INFINITY

Magazine Overview

INFINITY is a newsletter published by Barlow Studio, established in 1945 and printed by Ye Olde Town Gossip Press. This issue, identified as #50 and covering the Summer period from May to August 1957, is the 13th year of recording the unknown. It is priced at 50¢ and is based in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. The newsletter aims to provide readers with information that mainstream media might shy away from, covering a wide range of topics including UFOs, scientific research, impending dangers, and natural disasters.

Key Articles and Features

"THE SECRET BASES OF THE U. F. O."

This exclusive feature by Vanwalter posits that UFOs may be using deep ocean trenches as bases. The article describes numerous historical accounts of strange "Wheels" rising from or plunging into the sea, dating back to 1947. It lists several deep ocean trenches, including the Mexican Basin, Cayman Trench, Puerto Rico Trench, Philippine Trench, Japan Trench, Ryu Kyu Trench, Bonin Trench, and the Mariana Trench, as potential UFO bases. The author notes the recent interest of deep-sea scientists in these areas and points out that compasses and equipment on planes and ships often malfunction off the Carolina coast, suggesting UFO activity there.

"LATEST UFOLOGY NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD"

This section is a comprehensive compilation of UFO sightings and related phenomena reported from various locations globally. The reports are dated and provide brief descriptions of the events:

• May 1957: Middlebury, Conn. (three blasts from the Northwest); W. Pakistan (hailstones killing people and animals).
• April 1957: New York (rocket testing at extreme speeds); Middlebury, Conn. (flashing lights); Florida (unidentified submarines, tornadoes); Phoenix, Ariz. (airliner strikes something); San Francisco (freak storm, radio tower toppled, sunspots affecting radio); Florence, Italy (earthquakes); Fort Carson, Colo. (lightning strike); E. Indies (tremendous earthquake); S. Carolina coast (Navy plane scattering debris); El Toro, Cal. (bombs disappear from Marine Base); Sea Quake (Pacific); San Gabriel, Cal. (unidentified object in backyard); Denmark (tracking Soviet rockets); Hawaiian Islands (B47 crash); Municipal Airport, Knoxville, Tenn. (saucer-shaped hole in clouds); White Sands, NM (rocket malfunction); Chicago (mystery man on Delta Air Lines); Tunisia (earthquake); Chile (volcano eruption); N.Y. state, N.J. (mysterious blast from space); Texarkana, Ark. (large hailstone); Mass., W. Indies, Aleutians, Calif. (quakes); Dinan, France (hailstones); San Francisco (quake); Charlotte, NC (foamlike UFOs); Managua, Nicaragua (volcano eruption); Los Angeles, Cal. (sonic boom causes bee swarm); Battle Creek, Mich. (sonic boom); N. Zealand (sea quake); Aleutians (quakes, tidewaves); San Francisco, Hawaii, Japan (quakes, tidewaves).
• March 1957: Pasadena, Texas (UFO plays tag with DC-3); E. Coast (fiery object, near collision with Pan-American flight); E. Hartford, Conn. (sky blasts); Lakeland, Fla. (tornado); Valley Stream, NY (ice chunk crashes on car); SW Pacific (violent tremor); Jamaica (quake); Barrow, Alaska (red light); Houston, Texas (starlike UFO); E. Indies (earthquake); Wash. State (storm gusts); Caldwell, NJ (yellow UFO); Municipal Airport, Knoxville, Tenn. (saucer-shaped hole in clouds); White Sands, MM (rocket malfunction); Chicago (mystery man); Tunisia (earthquake); Chile (volcano eruption); N.Y. state, N.J. (mysterious blast); Texarkana, Ark. (hailstone); Mass., W. Indies, Aleutians, Calif. (quakes); Dinan, France (hailstones); San Francisco (quake); Charlotte, NC (foamlike UFOs); Managua, Nicaragua (volcano eruption); Los Angeles, Cal. (sonic boom); Battle Creek, Mich. (sonic boom); N. Zealand (sea quake); Aleutians (quakes, tidewaves); San Francisco, Hawaii, Japan (quakes, tidewaves).
• February 1957: Pasadena, Texas (UFO plays tag with DC-3); E. Coast (fiery object); E. Hartford, Conn. (sky blasts); Lakeland, Fla. (tornado); Valley Stream, NY (ice chunk); SW Pacific (violent tremor); Jamaica (quake); Barrow, Alaska (red light); Houston, Texas (starlike UFO); Formosa (earthquake); Wash. State (storm gusts); Caldwell, NJ (yellow UFO); Municipal Airport, Knoxville, Tenn. (saucer-shaped hole); White Sands, MM (rocket malfunction); Chicago (mystery man); Tunisia (earthquake); Chile (volcano eruption); N.Y. state, N.J. (mysterious blast); Texarkana, Ark. (hailstone); Mass., W. Indies, Aleutians, Calif. (quakes); Dinan, France (hailstones); San Francisco (quake); Charlotte, NC (foamlike UFOs); Managua, Nicaragua (volcano eruption); Los Angeles, Cal. (sonic boom); Battle Creek, Mich. (sonic boom); N. Zealand (sea quake); Aleutians (quakes, tidewaves); San Francisco, Hawaii, Japan (quakes, tidewaves).
• January 1957: Peoria, Ill. (golden disc); Chile (earthquake); Wenatchee, Wash. (silver, cigar-shaped UFO); Selah, Wash. (bright flash); Ellensburg, Wash. (blue flash); Covington, Indiana (round UFOs); Sacramento, Cal. (sky quakes); Prince George, BC, Canada (yellow light); Mount Dora, Fla. (whirring fireball); Pekin, Ill. (sky quake); Las Vegas, Nev. (white, ball-shaped UFO); Salt Lake City, Utah (fireball); El Paso, Texas (B57 bomber crash); Nampa, Idaho (round, blue-white UFO); Garvin, Minn. (bobbing UFO); Peoria, Ill. (round, golden UFO); Nampa, Idaho (fireball); Wash. State (AF Base fire); Garvin, Minn. (UFO moved up and down); Glendale, Cal. (sky quake); Long Beach, Cal. (jet falls); S. Cal. (TV-camera lowered); Balfour, New Zealand (glowing, oblong UFO); Arcata, Cal. (flying lights); Stafford, England (orange, long cigar-shaped UFO); Halifax, Eng. (luminous discs); Central Australia (heavy rain); Norway (luminous, flying globe); Montevideo, Minn. (red, ball-shaped UFO); Hamill, SD (red UFO); Williston, ND (orange UFO); Webster Coves, Mo. (red fireball); Marseilles, Ill. (fireball); Barrington, Ill. (fireball); Herrid, SD (red and green UFO); Savannah, Georgia (disc); Bowman, ND (discs); Aleutians (severe quake); Seattle, Wash. (sky quake); San Francisco, Cal. (blue-green UFO); Sioux Falls, SD (half-moon shaped UFO).
• December 1956: Ashby, Minn. (delta-shaped UFO); Prineville, Oregon (green fireball); Huntington Beach, Cal. (silver, oblong UFOs); Ada, Oklahoma (round UFO); Luverne, Minn. (strange light); Hollidaysburg, Pa. (fiery UFO); Nyack, NY (blue-green blob); Cleveland, Ohio (strange light); Brookville, Pa. (blue-green light); Bartlow, Fla. (UFO stopped, climbed vertically); Winter Haven, Fla. (strange light); Bristol, SD (rectangular UFO); Miami, Fla. (hourglass-shaped blip on radar, high speed); Ceylon, Minn. (round, red UFO); Anoka, Minn. (sky quake); England (round, green UFO); Hawthorne, Cal. (zeppelin UFO); Alcester, Oklahoma (colored light); Gary, Minn. (round, red UFO); Storden, Minn. (two UFOs); Buford, ND (four bright lights); Trenton, ND (four bright UFOs); Forest Lake, Minn. (oblong UFO); Edessa, Minn. (egg-shaped UFO); hora, Minn. (red light); Harrak, Oklahoma (fireball); Miller, SD (red disc); Patterson, Ill. (UFO); Reno, Nev. (silver object); Fallon, Nev. (UFOs over Naval Base); Vermillion, SD (white, cigar-shaped UFOs); Boston, Mass. (oval UFO); Bristol, SD (UFO); Big Springs, SD (red, ball-like UFO); Alliance, Ohio (zig-zagging light); San Luis Obispo, Cal. (five UFOs); Zumbrota, Minn. (green light); Bruce, SD (UFO); Frankfort, SD (elongated UFO); Greenville, SD (large, red ball); Ortley, SD (cup-shaped UFO); Salem, SD (orange UFO); Forest Lake, Minn. (luminous, oblong UFO); Pierpont, SD (pink UFO); St. Paul, Minn. (UFO); Pollock, SD (glowing UFO); Webster, SD (UFO with bump and ring of lights); Aberdeen, SD (white UFO); Northanos, England (glowing saucer).
• November 1956: Cottonwood, Minn. (colored saucer); Fremont, Neb. (flashing light); Norway (UFOs sending flashes); Newington, Conn. (flashes, utility tower blast); Graceville, Minn. (round UFO with red lights); Yokohama, Japan (round, silver UFOs); Paris (brilliant UFOs); Johannesburg, S. Africa (huge, yellow-white UFO); Okinawa (jets scramble, collision, pilot saved); Parnell, New Zealand (lumps of mortar, brick, rock falling); S. Guilford, Australia (cylindrical fireball); Yaradea, S. Australia (blue rain); Ojo de Agua, Mexico (ice fell); Rhodesia, Africa (large round UFO); Essex, England (live eel fell); Adelaide (blue rain, atomic test); Central Japan (atmospheric shocks).

