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P O R T N T

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DIRECTLY SPEAKING

Acapulco

Cri t ique-

By William Spaulding

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Director

GSW/WD

ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

GSW to Support

Anti-UFO Group in Protesting Paranormal

Exnlanations . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , . . , . , , . . . . . . , . . , , .4

Critique

of

the MUFON Symposium- By Lori Field . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Editor

CA

LEI WAR

OF

EVEN PS

Scient i f ical ly Accurate UFO

Film

to be Released

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Annual GS

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Lectu.re

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~ l A P OF

SIGHTINGS .

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JFON/GSW VIEINS THE

UFO STATUS QUO . . . , , . , . . . . . . . , . ,

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EVIDENCE

OF

CIA INVOLVEMENT, . , ,

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COVERAGE RATHER

THAN

COVER-UP-

By

Dria Weedon

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THE

ACAPULCO

RESOLUTION

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SCIENCE

ARTICLE REVIEW- By Dr. Bruce Maccabee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

UFOLOGY:

SCIENCE

OR

SEANCE-

By Richard Gottlieb

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Research Committee

EDIT3R OF

OFFICIAL

UFO RESIGNS . . . . . . . I I , I 19

SITUATION RED: THE UFO

SIEGE- By Rosemary Baum,, . . . .

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READING

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EDITORIAL

As

some of you may

have

noticed, our news bul le t in has begun to take

on an

overall

theme

which

is encompassed in

the

ar t ic les as well as

our regular sections. This

issue we

decided to give our theme a name

and

we

fe l t tha t the most

appropriate

one would

be:

The Posi t ion

of

Scient i f ic UFOlogy

on I ts 30th

Annivers

i

ry. Because the col lect ion

and interpretat ion of data

has

become rather complex

in

the l a s t JO

years,

this

issue wil l include statements on the

poli t ics

of

sc ient i f -

ic research ( The Acapulco ct.esolution by Bi l l Baum), the disse

n ina

t ion

of information

( Coverage

Rather

Th

an

Cover-up

by

Dria

w

eejon),

and

the

necessary scient i f ic approach to UFOlogy ( UFO

lo

gy: Science

or

Seance? by Richard

Gottlieb). Of

course,

a l l

of

the res t

of the

ar t ic les are also

informative

and interes t ing .

You

may

have noticed also that

some new names have been

added

to the

bullet in. Our

edi tor ia l

committee has increased in size since our

l a s t bullet in. In

addit ion

to our re gular

committee memters:

Lori Field (edi tor) , Roberta Bull, John

Schaefer,

and ~ i c h r d

Gottlieb,

our

committee now

includes

Dria \1/ooden, Rosemary and 3 il l

Baum. We hope you

wil l

enjoy

this issue

.

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PERSOf

AL NO;E

With the changes that have recent ly

been

made in the Edi tor ia l

Committee membership, one other change should be noted. I wil l not

be

serving as edi tor

af te r

this issue.

This month I wil l be

leaving

Arizona

to attend medical school in

another

sta te A new editor has

not yet been

chosen, however,

an

announcement should

be made

in

the

December bul let in .

I

have real ly

enjoyed being a part

of

'

the

edi tor ia l commi

t t

ee and

helping

to in i t ia te the

chan

g

es

that have

been

made in the bul le t in

over the

past

y ~ a r .

I hope

that

these

improvements have

Iad

e

the

bullet in

: more concise and informative

for

our

readership.

Although I shal l

not

be edit ing

the

bullet in, I hope

to re

main

an

active

member of the committee and I wil l

hopefully

be s u ~ m i

t t i n g

ar t ic les

for the bul le t in periodical ly . I

would also

l ike to wish

the future editor and

other

members of

the

Editor ial Committee luck

in the coming year . ,

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4/22

-J-

DIRECTLY S

PEA

KING: Acapulco

Critique

By

W l l iam H Spaulding

During the week of April 17, 1977, I attended

the

i rs t International

UFO Congress

held

in

Acapulco,

llexico. The purpose of this

conference

was

to bring together

the world's

leading UFO

authori t ies and

the

civi l ian or

g

anization

directors

for

the purpose of establ ishing a

united front on this vexing UFO phenomenon . Additional goals and

objectives included

the following :

1 . method

to

collect

world-wide

data

-

includin

g p

hoto

g

ra

p

hs

.

2. sy_tem to disseminate UFO data and materials to a l l interested

countries.

J . A resolution, created by the

part icipants

of

the

Congress,

sta t ing

specif ic

goals and

action items

which

wil l provide the proper

avenues for scient i f ic investigation of

the

phenomenon which can be

presented to

the

United Nations.

4.

A

unified

plan that would

enable researchers to investigate

the

specialized

f ie lds of ur

elogy,

without a

duplication o

effort .

5 A method of

notifying

the body pol i t ic

and

media of new,

important revelations

concerning the

phenomennn.

All of

the

major

American

UFO

organizations

were

well

represented.

Leading researchers

from a l l

over

the world gave some outstanding

papers and participated in heated debates on some of the key issues.

Unfortunately, the panel was sp l i t down

the

middle between the physical

side of UFOlogy and the paraphysical. This difference in philosophy

caused Dr. Hynek, Dennis Hauck, and myself some noticeable concern,

especial ly during

the f i r s t two

days

of

the

Congress, when

the

throngs

of

the

media were being led to believe that

the ent ire panel

was

pro-paraphysical.

This festered to such

an

extent that I

called

a

special news

conference

to

present our true feelings

on the matter.

The

American

Collation ,

as

we

were

paraphrased,

presented

the

serious, scient i f ic side

of UFOlogy and

se t the

stage for the media

on our policies

and

goals. Some general aggravation of the panel was

detected when GSW presented i t s computerj photographic analyses on

dozens of

the

famous UFO photographs and films. M

any

of the

pr

evious

bonafide pictures fe l l -

to

the computer's accurate methods. So many

of the members of the panel had strongly believed in a part icular

piece

of pictor ia l data

based

solely on

the

unsupported word of the

witness(es)

rather than the

photographic

data.

Our oEganization

strongly

believes that modern technology must be

coupled with the serious research effort , otherwise we s h l l never

gain

the

necessary recognition by the scient i f ic community, so badly

needed

in

this

f ie ld.

I

believe

the

efforts

of the physical scient is ts

and researchers,

prevailed a t the

conference.

I further believe that some good has

come out

of

this grandiose meeting -

as

followsa

a)

Greater distr ibut ion of data on a

global

basis.

b) An

increased data

base,

including

rare

films and new pictor ia l

information.

c) Gracious media coverage and acknowledgement

of the

serious

researcher.

d) A unified plan

to present

to the United .

Nations.


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-4-

For the f i r s t time in years, I can f inal ly

say

we are getting

close

to our objectives and I personally

feel GSW

has one

of the

f inest teams

of

serious

researchers

in

UFOlogy.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

~ to Support

Anti-UFO Group in Protesting

Paranormal

Exnlanations

By

Dria

Weedon

The o m m i t t e e for

the Scient i f ic Investigation

of

Claims

of the

Paranormal

has formed a new group to

provide the public

and the

news media

with authori tat ive, no-nonsense information

on UFOs

This

new

group, composed mainly of anti-UFOlogists, will attempt

to

establish the real facts behind the sometimes far-fetched claims

of UFO stories that

have

been accepted as fact by some

UFO

organiza

t ions and the general public, The

UFO

Subcommittee will

focus

i t s

at tent ion

prLmarily on

cases

that major UFO groups or prominent

investigators have been

unable to explain

in

prosaic / ter restr ia l

terms.

Philip

J.

K

lass,

a

blatant

anti-UFOlogist,

has been

named

Director of the

Subcommittee, Associate

Directors will be Robert

Shaeffer, and James E. Oberg, who are both experienced UFO case

investigators.

