Ultra rare - Best named UFO newsletter? "Interplanetary Space Patrol" (1950s, USA) now online

So far, I've only found one UFO researcher in the world (Barry Greenwood in the USA) with a single copy of the "Interplanetary Space Patrol" newsletter published in the 1950s by James Lee.  This issue is from late 1957 and covers the Levelland, Texas UFO sightings of November 1957.  

While most of the major collectors of UFO material do not seem to have any further issues (or, indeed, this issue), I have found one reference in a book by George Eberhart that suggests that this newsletter may have continued until the summer of 1959 (see George M  Eberhart's "UFOs And The Extraterrestrial Contact Movement- A Bibliography -- Volume One- Unidentified Flying Objects" at page 685.

Barry Greenwood has kindly scanned his copy and I have uploaded it to the USA section of the archive, since it appears to be in the public domain under the copyright rules of the USA in relation to unregistered pre-1964 material.

Curt Collins has written a profile of James Lee:
https://thesaucersthattimeforgot.blogspot.com/2019/10/james-lee-of-interplanetary-space-patrol.html

Apart from its rarity (causing me to want to obtain and scan copies of any other issues now, before they are lost forever), I found this newsletter notable for its name. 

Personally, I think the name sounds pretty cool. :)

(If you think another UFO magazine/newsletter had a better name, let me know in the comments below and I'll see if I can get permission to upload it...).

"Eight Martinis" (Remote viewing, 2009 onwards) now in archive

Daz Smith has kindly given me permission to add searchable copies of his "Eight Martinis" magazine on Remote Viewing to the United Kingdom section of the archive. 

Daz has published this magazine since 2009 on the "Eight Martinis" website. On that website, he quotes Ingo Swann as stating that the term "Eight Martinis" is "an intelligence community in-house term for remote viewing data so good that it cracks everyone’s realities. So they have to go out and drink eight martinis to recover”. 

The magazine currently comes in two formats:  a free download as an Adobe pdf file and as a full colour printed on demand and delivered to you.

Daz Smith can be contacted via the "Eight Martinis" website and on Facebook.

Portuguese-language "Revista Alpha" (Brazil, 2014 onwards) now added

"Revista Alpha" is an online UFO magazine edited by Rafael Silva Pereira of Brazil. It is currently published in Portuguese but Rafael Silva Pereira is planning on also publishing it in Spanish and English.

The magazine has been published so far on the "Revista Alpha" website as images, but Rafael Silva Pereira plans on producing PDF versions.  Since I like to have searchable versions of material, I have used an online tool to convert the image versions of the back issues into PDFs.  I have added those searchable PDFs (with kind permission from Rafael Silva Pereira) to the Brazilian section of the online archive I have been helping develop.

Rafael Silva Pereira can be contacted via the "Revista Alpha" website, on Facebook (facebook.com/revistaalphaufologia), on Twitter (@revistaalphauf1) and via his Instagram page.

 

Spanish-language version of "Phenomena" magazine now also in archive ("Phenomena En Espanol")

Earlier today I uploaded 140 issues of United Kingdom's "Phenomena" magazine (2009 onwards) to the archive (after getting permission from Steve Mera) and posted some background on it.  The founder of that magazine, Steve Mera, has now also kindly given me permission to upload the Spanish-language version of that magazine. I have now added 41 issues in Spanish to the section of the archive in relation to material from Argentina (since the Spanish-language editor is based in Argentina).   (I had originally incorrectly placed this publication in the section relating to material from Spain...).

The Spanish version of this magazine is the subject of a page on the main "Phenomena" website. (Unfortunately, the links to the first 37 issues on that page currently do not work. I will mention this to Steve.)

The main Phenomena website also gives a link to a Spanish-language website relating to this magazine. (Again, unfortunately, the link on that page of the main website is also not working. The relevant link should, I think, start with http rather than https. A link for the Spanish-language website which starts http currently works. Again, I will mention this to Steve).

