From: UFOLAWYER1@aol.comTo: CAUSupdates@caus.org Subject: [CAUS updates] - Cattle Mutilations Team; Chris O'Brien Report and Tampa Triangular UFO Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 12:08 AM Dear CAUS Subscribers: On this Tuesday, CAUS presents three unrelated reports...or are they? 1) Dead Cattle Alert Issued to Solve Mutilation Puzzle By David Staples A team of Las Vegas scientists is determined to solve the 100-year-old mystery of what has been causing cattle mutilations across North America, says the team's leader, Dr. Colm Kelleher. The National Institute of Discovery Science is on red alert to jet around the western US and Western Canada in order to quickly autopsy a freshly dead, mutilated cow, at no cost to the rancher. The group--dedicated to studying matters outside the scientific mainstream--is backed by Vegas businessman Robert Bigelow. "We are moving in the direction of telling ranchers what might have caused the death of the animals," Dr. Kelleher says. In Western Canada in the past four years, cattle mutilations investigator Fern Belzil says he has heard of 80 such cases and investigated 45. The cows die for an unknown reason, then lose certain body parts, such as one ear, one eye, and the rectum, Mr. Belzil says. The cuts are done with "surgical precision." But Joe Nickell, a writer for *Skeptical Inquirer* magazine, says Mr. Belzil and the scientists at NIDS are engaging in pseudo-science. Cattle mutilation stories started in 1897, when a Colorado newspaper reported the case of space aliens mutilating a calf, Mr. Nickell says. A member of a local Liars' Club later admitted to planting the story. The bulk of evidence shows that mutilations are done by predators, Mr. Nickell says. Yet mutilation fever rages because the idea that cattle are being mutilated is a powerful one. When it takes hold of ranchers, Mr. Nickell says, they suddenly start looking for evidence that in fact a mutilation has occurred, instead of relying on common sense, which would tell them cows die all the time for various reasons and scavengers come and eat them. Dr. Kelleher counters: "The ranching community has had that explanation for 30 years now. In order to dismiss this phenomenon you need an awful lot more evidence." Dr. Kelleher's team, which includes a veterinarian, wants to autopsy at least 20 cows that died no more than 24 hours previously. The team has already jetted up to Canada, flying in to North Battleford, Sask., to autopsy an allegedly mutilated cow at a ranch that has suffered 25 mutilations in the past 15 years. Unfortunately, laboratory error prevented accurate histopathological tests on the skin tissue, Dr. Kelleher says. 2) Chris O'Brien (tmv@amigo.net; http://home.amigo.net/tmv) CAUS Director of Investigations, reports from the San Luis Valley: Well, the vacation is over. Anomalous aerial craft sighting reports continue in November. Strange how "ufo" sightings seem to cluster around obvious heightened training activity by the Air Force; especially when they are contemplating conducting aerial sorties against Iraq. The Latest SLV Reports Sat November 14, 1998 at 9:15 AM Over the Smith Reservoir area-west of Blanca, CO Alamosa County AN1 (Walkley/O'Brien) Junne Walkley was returning from dropping her relatives off when, while driving south on Rd 106, she noticed "a great big silver V" hovering over Smith Res. She stopped the car and watched for around a minute. She estimated it was about 10 miles away to the East and estimated its size as a quarter held at arms length. After watching for a minute the object appeared to go straight up and out of sight in "a couple of seconds." She is amazed nobody else reported the craft. She is sending a sketch of the object which is similar to the October 18 sighting at 6:15 AM on the West side of the Valley. [Junne and her husband Virgil are two of my very best and observant skywatchers--tmv] Tue November 17, 1998, At Sunset over Greenie Mountain FB1 MULTIPLE OBJECTS Rio Grande County (Walkley/O'Brien) A relative of the Walkleys, "a strong skeptic," witnesses three object hovering over the San Juan Mountains near Greenie ridge. The objects appeared to be reflecting the setting sun and sitting "still." Then, the witness "was amazed" when the objects disappeared instantly. [Very similar to the Arimijo three-object video footage from January 1996--tmv] Thur November 18, 1998, 11:15 PM Over Blanca Peak MA1 Alamosa/Huerfano County (O'Brien) An ex-career member of the Air Force called to report "a multicolored light yo-yoing up and down--like on a string." Two other witnesses were told and they also watched the strange light. One witness reported the light stayed there "almost an hour . . . before blinking out." 3) CAUS thanks Jason Overholser (jasono@totalufo.net) for this report from Tampa, Florida: On November 17, 1998, at about 4:30am a flying V was spotted by numerous people on the night of the meteor shower. It was described as being about 500 ft wide, traveling very fast at about 10,00o ft. "It looked almost as if it were translucent and made absolutely no sound" said one witness who supposedly took photos of the craft. Sources say that it had no lights on it and feel that it would not have been seen if so many people hadn't been watching the meteor shower that night. If I can find anybody with pictures of the craft, I will post them on my website at www.totalufo.net which is still under construction. Have a terrific Tuesday and of CAUS...watch the skies! Peter A. Gersten Director Be sure to visit the CAUS web site at http://caus.org To join this mailing list, go to http://caus.org/feedback.htm To be REMOVED from this mailing list, go to... http://caus.org/remove/ Served by TheHostPros.com - http://TheHostPros.com