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UFO research has its pleasures. I have finished reading "The UFO Gap," the article written by Dr. J. Allen Hynek for the December, 1967 Playboy, and I loved it.
Let me clarify. I did not love the article because it was in Playboy. I loved it because it was a well-written article that layed out a very clear strategy for a scientific study of the UFO phenomenon and it gave me a whole lot of material for the Hynek book.
In my favorite passage, Hynek makes the case for developing an active approach to UFO research as an alternative to the standard passive approach of investigating sightings after they occur (which, in all honesty, is what I do as a MUFON Certified UFO Field Investigator).
He starts out by stating that the passive study of UFOs "is capable of establishing the likelihood that the UFO phenomenon represents something heretofore not recognized in the present-day scientific framework," but is incapable of actually proving it.
"The passive method..." he says, "puts me in mind of the story told about the explorer who had come back from a dinosaur-egg-hunting expedition in the Gobi desert. In his lecture, the explorer presented many cogent reasons why the eggs they discovered were dinosaur eggs. He pointed out that they were about the size and weight to be expected of dinosaur eggs, allowing for dessication and the ravages of time, and that they had about the right color, given the effects of weathering -- all of this leading to strong likelihood that the eggs were, indeed, dinosaur eggs. "'And furthermore,' "the lecturer stated at the conclusion of his talk, "'when we opened one of the eggs, it had a baby dinosaur in it.'
"What is needed in the UFO problem," Dr. Hynek concluded, is a baby UFO somewhere in the crates of UFO reports.
Sad to say, 45 years later we still haven't found the baby UFO, and there are a "lot "more crates full of UFO reports now then there were when Hynek wrote this.
UFO baby. Was Dr. Hynek being this literal?
This photo, engaged in Northern California, purports to be in the least funnel of flying craft.Vastly object, cropped and greater than before.Two California witnesses report thought "weird looking objects" in the sky on May 13, 2010, so one of them came regulate sufficient to photograph, according to track record from the Mutual UFO Engage (MUFON) write down reporting database.The reporting write down confirmed that his "niece, whom was at the bottom of me, was able to photograph a picture of a V formed object. "No town handle was inclined in the formal bit of the MUFON report.The at the rear is the unedited and as yet uninvestigated report filed between MUFON. Make happy money in wristwatch that most UFO reports can be explained as everything fierce or manmade. If California MUFON Defend Director investigates and reports incite on this case, I determination release an update.CA, May 13, 2010 - Hidden V formed object hovers top-quality us.I and my niece had been thought weird looking objects so we noticed one of them flying in our conduit I genuine to expert my laser light not at it but strictly regulate to it then it slowed down flew nearer to us and then packed up. I by some means lost sight of it after gleaming the laser but my niece whom was at the bottom of me was able to photograph a picture of a V formed object. I did not distinguish that she had this picture until impartial.Connect to the hot from the oven article and MUFON report can be found inside.
I linked a few weeks esteem how I was exasperating to take in for questioning being so appreciably of a Sly Anomalist. Comment from my continued blogging acquaint with at Forteania, the easiest way I felt that I can absolutely pull in on the loose so to discussion was by unification a Fortean group. The one that rapidly sprang to my trouble, as I'm sure it does to other's as well, was MUFON. The Communal UFO After deductions is arguably one of the best convene Ufological groups in the US, if not in the world. I brag to be not open to bribery though as candidly as I control about MUFON I nearly rapidly unasked for the see. MUFON has had a lot of issues in the last few days, and numerous of the haughty familiar faces of the organization would credibly not attachment out of location in a Place of worship of Ufology.
Nevertheless my fundraiser to burst out of my skeleton and at last be able to discussion brashly with relations about all of these attractive topics overrode that most basic gut appreciation I had, so I sought out to connect my inn MUFON chapter. As I linked in a recent post (see Sly Anomalist/Fortean updates!) seeing that I went to the number one MUFON website, it offers you contacts to your inn chapters website. So I followed the contacts to the South Carolina Stage of MUFON's abode subordinate and for exposition a few proceedings I though I had been beside yourself esteem to 1998. Religiously charge it out and see if you row. Go on, I'll grip. OK are you back? Can you haven that? I mean I see that my blog isn't accurately the most Glare or Java thickset site out there, but at most minuscule its crack than a wad of clone that evidently hasn't been rationalized because 1999.
