5 lun .. > Iher .. W»r" now' 50 repo .. l .. ' , ar.t.i Anlhony Ja*, ....... clot" r lng t .. ying Illl leads to fInd an a n" .... r,lnc lud1nlS hopefully c hacking thlil RAF 0 .. USAF refuelling uptlon. Of ''0lII0I '.portlilKII here WIIS la lotller thll Po .. t csrrlad on 29 NIIy f .. o ... -....o.an 10 Bul_ll ..ne Ins 1 li tud &ha .. aw the phlilno_noll but 11 .... s defInitely 'no l W OS'. A .. tlH!. lIght s PIO ",,1td overhe ad the y _ .. e e lt.arly .. een by sh .... od 10 friend a. 'two airc r art flying c lose tOllethe r .. pr llsueably they were .illhry d.-crtlft on ni ~ht -t1_ e&noauvre ... ' Tha e a,;e procelild6.

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CASE 9106 10 1Wle 1991 Woodford. Ch .... hir .. 1I0y Sandb .. ch 83-6

Two Hit were cl ...... lnlS waler l .. nk .... t the .. Irfl e ld (which build .. Rircr .. fU on .. dull d .. y ...:tth low c loud. One ...... gl .. nced up .... rd .. nd c .. lled .. ttentlon to .. 6 ... 11 whJt .. b .. ll which "ped <le r06 .. the rleld at right .. ngl .. 6 to th., rWlway on .. pllth fr o. SE to NW. There .... re a whole " pate of si.Ullr s lghtlngs In the norlh _ s t that _ .. k .. nd s pecul .. tl on about toy ballo".,,; 6ee ... h .. rd to -ell_te with their great speed. A .on in Wythenshawtl. I1anchee ler ( Int erestingly very nellr R10g""'y Airport) video HI ..... one o f the ""He ball .... peed l nlS up .... rd .. and It s vel oc ity _ s al.os l roctet li ke. SEEMING to p .. e .. thrOUl::lh cloud .. t a coupl e of thousand reet .. ltltude within J o;e.:;onds. prolmbly ruUng out the runa .... y b .. ll00n hypalhed •. Any Ide .... ?

An <lnany_ms repor l (no <lddre .... to (<lcllll .. te (oll ow up) """ received fro. Ar_tIh, Northern I relaod, d .... cri.blng a s ighting 101 22. 15 Of! 30 Hay 1991. The Idlness s<lylil h e (she ) """ _1*108 dOlIS by ( oo tball pitches when a ' .... r. wlnd' brush .. d pest "od a 'gr"en 810wlng object' (dra_ to look like 11

rutIby or A .... ric .. n (ootball) hovered above (or .. liIe<:ond. then · ... ved .. t a-,dng speed to another positj<Jn "hove the lJOa1posts '. It then (Jew 0(( over a r a re. The ... Hntlss ...t.ll not talk publicly ( or f e ar of r idicul e but wlsbftd to record detajJs. They are 28 lInd IJOrk at " shop In ArdllOre.

lIeteorologl s l Dave ".ynoJdB has suppJied so_ co-.:nts an a case 1n the February NUW. Ha says the abject which poced an aircraft 1n the USA (pp 9- 10) could have been '10 very rare upt/caJ pheno-enon,or a .are ca..an on. "'e_d through "n I_8e dls l orUng _diu., es .Jirc raft wi ndow or par cel o r dr o( dl ((erlns den,./ty ... Sail l1ghtnlng hdS been ,1,00_ t o pac e II1gh and (asl flyiflg airc raft be l flg 'locked ont o' the p l ane 10 s..- electro­_gnetic .... y • . So he s"8g es ts Ih"t a plas_ vort.,.. 1I18hl possi bly have the S&M capability; aUhoush _fly questions re_In.

CASE HISTOR;rE S

REMOlESHAM IIEVISITEO Repot· t by Ienny B .. ndles

Thi s ts e c .. se ..... Jch _6 phOlled throuah to t he BBC TV .. fter "y

eppearance on OnyU_ UK in April . Tb .. !dtness dJd HOT ...:tsh l o r .... lure on the progre_ hereeH bul I interviewed her subse'lUt!ntly bec .. ""e there .... .. soroe connaction ...:tth the inr ...... u. ,"ven t s In De..:e.ber 1900 e t 8ent .... ter ...

