New PDFs : "Saucer Scoop" (Whritenour, Steiger et al), "Ovni", "Houston Sky", SPI, + more

During the last few weeks, I have been continuing to make requests to various researchers for permission to scan newsletters that they used to edit and seeking to get those newsletters scanned. The generally positive responses have continued.

Fortunately, my cooperation with the AFU in Sweden, Barry Greenwood in the USA and others has also continued.

Indeed, some further researchers have begun assisting in this project (including Ray Boeche).

The collection of scanned defunct UFO newsletters is building up rather nicely.


So, now online (as detailed below) are the following new collections of PDFs (which have been added to the previous tally of about 40 collections of newsletters that had been scanned, with another 10 or so due to be online within the next week or so):

(1) "Saucer Scoop"(Joan Whritenour, Brad Steiger and others)

(2) "OVNI" (Omar Fowler, Black triangles),

(3) "Houston Sky" (Gayle Nesom)

(4) “SPI Enigmas" and "SPI Newsletter" (Malcolm Robinson)

(5) "Journal of the Fortean Research Center" (Ray Boeche)

(6) Tom Adams "Stigmata" (animal mutilations) and "Crux" (general forteana, including UFOs)

(7) Centre for Fortean Zoology's "Animals & Men" (CFZ)

(1) "Saucer Scoop"

“Saucer Scoop” was published by Joan Whritenour and others (including Brad Steiger) in the second half of the 1960s.

This newsletter was a mix of concise summaries of UFO press reports and comments on the output of various UFO groups at that time, plus some brief articles and advertisements for the publications of other UFO researchers and other goods (e.g. UFO detectors).



Joan Whritenour and some of her fellow editors are now deceased. One of them, Brad Steiger, is still alive and active in UFO/fortean research. Ray Boeche helpfully contacted Brad Steiger for me to ask if he had any issue with this publication being made freely available online and Brad promptly responded that he thought this was “an excellent idea” and he had no problem with it. Issues of Saucer Scoop also contained a statement that material can be copied as long as it is credited.

With that position in mind, the AFU scanned many issues of “Saucer Scoop”. Barry Greenwood in the USA filled in a significant number of the gaps. A few issues remain to be located and scanned.

I hope that posting this (incomplete) collection helps prompt some further collaboration to complete the scans of this newsletter.

The collection of scanned issues (listed below) can be downloaded with a single click during the next week from this temporary link:
we.tl...

After the next week, or if you only want a specific issue, they can also be found longer-term on the AFU’s website at this link:
www.afu.se...



Saucer Scoop - Vol 1 No 01 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 1 No 02 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 1 No 03 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 1 No 04 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 1 No 05 (SCANNED BY BARRY GREENWOOD)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 1 No 06 (SCANNED BY BARRY GREENWOOD)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 1 No 07 (SCANNED BY BARRY GREENWOOD)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 1 No 08 (SCANNED BY BARRY GREENWOOD)
Saucer Scoop - vol 1 no 09 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 1 No 10 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 1 No 11 (SCANNED BY BARRY GREENWOOD)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 1 No 12 (SCANNED BY BARRY GREENWOOD)
Saucer Scoop - vol 2 no 01 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 2 No 02 (SCANNED BY BARRY GREENWOOD)
Saucer Scoop - vol 2 no 03 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 2 no 04 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 2 no 05 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 2 No 06 (SCANNED BY BARRY GREENWOOD)
Saucer Scoop - vol 2 no 07 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 2 no 08 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 2 no 09 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 2 no 10 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 2 no 11 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 2 no 12 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 3 no 01 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 3 no 02 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 3 no 03 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 3 no 04 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - Vol 3 No 05 (SCANNED BY BARRY GREENWOOD)
Saucer Scoop - vol 3 no 06 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 3 no 07 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 3 no 08 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 3 no 09 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 3 no 10 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 3 no 11 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 3 no 12 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 4 no 01 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 4 no 02 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 4 no 03 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 4 no 04 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - vol 4 no 05-6 (SCANNED BY AFU)
Saucer Scoop - Best of (SCANNED BY BARRY GREENWOOD)

(2) Omar Fowler's "OVNI"

Clas Svahn has been in touch with Omar Fowler for me and obtained permission for the "OVNI" newsletter (of Omar Fowler’s “Phenomenon Research Association”) to be scanned and made available on the AFU's website.

The AFU has scanned 158 issues of this newsletter and Barry Greenwood has scanned a further issue.

Omar Fowler is probably best known for his research into “Flying Triangle” reports. He is interviewed by Richard D Hall in the video below.


Reflecting Omar Fowler’s areas of interest, his “OVNI” newsletter contains a higher proportion of material on “Flying Triangle” reports than most UFO journals.

