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Roswell Daily Record Sunday, June 24, 2012 Volume 19, Issue 13 Pull-out Entertainment Calendar and UFO Festival Guide ........................9-24
2012 UFO Festival The Alien Chase .........................................................................................................4 Everything’s UFO at the RMAC ..............................................................................5
Books Mark Wilson: Roswell 2012 ......................................................................................6 Legendary Locals of Roswell .................................................................................15 The Roswell Experience ..........................................................................................28
On Tap.......................................................................................................................14 Joe West returns to Roswell
History.......................................................................................................................29 The Good Old Days, part 2
UFOlogy....................................................................................................................30 Roswell 1947 was the Dawn of a New Age
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Runners in a previous Alien Chase await the starting gun.
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The Alien Chase starts off Saturday’s events
Noah Vernau Record Staff Writer
Lovelace Regional HospitalRoswell will be sponsoring the 18th annual Alien Chase on June 30 at 7 a.m. The chase, put on by the Roswell Recreation Department and Roswell Runners Club, will feature a 5K walk, a 5K run, a 10K walk and a 10K run, with nine age divisions for both men and women in each race. Runners will start and finish at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center, 912 N. Main St., and utilize the Spring River Corridor. Registration is $15 before June 25 and $20 thereafter. Participant packets can be picked up at the Civic Center on Friday, June 29, from 4 to 6 p.m., and on race day from 6 to 6:30 a.m. The Alien Chase started in 1995 during the first UFO Festival, and with more than 400 participants last year, the chase remains a cornerstone of Roswell’s most popular event. “We’ve been there since day one, and always considered ourselves to be an integral part of the whole deal,” said Bob Edwards, Runners Club president. “And in these times, where physical activity is needed, it’s just another opportunity for us to get out and exercise.” Alien-themed awards will be given to male and female finishers in each age division, courtesy of
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Donna’s Ceramic Studio. All participants will receive colorful shirts designed by Larry Welz. Costumes are encouraged, and a prize will be awarded for best costume. “We try to keep up the fun end of it,” Edwards said. “With the Recreation Department, we encourage folks to get out and exercise, but we also want them to have some fun at the same time. ... “And we always hope that participants can meet people of an equal ability, and form running partnerships.” Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit the Roswell Humane Society. “It’s a good thing to support because there are so many neglected and unwanted animals out there,” Edwards said. “The Humane Society does a worthy task in the community by trying to accept and find homes for as many animals as possible, so you can’t go wrong. ... “Personally, my animals are all from the Humane Society or the Animal Welfare Alliance. So it’s helping a good cause; we want to encourage folks to adopt if they can, and support the Humane Society.” Runners can register at the Recreation Department, the Runners Club or online at active.com. For more information, contact Edwards at the Recreation Department, 624-6720.
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2012 UFO FESTIVAL
Everything’s UFO at the RMAC
Mark Wilson Photo from the book Roswell: 2012 The Alien Costume Contests are among the most popular events at the festival. Laurie Rufe Director Roswell Museum and Art Center During Roswell’s 2012
UFO Festival, things will be hopping at the Roswell Museum and Art Center with planetarium shows, a lecture series ”Roswell
2012 Conference”, and the ever-popular Alien Costume Contests for pets and humans. The “Roswell 2012 Conference” Lecture Series begins on Thursday, June 28 and continues through Sunday, July 1. Lectures will be held in the Bassett Auditorium at the Roswell Museum and Art Center (adjacent to the Roswell Convention and Visitors Center). Enjoy incredible multimedia presentations about UFOs and related paranormal topics by speakers Dennis Balthaser, Dr. Donald Burleson, John LeMay, Noe Torres, E.J. Wilson, Karen Green, and Laredo Paranormal Research Society: UFO Hunters. Lectures run from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. daily and are free. Lecture titles range from the whimsical “Towns that Celebrate Aliens, Lake Monsters, Bigfoot, and Other Weirdness” to the very serious “UFO Secrecy and the Fall of J. Robert
Oppenheimer.” For a complete listing of the lecture titles, dates, and times visit the website www.roswellbooks.com, or the official UFO festival website www.ufofestivalroswell.com. Printed schedules are also available at the museum. The Robert H. Goddard Planetarium, located on the north side of the museum building (11th Street), will present twenty-four programs during the UFO Festival beginning at 10:30 a.m. and continuing until 10 p.m., Friday, June 29, through Sunday, July 1. Planetarium programs include MarsQuest, Explorers, Orion, and Perseus. Laser light rock shows include “Dark Side of the Moon” and “The Wall” by Pink Floyd, Laser U2, Laseropolis, Laser Metallica, Laser Spirit, Laser Retro, and Laser Magic. Ticket prices range from $3 to $5 at the door. For a complete schedule of shows visit the
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website www.ufofestivalroswell.com. Wannabe alien critters and humans will want to register for the museum’s two Alien Costume Contests scheduled for Saturday, June 30. These fun and wacky events are some of the most popular and highly photographed of the UFO Festival. Pets take the stage outdoors at the Roswell Convention and Visitors Center at 10 a.m. and humans take the stage inside the Convention Center at 3 p.m. Pets must be registered by 9 a.m. and humans by 1 p.m. There is no fee for registration. Forms can be downloaded at ufofestivalroswell.com. Send downloaded forms to rufe@roswellmuseum.org, or complete one on site. The top three pets will receive trophies, and first place wins $50. Most participants are of the canine variety, however in past years we have had a horse,
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Noah Vernau Record Staff Writer Photos from Mark Wilson’s book Roswell: 2012
A young student did not know he would be telling a story when his teacher asked him to draw the inside of a blade of grass. His art class sketchbook assignment at SouthfieldLathrup High School invited careful thought, and led him to a one-on-one conversation with Mr. William White. Struggling to envision the raw specificity of his subject, he asked his teacher what he wanted. The young student was told he could draw his dreams. Mark Wilson utilizes lessons learned in illustration as an award-winning photographer for the Roswell Daily Record. A regular contributor to the Associated Press, his pictures can be seen across the country in publications like the USA VISION MAGAZINE
Today, Chicago Tribune and The New York Times. One of his earliest lessons in art – draw what you want – remains an integral part of Mark’s creative approach, where conveying the inside of a blade of grass depends more on arrangement than practiced execution. “It’s a matter of capturing a moment, whether it’s real time or imagination,” Mark said. “And I learned the same concept applies in both illustration and photography. You have to have good composition. “... It’s like telling a story: You have to put it together.” Growing up outside Detroit, Mich., in the 1960s, Mark identified art as his first passion before he was 10 years old. His entire family understood the world visually. His mother painted, his father was once a draftsman for Chrysler and Mark’s older brother John was a talented young
artist. At 13, Mark purchased a Pentax K1000 with money he earned delivering newspapers for the Detroit Free Press. He began taking still life photographs of different subjects around the house, such as his mother's perfume bottle collection. Mark has not forgotten the excitement of flipping through the results from his first roll of film. When Mark was unhappy with a photograph, he used to take out his pencil and paper and sketch it the way he wanted it to look. And as time progressed, Mark felt he was onto something. Mark had three interests in college: graphic design, photography and illustration. He attended his first year of college at Detroit Mercy, where he had an art professor named Lloyd Reidel. At the beginning of the semester, the professor graded Mark C after C after SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012
C. And no matter how hard he worked, it seemed to him that Reidel was unimpressed. When he finally approached Reidel, Mark asked him why he kept getting poor grades. He told his teacher that he believed his drawings were among the best in the class. Reidel agreed. “Then I realized what he was doing,” Mark said. “He was telling me to explore. That whatever I did, I could do better.” Mark spent two years in the Bible Belt after his time at Detroit Mercy, a drastic change of culture that took him to Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Ark., and then to Memphis Academy of Arts in Tennessee. After two years in the south, he planted his feet in Portland, Ore., fulfilling a dream he had since Junior High. Mark lived in Portland for the next five years, working several odd jobs before deciding it was time to restart his educa-
tion. He enrolled in Portland State University, and became a photo editor and cartoonist for the school’s newspaper, The Vanguard. “All throughout my 20s, I didn’t know what I was going to do artistically,” Mark said. “I was trying to meld everything: paintings, photographs, drawings. When I started in newspapers, I was basically hired on artistic skills.” Mark’s eye for composition landed him a position at the Arkansas Democrat, where he started as an advertising and promotions photographer in the early 1990s. He shot used cars, apartments and the House of the Week for the Sunday real estate guide. The advertising part of the job required fashion photography, which Mark excelled at, and before long, Mark transitioned into photojournalism. By 1995, Mark was winning awards for features and news photography.