Hr .. W Hved .. t Wooobridg .. , Surfolk, In M .. rch 191 .. . After aldnlght one bright Darning she too k her dog out p .. st their tennie c ourts (or .. bedtime const itutional when the hle IMIvle 11I.d ended. Suduenly Hrs W got the feeHng .. he .... 8 being Wl!ttch .. d. looking up s he sew IIn ov .. l object ...:tth a " .... rchllght be .... projecting fro. the underside to .... rdG the ground. It hovered and pul&ated i n mnd air .. nd the b ...... Itself h .. d .. solid .. ppe .. r .. nce r .. ther thnn th .. t of .. r .. y of light. It cut o H suddenly dd-stre .... Th .. re were no nor_I navigation light s auch .. s ueen on the _"y .. lrc raft froll the loc .. l b .. ;. .....

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Mrs W felt very "trlmge - 'liS if it Itnew ..t".t I wlls thinking. Th .. re w .. " sOlle form of cOUUllunic .. tion, like le.lep"thy. It .... s very strong. After it h"d gon .. I WANTED It to re turn So b .. uly.' She decided to fetch her d"ughter - who WII" in the Ilouse .. nd Mr s .. believes thlG 101 .... 11 .. tstllk ... 'I tll:lnk it dedd"d I ... "s to mucll trouble the". Hud I not gon .. in It "", .. Id huve ~ "t"yed.' As it """" on thdl' retu!"n. the obje<:t .... 6,

!OOvlng """y. It dl(J so by r .. trlld lng th .. b"",, Intol _ ! }l!,1A;'r. .$ the uin body lI"d th"n drifting IIWlly sldeWllYs It~'1 11 ;G~ vlln:lshed la the SE lowurds the "OI."t. She h .. d no knowledge of otner u .. ' sighting" In the .. ,·ell; "lthough heu!"d of the BentWllter" " .. "e yellr" lat .. r.

, After tlllltlng to her motller for IId~lce Mrs W c"lleu RAf Sawdsey - the

secret base in th" arl!lI which i" dt Ihe hellrt o f ..... ny odd U.togs that h"ve gone on. she "sked If they h .. d lr .. ckl!d "nylhing, b .. t they s"id no. However, they were intrigul!tl by her "I'>I"Y .. nd "",nt to get .. flig ht Lieuten .. nt to the phone who then ""k .. u her .... ny que~tlo" ... Presu .... bly .. form .... s filled In .. nd sent to the HoO In London, but Mr" W mover h" .. rd .. nything- further.

HORSE SENSE R"porl by Jcnny ~'Indt""

This is "lIotllcr ca"" .. Ilkh Cll",.. vi .. the "a,"", [nfor .... llon h ..... b""n kln(Jly supp lied by the witne"""s to

source as .. bove. flesll o .. t detaUs.

It WIIS November 1980 .. ud th" loc .. l Ion wu ti Wl! s toning in Bedfordshire -nol far east of the loa.tion of the , .. r slop ,;;". " whi c ll occurred this year. et .... s a cold, clear nIght and ~ln;. T (lh.", (7) and her mother .... re in th .. flcld" <If th"ir f"rm feedlns horse" with h .. y when they spotted a light In a neighbours .. r .. bl" field. TIll" "'H' sep"rat"tI from thell by .. fence.

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"' Ilk .. ~ floodlight, in ract.

with which th .. light OIOved women Lh .. t It to be "o .... thing .. irborne .. nd could not b .. .. imply ,onnect .. d to an <:object <lllte .. tr .. ctor} which waS -.lving "cross the sround. It see"",d to explore tI.e field for so_ Illnutes, -.oving­hllCK Ilnd forth, Iln.d then turned to Glline right lit the.. 'It WIll; like d .. yllght' .. t thi" point. Looklng

r str .. lghl .. t it, .. 11 that you could ......

'was this round light, like looking into .. giant c .. r hl! ... dlight.· But it hurt the .. ye'" to do so.