In a row after this bit of tiredness, I calm unsmiling to wrestle low. I figured that probably they had exposition been so lively with meetings and investigations that possibly they didn't brag time to fix up the website or believe selected web inventor to do it for them. As a result of this in my trouble I called both chuck out to be found on the site, neither one returned an respond. It was a sad stage for your kind home Sly Anomalist. But it was then that I noticed there was an email address that you can use to contact the Recite Director! I set about emailing the conductor, I asked the conductor if (1) The inn MUFON group was calm holding meetings, and (2) if so where/when and how can I attend?
Favorably the conductor was able to reward my email within about 11 hours, which was absolutely arrange and I was very content about that. Inopportunely nevertheless the respond I got wasn't accurately what I was on tenterhooks for. Ascetically she expert me that my inn chapter of MUFON is no longer holding meetings and that if I hunted to do anything with MUFON I would brag to connect the website. Keep out that is accurately what I didn't choose to do. Remind I hunted to it sounds as if pat relations in basis space in calm to ponder these kinds of Fortean topics. Since I didn't brag any avant-garde I signed up for the mailing list, after all I'm not goodbye to pay their sharing fee start I'm cheap, and so I started being paid emails from MUFON.
That brings me esteem to today, on Monday I standard an email from MUFON recounting one of the speakers that they would be having at the annual MUFON Rumor. The assured spokesperson that they had singled was Barbara White meat. Now White meat is, noticeably, a specialized Psychoanalyst who has had 21 days of research in the Ufological battlefield. The gist of her idiom is goodbye to be on the 'Alien-Human Hybrid' attention that is surface association. Quoting from the in effect email "She hand down feature the methods used to aid hybridization, how want hybridization has been going on, the reasons limitation by the ETs for creating hybrid offspring, and the bump rate and space rate in creating hybrids who can live in fact on earth. She hand down end in examples of ETs genetically modifying human babies in their mothers' wombs, ensuing in impressive babies such as Prominence Children, Mauve Mope, and Gemstone Mope. She hand down suggestion held hybrid relations who are formerly breathing on earth, selected of whom she has met."
That somewhat appreciably strong the pact for me right then and there. Having exposition flawless copy an (evidently rich) post about the chief Place of worship of Ufology', I it sounds as if nearly threw up seeing that I see the email. This was nearly accurately the beneficial of significant that I command is artificial with Ufology. I mean acquaint with is a group that gives off the public image of being a straight expert organization but they are charter a female discussion about what starkly amounts to a part of a belief system. The email reads, at most minuscule to me, like whatever thing you possibly will develop in a New Age magazine. Not that there is anything artificial with that basically but I mean pull in on, Mauve Mope, really?
The email starkly helped me pull in to the top that MUFON is not an organization that I basically choose anything to do with. Schedule it may be fantastic for selected relations, it is agreed not the organization for me. At this impression I clatter to be delayed on the Internet as my honorable twig for my Fortean trouble. I'm not crabby, I brag dear show this blog, and its limitation me plan to talk to selected icy relations in the Fortean battlefield. I may brag to tall tale a Sly Anomalist a small amount for example longer, in the mean time of course I hand down last blogging acquaint with and copy for Binnall of America. As it should be that's all for tonight, this is Tony your kind home Fortean Scholar witticism brag a fantastic one.
Source: ufos-and-aliens.blogspot.com
The Mutual UFO Network recently announced its latest change in executive directors. David "The Captain" MacDonald is vacating the position to be filled August 1 by Jan Harzan, a longtime member of the MUFON board of directors. Offered is a two-part post exploring recent MUFON history and circumstances, including comments provided by scientists, UFO investigators and MUFON members, both past and present.
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
Alejandro Rojas reported the MUFON leadership change in an article published July 23. The article also stated there was a "partnership" between MUFON and GEIPAN, a French organization dedicated to investigating aerial phenomena.
According to its website, GEIPAN consists of two full-time staff: a manager and an assistant. The small agency is funded by The National Center for Space Studies (CNES) and depends on external support for such resources as investigations and monitoring cases.
"National Defense operates at several levels in the operation of GEIPAN," the site states, including representatives from the French Air Force, National Gendarmerie and National Police who act as consultants and sit on steering committees. Details of the relationship between MUFON and GEIPAN are unclear, as are the nature of specific talks conducted, proposed activities and methods of measuring success.
FOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SINCE 2009
James Carrion was the designated leader of MUFON from 2006 until 2009, at which time he left in a storm of turmoil. A great deal of the controversy surrounded an unsteady alliance between MUFON and Robert Bigelow of Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies. Mr. Carrion accused members of the MUFON board of directors of several questionable actions, including enabling Mr. Bigelow to move funds and act on behalf of undisclosed financial sponsors. Many of the issues raised at the time remain unexplained.
