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U F O R E V I E W
Bugger the Truth -
ÐTIMMY GOOD HAS A NEW BOOK OUTÑ.
August/September/October and probably bits of November 2006
Number 17
IÓm wet with
anticipation
SPECIAL BAD TASTE EDITION!!!!!
Timmy, youÓre a saint
IÓm popping back for
this one pal
Wot, me read it?
THE LORD DELIVERS UNTO US, HIS CHILDREN, HIS NEW BIBLE - OUR NEW
WORD Î ACTUALLY, HEÓS SUBCONTRACTED IT OUT TO TIM GOOD BUT NEVER
MIND THAT. PREPARE FOR REDEMPTION FOR THE NEW TRUTH IS HERE AND
RAPTURE WILL SURELY FOLLOW
Behold the great book
and hearken unto it
Oh leave it out. ItÓs only
the same regurgitated old
twaddle
The Man
OFFICIAL; TIM GOODÓS NEW BOOK TO REPLACE BIBLE ÒCOS ITÓS JUST SO
WONDERFUL
IÓm just wet
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In This Issue
Your Editor trills New Sunrise Very Slowly Dawning
Page 3
I Like Dick - Interview with Ufological Documentary film maker Paul
Kimball
Why does no one like Paul Kimball? OK that's not true; lots of people do
like him but he has this knack of drawing out from some the most
vehement and profound irrational dislike. "Irrational" to me because
although I certainly see a flawed human being, I quite like the guy,
although I recognise that many don't. Is it because he dares to hold
strong and adamant opinions? Is it because his blog is successful and
argumentative? Is it because of his controversial politics? Is it because
he's an informed Canadian?
In this lengthy and revealing interview, Paul pretty much bares all; his
upbringing, his professional regrets, his successes, how he got into films,
what he wishes for Ufology's future, what he thinks of Alfred Lehmberg,
and in the latter part of the interview, he and I "get at it" and he is
pushed and probed on his Ufological views and opinions and an
interesting and absorbing back and forth ensues. Gripping, entertaining
and another word I can't remember at the moment, this interview will
change your view of Paul completely - you'll like him even less, or more,
depending on where you started from at the beginning.
Page 5
Application To Be Featured On The Internationally Renown UFO
Watchdog Web Site (I want to be famous
)
Page 48
Interview With Chris Coote
For 15 years, Chris Coote was the principle Radar Operator for the MoD at
Eskmeals in Cumbria, working for the old MoD, Serco (an offshoot of
RCA) and finally QinetiQ. He was involved in the collection, manipulation
and archival storage of sensitive positional data.
Page 49
Tim Good Speaks
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THE VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT AND THE KOLBRIN BIBLE By KITHRA
Does anyone remember those exam questions that began with the
words: Ðcompare and contrast?Ñ DonÓt panic, IÓm not setting an exam
question, and IÓm not really going to either compare or contrast the two
documents IÓm about to write about. However, neither text is very well
known and the only similarity with Ðcompare and contrastÑ is that one is
accepted as being a genuine manuscript, whilst the other is probably a
fake. Page 55
The Whit and Wisdom of CRAP
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Book Reviews Are Back
We look at The Universe Wants To Play (Anomalist 12 Various authors)
with author Nick Redfern, Abducted: How People Come to Believe They
Were Kidnapped by Aliens Îa belated and utterly filthy and unnecessary
review of ClancyÓs effort and An American Demonology: Flying Saucers
Over the White House a marvellous tome from that old war horse Colin
Bennett
Page 65
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Up and Coming Conferences of Note
Page 73
Happy Fun Days Are Here Boys And Girls As Uncle Stuart Shows You How
To Make Your Very Own Lantern UFO
Page 75
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Welcome
New Sunrise Very Slowly Dawning
Oh, OK then; the alarm clockÓs gone off and weÓre rubbing our eyes.
Like the rest of you, I love clichs cos they are so warm and comforting and even
a little furry. So hereÓs one to get your false teeth around; everyone gets old. The
point of this most profound and enlightening remark is to point out the
staggeringly obvious which is that the stalwarts of Ufology, those household
names who have been in the game for ever, are gradually reaching the end of
their careers. They arenÓt gone yet and most hopefully, wonÓt be gone for a long
time either. We still need them as much as we ever did because the depth of their
experience and their knowledge is just too valuable an asset to ignore.
But, if they have any decency, theyÓll shut up a bit more and let the younger
crowd slowly wade in and have more of the floor space. Being short with people,
being snappy, condescending, abrupt, and just plain old rude are not skills that
come to everyone immediately and some of these younger chickens may need a
little practice to get up to standard. I jest slightly. These are not prerequisites but
the ability to hold the floor, to make others listen, to get your point over
succinctly and positively does help. There is a PR element to Ufology as much as
there is a research side too.
Paul Kimball, who is the subject of our major interview in this issue, ran a top 10
poll of his own on his blog earlier this year on who he considered were the bright
young things of ufology. PaulÓs modesty just about stretched to not including
himself in his own list although IÓm sure he struggled with it, but in all fairness, I
wouldnÓt begrudge him a spot in there at all. And although his list was inevitably
artificial and too restrictive, his choices were interesting. To his credit, having
witnessed the debacle I made of presenting my own UFO conference and
determined that he can do a better job, he has kept with many of the names he
listed on his blog poll for his speaker list at his up and coming symposium at
Halifax.
