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- Subject: alt.alien.visitors FAQ Part 1 of 7
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- alt.alien.visitors Frequently Asked Questions
- This FAQ was last updated: 15th November 1994
- This is part 1 of 7
-
- It currently takes up 150k (around 85 printed pages) in all
- Line width is about 75 char.
-
- The FAQ and shortened version, the MINI-FAQ were originally written for the
- Usenet Newsgroup alt.alien.visitors. More recently the FAQ and some of the
- a.a.v. messages have been cross posted to other networks. The FAQ will try to
- reflect this more universal distribution, but for now it is essentially the
- FAQ produced for alt.alien.vistors. The full FAQ is a very large multi-part
- file which is posted infrequently, but is available by WWW and ftp (see
- below). The MINI-FAQ is designed to be a single file which can be posted
- more regularly but only contains basic information.
-
- The FAQ is the result of contributions from many people. The views expressed
- are varied and unless otherwise stated should not be taken to represent the
- opinions of any one contributor, the editor or the contributors as a whole.
- Neither, unless otherwise stated, should the views expressed be taken as in
- anyway representing any organisation or employer with whom the contributors
- are connected. As the FAQ is the work of many people, speaking many different
- flavours of english, some of the spelling and grammer might be novel to some
- readers, remember the main function of the FAQ is communication not a lesson
- in english. The current editor is Steve Gamble (see FAQ updates for
- how to contact him.) All comments by him are indicated by the square brackets[].
-
- Charles McGrew has made the full FAQ together with other UFO related
- material available by ftp. Here are the details:
-
- ftp.rutgers.edu (128.6.26.25)
-
- many ufo-related documents (some of dubious reputability) in
- pub/ufo. See README's in the directory (and subdirectories).
- Files are a little disorganized right now, since the document-
- collection process is still going on, but if you're looking
- for that "special file", this is a good place to check out.
- More recent versions of the FAQ can be found here as
- a.a.v-faq. All files except the README's are in unix-compressed
- format, so please be sure to use 'binary' transfer mode.
- Anonymous ftp enabled.
-
-
- World Wide Web Access
-
- Rene' Mueller has kindly made both the full FAQ and the mini-FAQ
- available by WWW on Spirit. The WWW address is
-
- http://zeta.cs.adfa.oz.au/Spirit.html
-
- The file is split into 7 parts for posting to a.a.v. These are shown in the
- contents list below.
-
- PART 1
- Introduction
- ============
- Contents
- ========
-
- PART 2
- === 0. Introductory Material
- ----------------------------
- 0.1: About alt.alien.visitors
- 0.2: Posting to alt.alien.visitors
- 0.3: Hints on posting
- 0.4: Example Posting
- 0.5: People who post to alt.alien.visitors
-
-
- === 1. Terminology and Definitions Used in UFOlogy
- --------------------------------------------------
- 1.01: a.a.v.
- 1.02: Astronomical Units (A.U.)
- 1.03: What is a UFO?
- 1.04: What is an alien?
- 1.05: Classification of UFO Reports
-
-
- === 2:00 About UFOs and related phenomena
- ------------------------------------------
- 2.01: When did it all start?
- 2.02: The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
- 2.03: What do we really know about life elsewhere in the universe?
- 2.04: Marfa Lights
- 2.05: Men In Black (MIB)
- 2.06: Tectonic Strain Theory (TST)
- 2.07: UFOnauts
- 2.08: Unusual Ground Markings (UGM)
- 2:09: USAF
- 2:10: Zine
-
- Alien Races
- -----------------
- 3.00: Arcturus
- 3.01: Aryans (Blondes)
- 3.02: Blues (Star Warriors)
- 3.03: Confederation of Humans
- 3.04: Greys
- 3.05: Orion Empire (Orion forces)
- 3.06: Pleiadians
- 3.07: Sirius
- 3.08: Reptoids
- 3.09: Vega
-
- Abductions and Current Theories
- ------------------------------
- 4.00: About Abductions
-
- UFOlogists
- ----------
- 5:00: Hopkins, Budd
- 5:01: Jacobs, Dr David
- 5:02: Klass, Philip J.
