Info-ParaNet Newsletters Volume I Number 305 Saturday, September 22nd 1990 Today's Topics: Re:OUT THERE by Blum TV show notifications Re: Need Radar Experts & Historians Bill Cooper's Book Re: Paranet Newsletter 302 Re: designs Kecksburg Ufo Re: Transmission Of Gif Files? Re: GIF PICTURES Re: UFO'S; BERMUDA TRIANGLE Re: MYSTERY TELETYPE Re: BERMUDA TRIANGLE Re: MJ-12 CONTROVERSY I Blum Re: OUT THERE by Blum Re: Oprah Winfrey Re: Creating digitized GIF pict Re: Bill Cooper's Book Thanks CROP CIRCLES RE: Decoding RTTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: keith@pecan.cray.com (Keith A. Fredericks) Subject: Re:OUT THERE by Blum Date: 21 Sep 90 16:43:05 GMT Jim Delton writes: + I seem to recall that 10 or 15 years ago there were a few newstories in + the papers about the US Gvt doing some remote viewing experiments but + as I recall, they never panned out. What is panning-out? Becoming accepted by the scientific community? I recently posted a whole bunch of references to the published work on remote viewing. Remote viewing works and has been shown over and over again to work. + What I have read of the non-military remote viewing experiments is + that they basically don't seem to work when performed under controlled + conditions. Read the references that I posted, and go on and read the references within those technical publications. Where are your references? Here, I will even repost the references: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. A. Rauscher, in The Iceland Papers, edited by A. Puharich, Essentia Research, Amherst, WI, (1980). Targ and Puthoff, in The Iceland Papers, edited by A. Puharich, Essentia Research, Amherst, WI, (1980). R. Targ and H. E. Puthoff, Proc. IEEE 64, 329 (1976): R. G. Jahn, B. J. Dunne and E. G. Jahn, J. Parapsychol. 3, (1980). R. G. Jahn, Proc. IEEE 70, 136 (1982): Technical Note PEAR 83003, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory, Princeton University, August 1983 : Technical Note PEAR 88002, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory, Princeton University, August 1989. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim, the opinion you have expressed here about remote viewing is clearly at odds with the scholarly work performed on the subject. The evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of a conclusion that remote viewing is a real effect observed many times by reputable scientists under proper experimental protocols. -keith -- Keith Fredericks, Cray Research Inc., 655F Lone Oak Dr., Eagan, MN 55121 keith@cray.com (612)683-5489 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Dobbs Subject: TV show notifications Date: 21 Sep 90 23:23:25 GMT One service that this forum is really useful for is letting people know when TV or Radio shows are going to be aired on subjects that are of interest like field circles, UFOs, etc. I would encourage those who get advanced information would post it so that as many people as possible can tune in. Best Regards to all, -- Mike Dobbs Internet: miked@vcd.hp.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Roger Black Subject: Re: Need Radar Experts & Historians Date: 21 Sep 90 23:26:54 GMT Clark Matthews writes: + I'm looking for people with radar or microwave stories they can tell. I'm + conjuring with the theory that UFOs may have first become really interested + in us when we started fooling around with radar in the 1930s. You've probably already seen this, but here it is anyway. It's from page 13 of Timothy Good's 'Above Top Secret' (as quoted on p. 362 of Ed Conroy's 'Report on Communion'): Official investigation into unidentified flying objects in comparatively recent times began in 1933 when, according to contemporary newspaper reports, mysterious aircraft appeared over Scandinavia and, to a lesser extent, the US and Britain. Often seen flying in hazardous weather conditions which would have grounded conventional aircraft of the period, the 'ghost aircraft' (as they were called) frequently circled low, projecting powerful searchlights on to the ground. Another puzzling feature was that although engine noises accompanied the sightings, the aircraft sometimes described low-level maneuvers in complete silence. Good luck with your research! -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Don.Ecker@f22.