Saucers vol 7 no 3

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Saucers vol 7 no 3

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FRAME ENLARGEMEN TS from 16mm K odach rome movie foot age
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pos s ible UFO filmed by Ray Stan ford in C orpus Ch risti, Tex . ,
on J uly 28, 1 9 5 9 .
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ond s apart , thes e ph otos ind icat e that the ob j ect--what ever
The UFO on film appears to
it was --rapidly changed shape.
have more luminos ity th an s urroun ding cloud s .
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Ins trumentation for U FO PetectlQn by Robert C . Beck. "II
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The� 28 Movies by Ray Stan ford
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The FUture of U FO Inyeetig£llml by Rich ard H all.
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SAUCERS is publ ished q uart erly by Flying S aucers International
(a non- profit organizat ion ) , 1420 South Rid geley Drive. Los
An geles 1 9 , California. Whole is sues 26/27 . Copyright © 1 960
by Max B. Mill er ( Editor) . Lithograph ed in U. s. A.
- 1 -
E D I T O R I A L
I T I S GRADUALLY BECOMING O BVIOUS that the divis ion o f
s o -cal l e d "ob j e ct ! ve '' re s e archers into one camp and the pro
pone nt s o f " sub j e ct ive " re s e arch into ano the r h a s cre ate d an
almo s t insurmountable probl e m . The writer, fo r o ne , doe s
not think that the UFO is sue will be re s o l ve d by rehashin g
o l d and the infre quent n e w sighting repo rt s , nor in e xpend
into the
ing ma j o r e f fort to e xpo se e ve ry frau d th at nope
UFO s cene .
This writer be l ie ve s it unl ike ly that the future is
l iable to bring UFO s ightings substantially be tte r an d mo re
authe nticate d than tho s e al re ady o n re cord . The re s e arch
has become s t rictly e mpirical , and ,.,ith fewe r repo rt s the s e
d ays , w e are obviously l o s in g the battle o f public acceptance .
I f the public we re to be convince d o f the val idity o f UFO 'e
o n the bas is o f goo d , authent icate d U FO re po rt s by re li� ble
obs e rve rs , and s imul t�ne ous t rack1nge by radar, the phenome na
woul d have been accepted l o ng be fo re now.
THE NEXT LOGI CAL STEP obvious l y is to attempt cont act,
co mmunication , or at l e a s t atte mpt eight ings where goo d ob
s e rve rs and e quipment are pre s ent . But many s o -cal l e d ob
j e ctive groups and re se arche rs have be co me so openly an d ve
he mentl y oppo s e d to � n
- yth in g invol ving ex tra- terre s trial
communicat io n that they s e e m e mbarras s e d to e ven try . An d
the extre me skepticis m and ridicul e e xpre s s e d by many s e rious
groups have been so o ve rwhe l ming that o ne mus t que s t ion the
po s s ibil ity o f whe the r a re s pons ible pe rs on woul d e ve r claim
cont act if such we re e ventually made .
We the re fore submit that it is we ll nigh the time to
e xplo it s ome imaginat ive e ffort s to e s tabl ie� o r at tempt to
. t'' or "co mmuni� at ion." i'lhil e
e s t ablish , s ome form o f "co nt a c
this hae be e n trie d by many be fo re , ,.,e fe el that only a con
ce rte d , purely s cie nt i fic and o rderly appro ach will pro duce
anything comparable to wo rth,,thile re sul te.
Le t us e l aborate s l ightly . Ftrs tly , we be lie ve that
any s ol o attempt is almo s t worthle s s . There mus t be at l e a s t
two , and pre fe rably more , re s po ns ible witne s s e s o n hand a t
all time s . And the re shoul d b e a t le a .s t one 16mm mot io n pic
ture camera avail abl e e quippe d with a telepho to lens an d Ko da
chro me film. (It is our opinion th at goo d mo tion picture s
o ffe r by far the be s t evidence obta_inabl e fo r ana l. ytical e
valuation . Re fe r SAUCERS , Autumn 1958 . )
The article in th is is sue o f SAUCERS by Robe rt C . Be ck
ce rt ainly advo cate s a subs t antial variety o f po s s ible in s t ru
me nt at ion to use fo r UFO s ighting and cont act junke ts . De
t ail e d re co rds shoul d b e kept a t all time s ( including pho t o
graphs o f pre vail ing sky/we athe r condit io ns ) , for e ve n ne ga
t ive re sul t s will be s t atis t ically valuable .
Since be ginning th is E ditorial, we have come acro s s a
fas cinat ing re port by Phys icis t s Philip Morris on and Gius e ppe
Ce cconi of Co rnel l Unive rs ity . They advo cate attempt in g co m
municat ion now with al ien intelligence s which might be expe ct
ing s igns o f l i fe to de velop " near the sun . " ( See " Sho rt Shot s "
( Cont . )
S AUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1959/60 - 2 -
EDI TORI AL
el s ewhe re in this is sue . )
'' We the re fo re feel that a d is criminatin g s e arch fo r
s ignal s de s e rve s a co ns ide rable e ffort , " Mo rrison and Co c
oni con clude . ''The probabil ity o f succe s s is bard to e s ti
m�te ; but if we ne ve r se arch , the chance o f succe s s is ze ro .n
We he artily concur.
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*
THEY SAY THAT all go o d t hings mus t co me to an e n d .
And it i s with deepe s t re�ret that we announce the
te rmination o f publication o f SAUCERS with this is sue . The
re se arch has tre at e d us we ll ; and we are inde e d grate ful fo r
the hundre ds o f kin d , uns e l fish and intell igent pe rsons
with who m we be came acquainted. O ur only s atis faction in
suspe nding ope rat ions is the knowl e d ge that the re s e arch is
in very compe tent an d capabl e hands . The co mbine d t al e nt s
o f all active U FO re se archers to day is probably beyond dupl i
cation fo r such an anomalous e nde avo r.
I t is well known that we are not ne ce s s arily optimis tic
about the future o f U FO re s e arch as it now s t an d s . But with
th is pl ane t 's e me rge nce into the spa�e age , s o me une xpe cte d
de velopme nt s be gin to loom on the ho rizo n . I f we are fo r
tunate , we shall see mo re pro j e ct s o f the nature of t he N a
t io nal Ra dio As t ronomy O bse rvatory's pro gram ( Pro j e ct O zma )
t o attempt t o inte rcept intell igent s ignal s fro m al ien pl ane t s .
*
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*
NOTE CHANGE IN ADDRESS . We have re mo ve d from our ol d
( but t rus ty ) po s t o ffice bo x , and our permane nt a ddre s s is
now as fo ll ows : 1 420 S . Ridge l e y Drive , Lo s Ange l e s 1 9 ,
Cal if . Pl e a s e so note in your fil e e . I n the future cor
re s po ndence shoul d be addre s s e d to Max B . Mil l e r .
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*
IN THI S I SSUE, we wish to draw the re ade r's attent ion
to Bob Be ck ' s art icle o n "I ns t rumentation fo r U FO De te ction . "
I f future inte re s t is su fficient , we may publ ish a spe cial
s upple ment , o r de tail e d spe cs and s che matics about th is an d
o ther ins t rumentatio n. So if you are intere s te d in th is fie l d
o f re s e arch , pl e a s e write to us . Comme nt s will al so b e gre atly
ap preciate d .
Inas much a s our principal re a s o n fo r clo s ing shop is
mo net ary ( th is is sue al one co s t e mo re to print than we have
in our UFO fund ) , it will be impo s sible to re bate to tho s e
who s till h ave active subs criptions the amount due the m . H ow
e ve r, we have a pl an wh ich we hope will be accept abl e to all
conce rne d. We will give guy � back is sue s o f-your cho ice
( excludin g the few numbers al mo s t out-o f-print: 2, 7 an d 8 )
fo r � � that is now due you . ( A compl ete l is t in g o f
avail able back is sue s was publ ishe d in the l a s t is sue o f SAU
CERS. } To fin d out how many is sue s you are entitl e d to ,
dquble the number written at the bo t to m o f page 2 8. For 1 s
�ue e 2, 7 an d 8, you may choo s e any o f the s e as an � --ex
�� fo r the is sue s you woul d no rmally rece ive .
SAUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1959/60
- 3 -
E D I T O R I A L
I T I S GRADUALLY BECOMING O BVIOUS that the divis ion o f
s o -cal l e d "ob j e ct ! ve '' re s e archers into one camp and the pro
pone nt s o f " sub j e ct ive " re s e arch into ano the r h a s cre ate d an
almo s t insurmountable probl e m . The writer, fo r o ne , doe s
not think that the UFO is sue will be re s o l ve d by rehashin g
o l d and the infre quent n e w sighting repo rt s , nor in e xpend
into the
ing ma j o r e f fort to e xpo se e ve ry frau d th at nope
UFO s cene .
This writer be l ie ve s it unl ike ly that the future is
l iable to bring UFO s ightings substantially be tte r an d mo re
authe nticate d than tho s e al re ady o n re cord . The re s e arch
has become s t rictly e mpirical , and ,.,ith fewe r repo rt s the s e
d ays , w e are obviously l o s in g the battle o f public acceptance .
I f the public we re to be convince d o f the val idity o f UFO 'e
o n the bas is o f goo d , authent icate d U FO re po rt s by re li� ble
obs e rve rs , and s imul t�ne ous t rack1nge by radar, the phenome na
woul d have been accepted l o ng be fo re now.
THE NEXT LOGI CAL STEP obvious l y is to attempt cont act,
co mmunication , or at l e a s t atte mpt eight ings where goo d ob
s e rve rs and e quipment are pre s ent . But many s o -cal l e d ob
j e ctive groups and re se arche rs have be co me so openly an d ve
he mentl y oppo s e d to � n
- yth in g invol ving ex tra- terre s trial
communicat io n that they s e e m e mbarras s e d to e ven try . An d
the extre me skepticis m and ridicul e e xpre s s e d by many s e rious
groups have been so o ve rwhe l ming that o ne mus t que s t ion the
po s s ibil ity o f whe the r a re s pons ible pe rs on woul d e ve r claim
cont act if such we re e ventually made .
We the re fore submit that it is we ll nigh the time to
e xplo it s ome imaginat ive e ffort s to e s tabl ie� o r at tempt to
. t'' or "co mmuni� at ion." i'lhil e
e s t ablish , s ome form o f "co nt a c
this hae be e n trie d by many be fo re , ,.,e fe el that only a con
ce rte d , purely s cie nt i fic and o rderly appro ach will pro duce
anything comparable to wo rth,,thile re sul te.
Le t us e l aborate s l ightly . Ftrs tly , we be lie ve that
any s ol o attempt is almo s t worthle s s . There mus t be at l e a s t
two , and pre fe rably more , re s po ns ible witne s s e s o n hand a t
all time s . And the re shoul d b e a t le a .s t one 16mm mot io n pic
ture camera avail abl e e quippe d with a telepho to lens an d Ko da
chro me film. (It is our opinion th at goo d mo tion picture s
o ffe r by far the be s t evidence obta_inabl e fo r ana l. ytical e
valuation . Re fe r SAUCERS , Autumn 1958 . )
The article in th is is sue o f SAUCERS by Robe rt C . Be ck
ce rt ainly advo cate s a subs t antial variety o f po s s ible in s t ru
me nt at ion to use fo r UFO s ighting and cont act junke ts . De
t ail e d re co rds shoul d b e kept a t all time s ( including pho t o
graphs o f pre vail ing sky/we athe r condit io ns ) , for e ve n ne ga
t ive re sul t s will be s t atis t ically valuable .
Since be ginning th is E ditorial, we have come acro s s a
fas cinat ing re port by Phys icis t s Philip Morris on and Gius e ppe
Ce cconi of Co rnel l Unive rs ity . They advo cate attempt in g co m
municat ion now with al ien intelligence s which might be expe ct
ing s igns o f l i fe to de velop " near the sun . " ( See " Sho rt Shot s "
( Cont . )
S AUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1959/60 - 2 -
EDI TORI AL
el s ewhe re in this is sue . )
'' We the re fo re feel that a d is criminatin g s e arch fo r
s ignal s de s e rve s a co ns ide rable e ffort , " Mo rrison and Co c
oni con clude . ''The probabil ity o f succe s s is bard to e s ti
m�te ; but if we ne ve r se arch , the chance o f succe s s is ze ro .n
We he artily concur.
*
*
*
THEY SAY THAT all go o d t hings mus t co me to an e n d .
And it i s with deepe s t re�ret that we announce the
te rmination o f publication o f SAUCERS with this is sue . The
re se arch has tre at e d us we ll ; and we are inde e d grate ful fo r
the hundre ds o f kin d , uns e l fish and intell igent pe rsons
with who m we be came acquainted. O ur only s atis faction in
suspe nding ope rat ions is the knowl e d ge that the re s e arch is
in very compe tent an d capabl e hands . The co mbine d t al e nt s
o f all active U FO re se archers to day is probably beyond dupl i
cation fo r such an anomalous e nde avo r.
I t is well known that we are not ne ce s s arily optimis tic
about the future o f U FO re s e arch as it now s t an d s . But with
th is pl ane t 's e me rge nce into the spa�e age , s o me une xpe cte d
de velopme nt s be gin to loom on the ho rizo n . I f we are fo r
tunate , we shall see mo re pro j e ct s o f the nature of t he N a
t io nal Ra dio As t ronomy O bse rvatory's pro gram ( Pro j e ct O zma )
t o attempt t o inte rcept intell igent s ignal s fro m al ien pl ane t s .
*
*
*
NOTE CHANGE IN ADDRESS . We have re mo ve d from our ol d
( but t rus ty ) po s t o ffice bo x , and our permane nt a ddre s s is
now as fo ll ows : 1 420 S . Ridge l e y Drive , Lo s Ange l e s 1 9 ,
Cal if . Pl e a s e so note in your fil e e . I n the future cor
re s po ndence shoul d be addre s s e d to Max B . Mil l e r .
*
*
*
IN THI S I SSUE, we wish to draw the re ade r's attent ion
to Bob Be ck ' s art icle o n "I ns t rumentation fo r U FO De te ction . "
I f future inte re s t is su fficient , we may publ ish a spe cial
s upple ment , o r de tail e d spe cs and s che matics about th is an d
o ther ins t rumentatio n. So if you are intere s te d in th is fie l d
o f re s e arch , pl e a s e write to us . Comme nt s will al so b e gre atly
ap preciate d .
Inas much a s our principal re a s o n fo r clo s ing shop is
mo net ary ( th is is sue al one co s t e mo re to print than we have
in our UFO fund ) , it will be impo s sible to re bate to tho s e
who s till h ave active subs criptions the amount due the m . H ow
e ve r, we have a pl an wh ich we hope will be accept abl e to all
conce rne d. We will give guy � back is sue s o f-your cho ice
( excludin g the few numbers al mo s t out-o f-print: 2, 7 an d 8 )
fo r � � that is now due you . ( A compl ete l is t in g o f
avail able back is sue s was publ ishe d in the l a s t is sue o f SAU
CERS. } To fin d out how many is sue s you are entitl e d to ,
dquble the number written at the bo t to m o f page 2 8. For 1 s
�ue e 2, 7 an d 8, you may choo s e any o f the s e as an � --ex
�� fo r the is sue s you woul d no rmally rece ive .
- 3 -
INSTRUMENTATION FOR UFO DETECTION
By ROBERT C. BECK
( Ed itor's N ote : Robert c. Be ck is well kno wn to UFO researchers
in S o uthern Califo rnia. I n the E d itor ' s opinio n, Bob Beck has
do ne mo re in the way of inno vating, developing and coll ecting
instrumentation relative to the detectio n o f UFO ' e than every
o ther UFO investigator in the United S tates put together. Those
who kno w Bob know that hie ingenio us and dedicated talents have
yet to be stumped by any proble m facing UFO investigatio n . He
received hie Bachel o r degree in E ngineering from the University
o f So uthern Cal ifo rnia in 1948. Bob was chief engineer fo r the
Wil co x Company , where he secured the basic patents o n to day1e
po rtabl e electronic flash systems, and was an instructo r of com
munications and math at a Los Angel es schoo l whil e he practiced
consulting electronic engineerin g in hie spare time. As a pho to
journalist, Bob became chief staff photo grapher fo r the Lo s
Angel es o ffice o f Graphic House, and h e has do zens o f magazine
co vers to h ie cre d it. I n 1951, o ur ubiquito us co ntributo r
oecame a fl ight test nnd instrumentatio n engine er fo r the Lock
heed Aircraft Co rp.· , an d h ie wo rk frequently took him to E dwards
AFB and the Na.val O rdnance Teet Statio n at Inyokern. Bob l eft
Lockheed to beco me the chief design engineer fo r an optical and
el ectro nic_reeearch corpo ration , from whence he went into hie
own business. He is currently president of Monitor El ectronics
Research Corp. and o wner of Color Co nt;.o l � o mpany , the l atter a
Lo s Angel es film l abo rato ry. He is a ham ra dio operator and
a l icensed pil o t ( flying his o wn Ce ssn a ) . Bob is al so Chief of
Radiolo gical Defense for Cal ifornia ' s Civil Defense District 17.
He hol ds a number o f patents on optical and el ectro nic devices,
and he has j ust comol eted a po stgraduate course in pho to microe
copy at UCLA. ''UFt>'e, " de cl ares Bob , " are the o nly thing that
will still get me o ut o f bed at midnight1 " )
•
•
•
S I NCE I TS I NCEPTION , the sub j ect o f Ufol o gy has been
smothered under a tira de of sensel ess, subjective, mystical
and so metimes hysterical rantinge fro m peopl e with l ittl e mo re
than the will to believe. I t seems that ever� spiritual ist,
psychic and borderline Rsychotic has fo un d a home" in pseud o
scientific " revel ations ranging from " co ntacts" t o " tel epo r
tations to V enus."
ROBERT C. BECK, AUTHOR of the acommpanying article, is seated before a Leitz
Labolux III microscope in his photomicography lab. Photos by Max B. Miller.
SAUCERS, Fall fiinter 1959/60
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T his do esn ' t prove--or dispro ve--anything. I ' ve been a
pil o t long enough to kno w that 95 % of the strange things in
the sky are NO T UFO ' s, but that 5% remainin g deserves any
amo unt of effo rt to resol ve it·. O ur go vernment has assumed a
ierpl exin g po sition. They d �ny any o b j ective evidence o f
extra- terrestrial v� sito rs, yet they continue to spend mil
l io ns to sol ve this non- existent" d il emma. And since o ur
enti:re economy is based on " energy" --i.e., coal , gasol ine,
el ectricity , atomics, etc.--the first researchers to co me up
with " the answer" will not only disrupt the entire system , if
it is made kno wn, b ut will h urtl e mankind into a revol utionary
n ew age. I f Russia sho ul d beat us to the sol ution o f the
UFO ' e metho d o f p ropulsion , we shall be faced with some prodigious problema .
( Cont.)
S AUCERS, Fall /Winter 1959/60
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By ROBERT C. BECK
( Ed itor's N ote : Robert c. Be ck is well kno wn to UFO researchers
in S o uthern Califo rnia. I n the E d itor ' s opinio n, Bob Beck has
do ne mo re in the way of inno vating, developing and coll ecting
instrumentation relative to the detectio n o f UFO ' e than every
o ther UFO investigator in the United S tates put together. Those
who kno w Bob know that hie ingenio us and dedicated talents have
yet to be stumped by any proble m facing UFO investigatio n . He
received hie Bachel o r degree in E ngineering from the University
o f So uthern Cal ifo rnia in 1948. Bob was chief engineer fo r the
Wil co x Company , where he secured the basic patents o n to day1e
po rtabl e electronic flash systems, and was an instructo r of com
munications and math at a Los Angel es schoo l whil e he practiced
consulting electronic engineerin g in hie spare time. As a pho to
journalist, Bob became chief staff photo grapher fo r the Lo s
Angel es o ffice o f Graphic House, and h e has do zens o f magazine
co vers to h ie cre d it. I n 1951, o ur ubiquito us co ntributo r
oecame a fl ight test nnd instrumentatio n engine er fo r the Lock
heed Aircraft Co rp.· , an d h ie wo rk frequently took him to E dwards
AFB and the Na.val O rdnance Teet Statio n at Inyokern. Bob l eft
Lockheed to beco me the chief design engineer fo r an optical and
el ectro nic_reeearch corpo ration , from whence he went into hie
own business. He is currently president of Monitor El ectronics
Research Corp. and o wner of Color Co nt;.o l � o mpany , the l atter a
Lo s Angel es film l abo rato ry. He is a ham ra dio operator and
a l icensed pil o t ( flying his o wn Ce ssn a ) . Bob is al so Chief of
Radiolo gical Defense for Cal ifornia ' s Civil Defense District 17.
He hol ds a number o f patents on optical and el ectro nic devices,
and he has j ust comol eted a po stgraduate course in pho to microe
copy at UCLA. ''UFt>'e, " de cl ares Bob , " are the o nly thing that
will still get me o ut o f bed at midnight1 " )
•
•
•
S I NCE I TS I NCEPTION , the sub j ect o f Ufol o gy has been
smothered under a tira de of sensel ess, subjective, mystical
and so metimes hysterical rantinge fro m peopl e with l ittl e mo re
than the will to believe. I t seems that ever� spiritual ist,
psychic and borderline Rsychotic has fo un d a home" in pseud o
scientific " revel ations ranging from " co ntacts" t o " tel epo r
tations to V enus."
ROBERT C. BECK, AUTHOR of the acommpanying article, is seated before a Leitz
Labolux III microscope in his photomicography lab. Photos by Max B. Miller.
