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- MUFON SUPPORTS BALLOT INITIATIVE
TO END UFO SECRECY
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- In a letter entered into the Congressional
Record in 1960, retired Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, first CIA head,
urgently warned Congress to take UFO reports seriously. His concern: misidentifying
Unidentified Flying Objects as enemy hostiles could trigger a nuclear response
from Cold War adversaries. In 1989, the Soviet Union echoed that concern
in a publication, "Soviet Military Review." Today, public opinion
polls show that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe the government
knows more than it lets on; their conclusion adds to the cynicism corrosive
of the trust necessary to democratic institutions. Yet Congress does nothing.
In a bold effort to gain congressional attention, the Mutual UFO Network,
Inc. is supporting ballot initiatives for next year's elections in various
states that permit legislation by direct and indirect initiatives through
voter petitions. Voters -- actual voters (people that politicians do heed)
-- will be asked to officially proclaim 2000 the Year of UFO Awareness,
urging open congressional hearings. (Scores of current and former military
personnel, et al., stand ready to present sworn testimony based on personal
knowledge, if granted immunity by waiver of security oaths.) Perhaps the
New Millennium can afford Congress some political cover to be at least
open to the possibilities.
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- "Direct initiative" produces
laws (like a proclamation) when the people directly place (by petition)
proposals on the ballot, submit them to the voters, and win their approval.
Currently, 16 states offer the direct initiative: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. "Indirect
initiative" produces law when the people submit the proposal to the
state legislature during a regular session, and win approval. Seven states
offer the indirect initiative: Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada,
Ohio, Utah, and Washington. "Formidable hurdles, such as gathering
tens of thousands of petition signatures, lie ahead," said MUFON international
director Walter H. Andrus, Jr. "But if you believe, as MUFON does,
that our constitutional republic depends on an informed citizenry, and
that the UFO problem has as much political presence as it has scientific
promise, then join us in this effort." With chapters in nearly every
state and in 45 foreign countries, MUFON, founded in 1969, serves as the
world's largest member organization dedicated to the scientific study of
UFO reports. Andrus concluded: "Tell your congressman you support
this 'UFO ballot initiative.' Tell us, too. Help make a difference."
Editor's Note: I was glad to support the initiative.
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- NEW JERSEY
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- ROBBINSVILLE -- Plan2trvl writes, "I
believe I made a positive UFO sighting on March 6, 1999. The craft appeared
west of me just under whatever bright stars there is out there tonight.
It traveled west to east, then banked to the south. As it did I saw its
underside with four equally bright lights in a pattern, but no red or green
lights, and no sound. The sky was clear with broken clouds. Air traffic
was heavy since, the McGuire Air Force Base traffic is probably due to
Kosovo. Did any one else see this? Thanks to Plan2trvl, 890-6947
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- PENNSYLVANIA
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- KING OF PRUSSIA. A professional investigator
and her friend a doctor observed an unidentified object on March 30, 1999,
coming back from supper at 10:35 PM. She said, We had a sighting tonight.
My friend was with me and he observed the object also. I told him, look
up there at 11:00 high. Look at those lights! He said, "It's just
a plane." I said, "NO IT'S NOT! When have you seen lights blinking
in a circular motion?" "It's a UFO!" He then said, well,
it could be a helicopter. Then I told him to look to the right of the
object, that's a helicopter. "Well, whatever it is, it is moving
fast," he said. I then said, "I rest my case, - right up here
in the King of Prussia area again." I have a habit of looking up
to the sky at this intersection, you get a good view of the sky. It was
headed southwest from King of Prussia towards the airport in Philly. We
lost sight of it due to trees. We weren't able to make out a shape, but
the lights appeared to be on the bottom of the craft, one white and one
red, they were blinking off quickly in a circular rotation. Total duration
of the sighting was about 45 seconds. Thanks to J. R. Gillis MUFON Investigator/ResearcherMS
228-897-9012
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- MISSISSIPPI
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- SOUTHAVEN -- J. Michael Long reports
a resident of Southaven, Mississippi saw an unusual flying object that
he describes as a "Little Orb." The observer was standing on
his driveway at 6:45 PM on or about March 31, 1999. The object was low
to the horizon in the northern sky and appeared to wobble. The orb was
observed flying around in the sky and changing directions. Thanks to J.
Michael Long at msufo@juno.com
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- MICHIGAN
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- UNIONVILLE -- The Marlette Leader Newspaper
by Stacy Langley reports that unusual sightings have been the talk of town
and several surrounding communities as residents compare stories and probe
officials about the weird light spotted in the skies last week. The past
few years, sightings of unidentified objects in the sky have been quite
common and without much explanation. Adiel DeBoever said he was the first
person to call Tuscola County Central Dispatch around 8:30 p.m. March
16 just after he spotted the lights in the sky hovering over his home.