 

140 issues of "Phenomena" (UK, 2009 onwards) now in archive

140 issues of "Phenomena" magazine are now in the archive.  "Phenomena" is a free online magazine, published since 2009 on the Phenomena Magazine website each month. 

The "Phenomena" website states that "Phenomena" is "the world's most recognised E-zine of its kind" and that this magazine "looks into the whole realm of the Strange, Profound, Unknown and Unexplained, delving into Paranormal, Ufological, Cryptozoological, Parapsychological subjects and Fortean Events".

"Phenomena" was founded by Steve Mera of MAPIT (the Manchester Aerial Phenomena Investigation Team). MAPIT is probably best known for a training course it offered for investigators of UFOs/paranormal. Steve has kindly given his permission to me to upload back issues to the archive.

While the back issues are freely available via the "Phenomena" website, adding the back issues to the archive should make it quicker and easier for those wishing to download all the back issues.  

(I did upload about 80 issues of "Phenomena" back in 2016, but obviously I had fallen behind a bit - hence the additional 60 issues uploaded today. Too much to do, too little time I'm afraid - although more and more UFO groups/researchers are now helping my efforts...).

The Phenomena team can be contacted via the Phenomena Magazine website and also via the Phenomena Facebook page. 

"Shadows Of Your Mind" (UK, 2017 onwards) now added to archive

A free online magazine, "Shadows Of Your Mind" was started in 2017. It is released regularly on the www.shadowsmagazine.co.uk website. This magazine was "born out of curiosity" and aims to provide "great features and interviews with renowned individuals in the ufology and paranormal arenas".

Dave Partridge (the editor/designer of this magazine) has kindly given me permission to add issues of this magazine to the United Kingdom section of the online archive that I have been helping coordinate.  

Dave can be contacted via his Shadows Of Your Mind website, on Twitter (@shadowsmagazine), on Facebook (facebook.com/shadowsofyourmind),  or by email at: contact@shadowsmagazine.co.uk

Scanning project : Introduction and general permission request

It is my fond hope that making UFO source materials (and other Fortean material) freely available online as searchable PDFs - after obtaining relevant permissions - may help improve the quality of modern online discussions of these issues...

Back in 2007, I posted about the considerable gap between the material available offline and the material available online (and the consequential impact upon the efficiency and effectiveness of UFO research at that time).  I have been seeking to reduce that gap. 

I am a barrister in England afflicted with an interest in issues relating to "UFOs" and Forteana. I have assisted with making about 300 sets of UFO/Fortean periodicals/newsletters freely available online, plus official documentation and other material. I have previously helped make available online in a searchable PDF format official UFO documents from the FBI, from Canada (with the permission of the Canadian government), Australia (with the permission of the Australian government), Britain and New Zealand. I have also helped make freely available online in a searchable PDF format quite a few out-of-print UFO publications after getting relevant permissions (such as the newsletters of prominent UFO skeptic Phil Klass, the UFO Newsclipping Service periodicals of Rod Dyke and Lou Farish, Germany's CENAP Report, France's LDLN, Spain's Stendek - plus many, many more.  

I have helped build up an online archive in conjunction with the Archives for UFO Research (AFU) in Sweden and over 100 other UFO groups/researchers involved in the UFO digitising work I have been helping to coordinate, particularly in relation to material from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada (but more recently also the main UFO publications from Spain, Germany and France) - e.g.:
https://files.afu.se/Downloads/?dir=./

