APRIL 2008

  THE MUFON INVESTIGATION OF THE STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS UFO SIGHTINGS IS STILL ONGOING.  ONE REASON THE REPORT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED IS THAT SIGHTINGS ARE STILL BEING REPORTED.

  IN A BOOK REVIEW OF “STRANGE COMPANY” THE AUTHOR KEITH CHESTER MADE THIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE “FOO FIGHTER” SIGHTINGS OF WORLD WAR II.  IT WAS CLEAR THAT AMERICAN AND BRITISH COMMANDERS WERE VERY WORRIED ABOUT REPEATED ENCOUNTERS WITH UNIDENTIFIED AND APPARENTLY HIGHLY ADVANCED AIRCRAFT OR, INDEED, SPACECRAFT OVER EUROPE AND THE PACIFIC.

  MUFON HAS CREATED A RAPID RESPONSE INVESTIGATION TEAM FOR UFO SIGHTINGS.  IT IS CALLED THE MUFON STRIKE TEAM FOR AREA RESEARCH OR   THE “STAR TEAM”.

  STANTON FRIEDMAN WRITES THAT WHEN PRESS COVERAGE IS FAIR, PEOPLE MAKE UFO REPORTS, LIKE IN THE STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS SIGHTINGS.  FOR DECADES IT HAS BEEN FELT THAT THE FEAR OF RIDICULE IS THE MAJOR REASON WITNESSES DON’T COME FORTH.

  AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE FROM THE INTERNET STATED THAT A SECRET UN MEETING HAD TAKEN PLACE ON FEBURARY 12^th.  IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY HELD BECAUSE OF THE RECENT WORLDWIDE PUBLICITY ABOUT THE TEXAS UFO BEING SEEN. 

  MRS. KUCCINICH STATED THAT DENNIS NEVER TOLD HER ABOUT HIS UFO SIGHTING.  HE ONLY ACKNOWLEDGED IT AFTER HIS FRIEND SHIRLEY MCLAINE WROTE ABOUT IT IN HER BOOK.

  MICROSOFT’S NEW WORLDWIDE TELESCOPE IS TO BE LAUNCHED LATER THIS YEAR.  THE BEST IMAGES FROM DIFFERENT WORLDWIDE TELESCOPES WILL HELP CHANGE ASTRONOMY. 

  THIS WORD FROM AARON CLARK OF THE CLEVELAND UFOFOLOGY PROJECT:  NBC IS FILMING A SPECIAL REPORT ON THE TEN MOST PERPLEXING UFO CASES WHICH IS TO BE AIRED SOMETIME AROUND APRIL 27^th  ON THE NBC DATELINE SHOW.  (LET US HOPE THEY INCLUDE SOME MILITARY ONES, LIKE THE COYNE HELICOPTER CASE NEAR MANSFIELD, OHIO IN OCTOBER, 1973.)

MARCH 2008

   WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THE MUCON INVESTIGATOR’S FINAL REPORT ON THE JANUARY STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS UFO SIGHTINGS.  TEXAS HAS 2 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.  ONE, COMMANCHE PEAK IS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF THERE.

  A HUGE POWER BLACKOUT OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF FLORIDA ON FEBRUARY 26^TH.  IT WAS FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS TO AS FAR NORTH AS DAYTONA BEACH.  IT WAS BLAMED ON AN ENGINEER’S GOOF.  MANY FEEL THE EXPLANATION WAS WEAK.  ONE UFO INVESTIGATOR SAID UFOS WERE SPOTTED AT AROUND THAT TIME AND LOCATION.  COULD THE BLACKOUT BEEN RELATED TO UFO ACTIVITY?

   FROM THE FEBRUARY MUFON JOURNAL WAS THIS STATEMENT BY A UFOLOGIST.  ALL INDIAN RESERVATIONS ACROSS THE USA HAVE EXPERIENCED UNUSUAL PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.  THIS ALSO INCLUDES UFO SIGHTINGS. 

  A SPOKESMAN FOR NASA HAD TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT NASA HAD EXAMINED METALLIC FRAGMENTS FROM THE OBJECT THAT CRASHED AT KECKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA OVER FORTY YEARS AGO AND NOW CLAIM IT WAS FROM A RE-ENTERING RUSSIAN SATELLITE.  FURTHERMORE, THE SPOKESMAN CLAIMS ALL RECORDS WERE LOST.  NOTE:  IF ALL RECORDS WERE LOST THAN HOW DO THEY KNOW IT WAS A RUSSIAN SATELLITE?  ALSO, SUPPOSEDLY THE RUSSIANS HAVE DENIED THIS. 

