Congressional, White House, UFO-related Constituent Correspondence, 1998

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c:011li1n1c<l to g1•111•r,1t..:
llt.:W ;JSlClJll;JUt
(;Fl) f-1iry IJlcs with tile rinony111011s
rcH•l;,tinn from "Mr. X", who hL·,.irtl
the
Apt>II,>-I l
,htrn11:iuts
describe
Hthre•: di::,· ::h:.!:J•.•\! s h:-u:l,:-i•.•:5 tl1;,t \.V' •n-•
paci11~ them ::icr-i,:; th.: :;urfc1cc of the
moon.'' The best answer
l.'o
thi.;
f:tbrir.ltivn is in a I! tler from ;--:ASA
Assistcnt Administrator for Legislative
Afiairs
Rob(;rt
F'.
Allnutt,
to
Congr<)s;:nan
Bob
Casey,
dated
January
29,
1970:
''Conversation
between the Apollo 11 c,·ew :ind
~·Jission • Cont,ol were released live
during the entire Apollo 11 mission.
There were betwel)n 1000 and 1500
representati\·es of the news media
present at the Houston News Cl)nter
listening and observing, but not one
has suggested that NASA withheld any
news or conversations of this nature."
The evidence is clear. There is, out
of all the dozens of "reports of
astronaut UFO sightings", no residue
of authentic cases, no 20:o or 5% or
even 0.01% of " true UFOs" behind all
the "noise". My research is compelling
in its conclusion: afler fifteen year3 of
manned space voyages including space
stations and landing on the moon,
spacemen have brought back not a:
shred
of evidence-verbal,
phpto•
graphic,
or
otherwise-for
the
existence of extraterrestrial spacecraft,
or "UFOs".
That" evidence, if it exists at all,
must
be
sought
elsewhere.
The
performance and standards of conduct
of the UFO groups and of UFO writers
cannot be cause for optim;sm that
such evidence, if it exi;;ts. will bP.
recognized and correctly ~valuated.
The lesson of the "astronaut UFOs",
then, teaches us nothing about UFOs,
but a lot about UFO investigators.
II
Scientific Study nf Unidentified
Flying Objects
(Condon
Report},
Bant_am Edition, 1969, Chapter 6:
Visual
Observations
:\lade
bv
Astronauts/Franklin E. Roach. Pag;s
176-209, with bibliography through
1967.
Good
bal"k;;round
m:itNial
including unpublish<'d 1·alitl solutinns
to a
numbL'r of c;isrs.
Incorrect
solution
to
Gemini-:--~ I
case.
lnad..-4uat<-
anal_.-~b and u1,j11stificd
encinr,;l)nH•nt ot f:,,r,;ini-1 ',- ca.,,·.
Thi: £,!;;,: o/ Uc:ul,l_\', b} fl:,-n,·k and
Vallee. Hl'nry H,•:,:1ll'ry & Co., 1975.
Pa;:l· G:!,6-1 111 ::i S1.·ctit>11 cnllt·ci ..The
Sl.'!,·nlbl~ :it \\',,.-1;". \,L• fi,id tl1c phony
Fa1u·..tt li.,t. Li.; L l;a~ incorn:cl dales
and 111a11y lli;.:hi.:; nul ,if ~•H1ur11cc. On
July I, 1~7Li. lk J . .-\lk-11 Hyne k
rc,:i,".\"£•d 111 y ,,,·it.lean, and cndors,·d it,
anrl n•p11:l'.11,·ci I hr. F'awcctt li, t. which
he ;·L'port,·d tl1,1t lw inr:luded in his
book as a ru,i1.>sity Olily. That is, just
becau~e ht' pre,t'nted it a~ fact to
thousands ot' ro:adt'rs '.\·as no reason for
anyone to concl11 dl.! he thought it was
true. This appallingly irresponsible
attitude towards rules of e\·idcnce
seems to infer.t the whole UFO field.
Sightings
by
26
Astronauts
Co11iirm: UFOs Spied 011 Sl:ylabs (sic)
Jla11y Other Space Shots-UFOs Watch
Every
tlo\'e
NASA
;\Jakes,
Say
Astronauts Who Were Tailed on Space
Shot, " National Tattler", March 17,
1974. This is an embellished version of
the same Fawcett fantasies. Weekly
tabloid newspaper "conformed to the
highest standards of modern reporting.
Tattler and its staff are dedicated to
total, truthful coverage..." In fact,
staffer Robert Abborino made no
effort to check any of Fawcett's
outrageous claims.
