UFO Review issue 17.pdf

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

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 Page 54

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 Page 63

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

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

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.

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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