Info-ParaNet Newsletters, Number 87 Sunday, November 26th 1989 Today's Topics: Appointment for Director of Investigations Re: Hello Re: Appointment for Director of Investigations Re: Antimatter Drives and Area 51 115,etc. Re: Antimatter Drives And Area 51 Re: New Node Re: Area 51 Re: Millersburg, Oh Case ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: paranet!f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG!Michael.Corbin Subject: Appointment for Director of Investigations Date: 24 Nov 89 18:55:00 GMT ParaNet has enjoyed continual growth and visibility in the UFO community and the general public. Through the efforts of all involved in this venture, the staff, the subscribers, and the contributors, we have made many inroads and have established ourselves as truly the leaders in UFO and paranormal information providers. I am very grateful to all of you for this. There is none other like us in the world. The time has come to venture out into the world and attempt to grasp the essence of what is truly going on by virtue of investigation and reporting. The wheels of progress grind slowly however we have come to the juncture of a major step -- investigation. It is with great pride that I introduce Robert B. Klinn as ParaNet's Director of Investigations/Research. Bob's biography and talents are outstanding and he will enhance the ability of ParaNet to establish itself even further as the leader. Robert B. Klinn, J.D., a graduate of the University of Illinois and Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles, holds an A.B. in Political Science as well as a Juris Doctorate in Law. A special investigator for the late Dr. J. Allen Hynek (chief scientific consultant for the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book, chairman of the Northwestern University Astronomy Department, director of the Lindheimer Astronomical Research Center, and founder of the Center for UFO Studies), Klinn helped Hynek in tracking hard-to-pin-down cases. In California, Klinn was columnist, with David Branch, for The Orange County Register's "The Continuing UFO," this country's only weekly, investigative UFO column in a major daily newspaper. In Los Angeles, Klinn produced and directed a pilot UFO news program for KPFK-FM Radio. He has investigated numerous UFO mysteries for NICAP, CUFOS, Hynek, and for his column. Invited by Hynek, Klinn presented a CUFOS paper analyzing a Susanville, California, sergeant-detective's UFO photos -- computer-enhanced with the help of scientists at NASA/JPL's Image Processing Laboratory -- and The Center for UFO Studies published his findings in its Proceedings. Klinn has also written for The Las Vegas Sun, Rainbow Publications/Probe Magazine, Media Horizons/Laboratory Management, and Nash Publishing, for which, along with David Branch, he was contracted to write Inquiry at Redlands. The U.S. Defense Department's Contract Administration Services Region's Office of Industrial Security in Los Angeles awarded Klinn a certificate and letters of appreciation for his defense work and presentations -- involving protecting against foreign control and espionage at Southern California defense facilities and "Security In an Electronic Data Processing Environment." In the 70's and mid-80's, Klinn served on the legal staff of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and through that agency the United Nations, for 12 presidentially-declared disasters country-wide, including Guam, where he helped Guamanians and the residents of the Marianas Islands -- through SBA loans -- to rebuild their homes and businesses after Typhoon Pamela. Just prior to his appointment with ParaNet, Klinn headed an investigative/research/analysis company, doing research for law firms, the State Bar of Nevada, and multi-national corporations. With this, please welcome Bob to our ranks. Sincerely, Michael Corbin Administrator -- Michael Corbin - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Michael.Corbin@f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: paranet!f20.n3607.z1.FIDONET.ORG!Jerry.Woody Subject: Re: Hello Date: 24 Nov 89 00:38:00 GMT Hello Don; Very happy to be online with Paranet. Thanks for the warm welcome! > ignored by the media; a story about it ran in Vol. 4, No. 3 > of UFO Magazine. In the same issue was another story about Unfortunately I had to travel about 60 miles to Huntsville to the B. Dalton book chain to pick up UFO Magazine. Found the October issue a week ago. It is a very good magazine and worth the 60 mile drive... of course, there's always subscriptions! Thanks for the information. Jerry. -- Jerry Woody - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Jerry.Woody@f20.n3607.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: paranet!f37.n114.z1.FIDONET.ORG!Jim.Speiser Subject: Re: Appointment for Director of Investigations Date: 25 Nov 89 08:16:00 GMT >It is with great pride that I introduce Robert B. Klinn as >ParaNet's Director of Investigations/Research. Congratulations, and welcome, Bob. Your appointment is a long-awaited milestone in our development. Jim -- Jim Speiser - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Jim.Speiser@f37.n114.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: paranet!f37.n114.z1.FIDONET.ORG!Jim.Speiser Subject: Re: Antimatter Drives and Area 51 Date: 25 Nov 89 08:44:00 GMT In the time-honored tradition of Physics, Element 115 needs a better name than "Element 115." I vote we call it....Learium? Jim -- Jim Speiser - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Jim.Speiser@f37.n114.