UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA
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RESEARCH DIGEST
ISSUE 37
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1993
(C) COPYRIGHT 1993 - UFORA
CASES FROM THE NETVVORK
ORANGE LIGHTS CONTINUE!
Several past issues ofthe Research Digest have recorded
the increased number of reported observations of orange
lights, or clusters of orange lights. These observations
have been very evident in Sydney, and Perth; and have
also been reported to a lesser degree in Adelaide and
Tasmania I have therefore brought together, below,
another collectiQn, as reported by the Network
UFORA93092 TA93048 29 May 1993 Launceston
TAS 0100hrs Low Level B S3/P4
Two witnesses noted two orange lights moving in unison
from the north The witnesses moved to a local look-out
and watched the lights pass over the city centre in
complete silence. The weather at the time was overcast
withdoudbetween400-700m. Asthe lights moved south,
the witnesses followed them for several kilometres in
their car. Eventually the lights just moved up into fog. No
aircraft were in the area.
(TUFOIC)
UFORA93075 S Jun 1993 Thornlie WA 2300hrs
Med Level B S3/P4
A group of people sighted an orange light travelling from
east to west at a fairly quickpace. It crossedthe face ofthe
full Moon while they watched. It was like a rotating 44
gallon drum in shape with an antenna-like structure on
front. They estimated its heighttobe 600m. No sound was
heard.
(Brian Richards/UFORUM)
UFORA93084 11 Jul 1993 Broome WA 2350hrs
Low/IFO Level B S2/P4
Three people watched abright, star-like object travel from
north-east to north west. The light was orange and pulsed
from bright to dull. It travelled in an undulating fashion.
(John Kernott / UFORUM)
UFORA93090 22 Aug 1993 Keperra QLD (1900
2000hrs) Low Level B S3/P4
Standing at the front of her property, a woman was facing
west, when she suddenly saw three bright red lights in an
"L" formafion. They were orange/red and appeared to be
at a high allitude. There weretwo lights at the bottom with
a third light on the left hand side. Stationary for 10
minutes they then drifted away slowly to the left and
gradually disappeared. Checking with the weather bureau,
AMF and RAAF, the observatory, TV stations and
SES, plus Civil Aviation revealed no causes forthe lights.
(Mick Stott/UFOIN Inc)
UFORA93082 28 Aug 1993 Chidlow WA Low
Level B S3/P4
Three people facing north-east on a clear night spotted
two lights. They were orange-yellow in colour, one
travelling behind the other from west to east. The rear
light stopped for a few moments then accelerated towards
the first one, before stopping again. These manoeuvres
continued for some 15 minutes before the lights were lost
due to distance.
(Brain Richards/UFORUM)
UFORA93087 2 Sep 1993 Adelaide SA 1950hrs
Low Level B S3/P4
An amateur astronomer saw an unusual object appear at
about 20-25 degrees south-west, travelled almost over-
head and was lost to view at about 20-25 degrees in the
north-eastern sky. Total durationwas 1 1/2 minutes. The
object was actually a cluster, some 1/2 degree across, of
5 objects. A central one and four others which moved
about it, as it travelled across the sky in a straight line.
The colour of the 5 objects was yellow/orange. There was
no sound, trail or tail. However, there did seestobeahaze
around it. It was of constant luminosity and appeared to
be emitting its own light. There was scattered light cloud
at 1000m, and the objects passed behind these clouds.
Each of the five objects had a circular shape, and was
larger than a point source. Adelaide radar reported noth-
ing and the local Adelaide Advertiser also reported no
other sightings. The reporter advised he has witnessed
satellite re-entries and that this was not one. His wife,
called out to observe it, also saw the last 30 seconds of the
event
(Keith BasterfieldJ
OTHER REPORTS
UFORA9073 1 Jun 1993 Myaree WA 0010hrs CE2
Level B S3/P4
A computer technician was driving when he suddenly
noticed moving green, red and blue lights shaped like an
inverted bunsen burner. After dropping behind some
trees, the object rose and headed towards him. At this
point the car's engine died. The man got out of his car and
telephoned friends to tell them what had happened. He
said that a plane vas following the object. After some 12
minutes the object left to the south-east and the plane also
left.
(Brian Richards/UFORUM)
UFORA93074 2 Jun 1993 Karratha WA 2010hrs
Low Level B S3/P3
A man reported sighting a bright, white light, travelling
west to south-east at 30-40 degrees elevation. At the end
of its course it seemed to drop vertically downwards.
(Brian Richards/UFORUM)
UFORA93076 7Junl993 Rivervale WA 1800hrs
Low Level B S3/P4
A policeman and his son saw two very bright lights in the
sky, at 45 degrees in the north-west. The lights appeared
stationary, and there appeared to be two light planes
circling them, with a third aircraft some distance away. A
possible cause is aircraft landing.
(Brian Richards/ UFORUM)
UFORA93077 19 Aug 1993 Perth WA 1855hrs
Low Level A S3/P4
On a clear, dark night a woman travelling by car saw a
formation of three lights close together, no more than one
block away from her.- There was a slight high pitched
alternating resonant hum audible. Sight of the object was
eventually lost due to puildings and trees.