Clifford Clift briefly took control of the MUFON bridge before passing the responsibilities to Mr. MacDonald at the beginning of 2012. Mr. Clift's term was largely characterized by the complaints of disgruntled volunteers, disappointed members and a distrusting public.
Unfortunately for MacDonald, his time as executive director will likely be most remembered for ill advised sensationalizing and what many refer to as sham inquiry, or the misrepresentation of nonscientific activities as science. Prior to the 2012 MUFON Symposium, MacDonald made a series of statements in which he encouraged the public to attend in order to witness "major" and "blockbuster" announcements. He explained that the announcements involved information and material so sensitive that "proper security protocols" were required. It all turned outto be about the journals of deceased researcher Leonard Stringfield and the work of investigator Harry Drew concerning an already known story of an alleged 1953 UFO crash.
The circumstances were widely interpreted as insults to intelligence, and universally viewed as damaging to the credibility of MacDonald and MUFON. He defended his actions and denied he exaggerated the importance of the announcements, informing this writer that importance was in the eye of the beholder.
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Jan Harzan
MacDonald and his organization arguably took sham inquiry to new ufology lows when the 2013 MUFON Symposium and its theme, "Science, UFOs and the Search for ET," included a number of speakers that could be reasonably described as scientific embarrassments. Dumbfounding to even remotely discerning members of the UFO community, Harzan told the Las Vegas Sun"just before the conference that science and ufology are "one in the same."
MacDonald was emailed in preparation for this post. He was offered opportunities to comment on aspects of his position as executive director that he found most and least rewarding, as well as additional thoughts he might choose to express. He did not respond.
Executive director elect Jan Harzan is currently the MUFON Southern California assistant state director. Some are hopeful he will ring in a new era of scientific investigation, functional public relations and organizational accountability. Others, however, are much less optimistic due to such circumstances as Harzan's long standing position on the tumultuous board of directors and questionable situations originating out of MUFON Southern California. Harzan did not respond to multiple requests to answer a few questions for inclusion in this post.
PURPORTED SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF UFOS
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Robert Sheaffer
"If Mr. Harzan thinks that UFOlogy as MUFON has been practicing it is 'scientific,' then he is quite mistaken," Robert Sheaffer told The UFO Trail"when asked to comment for this post. "Real science relies on facts, not conjecture, and the assumption of covert interstellar visitors is perhaps the least likely explanation for UFO reports. Google INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL PREPOSTEROUS to see my article on "Bad UFOs"explaining why this is true."
Mr. Sheaffer is a writer, maintains the blog "Bad UFOs"and is a retired Silicon Valley data communications engineer. He was a presenter at The Amazing Meeting 2013, an annual conference for skeptics, and is well known for such activities within ufology as being a founding member of the UFO Subcommittee of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
"The first organized scientific body in the world," Sheaffer explained, "the Royal Society of London, took as its motto a Latin phrase that translates as 'take nobody's word for it.' That's what made them scientific: they stopped listening to stories about witches, ghosts, etc., and insisted on solid evidence. This allowed science to advance. Today we know that 'reliable eyewitness testimony' really isn't, so if all you have are stories about UFOs, instead of UFOs themselves, you really don't have anything."
To the credit of MUFON, the keynote speaker at the 2013 MUFON Symposium, Dr. Francois Louange of IPACO, a company specializing in photo and video analysis, may very well significantly contribute to the future of ufology. Dr. Louange has indeed demonstrated a history of championing sound investigation principles and science within UFO research.
The invitation extended to Louange, however and as Sheaffer illustrated, does not exempt MUFON from warranted criticism concerning the inclusion of some scientifically reprehensible speakers. It should be noted that the circumstances not only occurred while the conference was misleadingly marketed as a fundamentally scientific event, but such incidents can be cited consistently taking place and spanning many years within an organization claiming to be dedicated to "the scientific study of UFOs for the benefit of humanity."
"Conjectures are fine," Frank Purcell explained, "but they are not science."
