Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Linda Seal, David Webb, and I ball lightning storm, and later she
have just concluded the investigation of attended a meeting at an auditorium-
a rather unusual Massachusetts type structure, during which people of
abduction case. The data presented all races from our earth were present
here constitute a strong case for and were being given a lecture
increased scientific, objective study of telepathically by the entities. We asked
UFOs, and, in particular, of abduction her if she knew any of the humans
cases. The names of the individuals and there, and she indicated that she did,
of the South Dakota city in question and she spoke to us at length about a
have been changed to ensure young man from Anaheim, California,
confidentiality. and a woman from near Hull,
The witness, an artist and painter, Massachusetts. Using the information
age 50, contacted us shortly after furnished to us by our witness under
listening to some of the speakers from hypnosis, we attempted to locate these
the 1981 MUFON Symposium at two persons, but neither search
M.I.T., on radio and television shows. produced any results.
She could recall only that several times However, little did we realize that a
she had seen two faceless, hooded, few months later, almost purely by
three-foot entities standing over her accident, a search in a different area of
just as she had retired for the evening. the country for another human who
They insisted that she had to go with was allegedly at the same meeting in the
them, and seemed to exert some sort of "auditorium" would produce rather
mind control over her. Within minutes incredible results. Humanoid "abductor"
she would hear a horrifying noise, and At the end of the final hypnosis
would experience the sensation of session, on August 16,1982, just before bom in February.
being sucked into a black vacuum, and concluding the session, we told her that Linda Seal: And what month is this?
Witness: June.
the feeling of tumbling and tumbling. in a few minutes we would bring her out Linda Seal: So, you're almost 31. Why did
Under time-regressive hypnosis of hypnosis, and we asked if there was you remember Ingrid?
over a period of a year and 13 hypnosis anything else that she would like to tell Witness: I don't know. She's pathetic. She's
sessions, a full-fledged abduction us about before that. After, a long an artist. She's pathetic-looking. She's not
scenario emerged. During the episodes pause, she replied, "Ingrid Swenson. All unhappy. She's a nice lady.
Linda Seal: Was anyone else an artist?
(which apparently number 6 or 7), the right. Did I tell you about her?" (Text of Witness: I'm an artist.
witness relived several incidents with transcript of session follows, with Linda Seal: Besides you and Ingrid?
genuine emotions, terror, and obvious names changed.) Witness: No, I don't think so.
fear. These included being taken Marge Christensen: Why did you say
onboard a saucer-shaped craft where Linda Seal: No. Ingrid's pathetic?
Witness: She was the old lady at the Witness: (chuckles) You should see what
she was given a thorough medical she's wearing. Well, she's got this long dress
examination; visiting a room on the meeting.
Robert Sampson (investigator): Where is on; she's got shoes on with heels...you
craft in which there were bins of cork- she from? know, the fat heels? And she's got her
like chips, and there were literally Witness: Greenfield. stockings rolled down. She's just a nice
hundreds of "unfinished little people all Linda Seal: Greenfield, where? lady.
Witness: South Dakota. Linda Seal: How does she feel'about being
over the room." there?
She also visited a crystal-like Marge Chrisfensen: She was with you at
the meeting? Witness: She loves it. Everybody there
pyramid city, which included a Witness: Yeah. I forgot about her. I just saw loves it. She's been there before too.
"university" with pyramid-shaped her face when you said if there is anything
rooms. Another experience involved a else. After the session concluded,
visit to a "factory" in which a type of Linda Seal: Tell us about her. during a discussion, the witness told us
energy (from some sort of crystals) was .Witness: Oh, she's an old lady.
that Ingrid took care of people. Upon
Linda Seal: How old?
being produced in a large machine. She Witness: 70? 60? returning home that evening, I delved
was also taken to a shelter, from which Linda Seal: And how old are you?
vantage point she witnessed a bizarre Witness: I'm only about 30. I'm 30. I was (continued on next page)
S. Dak. Connection, Continued sister, Mrs. Groff.
In his letter, the attorney, Mr.
into the U.S. Atlas and found that Manning, stated that Ingrid Swenson
Greenfield, S. Dakota, seemed to be a had been a registered nurse by
very small rural town. I banked on the profession, and an artist as a hobby.
fact that everyone would know Our witness had told us that Ingrid took
everyone else, and that there might be a care of people, and this certainly applies
chance of locating someone who knew to nurses. The following is a quote from
of Ingrid Swenson. Mr. Manning's letter:
The next morning, I called the "Mrs. Groff (Ingrid Swenson's
Greenfield, S.D., City Hall and found sister) told me that Ingrid has never
that there is no art association in been in the East, except that a few years
Greenfield, but there is an artist whom I ago the two of them went on a bus trip
could call and who would most likely through the New England states and
know any artist from Greenfield about came back by way of Canada. They
whom I was seeking information. That made no stops except for food and
eyeping, I called the artist, and was lodging and, of course, attended no
astonished to find that there had indeed meetings. Mrs. Groff said Ingrid never,
been an Ingrid Swenson who had at any time, mentioned anything about
recently passed away. She had been an UFO sightings. The description of your
artist, and was noted for rosemaling 'abductee' is quite accurate in the
(Swedish carving). description as to the Ingrid Swenson of
The artist was unable to furnish me Greenfield, South Dakota, and also, as
with much specific information about to her age. At the time in question,
Ingrid Swenson, except that she had Ingrid Swenson would have been about
never married, and had no children, but 60 years old which corresponds with
she did have a surviving sister. the 'abductee's' version. I would say
Therefore, I then had to devise a means that she did appear as a pathetic Sketch showing humanoids'
by which to obtain more extensive looking person, although not unhappy. greenish-black "cape"
information about Ingrid and to She also did wear longish dresses and
determine whether or not the with the kind of shoes indicated. Mrs. pointed to Mrs. Groff, and then
information furnished by our witness Groff couldn't recall that she ever hesitated, saying, "None of these really
about Ingrid was, in fact, accurate. It walked around with her stockings look like her. The coloring is just not
was a delicate task to formulate rolled down. Ingrid Swenson and her right." Then, suddenly she moved her
questions for an elderly lady (now sister were both nice ladies. finger and pointed straight at Ingrid
residing in a nursing home) concerning "I am going to send some pictures Swenson. At that point, she also
the possibility of her deceased sister's which will include Miss Swenson, which remarked, "She's a nurse. Did I tell you
having had a UFO abduction may be helpful. Miss Swenson during that?"
e x p e r i e n c e , as r e p o r t e d . by her period as a nurse worked only in the At that point, we showed her
a Massachusetts witness. Dakota's and Minnesota and never, another photograph of Ingrid Swenson
However, I carefully constructed a under any circumstances, been east of alone in her nurse's uniform. Upon
letter to the City Clerk in Greenfield, Minnesota which,' of course, would looking at that photo, our witness
explaining objectively about the case preclude or mean that she never exclaimed, "Now, that's more like her!
and furnishing the page from the worked in any hospital in See, I told you the coloring was wrong in
transcript of the hypnosis session in Massachusetts. / know of no way in the other picture. See how much lighter
which pur witness spoke about Ingrid which your 'abductee' could ever have she is here? See, her hair is lighter."