(Brian Richards/UFORUM)
UFORA93078 23 Aug 1993 Mullaloo WA 2300hrs
Med Level B S3/P4
A large triangular shaped object, with a pinkish glow, was
seen by a woman, moving slowly above her at 45 degrees.
(Brian Richards/UFORUM)
UFORA93079 24 Aug 1993 Wilson WA 2030hrs
Low Level B S3/P4
While hanging out her washing, a woman saw in the
north east, abluelightwhichtravellednorth-eastto south
in about 8 seconds. It was lost to sight behind trees, but
when it emerged it was white in colour. A roar like a jet
was heard.
(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)
UFORA93080 26 Aug 1993 Willagee WA 2310hrs
Low Level B S31P4
Three white lights, slightlyfuzzy, were seen movingfrom
east to south-west. They were in a triangular formation
led by one light. The two rear lights kept separating and
then coming back to their original positions. Total time
8 seconds. No sound was heard.
(Brian Richards/UFORUM)
UFORA93081 28 Aug 1993 Doubleview WA
1917hrs Low/IFO Level B S2/P4
A father and daughter were facing north-north-east in a
vehicle when a greenish-white object with a tail shot from
north to south, split into three pieces and disappeared
Probably a meteor.
(Brian Richards/UFORUM)
UFORA93083 26 May 1993 Broome WA 1930hrs
Low/IFO Level C S2 / P4
An amateur astronomer saw three lights in a triangular
arrangement travelling in the same direction. They were
visible only through a telescope view-finder. After 20-30
seconds they were lost near Iota Centauris. Satellites?
(John Kernott/UFORUM)
UFORA93085 1987 KununurraWA 1830hrs
Med Level C S3/P4
Whilst a group of people were delivering a building kit to
an Aboriginal community they saw what looked like a bus
in the desert with rows of lights. They took'some photos
of the object. 30km further on they saw a large, domed
object. They took more photos.
(John Kernott/UFORUM)
UFORA93086 11 Jul 1993 1830hrs Broome/
Kimberley area Low/IFO Level C S21P4
Dozens of people described seeing a burning, bright,
green ball of light hurtle through the skies towards the
eastern horizon. It was probably a meteor.
(John Kernott/UFORUM)
UFORA93088 26 Apr 1993 Goomeri QLD
0425hrs Low Level B S3/P4
A 39 year old man was driving a truck, with two passen-
gers aboard. The load was 3 tons of steel and metallic
objects. He sighted abrighblight over Goomeri. The light
proceeded to follow his vehicle. After 10 minutes he
stopped and noted the light also stopped, hovering some
100m away, 45 degrees up. The group shone a torch at it
and it retreated.
Moving on, the lightpassed them some 100-200m away,
following the ,contours of the road. Some 10-15 minutes
later they stopped again, so did the light They shone the
torch at it and it seemed to loop over a cloud. Off they
went. onlv to stoD a third time at 5 a.m. with the obiect
200m in front of them. No noise had been heard from the
object during all this time. By 5.25 a.m. it had gone out
of view high in the sky. However, 5 minutes later it
returned for a final time to pace them for a while.
(Helen Chapman/UFOIN IncJ
UFORA93089 29 Jun 1993 Lutwyche QLD 0450hrs
Low Level B S3/P4
Woken by the need for a drink, a man noticed a white
Wstar" at 45-55 degrees east-south-east He got up to loek
further and in fact used a pair of 7 X 35 binoculars to view
it It was moving south and was last seen at 10-15 degrees
above the southern horizon. He went back to bed. Neither
the Police or Met Bureau reported other sightings.
(Helen Chapman/UFOIN Inc)
UFORA93091 TA93042 10 May 1993 Bicheno TAS
1845hrs Low Level B S31P4
A witness was taking tourists to see penguins on a local
beach A bright light was seen moving low over the sea to
the east. It curved up, then spiralled downbefore perform-
ing a figure of eight movement. It then moved back and
forth before being lost to view.
(TUFOIC)
NEW SOUTH WALES UPDATE
Bill Chalker, UFOIC Sydney, has forwarded a copy of that
group's reports log for Jan early July 1993. There were
103 reports during that time.
Forty five out of these were of orange lights. Readers will
recall that Sydney has been experiencing an outburst of
these orange lights, for about a year now.
Twenty two were classed as "interesting" events, with 13
being potential CE4-abduction-events. Bill advises these
more interesting cases are being followed up and prom-
ises to forward details for the Digest in due course.
RESEARCH NOTES
1. ABDUCTION RESEARCH
A recent edition of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology
carried an article by Dr Nicholas Spanos of Carleton
University, Ottawa, Canada. The article reported on a
battery of psychological tests which had been given to 49
people who had either obsened or claimed to have been
onboard a UFO. Their results were compared to a control
sample of 127 non-UFO reporters. Items examined were
intelligence, imagination, paranormal beliefs and mental
health. The results indicated that the reporters were no
different from the control group in intelligence, in ten-
dency to fantasize or in suggestibility. The only signifi-
cant difference found was that the reporters were more
likely to have had a previously established belief in the
existence of UFOs.
2. FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME
A hot topic of discussion at the moment in abduction
research is the relevance of False Memory Syndrome
(FMS) to our research FMS is where supposedly long
repressed memories of childhood abuse emerge which in
fact are not real.
The usual scenario for FMS is that a person goes for
treatment to a therapist. It could be a marriage problem,
or a psychological disorder. During the sessions, memo-
ries come to light which were not consciously previously
recalled. The therapist and the patient come to believe
that the patient has retrieved memories which were
suppressed in some way, due to trauma. These memories
are of abuse at the hands, of say, a family member. The
patient goes on to sue/have police charge the individual
family member for sexual etc abuse.
In some instances,on the stories which have emerged in
children, childcare centre staff have been jailed for sexual
abuse.
The problem with this is that in certain cases the recov-
ered memories of events involving other than the patient,
can be shown to have never happened. The memories
have in fact, in some way, been generated by the patient
and the therapist.
3. EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME
A rather bizarre phenomenon has been recently scientifi-
cally documented. It seems that some abductees have been
reporting hearing load noises which seem to have no
identifiable causes.
However, now the medical literature has identified the
same sorts of noises occurring to non-abductees. The
noises are nocturnal and usually occur in the hypnagogic/
hypnopompic areas, i.e. when on the boundary between
sleep and wakefulness. It is described as a tremendous
roar or bang, but is not associated with any pain It can also
be reported as a thunderclap or an explosion. There may
be an associated flash of light. One individual was
connected to an EEG machine when one of these episodes
occurred and it was recorded on the EEG.
The exact cause is not known
For further details consult:
* Pearce, J. M. (1989.) "Clinical Features ofthe Explod-
ing Head Syndrome. n J. of Neurology, Neurosurgery and
Psychiatry 52.907-910.
* McOurie, R (1993.) "Richter Scale-Like Readings
Reveal Reality of Exploding Head Syndrome." Medical
Pact 17/R/9t
* Pearce, J. M. (1988.) "Exploding Head Syndrome."
Lancet Jul 30. 2(8605): 270-1.
* Sachs, C. & Svanborg, E. (1991.) "The Exploding
Head Sydnrome:Polysomnographic Recording & Thera-
peutic Suggestions." Sleep 14(3):263-266.
4. ABDUCTION "MARKS"
Some abductees report transient "rashes" or other marks
on their bodies which they associate with aMuction
experiences. Some researchers have suggested a psycho-
somatic explanations for these, i.e. they are internally
generated by the human mind. Others argue that they
have been made bs aliens during an aMuction.
It has long been known, but not medically accepted, that
there have been instances of the mysterious appearance of
marks on stigmata, on human non-abductees. Circular
wounds seemingly just appear and commence to bleed.
Issue 71 of the UK Magazine NFortean Times." report
of a woman in the UK, Heather Wood, who this year was
filmed by a TV crew. On film they captured the stigmata
forming. Round marks appeared on her body and in the
course of a day became moist and then bled
This documented instance may well lead to an under-
standing of the cause of these instances and perhaps also
throw some light on abduction marks.
5. ASTEROID DATA
One of the issues frequently raised by sceptics is if UFOs
are extraterrestrial spacecraft, why don't astronomers
pick them up? The debate refreshed itself in my mind,
when I recently read that in May of this year, a 10m
diameter asteroid was picked up on photographs only
some 144,000km from Earth, closer than the Moon.
If we can pick up a body ofthis size at this distance, why
have no alien ships been detected in this way. Does it
mean, as Budd Hopkins has written, that UFOs can make
themselves inyisible? Or, as Jacques Vallee has often
asked, that the phenomenon is interdimensional and they
do not need to pass through open space to reach us?
NEW BOOKS
Turner, Karla. (1992.) "Into the Fringe." BerkeleyBooks.
New York Paperback 242pp.
Karla and her husband, a computer consultant were
secure, but both had developed physical symptoms of
stress for no apparent reason. Exploration led them to
MUFON and then to regression hypnosis sessions. Following these they embarked on a discovery tour of abduction literature and their own freshly recalled experiences.
Their son David, and his girlfriend became embroiled in
the adventure. Physical marks of unknown origin turned
up on the bodies of family members.
This work is a most welcome addition to the few books so
far written by aMuctees firsthand. It details the uncover-
ing and exploration of a series of abductions, and provides
some insight intothe effects on the individuals concerned.
Fowler, Raymond. (1993.) "The Allagash Abductions."
Wild Flower Press, PO Box 230893, Tigard, Oregon
97281, USA. Paperback. 347pp.
In the tradition of his earlier works, Fowler brings us his
investigation into four men, Jack, Jim, Chuckand Charlie
who uncover a joint abduction whilst on a camping trip in
1976. All four recall a typical abduction scenario under
regression. Two of the men find they have scoop marks on
their bodies. This is another well researched book by
Fowler. An excellent investigation into an illuminating
multiple abduction.
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