Isaac Koi - New Uploads

So far, I've only found one UFO researcher in the world (Barry Greenwood in the USA) with a single copy of the "Interplanetary Space Patrol" newsletter published in the 1950s by James Lee.  This issue is from late 1957 and covers the Levelland, Texas UFO sightings of November 1957.  

While most of the major collectors of UFO material do not seem to have any further issues (or, indeed, this issue), I have found one reference in a book by George Eberhart that suggests that this newsletter may have continued until the summer of 1959 (see George M  Eberhart's "UFOs And The Extraterrestrial Contact Movement- A Bibliography -- Volume One- Unidentified Flying Objects" at page 685.

Barry Greenwood has kindly scanned his copy and I have uploaded it to the USA section of the archive, since it appears to be in the public domain under the copyright rules of the USA in relation to unregistered pre-1964 material.

Curt Collins has written a profile of James Lee:
https://thesaucersthattimeforgot.blogspot.com/2019/10/james-lee-of-interplanetary-space-patrol.html

Apart from its rarity (causing me to want to obtain and scan copies of any other issues now, before they are lost forever), I found this newsletter notable for its name. 

Personally, I think the name sounds pretty cool. :)

(If you think another UFO magazine/newsletter had a better name, let me know in the comments below and I'll see if I can get permission to upload it...).

Daz Smith has kindly given me permission to add searchable copies of his "Eight Martinis" magazine on Remote Viewing to the United Kingdom section of the archive. 

Daz has published this magazine since 2009 on the "Eight Martinis" website. On that website, he quotes Ingo Swann as stating that the term "Eight Martinis" is "an intelligence community in-house term for remote viewing data so good that it cracks everyone’s realities. So they have to go out and drink eight martinis to recover”. 

The magazine currently comes in two formats:  a free download as an Adobe pdf file and as a full colour printed on demand and delivered to you.

Daz Smith can be contacted via the "Eight Martinis" website and on Facebook.

"Revista Alpha" is an online UFO magazine edited by Rafael Silva Pereira of Brazil. It is currently published in Portuguese but Rafael Silva Pereira is planning on also publishing it in Spanish and English.

The magazine has been published so far on the "Revista Alpha" website as images, but Rafael Silva Pereira plans on producing PDF versions.  Since I like to have searchable versions of material, I have used an online tool to convert the image versions of the back issues into PDFs.  I have added those searchable PDFs (with kind permission from Rafael Silva Pereira) to the Brazilian section of the online archive I have been helping develop.

Rafael Silva Pereira can be contacted via the "Revista Alpha" website, on Facebook (facebook.com/revistaalphaufologia), on Twitter (@revistaalphauf1) and via his Instagram page.

Earlier today I uploaded 140 issues of United Kingdom's "Phenomena" magazine (2009 onwards) to the archive (after getting permission from Steve Mera) and posted some background on it.  The founder of that magazine, Steve Mera, has now also kindly given me permission to upload the Spanish-language version of that magazine. I have now added 41 issues in Spanish to the section of the archive in relation to material from Argentina (since the Spanish-language editor is based in Argentina).   (I had originally incorrectly placed this publication in the section relating to material from Spain...).

The Spanish version of this magazine is the subject of a page on the main "Phenomena" website. (Unfortunately, the links to the first 37 issues on that page currently do not work. I will mention this to Steve.)

The main Phenomena website also gives a link to a Spanish-language website relating to this magazine. (Again, unfortunately, the link on that page of the main website is also not working. The relevant link should, I think, start with http rather than https. A link for the Spanish-language website which starts http currently works. Again, I will mention this to Steve).

140 issues of "Phenomena" magazine are now in the archive.  "Phenomena" is a free online magazine, published since 2009 on the Phenomena Magazine website each month. 

The "Phenomena" website states that "Phenomena" is "the world's most recognised E-zine of its kind" and that this magazine "looks into the whole realm of the Strange, Profound, Unknown and Unexplained, delving into Paranormal, Ufological, Cryptozoological, Parapsychological subjects and Fortean Events".