I will refrain from listing all of the 100+ UFO researchers/groups that have assisted in this project in addition to the AFU in Sweden, but it is notable that having a local guide to each national scene has been an extremely important part of making this project as effective and efficient as possible. In particular, such individuals have helped identify priorities and obtain permissions (in addition, in many cases, to also providing some scans). Individuals that have helped me obtain permissions in different countries include, for example, Barry Greenwood and John Reed in relation to the USA (with input from many others, including Jan Aldrich of Project 1947), Dr Danny Ammon in relation to German publications, Bruno Mancusi in relation to Swiss publications, Edoardo Russo in relation to Italian material, Luis R Gonzalez and V-J Ballester-Olmos in Spain, Keith Basterfield and Paul Dean in Australia, Chris in Canada, Steve Coop and others (including Jenny Randles, David Clarke) here in the United Kingdom, In France, Gilles Durand of SCEAU, Patrice Seray, Peter EL Baze, Pierre Lagrange and some other researchers seemed to have a vigorous competition to see who could provide the most scans for me to freely share with the UFO community (with Jacques Scornaux of SCEAU also providing significant help in relation to obtaining relevant permissions).  My apologies to the many more people that have helped that I have not named. I am just seeking to make the point that this has been a team effort.  The AFU has made the largest single contribution of scans, amounting to an impressive amount of -say- about 20% of all the material I uploaded in 2020. 

Scanning officials documents and (particularly) UFO newsletters/magazines has been at the heart of this project, but I have also been involved in uploading over 2 million pages of automated searchable transcripts of UFO podcasts (after obtaining relevant permissions) and documentaries - as reported, for example, by Vice.

My personal interest is mainly focused on UFOs, but having worked with other researchers/groups that have wider/different Fortean interests I have gradually been extending my areas of interest...

Over the years, I have been increasingly successful in getting permission to upload defunct UFO magazines and other material.  In particular, my odds of getting positive responses went from about 60% to above 90% when I drafted a statement in relation to scanning UFO material and started using that statement, and a list of endorsements, in my permission request emails.  As a result, it has been possible (with quite a bit of work by a lot of people...) to get most of the main UFO periodicals from France (e.g. LDLN), Germany (e.g. CENAP Report) and Spain/Catalonia (e.g. Stendek) shared online as searchable PDFs - in addition to lots more from the UK, USA and Australia. 

Due to the success of that scanning statement and its endorsements, I shared online a similar statement that may help me (and others) obtain expert input statements on UFO issues.  I will quote it below and list the relevant endorsements of it: 

That expert input statement (set out below) has been endorsed by Dr Kit Green (formerly of the CIA), Dr Hal Puthoff (of TTSA), Dr Eric Davis, Dr Bruce Maccabee (formerly of the US Navy), Dr Danny Ammon (of Germany's GEP), Rev Dr Ray Boeche, Dr Irena Scott, Dr Chris Cogswell, Jim Semivan (formerly of the CIA), Jenny Randles, Colonel Charles Halt (formerly of the US Air Force), Lieutenant Colonel Kevin D Randle (formerly of the US Army), Nick Pope (formerly of the UK Ministry of Defence), Dr David Clarke, Dr Chris French, Dr Gilles Fernandez, James Oberg (formerly of NASA), Robert Sheaffer, Tim Printy, Lance Moody, Curt Collins, Wendy M. Grossman (founder of "The Skeptic"), Jan Aldrich, Barry Greenwood, Edoardo Russo (of Italy's CISU), Frank Warren, Chris Rutkowski, Christopher O'Brien, Richard Doty (formerly of the US Air Force OSI), Dr Mark Rodeghier (of CUFOS), John Schuessler (of MUFON), Tony Eccles (of BUFORA), Mark Allin (co-owner of the AboveTopSecret website), Rick Hilberg, Paul Dean, Keith Basterfield, Jacques Scornaux (of France's SCEAU-Archives OVNI), Mikhail Gershtein (of Russia) and Robbie Williams (English pop star).

[BEGIN QUOTE OF EXPERT INPUT STATEMENT]
"We consider that obtaining input from disinterested experts on specific points regarding reports of 'UFOs' is likely to contribute to the study of relevant physical, historical, psychological and sociological issues. If you are able to help provide such input, we would appreciate you doing so".
[END QUOTE OF  EXPERT INPUT STATEMENT]

There is a lot more UFO material (and, possibly more importantly, a lot more data and information) that could be uploaded with further effort and cooperation.  In some cases, large quantities of material could be uploaded very promptly, if permission/cooperation could be obtained.