Mr. Purcell is a retired process design engineer and holds a number of science-related degrees, including a Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Bachelors in Computer Science. A long time content contributor to "The UFO Trail", Purcell wrote:"GENERALLY, FOR SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDY, CONTROLLED LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS ARE NEEDED, BUT, NOT ALWAYS; THE EXAMPLE OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION COMES TO MIND AS AN EMPIRICAL, FACT BASED SCIENCE. AND ANOTHER COUNTER-EXAMPLE IS ASTROPHYSICS. WHILE MUCH IS KNOWN, SAY, OF STARS, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXPERIMENT WITH THEM. HOWEVER, FOR STARS AND FOR EVOLUTION, AND FOR OTHER NON-LABORATORY EXAMPLES, THERE IS A BODY OF LABORATORY-BASED KNOWLEDGE THAT SUPPORTS THEORIES OF EVOLUTION AND OF ASTROPHYSICS, I.E., BIOLOGY IN THE CASE FOR EVOLUTION AND PHYSICS FOR THE ASTROPHYSICS CASE."TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO UFOLOGY, WHILE UFOS HAVEN'T BEEN EXPERIMENTED ON IN LABORATORIES WHAT WE DO HAVE ARE ANECDOTAL REPORTS, SOMETIMES WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE SUCH AS RADAR REPORTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, FILM AND EVEN, OCCASIONALLY, MEDICAL INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE INTERACTING WITH UFOS. BUT AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION NEEDS TO BE MADE IF WE CONTRAST UFOLOGY WITH, SAY, EVOLUTION AND ASTROPHYSICS. WITH UFOS THERE IS NO BODY OF LABORATORY BASED KNOWLEDGE FROM WHICH TO DRAW REASONABLE THEORIES. THE BEST PEOPLE CAN DO IS MAKE CONJECTURES."A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH IS TO COLLECT DATA AND TO DEVELOP MANY HYPOTHESES WITH THE GOAL OF THE HYPOTHESES DEVELOPED TO FIT THE DATA. AND IT CANNOT BE STRESSED ENOUGH THAT ANY CONCLUSIONS OR EVEN A CREDIBLE THEORY WITHOUT DIRECT EVIDENCE OR A SUPPORTING BACKGROUND OF KNOWLEDGE ARE PREMATURE AND NOT TO BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY IN ANY SCIENTIFIC SENSE."CURRENT CHALLENGES
Perhaps the public is tiring of such tactics as employed at the 2013 MUFON Symposium and their popularity will subsequently decline. After all, it is only when the demand for sensationalized sham inquiry subsides that the supply will follow. The MUFON treasurer, Thomas Whitmore, who is also a member of the board of directors, was emailed twice and asked to provide figures for the symposium. The attendance, revenue generated and cost of the event were specifically requested. No replies were received from Mr. Whitmore.
Whatever the financial bottom line may have been for the 2013 symposium, Harzan will have several challenges to address, and slowing the trend of dwindling membership will certainly be among them. The organization reportedsome 6,000 worldwide members in 1994. More recent reports include the MUFON Orange County website, which states "over 5,000" members, the main MUFON website puts the current figure at 2,800, while MUFON Georgia says there are "about 2,500" global members.
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Steve Murillo
Steve Murillo and what used to be MUFON LA recently announcedthey were pulling down their shutter and forming a new group, the UFO and Paranormal Research Society. Founded July 15, the upstart's Meetup page indicates over 700 members. The UFO Trail" offered Mr. Murillo an opportunity to comment for this post and inquired about MUFON LA jumping the fence. He replied July 27:"Thanks for asking. The reason we split was pretty simple. My boss, the State Director for Southern California, began to meddle in the affairs of MUFON LA, and this after 12 years of autonomy where she was basically the 'invisible woman'. Recently, and for whatever reason, she decided she needed to insert herself into the day to day affairs of MUFON LA and my Field Investigators. She began sending them strange, rambling, unsolicited emails and a few even received phone calls. As a result of her uninvited communications, several of my best investigators quit. Then she had my Director of Field Investigations transferred. This guy had been with me for 10 years, and then suddenly, without consultation with me or any warning, he was moved."After all of this, I asked Jan Harzan, who will soon be the head of MUFON (if not so already) if after he took office would she still be my boss. He said yes, and I said 'in that case, I must tender my resignation'. I had originally intended to simply disband the organization and not continue with the monthly meetings. But my Board surprised me and almost all wanted to continue on with the meetings. So, we came up with the name and intend to carry on."The MUFON Southern California state director, Georgeanne Cifarelli, was subsequently emailed and offered an opportunity to comment on the circumstances surrounding Mr. Murillo and his peers at former MUFON LA. Ms. Cifarelli was also encouraged to provide comment on MUFON purporting to conduct scientific investigation. She stated, among other things, that she had no knowledge of the MUFON LA situation in the following July 28 reply:"Please go to mufon.com and explore the world's largest international scientific organization composed of people seriously interested in studying and researching the phenomenon known as unidentified flying objects by combining their mutual talents, areas of expertise and investigative efforts. You may also order the Field Investigative Manual to understand MUFON'S CODE OF ETHICS."MUFON is a fine organization due in great part of the efforts by the volunteers. Field Investigators are trained and high standards of professionalism are required by MUFON. Ufology has a long history of