Filer's Files #11 -- 2000, MUFON Skywatch Investigations
George A. Filer, Director, Mutual UFO Network Eastern
March 21, 2000, [email protected] (609) 654-0020
Web Site at www.filersfiles.com. - Chuck Warren Webmaster.

SPRING IS HERE IT'S GREAT TO BE ALIVE

Like David Letterman last week I had heart by-pass surgery so I'll be around
for another thirty years. It was a mind expanding experience and I wish to
thank the great team of Doctors who up dated my mechanisms at Deborah
Hospital in Brown's Mills, New Jersey. Almost hourly C-141 and KC-10
aircraft from Mc Guire Air Force Base flew by the hospital windows kind of
waving at their old flying buddy. I could write a book about my week in the
hospital, while trying to get out these files. While flat on my back, I
tried to convince others in the hospital about the realty of UFOs and many
agreed with my point of view. Several of my nurses had stories concerning
the reality of the phenomenon. One night at about three in the morning my
attractive nurse came to my hospital bed to give me some medicine. She told
me about her close friend who had worked with aliens at a Western Base. Here
I was with tubes and electronic devices connected to me, hardly able to move,
and a very sincere person was six inches away telling me a fantastic story
about the reality of UFOs. Her friend worked for GE a major US company and
would be gone for six months at a time. Unfortunately, she could not reveal
his name but she did provide creditability to the following story about Dr.
Hans Nieper. This is one of the fascinating things about Ufology, not a week
goes by without someone telling me a story or sending a photograph about
UFOs. A clear pattern is starting to emerge. Let people know your
interested and you will start getting stories from people as well.

With the coming of spring, UFOs are moving around the country on a more
regular basis. They seem to like the comparatively mild weather. So if you
personally would like to see a UFO, you have a good chance while watching the
setting sun. Face the sun and block it with your hand or some object. Now
watch for fast moving objects often moving from behind your back towards the
sun in western sky. Let me know if you see one.

DR. HANS NIEPER SAYS ALIENS ARE VISITING US

Bruce Jessop writes, "I would like to share something with you which is not a
sighting but a meeting I had in November 1998 with a Dr. Hans Nieper who
unfortunately has since passed away in Germany. We were talking about
various things and the subject of antigravity came up. He has written a book
on the subject. And I noticed in his office that he had photos of himself
with a couple of other well-known people and US presidents. After some
minutes he asked me if I believed in UFO's? I shared with him two sightings
that I had back in New Brunswick, Canada and Montreal in 1981 as a huge craft
slowly glided across the highway no more than 35 yards in front of my car.
He asked me "What do you think the highest classified secret of the US
government is?" I waited and he answered, "The US government have made
contact with four races of alien life." He described them as follows: 1)
Short grays. 2) Tall grays. 3) Reptilian, 4) tall fair skinned like this
part of the world. Dr. Nieper was a world-renowned medical doctor. But most
revealing, after he told me about the four races, I asked him where he got
this information. He just pointed to the wall and there was a photo of him
and Werner von Braun. He told me that he had had early involvement with von
Braun, starting up NASA and was privy to classified information. He was an
intimate friend of von Braun. Dr.Nierper was also an astrophysicist and had
gone to study the pyramids in Egypt and wrote an article to show proof that
the stones had been cut with a laser device." Thanks to CAUS and Bruce
Jessop for letting me use his article.

Editor's Note German scientist Hermann Oberth who headed an official West
German three year UFO study group and is considered the father of rocketry
stated in 1954, "There is no doubt in my mind that these objects (UFO's) are
interplanetary craft of some sort. I am confident that they do not originate
in our solar system, but they may use Mars or some other body for a way
station. It is also our conclusion that they are propelled by distorting or
converting the gravitational field." From Frank Edwards' book, Strange
World, Lyle Stewart, New York, 1964, pp. 209 - 210.

