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From: United Kingdom UFO Network <ufo@holodeck.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 20:39:05 +0000
Fwd Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 09:30:57 -0400
Subject: {75} part 1 - United Kingdom UFO Network
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U K / / // ___/ / / ' 5th June, 1997
/ / // / / / / N E T W O R K part 1 - Issue 75
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The United Kingdom UFO Network - a free electronic magazine with
subscribers in over 40 countries.
This issue comes in 2 parts. If any part is missing please mail:
ufo@holodeck.demon.co.uk giving the issue number. The issue will
be reposted to you. Please put the details as below in the subject
section e.g. Repost {75} part 1 or part 2
In this issue:
Editorial
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UK.UFO.NW weekly IRC (internet relay chat) meetings.
UFO Magazines Skywatch 30 - 31st August 1997
Real Audio - Wing Commander Tony Webb - Maria Ward
United Kingdom News
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[UK 1] Astra at Lakenheath?
[UK 2] Hot air balloons may return
[UK 3] UFO Group "UFO Concern"
[UK 4] Aliens fly over Brum
[UK 5] A British Defence official examines tales of alien abduction
[UK 6] Quicker-thinking computer tackles birth of universe
[UK 7] Wales Flying Triangle Update
World News
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[W 1] Two new films to watch out for
[W 2] Fling from outer space
[W 3] Sightings of the Virgin Mary in the sky
[W 4] Laser beams
[W 5] Men In Black
[W 6] Shiny alien pops up on home video
[W 7] Supersonic pair set for dual
[W 8] Spanish Vultures
[W 9] Flintstones we're the Flintstones
[W 10] Mysterious flash lights up Western sky
[W 11] Contact or crisis
[W 12] Ice cubes from space
Editorial
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UK.UFO.NW weekly IRC (internet relay chat) meetings.
Connecting to our weekly UFO meetings on the IRC (internet relay
chat) is now easier than ever.
If you are using at least one of the following web browers:
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Simply enter one of the below url (world wide web) addresses. When
the 'ultrachat' page has loaded you will see a large grey filled box
somewhere on the screen. It may then take a few more seconds for the
java script to load and run.
The grey area will then turn white and you will be asked to enter a
nickname. Your own name or a nickname will suffice here.
Once you press return you will be presented with various bits of
information scrolling up the screen. After a few seconds you will be
connected to the uk.ufo.nw #UFO channel.
Down the right hand side of the screen you will see a list of the
people currently on channel. At the bottom of the screen is where
you type your messages. The large upper left section of the screen is
were you read and follow the proceedings of the meetings.
Don't be shy. We are all a friendly bunch. Give it a go. You'll soon
get the hang of it. We'll be happy to offer any assistance that you
may need.
http://www.ufo.grid9.net
http://www.crowman.demon.co.uk/ultrachat.htm
http://www.holodeck.demon.co.uk/ultrachat.html
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/colin.light/ultrachat.htm
http://www.tedric.demon.co.uk/ultrachat.html
http://www.elector.demon.co.uk/ultrachat.html
http://bookfinder.simplenet.com/ultracht.htm
http://razorsedge.dyndns.com/~lwelch
The meetings take place at 11pm (2300hrs) each and every Saturday
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We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at future
meetings.
Thanks to Crow & Raine for looking after the irc side of things and
to those of you who are hosting a java html page on your web site
allowing connection to the #UFO channel. If anyone out there would
also like to host a uk.ufo.nw irc #UFO page on your web site look
out for further details coming to you soon.
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Source: UFO Magazine
On Saturday and Sunday, 30 - 31 August 1997, thousands of
enthusiasts will once again participate in a UFO Skywatch promoted by
UFO Magazine. Last year, dozens of organisations took part in the
first national event of it's kind and despite unseasonable weather,
in the majority of instances most agreed it was an exercise well
worth repeating. Although the 1996 Skywatch was predominantly an all
British affair, many overseas groups and individuals took it upon
themselves to stage a Skywatch that same weekend.
The 1997 International UFO Skywatch 30 - 31 August
The 1997 Skywatch will be co-ordinated round the clock from our
offices here in West Yorkshire. Teams of volunteers will be manning
the phones from 9.00 pm (Friday 29 August) ready to receive and and
pass on information at a moments notice. Information will also be
available through the Internet as we seek to encourage active
participation by groups and individuals around the world. If you
would like to take part, simply send us a s.a.e. For our Skywatch
Information Pack which contains helpful advice and free UFO sighting
report forms.
