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From: United Kingdom UFO Network <ufo@holodeck.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 20:39:05 +0000
Fwd Date: Sun, 04 May 1997 01:54:52 -0400
Subject: {73} part 1 - United Kingdom UFO Network
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This issue comes in 2 parts. If any part is missing please mail:
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The United Kingdom UFO Network - a free electronic magazine with
subscribers in over 40 countries.
In this issue:
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* Editorial
* Air Traffic Controller incidents
* United Kingdom News
[UK 1] Something out there!
[UK 2] Cosmos Computer takes on the universe
[UK 3] WW2 Ghost Plane Riddle on Moors
[UK 4] Spooks.com - Secret Service Agency, MI5
[UK 5] Pigs might fly say magnetic scientists
[UK 6] Aliens... over Brum
[UK 7] A sci-fi telescope for finding life in space
[UK 8] Man sights UFO over pub
[UK 9] UFO sighting Newport Gwent August 1983
[UK 10] Just an observation.
[UK 11] Another UFO has been seen this time in Bretforton.
[UK 12] Hinckley sighting, Leicestershire
* World News
[W 1] Is this the answer to the great Pyramid puzzle?
[W 2] New theory rewrites evolution of chimps
[W 3] Saved by the Aliens
[W 4] A personal story
[W 5] NASA Yes, it's true. We got hacked. We're back.
[W 6] UFO group wants Congress to examine 'proof' of aliens
[W 7] John Carpenter New Videos
Editorial
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Internet Relay Chat made easier
For those of you having read the below in the last issue and who are
using Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser we have found the
following problems. It appears that currently Microsoft's Internet
Explorer web browser is unable to use the java program that enables
it to connect to the IRC. However if you are using the Netscape web
browsers everything should work fine. We'll keep you updated as and
when things change.
Connecting to our weekly IRC (Internet Relay Chat) meetings on
Saturday nights is now easier than ever before. Our meeting's begin
at 11pm (2300hrs) UK time. Everyone is welcome. By simply using your
Java compatible Web Browser and going to either of the below sites,
you will find pages there to join in using your actual Web Browser.
Give it a try...it's easy.
http://www.holodeck.demon.co.uk/
http://www.crowman.demon.co.uk/
For those of you using any of the IRC programs, further connecting
details can be found at the end of this e-zine.
Air Traffic Controller incidents
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In issue {71} of the e-zine I published the below incident which
happened to me recently. From this I had a mail from Bren McCartney
who has been an Air Traffic Controller at Heathrow for 25+ years.
Following this is a mail I sent to Bren and his subsequent reply.
And as this article is about Air Traffic Controllers we round up with
a report from the current issue of CNI News.
Bren McCartney has very kindly agreed to do an e-mail interview for
us. All questions over the next few weeks will be collected and
finally sent to Bren as a single mail. The resulting questions and
answers will be published at a later date.
Here is your chance to put some questions to an Air Traffic
Controller with over 25 years service. If you have a question/s to
put to Bren send your mail to:
ufo@holodeck.demon.co.uk
In the subject section put: ATC QUESTION
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Source: United Kingdom UFO Network - issue {71}
uk.ufo.nw Dave says: I recently had the chance to visit Air Traffic
Control (ATC) at Birmingham Airport. Working at the airport enabled
me to arrange a visit for myself and two colleagues. ATC at
Birmingham is a relatively small affair compared to the likes of say
Gatwick and Heathrow. Over the past eleven years this was probably my
fourth visit. The one thing that has always struck me is just how
interested they all appear to be in their respective jobs. Nothing
had changed on this visit except that over the last few years a fair
amount of equipment appears to have been updated.
While we were in the radar operators room having the various blips
and smudges that were moving around the screen explained to us, I
could not pass up the opportunity to ask the inevitable question. I'm
sure the majority of you would have done the same. It did cause my
two colleagues to look at me with embarrassed smiles. Their interest
in ufology is near zero. However I asked the operator if over the
years they came across many unidentified objects on radar and if so
how did they log them. He asked me what I meant. I replied "UFOs". In
about one second flat he looked at me, smiled and said "No" and
carried on discussing the radar. I got the distinct impression that
that was the end of that and any further questions were going to get
me nowhere. What did I expect really. Nothing I suppose.
