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- Subject: Hungariam UFO and other phenomena
- Date: 29 Dec 1994 20:59:47 GMT
- Organization: The University of Manitoba
- Lines: 73
- Message-ID: <3dv803$1pl@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: mira.cc.umanitoba.ca
- Summary: Article about Hungarian phenomena
- Keywords: Hungary,UFO
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- The following article appeared in The London Times yesterday, Wednesday
- 28 December 1994:
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- MARTIANS REPLACE MARX AS HUNGARY
- SEEKS NEW BELIEFS
- From Adam LeBor in Budapest
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- Aliens have surveyed Szolnok and one of their ships has been hovering
- above the Hungarian city.
- The vehicle flew several hundred feet above ground before its bright
- light dimmed and it changed shape, apparently due to advanced technology
- not yet available on Earth.
- "There was a light ten times as bright as Venus, 300 metres high, with an
- unbelievable flight path, tracing zeds in the sky," UFO Magazine said.
- Mock this news about a close encounter of the Hungarian kind at your
- peril because the story's author, Gyorgy Keleti, is now Hungary's Defence
- Minister.
- His brief also encompasses the negotiation of Hungary's entry into
- Nato under the auspices of the Partnership for Peace programme as well as
- monitoring more esoteric threats to Hungarian security.
- UFO Magazine is one of many manifestations of Eastern Europe's growing
- interest in the paranormal. Witchcraft, unidentified flying objects and
- the occult are growth industries in a region where many people are dazed
- and confused by the transition from communism and capitalism.
- The old certainties of Marx and Lenin have been replaced with new
- beliefs. Every main Hungarian city has a UFO society and this year the
- country hosted an international UFO conference.
- "People don't care about political parties shouting at each other, they
- are fed up with politics. But these phenomena are interesting because
- they are unexplainable and they are miracles," said Sandor Pusztay, the
- editor of UFO Magazine.
- Many Hungarians in search of such miracles can be found at the Red
- Raven witchcraft studio in Pest. The studio's waiting room is full every
- day with people seeking answers to life's problems from Jozsef Meszaros,
- Hungary's chief witch, for a price. Red Raven offers ritual magic, love
- spells, curse removal and reincarnation hypnosis at prices ranging from
- 2,000 forints to 10,000 forints (12UKP to 60UKP [$18 to $90]).
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- Mr Meszaros says he has 8,000 members in his "church", which is registered
- as a religion in Hungary although his more established rivals frown on it.
- "The Bishop of Esztergon told his congregation to have nothing to do with
- us. The same night the cathedral roof caught fire and they have not
- identified a cause," the chief witch said.
- Profits from the studio, set up in 1991, will go towards the witch's
- temple.
- "It is not necessary to have a church, witches can work out of the room,
- but it is a matter of prestige. Professional witchcraft rituals are
- difficult to organise in small east European flats," said Mr Meszaros.
- The studio sells 72 kinds of polarised water, each of which, it is
- claimed, can cure a different disease. However, the Ministry of Health
- said the water was identical to normal water and brought legal proceedings
- against the studio.
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- Sean.
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- Chris Rutkowski - rutkows@cc.umanitoba.ca
- University of Manitoba - Winnipeg, Canada
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