MUFON UFO Journal - 1969 6. June - Skylook

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By Lou Fari,sh

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SKYLOOK makes the following amiouncement With mingled f e e l i n g s of r e g r e t and p r ide , the reasons f o r which w i l l become apparent a s You read,

The U.F. Research Coam more. Pir. Hod m i t t e e , f e e l s

of t h e UFO i s no

mands of i n v e s t i g a t i o n and resea rch , the main goal of UFORC,. ~ 3 ; group does plan t o i s sue an exchange news le t t e r , s i m i l a r t o John P, Schuess- l e r l s UFO POTPOUKKI,

We r e g r e t t h e demise of the UFORC JOUIIIJAL, an important c-ontribu- t i o n t o ufology, and have long respected i t s i n t e g r i t y i n r epor t ing the f a c t s without embellishnent or d i s t o r t i o n and have emulated Rod i n our own pol icy of " t e l l i n g i t 3 s i t is."

We announce with pr ide th; t Nr. Djrke c . ~ ~ d h i s a s s o c l ~ t e s hc:ve s e l e c t - ed our own publ ica t ion SKYLUU~C t o g ick ug . the i r banner, f i g u r a t i v e l y speaking, and t o car ry it on i n the magazine f i e l d . He w r i t e s : "SKYLOOK i s one of t h e very few GOOD research magazines wi th top s t a f f mater ia l . I know y o u ' l l keep i t t h a t way * ++ ++ we would l i k e SKYLOOK t o take over our subsc r ip t ion l i s t + * * UFORC w i l l suppcrt SKYLOOK i n f u l l * * * w i l l wr i t e a r t i c l e s and send i n ma te r i a l f o r publ ica t ion . You w i l l re- ceive r e p o r t s from a l l our fo re ign off ' lces through me * * -* 'JPOHC w i l l be researching a l l good sightirigs and w i l l r e l a y a l l Tindings on t o you I t

This confidence i n SKYLOOK t o f u l f i l l t h e i r own high s tandards i n i n v e s t i g a t i n g and repor t ing i s an honor t h a t br ings with it a responsi- b i l i t y which we humbly accept i n f u l l awareness of a l l t h a t it e n t a i l s ,

With t h i s i s s u e , we a r e adding t h e UBORC JOURNAL subsc r ip t ion l i s t t o our own and the subsc r ibe r s w i l l r ece ive SKYLOOK f o r the dura t ion of t h e i r subsc r ip t ion period, Where the re 1 s dup l i ca t ion , the sub- s c r i p t i o n w i l l be extended. We welcome our new readers and hope they w i l l g ive SKYLOOK the same support accorded -the JO-URiikL, and w e i n v i t e them t o send i n newspaper c l ipp ings , t h e i r own UFO r e p o r t s , ar,d l e t t e r s : t o t h e e d i t o r . We want t o know if S.KYL00K has. your approval--and if n o t , why no t , Let us hear from you:

With the support of t h e UFORC, we f e e l SKYLOOK is going t o cont inue t o improve, and you have our word t h a t We -'ire going t o work a t i t !

The regv.lar SKYLOCK n-sthead w j . 1 1 a 3pe- r on t ' i s 3, ge, 2s usua l , w i th the next i s sue . We f e l t t * i s ailnouncement should be given the top spot.

Edi tor - Norma E. Short

S.taff - Ted P h i l l i p s , John Schuessler , Walt Andrus, Lou Par i sh And Specia l Contributors,

Another llabst Word1'. . . . . . . . . . . . . From the Z d i t ~ r ' , Desk

The mystery of m i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g objec ts has been solved again. This happens f requent ly , a s our readers know, even tho the "solut ion" somehow never seems t o cover ALL t v ~ e s cf UFO's, a s c lained.

This time tGle A i r Force has c,\mr3 ur) with fin:7*1 cnd l c s t word on the subjec t and t i leytve,had t h i s ever s m c e Oct. 16 , 1967--even tho money continued t o be poured i n t o the Condon invesxigat ion. Such a waste!

Anti here i s the l a t e s t " l a s t word1'--as repor ted i n "The Tulsa World, I' May 8, 1969. Read and form your own conclusions.

Hignly a u t h o r i t a t i v e m i l i t a r y sources a r e claiming t h a t t h e mystery of t h e "Flying Saucers1'--which has in t r igued Americans s ince 1947-- f i n a l l y h a s been solveti. The c r a f t , these sources <say, have been pos- i t i v e l y i d e n t i f i e d a s spy s a t e l l i t e s .

The sources c i t e a smatter ing of chapter verse , notably d e t a i l s on the crash of a saucer i n a barren a rea o f a Western s t a t e on the night of Oct. 16 , 1967. This c r a f t , i t i s claimed, was a s z t e l l i t e launched by -the Soviet Vnion which apparent ly went out of con t ro l while s t i l l i n the atmosphere. Eere a r e t h e d e t a i l s provided by the sources :

The s a t e l l i t e was s ighted by -two un iden t i f i ed persons 200 miles from the scene of t h e crash, about an hour before i t went down. They described the craf-ti a s apparent ly l1afire. l t Yresurnably, t h e c r a f t was a l s o picked up by m i l i t a r y radar covering the a rea , s ince t h e r e a re m i l i t a y i n s t a l l a t i o n s i n t&te general neighborhood.

A t any r a t e , t h e crash luck i ly was seen by a member of the m i l i - t a r y family--an A i r Force gunnery sergeant who W ~ S d r iv ing down an otherwise deser ted highway. He saw the s w c e shir , e x ~ l o d e and then h u r t l e t o e a r t h about 400 y ~ r d s .Yrm the highlv?y. The ' s e r g e ~ n t in- spected the wreckdge and concluded, r i g h t l y , - t h t .the c r a f t had been unmdmed. Then he returned t o h i s base and redor ted h i s find- t o h i s superior o f f i ce r .

Tight s e c u r i t y was clamped do5,m. \The sergeant was moved i n t o a; pr iva te room i n a s p e c i a l o f f i c e r s ' burrzclrs, where he was in te r ro - gated by no l e s s than a b r igad ie r genera l i n an i n t e l l i g e n c e section. Meanwhile, A i r Force In te l l igence headquarters i n Washington w a s not- i f i e d . Af ter the se rgean t t s s t o r y had b e a n t ranscr ibed , he signed the o r i g i n a l and three carbon copies, and d l s o agreed i n w r i t i n g not t o divulge t o unauthorized persons what he I z ~ d seen,

Then the A i r Force went t o work i n earnes t . Par t of a company, armed t o the t e e t h , was d i s ~ t c l i e d t o s-Land guard over the wreckage. A spec ia l team equipped with a por table l abora to ry was flown out from \dashington. iJine days z f t e r the t e a n went -50 work, the s c i e n t i s t s annomced t h a t the pieces of wreckage indisputably were' t h e remains .of a Soviet spy ship,

Fragments of e l e c t r o n i c eavesdropping devices were salvaged. For the r e s t , sophis t ica ted photegraphic equipment revealed ru:irkings in

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Another "Last Wordtb ( con t inued )

C y r i l l i c l e t t e r i n g t h a t could be found only on a piece of S o v i e t eq- uipment, and by s p e c t r o a n a l y s i s and chemical t e s t s the e x p e r t s de t e r - mined t h a t a c e r t a i n metal a l l o y i n t h e wreckage was p o s i t i v e l y of Russian o r i g i n .

This r e p o r t e d positive" f i ~ d , of course , i s s u b j e c t t o t h e same q u i z z i d a l look mandatory i n the ca se of any " u n o f f i c i a l " r e p o r t , The m i l i t a r y , e s p e c i a l l y w i t h i n the in-cel l igence community, has been known t o indulge i n w i sh fu l t h i n k i n g * %t t h e r e was tes t imony as e a r 1 y . m Nov. 3 , 1967, t h a t U. S, espionage had met w i t h cons iderab le succes s i n t r a c k i n g down Sovie t e f f o r t s t o t u r n e x p l o r a t i o n of space t o m i l i t a r y advantage.

On t h a t d a t e , t hen S e c r e t a r y of Defense Robert McNamara announced t h a t t h e Sovie t s were working on t h e deve lo~men t of something c q l l e d FOBS--Fractional Orb i t Eombardment System--desipned t o uu.t n u c l e w bombs i n t o o r b i t . r'IcNam-r;l go t h i s done f r o n t h e Defense I n t e l l i g e n c e Agency, which picked up informL t i o n on t h e new Soviet ven tu re i n t he swnmer of 1966.