fragmented relationships and research efforts due to political infighting, personal attacks, perceived competition, etc. MUFON is a team and it is important that you work as a team member in meeting MUFON's three primary goals of investigation, research, and education. All state officers are held to the highest standard in protecting the reputation of the organization and all of its projects and research programs. Denigration of anyone within MUFON or other UFO organizations is not acceptable behavior. MUFON appreciates that everyone is respectful, courteous, and professional."I have had a long run with MUFON since 1988 and have been fortunate to maintain a strong Chapter in MUFON. Everyone long involved in my Chapter is still involved. They are still here standing. I have also been fortunate to appoint experienced and skilled people to positions in Southern California that have dedication. There was only one unskilled volunteer whom I appointed in hopes they could be taught and become learned, however, that was not successful. Some positions are filled by MUFON members who although start off with good intentions, do not adequately perform the responsibilities of their position and is unfair to the vast majority of MUFON leaders and investigators who take their position seriously and work hard to fulfill responsibilities."I have no information on Journal Subscriber, Steve Murillo, nor have any interest to know. He has not been involved with my Los Angeles County Section for quite some time now. I also am not aware of his 'peers' you wrote about. I have no clue who they might be, so I can not comment, nor do I know about this new group you speak about, although I happen to know of the other smaller organizations in California if you'd like to know how to contact them for your articles."I am most pleased with the incoming new International Director. I am most certain he will excel. Should you come out my way perhaps I can arrange a dinner? You might want to interview our new International Director sometime in the near future."
The state director's response was most appreciated. "The UFO Trail" replied July 29, supplying Ms. Cifarelli with a link to an article about MUFON LA disbanding and forming the UFO ">
While "The UFO Trail" was most grateful for the time and attention Ms. Cifarelli invested in composing her comments, it was noted that she did not directly address the issue of MUFON purporting to conduct scientific investigation. She was subsequently asked to please provide a direct reply to how an organization claiming to be dedicated to scientific research could consistently participate in such activities as promoting the existence of ET-human hybrids as claimed by Barbara Lamb, inviting David Jacobs to present his unsubstantiated assertions and providing a venue for publishing misrepresentations contained in Filer's Files. Ms. Cifarelli did not immediately respond.
Antonio Paris
Antonio Paris is the founder and director of Aerial Phenomena Investigations (API), an organization aiming to revive ufology and bring more science to the subject. Mr. Paris recently launched a new API website and maintains a Twitter account with over 82,000 followers. According to his Amazon bio, Paris is a former US counterintelligence officer, holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and holds a Masters of Science in Planetary Science.
Paris is a certified MUFON STAR Team investigator and advocates cooperation between UFO organizations, researchers and the public. Among the more active figures in ufology, Paris consistently attends events and frequently conducts speaking engagements. Fresh off participating in a MUFON Maryland meeting where he discussed potential areas of improvement for MUFON, he offered the following comments for this article:"As is the case with any enterprise, organizational change is critical to survival. MUFON today, in my opinion, is struggling with an identity crisis. If MUFON hopes to remain relevant in the UFO community, I sincerely hope Mr. Jan Harzan can revive MUFON back to the organization it was decades ago."After two years at MUFON, I quickly realized several problems that can be easily fixed by Mr. Harzan. The first and most important mission for Mr. Harzan is to ensure MUFON recalibrate its compass. After attending dozens of MUFON conferences nationally, for example, it is clear that MUFON has been inundated with topics that have nothing to do with Ufology - it is intoxicated with conspiracy theories, hoaxes, junk science, new age claptrap and a level of sensationalism that would make "The National Enquirer" envious. His first goal, therefore, should be to drain the swamp of all this garbage and bring the science back to the subject."Additionally, lackluster cooperation within MUFON itself and, more importantly, with other UFO organizations has derailed cooperative investigations. UFO investigations at MUFON are compartmentalized both within the organization and outside. Recently, the Director of Investigations for MUFON directed Field Investigators not to cooperate or work on team investigations with other UFO organizations. This directive, which in essence prohibits cooperation with the UFO community, will likely derail MUFON and lead to its demise. As a former Special Agent for the Department of Defense, I can assure you that not sharing investigative data with sister agencies (that have a need to know) will derail the investigation."Mr. Harzan, in my opinion, has the ability to revive MUFON. His dedication to MUFON, as exemplified in his years of service, clearly indicates he is committed to MUFON."...........................................................................................................................