SAUCERS, Fall fiinter 1959/60
- 4 -
T his do esn ' t prove--or dispro ve--anything. I ' ve been a
pil o t long enough to kno w that 95 % of the strange things in
the sky are NO T UFO ' s, but that 5% remainin g deserves any
amo unt of effo rt to resol ve it·. O ur go vernment has assumed a
ierpl exin g po sition. They d �ny any o b j ective evidence o f
extra- terrestrial v� sito rs, yet they continue to spend mil
l io ns to sol ve this non- existent" d il emma. And since o ur
enti:re economy is based on " energy" --i.e., coal , gasol ine,
el ectricity , atomics, etc.--the first researchers to co me up
with " the answer" will not only disrupt the entire system , if
it is made kno wn, b ut will h urtl e mankind into a revol utionary
n ew age. I f Russia sho ul d beat us to the sol ution o f the
UFO ' e metho d o f p ropulsion , we shall be faced with some prodigious problema .
( Cont.)
S AUCERS, Fall /Winter 1959/60
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I NSTRUMENTATI ON FO R UFO DETECTI ON
BE CAUSE O F THE GOVERNMENTAL pol i cy of s e cre cy , i t occurs
to e ve ry hone s t inve s ti gato r at one ti me or ano the r that he
i s s tri ctl y on hi s o wn in de ve loping hie data. I do nQ1 buy
crys tal bal l s , oui j a bo ards , s e ance s , mys ti cal telepathi c
re ve l ations , as tral pro j e ctions and t�e thous and and one o the r
gi mmick s re s ponsible fo r mo s t o f the s auce r re ve l ati ons ,, be ing
publi s he d d ai l y. In fact, be ing ob j e cti ve , I woul d have s e ri
ous doubts about the authenti ci ty o f m y o wn e ye s u nl e s s a
came ra an d fi l m re c o rde d the s ame i mage I thought I had s e e n .
For the s e re as ons , an d be cause an y subject o f s o serious a
nature de man ds po s i ti ve proo f, we are outl i ning s e ve ral ap
pro ache s to U FO inetrumentatton.
An in s trument me re l y ai d s your own pe rcep ri ce in know
in g what � happene d . Fo r exampl e , you don t � what
ti me i t � i s unle s s you hear a ti me s i gnal or s e e a clo ck.
I n th i s cas e the clo ck i s the i ns trumentati on. I f you' re at a
race track , you can make sure of who i s l e adi n g in the far turn
wi th bino cul ars . H e re the binocular i a the ins trumentati on t
An d s ince UEO's span such a bro ad spectrum o f pheno mena, we 11
bre ak the sub je ct down i nto a few bas i cs .
PHOTO GRAPHI C INSTRUMENTATION
MOST POPULARI ZED U FO PHOTOGRAPHS always s e e m to be made
w i th a box Bro wni e . This i s be tte r than no thing, I suppo s e ,
but couple d with the drug s to re pro ce s s ing, the s cratche s ,
cinch marks in the e mul s i ons , lens flare , gl P.ve-co mpartment
11
foggi n g, and j us t plain di rt, mo s t o f the s e li ttle roun d ball s
are mi ghty suspect.
FIG. I--PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION.
(A) 400mm Tele-Megor telephoto
lens; (B) 150mm Schneider Tele-Xena.r; (C) two Nikon SF's wit� R.ssorted
(E) Rolleicord a.nd Rolleiflex 2lx2� cameras;
lenses; (D) Robot Star;
(F) 40mm f/3.5 Ma.kro-Kila.r ''D" close-up lens; (G) Heiland Ring Light,
an electronic flash for macro-photography; (H) Leica. with Boowu close
up attachment;
(I) Stereo-Realist camera. with 50ft. Kodachrome back
(this is one of four stereo ca.mera.s in the back row);
(J)
Exa.kta.
attached to Novaflex slide-copying device; (K) Norwood incident light
meter; (L) S.E. I. reflected light meter; (M) 16mm Bell & Howell Auto
master camera.; a.nd (N) black !-iinox Ills with built-in ex-posure meter.
SAUCERS,
Fall/Winter 1959/60
-
6 -
The Air Fo rce , i n gunne ry tracking, mi s s i l e ins trumenta
ti o n , etc. , h as at i ts di s po s al extre me l y compl e x and e xpen s i ve
photo in s trumentati o n . T he i r photo theo do l i te s an d radar gui de d
te l e s cope s are well known . T he average UFO inve s ti gato r mus t
content h i ms e l f wi th le s s pretenti ous gadge ts .
MY O WN STABLE O F PHOTO GEAR, usuall y carri e d i n the car
trunk or in the trai l e r for de s e rt- hopping, i s s hown in Fig.
( 1 ) . I pre fe r the compro mi s e of small fi l m s i ze and convenience
o ve r the techni call y bette r cut fil m s i ze s . The bi gge r the
came ra, the be tte r the s ho t , but the l e s e portabi l i ty . T e l e
photo l en s e s are avai l abl e inexpen s i ve l y for 3 5mm cameras . Fo r
l i ght tri po d work and han d-hol ding, the 400mm f/7 5 Tele -As tro
nar ( 58 l in e s pe r mm. re solution ; l i s t pri ce : #59 tJ i s my favor
i te . T he more e x pens i ve ( $1 00-$1 75 ) 400mm Te l e -Me gor f/5 . 5 ( A )
i s not only he avi e r but l e s s sharp. Anothe r tel e photo i s the
1 50mm Sche i der Te l e - XSnar (B). All te l e photo s of mo re than
1 50mm fo cal length s houl d be us e d wi th the s in gl e-lens refle x
type camera (Exakta, Pen�ax, Practica, e tc. ) .
Fo r s horte r l enses --no rmal , wide-angle, e tc. --the Le ica,
C anon , N i kon ( C) and kin dre d Ge rman/Japanese interchangeable
lens range fin de r came ras are pre fe rre d . At leas t two camera
bo d i e s are us e ful for opti mum convenience , since one might be
loade d wi th col o r an d the o the r with fine grai n panchro mati c
fi l m . At n i ght, the fas te s t films avail able are lo ade d . An s co ' s
( Co nt. )
7 SAUCERS , Fall /Wi nte r 1 959/60
-
I NSTRUMENTATI ON FO R UFO DETECTI ON
BE CAUSE O F THE GOVERNMENTAL pol i cy of s e cre cy , i t occurs
to e ve ry hone s t inve s ti gato r at one ti me or ano the r that he
i s s tri ctl y on hi s o wn in de ve loping hie data. I do nQ1 buy
crys tal bal l s , oui j a bo ards , s e ance s , mys ti cal telepathi c
re ve l ations , as tral pro j e ctions and t�e thous and and one o the r
gi mmick s re s ponsible fo r mo s t o f the s auce r re ve l ati ons ,, be ing
publi s he d d ai l y. In fact, be ing ob j e cti ve , I woul d have s e ri
ous doubts about the authenti ci ty o f m y o wn e ye s u nl e s s a
came ra an d fi l m re c o rde d the s ame i mage I thought I had s e e n .
For the s e re as ons , an d be cause an y subject o f s o serious a
nature de man ds po s i ti ve proo f, we are outl i ning s e ve ral ap
pro ache s to U FO inetrumentatton.
An in s trument me re l y ai d s your own pe rcep ri ce in know
in g what � happene d . Fo r exampl e , you don t � what
ti me i t � i s unle s s you hear a ti me s i gnal or s e e a clo ck.
I n th i s cas e the clo ck i s the i ns trumentati on. I f you' re at a
race track , you can make sure of who i s l e adi n g in the far turn
wi th bino cul ars . H e re the binocular i a the ins trumentati on t
An d s ince UEO's span such a bro ad spectrum o f pheno mena, we 11
bre ak the sub je ct down i nto a few bas i cs .
PHOTO GRAPHI C INSTRUMENTATION
MOST POPULARI ZED U FO PHOTOGRAPHS always s e e m to be made
w i th a box Bro wni e . This i s be tte r than no thing, I suppo s e ,
but couple d with the drug s to re pro ce s s ing, the s cratche s ,
cinch marks in the e mul s i ons , lens flare , gl P.ve-co mpartment
11
foggi n g, and j us t plain di rt, mo s t o f the s e li ttle roun d ball s
are mi ghty suspect.
FIG. I--PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION.
(A) 400mm Tele-Megor telephoto
lens; (B) 150mm Schneider Tele-Xena.r; (C) two Nikon SF's wit� R.ssorted
(E) Rolleicord a.nd Rolleiflex 2lx2� cameras;
lenses; (D) Robot Star;
(F) 40mm f/3.5 Ma.kro-Kila.r ''D" close-up lens; (G) Heiland Ring Light,
an electronic flash for macro-photography; (H) Leica. with Boowu close
up attachment;
(I) Stereo-Realist camera. with 50ft. Kodachrome back
(this is one of four stereo ca.mera.s in the back row);
(J)
Exa.kta.
attached to Novaflex slide-copying device; (K) Norwood incident light
meter; (L) S.E. I. reflected light meter; (M) 16mm Bell & Howell Auto
master camera.; a.nd (N) black !-iinox Ills with built-in ex-posure meter.
SAUCERS,
Fall/Winter 1959/60
-
6 -
The Air Fo rce , i n gunne ry tracking, mi s s i l e ins trumenta
ti o n , etc. , h as at i ts di s po s al extre me l y compl e x and e xpen s i ve
photo in s trumentati o n . T he i r photo theo do l i te s an d radar gui de d
te l e s cope s are well known . T he average UFO inve s ti gato r mus t
content h i ms e l f wi th le s s pretenti ous gadge ts .
MY O WN STABLE O F PHOTO GEAR, usuall y carri e d i n the car
trunk or in the trai l e r for de s e rt- hopping, i s s hown in Fig.
( 1 ) . I pre fe r the compro mi s e of small fi l m s i ze and convenience
o ve r the techni call y bette r cut fil m s i ze s . The bi gge r the
came ra, the be tte r the s ho t , but the l e s e portabi l i ty . T e l e
photo l en s e s are avai l abl e inexpen s i ve l y for 3 5mm cameras . Fo r
l i ght tri po d work and han d-hol ding, the 400mm f/7 5 Tele -As tro
nar ( 58 l in e s pe r mm. re solution ; l i s t pri ce : #59 tJ i s my favor
i te . T he more e x pens i ve ( $1 00-$1 75 ) 400mm Te l e -Me gor f/5 . 5 ( A )
i s not only he avi e r but l e s s sharp. Anothe r tel e photo i s the
1 50mm Sche i der Te l e - XSnar (B). All te l e photo s of mo re than
1 50mm fo cal length s houl d be us e d wi th the s in gl e-lens refle x
type camera (Exakta, Pen�ax, Practica, e tc. ) .
Fo r s horte r l enses --no rmal , wide-angle, e tc. --the Le ica,
C anon , N i kon ( C) and kin dre d Ge rman/Japanese interchangeable
lens range fin de r came ras are pre fe rre d . At leas t two camera
bo d i e s are us e ful for opti mum convenience , since one might be
loade d wi th col o r an d the o the r with fine grai n panchro mati c
fi l m . At n i ght, the fas te s t films avail able are lo ade d . An s co ' s
( Co nt. )
7 SAUCERS , Fall /Wi nte r 1 959/60
-
INSTRUM&�TATION FO R UFO DETEC TION
S uper H ypan ( 500 AS A ) i s my fi rst cho i ce, wi th Ag fa Is opan
Re c o rd {1 600 ABA ) an d Ko d ak T ri -X ( 400 ASA) running cl o s e
s e conds .
On '' re mo te " s e t-up s , whe re the c ame ra i s l e ft pl ante d
and o pe rate d automati cally by radio s i gnal s from s o me di s
tan ce away, I use the Robot S tar ( D ) t�i ppe d by a rad i o -con
troll e d soleno i d . Thi s gi ve s 5 5 pi c ture s o n a s i n gl e 36-e x
po eure facto ry lo a d . The c ame ra c an be s pring wound, pre
fo cus e d, an d le ft fo r surve i l l ance o f a re mote are a. Fie l d
sho ts ( showing surroun d s , sky con di tion s , wi tne s s e s , etc.)
a re be et handle d wi th the 2tx2� twin-lens re flexe s , such as
the Roll e i flex and Roll e i c o r d ( E ) .
TECHNIC AL SHO TS , o r tho s e invol ving " evi den c e " ( i nclud
ing s mall fragments , ha rdware or fi e l d spe c i me ns ) are shot
wi th the Exakta and the 40mm f /3 .5 Makro K i l ar "D" lens ( F)
whi ch fo cus es down to be tte r than 1 : 1 ( two i nche s } . The
f/3 .5 ME�.kro K i l ar i s a mu ch be tte r an d sharpe r lens than the
mo re e xpens ive f/2 . 8 mo de l . A He i l an d " Ring L i ght' ' ( G)
c oupl e d to a Me c abl i tz trans i s torize d s trobe i s u s e d wi th
the Makro K i l ar an d E xakta fo r top quali ty copying o f ex
tre mely s ma ll o b j e c te
( A di s continue d l�c abl i tz 100 c an
A
n o w be purchas e d fo r �25
to $35 . ) The 40mm Makro Kilar i s
an exce llent all -aroun d, gene ral purpo s e s e mi -wi de -an gle lens,
s i n ce i t wi ll fo cus on any ob j e ct fro m two in che s to i n fini ty
wi thout acc e e�ory e xten s io n attachments .
Do cument o r pho to graph co pying i s be s t a c c o mpli she d
wi th the Le i c a and a Boo wu clo s e -up attachment (H). Fo r a
fe w cents pe r frame , you can " mi c ro fi l e " anything you c an
s e e , in any l i ght. Th i s h andy devi c e fol d s into a po cket
s i ze d package that go e s wi th me eve rywhe re in a. bri e fc as e .
In a ve ry few s e con d s , i t c an be s e t up to make a pe rmanent
� 5mm re co rd, in bl ack-an d-wh i te or colo r, o f any wri tten o r
printe d page o r do cument o r pho to �raph o r o b j e ct up to i ts
fi e l d o f vi e w. It i s s ho l� s e t-up (H) fo r a s tan dard 8 kxll
i nch sheet o f pape r.
FO R THE ULTIMATE IN REALISM, 3 - D s te reo colo rs li de s
are the ans we r. I f your ob j e c t i s c lo s e enough to s e e cle arly,
a Ste re o Real i s t ( I ) or Revere wi ll pre s e rve the mo s t ac curate
ren di ti on. ( Two s te reo c ame ras in the back ro w have 50ft.
bulk Kodachro me fi l m backs . )
Di re c tl y unde r the Le i c a mi c ro fi lming ri g i s an E xakta
bo x attache d to a No vafl e x s l i de copyi n g devi ce (J). The
c ame ra lens i s re move d an d s c re we d into the be l lo ws exten
s i on. A el i de · to be copi e d in the fi e ld is the n inse rte d
i nto the front ho l de r. The s trobe i s he l d 1 5 i nche s fro m
the ground glas s fo r a no rmal Ko dachro me-to -K odachrome dupl i
c ate , and the Exakta shutte r i s fi re d a t l /50th. Excellent
dupl i c ate trans paran c i e s can thus be made i n the fie l d whe re
your sub je c t do e s no t want to '' lo an " the m out fo r the usual
labo rato ry de l ay .
A Po laro i d La.nd came ra i s c arri e d fo r on-the-spo t
" qu1c k1e e" and fo r e xpo sure te s te fo r o the r c ame ras .
( Cont. )
S AUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1 959/60 - 8 -
INSTRUMENTATION FOR UFO DETEC TION
ABOUT EXPOSURE : fo r gene ral us e , the No rwoo d inci dent
l i ght mete r ( K) is the han d s down cho i ce among the m a jo ri ty
o f expe rts . But fo r ''i mpo s s ibl e '' s i tuations, the S.E . I.
re fle cte d l i ght mete r ( L) i s the onl y thi n g kno w that wi ll
take an � re ading o f f the face of the moon, or s o me ob
j e c t far
. re mo ve d from the came ra . ( It wi ll even re ad the
e-round gl aAs o f a te le s cope -mounte d came ra. ai me d at a pl ane t,
e tc . ) Al though e xpe n s ive ( ¢1 70 l i s t}, th is i s the mo s t us e
ful un ive rs al me te r known .
I pre fe r s ti l ls to movi e s , but s ti l l carry a Bell &
Howe l l 16mm Auto maAte r ( M) be c aus e o f i ts ease o f maga zine
fi l m loa d i ng and e mul s i on chan gin g in th � middle o f a roll .
Len s e s fro m extreme wi de -angle to ove r 6 fo cal lengths are
avai l able .
And the bl ack Mi nox IIIs wi th bui lt- in e xpo sure me te r
( N ) goe s wi th me on my bel t whe ne ve r I leave the hous e .
FIGURES ( 2a) and ( 2b ) show the long- ran ge pho to ins tru
mentati on. The Cave 6-inch f/7 refle c �ing tel e s cope ( A ) i s
us e d wi th an E xakta
e o r Pentax bo dy fo r
e ye pi e ce pro j e c tion .
The re i s a full s e t
o f o rtho s copi c o cul ars
in addi ti on to two
e xce lle nt achro mati c
Barlow lenses ( e a ch
o f whi ch e xten d s no r
mal magni fi cati on
about th ree diame te rs )
and a 1 6. 3mm Galo c
o cul ar ( apparent fi e l d:
75°) .
FIG. ( 2 a) . ( A) Si x-inch Cave re fl e et
i n g te le s cope ; ( B) Bushne ll 60mm tu rre t
S pace ma s te r te l e s cope attache d to Exakta
c ame ra ; ( C ) s mall 50mm re fra cting te le
s cope on eq uato ri al mount ; (D) c o mpact
30x60 te rre stri al te l e s cope ; ( E ) 400mm
Tele-I�go r atta che d to ano ther Exakta
c ame ra bo dy .
A Bushnell "S pace
mas ter" ( B) wi th four·
e ye pie ce s revolving on
a turre t can be us e d
e i the r fo r vi sual ob
s e rvati on or photo
graphi c work wi th e qui v
alent fo cal len gths up
to 4800mm. S malle r
s po ttin g s cope s ( C & D)
wi th Barlow len s e s are
u s e d fo r s urve i l l ance
of sky o r te rre s tri al
are as .
Fi g. ( 2b) i llustrate s our 3}-in ch De luxe Que s tar ( F),
whi ch i s bas e d on po s s i bl y the mo s t advanced de s i gn o f any
as trono mi c al te l e s cope currently manu fac ture d . The Que s tar
( Cont . )
S AUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1959/60
- 9 -
INSTRUM&�TATION FO R UFO DETEC TION
S uper H ypan ( 500 AS A ) i s my fi rst cho i ce, wi th Ag fa Is opan
Re c o rd {1 600 ABA ) an d Ko d ak T ri -X ( 400 ASA) running cl o s e
s e conds .
On '' re mo te " s e t-up s , whe re the c ame ra i s l e ft pl ante d
and o pe rate d automati cally by radio s i gnal s from s o me di s
tan ce away, I use the Robot S tar ( D ) t�i ppe d by a rad i o -con
troll e d soleno i d . Thi s gi ve s 5 5 pi c ture s o n a s i n gl e 36-e x
po eure facto ry lo a d . The c ame ra c an be s pring wound, pre
fo cus e d, an d le ft fo r surve i l l ance o f a re mote are a. Fie l d
sho ts ( showing surroun d s , sky con di tion s , wi tne s s e s , etc.)
a re be et handle d wi th the 2tx2� twin-lens re flexe s , such as
the Roll e i flex and Roll e i c o r d ( E ) .
TECHNIC AL SHO TS , o r tho s e invol ving " evi den c e " ( i nclud
ing s mall fragments , ha rdware or fi e l d spe c i me ns ) are shot
wi th the Exakta and the 40mm f /3 .5 Makro K i l ar "D" lens ( F)
whi ch fo cus es down to be tte r than 1 : 1 ( two i nche s } . The
f/3 .5 ME�.kro K i l ar i s a mu ch be tte r an d sharpe r lens than the
mo re e xpens ive f/2 . 8 mo de l . A He i l an d " Ring L i ght' ' ( G)
c oupl e d to a Me c abl i tz trans i s torize d s trobe i s u s e d wi th
the Makro K i l ar an d E xakta fo r top quali ty copying o f ex
tre mely s ma ll o b j e c te
( A di s continue d l�c abl i tz 100 c an
A
n o w be purchas e d fo r �25
to $35 . ) The 40mm Makro Kilar i s
an exce llent all -aroun d, gene ral purpo s e s e mi -wi de -an gle lens,
s i n ce i t wi ll fo cus on any ob j e ct fro m two in che s to i n fini ty
wi thout acc e e�ory e xten s io n attachments .
Do cument o r pho to graph co pying i s be s t a c c o mpli she d
wi th the Le i c a and a Boo wu clo s e -up attachment (H). Fo r a
fe w cents pe r frame , you can " mi c ro fi l e " anything you c an
s e e , in any l i ght. Th i s h andy devi c e fol d s into a po cket
s i ze d package that go e s wi th me eve rywhe re in a. bri e fc as e .
In a ve ry few s e con d s , i t c an be s e t up to make a pe rmanent
� 5mm re co rd, in bl ack-an d-wh i te or colo r, o f any wri tten o r
printe d page o r do cument o r pho to �raph o r o b j e ct up to i ts
fi e l d o f vi e w. It i s s ho l� s e t-up (H) fo r a s tan dard 8 kxll
i nch sheet o f pape r.
FO R THE ULTIMATE IN REALISM, 3 - D s te reo colo rs li de s
are the ans we r. I f your ob j e c t i s c lo s e enough to s e e cle arly,
a Ste re o Real i s t ( I ) or Revere wi ll pre s e rve the mo s t ac curate
ren di ti on. ( Two s te reo c ame ras in the back ro w have 50ft.
bulk Kodachro me fi l m backs . )
Di re c tl y unde r the Le i c a mi c ro fi lming ri g i s an E xakta
bo x attache d to a No vafl e x s l i de copyi n g devi ce (J). The
c ame ra lens i s re move d an d s c re we d into the be l lo ws exten
s i on. A el i de · to be copi e d in the fi e ld is the n inse rte d
i nto the front ho l de r. The s trobe i s he l d 1 5 i nche s fro m
the ground glas s fo r a no rmal Ko dachro me-to -K odachrome dupl i
c ate , and the Exakta shutte r i s fi re d a t l /50th. Excellent
dupl i c ate trans paran c i e s can thus be made i n the fie l d whe re
your sub je c t do e s no t want to '' lo an " the m out fo r the usual
labo rato ry de l ay .
