(10) Sat 13 Dec 97 15:40 By: Jack Sargeant To: All Re: UFO UPDATES St: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @EID:1c9a 238d7d00 @MSGID: 1:379/12@fidonet ad8f9970 @PID: FM+ 2.12.SW F2JL3BqP87 1/3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 21:37:03 EST From: Majorstar Subject: Filer's Files #49 Comments: To: PROJECT-1947@LISTSEV.AOLCOM To: CURRENT-ENCOUNTERS@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Filer's Files #49 MUFON Skywatch Investigations >From George A. Filer: MUFON Eastern Director, Dec. 11, 1997 Majorstar@aol.com (609) 654-0020 The Sages tell us to study history carefully. For what happens to our forebears is bound to happen again to us. NEW YORK Case 97/9/15. MUFON investigators Richard Slingerland and David Bodner (sp) P.E. completed their investigation of a September 9th sighting near Pulaski, NY. The witness, a well known local artist, looked up for no particular reason and observed an unidentified flying object. The witness described the UFO as similar to a Christmas snowball like tree ornament. It had an irregular surface, but a perfect outline. The UFO glowed as if it had an internal light source. The entire object appeared white except for a black circle near the bottom. This black circle may have been an opening, a window or part of the propulsion system. The black circle within the UFO appeared to rotate about 45 degrees during the four to five minute observation. The witness drew an artistic watercolor representation of the UFO, showing its size in relation to the moon. The apparent size comparison indicates the object was three times larger than the moon. The witness felt the object was at least 5000 feet from her and no farther than a mile away. This would indicate it was a large object at least the size of a large aircraft. The witness felt fearful during the sighting and afterwards felt uncomfortable thinking about it. The event ended when the object dissolved instantaneously. Thanks to David Schmidt, NY State Director, and Richard Slingerland for this report. ARIZONA CNI News editor Michael Lindemann reports on the night of November 25, Lesley Beare and her housemate David described a series of incidents that began in mid-evening and lasted until past midnight. David, who calls himself a complete skeptic regarding UFOs, told that he and Lesley were returning from a short trip to a nearby convenience store when they observed several lights moving in the sky above their ranch. At first, he assumed the lights belonged to some kind of "test aircraft," because unusual aircraft often fly out of nearby Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, south of Tucson. However, at Lesley's urging, he observed the lights through binoculars. "I've never seen a plane like this," he said. "It didn't have legal [aircraft] lights. It was very bright and dashing about." Despite the oddness of the sighting, David went inside to read a book. "I didn't want to deal with it," he said. "I had my denial going." But Lesley stayed outside. At least one other woman, a neighbor, also watched the moving lights. "It was like two spheres, circular, and playing, going up and down and sideways and together," Lesley said. The sighting so captivated her that she forgot about the ice cream they had just purchased at the store. It was found melting in the car the next morning. But this was just the beginning. After watching the lights for about half an hour, Lesley went inside with David and her two children. Some time later, her dogs started barking. She let them out the front door. "I went out the front door, and there were these three shapes in the sky that were all different colors," Lesley said. "One was like a square with a triangle in it, one was like two spheres, and one was like two boxes with what appeared to be some kind of bridge or light that attached them together. So I went in and got David and my two kids and had them look at it. We were watching them dance in the sky." Asked to estimate size and distance of the objects, Lesley said that they appeared to be "in front of" a mountain range about two miles away, to the east. She estimated that the objects looked bigger than a helicopter would look at the same distance. The objects made no noise, she said. Although the moving lights looked beautiful, Lesley said she became concerned because her animals were obviously agitated. "My dogs were barking constantly and acting weird. The horses were very upset. The goats were hiding under their little house." Lesley said