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LETTERS
Dr
From Brian I^xks of Torrance, California:
1 have just received STIGMATA #14 and like your previous issues I four *
esting and informative. Although the mutilation phenomenon is not along
of interest, 1 find that the more esoteric journals are more responsible
deal more information and reports than will be carried by the media*
to be the only one of the more popular writers who have given this subj
of serious attention* Of course, the subject can be a bit gruesome and
cautiously avoided, but this will not stop the mutilations I 1 have read a
ing theories about this subject but none which seem to fit the scope of
ported, 1 am glad to see now there is more serious interest and hope
research* Perhaps with more organized data you will soon have some ait
d it most inter -
my general line
and carry a great
Vallee seems
eet a great deal
3 perhaps has been
number of interest-
what is being re-
r success in your
swers.l hope so*
fo:
Your report on Grudge 13 caught my attention immediately* Especially
at least in part, being Project Grudge/Blue Book Report Number 13. Stajil
during his presentation at the UFOhio Symposium (1 have a copy of this
that there are indications that Blue Book Report 13 did in fact exist and
Friedman, while questioning the validity of report #14, which has rece
attention, states: "Surely, if they had been told it was Blue Book $pecia|!
14, they would have asked for reports one through 13. As a matter of
in the 1960 r s and had all been classified. Had their existence been admi
could their classification have been justified and maintained if there was
What would the government have said about Report #137 Later they had
it was included in report 14 though they were unable to provide me with
blatant misstatement of fact, I have talked to two people independently
had seen a copy and that it was Top Secret, 1 have good reason to acc
the
That's about the bulk of it, although this paper deals with classification
general and more proof is surfacing which indicates a great deal of inf §
der classification. The Freedom of Information Act has proven useless
pecially where the existence of documents has been classified. How can
fied material when you cannot even prove it exists? For "National Sec
rity can, and is, be maintained.
A great deal of information has surfaced, as you may have noticed, in
UFOs and subsequent retrievals and examinations. The Roswell case in
thoroughly investigated and has been corroborated by a great number of
some documentation. Other reports, although interesting, are more que;
it would be interesting to see anything that might corroborate such repo|i
your line of interest to cover the mentioned mutilation reports, but I si
(Continued)
reference to it,
ton T* Friedman,
paper) mentioned
is still classified,
}ved a great deal of
Report Number
fact, 1-12 surfaced
tted in 1955, how
no security angle?
the temerity to say
any basis for this
told me they
this as true”.
who
cpt
and cover-up in
irmation is still un¬
in many cases, es-
you get to classi-
tuflty 11 reasons secu-
relation to crashed
particular has been
witnesses and even
3tionable. Anyway,
rts* I know it is
tire would appreciate
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any other information you might have on this report especially in the area of crashed
UFOs and retrievals. I also noticed that it mentioned abductions and close approaches.
1 have also heard indications, from John Keel in particular, that the Air Force took a
serious interest in these type of cases long before civilian researchers. You will notice
that abductions and contactees were not taken too seriously ^until the 1970's, which has
been the most popular time for CE-III and more controversial cases* Thank you again
for your publication and services.
And the selfsame John A. Keel mentioned by Brian Parks pens the following:
My own guess is that the mutilations have served their purpose,,. whatever that might
have been,,.and something entirely new and totally unexpected will begin to take place
this year (1981) or next, I can’t even speculate on what this might be, A diversion
will occur simultaneously and all the ufonuts will be misled by it and waste time feud¬
ing and fussing and spo ilin g vast quantities of paper with reports about the diversionary
tactic. So keep your ear to the ground, your nose pressed to the wheel, etc.
And, from Frank Colacarro, Jr- of Colonia, New Jersey:
1 was very interested in the STIGMATA #13 article, "Covert Capers Crown Colorado
Cow Case", the Iona Hoeppner case. So far, having done a great deal of serious read¬
ing on the cattle mutilation subject, 1 still haven t made up my mind on who s behind
it* but up to this point I've narrowed it down to two theories that make any kind of
sense to me. Theory #1: They re secret autopsies being done by our intelligence agen¬
cies or military, either as a testing program of biological weapons or monitoring the
effects of environmental pollution, contamination of the food chain- Theory #2: Extra¬
terrestrials doing a biological survey of earth and its inhabitants.