DeBoever said they were bright orange in color and looked to be shining
from inside the object. "The lights were not like a spotlight shinning
down from the sky, but they were very noticeable," he said. The siting
was just one of five reported that night by area residents who say they
saw the unidentified flying object(s). DeBoever, who lives on Cottage
Drive, says the lights would just blink out of sight and then come back
on, but the object seemed to remain in the same place the whole time.
DeBoever the lights were half a mile away to the east just above the Department
of Natural Resources wetlands when he saw them. "They spanned about
the entire length of a football field. There were two sets of light clusters
which were bright orange. The larger one could have been further away,
he said. When my nephew came out of the house I said, '"Eddie, there's
a UFO in the sky' just joking and then the light blinked out, but came
on this time." "It appeared to separate into six other lights
and they all moved and stopped in the shape of a large triangle object
which then appeared to rotate on its axis."
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- DeBoever wasn't alone in the sightings.
Central Dispatch reports a call came in at 8:57 PM from a Juanita Township
resident who reported seeing orange lights in the sky. Callers from Novesta,
Township Fremont Township and the Fairgrove area followed. The caller
described seeing orange lights in the shape of a football field, a Z-shaped
formation in the sky. Thanks to Brad Sparks and Jeffrey S. Westover who
spoke with TV-5 news reporter Jay Brandow before this sighting was published
in the Marlette Leader 3/31/99 and following the TV-5 broadcast. Brandow
told me that Selfridge had sent two F-16's into the area."
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- MINNESOTA
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- DEEP RIVER -- Nan Deressa writes that,
"My eye was caught by a posting by a college professor in Charleston,
SC. He states he saw an elongated Cigar shaped object with lights running
the length of the vehicle. This description also fits a sighting in 1991,
on Highway 2 west of Duluth, was seen by 6 tourists and a pair of Deputies.
It was lit along the mid section and looked like a 'hot dog' bun with
the lights sandwiched between the two halves. My mate and I saw the same
vehicle up on Co. 4 on the 9th of October 1992. The craft had a black
band around the middle and appeared definitely silver metallic with the
sun gleaming off the surface. This area is designated Beaver Military
Operations Area on aeronautical maps. Thanks to. Manuel Colunga-Hernandez,
mannynan@paulbunyan.net
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- CANADA
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- TORONTO - A UFO made two more appearances
last week near Canada's largest city. On Sunday, March 28, 1999, Aaron
W. "was out with a friend in when we saw a glowing orb over the Lakeview
Generating Station" located two kilometers from the Toronto city limits
at about 8:00 PM. "It was a bright, gold-colored light that hovered
for five minutes, then split into five separate lights and disappeared
below the horizon," Aaron reported. The following evening at 8:45
PM, he was out again at Lake Ontario on a beach in Rattray Marsh. I looked
to the northwest, and I saw a bright red light streak across the sky.
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- ONTARIO -- UFOs were reported throughout
province during March of 1999, with many sightings around Sudbury and Elliot
Lake. On March 14, 1999, at 3:40 PM, a motorist driving from Elliot Lake
to Provincial Highway 17 "reported seeing a white cone-shaped object
moving across the sky from west to east. The front end was squared off.
On March 12, 1999, a boy living in Sudbury a city 260 miles north of Toronto,
looked out his bedroom window at 10:00 PM, and saw a triangular object
in the night sky. It had three colored lights--one at each corner. One
light was red and the other two were white. He also noticed a fourth light
in the center of the craft--a smaller red light which was moving around
in a circular pattern. He said the triangular craft was about as big as
an aspirin (held) at arm's length."
