The Canadian Ufologist 1997 05 vol 4 no 2 PDF
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genuine cuarbioousatin t uyn tiownesr oeff ereasd t ow haMtU UNIQUE SPEAKER ExcHANGE knowpnh enomenon. FON coulddo i nth eir investiga What may be a unique event in Durintgh ev idepor esentatitoino,nws i thr egartdodata thati s collectTehde.r e seetmoeb de the history of UFO investigation whicihn cluded ssiigmhittlioan rg s somes entimtehnattt h eraree re took place on Tuesday, June thoen eTso ma nds omeo theMrU 24. peapte rpetratoofrh so ax'ansd that FON memberesx perienlcaesdt The PresidoefnMUF tO N On wec oulcdu td own onth e "noise" year,a long with soefgmt heen ts tario,T omT heofanosupso,ka eta int hsei gnailfw ew ermeo rev igi Mexico sighotfit nhgeps a st meetionfgt heO ntariSok eptics 5-6 lanitnt hiarse a. yeartsh,qe u estisotnasrt ed. SocieMtanyy. ofy ouw ilbel m ore womanin thes keptgriocusp familiwari tht heams ' CSICOP'. Firosutot f th eb locwkass H enry A confestsoeh da vinsge eno,ra ctu Ina na ttemtpoit n volthvees kep alliym aginisnhgeh ads eens,i mi ticasn,dth eiknro wledgoefc ertain lasri ghatsss omeo ft hosseh own subjecitnts h,ei nvestigpartoion in the videaon,d w onderaetdt he cesmse,m berosft hbeo ardo fMU timweh os hec oulcdo ntatcoint FON Ontarihoa vmea deo vertures quiraeb ouitt . toc ombifnoer cwehse ni tco metso Itr emaintsob es eeinf thhoep ed investigaotfiUoFnO cases. focro -operawtiilbolen a chieved, Arran gemenwtesr em adet oe x howevetrh eo livber anchh asa t changsep eakeartts h er espective least obffeeerne d. organisatmieoentsi ngTso.m Dr.D e Robertis honoured his woulsdp eaaktt hes keptmiecest parotf t heb argaanidn ,s pokaet ingan,d ProfesMsiocrh aeDle Dr.M ichaeDle RobertiPsro,fe ssor Physics&: Astronomy, York University, the theM UFON meetitnhgfe o llowing Robertis, Porfet shied eOnntt ario Executive of the Ontlll'lo Skeptics, speaks on nightH.e wasw ellr eceivbeyd Skeptiwcosu,l sdp eaaktth eM U 'UFOs & AlienAs :S keptiPce'nspec tive' mostan,d coulhda vfea cemda ny FON meettihnfego llowniinggh t.a tt heJ une1,99 7 MUFON OntariGeon eral Meeting. morqeu estihoandts im ep ermitted. Tom wasc ordiarlelcye ivaetd thmee etianngd,i na n on-offensiGvoer doanl ,o ntgi mmee mbeorft he Drew Williamson [email protected] mannesrt,a ttehda itf an y group skeptgriocusp w hoo ncewr otea thatp rofestsoeb de a scientifiscke ptcioclsu mnf orth e Toronto[s ee page 9 for Nikolaos Balaslcas article for 'The Ontario Skeptic'.] organisactriiotni ctihseeU dF O StaHre.a skewdh atth ep oinwta s phenomenfroonm t heairmrc hairso,f l ookiantsg u cr-h ---------------------. theiars sessmewnetrse nw'otrth y videsoisn cthee re IN Tms IssuE• .••• ofa ttention. ����:�t;�i;���1 1iliE� t6!it 3 He spoke of togg orinega t lengtinh sth e investigaptrioon 6 cessi,n cludirnegs ponditnog f¥.�i�:::�� g�2.�:�l �iiif�! phoncea laltsth reeo rf ouinr the 10 morningas, theo nlrye awla yt o asseas ssi tuatHieoe ns.p ousneod particublealri weift hr egardt o 13 what UFOrse presenotneldya, $PP#Nt#f�m�ff4.t� Page 2 Volume 4.2- May/June 1997 Volume 4.2- May/June 1997 Page 3 ous accounts by highly credible wit nomenon demonstrates technological THE FI{0\1 Till LDII 01{" ENIGMA CONTINUES nesses who claim to have experienced feats beyond our level of capability. an encounter with aliens aboard their The phenomenon manifests activities - Over the years there has been much . -� • �. _.,•. · . .. · ··IS. . P·UBLIS.T·ilE; HED. BY ·t".. •. • · �·- • ldoisgcicuasls iaonnd anskde partigcualm ceirnctl, eisn, baboothu tu thfoe bHyu gh F. Cochrane ths'craftaayt thit'e . dramat eOnftcoeunn ictthearlel syceh aanlitnegdreeidvd i thdutheeaiirlrs l icvwoenisll, thienmgopss.leT o yhioenf g p hppersneysocemhnietc-dn oabany i lditheiumesmo nabenstr yaobtneeds UFO NETWORK lack of'scientific investigation'. . MUTUAL sciousness and gave them a new per an intelligence with an intent to ma OF CSICOP has called the claims of spective. Some claim to have been nipulate our world at several signifi .. :·· =-.· ·.OmARio.: _.· ·_.>· · . UFO witnesses ·and experiencers UFFOivse wdaesc abdreosu gahftte tro thpueb elxici sattetnecneti oonf physically healed during the en cant levels. The phenomenon is so "preposterous". U fol ogists bemoan counter while others are able to show powerful that we can do very little to there is still no indisputable evidence t395 LA�Sl1rCErE 2 00AVE30NUE .· WEST. tmhien dleadcnke sos f o"nin thteeg rpitarty" oafn dsk eopptiecns. as to the true nature of these light sscaarids tow hhaervee sbeamepnl etsak oefn flfreosmh wtheerire saicgntivifiiticeans. tly prevent or intertrup its . TORONTO emitting or dark-body objects. While ··:, . There have been occasions when ufol body during experiments conducted .'·:·-=0:N_TARi,;' o,_M6� tA7. much has been gleaned from the ac So how certain can we be about the ,.· . . CANAD. A ..::.· · .� ogists and skeptics have almost come Robertt Neilly has also, unfortu counts supplied by witnesses and aboard the alien craft. reality of encounters like this? Did the . 416-249�0933···. to blows over their differences. Seem nately for us, had to step down. We'll from the laboratory analysis of There's no doubt that a close en events experienced by the witness oc . ingly, there has been little or no af. .. . . : ·.· · . ,···. middle-ground. Granted, Philip Klass miss his boundless energy and down fected materials gathered at the site, counter with a UFO can be a dramatic cur physically in what we perceive as ·. to-earth commonsense at Board the phenomenon itself seems real or traumatic event and the experience our reality, or was the whole scenario .· .': :':::·Toiri :-. -: li;.fu8u· 1n. · oo·:r�wl..-�C heoairmafa.;� 41n6: · 6.t.7 �5-m71. �8"· · fansehrarde nseecdev sset raanagle dps r sotyommgiepnthoenseitra u abft ouvltaro sgieiolsdutsso mhcao, vnief meThetein gvsa.c Thancanksy R ofobre rtit at' sll , rResoibgn. ation ethneo upghrop oyseet dr seomluatiniosn san b eeinngigm puat ,f oanrthd isstr onnogt lyea· ismilpy resfosredgo ttmenem. oItry can. B ubet o na sretaagliedty ithn rwohuigchh thsoem een erfogrmy r aodfi atvedirtu bayl '· · ' ,.s a.,. W�� riu-ect.· o·. . r ever, have the two sides exchanged created has been filled by 'UFO' Joe are poles apart. dthoec umotheenrt ehdan dc awseesa l soof harevlei gwioeulsl uthseed U bFy Oth ei nhvuamdaned mtihned. wtoa avcecleesnsg tthhes si9�i44-�2�8'- speakers. Daniels from London, Ontario. Joe is The prevailing North American . :,iJO' .. .:':. fo.,. . t1tr' ..l4 --�.:. wis' . ;. . .'' �\> .. :-,,. . well-known to 'Netizens' and surfers. view is that UFOs as a whole are 'nuts 'stigmata' where wounds appear on individual's normal five senses to give .::_;':. . .:. . ._ <:_..: - '·, �M-:' . ' :i c·. sh. . . �e' i.d obue. • scey. hmil: �-Secti' ·,;_· -. . -.p., .s o .� n 7 . Do:;,... 5.tm :7 :.·9 ' ;.6 .t 9o�. �--_.r3 8., �9..-: · TProPemrsoi dfTheensste ooorff an tMhoeui cOs,h naPtearrle isoDid Seekn etR potoifcb seM rantUisd, Htioisn Wfore bcpasaegse anis da pweoeapllthe u ofof liongfiocnnal.a anevdid ebnoclet sn' eeadlieend tocr baaftc ky eutp tthhee csloaliimd tshtreo ningd biveildieufa. l's body as proof of their reThalisemre 'tso nthoe deovuebntt ?th at UFOs exist. . . .·:·n .uld'er.B a:Seydi. onri �to-�-·�..- ·FON Ontario are to be applauded for Rumour has it that British author has never been uncovered. As it In an article for Pursuit (Vol.20, #3) They have been seen by hundreds of .. _ '·�BUd' S�rl6ctc.·� 80.'7-345-2095 ·:· addressing the monthly general meet Timothy Good is coming to Toronto stands, the whole ET hypothesis is on 'The Nature of the UFO Reality', thousands if not millions of people. · ._ .:_: �.� m&Jt: i>¥�sl��ler, �®?��lliif·''· .: ings of each others organisations. in October to speak at The Royal based on witness testimony which, R. Perry Collins recounted the experi They have been photographed and :'·.-· ,_;.\�<·:\.,�--�·'-:.-:;_·_: :'-:-..