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cial told us the UFO, which first appeared over the northern oil fields, seemingly did strange things to KOC's automatic pumping equipment. This equip- ment is designed to shut itself down when there is some failure which may seriously damage the petroleum gathering and transmis- sion system, and it can only be restarted manu- ally, Atthe time of the UFO's appearance, the pumping system auto- State Department: matically shut itself down, and, when the "SUBJECT: UFO SIGHTINGS CAUSE ,- UFO vanished, the system started itself up SECURITY CONCERN IN KUWAIT again. This event was not addressed by the "1. A series of UFO sightings on KISR committee report. November 9 caused the GOK to appoint an "Even those who are not inclined to investigatory committee of experts from _ believe in visitors from outer space do tend the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research to think something strange has been going (KISR). The committee's report, which on in Kuwaiti airspace. There has been was released January 20, described eight speculation, for example, about helicopters sightings from November to December 14. or hovercraft bringing refugees or money A number of the early sightings took place out of beleagured Iran. At the least, the near a Kuwait oil company gathering cen- phenomena have stimulated a new degree ter north of Kuwait City. Release of the of interest among top Kuwaiti officials in committee's report was something of a the country's air defense system which did media event as it coincided with January 21 not react in any way to the ‘events’ in the front-page stories of yet another UFO KOC north field because it was closed sighting over Kuwait City, which included down. photographs in local newspapers. “Maestrone." "2. The KISR committee rejected the Requests to KISR for the committee's notion that the UFOs were espionage report were denied on devices but remained equivocal about grounds that it was whether they were of extraterrestrial origin. "confidential". It seems The KISR committee representative, Ratib as though this case has Abu Id, told Emboff that the scientists did remained unsolved as not know enough about the phenomena to well, while, once again, ‘say with certainty that they weren't space- strange physical effects ships. The report went on to recommend are noted during the that the goverment take all possible mea- UFO incident. The sures to protect Kuwait's airspace and terri- Tehran case is by far tory as well as the country's oil resources. one of the most com- "3, Some tocal wags have made light of _ pelling in the history of the first UFO sightings which came near UFO incidents with the end of the long and traditionally exu- government involve- berant holiday celebrations of Id Al Adha. ment. However, we have learned recently of an (Source: event coincident with one of the UFO Newsgroups: sightings which has confounded some of alt.alien. visitors, our most level-headed Kuwaiti friends and alt.paranet.ufo, 18° may have been what persuaded the GOK to September 1995, down- make a serious investigation of the matter. loaded via Pegasus A senior Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) offi- Networks) In the USA during 1994, many sightings were reported of anomalous biochemical material falling out of the sky. On one occasion, on 17th February around 2.30 pm, 20 or more people observed "sheets of bright green liquid that rained down", and reported their sightings to health inspectors and fire officials. According to a write-up, "Green Rain on San Francisco" (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 20 Feb. 1994), preliminary inspec- tion of the strange substance indicated “it was not dangerous", but "all samples were very diluted, hampering analysis”. The second noteworthy instance occurred on 7th August around Oakville, Washington, and was reported in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of 18 and 20 August. The incident involved one Sunny Barclift, a resident of Grays Harbor County near Oakville, who found tiny blobs of jelly-like substance on the grounds of her home. According to Sunny, the fragments came down during two rain showers, but their appearance coincided with illness in both Sunny and her mother, Dottie Heam, as well as a friend. FAA spokesman Dick Meyer reportedly examined the material and concluded it was not aircraft waste. Dr David Little, who treated Dottie Hearn, also examined the material and sent it off for testing. The laboratory found that human white cells were present in the green, jelly-like slime! (Source: The Leading Edge #79, February 1995) 7 Aa PICKSSOS CONTACT LENS (Source: Newsgroups: alt.alien. visitors, alt.paranet.ufo, 18 September 1995, down- loaded via Pegasus Networks) NEXUS © 67 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OOZE DECEMBER 1995 - JANUARY 1996