From: Majorstar@aol.com
Subject: [illusions] Filer's Files #19  Disclosure
Date: 7 May 2001 22:12:51 -0400
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Filer's Files #19 -- 2000, MUFON Skywatch Investigations
George A. Filer, Director, Mutual UFO Network Eastern=20
May 8, 2001, Sponsored by Electronic Arts; Majorstar@aol.com.=20
Webmaster Chuck Warren  http://www.filersfiles.com, =20

UFOs OBSERVED AROUND THE US:  Reports of UFOs continue from New Jersey,=20
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, and=20
California.

PRESIDENT PUSHES FOR SPACE BASED WEAPONS   =20

Washington Times headlines for May 2 stated, "Bush favors space-based arms=20
for missile defense" A new push for SDI (Stars Wars) weaponry is now=20
gathering force within the executive branch.  This is in addition to the Ant=
i=20
Ballistic Missile systems proposals.  The US and Russia are now allegedly=20
allies.  The new 'Star Wars' proposals make me wonder who are we fighting=20
against?

THE CAMPAIGN FOR UFO DISCLOSURE will be broadcast on Wednesday, May 9, 2001,=
=20
Live at 9:00 AM Eastern time.  Over twenty military, intelligence,=20
government, corporate and scientific witnesses will come forward at the=20
National Press Club in Washington, DC to establish the reality of UFOs or=20
extraterrestrial vehicles, extraterrestrial life forms, and resulting=20
advanced energy and propulsion technologies. The weight of this firsthand=20
testimony, along with supporting government documentation and other evidence=
,=20
will establish without any doubt the reality of these phenomena, according t=
o=20
Dr. Steven M. Greer, director of the Disclosure Project which is hosting the=
=20
event. =20

Among the witnesses attending the event are: John Callahan, former Division=20
Chief of the Accidents and Investigations Branch, FAA; Master Sergeant Dan=20
Morris, former US Air Force and NRO operative with cosmic top secret=20
clearance; Dr. Carol Rosin, space missile defense consultant and former=20
spokesperson for Wernher Von Braun; Graham Bethune, retired Navy commander=20
pilot with a top-secret clearance; Michael Smith, former Air Traffic=20
Controller, US Air Force; Sergeant Clifford Stone, United States Army; Lt.=20
Col. Robert Salas,  former SAC Launch Controller, US Air Force and FAA, and=20
myself Major George A. Filer III, former Air Force Intelligence Officer and=20
flier. We are asking for Congressional, White House and UN action to allow=20
witnesses to testify under oath in open hearings.  We are requesting a=20
Presidential Executive Order to protect witnesses afraid of violating=20
security oaths and to declassify documents and secret projects for the=20
benefit of all world citizens.  There are reports that CNN may also carry th=
e=20
broadcast if it is a slow news day. =20

UFOs AND AIR SAFETY=20

Journalist Leslie Kean writes that, "In January, Agence France Presse=20
reported that a Siberian airport was shut for 11/2 hours while a luminescent=
=20
unidentified flying object hovered above its runway."  Although it's hard to=
=20
imagine such an event-taking place in the industrialized United States, a=20
compelling October 2000 study by a retired aerospace scientist from NASA-Ame=
s=20
Research Center shows that similar incidents have occurred in American skies=
=20
over the last 50 years.  "Aviation Safety in America -- A Previously=20
Neglected Factor" presents more than 100 pilot and crew reports of encounter=
s=20
with unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) that appear to have compromised=20
aviation safety. =20

Author Richard F. Haines, formerly NASA's chief of the Space Human Factors=20
Office and a Raytheon contract scientist, is chief scientist for the Nationa=
l=20
Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena (NARCAP), a research=20
organization founded last year.  In stunning detail, pilots and crew describ=
e=20
a range of geometric forms and lights inconsistent with known aircraft or=20
natural phenomena.  Bizarre objects paced aircraft at relatively near=20
distances, sometimes disabling cockpit instruments, interrupting ground=20
communications, or distracting the crew. =20

