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ISCNI is pleased to announce an upcoming series of four live chats via IRC (Internet Relay Chat) which will be open to anyone on the Internet. The first of these chats will take place on Saturday, October 21, starting at 12 noon Pacific time (3 pm Eastern) and running for two hours. The second chat will take place on Wednesday, October 25, starting at 6 pm Pacific time (9 pm Eastern) and running for two hours. The third chat takes place on Saturday, October 28, and the fourth on Wednesday, November 1, at the same times.
The chats will take place in channel ISCNI on server irc.ais.net. They will be hosted by ISCNI president Michael Lindemann. The first chat will begin with a discussion of the latest developments in the "alien autopsy film footage" controversy and might venture into other CNI-related subjects, depending on participant preference. ISCNI is interested to see how many people want to participate in such live chats as we move toward developing interactive features on the ISCNI Web site.
To participate in IRC chat, you will need IRC software. If you are a member of America Online, you can find IRC software in AOL's software library. Windows users can use Winsock software to participate in IRC directly from your AOL Internet Connection. Please note that AOL Winsock is optimized for use from AOL, and might not work from a different Internet access provider. However, Winsock for non-AOL users is available in many Internet locations. Mac users cannot presently participate in IRC directly from AOL and therefore must use a different Internet access provider. However, Mac IRC software is available in the AOL software library. A good choice is Homer, and other choices are also available.
For non-AOL members, a good location for IRC software is: ftp.interaccess.com. Once there, enter anonymously and select the PlugnPlay folder. In that folder, select either Mac or Windows. In the Mac folder, select IRC, then choose your software. (Homer is recommended.) In the Windows folder, select wsock31. FAQ documents are also available to answer basic questions about using IRC.
We look forward to seeing you at the first ISCNI Live Chat on the Internet.
[On the morning of August 22, 1995, ISCNI received a telephone call from a man in New Jersey regarding an unusual close encounter that occurred at his workplace about ten days earlier. He said he had called the television show "Sightings," and that they had referred him to ISCNI. Debra Kenna, a trained UFO field investigator and ISCNI administrative assistant, spoke at length with this man by phone, then enlisted the help of New Jersey area UFO investigator Tom Briggs for additional followup. Briggs was able to verify basic facts about the witness -- his name, residence, place of employment -- and to cross-check details of the story through several retellings. As in many cases of this kind, some of the central claims remain unverifiable. However, it is clear that the witness, a Polish immigrant and hard-working family man, is disturbed by his alleged experience, wants to remain anonymous to protect his job and family, yet feels this story should be told. ISCNI*Flash thanks Debra Kenna for the following report. The name of the witness and his employer have been changed at his request.]
by Debra Kenna
Mr. Brzinski is a Polish immigrant. He is a family man and has been in this country for about 6 years. For the last year he has worked the night shift in a factory that makes metal clothes hangers. He lives in Wallington, New Jersey only about 15 miles from Newark.
It was on Friday night, August 11, 1995 between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. that the following incident occurred. The factory was busy as usual, with about 60 to 70 employees on duty. It was a hot, humid summer night and all of the factory doors were open to keep it cooler. Mr. Brzinski was working with the production of wire hangers. His best friend had just driven away from him down an isle with a forklift of product, when Mr. Brzinski heard some very strange sounds only a few feet away from him which caught his attention.
There was a row of metal hangers between himself and where the sound was coming from, which seemed only a few feet away. At first, the row of hangers obscured his view of what was on the other side. The sound was like a fast, choppy, garbled vocal sound. It was like nothing he had ever heard before.
As he looked between the row of hangers, he saw three distinct creatures. "Creatures" was the word he used.
When they realized that he saw them, they seemed surprised, like a human would react. After that, he was either unable to hear them talking or they stopped talking. One was just a few inches taller than the other two, and they were all dressed identically. Later, when Mr. Brzinski went back to work, he measured the hanger rack height in an attempt to figure out how tall these creatures were. He estimated them to be about 4' 5" or 4' 6" tall.
The closest thing he could describe the clothing to be like was similar to a scuba or wet suit, a complete, tight-fitting, flexible, elastic-like suit that even appeared to cover their hands and fingers.
