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No. 38 .. I' We t e l l i t a s i t i s ," J ~ n u a ~1971
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Two O b s e r v e r s Vdatch Round O b j e c t Move A c r o s s 1 1 l i n o i s Sky
Sam klli, # 5 P h y l l i s D r i v e , C e n t r z l i a , I l l . , w p s on h i s way
home f r o m t h e Millf>rLumber Co., where h e i s employed i n t h c S Z I - e s
D e p e r t m e n t , Nov. 2 4 , 1970. I t was a :lcudy n i g h t , no s t a r s v i s i b l e ,
and t h e r e was no wind. At, 5 : 4 5 iRrC /'ili r o l l e d down h i s c a r window
~ n dsaw a round o b j e c t , i t s o u t l i ~a t~ f i r s t f u z z y , t h e n becoming
c l e z r 2 n d s p p e ? r i n p t o b e perfectly r o u n d . I t x2s moving t o w ~ r d
him c ? t t h e s p e e d o f a j e t ~ l z n e ,s l c . w d t o ? c o m p l e t e s t o p ~s h e
t u r n e d i n t o h i s d r i v e , t h e n moved due w e s t much f s s t e r t h a n a j c t .
He o b s e r v e d t h e o b j e c t f o r l e s s t h a n 2 i v e m i n u t e s .
On e n t e r i n g h i s home, h e w ~ cs z l l e d t o t h e t e l e - h o n e , t h e n w 2 s
summoned t o t h e d o o r by a knock 2nd f o u n d h i s n e i g h b o r , L ~ r r yP a t t e r -
s o n s t a n d i n g o u t s i d e . M r . P r t t e r s o n a s k e d him i f h e h2d s e e n a n y t h i n g
p e c u l i a r on h i s way home. I n s t e a d o f r e p l y i n g d i r e c t l y , L l l i a s k e d i f
P a t t e r s o n had--2nd wzs t o l d h e h a d .
L a r r y K . J . P ~ t t e r s o n ,#8 P h y l l i s D r i v e , l e f t t h e f i r n o f 3 . K .
H o l t , CPA, w h e r e h e i s employed '2s an a c c o u n t a n t , a n d s t o p p e d a t a
n u r s e r y s c h o o l t o p i c k u p h i s l i t t l e d ~ u g h t e r . He sighted t h e r o u n d
o b j e c t i n t h e s k y a s h e was d r i v i n g t h r o u g h F o u n d a t i o n ( ? ) P c r k and
k e p t t h e UFO i n s i g h t t h e r e s t of t h e way home. h e s ~ i di t e p p e a r e d
t o be s o l i d w i t h a b r i l i i ~ n tglow o f w h i t e and y e l l o w . I t was h o v e r -
i n g when h e f i r s t s ? i~t , t h e n it began t o move i n a c i r c u l z r f a s h i o n
arid i n r a p i d s p u r t s . iie s t o p p e d h i s c z r a t Grzgg S t r ~ t t o w a t c h t h e
o b j e c t , t h e n w e n t on and s t o p p e d i n f r o n t o f A l l i l s home. He s ~ i d
h e t u r n e d t o " s e e i f Sammy w e r e home1' and when h e t u r n e d a r o u n d t o
l o o k ? t t h e o b j e c t a g a i n , lit had d i s a p p e z r e d . Me t h e n knocked on t h e
d o o r t o z s k R l l i i f h e had s e e n t h e o b j e c t .
M r s . R o s e t t a Holmcs o b t a i n c d c o m p l e t e w r i t t e n r e n o r t s f r o m b o t h
men, 2nd t h i s i s w r i t t e n f r o m t h e i r a c c o u n t s . M r . A l l i t h o u g h t t h e
o b j e c t was t h e s i z e of a d i n e h e l d a t a r m ' s l e n g t h , w h i l e M r . P c q t t e r s r : l
e s t i r n z t e d t h e s i z e t o b e t h a t o f a pea h c l d 2 t a r m ' s l e n g t h ,
B o t h a g r e e d on t h e w c a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s , t h e d e s c r i ~ t i o nof t h e
o b j e c t and i t s movement; arid b o t h w r o t e t h e y a t f i r s t t h o ~ p h ti t might
be a p l ~ n e ,h u t r e ~ l . i z e di t w ~ moving s t o o f z s t . Nr. ? ; > t t c r s o n ~ ? t c : - , : : ~ .
t h e o b j e c t f o r a b o u t 1 5 m i n u t e s , s o saw it b e f o r e h i s n e i g h b o r s i g h t . -
ed i t .
( E d i t o r ' s N o t e : We w e r e n ' t s u r e i f t h e l e t t c r w ~ as n "1"" c?r z n " O V r
~ n d e c i d e d on t h e f o r m e r and h o p e we have s p e l l e d M r . h l l i l s name
c o r r e c t l y . Mrs. Holmes h z d j u s t b r o k e n h e r g l ~ s s e s ,~ n ds e n t t h e r e -
p o r t s on t o u s , a s s h e w ~ us n z b l e t o t y p e them f i r s t h ~ r s e l f . )
Coming i n t h e F e b r u a r y 1971 SKYLOOK
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"The UFO: J u s t Beyond t h e S t ~ t e - o f - t h e - f r t " by J o h n F . S c h u e s s l e r .