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Mark was seven years old when John joined the Air Force during the Vietnam War. The two brothers were close despite their age difference, sharing an interest in sports, and would often play catch in the backyard. John taught his little brother how to play baseball left-handed, a switch in form that Mark continues to this day. Mark always admired his brother’s artwork, which included a painting of a race car that for years adorned the basement entryway in the family’s Michigan home. Throughout John’s deployment, Mark continued to draw. On July 24, 1969, the day Apollo 11 splashed down into the Pacific Ocean, Mark received a phone call about his brother, who had been honorably discharged from the Air Force after the discovery that John suf-
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Shroud Exhibit and Museum The Turin Shroud interactive exhibit at White Sands Mall in Alamogordo offers a backlit, full-sized picture, the only interactive VP8 Image Analyzer 3D experience. The exhibitʼs goal is make Turin Shroud available to all including the vision impaired. Hours are Sunday from 2 p.m. -4 p.m., Tuesday - Friday from 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call 4462113, or visit ShroudNM.com.
June 30
Lady of White Sands-Ballet “The Lady of White Sands” is a contemporary ballet, combining classical ballet with more modern dance genres. This ballet is based on a legend from the Indians of Southern NM, called the Legend of Pavla Blanca. This event is at the Flickinger Center from 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. For more in-
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July 3
Full Moon Night at White Sands Bring a picnic and enjoy the moonlight on the white sand or listen to music, learn about the monument and enjoy the beauty of the moonlit dunes. Stop by the White Sands National Monument Visitor Center, or ask the park rangers at the entrance to the park for directions. The Dunes Drive may be entered from 7 a.m. to sunset. No vehicles may enter the Dunes Drive after sunset. All visitors must exit the park by one hour after sunset. Admission is $3 per person, 16 years and older. For more information, call 679-2599.
July 4
Freedom Faith Fireworks Celebration Join Bethel Baptist Church on July 4th at, 1316 Scenic Drive, for their Annual Freedom Faith Fireworks Celebration from 4 p.m. - 10 p.m. We will start our celebration with a Gospel Sing at 4:00 p.m. in the Bethel Conference Center. At 6 p.m. there will be free food, family fun & friendly fellowship. We will have inflatable bounce houses & dunk tank, dessert auction. There will be a car and motor-
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cycle show, open to all makes & models. Trophies awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. (No Entry Fee) For more information, contact Bethelʼs church office at 437-7311.
July 4
Traditional Patriotic Fireworks Show This beautiful display of fireworks can be seen and enjoyed from just about any location in the city. Sponsored by New Mexico Museum of Space History and the City of Alamogordo, the display starts at approximately 9 p.m., when it is dark enough to be seen and enjoyed. For more information, contact Kathy Harper at 437-2840 ext. 41153.
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Juice Newton “Angel in the Morning” Juice Newton plays the Spencer Theater at 8 p.m. There will be a pre-show fried chicken buffet at 6 p.m. With her string of pop and country hits in the ʻ70s and ʻ80s –”Itʼs A Heart Ache,” “Angel of The Morning,” “Queen of Hearts” and “The Sweetest Thing” she continues to captivate audiences from teens to grandparents, from the city to the country. As one
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July 4
The Kingston Trio The Kingston Trio plays the Spencer Theater at 8 p.m. There will be a pre-show smoked brisket buffet at 6 p.m. With the release of their version of “Tom Dooley” in the fall of 1958, The Kingston Trio changed American popular music forever, inspiring legions of young listeners to pick up guitars and banjos and join together in hootenannies and sing-alongs. Tickets for the performance start at $76, and buffet tickets are $20. For more information, call 1-888818-7872 or visit spencertheater.com.
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for free Summer Classic Movies. You bring your drink and a lawn chair, the popcorn and movie are on us! For more information and a complete list of movies, visit artesiaartscouncil.com or call 7464212.
June 29 - 30
Smokin on the Pecos For those into BBQʼing, this is a must! Thereʼs also a Kids BBQ contest. This is the inaugural event, June 29-30, 2012, at the Eddy County Fairgrounds. Live Entertainment, good eatinʼ and a variety of fun for the whole family!
July 4
July 4th Celebration Come out and celebrate Independence Day in Artesia, NM! Start the day with a run down Eagle Draw, all followed by a day of events, sports and fun for the entire family, including the 4th of July Parade down Main St. The Run/Walk begins at 7 a.m. at the Wal-Mart parking lot. The parade begins at 9 a.m. at Bulldog Blvd. The fireworks show begins at 9:15 p.m. at Jaycee Park. For more information, call the Artesia Chamber of Commerce at 7462744. See CALENDAR, Page 10
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Carlsbad Downtown Farmers Market The Carlsbad Downtown Farmers Market will open the 2012 season on June 23 and will run through early to midOctober. It is held every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the Eddy County Courthouse lawn in downtown Carlsbad. It features fresh produce, handmade crafts, entertainment, educational presenters, kidsʼ activities and more.
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57th Smokey Bear Stampede Dutch oven cooking, kidʼs rodeo, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, ranch bronc riding, steer wrestling and more at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. Rodeo at 7 p.m. daily. Afternoon events each day. Fireworks at dusk July 4, fire restrictions permitting. For more information, visit smokeybearstampede.com.
July 4
Smokey Bear Fun Run The 10k and 2-mile fun run starts at 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of East Creek Road and Pine Lodge Road. Smokey Bear will present the awards to the runners. For more information, call David Cunningham at 354-2748 or visit sbhacapitan.org/FunRun.aspx.
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4th of July BBQ and Fireworks Celebration at Valle Del Sol Join us on July 4th for our deep pit BBQ from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and then the fantastic VISION MAGAZINE
fireworks show at dusk at Valle Del Sol, Hwy 380, South of Carrizozo. The fireworks show is free. For more information, call 648-2737.
July 8
Paul Pino and the Tone Daddies Paul Pino and the Tone Daddies will play their spirited original New Mexican music from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., at McDonald Park in Carrizozo . (www.paulpino.com) Energetic Spanish music interspersed with quiet ballads will get everyone up dancinʼ. The Carrizozo Little League will sell cold drinks and burgers hot off the grill. Bring a lawn chair or kick off your shoes and dance in the park. Please visit carrizozomusic.org for more information or call Elaine at 575-648-2757.
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Family Movie Night Family Movie Night, Friday nights in Cloudcroft. 8:30 p.m. in Zenith Park, behind the Chamber. bring your lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy a movie in the cool pines underneath the stars. Weather permitting.
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Dexter Lake Van Independence Day Palooza Food, live music and family fun is at the Independence Day Palooza. The bands playing during the day are Roswell, Wednesday Never Comes, Maldad, Danzar, The Limbs and Pantera Del Norte.JUST A REMINDER THAT THE INDEPENDENCE DAY PALOOZA IS JUNE 30TH. For more information, search for Dexter Fire and Rescue on facebook.
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Lest We Forget: Roswell Army Airfield - The Early Years This Walker Aviation Museum display will remain through the end of the year. This exhibit features a short history of the base and many items from the WWII era, as well as information about the planes that flew at Roswell Army Airfield from 1941-1945. For more information, call 247-2464 or visit wafbmuseum.org.
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Peace Through Strength This Walker Aviation Museum exhibit is a tribute to the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron assigned to Walker Air Force Base during the early 1960s. The squadron was responsible for operating and maintaining 12 Atlas missile silos around the greater Roswell area. The exhibit was funded through a grant from the Association of Air Force Missileers. For more information, call 247-2464 or visit www.wafbmuseum.org.
Every Week, Wed, Sat
Karaoke at Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge Karaoke at Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge at 118 East Third St. from 9 p.m - until people stop singing.
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Ritmo Latino at El Toro Bravo Ritmo Latino plays El Toro Bravo at 102 S. Main St. from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. For more information, call El Toro Bravo at 6229280.
