Monthly Newsletter of The Blue Mountains UFO Research Club.

Vol. 3 Issue No 07

JULY, 2012.

Silver disc: A mock-up of a UFO similar to the one that Sgt Roland Hughes said followed his craft before flying off at incredible speed in 1952.

INSIDE: TWO MORE OLD UFO LANDING SITES

DISCOVERED AT BLACKHEATH. UFO REPORTS GLEANED FROM THE INTERNET.

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Blue Mountains UFO Research Club News. Our meetings are held on the third Saturday of the month, at the Gilroy residence, 12 Kamillaroi Road, South Katoomba, from 1pm onwards. We are situated on the corner of Kamillaroi Road and Ficus Street, and as we always say, park in Ficus Street where there is safer parking. PLEASE NO SMOKING ON THE PREMISES. ALSO, NO LARGE BAGS IN THE CINEMA OR THE HOUSE. PLEASE NOTE. Please contact us prior to bringing along any new friends interested in UFOlogy and the mysteries generally. Anyone with any personal experiences involving UFOs or the unexplained are invited to share them with us all. Contact Information: Phone: 02 4782 3441, Email: randhgilroy44@bigpond.com [or catch our website on rexgilroy.com or mysteriousaustralia.com]. A plate of food to share for afternoon tea is appreciated.

PROGRAM FOR 21ST JULY

Gather in the house for refreshments and UFO chit-chat. The meeting begins in cinema with any UFO reports or other UFO-related news from members. Report on two more old UFO landing sites at Blackheath. DVD presentation on UFO subject. Break for tea and cakes and more UFO chit-chat. Return to the cinema for more DVD UFO documentaries. Other surprises. If the weather behaves itself there will be a Skywatch on the nearby Narrow Neck Plateau at the usual location once it gets dark. [Dont forget - warm clothing is a necessity [the weather lately has been very COLD at night] and bring a torch and binoculars. If any members have ideas for other likely Skywatch locations for our Club we would like to hear about them. If any member has material or an article to place in either Mysterious Australia or The Blue Mountains UFO Research Club newsletters please feel free to forward it to us by the second Saturday of the month. If any members have ideas for other likely Skywatch locations for our Club we would like to hear about them.

R e x a n d H e a t h e r G i lr o y , A u s t r a li a s t o p U F O a n d U n e x p l a i n e d M y s t e r i e s R e s e ar c h t e am . P h o t o c o p y r i g h t R e x G i lr o y 2 0 1 2 .

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TWO MORE OLD UFO LANDING SITES DISCOVERED AT BLACKHEATH.

Copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Rex Gilroy.

Some months ago I reported the discovery of an old circular flying saucer type UFO landing site in scrubland outside Blackheath, believed to date back to activity that occurred over the town in 1958.
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On Thursday 5th July 2012 a walk with my dog Andy at another location close to the Grose Valley resulted in me getting a sudden impulse to step off the track we were on to explore the bush. Nearby I came across a large circular area and close by a second one. These circular formations were on a north-south axis. I took photos and later returned to measure the open circular areas where no large trees or even shrubbery appears to grow. Both measured 24 metres in diameter and were 4 metres apart. Either two saucers landed at the same time in close proximity to one another or else the landings occurred separately at different times. I then discovered an old track wide enough for a 4-wheel drive vehicle to drive along, beginning barely several metres from the two saucer nests and extending on into the bush to drop down into a gully. If it is what I think the site is, spacecraft perhaps linked to underground facilities thereabouts, were landed at this spot presumably late at night to avoid being seen and the crews picked up and driven to [presumably] the entrance to an underground complex. How old is the UFO nests site? Judging from the age of the oldest of the trees growing around the edges of the saucer nests it is likely that these events occurred around 1980-1982. Who can say what might turn up next in this region where people continue to report seeing UFOs. One thing seems certain and that is that out there in the densely-scrub-filled gullies on the edge of the Grose Valley the Blue Mountains underground space research base continues to function. Interestingly the National Parks and Wildlife Service are lately blocking hiking trails established by bushwalkers along old, abandoned fire trails that may in fact lead people into areas the powers that be no longer want people to enter, which this author believes, might be due to the fact that the latest base expansions now enter certain areas where someone might just chance to stumble upon things they are not supposed to see or know about.

