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SUBJECT: ELECTRONIC UFO NEWSLETTER #11 FILE: UFO1561
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ELECTRONIC UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS NEWS
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(EUFON)
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Vol. 1 No. 1 (1 January 1993)
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Published by: | Editor:
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Baron Carlos's Castle BBS | Carlos A. Steffens
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FidoNet 1:109/160 | Primary hatching
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MufoNet 88:4202/0 | by John Komar
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For information, copyrights, article submissions, obtaining copies and
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so on, please refer to the end of this file.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1
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Editorial: Genesis! .......................................... 1
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2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 2
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1991: The UFO Year In Review ................................. 2
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Attempted Murder vs. The Politics of Ufology .................. 5
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UFOs, U.N. and GA 33/426 ...................................... 8
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3. BOOK REVIEW ................................................... 10
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The Montauk Project - Experiments in Time ..................... 10
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4. ANNOUNCEMENTS/WANTED .......................................... 12
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5. EUFON INFORMATION ............................................. 13
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EUFONews 1 - 1 Page 1 01 Jan 1993
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EDITORIAL
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Editorial: Genesis!
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by Carlos A. Steffens (1:109/160)
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A new year and with it comes a new computerized magazine: EUFON. EUFON
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will attempt to provide some sort of uniformity to UFO researchers.
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Because the articles published in EUFON are from real people, you will
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be exposed to real investigations and real experiences. Any person can
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submit an article, you do not have to be a recognized authority in the
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field anymore. For that same reason, we encourage you to get in touch
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with the authors of the articles you find relevant so that you can
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arrive at your own conclusions. Finally, you will also find in EUFON
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the announcement of the latest activities dealing with UFOs, such as
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symposiums, meetings, and others. In short, EUFON will keep you up to
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date as to what is happening in the UFO investigation arena.
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In this first issue, you'll find the report of UFO sightings for the
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year 1991 as updated by the National Sighting Research Center. It is a
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very comprehensive statistical study of UFO related phenomena and comes
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courtesy of The MUFON-Net BBS. You will also find George P. Hansen's
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open letter regarding the controversial Linda Napolitano abduction case.
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Finally, you will read the latest regarding the United Nations and their
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efforts regarding UFO investigations. EUFON will attempt to include a
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monthly book review. This month's book is "The Montauk Project".
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Because all articles published in EUFON are provided by people
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interested in UFO, we encourage you to submit articles with the results
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of your own investigations, as well as your opinions on current cases,
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issues, or other articles seen here. Although this issue is rather
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short, we hope that, with your contributions, we will grow to be a
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comprehensive review of what is going on in ufology. EUFONews 1 - 1 Page 2 01 Jan 1993
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[Provided courtesy of The MufoNet-BBS network]
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NATIONAL SIGHTING RESEARCH CENTER
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- UPDATE -
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by Paul Ferrughelli
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1991: THE UFO YEAR IN REVIEW
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BACKGROUND
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1991 was definitely a Year of Change. For the first time in
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five years, UFO reports described as "lights/illumina-
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tions" out numbered the reports of "objects/shapes".
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Lights and Illuminations represented 57.4% of 201
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reported sightings. Another changed characteristic for
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1991 was the Peak Month of UFO sighting activity. Janu-
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ary became the peak month of UFO sightings, compris-
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ing 15% of the total for the whole year. (See Figure 1 ) For
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the past two years, October had been the Peak Month
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for UFO reports, but in 1991, October ranked LAST. The
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summer months were more active than in 1990.
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STATE SIGHTING BREAKDOWN
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Florida was the leader by a Substantial margin, Florida
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reported 54 sightings for 1991...83% (45) of these sight-
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ings were described as "lights/illuminations". Of the
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Florida total, Gulf Breeze reported 63% (34) of the
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Florida total. Indiana led the nation (7) in reporting Close
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Encounter UFO sightings. A usually quiet state, North
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Carolina ranked 4th in 1991 with 14 UFO reports and 5
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Close Encounter Sightings (CES). Other States with
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higher than normal averages were, Oregon and New
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Hampshire.
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New Jersey ranked 9th in 1991 with 4 UFO Sightings. All
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four reports were of "Objects/Shapes" and were observed
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during night time visibility. Two of the four reports
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were CES.