\': :-�: Canadian Military Institute. We' while credible, does not provide the ence of a man who, returning home have left behind physical evidence of Neither the Ontario Skeptics nor keep you updated in upcoming issueIsI hard evidence needed to prove that from work at 2 am, took a detour past their presence. But the photographs MUFON Ontario expect any major of'The Ufologist• these light-emitting and dark-body a reservoir that should have added 15 rarely show anything more than a position-shift in the attitudes of either objects are material craft manufac minutes to his 20 minute drive home. blurry image of an indefmite shape ' ' group toward each other. However, tured in a factory on another planet or Instead he arrived home five hours and the physical evidence left behind perhaps as a result of the initial ex in another dimension. fact since later with no conscious recollection of suggests an event involving the activ In change, at some point in the future, 1976 many European ufologists have the missing time, except that he felt - ity of energies beyond our laws of the two organisations will work to followed Jacques Vallee's interpreta extremely relieved and energetic. physics. gether, honestly, in trying to resolve tion in which UFOs belong in the When he fmally recalled the trip he So what is a UFO? Is it a 'nuts and one of the most baffling mysteries of realm of the paranormal.Others are told how he had stopped the car at the bolts' construct or a paranonnal our time. equally convinced that UFOs are shoreline and got out to look at a UFO event? There is no clear-cut answer phantasms and the product of halluci hovering above the water and in a and the problem may be because the MUFON ONTARIO BoARD CHANGES nations. On the ET side, Betty Hill's trance-like state began to walk toward object we perceive as a UFO may only There've been some changes on the star chart of an unknown argran ement it.At that point he instantly found be a small portion of an otherwise Board of MUFON Ontario .... of stars at a distant point in the himself aboard the UFO consciously uni invisible natural phenomenon.W hile verse does not seem to have been a watching his physical self walk to Sue Kovios has stepped down as hallucination. The information was ward the UFO.While the man refuses our focus has been on the visible Secretary and Maggie Matsamura has proven correct and was recalled from to say any more about the incident, he portion, the major portion of the event taken over. a star chart Betty had seen aboard the did tell the investigator, "I trust them. To Sue, our sincere thanks for all of alien craft. But does that prove Betty They're away ahead of us.T hey don't IllJ<''L 'f'O/'ji{/(\' 1//'(' II ... /1/11(1/1,'.!, (1// and her husband Barney were physi want me to say anymore." your sterling work establishing and 1ridl' ro/.!,:(1'o fe ll\(1'\''/' hi(J''' i'Ofll£' cally aboard an alien 'craft' when she maintaining our membership and sub After relating a few more U.S. lun·e \'Wli,IJed fn. nn \ll't'l'l'. from saw this chart? scriber databases - to Maggie, wel accounts he sums with these general ill' i tl (' h IIi I d; 11'..: ' ('I. c 11 I/'( 1/11 IIt (' i I' come and thanks for volunteering! ... it stands today we have numer- statements.First is that the phe- Ci/1'\ ... w ART-AlmsT UNKNOWN As s�l@@��� Page4 Volume 4.2- May/June Volume May/June Page 1997 4.2- 1997 5 may be beyond our perception. It may are the victims of alien pranksters? range unexplained events. When around its shores. Along with these the officials of the government of of the Jacques Cousteau diving team Or be a phenomenon with the capacity to are they victims of an accidental en Persinger included a similar wide are a whole menagerie of phantom Upper Canada. No trace of the ship or who lost his life in the Fall of 1980 act as a two-dimensional interface be counter with a natural phenomena at range of events he wound up with 9 helicopters and bizarre accidents that the monolith have ever been found while preparing for an underwater tween this reality and other realms in work in our environment that we are major categories and 9 subcategories have gone without explanation. and the water at that point is less than photographic mission to record the can space and time. So have other entities unaware ofl One that manifest as of events and subjected these to a 90-feet deep. numerous wrecked ships in the can learned how to use these natural oc a light-emitting or dark-body object, computer analysis in which the events If, as elsewhere, these events be "triangle" in the eastern of the can If the extensive buckling, the miss end curing phenomena as a 'doorway' be that surround itself with green or were correlated with known seismic linked to the geological state of the lake, then this diver may have come ing islands, the underwater escarp tween our reality and theirs? gray fogs, or provide a trar:sparent activity and found some promising area, then this region may be a prime within range of the energies being ment and monolith are examples of shimmering interface that hides an results. example of that association. Over the radiated by the fault systems in this While that possibility is nothing the variety of geologic activity this other realm. Add to all of this the past few years new evidence has area area, suffered disorientation or nausea more than speculative, consider this: cases Persinger also found that his origi is capable of producing, then the where people and animals dis _ emerged to reveal that this lake and and died from trying to surface too why is it that those who report experi nally proposed seismic stress and geologists have their work cut out for appear, ships and planes have van its surrounding shores have been har fast during this state of confusion. ences where they 'stepped into the trace piezoelectric activity fell short of pro them.Because over the past decades ished without a and there never bouring an unsuspected expanse of Since this event, four more experi past' and found themselves in the viding the energy needed to produce a all of these sites, and particularly the seems to be an explanation for any of geological faulting and fracturing that enced divers, two of whom were li midst of a historic event, or at a partic twenty-foot wide glowing anomaly ridging off the Toronto Islands, have these events. many geologists and others to censed diving instructors, have lost ular era in history where they experi that could reach to high altitude and caused been among the areas where the high re-examine their long-held beliefs. their lives in a similar way while div enced what seemed like an actual con Looking back on this, it may well be persist at times for up to a half hour est number of UFO and strange events New theories have proposed that the ing in this same 'triangle' area. scious state while they viewed or even that we have spent 50 years logging without becoming depleted. wren have been most active. St. La ce Valley Rift may extend participated in a replay of events of reports of light-emitting and dark Another example might be the that past time.Y et these individuals body objects without getting a com While Persinger's seismic stress and from the Atlantic through to Lake During the 1970s in particular, the British Nimrod bomber that crashed piezoelectricity may have lacked the Ontario and Lake Erie before continu area now known to be occupied by the make no mention of an encounter with plete profile of the entire phe dwing the 1995 air show off the CNE required strength to energise those ing south towards the Mississippi huge anomaly off the Toronto shore alien beings or UFOs? nomenon. We have taken for granted grounds. In the closing moments of phenomena termed UFOs, that does Basin. Numerous fault lines have line played host to untold numbers of that the visible object represented the their demonstration, the pilot circled There are others who reported en entire phenomenon and it became the not mean the connection between been found in the region surrounding UFO