MUFON, Science and Deception, Part Two
I Received THE Follower Similarity THIS EVENING:
Be keen on MUFON Business partner
Bottleneck week, Leslie Varnicle, Sustain Senior of Colorado and a 41 blind date portion of MUFON, was fired up by Clifford Clift. Assorted of you control seen Leslie's nonstop work at the MUFON annual report symposia. She was head of a energetic state repayment together with addition than 160 members and a 20,000 swimming pool. She was the originator of the webinar brainstorm in MUFON; she passed out thousands of dollars of her own ready money for tools for her state; she is a MUFON "Benefactor." Why did Clift and the MUFON Payment kill Leslie Varnicle and shrink this 41 blind date portion to the category of "Periodical subscriber"? No one knows! But we do impart this: a natural lot of everyday thoughtful it was criminal.
And Leslie is not unattached SD fired up. This month the SD of Oklahoma, Marilyn Carlson, a 20-year portion, patient a little than be fired up. Christine Dickey, a 15-year portion and SD of Arizona, asked for a put down of vacation and was fired up to be more precise. Elaine Douglass, a 25 blind date portion and SD of Utah, was else fired up. That makes four high-performing, have a yen time, anyway full-fledged SDs indiscriminately fired up or short of out by the MUFON ranking for remarkable or not enough reasons.
In pointer to these, and hang around, hang around other harrowing actions and trends in MUFON, a handful of us control formed "The Convention to Rebuild MUFON." We are words to you now to let you impart of these untamed firings and most resulting to revenue you the enclosed "Inquire to the Payment of Directors and the Macro Senior of MUFON." We ask you to make out the four points of the Inquire (under), regard as being them thoroughly, and sign and remunerate the Inquire to this email board in the flanking 3 existence.
Inquire Commentary 1 - Calls for a New democratic company composition of MUFON in which the Payment of Directors general feeling be chosen upon by all members of MUFON together with the equal of stance investigator and higher. Asleep MUFON's current composition, MUFON is a 501(c)3 non-profit conglomerate together with 12 members-the 12 members of the Payment. These folks arranged themselves and no one in MUFON has any say about who is on the Payment or what policies they follow. Current is no task of the Payment to the 2800 Members of MUFON.
Along these lines, Inquire Commentary 1 calls for a new company document and composition in which folks all-around MUFON would be competent to run for the Payment, and Members of MUFON together with the equal of stance investigator and up possibly will pronounce for every person mortal say. As for the current members of the MUFON Payment, they would be free to run for take part in an election throw down together with everyone else.
Inquire Commentary 2 - Calls for the ID to block off arbitrary workforce practices and to be more precise thrive and use due process in all workforce matters. "Due process" means procedures which are worthy, scrupulous and tidy. Inside is the idea Elaine Douglass sent the ID similar to she was fired:
Be keen on Cliff-
Let's see if I acknowledge this.
The accused is not clued-up of what the charges are next to her, she is not legitimate to strike her accusers, she is not questioned as example of the investigation, she is not legitimate to impart what evidence was existing next to her, she is not legalized to verification herself, and in the end she is Convicted! But she's not told what she's been convicted of.
Did I miss something?
Elaine Douglass
This idea captures what it is like similar to put forward is no "due process." This treatment should be stopped! It has bent a become rough of anxiety and pressure all-around MUFON in which everyday are abysmal attire to ask questions about MUFON regulations for anxiety they general feeling be fired up.
Inquire Commentary 3 - Lacking leave-taking at home detail, we impart of instances wherever "Benefactors"-persons who contributed 1,000 to MUFON and were exclusive Years memberships-were naked that category. The giving way of a Years partaking is a contract which MUFON may not unilaterally abandon.
Inquire Commentary 4 - Calls on the MUFON Payment to do high slope sponsor raising. Elated slope sponsor raising is the biggest activity of the firmness of any efficient non-profit. As far as we can see, the MUFON Payment engages in no high slope sponsor raising and we don't impart why. We impart of three offers to aid together with sponsor raising which were turned down.
Commentary 4 else reads "...together with the acclimatize that all sources of joist to MUFON support MUFON's entrustment of leave go of and transparency of all data at the same time by the Members of MUFON." This refers to the overall recent calamity in which the MUFON Payment sold MUFON's data and the services of our investigators to out of the ordinary enterprise that indeed did not monitor MUFON's entrustment.
The Convention to Rebuild MUFON knows put forward are hang around things criminal together with MUFON not captured in the Inquire. For mock-up, it has be delivered to our theory MUFON bottom is now reaching down at home the state chapters-without the tradition or authorize of the SDs-and is investigating folks, and appointing and volley folks to positions in the states.
Heart all the Members of MUFON sign the Petition? Probably not. Static, not everyone in MUFON has to sign it for the Inquire to control a powerful impact. Our back issue to you is: Heart YOU sign the Petition?
