LUFORO Bulletin Vol. IV No. 1, Jan/Feb/Mar 1963

This document is the January/February/March 1963 issue of the London Unidentified Flying Object Research Organisation (LUFORO) bulletin. The editorial addresses the transition of the bulletin's editorship from Nigel Stephenson to Charles A. Stickland. The editorial emphasizes the need for a scientific, balanced approach to UFO reports, advocating for rigorous investigation rather than hasty dismissal or credulity. It poses two questions to readers regarding what information would convince them of an extra-terrestrial origin for a reported object, or the contrary. The bulletin includes an article by Alan Watts discussing the possibility of life on Mars, citing research from the Union Carbide Research Institute regarding the survival of plants and insects in low-oxygen, high-argon atmospheres. Another article by Eric Smith, titled 'UFO RESEARCH', argues that the subject is not being adequately studied by scientific institutions and suggests that UFOs may be associated with a mature technological race. The bulletin also lists several undated newspaper clippings of sightings, including a report from the George H. Fisher family in Sylmar, an observation by the Rev. Cedric Wright near Stafford, and a sighting by a Mr. Allen in Culston Bassett. It provides information on upcoming meetings for the British U.F.O. Association and the Anglo-Polish U.F.O. Research Club, and mentions the availability of photographs of a sighting by Alex Birch in Sheffield.