"Phenomena" was founded by Steve Mera of MAPIT (the Manchester Aerial Phenomena Investigation Team). MAPIT is probably best known for a training course it offered for investigators of UFOs/paranormal. Steve has kindly given his permission to me to upload back issues to the archive.

The Phenomena team can be contacted via the Phenomena Magazine website and also via the Phenomena Facebook page. 

A free online magazine, "Shadows Of Your Mind" was started in 2017. It is released regularly on the www.shadowsmagazine.co.uk website. This magazine was "born out of curiosity" and aims to provide "great features and interviews with renowned individuals in the ufology and paranormal arenas".

Dave Partridge (the editor/designer of this magazine) has kindly given me permission to add issues of this magazine to the United Kingdom section of the online archive that I have been helping coordinate.  

Dave can be contacted via his Shadows Of Your Mind website, on Twitter (@shadowsmagazine), on Facebook (facebook.com/shadowsofyourmind),  or by email at: contact@shadowsmagazine.co.uk

Further to my other recent uploads of Swedish UFO/Fortean newsletters, another 26 sets are now online. Once again, these scans are the result of the efforts of the AFU in Sweden. 

(With the ending of this virtual visit to Sweden, my next uploads will probably focus on the efforts of colleagues from Russia and former Soviet countries that have kindly been scanning many UFO magazines and official documents, and putting me in touch with relevant individuals in Russia and the former USSR).

"The Cereologist" crop circle magazine (also known as "The Cerealogist" for some issues) is now online, with permission from one of the former editors, George Wingfield . This follows the uploading during the last week of some of the other best known and long running crop circle magazines, namely the "Sussex Circular" (with permission kindly granted to me by Andy Thomas) and "The Circular" (with permission kindly granted to me by Ray Cox and Margaret Novakovic).

"The Cereologist" was originally edited by John Michell, then by George Wingfield and finally by John Sayer. 

(The spelling of the title of the magazine changed over the years.  Most issues were entitled "The Cereologist", but some were entitled "The Cerealogist").

Publication ceased in 2003, with John Sayer explaining in the final issue that his health had been too poor to continue.   I've tried to reach John Sayer via various researchers and groups, but presume he is dead. George Wingfield has helpfully let me know that he believes he has the right to give me permission to upload this magazine (and has kindly given me that permission) and in any event is sure that John Sayer would not have objected.

(I'm grateful to Mark Fussell and Curt Collins for suggesting I contact George Wingfield and helping put me in touch with George).

The AFU in Sweden has scanned 36 issues. Since Issue 36 is expressed to be the final issue, I think this is a complete set. The AFU has also scanned a related booklet published by the "The Cereologist" on the history of crop circles.

I have uploaded material, in a searchable format, to the UK section of the AFU's online magazine archive.

(Some scans had previously been online on the website of The Croppie, which also has a considerable number of other resources in relation to Crop Circles).

Another 388 issues of UFO/Fortean newsletters are now online. These are issues of 5 newsletters from Sweden : "UFO Allehanda", "UFO-Nytt Vasterbergslagen", "Stockholms UFO-Nytt", "Stoff" and "Seklet".  (These are in addition to the 5 sets of newsletters from Sweden I posted about earlier today, most of which were in English...).

The good news is that this is a further large quantity of UFO/Fortean material freely available online, thanks to the scanning efforts of the AFU in Sweden.  I have been told by two of their officials, Clas Svahn and Hakan Blomqvist (who have known most of the UFO groups and ufologists in Sweden over many years...) that it is fine to upload these newsletters.

The bad news (at least for me personally) is that these ones are in Swedish - so I am reliant upon automatic translation tools (such as Google Translate) to read these. At least Google Translate has improved dramatically in the last few years and continues to evolve rapidly.

