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SUBJECT: PUBLIC ACCLIMATION PROGRAM FILE: UFO2365
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A retyped, unsigned memo is making the rounds of UFO
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research circles these days. At this point it is unknown
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whether it represents a real document or is a hoax.
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However, because of the memo's apparent wide distribution,
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MORA decided to see if, at a minimum, the Warwick Research
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Institute exists. IT DOES. The memo in question reads as
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follows:
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November 1990
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TO: Policy Committee
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Subject: Observations on Public Acclimation Program
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The metered release of information to the public through
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various unofficial channels continues to generate much
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interest and an increasing level of awareness, with few if any
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observable side effects, other than healthy skepticism on the
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part of some people.
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We respectfully suggest continuing the present approach, as it
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is making information available to those who are psychologically
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ready for it, without causing undue stress on those who are not
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ready.
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The present approach is also proving helpful to those who are
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having first-hand encounters. It is providing them with a context
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in which to put experiences they cannot otherwise explain or
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understand. Having some conception of what has happened to them
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is an enormous psychological relief to these people -- and helps
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them get on with their lives, as best as possible. Providing
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information which helps people to cope will become increasingly
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important as the percentage of the population having these
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encounters continues to rise. As you know, some assistance in
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this area is being rendered by various civilian support groups,
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which have been formed by interested parties.
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Over time, it may be appropriate to increase the accuracy and
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the consistency of information in circulation. The very good
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groundwork laid over the last few years has made it possible
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to acclimate the public at the current accelerated rate. As
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the public becomes more comfortable with IAC and other
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sightings, "crop circles," etc., additional types of information
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might be released. It appears most of the research
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community is running one to two years or more ahead of the
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mainstream media. This gives some timeframe for possible
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disclosures to the general public -- while providing advance
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details to those who are ready for it now.
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Having a certain number of informed citizens among the
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population could very well prove to be invaluable resource
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in the face of unpredictable future events. Indeed, history
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may record that it was these aware people who set aside
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their differences and worked together the most to help
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humanity, their country and their government in the changing
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times and challenges ahead.
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WARWICK RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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MAJIC Att. MJ-8
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MORA received its copy of this letter from ufologist Donald Ware
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in the spring of 1992, who received his from John Schuessler.
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In response to a request asking how he obtained his copy, John
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wrote back, "I have no idea where it came from. It was in a
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stack of material I received one week, so I shared it with Don
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Ware as he is the MUFO East Region Director. I would like to
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know whether or not it is authentic." An initial attempt to
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locate an organization of this name was made using library
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resource materials. It was determined early in the investigation
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that there is an organization named "Warwick Research"
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involved in the food packaging business, possibly in England.
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Later, Pete Hartinger, director and founding member of the
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Roundtown UFO Society (RUFOS) of Circleville, Ohio and a
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MORA member, located the Warwick Research INSTITUTE
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northwest of London in Coventry during a business trip to
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that country in late spring 1992. He found it listed in a
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local telephone directory. Whether these two organizations
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are the same is unknown at this time.
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Further research determined that the Warwick Research
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Institute is located at the University of Warwick in Coventry,
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England, a relatively new university incorporated by Royal
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Charter in 1965. The Institute itself was founded in
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1988, one of a number of institutes and research centres
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located at the university. The director of the Institute
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is listed as one Alan R. Roe, a senior lecturer in economics.
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Mr. Roe received his/her Bachelor of Commerce degree
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from the University of Leeds in Leeds, England and a
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Master of Arts degree from the University of Wales in
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Cardiff, Wales. MORA learned during a telephone call to
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the Institute on July 22, 1992 that Mr. Roe is no longer
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director of the Institute, although he is still associated
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with the University. (Sources: Commonwealth Universities
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Yearbook, 1991, Vol. 1, The Association of Public Universities,
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London, England and The World of Learning, Forty-Second
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Edition, 1992, Europa Publications Limited, 18 Bedford
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Square, London WC1B 3JN, England.) No other information
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about the Institute is contained in these sources.
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The purpose of the telephone call to the Institute, which we
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referred to in the paragraph above, was to obtain some
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general information about the Institute, particularly with
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regard to the scope of its work. During the conversation
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with the secretary we were directed to, we learned that the
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Institute has economics as one of its main areas of interest.
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She confirmed that the Institute is organizationally connected
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to the University of Warwick. When we asked who their clients
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were, she replied that the Institute did a lot of work for the
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United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, and the
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World Bank. We also asked her if they had done any work for
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the U.S. Government, specifically the Department of Defense:
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she replied seemingly honestly that she did not know. We did
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not ask if they had done work on the subject of UFOs, for
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obvious reasons; we didn't want her to conclude that our
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request was not serious. She promised to send us some
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information on the Institute, but it hadn't arrived as of the
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date of publication of this supplement.
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MORA did obtain a Postgraduate Prospectus Entry bulletin
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for the University of Warwick for the 1993 school year.
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Interestingly, the bulletin contains a list of 33 university
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affiliated "research centres," but the Institute is not among
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them.
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Further efforts are underway by MORA and RUFOS to learn
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whether or not this matter is worth pursuing.
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