Flying Saucer Review July-August 1979 [antikvár]

FLYING SAUCER REVIEWEditor 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, FRSA R H B WINDER, BSC, CEng, FIMech E JONATHAN M. CAPLAN, MA I. GRATTAN-GUINNESS, MA, MSc, PhD, DSc PERCEY HENNELL, FIBP Omrseas J. ALLEN HYNEK, PhDAIME MICHELBERTHOLD E. SCHWARZ, MDSecretarial Assistant JENNY RANDLESAn international journal devoted to the study of Unidentified Flying ObjectsVolume 25, No. 4 (published November 1979)COVER-UPS?CONTENTSLanding, EM effects and Entities at Torrita di Siena Roberto Pinotti .. 3Another CEIII report from Italy Maurizio Verga 6Close encounters of an untinkable and inadmissible Kind Gordon Creighton. 8Retrievals of the Third Kind - Pt. 1 Leonard H. Stringfield .. 13The Sunderland family encounters - Pt.2 Jenny Randies Paul Whetnall . 20Creating one's own UFO Charles Bowen . 23UFOs over Leys (BK Review) Janet Bord 24Swimming against the Tide Jenny Randies25UFO 'spies' on a traffic jam Tony Faulkner 26The UFOIN concept Jenny Randies 28Mail Bag . 30World Round-Up 32 Flying Saucer ReviewContributions appearing in this magazine do not necessarily reflect its policy and are published without prejudice, For subscription details and A address please see foot of ~ page ii of coverQNE morning in mid-August we caught a snatch of an advertisement oncommercial radio. Details of a cover-up, we gathered, would be revealed in the national daily. The Sun. A repeat of the advert confirmed what we suspected, and that was that while no change was to be expected in the page 3 policy of a newspaper famed for its photographs of nude beauties, they did propose to titillate their readers with a big series on UFOs.This came as no surprise for we had had a couple of interesting interviews with freelance writer Alec Bestic who had been engaged to write a "three-day serial" for The Sun. This was to be woven around a forthcoming book by a German writer Johannes von Buttíar, and interviews with British ufologists: these included, or were to include, the Earl of Clancarty, and representatives of UFOIN, Contact International and BUFORA as well as FSR.As far as FSR was concerned Mr. Bestic enquired whether we knew of Herr von Buttlar. We couldn't say we were sure we did, but explained that we had had meetings with a gentleman who, speaking fluently in English with a hint of an American accent, let it be known that he was a German national who worked for an American company. Indeed his left-hand drive Porsche carried German registration plates, and he introduced himself as Johannes, Baron von Buttlar-Brandenfels. The Baron showed a lively interest in UFO reports in general, and in Flying Saucer Review and The Humanoids in particular. At that time, some eight or so years ago, he told us he was very keen to write a book on the subject and to promote FSR in every way.On August 22, 1979, The Sun duly published its article based around von Buttlar's book (at the time of writing, the forthcoming book) entitled The UFO Phenomenon. The article in The Sun went under the headline "The Great UFO Cover-up" and the theme was von Buttlar's assertion according to Mr. Bestic that "Both America and Russia believe that UFOs are spacecraft manned by beings from other planets spying on earth. Yet for 30 years both have cynically maintained a massive cover-up using lies, ridicule, and threats to dismiss the possibility of close encounters of the third kind." For visual effect the article was supported by a collection of dubious photographs which included a well-knovra misidentification, pictures of clouds and several inconclusive items. The main article was also flanked by a piece on the 1977-78 flap in Dyfed, West Wales, and on the other side by an item alluringly headlined "My loving encounter with a girl from outer Space" and "I was in a sex trap." There, among other delectable morsels, was the Antönio Villas Boas encounter in pre-digested form from " his incredible story told in Johannes von Buttlar's book that he had made love to a woman from outer Space."That then was the fate of a story which, despite the sensational content of its claims, FSR always contrived to present in a cool scientific manner in our probing, speculative Buhier version of 1965, and in the authentic and detailed Fontes version of 1966 in FSR, and 1969 in The