A Po laro i d La.nd came ra i s c arri e d fo r on-the-spo t
" qu1c k1e e" and fo r e xpo sure te s te fo r o the r c ame ras .
( Cont. )
S AUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1 959/60 - 8 -
ABOUT EXPOSURE : fo r gene ral us e , the No rwoo d inci dent
l i ght mete r ( K) is the han d s down cho i ce among the m a jo ri ty
o f expe rts . But fo r ''i mpo s s ibl e '' s i tuations, the S.E . I.
re fle cte d l i ght mete r ( L) i s the onl y thi n g kno w that wi ll
take an � re ading o f f the face of the moon, or s o me ob
j e c t far
. re mo ve d from the came ra . ( It wi ll even re ad the
e-round gl aAs o f a te le s cope -mounte d came ra. ai me d at a pl ane t,
e tc . ) Al though e xpe n s ive ( ¢1 70 l i s t}, th is i s the mo s t us e
ful un ive rs al me te r known .
I pre fe r s ti l ls to movi e s , but s ti l l carry a Bell &
Howe l l 16mm Auto maAte r ( M) be c aus e o f i ts ease o f maga zine
fi l m loa d i ng and e mul s i on chan gin g in th � middle o f a roll .
Len s e s fro m extreme wi de -angle to ove r 6 fo cal lengths are
avai l able .
And the bl ack Mi nox IIIs wi th bui lt- in e xpo sure me te r
( N ) goe s wi th me on my bel t whe ne ve r I leave the hous e .
FIGURES ( 2a) and ( 2b ) show the long- ran ge pho to ins tru
mentati on. The Cave 6-inch f/7 refle c �ing tel e s cope ( A ) i s
us e d wi th an E xakta
e o r Pentax bo dy fo r
e ye pi e ce pro j e c tion .
The re i s a full s e t
o f o rtho s copi c o cul ars
in addi ti on to two
e xce lle nt achro mati c
Barlow lenses ( e a ch
o f whi ch e xten d s no r
mal magni fi cati on
about th ree diame te rs )
and a 1 6. 3mm Galo c
o cul ar ( apparent fi e l d:
75°) .
FIG. ( 2 a) . ( A) Si x-inch Cave re fl e et
i n g te le s cope ; ( B) Bushne ll 60mm tu rre t
S pace ma s te r te l e s cope attache d to Exakta
c ame ra ; ( C ) s mall 50mm re fra cting te le
s cope on eq uato ri al mount ; (D) c o mpact
30x60 te rre stri al te l e s cope ; ( E ) 400mm
Tele-I�go r atta che d to ano ther Exakta
c ame ra bo dy .
A Bushnell "S pace
mas ter" ( B) wi th four·
e ye pie ce s revolving on
a turre t can be us e d
e i the r fo r vi sual ob
s e rvati on or photo
graphi c work wi th e qui v
alent fo cal len gths up
to 4800mm. S malle r
s po ttin g s cope s ( C & D)
wi th Barlow len s e s are
u s e d fo r s urve i l l ance
of sky o r te rre s tri al
are as .
Fi g. ( 2b) i llustrate s our 3}-in ch De luxe Que s tar ( F),
whi ch i s bas e d on po s s i bl y the mo s t advanced de s i gn o f any
as trono mi c al te l e s cope currently manu fac ture d . The Que s tar
( Cont . )
S AUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1959/60
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INSTRUl-1ENTATION FOR UFO DETECTION
i s a cata.d io ptri c tel e s cope o f a s l i ghtl y mo di fi e d Matsukov
de s i gn e mpl oying an asphe ri c corre ction pl ate ove r a 3 i-i nch
o b j e c tive mi rro r fi gure d to be tte r than l /64th wave . Thi s
gi ves a resoluti on o f appro x i mate ly 0.8 s e con d s o f arc, whi ch
i s co muara.ble to the DI'P"e s l i :ni t fo r the s tan dard 6" refle cto r.
Two fi ne o culars and a bui l t-in achro mati c Barl o w lens gi ve
magn i fi cations o f 40x, 80x and 160x . The te l e s cope was s pe
c i ally de s i gne d fo r the s i mple atta chment o f e i ther the Exakta
or Pe ntax came ra fo r astrophotograph y.
shoul d be vi s i bl e wi th mo de s t equi pment. An obje ct onl y 200
yards i n d i amete r ( about hal f again the s i ze of the Capi tol
Bl d g. in Washington) can be seen at 500 x .
WHEN IT C O MES TO UFO PHOTOGRA PHY, the l e a s t pre tenti ous
devi ce is uerhaus the mo st u�e ful . I r you are thi nking o f
o �ing Q�· came ra, and an ine xuenei ve one at that, we hearti l y
re c ommend the type kno wn as a "12:1ove compartme nt s pe c i al . "
Th i � i s any fol din � rql l fi l m be llows -tyRe taki � g 1 20 or 620
fi lm, and makin s 24x34 pi cture s . The s e o l d i e s can be bought
us e d fo r $5 to �1 5, an d h ave f/4.5 l en s e s wi th Co mpur �hutters
to l /2 50th s e cond . The fo c al length i s usuall y around 10 5mm,
wh i ch is R me dium te lephoto compare d to lens e s on 3 5mm c ame ras ,
an d the bi g ne gati ve c an be enl arge d ni c e l y even wi th drug
s to re pro ce s s i ng. Th e y c arry e as i l y fol de d i n your po cke t, an d
i f s tolen, the re i s l i ttl e l o s s . Fo r general o ve rall perform
ance wi thout re so rting to s pe c i al fi ne grai n home pro ce s s i n g,
e tc., the s e ol d j obs are unsurpas s e d .
A WORD ABOUT PLANETARY and lunar oboe rvi n g and pho to g
raphy. O ur Que s tar, a beauti ful li ttle seven pound package ,
i s e quippe d wi th a c l o ck dri ve . Fo r pre c i s e trackin g, we con
s tructe d a battery dri ven tran s i stori ze d AC powe r source wh i ch
suppl i e s 1 1 5v AC at-vari able fre
q uencie s fro m 50 to 70 c yc l e s .
For moon tracking, for example ,
the powe r suppl y o s ci ll ato r fre
quency c an be s e t a t 57.893 cps
i ns te ad of the hou s e curren� 60
c vcle s . Th i s c an be s e t ac cu
rate l y i n the fi e l d to compensate
fo r se asonal ch�n ge s , atmo s phe ri c
re fracti on (near the hori zon),
e tc . , and he l d " ri ght on" fo r e x
tende d pe rio d s . O the r innovati ons
are ro tati n g pol ari zi n g fi lte rs
fo r c ame ra and o cul ar to dete ct
any o bject on the moon ' s s urface
wi th abnormal re flectivity, and
re d an d blue contrast fi lte rs .
Fi g . ( 2b). (F) Que s tar te le
scope attache d to Pentax c am
e ra bo dy ( s ee te xt) ; ( G ) 400mm
Tele -As tronar te lephoto
of
unusual li ght- we i ght desi gn;
( H) S .E.I. re fle ct i n g li ght
mete r.
At the ti me o f the Wi lkins '
" moon bri d ge " controve rs y, we
made many photo graphs o f the Mare
C r i s 1 u m at the co rre c t co
longi tude (te rmi nator po s i ti on},
and found abs olute l y noth i n g out
o f the o rdinary.
------
Pre s ently, the s o -c al l e d " do me s ' ' are attracting s o me attenti on, as are purpo rte d change s 1 n the c rate rs o f Plato, Al
phonsus and Tycho . I f s o me th i ng i s bas e d on our s ate ll i te , i t
( Cont.)
S AUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1 9 59/60 - 10 ·
O PTICAL INSTRUMENTATION
OPTICAL G AOOETS ( Fig. 3 ) extre me l y us e ful w·ould be li ght
we i ght 7x3 5 wi de -an gle binoculars (A), ve s t-po cket 6xl 5 or
10x20 binoculars (B}, a uo cket fi el d mi c ro s cope ( C) and a po cke t
s pe c tro scope (D ) . Fo r see i n g in total darkne s s ( wi th an in fra
re d s uo tl i ght) or fo r s cann ing the ni ght ski e s fo r " i nvi sibl e "
o b j e c ts , a war surulus in fra-re d ' ' snoope rs cope' ' ( $14 to �1 50)
( E & F) m i ght be use ful . We neve r di s c ount the po s s ibil i ty o f
o b j e cts ( be s i de s j e ts ) radi ating a l o t o f heat. ( Th i s d ata mi ght
be us e ful in the future in atte mpting to re s olve the s ource of
propul s i o n of UFO' s . ) S i mi l arly, an ultra-viol e t s c reen wi th a
wi de aperture mi rro r wi ll reve al sho rte r wave l e ngth e mi s si o ns
in the sky.
•
O n a " se arch, " our tran s i stori ze d and otherwi s e mo di fle d
Ge i ge r counter, wi th sel f- containe d loudspeak e r, i s l e ft on to
keep tabs on vari ati ons i n back ground and arti fi c i al rad iati on .
I f the rate o f cl i ck s i n c re a s e s noti c e abl y, s c anning devi c e s are
tri ppe d to l o c ate the s ource. Tranei eto ri zati on make s battery
d rain ne gl i gibl e . ( The Ge i ge r c o· unte r i s i te rn '' G u in Fi g. 3 .}
The po cke t spectro s cope (D) wi ll anal yze i n s tantl y the
l ine spe c tra o f any l i ght s ou rce. It can be use d d1re . c t o r he l d
ove r the e yepi e ce o f a bino cul ar o r tel e s cope to che ck s mall e r
o r more di s tant ob j e c ts . Wi th a l i ttle practi ce i n vi e wi n g ne on
s i gn s , etc., the che mi cal , gas e ous and ele ctroni c con s ti tuents
o f a l i ght s ource ( l ine spe ctra), or the approxi mate col o r te mp
e rature ( bl ack bo dy continuous spectrum), can be seen at a gl an ce .
A hi ghly charge d e le ctri c al bo dy shoul d show the emi s s i on s pe c
trum o f the gas e s be ing ioni ze d by its pre s ence.
MAGNETIC ( AS WELL AS RADIATION) di s turban c e s have re
pe ate dl y been repo rte d as a ccomp�nyin g U FO acti v i ty. O ne �s au
c e r de te cto r" previous l y de s c ribe d i n the s e page s ( S AUCERS ,
Wi nte r 1 �56/57, pp . 5-6J was s i mpl y a magne ti c compas s ( l ike
i te ms " H' in Fi g. 3 ), whi ch when di s turbe d, c l o s e d a c i rcui t
and ran g a be ll. After a l i ttl e e xpe ri mentati on, a more s en s i
ti ve and re fine d devi ce was bui l t con s i stin g o f a dampe d compa s s
nee dle an d a verti c al " di pping'' nee dle ( I) arrange d eo that i f
the po inte r o f e i ther move s , a be am o f li ght i s i nterrupte d an d
c l ose s a trans i s to ri ze d photo cell rel ay.
The po rtabl e bl ack l i �h t unit ( I) de s e rve s menti on . Thi s
was a s tandard " Mineral i ght Mo del M-12 o ri ginally de s i gne d to
e mi t sho rt ultra-violet o f 2 537 Angs trom Un i ts . A s e cond l amp
was a d d e d wi th a chan ge -ove r s wi tch to provi de e i ther short or
3 660 A.U . l ong ul tra-viol e t. And a ene c i al condens e r di s char &e
pul s i n g " etro bol i te " ci rcui t wa s subs ti tute d fo r the vi brator/
tran s forme r suppl y to pul s e e i ther l amp at hundre ds o f ti me s the
l i ght output o f the fac to ry uni t. Thus the range i s s tre tche d
from a fe w inche s to seve ral fe et wi thout burning up the quartz
l ampe.
( Cont. )
S AUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1 959/60
- 11 -
INSTRUl-1ENTATION FOR UFO DETECTION
i s a cata.d io ptri c tel e s cope o f a s l i ghtl y mo di fi e d Matsukov
de s i gn e mpl oying an asphe ri c corre ction pl ate ove r a 3 i-i nch
o b j e c tive mi rro r fi gure d to be tte r than l /64th wave . Thi s
gi ves a resoluti on o f appro x i mate ly 0.8 s e con d s o f arc, whi ch
i s co muara.ble to the DI'P"e s l i :ni t fo r the s tan dard 6" refle cto r.
Two fi ne o culars and a bui l t-in achro mati c Barl o w lens gi ve
magn i fi cations o f 40x, 80x and 160x . The te l e s cope was s pe
c i ally de s i gne d fo r the s i mple atta chment o f e i ther the Exakta
or Pe ntax came ra fo r astrophotograph y.
shoul d be vi s i bl e wi th mo de s t equi pment. An obje ct onl y 200
yards i n d i amete r ( about hal f again the s i ze of the Capi tol
Bl d g. in Washington) can be seen at 500 x .
WHEN IT C O MES TO UFO PHOTOGRA PHY, the l e a s t pre tenti ous
devi ce is uerhaus the mo st u�e ful . I r you are thi nking o f
o �ing Q�· came ra, and an ine xuenei ve one at that, we hearti l y
re c ommend the type kno wn as a "12:1ove compartme nt s pe c i al . "
Th i � i s any fol din � rql l fi l m be llows -tyRe taki � g 1 20 or 620
fi lm, and makin s 24x34 pi cture s . The s e o l d i e s can be bought
us e d fo r $5 to �1 5, an d h ave f/4.5 l en s e s wi th Co mpur �hutters
to l /2 50th s e cond . The fo c al length i s usuall y around 10 5mm,
wh i ch is R me dium te lephoto compare d to lens e s on 3 5mm c ame ras ,
an d the bi g ne gati ve c an be enl arge d ni c e l y even wi th drug
s to re pro ce s s i ng. Th e y c arry e as i l y fol de d i n your po cke t, an d
i f s tolen, the re i s l i ttl e l o s s . Fo r general o ve rall perform
ance wi thout re so rting to s pe c i al fi ne grai n home pro ce s s i n g,
e tc., the s e ol d j obs are unsurpas s e d .
A WORD ABOUT PLANETARY and lunar oboe rvi n g and pho to g
raphy. O ur Que s tar, a beauti ful li ttle seven pound package ,
i s e quippe d wi th a c l o ck dri ve . Fo r pre c i s e trackin g, we con
s tructe d a battery dri ven tran s i stori ze d AC powe r source wh i ch
suppl i e s 1 1 5v AC at-vari able fre
q uencie s fro m 50 to 70 c yc l e s .
For moon tracking, for example ,
the powe r suppl y o s ci ll ato r fre
quency c an be s e t a t 57.893 cps
i ns te ad of the hou s e curren� 60
c vcle s . Th i s c an be s e t ac cu
rate l y i n the fi e l d to compensate
fo r se asonal ch�n ge s , atmo s phe ri c
re fracti on (near the hori zon),
e tc . , and he l d " ri ght on" fo r e x
tende d pe rio d s . O the r innovati ons
are ro tati n g pol ari zi n g fi lte rs
fo r c ame ra and o cul ar to dete ct
any o bject on the moon ' s s urface
wi th abnormal re flectivity, and
re d an d blue contrast fi lte rs .
Fi g . ( 2b). (F) Que s tar te le
scope attache d to Pentax c am
e ra bo dy ( s ee te xt) ; ( G ) 400mm
Tele -As tronar te lephoto
of
unusual li ght- we i ght desi gn;
( H) S .E.I. re fle ct i n g li ght
mete r.
At the ti me o f the Wi lkins '
" moon bri d ge " controve rs y, we
made many photo graphs o f the Mare
C r i s 1 u m at the co rre c t co
longi tude (te rmi nator po s i ti on},
and found abs olute l y noth i n g out
o f the o rdinary.
------
Pre s ently, the s o -c al l e d " do me s ' ' are attracting s o me attenti on, as are purpo rte d change s 1 n the c rate rs o f Plato, Al
phonsus and Tycho . I f s o me th i ng i s bas e d on our s ate ll i te , i t
( Cont.)
S AUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1 9 59/60 - 10 ·
O PTICAL INSTRUMENTATION
OPTICAL G AOOETS ( Fig. 3 ) extre me l y us e ful w·ould be li ght
we i ght 7x3 5 wi de -an gle binoculars (A), ve s t-po cket 6xl 5 or
10x20 binoculars (B}, a uo cket fi el d mi c ro s cope ( C) and a po cke t
s pe c tro scope (D ) . Fo r see i n g in total darkne s s ( wi th an in fra
re d s uo tl i ght) or fo r s cann ing the ni ght ski e s fo r " i nvi sibl e "
o b j e c ts , a war surulus in fra-re d ' ' snoope rs cope' ' ( $14 to �1 50)
( E & F) m i ght be use ful . We neve r di s c ount the po s s ibil i ty o f
o b j e cts ( be s i de s j e ts ) radi ating a l o t o f heat. ( Th i s d ata mi ght
be us e ful in the future in atte mpting to re s olve the s ource of
propul s i o n of UFO' s . ) S i mi l arly, an ultra-viol e t s c reen wi th a
wi de aperture mi rro r wi ll reve al sho rte r wave l e ngth e mi s si o ns
in the sky.
•
O n a " se arch, " our tran s i stori ze d and otherwi s e mo di fle d
Ge i ge r counter, wi th sel f- containe d loudspeak e r, i s l e ft on to
keep tabs on vari ati ons i n back ground and arti fi c i al rad iati on .
I f the rate o f cl i ck s i n c re a s e s noti c e abl y, s c anning devi c e s are
tri ppe d to l o c ate the s ource. Tranei eto ri zati on make s battery
d rain ne gl i gibl e . ( The Ge i ge r c o· unte r i s i te rn '' G u in Fi g. 3 .}
The po cke t spectro s cope (D) wi ll anal yze i n s tantl y the
l ine spe c tra o f any l i ght s ou rce. It can be use d d1re . c t o r he l d
ove r the e yepi e ce o f a bino cul ar o r tel e s cope to che ck s mall e r
o r more di s tant ob j e c ts . Wi th a l i ttle practi ce i n vi e wi n g ne on
s i gn s , etc., the che mi cal , gas e ous and ele ctroni c con s ti tuents
o f a l i ght s ource ( l ine spe ctra), or the approxi mate col o r te mp
e rature ( bl ack bo dy continuous spectrum), can be seen at a gl an ce .
A hi ghly charge d e le ctri c al bo dy shoul d show the emi s s i on s pe c
trum o f the gas e s be ing ioni ze d by its pre s ence.
MAGNETIC ( AS WELL AS RADIATION) di s turban c e s have re
pe ate dl y been repo rte d as a ccomp�nyin g U FO acti v i ty. O ne �s au
c e r de te cto r" previous l y de s c ribe d i n the s e page s ( S AUCERS ,
Wi nte r 1 �56/57, pp . 5-6J was s i mpl y a magne ti c compas s ( l ike
i te ms " H' in Fi g. 3 ), whi ch when di s turbe d, c l o s e d a c i rcui t
and ran g a be ll. After a l i ttl e e xpe ri mentati on, a more s en s i
ti ve and re fine d devi ce was bui l t con s i stin g o f a dampe d compa s s
nee dle an d a verti c al " di pping'' nee dle ( I) arrange d eo that i f
the po inte r o f e i ther move s , a be am o f li ght i s i nterrupte d an d
c l ose s a trans i s to ri ze d photo cell rel ay.
The po rtabl e bl ack l i �h t unit ( I) de s e rve s menti on . Thi s
was a s tandard " Mineral i ght Mo del M-12 o ri ginally de s i gne d to
e mi t sho rt ultra-violet o f 2 537 Angs trom Un i ts . A s e cond l amp
was a d d e d wi th a chan ge -ove r s wi tch to provi de e i ther short or
3 660 A.U . l ong ul tra-viol e t. And a ene c i al condens e r di s char &e
pul s i n g " etro bol i te " ci rcui t wa s subs ti tute d fo r the vi brator/
tran s forme r suppl y to pul s e e i ther l amp at hundre ds o f ti me s the
l i ght output o f the fac to ry uni t. Thus the range i s s tre tche d
from a fe w inche s to seve ral fe et wi thout burning up the quartz
l ampe.
( Cont. )
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INSTRU I�NTATION FOR UFO DETECTION
INSTRUMENTATION. FOR UFO DETECTION
ON A FEW OC C ASIONS , we have to look fo r mel te d me tal
fragments t me teo r! te s , o r s mall ''hardware . '' The hand ie s t
gad ge t we ve foun d i s the De te c tron Mo de l 47 ( K ) whi ch has
als o be en transi Ato ri ze d, an d a bui l �-in speake r ad de d to
repl ace the he adphone s . I ts .,sque al wi l l lo c ate a me tal
parti c le the si ze o f a pi nhead. The s c inti l l ati on counte rs
( L & M) have one an d s i x inch c rystal s reepec �ive l y, and
are almo s t too s ensi tive to use agai n s t to day s back ground
radi ation.
Hen sol dt ( N) an d Le i tz fol ding mi c roscope s roun d out
the aux i l i ary fi e l d k i t.
EL ECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION
Q
I
FlGURE 4 SHOWS EL ECTRONIC S EARCH an d re c o rd i n g appar
atus . Two batte ry ope rate d tape re c o rders --a Bel l C ub
bri e f case-type ( AJ an d a po cket Mohawk Mi d ge tape Chie f ( B)
--have be en mu-me tal shi e l de d to magne ti call y qui e t the i r
mo to rs . The re co rde rs can be fe d by a.n ex tre me l y h i gh gain,
low-no i s e transi 8to ri ze d ampli fie r an d pre ampli fi e r shown
he re in the i r open case ( C ) .