her animals had never acted that way as long as she had been on that ranch. It was then that she decided to call Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. "I asked David-Monthan, 'Are you doing something in the sky? Because my animals are going crazy, and I'll go down and tranquilize them if you're doing something that's upsetting them.' And they basically said, 'That's classified information,' and hung up," Lesley told CNI News. "Whatever happened [that] night was not usual. It wasn't right," David said. "We called Davis-Monthan to report it, and they told us it was classified and none of our business." Lesley then decided to call local news media to see if anyone had reported similar sightings, but no one had. Then she called 911. To her surprise, the 911 operator gave she reported her sighting to a "UFO place" in Florida. " By this time, there was more activity in the sky. Two or three planes appeared to come toward their location from Davis-Monthan. Though David could not confirm that they were military jets, he felt sure they were not commercial planes. He said the strange aerial objects disappeared as the planes approached, but returned when the planes left the area. "It was real obvious, after I made the report, that Davis-Monthan AFB was getting interested. We never have planes like that around our house," Lesley said. "Davis-Monthan wanted to know where [the objects] were," David added. Later that evening, Lesley took a high-powered flashlight and flashed it toward the sky. "The box-shaped one was starting to go away, so I had this big mag-light, and as I flickered the light, this thing came toward me," she said. "It scared the hell out of me and my kids." "It was hovering in one spot, and then it started coming toward us," David said. "I told her, 'Don't do that! Come in the house!'" They all ran inside. That was the last they saw of the objects. They did not go back outside until the next morning. But the strangeness was not over. "This is the weirdest thing," Lesley said. "My kids were terrified. They're nine and twelve years old. So I put them to bed, and then David and I went to bed. And as we were going to sleep, he said, 'One of the boys is in here. Look at the bottom of the bed.' As I looked up, I saw what appeared to be a figure of some kind, and then it was gone. So I ran into my kids' room, because I thought they were playing some kind of game with me. But they were sound asleep." Lesley and David say they don't know who, or what, was in their room that night. Thanks to CNI News editor Michael Lindemann and Bill Ventre. COLORADO Last week, we reported on the discovery of cattle mutilations in the San Louis Valley . Now we have learned that the night before, on November 29, 1997, at 11 p.m., four people in Crestone, Colorado on the western slope of the Sangre de CristoMountains, spotted "unusual multi-colored lights" in the sky about 15 to 20 miles northwest of town. Identical lights were also seen by four people traveling on Colorado Highway 17, located 15 miles west of Crestone. This sighting took place at around 4:45 p.m. The following morning, Sunday, November 30,a rancher found a dead mutilated calf on his property just northwest of Center, Colorado; a small town 165 miles southwest of Denver. The "year-old, still-warm, female calf...was missing all the flesh from its right- side mandible, its right eye and a 10-inch (25-centimeter) rectum coring that extended 18 inches (45 centimeters) into the animal." "The crime scene was completely devoid of any tracks--except for the dead calf's," reported Skywatch investigator Christopher O'Brien, author of THE MYSTERIOUS VALLEY (St. Martin's Press, 1996). There were no "footprints or blood or any additional clues as to how the calf was killed and subsequently mutilated." The rancher, who owns a herd of 38 cattle, told O'Brien that he found "a second calf with a bloody nose and is missing a third." The case >>> Continued to next message --- FMail 1.22 * Origin: -=Keep Watching the Skies=- ufo1@juno.com (1:379/12) SEEN-BY: 12/12 218/890 1001 270/101 353/250 396/1 3615/50 51 3804/180 @PATH: 379/12 33 12/12 396/1 3615/50 218/1001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (11) Sat 13 Dec 97 15:41 By: Jack Sargeant To: ALL Re: UFO UPDATES St: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @EID:1c9a 238d7d20 @MSGID: 1:379/12@fidonet ad8f9971 @PID: FM+ 2.12.SW F2JL3BqP87 2/3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Continued from previous message is being