(Click on "From" names to snap each correspondence to the top)
From:
Alfred Lehmberg <Lemberg@snowhill.com>
To:
UFO UpDates - Toronto <ufoupdates@virtuallystrange.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 10:19:55 -0500
Subject:
Alfred's Odd Observation #19
Mr. Cohen's site is a wonderful hyper-text
history of the
ufological and is an excellent single source repository for
detailed and balanced work so complete and detailed that
one could spend absorbed
_days_ in it. It is tabbed,
indexed, collated, explained,
and referenced so well that it
will be difficult for the interested and openminded
individual
NOT to be well informed by the most fascinating and full
featured
approach to ufological history this writer has EVER
seen! I can't be effusive
ENOUGH!
Alfred Lehmberg
(http://www.alienview.net/
)
Other
Lehmberg comments
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. . Jerry Cohen
jc 4/12/2013: Adjustment made to my note here because of link changes on the Internet.
Richard Hall has recently passed away. I just read his obituary in Long Island USA
Newsday, 8/26/2009 and was greatly saddened by his passing. The work he performed
many years ago at NICAP is certainly one of the main contributing factors as to why
CohenUFO came to being in the first place.
His many well-known accomplishments are partially detailed here in links below, and
will be enumerated by many others in their tributes to him
. I am thoroughly honored,
humbled, and a bit amazed that, in the links section on his web page from
August 2003 and continuing at least to November 2007 (5 years), Richard chose
to list CohenUFO second from the top, immediately under FUFOR. (This was recently
changed to #3, immediately under the Blue Book archive.) One can see this for yourself
by
going to his site at this link and scrolling down the page there (as long as it remains up),
and then seeing his pages at the Wayback Machine here or here.
From what he wrote in his letters to me, and in both his preface to
his links section on
his
site and the placement of the CohenUFO link there,
one can see he felt I got it pretty
much all right and that there was legitimate information at my website that was and is,
by his own definition, scholarly and scientific.
Richard, I (we) are already missing you, and even though you can't see this now (or maybe
you can, who knows?), I once again thank you publicly for your kind words to me below.
They certainly helped me keep working for years on this website until I finally got it
legible. Thank you so much for what you have given to us all.
With the utmost respect,
Jerry Cohen
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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 16:23:33
-0800
From: "Richard H. Hall"
To: Jerry Cohen <rjcohen@li.net>
Subject: comments re: your web site
.....Richard Hall
Jerry,
What does "UFO traffic" on the internet lack? Well-informed commentary;
a scholarly, scientifically oriented approach; courtesy toward those who
hold
dissenting views; and (in some cases) intellectual honesty and
sincerity of
purpose. Therefore, it is highly refreshing to see you
going strongly against
the grain and carrying the flag for careful,
dispassionate, and conscientious
study of this most intriguing
phenomenon.
From someone who was "there at
the creation" (almost), my heartfelt
thanks for your efforts. -- Dick Hall
P.S. ....................snip......................... I disagree with your
"Brief Overview of NICAP." It was a totally different
organization at
the
end, led by totally different people motivated in totally different
ways. This needs to be made clear. See my article about
1993 in the
MUFON symposium
proceedings on this question. My copy is buried right
now, but I can dig up
the exact reference for you. Also, if you haven't
already done so you may
want to provide a link to Fran Ridge's NICAP
site.
Dick
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jc 2006: Obviously, anything Dick says about NICAP certainly
supersedes anything I have written. He was there when it all occurred.
To see more information concerning Richard Hall, click here
His personal web site
Where to get his (and NICAP's) "UFO Evidence" 
jc 1/23/00: I established the link to Fran Ridge's NICAP
and found a
Jerome Clark post that speaks a little about the original NICAP's end
and another MUFON speech, but still need more information re this.
11\10\03: I think I finally found Dick's Article
Regarding
the "old" NICAP at the New NICAP site
Also see: Jerome Clark re Hynek
and UFO
Waves by Hall, and additionally,
Hall's comments
regarding the "Ridicule
Factor"
regarding those who have reported UFO sightings
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Date: Sat, 04
Dec 1999 16:13:25
From: Jerry Cohen <rjcohen@li.net>
To: "Richard H. Hall"
Subjects: Re: comments re: your web site
Dick,
God bless you for your comments. I wasn't sure how many people have
really understood from whence I've been coming. Please know that your
praise
has buoyed my spirits greatly since few have your perspective on
this most
enigmatic topic of our age. It means a lot to me.