"Should t h e Pentagon choose o f f i c i a l l y t o v e r i f y t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n , i t w i l l a t & e a s t put an end t o s p e c u l a t i o n t h a t the "F ly ing Saucers" a r e v e s s e l s c a r r y i n g v i s i t o r s from Phrs," the a r t i c l e concludes,

Our own " l a s t wordt1---as fa r a s we know, no s e r i o u s UEQ i n v e s t i g a - t o r has e v e r s a i d t h e I t f l y ing sauce r s t t a r e v e s s e l s c a r r y i n g v i s i t o r s from Mars. We d o n ' t KNOW what t hey a r c and where they a r e from--but a r e t r y i n g t o f i n d ou t . Anparently t h e " u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t ' " of t h e above r e , ) o r t has been s a t i s f a c t o r i l y i d e n t i f i e d . Gut who i s going t o be l i eve t h i s proves t h a t ALL u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t s are Nussizn spy s h i p s ? N o t even t h e Russ ians!

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Number 1 9 June 1969

S id west Urn) Network Set Up

An event' which we f e e l i s t o be of f a r reaching importance i n the ufology f i e l d i s scheduled t o take place on Saturday, Pky 31, 1969, when se r ious researchers w i l l meet i n Quincy, Ill . , t o organize the Midwest UP0 Network.

D r . Allen R, Utke, Consultan-t t o A. P. R, 0. i n Chemistry and Ass i s t an t Professor of Chemistry a t the Wiscocsk- S t a t e Universi ty , Oshkosh, has proposed the organizat ion t o include che s t t i t e s of W i s - consic, Michigan, PIirmesota, I l l i n o i s , Iowa and Fiissouri. Quincy was se lec ted a s a c e n t r a l meeting l o c a t i o n f o r the convenience of many scheduled t o a t t e n d , with the 3-day Pkrnorial &y holiday provi8- ing time f w those d r iv ing g r e a t e r d i s t ~ n c e s .

D r . Utke w i l l d i r e c t the meeting. Sel;l;l-ng u ; ~ the orgr.niz t i o n and system of reL)ort ing aild other r e l a t e d sub jec t s w i l l be discussed, John F, bchuessler , A. P. K. O, Consultant and oenior gngincer a t the McDonnell-Douglas Astronaut ics , A t . Louis, w i l l be present a s w i l l Walt Andrus, co-chairman of the 11-linois Sect ion APRO and o the r key personnel from tne Tri-State Area o f l+Iissourj., I l l i n o i s and Iowa, and o ther midwcst s t a t e s . M r . Andms, who has taken an a c t i v e prt i n s e t t i n g up the arrangements f o r the meeting, w i l l be one of t h e Quincy hosts .

Both M r . Aindm~s and i*. Schuessler, s t a f f members of SPiYLOOK, w i l l speak f o r t h i s publ ica t ion i n plcdging f u l l support and cooperation.

A f u l l r e p o r t w i l l appear i n the JULY i s sue of SKYLOOK, ------ Moberly Resident Reports on UFO1 s

Our M j ~ s o u r i readers, may have seen Larry Yoder's ads i n t h e i r news- papers recent ly . N r . Poder, 30, of 515 Vincel-, Moberly, Mo., became i n t e r e s t e d i n UPO1s i n 1962 when he be l ieves he saw oile near L&e Spring, south o f Rolla , No., but he d i d n ' t t a l k about it u n t s i &rch of t h i s year when he became ifi-tercuted i n the f l u r r y of m'O rt .$orts i n Fiissouri and ran some ads , request ing s i g h t e r a t o wr i t e him.

The object M r . Yoder saw i n 1962 was a b r i g h t l i g h t " l i k e a weld- ing arc" on a h i l l about a four th of ' a m f l c a7,7.7y. It a--pc-red t o be about 30 f e e t i n dismeter. " T h i s r e - l l y f r i ~ h t ? n c i ! me," M r . Yoder t o l d a r e2or te r of the "Moberly Monitor-Index & Evz:liag Deniocrat" , "and I drove t o tovn i n a hurry."

Nr. Yoder, wi?o zttended high school i n Mobcrly, i s a s s o c i ~ t e d with h i s f a t h e r i n t h e locksmith buziness i n tha t c i ty . He i s n a r r i e d and has f c w chi ldren. H i s p lacing an ad i n -the l 'bberly newspEper l e d t o an in tmview and t h e newspapcr gave T k . Yoder's opinions' on UFO's and his i i i c s t i g a t i o n s considerable p l b l i c i t y i n lengthy a r t i c l e s appear- ing A p r i l 18 and PI8y 1st. We haye adapted our r epor t from these a r t i c l e s , kindly sent t o u s by hr. Yoder.

Moberly Resident ~epor t s - - (Con t inued )

H i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n l i s t s 45 persons i n North Missour i 2s being on r eco rd i n s ee ing UPO1s between Phrch 2 snd Pbrch 19 an(:! t hey r e s i d e i n t h e following coun t i e s : Randolph, Callaway, Char i ton, C l l a t o n , Linn, Macon, Shelby, u d a i r , achuyle r , l k o x and 14organ. He v i s i t e d some of t h e s i t e s where UFOfs were r epo r t ed and checked f o r radiation w i t h a g e i g e r counte r , but found no t r a c e of radia t ion--and no i m p r i n t s o r burned p laces ,

A s some of h i s r e p o r t s have -appeared i n t h e A p r i l and May i s s u e s of SKYLOOK (ou r s from o t h e r s o u r c e s ) , we w i l l no t r e p e a t them he re , but he has one from Moberly which wc d i d n o t have and we f i n d i t q u i t e interes-king:--the l ady , who does n o t wish t o be named, r e p o r t e d t h a t on A p r i l 16 a t about 8 :30 p.m. she was northbound on 151, n o r t h of Madison and d r i v i n g about 65 miles pe r hour when she saw what she f irst thought was a f a l l i n g s t a r , but t hcn noted the object--about 300 o r 400 f e e t from the ground and s q u a r t e r mile away--made a r i g h t ang- l e t u r n and s t a r t e d fo l lowing h e r a long the highway, She s a i d she be- came f r igh t ened .

- She descr ibed the o b j e c t as being ova l i n shape, l a r g e r t han a c a r ,

w i t h t h e bottom p a r t a b r i l l i a n t whi te--br ighter t han anyth ing she had eve r ssen. She noted t h a t t he two-way r a d i o i n h e r c a r would no t f u E c t i o n du r ing t h e time she was being followed. Also, h e r c a r r a d i o became f a i n t . As she neared t h e Route K junc t ion , a f t e r being follow- ed by t h e o b j e c t about a mi l e , she switched h e r h e a d l i g h t s t o b r i g h t and a t t h a t moment t h e UFO 'turned a b r i l l i a n t whi te a l l ove r f o r a m a t t e r of seconds, t hcn t h e l i g h t went out . She s a i d she could see a dome a t o p t h e o b j c c t a s i t b.?nk?? tr\ the l e f t 2 n d went out o f s i g h t .

M r . Yoder wrote l c t t e r s u rg ing govurnrnant i n v a s t i ~ a i i o n of UFO's. One w r i t t e n t o lvlissourji~, Gov. :n'al-ren i5. H e d r r l t 3 ~ b r v u g h t ihe r e p l y t h a t " t h e r e i s no one he re i n t h e 5 t a t e of Missour i t h a t I k n o w of . ,

who would have the f a c i l i t i e s o r t h e a u t h o r i t y ' t o investiga'l;e- ' UpF\Os. I would-sugges t t h a t you d i r e c t your correspondence t o someone i n the f e d e r a l govermmnt, such as y0ur.U. S, s e n a t o r s o r your congressman." . .

A s a r e s u l t o f t h e pub l i c . i t y given Mr. Yoder i n h i s home town,' a n i n t e r e s t e d reader , came t o h i s ].lome wi th a copy of 'tTTFO.s I c j c n t i f i e d U by P h i l i p J, Klass.. A s our SINLOOK r e a d e r s know, Nl , . Klass . " i d e n t i f i e s l ' UFO ' s as being "plasmatt ( and see Phy i s s u e 'of SKYLOOK f o r Xr. Klass o f f e r .of $10,000 c t c j . M r . Yoder read the book and i t i s t o h i s . c r e d i t

- t h a t he s a y s , "I know t h e r e a r e hundreds of 'UFa r e p o r t s which c a n n o t be expla ined away so e a s i l y . "

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------ - S c i e n t i f i c Company Of fe r s Serv ice

A . Roy Davis, of Grcen Cove Spr ings , P l a . , 72043, o f f e r s f r c c of charge any of t h e s e r v i c e s , i n c l u d i n g a n e i y t i c a l r e p o r t s , ' of t h e "Roy Davis S c i e n t i f i c Compznyl and h i s l c t t e k h e a d l i s t s : Co-operative Re- soarch , Biomagnetic, B i o l o g i c z l , 2 i iadiht ion, Nuclear Xadiat ion Research; Medical and ug r i cu l ' t u r a l , . Bionagnel;ic Hese&rch; C l i n i c a l , E l cc t ro - Chemical K,scarch: Conceptive S.pace- Research and Environmental Re- search.

