{53} UNITED KINGDOM UFO NETWORK

Date: 27th May 1996   -   Members = 695

In this issue:-

Dave says.
Roswell Daily Record 1947.
Giant inflatable to unfurl in space orbit.
The Weird World this week (Chupacabras).
Warning UFOs -- Warning UFOs -- Fire & Police Departments.
"The truth is out there" (Burton).
ICBM Sites Visited by UFOs.
Straight to the point.
Where would I go to see the most brilliant star.
Radar contact made by several airliners (New York).
Request from ORTK (Opration Right To Know).
E.T. was here, says MoD man.
My night of fright: Close encounters of the video kind.
UFO sighting in Liverpool.
UFO link to carcuss horror.

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Dave says:

I shall be taking a well earned rest for the next couple of weeks,
so the next two e-zines will be in the very capable hands of Doug
Roberts from the 'Little Green Men' BBS. 

Doug Roberts, Sysop of Little Green Men BBS (+44)1342844517
InterNet: doug@nolimits.demon.co.uk   
FidoNet: 2:440/217.1
Home Page - http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/ddpweb/lgm

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We read and hear many many theories as to why we are being visited by 
extraterrestrials. Now I would like to know yours.

Over the next 3 to 4 weeks send me your theories on why you think 
extraterrestrials should want to visit Earth and Humanity.

At the end of this time I will put the replies into a special e-zine 
which will be posted out to you.

Please keep your replies as brief as possible, perhaps a maximum of 2 
or 3 paragraphs.

In the subject heading of your reply please put:

'WHY SHOULD ET VISIT EARTH'

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Would the person who recently e-mailed me about the UK UFO 
organisation they belong to where it may be possible to exchange 
reports and who is shortly to be moving down to London, please 
contact me again as your mail was deleted after a system crash.

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Nick Pope's (he of the UK MoD) new book is now out entitled
'Open Skies, Closed Minds'. 'For the first time a Government UFO 
expert speaks out'.

Forward by Timoth Good.

It is at present only available in hard 
back and priced at 14 pounds and 99 pence sterling.

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I have had one or two complaints from readers about the recent
reports taken from the 'Weekly World News' paper. I would just like
to say that as it was a new paper which I had recently come across I
thought some of the articles were of interest.

However there will be no further articles taken from this paper 
unless I feel that it is absolutely neccessary.

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The below 'Real Audio' files are now available from the groups www 
site (address below). They have been taken from the American radio 
presenter Art Bells site. For those of you in or close to the UK you 
may find it faster to download them from the UK.UFO.NW web site.

They are the latest reports on the Roswell fragments.

Roswell pieces part 1
File: lh-ros1.ra  -  Size: 316kb  -  Running time: 6 mins
Roswell pieces part 2
File: lh-ros2.ra  -  Size: 584kb  -  Running time: 10 mins
Roswell pieces part 3
File: lh-ros3.ra  -  Size: 500kb  -  Running time: 9 mins

These files will be available for two weeks from Monday 27th May.

The 4th and final part of the BBC Radio 5 Live phone in 'Real Audio' 
will be available in two weeks.

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Source: Typed from a photo-copy of the original newspaper (Dave)

ROSWELL DAILY RECORD

Vol 47. Number 99. Established 1883     Roswell New Mexico,   
Tuesday, July 8, 1947                           5c Per Copy


RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region

No Details of Flying Disk Are Revealed

Roswell Hardware Man and Wife Report Disk Seen


The intelligence office of the 509th Bombardment group at Roswell Army
Air Field announced at noon today, that the field has come into
possession of a flying saucer.

According to information released by the department, over authority of
Maj. J. A. Marcel, intelligence officer, the disk was recovered on a
ranch in the Roswell vicinity, after an unidentified racher had
notified Sheriff Geo. Wilcox, here, that he had found the instrument
on his premises.

Marjor Marcel and a detail from his department went to the ranch and
recovered the disk, it was stated.

After the intelligence office here had inspected the instrument it was
flown to "higher headquarters."

The intelligence office stated that no details of the saucer's
construction or its appearance had been revealed.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wilmot apparently were the only persons in Roswell
who have seen what they thought was a flying disk.

They were sitting on their porch at 105 South Penn. last Wednesday
night at about ten minutes before ten o'clock when a large glowing
object zoomed out of the sky from the southeast, going in a
northwesterly direction at a high rate of speed.

Wilmot called Mrs. Wilmot's attention to it and both ran down into the
yard to watch. It was in sight less than a minute, perhaps 40 or 50
seconds, Wilmot estimated.

