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RESEARCH DIGEST
ISSUE 35
JULY / AUGUST 1993
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CASES FROM THE NETWORK
MORE ON THE PERTH "IMPLANT" CASE
The Channel 7 series, "The Extraordinary" re-
cently carried a segment on the 1992 Perth, Western
Australia, Himplant" case. The following is a summary of
the facts revealed during the interview with the main
DerciDient. whom the show called "Andrew."
On the evening of the 4 Feb 1992 Andrew was restless,
and couldn't get to sleep. However, he felt he must have
dozed off as suddenly he found himselfawake. He was not
in his bedroom. Somehow he had been transported and
was standing in the car-park outside a basketball stadium
some 50 kilometres away from his home in an outer
sllburb of Perth
He was surroundedby some 30 strangers. He spoke to one
person, who telepathically, told him he was lucky to be
chosen. A dot sized blue light appeared, and grew larger
until it was over the top of them. His last recollection was
thnt there wnr n white flnch
Next moment, he found himself inside the basket-ball
stadium. Other people were also there. His confusion
turned to fear. The other people seemed sinister. "They
took on a human-like figure. The thing that distinguished
them most of all that was different from humans were
their eyes. Their eyes were, to me, they resembled as if
they were out of focus."
"The whole place was abuzz. The lights were on. Every-
thing was happening, and I noticed people were receiving
gifts from these things. One ofthem came overto me and
offered me a gift. I looked at it and I thought to myself
there and then, what is this7 I looked down towards what
I was given. It was a cricket bat...There was one of these
things kneeled down, accepting my emotions, my feel-
ings, everything that I was feeling. It was accepting and
drawing in as if it was robbing me., depriving me of my
own thoughts. I felt aggravated. I felt violated. I became
very angry. Consequently, I dropped the gift I was given.
I looked over towards the others and I said: "This is not
what it seems. Get out of here." I got to the exit doors
within the hall and everything just went brilliant white.
The next thing I remember I was back in my bed." The
timewnc) lSnm
On the 4 Mar 1992, again at 2.30 a.m., he wasjolted from
his sleep by an intense blue light. Through the glare
something: "...a figure, it stood approximately 4 feet,
maybe 4 feet 6 high, no taller. What was incredible was
the fact that my son was being geuded down the passage-
way by this thing. It was at this point that I noted my body
was paralysed. My mind was completely functional, but
my body wouldn't respond...It was only when this blue
misty light figure had disappeared from my sight did I
gain the strength enough to be able to get offthe bed and
go and grab my son." The figure vanished in flash of
white light.
Next, here calls finding his 10 year old son in bed, looking
very pale and shaky. However, the son was well enough
to go to school next day.
Shortly after this, the family ate a lamb roast, during
which the son: "had an irritation at the back of his throat "
He coughed up a tiny metal object.
The Extraordinary had the object analysed at Curtin
University. The university verdict was that the object is
most likely a computer component manufactured in
Sweden.
Andrew concluded by saying: "I feel a lot offear. I fear the
fact that I don't know what I'm dealing with here. I feel
they are coming back. They are coming back. They told
me they will be back in 5 of our Earth years" to see his son.
ANOTHER ABDUCTION EVENT
UF0RA93052 l9S7/58 Finland
CE4 Level C S4/P4
A woman, now living in Australia has recollections that
at age 7 or 8, she had been abducted. She recalls being on
a table of sorts, with bright, very white, lights above her.
A long, large needle was pushed into her chest, about
7.5cm down from her sternum, between the ribs. This
needle insertion left her with a mole like mark
She recalls she had been asleep at home when there was
a noise. She felt paralysed and a being approached. The
being was 120cm tall, had large black eyes and a large
head. She thought there might have actually been two
beings present. She felt she had either seen them, or knew
them from somewhere before.
They communicated with her by telepathy. The commu-
nication between them and her was instructional, a
message that the beings meant no harm. Other aspects of
the communication was to tell her that she would forget
the abduction and that they would, at some stage, return
to her. In summary, she felt like "a victim", a Hsurvivor"
and a "chosen one." The woman has fragmentary memo-
ries of what she believes are three other abduction episodes.
(Keith Basterfield)
OTHER CASES
UF0RA93048 21 Mar 1993 Brisbane QLD
1925hrs Lnw Level B S2/P4
A 21 year old man was standing in the backyard of his
house in Sunnybank, Brisbane. High in the north-eastern
sky he saw a lightblue coloured light, at a 45 degree angle.
It looked like a giant flash of lightning, appearing out of
nowhere. It was visible for 5-10 seconds and then just
disappeared. The weather was partly cloudy and there was
an electrical storln at the time.
