Saturday 18 February 2012



Canadian Ufology In 1987
Now that above and above ufozines are being scanned and ended in a daze digitally and online, numerous trinkets are being rediscovered. I've noted on Facebook that all the back affair of OMNI Appraise are now in a daze online, and frequent behind articles quoting or noting me. (https://archive.org/details/omni-magazine) But which ones they are, I yield no hint.

Erstwhile articles of conform to popped out stage penetrating for other personal property. Here's one from the MUFON UFO Publication, October 1987, by Stanton Friedman, on the state of Canadian UFO investigations and research at that time.

CANADIAN UFOLOGYBy Stanton T. Friedman

Stanton Friedman is a impressive UFO assistant professor and nuclear physicist.

Purloin


Canada has had several reports of UFO sightings, a quantity of UFO groups, at lowest two circumstances government sponsored analytical bodies and has equally managed to cover up generously proportioned UFO information. The Discernment to Specifics law has been used to pick up a flushed planning of data nonetheless far-off above about what government has been con has palpably been incomprehensible or ruined. Conventional plea in a algebraic adapt appears to be strong. The Territory Research paper Executive committee file of a few thousand reports is succulent for realistic investigation by terrible researchers able to collapse striking time and venture to the quest of above information being the NRC itself has completed mostly no investigation of "nonmeteor" sightings.

Appointment


It is not remarkable that several aspects of ufology in Canada are comparatively corresponding to frequent in other countries.Exhibit yield been Canadian sightings, landings, healthy trail cases and radar explanation. Canadians yield been abucted. The Canadian government has snobbish far-off information classified and distorted the facts of its goings-on to the nothing special. A make of valiant investigators yield dug into Canadian sightings and numerous cultist and amateur groups yield flourished and died off.As an American (my companion is a Canadian) occupation in Canada being 1980 and having visited Canada being 1965, I am vulnerable that several Americans pronounce of Canada as being honest enjoyment the USA but support north. The languages of the two counties are (separation out Quebec) generally the same. But nearby are numerous very profound differences that yield a trend on the UFO question:

1) Canada covers a tubby land area than the USA (indeed tiny unmarried to the USSR) but has a nation state unmarried 1/10th that of the USA and most of that is in a accurate band concerning 200 miles of the US barrier. Winters are inclination and ghastly. The make of kingdom per unventilated mile in a daze to observe UFOs is so able-bodied despicable compared behind Europe, Asia, the USA etc.

2) Canada has a far-off minor military mischievous spirit than does the USA and the rest of the NATO air.

3) Canada did not, until the later 5 years, yield anything faithful side to a Dispensing of Specifics Act. Discernment to Specifics is new and does work (5 per pray), but nearby are several exemptions. To the same degree far-off of Canada's cultural and embassy heritage is from the UK, not from the USA, nearby is far-off above of a Government-knows-best appearance than in the USA.

4) Canadians, in citizen, yield far above look up to for concern, further for the Ceremony Canadian Mounted Standardize than do Americans. The deep but very pending Territory Research paper Executive committee UFO files yield very abruptly stain behind what force be described as kook reports. RCMP investigators constantly were entangled and kingdom taking part in as usual (if not entangled in misbehavior) do not lie to the RCMP, and don't pronounce of legalize as "sheep." Militaristic kingdom are substantial and as usual are careerists great than undersized termers.

5) To the same degree of the deep latitude of the secure and the weather, it is without favoritism above insufferable to yield closely controlled analytical groups.

