UFO BOOK ON COMPUTER

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    From:  Bill Chalker UFORA Associ  Submitted:  08 Dec 91 11:35:00  

 Subject:  UFO BOOK ON COMPUTER          Status:  Public

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I thought all of you using Paranet would be very interested in

the "UFO Research in Australia and New Zealand" digital book.  It

has over 90,000 words in more than 800 pages (computer pages)

covering over 300 topics, with full search and print facility. 

It is IBM PC or compatible, (Hard disk) EGA or VGA.  It comes as

compressed files on a single standard DS DD floppy disk, which is

uncompressed onto your hard disk.

It is a package produced by a professional publisher (Dynamo

House Pty. Ltd., 38a Murphy Street, Richmond, Victoria, 3121,

AUSTRALIA. I have been looking at a review copy.  I am advised by

the publishers that they have just taken receipt of the first

batch and distribution should begin soon.  I'm not sure of

distribution methods at this stage.  The price is, I understand

$29.95 Australian dollars.  For all of you overseas we will see

what can be arranged.

First off this is admittedly a biased review.

I am a UFORA associate and much of my own material appears in the

book.  However the book is a collection of material published in

the UFO Research Australian Newsletter (UFORAN) with some updated

material added.

Even though I am very familiar with all this material, I found

the search facility would make this book a real asset

to any researcher and to anybody who is interested in getting

reliable information on the UFO situation in Australia and New Zealand.

The emphasis in the book is on case material and it is certainly rich in that.

I will not give a full a full listing here of its contents (it

would take too long!) but here are some highlights:

Historical (pre 1947) reports from Australia & New Zealand (NZ),

which includes the 1868 Birmingham "UFO vision" and the 1909 wave.

The Maatsuyker Island reports (a remote lighthouse locality off

Tasmania which has been the focus of some fascinating reports).

The Rosedale UFO landing case of 1980, which must be one of

Australia's most significant physical trace cases, and certainly

is not an example of a Meaden "plasma vortex" as suggested by

Jenny Randles & Paul Fuller in their CROP CIRCLES book.

The BOYUP BROOK beam/car control case.

A marvelous display of apparent UFO technology in an

extraordinary daylight  event in a close encounter in suburban

Sydney in 1970.  The locality is Whalan. It is this sort of case

that makes even the most hardened "its all in the mind" camp think twice.

Entity cases from Australia & NZ.

Photographic evidence specifically 2 movie footages of particular importance.

Sightings by aircraft pilots.

Radar visual events.

Vehicle interference cases including the extraordinary and

classic "bent headlight beam" case from Burkes Flat in 1966.

The Mundrabilla case in depth.

Australian "interrupted journeys" (time loss cases)

An extraordinary detailed account of possible telepathic contact

in an Australian desert encounter.

Australian abduction cases.

RAAF UFO files (i.e. our Air Force files) revealed in depth.

In otherwords here we have a huge amount of data for you thirsty

UFO researchers and interested parties.

You will have a great time just reading and even better you have

a great facility for file searching and printing. I have it up on

my computer and it sure beats the time waster of searching through hard copy.

I certainly have no reservations in recommending this UFO book on

computer to you all.  It gives you an extraordinary and reliable

(the last point is very important these days!) look at the UFO

mystery as seen from the microcosm of Australia & NZ.

It also comes with a 12 page illustration file booklet referenced

to the computer text, much of it in colour.

This well worth the money.  You will also be helping a

professional UFO research outfit at the same time, namely UFORA

which needs no introduction to Paranet users.

The package is not totally free of errors -a few slipped through.

eg. On the box cover "John Johnston, Joan Knapman" should read

"John Knapman, Joan Johnston" ) sadly passed away this year.  The

booklet lists "UFO's and the Royal UFO's Air Force" which will be

amusing for the Royal Australian Air Force.  Also it is not clear

from the text that Bruce Harding was the original investigator

and writer in the 1944 Christchurch NZ case - a wonderful CE3 event.

However these gaffs overall do not take away from an excellent product.

GET OUT THERE AND BUY IT.  YOU WON'T REGRET IT.

Best regards from Bill Chalker.

--- FD 1.99c

 * Origin: UFO Research Australia, UFORA Associate NSW (9:1040/8)

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