(Helen Chapman/UFO Investigahon NetworkIncJ
UFORA93049 4 Jun 1993 Blackheath NSW
2100hrs Med Level B S3/P3
A couple, aged 37 and 40, were sitting around a camp fire
in their backyard, when they suddenly looked up and saw,
for a few seconds, a golden coloured, wedge shaped
object. This object was first seen above tree top level in the
eastern sky. It moved across the sky, travelling from their
right to their left, horizontally. It had no markings or
lights on it. By the time the woman had said: "Hey, what's
that?", it had disappeared. The duration was a few
seconds only.
The couple have also experienced a constant stream of
poltergeist experiences for the last 3 years. On one
occasion a 5 cent coin dropped out ofthin air and landed
on the head of the woman. On another occasion a screw,
dropped by the husband, could not be found even though
he knew exactly where h had dropped. Mysteriously, a
few days later the screw reappeared in the exact spot they
had looked in.
(Helen Chapman/UFO Investgahon Network Inc.)
UFORA 93050 6 May 1993 Brisbane QLD 0313hrs
Low/IFO Level B S2/P4
Mr J. M. of Kallangur was cleaning down a driveway at
a service station where he was working as a service
attendant. He described seeing a big, round, white object.
It appeared to be bigger than a star and had a bright
flashing light on it. The weather was fine with just a little
cloud. Investigations by UFOIN revealed that the man
had seen a weather balloon launched at 0300hrs from
Brisbane airport.
(Helen Chapman/UFO Investigation Network IncJ
UF0RA930S1 8 May 1993 Gold Coast QLD
0416hrs Low/IF09 Level B S2/P4
A Mr G. was awoken by a bright light which illuminated
his bedroom. The sky was almost clear at the time. Apart
from the baying of neighbouring dogs there was also a
slight humming sound audible. The light dimmed and
reduced in size, before accelerating up and away. Inves-
tigation revealed that a 10 seater light aircraft lifted off
from Coolangatta airport at 0415hrs with its very bright
landing lights on, suggesting this might have been the
cause of the observation. However, Mr G is knowledge-
able about aircraft and stated that if the object had been the
aircraft the plane would have to have been flying back-
wards and upside down to produce the details he witnessed.
(Helen Chapman/UFO Investigation Network Inc.)
RESEARCH NOTES
ABDUCTION RESEARCH: TWO NEW TRENDS
A question, hot on the lips of U.S. abduction
researchers in recent times, has been what
other types of alien entities are reported by
abductees beside the little grays?
One particular type has been getting an airing
lately. Firstly, at a conference in the U.S., John
Carpenter, a psychiatric social worker, and
MUFON's Director of Abduction Research, re-
vealed that he had come across several case
of reptilian creatures. These entities were de-
scribed as 6-8 feettall, with lizard-like scales and
were green/brownish in colour. They possessed
four fingered claws. Their head has a centrul
ridge down to a snout. Their eyes have vertical
slits just like a cat's eyes. Their behaviourtowards
abductees is insensitive and intrusive. John
made a claim that large claw marks had been
photographed on the skin of abductees, al-
though no such photographs were produced
at that time.
Secondly, the MUFON Journal of April 1993 con-
tained an article by John Carpenter on the
same subject. To the previous description of the
creatures, he added that the claw hands are
webbed: that the face is a cross between a
human and a snake; and that the chest may
have external 'ribbingM present.
Thirdly, the Spring 1993 issue of UFO Universe a
U.S. magazine, carried an item by Karla Turner,
the author of the book XInto the FringeS (Berkley,
1992.) Amongst otherthings, the article related
an account from the 1960's. A 10 year old boy
and his grandmotherwere reportedly abducted
by reptiles and forced to have sexual relations
with each other and the creatures.
The other issue, that of children reporting ab-
ductions, was recently raised for me by an
Adelaide womon who came forward to report
thather3 1/2yearold daughtertold herofwhat
can only be described as an abduction. The
youngster revealed a night when "monsters"
came to her bedroom and took her away to
"another place."
The issue, is that we have observed that some
abductees have reported life long interaction
with aliens; amongst which are recollections
from their early childhood. The obvious question
to ask is, if adultstoday are recalling long distant
childhood experiences, are there children to-
day describing abductions? The short answer is
yes.
Dr Deborah Bruce Truncale of California, a psy-
chologist, has reported a number of observa-
tions by children. Some are described below:
* Aged 8. A boy was startled by a tall being. His
parents told him n was a Xbad dreum." His
parents reported they had heard him talking to
someone but upon checking found him asleep.
* Aged 5. One evening 2 beings came through
the wall to a boy. He recalls a female entity
touching him,examining his legs,whilsthefound
himself on a table. The beings were large eyed,
grays. The beings said they were his Xfriends."