UFO ORGANISATIONS: in order that we can include relevant
name/address and contact telephone number's in our July/August 1997
issue, please send us details a.s.a.p. This will appear free of
charge in a table of participating groups so that readers in your
region can discover where you are holding your Skywatch. Many new
members were recruited as a result of last year's efforts by numerous
groups.
PREFER TO DO THINGS INDEPENDENTLY?: That's not a problem. Readers who
don't wish to join a locally organised Skywatch, but prefer instead
to go out and about on their own, are still advised to write for a
copy of our guidelines which do cover important safety matters.
PUBLICITY: there will be a major national media campaign aimed at
attracting publicity for participating local, regional and national
UFO groups. All press inquiries are rooted to the relevant
co-ordinator's and spokesperson's as a matter of course.
Skywatch 97 details can be obtained from:
UFO Magazine
Wharfebank Business Centre, Ilkley road, Otley, LS21 3JP, England.
Telephone: (01943) 850 860 Fax: (01943) 850 637 e-mail:
gwb@ufomag.co.uk url: http://www.ufomag.co.uk
uk.ufo.nw says: We will be holding our own Skywatch over these dates
somewhere in Wales. Unfortunately due to restrictions it will not be
open to the general public. However may we suggest that you get the
next issue of UFO Magazine June / July 1997 which will list
addresses and telephone numbers of organisations you may want to
contact. As described in the information above you could always
organise your own.
uk.ufo.nw will also try to list organisations taking part in a
future issue. If you are aware of any organised events anywhere in
the world and would like the details published here free (of course)
please send the relevant information to: ufo@holodeck.demon.co.uk
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Real Audio
UK.UFO.NW would like to thank Alan Connan of Alan Connan's World,
Royal 945AM Liverpool on 945 KHz - 317 Metres Medium Wave and
retired RAF Wing Commander Tony Webb for allowing us to encode a
recent interview on Alan's radio show between himself and Wing
Commander Tony Webb. Tony discusses a sighting he and his aircrew had
while flying in 1972.
Real Audio file: ukufonw.ra - size 708Kb - Running time 13 minutes
Readers may also be interested in another Real Audio file available
for download which ties in somewhat with the Maria Ward story at
[UK 5] below. Esther Rantzen interviewed Maria amongst other UFO
witnesses and abductees. We are sure you will find this very
interesting.
Real Audio file: esther.ra - size 1.691Kb - Running time 29 minutes.
Both files can be downloaded from: http://www.holodeck.demon.co.uk/
Select the Real Audio button to go to the relevant page.
or the below ftp addresses:
ftp://ftp.ufo.grid9.net/ufo/sounds/ukufonw.ra
ftp://ftp.ufo.grid9.net/ufo/sounds/esther.ra
United Kingdom News
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[UK 1]******
From: duncan@life.com
Source: AirForces Monthly Magazine
Date: June 1997
Astra at Lakenheath?
It has been reported that the Astra aircraft operated from RAF
Lakenheath between April 7-11. Night-time flights were believed to
have taken place up until 0400hrs, though no visual sightings have
been confirmed.
After-dark visits by C-5 Galaxy transports, possibly the C-5Cs, also
took place and although this is not necessarily connected, the fact
that they arrived during the night and then departed in the early
hours, is rather unusual. Significantly, the level of security at
the base has been increased recently and is now just one position
from absolute maximum.
Additional MoD police and USAF security police have been drafted in
and a number of civilians previously allowed access to the base are
finding this increasingly refused. In an attempt to restrict viewing
from the main road beside the base there is now no stopping allowed
and the construction of a tall earth bank inside the perimeter fence
is to begin shortly, thus preventing any viewing at all. The
enthusiasts car park at the north-eastern end of the runway is still
open but since it is MoD property this can be closed without
warning.
Name and address witheld.
[UK 2]******
uk.ufo.nw found the below report rather amusing. Old technology
mixing with new plus something else to look out for in the skies
above the UK.
Source: Police Review magazine
Date: Friday 16th May 1997
Hot air balloons may return
The next high-tech advance in police air support may be a return to
hot air balloons originally used between the two world wars, HMI
(Her Majesty's Inspector) John Stevens told the aviation conference.
