Flying Saucer Review June 1984 [antikvár]

FLYING SAUCER REVIEW ESTABLISHED SPRING 1955 Volume 29, No. 5 (published June 1984) CONTENTS U.S. Air Force Base's Radar Knocled Out by a UFO Steve Webbe 2 Press Confirmation of the Kirtland Base Affair 4 Air Force Documents on Kirtland AFB released under Freedom of Information Act 6 From the Archives — 2 9 From the Archives — 3 12 Properties of the UFO Phenomenon Dr. J. Allen Hynel 14 More Books on UFOs in China 17 Invisible Barriers J. Ivl. Buehring 19 The "Angels of Möns" 8. E Priest 22 That Mantell Crash: A Mystery That Won't Quit T. Scott Grain Jr 24 Mantell, Oberg, and Balloons T. Scott Crain Jr 27 Mali Bag iii © Flying Saucer Review Library of Congress copyright FSR Publications Limited 1981 Contributions appearing in this magazine do not necessarily reflect Its policy and are published without prejudice For subscription details and address please see foot of page ii of cover i Editor GORDON CREIGHTON, MA, FRGS, FRAS Consultants CHARLES BOWEN, Former Editor JANET BORD, COLIN BORD C. MAXWELL CADE, AInstP, FRAS, AFRAeS, CEng, FIEE, FIERE JONATHAN CAPLAN, MA DR. BERNARD E. FINCH, MRCS, LRCP, DCh, FBIS DR I GRATTAN-GUINNESS, MA, MSc, PhD, DSc DR RICHARD F. HAINES, PhD (USA) PERCY HENNELL, FIBP DR J. ALLEN HYNEK, PhD (USA) JOHN A. KEEL (USA) AIME MICHEL (FRANCE) DR. BERTHOLD E. SCHWARZ, MD (USA) DR. JACQUES VALLEE PhD (USA) PROF. R. H. B. WINDER, BSc, CEng, FIMech E An international journal devoted to the study of reports of Unidentified Flying Objects U BOILED OR FRIED? » IF we overlook his naive enthusiasms for Bolshevik mass-murderers, it has to be admitted that our writer H. G. Wells (like his contemporary Charles Fort) was a remarkably intuitive fellow — prescient enough to perceive that Homo Sap might not be unique in the Universe. (His famous novel, "The War of the Worlds", appeared in 1898 — just after the wave of "mystery airships" over the U.S.A.) In 1920 Wells went to Russia to see Lenin, and after his idol had aired his plans for modernizing Russia by electrification while simultaneously eradicating the curse of culture, Wells chuntered on about his own pet hobbyhorse, which was something funny that he called "Evolutionary Collectivism}. " But certain of Wells' other thoughts must have got ventilated too, for, in a letter to Wells after his return to Britain, Lenin wrote in terms substantially as follows :- "What you lell me about possible alien life in Ihe Cosmos may well he right. In which case of course all our assumptions (i.e. dialectical materialism, etc.) fall lo Ihe ground." Wells himself naturally had no foolish illusions that all possible visitors might "have to be nice." Asked one day by a lady how he thought our first cosmic travellers might be expected to deal with us, he replied: "Well, that depends oil how they'll treat us: boiled or fried!" Today, the huge number of cattle mutilation reports ought to beget serious reflection (particularly in the light of the assertions made by Dr. Paul Bennewitz and quoted on page 5 of this issue.) It behooves us therefore to bear in mind that nothing in our current record marks us out as entitled to any sort of special treatment or consideration. In view of the way in ivhich we treat each other and, especially, in view of the shamelessly cruel fashion in which we experiment and inflict suffering upon the animals — our own brethren in this planet's life-system — surely whatever treatment we may collect will have been richly deserved. One more point to consider: A lot of folk are alarmed over new developments in genetic engineering, test-tube babies, "womb-renting", and so on. What about the day when it dawns upon our sleeping species that all these techniques are already being employed on us — and by someone else?