I know for a fact that most if not all UK ATC's record any strange
situations in a 'log' book. Another colleague who has seen
Birmingham's 'book' but not had access to its contents told me of
its existence but stated "they will never show it to you".
This leads me onto a question. Do any of you out there know of
similar 'books' held by ATC's? Have you ever seen one? Do you know
anyone who has? Send in your comments to us. If we publish your mail
and you wish to remain anonymous please inform us. In the subject
area of you mail put: ATC's SECRET BOOK.
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From: Bren McCartney
Date: Saturday 5th April 1997
Occupation: Air Traffic Controller at Heathrow Airport
Hi. Just found your web site and downloaded Issue 71. I was
fascinated to read the report on the visit to Birmingham ATC.
However, I would urge you NOT to pay much attention to the so called
"ATC SECRET BOOK".
I have been a Heathrow Controller for 25+ years and I am also a UFO
nut! There are no "secret" ATC books. Every ATC unit has a log book
- and the old Heathrow ones are - I believe - kept at the Public
records Office at Kew. An ATC Log Book is exactly what it says - a
log of events - and it is maintaine by the Duty ATC Supervisor. All
sorts of things are logged ranging from serviceability of navigation
aids to the visit of VIPs to the Control Room. Naturally, a report
of a UFO would constitute a loggable occurrence but, having served as
an ATC Supervisor at Heathrow for many years, I can assure you that
such occurrences are pretty rare! In my experience, when a member of
the public has rung up with a UFO report it has been possible to
explain it away as aircraft navigation lights. I personally
experienced two "UFO events", which genuinely terrified me, when I
worked in Africa 30 years ago but I haven't experienced any such
event here in the UK. Incidentally, I used to be an investigator for
BUFORA... then I saw those goons on Reigate Hill with light bulbs in
cocoa tins - "UFO detectors". I retain my deep interest in the
subject but do NOT anticipate ever learning the "truth" in my
lifetime... I'm 53 years old.
I guess the guys I work with breakdown to around 10% "believers",
30% "don't know" and 50% "no way" when it comes to UFOs! Of course,
we see hundreds of unidentified objects on our radar's every day, but
most are light aircraft or gliders operating quite legitimately in
UK airspace. Remember, aircraft do NOT have to have an ATC service
when they are flying outside Controlled Airspace and there are plenty
of small aircraft, not equipped with radio, which do just that. When
I read the garbage in UFO magazine I have to weep!
If you want any more info don't hesitate to contact me.
Regards from Bren McCartney
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From: United Kingdom UFO Network
To: Bren McCartney
Date: Wednesday 9th April 1997
I must also tell you of a meeting that occurred shortly after the
last e-zine issue was published. Whilst at work (Birmingham Airport)
I was assisting a colleague in our office when two young ladies were
shown in. They were from Birmingham's Air Traffic Control office.
They were - in a nut shell - trying to get a working idea together
whereby a gridded map of the airport and so many thousands of metres
outside of the airport could be mapped. These maps would then be held
by ATC, the local Police and Fire service. If an accident or incident
occurred it would be a simple case of passing the necessary grid
reference onto the necessary emergency departments. etc etc etc.
The young ladies had not been in the office two minutes when my
colleague asked them outright if they had ever seen any UFOs and if
so I was the one to talk to because of the e-zine etc etc etc. Well
it was so sudden I just wanted the floor to open up and swallow me. I
was a little embarrassed as you can imagine.
But some good did come of it. The senior lady of the two did infact
tell me that she was also a believer in UFOs and had infact seen
various strange things herself. She said that she was one of many
Air Traffic Controllers in the UK who believed in the subject. She
was a reader of UFO Magazine (one of the better one's I have to say
Bren). She asked if I would print our e-zine out for her, which I
agreed to do. I shall be asking for a meeting with her in the near
future. Like your self she said that they saw many UFOs everyday on
radar but the vast majority were no more than gliders and light
aircraft.
Best wishes
Dave
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From: Bren McCartney
Date: Friday 11th April 1997
Hi Dave. Many thanks for the Email. In principle I would be most
pleased to attempt to answer questions concerning ATC and I have no
problems with my name and job being published - nobody is going to
put the screws on me at work!! However, I don't want to get bogged
down too much as I have lots of other interests which take up my
time. As I told you, I used to be an investigator for BUFORA and it
became obvious that a lot of the people involved in this game simply
have no idea what they're talking about so I packed in through sheer
frustration.