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SICYLOOK a g p r e c i a t e s h i s offc+r 2 n d s l lppests our resc..qrchers j ~ f down t h e add res s f o r f u t u r e referc:nbe,

More on the Michigan Lights

The b y i s sue of S1';YLOOX cnr .~iei l a r e p o r t of li&l;s s ~ c n i n Mich- igan during March and f u r t h e r r c ~ ~ o r t s have come i n from t h z t area.

PIrsO Jane Barnard, .301 N. Cztherine, Bay Ci ty , f i r s t heard about a UFO on he r Citj.zcnl, Band raa io a3out 11:45 p. m. Mprch 13 , and she reported she then saw a twinlrl irg Tight I1jun,ing 211 over" i n t h e southwest s k i e s . The objec t t ravz led slowly t o the northwds*, end t o get a b e t t e r view , hrs. h r r u r d , h e r fius'Lnci, and iulothcr couple drove i n t o the country v~here, a t Vhet-ler C~tid 'l'hrde iviile9 they stopped t h e i r car and w'rtched the l i g h t s through binoculars .

"It looked l i k e a l i g h t a t the end of a l a r i a t t h a t somebody was shaking," M r s . Barnard t o l d the "Bay City Tines." They wztched the l i g h t s u n t i l a f t e r 1 an and a l s o s t range l i g h t s i n t h e west.

That same n igh t the Iosco Coui~ty Sheriff I s o f f i c e repor ted t h z t an un iden t i f i ed woman c a l l e d the o f f i c e about 8 : 3 0 p.m. t o r e p o r t she had been followcd by a ILf l y i n g saucer. It ' She w-:s t r a v e l i n g along Esnond Road from Sand Lnke t o Hale when Il7.n ob jcc t l a r g e r than a t ruck , l i g h t green on t h e bottom and glowing yellow on t h e top, I t

began t o fol low licr. l l I t followed me ;bout h a l f way t o Hzle, then took off Btraight up without a sound," she sa id .

The Houghton "Daily Mining Gazette" c a r r i e d a s t o r y from Calumet where l i g h t s i n t h e sky--massive, moving and red-orange--were s ight - ed. One res iden t s a i d he first obscrvcd the l i g h t about 8:30 and t h a t with h i s wife and dnughter watched i t break i n two, move out of s i g h t and thcn rcappcar and a@in p a r t before t r a v e l i n g i n a north- wester ly d i r e c t i o n from t h e i r l i n e of vis ion.

"I h w c never seen anjrtlling l i k e i t , he szi&. "It wns a perfcct g ian t c i r c l e with a s o r t of gold r i n g :>.round it. % e n i t broke i n two, the p a i r of c i r c l e s , of the s.lve c ~ l o r , moved topethcr out of s igh t .

!'The D2.11y Tribune" of Hoy,l O a k , l ' l i ~ h i i ; ~ n , s,id t h a t t e n gersons i n the Holl~\iid area r e j o r t e d si,ultlrik a b r i g h t , un iden t i f i ed object which took bout an hour t o c ross t h e sky, fron south t o nor th , before dawn, &rch 13. An o f f i c e r at .the Sel f r idge A i r Force 3:l.se id no rada r r epor t s o r ? - i r c r a f t s igh t ings of UFOs were repor ted r.nd he commented the objcc t mny have bccn some type o f "sp-ce junk.It Sight- i n g ~ of t;iis objcc t were a l s o r ~ p o r t e ? i n Owosso, C'orunna, Por t Huron 2nd Det ro i t . k t Holl;l.nd, IYLichi~r-.n, t h e object wzs rcgor ted as being seen about 4:45 2.m. The "Evening Scat ine l ' ' s2-id, '!The object which was regorted t o be about a s brigl-.t ' . s t h e planct Venus but did no t b l ink , took ;:bout :: hal f l i o u ~ ,o c ross the sky from south t o n o r t h before d?.wn today. , a

I1 m e Bn,y City Timesl1 on Pkrch 15 c ? r r i e d 3 spectacular s t o r y of

a s igh t ing m.de by M r . and I:i,s. Lnrry Johnson, but wnen qa l>s t ioned by an inves t iga to r P f t e r the re ,art w ~ s published, Frs. Jcl:nson tnmed down wht:t s e e m t o h?ve bccn 2. rrcportcrlS "bu i ld up of the inc ident . As gathered by the i n v e s t i g ~ . t o r ' convers:l,tion wi th 1 % ~ . Johnson, t h i s i s whct happened: the Johnsons, of Hzlc, Xichig~m, were d r iv ing through r u r a l Iosco County Thursd;!g n igh t (~~-r r rch 1 3 ) when they saw

(con-tinuod on next p~:.l.ge) .

I I More on t h e Michigm Lights (cont inued)

l a vc ry b r i g h t o b j e c t , predornin.mtly whit(? on t o p and green-yellow on bottom. They be l ieved t h e o b j z c t t o bc a q u e r t e r of a mile d i s t m t and could n o t d i s t i n g u i s h a cief i n i t e shcpe cs t h e l i g h t , o r l i g h t s , were t o o b r i g h t . It was r e p o r t e d t h e o b j e c t fol lowed them about f i v e m i l e s , t hen suddenly shoX up i n t o t h e 2.ir disapponred. The time w a s 8 p. m.

On March 13 , t h e . " l ' t ica Dai ly S e n t i n ? l m quoted one obszrfrcr as say ing , "1.t had g reen , yellow and red b l i n k i n g l i g h t s and hovcrcd over my house -for n couple of minutes. It w a s shnped l i k e a s aucc r and wzs hc,?.+ing' n o r t h a t n t c r r i f i c r n t e of sneed. I '

Meanwhile, back on t h e ranch--or n t M t , Clemens, Mict~igna, t o be s p c i f i c , D r . &dsJri do...,lnnd, ~res1den- t e m c r l t ~ l s dr ' the vlorces- t e r Poundation f o r Exy~.r i ra t .n t~~. l Biology and' ;. 111cklbe1' of t h e b m r d of d i r e c t o r s of t h e Americm Assocl ; l t ion f o r tht. Advancement of Sc ience , was say ing (as quotdd by the HIvI~~comb Dei ly t l , ) ho f e e l s t h ~ ~ t i n the course of t ime UFO's w i l l be l a r g e l y f o r g o t t e n " l i k c t 5 e bogus s p i r i t - ua l i sm of ycs t e r -yea r . 'I' Iioaglnnd scys t h e Condon Repart ~ C d s "massive a d d i t i o n a l weight t o the a l r endy overwhelming improbab i l i t y of v i s i t s by UFOs guided by i n t e l l i g e n t beings,"

Gei?, Doc, where wcr-e YOU t h e n i g h t s 2.11 t h e lights went on?

C r e d i t s : Lou P a r i s h ~ .nd Rod B. Dyke.

. . ------ Missouri Res iden ts See S t range Object

C ~ r l W i l l i a m Ebe r l e in , of Sn l i sbu ry , No. , t o l d t h e "Press-Specta- t o r " t h a t he wi tnessed a s tmngc flying o b j e c t near h i s hone on Wed- nesday, Peb. 26, .1969, s h o r t l y a f t e r 9:p.m. The o b j e c t c?ppctmcd t o be ro7md b a l l p ~ r o b a b 1v sma l l e r th2i9 a c;;r. w i t h a n orc ln~e- red co lo r , He c a l l e d h i s wif;? who cake out 2nd s a w i t t o 6 as it t r ~ v e l e d i n a s o u t h e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n a t zbout 30 t o 35 mi l e s per hour and appcmed t o be abou~t 100 f e ~ t above tho ground. There wc,s no aud ib l e sound a s t he ob j c c t .p=ssed over t h e Ebe r l c in back y?.rd.

3)xring they would n o t be be l i eved , the couple made no murltion of the i n c i d e n t u n t i l newsp:lpcrs began r c p o r t l n g t h e f l u r r y of UFO s i g h f i n g s i n n o r t h Wjssourj ,

Source : l tPress -Spec tc~tor , ' I S a l i s b u r y , !,lo., k r c h 1 4 , 1969 . I ------

Cigar-Shaped UkY) Seen by Two I l l i n o i s Dcpu-ties

Deputies Raymond Richards ~ n d Joseph Volcnec, Du Tnge County, 111, s h i d t h e y saw n c ip7 r - shqncd o b i c c t , 100 f e s t l o n g , with f o u r smal l whi te l i p h t s , one r e d l i g * ? , . t -n? t v o s tubby wings. They s i g h t e d i t a t 3:25 a.m. I k r c h 8, 1969, wkile 3 - t r o l l i n c I l l i ~ l o i s 53 nc! r Thornd : l e Road, no:.r I t , ~ s c a . It hovc3xu;d zbove t,lem 2-t .:n ~ l t l t u d e of 1 ,000 f .et, they s?.id, t hen f lew aw:,y ~ 1 ~ 1 1 0 ~ 1 ; 3 sound w l l t ' u t hey tu rned tixir spot- l i g h t s o n ' i t ,

Source : Chicago "'Daily N,ws", Thrch 11, 1969

UFO Over T4t. Vernon, I l l .

