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UFO ROUNDUP

Volume 3
Number 46
November 16, 1998

Editor: Joseph Trainor

Masinaigan@aol.com


NEW TWISTS AND TURNS IN EQ PEGASI CONTACT CASE

Controversy over the alleged alien radio signals from the star
system EQ Pegasi continued this week, with many surprising
twists and turns.

On October 22, 1998, a UK man calling himself "Paul Dore"
claimed that he had picked up a radio signal from EQ
Pegasi, a binary star system 22 light years from Earth. Since
then, the alleged contact has been the subject of much
debate.

On Tuesday, November 10, 1998, Richard C. Hoagland
interviewed the "real" Paul Dore. Hoagland reported, "In
summary, he (Dore) denied being the 'other' Paul Dore,
denied meeting with NSA, denied printing anything or having
any connection to the website. He has no idea why he was
chosen, didn't know about SETI until the incident but is a real
X-Files fan."

The following day, Wednesday, November 11, computer
operator David Dubowski announced that he "had evidence
to show that (the real) Paul Dore is most likely the original"
author of the EQ Pegasi message."

The "smoking gun" was "a posting by Paul Dore on 11-7-98
(November 7, 1998) showing his email address and
'seticontact' name on the email."

Dore, however, has consistently denied that he is the author
of the "seticontact" messages and website.

Meanwhile, strange coincidences involving EQ Pegasi
popped up all last week.

In the November 15, 1998 issue of CyberSpace Orbit, editor
Kent Steadman reported that a new comet had been spotted
in the constellation Pegasus.

According to the Orbit, "On November 12, Timo Karhula," an
astronomer "in Virsbo, Sweden" reported that Comet C/1998
U-5 was now "two magnitudes brighter than a week ago."
(See the International Astronomical Union Circular #7045 for
November 12, 1998.)

In an interview, Steadman asked, "What constellation is the
comet in now?"

The astronomer replied, "Heading for Cassiopeia."

"Was it ever in Pegasus?" Steadman asked.

"Just left it. It's moving so fast. Reminds me of Comet
Hyakutake."

Karhula reportedly said the comet has shown "spectacular"
outgassing and may be visible on Earth just before
Christmas.

On Friday, November 6, 1998, David Oates, a guest on Jeff
Rense's Sightings on the Radio show, played tape recordings
of USA Defense Department news conferences. "In one,
'December 7' can be heard, in the other 'Samson.'"

This led a few ufologists to speculate that a UFO would land
in the desert north of Phoenix, Arizona on December 7, 1998
as part of a military activity known as Project Samson.

On Saturday, November 7, 1998, a caller on Laura Lee's
show pointed out that the "star map" drawn by UFO contactee
Betty Hill in 1964 shows the region of space where EQ
Pegasi is located. A map of Pegasus was included in John
G. Fuller's 1965 book on the Hill case, THE INTERRUPTED
JOURNEY.

Curiously enough, in 1965, Russian astronomer Dr. A.G.
Sholomitsky said that an interstellar radio source, CTA-102,
"may be sending out intelligent radio signals."

The caller said, "If CTA-102, appearing near the 'globes' in
her (Mrs. Hill's) map is in reality an artificial radio source, this
would give the EQ Pegasi signal much additional credibility."

However, astronomers dispute Sholomitsky's theory, insisting
that CTA-102 is just another quasar, not some sort of
interstellar "space buoy."

Another strange coincidence surfaced later in the week when
an item appeared, pointing out that "on October 22, 1995,
Swiss astronomers Didier Queloz and Michael Mayor
discovered a star that was a twin of our own sun," with a giant
planet orbiting it. "The star was 51 Pegasus."

The planet around 51 Pegasus was subsequently confirmed
by astronomers Geoffrey March and Paul Butler of San
Francisco State University.

EQ Pegasi has even had an impact on religion. One
researcher found this item in the Bible. It's from Revelation
19:11--"And I saw heaven opened, and I beheld a white
horse," and added, "The only white horse in the sky is the
constellation Pegasus." (Many thanks to Stig Agermose,
Peter A. Gersten, Errol Bruce-Knapp and others for the
reports on the EQ Pegasi controversy.)


ALIENS ENCOUNTERED AT EL YUNQUE, PUERTO
RICO

On Saturday, November 7, 1998, a party of 15 members of
UFOSICPR, led by Frederico Alvarez, and including Sra.
Alvarez, eight regular members, two new members and four
guests, drove out to the El Yunque National Forest for a
skywatch.

