OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SAUCER & UNEXPLAINED CELESTIAL EVENTS RESEARCH SOCIETY
EDITOR AND STILL
SUPREME COMMANDER:
James W. Moseley

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR:
Karl T. Pflock

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NEWSLETTER
Volume 47, No. 3
March 15th, 2000

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VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

After much delay and many disappointments, "Smear" proudly announces that "Shockingly Close to the Truth!", a blockbuster book co-authored by Jim Moseley and Karl Pflock, has finally been accepted for publication. The publishing house is Galde Press of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, run by a lady named Phyllis Galde, who is also currently editor of Fate Magazine.

There will be cartoons by ace "Smear" cartoonist Matt Graeber, and a foreword by famed futurist/philosopher Robert Anton ("Bob") Wilson. Because of scheduling requirements, the book probably won't actually be opt until the later part of next year. More details later!

ARTIST/CONTACTEE DAVID HUGGINS BURSTS ONTO THE LITERARY SCENE:

Long-time "Smear" readers will remember David Huggins, the Hoboken, N.J. graphic artist who claims to have had a lifetime of contacts with alien beings from another realm. (Being a 4-D thinker, like your editor, he does not say they are from another planet.) David's belief system and paintings have appeared in "Smear" several times. He has also had his paintings displayed at several real art galleries, he has appeared on TV, and has lectured at a number of UFO conventions & elsewhere.

Now David has written a two-act play called simply "UFO", though there is no UFO in the production, and only two simple sets. One set is his modest apartment in a rooming house, and the other is the scene in a realm from which alien creatures frequently visit him, mostly at night. In other words, the wall of his room opens up, and these aliens simply walk in, presumably from another dimension.

These beings don't seem to have names, so David has named them. One is a creature resembling a praying mantis, which he calls "Hmmm", simply because that is the sound it makes. There are various women, including one he calls "Crescent". Huggins has sex with "Crescent" on Page 35 of the first act, while "Hmmm" watches. The aliens then perform a very brief marriage ceremony and David goes on a one-day honeymoon with "Crescent", and gets badly sunburned at some unexplained beach.

In the second act, the various aliens, including "Crescent", urge David to copulate with another woman, whom he calls "Aloo", and this happens to be the same woman depicted in the painting at left. David, being inhibited by antiquated Earth morals, is somewhat shocked that his interdimensional wife would not object to this. However, the aliens' overall purpose is mainly to produce as many hybrid babies as possible; and indeed, we learn that David has already helped create a large but undetermined number of such babies over a period of time.

There is a bit more to the plot than this, but not much more. In spite of brief interdimensional sex acts in both acts of the play, there is not much going on that would hold the attention of an audience. The dialogue is in very short phrases, as the aliens talk as little as possible for some reason. Eventually Huggins starts talking like they do. The play then ends inconclusively.

David Huggins claims that the play is "at least 90 percent accurate" in chronicling his own adventures. We at "Smear" honestly don't know what to make of all this. David seems to be an intelligent, normal sort of guy who earns a living and fits into human society without any major problem. He also seems to be sincere in recounting these incredible events. He neither seeks publicity nor avoids it. All we can say for sure is that he apappears to really believe what he is saying.

Yet, unfortunately, in spite of the cartoon below, this play will never make it on Broadway, in spite of the novel theme. There is also a Broadway in Hoboken, where there actually are (or at least used to be) a couple of bars where "Happenings" and poetry readings are held. Maybe that is the ultimate destination of this very unusual play. In any case, we sincerely thank David Huggins for sending his play manuscript to "Smear".

MISCELLANEOUS RAVINGS:

TIDBITS OF TRASH

BOOK REVIEW

"THE ABDUCTION ENIGMA"

Here we have a book that is an extremely important addition to the vast flying saucer literature, and at least in regard to abductions, it is a definitive work.

It is written by three men: Kevin Randle, who has recently acquired a mail order Ph.D., and who is well known for various books contributing to UFO lore, notably in regard to the Roswell Incident. Russ Estes is a producer of documentaries whom we have met several times. Dr. William Cone is a psychologist who has had many weird experiences of his own, none of which are specifically explained in the book. Supposedly all three of these gentlemen believe that 3-D interplanetary saucers exist but that abductions do not. Alas, Randle, who is otherwise a very bright, rational individual, still swears that an alien craft crashed at Roswell. (Shame!)

Amazingly, CSICOP reviewed "The Abduction Enigma" favorably, and was so taken by the anti-abduction theme that they were apparently willing to overlook the fact that these guys are Believers!