Ground Saucer Watch would l ike to

announce

i t s

intention

to aid

th is new organization

in

every possible way

in i t s

attempt to sep

arate fact

from f iction

in order

to clar i fy

the position of serious

UFO research today and

present

the

t ruest

possible picture of the

UFO

si tuat ion.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ..... ... .

Critique of

the

MU

FON

Symposium

By Lori Field

Editor

July 16 and 17 the

8th

Annual MU ON Symposium was hosted by

GSW

at the

Safari Hotel and Convention Center in

Scottsdale,

Arizona.

As

would be anticipated,

there

was l i t t l e n a t i ~ n a l

turnout in

the

Arizona summer heat: although

speakers

covered a wide variety of issues

pert inent

to UFOlogy.

The

lecturers

themselves

were

of

varying

abi l i t ies

Most

gave

no

visual

presentation to correspond

with

their

lecture.

In many

cases,

a lecture was exactly what was presented, and although I feel that

information

presented

was well done as

to

content,

presentation was

not

of

the same qual i ty in many cases.

Thom

as

Gates of Sunnyvale, California opened the symposium with an

interest ing categorization of UFO i n v e s t i g ~ t o r s and students of

UFO-

logy.

He delved into the psychology behind

the

f ield

investigation

and the steps used to obtain

information

from witnesses, Those


6/22

-5-

expecting to extract anything

but abstract logic from

his presenta

t ion, however,

were

to

go away

empty-handed,

Following Gates, Dr. Alvin Lawson gave his presenta t ion enti t led,

What Can

We

Learn from Abduction Cases? There was an interest ing

twist

to

Dr. Lawson's presentation. Expecting

to

l i s ten

to

a weak

abduction case review,

I was surprised

to find

probably one

of

the

most

scient i f ica l ly

presented research

reviews

of the ent ire sympo

sium. Dr. Lawson's

research

dealt

with

the process

of

re gressive

hypnosis.

In

his studies, he found many s imilar i t ies between real

and

imagined

abductions discussed

by

persons placed

under

hypnosis.

Those

asked to imagine that they

were

being

abducted by

inhabitants

were giveri a battery of questions prior to the

hypnotic session

to

assure

the

researchers of their lack of prior knowledge of UFOs By

Dr. Lawson's

own admission, his research does

not prove

that no one

is ever abducted by UFOs Nor does i t imply that regressive hypnosis

is useless as

a tool to

extract information

from

witnesses,

Inform

ation obtained

through the use

of this tool

however,

should

be take

with

a

grain of sal t

while

research continues into

hypnosis and

i t s

use,

Bil l Pit ts , MU ON State Director

for

Arkansas,

was

the las t

speaker

of

the

morning

session.

His

presentation

dealt

with

f ie ld invest i

g

ations

He suggested

that

f ield investigators

accept witness reports without

precongeived

interpretations

or explanations of what

the

person

actually

saw.

He also proposed

that

invest i

gators

look for l o

g ~ a l

explanations but

that

they avoid doing

an investigation af te r

deciding

in advance that

i t

is

a hoax, Being a seasoned investigator himself,

Pi t t s

gave additional advice

that

both

I F O N

and GSW f ield investigato

would be wise to

follow.

The two Saturday

afternoon

speakers were scient is ts

in

the i roown

r ights in the so-called acceptable

f ields of

science as

well as in

UFOlogyl

Dr. William

Hassell,

Consultant

n

Propulsion, gave

a

ta lk

ent i t led

Future

Physics

and

Anti-Gravity,

Althou

gh

his lecture

had an

interesting and informative

beginning which

covered

the history

of

physics, as Dr.

Hassell

discussed research

that

has been completed

and is projected to

be completed in

the

future, he

lost

most

of his

audience.

M

ost

of us, even those who are

students

of

the

basic

sciences,

did

not have the backgrounds to comprehend a l l that he

was discussing.

Dr. John

Warren,

MUFON

ConsuTI..tant in

Physics,

of

los

Alamos, N

ew

M

exico

gave

an interesting discussion

of

the importance

of

the

scient i f ic method

of

invest igating UFOs

inc

l uding some dds and

don'ts

pertaining

to the

general

study

of UFOs.

Dr,

Warren

also

expla irlled

how

we .can

prove

or disprove the

existence

of UFOs,

by

scient i f ic

collect ion

of

and

interpretat ion

of

data.

Although

he

was a

very

composed and

knowledgeable speaker, Dr.

Warren's

t ie s

to

the

National

Enquirer in

a consultant

capacity

were a subject of

crit icism

by

the audience during

the evening

cr i t ique session.

The

afternoon

was

completed with

a

demonstration

of hypnosis

by

a

surprise guest,

Dr.

McCall,

who

worked

with Dr.

Lawson

and

served

as the

hypnotist

for a l l of the

studies

repoDted ear l ier

n

the

day by Dr, Lawson. Since a volunteer was required and I l ike to

give you

f i r s t

hand knowledge of the news

(besides

I ll

be moving

n a

month),

I decided

to

become

the

guinea

pig.

I suppose

that


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-6-

the hypnotic

session

was interesting, but unfortunately, I can ' t cr i t i -

que i t

because I

slept

through i t .

The day's proceedings were topped off by a lecture by Stanton

Friedman who calls

himself

the

only

known full-time sc ient i s t

in

the f ield of UFOlogy. lfJr. Friedman's presentation began as a

very

interest ing

description

of

the Zeta

Reticuli

map, as drawn

by

Bet ty

Hill .

He

discussed

a possible

interpretation of

th is

map

and

then

he

discussed

implications

of

that

part icular

interp

retat ion.

Friedman

is

an

accomplished

lecturer

and was

very

entertainin

g and

interest ing

unt i l he began his

attack

on Isaac Asimov, the

well-known science f ic t ion author, and what

Friedman

refers to as

Asimovian

logic, which is not lo gic a t a l l . Admittedly, since Asimov

does

have

a

PhD

n Biochemistry and is a well

respected

man, any

thing he says in

the

nonfiction

category wil l

be believed

by

many,

This is part icularly detrimental to

UFOlo

gy

i f ,

as

an anti-UFOlogist

(according

to Friedman), Asimov makes untrue statec

ents

to

support

his

own

contentions,

I do feel, however, that Friedman carried what I

understood to

be a

bi t te r

attack

too

far ,

As Friedman said himself , opinions don't

count.

What

counts

is

data

.,

and

the

personal

attack

on Asimov

l e f t

l i t t l e time for

the

presentation

of

any real

data,

The l a s t day of the symposium had only one speaker, Wl l iam Spaulding,

GSW-WD Director and

l\

'IUFON State Director of .Arizona, M

.

Spaulaing

s

a l l photographic lecture included a description of the computer

technology used to interpret photographic

data. In

addition, he

presented

both the

photographs that

SW has

labelled bona fide

and

those that the or

g

anization has labelled put-ons

(misident

i f icat ions and

hoaxes)

based on the

use

of this technolo gy.

Although Spaulding

discussed

a

new

technolo gy, complete with i ts own

unique

set

of terms, he was able to keep the audience's attent ion

throu

g

hout

his presentation

and

most

l e f t

that

day

with

a

great

deal

of knowledge pertaining

to

that

new

process

and to

the

interpretations

of

the

many UFO photographs ta ken

in the

past 30 years of

UF

Ology,

In my opinion, a crit ique of the symposium would not be com

plete

with

out a pat

on

the b c k for William Spaulding and the members of GSW

who organized and kept the

ent i re

~ o day meeting running smoothly

and

for

Richard

Gottlieb,

a member of our

own

edi tor ia l -committee,

who

served during

the

entire symposium as a

very

able and ar t icula te

moderator,


8/22

CALENDAR

OF

EVENTS

SCIENT

IFICALLY

ACCURATE

UFO

FILM

TO

BE

RELEASED

Scotia American Productions wil l be releasing a ful l

length,

90 min

ute color feature, enti t led Skywatch, which will

contain

the drama

t i c reenactment

of

a number of

s tar t l ing

UFO cases. Scotia wil l use

the

real names

of

witnesses and g

overnment

off ic ia ls involved vvhen-

ever possible. Mater ial for

the

scr ipt is

being

gathered from

the

National

Archives, interviews

with

witnesses, and contractual

arrangements with

various

top

civil ian

UFO

researchers to

provide

data

from

their fi les.