CONNECTICUT LIGHT

MIDDLETOWN -- Investigator Larry Clark has forwarded the following message:
"My name is Dean Burgess and I want to report a UFO sighting around 8:00 PM
on March 10, 2000." Looking out my window I saw a bright light hovering over
the Powder Ridge Ski Resort seven miles away. The light did not move for a
minute and then started to move horizontally. The light was huge about the
size of a pea at arm's length. As I watched it started a descent that took
it behind the mountain and out of my sight. "Did anyone else see this light?"
Thanks Dean Burgess [email protected] and Larry Clark at
www.nymufon.org. Larry Clark writes, "You mentioned it moved horizontally at
the top of the mountain ski resort. My first assumption would be that it was
some kind of equipment associated with the facility. Was the facility
operating when you saw this bright light? If so, and people were atop the
mountain, I would expect that anything unusual that could be seen so closely
by a number of people would have resulted in an item in the local newspaper.
Investigation will continue.

NEW YORK FLYING TRIANGLE

BRIGHTON -- MUFON State Director Jim Bouck writes this is for your files:
"In the town of Brighton, a man, while out hiking on March 15, 2000, at 6:12
PM observed a totally black triangular object in the sky. The closest thing
he could compare it to is the stealth fighter plane. The difference being
that the object was estimated to be no more than six feet long and four feet
wide. It was shaped more like an arrow head with the arrow head notch toward
the rear. The sides were ragged in edge, not clean edged. The object flew
at a very low altitude, perhaps forty feet above treetop level at about ten
miles per hour. The sighting lasted about 45 seconds. Thanks to Jim Bouck
NY MUFON State Director.
Editor's Note: The size of objects in the sky are very difficult to estimate.
However, smaller objects are often reported departing from larger ones.
UFOs have often been reported with an ability to change size and shape. The
investigation continues and perhaps other witnesses can be found. I would
also like to welcome Jim Bouck as our new State Director who took over from
our lawyer friend Dana Schmidt who has now retired. We want to thank Dana
for all his great work. Jim has many talents including excellent computer
knowledge that will aid our work.

PENNSYLVANIA CROSS SHAPED UFO

PLYMOUTH BOROUGH - On March 12, 2000, the witness was preparing for bed when
she noticed bright white, non-blinking lights stationary object in the sky,
The object seemed to be a group of lights arranged in a cross pattern (exact
number not known, but definitely exceeded 8). After going outside for a
better look, the witness saw what appeared to be 2 more identical objects.
The first object remained stationary approximately 1/2 mile distant, while
the 2 additional objects traveled slowly to the north. No sound was heard
that could be attributed to the objects. At the time of the sighting the sky
was partly cloudy with no precipitation. The objects remained beneath the
cloud cover for at least 10 minutes. Thanks to Peter Davenport, NUFORC,

WASHINGTON DC TWO UFOs

Peter Davenport writes that a government witness reports, "I observed two
small lights cross the night sky from the Belt of Orion to the North Star."
They appeared to be chasing one another. I was standing in Constitution
Gardens on the north side of the pond, looking approximately southwest
towards Orion. "I saw what I at first took to be a shooting star because of
its speed and the way it seemed to be falling or dropping, but it didn't fade
away the way falling stars usually do." Then I saw that there were actually
two lights, which were moving along parallel to each other. The lights were
small and white with a pale greenish tinge. I thought it might be an
airplane with a light on either wingtip, but the lights were not flashing,
and they seemed to be moving too fast for an airplane. As I watched, the two
lights converged into one, and then changed again so that one appeared to be
following or chasing the other. The rear light seemed to be 'swinging' back
and forth behind the path of the front light. It crossed my mind that they
might be fighter planes, but they looked like they were much too close
together, and there was no noise. A regular airplane went by in same
location, and I could clearly hear it. The lights were headed almost
directly towards the North Star, but a little lower on the horizon. They
disappeared into the lights of the city. I looked at my watch, it was 10:05
PM, and the entire incident had taken about ten seconds. Thanks to NUFORC
[email protected].
Peter B. Davenport states, "The yellow orbs were seen over Prescott Valley
again this evening. They first appeared on February 2, 2000, and they have
been seen sporadically over Arizona since that time. Other states from which
similar phenomena have been reported are FL, TX, CA, OR, IL, MI, WI, and PR.
"Very strange stuff, in my opinion."