By April 1998, there would be 32 police-based aircraft providing air
support to 39 forces in the UK, he said. It was encouraging to see
how quickly air support had been developed since it was pioneered in
the early eighties.
"But I think it is appropriate to mention that in 1921, police in
southern England used air support in the form of giant airships at a
number of large events, including the Epsom Derby."
"Let us wait and see whether we shall witness police-operated
airships in the next millenium. They may not become a regular sight,
but they could be a cost effective solution in providing aerial
support for selected events.
[UK 3]******
Source: Weekly Tribune newspaper
Date: Thursday 22 May 1997
UFO Group
I am writing to introduce readers to the newly formed group "UFO
Concern", which aims to raise awareness in the public of the serious
nature of UFO phenomenon and highlight the political and social
views rarely known outside the UFO community.
This Group was founded primarily by Admiral of the Fleet, the Lord
Hill - Norton GCB, a former chief of the Defence staff (1971 - 73)
and chairman of Nato's military committee (1974 - 77).
Consultants to our group are very highly respected, both within the
UFO community and in their individual professions. They are: Timothy
Good, author of "Above Top Secret - The Worldwide UFO Cover-up";
Ralph Noyes, private secretary to the air Chief Marsh
I would like to pass on a comment from Lord Hill - Norton: "It is my
view that the first - and most difficult - task will be to persuade
the public that there really is a problem - and a serious one at
that."
Martin Tandy,
48 Norman Avenue,
Nuneaton.
[UK 4]******
Source: Metronews newspaper
Date: Thursday 15 May 1997
Aliens fly over Brum
Close encounters of an extra terrestrial kind are closer than first
imagined - and now a Birmingham Film Company has captured them on
video.
The footage of UFOs obtained by Heritage films, usually makers of
historical work, reveals a high level of unexplained activity in the
skies above Brum.
And they have collected as much eye - witness material as possible
to show that aliens could have visited Birmingham.
The film contains accounts of settings from Sutton Coldfield, Acocks
Green, Lickey End, Edgbaston and Erdington.
The video is now on sale price 12 pounds 99 pence.
[UK 5]******
Source: Daily Mail newspaper
Date: Tuesday 13th May 1997
The Uninvited. A British Defence official examines tales of alien
abduction and draws startling conclusions.
FOR THREE years, Nick Pope was UFO desk officer at the Ministry of
Defence's Secretariat (Air Staff) 2a. He swept aside official
reticence about compelling military and civilian evidence of
extraterrestrials visiting Earth. Concerned by the national security
implications, he wrote Open Skies, Closed Minds, serialised by the
Mail and an instant bestseller. All along, though, he was amassing
evidence of an even more frightening phenomenon - abduction of
humans by aliens. Now, in his new book, which is being serialised by
the Mail, Pope reveals his extraordinary conclusion ...
by
NICK POPE
ABDUCTIONS of humans by alien visitors to Earth are fact, not
fiction. That, I know, is a startling and shocking statement, but I
stand by it. The evidence for abductions is so strong as to be
virtually undeniable.
At the Ministry of Defence, I started out as a sceptic about UFOs
but came to believe that some were genuinely of extraterrestrial
origin. At the same time, I slowly accumulated evidence for the
abduction of humans by these mysterious aliens.
Initially, I was distinctly sceptical about the abduction
phenomenon. I believed these claims were made by cranks, and that
they devalued 'ufology' and alienated the public.
Slowly, though, my views changed. The sheer volume of reports, the
common features of independent accounts and the physical and
emotional effects on abductees convinced me that we were dealing with
more than just hoaxes or psychological delusions.
While prosaic explanations accounted for some abductions, they could
not explain all of them. Around the world, thousands of people have
reported being taken into a craft against their will.
Having spoken to hundreds of genuine, well-meaning people, I believe
alien abduction may be far more common than even many ufologists
suspect. The purpose of this extraterrestrial meddling is, I
believe, to 'civilise' human society. Most abductees are neither
cranks nor hoaxers. They are only too mindful of the adverse
reactions to their claims. Many had their sanity questioned, were
called liars and ostracised by family and friends. At the very least,
they have risked ridicule.
I started off feeling that genetic explanations, centring on an
extraterrestrial programme to create a human/alien hybrid race, were
the key to the mystery.
