SUBJECT: ODYSSEY ON-LINE MAGAZINE, VOL I, NO 1 FILE: UFO1505 ±±±±±±±±Ü ÜÜÜÜÜ Ü Ü ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ Ü Ü ±±Ûßßß±±Û Û Û ÛÜÜÛ ÛÜÜÜ ÛÜÜÜ ÛÜ ÛÜÜÛ ±±Û ±±Û ÜÛÜÜÛ ÜÜÜÛ ÜÜÜÛ ÜÜÜÛ ÛÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÛ ±±Û ±±Û ±±Û ±±Û ÜÜÜ Ü Ü ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ Ü ÜÜÜÜ ±±Û ±±Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛÜ ±±±±±±±±Û Û ÛÜÛ ÛÜÜÜ ÜÛÜ Û ÛÜÛ ÛÜÜÜ ßßßßßßßß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± ²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²² =-=-=-=-=-=-[The Official Fringe Science Newsletter Of Odyssey!]-=-=-=-=-=-= ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Volume:01 Number:01 Release Date: 10/31/91 ³° ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ° °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Table of Contents 1 ................................................................EDITORIAL 2 ...............TREVELYAN SPEAKS OUT from Don Allen (Courtesy of Internet) 3 ....................................KUTHUMI (Courtesy Don Allen & Usenet) 4 .........REVELATIONS by Jacques Vallee- A Summary/Critique by Scott Ecker 5 ..........................................ODYSSEY BBS LISTINGS (10/31/91) 6 ....................................................I COVER THE NEWSTANDS 1 EDITORIAL Welcome to the first issue of Odyssey Online, The official Fringe Science Research Newsletter of Odyssey. I thought the best way to do an editorial for the first issue is to give a brief descriptioin of what Odyssey is and how Sysops can join our family. I hope you enjoy the first issue of ODYSSEY ONLINE! Jerry Woody Odyssey Administration __ _______ Þ\ \ Þ\ \ Þ °° Þ °°°°°°° __Þ °° _ _ _____ _____ ____ _ _ Þ °° Þ °°Þ\ \°°Þ\\Þ\\Þ\ \Þ\ \Þ\ \Þ\\Þ\\ Þ ±±_Þ ±±Þ ±±±±±Þ ±Þ ±Þ ±±±±±Þ ±±±±±Þ ±±±±Þ ±Þ ± Þ ²² \²²Þ ² ²Þ ² \² \²ÜÜÜÜ \²ÜÜÜÜÞ ²þ \Þ ² \² \ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ \ÛÛÛÛÛ \ÛÛÛÛ \ÜÜÜÜÛ \ÜÜÜÜÛ \ÛÛÛÛ \ÛÛÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ The Fringe Science Research Net of the Future! °²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²°²° ±Û±Û± WHAT IS ODYSSEY? ±Û±Û± ODYSSEY is an association of Electronic Bulletin Board Systems dedicated to the research of "Fringe Science" events in our world. By Fringe Science we are referring to the U.F.O. phenoneman, Legendary monsters such as Bigfoot, Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster, and other paranormal type events such as ghosts, esp, psychic abilities, etc. As Charles Forte put it, the scientific community has chosen to 'damn' information and data concerning fringe science happenings. ODYSSEY will attempt to gather, discuss and make public info- mation in the most timely and accurate way possible on unusual and fringe events. ±Û±Û± HOW IS ODYSSEY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER NETS? ±Û±Û± ODYSSEY is different from other Paranormal or Fringe Science nets in the way that we use echomail and the all important door programs that add another dimension for the user accessing an ODYSSEY Research Board. EchoMail and Doors will be discussed later in this document. Also, EACH MEMBER SYSOP HAS A SAY BY WAY OF VOTING ON THE OPERATION OF ODYSSEY. Û±Û±Û DEDICATION ±Û±Û± ODYSSEY requires that its' member SysOps be dedicated and an active participant in the research of fringe science events and in the operation of the ODYSSEY Network. ODYSSEY is not the type of Network where member sysops can simply throw the ODYSSEY echos on their board for their users and 'let the chips fall where they may'. ODYSSEY is looking for SysOps that set a high standard for themselves and their boards. ±Û±Û± SYSOP REQUIREMENTS ±Û±Û± To become a part of the ODYSSEY Research Team, a SysOp must be willing to carry on the following duties: 1) Vote on applications for approval of other Bulletin Board Systems wishing to join ODYSSEY. 2) Vote on motions that a member board be removed from the ODYSSEY team for any infractions that may have occured in concern with policy and conduct. 3) Vote on ammendments and/or changes within the ODYSSEY network. 4) Be capable of running Bulletin Board External Door programs. This is an essential part on becoming a member of ODYSSEY! 5) Participate in the echos and report, through the SKYWATCH echo any UFO related activity they might encounter. 6) Echomail Compatible. ±Û±Û± ECHOMAIL - TAG NAMES, DESCRIPTIONS AND ACCESS LEVELS ±Û±Û± The following is a list of Echomail areas that the member SysOp MUST carry on their board to be considered a member and enjoy benefits of that membership. AREA TAG NAME: BAMA ACCESS LEVEL : Open to the general public. THEME : BAMA is the UFO echo for ODYSSEY. Any user that wishes to discuss the UFO phenoneman and related topics in a constructive manner may access this echo. MODERATOR : Jerry Woody AREA TAG NAME: MONSTERS ACCESS LEVEL : Open to the general public. THEME : MONSTERS is an echo on ODYSSEY that discusses legendary monsters. This includes Bigfoot, Yeti, Loch Ness Monster, etc. Also discussed are monsters that are in old and modern literature that may have a basis of fact. An example of this would be the Grendel from the epic Beowulf. MODERATOR : John Feilke AREA TAG NAME: UNKNOWN ACCESS LEVEL : John Hrusovsky THEME : UNKNOWN is a discussion echo on ODYSSEY that deals with fringe science topics (esp,ghost,paranormal,psychic,etc) that doesn't fit in on the BAMA or MONSTERS echo. MODERATOR : -OPEN- : Taking Applications AREA TAG NAME: CLIPPINGS ACCESS LEVEL : Open to the general public. THEME : CLIPPINGS is an echo on ODYSSEY that is used ONLY in the posting of News Clippings, Upcoming conventions or events, Upcoming television shows or Radio programs that are related to the fringe sciences. THIS ECHO IS NOT A DISCUSSION ECHO BUT AN ECHO DEALING ONLY WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS CLIPPINGS. The clippings may then be discussed on BAMA,MONSTERS OR UNKNOWN echos. MODERATOR : NONE/Jerry Woody AREA TAG NAME: SKYWATCH ACCESS LEVEL : Open to the general public - RESTRICTED FOR FORM UFO SIGHTINGS AND RELATED UFO PHENONEMAN REPORTING. THEME : SKYWATCH is an echo on ODYSSEY that is used ONLY for the posting of UFO sighting reports, Animal Mutilation Reports, Crop Circle Reports and Abduction Reports. Users and Sysops making UFO related reports should fill out the plain ascii form (provided in sysop package) and upload it in the SKYWATCH echo. Sysops should make these blank forms available to the user for download on their systems and encourage users to take an active part in investigating UFO reports and reporting them on SKYWATCH. MODERATOR : NONE/Jerry Woody AREA TAG NAME: SYSOP_ORPHAN ACCESS LEVEL : Open ONLY to the families of ODYSSEY SysOps. THEME : SYSOP_ORPHAN is an echo on ODYSSEY that is a 'support' echo for the families (Wives,Husbands,Boyfriend,Girlfriend,Mothers, Fathers,Children) of the ODYSSEY Sysop. Lets' face it, running a Bulletin Board can put a strain on family life. This echo is intended to get the rest of the family or friends, not necessarily interested in the Fringe Science Research or the actual operations of a bulletin board, a place to chit-chat and discuss whatever they want too. Like a big pen pal echo. MODERATOR : Kathy Puckett AREA TAG NAME: ODYSSEUS ACCESS LEVEL : ODYSSEY SysOps ONLY. THEME : ODYSSEUS is an echo on ODYSSEY restricted to ODYSSEY sysop use only. Here technical questions about the doors may be asked, Policy decisions discussed, operational decisions discussed, Results of Votes Posted, Applications from other BBS's posted to be voted on, etc. MODERATOR : Jerry Woody AREA TAG NAME: OD_FREQ ACCESS LEVEL : Open to the general public in the READ ONLY mode. THEME : This echo is ONLY for the announcement arrival of new ODYSSEY fringe science files available to download. Each sysop should be able to run the following echo file programs: --TICKET or TIC as it is commonly reffered to with its associated program HATCH. --KDSN which is a file arrival announcer that will put an echomail message concerning the file in the OD_FREQ echo area. More on this as new sysops come online. --PLEASE NOTE: Tic,Hatch and KDSN is not a requirement on becoming an ODYSSEY sysop. If you have a file to be hatched on the network simply send them to me at 1:3607/20 and I will put them on the network for you. ±Û±Û± DOOR PROGRAMS ±Û±Û± Door programs are an essential part of the ODYSSEY Research Team. Each member will receive their on personal copy of ODYSSEY doors. I will be more than happy in helping you set up door programs written EXCLUSIVELY for ODYSSEY. Below are a partial listing of completed doors or planned doors: UFOBASE: ONLINE UFO SIGHTING DATABASE - This door will be ready to