  THE LATEST PROGRAM ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL’S UFO HUNTERS WAS ABOUT THE FAMOUS U.S. AIR FORCE BENTWATERS CASE OF 1980.  IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE SKEPTIC’S MAIN ARGUMENT WAS THAT THE EXPLANATION OF THE STRANGE LIGHTS IN THE WOODS CAME FROM A LIGHTHOUSE.  HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING THE BACK OF THE LIGHTHOUSE FACING THE WOODS HAD A SHIELD ON IT.  THE LIGHT ONLY POINTED OUT TOWARD THE SEA.  IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE 1980. 

  TIM RUSSERT, NEWSREPORTER, SAID IT WAS A SERIOUS QUESTION WHEN HE ASKED DENNIS KUCINNICH AT THE PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRATIC DEBATE WHETHER HE HAD SEEN A UFO AS DESCRIBED IN SHIRLEY MCLAINE’S BOOK.  KUCINNICH DID REPLY THAT HE HAD. 

  GEORGE KNAPP HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH MUFON INVESTIGATORS ABOUT THE STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS SIGHTINGS.  THE INTERVIEWS ARE VERY INFORMATIVE.  YOU CAN GO TO YOUTUBE.COM AND TYPE IN GEORGE KNAPP TO GET THIS. 

  MICROSOFT WILL FEATURE A VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE THIS SPRING.  IT IS A FREE DOWNLOAD BY GOING TO WORLDWIDE TELESCOPE.ORG.  IT WILL HAVE SOME AMAZING PICTURES AND IT WILL MAKE YOU THINK WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF US BEING ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE. 

  IT IS REPORTED THAT STEPHEN SPIELBERG IS TO LAUNCH A UFO AND PARANORMAL SOCIAL NETWORK BY MIDYEAR.

FEBRUARY 2008

A NEWS ARTICLE WAS GONE OVER ABOUT GHOST HUNTERS BEING AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. SURPRISINGLY THE AIR FORCE LET THEM IN.

ANOTHER NEWS ARTICLE HAD AN IMAGE ON MARS THAT SUPPOSEDLY LOOKED LIKE BIGFOOT. HOWEVER, ON CLOSER EXAMINATION IT APPEARED TO BE JUST A ROCK. IN THE SAME ARTICLE THEY TRIED TO COMPARE IT TO THE RECENT TEXAS UFO SIGHTINGS. THERE WAS SIMPLY NO COMPARISON.

THE STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS UFOS WERE TALKED ABOUT EXTENSIVELY. THESE APPEARED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST IN RECENT TIMES. THE UFOS WERE OBSERVED WITH MANY WITNESSES OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THE MAIN LEAD INVESTIGATOR FOR MUFON IS KEN CHERRY.  IN PERSONALLY TALKING TO HIM BY PHONE HE STATED THESE HAVE BEEN SIGHTED SINCE DECEMBER! HE AND HIS FELLOW INVESTIGATORS WILL DO A THOROUGH JOB AND WILL LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THE RESULTS THROUGH MUFON. (MUTUAL UFO NETWORK)

BECAUSE OF THIS TEXAS CASE PETE HARTINGER, DIRECTOR OF RUFOS, WAS INTERVIEWED BY FOX NEWS; A TOKYO, JAPAN TV STATION; AND WAKR, AKRON, OHIO RADIO STATION. ALL OF THESE OUTLETS TOOK THE SUBJECT SERIOUSLY.

THE HISTORY CHANNEL'S UFO HUNTERS IS BEING GIVEN GOOD MARKS SO FAR BY UFOLOGISTS. THEY ARE BRINGING UP SOME OLD NOTED CASES.

NEW JERSEY MUFON'S INAUGURAL NORTHEASTERN UFO CONFERENCE WAS HELD FEBRUARY 15 THRU 17 AT TRUMP'S CASINO IN ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. BUDD HOPKINS AND RICHARD DOLAN ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY SPEAKERS.

ALBERT EINSTEIN SAID THIS YEARS AGO. "CONDEMNATION WITHOUT INVESTIGATION IS THE HEIGHT OF IGNORANCE."  THIS COMMENT CAN REFER TO PRESENT DAY UFOS.

MUFON AND THE NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER HAVE RECEIVED A VERY HIGH INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF UFO SIGHTING REPORTS BECAUSE OF THE TEXAS SIGHTINGS.

THE X-CONFERENCE ON UFOS WILL BE HELD NEAR WASHINGTON D.C. FROM APRIL 18 TO THE 20^TH. THEY ALSO HAVE A LIST OF VERY GOOD SPEAKERS IN THE UFO FIELD.

THE 2008 CROP CIRCLE CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED ON MAY 9 TO THE 11^TH IT WILL BE IN ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO AND IT WILL BE HOSTED BY JEFF WILSON.