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Los Band Dʼ Dos at Los Cerritos Mexican Kitchen Los Band Dʼ Dos playing Latin SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012
Pop and Country music at Los Cerritos Mexican Kitchen at 2103 N. Main from 6 p.m - 9 p.m. For more information, call Los Cerritos Mexican Kitchen at 622-4919.
Every Saturday
Open Mic at Ginsberg Music Ginsberg Music opens up the stage every Saturday from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. P.A. system and drums are provided, all other instruments must be brought by the musician.
Jan. 6, 2012 - Jan. 31, 2013
Roswell: Diamond of the Pecos Diamond of the Pecos focuses on the history and accomplishments of Roswell since its inception as a trading post in the Pecos Valley along the Goodnight - Loving Cattle Trail in the 1860s. From the simple outpost, Roswell has grown into the hub of southeastern New Mexico. A collaboration between the RMAC and the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico, this exhibit includes historic photographs, art, and artifacts from both organizations. For more information, call 624-6744.
May 19 - Aug 19
Convergence Celebrate the creative efforts of local students as Goddard and Roswell High Schools converge at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. Convergence is a series of student-created contemporary art installations facilitated by local artist Nancy Fleming and Roswell Artist-in-Residence Corwin Levi of the artist team Radio Sebastian. This exhibition is generously sponsored by the Kerr Foundation, Inc, Pioneer Bank, RMAC Foundation, and the City of Roswell. The installation will be on display from May 19 - August 19. SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012
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Something Tasty “Something Tasty” — a print and other works show featuring works from Radio Sebastion and Random Flat is at Tinnie Mercantile located at 412 W. Second St. For more information, call 622-2031.
June 8 - July 12
Jerry West: A Collection of Etchings Jerry Westʼs “A Collection of Etchings” is on display at the Isaacʼs Gallery. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. - 12 a.m. and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call 626-8626.
June 22 - Aug. 5
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Exhibition: Brian Kluge Brian Klugeʼs sculptural work explores man-made objects and aspects of the human experience through the use of archetypal geometric forms that range from small objects to installations. He exhibits his work nationally, and concurrent to this exhibition at Roswell Museum and Art Center, his work will also be on display at Santa Fe Clay. He received an MFA degree from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and a BS degree in Art Education from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Kluge was recently featured as an emerging artist in the May issue of Ceramics Monthly.
June 26
Leadership Roswell Alumi Association Awards Banquet The Leadership Roswell Alumni Association (LRAA) will hold its Fifteenth Annual Awards Banquet on Tuesday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the New Mexico Military Institute VMV Ballroom in Hinkle Hall, 101 W. College Blvd. The cost is $20 per person or $140 for a table of 8.
June 29
Aaron LaCombe Aaron LaCombe Featuring the Infamous Mr. Tim McCasland is playing a rare acoustic performance at Pecos Flavors Winery starting at 7 p.m. For more information, call 627-6265.
June 29
Band D 2 at Classics Frozen Custard Band D 2 is playing live music at 7:30 p.m. at Classics Frozen Custard located at 3009 North Main Street.
June 29 - July 4
The Gallery 3rd Annual UFO Art Show 2012 Roswell UFO Festival The Gallery 3rd Annual UFO Art Show at The Gallery, located at 107 E. 5th St. Opening Reception: Sunday, July 1 from 1pm 4pm. The show is a non juried show. All entries are welcome from artists of all ages. All entries must illustrate a theme or imagery related to UFOs, space science fiction etc.; and rendered on a circular board, clay/ceramic, or canvas 12” in diameter. Entry fees are $5.00 per piece for up to three entries. Cash prizes will be awarded for Best in Galaxy, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. All artwork must be for sale and delivered to The Gallery by June 21 by hand or by shipping. A 20% commission will be charged on all sales. For more information call Nancy Phillips at 623-3213.
June 30
Country Western Dance with Mike Greengrass and the Western Sky Band Country Western Dance with Mike Greengrass & The Western Sky Band is playing the Roswell Adult and Senior Center, 807 N. Missouri from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Admission is $5 per person. For more information, call Carla at 914-1865 or 627-3400.
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June 30
Joe West and the Santa Fe Revue Joe West and the Santa Fe Revue. Saturday, June 30th from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. at the Chaves County Courthouse between 4th and 5th streets on N. Main. For more information call Darryl Burkfield at 330-2364. This is a UFO Festival event.
July 3
Galaxy 8 - Free Summer Kid Shows Galaxy 8 - FREE Summer Kid Shows - “Harry Potter 7 Part 1” (PG-13). Tuesday, July 3, at 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., at Galaxy 8, 4501 N. Main. For more information call 623-1010
July 4
Elks Lodge #969 - Annual Free BBQ For Veterans Elks Lodge #969 - Annual FREE BBQ For Veterans and Their Families from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. The Elks Lodge is located at 1720 N. Montana. For more
information call 622-1560.
July 4
Roswell Sertoma Mike Satterfield Memorial Fireworks Extravaganza Roswell Sertoma Mike Satterfield Memorial Fireworks Extravaganza. Wednesday, July 4th starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Cielo Grande Recreation Area. Free to the Public. Come celebrate our nationsʼ birthday. There will be a Sand Volleyball Tournament (call 575-6246719), High School and Middle School Band Camp will perform in concert. A tremendous fireworks show, starting at 9:15 p.m. Bring the family, pack a picnic, and enjoy the festivities surrounding our Countryʼs Independence Day. Sponsors: Roswell Sertoma Club and Roswell Fireworks Committee, City of Roswell Fire, Streets, Parks and Recreation and Police Departments. For more information, call 624-6720
July 7
Salvation Army and Character Counts Golf Tournament NMMI Golf Course, 3 person scramble $50 per person. For more information, call Bart Hoffman at 416-0881, Fran Brown at 622-8700 or the
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July 7
Jan Girand Book Signing Jan Girand will have a book signing for the book “Enchanted Lands, NM” at the Roswell Public Library at 2 p.m.
July 7
ENMU-Roswell Community Band - Spring Concert The ENMU-Roswell Community Band - Spring Concert is at 7 p.m. at the ENMU-Roswell in the Performing Arts Center. The public is invited to attend the FREE concert and the reception following the event. The band will perform a number of selections including “Zacatecas,” “Velocity,” “Wicked,” “Encanto,” and “Acclamations.” Conducting duties will be shared by Sandra Weikel, Sierra Middle School Band director and Kevin Everitt, Berrendo Middle School Band director. Members of the band include middle school students, high school students, ENMU-Roswell students, and community members. The group rehearses at ENMURoswell every Monday at 7pm. New members are always welcome. For more information,
The Gallery’s Featured Artist for July is local award-winning Artist, Tasia Ramage. Creative and versatile, Tasia’s work is included in many private collections across the United States. Her work includes figurative, sculptural, tile and functional ceramics, as well as paintings in oil, octopus ink and other media. Tasia’s work invokes the feeling of peace and harkens one’s sense of historic sentimentality. Please join us for her Artists Reception on Sunday, July, 8, 2012 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Her exhibit continues at The Gallery thru July. The Gallery is also featuring its Members Exhibit, “The New Mexico Centennial & the History of Roswell”, now to December. The Gallery is sponsored in part by a grant from Xcel Energy. Monday through Saturday 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM 107 East 5th Street Roswell, NM 88201 575.625.5263 VISION MAGAZINE
contact Jane Batson at ENMURoswell at 624-7233.
July 10
Galaxy 8 - Free Summer Kid Shows Galaxy 8 - FREE Summer Kid Shows - “Happy Feet Two” (PG). Tuesday, July 10, at 9am, 11:20am, and 1:40pm at Galaxy 8, 4501 N. Main. For more information call 6231010.
July 12
The Roswell Museum and Art Center International Summer Film Series - “As It Is In Heaven” The Roswell Museum and Art Center International Summer Film Series - “As It Is In Heaven” (Sweden, 2004). Thursday, July 12th, at 7 p.m., at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, located at 100 W. 11th St. Fresh popcorn and a selection of beverages will be available. Free and open to the public. Movie runs for 132 mins. For more information, call 624-6744.
