Books by Thomas Tulien
UFOs: A History / The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse, 1972
"After years of rigorous research, significant financial investment, and countless hours spent co... more "After years of rigorous research, significant financial investment, and countless hours spent compiling and writing, my project is now complete." This remark accompanied Loren E. Gross' final publication in the UFOs: A History series, marking the culmination of a thirty-year effort to chronicle the modern history of the UFO phenomenon. This monumental endeavor resulted in the publication of nearly 11,000 pages across more than 100 monographs, distributed to a select group of colleagues.
Gazette de Lausanne , 1959
Preface by C. G Jung: I owe a special debt of gratitude to Georges Duplain for having published a... more Preface by C. G Jung: I owe a special debt of gratitude to Georges Duplain for having published a series of articles in the Gazette de Lausanne which are truly remarkable for their penetration and lucidity. Ordinarily my books are treated rather superficially by the press, which makes little attempt to get at their deeper meaning. This is the case not only with daily newspapers but even for scientific publications. Georges Duplain leaves this kind of review far behind. He's interested in the very essence of the subject under discussion and its relevance to our times. I am very grateful to him for this attitude, as well as to the Gazette de Lausanne which has always endeavored to fairly appreciate the content of my writings.
Proceedings of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop , 1999
Foreword:
History is often concerned with heritage and origins. The question applies as ... more Foreword:
History is often concerned with heritage and origins. The question applies as much to UFOs as any other subject. For example, where in time do genuine UFOs begin? Was 1947 the beginning or a turning point in UFO history, as opposed to human perceptions of the phenomenon? We all know that anomalous aerial phenomena have always been with us, as the portents and prodigies of primeval and medieval times, the Fortean anomalies of the scientific age, the phantom airships, ghost fliers, foo fighters and ghost rockets that predate Kenneth Arnold. But is there a genuine continuity in the phenomenon?
Folklorist, Thomas Bullard affirms, “UFOs as the experiential phenomenon and UFOs as the popular cultural myth entangle in a knot of confusion. I suspect that this entanglement stands as one of the greatest impediments to understanding the nature of UFOs, and scientific acceptance of UFOs as a subject worthy of serious attention. A historical perspective offers a grip on the end of the string, a chance to untangle the mess to some degree.”
Behind this perplexing UFO history is a whole history, or mythology of modern science, less well known, stretching back to the sixteenth century. What Karl Guthke terms “a heritage of Copernicanism; the modern myth, or the myth, of the modern era, [without which] the image of man since the Copernican revolution would be decidedly poorer.” The fact is, the question of extraterrestrial life, rather than having arisen in the twentieth century, has been accepted by the majority of educated persons since, at least, the Scientific Revolution, and in many instances was employed to formulate philosophical and religious positions in relation to it. As William Whewell observed, in his 1853 treatise, Of A Plurality of Worlds: An Essay, popular ideas about a multiplicity of inhabited worlds “are generally diffused in our time and country, are common to all classes of readers, and as we may venture to express it, are popular views of persons of any degree of intellectual culture, who have, directly or derivatively, accepted the doctrines of modern science.” So as Professor Michael Crowe put it, “even if no UFOs hover in the heavens, belief in extraterrestrial beings has hovered in human consciousness for dozens of decades.”
UFOs, and, the experiential aspects of UFO history are, seemingly, inextricably entangled in the myth of the modern era. This then, is simply an attempt to grab hold of the end of the string.
Yann Vadnais, 2021
Extrait promotionnel de 114 pages sur 622 des Actes de colloque du 2e Colloque international du C... more Extrait promotionnel de 114 pages sur 622 des Actes de colloque du 2e Colloque international du Canada sur les recherches ovniologiques, qui s'est déroulé à Montréal les 27-28 octobre 2018.
2021, 620 p.