Swenson of Greenfield. Within a week met Miss Swenson." (emphasis mine) At this point, she suddenly became
the reply from Greenfield arrived. It The photographs arrived, and we noticeably shaken, and remarked,
confirmed that the age estimate given arranged for the witness to meet with us "I'm really scared now." When asked
by our witness was pretty accurate, to select the correct person from a why she became frightened at this point
since Ingrid had died in 1980, at the age group of eight ladies (all pretty much after several months of delving into the
of 77, making her 60 years old at the the same age). The photographs were case, she commented that until now the
time of the "auditorium" experience. taken 20 years ago, and the incident entities could have simply been
Then, to my surprise, a few days later, I reportedly occurred 19 years ago. We products of her fantasies, but now that
received a lengthy letter from the simply placed the photograph of the another human being is involved, she
attorney who handled the estate of eight ladies in front of her, and feels that it is possible that her
Ingrid Swenson. The City Clerk and instructed her to identify Ingrid experience is real, and she finds that
City Auditor had shown him my letter, Swenson. She was given no prompting
and he had gone to visit Miss Swenson's or other instructions. At first, she (continued on next page)
S. Dak. Connection, Continued the information gained from the quite suggestive, although, of course,
hypnosis session. For instance, there is unfortunately, we will never know.
prospect very frightening. no way to tell from the article that Miss All of this serves to reinforce the
I continued to correspond with the Swenson was pathetic-looking, but not importance of continued study of
attorney in S. Dakota, as well as with unhappy. We did question our witness abduction cases, and the need to leave
Budd Hopkins, New York City (author thoroughly in regard to her ever having the conclusions for each case
of Missing Time). I forwarded questions read anything about Ingrid Swenson. somewhat open-ended, with the
from both Budd and myself to the We questioned her during a hypnosis possibility of further investigation at a
attorney, who was most gracious in .session as well as after the session. We later date.
managing to visit Mrs. Groff a second did not tell her that we knew of the This case is also a graphic example
time to obtain answers for us. It is article, and we used several subtle of the importance of researchers
important to note at this point, that Mr. methods to see if she was withholding sharing information and providing
Manning stated that although Mrs. any information from us. None of our m u t u a l cooperation with other
Groff is now 84 years old, she is quite questions resulted in even the slightest UFOlogists whenever possible. We, in
mentally alert. , hint that she ever read an article on Massachusetts, are grateful to Dr.
We were able to find out that Ingrid Ingrid Swenson. William Hassell, and the field
Swenson was apparently never missing We also visted her home without investigators in Southern California
for any particular time. She did not have giving her an advance reason for our who have attempted to locate the
any special fears, and was not nervous visit, and while there examined her young man in Anaheim (mentioned
about any particular stretch of highway magazines and asked her which earlier) for us. We are also indebted to
— except that about 10 years ago a magazines she generally reads. Popular Budd Hopkins, who has been
deer jumped out in front of her car Handicraft was not included in her list extremely supportive and helpful with
when she was driving, and while there or in her magazines on her shelf. Since this case.
was no damage, according to Mr. this is not an art magazine, but rather a Our greatest appreciation goes to
Manning, "Ingrid Swenson never hobby magazine, it is not the sort of the individuals in Greenfield, S. Dakota,
wanted to drive that road again." She periodical that an artist would find for permitting us to intrude into their
apparently never talked about any appealing. Neither Budd Hopkins, nor local community, and for being so
dreams, nor were there any marks or his wife, who is an art critic, had ever gracious and friendly to us, in view of
scars on her body of which she did not heard of this magazine. the fact that our only possible
know the origin. This leaves us with no It appears that our witness is connection with them is through a
indication of Ingrid Swenson's ever sincere and never saw an article on possible UFO experience — something
having had a UFO experience, and no Ingrid Swenson. If this is so, how then somewhat unsettling to the average
explanation of how our witness in was she able to know so much about a person. A full report on the case is being
Massachusetts could possibly have person she never met? And, how was submitted in the near future to
been able to furnish us with such she able to identify the correct person MUFON Headquarters files.
accurate information about someone in the photograph which was taken 20
on the other side of the country, whom years ago (incidentally, over 10 years LATE NEWS
she had never met. We were able to before the magazine article appeared)? Budd Hopkins, author of Missing
establish that our witness has never And, what about Ingrid Swenson? Time (about UFO abduction reports),
been to South Dakota, and, in fact, was Budd Hopkins feels that the incident was a guest on the new CBS Sunday
unable to indicate for us the location of about the deer darting in front of night Larry King TV show on April 17.
South Dakota on the map of the United Ingrid's car may be very significant. He King, best known for his late-night radio
States. has a case in which a .Long Island phone-in ' program, has previously
We explored all sorts of woman lost 5 hours. It always hosted UFO programs on radio
possibilities to explain the case, but frightened her and she had no including Dr. Bruce S. .Maccabee,
none of those explanations fit. We even explanation for the missing time. Two Richard Hall, Don Berliner, Stanton
checked into the fact that both our years after the incident she saw on Friedman, and Len Stringfield, with
witness and the South Dakota television a shot of a horse leaping in MUFON and the Fund for UFO
individual have Scandinavian last front of a car, and the car swerved to Research represented.
names, and might have been distantly avoid hitting the horse. The image The Fund for UFO Research
related. This is not the case. terrified her, and she immediately shortly will offer for sale a new set of
We eventually learned from Mr. connected it with the episode of missing Government documents which include
Manning that Ingrid Swenson and her time. In South Dakota, it is likely that surprising information about the 1975
sister, Mrs. Groff, were featured in a deer running across the road in front of unidentified "aircraft" intrusions over
hobby magazine article (Popular people's cars are not rare occurrences. U.S. Air Force bases; 1976 Iranian jet
Handicraft) several years ago. We Ingrid's fear of ever driving on that interception case with E-M effects on
managed to obtain a copy of the article. road again, even though there was no aircraft; 1978 Kuwait oil field landing
Although some of the details furnished damage to her car t and no apparent with E-M effects; 1980 Kirtland AFB, N.
by our witness are confirmed by the injury to her, seems a definite over- Mex. sightings; plus a variety of
article, the article does not include all of reaction. Budd feels that the incident is fascinating historical material. 5
PILOT SIGHTINGS AND RADAR TRACKINGS
By Bob Gribble
(The following reports are from the files into a high speed vertical climb and years.
of Phenomena Research*. Most of this vanished into space. The pilot said, "As At 8 p.m. the same night — about
material has had little or no publicity so I soon as the sphere left we got all of our 45 minutes before the airliner incident
am sure that readers will find these radio gear back. Our navigation came — four unidentified objects were
cases very interesting. Names of back and we were off course." tracked on radar by two air traffic
witnesses will not be published at the The two man crew of an Air Force controllers at a facility near Oxnard.
request of the reporting parties.) T-38 flying in the same, area also "We spotted four moving targets on the
observed the red sphere. According to radar scope about 3 to 5 miles north of
September 22, 1977—Three UFOs the pilot, "The bright red glowing object Laguna Peak. Scope readouts
were tracked on radar as they streaked was at our 12:30 position approximately indicated that the targets appeared to
over Omaha, Nebraska at 3 p.m. One 10-12,000 feet and seemed stationary. move 5 miles in a sweep of the scope.
of the four radar controllers who After viewing the UFO for I've always had an open mind about
observed the targets gave this approximately 15 seconds the sphere UFOs, but I've never seen anything like
description of what happened: "As I appeared to be closing very rapidly. An this in all 20 years that I have worked as
was looking at the scope something evasive maneuver was considered but an air traffic controller," one controller
popped in that was pretty weird to me determined unnecessary. It. appeared said. "We watched the targets on the
after working with radar for 17 years. the closing had ceased. The size of the scope for nearly 3 hours."