I'm not surprised that the two ladies at Birmingham said that many
ATC people are interested in the subject - a number of Controllers I
work with are extremely interested in the subject and one recently
went to Area 51, and enjoyed the old "heave-ho" treatment from the
boys in the dark shades. So often I read in UFO literature about
"cover-ups" by the CAA, or other aviation authorities and I KNOW it's
simply not true. The Civil Aviation Authority has quite enough
"real" work to do without becoming involved in such a bizarre subject
and, contrary to popular belief in UFO circles, pilots are not
reporting UFOs on a daily basis. I have been an operational
Controller in the Heathrow complex for over 25 years. Every day of my
working life I speak to a hundred or more aircraft and I have NEVER
been involved in any UFO incident during that time. A friend of
mine from Wigan recently rang to say he had heard of a "major event"
with a large UFO seen hovering over West Drayton (where I work).
That was rubbish! The Building I work in is situated in the middle
of a large housing estate close to playgrounds with loads of kids
around. Also there is a large police presence AND the whole area is
visible from the Tower at Heathrow. There is no way in this world
that such an "event" could have taken place without thousands of
people knowing and the word getting out. For one thing, if a large
UFO appeared over West Drayton I, along with many of my co-workers,
would run for our lives! I'm afraid that my denial to him was
received with the usual "Oh - I suppose you mustn't talk about it"
nonsense! If he thinks the CAA is involved in such cover-ups he's
sadly mistaken, but he is so paranoid about the subject that nothing
will convince him otherwise. He went on to tell me about a huge
triangular UFO which had hovered over the M6 one afternoon, stopping
the traffic! With several large airports close by, plus the fact
that from West Drayton I can view that area on radar, I have to ask
what is happening? Some stealth? I asked him why the news didn't
appear in the papers - "They've slapped a D-notice on it". Heaven
help us if the UFO-fraternity is full of cranks like that.
The UFO Magazine, while it's about all we've got, does contain some
nonsense, albeit published in good faith. There's a lot of
unnecessary sensationalism - e.g. page 15 of the Mar/Apr issue.
Middle column, para 4. "Here then, is the confirmation that
Britain's airspace is indeed regularly penetrated by 'unknowns'".
This statement applies to pretty well every country in the free
world, but the vast majority of those "unknowns" are probably
innocent gliders, balloons, hang gliders, light aircraft, etc,
because no way is every aircraft tracked on radar or even in
communication with ATC. On page 59... the comments about the Saudi
mid-air collision are puzzling. That mid-air had nothing to do with
UFOs - more sensationalism.
The 6th paragraph says: "......the data...seems to confirm that
Britain's airspace is quite literally a haven for UFOs". I'm sure
this is written to appeal to the loonies - to convince them that
we're surrounded by flying saucers, whereas there is not a shred of
evidence to support this view. I honestly despair at this form of
journalism. I have been fascinated by this subject for around 45
years and I am a firm "believer" yet, despite everything I have read
and all the people I have met with a similar interest, I am just as
ignorant now as I was back in 1953 when I first read a book on UFOs.
Remember, all you and I have is 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th.... 10th hand
information and there is not one single piece of hard evidence to
help us. I remain a firm believer and will be forever curious but I
am absolutely 100% certain that I shall leave this earth just as
ignorant as I am now.
---
Source: CNI News vol.3 part 3
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER TELLS OF UFO INCIDENTS
[The following text is excerpted and paraphrased from a letter sent
by the writer to the National UFO Reporting Center and later posted
in several newsgroups. The writer's name was withheld by request. For
further information, visit the National UFO Reporting Center web
site at http://www.ufocenter.com/]
An air traffic controller working at Los Angeles International
Airport (LAX) says that in the six years he has worked there, he has
personally witnessed four unexplained UFO incidents.
"My area of jurisdiction [covers] northeast of LAX, out over the
Mohave desert (including the Edwards test ranges), and up around the
LAS area (including 'Dreamland')," he says. This area includes a
large part of the most restricted airspace in the western United
States, an area known to host a large amount of top-secret aircraft
activity and also rich in UFO reports.
