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The Book That "Killed British Ufology"?

 Many years ago, around 1977, I was told that Arthur Shuttlewood's UFOs Key To The New Age was "the book that killed off interest in Warminster and damaged British Ufology".

Last week I was on Ebay and up popped a copy for £12 post free. I ordered it before even thinking.

The book arrived this morning and I have read it.

The book is a huge pile of crap from start to finish. Shuttlewood desperately tried to pull in the New Agers" but failed. I have never read so much 'scientific' material that was so badly researched or understood by Shuttlewood and even back in 1971 the contents of the book were easily proven to be utter drivel. I can understand now why so many in British Ufology distanced themselves from him.

Shuttlewood was either a gullible fool who took anything told him as a solid 100% fact or he was devious and trying to pull in visitors to Warminster and fill his own pocket by using the old newspaperman's excuse of "Someone said it so we published it".

After The Warminster Mystery and More UFOs Over Warminster I believe that he saw how bored people were getting with stories of lights flying about and so Warnings From Flying Friends was dippiong his toes in the New Age water -hey, "counter Culture" was big news back then (although over exaggerated by press and media).

His contact with the Aenstrian left me wondering at the time whether he had some sort of breakdown. I don't think he did. I think he knew exactly what he was doing especially "you may disagree?" and "if this is true?".

The first two books were a good record of a series of incidents around a Wiltshire town that no one had heard of and the furore that attracted TV personalities and Ufologists.

I did wonder whether, like many, with no open UFO landings and contact he followed that lost path to everything being psychic etc. No. That does not wash.

I hate saying it as he appeared to be a charming man but my opinion of him has changed but, unlike many in 1977, I am not throwing out the first two books which should remain of social and Ufological interest.

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5th Book. Final Book

 

One of the chapters in the next book is probably going to be titled; "Reports We Shouldn't Talk About?" and there are going to be some rarities in it which even the more seasoned UFO enthusiast is likely never to have heard of.

In fact, for this fifth book on CE3K/AE I have pulled out a lot of material not published before or known only to a very few people. No sensationalism needs to be added to the encounter reports as as possibly the last book on this aspect of Ufology I think the five volumes will be the most comprehensive guide to these cases you will ever find.

So, Jacques, Does It Depend On How Much Money You Can Make?

 The Messenger of Deception, Jacques Vallee has said repeatedly that if UFOs are extraterrestrial it would be "very boring". Yet, in the last few years he's been grifting a piece of metal from a UFO which he claims is not from Earth.

My guess is that like others in Ufology to become celebrities and earn money, dear old Jumping Jacques hops to whichever current trend will make him money. He is certainly a very poor UFO researcher who still pushes cases known as hoaxes in the 1960s.

It Really Is A Weird World Out There

 

I have been lucky in a way. I have seen as a youngster with two others, a large shadowy figure in daylight. I have witnessed a seemingly solid and black figure walk through a room where I was sat having gone to bed (and thinking it was my brothers visiting friend).

I have seen poltergeist activity and on two occasions in the presence of others.

'The Monk' is a story in itself. Looked more like a child of 12-13 but in a hooded sandy duffle coat -seen by others in the house and on one occasion I ran out as soon as it passed by a front gate which took 10-12 seconds to get to...nothing. I even looked into other peoples' gardens. Nothing.

I have observed "UFOs" (NOT spacecraft!) on six occasions and twice at close proximity.

I was also with my younger brother, grandfather, father, sister and cousin in Germany when we all saw an almost chimp like animal jump a heck of a distance into the dense forestry.

Also in Germany I observed at a distance as well as within 6feet of me a raccoon dog before they were even supposed to be in that part of Germany.

As a child (8 or 9) in Germany I fell through ice into a frozen (LARGE) pond and last thing I remembered was seeing the inlet that allowed fresh water in. Next thing I was about 4 feet away from the pond looking towards it as everyone who had seen me fall in were running over.Decades later still no explanation how I got onto dry land facing the pond -or why, when I got home soaked to the skin, I told my mother "I fell into a puddle"!!!