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Don Ecker) Subject: Bill Cooper's Book Date: 21 Sep 90 18:19:00 GMT Brian Clark asked: > Has anyone had a chance to see a pre-release of Bill > Cooper's new (and I think only book) "Behold a Pale > Horseman"? There is a faculty member going to fringe > science convention next week where 3,000 pre-release copies > will supposedly be available - she will try to pick us up a > copy. In the meantime, I believe the release date is > listed as Feb. of 1991. > > Any comments? Brian, read my two part series entitled "The Whistleblowers" in UFO Magazine. Part One in Vol. 5 No. 4, and Part Two in Vol. 5 No. 5. UFO Magazine is at 1800 S. Robertson Blvd. #355 Los Angeles, CA 90035 The cost for one years subscription is $18.00, foreign subs are $26.00, and single issues are $3.00 plus $1.25 postage. Cooper is a fraud, cut and dried. In MY opinion it is a money scam to enrich Cooper. If you wish to spend money on UFO material, there are many better areas to spend it. Don Ecker -- Don Ecker - via FidoNet node 1:30163/0 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Don.Ecker@f22.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Don.Ecker@f22.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Don Ecker) Subject: Re: Paranet Newsletter 302 Date: 21 Sep 90 18:20:00 GMT > From: postmaster@scicom.alphacdc.com > Date: 18 Sep 90 16:57:22 GMT > Message-ID: <6520@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM> > Newsgroups: info.paranet > > From: Charlie Turner > > I've looked all around town but can't find a newsstand that > carries > UFO Magazine. If someone could post UFO's publisher's > address and > phone number I would be very grateful. Also, are there > other magazines > of particular interest to Paranet readers? Charlie, see my message to Brian Clark. Don -- Don Ecker - via FidoNet node 1:30163/0 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Don.Ecker@f22.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim McCabe Subject: Re: designs Date: 22 Sep 90 15:18:37 GMT I saw the CNN news report about the enormous design found in the desert, too. I don't recall anything about people finding survey markers. In fact, I believe the reporter said that no one had any clues to its origin. One person put forth the theory that it was produced by an American SDI weapon as a test of accuracy. -- Jim -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael.Corbin@f3206.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Corbin) Subject: Kecksburg Ufo Date: 22 Sep 90 05:23:00 GMT > I saw the Unsolved Mysteries episode on the Kecksburg > incident. I > couldn't help thinking how similiar the craft looked to the > early > Russian space capsules. I know that the Russian's had an > accident > where at least one capsule decompressed with the astronaut > or > astronauts inside died and were just left in orbit. Yes. Very interesting piece that they presented. I would be interested in knowing more about the alleged trajectory that the program stated the object took where it seemed to make a couple of "controlled" turns. Also, the blue light that it emitted. Would that be characteristic of a space capsule? Mike -- Michael Corbin - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Michael.Corbin@f3206.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clark.Matthews@f320.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Clark Matthews) Subject: Re: Transmission Of Gif Files? Date: 22 Sep 90 05:07:00 GMT > To transmit a binary file over E-mail, you have to encode > it into ASCII, > and the easiest way to do this is to uuencode it before > transmitting it, > and to uudecode it at the receiving end. Programs for > uuencoding and > decoding are easy to come by for any computer. It should Stan, I wasn't aware that there was a reliable way to convert binary files to ASCII. Please tell me more about these programs! But I must ask, even if it is possible to convert binary to ASCII and back again, why not use a good error-checking protocol during the file transfer and eliminate the error potential of sending a clear ASCII file? Anything from Xmodem to Kermit to Zmodem should do nicely. Please let me know about the conversion program! Many thanks, Clark -- Clark Matthews - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Clark.Matthews@f320.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Pete Porro) Subject: Re: GIF PICTURES Date: 19 Sep 90 17:31:44 GMT I HAVE ONE OF MYSELF (oops) vanity? No really I do have a photo of myself and I would like to get it scanned and posted on my BBS so some of the users can use it for dart boards or just to see what I really look like. Is theree any possibility of sending a photo so my user can see the benevolent despot who pays the phone bills, and manages to mangle the system from day to day? -- Pete Porro - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Pete Porro) Subject: Re: UFO'S; BERMUDA TRIANGLE Date: 19 Sep 90 17:33:33 GMT I have one that says the "Lost Squadron" is on the moon. I am familar with the