The c o m p l e t e t e x t o f h i s a d d r e s s a t t h e E i d w e s t UFO C o n f e r e n c e h e l d
a t B r a d l e y U n i v e r s i t y , P e o r i a , I l l . , J u n e 13, 1970.
" N o t e s on M e r g e r s n by C l i n t o n C u r t i s W i l l i a n s J r . i; f a s c i w t i n g
a r t i c l e on a i r c r z f t "merging" w i t h 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 .
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F r o v i d e n c e , R . I . - - C h ~ r l e s H . S m i l e y , p r o f e s s o r e m e r i t u - s a t Brown
U n i v e r s i t y , S a t u r d a y s a i d a ~ y s t e r i o u so b j e c t s i g h t e d i n l F r o v i d e n c e
s k i e ' s S e t u r d a y morning c o u l d have beien s p a c e s h o t d e b r i s . The a s t r o i l -
omer s a i d t h e d i r e c t i o n of t r a v e l of t h e s i g h t i n g and t h e l e n g t h qf
t i m e i t / w a s o v e r t h e m e t r o p o l i t e n a r e a made i t , unli1cr;fy t h a t t h e o b j e c t
was a n a t u r a l phenomenon, s u c h a s a m e t e o r - i t e . The b r i g h t , w h i t e l i g h t ,
r e p o r t e d l y moving'from west t o e a s t s t z r t l e d e z r l y r i s e r s . O f f i c i a l s
a t t h e N a v a l Air S t a t i o n , Air F o r c e B2ses i n M a s s a c h u s e t t s 2nd t h e Nat-
i o n a l Weather S e r v i c e were u n e b l e t o e x p l a i n t h e phenomcrlon. ( S o u r c e ,
!Vrkanszs G a z e t t e , " Dcc. 6 , 1970; c-i~e4it8--LouF ? ~ . i s h )
Two- W i t n e -s-- s e s t o B o o n v i l l e , Mo.
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BIOVERSE 7 i s now r e z d y f o r m i l i n g ! A f t e r r e m ~ r k c b l cs u c c e s s i n
s e l l i n g t o t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c ' , we a r e now o r i e n t i n g o u r form,?t t o t h e
l e e r n e d r e s e a r c h e r . 1 0 w r ~ p - ; . r o u n d o f f s e t peges o f f u ? ! T h i s i s s u e
f e z t u r e s - - a n a r t i c l e on UFOzine p u b l i s h i n g , and w h 2 t 1 s wronp x i t h i t .
- h lampoon o f t h e pompous FLYING SAUCER DIGEST! D o n ' t miss t h i s ! -
The f u t u r e was y e s t e r d a y - A new ~ n dd i f f e r e n t s e r i e s ! B e a u t i f u l ill-
u s t r ~ t i o n s , p l u s a r e v e c l i n g l e t t e r f r o m Gene D u p l ~ n t i e r ! Anyone e l s e
would e s k 75 c e n t s . . b u t UFOs a r e o u r h o b b y , n o t 2 s i d e l i n e ! J u s t
3 5 k , 3 - i s s u e s u b s c r i p t i o n f o r a d o l l ~ r .P u b l i s h e d b i - m o n t h l y . A l l m a i l -
ed f i r s t c l a s s ! F o r e i g n n i r m a i l , 7 0 $ , 3 / 2 . 1 0 .O r d e r t o d z y ! K r i t e Gary
2nd Glenn R i c k e r , 1 3 3 4 S . Wcsley Ave., Berwvn, I l l . , 60402. Note t o
Publishers--BIOVERSE i s c o p y r i g h t e d 1970 b y Gcry a n d G l e n n R i c k e r . No
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r e a d e r t h e b e s t f o r 1971 - 2nd 2 s p e c i a l 11th2nk you" t o t h e f i n e S K Y -
LOOK s t a f f t h a t n e v e r l e t s me down. Y o u ' r e t h e t o p s !
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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D e b b i e T a l l m z n and J a n i c e S k i v e r , o f B e c k e m e y ~ r , I l l . , r e p o r t e d
w a t c h i n g f o u r moving o b j e c t s z b o u t s i x o l c l o c k or,e e v e n i n g t h e l 2 s t
week i n A u g u s t , 1 9 7 0 . The two h i g h s c h o o l g i r l s s 2 w t h r e e o b j e c t s
l1sh2ped l i k e f r i s b e e s f 1 ( a r o u n d d i s c - s h s p e d t o y t h e t s z i l s t h r o u g h
t h e a i r ) . They a p p e 2 r e d t o b e h o v e r i n g o v e r z f ~ r m h o u s e ,C e b b i e s a i d ,
t h e n s t r r t e d moving t o t h e w e s t . r, f o u r t h o b j e c t "swooped o u t o f some
c l o u d s " and j o l n e d t h e t h r e e , a n d a l l s l o w l y f,-,ded f r o m v i e w . T h e r e
was n o s o u n d . The o b j e c t s were a s i l % , r e rc o l o r 2nd r ~ ol i g n t s c o u l d b e
s e e n . ( C r e d i t : Ma? ~ a n n d t tand R o s e t t a Holmes)
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B s 1 1 o f L i g h t Over A v i s t o n , I l l .