In Germany, just before my parents came back to England, they observed a large bright UFO over forestry. In that same area a decade later I am my family watched a large Zeppelin/airship fly over the same forestry. Amazing sight. One problem was when I learnt there were NO airship[s in Germany at that time.

And I wonder why I'm stuck looking into weird stuff?

As an add on...

Well, you know the saying "flies to (something"? I once casually met someone I knew worked in a shop and I could tell he wanted to say something and I said "And-?" he then said " You are the one who looks into all that weird stuff..."and then told me about what he had seen one day. 

I have had someone on a bus say "I read about you in the newspaper... I saw a very large cat while on holiday with my husband". 

Even odder I was sat on a park bench and a person started talking about the squirrels and I pointed to a tree and said that's where they have their little nest area. He then says "I was walking through here one night and to the right of that tree I saw this big white light moving about..." 

A friend even, told me of his and his then partners own encounter with strange lights in a house and...another person told me about a similar sighting of their mother's -ore lights in a house. 

My German family called me "Herr Professor" from a young age as I was always reading and observing things -"If a fly scratches in the other room he'll know it!" 

A LOT of people see strange and odd things but 90% keep shtum. It's a weirder world out there than you might think!

The French Still Take UFOs/UAP Seriously

 

On Thursday 13 and Friday 14 October 2022, the Study and Information Group on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena (GEIPAN), a technical department of CNES, organised the CAIPAN II conference in Toulouse, an international symposium devoted to surveys, knowledge and expertise on unidentified aerospace phenomena.. During these two days, more than 100 participants – scientists, technical experts, investigators and associations linked to the fields of ufology – presented their work. The topics covered are the investigations carried out on observations ofand the means, techniques and knowledge used in the analysis of testimonies.

Participation was international with 13 nationalities and notably the intervention of Daniel A. Evans, Deputy Director of R&D for NASA scientific programs and project manager of the new study group led by NASA on. He presented the US space agency's roadmap for the(UAP). An independent and dedicated team was set up by NASA with the objectives of "analyzing thewith a scientific approach and NASA's use of scientific data and tools to advance knowledge."

On the occasion of these two days of exchanges and meetings of the community dedicated to expertise on, GEIPAN has exposed a very original and little-known phenomenon that addresses several technical disciplines. If this has already been encountered by GEIPAN, it is now explained, clarified and popularized. This type of phenomenon is new to GEIPAN. It illustrates very well the approach of GEIPAN and the diversity and complementarity of disciplines. Astronomers, optical engineers and doctors were notably solicited. Some testimonies of observations in the sky are now explained by the observer himself.

As a reminder, GEIPAN rationally explains strange observations reported by witnesses. Its mission is to collect, analyze, anonymize, archive and publish witness reports of. It is science at the service of society with the particularity of being in direct interface with the general public, of listening to witnesses. For this mission, the CNES relies on both internal and external skills: trained volunteers who investigate, experts from very varied scientific disciplines and institutional partners (National Gendarmerie, Air Force, Civil Aviation, Navy, Météo France, CNRS, etc.).

Informing the witness and the general public is a very important point. It is a work in complete transparency that shows the technical integrity of GEIPAN and allows the scientific community and everyone to analyze and follow up on the observations and analyses. The reports are published on the website, https://www.cnes-geipan.fr .

GEIPAN is supervised by a steering committee chaired by a recognized person from the aerospace world and composed of representatives of the country's civil and military authorities (National Gendarmerie, Civil Aviation, Weather, Air Force, Scientific Research) and the CNES. This committee's mission is to analyze the results of GEIPAN and make recommendations to the CNES on its orientations.

CAIPAN II international conference on unidentified aerospace phenomena organized by GEIPAN in Toulouse.

