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Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 19:30:39 -0500
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Subject: Filer's Files #5-1999



Filer's Files #5-1999
MUFON Skywatch Investigations
George A. Filer: MUFON Eastern Director,
February 4, 1999
Majorstar@aol.com (609) 654-0020



PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER SAW UFOs

LEARY--President Carter filed two formal reports when he was
governor of Georgia describing his observation of a UFO to
organizations that collect and promote UFO sightings as
unexplained phenomena. Thirty years ago, Jimmy Carter risked
being labeled a "crackpot" when he said he saw a UFO. Now, other
prominent Americans join him. It was just another fun night at
the Lion's Club for Jimmy Carter =97 when suddenly from the sky a
UFO "as bright as the moon" flashed before his eyes. While
leaving a Lion's Club, then-Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter
noticed an object in the sky. A red and green glowing orb
radiated as it hurtled across the southwestern Georgia skies
that January 1969 evening. Ten minutes later, it vanished. That
was Jimmy Carter's story =97 and he's sticking to it. Carter
became the first major politician to risk achieving "crackpot"
status by claiming he had had a close encounter. "I don't laugh
at people any more when they say they've seen UFOs," Carter said
at a Southern Governors Conference a few years later. "I've seen
one myself." Two weeks ago, Silicon Valley legend Joe Firmage
quit his job as the CEO of USWeb/CKS, a $2 billion company that
employs nearly 2,000 people. The reason: He's had contact with
extraterrestrials and wants to expose the government conspiracy
to conceal a 1947 space crash in Roswell, NM Astronauts Edgar
Mitchell and Gordon Cooper say that new investigations are
warranted. UFOs: 50 Years of Denial?, a documentary set to air
March 3 on The Learning Channel. "The evidence points to the
fact that Roswell was a real incident and that indeed an alien
craft did crash and that material was recovered from that crash
site," says Mitchell, who became the sixth man on the moon in
the Apollo 14 mission. He says he's met with high-ranking
military officers who admitted involvement with alien technology
and hardware. Astronaut Cooper told a UN committee recently,
"Every day in the USA, our radar instruments capture objects of
form and composition unknown to us." In the documentary, Cooper
speculates that public skepticism toward UFOs will shift
dramatically. Pictures of flying saucers strike a dramatic
image. Nick Pope notes a phenomenon that many of the people he's
interviewed have developed spontaneous skills in music,
painting, and poetry "It can be a life-transforming event.
Whatever happened to these people," he says, "It somehow comes
out." It's hard to say how Carter was affected by his close
encounter. In recent years, Carter has become a prolific writer
and peace activist. But the former president has never really
spoken of the impact of those mysterious red and green lights
all those years ago. Yet while he was on the campaign trail, he
tried to use it to his advantage. "A light appeared and
disappeared in the sky," he told a Washington Post reporter in
1975. "It goes brighter and brighter =85 I have no idea what it
was =85 I think it was a light beckoning me to run in the
California primary. The rest is
history. Thanks to Buck Wolf ABCNEWS.com 1/22/99.

MARYLAND

GERMANTOWN -- QuBr@aol.com reports that on January 29, 1999, he
had very clear sighting of a circular/saucer -- shaped craft
while driving northbound on I-270 between Germantown and
Frederick. There were lights both on the bottom and around the
circumference, some of which were pulsing. I noticed about 4
planes that were flying in a large circle around the craft.
After about 5 minutes, the craft moved upward and toward the
South, stopped again, then after a few more minutes, pulsed
brightly several times (still stationary) and disappeared. By
this time I had pulled over to watch. After it disappeared, the
other planes seemed to change flights paths, sort-of
crisscrossing like they were looking for something. The sky was
almost completely clear, and with the near-full moon, the shape
of the craft was EASILY seen, including the parts that weren't
lit. On my return southbound, I noticed several contrails coming
from the West (the direction I had seen the object) heading
east, with the endpoints of the contrails getting closer
together (ie.same destination). Thanks to CAUS and QuBr@aol.com.