Hakan Blomqvist has helpfully also provided an indication of the publishers and editors of these newsletters:

(1) 147 scans of "UFO-Nytt Vasterbergslagen", published by "Västerbergslagens UFO-förening" from 1977-2012

(2) 82 scans of "UFO Allehanda", published by "Enköpings UFO-förening" from 1980-2007

(3) 59 issues of "Stockholms UFO-Nytt" published by "Stockholms UFO-förening" from 1991 to 2009, edited by Inga-Lill Wallin and Stefan Roslund

(5) 89 issues of "Seklet".

The "AFU Newsletter", the "AFU Annual Reports", the "Scandinavian Newsletter" edited by Anders Liljegren of the AFU, the AFU's "Ufologen" newsletter and the "AFU Sponsornytt" newsletter are now online.

The first three items were mainly in English.

52 issues of the "AFU Newsletter" are online. That started as a modest newsletter in Swedish, but became increasingly bilingual - before becoming an entirely English-language newsletter.  It contained articles focused on UFO sightings over Sweden, but (again) became increasingly international. 

The "AFU Annual Reports" were also in English. They focused on organisational issues and the growth of AFU's huge archive of UFO/Fortean material.

The "AFU Sponsornytt" newsletter was similarly focused on organisational issues relating to the AFU, particularly sponsorship funding.

The "Scandinavian Newsletter" was edited by one of the leaders of the AFU, Ander Liljegren. It was also written in English, but appears to have been relatively short lived.

14 issues of AFU's "Ufologen" newsletter (1970s) have also been uploaded. These were written in Swedish.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the AFU scanned each of the above newsletters themselves and are happy for copies to be on their website. :)

A "triangle special" (issue 5), including articles on Flying Triangle sightings and one on "Triangles and Technology", is one of the interesting parts of "Area S1" This was a UFO newsletter published in the 1990s by "SUFORA", the Sheffield UFO Research Association.  

Martin Jeffrey has now given me permission to upload this publication (with thanks to David Clarke for putting me in touch with Martin).

5 issues have been scanned by the AFU in Sweden.  Martin was pleasantly surprised that anyone other than him had any issues of his newsletter after more than 20 years. :) 

"News Fortiane" was published online by the Centro Studi Fortiani between 2008 and 2010.  

Cristian Vitali of the Centro Studi Fortiani has kindly provided me with all 21 issues of "New Fortaine" and given me permission to upload them.

The Italian section of the online archive is now taking shape pretty nicely. 

I've previously uploaded most newsletters of the main Italian groups (CISU and CUN), with their permission. Various other Italian researchers/groups publications have also given their permission and I've also added their newsletters/magazines. 

I think most of the main Italian UFO newsletters/magazines are now online, but I'll ask some Italian colleagues whether there are any worthwhile publications remain to be added. 

The rare booklet "Crop Circles: The Final Solution?" by Omar Fowler is now freely available online. This booklet includes discussion of alleged "evidence of microwave activity" in relation to crop circles, including "the possibility that Crop Circles are being formed by a High Frequency beam".

This booklet was scanned by the AFU. Clas Svahn of the AFU had also previously passed on my request to Omar Fowler prior to his death for permission to upload his various publications, and relayed his prompt positive response.

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Hot on the heels of my uploading of "Sussex Circular" this week (with permission from Andy Thomas), searchable scans of another of the longest running and best known crop circle magazines are now online. "The Circular" was published by the Centre for Crop Circle Studies in the UK from 1990 until 2005. 

With prompt help from Steve Coop, Bob Skinner and Colin Woolford, I've been in touch with two surviving members of the CCCS this weekend, Ray Cox and Margaret Novakovic. Both Ray and Margaret have kindly said that I can go ahead with uploading "The Circular".  (One of them, Ray Cox, has also given permission for me to upload a UFO newsletter he edited, the "British UFO Society Journal", which I uploaded earlier today).

35 issues of "The Circular" have been scanned by the AFU in Sweden and I have now uploaded those issues.

Scans of 3 or so of the issues missing from the AFU's collection are on the website of The Croppie. I'll see if some sort of exchange can be arranged, and/or other issues obtained, to make the set I've uploaded complete.   