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Youʼre Family Comedy “Youʼre Family,” by Robert Patrick, at 7 p.m. at the Old Dowlin Mill, located at 641 Sudderth. This is a fundraiser for the new Bennett Trust ENMU Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $45, and on sale at ENMU-Ruidoso and Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce. For more information, call 3543033.
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3rd Annual ART EXPO The Ruidoso Regional Council for the Arts again partners with the Lincoln County Gallery Association for a weekend of gallery-hopping! Special attractions at each of the participating galleries. Music, demonstrations, and entertainment. For more information, contact the Ruidoso Regional Council for the Arts at 2577272 or visit ruidosoarts.org.
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music on sunday evenings all summer long at Inn of the Mountain Gods. Outdoor Entertainment at 6 p.m. is Slick Nickel. Cinema after sunset is The Emperorʼs New Groove. For more information, call 4647777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.
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Potcheen at Grace OʼMalleyʼs Irish Pub The pirate rockers are back from the high seas to liven up Grace OʼMalleyʼs Irish Pub, located at 2331 Sudderth Drive with their brand of high energy Celtic music starting at 8:30 p.m.
July 1
The Star Spangled Fireworks Celebration The Star Spangled Fireworks Celebration begins at 2 p.m. with concessions and jumping balloons followed by live music at 3 p.m. The fireworks show begins at dusk, approximately 8:30 p.m., followed by the movie, Grown Ups. For more information, call 464-7777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.
July 4 - 7
Mescalero Apache Ceremonial and Rodeo Native Dances, arts and crafts, and food vendors at the Mescalero Rodeo Grounds. Lunch is served at noon and dinner is served at 5 p.m. Open to the public. The main gate opens at 10 a.m. Dances are from 11:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. The Rodeo is every day at 1:30 p.m. The parade is at 10 a.m. The Dance of the Inn of the Mountain Gods is at dusk. The main gate closes at midnight. Admission is $5 for Non Natives. For more information, call the Tribal Office at 4644494.
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Mercado Del Artisan Outdoor Fair at River Rendezvous Come enjoy live music & wonderful fine art; including, gourd art, pottery, mosaics, jewelry, metal art, photography, and much, much, more at the River Rendezvous at 524 Sudderth Dr. July 6, 7 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 257-2997.
July 6 - 8
Lincoln County Art Loop Every July, on the first weekend following the fourth, Lincoln County Artists open their studios to the public for a self-guided tour to view their collected works. Some share space with one another that shortens the scenic trip through southeastern New Mexico. All offer extraordinary and unusual wares for perusal and purchase. Visit artloop.org for a list of artists and studio locations. For more information, call 1-877377-6576.
July 7 - 8
Ruidoso Evening Lions Gun and Craft Show The Ruidoso Evening Lions Gun and Craft Show is at the Ruidoso Convention Center on July 7 from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and July 8 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Guns, ammo, knives, military surplus, jewelry, crafts, coins, and more. All firearms will be tied inoperative, we provide ties. No switchblade or butterfly knives will be allowed for sale or purchase. Admission is $5. For more information, call Eli at 430-8681.
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Sundays Under The Stars Watch movies and listen to live music on sunday evenings all summer long at Inn of the Mountain Gods. Outdoor Entertainment at 6 p.m. is Suzie Weber and the Mixx. Cinema after sunset is Ghostbusters. For more information, call 464-7777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.
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July 15
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is playing at Inn of the Mountain Gods. Enjoy the sounds of contemporary swing and celebrate summer at this special performance, live on the Inn of the Mountain Godsʼ stage! For more information, call 464-7777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.
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Rey Berrones Vision Editor When Joe West and the Santa Fe Revue came to Roswell and played as part of the Xcellent Music at AMoCA Series on April 20, it became obvious that they should become part of the UFO Festival. According to Bob Edwards PITA event promoter, “Joe West is a family-friendly New Mexican musician that plays a great mix of eclectic music about rocket ships, robots and science fiction, which is perfect for the audience that typically attends the UFO Festival. “It became obvious that he is a perfect fit for the festival when he started playing songs that were written about and inspired by the UFO festivals that he had attended in the past,” Edwards continued. Although West is typically placed in the genre of country music, it is more accurately described as cowboy poetry set to a soundtrack of folk rock.
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Those who attended the April 20 show at the Anderson Museum were treated to his wonderful theatrical presentation of these musical stories, complete with children dressed as robots entertaining the crowd. The concert turned into a family affair when Archie West, Joe’s uncle, joined the stage. It is obvious that Archie influenced Joe’s cowboy poet style, and because of that their musical connection is effortless and fluid. Hearing Archie play is always a treat, because he is the living history of the American West and the stockmen that settled the New Mexican countryside. So much so that Jack Schaeffer based the character Monte Walsh on Archie. So far, Archie has been portrayed by Lee Marvin and Tom Selleck on the big screen, but the genuine article has a excellent stage presence that gets people dancing. Of course, they are not the only ones in the family
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UFO Festival. This attitude shows up in the music in the form of musical narratives about building a “Homemade Rocket to the Moon.” Why would you build a homemade rocket to the moon? Well, why not? He explores fun topics like robots falling in love with smoke machines, road trips, and UFOs. His music is full of such
lighthearted antics, and it is backed up by musical chops, as evidenced by the fact that he won the Best Male Vocalist award and the Best Songwriter award from the Santa Fe Reporter. To listen to Joe West’s music, visit joewestmusic.com, or, better yet, visit downtown Roswell on Saturday, June 30, and see him perform at 8 p.m.
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Rey Berrones Photo John LeMay and Roger Burnett sign books at the Roswell Historical Society Archives building.
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Legendary Locals of Roswell, the product of a first-time collaboration between Roswell author John LeMay and Roger Burnett, the administrative director of the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico, is one edition of a dozen released thus far, as part of a new series from Arcadia Publishing.
The book provides snapshots of more than 100 personalities who are indicative to Roswell through area or national recognition and contributions. Some of the notewor-
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started to feature the brochure, which flew off the shelves. Due to its overwhelming popularity, Burnett stopped printing the brochures and opted to Xerox copies to save money. LeMay, who has penned several books for Acadia, introduced Burnett to its ‘Legendary Locals,’ series. And thus, the 128-page paperback was born. Due to page limits and formatting, LeMay and Burnett were unable to include all the personalities and material that they would’ve liked. A local sales representative from Arcadia says the book is doing well thanks to its recognizable characters. During a previous stop in town, he said to LeMay, ‘You know who's the most famous person in the book from what I can tell? The horse,’ referring to Mine That Bird. Legendary Locals of Roswell is available at local venues such as the Historical Society, Hastings, Walgreens, and Tinnie Mercantile or online at amazon.com.