- 5.03: Spencer, John
- 5:04: Marciniak, Barbara J.
- 5:05: Randles, Jenny
-
- PART 3
- UFO Projects & Theories & Controversies
- ----------------------------------------
- 6.00: Aurora Project or "deep black" projects
- 6.02: NASA Footage September 10th
- 6.03: Planetoid (Wormwood)
- 6.04: Official Studies
- 6.05: Roswell Crash Incident
-
- UFO Movies, Documentaries and TV Programs
- ----------------------------------------
- = 7.00: TV Programs
- 7.01: E. T. Monitor (the Keystone Inspirational Network)
- 7.02: Hard Copy (??)
- 7.03: Intruders
- 7.04: National Geographic (PBS)
- 7.05: sightings (FOX)
- 7.06: UFO Incident, The
- 7.07: Unsolved Mysteries (NBC)
-
- = 7.08: UFO VIDEOS
- 7.09: Close Up
- 7.10: Communion
- 7.11: UFO Coverup Live
- 7.12: UFO Documentary
- 7.13: UFO, The Films Prove It
- 7.14: UFO Review, The Researchers
-
- UFO Magazines and Publications (UFOzines)
- -----------------------------------------
- 8.00: Circular, The
- 8.01: Cerealogist, The
- 8.02: Connecting Link Magazine
- 8.03: CONTINUUM
- 8.04: Crop Watcher, The
- 8.05: Earth,
- 8.06: Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic, The
- 8.07: Faithist Journal, The
- 8.08: Focus
- 8.09: Fortean Times,
- 8.10: Inner Light
- 8.11: International UFO Library Magazine
- 8.12: Magonia,
- 8.13: Orvotron Newsletter
- 8.14: Ovni Presence
- 8.15: Revelations of Awareness
- 8.16: Swamp Gas Journal
- 8.17: UFO Universe
-
- UFO Book Publishers
- -------------------
- 9.00: Advent Publishing Company
- 9.02: Arnerica West Publishers
- 9.03: Arcturus Book Service
- 9.04: Condor Books, Inc.
- 9.05: Document Research Services
- 9.06: Earth Star Publications
- 9.07: Eden Press
- 9.08: JACO Book Publishers
- 9.09: The Library of the New Essenes of Inyo
- 9.10: Luna Ventures
- 9.11: The Pleiades Project
- 9.12: UFO Audio-Video Clearing House
- 9.13: UFO Books
- 9.14: UFO Photo Archives
- 9:15: Worldwide UFO Newsclipping Bureau and Public Information Center 955
- West
- 9.16: Spacelink Books
-
- Miscellaneous Information
- -----------------------
- 10.00: A UFO Book List
- 10.01: alt.alien.visitors archives (back issues)
- 10.02: Big Foot (Sasquatch)
- 10.03: Free UFO Class
- 10.04: Freedom of Information
- 10.05: Hidden Ancient Ruins
- 10.06: Inter Library Loans (ILL)
- 10.07: NASA Shuttle Footage
- 10.08: UFO Related anonymous FTP Sites
-
- PART 4
- UFO Organizations * Assumed Acronym
- ------------------
- 11.00: Aerial Phenomenon Research: The Indiana Group . . . . .*(APR)
- 11.02: Aetherius Society, The
- 11.03: Ancient Astronaut Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(AAS)
- 11.04: Ancient Truth Research Foundation . . . . . . . . . .*(ATRF)
- 11.05: Awareness Reserch Foundation, Inc , The . . . . . . .*(ARF)
- 11.06: Borderland Sciences Research Foundation . . . . . . . . (BSRF)
- 11.07: British UFO Research Association . . . . . . . . . . . . (BUFORA)
- 11.08: California UFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(CUFO)
- 11.09: Citizens Against UFO Secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CAUS)
- 11.10: Committee for the Scientific Investigation of
- Claims of the Paranormal Contactee . . . . . . . . . . (CSICOP)
- 11.11: Computer UFO Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CUFON)
- 11.12: Contactee
- 11.13: Cosmic Awareness Communications . . . . . . . . . . . .*(CAC)
- 11.14: CSETI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CSETI)
- 11.15: Delval UFO, Inc.