The data include 56 near misses.  Impulsive responses by pilots to an=20
approaching high-speed object can be hazardous; in a few cases, such violent=
=20
evasive reactions injured passengers and flight attendants.  However, Haines=
=20
states that there is no threat of a collision caused directly by UAPs=20
"because of the reported high degree of maneuverability shown by the UAP." =20
While flying over Lake Michigan in 1981, TWA Capt. Phil Schultz saw a "large=
,=20
round, silver metal object" with dark portholes equally spaced around the=20
circumference that "descended into the atmosphere from above," according to=20
his hand-written report.  Schultz and his first officer braced themselves fo=
r=20
a mid-air collision; the object suddenly made a high-speed turn and departed=
.=20
=20

Veteran Japan Airlines 747 Capt. Kenju Terauchi reported a spectacular=20
prolonged encounter over Alaska in 1986.  "Most unexpectedly, two space ship=
s=20
stopped in front of our face, shooting off lights," he said.  "The inside=20
cockpit shined brightly and I felt warm in the face."  Despite the Federal=20
Aviation Administration's determination that he and his crew were stable,=20
competent, and professional, he was grounded for speaking out.  In 1997, a=20
Swissair Boeing 747 over Long Island just missed a glowing, white,=20
cylindrical object speeding toward the plane.  According to an FAA Civil=20
Aviation Security Office memorandum, pilot Philip Bobet said that "if the=20
object was any lower, it may have hit the right wing."=20

Ground-systems operators have also been affected by UAP.  "The element of=20
surprise means a decrease in safety because it diverts the attention of=20
air-traffic controllers that should be focused on landing planes.  That is a=
=20
danger," says Jim McClenahen, a recently retired FAA air-traffic-control=20
specialist and NARCAP technical adviser.  "Aviation Safety in America" does=20
not attempt to explain the origin of these mysterious objects.  But Haines=20
writes that hundreds of reports, some dating back to the 1940s, "suggest tha=
t=20
they [UAPs] are associated with a very high degree of intelligence,=20
deliberate flight control, and advanced energy management." =20

In the 1950s, pilots and crews reported seeing flying discs, cigar-shaped=20
craft with portholes, and gyrating lights, all with extraordinary technical=20
capabilities.  Documents show the unexplained objects were considered a=20
national security concern.  By order of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commercia=
l=20
pilots were required to report sightings and the unauthorized release of a=20
UFO report could cost them 10 years in prison or a $10,000 fine.  To keep=20
this information from the public, officials ridiculed and debunked legitimat=
e=20
sightings, angering some pilots.  According to the Newark Star Ledger in=20
1958, more than 50 commercial pilots who had reported sightings, each with a=
t=20
least 15 years of major airline experience, blasted the policy of censorship=
=20
and denial as "bordering on the absolutely ridiculous."=20

These pilots said they were interrogated by the Air Force, sometimes all=20
night long, and then "treated like incompetents and told to keep quiet,"=20
according to one pilot.  "The Air Force tells you that the thing that paced=20
your plane for 15 minutes was a mirage or a bolt of lightening," he told the=
=20
Star-Ledger.  "Nuts to that.  Who needs it?"  As a result, many pilots=20
"forget" to report their sightings at all, one pilot said.  According to a=20
1952 Air Force Status Report on UFOs for the Air Technical Intelligence=20
Center, pilots were so humiliated that one told investigators, "If a space=20
ship flew wing-tip to wing-tip formation with me, I would not report it." =20
The vast majority of sightings by American pilots are still not reported. =20
The media perpetuate the censorship and ridicule, handicapping the collectio=
n=20
of valuable data. =20

However, such dismissals may soon lose ground.  Next Wednesday, John=20
Callahan, former division chief of the Accidents and Investigations Branch o=
f=20
the FAA, will disclose FAA documentation and subsequent CIA suppression of=20
the Terauchi encounter over Alaska.  Callahan will be joined by more than 20=
=20
other government and military witnesses, and dozens more on videotape, at a=20
National Press Club briefing to challenge official secrecy about this=20
subject.  Retired United Airlines Capt. Neil Daniels, whose DC-10 was forced=
=20
into a left turn because of magnetic interference of cockpit compasses by a=20
brilliant UAP, is among the many who want change.  "The energies out there=20
are absolutely profound," he says.  "I think we need to know what they are."=
=20