COLIN ANDREWS, A TOP CROP CIRCLE RESEARCHER FOR MANY YEARS, REPORTS THAT A UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY PROGRAM NAMED OPERATION BLACKBIRD PHOTOGRAPHED A CROP CIRCLE BEING CREATED BY UNKNOWN OBJECTS IN 1990. HE WILL BE AT THE X-CONFERENCE.

JANUARY 2008

NEW MEXICO HAD AN ALIEN UFO FLOAT IN THE THIS YEAR'S ROSE BOWL PARADE AND WON AN AWARD.

A NEW BOOK BY MIKE NELSON IS BEING PUBLISHED ABOUT THE 1966 DALE SPAUR POLICE CHASE OF A UFO NEAR RAVENNA, OHIO.

UFOS SHOWED UP AT A POLISH AIR SHOW ON 24 JUNE 2007. PHOTOS WERE TAKEN OF THEM.

STEPHEN BASSETT, A WASHINGTON D.C. LOBBYIST, WAS ON THE FOX MORNING SHOW WITH MIKE AND JULIET ON DECEMBER 19^TH. THE INTERVIEW WAS TREATED WITH POSITIVE REMARKS.

JAPAN'S CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY MUCHIMIERA AND DEFENSE MINISTER ISHIBA RECENTLY STATED THEIR BELIEFS IN THE EXISTENCE OF UFOS.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT REPORTED THAT THEY WILL SOON RELEASE THEIR PREVIOUSLY CLASSIFIED DETAILS REGARDING HUNDREDS OF CASES OF UFOS. THIS COMING SPRING OF 2008 ABOUT 160 FILES OF ALLEGED UFO SIGHTINGS WILL BE RELEASED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER MAINTAINED BY PETER DAVENPORT IS NOW UNDERGROUND AT A FORMER NUCLEAR MISSILE SITE IN EASTERN WASHINGTON. IT IS 50 MILES FROM SPOKANE.

CLEVELAND UFOLOGY PROJECT WAS MENTIONED ON CLEVELAND'S RADIO STATION WTAM 1 100 AM ON JANUARY 2. AGAIN IT WAS A POSITIVE REPORT.

THE 17^th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL UFO CONGRESS IS TO BE HELD IN LAUGHLIN, NEVADA FROM FEBRUARY 23 TO MARCH 1, 2008. THERE ARE MANY NOTED UFO SPEAKERS LISTED TO GIVE THE LATEST NEWS ON UFOLOGY.

NICAP.ORG IS A GREAT WEBSITE TO CHECK WITH ON THE HISTORY OF UFOLOGY. IT IS MAINTAINED BY FRANCIS RIDGE OF MT. VERNON, INDIANA. HE HAS BEEN A FRIEND OF MINE FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. HIS WEBSITE IS LINKED TO OURS.

TWO OTHER WITNESSES HAVE COME FORWARD AND VERIFIED CONGRESSMAN KUCINNICH'S UFO SIGHTING OF 1982. THEY ARE PAUL CORTANGO AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. THE STORY WAS IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ON PAGE Al ON JANUARY 2nd.

DECEMBER 2007

Another college has a class about ufos. Youngstown State University has a psychology class that deals with UFOs. Supposedly, Temple University is the only other one having space aliens as part of their curriculum.

The Clinton Presidential Library in Arkansas may soon be releasing some more of their files. Some of these files may contain information of Clinton's interest in the UFO phenomenon while he was President.

A new book has been published. It is titled "Need To Know" by longtime UFO researcher Timothy Good.

At the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on November 12 some 14 individuals talked about their UFO experiences. They were formerly government or military officials. Many of them were from foreign countries and included 7 pilots. Their objective was to get the U.S. Government to officially start investigating UFOs again.

New Mexico's Rose Bowl Parade float will be UFO themed.

Argentina had a police officer UFO case. 4 officers saw alien like beings in the wilderness near Irene.

Disclosure Project Director Steven Greer reports that government insiders have revealed the existence of a shadowy, highly classified program related to UFOs.

On October 30 it was reported on Romania television that a UFO had hit a MIG 21 in Romania. The jet was able to land safely with damage to its wing.

Astronaut Dr. Story Musgrave admitted that alien life does exist.

Marc Davenport, a long time UFO researcher, is selling his UFO collection because of ill health. If interested, you can e-mail him at marcdavenport1@cox.net.

Mufon states there were 261 ufo reported sightings in November.  228 of these occurred in the U.S

NOVEMBER 2007

In the future more people will be invited to visit the site of America's 1st Classic Close Encounter of a "flying saucer". With the owner's permission this will occur next Spring. It is located just a couple miles outside of Circleville.

UFOs received national attention when Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio was asked if he had ever observed a unidentified flying object. He stated that he had. This was on the debates for president on national television.