Bob Crow r e p o r t e d t o Mrs. Mae J a n n e t t , o f Beckemeyer, I l l . , k h e t
he ~ n dh i s f a t h e r w c r e h e a d i n g w e s t on R o u t e j O t h e o f Nov. 26,
1 9 7 0 , a b o u t 7 o l c l o c k , , a n d w e r e a m i l e w e s t o f i . v i s t o n , I l l . , when
b o t h s s w a f l a s h o f l i g h t r e s e m b l i n g a w e l d i n g f l a s h . I\ f e w s e c o n d s
l a t e r a b i g b 2 l l of l i g h t appeared over Aviston, yellow+sh r c d i n
c o l o r , and n o v i n g s o u t h a t g r e a t s p e e d . I t d i s a p c e z r e d i n l e s s t h a n
a m i n u t e . Bob t u r n e d on t h e c a r r z d i o 2s t h o~ b j e c t d i s z p p e e r e d , b u t
c o u l d g e t no s t a t i o n b e c a u s e of s t z t i c . Ten m i n u t e s l a t e r , r a d i o r e -
c e p t i o n was n o r m a l .
R e v o l v i n g L i g h t S e e n Near J e f f e r s o n C i t y , Mo.
Mrs. B e t t y Kehoe of M o b e r l y , Mo., w ? s d r i v i n g on Highway 4 0
a b o u t s i x O ' c l o c k t h e m o r n i n g o f Nov, 2 2 , 1 9 7 0 , when s h e S 2 W
a b r g e g r e e n and w h i t e r e v o l v i n g l i g h t z b o u t s i x h u n d r e d y ~ r d swest
o f t h e highway. The o b , j e c t w s o v e r a d e n s e l y wooded F r e a a b o u t
f i v e mriles f r o m J e f f e r s o n C i t y , Mrs. Kehoe r e ~ o r t e d t h e o b j e c t ceclscs
t o r e v o l v e a s s h e p a s s e d t h e s i t e . B e c a u s e o f t h e b r i p h t n e s s of t h e
l i g h t , s h e was u n a b l e t o s e e a n y o u t l i n e o f t h e o b j e c t .
( C r e d i t , L a r r y Yoder)
C a s s i u s C l a y S e e s S t a r s ! ( N , Y . C.)
P e r h e p s i t i s n ' t u n u s u a l f o r a f i g h t e r t o '!see st;rsl' o f one
k i n d o r a n o t h e r , b u t C a s s i u s C l a y s a i d t h i s o n e w 2 s a UFO. He s p o t t e g
i t a s he w?s d o i n g r o a d w o r k i n C e n t r a l P ~ r kDecember 1st. C l a y s ~ j 6
h e o f t e n s a w UFOs when h e d i d e a r l y m o r n i n g r o a d w o r k , a c c o r d i n g t o 2
c l i p p i n g f r o m t h e "Chicago D a i l y Newsf1--"They're u p t h e r e a l l t h e tlmr
and t h e government i s k e e p i n g it a s e c r e t , " he s a i d .
P o l i c e headquartex-s s z i d e p2trolman i n 2 s a w d c z r r e p o r t e d s c e i ~ ;
a UFO h o v e r i n g i n Q u e e n s C o u n t y , and t h e La G u z r d l a A i r p o r t a l s o r e -
ceived r e ~ o r t s .
The i n t e n s e b r i g 3 t l i g h t was V e n u s , a n d t h e W a s h i n g t o n N e t ~ o n a l
Observatory explained its unusual brightness t o atmospheric conditions,
( S o u r c e , " C h i c a g o D a l l e y News" a n d 'lArk2nses G a z e t t e T 1 - - C r e d i t , Thomas
E. M i l l e r , o f E r a n k l i n P ~ r k ,I l l . , m d Lou F ~ r i z h )
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M i s s o u r i Boom From J e t ?
The s o u r c e o f a l o u d booming n o i s e h e z r d a b o u t 2 : 5 0 p.m. Mondry
Dec. 14, 1970 i n J e f f e r s o n County and p a r t s o f S t . L o u i s C o u n t y may
h a v e b e e n a s u n c r s o n i c m i l i t a r y j e t a i r p k n e , a u t h o r l t l c s theorized.
However, F e d e r a l A v i a t i o n Apency and S c o t t Air F o r c e Bz-se spokesman
s a i d t h e y knew o f no s u p e r s o n i c p l a n e s i n t h e a r e a a t t h e t i m e . The
boom r e p o r t e d l y s h o o k t h e J e f f e r s o n County C o u r t h o u s e i n H i l l ~ b o ~a nc d
was f e l t by many r e s i d e n t s i n E u r e k a , F e n t o n B s l l w i n ~ n do t h e r p a r t s
o f southwest, S t . L o u i s County. ( C r e d i t : " S t . L o u i s Globe--DmocraL1j
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E ; d i t o r T s Note: One o f o u r M i s s o u r i r e a d e r s who d o e s n o t w i s h h e r
nzme u s e d o r t h e e x a c t s i t e o f h e r hone g i v e n ( i n f o r n l ~ t i o nI n o u r
f i l e s ) h a s s e n t u s a n i n t e r e s t i n g s i h t i n g . We w i l l r e f e r t o h e r
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f a m i l y a s t h e Browns ( n o t t h e i r name and i d e n t i f y t h e i r home a s b c i n f
w i t h i n 1 0 0 m i l e s f r o m S t . L o u i s ( t r u e ) . Ye h a v e w r i t t e n o u r r e p o r t
f r c m Mrs. B r o w n ' s l e t t e r s , g i v i n g t h e e s s e n t i a l f s c t s and o m i t t i n g
c n l y i d e n t i f y i n g l z n d m a r k s e t c w h i c h would p i n p o i n t t h e i r home.