Thl!re were four hor .. e" in .. Sroup .. nd they did not seea to be spooked by th" light; .. Ithough they clell.r!y saw a .. nd stared at it, whilst continuing to ch .. w their hflY! Mrti) T .. nd har mother were more concerned IlIld d1scos"ed It .. niutedly trying to worlt out wh .. t it could b ... De .. pite the night being very still therl! w .. " .. bt>Olutely no sound, fI further re .. son why they (" .. I tbey c .. n rule out Ide .... lsuch .. s " lighted far ...... chine.

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After "OOll! IIl1nutes the light Y"n.1&hed. but re"ppe"red further "cross the field. It then beg"" to 'sClI.n' II.cross g r e ll.t dlstll.nces - Y"nlshing II.fld seconds lll.ter re"ppell.ring some hundreds of y .. rds "wny. This beh"viour c"used the witnesses to beco .. e quite fr ightened "nd quickly return to the house. The light FOLLOWED the .. II.ntl .... s so bright it shone onto the bll.ck wall of the building. It r e ... ined there for &Olle tl ... II.nd only "t 03.00 (two hors II. ft er first " tgM Ing) dtd t hey notice it hll.d lIone for good.

The nexl d"y they hH.ed la the farmer but he hll.d no explll.flll. tion. He h"d "een nothing but che cked hIs ploughed field . There .,..s no obvIous "isn of In t rusiun.

We night specul .. te about lu .. lnoUII owls or other phe no ... nll. but the brill! ""ce here s eems to rule th"t out. I don·t h"ve " ny other 1 0gicDl " ns wer to offer for .. uc h " l o ng du .. "tlon event. Mr-s T would love to hsye an e xpl .. n"tion - &0 CD n anyone co ..... up .. ith o ne?

FOREVER Bl~NG BUBBLES Report by 1enny RlI.ndles

A clI.se wdth "oOle shtil .. r:lt i"s to the Onll "boYe. e~cept th"t thl" occurred in d"yHght. Mr- W first wrote to BUFORA but I interviewed hi • .. bout his experience given th"t 1t ,,\so h"" ..,re th"n " p"aaing reaemblll.nce to .. 0 .... video fUm obtained via GecurHy c .. "",re .. at a Cheshire shopping .... 11 thla spr ins ""tl whi ch h" .. been subjected to Intense Investig"tion durins the P" lIt rew months.

It "",s 26 AU8u.;t 1969 eot " Pl'rox:l"",tely 19.15. There .... s thin. hiSh cloud and a n ea .. terly wind of so,"", 20 -"ph. The loc"t{on was " .. loping set of fields out"ide " n .. ture reserve at Sedgeley in the We"t Hidl"nd .. . bet_an Wo}verh"mpto n "nd Dul.lley. 'I"he r eserVB ac tu .. ll), closed at 19.00 but M.- W ........... custo .... ry. e~ercls lng his dog. It wo" Ihen th"t he Ii"W" ' so"P bubble' just larger th"" " golf b ,,11 which s ee ... d to hsve 11. white feather trapped In .. l de. It came frail his r",.r <1 e FROM the ea .. t) Dnd drifted dose by "bout 12 feet o f( t he ground "S if propelled by the wind.

Mildly c uri o us "Ii there seemed nobody aro und to 'blow' H . Mr- W clillbed a stile but did not g o Int o II. n uncuIllv"ted fiel d which cont"lned horses. The bubble WIOS by now .... y oyer by the .... "tUl I"t/.ct. "round 120 reet "way. II.S if surveying tbe... It s wooped down. "s if cBught i n " downdnlft, and the .. up again. appearing to .... t ntdn thI s '.-onltor'. ThIs went on for 2 or J ainutes but the horses took no obvious notice.

