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inch after column inch was devoted to the "STAR WARS" OVER AUSTRALIA? is certainly in orbit around the Earth, some 1st January mass sighting that literally by Graham Stewart distance out in space, and travelling quick- brought this busy metropolis to a standstill. ne of the most spectacular video ly. Awestruck citizens filled the streets. footages of a UFO encounter A sudden, bright flash of light is then Traffic on the congested thoroughfares was taken by cameras on board _ seen to the left of the picture, below the stopped. Reporters scribbled notes as pro- the Discovery space shuttle on shuttle. The UFO then tums at a sharp fessional and amateur videographers stead- 15th September 1991. The video sequence angle and heads out into space at very high ied their cameras. Everyone watched as was picked up live by a number of ama- speed. Two thin beams of light (or possi- two silver, disc-shaped objects hovered teurs who were directly monitoring the bly condensation trails) move rapidly up over the city for five hours. For the rest of transmissions. The material has been from the Earth's surface towards where the the world, this was news of immense pro- shown in news broadcasts and circulated UFO would have been if it had continued portion that was never disseminated to the amongst UFO researchers worldwide. in its original orbit. public. The video shows several small, bright Subsequently, careful analysis. of the Aside from the lack of curiosity objects manoeuvring on screen, apparently video shows that: expressed by the world's media, there are interacting with one another in a complex + The distance from the Discovery to the two truly fascinating aspects to this case. fashion. Sceptics have usually insisted Earth's horizon is 2,757 kilometres. The first is the overwhelming amount of _ these are merely shots of some of the many * The UFO's speed before accelerating physical material that has been gathered. small ice particles which inevitably end up into space is calculated at 87,000 km per This continuing wave of UFO activity has _ in orbit with every space shuttle. hour (Mach 73). provided over 2,000 videotapes and numer- UFO investigators were quick to dispute + Three seconds after the light flash, the ous still-photographs of unidentified flying this interpretation, and US scientist Dr UFO changes direction sharply and accel- objects. Richard Hoagland soon conclusively erates off into space at 340,000 km per The scope of physical documentation of demonstrated the objects were actually hour (Mach 285) within 2,2 seconds. the presence of UFOs over Mexico has, to large-sized and many hundreds of kilome- (Such an acceleration would produce date, yielded 14 distinct classifications of tes away from the shuttle. 14,000 g of force.) craft, the majority of which appear to be One UFO in particular appears to rise up The light flash and light beams (or con- solid, physical structures capable of reflect- from below the Earth's dawn horizon and trails) that shoot into space have variously ing light. The unknowns on videotape per- can be clearly seen emerging from behind been described as a ground-based attempt form aerial manocuvres that exceed the the atmosphere and the ‘airglow’ layers. It to disrupt or destroy the UFO. Hoagland limits of conventional aircraft: stopping in mid-flight, reversing course, streaking off Diagram to show relative components of the NASA UFO sequence (as seen from the at tremendous speed. space shuttle Discovery}. Utilising an Inovian PTS3 which was specifically designed to analyse raw video data—and has becn used for such by the Department of Defense—it has been deter- mined that the objects have the ability to materialise and dematerialise in onc frame of video—1/30th of a second. According to the computer, most of the unknowns are highly reflective objects, some distance from the lens of the camera, that defy physics as we understand the term. The second aspect is the objective view of the people of Mexico who know some- thing undefined is flying in their airspace. The majority are not afraid of the concept, but, like the pilots, they wish to define and clarify it. Led by the historic prophecies of the Maya and Aztec, the denizens of this vast country approach the phenomena with an open mind. They can't explain the | jn the above diagram, the UFO is seen to come up over the horizon below the airglow layer and activity, nor do they try. But they accept it | then change direction to the right where it travels to the point marked "B". It then encounters the Space (actually seen as dark.. on video sequence) Earth in Darkness as a reality. flash = low and left of the shuttle and accelerates very rapidly awayyand out through the air- i low layer into space to disappear at point "C". bd ota ier is the fie ee the | jash is Geeetd in the video sequence. Line “D" is the first contrail to be seen which, if extended back, ends very close to Exmouth Bay, Western Australia. Line "E" is Munds Park, AZ 86017, USA the second contrail to be seen in the video sequence. This line, if extended back, places it just Phone +1 (520) 955 8034 about right on top of the Pine Gap facility near Alice Springs, central Australia. Fax +1 (520) 286 2307 Space (actually seen as dark.. on video sequence) Earth in Darkness APRIL-MAY 1996 NEXUS ¢ 69 Earth in Darkness