FLORIDA STRANGE LIGHTS

SAWGRASS -A woman driving south on the Sawgrass Expressway (I-75) saw a huge
light hovering just east of the highway on March 2, 2000. The light was in
place for several seconds before moving at 10:14 PM. Once the object began
to move, the intense light dulled and she realized it was not one large
bright object, but two. The objects were just underneath each other. The
objects started to move and the first object climbed straight up in the sky.
The second object followed at close range.

AVON PARK -- Driving east towards Avon park on Highway 98 on February 8,
2000, I looked up in the sky and saw a burnt-orange fireball. It would fade
out and glow back in another position in the sky. As I reached hwy 27 at
5:15 PM I turned south and saw toward the eastern sky three (same color)
fireballs. Theses three fireballs would be as far apart from each other as
two miles and as close as 200 feet. The last one I seen that night was at
8:45 PM south of Lake Placid. There is an Air Force bombing range nearby,
but I know of no activity going on there at night. It is mostly a reservist
base. I also hunt the land there through their lease program, and I never
have seen any activity at night. Also two years ago when a friend and I were
going to go hunt there, we saw the same thing (two orange fireballs) east of
Wauchula, but nowhere near the bombing range. I think this in my mind rules
of any kind of military flares. I am a truck driver so I headed south
towards Miami, and did not see anything else. Thanks to the UFO Disclosure
Net at www.ufodisclosure.net and [email protected]

PALOS HILLS ILLINOIS PHOTOS

I saw your "Filer's Files #10. You had a piece about a sighting I had. The
exciting photographs are located at my main web site at
http://palos-hills.com/
Contrail/Chemtrail Page:http://palos-hills.com/contrails/
Photo Number 27 is at: http://www.palos-hills.com/contrails/022900/27.JPG
Photo Number 29is at :http://www.palos-hills.com/contrails/022900/29.JPG

MICHIGAN STUDENT REPORTS UFO

HOWELL -- A student reported to Doug Parrish, a German/Russian/English
teacher at Howell High School, that he was sitting in his bedroom 55 miles
northwest of Detroit doing his homework when he saw a UFO. On March 12,
2000, at least one--and sometime later, two--UFO's were reported as having
been sighted by a high school sophomore in the nighttime sky. He has a large
bedroom window, which faces to the South. At 3000 feet from this window
there is a tree line that take up the bottom fifth of the viewing area of the
window. Suddenly, around 11:30 p.m., the student became aware that a large
aerial object was visible in the right lower (southwest) portion of the
window. It was as wide as the distance between the little finger and the
thumb at arm's length when both fingers are stretched as far apart as they
will go. The definitely large and round object was tilted at what appeared
to be an angle to his line of sight. He ruled out an airplane because the
navigational lights, which he saw, were the wrong colors and there were far
too many of them. They seemed to be blinking in some kind of pattern and
gave the impression that they were somehow circling around the edge of the
craft. The craft performed unlike any helicopter and zigzagged across the
sky. It first appearing here, then with a short, fast movement, appearing
there, only to repeat the maneuver in another section of the sky. It would
momentary halt at each point before moving quickly to the next location. His
window was open a small amount, but he heard no noise. The skies were cloudy
and the temperature was about 30 degrees. A few minutes later, the craft
made for the lower left-hand corner of the viewing area only to disappear
temporarily behind the tree line. A moment later, the craft reappeared along
with a companion craft. Both craft continued with the circling pattern of
lights around their outer perimeters, but then both craft once again
disappeared behind the tree line. The sighting lasted at least eight
minutes. It is interesting to note that the student, a well-liked young man
with many friends and a member of the high school wrestling team, waited
until all other students had left before taking Mr. Parrish aside to relate
this incident to him. He appeared sincere. Thanks to Doug Parish
[email protected]