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Freddy Silva
Freddy Silva is one of the world’s leading researchers of crop circles, ancient systems of knowledge and the interaction between temples and consciousness. He is best-selling author of ‘Secrets in the Fields: The Science and Mysticism of Crop Circles’. His new book is Common Wealth Origin of Sacred Sites and the Rebirth of Ancient Wisdom. He has also directed three documentaries. He lectures internationally, with keynote appearances at the International Science and Consciousness Conference, the International Society For The Study Of Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine, and the Association for Research and Enlightenment, in addition to appearances on Discovery Channel, BBC, and radio shows such as Coast To Coast. Described by the CEO of Universal Light Expo as “perhaps the best metaphysical speaker in the world right now.” www.cropcirclesecrets.org
Stanton Friedman
Nuclear Physicist-Lecturer Stanton T. Friedman received his BSc. and MSc. Degrees in physics from the University of Chicago in 1955 and 1956. He was employed for 14 years as a nuclear physicist by such companies as GE,GM, Westinghouse, TRW Systems, Aerojet General Nucleonics and McDonnell-Douglas
working in such highly advanced, classified, eventually cancelled programs as nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets, and various compact nuclear powerplants for space and terrestrial applications. He became interested in UFOs in 1958, and since 1967 has lectured about them at more than 600 colleges and 100 professional groups in 50 U.S. states, 9 Canadian provinces and 16 other countries in addition to various nuclear consulting efforts. He has published more than 90 UFO papers and has appeared on hundreds of radio and TV programs including on Larry King in 2007 and twice in 2008, and many documentaries. He is the original civilian investigator of the Roswell Incident and co-authored “Crash at Corona: The Definitive Study of the Roswell Incident”. TOP SECRET/MAJIC his controversial book about the Majestic 12 group, established in 1947 to deal with alien technology, was published in 1996 and went through 6 printings. An expanded new edition was published in 2005. Stan was presented with a Lifetime UFO Achievement Award in Leeds, England, in 2002, by UFO Magazine of the UK. He is co-author with Kathleen Marden (Betty Hill’s Niece) of a book in 2007: “Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience”. The City of Fredericton, New
Brunswick declared August 27, 2007, Stanton Friedman Day. His book “Flying Saucers and Science” was published in June 2008 and is in its 4th printing. His book “Science Was Wrong” with Kathleen Marden was published in June 2010. He has provided written testimony to Congressional Hearings, appeared twice at the UN, and been a pioneer in many aspects of ufology including Roswell, Majestic 12, The Betty Hill-Marjorie Fish star map work, analysis of the Delphos, Kansas, physical trace case, crashed saucers, flying saucer technology, and challenges to the S.E.T.I. (Silly Effort To Investigate) cultists. He has spoken at more MUFON Symposia than anyone else. www.stantonfriedman.com
Kathleen Marden
Scientific UFOlogist Kathleen Marden earned her B.A. in Social Work at the University of New Hampshire in 1971. She then entered into graduate studies in Education at the University of Cincinnati and later at U.N.H. She began her professional career as a social worker and eventually entered the field of education as a teacher. She was promoted to a supervisory position coordinating education programs and supervising education staff. In 1990, she left her job to pursue a career as a UFO investigator, researcher and writer. She
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made under hypnotic regression versus Betty Hill’s dream account of abduction. Also written is a critical analysis of the Harvard false memory study of self reported UFO experiencers and “The Conundrum of Alien Abduction”. Her 2007 book “Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience” with co-author Stanton Friedman is a case study of her aunt and uncle 1961 UFO close encounter and abductions. She also co-authored with Friedman “Science Was Wrong.” Marden has appeared on television and radio programs in the U.S., Canada and Europe, including the History and Discovery Channels, NH Chronicle, Fox News and Coast to Coast AM. She has lectured at major conferences and colleges throughout the United States. www.kathleen-marden.com
Yvonne R. Smith
Hypnotherapist/abduction researcher Yvonne Smith began researching the UFO
phenomenon in the late 1980s. After 2 years of studies and 1000 hours of internship at the California Hypnosis Motivation Institute, the only accredited Hypnosis College in the United States; she received her hypnotherapy certification in 1990. Specializing in cases of posttraumatic stress disorder, she uses her hypnotherapy skills to assist such victims to work through their anxiety, with many of her subjects referred to her by physicians and psychiatrists who believe Smith's expertise can benefit their patients. In fact, many such patients are themselves doctors, university professors, engineers, lawyers, domestic and foreign pilots and other professionals. Because Smith [who is internationally known in UFO circles as simply “hypnotherapist Yvonne”] observed that many of the PTSD cases being referred to her involved subjects describing similar patterns of UFO abduction encounters, she founded Close Encounters Resource Organization [CERO] as a support group for such individuals in 1992.
2012 UFO FESTIVAL She is also on the board of the Organization for Paranormal Understanding and Support (OPUS) which furthers support for such subjects. In addition to being a hypnotherapist "in demand", since 1991 Yvonne has traveled extensively, presenting lectures in the United States at M.I.T. and several other universities, at many American "UFO" conferences. The International UFO Museum & Research Center at Roswell, NM annually invites Smith to present multiple lectures, be a panel member and be moderator of their investigator panel at Roswell’s internationally known UFO Festival. She has lectured and conducted many standing-room-only experiencer sessions at the International UFO Congress in Laughlin, Nevada, U.S.A. and has also lectured for several years at international conferences from South America to Europe. Comfortable in front of cameras, Smith's 25-30 television appearances have included programs such as The History, Discovery, and Biography channels, The Montel Williams Show, Intruders, MSNBC, Encounters, Sightings, Joan Rivers, Rosanne Barr and The Leeza Show. She was interviewed on Germany T.V. and Italian television for broadcast to Italy and other European countries. Telemundo T.V. selected Smith to participate
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Tom Carey
UFO Researcher/Investigator Thomas J. Carey, was born and raised Philadelphia. He attended public schools where he was competitive in three sports. He attended Temple University on an athletic scholarship and graduated with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. After a stint in the Air Force where he possessed a TOP Secret/Crypto clearance, Carey became interested in anthropology and human evolution which he pursued at California State University, Sacramento. He received a Masters Degree in Anthropology. He then received a fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Toronto. Carey became interested in
UFO’s while in high school and rekindled that interest when he became the MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) State Section Director for Southeastern Pennsylvania (1986-2002). In that capacity, Carey investigated local UFO sightings in the Delaware Valley which encompasses the five-county area surrounding Philadelphia. Since 1991, his research has focused solely on the so-called “Roswell Incident” and the alleged retrieval/cover-up by the U.S. government of an alien spaceship and crew that crashed near the town of Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947. In this research, he has worked closely with Roswell investigators Kevin Randle (until 1996) and Don Schmitt (since 1998). He was a Special Investigator for CUFOS (the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies) from 1992-1997 and served on the Board of Directors from 1997-2001. Carey’s research has contributed to a number of books and articles on the Roswell Incident such as The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell (1994) by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt and will ultimately yield additional books and articles on the subject. He has also appeared as a guest on many radio and television shows concerning the Roswell Incident as well as appearing in numerous Roswell Incident documentaries. He has lectured all over the country regarding the subject. His photo appears in the Hall of Fame for the International UFO Mu-
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Diana Perla Chapa
UFO Researcher Diana Perla Chapa is considered a serious female Mexican researcher of the UFO phenomena. After having an experience at age 9 years, she got interested in the investigation of the phenomena, doing it professionally and not for profit for over 30 years. She is the Founder, the Director for 18 years of OVNI CLUB NUEVO LEON (Mexico), when a series of sightings called the attention of the media, media where she was a leader of opinion through her own TV show “Women” broadcasted by air and cable throughout Mexico. She has become the Mexican pioneer woman of massive public diffusion of the phenomena in TV, Printed Press and Radio, even when threatened with losing her job as TV host and producer in national Mexican television. Mrs. Diana Perla Chapa is a hard field researcher and videos, photographs and film analyst with the available professional equipment at her reach. She is also a frequent guest at national and international television to talk about the UFO phenomena, recently for The History Channel. Guest speaker and presenter at both national and international congresses and conventions, her motto is “Because we know, not because we believe.”
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phenomena in all its various incarnations. Training by the Army as a helicopter pilot, intelligence officer and military policeman as well Air Force training as both an intelligence officer and a public affairs officer provide Randle with a keen insight into the operations and protocols of the military, their investigations into UFOs and into a phenomenon that has puzzled people for more than a century. Randle’s educational background is as diverse as his military experience. As an undergraduate at the University of Iowa, he studied anthropology. Graduate work included journalism, psychology and military science at the University of Iowa, California Coast University and the American Military University. He has both a master and doctoral degree in psychology and a second master degree in the Art of Military Science. During his investigations, Randle has traveled the United States to interview hundreds of witnesses who were involved in everything from the Roswell, New Mexico crash of 1947, to the repeated radar sightings of UFOs over Washington, D.C. in 1952, to the latest of the abduction cases. Randle was among the first writers to review the declassified Project Blue Book files. He was among the first to report on animal mutilations and among the first to report on alien abductions. Randle also was the first to report the alien home invasions and among the first to suggest humans working with the aliens. He has written extensively on UFOs beginning in 1973 with articles in various national magazines. He has published many books about UFOs starting with “The UFO Casebook in 1989 and continuing to Roswell Revisited in 2007. His recent book is “Crash: When UFOs Fall from the Sky.” Randle was away from his UFO studies when recalled to active duty with the Army that included a tour in Iraq from 2003-2004. He re-
2012 UFO FESTIVAL tired from the Army and the Iowa National Guard as a lieutenant colonel in 2009.
Robert Salas
Robert Salas is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, class of 1964. He served seven years on active duty before separating from the Air Force in 1971. While on active duty, he worked as a Weapons Controller, flew target drones, commanded inter-continental ballistic missiles as a launch officer and worked as an Air Force missile propulsion engineer on the Titan III program. In 1969, he earned a Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology. From 1971-73, he worked as a safety and reliability engineer for Martin-Marietta Aerospace and Rockwell International on Space Shuttle design proposals. From 1974 until his retirement in 1995, he worked for the Federal Aviation Administration as an aircraft structures certification engineer. In 1998, he earned a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Washington. From 1998-2005, he worked as a high school mathematics teacher. He currently teaches science at a private school and tutors students in mathematics. In 2005, he published the book Faded Giant with co-author James Klotz which details his UFO incident while stationed at Malmstrom AFB, Montana in 1967. Salas has been publicly speaking about his incident at UFO conferences, radio and television for over sixteen years. On September 27, 2010, he co-sponsored a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC where he and six other ex-military witnesses testified to the reality of the UFO incidents at U.S. nuclear weapons bases.
