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with strange figures or presences in the room?" (2) "Have you ever experienced ‘missing time’ for an hour or more?" (3) “Have you ever experienced flying through the air? (4) "Have you ever seen unusual balls of light in a room?" (5) Have you had any unexplained scars?". The Roper figure is the first effort to quantify the abduction phenomena and estimate the extent of alien abduction activity in the United States. The figure of 3.7 million people may indicate only part of the actual activity, since many, if not most, abductees are abducted more than once. If we assume an average of 5 abductions per person, that equals 18.5 million abduc- tions. To calculate the rate of this activity, we need a time span, say 45 years the post war period. These assumptions suggest the aliens have conducted: * 411,111 abductions per year, or * 7,906 per week, or * 1,129 per day, or * 47 per hour in the continental USA alone for the past 45 years. It is likely abductions have been going on for longer than 45 years. If a longer time period is used, this would reduce the rate of activity. However, the poll did not count children, which aliens are known to have abducted. Thus, 47 abductions per hour may be substantially correct, if not understated. (Source: “Operation Right To Know” Forum Newsletter, Vol. 1, #4, Sept/Oct 1992; via MUFONET on the ASTRONET Computer Network.) hallucinate all this. In the second place, if it DID really happen, I want to know if I'm the victim of post-hypnotic suggestion to ‘prepare the way’ for these, whatever they are. I've never believed in UFOs, but now I have a great deal of indecision on the matter." “I may be a great disappointment to them, but I am NOT going before the camera to tell the world that they are our loving friends. Leave out the "r" and they could be fiends.” The fact remains that for four hours, Cronkite was missing. Anxious calls were made to the police. The grounds were searched. He was later found by the housekeeper peacefully sleeping in the chair on the verandah. "I swear he wasn't there before. That was one of the first places I looked. I'm ready to take a lie detector test and swear that Mr. C. was not on the property,” she eaue BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE ADMITS UFOS ARE REAL On 2 December 1954 came the last and most important development in this matter. A conference was performed at the Army Technical School, patronized by ADESG. (Superior Army School Graduates Association), a very respon- ‘ sible entity. The selected audience included important military personnel and civilian authorities. The subject to be discussed was entitled ‘Flying Saucers’. Colonel Adil de Oliveira was in charge. He made a careful evaluation of all information and evidence collect- ed throughout the world since 1947. he analysed Project Blue Book and studied seven outstanding cases from the pro- ject's files. He discussed the best Brazilian sightings and concluded mak- ing the following statements: 1. Evidence shows that the saucers are real. No government could afford to ignore the reports about UFOs and all investigations should be made to determine the identity of any UFO sighted over the country. The problem cold be of military interest. eee eee says. Cronkite had every hope of keeping his experiences a secret for fear of damage to his credibility, but secrets have a way of being found out. Walter's extraterrestrial experience may seem unbelievable to him, but many claim to have had similar experi- ences. And it will come as a relief that at last someone with unimpeachable credentials has had a close encounter as well, (Taken from a story that appeared in the Confidential Reporter (USA), December 1991.) 2. The saucers appear to be some kind of revolutionary aircraft. They are not conventional phenomena or illu- sions. There are too many responsible people involved to say that the whole thing was an hallucination. 3. We don’t know where they come from, and we don't know the purpose of their survey. I hope some day we can solve the riddle and know the answers.‘ "Finally, closing the conference, 47 UFO ABDUCTIONS IN THE USA PER HOUR? “Implications of the Roper Abduction Poll", by Elaine Douglas A just-released Roper Poll of adult Americans, commissioned by a Las Vegas real estate developer, estimates there are 3.7 million abductees in the United States. This is the number extrapolated from Roper's random sample of respondents, 2% of whom answered "yes" to at least four out of five key questions devel- oped by UFO investigators. The ques- tions, relating to experiences typical of the abduction phenomenon, were, (1) “Have you ever awakened paralyzed CONSPIRACY BUFS r = Zz NEXUS¢53 - FEBRUARY-MARCH '93