events, missing aircraft and peo out over the lake for his fmal run back countering what seems to be a solid fault lines and anomalous events is the lake and many are believed to ple.In fact it was during a private focus of our attention. We have as towards the and his route appears invisible wall which does not block just coincidental. There is sufficient continue beneath the lake to the south search for the wreckage of an aircraft 'Ex' sumed that the visible object was a to have taken him over the western their normal view of their surround self-contained mobile manifestation evidence on file to show that this shore and to the western end of the that had vanished off the radar end of the huge area of ridging in that ings but is physically impenetrable. linkage is a common factor in a wide lake. screens several years ago that brought whose light was a radiation from the part of the lake. After that the plane Still others have reported fmding range of unexplained events. this huge anomaly to the attention of hull of a craft, something on the level The 1994 discovery of a three-by continued on a long downward glide themselves surrounded by an invisible of a visible aura generated through a That being the case, if we are ever six mile long area of buckling and the geological community. Inciden path that took it to its doom beneath wall that blocks out all sounds, and tally, the remains of the missing air technology alien to our science. We going to understand these phenom ridging just three miles south of the been the waters of the lake near the Island any atmte pt to pass through it results craft still have not found. did not entertain the possibility that ena, then we need to be open to other Toronto Islands and the 1997 discov Airport. There was no evidence in them fmding themselves going in that the energy behind the brilliant light possibilities. Particularly those sug ery of a 60-foot sub-escarpment just Persinger has provided further the pilot or co-pilot were aware of the opposite direction until they again Dr. being emitted was being supplied gesting that some still unrecognised off Bellville, which may be a continu evidence to link these mysterious their situation or tried to correct the encounter the invisible enclosure. from elsewhere through an invisible natural phenomenon may be behind ation of the 60-foot drop reported in events with seismic activities. He manoeuvre. And, again, the witness makes no medium that at other times provided many of these unexplained aerial the 1970s just off Oshawa. All con made a study of the range of those mention of any UFO or alien involve the basis for other unexplained events anomalies and even mysterious events tribute to the upset in geologic think wavelengths that can trigger unex According to recent reports, UFOs ment. are again being seen over Lake On that are usually excluded from the in the paranormal realm. ing about this area. And it may well pected effects in the human brain and area tario in the of the ridging where If a natural force exists that can at narrow confmes of ufology. can be that the disappearance of two large has proposed that these wavelengths From this wider perspective it their nightly activities were common times create a shimmering, two islands shown on a 1630 map of the could be carried on the energies pro be said that those investigators living in the 1970s. With the above possibili dimensional interface between this re When Michael A. Persinger became lake but not shown on the 1670 map duced by seismic activity. Among the around Lake Ontario are in a unique ties in mind it might be wise for any ality and somewhere else in time and involved in the search for answers may be a further indication of the long effects he listed are nausea, dis position because this lake and its sur has of those planning to investigate this space, then we need to know if there is concerning UFOs he, like others, tenn instability of this region. orientation, hallucinatory states and rounding shores have had a long his area of ridging in particular to be any relationship between this force noted that UFO events seemed to altered states of consciousness. The tory of bizarre events that span the Added to these might be the aware of these possibilities be alert to and the energy powering the UFOs or favour geologically faulted areas and flfSt two conditions have been re spectrum of unsolved mysteries. recorded 24-by-24-foot monolith of any unusual behaviour by those the green or gray 'Fogs' that can in in the beginning sought solutions in ported by people visiting crop circle Those events include balls of light solid rock said to be 300-feet tall and around them until more is learned stantly engulf and transport an indi seismically generated energies as the and animal mutilation sites and the above the water and light-absorbing reaching to within three feet of the about the possible hazardous radia vidual hundreds or even thousands of cause of UFO events. He soon condition caused them to leave the balls beneath surface. It also in surface near the entrance to Presquille tions around this site. miles away to a new location where reached the same conclusion as the ,} area. Once outside the event site cludes reports of sea serpents, burn Bay in the eastern end of the lake. It they are left to find their own way Charles Fort had years before when perimeter, the conditions ceased the meantime, the best methods ing phantom ships, vanishing ships, vanished one night in 1804 during a . In home. he proposed that natural forces acting for exploring areas where these ener planes and people and slinking black stonn and with it the government ship If we apply these or any of the other Are we to believe these individuals through fault lines could be the source creatures and animal mutilations Speedy along with more than half of conditions to the case of the member gies may be active is through remote of the energies powering a whole sensors which, while they might be $ .5}� Page 6 Volume 4.2 -May/June 1997 Volume 4.2 - May/June 1997 � Page 7 prone to malfunctions due to the ener generatTeh.eth oughttsh afto llwoewr e Midwescto,u lsedri ouslpyr oposteh at strip, pace formerulny- kilclaneda rdtso nothing ofwh atI havsaei dso far,o rw ill 1807sm entiohni eroglThyepyhtum s. up _. gies being radiated, could be retrieved crystallised by two'threads ' onU FOU p ufoloisgy no tf olkloric. thec ontrary. say,c onflictwsi tmhy convictthiaotn agamm the Aurora, Texasc,rash ed air and repaired; something that's not as Dates -oned iscusthseini gd ethata popu Abduction Accounts Nord idhe draawtt entitoonth eper si� many (not baultpol s;s ibmloyst )a b �hiptal l stooryf 1 897Then. thereapy pear simple when a human life is involved. larc ultw'hase influencedt heA E as re And Popular Culture tenceo ft hef elinem otif in AE reports - ductearee sho nestlys,ince reandl y tnrth m Frank Scu'Blehlinyd' Ths e Flying ported, the otherd ebatingt hei ssuoef �lyre porting actual experiences- espe (1950whi)c,h was partly based frompe ople leslsi kethanly Be tty and Saucers' There is much to be )earned from whether ufoloisgy f olkloriinc na ture. In his presentattioot nh eA bduction Barney Hiltfarloh avseee nt ha1t9 3co0m ic Cl�Y thosew hoh aveesc hewede xploringo nt alceso ncoctedf ofunr and profibty this lake that has earned centuries StudCyo nferenhceel idn C ambridge, their encoununtderser hypnosis. con-menN ewtoann dGe Bauera bout its I think thafto ra lplracti calp urposes strip .Und�h ypnosiBarnse y, struggling long reputation as 'The Mother of theriesl ittdlieff erenbectew eetnh etsew o Massausetctsh in 1992R,o bert Sheaffer to rat.i� o the effecotfthe alieensy'e s Crashed Saucers And Folklore saucethrsa tso ft -landedi nt hUeS So uth Mysteries'. But it will not give up its ·entitiPeosp.u lar cu-lturem ovies, argued that BettyH illa'csc ounotfher AE upon him, clutcheatd the idethata they westi nt hel at1e94 0s.In 'UFO: The secrets easily and may exact its toll