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INSIDE UFOLOGY
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January 1989
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After a brief (four month?) hiatus, we return to our regular
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column. Due to time limitations, its going to have to be an
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abbreviated version...so much happening, so little time...
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After much speculation and rumor, Budd Hopkins has confirmed the
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story of a medical anomaly that might turn out to be an "alien
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implant." In a speech in Tucson last month, and in answer to a
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series of questions posed by ParaNet users, Hopkins said that an
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MRI scan has detected a solid object "on or near the optical
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nerve" of a female abductee in Georgia. Due to its proximity to
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the crucial nerve, however, extraction of the object is
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extremely dangerous and highly unlikely. One prominent ufologist
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who attended the Tucson meeting speculated that "whatever the
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object is, it isn't made of metal, otherwise the MRI would have
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ripped it right out of her." (The M in MRI stands for Magnetic.)
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SEE: HOPKINS.REP
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Another medical anomaly that had fueled the imaginations of
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abduction fans seems to have been put to rest. You may recall
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the interest in an article that appeared in the British science
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journal Nature in September 1986, wherein several geneticists
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had submitted a photomicrograph of a cell from an unborn fetus.
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Lodged in the cell was a highly symmetrical object that
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resembled a crossword puzzle. The accompanying letter basically
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asked, "What the hell is this?", and called on colleagues
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for an explanation. Abduction proponents, quick to grab onto any
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piece of evidence that might lead to a breakthrough, distributed
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the letter and the photograph through the grapevine, insinuating
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a resemblance to a computer chip, and have continued to do so
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until the present. Unfortunately, they were a little TOO quick.
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Had they picked up the very same journal the very next month,
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they would have seen that the anomaly has been explained as part
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of a Diatom skeleton, something quite ordinary and non-alien.
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That this "mystery" should have been propagated so long after
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the explanation had been rendered is testimony to the
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will-to-believe and suspension of good judgement of many in the
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UFO field. Come on, gang. If we're going to play at Science,
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let's at least play by the rules. (Credit: Jim Melesciuc, "Bits
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and Pieces") SEE: CHIP.UFO
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Also from Bits and Pieces: "A petition calling for congressional
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hearings on ufOs is being circulated by MUFON Deputy Director
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John Schuessler. Betty Cash is assisting Schuessler with this
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task. Betty was injured during a close encounter on Dec. 29,
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1980, along with Vickie and Colby Landrum. It may be that this
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drive for congressional hearings resulted from the disclosure of
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"Falcon's" information aired on UFO Cover-Up Live. In the
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program Falcon (Doty) stated that the Cash/Landrum UFO was a
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government test flight of an extraterrestrial craft which got
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out of hand."
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Not-exactly-UFO-related-but-funny-anyway-dept.:
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Bigfootologist-Dracontologist-Ufologist Jon-Erik Beckjord is
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finally opening his long-awaited "Cryptozoology Museum." After
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several false starts, one in a mobile home, the museum has found
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residence in, of all places, Trancas' Restaurant of Malibu, CA.
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In his press release, Beckjord was quick to point out that
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Trancas is "famous in the LA Area as being a good dance spot as
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well as for being a good family restaurant serving
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American-style cuisine." He also stated its a hangout for such
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Hollywood heavyweights as Jan-Michael Vincent. Beckjord says he
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felt that the coastal area was an "excellent spot" for the
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temporary museum (a larger facility is planned for a future
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date) because of reports of Bigfoot in the nearby Ventura
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mountains, and sea serpent sightings off the coast. When
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pressed, Beckjord admitted that yes, the famous Bigfoot feces
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sample (as seen on David Letterman) would be on display, but
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presumably behind glass so that over-zealous restaurant staffers
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would be unable to confuse the sample with the house special.
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The official opening is February 9th, with a pre-opening party
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scheduled the night before.
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The Fund for UFO Research is looking to raise $16,000 for an
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all-out, no-holds-barred study of the Majestic-12 documents.
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A proposal submitted to the Fund by MJ-12-ologist Stan Friedman
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calls for a four-month study, which would involve "travelling to
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several Presidential libraries, visiting some people who may
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have important information and writing a full report of his
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activities." The Fund has already granted Friedman $500 to cover
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the cost of his Long Distance phone calls over the past
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year.
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Finally, in what may be the most encouraging development of the
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new year, a heavy-hitter journalist named Howard Blum is
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tackling the Cosmic Watergate. Blum is author of "I Pledge
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Allegiance," about the Walker Spy Ring case, and has been
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nominated for two Pulitzer prizes. According to UFO Magazine,
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Blum's book will prove that active government investigation of
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UFOs did not end with Blue Book.
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Till next month...Happy Hunting!
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< * * * >
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This edition of INSIDE UFOLOGY is respectfully dedicated to the
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memory of Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe, the father of the UFO movement,
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who passed away Nov. 29th.
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