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TIME OF DAY
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A surprise for 1991 was the Peak Time of Day for UFO
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reports. (Refer to Figure 4) The mode (peak) time is
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clearly 8:00 P.M. represents 21% sightings and the
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normal lull activity time was between 6:00 A.M. and 5:00
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P.M were only 9.3% of the sightings occurred. A consis-
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tent pattern over the past five years has been to observe
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UFO sighting activity in the LATE HOURS of the evening.
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RECURRING SIGHTING LOCATIONS
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In 1991 there were 20 towns or cities in 13 states report-
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ing a total of 96 UFO sightings. Those twenty towns
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reported two or more sightings within the 12 month
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EUFONews 1 - 1 Page 3 01 Jan 1993
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period of 1991. Those 96 sightings represent 48% of
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the total reports for 1991. This is higher than normal but
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not unusual due to Gulf Breeze, Florida, reporting 34
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sightings.
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HYNEK CLASS BREAKDOWN
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Nocturnal Lights accounted for 74.5% of the total
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reports, this is higher than the five year average
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of 67%. Daylight Disc reports for 1991 were
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5.5%, which is lower than the five years average
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or 8.3%. The Close Encounter Sightings (CES)
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were also lower representing only 18% of the
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total, the five year average is 22%
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OBSERVATIONS
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Although 1991 was a year of change in some aspects of
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the UFO phenomena, there were no significant events
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that occurred. The fact that 57.5% of the total sightings
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were of lights/illuminations (15% higher than the five year
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average) may be significant in that it may be related to
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the 8:00 P.M. Peak Time for sightings (this has not oc-
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curred in the past 5 years). The quality of sightings
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occurring at 8:00 P.M. was actually higher than the five
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year average for the Combined Peak Times. There
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were 14 reports of Trace Cases of Crop Circles in the
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USA in 1991 (these were not included in the UFO data
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and are only considered applicable if a UFO was
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observed before or after the event).
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There were several odd "probability" sighting cases in
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1991. There were two Deltoid sightings in North Carolina
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which occurred during the day in two separate towns at
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the SAME time of day, 11:45 A.M. These two reports
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occurred within 2 months of each other. The duration of
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these Deltoid reports were 3 seconds and 4 seconds in
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length. What is the probability of two Deltoid reports to
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occur at the same time, and have a duration almost
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exactly the same? There were three reports of "Rec-
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tangular" shaped objects in Pennsylvania, two on the
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same day and both with five weeks of each other.
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Gulf Breeze, Florida is still reporting high numbers of
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UFO reports in 1991. Several of these sightings have
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been documented of video tape. Many of the Gulf
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Breeze reports were that of a single "red light". When
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looking at the sighting data over the past five years of
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with respect to COLOR ONLY, Red was the leading
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color.
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1991 SUMMARY RECAP DATA
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Annual Total............................... 201 Reports
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Peak Month......................... January 15% of Total
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Geographical Span.............................66% of USA
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Leading State.................... Florida 26.8% of Total
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Peak Distribution Month)............. 21st to 31st 34.4%
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EUFONews 1 - 1 Page 4 01 Jan 1993
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Peak Time of Day.................. 8-9 P.M. 21% of Total
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Lull Time of Day.......6 A.M - 5 P.M...... 9.3% of Total
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Peak Day of Week............... Wednesday 18.1% of Total
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Lull Day of Week.................. Monday 11.7% of Total
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Peak Reports by Shape Class........
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Lights/Illuminations....... 57.4% of Total
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Lull Reports by Shape Class........
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Rectangular ................ 2.6% of Total
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Peak Reports by Hynek Class........
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Nocturnal Lights........... 74.4% of Total
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Peak Duration of Report.................. 3 to 9 Minutes
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Sightings Reporting Sound................. 8.3% of Total
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Sightings Reporting No Sound............. 91.7% of Total
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Sightings During Daytime Visibility....... 9.2% of Total
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Sightings During Twilight Visibility...... 4.6% of Total
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Sightings During Nighttime Visibility.... 86.2% of Total
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Reports Described as Objects/Shapes
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......................... 42.6% of Total
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Reports Described as Lights Illuminations.
