BUFORA Bulletin No. 11, June/July 1999

This document is the June/July 1999 issue (No. 11) of the BUFORA Bulletin, the official journal of the British UFO Research Association. The issue contains a variety of articles, reports, and administrative updates regarding UFO research in the United Kingdom. The editorial by Steve Gamble notes a change in the Bulletin's leadership and acknowledges the deaths of vice-president Graham Knewstub and former treasurer Wilf Grunau. A significant portion of the bulletin is dedicated to the 'Harston Affair,' a series of sightings near an inn called the Old English Gentleman in Harston, Cambridgeshire, dating back to 1978 and 1979. These incidents involved reports of silent, low-flying objects, including a 'two-coach train' without a railway and a 'boomerang-shaped' craft. The bulletin also features an investigation by Nabil Shaban into the alleged involvement of broadcaster Hughie Green in reports of the 1947 Roswell incident, concluding that Green's accounts were likely related to a different incident in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Another major article by Gloria Dixon details a 1981 sighting by a plant operator at the Phillips Petroleum plant in Teeside, which was followed by inexplicable electrical failures in the witness's home and subsequent experiences of sleep paralysis and precognitive dreams. The bulletin includes a critique by Brian P. James of a BBC 'Countryfile' programme regarding crop circles, arguing that the BBC's coverage was biased and ignored genuine anomalies. Additionally, the issue provides administrative information, including a list of council members, details on the 'BOLIDE' project for ball-of-light phenomena, information on upcoming skywatching events, and a book list for purchase. The bulletin emphasizes the importance of investigating the human element of close encounter experiences, suggesting that the personal changes experienced by witnesses are as significant as the sightings themselves.