radioan d broadcasts,bon eokswspaper, sto was powerfulliynfl uencbeydth e 1953 were11 aw ildcuapat tre .e,. Then hesa id: Inh er1 995bo ok 'UFO Retrievals • Government Files' (199I6su )gg ested that from every effort. But the rewards can riesc,o mTVistric p s,e vesno nagnd dance - film'I nvaders From Mars' and citmedo "No. ... Ik now wihtia stI. t t'hsCe h eshire JennyR andlesd etecwtsh ats hec allsm any of the numerous Roswell be worth Hynek predicted onf olkloonrt eh eo neban d and tifsc ommon toe achan;d herepe ated cat Alicein Wonderland. .. I.dt isap "Roswell fienam tureansy" o ft hecases 'witnessweesre'rec onstructing memories it. As Dr. draws Martin Kottmeyer'sugsg estion Bar in shere viewansd, appears too fferth ese ofl ocal folklodree rivfroedm thes tories years ago, the solution to the UFO contributetsoan d becomespart ofi to n neyH illp'esr ceptoifo anlthat ie wnist h peared too, and onlthye eyeresmained .n featuresas akind ofimprimat ur ofa u of" crashedsa"u cerpsut a boutby Newton mystery might provide rich rewards. the otherE.ac h isa faceotfth e other Actuallyo,nl ythe oft heCh eshire wraparounde yesh adi trso otisn an smile. thenticiAtym.o ngth emar ed warfish alien and GeBauers;i ncwriet ingthat, I've Those rewards could include an en whenit cometso d elineatinwhga ti s" in episodeo f' Outer Limits' broadcaast Cat remainienLd e wiCsar rollc'lsas sic bodies( somegr ayso, me brown),t haep learnedt haJti mM oseley puipc ked the airi"n an y particularpe riodTh.i s The nom atterf onro wA.E reportsfro� tirely new technology and untapped fewd aybesf orean hypnosessissi owni th but pearance of" hieroglyphosn"wre cked or crashed-saurucmeorurs ofa s imikinldar wouldi nclutdhee c razef or" flying the1 970tso presenretf etro th e" cat resources beyond imagination. 8 saucerst"h Ameriei n can mindan d media Dr BenjamiSni monTh.e rei sn op roof eyeso"f a ltheie thnesy;o ccuri na ccounts landed UFOsa,nd the incredibleligh tness whenhe visithtede area in1 953T.h e thatt hHei lsalws eitheorfthese produc and strengtohf th e materialso fw hich hieroglyprepohsrt ed int hReo sweilnlc i in them idsummero f1 947. reported by writersa sd iverseas tions,a ndno ne thatth eyd idno t.B etty MoultonH owean d NigeWlats on.TL indaher e theyare allegedmadely. Rather surprisdenattl easthad some foundation in real HOFIE MARROGLTYPIANHS C, &AT ST, APLURPES LE fwEoovlrekkMnl:artinas o rethano,eKdp no pe ttmovesedetyth noee rh rreao eposnp r eoct inofedtua elcosaddt,uet et gramHBiarnletlyBeto dty'lmisded i nwin'Aan tptter ricethalh(star 1t ekin9s acd9 tu that7oa )flT s lVrahy pethan r edor iinsawri lttsoea nrum aonurd,a ttrwihbiuctI hhaf ab�vl yeethe attto cse aet s "inagRogaslinwyins e, hhl fedele oesncr a'hro ttniud cthrerlasae-t"watcsf tenro opetrup xi amtimeotpnool andtheth e,er ctihatyem,sei swnt,to o hube al maptbasede d m o,pear roiinnanefl so·dsom weae cwrycipatnes ottunernsto s'sesf ToLD IN WINTER somewhere howstrang e itis thatw hile more . intellectuthanal one might guess oharatv lbeee aen sispdtientifi feedos ar al sithemse ensl.v easli e'ns death-bedc onfessioofwn istn essetsok ey printoentaped used toh oltodg ethethre Arnold saw crescent-sohbapejdec tsth,e fromth eu fologliiteraturecal,an d iti sa s eventsan,d the episodeisnw hichw it Mogulba lloonar ray whosed ebrmioss t floodo fU FO reports thati mmediatelrye asonablteobe lievthea t hreecra ll Which mayo rm ayn ote xplawhiyn nessjeusts h appen to bea bltoe sn eak a likeclamye, to earth ont hFeo ster Ranch FoLKLoRE, is followed sighticnognfirm ed accuraatsie ti st opo into uthatt fewo fu s todaBye tty Hililsc aretaketroa bout1 5 looka ta UFOo rbe,tt eran, aliceonrpse in June 1947E.v enbe forethe Roswell UroLOGY, CuLTURE his seminal AND KNOWLEDGE: A nothis report buthet media characterisa coulsayd withm uch certaintyw haTVt moggins�an d John Velehzas fivean,d ort wobe forarmeed guardsc atcthemh at incideacnhti eved itsp resennotto riety; tiono fwh at hesa w - that "flyingp rograms we dido rd idn'sete 35y ears event heD ukeo fM endozac oncedesi ta ndh ustlthee ma way. ?owever, hiewroegrelm ypehnst iobned SKELETAL SURVEY saucerdsi"s,k -shaped objectis,s . ago. castle-rotoosm i xo fth e Wlgrateful Informantwsh o contributtoe dLen BY wretchesB.u tpe rhapwse d igres.s. N.o r The repeated appearance of such Stringfield'sseri es of'S tatus Reports' as PETER BROOKESMl111 I Todawye can seet hweh oloefth eD ark Nonethetlheeps asr allelsS hatehffaetr , shoulwde maket oo mucho f this episosdheosu ld stimtheu lpahtea gocytes welasl ino therc asesp rove-nas wellas Sidceo nspiracy theoryi nu fololgyarg,e ly followKinogt tmeyerp,re sentsb etween commonly-foanuanldo giynpo inting ooutf scep ticism.F ori ti ss urelrye markableth ese thincangs be prove-nt obe phoney Dedicated to John Velez fWoiunldleiCbydamoo Ppera u-Banled nn setwiibetzlin anlgd p Mroimlutoln artpoertfsarea c iotsmf popo pulrtanart .L ciultureko et hansedkr Ae Epti crehse thaaftel liieneqin umeaa tgiehasory n n.o dtAr imnoaopgpetoedhut eothrf a t tfehsasstui caouhndnsn s lniakiteteclinspectmheyisasd o lnsa st-ohfcdo oeurnv C�lentti)oned. inJ ennyRandl es' book (op gateandd develobpedy t hIen terneten tity proposes,w iththese twoe xampleasre , the astating evidencseh ouldpo p upin so Introduction: The questoifot nhenature abducteecsa lulp at least,i fnot more Fictions And Realities whoc alhlimsesl f "Branton-" asa folklationosfhc iapu se-and-ebetffweecetn many reports.O nei sp uitn mind ofn oth ofth e relationsamhoinpgs u fological frequently ind escrithbeiincrga ptors i� lores oe l in detail and epiinc folklanodre experienAclet.h oughi na ingso much as urban myths,f oaftaandl es eventfso,l kloarned,p opulcaru lture scaasl et oaboratew arrant theep it"hmeytthi c"I.t grand overvioefAw E reportIsw ouldn't that oft hepr ayinmgan tis.Les s specifi whaltuem ours, whicehxhi bitth e same Overwhelminglthye, hi eroglyph motif seems tobe stalledmired, inu fology's �y, thaeb ductareo rsl ikeneds impltyo appearsin CRAsthat havebe ens hownt o isi nternally self-consiistennti tpss ychoexcluthdaetd omineoff ecte ntire-elsype kind ofs moothed-oveirm plausibilities endemiancd perhapspath ologichaabli t pathic wayrati,o nalises (tiots o wn satis cialliynA E cases reported afte1r9 7-5 I msects. The cultural connotationosfa ll and dramaticalsaltyi sfyingf ormsI.n be atw orsfrta udulenantd at bestm is ofa dversardieabla ratteh ethanr disinter thesei mageares worthex ploringan,d fact, taken.U nlikteh ael iabdenuct ion scenario factioanl)m oste verything in modem want to exploamre o rein clushiyvpeo the without theser ecurrent "featuresw"o ulbed better ested discussTihoinsks.e tcohff erasw ay any impliciotr h iddasesnwn p (AASw:hi chi so ften markedldyi fferent ufoloangyd politicansd, ha s absolutelys ihse re. call"emdoti fs"Tak.e nt ogetherthe y can around thcmrenet stalemate and suggests tionth atthi s 'knowledge'o fa lieinss fromac tual AEs)the,re isn'ta C rash Re noba sisi nv erifiablef act.the faceo f be sene asa narrativtee mpl-aotnew hich howi tma yh avceo mea bout. serpentinere nderingIn aollfthings Shaefferalso presented toh i1s9 9co2n borrowedfr omt hec ultural background. are laitdh ed etaiolfas more-or-Jetsrsi evScenarial o;b utt herei sa CRA this ferenaceu dienace 1 930 BuRcokg ers '�luster'o fsc enarios (folstokri es)that, PreamblThee: matteorf th e folkloriacl ianedn untrustworthy, onlthyo seun ac comistricp tharetc ountedthe abduction Atthi s pointIs houllidk teoe mphasisec ommon-sense imaginisntartgi ngfro m likthee abduction scenarioh,a veth eir characteorft hcel asasbdiucc tieoxnper i quainted twhietgh i gantiCch ineseofa buxom,l eggy blonnamde ed Wilma twot hingsF.i rsitnd: ra winagtt entitoon the thought "What if. .. ?". Iti shard to own naturali nternanarlra tivleo gic. Mar ence( AE)a nd thec lascrassh/irce trieval whispering gallthearyt i st heI nternet,o r by Martians "evolvfreodm thec at thBeu ckR ogerasbd uctisotoryn� Robert avoitdh ec onclustiohnac tras hed-saucertin Kottmeyehras proposed that thAeA S accowrt (CRAhas) lonbeg en onm yl ist irretri evabldyo micileind the American species"H.e notedthat "onlyo nea ccount Shaeffearpp,a rentwliyt horeuta lisinsgt oriarees a species ofl egenwdh,i cihs �bits an "intuitive ordering principle-" noothatas tf thitha Iannotw gsu op totni l'wbeefitri cobne ttakingeiur aboe ,tt mIut the .sa a yy"-th minutiaeooinnesasde d a ayawarniny -Thi" o servs.f(e fi gos r 1"'1tlt'lio"f 1'1/lltll !I1u1I/ rfu,h rn.