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6 Albany Greater Oregon. Friday, August 3. 1973 Hopes Hew UFOs and the Air Force Home Burns Continued From last Week I foreign. Such planes certainly Input from outside scientific Comedian Bob Hope's desert dream house WE HEED A GOOD HOME DEAR DR VDC-TT; groups. It is conceivable that G.

The basic attitude End approach within Blue Book is Under close scrutiny the UFO "research" by the air force comes off as incompetent and unscientific By J. ALLEN HTNEK are unidentified flying objects, although they do not satisfy the definition used In I have two dogs that need a good home. One is ttn 015 TanA of illogical and unscientific in that a working hypothesis has this book. There never is any question but that they are planes (which are flylne ob radio station about a larre Blue Book showed denrlv that, 1 jects 1 and that their source is circular object emitting sever-j the project rarely exhibited jsions of joint army-navy-air ai colors but no sound, sight- jany scientific interest In the force publication UANAP-W6) a bird dog untrained and likes children. The other ralrn sp-is re-one is a miniture Lab, a real good watch dog.

Both partmer.t said it had no im-are females. They need a fenced yard. We cant what caused the afford to feed them. I am on a pension. Phone me at Hope was a his home in 926-3393, Albanv.

Tallica Luke near IoUyod and was not available for jL. efvrr.ment. The imposing home over- in its ingrown and official military way it was allowed to bumble along, while apart from it serious official attention was given to a few selected cases that might not even have gone through Blue Book channels. I simply do not know. In my position as periodic consultant I certainly was never taken Into the confidence of higher officials concerning these matters.

JANAP-146E still exists evi wcr uic city, rwo problem. They certainly provide for the processing of and one airman controller at been adopted which colors and determines the method of investigation. One might put it in the form of a Theorem: "For any given reported UFO case, if taken by itself and without respect and regard to correlations with other UFO cases in this and other countries, it is always possible to adduce a possible even though far fetched natural ex reports received from nonmil unidentified. In my long association with Blue Book I had some very interesting encounters with UFO witnesesses, some equally interesting but less enjoy did not address themselves to what should have been considered the central problem of ilary sources. the base reported that after being sighted directly over base operations, the obieot In JANAP146E, currently In the LFO phenomenon: is there force, provisions and instruc had begun to move rapidly to I an as yet unknown physical able encounters with military tions for the reporting of un lo.ikea the exclusive resort 'area, and Hope had claimed the rr.ushroom-shaped roof STILL YOUNG AT HEART DEAR DR.

NTX-1T: the northeast or psychological or even par- personnel, and a most inti known objects in the air by military personnel are explic 2:20 AAI. Colonel base commander of planation, if one operates itly set forth. It must be re 1 solely on the hypothesis that Francis E. Warren Air Vnrrv I'm a lady still joung at heart who likes to eo Ki-A places and have the perfect way to do it, but really ccr. tained 29.010 need some help with driving chores.

I have a cam- square feet of flo.n- space. membered, however, that the mate view of the running of a Is in effect, and it calls pseudoscientific project Blue for the processing of reports Book was essentially a closed unknown aerial phenomena operation In which A talked to I from both military and non-B, and talked to and Cimilitary sources. ProbaMr talked to A. There was littlelliWe more need be said. jail UFO reports, by the very, Base, near Cheyene.

Wvo. anormai process mat gives rise to those UFO reports that survive severe screening and still remain truly puzzling? Such lack of interest belies any charge of they just didn't care. There is an military is primarily interest nature oi tr.ir.gs. must result, cajjed Dayton to sav that the from purely well known and commanding office'- of the ed in unidentified planes, especially those that might be accepted causes. Sioux Army Depot saw five other argument for the "non-cover-up" 'viewpoint: the un The theorem has a Corollary It is impossible for Blue Book to evaluate a UFO re objects at 1:45 AJJ.

Members of flight reportedly saw what appeared to be the same TURN THOSE IDEAS INTO CASH derlings in the military hi-erarachy (and all Blue Book port as anything other than uniform reported at 1:43 A.M. officers were such general ly captains or majors, rwo of ij ntgnt. two security al object or phenomenon, a teams were dispatched from hoax, or an hallucination. InjGight t0 investigate. relatively few cases' where even this procedure met -Vn? whom finally made lieutenant colonel but never full colonel) per.

in fact complete camrine equipment. Would La nnth Hoi? the Mv architects sav it like someone who could go with me and be able to vvi or; of the most help if necessary to change tires, etc. They only homes in the world. It would need to pav their share of the food, I'd stand will certainly be one of the in the world. When it any other expense including gas.

etc. Please don it wiI1 make EiRg give out my name just have answers come to c-by's huse look like an vour office and I'll pick them up there. privy. That house will T-i tt t-i-n rp be so big vou could hold next OULD-Et, TRAXLER Super farae jn it Piar.ners said the total cost ANSWER Your offer sounds like a good one the home would reach S3 the right person. I know you and have known re for a long time, and know you are agood person and jt was patterned after the reliable and mean what vou sav.