Wilmot said that it appeared to him to be about 1,500 feet high and
going fast. He estimated between 400 and 500 miles per hour.

In appearance it looked oval in shape like two inverted saucers faced
mouth to mouth, or like two old type washbowls placed together in the
same fashion. The entire body glowed as though light were showing
through from the inside, though not like it would be if a light were
merely underneath.

From where he stood Wilmot said that the object looked to be about 5
feet in size, and making allowance for the distance it was from town
he figured that it must have been 15 or 20 feet in diameter, though
this was just a guess.

Wilmot said that he heard no sound but that Mrs. Wilmot said she heard
a swishing sound for a very short time.

The object came into view from the southeast and disappeared over the
treetops in the general vicinity of six-mile hill.

Wilmot, who is one of the most respected and reliable citizens in
twon, kept the story to himself hoping that someone else would come
out and tell about having seen one, but finally today decided that he
would go ahead and tell about seeing it. The announcement that the
RAAF was in possession of one came only a few minutes after he had
decided to release the details of what he had seen.

----------O----------

Roswellians Have Differing Opinions On Flying Saucers


Roswell is a bit uncertain about these flying disks, it would appear
from interviews today with a number of local citizens, with about as
many ideas concerning them as there are people interviewed.

The reactions ran the gamut from scoffs at the whole idea to serious
thoughts that they represented experiments by the government. No one
interviewed thought they cam from souces outside the United States.
Representative thoughts were about as follows:

Dr. A.D. Crile:- An obsession. I think it is a fixed curiosity. The
condition of the eyes is such that some people think they see them
when they look up into the sky, but others without the same deficiency
do not see them. It is just an obsession; there is no such thing at
all.

Ben Ginsberg:- I am satisfied it is not an illusion. I feel there is
some foundation for it. It is not reasonable to suppose it would be
enemy disks. My frank opinion is that it is an experiment and as
quickly as they find one - which they soon will - the disks will be
exposed as experiments by some individual or by our own government.

H.M. Dow:- I have come to the conclusion that there are some disks
flying around, and I think it is an experiment of some tactical branch
of our armed forces.

W.W. Merritt:- I think most of them are optical illusions. If it is
anything at all it is something of the army's, but I don't think there
is a thing to it myself.

Rolla Hinkle:- I think the United States government is trying out
something new. These disks may be radio-controlled instruments of some
kind. In fact, I would make a guess that it is some military division
of the government trying out radio-controlled objects flying through
the air, possibly at super-sonic speeds.

Ross Malone Jr:- I am still not convinced but that they are 

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Roswellians-
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mass hysteria. If they keep increasing the reports and if the reports
become more authentic I may have to revise my opinion later. But I am
not going to revise it yet.

Claude Simpson:- I think undoubtably there is something to it but
there is a lot of hooey to it too. Some people are seeing them when
they really don't exist, but there must be something to it. I have no
idea what they are.

George Balderee:- Personally, I think it is some experiment of our war
agencies. I don't think it is anything to be alarmed over, because I
think it is some experiment being carried on by our own people.

Tom Hall:- I am as much at sea as everyone else. I think it is a
scientific experiment emanating from some source, where I do not know.
But I do not think it is iur own country.

Walter Harrison:- I don't have the least idea on earth what it is. I
haven't seen one and don't know anything about them except what I have
read. It seems strange to me that if there are as many as have been
reported that they arn't hitting something.

Bruce Poorbaugh:- I enjoy reading the stories about them. I believe it
is an army or scientific experiment.

Wayne Adams:- There must be something to it or it would not be
observed by so many people in so many areas. It is more likely that it
is some solar phenomenon than experimental work by some enemy nation.
If they are man made and as big as a house as some reports have it,
someone should be able to find one.

Dan Wilmot:- I think it is evidently a radar-conrolled defense
instrument of some kind which is being experimented with, and I think
the atomic commission knows about it.

Will C. Lawrence:- I think this is some test the government is making.
If it wern't the government, they would already have run this down and
let the public know what it is all about.

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From: The Sunday Times newspaper.
Date: Sunday 19th May, 1996.

GIANT INFLATABLE TO UNFURL IN SPACE ORBIT

Nasa is due to launch its latest shuttle mission today to test an 
inflatable antenna the size of a tennis court. Endeavour and its 
six-man crew are due to lift off from Kennedy Space Centre at 10:30 
(GMT). Tomorrow will be the highlite of the 10-day mission when the 
astronauts release a small satellite carrying a prototype inflatable 
communications antenna. Once inflated, the antenna will fly alongside 
the shuttle for one orbit of the Earth. Nasa hopes to use inflatable 
structures not just for antenna, but for all kinds of space 
structures, including sun shades, and support booms because they are 
lighter, smaller and more cost-effective than traditional systems. As 
well as six astronauts, Endeavour carries mussel larvae, sea-urchin 
eggs and starfish embryos. Scientists hope that by studying marine 
life in space they will learn more about the causes of human bone 
disorders and birth defects.

