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The MUFON

UFO JOURNAL

NUMBER 138

AUGUST 1979

Founded 1967

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF

Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Director of CUFOS,

addressing thesymposium

Bill Spauldlng, ArizonaState Director, being

Interviewed by KGO-TV, San Francisco

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Ed Cervantes and NBC-TV crew filming for

"Real People" show

Media Workshop Panel, left to right: Walt

Andrus, Allen Hynek, Paul Levy, and Bob

Tabor

MUFON 1979 SYMPOSIUM

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UFO JOURNAL

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FROMTHE EDITOR

The 1979 MUFON UFO Symposium, specially covered inthis

issue, was remarkablenot only for the high attendance, but also for

the depth and breadth of its subject matter. The participation by

sociologists as well as physical scientists, engineers, theologians,

and many others directly reflects the complexity of UFO

phenomena. Social scientists and psychologists, particularly,can

play an important role. A special caucus or panel of behavioral

scientists might be a good feature for next year's symposium in

Houston, Texas. Meanwhile, the northern California MUFON

contingent—Paul Gerny, Stan Friedman, Jim McCampbell, Tom

Gates, Marvin Taylor, RichardHaines, and allthe rest—receive our

plaudits for a job extremely well done.

In this Issue

1979 MUFON UFO SYMPOSIUM SUMMARY

By Walt Andrus

SYMPOSIUM PHOTOGRAPHS

By Fred Svihus

NEW MEXICO UFO-MUTILATIONS CONNECTION?

By Tommy Roy Blann

HUMANOID PHYSIOLOGY

By Richard C. Niemtzow & John F. Schuessler

NEWSNOTES & MORE SYMPOSIUM PHOTOGRAPHS

UFO TECH NOTE

By John F. Schuessler

IN OTHERS' WORDS

;

By Lucius Parish

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

By Walt Andrus

The contents of The MUFON UFO JOURNAL are

determined by the editor, and do not necessarily

represent the official position of MUFON. Opinionsof

contributors are their own, and do not necessarily reflect

those of the editor, the staff, or MUFON.Articles maybe

forwarded directly to MUFON.

Permission is herby granted to quote from this issue

provided not more than 200 words are quoted from any

one article, the author of the article is given credit, and

JOURNAL, 103 Oldtowne Rd., Sequin, Texas" is

included.

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1979 MUFON UFOSYMPOSIUM

INTENSIFYING THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF THE

UFO SURVEILLANCE

ByWaltAndrus

This theme typified the speeches,

films, programs, displays, and

enthusiasm of all participants at

MUFON's Tenth Annual UFO

Symposium in Burlingame, California,

on July 6, 7, and 8, 1979.Since the

second theme was "Stressing Public

Education of the UFO Phenomena,"

multiple programs were being

conducted simultaneously that would

appeal to both the scientificcommunity

and the general public. This article is

being prepared for the people around

the world who were unableto attend in

person. Attendance has been

estimated at 1,400-1,500 people. Abrief

review of the 11 featured speakers'

papers that are published in the 1979

MUFON UFO Symposium Pro-

ceedings is included.

Publicity for the symposium

successfully utilized all media:

newspapers, the international wire

services, radio, television, magazines,

and public appearances by committee

members. An attractive UFO art and

photo exhibit on the mezzaninegreeted

all arrivals to the AirportMarinaHotel.

After short greetings and a welcome

from Tom Gates, Conference

Chairman, and Walt Andrus,

International Director, the audience

selected one of four speeches or

programs to attend that was the most

appealing to their personal interests. It

would be impossible to review each of

the informative talks given, but wewant

to thank each of these speakers for

their contributions to the finest

symposium ever conducted by

MUFON.

On Saturday morning, in addition

to the featured speakers, the following

people made presentations: MarvinE.

Taylor, Assistant State Director for

Northern California - "Investigators

Workshop"; William H. Spaulding,

Director GSW - "Three Decades of

UFOs and Holding"; Tom Gates,

Astronomer • "The Zeta Reticuli

Model"; Thomas F. Bearden -

"Investigators Workshop" on his

speech; David Swift, Ph.D., Sociologist

from University of Hawaii, Honolulu,

"Who Believes in UFOs?"; and then

one of the most popular events of the

symposium titled "Witness Case

Workshop." Paul Cerny, MUFON

Western States Director, introduced

and interviewed selected witnesses of

close encounter cases and abductees

living in the northern California area.

The audience had an opportunity to

personally meet and listen to Judy

Kendall, Grace OMara, Bill Pecha,

Anita Sowles, and HelenWhitetelltheir

experiences. In addition to these

events, the Allan F. Sandier color

motion picture film "UFOs, Past,

Present and Future," narrated by Rod

Serling,-was shown at periodicintervals

throughout the symposium. .