investigated by the Saguache County Sheriff's Department. Center is on Highway 112 approximately. (Many thanks to Steve Wilson Sr. (UFOSSI) for this report.) NEW JERSEY On November 17, 1997, , a ham radio operator reported that UFOs were active according to pilot transmissions to Newark Airport Tower on frequency 118.300Mhz. (See Filer's Files #47) The report indicated, "Flight 262 flying over northern New Jersey reported at 8:50 p.m., he had two UFOs right in front of him. A second jet also reported two UFOs near them." MUFON investigator Bob Durant, who is an airline pilot has made inquiries into the alleged incident. Bob believes the radio transmissions and procedures used by the alleged pilots and Newark Tower imply a prank or hoax. For example, pilots almost always identify themselves by airline name, such as Delta Flight 262 or TWA Flight 111 rather than just Flight 262. Tapes of the radio transmissions are apparently not available. Therefore, unless new evidence is obtained, we have serious doubts to the validity of this report. UNITED KINGDOM Victor Kean reports, the Rendlesham "Skywatch" team recorded their first FT sighting on December 5th, 1993. Visits continued throughout 1994, 1995 and 1996 during which the FT was seen on 16 occasions. Various colored Spheres were also observed. With the establishment of the FT Database it was found that the timings of the Rendlesham 'Skywatch' team fitted neatly with timed sightings from the Sizewell, Suffolk Nuclear Power complex. The distance between Rendlesham and Sizewell is 12 miles. Intervals of 10 and 30 minutes are noted. On one particular occasion (Feb.19th 1995) the FT was first seen "Hovering out at sea" over the Wash, East Anglia (52.57 N. 0.19 E.) at 1950 hours. by independent observers. The FT was then 'tracked' by four other sightings during the hours following This assumes, of course, that it was the *same* FT on each occasion.) The "Skywatch' team observed the FT at 0245 hours. It was seen at Sizewell at ten minutes later. During 1997 (Jan. to July) The black FT has been observed on five occasions. Colored Spheres on nine occasions. Intervals between the Rendlesham sightings and subsequent Sizewell NPS sightings are between 2 and 12 minutes. I am loath to say much about the "Skywatch" team themselves. They are headed by one of the UK's well- respected researchers. I have repeatedly warned them of the risks they are taking by being in the Rendlesham area, close to the Woodbridge base (Now back in 'operation') in the wee small hours of the morning. The whole area is a 'sensitive' area and maps in the Public Domain are clearly marked as being a 'DANGER AREA' . My concern is that they may stumble into a Military 'Swat Team'. Groups are currently conducting 'skywatches' in Rendlesham Forest and observing spheres and the occasional FT on its way to/ and from the Sizewell Nuclear complex. Thanks to Victor Kean and PROJECT-1947. On November 12, 1997, at 5:14 p.m., Harry Price was walking his dog in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) southwest of London "on a clear but chilly evening." As he approached the Bognor Regis railroad station, "looking up in a northerly direction, he saw a shining light that split into seven smaller lights and traveled away" to the north. Harry's workmate, who was with him at the time, "also saw the same thing." A third eyewitness, waiting at the train station, saw the same UFO "from the platform a few minutes before the arrival of the 5:30 train." (Many thanks to Roger of CompuServe for this report.) ( ARGENTINA A glowing UFO paced a local transit bus on the highway between Rio Cuarto and Las Higueras in Cordoba province, Argentina, approximately 512 kilometers (320 miles) west of Buenos Aires, the national capital. The incident took place Tuesday evening, November 25, 1997. Sra. Alicia Ana de Lourenco boarded a transit bus owned by Transportes Rio Cuarto Ltda. for a trip to the nearby town of General Cabrera. At 8:55 p.m., Sra. de Lourenco looked out the bus window at "a storm front in the south." Suddenly, "a luminous object, bigger than a star and far more brilliant, caught her attention, and she began to observe it with great care." The OVNI (Spanish acronym for UFO) "had a half-moon shape," and she estimated that its flight path carried it over Carnerillo, southeast of Rio Cuarto. "To corroborate what she was seeing, she called to a policeman sitting a few rows in front of her. Then, to get a better view of the object, they opened the side window and