ship shortly as minor adjustments are made. ESP ONLINE DOOR COGNITANT ONLINE DOOR ONLINE NEWSLETTER READER DOOR TAROT ONLINE DOOR ±Û±Û± CONCLUSION ±Û±Û± Thank you for taking the time to read this document. I will be more than happy to answer any of your questions if netmailed to fidonet address 1:3607/20, you may log on to the Frontier BBS at 1-205-739-1469 or write me a snail mail letter with your question(s) at: Jerry Woody Rt. 12 Box 2015 Cullman, AL 35055 Please find enclosed with this archive a file named ODYSSEUS.APP. If you are interested in joining our Research Team then I encourage you to fill out the application and mail it in. You will be notified as to your status within 2 weeks of receival of your application. Please note THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FEE IN JOINING THE ODYSSEY RESEARCH TEAM. A final closing statement: You've already spent a great deal of money and time to operate your board and to make it the best it can be-- take the next step, the step into the future with Odyssey! Jerry Woody Administrator - ODYSSEY RESEARCH NETWORK __ _______ Þ\ \ Þ\ \ Þ °° Þ °°°°°°° __Þ °° _ _ _____ _____ ____ _ _ Þ °° Þ °°Þ\ \°°Þ\\Þ\\Þ\ \Þ\ \Þ\ \Þ\\Þ\\ Þ ±±_Þ ±±Þ ±±±±±Þ ±Þ ±Þ ±±±±±Þ ±±±±±Þ ±±±±Þ ±Þ ± Þ ²² \²²Þ ² ²Þ ² \² \²ÜÜÜÜ \²ÜÜÜÜÞ ²þ \Þ ² \² \ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ \ÛÛÛÛÛ \ÛÛÛÛ \ÜÜÜÜÛ \ÜÜÜÜÛ \ÛÛÛÛ \ÛÛÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ The Fringe Science Research Net of the Future! ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ S Y S O P A P P L I C A T I O N ³° ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ° °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° What is your First and Last Name: ________________________________________ What is your current Street Address: _____________________________________ What is your City/State/Zip: _____________________________________________ What is your home telephone #: ( ) - What is your BBS telephone #: ( ) - What is the name of your BBS: ____________________________________________ What is your Fidonet ZONE:NET/NODE: __________________ What is your Maximum Modem Speed: ________________________________________ What is the name of your BBS software: ___________________________________ What is the name of your Mailer Program: _________________________________ Please mark an X in the yes/no box for your answer. YES NO 1. Are you able to run online door programs: [ ] [ ] 2. Does your BBS program support echomail: [ ] [ ] 3. Do you have a genuine interest in UFO Research: [ ] [ ] 4. Do you have a genuine interest in fringe science: [ ] [ ] 5. Are you willing to participate in the echos: [ ] [ ] 6. Have you read the information file enclosed: [ ] [ ] By signing below you acknowledge you have read and understand the requirements on becoming an ODYSSEY RESEARCH SYSOP. Signature: ______________________________________ Date: __/__/__ 2 C R O P C I R C L E S In England the crop circle season is now over as just about all fields have been harvested. Recent events have brought about details of a ministerial meeting in London about a year ago when Margaret Thatcher was still PM.(though she was not present at the meeting).The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Crop Circles and three ministeries were involved in this namely Defence, Agriculture and Environment. It was agreed at this meeting that the cause of Crop Circles was completely unknown and and the meteological theory was *out of hand* and that all crop circles were *not* hoaxes although there had obviously been a fair few hoaxes. Responsibility for keeping a watch on crop circle developments was handed over to the Ministry of Defence whose brief was to take *appropriate action*. The MOD were to update the other two ministries but during this meeting the word "disinformation" was mentioned on several occasions.The above details were passed on by someone who attended the meeting. During the last few weeks it appears as if this disinformation campaign has actually started by the arrival of Dave and Doug. There is at present no way of finding out who is behind the disinformation campaign but it is certainly being seen to happen.The newspaper "Today" has now produced two gents in the 60's who claim to have been creating crop circles for the last 13 years.They can obviously only fool a few people with these claims as even if all crop circles were hoaxes two people of any age would not be able to create formations all over the English countryside let alone the world. The assertation by the Today newspaper, famous for quoting that the 1990 pictogram at Alton Barnes was a Sumarian warning to double your wells as there was going to be a drought,(could have been mistaken for oil wells in the Gulf that needed the warning), that this explains the crop circle phenomenon is absurd. The scam relied largely on catching one of the leading Circles experts in a trap which was carefully laid for him. This was undertaken by a informing Pat Delgado that a strange crop circle formation had appeared in a field in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, the paper said they believed it to be a hoax and that the farmer also was sure it was a hoax. They asked if Pat D would give a professional opinion. Pat Delgado agreed and travelled to Ightham near Sevenoaks and was taken to see the formation which, to his amazement, was an "insectogram" formation closely resembling the ones in the Hampshire in June and July of this year. All the features were present of the usual "insectogram" although imperfect but Pat D gave his unqualified blessing which was recorded on tape and he was filmed in the formation by a camera crew in a helicopter. The trap had closed in on him. The Today newspaper then waited until Sunday before bringing two alleged hoaxers, Dave and Doug to Pat Delgado's house.There they confronted him with a film taken of the two hoaxers making the formation in Kent that Pat D had said was genuine.They claimed to have been faking circles for 13 years near Winchester and so on..Pat Delgado had to then make any concessions that the Today newspaper demended of him. It is interesting to find that at a later stage of the confrontation Colin Andrews appeared and fought back by cross-questioning Doug and Dave. He soon found that they were unable to answer many questions and their minders withdrew them before their case was badly damaged. Obviously at the stage the irreparable damage had been done to Pat Delgado's reputation but nevertheless no concrete evidence had been presented that Dave and Doug had faked any other known circle or pictogram apart from the bogus one at Kent which has been conveniently removed in the meantime by harvesting. The two appeared on TV on Monday to demonstrate to the press and the TV how they create such a formation in a wheatfield in Chilgrove, Sussex.The dumb-bell formation which they produced was a pathetic mess and could be clearly seen on TV as such although the two hoaxers complained that was due to over-ripe wheat. The story in the Today Newspaper originated from a shadowy outfit called "MBF Services" who suplied the story to Today and have doubtlessly paid Dave and Doug, also indemnifying them against all lawsuits and claims of criminal damage from Hampshire farmers. MBF Services have been tracked down to an accomodation address in Shepton Mallet near Bristol, England and are registered clients of an expensive up-market firm of accountants, Barclay Jackson. All attempts to identify the people behind MBF Services have failed and the Today will either side-step or remain silent. The firm of accountants describe their clients as a "scientific research and development" company but obviously what or whoever is behind this front has a great deal of financial backing. Undoubtedly this is infact a well organised and long planned attempt to rubbish the crop circle phenomenon and may even turn out to be government-inspired but when the 1992 season brings its new crop then this fiasco will end. I have personally met both Dave and Doug about 2 years ago at the site of of a formation near Winchester. Dave is retired and has a hobby of recording bird songs on a portable tape machine. He told me,whilst at the side of the A272 main road that passes by Cheesefoot Head Winchester,that he had been wandering through some crop fields recording bird songs back in the 1970's when he came across a flattened swirled area of corn. A bit amazed he wandered around the formation trying to ascertain what it was and unknowingly left his tape recording. Basically when he played back the tape after he had been in the crop circle he heard voices on a tape which was a brand new tape previously, the