Donald Schmitt
UFO Researcher/Investigator Donald R. Schmitt is the former co-director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies in Chicago where he VISION MAGAZINE
served as Director of Special Investigations for 10 years. Prior to that time, he was a special investigator for the late Dr. J. Allen Hynek and the art director for the International UFO Reporter. Schmitt graduated from MATC with a degree in Commercial Art and graduated cum laude from Concordia University with a degree in Liberal Arts. He is currently taking graduate courses in Criminal Justice. He is author of numerous articles about UFOs as well as the co-author of two best-selling books UFO Crash at Roswell, The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell, Witness To Roswell, unmasking the 60 year cover up and Roswell, The Chronological Pictorial. He has appeared on Oprah, CBS 48 Hours, Larry King Live, CNN News just to name a few. Schmitt has led and organized the three only archeological dig projects at the actual Roswell crash/debris field conducted in 1989, 2002 and 2006. The second effort became the central theme of the highest rated show up to that time in the history of the Sci Fi Channel The Roswell Crash: Startling New Evidence. He is an internationally known lecturer including Battelle Institute. His interview list includes Oprah, Peter Jennings, CBS 48 Hours, Paul Harvey,
Larry King Live, Montel Williams, Mancow Muller, Kevin Mathews, Art Bell, George Noory, Shirley McClaine Show, Fox Good Day LA, NPR, Mutual Broadcasting Network, CNN Investigates, Sci Fi Investigates, Disney Channel, The Travel Channel, BBC, Learning Channel, Today Show, NBC, ABC News, CNN News, OMNI Magazine and many more. He was an on-set consultant at Paramount Studios on one episode of the TV series Roswell. The basis of his research and consultation has been the theme of many documentaries including UFO Secrete: The Roswell Crash and two-time British Academy Award winner producer John Purdies’s The Roswell Incident. Schmitt feels that by far his greatest achievement was the Golden Globe Best Picture nominated motion picture Roswell, that was based on the first book.
Derrel Sims
UFO Investigator/researcher Derrel W. Sims had his first encounter with an alien presence more than forty years ago. As he grew older, he experienced a malignant contact with these alien beings that would alter his life forever. At a young age, he See SPEAKERS, Page 22
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made the decision that he would no longer willingly be victim to their bizarre quests. With the abduction of his young son, he was determined to change his role in life from being the “hunted” to the “hunter”. Every path he took would equip him mentally, physically and intellectually to become a warrior for his cause and to assume the role he was born to play. Sims has spent the past three decades researching the world of alien beings. His area of focus has dealt primarily with medical and scientific evidence of human/alien contact. To that end, he has spent years studying and training in a broad range of areas that would provide him with a full array of skills necessary for his search to find evidences of these enti-
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ties. From his accomplishments and certifications in hypnotherapy, to his education in Graphoanalysis (handwriting analysis), he has pursued extensive training to assist in his efforts to aid abductees in reclaiming memories of their experiences. In addition to learning the methods for memory retrieval, Sims has acquired considerable training in police, military, intell and investigative work.Being the first to collect and share the concept of alien implants, Sims has been sought by those in the UFO communities, as well as those within the medical and scientific communities, to share his breakthrough methods at worldwide conferences. In addition to this global recognition, he has been acknowledged for his contributions via a series of awards and commendations. His acclaim is further recognized through the many requests
2012 UFO FESTIVAL he receives annually to appear on a variety of radio and television shows, where he shares his knowledge with thousands across the globe. Derrel Sims is the Alien Hunter.
Travis Walton
Travis Walton is the subject of the Paramount Studios movie, Fire in the Sky, based on his book of the same name. On November 5, 1975 he was a 22 year-old member of a seven-man logging crew cutting trees in the forested mountain region of Arizona. On the way home from work, the crew encountered a strange glowing object, resulting in an incident that has become recognized as the best documented case of alien abduction ever recorded. Walton recklessly left the safety of their truck to take a closer look. Suddenly as he walked toward the light, he was blasted back by a bolt of mysterious
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energy. When his companions fled in fear and reported their UFO encounter, they were suspected of murder and give polygraph exams. They all passed. After a five day massive manhunt searching for Walton – or his body – he suddenly reappeared, disoriented and initially unable to tell the whole story of his terrifying encounter. In Fire in the Sky, Walton relates in his own words the best documented account of alien abduction yet recorded, the story of his harrowing ordeal at the hands of silent captors, his return to a disbelieving world, interrogators, press, debunkers and his efforts to try to make a truly significant contribution to the world's understanding of this phenomenal after all. He speaks to audiences and media around the world to share what it has been like living through the ordeal of the experience and its after-
math. He presents the evidence for the incident and takes wide-ranging questions from the audience, which usually results in bringing out new perspectives and bits of information previously overlooked.