Peter

Kares, President of Scotia American Productions has appointed

W Todd Zechel as Technical Consultant for the f ilm Zechel,

who

is

National Director

of

Research

for

GS II , is a former employee

of

two

civi l ian Intelligence

agencies.

As

technical Consultant

for

Skywatch ,

Zechel is coordinating research being done for

the

script ,

and wil l work closely with the

writers

to

help

make the film

as

factual

as

possible.

W Todd Zechel is one

of our

country's

leading authorit ies on the

suppression

of

UFO evidence by

the

Intell igence Community.

His

background,

working

for

the National

Security

Agency (

NS

A)

in

an

overt

role and

for

another

agency

in

a covert

role , enables

him to speak

with

authority

on in te l l ig

ence

operations. Zechel

l e f t

in te l l igence

work

in

1974 af ter ten

years of

distinguished service, deciding

a t

that point

to bring to the

at tent ion of

the

American public

the

detai ls

6f

along standing conspiracy,

purportedly by

the

CIA and

other

agencies, to suppress the

facts about UFOs.

Zechel lived

for

2 ~

years in

Wisconsin, where he worked

as

a

news

paper

editor

and

writer .

During

that time he traveled throughout the

state

to lecture

about

his and

GS

s scient i f ic

approach

to

UF

O

research. He is

currently

working

with

Scotia on S k ~ n . v a t c h and

has plans

for

a book

to

be

published

shortly

af ter

the

release

of

the film. M

any

of

the cases

from the

film

wil l be

elaborated

on

in

his

book t i t led UFOs: Under Intell igence

Control.

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I t

ANNUAL SW LECTURE

GSW wil l present i t s sixth annual comprehensive

UFO

lecture

January

13, 1978 a t

the Safari

Hotel

in

Scottsdale, Arizona. The

lecture wil l

be an intensive review

of

information SW has been

accumulating on

the data

repression

policies

to

which government

intel l igence

agencies adhere.

William

Spaulding

and

SW

Research

Director,

Todd

zechel,

wil l

present

s tar t l ing

new facts

on the CIA

cover-up,

borrowing fnom the

by-then released

UFO film, Skywatch.

.Also

being

reviewed wil l be GSW s computerized photo

enhancement

technique and

i t s contributions to ending

the

cover-up.


9/22

12 ALL OTHERS

7

MEXICO

co

4

N

1

6 CANADA

3

TX 11

MAP

OF SIGHTINGS

SIGHTINGS

LOGGED

IN BY GSW -

EAST

AND WEST. SIGHTINGS DO NOT CONSTITUTE REAL UFOs

1. 183 called in reports of UFOs.

2.

26

reports hard copy)

received.

3. Unknown ra te to date on March 1977

through July

1977

data,

3.5%.

4. Arizona numbers do not include

the Phoenix

based advertisement airplane.

THESE SIGHTINGS COVER THE PERIOD OF MARCH 1, 1977

THROUGH

JULY 1977.

4

40 sightings attributed to the planet venus AoM. sight ings)


10/22

-9-

l UFON/GSW

VI

EWS THE UFO

STATUS

QUO

By

L.

s.

Str ingf ield

For MUFON/GSW

I t

i s

common knowledge among informed

researchers that

the UFO

rates

high on

the

a

enda

of

world

problems. I t

has

long been a covert

concern

to a l l technically advanced governments. A new public aware

ness

to

the

mystery has

placed

new pressures on private UFO research

groups

to

intensify

their efforts

to

probe

the

mystery,

and

find the

answer.

With the

proliferat ion

of UFO activi ty since 1973, showing an

in

crease in reported

UFO landing

and close encounter incidents, new

distinguished names

representing

a l l

f ields

of

science

have

openly

joined

in

research.

Now

there

i s a scient i f ic urgency

to identify

the UFO s nature and origin. And

finding

those answers

scient i f ic-

a l ly

is the

prime

purpose

of

MUFON/GSW

Theories as

to

the

answer of

the

UFO s nature and

origin are many

and are amply kno1m to M

UFON/GSW

At this

juncture in i t s

continuin g

search for

evidential

proof,

~ W F O N / G : : w

reco

g

nizes

two

major

hypo

thet ical realms which may provide a

plausible

or even a categorical

answer:

1 .

That UFO s are

surveillance vehicles occupied

and/or

pro

p

elled)

controlled by an

advanced

extra terrestr ia l

i nt e l l i gence.

2.

That

UFO s consti tute

an

extra-dime

:

sio na l or

physical

man

i -

fes

t

ation

a ssociated with lanet Ear th tha t not u ~ d e r s t o o d

by present day

sci

ence, or

possibly;

3.

An interaction

of both elements.

Irrespective

to theory,

H U F O

T / G S W

i s

dedicat

ed fo

remost

to serve

a

twofold

opera t ion in i t s research:

1

Basically

to study a l l

UFO

reports,

endeavoring to find a mean-

ingful pattern

from

correlated

and com

put

e

rized

raw UFO data,

and

by

em

ploying scient i f ic methodolog

y,

t o a

chieve an

under

standable

determination of the UFO s nature and origin.

2. To

objectiYely

disseminate the

resultant

and

substantive

facts

of

this

study to the news media

and the

public.

Perhaps the

most

popular and plausible theory

i s

that which char

acterizes

the

UFO

as

an

intel l igently

controlled

vehicle

of

extra

te rres t r ia l

origin. However, many technical questions remain to be

answered before a commitment can be announced

to

the world quali

fying the UFO as interplanetary.

MUFON/GSW i s aware of

the r isks

of

making a

premature judgement

a t

th is

juncture, knowing that

the

constant

input of new UFO data,

or

any single dramatic incident, may tr igger a b r e ~ t h r o u g h

to sub

stantiate any one theory or show proof that two theories

can be

unified.

For the

present, MUFON/GSW

will continue

i t s cr i t ica l

examination of a l l the

banked

data which i s broken

down into

four

major categories, as follows:


11/22

-10-

1.. To determine the

natur

e of the liTO, i t s structure , aero -

dynamic

principl

es and

ana

m

alous behaviour,

(maneuver a i

ty

,

speed, null i f icat ion of gravity,

etc

) method of pro p'

J

l s i on,

the

physic a l t r a

ce

v i d e

n c e an

d r e

siduals

r esult in g from l and-

in

gs

and

clo

se

encount ers, and

c o ~ p u t r i a t i o n

t o ~ e t r ~ i n e the

authenti c i ty of p h o t o ~ r a p h s

a l l

e edly showing UFOs.

2.

To

deter

mi ne

the

o rig

in of

t he

UFO

, co nceivably f rom o r solar

system

or

a

nother

dis t

a

nt

s ta r

sy

s t em i n our gala xy , o

:::

fr

om

an

ex t ra -d im

ensi

onal

r a l ~ in

s pac e and

t ime

n

ot

yet

e t e ~

i n by

our laws

of s cience.

3. To determine the nature of the hunanoid occupa nts , thei r

de gree of i n

t e l l i

gence, behaviorism , physio gnomy, and t he i r

functional

or t ac t ica l

assi gnment .

4. To determine the means of comm unication used by t he

i ~ t e

l l i -

genc e

inh

eren t wi

th

t he r o Cther th

an

radi o a s t r

~ o

i n

s

ea

r ch

for

s i gnals

fro

m ou te r space, r es earc h depends on t he

UFO and/o r humanoid con

ta

c t fo r comm uni ca t ive evi denc e .

The

stron

g

es t evidence in

su

pp

ort

o f t he UF

O s exi s te

nc e , e

ss

en

t i al

before

hypotheses can

be ex

plored, i s in t

UF01T

1

s and GS

.