But then the' bubble' t u rned .md begll.n to battle RI GlfT INTO the strong wind heading straight back in his diredlon. lie "",s now seriously doubting his orig i nal evaluation and concluded it lIust be " re!DOte control !DOdeL Mr- W began lookIng 11.11 Over to find II.Ilyone wtlo aigbt be controltng s uch a thing. There .,..s nobody. The o bjec t was nOW !DOvlng just" foot off the ground in D de .. d strll.ight CO Ul'se for hi. - no "'l .. vlng or bobbing. It seemed to h .. ve purpose. lIe.,..s sure It would pass TllROUGH the wire fence to re .. ch his field. But InsteDtl it cl.tllbetl up II.nd went OVER the f ence. It ""11 now within 24 inches of his body II.nd he coul d see it perfec tly "a it literally looped round hi .. II.fld STOPPED DEAf) in Its tr"cks. 'It .... s looklng II.t .... - surveying .... - there's no two .,..ys .. bout 1 t. '

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lie wes not .. frdd, but coultl nnw tell it _a so_thi ns qult a _Ird. It had IUl ally s urface IH e " bubble "nd .... s op"que with" white rellitlue like c o tton wnol or polyslyrene, There .... re no "nten"" or protruberances, but et this very c l ose r"nge he did u .. " " d"rk potch on the Burfoce. Bendins for...,rd h" could s"e i t aust h~vlI been 'lIy own l .... ge reflec t ing on th .. s urfece'. Hr W ..... s telllptnd to leet> rorwerd .md 'bur s t' the bubbl .. - .... h .. could ells l1y hllve IItlellpled, but tt responded to this uncon.clouD IIOVeDent "nd he s"w It visibly 'k ick' ht u 8ellr IInd ecceler"t e e .... y t o He e"st, covering "ruund 30 or 40 feat within e second.

Hr V h"s lJved In the "reil ."'y yeors IInd never s een anything like H . lie _tled .. ye .. r bef ore reporting In C .. se SOIleOl1I1 should co_ fo r_rd and repor t IUl experiment .. t re.ate cont r o l de·d c e . Nobody ha. and .. lthoue:h he 80eB the re every nlsht In Bu_r he h" .. never ..... n It 811111n. HIli only thought Is th"t it llisht be so_ '1I11ltery su,.,,·e ll l .... c .. deyl c .. lone" lJttte wild.' but re,,11ses lhl" theor y l"kes so_ swallo"lnS'

FrlUlkly, unless It s " very .... U6U"1 UAI' I don 't hsve e c lue. Do you?

SOMETlUNG IN THE AIR ( PART 2) Report by Jenny R"ndles I

The press reporls o f the Incident _re 11l1iled. Peter Spencer in the lBnchester EvenlnJ{ ~ (22 Feb) had reporled th"t '" UFO lit up the Gr e" t e r M!lncheBler s kyUne but there _ . no sign o f IUllr sreen .m'. They add~d t hst th .. crew of a Mttnx flt r llne5 pi "ne had 5eOm H on arrlyal at Rlng .... y .. Old one theory W!ls th .. t 11 ...... .. "telllte debris,but ci ted lhe MoD o. c"lling it ' Just one of those lI)' .. tertes.' The 8t1.\:.Q. ~ Lbot day r i d i c ulous ly sugsested th"t '" close encounter of the third kind 1& b"ffl1 n8 ""nchester boff i ns', not1ns th"t t he CM et the drport .... re

~!~~~~n:s r~::;!"rwl:: ~:e C:~i:;:ntqUC::s wh-:t ".:e, ~-:c=::~ y ~ .. ;:~!nt:"~p!:: debris re-entedns th .. .... rths "t.o.phere.' Which re_inB quite true.

Ho ...... "cr, my .. "cur1n !!" o r H ... ""port to tI", MuD Ly .. ~ .. rr .. t Rlngwny ...... Imporlent.Thls W!lS ectually .. t e l .. t~e froll RAF West Dr"yton to the MoO In WhHeh"U d"led 07.30 Of> the .orn1 nS "Her ths night b .. fore. It lI..,d tbe . 18hting "s 19. 19, dur,,110n 5 second " and 8"Y" be"rinS" es 200-220 d"sree" a t .. I e .. "llon 15-25 desree. frOIl hqrhontal.The UfO ..... sa id 10 be 'on" obj ect with a lin .. of I!Sht in. i de l !n a bro .. d bend ,yery bright, cha nging fro .. sreen 10 yellow t o whi te. ' Th.te accounl c ..... fra. ' fo ur dr traHlc con troller s fra. ..... nche.ter Alrportt whtls t In control tower all .. e ry .... pe r lllnced, not observ .. d such s t shU nS before' . The ...... x AirUnes ~lrcrew were _ntloned only in po",,!nS. hut III ""'s noted th,,\ the airport c hec ked with Knulaford Poli ce In " HruHless> aUe.pt to find a 801uUon.