The Hoeppner case in my opinion is good evidence that extraterrestrials may be invol¬
ved, 1 base this assumption on the sample of hide that was microscopically examined
and found to be cut between the cells without cutting into any of the cells* This is quite
a feat and next to impossible for our present technology* Also the red liquid found near
the calf s mouth with its strange rectangles. The two break-ins at the school added to
the strangeness. The break-in could have been done by the mutilators themselves, but
a better explanation is that the samples were stolen by intelligence agents who are mon¬
itoring the cattle mutilations and UFOs. This may also explain the mystery helicopter
aspect, these having been seen near the mutilation areas from time to time. I think
that the government has pulled out all the stops to find out what r s going on, I think that
these choppers are being driven by government agents who are in the process of investiga -
ting the mutilations clandestinely.
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From Paul Faughnan of Flushing, New York:
■ ..The most fruitful area for probing the origins and purposes of mute incidents is the
"mystery helicopters" sector of mute reports and related matters* I suggest that when
one plots on a map the location of all sightings where a positive identification was made
of a specific copter type, one obtains data from either aeronautical publications or from
the manufacturers on the range of this craft* One can then use a compass to outline the
area where a logistical supply base could exist for this craft, I also suggest inquiries to
the manufacturers about large commercial copter purchases in mute-prone areas. Probes
of Canadian purchasers would be a fertile ground for study.
I was reading an article recently which discussed chemical and biological warfare. The
techniques used in many of the mutes are similar to the techniques used by the chemists
and other scientists to determine the toxicity of C-B agents on animal subjects, to prove
the effectiveness of an attack of this nature. Another thing someone may wish to examine
are the incidents of rape in cities near mute sites as well as missing persons reports,
paying careful attention to the type of victim and (his){her) status. Psycho-sexual terror*
ism appears to be one element of the mute syndrome's driving force on an interpersonal
level.
Veteran ufologist and STIGMATA reader Vince White of Kansas City, Missouri, writes:
Officially Project GRUDGE was initiated February 11, 1949. It was the third or fourth
act of that AF-staged farce starring those investigative paragons at AT1C, from the Pent¬
agon, The best official account (in terms of conveying the flow of events in those halcyon
dawn years of the modem UFO) is still Ruppelt T s old classic* High monkey shines and
moonbeam studies days* Project GRUDGE, part one, died and was reborn as GRUDGE
TWO on February 27, 1951 when the hooraw from the Fort Monmouth radar sighting in
front of a gaggle of high brass hit the fan. The good ole days!
We know that these studies, BLUEBOOK and so on, were all part of a very elaborate se¬
curity facade, that may or may not have had the cooperation and wittingness of the various
parties involved depending on particular cases* By and large though, AF people were sim¬
ply being used. Cutouts and so on in intelligence parlance. So it is curious that someone
running the real covert ultimate-priority projects would choose to entitle one of the REAL
reports the same as the low^evel ad-hoc PR tool projects run by the Air Force puppets.
Perhaps it makes good sense. Perhaps not. Someone asks about "Project GRUDGE" and you
say, "Oh, that's Just that bit of loose nonsense that team at BLUEBOOK assembled* A con¬
venient camouflage? Stan Friedman has talked a lot about project #13, that there is a hell
of a lot more in It than has ever leaked out to date. I haven t any doubt that many, many
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thick volumes of reports exist with most of the items you mentioned*
Ject GRUDGE report #13 is another question. These days, the report
less available in hard copy as more and more of all the data flow is
the bulk of the desk jockeys in the CIA and NS A work at terminals an
paper at their disposal. Hard copy reports and books, etc. are being
That is both a great strength and potential weakness* In ten or fifteen
jockey will work at a terminal, shielded visually and connected by ligl
untappable) to the computer network.
Whether it is Pro-
ts probably less &
c omputer ized, Now
id have very little
slowly phased out,
years every desk
;frt wave (fiber optics-
To get a feeling for the early and not so refined security m. o. it is
early (1945-55) UFO history. I can sort of see the clouds of secrecy
tors fail occasionally and you can glimpse real things going on, in teat
procedures, security muscling, etc., et ai* They didn't have the act
less fashion as they do today. I am thinking particularly of the RQS
almost forgotten leaks and rash PR statements that got blurted out in
centralized and highly refined policy control systems, A UFO crash to
likely not result in some stupid AF base commander going off beathle^
reporter. Ground rules are clear and firmly established and yet very
instructive to read
and smoke genera-
ms of operational
ifiown in such a seam-
LL INCIDENT. The
the absence of today's
cday would very,very
sly to an inquisitive
subtle.