Thursday 13 and Friday 14 October, the GEIPAN research and information group dedicated to unidentified aerospace phenomena (UAP) at CNES organized the CAIPAN II international conference in Toulouse to review advances in investigations, knowledge and expertise in the field of UAPs. During the two-day event, more than 100 scientists, technical experts, investigators and associations with an interest in UAPs presented their work, covering investigations of UAP sightings and the resources, techniques and know-how employed to analyze witness accounts.

The conference was attended by participants from 13 nations and addressed by Daniel A. Evans, Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Research within NASA's Science Mission Directorate, who leads the agency's new study team focused on UAPs. He presented NASA's roadmap for this team, which aims to “examine UAPs from a scientific perspective and focus on identifying available data, how best to collect future data, and how NASA can use that data to move the scientific understanding of UAPs forward”.

Over these two days of discussion among the UAP community, GEIPAN presented a highly original yet relatively unknown phenomenon that cuts across a number of technical disciplines. While GEIPAN has already encountered the phenomenon in the past, it is now explained, detailed and mediated. It is a good illustration of GEIPAN's approach and the diversity and complementarity of disciplines, notably involving astronomers, optical engineers and physicians. Indeed, observers are now capable of explaining certain things they have seen in the skies themselves.

GEIPAN seeks to give a rational explanation for strange phenomena seen by observers. Its mission is to collect, analyze, anonymize, archive and publish insights of UAPs. It is putting science to work for society, working in direct contact with the general public and listening to witness accounts. To this end, CNES is able to call on both its own internal and outside expertise from trained volunteer investigators, experts in a wide range of scientific disciplines and institutional partners (Gendarmerie, French Air Force, civil aviation, French Navy, Météo France national weather service, CNRS national scientific research center, etc.).

Informing witnesses of UAPs and the general public is a very important aspect of what GEIPAN does. Its commitment to transparency and technical integrity give the scientific community and lay public the means to assess and follow up observations and analyses. Reports are published on its website at https://www.cnes-geipan.fr.

GEIPAN is overseen by a steering committee chaired by a person who is a recognized authority from the world of aerospace and made up of representatives from the nation's civil and military authorities (Gendarmerie, civil aviation, national weather service, Air Force, scientific research) and CNES. The committee's mission is to analyze GEIPAN's results and make recommendations to CNES on its future direction.

 

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Followers List

 I noticed that a certain American soft drink had planted its log in the Followers list and so had two other commercial products.

For this reason I have suspended the Followers list because if you want to advertise then support the damn blog and pay to add your product.

British Ufologists; Keep Your Records For Posterity and In The UK

I think that it is quite clear now that the UK needs its own national UFO archive. So much has been sent abroad that is now lost to UK researchers; thousands of BUFORA documents and reports are with the AFU in Sweden and BUFORA refuses to allow access to the material citing data protection. That BUFORA has no ide4a what it had before 2010 does not help and neither does the fact that the digitalised records handed to them are now..."somewhere".

All of Contact UK files are in Sweden. Again, we cannot get access to those. For years British Ufologists and others have handed their files over and so what should be British UFO history is lost. The AFU cannot supply digitized archives and that includes of FSR material.

Is there an alternative?  Yes, and it is already up and running -the British UFO Learning Centre run by UFO historian and investigator John Hanson. No need to book an air ticket or hotels to travel overseas so that is a lot of money saved.

Above: Harry Harris on a TV programme in the 1990s

One thing we appear to have lost are the records of the late Harry Harris. The name should be familiar to Ufologists as he was involved in the Lynda Jones, Shamrock Cafe and Linda Taylor UFO abduction cases.  Harris had taped recordings of hypnosis sessions, reports and much more but these appear to be lost "somewhere" and those are valuable historical records.

Above: possible UFO abductee Linda Taylor with Harris.

Sadly, as so many of the old UFO scene pass away their records are either dumped or sent abroad and although the AFU have undertaken a great task it means that so much is lost to UK researchers.   

We have also "lost" many people who were involved in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and abduction experiences.  Not lost as in died (though a few have now) but because once they were used to get a story or book they were no longer required and Ufologists never kept in touch and so talking to these people years on to see how their lives continued or changed is impossible.  