The p re -amp i s a Fi she r H i -F1 uni t wi th s e l e c te d
trans i s to rs , and the powe r ampl i fi e r i s a low-no i s e Lafayette
k i t. Ove rall gai n i s ove r 1 50 db. A s e lf-contai ne d s pe aker
mon i to rs the input, whi l e a se ri e s of matchin g tran
. s fo rme rs
in magneti c shiel ds adR.pt"" the pre-amp to a numbe r o f input
devi c e s . One of the s e is a vacuum-tube pho to ce ll uni t, the
s i ze o f a c i gare tte pack, whi ch can be u s e d as a 1 1 g �t-be am
re ceive r, o r held at the fo cus o f a l arge mi rro r to listen 11
to au dio variati ons in unpe r atmo s phe re l i gh ts . The s mall
de -mo dul ato r p robe i s a wi de -ban d R. F. uni t wo rking fro m mi c ro
wave to h i gh audio frequenci e s . Thi s " s c an s " the enti re radio
( Cont. )
spe ctrum fo r s i gnal s .
So me e l e c troni c i ns trumen tation, i n cluding two
Ftg. 4.
f?Ortable tape re co rde rs ( A&: B), a h i gh gain ampl i fi e r ( C ) ,
i n f1n1 te 1 mpe da.n ce " e le c tro mete r and de mo dulato r ( D) , a
vol tame te r an d as so rte d coil indu c ti on pi ckups .
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12 -
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INSTRU I�NTATION FOR UFO DETECTION
INSTRUMENTATION. FOR UFO DETECTION
ON A FEW OC C ASIONS , we have to look fo r mel te d me tal
fragments t me teo r! te s , o r s mall ''hardware . '' The hand ie s t
gad ge t we ve foun d i s the De te c tron Mo de l 47 ( K ) whi ch has
als o be en transi Ato ri ze d, an d a bui l �-in speake r ad de d to
repl ace the he adphone s . I ts .,sque al wi l l lo c ate a me tal
parti c le the si ze o f a pi nhead. The s c inti l l ati on counte rs
( L & M) have one an d s i x inch c rystal s reepec �ive l y, and
are almo s t too s ensi tive to use agai n s t to day s back ground
radi ation.
Hen sol dt ( N) an d Le i tz fol ding mi c roscope s roun d out
the aux i l i ary fi e l d k i t.
EL ECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION
Q
I
FlGURE 4 SHOWS EL ECTRONIC S EARCH an d re c o rd i n g appar
atus . Two batte ry ope rate d tape re c o rders --a Bel l C ub
bri e f case-type ( AJ an d a po cket Mohawk Mi d ge tape Chie f ( B)
--have be en mu-me tal shi e l de d to magne ti call y qui e t the i r
mo to rs . The re co rde rs can be fe d by a.n ex tre me l y h i gh gain,
low-no i s e transi 8to ri ze d ampli fie r an d pre ampli fi e r shown
he re in the i r open case ( C ) .
The p re -amp i s a Fi she r H i -F1 uni t wi th s e l e c te d
trans i s to rs , and the powe r ampl i fi e r i s a low-no i s e Lafayette
k i t. Ove rall gai n i s ove r 1 50 db. A s e lf-contai ne d s pe aker
mon i to rs the input, whi l e a se ri e s of matchin g tran
. s fo rme rs
in magneti c shiel ds adR.pt"" the pre-amp to a numbe r o f input
devi c e s . One of the s e is a vacuum-tube pho to ce ll uni t, the
s i ze o f a c i gare tte pack, whi ch can be u s e d as a 1 1 g �t-be am
re ceive r, o r held at the fo cus o f a l arge mi rro r to listen 11
to au dio variati ons in unpe r atmo s phe re l i gh ts . The s mall
de -mo dul ato r p robe i s a wi de -ban d R. F. uni t wo rking fro m mi c ro
wave to h i gh audio frequenci e s . Thi s " s c an s " the enti re radio
( Cont. )
spe ctrum fo r s i gnal s .
So me e l e c troni c i ns trumen tation, i n cluding two
Ftg. 4.
f?Ortable tape re co rde rs ( A&: B), a h i gh gain ampl i fi e r ( C ) ,
i n f1n1 te 1 mpe da.n ce " e le c tro mete r and de mo dulato r ( D) , a
vol tame te r an d as so rte d coil indu c ti on pi ckups .
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INS TRUMENTATION FOR U FO DETECTION
ANO THER INPUT DEVICE is a di re c ti onal c o i l as se mbl y woun d
on a fe rri te c o re fo r de te c ti n g audio o r inducti on currents.
Th i s parti cul ar input probe is eo s ens i ti ve th at i t wi ll e as i ly
pi ck up the el i �ht magne ti c fi e l d and tap a telephone by induc
ti on from about 1 0 fee t away wi th no conne c ti n g wi re s . Al s o
atmo s pheri c " whi s tle rs '' an d o the r di s turban ce s c an b e heR.rd at
any hour of the day . If a UFO i s u s i n g any �ype �f d ri ve bas e d
on magne ti c i n du c ti on pro pul s i on, thi s wi ll he ar i t many mi l e s
away . Un fo rtunately, i t c an only b e us e d at ful l s ensi ti vi ty
at lo cati ons s e ve ral mil e s fro m powe r l i ne s .
INSTRUl.fENTATION FOR UFO DETECTION
At the lowe r l e ft 1 rr Fig. 4 i s an " i nfini te i mpe dan ce "
ele ctromete r an d de mo dul ato r {D) . A vacuum tube wi th extre me ly
hi gh input i mpe dance is rel ati vi s ti c ally shi el de d an d d ri ven as
a cathode fol lowe r, whi ch dri ve s i ta own sh!eld, to r �i s e i ts
i mpe dan ce to th ous A-n d s o f me gohms. Thi s , whe n coupl e d to the
ampl i fi e r, de te cts any electrostati c di s tu rban c e s .
The s tat}. c c �arge gene rate d on the win gs of flying bi rds
o ve rhead wi ll pe g the mete r, an d it is po s s i bl e to s �an d
a c ro ss a 30-foo t roo m, comb your h ai r, an d c o mpl e tely bl o ck ,,
the s y s te m wi th minute c ra ckl i n g an d s tati c cha r;ge s on the
c o mb . Its usefullne s s would be in re ading the charge ,, on
�i s tant,,ob j e cte, o r coupl e d to the hi g..'!-} gai n ampl i fi e r, to
l i s ten �o r unfamil i ar s oun ds ori ginati ng i n the iono sphe re .
A cloud floati ng o ve rhe ad can be re co rde d as the c rackl i n g o f
a mini ature thun de rs to rm as i ts ele c tro s tati c charge shi fts .
O the r mo re conventional i nput transduce rs are te l ephone pi ck
ups , wri s t-watch mi c ro phone s , e tc . , whi ch fee d the re corde rs
fo r sens i ti ve inte rvi ews o r when i nve s ti gating s i gh t1ngs.
We set the s e ' ' probe s " into o pe ration at re mo te si te e to
s can any s i gnal s ranging fro m magne ti c i nducti on o r di sturban ce s,
th rough au d i o , R.F., rad i A-ti on, e le c tro s tati c an d l i ght chan ge s .
CO MMUNIC ATIONS INSTRUMENTATION
F1G. 5 SHOWS A FEW O F THE UNITS us e d in the fi e l d . The
surplus B .C . 61 1 - F " H an dle -T alk i e s" ( A) are u s e d wi th the base
s tati on fo r tri angul ati on, while the Vo c R.l ine c i ti zens ban d
( 450 me . ) uni ts ( B ) are u s e d car-to -c ar. Back row shows a
N ati o nal N C -88 al l wave fi xe d station re ce1 ve r ( C ) fo r " ai r
watch, " an F.M re ce i ve r (D) to mon i to r the ai rc raft communi ca
ti ons bands and a batte ry ai rcraft ban d AM re ce i ve r ( E ) .
The trans i s to ri ze d s e ta i n the fo re groun d--wi th Regen c y
mul ti -band transi s tqr conve rter ( F) --co ve r all h a m bands, the
marine be acon an d ai r c ra,ft band from 200 to 400 k c ., �roa d c a �t
b and, 1 .8 5-4.3 me . AM, and 4 to 1 2 me gacycl es. On a watch,
the ai r c raft band Zen i th Royal 760 N avi gator (G ) i s used to re
ceive and re co rd the re gul a r we athe r and " winds alo ft" bro ad
c as ts. The bro a d c a s t and sho rt-wave transi sto r se ta ( H ) are
tuned to "watch" frequen c i es fo r the h andle -talki e s to prese rve
batteri es at the base ( trail er) stati on Gons et Comman der i nstal
l ation.
( Co nt.)
S AUCERS , Fall /Winter 1 959/60
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:
:: A: .. :A
A A
lir : ·.1� :- ...
[�-� � ��:·::'
·
�
... :. ·
��
FIG. 5.
COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUMENTATION includes surnlus BC 611-F handie
talkies (A); battery-operated Vocaline citizens band. communications units
FM receiver (D); aircraft and
(B); Nqtional NC-B8 all wave receiver (C);
Regency short ,.,ave converter (F); Zenith aircraft band
AM receiver (E);
receiver (G); AM and aircra.ft band transistor radios (H); power supply
and converter (115 AC) for non-battery units (I).
SAUCERS, Fall/Winter 1959/60
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INS TRUMENTATION FOR U FO DETECTION
ANO THER INPUT DEVICE is a di re c ti onal c o i l as se mbl y woun d
on a fe rri te c o re fo r de te c ti n g audio o r inducti on currents.
Th i s parti cul ar input probe is eo s ens i ti ve th at i t wi ll e as i ly
pi ck up the el i �ht magne ti c fi e l d and tap a telephone by induc
ti on from about 1 0 fee t away wi th no conne c ti n g wi re s . Al s o
atmo s pheri c " whi s tle rs '' an d o the r di s turban ce s c an b e heR.rd at
any hour of the day . If a UFO i s u s i n g any �ype �f d ri ve bas e d
on magne ti c i n du c ti on pro pul s i on, thi s wi ll he ar i t many mi l e s
away . Un fo rtunately, i t c an only b e us e d at ful l s ensi ti vi ty
at lo cati ons s e ve ral mil e s fro m powe r l i ne s .
INSTRUl.fENTATION FOR UFO DETECTION
At the lowe r l e ft 1 rr Fig. 4 i s an " i nfini te i mpe dan ce "
ele ctromete r an d de mo dul ato r {D) . A vacuum tube wi th extre me ly
hi gh input i mpe dance is rel ati vi s ti c ally shi el de d an d d ri ven as
a cathode fol lowe r, whi ch dri ve s i ta own sh!eld, to r �i s e i ts
i mpe dan ce to th ous A-n d s o f me gohms. Thi s , whe n coupl e d to the
ampl i fi e r, de te cts any electrostati c di s tu rban c e s .
The s tat}. c c �arge gene rate d on the win gs of flying bi rds
o ve rhead wi ll pe g the mete r, an d it is po s s i bl e to s �an d
a c ro ss a 30-foo t roo m, comb your h ai r, an d c o mpl e tely bl o ck ,,
the s y s te m wi th minute c ra ckl i n g an d s tati c cha r;ge s on the
c o mb . Its usefullne s s would be in re ading the charge ,, on
�i s tant,,ob j e cte, o r coupl e d to the hi g..'!-} gai n ampl i fi e r, to
l i s ten �o r unfamil i ar s oun ds ori ginati ng i n the iono sphe re .
A cloud floati ng o ve rhe ad can be re co rde d as the c rackl i n g o f
a mini ature thun de rs to rm as i ts ele c tro s tati c charge shi fts .
O the r mo re conventional i nput transduce rs are te l ephone pi ck
ups , wri s t-watch mi c ro phone s , e tc . , whi ch fee d the re corde rs
fo r sens i ti ve inte rvi ews o r when i nve s ti gating s i gh t1ngs.
We set the s e ' ' probe s " into o pe ration at re mo te si te e to
s can any s i gnal s ranging fro m magne ti c i nducti on o r di sturban ce s,
th rough au d i o , R.F., rad i A-ti on, e le c tro s tati c an d l i ght chan ge s .
CO MMUNIC ATIONS INSTRUMENTATION
F1G. 5 SHOWS A FEW O F THE UNITS us e d in the fi e l d . The
surplus B .C . 61 1 - F " H an dle -T alk i e s" ( A) are u s e d wi th the base
s tati on fo r tri angul ati on, while the Vo c R.l ine c i ti zens ban d
( 450 me . ) uni ts ( B ) are u s e d car-to -c ar. Back row shows a
N ati o nal N C -88 al l wave fi xe d station re ce1 ve r ( C ) fo r " ai r
watch, " an F.M re ce i ve r (D) to mon i to r the ai rc raft communi ca
ti ons bands and a batte ry ai rcraft ban d AM re ce i ve r ( E ) .
The trans i s to ri ze d s e ta i n the fo re groun d--wi th Regen c y
mul ti -band transi s tqr conve rter ( F) --co ve r all h a m bands, the
marine be acon an d ai r c ra,ft band from 200 to 400 k c ., �roa d c a �t
b and, 1 .8 5-4.3 me . AM, and 4 to 1 2 me gacycl es. On a watch,
the ai r c raft band Zen i th Royal 760 N avi gator (G ) i s used to re
ceive and re co rd the re gul a r we athe r and " winds alo ft" bro ad
c as ts. The bro a d c a s t and sho rt-wave transi sto r se ta ( H ) are
tuned to "watch" frequen c i es fo r the h andle -talki e s to prese rve
batteri es at the base ( trail er) stati on Gons et Comman der i nstal
l ation.
( Co nt.)
S AUCERS , Fall /Winter 1 959/60
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:
:: A: .. :A
A A
lir : ·.1� :- ...
[�-� � ��:·::'
·
�
... :. ·
��
FIG. 5.
COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUMENTATION includes surnlus BC 611-F handie
talkies (A); battery-operated Vocaline citizens band. communications units
FM receiver (D); aircraft and
(B); Nqtional NC-B8 all wave receiver (C);
Regency short ,.,ave converter (F); Zenith aircraft band
AM receiver (E);
receiver (G); AM and aircra.ft band transistor radios (H); power supply
and converter (115 AC) for non-battery units (I).
SAUCERS, Fall/Winter 1959/60
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THE LARGE CONVERTER ( I ) suppl i e s 1 1 5 A. C . fo r non-batte ry
i ns truments . On a full s cale " al e rt, " all o f thi s equi pment i s
us e d to keep di s tant te ams po s te d an d i n tou ch . The " winds
alo ft'' in fo rmati on bro a d c a s t re gul arly on the ai rcraft ban d i s
invaluabl e i n dete rmining the natural " d ri ft" di re c ti on o f bal
l oons , e tc .
FIEL D FAC ILITIES
THE EXTERIOR O F THE FIEL D LAB , c arryin!! mo s t o f our ge ar,
i s shown in Fi g. 6. The i n s i de ope rati on s table is i llus trate d
in Fi g. 7. Thi s i s a cu stom bui l t DKW Caravan , whi ch s l e e ps
thre e , has butane
cookin g an d he at
i n g, wate r, ai r
con d i tioning an d
adequate l i ving
fac i l i ti e s . The
Cons et Co mmande r
base stati on i s
•4
vi s ible a t the to p
re ar o f Fi g. 7.
Be ing front
wheel dri ve , the
C aravan goe s to
s po ts i nacce s s ibl e
t o mo s t c ars . Al
though s e ve ral
i nche s shorte r
( bumpe r-to-bumpe r)
that 1 9 59 Ame ri c an
p as s enge r c are,
(Fig. 6 )
an d narro we r than
s o me , i t i s e f
fi ci ently l ai d
out to prov i de
c o m fo rtable l i v
i ng , eating an d
s l e e ping accomi
d ati one o n e x
tende d " watche s ."
Unl ike mo s t
pi ck-up truck
c ampe rs , i t pro
v i de s ful l head
roo m i ns i de .
P o we r avai l abl e
i s 6, 1 2 and 2 4
vol ts DC from
li fe ti me ni ck e l
c a dmium s to rage
batte ri e s , and
1 1 5v. AC from
c onve rte rs . The Ge rman DKW two-cycle engine gi ves h i ghway
mileage up to 30 mpg , ful ly lo ade d . It i s kept " re ady " to move
at a. mo ment's no ti ce wi th c o mplete equi pment on bo ard .
( Cont.)
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LABORATO RY FACILITIES
FIXED LABORATORY FACILITIES cons i s t o f a compl e te pho to
de.rkroo m , wi th developing an d enl argi n g equi pment; a c o mpl e te
e le c troni c s l abo ratory
fo r the cons truction and
te s ti n g o f spe c i al ge ar
( Fi g. 8); and l i mi te d
chemi c al an d bi ol o gi cal
te s tin g faci l i ti e s . ( Fi g .
9 sho ws the author at
the photomi co graphy ap
paratus . ) The latter
contai n s a Le i tz Labo
lux III s tand wi th tri
no cul ar photo tube ,
c oupl e d to a Ze i s s
P hoto head wi th a. four
s tage pho to ampl i fying
me te r and a Robo t camera.
coupl e d to an automati c
e xpo s ure compens ating
s ub-s tage s trobe ( e lec
troni c fl ash ) of m y o wn
( Fi g. 8)
de s i gn . Obje c tive tur
re ts in the fo re groun d ( Fi g. 9 ) are Wi l d Flourite Phas e Con
trast, Ze i s s Plan-Apo chromati c ob j e cti ve s, and achro mati c
apla.nati c and phas e sub-sta ge con de ns ers .
Thi s semi -automati c s e t-up wi ll make photomi c ro graphs
o f any s ubje c t, l i ving o r s taine d . The col o r came ra i s shown
on the table at
�-----the re ar. The
s trobe was spe
ci ally de s i gne d
to shoo t l i ving
*
mi c ro -organi s ms
i n col o r , re gard
less o f the i r
rapi di ty o f move
ment, an d to
e l i minate vi bra
ti on problems i n
o rdinary photo
mi c ros copy . One
i nte re s ting s i de
l i ne i s the au
tho r's coll e c ti on
o f bloo d s amp �e s
from s e ve ral c o n
tac te e e, 1 1 and fro m
one or two pe rs ons
( Fig . 9)
clai mi n g to be o f
extra-� e rre s tri a.l bi rth . S o far, the i r blo o d te s te out to be
q ui te human . "
( Cont. )
S AUCERS , Fall /Win te r 1 959/60
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-
THE LARGE CONVERTER ( I ) suppl i e s 1 1 5 A. C . fo r non-batte ry
i ns truments . On a full s cale " al e rt, " all o f thi s equi pment i s
us e d to keep di s tant te ams po s te d an d i n tou ch . The " winds
alo ft'' in fo rmati on bro a d c a s t re gul arly on the ai rcraft ban d i s
invaluabl e i n dete rmining the natural " d ri ft" di re c ti on o f bal
l oons , e tc .
FIEL D FAC ILITIES
THE EXTERIOR O F THE FIEL D LAB , c arryin!! mo s t o f our ge ar,
i s shown in Fi g. 6. The i n s i de ope rati on s table is i llus trate d
in Fi g. 7. Thi s i s a cu stom bui l t DKW Caravan , whi ch s l e e ps
thre e , has butane
cookin g an d he at
i n g, wate r, ai r
con d i tioning an d
adequate l i ving
fac i l i ti e s . The
Cons et Co mmande r
base stati on i s
•4
vi s ible a t the to p
re ar o f Fi g. 7.
Be ing front
wheel dri ve , the
C aravan goe s to
s po ts i nacce s s ibl e
t o mo s t c ars . Al
though s e ve ral
i nche s shorte r
( bumpe r-to-bumpe r)
that 1 9 59 Ame ri c an
p as s enge r c are,
(Fig. 6 )
an d narro we r than
s o me , i t i s e f
fi ci ently l ai d
out to prov i de
c o m fo rtable l i v
i ng , eating an d
s l e e ping accomi
d ati one o n e x
tende d " watche s ."
Unl ike mo s t
pi ck-up truck
c ampe rs , i t pro
v i de s ful l head
roo m i ns i de .
P o we r avai l abl e
i s 6, 1 2 and 2 4
vol ts DC from
li fe ti me ni ck e l
c a dmium s to rage
batte ri e s , and
1 1 5v. AC from
c onve rte rs . The Ge rman DKW two-cycle engine gi ves h i ghway
mileage up to 30 mpg , ful ly lo ade d . It i s kept " re ady " to move
at a. mo ment's no ti ce wi th c o mplete equi pment on bo ard .
( Cont.)
S AU CERS , Fall /Winte r 1 9 59/60
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LABORATO RY FACILITIES
FIXED LABORATORY FACILITIES cons i s t o f a compl e te pho to
de.rkroo m , wi th developing an d enl argi n g equi pment; a c o mpl e te
e le c troni c s l abo ratory
fo r the cons truction and
te s ti n g o f spe c i al ge ar
( Fi g. 8); and l i mi te d
chemi c al an d bi ol o gi cal
te s tin g faci l i ti e s . ( Fi g .
9 sho ws the author at
the photomi co graphy ap
paratus . ) The latter
contai n s a Le i tz Labo
lux III s tand wi th tri
no cul ar photo tube ,
c oupl e d to a Ze i s s
P hoto head wi th a. four
s tage pho to ampl i fying
me te r and a Robo t camera.
coupl e d to an automati c
e xpo s ure compens ating
s ub-s tage s trobe ( e lec
troni c fl ash ) of m y o wn
( Fi g. 8)
de s i gn . Obje c tive tur
re ts in the fo re groun d ( Fi g. 9 ) are Wi l d Flourite Phas e Con
trast, Ze i s s Plan-Apo chromati c ob j e cti ve s, and achro mati c
apla.nati c and phas e sub-sta ge con de ns ers .
