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Banana
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Look for the title
"Look for the title "UFO" .
As part of a new venture on
the internet a new UFO TV show will be available. Bill Chalker, author
of "The OZ Files - the Australian UFO story", and Doug Moffett,
New South Wales state director of the Australian UFO Research Network,
are hosting the "UFO" show
on Banana TV via the internet.
Through Banana
TV, Screen Corporation Limited in Sydney, Australia, is providing
a range of entertaining and informative programmes covering themes as
diverse as "surviving" the TV show "Survivor", dog
training, educational issues and genealogy.
You can access Banana TV on the internet
via http://www.bananatv.com
A TV will appear on your computer screen with at least 8 programme channel
icons covering ininitially the following categories:
Health, Life and Style; School; People and passions; Music and entertainment;
Vehicles; Techno; Arts; Surviving Survivor. The UFO programme can be found
in the "People and passions" section. The programmes are intended
for broadband internet but 56kbps will allow a reduced, but watchable
view. The full screen impact is seen with a broadband connection. For
56kbps press low bandwidth and then select "UFO"
in the "People and Passions" section. As with the other shows
"UFO" will eventually have
multiple episodes which can be accessed at anytime via the Banana TV site.
Each programme lasts for about 7 to 8 minutes, with a brief "ad"
break in the first minute.
The first episode of "UFO"
on Banana TV went live on Wednesday, December 5th, 2001. It introduces
the hosts, Bill Chalker and Doug Moffett. Other programmes will cover
a wide range of issues including abductions, UFO investigations and UFOs
& culture. Further episodes have been made and will be put up on the
programme web site over coming weeks. The objective of the programme series
is to provide a guide through the thought provoking subject of UFOs, in
all its diverse forms.
INTRODUCTION - in which two hosts
Doug Moffett and myself interview each other re their backgrounds.
ABDUCTION - which includes some coverage
of the October, 2001 Gundiah - Mackay "abduction"/ "teleportation"/
"solid light" story that I investigated with Diane Harrison
of the Australian UFO Research Network (AUFORN). Gundiah-Mackay
Abduction
Case We have
compiled a series of questions and issues for the witnesses. Should the
witnesses cooperate with this, we may be able to make further progress
on this affair.
Amy's story includes some intriguing
elements such as her recollection that she was on the "ship"
for 7 days, but less that 3 hours passed in our terms. This aspect recollects
the Valdes Chilean case. She also indicated the humanoid described the
ship as operating on principles that seemed like a description of a whole
ship based on a form of total nanotechnology. There were 2 beings that
appeared to be normal human like "humanoids" in "biological
suits" with "grey masks". There were also a few smaller
humanoids.
I hope the opportunity occurs
to make further progress in this case. That will rely on further contact
with the witnesses and the resolution of the issues and questions we have.
New Idea magazine carried a 4 page article "I was abducted by aliens"
in their November 17, 2001 issue, which gives an account of the Gundiah-Mackay
case. Photos and drawings are included. This is based on the reporters
interviews with Amy Rylance, Petra Heller, and Keith Rylance. It covers
a fair amount of the onboard details Amy/Keith supplied to Diane &
myself back on Friday October 5th. Diane was extensively interviewed for
the piece as well.
KELLY CAHILL - Parts
1 & 2 - a 2 part interview in which she describes her striking
1993 abduction and also gets into the impact of the experience. Read more
on Kellys story. Kelly
Cahill Interview
BANANA TV visits a UFO museum exhibit in 2 programmes: "Museum tour"
& "UFO museum"
The Liverpool UFO museum exhibition provided an opportunity for a virtual
tour focusing on a discussion and tour through a UFO
museum exhibition addressing the impact of UFOs on art, culture &
science.
Subject:
[AUFORN]Out of the Shadows - UFOs, the Establishment & the Official
cover-up" An Australian connection.
I
just received a copy of the British book "Out of the Shadows - UFOs,
the Establishment & the Official cover-up" by Dr. David Clarke
& Andy Roberts. This is a hardback book (282 pages from Piatkus publishers).
While somewhat skeptically orientated, the book is based on some considerable
in depth research. It is focused on the British official role in the UFO
controversy. The book was launched in the UK on May 9th, 2002.