voices were not heard whilst he was alone in the formation but nevertheless he claimed he recognised the voices as a converstion he had had 30 years previously. I am not sure how he knows this or even if I believe what he told me but it kinda shows he did not hoax crop circles back then and was very enthusiastic about the crop circle we were by at the time and could offer no explaination of how it had been created. Doug was the more genial of the two he said at the time, back in 1990, that he "could just imagine them [UFO's] darting between two clouds", that were at the time directly over Winchester, "and creating a crop circle" The day was very overcast and the clouds were the dark grey variety we get quite a bit in the UK but there was a bright gap between two of these. He definatley gave me the impression he was interested in UFO's and the like and said to have taken photographs of crop circles (plain circles) back as far as tha mid 70's but I never saw any of these. One thing that really struck me is that they were not very pleased with either Pat Delgado or Colin Andrews as they believe they (PD and CA) had not given Don Tuesley, one of the original crop circle researchers, any thanks for his help in the then current book "Circular Evidence". Dave and Doug believed that the fame had gone to both Pat Delgado's and Colin Andrews heads and that they did not give anyone else any credit for help they received. I know both Pat Delgado and Colin Andrews and totally disagree that this is the case as they go out of their way to credit any photos or information received from anyone. I have had the privilege of having a mention in their book "Crop Circles- The latest Evidence" for finding the first pictogram, although Pat D seems to call me Bob and adds an extra L. I am not alone in being credited with information or photos as one can see in their books. Sorry to waffle a bit but my opinion is that Dave and Doug are off their trolley and I do not believe all crop circles are hoaxes by "D+D hoaxes" or not. There is a genuine phenomenon and it is not a vortex, note that D+D never claimed to have created any formations in Wiltshire. PS. If you see a grey Nissan Sunny by the side of a field with two gents in their 60's in it thats Dave and Doug hoaxers extraordinaire. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ 3 MESSAGE FROM MASTER KUTHUMI TO THE ATTENDEES of the Parapsychology Society Subcommittee United Nations New York, New York October 15, 1990 Transmission received on October 11 and 12, 1990 by Dr. Norma Milanovich, Albuquerque, NM. Copyright 1990 by Dr. Norma Milanovich. All rights reserved. This message may be copied for the sole purpose of sharing it with others. No part of this message may be published, printed, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any other human language without the express permission of The Alpha Connection, Inc., Suite 204, 7410 Montgomery Blvd., NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kuthumi, I surround myself with Love and Light and request that you send me a transmission this evening. What message do you with to deliver to the United Nations group on October 15, 1990? Dearest daughter in the Light of the Most Radiant One. I, Kuthumi, come through this frequency this evening to honor you and your assignment to speak to a most distinguished group at the World Headquarters for Peace. I am honored to address this gathering of individuals, for this is a first time in the history of your modern civilization that we have been granted the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience with the dignity and respect for which we have yearned. We are gathered in the chambers of the Tribunal Council Assembly Hall on board the Starship Phoenix to witness an historic moment in the history of humankind. We move with much precision and deliberation to assure there will be no room for error in the receiving of this transmission. So let us begin. The tribute we first wish to being to our sons and daughters of planet Earth is a salute from the Most Radiant One, Sananda. We motion to all that we understand and witness the yearning in your hearts for the return of the Highest Being that has yet graced the surface of your beloved Terra. We hail from the seventh dimensional ethers to first speak to your hearts and then to your minds, for it is in the receiving of these words with your hearts, that Sananda wishes you to know that His love and devotion will soon be felt by all to an even greater intensity then what you presently witness. The message we bring is a collective one from the Tribunal Council of the Galactic Command. It brings the gifts of love and peace to all who hear the words and understand the truths that are inherent within the lines. We have collectively prepared this message to help you understand the depth and the breadth of the importance of these words, for it is in the collective that we have formulated the direction towards which we hope humanity will turn in the coming decade of the nineties. Before we begin, look around you, Oh Children of Terra, and focus on the goodness and Light within each soul. See the surrender of the ego to the Godself within, and know that when your inner eye sees this radiance in all, you are on the path to the Light and the ascended realms. Measure everyone with the rod of goodness and perceive the darkness not, for it is in the sight from restored eyes that you will soon be able to see the beautiful Light within yourselves, as well. The world faces difficult times ahead, as we measure the direction of the ethers. In this situation you must believe that no future is secure except that which you alone create. You have the power in the collective and in the singular to change any direction for the fate of the Earth. As you move with quiet surrender and focus your hearts on the Light and love of Sananda, know with much assurance that you will not be disappointed. His radiance is everywhere and will soon be prevalent even among those who do not understand or sense Him today. The physical structure in which you are meeting is situated on a global ley line that is synchronized with several power spots on your planet. It also connects many sacred energy points in the etheric, as well. The positioning of this Center for Peace was not accidental in its design and construction, for in the universal plan for peace this location was deemed to be of great importance. What this means for you and the direction for the world is that the window of time has been placed in the country of the United States of America. The mirror for this realization is found in the beloved capital city you call Washington, D.C. Have you never wondered, oh children, why the Washington Monument contains the pyramid on its structure? Have you never wondered why the great symbol of this same structure was placed on your medium for exchange, which is what has given you power till this present time? Can you not see that these symbols are deliberate and that they are impressed in your essence to connect you to your etheric roots, which are situated in another area of your globe? For the world, the Center for Peace mirrors the power of your great capital city. These two energy vortexes contain the power to direct the future of humankind. On one vortex sits the capital for world governments that can control the balance of power of the people. On the other vortex sits the capital of the people, which controls the power for the vortex of the world. In this mirroring effect comes the choice for all of you in the future race for time. Who will rule the direction of your planet as the sands of the Sahara run through the hour glass of time? Will it be the government of the people or the people's government? This question must be asked and pondered in the decade to come, for the answer will change the future and the events that will befall. May we, as the collective voice of the Tribunal Council, suggest that if this question is answered from the heart and not the mind, a clearer picture on the horizon for all will be seen. We state that if you ponder the direction with your heart and feel its quiet voice guide you that you will experience the confidence and peace for which you yearn. Truth is always in the heart. It is the sacred potent that directs each and all to the highest forms of consciousness and the law. It takes the darkness which surrounds the soul and brings in the Light of freedom. It moves the mountains and positions them in ways where new mysteries are discovered by all. We, on the ascended realms , await the time when the children of Earth do freely choose freedom and truth over the constraints of bondage. We await for