Rest assured I will correct
my NICAP comments & page to reflect your
views since I watched the proceedings
from afar while you were immersed
in it. Not many are around that were in
a position to see the things you saw
from within. If you dig up the reference
to your 1993 article, I will add this
in and establish the link to Fran Ridge's
NICAP site. Can't believe I omitted
it. It was an incredible oversight on
my part. There has been a huge amount
of information to process historically
and holding down other jobs along with
this have not made it any easier.
BTW:
Don't stop doing what you're doing, it's still needed. Don't think
you haven't
had a great effect. I and others might not have been doing this
without you.
Few people ever accomplish everything they want to do in life
and most don't
realize the influence they've had on others. Also, the harder
you work, the
less you can see this.
Best wishes for further success.
Very sincerely,
Jerry
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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:49:57 -0400
From: DickHall
Subject: Re: Added something to my site
To: Jerry Cohen <rjcohen@optonline.net>
Jerry,
I think you perform a service by presenting a much more balanced picture
of Allen Hynek's role than Dolan and others. Dolan's views are constantly
colored by his conspiratorial and "anti-government" biases. He committed
some real whoppers in his book, which I reviewed for International UFO
Reporter. (CUFOS: Center for UFO Studies)
Good work. - Dick
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From: Bruce
Maccabee <brumac@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu,
17 Dec 1998 23:30:08 -0500
Fwd Date: Fri, 18
Dec 1998 15:21:56 -0500
Subject: Re: Hynek 12/17/66
Sat. Eve. Post article - Pt. 1
>Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:06:42 -0400
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>From: Jerry Cohen <rjcohen@li.net>
>Subject:
Hynek 12/17/66 Sat. Eve. Post article - Pt. 1
.......Bruce Maccabee
Thanks for reporting this long forgotten article.
HYNEK WROTE:
>But I
cannot explain them all. Of the 15,000 cases that have
>come to my attention,
several hundred are puzzling, and some of
>the puzzling incidents, perhaps
one in 25, are bewildering. I
>have wanted to learn much more about these
cases than I have
>been able to get from either the reports or the witnesses.
....snip....
I thank Jerry Cohen for recalling these halcyon days of ufology
for those of us who lived through them....and for providing the
new comers
with information they would not likely search out for
themselves.
jc 1/2/98:
Click here for entire text of letter and more insights re: Dr. Hynek
An important
history paper he wrote back in 1986 [updated to 1998]
(Courtesy of
www.stardrive.org)
Dr. Maccabee's Personal Website
His
April 2002 specific comment re: my upgraded web site
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From: Brad Sparks
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:34:52
EST
To: rjcohen@li.net
Mime-Version: 1.0
Subject:
NICAP 1970
Regards,
Brad Sparks (link to FOIA information)
PS: BTW, you may be interested
to know that as cofounder of CAUS and prime
consultant on the FOIA suits
against the CIA and NSA, and the first person to
study the released CIA docs
in Dec 1978, that the info you give on your Web
site has a number of serious
errors and misconceptions .... You otherwise have
a very fine site
and lots of useful info.
jc 1/3/99: BRAD'S ENDORSEMENT OF WEBSITE
HELD IN
ABEYANCE UNTIL REVISIONS NOT YET IMPLEMENTED
HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED AND O.K.ed BY BRAD.
jc 1/15/2000: MANY
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DATE
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From: Brad Sparks
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 03:12:16 EST
To:
rjcohen@li.net
Subject: NICAP 1970
Dear Jerry,
....snip....
Yes you do have a very useful Web site as I'd mentioned and very
clearly
dedicated to accurately dealing with issues of UFOlogy,
which is why I even
bothered to mention problems. The errors are
not YOURS but are IN the articles
you reprint or summarize. BTW,
I and CAUS parted ways in the early 80's and
as you must surely
know in the last year or so Peter Gersten and Barry
Greenwood
had a falling out. This was about the time you must have
tried snail
mailing so it's no wonder you got no response. ....snip....
..Barry Greenwood ...........Peter Gersten
Barry
Greenwood-SIGN (J. Aldrich)
Barry
Greenwood-CUFON on-line
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From: Ted Phillips
CENTER FOR PHYSICAL TRACE RESEARCH
.......Ted Phillips
Hello Jerry,
What a great web site ! Very well done and factual (hard to say
that these days). I've attached some data from the TRACAT
(trace catalog) that may interest you. I've been at this for way
too many years and have been updating the files. The attached
is a partial stat review from the 3,059 cases.