'f' s l pd

ated

s

ta

t i s t i ca l and photo graphic

da ta to

be r el ea sed d

uri

ng t t e

~ U F N

sym

posium.

Signif icant

i s

the computeriza t ion o f 80,000 i nd

iv i

dua l ~ : c en t r ies ,

includin

g t hos e from t he Ai r F

orc

e ' s c t Blu ebook f es , ~ a n y o f

wh i ch bear phys i ca l trace evi de nc e a s a r e

sul

t of UFO l an

:i

i_ r;s a nd

close

e

ncoun

t

er

incidents. M

ost

of the se cases have be

en

i ~ v e s t i -

Ga

ted

on-the- spot by research tea-m

s,

some

vrarran

t

in

g labora :ory

analyses.

Also s i

g

nif icant

i s the

increasin

g

n

~

b r

of

rec

ently

re

port

ed

UFO

l a nding

and

close

encounter

incid ent s where,

in

some i ns taY:ces

witnesses also

report humanoid

act i

vi t y. These

incr

ed i bl e r epor t s

are made by

cr ed

ib le people usually preferr in g anonymi t y to

avoi

d

publ ic i ty and r id icule .

We ig

hin

g

t h

massive

evidence

accum

ulated

sine e World Pf

ar

_I ,

HUFON/GSW

finds the

UFO

and even

i t s

occupant

s tor ies no l aughi ng

matter .


12/22

11

E v i of

CIA

o l v

c r . ~ c n t

ln .. t i 1 h o l i n ~ UFO

I n f

~ t i

on

ll n 2 3 ,

19 77, few ~ y s a f t cc

U. 0 .

Jews

a

nd ;o r ld

Jono: t

reve

a l

ed

tha t in

f o r:- a t ion

conc

c rn in c IJ

20

1

s

.Ls

so o 'l to be l ' c : : . . c ~ s ( ~ ~ ; ~ s h i n t : , t o

:Jhlspars ' I I 4 - l D- 77) : I i l l i ~ . u l d i n u Di r a c

t o r

.. c:J/. D

: .old a

; r o s s

co

nf

erence

in

Phoenix . The conf8ronce with evid8nco tha t ~ ~

has

acquired

:l

h i

c h

wi l l

serve ... )

roof

...;rA lnvolve J. o

t

: tf ' tor

th e ob o r

t son

Panel

.

m.1e

follo\'/illt;

i s a

. : tator

i

lcnt L:

a d. o ~ t

tha t

) r

c:.:::v

conf e ren c e .

"Th e

s o n

I- '

ve

ca l led i 1 i ~ ;

c onf c r oLc e

L,

to

i n fo r

m y o o f

GC ..

le

r ~ t h c r

s ta r t

l i n e e v c l o ~ m c

n t s ln r c s o ~ r c ~ 1 l'ilcs8

o l o

r l l :

n ts ~ v e

b

oo

n

brou

c;ht

abo u t

by

ro__, c o.rclt 1.Jcin,

_;

c onclt:cJ;..: l

by :.omoers o f

o

ur

~ a n i z a t i o n

Gro un d

S a ~ c e r

~ a

t c ~ 1

o.nd

deal

La in ly

~ l t h th

o

l n

o l v e o c ~ t o f

t ~ c Centro.l

In t e ll ic;cnc e A

0

ency i n

the

s i U[O c

vidcn

c c .

11

0ne of t ~ e

main

th ru s t s of

rasc

a:

c:

l:as

' c e c ~ 1 to dc ::: u.ucnt

t iw p re ss ion

o f

UFO

e v

ide

n

ce

o y vo.r

iouo

b ~ a 1 c h o f

the

~ o v e

n m e n t ~ h a t ~ e

h

ave

found ,

th

r

ou

gh

rcse

a r c l1

of

t he

?;

a

t iona l

A

rcl : i :

s , Frcedor.1

of I : t i o n

Ac t

re q

ues

t s ,

an

d n f i d c n t l ~ l

in te rv iews ~ ~ t h

var iouu p

a s t n d

Dre se n t Ar

For

c e , CI A,

::

ASA,

HS

A

and

o

th

e r c o v c ~ r . : . : c n t )e

r. s

onn

1 , .:..s 'chat

tho

Cl.

A seems

to b e

the

a

0

c ncy

:p

r l :-:

1ar i ly in

: o _

vc

d i

'.:il

;

1i

t

-.i ldinc; in

:'Ol'lna

t ion

on t

he

s ub j e

c t o f

UFO s .

11

11

I

have

Vlith me

to

ay l ot t t) l'

;1c

r e c

::

i;c

d . ~ . r o n t '.c CIA

in

r es::>onsc t o a

Freedom

o f

Infor la t io n Ac t

reques t

:rc

s : J . . J ~ . i t t c d The ~ ' c t e r i s U . ~ t e d

;.:a

..

ch

26

t h , 19

76

and

i s s ic

n

cd by Sc

c

F. ~ i : s o

,

InforDat ion and

Pr i

vac

y Coord i

n

ato

r ,

CIA

, : a

sh inc

t

on

, D. C. Lot ,.:c

: 'c:ll

to

;:/OU

the

a r a

o f

t

he

CIA l e t t c r .

11

I n

or

de r

th

a t

yo u ..1a y be aIa _ e of the t rue f ~ c t s

conc

e

rn i

ng t he i nvo l v er.:en t

of t he CIA i n t

he

i n v e s t i ~ a t i c n of UFO ) hcnome na , l e t :: o L>ivc you

tho

f o l l o ~

inc b r i e f h i s t o ry . L ~ t e in the : ~ t i

n a i

0ecu r i t y Co unc i l l ev ied

the CIA t ~ e req ui reme nt to dc t c

r J in

o i _ t l c ~ s t c n c e o f UFOs ~ a u l d c rea t8

do. nc c r

to

the na t i ona l secu r i t y

of

t i e :n t

cd

' t a t c s . : ~ e Off ic e of Sc i en t i f

c l l i ~ n c e es t ab l i she

d

t i

10

Intcll iu. : :-

.

o

Ad

vi sory

Co

:.n.:it

teo

to

s t

udy

tho

a t That c o J ~ t t c o ~ a d the c ~ o t i o n s found ~ t

the

bot tor .

o f JD.uc

.:md the to :? four

l ines

o f ~

2 of

t:10 ~ o b c

r t s o n

?D.nc l :.1o:)or t . At no t :.lo

:;

r o r t o

t ' le

.for:

:1

a t

ion Of

the

0 b c r t s c : 1

f

oncl CJ.

nd SUbG COu en t to

tho iSGUan

c c

Qf the

'

).::t

:l:) l

1

s ro

"1or t , h.:1s t l:J

-.:I ll.

e nLa;-;;ed i n

the s tud

; f

th

e

li r

O

;:hono

::cna_

Tho

Ro b0r ' :so n ~ n c l n c


13/22

\'/auld

oe

gl a d to receive anyt h inG :Tall .liuht ccnd hL1

and

to ol;: soLw

rep

orts

v

t i

t

ll

hi:n . La t er , t 10 c onncct ion \'/

as

seve re d tllrou c:;h : i s usc , o. f tc r the Accncy

fa i led to :rosponci to

-cilC

t:later:i.a lG they \'/oro ::;cnt . "

"

The

t1 i rd para Ta:?h

of i i a u : c y

l e t te r to Eryan t s ta te s : ' In January l9G5 , tho

AGency tn

ade

an inquiry into tho

research

bcinB conducted

on

UFO

sic. t inGS

and

contacted l r . H

a l l

, th e n actinG i; ICA P

Director

. ::r . =:

a l l

cx t1lained ho\'/ ili.J

orBanization

op e

ra

t e

and l o a ~ e the

AGency cc

va_al

o f

i t ~

J __

wo r e

reviewed and

r e

turne

d . cxc e r 9s were IJ.:tle f r o ~ tho

~ b l i c a t i o n s nor

di d

the

Agency to

any

conclusions on th c ~ b c t a n

therein

. The

re

~ a s

10

further

contact

with

Mr

.