·u-ttlh< n,,o,/{, ,',· 1I1<J'1/1 o'\f·'ii1l·f''·' 'ninem'.ume B bernuts llard"o'than fsc[ o t1rreh9ci8admitlcs7ya ]-ttedta ol rofidabdgcheuutarceaiseti greate Io dornt n e. l was, thatfwt ohhrmeaoohi rtfefsael anhad ig admitte stuolnmrenuttedb oinldAe eaiE do bdsreport, nutin e,ccstati tbeboievfitlnoencwi n ties woethathanhentnn ed h de awLlhewaft'aytsoss nalkl oiowthedrily sJo wtanoe akHre taro.j l ustd Borunnveoan fdt hhaess e mdiacstinc to tparalth lefrorwme o lrdreabetsslw a,-e lenarinratifac vece ol untseo xgipero-cTifthat hrituale een x ic se . example) Bullard's argutom en\tsl t11'i1 1u'J\J,i i\tI J"if1'''l·• '\t/ll/1 '.; c/1/1/ ofco mse, Bullarwdh ore cordetdh cone no causcaolnn ectihoanbes e n( ocanr be) featureso rm otifs- there peateda ppear Ed sisteonfcc ye rtain eveinntsA Esan d ance of" hierogl(ypanhdths a"t w orde,x pieceansd, neithshoeulrd t hreadeer ex tlilll• t' - 1/rl/ll' r11/1o //,Joit' t'/1 !lit· o/11' perceived their 'correcnartra' tiveo rder. shownt oe xibestt weent hem.Th isd is actlyis ,used ) in CRAs. The (increasingly pect thceo piofuoostn oteansd references /;ri/Jd <ill1 .1!1 /lll'ihIuiit r,/1·1:•1 h,·- Shaeffer didno t suggestth atBe tty Hill coveryco uldu sefullbey set against Law inestimalb eN)i geWlats on has shownthat that a propertreatmen t will require and ' /IIIIi'' j1111-r ofttt il/ til<' 11(1/,'1"." read or seen particulacro mic sonM,c Calalnd DeHerrera'sfi ndingsf alcserashed spaceship storifreosm th e had this $¥. � Page 8 Volume 4.2 - May/June 1997 Volume 4.2 - May!June 1997 � Page 9 satanic abuse and the AAS revealed by ploy the plethora of detected folkloric But as yet no one published a satisfac UFO SKEPTIC meeting the extraterrestrial being in Michael said that he would expect has A Gwen Dean at the Abduction elements to weigh the balance of judge tory, all-embracing, over-arching the movie 'Contact' (based on the alien artefacts to have different iso L. 1992 SPEAKS AT Study Conference would support the con ment -decisively, in my view -against the psychologically-based hypothesis that ac book by Carl Sagan), who also knew tope ratios if their origin was outside tention that the AAS follows the structure likelihood that CRAs describe real events, counts for the many tendrils of the AE. MUFON what she experienced was real but of our solar system. Although some wofi ttalh esthe and storinoes -mathatte riias,l fiecvtiidoenn; cfoe r, as tnhoet edqispouivaselen otf tehxeer acbdiseu cwtioitnh eAxApeSr iednocees The ETII-based interpretation of the AE ONTARIO couldn't convince others. thing like this has been reported re ever beenAAS prod, uced to show unequivhaso and its apparent reality. Similarly, a has such a powerful appeal in part be MEETING Michael gave many reasons why he cently, it would not rule out the possi cally that allegations of ritual satanic species of literary-critical analysis of the cause it does promise answers to all the does not accept that some UFOs are bility that an artefact with Earth-like questions that. these experiences pose Nikolaos Balaskas isotope ratios was alien in origin abuse have any basis in reality. this dramatic content of both the AAS and By piloted by extraterrestrials. One of cAornnistecottileo'sn dwicet umma-cyum al-sdoi scbeovarery in In inm itnhde envoet ne AxEplsa mina yh obew vethrye fruiexptfuleri,e bnutce iti dtsoeelsf t(hqeu iEteT apartH its efrlf)om. W anhyet heemr ootiro nnoatl talhleur EeT oHf SFkreopmtics an N aertwsiclleen erN ick wrote for the Ontarw these is that there is no reason for (omura ysbuen )t hoeyr camean fr oartm eaf awcto rwldit hnoeuart delivers on its promises is outside the UFOs to have lights to operate in our that Poetics that all fictions essentially con arises. Nor, I submit, can it. Earth-like isotope ratios is alien in scope of this sketch. However: although At the monthly MUFON Ontario atmosphere at night if they do not form to one of seven (or it ten?) basic ongm (we can use mass is Within those limits, exploring the folk abductees reported typically to resist General Meeting of June 25 we had wish to be detected. Another reason "plots". are spectrometers or similar devices to of alien abductions can hardly the literal reading of their experience ("I Michael De Robertis, a York Uni are the alien abduction stories of loric nature Dr. separate the isotopes which we would Real-life events, even complex ones be called debunking. The story ab was hoping you'd say was crazy, now versity astronomer and executive hwnan-alien hybrids. Of course if the that 1 then use to produce the artefact). Just that in the telling become "stories", are ductions spin -the way they "speak to our rve got to believe it really happened"), it member of Ontario Skeptics, give a UFO lights a result of the propul not as neat or as consistent as fictional condition" -is a separate issue from their is probably less disturbing to put a materi talk titled "UFOs and Aliens: A Skep sion system arethe y use to move around, because a premise seems reasonable ones structured by an intuitive ordering reality. To adduce a couple of analogies: alist construction on the AE than to con doesn't necessarily mean it's a valid tic's Perspective". Michael's fol then we cannot help but notice them principle. they were, it would (for ex no one doubts the reality of the Lincoln template the abyss of one's own madness, talk one. For example, we observe grain of If lowed the one given by MUFON On and if aJiens and humans have a com ample) be possible to predict the order of County War (c.l882, New Mexico), but with all the deracinating distrust of direct sand sized objects brilliantly bum up tario President, Tom Theofanous, to mon ancestry or a Creator that made events (a la Bullard) in the battles of the meaning of it -its mythic significance experience that implies. The polarities of in our upper atmosphere (meteors) the Ontario Skeptics the evening be us the same (we told in the Bible cBhoaroenddianloe,, ASlaramajeeivno ,and A nItaie tDraman, gP -astso an- w ihlli stvoarryian a,c cao rdHionlgly twoood whether prod ucyoeur aroer thlefte sthkeptie cco-vmersusmon--besenliseev emr "iddedlbea teg"r ohuanvde fore. Although both MUFON Ontario that some angelsare an d humans pro wsphicicuho uws obuultd m suucghg learstg ethr aotb jleecstss ccoann name but a few - from a structural analy scriptwriter, or a film critic, or a cultural empty - bereft of uncontentious observa and Ontario Skeptics hold their meet duced giants}, then these two reasons not exist. Well, just a few months ago, sis of the Battle of Hastings; and likewise analyst (anthropologist) -and it vary tions and demonstrations that very weird ings at the same Unity Church build are not valid for dismissing UFOs. will scientists were shocked when pre from one of these to all of the remain as well, most probably, in accordance things can and do in, and to, the ing in Toronto at 175 St. Clair Avenue Then again, within MUFON Ontario any occur sented with evidence objects the der. The exercise sono collapses under the with the era in which you live as one of consciousness of irreproachably sane peo West, both groups were surprised by are some members who are convinced that size of a house were bombarding the weight of its own futility. those. And, conversely, you can argue -as ple. To suggest that the AE may be a this coincidence. that some. UFOs are alien spacecraft One might, in light of the ·foregoing, many have -over the historical reality and "psychological" phenomenon is emphati but cannot accept