The writer says he is kept completely apprised of even the most
secret air traffic. "We work closely with the military, and when I am
at a sector, there is NOTHING that goes in my sky (military or
civilian) without my knowledge. Even the most classified military
projects have proper protocol for reservation of airspace, and
numerous flight restrictions (they're not about to let their
multi-billion dollar projects be sighted or harmed by some dentist's
Cessna 172 chugging along for a weekend trip to Vegas)," he says.
Codenames or nicknames are assigned to the most secret aircraft.
"They'll just call them something else to keep with procedures and
restrictions (the Stealth fighter went around as an "A6" fighter
when it was classified)," he explains.
That being the case, when he sees something that is truly
unidentified, he's pretty sure it's not a super-secret military
project. And he has seen some unusual things.
"In my (only) six years at the Center, I have personally been part
of three bizarre encounters, non-military and non-civilian. I'm just
one of 15,000 controllers, too, so there have to be many more that go
unreported.
"We used to have a specific number to report 'UFO' sightings," he
says, "but in the late 80's the directive was replaced by an
official 'advisory' to tell pilots, if requested, that they should
contact a university or research institution, and no further
paperwork was required (unless it was a near mid-air [collision])."
On one occasion, he saw another controller discuss a UFO incident
with his supervisor. "The controller told the supe about the
encounter, and after both determined there was nothing on radar, they
just kind of shook their heads and rubbed their chins, and that was
that.
"This I believe is what typically happens," he says. "Nobody knows
what to do, really. There is no government 'coverup,' no
mirror-sunglassed agents 'debriefing' us in the back room, no
military specialists to take reports. But 'UFO' encounters happen.
"I've directly been involved in three incidents -- DIRECT
involvement. I was there, plugged into the sector, my own eyes were
watching the radar, it actually happened! I've been puzzled on all
three."
The writer describes his three UFO incidents as follows:
1) (Date uncertain, probably 1992) Northeast of LAX, a UAL 747 on
climbout, about 24,000 feet (Flight level 240), suddenly said, "Do
you show something went right under us?" We didn't; there was
absolutely nothing on the radar. The pilot said it "went right under
us, opposite direction, about 3 times the normal closure rate," which
normally is 900 knots (head-on jets at 450 knots each), so 3 times is
about 2700 knots, minus the 450 of the 747 means it was approximately
2,200 knots. We pulled up the primary radar (raw radar returns) and
there was absolutely nothing. The pilot said it was "kind of like a
rocket, but with something on the top," and it was "about the size of
an F-16." I got on the landline to the lower controller to warn him
for subsequent aircraft. The only nearby restricted (military) area
had no activity at those altitudes, and there were no military
aircraft in the area. We told the supe, and he just said "huh." We
just shook our heads, and mostly forgot about it, though the pilot
did make a report on it and it appeared in Aviation Week and Space
Technology.
2) (1995) I was working a UPS jet in descent to ONT (Ontario), as
the only controller at the sector. There was ZERO traffic within 30
miles of him, but he said a "large aircraft of some type, no, I'm not
sure what it is" just went over and in front of him, crossing right
to left. It was about 9 pm local, after sundown. I showed NOTHING on
radar, and anything large would show up on primary radar (we see
even tiny Piper Cubs). The military restricted airspace R-2508 was
completely cold and the airspace turned over to us. I asked the
pilot further if he could see the type, and he said, "No, it was just
very large, and it had some strange lights." He was very shaken and
asked for a number to call in. I gave him the Area's number and told
my supe he'd be calling. After they landed (15 minutes later) he
called in and talked to my supe. I just told him what I saw -- there
was NOTHING on radar, and NO military activity, and again we just
shook our heads. The Area Manager (facility boss) was called in and
he shook his head and said they "used to have a UFO reporting number,
but we don't any more." That was that.
3) (date not given) I was the only controller in the area during the
S-L-O-W midnight shift. Two little cargo aircraft within a 200 mile
range was all. This was around 3 am. The military airspace (R2508)
was cold and was turned over to us. Nothing going on, not even up at
Dreamland -- all the military controllers were home in bed.