We need an archive to tell their stories as well as preserve an historical record for future generations before we lose everything.

If you are a Ufologist or retired researcher/investigator then PLEASE contact John to preserve your history.

 

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Think About Regression Hypnosis

 

 I have written as well as said on many occasions that any person conducting regressive hypnosis on a person suspected to have lost time during a UFO encounter should not be a person interested ort active in studying UFOs. The person should definitely not be a Ufologist.

The late D. Scott Rogo wrote (UFO Report – April, 1980):

"Being a parapsychologist, I am keenly aware of the fact that the hypnotic state makes a person particularly open to telepathic impressions.There is a great deal of experimental as well as anecdotal evidence to this effect. While regressing Jo, could she have picked up telepathic cues from my mind which she elaborated into false memories of a UFO abduction?"

In fact, Dr Leo Sprinkle also stated later on in his work that he feared a possible "abductee" under hypnosis may have had thoughts transferred to them from his mind during hypnotic sessions. 

If -if- we assumed that Budd Hopkins was not stacking the decks and faking things or passing on things as evidence that he knew 100% were fake then it could explain his early findings. I have absolutely no doubt that at the very start he was truly investigating and trying to find out what was going on. When and where he went off the rails is a matter for debate.

A hypnotist should not have a head full of preconceived notions about UFOs and abductions because if -IF- transference of thoughts is even a possibility it could lead to many incorrect conclusions. It is a reason why I have and would exclude myself from being in on any such sessions. We have to ensure that any information recalled is a genuine recollection. Sessions where a Ufologist carries out regression hypnosis with 2-3 other Ufologists present create a massive problem if Sprinkle, Rogo et al are correct.

We are, supposedly, here to find the truth or at least clues as to what is going on in these encounters -the reason that the Hills' hypnotic regression sessions stand up so well is that Dr. Benjamin had no knowledge of UFOs and still did not believe in them after the sessions. He is, therefore, unlikely to have polluted any recall with "thought transference".

Look at it this way; there is a Ufologist in the UK who claims to have uncovered hundreds of abduction experiences each year. No one is allowed to see the evidence of this and even alleged percipient statements he re-writes in his own words 'so as to protect the witness'. Right there he has totally discredited himself and what he is doing. This person also takes a hypnotherapist with him on first meeting any witness and those witnesses must agree to undergo preliminary hypnosis at that first meeting. This is totally unethical (but then it is Ufology).

Any potential UFO witness needs to first talk to the investigator person-to-person so that they are relaxed and feel comfortable. Only then should the person be asked to recount what they can recall of their sighting. If it does seem as though there is missing time then telling them they need to be hypnotised outright is not a good idea. There are techniques that can be suggested to see whether the witness can get some recall. It should be noted that if the witness is undergoing anxiety and stress then hypnosis can be used to relieve that but not to immediately begin interrogating them.

I know I "play the same old tune" but if a witness is in fact a percipient in an onboard experience then they have had their entire world view smashed apart. A Close Encounter of the Second Kind can shatter a world view based on "its all silly flying saucer stories" so imagine what a CE3K would do.  How many people involved in CE3K events do you suppose remain in contact with investigators after the initial fuss and then the book  or lecture tours are out of the way?  Perhaps 1-2% if I am being generous.

The percipients in the best cases have passed away and did Ufology know or report on their passing? No. Louise Smith, Elaine Thomas, Antonio Villas Boas, Jean Hingley, Val Walters -the list goes on and on. In my books I try as hard as I can to find out what happened to percipients and note their deaths -shockingly, I found much od Ufology had not even heard that the last percipient in the 1973 Pascagoula encounter, Calvin Parker, had passed away.

We have to treat people in these encounters as human beings and not cash cows. Hypnosis should not just be jumped into at a first meeting or even a second meeting and in many cases I would suggest that it is only considered if and when the person involved asks whether it is worth trying.