A -UFO--described a s "'11i0~ii3 b r i l l i c m t t hc~n any rzinbow you eve r SZW"

w 2 s s i g h t e d . soh theas t of i/Ii;. V?rnoii, I l l . , . a t 9:20, 'JJ,dnt.sday n i g h t , ~ p r i l 23, 1969.

The man who r epo r t ed t h e o b j e c t s a i d hc wmted t o remain anonymous. "I d o n t % wclnt my neighbors k i ad ing n e , I t he t o l d the r e ~ o r t e r . He s a i d t he cigar-shaped o b j c c t was a v i v i d r e d co lo r . He saw i t hover ing a t t r ee - top l e v e l f o r a few scconds, then i t disappeared i n t o the south- west a t tremendous speed, l e z v i n g a b l u i s h vapor t r a i l . "It w a s ou t of s i g h t i n a ' few scconds, he sa id .

Source : "The Register-News , Iqt. Vernon, Ill. Cred i t : C. S. Thanks! )

Strange Lights Def lec t C n f s S t e e r i n g

Steve G l a d f e l t c r , 19 , of 216 S o ~ t h Empcriz, E l Dorado, Kmsas , and hls g i r l f r i e n d had a f r i g h t e n i n g expc r iL ;mz about 11 p. 1~1. t h e n i g h t of March 24, 1969, when they wcre about f o u r mi les s o u t h e a s t of El Dorado

Steve s a i d they s p o t t e d two " l i g h t s " on the ground of an open f i e l d . They were about 25 f e a t a p a r t and about 10 f c c t i n diameter and approx- imate ly 100 yards from t h e cz r . He tu rned t h e c a r around t o go by the scene aga in f o r a c l o s e r look when -the c9.r sufidcnljr v e n t o u t of con- t r o l . "I was t r a v e l i n g 15 miles wr bo11r, '! he s n i - d , "but I h7d no con- t r o l over t h e s t e e r i n g wheel. The c . r w n t ? n w n t he rocld a t an angle , but ? i d s t a y on t h e roc d. !I It tr-clveled . - I W u t 150 f u e t "before t h e wheels seemed t o t a ~ e hold.

Each l i g h t f l a shed s e v e r a l t imes, he r e p o r t e d , t hen s topped, leav- i n g a s l i g h t b lue glow. H i s companion was s o f r i g h t e n e d , Steve s a i d , hc took h e r home, t h e n r e tu rned t o the scene, but t h e l i g h t s hcd d i s - appeared, and he could f i n d no th ing unusuril.

Source : "The Kanscs Newslet t2r , I L S i l v e r Lake, Kznsas

------ Oklahoma Reports More UFOf s

A r ~ y s t e r i o u s u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j c c t hovcring f o r f i v e minutes over t h e Watonga, Okla., a i r p o r t was re;?orted seen about 8:30 p.m. Fr iday n i g h t , Fkrch 7 , 1969.

Miiton Banta, rrlntonga p r inxc r , s a i d he 2nd h i s neighbor, Gary E d s z l l , took time-delay p i c t u r e s of t he "b ig round l i g h t wi th long r z y s of l i g h t extending out from t h e ob jec t . " Banta a l s o reL1ortcd t h n t two-my r a d i o r e c e p t i o n o r t r a n s m i t t i n g w 2 s . cu t supposedly by the yrescnce of t h e " l i g h t two t imes b igger than t h e evening s t a r . t t b

Yol i~emcnKci th Kelly znd Ja;.ics Winters c l s o s . 2 ~ t h e strc-nge l i g h t .

Source : "Watonga Republ ic~m, Watonga, Okla. Mmch 13 , 1969

SKYLQOK Has Kansas Representative

Miss Kietha F i sh , of Research Associates , Inc. , S i l v e r Lake, G n s a s , has consented t o become our Kansas r ep resen ta t ive and t o send us UFO r e p o r t s from our neighboring s t a t e . Niss Fish i s one of the Di rec to r s of "The Kansas Newsletter1' which ms8e i t s appearance i n May and i s t h e off i c i r t l nubl ica t ion o f the r ? s e q r c h groun.

The nedt l i t t l e , o f f s e t monthly b u l l e t l n r e f l e c t s an inte3'es-b i n v a r i e d phenomena with ufology p e r l l u ~ s heaalng the l i s t . A sample copy i s 256 and the subscr.iption i s 43.90 per year . Write Research ASSOC- i a t e s , Inc. , P. 0. Box 8 ? S i l v e r Lake, Kansas 66539.

wri te r Gives Lou Far i sh T i t l e .

Ln a recen t l e t t e r t o the e d i t o r , John A . Keel, wel l k~own w r i t e r i n t h e ufology f i e l d , commented: "Nore emphasis should be placed upon scho la r ly h i s t o r i c a l research. There a r e thousands of o ld books and records which m s t be s tudied end s i f t e d . Very few u f o l o g i s t s a r e mak- ing an e f f o r t t o do t h i s important work. P a r i s h i s our ' h i s t o r i c a l exper t1 (whether he wants t h e job o r n o t ) a i ~ d can advise r e sea rcher s w i l l i n g t o undertake t h i s ta3k.I'

And Jen Stevens ( e d i t o r of UFO SKYWATCH) says i n the Nov-Dee i s sue o f h e r magazine: dtlbLucius' Far i sh i s one of the f orenlost l ~ i r s h i p ' h is - t o r i a n ~ . ' ~ Louts a r t i c l e s have appeared i n severa l UFO pubi icnt ions as well a s i n t h e j s l i c k paser magazines which f e a t u r e ufology now and then.

SKYLOOK i s proud t o have him on the s t a f f . In a d d i t i o n t o " In Others1 Words,tt a r egu la r f e a t u r e , Lou lms cont r ibuted mater ia l s ince almost our f irst i ssue .

UFO's Pursue Car

You've a l l heard t h e old saw:"What would. a dog do with a c s r if he caught one?" Bringing i t up t o da te , why does a UFO chase a ca r? More and nore o f these cases a r e reported. Compared t o the apparent speed, c a p a b i l i t y and @neuyerabi l i ty of a UEIO, any au to must seem a toy-like vehic le . So whatf s t h e a t t r a c t i u n ? What do' jrou th ink?

On Dec.. 1 2 , 1968 , Richard Sfiyder, of S t i l l w a t e r , Daniel OIIITalley, o f Latham, and Tkrk Lanou of Hecl?anicvil le, N,. Y. s a i d they were pur- sued ac ross the countryside by . ~ h r e e UF0.l s e a r l y 'chat morning. The men f i r s t encountered t h e UFO's s h o r t l y a f t e r 5 a.m. a s they drove on route 146. The o b j e c t s , descr iked as "transparent. , t i re-shaped ob- j e c t s , " followed, increas ing ' t h e i r sgeed and changing d i r e c t i o n a s needed. When the men kittempted t b - "hidet1 behind a bu i ld iag , the o b j e c t s found and hovered bvey about 400 f e e t up, twinkl ing a s tLey switched from b r i l l i a n t red t o greenish blue t o l t 'orangish", then sped away,

"Credit : SKYWATCH., Box 1 2 4 , Schoharie, N. Y. 12157.

T H f l A S T R J N O N Y C b R M E R By Ted P h i l l i p , Jr.

A. Look a t the Sky '

The planet Mercury'will be v i s i b l e throughout Nay 2nd w i l l reach i n f e r i o r conjunction (Mercury w i l l be between the e a r t h and sun) on

29.

Venus w i l l be a b r i l l i ~ m t -4.2 magnitude during b b y and w i l l be a spect,?cular object i n the eastern sky bcfore sumrise during June.

k r s . w i l l be 45,000,000 miles f r o m E m t h on b y 31. IT w i l l reach. ,

a -2.0 mgni tude and will be qui te near the r ed s t a r , k n t m e s , which i s i n t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n Corpius. Ihrs w i l l be scen i n the cons te l la - t i o n Ophiuchus i n the southcrn sky.

The g innt J u p i t e r i s v i s i b l e most of the ovcning high i n the south- e r n sky a t magnitude -1.8.

Saturn w i l l be v i s i b l e i n the ea r ly r~lorniiig before s u n r i s e a t a --.7 magnitude i n Aries.