I'm sitting there and I notice a primary target moving across the
desert, about 30 miles east of MHV (Mohave), 20 or so north of
Edwards and near our sensitive Boron radar site, close enough that
the radar picks up everything, even cars on the highway. The target
was zipping along about 4 miles between updates, which is about 20
nautical miles per minute, or about Mach 2. Then, within a 1-mile
radius, it reversed course and headed the other way. (At 450 knots,
jets need about 10 miles or more to reverse course, and at supersonic
speeds even more. The SR-71 needs half the state to turn around!). I
lost it as it got away from the Boron site, and wasn't sure what to
make of it.
One hour later the Kern County Sheriff's [Department] called in. I
answered -- I was the only controller in the Area. They had several
calls about an extremely bright light moving around the area north
of Tehachapi. Did we have any aircraft in that area? I was staring
right at the scope, right at Tehachapi, and there was nothing, not
even a primary target (no ground clutter even). I asked them if it
was a flare. He said no, it's been there for a half hour, moving
around, no sound, and they had a deputy right there looking at it
too. I said we had nothing there, but I'd call him back if I saw
anything. I saw nothing. About 30 minutes later the Sheriff called
back and said the light "turned off" and was gone. There was nothing
on the radar the whole time.
[The writer says he will notify the National UFO Reporting center
immediately if any such incidents occur on his watch again, so that
"you can get the hard data."]
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United Kingdom News
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[UK 1]******
Source: Birmingham Evening Mail newspaper
Date: Friday 18th April 1997
Something out there!
More than 1,300 lovers of the paranormal, the mysterious and the
downright bizarre are expected to flock to a two-day "UnConvention"
this weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of UFO research.
The event in London is being organised by the Fortean Times, the
journal of strange phenomena, and will feature exotic exhibitions
and stalls such as a celebration of the Victorian freak show.
Welsh vicar Lionel Fanthorpe, presenter of Fortean TV, will be
discussing the Creeping Coffins of Barbados and a possible vampire
attack in Cumbria near the end of last century.
[UK 2]******
Source: BBC Ceefax Newsround
Date: Tuesday 15th April 1997.
Cosmos Computer takes on the universe
Scientists in Cambridge have bought an amazing new 2 million pounds
computer which they hope could solve the mysteries of the universe.
The Silicon Graphics Origin 2000, which is installed at Cambridge
University, is nicknamed Cosmos and has a main memory of 8,000
megabytes.
The scientists hope it will help them model a history of the
universe from the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang to
the present day.
[UK 3]******
Source: The Mirror newspaper
Date: Wednesday 26th March 1997
WW2 Ghost Plane Riddle on Moors
Rescuers can't find 'crash'
By Steve Dennis
A mystery plane crash that vanished without trace left witnesses and
rescuers baffled yesterday.
Locals dialled 999 after seeing the plane explode in flames as it
hit a remote Yorkshire moor.
Emergency services from two counties launched a huge search on
Monday night.
But despite scouring the moors for 24 hours, not one piece of
wreckage was found.
Now people in Hope, South Yorks, are talking of a ghost plane after
recalling an identical mystery crash two years ago - on the 50th
anniversary of a World War Two Dakota coming down nearby.
Witness Mariafrance Tattersfield, 39, a former special constable
from nearby Sheffield, said: "I know what I saw. None of this adds
up."
The search began after she and other other witnesses reported a
blinding orange flash and billowing smoke as the twin engine crashed
on the Pennines above Hope Forest.
Fifty police from Yorkshire and Derbyshire, fire and ambulance
crews, more than 100 men and dogs from seven mountain rescue teams,
an RAF helicopter and the West Yorks police helicopter joined in.
Police said: "It certainly is a mystery and extremely baffling -
reliable witnesses clearly saw something go down."
The spot is just three miles from where the Dakota crashed in 1945,
killing all seven Canadian crew.
Two years ago postman Tony Ingle, 53, reporting seeing a Dakota
crash in the same area.
But when he raced to the scene he found only grazing sheep.
He said: I don't believe in ghosts and have racked my brains for
explanation but there isn't one."
[UK 4]******
Source: Internet Magazine
Date: April 1997
Spooks.com
Secret Service Agency, MI5 is to launch its own Web site in the
autumn as part of its policy of greater openness. The service is
believed to be working on elaborate security measures to stop hackers
breaking into the site. It's rumoured that MI5 is also considering
using an e-mail address as a point of contact for informants after
the FBI received thousands of emails in response to a request for
more information about the TWA crash.
