Flying Saucer Review August 1981 [antikvár]

FLYINGSAUCERREVIEWEditor CHARLES BOWEN ConsultantsGORDON CREIGHTON. MA, FRAI, FRGS, FRASC MAXWELL CADE, AInstP, FRAS, AFRAeS, CEng, FIEE, FIEREBERNARD E. FINCH, MRCS, LRCP, DCh, FBISCHARLES H. GIBBS-SMITH, MA, FMA, Hon Companion RAeS, FRSARHB WINDER, BSc, CEng, FIMech E JONATHAN M. CAPLAN, MAI, GRATTAN-GUINESS, MA, MSc, PhD, DSc PERCY HENNELL, FIBPJANET BORD, COLIN BORDOverseas ALLEN HYNEK, PhD, AIME MICHEL, BERTHOLD E. SCHWARZ, MD Secretarial Assistant JENNY RANDLESAn international journal devoted to the study of Unidentified Flying ObjectsVolume 27, No. 2 (published August 1981)HARD TIMESCONTENTSA Policeman's lotJenny Randies 3Gruesome Creature on road in SpainGordon Creighton 6Humanoids at South Middieton Part. 2David F. Webb 8Getting to Grips with the PhenomenonJanet Colin Bord 12Guardians of the MotorwayAlan Beli 13The Falcon Lake incident Pt. 2Chris Rutkowsli 15V\/as this a new Teieportation in Brazil?Gordon Creighton 19FSR Bookshelf - 10Janet Colin Bord 21Return Visit to AveleyBob Easton 23Research Report No. 5Jenny Randies 24Mail Bag 26W/orld Round-up 27UFO over North Sea Oil RigRobert Rickard iii Flying Saucer ReviewContributions appearing in this magazine do not necessarily reflect its policy and are published without prejudiceFor subscription details and address I please see foot of page ii of coverAt the second International UFO Congress, which was co-ordinated by BUFORA (May 24, 1981), the editor of FLYING SAUCER REVIEW gave a talk in which he referred to the present recession in UFO reports, and compared the situation with a period in the early 1960s that was long considered to have been a somewhat similar recession. Subsequently it was shown that that so-called "Dark Ages of Ufology" never was at any time a period of low incidence, globally, of reports. There had been "flaps" and waves in great abundance in what, for us in those days, were relatively remote places. South America was one such region, about which the rest of the world knew precious little, ufologically, until communications improved (which included the overcoming of the language barrier, for which ufology in general, and FSR in particular, owe a great debt of gratitude to Gordon Creighton for his prodigious labours).The fact that, currently, there is what appears to be a recession in UFO reports, in no way means that they have ceased altogether. As will be seen in this issue, they still come in albeit less frequently than heretofore and it is suspected that waves may well be going on in places where, for some reason or the other, communications with our part of the world are not of the best; countries, for example, like China, or the U.S.S.R.Naturally, such a situation will have an adverse effect on a journal like ours, and on the major groups and associations. Indeed we are saddened to learn of other publications being forced to close down. There are other factors too If, to the problems just described, we add the effects of the nightmarish economic recession, then we can expect hard times ahead. Prices are inflating all around us and among these are a number of items that primarily concern us, namely the costs of printing, paper and postage. It goes without saying we are feeling the strangling effects of all these factors, as well as a fall in the number of our subscribers. Readers may rest assured, however, that we are taking measures to remedy this situation, to make necessary economies and to streamline our product, for our intention is to ride the storm.In the circumstances, readers are called upon to do their utmost to support us, for after more than 26 years of hard and painstaking work, we think it essential that we continue the recording of the UFO phenomenon, and the encouraging of comment and debate on that subject.There are many practical measures that can be taken by our readers. Recently, for example, we were dismayed to receive a letter from a regular reader who proudly related that he passed his magazine round for some 20 other people to read. Well, if only a small percentage of those 20 "external"