Thi s semi -automati c s e t-up wi ll make photomi c ro graphs
o f any s ubje c t, l i ving o r s taine d . The col o r came ra i s shown
on the table at
�-----the re ar. The
s trobe was spe
ci ally de s i gne d
to shoo t l i ving
*
mi c ro -organi s ms
i n col o r , re gard
less o f the i r
rapi di ty o f move
ment, an d to
e l i minate vi bra
ti on problems i n
o rdinary photo
mi c ros copy . One
i nte re s ting s i de
l i ne i s the au
tho r's coll e c ti on
o f bloo d s amp �e s
from s e ve ral c o n
tac te e e, 1 1 and fro m
one or two pe rs ons
( Fig . 9)
clai mi n g to be o f
extra-� e rre s tri a.l bi rth . S o far, the i r blo o d te s te out to be
q ui te human . "
( Cont. )
S AUCERS , Fall /Win te r 1 959/60
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-
INS TRUl-lENTATION FOR UFO DETE C TION
INSTRUMENTATION FOR UFO DETE CTION
PEOP LE SOMETIMES ASK just what the de vi l we do wi th all
o f th i s ge ar. A hypothe ti cal inve s ti gati on mi ght run as
foll ows :
MANY CLAIM THAT UFO ' e e mi t only i nfra-re d l i ght, and can
be photo graphe d only wi th i � fra-re d fi l m" I f the re i s any
truth to thi s , ce rtainly a s noope rs cope wi ll show the unknown
far bette r than indi s cri mi nately shoo ti n g the sky wi th an in fra
re d camera. Al s o , in the re l ati ve ly few ca s e s o f pho to s , the
o b j e cts we re s mall whi te dots o r bl ack s s pe cks on grainy en
l a rge ments . So ce rtainly telephoto len s e s are bette r able to
ren der de tai l that the box Browni e s .
The te lephone rings at mi dni ght. An e x ci te d vo i ce an
nounce s that a UFO i s hove ri n g o ve r Gri ffi th P ark.
i'le grab a du ffl e bag containi n g s e veral came rae, the
7x3 5 bino cul ars , te lephoto l ens e s , s pe ctras cope , Ge i ge r coun
te rs and magne tome te rs . A fte r a qui ck look - 1,rh e re noth i n g i s
vi s ible - the car is he ade d fo r the s i te . O n the way , 330 k c.
i s tune d in on the Zeni th Royal 760 N avi gato r, and the en ti re
we athe r report, ti me , win d s -al o ft bro a dca s t an d kin dre d data
are re co rde d on the Mohawk po cket re co rde r fo r future re fe r
ence .
ARRIVING A T THE SITE , the Gei ge r counte r i s turne d o n
a.n d the "cli ck-cli ck" s ee ms s l i ghtly abo ve no rmal . The me te r
i s re ad A re co rde d on tape by vo i ce , an d about fi fteen s e conds
of the cli ck s " re co rde d just a s the y soun d .
N o thi ng i s vi s ibl e , s o the s ky i s s canne d fi rst wi th
binocul �rs , then wi th the in fra-re d snoope rs cope , then wi th
the ul tra-vi o l e t conve rte r . The spe ctras cope i s re ady i n a
b re as t po cket. On an outs i de chan ce , s e ve ral came ras l o a de d
wi th Supe r Hypan are made re a dy at hand wi th varying te l e pho to
l ense s .
The cas e contai ni n g the h i gh gain audio ampl i fi e r i s
a cti vate d , an d the pho to cell , i n ducti on pi ck-up and h i gh i m
pe dan ce e le ctro s tati c probe are tu rne d on an d balance d .
The re s e e ms to be e s trRn ge hummi n g comin g o ve r the magne ti c
de te cto r , so a s ampl e o f thi s i s re co r de d on tape , along wi th
the ti me and o rientati on o f the coi l an d sens i ti vi ty setti n gs .
T he Ge i ge r counte r i n the ba ck groun d i s s te ad i l y in cre asin g
i ts rate , an d the compa s s e s a re che cke d an d re ro rde d ve rball y.
A s e cond 15 s e con d tape is made of the counte r s cli ck s , an d
e xact time no te d .
A l a rge l i ght finally appe a rs o ve r the hori zon , and
whi l e obse rvi n g with bin o cul ars , i ts locati o n , di re ction an d
time are tape re co rde d . Ou r UFO turns out to be a photo
re connai s s an ce ai rcraft in the pro xi mi ty o f Mt. Wi l s on . The
ne gati ve re sul ts are so re co rde d .
Now all i s quiet. Hut the are a i s brackete d fo r ano the r
hal f hour- an d we go home .
I F UFO's EXIST , they have to leave e vi den ce . If you can
s e e the m, you can photo graph the m. An d you could look at the
" l i ghts " wi th a spe ctro s cope an d ins tantly see the component
col o rs , e tc. Ruppe lt has s tate d th at hi gh radi o a cti vity
me �sure ments have co rrel ate d clo s ely wi th s o me UFO p ro xi mi ti e s ,
an d a Ge i �e r counte r the re fo re woul d b e an e s s en ti al to ol fo r
not only dete cti n g" but "me a suring" such acti vi ty .
( Cont.)
S AU C ERS , Fall /Wi nte r 1959/60
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And the all e ge d magneti c pro pe rti e s o f UFO ' s are l e gend
ary. S o why not at l e a s t carry a 15¢ po cket compas s , or a d tp
ping ne e dl e , an d lQQk at the thing in cas e of a s i ghting? I ve
a sked many pi lots re porting UFO' s i f the i r m�gneti c pl ane com
pas s e s swung e a s t or we st durin g the ·obs e rvati on . But to a man ,
they we re so thun de rs truck that they di dn ' t e ven LOOK at the i r
compas s e s ! L i ttl e clue s l ike th i s woul d fi t valuabl e pi e ce s to
the puzzl e .
I S THE SPEC TRUM O F A GREEN FIREBALL a continuous o r di s
continuous l ine s pe ctra ? I f � obs e rve r had carri e d a po ck e t
s pe ctras cope an d had the pre s ence o f mind t o use thi s fountain
pen-s i ze d in s trument, pe rhaps we woul d kn �w if the pheno mena 11
we re a ma s s o f ioni ze d gas s e s o r a s ol i d bl ack body radi ato r .
It e ven a s mall pai r o f bino cul ars had be en han dy , hundre ds
o f ei ghtin gs coul d now be clas s i fi e d .
It s o me thin g i s hol ding a U FO o ff the ground, that '' s o me
thi ng" can b e me asure d an d i denti fi e d , and pe rhaps s o me d ay
dupl i cate d . But fi rst i t mus t be dete cte d . Thi s i s the enti re
ph iloeophy o f UFO ins trumentati on . At l ea s t take a pi cture o f
i t, e ven i f i t i s a bo x Browni e . A we ather an d marine ban d re
ce i ve r wi ll gi ve at l east the ' ' winds alo ft" pi cture Qn the �QQ,i.
O r i f the time i s no te d , wi th the di re cti on in whi ch the UFO
trave l e d , ai rpo rt we�the r re qo rds can de fi n i tely l ate r e �tabl i sh
whe the r o r no t i t was a weathe r balloon .
IN THE NOW FAMOUS DESVERGERS ( Flo ri d � S coutmas te r) case ,
roo ts o f gras s we re found s co rche d in the are a o f the reporte d
"hove ring." The conclus i on o f se ve ral U FO re s e archers was that
an e l e ctro inducti ve fi e l d was re s non s i bl e . Any such fi e l d woul d
be ins tantly vi s ible ( vi a mete r) an d audible ( magneti c pi ck-up)
on our apparatus fro m many mi l e s di s tan t.
If e l e ctro s tati c or i oni z ati on dri ves are use d , they woul d
be de te ctable fo r mil e s on an in fin i te i mpe d an ce probe . Magneti c
d i s turban ce s o f low fre quen ci e s coul d be s e en on a pocket compas s
i f the y we re ne ar enough , o r from qui te a dis tance i f they are
capable o f s tal l in g cars and blo cking radio s e ts .
TO THE OFT-REPEATED QUERY: "Wh: do you go alo n g on s o me o f
the s e i mpo s s ibl e 'contacte e ' s i o ree s , I can only ans we r , "If
anyth i n g � happen , I ' d like to be the re �' ' But more i mpo rtant,
i f the e vi de n ce i s ��' we shoul d have at l e a s t one obje c
ti ve obs e rve r on board to counte ract the e xagge rati on s o f tho s e
who "though t" they s aw s o me thing.
SAUCERS , Fal l /Wi nte r 1959/60
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INS TRUl-lENTATION FOR UFO DETE C TION
INSTRUMENTATION FOR UFO DETE CTION
PEOP LE SOMETIMES ASK just what the de vi l we do wi th all
o f th i s ge ar. A hypothe ti cal inve s ti gati on mi ght run as
foll ows :
MANY CLAIM THAT UFO ' e e mi t only i nfra-re d l i ght, and can
be photo graphe d only wi th i � fra-re d fi l m" I f the re i s any
truth to thi s , ce rtainly a s noope rs cope wi ll show the unknown
far bette r than indi s cri mi nately shoo ti n g the sky wi th an in fra
re d camera. Al s o , in the re l ati ve ly few ca s e s o f pho to s , the
o b j e cts we re s mall whi te dots o r bl ack s s pe cks on grainy en
l a rge ments . So ce rtainly telephoto len s e s are bette r able to
ren der de tai l that the box Browni e s .
The te lephone rings at mi dni ght. An e x ci te d vo i ce an
nounce s that a UFO i s hove ri n g o ve r Gri ffi th P ark.
i'le grab a du ffl e bag containi n g s e veral came rae, the
7x3 5 bino cul ars , te lephoto l ens e s , s pe ctras cope , Ge i ge r coun
te rs and magne tome te rs . A fte r a qui ck look - 1,rh e re noth i n g i s
vi s ible - the car is he ade d fo r the s i te . O n the way , 330 k c.
i s tune d in on the Zeni th Royal 760 N avi gato r, and the en ti re
we athe r report, ti me , win d s -al o ft bro a dca s t an d kin dre d data
are re co rde d on the Mohawk po cket re co rde r fo r future re fe r
ence .
ARRIVING A T THE SITE , the Gei ge r counte r i s turne d o n
a.n d the "cli ck-cli ck" s ee ms s l i ghtly abo ve no rmal . The me te r
i s re ad A re co rde d on tape by vo i ce , an d about fi fteen s e conds
of the cli ck s " re co rde d just a s the y soun d .
N o thi ng i s vi s ibl e , s o the s ky i s s canne d fi rst wi th
binocul �rs , then wi th the in fra-re d snoope rs cope , then wi th
the ul tra-vi o l e t conve rte r . The spe ctras cope i s re ady i n a
b re as t po cket. On an outs i de chan ce , s e ve ral came ras l o a de d
wi th Supe r Hypan are made re a dy at hand wi th varying te l e pho to
l ense s .
The cas e contai ni n g the h i gh gain audio ampl i fi e r i s
a cti vate d , an d the pho to cell , i n ducti on pi ck-up and h i gh i m
pe dan ce e le ctro s tati c probe are tu rne d on an d balance d .
The re s e e ms to be e s trRn ge hummi n g comin g o ve r the magne ti c
de te cto r , so a s ampl e o f thi s i s re co r de d on tape , along wi th
the ti me and o rientati on o f the coi l an d sens i ti vi ty setti n gs .
T he Ge i ge r counte r i n the ba ck groun d i s s te ad i l y in cre asin g
i ts rate , an d the compa s s e s a re che cke d an d re ro rde d ve rball y.
A s e cond 15 s e con d tape is made of the counte r s cli ck s , an d
e xact time no te d .
A l a rge l i ght finally appe a rs o ve r the hori zon , and
whi l e obse rvi n g with bin o cul ars , i ts locati o n , di re ction an d
time are tape re co rde d . Ou r UFO turns out to be a photo
re connai s s an ce ai rcraft in the pro xi mi ty o f Mt. Wi l s on . The
ne gati ve re sul ts are so re co rde d .
Now all i s quiet. Hut the are a i s brackete d fo r ano the r
hal f hour- an d we go home .
I F UFO's EXIST , they have to leave e vi den ce . If you can
s e e the m, you can photo graph the m. An d you could look at the
" l i ghts " wi th a spe ctro s cope an d ins tantly see the component
col o rs , e tc. Ruppe lt has s tate d th at hi gh radi o a cti vity
me �sure ments have co rrel ate d clo s ely wi th s o me UFO p ro xi mi ti e s ,
an d a Ge i �e r counte r the re fo re woul d b e an e s s en ti al to ol fo r
not only dete cti n g" but "me a suring" such acti vi ty .
( Cont.)
S AU C ERS , Fall /Wi nte r 1959/60
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And the all e ge d magneti c pro pe rti e s o f UFO ' s are l e gend
ary. S o why not at l e a s t carry a 15¢ po cket compas s , or a d tp
ping ne e dl e , an d lQQk at the thing in cas e of a s i ghting? I ve
a sked many pi lots re porting UFO' s i f the i r m�gneti c pl ane com
pas s e s swung e a s t or we st durin g the ·obs e rvati on . But to a man ,
they we re so thun de rs truck that they di dn ' t e ven LOOK at the i r
compas s e s ! L i ttl e clue s l ike th i s woul d fi t valuabl e pi e ce s to
the puzzl e .
I S THE SPEC TRUM O F A GREEN FIREBALL a continuous o r di s
continuous l ine s pe ctra ? I f � obs e rve r had carri e d a po ck e t
s pe ctras cope an d had the pre s ence o f mind t o use thi s fountain
pen-s i ze d in s trument, pe rhaps we woul d kn �w if the pheno mena 11
we re a ma s s o f ioni ze d gas s e s o r a s ol i d bl ack body radi ato r .
It e ven a s mall pai r o f bino cul ars had be en han dy , hundre ds
o f ei ghtin gs coul d now be clas s i fi e d .
It s o me thin g i s hol ding a U FO o ff the ground, that '' s o me
thi ng" can b e me asure d an d i denti fi e d , and pe rhaps s o me d ay
dupl i cate d . But fi rst i t mus t be dete cte d . Thi s i s the enti re
ph iloeophy o f UFO ins trumentati on . At l ea s t take a pi cture o f
i t, e ven i f i t i s a bo x Browni e . A we ather an d marine ban d re
ce i ve r wi ll gi ve at l east the ' ' winds alo ft" pi cture Qn the �QQ,i.
O r i f the time i s no te d , wi th the di re cti on in whi ch the UFO
trave l e d , ai rpo rt we�the r re qo rds can de fi n i tely l ate r e �tabl i sh
whe the r o r no t i t was a weathe r balloon .
IN THE NOW FAMOUS DESVERGERS ( Flo ri d � S coutmas te r) case ,
roo ts o f gras s we re found s co rche d in the are a o f the reporte d
"hove ring." The conclus i on o f se ve ral U FO re s e archers was that
an e l e ctro inducti ve fi e l d was re s non s i bl e . Any such fi e l d woul d
be ins tantly vi s ible ( vi a mete r) an d audible ( magneti c pi ck-up)
on our apparatus fro m many mi l e s di s tan t.
If e l e ctro s tati c or i oni z ati on dri ves are use d , they woul d
be de te ctable fo r mil e s on an in fin i te i mpe d an ce probe . Magneti c
d i s turban ce s o f low fre quen ci e s coul d be s e en on a pocket compas s
i f the y we re ne ar enough , o r from qui te a dis tance i f they are
capable o f s tal l in g cars and blo cking radio s e ts .
TO THE OFT-REPEATED QUERY: "Wh: do you go alo n g on s o me o f
the s e i mpo s s ibl e 'contacte e ' s i o ree s , I can only ans we r , "If
anyth i n g � happen , I ' d like to be the re �' ' But more i mpo rtant,
i f the e vi de n ce i s ��' we shoul d have at l e a s t one obje c
ti ve obs e rve r on board to counte ract the e xagge rati on s o f tho s e
who "though t" they s aw s o me thing.
SAUCERS , Fal l /Wi nte r 1959/60
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THE JULY 28 MOVI ES
By RAY STANFORD
{EDI TOR'S NO TE : Saturday mo rn in g, Augus t 1, 1 959, Ray S tan fo rd
pl aced a long di st an c e t elephone c al l to t he E di to r to in fo rm
hi m o f the t wo po ssibl e UFO mo t ion pi c tures des c ri bed belo w.
Stan fo rd sai d t hat hi e 8mm and 1 6mm fi l ms were unpro ces s ed, and
inaui red as to �hether he shoul d s end t hem di rec tl y to NI CAP.
I advi s ed agai n s t such pro c edure, feari n g t hat NI C AP was not suf
fi c i ently acquainted wi t h t he pro cedu re o f havin g fi lms pro ces s ed
and o f t he c areful handl ing requi red fo r suc h fil ms a ft er pro ces
s in g . I suggested t hat S t an fo rd s end hi s fi lms to a Los Angel es
pho tograuhi c con�ul t ant known to bo t h o f ue, whi c h he di d. Thi s
wri t er had the fi rs t opportun i t y to vi ew the fi l me, whi c h was
s everal days be fo re they were fo rwarded to S t an fo rd. The 8mm foo t
,;�_ge l a.c ks su ffi c i ent res olution, as t.ne ac compan y in g illus trations
i n di c at e. The 1 6mm fi l m is exc ell en t {s ee co ver}, but t he UFO
s equen c e i s extremely sho rt , co mpri s in g no t mo re t han three o r
four feet . Ho wever, one o r t wo s cenes are i dent i c al in t he 8mm
an d 16mm fi l m s , making si mul ation exceedingl y improbabl e. Un
fo rtunately, R ay St an ford has refus ed to reveal t he n ames o f t he
ei ght addi ti onal wi tnes s es bec aus e he fears he '' mi ght run into
l egal matters . " But he st ates t hat "any inves t i gators who woul d
come here and perso nal l y invest i gate woul d meet t he l o c al wi t
nee see fo r themeel vee. )
•
.
•
*
*
*
FROM JULY 27 THROUGH AUGUST 2, 1 9 59, numerous UFO'e were
repo rted by res ident s o f Co rpus Chri s t i , Texa s . Whi l e s o me o f
t hes e were goo d repo rt s , t he majo ri ty o bvious l y had s i mpl e ex
pl anat ions . But one s i ghting was very exc ept ional as i t o c curred
in dayli g ht and had nine kno wn wi tness es {four o f t hem formerl y
s k ept i c s }, and a photogr aphi c rec o rd was made o f thi s o c curren c e.
I mi ght add t hat t here were reall y el even wi tnes ses , t he
l at t er t wo o f whi c h were {unlike mo s t humans ) compl etel y ob
j ec t i ve. What they 'saw' was undi sto rted by prejudi c e or wis h
ful t hi nking. And, now, I am pl eas ed to name t hes e t ru s t wo rt hy
observers : a 1 6mm Keys tone K51 Execut i ve mot ion pi c ture camera
wi t h a 75mm Kern Yvar t el epho t o and an 8mm K eys tone K27 C apri
c amera wi th a 25mm l en s . The 1 6mm c amera was on a t ripo d but
t he 8 Wm was hand-held, di s pl aying t he famil i ar "hand-hel d c amera
j ump.
THE SI GHTI NG TOOK PLAC E between 2 : 10 and 2 : 20 p.m. on t he
a ft ernoon o f Tues day, Jul y 28, 1 959, i n my front yard at 2629
L yn c h St reet i n Co rpus C hri s t i . The mo s t i nt eres ting as pec t o f
t he observat i on was a jet ai rc ra. f t t hat dove at one o f t he four
l arge, c ylindri cal-s haped c ra ft in t he sky. The j et mus t have
pas s ed wi thin a few hundred feet o f t he UFO. Durin g t hi s t i me,
Don C handler fi l med almo s t t he enti re di spl ay with t he 8mm
camera .
{The fi l m in t he 8mm c amera was TY, pe A Kodachrome, whi c h
was unfo rtunatel y expo s ed without the proper 185 convers i on fi l t er.
H en c e, t here i s s o me o ver-expo sure and i mpro per col o r bal an c e i n
s ai d fi l m--Edi
.) I recorded t wo very interes t i n g s cenes wi th
t he 16mm camera Dayl ight Ko dachrome--� . ) �tgneouely wi t h
t he 8mm.
( Cont.)
tof
S AUCERS , Fall /Wi nter 1 9 59/60
- 20 -
THE JUL Y 28 MOVIES
SO FAR AS WE KNOW, t hi s was t he fi rs t c a s e wherein a
UFO was fi lmed by t wo mo vi e c amerae at t he same t i me. Mo s t
frames s how dri ft in g cl ouds a s referen c e po inte. O t her s c enes
s ho w t he jet contrai l as fol l o ws : {1 ) Befo re i t began i t s
di ve at t he UFO ; ( 2 ) as i t
began t he di ve ; {3 ) man y
s cenes duri ng t he di ve
s ho wing t he j et appro ach
ing ever nearer to t he
rel at i vely l arge cra ft
( wi t h clouds as referen ce
o b j ec t s ) ; and ( 4 ) t he j et
and i t s rap i dl y di s s i
pat in g cont rai l ( due t o a
lo s s o f al t i tude during
t he di ve) pas s in g bes i de
and presumably only a few
hundred feet fro m t he
huge c ra ft . T he mo vi e
s ho ws ho w t he j et alt ered
i t s cours e duri ng obvious
l y c al cul ated man euvers
rel ati ve to t he UFO, whi c h
s eemed to have t he s ame
angul ar di ameter as t he
full moon when i t i s
FRAME ENLARGEMENT from 8mm fi l m re
nearl y o verhead.
po rtedly s ho wing t he j et beginni n g
i t s 1 1 di ve1 1 a t t he UFO.