Keep up the terrific work..............
Ted Phillips
jc: Ted's research is some of the most important regarding UFOs.
The Stanford Study has stated "The best prospect for achieving a
meaningful evaluation of relevant hypotheses is likely to come from
the examination of physical evidence."
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From: TotlResrch@aol.com
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 23:30:02 -0400 (EDT)
To: rjcohen@li.net
Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Kal K. Korff's UFO
Sighting -
The DETAILS!
........Kal Korff
Dear Jerry,
Thanks for your recent Email, and I must yield to your work
on
Oberg and Mr. Cooper I certainly agree. This is most important
for
the field of UFO research.
Best regard, and thanks for the advice,
Kal
Korff
jc 1/3/99: Those knowing Kal will realize this says
quite a
lot. When he disagrees, he lets you know it.
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007
From: Walt Webb <xxxx@xxxx>
Subject: Oberg/Cooper Rebuttal 3
To: cohenufo@optonline.net
Dear Jerry Cohen:
In conjunction with the 50th anniversary year of the IGY
(International Geophysical Year) and my association with it, and
with my late boss Allen Hynek, I turned up your cogent 1997
"Oberg/Cooper Rebuttal 3." Your defense of Allen's UFO work and
his evolution from skeptic to believer was reasoned and well written,
particularly applicable from the standpoint of a UFO experiencer.
The final paragraphs in which you thank Hynek on behalf of
eyewitnesses such as yourself should be framed! I'm happy that
you uncovered my "Allen Hynek as I Knew Him" piece from IUR
and quoted from it. . . . snip . . .
Although your rebuttal (#3) article is 10 years old, I should perhaps
point out a few minor misstatements in the section "Some
additional comments by Walter Webb." That 1957 meeting in
Allen's home was not really the spur to my UFO curiosity, and I
had already by then accepted the reality of an unexplained core of
sightings. My interest had been sparked by
my own 1951 sighting.
Officially, I began to investigate the topic and other sightings in
1952, the year after my personal observation. In the section "This is
what Webb said, in his own words," the first paragraph is mine but
the second and third paragraphs are Hynek's.
. . . snip . . .
At any rate, keep up your fine work!
Walt Webb (8/21/2010)
jc 2/26/2007: Webb spent 32 years at the Charles Hayden
Planetarium in Boston as senior lecturer, assistant director,
and manager of operations. He also worked for Dr. Hynek
during Operation Moonwatch (Satellite-tracking operation)
in 1957.
7/24/2009: If you think not many astronomers see UFOs,
click HERE (for as long as it remains at this address - 2/16/2010
Temporarily repaired) to see a 1977 video of Dr. Hynek testifying
concerning a study regarding same.
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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 18:56:10
+0100
From: Sean Jones <tedric@tedric.demon.co.uk>
To: Jerry Cohen <rjcohen@li.net>
Subject: Re: EL/TST on Global Updates
Hiya Jerry
I finally managed to catch up with the ebk's this week
and I must say what
a wonderful argument you posted to Paul
(Devereux). I have recently had interaction with this man, and
whilst he is a nice enough bloke he will not accept that his
opinion could
be wrong. (IMHO his opinion is that "all UFO's
are an earth-light of one sort
or another").
Whilst I also concede that a percentage of UFO's could be/are
earth-lights I am not prepared to believe that they are the
answer to all
UFO's. ....snip....
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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002
From: Wendy
Connors <fadeddiscs@comcast.net>
To:
Jerry Cohen <rjcohen@optonline.net>
Subject:
Re: Just saying hello
.....Wendy Connors
Hi Jerry!
I want to thank you for the wonderful blurp about me
and
my work. It is very much appreciated and helping to keep
me working
on preservation of materials . . . . . . . . . . .
Your website is
very, very nice and your method of giving
excellent information that is documented.
I really like that!
Anyway, you sure are doing wonderful work and sharing it
on
the internet.
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Date: Fri, 7 March 2003
From: Jerry Cohen <rjcohen@optonline.net>
To:
Wendy Connors <FadedDiscs@comcast.net>
Subject: Updated
disk you sent
Wendy,
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . I just received the H/P CD. It's great!
You're
right about it being so much clearer. I put it into my normal CD
stereo
and I could easily understand almost every word.
