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SUBJECT: Fylde man enjoys encounter with UFO spotters. FILE: UFO2078
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West Lancashire Gazette 7/1/94
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UFO: Unusually Fervent Obsession. It is a buzz Sam Wright shares
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with fellow enthusiasts in the Fylde's UFO Investigation group.
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Most members settle for close encounters every Thursday night at
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the Guards Club on Whitegate Drive, Blackpool. Not so for Mr Wright
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of Knaresboro Avenue, Marton.
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The local UFO expert dug deep into his pocket to finance a
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transatlantic trip which left him "starry eyed". The tea and
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coffee merchant traded his business venture Plantations for a Planet
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Suite in Las Vegas, paradise for gamblers and out of this world
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for UFO investigators.
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The otherwise down-to-earth local businessman admits costs of
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the seven-day International UFO Congress were astronomical - but
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worth every dollar. Particularly as the mind blowing experience
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helped hook wife Jean on the subject too.
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Now in his late 50's, Mr Wright got captivated by UFOs when he was
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30: reading up on the subject after looking into one particular
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case - the alleged cover-up of a UFO which crash-landed at
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Rockwell in New Mexico.
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Despite the debunking of some celebrated theorists, he believes
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it is arrogant of us to assume we are the only life-force in the
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universe, and reckons that others may be more than capable of
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bending time to span light years to visit our planet. He adds,
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sightings have been made by thousands of people - why disbelieve
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them".
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We heard an ex-CIA man tell us of an Eskimo village where 150
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people suddenly disappeared - with even the graves robbed of
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bodies. A Russian general stated that at least three of their
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planes had gone missing chasing UFOs.
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Documents and slides showed the apparent existence of UFOs on Mars
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- the public were never informed. Cattle mutilations - by laser -
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were reported from Brazil.
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One group went out by coach to a government site of interest - and
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14 witnessed a UFO sighting.
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He thoroughly enjoyed the conference - but admits it attracted
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some cranks.
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Investigators apply scientific methods to sightings - most of the
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alleged UFOs in this area can be put down to Venus or British
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Aerospace.
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For eight hours a day over the week, Mr Wright locked in debate
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and occasional conflict with enthusiasts including doctors,
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writers, broadcasters, scientists and servicemen. "These people are
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by no means nutters - they have open minds or the evidence of
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their own eyes or experiences", he said.
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One of the most famous UFO investigative reporters had recently
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returned from the former Soviet Union with classified military
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files confirming the UFO presence in Russia.
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Speakers spotlighted alleged UFO activity, along with fresh data
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from once-secret files and reports of missing military ships and
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aircraft.
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No extraterrestrials, alas, but plenty of supposed sightings of
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spaceships or occupants in the,er, flesh. From small brown aliens
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to more commonplace, in such circles, slant eyed taller greys.
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Mr Wright who has yet to see a UFO, or occupant for himself
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admits: "Some of the stories - particularly from those delegates
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who claim to talk to aliens - beggar belief, but the abductees are
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extremely convincing".
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"Some also claim to suffer considerable government harassment on
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top of their traumatic experiences. Most are frustrated because
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their tales are not believed by the majority of people."
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He was left cold by the "Channelling " session, featuring
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various delegates who claimed to communicate with alien life
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forces - identified as Bashur, Arcturians, Sasha, Tuella,
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Venusians and Sirius.
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"It got a bit Star Trek then - and the Americans do get terribly
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enthusiastic about things," he admitted.
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I really would have preferred to have been beamed up elsewhere
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at that point.
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