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Many M i s s o u r i UFO._Reports

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The Astronomy Corner

Sauce r Landing Repor ted i n Alabama

S t r z n g e B l u e I c e . . F a l l s f rom Sky

Nor th , S o u t h , E z s t 2nd West of t h e U . S . A .

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AIR FORCE G O I N G OUT OF UFO BUSINESS s a y s "Tulsa D z i l y World," Dec. 1 8 t h

FLYING SAUCER BELIEVE.RS 'UNMOVED BY END OF - A I R , FORCE PROBE s a y s ' lTulsa D a i l y World,lf Dec. 1 '9th . : . ( 19691,

S e d r e t a r y of t h e A , i r F o r c e Rober t C , Seamzns J r . announced Wednesda: (Dec. 1 7 ) t h a t p r o j e c t Blxe Book, t h e A i r F o r c e agency which k e p t vols- ,uninous f i l e s on r e p o r t e d s i g h t i n g s of u n i d e n 5 f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t s , i n b e i n g c l o s e d i m n z d i s t e l y .

. . 1 He s e n t t h e c h i e f o f s t a f f , Gen, John D . Ry?n, a rnernorzndum s a y i n g P r o j e c t Blue Book "cannot be j u s t i f i e d e i t h e r on t h e ground of na.i;<~ii:;a::. s e c u r i t y o r i n t h e i n t e r e s t of sc ' ience ."

- 58 . S i n c e r l g k - 7 t o . t h e p r e s e n t , t h e ~ i r F o r c e h a s r e c e i v e d b e p o r t s of 1 2 , 6 1 8 UFO s i g h t i n g s . Of t h e s e , 701 went i n t o t h e books a s u n i d e n t i f i e i . ,

' B r i e f l y , t h e above i s t h e c r u x of t h e f i r s t A s s o c i z t e d P r e s s r e p o r t , w i t h t h e Condon Renor t quo ted a s j u s t i - f i c ~ t i o n f o r d r o p p i n g t h e s t u d y , D r . Condonrs 0p in ion . s a r e t o o w e l l knowa t o c ? i l cur r e a d e r s t o need a n o t h e r r e h a s h , s o we w o n T t w z s t e o u r t ime and y o u r s ,

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The second s t o r y opens : "Twenty-two y c 2 r s 2g0 , a businessman-pilot. r e p o r t e d n i n e s t r a n g e moving o b , j e c t s i o v a r .Mt. Ranic i~ , . , d iouChing , b f f s : t h e ' f l y i n g s a u c e r f e r a i n th-e Un i t ed S t a t e s , ' l I t g o e s on t o st ,?+,e t h a % t h e g o v ~ ~ r n m e n t c l o s i n g i t s i r i v e s t i g a t i o n f l i s n ! ~ t . ; r l i k e l - y to::change.:;any.onei; mind aboi i t 'UFOs, p r o o r con.t1 - . .

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o b j e c t s - - r e f l e c t i o n s , d i s t a n t p l e n e s , b a l l o o n s , k i t e s ! , q-louds.; : . S t a e a , p l a n e t s , , f i r e b a l l s , t h e moon ( ! ) 2nd s o on, You've r e a d them 2 1 1 t i m e . . , , ' . . . and a g a i n , . .

A i r F o r c e headquarters w i l l c o n t i n u e t o h a n d l e r e q u e s t s f o r i n f o r - mz t ion Irom t h e p u b l i c , t h e f i r s t a r t i c l e s t ~ t e a , and s u g g e s t s you c a l l t h e l o c a l a i r b a s e t o d e t e ~ m i n e i f t h e b a s e k s see'n $an3 i d e n t i f i e . - t h e UFO you have obse rved ,

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It w i l l b e i n t e r ~ s t i n g t o s c e i f t h e A i r Fame w i l l ncw l i f b t h e i r o n c u r f a i n f rom c h s s i f i e d r e p o r t s which have n o t bken r e l t a s e d t o t h e p u b l i c . If n o t - - t h e n W H Y no2?

Most t i m e l y i s t h e f o l l o w i n g f rom a n a r t i c l e w r i t t e n f o r SKYLOOK by B r i z n C. Cacnon, Canadian i n v e s t i g a t o r snd w r i t e r , BEFCRE t h e above announcements:

A Time To Work

It seems q u i t e c l ~ e r , a t t5r is ' p o i n t j t ' h ? t ; . t h e UFO phenomenon i s ve ry Tl much a l i v e . . A n e r e i s l i t t l e d~i).b'; t h s t UFOs a r e s t i l l accS.ve i n 0u.r

a tmosnhere and r e p o r t s ? r e age i r ! b'cginn?'.qg t o f l o w i n t o t h e UFO organ- i z a t i o n s ~ n d t h e news. r.iedia. ( L d i t o r :s r io tc : we hzve orn t t ted h i s f i r s t p2ragraph r c t h e Ccndor~ 3 e p ~ r . i ; ~ ) T".s f sr:., 21-one i s s ig i2- f i c z n t and i n d i c c t c s t h z t SO2ETIIIK i s b e i ~ g s e e n by : r , un t l e s s nunber s o f p c r s o n s --someth3.n~ t h z t i s t ~ n g i b l c - , ~ n ~ c h l n e - ! i kt. 2nd t o t e l l ? i rxconven t iona l ,

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3 i t h t h e Ed'tor . . . ( c o n t i n u e d ) SKYLOOK . ,

It is e lmos t a paradox t h a t mzny s c i e n t i s t s a r e now tz-king -a s t a n d - on t h i s rnys t i fv ing , s u b j e c t . The Co lo rzdo Renor t h ~ s s e r v e d a r e 2 1 PUT-

pose , in s t i r n u l $ t i n g a k n o w l e d 9 ~ b l e 6 2 b a t e which , h e r e t o f o r e , most s c i e n t i s t s chose t o i g n o r e . I n Canada, UFO r e s e a r c h i s o u t o f t h e h a < - o f t h e government d e f e n c e z g e n c i e s and i s b e i n g handled by t h e Natj m a - R e s e ~ r c h C o u n c i l , a scientific body sup-ort 'ed by p u b l i c money. Si~i!:s-~.:.:; t h e r e i s a s t r o n g i n d i c a t i o n t h ~ t w i t h t h e r e t i r i n g o f Major Hector Q u i n t d l a , P r o j e c t Bluebook wll-1 e x p i r e end t h e U', S. A i r f o r c e Gill d3.-, v o r c e i t s e l f of t h e r e s ~ o n s i b i l i t y o r i n v e s t i g a t i n g UFO c e s e c . Now, e v e r y UFO group has s r e e l oppcr%unj.t.y - y e s , even a n o b l i g a t i o n - t;o g e t down t o t h e b u s i n e s s e5 hznd! It is t ime t o d i r e c t a l l of o u r a+,-. t e n t i o n t o t h e g a t h ~ r i n g of UI"O d a t a and t o 2 method-of cooperation l n a t t e m p t i n g t o f i n d t h e s o l q t i o n t o t h e UFO mystery .