Anyone that
listens to this can hear exactly what transpired back
then. Thanks so much
for thinking of me and sending it. It's hard
work like yours that is helping
people take notice of what's been
going on. It's also preserving the evidence
so that, no matter how
long it takes the world to figure this whole thing out,
researchers
will at least have an opportunity to acquire accurate, first hand
evidence
to both analyze and report upon. I am greatly pleased
by this.
Good luck in all your future endeavors. I believe you've achieved
something
important here.
Deep appreciation,
Jerry
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Date:
Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:26:30 -0400
From: Bob
Pratt <bobpratt@gate.net>
Subject:
Your web site
To: Jerry Cohen <cohenufo@optonline.net>
....Bob Pratt
Hello, Jerry. When I first
looked at your page on "Dr. Hynek and
the Enquirer,"
I thought you were way off base. But then I also
looked at the page on "NICAP,
APRO and the Enquirer" and was
a bit amazed. I have never seen that issue
of the NICAP Investigator
and what it said is totally
news to me. . .
jc 5/19/03: Bob was one of the chief writer/investigators
of UFO articles
for the National Enquirer in the 1970's. He was so taken by
the topic
that, after he left there, he spent the rest of his life and his
own money
flying to various sites, countries, etc. investigating cases on
his own.
His web site is a "must see." (But please come back to mine.)
How accurate was the case information in _some_ National
Enquirer articles?
See Wendy Connors/Bill
Jones (Sign Historical Group) re: Hickson & Parker.
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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005
From: Dr Harry Willnus
Subject: FRANK MANNOR SWAMP GAS CASE
To: Jerry Cohen <cohenufo@optonline.net>
Jerry: Just wandered upon your web site & must say it's a nice
piece. I've been into the UFO scene for something like 50 years. I
was an investigator with Hynek's group (CUFOS) and am presently
listed as a consultant with MUFON.
I investigated the Dexter Michigan, UFO event of March 1966.
This, of course, became known as the "Swamp Gas" case and our
friend Dr. Hynek became a laughing stock. This was unfortunate
as Hynek was thrown into a situation where there appeared to be no
earthly, common sense explanation. And the press wanted an
explanation. I remember those days and everyone here in Michigan
was following the story. Some people were frightened.
I have a copy of the police report from the Washtenaw County
Sheriff's Department from March 20, 1966. There were 10 police
officers, five squad cars, and several detectives there that night at
the Frank Manner farm. Also, a number of neighbors gathered for
the strange light show that went on for a time.
I wrote about this case for UFO MAGAZINE (UK) and the article
titled "Swamp Gas Revisited" appeared in Feb. of 2004.
Unfortunately this was the last issue published by this UK
magazine as their editor died unexpectedly and the publication
went under.
I can possibly mail you a copy of the police report if you have not
seen it. After reading this report it's obvious that swamp gas was
not the culprit.
Keep up the good work. I'm hoping for disclosure before my time
comes.
DR. HARRY WILLNUS
MICHIGAN
Harry Willnus & Michigan cases continued:
jc 10/31/05: Received police report from Harry regarding
the Mannor's case . From the following comment in the
report
"Upon returning to the patrol vehicle, the undersigned officers were
met by others who had gathered to observed, and the undersigned
officer were informed that one of the objects had been hovering
directly over the area where our flashlight beams had been seen,
and had then departed in a West Direction of flight, at high rate of
speed."
It would appear a simple balloon hoax can be ruled out.
We can also ascertain there may have been more than
one object involved.
A description of one of the objects was given as follows:
"Object was observed to be of a brown coloring, appearing to be
Quilted type outside surface. Object appeared to be flat upon the
bottom, and cone shaped toward the top, however, being low in
height. Two small lights appeared to be at the outer edges of the
object, glowing in a bluish-green light, and intensifing to a brilliant
red in color. When the vehicle or object illuminated, the lighting
was a yellow-white in color, and ran horizontal between the two
outer lights, allowing some of the object to be viewed. Outer
body appeared to be rough in texture."
A simple star this was not. It would appear the explanation
"swamp gas," also
leaves much to be desired in our
attempts to ascertain what was seen by various people in
this intriguing incident.
Additional important information regarding testimonies
from civilians and police involved in the Mannors case,
_as well as other_ Michigan UFO cases occurring
around the time of the Mannor's case, can be found at
http://www.cal12.com/Michigan%201966%20UFO.htm.
This information certainly gives us more than adequate
reason to question the "Swamp Gas" theory as _the_
supposedly definitive explanation for same.