that alien abduc Earth's upper atmosphere at the in of Jesus of N th, but the many cally not to impugn the rationality of the Present were many of the over 200 credible rate of 10 to 20 a minute. . then consider it worth exploring the nature azare tions real for much the same emo meanings and effects of Christianity experi . MUFON Ontario members, their are One gram of scientific observation is proposition that the real significance of encer tional reasons why scientists, like wouldn't disappear overnight were some guests and visitors. There were nu always weighs more than one kilo AEs, the AAS and CRAs is not in their one to prove conclusively, tomorrow, that So I sit in my box in this curiously merous questions and comments from Carl Sagan, who accept that extrater gram of scientific opinions. dramatilisit etora sal, bycu: tthec oinnir tet heirmnteaning thanfigura inlitie vsthe m er eaoporeli tsiysn.i btheirThatility eacanthec hcme o anf t hhesepaimsese craslaft eens e,fro vmemre ar neqiaunleglysti aneoxndi ssteds oignif . thfiIne penddinecg osreuadnt egsod ,som soe wmmhaeegnwrehi afibetc esurtwntelye no threal nth estagea opetreer,,a s andbeus tchlue siaound ieonfc eh ifso rt aMlk.i chI aceol matp lthime ecnotend ruvenissiitrvteersiadl ethb aee nindg sa cecexinpist t t hththea rpto aauslgti ehannosud t h wathvileel wonhey mMuUFst OstuNd yO tnhtiaris coo nextiinsutsi.n ThgS oispmh eeis that they may describe objectively real, are the actual, irmre ediable, numinous Michael for his honest presentation, in Earth nomena which others have been too objective reality of the original inspira Got again in the future but refuse to accept three> [mass, space, time] or four- [three tion. I submit the same may be said of terdamerung. And I wait for a fat lady to which he included reasons why he felt that extraterrestrial visits happen quick to dismiss altogether. of space, one of time] dimensional events. abductions. that sing. that UFOs were not necessarily syn- ing in the present. are Michael's talk was very well re of the more intriguing corollaries of . onymous with alien spacecraft. Al One -from 'Jottings from the Void' ceived by those that were there to hear thisthlentat ooporn fasiintcistopeinti ociutsis o thin(f oturnsr: e voenut tcolai thbeme edpfrrod auAEsducut tfheoSor oA uwAr htSiimel eand Is am, Ah daEevsepe asnlyo emfreascaboddinya eytxeindpg lanatib ym boytohthns t(Vheo Dulumkee 4of2 Mof etnhdeo Izant)e lle•ctua l Journals of tvhieowugs he xIp rdesidse dn obty Magircehea ewl ritehg armdainngy repNoertveedrt. hMeliecshsa, eUFl thOinsk sare th astt imll anbeyi nogf hhoisp ew eTllo mre'sse taralckh eadt pOrnetsarientoa tSiokne.p Wtices instance I UFOs, his talk was not one of a these UFOs have Earthly origins since of deliberately or unwittingly coached for the mechanism of the genuine, 24- and Michael's talk at MUFON On closed-minded 'scientific authority' the number of triangular shaped confabulation under hypnosis) no less karat abduction experience itself. The lit tario are the ftrst of many more such are with all the answers but rather some UFOs have increased with the intro revealing, from the cultural point of view, eralists' ETH-related "justification" is not, talks which I feel benefit both of our than the genuine article. John Rimrme my impossible, but it does seme one who sharing his professional duction of 'Stealth' technology. No in view, organisations. Members of Ontario made a similar point in a sadly neglected to me that the weight of reason and evi opinions, which he qualified numer one would disagree that many UFOs Skeptics welcome to attend all esysa , 4Facts, Frauds, Fairytales' in dence is against it. Meanwhile, the vari ous times with expressions such as "I can be explained away this way but a are and MUFON Ontario General Meetings an early issue of' MUFOB'. psychological explanations proffered think", "we believe", "I feel", etc. few cannot and not because of insuffi ous and even participate with on going by various degrees of skeptics (and even a cient data. Since the simplest explana At this point a shake of the sieve On a few topics such as alien abduc research projects or follow up on further few believers and debunkers) fit some tion which satisfies all the facts is called for. Without it, a persistent con -but not all. It may be we tion which Michael also covered in his some of the numerous calls we get fusion (or mistaken, but still hidden, set casesdealin g with a variety of thatan d phareys talk, his skeptical views may have should be considered as the correct from the public and even the police. of assumptions) is likely to persist in the mental one, sometimes we are forced to con ical phenomena that meet and fructifY in unintentionally hurt a few who knew Public education is a very impor- literalist-v skeptic debate about the sider more exotic explanations for also ersus- some common ground -rather as from the differently from their own personal role of folklore in ufology. Whereas in the soil sprouts an infinite variety of plants. experiences much like the astronomer UFOs when there are no simple ones. (Continued on page 16) Page 10 Volume 4.2 - May/June 1997 Volume MayfJune 4.2 . 1997 Page 11 THE 1996 is expected. However, this does not and higher-strangeness cases was tions between seismic events and frreballs and stars. If a misidentified proof that some UFOs have no expla (Part 2] eliminate the possibility that some made. This re-evaluation therefore UFOs. aeroplane is "correlated" with a dis nations. CANADIAN UFO SURVEY by high-quality unknowns could be left only 5% of the total number of With this in mind, 1996 Canadian tant, weak earth tremor, one could The Evaluation value is a subjec Chris Rutkowski down-graded at some point in the data 1996 cases as "good" unknowns. seismic data was obtained from geo wonder whether this was in fact a tive value imposed by the investigator entry process. It is hoped that with significant result beyond the statistics. It was the consensus of the group physical sources. There were 51 or compiler (or both) with a scale more intense research on the subject If we look only at those Unknowns that this process was most revealing earthquakes of magnitude 4 or greater Summary of Results such that the low values represent of UFO case data, a better solution with a quality or Reliability rating of in that a better appreciation of the in Canada in 1996. Seven were of cases with little information content six or greater, we then are left with 27 might be realised. difficulties in using UFO data was magnitude 5 or greater. One was of As with previous annual surveys, and observers of limited observing higher-quality Unknowns in 1996 It should be emphasised again that gained. Many reports were good as magnitude 6 or greater. Almost with the 1996 Canadian UFO Survey does abilities and the higher values repre (10.5% of the total). Of these, only 18 even high-quality Unknowns do not "stories" but seemed to have possible out exception, all earthquakes were not offer any positive proof that UFOs sent those cases with excellent wit had a Strangeness rating of seven or imply alien visitation. Each case may or probable explanations. Some wit located along the coast of British are either alien spacecraft or a specific nesses (pilots, police, etc.) and also greater (7% of the total). This value is still have an explanation following nesses' descriptions were deemed less Columbia or in southern Quebec, both natural phenomenon. However, it are well-investigated. Naturally, comparable with other years: 4.9% in further investigation. And of those than accurate and a significant frac areas of high seismic activity. Few does show that some phenomenon cases with higher values are pre 1989, 4.6% in 1990, 7.3% in 1991 that remain unexplained, they may tion of cases appeared to need more were strong enough and near enough which is called a UFO is continually ferred. and 7.6% in 1992. As a comparison, remain unexplained, but still are not investigation. to population centres to be signifi being observed by witnesses. For the 1996 data, all cases given an USAF Blue Book studies found only incontrovertible proof of extraterres- cantly noticed. The typical UFO sighting is that of In short, the exercise showed that Unknown label were reviewed by a three to four percent of their cases TABLE 4 the analysis of UFO reports is a very In previous earth lights and related two people together observing a mov group of UFO researchers, investiga were "excellent" Unknowns. EvALUATION oF CANADIAN UFO DATA tricky procedure, relying heavily upon tectonic strain theory (TST} studies, ing, distant white or red light for sev tors and other interested individuals. It is interesting to specu-[T:'�·'.