The Browns l i v e on a f z r m sever:' m i l e s f r o m a M i s s o u r i town. On
t h e n i g h t o f IJov. 5 , 1 9 7 0 , t h e t e e l l .~;e s o n , who w z s o u t d o o r s ; c a l l e d
e x c i t e d l y , "Come h e r e and l o o k a t t k 2 1 i ~ k . t s . l '
Mrs. Brown h u r r i e d o u t s i d e a n d t h e y b o t h w ~ t c h e dl1 a bunch of
g r e e n and r e d and y e l l o w l i g h t s b l i n k i n g o f f a n d o n , j u s t a b o v e t h e
t r e e t o p s , " t o t h e e a s t . "When two o r t h r e e would come o n , t h e o t h e r
two o r t h r e e would b l i n k o f f , 1 1 N r s . Brown w r o t e . "If t h e y would h a v e
2 1 1 s t ~ y e don ~t t h e s2me t i m e , i t would h a v e made a c o n p l e t e o v a l
i n t h e sky."
71Thcn,11s h e r e n o r t e d , "We saw 3 b i g , w h i t e l i p b t t h ~ scemed t t o be
g e t t i n g b i y g e r and b i g p e r a s it cpme c l o s e r , f a r t h e r t o t h e l e f t of
t h e o v a l o f b l i n k i n g r e d , g r e c n 2nd v e l l o w l i g h t s . f f I t w ~ hs i g h e r
i n t h e s k y . T h i s l o o k e d l i k e i t c o u l d be 2 n ~ i r q l a n e ,b u t we h e ~ r d
n o t h i n g and s u d d e n l y it went o u t a l t o g e t h e r - - j u s t went o u t c o m p l e t e l y ,
Then i n a n o t h e r m l n u t e o r t w o , t h e c o l o r e d l i p h t s w e r e gone t o o . we
w a t c h e d a 1 1 t h i s z good f i v e m i n u t e s . "
The c o l o r e d l i g h t o v a l was : b o u t 5 m i l e s e a s t of t h e Brown home,
t h e y judged, w h i l ~t h e l a r g e w h i t e l i g h t , a l s o e z s t , was h q z h e r i n
t h e sky.
A h a l f a n h o u r l a t e r , t h e Browns w e r e i n d o o r s w s t c h i n g TV when
t h e e l e c t r i c l i g h t s i n t h e h o u s e went o f f f o r a m i n u t e 2nd t h e n csme
b a c k on. T h i s was r c p e z t e d f o u r o r f i v e t i m e s 2nd Mrs. Brown d e c i d e d
t o c a l l t h e R . E. A . t r o u b l e number. On c a l l i n g , s h e g o t a b u s y s i g -
n a l , w ~ i t e da fcw m i n u t e s and c a l l e d a g a i n .
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p h c e s p e c i f i c , w e l l - d ~ f i n e d q u e s t i o n s t o UFO e x p e r t s o f h i g h s c i c n t i -
f i c q u ~ l i f i c a t i o n sb u t s t , r o n g l y d i v e r g e n t v i e w s . S u r p r i s i n g l y , t h e
f a c t u ~ lFnswers t h e Subcommittee- o b t a i n e d i n a s e r i e s ' o f i n t e r e s t i n g
i n t e r v i e w s were s t r i k i r i g l y s i m i l z r . Differences o c c u r r e d i n c c r t a i n
q u a n t i t ~ t i v ee s t i m t e s a n d i n t h e d e g r e e o f e m p h a s i s , . b u t n o t i n p r i n -
ciple. -
I t w ? s a t t h e n e x t s t e p w h e r e t h e v i e w s begzn t o d i v c r g e : s u b j e c t -
i v e judgment 2s t o t h e s > c i e n t i f i c s i g n i f i c ~ n c eo f t h e . p r o b l e m a n d t h e
need t o p u r s u c znd e x p l o r e i t . - , O b v i o u s l y , s u c h o p i n i o n d t p e n d s .on t h e '
c r i t e r i a a p p l i e d by t h e i n d i v i d u a l , and much o f t h e d i s c o r d a p p e a r s Co
be due t o a l z c k of a n a l y s i s of t h e s e c r i t e r i a . It i s a t t h i s s t a g e
where g u e s s e s and s p e c u l a t i o n s c r e e p i n t o t h e d i s c u s s i o n end l e a d t o
controversy.