What we were seeing was three objects object at this time was about that of a December 17, 1977—At about 3:45
that gave the appearance of aircraft. dime. "The second member of the crew a.m. radar facilities in Colorado and
The size was much larger and they recalled considerable static over his South Dakota tracked two unknowns
appeared out at about 430 kilometers headset at the time. moving at speeds in excess of 1,000
and the speed of these things was November 18, 1977—A bright white miles per hour. One of the UFOs made
terrific. One of the objects was moving light moving at a high rate of speed a close head-on pass at an aircraft in the
in front and there were two of them came alongside a small aircraft flying at area, the approach being observed on
behind at a distance of about 20 13,000 feet between Vichy and Troy, radar. The objects moved around over
kilometers behind the first one, moving Missouri at 9:17 p.m., and paced the a wide area for about 30 minutes and
side-by-side at the same speed also. airplane for 3 minutes. The light then their presence was unmistakable by the
We kept watching these things and moved away at high speed. The pilot "strong" radar returns. A third radar
they were gone from our scope in less reported that while the light was station was unable to function while the
than a minute. I figured the speed with abreast of his aircraft one of his objects were in the area and one of the
my calculator and came up with the transponders stopped working. After two operational facilities was put out of
fantastic figure pushing 17,000 miles per the UFO pulled away the transponder service when the main shaft holding the
hour. I have worked on radar long resumed its normal operation. radar antenna was severly bent by an
enough to know what radar December 8, 1977—Two large, unexplained force.
interference looks like and that was not brilliant circular lights maneuvered February 5, 1978—A company
it. The size of the targets at that around a Golden West commuter airplane with six persons aboard was
distance was tremendous compared to aircraft for 15 minutes on its flight from flying 20 miles northwest of Klamath
regular aircraft." Oxnard, California to Los Angeles Falls, Oregon at about 8 p.m. when all
October 26, 1977—While flying at International airport. "One of the six persons observed a V-formation of
19,000 feet between Abilene and Dallas, objects paralled us for 10 miles and then 10 large, bright whitish-orange lights
Texas at 5 p.m., the pilot and passenger it moved away. Then it came back pacing the aircraft on the starboard
of a small aircraft spotted a bright red across my 12 o'clock position at a side. After about 10 seconds the
stationary sphere in the distance at tremendous speed — like you would formation climbed slightly and moved
their 12 o'clock position. As their just snap your finger and it was there. It away to the southwest at high speed.
airplane closed on the sphere all got so close it scared the hell out of me. February 19, 1978—Two radar
navigation instruments became erratic There's just.no way that whatever that operators tracked a "large" UFO over
and the pilot could not contact any was, could it move with the intensity Minnesota at 1:20 p.m. The object
facility by radio. The sphere suddenly and the speed that it came to my 12 moved at a fantastic speed as it
changed from red to white, then went o'clock position, but it did," the pilot maneuvered about in the sky in an
said. The Captain of the aircraft had
*P.O. Box 1807, Seattle, WA 98111 been flying as a commercial pilot for 10 (continued on next page)
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MENTAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISTURBANCE: PART II
By Mark Moravcc
(Copyright © 1980 by Mark Moravec)
(In part I, three cases were allegedly became ill, vomited, and had "letters" in the sky. Once she was
reviewed and analyzed in terms of the recurring headaches. Mrs. D. later standing at a bus stop and saw brown-
degree to which they could be discussed the sighting with her colored "initials" ("S" and "P") which
explained as resulting from psycholog- relatives. Strangely, her daughter-in- appeared to come out of a cloud. No
ical disturbance and delusional law was also to allegedly experience the one at the bus stop gave any indication
thinking. Here we pick up with Case 4 same physiological symptoms! of having seen the same thing."
and present the author's conclusions.) The second sighting occurred one Another time, Mrs. D. was travelling in
night at 4 a.m. An orange-colored a car with her family when she again
Case 4. Mrs. D. claims to have had "flying saucer" with black sections or saw some letters in the sky^ However,
five UFO sightings. In the first sighting, "windows" was seen for 20 minutes by the others in the car ridiculed her and
the reporter got up from bed when she Mrs. D. and her daughter-in-law (the claimed there was nothing to be seen.
heard neighborhood dogs barking. She latter allegedly becoming ill as noted The reporter also claims to have
heard a soft, low-pitched humming above). After the object left, Mrs. D. felt had two visions of Christ in a
sound, looked outside and saw a large "...as if I had lost a friend." neighborhood church. The apparition-
silvery-white, cigar-shaped object In the third sighting, Mrs. D. saw a al figure, which appeared to carry a
facing three smaller cigar-shaped vague, dark shape over the telegraph goblet, walked up to her and said,
objects, all at a high altitude. Bluish- wires at 1:30 a.m. In the fourth sighting, "drink this for my sake," and then
silver "sparks" emanated from one she saw a white, dinner plate-shaped glided away and disappeared. Mrs. D.
cigar while the largest cigar appeared to object in motion for 15 minutes while a had tears running down her face during
"shudder," passenger in a car. The object these experiences. She was the only
The witness woke her young disappeared from view before anyone witness to these visions.
granddaughter who, upon being shown else could witness it. Her fifth sighting Several times Mrs. D. has received
the lights in the sky, became frightened was of a triangular-shaped object, multi- mental communications while engaged
and ran into another room. The objects colored, which appeared to move in routine activities such as doing the
were viewed for over an hour and then toward an airplane. washing or watching television. In one
the witness tried to get some sleep. The Apart from these sightings, Mrs. incident, a male voice stated:
following afternoon, the witnesses D. has experienced hallucinations of
We are peaceful....Seek and you will find.
You have not lived on our machines but
have visited ten minutes as conditions were
Pilot-Radar, Continued just go straight up and stop, and come unsuitable. You contacted a "mothalin"
straight back down again. We got from a white cloud. Many people from
apparent attempt to evade the radar actual times on it and it went 5,000 feet "Asperio" are from Japan; England a few;
beam. The object was first picked up on in less than a second. I figured it to be and Australia 125. While on earth we seek,
the radar screen at an altitude of about about 3,400 miles per hour. It moved up we have ways of communicating. A
message will be transcended very shortly.
8,000 feet. Before the object finally and d o w n o n t h e v e r t i c a l , Twenty-five men will be transported
moved away, two separate radar instantaneously! shortly. We think this man transports.
systems were employed in an attempt "It took both of us to keep on it. I Confide in no one except self-seeing
to track the object. The following got the impression that it was humans. In contact with human who speaks
description of the incident was obtained something that was evading the radar foreign tongue. Do not touch. Evade (h) is
left eyes. We use eyes for transmission. Left
from the radar operators: beam and knew that we were trying to hand straight with thumb up. Cuticle of
"I got a good solid signal and it track it. I tried to follow it manually and' utmost importance. Keep eyes clean.
looked like an aircraft. I put the radar the beam jumped from side to side. It Protect colors: green, amber, blue good.