[UK 5]******
Source: BBC Ceefax Newsround
Date: Tuesday 15th April 1997
Pigs might fly say magnetic scientists
British & Dutch scientists have created a giant magnetic field to
make small creatures, including frogs, float in mid air.
The boffins learned how to magnetise a plant or animal temporarily,
then use a force field to hold it up.
Incredibly, they say the techniques can be used on humans too, which
would be particularly useful for astronaut training. Frogs used in
the experiment have all come unscathed.
uk.ufo.nw says: according to tv news reports NASA has taken a keen
interest in this technology.
[UK 6]******
Source: Evening Mail newspaper
DateP: Thursday 24th April 1997
Aliens... over Brum
A new video recounting close encounters of the alien kind - over
Birmingham goes on sale tomorrow.
Produced by Heritage Films, the video takes a close look at UFO
sightings over Small Heath and Erdington and footage of a crop
circle that appeared in Longbridge.
There is also the story of the Aston housewife who claimed to have
an aliens baby and the abduction of a mother and daughter from Castle
Vale.
uk.ufo.nw Dave says: While in W.H.Smiths yesterday 30th April 1997
I saw the very same video priced at 12 pounds and 95 pence.
[UK 7]******
Source: The Express newspaper
Date: Wednesday 9th April 1997
A sci-fi telescope for finding life in space
A GIANT telescope may be built to search for life outside our solar
system.
The plan is to launch it millions of miles into space to scan 300
Sun-like stars within 50 light years.
The sci-fi telescope project has been named after scientist Charles
Darwin and experts will begin making a detailed assessment this
summer of the technology needed.
If the scheme is approved by the European Space Agency the telescope
would be launched In about 2015.
Darwin would be made up of six separate telescopes placed 50 metres
apart in space. They would send signals to a central station which
would then beam images back to Earth. Dr Alan Penny of the
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory at Didcot, Oxfordshire, said the
telescope would be able to detect if there were Earth-sized planets
near stars and check if they have an atmosphere.
He said: "If there is a lot of water in the atmosphere, it would
mean the planet probably had oceans. But the most Important discovery
would be an ozone layer because that means there is abundant oxygen
which can only be generated by life.
"If you see ozone, that is a good indication that life exists."
Dr Penny will outline the Darwin project to scientists meeting at
Southampton University on Friday.
[UK 8]******
Source: The Hinckley Times newspaper
Date: Thursday 17th April 1997
Man sights UFO over pub
A HINCKLEY man claims to have seen lights from an unidentified
flying object hovering in the sky over the area.
Mr Matthew Buchan (21) believes that life is not confined to this
planet alone and thinks he has seen visitors from another world on
two separate occasions.
Mr Buchan became fascinated with space science at a young age and
first saw some unusual lights while out fishing near The Mill On The
Soar pub when he was just 15.
He said: "I never actually saw the vehicle itself, all I saw was a
set of seven lights. Planes normally have no more than five so it was
unusual.
"They were blue and white and there was also a hazard light which
was flashing. The vehicle wasn't moving at all, just hovering over
the fields lOOft to 150ft in the air. Then it shot off and the lights
disappeared within about two seconds."
The second unexplained incident Mr Buchan saw was over the Tin Hat
pub on the Hollycroft Estate last month.
Again he witnessed a set of lights which he is certain was not from
an aircraft. With this fresh in his mind, Mr Buchan joined two
groups, the Northampton UFO Research Forum and the Phenomena Research
Association in Derby.
And he is interested in hearing from anybody who has seen any-thing
strange or unexplained in the Hinckley area.
If the incident is recent then he will contact experts from one of
these two groups who may come out and investigate it further.
"I have been trying to get more information about what goes on in
the area because I think people in Hinckley must have seen
something," said Mr Buchan. "I like to think we are not the only life
forms in the solar system."
If anyone has any information the subject Mr Buchan would like to be
contacted on Hinckley 633708.
[UK 9]******
From: <tjbtelem@andover.co.uk>
Date sent: Saturday 8th March 1997
UFO sighting Newport Gwent August 1983
Dear David,
Hace just discovered your website, very interesting reading, and I
thought you might like to know about an experience of mine in Aug 83.
