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Date: 03-29-98 (07:54)             Number: 195
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"LOOK LOOK LOOK!!!!! Look at the color of him! Look at how bright he is! 
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did he come from? He's about two degrees elevation, and is actually moving
west.  He suddenly just appeared at very low elevation as if from nowhere. He
did this just because we had decided to pack up due to being freezing  cold!
This account was recorded on March 12, 1998, by Jennifer Jarvis and a friend,
members  of the Orbwatch group from Ontario. "Orbwatch  is the name of a 
roup
of observers that is currently monitoring UFOs on the western end of Lake
Ontario thirty miles south of Toronto. This area has long been known for
strange lights both over and under the water. Numerous solid appearing UFOs
and light orbs have been observed entering and leaving the lake.  At 7:30
p.m., a UFO appeared at approximately10 degrees elevation and flew in an
easterly direction for about three minutes before descending to four degrees
above the horizon.  The "orb" changed color from whitish-gold to red as it
descended. At 7:37 p.m., the team saw another orb east of St. Catherine’s.
At 8:10 p.m., A more solid-looking UFO appeared "whitish in color.. It lowers
to about 5 degrees elevation heading east. "Three minutes later, the UFO
plunged into Lake Ontario just north of St. Catherine’s. Jarvis reported "The
submersion was very clear. We saw three lights on the UFO and there was
definite rotation, even as the object submerged." Thanks to Jennifer Jarvis
webpage Orbwatch http://www.per.to/orbwatch
CANADIAN CATTLE MUTILATIONS:  A cow was found dead and mutilated in February
1998 at the farm of George Giersch near Dawson Creek, British Columbia,
Canada.  Giersch found the cow "lying in a pool of blood with its tongue
missing, half its face stripped to the bone and a deep slash to its chest."
Giersch said, "An incision to the cow's jaw was too precise to be caused by a
predator."  No tracks were found in the surrounding snow. Giersch left the
cow's carcass in place for a few days. "No animal came near until the fifth
day, when birds began to land on it."   "That's odd. It's a large coyote
community here. According to the Ottawa Sun, "Royal Canadian Mounted Police
and Alberta officials have concluded that cattle are dying natural deaths and
becoming food for predators." Fern Belzil, a farmer and a part-time 
utilation
investigator, wrote that most of the 50 cattle killings reported by farmers 
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the past three years were not done by animals. Thanks to Dr. Diane Landry and
the Ottawa Sun for March 15, 1998..
AUSTRALIA
 Kingaroy, a town in central Queensland about 150 miles (240 kilometers)
northwest of Brisbane, is the site of Australia's newest UFO flap.     On
Saturday, March 14, 1998, at 6:40 p.m., residents of Kingaroy reported seeing
"bright white lights" overhead and near the horizon.     Like clockwork, the
mysterious lights returned again each succeeding night--at 6:33 p.m. on
Sunday, March 15--at 6:26 p.m. on Monday, March 16--and at 6:33 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 17. During the Tuesday, March 17, Kingaroy people "reported
citing a rounded-edged black cube-shaped object carrying a bright white
light...The black cube dropped the white light," which fell to the ground.
The UFO then "changed direction" to the Northwest, heading straight for
Kingaroy.     The witnesses had the black cube in sight for two minutes.  
The
object appeared to be moving faster than a commercial jet.  As the object
traveled away, and about the same time of the white light impacting the
ground, a loud rumbling sound was heard."  Thanks to Ross Dowe of the
Australia/New Zealand National UFO Hotline. Note: There have been more than
1,000 weird Australian fireball events during the last several years. Often
they are multiple events concerning aerial fireballs and associated light
energy emission. They involve diesel freight train like noise making
fireballs, and some noiseless variants. They are often observed  flying long
trajectories over Australia.
MOON ICE
 The Associated Press: NASA reports scattered pockets of water ice have been
found beneath the lunar surface by a robot survey spacecraft that has spent
the last month mapping the moon. NASA officials said the usefulness of the
water was not immediately clear, because the data from the spacecraft Lunar
Prospector show it is scattered in small deposits across thousands of square
miles of the lunar poles.  ``While the evidence of water ice is quite strong,
the water signal detected by the spacecraft's instruments is relatively
weak,'' said William Feldman, a Department of Energy researcher participating
in the project.  ``Our data are consistent with the presence of water ice in
very low concentrations across a significant number of craters.''  The data
suggest that the water is confined only to the polar regions.  Feldman and
others estimated there could be 11 million to 330 million tons of lunar water
ice dispersed across about 18,000 square miles of the north pole and about
7,200 square miles of the south pole.  Finding water ice on the moon is a big
boost for tentative plans to establish a permanent lunar base.  If water 
ould
be mined on the moon, it would ease the need of sending a supply from Earth.
