Data Net - No 63 - 1972

Magazine Overview

Title: DATA-NET

Issue: Vol VI No. 9

Date: September 1972

Publisher: DATA-NET Amateur Radio Network

Country: USA

Description: DATA-NET is the official publication of the UFO Amateur Radio Network, dedicated to understanding the UFO phenomenon. Membership is available for $5.00 per year domestically and $6.00 per year foreign. The report is published monthly by Editor Mrs. Josephine J. Clark. All rights are reserved.

Policy and Mission

DATA-NET's policy is that sufficient evidence exists to prove the reality of unidentified flying objects. The network seeks to answer fundamental questions: What are they? Where do they come from, and how? Why are they here?

Announcements and Services

The issue includes several announcements for members:

• Reward: A $25.00 reward is offered for an authentic photograph of a flying saucer, available to members only.
• Shop & Swap: A free listing service for items wanted, for sale, or for trade, exclusively for members.
• Research Library: UFO books are available on request, free of charge to members.
• Magnetic UFO Detector: "The Saucer Seeker" by W9AUT is available free to members, along with a history of flying saucers and building plans. Permanent magnets can be purchased for $2.00.
• Back Issues: Available starting from December 1969, Report #30. Many 1970 and 1971 issues are out-of-print. Back issues cost $0.50 per copy or 12 for $5.00 (US/Canada) or $6.00 (foreign).

DATA-NET encourages members to submit UFO-related information, including newspaper clippings, magazine articles, books, and sighting reports.

Data-Net Communication Centers

Network schedules are provided:

• WEDNESDAY at 7:00 PM PST = THURSDAY at 0200 GMT on 7.268 (LSB).
• October 29, 1972: WEDNESDAY at 7:00 PM PST = THURSDAY at 0300 GMT on 7.268 (LSB).

Index of Articles about UFOs and Geophysics

Compiled by Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, this section lists research and documentation articles on UFOs and fault lines, suggesting a possible link between them. It includes references to articles in various publications like LDLN, PANORAMA, SPACEVIEW, and FSR, covering topics such as earthquakes, seismic activity, and UFOs.

The Dzik Report: Los Angeles UFO

Authored by Ann Druffel, this article details a sighting by sisters Harriet and Rochelle Dzik on October 16, 1968, in Los Angeles. The object was described as large, with two round, dull steel circles connected by a bar, featuring a large red light. It moved smoothly and emitted a high, whistling noise. The object's appearance was compared to a blimp and a dime at arm's length. The girls contacted various institutions, including the police and the Air Force, but were met with disbelief. They were eventually referred to NICAP's SKYNET system. The article also compares this sighting to one by Michel M. Jaffe in Hayward, California, noting similarities in shape despite a significant time and distance difference.

Missionary Activities

This section features a brief account by Mrs. Barbara Mathey of Paris, France, who has been traveling extensively and engaging with UFO investigators and organizations worldwide. She recounts a humorous experience at a costume ball aboard a liner where she dressed as a Martian.

Enigmatological Survey

Authored by Paul Braczyk, this installment continues a discussion on the Bermuda Triangle, referencing an article from SAGA magazine. While it contains limited material on flying saucers, it provides information on recent developments in the triangle and attempts to assign natural causes to incidents, though the explanations are noted as specialized.

Clippings the News: UFO Reports

• November 17, 1966 - Gaffney, South Carolina: George D. Fawcett recreated a sighting involving a dull gold oval object with a dome, from which a small, four-foot-tall occupant exited. Two police officers witnessed this event.
• January 13, 1968 - Wattamolla National Park, NSW, Australia: Donald Cline, an investigator for APRO, interviewed four youths who reported seeing bright, jerky-moving lights that resolved into a disc-shaped object with a flat bottom and a small dome. The object illuminated the ground and then disappeared.
• April 23, 1971 - Collambatti Rail, NSW, Australia: Three schoolboys witnessed a rapidly approaching object that appeared as a ball of fire. It slowed down, revealing an egg-shaped object with sloping windows and four legs, which then moved off.
• April 20, 1971 - Kempsey, NSW, Australia: Three citizens reported seeing a brilliant object flashing overhead. Later, burned circular patches of grass were found on a property.
• May 10, 1971 - Willi Willi, NSW, Australia: A 15-year-old girl reported an object hovering over a paddock, causing a horse to become agitated.