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we do know thrt thc Pl~l.'tian atrn~sph,~r .e i s qu i t e t h i n cornu,~r~~d t o t h a t of t h e Earth. T1,ia fclct wcs cdnf;ct:de b y the l ' l~ r indr probe o f 1965. Thcre appear t o be s m d l l s ~ n o u n t s of o x y g k m d wtlter vapor . i n the I ! h r t i ~ n atmosphere, probzbly 5 per cent or l e s s w~.?.-i;er vapor than i s found i n our own atmosphere and about 1/1000 2 s nrdch oxygen.

C Clouds have been observed during the c lose nppronchcs 2nd. are th ree types--the white clouds, bltie-white clouds nnd t h e yellowish "dust"' clouds. The white clouds a re believed t o occur h igh i n the Martian atmosphere 2nd genera l ly form a t ia'mut noon and seem t o in- crease i n s i z c during the i\Z-..rt;ian zf tcmoon. These clouds have bzen seen extending byond the edge of t he p l m c t ' s disk. An es t imate then mc2y be made a s t o the r ~ l t l t u d e of the clouds and they hare been estimated t o be up t o 1 2 milcs 2,bove t h e -pl:mottS surface.

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- ' The Astronony corner ' :(cont ' inued) ' "

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. i n t h e E a r t h ' atmosphere. i i l thodgh the t c n p ~ r i z t u r e : k t . t h e equa to r r i s e s t o .over:80 .degrees; . the t h i n atmo8ph6re c,annot h o l d . t h e su r f ace hcrzt 9.nd the . temperature f e l l s r a p i d l y as evening nea r s . . . :

. . . . . .

he two Mzrtian moons wene r ' i s k o + r ~ d hy t<e ~ i r r c t n r n f t h e N a - v a l Observatory, Aszph H n l l , , in 19.77. The ov.ter mo-gn w s o17served on August 11, ' t h e i n n e r ' s ; ~ t k l l i . t e ' n' Augu.st , l 7 . The o u t e r .mo:)n was nailed Di'emos and tile i m e r Phobos. . .

Phobos i s seme 3,700 1:liles from t h e p l a n c t f s su r f cce and moves around t h e p l a n e t t h r e e t imes each day. 'The o u t e r moon, Diemos, i s l o c a t e d about 12,500 mi les above the p lane t and completes one re - v o l u t i o n i n about 7 hours and 40 n n u t e s . Phobos r i s e s i n t h e wcst and i s t h e l a r g e r of t h e two, having n iliarncter o f l e s s t h a n 1 0 mi l e s .

The N.mtian m o m m e indeed a ~f iys t c ry , socie Sov ie t s c i e n t i s t s have even considerefi t he p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t ~ h c noons might be even smnl lc r th::n t h e estimated 5 and 10 m i l d s d iameters . Tlley say t h n t t h e moons might bc q u i t e srnnll i f t h e i r s::rf~.ce area wza nore l i g h t r c f l e c t - i v e t;linn a rocky sur fccu might be. Also, the Russ i~ .n s c i e n t i s t s h2ve s a i d t h n t they app{:nr t o move i n nr-;~ri)- c i r c u l a r o r b i t s lzroimd the p l a n e t . Th i s type of specu ln t ion i s most i n - ce rc s t i ng , but only time b ~ i l l t e l l t h e t r u e n a t u r e of t he se t i n y s a t e l l i t e s .

Next rxonth: 111. The Car12ls 2nd ' the P o s s i b i l i t y of L i fe

S P A C E TJ O . T % S

S o v i e t s Lgnd Two Pro'ces on Venus

The Sovie t Union placed a 2,491 L)ound probe or1 t h e g l m e t Veilus a t zbout 7: 30 a.m. l\~oscow t u e , I.L,Y 1 6 , 1969. Tile probe w L . s a c:ip- s u l e which was d.roppcd from ' J ~ L L S 5 before i t e l i t e r t d t h e .L.i;mos- phcre. The probc ~nnde a 53 nnnute descen t , by p: .r~.chute, v l l i l e tciking tcmp?rature , p r e s su re ?.nd chcr~ lc -1 corngosition r cad ings . It w:\s launched on i t s Zl7,OOO,OOO f i l g h t January 5.

The sccond Venus probc launched by he Soviet Uaion e a r l i e r t h i s y e a r l~? i ided on Venus nbout 24 hours ::f-kir t h e f i r s t pro%. '"he Venus 6 m2de a 51 minute dcsc;.n%, by p ~ r a c h u t e , t rans r i i i t t ing dn ta du r ing t h a t pe r iodo Venus 6 crime in-to t h e c t r !~osphc r~ somc 186 mi lcs from t h e p o i n t where Venus 5 hnd ~ n t c r c d t h e Ccty bc iore . Both probes f::iled t o send c2dditlonal inforxatiol ; a Z t c r re2ching t h e surface. A srnall par- achute of h c x t - r c s i s t c n t mctmicl w s s relcz.scd t o be r ep l aced by a. second m- in chute z f t e r t hc x t e of descen t had slowcd t o 688 f e e t pe r sccond.

C r e d i t : Ted P h i l l i p s . .....................................................................

Check your cdd res s h ' o e l . If ' thcrc i s c b i g r c d X by your n::me, your s u b s c r i p t i o n t o SKYLOOK exp i r e s w i t h t h i s i s sue . Benzw today!

- Earth E m i t s Radio Signzls Much Like J u p i t e r 1 s.

D r . Robert G , Stone of -the G,ddard Space F l i g h t Center, Greenbelt, Pid., oI" 1\5. A. S A , , rcportcd i n Washington Apr i l 21st th2.t t he Ep,rth emits b u r s t s of 'A. 1":. (amplitude modulation) r ad io s i g n a l s 13uch l i k e

- those from J u p i t e r .

The spacec ra f t , iladio Astronomy Explorer 28, was launched l ~ . s t July 4 , ?.nd i n o r b i t 3,640 miles 2bove t h e Ear th it extended tubular antennns mcasuring 1,5000 f c c t from t i p t o t i p w i t h the purpose of studying low-frequency r n + i o s igna l s from snyce which c?nnot qenetrnte E a ~ t h ' ~ ntmos~hcre. In the low fr~;:ar?mcy E x ~ l o r e r 38 w - s designed t o measure f requencies including t-1~ AM bro, d c ; , s t b. r,d on Barth and discovered E a r t h t s sign,.ls a m s i u i l , r t o those detected i n t h e p s t from t h e g i m t p l m c t Jup i t e r .

Credit : SAUCER SCOOP, 6464 34th Ave. No. S t . Petcrsburg, Pln. 33710 ----- Astronaut Thinks Other ? lanet Li fe Likely

Astroriz.ut J2.mes A, Lovell , Jr., a incmber of the Apollo 8 'crew which orb i ted t h e moon l a s t Deccmbcr, s a i d i n an address t o the Ark2nsas B anlcers Association, "There a r c 100 m i l l i o n suns l i k c ours. Some of these must have p lanets which support l i f e a s we know it o r i n t e l l i - gent l i f e of some form.1'

Source : Memphis "Commerci~l Appcaltl--Credit, M r s . Orphz b y .

More on the Michalak Case

Recently we encouraged a m d i c a l doctor t o w r i t e t o a fr icf id of h i s a t the 1%3yo Cl in ic and i n q u i r e i n t o the con t rovers i a l MSchalak case. (Pir. Michalak s u f f c r c d UFO burns i n 1967 and, accordixg t o re- cent newspaper r e p o r t s , v i s i t e d t k s Mayo Cl in ic f or an e x a n i m t i o n i n 1968.) A r e p l y dated A - o r i l 1, 1969, s t r , t c s i n p m t : "I h-ve checked throuph our r e g i s t r ~ t i o n desk rrte I fi,nc' t h n t we hyve never had a p ~ t i e n t by th;!t wme registcrrtd -t the Thyo Cl in ic . If he hrd been a p t i e n t , I suspect t h t I i / o l l d no t have been ab le Lo send you informcticn without a reledst . Prom h i m , ?-c;<.Le lms being wh:.t they a r e , but I - can t e l l jou t h n t w e don1 t h o w anything about him."

It i s poss ib le , of course, t h a t 14.r. Michalak entered t h e ' c l i n i c under an assumed name. The above correspondence i s r e l i ~ b l e 2nd honest.

Another 1897 A j r s h i p Report

While the a r g m e n t s continue a s t o whether t h a t 1897 a i r s h i p was an u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t , more r e p o r t s come i n as i n t e r e s t e d re- searchers delve i ~ t o the old newspaper I r i les , and they always provide i n t e r e s t i n g readmg.