The creatures had 3 fingers on each hand. One appeared to be like a thumb and the other two were longer and located closer together like fingers.
Brzinski stated that the taller one seemed to be instructing or explaining to the other two about something to do with one of the automated coat hanger making machines. They seemed very interested in it for some reason.
It was very dark where they were standing and very difficult to make out any facial features, yet Brzinski said that at one point they were only about 1.5 to 2 feet away from him. He could have even reached out and grabbed one of them, but he didn't.
When they realized that he saw them, the two shorter ones ran away very quickly. He said it was strange -- they walked or ran, but it was like they had trouble running or using their legs, almost like an old person. Yet they moved so quickly he didn't see how they left or where they went. He knew all the factory doors and windows were open that night.
The taller one remained. Again, it was only about a foot and a half from him. It opened its tiny hand, and as it did, the uniform that also covered its hand caught a little bit of the factory light and seemed to have a silver color to it. Up until then it was too dark to know the uniforms were anything but black. When it opened its hand, Brzinski noticed a strange, robotic, mechanical-type sound to its hand and finger movement. As it opened its hand, in the center of its palm was a small ball that seemed to be emitting an extremely bright laser-like light. The laser light beamed out and hit him in the eyes, almost knocking him back a bit with its force. When the light hit his eyes, it stung like needles and hurt his eyes, causing him to close them. When he opened them, the creature was gone.
The entire incident with the creatures only lasted from 30 seconds to about 1 minute in Brzinski's estimation. He knows no one else saw them but him. He doesn't want to tell anyone at work about it or be public about it in any way, fearing ridicule or loss of his job.
I asked him repeatedly, trying to get some details on any facial features, since he was so close to them. Due to his broken English, he had difficulty coming up with the right words to describe what he saw. I asked him, if the creature that beamed the laser at him was so close, how could he not see its face? He said that, not only was the lighting poor, but the creature seemed to have some kind of a one-piece glass covering on its eyes or face, almost like (in his words) a cosmonaut. This prevented him from seeing any facial features. However, when I asked him if this covered its whole face, he had difficulty with just how much of the face was covered and just how to describe this covering on the face.
Brzinski said this was the first time he's ever seen or experienced anything like this. He called the Newark airport to find out if they spotted anything unusual on their radar. However, they just told him to calm down and they would have someone call him back; but no one did. He called the police department, and they just asked him if he had been drinking.
Shortly after my first phone conversation with Mr. Brzinski, I contacted Mr. Tom Briggs, an independent UFO investigator in the Newark, New Jersey area. When I related the case to Mr. Briggs, he was interested and willing to personally interview Brzinski and investigate more about this case. What Mr. Briggs found was that the Brzinski's story was exactly as he had related it to me, and that he appeared to be completely sincere with no reason for fabricating such a story. An interesting new piece of information shared with Tom Briggs by Mr. Brzinski was that after he had reported the encounter that night to the local FAA and the police department, he noticed that for three consecutive days it appeared that he was followed home every morning after work by an unmarked white pick-up truck. Whoever was driving the truck followed him for three days to within one block of his home and then left. He felt that someone was interested in him because of his reported encounter.
Brzinski says he has always enjoyed science fiction and is a big fan of the "Sightings" television program and others like it, but he never expected to see something like this. He said he was not on any kind of medication, wasn't drinking and is a healthy man. He stated that he and his son once rented a video about the Roswell crash incident. He'd forgotten the name of it, but said that the creatures he saw were dressed just like and looked just like the creatures he saw on this video.
When asked if there were anything ISCNI could do to help further, Brzinski just said that he was concerned. He said he had no idea that these creatures could come into places like this; and that if they could penetrate like this at will, they could be a danger to the American people. In his opinion, the American people need to know about this.
[Note: Tom Briggs puts out an area newsletter and is writing a book. He can be reached through regular mail at: Alien Underground, P.O. Box 7501, East Rutherford, N.J. 07073.]
[ISCNI*Flash thanks Jed Turnbull for sending in this item.]