over on manual and moved it over on looked like it just got ahold of the beam,
the target and as soon as I did the thing more or less took control of the radar The messages appear to consist of
started going up rapidly so I followed it beam I guess. The beam would jump to images and words not necessarily
up. Then it stopped, then it went down. one side or jump to the other. Every connected in a logical sequence, and
It appeared to be taking evasive action. time I tried to get on it it would deflect it the overall tone of the passages is
As soon as I would get on it with radar it automatically. As soon as I would get emotionless and "mechanical." The
would move to get out of the radar close to being on it it would jump off to above message was accompanied by a
beam. We got four good plots on the one side or the other. After we lost it the
thing. We would get on it and it would beam went right back to normal."D (continued on next page)
Disturbance, Continued • New settler (immigrant)
It has been said that the • Old age
vision of trees, large red flowers, a neurotic dreams in an unreal • History of nervous/mental
bulding, and a black shiny pond all in way about life, whereas the breakdowns
one scene. Mrs. D. is not sure whether psychotic lives life in an • Difficulty in personal relation-
the messages come to her in a psychic unreal dream. ships
way from UFO intelligences or from her • Unstable work history
own mind. I would suggest the latter. "speaking in tongues") are typical of the
The "communicators" provide a disturbances in thought which can be Current convention divides
comfort and reassurance which Mrs. D. found in psychoses. psychological disturbances into two
fails to find in ordinary living. By There are a number of factors major categories: psychoses and
receiving these messages she has which appear to have contributed to neuroses.
become a focus of attention and gained the reporter's psychological
the feeling of being an important disturbance. She is 65 years old, lives Neuroses can involve-
person. alone, and is very isolated. Her poetry (1) W o r r y , t e n s i o n , and
The reporter claims to have a reveals an intense loneliness. She distractability (indicants of excessive
psychic background as a medium and readily admits that life is going too slow fear)
has allegedly accomplished feats of for her and that she is not involved (2) Excessive forgetting, obsessive
levitation, healing by prayer, sending of enough. She is divorced and thoughts, and compulsive rituals (self-
telepathic messages, and production of immigrated to Australia some 16 years defeating attempts to cope with fear
ectoplasm. Several times she has ago. Apparently a number of years ago, situations)
suddenly started speaking phrases in a Mrs. D. underwent a perjod of amnesia (3) Depression and fatigue
"language" that no one has been able to following the death of a very close friend. (psychological residuals of prolonged
identify (so-called "speaking in There is evidence of marked conflict tensions)
tongues") She believes her home has and tension between herself and some Psychoses can feature-
been infested with mice, cockroaches, members, of her family. Her mystical (1) Hallucinations (disturbances in
tarantulas, etc. A woman told her that it background has provided her with perceiving reality)
was a test by God. ample raw material for delusions. (2) Delusions (disturbances in
How do we evaluate these bizarre From these case studies, we can interpreting reality)
claims? On initial examination, Mrs. draw out a number of common factors (3) Loose a s s o c i a t i o n s ,
D.'s UFO sightings appear to be fairly which are "warning signs" that may fragmented and incoherent speech
detailed and specific. However, at least point to a psychologically disturbed (disturbances of thought)
some of them may be misidentifications individual. First, if we look at the actual (4) Prolonged melancholy or
of planetary objects (for example, the experiences reported, the following are elation (mood disturbances)
light that was viewed for over an hour) consistent with an evaluation of (5) Isolation and withdrawal (dis-
and subjective exaggerations of psychological disturbance: turbances in personal interaction).
ambiguous stimuli (the "dark shape" (Buss, 1966, p. 31)
over the telegraph lines). The claimed • Delusions ( p a r t i c u l a r l y It has been said that the neurotic
physiological effects may have been paranoid beliefs) dreams in an unreal way about life,
induced by fear rather than any strange • Hallucinations (such as "voices" whereas the psychotic lives life in an
UFO influence. It is also possible that and unpleasant smells) unreal dream. Using the above
the single witness sightings were • Distorted self image (body classification system, the people
hallucinatory —- especially since Mrs. "contaminated" or "falling apart") discussed in the case studies would be
D. has experienced a variety of other • Bizarre or illogical associations considered to be displaying psychotic
hallucinations. in thought and speech behavior.
The reporter's observations of • Autism (retreat from reality into The line between "normal" and
"letters in the sky" and visions of Christ a fantasy world) "abnormal" behavior can be extremely
are clearly hallucinatory since other • Vagueness and low weight of fine, depending on the situation or the
people present failed to observe UFO reports cultural context. Is the man who kneels
anything unusual. Likewise, her mental • Single witness down next to his bed and starts talking
communications are most likely to himself mad, or is he praying? a
auditory hallucinations incorporating Second, there are a number of witness witness does not have to be psycholog-
her subconscious fears and ideas from background factors which can ically disturbed to be able to put an
UFO and psychic lore. She appears to contribute to a disturbed psychological e x o t i c i n t e r p r e t a t i o n on his
hold the delusional belief that her house state: experiences, for instance, people who
has been purposely infested with bugs are religiously inclined can find great
and pests. Her instances of loose • Personal crises (such as divorce significance in their UFO experiences:
associations (the mental messages) and or death)
of fragmented/incoherent speech (the • Isolation ' (continued on next page)
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Disturbances, Continued have any support, I would suggest that
at least three conditions are necessary:
Case 5. Mr. E. was driving home (1) The witness has experienced a
when he saw a very bright, silver-white, traumatic UFO experience;
cigar-shaped object or light source, (2) This UFO experience has not
stationary in the sky. No sound was been overshadowed by personal crises;
detected and the object was seen for and
about 30 seconds. The reporter also felt (3) The disturbed psychological
that definite "feelings" had been state (and accompanying behavior)
"transmitted" from the object: "It clearly began after the UFO
wasn't aggressive, and it wasn't afraid; it experience.
was just sitting there as if it were a part None of the case examples
of the sky, a part of the scheme of satisfies these criteria.
things, a part of nature, and it was such Are there any cases of mental
a natural part of the sky that other communication which cannot be
people probably would not have explained as simply due to a
noticed it. It seemed to know how to be psychological disturbance? Further
a part of the Universe, and wasn't research is required to give a definitive
concerned what we think of it... answer to this question. However, a
"It was an experience which I think number of provocative cases are
few people would associate with as it difficult to dismiss. In the Frankston,
was something which happened to me Victoria case of 1972 (Magee, 1972),
alone (seemingly only a very short Mrs. Puddy had several detailed
incident, but has had a fairly great encounters with UFOs, mental
impact on my understanding of man's communication contacts, and
existence on earth and his relationship apparition experiences. However, this
with God)." was only a single witness case. Howard S. Finkelstein, recently
Soon after the sighting, Mr. E. The 1968 French case of Dr. "X" appointed Texas State Section
became suddenly aware of what an (Michel, 1969) is one of the most Director
"extraordinarily beautiful clear day it extensively documented cases of
was." He said that the "sky was the psiufological phenomena on record. In
bluest he had ever seen before" and felt
sure that these very strong feelings and
this case, the central witness received
mental communications and
MUFON
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"Without a doubt this day was paranormal events subsequent to.a SEGUm.TX 78155
extremely 'spiritual'." detailed UFO observation. Even in the
In this case, the sighting stimulus continuing case of Dr. Andrija Puharich
could easily have been a distant balloon ( H o l r o y d , 1979), w h i l e t h e they imply that some people can
or aircraft. The witness has strong communications received via mediums successfuly incorporate the UFO
religious convictions and this led to a were most probably expressions of mythology into a complex, if delusional,
religious interpretation being placed on subconscious f a n t a s i e s , some belief system. My aim has been to show,
a mundane event. It was a way of apparently genuine paranormal events t h a t a t l e a s t some m e n t a l
confirming his own desire to believe in (poltergeist-like effects and telepathy) communication cases can be explained
God, and of being a privileged witness did take place. as being the delusions of
to one of "His" manifestations. In these cases, though the mental psychologically disturbed individuals.