observed how it zigzagged right and left." As the UFO came closer, the bus passengers saw that it contained "four rows of lights, which Sra. de Lourenco described as 'the lights of a theatre.'" The "luminous OVNI" kept pace with the bus until it reached Las Higueras, about five kilometers (3 miles) northeast of Rio Cuarto" and then it zipped away. The UFO was seen and videotaped in Las Higueras by a teenager, Valeria Angelini, who used a Panasonic M8000 camcorder "to capture the luminous object on tape." On Monday, December 1, 1997, Srta. Angelini was interviewed by three ufologists from the Argentine UFO study group COR-Thanks to Carlos Iurchuk y Fundacion Argentina de Ovniologia para eso caso. and UFO RoundupVol 2, # 47, December 7, 1997 Editor: Joseph Trainor.) NEW HAMPSHIRE With the onset of winter snows, the families of missing Lear jet pilots Johan Schwartz and Patrick Hayes have ended their weekend searches in the upper Connecticut River valley of New England. Since the official search ended on January 6, 1997, the men's relatives and numerous friends have scoured the woods on both the New Hampshire and Vermont sides of the river, searching for the wreckage of the Lear jet, which vanished on the morning of December 24, 1996. "The plane left Bridgeport, Connecticut at 9:20 a.m. At 9:45, it was within a few miles of Lebanon (New Hampshire), 176 miles north." "At 9:51, one of the pilots told the (Lebanon, N.H.) tower he had missed on his first approach in the rain and fog. The tower cleared the pilot to turn around and try again. The plane called the tower, but an airport spokesman said the signal was 'very, very weak' and unintelligible. 'The tower tried to call back, and there was no answer,' the spokesman said." The families, aided by hundreds of volunteers and friends, launched a new round of ground searches on October 12. In early November, the search's focus turned to Topsham, Vermont a town 45 miles north of Lebanon, N.H., following a report from a woman who had been driving on Route 302 that morning. Over the Christmas carols on her car radio, "Donna Nelson heard a roar like a cranky furnace firing up on a cold morning. She turned and saw a plane flying 'much, much too low. It was a little over the tree level. I'm not one to look at planes flying around, but it was making this awful noise,' she said." "The jet appeared to be following the road she was on, U.S. Route 302 from Topsham to Barre, Vt. It was just after 10 a.m. on Christmas Eve day (December 24--J.T.)." Yet a search of the Topsham area proved futile. No wreckage was found. According to Major Ron Alie of the N.H. Fish and Game Department, over 275 witness reports were collected this year. Most of them contradict each other. The Lear jet flown by Schwartz, 31, of Westport, Conn. and Hayes, 30, of Clinton, Conn. was flying at a speed of four miles per minute. Yet, even at that speed, it could not have been over both Topsham, Vt. and Lincoln, N.H., communities 70 miles apart, at just after 10 a.m. Eyewitness reports of "low-flying jets" were also received from Campton, N.H., 70 miles east of Lebanon; East Andover, Croydon and Meriden, and also in Charlestown, N.H., on the river, 40 miles south of Lebanon and 60 miles southeast of Topsham, Vt. "Vermont witness reports came from towns as far south as Putney north to the St. Johnsbury area and to Hardwick, about 10 miles west of St. Johnsbury." (Incidentally, the Hardwick/St. Johnsbury area was the site of several UFO sightings between January and May 1997--J.T.) The families' "grief has been tinged with bitterness that the official search was called off so soon, and that their pleas to resume the search in the spring went unanswered." "'Yes, we realize that there were no survivors, but we're still alive and we should be helping each other,' Jay Hayes said." "Search officials say too much time has elapsed for them to get involved." "Jay Hayes does not know how long he will keep looking." "'Once a year's over, I don't know what I'm going to do,' he said. 