On October 15th Stephen Bassett sent an open letter to Al Gore. It was about alien technology possibly helping our climate changes. Bassett is a lobbyist working in Washington D.C.

NASA is researching their records on the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania ufo crash that occurred in December, 1965. Leslie Kane sued NASA four years ago for their records. She feels that the public has never been told the truth about this incident.

Richard Hoagland's press conference at the National Press Club was held on October 30th. His book with co-author Ken Johnston is titled, "Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA". They feel that there are hidden structures on the Moon.

The Larry King Show on November 9th was about ufos. It was one of the most objective shows that I have ever seen. The lone skeptic looked foolish to the evidence presented. Maybe there is a change with the attitude of the press. We will see.

the National Press Club is holding a presentation by some top ufo witnesses to be held on November 12th. This will include pilots from other countries. It will be interesting if it will be televised by CNN.

In the future Phyllis Budinger, a chemist from Ohio, will be on the History Channel. It will include chemical results on Betty Hill's dress. It may also involve the famous Portage County Ohio police chase of 1966.
 

OCTOBER 2007

THE LOCAL CIRCLEVILLE HERALD BUSINESS CARD DIRECTORY HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. OUR RUFOS CARD IS LISTED FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT INFORMATION OR TO REPORT SIGHTINGS.

FURTHER INVESTIGATION WAS DONE ABOUT ORANGE BURSTS OF LIGHT BEING OBSERVED LOCALLY. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THEY WERE BEING RELEASED FROM F16s FLYING OUT OF THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. ALL THE WITNESSES WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS EXPLANATION. BUT BECAUSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED OF A GENUINE UFO SIGHTING. THIS OCCURRED WITH A STRANGE UFO FOLLOWING A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER HOME LATE AT NIGHT ON JULY 5™ OF THIS YEAR. THERE IS NO NATURAL EXPLANATION FOR THIS REPORT. IT WILL BE ON FILE WITH A LOT OF OTHER UNKNOWN SIGHTINGS FROM THE LOCAL AREA. OUR CHIEF FIELD INVESTIGATOR IS MAKING A FULL REPORT TO MUFON.

INTERESTED PARTIES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN TAKEN TO THE SITE OF AMERICA'S 1ST CLASSIC CLOSE ENCOUNTER.  IT IS LOCATED ON A FARM JUST A COUPLE OF MILES OUTSIDE OF CIRCLEVILLE.  THIS IS DONE WITH THE LANDOWNER'S PERMISSION.  FOR APPOINTMENTS PHONE 740-477-6252.

THE 5TH ANNUAL UFO CRASH RETRIEVAL CONFERENCE IS TO BE HELD IN LAS VEGAS ON NOVEMBER 9TH TO THE 11TH.  ONE OF THE SPEAKERS IS A UFO INVESTIGATOR WHO WILL TALK ABOUT U.K. WHISTLEBLOWER GARY MCKINNON.  HE IS THE COMPUTER HACKER WHO BROKE INTO U.S. GOVERNMENT FILES ABOUT UFOs.  HE MAY GO TO PRISON BECAUSE OF IT.

RONALD L. MALLETT, PH.D. TALKED OF TIME TRAVEL AT OBERLIN, OHIO PUBLIC LIBRARY ON OCTOBER 3*°. COULD THIS BE ONE OF THE EXPLANATIONS FOR UFOS?

THIS IS AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION FROM THE INTERNET. JOHN PODESTA, FORMER AIDE TO PRESIDENT CLINTON AND GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO BILL RICHARDSON HAVE NOT BEEN ATTACKED FOR THEIR POSITIVE VIEWS OF THE EXISTENCE OF UFOS. RICHARDSON IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. WHAT IS GOING ON? ARE THE OPPONENTS AFRAID TO BRING UP THE SUBJECT OF UFOS?

NASA'S MARS ODYSSEY HAS DISCOVERED ENTRANCES TO 7 POSSIBLE CAVES. THIS HAS SPARKED INTEREST IN POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND HABITATS.

MILTON SPRAUSE, AGE 85, STATES THAT HE WAS AT ROSWELL IN 1947. HE CLAIMS THAT SOME OF HIS FELLOW AIRMEN WERE INVOLVED IN THE CLEANUP OF DEBRIS AND THEY TOLD HIM OF SEEING THE ALIEN BODIES. THEY STILL TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN HE LEFT THE BASE IN 1956.. THIS WAS FROM A NEWS ARTICLE CARRIED IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TIMES.

THERE WAS A 4 HOUR REPORTED UFO SIGHTING OVER THE CANARY ISLANDS ON SEPTEMBER 9™. THIS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT OBJECTS OBSERVED BY A HUSBAND AND WIFE.