, : . On DecernGer 26 and 27, 19hgp t h e r e w i l l be a symposium on Uniden t i -

f i e d F l y i n g O b j ~ c t s i n Bos ton , b s s . and no l e s s t h a n 16 s c i ~ n t i s t s w i l l be p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n t h e disc::ssioris. T3e purpose of t h e s y r n p ~ s i m i s t1 . . t o d e m o n s ~ r a t e t h e a p p l i c a z i o n of s c i e n t i f i c rne thcdologj ta a contemporqry c o n t r o v c r s y , 2nd t o a c q l ~ a ~ n t s c i e n t , i s ; t s with t h e wid2 v a r i e t y of f a c t s 'and i n t e r p r e t s t i o n s . l t . I n s p i t e of . t h e Coloredo s t u d y ,

- s c i e n t i s t s a r e s t i l l i n t k r e s t c d i n t h c f a c t t h z t UFCS, and r e p o r 5 s 02 s t r z n g e a e r i a l c r s f t s i ~ , l l l ' e x i s t , UFO s t u d y ' g r o u p s and o r g a n i z ~ t i o i i s have a p a r t i n gathhcrir,,; t h e i n f c r m t i o n r e - u l t i r g from t h z x a n d s of s i g h t i n g s t h s t occur e a c h y e x , It i s i n d e e d "2 t i m e t o w o r l ~ , ~ ~ (2nd o f Yr. CannonCs ' h r t i c l e )

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CLARKSBURS, A ~ o t h e r s i g h t i n g was i n v e s t i g a t e d by SKYLOOKts r e p o r t e r , Ted F h i l l i p s , agd t h i s one o c c u r r e d Nsv, 2 2 , 1969, and waz w i ~ n e s s e d -by

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a t l e a s t e i p h t p e o p l e s o u t h o f B l a r k s b u r g , Moa . . . .

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. n o t w i s h t h , e i r n'ames 'used.) r a - n ol;?i;l.le. t o o b s e r v e t h e ob j e c f . I t ai!p,ii~-- e d a s . t w o b r i g h t : -ye l low l i g h t s wi-th a d a r k ' a r s a , o f sepSr 'a t i 'on- v i s l b l ? ; . . . . . . _ . - . . . , . . . -be$wee-no . . . . . . . . . I . . . . . ,

The l i g h t s d i d - ; n o t p u l s a t e , dim cr b r i g h t . e n and t h e g e was no -so:indg The o b j e c t was a b o u t 10 d e g r e e s above t h e e a s t - n o r t h e a s t -hor i -zon , a d . remained m o t i o n l e s s f o r a b o u t 1 0 m i n u t e s , One of t h e o b ~ e r v e ~ s checked h i s w,atch t o make sur-e o f t h e t i m 2 , i rkserved t h r o u g h a, t e l e s c o p i c r i f l e s i g h t , no d e t a i , l s c o u l d b e s e e n c n t h e d b jsct,, 1

A f t e r s b o u t 9 * i n u t e s , t h e l i g h ~ s s u d d e n l y dimmed and seemed t o g e t s m a l l e r , a s t hough t h e o b j e c t was moving d i r e c t l y away- and i n t o t h e distance, I n l e s s t n a n a minu!.e, ' it- d i s a p p e a r e d from view. No up and down motion was obse rved a t any t ime, ,

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a n t Managrr- o f t h e S t . *Locis NrDonnel l P l a n e t a r i u m , and a new menber o i t h e s t u d y g r o u p , have been busy i n v e s t i g a t i n g s i p h t i n g s i n t h e .St. Leu.-: a r e a and one i n t h e C l a r k N a t i o n a l F o r e s t , 78 m i l e s s o u t h of S t . L o u i s , John F,. S c h u e s s l e r , SKYLOOK S t a f f rnembe? and APRO c o n s u l t a n t , s e n t i n t h e i r r e p o r t s .

We w i l l c o v e r t h e s i g h t i n g a t t h e C l a r k N a t i o n a l F o r e s t f i r s t . The o b s e r v t r s were : John Chak los , , 38 i8 Iowa Ave. ,. S t , L o u i s ; h i s n e x t d o o r n e i g h b o r , P a u l Cogar , and ~ o h n Voss , a l s o a n e i g h b o r .

h he rnen.&ere s q u i r r e l h u n t i n g on t h e D e l b r i d g e Hidge , b e f o r e s u n u~ w i t h ' s t a r s v i s i b l e , between 5 : 3 0 2nd 6:jO t h e morning of Oc tobe r 19, 1355 when t h e y saw a b r i g h t l i p h t t h r o u g h t ! ~ c t r e e s , They thougi l t it rnig3, be a n o t h c r c a r on t h e road coming toward them--then t h e l i g h t r o s e above the., t r e e to ,ps a t - an e s t i m a t e d a n g l e of a b o u t 45 degrt .es .