It was about 7.00pm and out of my window I saw a bright light, it
was to bright for a star, or planet, and was too large. I went to ask
a neighbour as to what he thought it was, and we could not decide,
UFO was not at ant time mentioned. That is until it moved at great
speed and was at the other side of the horizon in a millisecond, yet
just as bright. It was there for at least 15 maybe 20 minutes, than
started to 'dance' in the sky, it then shot off to where we first saw
it, stayed a few minutes and them shot off at incredible speed and
gone.
We, together with as reported on local radio, several thousand other
people phoned the police, who had to take it very seriously, purely
due to the numbers of reports. However, I feel that this is more
interesting, a few days later, I had a military policeman knock at
my door, asking for a statement.
>From that moment on I knew and then believed in the existence of
UFO's and that the MOD and the government knew exactly what was going
on.
Question is, why the lies and deceit, when I know for a fact that,
by way of the fact I was questioned together with many others with
regard the sighting.
Just thought you would be interested.
William C. Scott
uk.ufo.nw says: Just prior to publication we received the below mail
from William for which we thank him.
From: William Scott <tjbtelem@andover.co.uk>
Date sent: Thursday 1st May 1997
Dear Dave,
Thanks for your email regarding the sighting in Newport.
As I said a couple of days after the sighting by myself and
many many others, I received a visit from the military police.
The civil police switchboard was jammed with calls reporting the
sighting, it was also reported on the then local radio station
GB Radio, now Red Dragon.
The MP's where obviously interested in this particular siting,
they were curtious, but where without any doubt whatever trying
to convey that it was explainable, saying that they were not in
a position to give details. They went on to say that there would
be a perfectly reasonable explanation for what we 'believed' we
saw, i.e. met office balloons, (they forget to mention it was an
ultra-supersonic model!!) They also said that it was usual
practice to follow up reports such as the one we made to civil
police. (I did not and do not beleive that at all) Other than
that they simply wanted us to repeat to them what we saw, and
left by again saying it was explainable.
The very fact they came to see us, is enough to tell me that
it was not explainable, and had no idea what we saw. Because
of this, I am 100% sure that we, we being the planet, are being
visited, whats more, the world govenments are fully aware of this.
My theory to why they are hiding the truth is because of the
effect it will have on religions around the world, and how it
would affect the word of the gospel. I also believe that much
of todays high technology have come from 'captured' UFO's. in
particular digital technology.
As far as i'm concerned it is an insult to our intelligence to
have us believe that there is nothing out there, for its a
mathmatical certain fact that we cannot be alone.
Yours sincerley,
William C. Scott
[UK 10]******
From: Phil Williams <philip@ambridge.win-uk.net>
Just an observation.
Phil Williams.
Wotton under Edge
Gloucestershire
U.K.
While travelling home in the early hours of Saturday morning, (01.20
14th Dec. 96), cold night, clear sky, very good visibility I
observed a Blue ball of light falling almost vertically from the sky,
(I est. 3deg from vertical).
Previously that evening I had seen at least two shooting stars, a
third may have been a trick of the light, this object was totally
different, no trail as with a shooting star.
The object was round, blue but very white, if that makes sense, I
was unable to judge size as I had no distance reference and local
hills prevented me from seeing if there was any ground impact.
Any thoughts, no I don't think it was a ufo but it was an
unidentified falling object !
Best wishes Philip Williams
[UK 11]******
From: Mike <testar@globalnet.co.uk>
Source: The Stratford-upon-Avon Journal
Date: Thursday 5th November 1996
Please find attached a copy of a report in our local 'freebie' paper
"The Stratford-upon-Avon Journal" dated Thursday December 5th 1996 .
On the Tuesday the 26th November my wife Kathy and our son also saw
this object and followed it for several minutes before losing site
of it .
Mike
Another UFO..?
Another UFO has been seen this time in Bretforton.
Following reports of 'weird lights in Harvington and Chipping
Campden, another mystery sighting has been reported by Yvonne Lewis.
She and her husband Gary were at home at their New Larkborough Farm
house last Tuesday when they saw a flying saucer through a window.
Mrs Lewis said: "I know it sounds crazy, and perhaps there is an
explanation for it, but it really did really did look like a flying
saucer. It was going very slowly and we followed it for about 40
minutes with binoculars. I rang the police and they said somebody
from Rous Lench had also seen it."
However Inspector Ian Browning, of Evesham police, said he did not
know of any such reports.