The group waited on Monte Brito between the peak and the
television towers. Suddenly, Nestor, the group's treasurer,
"began to show extreme nervousness. He began trembling
and speaking in a faltering manner."

Alvarez split the group in half and sent one team, including
Nestor, back to the highway further down the slopes of Monte
Brito.

No sooner had they reached the road than Alvarez received a
call on his cell phone.

"They're here!" Alvarez was told. "They're right here in front of
us."

"What's going on?" Alvarez asked.

By way of reply, all he heard were strange sounds coming
from the telephone. Later, he reported, "No one could speak.
Everyone down there was crying."

When Alvarez and his team rejoined the seven members, they
told him that they had seen aliens on the road's edge.

"The creatures stopped and then said telepathically, 'Don't
come any closer!'"

The seven Puerto Ricans "remained there, instantly paralyzed
by an unknown force. For three minutes, they were frozen in
place, and then the creatures went into a nearby field and
disappeared from view."

Although carrying cameras and video equipment, the
UFOSICPR team was unable to obtain any pictures. "One
member had a pair of binoculars, and these refused to
function." (Muchas gracias a Lucy Guzman para eso piso.)


ORANGE UFO SEEN SOUTH OF SINGAPORE

On Saturday, November 7, 1998, a group of men went fishing
in the strait between city of Singapore and Pulau Batam
Island. The island has a number of oil refineries and
petrochemical complexes.

"We first saw a band of orange light at about 7:20 p.m.," the
witness reported, "At first we thought it was a light from a
large building but, if it was, it was a tremendously huge sort of
building, as the light was hovering above the ground about
three times the height of the tallest (industrial) chimneys, and
at that distance it had to be the length of three oil tankers."

The fishermen watched "as it appeared to grow larger for
about a minute. When he sought my opinion and pointed me
toward the light, it was already at its longest length. A few
seconds after this, the light seemed to grow smaller and
smaller and eventually disappeared. I could not explain the
phenomenon, and he can't either." (Many thanks to Ross
Dowe of Australasian UFO Hotline for this news story.)


A BUSY WEEK FOR UFOs ALL OVER AUSTRALIA

Last week saw multiple UFO sightings down under, with
incidents in South Australia, Western Australia and New
South Wales.

On Tuesday, November 10, 1998, witnesses spotted "a
slow-moving bright orange fireball" in Newcastle, N.S.W.,
located 192 kilometers (120 miles) north of Sydney.

The fireball "was in the southern sky travelling eastward for
about four minutes. The illumination was extremely bright, and
it appeared to be about 3 or 4 kilometers away and about
200 to 300 meters (660 to 990 feet) in altitude." At times the
UFO appeared "to drop a bit, only to speed up. The
illumination seemed to be heading out to sea with no sound."

The same night, at Golden Bay in Perth, W.A., at 8:55 p.m.,
residents "reported sighting two bright orange fireballs, arcing
from the southeast, heading east, and then changing back to
the north. The illuminations passed directly over the BP
(British Petroleum) Kwiwana oil refinery...They looked a bit
like arc-welding emissions but without the sparks. They were
four times bigger than Jupiter. As they approached the area,
they changed from following each other to pair up next one
another. The sky was clear, no moon, no clouds. They
travelled faster than a twin propellor light airplane."

On Thursday, November 12, 1998, at 1:30 a.m., residents in
Arthurton, a town on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia,
located about 150 kilometers (90 miles) west of Adelaide,
"reported seeing a large bright white light one kilometer away
to the northeast, slowly moving downward. It was so bright it
cast shadows from the buildings. It descended below the
treeline, and still the glow from its light cast shadows." The
UFO remained in the area for ten minutes before flying away.
(Thanks to Ross Dowe of Australasian UFO Hotline for these
news stories.)


UFO SEEN BY HUNDREDS IN CENTRAL ARGENTINA

The evening of Thursday, November 5, 1998, an objeto
volador no identificado (OVNI) appeared over three cities in
south central Argentina.

The OVNI (Spanish acronym for UFO--J.T.) "crossed the sky
in the provinces of Neuquen and Rio Negro on Thursday
night, according to the testimony of numerous witnesses in
the Patagonian cities."

"The object could be seen by the residents of Neuquen,
Cipolletti and General Roca, in the Alto Valle, in Rio Colorado
and Viedma, as well as in the neighboring city of Carmen de
Patagones," traveling from northeast to southeast.

