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(6765) Sun 31 Jan 93 5:19p
By: Ed Hackett
To: All
Re: Ufo Vacation 1/3
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From the Sunday Virginian-Pilot/Ledger Star, Jan 31, 1993

EARTHLINGS: TAKE A UFORIFIC VACATION

By Steve Silk, The Hartford Courant

Not so long ago, Pan Am was accepting reservations for flights to the
moon. The airline has since gone down the tubes, but hopes for space
travel are still soaring.

And why shouldn't we dream of venturing out into Star Trek territory?
After all, many people believe that beings from outer space have been
pilotiong UFO's here for quite some time.

Assuming UFO's exist, you might hope to plan your vacation around a close
encounter. So where should you head?

UFO researchers, abductees, and saucer buffs are far from unanimous in
their suggestions. Many say looking for one would be a waste of time.

"It's like trying to find tornadoes--you know they're in Kansas but do
you go out there and wait for them?" asks Dr. Ralph J. LaGuardia, a
Connecticut Internist and a volunteer state investigator for the Mutual
UFO Network (MUFON), an independant organization that researches and
investigates UFO sightings. The network is based in Seguine Texas.

In southeastern Virginia, the skies have been less than friendly. Many
UFO sightings are reported near military intallations, but even with the
number of bases locally, "this has never been a particularly great area,"
said Michael B. Shields, MUFON's state section director for South hampton
Roads.

"If someone calls and says they saw strange lights, it's more than likely
aircraft," he said. The most recent example was during Operation Desert
Storm, when the F 117A's were flown in the area. The stealth's triangular
lighting pattern prompted several phone calls.

"Rural areas would be better," SAhields said. Apparently, UFO's are a
little less afraid to pop up there than in a populated area."

What would he do? "Drive out to Pungo, park the car and wait. And be sure
to bring the girlfriend and some sandwiches."

Other areas appear a bit more promising. With that in mind, here's a
look at some prime sites in the northeast:

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Pease Air Force Base, just outside Portsmouth, N.H., is
regarded as an especially hot UFO spot even though the base closed several
years ago.

New Hampshire has had more than its share of bizarre UFO incidents over
the years. Bright balls of light have been buzzing Hillsboro, a little
burg for decades, townspeople say.

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* Freddie 1.2 * Virginian Pilot/Ledger Star 1/31/93

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* Origin: The Computer Forum - Va Beach, VA (804) 471-0736 (1:275/17)

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And in Exeter, a glowing red disk, 50 feet in diameter, lit up houses as
it rose from a grove of trees, says Marc Peloquin, a Natick, Mass.,
photographer who has spent hundreds of hours documenting the "haunted
landscapes" where paranormal activity has been reported.

Betty Hill, the New Hampshire woman who says that she and her husband
Barney were abducted by aliens and examined aboard their spacecraft, takes
people out in the Portsmouth area to spot UFO's. Don't hold your breath
waiting for an invitation, though.

The Hill's account of their abduction established the pattern for the
many similar reports that followed. In 1989 alone more than 2500 people
claim to have been abducted, LaGuardia says. The accounts are eerily
similar, from the grey skinned humanoid aliens who communicate
telepathically to the medical procedures undergone, which usually involve
examination of genetalia, removal of a skin sample from the leg, and
sometimes implants of some type of device.

NEW YORK: Strategic Air Command bases in particular are considered
promising for close encounters, "The stuff that happens consistently
happens around Air Force Bases that have atomic weapons," Peloquin says.

He zeros in on Plattsburgh Air Force Base in upstate new York as a
likely spot to see a UFO. Peloquin was drawn to the area after
photographing a purported UFO landing site near Montreal and after hearing
stories about a hotel's being buzzed--and seeing a newspaper photo of
something straight out of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" hovering
over the Canadian city. "We're talking about stuff bona fide by the RCMP
(Royal Canadian Mounted Police), highly documented," says the one time
skeptic.

Military bases aren't the only places to hunt for extra terrestrial
visitors. Researchers agree that UFO's exhibit a fascination for human
technology. Other promising spots include power sources such as nuclear
reactors, power plants, high tension lines--or anything high tech,
especially if new or under construction. Large bodies of water are
reputedly good hunting spots as well.

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* Freddie 1.2 * Virginian Pilot/Ledger Star 1/31/93

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* Origin: The Computer Forum - Va Beach, VA (804) 471-0736 (1:275/17)

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MASSACHUSETTS: In Mass, UFO buff Dan Shenefield of Agawam says that if he
were hunting UFO's he would head for a military base. But, he doesn't have
to. His wife, Marianne, says that the skies over Agawam are crowded with
UFO's. Her opinion is confirmed by some other researchers.

In June, she says, alien craft were hovering in the area, and on one
street all the mailboxes simultaneoulsly burst into flames. Brilliant
white light bathed a local senior citizens center. "Some people saw
entities in their houses," she says. "A lot of people were praying."

But Gary Nardi, records sergant with the Agwam Police Department says
that no unusual reports were filed with Police the night Sheefield says
the heaviest activity occurred.

Marianne Shenefield says she has been abducted by aliens twice, one in
1972 and once in 1952. Her story is atypical. "I was not abducted by those
little gray things everybody talks about," she says. Her abductor looked
like "a little Chinese boy in a skin diving outfit."

Dianne Desimone, the Massachusetts researcher for MUFON says Cape Cod is
now the most UFO innundated part of the Bay State. Fishermen returning to
Provincetown said that they observed a circle shaped, lighted object in
the sky near a lighthouse in 1989. Desimone sauys she often hears of
unexplained lights cruising over the moors or offshore. But, she allows,
they could be planes headed to Boston.

CNNECTICUT: In Connecticut, UFO's have made repeat appearances in the
Winsted-Torrington area. Police, campers, nurses, teenagers and small boys
have all reported seeing strange, brightly colored lights in the sky over
the last 25 years. And then there's the 1986 incident when more than 200
people watched as an airborne strip of lights illuminated the night sky
over Highland Lake in Winsted.

So you never know when or where a saucer might appear next. All you can
really do is hope you get lucky. Remember the classic entreaty from "The
Thing," one of the first of creature feature sci-fi films of the 1950's:

"Watch the skies."

* Freddie 1.2 * Virginian Pilot/Ledger Star 1/31/93

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* Origin: The Computer Forum - Va Beach, VA (804) 471-0736 (1:275/17)

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