I n t h e c p i n i o n of t h e UFO S u b c o m m i t t e e , - s u c h s p e c u l a t i o n s ? r e e n t i r' e -
l y p r e m a t u r e and no p o s i t i o n i s a b s o l u t e l v d e f e n s i b l e ~t t h i s p o i n t
i n t i m e . T h i s a p l i e s specifically t o - s t ~ t e m e n t st h z t t h e e x t r z t e r r e s -
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e x p l a n a t i o n ( N a t i o n a l Academy o f S c i e n c e s , -Review o f t h e '"Condon Re-
~ o r t " : Jzmes E. McDonc?ldls s t ~ k e m e n t s ) . T h e r e i s no s c i e n t i f i c ' b 2 s i s
?or: a s s e s s i n g s u c h p r o b a b i l i t i e - s $ t , t h i s t i m e .
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s c i e n t i f i c 2nd t e c h n o l o ~ i c a lz n a l y s i s z p p l i c d t o ~ r ~ c t ' i c ~ al ll l y o b s e r - .
v a t i o n s : b e f o r e t h e Condon s t u d y . T h e c f e w , o f t e n c o u r p p e o u s , e f f o r t s b y
i n d i v i d w l s t o come t o g r i p s w i t h t h i s p r o b l e m s'hould $be viewed more
f r o m P n b a s p e c t o f f o c u s i n p r t t r n t i o n on t h e p r o b l e m r a t h e r t h e n of
s o l v i n g , i t , l s i n c e t h ~ r ei s l i t t l e d o u - t t h p t i t t a k c s [more thc'n a p e r -
s o n a l e f f o r t t o i n v e s t i g ~ t ef u l l y e p r o b l e m o f s u c h co,rr,plt.xity..
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t i o n , a p p e F r t o be 7 0 1 o u t of 1 2 , 6 1 8 o r 5 , 5 % . )
I t h ~ bse e n v ~ r i o u s l ve s t i m t e d t h z t t h e r e p o r t e d c ~ s c s ,~ p p r o x i m a t e -
l y 2C,00?, r e p r e s e n t o n l y 5 t o 1 5 % - c f t h e t o t a l o b s e r v e t i o n s , s i n c e
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most o b s e r v e r s e i t h e r d o n o t g o t o t h e t r o u b l e o f a n o f f i c i a l r e p o r t
or feer ridicule. I n tui-n,$ v a r i o u s p o l l s s u g g e s t t h e t 3 t o 5% of t h e
U. S. p o p u l a t i o n c l a i m t o h a v e s e e n UFOs. It follows, t h e n , t h a t t h e
a v a i l n b l e r e p o r t s which can be c l a s s i f i e d a s l l u n i d e n t i f i e d " r e p r e s e n t
a v e r y s m a l l p e r c e n t a g e of a l l UFO s i g l ~ t i n g son t h e o n e h ~ n d ,b u t n o t
a n e g l i b i b l e number of o b s e r v a t i o n s o n - t h e o t h e r .
It i s i n t e r e s t i n g t h z t , , c o n t r s r y t o p u b l i c o p i n i o n , t h e estimzted
p e r c e n t a g e of l l h o a x e s l l i s l i k , e w i s e s m a l l ( l e s s t h a n 5%) 2nd t h a t t h e
g r e a t m e j o r i t y of UFO P-,-:htings c ? n b e e x p l a i n e d b y known phenomena
( z b o u t 75%) w h i l e 1 5 t c 20% c o n t a i n i n s u f f i c i e n t d 2 t e . I n o t h e r words-
what may a p p e a r t o t h e u n t r z i n e d o b s c r v e r a s s t r a n g e 2nd u n e x p l a i n a b l e
i s i n most c z s e s known znd e x p l s i n e b l e ,
T a k i n g a l l e v i d e n c e which h'2s come t o t h e S u b c o m m i t t ' e e * ~a' t t e n t i o n
i n t o 2 c c o u n t ) we ' f i n d i t d i f f ' i c u l t t o i p o r e t h e s m l l r e s i d u e of w e l l -
documented b u t i i n e x p l a i n a b l e c n s e s . w h i c h f o r m t h e h ~ r dc o r e of t h e UFO
c o n t r o v e r s y . They r e p r e s e n t o n l y a s m a l l f r a c t i o n o f t h e " u n i d e n t i f i e - .
c a s e s and ? r e c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y ' b o t h a h i p h d e g r e e o f c r e d i b i l i t y a n d
a h i g h a b n o r m z l i t y ( " s t r 7 n g e n e s ~ ' i~n Hynekf s t e r m i n o l o g y ) . A l t h o u g h
none o f them o f f e r s : t o o u r ' knowledge q u z n t i t a t i v e r e c ' o r d i n g s b y c a l i -
b r a t e d i n s t r u m e n t s f o r p e r m a n e n t i n s p e c t i o n , th-ey z r e o f t e n c a l l e d
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r e s i d u e and f o u n d e s t i m p t e s t o v a r y b e t w e e n 10 2nd s e v e r a l h u n d r e d
c a s e s , d e p e n d i n g i n p F r t on a s u b < j e c t i v e judgment a s t o t h e c r i t e r i a
f o r a " h a r d c a s e ; " 'High c r e d i b i l i t y i s g e n e r a l l y a c c e p t e d f o r o b s e r v a -
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n o known n a t u r a l phenomena w h a t s o e v e r s e e m , t o f i t t h e o b s e r v a t i o n s ,
I t i s c l e ~ r ,t h e n , t h ~ t h e h a r d ' c o r e r e s i d u e r e p r e s e n t s l e s s t h a n
1%of t h e t o t 2 1 a v a i l z ' b l e r e p o r t s .