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From: Teletext.
Date: Sunday 19th May, 1996.

Strange But True.
The Weird World this week.

Is it a bat? Is it a witch? Is it from Mars? The "Chupacabras" has 
captured the immagination of many Mexicans.

Whatever it is, it is known to be furry, have big bulbous eyes and 
sucks the blood of goats and other animals.

While the government appeals for calm, entrepreneurs in Tijuana have 
produced T-shirts and key rings and offer tours of sites said to have 
Chupacabras links.

Dave says: For those of you who are aware of the Chupacabras reports, 
news has come in this week of multiple sightings in many states in 
the USA.

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From: "Dr. R .X.  Frager" 
Newsgroups: alt.paranet.ufo,alt.alien.visitors
Date: 30 April, 1996.

WARNING--UFO's--WARNING--UFO's
From your local Fire and Police Departments!

Warning:

"Near approaches of UFOs can be harmful to human beings.  Do not
stand under a UFO that is hovering at a low altitude.  Do not touch
or attempt to touch a UFO that has landed.  In either case, the safe
thing to do is to get away from these very quickly and let the
"Military" take over.  There is a possibility of radiation danger
and there are known cases where people have been burned by rays
emanating from UFOs.  Don't take chances with UFOs"

WARNING---WARNING---WARNING--WARNING

"Do Not Take Chances With UFO's"

Excerpted from "The Fire Officer's Guide To Disaster Control" by
William Kramer Ph.D. and Charles Bahme J.D..  This manual is found in
EVERY police and fire department in America.

Dave says: This makes interesting reading. Can any of our American 
readers confirm this or not?

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From:  Andrew Espeland 
Source: Burton Mail.
Date: Saturday May 11th, 1996.

"THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE"

A postal worker claims he has had a close encounter after two giant
UFOs were spotted hovering over Burton in the latest of a string of
sightings in the area.

Mr Tom Cullerton has told how he lost 15 minutes of his life. He
said he watched a craft "the size of a football pitch" gliding over
homes in Winshill and had another dramatic sighting two nights later.

Now he wants to know whether any other people spotted the UFOs
during the early hours of Wednesday and Friday last week.

UFO investigators say this was the latest of around 20 "flying
triangle" sightings in the Burton and South Derbyshire area in the
last month.

Mr Culleton has been a postal worker for nearly 30 years and is
Derbyshire area health and safety representative for the
Communications Workers' Union, which covers Burton.

He says he was travelling along the A50 during the early hours of
May 1 to collect mail from Burton when he spotted a bright light in
the sky. He stopped alongside Bretby Lane, and then saw "a great
craft with lights all round it" gliding slowly over houses.

"It was like the body of a very large aircraft without wings, about
100 yards across. There were lights all round it, with windows at
the side and a light at the rear was traffic light green.

"I'm a sceptic and not interested in UFOs. But I saw what I saw and
that's it," said Mr Culleton.

He said he later realised he had lost a quarter of an hour, which he
could not account for.

He says the second sighting happened near the Waterloo pub further
down the road. He saw a massive triangular craft the length of a
football pitch move towards him and bank to the left.

Mr Culleton says his second sighting was similar to the picture
produced by the Derby-based Phenomenon Research Association, a
worldwide organisation of around 70 members who have been
investigating UFOs.

The case is now being investigated by the Association which says
hundreds of "flying triangles" have been spotted all over the world
since 1955.

Anyone who feels they may have seen one can contact group leader Mr
Omar Fowler on 01332 761464.

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From:  "Terry Colvin" 
Date: Tuesday, 14th May, 1996.

ICBM SITES VISITED BY UFOs

While chewing the fat today at a defense lecture I learned that UFOs
are continuing to visit ICBM and other sensitive military sites. 
Rick S. said a friend at Kirtland Air Force Base (Albuquerque), New
Mexico stated two UFOs were tracked on radar at the Distant Early
Warning (DEW) site near Cavalier, North Dakota.  The objects
approached slowly, decelerated to 0 angular speed, instantly
accelerated to Mach 4, reversed direction on a dime, etc. 
Interceptors sent up could not close.

Also, a defense official related his father's UFO sighting and
stories by a navigator on B-17s based in England.  The latter
concerned foo-fighters that routinely met outbound B-17s on runs to
Germany and inbound on return.

