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TWILIGHT ZONE CENTRE Of the 150 sightings reported to the UFO Research Centre in Qld last year, more than two thirds, or 110, came from folk liv- ing in central Queensland. NSW residents reported only 40 sight- ings. It should be added that the number of people who do not report sightings is sig- nificantly higher than those who do. MISSING According to a newspaper clipping sent to me (Daily Telegraph/Mirror 11.7.90 pl2) "More than 4,000 people have been reported missing this year in NSW alone". Now, if that clipping is dated 11th July, that works out at nearly 21 people disap- pearing per day, from NSW alone! Even supposing the clipping is dated the 7th of November 1990, it still means that over 12 people a day disappear in NSW alone! The person who sent in this clipping wrote alongside the article - "missing or UFO snack food?" ‘LIBYA? You would be amazed at what informa- tion I get to hear. On an overseas trip a few years ago, I had a chance to speak to sev- eral Libyans. The magazine I was representing at the time, had recently published a small article covering UFO's. This caught their eye, and I was promptly told of a very large UFO that hovered over Tripoli one night. Guess which night that was? It was the night that the U.S.A bombed Libya, in apparent retaliation for a bombed disco in Berlin. Was it a coincidence that the US launched one of its largest every military missions, on the night that many Libyans were watching a huge stationary UFO hov- ering over their capital city. What is even more bizarre are the rumours that Colonel Gaddafi complete- ly "disappeared" during the raid, prompting initial reports that he may have been killed. Some suggest (very privately) that he was ‘taken aboard’ the mysterious craft. Whatever the case, I am still suspicious of the suddenness and the size of the US attack, coincidental with such stories. appearance of several ‘wild men’; speak- ing gibberish 9. 24 December, 1890/ South Bend, Indiana/ another case of man disappear- ing into thin air in view of witnesses 10. January, 1905/ In different parts of England/ sudden appearance of 10 wild men, speaking gibberish. 11. 28 August, 1915/ Constantinople, Turkey/ entire regiment seen to disappear into strange clouds that descended to earth. 12. October, 1955/ Fiji Islands/ disap- pearance of crew from the Joyita 13. 30 July, 1960/ Picton Ontario/ thir- teen year old boy disappears in spot; found in same spot five days later; amne- sia of days missing. (From Chapter 10, of "Space-Time Transients & Unusual Events" by Michael A. Persinger & Gyslaine F. Lafre-niere. Published by Nelson-Hall, Chicago 1977) This subcategory contains 120 cases involved with disappearances or appear- ances of people under circumstances that have been considered unusual. The former type of phenomenon is by far the most fre - quent; appearances in this division are rare. Most of the cases in this subcategory involve groups of people, eg armies, ship's crews, etc. Their common feature is the relatively short period of time in which the large number of disappearances took place. In some cases involving disappearing ships' crews, boarding parties discovered hot food still in the galley or warm coffee still in the cups. Sample cases included: 1. _,1850/ Easton Beach, Rhode Island/ the Seabird found; crew missing. 2.1858/Saigon, Vietnam/ 650 French troops disappear. 3. August, 1869/ Cork, Ireland/ 13 chil- dren about the same age disappear 4. January, 1874/ Paris, France (area)/ repeated disappearances of young men. 5. 23 September, 1880/ Gallatin, Tennessee/ case of David Lang; walks into a field and disappears 6. July, 1883/ Montreal, Quebec, Canada / unaccountable disappearances of many A terrified father has told police of his ordeal where he fought to rescue his screaming two year old son from the clutches of a ghost. Mr Martin Rivers of Westcliff-on-Sea, in Essex, UK claimed he grappled with the male spook after finding his son floating 5 feet in the air in his bedroom. Police say they are taking the story seri- ously and are looking for an exorcist to visit the house. A spokesperson said: "We are satisfied he had a supernatural experi- ence." He added that Mr Rivers claimed the spirit threw furniture around and hurled the family dog into a cupboard. Mr Rivers and his son were alone in the terraced house while his wife was in hospi- tal having a baby. They have now moved ant out. TWICE! A lucky man in Wellington, New Zealand recently collected winnings of more than $A250,000 from the NZ Lotteries Commission. As he left he joked "see you next week". He did. The next week he returned to col- lect half-share of $A207,000. men. 7. 23 November, 1886/ Edina, Missouri/ 3 boys and father hit by lightning; one of them ‘disappears’ 8. January, 1888/ Connecticut/ sudden NEXUS - 31 UFO SIGHTINGS MORE FREQUENT IN QUEENSLAND SAYS RESEARCH PERSONS - WHERE DO THEY GO? (I had to chuckle. Ed.) UFO'S OVER MAY/JUNE 1991 *- YEAR BOOK UNUSUAL DISAPPEARANCES & APPEARANCES SUPERNATURAL OF PEOPLE KIDNAPPERS? LOTTERY WINNER STRIKES