This one comes 'froin "The Daily Kennebec Journal , I t kugusta , M ~ ~ i n e , A p r i l 12 , 1897:--Sioux Ci ty , h. A n r i l 11.--Many claim t o hnvc sccn t h e airshrip. Up t o dc te , however, it h 2 s inv2ria.bly been on the wing on Such occasions. R. FI. B l l t l n r , of t h i s county, cl~:lms he caught i t " roos t ing . w

His account i s as follows:- "Svery oaturday I dive ifito Sioux City. Gn my r e t u r n l a s t week, I rcached t h e driveway near my house about 12:15 A.M. znd turned i r ~ b ge t t o ay barn. I had gonc about ha l f t h e way when I saw l i g h t jus t over the off h o r s e f s ea r . I s t r a i n e d my eyes: and when I got a good look, I nea r ly f e l l off t h ~ . s , q a t . I was looking a t a sh ip . A t t he top was what I took f o r a big.,lgcs-shaped balloon. It was about 35 f e e t long, 10 o r 1 2 f e e t t h i c k and l a y on i t s s i d e . Underneath it was a c a r something l l k c those on the F e r r i s Wheel a t the Worldts Pa i r . It had a row of windows along the s i d e 2nd t h e l i g h t shone through them.'"

" A s I approached, the f o l k s i n the boat heard me and they s t a r t e d i n t o the a i r . It sounded l i k e 2 bunch of q u a i l going up. In four o r f i v e minutes the s h i p went out of s i g h t , t r a v e l i n g townrd the south. I t h i n k i t rose a t an angle of 40 o r 45 degrees."

The genera l opinion among h i s neighbors i s t h a t Butler h2d been dr inking before he l e f t t o m ,

Cred i t : Brent Raynes, Eerkins Lane, Hallowell, Maine, 0437.

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Radio Program Whets. UFO I n t e r e s t

Ray L. 15-ight, of Snr inpf i e l ? , I l l . , -r+ m i t m b l ? r o f t h e I1 l i n o i s Sect ion APRO, discussed UFO's -nd the Condon Re :art :>.nd mswcred ques- t i o n s phoned i n " l i v e u on hban Wayne s "Ni te l ine" program, pk.y 5

The l0-to-midnight program i s on s t a t i o n \!TAX, Spr ingf ie ld , and i s a CBS. a f f i l i a t e . YE. FJr.ightfs presentation awnkened new i n t e r e s t i n t h e c a p i t a l c i t y which has bcen r a t h e r i n d i f f e r e n t toward UPOtsl. No doubt R2"y w i l l be i n v i t e d t o speak a t var ious publ ic ga ther ings 2s a r e s u l t of h i s t a l k .

Credi t : Walt AYldrus, Co-Chairman I l l i n o i s Sect ion APRO

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Vo lme 1, Nwber 1, "Bole t in De APRO Mexicott has mada i t s appear- ance i n Mexico and w i l l be published bi-mofithly. A f f i l i a t e d w i t h A. 3 . R , 0. it i s t h c f i r s t APRO p u b l i c a t i o n t o nppcar i n Spnnish. For the b e n e f i t of those who do not rcr7d S w n i s h , t h e r e i s a t w o - m e Engl i sh summzry.

Mexico, up t o now, bus been i i id i f fe rc r i t on the UFO s u b j e c t , e d i t o r J e s u s Herizndcz Garibay, r e s o r t s . He be l i eves t h l s i s l ~ r g e l y due t o l a c k of knowlcdgc which "hopefu l ly , w i l l chc-nge w i t h time. "

Five UP0 s i g h t i n g s dur ing 1968 a r e given. On &rch 25, D r . Jo se de J e s u s Fonseca and h i s w i f o , of ?lexica C i ty , s a w a s p h e r i c a l , lumln- ous o b j e c t moving a t a g r e a t v e l o c i t y and it was f o l l o v e d "by a s o r t of h a l o t h a t ~ e n d e d i n a po in t 2nd appenred t o be t h r e e t imes a s l a r g e a s t h e o b j e c t i t s e l f . ".

August 10 , wi tnesses 2.t Porn. Ricn, Vcrncruz, obscrvcd f i v e spher- i c a l yellowish-white . ob j ec t s , f l y i s g i i l I Tormat - ion, i n EL north-south . direction f o r "zho~i t a f i v e minute per iod . Nhen d i r e c t l y overhead,

-, t,hey bqoke form~.t i ,on z,nd ,the faour s m l l c r ones cont inued ,-south a,nd - , thc I 15,kger ,cno cl i s ~ ~ p e ~ i r e g t'ow;:rd the p e s t . ' A l l , obyx-yms agreed i : 1

' theylfwcTe' , I If dak-cl'ing, too h s t t o ,b,c ,qonveni-ional ,., . , q i ~ c,r:tf t . , i , ,

. , . . . , . , . : . . . . . ' + ' I . , , . . ; I : . 8 r l 8 . i , , - I . . , 'I.' . ,- :' . :, ,. : :.: ::

August 13. numcr6us p c ~ ' s o n s ' ' h h x i ' b o : C i t y s igh t6d n pear-shaped UFO. It had a ycllawish-colored luminous. aureola- , - and a blue l i g h t . i n t h e c e n t ~ r of it. The s i z e of t h e o b j c c t w2s approximately 3 f e e t

Scpt. 21 a r n u ~ i c i g a l employee of Yecapix t la SXvJ a c i r c u l a r flying o b j c c t which discharged b l ~ c k smoke. It disappcnrcd suddenly.

Sept . 23 nea r Cucrnnv~.ca, a lawyer r cno r t cd sqe ing a luminous o b j e c t hovr;ring ncz r t h e c i t y . T h i s s ipbit ing coinciged w i t h a blg.ck- out i n Cuernnvncn.

SKYLrOOK extends good w l s h ~ s t o t he new g ~ b l i c ~ t l o n - - ~ n d Ye Ed wishes she had s tud ied Spanish. Those wno d i d nay wish tc o b t a i n 2 copy of t h e magazil-:e. The address i s KPRO Mexico, Apartado P o s t a l 1978, Pkxico 1, D, F., Mexico.

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More op p i r e b a l l Seen over U. S. and Fiexico

The A p r i l i s s u e of SKYLOOX c n r r i e d a n a r t i c l e on n b r i g h t f i r e - b a l l observed over no r the rn W e , i c 8 0 , New me^ o , Texas and i i r izona, A l a r g e number of frngr,icnts fe , l : ~ r o m d thc Mexicc.11 torin of Puebli to.

, fie Allende. The meteor wns descrbibed r l s 2 b r i l l i a n t blue-lvhite b - col:or;'l.i.cving '2 glowing train behind i t . To dn te about '170 p ~ w , d g .

of a e t e a r i t i c m z t c r i a l 11zs betin found. Thc $rk~gments 21-e of c r a r 6 type of me teo r i t e , con ta in ing much cprbon, wai;er cnd hydrocarbons,

Cred i t : Ted ~ h i l l i p .

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Mystery F i r e b a l l S t r e a k s Over B r i t a i n

The London "Da i ly M i r r o r t b r e p o r t e d t h z t on Fr iday n i g h t , A p r i l 2 5 , 1969 , a mys te ry g r e c n Z i r e b a l l f l a s h e d t h r o u g h t h e sky o v e r B r i t a i n and thousnnds of peop le a l l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y phoned p o l i c e s t 2 t i o n s and t h e M i n i s t r y of Defence a f t e r t h e o b j e c t s t renl red o v e r h a d , l eav- i n g a g lowing ye l low t r a i l , S i g l i t i n g s were a l s o r e p o r t e d from Scot- l a n d a n d I r c l a n d where o b s e r v e r s r e p o r t e d a n e x p l o s i o n .

The "Da i ly S k e t c h t t r e p o r t e d t h a t t r a i n d r i v e r Erwin P h i l l i p s Saw t h z g lowing b a l l f rom t h e c a b of t h e 9:Zl D i e s e l as i t w a i t e d a t Hsrsham S u r r e y S t a t i o n . ItI though t i t w a s a f l y i n g s a u c e r and t h a t it was g o i n g t o c u t my t r a i n i n h r ~ l f , ~ ~ he s a i d . "It swooped o u t of t h e sky and f r i g h t e n e d m e t o dec.th, t h e n j u s t b e f o r e i t looked as t h o u g h i t w a s g o i n g t o h i t my t r h i n , it l i f t e d u p and d i s a p p e a r e d o t b

S e v e r a l e x p l a n a t i o r s were o f f d r e d t h e f o l l o w i n g day. Kenneth W. Gat land , o f t h e B r i t i s n I n t e r p l a n e t a r y S o c i e t y , s a i d t h a t t h e l i g h t i n t h e s k y cou ld be t h e R u s s i ~ , n s a t e l l i t e Cosmos 265 b u r n i n g u p a s it e n t e r e d t h e rztmosphcre. B,,t o t h e r e x u c r t s s n i 6 t h e o b j e c t wcls t r a v e l i n g i n t h e wronp f l i r e c t i o n t o be a s n t ? l l i t e .

A spokesm:n a t 5he Roy .1 h i r c r 7 f . t Est: b l l shment s i d i t w s prob- a b l y a meteor .