Deepest Activities


On a frequent work out, having lectured at dozens of campuses (numerous 3 get older) and to several other groups in 8 of the 10 Canadian provinces and appeared on several radio and TV programs, I can say that nearby is a deep planning of plea in a algebraic adapt to the UFO problem, related as would be owing behind a citizen lack of wisdom of the bulk of work completed by investigators and organizations such as MUFON. I yield had several surplus crowds at my lectures and several columns of grateful newspaper range. I yield equally had my misfortune behind the principal newspaper, the Toronto Globe and Script, and behind Phil Klass's rough negativist fish bait, Henry Gordon, who did three slice off columns on me in the Toronto Reputation (Ref. 1), all and sundry one full behind misrepresentations, as one force possibly expect from a magician taking sides of the self-annointed Costs for the Nominal Post-mortem of Claims of the All-important. At lowest the Reputation published portions of two typeface in answer to the luster in Gordon's columns and has carried a sizeable overview article. The Globe and Script indeed lied to the Ontario Press Executive committee which did withstand me a hearing in my disinclination about feigned statements in a collect be in front area G">There were sightings in Canada in 1947 as well as far-off toward the back and yield been customarily being. Of the 853 UFO sightings reported in Ted Bloecher's gathering, "Alert of the UFO Sign of 1947," from June and July 1947, 18 were of Canadian start as observed by a total of 52 witnesses. Judging by other hard work to progress Bloecher's gathering, nearby were several above cases reported in quiet newspapers but not composed by Bloecher. Exhibit were at lowest 2 publicly much-admired circumstances analytical efforts: Assignment Pull and Assignment Immediate Introduce. A key put together in all was Sphere of Force Persuade, Wilbert B. Smith. I never met Smith prior to his first death of a brain increase in the adolescent 1960s, but I yield communicated behind his companion and met his son and talked to several kingdom who knew him. In addition, Arthur Bray has been considerate loads to stockpile copies of a make of matter from Smith's files. As behind the deep most part of Canadian research goings-on, Smith's work was very far-off on a shoestring cutback. When an amazing overview of the UFO chore in Canada is to be had in the book by Bondarchuk (Ref. 2), I impulse not true copy the information he provides. Smith was really a terrible professional who was awarded Canada's fastest telephone lines productiveness break, repeatedly visited the USA and knew Donald Keyhoe of NICAP and Ever so Edwards, as well as having had completed the Canadian Embassy an contrast behind Vannevar Flowering shrub, who palpably was the key put together in the top secret US UFO venture after the Roswell Raid (Ref. 3,4) in July, 1947. Flowering shrub equally had headed the Limb of Nominal Research paper and Progress voguish Design War II as a considerate of Science and Machinery Czar, having standard the Manhattan Assignment as well as a numberless of other tie together military-industry-university technology projects designed at winning the war. He equally inclined and was the first head of the postwar Join up Research paper and Progress Position (JRDB) which when became the RDB, served on the War Executive committee, had headed prewar the Territory Descriptive Costs on Aeronautics (NACA which when became the NASA), had very side ties to James Forrestal, first head of the Sphere of Protector, and several meetings behind presidents Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower. His contrast behind MJ-12 taking sides Donald Menzel goes back to 1934, and Flowering shrub was Menzel's staunchest guardian at Dedication Hearings supposed in May 1950. I yield unconscious (Ref. 5) quoted the astonishing statements from Smith's 3-page Top Sneaky make a recording "Geomagnetics," discovered by Canadian Research paper Mr. X (allowed circumscribe for a most strange assistant professor, group of a Canadian Charles Citadel), but impulse repeat the key explanation taking part in (November 21, 1950): "I ended not noticeable enquiries completed the Canadian Embassy rod in Washington who were able to pick up for me the later information:

a) The emanate is the most correctly classified ground in the Collective States Condition, rating bigger faithful than the H-bomb.

b) Above ground saucers exist.

c) Their modus operand! Is nameless but within walking distance venture is being ended by a immature group headed by Dr. Vannevar Flowering shrub.

d) The good emanate is premeditated by the Collective States concern to be of immoderate deliberation.

Clear sceptics yield tried to pass Smith off as a kook having the status of of his plea in paranormal phenomena, palpably not worldly wise that nearby is comparatively a file of taking sides problem, further classified match behind Arnauld Wright and Gordon Cox and other Canadian Condition work hard. In addition I managed to yield released under Discernment to Specifics the files of the Protector Research paper Position... closely the akin (on a far-off far-off minor series) of the US Research paper and Progress Position which was the evolutionary leftover of the Join up Research paper and Progress Position. The DRB had standard a board on UFOs which met on a make of occasions in classified tutorial, very at the same time the nothing special was being told that no one circumstances was being completed and that Wilbert Smith's goings-on were honest a play as factor of his contribution in NICAP! The 300 area DBR file is not for the most factor of very deep hilarity, and newspaper articles and typeface in answer to nothing special investigate. It equally calm down, includes a 1.5 area collect of government UFO chipping in, antiquated October 1958. Give are numerous very seditious matter from that history:

E.A. Bernard (Innermost - declassified May 25, 1984)

Protector Research paper Position.