20 contributeurs
Éditeur : Yann VADNAIS
Coauteurs : V.-J. BALLESTER OLMOS, Fabrice BONVIN, Ananda BOSMAN, CASUFO, Mike CLELLAND, Don DONDERI, Tobi GUILLEMETTE, Isaac KOI, Chris RUTKOWSKI, le SCEAU, Clas SVAHN, les Sceptiques du Québec, Paolo TOSELLI, Thomas TULIEN, Manuel WIROTH, Yann VADNAIS, Eric ZURCHER
Introduction : Jacques Vallée, Garry Nolan, Federico Faggin
Postface : Bertrand Méheust
Drafts by Thomas Tulien
One of the earliest unexplained radar-visual UFO encounters documented in the U.S. Air Force's Pr... more One of the earliest unexplained radar-visual UFO encounters documented in the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book occurred on October 15, 1948, about 50 miles northwest of Fukuoka, Japan, over the Korea Strait. At 11:05 PM, the two-man crew of a USAF F-61 Black Widow night-fighter, conducting routine patrols, detected an unidentified target on their airborne interception radar. The target appeared five miles ahead, slightly below their altitude. This account includes commentary by Martin Shough and James McDonald, along with the complete USAF file on the incident.
What follows is a collection of historical documents that relate to the misapprehensions in the 1... more What follows is a collection of historical documents that relate to the misapprehensions in the 1950s surrounding Jung’s views on Flying Saucers. As early as 1946, Carl Jung began systematically collecting data on unidentified flying objects (UFOs). His collection included newspaper clippings, reports from specialized groups, statements from scientific, military, and government authorities, and letters from individuals worldwide. He also read extensively on the subject. Jung's published correspondence reveals a profound engagement with the phenomenon.
The correspondence between Carl Jung and the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) from 1... more The correspondence between Carl Jung and the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) from 1957 to 1963 is a notable part of UFO research history. APRO, founded in the 1950s by Coral and Jim Lorenzen, was one of the first civilian groups dedicated to scientifically investigating UFOs.
Jung’s interest in UFOs was both psychological and symbolic. In his 1958 essay, Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies, he examined UFOs as manifestations of psychological processes and archetypes rather than purely physical objects.
Special thank you to the National UFO Historical Records Center (NUFOHRC), Albuquerque, NM.
A great deal has been both spoken and written about the University of Colorado UFO study, some of... more A great deal has been both spoken and written about the University of Colorado UFO study, some of which makes sense, some of which does not. The typical person remains confused. Was the Project a valid scientific effort or a gigantic hoax? Did those involved really try to solve the problem, or did they merely go through the motions? Who was right in the controversy between Dr. Condon on the one hand and Saunders and Levine on the other? In real life the answers to such questions are never simple, nor are they here. Nevertheless, in the hope that I may succeed in better defining the issues, I hereby offer my own experience in and opinions about the UFO Project.
In the early morning hours of 24 October 1968, United States Air Force (USAF) maintenance and sec... more In the early morning hours of 24 October 1968, United States Air Force (USAF) maintenance and security personnel stationed within the Minuteman, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) complex surrounding Minot AFB, North Dakota, observed one-and at times-two similar UFOs. The Minot Base Operations dispatcher initiated radio communications with personnel reporting in the field, Minot, Radar Approach Control (RAPCON), and the crew of a returning B-52H aircraft. RAPCON alerted the pilots to the location of a UFO, which the B-52 navigator observed on the radarscope at co-altitude maintaining a three-mile distance throughout a standard 180° turnaround. As the B-52 started its descent back to Minot AFB, the UFO appeared to close distance to one mile at a high-rate of speed, pacing the aircraft for nearly 20 miles before disappearing off the radarscope. Both B-52 UHF radios would not transmit during the close radar encounter with the UFO and radarscope film was recorded. Shortly afterwards, RAPCON provided vectors for the B-52 to overfly a stationary UFO on or near the ground. After turning onto the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, the pilots observed a large, illuminated UFO ahead of the aircraft for several minutes, before turning onto the base leg over the UFO while observing it at close range. After the B-52 landed, both outer and inner-zone intrusions alarms were activated at the remote missile Launch Facility Oscar-7. The duration of reported observations was over three hours (2:15-5:34 am). USAF Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, initiated inquiries. In the weeks following, staff at USAF Project Blue Book, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, completed a final case report mandated by Air Force Regulation 80-17.
