UFO Newsclipping Service - 1985 03 - no 188

Magazine Overview

This issue of the U.F.O. NEWS CLIPPING SERVICE, dated March 1985, features a prominent cover story titled "It's Boeche and Colborn, urging release of UFO data." The publication delves into various UFO sightings and related investigations from across the United States and internationally.

Tricks of Light Created Rye UFOs

This article by Paul Kirby reports on a meteorologist's explanation for UFO sightings in Rye, NY. Dr. William Gutsch suggested that atmospheric prisms could create illusions of light, and the brightness of Venus might have contributed to the sightings. However, he could not explain the reported shapes of the objects. A local police officer also noted strange objects, possibly gliders. The article mentions that some widely viewed UFO sightings in Westchester were attributed to pilots using lights in various combinations.

It's Boeche and Colborn, urging release of UFO data

This piece by Catharine Huddle focuses on Ray Boeche and Scott Colborn, who are investigating unexplained phenomena and advocating for the release of government UFO data. They met with U.S. Senator J.J. Exon to discuss their concerns. The article details their investigation into a December 1980 incident near the Bentwaters and Woodbridge NATO bases in England, where an alleged craft landed, causing animal frenzy, damaging trees, and leaving radiation. They have acquired U.S. Air Force and British Ministry of Defence documents related to the incident. Boeche and Colborn are seeking help to obtain a film and other evidence from the Bentwaters case, believing the government holds crucial information. They also mentioned reports of "entities" seen near the craft. The article notes that while British investigators have published a book on the incident, U.S. publicity has been minimal, with the exception of a CNN segment. Boeche and Colborn hope Senator Exon will push for congressional hearings on unexplained phenomena. They also shared government documents discussing UFO incidents in the U.S. dating back to 1950, including one about the recovery of a "so-called flying saucer" and three bodies.

Dive Sponsor Doubts Reports of Mystery Disc

This article by L. Whitehurst from the Daily Times, Anchorage, AK, discusses Dale Goudie, director of Puget Sound Phenomenon Research, who doubts reports from divers who claimed to have seen a gold, 35-foot-wide disc in the water near Bellingham, WA, last July. Goudie stated that confirmation was difficult, and each diver had a different story. Despite attempts to locate the object, divers failed to bring back video or mark the site, and the group ran out of money. Goudie believes the object might have been a meteor, although witnesses reported an "L" turn before crashing. He maintains that whatever splashed down is still in the waters.

Expedition Searching for UFO Returns Empty-Handed

This report by Eric Thomas from the Herald, Bellingham, WA, details an expedition to locate a suspected UFO that reportedly splashed down off Lummi Island. The expedition was postponed indefinitely due to a lack of funding. Divers John Walker and Richard Burke had previously reported finding a saucer-type object, described as metallic and gold-colored, sliced into the mud. However, subsequent dives failed to locate the object, leading to speculation that Walker and Burke might have been examining different objects. The expedition was organized to find remnants of an orange fireball seen by fishermen.

Did U.S. Navy Ship Secretly Pull Crashed UFO Out of Puget Sound?

This article by Richard Tinkler from the Star, San Antonio, TX, raises suspicions that the Navy may have recovered a UFO from Puget Sound and is concealing it. Dr. Bruce Maccavee, a Defense Department physicist, is quoted as saying the affair is strange and could be highly significant UFO evidence. Four witnesses reported seeing a large, circular, glowing object plummet into Puget Sound on July 27. A military vessel sent to the scene found nothing, though the captain reported seeing a light. Divers John Walker and Richard Burke later found a large, round object, described as a teacup-shaped satellite dish, protruding from the mud. The object later disappeared. The article suggests the Navy may have recovered it, and the Pentagon denies involvement.

McNamara Tells of Flying Saucers, Alien Beings

This brief report from the Times, Santa Maria, CA, mentions that suspected killer Barry McNamara claimed to have seen flying saucers and "unusually white" men on the night of the murders of his family. He described a cylindrical flying saucer and men dressed in 1960s clothing who moved strangely.

UFO Sightings Unexplained Year Later

This article by Ron Devlin from the Sunday Call-Chronicle, Allentown, PA, follows Fred Schaefer's yearlong investigation into a bright fireball sighting by an air traffic controller. Schaefer's inquiry led him to Clementon, NJ, where meteor-like rocks were found in the backyard of a woman who saw a bright orange light explode. Preliminary analysis of the rocks suggested they entered Earth's atmosphere at high speed. The article also touches on other UFO sightings and investigations by Schaefer and Jerry Miskar, including a case involving two nurses who claimed to encounter a UFO and an investigation at Dover Air Force Base concerning strange lights.

