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Info-ParaNet Newsletters Volume 1 Number 282
Info-ParaNet Newsletters Volume I Number 282
Wednesday, August 1st 1990
Today's Topics:
Re: Crop Circles Hoax
Introduction from a new subscriber
GB mayor says case is hoax
Re: Cousin Bo, And Other Trivia
Re: Traffic
Re: ILL BREEZE
Gulf Breeze Six
Re: Melting Ice on Mars
Re: INFORMANT
Re: photo analysis
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From: gateh@conncoll.bitnet (Gregg TeHennepe)
Subject: Re: Crop Circles Hoax
Date: 31 Jul 90 16:33:13 GMT
-+ It's weird, weird, weird in my opinion. Either the 'researchers' had cheap,
-+ old, nonfunctioning equipment and paid no attention to it while it recorded
-+ the 'orange blobs' and made no effort to investigate the "blobs". Or
-+ something spoofed the equipment and the researchers and gave them a surprise
-+ the following day.
-+
-+ Clark Matthews - via FidoNet node 1:30163/0
I've read several different accounts of this episode in a number of
different forums around the nets, and my impression is that there really
hasn't been a clear report of _exactly_ what was seen, what equipment is
being used, etc. I get the feeling that what I've been reading are lose
recountings of information which was orginally read in some newspaper, and
as I have no way of knowing the quality and detail of either the newspaper's
account or of the persons retelling the story, I am very hesitant to come to
any conclusions concerning this incident. I worry that such vague
information may be of more harm than it is help, in that it may do more to
confuse and diffuse the discussion than it does to illuminate the
phenomenon. It may be the case that the perceived mystery surrounding the
field circles, the hoaxers, and the observers is actually generated from the
poor quality of the information we have been receiving.
Gregg TeHennepe | Academic Computing Services | Yes, but this
gateh@conncoll.bitnet | Connecticut College, New London, CT | one goes to 11...
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From: <CLAFFEY_@ctstateu.bitnet>
Subject: Introduction from a new subscriber
Date: 1 Aug 90 03:59:06 GMT
Hi everyone,
I'm a student here at Central Connecticut State University and I'm
interested in all sorts of unexplained phenomena, including UFO's and ESP.
I'm usually extremely skeptical, but open-minded. If I ask for more evidence,
or try to disprove something, please don't misinterpret it as a put-down.
I do believe that there is something out there, but I'm also cynical enough
to not believe everything I hear without proof. I think that if we can
eliminate the hoaxes and the mistakes, we may indeed find something incredible.
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Moderator's note: CLAFFEY_, please put your name at the bottom so
we know who you are.
Cyro Lord
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From: Jim Shaffer Jr <72750.2335@compuserve.com>
Subject: GB mayor says case is hoax
Date: 1 Aug 90 07:18:20 GMT
The following article appeared in the Williamsport, PA _Sun-Gazette_ on July 30.
As you'll see, the mayor of Gulf Breeze seems to have the right attitude toward
Walters, but apparently needs an education in UFOlogy otherwise.
(Also, it seems that there isn't a ban on reporting the AWOLs case after all.)
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GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) -- Mayor Ed Gray is tired of his town being made a
laughingstock over UFO sightings he considers a hoax, but some merchants are
cashing in on the controversey.
Tourism is looking up thanks to a series of reported UFO spottings since 1988.
Merchants are churning out UFO books, jewelry and T-shirts picturing a
beach-going
alien 'catching some rays' from a flying saucer.
Gray isn't laughing.
'I have a real moral problem with my city being couched as a UFO phenomenon when
it's not,' he said in a recent interview.
Gulf Breeze, in the Florida Panhandle, made tabloid history in 1988 when Ed
Walters, a local builder, reported the first sightings and produced photographs
he
claimed were of UFOs.
He told of being lifted off the ground by a beam of blue light from a flying
saucer and getting a visit from Spanish-speaking extraterrestrials who talked
about bananas. He and his wife, Frances, even wrote a book about it.
Interest in the town's own brand of upward mobility waned until recently.
First, the Mutual UFO Network, a UFO research organization, held its annual
symposium in neighboring Pensacola from July 6-8. The three-day event attracted
600 people.
Then, six U.S. soldiers were arrested July 13 in the Gulf Breeze area after
slipping away from their Army intelligence unit in West Germany. A friend of
one
of the soldiers, who were discharged last week for desertion, said they went to
Gulf Breeze because they believed the end of the world was near and Jesus would
return in a spaceship.
The two events generated plenty of publicity. The Miami Herald labeled Gulf
Breeze 'America's flying saucer spaceport.' Crews from the television programs
'Unsolved Mysteries,' "A Current Affair" and "Inside Edition" were here last
week
to do UFO shows.