the moments of triumph when the masses will no longer cry for the relief of the Most Radiant One. We have compassion for those who do not see with eyes of clear vision. We know that in the pain and the waiting there is also joy, for in the Oneness of the Creator all is contained within. The choices that will have to be made in the next decade will be those that will bring either great hardships or delights to the people of Earth. They will challenge all to know their values and limits, for the forces that manifest both fear and love will be intensified. In the moments or trial, oh dear ones, know what only love can win out over darkness and fear. Know that the vibration of the Light is the highest frequency there is and that this vibration will consume all of the darkness. Understand that the trials are only those which you impose upon yourselves, and work to discipline your minds and hearts to follow the higher agenda of the Godforce. We will assist any soul who comes forth in courage and dedication to raise its vibrations to that of love and Light. We will bring the gifts of the Magi to any who establishes a frequency of strength through visualizing the Light within their essence and physical structures. Know that you are guided always and that you do not walk alone, for your elder sisters and brothers on the higher realms are forever watching and protecting all who seek our strength. This is so! Work first on yourselves and then seek to find the goodness in others. Should you do so, you will find that this mirroring effect will result in the perfection of both your inner and outer sight. Use this technique then to being the peace and fulfillment of God's plan to the world, for it is through your consciousness that the world will be shaped. You understand not the power you contain within your own essence. You understand not the fortitude and strength that you really do command. Many give their power away to those who deserve it not, only because the strength of another's convictions is stronger than their own. The contests of change and control manifest through the strength of the will. These situations manifest through the intensity of the emotions you exhibit. Know that your strength of commitment to change is only as strong as your dedication to do so. If you choose to acknowledge our words as truth, then you shall quickly discover that your power has no limits. We await to assist you on your journey to transform the Earth into a Garden of Eden in the galaxy. We only wait to be asked. Know that through our strength and support that the mountains will be moved and that the streams will be purified. Believe in your hearts that the animal kingdom will once again be free and that the birds will fly with grace and spirit, should you begin the journey of bringing all kingdoms back into the higher thought realms. We see on the horizon the potential for the children of Earth to make the desired changes for peace and prosperity. We do not, however, see the commitment or awareness of our presence in your hearts, that we are here to assist you. We have been waiting for a long time to assist you on your Earth journey, and now proclaim we are here to do so. In this proclamation we only wait for you to ask. Many ask why we do not show ourselves to you in the physical form at your beckoning. Others wonder why we do not speak to them. We tell you that we are with all of you in your daily lives and that your sight need only be opened with the changing of your frequencies, for in the twinkling of an eye you can command the power to see and to know of our presence. The Galactic Command presently resides on a frequency that is higher than that of Earth's. It is a vibrational measurement that speaks to the refinement of the ethers. In this other dimension, we see and hear the lower frequencies, but you believe that you do not have the power to see us. Should you choose to refine your paths and individual vibrational frequencies to match that of ours, which is closer to the speed of Light, then you too will command the power of inner and outer sight. Each of us selected to accelerate our own paths in former incarnations on your beloved planet. We have learned the curriculum of the Earth and were granted the privilege of journeying to the higher realms of consciousness. This provides us now with the opportunity to work with each of you to help all who wish to journey to our home. We admit those with the compatible frequency that allows the qualities of love and Light to emanate form their souls. We call all to our home, but only few are chosen, for it is you who do the choosing. The choices you will collectively and singularly make in the decade to come will be difficult for some and easy for others. The choices will guarantee your futures and that of the planet's. You will see with greater clarity the truths of what we impart this day, in the months and years to come. Then you will know that our presence is real. Should you turn inward to your heart you will know today that we are with you always. Should you scoff and ignore, then you will prolong the pain and the yearning for the return of the Most Radiant One. For Sananda is coming to reclaim his lambs, and will touch each on both the heart and inner eye areas. This gesture will awaken all who choose to re-awaken after the long night of the dream. We seek to bring the Light to the Earth and continue to channel the higher vibrations into its essence from the Starships upon which we ride. We have great power, but will not interfere because of the universal law of non-interference. We honor and respect this law and know that in obeying it, we stand in the truths which we created. You too can stand in the truths should you choose, by turning your consciousness to the higher thought forms and participating in the laws that govern this parsec of the universe. In the years to come the Earth will be cleansed of the negativity that has choked its beauty. The options of how this will be accomplished are yours. Choose those options from the position of the heart, Oh Dear Ones, to lessen the pain of the inevitable. Cast aside the darkness and the shadows in the minds from this day forward, and know that the darkness is only the illusion. You have sixteen fears to conquer on your paths of initiation. Know that as you tremble and draw each to you, that you quickly pass the challenge and move on to higher tests of courage. Stand as spiritual warriors, like your sisters and brothers of the stars. Feel their presence and strength in the Light. Let no mortal take your power or conviction that God protects and watches over the children of Light. Rest in this assurance and see that the long, dark night of the soul is finally drawing to an end. You have been washed free of karmic debts as of the point of convergence of the harmonies. The sound vibrations have intersected in your souls with the colors of the Light frequencies of Sananda. Feel this forgiveness and know that your debts have been paid. Look upward now and see that your salvation is truly in the hands of the Great Central Sun and Creator of the All. That is why we suggested in the beginning that you look outward and see the perfection in each that resides beside you. We close this communication to you know, with an invitation to join us in the chambers of the Tribunal Council. Under normal protocol, this chamber is reserved for dignitaries who grace our ships with intention and duty. We invite you to come to us in your dream states on the etheric and in your meditations, and if you should do so, we will grant you the voting power of the Center of Peace aboard the Phoenix. Vote with confidence if you are admitted. As we have stated, it is you who do the choosing. You are the ones who understand the days and the nights. You are also the ones who know the power that you have taken from yourselves. Oh Children, remember that "Of you, you do nothing. It is the Father within you that does it all." Work to bring your consciousness to the Godself above you and connect to your Higher Self. Feel its presence and discipline yourselves to reclaim your own divinity. It surely will be restored in a brief moment of time. This is the truth. This is the way. We discontinue this transmission now, for our Daughter in the Light is getting weak from our energy. We thank you for inviting us to present our message through her this evening. We look forward to the time when we will communicate to each of you in the same, direct manner, for that is truly the most desirable goal. Stand tall and in beauty, sisters and brothers of the stars. I AM Kuthumi, your Father and World Teacher for the next millennium. Good evening in the radiance of the Highest. Adonai. 