Enigma" makes so many important points that we can only summarize a few of them here:

  1. About half of all abduction experiences are merely sleep paralysis. (Your editor had a mild experience with this as a teenager.)
  2. A disproportional number of abductees are homosexual, hypersexual, sexually disfunctional, or have other serious problems causing emotional instability.
  3. "The abduction phenomenon is an outgrowth of what the researcher expects, rather than what the abductee experienced." (Page 171) Abductees don't lie; they are honestly mistaken, and the researchers often just make their delusions worse.
  4. Hypnosis, improperly used, reveals false memories rather than real ones. This has occurred not only in abduction research but more tragically in regard to tales of sexual and Satanic abuse.
  5. "It has become painfully clear that sexuality is a major part of abduction." (Page 91) But because of our prudish society, most abduction researchers have deliberately played down the sex angle. However, after reading this book, we realize that the interdimensional adventures of David Huggins are not at all unusual. On Page 97 the authors tell of a female abductee called Leeza who was lying on a metal table surrounded by aliens, one of whom mounted her and was heard to say, "What you need is a good fuck."
  6. Chapters are devoted to each of the leading abduction researchers, the worst of whom, in regard to leading his patients and sexual overtones, must be Dr. Richard Boylan. His "hot tub" episode with a female abductee was one of the reasons his license in California was recently revoked. It is not well known that Boylan himself is an abductee and also a former Catholic priest. (No, we won't say anything bad about Budd Hopkins this time - nor will we say anything good.)
  7. Scars, implants, and missing fetuses are irrelevant or unproven. Indeed, there is no scientific proof that any abduction has ever taken place. The only exception would be if these events are "4-D" in nature, i.e., extrasensory. We agree.

This is an exceptional book. We have actually read (almost) all of it. Whatever your ufological views may be, there is a lot to learn here. The publisher is Tom Doherty Associates, and the price to those who have to pay for it is $25.95.

PFLOCK PTALK - GOING POSTAL (PART ONE)

by Karl Pflock, Our Contributing Editor & Fifth Columnist

UF0dumb's conspiratorialists have for years searched high and low for the seat of power from which The Great UFO Cover-up is directed, and for the agency that provides cover for this nefarious activity. How they could have missed The Truth, as plain as the noses (or lack thereof) on their faces, is beyond me. Well, that's not really fair. Until my youngest son phoned recently to tell me about his new job, I hadn't realized the obvious either: the U.S. Postal Service.

Think about it.

The proportion of those in ufology who have a Postal Service connection, especially of those with influence or whose activities have had a significant impact on the field, is far higher than that in the general population. Most infamously, there's Don Schmitt, who kept his USPS job quiet until its exposure would do the most damage to the case for Roswell and the credibility of his erstwhile partner Kevin Randle (who sometimes looks and acts like a mailman on the Edge himself).

Then there's Barry Greenwood, once a leader in the effort to expose the cover-up, but now most often heard from denouncing claims of those who attempt to expose MJ-12 and its toadies. And consider Herb Taylor, one of ufology's old-timers, and a virtual founding father of CSI of New York. Once Herb was a True Saucerer. These days, about all we hear from him are diatribes against Roswell and its boosters. The list goes on and on.

And now they've recruited my son, a UFO buff who will soon be carrying mail in a state I dare not name. And what about me? When I was a Air Force reservist, I was assigned for a time to a postal service squadron. Today, despite the best of intentions, I spread ufological confusion, arguing that the Roswell saucer really was a Mogul flight train and suggesting the Florida scoutmaster incident may not have been a hoax.

How many of us in ufology use post office boxes? Why do you suppose that is? It's not an accident or coincidence, I assure you. And do you really believe it's just chance that the meeting-place landmark for Area 51 watchers is a mailbox?

And remember, Barney Hill was a career employee of what is now the Postal Service...

(to be continued - if the mailman doesn't get me first!)

LETTERS TO YE OLDE EDITOR:

Carlos Castaneda died in Westwood, California, in 1998. "His only real sorcery," writes Kathryn Lindskoog in her book Fakes, Frauds, and Other Malarky, "was turning the University of California into an ass. The next time you come close to a crow, try calling out "Hello Carlos!" If you are high enough on peyote, you might hear the bird answer.

TALKING TO HIMSELF

For 10 years, Prof. Hitoshi Kodama has worked on his 1,200-page Japanese-Friesian dictionary. Only two Japanese, including himself, speak Friesian, a dialect in northern Holland. No Friesian-speaking Dutch are known to speak Japanese."lt's a labour of love," he said.
Express, Sept 1999.

Ice balls falling from the sky over southern Europe claimed their first victim when a man in the Italian city of Ancona suffered head injuries after being bombarded by a chunk of ice weighing more than one pound. Spain had also reported similar incidents during the previous week, including one nine-pound block falling on a car in Seville. Cold weather experts in Italy were no more able to explain the phenomenon than their counterparts in Spain. However, some of the ice was known to have been created as a hoax. Most elves were gay, expert claims

LONDON -- Although the word "fairies" is sometimes used today as a slur word for gays, the mythological creatures were never thought to be homosexual, an expert in folklore says.

Ironically, it is elves, slightly built creatures fond of wearing green tights and dancing in the woods, who were often described as gay.

Even a casual reading of folk tales of the British Isles leaves no doubt that most, if not all, elves prefer members of their own sex," says English folklorist George White-Tunnicliff.

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