They judged it t o b e t h r e e t o f o u r t i m s l a r g e r t h a n t h e morning s t a r , Venus. D q i n g i t s - a s c e n t i t m d e s ~ v e r a l z i p - z a g movements r i g h t and l e f t t h a t were1 estimarted t o c o v e r a span o f a one f o o t r u l e r h e l d a t arms l e n g t h . I t a l s o made s e v e r a l up and down movements, s e v e n t o tei1 t i m e s ,

M r . Wo.ss , t h o u p h t it appea red t o be n o t a s l a r g e a s a f u l l moon, but; a l m o s t t h a t l a r g e . A t a b o u t 6 ~ 5 , a second l i g h t appea red and approach- , ed , t h e f i rs t , one , . g e t t i n g t o w i t h i n a b o u t s i x i n c h e s . I t a l s o made z i g , . zag , rno t ions a l o n g i t s c o u r s e and was compered t o a s o f t b a l l i n s i z e .

Both l i p h t s , a s t h e y r o s e above t h e h o r i z o n , g o t b i g g e r i n s i z e , I n M r . P r i e s a c k l s l o ~ i n i o n , t h i s r u l . 6 ~ o u t t h e p l a n e t s b e c a u s e they t e n d LC g e t s m a l l e r a s t h e y r i s e above t h e h o r i z o n . M r . Cogar s a i d lie had b e e r h u n t i n g i n , t hose woods t o o many y e 2 r s t o m i s t a k e t h e l i g h k s Tor s t a r s - - - tfiey were t o o l a r g e and t o o b r i g h t ,

M r . Chaklos was s o i m p r e s s ~ d by t h e s t r a n g e l i g h t s : he c a l l e d t h e Mc?onncll P l a n e t a r i u m a s soon a s h e returned home a b o u t 2 : 3 0 t h a t a f t e T - noon. -The a r e a where t h e l i g h t s were observed , i s a b o u t s i x m i l e s w e s t of elg grade, Po.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY. k t e l e q h o n e c a l l was r e c e i v e d by M r . P r e i s a c k a t t h e P l a n e t a r i m on Gct . 2 , 1969; w'r.ir'l r k s u l t e d i n a n i n - v c s t i g a t i o n by A r t E ,ps te in and Robert H ~ ~ . t o l l , o f T:, i d t s t o n , Vo., a n o t h c r f i e l d i n v c s - t i g a t o r .

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Randy lowered t h e l c f t window a s he was d r i . v i n g and s lowed t o a s t o p t o o b s e r v e t h e l i g h t ' . They were on $he Fieidm::nn Road, l o o k i n g n o r t h , and w i t h i n 0.8 o f ,a , m i l e f rom t h c r t s i 4 m c e 0 The rc wa's no so-md of any a i r c r a f t .

Randy d e s c r i b e d t h e l i g h t a s e x t r e m e l y b r i g h t a n d f o u r i n number, f l a s h i n g on and o f f i n s equence . The most p e c u l i a r p a r t of t h e i n t e n - s i t y o f t h e l i g h t s was t h a t t h e y w t r e s p a r k l i n g " l i k e 4 t h o f J u l y s p a r k = l e r s " a s t h e y went on and o f f . The l i g h t s seirned' t o be h o v e r i n g , whcn Randy s t o p p e d t h e c a r , and the r z t e of f l e 5 h i n g wwas a b o u t 2 t i m e s p e r s econd , Then a s t h e o b j e c t moved away? t h e r a c e speeded u p . < - He e s ' u l - mated t h e 2 l i g h t s a t t h e e x t r ~ m i t i ~ s t o b e abou t 6 0 f e e t a p a r t , , Th? two l i g h t s i n t h e f i i d d l e appea red one b e h i n d The o t h e r . He c o u l d s e e nq o t h e r shape o r o u t l i n e e x c e p t t h e c i l s t a n c e f rom f r o n t t o back , . -

Miss Lee conf i rmed Randy's o b s e r v a t i o n , b u t was noL s u r e oY t h e i n d i v i d u a l i t y of e z c h l i g h t , a s t h e y appea red more " b l u r r e d " Lo he r .

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Mrs. Lee r e p o r t e d b o t h young peop le were v e r y e x c i t e d when t h e y came r u n n i n g i n t o t h e hduse and i n s i s t e d t h z t s h e g o o u t s i d e t o see t h e l i g h t s , However, t h e l j g h t s had d i s e p p e a r e d by t h e t ime. s h e l e f t t h e house . She and Mr.. Lee had b r e n watr .hing t e l e v ' i s i o n p r i o r t n Lhe young cour>les t a r r i v a l . and reporLcd s e e i n g 2nd h e a r i n g n o t h l n g '

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NAME,,BACKGROUND, .AND,QUALIFICA'i'ION OF WITNESS(ES): (1) R u s s e l l A to r , age 4.6 ,,Xray T e c h n i c i a n , ( employed 'by D r . Ralph ~ e v i s ) , Ckiincy, I l l , . . ( 2 ) Mrs. R u s s e l l ( E l i z z b e t h " B e t t y " ) A t o r , ege L 3 ? e m ~ l o y e d - b y Motorolc I n c . , Qui!-cy, I l l . ( 3 ) Alex A t o r , a g e 11, ( s o n ) s t u d e n t a t L l l i n g t o n Schoo l , Cuincy , 111. Address : 13 Hamil ton , Qu incy , I l l . , 62301. T e l e - phone : 223 -173 5 ( Area .-Code 217) . ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS : Weethar ;bserva t ion a t Baldwin F i e l d , Q u i n s y I l l . , F. A. A. : 5 : 0 0 p.m. C.S.T., h i g h s c z t t c r e d c i r r u s c l o u d s , 15 m i l e s v i s i b i l i t y , t e rnpe re tu re 47, dew p o ~ r . t 2 7 , wind 290° (NNlbl) a t 1 0 k n o t s , p r e s s u r e 29.86,

LIMITING FACTDRS: L s t e d u s k , p r a c t i c z l l y d a r k . The moon hed n o t r i i e n y e t f rom t h e n o r t h e a s t . The wec;f,ern sky a t dusk wzs covered w i t h c r i s ;

