Info-ParaNet Newsletters Volume I Number 447 Tuesday, August 6th 1991 Today's Topics: Re: NEW PLANET mars face Upcoming Events. Re: Media Goverment & UFO's The Coverup mars face Gulf Breeze news Lear And Others... Re: Crop Circle: Wiltshire,Uk (none) A request for a glossary of terms. VISIT Crop Circles in Wiltshire Get Well Wish! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Pete Porro) Subject: Re: NEW PLANET Date: 31 Jul 91 19:01:59 GMT NEW YORK (AP) -- Astronomers say they have detected the first known planet outside the solar system, an object that orbits a very dense star and is perhaps 12 times as massive as Earth. The report challenges scientists' understanding of how some stars form. "This object I think is going to require some degree of wild speculation to explain," said Harvard astronomy professor Ramesh Narayan, who was familar with the work. Other researchers have reported apparent detections of planets outside the solar system before, but some reports have been refuted and none is widely accepted. Princeton University physics professor Joseph Taylor said he found the new report persuasive. "They've got something there that is significant, no question about it," he said. David Black, director of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, called the study "a good start" toward a convincing case for the planet's existence. The detection is reported in Thursday's issue of the British journal Nature by Andrew Lyne, Matthew Bailes and Setnam Shemar of the University of Manchester's Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories in Jodrell Bank, England. "We were very surprised," Lyne said in a telephone interview. The scientists detected the apparent planet by analyzing radio waves from a very dense object called a neutron star. The waves arrive in pulses about three times a second. But scientists noticed that this highly precise "clock" would run about a hundredth of a second fast for a while and then about a hundredth of a second slow. The cycle repeated itself about every six months. Apparently, the speed-up occurred as the star edged about 1,500 miles toward Earth and the slowdown when it moved away by the same amount, Lyne said. The motion is separate from the Earth's orbit around the sun. The researchers concluded that the star was being pulled to and fro by the gravitational tug of an unseen planet that orbits it about once every six months. They wrote that the planet's mass is perhaps about 10 times that of Earth, but Lyne said a better guess is 12 times. The planet is probably about two to three times the diameter of Earth, depending on whether it is rocky like Earth or gaseous like Jupiter, he said. It orbits the star about as closely as Venus orbits the sun, which is about seven-tenths the diameter of Earth's orbit, researchers calculated. Lyne said it is most unlikely that anything lives on the planet. AP Wire Service, July 25th, 1991. Used without permission. Presented here for Paranet research information. -- Pete Porro - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Pete.Porro@f414.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tyson.Mitchiner@p2.f134.n109.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Tyson Mitchiner) Subject: mars face Date: 31 Jul 91 22:43:19 GMT I do not have a picture or a GIF of this face handy, so after this experiment is over, I sure would like to know what the heck is going on! :) Tyson -- Tyson Mitchiner - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Tyson.Mitchiner@p2.f134.n109.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: David.Villa@p0.f2704.n206.z1.FIDONET.ORG (David Villa) Subject: Upcoming Events. Date: 17 Jul 91 19:22:49 GMT ---< 7/17/91 >---* * Some interesting current events which may interest you: Taken from the flier: PUBLIC BRIEFING: The Lancaster Syndrome, or The Military/Industrial/Alien Complex Report by Michael Lindemann on recent field research findings of the Visitors Investigation Project, FEATURING eyewitness testimony on technological cooperation between aliens and the U.S. military and aerospace industry. Incredible but true - and only a hint of what lies ahead. WHEN: Tuesday, July 23rd, 7:30pm WHERE: Louise Lowry Davis Center, corner of Victoria and De la Vina, Santa Barbara. Seating limited. Arrive early. TICKETS: $5 at the door. Preceeds support ongoing research. Information you need to know. Plan to attend now. their minds on the most compelling mystery of our time... The 2020 Group Visitors Investigation Project Is pleased to announce publication of _UFOs and the Alien Presence - Six Viewpoints_ This 240-page quality paperback from the Visitors Investigation Project brings together, for the first time, the thoughts of several of America's top UFO researchers in annotated, in-depth interviews conducted durring 1990, edited and with an introduction by Michael Lindemann. Chapter by chapter, this book lays out the essential features of the alien presence, as seen through the eyes of: Stanton Friedman, the foremost authority on the U.S. govt. cover-up of UFO's Linda Moulton Howe, the foremost authority on the phenomenon of animal mutiliation Budd Hopkins, the foremost authority on alleged alien abduction of human beings Donald Ware, Eastern Regional Director for the Mutual UFO Network, who coordinated MUFON's investigation of the Gulf Breeze sightings and who's