Il

a

ll

or

any

other

r

ep

r e

senta t ive

of

his

or :

anizat i

on ,

and

the

Aca ncy ha d no furtlL r

L

nt

cr c

s t in i

:10

subj

c t

of

UFOs . "

' 'This ad mi ss ion by a u r y

in

the 1973 l e t t e r obviously crossly contradi c t s t he

A:;c ncy ' s pos i t ion .:1s s ta t ed

in

tllc 1 ;7G l e t t er to GS 1 iioroovc r , I i1ave befo r

e anothe r

o c u

~ e n t one o ou r researchers

b t a

i n c ~ from the Pro j ect : luc

o o l ~

f i les current ly bcinc s tor

ed

in

the Arc hives . The o c u ~ e r t a i n s

to forci5n UFO s ight i cs a1d

a t t r ibu t

es th e ~ o u r c e of t

he

s i

0

hting re por ts as

a

nu

nb

er of

l i s t ed

C

IA

i n t

e l l i ~ c

n c e

re

Jorts . p ~ a r e n t l y the CI A obt ain ed the

UFO - ph

oto:ra

phs nrc also u c n t i c ~ c d -

o ~

fo re i gn in te l liGe nce

sources ,

inc ludin ;

, lL:ol y , tho C l\. ' s Forci_;n d c a s Infor::at ion Servi

' 'The o s t s t r i ~ i n as pec t

O

tho l u o o a k

c u ~ c n t

~ e l a t i n ~ to the CIA

i s

the

d

ate

- O

cto

be

r

25

, 1

954

;

ove

r one

year a ft

er

the

CIA

now

s t a t e ~ it

dis

continue

any in te res t or in volve .1011t in UFO r ese

ar

ch B

eyond

that , Gs :; r1as t cstimO l;J'

m a confi dent ia l , hi gh- l evel Air Force source wh o ~ a s

direc t ly

invol

ve d

in

UFO a r c h durinG tho l a te ' 50s and

early

6Ds ~ h a t

he

was reccivin

0

t he san

ty pe of re port s the CIA d

urinJ

that

)O

r io ci Th

i s

o u s ta te d i

an

in t .;rvi o:I : : : t ~ . ~ - : FO Gi,;i

ltinG re

l1orts

and

U

FO O r a

: ~ h

t c l ~ o s0n

t

to

hi m a t Pro j ec t Blu e 5ook by the CI A for his ye ru -a l . T

his

s ource ~ a y that

CI

A has always been heavi ly

invol

ved in UFO c s e

a r s ~

and he s u s p e c t ~ t l1is

i n v o l v e

e n t ha s continue

res

ent L"

" I vtould also

lil:e

t o ca l l your a t tent io n

to

an i te_ in the

.

/as h

in

t;to n

:

Jhiopers " c

olu

::m of le Ap

r i l

13 , 1977 , issue of

th

e u. s . ire\'/s

&

./or ld r t

magazine

.

Un .c

er

a he a

dline of

"

Offi

c ia l

:

lord

Co

r:;

in._)

on

1

U

FO::;

1

t l e .

ol

lmtin

para ; ra ph ap ,)cal'S :

:::;efo rc

the year i s o

ut

, the

' } o v e : : . ' n ~ n e

t

e r h a

the

i)l' es i

dcnt

-

ic

cxpe c t ed t o a l ~ e what a r e dcscr i bod

:J.S unse t

t l in

0

i c c locures"

about

U.;"Os - unidcL t i f.:.ed .1.lyinu obj cc t s . Such

revo2.ations

,

base

c:

t ion

- r

on the CI A, :tould be a ::.eversal of off ic ia l

)O

licy t

ha

t in ha s

do:m Ta

ded UFO

inc i 'e nt s .

11

' 'The a z i n rnana;cment was

queried

about th i s i t e ~ and it was r e)o r tc d

tha t t ~ e in forua t i on '

came

a re l i ab le a th ority .'

Thcre ' is

an unsubstan

t i a t e i ru .or

that

.fi

1itc IIo u:::;c Pres s ..Jecre

tary Jod

y .?o '.':el l lea.


14/22

-13-

COVERAGE R THER T COVER-UP

By

Dria

W

eedon

Research Committee

T

he UFOlogists of the

world are

slowly leaving the

comfortable

secur i ty of

their closets

and

beco

m

ing acceptable

members

of the

scient i f ic

community, which

is

now showing more of an incl inat ion to

give

serious thou

ght to

the

UFO phe nomenon . Thanks to the Acapulco

conference,

with

i t s roster of formidible

and impressive

names of

scient is ts

and

prominent

research

represe

nt

atives

attending,

excellent

press

covera

ge by the media was given and well-received by the public.

M

uch

of

the

skepticism and scorn

which se emed to

dog

the reputations

of the foremost authori t ies in the UFO f i e ld

has

been dropped

in

recent

months and a new approach

of

acce pta nce and

credibi l i ty

is '

is being seen whenever the names of these researchers and

their

organ

izations are mentioned.

Excellent press coverage was

given in r t i ~ l e s published by such

notable

dail ies

as The New York Ti mes

(..\pril 21, 1977)

which

wrote

in straightforward terms of

the

suppression of UFO information by the

CIA and U.S. Armed Forces. W l l iam H. Spaulding,

Director

of Ground

Saucer

Watch-WD, was

quoted

on

his

remar

ks

that

a

UFO

cover-up

operation was

s t i l l

in existence

despite

governnent protests to -the

contrary.

The Washington Post

(4/27/77)

published a favorable piece, mainly

quoting the noted UFOlogist, Dr.

J. Alla

n Hynek, that the worldwide

s tand on the UFO phenomenon is becoming one of

respect

instead of

r

id

icule. Dr. Hynek spoke of current moves

in

other countries to

organize a

scient i f ic

research and study

pr

ogram of UFOs

in the

open

instead of covertly, as seen in the United States, with

i t s at t i tude

of

concealment by government

agencies.

The

Arizona

Republic

(4/26/77)

also

carr ied

an

artic-le

,_

again

quoting .l i l l iam

Sp

auldin

g of GSW on

theC :U cover-up operation.

UFO researcher

from West B

erl in , Charles

Hu

ffer , told the press of

his attempts

to open

government

f i les thro ug

h the Freedom

of Inform

ation

Act

and of the

ne

gative at t i tude on the part of

these

govern

ment ag

encies

in

responding to

his

reque

s ts .

All

of

these r t ic les were written in an unbiased and s t r ightforward

manner. The news media and the public are accepting the

scient i f ic

and

sociological implications

of

the UFO phe

nom

enon in a re l i s t i c manner

instead of the tongue-in-cheek at t i tude

seen

so

often

in the past.

And, according

to

GSW Director, W

l l iam

Spaulding, additional

for thr ight

r t ic les an the UFO story

are

forthcoming too. He

has

been

contacted

by

Reader's Digest,

New

' l

est

Mag

azine,

and

Newsweek to

present

the UFO story in

credible

terms.

Hopefully,

this trend of giving serious

voice

to the UFO phenomenon wil l

continue and a

smoother road

wil l be paved for the UFOlogist and his

research.

Part of this opening of avenues previously

closed

to UFO research and

the unbiased reception of

UFOlogy now being seen

may

be due

to

a

statement

made by

President Jimmy

Carter that he

himself sighted a

UFO

in Leary, Georgia

in 1969.

And

the

U.S. News and World Repont

(4/18/77) carried in i t s Washington Whispers column a press release

made by Jody Powell, Pres. Carter 's Press Secretary, that unsett l ing


15/22

-14-

disclosures about UFOs

are

expected

to be made by the government

sometime th is

year.

These revelations, apparently

in cooperation with

the CIA, would bring

new

l i ght to the subject of the

UFO

pehnomenon.

Hopefully too,

i t

wil l be a major breakthrough for

a l l

UFOlogists who

have been pressuring government agencies to release such

information

to

the public

.

