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Comment:I would like to become a memeber of the UFO group How do i joun the group of UFO enthusiasts and travel to sitings with them? Id like to see more than the two i have already witnessed.
Answer: Have a look at the web links on the left hand side of this page. There's a local UFO group in Southampton.

Please feel free to contact SUFOG we do have much to offer. If you contact us we can give you plenty of information or just check out the website link. Look forward to hearing from you.

Comment:Are the symbols and designs displayed in the crop circle unique or have they representation in any historical discoveries?
Answer: This is a good question Bob. Yes there are some designs that are unique to the circle designs, but there are many that appear to be representations of ancient designs.

However, I am by no means a crop circle expert so I will direct you to where you may be able to get the information you are seeking.

You might like to look at the research of people like Colin Andrews and Busty Taylor, alternatively please look at websites ufoinfo (link on this page), David Kingston’s site (link on this page) and www.cropcircleresearch.com this site is by Paul Vegay and is an excellent site with some good links.

I hope this has been of some help to you, any problems or for more information please feel free to contact SUFOG direct via the website link.

Comment: Do you have any "tentative" evidence that UFOs can travel in time?
Answer: Evidence is such a hard thing to come by. The only evidence that I can offer you is to look at cases of abduction, such as the Betty Andreasson case, where it appears that the visitors are able to at least manipulate time and space.

The Andreasson case can be found in the excellent books by Raymond Fowler, The Andreasson Affair parts 1 and 2, The Watchers 1 and 2 and The Andreasson Legacy.

However, I am not saying that this means that they move through time may be it only means that they move in another dimension where time as we know it does not apply? I hope this is of some interest, if you would like any more info please contact me direct through SUFOG.

Comment: Former United States Marine Intelligence Analyst looking for a source place to get time, date, monthly sighting information in order to run a comparative analysis. Looking to compare trending information as it pertains to sightings.
Answer: Your project sounds very interesting. I don’t think our area has the kind of sighting regularity that you are looking for? The only area close to us with significant regularity of sightings is the Bedhampton area. However, our group does not have access to the data or witnesses. Some of the information has been made available on www.rense.com by the researcher handling the case.

The other area within the UK with a significant amount of sightings is in Scotland, particularly the Bonnybridge area. For information on this you might like to try SPI Scotland or Malcolm Robinson of SPI England. SPI Scotland’s details should be available through the UfoInfo link on this page.

Malcolm’s email is [email protected], I hope this has been of help to you. If I can help in any other way please contact me through SUFOG on the link on this page. Best of luck with your work.

Comment: Dear Sir I am writing to you in connection to the footage that was filmed over the Havant area of Hampshire UK by Anthony woods, I am not a UFO expert but I have some scientific background and I find Steven Gerard’s comments and scientific approach to the case laughable!!

How can MR gerrard catagorilly state that mr woods footage is “fake” without ever viewing or analysing the footage?

MR Gerrard's comment and approach to the case is foolhardy and in my opinion born out of deep jealousy and envy, I have never met the Mexican researcher MR Yturria but I have read quite a bit about him, and it is apparent that MR Yturria is a world renowned and very respected UFO researcher, who has had many years in the for-front of the UFO phenomenon!

Why is it that MR Gerrard thinks that he is better qualified to work on this case than MR Yturria? Especially considering he is willing to pronounce someone’s footage “fake” without ever seeing it? Its seems to me and I believe 99% of people reading his comments will think that MR Gerard's motives for declaring the footage “fake” is less than honourable.

I think it would be wise for MR Gerrard to keep his bias and unscientific opinions to himself if he wishes to be taken seriously himself in the field, I understand MR Gerrard runs a small UFO club in the city of Southampton which is just a few miles along the coast from where MR Woods lives, I think MR Gerrard is well advised to concentrate on running his club rather than rubbishing someone else’s case without ever viewing the footage, and leave it to the experts to decide whether MR Woods footage is genuine or not!!!

Answer: I find that the remarks you have made, in reply to those Mr Gerrard has made, to be unfounded.

Do you not think it would have been a better approach to contact Mr Gerrard direct before putting your comment into the public domain?

Mr Gerrard is the founder of the Southampton UFO Group, of which I am its secretary. Mr Gerrard is an excellent researcher and a good friend.

Let me turn to case in point, Bedhampton! Being Steve Gerrard’s group secretary, I have often helped him on cases, particularly on this one, which we have, both worked hard to research.

I have a scientific background, being a senior laboratory technician with a local, multi national corporation. I would like to state something for you regarding our approach to this case.

Any comments on Steve’s or our part is most definitely not born out of "jealousy or envy", but is born out of frustration? Why frustration? Well this is simple. Ever since this case has come to our attention we have sought more information.

As a local group we are in a prime location to conduct a thorough on site investigation, perhaps even being present when these objects are filmed, this would help prove the validity of the case and rule out, if this is the case, any possibility of hoaxing.

However, trying to make a judgement on footage when you are unable to gain access to that footage or even the witness is very hard. So while it is obvious that a hornet’s nest has been stirred up due to the comments made, perhaps this was needed to sort the good from the bad.

We at SUFOG will have no problem in leaving this case alone to go its own course, and the information we have that may be relative to the case will remain where it is until it can be discussed with the researcher involved.

Our only interest has been to actively research and bring the truth to those interested, nothing else. We have sought to contact Mr Yturria on several occasions, but as of yet have had no luck. We do have a high opinion of Mr Yturria, who we have met and seen lecture at the Quest International Leeds UFO Conference in 2001.

SUFOG will continue to monitor the case, but will not provide any more opinions unless approached by those involved in the case. I would ask Mr Smithers to consider this; Steve Gerrard is an honest, hard working and honourable person who has never offered an opinion that is any less than honourable. He is also well known and respected to many in the UFO community. So I would suggest that he contact him directly via the SUFOG website to discuss his grievances before making anymore of them public.