WE
ami
It is this sort of understanding that makes "Hanger 18" so crude and
its depiction of "how things work". Very crude in terms of how and
volvement in any matter vitally affecting national security. That, and
isolated UFO incident totally divorced from any larger phenomenon
As if no standard policy and security structure pre-existed the UFO e
diblef The only redeeming feature of "Hanger 18" was that it did give
kind of fearful vision of just how far an elite of decision makers will
from them. It did give people an idea that evidence may be jiggered
who look like fools may not be so at all!
I read the "Covert Capers Crown Colorado Cow Case" with great appih
A "concrete case" of someone besides myself with a weakness for all Li
mutilation data and what happened to the data is of great importance,
glary" itself. The two events raise many, many questions. They suggfr
and counterintelligence operation concerning mutes and UFOs on a vas(t
well organized scale.
Anyone connected with mute research is computer dossiered. Perhaps
supercomputer with word and phrase speech recognition) is multiplexed
a security alert is raised. If anything is said on the phone about mutilai
other critical words, then the proper people are notified. Or perhaps
surveillance alerted someone. Or a combination of things. Military
monitor the mute activity and perhaps humans who investigate. Perhaps
(Continued)
almost childlike in
hat government in*
the portrayal of an
context of activity,
vent. That T s Lncre-
the public some
go to keep things
ijrith and that people
eciation and interest,
iteration! Both the
Consider the "bur¬
st an intelligence
scale. On a very
HARVEST fthe NSA
into an area when
tions and a set of
actual covert field
uppers constantly
s that is what some
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of the chopper activity is.
Some security apparatus detected Iona Hoeppner. They detected it and alerted DELTA
teams (one of the many possible designations) in the area. She may have been followed.
Perhaps there was a computer print-out of all possible lab facilities in the area and a
connection was made and perhaps the phone gave a tip.
Further commentary on the GRUDGE 13 allegations m STIGMATA #14 come from George
Andrews of Drury. Missouri:
After reading Project Grudge Report Number 13. what came to my mind was this: If their
language resembles Sanscrit and their basic nourishment consists of liquid chlorophyl, it
looks as if what we are faced with here is the return of Indra and his companions, the in¬
vincible soma-drinkers in their celestial chariots. Certain passages from two of the old¬
est sacred texts of India seem singularly appropriate. First a few lines from the "Yajur-
Veda", which was translated from Sanscrit by Arthur Berriedale Keith, and published by
Harvard University Press in 1914:
Thou art the milk of the great ones, thou art the giver of splendour; splendor
place in me,..This is thy body. O pure one. This is thy splendour. With it
be united. Win brightness... Thou art pure, thou art nectar, thou art the sacri¬
fice for all the gods. I have mounted the eye of the sun*. * Blazing with the
wise.,-I buy soma from thee, rich in sap, full of force, overcoming the foe,
the pure with the pure I buy. the bright with the bright, the immortal with
the immortal. We have seen the light, we have found the gods.