The collection of scanned issues (listed below) can be downloaded with a single click during the next week from this temporary link:
we.tl...

After the next week, or if you only want a specific issue, they can also be found longer-term on the AFU’s website at THIS LINK.





OVNI - 1992 11 - November
OVNI - 1992 12 - December
OVNI - 1993 01 - January
OVNI - 1993 02 - February
OVNI - 1993 03 - March
OVNI - 1993 07 - July
OVNI - 1993 09 - September
OVNI - 1993 10 - October
OVNI - 1993 11 - November
OVNI - 1993 12 - December
OVNI - 1994 01 - January
OVNI - 1994 02 - February
OVNI - 1994 03 - March
OVNI - 1994 04 - April
OVNI - 1994 05 - May
OVNI - 1994 06 - June
OVNI - 1994 07 - July
OVNI - 1994 08 - August
OVNI - 1994 09 - September
OVNI - 1994 10 - October
OVNI - 1994 11 - November
OVNI - 1994 12 - December
OVNI - 1995 01 - January
OVNI - 1995 03 - March
OVNI - 1995 04 - April
OVNI - 1995 05 - May
OVNI - 1995 06 - June
OVNI - 1995 07 - July
OVNI - 1995 08 - August
OVNI - 1995 09 - September
OVNI - 1995 10 - October
OVNI - 1995 11 - November
OVNI - 1995 12 - December
OVNI - 1996 01 - January
OVNI - 1996 02 - February
OVNI - 1996 03 - March
OVNI - 1996 04 - April
OVNI - 1996 05 - May
OVNI - 1996 06 - June
OVNI - 1996 07 - July
OVNI - 1996 08 - August
OVNI - 1996 09 - September
OVNI - 1996 10 - October
OVNI - 1996 11 - November
OVNI - 1996 12 - December
OVNI - 1997 01 - January
OVNI - 1997 02 - February
OVNI - 1997 03 - March
OVNI - 1997 04 - April
OVNI - 1997 05 - May
OVNI - 1997 06 - June
OVNI - 1997 07 - July
OVNI - 1997 08 - August
OVNI - 1997 09 - September
OVNI - 1997 11 - November-December
OVNI - 1998 01 - January-February
OVNI - 1998 03 - March-April
OVNI - 1998 05 - May-June
OVNI - 1998 07 - July-August
OVNI - 1998 09 - September-October
OVNI - 1998 11 - November-December
OVNI - 1999 01 - January-February
OVNI - 1999 03 - March-April
OVNI - 1999 05 - May-June
OVNI - 1999 07 - July-August
OVNI - 1999 09 - September-October
OVNI - 1999 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2000 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2000 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2000 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2000 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2000 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2001 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2001 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2001 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2001 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2001 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2001 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2002 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2002 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2002 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2002 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2002 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2002 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2003 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2003 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2003 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2003 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2003 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2003 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2004 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2004 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2004 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2004 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2004 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2004 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2005 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2005 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2005 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2005 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2005 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2005 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2006 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2006 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2006 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2006 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2006 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2006 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2007 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2007 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2007 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2007 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2007 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2007 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2008 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2008 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2008 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2008 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2008 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2008 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2009 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2009 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2009 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2009 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2009 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2009 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2010 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2010 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2010 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2010 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2010 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2010 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2011 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2011 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2011 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2011 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2011 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2011 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2012 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2012 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2012 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2012 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2012 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2012 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2013 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2013 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2013 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2013 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2013 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2013 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2014 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2014 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2014 05 - May-June
OVNI - 2014 07 - July-August
OVNI - 2014 09 - September-October
OVNI - 2014 11 - November-December
OVNI - 2015 01 - January-February
OVNI - 2015 03 - March-April
OVNI - 2015 05 - May-June

(3) "Houston Sky"

Gayle Nesom has also given permission for the AFU to scan and upload her "Houston Sky" newsletters from the 1990s.

As the name implies, this UFO newsletter focused on sightings in and around Houston – plus comments on and by researchers in that area.

Issues 1 to 11 have now been scanned by the AFU in Sweden. Gayle has confirmed to me that no issues were published after issue 11 (although she had gather some material for Issue 12 and it sounds like that would have been a very interesting issue).

The collection of scanned issues (listed below) can be downloaded with a single click during the next week from this temporary link:
we.tl...

After the next week, or if you only want a specific issue, they can also be found longer-term on the AFU’s website at this link:
www.afu.se...