T he above was one o f
t he mo s t exc i t in g aspect s o f t he s i ghting, and al l wi t nes s es
wat c hed in wonderment as t he co mparat i vel y tiny j et appro a c hed
t he c raft . Now, fo r the fi rst t i me, t he obs ervers had �o rne
reference o b j ect by whi ch t hey coul d es t i mate t he c r a ft s s i ze.
As s hown in t he mo vi e fi lm, t he object was about fi ve ti mes as
l arge as the wi dt h o f t he j et 's cont rai l . Thi s i n di c ates t hat
t he c raft may have been up to 400 feet in l engt h. Al s o , t hi s
o c curren c e enabl ed t he witness es t o esti mat e t he min i mum al t i
tude o f t he UFO, fo r t he j et was l e�_vin g a cont rai l as i t pa.s s ed
near t he ob j ec t . And j ets do not l eave contrai l s at al t i tudes
below 30, 000 feet.
THREE O F THE LARGE , ci �ar-ehaped c ra ft
were vi sibl e i n t he sky at the same t i me
( having come i nto vi ew in a sequence) , and
a fourt h was obs erved and fi l med about fi ve
minutes l at er. The s econd ob j ect t hat ap
peared rel eas ed a s mall, bri ght o b j ec t be
neath i t . The di s c went downward a s ho rt
di s t an c e, t hen s ped upward at about a 4 50
angle unt i l i t di s appeared into t he di s t an c e.
E ac h o f t he c ra ft were s harpl y outlined and
o f a blue-whi t e opaque appearan c e fo r t he
fi rst 10-12 s econds , t hen began to glo w a
bri ght whi te. ( The ob j ect was t i l ted down
ward to ward t he c amera in t he repro ductions
on t he co ver. ) It was whi l e t hi s glo w sur
rounded t he UFO t hat t he di s c darted u � ward.
Ray S t an fo rd
{Cont . )
SAUCERS , Fall /Winter 1 959/60
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THE JULY 28 MOVI ES
By RAY STANFORD
{EDI TOR'S NO TE : Saturday mo rn in g, Augus t 1, 1 959, Ray S tan fo rd
pl aced a long di st an c e t elephone c al l to t he E di to r to in fo rm
hi m o f the t wo po ssibl e UFO mo t ion pi c tures des c ri bed belo w.
Stan fo rd sai d t hat hi e 8mm and 1 6mm fi l ms were unpro ces s ed, and
inaui red as to �hether he shoul d s end t hem di rec tl y to NI CAP.
I advi s ed agai n s t such pro c edure, feari n g t hat NI C AP was not suf
fi c i ently acquainted wi t h t he pro cedu re o f havin g fi lms pro ces s ed
and o f t he c areful handl ing requi red fo r suc h fil ms a ft er pro ces
s in g . I suggested t hat S t an fo rd s end hi s fi lms to a Los Angel es
pho tograuhi c con�ul t ant known to bo t h o f ue, whi c h he di d. Thi s
wri t er had the fi rs t opportun i t y to vi ew the fi l me, whi c h was
s everal days be fo re they were fo rwarded to S t an fo rd. The 8mm foo t
,;�_ge l a.c ks su ffi c i ent res olution, as t.ne ac compan y in g illus trations
i n di c at e. The 1 6mm fi l m is exc ell en t {s ee co ver}, but t he UFO
s equen c e i s extremely sho rt , co mpri s in g no t mo re t han three o r
four feet . Ho wever, one o r t wo s cenes are i dent i c al in t he 8mm
an d 16mm fi l m s , making si mul ation exceedingl y improbabl e. Un
fo rtunately, R ay St an ford has refus ed to reveal t he n ames o f t he
ei ght addi ti onal wi tnes s es bec aus e he fears he '' mi ght run into
l egal matters . " But he st ates t hat "any inves t i gators who woul d
come here and perso nal l y invest i gate woul d meet t he l o c al wi t
nee see fo r themeel vee. )
•
.
•
*
*
*
FROM JULY 27 THROUGH AUGUST 2, 1 9 59, numerous UFO'e were
repo rted by res ident s o f Co rpus Chri s t i , Texa s . Whi l e s o me o f
t hes e were goo d repo rt s , t he majo ri ty o bvious l y had s i mpl e ex
pl anat ions . But one s i ghting was very exc ept ional as i t o c curred
in dayli g ht and had nine kno wn wi tness es {four o f t hem formerl y
s k ept i c s }, and a photogr aphi c rec o rd was made o f thi s o c curren c e.
I mi ght add t hat t here were reall y el even wi tnes ses , t he
l at t er t wo o f whi c h were {unlike mo s t humans ) compl etel y ob
j ec t i ve. What they 'saw' was undi sto rted by prejudi c e or wis h
ful t hi nking. And, now, I am pl eas ed to name t hes e t ru s t wo rt hy
observers : a 1 6mm Keys tone K51 Execut i ve mot ion pi c ture camera
wi t h a 75mm Kern Yvar t el epho t o and an 8mm K eys tone K27 C apri
c amera wi th a 25mm l en s . The 1 6mm c amera was on a t ripo d but
t he 8 Wm was hand-held, di s pl aying t he famil i ar "hand-hel d c amera
j ump.
THE SI GHTI NG TOOK PLAC E between 2 : 10 and 2 : 20 p.m. on t he
a ft ernoon o f Tues day, Jul y 28, 1 959, i n my front yard at 2629
L yn c h St reet i n Co rpus C hri s t i . The mo s t i nt eres ting as pec t o f
t he observat i on was a jet ai rc ra. f t t hat dove at one o f t he four
l arge, c ylindri cal-s haped c ra ft in t he sky. The j et mus t have
pas s ed wi thin a few hundred feet o f t he UFO. Durin g t hi s t i me,
Don C handler fi l med almo s t t he enti re di spl ay with t he 8mm
camera .
{The fi l m in t he 8mm c amera was TY, pe A Kodachrome, whi c h
was unfo rtunatel y expo s ed without the proper 185 convers i on fi l t er.
H en c e, t here i s s o me o ver-expo sure and i mpro per col o r bal an c e i n
s ai d fi l m--Edi
.) I recorded t wo very interes t i n g s cenes wi th
t he 16mm camera Dayl ight Ko dachrome--� . ) �tgneouely wi t h
t he 8mm.
( Cont.)
tof
S AUCERS , Fall /Wi nter 1 9 59/60
- 20 -
THE JUL Y 28 MOVIES
SO FAR AS WE KNOW, t hi s was t he fi rs t c a s e wherein a
UFO was fi lmed by t wo mo vi e c amerae at t he same t i me. Mo s t
frames s how dri ft in g cl ouds a s referen c e po inte. O t her s c enes
s ho w t he jet contrai l as fol l o ws : {1 ) Befo re i t began i t s
di ve at t he UFO ; ( 2 ) as i t
began t he di ve ; {3 ) man y
s cenes duri ng t he di ve
s ho wing t he j et appro ach
ing ever nearer to t he
rel at i vely l arge cra ft
( wi t h clouds as referen ce
o b j ec t s ) ; and ( 4 ) t he j et
and i t s rap i dl y di s s i
pat in g cont rai l ( due t o a
lo s s o f al t i tude during
t he di ve) pas s in g bes i de
and presumably only a few
hundred feet fro m t he
huge c ra ft . T he mo vi e
s ho ws ho w t he j et alt ered
i t s cours e duri ng obvious
l y c al cul ated man euvers
rel ati ve to t he UFO, whi c h
s eemed to have t he s ame
angul ar di ameter as t he
full moon when i t i s
FRAME ENLARGEMENT from 8mm fi l m re
nearl y o verhead.
po rtedly s ho wing t he j et beginni n g
i t s 1 1 di ve1 1 a t t he UFO.
T he above was one o f
t he mo s t exc i t in g aspect s o f t he s i ghting, and al l wi t nes s es
wat c hed in wonderment as t he co mparat i vel y tiny j et appro a c hed
t he c raft . Now, fo r the fi rst t i me, t he obs ervers had �o rne
reference o b j ect by whi ch t hey coul d es t i mate t he c r a ft s s i ze.
As s hown in t he mo vi e fi lm, t he object was about fi ve ti mes as
l arge as the wi dt h o f t he j et 's cont rai l . Thi s i n di c ates t hat
t he c raft may have been up to 400 feet in l engt h. Al s o , t hi s
o c curren c e enabl ed t he witness es t o esti mat e t he min i mum al t i
tude o f t he UFO, fo r t he j et was l e�_vin g a cont rai l as i t pa.s s ed
near t he ob j ec t . And j ets do not l eave contrai l s at al t i tudes
below 30, 000 feet.
THREE O F THE LARGE , ci �ar-ehaped c ra ft
were vi sibl e i n t he sky at the same t i me
( having come i nto vi ew in a sequence) , and
a fourt h was obs erved and fi l med about fi ve
minutes l at er. The s econd ob j ect t hat ap
peared rel eas ed a s mall, bri ght o b j ec t be
neath i t . The di s c went downward a s ho rt
di s t an c e, t hen s ped upward at about a 4 50
angle unt i l i t di s appeared into t he di s t an c e.
E ac h o f t he c ra ft were s harpl y outlined and
o f a blue-whi t e opaque appearan c e fo r t he
fi rst 10-12 s econds , t hen began to glo w a
bri ght whi te. ( The ob j ect was t i l ted down
ward to ward t he c amera in t he repro ductions
on t he co ver. ) It was whi l e t hi s glo w sur
rounded t he UFO t hat t he di s c darted u � ward.
Ray S t an fo rd
{Cont . )
- 21 -
THE
THE JULY 28 MOVIES
Afte r t he o bj e c t s turne d bright wh it e , an ionization fo rme d
around t hem an d t he y rapidly 11d ieeipa.t e d . 11 The cloud-l ike
fo rmation aroun d t he c raft wa.e o f t he same colo r an d at firs t
o f t he same shape , but in a mat t e r o f se con d s t he o b j e c t s h ad
co mpl etely "dis so lve d " in mid-air.
BECAUSE O F SPACE L IMITATIONS , t he fUll detail s o f this
Jul y 28 in cide nt will no t be
bro ache d he re in, but it shoul d
be ment ione d t hat te lephone in
q ue rie s about the brilliant d ay
l ight vis ibility o f Venue a c count
for t he witne sse s bein g pre sent
an d the two movie c ame ras having
been se t up an d re ady to phot o
gra�h . Al t hough subj e ctive as
pe c t s mus t not be t aken too
s e riou s l y by t he ob j e c t ive re
s e arche r , seve ral of the witne s
se s have considere d t he po ss i
bil ity t hat this displ ay was not
EXTREME ENLARGEMENT fro m 8mm a c c idental , and tha.t it may
movie frame showing cont rail have been in t ende d o r d ire c te d
curving slightly around UFO . by whatever intel ligen c e· con
This is t he same o b j e ct that t ro l le d t he c raft that we obis repro duc e d in our cover se rve d an d pho to graphe d .
il lust rat ions, but t iny 8mm
frame c anno t re solve de t ail .
It may be wort hy to note t hat the sightin g was imme d i
ately re po rte d to l o c al n aval autho rit ie s , in clu ding t he
Chie f Se curity O ffic e r (at a lowe r o ffice r ' s reque st ) . About
ninety minute s was spent by t he Se curity O ffice r in asking
que s t ions re gardin g our obs e rvat ion . They said t hey h a d no
e xpl anation fo r t he pheno menon , and we re quite e xc ite d when
we t ol d the m t hat we had fil me d a j e t divin g at the UFO. The
o ffice r who took mo s t o f the data said the inform ation woul d
be forwarde d to the Air Fo rce , who "Are very inte re st e d in
t he se t hings. "
I pe rsonally fee l privil e ge d to have been one o f t he
witne s se s o f t he aerial displ ay and to ha.ve h ad the oppo rtun ity
to o pe rate t he 1 6 mm c ame ra.. Naval Se curity pro mise d t hat we
woul d re ce ive a t e lephone c all from t hem if t hey o r t he Air
Fo rce shoul d eve r ident ify t he UFO as anything convent ional .
No c a ll has be en re c e ive d .
I shoul d l ike herewith t o invite ob je c t ive inve st igat ion
of t his inc ident an d /o r t he movie foo tage , towards whic h my
fulle st coope rat ion is ple d ge d . Fo r inve s t igative o r othe r
groups fUrnishin g t ape s, compl e t e ac counts o f this o c curre n c e
will be re corde d and sent free of charge . Firs t c l ass copie s
o f t he two movie s will be made availabl e (at no cost t o re
spons ible inve s tigators ) fo r anal ys is. This inc l udes suc h
o rganizations as NICAP and Congre ssional inve stigat ive bo die s.
(Cont . )
·
SAUCERS , Fall /Win t e r 1 959/60
- 22 -
JULY 28 MOVIES
(E d it or's �e : In con c lus ion , we might s t ate fo r the
re cord that bo t h mo tion picture c ame ras were ope rating at 16
frame s pe r s e con d . Ape rture o n t he 8mm c ame ra was set a t f/8
an d the 1 6mm was s e t at appro ximate ly f/1 0 . It is the Editort s
not ine xpe rien c e d opinion that the c ame ras did photo graph a
vis ible o b j e c t , an d that super-impo sure o r double-e xpo sure
c oul d not ac count fo r the image s pro duced. What the o b j e c t
was re mains, o f cours e , an enigma . The firs t po �s ibil i ty t o
c ro s s our minds was a po lye the lyn e -type balloon , but we have
neve r he ard of any o f t he shape re co rde d . Al so , a balloon
could not po s sibly co incide wi th the d �s c ript � oneo ffe re d by
the wi tne s se s--i. e . , that the o b j ect s po ppe d in to view,
c han ge d colo r and brillian ce and , aft e r a view s e conds , dis
s ipate d , pre sumabl� by so we pro c e ss o f ionizat i o n . We re fe r
re d to a singul ar o b j e c t above , fo r on ly one o b j e c t was
pho to graphe d , but four in all we re obs e rve d by the witne s s e s ,
a c c o rdin g to Mr. S t anfo rd . It s houl d be note d t hat the Co rpus
Chris t i sightin g is re marka.bly s imi l ar to s everal cl ass ic UFO
inc idents, part icul arl y in Fran c e . Refe r, � � �
!lyin g S aucers by Aime Mi c he l, pp.l46 and 148. !lying S aucere
and the S t raight-L ine MY�, also by Mich� � ' cont ains a
quant ity of refe ren c e s to s imil ar o b j e c t s . ) \. e e to p p . 26 . )
THE
FUTURE
O F UFO INVESTIG ATION
By RICHARD HALL
(Ed itor's � Richard H all i s the S e c re t ary of NICAP, the
Nat ional Inve st igat ions Co mmi ttee on Aeri al Pheno men a , 1536
Conne c t icut Ave . , N. W. , Washington 6 , D. C. Membe rship is
o pen to anyone at $ 5 . 00 per annum.)
*
*
..
IN THE SUMMER 1 958 (Vo l . VI, No . 1 ) issue o f SAUCERS ,
E d itor Max B . Mi ll e r publis he d "Que Ptions About NICAP" whic h
we re an s we re d by Majo r Don al d E . Keyho e , Dt re ctor o f NICAP.
The s ituat i on as de�cribe d in Major Keyhoe e an swe rs ha.e
chan ge d very lit t l e since that time --the bas ic problem is
st ill l ack o f adequat e finan c ial support to ope rat e as e f
fic iently as is e xpe cte d o f us . But the re have been importe.nt
gein s s in c e t hat time . The ul t imate suc ce s s o f t he movement
to ge t the fac t s about UFO ' e is in s ight , provide d intell igent
c it izens be come aware of the proble ms fac in g pione e rs in this
fie l d and pit ch in to he lp.
As Mr. Mill e r sugge ste d , the re is re sentment o f NICAP
in so me quart e rs and some groupe which are sharply c rit ic al
o f NICAP. In some in s t ances, the c ritic isms are at le ast
partly val id . There ie no denying t hat we have made mist ake s
and a t time s fail e d t o d o t hings whic h we shoul d have done .
On the o the r h an d , some o f the mo s t vicious attack8 on NICAP
have been made by people who kno w ve ry lit tle about our pro b
l e ms , an d t he se attacks h ave been entirely unfounde d .
PERHAPS THE MAJOR SOURCE o f dis agre e ment among UFO
groups is the pro ble m o f dealin g with claims of cont act with
space men . NICAP is un de r const a.nt pre ssure fro m tho se who
(Cont . )
S AUCERS , Fall /Win ter 1 959/60 - 23 -
THE
THE JULY 28 MOVIES
Afte r t he o bj e c t s turne d bright wh it e , an ionization fo rme d
around t hem an d t he y rapidly 11d ieeipa.t e d . 11 The cloud-l ike
fo rmation aroun d t he c raft wa.e o f t he same colo r an d at firs t
o f t he same shape , but in a mat t e r o f se con d s t he o b j e c t s h ad
co mpl etely "dis so lve d " in mid-air.
BECAUSE O F SPACE L IMITATIONS , t he fUll detail s o f this
Jul y 28 in cide nt will no t be
bro ache d he re in, but it shoul d
be ment ione d t hat te lephone in
q ue rie s about the brilliant d ay
l ight vis ibility o f Venue a c count
for t he witne sse s bein g pre sent
an d the two movie c ame ras having
been se t up an d re ady to phot o
gra�h . Al t hough subj e ctive as
pe c t s mus t not be t aken too
s e riou s l y by t he ob j e c t ive re
s e arche r , seve ral of the witne s
se s have considere d t he po ss i
bil ity t hat this displ ay was not
EXTREME ENLARGEMENT fro m 8mm a c c idental , and tha.t it may
movie frame showing cont rail have been in t ende d o r d ire c te d
curving slightly around UFO . by whatever intel ligen c e· con
This is t he same o b j e ct that t ro l le d t he c raft that we obis repro duc e d in our cover se rve d an d pho to graphe d .
il lust rat ions, but t iny 8mm
frame c anno t re solve de t ail .
It may be wort hy to note t hat the sightin g was imme d i
ately re po rte d to l o c al n aval autho rit ie s , in clu ding t he
Chie f Se curity O ffic e r (at a lowe r o ffice r ' s reque st ) . About
ninety minute s was spent by t he Se curity O ffice r in asking
que s t ions re gardin g our obs e rvat ion . They said t hey h a d no
e xpl anation fo r t he pheno menon , and we re quite e xc ite d when
we t ol d the m t hat we had fil me d a j e t divin g at the UFO. The
o ffice r who took mo s t o f the data said the inform ation woul d
be forwarde d to the Air Fo rce , who "Are very inte re st e d in
t he se t hings. "
I pe rsonally fee l privil e ge d to have been one o f t he
witne s se s o f t he aerial displ ay and to ha.ve h ad the oppo rtun ity
to o pe rate t he 1 6 mm c ame ra.. Naval Se curity pro mise d t hat we
woul d re ce ive a t e lephone c all from t hem if t hey o r t he Air
Fo rce shoul d eve r ident ify t he UFO as anything convent ional .
No c a ll has be en re c e ive d .
I shoul d l ike herewith t o invite ob je c t ive inve st igat ion
of t his inc ident an d /o r t he movie foo tage , towards whic h my
fulle st coope rat ion is ple d ge d . Fo r inve s t igative o r othe r
groups fUrnishin g t ape s, compl e t e ac counts o f this o c curre n c e
will be re corde d and sent free of charge . Firs t c l ass copie s
o f t he two movie s will be made availabl e (at no cost t o re
spons ible inve s tigators ) fo r anal ys is. This inc l udes suc h
o rganizations as NICAP and Congre ssional inve stigat ive bo die s.
(Cont . )
·
SAUCERS , Fall /Win t e r 1 959/60
- 22 -
JULY 28 MOVIES
(E d it or's �e : In con c lus ion , we might s t ate fo r the
re cord that bo t h mo tion picture c ame ras were ope rating at 16
frame s pe r s e con d . Ape rture o n t he 8mm c ame ra was set a t f/8
an d the 1 6mm was s e t at appro ximate ly f/1 0 . It is the Editort s
not ine xpe rien c e d opinion that the c ame ras did photo graph a
vis ible o b j e c t , an d that super-impo sure o r double-e xpo sure
c oul d not ac count fo r the image s pro duced. What the o b j e c t
was re mains, o f cours e , an enigma . The firs t po �s ibil i ty t o
c ro s s our minds was a po lye the lyn e -type balloon , but we have
neve r he ard of any o f t he shape re co rde d . Al so , a balloon
could not po s sibly co incide wi th the d �s c ript � oneo ffe re d by
the wi tne s se s--i. e . , that the o b j ect s po ppe d in to view,
c han ge d colo r and brillian ce and , aft e r a view s e conds , dis
s ipate d , pre sumabl� by so we pro c e ss o f ionizat i o n . We re fe r
re d to a singul ar o b j e c t above , fo r on ly one o b j e c t was
pho to graphe d , but four in all we re obs e rve d by the witne s s e s ,
a c c o rdin g to Mr. S t anfo rd . It s houl d be note d t hat the Co rpus
Chris t i sightin g is re marka.bly s imi l ar to s everal cl ass ic UFO
inc idents, part icul arl y in Fran c e . Refe r, � � �
!lyin g S aucers by Aime Mi c he l, pp.l46 and 148. !lying S aucere
and the S t raight-L ine MY�, also by Mich� � ' cont ains a
quant ity of refe ren c e s to s imil ar o b j e c t s . ) \. e e to p p . 26 . )
THE
FUTURE
O F UFO INVESTIG ATION
By RICHARD HALL
(Ed itor's � Richard H all i s the S e c re t ary of NICAP, the
Nat ional Inve st igat ions Co mmi ttee on Aeri al Pheno men a , 1536
Conne c t icut Ave . , N. W. , Washington 6 , D. C. Membe rship is
o pen to anyone at $ 5 . 00 per annum.)
*
*
..
IN THE SUMMER 1 958 (Vo l . VI, No . 1 ) issue o f SAUCERS ,
E d itor Max B . Mi ll e r publis he d "Que Ptions About NICAP" whic h
we re an s we re d by Majo r Don al d E . Keyho e , Dt re ctor o f NICAP.