4 REVELATIONS Here's a short summary of _Revelations: Alien Contact and Human Deception_ by Jaques Vallee (Copyright 1991, Ballantine Books, Released October 1991, $20 US ISBN# 0-345-37172-0). I haven't the time to make this a masterpiece, so please bear with me. The following are what I thought were some of the highlights. They are generally listed in the same order as Vallee covers them in his book. - The Holloman Tape - (An alleged tape of an alien landing, circa 1970, which was taken at Holloman AFB.) Vallee has this to say: "In recent conversations I have learned that the footage exists and is not even classified. It would seem that anyone could leak it out without severe penalties, especially if it is credibly deniable as simple theatrical footage (17)." The obvious question: Why hasn't anyone leaked it out? - The Dulce Base - Vallee apparently had some discussions with Linda Howe, John Lear, Et. al. regarding the Dulce base. He brings up what I regarded as an extremely valid question: Why has this supposed _massive_ base not been recorded by satellites (SPOT, LANDSAT, etc.) capable of recording infrared images? He argues that NORAD (Cheyenne Mountain) is easily seen in this manner (54). Furthermore, these are _not_ classified systems. If you're willing to shell out the cash, and have specific coordinates, I understand that these photos are not difficult to obtain. My geography textbook is full of examples. - Cooper - Vallee had dinner with Cooper on the Queen Mary, somewhere in Southern California I presume. Other than Cooper's usual preposterous and unfounded claims, there was one incident, a later telephone conversation, regarding the Brizilian sightings, which I found quite entertaining. "'Are you trying to find the truth,' Cooper asked in the accusatory tone of a prosecuting attorney, 'or are you trying to hide the truth?'" Vallee explained that he wouldn't have bothered to spend his personal money going to Brazil, if he wasn't trying to find the "truth." Apparently, this wasn't good enough for Wild Bill. "Cooper lashed out at me. 'We think you weren't using your own money. We know who you're working for...' (p. 72)" Geez...I'm surprised this bozo can even _dial_ a phone. - UMMO - There is way too much to summarize here, suffice it to say that UMMO--the planet as well as the contactee group--has been fairly well, in my opinion, torn to shreds by Vallee. Some interesting comments: "A disturbing fact discovered by French investigators seems to link some of the scientists of the UMMO group with the LaRouche extremist movement in Europe (110)." "A disquieting possibility, under serious investigation by some French authorities, is that UMMO is linked to an Eastern bloc intelligence agency specialized in scientific espionage (115)." - PONTOISE, FRANCE - This case involved a young man, Franck Fontaine, who disappeared for a week, after a fog was seen to envelope his car. Two friends witnessed the event, one of whom, Prevost, later became a contactee of possibly dubious intentions (124-27). Vallee points out some similarities between this case, and Travis Walton's disappearance. Perhaps the most unsettling revelation Vallee made, unfortunately without naming specific names, was that the event might have involved the French government, and a project called Cergy. Essentially, an informant from STET (the Service Technique des Engines Tactiques) claimed that Fontaine had been abducted by quite human persons, under cover of the "fog," and then drugged. He was supposedly kept "under an altered state of high suggestibility" during that time, and then later returned. The purpose was to observe the resulting social/political effects, and might have involved even more sinister aims--a "second stage"-- that were not carried out (149-150). - Bentwaters/Rendlesham Forest - Vallee believes this incident might have been an experiment in psychological warfare on the part of the United States Air Force. In other words, the Bentwaters event was _staged_. He makes the acute observation that OSI agents were more than willing to discuss the event with a radar operator, even mentioning aliens. In addition, Vallee points out that the personnel assembled to view this event represented a large collection of professions (157-160). Vallee summarizes it thusly: "This is not what would happen if a real UFO did land. But it is exactly the sequence of actions one would expect if the reactions of the men to a prearranged stimulus were being tested (160)." He spends quite a few pages on this incident, and IMHO, it is a fairly interesting theory, which is worthy of further consideration. - Bill Moore - There is quite about Moore in Vallee's book, generally pertaining to disinformation leaks and MJ-12, but in one in particular I found interesting. He points out a relationship, on the functional level, between the MJ-12 romp and Moore's involvement with the Philadelphia Experiment. Basically, Vallee alledges that Philly, much like MJ-12, was a disinformation ploy to keep the UFO community busy. "Physical events of undeniable reality--like the Roswell crash and the Philadelphia radar test--are used as convenient points of entry to splice a manufactured story into the mind of an unsuspecting public (188)." Here is another interesting bit: "When I returned to the United States in 1989, after a UFO meeting in Lyon, a meeting that had also been attended by Bill Moore, a curious rumor started spreading among some of my friends." The rumor was that Vallee had met with a doctor, in France, who had performed autopsies on aliens. I'm not sure whether Vallee is insinuating that Moore was involved in this, but it sure seems curious "coincidence", doesn't it? Especially in light of Moore's unsavory habits. - Other Things - Vallee goes into Gulf Breeze, the GB-6, Grudge-13, A-51, Lazar, Roswell (briefly) and too many other things to mention. Particularly, he thinks Roswell might have been faked by the Air Force (presumably the Army Air Force, but he doesn't make that distinction) to cover something else up, like a secret test. This was really my only major gripe, as Vallee doesn't offer any _real_ evidence as to what else it might have been. He also used some questionable evidence in his analysis of Gulf Breeze--and focused on _Ed_ rather than the other sightings. Overall, it was a great book, though, and I'd highly recommend it. There's even an appendix with some frequency statistics on CE-III and IV. 5 ODYSSEY BBS LISTING BBS NAME LOCATION NUMBER ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º JACURUTU LINCOLNTON, NC 1-704-732-1852º º º± º TWILIGHT ZONE AUBURNDALE, WI 1-715-652-2758º± º º± º DON'S HOUSE EL CAJON, CA 1-619-440-6038º± º º± º ALTERNATIVES BATON ROUGE, LA 1-504-926-7903º± º º± º POLESTAR REGINA, SK. CAN 1-306-586-1551º± º º± º PEGASUS OF ORION COLORADO SP. CO 1-719-630-0667º± º º± º ABySS WASHINGTON, DC 1-703-823-6591º± º º± º SPIRIT VILAS, NC 1-704-297-6003º± º º± º FRONTIER CULLMAN, AL 1-205-739-1469º± º º± ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ± ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± 6 T H E N E W S T A N D Dateline San Juan, Puerto Rico : OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THE LAGUNA CARTEGENA --------------------------------------- WITH OR WITHOUT UFO's From EL VOCERO, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 5, 1991 (AP) LAJAS - The Laguna Cartagena, National Refuge of Birds between Lajas and Cabo Rojo, will now be open to the public. The Federal Agency of game hunting, fishing and wild life has made the announcement. The announcement from the Agency of game hunting, fishing and wild life was made known to the Interior Department of the United States when residents of the area alleged they saw unidentified flying objects in that place. They went to the police to complain. A lot of people (half a score or 10) went that night to the coast near La Pargera and Maguayo to observe objects they allege are UFO's. The police don't confirm or refute those versions. The Public is invited --------------------- The Doctor Fred C. Schaffner, Biologist, member of the Federal Agency, invited the public to visit the immense Laguna of more than 400 cords (cuerdas per original article) of swamp terrain and sweet water. It is part of the National Refuge of Birds with more than 800 cords (cuerdas per original article) of extension. The Government of Puerto Rico, under the administration of Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon, acquired the Laguna, that until 1950 served as a refuge for aquatic birds, but in the last decades was affected by the expanded agriculture. In the press communique, Schaffner said there's still a collection of interesting wild life, and they are trying to restore the place to natural habitat of a lot of species. But, the public interested in visiting the Laguna Cartagena must be prepared to confront rustic conditions. Frank Gaud Associated Press ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** Dateline Puerto Rico: This is a translation of an article from Puerto Rico of a recent UFO flap in Adjuntas. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Military Airplanes Follow a UFO ------------------------------- by Agustin Munoz EFE Agency Published in EL VOCERO, San Juan, Puerto Rico - August 30,1991 ============================================================== ADJUNTAS - Residents of Adjuntas say to be witness Wednesday night of a spectacular presence in the sky when two military airplanes followed a unidentified flying object. The townspeople have made demands to the authorities and police of this place. Tono Perez, resident of Barrio Garzas of Adjuntas said that at 7:00 PM he was on his way home when he noticed a light moved rapidly, followed by two airplanes he couldn't describe. Also two other brothers by the name of Belvis communicated with a local radio station (WPJC) offering the same version. Airplanes follow it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But the most dramatic moment experienced by the neighbors of Adjuntas happenned at 9:00 PM when they saw a group of airplanes described as A-7 and F-14 following a lighted UFO, which they claim flies every night over the town. The spectacular sight was visioned more clearly in Barrio Yayales-Guilarte, as so explained by Angel Luis Torres, owner of the residence where they extablished a UFO observatory. Torres said that three of the airplanes kept flying continuosly around the area of Guilarte and then continued the pursuit around the area of Sector Las Minas, when eight other military airplanes were returning from (los barrios) Juan Gonzalez and Pellejas located at the minera zone of Adjuntas. Incredible for the town ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It was incredible what the towns people saw last night; now nobody could say that only a few of us saw the flying objects", expressed Edwin Plaza, a young publisher that participated in the investigation of UFO's, that was being made by some groups. This week the Mayor of Adjuntas, Rigoberto Ramos said that accompanied by his wife,Blanca and the president of the Municipal Assembly, Cesar Nieves, watched the flying objects over the skies of this town. --- End of article --- **************************************************************************** Dateline Puerto Rico: Here's another article that has been translated from Puerto Rico having to do with UFO's in the Laguna Cartagena area of Lajas. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Confirmed Presence of UFO's --------------------------- by Julio Victor Ramirez Publisher - EL VOCERO Article from EL VOCERO, San Juan, Puerto Rico September 2, 1991 =============================================================== Lajas- What could be confirmation of the experience lived last Thursday by the publisher and ten other people who claim they saw strange lights coming out of the Laguna Cartagena, thirty other people witnessed the same on Sunday morning. The investigator of UFO's, Wilson Sosa explained that a blue, red,orange triangle of lights appeared in the water, lighting up the place. The extraordinary spectacular started to be seen at 11:00 PM Saturday until 3:00 AM. In the moment when the incident occurred, Sosa said that he was in company of the UFO investigators, Jose Luis Pacheco, Edgar Pacheco, German Castillo, Sonia Acevedo and Rosy Castillo. Also in the area of Laguna Cartagena was Hito Ramirez, his wife Marisol, two of his sons and fourteen other people with them. Also, two police agents witnessed the event but asked not to be identified, Sosa said. "This confirms what was published by EL VOCERO", said Sosa. Sosa discarded that the lights coming from the lake were reflected by other lights or luminized fish. "Definately something strange was there and the authorities have the responsibility to investigate what was seen", said the investigator. This caused the attention of people visiting the surrounding area of the lake to laugh and make jokes about this. "This is something very serious that should not be taken lightly", said Sosa. ---* End of article *--- ***************************************************************************** Dateline London: TWO MEN SAY THEY ARE BEHIND MYSTERIOUS "CORN CIRCLES" IN BRITAIN NOT ALIENS LONDON (SEPT. 9) UPI - The baffling appearance of dozens of circles and other shapes in British grain fields may have been solved Monday when two men said they, not extraterrestial beings or freak meteorological forces, created the patterns. The declaration of the hoax, itself still unsubstantiated, has brought forth yet another theory to be considered by scientists and enthusiasts who have been studying the mysterious phenomenon for more than a decade. The shapes, known locally as ''corn circles,'' have appeared overnight in fields, usually in southern England, without any obvious sign of human handiwork. They have been attributed variously to aliens, mating hedgehogs and swirling masses of electrically charged air. Doug Bower and David Chorley told the newspaper Today that they used two wooden boards, a rope and a primitive aligning device attached to a baseball cap to lay out the huge patterns. They said they eluded detection by walking in tractor paths to enter and leave the fields. ''How on earth can intelligent people of that sort - professors etc. - just walk into a corn (wheat) field and see some flattened corn and make all this out it over the years?'' Bower told Independent Television News. ''We're as astounded as anyone else.'' Some scientists who have studied the mystery remain sceptical of the Bower and Chorley's claims. ''I'm waiting for some hard evidence. I want to see them do what they claim they have done in front of me and television cameras for all the world to see '' said Patrick Delgado, a retired NASA radar expert who has spent a great deal of time studying the phenomenon. Bower and Chorley derided the complex theories that have grown up around the corn circles, which also have been spotted in continental Europe and elsewhere. ''We used to laugh, we used to talk to each other when we're doing this, that all it is is flattened corn. If you walk in, you flatten it. The only difference was the shapes,'' Chorley said. Bower added, ''We love the shapes because of their artistic value. It's just become a big laugh as the years go by.'' The two men's hoax claim was made as 300 international circle- watchers gathered in Glastonbury for the first United Kingdom Cornconference. At the conference Sunday night, Delgado acknowledged that he may have been fooled by a hoax. ''I was taken for a ride like many other people,'' the retired scientist said. ''But if it wasn't me who was duped, it would have been someone else later on. This was obviously a great joke, lasting years, but somewhere or other it would have been exposed.'' Delgado and the other conference delegates planned to discuss the hoax claim and observe a demonstration of the two men's technique. ******************************************************************************* Dateline Washington: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER ANTI-GREENHOUSE EFFECT ON SATURN'S LARGEST MOON WASHINGTON (SEPT. 11) XINHUA - AN ANTI-GREENHOUSE EFFECT ON A SOLAR SYSTEM BODY HAS BEEN DESCRIBED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY U.S. AND FRENCH SCIENTISTS. ACCORDING TO A NASA NEWS RELEASE, DRS. CHRISTOPHER MCKAY AND JAMES POLLACK OF NASA'S AMES RESEARCH CENTER AND DR. REGIS COURTIN OF PARIS OBSERVATORY DESCRIBED THE TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE AND ENERGY BALANCE ON TITAN, SATURN'S LARGEST MOON. THEIR STUDY PROVIDES THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF A GREENHOUSE AND ANTI-GREENHOUSE EFFECT EXISTING SIMULTANEOUSLY, IN TENSION WITH EACH OTHER. THE STUDY RESULTS DEFINE AN ANTI-GREENHOUSE EFFECT THAT REDUCE TITAN'S SURFACE TEMPERATURE BY 16 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE EFFECT IS PRODUCED BY A THICK, ORGANIC HAZE IN TITAN'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE THAT ABSORB SOLAR LIGHT, BUT TRANSMITS REFLECTED INFRARED RADIATION. TITAN'S GREENHOUSE EFFECT, THEY REPORTED, INCREASE THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE BY 38 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE EFFECT IS CAUSED BY ATOMSPHERIC GASES REFLECTING INFRARED ENERGY BACK TO