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FLIGHT PATH OF CBJECT: P r e d f l ~ s h i n g l i k h t w r s moving s t r & h t wes t 20G-300 y a r d s t o t h e i r r i g h t p r i o r t o t h e o b s e r v a t i o n r e p o r t e d . The A t o r s were d r i v i n g n o r t h w e s t on S t c t e Hwy, 96 towprd Q u i n c y , I l l . ?he f l z s h i n g r c d l i g h t d i s a p p e a r e d i n t h z wes t . Very s h o r t l y therc-afte8;- a cont jnuol ls r e d g lowing t r i z n p l e o b j e c t appeercd i n t h e wes$ corning. toward t h e Ato r au.tornobile (1965 F z r d ) . R u s s e l l . s a id - c t 2 d i s t a n c e i:f appezred t o be a c i r c l e of r e d l i ; h t s , b ~ t when it r o t c l o s z t o t h e o b s e r v e r s , t h e e n t i r e o b j e c t glowed 2 f i r e r e d o r neon r e a c o i 3 r . It dipped down over t h e i r au tomobi l e 2s it t u r n c d from f l y i n g s t r e i g h t e a s t , s l+r i r l ,~ iny a c r o s s t h e hiphwav t o t h e s o u t h where it d i s 2 p p e ~ r e d . ' behijnd some t r e e s w i t h i n seconds ,

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Mercury w i l l -be v i s i b l e i n t h e w e s t e r n sky f o r .a v e r y s h o r t p e r i o d of t i m e j u s t z f t e r s u n s e t , It w i l l a p p e a r a s a f a i n t s t a r .

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Mars can be s e e n i n &he- sou thwes te rn s k y u n t i l a b o u t midnig-ht a s a f a i r l y b r i g h t , r e d d i s h st:,;-,

The l a r g e s t . p l a n e t , and now t h e b r i g h t e s t v i s i b l , e , can b e s e e n i n Virgo., r i s i n g sbme -1 - -2 hour-s a f t e r idn night?

The p l s n e t S a t u r n i s v i s i b l e t h r o u g h o u t t h e e v e n i n g i n t h e h i g h s o u t h e r n sky . , .

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We quote- f r o m t h e De'cember, 1969, i s s u e o f ?Sky and Telesccpe: l l A new ca ta , log of , 456 me,teors l e a v i - I < t r a i n s v i s i b l e t o t h e nzk t~d eye , f o r a i l e a s t 1 0 seconds h2s Seen p ~ ? - ; i she4 t;. C:l~;.les P., c i i v ~ e - - . r~:l::t; y - from o b s e r v a t i o n s by Americ2n Meteor S o c i e t y members. TWG of t h e m e c e o x l i s . ( ed a r e s 2 i d 30 have t r a i n s p e r s i s t i n g one hour and 16 -1zsl;ing 2 t l e e s t 30 minu tes .

T h i s w r i t e r 2nd f o u r o the- rs obscrved a v c r y u n u s u z l " t r a i n " i n t h e n o r t h e r n sky a t 1 : 3 9 a.m. J a n u s r y 26, 1969* The t r a i n was v i s l b l e f o r some 6 minu tes u n t i l c louds covc;red . t h t p o r t i c r : of t h e sky-. Two p h o ~ o - 61-c;ho T V ~ I - u 'tkkkn of t.he f,-l,l'; r t d - ~ . h h 0 b . j ~ ~

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theUn.i.vers5.t;y o f C a l i f o r n i a a t B e r k e l e y s z y s ' r e c e n t o b s & v ~ t . i o n s ind<.--= c a t e ,some of t h e v a s t d u s t c l o u d s i n s p z c e m2y c g n t z i n g r ~ s t quan t l t i e : ? of t , i n y . g r a i n s of dibmonds. . . . . _ . . . .

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"It wzs once 'he s p i d , " t h a t t h o d u s t c l o u d s were made of i c e p ~ r t i c l e s because - t h e y t u r n s t a r l i g h ' c r e d j u s t a s . w t e r v s p o r % i n o u r atmosphere -. r e d d e n s - - t h e s k y - ? ( s l in se t . l V . -

"But we h?venr t bcen a b l e t o (!E? e c t zriy e v i d e n c e of i c e i n t h e d u s t c l o u d s . Tne o n l y c t h e r s l l?s tc '?r .~ 1-12 car, i incgine t h a t would c z u s e s u c h redl?er.Sng o f li;..?t is d i z m o ~ ? z e 9 ?

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, S t u d e n t s . - Watch .UFO . . . . I , . . - . . . . . . :. .i . . . . . . . . . . . . , . : c a n t o n - - ~ r u & e ~ u p & l , ATC s t u d e n t , . r e p o r t e d s i g h t i n g a n u n i d e n t i f i i id

f l y i n g o b j e c t f rom h i s window i n t h e : E a s t .wing of h i s ' dbrmit-or+, Wodii6.s- d a y n i g h t . . He a n d oth'&- s t u d e n t s ; s i g h t e d a UFO . d l s n l a y i n g : , yar i - . -co l .ore6 1 i g e t . s . ; T h e ' - ' v i l & a g e - p o l i c e s i g h t e d - ' an ob,je.ct , a p p s r e n t l y m o t i o n l e s s '

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It was l a t e r s i p h t e d f u r t h e r s o u t h b u t s t i l l ' j u s t above t h e h o r i z o n , V i l l s g e p o l i c e have s igh5ed a s i m i l a r o b j e c t on o t h e r o c c a s i o n s . P o t s - dam p o l i c e a l s o r e c e i v e d a c a l l r e p o r t i n g t h e o b j e c t .

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Auckland: --New- Zealqnd has been puzzled f o r t h e l a s t c o u p l e o f months by t h e m y s t e r i o u s appea rance o f c i r c l e s of dead v e g e t a t i o n on x i d e l y - s e p a r a t e d f z rms i n v a r i o u s p a r t s o f t h e c o u n t r y . - > -

S c i e n t i s t s c l a im a l l o f them can be e x n l z t n e d , b u t t h e i r explanatioi?c, have n o t convinced. a good .wny peo::le who have v i s i t e d t h e s i t e s . . -

The f irst phenomenon appeered e a r l y i n SeptemSer n e a r t h e tovmsh ip of Kgatea , where a 60-foot c i r c . l e o f s c r u b was found dead and b-lea,i,i,l on a f z r m , w i t h t h r e e V-shaped g rooves i n s i d e t h e c i r c -Le-ahd . p o i n t i n g t o t h e c e n t e r . There were no m r k s of a t r a c k e d v e h i c l e anywhere n c z r ,

Members o f t h e Auckland U n i v e r s i t y U n i d e ~ ~ i f i e d F l y i n p O b j e c t s Research Group v i s i t c d ' t h e s p o t a i ~ d were cer t2j .n the,,phenomenon was no hoax and r e j e c t e d a p l a n t d i s e a s e a s r e s p o n s i b l e ,

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A h o r t i c u l t u r i s t cla'imed t h a t t h e s c r u b was cooked' ,fcomt,the 'ilnside o u t and t h a t "no e a r t h l y s o u r c e o f .energyyv would c a u s e s u c h a n e f f e c t .