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d i f f i c u l t t o c o n s i d e r , s e r i o u s l y Pny o b s e r v a t i o n w h i c h i s n o t a v a i l z b l e
i n r e c o r d e d f o r m f o r " q u a n t i t a t i v e i n s p e c t i o n . ' A s a m a t t e r of f a c t , tl?c:-
make t h i s a c r i t e r i o n f o r ' a " h a r d case.'' On t h e o t h e r h z n d , t h e r e a r c
t h o s e , ~ i n c l u d i n g ~ s o mmembers e o f t h i s Subcommittee, q a m i l i s r w i t h t h e
i n t r i c i c i e s o f r e s e j r c h i n t h e ' c o m p l e x and y n c o n t r o l T e d ' l r b o r s t o r y o f
t h e a t m o s p h e r e , .who f i n d t h i s l e ~ os f a d e t e r r e n t . They d i s c o v e r p?ie,-
a l l e l s .bebween :he UFO p r o b l e m 2 n d c e r t a i n a t m o s p h e r i c ~ h e n o m e n a w h i c t
f a l l i n t h e c l a s s of ' r p r e e v c n t s , A! r a r e 'eirent a l w ~ y si n v o l v e s ~t
, f i r s t 2 q u e s t i o n . o f t h e r e a l i t y o f P q u z l i t ~ t i v eo b s e r v z t i o n . L?'ter,
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s o l v e s ' t h i s q u c s t i o n one way o r t h e ' o t h e r . I
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s m e l l S r e c t i o n o f t h e exist in^ o b s e r v e t i o n s l : m r t e r i ~ +( l e s s ' t h e n I$),
it o f f e r s i t s c l f J l e n o u g h s u b s t ~ n c eo f t h e 'descrilbed s o r t : e s p e c i a l l y .if
a d d i t i b n z l i n f o r m ~ t i o n + e x t r p c t c db y McDonclc! i s a d d e d t o some o f # t h e
c z s e s . ' I n f ? c t , : t h e 'Subcommittee f i n d s t h ~ tt h e o r j p d s i t e c ' o n c l u s i o n
c o u l d h ~ v eb e e n drzwn f r o m i t s c o n t e n t , n?rnely, t h ~ it ghenomenon
w i t h s u c h a h i g h r z t i o of: a n e x p l z i n c d c; s e s ( c b o u t ' 30%)' s h o u l d a r o u s e
sufficient s c i e n t i f i c c u r i o s i t y t o continue i t s studx.
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e x t r a p o l ~ t efr.orn 0.99 t o 1 . 0 0 , i n p l y i n ' g t h a t i f 99% 6f a l l o b s e r v p t i o n s
c z n b e e x p l z i n e d ; t h e r e m a i n i n g 1%c o u l d z l s o b e e x p l a i n e d . ; or' d o we .
f a c e a s e v e r e p-oblcfi o f s i g n a l - t o - n o i s e r a t i o ( o r d e ? o f m a g n i t u d e lo-; !
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I n t h e o p i n i o n o f t h e S u b c o m m i t t e e , t h i s q u e s t i o n must b e e s k e d
c r i t i c a l l y and o b , j e 3 c t i v e l y i n e a c h i n d i v i d u e l c a s e . lr! c a s e s which do
n o t f i t t h e e x t r a p o l a t i o n a l t e r n a t i v e , t h e . f u r t h e r q u e s t i o n s h o u l d be
e x p l o r e d : "Do t n e Y e v i d e n c e common a t t r i b u t e s ? " It e p n e a r s t o t h e Sub-
c o m m i t t e e t h a t , - t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C o l o r a d o g r o u p h a s m d e no s e r i o u s
attempt i n t h i s direction,. '
If i t i s a l r e a e y d i f f i c u l t . t o r e a c h a c o n s e n s u s on what c o n s t i t u t e s
a h ~ r dc a s e , i t a p p e z r s even more d i f f i c u l t t o f i n d a y r e e m e n t on t h e
a d v i s a b i l i t y and i m n o r t a n c e o f ~ r ~ r t , i n ~ r:e~s 'ede r c h . As m e n t i o n e d e z r l i e :
i t l p p e a r s even more d i f f i c u l t , t c f j n d agreement on t h e a d v i s a b i l i t y
and i m p o r t a n c e . o f c o n t j n u c d r e s e ~ r c h . Ls m e n t i n n c d e a r l i c r , i t i s e t
t h i s p o i ' n t w h e r e t h o c o n t r o v e r s y o f t c n becomes h e z t e d b e c a u s e c r i t e r i a
f o r such: a s s e s s m e n t a r e n o t . w e l l - d e f i n e d .
