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REVIEWS VIDEOS AUDIO | [VIDEOS THE MIDWAY SIGHTINGS: UNCLASSIFIED FOOTAGE A José Escamilla Presentation Produced by Ultimate Dinosaur Productions (1994), in association with E3, USA Price: AUD$29.95 + AUD$2.00 p&h Aust/ NZ (o/s add $AUD6.00) (30mins PAL/VHS) Available: Australia—Blue Room Productions, PO Box 763, Glenelg, SA 5045. A short but interesting video, especially if you are into UFOs. The advent of home video cameras will, I am sure, result in many more presentations like this. This is not a documentary; it is literally a compilation of home-movie UFO footage, taken from Midway, near Roswell, New Mexico, USA, between 5th March and 27th September 1994. If you are expecting close-ups showing riv- ets and seams on these objects, forget it. What you do see are some intriguing 'things' darting about the sky, or hovering motionless for long periods of time. One of my favourites is the one where we are watching a stationary UFO hovering near acloud. Eventually the cloud appears to be caught by the UFO's 'slipstream' and it starts spinning in a vortex formation (something which greatly excited the camera operators, I might add!). The end result looked like a ‘cloud tornado'—quite something! One segment shows what appears to be a jet airplane being ‘tagged’ on its tail-fin by a fast-flying object which appeared to move like a school of fish darting about in water. FOR AN INFORMED CHOICE Compiled by Immunisation Awareness Society Inc. (1995), Auckland, New Zealand Price: NZD$9.50 inc. p&h in NZ (o/seas airmail, add NZD$1.50) (cassette only) Available: New Zealand—VINE, PO Box 21-654, Henderson, Auckland 8, ph/fax +64 (09) 836 5555. This is a vital tape in the debate on vacci- nation that's rumbling through society today. For an Informed Choice was put together by the Immunisation Awareness Society (LAS) of New Zealand from public talks and radio interviews with leading doctors and researchers in the fields of vaccination, immunology and health. Speakers are Dr Lisa Lovett, James Hilton, Dr Eva Snead, Wendy Lydall (IAS) and Dr Viera Scheibner. You'll find some stunning Statistics on vaccines and their effects. The connections linking vaccinations to SIDS, asthma, AIDS, brain damage, and other chronic diseases are examined by several of the speakers. The most engaging and fascinating discus- sion is between Wendy Lydall of IAS and a National Radio journalist who interviews her on air. The journalist is incredulous that Wendy could even believe that vaccinations don't work and that they have side-effects. Their on-air session is an excellent example of how mainstream society and the general media lack essential knowledge on this important issue. If you or your friends are worried about vaccines but haven't decided whether or not to be vaccinated or have children immu- nised, this tape is an excellent choice to help make up your mind. Thoroughly recommended! THE MIDWAY SIGHTINGS RETURN by Sophia Produced by Sophia/Hidden Waters Sound Sanctuary (1994), Carmel Valley, CA, USA Price: USD$10.00 (cass.), USD$16.00 (CD) + USD$2.00 p&h (+ o/s p&h) (52mins) Available; USA—Ivory Moon Recordings, 22 Rutgers Rd, Wellesley, MA 02181, p (617) 237 6686, 1 800 515 8515, fax (617) 235 6789. Here is an album with the most graceful, heavenly sounds of Sophia, a woman draw- ing her inspiration from the deep, meditative, joyful recesses of her mind, body and spirit. Return is a blend of spiritual and transcen- dental sounds, backed by the extraordinary keyboards of Raphael (from Music To Disappear In!). Her creamy, satin voice slides through a range of visionary and sacred songs which give power to the depth SIGHTINGS 74 © NEXUS APRIL - MAY 1995