SUBJECT: THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT                                FILE: UFO2782





                   MUFONET-BBS GROUP  -  MUTUAL UFO NETWORK
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                         The BIG Announcement: Part 1
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   [Contributed  by Bruce Widaman,  of the UFO Study Group of Greater  St.
   Louis, and State Director - Missouri MUFON]

     I  attended  a  lecture at the Holiday Inn in  Collinsville,   IL  on
   12/20/91 given by Bill Knell, a UFO investigator, that was to deal with
   "The UFO Coverup".   Having never met Mr.  Knell before, I  didn't know
   exactly what to expect.   I must admit though, after hearing him on the
   radio prior to the meeting, I was braced for "the big announcement."

     His presentation was very good.   I  personally have not been exposed
   to most of mr. knell's material.   He was well received by the sixty or
   so people in attendance.   But, unfortunately,  the big announcement is
   still somewhere out there in the future.



                   MUFONET-BBS GROUP  -  MUTUAL UFO NETWORK
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                         The BIG Announcement: Part 2
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   [Contributed  by  Sheryl Jacobs of the UFO Study Group of  Greater  St.
   Louis]

     The  following press release announced a special episode of "Unsolved
   Mysteries"  that was due to air last month.   Even though the regularly
   scheduled  program  (Wednesday,  12/25/91)  included a segment  on  the
   Bentwaters  Air Base incident,  the special government episode has  not
   been aired to date.

     The Bentwaters story, although a repeat,  did include some additional
   details that hadn't been presented originally.

     "Unsolved  Mysteries"  must be commended for presenting cases from  a
   balanced  and objective position.   The Belgium story done in  November
   was done in a far from even neutral manner;  instead,  it was done in a
   very positive and professional way with striking special effects.   The
   high  profile  of the show,  together with the regularity in which  UFO
   subjects are presented,  will help the masses cope should the "big one"
   ever come along.


                   MUFONET-BBS GROUP  -  MUTUAL UFO NETWORK
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                         The BIG Announcement: part 3
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   [Contributed by the UFO STUDY GROUP of Greater St. Louis]

   [What follows is the press release]

                         For Immediate PRESS RELEASE
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   SUBJECT: A SURPRISE U.S. GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE
            REALITY OF THE U.F.O. (Unidentified Flying Objects)
            PHENOMENON

            and

            AN UNEXPLAINED U.F.O. - MILITARY ENCOUNTER ON EARLY
            WEDNESDAY, 12/11/91 IN THE MIDEAST, MIDATLANTIC AREAS

   DATE: 12/12/91

   FROM:    BILL KNELL, U.F.O.  Investigator/Researcher speaking on behalf
            of ISLAND SKYWATCH, 164-22 77TH ROAD, FLUSHING, NEW YORK 11365
            718-591-1854.  (A NY-based,  non-profit organization dedicated
            to   the   scientific  and  objective  study  of  the   U.F.O.
            Phenonenon)

  The  United  States  government plans to make  a  surprise  announcement
  revealing  that U.F.O.s are real,  intelligently-controlled aircraft  of
  unknown  origin sometime within the next two weeks.   This  announcement
  will  coincide  with a special,  unscheduled episode of the nbc  network
  television program "unsolved mysteries'  on sunday,  december 22,  1991.
  Neither  the content,  nor the format of this announcement is  known  at
  this time.

  This  exclusive information was revealed to veteran U.F.O.  investigator
  Bill Knell during the past 48 hours by two reliable sources.   The first
  is  Dr.  Robert Carr,  a  professor at the university of South  Florida,
  State of Florida, U.S.A. and the second is a person who works for TRW, a
  company  which has examined captured or crashed UFOs for the  government
  at trw facilities according  to  this  source and one former employee of
  that company.  Both sources say they have participated in the filming of
  the  special "unsolved mysteries"  episode and have been told by  unamed
  government  contacts that the forthcoming announcement  concerning  UFOs
  will  be  made  on the same date as the airing of the tv  episode.   The
  person,   agency  or  format of the announcement and  concerning  it  is
  unknown at this time.




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