1/3/2005: Here is an important note Harry sent to me regarding
an occurrence concerning Dr. Hynek and related by Washtenaw
County Sheriff Doug Harvey. The incident occurred in Harvey's
presence. It would appear to be a very good reason Hynek gave
his "Swamp Gas" explanation in the face of data which seems to
negate it. It also makes us realize the newspapers were thrown
off by it at the time. Respectfully tacked on at the end are my own
thoughts regarding Harry's final comment regarding a possible
"government coverup."
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From: Alfred
Lehmberg
To: "UFO UpDates - Toronto" <ufoupdates@virtuallystrange.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 09:54:15 -0500
Subject:
Alfred's Odd Ode #367
. . . . snip . . . .
Cohen _deconstructs_
CSICOP at every turn he takes,
rationally
negates many of CSICOPs ufological
presumptions (blighting the rest), and
invalidates,
magnificently (with some humor and a dash of appropriate
sarcasm), the presumed charter and even _mandate_ of
CSICOP's core organization.
Don't take _my_ word for it.
Go see for yourself.
The dragon, if not dead, lies dying with
Cohen's lance in its chest!
.
. . . snip and paste from Ode 19
Mr. Cohen has been around for a _long_
time so one would
think (especially given the effectiveness and competence
of
Mr. Cohen's assertions regarding CSICOPian interests)
that there would
be, at least, _some_ reference to Mr. Cohen
on the CSICOPian web site; however,
a search for
"Jerry Cohen" on CSICOP's site turns up exactly bupkis --
no mention of him what- so-ever, rather predictably. Indeed,
Mr. Cohen appears
especially OBVIOUS in his perfectly
explicable absence.
. . . . snip .
. . .
jc (comment regarding the above):
Time has distorted history.
I just want to set the record straight concerning that
history. I wasn't
specifically attacking CSICOP in any
part of my analyses, but rather analyzing
specific cases
and their proposed solutions. Where I found problems
with the
solutions, I tried to clearly delineate that as best
I could. I sincerely believe this whole thing is a lot bigger
than any one person or group.
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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 17:50:07 -0500
From: "Gary M."
Subject: Your site
To: Jerry Cohen <cohenufo@optonline.net>
Hello Jerry,
I found your site a couple days ago, thanks to a visit to Virtually
Strange web site: You have created a wonderfully informative piece
of work. Please, give yourself a self-administered "pat on the back"
from me. I will be placing your URL on our MUFON-Nebraska web
site when I do an update in the next few days; I am sure some of our
members will find something of interest, and value.
Kindest regards,
Gary Matteson
Member: MUFON/CUFOS
jc note: Gary is a State Section Director and Field Investigator
jc 9/2/2006: Also, it is my sincere hope that other research groups out
there who are interested in an accurate replay of some of the important
history concerning the topic of UFOs might find it beneficial in a
similar fashion. That was one of my prime reasons for putting all
this together and putting it on-line. It belongs to every serious
researcher out there. A lot of your hard work is detailed here. I'm
praying that someone else out there will preserve this for the future.
Many people have written me to express their thanks for my efforts
in this regard and I'm thrilled that the site has reached this level. I
think this is probably one of the most important things I've done in
my lifetime and I'm just thankful that people appreciate it. Just for
the record, this is certainly not my only interest in life but this
research and getting it on-line has
consumed a good piece of it.
A big return thank-you to Gary and MUFON-Nebraska for your
interest.
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Date: 7/24/2011
From: Gary M <mystrius@kdsi.net>
Subject: Your Website
To: Jerry Cohen <cohenufo@optonline.net>
I congratulate you once again; although time has passed since I last
visited your research pages, I see the pages are no less relevant and
untarnished by the passage of time. Another pleasing point: Unlike
so many wannabee great sites, you have kept the links intact and the
content updated in-so-far as is possible. Wonderful.
Thank you for all you have accomplished. I wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Gary C. Matteson
MUFON-NE
jc 7/27/2011: How about that . . . seven years later and still relevant.
Folks, I'm really proud of this one. Thanks, Gary!
Watch for my post on Rendlesham. - Jerry Cohen
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Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 01:46:33 -0600
From: Robert Hastings
Subject: UFOs--1967 was apparently a very good year...
To: cohenufo@optonline.net
Hi Jerry,
My name is Robert Hastings and I wanted to compliment you on
your excellent web site on UFOs.
I have been researching military-related UFO sightings since
1973, and lecturing about them at colleges and universities nationwide
since 1981. A search on Google will provide a little background
information about my activities.
My interest in the subject began in 1967, when my father was
stationed at Malmstrom AFB...