There are a number of cases on file that bear all the tell-tale signs of missing time experiences and in some cases there are witnesses to a UFO.  I would not even suggest to them that they may have had onboard experiences and memory loss. They have gotten on with their lives and the incident is recalled as a UFO sighting and put to the back of their minds.  What right do I have to open a whole can of worms that these people then have to live with as I get on with other things?

Ufologists tend to jump to hypnosis as the "best tool for the job" without considering any of the implications of its use and, yes, that has gotten me some rather angry responses from Ufologists who consider what they want far more important than the witness.

Hypnosis -think about its use.  

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UFOs..,.Close Encounters of the Third Kind -Learn The TRUTH

  With 0ver 659K views I assume that there are people interested in this aspect of UFOs -and if they are constructed craft then someone/thing has to control them, right?   

But what you see on the blog is miniscule compared to the books (printed and mailed in your own region/currency); illustrations, photographs, maps and detailed reports.  Why not give one a try?

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Since 1947 it has been claimed that UFOs/flying saucers are evidence of aliens visiting the Earth.  Since the 1950s claims of encounters with landed craft and alien beings were talked about but not taken seriously.

In the 1960s the subject of UFO abduction was a "slow-burner" until the whole "Grey" abduction phenomenon and claims made by researchers such as Budd Hopkins, Prof. John Mack and Dr David Jacobs and Whitley Streiber.

But is there evidence to back up any of the claims -and what about those encountering Alien Entities but who were not abducted?

Are these people all hoaxers, psychotic or suffering from some other mental illness as some claim?

Are those people who were exposed by Ufologists against their wishes, people who wanted to report what happened and then just get back to their everyday lives -thrust into the media glare against their will?

And if US authorities were so interested that in one case at least they broke into the home of two abductees and this was later proven -why?

Why did a hard core of these people never want publicity or to make money from what happened to them?

Above all, why did a major UFO landing incident take place on a US Inbterstate road in front of a large number of observers (all willing to talk to investigators) never get investigated? If it were not for a radio presenter interviewing and taking notes we would know nothing of the case -it would be labelled "insubstantial".

James and Coral Lorensen -the Scopolamine Kids; using a very notorious "truth drug" on alleged UFO witnesses and selling stories to newspapers.  An investigator (a veteran) showing a witness images of "aliens" encountered in other cases before any memories were retrieved.  Worst of all, the constant "pissing competition" and breaches of trust between UFO investigators.

2017 is the time to assess the past evidence and look at the faults within Ufology.

Not everyone is going to be happy -debunkers or ufologists.

Praised by Dr Mark Rodheiger of the Centre for UFO Studies and, below, John Hanson of the Haunted Skies Project and Colonel Charles Halt the officer involved in the Rendlesham incident.

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The follow up to the comprehensive book "UFO Contact?" The Author spent 1974 to 2018 specializing in the investigation and research of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE3K) and alien entity cases; the former involving an Unidentified Flying Object and the latter, apparently, involving none. Previously unreported cases as well as 'lost' cases are looked at as well as the possibility that some percients suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome after their encounters

A must read for those with a serious interest in UFOs Some of the contents:

 The Nottinghamshire UFO Crash of 1987…or 1988                                     
 The Llandrillo ‘Saucer’ and Berwyn Mountains ‘UFO’ Crash Retrieval   
 Strange Pennsylvania Entity Encounter                                                         
 UFO Abductees and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome                               
 The UFO That Landed On A US Highway                                                     
 My Encounters With The Men In Black                                                         
 A Previously Un-noted Alien Entity Type                                               
       
 Early 20^th Century UK Close Encounters of the Third Kind                       
 Close Encounter with a Boggart                                                                      
 Some Odd and Unusual Cases                                                                         
 Rosa Lotti and the Happy Entities                                                                  
 The Strange Case of the Woollaton Gnomes and the Mince-pie Martians 
 What Happened on the Isle of Wight and at Felixstowe?                             
 The ‘Lost’ Belgian UFO Landing Case                                                        
  
 Strange Aliens from Outer Space?                                                              
 Encounter with Black Aliens and Landed UFO                                 

 Preliminary UK CE3K/Alien Entity Catalogue        

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The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) says that we may have to wait many thousands of years before any signals sent gets a response if they are detected.