latest research is focused on the "larger reality" behind UFO's - the spiritual implications of the alien presence. Also included: personal reports of close encounters with aliens and their technology, as told by: Bob Lazar, a physicist who says he worked on alien spacecraft for the U.S. Govt. (the most detailed telling of Lazar's story ever published), and Tom, an "average citizen" whose life has been touched by the alien presence again and again. This new VIP publication will be nationally advertised at the regular price of $12.95 but you can order yours now at the introductory price of $9.95 - or save more on multiple copies. Please act today. This special offer expires August 15, 1991. The 2020 Group Visitors Investigation Project 3463 State St., Suite 264 Santa Barbara, CA 93105 USA (805)682-8185 Part of the flier is cut off but from what I can tell, shipping on one copy ($9.95) is $1.75 and for 2 or more coppies, $8.50 each and $1.25 shipping per copy. Hope you all enjoy this and are able to make it to David Lindemann's talk on the 23rd (see above). I have met and heard some of David Lindemann's research finding and I, myself, will -NOT- miss his talk. If any of you are coming down or up to S.B. for the talk, give me a call and let me know. Good luck! -- David Villa - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: David.Villa@p0.f2704.n206.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul.Mcavoy@p0.f2704.n206.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Paul Mcavoy) Subject: Re: Media Date: 18 Jul 91 19:07:04 GMT YEs, I have noticed a lot of Alien topics in the media as well, commercials for Chuckie Cheese's a kiddie pizza parlor, various shows. McGyver had an excellent show on the topic of aliens. There was a family who's mother was very sick with a cancer, and some people came to them and told them that they were 'space brothers' and that if the family gave them all their money, then they would be able to be taken off the planet to a much better world. McGyver came along and showed the family how these people were tricking them, (he actually demonstrated a method of creating an illusion that looked like a common ufo out of charged methane gas (plasma?)) There was also another character involved in the show that kept poping in and out wanting to sell everyone Vacuume cleaners. but at the end of the show they saw a large UFO object take off into the sky, supposedly picking up that mysterious man who kept appearing at the right moments to save everyone. And the show ended with McGyver saying 'It sure makes ya think about it' I thought that this ending was excellent because it didn't deny the existance of Alien life on the planet, or show that without a doubt that there were aliens, but just told people to 'Think' about it. -- Paul Mcavoy - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Paul.Mcavoy@p0.f2704.n206.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Don.Wallace@p0.f21.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Don Wallace) Subject: Goverment & UFO's Date: 31 Jul 91 14:14:39 GMT From what I read of these messages we sure have some informed and inteligent folks here. Forgive my possible ignorance on this subject but I find it easy to believe in the exsistance of UFO's. I find it difficult to believe in a goverment cover up of same. I don't see the logic in a coverup. I would appriciate hearing some thaughts on this. -- Don Wallace - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Don.Wallace@p0.f21.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John.Powell@p8.f134.n109.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Powell) Subject: The Coverup Date: 4 Aug 91 02:40:23 GMT In a message to John Powell <01 Aug 91 01:07> Steve Rose wrote: > JP> I got ridiculed some months ago for suggesting that the next time > JP> someone sees a UFO they should aim a rifle at it instead of a camera, > JP> and I was being much more serious than humorous. How do you respond > JP> to that? SR> Naw...we are such a loving and giving populous...what ever could SR> one be thinking when suggesting that we attack our neighbors and SR> challenge our grey friends? Besides, shooting a rifle in public SR> can get you a civil citation. In all likelyhood, you'll just hit SR> a street lamp or weather balloon, anyway. ;-) Hi Steve, yeah - you're probably right... But the thought of a little Gray scurrying around with butt full of buckshot is rather humorous... Thanks, take care. John. -- John Powell - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: John.Powell@p8.f134.n109.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John.Powell@p8.f134.n109.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Powell) Subject: mars face Date: 4 Aug 91 02:54:20 GMT In a message to Jim Graham <31 Jul 91 15:43> Tyson Mitchiner wrote: TM> I sure would like to know what the heck is going on! Me too. I have 35A72.GIF which is a large picture that shows the face and the alleged pyramids to the southwest of it. (With enough imagination you can also see another face to the right of the main face that is a right-side portrait of an ape or gorilla...) And I have MARSFACE.GIF which is a very grainy blowup. Then I have 70A13.GIF which seems to show the face and is labeled A, and some indistinguishable area labelled B on the left of the picture... So, what's going on? Thanks, take care. John. -- John Powell - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: John.Powell@p8.f134.n109.