text file saying that treasure hunters have thought they located remains of a similar type aircraft. No plans to explore or recover at this time. -- Pete Porro - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Pete Porro) Subject: Re: MYSTERY TELETYPE Date: 19 Sep 90 17:41:55 GMT I still have some teletype messages from years ago. They fade fast. The paper I was familiar with was a cream or yellowish newsprint, there are usually RED and Black characters. The width is non-standard. The printing is lousy and not very well aligned. Just a few things to look for. I suppose I should photo copy them before they disappear completely. One is the wire story of the new break on the shootings at Kent State, another is the announcement of the Beatles breakup. (hey I'm a collector!) Some others are less notable. I was designated teletype reader at the time, and the machine was out of paper, disconnected, or broken often. Also played on a machine at the local Milwaukee paper in 1968-9 a couple of times. Things have changed for the better. -- Pete Porro - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Pete Porro) Subject: Re: BERMUDA TRIANGLE Date: 19 Sep 90 17:52:10 GMT I'm not sure of the content of the original message, but as in Crash Go The Chariots, most people don't pay attention or have interest in the facts when they refute the claims. As for the Bermuda Triangle it's been bashed and crashed with solid evidence numerous times including a very good NOVA show that covers a few topics. Also have seen evidence as to the origin of the "Lost Squadron" article in a mag. that started the whole thing. The facts were made from fiction in people using a fiction/adventure story to start their research. So as far as I can see, the whole thing is based on a false premise. I was working in a bookstore and read (hope the bos isn't reading this) probably six books about The BT Mystery in 1969 or 70. They all altered the definition of the area to match the story they wrote. It is the age old problem of bad information leading to more bad information, and each one using the previous as the authoritative source. Once again this relates to UFO study because it involves Valid Research, Real Sighting, Cover-up of documentation, Kooks, crazys, and all other variations. How does one sort the real from the creative evidence? It's a tough question. -- Pete Porro - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Pete Porro) Subject: Re: MJ-12 CONTROVERSY I Date: 19 Sep 90 18:04:21 GMT Just a note that there was a MI-6 (and probably others) in British Intellegence in the 40's at least, maybe even years after. There was a designation MAGIC for the decoding of ENIGMA machine messages. Could be a conflict and why nothing ever comes back from requests. Much of the OSC or is it BSC information is still classified. Just stumbled across this last evening while reading. -- Pete Porro - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul.Faeder@p0.f0.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Paul Faeder) Subject: Blum Date: 21 Sep 90 05:57:50 GMT I was in a used bookstore the other day and found a paperback copy of "Beyond Earth: Man's Contact With UFOs" written by Ralph Blum with Judy Blum. Anyone know if there's any relation to the Blum who authored "Out There"? Ralph Blum was born in 1932, educated at Harvard and the U. of Leningrad. In 1971 he married Judy Henson from England. As a sidenote, the Blum's of Beyond Earth state " We predict that by 1975 the government will release definite proof that extraterrestrials are watching us." Guess I missed it :-) -- Paul Faeder - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Paul.Faeder@p0.f0.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks) Subject: Re: OUT THERE by Blum Date: 20 Sep 90 08:21:00 GMT > I seem to recall that 10 or 15 years ago there were a few > newstories in the papers about the US Gvt doing some remote > viewing experiments but as I recall, they never panned out. I also vaguely recall reading about government-sponsored remote viewing experiments that were termed as promising. More than 10 years ago. Don't remember any other details. jbh -- John Hicks - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks) Subject: Re: Oprah Winfrey Date: 20 Sep 90 08:25:01 GMT > there supposed to be about 200 billion stars in our galaxy and > about 100 million galaxies in the universe? Shoot, I don't know. I vaguely remember Carl Sagan doing some kind of workup in one episode of Cosmos in which he started with the estimated number of stars within a certain distance and, using small percentages, concluded that there are probably millions of planets populated with intelligent, technological beings. (what a paragraph!) Probably talking about the same thing. As for Blum's figures, I didn't notice, but I wasn't particularly looking at them either. Remember, no known newsman has passed algebra. ;-) jbh -- John Hicks - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joe.Mollica@f912.n273.