The real SETI may already have established the there is alien life –and it has been visiting Earth for at least 70 years.

Once the mass of reports of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and entity encounters are sifted there remains a strong core of cases that defy logical explanation and suggest that these encounters have resulted in physiological effects and post traumatic stress.

Terry Hooper-Scharf of the CE3K/AE Project has led research into these reports for over 40 years and in this work takes a look at rare or obscure reports as well as cataloguing encounters from Germany and Portugal and focuses in on correlations in the reports and how the Dandenong (Kelly Cahill) encounter could be the best case ever reported.

Have the serious investigators and researchers looking into UFOs been unearthing better evidence of extra terrestrial life and contact with humans than established SETI ?

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Beyond UFO Contact i the fourth book in the groundbreaking series looking at reports of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Alien-Entity reports from around the world and reassessing these. In addition there is a look at the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligences (SETI) and its relevance to the UFO phenomenon. 

contents list: 

Introduction: The Path of Counter-Actuality 

1. Dionisio Llanca: Truck Driver, UFO Abductee and Human Guinea Pig 

2. Aliens -What Can We Expect? 

3. The Moreland Incident 

4. It Is All Fake: Ufology Needs To Be Reassessed 

5. Warminster UFOs and Entity Reports 

6. Have Things Changed Since 1977? 

7. The Beausoleil Cas -Even Aliens Like Theatre 

8. The Pwca 

9. Contact...with the Vegetable Alien 

10. The Casitas Dam UFO Photograph and Entity 

11. The Crystal Lake Encounter 

12. The Humanoids at South Riverand the Luczkowich Encounter 

13. Harrison Bailey 

14. Sonny DesVerger 

15. The UFO "Borderline"-The Imjarvi Skiers 

16. Some Interesting Reports to Note 

17. Dead Aliens in Photographs 

18. Ufology, Government Cover Ups and Disclosure 

19. The Reports That You Might Not Want To Look Into 

20. Conil de la Frontera -a Credible Report? 

21. Eighteenth Century Aliens? 

22. Clearview Ranch 

23. The Pat McGuire Case 

24. Piero Fortunato Franzetta 

25. The Silbury Hill Encounter 

26. The Bridge Abduction 

27. The Bagshot Heath UFO Incident 

28. Lurkers and Alien Disinterest 

29. What If YOU See Aliens Land? 

30. So What Would YOU Do If You Encountered A Landed UFO?

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1973 –Year of the “Global UFO Wave” 

1973 –The “Year of the Humanoids” 

1973 –The year of the Pascagoula alien abduction claim 

1973 –Several witnesses observed two Unidentified Flying Objects: one temporarily landed on a US Interstate road while the other hovered close-by. An entity appeared from the landed object. A car driver approaching from the opposite direction stops, turns his/her car and races off. This is classed as a Major Incident in Ufology. 

1973 –a driver observes a landed UFO and entities and opens fire with his gun when he felt threatened. A High Strangeness account. 

Neither of these cases was investigated despite requests for local investigators to do so. Even in 2020 the idea of opening up either as a cold case was flatly Rejected by America’s ‘top UFO investigation’ group. 

Reports now probably lost to history. 

1973 –a year in which UFO reports from African-Americans were frowned upon and ignored. Nothing has changed.

Frankly A. Davin-Wilson: The Unknown Ufologist

 

Franklyn Angus Davin Wilson c 1938-New Year's Day 1984

Franklyn served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was a student at Bristol Grammar School. Franklyn had sighted two unusual objects while on holiday and this piqued his interest in the subject of UFOs and mysteries in general. He joined the British UFO Research Association (BUFORA) and the British Flying Saucer Bureau (f 1952) -it was at a meeting of the latter that I met Franklyn. He came up and said "Hello" and shook my hand and added "You're the new chap -welcome" and gave a big smile revealing long vampiric fangs. Apparently my non reaction to the fangs was not what he expected as most people usually stepped back or their smiles vanished. They were artificial fangs but quite impressive. Taking them out, Franklyn looked at me and said "I think we are going to get along well"!