The Saturday afternoon programs

included a hypnosis workshop byJean

Richards, therapist, titled "Hypnosis

Session and Demonstration"; Witness

Case Workshop, James N. Hershey,

Ph.D., theologian, titled "My Personal

Encounters with- UFOs, Including

Telepathy"; Walt Andrus, "UFO

Photographs"; James M. McCampbell,

'Technology of UFOs"; Alvin H.

Lawson, Ph.D., "Abduction Analogs:

Parallels With Other Altered

Awareness States"; Tom Page,

educator, "A Personal Account of a

Close Encounter"; Terry Hartman,

State Director for Oregon, "Mind

Development, Telepathic Conscious-

ness, Other Life Forms"; Marvin

Taylor, "UFOs, A Reality to Be Dealt

With"; and Richard F. Haines, Ph.D.,

"Everything You've Wanted to Know

About Witness Drawings, But Been

Afraid to Ask."

On Sunday morning, while the

MUFON Annual Corporate Meeting

was taking place, the following

gentlemen were giving presentations in

other rooms: Stanton T. Friedman,

"UFO Propulsion Systems"; Tom

Gates, "A Discussion of the

Andreasson Affair"; and Terry

Hartman, "Entities Among' Us."

Sunday afternoon special programs

consisted ofvariousworkshops such as

Ted Peters, Ph.D. and David Stupple,

Ph.D., "Religious and Social

Workshop"; William Spaulding and

Stanton Friedman, "Dealing with the

Media," Part I and Part D, with short

talks by Bob Trebor of KGO Radio,

Walt Andrus,Tom Gates,Allen Hynek,

James McCampbell, and Marvin

Taylor; "Government Involvement

Workshops" with William Spaulding

and Stanton Friedman.

An unscheduled but very popular

addition to the symposiumwastheNew

Zealand motbn picture film made

December 31, 1978, that was shown

and narrated by Bruce Maccabee,

Ph.D., MUFON State Director for

Maryland. By starting, stopping on

individual frames, slow motion, and

reversing segments, Bruce gave an

analysis of his study that has been

published inthe May and June issues of

the MUFON UFO Journal. And ifthis

wasn't enough, for an added thrill,

David Crockett — the photographer

who made the film — was at the

symposium with his new 30-minute

videotape documentary covering this

monumental event. His videotape

depicts the entire experience including

interviews with the pilots, radar

operators, and film crew as they re-

enact their part in this sighting. Three

major factors —multiple witness visual

sighting, radar confirmation from both

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(Symposium, Continued)

ground and aircraft units, and a motion

picture film — thoroughly document

this UFO case as authentic and

substantial evidence that a UFO was

observed. Rocky Wood, a New

Zealand UFOlegist, also attended the

symposium and assisted with the

showing ofthe films and videotape. One

of the most impressive aspects of the

motion picture film was the direct

contrast of motion from an apparently

hovering attitudeto the fantastic speed

where in one frame of film, the object

moved through a pattern like the

ampersand on a typewriter (&).

Since this article is aimed toward

those people who could not attend due

to the vast distances to be traveled, we

are showing numerous photographsof

the speakers, symposium committee

members, "gophers," and a few

attendees. Everyperson involvedinthe

planning and implementation of this

symposium from the host Northern

California group is to be congratulated

and highly commended for the largest

and finest symposium in our 10-year

history. At other symposiums the wives

of the host committee could always be

counted on for help, however, at the

San Francisco symposium practically

all of the beautiful and gracious ladies

were individual members who devoted

untold hours of their time to make this

prestigious event a success —roses to

these gorgeous gals. Another

innovation at this symposium was the

ever-presence of young men (mostly

teenagers) performing vital functions

and each being proudly identified by

their large round badges as "Gophers."

With both ofthese groups workingwith

the host committee and State Section

Directors, "our hats are off' to these

folks for a job well done.

The international

atmosphere

abounded at this conference with

participants from Japan, Australia,

New Zealand, the Philippines, and a

large contingent from Canada headed

by Henry McKay, our Canadian

Regional Director.

FORBIDDEN FRONTIER — COMMUNICATIONS WITH UFONAUTS

By James M. McCampbell

(MUFON Director for Research, Belmont, California)

Jim's speech and published paper

was inspired byMUFON's fourth basic

question: "Assuming that some craft

are piloted by beings (humanoids or

entities), what can we leam from the

apparently advanced science and

civilization through study or possibly

through direct communications with

the occupants of these vehicles?" That

was a bold statement ofthe problem 10

years ago when the idea of direct

communication was so tainted with

prejudice, incredulity,controversy, and

revulsion. Atthat time,evensome UFO

research groups could hardly bring

themselves to admit that UFOs might

have pilots or to acknowledge that

prospect in public.