However, government s c i e n t i s t s who v i s i t e d t h e s i t e some t i m e l a t e r gave a n o p i n i o n t h a t t h e cause was s a , p r ~ ~ h y t i c f ~ n g u s l i v i n g i n - t h e dead t i s s u e p robab ly f o l l o w i n g b l i g h t . . k n ' o f f i c i a l government s t a t e m e n t de - n i e d t h a t t h t r e was a'ny r a d i o a c t i v i t y - ~ r e s e n c . O t h c r . s c i e n t i s t s ' s a i d t h e marks on t h e ground were caused by p i g s r o o t i n g .

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DATA-NET RSPORT is f u l l o f UFO news from everywhere. We l o o k f o r - wzrd tolMike-1s ps r son$ l comment which sometimes s i 7 e l e s ? and J o ? s f i n e w r i t i n g c o n L r i b u t e z t o a v c r j . r e h d a b l e m ? ~ ? z i n e . You' can g e t a sample copy foi? 35$.

V i c t o r Kucharek, 6721 M i l l ~ r ? D e t r o i t . N ich ig2n , i n f o r m s u s t h z D e t r o i t U:F;O. I n f o r m a t i o n &' Research Ceht s r w i l l d i s c c i i t i n ! ~ ~ , a s oP June 1970. s u b s c r i b e r s t o t h e n c w r l e t t c r w i 3 - 1 r a r e i v e t h e i r A c ~ p i e s a c c o r d i n g t o e q i r n t i o n d a t e , il:.:.'; _.lC.w and r enew,?l s ~ b s c r i $ ; i o n s aye n o t b e i n g a c c e p t e d , I l k , K u c h r c k 2nd h i s w i f e p l ~ n t o concirluc t h e 2 own p r i v z t e r e s e ~ r c h i n u f ' c log j 2nd j n v i L e corrcsporide:~cc. We w i l l m i s s t h i s i n f or1nui;i.v e b u l l e t i n whl.:h has been i n t e r e s t i n g r e a d i n g f o r t h e p a s t 3 $ y e a r s ,

B r i a n Cannon, 91 Voyageur Ave., Winnipeg 22: Canada, s e n d s h o l i d a y g r e e t i n g s and informs u s t h e N ~ t i o n a l Resea rch Counc i l o f Cen2da r e - ce ived I d 6 r e p o r L s of UFOs i n 136; and 157 r e p o r t s f rom Januzry- t o 0c tobt . r 1969. B r i a n r e c e n t l y . r e t u r n e d from la t r i p w e s t w h ~ r e he me2 D r . P, M, ,I-I, Edw,?rds, PPRQ a d v i z c r i n V i c t a r i ~ , B. C , 2nd v ts l te;! John fibgor,, eddt,or of CA:JP,3IAX \ i U G REPOR'I', t h a t f i n e .bi--rr,o~';h' 7 pub]--i - f at ion, yh ich i s $3,00 p e r y e a r . Address--Canadian UFO R e p o r t , BOX 75s' Dmcax , B, C . , Canada. B r i a n is a c o n t r i b u t i n g e d i t o r ,

- . . We t h i n k Mark Bougeys SAUCER MAGAZINE i s much improved i n appea?-anx&

and cont-en5 i n r e c e n t mortlis, w i t l : more and b e t t e r w r i t t e n UFO r eporLs , I t i.s ~ j ~ i k ~ i s h e d monthly a.ild i s now $ ~ , o o p e r y e a r . Checks s h ~ u i d be s e n t ' tc- >k~rk Bouge, 1911 M2in S t . , B e l l e v u e ,& Nebr, 683Oj,

S.eptember-'October i s s u e ? or^ t h e UFO INFORMFR, e d i t e d 5;r Angel- C3ppare:-a I T T , 131k .H?nna S t , ; C ~ r r b o r o . N. C , , i s a d o u b l e i s s u e of' 20 pc?gcs. The e d i Lor end John Vjning c o - ~ u t h o r vf?4ystcry a; EpLtzbc-rgenT' a ~ e v i e w 0 f . a r e ~ o r t e d UFO c r a s h a t S n l c z b e r g e n , Norwey i n Lf32? a n i n t e r e s t i n g z r t i k l e , T h i s montlliy p u b l i c2t.i cn i s $ 4 . 0 0 p e r y e z r , and e sample copy i s 3OC. T h i s s p e c i a l dou5 le i s s u e i s 35#,

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PASSP0R.T TO M A G O N I A i s t h e t i t l e of Zacques V z l l e e l s t h i r d book on - t h e UFO s u b j e c t . ~t i s a r z t h c r s t ~ r t l i n g d e p z r t u r e f rom h i s preT;iou.? w r i t i n p , 2s V a l l e e s c v s h e c o z ~ l c t c . l v f o r g o t hc w ~ s 2 scientist w h i - l c w r i t i n p t h e book. The m c t e r i ~ i 2 r e s e n t e d by V z l l e e ws . t a b e n i n 1Br-g.? p r t . f r o r n l e g e n d s ~ n d f o l k l o y e . H s z t t ~ m p t s t o show t h z t , i n e l l a g e s . p e o p l e have b e l i e v e d i n p r & r n ~ : t ? i r z l b e i n g s of v a r i o u s k i n d s . From f a r i e s snd e l v e s , we have p r c g r e s s e d 30 "Ufcr.al1ts." While. i t i s be- . l i e v d d t h a t r e s e ~ r c h of t h i s t y p e s h o u l d d e f i n i t e l y b e d o n e , 0n.e f i n d : i t ' , h c ? r d t o Z g r e e w i t h some o f Va!.lc,efs s t s t e n ~ n t s . H i s cclnments on t h : n o n - . l i k l i h o o d of s p c e v i s i t o r s a r e r e m i n i s c e n t of t h e Condon Repor t ; : s t z t e m m t s c o n c e r n i n g t h e l s c k of e n t r a t e r r e s t r i ~ l c o n t a c t w i t h i n t h e n e x t 1.0,GCO yec?rs! I Z . q i s r i d i cu lou : : a s s e r t i o n s s u c h 2 s t h e s e t , h ~ t c.c.;.%: t o mzke p e o p l e d o u b t t h e word o f e u t h o r i t i e s i n g e n e r a l . PAISSORT T13 M A G O N I A . i s n o t a l l b z d , however. I t c o n t ~ i n s somz v e r y f a s c i n a t i n g acc ' oun t s and i s w e l l w o r t h r e ~ d i n g , f l a w s 2nd a l l .

