European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Duly a Magazine lawyer Peter Terslen who enjoys the mystery o1 ufos watches the Fry outs Luo Pine Bush re v. R Antasia by David Bauder associated press Clouds quickly fill the night sky obscuring a nearly full Moon. It s nol a Good nigh to and whatever s Oul there. Still. A half dozen people who be parked their cars on the shoulder of a country Road near Pino Bush in  s Hudson Valley Crane their necks to scan Iho  is supposedly a prime area or spoiling ufos activity bul the Only things visible on this Cool autumn evening Aro air planes banking into. Nearby airports. Peter Gerfen wails  Silver bearded lawyer believes 99 percent of supposed ufos sightings Aro easily explainable despite the vanity License plates on his porsche that read ufo3real. He s devoted hundreds of hours to wresting ufos document Stroin the government in court. Most ufos watchers Aro More patient than he. Federal government. The  air Force cancelled ils surveillance program. Project Blue Book. On dec. 17, 1969. Almost five months alter the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon. Or Edward u. Condon o the. University of Colorado recommended that the program. Come to an end after years of unconvincing research. But ufos searchers persist.  Waits ,. Expectantly. She s mad because most people abducted by aliens Are unwilling victims and she d be More than Happy to submit herself to experiments Linda poem Waits calmly Linda and her husband. Petor Bolh Ria estate appraisers admit to being. Fascinated by psychic and other unexplained. Phenomena. An evening in Pine Bush she jokes Beals watching television Ellen Crystal in excitedly. The self described ufos photographer is Iho guardian of the Field where. She claims to have seen aliens and dozens of unexplained lights. She s driven to this Field from her. New Jersey Home hundreds of times since 198 in the Hope of making Contact again. You missed ii Ellen Terslen dolls Crystall when her car pulls up a Hall hour later than expected. The Mother ship was Here. There used to be several More of us  -. .cryslalldismisso5lhejoveandcheckslhesky.il. Does t Bode Well. The aliens whom she suspects Are building an underground base in the Hudson Valley Don t seem to like Clouds or rain she say whatever the reason Saranga sightings seem commonplace in the Hudson Valley. Hundreds of people hoi just Hose who go out looking for the have seen things in the sky thai can t be explained says Philip Imbrogno author of night siege the. Hudson Valley ufos sightings. Sightings caused a sensation in 1983 and 1984 in thai area of new York City suburbs and Farmland stretching into Western  have. Been less frequent since then but still steady Imbrogno says a. Most in hoi All. Can be easily explained say Jeff Lehman spokesman Lor the nearby Stewart. International Airport. He. Says a group of pilots whose. Identities Are nol known enjoy fooling ufos fanatics by flying in close formation Many evenings it s nol illegal but it s annoying he says.  t. See scaring people with Arr Craf As a game he says. -. Crystall believes. She says she saw something. Unusual Al the Coral old off Sears Villa Road 20  Middletown. Scon Aller she was first taken there by Magazine wrilcr.1,. -. ". V. Gazing Over a Dislong ire Dine while alone at the Field one night she spoiled whal appeared to be a Craft drilling slowly to the ground Afler seeing something duller almost like a Moth she shined a spotlight into a wooded area she says she saw a 3 a foot creature with a beige body and huge yellow eyes staring Back Al her. This thing had a worried look on its face and it totally threw me of Crystall says i was panic stricken t could nol utter a  the Blonda music student claims to have taken boo photographs of ufos. She says she holds no grudges against people who Don t share her beliefs but confides i iry to avoid  Al a restaurant 20 minutes irom Sears Villa Road crystals friends passed the time waiting Lor dusk to turn to darkness ignoring quizzical looks from a waitress Thoy discussed landmarks in ufos history with the son of insider s Lingo that renders Iho conversation meaningless to anyone else. Gersten who has set up a hot line Telephone number for ufos fanatics to veep up on the gossip says he enjoys the mystery and Glamour of ufos it seems like we re prisoners on this planet and we be lost the ability la  says Gersten who fixes companions with a penetrating stare. Most people accept that ufos exist a says because we simply can t be the Only people in the  but he dismisses most reports of unexplained lights in the Hudson Valley. Most sightings Are probably conventional air planes he says adding that he has offered a Reward Lor the any serious group o pilots to come Forward and identity themselves. Terslen belongs in the government conspiracy Camp of ufos followers believing thai sorrel military technology is being tested in i huskies. Imagine a civilization 10.000 years More advanced than  says Iho new Yore City lawyer. Do you think to by d come Here in spaceships yes opines Lacas because they want to investigate the inhabit lands of Earth the Legal assistant and Flower child Holdover is fascinated by the current ufos juror Over abductions during which people Are supposedly beamed up by aliens Tor a Quick examination. Lacas Calls herself an abduction  i want to bang trinkets to Trade she says fingering Soma jewelry Recouso i want to make friends when i go on  for the dooms All aspects of the paranormal Aie fascinating. There s a lot More going on in the world than meets the naked Eye Linda says but she understands Why most people look at ufos and psychic Phenomena with abundant see Plicis. There Are a lot of strange people involved in ii she. Says. I think it discredits it for a lot of people. It turns a lot of people Oil i think you have to look beyond them and not let it deter you.". Afler the drive to Scarville Road some participants Nole the eerie strangeness 1 they feel while gazing Al the sky. But when in s apparent most of the lights in the sky Are either stars or air planes conversations Drift to. Baseball and photography Acaf roars by the parked vehicles about every five minutes. From a nearby House a woman partially -. Hidden by curtains Peers out Al the visitors to her. Neighbourhood. Crystall and her followers Are Well known by chief Daniel Mccann and Iho rest of the town of Crawford police department which has jurisdiction Over Pine Bush. He says he occasionally gels trespassing complaints and Crystall has been Cna Sod of people s property once or twice but she s usually Good about telling authorities where she a going to be. Wilh the Airport and a unit of the air National guard nearby Crawford police Are used to gelling Calls about. Strange things in the sky. Police have never seen any Haid evidence of ufos but they Don t always have an easy explanation for what people insist they see Mccann says. The area s becoming somewhat of Alourise spot., among the supernatural fans Mccann  does say that she sees those  he says. I m no going to dispute her. She probably has seen something who knows what hey Are monday november 2b. .1.9bb the stars and stripes Paga 13