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From: jan@cyberzone.net (Jan Aldrich) Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 19:44:22 -0800 Fwd Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 05:22:47 -0500 Subject: Project 1947 Notice Board NOTICE BOARD PROJECT 1947 PROJECT 1947 was formed to undertake historical research into the UFO phenomenon. The PROJECT 1947 E-mail research list and the PROJECT 1947 Web site were established to further this goal. We are pleased to announce a number of research projects by PROJECT 1947 members and request assistance in their completion. While some of this contemporary research may not lie within the original guidelines of the project, we welcome research which follows generally accepted standards for academic, scientific, historic or journalistic investigations. PROJECT 1947 has several Masters and Doctoral candidates on the e-mail list, and we wish to support academic inquiry regardless of outcome. If you can help with leads, information, personal accounts, documents, etc., please contact the researchers directly and assist them in their research efforts. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------- 1946 "Ghost Rocket" Reports The Archives for UFO Research in Sweden is preparing a report in English on the 1946 "ghost rocket" era. This winter they are concentrating on checking Swedish microfilms of more than forty Swedish newspapers, particularly for the July-August 1946 period. Associated documents and articles will also be translated into English. The Archives for UFO Research is seeking 1946 accounts of the "ghost rocket" reports from Scandinavia, Europe, the U.K. and the United States. Some researchers may have these accounts in either paper form or as ascii on their computers. Anyone willing to share such items or volunteer their assistance, please contact Anders Liljegren of AFU at: anders.liljegren@norrkoping.mail.telia.com ------------------------------------------------------- Early Brazilian UFOlogy Ed Stewart writes: I am interested in the early Ufological history of Brazil. The earliest Brazilian UFO newsletter that I am aware of is C.P.D.V. THE FLYING SAUCER, that was Jose Escobar Faria's Centro De Pesquisa Dos Discos Voadores housed in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Its first issue was published in August, 1956, and lasted for 10 issues till February, 1958. Its editor was Auriphebo Berrance Simoes. It was a bilingual publication. I have the English versions, but have never seen the Portuguese version for the Brazilian population. I am also trying to secure copies/originals of Walter Buehler's bulletins as well as copies of early UFO newsclippings of Brazilian papers. These early Brazilian publications were mostly for exchange only, so it is very possible that there are more copies existing outside of Brazil with European organizations existing at the time than inside of Brazil. I have obtained access to many of Walter Buehler's bulletins and would like to complete the series. His SBEDV bulletins were also published in Portuguese with independently published (I believe that to be the case on most issues) English summary translations. The "Sociedade Brasileira De Estudos Sobre Discos Voadores bulletins also started in the late 50s. I don't know how long they lasted. Walter Buehler, it is my understanding, passed away within the last year or so. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who may be in a position to assist either myself or Barry Greenwood (CAUS) with newsclips and/or publications (original or copies) of early Brazilian material. Please mail me at egs@netcom.com - Ed Stewart ------------------------------------------------------- Ground Traces and "Solid" UFO Light Reports Bill Chalker is interested in reports of unusual ground traces and is keen to form a world-wide network of UFO physical trace researchers . Ultimately Bill would like to establish an international database of trace cases relating to UFOs (excluding those elaborate "traces" that have come to be popularly known as "crop circles.") Bill is also collecting reports of falls of "Angel Hair" and unusual "solid light" cases associated with UFOs. These "solid lights" often demonstrate unusual properties, e.g. light beams that "bend" at angles, or display "fluid-like" states. (See Bill's book _The OZ Files_, pp. 201-202 for a "fluid light" case from the 1970s). Contact Bill at bchalker@ozemail.com.au ------------------------------------------------------ Aircraft / UFO Encounters Dominique Weinstein continues to revise and update his Aircraft / UFO Encounters catalogue. He would like to hear from anyone with personal accounts or information about this topic. Dominique would also welcome correspondence with those who might have more information about the cases currently in his "ACUFOE" catalogue. Contact Dominique at WEINSTEIND@compuserve.com (For information about the availability of copies of Dominique's catalogues, please mail Jan Aldrich at jan@cyberzone.net) ----------------------------------------------------- U.S. Forest Service Fire Lookout Reports Dr. James Doerter is conducting a small study on observations of aerial phenomena by U.S. Forest Service Fire Lookouts. Lookouts today average about 15-20 summers on the job and they are not usually fooled by comets, meteors, the moon, Venus, ball lightning, sun dogs, St. Elmo's discharge, helicopters, etc. They are usually middle class, reticent people who normally live a rural lifestyle during the rest of the year. They are better than average observers and have high reliability. At least twice in the past, Forest Service personnel were asked to help in other observation programs. During the Japanese Balloon Bomb attacks they were part of an ad hoc federal employees and law enforcement observers network to report sightings, and during the Condon Committee investigations they were asked specifically to look for UFOs. Lookout reports exist from the beginning of the UFO era. Some have been found in small local newspapers. Generally reports come directly from the observers. While the study is primarily concerned with Fire Lookouts, any Forest Service employees' reports (State and Federal) are most welcome. Published accounts from newspapers and the UFO literature are also sought. E-mail contact address is: OregonOtto@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------- Abduction Experiencer Survey Stephanie Kelley is a graduate student at the University of Kansas who is researching the significance of the abduction phenomenon for her dissertation and would like to contact experiencers and those who may have access to them - other researchers, support group leaders, etc. Stephanie is a communication studies major, and her research focuses on the role language plays in describing and recounting the abduction experience, the similarities (or differences) that may be present in elements of recollections, and so on. The study also has the wider goal of increasing scholarship in the investigation of this phenomenon. If you are an experiencer, or a researcher who can help, please contact Stephanie. A letter of introduction which explains her research project and the anonymous nature of the study can be viewed at: http://www/iufog.org/project1947/survey.htm Stephanie can be contacted at skelley@falcon.cc.ukans.edu and is willing to forward her study material via e-mail or as hardcopies through the mail. ------------------------------------------------------- Seeking UFO / Aviation Information: 1947 - 1950 French researcher Pierre Lagrange is completing a book on the emergence of the UFO phenomenon, with an emphasis on the period 1947-1950. Pierre has undertaken extensive personal research and has interviewed many prominent people from the period including members of Kenneth Arnold's family, Marjorie Palmer, Captain E.J. Smith, Curtis Fuller, and Bill Bequette. He would like to contact other people who may have participated in the early UFO waves: Journalists, UFO witnesses, military or federal investigators, etc., or their families and associates who would be willing to detail their experiences. In particular Pierre would like to locate people who worked for Project Sign in 1948 and anyone who investigated flying disc sightings during the summer of 1947. He would also like information about discussions among pilots and military personnel regarding the "sound barrier" before it was broken by Chuck Yeager in October of 1947, and any stories or rumours about the existence of this "barrier", secret aircraft projects, the development of guided missiles, and so on. Any pilots or personnel who might have recollections they'd be willing to share would be greatly appreciated. Any UFO or aviation/military historians who have researched this time period and would be willing to share information, please contact Pierre also. He can be contacted at: Observatoire des Parasciences Pierre Lagrange BP 75 - La Plaine 13244 Marseille Cedex 01 FRANCE or via e-mail at: lagrange@gulliver.fr Pierre requests that those with information to share please confine it to historical material that can in some way be verified or documented. ----------------------------------------------------------- -- Jan Aldrich Project 1947 http://www.iufog.org/project1947/ ------------------------- Index: Project 1947
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