The existence of UFO-related communications can still be interpreted Other, more evidential cases appear to
"mental communication" cases raises as delusional, the subjective involve psychotic delusions triggered
several issues. One issue is: What experiences may have been triggered off by traumatic, but objectively real,
comes first, the psychosis or the UFO off by a genuine UFO experience. Thus UFO events.
experience? I have argued in the case the "mixture hypothesis" sees these
studies presented, that personal cases to be a combination of objective, REFERENCES
difficulties have contributed to a inexplicable UFO/paranormal events Buss, A.M. Psycnopar/io/ogy (NY: John
psychological disturbance and that the and subjective psychological delusions. Wiley & Sons, 1966).
Holroyd, S. Briefing for the Landing on
individual has merely incorporated At most, mental communication Planet Earth (London: Corgi, 1979).
UFO and psychic lore in his delusions. cases imply that some human beings Magee, J. "UFO Over the Mooraduc Road,"
An alternative viewpoint is that a can communicate directly with alien F/ying Saucer Review, v. 18, no. 6, Nov.-Dec.,
traumatic UFO experience can trigger i n t e l l i g e n c e s , a n d t h a t such 1972 (pp. 3-5).
off a psychotic reaction in the communications may potentially alter Michel, A. "The Strange Case of Dr. 'X',"
UFO Percipients (FSR Special Issue No. 3), Sept.
individual. For this latter hypothesis to the course of human history. At least, 1969 (pp. 3-16).
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DESIGNING FALSE REPORTS: ANOTHER RECENT EXAMPLE
By Anders Liljegren
(Reprinted with permission of Archives for UFO Research, AFU Newsletter No. 24, May/Aug. 1982, P.O. Box 11027, S-60011
Norrkoping 11, Sweden.)
"After all, take the typical scientist, ry, managed by always helpful librarian Karl
busy with his own often single-tracked Osterman. The 1980/81 issue of Lloyd's Regis-
projects, and competition with his peers ter, checked by Osterman, has a ship by the
for the research dollar, and in a rush name of Vladimir Vorobygv, but this is not
to publish new results before someone' a 9.000 tons freighter but a small SOI tons
else does, knows about UFOs only that (gross) "motor research/fishing vessel", built
which he scans in super-market papers in 1959 in Stralsund, West Germany!
like National Enquirer..." j.A.Hynek The third article in the series, titled Space
In a series of three articles National Enqui- aliens blast holes in windows (3) concerns a
rer recently described, what is purported to Aug 23, 1931 series of observations £rom Mos-
be, new Soviet UFO cases. We do know that UFOs cow .which bears seme resemblancsf to the
are frequently seen in Soviet territory - one J.une 14, 1980 s.igtn ings from the same city,
such report, which has the flavour of an ori- readily identified by researchers as the laun-
ginal and trustworthy incident, appears in ching cf Cosmos-1188 from the Soviet base at
this issue of AFU Newsletter - but as regards Plesetsk (4).
the new Enquirer series we immediately became
Space alien blasts forest rangers with a bi-
suspicious! zarre ray describes an incident which is,
The second part of the Enquirer trilogy star- in minute details, similar to the Finnish so-
ted our suspicions. Entitled Space aliens called "Imjarvi" case, wellknown.to internatio-
blasts forest rangers with a bizarre ray (1) nal ufology through the Flying Saucer Review
we have every reason to believe that this is articles (5) and supplementary information in
a faked report, 'designed1 either by the edi- our newsletter (6). Similarities between the
torial staff of the Enquirer, or by someone
in the Soviet Union. Before I will detail ray
suspicions I must mention the two other in- Second in a Series — Amajinq Report! of UFO Activity in.Ruuia
stallments in the series. The first article,
.Soviet ships buzzed by_ UFOs from under the
sea (2), is an unlikely report that American
sources (authors Henry Gris and Charles Parmi- Space Alien Blasts Forest.
ter) would have been told, by Soviet scien-
tist Dr. Vladimir Azhazha, that there were no Hangers With a Bizarre Ray -^^^
* MMl MM M CHJlt.ll MUMTn —"^^
Ships Buzzed by :
i uf QS From Under the Sea [
two 'cases' (we must say we do not endorse
any of t h e m . . . ) are so apparent that one must
ask oneself: Is this new Russian case, just a
rewritten version of the old classic Finnish
original? Has 'the truth 1 been tampered with,
somewhere along the line, or could details be
so s i m i l a r . . . ?
I think the similarities are best shown by
The article - filled with superlatives - has comparing the E n q u i r e r ' s text with that from
very few checkable facts, except for the men-
one of the FSR articles (T):
tioned name of a "9.000-ton freighter, Vladi- HE; "The two R u s s i a n forest rangers were s k i i n g over
mir Vorobyev", the crew of which - so it is the snowy slopes when they caught sight of something
claimed - had an encounter in the Sea of Japan that 'tunned them: a b r i g h t red p u l s a t i n g cloud was
on Aug. 18, 1980. (The story is emphasized by drooping s l o w l y from the s k y . When It was less than
an artist's impression where the cylindrical 20 feet away from them the red m i s t melted away and
UFO hovers above a 10.000 tons freighter - I the men saw a m e t a l l i c object hovering in the a i r . It
can judge the size by the general appearance, was round w i t h no v i s i b l e seams, and it emitted a loud
and number of cargo holds). For many years I ominous hum".
have been a member of Club Maritime, a Swe-
dish association for historical, maritime re-
search. The Club owns a fine reference libra- (continued on next page)
10
False Reports, Continued vomited...He f e l t cold but had no fever. In the
middle of May'he told u s . . I am s t i l l s i c k , I have
a headache and I have pains..."
FSR: "The two w i t n e s s e s were out skiing. They were NE: "Erkko, meanwhile, complained of arm and chest
descending from a h i l l . . . t h e y heard a buzzing pains, swollen eyes and had trouble w i t h his sence of
sound...(which) became louder...(They saw) a lumi- balance. A local physician who treeted the men. Dr.
nous cloud...like a red-grey mist pulsating with 01le Kossola, said their symptoms could have been cau-
a strange light. The cloud was soon as low as 15 sed by shock - or by radiation poisoning. "The doctor
m e t r e s . . . i n s i d e it a round o b j e c t . . . m e t a l I i c - l i k e . . was convinced both men were t e l l i n g the truth", Dr.
tne sound became l o u d e r . . . t h e red-grey mist slowly Azhazha said. "And a f t e r s i f t i n g through the evidence
d isappeared". for three weeks, the (Soviet) special commision on
HE: "As they gazed openmouthed. a c y l i n d r i c a l landing UFOs concluded that the encounter did take place".
gear lowered i t s e l f from the 20-foot sphere u n t i l it FSR: "Esko V i 1 J o s . . . f a c e became swollen and red-
touched the ground. Suddenly they were confronted by dish in colour, and he walked in an unbalanced
a creature thai was l i k e nothing on Earih. The rangers, w a y . . . h e had a pain in his eyes. They were s w o l l e n .
Ari S a r v i , ^ and Mauno Erkko, 38, were later inter- Or. Kajanoja who examined the two men s a y s : "I
viewed b y D r . V l a d i m i r A z h a z h a . . . R e c a l l i n g S a r v i ' s think the men have suffered a great shock. The
account of the incredible confrontation on Jan 7, symptoms he (Heinonen) described are like those
1980, Dr. Azhazha s a i d : "The humanoid was about three a f t e r being exposed to r a d i o a c t i v i t y " .