Neuquen and Cipolletti, its sister city across the Rio Neuquen,
are located 520 kilometers (312 miles) southwest of Buenos
Aires, the national capital. General Roca is 50 kilometers (30
miles) east of Neuquen.

"Jose Luis Mazzone, an official in the town of Villa Chocsin,
said he saw the phenomenon hover above (lake) Lago
Ramos Mexia and described it as 'a ball of fire with a tail that
hovered for several minutes above the horizon.'"

"In Rio Negro are many, many police officers who saw it along
the highway. On the bridge over the Rio Homenimi, at the
entrance to Viedma, they said the OVNI 'was a very intense
light, color blue, and that it developed other colors in shades
of blue and yellow.'"

"From testimonies received, it appears that the OVNI was
seen between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m." (See Diario Popular of
Buenos Aires for November 7, 1998. Muchas gracias a
Carlos Iurchuk para esas noticias.)


NEW UFO SIGHTING IN NORTHUMBERLAND, UK

On Friday, November 6, 1998, Derrick G. Carvell "was out
with my wife Anne for a walk with our dog" in Seghill,
Northumberland, UK, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) north
of London.

"As we approached out parked van at 6 p.m.," Carvell
reported, "I happened to look upward. Travelling in a northerly
direction, I was amazed to see 12 white lights moving in a
perfect line, one behind the other, almost like a train in the sky
with white windows."

"At arm's length, the row of lights appeared approximately
three feet (0.9 meters) long. As they were more or less
straight above us, their powerful lights flashed beams down to
the ground, one after the other. They did this only once. The
beams appeared angled and silvery in colour. Almost
instantly, all of the lights dimmed but could still be made out
as they moved off into the distance-- before fading completely
from view."

"The area of the sighting is only 6 miles from Norwich
International Airport," he added, "I noticed that there were two
more aircraft moving in toward the airport. Also, another
aircraft was lining up to follow it in. The lights travelled across
the area of sky near the two aircraft but at a much higher
altitude. My brother tells me that the altitude of the aircraft on
the path of approach to the airport would have been about
1,500 feet. The objects were at a much higher altitude. It is
very difficult to be exact, but I would say in excess of 5,000
feet, taking into account the beams of light that reached
ground level." (Many thanks to Dave Ledger of UFO Scotland
and John Hayes for this report.)


GREEN FIREBALL SEEN IN PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA

On Friday, November 4, 1998, at approximately 8:30 p.m.,
Ryan S. Eagan was at the intersection of County Road 9 and
Plymouth Boulevard in Plymouth, Minnesota (population
50,889), located 12 miles (18 kilometers) west of
Minneapolis, when he spotted a UFO.

"I was waiting in a parking lot in Plymouth when I watched a
large green fireball streak overhead, heading towards the
northwest and descending towards the Earth. The object left a
long green tail much like a comet. It seemed very low in
altitude because it was below the overcast ceiling, and it was
bright enough that I could see it descend behind some
apartment houses, even though the flourescent lights of a
nearby gas station were between me and the object. This
sighting lasted between one and two seconds." (Many thanks
to Ryan S. Eagan and Joel Henry of Minnesota MUFON for
this news story.)

(Editor's Comment: Two seconds to the horizon is much too
fast for a conventional meteor, especially one flying below
12,000 feet, the cloud ceiling.)


UFOs APPEAR TWICE IN SOUTHERN COLORADO

More UFO action was reported last week in Colorado's San
Luis Valley, about 280 miles (448 kilometers) southwest of
Denver.

On Thursday, November 12, 1998, at about 6:15 p.m.,
author/researcher Christopher O'Brien and his brother,
Brendan, "were driving north in the Baca Grande (housing)
development, and suddenly in front of us, framed in the
windshield, we watched an extremely bright steady light rise
quickly from behind the mountain in the Salida/Howard area."

Salida (population 4,737) and Howard are on Colorado
Highway 50, just west of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

"The light, which was brighter and slightly larger than Venus
and visible for about two minutes, shot upward, southwest to
northeast, at a 25-degree angle. It rose upward, its speed,
which at first appeared the same as a conventional jetliner,
reached 1,000 to 1,200 miles per hour. As it climbed higher,
it became smaller and smaller and disappeared in the
southeast."