Leslie Kean is a journalist and author in the San Francisco Bay area. (=20
lkean@ix.netcom.com.)
http://www.projo.com/cgi-bin/story.pl/opinion/05405261.htm

NEW JERSEY FAST MOVING OBJECTS

SUSSEX -- Brian Shaw writes that on May 6, 2001, at around 7:30 PM, my dad=20
and I  drove over a hill and got a good veiw of strange things in the sky. =20
They were shiny orange dots above the mountains in the Sunset sky.  We saw=20
two objects.  One was either a disk or it was a meteor debris trail.  It=20
either went below the horizon or simply disappeared, but as some vanished a=20
few more kept popping up.  Some were spots and some were disk shaped.  My Mo=
m=20
saw one towards the end of the event, which was definitely like a meteor. =20
One was moving faster than the others and left a trail behind it.  The show=20
ended as they all sank below the horizon or just vanished.  We definitely=20
were not imagining seeing these things, because other people were staring up=
=20
into the Northwest part of the sky just over the Sunset.  We saw at least te=
n=20
or twelve objects there may have been more.  Thanks to Brian Shaw --=20
rico_suave_911@hotmail.com

Editor's Note: Last weekend, Earth passed through a trail of dusty debris=20
from distant Comet Halley, triggering the annual eta Aquarid meteor shower.=20
The nearly-full Moon reduced the visibility of this year's shower.  It seems=
=20
unlikely you could have seen these during sunset because of its light.  Most=
=20
of the observations were seen in the south an hour before local sunrise on=20
Saturday and Sunday.  It's a good chance you saw some UFOs.  For more=20
information visit http://SpaceWeather.com

HAWTHORNE, NJ -- Tom Sheets and ISUR report that Daniel Dorval saw a strange=
=20
flying pyramid shaped flying object in June of 1998 at 10:15 PM.  The object=
=20
was thirty feet on a side and fifty feet off the ground.  It was all black=20
and moved very slow.  There was no sound.  Daniel says, "The craft had a=20
mirror like reflecting surface, because I could see my self in the bottom as=
=20
it passed over." Thanks to Tom Sheets and ISUR.

VIRGINIA FLYING TRIANGLE HOOVERS OVER TOWN

BUENA VISTA - The National Reporting Center reports that two friends were=20
walking home on April 25, 2001, when they looked up into the sky and noticed=
=20
a small triangular shaped craft at 3:40 AM.  One witness stated, "We both=20
looked to see if it could possibly be wings of a plane, but there was no bac=
k=20
end to the plane."  He says, "It had a bright 'headlight' leading its course=
,=20
that I myself have never seen on an airplane."  Extruding from the sides wer=
e=20
small green lights on each end.  The witness explained, "I'm familiar with=20
red lights on a plane, but never in pairs."  Even though the craft was flyin=
g=20
at low altitude, it was not making the slightest noise. Our town was quiet a=
s=20
could be at 3:40 AM.  The craft was hovering, not as much flying.  Although=20
it was late, neither one of us were drastically tired, intoxicated, nor had=20
any drugs in our bodies and are truthful behind what we saw.  Although there=
=20
are three airports in a 50-mile radius, this craft was a strange flying=20
triangle with side green lights, and a bright headlight.  Thanks to Peter=20
Davenport Director of NUFORC.=20

ROANOKE -- Andy and Robin Hodge writes, "Last week, you posted our sighting=20
of a pair of flying orbs on Monday, April 23rd in Filer's Files #18 over=20
Roanoke.  My email address was included. I thought you would like to know, w=
e=20
just received an email from a fellow in Midlothian, Virginia who said he and=
=20
his girlfriend also saw a pair of flying orbs on Friday, April 27th.  I just=
=20
thought you would like to know that other is seining the same things.  :)=20
Thanks to Robin Hodge ahodge@roava.net=20

NORTH CAROLINA FLYING TRIANGLE

CHADBOURN -- The witness reports, I was in my yard on May 4, 2001, as we liv=
e=20
in a rural area.  We enjoy looking at the stars my wife and I enjoy the=20
evening stars.  A strange craft shaped like Flying Triangle flew over.  At=20
first, I thought it might be a military aircraft, but my husband built=20
aircraft, and said that, "It was not one of ours, including area 51 special=20
aircraft."