The south UFO circle. Only small swamp plants appear to grow in the open area. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The north circle is covered only by patchy areas of grass. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

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The old track leading off to the west of the saucer nests. It continues down into a gully. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012,

NB. These reports are presented for your perusal and enjoyment and whilst all care is taken with their presentation no responsibility for their authenticity is taken by the editor. Please exercise your own judgement.

SOME UFO REPORTS GLEANED FROM THE INTERNET.

RAF PILOT'S CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH UFO

28 May 2012 | Germany UK [This information presented with thanks to Ann Taylor] An RAF fighter pilots encounter with a UFO over Germany in 1952 was deemed so credible it got taken seriously by the then aviation minister Duncan Sandys. In a new document released by the Churchill Archive at Cambridge University Flight Sergeant Roland Hughes describes what happened. He was returning to base when he was followed by a 'gleaming silver, metallic disc.' The object disappeared at incredible speed after flying along beside him. RAF radars picked it up traveling at speeds beyond anything possible for any aircraft of the time. In his briefing to the Government minister, he speaks of a flash of 'silver light' which rapidly descended towards him until he could see that it was a 'gleaming silver-metallic disc'. Its surface was shiny 'like tin foil' and it had a 'highly reflective and absolutely seamless metalliclooking surface'. The pilot was in a de Havilland Vampire at the time and estimated the size of the UFO to be equal to the wingspan of a Lancaster bomber. Three other pilots also returning to RAF Oldenburg in Northern West Germany did not see the object as they were executing a 'banking turn.'
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Silver disc: A mock-up of a UFO similar to the one that Sgt Roland Hughes said followed his craft before flying off at incredible speed. So convinced was the aviation minister by the account that he later briefed senior civil servants, telling them he was convinced of the authenticity of the sighting. After the sighting, Flt Sgt Hughes was nicknamed 'Saucer Sam' and colleagues painted a flying saucer on his jet. -0Report: From Daily Mail on Line PUBLISHED: 18:12 GMT, 27 May 2012 | UPDATED: 14:01 GMT, 28 May 2012 By Chris Hanlon UFO sighting by RAF pilot dubbed 'Saucer Sam' in 1952 left aviation minister 'convinced' we are not alone Flt Sgt Roland Hughes was returning to base over West Germany Object, 100ft across, was 'gleaming silver, metallic disc' Radar confirmed it was travelling at speeds far greater than any aircraft at the time

Saucer Sam: Sgt Roland Hughes stands beside his fighter with its UFO art painted on by colleagues after he spotted a UFO that was confirmed by radar.

A UFO sighting was deemed so credible it convinced a government minister who investigated it. The sighting by an RAF fighter pilot on a training mission over West Germany in 1952 has been revealed for the first time by papers released by the Churchill Archive at Cambridge University. Flight Sergeant Roland Hughes was returning to base when he was followed by a 'gleaming silver, metallic disc' which flew alongside him before disappearing at incredible sped.
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The object was caught by RAF radars, which confirmed it was travelling at speeds far greater than possible for any aircraft of the time. Hughes reported the sighting and was sent to visit Duncan Sandys, then aviation minister, to give his account in person. He described seeing a flash of 'silver light' which rapidly descended towards him until he could see that it was a 'gleaming silver-metallic disc'. He said its surface was shiny, 'like tin foil', and 'without a single crease or crinkle'. He could see, with 'astonishing clarity', the craft's 'highly reflective and absolutely seamless metallic-looking surface'. Flying at high altitude in clear visibility in his de Havilland Vampire, he estimated its size at 100ft across 'about the wingspan of a Lancaster bomber'. None of the other three pilots - all returning to RAF Oldenburg in northern West Germany saw the object because they were executing a 'banking turn' and not looking in the same direction.

Silver disc: A mock-up of a UFO similar to the one that Sgt Roland Hughes said followed his craft before flying off at incredible speed.

Six days later, Hughes was sent to RAF Fassberg in West Germany to give his account to senior RAF officers and Sandys. The minister's first question was how many beers Hughes had drunk the night before. However, in the end he was so taken by the then 23-year-old Hughes' story that he went on to brief senior civil servants, telling them he was convinced it was true. This goes against what British governments have said regarding UFOs in the past - in most cases, they have been keen to downplay suggestions that UFO sightings are seriously investigated. In one newly released document, Sandys tells the government's chief scientist Lord Cherwell that he found the story and radar evidence 'convincing'.

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Hughes reported the sighting and was sent to visit Duncan Sandys (above), then aviation minister, to give his account in person.

