From dona@bilver.uucp (Don Allen) Wed Jul 17 02:19:23 1991
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From: dona@bilver.uucp (Don Allen)
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Subject: INFO: Recent MUFON Conference recap - Chicago
Keywords: UFO
Message-ID: <1991Jul17.061923.7563@bilver.uucp>
Date: 17 Jul 91 06:19:23 GMT
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
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The following is a summary of the just-passed MUFON symposium held
at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel, in Chicago.

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             MUFONET-BBS NETWORK  MUTUAL UFO NETWORK
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                         CONFERENCE RECAP
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              1991 MUFON INTERNATIONAL UFO SYMPOSIUM
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              Held At The Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel
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                         July 5,6,7 1991
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The 1991 MUFON Symposium, hosted by Illinois - MUFON, started out
on Friday with a press conference of local and national reporters
from newspapers and syndicated TV, with Walt Andrus as the
primary speaker, at around 1:00 pm.

The "Get Acquainted" reception started at 6:00, with many in
attendance, and lots of food/snacks spread on two huge tables in
the large Rosemont ballroom of the hotel.  The majority of the
guest speakers were there, as were many MUFON members and others
who have an interest in UFOs or an aspect of the phenomena. This
reception lasted until around 9:00 pm.  Friday was more or less a
check-in day for those arriving from other locales.

Saturday was the start of the symposium, with the affair opening
up with a welcome from Illinois - MUFON to all from Thomas
Stults, State Director, and the acting "Master of Ceremonies",
Forest Crawford, Assistant State Director.

(I won't include the actual times of the presentations, since
they were covered in the MUFON Journal).

Next were the speakers with their presentations:

DENNIS STACY:

Dennis made a presentation concerning Crop Circles, going into
the history of the phenomena, designs, associate phenomena such
as luminous shapes and colors, animal reactions, high-pitched or
humming sounds, electromagnetic interference effects, sensations
of 'invisible' fields, etc., and the theory of possible
intelligent development and/or communication.

ZECHARIA SITCHIN:

Zecharia's presentation focused on the theory of a connection
between the writings in the bible as a sort of log of visitation
of a civilization from another planet, the presence of a 12th
planet, the connection between the number 12 and the ancient
Greeks, bible, and findings from ancient cities such as Mesopot-
amia, Assyria and Babylon, to name a few.

MICHAEL D. SWORDS:

Michael's presentation concentrated on the hypothesis of
extraterrestrial presence in the makeup of the UFO enigma,
covering items such composition of meteorites, atmospheric makeup
of other planets along the possibility of sustaining some type of
'life', biochemical occurrences, genetically/chromosomal
possibilities, biophysical structures and E.T., and "what if"
other forms of life are in existence.

LINDA MOULTON HOWE:

Linda's presentation included a slide presentation of animal
mutilations along with discussion of alien intervention of life
forms on our planet, motives behind the abduction and mutilation
of animals and humans, and touched on the roles of abductees/
contactees and the communication they provide concerning the
presence and motives of these intruders.

JOHN A. ALTSHULER:

John's presentation also pertained to animal mutilations and the
resultant tissue changes found over the last 24 years, in animals
such as cattle, deer and rabbits.  He discusses the variants of
tissue alterations associated with predation, cultist killings,
accidental death, and that area of "other" which comprises much
of what Linda and John are deeply involved in, alien intervention
of life on this planet.

JEAN-PIERRE PETIT:

This presentation focused on the recent UFO wave now occurring in
Belgium, with thousands of witnesses, and one wave covering two
days, November 29-30, 1989, which had over 900 cases of UFO
sightings with the craft within 1000 feet of the witnesses in
each instance.  Jean discussed radar observation of objects, F-
16's being out maneuvered by craft, although the aircraft had
'locked-on' to the target, a discussion of the propulsion
techniques of UFOs, and the effect of air movement from a UFO as
opposed to conventional craft.

JOHN S. CARPENTER:

John's presentation focused on the clinical aspect of the
abductee phenomena, what observations are required from the
professional areas concerning diagnosing an abduction patient,
what can be ruled out in efforts of ascertaining the actual
causes of a patients trauma, the credibility factor of a patient,
hoaxes, and the application of hypnosis as a tool for
patient/doctor interaction.