Houston Sky - no 01 - Oct-Nov 1994
Houston Sky - no 02 - Dec 1994-Jan 1995
Houston Sky - no 03 - Feb-Mar 1995
Houston Sky - no 04 - Apr-May 1995
Houston Sky - no 05 - June-July 1995
Houston Sky - no 06 - Aug-Sept 1995
Houston Sky - no 07 - Oct-Nov 1995
Houston Sky - no 08 - Dec 1995-Jan 1996
Houston Sky - no 09 - Feb-Mar 1996
Houston Sky - no 10 - April-May 1996
Houston Sky - no 11 - Jun-Oct 1996

(4) SPI's "Enigmas" and "Strange Phenomena Investigations Newsletter"

I recently asked Malcolm Robinson for his permission for the AFU to scan and upload the newsletters of his "Strange Phenomena Investigations” (“SPI”) group, i.e. “SPI Newsletter” and “SPI Enigmas”
Newsletter"

Not only was he willing for these to be scanned, he was "chuffed" about this.
The SPI publications cover a fairly wide range of fortean material (e.g. ghosts and psychic phenomena), but includes a considerable amount of material about UFOs - particularly Scottish UFO sightings.

Each of the relevant individual issues is at these permanent links (as will any more issues I can obtain...) :
www.afu.se... and www.afu.se...

These collections can also be downloaded with a single-click from these temporary links respectively :
we.tl... and
we.tl...







SPI Newsletter - No 01
SPI Newsletter - No 02
SPI Newsletter - No 03
SPI Newsletter - No 04 (CURRENTLY MISSING)
SPI Newsletter - No 05 (CURRENTLY MISSING)
SPI Newsletter - No 06 (CURRENTLY MISSING)
SPI Newsletter - No 07
SPI Newsletter - No 08 (CURRENTLY MISSING)
SPI Newsletter - No 09 (CURRENTLY MISSING)
SPI Newsletter - No 10 (CURRENTLY MISSING)
SPI Newsletter - No 11 (CURRENTLY MISSING)
SPI Newsletter - no 12
SPI Newsletter - no 13
SPI Newsletter - no 14
SPI Enigmas - no 17
SPI Enigmas - no 18
SPI Enigmas - no 19
SPI Enigmas - no 20
SPI Enigmas - no 21
SPI Enigmas - no 22
SPI Enigmas - no 23
SPI Enigmas - no 24
SPI Enigmas - no 25 (CURRENTLY MISSING)
SPI Enigmas - no 26
SPI Enigmas - no 27
SPI Enigmas - no 28
SPI Enigmas - no 29
SPI Enigmas - no 30
SPI Enigmas - no 31
SPI Enigmas - no 32
SPI Enigmas - no 33
SPI Enigmas - no 34
SPI Enigmas - no 35 (CURRENTLY MISSING)
SPI Enigmas - no 36
SPI Enigmas - no 37
SPI Enigmas - no 38
SPI Enigmas - no 39
SPI Enigmas - no 40
SPI Enigmas - no 41
SPI Enigmas - no 42
SPI Enigmas - no 43

(5) "Journal of the Fortean Research Center" (Ray Boeche)

Ray Boeche has kindly given me permission to upload searchable scans (which he produced) ofthe journal of his "Fortean Research Center".

Ray Boeche has previously written that "... the Journal attempted to address the issues and topics of the day: UFO-related government documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the Majestic-12 controversy, the alien abduction phenomenon, ghosts and hauntings, animal mutilations, psi phenomena, and all matters cryptozoological and Fortean. It was always our hope to serve as a reliable source of information — of data — and let the reader exercise critical-thinking skills in order to draw their own conclusions".

A complete set of the issues of this publication is now freely available on the AFU's website at THIS LINK

I've also created a temporary Wetransfer link so that the collection of issues can be downloaded with a single click:
we.tl...







Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 1 No 1
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 1 No 2
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 1 No 3
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 1 No 4
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 2 No 1
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 2 No 2
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 2 No 3
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 2 No 4
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 3 No 1
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 3 No 2
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 3 No 3
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 3 No 4
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 4 No 1
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 4 No 2
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 4 No 3
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 4 No 4
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 5 No 1
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 5 No 2
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 5 No 3
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 5 No 4
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 6 No 1
Journal of the Fortean Research Center - Vol 6 No 2

(6) Tom Adams "Stigmata" and "Crux"

Tom Adams published the "Stigmata" newsletter on animal mutilations ("mutes") and a less well-known, and shorter-lived, newsletter on "Strange Phenomena, Singular Events, UFOs, Quirky Notions and Goofball Ideas" known as "Crux".

Tom died in 2014 in rather sad circumstances. He had no immediate family left. He had also lost touch with many of his friends in the "mutes"/fortean community. His obituary indicates there was no formal service for Tom when he was cremated.