. . . snip . . .
I look forward to your response. Again, I am very impressed with
your web site, and the personal effort it reflects.
Robert
jc 1/2/2006: One can note Robert's interest in UFOs began
the same year I had my sighting. His material supports
other testimonies from the "Disclosure Project." Robert and
I have had several interesting conversations since this original
note to me. I find it fascinating that so many people have
been affected in a similarly dramatic fashion by a phenomenon
that many scientists contend is nothing more than a "fairytale."
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Date:
Sat, 10 May 1997 17:17:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:
Jim Deardorff <deardorj@ucs.orst.edu>
To:
Jerry Cohen <rjcohen@li.net>
Subject: Your
website
Hello,
After seeing your message on Errol Bruce-Knapp's list
this
morning, I visited your website and think you
did an excellent
job rebutting the debunker, James Oberg. ....snip....
So again, congratulations on a nice website with a lot of meat to
it.
Jim Deardorff
Corvallis, Oregon
jc: My answer to Jim Oberg's (6/26/2003) criticism regarding this website.
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Errol Bruce Knapp (Strange Days ... Indeed radio show - Canada)
10/28/2006 program #416 re: 1989-90 Belgium Sightings
Jerry Cohen, one of Uufology's un-sung researchers, working solo,
quiety and tirelessly behind the scenes. His website is an astounding
mine of real x/file info - a must-visit on-line UFO history book and
debunker de-bunker site...
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From: Don.Allen @satlink.oau.org
(Don Allen)
Date: 02 Jul 96 08:55:03 -0400
Subject: HTML codes
Organization: Central Florida Sat-Link
To:
rjcohen@li.net
Hi Jerry,
I've been following with keen interest your
great postings to the
UFO Update mailing list of the Oberg/Cooper rebuttal.
....snip....
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From: GT McCoy <gtmccoy@harborside.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 22:28:58 -0700
Fwd Date:
Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:12:36 -0400
Subject: Re:
Blather Competition - McCoy
To: ufoupdates@virtuallystrange.net
>>From: John Velez <johnvelez.aic@verizon.net>
>>Subject: Re: Blather Competition
....snip.... Jerry Cohen Web
Site
>My first order of business was to go and check out the new
>website. I see you've been a busy man. Great job, excellent
>info.
I highly recommend a visit to all within earshot.
<snip> Hello,
Jerry, John, All, I second John's endorsement
- 100% - great site. GT McCoy
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From:
CHIGUY46@aol.com
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 23:17:16
-0400 (EDT)
To: rjcohen@li.net
Subject: dr.hynek (partial bio)
I was looking for something on the web and saw your work on dr.
hynek.
we were friends for a long time and worked on a couple of
projects. it was
good to see him remembered.
e.schwartz. chicago.
jc: If you're not familiar with Dr. Hynek, please click below.
Dr. Hynek, his life and some of his accomplishments
Hynek quotes
from his book & "UFO Coverup"
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From: "Bernhard Haisch" <haisch@jse.com>
To: "Jerry Cohen" <rjcohen@li.net>
(jc 3/2/2006: click HERE to see his web-site)
Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: UFOs
and Mainstream Science
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 11:38:26
-0700
.......Dr. Bernard Haisch
Thanks,
Bernhard Haisch
Click name immediately above for his credentials.
jc 1/2/99: Dr. Haisch had
made some suggestions for Ufology in
March 1996. Steven Powell reposted it
after the Sturrock Committee
had updated the Condon Committee's findings via
new data submitted.
(Mid-1998) I felt Dr. Haisch's original letter deserved
an updated answer
so I answered it.
UFO's and Mainstream Science (reposted by Steven J. Powell)
My reply eliciting the thanks
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Date:
Sat, 07 Dec 1996 09:31:49 -0500
From: Greg Sandow<GSANDOW@prodigy.net>
To: Jerry Cohen
<rjcohen@li.net>
Subject: Re: Oberg/Cooper rebuttal.7b
- Cohen
.........Greg Sandow
I've admired your courtesy in everything you post!
From: "Greg Sandow" <GSANDOW@prodigy.net>
To: <rjcohen@li.net>
Subject: thanks . . .
Jerry,
I wanted to thank you for your suggestion to me and Ed. I wish
more people were as even-handed and sensible as you are.
. . . snip . . .