And from the "Atharva-Veda", translated from Sanscrit by William Dwight Whitney, pub¬
lished by Harvard University in 1905:
Sweet verily is this soma, and full of honey is this; strong verily is this;
and no one soever overpowers in conflicts Indra, having now drunk of it..,
0 Indra and soma, cause to roll from the sky the deadly weapon, from the
earth also, a shattering for the evil-plotter; shape out from the mountains
the noisy one, wherewith you burn down the increasing demon. O Indra and
soma, cause it to roll forth from the sky; with fire-heated stone-smiting
unaging heat weapons do ye pierce the devourers in the abyss.. * let them go
to silence.,, He who hath worshiped thee, 0 fury, missile thunderbolt, gains
power, force, everything in succession; may we, with thee as ally, that art
made of power, overpower the barbarian, the Aryan, with powerful power-. *
Here I am for thee; come hitherward unto us, meeting us, O powerful all-
(Continued)
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giving one; O thunderbolt-bearing one, turn hither to us; let us two slay
the barbarians; and do thou know thy partner* Go forth among them; be on
our right hand, then will we two smite and slay many Vrtas; I offer to thee
the sustaining top of the sweet; let us both drink the initial draught*. * The
mighty one chose a drink of soma; a great stone became what was his body.,
Your mastery I know, your kingdom, O Trishandi, * * what in the: atmosphere,
what in the sky* and what men are on the earth., *lron-mouthecl, needle¬
mouthed, likewise thorn-tree-mouthed, let the flesh-eaters, of wind-swift¬
ness, fasten on our enemies with the three-jointed thunderbolt. „ ,0 Indra
and Varuna, soma-drinkers, this pressed soma, intoxicating, drink ye, O
ye of firm courses, * - The great superintendent of them sees, a3 it were,
from close by; whoever thinks to be going on in secret, all this the gods
know.
goe
Whoso knows, goes about, and whoso goes crookedly, whoso
denly, ^arho defiantly - what two, sitting together, talk, King Vj
knows that* Bdth this earth is King Varuna's, and yonder great
tant margins; also the two oceans are Varuna s paunched; also
water is he hidden. Also whoso should creep far off beyond the
not be released from King Varuna; from the sky his spies go f
eyed, they look over the earth. All this King Varuna beholds
tween the two firmaments, what beyond; numbered of him are
people; as a gambler the dice, so does he fix these things. , * Sit
ly, O self-ruling Varuna, knowest all births, 0 well-conducting
anything beyond the welkin? Is there anything below what is beyi
ing one? T v
kin
ve
There is one other thing beyond the welkin; there is something
hitherward from what is beyond; this I Varuna, knowing it, prcfi
The one this side, the other beyond the back of the sky, in se<
posited the two treasures of the Brahman., * The two wheels of
ya* the priests know. * .further, the one wheel that is in secret
ly, the enlightened know... On the back of yonder sky the all
talk a speech not found by all... The five-footed father of twel 1
call rich in ground in the far half of the sky,,, Eight-wheeled,
the impregnable stronghold of the gods; in that is found a gold^i
ven-going, covered with light* In that golden vessel* three-spol
three supports - what soul-possessing monster there is in it,
knowers of Brahman know. The Brahman entered into the respl^]
golden unconquered stronghold that was all surrounded with
to the highest heaven; 0 seers, be not afraid; ye soma-drinke4
drenchers, this oblation is made to you; we have gone to the
(Continued)
hi
s about hid-
a|runa, as third,
sky with dis-
in this petty
sky, he should
thousand-
what is be-
ijhe winkings of
nee thou veri-
one - is there
ond, O unerr-
hard to attain
claim to thee.*
tret are de-
thee, O Sur-
that, veri-
owing ones
shapes they
nine-doored is
n vessel, bea¬
ked, having
i:hat verily the
ndent yellow
y**. Ascend ye
s, soma-
ighest light*..
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Up out of the darkness have we, ascending the highest firmament,
the sun, god among the gods, highest light,,, These fore-knowing
turned hither upward from below by roads that the gods go upon; u
back of the virile mountain the ancient streams flow forth new*
gone to
s have
the
one
it on
From the descriptions of the way it was prepared, we know that soma
uid chlorophyl infusion with a specific alkaloidal content. According to
it was a vine that was crushed between rocks and prepared in a similaif
the Indians of the Amazon prepare potions from the ayahuasca vine. Wii:l
to Dr. Wasson, it is described in the original texts as a creeping plant
leaves and seeds, which does not apply to a mushroom. Psychedelic mu!
been added to the potion at a later date after the original plant became
extinct through over-harvesting. During the period when every household
ing for the soma plant, which had become worth its weight in gold, it
over-harvested to the point of extinction within a few years. There has
ulation and debate as to the identity of the soma plant. My guess is thali
related to the ayahuasca vine of the Amazon once grew in northern Indi
harvested to the point of extinction.
ivas a type of liq-
t|he original texts,
fashion to the way
:b all due respect
a vine with
shrooms may have
scarce and finally
in India was hunt-
<tould have been
been endless spec-
t a vine that was
a, but was over-
It is obvious from the content of the Vedic hymns in honor of Indra and
the period when they were composed, contact between humans and non-
was socially-approved behavior, of considerable religious and practical
is in striking contrast to contemporary attitudes in our modern civilisai
such manifestations with sneers of derision and contemptuous dismissal
agorising those involved as liars or fools or insane.