Following the UFO events in the early morning on 24 October 1968, Strategic Air Command, Offutt A... more Following the UFO events in the early morning on 24 October 1968, Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, NE, initiated investigations. Immediately after the B-52 landed, pilot Maj. James Partin reported for a debriefing in the office of the Base Operations commander Col. Ralph Kirchoff. The designated Minot AFB UFO investigating officer, Lt. Col. Arthur Werlich, was awakened and informed of the situation. Later, the 5th Bombardment Wing commander requested an analysis of the B-52 radarscope film by targeting studies officer SSgt. Richard Clark. Later, the 810 th Strategic Aerospace Division commander Brig. Gen. Ralph Holland debriefed the B-52 crew members. Werlich phoned SAC headquarters requesting technical assistance for his investigation. Denied assistance, he was instructed to comply with Air Force Regulation 80-17. That afternoon, the 91st Strategic Missile Wing commander dispatched a team to investigate the break-in at the Oscar-7 Launch Facility. Late in the day, Werlich phoned Project Blue Book at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, reporting the UFO events, and began the process of collating the case data per AFR 80-17. Several days later, he submitted the Basic Reporting Data, and the next day, Blue Book staff requested supplemental information. Werlich also forwarded all information he collated to Gen. Hollingsworth at SAC headquarters for briefing the Vice Commander in Chief Gen. Keith Compton and staff (on 31 October).Blue Book submitted a final report on 13 November.
The manuscript was prepared from June to August 2005, and translated in November 2005, with addit... more The manuscript was prepared from June to August 2005, and translated in November 2005, with additional editorial work by Thomas Tulien and Prof. Suzanne Jones. The two discussion sections were added in March 2006. I would like to thank my colleagues Thomas Tulien, James Klotz (USA), and Martin Shough (Scotland), who have accomplished a colossal job of historical recreation and collection of data. 1 Without their tenacity and concern in checking the smallest details we would know very little about this extraordinary observation. Finally, and most certainly, thanks to all direct protagonists of these events who agreed to speak and clarify their personal observations after more than thirty years. The USAF did not classify this observation, however, considering their responsibilities, these witnesses were naturally obliged to remain silent or jeopardize their professional careers. The end of the Cold War, and the fact that most are now retired has certainly contributed to the release of the information. Without their contributions we would not have been able to successfully complete this analysis. The presentation of this study has been organized into five parts that include two discussion sections and three appendices: Part 1: Basic Information Concerning Minot AFB and the UFO Events. Part 2: Description of the B-52 Radarscope Photographs. Part 3: 2-Dimensional Analysis of the Photos. Part 4: 3-Dimensional Analysis of the Photos, with a discussion (1) of the B-52 Altitude and Tilt-up Angle of the Radar Antenna. Part 5: Considers the possibility of an Ionized Cloud Surrounding the UFO and the physical effects, with a discussion (2) of the Photometric Study of the UFO. App. 1: Reconstruction of the B-52 Timeline and discussion of time discrepancies. App. 2: Descriptive Measurements of the Photos. App. 3: Collection of Observer Accounts of the UFO Events from the documents.