You said you hadl'tans World Airlines terminal cot and sleeping bag. so the person could sleep 'rtNew Kennedy Air" outside in comfort, too. Hope some good person will. Hopes had posted an take vou ud on vour offer. Dr.

Nix-It armed guard at the building looked mainly toward two Iwith difficulty, the report wasjt pi 1 wTi- A-M. Colonel William mm. things: promotion and early retirement. Therefore, in con evaluated as "Unidentified manding officer of the Sioux Many ideas that have revolutionized U.S. industry did not come from professional bivemors.

Some of the greatest ideas were extracted from company suppestion boxes, resumed from aoridents, or were products of other research projects. ln for example, an American naturalist as living in LahrjJiir, where the weather av ncarh alwavs cold enough so that meat left outside the naturalist's shack would freeze. The man noMcrd that "meat frozen almost, invtantlv in the 40 to 5)-dtprce F. but with no indication that the "nTn ri I-lCu-w nutfl Army Depot, at Sydney. troversial issues it was always considered far wiser not to "rock the boat," to please the uf.

rervinnH fir. ITO. superior officer rather than to make waves. Thus when the superior officers, who did H. Inadequate use has been of the Project scientific AJJ- Colonel Johnson consultant.

Onlv cases thatmacie antner phone call to the proiect monitor deems Da.on M' that 4:00 worthwhile are brought to hLslf. "lht sported nine attention. His scope of opera- 1LFC? ln S15ht: 'our to the i not know the facts but were and site to repel reporters wedded to a rigid framework of military- thinking handed tion. including personal direct 10 lne norui- curiosity-seekers. below of inter tasted much invtn'cif and antique airplane down from above, let it be Hope's wife.

Dolores, said the couple had planned to move in next February-. Con hobbyist had turned to thinking of the oil spill cleanup problem after reading news accounts of the CALLING 70-YEAR-OLDSTER DEAR DR. NIX-IT: struction began last January access to both unclassified and classified files, has been consistently limited and thwarted. He often learns of interesting cases only a month ir two after the receipt of the report at Blue Book, and no attempt is made to bring the consultant into the operating raai, uim iwo over inevenne. 4:40 AI.

Captain Howell, Air Force Command Post. call: ed Dayton and Defense Intelligence Agency to report that a Strategic Air Command Team at Site H-2 at 3:00 A.M. reported a white oval UFO directly overhead. Later Strategic Air Command Post pass Do these success stories offer an; clues as to haw good ideas can be turned into cash Three lessons seem to emerge. 1.

When something makes snu really angry, it may be giving you an opportunity to create that Big Idea. Many other people may be angry at the same thing, and oae key to making money is coming up with something that ill snhrs a problem. known in any controversial issue 1 whether UFOs or nof what the "right way" of thinking is, no underling officer was going to oppose or even question it unless of course, he was 99 per cent certain that he could prove himself correct in the controversy and quickly. 1.9 oil seepage in the sctnic Santa Barbara. California, channel.

That stick dipped in oil and water led to Lockheed's oil-gobbiing Clean Sweep, a most effective oil mopper-upr-cr. from the oil coated stick. Yates proceeded to design and build a device that resembles the paddle wheel of an old river boat. Hoop except in the most perip- ed the following: Francis hpT-al rnannpr I am a retired gentleman in the TO's. Would be! spoKesman saw aopeww pleased if you would check your current lues andj one was reported injured, send me the names of anv ladies from 65 years up The cause was under investi- to 75, who are looking for friendship and a city spokesman insisted there was no likei- ionship.

I am an ex-businessman and neither smoke, xkJ arson. or drink. I am enclosing a couple of clippinngs that Only the vast dome of the sound interesting to me. MR. LEBANON 75 had be! fed.

Steel supports were left jutting into the air. ANSWER She has had several answers so I'm using vour letter so some other girls may write for your name and address. Dr. Nix-It nanieiQ-magnaSOn Since the Pentagon had spoken in no uncertain terms about UFOs, no Elue Book 2. Don't be discouiat.u oy lack The popular impression Air Force Base reports through the vears was that! AJI- A 'L'FO Blue Book was a east of Cheyenne at serious operation.