All known plants with effects that resemble soma s in any way are now
on their return, Indra and his companions were not met with libations
population come to celebrate the occasion. They were met with machine
deliberate deception on the part of our highest levels of authority. Insti
ancient alliance, the politicians in charge of our power structures chos^
They made that choice without consulting their fellow citizens, who acc<
have had a voice in making such a major decision, and should at the
informed. Considering contemporary attitudes and the choice made with
our leaders, we may be lucky that so far only a few human corpses hal 1
yoking the wrath of the gods could turn out to be much more devastating
been so far. It is my humble opinion that if we are to survive as a ci
recognise who it is that has been hovering over us all these years,
new the ancient alliance.
ve
and
soma that during
Itiuman celestials
significance. This
itfiou, which greet
automatically cat-
strictly illegal. Up-
of soma by a joyful
gun bullets, and
:^ad of renewing the
the path of war.
ording to law should
:ry least have been
wjmt consulting us by
ve been found. Pro-
g to us than it has
filisation, we must
take steps to re-
Another letter {next page) comes to us from our contributor E, Edwin Austin of the Mutila
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don Data Center of Orange, California. He describes ,l the incident wljiich put me into ani¬
mal mutilation research 1 ':
In early 1980, 1 was moving an auto towards Los Angeles, via 1-70 a
where around Qenwood Springs, 1 got bored and sleepy and struck up
CB channel 19, with an equally bored and sleepy truck driver, to keep
The conversation turned to cattle mutilations. He said he worked out
there had been mutilations around there. He described a weird hunt in;
canyon called "24 Mile Canyon" because it is 24 miles north of Granp
a description of a box canyon near 24 mile canyon, where outlaws ui
weird lights are seen frequently.
cross Colorado, Some-
a conversation in
each other awake,
of Grand Junction,
g incident in a remote
Junction, There was
ied to hide and where
and
By now curious, I made arrangements to take my "trip break" at Gr<
1 would go look it over. It is important to emphasize that everybody
from Glen wood Springs to Grand Junction, knew of our plans* Next m
his wife and I took some food, three high-powered rifles and a box
headed for 24-mile Canyon-
Junction and he and
everywhere along 1-70,
oming, the trucker,
ammo apiece and
of
VL;
an
Just inside the canyon, a helicopter suddenly appears, no markings
of sight and, so far as we could tell, it went just beyond the rim of
ed. Half an hour or so later, we get "dusted" (warning shot) by a ri
rim of the canyon directly in line with where we last heard the chop]
unlimbered and loaded, began working towards the source of the shot
so we eventually gave up and went on about our business. We found
cult site at the entrance to an old mine, now a fairly large and dry
a modem, brand-new military-style message drop - a cigarette pack
crack in the rock- But empty. We found two obvious sentry points, u
one with adult shoes, the other very small shoes* But not treaded so:
prospectors- Smooth soles like military or you and I wear. No dis*
burned out campfires, no beer cans. Nothing but the tracks, hundred
trated In the two sentry points, all less than 48 hours old (older woi
out by recent rain).
:card<
mid
On the way out of the canyon, a middle-aged man and what appeared
peared, on two horses, dragging a pack horse along, taking off up tHe
on the trail that leads to the box canyon. Everybody was armed to the
made a point of no sudden moves*
ger
At that point, we went back to Grand Junction, but instead of going
airport - just in time to meet the chopper returning. You never saw
individuals as those two. They claimed to be a Forest Service Ran]
to go count horses where we were* First, there is no National Fore
are less than half a dozen horses in the whole area. We walked off
(Continued)
sible. It veered out
the canyon and land*
ilfle fired from the
*I>er* We took cover.
No further action,
old , long-unused
pave- We also found
brand new, in a
sed by two people,
les like ranchers or
ied cigarettes, no
s of them, concen-
have been wiped
to be a young boy ap-
side of the canyon,
teeth, so we all
ho
me we went to the
two such non-plus sed
and a pilot charter-
■!>t there, Second.there
] Laughing to ourselves.