Gray agreed to be interviewed on each show.
'The general feedback is it's time somebody told it like it is and defended the
city,' said Gray, who is a banker.
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Jim Shaffer, Jr.
72750.2335@CompuServe.COM
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From: Steve.Peterson@p0.f150.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Steve Peterson)
Subject: Re: Cousin Bo, And Other Trivia
Date: 1 Aug 90 06:00:00 GMT
I recently found a source for some video and materials
concerning JFK assassination, David Lifton book and video,
*clean* copy of Zepruder film on video, etc.
BE Video
11500 West Olympic, Suite 400
Los Angeles, Ca. 90064
Hope some of the clear evidence, puts to rest, the more wilder
theories, and who knows, maybe someday the truth will emerge.
Best regards, Steve
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Steve Peterson - via FidoNet node 1:30163/0
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: Steve.Peterson@p0.f150.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG
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From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks)
Subject: Re: Traffic
Date: 30 Jul 90 19:44:00 GMT
FJ> Hi John, I liveaboard my 45' catamaran cruiser and wouldn't
FJ> have it any other way. Boat living is the best.
FJ> My brother has a 38' ketch that he lived aboard for several
FJ> years. He and his wife cruised the Bahamas are for a few
FJ> years and had some experiences with unidentified "things".
More boat folks. Great!
I'd like to hear about your brother's experiences.
jbh
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John Hicks - via FidoNet node 1:30163/0
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG
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From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks)
Subject: Re: ILL BREEZE
Date: 30 Jul 90 19:45:01 GMT
FJ> It would seem to me that, after witnessing what has been
FJ> said about Ed, the majority of people would not be willing
FJ> to say they had a video if they had fifty of them.
Yeah. I'm beginning to think that if I were to obtain undeniable evidence,
I'd pass it around privately, and not say a word publicly.
jbh
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John Hicks - via FidoNet node 1:30163/0
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG
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From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks)
Subject: Gulf Breeze Six
Date: 31 Jul 90 03:43:01 GMT
A MUFON contact (I'll tell you privately if you want to know) called
me this evening and told me that so far as he knows, (he's in a
position to know) the Gulf Breeze Six have been discharged from the
Army and are back in Gulf Breeze.
He said the reason they gave for coming back to America is to meet
Bill Cooper. MUFON has supplied them with Cooper's address.
*Now* it all makes sense.
jbh
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John Hicks - via FidoNet node 1:30163/0
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG
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From: Zach.Harman@p0.f630.n283.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Zach Harman)
Subject: Re: Melting Ice on Mars
Date: 30 Jul 90 17:39:35 GMT
I understand that radioactivity would be a problem. They could,
however, live indoors for awhile.
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Zach Harman - via FidoNet node 1:30163/0
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: Zach.Harman@p0.f630.n283.z1.FIDONET.ORG
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From: Don.Ecker@f22.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Don Ecker)
Subject: Re: INFORMANT
Date: 31 Jul 90 21:49:00 GMT
Zach Harmon states with foot lodged firmly in mouth;
> WHY DON'T YOU ASK HIM YOURSELF!
>
I then say . . . " Why don't you ask, Zach my lad...." Then
Ecker, with evil grin on face says...........
"Wa'll now Zach my boy, if its true then we got a real line on
ya, ya dig?? An effen it ain't true, wa'll then boy, ya look
damn silly with that egg all over yar mug, or isen that dog
sh*t??"
And then, Ecker rolling that toothpick around, gets an even more
*E V I L* grin and says.........
"Wa'll now boy, ya'll been hearing any clicken on yo' phone
line??" "Cause, iffen I am with them damn revenouers, wa'll,
we all gonna be watchen ya
R E A L G O O D, ya savy??""
Then he walks off laughing hysterically thinking " What a Putz,
what a maroon" . . . . . . . Haaa The UFOs got another
one..... < G >
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Don Ecker - via FidoNet node 1:30163/0
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: Don.Ecker@f22.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG
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From: Bill.English@f5.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Bill English)
Subject: Re: photo analysis
Date: 30 Jul 90 20:58:00 GMT
In a message to Bill English <07-29-90 02:24> Jerry Seward wrote:
JS>I can help there if you like, Bill. I'm right here in
JS>Rochester and I know several reliable and discreet
JS>employees there.
Jerry,
Thanks, I appreciate it. I have had a rather odd weekend so it may take me a
couple of days to get my head clear. I'll talk to you later..
Bill..
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Bill English - via FidoNet node 1:30163/0
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: Bill.English@f5.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG
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