Boy's Find is 'Out of Space'

This piece from the Sunday Call-Chronicle, Allentown, PA, details how 12-year-old Edward Senior III found about 30 black rocks in his aunt's backyard in Clementon, NJ, after she recalled seeing a bright orange and blue explosion in the sky. The rocks were analyzed and suggested to have entered the atmosphere at high speed. The article also mentions Schaefer and Miskar's investigation into the rocks and their potential extraterrestrial origin.

UFO Investigator Finds His Mission Out Of This World

This article by Tom Minehart from the Associated Press profiles George Fawcett, a 15-year-old Boy Scout who became interested in UFOs after reading about Nazi "silver balls." Fawcett has spent 40 years investigating UFOs, collecting documents, and investigating over 1,000 sightings. He notes that U.S. officials are more tight-lipped about UFOs than those in China and the Soviet Union. He details three reported sightings in North Carolina in 1984, including objects making 90-degree turns and beams of light.

Amber Lights Appear Again Over Anchorage

This report by Greg Gadberry from the Anchorage Daily News describes sightings of unexplained amber lights over West Anchorage. Spectators and officials were unable to identify the source, with the FAA initially suggesting hot air balloons, a claim denied by local balloonists. Witnesses reported seeing lights in crude designs or straight lines, climbing slowly and then disappearing. Some witnesses described the lights as "distinct balls of light" moving in ways that suggested they were not simple balloons or flares.

Night Sky Lights May Be Balloons

This article by Beth Cunningham and Earl Swift from the Daily Times, Anchorage, AK, discusses the mysterious colored lights seen over Anchorage. A local hot-air balloonist, Paul Costa, suggests the lights are from pranksters using lighted bags filled with air. He explains how this could create flaming, colored lights that rise rapidly. Alaska State Troopers also agreed with the prankster theory. The FAA had previously explained similar sightings as hot air balloons.

Local Scientist Says There's Lots of Extra Terrestrial Life Out There

This article by Richard F. Swearinger from the News-Press, Glendale, CA, features Dr. Franklin Ruehl, a physicist who believes the universe is teeming with life. Ruehl bases his claims on the ability of life on Earth to survive in extreme environments and the sheer number of stars and planets. While he believes intelligent life exists elsewhere, he has not seen convincing evidence of contact with UFOs. He suggests governments may be concealing UFO information due to its potential to undermine nationalistic feelings and cause panic. Ruehl also hosts a public-access television show on "Mysteries from Beyond the Other Dominion."

UFOs No Strangers to The Express Area

This report by S. Gordon from the Express, Easton, PA, reviews UFO sightings in the Lehigh Valley and northwestern New Jersey. It mentions that some sightings, like flaming objects and shooting meteors, have logical explanations, while others remain unexplained. The article details several incidents, including sightings of objects with flashing lights, V formations, and glowing, humming, cone-shaped objects. It also notes a 1981 sighting of disk-like objects orbiting a central disk.

The Night I Saw the Flying Saucer

This personal account by Anna Goins describes her sighting of a glowing globe with revolving red gases over Cuenca, Ecuador. She initially dismissed UFO reports but reconsidered after her experience. She later found a newspaper report of a similar phenomenon sighted in South Texas and New Mexico on the same night, suggesting a connection.

Close Encounters

This article by Jim Motavalli from the Fairfield Co. Advocate, Fairfield, CT, focuses on UFO sightings in Fairfield and Westchester counties, describing a wave of sightings involving a large, structured, triangular craft, often called the "Westchester Wing." R. Perry Collins, a UFO investigator, shares his personal encounter from when he was 15 and another sighting over St. Vincent's Hospital. The article also includes eyewitness accounts from various individuals describing their experiences with the "Westchester Wing," noting its size, shape, and unusual movements. Collins suggests a government cover-up and covert investigation by federal agencies.

UFOs are reported in Russia

This letter to the editor from George D. Fawcett, Lincolnton, discusses the reopening of Russian UFO investigations in 1984, headed by cosmonaut Pavel Popovich. It references a Russian study on anomalous atmospheric phenomena and notes that Russian UFOs are often reported by scientists. The letter provides examples of Russian UFO sightings, including stalled cars due to a hovering UFO and a cigar-shaped UFO visible on radar for 40 minutes.

The Sightings

This piece by Robert C. Trussell from the Star, Kansas City, MO, reflects on the author's personal lack of UFO sightings despite growing up on a farm near a Navy base. He interviews individuals who have had sightings, including a rancher who reported an "airship" and a man who saw an airborne object that left a ring of dehydrated soil. The article also touches upon the "modern" age of UFO sightings beginning in World War II with "foo fighters" and the subsequent increase in cattle mutilations. It mentions Ted Phillips, a UFO researcher who has compiled numerous Missouri sightings. The article concludes by noting the ongoing mystery and the difficulty in definitively explaining UFO phenomena.