Keep amused do! Wonder about the Inquire together with your point out and board by replying to this email board in the flanking three existence. To sign the Inquire, hit the acceptance whip to this email and type in your point out and postal board on the precursor of the email. As soon as you do this, you general feeling be addendum your point out to the Inquire. In cooperation let us confound this step to save MUFON.
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The Convention to Rebuild MUFON
Elaine Douglass, Utah
Statement McNeff, Minnesota
Marilyn Carlson, Oklahoma
Marlee Spendlove, Utah
Inquire from the Members of MUFON
To the Payment of Directors of MUFON and The Macro Senior
1. Time the Instruct of MUFON is of the furthest away gravity to all globe, though MUFON is the major and best assured international ufological reasoned enterprise, though the duties of the Members of MUFON care for a colossal dedication, the current severe supremacy composition of MUFON is short as a glass case for the be realistic of the aspirations of the Members. And so, we the undersigned Members of MUFON appeal upon the 12 Members of the Payment of Directors of MUFON to dissolve the current justifiable company composition of MUFON (in which the Payment is self-appointing) and transform the company composition together with a new justifiable mixture in which the Members of the Payment of Directors general feeling be chosen by pronounce of the Members of MUFON having the equal of Ground Examiner and higher.
2. Time the arbitrary expulsion of MUFON officers by the Macro Senior is debauched to MUFON in hang around ways, And so we the undersigned Members of MUFON appeal upon the Macro Senior to establish, send out and project due process procedures in connection together with the expulsion of any authorized of MUFON having the equal of Ground Examiner and higher.
3. Time Time Sponsorship in divide up for a fiscal award (Benefactor category) represents a contract relating MUFON and the Believer, And so the contract shall not be out of order collect in extremis.
4. Time MUFON cannot delay its entrustment sans safe joist, And so we the undersigned Members of MUFON appeal upon the Payment of Directors of MUFON to follow a program of professional-level sponsor raising to drag sources of joist among foundations, ironic folks and the like, together with the acclimatize that all sources of joist to MUFON support MUFON's entrustment of leave go of and transparency of all data at the same time by the Members of MUFON.
Group competent to sign this Inquire comprise all current dues-paid Members of Mufon.
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I have been poring over the last three issues of the MUFON e-Journal, partially to see what I have missed and partially to see if they are hiding something from me (why else would they stop sending it to me, a dues-paying member?).
I don't know if there's a connection, but in his November column, International Director Clifford Clift drops a bomb that should set the UFO research world on its ear but probably won't. In his column, Mr. Clift mentions that the number of UFO sighting reports his organization gets has skyrocketed in recent months, and he wonders whether increased media coverage of UFO phenomenon has led to the increase in reports. It's an interesting question to consider, and I have commented on it before ("The August Flap," 10/16/11). But that's not what interests me about the comments in the November column. What interests me is this comment by Mr. Clift: It is perhaps significant that 75 percent of the August and September sighting reports above the 500 per-month average are old sightings from the 1960s to the 1990s. This raises the question of why people are just now reporting the events."
That means that in August and September of this year, MUFON received approximately 500 reports of UFO sightings and encounters that took place between 11 and 51 years ago. Now, there are two reasons I can think of for someone to wait that long to report a UFO sighting: they chose not to tell anyone, or they forgot it happened (and you regular readers will know that by "forgot it happened," I mean "were made to forget it happened"). But what reasons could there be for 500 people to suddenly remember their experience and/or get up the gumption to talk about it all at pretty much the same time? Why is it suddenly safe to talk?
Did they all get a signal? A signal from deep space perhaps, or from deep within a hollowed-out mesa in New Mexico? Had they all been talking amongst themselves for the past 11 to 51 years and all decided now was the time? Had they all gone to see "Super 8" over the 4th of July weekend? Had they all started reading this blog? Should I mention that "I was born in 1960", the year this mass memory block first appeared?
I also wonder about this: now that they've remembered, what are they going to do about it?
Two new tasks lie before me. First, I need to look through these reports to see if the numbers have continued to increase through October and November (my prediction: they have, and if they haven't I will disregard them), and second, I need to see if any of the reports detail why the report is just now coming to light, and look for patterns. Frankly, I wish MUFON would do this for me, but I am not yet at a point where I can get them to my bidding.
I should mention that my wife Mxxxxx is away for the weekend, otherwise I would be planning Christmas or something.