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.......................... 57.4% of Total
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Multiple Witness Reports ............... 68.8% of Total
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Signal Witness Reports.................. 31.2% of Total
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Most Common Sound Reported.......................... HUM
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Leading Single UFO Description.................... LIGHT
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Top Five Ranking States.............. FL, IN, CA, NC, PA
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Recurring Sighting Locations..........20 Towns/13 States
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FIVE YEAR SUMMARY DATA ON 1000 UFO REPORTS
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1986 THRU 1990
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An important aspect of the UFO Data Base is to com-
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pare Annual Data to the cumulative average data
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compiled over time. With 1000 UFO reports in the data
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base, it is now possible to compare the 1991 data and
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look for any significant changes in the data. Below is
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the five year recap data on those 1000 sightings.
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1986 - 1990 SUMMARY DATA BREAKDOWN
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Peak year for UFO reports................. 1988 with 291
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Peak year/Month of reports........ October 1989 with 47
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Combined Peak Month over 5 years
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.............. October.. 13% of total
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Combined Lull Month................. June. 4.3% of total
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Peak State Reporting over 5 years
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............ Indiana.. 21.5% of total
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Combined Peak Time of Day..........9 PM.... 17% of total
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Combined Lull Time of Day......... 8 AM... 0.4% of total
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Combined Peak day of Week .....Wednesday..17.1% of total
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Combined Lull Day of Week......Saturday...10.6% of total
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Combined Peak Reports by Shape Class
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Lights/Illuminations..... 35.7% of total
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Combined Lull Reports by Shape Class
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Rectangular........... 3.0% of total
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Combined Hynek Class...Nocturnal Lights.. 66.7% of total
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Peak Duration of Reports..1 to 5 minutes. 20.6% of total
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Combined Sightings Reporting Sounds...... 12.5% of total
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Combined Sightings Reporting No Sound.... 87.5% of total
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Reports During Daytime Visibility........ 9.5% of total
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Reports During Twilight Visibility....... 5.6% of total
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Reports During Night Time Visibility..... 84.9% of total
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Reports Described as Objects/Shapes...... 60.0% of total
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Reports Described as Lights/Illuminations 40.0% of total
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Combined Multiple Witness Reports........ 36.6% of total
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Most Common Sound Reported............... HUM
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Top 5 Ranking States over 5 Years...... IN,FL,PA,CA,MI
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Attempted Murder vs. The Politics of Ufology:
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A Question of Priorities in the Linda Napolitano Case
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by George P. Hansen
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ABSTRACT: UFO abductee Linda Napolitano claims that she was kidnapped,
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assaulted, battered, harassed, and nearly drowned by two agents of the
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U.S. government. Prominent ufologists Budd Hopkins, John E. Mack, David
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M. Jacobs, Jerome Clark and Walter H. Andrus, Jr. accept these claims.
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Hopkins has collected extensive materials that could be used to help
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apprehend and convict the agents. Yet Hopkins, Clark and Andrus have
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vigorously argued that these crimes should not be reported to law
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enforcement authorities; they indicate that such could be "politically
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damaging" to UFO research. These ufologists are asked to defend their
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decision and priorities.
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Budd Hopkins' case involving the abduction of Linda Napolitano by a UFO
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has been discussed in the Wall Street Journal (May 14, 1992, pp. A1,
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A10), Omni (April 1992, p. 75), Paris Match (17 Sept. 92, pp. 13-14, 18,
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96, 98), and the New York Times (October 5, 1992, pp. B1, B2). The
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Mufon UFO Journal labeled it "The Abduction Case of the Century" (August
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1992, p. 9). By virtue of this intense interest, it will become an
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exemplar for the study of UFO abductions.
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Briefly, it is asserted that at about 3:15 a.m. on November 30, 1989,
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Linda Napolitano floated out of her 12th floor apartment in lower
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Manhattan. Allegedly three witnesses in a car about two blocks away
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observed Linda and three humanoid figures emerge from a window and
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ascend into a craft hovering over her building. Two of the witnesses,
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Richard and Dan, were government security officers who were guarding the
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third witness, a dignitary. More than a year after the case, Richard
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and Dan wrote to Hopkins describing what they saw, and a few weeks later
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they visited Linda in her apartment. Hopkins has never met these two
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but has over 80 pages of letters from them, and he has accumulated much
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other material pertinent to the case.