RAF Bentwaters/Lakenheath, Air-visual/Radar UFO Observation, 13-14 August 1956, 2022
This remarkable radar-visual UFO case remained classified by the U.S. Air Force until the eventua... more This remarkable radar-visual UFO case remained classified by the U.S. Air Force until the eventual publication of the University of Colorado’s two-year, government-funded, Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects in 1969. The events occurred in England, over East Anglia bordering the North Sea, involving multiple radar facilities and numerous British and American air and ground crews. Beginning in the evening of 13 August, and ongoing into the early morning hours of 14 August, the observations spanned a period of more than six hours. At the time, the British public were kept in the dark regarding the events, while, purportedly the records of the official investigations by the British Air Ministry were routinely destroyed in 1962. Simply by chance, the case was brought to the attention of staff at the University of Colorado UFO study following the receipt of an unsolicited letter from a principal witness.
Papers by Thomas Tulien
Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1971
According to Thayer: “In evaluating UFO phenomena it is seldom possible to arrive at an incontrov... more According to Thayer: “In evaluating UFO phenomena it is seldom possible to arrive at an incontrovertible conclusion: rather, it is necessary to introduce admissible hypotheses and then attempt to determine the probability of their correctness through the study of generally inadequate data.”
Introduction: The following story--a second example of the type of observation which forms the core of the UFO issue--has been selected by the UFO Subcommittee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) for publication not only because of its puzzling content, but also because of the multiplicity of observations. The author, a former member of the "Condon Committee" (University of Colorado UFO study team), discusses the case, but does not offer an explanation. The same was true for the first case, published in the July 1971 issue of Astronautics and Aeronautics, where the principal observers were highly qualified professionals making sightings in their line of duty. Both case studies are intended to give the reader a flavor of the observational residue material which underlies the UFO controversy. We hope he will give it his independent assessment as engineer or scientist.
International UFO Reporter (CUFOS), 2002
On the evening of 14 July 1952, a Pan American World Airways DC-4 was on a routine flight, ferryi... more On the evening of 14 July 1952, a Pan American World Airways DC-4 was on a routine flight, ferrying from New York to Miami with ten passengers and a crew of three, including, Captain F. V. Koepke, First Officer William B. Nash and Second Officer William H. Fortenberry.
The sun had set an hour before and the night was clear and almost entirely dark, though the coastline was still visible. While cruising at 8000 feet over the Chesapeake Bay approaching Norfolk, Virginia, with the aircraft set on automatic pilot, they were due to over fly the VRF radio range station in six minutes and make a position report. But, in the meantime, since this was Fortenberry’s first run on this course, Nash, in the left pilot’s seat, was orientating Fortenberry to the landmarks and the distant lights of the cities along the route.
Nash had just pointed out the city of Newport News and Cumberland, ahead and to the right of the plane, when unexpectedly a red-orange brilliance appeared near the ground, beyond and slightly east of Newport News. The brilliance seemed to have appeared all of a sudden and both pilots witnessed the startling appearance at practically the same moment. In the excitement someone blurted out, “What the hell is that?”
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Sep 8, 2023
In the early morning hours of 24 October 1968, United States Air Force (USAF) maintenance and sec... more In the early morning hours of 24 October 1968, United States Air Force (USAF) maintenance and security personnel stationed within the Minuteman, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) complex surrounding Minot AFB, North Dakota, observed one-and at times-two similar UFOs. The Minot Base Operations dispatcher initiated radio communications with personnel reporting in the field, Minot, Radar Approach Control (RAPCON), and the crew of a returning B-52H aircraft. RAPCON alerted the pilots to the location of a UFO, which the B-52 navigator observed on the radarscope at co-altitude maintaining a three-mile distance throughout a standard 180° turnaround. As the B-52 started its descent back to Minot AFB, the UFO appeared to close distance to one mile at a high-rate of speed, pacing the aircraft for nearly 20 miles before disappearing off the radarscope. Both B-52 UHF radios would not transmit during the close radar encounter with the UFO and radarscope film was recorded. Shortly afterwards, RAPCON provided vectors for the B-52 to overfly a stationary UFO on or near the ground. After turning onto the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, the pilots observed a large, illuminated UFO ahead of the aircraft for several minutes, before turning onto the base leg over the UFO while observing it at close range. After the B-52 landed, both outer and inner-zone intrusions alarms were activated at the remote missile Launch Facility Oscar-7. The duration of reported observations was over three hours (2:15-5:34 am).