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The recurring themes in this issue revolve around the persistent nature of UFO sightings globally, the efforts to obtain official information, and the debate between scientific explanations and the possibility of extraterrestrial visitation. There is a strong undercurrent of skepticism towards official explanations and a belief among many featured individuals that governments may be concealing information. The editorial stance appears to be one of open inquiry, presenting various perspectives and encouraging readers to consider the evidence for unexplained aerial phenomena. The publication seems to lean towards the belief that UFOs are real and warrant serious investigation, while acknowledging the challenges and ridicule faced by researchers and witnesses.

This issue of 'Foreign News' is a compilation of articles from various publications, primarily focusing on UFO sightings, mysterious phenomena, and cryptid reports from late 1984 and early 1985. The publication date for this specific compilation appears to be January 17, 1985, as indicated by the 'Hunts Post' article.

Key Articles and Reports

UFO Sightings and Investigations

Several articles detail UFO sightings and related investigations:

• 'I was there' by Stephen Appleshaw (Minos Farm, Alresford, England, July 19, 1984): A farmer recounts finding a large circular scorched patch with smaller circles on his barley field. He experienced a peculiar stinging sensation and sweat when standing in the center. His wife, a dowser, reported her pendulum swinging wildly over the spot, burning her hand. He also notes similar maze-like marks appearing on his newborn son and other animals.
• Trevor Singleton's Photographs (Hunts Post, Jan. 17, 1985): A 16-year-old youth named Trevor Singleton reported seeing and photographing 'strange flying objects' after hearing a loud hissing noise outside his home. He described them as a mixture of creamy and light green, moving from west to south, with some appearing as clusters and one orange object.
• Miyagi Prefecture UFO Photograph (Japan Times, Feb. 20, 1985): A photograph taken in April 1970 by a high school student shows a UFO about four meters in diameter, flying slowly a hundred meters above the ground.
• Victorian UFO Group Investigation (Chronicle, Wangaratta, Australia, Feb. 11, 1985): The Victorian UFO Research Society is investigating mysterious lights seen above Wangaratta, which were accompanied by a brief power blackout. Witnesses described a blue light that began flashing, seen at a 45-degree angle from the ground. Investigator Paul Norman notes that many people fear ridicule for reporting sightings.
• UFO Seen off Burnham's Coast (Burnham & Highbridge Gazette, Jan. 8, 1985): A police officer reported seeing a strange red and orange light over South Wales that later assumed the shape of a mushroom.
• Rendlesham Forest Incident (Chronicle & Echo, Northampton, Dec. 20, 1984): This article focuses on a dramatic tape recording allegedly made by a colonel during the investigation of a UFO crash-landing in Rendlesham Forest in December 1980. The recording captures servicemen reacting to a 'red light ahead' and 'strange objects'. British ufologists are demanding a public inquiry, claiming a cover-up by American and British authorities. They cite eyewitness accounts of 'silver-suited aliens' attempting to repair a craft.
• Bright Sky Light Mystery (Banstead Herald, Feb. 8, 1985): An Epsom couple reported seeing a 'huge object' beaming brilliantly, described as 'brighter than anything we've ever seen'. The object was stationary for about 30 seconds before veering to the left at a fast rate.
• Wolstanton Boy Sparks U.F.O Alert (Evening Sentinel, Stoke-on-Trent, England, Feb. 4, 1985): Police are investigating reports of a UFO sighting by a teenager and his friends on Wolstanton Marsh, who saw a bright light travelling towards Keele. Similar sightings were reported in the Tean area.
• Mysterious Disappearances in Triangle of the Damned (Weekly News, Nov. 17, 1984): This report details a series of disappearances of ships and aeroplanes in an area between Sardinia, Sicily, and the Italian coast, dubbed the 'Triangle of the Damned'. The article highlights the disappearance of the fishing boat 'Carmela Madre', whose crew reported seeing a 'great blinding light' before going silent. A previous incident involving a DC9 plane that disappeared after reporting its position is also mentioned, with wreckage and bodies found scattered.
• Strange, Bizarre and Spooky... (Arkansas Democrat, Oct. 28, 1984): This article presents anecdotal accounts of unexplained phenomena. One story involves a nurse and her friends who encountered small, brown, human-like figures on a highway construction site, followed by a larger, wizened figure. Another mentions a cult possibly linked to animal mutilations in Union County, Ohio.