. f e e t t a l l , w i t h spindly arms and legs and a waxen
face"". How could it be that two up-to-the-minute-
details-alike incidents occur on the very sa-
FSR: "The incident occured on..January 7, 1970... me date, exactly ten years a p a r t , experienced
the two w i t n e s s e s were forester Aarno Heinonen, 36 by two equally old f o r e s t e r s who were out ski-
years of age and farmer Esko V i l j o , ^8_... I caught i n g . . . ? In ufology coincidence plays a part
sight of the c r e a t u r e . . . ( i t ) was about 90 cms tall, < 8 ) , but, f r a n k l y , in this case I only think
w i t h very t h i n arms and legs. I t s face was pale "coincidence" played a p a r t in the head of
I ike wax." the man (or men) who invented the s t o r y l
N£_: "He was wearing a dark green tight body stocking Until National Enquirer staff writers Henry
and the same-colour boots. He had on long w h i t e glo- Gris & Charles Parmiter have said something
ves reaching to his elbows. His thin hands seemed to on the case I t h i n k UFO researchers should
be j u s t s k i n and bones. A black object, l i k e a stubby put their NE issues into the depths of their
tube was dangling from his scrawny neck. Erkko told waste-paper baskets where they rightly belong
Dr. Azhazha that the c r e a t u r e ' s skin was deathly pale, and not (as Gordon Creighton in FSR) quote
almost luminous, and that he had a sharp hooked nose, page-upon-page of Henry G r i s 1 obviously unre-
big pointy ears, narrow sloping shoulders and child- liable ' d a t a ' , or (as Lucius Farish in the
like hands. The encounter...took place in northwes- MUFON UFO J o u r n a l ) promote, in each issue,
tern Russia, outside the lumber center of Kestenga the apparently very dubious o f f e r i n g s of the
close to the Finnish border". E n q u i r e r . It is apparent that American UFp
groups havesome financial gain from their co-
FSR: " . . . t h e nose was very strange. It was a hook operation w i t h the Enquirer, but for the sake
rather than a nose. The ears were very s m a l l , and of sanity in our f i e l d t h i s co-operation ought
narrowed towards the head. The creature wore some to be stopped immediately. What we need is
kind of overa'l in light green material. On its not a National Enquirer but a Rational Enqui-
feet were boots of a darker green colour...also rer.
white gauntlets going up to the elbows...and the
fingers were bent around (a) black box. The crea- References:
ture...was luminous like phosphorus, but its face
was very pale. Its shoulders were very thin and 1. N a t i o n a l E n q u i r e r , A p r i l 6, 1382. We are
slanting, w i t h thin arms like those of a child." g r a t e f u l to Roger Ersson who continously
donate copies of NE a r t i c l e s .
NE: "The two men are not certain about what happened 2. NE, March 30, 1982.
just after they spotted the h u m a n o i d . . . I t ' s possible 3. NE, April 13, 1983.
that Sarvi pointed his ski pofe at the creature. The 4. Pekka Teerikorpi; Soviet 'UFOs' i d e n t i f i e d
humanoid, perhaps reacting defensively, aimed the as s a t e l l i t e launchings. FSR v 27 n 6 pp 9-
stubby b a r r e l . . a t the two .-angers and a blinding,
p u l s a t i n g beam shout out, dazing them..."
5. Sven-Olof Fredrikson: Finnish encounter in
FSR: "...the creature turned the opening in the the snow. FSR v 16 n 4 pp 31-32.
box towards Heinonen. The pulsating light was Sven-Olof Fredrikson: More on the ImjSrvl
very bright, almost blinding". case. FSR v 16 n 6 pp 2 2 .
NE: "After several t e r r i f y i n g minutes, the men regain- - also ref. 7, below.
ed their vision and saw that the metal sphere was 6. Ar.ders Liljegren; The continued story of
again .enveloped in a red mist. There was no sign of the Imjarvi skiers. Parts 1 » 2. AFU News-
the a l i e n creature. Then the haze l i f t e d and the UFO letter 18 pp 12-14 and 19 pp 10-13.
also vanished..." 7. Sven-Olof Fredrikson; A humanoid was seen
at Imjarvi. FSR v 16 n 5 pp 14-18.
FSR: "While the creature was standing in the light- 8 For instance, on Aug 13, 1970, Danish police
beam a thick red-grey mist descended from the ob- officer Evald Maarup had a close encounter
j e c t . . . A t last it becane so thick they could not while driving near Hadsrslev (UFO-Nyt. 1970,
see the creature...the mist was "thrown apart" n 5, pp 211-213). Exactly three years and
and above us the air was empty". one day later (Aug 14, 1973) Maarup claimed
NE; "Sarvi was weak, cold and paralyzed on his entire almost exactly the same experience on the
right side Erkko ran off to get help, borrowed a horse same road (UFO-Nyt, 1974, n 6, pp 204-206).
and sleigh from a nearby farm and took Sarvi to his
home. En route, Sarvi began hallucinating, then pas-
sed out. When he regained consciousness he complained
about fever, aches all over his body, and he began to
vomit. Four weeks later he was s t i l l s u f f e r i n g from
headaches, nightmares and poor appetite, Dr. Azhazha
MUFON
said".
FSR: "...Heinonen f e l t that his right side had be-
103 OLDTOWNE RD.
come insensitive, and when taking a step forward., SEGUIN, TX 78155
he f e l l to the ground...ViI jo helped him...He had
pains in his back..a headache and after a while he
11
\"
By Ann Druffel
According to John DeHerrera's John joined us. Whoever articulated to ignore the fact that by 1977 I had
curious version of the 1977 McCall- the imaginary proposal, it was not John taught my college-level UFO class for 3
Lawson i m a g i n a r y abductee but McCall and Lawson who years and that I was intimately familiar
experiments (No. 175, Sept. 1982), I determined the study's protocol, with the literature and the major cases.
(Lawson) did little more than hang examined and interpreted the data, and I had also published a workbook
around and ask dumb questions. The publicized the study's significance in and two casebooks for my class, had
facts are otherwise. articles and symposia appearances. operated a UFO hotline since 1974, and
Some background: About a year John's "Eureka!" claims would ring I had been the primary investigator on
ago John threatened me with legal hollow even if they were true. the Scott, Kendall, and several other
action, charging that I had not given him John writes: Our first volunteer, after CE-III cases — and so I had long been
credit for his part in the imaginary being hypnotized, was told that he was intrigued by patterns of imagery
experiments. Somewhat stunned by taken aboard a UFO. Then we asked him to (tunnels, bright lights, retracting
describe how he was taken aboard and
this turn in a previously cordial what he could see inside....This was beams, etc.) in UFO reports. Only John
relationship, I quickly sent him copies of an emotional account, indicating how real it and God know why he maligns me thus;
the seven published versions of the was to the subject. I certainly don't have a clue.