Jim then proceeded to develop

different facets of the study. The

paragraph titles will whet your appetite

to secure a copy of the 1979 MUFON

UFO SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS.

They consist of "Hello, Out There!",

"Cosmic Post Cards", "Religious

Vigils", "Electromagnetic Shouting",

"Eavesdropping on the E-M

Spectrum", "Search for Extra-

terrestrial Life", "Paranormal

Approaches", "Accidental Contacts,"

and "Official Contact."

The "Role of Science" section

makes the following observations,

evaluations, and recommendations to

answer the fourth basic question:

"Scientists may be justifiably criticized

for being overly conservative and

impatient with new facts that disrupt

their beliefs. Science itself, however,

should not be reviled. It is the historyof

the intellectual achievement of

mankind. It is the body of reliable

information on every topic and the

methods that were employedto acquire

it. That knowledge is obtained through

experimentation withextreme care and

accurate reporting. Analysis of results

must be mathematically valid. The

work must be published broadly and

subject to open debate. Research

fulfilling these requirements produces

new scientific knowledge that is

generally accepted.

"Consider 'Science* to be a giant

circle enclosing all knowledge that is

reliable and universallyaccepted. One

may reasonably inquire, 'What lies

outside?' The answer is 'vast realms of

the unexpected.' Relativity was one.All

sorts of human experiences that are

poorly understood lie out there. Some

would include the subject ofUFOs, and

direct communication with UFOnauts.

Somewhere out in the 'south forty' one

would find telepathy, telekinesis,

unexplained disappearances in the

Bermuda Triangle, Bigfoot, psychic

healing, and the like. Because of

continued research in numerousfields,

it is the nature of science to expand,,

eventually engulfing some of those

areas formally lying outside its circle.

"This concept well applies to the

question of communication with

UFOnauts. The subject is amenable to

scientific research that could lead to its

general acceptance and many avenues

are open:

a) study of the early contactees;

b) evaluation of current claimsof

psychic communications;

c) detailed investigationofcurrent

cases where communication

with humanoids is claimed;

d) continued emphasis on

abductions;

e) technical investigation of cases

involving electronic devices

such as radios, TV, tape

recorders;

f) design and performance

experiments permitting

verification of contact with

UFOnauts; and

g) utilizing legal means to leam

what the world goverments

know.

A scientific approach to the study of

communication with UFOnauts is a

challenging and potentially rewarding

experience. It may be hoped that

Members and Consultants ofMUFON

will contribute significantly to eventual

communication with UFOnauts that is

established on scientific principles, is

demonstrable, repeatable, reliable, and

universally accepted."

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THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION TO THE UFO PHENOMENON

By Ted Peters

(MUFON Consultant in Theology)

Do unidentifed flying objects have

anything to do with religion?Sociologist

Andrew Greely says UFOs along with

science fiction give us somethingwhich

our modern churches havelost, namely

a sense of "wonder." Famed

psychoanalyst Carl Jung wrote 20

years ago thatflyingsaucers represent

collective psychic distress and the

desire for supernatural salvation. Carl

Sagan, CornellUniversity exobiologist,

who directed the search for life on the

Viking probe of Mars, says with

derision that UFO believers project

religious fantasies onto phenomena

that only science can fully explain.

Many skeptics thinktheyhavedealt the

death blowto UFOs byhurling phrases

such as "true believers," religious

kooks," and "lunatic fringe."

But these identifications'of UFOs

with religion often are haphazard,

superficial, and slanderous. Ifthere isa

connection between UFOs and

religion, then the time is ripe for a

serious scholarly study of the matter.

With this introduction to hispublished

paper, Dr. Peters proceeds to develop

pertinent questions and answers

under the headings of (1)

Transcendence, (2) Omniscience, (3)

Perfection, (4) Redemption (5)

Theology and ExtraterrestrialLife, (6)

Should We Heed the UFO Message?

and (7) Possible UFOlatry?

A few quotes from Ted's

concluding remarks are very significant

in relating his personal thinking in this

regard. "Neither traditional theology

nor the established church hierarchyis

likely to crumble with the advent of

even the most startling UFO

revelations. But there should be a note

of caution. As people begin to make an

emotional investment in UFOs and pin

their hopes upon them, the situationis

ripe for idolatry. In this case, we may

call it "ufolatry." An important

ingredient in the Hebrewand Christian

faiths istrust inGod. Whateverwetrust

we worship. To trust in anything other

than God Himself is to violate the First

Commandment. It places an idolbefore

God."

Dr. Peters goes on to say: "We

have learned to place a great deal of

trust and confidence in technology to

solve our practicalproblems duringthis

century. There isa constanttemptation

to elevate technology, to view it as the

solver of our moral and spiritual

problems, as well as the practical.