"The PROBLEM Of POLLUTED FOOD!"

This section highlights concerns about the safety of food due to chemical additives and residues. It states that under current laws, the Food and Drug Administration cannot ban untested chemicals unless they can prove in court that they are dangerous, a process that takes months. As a result, out of 500 chemicals that come into contact with food, 150 are not adequately tested, and their safety is unknown. Many of these chemicals are poisonous if consumed in large quantities over long periods. The article mentions that chemicals used in insecticides, weed-killers, plant-growth regulators, and growth stimulators for poultry and livestock inevitably find their way into the food supply, with packaging adding to the problem. It also notes that irradiated food is on the way.

International Geophysical Year (IGY)

The newsletter announces that the "International-Geophysical-Year" (IGY) begins on July First. It details that the IGY will involve the study of various phenomena such as aurora, airglow, cosmic rays, geomagnetism, glaciology, gravity, the ionosphere, longitude and latitude, meteorology, oceanography, seismology, solar activity, rockets, and satellites. Approximately 5,000 scientists from 56 countries will cooperate in this effort, with hundreds of rockets planned to probe the mysteries of the heavens. Extensive research is also planned for the Antarctic area.

Other News Items

• Radio Moscow admits the "Abominable Snowman" might be in the Pamir Region.
• An American "Snowman" expedition is underway in Nepal.
• Dying blackfish (whales) beach themselves on Key Colony Beach, Florida, with attempts to return them to sea being useless.
• Nine small whales beach themselves at Cape Henry, Virginia, with some being saved.
• Representative Gray (R-Mass.) states that a bill to turn over stray dogs to medical research would cost Massachusetts $2.5 million, with no mention of the suffering of the animals.
• The possibility is raised that if "Martians" have similar research practices, it could explain missing humans.

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The recurring themes in this issue of INFINITY are UFO sightings and phenomena, scientific exploration and research, potential dangers (natural and man-made), and a critical stance on government and industry practices regarding public safety, particularly concerning food additives and untested chemicals. The editorial stance is one of investigative journalism, aiming to uncover and report information that is not widely disseminated by mainstream media, encouraging readers to "Keep Informed" about "IMPORTANT RESEARCHI", "MPENDING DANGER!", and "HOPE FOR THE FUTURE!". The publication emphasizes its role in providing factual reporting on subjects like UFOs, which it claims to have been doing for 17 years, scooping major news outlets on vital subjects.