If you have published a UFO newsletter or magazine and would like to see it made freely available online, please let me know.  You do not have to wait until I send you an individual request.  (I've made such a general permission request elsewhere in the past. I usually get one or two positive responses to such a request.  I have never understood why more people do not contact me to give their permission, but nonetheless over 90% of those that I contact are now willing to give their permission.. Feel free to take the initiative!

I can be contacted via email (isaackoi@gmail.com), here on this blog, via Facebook or (although I have not, so far at least, used it as much) via Twitter.

(In case it matters to anyone,  I will mention [again] that "Isaac Koi" is a pseudonym I use when writing about UFOs and Forteana. I am a member of a rather old fashioned profession...)

Oh, and I also collect (and share) scans of UFO cartoons...

Final (for now) further 26 sets of Swedish UFO magazines - about 250 issues

Further to my other recent uploads of Swedish UFO/Fortean newsletters, another 26 sets are now online. Once again, these scans are the result of the efforts of the AFU in Sweden. 

(With the ending of this virtual visit to Sweden, my next uploads will probably focus on the efforts of colleagues from Russia and former Soviet countries that have kindly been scanning many UFO magazines and official documents, and putting me in touch with relevant individuals in Russia and the former USSR).

Again, I have been told by two of the AFU's officials, Hakan Blomqvist and Anders Liljegren (who have known most of the UFO groups and ufologists in Sweden over many years...) that it is fine to upload these further Swedish newsletters.  Most of this material was in fact published by groups that have left their organizational/internal material to the AFU.

These further additions, listed in alphabetical order (with this upload covering further Swedish titles from T-Z), are:

1. Tellus
2. Tid och rum
3. Tidskriften Spektra (Carl Axel Jonzon)
4. Tvarvetenskapliga fenomen
5. UFO Goteborg Manadsblad
6. UFO Kontakt (Sune Hjorth)
7. UFO Lokal Information (UFO-Sverige)
8. UFO Norr
9. UFO Rapport (Borgny Tingstedt)
10. UFO Rapport (Jan Ove Sundberg)
11. UFO Revyn (UFO-Trestad)
12. UFO Sweden Special Report (UFO-Sverige)
13. UFO-Bulletinen
14. UFO-Fonstret
15. UFOInfo
16. Ufologen - Ufologisk debatt
17. UFO-Malmos nyhetsbrev
18. UFO-Norrkoping
19. UFO-Nytt Kalmar-Öland
20. UFO-Sjuharad
21. UFO-Sverige Nyhetsbrev
22. UFO-Syd Information
23. Umea UFO-Forenings informationsblad
24. Under stjarnorna
25. Uppsala UFO Forening medlemsblad
26. Vimana & Se upp

23 further sets (another 350+ issues) of Swedish UFO/Fortean newsletters now online : titles beginning A-S

23 further sets (another 350+ issues) of Swedish UFO/Fortean newsletters are now online

These are in addition to a similar number of issues of other Swedish UFO/Fortean newsletters that I uploaded yesterday and also in addition to the 5 sets of Swedish UFO/Fortean newsletters mainly in English that I posted before that.

As with the large Swedish upload yesterday, the good news is that this is a further large quantity of UFO/Fortean material freely available online, thanks to the scanning efforts of the AFU in Sweden. Again, I have been told by two of the AFU's officials, Clas Svahn and Hakan Blomqvist (who have known most of the UFO groups and ufologists in Sweden over many years...) that it is fine to upload these newsletters.

The bad news again is that these ones are in Swedish - so I am reliant upon automatic translation tools (such as Google Translate) to read these. At least Google Translate has improved dramatically in the last few years and continues to evolve rapidly.