E a r l i e r , C o n d o n T s s t ~ t e v e n twas q u o t e d t h ~ lt t c l e ~ r l yd e f i n ~ d ,s p e c i -
f i c ' stud*ies. .. s h o u l d b e c o n s i d e r e d and s u p p o r t e d . " I n t h i s c o n n e c t i o r :
he c a l l s a t t e n t i o n t o "important a r e a s of ztmospheric o p t i c s , i n c l u d i n g
radiowav,e p r o p a g a t i o n , 2nd o f a t m o s p h e r i c e l e c t r i c i t y i n , w h ' i ~ hp r e s e n t
knowledge i s q u i t e i n c o m p l e t e . T h e s e t o p i c s czme t o o u r a t t e n t i o n i n
c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of some UFO r e p o r t s , b u t t h c v a r e
a l s o o f f u n d a m e n t a l s c i e n t i f i c i n t e r e s t , 2nd t h e y z r e r e l e v a n t t o p r z c t -
i c a l p r o b l e m s r c k t e d t o t h e improvement o f s a f e t y o f m i l i t z r y 2nd c i v -
i l i a n flying."
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c r i t e r i o n f o r s u p p o r t o f UNC-related - s t u d i e s t h a n t h e c1ai.m by some ETH
e x ~ o n e n t kt h ~ UFO t r e s e 2 r c h d e s e r , v e s maximum s u p p o r t e s l o n g a s t h c r e
i s a - g h o s t o f a c h a n c e ' t h a t UFOs a r e e x t r a t e r r e s t r i p l v e h $ c . l e s , o r t h e
o p p o s i t e c l a i m t h a t p r o o f f o r t h e ETH must be p r o v i d e d b e f o r e s e r i o u s
c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f ; t h e UFO p r c b l e m i s j u s t i f i e d . Both o p i n i o n s s t r i k e
t h e Subcommittee a s unwarrznted.
We h a v e a l r e a d y e x p r e s s e d o u r d i s e n c h a n t m e n t w i t h a r g u m e n t s ? b o u t
t h e probability of t h e e x t r a t e r r e s t r i a l o r i g i n o f UFOs, s i n c e t h e r e i s
n o t s u f f i c i e n t s c i e n t i f i c b a s i s a t t h i s t i m c t o t a k e a p o s i t i o n one
way o r t h e o t h e r . However, i n v i e w o f t h e i n f z n c y o f o u r s c e i n t i f i c
and t e c h n o l o g i c ~ lknowledge ( a p p r o x i m a t e 1 . v one c e n t u r y , ) , t h e ~ u b c o r n r-~ t
t e e would a g r e e w i t h t h i s s t s t e m c n t by Condon: "We m u s t - n o t Pssume t h z i :
we ? r e c a p a b l e of i m ~ g i n i n gnow t h e s c o p e and e x t e n t off f u t u r ~t e c h n o 1
o g i c e l d e v e l o p m e n t o f o u r own 'or a n y o t h e r c i v i l i z a t i o n , snd s o wt muc:-3
g u a r d p p z i n s t 2 s s u m i n p t h z t - w e h s v e 2nv c ~ p a c i t yt o i m e g i n e w h ~ ta' more
a d v ~ n c e ds o c i c t y would r e g 2 r d a s i n t e l l i g e n t c o n d u c t . " On t h e o t h e r
h a n d , we f i n d no c o n v i n c i n p b a s i s f o r h i s s t e t e m e n t , i s s ~ f et o
assume t h a t no ILE ( i n t e l l i p e n t l i r e e l s e w h e r e ) f r o m o u t s i d e o f o u r ,
s o l p r svsf,em h e s a n y p o s s i b i l i t y o f v i s i t i n g E ~ r t hi n t h e n e x t 1 0 , 0 0 0
y e a r s . " :(lllhen d o e s one s t ~ r tc o u n t i n g ? )
The q u e s t i o n a r i s c s w h e t h e r t h e r e i s a need r t a l l tb s p s c u l a t e on
a s ~ e c i f i ~hcy p o t h e s i s , s u c h a s ETH, i n o r d e r t o d e c i d e on t h e s i g n i f -
i c z n c e of a s c i e n t i f i c p r o b l e m , o r whether a n y known phenomenon i n
q a t u r e lis w o r t h i ' n v e s t i g ~ t i n g . We t h i n k j t i s , b u t we r c c o g n i z c zt
t h e s z m e , t i m e t h t t h e .UFO problcm may r e q u i r e e x p e n s i v e t o o l s o f *
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y e s t e r d a y a f t e r n o o n t o c a l l t a t t e n t i o n t o a n ' a s t r o n o m i c a l phenomenon
o f w h i c h he w 2 s a n e y e w i t n e s s - He s a i d t h a t y e s t e r d a y m o r n i n g w h i l e
he W ~ Son a t r a i n on t h e L J i l r f l i n ~ t o n Columbia , a n d Augusta R a i l r o x l gc-
i n g . f r o m S u m p t e r t o F l o r e n c e , and w h i l e i n t h e i m m e d i a t e n e i g h b o r h o o d
o f T i m m o n s v i l l e , - t h e p a s s e n g e r s w e r e s t s r t l e d by a g r e a t a n d s u d d e n
l i g h t i l l u m i n a t i n g t h e c o u n t r y and t h e i n t e r i o r o f t h e c a r . He l o o k e d
o u t o f t h e window and saw i,n t h e s k y , p a s s i n g o v e r t h e t r a i n , a n o b j e c t
r e s e m b l i n g t h e moon i n s i z e and c o l o r , b u t w i t h a l o n g v p p o r y t r a i l .
t h e o b j e c t passed v e r y r a p i d l y i n a r o r t h e 2 s t d i r e c t i o n , b u t f i n z i l y
seemed t o s t a n d s t i l l i n t h e sk-y a b o u t -15 d e g r e e s ' a b o v e t h e h o r i z c n .
