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these things?" but all that Gordon and Bob could discern that day was what the mysterious acoustic reflections were not. They were not the remains of a shipwreck, depressions from drill rigs, shell beds, or dredge spoils. Oh, yes - they were not boulders. A photograph of these strange sonar returns shows four circular depressions approximately sixteen feet in diameter, arranged in a diamond like pattern in an area on the bottom of the ocean where one would not expect to see such features. It served to fuel our hopes that physical evidence might yet be found. Of course the big question was, where were we going to find the money to mount an expedition to re- examine the areas in question? Our first and most logical resource seemed to be the Fund for UFO Research (FUFOR). We had gotten some support once before in the early days of our research on Shag Harbor. They had helped underwrite the costs of running newspaper appeals and a trip to Ottawa to search for files that could not be sent to us on microfilm. We decided to call Don Berliner, who was projects director there, and discuss the situation informally with him before making any formal application. He seemed to like the idea and thought the reasons for a second search of the area were sound. He advised us to put together a proposal and include the reasons for searching the seabed for physical evidence, as well as a budget that would detail all possible expenses. He also mentioned that the project would probably be handled by Bob Swiatek, who had experience with diving and survey work. During the spring of 1995 we spent a great deal of time learning about the nuances of conducting underwater surveys. We made countless calls to Glenn Gilbert of Canadian Seabed Research, Terry Dyer of Deep Star Resources, and, of course, Gordon Fader at BIO. All of these men gave freely of their valuable time and advice. On expert advice from Gordon Fader at BIO, Chris Styles proposed a four-day survey, composed of divers, underwater video, 500KHz side-scan sonar, a magnetometer, and a subbottom profiler, with a budget of about eleven thousand dollars. After we'd submitted the written proposal to the Fund for UFO Research, informal discussions with Don Berliner and Bob Swiatek led us to believe that things were moving along nicely. A letter dated May 16, 1995, from Bob Swiatek informed us that the Shag Harbor proposal was creating quite a bit of interest. It was further encouraging that the Fund for UFO Research was now working closely with the UFO organizations MUFON and CUFOS in a coalition. Now they could merge their financial resources and take on larger ventures. As the spring moved into summer, it seemed as if a kind of momentum had taken over the Shag Harbor investigation. Michael Strainic, Canadian national director for MUFON, was to speak at the International Symposium in Seattle that July. He planned to use a good part of his lecture time to talk about Shag Harbor. This would be the first time that MUFON's American membership would be exposed to this information. He felt it was among the strongest material he would be presenting during his history of Canadian ufology. Paramount Television's syndicated program Sightings expressed interest in doing a segment on Shag Harbor for its fall 1995 season. It would be scheduled for a summer shoot during the very week that our Qo AL 2 ee ed a 2 ee ee II _ tate Far away from Nova Scotia, though, events were conspiring against us. The coalition was to meet in Las Vegas after the MUFON Symposium in Seattle. Two members each from FUFOR, MUFON, and funding proposal was to go before the new UFO coalition.