MINNESOTA HAS UNUSUAL LIGHTS AND TRIANGLE UFO

ST. PAUL -- William I. McNeff, MUFON State Director writes, "On January 27,
2000, the witness looked out the kitchen window, where there was an open
field brush land extending 800 feet." He saw what appeared to be a private
airplane moving toward him 45 degrees above the horizon to the West. The
craft moved more slowly than the average small plane. As it came closer the
witness observed a square configuration of lights about the size of a a small
house. Two of the lights were white and two were blue. The altitude of the
craft when first seen was estimated at 5000 feet. The appearance was similar
to typical pulsing airplane lights, except that airplane lights are not blue
and do not appear in a square configuration. The lights continued to
approach at about 75 mph, slowing perceptibly several times and then stopping
for a couple seconds at less than 2000 feet altitude and 200 feet distance.
The craft made an abrupt 130 degree turn to the left and moved slowly toward
the northwest. The witness watched the craft go out of sight behind a line
of trees. No helicopter rotors were heard or seen and would have been
evident at that distance. The witness was convinced it was not a plane or
helicopter. Sighting Evaluation: Since it approached along the normal flight
path from Holman Field, the craft was possibly a helicopter. However the
lack of noise or rotors argues against that interpretation. Conclusion:
Unidentified. Investigated by Dean and Margaret DeHarpporte.

MINNEAPOLIS -- "On September 2, 1999, a woman who is a financial/business
administrator for a major local corporation was driving in the northwest
suburb of Plymouth. She was driving along a road leading onto a peninsula
that extends out into Medicine Lake, which is near the intersection of
Highway 55 and 169. She observed a pair of bright white and very intense
lights located to the northwest ahead. She felt that they resembled two
landing lights. To her they seemed to be out of place, and were searching
for something. She continued to drive up the peninsula a few hundred feet
and reached a point where the trees no longer obscured her view. The lights
were no longer visible but above the treetops was a large, dark triangular
object. Its size was as large as her hand at arm's length that she felt was
slightly less than that of a house. This might put it in the 30 to 60 foot
range. The object was black to charcoal-gray matte-colored (see illustration
below). The closest vertex of the triangle was pointed in her direction, with
the object moving toward her. There were lights at the two rear vertices,
one red and one green. Also, all over the underside of the object was a
pattern of three dimensional rectangular relief concealing something within.

MAKINEN -- On November 20, 1999, a family of four was watching a video when
the oldest son (20) noticed a bright red light in the southern sky. The
family went outside to observe four lights forming a square, then changing to
include fifty lights in a straight line centered between the four lights. "I
thought this was really weird," Terry the father said. This prompted him to
go inside and dial 911. The object stopped for a minute or so and began to
pulsate. When Terry came back outside, the object began to move again toward
the north and finally disappeared over the horizon. The family observed the
object for eight minutes and managed to take pictures of the UFO with two
cameras. The photos from the new camera look "wiggly". Visibility was about
10 miles with high overcast clouds. Some hunters in the area also witnessed
the object. No conventional or natural objects seem to fit the description.
Conclusion: Unidentified. Investigated by FIT Dr. Stephen Hero and FI
Director Craig Lang. Thanks to William I. McNeff MUFON State Director.

NEBRASKA MISSILE SHAPED

OMAHA -- As I was returning to work on March 16, 2000, traveling northbound
on 72nd street-approaching State Street my wife and I (a network engineer)
noticed a white missile-like object hanging in the sky 140 degree nose down
at 1:05 PM. Slowing our vehicle down, I realized the object was not
stationary but rather traveling at a snail's pace in the sky west of 72nd at
a consistent altitude. The craft did not appear to have any wings or lights
nor was any sign of propulsion contrails evident. Although I cannot
accurately estimate the distance the object was from me with nothing to use
for a reference, it did not appear to be more than a couple thousand feet up
in the sky as it traveled west/southwest. The object appeared to be an inch
long and a 1/8 of an inch thick at arm's length. The sky was clear with very
few cumulus clouds high above and nothing obstructed my view of the object.
As I turned west on State Street and pulled over to get a better look, the
slow moving object totally disappeared from view. I have never seen anything
remotely similar to this object before in my life, especially the weird
angles (nose-down if the front of the object was at the end which pointed in
the direction that it was traveling) that it appeared to fly. Thanks to
Peter Davenport
NUFORC