C r e d i t : Lou, F a r i s h ------ P u e r t o R ~ C O UFO I d e n t i f i e d

A. u n i t e d S t a t e s A i r F o r c e bonber crew i d z n t i f i e d a s 2 w m t h e r b a l l o o n a n " u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t I t r e p o r t e d a t 35,000 f e e t o v e r San J u a n , A p r i l 3Oth,

R a m y I ~ F B s e n t us a B-52 t o i n v e s t i g a t e t h e o b j e c t a f t e r two P u e r t o R icnn F-104 j e t f i g h t e r s were u n a b l e t o i d e n t i f y it.

S o ~ r c e - - ~ ~ A r l r a n s a s GazctCe1I ; C r e d i t , Lou P a r i s h

U F O Repor ted i n B r a z i l ( S t . Louis Globe-Denocret 5/4/69)

A l a r g e ' u n i d c n - t i f i c d f l y i n g o b j e c t rmvlng a t u l t r z - f a s t speed and e m i t t i n g b l u e , g r e e n , orange and y e l l o w l i g h t , was s c e n over Ria, p o l i c e r e p o r t e d F r i d a y , ihy 3, 1969.

D e t e c t i v e Geni ldo P c r e i r a Gonez f i r s t r c ~ o r t s d s : : e ing t h e o b j e c t - shaped l i k e n g i a n t p;lqss c7nd " twice t h e s i z e o f n f u l l moont' at 4:23 a . m . Thursday. Rndio r t r o l ' - t e ? d c ~ ~ - r t , ? r s sr-vlt 0 , - t a c s , r t o ob- s e r v e i t a d i t s crew conf i rmed t h e d e t e c t i v e ' s s t o r y . -

Pol ic i . s a i d t h e o b j e c t . ~ ~ o v c d w l t h i n c r u d i ' u i ~ : spe2d, e r n u t i n g l i g h t thzt v n ~ i c d f rom b l u e t o g r e e n t c Jnmge 23d yeLlow. A f t e r bout a n h o u r t s maneuvering o v c r t h e mounta ins o u t s i a e Kio De J a n c i r o , i t assumed t h e s h z p e of a s t a r all2 the11 d i s a p p e a r e d .

IN OTkIEHS I WOLDS The zppearcLi:c2 upon -the stem of another U J . . magazine from t h e publ ishers o f TRUE comes

Luciu-s Fa r i sh a s s~rnewhr"~t of a su rp r i se . Based on infor~nat ion I - I we had recej-ved, it k s understood t h z t n change

of s t ~ . f f 2 t TRUE h?d r e s u l t e d i n an "cnti-UFOtt e d i t o r i - 1 qol.icy, I n t h i s i n s t r n c e , we nre glad

t o be proven wrong. THB 1969 TRUE ZE?ORT ON PLYIXG SAUC XS (75,h) is the t h i r d silch public,tion t o be issued. wi th the previous two PSII IPS i t i s liberally sprinkled wltli UrU and pseudo-UrU. photos, including sever?.l from the f i l e s of P r o ~ e c t Bque Book. Six of the four tzen a r t - i c l e s i n the magazine are by f,loyd h l l a n , whose U r n sympathies seem t o l i e i n the t'unexplained n a t u r a l phenomena" category. ~ / ~ g t . Dp-vid N. Moody (now r e t i r e d ) , formerly with P ro jec t Blue Book, con t r ibu tes an a r t i c l e explaining t h e painstaking ( 5 ) c?.nalysis procedures of t h a t agency nnd sums up h i s a r t i c l e wi th the statement t h a t when an A i r Force analys t says t h a t a given s i g h t i n g is llswamp g a s , " we'd b e t t e r bel ieve him. Oh, come now, Sarge!

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The p r o l i f i c M r . Hallan r e t u r n s ; ~ ~ : : i n i n the p ~ ~ g e s of SCIENCE tk IJIECIMICS f o r June. T i s extremely i n t e r z s t i n g 2.r t ic le concerns the UFO sccn and photograp h ed by Gemini 11 as t ronau t Richard Gordon dur- ing the o rb i t21 f l i g h t of Sept 1966, along wi th as t ronaut Charles Con- rad Jr. One of the color photos decorates The cover of t h i s i s sue of S & M; another is reprod-uced in black-2nd-white with t h e a r t i c l e .

The June i s s u e of SAGA c o n t ~ i n a an c r t i c l e by Otto Binder and J o m Whritenour on t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of an %ndeclared wart1 being fought between t h e A i r Force and the UFOs. C i t i n g the numerous UFO s igh t ings near m i l i t a r y i n s t z l l n t i o n s , 9,s well a s c number of r a t h e r mysterious t '?wccidcntstl t o n i r c r ~ . f t , t h e nil-thors ~ . . - - ~ c i l l - t e concerning m s s i b l e hos- . t i l e UFO e n t i t i e s .

Excerpts from John A. kcelts forthcoriung ~il~zgnun opus of Ufology? OPE~ITION THOJfiF HOWE, a r e &xsen-l;cd i n t h e a r t i c l e i n the June Issue of PIALE. Keel presents a f a s c i n ~ i t i n g survey of cases involving myster- ious men who t u r n up i n t h e UFO fl2.p a r e a s , of tent imes a p p e n i n g dur- ing the middle of the n igh t i n the bedrocms of UFO witnesses. They a r e usua l ly described 2s being "of unusual s i z e , both i n height and girth.! ' Often clad i n cspcs and hoods, these s t r ange beings have bccn report- ed f o r over a hundred ycars ,

The NATIOITAL ENQUIRXR f o r May 25 hns :m a r t i c l e surveying some of the many UFO s ight ings reported jn B r a z i l i n recent months, Unlike o ther weekly t ab lo ids , the ENQUIRE'R has consistently presented well- w r i t t e n f a c t u a l a r t i c l e s on the UFO sub jec t f c r t h e past two years or S O @ -----_---_ _ -__-_ _-_ ---------- .--- .------- . - _ . - -- - - - - - - - - - - - ----.---.----

Our Yet i c n l e r r o r find we t r y

Peeve--to proof read a s t e n c i l twice and m i s s the typograph- t h a t shows up twicc c i s 1 ~ r g . c a s l i f e i n the mi:neograph runo s o hard!-

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Aer ia l Phenomenon Club of Cent ra l I l l i n o i s

The r e g u l a r meeting was held My 1 2 a t the F a i t h United 7,csbyter- i a n Church i n Peoria , a t 7 : 3 0 p.m. The scheduled t o p i c of "Electro- magnetic Ef fec t s " was postponed u n t i l the June sess ion , a s merflbcrs were pl5nsed t o l i s t e n t o a t a l ~ e of t h r c e i n t e r e s t i n g UFO repor t s , kindly loaned f o r the occasicn by Walt Andrus, Co-Chairrx.n of the I l l i n o i s Sec t ion APRO, A genercil d iscuss ion followed and included a review of e s s e n t i a l poin ts t o be considered i n r epor t ing a UP9 s igh t ing ,

The c l u b i s researching r e p o r t s of un iden t i f i ed f l y i n g ob jec t s i n the Peoria a r e a , studying t h e f i l e s of newsp::.pws and Ted Bloe- c h e r l s "The Report on the UP0 \\rave of 1947. The f i r s t r e p o r t was m d e July 7 , 1947. The day before Dexter Cordon, George Draker, and Bob and R i l l Blume repor ted w:.~clzing c high, f l y i n g objec t s:lil i-n a nortl iwcsterly d i r e c t i o n over E'~~rrnington Roc".-d between 11:30 and 1 2 : O Q P O L 4.1 J u l y 7 Harry L. Spooner cnught n glimpse of a r edd i sh d i s c about two f e e t i n dx..cleter glvixlg of f c r i n g i n g ~zo i se . Short ly there- a f t e r , Michael Boycr and h i s x i f e watched c s i l v e r y d i s c which tilt- ed s l i g h t l y and then followed a s t r a i g h t course. Within an hour of the Boyer s i g h t i n g , F o r r e s t L. Huggcnbotham, a C a t c r n i l l n r T r x t o r CO. employee, saw between 25 ?,nd 30 motionless d i scs i n a s t m i g h t l i n e over h i s Fas t Pcorin home.

In ,tod,o.yfs news, t! l t , c l u b notes t h - t r!ccordic~g t o t h e Trr:nsworld Radio S t ~ t i o n broadczst i ng from Bonair, lIJetherlL.nds h n t i l l e s on b y 10, 1969, the HL-10, an er,pt.ril;lental PIE-SKHk'dD WIh GLASS AIRCLWPT, broke the sound b a r r i e r on Nay 9, 1969. Who w a s i t who s a i d a snuccr shrpe i s ae ronau t i ca l ly impossible?

The next meeting w i l l be held he evening of June 9'.