A g ~ i n , . t h e NATIONAL ENQUI1-2ER i s a good s o u r c e f o r UFO m z t c r i a l . The D e c m b e r 1 4 t h i s s u e c o n t a i n s an z :* t i c l e d e ~ . l i n g w i t h t h e r e s e z r c h e s c:? two C l e v e l a n d , Oh io , y o u t h s 2 ~ 5 t h e ~ u b l i : z t , i o n , t h e y a r e caw d i s t r i b - u t i n g . The December 2 1 s t i s s u c . t e l l s of how t h e w i f e of B r i t i s h TV s t a r P e t e r Cook t c p a - r e c o r d e d t h e s o x d e m F i x t i n g f rom a UFO which s h e saw o v e r t h e I f l e d i t - e r r ~ n e z c i s l z n d of !%a j o r c a . Sound t e c h n i c i a n s heve b e e n : u n a b l e t o i d e n t i f y t h e rc :corded n o i s e ,

i Another A.ward R O O ~ ~ p a p ~ r b a c k . e d i t e d by Brad S t e i ~ : e r & ' Jo2n l:<hrit-. e n o u r , 1s now cn s z l e . - E n t i t l e d 'T'LYTPJC SkUCZR INVASION. TARGET--.EIIt3Tli., it i s a ' c o l l e c t i o n of s r t i c l c s b y v s r i o u s UFO r e s e ~ r c h c r s . S u b j e c t s '

r a n g e from h i s t o r i c e l r e p o r t s of' UFOs s o t h e "Men i n B l a c k , " s i ~ h t i n g a by p i l o t s , k t c : F!n i n t e r e s t i n $ ' b o c k , e v e n i f a t r i f l e f f r e - h ~ h y , ? l

John G. F ~ l l e r f s latest UFO book, ALIENS I N T?E SKTES, i s s l s o e v s i l - a b l e i n p ? p r b ? c k . T h e c o n t e n t s ?re ~ c - . r h c p s 90% Z-eprints from t h e ?lSmyposi;m on UFOs1? document which was i s s u c d by t h e Gcv:ri;;,?:nt P r i n t - i n g BffS.re some t i m e ago . Fuller h ; s ,?ddc.d z n i n t r o d u c t i o n 2nd gCgcr.o:i commer,.ts, b u t t h i s is ~ s s c r ? t ; i c ? l l y t h e t e s t i m o n i e s o f these s c i e n t i s t s who r;c".rtj.cip?ted i n t,he h e z r i n ~ s b e . f o r e t h e House Ccrnmlttck on S c i e i l c : ~ and A s ~ r o n z u t i c s on J u l y 29: I $ h B - ' F o r t h o s e who m;y heve xis s o d t h i s ~ O C U ~ ~ C R ~ , t h i s i s r v c r y good. s u m z r y of t h e d z y r s p r o c e ~ c i i z ~ s ,

- To Cur Readers : We hav? t o have a d e a d l i n e - - t h e 20 th of eacb rr9lrlt.h--- i n o r d e r t o have a working s c h e d u l e t h a t w i l l work---but be;zi?se of tA;c h o l i d a y m a i l , s 3 m e . m a t e r i a l was u n d e r s t a n d a b l y l a t e i n a r r i v i n g , and xio: made an e x c e p t i o n t h i s month (Decernbe~ p r e p a r a t i o n of y o u r Jani lary i s s u e ) and h e l d up assembly o f SKYLOOK pag3s i n o r d e r t c add a n o t h e r two p a g e s ( t h i s ) . SKYLOOK w i l l .be i n t h e m a i l no l a t e r t h a n t h e 2 7 t h - - i t j u s t means e x t r a work on Ye Ed 's p a r t a t t h e l a s t - - s o r e m e m k r , t h e 2 0 t h i s t h e d e a d l i n e . And t h a n k s f o r l i s t e n i n ' !

1970 Goals t o be Discussed a t UFO Meet ing

The UFO S t u d y Group of G r ~ s t e r S t . L o i ~ i s w i l l ho ld a n i m p o r t a n t meet- i n g a t t h e home of t h 3 D i r e c t o r l John F', S c h u c s s l e r , 808 Pr imrose Conrc, O ' F a l l b n , N 3 . , a t 1:33 pm, S ~ n a c y , J a n . 4Ln,

M r . Walt A n d r i ~ s , o f Girint-y, Ill,, D i r e c t c r of t h e I l l i n o i s Chapter ,of t h e Nldwest T!F'O Network and ~ ? ~ j q t h e I l l i n o i s S e c t i o n of t h e APHO.

w i l l p r e s e n t t h e st~tcs olr : i evz ra l i n ; ~ ~ r t , ~ ~ ~ ' ; p r o j c c t s . H i s v a s t know- l e d g e i n t h 2 UFO f i e l d can b2 01 v a h e t o a; 1,

Some of t h e t o p i c s t o be c o v e r ~ d a r e : S t z t u s of t h e Midwest UFO Ketwcrk, P l a n s f c r t h e Mj <west U1'a Con.i'er~,Lc e , Th* fvIlGwzs b Netvor:c and k P 2 6 , a1-d Ori;aniz-.tiorl cl" t!le 1Cisso~u.j- Chap te r o f the Miciwest Net- v-ork. ?lm.3 ~ 1 1 2 - ~l S O La-: made r c r fl>t1-r e n ~ e t l ; ? g s ,