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The affair is quite complex, and the story is now only beginning to be
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EUFONews 1 - 1 Page 6 01 Jan 1993
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told. Hopkins presented a few details at the 1992 MUFON convention in
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Albuquerque and then in the September 1992 issue of the Mufon UFO
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Journal. One of the most disturbing elements of the case is that
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felonies were allegedly committed by the government agents; these
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include assault, battery, kidnapping and attempted murder.
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Hopkins' published account of this aspect is so sketchy that some might
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consider it deliberately misleading. His entire written summary is only
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one sentence long: "In April and again in October 1991, Linda would
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suffer hours- long forced confinements and interrogations at the hands
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of these confused frightened `law-enforcement' officers; she would be
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struck by a car during a chase through the streets of lower Manhattan"
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(Mufon UFO Journal, September 1992, pp. 13, 14). Hopkins' brief
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statement hardly conveys the gravity of the situation. It suggests that
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he may have taken these matters much too lightly.
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The kidnappings and attempted murder
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On January 28, 1992, Linda Napolitano contacted Richard Butler and
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requested a meeting because she was concerned about her personal safety,
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and she was worried that Hopkins might not be able to adequately protect
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her. Linda had earlier become friends with Butler at meetings in the
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home of Budd Hopkins. On February 1, 1992, Linda met with Butler along
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with Joseph Stefula, a former Special Agent with the U.S. Army Criminal
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Investigation Command who has extensive contacts in law enforcement.
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During the meeting, Linda stated that in April 1991 she encountered
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security agent Richard on the street near her apartment. She was asked
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to get into a car that Dan was driving, but she refused. Richard then
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picked her up and, with some struggle, forced her into the automobile.
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Linda reported that she was driven around for 3 1/2 hours and
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interrogated about the aliens.
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At the MUFON symposium in July 1992, Linda was asked if she had reported
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the kidnapping to the police. She said that she had not and went on to
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say that the kidnapping was legal because it had to do with national
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security; she later commented that she did not want to go head to head
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with a government agency because she might be killed and pieces of her
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might be found in the East River (Hopkins did not dispute these
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statements). Linda did remember another car being involved with the
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kidnapping, and under hypnotic regression she recalled the license plate
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number of that automobile, as well as part of the number of the car she
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was in. Hopkins reports that the numbers have been traced to particular
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agencies.
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During the February 1 meeting with Stefula and Butler, Linda reported
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that on the morning of October 15, 1991, Dan pulled her into a red
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Jaguar sports car. Linda happened to be carrying a tape recorder and
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was able to surreptitiously record a small part of Dan's questioning,
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but within a few minutes he discovered and confiscated it. Dan drove to
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a beach house on the shore of Long Island. There he demanded that Linda
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remove her clothes and put on a white nightgown, similar to the one she
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wore the night of the UFO abduction. He said he wanted to have sex with
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her. She refused but then agreed to put on the nightgown over her
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clothes. Once she did, Dan dropped to his knees and started to talk
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incoherently about her being the "Lady of the Sands." She fled the
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beach house, but Dan caught her on the beach and bent her arm behind
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her. He placed two fingers on the back of her neck, leading Linda to
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believe that it was a gun. He then forced her into the water and pushed
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her head under twice. He continued to rave incoherently, and as her
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head was being pushed under for the third time, she believed that she
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would not come up again. Then, a "force" hit Dan and knocked him back
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onto the beach. Linda started to run but heard a sound like a gun being
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cocked. She looked back and saw Dan taking a picture of her (the
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pictures were eventually sent to Hopkins). She continued to move, but
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Richard came running, seemingly out of nowhere. He stopped her and
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convinced her to return to the beach house, and he told her that he
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would control Dan by giving him a Mickey Finn. She agreed to the plan.
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Once inside, Richard put Dan in the shower to wash off the mud from the
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beach. This gave Linda a chance to search the premises; she recovered
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her cassette tape and discovered stationery bearing a Central
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Intelligence Agency letterhead.