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- GARSON -- On March 13, 1999, a witness
saw a big, round object moving slowly across the sky in a northwesterly
direction at 1:05 AM. He said, It blinked four times before disappearing
and described it as being 'lime green in color, oval-shaped and as large
as a garbage can cover held at a distance of 15 feet.' On March 15, 1999,
at around 3:00 PM, two men ice-fishing on Dunlop Lake, "saw a glare
moving across the sky." They described the UFO as "the object
was a lot bigger than a plane" and "it was a silver bullet-type
thing." Both the top and the lower halves were reflecting sunlight,
he said, but the middle section was blurry." On March 20, 1999, two
women driving east on Highway 17 from Sault Sainte Marie "saw what
looked like a bright star in the sky at around 3:00 AM. Then it suddenly
came down at tremendous speed and flew past their car. The witness, who
was in the passenger seat, said that as the large ball of light flew past
the car, sparks were shooting off from end to end. She looked back through
the rear window to see the object, and it stopped and hovered above the
road." Thanks to MUFON Ontario, Sudbury Section, and Errol Bruce-Knapp
UFO ROUNDUP Vol. 4 #13 4/4/99, Editor Joe Trainor
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- FLORIDA
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- For several hours I talked on the phone
to k.t. Frankovich, who is an especially credible and well-qualified wild
life expert. She is a writer and has made numerous films while traveling
around the world to study dangerous animals. In early 1992, she moved
into her apartment in South Dade, Florida that had an inscription on the
front door, stating "MAY GOD PROTECT US." She was also warned
by neighbors, that very scary things go on in the Lime Grove behind her
home! k.t. had studied and worked with alligators, snakes, and some of
the worlds most dangerous animals. To her standards a lime grove is tame
in comparison to swamps and wild jungles. Despite the warnings, she often
took her four attack dogs for a walk in the miles of thick trees. Since
two dogs are easier to handle, she took two of her attack dogs for a walk
at sunset in May of 1992. The grove was abandoned and only sporadically
had she seen a few lime-pickers. At dusk, there was never anyone else
there. This evening k.t. has the shadows lengthened she saw a few wild
rabbits. Then she suddenly felt that someone was watching but she felt
protected by her aggressive black Labrador and giant schnauzer. Both dogs
seemed to enjoy their walk as they got into the isolated area not far from
woods behind the Metro-Zoo. Suddenly, she heard someone chopping down
a tree! She stopped and looked around. The dogs did not bark and stood
at her side. Normally they bark at the slightest noise. The chopping
sound started again and k.t. stated,
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- "Thirty feet away was the strangest
looking creature I had ever seen! Strangely both dogs laid down and put
their heads on the ground. The 'being' was alone, and only stood about
4'9" tall. I am 5'3" tall, and with me were my two very large,
aggressive dogs. I must have appeared very frightening and intimidating
to the strange creature staring back at me. I didn't want to frighten
the creature away. I had always loved animals and had never hurt them.
They stared at each other for a long time. Neither of them moved nor
did the dogs. K.t. sensed, whatever this creature was, it was a male.
He had strong muscular legs, and his skin was grayish-pink. It was a
smooth texture like a dolphin. It seemed to glisten and appear non-porous.
He had dark brown almond shaped eyes. His head was an inverted pear-shape
with a narrow chin and no hair. He had a skinny little neck. The mouth,
nose and ears were all tiny. His arms were long with no muscle and reminded
her of the arms of an orangutan ape. His neck was thinner than ours and
again, had no muscle tone. His hands were also like an those of an orangutan
ape, but there were 6 long fingers on each on each hand. This was not
a homo-sapien or human! Next week we will continue her story. If you
can't wait, the rest of the story her story is at: http://members.aol.com/KFrnkovich/index.html. Thanks to k.t. Frankovich, Editors Note: Why
were aliens breaking branches of the growing lime trees. They must use
them for something, possibly for food because all the branches were taken
away. Couple this with the Elk kidnapping case in Washington, cattle mutilations
and the like, it appears to me they might be foraging for food or building
materials.
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- GERMANY
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- MAYEN -- My name is Stephan Marzi, I
am 14 years old and come from Mayen in western Germany. On February 11,
1998, I saw an UFO. I filmed it on my videocamera in the afternoon. It
was flat and silver. This UFO was filmed at 15x zoom. Editor's Note:
We would like to review your video here in the US. Many of the photographs
and videos turn out to be inconclusive due to distance, failure to film
the background and other technical problems. Thanks to Stephan.Marzi@t-online.de
(Stephan Marzi)
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- TWA FLIGHT 800 WAS DESTROYED
BY MISSILE?