GEORGIA CASE SOLVED

Aviation expert Bill Rose proposed that a low level flight of a
B1-B Lancer bomber was responsible for the extreme noise and
fire heard and seen in Georgia on December 10, 1998. MUFON State
Section Director John C. Thompson responds that a low-flying
unknown craft generated considerable confusion while flying over
Heard, Troup, Meriwether and other Georgia counties at 10:20 to
10:30 PM. I'm a UFO investigator who investigated the sighting,
and like to pin UFOs down to explainable solutions. I'm inclined
to agree that what was seen was a B1-B Lancer bomber. I
contacted the FAA and the 116th Bomb Wing of the Georgia Air
National Guard that operates the B1-B out of Robbins AFB. I
located a witness who was directly under the path of the unknown
object in north Troup County. This ex-Air Wing Marine says it
was definitely flying under 1000 feet and when directly overhead
was seen only as a fireball of orange-yellow color making a huge
roaring noise like thunder. On it moving off to the ESE, he said
it appeared to have a dark gray bottom, a long delta shaped
craft with a rectangular shaped boxed-off end, with four fires
coming out of the "box." Another witness said its end was
boxed-shaped. He said he saw no wings nor aircraft lights, and
that it looked much like drawings of the Aurora craft that is
alleged to be flying. It was considerably bigger than an F-16.
The racket it made he said in both intensity and duration was
like no other aircraft he has ever heard. I also talked to a
Meriwether Sheriffs Dept. dispatcher in Greenville, who saw it.
She said that it had a blinking red light. Just received an
e-mail from John Birdsong (civilian civil service) in the Warner
Robins Air Logistics Center Office of Public Affairs. Who stated
in part: Since the 116th arrived at Robins the number of
complaints have risen significantly mainly because people
locally and throughout the Eastern US are not familiar with the
B-1 bomber. I looked over the messages to MSgt. Saunders and I
feel confident in saying what was seen by residents in West
Central GA and Southeast GA was a B-1B Lancer bomber on a low
level training exercise. There is a low level training route in
each of the areas mentioned and the aircraft fly at
approximately 1000 AGL. At night, it probably seems 100 ft.
especially with the noise created by a B-1. The B-1 is the
loudest aircraft in the Air Force inventory. The times given in
the message also are times a B-1 would possibly be on a low
level night mission out of Robins. We are very proud to have the
116th at Robins who fly to protect our great nation with a
dedicated force of men and women. If we can be of further
assistance, please contact me via e-mail or by phone. My number
is (912) 926-2137. Sincerely, John Birdsong.

Editors Note: Thanks to John Thompson and Bill Rose who did a
great job in solving this case. John never thought it was a UFO
due to the loud noise of the engines. It also shows our
witnesses reports were excellent.

ILLINOIS

CAUS thanks Allan Stagg (Allan.Stagg@ABC.com) for this report I
was driving home from my overnight job in Chicago in the predawn
hours of Thursday, December 17th, 1998. I was northbound on the
Edens (I-94) about a mile south of the spur to the Tri-State
(I-294). At 5:46 AM CST I observed a light that appeared about
the intensity of the landing lights on commercial jetliners I
often see circling O'Hare in the evenings as I head into town.
It seemed no further than a half-mile up and a half-mile away
out my windshield heading southeast. What caught my attention
was a second light, about half the intensity of the first, which
seemed to come up in a subtle curve from horizon line in the
Northeast and headed downward toward the Southwest clearly
impacting the first light. The impact caused an initial burst of
light followed by a lengthy stream of white sparks trailing the
first light as it continued in a southeasterly direction. The
second light appeared to fall practically straight down
following the collision. I was shocked at what I saw and began
to brake thinking I had witnessed a midair crash between a
smaller and larger aircraft. I even looked around at other cars,
early risers heading to work, for a reaction of some sort but
traffic continued on. There were no reports on radio or
television of a crash. The event was eerily reminiscent of night
footage of Patriot missiles striking Scuds during the Gulf War.
Thanks to Ken Young http://home.fuse.net/ufo/

MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR BEGINS AEROBRAKING MANEUVERS