Zenodo (Cern European Organization for Nuclear Research), 2023
Following the UFO events in the early morning on 24 October 1968, Strategic Air Command, Offutt A... more Following the UFO events in the early morning on 24 October 1968, Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, NE, initiated investigations. 2 Immediately after the B-52 landed, pilot Maj. James Partin reported for a debriefing in the office of the Base Operations commander Col. Ralph Kirchoff. The designated Minot AFB UFO investigating officer, Lt. Col. Arthur Werlich, was awakened and informed of the situation. Later, the 5 th Bombardment Wing commander requested an analysis of the B-52 radarscope film by targeting studies officer SSgt. Richard Clark. Later, the 810 th Strategic Aerospace Division commander Brig. Gen. Ralph Holland debriefed the B-52 crewmembers. Werlich phoned SAC headquarters requesting technical assistance for his investigation. Denied assistance, he was instructed to comply with Air Force Regulation 80-17. That afternoon, the 91 st Strategic Missile Wing commander dispatched a team to investigate the break-in at Oscar-7. Late in the day, Werlich phoned Project Blue Book at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, reporting the UFO events, and began the process of collating the case data per Air Force Regulation 80-17. Several days later, he submitted the Basic Reporting Data, and the next day, Blue Book staff requested supplemental information. Werlich also forwarded all information he collated to Gen. Hollingsworth at SAC headquarters for briefing Vice Commander in Chief Gen. Keith Compton and staff (on 31 October).
Sci Fi Magazine, No. 1, (France), 2006
The 24 October 1968 UFO case involving a close encounter with a B-52 over Minot AFB, North Dakota... more The 24 October 1968 UFO case involving a close encounter with a B-52 over Minot AFB, North Dakota. This early draft version was published in the premier edition of Sci Fi Magazine (in French).
Conference Presentations by Thomas Tulien
Quo Vadis? Science and the UFO Problem, 1975
Author: Kuettner, Joachim P.
The Committee has made a careful examination of the present state o... more Author: Kuettner, Joachim P.
The Committee has made a careful examination of the present state of the UFO issue and has concluded that the controversy cannot be resolved without further study in a quantitative scientific manner and that it deserves the attention of the engineering and scientific community.
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History is often concerned with heritage and origins. The question applies as much to UFOs as any other subject. For example, where in time do genuine UFOs begin? Was 1947 the beginning or a turning point in UFO history, as opposed to human perceptions of the phenomenon? We all know that anomalous aerial phenomena have always been with us, as the portents and prodigies of primeval and medieval times, the Fortean anomalies of the scientific age, the phantom airships, ghost fliers, foo fighters and ghost rockets that predate Kenneth Arnold. But is there a genuine continuity in the phenomenon?
Folklorist, Thomas Bullard affirms, “UFOs as the experiential phenomenon and UFOs as the popular cultural myth entangle in a knot of confusion. I suspect that this entanglement stands as one of the greatest impediments to understanding the nature of UFOs, and scientific acceptance of UFOs as a subject worthy of serious attention. A historical perspective offers a grip on the end of the string, a chance to untangle the mess to some degree.”
Behind this perplexing UFO history is a whole history, or mythology of modern science, less well known, stretching back to the sixteenth century. What Karl Guthke terms “a heritage of Copernicanism; the modern myth, or the myth, of the modern era, [without which] the image of man since the Copernican revolution would be decidedly poorer.” The fact is, the question of extraterrestrial life, rather than having arisen in the twentieth century, has been accepted by the majority of educated persons since, at least, the Scientific Revolution, and in many instances was employed to formulate philosophical and religious positions in relation to it. As William Whewell observed, in his 1853 treatise, Of A Plurality of Worlds: An Essay, popular ideas about a multiplicity of inhabited worlds “are generally diffused in our time and country, are common to all classes of readers, and as we may venture to express it, are popular views of persons of any degree of intellectual culture, who have, directly or derivatively, accepted the doctrines of modern science.” So as Professor Michael Crowe put it, “even if no UFOs hover in the heavens, belief in extraterrestrial beings has hovered in human consciousness for dozens of decades.”
