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HEAD OFFICE
Unit C4, The Modern Moulds Business
Centre, Harwood Road,
Littlehampton, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
BN17 7AU.
Tel: +44 (0) 1903 520025 · Fax: +44 (0) 1903 721144
email: systems@pavilion.co.uk
ABOUT UFO's
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ABOUT UFO's
The Phenomenon
From time to time throughout history, people have
reported seeing strange things in the sky. In 1946, a series of sightings
occurred in Sweden, and since 1947 reports of unidentified flying objects
(UFO's) have become increasingly prominent in the United Kingdom and most
other parts of the world.
UFO sightings are reported to GUFOIS
and other agencies by a broad spectrum of the public, sometimes through
local agencies. Police and Military personnel are often witnesses
themselves. Reports come from people of all ages and walks of life.
The majority of sightings generally prove to be a misrepresentation
of natural phenomena - meteors, planets, planes, balloons or satellites.
These are referred to as identified flying objects (IFO's). A smaller
number of reports cannot be investigated properly for various reasons -
lack of pertinent details, for example, or inaccessibility of witnesses.
However, in any given number of UFO reports, about 5 percent to 10 percent
are truly puzzling - not only to the witnesses but also to those who
investigate the reports and study the data. These cases are considerable
true UFO reports.
UFO reports differ in many details. But there
are a number of similarities that recur, such features as shape,
manoeuvrability, appearance, disappearance, sound and colour. There are
several basic observational categories into which sighting reports may be
classified.
A. Relatively Distant Sightings
1. Nocturnal lights.
These are sightings of well defined lights in the night sky whose appearance and/or motion are not explainable in terms of conventional light sources. The lights appear most often as red, blue, orange or white. They form the largest group of UFO reports.
2. Daylight Discs.
Daytime sightings are generally of oval or disc shaped, metallic-appearing objects. They can appear high in the sky or close to the ground, and they are often reported to hover. They can seem to disappear with astounding speed.
3. Radar-visual cases.
Of special significance are unidentified "Blips" on radar screens that coincide with and confirm simultaneous visual sightings by the same or other witnesses. These cases are infrequent.
B. Relatively Close Sightings (within 200 yards)
1. Close Encounters of the First Kind (CE-I)
Though the witness observes a UFO nearby, there appears to be no interaction with either the witness or the environment.
2. Close Encounters of the Second Kind (CE-II)
These encounters include details of interaction between the UFO and the environment which may vary from interference with car ignition systems and electronic gear to imprints or burns on the ground and physical effects on plants, animals and humans.
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE-III)
In this category, occupants of a UFO - entities that are human like ("humanoid") or not human like in appearance - have been reported. There is usually no direct contact or communication with the witness. However, in recent years, reports of incidents involving very close contact - even detainment of witnesses - have increased.
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The Kinds of Evidence
In addition to eyewitness reports, scientific evidence for the presence of
something very unusual falls in these categories:
1.
Physical Traces
Compressed and dehydrated
vegetation, broken tree branches, and imprints in the ground have all been
reported. Sometimes a soil sample taken from an area where a UFO has been
seen close to the ground will be determined, through laboratory analysis,
to have undergone heating or other chemical changes not true of the
control sample.
2. Medical Records
Medical verification of burns, eye inflammation, temporary blindness, and
other physiological effects attributed to encounters with UFO's - even the
healing of previous conditions - can also constitute evidence, especially
when no other cause for the effect can be determined by the Medical
Examiner.
3. Radarscope Photos
A tape of traces from a radar screen on which a "Blip" of a UFO
is appearing is a powerful adjunct to a visual sighting, because it can be
studied at leisure instead of during the heat of the moment of the actual
sighting.
4. Photographs
While it might seem that photographs would be the best evidence for UFO's,
this has not been the case. Hoaxes can be exposed very easily. But even
those photos that pass the test of instrumented analysis and/or computer
enhancement often show nothing more than an object of unknown nature,
usually some distance from the camera, and very often out of focus. For
proper analysis of a photo, the negative must be available and the
photographer, witnesses and circumstances must be known. In a few
exceptional cases, photos do exist that have been thoroughly examined and
appear to show a structured craft.
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What
do you do if you see a UFO
The more of the
following steps you take, the more scientifically valuable your report
will be:
1. First, try and get another witness - as many other
witnesses as possible.
2. If you have a camera handy, take as
many pictures as possible. Don't worry about getting a "Perfect"
picture. Get as much background or foreground detail into the photo as
possible.
3. Immediately after your sighting, make complete
notes of everything you saw, all the details you can remember. Write down
the appearance, colour, motion and size of the UFO, as well as what you
were thinking and feeling when you had the experience. Write down the
names and addresses of other witnesses.
4. If the UFO touched
the ground, do what you can to protect the area - but don't disturb the
area. Take photographs of the area to document it.
Most
importantly, report your UFO sighting.
Call the Global UFO Investigation Systems any day of the week, anytime of
the day or night, directly on Daytime 01903 520025 or Evenings and
Weekends 01903 246553. If there is no-one there to take your call leave
your details on the answerphone. An investigator will contact you as soon
as possible.
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About
the Centre
The GUFOIS Mission: to promote serious
research into the UFO phenomenon.
GUFOIS is an international group of
professionals, academics, investigators and volunteers dedicated to the
continuing examination and analysis of the UFO phenomenon. The purpose of
GUFOIS is to be a clearing house for the two-way exchange of Information -
where UFO experiences can be reported, and where UFO experiences can be
researched.
Anyone, in either a private or an official capacity, can
report a UFO sighting to GUFOIS without fear or ridicule or unwanted
publicity and with the assurance that qualified personnel will conduct
serious investigation into the report.
GUFOIS maintains a large
selection of data about UFO phenomenon, it is our intention to increase
this Information substantially for everyone's benefit.
GUFOIS
currently has:
Current GUFOIS research projects include: developing a
profile of UFO abduction witnesses; investigating the sociology and
psychology of the UFO phenomenon; and analysis of government and military
UFO documents.
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your support!
GUFOIS is a non profit
making organisation supported solely by contributions and enable GUFOIS to
continue its work. A 15 pound contribution entitles you to become an
Investigator / Member of GUFOIS and receive UFOlogy Today for one year.
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