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From: Masinaigan@aol.com
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 11:48:26 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: UFO ROUNDUP, Volume 2, Number 23



     UFO ROUNDUP
Volume 2, Number 23
June 8, 1997
Editor: Joseph Trainor

TWO UFOLOGISTS FOUND
DEAD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

     On Tuesday, June 3, 1997, at about 3 p.m.,
investigating state police officers found the bodies
of two prominent ufologists in a campground in
northern New Hampshire (N.H.).

     The bodies of George W. Perry, 50, of East
Providence, Rhode Island and Keith Begnoche,
22, of Blackstone, Massachusetts were found in
a tent at the Dolly Copp Campground, located off
Route 16 in Pinkham's Grant, N.H.

     Relatives of the dead men called the police
on Monday after Perry and Begnoche failed to
return from their weekend camping trip to Mount
Washington.

     Perry, born in Pawtucket, R.I., was an
electrical engineer and inventor and the owner
of Alpha Scientific Associates.  He was also
assistant director of the Rhode Island chapter of
MUFON.

     Begnoche was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel
Begnoche of Blackstone, Mass. and was a freshman
at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Mass.

     According to Sgt. John K. Scarinza of the New
Hampshire state police, investigating officers found a
sales slip in the tent.  As a result of this find, the
"troopers surmised that the friends died either
Saturday night (May 31) or Sunday morning (June 1)."

    "One of Perry's two sisters, Claire Bussiere, of
Cumberland, R.I. said his death was puzzling because
'He was so methodical about things.  Something just
went wrong.'"

     "She speculated that he might have altered his
routine after buying a new tent.  Ordinarily, he would
turn on a heater to remove the chill, then place the
device outside.  For some reason, the heater was still
inside when the troopers arrived."

     "The device was tethered to a 20-pound propane
tank.  The controls were on and the tank was empty.
Medical tests found carbon monoxide in both men's
bodies.  Apparently, the friends fell asleep before
they were poisoned, police said."  (See the Providence
R.I. Journal-Bulletin for June 6, 1997, pages B1 and B4)

     Perry and Begnoche had told friends before the
trip that they were going to Mount Washington
(elevation 6,288 feet) to do some skywatching.

     "David Rannacher, a friend of Perry...said he doesn't
think the two campers who set out on their camping
trip Friday (May 30) ever made it to Mount Washington,
although no one can say for sure."  (Providence, R.I.
Journal Bulletin, June 6, 1997, page B4)

     A memorial service for Perry was held at 2 p.m.
today at the American Legion Hall, Post 311, in
Seekonk, Mass.


TRIANGULAR UFOs SIGHTED
IN UPSTATE NEW YORK

     On Wednesday, May 28, 1997, Ed Granoski and
a few friends were on the south shore of Oneida Lake
in upstate New York, approximately 16 miles (25
kilometers) east of Syracuse when they spied
strange lights in the sky.

     The sightings "started at 10:45 p.m.," Ed said.
"Viewed for five minutes.  All lights appeared amber/
orange similar to sodium vapor lights.  We did not see
any structures other than lights.  The objects were
approximately four to five miles (6 to 8 kilometers)
across the lake from us and cast light reflections
on the lake."

     Ed estimated that the lights were situated
"over a small town of Jewel, N.Y. and Camden, N.Y.
(population 2,667) on the north shore of Oneida Lake."
The UFOs were "approximately 20 to 30 degrees on
the horizon and what appeared to be 2,000 to 3,000
feet up."

    Grabbing a videocamera, Ed's group shot footage
of the lights that night.

     "This continued for at least six different viewings
at different time intervals until 12:30 a.m. (Thursday)
May 29, 1997.  Formations ranged from three (lights)
in triangle, to four straight line, to five just scattered,
to twelve...two to the left, five to the right on top and
five just below them.  No speed noted--objects were
stationary, except for one sighting when four were
present in a row.  Two flew in from a higher altitude
and then stopped and remained stationary.  No
approach or departure--lights appeared and disappeared
usually in five to six minute intervals."

     "A neighbor stated that on May 26 and May 27 they
viewed similar lights in the same area," Ed added,
"Our sightings were viewed by 10 people we know of,
some as far away as 12 miles on top of a hill."

     Local police attributed the strange amber/orange
lights to "military parachute flares."  (Email Interview)


DAYLIGHT DISC SPOTTED IN
GLENDALE, ARIZONA

     On Saturday, May 31, 1997, Rick C., age 49, was
working in the backyard vegetable garden at his home
in Glendale, Arizona (population 96,988) "when I heard
a jet engine.  We don't hear many this far north because
the Sky Harbor Airport corridor is south, along the Salt
River."