These further additions, listed in alphabetical order (with this upload covering further Swedish titles from A-S), are:

1. Arecibo
2. Argus
3. Arkiv X (Jan Ove Sundberg)
4. Astralica
5. Brevcirkeln Arcanum
6. EMF Nytt
7. Galax
8. Galaxen
9. GICOFF-Information
10. Gralsvaktarnas budskap
11. Intern UFO-Sverigeinformation (UFO-Sverige)
12. Interplan
13. Kiruna TVF UFO Nord medlemsblad
14. Kontakt
15. Kosmisk Bulletin
16. Lokal Information (UFO-Sverige)
17. Nsrkontakt
18. Orion
19. Pentagram
20. Rymdljus (Sveriges UFO-Klubb)
21. SAT-urnus
22. SUFOC
23. Svavaren (Karlskoga UFO Center)

"The Cereologist" (UK 1990-2003), also known as "The Cerealogist", is now online

"The Cereologist" crop circle magazine (also known as "The Cerealogist" for some issues) is now online, with permission from one of the former editors, George Wingfield . This follows the uploading during the last week of some of the other best known and long running crop circle magazines, namely the "Sussex Circular" (with permission kindly granted to me by Andy Thomas) and "The Circular" (with permission kindly granted to me by Ray Cox and Margaret Novakovic).

"The Cereologist" was originally edited by John Michell, then by George Wingfield and finally by John Sayer. 

(The spelling of the title of the magazine changed over the years.  Most issues were entitled "The Cereologist", but some were entitled "The Cerealogist").

Publication ceased in 2003, with John Sayer explaining in the final issue that his health had been too poor to continue.   I've tried to reach John Sayer via various researchers and groups, but presume he is dead. George Wingfield has helpfully let me know that he believes he has the right to give me permission to upload this magazine (and has kindly given me that permission) and in any event is sure that John Sayer would not have objected.

(I'm grateful to Mark Fussell and Curt Collins for suggesting I contact George Wingfield and helping put me in touch with George).

The AFU in Sweden has scanned 36 issues. Since Issue 36 is expressed to be the final issue, I think this is a complete set. The AFU has also scanned a related booklet published by the "The Cereologist" on the history of crop circles.

I have uploaded material, in a searchable format, to the UK section of the AFU's online magazine archive.

(Some scans had previously been online on the website of The Croppie, which also has a considerable number of other resources in relation to Crop Circles).

  

Good news: 388 more searchable UFO/Fortean newsletters now online (in Swedish) - "UFO Allehanda", "UFO-Nytt Vasterbergslagen", "Stockholms UFO-Nytt", "Stoff" and "Seklet"

Another 388 issues of UFO/Fortean newsletters are now online. These are issues of 5 newsletters from Sweden : "UFO Allehanda", "UFO-Nytt Vasterbergslagen", "Stockholms UFO-Nytt", "Stoff" and "Seklet".  (These are in addition to the 5 sets of newsletters from Sweden I posted about earlier today, most of which were in English...).

The good news is that this is a further large quantity of UFO/Fortean material freely available online, thanks to the scanning efforts of the AFU in Sweden.  I have been told by two of their officials, Clas Svahn and Hakan Blomqvist (who have known most of the UFO groups and ufologists in Sweden over many years...) that it is fine to upload these newsletters.

The bad news (at least for me personally) is that these ones are in Swedish - so I am reliant upon automatic translation tools (such as Google Translate) to read these. At least Google Translate has improved dramatically in the last few years and continues to evolve rapidly.

Hakan Blomqvist has helpfully also provided an indication of the publishers and editors of these newsletters:

(1) 147 scans of "UFO-Nytt Vasterbergslagen", published by "Västerbergslagens UFO-förening" from 1977-2012

(2) 82 scans of "UFO Allehanda", published by "Enköpings UFO-förening" from 1980-2007

(3) 59 issues of "Stockholms UFO-Nytt" published by "Stockholms UFO-förening" from 1991 to 2009, edited by Inga-Lill Wallin and Stefan Roslund

(4) 6 issues of "Stoff" published by "Stockholms UFO-förening" from 1989-1990, edited by Göran Norlén

(5) 89 issues of "Seklet".