The s ituat i on as de�cribe d in Major Keyhoe e an swe rs ha.e
chan ge d very lit t l e since that time --the bas ic problem is
st ill l ack o f adequat e finan c ial support to ope rat e as e f
fic iently as is e xpe cte d o f us . But the re have been importe.nt
gein s s in c e t hat time . The ul t imate suc ce s s o f t he movement
to ge t the fac t s about UFO ' e is in s ight , provide d intell igent
c it izens be come aware of the proble ms fac in g pione e rs in this
fie l d and pit ch in to he lp.
As Mr. Mill e r sugge ste d , the re is re sentment o f NICAP
in so me quart e rs and some groupe which are sharply c rit ic al
o f NICAP. In some in s t ances, the c ritic isms are at le ast
partly val id . There ie no denying t hat we have made mist ake s
and a t time s fail e d t o d o t hings whic h we shoul d have done .
On the o the r h an d , some o f the mo s t vicious attack8 on NICAP
have been made by people who kno w ve ry lit tle about our pro b
l e ms , an d t he se attacks h ave been entirely unfounde d .
PERHAPS THE MAJOR SOURCE o f dis agre e ment among UFO
groups is the pro ble m o f dealin g with claims of cont act with
space men . NICAP is un de r const a.nt pre ssure fro m tho se who
(Cont . )
S AUCERS , Fall /Win ter 1 959/60 - 23 -
THE FUTURE O F UFO INVES TIG ATION
THE FU TURE O F UFO INVES TIGATION
are in cl � ne d to be l ie ve one o r mo re o f t he s o -c alle d � con
t acte � e, an d we are o ft en c rit ic ize d 'fo r not givin g ''equai
space to the peopl e who make t he s e cl aims .
maintain only t hat t he re is no pro of , o r e ven s t rong e viden ce ,
that such a cont act has t aken pl ace yet . If UFO'e are s pace
s hips , the re is no re ason why s o me coul d no t have l ande d .
H owe ve r , this do e s no t mean t hat Ad amsk i's s to rie s have t o be
t rue . NICAP hae e vidence ten d in g to d is c re dit othe r maj o r
c ont actee s , but the c as e s are s t il l cons ide rad open pe n d in g
mo re c omplete info rmat ion.
FIRST O F ALL IT IS ESSENTIAL fo r all to re al ize t hat
NICAP is the only full -t imft UFO o rganization , working con
s t antly to dig up fa c t s , c o rre l a t e an d publ ie h in fo rmation .
As such it require s a re R.A on �bl e amount o f o ffice space , fil e
c abinet s , othe r o f fice equipment , an d a s t a f f l arge enough to
han dle a voluminous co rre �nondence e ffic ient l y . If all mem
be rs an d people in te re s te d - in UFO's coul d vis it our o ffic e ,
t hey woul d have a be t t e r un derstan d in g o f t he hand ic aps we
are wo rking und e r .
The bae ic s t ruc ture o f NICAP i s unque s t ionably soun d .
The Bo ard o f Go ve rno rs in c lude s nro minent c itizen s who co m
mand re spe c t , and t he Pane l o f Advis e rs is growin g to in c lu de
e xperts in t he many fie l d s d ire ctly re l at e d to UFO inve s t i
gat ion . T he e ffo rt s o f Ma j o r Keyho e as Dire c to r nee d no
apo lo gy . He has done e ve rythin g humanly po s s ible , an d a l it
tle mo re , to keep t he publ ic in fo rme d o f UFO a c t ivity .
NICAP ' s pro bl e ms are on t he practic al l e ve l . The fac t
t hat NICAP is a non -pro fit o rge.ni zat ion doe s no t me an that
it s s t aff c an wo rk fo r nothing. At p re �ent t he s t aff con s is t s
o f three peopl e : Ma j o r Keyho e , Mis s E l izabe t h Ken dall , who
wo rks part -time in the e venin g , and myself. None o f us has
re ce ive d anyt hing appro achin g - a re gul ar s alary , in fac t a
gre at deal of t ime an d money has been donate d to keep NICAP
in exis tenc e . All t hree o f us be l ie ve s t rongly in the pur
po s e of NI C AP , o the rwis e we would have given up lon g ago .
With a bud ge t so l imit e d t hat we o ft en run s ho rt of po et
a ge , s o me t ime s fo rc e d to de l ay publ ic ations whil e await in g
enough fund s fo r prin t in g co s t s , we do the be et we can to
hcmdle a he avy load of c o rre s ponden c e . Al t hough t he vo lume
0 f mate rial c al l s fo r n le ast one full -t ime fil e cle rk , no
fund s s.re avail abl e to pa.y even the s al arie s o f t he pre s ent
s mall s ta ff . The writ in g and e d ito rial dut ie s fo r t he UFO
INVES TIGATO R are ano t he r full -t ime o c cupation .
With this backgroun d , pe rhaps it will be e a s ie r to
unde rs t and why our publ ic ation s che dul e has been e rrat ic , an d
why we s o me t ime s fail to ans we r a l e t t e r . (Al t hough w e have
not been abl e to publis h once a mont h as s c he dul e d , membe r
s hips have been e xten de d auto m� t ic ally to in clude 1 2 publi
cation s . )
WE WILL CO NTINUE TO WELCOME con s t ru c t ive c rit ic is m. and
we will t ry to be re spons ive to hone s t co mpl aints ; howe ve r ,
w e wil l not subs t itute quan t ity fo r quality o r cont ro ve rt t he
pol icy e st abl is he d by the Bo ard o f Gove rno rs . Our go al is
re l iabl e , fac tual info rmatio n , not rumo rs and unfounde d t al e s .
C rit ic s o f' our po l icy toward cont actees have o ften s aid :
� S inc e you obvious ly t ake it s e rious l y t hat space s hips might
be vis iting t he e arth, how can you deny Adams k i and all t he
o the r contact s to rie s ?'' To c l e ar up a misunde rs t an d in g , NICAP
has ne ve r denie d t he p o s s ibil ity of an e ventual cont ac t . We
(Cont . )
S AUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1 9 59/60 - 2 4 -
CO NTRARY TO COMlvtO N OPINION, we re tml R rl y gathe r in fo r
mation about contac t c l a ims fo r e val uation . With so many
obvious fake rs an d c ha rl !3 tan s con fus ing the situat io n , we have
to be extre me ly critic al an d de mand s o l id e vi dence . Un t il
the re is proo f, o r a s t rong c as e , ,.,e will con tinue to gathe r
e viden c e whene ve r the cl aimant s de s e rve the bene fit o f t he
doubt . Howe ve r , the publicat ion o f endle e s pole mic s about
t he se cl aims s e rve s no goo d purpo s e an d det racts fro m se rious
atten t ion to fac tual in fo rmat ion .
Wit hin the l imit ations imuo s e d on us by fin an c ial con
s ide rat ions , we a re att ackin g the UFO probl em on two gene ral
fronts : { 1 ) throu gh l e gal and con s t itutional me an s ; ( 2 ) through
in dependent inve s t igat ion . In the firs t depa rtment , no t ic e
able pro gre s s ha s been made . S e ve ral Sen ato rs and Con gre s s men
are now on re co rd suppo rtin g t he NICAP d rive fo r re l e ase o f
in fo rmation on UFO' s , an d in dividual me mbe rs o f Congre s s have
given spe c ial he lp which coul d l e ad to a bre e.k through in the
next se s s ion o f Con gre s s ( pro vide d NICAP is no t hampe re d by
fin an c ial pre s sure s at the t ime ) . Liaison with Congre s s is one
o f our ma j o r activitie s .
THE ACQUISITIO N O F SEVERAL new s c ient ific advis e rs , and
new coope ration by e xisting s c ientific o rganiz ations , in d icates
t he.t UFO's are be in g tre at e d more se rious ly by the s c ien t i fie
community . In add ition to t he s e g ain s , NICAP is s e t t in g up
teams o f te c hin c al inve s t iga to rs (known as sub co mmittee s ) to
make imme d iat e on-t he -suo t inve s t igat ions . S ubco mmit tees e re
unde r fo rmat ion in e ight s t at e s and two Can adian Pro vin c e s ,
s e ve ral al re ady active . This netwo rk , to be wo rl dwide , s houl d
re sul t in care fully e s t abl is he d impo rt ant new in fo rmation.
NICAP has ende avo re d to make UFO inve s t igat ion re s pe ctabl e
by dealing wit h fac tual in fo rmation and en coura ging inte l l igent
c it izens to t ake an a c t ive part . As a re sul t , we have always
re c e ive d se rious attention from t he p re s s e.nd fro m me mbe rs of
Congre s s . We do no t inten d to give up t he battl e , but ul t imate
suc ce s s depends on t he suppo rt and a c t ive part ic ipation of all
peopl e who have a s ince re de s ire to l e arn the truth about UFO's ,
and t he ir unde r s t a.nd ing of t he proble ms inhe ren t in this cam
paign . Fo r t ho s e who will be l ie ve what t he y want to be l ie ve , we
have not hing to o ffe r . Fo r fac t -o riente d peopl e , we can p ro mis e
to do our l e vel be s t within our me ans to ge t t he facts . The
futuro o f UFO inve s t igat ion re s t s wit h you .
� The past is but t he be ginnin g of a be ginning , an d all
A day
that is an d ha s be en is but t he twil ight of t he dawn
will come when be in ge who are now l atent in our t houghts an d
hid den in our l o in s s hall s tand upon t his earth as one s t an d s
upon a foo t s tool , and s hal l l augh an d reach o u t t he ir han ds
amid t he s tars . "
-H . G . We l l s , The Discovery ....o.f the FUture .
•
- 25 -
•
•
THE FUTURE O F UFO INVES TIG ATION
THE FU TURE O F UFO INVES TIGATION
are in cl � ne d to be l ie ve one o r mo re o f t he s o -c alle d � con
t acte � e, an d we are o ft en c rit ic ize d 'fo r not givin g ''equai
space to the peopl e who make t he s e cl aims .
maintain only t hat t he re is no pro of , o r e ven s t rong e viden ce ,
that such a cont act has t aken pl ace yet . If UFO'e are s pace
s hips , the re is no re ason why s o me coul d no t have l ande d .
H owe ve r , this do e s no t mean t hat Ad amsk i's s to rie s have t o be
t rue . NICAP hae e vidence ten d in g to d is c re dit othe r maj o r
c ont actee s , but the c as e s are s t il l cons ide rad open pe n d in g
mo re c omplete info rmat ion.
FIRST O F ALL IT IS ESSENTIAL fo r all to re al ize t hat
NICAP is the only full -t imft UFO o rganization , working con
s t antly to dig up fa c t s , c o rre l a t e an d publ ie h in fo rmation .
As such it require s a re R.A on �bl e amount o f o ffice space , fil e
c abinet s , othe r o f fice equipment , an d a s t a f f l arge enough to
han dle a voluminous co rre �nondence e ffic ient l y . If all mem
be rs an d people in te re s te d - in UFO's coul d vis it our o ffic e ,
t hey woul d have a be t t e r un derstan d in g o f t he hand ic aps we
are wo rking und e r .
The bae ic s t ruc ture o f NICAP i s unque s t ionably soun d .
The Bo ard o f Go ve rno rs in c lude s nro minent c itizen s who co m
mand re spe c t , and t he Pane l o f Advis e rs is growin g to in c lu de
e xperts in t he many fie l d s d ire ctly re l at e d to UFO inve s t i
gat ion . T he e ffo rt s o f Ma j o r Keyho e as Dire c to r nee d no
apo lo gy . He has done e ve rythin g humanly po s s ible , an d a l it
tle mo re , to keep t he publ ic in fo rme d o f UFO a c t ivity .
NICAP ' s pro bl e ms are on t he practic al l e ve l . The fac t
t hat NICAP is a non -pro fit o rge.ni zat ion doe s no t me an that
it s s t aff c an wo rk fo r nothing. At p re �ent t he s t aff con s is t s
o f three peopl e : Ma j o r Keyho e , Mis s E l izabe t h Ken dall , who
wo rks part -time in the e venin g , and myself. None o f us has
re ce ive d anyt hing appro achin g - a re gul ar s alary , in fac t a
gre at deal of t ime an d money has been donate d to keep NICAP
in exis tenc e . All t hree o f us be l ie ve s t rongly in the pur
po s e of NI C AP , o the rwis e we would have given up lon g ago .
With a bud ge t so l imit e d t hat we o ft en run s ho rt of po et
a ge , s o me t ime s fo rc e d to de l ay publ ic ations whil e await in g
enough fund s fo r prin t in g co s t s , we do the be et we can to
hcmdle a he avy load of c o rre s ponden c e . Al t hough t he vo lume
0 f mate rial c al l s fo r n le ast one full -t ime fil e cle rk , no
fund s s.re avail abl e to pa.y even the s al arie s o f t he pre s ent
s mall s ta ff . The writ in g and e d ito rial dut ie s fo r t he UFO
INVES TIGATO R are ano t he r full -t ime o c cupation .
With this backgroun d , pe rhaps it will be e a s ie r to
unde rs t and why our publ ic ation s che dul e has been e rrat ic , an d
why we s o me t ime s fail to ans we r a l e t t e r . (Al t hough w e have
not been abl e to publis h once a mont h as s c he dul e d , membe r
s hips have been e xten de d auto m� t ic ally to in clude 1 2 publi
cation s . )
WE WILL CO NTINUE TO WELCOME con s t ru c t ive c rit ic is m. and
we will t ry to be re spons ive to hone s t co mpl aints ; howe ve r ,
w e wil l not subs t itute quan t ity fo r quality o r cont ro ve rt t he
pol icy e st abl is he d by the Bo ard o f Gove rno rs . Our go al is
re l iabl e , fac tual info rmatio n , not rumo rs and unfounde d t al e s .
C rit ic s o f' our po l icy toward cont actees have o ften s aid :
� S inc e you obvious ly t ake it s e rious l y t hat space s hips might
be vis iting t he e arth, how can you deny Adams k i and all t he
o the r contact s to rie s ?'' To c l e ar up a misunde rs t an d in g , NICAP
has ne ve r denie d t he p o s s ibil ity of an e ventual cont ac t . We
(Cont . )
S AUCERS , Fall /Winte r 1 9 59/60 - 2 4 -
CO NTRARY TO COMlvtO N OPINION, we re tml R rl y gathe r in fo r
mation about contac t c l a ims fo r e val uation . With so many
obvious fake rs an d c ha rl !3 tan s con fus ing the situat io n , we have
to be extre me ly critic al an d de mand s o l id e vi dence . Un t il
the re is proo f, o r a s t rong c as e , ,.,e will con tinue to gathe r
e viden c e whene ve r the cl aimant s de s e rve the bene fit o f t he
doubt . Howe ve r , the publicat ion o f endle e s pole mic s about
t he se cl aims s e rve s no goo d purpo s e an d det racts fro m se rious
atten t ion to fac tual in fo rmat ion .
Wit hin the l imit ations imuo s e d on us by fin an c ial con
s ide rat ions , we a re att ackin g the UFO probl em on two gene ral
fronts : { 1 ) throu gh l e gal and con s t itutional me an s ; ( 2 ) through
in dependent inve s t igat ion . In the firs t depa rtment , no t ic e
able pro gre s s ha s been made . S e ve ral Sen ato rs and Con gre s s men
are now on re co rd suppo rtin g t he NICAP d rive fo r re l e ase o f
in fo rmation on UFO' s , an d in dividual me mbe rs o f Congre s s have
given spe c ial he lp which coul d l e ad to a bre e.k through in the
next se s s ion o f Con gre s s ( pro vide d NICAP is no t hampe re d by
fin an c ial pre s sure s at the t ime ) . Liaison with Congre s s is one
o f our ma j o r activitie s .
THE ACQUISITIO N O F SEVERAL new s c ient ific advis e rs , and
new coope ration by e xisting s c ientific o rganiz ations , in d icates
t he.t UFO's are be in g tre at e d more se rious ly by the s c ien t i fie
community . In add ition to t he s e g ain s , NICAP is s e t t in g up
teams o f te c hin c al inve s t iga to rs (known as sub co mmittee s ) to
make imme d iat e on-t he -suo t inve s t igat ions . S ubco mmit tees e re
unde r fo rmat ion in e ight s t at e s and two Can adian Pro vin c e s ,
s e ve ral al re ady active . This netwo rk , to be wo rl dwide , s houl d
re sul t in care fully e s t abl is he d impo rt ant new in fo rmation.
NICAP has ende avo re d to make UFO inve s t igat ion re s pe ctabl e
by dealing wit h fac tual in fo rmation and en coura ging inte l l igent
c it izens to t ake an a c t ive part . As a re sul t , we have always
re c e ive d se rious attention from t he p re s s e.nd fro m me mbe rs of
Congre s s . We do no t inten d to give up t he battl e , but ul t imate
suc ce s s depends on t he suppo rt and a c t ive part ic ipation of all
peopl e who have a s ince re de s ire to l e arn the truth about UFO's ,
and t he ir unde r s t a.nd ing of t he proble ms inhe ren t in this cam
paign . Fo r t ho s e who will be l ie ve what t he y want to be l ie ve , we
have not hing to o ffe r . Fo r fac t -o riente d peopl e , we can p ro mis e
to do our l e vel be s t within our me ans to ge t t he facts . The
futuro o f UFO inve s t igat ion re s t s wit h you .
� The past is but t he be ginnin g of a be ginning , an d all
A day
that is an d ha s be en is but t he twil ight of t he dawn
will come when be in ge who are now l atent in our t houghts an d
hid den in our l o in s s hall s tand upon t his earth as one s t an d s
upon a foo t s tool , and s hal l l augh an d reach o u t t he ir han ds
amid t he s tars . "
-H . G . We l l s , The Discovery ....o.f the FUture .
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ADDENDUM TO STAN FO RD REPORT . Pre l i min ary examinati on o f
s o me o f the mo vi e frame s i n d i c at e s th at the ob j e c t was be tween
e i ght an d 1 5 mi nut e s of arc i n angul ar d i ame te r ( co mpare d to
28 mi nute s fo r the mo on ) . Most con t rai l s fo rm be tween 3 5 , 000
and 50 , 000 fe et , an d I F the j e t was appro x i matin g the alti tude
o f the UFO , s o me hypo the t i c al e s t i mate s may be pl a c e d on. the
s i ze of the ob j e ct ( con s e rvatively e s ti mating i t to be 10 min
ute s of arc in d i ame t e r ) . I f at zen i th , the UFO woul d have
been 87 ft . al ong i t s maxi mum axi s at 30 , 000 1 ;. 116 ' at 40 , 000 ' ,
an d 1 4 5 ' at 50 , 000 ' . ( Above t ri gono metri c cal cul ations cour
t e s y of Ol i ve r De an . ) I t is our i mpre s s i on , howe ve r , that the
UFO was appro x . 45 ° above the ho ri zon . I f s o , i ts maxi mum di
amete r woul d h ave been as fol lo ws fo r the re s pe c t i ve al t i tude s :
123 1 , 1 6 5 ' an d 207 ' .
( Mo d i fi e d alti tude e s t i mate s by M . Mi ll e � )
ONE O F THE MO S T IMPORT��T GOVERNMENT do cuments rel at i ve
to o ffi c i al cen s o rship has be en , to the be s t o f our knowl e d ge ,
compl etely ove rlooke d by mo s t UFO inve s t i gato rs . Enti tl e d
" SECURI TY- ARME D FO RCES CENSORSHIP , '' the Ai r Fo rce Re gul ation
is d ate d 24 S ept . 1 954 , al though a l ate r date may currently be
appl i cabl e . The re gul a t i on i s d i re c te d t o all arme d s e rvi ces
and be ars the fol l o wi n g co de numbers : Ai r Fo rce : AFR 205-30 ;
Army : SR ( S pe c i al Re gul at i on ) � 80-80-1 ; N avy : O PNAV I NSTR� CTI ON
5 530 . 6 . S e c tion 1 , paragraph 9 ( a ) o f AFR 205-30 s t ate s : Arme d
Fo rce s ce nso rsh ip will not be e s tabl i she d in t i me o f peace un
l e s s s pe c i fi c all y d i re ct e d by the Pre s i dent o f the Un i te d State s
o r the Se c re tary o f De fense e xcept as an e me rge ncy me asure taken
by a ma j o r ove rs e a comman der ( the comman d e r in ch i e f of a uni fi e d
co mmand o r the the ate r co mman d ) bas e d upon con cl usive i n di cations
that an outbre ak o f ho s t i l i t i e s i s i �minent . "
MI S CELLANY . Two C ze ch o s l avak i an me teo r t racking s tations
pho to graoh e d a fi reball on April 7 , 1 959 , enabl i n g the m to fi
nally c al cul ate at l e a s t one me teor ' s ve l o c i ty wi th gre at ac cu
racy : 4 6 , 440 mph .