Thanks for your kind words, and I return them wholeheartedly. I've
admired your posts as well, and in fact tried to download your reply
to Oberg from whatever site it was originally on, so I could have a
complete copy. Is there somewhere I can find it now? Or could you
e-mail it to me? It was full of valuable information I've never seen
elsewhere.
. . . snip . . .
jc: I was really happy for this comment as Greg posts have
likewise always
been excellent. The information he was requesting
is now located here.
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From: jvif@spacelab.net (John Velez)
To: UFO UpDates
Subject: Code of Ethics for Abduction Investigators
Date:
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:13:36 -0400
.......... John Velez
Hi Rebecca, hi all,
I've been following this thread very closely and would
like to
'hop in' for a second with my two coppers. First, God bless
Rebecca. Bex, you're a wonderful resource and always have
something of value
to contribute, thank you. If we had nine or
ten more like you, and Jerry
Cohen, (and a paltry few others)
ufology would be in much better shape than
it is in right now.
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Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 12:56:59 -0500
From: jvif@spacelab.net (John Velez)
To: "Jerry Cohen" <rjcohen@li.net>
http://www.virtuallystrange.net/aic/default.html
Subject: It's the Sammy Maudlin Show!
Hi again Jerry,
It
occurred to me that maybe you don't get thanked enough for all
the hard and
meticulous work that you do! The most recent example
being the Oberg/Cooper
material. Jerry, you're the BEST, bar
none!
What you're doing is so needed/necessary.
Not too many guys are
willing to chip away at a wall 16 ft. thick and ten
miles high.
You have the commitment and dedication of a man that KNOWS he
has
the truth on his side. Knowing the 'truth' of a thing is a potent
motivator and source of energy. Your work reflects that
confidence, and your
style reflects an intelligent, rational, and
thoughtful mind. ....snip....
jc: Click here for my page regarding abduction claimants and personnel
working to document/analyze their claims and steer those in need
toward professional counseling.
Also: John's April 2002 specific
comment re: my upgraded web site
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Subject: The Travis
Walton Case, Part 1: Need For Review
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 96
17:11:41 -0600
From: Pat Parrinello <pparri@republic.net>
To: "UFO UpDates - Toronto" <updates@globalserve.net>
Jerry Cohen, no small heavyweight when it comes to packing
super fat nightcrawlers into the can, handed out can openers to
all when he said;
>Additional comments from others would be more than welcome
>as we proceed. ....snip....
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Date: Wed, 30 May
2001 13:02:16 -0500
From: Loy Pressley
Re:
Discussions re Belgium sightings
To: Jerry Cohen <rjcohen@optonline.net>
Hi Jerry, ...snip... I like your site very much. I think your absolute
insistence
on accuracy serves you well. It comes through in the format
and layout of
the site and adds a great deal to the credibility of the
information you've
compiled.
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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:29:29
+0100
From: Ross Brindle <Ross.Brindle@MarketSolutions.co.uk>
To: "'rjcohen@li.net'" <rjcohen@li.net>
Subject: Exeter Case
An excellent article. Its refreshing to see someone laying out
the facts rather than making assumptions and not backing them
up with
data. Keep digging.
Good hunting
Ross Brindle
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From: Bruce A Burke <wb4yuc@juno.com>
To: rjcohen@li.net
Subject: Re: Your note re Exeter
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 22:59:58
EST
Jerry,
Thanks for the note.
I have a personal attachment to Exeter.
My dad is from there. He
knew most of the people involved with
the UFO activity there. Norman Muscarello
lived across the street
from him.
....snip....
Regards,
Bruce
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From: Josh Goldstein
To: rjcohen@li.net
Subject: Great Site
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 02:39
Jerry,
. . . Thanks for creating such a great resource that I would heartily
recommend to anyone who I would feel needs to learn a solid
sense of the UFO situation. Plus, it is how I think. <g>
Thanks again,
Josh
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From: ron hewitt <ron2orion@yahoo.com>
Subject: comments about the website . . .
To: cohenufo@optonline.net
Mr. Cohen,
Thank you for the great website you have created . I really have
enjoyed reading it. What I have appreciated most is your approach
to this important topic. I have often wondered why no one had yet
done more than just catalog some interesting cases and not really
broach the seriousness of the subject.
. . . . .
Anyway yours is the definitive site as far as I'm concerned keep up
the excellent work !
Sincerely,
Ron Hewitt
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From: William Weber <koran@mindspring.com>
To: rjcohen@li.net
Subject: (no subject)
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 18:37:23 -0500
In regards to;
>ONE QUOTE FROM MY REBUTTAL TO SAME:
>"Present your research on a *specific* case or topic; tear it
>to shreds,
pull the guts out of it, dissect it, bisect it, trisect
>it but, for God's
sake, ....snip.... stop ... USA bashing. ....snip....