5 sets of Swedish UFO newsletter (mainly in English) online - "AFU newsletter" etc

The "AFU Newsletter", the "AFU Annual Reports", the "Scandinavian Newsletter" edited by Anders Liljegren of the AFU, the AFU's "Ufologen" newsletter and the "AFU Sponsornytt" newsletter are now online.

The first three items were mainly in English.

52 issues of the "AFU Newsletter" are online. That started as a modest newsletter in Swedish, but became increasingly bilingual - before becoming an entirely English-language newsletter.  It contained articles focused on UFO sightings over Sweden, but (again) became increasingly international. 

The "AFU Annual Reports" were also in English. They focused on organisational issues and the growth of AFU's huge archive of UFO/Fortean material.

The "AFU Sponsornytt" newsletter was similarly focused on organisational issues relating to the AFU, particularly sponsorship funding.

The "Scandinavian Newsletter" was edited by one of the leaders of the AFU, Ander Liljegren. It was also written in English, but appears to have been relatively short lived.

14 issues of AFU's "Ufologen" newsletter (1970s) have also been uploaded. These were written in Swedish.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the AFU scanned each of the above newsletters themselves and are happy for copies to be on their website. :)

 

"WYUFORG News" (UK, 1980s) now online

"WYUFORG News" was published by Paul Bennett and Martin Dagless in the 1980s in the UK, as the newsletter of West Yorkshire UFO Research Group (WYUFORG).

Steve Coop has now helped obtain permission from both Paul Bennett and Martin Dagless for me to upload that newsletter.

Some scans have been done by the AFU in Sweden and I'm working on filling in the gaps.

From Issue 7 onwards, the title of this newsletter changed to "UFO Brigantia" which ran for many years afterwards - mainly under the editorship of Andy Roberts. "UFO Brigantia" was one of the better researched (and more entertaining...) UFO journals, published in the UK in the 1980s-1990s. It contained a mix of case reports, articles and book/documentary reviews. It also contained a fair amount of criticism of UFO research/researchers and often had the sort of humour seen in Saucer Smear - e.g. having a bit of fun at the expense of some ufologists that took themselves a bit too seriously. (I uploaded most issues of "UFO Brigantia"in 2014, with permission from Andy Roberts and most scans helpfully provided by Gary Anthony and by the AFU. I'll turn back to "UFO Brigantia" soon to fill in the gaps. I have access to a lot more UFO material now...).

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"Area S1" (UK, 1990s) now online

A "triangle special" (issue 5), including articles on Flying Triangle sightings and one on "Triangles and Technology", is one of the interesting parts of "Area S1" This was a UFO newsletter published in the 1990s by "SUFORA", the Sheffield UFO Research Association.  

Martin Jeffrey has now given me permission to upload this publication (with thanks to David Clarke for putting me in touch with Martin).

5 issues have been scanned by the AFU in Sweden.  Martin was pleasantly surprised that anyone other than him had any issues of his newsletter after more than 20 years. :) 

"News Fortiane" (Italian, 2008-2010) now added to Italian section

"News Fortiane" was published online by the Centro Studi Fortiani between 2008 and 2010.  

Cristian Vitali of the Centro Studi Fortiani has kindly provided me with all 21 issues of "New Fortaine" and given me permission to upload them.

The Italian section of the online archive is now taking shape pretty nicely. 

I've previously uploaded most newsletters of the main Italian groups (CISU and CUN), with their permission. Various other Italian researchers/groups publications have also given their permission and I've also added their newsletters/magazines. 

I think most of the main Italian UFO newsletters/magazines are now online, but I'll ask some Italian colleagues whether there are any worthwhile publications remain to be added. 

"Crop Circles: The Final Solution?" (Omar Fowler) now online

The rare booklet "Crop Circles: The Final Solution?" by Omar Fowler is now freely available online. This booklet includes discussion of alleged "evidence of microwave activity" in relation to crop circles, including "the possibility that Crop Circles are being formed by a High Frequency beam".