'I've done everything I can. But you never give up hope.'" (See the Providence, R.I. Journal-Bulletin for November 30, 1997, "Pilots' Families Still Seek Answers as Anniversary of Crash Nears," and October 13, 1997, "Flight of N.H. Mystery Jet Lingers In Witnesses' Memories." From: UFO RoundupVol 2, # 47, December 7, 1997 Editor: Joseph Trainor TWA FLIGHT 800 >>> Continued to next message --- FMail 1.22 * Origin: -=Keep Watching the Skies=- ufo1@juno.com (1:379/12) SEEN-BY: 12/12 218/890 1001 270/101 353/250 396/1 3615/50 51 3804/180 @PATH: 379/12 33 12/12 396/1 3615/50 218/1001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (12) Sat 13 Dec 97 15:42 By: Jack Sargeant To: ALL Re: UFO UPDATES St: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @EID:1c9a 238d7d40 @MSGID: 1:379/12@fidonet ad8f9972 @PID: FM+ 2.12.SW F2JL3BqP87 3/3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Continued from previous message A retired Navy pilot, Commander William Donaldson, claims he has done his own investigation of TWA Flight 800 and feels certain the crash was caused by a terrorist missile. On Sunday, December 7, 1997, he was the key speaker on the C-Span, "Accuracy in Media" television show. He claims that radar tapes reviewed by FAA and Navy personnel show a missile hitting the aircraft. He further claims the reason for the denials by government were Whitehouse orders to prevent public knowledge of terrorist operations prior to the election. The President issued Executive Order 13039 on March 11, 1997, that rescinded all Whistle Blower laws concerning this case. The order was released just prior to the "Paris Magazine" article also claiming that a missile caused the tragedy. Commander Donaldson personally interviewed several witnesses who saw a missile like object leave the ocean surface, ascend to altitude make a left turn and explode near Flight 800. He provided taped testimony of Richard Gauss a witness to the tragedy. Gauss stated he heard the sound of thunder twice and a few seconds later saw an orange flare like object ascend towards West Hampton. As the flare climbed higher and glowed in the sky, he commented to his friend, "It looks like a UFO," The object penetrated a cloud layer and he saw a huge glowing brightness in the sky. Tom Daugherty another witness was on the porch of the Hampton Yacht Club when he and a group of friends saw a missile like object launch. All saw the fireworks bright pink launch . The unidentified object climbed straight up then veered sharply towards an aircraft and exploded. A few seconds later a larger secondary explosion occurred and the smoky wreckage started tumbling into the sea. Several witnesses also complained of having strange men guard their house for a year after the crash. Donaldson also interviewed Major Mier, an ANG pilot who had won a Distinguished Flying Cross in Vietnam. Major Mier was flying near Flight 800 at the time and insisted the initial explosion was caused by ordinance outside the craft such as a missile. He had observed missiles in Vietnam. The initial explosion was outside rather than from inside the aircraft's center wing fuel tank. All investigators agree that the center fuel tank exploded. The disagreement concerns what caused the center tank to explode. Government experts claim they have not determined the cause, but rule out a missile. Donaldson conducted some experiments on TV showing that Jet A fuel used by virtually all commercial aircraft is very difficult to explode and would have needed an outside source such as a missile. He measured the temperature on the center fuel tanks on similar 747 aircraft under similar conditions and found the that comparatively low temperatures could not have caused an explosion. His most convincing evidence had to do with damage to the aircraft. He claims Flight 800's nose wheel doors were blown inward by the impact from an explosion outside the aircraft. Parts of the wing were also blown apart as from a missile, rather than from an internal explosion. These key parts of the aircraft damaged in the initial missile explosion landed first several thousand feet prior to the other parts of the aircraft. Tracking the damage caused by the secondary fuel tank explosion would not reach either to the outer wings or to the nose wheel panels. A top secret hangar allegedly houses 40 key aircraft parts of the aircraft showing damage from the impact of explosion outside the aircraft. Although this evidence and other evidence has been presented to the news media they have been reluctant to tell the story to the public. The full true story of Flight 800 has yet to be told. ABDUCTIONS AND UFO CONSULTATIONS We are happy to announce that Dr. Joseph Ricciolli M.D. Eastern MUFON is available for hypnosis, and consultation for UFO related events. Preliminary consultation can be accomplished over the phone. He can be contacted through his web site at http//www.Angelfire.//com//nj/CENTER or Dr.Hypno@mail.com. . 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