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PROJECT 1947
PROJECT 1947 was formed to undertake historical research into
the UFO phenomenon. The PROJECT 1947 E-mail research list and the
PROJECT 1947 Web site were established to further this goal.
We are pleased to announce a number of research projects by PROJECT
1947 members and request assistance in their completion.
While some
of this contemporary research may not lie within the original guidelines of the
project, we welcome research which follows generally
accepted standards for academic, scientific, historic or journalistic
investigations.
PROJECT 1947 has several Masters and Doctoral candidates on the e-mail list,
and we wish to support academic inquiry regardless of outcome.
If you can help with leads, information, personal accounts,
documents, etc., please contact the researchers directly and assist
them in their research efforts.
Thank you.
1946 "Ghost Rocket" Reports
The Archives for UFO Research in Sweden is preparing a report in
English on the 1946 "ghost rocket" era. This winter they are concentrating on
checking Swedish microfilms of more than forty Swedish newspapers,
particularly for the July-August 1946 period. Associated documents
and articles will also be translated into English.
The Archives for UFO Research is seeking 1946 accounts of the "ghost rocket" reports from Scandinavia, Europe, the U.K. and the United States. Some
researchers may have these accounts in either paper form or as ascii
on their computers.
Anyone willing to share such items or volunteer their assistance,
please contact Anders Liljegren of AFU at: anders.liljegren@norrkoping.mail.telia.com
Early Brazilian UFOlogy
Ed Stewart writes:
I am interested in the early Ufological history of Brazil.
The earliest Brazilian UFO newsletter that I am aware of is C.P.D.V.
THE FLYING SAUCER, that was Jose Escobar Faria's Centro
De Pesquisa Dos Discos Voadores housed in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Its first issue was published in August, 1956, and lasted for 10
issues till February, 1958. Its editor was Auriphebo Berrance Simoes.
It was a bilingual publication. I have the English versions, but
have never seen the Portuguese version for the Brazilian population.
I am also trying to secure copies/originals of Walter Buehler's
bulletins as well as copies of early UFO newsclippings of Brazilian
papers.
These early Brazilian publications were mostly for exchange only, so it
is very possible that there are more copies existing outside of Brazil
with European organizations existing at the time than inside of Brazil.
I have obtained access to many of Walter Buehler's bulletins and
would like to complete the series. His SBEDV bulletins
were also published in Portuguese with independently published (I
believe that to be the case on most issues) English summary
translations. The "Sociedade Brasileira De Estudos Sobre Discos
Voadores bulletins also started in the late 50s. I don't know
how long they lasted. Walter Buehler, it is my understanding,
passed away within the last year or so.
I would appreciate hearing from anyone who may be in a position to
assist either myself or Barry Greenwood (CAUS) with newsclips
and/or publications (original or copies) of early Brazilian
material.
Please mail me at egs@netcom.com
- Ed Stewart
Ground Traces and "Solid" UFO Light
Reports
Bill Chalker is interested in reports of unusual ground traces and
is keen to form a network of UFO physical trace researchers
world-wide. Ultimately Bill would like to establish an
international database of trace cases relating to UFOs (excluding
those elaborate "traces" that have come to be popularly
known as "crop circles.")
Bill is also collecting reports of falls of "Angel Hair" and unusual
"solid light" cases associated with UFOs. These "solid lights"
often demonstrate unusual properties, e.g. light beams that "bend" at
angles, or display "fluid-like" states. (See Bill's book
The OZ Files, pp. 201-202 for a "fluid light" case from the
1970s).
Contact Bill at bchalker@ozemail.com.au
UFOs and Electromagnetic Effects
Mark Cashman continues to update his
EM Effects Catalogue and would welcome hearing from anyone with
personal accounts or material to add to the documentation of this
important aspect of some UFO sightings.
Aircraft / UFO Encounters
Dominique Weinstein continues to revise and update his
Aircraft / UFO Encounters catalogue. He would like to
hear from anyone with personal accounts or information
about this topic.
Dominique would also welcome correspondence with those who might
have more information about the cases currently in his "ACUFOE"
catalogue.
Contact Dominique at WEINSTEIND@compuserve.com
(For information about the availability of copies of Dominique's
catalogues, please mail Jan
Aldrich)
U.S. Forest Service Fire Lookout Reports
Dr. James Doerter is conducting a small study on observations of aerial
phenomena by U.S. Forest Service Fire Lookouts.
Lookouts today average about 15-20 summers on the job and they are not
usually fooled by comets, meteors, the moon, Venus, ball lightning, sun
dogs, St. Elmo's discharge, helicopters, etc. They are usually middle
class, reticent people who normally live a rural lifestyle during the
rest of the year. They are better than average observers and have high
reliability. At least twice in the past, Forest Service personnel
were asked to help in other observation programs. During the Japanese
Balloon Bomb attacks they were part of an ad hoc federal employees and
law enforcement observers network to report sightings, and during the
Condon Committee investigations they were asked specifically to look for
UFOs.
Lookout reports exist from the beginning of the UFO era. Some have been
found in small local newspapers. Generally reports come directly from
the observers. While the study is primarily concerned with Fire
Lookouts, any Forest Service employees' reports (State and Federal) are
most welcome. Published accounts from newspapers and the UFO literature
are also sought.
E-mail contact address is: OregonOtto@aol.com
Abduction Experiencer Survey
Stephanie Kelley is a graduate student at the University of Kansas who is researching the significance of the abduction phenomenon for her dissertation and would like to contact experiencers and those who may have access to them - other researchers, support group leaders, etc.
Stephanie is a communication studies major, and her research focuses on
the role language plays in describing and recounting the abduction
experience, the similarities (or differences) that may be present in
elements of recollections, and so on. The study also has the wider goal
of increasing scholarship in the investigation of this phenomenon.
If you are an experiencer, or a researcher who can
help, please contact Stephanie. A letter of introduction which explains her
research project and the anonymous nature of the study can be viewed
here.
Stephanie can be contacted at
skelley@falcon.cc.ukans.edu and is willing to forward her study material
via e-mail or as hardcopies through the mail.
Seeking UFO / Aviation Information: 1947 - 1950
French researcher Pierre Lagrange is completing a book on the
emergence of the UFO phenomenon, with an emphasis on the period 1947-1950.
Pierre has undertaken extensive personal research and has interviewed
many prominent people from the period including members of Kenneth
Arnold's family, Marjorie Palmer, Captain E.J. Smith, Curtis Fuller,
and Bill Bequette. He would like to contact other people who may have
participated in the early UFO waves: Journalists, UFO witnesses,
military or federal investigators, etc., or their families and
associates who would be willing to detail their experiences.
In particular Pierre would like to locate people who worked for
Project Sign in 1948 and anyone who investigated flying disc sightings
during the summer of 1947.
He would also like information about discussions among pilots and
military personnel regarding the "sound barrier" before it was broken
by Chuck Yeager in October of 1947, and any stories or rumours about
the existence of this "barrier", secret aircraft projects, the
development of guided missiles, and so on. Any pilots or personnel who
might have recollections they'd be willing to share would be greatly
appreciated.
Any UFO or aviation/military historians who have researched this
time period and would be willing to share information, please contact
Pierre also.
Pierre can be contacted at lagrange@gulliver.fr and
requests that those with information to share please confine it to
historical material that can in some way be verified or documented.
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