This booklet was scanned by the AFU. Clas Svahn of the AFU had also previously passed on my request to Omar Fowler prior to his death for permission to upload his various publications, and relayed his prompt positive response.

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"The Circular" (UK, 1990-2005, Centre for Crop Circle Studies) now online

Hot on the heels of my uploading of "Sussex Circular" this week (with permission from Andy Thomas), searchable scans of another of the longest running and best known crop circle magazines are now online. "The Circular" was published by the Centre for Crop Circle Studies in the UK from 1990 until 2005. 

With prompt help from Steve Coop, Bob Skinner and Colin Woolford, I've been in touch with two surviving members of the CCCS this weekend, Ray Cox and Margaret Novakovic. Both Ray and Margaret have kindly said that I can go ahead with uploading "The Circular".  (One of them, Ray Cox, has also given permission for me to upload a UFO newsletter he edited, the "British UFO Society Journal", which I uploaded earlier today).

35 issues of "The Circular" have been scanned by the AFU in Sweden and I have now uploaded those issues.

Scans of 3 or so of the issues missing from the AFU's collection are on the website of The Croppie. I'll see if some sort of exchange can be arranged, and/or other issues obtained, to make the set I've uploaded complete.   

I'll do some work tonight on permission issues in relation to another crop circle publication, "The Cereologist"...

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"British UFO Society Journal" (UK, 1980s) now online

The "British UFO Society Journal" was edited by Ray Cox in the 1980s.  As the name might suggest, it was published in the UK.  Steve Coop has now obtained permission from Ray Cox for me to upload this Journal. 

The AFU in Sweden has helpfully scanned several issues.

This set is currently rather incomplete. I've struggled to find others with more issues. [Shock. Horror. I know, I'm slipping...].  I'll see if I can manage to persuade some other UFO researchers to help fill in the gaps. 

By the way, the "British UFO Society" ("BUFOS") should not be confused with the "British UFO Research Association" ("BUFORA").  They were separate groups.  (I've previously uploaded most BUFORA newsletters, with kind permission from BUFORA).

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All 15 issues of "Earthlink" (UK, 1978-1984) now online

Dan Goring has kindly given me permission to upload searchable scans of his "Earthlink" of his "Essex UFO Study Group", published in the UK between 1978 and 1984.

All 15 issues have been scanned by the AFU in Sweden and I've now uploaded them. 

Those scans now join scans of Dan Goring's "EUFOSG" newsletter (of his “Essex Unidentified Flying Object Study Group” in the 1970s) which I also uploaded this week.

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2 more sets : "SIGAP Bulletin" (UK, 1960s) and "SIGAP News" (UK, 1970s) now online

Ron Toft has kindly given me permission to upload scans of the "SIGAP Bulletin" (UK, 1960s) and "SIGAP News" (1970s). SIGAP was the "Surrey Investigation Group on Aerial Phenomena".

These scans now join the 123 issues of "Pegasus" (published by SIGAP in the 1970s-1990s) that I uploaded yesterday and the scans of "SIGAP Newsletter" (published by SIGAP in the 1960s) that I uploaded in 2018.

Scans have, as is often the case, helpfully been done by the team at the AFU in Sweden.

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"UFO Enquirer" (UK, 1990s) now online

Steve Coop has helpfully obtained permission from Mark Haywood for me to upload "UFO Enquirer", the journal of the "Scientific UFO Research Association".

After checking my collection and those of the few other UFO groups/researchers with the largest UFO collections in the world, I've so far only found a single issue of this publication (which is now online). 

Okay, lots of UFO newsletters/journals only had a single issue (with the first issue also being the last issue with a lot of UFO newsletters...), but the current single scanned issue of "UFO Enquirer" is entitled "Volume 2 Issue 1" and refers on page 3 to the content of the previous issue. 

This issue has been scanned by the AFU in Sweden.

