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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 20:46:40
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In this issue:-
UFO airport is set for take off.
--- X-Files unveiled.
--- On the trail of mystery.
--- Do drop in! - Michael Jackson.
--- UFOs spook small town.
Maurizo Verga (Italy) - More on the Italian hangar UFO.
--- Encounter at Sudbury in Suffolk.
--- Star Trek Quark/Roswell.
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UFO AIRPORT IS SET FOR TAKE OFF
Safari tours to view the exotic wildlife in the swamps of Brazil's Matto Grosso may never be the same again.
The 89,000 square mile Pantanal nature reserve - more famous for species like yellow anacondas, caymans, giant ant-eaters, howler monkeys and jaguars - is preparing to encourage other creatures.
For officials in the nearby town of Barra do Garcas have designated 12 acres as the world's first UFO airport.
The Pantanal is already the UFO hotspot of the world, with hundreds more sightings reported than anywhere else.
Local Councillor Valdon Vargao, who initiated the plan and has made nationwide tours with Mayor Vilmar Peres to publicise the UFO airport, said: "They can call me mad. But I'm doing humanity a service."
He insists: "My main concern is to maintain a cordial and official relationship with the extraterrestrials."
His "Interspace Aerodrome" signs have gone up all over the fenced off site in preparation for concreting it over - just to make sure the UFOs do not get stuck in the mud.
Brazil's foremost UFO expert, A.J. Gervaerd - whose centre for Flying Saucer Research is on the edge of the Pantanal - is in regular contact with Valdon Vargao.
"A.J." as he is known to UFO spotters across the world, said: "They're very excited about it in Barra do Garcas and there is huge interest in UFOs in Brazil generally."
Philip Mantle, of the British UFO Research Association, said: "For some strange reason the Pantanal has been very popular for sightings of UFOs."
"Some people there have claimed to have had close encounters."
Soon, if the new airport encourages alien visitors to make official
contact, they may be able to say: "Beam me up Scotty".
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Date sent: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 23:31:31 +0100
MORE ON THE ITALIAN HANGAR UFO
In Mailing List #32 Dave commented the odd picture taken at the Aviano air base (Italy) and published by Fortean Times 84. The first reaction I had was: "God, that's just a classic Area51 / Meier disc !". Actually, what you can see (or imagine to see) is something looking like a nice domed flying saucer already portrayed by several different sources (artist Jim Nichols is one of them). The case is completely unknown in Italy: Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici (C.I.S.U., Italian center for UFO Studies) is going to launch an investigation about the subject.
For a time long we have collected alleged UFO sightings coming from the Aviano area, most likely due to stealth aircraft (and RPV too) activity. The 1980 (not 1979) Aviano case published by T.Good in one of his books (originally investigated by CISU and widely reported on in its official magazine) is an interesting event for which no explanation has been found yet. The statement "Subsequent rumours have spread that the base, like many of its cousins back home, is only the outer skin of a vast underground facility. That this space may serve as a storage area for secret discoidal craft and has since become an irresistible assumption for Italian ufologists." is incorrect, as far as we know. Those "rumours" (who did collect them ?) didn't surface from Italian ufologists, who are usually quite far from "Area51-like" themes: maybe the source is somebody from or friend of the AFB staff. Be sure, all of this has not "become an irresistible assumption for Italian ufologists": I repeat, the case was unknown to us and Fortean Times is the only source available to us. I think the above information may contribute to make the Aviano photo case a little bit clearer. Eventual new info about the subject will be posted to the Mailing List.
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From: Don.Allen@f201.n330.z1.fidonet.org (Don Allen)
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 20:47:01
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--- Watch out - They're still out there.
--- Request for Discovery Channel documentary's.
--- Back issues of UK.UFO.ML
The Italian photograph.
--- Latest on the autopsy footage.
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In issue number 84 (which I bought during December) of Fortean Times - The Journal Of Strange Phenomena, I came across an article starting on page 24 called 'Boom! Time For UFOs' by Robert Irving.
The article covers various things, but of photographic interest is the part regarding an Italian Air Force Base.
Aviano Air Force base is actually two air force bases butted together. The larger more active is controlled by the US Air Force; while the other considerably smaller, its buildings noticeably paint-peeled and rusty and is the regional home of the Italian Air Force.
Aviano has also gained its share of notoriety among ufologists. In his best selling book Above Top Secret, author Tim Good relates the story of Benito Manfre, a night watchman of the ancient and picturesque Castello D'Aviano, set high in the oldest part of the town overlooking the base. One night in 1979, Benito was awakened by his dog barking and walked outside to see a stationary 'mass' of light hovering low over the hangars. Otherwise, according to the story, the base was in total darkness. After he had watched for a few minutes, Benito's lights now resembling a glowing disc, rose up and glided noiselessly past him before disappearing behind the mountains. Seconds later, the arc lights of the base flickered on again. Through the mist Signor Manfre could see vehicles and officers in unusual activity around the hangars. Subsequent rumours have spread that the base, like many of its cousins back home, is only the outer skin of a vast underground facility. That this space may serve as a storage area for secret discoidal craft and has since become an irresistible assumption for Italian ufologists.
The author 'Irving' states that during the evening of the day he visited the outskirts of the base he was sat talking to a couple of pilots in the California Beer Parlour in down-town Aviano. During the conversation Irving asked about a strange craft that he thought he had seen jutting out from one of the hangars of the base. It was apparently a long way from the fence.
He said:
'It looked chrome-coloured, but it was hard to see properly and could I have more details? Death smiled a Colgate smile, poured me some more with a jovial back slap - we were pals now - and then promised to send me some flight- suit patches and other mementoes (which never arrived). It's the American way.'
In the magazine is a photograph that Irving took of the open hangar with a fighter aircraft outside but near to it. Something can be seen inside the hangar. Another photograph shows a computer enhanced picture of the entrance to the hangar. It looks as though they have used a computer to zoom-in on the photograph. It shows what appears to be a saucer shaped disc with what could be windows around the top. I knew that I had seen a picture of a similar UFO before. While I was doing some surfing this week I came across the following www site.
http://www.rtd.com
This is a page entitled 'UFO art work by James Nichols'
The following is from that page:
About the artist: In 1980 Jim began serious illustration through his association with noted UFO investigator Wendelle C. Steven's. Since that time Jim has provided numerous renderings for many books and magazine publications. Jim's art lends dynamic visual dimension to UFO reporting, portraying them with photographic precision. The impact is sharp and direct, making the undeniable statement - UFOs ARE HERE!
If you care to visit the site which shows thumbnails of a lot of his work and fortunately downloads at a reasonable speed, the three similar pictures are entitled - Variation II - Billy Meier - Semjase II.
These pictures plus those scanned in from the magazine will be on the groups web page in the very near future. I am in the final stages of obtaining the web space. More news on this as soon as possible.
I could be wrong about the similarities between the pictures.
Further to the above. Two of my friends have since seen the pictures. Both have said that at first glance the object in the doorway to the hangar appears to be a conventional aircraft. See what you think!
Dave.
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