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The "Herald--Whig,'! of Q u i n c y , I l l . , on 3 e c . 16 , gave an a c c o u n t o f - t h e Nove!nSei- 3 3 t h s i g h t i r s , r e p q r t e d b y h a l t ~ n d r 1 . 1 ~ 5n t h j s i : ; s r ip of SI(YLG35, and *adds t h a t m m b e r s o f t h e T r i - S t z t e llPO Stud)- Croup a r e . h u n t i n g f o r , o t l l e r p e r s o n s who n i g h t have s e e n the obje ld t t h a t fright,

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B r i g h t Red Fla'bh Observed' i n Arizona

A " b r i g h t r ed f l a s h , l l p o s s i b l y a m e t e o r i t e p a s s i n g c l o ~ e by o r f i i t - . t i n e t h e g r o m d , was observed zbout 3 0 m i l e s sou thwes t o f Buckeye, Aria, Dec. 17 , 1959, a s r e p o r t e d by t h e "Pheonix G a z e t t e , "

i a r r y Sank in , a i r t r e f f i c c o p t r o l l e r a t ~ u k e Air Force Base , obser-7- . ed t h e f l s s t abou t 6:57 a,m, He s a i d it appea red a s a s i n g l e f l a s h s i m i - l a ? t o i n t e i m n a l c loud l i g h t n i n g ,

A t l e a s t two Luke p i l o t s , one en r o u t e t o t h e b a s e from t h e B u c k ~ y e , a r e a and t h e o t h e r t a k i n g o f f , a l s o saw - t h e f l a s h . a s d i d o h s ~ r v e r s - 2 - t - Sky Harbor tower , One p i l o t s a i d h e saw t h e f1.ashs."hi t t h e grc>uncifl-but : coul-d n o t e s t i m a t e t h e d i s t a n c e . A q u i c k c h e ~ k accounted for a i l c i v i l - i a n ax4 m i l i t a r y a i r c r a f t . -4 b r i e f ' s e a r c h ~ i ' t h e a r e a was rlxid~; b u t no th ing found t o i n d i c 2 ~ 3 a n e x p l o s j o n o r inc3zor c r a t e r . The s k y was c l e a r and p o s s i b i l i t y of lightning was e l imin ' a t ed .

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"1 W ~ S .on a l i t t l e t ownsh ip r o a d w e s t o f Vernon B u r g e s o n l s when I f i r s t saw it--I saw t h i s f l a s h i n g r e d l i g h t n o r t h of me and it d i d n ' t seem t o move.'?. T h a t ' s how d e p u t y s h e r i f f E r n e s t Tande d e s c r i b e d t h e s t a r t of h i s e a r l y g n i n g e x p e r i e n c e , Nov. 1 2 , w i t h a n u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g ob je c t , . ,

He s e t t h e t i m e a s a b o u t ?. a,m, and, $he p l a c e a s k i n g a b o u t f e u ? m i l e s s o ~ t h and e , 2 s t of L a S a l i e , The l i g h t t , , . ~ v e i e d tovial-ds G i c a h i , S t . James, back t ~ ~ a r d s God -'-I' tlleii t o t,h e nr,:L7tlic;.ast bn l ' c ~ r e dis:?.pi::32-~=- i n g f r o g s i g h t , Ta.r,de t o l d t h e S t ; Jsmer,, Mir.r.csota u P l a i n d e a i e : : ~ . r '

V e r i f i c a t i o n o f t h e oh j e c t csme f r o m S t James pa t ro lman S t e v e B e m m wh,? spo$.i;cd it a f t e r b 3 i n g a l e r c e d by 'i'ande v i a r a d i o t h r o u g h tne can- n u n i c a t i c n s cen?;er ,

Tande s a i d he c o u l d n ' t s e e any?hir? .g o t h e r t h a n a l i p h t and t h e r e was r2.3 n o i s e f ~ s o n i';. He s t o o d o?~t:iciz h i s c ,?r to watch and listen, b u t t h e r e was PO r n 3 t 5 ~ n o i s e '?It V J ~ F 1?i!:2'v h~ c a i . d , "even t i ' t . ~ ~ would b r e a k t h e v iew o f t h e r e d l i g h t ; The sky wzs c l ~ z r ,

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kihen he f i r s t s i g h t e d i t , th.e o b j e c t s e e ~ r ; d t o h o v e r . ':A l i t t l e b i t late:: i t tco!; of f t!.-.:;;..;-ci t?,? ~~:<.t,l-.>i,??t, 2x2. x J y n A i t gs.: eve:- b y t.k;: Godahl tc?wer, it s t o - , p d v a i n 2 n d - t . i i~ .n s t , a r . t p d towzrd t h e ~ : ; : ; % 5 ~ f 3 ~ . ~ - , , It r a d e a b i g a r c and . saemed t o be t r e l , i r l i n g T a s t e r and c l o s e r t o t h e grourld ," . h e s a i d , I t was t k e n he ca lLed t h e c o r n ~ m i c a t i o n s c e n t e r ,

P a t r ~ l m a n Ee r son I-,eaded f o r t h e n o r f h p a ~ t of St. J a ~ e s an?, w h i l e o u t n e a r S o n r i ~ l s S u ~ z 2 r c l u b h e s n o t t e d i;.; Tande r e l s t e c i t h a t Benzon e x c l a i r i - 5 , "Holy smoke, t h a t t , h i z i f s j u s t a b o u t s i t t i n g on he grocmi."

Tande was d r i v i n g wes t th2 l i apd was n e a r rlear L a S a l l e when hp qa-.v t h e o3:e:t a g ~ i n o v e r b y t h e Gcdl?z.L t o w e r , lie i ' o l l ~ ~ ~ ~ e d it e a s t a l o n g the courlty l i n e r o a d and n o t i f l e d Erown councy s u t h c r i t i e s by r a d i o a s he went a l m g .