I'll widen the search for copies/scans of other issues. 

As a last resort, I'll ask Steve to contact Mark Haywood again - but I generally think it is a bit of an imposition to seek scans from the same person that I ask for permission...

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123 issues of "Pegasus" (SIGAP, UK 1970s-1990s) now online

123 issues of "Pegasus" (published by SIGAP, the "Surrey Investigation Group on Aerial Phenomena" in the UK in the 1970s-1990s) are now online, with thanks to Ron Toft for kindly giving his permission. 

Scans have, as is often the case, helpfully been done by the team at the AFU in Sweden.

Other SIGAP publications will be online soon. Very soon. As in, give me a few hours. :)

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Omar Fowler, Chairman of SIGAP, discussing a point with Dr. Allen Hynek at the International UFO Congress [Pegasus newsletter, 1979 September]:

"Flying Triangle UFO's : The Continuing Story" (Omar Folwer) now online

Those of you interested in Flying Triangle UFOs will recall that I helped get Omar Fowler's "Ovni" newsletter and his first book/booklet on this topic ("The Flying Triangle Mystery") online in 2016 (thanks to Clas Svahn of the AFU getting permission from Omar).  

I didn't have Omar's follow-up book/booklet, "Flying Triangle UFO's : The Continuing Story", at that time (hey, it's pretty rare...) but obtained it recently after Steve Coop mentioned it to me.  

That follow-up is now online.  

Scanning, once again, has been done by the AFU in Sweden. (The AFU also, as mentioned above, helpfully passed on my permission request to Omar Fowler in relation to his publications, and Omar's positive response, prior to his death).

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“Pulsar” (UK, 1970s) now online

Another rare one: “Pulsar” (UK, 1970s) - Kate Preston has kindly given permission for me to upload searchable scans of her “Pulsar” newsletter (with help again from Steve Coop).  

Pulsar includes items by Jenny Randles, Robert Morrell and others - in addition to items by Kate herself.

As is usually the case, the scans have been done by the AFU in Sweden.

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“Pre-1947 UFO Bulletin” (UK, 1980s, Nigel Watson) now online

Fellow British UFO researcher Steve Coop has kindly been helping me obtain permissions for uploading further material from various UK researchers, particularly from Northern England. 

Steve has obtained permission from Nigel Watson for me to upload Nigel’s "Pre-1947 UFO Bulletin" newsletter, focused on the “mystery 'airship' sightings” at around the turn of the 20th Century and other pre-1947 sightings. 

This bulletin has been scanned by the AFU in Sweden. 

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“EUFOSG” (UK,1970s) now online

Dan Goring has kindly given me permission to upload searchable scans of his "EUFOSG" newsletter of the “Essex Unidentified Flying Object Study Group”.

Dan published this newsletter in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. 

10 issues have been scanned by the AFU in Sweden and are now online.

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“Sussex Circular” (UK, Crop Circles, 1990s-2001) now online

One of the best known, and one of the longest running, of the crop circle newsletters/magazines is now freely available online, with thanks to Andy Thomas for kindly giving me permission to upload searchable scans of his “Sussex Circular” publication. 

60 issues (scanned by the AFU in Sweden) are now online.  Andy Thomas has offered to scan further issues, which I will upload once they are available. 

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"Searchlight" (USA,1960s) now online

Over 30 issues of another rare newsletter edited by Tim Beckley ("Searchlight") are online, with thanks to Tim for kindly giving me permission for this upload. 

The AFU in Sweden has, once again, provided the current scans and veteran American ufology Barry Greenwood has offered to dig out some issues to fill in gaps.

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Rare “Interplanetary News Service” (USA, 1960s) now online!

Tim Beckley has kindly given me permission to upload scans of his rare “Interplanetary News Service” newsletter which he edited (with an “advisory board” including Gray Barker, James Moseley and other well-known UFO researchers). 

Scans by the AFU are now online, and veteran American ufologist Barry Greenwood will hopefully fill in the gaps soon. 

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