But why should aliens whose technology is clearly light years ahead
of ours bother with the logistical nightmare of thousands of
abductions when they could easily remove the genetic material they
wanted from our laboratories?
Ultimately, though, I discarded the genetic theory because it did
not tally with the views of the abductees I met, many of whom had
positive feelings about their experiences.
This, coupled with the abductees' frequent and spontaneous
development of interests in spiritualism and the environment, seemed
at odds with the idea of aliens using them as guinea pigs.
I am the first to admit that my belief that the phenomenon is part
of a campaign to civilise us is only one more theory to join the
ranks of competing ideas.
The distress experienced by some abductees has been sobering and has
acted as a brake on the idea that my theory may represent some sort
of New Age interpretation of the phenomenon.
It would be nice to think that the motivation behind abductions is
to prepare humans for entry into some sort of galactic network, but
if this were so, why aren't the extraterrestrials open with us?
The covert nature of what is going on suggests that any alterations
being made to our behaviour are done for the benefit of the
abductors, not for us - perhaps to remove the threat we may pose to
them.
This phenomenon needs serious investigation. The real crime against
humanity may not be that inflicted upon us by extraterrestrials, but
rather the official indifference that allows the phenomenon to
continue unchallenged.
Today and tomorrow I will be revealing the most convincing - and
startling - cases I have investigated.
Maria's Story
Childhood recollections of 'going somewhere' when 'the Moon landed
in garden' came back to haunt Maria Ward after the birth of her son,
Andras, when she was 19.
Doctors said she would not be able to have more children because a
previous laparoscopy had left adhesions in her womb. A closer
examination revealed a strange scar on her navel, consistent with
keyhole surgery.
The doctors wanted to know about the operation. Maria was shocked
and frightened. Apart from the removal of a cyst from her ear, she
had never had surgery before.
Maria, now 36, from Dartford, Kent, did her best to forget this
mystery. She got on with family life and started a five year degree
in philosophy.
Then, on November 21, 1990, Maria's husband, John, went away on a
training course for a few days. Maria was apprehensive. For the
previous two weeks there had been a series of mysterious, electronic
beeping sounds in the house. That night, at exactly 3.17am, she
suddenly woke up as if someone had shaken her and noticed a bright
light outside.
She saw an object which appeared to be shaped like a gigantic wheel,
complete with spokes, and an outer rim festooned with multi-coloured
lights of blue, white and red, which seemed to be rotating around
the rim. At the hub of this wheel was a bright white light.
The object moved closer, and she panicked. She was afraid for
Andras, who was sleeping in the room with Maria (a special treat
whenever John was away). She tried to rouse him, but, mysteriously,
he would not wake up.
Suddenly, a blue/white light the size and shape of a football began
to come through the bedroom wall. Maria heard a voice telling her not
to be frightened and to follow the light.
She did, as if under some kind of compulsion, and was somehow lead
through the closed front door. She describes the process as being
like 'moving through treacle', and recalls that she was aware of the
internal structure of the wood - the splinters, gaps and knots.
Once outside she was pulled quickly upwards into the air, catching
sight of a tennis ball in a gutter on the house. Weeks later, she
pinpointed its exact location.
MARIA was suddenly aware that she had stopped moving and was
standing on something solid. She saw three small, brown creatures in
front of her.
They were up to 4ft tall, naked with hairless smooth skin and had
large eyes. Somehow, Maria knew they were male, although no
genitalia were visible.
She was taken into a room with a domed ceiling. In the centre was a
raised, rectangular platform. Five creature's were with her and then
another arrived and stood in front of her. This one, physically, was
markedly different. Taller and a dirty white in colour, its face was
slightly fuller, and there was a small bump which might have been a
nose and a slit where a mouth might have been.
Once Maria looked into its large black eyes, she could not look
away. The being communicated a thought to her: 'Has it been so long.'
Not a question, but a statement.
Maria found herself lying oh the platform and felt her thoughts
being 'pulled' out of her head. 'It was like someone was raping my
mind,' she told me.
One of the creatures produced a lime-green device about a foot long
and triangular in shape with a bright green light at its tip. She
was prodded with it. Everywhere it touched her, bruises would later
appear on her body.
When it touched her arm, she was able to see the blood flowing
inside her, and even her bone structure.
Something was stuck into her finger and, though the skin was not
broken, a tiny circle of red dots was visible for eight weeks after,
she claimed.