( AP , 6 /1 6 /59 )
June ' I chi Takana shi ,
E di to r o f the excellent an d o b j e ctive En gl i sh-lan guage ELvlng
S aucer �e arch fullltlln ( bi - monthly : t 2 s e a mai l , $4 ai r mai l ,
per annum : Mo de rn S p a ce Fl i gh t As sn . , 8-9-2 , S g,kura zuka- H i gashi ,
To yonaka- C i ty , O s ak a , Japan ) repo rt s that Yoshinarl Baba , 1 4 ,
h a s con fe s s e d that hi s Kai zuka Ci ty U FO pho to s ( SAUCERS , Wi nter
1 958/5 9 ) we re fake d
� Q! � £yn by O rfeo Angelu c c i i s
probably the be s t wri tten , i f mo s t controve rs i al , o f the " con
tactee" bo oks to dat e . S to ry invol ve s a doome d- to - di e M . D . ( un
i dent i fi e d ) who i s cont acte d by s pace be i n gs in the Cal i fo rn ia
d e s e rt ( whe re e l s e ? ) a n d '-th l sked to a s nace s t ation i n t h e at
mo sphere o f Venus . Nume rous di s cours e s - on a quanti ty of topi cs
e nsue . Those i nt e re s te d may purcha s e the book ( $3 . 95 ) di re c tly
fro� O rfeo An ge lu cc i , 1119 Prince ton Drive t Gl en dale 5 , Cal i f
The Inte rpl anet ary Space Patro l ( I SP J , a ham radi o ne t
work devo t e d to U FO ' s a n d re l at e d topi c s , me e t s eve ry Mon day
n i ght at 8 : 3 0 pm CST at 3 933 k c . Jam e s A . Lee ( W5AAO ) o f Abel lne ,
T exas i s Chai rman
Ch arl e s N. Bennet t , 2449 Poplar, Kan s as
C i ty 27 , Mo . , has been appo i nt e d Southwe s t Di re c to r fo r Tape Re
The Hon . Brinsley l e Pe e r
co rde d UFO In fo rmat i o n S e rvi ce
T ren ch has re s i gne d a s Ed i to r o f Londo n ' s !lying S aucer Re view
( 1 Doughty St . , London , W . C . l . ) . I t h a s been spe culate d that
the new E d i to r , Waveney Gi rvan ( !lying S aucers � QQmmQn ��
( Cont . J
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The Rev . W . s .
Mowe ry , Tt pp Ci ty , Oh i o wi she s to contact o the r min i s te rs inte r
e s t e d in the UFO proble m
Mar j o ri e Ha ze n , 41 5 De t ro i t Ave . ,
Man s fi e l d , Oh i o has avail able a t ape re co rde d ve rsion o f !lyin g
S auce rs - Fac t or Fi ction? fo r the bli n d
Y e o l de e d i to r has
a repo rt on the Gabri el Green/A¥SCA convention , hel d at the Lo s
Ange l e s Statler-H i l ton l ast July, in the February 1 960 i s sue o f
FATE . And CAVALI ER s o me t i me thi s s p ri n g wi ll have a repo rt on
t h e l ast Gi ant Ro ck conven tion .
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ato ry at Green BAnk , w. Va . , s t art e d to inte rcept arti fi c i al
s i gnal s e manat ing from pl ane t s out s i de o f our solar s y s t e m . The
p ro gram was unve i l e d in a l e cture at M . I . T . l a s t No ve mbe r by
lon g- t i me UFO antagon i s t Dr . O tto St ruve . Harvar d-t rain e d As
t rono me r Frank Drake , 2 9 , wi ll di re c t the 85- ft . parabol i c an
tenna in thi s pro j e ct . I f the re are o the r c1v1 1 1 zations , opine d
Dr . Drake , '' we woul d e xpe ct to fi nd s c atte re d throughout our
gal axy , pl ane t s fro m whi ch rad i o t rans mi s s i ons mo re powe r ful
th an ours are rad i ate d . "
The atte mpt ,,.1 11 be known as " Pro j e c t O z ma , " name d fo r the
Queen in the Wi zard Q.f Qz. Dr . Drake po int s out that O z was " a
l and far away popul ated by s t range and e xoti c be i n gs . " The pro
gram ' s te chni c al de s l ggation is SECT ( S earch fo r E xt rate rre s t ri al
Cohe rent T ran s mi s s i on s ) . Op t i mum fre auenci e s wi ll be be tween
1 , 000 and 1 0 , 000 me gacy cle s , wi th i n i t i al attempts to be ne ar
the 21 - c m . hydro gen band i n our gal axy . Dr . Drake bel l e ves the re
may be 10 to 20 s ta rs wi thi n ran ge o f the Gre en Bank radio tele
s cope c apable of suppo rt ing intel l i gent l i fe � He no te s that an
tennas currently un de r cons t ruction wi ll e xtend the range o f de
t e c t i o n out to 100 l i ght ye ars . Next s tep, o f course , wi ll be a
radio t e l e s cope on the moon , to e l i m i nate atmo sphe ri c an d i ono
s pheri c i nt e rfe ren ce . Fo r tho s e inte re s te d in the pro gram, we
enthus i as t i c ally re commen d Frank Drake ' s comprehens i ve art i cle
i n the January 1 960 � lm..Q Te le s cope .
( 11mft , 1 1 /23 ./59 ; UPI ,
1 2 /19/5 9 ; � � Tele s cope , 1/60)
TI ME I�AZI NE FOR NOV. 23 , 1 959 quote d a fas c i nat i n g re
port by Ph ys i c i s t s Phi l i p Mo rri s on an d Gius eppe Ce c coni o f Cor
ne ll Unive rs i ty . The y be l i e ve that al l en inte ll i gence s may be
a.ntl c ipatlng a '' deve lopment o f s c i en ce ne ar the sun . " Wro te
Mo rri son an d Co c conl : ''We shall asume that long ago the y e s tab
l i she d a ch annel of co mmuni cation th at woul d one day be come
known to us , an d that they look fo rward patiently to the an s we r
i n g s i gn al s from the sun whi ch woul d make known to the m th at a
new s o c i e ty has ente re d the community o f 1ntel l 1 gence
Th e wi de
radio ban d fro m , s ay 1 me . to 10 , 000 me . , remains as a rati onal
cho i ce . Fo r i n di sputabl e 1 dent1 f1 cat1on as art i fi c i al , one s i g
n al mi ght contai n , fo r example , a sequence o f s mall pri me num
be rs o f pul s e s , or s i mpl e art thme tl c al sums . " Phys i c i s t s Mor
ri s on and Ce c coni con clude : ''We subml t
that the pre s en c e o f
i nte rs te l l ar s i gnal s i s ent i re ly cons i s tent wi th all we now know,
and that i f s i gnal s are pre s ent , the me ans o f de t e c t i n g the m i s
now at h and
We the re fo re fe el that a di s c ri minat i n g s e arch fo r
s i gnal s de s e rve s · a con s i de rable e ffo rt . The probabil l'ty o f sue
c a s is hard to e s ti mate ; but i f we neve r se arch , the ch an ce fo r
su c ce s s i s ze ro . "
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ADDENDUM TO STAN FO RD REPORT . Pre l i min ary examinati on o f
s o me o f the mo vi e frame s i n d i c at e s th at the ob j e c t was be tween
e i ght an d 1 5 mi nut e s of arc i n angul ar d i ame te r ( co mpare d to
28 mi nute s fo r the mo on ) . Most con t rai l s fo rm be tween 3 5 , 000
and 50 , 000 fe et , an d I F the j e t was appro x i matin g the alti tude
o f the UFO , s o me hypo the t i c al e s t i mate s may be pl a c e d on. the
s i ze of the ob j e ct ( con s e rvatively e s ti mating i t to be 10 min
ute s of arc in d i ame t e r ) . I f at zen i th , the UFO woul d have
been 87 ft . al ong i t s maxi mum axi s at 30 , 000 1 ;. 116 ' at 40 , 000 ' ,
an d 1 4 5 ' at 50 , 000 ' . ( Above t ri gono metri c cal cul ations cour
t e s y of Ol i ve r De an . ) I t is our i mpre s s i on , howe ve r , that the
UFO was appro x . 45 ° above the ho ri zon . I f s o , i ts maxi mum di
amete r woul d h ave been as fol lo ws fo r the re s pe c t i ve al t i tude s :
123 1 , 1 6 5 ' an d 207 ' .
( Mo d i fi e d alti tude e s t i mate s by M . Mi ll e � )
ONE O F THE MO S T IMPORT��T GOVERNMENT do cuments rel at i ve
to o ffi c i al cen s o rship has be en , to the be s t o f our knowl e d ge ,
compl etely ove rlooke d by mo s t UFO inve s t i gato rs . Enti tl e d
" SECURI TY- ARME D FO RCES CENSORSHIP , '' the Ai r Fo rce Re gul ation
is d ate d 24 S ept . 1 954 , al though a l ate r date may currently be
appl i cabl e . The re gul a t i on i s d i re c te d t o all arme d s e rvi ces
and be ars the fol l o wi n g co de numbers : Ai r Fo rce : AFR 205-30 ;
Army : SR ( S pe c i al Re gul at i on ) � 80-80-1 ; N avy : O PNAV I NSTR� CTI ON
5 530 . 6 . S e c tion 1 , paragraph 9 ( a ) o f AFR 205-30 s t ate s : Arme d
Fo rce s ce nso rsh ip will not be e s tabl i she d in t i me o f peace un
l e s s s pe c i fi c all y d i re ct e d by the Pre s i dent o f the Un i te d State s
o r the Se c re tary o f De fense e xcept as an e me rge ncy me asure taken
by a ma j o r ove rs e a comman der ( the comman d e r in ch i e f of a uni fi e d
co mmand o r the the ate r co mman d ) bas e d upon con cl usive i n di cations
that an outbre ak o f ho s t i l i t i e s i s i �minent . "
MI S CELLANY . Two C ze ch o s l avak i an me teo r t racking s tations
pho to graoh e d a fi reball on April 7 , 1 959 , enabl i n g the m to fi
nally c al cul ate at l e a s t one me teor ' s ve l o c i ty wi th gre at ac cu
racy : 4 6 , 440 mph .
( AP , 6 /1 6 /59 )
June ' I chi Takana shi ,
E di to r o f the excellent an d o b j e ctive En gl i sh-lan guage ELvlng
S aucer �e arch fullltlln ( bi - monthly : t 2 s e a mai l , $4 ai r mai l ,
per annum : Mo de rn S p a ce Fl i gh t As sn . , 8-9-2 , S g,kura zuka- H i gashi ,
To yonaka- C i ty , O s ak a , Japan ) repo rt s that Yoshinarl Baba , 1 4 ,
h a s con fe s s e d that hi s Kai zuka Ci ty U FO pho to s ( SAUCERS , Wi nter
1 958/5 9 ) we re fake d
� Q! � £yn by O rfeo Angelu c c i i s
probably the be s t wri tten , i f mo s t controve rs i al , o f the " con
tactee" bo oks to dat e . S to ry invol ve s a doome d- to - di e M . D . ( un
i dent i fi e d ) who i s cont acte d by s pace be i n gs in the Cal i fo rn ia
d e s e rt ( whe re e l s e ? ) a n d '-th l sked to a s nace s t ation i n t h e at
mo sphere o f Venus . Nume rous di s cours e s - on a quanti ty of topi cs
e nsue . Those i nt e re s te d may purcha s e the book ( $3 . 95 ) di re c tly
fro� O rfeo An ge lu cc i , 1119 Prince ton Drive t Gl en dale 5 , Cal i f
The Inte rpl anet ary Space Patro l ( I SP J , a ham radi o ne t
work devo t e d to U FO ' s a n d re l at e d topi c s , me e t s eve ry Mon day
n i ght at 8 : 3 0 pm CST at 3 933 k c . Jam e s A . Lee ( W5AAO ) o f Abel lne ,
T exas i s Chai rman
Ch arl e s N. Bennet t , 2449 Poplar, Kan s as
C i ty 27 , Mo . , has been appo i nt e d Southwe s t Di re c to r fo r Tape Re
The Hon . Brinsley l e Pe e r
co rde d UFO In fo rmat i o n S e rvi ce
T ren ch has re s i gne d a s Ed i to r o f Londo n ' s !lying S aucer Re view
( 1 Doughty St . , London , W . C . l . ) . I t h a s been spe culate d that
the new E d i to r , Waveney Gi rvan ( !lying S aucers � QQmmQn ��
( Cont . J
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will e mploy a mo re con s e rvative pol i cy
The Rev . W . s .
Mowe ry , Tt pp Ci ty , Oh i o wi she s to contact o the r min i s te rs inte r
e s t e d in the UFO proble m
Mar j o ri e Ha ze n , 41 5 De t ro i t Ave . ,
Man s fi e l d , Oh i o has avail able a t ape re co rde d ve rsion o f !lyin g
S auce rs - Fac t or Fi ction? fo r the bli n d
Y e o l de e d i to r has
a repo rt on the Gabri el Green/A¥SCA convention , hel d at the Lo s
Ange l e s Statler-H i l ton l ast July, in the February 1 960 i s sue o f
FATE . And CAVALI ER s o me t i me thi s s p ri n g wi ll have a repo rt on
t h e l ast Gi ant Ro ck conven tion .
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L AST NEW YE AR ' S DAY , the NA ti onal R adio As trono my Ob s e rv
ato ry at Green BAnk , w. Va . , s t art e d to inte rcept arti fi c i al
s i gnal s e manat ing from pl ane t s out s i de o f our solar s y s t e m . The
p ro gram was unve i l e d in a l e cture at M . I . T . l a s t No ve mbe r by
lon g- t i me UFO antagon i s t Dr . O tto St ruve . Harvar d-t rain e d As
t rono me r Frank Drake , 2 9 , wi ll di re c t the 85- ft . parabol i c an
tenna in thi s pro j e ct . I f the re are o the r c1v1 1 1 zations , opine d
Dr . Drake , '' we woul d e xpe ct to fi nd s c atte re d throughout our
gal axy , pl ane t s fro m whi ch rad i o t rans mi s s i ons mo re powe r ful
th an ours are rad i ate d . "
The atte mpt ,,.1 11 be known as " Pro j e c t O z ma , " name d fo r the
Queen in the Wi zard Q.f Qz. Dr . Drake po int s out that O z was " a
l and far away popul ated by s t range and e xoti c be i n gs . " The pro
gram ' s te chni c al de s l ggation is SECT ( S earch fo r E xt rate rre s t ri al
Cohe rent T ran s mi s s i on s ) . Op t i mum fre auenci e s wi ll be be tween
1 , 000 and 1 0 , 000 me gacy cle s , wi th i n i t i al attempts to be ne ar
the 21 - c m . hydro gen band i n our gal axy . Dr . Drake bel l e ves the re
may be 10 to 20 s ta rs wi thi n ran ge o f the Gre en Bank radio tele
s cope c apable of suppo rt ing intel l i gent l i fe � He no te s that an
tennas currently un de r cons t ruction wi ll e xtend the range o f de
t e c t i o n out to 100 l i ght ye ars . Next s tep, o f course , wi ll be a
radio t e l e s cope on the moon , to e l i m i nate atmo sphe ri c an d i ono
s pheri c i nt e rfe ren ce . Fo r tho s e inte re s te d in the pro gram, we
enthus i as t i c ally re commen d Frank Drake ' s comprehens i ve art i cle
i n the January 1 960 � lm..Q Te le s cope .
( 11mft , 1 1 /23 ./59 ; UPI ,
1 2 /19/5 9 ; � � Tele s cope , 1/60)
TI ME I�AZI NE FOR NOV. 23 , 1 959 quote d a fas c i nat i n g re
port by Ph ys i c i s t s Phi l i p Mo rri s on an d Gius eppe Ce c coni o f Cor
ne ll Unive rs i ty . The y be l i e ve that al l en inte ll i gence s may be
a.ntl c ipatlng a '' deve lopment o f s c i en ce ne ar the sun . " Wro te
Mo rri son an d Co c conl : ''We shall asume that long ago the y e s tab
l i she d a ch annel of co mmuni cation th at woul d one day be come
known to us , an d that they look fo rward patiently to the an s we r
i n g s i gn al s from the sun whi ch woul d make known to the m th at a
new s o c i e ty has ente re d the community o f 1ntel l 1 gence
Th e wi de
radio ban d fro m , s ay 1 me . to 10 , 000 me . , remains as a rati onal
cho i ce . Fo r i n di sputabl e 1 dent1 f1 cat1on as art i fi c i al , one s i g
n al mi ght contai n , fo r example , a sequence o f s mall pri me num
be rs o f pul s e s , or s i mpl e art thme tl c al sums . " Phys i c i s t s Mor
ri s on and Ce c coni con clude : ''We subml t
that the pre s en c e o f
i nte rs te l l ar s i gnal s i s ent i re ly cons i s tent wi th all we now know,
and that i f s i gnal s are pre s ent , the me ans o f de t e c t i n g the m i s
now at h and
We the re fo re fe el that a di s c ri minat i n g s e arch fo r
s i gnal s de s e rve s · a con s i de rable e ffo rt . The probabil l'ty o f sue
c a s is hard to e s ti mate ; but i f we neve r se arch , the ch an ce fo r
su c ce s s i s ze ro . "
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SHORT SHO TS
O TI S T. CARR, ALLEGED INVENTOR o f a magne t i c al l y pro pe l l e d
" fl y i n g s au c e r" c al l e d the O T C X-1 , wa s convi cte d No v . 1 9 , 1 9 59
fo r e e l l i n g s e curi t i e s that had no t been re gi s te re d wi th the
The jury , wh i ch del ibe rate d 35 minute s , s e t
s t ate o f Okl aho ma .
h i � pun i shment at a $ 5 , 000 fi ne .
C arr coul d h ave re c e i ve d u p to
The fo rme r Bal t i mo re h o t e l c l e rk wa s
three ye ars i n pri son .
s pe c i fi call y ch arge d wi th s e ll ing 100 share s o f s to ck in O T C En
te rpri s e s to Gurney G . Warnbe rg.
Carr an d h i e at to rney counte re d
th at Warnbe rg me re ly gave the co rpo rat i on $41 0 fo r an o pt ion to
Although O t i s C arr s ai d the re was only $1 . 71 in
purchase s t o ck .
h i e co mpany ' s bank a c coun t , the Fe de ral Se curi t i e s and Ex chan ge
Co mmi s s i on ( SEC ) e s t i mat e d l a s t May that O T C Ente rpri s e s h a d
Duri n g a que s t ion
t aken i n about $ 1 84 , 000 in the s al e o f sto ck .
i ng s e s s i on be fo re SEC i nve s t i ga t o rs , O t i s T . Carr took the fi fth
amen dment 84 t i me s , an d Wayne S . Abo , Carr ' s " E du c a t i on al Di
re cto r , " took i t e l e ven t i me s .
C . E . Bo o th , chi e f s e curi t i e s
inve s t i gato r fo r the S E C re gi o n al o ffi ce i n Fo rt Wo rth , cl ai me d
that Margare t S to rm , an e mpl o y e e o f O T C i n Bal t i mo re , h a d u s e d
the U. s . Mai l s to pro mo t e the s ale o f O T C s t o ck .
( Th.§_ �
Okl ahoman , Oklahoma C i t y , Okl a . , 1 1 /20/59 and 5/29/59 . }
WE S TILL H AVE THREE TI TLES l e ft fro m our bo ok cl e aran ce
s al e , as fol l ows :
The Se cre1 Qf the Saucer� by o. An gelu c c i
( re g. $3 , s al e $1 . 80T; . !lYing Sauce rs an d � � by Waveney
Gi rvan ( re 6• $3 , s al e S 2 J , an d The White � I ncident by D. W.
I f you wi sh , you may apply the re
Fry ( re g . tl . 50 , s ale � 1 . 20 ) .
mainde r o f yo ur subs cri p t i o n ( se e Editorial ) to the pur ch a s e o f
The Se cret Q! the Sau cers .
Each i s sue due you ( the numbe r i s
wri tten at the bo t t o m o f thi s p a ge ) i s wo rth 33¢ • • • We al s o
h ave a few o f t h e be auti ful fly i n g s au c e r a s h t ray s l e ft , e x
They are unusually o rnament al .
c lus i ve l y i mpo rt e d fro m Engl an d .
Re g . pri ce h a s be en $3 . 50 , but we are now d i s coun t i n g the m at
h al f p ri ce : $1 . 75 ( plus 1 5¢ e ach po s t ) .
An d whi l e they l as t ,
s o me o f you may s t i l l be inte re s te d in our aut o mobile re ar win
dow s t i ckers i m� rinte d : MADE ON MARS BY LI TTLE GREEN MEN .
Only
1 0 fo r 50¢, 2 5/'1 .
We are he re l i s t i n g a ve ry few o f the o rgani zat i o n s and
p e rio di c al s t o whi ch our sub s c ri bers may like to subs c ribe :
NI C AP ( $ 5 ) , 1 53 6 aonn . Ave . , N . W. , Wash . 6 , D. C . ; SPACE ( $3 ) ,
267 Alhambra Ci rcle , ao ral Gabl e s
Fl � . ; APRO , 1 71 2 Van Court ,
Alamo go rdo , N . M . ; SAUCER NEWS ( $ 2 ) , P . O . Bo x 163 , Fort L e e , N . J . ;
FATE ( #3 . 50 ) , 845 Chi c ago Ave . , Evan s ton , I ll . ; FLYING SAUCER RE
VI EW ( $3 . 75 ) , 1 Doughty St . , London , W. C. l ; CSI NEWS LETTER , c/o
Apt . 3B , 299 We s t 1 2 th St . , N ew Yo rk 1 4 , N. Y .
THE NUMBER WRI TTEN in t h e bo x at l o we r ri gh t i s t h e numbe r
o f i s sue s we s t i l l owe you on your subs c ri p t i on ( Se e " Edi to ri al , ''
p. 3 ) .
As th i s i s the l as t i s sue o f SAUCERS , you may h ave goy
� back i s sue s o f your cho i ce - e xcluding no s . 1 and 4, whi'ch are
o ut -o f-print , and no s . 2 , 7 an d 8, be c au s e of a sho rtage in our
s to ck .
(A full l i s t of content s o f back i s sue s was repro du ce d on
pp . 1 6 - 1 8 of the Spri n g & Summe r 1959 i s s ue of S AUCERS . }
Fo � no s . 2 , 7 an d 8 , _ you may h ave an even e xchan� ,-------�
fo r any i s sue ( s ) ( 1 : 1 } now due your sub s c ri p t i o n .
Ple a s e l e t u s h e a r from y o u at your e arl i e s t conven c i e n ce . . ( As a subs c ri be r , we are ent i tl i n g you
to purchase any back i s sue s at the s ame di s count :
2 for _3 5¢ ; 7 fo r #1 o r 1 5 fo r t2 . )
Thank you .
SAUCERS ,
Fall /Winte r 1 959/60
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