One of Tom's friends, Ray Boeche, worked with several other colleagues to collect Tom's publications together as a tribute to Tom. Ray and others did a lot of work to gather a complete set of material together. Ray Boeche published that material in the book "Bloodless Cuts". Ray has now given permission for me to upload Ray’s scans of the relevant material. (I'd prefer to also have permission from Tom's family/heirs, but given the circumstances outlined above this appears to be impossible).

I've split the collection of "Stigmata" into individual issues and uploaded searchable scans of them to the AFU's website at THIS LINK

The temporary link below can also be used to download the collection with a single click.
we.tl...




Stigmata - Issue 01
Stigmata - Issue 02
Stigmata - Issue 03
Stigmata - Issue 04
Stigmata - Issue 05
Stigmata - Issue 06
Stigmata - Issue 07
Stigmata - Issue 08
Stigmata - Issue 09
Stigmata - Issue 10
Stigmata - Issue 11
Stigmata - Issue 12
Stigmata - Issue 13
Stigmata - Issue 14
Stigmata - Issue 15
Stigmata - Issue 16
Stigmata - Issue 17
Stigmata - Issue 18
Stigmata - Issue 19
Stigmata - Issue 20
Stigmata - Issue 21
Stigmata - Issue 22
Stigmata - Issue 23 (in Crux No 2)
Stigmata - Special Supplement No 1





The 4 issues of the "Crux" newsletter mentioned above are on the AFU website at THIS LINK

Those 4 issues can also currently be downloaded from this temporary link with a single click:
we.tl...

(7) Centre for Fortean Zoology's "Animals & Men"

CFZ (the "Centre for Fortean Zoology") and its director, Jonathan Downes, are well known to anyone with any interest in Cryptozoology. I recently asked Jonathan for permission to upload searchable scans of the CFZ's magazine - "Animals & Men" - to the AFU's website. (The AFU's collection extends beyond UFOs to wider forteana).

Jonathan promptly responded that he thought this was "a great idea".

So, Issues 1 to 45 of that magazine have now been scanned by our friends at the AFU in Sweden and are now online.

Each of these issues is at THIS LINK

The collection can also be downloaded with a single-click from this temporary link :
we.tl...

(I’ll post a copy of links to this publication in the Cryptozoology forum as well).




Animals and Men - No 01
Animals and Men - No 02
Animals and Men - No 03
Animals and Men - No 04
Animals and Men - No 05
Animals and Men - No 06
Animals and Men - No 07
Animals and Men - No 08
Animals and Men - No 09
Animals and Men - No 10
Animals and Men - No 11
Animals and Men - No 12
Animals and Men - No 13
Animals and Men - No 14
Animals and Men - No 15
Animals and Men - No 16
Animals and Men - No 17
Animals and Men - No 18
Animals and Men - No 19
Animals and Men - No 20
Animals and Men - No 21
Animals and Men - No 22
Animals and Men - No 23
Animals and Men - No 24
Animals and Men - No 25
Animals and Men - No 26
Animals and Men - No 27
Animals and Men - No 28
Animals and Men - No 29
Animals and Men - No 30
Animals and Men - No 31
Animals and Men - No 32
Animals and Men - No 33
Animals and Men - No 34
Animals and Men - No 35
Animals and Men - No 36
Animals and Men - No 37
Animals and Men - No 38
Animals and Men - No 39
Animals and Men - No 40
Animals and Men - No 41
Animals and Men - No 42
Animals and Men - No 43
Animals and Men - No 44
Animals and Men - No 45

Wow! Marvelous post! Will be a while for this to be truly absorbed. Great resource, thank you. I am posting so I can easily return.

NO, Isaac NO!!!

My eyes are still bleeding from the last batch of doccies and I've barely touched them.

Seriously though, more great work and effort thank you. I'll try to d/l them when I have access to a better connection.

OK OP, I've saved the page to fully read later and will get back to you soon, nice thread and links.

Sterling stuff again Isaac and it all helps improve the quality of research.

Do you have any particular publications you personally favoured down the years?

i would like to also thank you for the monumental task you are taking. Like others this will take some time to read through and absorb.

Beep Boop!

(1) "Saucer Scoop"

(2) Omar Fowler's "OVNI"

(3) "Houston Sky"

(4) SPI's "Enigmas" and "Strange Phenomena Investigations Newsletter" (SPI Enigmas)
(4) SPI's "Enigmas" and "Strange Phenomena Investigations Newsletter" (SPI Newsletter)

(5) "Journal of the Fortean Research Center" (Ray Boeche)

(6) Tom Adams "Stigmata" and "Crux"

(7) Centre for Fortean Zoology's "Animals & Men"

ETA: Credits to IsaacKoi.