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Just today, I talked with Frank Leano, FAA Flight Standards District Office, Long Beach,
California, about the lack of visible markings (There were some small license numbers
on the tail boom, next to the rotor - but milling else). Leano says that FAR 45:27, in
combination with FAR 45:29, require twenty inch license marks on the bottom of the fuse¬
lage, top of the letters to the left. And more marks, at least six inches tall, on the
sides under the windows. Which this rig didn't have. Leano suggests that our ''white spots"
on the choppers (STIGMATA note: some of those potentially linked to mutes) may be
whitewashed, so that the pilot can stop and hose them off just before returning to base.
STIGMATA note: We greatly appreciate the letters containing your comments, gripes and
opinions. Please keep 'em coming. We like to hear what people are thinking about all this
mess. Be sure to advise whether we have permission to use all of part of your letter, or
whether we may use your letter if we delete your name. Unfortunately, we can't use all
letters, as space is limited.
Tome To Torpedo Mutes
For those who have been awaiting the truly definitive and exhaustive book-length work on
the mutilations - and who have been buoyed by expectations regarding the upcoming book
by New Yorkers Daniel Kagan and Ian Summers - the news is not good, from what we've
recently heard and read. Definitive? Not likely. Exhaustive? Maybe so, as in the exhaus¬
tion of skinning one's self alive. The book-to-come is now titled "Mute Evidence", to be
published by Bantam. After many forward-alterations of the publication date, it appeared
set (recently) for October of 1982. But now it's been pushed even further along, and may
not appear until the spring of 1983. One has to wonder about Bantam's hesitation. Perhaps
they feel there's no real market for a book on mutes (and, who knows, they may be right,
commercially speaking). Or, maybe there are other reasons. We're beginning to doubt if
there would be so much as a raised eyebrow if the book never appeared.
One can't help but think that Bantam may have passed up its best shot by not publishing
the book in October of 1982, to coincide with the scheduled release of the new mute-movie,
"Endangered Species".
A couple of years back, authors Kagan and Summers marched across the country, gather¬
ing data and interviewing mute researchers and investigators. One wag suggested they were
2 urban lads from Fifth Avenue (literally) whose first order of business was to sojourn
out west to determine which end of the bovine was intake and which is outlet. Neverthe¬
less, they seemed to impress most people as serious, and it was expected that mutes
might get a fair and intelligent airing-out once the book appeared.
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Then, after hearing through the grapevine that Kagan's and Summer’s
deny and debunk the reality of classic mutilations, a couple of events
1982 have served to fully confirm that notion.
io
First, reporter Chae S, Clifton authored a long (and good) article on
Kagan and Summers (mainly Kagan) that appeared in the March 7, 19$
COLORADO SPRINGS SUN, Clifton's article adroitly ties together var:
mute problem, then focusses on Kagan's denouncement of mutes in
mers is quoted as saying "Our book is not a debunking book", Kagan
cases as representing real or "classic" mutilations. Ail 7 were in e
and were apparently attributed to cultists (possibly, says Kagan, ther^
her mutes in a couple of other states that were for real, hut insuffie:
Excerpts from Clifton’s article:
mutilations and on
12 edition of the
>us elements of the
leral. Although Sum-
accepts only seven
Iowa or Alberta
were a couple of at-
lent data is known).
it her
♦.(according to Kagan and Simmers) the mutilation wave enabled
social feelings and fears of the mid-197O's - their reactions to Water]
bargo and the loss of the Vietnam Wax - into conspiracy theories a
hind the mutilations.
bout
..The mutilations (said Kagan) furnished the perfect conspiracy
the public's unspoken fears - of big business, big government, Intel
warped combat veterans.
mba
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sands of one-time allies scrambled to get aboard. It is no coincidence
helicopters played a large part in the mutilation stories: the helicopte:
symbol of the Vietnam War.
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of mutes accepted as genuine by K.&S.) is that in a few cases members
saw the newspaper and television reports and In a spirit of ecclectlcl
themselves.
