Declassified UFO / UAP Document
UFO Times Number 25, September/October 1993
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This issue of UFO Times provides a detailed account of the 1970 Lightning Foxtrot 94 disappearance and serves as a record of BUFORA's 1993 research activities, internal debates, and administrative structure.
This document is the September/October 1993 issue (Number 25) of 'UFO Times', the official publication of the British UFO Research Association (BUFORA). The magazine serves as a central hub for the association's activities, including administrative updates, membership information, and reports on UFO investigations. A significant portion of this issue is dedicated to a detailed, multi-part account of the 'Lightning Foxtrot 94' incident, involving an American pilot named William Schafer who disappeared while intercepting an unidentified object over the North Sea in 1970. The account includes transcripts of communications between the pilot and the Staxton Wold radar station, detailing the pilot's visual contact with a conical object and a glass-like sphere. The magazine also features articles on 'UFO Realities' by Gordon Millington, which discusses the physical nature of UFOs and radiation effects, and a report on a sighting in Belgium involving M. and Mme. Vleugels. Additionally, the issue contains 'Investigations Diary' by Jenny Randles, which provides updates on BUFORA's ongoing projects, such as the Abduction Experiment and the compilation of a BUFORA case book. The magazine also includes a 'Readers Write' section where members debate the association's role in providing witness support and counseling, with contributors like Hilary Evans arguing that BUFORA should focus on physical UFO research rather than the psychic or psychological aspects of witness experiences. The issue concludes with book reviews, sky observation data, and advertisements for UFO-related merchandise and services.
BUFORA should not undertake as a matter of policy and the reader is referred to in his letter in 'Readers Write' at the back of this issue. Personally, I do not agree with him since I believe that the UFO situation, despite its very real aspect, spans its sphere of influence into the psychic domain and, thus, concerns itself very much with people, many of whom have been badly traumatised by their experiences.
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Key Persons
- William SchaferPilot of Lightning Foxtrot 94
- Jenny RandlesDirector of Investigations
- Philip MantlePress Officer / Secretary to NIC