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In a brief conversation on October 3, 1992, Hopkins told me that Linda
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came to him shortly after she arrived back in Manhattan after the
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kidnapping. She was disheveled, had sand in her hair, and was
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traumatized by the experience.
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Linda also reported to Stefula and Butler that on December 15 and
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December 16, 1991, one of the men had tried to make contact with her
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near the shopping area of the South Street Seaport. He was driving a
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large black Fleetwood sedan with Saudi Arabian United Nations license
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plates. To avoid him, Linda said that she went into a shop during the
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first incident. The second day a similar thing happened, and she stood
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next to some businessmen until he left the area.
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Evidence accumulated by Hopkins
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Hopkins reports accumulating much information about the identities of
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Richard and Dan, and this could be extremely helpful in a criminal
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investigation. He has approximately 80 pages of letters from the two
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men. These might potentially be used to identify typewriters on which
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they were produced. They may also contain fingerprints. Hopkins has
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tape recordings of Richard and Dan; perhaps these could be used to help
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identify them by voiceprints. Hopkins claims to know which government
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agency employs the two. He says that he knows the identity of the
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dignitary they were guarding, and this person should be in a position to
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help locate and identify Richard and Dan. (Linda told Stefula and
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Butler that the dignitary was Javier Perez de Cuellar, then Secretary
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General of the United Nations.)
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The counsel of ufology's leaders
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The reader may be tempted to dismiss Linda's account as a preposterous
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script for a grade B movie, and I personally do not believe her claims.
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However, several notable figures in ufology have expressed the
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conviction that Linda is telling the truth. On October 6, 1992, I spoke
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with Dr. John Mack, former head of the psychiatry department at Harvard
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Medical School, and he confirmed that he had met Linda and concluded
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that she was not the type of person to make up this kind of story. That
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same day I also spoke with David Jacobs, a professor of history at
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Temple University, an abduction research colleague of Budd Hopkins, and
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author of the book Secret Life. He too believed that Linda was telling
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the truth.
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EUFONews 1 - 1 Page 8 01 Jan 1993
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Hopkins presented additional secret evidence to Walter Andrus and Jerome
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Clark who are now both persuaded of Linda's honesty. Andrus and Clark
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are arguably the two most influential figures in U.S. ufology. Andrus is
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International Director of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), and he
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organizes the largest annual conference on UFOs in the country and
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regularly writes for MUFON's monthly magazine. Clark is a columnist for
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Fate magazine, editor of International UFO Reporter, and a
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vice-president of the Center for UFO Studies.
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At a meeting in New York City on October 3, 1992, Linda said that she is
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willing to testify against Richard and Dan (though she had previously
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indicated that she was afraid of filing charges herself). I informed
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those at the meeting that I was prepared to make a formal request for a
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federal investigation of the attempted murder of Linda. Hopkins,
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Andrus, and Clark all vigorously objected to this, and they strongly
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urged me not to do so. They said that such action would be "politically
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damaging" to ufology. I was extremely puzzled by their reasoning and
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their apparent priorities. On October 5, 1992, two days later, I called
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Andrus to make certain that I understood his position. I asked him to
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join with me and request a formal investigation of these allegations by
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the proper law enforcement agencies. I explained to him that UFO
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researchers were generally not qualified to investigate attempted
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murder. I was taken aback when Andrus asked me what right I had to
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raise these issues. He again urged that the crimes not be reported.
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The following day I spoke with Clark. He told me that he accepted
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Linda's statements, and he reaffirmed his opposition to reporting the
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crimes.
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I have not been given a satisfactory explanation for their views. At
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risk is not only the safety of Linda but also that of the general
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public. If federal agents have engaged in kidnapping and attempted
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murder, they should be brought to justice. The matter is of great
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concern for the general citizenry and for the conduct of UFO abduction
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research. I call upon Clark, Andrus, and Hopkins to publicly explain
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their rationale and priorities.