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From: Daily Mail newspaper.
Date: Thursday May 23rd, 1996.

STRAIGHT TO THE POINT

(letters page)

Why have there been no reports of men being abducted and subjected to 
intimate physical examination by female crews of flying saucers?
This sex discrimination is unacceptable.

R. Latham, Stafford.

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From: Dailt Mail newspaper.
Date: Friday 24th May, 1996.

WHERE ON EARTH WOULD I GO TO SEE THE MOST BRILLIANT
STARLIT SKY?

(letters page)

In good weather, away from streetlights and large cities, you can get 
a good view of the stars from most places on Earth. Better on a 
moonless night, the view is generally improved the higher above sea 
level.

The most popular location with professional astronomers is the island 
of Hawaii in mid-pacific. Its 14,000 ft high extinct volcano Mauna 
Kea is an excellent site and observatories from half-a-dozen 
countries, including the UK, grace its slopes.

Other good locations are the Chilean Andes, La Palma in the Canary 
Islands, up mountains in Arizona, U.S., and Sliding Spring in New 
South Wales, Australia.

But the clearest view would be from above the Earth's atmosphere via 
the Hubble Telescope orbiting 380 miles high.

Dr Jacqueline Mitton,
Royal Astronomical Society, London.

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From: UFO Roundup.
Source: National UFO Reporting Centre, Seattle, USA.

RADAR CONTACT MADE BY SEVERAL AIRLINERS

Last week the National UFO Reporting Center in Seattle released
information on several unusual incidents that took place during April.
One of them is the following.

Friday April 12, 1996 - At precisely 11:55 p.m., several airliners
circling New York City reported visual and radar contact with "a
large UFO." Six airliners in all reported contact.  The sightings
were confirmed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) control
center in New York. 

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From: ng@shannon.tellabs.com (Nick Gleeson)
ORTK - Operation Right To Know
Date: Tue, 7 May 1996.

REQUEST FROM ORTK

I was watching a crappy program on TV here in Ireland about home
movies. It shows ancient home movies made by silly rich and famous
people. This week featured home movies by a guy called Desmond
Leslie, from Castle Leslie. He generally hung around with people like
Mick Jagger. Anyway he was talking about the sixties in general and
then casually mentioned watching the Apollo 11 moon shot from a pub
in Connamara, and how there were two hugh UFO's in the picture, one
above the module and the other behind the module. He then just
carried on talking about the sixties.........

I spoke to an ageing hippy neighbour of mine who told me of this same
incident some time ago, I asked him tell me the positions of the UFO's
and he described them exactly as Desmond Leslie did.

Anyone got any more info on this??? I would appreciate any pointers
etc.

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From: (Doug Roberts) lgmnews@nolimits.demon.co.uk
Source: The Observer newspaper.
Date: April 28, 1996.

E.T. WAS HERE, SAYS MoD MAN

BYLINE: Ron Mckay 

IT'S OFFICIAL - there are aliens out there and they have been
visiting Earth for years, breaching air defences and endangering
national security. At least this is the belief of a Ministry of
Defence official who has investigated more than 600 alleged UFO
sightings and had access to all the top-secret departmental files
over 40 years. Nick Pope, a 30-year-old civil servant, was in charge
of the MoD's X-Files section - prosaically titled Secretariat (Air
Staff) 2a - which handles inquiries into unexplained air phenomena.
He arrived in 1991 as a sceptic and left three years later convinced.
Mr Pope still works for the Ministry, which stresses that his
opinions are his own and are not shared in Whitehall, where the
official view is that while we are open-minded about the possible
presence of others in our galaxy, there is no proof they have been
parking their spaceships on our lawns. Mr Pope has a book coming out
in June based on his MoD experiences, Open Skies, Closed Minds, but
when the Observer rang him at his desk in Whitehall he was decidedly
close-mouthed. 'It's in my interest that the news interest manifests
itself when there is a book on the shelf,' he said. He did confirm
that he now believed in extraterrestrial visitations and that direct
experience of investigating sightings had convinced him. However, the
author has been less guarded elsewhere. He spoke at a conference in
London last weekend organised by Fortean Times magazine, and even has
his own space on the Internet, where he reveals that his
departmentalcolleagues have nicknamed him 'Spooky', the same as Fox
Mulder's in the X-Files. 'The official reason why the MoD looks at
UFO reports is simply to see whether there is evidence of any threat
to the defence of the UK,' he says. 'But how can anybody say there's
no threat if they don't know what UFOs are?' Stressing this point to
his superiors allowed him to 'investigate UFO sightings and handle
policy in this area'. Speaking at the London 'Unconvention'
conference, Mr Pope said he had dealt with more than 200 sightings a
year and, during his spell at the department, found around 80 that
could not be explained. He believes Britain's most famous alleged
sighting, on a December night in 1980 in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk,
was compelling evidence of visitors from outer space. American
airmen from two nearby RAF bases described an object the size of a
tank, triangular with three legs and made out of what looked like
black glass, which rose slowly upwards, hovered briefly and then shot
off at incredible speed. His book has been vetted by the men from the
Ministry ('We're quite relaxed about it,' said a spokesman). But he
stressed Mr Pope's job had been purely administrative: 'It was not
his job to investigate. I am not aware that our air defence system
has ever been penetrated.' Nonsense, says Mr Pope. 'Not only is the
truth out there,' he says 'but it is much stranger than fiction.'