SOUTH CAROLINA SIGHTING

MYRTLE BEACH -- Well on May 1,-2001, at exactly 10:00 PM, my friend and I=20
were walking on the beach, and we sat down looking towards the Atlantic=20
Ocean, We at first saw five lights all in a line which kind of curved around=
.=20
 The object came half way thought the clouds, then it started backing up=20
slowly to the right. A second object with five more lights became visible=20
while the other one was backing up.  The one on the left then disappeared,=20
while the one to the right backed up really fast and vanished.  Now these=20
lights to the left were all lined up in the same pattern as the first set we=
=20
saw.  There was three elderly people out there that saw the same thing.  We=20
all came to the conclusion that it couldn't have been an airplane, because i=
t=20
was to low to the ocean.  It was not fireworks, and they didn't make any=20
sound at all!  There were no boats out in the ocean either.  Thanks to Barry=
=20
Taylor -stingray@nor.com.au

FLORIDA "UFO SIGHTING BY AUSTRALIAN

CAPE CANAVERAL -- I just returned from USA where the vast majority do not=20
believe in UFOs. Newspaper disinformation is successful.  I saw one strange=20
craft in Central Florida (quick white-red flash, erratic low flight over=20
marsh) but nothing close.  More importantly, heard of new abduction case ca.=
=20
1990 just inland from Cape Canaveral, involving two very prominent Florida=20
citizens during 4:00 AM turkey shoot.  There was a 100 meter craft overhead,=
=20
1.5 hours lost without memory, and scars on both people afterward.  The full=
=20
report made it to top US law officials, but there was no public notice.  I=20
referred to reputable US investigators, may possibly come out if the=20
individuals are brave.  Thanks to Woof, red collie Australia

SEBASTIAN -- On April 25, 2001, I saw the UFO approaching from the northeast=
.=20
 "It was a big cylinder-shaped object with something like a sphere on the=20
front," he reported, "If I were to guess, that is where they control the shi=
p=20
from.  I know that what I saw was something really odd and not a UFO but it=20
looked like one to me, for sure."  " It was a silvery black cylinder with a=20
sphere on the front.  It was way up there, maybe 30,000 feet (9,900 meters)=20
and it moved slow at the beginning but then began to move extremely quick"=20
before departing to the southwest.  Thanks to UFO ROUNDUP Volume 6, Number 1=
8=20
May 3, 2001 Editor: Joseph Trainor   =20

KENTUCKY FLYING TRIANGLE=20

GLASGOW -- While driving on Cumberland Parkway the witnesses noticed five=20
white lights about 5 miles from the tollbooth in Barren County on April 21,=20
2001.  The series of lights were shaped like a flying triangle moving slowly=
=20
towards the southeast at 8:00 PM.  The witness stated, "It took about five=20
minutes for the object to intersect my truck at its zenith over the toll=20
both.  I paid my toll, went down about 1/2 mile, and pulled off to the=20
shoulder of the road.  The craft was very, very low and the far-left light=20
had a single red strobe.  My wife got out and we measured this object with=20
our outstretched arms.  It was very huge and covered the distance of five=20
human hands at arm's length.  It was like looking at a 747 a couple of=20
hundred feet above the tarmac at an airport.  I was completely amazed at the=
=20
lack of engine noise.  The witnesses stated, "The object was triangle-shaped=
=20
and similar to a boomerang, but with well-defined sharp corners."  They stoo=
d=20
there for two minutes as the craft slowly drifted a couple more degrees=20
southeast.  While still directly above them the craft accelerated gaining=20
altitude.  It moved rapidly past the horizon in about 15 seconds.  By the=20
time we got the camera and snapped a picture it was too far away to get=20
anything of use on the film.  The city of Louisville h
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