Sighting Report Index: January-July 1972

This comprehensive index lists numerous UFO sightings reported between January and July 1972. Each entry includes the date, location, type of sighting (e.g., landings, unusual flight patterns, stationary objects), coding for characteristics (e.g., pacing, multiple objects, physical appearance), witnesses, and a designation number (DNS).

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The recurring themes in this issue of DATA-NET are the documentation and investigation of UFO sightings, the exploration of potential connections between UFOs and geophysical phenomena, and the dissemination of information within the amateur radio and UFO enthusiast community. The editorial stance is clear: DATA-NET firmly believes in the existence of UFOs and is dedicated to uncovering the truth behind them, actively seeking evidence and answers through member contributions and published research.

This issue of UFO magazine, dated August 1972, presents a compilation of numerous UFO sightings and related phenomena reported from late May through early August 1972. The magazine features detailed accounts from various locations, including the United States, Canada, and Australia, alongside commentary and investigative notes.

Key Sightings and Incidents

May 1972

• Gaffney, South Carolina (May 1, 1972): A majority of witnesses reported an object, appearing like an airplane or a ball of fire, diving to a fiery crash in the Grassy Pond-Boiling Springs area. Despite extensive searches by deputies, highway patrol, rescue squads, and newsmen, nothing was found. Nearby airports and the Federal Aviation Agency reported no lost aircraft.
• High Level, Alberta, Canada (May 26, 1972): Three men in a truck observed a huge object with visible tail pipes following them for approximately fifty miles. The object exhibited unusual behavior, including breaking into segments and then fusing together again, all without accompanying sound. It moved from side to side and then back again.

June 1972

• Wingate, England (June 8, 1972): Residents reported a mysterious "flying electric light bulb" that caused motorists to stop and people to come out of their homes. The object was described as a brilliant light, making a terrific noise, flying along, stopping, and then shooting vertically at great speed. Some witnesses described a "hell of a rumble" and a "brilliant spinning light."
• Grafton, New South Wales, Australia (June 23, 1972): Dozens of people reported a strange object or bright light hovering near the tick gate. Descriptions varied, with some seeing a "bright orange light" and others likening it to a "larger than life street light." One observer described it as cigar-shaped with a light at each end.

July 1972

• Cando, North Dakota (July 5, 1972): Bill Atkinson of APRO reported that a movie had been made of a UFO in Cando. A blinding flash of light and a deafening noise were experienced. The object was described as dome-shaped, flat on one end, and emitting a bright and intense light. Some described it as looking like a Gemini spacecraft or a plane about to crash.
• Boone, Iowa (July 11, 1972): Mysterious depressions, described as two holes about 3 feet across and several inches deep, were found on Leslie Poling's farm. These holes were filled with a silver-like dust. Similar depressions were found on other farms in the area.
• Story City, Iowa (July 8, 1972): Mervin Teig discovered a depression in his soybean field while cultivating. It was about four square feet, several inches deep, with a burned spot in the middle and wilted bean plants extending up to 30 yards away. A Y-shaped flare was observed extending from the crater.
• Cape May, New Jersey (July 7, 1972): Photographer Frank Markley captured images of a craft hovering about 75 feet above a house. It was described as a spinning craft idling low, resembling a flying saucer, with a round structure estimated at 25 feet in diameter, a flat bottom with bright white lights, and a gracefully tapering topside.
• Solona, Florida (July 10, 1972): Scott McCormack and his wife observed a bright light hovering above their car for about an hour and a half. The next morning, they saw it again in the sky, described as looking like the sun but smaller with rays coming off it.
• Louisiana, Missouri (July 11, 1972): Residents reported a large, hairy creature, dubbed "Mo-Mo," with a pumpkin-shaped head, glowing orange eyes, and an ave-like growth of hair. Witnesses described a foul odor and a loud growling noise.
• Louisiana, Missouri (July 24, 1972): Two families reported seeing a circle of flashing lights hovering or landing near the Mississippi River. Later, a rank odor was detected, and strange growls were heard in the night.
• Garden City, Kansas (July 27, 1972): Two men observed a strange light moving in a northwesterly direction at high speed, described as a bright amber color, much larger and brighter than clearance lights on a truck, and traveling close to the ground.
• Lebanon, Indiana (August 1, 1972): A courthouse employee and her husband reported seeing a saucer-shaped object, a triangle of lights, hovering. It made no noise and hovered for about 45 minutes before flashing away at high speed.
• Stuart, Virginia (August 8, 1972): A Thurman Priddy family member reported sighting an object in flames crash into Carter's Mountain, followed by a large amount of black smoke. Other residents heard a peculiar noise and saw a brilliant flash of light. A power failure in the Claudville section of the county occurred around the same time.
• Clear Lake, Oregon (August 9, 1972): Former science fiction cartoonist Russ Morgan reported seeing a bright, pulsating light darting around the sky at high speed over the Oregon Cascades. The object was described as extremely bright, "real white like a cobalt light," and traveled at a fantastic rate of speed.