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From: (Doug Roberts) lgmnews@nolimits.demon.co.uk
Source: Sunday Mail newspaper.
Date: May 5th, 1996.

MY NIGHT OF FRIGHT: 
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE VIDEO KIND

Margaret Ross from Stenhousemuir has video footage of the UFO she 
saw.

BYLINE: Paul Drury.

Granny Margaret Ross feared she was about to be beamed up by
ALIENS... After a close encounter - IN HER BEDROOM. "I was so
scared, I hid behind the curtain," said Margaret. "I was sure they
were looking at me." Margaret, 63, survived unscathed... with
astonishing video footage of a UFO. Her film, exclusively obtained by
the Mail, shows a bright light hovering in the sky above her house in
Stenhousemuir. The area is world-famous as a hot spot for UFO
sightings. Brighter than a star, the object appears suddenly to zoom
towards Margaret's camcorder. The disc-shaped UFO shows five clear
stripes on the surface. Then it shoots away. Husband Alex, 72, said:
"It wasn't just the camera that picked it up. I saw it too." The
couple's terror began as they were preparing to go to bed. "I had
just put the TV off when I looked out of the window," said Margaret.
"I looked up to the sky and thought: 'What is that?' "I came
downstairs for my camcorder because I could not believe what I saw."
Margaret, takes her camcorder everywhere and she filmed the UFO for
20 minutes. Just a week before, a resident of a nearby village told
police she had seen a "strange light in the sky". We gave Margaret's
film to Archie Roy, Glasgow University's Emeritus Professor of
Physics and Astronomy. And the prof was astonished by the video. He
said: "I've never seen anything like this before." "Around 92 per
cent of sightings can be easily explained. "But this one is one of
the 8 per cent of phenomenon which science cannot recognise. "I have
seen things like this before... but not changing shape the way this
does." Is it the Devil? UFOs are being sent to Earth by the Devil,
says Father Tom Kulp, one of America's experts on the supernatural.
And UFOs figure in Biblical prophecies about the end of the world,
he claims. Father Kulp has studied similarities between demons and
aliens. The Greek Orthodox cleric, who is based in Wisconsin, points
out that today's reports of encounters with alien beings are almost
identical to many ancient accounts of demonic possession. He says:
"The ultimate purpose of the UFO phenomenon is to help prepare the
human race for the coming of the Antichrist, as foretold in the
Bible."

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From: choppie@skinner.u-net.com
Newsgroups: alt.ufo.reports
Date: Saturday 13th April, 1996.

UFO SIGHTING IN LIVERPOOL

Hi All,

I am sending you a report of a UFO that a friend saw early this
morning. 

In the early morning of April 5th, I was walking home after visiting
my friend, and I noticed a flash in the sky to my right. It appeared
to be a triangular shaped object moving at great speed, as it crossed
from one end of my field of vision to the other in 2-3 seconds. I did
however see the object blink a light twice before it vanished, yet I
did notice that it had no observation lights of any kind.

I have no idea how for away it was or how large it was, but I 
was forced to look up at a 45 degree angle to view it. 

******

From: Iain Bryson 
From: 
Source: Sunday Life newspaper.
Date: October 29th, 1995.

UFO LINK TO CARCASS HORROR

A grisly animal mutilation at a Co. Down farm is being connected
with UFO sightings in the area. Several people in South Armagh and
Omeath have reported seeing a large circular ball of light in the
evening sky. At the same time the UFO research group QUEST was
contacted by a farmer in Carnlough who reported the mutilation of one
of his cows. Miles Johnston from Quest said: "The cow carcass had
been drained of blood, the flesh had been removed from its head and
its vital organs were gone. "The organs were sucked out through a
clean incision made by some hi-tech laser device. "This is the first
case of its kind in Northern Ireland but it has happened to thousands
of animals in the US and Britain."

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Dave.