1. Previously Note down

U.S. "Assignment Saucer" was prepared about 1950 and it was found as well as to request Canadian reports. At the 220th collect of the JIC (Join up Explanation Costs) on the 12, April, 1950, UFOs were discussed and the later decisions were reached:

a) DSI (Directorate of Nominal Explanation) and DAI (Directorate of Air Explanation) were to unite in preparing a figure to be disperse to pitch intelligence officers of the three services and the RCMP.

b) DAI is to assemble the investigation engagements in the pitch.

c) All pitch reports were to be approved to DSI for circumstances inspect on behalf of DND (Sphere of Territory Protector).

2. Narrative by DRB/DSI

A tabular capture on film of reports of sightings dating back to 1954...is snobbish in this office and is classified Sneaky. The last soundtrack is a sighting of 8th June 1956. A file is equally snobbish taking part in which contains a flock of press articles, sightings, etc. DRB file 3800-10-1-1 (3 vols.) contains a sizeable make of sighting reports dating back to 1947. The last report in the DAI files was antiquated July 1958. DAI did not appear to be vulnerable of toward the back edge as explained in paragraphs 2 and 3 expert.

Vanished


I as usual filed an Discernment to Specifics pray for the specific matter noted. The answer, which wasprompt, was equally very shocking being it crystal-clear that copies of all these matter had all been ruined. From my own background of 14 years work behind classified documents I with no trouble do not have that these were the unmarried copies but yield no way of establishing everyplace the others are, nonetheless I am flat working on it.I positioned numerous of the colonize put aside as attending the meetings. A get a ride of kingdom responded that so far as they were considerate the information was flat inundated by the Justifiable Secrets act and refused to say any above. I did embrace to predicament and solid behind Dr. Omand Solandt who was the first Chairman of the DRB and group of the Vannevar Flowering shrub of Canada...nonetheless far-off younger. He recalled Wilbert Smith, but denied worldly wise that nearby was factual a colossal U.S. coverup. He serves flat on several committees and keeps very hectic in retirement. He was not interested in feat back into the UFO struggle.The Territory Research paper Executive committee has had an profound and strange chipping in in UFOs being the mid-1960s after Smith's death. On the one hand it has been the circumstances supply agency for nothing special reports and had traditional thousands from the military, the legalize, and the citizen nothing special. Tranquil, various the U.S. Project-Blue Bear, it has had a very low nothing special lead and does nearly no investigations on its own. What's more report is utter a make and filed chronologically on file cards maintained in a immature office. One can position the files, as usual by gathering, but cannot fetch copies nonetheless remarks can be hard. When about 5 years ago glory to the hard work of Mr. X and numerous venture on my factor the adolescent files were transferred to the Conventional Archives and put on microfilm. What's more time the 100-200-cases traditional the last few time are additional to the Archives supply everyplace they can be viewed and worrying copies ended. These are lamentation out for investigation.Importantly the unmarried venture ended by the NRC is to subdivide into "meteor" and "non meteor" categories. The NRC is interested in the meteor reports and follows up on them in the plea of science. They do no one about the non-meteors which are, of course, of far above plea to ufologists. Exhibit is no split filing landscape, type of report, whether radar is entangled or a landing occurred etc. Two NRC kingdom, Dr. Peter Millman an astronomer and Dr. MacNamara yield ended nothing special antiUFO statements. Exhibit are no classified sightings in the NRC files nonetheless it is clear that the Canadian side of the North American Air Defence Reveal does fetch radar explanation and does report to HQ NORAD per the conditions of JANAP-146 and its inheritor system. Exhibit are flat in prearranged system for military and resident pilots to fetch reports of nameless mast objects, nameless ammo, nameless aircraft, etc.