Cred i t : Rick Reynolds 2nd Jcck Gi,nther ------- ..l:dzl t ' .Axd.rus t.o Speak i n T u l s 8

' Y ~ l t Andrus, of Quincy, qnd. Co-Ch. irm?,n of t h e I l l i n o i s Sec t ion APRO has been i n v i t e d t o nddress t h e Clc1n:;ornc Sect ion of A i 3 O i n Tulsa, t h e evurliilg of J u l y 25th. The i i :vltatlon wns extended by N i g h t L. Dauben, Direc tor of the $rvup, Fur thar g o t o i l s w i l l be

. g i v e n i n the next i s sue of SKYL00K f o r the b e n e f i t 08 our Oklahoma re.2dcr.s ., Mark t h e , da te on your calendar now..

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In the May i s sue of SKYLOOK wo got our t i t l e s mixed, n m l n g Robert Smulling, Hxnlll;on, 111. z s ChairmGn of the I l l i n o i s Sec t ion APRO. Walt Andrus, of uuincy, :md Robert Achzchncr, of V i l l a Park, 11'1, a r e Co-Chi-.j.r~~a1l of the I l l i n o i s Sect ion APRO :md Bob i s chnirm,ul of t h e Tri-Ytote LTO Study Group. J u s t want t o s e t the record s t r a i g h t .

NIDInlBST ORGANIZI-L~CIOIJ REPORTS. - Continued

A r t Epstein Addresses Tri-State UFO Study Group

a ' The Tri-State UFO Study Group met ~ & d a ~ af ternoon, %y 18, a t 3 o 'c lock, a t the F i r s t lcni ted Presbyter ian Church i n Uuincy, Ill., wi th ~ r t h u r J. Epstein a s the guest speaker.

M r . Epstein, of 9625 Radio Drive, AZfton ( a suburb of S t . L C J U ~ S ) , i s a na t ive 1.llsscrurian s ince 1916 exceqt f o r a s i x Year ~ e r i o d he attended school i n Cal i f .r:lia. He e rned ;- B.S. i n Agr icul ture f r o n the University of Dljssouri i n 19.44. Since t h e t t m e he has been a techni- c i an i n l a b o r a t o r i e s of the da l ry dnd water l n d u s t r l e s and, f u r t h e pas t e i g h t years , has been a chemist i n the enzyme production p lan t of S i m a Chemical Co., S t . Louis.

Since 1957 A r t has been co l l ec t ing UFO l i t e r a t u r e . He is one of t h e founders of the Greater S t . Louis UP0 Study Group and i s a member of AFRO.

k s subjec t f o r the afternoon was "The UFO Pot I s S t i l l Boiling"' and h i s discussion of the UFO phenomena i n genera l and some recent Missouri s ight ings i n p a r t i c u l a r was given the utmost a t t e n t i o n by h i s in te res ted l i s t e n e r s . M r . Epstein s t a t e d the UM) s t o r y Ys t h e most i n t e r e s t i n g de tec t ive s to ry I have ever read" and. t h e b igges t piece of scien.l;if i c breakthrough " in reverse. II

L i s t i n g magazines and books ava i l ab le on ufolo$y, he says the Condon repor t i s "not the l a s t word" and suggests t h i s r epor t and "UFO's--Yest' by Saunders a r e companion pieces and the l a t t e r should be read first.

He recommends heeding t h e words and conclusions of D r . Allen J. Hynek, whom he considers t h e best a u t h o r i t y i n ufology, but poin ts out no one person can be .!Ian expcrt" i n a subjec t involving study i n a l l a reas of science.

He c i t e d some of the S t . Louis s i g h t i n ~ s recen t ly and t h e r enor t f r o m Elmer, Mo. (see A n r i l SKYLOOP) a s -.ne nf t h e f i n e s t . Mentioning UFO s igk~ t ings elsewhere, he reports ' t h e r e h m e been over two h:~nF'red s igh t ings i n the l a s t two ye,!rs from t n e s tu . t e of New Nexico, many i n the Ala~nosa area. he pointed out s l h l l a r i t i e s i n photos tdken over a span of years.

A panel formed t o answer questions frcm the audience concluded the program and was made up of Mr. Eps te in , Nr. Dave Schroth, Pk. GUS Hearst and M r . Bob Har te l l .

Reported by Mrs. A , S. Pe tzold t , of quincy, Ill.

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We're very i n t e r e s t e d i n the Plidwest U N Network. It i s a b ig s t e p forward, and we're anxious t o g e t the f u l l r epor t of the f irst meeting --and so r ry we can' t be present . . . The tlHerald-Whig" of Quincy,11109 gave Ted P b i l l i p s a good w r i t e up when he addressed the Tr i -Sta te group and SKYLOOK was mentioned too. Good pub l i c i ty i s always he lp fu l and when ufology g e t s GOOD p u b l i c i t y , t h a t I S news. . . One of the i n t r i g u i n g items i n Binder and Whritenour "Flying Saucer D-Day" i n June SAGA was t h e quote from Gen. Douglas lilacArthur i n 1962 when. he addressed t h e graduat ing c l a s s a t W e s t Point . He predicted the " u l t - imate c o n f l i c t between a un i t ed humm race and the s i n i s t e r fo rces of some o t h e r planetary galaxy" and went on t o say, " the next war may well be an i n t e r p l a n e t a r y one." This confirms our b e l i e f t h e m i l i t a r y h o w s a l o t inore about Ur'O1 s than is admitted. You should. read the en- t i r e a r t i c l e . . . We have our f i r s t copy of John Keel 's news le t t e r ANOTJIALY ( s e e address i n ad sec t ion) and f e e l ; rou1l l want t o be on h i s mail ing l i s t . . . More on qrecli-ctions- n w , mind T r ~ ~ , we don ' t admit we pin our f a i t h on such, but we do f ind them i n t e r e q t i n g reading. Rosetta Holmes, our Car ly le , I l l . , reporter . has .Lnother ,)ne f o r our col lec- t ion. Daniel Loban, 111 h i s b ~ o k , 'l'l'lle l ieluctdnt Prophet ," s t a t e s t h a t f l j i n g saucers do e x i s t dnd more dnd more ok them a re cohing i n t o the e a r t h ' s atmosphere. "Many f l y i n g saucers w i l l be seen , and they w i l l be seen by a v a s t number of e a r t h 2eople. The s k l e s w i l l be f i i l e d wi th them *. * * many as t ronau t s w i l l d i e , f o r t h e most pa r t under mysterious circ;unstances, an2 t h e plans f o r space explora t ion of a l l t he major powers w i l l be s e t back by acc idents and o the r occur- ances." He a l s o s t a t e s t h a t "our s c i e n t i s t s a r e withholding the t r u e photographs of Nars f o r f e a r of mass h y s t e r i a . The photographs show- ed l i f e on t h a t planet ." . . . Recently we heard a r aaor of a U r n being s ighted i n the Ft . Leonard Wood a r e a , but we haven ' t been able t o p i n it down. If some of our readers down around Salem and Kolla, N O . , know anything about i t , w i l l you send i t i n , please. . . w e l l , berets a switch-- every review wefve read of David R, Saunders ' book "UFOs? Yes" has been favorable (and we l i k e i t t o o ) but Kay Pittman Black of t h e Memphis 'LPress-Scimitar"~ c a l l s i t "an incredibly d u l l book on an e x c i t i n g subjec t . " She says, "The whole book bogs down i n the personal f i g h t s , l e t t e r s and memos between the pro-UFO and the anti-UFO s c i e n t i s t s on the p ro jec t . " B u t she d i d have a kind word:-- "One of the f a s c i n a t i n g chapters i n the book i s a r epor t from a doct- o r i n Ubatuba, S ~ O Paulo, who saw a f l y i n g saucer break up and manag- ed t o r e t r i e v e some of the p a r t i c l e s of i t on the beach, A l a b re- p o r t showed the fragment was of 'unusual ly pure magnesium, represent - ing something outs ide the range of present day technological develop- ment i n e a r t h science! " She conclu.$es t h a t a new s t ~ d y is needed "done by s c i e n i i s t s with even tempers 3rd go 1-ck of o b i e c t i v i t g . " Qmha Ray s e n t i n t h e review. . . . L r s t , b l? t f-r from l e a s t , we ' p i n wel- come OW many new ra,lders with t h i s i s s u e of SKYLCOK. We hope y o u ' l l soon f e e l L L ~ home wi th us und l i k e .-us so wel l y o u ' l l renew your sub- s c r i p t i o n when it expi res . . . While t h e CFORC JOURNAL i s d e ~ d , the UFO Research Co~nmittee i s very rmch a l l v e , and y o u ' l l be keeping i n touch wi th them through the pages of SK'KLOOK. We expect t o have more on t h e i r plans and t h e i r news le t t e r i n the next i ssue .

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