     "I saw the jet just north of my house when suddenly
I caught a white oblong object directly overhead.  It was
at a very high altitude and was moving faster than
anything I've ever seen.  It was moving from east to
west.  There was no trail and no sound...and it was
gone in less than three seconds."

     "I just stood there, unable to move, and whispered,
'What the hell was that!?'  I looked at the sky for several
minutes, hoping--and not hoping--to see another one,"
Rick reported.  "What bothers me about the sighting is
that it was at 11:28 a.m....and nobody else reported it.
My wife and I watched ALL the news that evening.
This is a big city (the Phoenix metro area) and someone
else HAD to have seen that object besides me."
(Email Interview)


UFO SEEN NORTHWEST OF
LAKE TAHOE

     On Saturday, May 24, 1997, at about 9:30 p.m.,
Peter H. and Chuck L. were "poking around in the
hills between Kings Beach (California, on the north
shore of Lake Tahoe) and Interstate (Highway) 80,
close to (California) Highway 267" when they saw
a mysterious light in the sky.

     "I was looking south by southeast towards the
lake," Pete said.  "The lights were at about a 45 to
60 degree angle from where I was."

     "There seemed to be some sort of hazy,
amorphous cloud of light (barely noticeable if looked
at directly) between the lights, as if the lights were
surrounding something," Pete said, adding that the
estimated speed of the UFO was "about 20 or 30 miles
per hour as far as I could tell.  That's hard to say, though.
Have you ever seen a 747 landing?  They look really slow
because they are so large.  They are really moving
quite fast.  There could have been the same effect here."

     Pete added that the lights were going "west by
northwest" and described the condition of the sky as
"clear."  (Email Interview)


DAYLIGHT DISC HOVERS OVER
RUINS AT MESA VERDE

     On Monday, May 26, 1997, four adults from White
Wind Ranch decided to spend their Memorial Day holiday
on a tour of the Anasazi Indian ruins at Mesa Verde
National Park, 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of Durango,
Colorado.

     As their tour finished at 12:30 p.m., "my visiting sister
and I noticed a stationary silver 'circle' in the sky hovering
below a vapor trail," Mrs. W said, "This is what made it so
noticeable."

     "It was quite high," she added, "The other two in our
party were in a discussion so just my sister and I conferred
on this.  We observed it for about five minutes."

     "Last night, when I retrieved me email, I noticed that
(radio talk show host) Art Bell and his wife gave an identical
description of what we saw--same day, same time, same
length of observation, two states away." (Email Interview)

     The night of May 26, Art Bell told his listeners that he
and his wife, Rachel, had observed a daylight disc in the
clear blue sky above their home in Pahrump, Nevada
(population 1,000).

     Art and Rachel Bell were walking across the yard to
close a gate when he noticed "two contrails in the sky."
Bell estimated that the object was above 40,000 feet
(12,121 meters) and moving from the east-southeast to
the north-northwest.  Their sighting took place at
approximately 11:40 a.m.

     Retrieving a pair of powerful military surplus binoculars
from the house, Bell reportedly spied what looked like
"a round object, gleaming like a 100-watt bulb.  The sun
was behind us so it would not have been a reflection.
The color was silver."  The couple observed the UFO for
about six minutes.  (Many thanks to Steve Wilson for
forwarding the Art Bell report.)


CIGAR-SHAPED UFO SIGHTED
OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO

     On Thursday, May 22, 1997, at around 10:30 p.m.,
amateur astronomer Nicholas K. set up his Schmidt-
Cassegrain telescope in his backyard in the town of
Tillsonburg, Ontario (population 9,404).  The town is
94 miles (150 kilometers) southwest of Toronto.

     Nick was looking around the sky "to find
galaxies in the Big Dipper" when he spied "a giant
white cloud and against it as a background saw a
cigar-shaped object about the size of an aeroplane,
black or brown in colour."

     The UFO was "unlit" (not illuminated in any way)
and "it had four or five 'wings' at right angles to and
along its body."  The object passed right over the
witness, who kept it in view for 30 to 40 seconds.

     "Flew at speed of plane," he reported, "No sound
from the object.  No idea of height but beneath cloud
(under 12,000 feet--J.T.).  It hadn't rained.  Intermittent
view of stars and planets.  Close to full moon time.
Didn't see craft through telescope."  Nick's daughter
"was with him at the time, but 'since it was near bed
time, she didn't have her glasses on.'"

     According to UFO investigator Joe Daniels, the
witness "drew a picture of the object and showed it
to his colleagues at work.  One said it was reminiscent
of 'a picture of craft from '60s in Belgium.'"  (Many thanks
to Joe Daniels for sending us this news story.)


ANOTHER UFO SIGHTED IN
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA

     On Thursday, May 29, 1997, at around 10 p.m., Mrs.
Liv S. went outside to check the stars from the patio of
her home in Fresno, California (population 218,202).