study — in all of which I gave him John DeHerrera was once a
acknowledgement along with McCall as FACT #2:1 comment only to show valued and supportive associate of
a full participant — a flattering that John's memory has failed him here mine. Both McCall and I needed his
exaggeration of the facts. Perhaps I as it has elsewhere. Our first imaginary input and his informed encouragement
should have expected that it would not subject was not a "he" at all — she was a during the time when most UFOlogists
end there. strikingly attractive, 20-year-old reacted to the imaginary study's results
Dr. McCall and I both feel that, in secondary education major from with (1) shock, (2) disbelief, and then (3)
the interests of truth, it is essential that CSULB. Nor was her session notably hostility. Further, I considered John a
we clarify exactly what Mr. DeHerrera emotional (if John means "frightened" friend: we had many long talks after the
did — and did not — contribute to the here); she chuckled several times and imaginary sessions and via phone
imaginary study. Fortunately, our seemed relaxed through most of her during this period. I am sorry if the
memories are generally corroborated narrative. If such details are hazy to friendship is over. The fact is, however,
by a series of audio tapes which I made John, it is doubtless because he had that John's contributions to the
during that period. nothing to do with the transcribing of imaginary study were never much more
John writes: After observing some the sessions. I have spent hundreds of than those of an interested and
regressions...there were still many hours of typing tedium with these and supportive observer — one of many we
questions...! asked, "What would happen if other regressions, and I wish John had had during the first few months of our
we hypnotized someone who had never
seen a UFO?"...Dr. McCall decided that
been as eager to labor at a typewriter as imaginary work. Even had the
this was a good idea and passed the idea on he has been to distort the truth. imaginary experiments been John's
(to) Professor Lawson... (Witness next quote.) idea, he provided little toward the
performance of the study, and nothing
John writes: Dr. McCall and I shook our
FACT #1: Far from making any Moses- heads in disbelief. Soon Lawson asked us, to the clarification of the puzzling
like pronouncement of the germ idea "What is so amazing?" We told him that our patterns and other data. He has
for the imaginary abduction series, if volunteers were describing events and attempted to write about the imaginary
John ever did suggest the idea, neither things that are very common in the "real" work in a book and a few articles, but I
abduction narratives forbear commenting, save for a
Dr. McCall nor I remember it. (My
tapes shed no light on the issue.) The necessary thought or two below
imaginary study was the end product of FACT #3: The tape of the after- regarding his book.
many hours of hypnosis sessions, session discussion the very first night of There is a two-fold irony in John's
a f t e r m a t h discussions, and the imaginary series proves that, rather MJ piece. One involves his use of Ms.
brainstorming — all aimed at than John telling me, / told John about a Druffel's space for beating his own
establishing the validity of our CE-III size-changing pattern in the subject's drum. The Druffel-Rogo book, The
hypnotic data. McCall and I had narrative, and later I went on to discuss Tujunga Canyon Contacts (1981),
deliberated on this matter at great image parallels generally. Here John though it mentions John refers only to
length, starting with the 1975 Brian implies that I was ill-informed about CE-
Scott case, more than a year before III and other UFO data. He has chosen (continued on next page)
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Experimenters, Continued in my medical practice since 1959 and was suspicious of the reality of CE-III
have spent hundreds of hours in age- reports, and that we needed to find a
"Lawson's study" and "Lawson's regressing so-called real UFO way of testing our data.)
report," which it finds "totally (sic) abductees and other witnesses, as well Dr. Lawson has spent hundreds of
invalid" on methodological grounds. as many volunteers in our imaginary hours analyzing the material that we
(The objection is absurd, but that's and related hypnosis studies. have obtained, and when I threw up my
another story.) Rogo previously (in Mr. DeHerrera attempts to use the hands in desperation at the end of our
UFO Abductions, 1980) dismissed fact that hypnosis is no longer used or imaginary studies saying, "I haven't a
"Lawson's study" (he doesn't mention acceptable in court testimony as a clue to what all this means," through his
poor John) for similar reasons. Thus in means of discrediting all use of research and investigation of various
arguing for a key role in the important hypnosis. However, no experienced psychological phenomena, Lawson was
imaginary study, John aligns himself hypnotist denies that there are much able to come up with what appears to
with those who find that "Lawson's data retrieved under hypnosis which me to be a very logical, well-thought-out
study" is worthless; yet John has not cannot be obtained in any other way. conclusion as to the source of our UFO
dissociated himself from any of the It is significant that once a person "abductions." The field .of UFOlogy
basic findings of the imaginary series. re-lives an experience under hypnotic owes a great deal to Dr. Lawson since
But there is another, more age-regression, he tends to remember his is one of the first and certainly most
ludicrous irony in John's complaint. I it. The court is concerned because far-reaching testable hypotheses yet
first met DeHerrera in 1976 while he subjects cannot always differentiate submitted to explain the UFO
was working with Brian Scott, months between data remembered from the abduction phenomenon.
after McCall and I had concluded, after age-regression and data which have When I entered the field of UFO
an exhaustive investigation, that Brian actually happened. John's assertion investigations, I went in very deliberate-
was a clever fraud, and so had cut all that someone has proved "that ly with an open mind in an attempt to
ties with him. I cooperated freely with hypnosis is inherently unreliable" is explain or discover what was going on. I
John, sharing with him all the video and basically false. It is certainly the case was very fortunate to meet Al Lawson
audio tapes, typed transcripts, phone that hypnosis is not infallible, but a at Idabel Epperson's house and found
c o n v e r s a t i o n s , analyses, and skilled hypnotist has to learn to that he had a like bent. It appears that
miscellaneous materials I had about separate the wheat from the chaff. we may be the only two people in
Scott — as well as similar materials Mr. DeHerrera claims to have UFOlogy who are actually going into
from many other cases and reports. studied hypnosis at great length, yet his this investigation with an open,
In 1978, John printed his own book statement that the brain waves of a scientific, investigative mind — and
about Brian's case (Etherean Invasion). hypnotized person are identical with hopefully with no preconceived ideas. I
Interestingly, although the book is at those produced during REM sleep is began this study as a complete believer
least 50% based on the McCall-Lawson simply not true. It is impossible for even in UFOs and abductions, and have now
investigation, neither Dr. McCall's a skilled brain wave analyst to differenti- reached the point where I believe that
name nor mine appears anywhere in ate between the waking and hypnotized no one has ever been abducted by a
John's text. He even avoids referencing electro-encephalogram, and as a result UFO; that the experience is
my 1976 Flying Saucer Review article hypnotists no longer refer to hypnosis psychologically a spontaneous
on Brian (though he quotes from it as a state of sleep. regression to the birth event.
liberally and without permission), and Regarding the imaginary To answer Mr. DeHerrera's last
likewise omits any reference to my 1977 e x p e r i m e n t s , Mr. DeHerrera's question, "Is it possible there really are
MUFON article on the imaginary study. participation in the entire-study was UFO abductions?" — to keep an open
Just who did not give, credit to marginal, and while he attended most of mind on the subject I would have to say,
whom? For what? And why? the sessions, he was not present for all "Possibly, but I doubt it."
Mark Twain observes that the of them. His contributions were W.C. McCall, M.D.
difference between a man and a dog is interesting, though not mind-boggling, Anaheim, Calif.
that a dog seldom bites you after you and he was of assistance in our
give it needed help. analyzing and digesting the material
You're welcome, John....Ouch! that was obtained. As to who originated
Alvin H. Lavvson, PhD, the imaginary study, I have always felt Letters to the Editor are invited,
Garden Grove, Calif. that I first propounded the idea. But commenting on any articles or other
* * * * * whether I merely contributed to it or material published in the Journal.
I recently read the article by John not, I do know that I was instrumental in Please confine them to about 400
DeHerrera and would like to straighten pursuing it and making certain that we words. Articles of about 500-750 words
out a few of the statements that he followed proper protocol. (I specifically will be considered for publication as
made regarding the use of hypnosis and remember stating that — after "Comments" or "Notes." All
the 1977 imaginary abduction regressing 35 abductees and other submissions should be typed and
experiments. witnesses and not obtaining even one double-spaced, and are subject to
I have been using hypnosis actively item of extraterrestrial information — I editing for length and style.
15,
CRITIC'S CORNER
By Robert Wanderer
In Others' Words
The • February 15 issue of uncovered. Pilichis at P.O. Box 5012, Rome, Ohio
NATIONAL ENQUIRER reports on a Ohio's Tri-County UFO Study 44085.