According to the Washington Post, on Sept. 17, minister Louis Farrakhan, leader of the "Million Man March" in Washington D.C., told a stunned crowd at a Washington Baptist church that the march was inspired by an extraterrestrial vision he had 10 years ago. A UFO, he said, swept him off to a spaceship where the late Elijah Muhammad told him that President Ronald Reagan was plotting a war. Farrakhan was then beamed back to Earth. "I really don't care if you think I'm a nut," he told the church, without elaborating on how his vision was connected to the march.
One of the largest UFO-related conferences on the West Coast takes place in San Mateo, just south of San Francisco, on the weekend of November 4-5.
UFO Expo West features 20 speakers offering both lectures and workshops, including some of the best known names in UFO research.
Whitley Strieber will offer two lectures and two workshops, presenting new material that is to appear in his next book, called "The Secret School." The book is scheduled for publication in 1996.
Jaime Maussan, perhaps Mexico's best-known legitimate television news reporter, has investigated the ongoing UFO flap in Mexico since it began in 1992. He has collected hundreds of sighting reports and many phtos and videotapes showing clear, daylight UFOs over Mexico. He will present his latest findings at the Expo.
William Bramley, attorney and controversial author of "The Gods of Eden," will present a highly illustrated lecture on his theory of how extraterrestrials have influenced world history through creation and manipulation of secret societies.
Richard Hoagland will present two lectures and two workshops detailing his latest research on possible alien artifacts on the moon and Mars.
Other presenters include historian Jordan Maxwell, abduction researcher and hypnotherapist Yvonne Smith, researcher of the Billy Meier case Randolph Winters, abductee and "Dreamland F/X" artist Steve Neill, abduction researcher and hypnotherapist Derrell Sims, forensic artist and investigator William McDonald, and conspiracy theorist Vladimir Terziski.
UFO Expo West takes place at the San Mateo Dunfey Hotel, near the San Francisco airport.
For more information and registration, call (310) 312-1421.
Becoming a member of ISCNI is now easier than ever. As of September 1, 1995, ISCNI has simplified its membership policy. All new memberships are on a quarterly, or three month, basis. You may join at any time, and when you first enroll you'll get ten days free to explore all aspects of ISCNI. If you look around and decide not to stay, just let us know. Otherwise, you can renew automatically every quarter for as long as you like. Membership in ISCNI costs only $20 per quarter -- less than $7 a month.
You can purchase your Quarterly Membership with your credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express), or by personal check or money order. To learn more, and to register on line, simply visit ISCNI's public area at America Online. Use keyword ISCNI or keyword UFO, then select "How to Join."
If you have any questions about ISCNI services, policies or membership
process, send email to ISCNI@aol.com
[ISCNI*Flash thanks Mac Tonnies for compiling and sending this list of quotable quotes from credible sources concerning the reality and signficance of UFOs.]
The many rumors regarding the flying disk became a reality yesterday when the intelligence office of the 509th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force, Roswell Army Air Field, was fortunate enough to gain possession of a disk through the cooperation of one of the local ranchers and the sheriff's office of Chaves County."
from the "Roswell Daily Record," July 8, 1947
Carl Gustav Jung, "Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky"
Dr. Robert Sarbacher (on his involvement with secret government programs dealing with UFOs), November 29, 1983
Air Chief Marshall Lord Dowding, former head of Royal Air Force during World War II; August 1954
Dr. Werner von Braun (on the deflection from orbit of a United States satellite, 1959)
Dr. Hermann Oberth, 1954
J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director, 1947 (referring to crash retrieval in New Mexico desert in July of 1947 and its subsequent security classification)
Senator Barry Goldwater
Congressman [later President] Gerald Ford, 1966
H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence, CIA; December 2, 1952
Richard Terrile, Astromomer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Colonel L. Gordon Cooper, Mercury 7 Astronaut (in letter to United Nations, 1978)
Captain Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut, 1971
Whitley Strieber
Pilot Captain Thomas Mantell (in his last radio broadcast made in fatal pursuit of unidentified flying object); January 7, 1948
Wilbert Smith, in a formerly classified Canadian government memorandum dated November 21, 1950
from July 1947 FBI/Army Intelligence Report (declassified by the United States Freedom of Information Act in 1976)
Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency; February 28, 1960
Michael Lindemann
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