     "It was a nice cool evening with a good breeze
going," Liv reported.  "I looked up and saw a clump of
stars in the southeast portion of the sky.  One of those
stars was moving rather peculiarly.  It traveled at
differing speeds...across the sky heading northeast
(towards Clovis--J.T.).  I watched it intently, and saw it
would go for a bit slowly...then stop for a sec, then do a
jag and then pick up speed and zip a bit faster.  That
was no star.  It was also unlike any satellite I'd ever
seen before.  With the weird way it would move in spurts.
It continued on in a definite north-northeast direction"
before finally disappearing on the horizon.  (Many thanks
to Steve Wilson for this news story.)


MULTIPLE UFO SIGHTING IN
ANASCO, PUERTO RICO

     According to the Puerto Rican newspaper El Vocero,
"flying disks" were sighted by several eyewitnesses
during late April 1997.

     People living in the Playa section of Anasco, P.R.
"reported the presence of strange flying objects over
Anasco's skies.  Although some of the residents
declined to be identified out of fear of being laughed at,
they stated that the flying disks crossed the sky in
a south-north direction."

     "A worker at a filling station located near State
Highway #2 explained that one of the objects was
circular in shape, extremely shiny, and moved at a
prodigious rate of speed.  'It stood still for a moment,
and six more lights came out of that thing.  They flew
off in different directions,' noted the witness."

     "Following this, he explained, the strange flying
discs fell into formation and returned to the larger
object.  'They flew two-by-two and reentered the large
light,' he indicated.  This version was confirmed by an
Anasco farmer, who claimed having seen the strange
lights as he traveled along State Highway #2 from
Mayaguez to this community (Anasco)."  (See the
Puerto Rican newspaper El Vocero for April 26, 1997,
"UFO Traffic Jam in Skies Over Anasco" by Julio Victor
Ramirez.  Many thanks to Scott Corrales for sending
this newspaper article.)

from the UFO Files...

1974: UFO IN THE HIMALAYAS

     On June 15, 1974, Tibetan mountain climber Keo
Wha Unan was inspecting a rock formation on the
upper slopes of Mount Dahjar in the Himalayas.  As
he emerged from a cave, he "spotted a silvery disc
hovering behind a crest of high rocks."

     "It was windowless," Keo reported.  "Shiny,
silvery, spotless.  There seemed to be no ridges or
protrusions on the craft.  It was hovering 1.3 meters
(four feet) off the ground."

     "Gathered about the strange UFO were three
humanoid figures," Keo said.  "They seemed to be
gathering snow and ice particles and well as rocks
and putting these things in their ship."

     "Within five minutes after my initial sighting,
they climbed aboard by means of a ladder-like
device that descended from the center of the thing
(saucer), and when they were inside, the machine
started to hum," he added.  "It rose several more
feet into the air, and like a flash, shot straight up
and disappeared behind a variety of thick snow
clouds.  It was the last I saw of it."

    (See UFO UPDATE #5, Winter 1980 issue,
"The Bizarre Ancient Astronauts of Tibet" by
Harry Hill, page 64)

FUN UFO WEBSITES:

     For the latest on the new crop circles in the
Netherlands and at Ceska Lipa in the Czech
Republic, drop in at Circles Phenomenon Research
(CPR) Canada's Website.  They're at this URL:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/3310

     The Centre of ET Studies can be contacted at
http://members.aol.com/asmorrison

     This site has a good selection of material
on the Hudson Valley, New York UFO sightings.

     Don't forget our parent site, UFOINFO.  You'll
find them at
http://www.digiserve.com/ufoinfo/

     Back issues of UFO ROUNDUP are available
for downloading at our site, which can be found at
http://www.digiserve.com/ufoinfo/roundup/

ROUNDUP CORRIGENDA:
     In last week's issue, we ran a story on the
UFO hoax in Sligo, Eire.  Just to clear up a matter
of addresses, the Fortean researchers who exposed
the hoax were Daev Walsh of Dublin, Eire and
Joe Harte of Sligo Bay, Eire.  For more on UFO
sightings in Eire, check out Daev Walsh's great
newsletter, Blather, at
http://www.nur.ie/blather/issue/no3.html

     If you see a UFO story in your local newspaper,
clip it out and send it to our snail-mail address:
UFO ROUNDUP, Box 16, 126 Toll Gate Road,
Warwick, Rhode Island, USA 02886

     If you have a UFO to report, contact us online
at Masinaigan@aol.com.

     That's it for this week.  To our readers in the USA,
don't forget to pick up a present for Dad this week.
Father's Day is June 15.  We'll be back again next
Sunday with more saucer news from "the paper that
goes home--UFO ROUNDUP."

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