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   SUBJECT: UFO INTELLIGENCE NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 1990         FILE: UFO1130   
      
      
        UFO INTELLIGENCE NEWSLETTER     ISSUE NUMBER 19     FEBRUARY 1990   
      
   Ed: Fran Ridge  /  UFO FILTER CTR  /  618 Davis Dr.  /  Mt. Vernon, IN.  47620   
      
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   SIGHTINGS ON INCREASE AND OTHER STRANGE THINGS   
      It's too early to get an accurate handle on national activity for January,   
   but regional activity is picking up. Indiana has recorded four cases already,   
   one of which is too sketchy to list on the IS (Intelligence Summary) this   
   month. Also, Corydon, Indiana, a UFO hotspot of the last four years has had   
   three earthquakes: 1/24  1:20PM  4.0, 1/27  9:06AM  3.5 & 1/29  2:41PM  3.0.   
   Ron Street of the Dept. of Geology at the University of Lexington told me that   
   this was NOT an active area and a lot of weird things are happening in the re-   
   gion. I told him about our MADAR detections in December (12th, 17th, & 22nd).   
   He reported a 2.8 near Mayfield, KY. on the 23rd of December that was not re-   
   ported to the news media.   
      January also produced a few other UFO cases just in. One NL occured at New-   
   ton, NJ. Of more interest was the CE1 at Wanaque, NJ. If you remember, there   
   were numerous sightings over the reservoir in the 60's. NICAP investigated   
   those cases.   
      
   OCTOBER SIGHTINGS   
      As you may have noticed, October entries make up about 1/2 of the IS this   
   month, and are still coming in. Most of the data is repeat information, some   
   greater detail in some cases. The nebulous material, especially where there is   
   no date given, is not listed at all on the IS. But, what you see (& got) is im-   
   pressive IF not `generated' by the Russian incident of September 27 and the re-   
   sultant media coverage. The calibre or quality of the events appears to indi-   
   cate they were genuine and that more people simply made the effort to call in a   
   UFO report.   
      What impact COMMUNION had on sightings being reported is unknown. It appears   
   that the movie was not released in many areas at all, or for any length of   
   time.   
      
   WASHINGTON BUREAU FOR UFO REPORTS?   
      REF: 10/27/89  4:45AM  HARRISON, AR. -  Witness "contacted NASA who put them   
   in touch with a UFO investigative team `in Washington'". The bureau in Washing-   
   ton gave the two women a lot of information about UFO sightings, plus they gave   
   them a little information about their sighting which really surprised them.   
   Some   
   of the things they told them were pretty scary, the women said." (Source: NCS   
   245-5). Were these women really given information such as this? Are they really   
   aware of who they talked to? Most callers are referred to the National UFO Re-   
   porting Center at Seattle Washington, not Washington, DC. However, recent wit-   
   nesses have stated that they have talked to military officers when given a UFO   
   hotline number! Some state it was Washington DC. Others say the person on the   
   hotline was an AF major or a Col. in the Coast Guard. If this is a government   
   number, why are they giving out this type of information? If this is not, some   
   persons are getting the wrong impression.   
      
   ROSWELL CRASH EXPLAINED?   
      According to John Keel in a recent article of FATE (March 1990), he has the   
   answer to the Roswell incident-Fugo balloons! Some 9000 paper & balsawood bal-   
   loons, constructed by school children were launched by the Japanese to raise   
   havoc in the U.S. Knowledge of these launches and crashes were top secret in-   
   formation. "The biggest breech of this security occured in July 1947, at the   
   height of the first `flying saucer scare' when, after a sever storm, the re-   
   mains of one of these balloons was found on a ranch in Lincoln County, New Mex-   
   ico." Come on now, John! This incident would have been defused many years ago   
   by an admission by the U.S. authorities if indeed it was a Fugo balloon near   
   Roswell. Maj. Jessee Marcel & Mac Brazel, the key witnesses, would not have had   
   any problem denting this material with a sledge hammer! There would have been   
   no case.   
      
   FT. MONMOUTH RADAR/VISUAL SIGHTINGS   
      Upon reading Timothy Good's ABOVE TOP SECRET I came across a document con-   
   cerning the 10 September 1951 episode which describes, in more detail, the at-   
   tempted chase of a UFO by a T-33 crew (a Major & a Lt.). This followed a ground   
   radar/visual incident where student radar operators were demonstrating auto   
   track to some visiting brass. The radar could not lock on! Well, the story goes   
   that several tracks during those few days in September were all caused by bal-   
   loons! It's true that the case is not listed in the AF unknown printout, so the   
   only doubt I have is in the one case and the above mentioned document. A T-33   
   jet could close on a wind-blown balloon very quickly. Pilots see balloons all   
   the time. Was this just another good case thrown out by the AF analysts? I'd   
   like to hear some comments.   
      
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   The UFO INTELLIGENCE NEWSLETTER and the UFO INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY as well as   
   monthly UFO reports and statstics may be purchased, at a nominal fee, (covers   
   postage and copy charges) from Fran Ridge at the address at the beginning of   
   this article.  Anyone having sighting information is encouraged to contact   
   Mr. Ridge and make a report or please E-Mail me, and I will send the info to   
   him.  Every report helps to identify trends.  Thanks.  BB   
      
                
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