A block descended from the ceiling and stopped just above her,
bathing her with a blue/white light. Then one of the creatures
inserted a long filament into her neck just below her right ear,
causing terrible pain.
The tall alien touched her forehead and stared into her eyes. The
pain Evaporated. It was as if she had been anaesthetised.
Maria glanced downwards and, to her horror saw something moving
inside her stomach.
There was a sharp pull at her navel, and then the sound of things
being put in some sort of tray, somewhere at the foot of the
platform, out of sight.
At another stage in the procedure, something was. placed up her
nose. Finally, all the beings left, apart from one of the brown ones.
Maria was now able to move. Realising that she was naked, she put on
her baggy T-shirt, which was lying beside her, neatly folded.
She had no recollection of how or when it had been removed.
Minutes later, another of the taller beings had somehow appeared in
the room.
Maria instinctively knew this was a female, before she noticed that
the creature was wearinig what she could describe only as a crude,
paper dress as if for show.
The being stared at Maria, who felt the scrutiny to be uncomfortable
and intrusive. She went through a complete range of emotions, which
she felt were being deliberately induced.
These images were flashed in front of her, some of them apocalyptic
and distressing.
One showed the Earth, as if from space, with what appeared to be a
horrendous yellow and black bruise over the North Pole. Could this
have a warning about the hole in the ozone layer?
Another image was of a nuclear explosion in the South of France.
Finally, as a wave of tiredness swept over her, she was led out of
the room. The next thing Maria knew, she was walking up the stairs in
her house back to bed. She glanced at the clock. It was 4.23am.
When she awoke she did not remember anything. But, while brushing
her hair, she noticed that quite a lot of it was missing from the
back of her head.
There were further revelations: her T-shirt was covered with a
strange orange material and her feet were dirty. She felt as if she
were in shock.
Over the next few weeks, memories came back in disjointed fragments.
And she suddenly began to suffer claustrophobia, which became so
debilitating that she consulted her doctor.
He felt she was suffering from traumatic stress, stemming from some
intense, unpleasant experience. When his questions failed to find
any obvious cause, the doctor suggested Maria undergo hypnosis to
relax her.
A hypnotherapist, Dr Susan Winne, suggested that Maria be regressed.
But instead of a 'conventional' cause being discovered, Maria
recounted the story of the abduction.
Maria also spontaneously regressed to when, at 16, she had
apparently been sealed in a perspex capsule which floated above the
ground and filled with a gelatinous pink liquid.
Dr Winne would not continue the session, saying that she was simply
not able to evaluate Maria's account.
It is important to stress that this was the only regression session
Maria has undergone.
Once these memories surfaced, the rest began to emerge unaided.
What are we to make of Maria? The sceptics might simply say she is
lying, but she has passed two polygraph 'lie-detector' tests
administered by a qualified expert, Jeremy Barrett.
Abridged extract from 'The Uninvited' by Nick Pope, to be published
by Simon & Schuster on June 2, at 15 pounds and 99 pence. To order
your copy p&p free, please call 01624 675137
The essential features of an extra-terrestrial
DAVID E JACOBS is a historian who has analysed the stories of more
than 60 abductees. The abductees did not know each other and had not
heard of each others' experiences.
Yet, under hypnosis, the alien figures they described were so alike
that Jacobs could set down common denominators and describe the
essential features of an extraterrestrial.
They occur so frequently, and are so stereotyped, that they have
even been given a name: psychologists call them the 'Greys'.
# A GREY 15 3.5ft to 4.5ft tall, with a disproportionately large head,
# like a pear upside down. THEY are hairless, have leathery skin, only
# the smallest protuberance for a nose and lipless mouths that do not
# move. THEY communicate by telepathy. THE most striking feature is
# the eyes: black, enormous, almond-shaped, compelling. They do not
# blink, nor do they move in their sockets. They are like goggles.
# Yet, staring into them, they seem to have enormous power - to
# communicate, to reassure or to frighten. GREYS are usually naked.
# but no genitals are seen. The chest does not swell as they breathe.
# THESE beings are frail, with thin limbs and no bone structure or
# musculature. They have three fingers, with no opposable thumb.
A second type is also reported: the Nordic. It is humanoid, taller
and has blond hair. Americans see 12 Greys to every one Nordic. In
Europe, though, the Nordics outnumber the Greys.