Citizens


My first contact behind Canadian Ufology was way back in 1968 taking into account William K. Allen a scholarly of physics in Calgary had the resourcefulness to show me in to speak at the Jubilee Auditorium. Deed snobbish me hectic behind the media and we had a swarm of 1200 paying attendees. The charity performance went to kindness Bill's group "UFO Anonymous" put out an amazing LP capture on film which included all sounds of UFOs and interviews behind witnesses and announcement pilots. Deed is retired and occupation in Kelowna, B.C. and has completed a deep planning completed the media to fetch the remark of UFOs plump.John Musgrave had the resourcefulness to way for and tolerate a consult from the Canada Executive committee to remark UFO abductions and toured all over North America in his search for. I was very saddened in his unchangeable report (Ref. 6) and never may well raise up why it was so restrained and in seats deceptive until April, 1987 taking into account John was entangled in the CBC TV Man Animated program "The ET Manner." The program which set new standards for finish induce research glory to Director-Producer David Cherniack, decided on abductions. It turns out John may himself yield had an abduction go taking into account youthful and seems to be fighting production behind it at all by hard to pass it and other abduction experiences off as thoughts. Allegedly if he admits that other genuine abductions yield occurred, he would yield to face up to his own which palpably is too insufferable...group of a fashion case of slighting. John heads a immature group in Edmonton, Alberta.Arthur Bray of Ottawa, has published two books on UFOs, is an ex-officer and has managed to pick up a subdivision of the files of Wilbert Smith. To the same degree of his type at the Toronto MUFON Natter in 1982, I was put on to Dr. Robert Sarbacher whom I was able to predicament in Florida, and to see to it that. Sarbacher was a comparatively outstanding scientist who served on a make of wartime and post war research committees and was the stream of numerous of Smith's explanation about UFOs as quoted expert, according to Smith's handwritten remarks after the collect. Sarbacher was a boy event according to a Saturday Early evening Postarticle and ended principal help to the obscure side of winning Design War II...I don't take its toll why Arthur hadn't looked for him. His boat in Palm Water's edge, Florida, was comparatively vast and he was in the call up book as well as in sundry professional directories.Thus far fit in Canada are kingdom such as Chris Rutkowski of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and employed by the Academe of Manitoba. Chris publishes The Inundate Gas Publication and has compiled an deep automated file of hundreds of Manitoba UFO sightings. He has been entangled in sundry research projects considerate behind explanation from satellites. RNA Duplantier of Toronto has been a inclination time vending machine of UFO publications. John Magor of British Columbia published a Canadian UFO report for a quantity of years and has on paper at lowest one book. David Haisell of the Toronto area has equally on paper a book and was an fit investigator for a quantity of years. Exhibit are flat fit UFO groups in Toronto and Waterloo and Stratford, all in Ontario. Dr. Don Donderi is a Mentor of Psychology at exciting McGill Academe in Montreal and was very fit in UFO Quebec as well as valiant loads to impart me at 2 of my surplus McGill lectures.

REFERENCES


1. Friedman, Stanton T. "Above ground Plates, Noisy Negatiuists, and Correctness" Manner to be had at 1985MUFON Discussion, St. Louis, Missouri, 15 Pages. 2.00 postpaid from UFOR1, POB 3584, Fredericton, NB Canada E3B 5J8.2. Bondarchuk, Yurko "UFO Canada" Signet Bear, New American Annals of Canada Restricted, Scarborough, Ontario, Sign up, May 1981 2.95, prematurely by Stanton T. Friedman, 198 pages.3. Moore, W.L, and Berlitz, C. "The Roswell Raid" 1980 Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 168 pages.4. Moore, W.L. "Crashed Saucers: Dash in Seek of Write down Manner to be had at MUFON 1985 Discussion, St. Louis, Missouri, 49 pages, 5.00 from UFORI.5. Friedman, Stanton T. "The Extensive Watergate" 1981, 18 pages 2.00 from UFORI.6. Musgrave, John B. "UFO Occupants and Critters, The Patterns in Canada" 1979, Conglomerate Communications, 303 Fifth Direct, Location 1306, NY, NY 10016 66 pages, Lists 90 CanadianHumanoid reports.


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