Three hours later, at 9:45 p.m., two witnesses in Mesita,
Colorado "were returning home when they spotted two bright,
unblinking lights about 100 miles (160 kilometers) away to the
northwest. The lights moved in tandem about one degree
apart and appeared to be a single object. One witness
observed the 30-second sighting with binoculars. The lights
appeared to head southeast at an altitude of 3,500 to 4,000
feet" before heading for the San Luis Hills.

"At its closest point" to the witnesses, "the object blacked out
the background stars between its lights. Witness estimated
that the distance between the lights was 'about 600 feet,' and
he described the sighting as 'by far the most spectacular night
sighting' he has witnessed." (Many thanks to Christopher
O'Brien, author of THE MYSTERIOUS VALLEY, for these
news stories.)


LARGE TRIANGULAR UFO SEEN AGAIN IN MONTANA

On Tuesday, November 10, 1998, at 1:27 a.m., a very large
UFO, dull gray in color and triangular in shape, was seen
hovering above the Mission Mountains just east of St.
Ignatius, Montana (population 778).

According to former NASA contractor Robert A.M.
Stephenson, the UFO was identical to the object seen
hovering near Polson and Ronan, Montana between October
16 and October 30.

"Cloud cover broke for the night, and the UFO was there as it
had been only lower in altitude and slightly further south near
the town of St. Ignatius," Stephenson reported. "Roughly ten
miles south of Ronan and along the edge of the Mission
Valley."

The UFO was in view between 1:27 a.m. and 3:34 a.m.
"During the time of clearing, the sky was exceptionally clear,
stars in abundance, temperature in the 5 degree Fahrenheit
range. No moon as it had set over the horizon to the west."

Stephenson estimated that "the craft was eight nautical miles
from my viewing locale at the manufacturing facility" in Ronan,
Montana "and at an altitude of approximately 14,000 feet and
four miles further south than the previous sightings."

St. Ignatius is on Montana Highway 93 approximately 44
miles (70 kilometers) north of Missoula. (Many thanks to
Robert A.M. Stephenson for this news story.)


BLACK HELICOPTERS SEEN IN NORTH CAROLINA
AND ARIZONA

On Friday, November 13, 1998, at around 10 a.m., motorists
driving past the airport in Murphy, North Carolina (population
1,575) were startled to see a black helicopter hovering right
over the field in daylight.

Unable to name the model helicopter, the witnesses
described it as having a "narrow body" and "a sharp nose."
Two Cherokee County women reportedly shot a videotape of
the hovering chopper.

According to local author Jon C. Ryter, there have been many
black helicopter sightings in the towns of Andrews, Murphy
and Topton, and the Nantahala National Forest, since
October 10, 1998.

The helicopters' presence is believed to be related to the
ongoing federal effort to apprehend bombing suspect Eric
Rudolph. Rudolph, 32, is wanted in connection with the
bombing of an abortion clinic in Atlanta, Georgia.

On Thursday, November 12, 1998, FBI agents spent the day
"looking for the culprit who fired several shots into their
command post," a warehouse in Andrews, N.C. (population
2,551).

"The shots were fired Wednesday (November 11) about 8
p.m. One bullet penetrated an office wall, 'brushed the hair' of
one agent and just missed hitting another, authorities said.
Neither agent was injured."

"Investigators recovered a handful of shell casings from a
soccer field about 300 yards from the building, but they have
not yet determined what prompted the shooting." (See USA
Today for November 13, 1998, "Bullets fly into camp of
agents on manhunt," page 19A)

According to Ryter, residents of Andrews have been
awakened nightly by low-flying black helicopters aiming
high-intensity "Nightsun" spotlights through their windows.

Ryter also reported that witnesses had seen two U.S. Army
tank transporters stop at the intersection of a Nantahala
Forest road and Highway 129 and offload two M1 Abrams
tanks.

On Thursday, November 12, 1998, an eyewitness, Robert C.,
reported, "Definite increase of military activity north of the San
Francisco Peaks" west of Highway 89, about 15 miles (25
kilometers) north of Flagstaff, Arizona. He described a convoy
of heavy cargo trucks guarded by black helicopters and an
anti-aircraft vehicle "up near Deadmans Pass. What is going
on?" (Many thanks to UFO Sky Searchers International for
forwarding these reports.)


DEEP SPACE ONE SUFFERS MYSTERIOUS ENGINE
FAILURE

Deep Space One began the first test of its ion propulsion
engine on Tuesday, November 10, 1998. But, after four and a
half minutes of operation, the engine mysteriously shut down.