Water weighs eight pounds a gallon. It could take thousands of gallons to
maintain a permanent moon complex.  The presence of water could also enable
astronauts to make their own breathing oxygen and to use the moon as sort of 

space-based filling station. Water can be split into its chemical components,
hydrogen and oxygen. Oxygen could be used for breathing and the combination 
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hydrogen and oxygen can be used as a rocket fuel.  Lunar Prospector was
launched in January and put into a 60-mile high orbit of the moon. The 
-foot-
long, 650-pound spacecraft is NASA's first return to the moon since the last
manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 17 in Dec.1972.  The robot craft carries
instruments that can detect alpha particles, gamma rays and neutrons, along
with a radar experiment. Scientists will analyze the composition of the lunar
surface and to pinpoint gravity and magnetic features.  The $65 million
spacecraft is expected to spend the rest of year mapping the moon's surface.
When it runs out of fuel, the craft will crashed into the moon so it would 
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become an orbiting hazard to future lunar missions.  AP-March 5, 1998
 PANAMA
   Government authorities report of a possible UFO landing in Panama on
February 25, 1998,at 0239 Hours. The sighting and touchdown occurred in
Santiago of Veraguas in the middle of the country. At 2115 hours reports were
received concerning an explosion of a house in the same area. A hole was 
ound
in the roof of a Barriada Forestal home. The following night at 2323 hours,
another UFO was sighted with three lights of different colors, shaped like a
boomerang or triangle. The object was located over the Hill of Cerro Gordo.
There was no US Air Force or Panamanian air traffic in the area. There were 
5
witnesses of this sighting. Scott Johnson, a Public Affairs Officer for 
ORAD,
responded to our inquiry about the incidents in Panama. He said a careful
check was made for the area around Santiago, Panama but NORAD showed no
"space-junk" reentering. He also pointed out that the United States Air Force
does not investigate UFOs or keep track of "natural phenomenon" such as
meteorites entering Earth's atmosphere. Thanks to John Thompson .
CONGRESS
Congressman  F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on 
cience
has responded  to questions concerning the proposed UFO open hearings. He 
ays
the "decision,  ultimately falls under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee 
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Space and Aeronautics and its Chairman, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (CA). At
this point, Chairman Rohrabacher has indicated that the Subcommittee does not
intend to pursue the subject of non-terrestrial crafts during this session of
Congress." Congressman Sensenbrenner concludes by saying, "No branch of the
United States Government is currently involved with or responsible for
investigations into the possibility of contact with alien life in 
nidentified
Flying Objects" and to check with the National Archives, the repository for
the Air Force's past investigations.  Bottom line: Unless Congressman
Rohrabacher changes his mind there will be no hearings anytime soon. While 
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tone of Congressman Sensenbrenner's letter is friendly it is rather
discouraging.  What I think needs to be done is for all to concentrate on
contacting Congressman Dana Rohrabacher,  Chairman of the Subcommittee on
Space and Aeronautics  2320 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
20515 Fax: (202)225-6415.
I’m sorry to report that one of Ufology’s best friends, Congressman Steven H.
Schiff died from cancer. He had  a great personal interest in the reported
crash of a UFO at Roswell, NM in 1947 and an alleged cover-up.
THE WHITEHOUSE, HAWKINGS  SPEECH CORRECTION:  Keith Barbour writes: "By way 
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introduction, I am a physics information analyst by profession having degrees
in particle physics and astrophysics and a keen student of the UFO 
henomenon.
I picked up the March 6th, C-Span Real Audio/Video White House speech by
Cambridge University Professor Stephen Hawking and would respectfully like to
correct two words.  "...the reason we have not been visited..."  should read
"...the  reason we have not been contacted..."   "...might descend into a
state of brutalization..." should read brutalism..."  On analysis, Hawking's
statement on UFO's is subtle and  rather complex, especially his comments
"...why we have not been contacted..."  together with  "...even without that,
there is a  very real danger..."  Of course, Professor Hawking would have not
chosen any of  his words lightly, especially to such a distinguished audience
that included President and Mrs. Clinton. Sincerely, Thanks Keith Barbour .
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