Info-ParaNet Newsletters Volume I Number 329 Saturday, November 10th 1990 Today's Topics: Munich Ufo Sightings? Re: Belgium Santa Barbara (Continued) GB Photos w .txt file from Jehovah's Witnesses rag. Awake.tst File ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael.Corbin@f110.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Corbin) Subject: Munich Ufo Sightings? Date: 10 Nov 90 05:22:00 GMT MYSTERY OBJECTS IN THE NIGHT SET OFF UFO SCARE IN EUROPE PARIS (NOV. 6) REUTER - Mystery shapes in the sky variously described as orange balls, triangles and points of light set off Europe's latest flying saucer scare on Tuesday. The silently moving lights were reported from France, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium. Only Britain, where millions were firing up rockets anyway in the annual Guy Fawkes night celebration marking a thwarted attempt to blow up Parliament in 1605, appeared immune from the visitations. French police and firemen from the German border to the Atlantic coast were flooded with calls in the early evening about ''unidentified flying objects.'' A Reuter technician in Geneva reported seeing a large orange ball streaming westwards across the night sky from the Jura mountains towards the Alps. In France, Belgium and Italy, witnesses talked of a moving shape composed of three, five or six brilliant points of light. The timing and dispersal of the sightings suggested a very large phenomenon at very high altitude. Experts in Munich said a meteorite might have exploded. But Belgium, where dozens of people reported a triangular object with three lights flying slowly and soundlessly to the south- west, said its air force was studying the reports in liaison with neighbouring air force observers. Jean-Jacques Velasco, director of France's Service for the Investigation of Re-entry Phenomena, said the country would launch an investigation. He said several airline pilots had reported sightings but no radar contact was recorded in French air space. One Air France pilot told a radio interviewer: ''We were on a flight to Barcelona at about 10,000 metres (33,000 feet) at 1903 hours when we first saw the shape. It couldn't have been a satellite because it was there for three or four minutes.'' A French yachtsman off the coast of Brittany said: ''We saw this geometric shape - hard to call it a mass - with five or six twinkling points of orange light with white trails behind them.'' In Italy, six airline pilots reported ''a mysterious and intense white light'' southeast of Turin. Pilots also reported five white smoke trails nearby. Belgian radio said several crew of civilian and military planes had also sighted unidentified flying objects. A British pilot reported four of them flying in formation over the Ardennes hills in the south of Belgium. Velasco said French investigators would assemble an ''identikit picture'' of the phenomenon but this would take weeks. =END= Regards, John -- Michael Corbin - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Michael.Corbin@f110.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael.Corbin@f110.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Corbin) Subject: Re: Belgium Date: 10 Nov 90 05:16:00 GMT >From Bill Chalker in Australia - A ParaNet(sm) special correspondent. Mike, Re the Document received from the Belgian Defence Department, the full document follows: SUMMARY REPORT ON OBSERVATIONS 30-31 MARCH 1990 BACKGROUND 1. Starting early Dec 89 the BAF has been contacted on several occasions by eyewitnesses who observed strange phenomena in the Belgian airspace. On some occassions they described the phenomena as a triangle-shaped platform up to 200 feet wide with 3 downward beaming projectors, hovering at +- 100 m above the ground and making only a very light humming noise. Some witnesses saw the object departing at very high speed after a very fast acceleration. All observations were made in the evening or during the night. 2. The radar stations which had been alerted by eyewitnesses could not definitely determine a correlation between the visual observations and their detections on radar. On two occasions the BAF scrambled 2 F16 during the evening hours. a.On the first occasion the F16 arrived +- 1 hour after the visual detection. Nothing was observed. b. On the second occassion, pilots could identify a laser-beam projector on the ground. After investigation it appeared however that the description of the observations totally differed from previously described phenomena. 3. Consequently the Belgian Airforce, anxious to identify the origin of the phenomena, authorised F16 scrambles if following conditions were met: a. Visual observations on the ground confirmed by the local police. b. Detection on radar. EVENTS 4. On 30 Mar 1990 at 23.00 Hr the Master Controller (MC) of the Air Defence radar station of Glons received a phone call from a person who declared to observe three independant blinking lights in the sky, changing colours, with a much higher intensity than the lights of the stars and forming a triangle. Meteo conditions were clear sky, no clouds, light wind and a minor temperature inversion at 3000 Ft. 5. The MC in turn notified the police of WAVRE which confirmed the sighting at +- 23 30 Hr. Meanwhile the MC had identified a radar contact at about 8 NM North of the ground observation. The contact moved slowely to the West at a speed of =- 25kts and an altitude of 10.000 Ft. 6. The ground observers reported 3 additional light spots which moved gradually, with irregular speeds, towards the first set of lights and forming a second triangle. 7. At 23.50 a second radar station, situated at +- 100 NM from the first, confirmed an identical contact at the same place of the radar contact of Glons. 8. At 00.05 Hr 2 F16 were scrambled from BEAUVECHAIN airbase and guided towards the radar contacts. A total of 9 interception attempts have been made. At 6 occasions the pilots could establish a lock-on with their air interception radar. Lock-on distances varried between 5 and 8 NM. On all occasions targets varied speed and altitude very quickly and break-locks occured after 10 to 60 seconds. Speeds varied between 150 and 1010 kts. At 3 occasions both F16 registered simultaneous lock-ons with the same parameters. The 2 F16 were flying +- 2 NM apart. No visual contact could be established by either of the F16 pilots. 9. The F16 flew 3 times through the observation field of the ground observers. At the third passage the ground observers notified a change in the behaviour of the light spots. The most luminous started to blink very intensively while the other disappeared. Consequently, the most luminous spot started to dim gradually. 