"The ion propulsion engine ran for four and a half minutes
Tuesday before turning off," said John Watson, a spokesman
for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,
California.

"Ground controllers tried several times without success to
restart the engine."

"It was the first time since Deep Space One's launch two
weeks ago that controllers turned on the ion engine, the most
intriguing of the 12 Star Trek style technologies being tested
on the $152 million mission."

"Watson said similar shutdowns have been observed during
ground tests and on communication satellites equipped with
ion engines."

If the ion engine cannot be restarted, the spacecraft will be
unable to complete its mission of a rendezvous with asteroid
1992 KD in July 1999. (See the Providence, R.I. Journal for
November 12, 1998, "Experimental NASA engine shuts
down.")


MILLENIUM CEREMONY PLANNED FOR THE GREAT
PYRAMID

Last week, Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt's director of antiquities,
announced plans to place a golden cap on top of the Great
Pyramid as part of a ceremony celebrating the new millenium.

"The pyramid has lost 30 feet of height, and the missing
stones at the top give it a craggy appearance like the opening
of a small volcano."

"Now Egypt plans to make the Phraonic structure whole again
by affixing a gold-encased capstone--if only for one night--to
celebrate the advent of the third millenium on Dec. 31, 1999,
the pyramid's custodian, Zahi Hawass, says."

"At the same time, he proposed closing entry into the
Pyramid forever to prevent it from being damaged beyond
repair by the salty breath and curious fingers of 4,000 visitors
a day."

"'Why do you want to visit a tomb?' he asked. 'The magic is
from the outside. Not from the inside.'"

"Hawass said the millenium ceremony will be telecast live to a
world audience, will mirror the pomp and revelry that must
have accompanied the installation of the capstone by the
Pyramid's builder, Pharoah Cheops, in a nationwide
celebration some 4,600 years ago."

"'You know it was built in the third millenium B.C. We are
celebrating the third millenium A.D. Therefore, we should
have something important to mark the occasion,' Hawass
said." (See the Boston, Mass. Herald for November 14, 1998,
"Egypt caps off plans for millenium pyramid party," page 14)

(Editor's Comment: Why do we want to visit a tomb? Well, for
one thing, I'd like to see the extent of the damage done to the
interior by the "Hawass School of Jackhammer Archaeology."
It would be nice if they reopened the Pyramid after the
Illuminati have finished looting the Hall of Records. But don't
bet your mortgage payment on that.)


from the UFO Files...

1661: BELGIAN JESUIT SEES A UFO IN TIBET

In November 1661, Father Albert d'Orville S.J., a Jesuit
missionary from Belgium, visited the Buddhist monastery of
Chaldan in Tibet and had a most surprising encounter.

Here it is in Father d'Orville's own words:

"November, 1661. My attention was first drawn to something
moving in the heavens. At first, I thought it might be a species
of bird, unknown to me, that lived in these regions. Then the
object came nearer, taking on the form of a Chinese double
hat and all the while rotating silently as if it were being
conveyed through the air on invisible wings. This visitation
was definitely a thing of wonder--or a magic trick. The object
winged its way above the city exactly as if it wished to be
admired. It circled twice and then was suddenly enshrouded
in fog, and as much as I strained my eyes, I could no longer
see it."

"I wondered if the altitude at which I was could have been
playing tricks on my eyes. Then I noticed a lama standing
nearby. I asked him if he, too, had seen the object."

"He answered by nodding his head and replying, 'My son,
what you witnessed just now was not magic, because beings
from other worlds travel across the oceans of space, and it
was they who breathed the spirit into the first people who lived
on this earth.'"

"'These beings condemn all violence. They counsel mankind
to love one another. Their teaching are like reeds, but if those
seeds are sown on rocky ground, they cannot germinate.'"
(Editor's Comment: The lama knows his New Testament, I
see.)

"'These beings, who are light-skinned, are always received by
us in friendship, and they often come to Earth near our
monasteries. They have continued to instruct us, revealing
truths that were lost in the centuries of cataclysm which have
changed the face of the Earth.'" (See THE CHINESE
ROSWELL by Hartwig Hausdorf, New Paradigm Books,
Boca Raton, Florida, 1998, pages 88-89.)


Thirty years ago, on November 17, 1968, the unmanned
Soviet (Russian) spacecraft Zond 6 completed its flight
around the moon. And we'll be back next week with more
saucer news from around the planet, brought to you by "the
paper that goes home--UFO Roundup." See you then.


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