ARKANSAS FIREBALL

CABOT - The witness writes, "I would like to keep my name and email address
confidential if you would please regarding the fire balls in Arkansas." My
husband and I saw one at approximately 8:25 PM on March 9, 2000, Thursday
night just outside Cabot. It appeared at first to be a small plane on fire.
It was not. It was a large ball with a tail between 20-40 feet long flying
at tree top level. In fact, it looked like an oversized Roman candle. We
watched it for about two minutes then it disappeared. There was no contact
with earth that we could see; no explosion. No one seems to have any
answers. Apparently my husband and I were the only ones to report this to
the media. If you have any information regarding this mystery. I would be
interested to know. Little Rock Air Force Base is less than 20 miles from
where we saw it and there were five C-130's in the air at the time. Thanks
to Jack Editor's Note: Based on your and other descriptions the most likely
cause was a bolide meteor.

LIFE MAGAZINE MARCH 2000 COVER SHOWS UFOs

Life magazine has a fifty year history of bringing UFO photographs to the
public. Just in case you did not catch this, the cover of "LIFE" Magazine's
March current issue addresses UFOs ... and I believe this might be LIFE's
final (or one of LIFE's final) issue. If so - this issue would likely have
some historical significance (because of the unique way LIFE elected to close
out their niche in photojournalism). Cover can be viewed by accessing:
http://lifemag.com/insidelife/insidelife.html Shown: Photographed for
LIFE by Nigel Parry in Agua Dulce, Calif. UFO photo and digitally placed UFO
from National Archives. Thanks to Ron Hannivig, Simpson PA

PERU UFO CAUGHT ON TV

LIMA -- During the early morning hours of this March 10, 2000, a UFO made a
slow flyby of the city at a very low altitude for about 15 minutes, allowing
many local residents to witness its unhurried passing. Some witnesses saw
small spheres emerge from the object drifting away aimlessly. Dozens of
witnesses phoned the news media and several minutes of video footage were
secured by Pan-American Television (Lima Channel 5). The news has been
spread all over the country on the "24 Horas" (24 Hours) news program on
Pan-American TV. The following is a transcript of the broadcast: Voice of
Valia Barak, anchorwoman on the "24 Horas" set: "A strange object crossed
the skies over Lima early this morning. Thousands of citizens witnessed the
phenomenon..." Voice of Viviana Coehllo, on site reporter, with camera image
by Juan C. Amoretti: "This was the object observed by many at 1:30 a.m..
Strange movements and plays of light were seen in the heavens over the city
of Lima, drawing the attention of hundreds of onlookers. " [A group of four
lights in a triangular arrangement can be seen, moving with uncharacteristic
slowness over the rooftops}. Eyewitness ): "It was a big ship with yellow
and red lights...and ten little ships came out..." Voice of Viviana
Cohello: "A considerable number of phone calls from El Callao, Los Olivos,
San martin de Porres and Villa El Slavador congested the switchboards of
Radio Programas del Peru (RPP). The common denominator was the unidentified
flying object that flew over our capital." Eyewitness Bruno Guzman,
journalist: "It is quite startling to go from receiving the claims, phone
calls, and eyewitness accounts to become a participant in this environment,
this spectacle we've just seen. We can't quite explain properly or
scientifically what happened this morning. Around one o'clock in the morning
we began receiving calls from the public; later we peered out the 7th floor
window; later we climbed up on the rooftop, and we've been able to attest to
the lights, these points of color that changed intermittently from blue, red
to white light, moving strangely." (Information courtesy Rose Marie Paz
Wells. Translation credit (c) 2000, Scott Corrales) Thanks to Skywatch
International