�.,-�·-.:�.::,��:·: -�·-�. ��:---- -�--T--1 � · · . .. · r---------- -: · ·-- -·-·-- --- mere text of subjective earthquakes and UFOs were not di eral minutes. In most cases, the UFO Consensus was reached on the ulti late how the number ofUn- :,�LL::.��. . -�'�-��:����-,-1---�os�-���------..- ����ED_ _ estimates and interpreta- rectly linked. That is, earthquakes and is likely to be eventually identified as mate level to which each case could thckane�toe Iw no sn:; usffi ; wci?weunaltds I ncfhoreannndugacetm.e dinf. f;:;:;;_;\.-�· t'··.:·�'; 89··, _· �. :�'·; -.�: ;·: O· .· .I#0.:.' 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The interpretation of baker's this !':, �nc'!:U:. �C:� !': r-t"' --24-'-f-9::to3-S-:W.7T·�87--3-3-42�.--ii-16-3-Earthquakes and UFOs were reported from both Quebec and Biases for or against the view that dozen is that these cases were among UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft ness co-operatton and spar-r-----·-------· .. ····-·-------;-.. ·---·�-·---·------ -.. -·--··- ·-;---·-- ......... ,_._ ____________ .._ ...._ . . !..... -- One popular theory re- UBrFiOtis hc asCeos lcuomubldia, b em canorrey laCtaenda wdiianth often hinder the scientific process and rthece emivoesdt cinh a1ll9e9n6g.in Igt oshfo aulll dth bee re npootrteds I_ �����------���-_!---����--�--���-----:?��-_L ���------3���-------=��-l -����- sity of data in the original garding the identity of cloud the issue. A 'debunker' who has cases __ ___ weak to moderate seismic events that most UFO go unreported, report. It must be remem- UFOs is that they are a strong belief that UFO reports are all trial intervention or some mysterious within the country. fact, 40% of all and that there may be times as earth In ten bered that case data was obtained natural phenomenon. " lights." These are poorly- Canadian cases occurred in fabrications or misinterpretations may many UFO sightings that go unre from a variety of sources with varying understood natural phenomena with tend to dismiss a truly unusual case earthquake-prone regions in BC and ported as those which get reported to views and investigative abilities. Additional Analysis of Unknowns yet-to-be-deteJ1Jlined characteristics out of hand, whereas a 'believer' who Quebec. If we allow that southern public, private or military agencies. What may be ''Unknown" to one and mechanisms that occur due to believes aliens are indeed visiting Ontario is within a few hundred kilo Furthermore, it should be noted that order gain a greater under- might be "Explained" to another. The In to geological or geophysical forces. may read something sinister into metres of seismically-active regions Earth some cases with lower reliability rat subjective interpreting of the minimal standing of cases classified as U n- Some earth lights are thought to occur in Quebec, then more than 60% of all a case with a conventional explana ings suffer only from incomplete in case data received from contributors known, UFOROM members and as- in areas near seismic activity or active tion. cases fall easily within these parame vestigations, and that they may well has naturally increased the number of sociates held a special meeting to fault zones. The implication is that ters. If no direct causality is required, be more mysterious than those on the cases in the lnsumcient Information study and discuss these reports. stresses within the Earth generate All that a study of this kind can do is and if large time separations are al above list. And, above all, these cases category. Because contributors almost Available information about each of electromagnetic energy which may lowed, the majority of cases could be present the data and some rudimentary are not proof of extratertrires al visita never send in-depth case reports for the 42 cases originally listed as Un- become luminous and be observed by analyses. The recognition that there explained as earth lights or TST ef are tion. each of the cases they contribute, it known was discussed in detail and witnesses. should be noted that no really only a handful of true un is It fects. difficult to second-guess the quality the cases re-assessed. Original classi- such mechanism has been determined knowns among the UFO cases might What does the UFO data tell us? of the case based on minimal coded fications of Strangeness and Relia- and recognised by the geologic and One problem with this interpreta lead a debunker to believe they, too, We can now take another look at the case received. By adopting a sub- bility were also re-examined for each geophysical community. However, in- tion is that most UFOs already have might fmd an explanation if enough questions posed by Hendry about the data jective standard during actual data case. Through this process, the identi- dependent studies by some re- plausible conventional explanations effort were to be expended, but to a quality of UFO entry, a better balance of evaluations fication of only 13 higher-reliability searchers suggest there are correla- such as misidentifications of aircraft, believer this might be the required data: Page 12 Volume 4.2 - May/June 1997 Volume 4.2 - May/June 1997 Page 13 the report collection reflect cation for the purpose of com scientists and the public. of these objects do not have obvious FROM successfully introduced the subject to 1. Does truly random sampling? parisons? explanations. Many witnesses are pi the general public. For a discussion of Canadian UFO Survey: FOLEY'S 1996 lots, police and other individuals with the most important and influential of The randomness of the UFO sample is This is true to a certain extent. A Summary of Results LmRARY of course dependent on whether UFO witness who chooses red as a primary reasonably good observing capabili ••• these publications, see my column on The number of UFO reports made • ties and good judgement. Although FATE MAGAZINE in the March 1996 reporting is itself random. Can we be colour of a UFO with red and white by C.R. Foley in Canada has increased slightly most reported UFOs are simply lights issue of the Canadian Ufologist sure that UFO witnesses represent a lights may have made an error of during the past eight years. There in the night sky, a significant number (volume 3.1). true cross-section of the population or judgement. Similarly, when the data now are approximately 190 cases are objects with definite shapes ob CoFFEE TABLE UFOLOGY is there some bias in favour of those is encoded, 'red and white' is consid of unidentified flying objects re Subsequently, a decline in the num served within the witnesses' frame of who 'believe in UFOs' and therefore ered differently from 'white and red'. ported each year, up slightly from "Our readers are probably wonder ber of quality reports which was fol reference. may report IFOs as UFOs? Are there So, in some categories, this would be previous years' calculations. ing why I have chosen to cover this lowed by a period of general apathy, other biases involved? We know, for a valid concern. In others, such as Popular opinion to the contrary, form of UFO literature for inclusion seemed to sound the death knell for example, that military observations of date and location, this is not a prob • The distribution of UFO reports in there is yet to be any incontrovertible in this column". (C.RFoley) the UFO until the 1965 wave resur UFOs are not routinely made avail lem. However, when evaluations of Canada was somewhat related to evidence that some UFO cases in rected public interest. Publishers then able to civilian UFO researchers. Are cases are made, subjective interpreta the distribution of population. volve extraterrestrial contact. How recent years the proliferation of clamoured for new UFO material In these cases somehow different from tions will certainly cause some diffi Western Canada was over ever, the continued reporting ofUFOs so called coffee table books on while resorting to re-issuing early civilian-reported cases? culties. represented in tenns of UFO report by the public suggests a need for Fortean phenomena has been nothing classics in paper back. numbers, while the Maritimes are further examination of the phe short of amazing. Of course I am Have the individual cases been Does the study imply the ques 2. 