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UFOs, the U.N. and GA 33/426
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by John F. Schuessler
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Late in 1978, prominent UFO researchers approached the United Nations
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with the suggestion to set up some type of international clearing house
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whereby investigators and researchers would be able to coordinate on an
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international level scientific research into unidentified flying
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objects, and to inform the Secretary-General of the observations,
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research, and evaluation of such activities. The UN General Assembly
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responded favorably by adopting Decision GA 33/426. Unfortunately,
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nothing was done to bring the decision to fruition and it lies dormant
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to this very day.
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Early in 1992 Mohammad Ahmad Ramadan, President of the United Nations
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Parapsychology Society, suggested it was time to reacquaint the United
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Nations with Decision GA 33/426 with the intent of forming the agency
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called for in the Decision. In order to make this happen, he felt it
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necessary to have a series of presentations aimed at providing an update
|
||
on the UFO situation. He then proceeded, with the strong support of
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MUFON's Robert Bletchman, to organize the United Nations Symposium on
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Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Future which occurred on October
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||
2, 1992, just ten days before NASA was to begin it's SETI (Search for
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Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program.
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The symposium was not aimed at traditional academia or the media. It
|
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was felt that traditional academia has proved to be insufficient in
|
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solving problems of this magnitude and needs help itself in having
|
||
credibility for the future. As far as the media is concerned, it is
|
||
saturated with UFO data and all of those concerned have already made up
|
||
their minds - for or against. No UFO witness will make them change
|
||
their minds, unless they see for themselves. The mission of the
|
||
symposium, then was not to change people but to network with those who
|
||
already are willing to listen, especially among the United Nations
|
||
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as Amnesty International, Red
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||
Cross, Greenpeace, B'nai Brith, etc. The organizations are the greatest
|
||
catalyst of change in modern times. For instance, they fought very hard
|
||
to force President Bush to attend the Earth Summit in Rio. It was noted
|
||
that the "old guards" of politics and science would be apprehensive,
|
||
fearful we were pulling the carpet from under their feet. Therefore,
|
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the tone of the symposium was to present the data and leave the audience
|
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to decide for themselves, the way I believe it should always be done.
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|
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Hundreds of representatives of the United Nations NGOs meet weekly to
|
||
investigate problems having a worldwide scope. Many of these
|
||
representatives did attend the symposium and responded favorably. The
|
||
Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium was filled to capacity.
|
||
|
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We were fortunate in having Linda Howe available for a special noon
|
||
program prior to the symposium, but held in the same auditorium. She
|
||
provided a Crop Circle Mystery Update in a special hour and a half
|
||
program.
|
||
|
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Symposium speakers were each given one hour to present their message.
|
||
After a brief introduction by Mr. Ramadan, Stanton Friedman gave an
|
||
energetic and entertaining presentation entitled "The Cosmic Watergate."
|
||
|
||
I followed with the "Medical and Scientific Evidence." After a short
|
||
break, the program resumed with a presentation on "The Human Evidence,"
|
||
by Dr. Rauni Leena Kilde, MD. of Norway. Dr. Kilde revealed her own
|
||
personal abduction experience. The final presenter was Dr. Norma
|
||
Milanovich, speaking on the "Cosmic-Spiritual Evidence and Experience,"
|
||
using material channeled through her computer.
|
||
|
||
After a question and answer period by the panel of speakers, an open
|
||
letter to the Secretary-General, from the panel of speakers, was read
|
||
aloud to the audience. The letter was to be hand delivered to the
|
||
Secretary-General on the following Monday.
|
||
|
||
The UFO mystery is not limited to the United States. It is a worldwide
|
||
problem. Therefore, it was appropriate to bring this strong message to
|
||
the United Nations, with the expectation that the UN will proceed to
|
||
form the UFO agency called for by Decision GA 33/426. There is hope
|
||
that it will be done correctly this time. EUFONews 1 - 1 Page 10 01 Jan 1993
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|
||
|
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Book Review
|
||
The MONTAUK PROJECT - Experiments in time.
|
||
Preston B. Nichols with Peter Moon
|
||
ISBN 0-9631889-0-9
|
||
First Printing June 1992
|
||
Sky Books Box 769
|
||
Westbury NY
|
||
|
||
This is the story of Preston B. Nichols, a very strange story it is. The
|
||
degree of strangeness rates a good 9 out of 10 and, if the old adage
|
||
"Truth is stranger than fiction" is anything to go by, then perhaps
|
||
this is evidence that the book represents the 'truth' as may be known to
|
||
the author. I, for one, was unable to put it down until the last page
|
||
was read. I was too tired to begin it again, but that is the compunction
|
||
that I felt last night.
