SECOND LOOK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000300010021-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2004
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: August 1, 1979
• Content Type: MAGAZINE

SocL( cl, I See
CON t TS
The Nasca Lines of Peru
by Tony Morrison ............ page 2
Planetary Chauvinism: Speculation
on the `Others'
by Stanislaw Lent.............. page 5
The Scientist and the Contactees
by john Taylor .............. Page 10
Siheriart Explosion of 1908. Latest
Findings from the Soviet Union
by Villen Lyustiberg........... Page 1.3
Oasis in Space
by Jarret Wollstein...... ..... page. 16
THE IDEAS OF SCIENCE FICTION
Religioks? in the Dunes
by Stan Gooch ............... page 20
BOOK REVIEWS
Has the CIA Mastered Mind Control
by Victor Marchetti... . ...... page 22
Time Zero and the Big Bang
by Christopher Serpel......... page 23
A Visual Feast
by Pe u. T'ur'in.. ......... Page 24
Where :Facts Are Scarce
by Iwen Williams............ page 26
CHRONOLOGY OF THE UFO
PIIELVOATENON............ page 30
Publisher
11VILLIA,,Vf BONN.ER
Senior Editors
RANDY FITZGERALD
ROBERT K.G. TEMPLE
Managing Editor
LISA NEHER
ArtDirector
ELIZABETH PHILIP
Design. Consultant
JOHN MOSS
Graphics
C.'Ia' iULL'S '1108 f'
PATTY SMITH
Circulation Manager
PATIIUFY
Second Look (ISSN 0164.5072) is published
monthly by Second Look, Washington, D.C. See
and class postage paid Washington, O.C. 20003.
.CORRESPONDENCE
...For creative theorizing
To the editor:
jay Gourley's article in the May 1979
issue was interesting but hardly yielded
any surprises. The names Eunza (sic),
and Alfa from Uranus have already
been published much earlier than the
occurrence of the Naval Intelligence
discovery (cf. George H. Williamson
and Alfred C. Bailey, The Saucers
Speak, New Age Publ. Co., Los
Angeles, 1954). Both of these authors,
as you will recall, witnessed Adamski's
by now famous first encounter with a
Venusian (cf. George Adamski, Flying
Saucers Have Landed, The British
Book Centre, New York, 1967, 14th
printing.). This interesting detail might
throw some light on Gourlev's future
researches. Similar interesting UFO
related coincidences (if.that is What in-
deed they are) have also been noted by
John Keel in The Mothman Pro-
phecies, Perhaps the hoaxes are more
elaborate than we ever dared to sup-
pose. On the other hand, some kind of
manipulative conditioning might truly
be indicated.
On another note ... in my-estimation
Jacques Vallee is the first author to deal
with the-UFO as an indicator of some
kind of a dynamic mechanism, which,
though little understood, may have a
patterned behavior. Though he might
be chastised for some of his personal in-
terpretations, as a social scientist he is
paradigmatically sound. In support of
Valltie's work, I must state unequivocal-
ly that "nuts and bolts" (and all the stuff
we erroneously think science is made of)
are of scientific value only if placed into
a meaningful context. This he has tried
to do more than once; his efforts deserve
cerned with devising methodologies for
throwing babies out with the bath
water.
Chris von Volborth
Cincinnati, Ohio
...The New Zealand
sighting
To the editor:
In "The Psychology of the UFO
Phenomenon" in your June issue, Stan
.Gooch used the New Zealand UFO
sighting of December 31, 1978, as an -
example of a UFO case which is more
important because of its psychological,
effect than for any information it may
provide about UFOs. Gooch used this
example because, in his opinion. "much
of the initially impressive evidence here
appears to collapse on examination."
Actually, Gooch should have made
clear that his opinion on this case was
not based on close examination of the
evidence. I can forgive him for not
closely examining the evidence because,
as with most media-reported UFO
stories, the available evidence was
minimal and somewhat self-
contradictory. Nevertheless, what
evidence was available should have cau-
tioned him against uncritically accep-
ting the explanation that the film
showed a "magnified picture of the
planet Venus (or even of Jupiter)" or
that "smaller, rapidly zig-zagging
lights" were "prohabiy lights from the
Japanese fishing fleet."
'The airplane crew was quoted in the
news media as saying that they had ac-
tually flown over the bright light which
they saw near Christchurch. and that
they had picked out the l-ishin boat
Continued on page 29
Ad-iron a,1 rr,rae,ponoence to 10 r. at.. ..~.. great applause.
Washington, D.C. 20003. Publisher cannot be
:ble farunsolicite l manuscripts. Copyright [it Conclusion, let me express my
s
roa
t
1979 by Second L.fook All rights rfservrd. Single sincere hope that future issues will allow
o ,v $ 1 year subscri i e I r! l are on the Nusea Plain
,fc
1 yak lelea~4?12BetCl:l~t4P1'$09~'4R0006(J~ Gerald Haw