* Aged 8. Kevin told of a tall, bald being which
came into his room and makes him drowsy. His
Parents discounted the events as made up.
I myself came across a case here in Austraiia in
1991. A Melbourne woman wrote to me to
recount a number of disturbing events within
the family. These incidents culminated in 1990
when her 6 year old son came into her bedroom
one morning, and told herthat duringthe night
54 little men had entered his bedroom and
shone a ZtorchZ on him. He said he tried to get
out of bed but he couldn't move.
He said although the beings did not talk, in his
mind he could hear them saying he was not to
be afraid, and they would not hurt him. They
then examined him and pushed something up
his nose. He said n fen like a worm going up.
Since that night the woman reported that she
hud a lot of trouble getting him to go to bed. He
says he knows they are coming back.
The entities were described as big as his 10 year
old sister, w'ith gray skin, big heads and big
black eyes.
If readers have come across similar accounts
from children, then UFORA, would like to hear
from you.
IN RETROSPECT
We have in our files cases which, although
intriguing, were reported after the event and/or
which, for one reason or another, were impos-
sible to investigate. The reasons for this range
from isolated locations to a long period of time
having elapsed since the event. The following
case is typical of such difficulties for, despite
follow up attempts, it remains no further ad-
vanced than the narrative reproduced here.
Since this report predates the modern abduc-
tion era, but has some abduction elements,
despite the lack of an actual abduction re-
membrance,weare relating n forthe interest of
readers only.
SA 78/48
DATE: 1 966/67
TIME: 1730 Hrs
LOCATION: Near Woomera, South Australia.
REPORTER: Joseph C (name on record with
UFORA Research Director) then aged 14-15.
Joseph C's account:
I was walking home, after work atWoomera, to
Pimba where my mother was living, a length of
3 miles. Then I had a feeling of very stillness... I
looked up towards the sky. I saw at least three
lots of UFO, at least 40, doing movability move-
ment back and front.
Zone broke away from the rest and hovered
above me very low. It was big as a footbal field .
I was not scured, but I could not move. I was
glued to the spot. I did not panic. I kept my
head as I was fascinated. I did not rebel. The
light was very bright. There was no wind, no flies,
no dust. I felt as if I was standing on air, but my
feet were on the ground. I felt safe, I had no
reason to fear. I was given no resson to. I must
say I felt quite fascinated by this thing above
me. I only wish I could learn more aboun (il).
There was no more to learn. This UFO moved
very fast.
"I don't remember much after that, but my
mother told me I walked home in shock. She
took me to Woomera hospHal as soon as I got
home. The doctor told my mother I will be OK
just go home to bed.
"I woke up ecrly in the morning wondering
where I was. I did not know my mother or home
for a good half hour. I have never told no-one,
not even my mother, whut I saw as I did not
wantto make anytrouble. Plus H is very hard on
me to tell anybody, but I know what I saw and
I will take H to the grave wHh me. If no-one
believes me, l do not care. I will not fight over it.
I only want to tell what happened."
Granted the above is anecdotal at best. There
are so mcny unknowns In this brief report, that
we cun't draw any conclusions, especially in
light of the fact that we know nothing of the
medical history of the percipient, let alone the
medical assessment of his condition at the
Woomera hospHal. Nevertheless, the interest-
ing elements are an apparently isolated loca-
tion, during which, amongst many UFOs, one
the size of a football field, approached and
hovered over the percipient who was at that
point seemingly spellbound. We don't know
how long this phase lasted, and we don't know
if the percipient arrived home late, so obviously
we don't know if any missing time is involved.
However, the percipient's state of shock, when
he arrived home, is certainly noteworthy. The
major difficuRy in this brief report is that although
there is a stretch of desert between Woomera
and Pimba, the two,are certainly close enough
for a skyfull of UFOs, even if at a distance, notto
go unnoticed. However, H does appear that
the percipient was in an aHered state of con-
sciousness when he saw the UFOs for the sight-
ing was preceded by a feeling of very stillness."
Had he shifted, or been shifted, unknowingly
into an aHered state, be H consciousness or
otherwise, or was he suffering a physical event
such as an epileptic seizure? Joseph C re-
ported his experience to UFO Research South
Australia in 1978 when he was 26. It was appar-
ently a one of experience.
GULF BREEZE UPDATE
The town of Gulf Breeze, Florida in the U.S.A., has
attracted the interests of UFO researchers for
several years now. The original interest occurred
between 1987 and 1988 wHh a series of photo-
graphs being taken by one Ed Walters, and of
mutiple observations of unusual objects by doz-
ens of local townspeople.
A new, second wave of interest flared up in
September 1989 and continued to July 1992,
after which it seemed to have disappeared.
These sightings centred on mutiple observa-
tions by independent people of unusual red
lights in the sky over Gulf Breeze.