I t

has been stated that

51%

of

the American

people

believe

in UFOs and would

not

be greatly alarmed

i f given proof of

thei r validity, 'r

he

t ime is long

overdue

to

present

the facts behind

the

myth and open the l ines of communication between the governnent

and

the sc ient i f ic

civ i l ian

UF

O research groups,

All this

publici ty

can only be for the good, and UFOlogists and the ir

organizations are heartened by

such

excellent covera ge, The UFO

movement

wil l

prosper with

this

publici ty

and UFO

researchers wil l

soon

be able to work openly with this phenomenon and leave

the ir

closets forever,

******************************

THE ACAP

ULC

O

RESOLUTION

By

Bil l

Baum

Research

Committee

From April 18 to

24,

1977,

William Spaulding, GSW-WD

was

present

a t the

irst

International

Congress

on

UFO

Phenomena

a t

the Convention

Center, Acapulco,

Mexico,

During

the procedures, the Prime in is ter

of

Grenada,

Sir Eric

M

atthew

Gairy, proposed a resolution that urged the United Nations

organization

to establ ish

an

agency

or

department

for research into

matters involving

UFOs

Prime Mnis te r

Gairy

urged for more wide

spread release

of

accumulated

data

on UFOs

during

the 30th and 31st

sessions

of the general

assembly during which

some member governments

expressed great in teres t and support.

The International

Congress

unanimously

agreed

to stand behind him

in

his

efforts to

acquire

U.N.

part ic ipat ion and

put on

record i t s

acceptance

of

the invi ta t ion

to hold

the

S

econd

International

Congress

in Grenada

within

two years under U

nited

Nations sponsorship,

******************************


16/22

-15-

This l e t t e r was

writ ten

to the editor of Sc i ence magazine in

res

ponse to

an

ar t i c l e that was in tha t magazine 's M

ay

6 issue. The

l e t t e r

was

writ ten by

Dr.

Bruc e Ma

ccab

ee .

Dear Sir:

To one , l

ke

mys

e l f

who

has

studied

tha

available scient i f ic l i t e ra ture

on U

FO

reports (e . g . th e Condon

,.e9

ort

(1)

and

the

book by

Dr. J.A.

H

ynek

(2) ) , the ar t ic le by K

ui

pe r and Morr i s , '' Searchin g

for x

t ra te r -

re s t r i a l

C ~ v i l i z a t i o i s ~ a y

1977,

9ase

616

i s

quite

a

musing

.

In

the i r

a pp endix ent i t led ''On the Present Lack

of

Contact with

x t r a t

erres t r i a l

Beings' ' , they have presented se veral sc enarios in which extra t er res t r ia l s

for reasons we can

only

0

Uess a t , in terac t with the earth and/or i t s

inhabitants in a more

or

l ess cover t manner while avoiding di rec t contact

with

the

masse

s of humanity. I t is

most

amusing to note that a ty p

i ca l

in terac t ion , in th ei r words, ' 'coul d be

affected

~ i no more a t t en t ion

from us

n

UFO ar t ic le or a missin_s person's report . Thus

they

s eem to i m9ly

that

we

should

study UFO

ar t i c l es and missing pe

rson 's

reports

for

evidence

that extr

a te r r

es t r i a l s may be making covert

or

unintentional

contact

s with humans.

Considering the ra ther

low

pr io r i ty that mos t sc ien t i s t s , even those

interested in searching for

evidence

of

ext ra te r res t r i a l s , assign to UFO

r

ep

or ts , t i s

not s u r i s i n

to

not

e t

ha

t only

ona

low key r e ference

i s

l

ade

to the voluminous UFO l i t e ra ture . Hov1ever, th is r e f er

ence

i s made

in the

context

of

~ h a t ex t r a te r r es t r i a l s

night ~ e

doing

when contact

i s

nade (e .

g . ,

removins

ma te r i a l from the

earth

, taki ng samp les

for

' 'bio .

logical

or

psycho lobi cal studies (inclu ding

even

an occasional human) ) .

This reference

i s therefore

espe

c ia l ly

in teres t ing because, as

one

who

i s

famil iar with

UFO

l i t e ra ture

i s

well aware (and th i s probably includes

the authors) ,

th

ere

ar

e many reports tha t , ta

ke

n a t

face value, contain

des c r i pt ions that

are

consis t en t

with what

th

ese

authors expe

c t ex

t ra -

t e r res t r i a l s would

be

doing

(co l l

e

ct in

6

samples, e tc . )

Ho

ue ver, there

ar e also m

any

re 9

orts tha t contain

desc ri pt ions

of

phe nom e

na that

seem

to

violate

the

laws

of physics as we

k

now

th

en

,

and

for

th i s

reason

(along with

cul t i s t

aspects

and

h o a ~ e s )

the

study of UFO reports i s not

consi

dered

to be a

uor

thy scien t i f i c endeavor . (Nevertheless , as Hynek

(2) has point

ed out

, th ere

i s

an invisible col l ege of

sc ien t i s t s

i'lho

are in teres ted in

UF

O reports and who do sc ient i f ic studies of the in for-

mat ion ebtaine d f ~ o m such reports . )

I f

one

ignores a l l the reports that can be

r e a s o n a b l ~

explained, a l l the

reports

that contain violat ions of p

hysics, a l l

the repor' ts that

contain

descript ions of

creatur

es

,

and a l l reports with cul t i s t or psychic

aspects , one i s l e f t

ui th

a hard core

of re

u

orts

that contain detai led

descr ipt ions

of

objects

tha t

appear machine: l ike and/or a ppear to move

about with, i f i tgnt( i .e . ,

not

s t r i c t ly curvi l inear motions, but not to ta l ly

random

m

otions,

e i ther ) .

These

re

p

orts

are

not

l ike reports

of

mythical

creatures

such

as

fa i r i

es

,

0

0blins, gho

s t s , and other

n

ersona

ge s . Instead,

these r ep orts contain de sc r i pt ions of i

mpe

rsonal objects that often a ppea r

as baffl ing cur ios i t ies that creat rat ional rath er than emotional in te res t

within the

J*itness(es) . Hany witnesses of

such

phenomena re port the i r

observat ions

to

others

with

the expectat ion that what

they

saw will

be

explained by the experts . For those who may not be

aware tha t detai led

reports exis t ,

I can supply, (as exanples,

1

a

copy

of a

1949 report

of


17/22

16

a craf t witnessed by f ive peo ple , two of whom were

aeronautica

l en gineers

a t

the

mes

Research Laboratory , and 2 ) a

COSJY

of a 1976

r e

p

or t of br i

g

ht

l ights

interact ing

with

two Iranian

Air

Force

c ts

.

T h ~ frustrat ing thinb

about

so

-

cal led UFO

' s

i s that they

do

not

themselves available

for

laboratory

or f ie ld

studies

. (Of course

the

witnesses

are

a

vailable an

d

hav

e

been studicd

many

t i

m

es

. )

Therefor

e

t i s

not

su

pris ing that

m

ost

p

hysical sc ien t i s t s have

not

co

r e

than

a

passing

in t

e

res t

in

studyin

g U

FO

re

s

orts

.

IIowever

,

th i s

do 8s

not

mean that we

con

' t l earn

so

mething from such re ports .

AsK

ui _Je r and

Morris

po

in t

out , in ord er

to e a _ n

about ext ra t er re s t r i a l contact

t

m

ay be necessary to

venture

beyond the realm

proper

to

p

hysics and

as t r

omony

and

to enl is t

the hels> of experts in the

relevant

disc i pl ines

whoWil l address t he questions c

oncerning

the impact f

UFO

r ep

or t

s on

the search for ex t r a t e r r e s t r i a l inte l l igence .

Sincerely ,

Dr . B

ruce s .

V

accabec

H USEuM 0

F

G

L A C T \ C

H\ST O


18/22

- -

UFOlogy: Sc'e n

ce

or Seance?