Hughes reported the sighting and was sent to visit Duncan Sandys (above), then aviation minister, to give his account in person In reference to similar UFO sightings by US pilots, what became known as 'Foo Fighters', Sandys says in the document: 'I have no doubt at all that Hughes saw a phenomenon similar to that described by numerous observers in the United States.' Lord Cherwell had previously dismissed the US sightings as 'mass psychology'. Sandys, who later became Defence Secretary, went on: 'Until some satisfactory scientific explanation can be provided, it would be most unwise to accept without further question the view that "flying saucers" can be dismissed as "a mild form of hysteria".' Hughes was flying at high altitude in clear visibility on his way to RAF Oldenburg in northern West Germany when he spotted the UFO. He added that there was 'ample evidence of some unfamiliar and unexplained phenomenon'.

Hughes was flying at high altitude in clear visibility on his way to RAF Oldenburg in northern West Germany when he spotted the UFO.

The documents were investigated by David Clarke, a Sheffield Hallam University academic, while researching for a book on UFOs. Dr Clarke was contacted by Hughes' son, who recounted his father's version of events and gave him his log book.
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After the sighting, Hughes, who died in 2009 aged 79, was nicknamed 'Saucer Sam' and colleagues painted a flying saucer on his jet. Hughes' son Brian, 45, a Ministry of Defence civil servant said: 'We knew about the sighting in the family when we were growing up but my father didn't talk about it a lot. We learned about it more from prompting him. 'If it was someone other than my father who had told this story, I would be sceptical. 'He once said to me "People think you're mad if you say you've seen a flying saucer I've only ever seen one once; I've never seen one since".' Dr Clarke said: 'There is absolutely no doubt that something was seen by Hughes. He was not making this up. 'But the only honest position to take is that we don't know what it was. But there could be some sort of scientific explanation, before you start jumping to conclusions about alien visitors.' -0-

UK REVEALS 'UFO SIGHTING' OVER CHELSEA

Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:52am

Britain has released an archive detailing government briefings on unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Britain has released an archive detailing government briefings on unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The 25 files released by The National Archives include 'a lengthy briefing on UFO policy to then Prime Minister Tony Blair's office' along with a job description for the post of UFO desk officer, described as the 'weirdest job in Whitehall'. According to a former employee of the UFO desk, which closed in 2009, the perception that it consisted of 'top secret teams of specialist scientists scurrying around the country in a real life version of the XFiles' was 'total fiction'. Instead, daily duties included providing briefings on the ministry of defence's position on UFOs, undertaking UFO investigations, handling freedom of information requests and managing UFOlogists (UFO 'experts'). The stranger investigations included one into a UFO sighting by a police officer at Chelsea football club and another into a visit by three 'men in black' to a person who reported a UFO encounter in Lincolnshire, east England.
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According to the files, a hotel owner in Wales once complained to her MP after a UFO landed in a field 'from which two tall silver-suited 'faceless humanoids' emerged and began 'making measurements''. Also included in the files are details of a 1995 briefing by one of the defence ministry's UFO intelligence officers which speculated on why aliens would visit earth. Despite having no hard evidence for alien craft, the officer explained that any visit would most likely be motivated by military reconnaissance, scientific development or tourism. In a briefing prepared in 1979, a UFO intelligence officer noted that no radio tracking systems had ever picked up alien transmissions. The release of the documents came after a request by David Clarke, author of the book The UFO files. 'These records allow us to look behind the scenes of what must have been one of the strangest jobs in Whitehall (shorthand for Britain's civil service),' said Clarke. 'We now have a fascinating insight into some of the extraordinary reports and briefings which passed over the UFO Desk on a daily basis and how its officers used logic and science in their attempts to explain 'the unexplained',' he said.
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Ann Taylor, Ian Gilchrist, Dave Thomas and Rex Gilroy at the UFO Skywatch held after out meeting in May, 2012. Photo copyright Ann Taylor 2012.

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Please Note:
Our next meeting will be our NEXT will be held on same place 12 Kamillaroi Road, Katoomba.

SATURDAY 18TH AUGUST, 2012 same time,

Our previous meeting was a huge success and we look forward to seeing you at our next one. There should be some good Skywatches ahead of us up here at Katoomba weather permitting. Meanwhile, there is a lot happening up there at present so Until our next meeting

Rex and Heather

Watch the Skies!

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