Mac Tonnies, William Wise, Greg Bishop, Robert Zimmerman and even ÐourÑ Nick
are all exciting names who, either reluctantly or willingly, carry the banner of
UfologyÓs future. But they arenÓt the only ones and neither do they all live in
North America. In fact, they live everywhere and anywhere. In terms of numbers,
Ufology is in one of its slumps. It is regrouping and hopefully, reinventing itself,
preparing to spring upwards and out again. If you are here and reading this, then
you are part of that future. Thank you for being there. It may be that its shape
when it metamorphosisÓs will be different, its emphasis might be elsewhere, its
approach different and that some will be uncomfortable with its new direction. But
the time has come to fess up and face up to the present; how quickly do you
want answers? How much longer are you prepared to wait? Perhaps its time for
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different people to look with fresh eyes and to ask different questions. And for
their voices to be heard.
You see, there is a very real chance that weÓve been had and that maybe weÓve
been had right from the start. It may be that there never has been a non
terrestrial fly through or touch down from another planet, that the grays donÓt
exist, that every flying saucer ever seen has had a terrestrial explanation despite
its historically non feasible performance, and that we have been subject to a
combination of deliberate disinformation coupled with sightings of possibly
advanced craft either from various air forces or from some other terrestrial
grouping.
Or maybe something does exist and its here and it interconnects with us and it
gives us flying saucers now but a few hundred years ago gave us big beasties in
the forest or fairies in the woods.
Whatever, itÓs always just out of reach and if itÓs out of reach to you and me, it is
very likely out of reach to those responsible for running the world. TheyÓre not
going to tell us anything because they canÓt. TheyÓre not able to. They have no
control. And they donÓt want to anyway. ItÓs been very useful.
We live in hope and we pray that ÐsomethingÑ will happen. That ÐsomethingÑ for
many people is science. ÐLet science take a look at it.Ñ
Science already is looking but not in the direction that ETHers, closet or
otherwise, want it to. ItÓs created a new word and indeed a new genre for it as
well; itÓs called astrobiology. The problem is that astrobiology is interested in
seeking life, and preferably intelligent life, on other planets. We UFO people want
a confirmation that it not only exists but that itÓs been here to visit us on this
planet. Astrobiology isnÓt exciting and taking an interest in it feels like a sell out
to ufology. Quite why IÓm not sure, but it seems like that. Astrobiology simply
doesnÓt have the prerequisites of Ufology; bodies, wreckage, machinery and
masses of excitement. ThatÓs what we really want but that isnÓt what weÓre going
to get.
To purloin a line from The Godfather and messing with it slightly, I donÓt want to
be left holding nothing more than my dick while the world sails by me onto new
frontiers. I donÓt want to be seen as some dinosaur, still clinging to a non reality
from the 40s to whenever when the supposed goal of what we want, the
confirmation of the existence of intelligent life elsewhere may well be made but I
and a group of other similar ostriches will be left sulking in the corner like spoilt
children, refusing even to look because whatÓs been found isnÓt what we actually
want.
I want to go forward and if it means a slight side step then IÓll do it. You can
argue semantics but itÓs still the same goal. Sure IÓll still be cynical about the likes
of SETI for example because after all, when youÓve got such marvellous
characters as Soshtak and Tarter, it would be criminal not to be. And sure IÓll still
have hope because to just give up would also be criminal. But I have to extend
my horizons and see over the pile of MJ12 documents, possibly even around the
mound of Blue Book files, learn to look to the side of Battelle and perhaps
underneath Condign. All these and anything else will not be dismissed, just
temporarily set aside while the bigger picture is looked at, while it is weighed
again and considered anew.
Because it has to be. Because to remain static is not acceptable. And that time
has come.
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I LIKE DICK
HALL
Paul Kimball with a man he greatly admires, Dick Hall. Just in case you canÓt tell,
Paul is the one on the right.
Paul Kimball is a documentary film maker from Halifax in
Nova Scotia. He has made a number of documentaries on
Ufological matters and has just completed another, Fields of
Fear, about cattle mutilations. He is an active participant on
the Ufological scene and writes a high profile blog which can
be found at
http://redstarfilms.blogspot.com/
. He is
regarded as a somewhat controversial figure. His uncle is the
internationally respected and infamous ufologist, Stan
Friedman.
Paul Kimball would never win a Ufological popularity poll. Trying to establish why
though is not easy. You see, if you canvassed ten different people about why they
didnÓt like him, you would get ten different reasons. And that to me says an awful
lot. ItÓs not that there are ten different things ÐwrongÑ with Paul because there
simply isnÓt. So one concludes that there is an instinctive reaction on the part of
some people about which they are unsure, and they search for reasons
afterwards to justify it.
IÓm not complaining about that; some of it I can see. For example, as has been
pointed out before, in a subject matter where the vast majority of participants, if
politically orientated at all, are orientated to the centre or left, Paul sticks out like
a sore thumb as someone who thinks George Bush is an alright kind of guy. Yep,
beats me too.
But, try as you might want to, you canÓt dismiss him, and frankly to do so anyway
would be foolish, for you would be dismissing a thinker, a brain, an intellect that
could very well go on one day to have a major impact on Ufology. And yes, he is
a bit of an enigma. A slightly harsh even apparently uncaring political persona
that conflicts with a considerate individual, someone who can laugh at himself
and who has an empathy with others. One can argue with him quite forcibly, as
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