"It w a s n ' t g o i n g v e r y f a s t - - i t d i s a p p e a r e d o v e r t h e h o r i z o n , " he s a i d ,

Three Sai~.the;-n P a c 5 f i c C c r n p : n j r r . ? i l r o a d a e n on a t r 2 i . n . with 106 ' c a r s m o v i ~ g s3vtthwnst t;clwzra Klamaeh T a l h ; Ore . , s a x a U:?O the n i g h t oT Des. 5 t h , a s r e n o l . t e 3 by t h e I;i~,;latl; b:all.s ' '~~s ; .d ;d 2;, ?<ew.:::'' 01.; F5.c ,, G , Moel C a i j . l . o ~ f t e , t h e c o n d u - t c r , s ? i l "i t -~--a:s b r i g h t 1.j ~ h t h e a d i n g nor?h . 1's h ? d a Sol??. nFr row boarn: It w s . ~ n v F n g d i azon? i ;y a c r o s s t h e

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t h s l i g h z was a:; j.e?s?. 5 C?O ft;, h i ~ h . 2 s it. . - ro s sed . t h e tr,?i:i,.; i.n f ron t , ' 3 of t h en . " T 7 v e n e v e r Fe?n anyfh%ng 2s br5qnt a s t h a t , " he r e ~ o r . k e d , The e n g i n e e r ar,d i'lagman a l s o a&w .cne ob je c.L, ( C1.edi.t : icju Par . : . - - s h )

Perrnj.~sS.on to use our r.??crr.:-,z l s ;;,rrsnt.cd yr;-,v!fjed ful? r:-odi.':; j.5 s?'.::-;.~::. by us i 11% SKJL&C)-? K , Eo;c -1-2 ,-.- $-!,-!? 7; e-r-;_- ~i s c a,,.. - :'.- d L I- .:

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' A P C Met NOV'. 1 0 t h

On Monday, Nov. 10, t h e A e r i z l Phenomena Club of C e n t r a l I l l i n o i s h e l d i t s r e g u l s r monthly meet ing e t t h e Nor thmins te r P r e s b y t e r i z n Church i n P e o r i a . The t o p i c f o r d i s c u s s i o n W ~ S "Missing ' P w s o n s .

Also d i s c u s s e d . w a s t h e U f o l o g i s t s r C o n v e ~ t i o n planned . f o r S a t u r d a y , June i 3 , 1970. Me have a few moi-e d e t a i l s f ~ r t h e SKYLOOK r e a d e r s p l a u - n i n g t o a t t e n d . Two of SKYLOCK'S f e a t u r e w r i t e r s , Ted P h i l l i p s , of S e d a l i a , Mo,, and John sch. ; -esslcr , o f C z F a l l o n , No., e r e d e f i n i t e l y i n c l u d e d i n ou r p l a n s . A l s o , t e n t a t i v e l y p l m n e d , a r e a t l e a s t two of t h e most renowned u f o l o g i s t s i n t h i s c o u c t r y . O f c o u r s e , t h e i r w m e s canno t be r e , l e a s e s u n t i l a l l ap-zngernents a r e f i r m ,

The t o p i c f o r t h e Dec. 8 t h mcet ing w i l l . b e "UFOls B. C." which , ,of c o u r s e , w i l l cover UFO s i g h t i n g s b e f o r e 1 A.D. Michael ,Morey w i , l l b e progrzm l e a d e r .

T h i s g roup meets on t h e second Mondey of e v 6 r y month a t - 7 :30 p.m. a t t h e Nor thmins te r P r e s b y t e r i a n Church 2 t 7030 N. R t . -88; P e o r i a , I l l* The moet ing u s u a l l y l a s t s f o r ? round two h o u r s , and v i s i t o r s e r e 2.lweys welcome

R e p o r t e r : Michae l Morey.

T r i - S t e t e UFO Study Group

The monthly mee t ing of t h e T r i - S t a t e UFO S tudy Group .w.2s h e l d - . Th6rsda-v, 'Dkc. 4 , ii? the.'hcine o f Walt Andrus i n Q u i n c y , I l l .

The mee t ing was opened by P r e s i d e n t Bob Smul l ing , o f Hamil ton , I l l , 2nd t h e s e c r e t a r y end t r e a s u r e r s 7 r e p o r t s were r e a d and approved , M r . . . . -- Srnull ing i -ntr-oduced M r . Andrus, who opened t h e meet ing t o e n iii'3ormhl

. . - - .- d i s c u s s i o n r e g a r d i n g p l e n s f o r 1970. . .: . ..... . ~ ,.+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . .

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Among new p r o j e c t s t o b e u n d e r t s k e n a r e a l i b e a r y of UFO books and , . l i t e r a t u r e ,. c o n s t r u c t i o n o f UFO d e t e c t o r s f oy. members-, appoin.t,ing,: 3 .;

more i n v e s t i g a t i v e t eams , and t h e a c q u i r i n g of t a p e r e c o r d e r s f o r u s e by t h e teams. Also d i s c u s s k d , was. the..UFO Convent ion! ' to ' .be -.heSd!:-:i' June 13 in-:;Jeori.a:, . . Ill. . . . . . . . . .

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0 f f i c e r i s . f or l9j0.we~a f l ~ c t . e d < . : ~ n d . . . . . . e r e : P r e s i d e n t Bob S m u l l i n g , of Hamil ton, :I;i'I,.:i::.vide presid-enc, ; :.;Bet-;-y D i m m i t t , of H a n n i b a l , N o . ; s e c r e - t a r y , Mrs .':;E.. . . : J:.. k:A.fi-i..ta . . ) Lavir-y , .:of-:Quincy; . s t r s a s u r e r , Mrs, knn Viar., o f Quincy; l i b ~ $ , r i & , ~ . ~ . ~ ~ . r . r : ~ - < - : . H a s t i n g s . bf Quin iy ; and SKYLOOK r e p o r t e r , .r Mrs. Grace ' 'C. Obe . r l ing , of Coa t sburg , I i l ,

Because of t h e h o l i d a y s e a s o n , t h e November 2nd December mce t ings were combined, 2nd t h e n e x t meetLng w i l l be he ld i n J ~ n u z i - y .