10. Meanwhile the head of the police of WAVRE had alerted 4 other police stations in the area. All four, seperated +- 10 NM from each other, confirmed the visual observations. 11. The aircraft landed at 01.10 Hrs. The last visual observation was recorded at +- 01.30 Hrs. CONCLUSIONS 12. The BELGIAN Airforce was unable to identify neither the nature nor the origin of the phenomena. However, it had sufficient elements to exclude following assumptions: a. Balloons. Impossible due to the highly variable speeds (confirmed visually and by radar). b. ULM. Same as for balloons. c. RPV. Impossible due to the hovering characteristics. d. Aircraft (including Stealth). Same as for RPV. No noise. e. Laser projections or Mirages. Unlikely due to lack of projection surface (no clouds). Light spots have been observed from different locations. Light spots moved over distance of more than 15 NM. Form of inlighted part of spots has been observed with spectacles. Laser projections or mirages can not be detected by radar. {signed} W. DE BROUWER Kol Vl SBH VS3 THAT REPRESENTS THE WHOLE DOCUMENT AS RECEIVED. It was described by E. Lamin, Colonel Brevete d'Etat-Major Chef de la Section Politique de Defense ad interim as "Veuillez trover, ci-joint, un resume de la declaration faite a la presse, le 11 juillet 1990, par le Colonel Aviateur Brevete d'Etat-Major DE BROUWER, Chef de la Section Operations de l'Etat-Major de la Force Aerienne Belge, relative aux observations en objet." The Summary was the the basis of the press briefing given on 11 July, 1990 by De Brouwer. The copy as above was sent to me in English albeit a little in error. All in all an interesting official summary of the pertinent events. Mike, as Richard Haines specialises in aircraft cases could you please pass on a copy of this via the fax arrangement you have set up, with my compliments and warm regards. He may have already secured this info but in case he hasn't he get this version. Could you also ask him to advise on his knowledge and position on the affair particular the photography and a/c RV events. He could do this via Paranet and/or my postal address: P.O. Box W42, West Pennant Hills, NSW, AUSTRALIA, 2125. Trust you all all the Paranet researchers find this of interest. Regards from down under. I look forward to any further info you have on the Belgian affair. - Bill Chalker -- Michael Corbin - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Michael.Corbin@f110.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul.Faeder@p0.f0.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Paul Faeder) Subject: Santa Barbara (Continued) Date: 10 Nov 90 04:03:20 GMT In a message of <07 Nov 90 23:37>, Jim Speiser (1:114/37) writes: Sounds as if you enjoyed the conference! Re: Roswell >If what Schmitt says is true, we are, according to one of his sources, >"very close" to getting to the bottom of the case. I read this and said to myself, 'Greeeeat!' ala Tony the Tiger. Then I read this: > may be granted immunity for their testimony, and I'm wondering (a rhetorical) why. -- Paul Faeder - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Paul.Faeder@p0.f0.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul.Faeder@p0.f0.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Paul Faeder) Subject: GB Photos Date: 10 Nov 90 04:17:03 GMT I think Ed Walters should get the "Most prominent UFO event and/or hoax in 1990" award. But while Ed is either basking under the sun or getting burned by the heat, I somehow feel as if I'm a spectator of a magic show. Because while all this Ed hubbub is going on, the other few hundred sightings in GB and Pensacola, and in Fyffe Alabama, are relatively unnoticed - just like the magician who mis-directs your attention. I also wonder why the Hudson Valley UFO never received the notariety as GB. In both cases we have a book, photos, a video, credible(?) witnesses. The only apparent difference is the fact that Ed Walters is in the middle of everything in GB, and Night Seige (the book about the Hudson Valley UFO) was written by respectable and professional UFO researchers. So lemme see if I got this right: The book written by the professionals goes unnoticed and the book written by the architect generates a furor. -- Paul Faeder - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Paul.Faeder@p0.f0.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Doug.Kraft@f502.n202.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Doug Kraft) Subject: w .txt file from Jehovah's Witnesses rag. Date: 10 Nov 90 03:16:00 GMT Just U/L'd a file from the Nov. 8, 1890 edition of "Awake" magazine, the infamous biweekly distributed by the Jehovah's Witnesses. (No I am not a subscriber). It is called AWAKE.TXT, and is mostly old-hat, with the conclusion weakly supported (in my opinion). It appears to be geared towards the un-initiated (read gullible), but ends up with somewhat conciliatory religious messages saying (in so many words) that if UFO's are real, then they must be instruments of God (or maybe the devil). The article seems to twist the facts a little, but adds a few tidbits that I wasn't aware of (perhaps because they didn't occur?). Take a look and let's hear what youou think... -- Doug Kraft - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Doug.Kraft@f502.n202.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Doug.Kraft@f502.n202.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Doug Kraft) Subject: Awake.tst File Date: 10 Nov 90 04:41:00 GMT Hi Mike...Just U/L'd a file called AWAKE.TXT, and left a msg in this area, but didn't realize at the time that the file may not reach you... The msg points out that the file is a reprint from the latest edition of AWAKE magazine, the biweekly Jehovah's Witness rag, and attempts to sway our opinions of UFO's. It is a unique article (though not perfectly written), and is a mixture of old hat and new innuendos. If you are interested in obtaining the file, and don't see it there at ParaNet Alpha, you can get the file from Don's House BBS at (619)440-6038 in El Cajon, CA. I'm sure others across the net would be interested in this new viewpoint and the chance to pick it apart... Also, I've seen mention of several files supposedly on ParaNet, which are not at Don's House, our local ParaNet source. Is there a way to get all files available on ParaNet to the local Board. (The only specific file I can think of right now has to do with the Kennedy assasination). -- Doug Kraft - via FidoNet node 1:207/109 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Doug.Kraft@f502.n202.z1.FIDONET.ORG ********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************************