4.9 KiB
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Bill Moore transmits the (false) document Aquarius to Paul Bennewitz.
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Reorganization of the GEPAN.
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Photograph of a UFO above a church in Jaroslavl, near Moscow. See images/1983_2.jpg.
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January 26: Launch of the infrared astronomy satellite Iras.
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March 23: The American President Reagan implements the program IDS, or Star Wars.
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April 4: 1st flight of the Challenger shuttle.
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April 18: 4 activists from Greenpeace crossed the South boundaries of Zone 51 during a 5-day expedition to enter the Nevada Test Site Peebles 1995{.source}.
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May 4: Conversation between Jean-Pierre Deloux, journalist, a military radar operator and his supervisor: Question : Have you ever seen a UFO? Operator : Of course, and very often. Question : On average, how many monthly observations? Operator: Personally, around a good ten, or even a bit more. Question : Is it huge? Operator: Incredible! And rest assured that we check what's happening in the sky before concluding to an unidentified object. Question: What do you mean by that? Operator: The same as you: an Unidentified Flying Object, UFO for short. Just like any plane, the UFO is visible on the radar. Question : What happens then? Operator: Nothing, I'm looking at the type next to me. He looks back at me and glances at my screen. He looks back at me again. We look at the supervisor... Supervisor: And I'm watching my two operators. I'm looking at the screen, and I'm not saying anything. I'm waiting for the hypothetical target to disappear. Sometimes, it seems to stay indefinitely. Question : What does that mean...? Supervisor: Several hours. Up to ten hours. It's long, very long, like when you're waiting for a shell to explode. I know it's definitely a UFO. No mistake possible. But I'm not saying anything. Operator: He says nothing. Nobody says anything. We all know it's a UFO, but officially, it doesn't exist. Supervisor: We don't talk about these things. It's pointless. Question : But are you talking to a journalist?Supervisor : Even if we don't know what it is, it needs to be known. Question : If the UFO intrudes, how long before you alert your superior? Supervisor : If it is stationary, near the base. After 3 minutes. Question : Should we send out the hunt, a patrol? Supervisor : Sometimes 2 reconnaissance planes: one to film it, the second to film its friend and the UFO. Question : What becomes of these films? Supervisor : Nothing. They are classified as top secret. So they don't exist...
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Analysis of Tony Dodd's Picture. See images/1983_GSW.jpg.
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June
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June 2: Launch of Venera 15.
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June 7: Launch of Venera 16.
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June 13: Pioneer 10, the farthest man-made object ever, reaches Pluto's orbit.
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1st flight of HALSOL at Groom Lake. HALSOL is a high altitude UAV powered by solar energy. The test program lasts 2 months Peebles 1995{.source}.
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June 20 : Submission of the report The UFO Enigma.
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June 18-24: Sally Ride, first American in space, aboard Challenger.
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August 12
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Drawing by Alfred Burtoo of the apparatus in which he was taken aboard. See images/1983-08_Aldershot_Hampshire.jpg.
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2 h: When he returns to his fishing rod, his dog behaves normally, but his tea is cold. Soon after, he sees the light of the UFO rising in the sky and then flying away at a dizzying speed.
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August 15: Just like 3 years earlier, many people are waiting for the arrival of a UFO in Cergy-Pontoise, announced by Frank Fontaine. Again, in vain.
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12 September, 2 h : In Saint-Gratien (Val d'Oise), observation of 8 parallel beams on the ground and 150 m above the city [[Gazette du Val d'Oise, 16 July, 1997]]{.source}
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October 10: Venera 15 orbits around Venus, which it will map.
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October 16: Venera 16 orbits around Venus, which it will map.
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November
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After much research to find Doctor Robert Irving Sarbacher, investigator William Steinman managed to locate him and obtain from him a quite astonishing letter, containing the following passage: There were reports indicating that the instruments or persons piloting these machines were also of a very light weight, light enough to escape the terrible effects created by their propulsion system. I remember that while chatting with some people in my office, I was struck by the feeling that these strangers were built like some insects of our Earth (...)
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November 28: The Columbia shuttle carries the first European laboratory Spacelab.