UFOs, and, the experiential aspects of UFO history are, seemingly, inextricably entangled in the myth of the modern era. This then, is simply an attempt to grab hold of the end of the string.
2021, 620 p.
20 contributeurs
Éditeur : Yann VADNAIS
Coauteurs : V.-J. BALLESTER OLMOS, Fabrice BONVIN, Ananda BOSMAN, CASUFO, Mike CLELLAND, Don DONDERI, Tobi GUILLEMETTE, Isaac KOI, Chris RUTKOWSKI, le SCEAU, Clas SVAHN, les Sceptiques du Québec, Paolo TOSELLI, Thomas TULIEN, Manuel WIROTH, Yann VADNAIS, Eric ZURCHER
Introduction : Jacques Vallée, Garry Nolan, Federico Faggin
Postface : Bertrand Méheust
Drafts by Thomas Tulien
Jung’s interest in UFOs was both psychological and symbolic. In his 1958 essay, Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies, he examined UFOs as manifestations of psychological processes and archetypes rather than purely physical objects.
Special thank you to the National UFO Historical Records Center (NUFOHRC), Albuquerque, NM.
Papers by Thomas Tulien
Introduction: The following story--a second example of the type of observation which forms the core of the UFO issue--has been selected by the UFO Subcommittee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) for publication not only because of its puzzling content, but also because of the multiplicity of observations. The author, a former member of the "Condon Committee" (University of Colorado UFO study team), discusses the case, but does not offer an explanation. The same was true for the first case, published in the July 1971 issue of Astronautics and Aeronautics, where the principal observers were highly qualified professionals making sightings in their line of duty. Both case studies are intended to give the reader a flavor of the observational residue material which underlies the UFO controversy. We hope he will give it his independent assessment as engineer or scientist.
The sun had set an hour before and the night was clear and almost entirely dark, though the coastline was still visible. While cruising at 8000 feet over the Chesapeake Bay approaching Norfolk, Virginia, with the aircraft set on automatic pilot, they were due to over fly the VRF radio range station in six minutes and make a position report. But, in the meantime, since this was Fortenberry’s first run on this course, Nash, in the left pilot’s seat, was orientating Fortenberry to the landmarks and the distant lights of the cities along the route.
Nash had just pointed out the city of Newport News and Cumberland, ahead and to the right of the plane, when unexpectedly a red-orange brilliance appeared near the ground, beyond and slightly east of Newport News. The brilliance seemed to have appeared all of a sudden and both pilots witnessed the startling appearance at practically the same moment. In the excitement someone blurted out, “What the hell is that?”
Conference Presentations by Thomas Tulien
The Committee has made a careful examination of the present state of the UFO issue and has concluded that the controversy cannot be resolved without further study in a quantitative scientific manner and that it deserves the attention of the engineering and scientific community.
History is often concerned with heritage and origins. The question applies as much to UFOs as any other subject. For example, where in time do genuine UFOs begin? Was 1947 the beginning or a turning point in UFO history, as opposed to human perceptions of the phenomenon? We all know that anomalous aerial phenomena have always been with us, as the portents and prodigies of primeval and medieval times, the Fortean anomalies of the scientific age, the phantom airships, ghost fliers, foo fighters and ghost rockets that predate Kenneth Arnold. But is there a genuine continuity in the phenomenon?