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks) Subject: Gulf Breeze news Date: 4 Aug 91 07:24:03 GMT In an article in the August 1 Gulf Breeze Sentinel, Vicki Lyons of MUFON wrote that about a dozen people saw the "red light" UFO hovering over the Bob Sikes (Three Mile) Bridge at about 9:15 p.m. Friday, July 26. The sighting lasted a few minutes, and ended when the UFO brightened to white and disappeared. Believe it or not, Ed Walters was driving across the bridge at approximately that time. jbh -- John Hicks - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Don.Ecker@p0.f3.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Don Ecker) Subject: Lear And Others... Date: 5 Aug 91 05:42:00 GMT Mike Keithly said: > Anyone have any idea who is TS Bennet? Is this his real name or what > transpired of this so called bad guy.. > > Mike Keithly Oh yes, Little Timmy Bennett is real, and I had the dubious pleasure of meeting him very briefly at the LA Expo West several months ago. However the trip he made to Dulce, and all the fresh air he must have breathed did nothing for the fog that must encompass his mind. Timmy used to access ParaNet until it was learned that Timmy "could not work or play well with others"....... at which time he was sent home. )-: -- Don Ecker - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Don.Ecker@p0.f3.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Don.Ecker@p0.f3.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Don Ecker) Subject: Re: Crop Circle: Wiltshire,Uk Date: 5 Aug 91 05:44:00 GMT Linda Bird wrote; > c.c. and perhaps UFO Magazine will print some (hint, hint) Well Linda you will be happy to note that the next issue of UFO will have a number of stories about the crop circle enigma. Stay tuned..... Don -- Don Ecker - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Don.Ecker@p0.f3.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ecn.purdue.edu!lush Subject: (none) Date: 5 Aug 91 18:48:14 GMT From: lush@ecn.purdue.edu (Gregory B Lush) Subject: A request for a glossary of terms. I have been having trouble understanding what some people are saying lately regarding 'gray' aliens because it seems as though each person has a different meaning when they speak of 'The Grays.' Would it be a good idea for ParaNet to form a glossary of terms so that it is more clear what is being said? The first one for me would be 'Grays.' Let's look at Webster's definition for insight (with appropriate apologies). Webster's 7th Collegiate Dictionary, Copyright (C) 1963 by Merriam-Webster, Inc. No part of this information may be copied or reprinted without the express written consent of the publisher. 1. gray \'gra-\ aj [ME, fr. OE gr-g; akin to OHG gra-o gray, OSlav z]ibreve>rebreve>ti to see 1: of the color gray; also : dull in color 2: having the hair gray : HOARY 3: clothed in gray 4: dull in mood or outlook 5: bordering on black-market practices - gray.ly av 2. gray n 1: something (as a horse, garment, cloth, spot) of a gray color 2: a neutral or achromatic color ranging between black and white 3. gray vt : to make gray to become gray 4. gray n (slang) 1: any of the many extra-terrestrials that like to turn cows inside out and drink hormones instead of Gatorade. 2: evil conspirators responsible for all that is bad in the world. 3: any person in a body-stocking posing as a friend of the President. 4: anyone holding a ray-gun. Gee. Such a broad range of meanings!!! So that single individuals needn't do all the work, perhaps the moderators could 'farm out' certain words for inclusion and then simply edit them to suit uniformity. I'm sure that readers have many ideas of their own for words to be included. People can therefore just post them with a defining sentence/paragraph. Everyone else can then pick it apart and say what a great/lousy definition it is. This could include a brief paragraph about certain events such as Gulf Breeze, or George Adamski, etc.--perhaps that would need to be of a point-counterpoint format. I mean this in complete seriousness. The black and white text of mail messages makes it hard enough to read postings since one cannot always discern the tone of the writer. Ever-changing word meanings add too much confusion. After the definition standards have been established, penalties for misuse would be for a skeptic to have to listen to a believer for 1 hour, and vice versa. Kind of like the rat in 1984. Greg (lush@ecn.purdue.edu) -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: EBay.Sun.COM!Michael.Miller Subject: VISIT Date: 5 Aug 91 20:10:58 GMT From: Michael.Miller@EBay.Sun.COM (Michael Miller - Rev. Admin.) I was wondering if any subscriber to this newsletter is familiar with VISIT* which is run by NASA? I would be interested in hearing information from others about this. -Michael *VISIT (VEHICLE INTERNAL SYSTEMS INVESTIGATION TEAM) -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: vanth!jms Subject: Crop Circles in Wiltshire Date: 5 Aug 91 21:33:49 GMT From: vanth!jms@amix.commodore.com (Jim Shaffer) In alt.alien.visitors, rob@aixssc.ibm.co.uk (Robert Trevelyan) writes: + + On July 17 the largest and most extraordinary of all pictograms +appeared in a wheatfield below Barbury Castle, an Iron age hill-fort +near