STANTON T. FRIEDMAN:

Stanton's discussion concentrated on new information obtained
from 1989 onward concerning crashed craft, and touched on past
history of information from various sources and the media
representation of UFO information.  Also discussed was some of
the 'behind-the-scenes' in the making of the documentaries "UFO
Cover UP? Live", "UFOs Are Real" and the "Unsolved Mysteries"
segments.  A brief discussion of William Moore and his past and
present role in the scenario of investigations was included.

COLIN ANDREWS:

Colin did not present a published paper for the symposium, yet
offered a thrilling highlight to the proceedings when he showed a
video, shot from a hillside by a couple in England, of a
obviously metallic disk, approximately 6-10 inches in diameter,
weaving in, out, over and thru a crop field in daylight,
reflecting the sunlight as it maneuvered around the field,
crossed over to another field, was witnessed also by a farmer on
a tractor in the field, and lasted (on videotape) for 4-5
minutes.  To say the least, this was amazing!  Colin also
presented an audiotape of sounds originating as a crop circle was
being formed, and discerning the presence of two distinct sounds,
or notes, or pitches.

MICHAEL CHOROST:

Michael's paper focused on the theory of the investigation of
Crop Circles, ie., "Cereology", becoming a science and scientific
pursuit onto itself, based on the variety and complexity of the
information presently on hand concerning the formation of
circles.  He concentrated on the formation of a 'structured'
foundation of scientists and researchers allowing interaction of
their knowledge and findings for all involved in the field.
Discussed were the past and present state of the investigations
and facts uncovered by many people and the complexity of the
different shapes the circles are now taking.

C.B. SCOTT JONES:

This discussion focused on the government involvement in UFO
information, suppression and dis-information, collaboration of
other governments with the U.S. government in cover-ups and
sharing of UFO-related informations and cases, and the analysis
and problems in handling a actual piece of metal from a craft,
and the findings found from the analysis, and the formation of an
international exchange policy for sharing research.

DAVID M. JACOBS:

Dr. Jacobs dissertation dealt with the clinical and psychological
aspects of the abductee phenomenon, the separating of reality
from imagination in the witnesses/patients, the complexity of
hypnosis in ascertaining valid retrieval of information,
abductee's accounts of their experiences, descriptions of aliens,
conversations held with their captors, channeled communication,
interpretation of alien thoughts, and the relationship of an
abductee's experiences with objective reality and their
perception of same.

GENE M. PHILLIPS:

This discussion concentrated on the "Plain of Nazca", located
between the towns of Palpa and Nazca, in the province of Ica,
approximately 300 miles south of Lima, Peru.  The presentation
was basically a rebuttal to the Nova TV Program titled "The Case
of the Ancient Astronauts", originally shown by Public
Broadcasting Stations in 1978, and aired repeatedly thereafter.
Mr. Phillips discussed the history of the findings at the Plain,
and theorized at the reason for their existence.

BRUCE S. MACCABEE:

Dr. Maccabee presented the factual, overall picture of the
experiences of those around Gulf Breeze, Florida, with it's over
260 UFO sightings since November 1987, which included perhaps
three times as many witnesses. Ed Walters and his family had been
involved in only a small fraction of those sightings, but because
of the pictures taken by Ed, and the resultant publicity focused
on him by the various media, the world associated Ed's
experiences with all the happenings at Gulf breeze, when actually
he was just "one of the many witnesses" involved.  Dr. Maccabee
rectified this 'commercial image' of the Gulf Breeze experience
by taking Ed Walters out of the picture and showed what has and
is actually happening in the area.  Yes, Gulf breeze is real
without "ED!"


The symposium ended with a "Question and Answer" Panel composed
of all speakers with Forest Crawford as Moderator, and an
invitation for all to the 1992 MUFON International UFO Symposium
to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, dates to be determined.


                            John Komar
                 State Director/Tennessee - MUFON
               Administrator - MUFONET-BBS network

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Don


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