Folklorist, Thomas Bullard affirms, “UFOs as the experiential phenomenon and UFOs as the popular cultural myth entangle in a knot of confusion. I suspect that this entanglement stands as one of the greatest impediments to understanding the nature of UFOs, and scientific acceptance of UFOs as a subject worthy of serious attention. A historical perspective offers a grip on the end of the string, a chance to untangle the mess to some degree.”
Behind this perplexing UFO history is a whole history, or mythology of modern science, less well known, stretching back to the sixteenth century. What Karl Guthke terms “a heritage of Copernicanism; the modern myth, or the myth, of the modern era, [without which] the image of man since the Copernican revolution would be decidedly poorer.” The fact is, the question of extraterrestrial life, rather than having arisen in the twentieth century, has been accepted by the majority of educated persons since, at least, the Scientific Revolution, and in many instances was employed to formulate philosophical and religious positions in relation to it. As William Whewell observed, in his 1853 treatise, Of A Plurality of Worlds: An Essay, popular ideas about a multiplicity of inhabited worlds “are generally diffused in our time and country, are common to all classes of readers, and as we may venture to express it, are popular views of persons of any degree of intellectual culture, who have, directly or derivatively, accepted the doctrines of modern science.” So as Professor Michael Crowe put it, “even if no UFOs hover in the heavens, belief in extraterrestrial beings has hovered in human consciousness for dozens of decades.”
UFOs, and, the experiential aspects of UFO history are, seemingly, inextricably entangled in the myth of the modern era. This then, is simply an attempt to grab hold of the end of the string.
2021, 620 p.
20 contributeurs
Éditeur : Yann VADNAIS
Coauteurs : V.-J. BALLESTER OLMOS, Fabrice BONVIN, Ananda BOSMAN, CASUFO, Mike CLELLAND, Don DONDERI, Tobi GUILLEMETTE, Isaac KOI, Chris RUTKOWSKI, le SCEAU, Clas SVAHN, les Sceptiques du Québec, Paolo TOSELLI, Thomas TULIEN, Manuel WIROTH, Yann VADNAIS, Eric ZURCHER
Introduction : Jacques Vallée, Garry Nolan, Federico Faggin
Postface : Bertrand Méheust
Jung’s interest in UFOs was both psychological and symbolic. In his 1958 essay, Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies, he examined UFOs as manifestations of psychological processes and archetypes rather than purely physical objects.
Special thank you to the National UFO Historical Records Center (NUFOHRC), Albuquerque, NM.
Introduction: The following story--a second example of the type of observation which forms the core of the UFO issue--has been selected by the UFO Subcommittee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) for publication not only because of its puzzling content, but also because of the multiplicity of observations. The author, a former member of the "Condon Committee" (University of Colorado UFO study team), discusses the case, but does not offer an explanation. The same was true for the first case, published in the July 1971 issue of Astronautics and Aeronautics, where the principal observers were highly qualified professionals making sightings in their line of duty. Both case studies are intended to give the reader a flavor of the observational residue material which underlies the UFO controversy. We hope he will give it his independent assessment as engineer or scientist.
The sun had set an hour before and the night was clear and almost entirely dark, though the coastline was still visible. While cruising at 8000 feet over the Chesapeake Bay approaching Norfolk, Virginia, with the aircraft set on automatic pilot, they were due to over fly the VRF radio range station in six minutes and make a position report. But, in the meantime, since this was Fortenberry’s first run on this course, Nash, in the left pilot’s seat, was orientating Fortenberry to the landmarks and the distant lights of the cities along the route.
Nash had just pointed out the city of Newport News and Cumberland, ahead and to the right of the plane, when unexpectedly a red-orange brilliance appeared near the ground, beyond and slightly east of Newport News. The brilliance seemed to have appeared all of a sudden and both pilots witnessed the startling appearance at practically the same moment. In the excitement someone blurted out, “What the hell is that?”
The Committee has made a careful examination of the present state of the UFO issue and has concluded that the controversy cannot be resolved without further study in a quantitative scientific manner and that it deserves the attention of the engineering and scientific community.