Swindon. Nothing had been in the field at Barbury Castle at 9 p.m +the previous evening when local pilot had flown over it .The formation +consists of an enormous equilateral triangle (with side of about 180 ft) +which encloses a doubly-ringed circle. Rings are widely separated +and each about 7 ft wide. Each angle of the triangle is bisected by +pathways leading from the centre of the formation to circular designs, +each different, beyond each apex. One design is a plain ring (38 ft diam). +The second is a ring of similar size like a flower with six petals. +The third is a spiral which opens out in six steps, like a ratchet, +each time it turns through 90 degrees; this is of similar size to the +other designs. + + Obviously Meaden's theory that the circles are caused by a naturally +occurring atmospheric vortex could not possibly survive acceptance of +this great geometric design as the genuine phenomenon, and the next +day he made a statement to the media to the effect that he believed it +a hoax. This was inevitable. However all the other researchers are in +complete agreement that the pictogram is genuine and represents yet +another stage in the evolution of this bizarre phenomenon. Apart from +physical characteristics being the same, the dowsing reactions in the +pictogram are very strong and definite. The whole formation seems to +be charged with an almost tangible energy. + +A keen circles watcher had been cropwatching with two friends at +Beckhampton at about midnight when they had seen a pulsing light +moving silently across the sky. During the course of the next hour +they saw five more such objects, some white and some pulsing green, +red and white. All were silent though at times they seemed +comparatively close to where they stood. At one time a dark object +flew swiftly and silently overhead, blotting out the stars. +The three were quite frightened by this strange display, and +likened what they'd seen to a sequence from 'Close Encounters of +the Third Kind'. Some of their sightings were in the direction +of Barbury Castle which is just five miles away, but at the time +of telling this story were quite unaware of what had been found +in the fields. + + Other reports are still being received of anomalous lights in the +sky in that area on that night. In the morning two other pictograms +were also found within about three miles of the magnificent one at +Barbury Castle. On the following night it is reported that Wroughton, +a town about two miles away, was shaken by a loud aerial explosion +which caused all the lights to go out, and cars failed to start. +The area rapidly filled with army vehicles which appeared to be looking +for something, but the power soon came back on again and normality was +restored. + + What is going on in this part of Wiltshire ??? + ++-------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| DISCLAIMER: | +| The views expressed in this document are not a corporate view | +| nor reflect the views of my employer by any means but are my | +| own personal views on this subject . | +| | +| Robert Trevelyan UKnet: rob@aixssc.ibm.co.uk | +| AIX Communications VNET: TREVELR at BASVM2 | +| Voice: +44-(0)256-56144 | ++-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- * From the disk of: | jms@vanth.uucp | 'Let's become Jim Shaffer, Jr. | amix.commodore.com!vanth!jms | alive again.' 37 Brook Street | uunet!cbmvax!amix!vanth!jms | Montgomery, PA 17752 | 72750.2335@compuserve.com | --Yes -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Don.Ecker@p0.f3.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Don Ecker) Subject: Get Well Wish! Date: 5 Aug 91 17:56:00 GMT For any of you that have read Timothy Good's excellent work "Above Top Secret" perhaps you will remember the section concerning a young Air Force lieutenant who was part of a special Air Force Squadron detailed to fly special photo reconnaissance missions, to film UFOs. Good used the pseudonym "Mel Noel". Some of you know his real name, Guy Kirkwood. Guy Kirkwood is a friend of mine, and I feel he has advanced the cause of UFOlogy by his very courageous admissions. Guy lives in San Diego, Ca. and now owns a custom automobile body business. Two weeks ago while working on one of his auto's, there was an explosion in his work place that badly burned Guy with second and third degree burns over the back of his body. Guy has been in the burn unit in intensive care since then. Thankfully he is in the process of recovering, and to help this process he has undergone a number of skin graft operations. I have spoken to Guy on the phone a couple of times, and he would appreciate hearing from one or all of you. If you can take a couple of minutes out of your schedule, send Guy a get well note, he would sure appreciate it. The following is his address. Guy Kirkwood 1231 Flamingo El Cajon, Ca. 92021 Thanks for your time. Don Ecker -- Don Ecker - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Don.Ecker@p0.f3.n1012.z9.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 For administrative requests (subscriptions, back issues) send to: UUCP {ncar,isis,boulder}!scicom!infopara-request DOMAIN infopara-request@scicom.alphacdc.com To obtain back issues by anonymous ftp, connect to: DOMAIN ftp.uiowa.edu (directory /archives/paranet) ******************The**End**of**Info-ParaNet**Newsletter************************