5. under-represented. nomenon by social, medical and/or referring to those oversized pictorial Coffee table UFO literature became adequately validated? tion: "Surely this mass of data During the past eight years, there physical scientists. introductory reviews that incorporate a prominent feature on retail book proves UFOs exist? " • In a perfect world, each UFO case was no definite monthly trend brief passages of newspaper style text shelves by the mid sixties as publish For further infonnation, contact: would be documented fully and thor No. The present study only shows that found in Canadian UFO reports. at discount prices. ers scrambled for their share of the Ufology Research of Manitoba oughly investigated by trained re people are reporting sightings of un market. Dell Publishing did a series of Each year, there appear to be re searchers with unlimited time and ex usual objects, some of which have no E-mail: [email protected] readers are probably wondering Saucer magazines that year and Real gional monthly fluctuations. UFOs Our why I have chosen to cover this fonn penses, as well as through perfect simple explanation. seem to be as likely to be reported co-operation with civilian and mili .----·---------------·-- of UFO literature for inclusion in this the co"e/ations really show in summer as in winter. �' tary authorities. In reality, thou� 6. Do Tor TEN REAsoNs ALIENS ABoucr HuMANs ;:;·� column. After all, books normally re causality? this hardly is the situation. UFO in • Approximately 80% ofUFO sight by � viewed here are either rare, or if oth No. No correlative studies were per ings were merely observations of Glenn Joyner erwise, are related works that are not vestigation is often done by untrained UFO enthusiasts with little free time formed on the lights in the night sky. They're still trying to figure out if 1 well known within the UFO commu data. 1 0. � and working in isolation from official Other comments • About 13% of all UFO reports are there's intelligent life down here. � nity. I have elected, however, to re sources of useful information. Many unexplained. This percentage of 9. They're looking for book royalties. view some of my favourite coffee ·UFO investigators do not have back UFOs were reported at a rate of unknowns falls to about 5% when table books (some of these are rare) Magazine published case histories in grounds in astronomy, meteorology or about 21 per month across all of only higher-quality cases are con 8. It's easier than abducting ele- �a for those who are interested in such their Flying Saucers Illustrated while ph.ants. aviation, each of which would be use Canada in 1996. Throughout the past sidered. items, and also to illustrate how these mainstream periodicals such as True, ful in evaluating reports of unidenti eight years, the rate has been approxi Voyeurism -They like to watch. works are important to Ufology. Saga, and Argosy jumped on the UFO Most UFO sightings occurdre be 7. fied flying objects. Thus, there is no mately 19 per month. • bandwagon. Even Life did a fantastic tween 9:00pm and midnight. 6. Because we're here ... The origins of the coffee table book way to ensure that all cases con UFO witnesses range from probably dates back at least to the colour on UFOs in their They're trying to find Kathy tributed were 'adequately' validated. fanhn ands to airline pilots and from • UFO incidents usually had more 5. land. Ire- .t: 19th century when travellers had ac Are apples oranges being teachers to police officers. Witnesses than one witness. �;;,1�� counts of their journeys published. 3. and Years long project at estab- compared? Are NLs necessarily represent all age groups and racial • 1996, the typical UFO sighting 4. aimed These travelogues were often naive the same kind of UFO DDs? origin. What is being observed? Inlas ted nearly half and hour, a dra lishing relations with producers of \�: little works that became quite popular as In television show, 'Sightings'. We do not know the answer to this most cases, only ordinary obje" cts. matic increase from last year's av ;q as they opened the world up to a question. However, since nocturnal However, this begs a question. Irpeo erage of seven minutes. 3. They like seeing themselves in the ' population that rarely ventured more ple are reporting things that can be weekly World News headlines. than a few miles from their place of lar April 1st 1966 edition which fea UobFjeOc tcsas ceosn sinti ttuthee sthame pvlaes, tt hmisa jmoraiyty n ooft esexrvpleadin ewde, reth "erne athllye" othbjeercet.s Wtheerey othbe • cMoolosut rr.ep orted UFOs were white in 2. Tkeryepin agcc toi deennlitalghltye nw mankiniping oud,t thbuet tbriarthted. Theyan wde re owftreintt elnav ishliyn illusa tThuree dw etheek obfan thnee Fr lyonin gth Se afrucoenrts .c over, be a problem. However, we can also The most important fmdings of this ask if all nocturnal objects are them asob jwecetsll? w Ief canw't hidaet nwtifyere " trheeayll?y " there study include the fact that UFO sight kimnopwlanletidngge scthreeye pna msse amloonrige swh. en hcoenldv theres arteiaodnearl'iss ti-nlitkeree sts. tyle which A large, new wave of introductory selves homogeneous. Is UFO data so, ings have continued to be reported at volumes on UFOs also appeared in concurrently valid with itself? These are questions that only con a constant level over the past several And the Number Orie Reason During the first modem wave of cluding what is probably the first, true tinued and rational research can an Aliens Abduct Humans ... coffee-table book on the subject. Are difefring details among years. People still report observing UFO activity (1947-1957), numerous 4. cases obscured through simplifi- swer, and only if researchers have the unusual objects in the sky, and some lt's ..... it's A COOKBOOK!!!! magazine articles (as well as books) Despite a brief lull in publishing support and encouragement of both Page Volume 4.2 · May/June 1997 Volume 4.2 . May/June 1997 14 Page 15 activity following the notorious Con the (then) outrageous sum of $1.00 cause of the wonderful artwork which reproductions of some of Stella Lans the Canadian Ufologist were treated usually comprehensive and perceptive don Committee report in the late for it. depicts classic UFO events as well as ing's photographs in the chapter to a superior example of this item in narrative on a 1960s, publishers again clamoured for the many rare photographs of UFO called 'Psychic Phenomena'. Her fa . the March host of unusual In 1968 a paperback (and hard- titles in the 1970s. This was partly personalities in action. mous 'monk' photograph graces the 1 1996 issue phenomena. Due cover) edition was published under due to the 1971 UFO wave and also as dust jacket of this volume. Many of (though to it's scope, I �----�-·---.-;-----�--·-.:;-��-the title, Fly- Phenomena A Book of Wonders Ba rroetshueltr so fm thotei osnu cpciecstsur oef, thThee W Exarnoerr ;1 (1 J J) ( _:\ ( • 