August 1972

• Dallas, Texas (August 11, 1972): A fiery object fell into a field, burning out in four spots of ashes. Recent fireballs had also been reported over Denver, Boise, and the northwestern United States and Canada.
• Portland, Oregon (August 11, 1972): Two groups of young adults chased a UFO around the city for a half-hour. It was described as round, with about 30 lights around the outside and one in the middle, all white lights, appearing to revolve around the center.
• Hays, Kansas (August 18, 1972): Police chief M.H. Shelton expressed bewilderment over multiple UFO sightings in west central Kansas, theorizing that a mother ship might be dispatching smaller craft.
• Colby, Kansas (August 19, 1972): Patrolman Paul Carter reported sighting a large, very bright object changing from red and green blinking colors to bright white, hovering about 10 to 15 feet above the ground. He described a solid shape, perhaps a fuselage, like a cereal bowl turned upside down.
• Gem, Kansas (August 19, 1972): A Gem resident reported a saucer-shaped object, blazing with light, descending on a Quonset building. The object was described as 25 to 35 feet in diameter and 15 to 20 feet tall, with points at each end and a domed top and bottom, making "beeping sounds like Morse code transmission."
• Waukeska, Wisconsin (August 26, 1972): Greg Faltersack saw a large orange circular object hovering at tree-top level. After it emitted "beep, beep" sounds and took off, his car's lights, horn, and radio stopped working, and all fuses were blown.

UFO Comments and Opinions

• Tucson, Arizona (June 25, 1972): The article "UFOS 25 YEARS LATER" reflects on the 25th anniversary of Kenneth Arnold's sighting, which ushered in the era of the flying saucer. It notes the wide variety of reported shapes, colors, and behaviors of UFOs over the decades. Despite a 1970s Air Force study finding further study "could no longer be justified," people continue to report sightings. The Aerial Phenomenon Research Organization (APRO), run by Jim and Coral Lorenzen and Richard Greenwell, is highlighted as a major organization investigating UFOs, with a conviction that Earth is being visited by extraterrestrial vehicles.
• Santa Ana, California (August 16, 1972): The article "IS U.S. CONCEALING UFO INFORMATION?" suggests that a federal agency is still secretly investigating unidentified flying objects, and a high-level government cover-up of UFOs may be maintained. The "Continuing UFO" investigative series in the Santa Ana Register is mentioned.

Miscellaneous

• Budapest, Hungary (August 12, 1972): A mysterious new medical use for laser beams has been discovered, capable of quickly healing wounds and burns, though the reason is not yet explained. Experiments showed that radiation causes scar tissue to form rapidly over injuries, allowing them to heal quickly.

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The magazine consistently presents witness accounts of unexplained aerial phenomena, often with detailed descriptions of the objects' appearance, movement, and perceived effects. There is an underlying theme of skepticism towards official explanations and a suggestion of potential government secrecy or a lack of thorough investigation. The inclusion of reports on physical traces, unusual creatures, and even the laser healing discovery broadens the scope of unexplained phenomena covered. The overall stance appears to be one of open inquiry into UFOs and related mysteries, encouraging readers to consider the evidence presented.