For a large part of the time that he was a member of BUFORA he tried to convince them how useful a computer would be for data analysis. Computers in their early days were mainly using punch cards and Franklyn (a founding member of the British Computer Society)  devised a system for BUFORA. It was rejected as being "too far off" before they could think of computer usage and despite much effort in the end he gave up as it was obvious BUFORA were not willing to go beyond paper filing of reports.

At some point Franklyn asked himself "Why don't astronomers see UFOs?" this set him off on years of gathering reports from astronomers including Clyde Tombaugh and going back to the very6 start of astronomy as a science.  As with computers and UFO research, Franklyn's Astronomers and Anomalous Observational Phenomena was a couple decades ahead of Ufology as a whole.

Another facet of research he undertook was into Unknown Orbital Objects and although UFO related it involved far more.  Then there were "Mars Mysteries" (again before the Ufologists caught on to things such as 'the face on Mars'); Mysterious Space Malfunctions (of satellite and other craft) and the KLEE TV signal mystery. The Space Signals work was interesting and I even took part in early morning ventures to detect signals.

Franklyn, rather like Dave Cowdy (a founder of Manchester Flying Saucer Research in the 1950s) was one of the original Anomalous Observational Phenomena Bureau members.  Dave died of a heart attack circa 1977.  Franklyn had kidney problems and waiting for an operation for some years and also developed respiratory problems where he struggled to breath and I had to help him a few times. Eventually he took a doctors advice (illegal at the time) to smoke cannabis when the problem was in its early stage. Franklyn was quite aware of my dislike of drugs but I did see how the inhalation worked fairly quickly and stopped him getting to the purple face stage! On one occasion I visited while he was going through an attack and as much as I hated doing so "fixed a joint" for him and observed how it affected his condition which led to my looking at cannabis and medicinal uses.

At one point Franklyn was in accommodation with no bath or shower facilities so once a week he would visit, get a meal and a bath. One one occasion he very sheepishly returned from his bath and I asked what was wrong? He had been reading an issue of Flying Saucer Review and one article put him to sleep and gave FSR a bath at the same time. My question was "What was the post that put you to sleep?" He looked at the soggy FSR and said "The one by Jenny Randles" at which point I burst out laughing and Franklyn looked at me as if I had gone a bit crazy. He did replace the FSR issue.

He was a big supporter of compiling the CE3K/Alien Entity Archive  and would often annotate magazines or books to see whether I had those reports. Franklyn was also a big supporter after the BFSB had descended into chaos amid the whole UFO International/Southern UFO Network mess that quite literally made some UFO groups decide to cease activities. It was Franklyn's correspondence with Lord (Brinsley) Clancarty that eventually led to the creation of the AOP Bureau.

In 1983 I helped Franklyn update many of his files including Astronauts and UFOs and we prepared the data for release in 1984 and Lord (Brinsley) Clancarty had offered to set up a lecture/talk for the House of Lords members interested in UFOs. We discussed this over a Christmas meal I had cooked especially for him as things were a tad difficult for him at that time. I waved him off with a smile on his face and a promise to meet up in the new year and get the papers fully sorted.

Just after New Year I received a visit from one of Franklyn's friends to inform me that he had been unwell on New Year's eve 1983 but had gone to bed early after cracking a joke. Franklyn passed away from a heart attack caused by a blood clot from an earlier kidney operation on New Years Day 1984. He was 46 years old.

I did manage to get to Franklyn's files as they were about to be dumped in a skip and rescued all I could and at one point was walking with them across Bristol in a wheel barrow -some old gent decided that the large bags I had everything in would not last long so lent me the wheelbarrow (thankfully). Rather than stories of some obscure Ufologist and his lost files I have at least got the files!