Looks like an interesting read and on my initial survey of it would recommend
you seek it out:
http://www.piatkus.co.uk
Also check out David Clarke & Andy Robert's web site:
http://www.flyingsaucery.com/home.htm
Australia gets a brief mention, including the following based on my communication
of research materials to the authors:
Quote from page 114: "Whitehall also received enquiries from a number
of foreign governments who had investigated 'flying saucer' sightings
in their airspace and wanted their questions answered. In 1953-54 Lord
Richard Casey, Minister for External Affairs and later Governor General
of Australia, exchanged letters on the subject of flying saucers with
Britain's DSI. He was told by the British government that they 'were not
taken seriously here and no special research was carried out to try to
find a simple explanation for these phenom:ena as the Americans are reported
to be doing'.
(48) "The
Australians were told that Sir. Frederick Brundrett, who replaced Dr Jones
as Director of Scientific Intelligence in 1954, had conducted his own
private study of the subject 'covering a large number of reported sightings
extending over the past 30 years or so' and had decided that flying saucers
did not exist.
(49) Brundrett
worked as a high-ranking intelligence officer for both the Royal Navy
and M15. The enquiries he made had led him to conclude that the majority
of sightings were meterological and psychological in origin and he felt
there was insufficient evidence to 'to justify the setting aside of money
and resources for serious study ., .but [he] has by no means closed his
mind completely'. (50)
References:
48. Australian National Archives: RAAF memo to Rt Hon A. G.Casey, Minister
for External Affairs, 23 February 1954, credit: Bill Chalker (Note that
David Clarke & Andy Roberts have inadvertently identified the memo
as an RAAF memo. In fact it was on External Affairs stationary from Alfred
Brookes dictated over the phone by Brookes, so I guess it would be seen
as an External Affairs/ASIS document - Bill C.)
49. Australian
National Archives: Memo from L. R. Mclntyre to Rt. HonA. G. Casey, 12
January 1955,
credit: Bill Chalker
50. Ibid.
The UK Brundrett
connection comes in material I uncovered with assistance from Jason Cowland,
through our government archives of our old External Affairs (now Foreign
Affairs) department files, ie. briefings of the External Affairs (Foreign)
minister, Richard Casey, by his embassy officials.
The Minister of External Affairs, Lord Richard Gardiner Casey, who was
later (1965-69) Governor General of Australia, took an interest in "flying
saucers" as early as 1952-53 and because of his position was able
to get significant briefings from his officers in "External affairs"
from around the world on the "flying saucers". The archives
search has reveal some significant materials along these lines re the
state of play in the US, Italy, Japan, India, France, and U.K. Casey,
because of his position and influence, was able to secure feedback from
the RAAF and our Government science people, such as the CSIRO.
All
this was a valuable snapshot of the worldwide government interest during
1954 from the "inside", so to speak. Re the UK, Casey received
some briefing from Sir Frederick Brundrett, Scientific Adviser to the
Minister of Defence, who claimed "he had as a matter of fact made
something of a study of the problem himself in an effort to lay a ghost,
as it were."
This was is
January 1955, in which he undertook a study "covering a large number
of reported sightings extending over the past 30 years or so". (ie,
back to 1925???). This information from the UK was faciltated by Alfred
Brookes head of ASIS (Australian Secret Intelligence Service 1952-57).
Peter Wright provided an interesting picture of Brundrett in his controversial
"banned" best-selling book "Spycatcher".
Regards,
Bill Chalker
Copyright © 2001. The Sydney
Morning Herald All rights reserved.
Tuesday, April 24, 2001
The column that turns news on
its side
Edited
by Tony Davis with Peter Gotting
Oh, ye of
little faith
They'll
be back ... a real photo of a UFO (rather than, say, a photo of a real UFO).
There's no crisis
of confidence among our Ufologists, says the Sydney author and UFO researcher
Bill Chalker.
But why is Chalker
- author of The OZ Files: the Australian UFO story - even commenting?
Because the British Flying Saucer Bureau, which has been keeping an eye
out for extraterrestrial craft for nearly 50 years, has just shut up shop
due to a claimed lack of sightings. The British organisation at one time
boasted 1,500 members and now can't even get a quorum at its monthly meetings.
Chalker suggests
it's a case of "they of little faith", since there have always been cycles
in the UFO business.
"Nineteen fifty-four
and 1957 were big years," he says, before rattling off about 20 other
good years as if they were fine wine vintages.
"There are many more
other organisations in Britain that will keep up the work."
Chalker says that,
in spite of the development, there is a high level of ongoing interest
in UFOs around the world. "There are periodic burials of the subject,
but it always comes back."
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