I'll do some work tonight on permission issues in relation to another crop circle publication, "The Cereologist"...

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The "British UFO Society Journal" was edited by Ray Cox in the 1980s.  As the name might suggest, it was published in the UK.  Steve Coop has now obtained permission from Ray Cox for me to upload this Journal. 

The AFU in Sweden has helpfully scanned several issues.

This set is currently rather incomplete. I've struggled to find others with more issues. [Shock. Horror. I know, I'm slipping...].  I'll see if I can manage to persuade some other UFO researchers to help fill in the gaps. 

By the way, the "British UFO Society" ("BUFOS") should not be confused with the "British UFO Research Association" ("BUFORA").  They were separate groups.  (I've previously uploaded most BUFORA newsletters, with kind permission from BUFORA).

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Steve Coop has helpfully obtained permission from Mark Haywood for me to upload "UFO Enquirer", the journal of the "Scientific UFO Research Association".

After checking my collection and those of the few other UFO groups/researchers with the largest UFO collections in the world, I've so far only found a single issue of this publication (which is now online). 

Okay, lots of UFO newsletters/journals only had a single issue (with the first issue also being the last issue with a lot of UFO newsletters...), but the current single scanned issue of "UFO Enquirer" is entitled "Volume 2 Issue 1" and refers on page 3 to the content of the previous issue. 

This issue has been scanned by the AFU in Sweden.

I'll widen the search for copies/scans of other issues. 

As a last resort, I'll ask Steve to contact Mark Haywood again - but I generally think it is a bit of an imposition to seek scans from the same person that I ask for permission...

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123 issues of "Pegasus" (published by SIGAP, the "Surrey Investigation Group on Aerial Phenomena" in the UK in the 1970s-1990s) are now online, with thanks to Ron Toft for kindly giving his permission. 

Scans have, as is often the case, helpfully been done by the team at the AFU in Sweden.

Other SIGAP publications will be online soon. Very soon. As in, give me a few hours. :)

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Those of you interested in Flying Triangle UFOs will recall that I helped get Omar Fowler's "Ovni" newsletter and his first book/booklet on this topic ("The Flying Triangle Mystery") online in 2016 (thanks to Clas Svahn of the AFU getting permission from Omar).  

I didn't have Omar's follow-up book/booklet, "Flying Triangle UFO's : The Continuing Story", at that time (hey, it's pretty rare...) but obtained it recently after Steve Coop mentioned it to me.  

That follow-up is now online.  

Scanning, once again, has been done by the AFU in Sweden. (The AFU also, as mentioned above, helpfully passed on my permission request to Omar Fowler in relation to his publications, and Omar's positive response, prior to his death).

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Another rare one: “Pulsar” (UK, 1970s) - Kate Preston has kindly given permission for me to upload searchable scans of her “Pulsar” newsletter (with help again from Steve Coop).  

Pulsar includes items by Jenny Randles, Robert Morrell and others - in addition to items by Kate herself.

As is usually the case, the scans have been done by the AFU in Sweden.

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Dan Goring has kindly given me permission to upload searchable scans of his "EUFOSG" newsletter of the “Essex Unidentified Flying Object Study Group”.

Dan published this newsletter in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. 

10 issues have been scanned by the AFU in Sweden and are now online.

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One of the best known, and one of the longest running, of the crop circle newsletters/magazines is now freely available online, with thanks to Andy Thomas for kindly giving me permission to upload searchable scans of his “Sussex Circular” publication. 

60 issues (scanned by the AFU in Sweden) are now online.  Andy Thomas has offered to scan further issues, which I will upload once they are available. 

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Over 30 issues of another rare newsletter edited by Tim Beckley ("Searchlight") are online, with thanks to Tim for kindly giving me permission for this upload. 

The AFU in Sweden has, once again, provided the current scans and veteran American ufology Barry Greenwood has offered to dig out some issues to fill in gaps.

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