European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                You too can search for ufos when looking for aliens stay close to air Force bases by Steve silk the Hartford courant not so Long ago pan am was accepting reservations for flights to the Moon. The airline has since gone Down the tubes but Hopes for space travel Are still soaring. And Why should t we dream of venturing out into Star trek territory after All Many people believe that beings from outer space have been piloting ufos Here for quite sometime. Assuming ufos exist you might Hope to have a close encounter of your own. So where should you head ufos researchers abductees and Saucer buffs Are far from unanimous in their suggestions. Many say looking for one would be a waste of time. It s like trying to find tornadoes you know they re in Kansas but do you go out there and wait for them asks or. Ralph j. Laguardia a Connecticut internist and a Volunteer state investigator for the Mutual ufos network an Independent organization that researches and investigates of sightings. The network is based in Seguin Texas. But others gladly offer a few tantalizing clues tips that make a prospecting trip More than a Fly by night shot a the dark. Some even talk of going on ufos Hunts themselves. And though you might not want to Pla Ernist and a Volunteer state investigator for the Mutual ufos network an Independent organization that researches and investigates ufos sightings. The network is based in Seguin Texas.-. But others gladly offer a few tantalizing clues tips that make a prospecting trip More than a Fly by night shot in the dark. Some even talk of going on ufos Hunts themselves. And though you might not want to plan a whole vacation around Saucer spotting you could at least keep your eyes peeled next time you re in a Likely spot. Who knows what might turn up new Hampshire military bases Are deemed prime places for ufos activity say those who claim to know. Pease fab just outside Portsmouth n.h., is regarded As an especially hot ufos spot even though trip closed several years ago. New Hampshire seems to have had More than its share of bizarre ufos reports Over the years Bright yellow balls of Light have been buzzing Hillsboro a Little Burg on the Contoocook River Southwest of Concord for decades Many townspeople say. And in Exeter a glowing red disk 50 feet in diameter lit up houses As it Rose from a Grove of Trees says Marc Peloquin a Natick mass., photographer who has spent years documenting the haunted landscapes where paranormal activity has been reported. Betty Hill the new Hampshire woman who says that she and her husband Barney were abducted by aliens and examined aboard their spacecraft takes people out in the Portsmouth area to spot ufos on occasion. Don t hold your breath waiting for an invitation though. The Hills account of their abduction established the pattern for the Many similar reports that followed. In 1989 alone More than 2,500 people claimed to have been abducted a Guardia says the accounts Are eerily Betty Hill similar from the Gray skinned humanoid aliens who communicate telepathically to the medical procedures undergone a men usually include examination of genitalia removal of a skin Sample from the leg and sometimes implantation of some sort of device. New York air combat come bases in particular Are considered promising for close encounters. The stuff that happens with consistency happens around air Force bases that have atomic weapons Peloquin says. He zeroes in on Pittsburgh fab in upstate new York As a Likely spot to see a ufos. Peloquin was drawn to the area after photographing a purported ufos Landing site near Montreal and after hearing stories about a hotel s being buzzed and seeing a newspaper photograph of something straight out of Steven Spielberg s close encounters of the third k and hovering Over the Canadian City. We re talking about stuff Bona fide by the re nip Royal Canadian mounted police highly documented says the one time septic. Military bases Aren t the Only places to Hunt for extraterrestrial visitors. Researchers agree that ufos exhibit a fascination for human technology. Other promising spots include Power sources such As nuclear reactors Power plants High tension lines or anything High tech especially if new or under construction. Large bodies of water reservoirs or lakes Are reputedly Good Hunting grounds As Well. The Hudson River Valley Between Westchester and Poughkeepsie has been a veritable Light show thanks to accounts of scores of buzzing ufos Over the past decade or so. David Boras an assistant to the director at the j. Allen Hynek Center for ufos studies in Chicago says thousands of witnesses reported seeing Boomerang shaped Craft some As Long As a football Field planing through the area in the mid-1980s. Lights arrayed in rows and circles blazed on the ufos that once buzzed a local Parkway inspiring hundres of motorists to pull Over and gawk. Fowler . Director of investigation for the Mutual ufos network says that More than 2,000 ufos reports were filed Over the years in the Hudson Valley. News of a Flap urologist argot for a wave of sightings such As those in the Hudson Valley should propel would be Saucer  the site of reported activity. But the Effort could prove fruitless. Many flaps Are not legitimate. There Are a lot of hoaxers says Laguardia. There Are a lot of crazy people  Massachusetts in Massachusetts ufos Buff Dan Shenefield of Agawam says that if he were Hunting ufos he would head for a military base. But he does t have to. His wife Marianne says that the skies Over Agawa jism of jul