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- Commander William S. Donaldson, a retired
US Navy Aviation Mishap Analyst supported by former Admiral Moorer claims
that he and his group have proof that a MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense
Systems) or shoulder-fired missile was responsible for downing of Flight
800. He claims they can now prove, before a jury or Congress, that the
aircraft was shot down. Donaldson claims that in 1996, surrogates from
rogue states had access to in mid-eastern weapons bazaars. $50,000 would
buy a Chinese Vanguard, a deadly new long range missile upgraded from US
Stinger technology transferred to the Chinese in the early 90's. MANPADS
missiles had already claimed 26 civil transport aircraft and was only a
matter of time before a US Flag carrier would be targeted and hit. In
1994, Maryland State Police found a fully armed French Mistral MANPADS
missile ready to fire under a busy northeastern air route. In 1995, Iranian
surrogate's car bombed US troops in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and later smuggled
MANPADS missiles into the US from across the Canadian border. Iranian officials
warned the Administration that they considered enactment of the Iran/Libya
Sanctions Act tantamount to an act of war! The Iranian Supreme Council
approved attacks on major American targets. In June of 1996, a huge truck
bomb was deployed against the US Air Force barracks complex at Khobar Towers
in Saudi Arabia. Three weeks later, TWA Flight 800 was shot down only
hours after an explicit warning of an attack was received in London and
Washington. Despite overwhelming forensic evidence of a weapon impact
in the number two main tank of the left wing and witness testimony of a
missile attack, the Administration would not fund military missile experts
or allow the FBI to trawl for missile parts until after the November 1996
elections. Thanks to Commander William S. Donaldson Read the entire amazing
document at: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/twa_clinton_coverup.htm
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- CENTER FOR PHYSICAL TRACE
RESEARCH
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- Ted Phillips responded to my questions
concerning the February Elk abduction by a UFO in Washington State. With
a database of 4,000+ trace events, one clearly sees three primary types
of objects reported. The Elk case (a very, very interesting event) falls
right into the Group 1.....Small hemispherical objects, 4 to 12 feet in
diameter, 4 to 5 feet thick, glowing brightly at night, showing a metallic
surface in daylight. These objects rarely touch the ground but remain
stationary 1 to 5 feet above ground surface. External details, such as
"vents" or "extensions" have been reported. They are
reported as silent, humming, whistling, rumbling (at hover). This type
of object leaves traces such as 4 to 12 ft rings which are burnt or dehydrated.
Tree damage has been reported. Animal & human reaction (sometimes
quite extreme reactions) are often reported. This type of trace related
object clearly is quite similar to the Elk object, I've tried to obtain
all details possible on this case-with little luck so far. As far as weight
estimates--that's a tough one as they don't touch ground.
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- The Delphos, Kansas and Langenburg, Saskatchewan
objects (to name but a few) were quite similar in description. The comment
I received the object was only slightly larger than the elk would indicate
a diameter of around 8 feet, I would like to see a sketch of the elk object
in order to see if the thickness would be around 5 feet. I find this case
of tremendous interest as it seems to fit the Group 1 so closely. As far
as abductions and trace cases--no I have not seen any direct links in the
high strangeness cases, the Delphos case would come closest. Before the
elk I started looking into levitation cases involving traces and have numerous
events in which humans, animals, and vehicles were lifted or at least an
attempt was made to lift these items. It would appear that the "little
guys" are not so smart after all as they seem to have lots of problems
lifting such objects from the ground (as indicated with the elk). Thanks
to Ted Phillips at theo2042@gte.net (Ted Phillips)
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- EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE ENCOUNTER
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- Many of my friends doubt the existence
of UFOs. I asked that they listen to Sam Sherman's audio documentary tape
called THE EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE ENCOUNTER. Sam took authentic voice
recordings from the Department of the Air Force, Air Technical Intelligence
at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. They provided recordings of declassified
audio records on a UFO event that took place at Edwards Air Force Base
in California on the night of October 7, 1965. It was given the code name:
"The Incident." During this event 12 high tech luminous UFOs
invaded secure air space and came down low over the runways at Edwards
AFB, where tower operator Chuck Sorrels spotted them and notified the Western
Air Defense Command. I have met and spoken to Sorrels who is heard on
the original tapes and in a new segment in which he verifies the event
as is heard on the archival recordings. What is heard are actual military
personnel, including pilots in planes, spotting the luminous "UFOBs"
and deciding a course of action! F-106 Interceptors are sent up after
the objects by the base UFO officer. The UFOs are heard to clearly evade
the planes at 40,000 foot altitude. My friends were surprised learn there
had been UFO Officers and valid chases of these craft. Hear it for yourself,
its probably the best tape ever made and its record of a real event. THE
EDWARDS AIR FORCE ENCOUNTER, with Chuck Sorrels present, was used to brief
members of Congress about the UFO reality. I suggest you play them loud
on your hi-fi stereo in a darkened room for maximum effect. The cost of
the tape is $14.95 each plus $2.00 for shipping -- total $16.95 -- the
buyer can send either a personal check or money order to: INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL,
Box 565, Dept. GF, Old Bridge, New Jersey 08857. This a great tape to
listen to with your friends. Have a party!
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