|
||
|
||
INTRODUCTION
|
||
|
||
At the eastern most end of Long Island sits Montauk Point, known to most
|
||
New Yorkers for its scenic beauty and landmark lighthouse. To the
|
||
immediate west of the lighthouse, there is a mysterious and derelict
|
||
Air Force base on the grounds of the old Fort Hero. Although it was
|
||
officially decommissioned and abandoned by the USA Air Force in 1969,
|
||
it was subsequently re-opened and continued to operate without the
|
||
sanction of the US Government. The entire financing of the base is also
|
||
a mystery. No funding can be traced either to the military of the
|
||
Government. Officials of the government have probed for the answers
|
||
without success.
|
||
|
||
The secrecy of the operation has prompted legends to thrive across Long
|
||
Island. However, it is unlikely that any of the local people of
|
||
Montauk, or those who spread the tales, know the full story of what
|
||
actually went on there.
|
||
|
||
A circle of insiders believe the Montauk Project was a development and
|
||
culmination of the phenomena encountered aboard the USS Eldridge in
|
||
1943. Popularly known as the "Philadelphia Experiment", the ship
|
||
actually disappeared while the Navy conducted radar invisibility
|
||
experiments. According to these accounts, over three decades of secret
|
||
research and applied technology actually ensued. Experiments were
|
||
conducted that included electronic mind surveillance and control of
|
||
distinct populations. The climax was reached at Montauk in 1983. It was
|
||
at that point the Montauk Project tripped open a hole in space time to
|
||
1943. Perhaps the person best qualified to tell the story is Preston
|
||
Nichols, and electrical engineer and inventor who has studied the
|
||
Montauk Project for the better part of a decade. His interest in part
|
||
was spurred on by unusual circumstances in his own life. He was also
|
||
able to legally acquire much of the equipment that was used for the
|
||
project. His continued investigation ultimately revealed his own role as
|
||
the project's technical director. Despite having been brain washed and
|
||
threats to silence him, he has survived and has decided it is in the
|
||
best interest of all to tell his story.
|
||
|
||
So says the introduction. It seems that Mr Nichols has been one of the
|
||
persons to have worked with Duncan Cameron and Al Bielek, both of whom
|
||
have previously released some detail into the activities of certain
|
||
groups involved with the exploration of space-time matrix and mind
|
||
EUFONews 1 - 1 Page 11 01 Jan 1993
|
||
|
||
|
||
control.
|
||
|
||
The account is very well written, lucid and not too technical for the
|
||
layman reader. If what the book purports to have been achieved by man is
|
||
true, then virtually nothing is impossible. eg. Instantaneous travel
|
||
from A to B, whether B happens to be on Mars in the year 125,000 BC, or
|
||
Earth in the year 6035; creation of monsters or beings at will;
|
||
transference of one person's "soul" or "signature" to another
|
||
(walk-ins?); re-juvination of body by manipulation of a person's
|
||
time-line; The Seeing-eye, by the use of a portion of a person's hair or
|
||
other personal effects, it is possible to see through the eyes of that
|
||
person in real-time and experience their view. This is only the tip of
|
||
the iceberg...Far out!, you say? Well, perhaps but read it as science
|
||
fiction if you must, above all, read it.
|
||
|
||
The price - ouch, here in Australia $32.00 - in America $15.95
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
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|
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|
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|
||
|
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|
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Metro DC MUFON UFO Conference
|
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|
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|
||
|
||
Metro DC MUFON UFO Conference: Saturday February 6, 1993. $15.00.
|
||
Quality Hotel, Silver Spring, MD.
|
||
|
||
- Kevin Randle
|
||
- Major Ed Dames
|
||
|
||
- Panel Debate: Should the US government publically
|
||
acknowledge the reality of UFOs?
|
||
|
||
- <Other speakers to be announced>
|
||
|
||
For more information contact Mike Regimenti 410-974-0649.
|
||
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