[UK 12]******
From: AShortland@aol.com
Date: Thursday 1st May 1997
Hinckley sighting, Leicestershire
Hello David. I thought I would mail you whilst it is fresh
in my mind! At approx 2245hrs I was chatting over the fence
at the front of my house, in the dark, to my neighbour who
was trying to fix the brake lights on his car.
As we spoke we both saw an extremely bright light travel at
VERY fast speed over our rooftops in a rough direction of
north to South. The colour of the light was a very bright
yellow/white. The shape appeared to be eliptical. It made
no sound at all.
My neighbour stood there with his mouth hanging open and
exclaimed "Did you see that!" "I'm glad that you were with me
and saw the same thing or else no one would believe me!"
I'm thinking of e-mailing the Hinckley Times to add this to
the other reports they have compiled recently and over the
last years.
Best wishes,
Charlie.
uk.ufo.nw says: Having now questioned Charlie he informed us
that he is sure as he can be this was not a meteorite or
asteroid. At arms length it was slightly larger than a 10
pence piece. It was impossible to see it's eventual destination
as it was seen while looking between Charlie and his neighbours
house.
World News
----------
[W 1]******
Source: The Daily Telegraph newspaper
Date: Friday 21st March 1997
Is this the answer to the great Pyramid puzzle?
By Aisling Irwin - Science Correspondent
One of the mysteries of the Egyptian Pyramids may have been solved
by a Cambridge engineer, who claims that he knows how the builders
managed to carry millions of heavy stones into position.
Egyptologists have always been impressed by the strength and
diligence of the pyramid builders. The Great Pyramid at Giza, for
example, required the quarrying and transporting of 2.3 million
stones, each weighing about 2.5 tons.
Historians and engineers have suggested that the builders used
sleds, ropes, levers, pulleys, cradle-like rockers and ramps.
Evidence of all these survive, either physically or in pictures.
But Dr Dick Parry, a soil mechanics expert in the engineering
department of Cambridge University, believes that none of the
suggested methods could have worked. He calculated that the chosen
method must have been efficient enough to put in place one block
every few minutes if the Great Pyramid was built in 20 years, as he
said was generally accepted.
He had rejected the principal suggestion that the Egyptians pulled
the boulders on sleds up ramps that wound round the sides of the
pyramid. This would have required between 60 and 80 men per sled -
too many for the ramps to sustain, he argued.
"The ramp slopes would have had to be no flatter than one in four,"
he said. "It is recognised even by sled supports that you cannot pull
a sled up a one in four slope."
Dr Parry also rejected the popular theory that the ancient Egyptians
eased the blocks onto cradles which they rocked along. The method
was too hazardous and could not cope with narrow pyramid steps, he
added.
However, small models of these cradles have been discovered by
archaeologists alongside model tools. Dr Parry told a Cambridge
audience last night that he believed the cradles were used in a
completely different way.
Four of them could be arranged to form a circular sheath around a
block, transforming it from a cuboid into a cylinder. This would move
easily on the level. To drag it uphill, the Egyptians could have
coiled a long rope around the cylinder. As they pulled the block up
the ramp the rope would gradually have uncoiled and the boulder would
have rolled upwards, minimising the amount of human strength needed.
Dr Parry was invited by Japanese engineering contractors to test his
theory in Tokyo, using 2.5 ton blocks. He was delighted to find that
the method worked, after some teething problems such as how to steer
the system.
It took three men to push the block on the level - sled transport
would have required 20 to 30 men. It took 16 to 20 men to pull it up
a ramp with a one-in-four gradient. With a sled it would have taken
60 to 80 men - too many for the ramp structure.
The crucial test was whether about 20 men could pull it up a slope
49ft long in no more than five minutes - the constraints he believes
the Egyptians must have worked under. They did it in one minute.
"I was pleased," he said. "I was pretty confident but you can never
be 100 per cent sure about these things. This explains how they
managed to place these blocks so rapidly."
Dr Ian Shaw, a specialist in ancient Egyptian technology at the
Institute of Archaeology at University College London, said: "It is
a very good idea for someone to have a stab at these nitty-gritty
questions."
But he questioned how certain Dr Parry could be about some of the
historical questions.
If the Great Pyramid took much longer than 20 years then other
methods might have been possible," he said.
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