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: taos!uucp Subject: 115,etc. Date: 22 Nov 89 20:32:06 GMT Three comments today: (1) Incredible as it may seem, some historical sightings of UFO's flying in V- or wedge-formation have been identified as images of low-flying migrating birds whose light-colored breasts reflect light. (2) Element 115: I don't know any reason why 115 would be useful in creating an antigravity field or creating antimatter, except possibly as an energy source in some sort of fission reactor. There is a predicted quantum mechanical "Island of Stability" around atomic numbers 112-116, but more recent calculations suggest that none of these elements would be stable enough to be isolated in macroscopic amounts. In contrast, only a few years ago some physicists thought that these elements might have half-lives in the millions or billions of years. The German researchers have published their syntheses of the superheavy elements through #109 (see Scientific American, 1988 or early 1989). There is nothing unusual about the transuranium elements synthesized so far--their properties more or less are as predicted by the laws of chemistry and physics, and confirm the standard theories quite well. Getting into the conditionally stable region superheavy appears to be very difficult, but they are trying hard. At some point, the innermost electron orbitals are inside the nucleus and e-capture prevails, so there are other limits to potential stability. I know of no evidence from studies of fission tracks or isotopic ratios in meteorites or elsewhere to indicate that any nucleus heavier than 242 Pu is stable enough to occur naturally in any quantity. A fresh supernova remnant would be the place to look, however. Antimatter is made today in small amounts; beams of positrons and antiprotons are used in particle accelerators. Neutral anti-hydrogen (positrons orbiting antiprotons) would be hard to store, but certainly synthesizable. It would be a great power source when it mutually annihilated with normal matter. So-called "strange matter" might also be an interesting power source if it could be made in quantity and were stable. To my knowledge, the only "strange" particles seen so far are certain mesons. These are extremely unstable particles containing a quark and an antiquark. Even more hypothetical are "charmed," "beautiful," and "truthful" matters containing the charm, beauty or bottom, and truth or top quarks along with the lower mass ones. (3) Reply to Marc Dantonio: While I'm in Houston, I don't have access to my personal library, reprints, and Xerox collection, so it's difficult for me to locate older references in the scientific literature. My apologies for not documenting my comments more thoroughly. Both Paranet and Skeptics are pretty informal, but both would be improved if more members would do their homework. By the way Conn. Wesleyan is a great school; I have some friends who were in the music progam their, especially ethno, gamelan, etc. John -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: paranet!Brad.Langton Subject: Re: Antimatter Drives And Area 51 Date: 25 Nov 89 18:31:00 GMT Good to see you again Jim! I hope to be hearing from you up my way one of these days. ....heheheh.... Learium indeed! Brad -- Brad Langton - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Brad.Langton@paranet.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: paranet!f10.n371.z1.FIDONET.ORG!Bob.Sabo Subject: Re: New Node Date: 20 Nov 89 10:38:57 GMT > This is to welcome a new member to the ParaNet family. > > ParaNet NU-GAMMA > Bob Sabo > Cape Coral, Florida > 813-549-5158 2400 > > On behalf of the group, WELCOME! Please take a moment and > introduce yourself. > > Michael Corbin > Administrator Hello, everyone! My name is Bob Sabo, and I live in Cape Coral, Fla. This is on the SW coast of Fla about 120 miles south of Tampa. I manage a Pizza Hut on Ft. Myers Beach, Fla. I have been interested in the paranormal for a long time especially UFO's. I really want to become an active part of this net and I will do my best to promote this net in my area. I think that there is a lot of interest around here, so all I have to do is get the word around and I think that the results will be excellent. To descr ibe myself, I am 43 years old, and an ex-Marine. I spent almost 3 years in Viet Nam. I am an ex-police officer and I used to work for the CIA in the late 60's. Well, I guess it's time to close for now, but am looking forward to hearing from all of you. BOB -- Bob Sabo - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Bob.Sabo@f10.n371.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: paranet!p0.f18.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG!Mac.Druaidh Subject: Re: Area 51 Date: 24 Nov 89 16:03:00 GMT BS} Great Scott Mac, is all of your video equipment 8mm ? Yep. I have a low-quality VHS player for bump-up, but I rarely use it. BS} The new cameras with the 450 line res. are really great BS} though I hear. What's nice is being able to tape something on 8mm and then either watch it directly at home, or bring a camcorder to a friend's house for easy viewing. -- Mac Druaidh - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Mac.Druaidh@p0.f18.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: paranet!Rick.Dell'aquila Subject: Re: Millersburg, Oh Case Date: 26 Nov 89 14:09:00 GMT I agree. PErhaps you have read some of our materials on the Lake Erie sighting in March 1988, which was observed by several independent witnesses who have to this day never spoken with each other. A photograph of one of the objects was taken, which was identified by the other witnesses, including Coast Guard personnel. The case is uploaded to Paranet under Lakerie.ufo (I think that's the file name). 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