PASADENA =97 (AP) The Sacramento Bee January 30, 1999, reports
that the Mars Global Surveyor fired its rocket engine in the
first of a series of critical steps to end the aerobraking
process that sends the spacecraft through the fringes of the
atmosphere to tighten its orbit around the red planet. The
spacecraft was launched Nov. 7, 1996, on a $250 million mission.
It reached Mars in September 1997, going into an enormous
elliptical orbit that swept very close to the planet at one end
and thousands of miles out on the other end. Aerobraking was
originally supposed to be done in time to begin mapping in March
1998. Mapping is now expected to begin at the end of February,
Hardin said. The spacecraft's camera has already returned
numerous detailed photographs of features on Mars, but even
better ones are expected. Thanks to John Antczak and Gerry @ Far
Shores

NEW RUSSIAN STEALTH FIGHTER USES PLASMA

The Keldysh Research Center has developed new technology
allowing dramatic decrease in aircraft's' radar observability.
Russian approach to low observability (LO) technology is
completely different from US Stealth and offers complete
surreptitious movement of the protected object at a
significantly lower price. An exclusive interview about these
technologies was conducted by Nicolai Novichkov, ITAR-TASS with
director of the Center, Anatoliy Korteev. As academic explained,
American approach to LO (Stealth technology) applied on B-2,
F-117A, and fifth generation fighter F-22 "Raptor" is based on
designing the airframes and radiation absorbing materials to
minimize their radar cross section. The main drawbacks of the
Stealth technology are its negative effects on the flight and
agility of the stealth aircraft. Russian scientists approach the
issue from the other direction. They proposed to create a plasma
formation around protected object, which prevents radars from
seeing it. Thus, the aerodynamical characteristics of the plane
itself does not suffer. An artificially created plasma cloud
surrounds the plane and guarantees more than hundred times
decrease in its observability. The cloud interacts with
electromagnetic waves radiated by enemy radar. First, an
absorption of electromagnetic energy occurs in the cloud, since
during plasma penetration it interacts with plasma charged
particles, pass onto them a portion of its energy, and fades.
Second, due to specific physical processes, electromagnetic wave
tends to pass around plasma cloud. Both of these phenomena's
results in a dramatic decrease of the reflected signal. Static
and flight experiments proved the effectiveness of this
technology. The first generation devices, produce a plasma field
surrounding an aircraft and decrease the reflected signal were
created in the Center. Later, a method of creating second
generation advanced systems (capable of not only decreasing
reflected signal and changing its wavelength, but also producing
some false signals) was discovered. Such systems significantly
complicate determination of actual aircraft's speed, its
location and leads to development of completely new approaches
to LO provision, unachievable to conventional Stealth
technology. Furthermore, the weight of the systems developed in
Russia do not exceed 100 kg, and power consumption ranges from
kilowatts to tens of kilowatts. Advances in development of the
third generation are on the new MIG 29. Thanks to: Anatoliy
Korteev. 26/01/99 (c) ITAR-TASS, Translation by Philip Kaploun.

EXCELLENT UFO VIDEOS ON INTERNET

Dave Ledger has some of the best UFO video footage on the
Internet. UFO Scotland at
http://wkweb5.cableinet.co.uk/dledger/video.htm

PRESIDENT CLINTON ADMITS AREA 51 EXISTS

On January 29, 1999, Clinton sent a letter to Congress.
Consistent with section 6001(a) of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) (the "Act"), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961(a),
notification is hereby given that on September 25, 1998, I
issued Presidential Determination No. 98-36 (copy attached) and
thereby exercised the authority to grant certain exemptions
under section 6001(a) of the Act. Presidential Determination No.
98-36 exempted the United States Air Force's operating location
near Groom Lake, Nevada, from any Federal, State, interstate, or
local hazardous or solid waste laws that might require the
disclosure of classified information concerning that operating
location to unauthorized persons. Information concerning
activities at the operating location near Groom Lake has been
properly determined to be classified, and its disclosure would
be harmful to national security. Continued protection of this
information is, therefore, in the paramount interest of the
United States. The determination was not intended to imply that
in the absence of a Presidential exemption, RCRA or any other
provision of law permits or requires the disclosure of
classified information to unauthorized persons. The
determination also was not intended to limit the applicability
or enforcement of any requirement of law applicable to the Air
Force's operating location near Groom Lake except those
provisions, if any, that would require the disclosure of
classified information. Sincerely, WILLIAM J. CLINTON Thanks to
Ufo contact