TITAN'S SURFACE. THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF TITAN, MINUS 290 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, IS THEREFORE 22 DEGREES WARMER THAN IT WOULD BE WITHOUT ATMOPSHERIC EFFECT. BETWEEN THE SIZE OF EARTH'S MOON AND MARS, TITAN IS THE ONLY SATELLITE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM WITH A THICK ATMOSPHERE. ITS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IS SIMILAR TO EARTH'S -- ONLY ONE AND ONE HALF TIMES GREATER -- AND IT HAS THE SAME PRIMARY ATMOSPHERIC INGREDIENT -- NITROGEN. ALSO, THE MAJOR GREENHOUSE GAS ON EACH BODY (WATER ON EARTH AND METHANE ON TITAN) CONDENSES ON ITS SURFACE. TITAN'S GREENHOUSE EFFECT DEPENDS ON A LINK BETWEEN HYDROGEN AND METHANE, LIKE THE EARTH'S GREENHOUSE EFFECT DEPENDS ON CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER VAPOR, SAID MCKAY. JUST AS TITAN'S GREENHOUSE AND ANTI-GREENHOUSE EFFECT IS A GOOD COMPARISON MODEL FOR EARTH, STUDYING THE FORMATION OF CLOUDS ON TITAN AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE GREENHOUSE BALANCE MAY HELP ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF WARM OR COOL THE PLANET. ***************************************************************************** Dateline Washington: SKYTEL CORP. INTRODUCES "SKYWORD" -- TEXT MESSAGES VIA SATELLITE NATIONWIDE WASHINGTON (SEPT. 11) PR NEWSWIRE - "SkyWord," a new service that sends messages from computers to people on a regional or nationwide, roaming basis via satellite was introduced today by SkyTel Corp., the country's leading provider of nationwide paging and voice messaging services. "Now a message can be sent from a personal computer to a portable messaging unit in someone's jacket pocket or purse in seconds," said David W. Garrison, president of SkyTel Corp. "By enabling users to send a message from a keyboard to a roaming subscriber, SkyWord extends the computer into a form of personal communications that is no longer location dependent. In short, it's E-mail for people on the move." The new service sends messages of between 40-80 characters or up to 20 average length words in "alphanumeric" format (both letters and numbers). This is more than twice the length of typical business messages such as "Missed my flight -- go to the meeting without me" or "Meeting changed to corporate headquarters, be there by 5 p.m." "With SkyWord, subscribers receive a complete text message that enables them to make their next decision or next move. There's no need to stop and make a return phone call," said Garrison. SkyWord has been tested "on a limited subscriber basis for over two years," according to the company. SkyTel, a subsidiary of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., (NASDAQ: MTEL), introduced "SkyPager" and "SkyTalk," the first satellite-based nationwide paging and voice messaging services in the United States in 1987 and 1988, respectively, and is the recognized leader today with over 120,000 subscribers and coverage of hundreds of cities and towns. SkyWord relies on the computer-to-computer dial-up capability of personal computers and "on line" computers using standard electronic mail systems, as well as laptop computers with telephone modems. To send a message, the user inputs the text of the message along with the SkyWord subscriber's PIN (personal identification number). The user then sends the message via his or her E-Mail system which automatically dials SkyTel's national messaging control computer. From there, the SkyWord message is sent to a satellite uplink and then to the Westar IV satellite orbiting the earth. The message returns to a satellite downlink and is then sent to SkyTel's transmitters located throughout the United States. The entire procedure usually takes less than 30 seconds. SkyTel Corp. is the principal subsidiary of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. (Mtel). Mtel, based in Jackson, Miss., is engaged in businesses that include nationwide and regional paging and nationwide voice messaging services (provided through SkyTel Corp.) in the United States; nationwide paging services and paging system manufacturing in the United Kingdom; an investment in American Mobile Satellite Corp. (AMSC); air-to-ground and marine telecommunications systems; telephone answering service operations; and a digital microwave system serving Southern California. CONTACT: David Allan or Audrey Adlam of Burson-Marsteller, 212-614-5163, or 212-614-5035, for SkyTel Corp. ******************************************************************************* Dateline Brazil: BRAZILIAN ASTRONOMERS TO STUDY BLACK HOLES IN THE MILKY WAY RIO DE JANEIRO (Sept. 14) XINHUA - brazilian astronomers will launch a small Satellite to investigate the black holes discovered in the milky way. The satellite, 30 meters in diameter, and to be launched by the national Institute of space inquiry (Inpe) in november, will carry 35 gama ray Detectors. Gama rays are the most violent phenomenon in the universe. The 35 detectors Will constitute a image telescope that will reconstruct the forms of objects 1,100 light years away. The inpe will also launch another satellite at the same time with gama ray Detector. Gama rays have the highest frequency in the electromagnetic spectrum and are Blocked by earth's atmosphere. However, these may be observed outside the Atmospheric strata via satellites. It is known that when a star ages and exhausts its nuclear center, it turns Into a neutron star or a black hole. ******************************************************************************* Dateline China: MINOR PLANET DISCOVERED AT CHINA'S PURPLE MOUNTAIN NAMED AFTER SUZHOU NANJING (SEPT. 19) XINHUA - A MINOR PLANET DISCOVERED AT THE PURPLE MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORY ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1965, WAS NAMED 'SUZHOU PLANET' TODAY. THE NEW NAME WAS PUBLISHED IN THE MINOR PLANET CIRCULARS THIS JUNE BY THE COMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION AND THE NAMING COMMISSION OF MINOR PLANETS. ACCORDING TO THE PURPLE MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORY, IT TAKES 3.24 YEARS FOR 'SUZHOU PLANET' TO REVOLVE AROUND THE SUN. THE LONGEST DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PLANET AND THE EARTH IS 518 MILLION KILOMETERS AND THE SHORTEST DISTANCE IS 138 MILLION KILOMETERS. THE DIAMETER OF THE PLANET IS ABOUT 10 KILOMETER. ******************************************************************************* Dateline Australia: AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMER USES NEW ASTEROID TO BOOST MASS EXTINCTION THEORY CANBERRA (SEPT. 23) XINHUA - AN AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMER HAS DISCOVERED AN UNUSUAL NEW ASTEROID THAT LENDS WEIGHT TO A THEORY THAT GIANT COMETS PERIODICALLY FRAGMENT AND BOMBARD THE EARTH, CAUSING MASS EXTINCTIONS. TWO WEEKS AGO DR DUNCAN STEELE USING THE BRITISH SCHMIDT TELESCOPE FOUND A NEW ASTEROID IN AN ORBIT THAT TAKES IT CLOSER TO THE SUN THAN MERCURY, BEFORE SWINGING OUT PAST THE EARTH. WHEN HE COMPUTED THE ORBIT OF THE ASTEROID, DESIGNATED 1991 RC, HE FOUND IT WAS HIGHLY UNUSUAL AND ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THAT OF A LARGE ASTEROID DISCOVERED 42 YEARS AGO, CALLED ICARUS. DR STEELE SAID IN A PAPER RELEASED TODAY THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT ICARUS AND 1991 RC SHARED THE SAME ORBIT BY CHANCE THE LIKELY EXPLANATION WAS THAT BOTH HAD BEEN CREATED BY THE BREAK-UP OF A LARGER OBJECT, PROBABLY A COMET, WITHIN THE PAST FEW THOUSAND YEARS. HE SAID ICARUS, ALTHOUGH CLASSIFIED AS AN ASTEROID, EXHIBITED IRREGULARITIES IN ITS ORBIT THAT SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS EMITTING POWERFUL JETS OF GAS, JUST LIKE A COMET, WHEN IT APPROACHED THE SUN. DR STEELE ALSO SAID IN HIS PAPER THAT THE NEW SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE CALLED CATASTROPHISM WAS DIVIDED OVER THE NATURE OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL IMPACTS. AMERICAN SCIENTISTS FAVORED THE IDEA OF CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS BY SINGLE COMETS OR ASTEROIDS. BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS ARGUED THAT THE EARTH WAS PERIODICALLY SUBJECTED TO A SERIES OF IMPACTS SPREAD OVER THOUSANDS, EVEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS. THE MULTIPLE-IMPACT THEORY FOLLOWED FROM EVIDENCE THAT LARGE COMETS CREATED SWARMS OF SMALLER COMETS AND METEOROIDS WHEN THEY BROKE UP. DURING THE PERIOD WHEN A GIANT COMET WAS FRAGMENTING, WHICH MIGHT TAKE BETWEEN 10,000 AND 100,000 YEARS, THE EARTH WOULD BE ORBITING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC , DR STEELE SAID. ******************************************************************************* Dateline