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CUFON - UFO Information Service Seattle, Washington 3/20/86
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Lab Results Of 1966 `Swampgas Case'.
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This information was obtained by Mr.Dale Goudie, director of Puget Sound
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Aerial Phenomena Research and Information director for the UFO Information
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Service in Seattle, Washington.
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The broad details of this case have long been known. This is the case in
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which Dr. J. Allen Hynek, at the time a consultant to the U.S. Air Force,
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issued his quickly-condemned opinion that the lights seen could have been
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swamp gas.
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New additional information about the famed 1966 Swamp Gas case in Michigan
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surfaced in 1984 shedding new light on this incident my Dale Goudie.
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Goudie States: The material consists of a news release issued at the time by
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William E. Van Horn, the Civil Defense Director for Hillsdale County,
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Michigan. It contains a hitherto unknown loboratory report covering the
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scientific analysis of soil, water and animal life in the area of the reported
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landing. for those unfamiliar with the case, here are excepts from a
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statement made at the time by Van Horn:
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On the evening of March 21,1966 at 10:32 P.M. a call was received from the
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New Woman's Dormitory at Hillsdale College by the Office Of Civil
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Defense.....from a student reporting that some type of craft had descended
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from the Northeast, flashed by their dormitory and disappeared to the South.
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At this time the girl described as well as later, the observing of red, green
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and white pulsating lights. There were 17 of the college students that made
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this ovservation
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At approximately 11 PM, a second call was made by the girl to the Civil
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Defense Office informing them that the object had reappeared and had settled
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close to the ground approximately one half mile from the dormitory. Van Horn
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at once called for help from the Police Department and three cars plus himself
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were sent in a two mile area from the dormitory to the East. Van Horn checked
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the area at the half mile point and after he was unable to locate anything.
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he at once returned to the dormitory.
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Upon arriving at the dormitory he was escorted to the second floor and taken
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to a room facing the East, from where he made the following observation. He
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observed that there was an object which was an approximate distance of 1,500
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to 1,700 feet away from them...settled into a hollow and was apparently either
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near or on the ground. The two lights upon his first observation were what he
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would describe as a dim orange on the right and a dirty white on the left.
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After observing this for a period of about 10 minutes the lights began to grow
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in brilliance, the dim orange became red and true in color and the white
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became a true white. As the lights became more brilliant, the object or
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vehice began to rise.
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It would rise to a height of approximately 100 to 150 feet, stop momentarily
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and began to descend. This occurred several times. At one time upon
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descending a glow from the side opposite them came from somewhere and he was
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able to see a convexed surface.
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The vehicle was also observed to move right to left and left to right, and did
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so in a very smooth manner. The acsent and descent were at an estimated rate
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of 25 to 30 feet per minute. (This was estimated from Van Horns experience as
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a commercial pilot.) At no time were any of the witnesses able to detect any
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type of sound or noise.
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At approximately 4:30 AM, those still observing the scene noticed the lights
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disappear and this was the last that was seen of it.
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The area that this was observed in was by no means a swamp but rather an area
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which is cultivated by Hillsdale College as a park.
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Goudie, also states that there will be additional information up coming and
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will be released in a short time by the ufo information service in Seattle.
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This new information will even bring us closer to the reality of this case and
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keep this in mind that this case was investigated very carefully.
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CUFON - UFO Information Service Seattle, Washington 3/20/86
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Lab Results Of 1966 Swamp Gas Case
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page 2
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1. SOIL TESTS
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a. Acid-Base Test b. Solubility Test
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Acid content of three, which is very The soil was very soluble in a
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heavy, and Base content of seven or water solution.
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eight, which is almost neutral.
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c. Composition Test d. Radiological Test
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There was no change in soil The radiation reading on the soil
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composition except for a slight was thirty-one hundredths
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additive of Boron. roentgens per hour. (.31 r/hr.)
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2. PLANT TESTS
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( Green and Fungi )
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a. Paper Chromatography Test b. Tests for Measuring Life Functions
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There were found only green and The plants were found to be
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yellow pigments in this test; the healthy.
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blue pigment did not show up in
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this test, so we presume the blue
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pigment was destroyed.
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c. Starch Test d. Clorophyll Test
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This was found to be normal. This was found to be normal.
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e. Radiological Test f. Spectrum Test On Plants Clorophyll
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The reading on the plants was The blue pigment was gone; it did
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three/hundred fifteen thousandths not show up in this test,presuming
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roentgens per hour. (.315 r/hr) again that the blue pigment was
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completely destroyed.
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3. ANIMAL TESTS
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a. Blood Hemoglobin Test b. Metabolism Test
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Amphibian: The hemoglobin was Amphibian: had slower that
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slightly reduced. normal metabolish but nowt
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Crustation: The hemoglobin improving.
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showed no change from normal. Crustation: Could detect no
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metabolic change from normal.
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c. Reflex Test d. Radiological Test
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Amphibian: was sluggish when Amphibian: Three thousand
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first captured but has not seventy five-tenthousandths.
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improved. (.3075 r/hr)
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Crustation: No change detected. Crustation: Three thousand one
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hundred twenty five-ten
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thousandths. (.3125 r/hr)
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4. MINERAL TESTS
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a. Acid-Base Test b. Type Of Rock Specimen
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All rocks, ingenous, metmorphic 1. Ingenous
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and sedimentary were found to be 2. Metamorphic
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neutral. 3. Sedimentary
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c. Check Of Characteristics d. Radiological Test
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All characteristics of the rocks 1. Ingenous ------- .31 r/hr
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found to be normal for each type 2. Metamorphic ---- .31 r/hr
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of rock. There were no chemical 3. Sedimentary ---- .3125 r/hr
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or structural changes.
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5. WATER TESTS
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a. Microscopic Analysis b. Acid-Base Test
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All microscopic animals and plants The water was neutral of both acid
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dead; cause unknown. and base.
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c. Composition Of Materials In The d. Radiological Test
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Water
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The water had a .315 r/hr reading.
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All minerals found in the water
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normal with the exception of a
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slight trace of Boron.
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______________________________________________________________________________
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6. ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS
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TAKEN 3/23/66
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a. Temperature b. Pond Life
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1. Water 42 degrees F 1. Crustation:
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2. Air 54 degrees F 2. Amphibians: There was an
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No unusual heat shown. unusually large number of them.
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c. Range and Time of Radiological d. Changes of Visible Appearance
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Changes Caused by the U.F.O.
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The first meter reading the meter No apparent changes in environment
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showed thirty three hundredths were visible.
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roentgens (.33 r/hr) and its last
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reading 3 hours later showed twenty
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seven hundredths roentgens (.27 r/hr).
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CONCLUSIONS
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1. Soil: 2. Plants:
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The soil had above normal radiation The plants had above normal
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and also had abnormal content of radiation.
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Boron.
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Blue pigments did not show up
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The Boron is alien to this type of in the tests and were presumed
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soil. destroyed, but this did not seem
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to effect the life junctions of
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the plants.
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