The latest update, courtesy of the "HUFON REPORT,
the newsletter of the Houston UFO Network, comes
to us via PARANET.
On 25 March 1993, in broad daylight, a Mr
"Alien" viewed an object in the north-western
sky which he took to be an aircraft. Later he
again sawthe same objectwhich moved tothe
south-east. The next day he got out his video
camera and was fortunate to again see H in the
south-eastern sky. It was a round, silver object
which raced across the sky. "It was round and
kind of crown-shaped wHh a lower level and a
dark red circle in the bottom center."
A week later Mr Allen reported that he had this
time taken a video of the same object out over
the Gulf of Mexico from his home on Santa Rosa
Island. The sun was seen to be reflecting off the
stationary object, wHh clouds visible behind it.
The videos, and also Polaroid pictures taken on
another occasion, were forwarded to Jeff Sainio,
a photo analyst and Manager of Imaging Re-
search and Development at the Quad/Tech
division of Quad/Graphics in Wisconsin. The
originals were also inspected by Dr Bruce
Maccabee, an optical physicist for the US Na-
val defence laboratory in Maryland.
Their intensive studies suggest that the object is
a genuine UFO.
ADELAIDE RESEARCH NETWORK MEETING
Last year 3 meetings were organised to bring
together, at a private meeting, a number of
individuals wHh an interest in researching the
area of UFOs. Recently, a fourth meeting was
organised one Sunday.
The invited participants were UFO researchers
associated with UFO Research Australia and
UFO Research (SA), academics including a crimi-
nolozist. and a number of health professionals
including 2 psychologists, and a psychothera-
pist. The topic of UFO abductions was the main
theme for the meeting, and a variety of ap-
proaches were discussed. The group will remain
in touch as a network.
One outcome of the meeting is that a media
consultant, who was present, is orgunising a
series of seven Saturday evening talks, for the
general public, on a number of UFO and re-
lated issues. Keith Basterfield will present a talk
titled: "UFO Abductions: Fact or Fantasy" on the
30 Oct at the City of Adelaide Community
centre, 23 Coglin Street, in the City. For further
details, such as ticket prices, contact Dani
Morena on 341-5615
POSTAL ADDRESS CHANGE
Effective immediately the postal address for
Keith Basterfeld has changed from PO Box302,
Modbury North, SA 5092 to GPO Box 7894,
Adelaide. S4 5001.
FROM THE LITERATURE
Judge, Mark G. "The Outer Limits of the Soul."
Common Ground magazine Jul/Aug 1993.9pp.
An in depth look at the US abduction phenom-
enon. Includes case studies, and interviews with
John Mack, Kenneth Ring, Keith Thompson,
and Eddie Bullard, amongst others.
Pinkney, John. "Ovary Snatchers" Australasian
Post 19 Jun 1993. 1 p.
A short review of the research being under-
taken by UFORA as regards Australian abduc-
ticon ccases.
Turner, Karla. "What Are the Aliens Doing With
Our Children?" UFO Encounters Vol 1 No6 pp11 -
15.
Many abduction events are occurring to young
children. The Hopkins et al genetic experimen-
tation hypothesis of aliens requiring reproduc-
tive material, can not apply. So why children?
Norris, Michael. Alabama Residents Ponder
Cattle M utilations. UFO Encounter Vol 1 No 7 pp
3-6.
Linda Moulton Howe who has been exploring
the cattle mutilation/UFO/abduction linkforthe
last 10 years tells of many recent cattle mutila-
tion episodes.
NEW BOOKS
Fowler, Raymond. "The Allagash Abductions."
Wild Flower Press (U.S.) Hard cover 366 pages.
USS23-95.
A full investigation report of the 1976 Maine, U.S.,
multiple witness abduction casewhich involved
4 fishermen. An excellent,well researched piece
of work which adds yet another multiple wit-
nessed event to the collection.
Good, Timothy. "Alien Update." Arrow. 1993.
Paperback 296 pages. US$9.95.
A continuation of the series of annual UFO
Reports from the author of "Above Top Secret. "
This issue contains articles on the UFO bases off
Puerto Rico; the US government and alien ve-
hicles: Russian encounters, and an intemational
UFO catalogue including some Australian
sightings.
Turner, Karla. "Into the Fringe:A True Story of
Alien Abduction." Berkely. 1992. Paperback.
242 Daaes. USS4-95.
Dr Turner has been publishing numerous articles
of late culminating in this book concerning her
research into the more odder aspects of ab-
ductions, including reptilians.
Randles, Jenny. "UFOs and How to See Them."
Sterling.1992 Soft paperback 144 pages.
USS14.95,
A basic review of the state of UFO research
today, and a catalogue of "window areas" of
the world where UFO observations are more
prevalent.
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