Paola Leopizzi Harris
Paola Leopizzi Harris (Italy/Europe/Vatican) www.paolaharris.com is an Italo-American photojournalist and investigative reporter in the field of extraterrestrial related phenomena research. She is also a widely published freelance writer, especially in Europe. She has studied extraterrestrial related phenomena since 1979 and is on personal terms with many of the leading researchers in the field. From 1980-1986 she assisted Dr. J. Allen Hynek with his UFO investigations and has interviewed many top military witnesses concerning their
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involvement in the government truth embargo. She has been an investigator of the UFO Phenomena for the last 30 years. In 1997, Ms. Harris met and interviewed Col. Philip Corso in Roswell, New Mexico and became a personal friend and confidante. She was instrumental in having his book The Day After Roswell, for which she wrote the preface, translated into Italian. She has just written the preface for the Italian edition of Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut’s book, The Way of the Explorer. She returned to Roswell, New Mexico in the summer of 2003 for the American debut of her book - Connecting the Dots; Making Sense of the UFO Phenomena. She debuted her second book in Roswell at the 60th anniversary celebration. It is entitled - Exopolitics: How does one speak to a Ball of Light? Exopolitical Challenges and Protocols for Future Contact and it speaks of the Orb and Light Sphere Phenomena including the spheres seen during StS-75 NASA Footage. Her third book Exopolitics: All the Above is dedicated to George Noory, Coast to Coast AM radio host, has become a best seller. Her latest book - Exopolitics: Gateway to a New Reality, debuting January 2011 is filled with credible witness testimonies interviews and spiritual solutions
to transforming Planet Earth. She is interviewed in the Video Fastwalkers released by Safespace Producer Robert Miles and she appears in New Paradigm Films' UFO and ET documentary The Day Before Disclosure. Her Interview of Canadian Ex Minister of Defense Paul Hellyer has been translated into six languages and is currently on youtube. Her new non-profit association, Starworks Italia and StarworksusaLLC, will promote disclosure and Exo-Political dialogue Worldwide. She has a regular column in X-Times and Area 51 UFO Magazines, has written for Nexus, Australia and Explora, and Open Minds Magazine - among others publications. Paola lives in Rome, Italy and Boulder, Colorado and has a Masters degree in Education. She teaches history and photojournalism and on-line classes in Exopolitics for Dr. Michael Salla’s Exopolitics Institute for which she in International liaison director. www.paolaharris.com
Frank Kimbler
Frank Kimbler is an Assistant Professor of the Earth Science at the New Mexico Military Institute. He is a relatively new researcher in the field of UFO studies but has made some interesting discoveries. He has worked as
2012 UFO FESTIVAL a professional geologist for more than 30 years and has taught school for almost 1/2 of that time. He has worked as an oceanographer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and as a mining engineer for the State of Arizona. He moved to New Mexico in 2009 after accepting a teaching position at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. Shortly after moving to Roswell he took a keen interest in the story behind the Roswell UFO incident. His research has resulted in the discovery of a number of physical artifacts from the debris field area including metallic fragments, plastic, metallic buttons, and a 50-caliber bullet (WW2 era). His research has been featured on a number of Internet talk shows and two up-coming National Geographic TV programs about UFO's. He does not like secrets and is dedicated to discovering answers and using good science. http://roswellartifacts.blogs pot.com/
Dr. David Rudiak
David Rudiak has a Bachelor's in Physics and a Doctor of Optometry from the University of California, Berkeley plus graduate training in biophysics and neurophysiology. He has done research and published scientific papers on brain
wave recording to visual stimuli and visual stimulation with magnetic brain stimulators. He has used this scientific research background to debunk claims that alien abduction reports are the result of weak Earth magnetic fields causing hallucinations in the brain. Besides the Roswell Festival, at which he was first a speaker in 2009, he has also been a speaker at the Aztec and Ozark UFO conferences. In Ufology, his main area of expertise is the alleged Roswell saucer crash of 1947, which he has been studying since 1994. He is perhaps best known for his work on reading the telex photographed in Gen. Roger Ramey's hand as Ramey tried to debunk the Roswell crash as a weather balloon. Ramey's memo mentions "the victims of the wreck" and shipping something "in the disc, words and phrases which he and others consider to be smoking gun proof that a saucer crash really happened. His work on Ramey's memo was first publicly presented on a 2002 Sci Fi Channel special on Roswell and another TV Roswell documentary by NBC TV in 2007. At the 2012 Festival, he will update new work and insights on the Ramey memo. In addition, he has done
extensive research on other facets of the Roswell case, such as compiling the largest newspaper collection of how the story was reported at the time and how the military ran a debunkery campaign afterward to debunk Roswell and the newly appeared flying saucers seen all over the country. He has compiled a 60 page list of anomalous crash debris descriptions from many Roswell military and civilian witnesses. His research has also be used to debunk the Air Force's modern Mogul balloon “explanation�. Many affidavits and essays on key Roswell witnesses can be found at his website. He has also dug into and done write-ups on the 1965 Kecksburg and 1967 Shag Harbor UFO crashes and the 1965 Socorro UFO landing.. Other extensive research has been done on the 1994 Nevada Nellis Range UFO and a 1950 UFO mass sighting over California and Nevada. www.roswellproof.com Copyright by IUFOMRC NM Inc. Reprinted with permission.
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fered from schizophrenia. He was told John had been in an accident. Just one week from his eleventh birthday, Mark learned his brother had committed suicide. “When John died, my parents melted,” he said. “There was this weird energy over the whole family for years. It was just me, my mom and my dad. And John’s gone. “... I was lost. I was lost throughout the end of grade school, middle school and high school. Totally lost.” *** Although it was never planned, Mark evolved into a successful photojournalist at the Arkansas Democrat. He honed his craft during the days of film photography, which Mark said he credits as a major factor in his ability to tell a story visually. “I think anybody who wants to be a serious photographer needs to take a traditional darkroom course and learn how to do SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012
it the old-fashioned way. Then they'll appreciate how nifty digital is. … Digital can correct what film can’t. “In every aspect you had to work 10 times harder with film and pray you got the shot, because you can't look at it to preview it. So you had to know what all those numbers on the camera mean – like the difference between F5.6 and F22. And there's a big difference there. "I think anybody who grew up shooting film is inherently going to be a better photographer. Without that experience, it’s like driving an automatic car without knowing how to drive manual. Photography is like the active part of driving – you're contributing more than just putting it on cruise control and holding the wheel. There's other stuff going on there.” Mark says that after almost 20 years of newspaper photography, he still feels like he’s stealing a paycheck. “To me it's not really a job. It's just something I'd be doing anyway, taking pictures. If I was stone cold broke, I'd be taking pictures of something.
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flag, Mark’s subject stood like stone. Mark shouted to a nearby writer, “Hey! Goose the senator!” Bumpers broke. *** Throughout his adult life, Mark spent as much time with his parents as he could. As a photographer, his proudest moments were also his most difficult. When his father died in 1983, Mark went through his father’s office to collect personal items, and there discovered he had collected illustrations and photography clippings on a bulletin board above his work desk. And when his mother
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passed shortly after 9/11, Mark opened a drawer in her bedroom packed with clips that covered much of his career. “It blew me away,” Mark said. To this day, Mark says his inspiration remains the family that he lost. Above everything else, he strives to keep the legacy of his brother alive, who he still feels in a metaphysical sense through his own creativity. “I want to give John some credit,” he said, “because he never had it. “… He’s the answer. As far as inspiration, I’ve never really looked at another artist except my brother.” Mark completed his first book this spring, a collection of his best photography over the course of five years in Roswell. He says the
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spective. “This is just how I see the world when I photograph it,” Mark said. “… As far as fun features like the UFO Festival, I guess I just want
to make people look at it and go, ‘Wow, that's really cool.’ “… And the desert has its own unique beauty. The sunsets are marvelous; the
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photographs separated into chapters such as culture, climate, NMMI, UFO Fest, wildlife and the road, he said he aims only to trigger a notable response, just as he hoped when he finally drew the inside of a blade of grass. For book inquires, contact mark@markwilsonphoto.co m. The book will be available later this month at buymwphotos.com. Mark plans to someday release a book that covers his entire career as an artist, one that will include photographs and illustrations, as well as artwork by his brother John. To view Mark’s career portfolio, visit markwilsonphoto.com.