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Joe Mollica) Subject: Re: Creating digitized GIF pict Date: 21 Sep 90 15:49:34 GMT I am on the net here out of Phila. I use an Amiga 2500/30 for the board. Since the Amiga stores it files as IFF and IBM use's GIF Picture format. There are ways of conerting a Picture from IFF to GIF. Most programs that do that are PD and can be found on most large Amiga BBS's across the nation. -- Joe Mollica - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Joe.Mollica@f912.n273.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John.Burke@p0.f740.n115.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Burke) Subject: Re: Bill Cooper's Book Date: 22 Sep 90 04:52:35 GMT Brian: Perhaps _Behold -- A Pail Of Horsesh*t!_ might be a better title. -- John -- John Burke - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: John.Burke@p0.f740.n115.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike.Keithly@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mike Keithly) Subject: Thanks Date: 22 Sep 90 09:15:00 GMT Hello just wanted to thank you for the info,make sure you watch Unsolved Mysteries this Wednesday it covers the Flight 19 and has film of the aircraft. Mike Keithly -- Mike Keithly - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Mike.Keithly@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Frank.Cox@f320.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Frank Cox) Subject: CROP CIRCLES Date: 22 Sep 90 08:21:00 GMT I was wondering if anyone has considered that perhaps the "Crop Circles" may be a manipulation at the cellular level? On a recent television show, (sorry, the particular broadcast escapes me) showed a very interesting configuration of certain cellular structure within the circles as compared to plants outside the affected area. And again I apologize for not remembering the exact cellular structures affected. However, from the information I gathered there, and a theory that may be plausible, is that the plants are being manipulated at the cellular level. The manner in which the plants bend over without harm is very similar to a plants natural ability to follow the Sun during the day. I suggest that perhaps there is a very strong energy field that is in effect causing the individual plants to follow a natural pattern of growth. Granted, this energy so far has not been visible, but plants are affected by light in the non visible spectrum. Another question I have is what species of plants and what exact varieties are most affected? I've heard wheat fields from most reports, but there are dozens of varieties many genetically engineered. If it shows to be specific varieties, a "smoking gun" could be found! I feel this may be a message waiting to be read, and by looking into very specific information of the plant varieties and farming methods of the affected areas, perhaps a piece of the puzzle may come into place. What does everyone here think? -- Frank Cox - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Frank.Cox@f320.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Thomas Lapp Subject: RE: Decoding RTTY Date: 23 Sep 90 03:13:06 GMT + I wrote: + > Yes there is a modem card for demodulation of SW signals. Back And John Hicks wrote: + All you need is the usual card, software, and the appropriate radio + receiver. You can then copy mil RTTY. Of course, you may not be able + to descramble it...... + The gear's fairly expensive, but not prohibitively so. Beg to ask your definition of expensive. If you already have a PC, you can get a card for around $100. Of course your radio to hook it too is the expensive part: $250 low end to $1500 high-end. But if you've already got a SW receiver and a computer, cost is only around $100... - tom -- internet : mvac23!thomas@udel.edu or thomas%mvac23@udel.edu (home) : 4398613@mcimail.com (work) uucp : {ucbvax,mcvax,psuvax1,uunet}!udel!mvac23!thomas Location : Newark, DE, USA Quote : I know how to spell banana, I just don't know when to stop ********To have your comments in the next issue, send electronic mail to******** 'infopara' at the following address: UUCP {ncar,isis,boulder}!scicom!infopara DOMAIN infopara@scicom.alphacdc.com ADMIN Address infopara-request@scicom.alphacdc.com {ncar,isis,boulder}!scicom!infopara-request ******************The**End**of**Info-ParaNet**Newsletter************************