LETTER REGARDING DEAD SEA SCROLLS

Red Setter writes: The essential reference book for forbidden Scroll-related
knowledge might be "Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls Revealed" by John Marco
Allergo (deceased), Gramercy Press, New York, 1983. Not a single copy
remains in Australia. If you can access Library of Congress and get a copy
to Xerox, that would be a real breakthrough! Allegro was the British member
of Scrolls team, picked in early 1950s. By 1983, he decided to divulge all.
I cannot judge his translations, but apparently parts of Ezekiel and Genesis
clearly detail ET. Visits. Lot's wife does not turn into a "pillar of
salt", but rather her skin "turns the color of salt which is on the plain,"
e.g. radioactive damage. "Angels of the evening and morning star" warn the
occupants of S-G, later they use "fire spears." Ezekiel shares fellowship
with visitors from the stars, later he finds a glassy ring on the ground
where rocks were m


CORRECTION TO LAST WEEKS FILER'S FILES

Dr. Richard Boylan writes: As regards the Filer's Files newsletter I must
correct several glaring inaccuracies. In the section purporting to describe
Dr. Steven Greer's position on extraterrestrials, two major mistakes occur in
the narrative (below). 1. Dr. Steven Greer DOES know that ET encounters
are taking place, contrary to Filer. Dr. Greer has had ET encounters of his
own, and talked to scores of experiencers. Dr. Greer and I have talked on
this point for years. Dr. Greer _also_ makes the important additional point
that, in addition to actual ET encounters, there are thousands of unlawful
kidnappings and assaultings/rapes of innocent civilians by rogue
military-counterintelligence units who try to use drugs and hypnosis to make
their victims mis-remember their kidnapping as an "alien abduction". Dr.
Greer emphasizes, as do I, the importance of not confusing these rogue
military-intelligence kidnapping-assaults with the real and benign
extraterrestrial encounters. But Dr. Greer NEVER says that there are no
genuine ET encounters. 2. Mr. Filer seriously misidentifies the billionaire
that told Dr. Greer that the ETs were demonic and behind every evil event in
history. That billionaire was NOT Laurence Rockefeller, who actually _wants_
to meet the ETs and learn the secret to prolonging life. No, the paranoid
billionaire described is actually Prince Hans Adam of Liechtenstein, EU, who
along with Las Vegas billionaire Bob Bigelow, has financed a number of
selective UFO "investigators" and gatherings which peddle the "evil alien
invader" propaganda line so pleasing to The Prince. It is important to keep
the facts straight. Thanks to Richard Boylan, Ph.D.

REPEAT OF WHEN DISCLOSURE SERVES SECRECY FILES

CSETI Director Steven M. Greer M.D. has put out a new book that is worth
reading. Steven who provides some profound thinking in his own right
indicates he does not feel abductions are actually taking place. He gives us
insight into the mind of one of the most consequential men of the century who
he doesn't agree with when he states, "In one lengthy meeting with a
multi-billionaire, I was told that he gave great support to UFO activities
which propel the so-called 'alien abduction' subject into public awareness
because he wanted humanity to unite around fighting this 'alien threat'.
Later, this very influential figure informed me that he believed these
demonic ET s were the cause of every set back in human history since Adam and
Eve. Sound familiar?"

Last Week's Editor's Note: This billionaire has been friends with many US
presidents and top political, religious and economic leaders worldwide for
more than fifty years. Is it possible that Laurance Rockefeller knows what
he's talking about? Thanks to Steven M. Greer M.D. See www.CSETI.com.

This Week's Answer: Thank you Dr. Boylan for revealing the name of the
billionaire whose name I had been unable to obtain. I and others have
wrongly assumed it was Mr. Rockefeller. In my discussions with Dr. Greer
where we spoke to Congressional staffs in Washington DC, Dr. Greer had always
referred to abductions as: "so-called alien abductions." I apparently
misunderstood him. I wish to be accurate on Dr. Greer's position. Now I
would be interested in learning Prince Hans Adam of Liechtenstein position on
UFOs since I have not had the good fortune to meet this gentleman. Thank you
for pointing out my error. Good health to us all.

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