Cryptid Reports and Investigations

• Bigfoot Sightings Among Reports Under Scrutiny by Cryptozoologists (Arizona Daily Wildcat, Oct. 25, 1984): Richard Greenwell, secretary of the International Society of Cryptozoology, discusses the field and its categories. The article mentions ongoing investigations into reports of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and 'lake monsters'.
• 'My UFO shock' shaken driver (Corvallis Gazette-Times, Feb. 14, 1984): This article is not fully legible but appears to be a personal account of a UFO sighting.
• Scientists to Search Congo for Dinosaur-like Creature (Tribune, Chicago, Nov. 4, 1984): An international team is being commissioned to search the Congo Basin for the 'mokele-mbembe', a creature described as a large, serpent-like animal resembling a dinosaur. Explorer Joseph Ellis claims to have seen such a creature. The expedition, led by Herman Regusters, will use photographic and defensive measures.
• Images such as Bigfoot Almost Universal (Capital Times, Oct. 16, 1984): This article explores the phenomenon of Bigfoot sightings, including a report from Dennis Fewless in Wisconsin who claims to have seen the creature. Anthropologist Robert A. Brightman discusses the widespread nature of such stories and their potential psychological functions.
• Bigfoot Is Roaming the Woods Near the Ocmulgee River? (Telegraph & News, Macon, GA, Dec. 1, 1984): This report details multiple claims of Bigfoot sightings in Central Georgia, particularly near the Ocmulgee River. The article notes the secrecy and fear expressed by those who claim to have seen the creature, and mentions Professor Grover Krantz's belief in the existence of 'Gigantopithecus' as Bigfoot.
• Age Old Ghostly Mystery Still at Work (Stourbridge Co. Express, Nov. 8, 1984): Paranormal investigator Nigel Smith discusses the continuation of ghostly phenomena and ancient festivals like 'Sanhain'. He is involved with the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP), which investigates unexplained 'earth phenomena' including UFOs and ghosts.
• Two explorers hope to chart Congo Basin (Morning News, Dallas, Nov. 5, 1984): Herman and Kia Regusters, who previously explored the Congo Basin in search of the 'mokele-mbembe', are planning a return expedition. They report seeing a strange, dinosaur-like animal and have recorded its unusual vocalizations.

Other Phenomena

• HELLOSKI! IS THAT A SPACE ALIEN CALLING? (Sunday Express, April 29, 1984): A Soviet astronomer, Dr. Boris Fesenko, believes a glowing nebula (NGC 6543) is an artificial beacon sent by a distant civilization.
• UFOs dismissed as no threat (Star, Oxford, Jan. 4, 1985): This article discusses the release of Canadian government files on UFO sightings, which concluded that there was no threat to national security and no scientific evidence of extraterrestrial origins. The National Research Council ceased investigations into UFO sightings.
• UFO info filed away (Sun, Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 12, 1985): Information about UFO sightings in Oxfordshire is being sent to the Ministry of Defence, but results of inquiries are not revealed for 30 years. The MoD is only interested in potential defense implications.
• Those mysterious lights (Evening Post, Yorkshire, England, Jan. 8, 1985): A letter from the Yorkshire UFO Society president criticizes John Wellington for dismissing a report on unusual events over Leeds, asserting that the society has provided a detailed explanation supported by witness testimony.
• Translations: Several short reports are translated from other languages, including a strange stone discovered in the Komis Republic, Russia, and sightings of UFOs in France.
• State to vote on monster (Herald-American, Syracuse, NY, Jan. 20, 1985): Maryland is considering a resolution to recognize the possible existence of an aquatic animal known as the 'Chesapeake Bay Phenomenon' or 'Chessie', similar to the Loch Ness Monster.
• Area group studying prints found on ridge (Bulletin, Latrobe, PA, Feb. 14, 1985): Stan Gordon of the Pennsylvania Association for the Study of the Unexplained reported on an investigation of large, five-toed, human-like tracks found near Chestnut Ridge. Similar sightings of Bigfoot-like creatures have been reported in the area.
• From a galaxy far, far away (Dispatch, Columbus, OH, Feb. 8, 1985): This article discusses Ohio State University's radio telescope, which has been searching for extraterrestrial life for ten years and previously detected a strong signal known as the 'Wow' object.

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The recurring themes in this issue are the persistent reports of UFO sightings, unexplained aerial phenomena, and the potential for extraterrestrial or unknown life forms. There is a strong emphasis on witness accounts, investigative efforts by various organizations, and a recurring suspicion of government cover-ups regarding UFO information. The articles also touch upon cryptid phenomena like Bigfoot and the 'mokele-mbembe', suggesting a broad interest in the unexplained and the possibility of undiscovered creatures or phenomena. The editorial stance appears to be one of presenting these reports and investigations to the public, often highlighting the lack of definitive answers and the challenges in proving such phenomena.