Authors: T.R. Dutton

UFOs in Reality (43 page)

App. Fig. 4

This is shown, graphically, by
App. Fig 4
, which also provides a typical example of that kind of graphical presentation.

The two diagonal crosses represent the stated arrival time and the implied departure time of the objects seen by Adamski and his associates. They coincide very well with time predictions associated with
two sunrise-related tracks, Nos. 3 and 1
, respectively. A glance at the latitude/longitude grid map (above the timings graph) shows that the ground-track lines (* see Introduction in the main report) associated with these two tracks in space run, closely, on either side of Desert Center. Referring, next, to the lower half of the timings graph, it can also be seen that the arrival time (Noon, PST) also fits an
11:00 hr R.A.timing associated with No. 1 track
– and the inferred departure time, of approximately 1 pm. PST, is seen to have been close to the prediction for
21:30 hr R.A. orientated track No. 4
, the ground-track of which is seen, on the grid map, to pass closely to the north-west of the location. This example will serve to explain the manner in which the astro-alignments exercises have been conducted.

To proceed further –- this evidence suggests that we should now be looking for solar system bodies in alignment
with two sunrise-linked tracks of 63º and 76º inclination; with a 21:30 hr. R.A. track of 76º inclination;
and, possibly
, with an 11:00 hr. R.A. track inclined at 63º.
In fact, this event occurred during one of those ‘stargate’ periods, during which the 11:00 R.A. set may coincide with a sunrise-related set. The result of that search is shown as the first item presented on
App. Sht. 1
.

Before further comment is made about the results to be presented, some further explanation is required. As commented previously, the 53º inclined track lines had seemed to determine the celestial orientation of each terminator-linked track set. During this alignments exercise, it was discovered that solar system bodies generally aligned better with the 53º track option than with tracks having other inclinations – which seemed to suggest that, no matter which track inclination had been identified by a timings correlation exercise, the basic navigational alignment had first been determined by the 53º option. Furthermore, this seemed to apply, also, to the fixed, star-orientated, sets of tracks. In view of this,
for any given event, the listed R.A. value representing the orientation of each correlating track (of whatever inclination), is that corresponding to an inclination of 53º
, but this is a provisional measure and the issue requires further investigation. (One explanation might be that all approaches to Earth are made by delivery craft travelling on 53º inclined tracks –and that the inclination is changed on arrival in proximity with the planet, to facilitate delivery of a probe to a pre-selected location. A similar procedure could be adopted, in reverse, on departure from the Earth.)

APP. 6 Review of the Results. (App. Shts 1 to 7)

App. 6.1 General Information and Comments.

App. Shts. 1 to 7 give the essential details for each of the 28 cases considered, there being four cases on each page.

On the L.H. side of a page are given the R.A. locations (in the Ecliptic Plane) being indicated by the orientation of the track lines associated with the given dates and timings at each location. Each orientation indicated in this way projects outwards on opposite sides of the Earth; and this results in two possible locations for any aligning solar system bodies to occupy. In R.A. terms, they are 12 hours apart. These two R.A. figures are presented and associated with the identified track orientation. The R.A. position of any solar system body which has been found to be in the vicinity of an expected R.A. position, and the name of that body, are also printed out. In this way, numerical appraisals can be made. The position of the Sun in the sky on each occasion enables the orientation of the Terminator to be determined.

On the R.H. side of each page there are four diagrams, each of which portrays the printed information presented to the left of it. The diagrams are plan views of the solar system, the Earth being placed at the centre of each. The R.A. divisions have been distorted to account for the tilt of the Ecliptic Plane relative to the Celestial Plane. Whenever alignments have been identified, the complying solar system bodies have been drawn at their correct R.A. positions and dashed radial lines from the centre of the Earth have been drawn in to represent the anticipated alignments. However, the relative distances from the Earth are only approximately represented and the diagrams are by no means to scale.

Before going on to comment about individual cases, some general comments can be made.

It was observed, in the main report, that certain comets seemed to figure frequently during those alignment studies, and the same comments apply to this special exercise. Notably,
Comet Gale
has been found to be associated with CE3/4 events reported during the years 1952, 1964, 1976/7 and 1988, the gaps between them being roughly in accordance with that comet’s period of 11.24 years.

On each occasion, Gale was situated between 8.3 and 8.9 AUs from the Sun and close to 6.00 hr R.A. Given the stable orbit of Gale, it is perhaps not too surprising that it has been invariably associated with the fixed 11:00 hr R.A. orientation – but it may be important to note that 6.00 hr R.A. also marks the intersection of the Ecliptic and Galactic Planes. (The latter is the plane of our galaxy, the Milky Way.) In contrast, in the main report, Gale was associated mostly with tracks with 21:30hr R.A. orientation, during several years between those listed above, which involved only CE3/4 activity. This, also, may be a significant finding.

Comet Grigg-Skjellerup
featured 6 times, during the years 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1995 and 1996. It was found to have been aligned in all four orientations: 21:30 hr R.A. (2), ‘sr’ (2), ‘ss’ (1) and 11:00 hr R.A. (1). Its distance from the Sun had always been between 3.1 and 4.9 AUs on those occasions, which means that it would not have been visible from Earth.

Comet Machholz
was a feature of events recorded during the years 1966, 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1997, these spacings being roughly multiples of its period of 5.24 years.

Its correspondence with the sought-for alignments was generally not very good, but on one occasion it was in a conforming conjunction with Neptune on a sunrise track bearing (16. 7. 1981) and on two other occasions (when it was not signalled) it was close to the 18:00 hr R.A. position, which marks both the 11:00 hr track orientation and the Ecliptic/Galactic Planes’ intersection in that part of the sky. It’s distance from the Sun had varied between 2.3 and 4.3 AUs.

Hartley 2
featured as a possible 21:30 hr R.A. track marker in 1975 and 1976, when it was 5.5 and 5.9 AUs from the Sun. The closely-bound comet
Encke
(period 3.28 years) featured only twice, once as a sunrise track marker and again as a good, but not sought-for,11:00 hr R.A. track marker
. Halley’s Comet
(period 76.3 years) also featured twice: in 1980, when it provided a good marker for a signalled sunrise track and, less significantly, during September 1990.

App. 6.2 Presentation of App. Shts 1 to 7

Results sheets 1 to 7 follow, and are presented in the manner described in App. 6.1. Thereafter, special elements of this exercise will discussed.