Really - a very nice job.
Thank's.
Yours,
Bill
jc 1/2/98: A
related letter that has links to the
original letter and my reply to which
Bill refers
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From: UFO UpDates
- Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
To: updates@globalserve.net
Subject:
UFO UpDate: Re: Oberg/Cooper rebuttal.3
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 02:08:10 -0500
>==============
>Oberg/Cooper
rebuttal.3
>continued from 2
----------------------------------
>A
researcher's response to James Oberg's:
>"IN SEARCH OF GORDON COOPER'S UFOs"
>by Jerry Cohen
==============
________Major snip here!!______________________
>"THANK YOU DR. HYNEK FOR GIVING US BACK OUR SANITY AND RESPECT
>WHEN OTHERS, WHO ARE IGNORANT OF THE SIMPLEST HISTORY REGARDING
>THE
UFO TOPIC, HAVE MADE PRONOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING SAME, BUT
>ABOUT WHICH 'THEY'
HAVE EXTREMELY MINUTE KNOWLEDGE.
>YOU HAD COURAGE WHERE OTHERS HAD FEAR ..
PLACED SCIENCE FIRST
>WHEN OTHERS CHOSE POLITICS.
>"SOME" OF US HAVE SEEN
EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE REPORTED AND OUR
>REPORTS WERE ACCURATE AND HONESTLY
GIVEN. AS YOU DISCOVERED,
>THEY WERE NOT MISINTERPRETATIONS OF ANY NATURAL
KNOWN PHENOMENA,
>NOR DRAWN FROM ANY PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS STEMMING FROM
US
>AND...THEY (the reports) CERTAINLY DESERVE TO BE STUDIED IN
>DEPTH
IN A PROPER, SCIENTIFIC MANNER. WE ARE POSITIVE THAT
>FURTHER
STUDY OF UFOs WILL YIELD DISCOVERIES THAT MAN HAS ONLY
>HITHERTO IMAGINED.
>THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITH IN US AS INTELLIGENT, OBSERVANT HUMAN
>BEINGS.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE COURAGE TO STAND FAST IN
>WHAT WE HAVE REPORTED.
ONE DAY THE WORLD WILL REALIZE WE SAW
>EXACTLY WHAT WE CLAIMED AND WE WILL
BE TOTALLY VINDICATED.
In my opinion,
this great piece of writing
should be framed for posterity. ....snip....
Take
care for now,
Cathy Johnson
jc 6/14/2007: Cathy, you and Walt have made my heart sing.
Thank you so much!
Sincerely, Jerry Cohen
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From: Jennifer Jarvis <jarvis@globalserve.net>
To: Jerry Cohen <rjcohen@li.net>
Subject:
YOUR WEBSITE
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 00:38:59 -0400
Hi there again!
Finally managed to find some time to read your stuff.
Mostly, over everything, I like your calm and collected attitude.
This scene has some really wild ones in it!!
....snip....
jc: Jennifer's
personal web site
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Yahoo! Answers
Located: Here
Question:
Articles about aliens and UFOs?
where can I find interesting (but true and official) articles
about UFO encounters? Or may be even interesting facts
about Area 54?
Please share some good websites. (better if they are
reliable sources)
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Answers:
Answerer 1
I am giving here good links. See if you like them,
but no one can say that they are ture or not.
1. www.ufoevidence.org
2. www.ufocenter.com
3. www.ufonews.in
Answer 2
I look at all I can find when I'm looking. These below are
pretty good, cohenufo being the most even handed I've found.
Pro UFO more, or less:
http://www.cohenufo.org/
http://www.bibleufo.com/zlinks3.htm
Skeptical 100%
http://csicop.org/
I like to look at the CIA and National Security Agency public
info sites for the declassified documents, but everything's in
PDF format. Nice to be able to double check what's said
elsewhere to be actual documents, though. Some of the UFO
sites change things around to suit their purposes, a word here
a paragraph there.
Haven't caught cohenufo.org doing it yet.
jc comment: . . . and you won't see that either. I'm
telling the truth, the research is as solid as a rock, and I
believe
this thing proves itself. I'd be lying to myself if I
changed the actual meaning of any of it, and that's the
very last thing I'd want to do. I want the true answer as
much, or even more than
you do.
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