For tun"teiy .y c"r efully r .... tr llned letter to tha ATe at th" sirport produced "n interesting respon.e.On~ of lhe four of ficer s concerne d PHONEO .... on 23 ..... y. He ..... not prep"r .. d t [ put "nyth1nS in ..... 1t1n8 or 81 .. e his ne""" but dtd .... nt t o .. e l down the het. for the record. He h"d been .. n offI cer for 35 years and conflroed that they did HOT lrack the !iSht on r"dar. 1I0wever, .. Her iniU"t1, n. t tnklng ."rh not .. of It . U". ""n" Ai r line c rews report c hansed thet .Th y were going off duly and did HOT wish to ftle a n off l c i o l repor t but "sree to let the ATe officers ... otlo. It.

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The officer confined to _ tI, .. t the .,lIl IIlgniUcllJll r .. et .. bout the aircre .. (Z _n eboard "n ATP turbol,rop th .. t _11 Inbound fr ... the 1,,]e or MIln) ...... th"t tlley 11 .... tile UFO on 1'WO different occ .... lom'. nu, (irst wet< "

bluish "tre"k In the IIky to th" "01,1111, p .. rallel .. Uh thell IlJld "tall .. r to the 'big' one.This _s .. t approxlHt .. ly ]9.07 whil6t the plan ........ et 10,000 f .. et Ollllr W .. lloliey on the Wirral. They did not report it Oiler the radio to Rlng .... y. The "econd coincided with all the other sJghtlng" WHEN the plone hod just touched down. They _re . c t ..... Uy taxl1ng In end it _~ ~o bright I t .... ~ ~een TIl.ROlICH the powolrful rw,_y 11ghts.

As for whet the controller 6 .. ", he .. t first 6ugge"ted on ouror .. but then reellsed It _ s In the "oulh""n, not northern, IOky. He ""Yli that it rlll,_bled IlJl eleetrl c glow .. r eing 11. the liky and tried to lIu&le(.t l>O_thlng connected with a power "t .. tion he h .. d he .. rd _~ hailing proble ... In Devon! This Beeu. highly bl'roboble given the huge dl6tonce Involved <250 .1le~J. Over .. ll they had no re .. l solutJo" to offer, except it .... 11 'o"e 01 thOl,e th:lng~ ' . Perh .. ps ther" wa" Indeed s" .... thing odd In the air that night, but It .... s Burely .. natural ell.,,,t .. Uhln the atllO"phere of "0'" description.

FINAl. WORDS

For thos .. looking for ".,.., thl ng to do durlnff the ..... t ...... the ne ... BUFONA J tH:/ur .. seri .. s Is here /tt t hh Londoo Business SchOOl (nenr Baker St t ube, c t/t rts 6.30 p.) . Q., Saturday Z :iI:R.!~ l<cienli"t ~ CW"'UY ",111 raJat" life Ide"s "bout the tm<:rsy behind Wo.. (ood on ~ Oclober NorMn OUyer .,-111 talk /tbout UFOs .. n<i coincidflllce. rr you pr .. fer 0 n/ffhl In front of the TV y ou shQuld check oul t ..... ne .. BBC ~lo1eos or Ihe 1980 ,,,,d )981 TV (11 ... 5 'Thu Flips /de of Do ... /nl c Hydc' "nd 'Anot her Flip (or Do.-in/c· .;t"rrj ns Peter Firth. In NYN .... y b"ck .mOll 1 rtlved /lbout theD, but if you lIIi s"ed the ,,/){}'"'" when they aired DONT .-illS thes ... ~id"os. UFO/< /lrII. on incident"/ pur( of tbe plot, but they are /I clever v.le ... of tl,e IIFOs os 11_ tra~"l.,r" theory

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