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sciousness to the degree that most every person who has heard of thoi
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Reporter Clifton commented further in a letter to Project Stigma:
One thing is for certain, the mutilations are and shall doubtlessly remain an
octopus of a law enforcement case or news story. I personally am not at¬
tached to any one theory, but 1 did enjoy the way Kagan pointed out the ten¬
dency of reporters and "mutologists" alike to immediately come up with a
theory and then fit the facts to it. The tendency to say must be a cult/
UFOs/coyotes" right off the bat is the biggest obstacle to anyone sorting the
matter out. The appeal of Kagan's & Summer's explanation is that it fits
''Occam's Razor" better than most of those advanced: It has the fewest mov¬
ing parts, and requires the smallest amount of extraterrestrial involvement.
But they too could be overlooking something, it's always possible.
We at Project Stigma agree with both Kagan and Clifton about the unfortunate tendency to¬
ward presumption, not just in mirtology, but in Life.But to us, "Occam's Razor" has ne¬
ver entirely passed the smell test. We see no reason to assume that the simplest and
least complicated explanation (for anything) is the most tenable in all cases. We suspect
that some situations may arise in which the "simplest” solution is not the most valid. At
the same time, in as bizarre an arena as that of the mutes, some of the apparent "com¬
plexity" may be due to the cacophonous inclusion of peripheral and tangential elements,
indirectly or even spuriously related to mutilations, or to the deceitfully and purposely
confusing spread of disinformation. In a given situation, though, invoking Occam's Razor
may be presumptuous in itself.
We referred to two events involving Kagan & Summers in 1982. The second was a panel
discussion on mutilations, one in a series of classes and lectures on the paranormal pre¬
sented by New Jersey writer-investigator Rater A 0 Jordan. The discussion on mutes one
spring evening was supposed to have featured fom: participants. Oh...they all attended, all
right: Dan Kagan, Ian Summers, legendary Fortean writer John A, Keel and a sometime
writer for OMNI magazine.
According to Rater Jordan, the latter 3 bad difficulty getting a word in edgewise, as Dan
Kagan vehemently, vociferously and unalterably railed against the folly and nonsense of
classic animal mutilations - establishing himself as a Man with a Mission - to proclaim
to all the world that mutes are myth. He told Jordan he accepts only 6 "classic" mutes,
dropping down a notch from the seven referred to by Clifton. Kagan admitted that in his
investigations and in the book, he is ignoring "peripheral" evidence - like tracks, pod
prints and other markings at mute sites, UFO sightings and - God forbid - helicopters
(ridiculous, he told Jordan). Peripheral evidence is just that, he appears to be saying -
data with no relevance to mutes because the focus of the study is, after all, mutes - and
nothing but.
To a limited extent, that may be valid; but that doesn’t mean that peripheral evidence can
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be ignored. Some of the "peripheral" data may someday turn out to be altogether as rel¬
evant - if not more so - as the "direct" evidence of the mutes themselves. Personally,
we have nothing against Dan Kagan and Ian Summers, To each his own; everyone’s entit¬
led to their opinion, and all that. Maybe they went into this with the best and most noble
of intentions. But as we said in STIGMATA #16, some people are simply not ready for
the inclusion of such extramundane events in their world-view - such things just can not
be . According to Kagan, farmers and ranchers are ignorant of basic bovine anatomy and
of the effects of various diseases and predation on carcasses - they are not expert wit¬
nesses (no matter how long they've been ranching and working with animals) and they are
not trained pathologists. They are suffering from a mass-mythic-hysteria when they claim
that mutes are "different" and unlike "normaT'cattle deaths.
We merely feel, as we have "merely felt" all along, that there is something out of the or¬
dinary going on - that while undoubtedly some farmers and ranchers have misinterpreted
normal deaths to be mutilations, one cannot wash away the totality of the reports hi that
manner. We think that Kagan and Summers are wrong and that their book (Lf it ever ap¬
pears) will be interesting and probably well-written - but ultimately doomed to irrelevancy.
Peter Jordan, who conducted the series of classes in the paranormal in New Jersey this
spring, authored GLIMPSES THROUGH A LOOKING GLASS, a monograph on psychic analy¬
sis of mutilation data. GLIMPSES is being reprinted in the pre-eminent Fortean journal,
FORTEAN TIMES of London. Pete is also writing an article on GLIMPSES research for
APPLIED PSY, the newsletter of the Institute for Applied Intuition in California. Pete sold
an article on the mutilations to SCIENCE DIGEST some time back, but the magazine has
chosen to sit on it.