Austria: EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS BEGIN UNRAVELLING BRONZE AGE GLACIER MAN RIDDLE VIENNA (SEPT. 25) DPA - A top scientist said Wednesday it could take months to unravel the mysteries surrounding what experts regard as a unique corpse discovery high in an Austrian glacier Monday. The well-preserved Bronze Age corpse produced a number of fascinating questions for archaeologists and scientists, said Professor Konrad Spindler of the Institute for Pre- History and Early history at Innsbruck University. The mummified corpse, thought to be about 4,000 years old, was found in ice of the Similaun glacier, 3,200 metres above sea level on the border between Austria and Italy. Scientists have named it Similaun Man, after the discovery area. Experts can roughly determine the body's age by its hay- lined leather clothes, the flint and tinder carried in a leather sack and a wooden-handled arrowhead which acted as a dagger. Experts were descending on the site Wednesday to find out more details about the body, believed that of a man aged between 20 and 40, about one metre 60 tall, with well-worn teeth. The cause of ''Similaun Man's'' death is as yet unknown, though scientists suspect he may have been a murder victim, as he has signs of injury to his back and head. What remains a complete mystery is how he came to be in the glacier. Scientists are to examine the contents of the body's stomach and also-tattoo-like marks on its back, thought to designate the man's tribe. The Bronze Age is generally agreed to have lasted from the end of the third to the beginning of the first millenium before Christ. The use of bronze was seen as a great leap forward, being harder than copper, but easier to melt. It could be used to make weapons such as axes and daggers, and be crafted into jewellery, with arm and leg bangles extremely popular. People during the early Bronze Age period were ''simply normal agricultural and cattle farmers,'' said Rainer Michl from Hamburg University's Archaelogical Institute. The glacier man is to their knowledge the best-preserved example of a person living in that era. ****************************************************************************** Dateline Washington: EXTINCTIONS OF DEEP SEA SPECIES REPORTEDLY RELATED TO GLOBAL WARMING WASHINGTON (SEPT. 24) XINHUA - DEEP SEA LIFE WAS VIRTUALLY OBLITERATED OVER LARGE PARTS OF THE OCEAN FLOORS 57 MILLION YEARS AGO BY A RAPID WARMING OF THE EARTH, A RECENT STUDY SAID. WHILE SCIENTISTS HAVE LONG KNOWN THAT AN INTENSE GLOBAL WARMING DURING THIS EPIC AFFECTED LIFE ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, THE STUDY SHOWED THAT A RAPID RISE IN TEMPERATURE ALSO CAUSED UP TO 50 PERCENT OF THE DEEP SEA SPECIES TO BECOME EXTINCT. 'A LOT OF THE CRUSTACEOUS FORMS OF LIFE WERE ZAPPED, NEVER TO SEE AGAIN,' SAID DR. JAMES P. KENNETT, A GEOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN SANTA BARBARA, WHO ALONG WITH DR. LOWELL D. STOTT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, WAS A CO-AUTHOR OF THE STUDY. ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES TODAY, THE EXTINCTION, ONE OF THE LARGEST TO HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST 90 MILLION YEARS, WAS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE EXTINCTION OF DINOSAURS AND OTHER LAND AND SEA LIFE DOME 11 MILLION TO 12 MILLION YEARS AGO. AS THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE HEATED UP, THE WATERS WARMED BY ABOUT 6 DEGREES CENTIGRADE, LEADING TO A DEPLETION IN THE OXYGEN LEVELS, THE STUDY REPORTED. BECAUSE THE CHANGE OCCURRED RELATIVELY RAPIDLY, OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS, DEEP SEA LIFE FAILED TO ADAPT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO SURVIVE, DR. KENNETT SAID. BUT FISH AND OTHER FREE-FLOATING SPECIES LIVING CLOSE TO THE SURFACE SURVIVED TO A GREATER DEGREE BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITY TO MIGRATE TO COOLER WATERS, WHERE THE OXYGEN LEVEL REMAINED HIGHER. ****************************************************************************** Dateline Kostroma: AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER SURPRISED BY IMAGE ON SNAPSHOT; PHANTOM OR HUMANOID? KOSTROMA (OCT. 3) TASS - ANOTHER STORY HAS BEEN ADDED TO THOSE ABOUT "FORCES FROM THE OTHER WORLD" APPEARING AT OLD CEMETERIES. VLADIMIR YASHIN, AN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER, WAS VERY SURPRISED WHEN HE DEVELOPED A FILM THAT HE SHOT IN THE CITY PARK. A MAN'S FACE HAS APPEARED ON ONE OF HIS PICTURES, BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THE IMAGE CAME FROM, THE SEVERNAYA PRAVDA NEWSPAPER WRITES. THE NEWSPAPER RECALLS STORIES OF THE IMAGES OF PEOPLE LONG DEAD THAT SOMETIMES APPEAR ON FILMS SHOT IN CEMETERIES. NATIVE RESIDENTS OF KOSTROMA CONFIRMED THAT LONG AGO THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL CATHEDRALS ON THE TERRITORY NOW OCCUPIED BY THE PARK. THEY WERE ALL BLOWN UP IN THE 30S. THERE WERE SOME GRAVES IN AND AROUND THE CATHEDRAL WALLS, OF WHICH NO TRACES ARE LEFT. SPECIALISTS IN CRIMINOLOGY FROM THE KOSTROMA MILITIA DEPARTMENT HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT THE FACE DID NOT APPEAR ON THE SNAPSHOT AS A RESULT OF SOME TECHNICAL MISTAKE. NOW THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN TAKEN UP BY PSYCHICS. THEY SAY A STRONG FLOW OF "SPIRITUAL ENERGY" COMES FROM THE PHOTO. SOME PSYCHICS SAY THE PERSON ON THE PHOTO IS A HUMAN BEING, WHILE OTHERS BELIEVE THAT IT IS A HUMANOID. PRODUCERS OF A TV PROGRAMME DEALING WITH ABNORMAL PHENOMENA ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN THE MYSTERIOUS SNAPSHOT AFTER YASHIN SENT IT IN TO THEM. ****************************************************************************** Dateline Washington: SCIENTISTS RECREATE "MIRACULOUS" LIQUIFICATION OF SAINTS' BLOOD WASHINGTON (OCT. 9) UPI - Researchers at the University of Pavia, Italy have found a scientific explanation for one of the Catholic Church's previously unexplained miracles. Some blood sample remains of early saints have been held as relics for centuries, 'miraculously' changing from a hard, clotted state to a liquid when handled during ceremonies. Such a ceremony has drawn thousands every few months to Naples, Italy, where a vial containing the blood relic of Saint Januarius or San Gennaro has been held and revered since 1389. Now, chemist Luigi Garlaschelli and colleagues have used materials that would have been available in the Middle Ages to create a brown gel that liquifies with gentle shaking. In findings reported in a letter to the journal Nature, Garlaschelli put chalk in a solution of hydrated iron chloride, passed the solution through a membrane, allowed it to partially evaporate, and added a small amount of salt. This mixture gelled into a dark brown liquid that liquified when shaken and gelled again when allowed to set. Hydrated iron chloride is a common, naturally occurring compound, found as the mineral molysite on active volcanoes such as Vesuvius. The researchers said they cannot determine the actual content of the blood samples held by the Church in Naples because the Church denies such testing. Other mixtures of substances that would have been available hundreds of years ago also may exhibit the same solid-to- liquid property. Garlaschelli said his team is experimenting with beeswax in alcohol, various pigments in linseed or castor oil and clay in water. ******************************************************************************* Dateline Soviet Union: UFO SIGHTING REPORTED IN KAZAKHSTAN, SOVIET UNION ARKALYK (OCT. 16) TASS - RESIDENTS OF THIS REGIONAL CENTRE IN KAZAKHSTAN SIGHTED AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT LAST WEEK, THE LOCAL YOUTH NEWSPAPER EXPRESS-K REPORTS TODAY. THE UFO, SEEN ON THE EVE OF THE SOVIET-AUSTRIAN SPACE CREW'S LANDING, WAS DESCRIBED BY EYE-WITNESSES AS A SAUCER WITH A SIMI-TRANSPARENT HALO AND RAYS "SHOOTING OUT" IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER, THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE LOCAL RESIDENTS OBSERVED THE PHENOMENON IN THE SKY OVER THE CITY. SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, UFOS TAKE THE SAME ROUTE, FLYING FROM THE NORTH DOWN TO SOUTH, TOWARDS THE USUAL LANDING AREA OF SOVIET COSMONAUTS. THE NEWSPAPER CLAIMS UFOS OBVIOUSLY DISPLAY KEEN INTEREST IN EITHER BAUXITE DEPOSITES LOCATED IN THE AREA OR IN THE SOVIET SPACE PROGRAMME. ****************************************************************************** See ya next Issue!! ********************************************** * THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo * **********************************************