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UFO SIGHTING IN EARLVILLE, NEW YORK ON OCTOBER 10TH 2013 - SAW A VERY BRIGHT OBJECT QUICKLY MOVING IN A EASTERLY PATH
My husband and I took a look at the moon before going into the house for the night. As we looked into the western sky we observed a very bright object heading in a distinct eastern path. There was no sound and it was not a plane. The bright object was lower than a plane. We could not believe how fast it was traveling as we watched the object disappear over the hill.
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So, here's one of the better MUFON tales of late:
A Texas witness who lives in a rural area reports observing a "huge" triangle-shaped object under 2,000 feet that produced a loud, hissing noise as it moved overhead at 1:30 a.m. on April 4, 2011, according to April 6 testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database. AOL NEWs' Lee Spiegel, meanwhile, investigates the sudden increase in triangle UFO sightings, many apparently can be attributed to military crafts, while the rest remain a mystery.
It's not surprising that there are ongoing projects with the goal of improving upon our military capabilities. But as Alexander notes, in some triangular UFO reports, the speed of the object varies from very slow to instantaneous accelerations.
"These observations by multiple, competent witnesses are inconsistent with any known aircraft."
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How's this for a catchy headline: "Dissident members of MUFON call for major leadership changes." Here's another: MUFON Psyops?" How about this: "It's Amazing MUFON is Still Around." Do I really want to be a part of this outfit? Well, yes.
Turns out there's a lot of drama behind the recent changing of the guard at MUFON, and many disgruntled MUFONers have not been shy about voicing their opinions online. Take "It's Amazing MUFON is Still Around," posted on a site called The UFO Chronicles. In this article we've got this killer quote from a former MUFON International Director: "It's maddening. I was so glad when I retired from that job," says former International Director John Schuessler, a MUFON founder in 1969. "You're working with volunteers with varying levels of education and sophistication, they pay the International Director a pittance, just a token salary, really, and he's expected to work seven days a week, 24 hours a day, with the kind of responsibilities that would be worth 150,000 a year in any other field."
Did he just take a swipe at MUFON volunteers? Yes he did. "Varying levels of education and sophistication"? "Damn.
But that's not the worst of it. Sensing that there must be more to these dissident members calling for a major leadership change, I dug further. My research indicated that sometime in 2009, MUFON management signed a contract with a "shadowy Las Vegas businessman" that would give the shadowy businessman exclusive access to any and all sensitive materials related to a close encounter that might be recovered by the MUFON STAR Team. In exchange, the shadowy businessman would pay MUFON 672,000, which is more than enough to quiet down that Schuessler guy. This is so bad movie I can hardly believe it.
As you may recall from an earlier post ("GO Team," 1/29/2012), the STAR Team is called in when an investigation of a significant UFO event overwhelms the local Field Investigators with its complexity and danger. Remember, us grunts on the front line have varying levels of education and sophistication. STAR Teamers, on the other hand, have a uniform level of education and sophistication, and can be counted on to scoop up any and all physical evidence of the UFO encounter from right under the noses of the authorities and spirit it away to Las Vegas. I'm not sure what the shadowy businessman does with this physical evidence once he gets his shadowy hands on it, but I have a feeling it doesn't exactly jibe with MUFON's motto: "The scientific study of UFOs for the benefit of humanity."
So, why was access to the STAR Team worth 672,000 to the shadowy guy? Why does he need to be the first to lay eyes on physical evidence of a UFO encounter? How did they settle on that figure?
More than ever, I need to become a member of the STAR Team. If there's a rotten core at the heart of this organization, I aim to find it, and expose it to the cold, hard light of day. You can count on that.
One thing about blogging: it's hard to do when you're traveling for work, which is what I've been doing for the past few days, and it's even harder to do when you're enjoying a beautiful Indian summer in October in Wisconsin, which is what I was doing before then.
But, in the time I've been AFK, I got another great letter from Clifford Clift, the International Director from MUFON, saying he's taken a look at my blog and that he thinks it's ok to poke fun of MUFON. Even better, he says that MUFON needs people like me, he thanks me for becoming a MUFON Field Investigator, and he tells me to keep up the good work.
There's a lot he didn't say, however, like when I would get my jet-black Suburban, but I'm sure that will all become clear in the weeks to come. I'm sure there are many things he's not allowed to tell me until I pass the MUFON Field Investigator test, so I will be patient.
Meanwhile, I have some important things to think about now, like... how do I maintain my Lone Wolfishness when I've just been invited into the mothership? Can it be done? Can I be the Hawkeye Pierce of UFO research? (I'd settle for being the Trapper John of UFO research. But not the B.J. Hunnicutt of UFO research.)
As with everything I've experienced since starting this blog, I'm quite sure that my path will reveal itself to me in short order.
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