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"How it works is that people who New Mexico State University intweet the code get the points, and structor James Airhart created that goes up on Twitter. And people the game, which began June around the world who can't go to 9 and ended June 22. He these locations can tweet to the said that at each location people, some of these leaders, participants were proand ask for the code. So you vided points, and might meet people from all that whoever had around the world in this the most at the end way." of the game — thus Airhart oversaw the earning the amulet — construction of a crop cirwould win a Kindle Fire. cle at Graves Farm and Participants were Garden, one of the game's 32 also given pamphlets locations. Airhart said the crop that advanced the story, circle, which is about 400 feet in tracking their progress on diameter, was an example of scoreboards at parhow transmedia brings ticipating loca"real world elements tions. into a story." "You're playing Although fictional, the game, and you're the story included making the experisome real people and ence," Airhart said. events from around "You're learning the Southeastern New Mexstory as you go along. ‌ ico, Airhart said. "We're Vrillon, the main charactrying to tell some historical ter, is coming back either to facts from around the area. ‌ And save the planet or destroy it, deI hope they actually go to some of pending on how (you) play the these museums and learn a lot game." about the history. I think a lot of Airhart said The Roswell Experipeople who live in Roswell ence would bring the audidon't always do those ence across multiple things, and they forms of media, inFor kind of take it for cluding video, text more information granted. ‌ and the Internet. about The Roswell Ex"This, for me, The game was perience and The Roswell is my passion; based on a Amulet, visit vrillonlives.com. I love telling book Airhart stories, and wrote titled when I got into The Roswell the whole Amulet. transmedia "(It's) a Twitthing, I felt like ter-based game, this was the future so it's very social," of storytelling, in a Airhart said. "They're sense. You'll definitely be going to be meeting new seeing a lot more of this in the people who are playing the future. And they're stories that will game around the world. People last forever." aren't just playing it in Roswell. ‌
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The fall season was always parade time and we could be sure that Carl Johnson “of course” (his motto) would board his wobbling and bucking contraption which was a saddle pole extending from a vehicle with off center wheels. Leading every parade were the NMMI cadets dressed in their “pinks and greens,” the best looking uniform they’ve ever had! (Military officers wore “P+G’s” all through WWII). Then, back in those times, there were truly fancy floats. People pitched in for weeks and weeks hand-decorating well-designed floats with pom-poms, gayly colored SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012
paper and flowers. The floats were tasteful, inexpensive and well, just great! Then the next day there was a second parade for the “old-timers.” In those days we always recognized our elders with a special parade. They weren’t fancy mostly just to fathers, patriarchs and pioneers riding in a variety of vehicles and wagons with a goodly number of walkers, many in uniform sporting medals and sashes. Just after the parade, the town was invited to a free barbecue held in Haynes Dream Park, just north of the swimming pool, amidst an awning of cottonwood trees just turning a golden brown in the approaching autumn. After the Works
Progress Administration renewed and revised the area, the name was changed to Cahoon Park after E. A. Cahoon, an early town banker (be it ever thus). The evening before the Old Timers Parade, a group of cattlemen, their wives and some ranch cooks dug a large pit, fired it, then placed several full beef carcasses in the pit. After an all-night process of firing and tending, the genuine pit barbecue was served to the many citizens who attended: kids, parents, visitors and all. Each person received a goodly chunk of beef, a slab of homemade bread and sometimes a roasting ear of corn plus a scalding tin cup of black coffee. VISION MAGAZINE
Often there were fireworks and games such as tug-ofwar, horseshoes and field events. Music, often impromptu, would waft over the assemblage as adults and kids danced on the grass. The annual event was great fun, but as attendance grew, the expense of the custom became too much for the city ... or perhaps it was the boring speeches that did in the affair. Still, I think that this particular area should someday revert to the name “Haynes Dream.” After the main parade, everyone went to the “Cotton Carnival.” Of course they’re called “fairs” today. The three-day event was held at the carnival grounds in the area where the Cattle Baron, Wendy’s and Arby’s are today. To the rear (east) where the original Community Little Theatre building was located, were the livestock display barns, where a few attractions were housed including some that could be termed “raw.” I was forbidden to attend although there wasn’t much of a barrier to prevent attendance by young people. In remembrance I offer the following little poem: “The Bawdy Show” The posters were placed on the posts and the fences, A big girlie show was coming to town. The sketch of a woman excited my senses, But father warned me with a terrible frown, “There are things at these shows a boy shouldn’t see, So I warn you please not to bother: But I sneaked under the tent and papa was right, There, in the front row, I saw father. In the early aughts, there were wondrous “Alfalfa Palaces.” The really large ones were somewhat before my time. They held displays of local produce and flowers. Later “palaces” were much smaller and entry was prohibited because of a collapse of one of the earlier hay buildings which caused some serious injuries. With the passing years, I continue to recall a treasure trove of memories: Lover’s lane, a gorgeous tree-lined vista of overhanging trees that formed an awning for the buggies of couples who found romance in the handsome setting. I remember traveling tent shows; chautauqua, bringing stage plays to the city and public events in the old Gothic brick armory, usually boxing or wrestling. Also, it was exciting to view the year’s new Buicks and Cadillacs on display at McNally-Hall’s Main Street auto shops and to watch the enlargement of the “sky-scraper” White Building. There’s more— “bank night” each Thursday at the Yucca Theatre with a goodly sum of money for the lucky person whose name was drawn. Every weekend, we all went to Trieb’s Capitan Theatre, where, for only a nickel, we could follow cowboys Buck Jones, Ken Maynard or Tom Mix, Afterward, I could enjoy a ten cent Coney Island at a small store on the alley, south of the Gilkerson Hotel, or a double-dip ice cream cone at Sunset Creamery (at Second Street and Richardson) for just a nickel. Is it any wonder the old-timers still cherish the “Good 0l’ Days” in Roswell — I do! PAGE 29
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Roswell 1947 was the Dawn of a New Age Only at rare times in history has the human race found itself truly witnessing the dawn of a new age, but this is precisely what happened in early July 1947 when an anomalous airborne object crashed in the desert northwest of Roswell, New Mexico, and military authorities retrieved metallic wreckage and diminutive non-human bodies from the crash site. Unidentified flying objects had been seen before, notably in the Kenneth Arnold sighting on June 24, 1947, but the Roswell incident was dramatically different. There was debris. There were bodies. There were hundreds of witnesses. And there was a cover-up. On that stormy July night the world changed forever. We had experienced contact with a life form from the Great Outside. We had discovered we were not alone. Not that we ever could have been. Even if we restrict our attention to our own Milky Way Galaxy (one of hundreds of billions of galaxies in the known universe), the cosmos is far too vast and far too old not to have produced an abundance of life. Our galaxy alone contains at least 200
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billion stars. We could be so pessimistic as to suppose that only one star in 100,000 has planets in the “Goldilocks Zone” (neither too hot nor too cold to support life) and there would still be two million such stars in our galaxy. And this “one in 100,000” idea is much too modest, because we have already detected numerous potentially life-friendly planetary scenarios just among the stars relatively close to us. Of course, life doesn't have to evolve in all the places where conditions are right, but with conservatively two million such places in this galaxy, even if the chance of life appearing in any one of them by natural thermo-chemical processes were only a very small percentage, the probability of them all remaining permanently lifeless would still be virtually zero, especially given the billions of years natural evolutionary processes have had in which to work. Life has to be out there, and with the Roswell crash we saw some of it firsthand. But our government does not openly acknowledge that anything extraordinary ever happened at Roswell, or that they have knowledge
of any UFO events. Roswell was the dawn of a new age for humankind, but the irony is that on official levels it is as if that new age never arrived. It is as if the light bulb were invented but the government classified it Top Secret and insisted people go on sitting in the dark or reading by candlelight. Make no mistake, Roswell did happen. The evidence is overwhelming. UFO investigators have conducted thousands of witness interviews, establishing a consistent timeline to clarify this remarkable series of events, arguably the most significant in human history. While there has still been no official recognition of all this, similar things have continued to happen. In March 1948, not even a year after the Roswell incident, a large disk-shaped object crashed near Aztec, New Mexico, and the mostly intact object was studied by a team of scientists that included famed atomic weapons physicist Robert Oppenheimer, who (I have argued) lost his security clearance in 1953 not for the proffered reasons but largely because of his involvement with UFO VISION MAGAZINE
retrieval activity. Sightings continued. In August 1950 Nick Mariana took a motion picture of two spinning disks that passed over Great Falls, Montana. Military photo analysts “borrowed” this film, admitted they could find no conventional explanation, and returned the film with critical close-up footage missing. In August 1951 a group of at least eighteen bluishgreen disks flew over West Texas and were photographed by Carl Hart Jr., documenting the famous Lubbock Lights. I found and interviewed several new witnesses many years after the occurrence. The official explanation for the sightings was that people were seeing the bottoms of ducks reflecting city lights! Never mind the fact that one of my witnesses saw the objects from a vantage point out in the country where there were no streetlamps, and never mind the fact that these astonishingly reflective ducks would, by my analysis, have had to be flying over 1,300 miles per hour, a speed somewhat unusual for water fowl. On July 2, 1952, Navy photographer Delbert Newhouse took a motion picture of about a dozen obviously metallic and unaccountable objects flying near Tremonton, Utah. They bear a marked similarity to the disks photographed two years earlier in Montana. Later that same summer a large number of similar craft were seen over Washington, D.C., with both
visual and radar detection. Yes, flying saucers in restricted airspace over the nation's capital! UFO sightings of course have persisted over the years, right up to the present time. Yet to this day there has never been an official public pronouncement from our government to the effect that UFOs exist. There is a well-known movie called Sneakers, in which a team of privately employed professional spies uncovers a black-box device capable of breaking any encryption system. One of the team, played by Sidney Poitier, makes the memorable remark: “There isn’t a government on this planet that wouldn’t kill us all for that thing.” Which is unquestionably true, when it comes to matters of encryption and information security. Is the same thing true of UFO secrecy? Maybe not quite, since we know that some governments have been fairly open with UFO information, though unfortunately not our own government, which seems obsessed with secrecy. Quite possibly needless secrecy. Who knows, since the very reasons for keeping things classified are themselves often classified. And what they don't think you have a “need to know,” they don’t tell you. But whether government officials admit it out loud or not, humankind entered a new era with the Roswell crash of 1947. We are not alone in the universe, and that is definitely something everyone needs to know. SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012
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