UFOs Past, Prese11t and Future, by
Robert Emenegger, research by Alan
. Sandler. Ballantine, 1974. Chapter 15,
"Na:;a", pages
100-106.
Extensive
transcripts of space communications
cover
up
the
fact
that Sandler
carefuily selected evidence and must
have knowingly omitted information
which would have explained . many
cases. An excellent photo section is
included.
UFO Report, People Press, 1975.
"NASA Hiding UFOs From You", by
Robert D. Barry, pages 4-10. Barry is
associated
with
Carl
Mcintyre's
fundamentalist Christian group, and is
one of the wilder UFO writers. Even
the
mass
media
has learned
to
disregard his fictional descrip tions of
non-events. Here, he explains "why
NASA called in the CIA to keep these
photos secret", without explaining
how, in that case, he got copies. He
uses
the
forg.cd
Gemini-7
photo
proudly.
Flying Saucers-Here and ,Vow', by
F'rank
Edwa rd,,,
Lyle Stuart. >iew
York.
1967.
Astruna~1t
iar.ta~il's
w h()lly ur in part creatrd in the fortile
(and unlimill)d by w,ilily) mind of
·11,-11-;man' l·'ra11l- Ed1\Jrd,; :ire iound
on p:1ge$ t :L l HO. an<1 l!l'i. Tltrnui,:h
s11d1 entriL'$ :i j,>11rnalis111 studt"nl can
trace thl· adual i::r,,wth of the myth.
,\ /'l:U Hui/din, :\l.1rd1-:\pril 1970
6:!
and l-'dJru.iry 197:; a11<! nthc•,~- T l11,
nyi11g saucer club llt'w.,;lettL•r b·,l
t:. pifit s the dlsn•gard for i1:1p,,.·ti:tl
i11ws1i;,:atio11
of
cvid~•nc~
whid1
prtH·id1)d the climatr in wh:ch the
mylh ot' --astronaut liFOs" co11IJ g-101\·
and tluu nsh.
The Star, :Vfan.:h ~- 1976. pa;:,• 7.
Sequence or headlines: On the front
page, ''Astronauts Say: We Saw L:FOs
in
Space".
On
pai::e
7,
--Tc-iJ
Astronauts Confirm: We spotted l\\'O
UFOs". lll the article, ;\!cDi·:itt ta!k5
oi his UFO, and Cooper discusses his
exper:ences
as
a
fighter pilot in
Germany-and makes 110 mention of
the space UFO associated with his
name.
The
headlines, as
can be
expected in such a newspaper, are
deliberately misleading.
SAGA
magazine,
May
1970:
Classified
TOP
SECRET-Apollo
Astronauts
Reported
Two
UFO
Sightings, by Beckley and Salkin, p. 13
rr: Complete story of Apollo-12 UFO;.
plus enough
false information to
"discredit"
the
true
explanation.
Quotes
"space
expert
Gary
Henderson", another active spreader
of the myth. Refers to long-discredited
stories
of
"secret
dead
Russian
cosmonauts" probably created
by
Ftank Edwards.
Houstvn Post, Nov. 30, 1975. page
1D:
"Just One Astronaut Claims
Seeing UFO", by Jim ;\laloney. 1his
sensible
and
sane
investigation
(i\lcDivitt stuck to his story) clearly
did not excite the national news media
and was relegated to the obscurity of a
local newspaper.
Science and .\lechanics, June 1969.
Cover
Story:
"This
UFO
was
photographed by astronaut Gordon on
Gemini 11 flight" (the co\·er photo
shows a tremendously enlarged out of
focus image of a piece of insulation
floating a f.:w inches in front of the
camera). Page -1-1, Lloyd '.\.lallan: ··.-\re
liFO Space Crews Spying on our
Astronauts?" Description of the late
L. ~lallan's inter\'iews on Gemini-l ;.
provides some new informaLion but
cements some old misconceptirrns.
Also
embellishes
Condon
Report
"unknowns".
Lockhced-~.-\S.-\
Contract
;\ .-\ S
9-5 191
(.\larch
1970),
·'T1:ch:1kal
Report:
L'nid1.•11tified
Vi,;uJI
Ph1.•11<1mena
...\ssoc;ated wilh
Sp:icl'
fli:,:ht''.
F.
HL•atty
and J. R:.iron.
Dis<.:tb :ic•s
the
fr,1i,:1ne11ts
~<',· 11
:111d
photographt'd
on
,\ pol!•J· 12,
and
traces them
t,> spacc,cr:ift effct·r;;.