Some abductees feel that the Nordics are female. One woman even
reported that a Nordic had tried on her high-heeled shoes. That is
either evidence of derangement or it is a detail that no one could
possibly have made up.
One bizarre detail: to Britons, Greys smell of cinnamon or rotting
leaves; in America, the scent is of ammonia, sulphur, lemons and
almonds.
The bobbv snatehed from his beat
One of the most famous abduction cases in Britain happened on
November 28,1980, and involved a police constable based in the
Yorkshire town of Todmorden.
Alan Godfrey was nearing the end of his night shift when be was
ordered to investigate reports that some cows had escaped from a
farmer's field and were getting into private gardens.
Godfrey drove towards the area end, as be rounded a bend, saw what
he at first took to be a bus in the road. On closer Inspection, he
saw it was a diamond shaped object hovering 5ft above the ground.
Godfrey attempted to contact his headquarters, but his radio would
not function properly. He decided to sketch the object in his
notebook and after having done so found himself suddenly and
mysteriously about 100 yards further down the road. The UFO had
vanished.
He returned to the police station, picked up a colleague and went
back to the site of his encounter.
They noticed that the road was much drier at the point where Godfrey
had seen the craft, What puzzled him was that, when he had returned
to the police station, it bad been much later then he thought. Under
hypnosis, an abduction story emerged.
Apparently, Godfrey had got out of the car for a better look at the
object, but had suddenly seen a bright light emanating from the
craft. He had been frightened and had tried to drive off, only to
find that his car would not start. Recalling being inside the craft,
he felt he was being restrained. He saw a tall, bearded humanoid
figure called Joseph, together with smaller creatures who Joseph said
were robots. Godfrey even described seeing a dog on the craft.
He said that he was placed on a table, but, despite recollections of
a bright light and some sort of machinery, was unable to remember any
further details.
Alfred the fisherman was not a prize catch
ON AUGUST 12, 1983, Alfred Burtoo was night-fishing on the
Basingstoke Canal near Aldershot, Hampshire, when he saw a bright
light approaching.
His dog growled and then Alfred saw two entities walking towards
him. They were about 4ft tall, dressed in green one-piece overalls,
with their heads covered by a sort of helmet. They beckoned to him to
follow them, which he did.
Then, on the towpath, he encountered a UFO on the ground and
followed the beings aboard. After some time inside, during which
Burtoo had been observing his surroundings, he was told to stand
under a light.
He was asked his age, and told them he was 77. To his
disappointment, he was told that he was too old for their purposes.
He then left the craft, heard a whining noise and saw the craft fly
away at high speed.
Incredibly, he calmly picked up his equipment and carried on
fishing. Burtoo died in 1986, never once having changed his story.
Baffled by a strange gap in time
AN IMPORTANT British case occurred near Aveley in Essex in 1974.
John and Susan Day, with their three children, were returning from a
relative's house when they saw a blue light following them.
A little later, their car radio began to malfunction and gave off
smoke. As the car negotiated a bend, it entered a patch of strange
green mist and was jolted. When the vehicle emerged from the mist,
the family found they were much further down the road.
Arriving home, they turned on their television and were amazed to
find that the evening's programmes had finished. They had lost
several hours.
Under hypnosis, the Days recalled being taken onto a craft and
subjected to medical investigations. The aliens they recalled were
tall humanoids, which ufologists label Nordics.
ON DECEMBER 1,1987, a former policeman. Philip Spencer, was walking
on Ilkley Moor in Yorkshire. He heard a low humming sound and then
saw a strange creature. He took a photograph of it and followed it to
a UFO which seemed to consist of two saucers joined together. The
entity got into the craft, which accelerated away at high speed.
When Spencer returned home, he found he had lost two hours and,
during a hypnotic regression, recalled being taken into the craft by
creatures with pointed ears.
As a number of other abductees have reported, he was then shown a
film which contained apocalyptic images. He was also shown a second
film, the contents of which he was told not to reveal.
More in the next issue of UK.UFO.NW
[UK 6]******
Source: Electronic Times
Date: 20th May 1997
Quicker-thinking computer tackles birth of universe
BY JOHN SHAW
A SUPER computer at Cambridge University could finally unravel the
secrets of the universe, from its creation to the present day. The
stlg2 million Cosmos, which was unveiled yesterday, will test
scientific theories against practical observations.