By

i c h a r d

Gottl ieb

Re s 8ar

ch

Commi

t tee

The study of UFOs, often

ref

erred ':o

as

UFOlo:sY

, has

never

acquired

a ful ly

scient i f ic sta tus

in

the

ey es of

eith

er the

sc i entif ic c o ~ ~ l n

i ty or the gene ra l public.

Th i s

a c ~ of

credibi l i ty

has

resul ted

o ~

several

sourc es

, in

clu

ding lac k

of

_ub

l i c

in te res t by the federal

government,

l ~ c

k of study by w e l l - e

s ~

a b l i s h

d

technical c e n r c h

or

:

aniza

t

ions

, .,

questi

onable

array

of

pe rsonal i t

ies c la i

n

in

6

autho

r

i

ta t ive

ins i

g

ht,

lack of

ce

nt

ral ized

leadershi p

a ~

ser i

ous researct

ers, and

man

y o t

h e r s

A problem of g

reat s i

g

nificance has bee

n

the

s e r ious researcher ' s own hi s tory

of

i::lVestigative bungl in

u c h i: 1

-

f o r ~ a t i

o n cr i t ica l to

objective

anal ses

has b

een

los t

in the

p

rocess

o f

ie l

d

invest i

g

ation.

M

ethods

of

data acquis i t ion have b e e n l i ~ i

t c ~

and

those

persons a t t

em

pting

to carry

theM

out

were often l es s

th

a n professional. And

even

when the

data were

prope

r l

y

~ m a s e d

co nsul tants - with a l l

the i r

experie:r.ce

and

t r a in

in

g - of te n were

forced

to make subjective evaluatio n

s,

leading t o m

u l t i

ple and co r.

t radictory

conclusions. In

short ,

the

c ivi l ian research

effor t

was

a necessary

but

sorry

al ternat ive to no

study

a t

a l l .

Toward

the

l a te

1960's

t

became

evi

d

ent to

ser ious researchers

that

s t r i c t

scient i f ic methodology

coupl ed \

rl th the l a t e s t applicable

technical advancements must necessarily be

employed i f

sol id

con

clusions are to

be

drawn, and i f

the

scient i f ic community and the

genera l

public

are going to accept

(or

a t l eas t

te

st) them. Se veral

individuals and organi zations, including GSW

led

the

way in

push

in

P

for

the physical science

approach. Dr .

David

Saunders, th en on th e

infamous Condon Committee,

pulled

a technical coup on his 9e13rs hy

app

l ying

com

n

uter

pat tern studies

to

the UFO

phenomenon.

His basic

assumnti

ons

were

simpleo

High correl

a t ions between

UFO s ight ing

9arama te rs i . e . , size, shape,

a l t i t

ude , color , f l i ght character

i s

t i cs,

etc

) and those

exhibited

by na

tura l o ~

m

an-

made o

bje

c ts

should

(by

Occam's

Razor)

be

evidence

that

the

former s i

ghtj_ngs

arc

generally explicable as being the la t t er

objects.

Granted such a

corre lation i s not solid proof that any one object i s an object from

th e category with which t i s correla te d. However, t i s similar t o

a s ta t i s t ica l proof, bein g the simples t and bes t explana t ion for th e

majo:-it

y of

cases. By

patternizing

over

70,000 UFO s i ghtin s i n a

co mputer pre - pro gr

ammed

with

the

p a r a ~ e t e r s

of ~ e s

known aeronaut i

cal , m e t e o ~ o l o g i c a l and astronomical objects, Saunders took the

f i r s t serious step

toward

sc ient i f ica l ly

ex

p

l a in in

g the UFO phenomenon .

Further steps were

taken

by several of the c iv t l i an UFO o r

~ a n

z a t i o n s .

Attempts

to improve

and

standardize f ield

inves

t iga

t ive

meth

odology

were made. Sophisticated radiation-detection

equi

pment was purchased,

chemical

laborator ies

were

commissio

ned

to

conduct

s o i l - s a

~ p l e

analyses,

and

f ie ld invest igators were trained

to

carry out

the

im

pro

ved pro

cedures

jo int ly accept

ed y the major org

anizat ions.

Moves

to con

sol idate the or

g

anizations

into

one ~

a s s i v e r

esearch

body under a

sin

g

le directorship

were

at te

m

pted, but fai le

d

to

pol i t ica l

squabb

l ing

over

who

would

run i t .

N

one-the-less, c o ~ ~ u n i c a t i o n s remained

open, and each organization became both a data source and a scient i f ic

cr i t i c of the others.


19/22

- :

Recently, one

of

the most pract ical

tools to

be

applied to

the

study emerged

with

GSW

1

s presentation of i t s pat ented coMputerized

phot

ographic

analysis

technique.

The process, a correlate to

the

~ a s a d e n a

Jet

Pro p

ulsion

Laboratories ' r e c o n ~ a i s s a n c e sa te l l i te

p ~ o t

interp retat ion

process,

has g

enerated

both excitement anrt

controversy since

i t s

unveilin

g. The excitement came when

i t

was

used to

r e - e

x a m i ~ over 600 UFO photos previo1sly label led

authentic by

researchers

usin

conveP-ti onal analyt ic 1

techniques.

To

the dismay

of ~ a n y

most

of

t h e ~ e

pic tures were

immediately

de

tected to

be ei ther ~

i s i n t e r re ta

t ions,

oho t o g

raohic

anoma l ies , or

del iberate ho

axes

.

Yet,

despite

the

nost

advanced and

t h o r o u ~ h

p ~ o t o g r a p h i c

analysis

technique

now

available, over

25

phot

os

passed The com puter showed

these

t be so l id meta

l l i c

ob je

cts

of

l

arg

e

size \vith no supportin

g

structures, with unusual l u ~ i n o s i t y

or high

surface t e m p e r a t u r e

~

with

manufacturing

grain

and detai led

su perst ructure, etc These were

defini tely ~ o t plast ic

~ o d e l s

bal l

l i g h t n i n

or

lent icul ar clou

s. Wor he

f i r s t

time,

UFO

~ h o t o s could be

confidently offerred as

evi

dence

for

a

given

case.

Tte new process

also

generated some controv e rsy. ~ m o n g those ph

otos

d e e ~ e d "explainable" by t he p

rocess

were

several of our

peer s

f a ~ o r i t e s o Und e

rstandabl

y , no on e l i kes

to

have his hypothesis

u ~ e r c u t by a peer

or

a

friend.

Ho)ever , t

hey cannot

cr i t i c i ze our

co r..c

lusions

unless

they

discredi t

the

process.

le

w e l c o

any

c ~ i t i c i s m s based on sc ient i f ic or

technical

grounds saying that

t he sounde bel ieva b e does

const i tute

an

acceptable

c r.:. t i cism).

Unfo

rtunately, the increasing

in te res t

in the phys

i ca l

science

a .

-preach to UFOlo cy i s counter-balance d by a trend to war thE:

r

-

n o ~ n a l in some circles. Serious

researchers tave

always

.1

8.d to

co ': tend wi t h UFO con tac teeism, enerally de fined as

the

pr

:sen

J.

1

:

io'1

of

.::1

fantastic

story about contact with extra

te

r res t r ia r; .'f'i_ tJ..t 110

:J'J

?:;J

Orti

ve evidence (a l

most

always

th

ese

ar

e

i n le

wi

s s s

c , .s0s ) .

A ~ o t h e constant

annoyance

has been the n ~ a t i o n

a l i a t i o n

of

J ~ O

a

ccounts

by

low

credibi l i

ty (but hi

gh

rea

d

r s t i

_)

scandal-sh

ee

.-

tyr"

m ~ ~ a z

i n e s . ~ h e s e

two p

roblems have

seriou

sly

c

ha

l lenged

the c r o

b i l i t y

of the serious r c

G"J.r

cher. ~ o w e v e

~ t e y are

n e l i

i b l e

c o ~

ared

to the potentia l cr p_l in g r o b l l o o ~ n g around the c o r ~

S o ~ e researchers are under the impression

that the

physical

sci

en ce

a _proach

to

UFOlogy

has

yielded

a l l

the

i n f o r ~ a t i o n that

t will ,

~ ~ d

thus al ternat ive sources should be sought. ~ h e y seem

to believe

t ~ J t

the

unusual subject under

study demands

extraordinary invest iga t ive

methodology.

