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SUBJECT: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON HANDLING WITNESS'S FILE: UFO1586
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A continuing Mutual UFO Network - MUFONET-BBS Network "Investigator's
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series for Field ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edge" No. 8
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Investigators
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"THE INVESTIGATOR'S EDGE"
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[Note: This edition of the "Investigator's Edge" is from the January, 1991
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issue of "GEORGIA SKYWATCH", published by GEORGIA-MUFON.]
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GENERAL
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Things to keep in mind while doing investigations
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AIRCRAFT: Have a minimum of three non-flashing running lights; one on each
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wing tip and one at the rear. Right wing running light is green, left wing
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running light is red, and the rear running light is white. [Note: many
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aircraft also have two strobe lights, one mounted on top and on mounted below
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the fuselage.] There must not be more than one green running light. Blue is
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not used as a running light. Helicopters have the same general running light
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configuration as light planes.
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ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE: Can cause an object (that is near the horizon) to
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look distorted and magnified.
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AUTOKINETIC MOTION: Eye movement can cause the witness to think a stationary
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light or object is moving when in fact it is not. Lining the target up with
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two other stationary reference points can help to determine whether in fact
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the object is moving. When a witness says the light was moving in jerky
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motions--side to side and up and down--suspect the witness is looking at a
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star.
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BALL LIGHTENING: Appears hazy or solid, spherical, oval or rod shape. Colors
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range from red-white with orange being the most common. It can hover, go less
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than 5 mph or up to 60 mph. It emits a hissing sound and when it explodes an
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odor of sulfa or ozone is present. It can appear after lightening strikes the
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ground or in midair. Ball lightening almost always appears during a
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thunderstorm.
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DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES: UFO investigators are looking very hard for consistent
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groups of facts, while UFO witnesses are looking for support and counseling.
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These are two very different objectives and can be the source of conflict
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between the witness and the investigator. The wise investigator will keep
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this in mind when dealing with witnesses.
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DISTANCE: Most witnesses underestimate the actual distance from the
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observation point to the object.
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ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE: Electromagnetic interference that can cause an
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automobile's engine to stall and can interrupt the operation of other
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electrical devices has sometimes been linked to UFO sighting reports. Such
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occurances are not limited to gasoline engines. Diesel engines such as found
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in trucks, boats, trains, and bulldozers have also been affected. Similar
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reports on airplane engines and radar equipment have also been reported.
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INVESTIGATOR'S DUTY TO THE WITNESS: The UFO investigator must subordinate his
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or her need to collect UFO information to the needs and interests of the
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witness. The health and well-being of the witness must ALWAYS come before the
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collection of UFO evidence and proof.
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INTERPRETATION OF WITNESS TESTIMONY: The interpretation of both free and
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regressed witness narratives is BEST acomplished by behavioral psychologists
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and other professionals skilled in the process.
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FEELINGS REPORTED BY WITNESSES: Feelings reported by witnesses include:
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(A) Being watched
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(B) Looking me over
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(C) Feeling of being observed
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(D) Feeling of fear
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(E) Feeling of anger
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(F) It was a beautiful experience
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(G) Felt happy when it happened
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(H) Felt object responded to witness
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(I) Felt the object was trying to communicate with witness
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PHYSICAL EXAMINATION: The number of witness reports which suggest aliens are
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interested in observing or manipulating the witness's sexual organs and/or
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otherwise conducting gynecological examinations of the witness appears to be
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far less than would be euggested by popular reports. More often, witnesses
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report examination of their heads.
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HIGH STRANGENESS: When a large number of witness narratives are examined, it
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quickly becomes obvious that the witness experience is very complicated and
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full of unknowns. The vast majority of witness accounts describe perceptions
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and experiences far stranger than any reported by mainstream abduction
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researchers. Do not rule out what a witness tells you because it has a high
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strangeness level. Because we do not know what is true, we must not edit
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testimony or it becomes absolutely worthless. When reporting witness
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testimony, do not try to make it seem credible and believable. Rather, expose
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it as it really is. Unless we do this we have no chance at all of getting at
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the truth.
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HYPNOSIS: Information from a regressed subject is sometimes used in the
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context of other evidence, but it is not itself evidence. Because regressed
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testimony of UFO witnesses cannot currently by confirmed by hard facts, there
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remains enormous difficulty with trying to use hypnotized testimony as
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evidence of real events, even when that testimony agrees in particulars among
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a group of unconnected witnesses. The primary value of hypnosis is as a
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counseling device. It is recommended that nobody except a professionally
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trained hypnotist - preferably one with the credentials of a health
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professional - hypnotize any UFO witness for any reason, and then only for
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therapeutic purposes.
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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