UFO which supposedly started a fire Group has produced a Yearbook An excellent foreign publication
which did extensive damage in the small A n n u a l which contains some which is now available in the U.S. is
town of Londres, Argentina. interesting items, including details of Ahmad J a m a l u d i n ' s Study. A
Speculation that space aliens UFO reports investigated by Group SUMMARY OF UNIDENTIFIED
influenced film director Steven members, a statistical analysis of FLYING OBJECTS.AND RELATED
Spielberg ("E.T.") is the subject of an encounters with Bigfoot creatures, etc. EVENTS IN MALAYSIA (1950-1980).
article in the ENQUIRER'S February 22 The Annual is $3.00 (plus $1.00 postage This large softcover volume includes
issue. & handling) and may be ordered from n u m e r o u s tables, graphs and
The UFO REPORT ANNUAL Jim Rastetter, P.O. Box 2, Sebring, OH illustrations, as well as details of UFO
1983 from the publishers of UFO 44672. A monthly Newsletter is also cases which have occurred in Malaysia
REPORT is now available. Although available at the rate of $15.00 for 12 during this 30-year period. Some of the
largely composed of familiar material, it issues, from the same address. fascinating reports involve tiny entities
does have a few new articles of interest. Researcher Dennis Pilichis and craft which have been seen on
Eric Mishara contributes the "Anti- (Associate Editor of the above- several occasions. One of Jamaludin's
Matter/UFO Update" column for the mentioned Newsletter) has begun an several appendixes to the book details
March issue of OMNI, discussing a interesting and worthwhile project, the his theory of UFO flap cycles, with
report of a damaged UFO which crash- Fortean Tape Recorded Information predictions of future UFO activity in
landed near a NATO installation in Service. Dennis has accumulated an specific areas of the world. This is a
England. As the story goes, the impressive number of tapes on UFOs fascinating document and one which
A m e r i c a n base c o m m a n d e r and unexplained phenomena and many UFO .researchers could
communicated with the aliens while would like to exchange tapes with other profitably use as a model for their own
they repaired their craft. Various researchers. No money is involved, investigation reports. It is available from
British researchers have attempted to other than postage costs for mailing Arcturus Book Service . (263 North
learn more about the incident, but little tapes, so anyone wishing to obtain the Ballston Avenue, Scotia, NY 12302) for
of a definite nature has been details of such a trade may write to $11.00, plus 85C postage.
Plans are being formulated by the been announced.) fulfilling for the past few years, this is
Scientific Bureau of Investigation (SBI) The manuscript, artwork, forms, not a MUFON endorsement of the new
to conduct a UFO symposium in New etc. for the Third Edition of the Foundation for UFO Research, but a
York during the month of August 1983. MUFON Field Investigator's Manual news release recognizing its formation.
Details will be announced in the April were sent to the printer on April 1,1983. We have also been notified of the
1983 issue of the Journal by Pete We expect to announce the price and formation of a new UFO organization in
Mazzola, International Director of SBI. availability date in the April issue of the Quebec, having the corporate name
The 1984 MUFON International Journal. This updated manual has been "Centrale de Compilation Ufologique
UFO Symposium is scheduled for the improved so as to stay abreast of the du Quebec, Inc." (C.C.U.Q. inc.) Their
week-end of June 8, 9, and 10 at the state-of-the-art in UFO investigations, mailing address is Case Postale 103,
Northpark Inn, 9300 North Central by adding the following new sections or Drummondville, Quebec, Canada J2B
Expressway, Dallas, TX 75231. chapters: The Field Investigator's Code 6V6. Our best wishes are extended to
Tentative speakers who have already of Ethics, Photographic Evidence, their directors.
been contacted are Tom Adams of Evaluation of Medical Injuries from The MUFON UFO Journal has
Paris, Texas, on "Cattle Mutilations UFO Close Encounters, Hypnosis as not carried an astronomy column for
and UFOs"; Dr. Stephen Clark of an Investigative Aid, Radiation Survey several years. This column has been
Garland, Texas on "Hypnotic of Landing Cases, and The Challenge sadly missed by investigators, as a
Regression as related to UFO Cases"; to UFOlogy. In addition, major means of identifying planets, bright
and John F. Schuessler from Houston, revisions have been made in the section stars, and meteor showers in the night
Texas; The symposium committee is on Field Investigations of Alleged UFO skies. We are very pleased to announce
composed of Neal Hern, General landing Sites, and the Bright Planet that Alvis L. Barrier, M.D., an amateur
Chairman; Mrs. Jennie Willis, Location Chart. astronomer, who is on the Board of the
Recording Secretary and Reservations The Manual has been edited by University of Texas McDonald
Chairperson; Lindy Whitehurst, Raymond E. Fowler, Director of Observatory is now writing a monthly
Facilities and Publicity Chairman; Investigations. Two new sighting report column that will be predated several
Robert Davis, Program Chairman; forms have been added as follows: months so as to make it a current and
Mike Broyles, Welcoming/Hospitality Aerial Sighting Report Form 11 as valuable tool for readers.
and Transportation Chairman; and designed by Richard F. Haines, Dr. Barrier, a surgeon, is also the
Lew Willis, Treasurer. Many other Residual Radiation Form 10, and a new State Section Director for Guadalupe
details were consummated during their Computer Input Form 2 to make it County in Texas. He and his family
meeting on January 19, 1983 at the compatible with the UFOCAT reside at 214 Milford Lane, Seguin, TX
home of Neal Hern. database. The MUFON Field 78155. Of major interest .to
Burt L. Monroe, Jr. Ph.D., State Investigator's Manual has been and will astronomers around the World is the
Director for Kentucky, has selected continue to be accepted as the guide in installation of a new 400-inch telescope
Donald K. Burchett, M.S. as a the English speaking nations of the at the McDonald Observatory in the
Research Specialist in Chemistry. Mr. World. Davis Mountains in west Texas. It will
Burchett resides at 616 Rymer Way, Alan Benz, former librarian for be the largest in the World, having twice
Louisville, KY 40223. He has had 15 APRO, has announced the formation of the diameter of the lens in the telescope
years of experience as a research a new non-profit corporation named on Mount Palomar in California. We are
scientist in the chemical industry. "Foundation for UFO Research." The extremely proud to have an
John F. Magor, Provincial Director' purpose of the foundation is to assist in astronomer of Dr. Barrier's status write
for British Columbia, has just been the eventual solution of the mystery of our astronomy column.
advised that his new book, titled Aliens UFOs, utilizing their theme "Deeds not Walter N. Webb, consultant in
Above — A UFO Report will be Words." Many of its purposes were Astronomy, is also contributing
published by Hancock House this identified in the "1982 UFO Summit separate charts on astronomical events
Spring. The book will soon be available Meeting" in Toronto, Ontario, hosted for the year and has contributed to the
from Hancock House, 19313 Zero Ave., by MUFON, which Mr. Benz attended. MUFON Field Investigator's Manual.
Surrey, B.C., Canada V3S 5J9 or The foundation's mailing address is Mr. Webb is Assistant Director of the
autographed copies from Mr. Magor at P.O. Box 182, Tucson, AZ 85702-0182. Charles Hayden Planetarium, Boston,
Box 758, Duncan, B.C., Canada V9L Since their proposed work is similar in Mass.o
3Y1. Contact your local book stores for nature to the outstanding projects that
additional sources. (The price has not the Fund for UFO Research has been