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- * TENNESSEE NEWSLETTER *
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- * September, 1989 STATE DIRECTOR *
- * MUTUAL UFO NETWORK John W. Komar *
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- 4769 Lake Ridge Drive, Memphis, Tennessee 38109
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- Well, here we go again! This month, included with the newsletter is the
- Field Investigator's Examination. Everyone is considered a "trainee" until
- the test is taken and a passing grade is obtained, regardless of the position
- you hold in MUFON. If you have not taken it yet, don't feel alone. Quite a
- few of us (including me) have not taken it. I just finished mine and sent it
- out to be graded. Hopefully, I'll pass, and GOOD LUCK to each of you!
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- "SCI-FI CLIP WARNS YOUTHS TO WAIT FOR CLOSE ENCOUNTERS"
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- TALLAHASSEE-(AP) - Coming soon to a theatre near you: a dazzling, space-age
- warning about the dangers of teenage sex, starring aliens who promote abstin-
- ence as the best form of birth control.
- The two-minute public service announcement is scheduled to debut this
- fall on about 800 movie screens throughout Florida at a cost of $50,000.
- It's sponsor, the State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, is
- negotiating with theater owners to run the spot during movie previews. "It's
- probably the only science-fiction, teen-age pregnancy film that exists," said
- Tom Lenard, head producer-director for Auburn University's telecommunications
- department and creator of the film.
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- September 09, 1989
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- "BIG 'FIREBALL' BLAZES ACROSS MEMPHIS SKY"
-
- MEMPHIS- A bright object blazed across the sky about 7:45 Friday night, as
- reported by a number of people. One witness was out in his yard when he
- spotted the "fireball red" object. Another witness was driving on Interstate
- 40 when he spotted the object. The witness said it seemed to flicker and
- change from green to orange. "It changed colors several times coming down",
- he stated. Reports conflicted as to whether the object burned out before it
- hit the ground and varied as to its flight path. Major Dick Adam, spokesman
- for the U.S. Space Command near Colorado Springs, said experts couldn't find
- anything to indicate a manmade object fell from space.
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- TELEVISION / VIDEOS
-
- I hope everyone caught the T.V. show, "UNSOLVED MYSTERIES" this month. As
- the premier show of the season, a segment covering the "Roswell Incident" was
- shown. This one segment accounted for more than half of the hour long show.
- The program stuck pretty close to actual reported happenings as contained in
- the book "The Roswell Incident" (Berkley Books, New York), authored by
- Charles Berlitz and William (Bill) L. Moore (of 1989 International UFO Symp-
- osium fame, if you haven't heard what happened, let me know, and I'll clue
- you in). This famous crash in 1947 became the base of the now infamous MJ-12
- group (Majestic).
-
- HOLLYWOOD- Hollywood New Line Cinema has set an October 20 domestic release
- date for "COMMUNION", the film based on Whitley Strieber's alien encounters.
- The picture, which relates Strieber's contacts with aliens in 1985 and 1986,
- stars Christopher Walken as Strieber and Lindsay Crouse as his wife, Anne.
- ONLY COUNTS IN HORSESHOES?
-
- (From Arkansas MUFON Newsletter, Issue 017)
-
- Six times this year, an unannounced asteroid made a pass at the planet Earth.
- On August 24th, Asteroid 1989PB approached to within 2.5 million miles of
- Earth traveling at between 20,000 to 40,000 miles per hour. The mile wide
- chunk of rock was discovered coming this way on August 9th during film
- studies taken that day at Palomar Observatory in San Diego. It was the sixth
- one to intrude into the Earth's back yard this year. In March, Asteroid
- 1989FC traveled to within 460,000 miles of the Earth. This was stated to
- have been the closest asteroid pass in the records of astronomy. It is
- remarkable that a sequential series of historic astronomical events of this
- kind was so sparsely reported by the news media. This is especially note-
- worthy in view of the tremendous interest in and coverage of the Voyager fly-
- by of planet Neptune.
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- BOOKS.......
-
- Whiltey Strieber, of "COMMUNION" and "TRANSFORMATION" fame, has a new book
- out titled "MAJESTIC". It is written in a fiction format, rather than as a
- documentary. The reason for this is explained in the Introduction to the
- book. The book does contain factual information, but because of many various
- reasons, his attorney advised him to put it in a fictional light. It is good
- reading, and has a strong reference to the MJ-12 scenario.
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- CASES.......
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- Not much has transpired thruout the
- state this month. A case mentioned
- in the August, 1989 issue of
- "THE TENNESSEE NEWSLETTER", case
- number # 030189TN, is still on-going.
- I've received a video of past talks
- and discussions with the witness, and
- have an audio tape of his sessions with
- a hypnotist. He is presently undergoing
- hypnotic sessions weekly in efforts to
- uncover exactly what happened during
- his visits and abductions. More infor-
- mation will be available as the case
- progresses.
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- NEWS MEDIA
-
- Starting next month, a total of the
- number of newspaper articles appearing
- across the nation referencing UFO's
- will be included.
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- Many thanks to Hugh Quigley of Loudon
- for his comments & opinions about the
- newsletter and other topics. Among
- other things, Hugh is active in the MUFON
- Amateur Radio Net on Saturdays.
-