2019 OHIO MUFON CONFERENCE

"HIGH STRANGENESS"

Saturday August 17th, 2019



Speaker summaries...

Susan Swiatek



Susan Swiatek, Virginia MUFON State Director with many years of investigating UFOs, presented some of the more intriguing cases she has encountered. For a good case she considers the following criteria:

-UFO observed by multiple witnesses
-UFO observed at a range of 500 feet or less
-A UFO with clear cut edges
-A UFO with a large angular size,
-Physical trace
-Event occurred during the day.
-Electromagnetic effect on equipment
-Non-transient sight time, i.e. 10 or more seconds
-UFO performed one or more 'odd' maneuvers or features, e.g. solid light beam, entity observed, altered states of conscience

Sue related a very weird story about a man named Gary Sudbrink. Gary is from New York. He has had number of weird paranormal experiences growing up. His family (father and uncle) took videotapes of UFOs while checking Radar arrays in West Virginia in 1988

She spent a good amount of time relating the following unexplainable incident that occurred to Gary in 1993. He had the rank of Captain in the in the Army where he was a pharmacist. He was stationed in Texas. Gary decided to fly home (New York) and make a surprise visit to his parents and friends. He flew under another name. At the airport in Texas he was approached by a man with a clipboard at the gate who asked all kinds of personal questions. Gary assumed he was trying to sell something. The man was persistent, and Gary brushed him off. He boarded the plane and another guy sat next to him continuing with the same line of questions. Gary told him also to "get lost". Eventually the stewardess looked at pest's ticket and informed him that he was in the wrong seat and had to move, which he did.

Gary arrived in New York and went to his parents' home. He called a friend to tell him that he was in town. The friend was confused and told Gary that he had already called yesterday to let him know he would be in town. Then weird phone calls started coming to Gary's parent's house. It was a robotic sounding voice from an unlisted number. Eventually some calls were taped, and Sue played them for us. They were very creepy. This weird voice kept asking the same questions over and over. For example, "How long are you back from Texas?" "You are being impersonated by the other voice." Then there were some weird comments like, "We came to be within this planet" "Beware of government interferences. Visitations to be disrupted by them." It was noted that there were long pauses between when Gary says something and there's a response from the caller.

Some of the tapes can be found on the web.



Seth Breedlove




Seth Breedlove (Ohio film maker "Small Town Monsters") discussed his making of documentaries He has quite a list of movies made between 2015 to this year. A partial list includes the following.

-Minerva Monster
-Beast of Whitehall
-Boggy Creek Monster
-The Mothman of Point Pleasant
-Invasion of Chestnut Ridge
-The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear
-The Bray Road Beast
-Terror in the Skys
-MOMO, The Missouri Monster
-On the Trail of Big Foot (Mini-series)

His most successful production was on the Flatwoods monster. He said there is a monster story just about everywhere in Ohio.

Seth approaches the paranormal as actual history rather than folklore. He attempts to bring events to life rather than a 'fun story'.

He discussed the long term effects of these events on people using specific examples. Most were negative. He focused in on the kids who witnessed the Flatwoods monster. They didn't want to talk about it anymore. They were ridiculed all through school and after. He puts these effects on screen for his audiences. Then there are long term effects on towns like Point Pleasant, Kecksberg, Flatwoods, and Rachel. He discussed how the cultures of these towns were affected.

He puts people on camera who are from the area and actual witnesses. He emphasized the witnesses are treated with respect in the films.

His approach in filming includes the following.

-Historical content
-Contacting actual witnesses
-Identifying the key figure connected to the case
-Location scouting
-Treat everyone with respect! (Most important)

Seth Breedlove's Web Site

Small Town Monsters



Thomas Wertman




"The Coyne Helicopter Case Revisited"

Thomas Wertman, State Director for MUFON of Ohio, presented a comprehensive analysis of the Coyne Helicopter Case. This encounter with a UFO near Mansfield, Ohio, occurred in 1973 and has a long history of being researched by many investigators since it first came to light. For those not familiar with the case, it involved a U.S. Army Reserve helicopter's close encounter with a UFO over Richland County, Ohio at approximately 11:02 PM on October 18, 1973. Why feature this case over so many other major events that have occurred in Ohio? The answers very simple. Our conference was to be held in Ashland, Ohio which is lies adjacent to Richland County. Moreover, this case ranks among the most high profile events in Ufology. Through the use of articles in local newspapers we hoped to generate reports from individuals who witnessed the event.

Click here for his complete report: "The Coyne Helicopter Case Revisited"

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