The public1 a hfh rate of sP'd ds-perhaps envisioned a spacious, icenmE oval and white A-ell-taffed office with rows wlth whlte llnes on lts Sldes of file cabinets, a compute- and a "ashing red light in its terminal for auer-ins thelcenter movmS east: reported officer in his right promotion Ijich time a paddle comes oat 01 0f immediate success. An idea, the water, oil sticks to k. then however brilfiant, may never pay something like a windshield wiper off unless it is used to accomplish wipes the oil off the paddle and 10metliing. conscious military mind was going to buck that, even if he had private opinions on the in spring ant'. I.ill.

Hack, in tie states, the Rituraliit tried quick-freezing a whole variety of UkxIs, launched llie frozen food business, and in tlarence Birdscye sold his company for S22.OOu.IXIO! Nicholas Appert is another example of a man who applied his knowledge a new way. Appert, a frenchman bora in 1750. worked at various times as a chef, picklcr, brewer. distBIcr and confectioner. His idea: why not pack food in containers, like wine? The idea worked, Trance hailed Appert as a r.at r.a! hero.

Today, over a century and a half after Appert published of his invention, Americans open up more than tVO cans daily! Some inventions happen because some peple can see shines other people don't see in everyday phenomena. So it was wiih Boh Yates, who recalls that he stuck a stick into 1 pan of oil ami atrr and found thai the oil stuck to it and the water didn't" Yates, for 34 years a Lockheed engineer and also home matter. UFO data bank and 'groups ofjto have landed 10 miles east Now that Biue Btxik is r.o scientists quietly studying 3. Remember that good ideas are not exclusively in the province of double-domed intellectuals or crackpot inventors. If a naturalist could launch a new industry, if an antique airplane hobbyist could develop Clean Sweep and if Seven UFOs imo a container.

Most vican Sweep units recover up to 45 gallons of oil per minute and store the oil in flrating containers. I'ndcr ideal conditions. Clean Sweep can do even better. A larger version designed to recover as much as K00 gallons FROM EXPERIENCE OF MEETING MEN Get S8.2 Million For More Power Growing energy- needs of the more, I am often asked whether the air force is really out of the UFO businass. The answer is probably contained assistants.

-i-ill rf nth- Ml Wfwl in an official letter from the Pentagon, written after the per minute is now being tested The actual situation was unfortunately the opposite. The operation was generally headed by an officer of lesser rank. In the military th im- women for the U.S. Coast Guard. Many refineries are also now using close of Blue Book It states The Aerospace Defense Com science and industry by putting their ideas to work perhaps it Clean Sweep as a standard part of portance attached to a mis mand (ADC) is charged with the responsibility for aero space defense of the United their processing equipment and 1 are delighted with its efficiency.

"What's the big klcaT" reliability, low cost. All this and If yon strike it rich, let us know, it's an effective pollution-fighter. Then we'll write story about tool joo. DEAR DR. NLX-IT: First of all, I do not believe in any way, no one should write you.

Dr. Nix-It, who is not divorced, man or woman. This could cause a person to get shot and in a law suit. I would appreciate meeting a clean cut man who is truly wanting an honest person who doesn't drink. I like sports, trips and a man who is interested in marriage, but no one who isn't free.

Age over 50. STILL HOPING ANSWER You are so right. I'll forward all answers that vou receive. Dr. Nix-It reported east of the site.

3:25 A.M. Site reported six UFOs stacked vertically. 3:27 A.M. G-l reported one ascending and at the same time, E-2 reported two additional UFOs had joined the seven for a total of nine. 3:28 A.M.

G-l reported a UFO descending further, going east. 3:32 A.M; The same site has a UFO climbing and leveling off. 3:40 A.M. Site reported one UFO at 70. Three now came from the east, stacked vertically, passed through the other two, with all five heading west.

When I asked Major Quinta-nilla what was being done States Consequently, ADC is responsible for unknown aerial phenomena reported in Pacific Northwest will receive both immediate assistance and long-range planning un-ier the public works funding program approved by the Senate recently. Senator Mark Hatfield, who carried the bill on the Senate floor with Senator Allan Elble 'D-NevJ. said the bill provides a gojd balance between short-range hydroelectric project improvements and longer-range energy alternative research. "Since no new dams are l.kely to be built on the Columbia or lower Snake Elvers, increased utilization must be made of the existing hydro projects to meet immediate sion is usually in direct proportion to the rank of the commanding officer. The relatively low-ranking officers in charge of Blue Book were usually assisted by a lieutenant and sometimes only by a sergeant.

For one long period of time a sergeant with little technical training was given he chore of evaluating most of the incoming reports. In a country as security conscious as is ours, where 'art it frAmientlv swmert tn about investigating these re u- me that very provocative UFOjP0 ne a lne The shame of our Some say the inhabitants are to blame. "They don't give a lamn" we hear. "They" is a fiction. The pronoun of a thousand self deceptions.