- 11.16: Fair Witness Project, Inc., The . . . . . . . . . . . .*(FRP)
- 11.17: Federation, The
- 11.18: Flying Saucer Information Center . . . . . . . . . . . .*(FSIS)
- 11.19: Fortean Research Center, The
- 11.20: Fund for UFO Research, Inc.,The . . . . . . . . . . . .*(FUFOR)
- 11.21: Gulf Breeze Skywatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(GBS)
- 11.22: Inner-Peace Prosperity Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . (IPPN)
- PART 5
- 11.23: Intercontinental UF Galactic Spacecraft
- - Research and Analytic Network . . . . . . . . . . . . (ICUFON)
- 11.24: International Committeee for UFO Research . . . . . . . . (ICUR)
- 11.25: International Fortean Organization . . . . . . . . . . (INFO)
- 11.26: Intruders Foundation
- 11.27: Island Skywatch
- 11.28: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies . . . . . . . . . (CUFOS)
- 11.29: Massachusetts Center for the study of
- Aerial Phenomena, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(MCSAP)
- 11.30: Multi-national Investigations Cooperative on
- Aerial Phenomena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MICAP)
- 11.31: MutuaL UFO Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MUFON)
- 11.32: Mutual UFO Network of North Carolina, Inc. . . . . . . (MUFON-NC)
- 11.33: National Investigations Committeee on UFOs . . . . . . . (NICUFO)
- 11.34: National Sighting Research Center, The . . . . . . . . (NSRC)
- 11.35: Nevada Aerial Research Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NARG)
- 11.36: North American Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *(NAC)
- 11.37: North American Institute of Crop Circle Research . . . (NAICCR)
- 11.38: Northamptonshire UFO Research Centre . . . . . . . . . (NUFORC)
- 11.39: Northern UFO Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NUFON)
- 11.40: Omega Communications
- 11.41: ParaNet (Paranormal Network) Information Service . . . . (PARANET)
- PART 6
- 11.42: Pennsylvania Association for the
- Study of the Unexplained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PASU)
- 11.43: Pnet
- 11.44: Portland UFO Group, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PUFOG)
- 11.45: Roundtown UFO Society
- 11.46: Royal Priest Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(RPR)
- 11.47: Search for EXtraterrestrial Intelligence, The. . . . . . (SETI)
- 11.48: Sirian Rainbow Lodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(SRL)
- 11.49: SKYNET
- 11.50: Socie'Te' Belge d'Etude des Phenomenes Spatiaux . . . . (SOBEPS)
- 11.51: Society for Scientific Exploration . . . . . . . . . . (SSE)
- 11.52: Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained, The . (SITU)
- 11.53: System Ready
- 11.54: Transcendental Communications A Division of LAMAT Research
- 11.55: UFO Contact Center International . . . . . . . . . . . (UFOCCI)
- 11.56: UFO Fllter Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (UFOFC)
- 11.57: UFO Information Retrieval Center . . . . . . . . . . . . (UFOIRC)
- 11.58: UFO Investigators League . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (UFOIL)
- 11.59: UFO, Paranormal and Conspiracy BBS, THE . . . . . . . .*(UFOPCBBS)
- 11.60: UFO Reporting and Information Service. . . . . . . . . . (UFORIS)
- 11.61: UFO Study Group of Greater St. Louis
- 11.62: Ufology Research of Manitoba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (UFOROM)
- 11.63: United Aerial Phenomena Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . (UAPA)
- 11.64: Universal Articulate Interdimensional
- Understanding of Science (UNARIUS Academy of Sciences) . (UNARIUS)
- 11.65: Victorian U.F.O. Research Society Inc. . . . . . . . . . (VUFORS)
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- PART 7
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