Stephen Hawking, principal investigator of the consortium that took
the computer to Cambridge, said: "The calculations involved are so
enormous that they require state of the art machinery."
Cosmos thinks 100 times faster than the latest Pentium Pro personal
computer and has 32 high performance R10000 processors and 8,000
megabytes of main memory. It is the largest Origin2000 computer in
Britain. Although it is based at the university, it is owned and run
by the UK Computational Cosmology Consortium.
The inter-disciplinary team working with the machine includes
particle cosmologists and astrophysicists. Its members come from
Cardiff, Durham, Oxford, Sussex and London Universities, Imperial
College and the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.
"The inter-disciplinary nature of this team is one of the great
strengths of this work," said Alex Broers, vice-chancellor of the
university, at the launch ceremony in Cambridge.
Paul Shellard, director of the new facility, said: "Our mission is
to push back our understanding of the first fractions of a second
after the Big Bang, to unravel the enigmas and mysteries.
"In recent years interest in cosmology has exploded, driven in part
by novel theoretical ideas connecting the formation of galaxies in
our universe with fundamental high-energy theory and relativity.
"Many of these ideas about the early universe were first proposed in
this country and on Cosmos their mathematical models can now be
realised and directly compared with a rapidly growing body of
observational data about the universe. We can get results in days
instead of waiting months or even years."
Professor Hawking, whose book A Brief History of Time has sold eight
million copies, initiated the partnership that took the computer to
Cambridge during a visit to the headquarters of Silicon Graphics,
which created the machine, at the company's headquarters in
California.
Money for Cosmos came from a variety of sources, including the Higher
Education Funding Council for England and the Particle Physics and
Astronomy Research Council. Britain is a world leader in cosmology
and members of the consortium said the super computer would help to
maintain that advantage into the next century.
At present there are two theories about the growth of the universe:
the inflation theory of rapid expansion after the Big Bang and the
defect theory that the universe evolved in a phased transition,
producing defects at certain points in its development.
Professor Hawking told a lecture later: "My money is on inflation,
but we shall have to wait and see. It is such an elegant solution I
am sure God would have chosen it."
The defect theory has been developed by Neil Turok, a colleague at
Cambridge. But he said the simplest version of this explanation was
incompatible with initial data produced by the computer based on
satellite and telescopic observations.
However, he said: "I am still encouraged, because it is progress even
if this is ruled out. There are variations on these theories so it's
really a mixed picture at the moment."
He said the findings would be reported at conferences in the next two
months and would also be published in the specialist magazine
Physical Review. He said technical advances and the flow of
information "have made us convinced we are on the verge of a golden
age in cosmology.
"We want to crack the code of the universe," he said. "We want to be
the Watson and Crick of cosmology." James D Watson and Francis Crick
were two young scientists who solved the riddle of DNA while working
at Cambridge in 1953. Their laboratory was half a mile from the
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics that houses
Cosmos.
[UK 7]******
Source: Various UFO newsgroups
From: byrlip@enterprise.net (Adam Whaley)
Organisation: The West Wales Paranormal Group
Date: Friday 23rd May 1997
Wales Flying Triangle Update
Summary Report of the UFO Sightings in Mid and West Wales, 21st Nov
1996, as reported to the West Wales Paranormal Group.
Introduction
The following is a report into unusual atmospheric and aerial
phenomena which was observed in Mid and West Wales on the evening of
21st November 1996 The phenomenon is popularly known as The Flying
Triangle - a type of UFO which has been sighted elsewhere in Wales
as well as many countries throughout the world since the early
1980's. Our sources have included signed witness reports and personal
interviews with witnesses. We have found no evidence of collusion in
these reports, most witnesses were totally amazed at the quantity of
corroborative evidence gathered for this report. We have omitted the
names of witnesses to respect their privacy but many have readily
agreed to subsequent investigation by other bona fide researchers.
Please contact us for further details.
We would like to express out thanks to everyone who contacted us in
regard to these events and to those public services who patiently
answered our enquiries - even if it was only to say that they knew
nothing about the events. We'd also like to express our thanks for
the journalists and staff on the local newspapers who printed the
initial stories and helped in our enquiries, without whom this report
would have been less comprehensive. We look forward to the day when
such reports can be published without ridiculous and sensationalist
headlines and without the ludicrous "explanations" by so-called
'experts' that inevitably follow in subsequent issues!.