UNITED KINGDOM FLYING TRIANGLES

Tim Mathews reports: As you know I've been investigating Flying
Triangle Sightings in the UK for four years now and have
interviewed over 130 people who claim to have seen these
aircraft. None of them have claimed that what they have seen was
'football field sized' although several have claimed sizes
similar to the Vulcan bomber of old.

BROADGATE--On December 29, 1998, between 2200 to
2230 PM; Witness, a local DJ Peter H, saw a triangle flying at
low speed, app 30 knots, flying from left to right next to the
River Ribble. The triangle was somewhat larger than the jet
fighters seen so often in the area and was notable for a
pattern of red lights around its' entire perimeter. As it passed
by, entirely silently at a distance of around 1/4 mile, Peter
noticed a bright light (but not a beam as such) evident on the
right side approximately half way down the leading edge. This
was almost an equilateral triangle -- the triangle had a
relatively broad back and probably not a 75 degree sweep.
There was no evidence of high performance as such beyond
the silent performance -- something that is always difficult to
gauge. The craft adhered to the course of the River Ribble is
instructive given similar events noted in my previous research
papers and Jenny Randles 'Northern UFO News' and her
book that draws on some of my research "Something In The
Air." Thanks to Tim Mathews.

UNITED KINGDOM "STAR WARS" BASE

 MENWITH HILL BASE -- The US communications base at RAF Menwith
Hill is to play a front line role in a "Star Wars" system to
warn the Americans of ballistic missile launches anywhere on
earth. New radomes at the base on the outskirts on Harrogate
will be directly linked to American infrared eyes in space and
will be operational by the millennium. The change of direction
at the controversial listening center has been confirmed by the
Ministry of Defense. Previously the only comment about the
erection of the two new radomes -- the distinctive golfballs
which can be seen at the base -- has been local concern about
the extension of the area of the base. Armed Forces Minister Mr.
Doug Henderson said: "Construction of the two radomes at RAF
Menwith Hill is due to begin in November 1999 and is scheduled
for completion in February 2000. The radomes will support the
new US Space Based Infrared System, providing early warning of
ballistic missile launches." American personnel now number 1,370
at the base. Snip.. Graham Birdsall, editor of Quest
Communications, an organization which monitors earthly aerial
movements and reports of UFOs, said: "I am not that concerned
about the function of monitoring what happens on the planet.
What I find fascinating is the emphasis that this program gives
to monitoring deep space. "That will be its capacity and it is
slightly ironic bearing in mind years of denial about reports of
unidentified craft." Thanks to the UK UFO Network Issue 99,
1/29/99, ufo@holodeck.demon.co.uk

NEW IMAGE OF SYMBOLS ON 1947 ROSWELL BALLOON PHOTOS

Neil Morris from the University of Manchester, Dept. of Physics,
reports he has placed further images on my RPIT site. This image
is from the "balloon material" section of the Ramey Alone
photograph. The main image is just a simple enlarged section and
has had NO enhancement. The inset has had some level stretching
only, to promote the apparent "symbol" displayed. The faint "3"
symbol marked in the inset with a bar-* can be found repeated in
various places within the FW images and interestingly also
within the Irving Newton image. I encourage the reader to see
the new images at:
http://adm2.ph.man.ac.uk/ftw-pics/new-1/index.htm Or the image
can be directly had from
http://adm2.ph.man.ac.uk/ftw-pics/new-1/rmblncrp.gif. Thanks to
Neil Morris.

Editor's Note: The apparent markings on the alleged balloon
material seems very odd. "By Jove, I think you've got it!"

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