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had d i s a p p e ~ r e d . ( C r e d i t - - J a n A l d r i c h )
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He saw a l a r g e n e o p o l i t a n - c o l o u r e d b a l l o f l i g h t ( , r e d on t o p , w h i t e
i n t h e m i d d l e and b l u e on t h e ' b o t t o n i ) d e s c e n d i n g t o w a r d t h e g r o u n d . He
e s t i m s t e d i t W ~ S50 f e e t ' i n d i a m e t d r . - A f t e r i t had r e s t e d o n , o r clos!;
t o , t h e g r o u n d t h e c o l o u r changed t o r e d . m o m e n t a r i l y . Then t h e o b j e c t
became w h i t e f o r a , s h o r t i n t , e r v ; l l . A p p r c n t l y s e v e r a l - c a r s p a s s e d by
on a n e a r b y r o a d and a s t h e y d i d s o , t h e l i g h t s w e n t o u t , o n l y t o r e -
a p p e p r a f t e r t h e v e h i c l e s had p a s s e d , D u r i n g t h e l ~ s itn t e r v a l where
t h e l i g h t s w e r e e x t i n ~ u i s h e d t, h~ e UFO z y p ~ r c n t l yt o o k i t s l e a v e f o r i t
d i d n o t r e a p p e a r a g a i n a f t e r t h z t . The Bolduc s i p h t i n e w2s t h e o n l y on-
o f s e v e r a l UFO r e n o r t s a t T h e t f o r d Mlnes t h ~ et v e n i n g . , H o w e v e r , the.
i m p o r t a n t f e ~ t u r eo f ~ o l d u c ~psc 'c o u n t i s t h e f c c t t h r t , i m p r e s s i o n s
w e r e found i n t h e a r e a where t h e o b j e c t had a l l e a g e d l y h o v e r e d ,
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a r e a . S e v e n h o o f - l i k e mmerkins a n d , numerous 1 i n c h c i r c l e s ; c o v e r e d
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t i m e s + b e f o r e a s have t h e s r n a l l ' c i r c l e s , which I ' f e e l emphasizes
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t a i n i n g "no o t h e r m e t a l l i c e l e m e n t t t and "no t r a c e e l e m e n t s . " A n a l y s i s
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magnesium b u t a l s o r e v e ~ l e dt h a t t h e y c o n t ~ i n e dmagnesium o x i d e a n d mag-
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s a m p l e s . ( D r . F o n t e s was a member' o f A P R O ) and s u b m i t t e d . one ,of t h e f r a g -
ments t o t h e U n i t e d ' S t a t e s h i r . F o r c e f o r a n a l y s i s . But when t h e f r a g -
ment ~ a s ~ ~ ~ a c c i d e n t burnedT9 ally d u r i n g a n a t ' t ~ m p t2 t e m i s s i o n s p e c t r o s -
c o p y , APRO d e c l i n e d t o send a n o t h e r . E m i s s i o n s p e c t r o s c o p v by t h e
Atomic Energy Commission ( A E C ) r e v e ~ l e ds m e l l amounts o f i r o n , s i l i c o n ,
aluminum, 'and c o p p e r p r e s e n t a s i m p u r i t i e s i n t h e sample. The AEC a l s o
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found i t t o b e 1 . 7 5 1 3 - - f a i r l y c l o s e t o t h e e x p e c t e d v a l u e of 1.741.
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Committee .and i t was s u b s e q u e n t l y ' a n a l y z e d by n e u t r o n g c t i v a t i o n an-
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c a n b e p r o d u c e d h e r e on t h e e a r t h . S m a l l amounts'of z i n c , b ? r i u m ,
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The Ubhtuba f r a g m e n t s a r e e x t r e m e l y i n t e r j e s t i n g , b u t t h c y have n o t
c o n c l u s i v e l y convinced most s c i c n t i s t s t h a t t h e y a r e g e n u i n c e x t r a -
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c a u s e t h e f i n d e r .of t h e f r a g m e n t s h a s n e v e r been i d e n t i f i e d . ~ l s o , '
a - l t h o u g h t h e - f r a g m e n t s have b e e n r a t h e r e x t e n s i v e l y aria-lysed, t h e a-
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a r e s i m p l y u n u s u a l l y Dure magnesium ( a r a t h e r p o o r s t r u c t u r z l m a t e r i a l ) ,
The A p r i l 1969 i s s u e ' o f ltChemistry Magazine" s t a t e s : "The sample
was s i m i l a r t o magnesium producefi by t h e now Chemical Company."
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t o p a y 1 p o s t a g e f o r t h e rrat.wi7 t r i p . ' S e n d i n g you a s e c o n d copy when we
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