GSW

could

not

more vehemently

disagree

Physici s ts

co nfronted with confl ict in g data on a non-isolable sub-atomic par t ic le

do not run to their nei ghborhood phychic

for

help Phy

sicians

troubled

vrlth an unknown virus do

not

clinb ~ t . E

verest

in search

of

a

holy

maul

Chemists

backtracking

an

unexpected

chemical

reaction

do not decide

on

a mechanism with a pa i r of

dice

The

unexpected

i s to be expected in scient i f ic

r e s e ~ r c h and

the

di f f icu l t i es encountered therein are what make

the final

discoveries

so

rewarding.

One cannot abandon the sc ient i f ic approach

jus t

because

progress i s slow, and expect to remain

credible.

No other

approach

to

problem-solving

has

his tor ica l ly been so

successful ,

and no

other

shows

as much promise

for

the

future.

Of

course,

the scient i f ic

method i s not foolproof. I t i s

not

even a

single

standardized

With IR f i lm/techni ques


20/22

-19-

method,

but ra ther

a way of looking a t the

worl

d.

I t

i s a w

ay

o f

generating id

eas

, of hypothesis

test in

g, of theory evaluation by

peers, a nd of

co

ntru

c t i

ng paradigms. I t

has stood the

tes t

of

t ime

and has beco

me

an i

nex t r icable

par t

of

society. Abandoning

t

in

favor

of a p a r a n o r ~ ~ a l

approach

t o UFOlo gy w

oul

d

be t a

n t a ~ o u n t t o the

dissol11ti

on of a l s erious UFO research.

I f some research ers wi sh to study the phenomeno n throu gh SSP , the

occult , re l i g

ion,

or any o ther

nonscientif ic

medium, that i s the i r

business.

But

the major UFO r e

searc

h

o r ~ a n i z a t i o n s

mus t :o ta l ly

disa

ssociate

themselves

from

these

peop

le

i f

any

credibi l

i ty

i s to

be maintained. Our conclus i

ons

\r i l l not be worth beans

to

the

publi

c

i f they

appear

to

come

from a

bunch

of

b u

~

e y e d

loonies who hold

seances for case evalua t i ons .

I f some

people to ch

a

se

fa i r ies and

cal l t

science,

l e t them.

However,

we \r i l l ~ e v e r solve the

mystery i f

we

go

that route.

We

have

made

mistakes

in t he

past and

will und oubte d

ly

make more . Yet,

s

cient is ts

who make

mis

tak es are

not

so

a ~

d a c

scient is ts

who a r

proven

unscient i f ic .

I

the UF

O mystery i s solvable , and we a re

con

vinc ed that

t

i s , t he physical scienc e a ppro e.ch will eventually

s

olve i to

I f

we

want

to

f i n

r:l that

sol utj_on ,

we v

u

s t not

deviate

fro

.

that methodo We

~ u s

'

'

eep UFOlogy a sc Ln ce

, r ot

a

sean

ce

.

~

d i t

o r of OFFICI AL UFO e s i ~ n s

' .'he following i s a news re l ease

fro

n Dennis William Hauck, Ed itor

of OFFICIAL UFO

a z i n e

' 'I

t i s

with a

sense of

deep

personal

re g

re t that

I

must

announce

t he

perpe

t ra t ion

of

a hoax in

the

pages of OFFICIAL UFO. As edi tor

o f th i s newsstand ~ a g a z i n e I have sought to d i s s e m i n ~ t e authent i

ca

ted UFO material to a public almost to o eager

for

info rmation

ab

out

this

in

t r

i

gu

in

g

subject.

I t

i s

th

i s

indescriminat

e

ea

g

erness

that , I believ e , has prompted the p

ublisher

to present a

nost

sen

sa t ional and

to ta l ly

false case on the

cover

of th e July

1977

OFFICIAL UFO,

As

an

edi tor and

employee

of Countrywide Publ icat ions, I

know that

th e i dea for

th is

case was cone

ei

ved by publisher o n Fass and

his

pe

rsonal s ec r

etary

. I have

taken

cer ta in pre cautions

to

be ab

le

to

prove

my

a l l e ~ a t i o n and

I ask

a l l

representatives

of

t ~ e

media

involved in publ is hing UFO

in formation

to a le r t the public t o th is

obvious, unsubs tant ia ted

hoax.

VJ

e

are

a

l l

aware of the r eal ha

rr.1

t o

the f ie ld of ufolo gy that a false case can do

should

t

enter

the

l i tera tureo

I have

enclosed

a

copy of

the cover for y

our

in fornat ion. A; a i n I

must em

hasiz

e t

hat

not a s i ng

le

word of th is s tory , presented in

t he form of a

l e t t e r

fro m a

bereaved

m

other,

i s based in fact.

Althou

gh my effor t s to sto p publication of th is case ( th i s issue i s

now six weeks

l a te )

have

been

fut i le , I feel

that

no rea l

dana

e e will

be done i f I renounce t now. _Te

edless to

say, I have

sub

mitted

my

res i gnation

over

th i s

issue

and will be stayin g on a t Countrywide only

long enough to insure

the inte

g

r i ty of my

l a s t

issue (Se

ptem

ber 1977)

and to protect the in te res ts of

those

writers who have conscientiously


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followed my g

uid

e

l in

es of authenticated , well

researched r t iclGs'.'

Personally I feel

that

my re putation has

been

used to d credence

to a

falsehood and the

whole

episode underscores the con tc: l_

t with

which

some pub

l ishers hold their

reading

audience.

I

have learned

a

lesson

f rom my association with Countrywide. I ho

pe

that my

colleag

ues

in

publishing will

also reassess

the i r handling

of

UFO

information.


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SIT UA TION RED:

TH

E UFO S IEG E

BY

LEONARD s mRINGFIELD

Revie

w

ed by

Rosemary Baum

Research

Committee

Leonard Str ingf ield is

a long time U? O

researcher.

In his book,

Situation

Red: the UFO S

ie

ge, he conveys many of

his

experiences

to

the

public.

Though I found many

of

the UFO ca s

es

he comp

i led to

be

unusual,

some good

enou

gh

to

be

enjoyed around

the

proverbial

cam

p-

f i re he

does ma

ke an

attempt

to

c i

t e

heretofore l i t t l e

known

facts.

Government

suppression

of facts and control of

the

public by

the

press

are

the two most i mportant cla ims to be noticed by the a v e r a g

reader.

Unfortunately for myself

or

any involved researcher, Si tuat ion Red

co mes

off

a

l i t t l e l ike

a

collection of stran

ge

tales ,

We

a l l

have

bee

deluged

with

individual UFO

cases unt i l we re

saturated; we

know

the

questions. What

we need

are

answers. Str in

g

f ield

fa i ls

to supply

even something to ponder

n

the .way of probable

s o l u t i o n s

His

conclusions

and opinions

re

garding the

cases

he

discussed

were

plausible,

but

a t

times

he

tended

toward

sensa

t

ionalism.

At

leas t

he

t r ies to bring in a l l view points of the subjec t .

Situation

Red is an

interest ing

book , thou gh not quite what UFOlogy

needs , Rather i t needs so mething that scient i f ica l ly analyzes

the

obtainable hard data. We need

to

com

pile

a l l the known

facts

and

attempt

to

answer

the as

yet

unanswered questions, to f i l l the current

knowledge

gap,

I

wouldn t reco

m

mend

S

i tuat ion

~ e d

to

t he sc i en t i fic

communi ty or a Dr. Sa:::an , however I wo uld re commend t he

boo k t o t he maj

or

i ty of t he UFO in vest i ga t or s .

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