BUFORA Summer Newsletter, August 1971

This BUFORA Summer Newsletter, published on August 21, 1971, serves as an administrative update for the British Unidentified Flying Object Research Association. The document details significant changes to the Executive Committee, including the resignation of Director of Research Stephen Smith and the transition of the Investigations Co-ordinator role from Omar Fowler to Tim O'Brien. The newsletter outlines the association's efforts to decentralize investigation work through the appointment of Regional Co-ordinators to improve national coverage. It also highlights international cooperation, specifically mentioning the COMCAT project with APRO in the United States and the exchange of sighting report forms with the French society GEPA. A significant portion of the document is dedicated to 'Project Warminster,' a research initiative directed by John Cleary-Baker involving the use of a caravan and electronic monitoring equipment to study potential UFO-related disturbances. The newsletter also provides a report on the 1971 National Sky Watch, noting that while most reports were identified as mundane, the exercise provided valuable practical experience for members. The document includes an obituary for Dr. James E. McDonald, a prominent physicist and UFO researcher who died in June 1971. Finally, the newsletter features a reprinted article from The Guardian titled 'Spirits and the sky,' which discusses the association's approach to UFO research and the 1971 sky watch event.