UFOs present our imaginations with

the possibility of a superterrestrial

technology dedicated to meetingallour

moral and spiritualneeds. Howwewish

they could end war, stimulatelove and

brotherhood, provide peace on earth.

But these are problemsconcerningthe

relationship between the human heart

and the divine will. They can be solved

only through God's work in our lives.

No technology can do it, whether it be

terrestrial or extraterrestrial. To place

one's trust in UFOs is to builda house

on sand."

Ted sums up his speech by

reiterating the meanings in the prior

paragraph.."UFOs resonate within our

culture with a disguised symbolism

making us aware that our religious

sensibilities are still alive and wellwithin

our secularized and technologized

culture. But there is still reason for

caution. UFOs may represent an

unconcious hope that technology will

save us from allour ills. But such a hope

fails to recognize the someofour ills are

due to problems with the human heart.

From these God and God alone isable

to deliver us."

INFORMATION RETRIEVALS: A CASE FOR UFO COVER-UP

By William H. Spaulding

(Director of G.S.W. and MUFON State Director for Arizona)

Civilian UFO researchers have

long asserted that United States

intelligence agencies are aware of the

existence and origin of UFOs.

Throughout the past 25-plus years

many individuals,both inand out of the

UFO field, have.maintained that the

government knew more about the

phenomenon that it was telling. Each

time an interesting encounter

transpired, one that gained public

recognition, government officialswould

beat the incident to death with

statements which bordered on the

ridiculous. The old standby of

"probably a weather balloon" or

"possibly the planet Venus viewed

during unusual conditions" worked

very successfully.

Bill and some key people — W.

Todd Zechel, Peter Gersten, and Brad

Sparks — were convinced that the

intelligence agencies knew far more

about the UFO mystery than they

would admit. The new Freedom of

Information Act gave them the legal

tool to break open "pandora's box." In

his paper, Bill only exposes "the tip of

the iceberg," since more important

documents exist within thevoluminous

goverment files. Citizens Against UFO

Secrecy (CAUS) has demonstrated

that through persistent effort, these

vital documents may be obtained via

the Freedom of Information Act.

vehicle.

Mr. Spaulding,inhispaper, quotes

from the 1,000 documents already

received, during their 14 long and

gruelling months of legal maneuvers,

tremendous costs, and long hours of

researching the CIA and other

intelligence agencies. In conclusion, Bill

has made this recommendation. "Now

is the time for. all UFO researchers to

collectively apply pressure to the CIA

and its offspring in the intelligence

community which are suppressing

information. Every effort should be

made to utilize the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) to the fullest

extent of the law, within our means, to

secure this valuable material."

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NEWSPAPERS AND UFOs

By Walter H. Greenawald

For the years 1975 and 1976, 760

newspaper articles dealing with the

UFO phenomena in the U.S.A. were

reviewed. The following areas were

examined for pertinent conclusions: (1)

UFO sighting categories (NL, DD,

CE1, CE2,CE3);(2)UFO sightingrates

by state; and (3) UFO biases of

newspaper reporters and papers.

In the introduction to his paper,

Mr. Greenawald had this to say,

"During the past 32 years every

newspaper reporting timely news has

probably published at least several

articles on the UFO phenomena....a

subject ofgeneralinterest toanaverage

reader. Since new UFO information is

relatively scarce, UFO related itemsin

any newspaper are worthy of careful

scrutiny byserious UFOresearchersas

they mayverywell be the startingpoint

of a new UFO adventure. Initially this

effort started out as a simple studyof

UFO classificationtypes,but continued

study ofthe raw data ledto unexpected

results possibly of interest to other

UFOlogists. The UFO CLIPPING

SERVICE, a monthly publication from

Seattle, Washington (Rod B. Dyke),

was the data source for the report.

Each issue of20legal-size pages costing

$5.00, contained the following

approximate content: (1)60%domestic

UFO items; (2) 20%foreign UFO items

(mostly English); (3) 20% Forteana

subjects (Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster,

Big Bird, Cattle Mutilations)."

Mr. Greenawald then proceeded

to categorize the results of his study.

Two of his conclusions bear out the

thoughts and feelings of most

UFOlogists. The majority of new UFO

sightings as reported in newspapers

. come from small-town publications.

Large city papers are more prone to be

anti-UFO and rarely report local

sightings. News reporters ranged from

complete disbelief to complete

acceptance of the reality of UFOs. A

group polled was decidedly more in

favor of the realityofUFOs despite the

fact that theywere not well informed on

the subject, which Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire isconsistentwith the

general public.

(To up-date the service utilizedin

this study, it is nowoperated byLucius

Parish. For subscription information,

please writeto UFO NEWSCLIPPING

SERVICE, Route One - Box 220,

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