We would also like to thank the staff at the Ministry of Defence,
but unfortunately the standard response we received from them proved
to be of little assistance. It seems inconceivable that the RAF were
unaware of this craft as it flew around Mid and West Wales for
several hours - or if they weren't then they simply are not doing
their job properly. It seems probable that they are instructed to
stay well clear of these craft, possibly due to the electro-magnetic
discharges. It is also possible that the craft operates at night and
at such low altitude us to avoid collisions with civil aircraft. The
MoD response therefore can be seen to be correct only if they have
prior knowledge of these otherwise unidentified craft - however they
have said elsewhere that they do not operate an aircraft recognition
service and therefore feel under no obligation to identify "UFO"s
even if they could. Perhaps such obstructionism is part of the
"deal"?
We'd also like to thank everyone who has attended meetings of the
West Wales Paranormal Group at New Quay, Aberaeron and Lampeter, some
of whose experiences are recorded here. We also hope to be able to
publish all our other UFO sightings from 1996, together with those
from earlier years that have recently been made known to us.
We would like to make it clear that although this evening's
sightings were unusual in their number, that we do not consider the
area to have been especially favoured in the quantity of sightings -
the East Midlands have seen a large number of them - and the Belgian
sightings from the early 1990's involved thousands of witnesses. We
would also like to point out that we would initially pursue a
rational and terrestrial explanation for this Flying Triangle
phenomena (and UFO's in general) and would not suggest an
extra-terrestrial explanation without some positive evidence for it.
If you have any information regarding these sightings or any other
interesting "paranormal" phenomena (especially on the 21st Nov
1996), then please email us at: byrlip@enterprise.net.
Sightings
Swansea Area
4.10 pm. Witnesses saw a large elliptical shape craft, with
tailfin, pass through the air at approx 2,000 ft moving in a N/NE
direction over Swansea. The object was travelling at normal jet speed
and had a white smoke trail behind it. The object glowed white and
was not clearly defined around the edges. It was brighter than the
moon when it passed in front of it. Weather was reasonably clear,
with the sun setting in the west. There were several witnesses, one
of whom viewed the object through binoculars, and stated that no
wings were visible on the craft. Size unknown. No positive
identification forthcoming but it was possibly a normal airliner
dazzling in the setting sunlight?
Cardigan Area
6.00 - 6.30 pm. Three witnesses were driving in their car from Dinas
to Cardigan, near Eglyswrw, in a NE direction. What sounded like two
aerial objects with flashing red and green lights flew low and slow
over the car. The Shape(s) was uncertain but the lights were
described as being "Christmas Tree" like. When the craft/s was
passing over the car it emitted a loud noise "a bit like a jet". No
positive identification was forthcoming but it could just possibly
be the two Hercules transport planes seen near New Quay although the
times the sightings are inconsistent.
7.30 pm. Two witnesses in a car saw a low flying triangular shaped
craft flying S/SE from Cardigan Bay coast over Mwnt and Penparc,
between Cardigan and Aberporth. Initially they just saw flashing
blue and red lights in the sky but as the craft passed over their car
they could clearly make out the triangular shape. As the craft flew
further on it glowed yellow and then suddenly "shot off, like a
bullet towards the Preseli hills" (S/SW direction.) A few minutes
later the craft then returned (witnesses presumption) and hovered
over the car before disappearing extremely quickly once again. N.B. a
possibility of two separate craft must now be considered in view of
this and other witnesses accounts and the correspondences as stated.
8.45 pm. The second witness initially heard a loud rumbling noise
and thought it was an aircraft flying extremely low - perhaps about
to crash. The witness ran into the back garden which is in village of
Penparc. She looked up to see a large triangular shaped craft flying
slowly overhead. The craft was described as having rounded corners,
black underneath and having grey sides. It was surrounded in an
orange glow which clearly silhouetted the craft. There were red and
blue lights in the tips, with a secondary flashing light following
(i.e. detached) from the craft. A fairly clear description of the
Flying Triangle "UFO".
8.50 - 9.20 pm. A driver initially saw a bright flashing
orange/yellow light seawards off the Cardigan to Penparc road on way
home. On arriving at home in Penparc his family watched the flashes
for a while. They seemed to be every 5 minutes or so. No sound was
heard. No positive identification was possible. The witnesses said
the flashes were definitely not lightning. No storms were reported in
the area.
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