"They" usually means "us" in the final analysis. The shame of our cities, the inadequacy of our social aid programs indict us. All of us. Because we are all part of the community of man. From which there are no drop outs or cop outs.

THANES FOR RANGE. REFRIGERATOR. BEDS DEAR DR. NIX-IT: Wayne and I would like to thank you for helping us out, like you did. We couldn't have made it without your help.

MRS. IN NEED Tiwi-tc u'prp rf i cm dwvl with uig wcic iiuuuug uui STars: Northwest power needs," Hatfield said in Senate floor remarks. "The SS-2 million that Sena- This is certainly tantamount to saying that our Strategic Air Command, responsible for 1 tor Warren Magnuson and I the defense of the country ANSWER Glad to give them to you. Dr. Nix-It against major attacks from the air, was staffed by a notable set of incompetents who mistook twinkling stars out any seeming follow-up.

As an example, the following is a direct transcript of a Blue Book memo: "In the early morning hours of August 19G5 the following calls were received at the Blue Book offices by Lieutenant Anspaugh who was on duty that night: A.M. Captain of the United Sta'cs Air Force command pot- near Cheyenne. WyoM called to say that 15 to 20 phone calls had been received at the local for strange craft. These are the people who someday faith might have the responsibility mine added for additional power units at Columbia and lower Snake P.iier darns are an investment in the economic future of trie Northwest," Hatfield said. today's technology, they represent the most environmentally sound way to meet current power needs." "Alternative energy sources need federal funding to provide research toward" their practical application." Hatfield said.

"We are attempting to put more power on the line as for waging a nuclear war. For some, incidents such as the above would be prima facie and conclusive evidence that the cover-up hypothesis tr Tb WwrfiJ was the correct one, on the grounds that no group charg PHOTOGRAPH BY LARRY SILVER ed with serious defense re Tick Tick, Tick sponsibilities for the country could have been so stupid. One je of the great curses of our society is busv-vn as possible, while r-z into the future by step- Alost 01 us these days seem to be caught up up research on geother- Aius.1. 01 us xnese aas seem 10 De caugnt up up research on geother for long-range potential demands," he said. The Senate bill approving billion for public works and AEC work throughout the country, is $121 million above the House version of the bill, but was million under the 1973 Senate appropriation.

Hatfield and Magnuson were named as Senate On the other hand, a debating team captain could neii. amass an even more impres in all mal, solar and thermonuclear kinds of activities. So much so that we ignore kinds of activities. So much so that we ignore sive cache of evidence to con fusion energy projects," he many of the really important values of life. But just clude quite the opposite: that keeping busy is no substitute creative living.

Hatfield added S3.S million To be creative, life must have spaces in it the bill for thermonuclear for study, play, contemplation end basic human re-: r. research. latinTKHnc otnerrr.al energy research lauonsn.ps. -which has a d.rect impact How long has it been since you read a really; ut much of Eastern PTpat hnlr Ano ivV ir-Vi 1 oil t-c-- '1 x-nw jreg'm." v. Ill receive S4.i mil maae re-eva; you i the request, the entire Elue Book operation was a fml-up based on the categorical that the incredible things reported could not possibly have any basis in fact.

After all, srienee pretty well understands the physical world and knows what's possible and what Is not. Since tr.e actions of UFOs clearly didn't fit this world picture, they simply had to be foments of the imagination ptviuced in one way or another. All rr.y ar-cistion with life in broader terms? When did you last enrage in aia. -A 2 Solar energy, described by KatfieH "as an ewstir.g ener- an in-uepia 01 some pressing issue 01 01 clay? How long since you took the time to listen Stomach Upset by Gas and Acid? Dt-Gel'with Simethicone quicklf relieve both acid and gas. This unique discovery breaks up and dissolves trapped gas bubbles.

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V.hv? For the'aa: meeting im- nas ana reason that daily, we- are bui tiie Derson we must i V. -4. 1 2 -V a 1. at K. iir "lJr -u.

Jr Move ahead i live v.ith in future years. If busyness becorr.es a bar-" rcr to find sooner tr lr.tr we are! TT stuck with io) tozI inr.r resources to scc- owtocretvour 1 Because the clay WILL come when advancing ae cook things. curtails our activities. Then it's the kind cf person! we built vkich the source of our satisfr.c-1 ticn and comi'ort 1 see so cli 'Mct people, no longer physically -Hithtr away because they've! witntr away i yur refrit rator will active, wno ziizyy alweys leen too busy to Luild a worthwhile self salads, lnf-re'tirg fruits and side rii.hes. For over 2Mexdi.tr ideas, yer.d 25c it.

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