GRUDGE 13 UPDATE
As we reported in STIGMATA No. 14, a veteran ufologist (well-known but anonymous here)
investigated the claims and background of the man we called "Toulinet", who claimed in¬
timate knowledge, not only of the fantastic-if-true "Project Grudge Report No. 13" (aka
"Grudge 13"), but of a series of human mutilations as well. Then in STIGMATA No. 15,
the pseudonymous "X-9" was highly critical of "Toulinet’s" claims - both regarding Ms
CToulinet's) background and "Grudge 13" itself. In a telephone conversation in early 1982,
our anonymous investigator rejected "X-9 #Tr s assessment.of the case and further informa¬
tion he said he had uncovered regarding "Tailinet"and his story.
First, on the crash of a B-52 aircraft in Viet Nam, investigated by Toulinet and other
Special Forces personnel: The B-52 was found "intact" sitting in the jungle - no "swath"
indicative of a crash-landing. They plane was completely intact and the bodies of all the
crew were on board (how they died has not been explained)* It is claimed that communi-
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cation had been received from the B-52 before it went down, to the effect that it was 'Han¬
der attack by a UFO", a 'Targe light". The plane was found flat on the ground the next
day and information flow on the subject was firmly capped.
"X-9" had wondered about the Air Force/Hlue Book/Grudge reports before and after No*
13. Our source says that 12 preceded this one (makes sense) and that Blue Book Report
No. 14 is well-known to ufologists. All copies of No. 13 had been secretly distributed and
were then called back and subsequently destroyed, with a few copies being retained, of
course, including the one Toullnet saw.
"X-9" criticized Toullnet 1 s change in rank (or lack thereof). Our investigator says that
Toullnet "received a battlefield commission from staff sargeant to first lieutenant and two
battlefield promotions".
Our source found that when Toulinet returned to the United States from SE Asia, he was
"separated" from the service for a while but then was shortly called back for an intelli¬
gence assignment. This was preceded by a "reindoctrination" program, part of which was
to have him "unlearn" to kill without conscience, as he had been so well-taught to do pre¬
viously. The story that Toullnet had been hospitalized for a "nervous breakdown" was
merely a cover story for this period of "reindoctrination". The "cover story", in fact,
was what even his family were led to believe. This "intelligence assignment" then led Tou-
linet to the "Listening Post" near London, where he examined "Grudge 13".
The investigator says that he and Toulinet have investigated the human mutilation reports,
and that they know the identities of at least some of the victims.
The investigator and Toulinet had comtemplated writing a book about all of this but conclu¬
ded that such a venture would be "too dangerous", perhaps as exemplified by the follow¬
ing:
Toulinet frequently rides a bicycle (he lives in a metropolitan area). Within the last year
or so, he claims that he has been shot at while on his bike and that at least one attempt
had been made to run him off the road. Two days after one of the latter incidents and a-
bout 3 miles away, another bike rider was sideswlped by a car and killed. He was wear¬
ing a leather jacket, boots and cap, all similar to Toulinet’s attire - plus the two men
were the same size and build. Toullnet believes, then, that he was the intended victim.
Quite a different assessment of the Toulinet-Grudge 13 affair has been offered by William
U Moore, co-author of THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT and THE BOSWELL INCIDENT.
He wrote in a recent letter:
For the life of me, I can't understand your desire to continue to comment on
(Toullnet's) "Grudge 13" garbage. As 1 have told you, (Toulinet) is totally un-
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reliable as a reporter of anything. I know the fellow and can say this with
confidence. Furthermore* I have spoken with two sources who have been
privy to information of the alleged "Grudge 13” sort. Although information
given independently by each of these sources clearly indicates that they are
both talking about the same document (which in both cases was named and
was not entitled "Grudge 13" - or anything else "I3 n for that matter), none
of the testimony of these two individuals in any way Jibes with the (Toulinet)
story. (Toulinet) did not have proper security clearance or need-*to-know on
UFO information while in the military. My two contacts both did (do). Let's
face it - (Toulinet) is fabricating. As for the whereabouts of an alleged
Blue Book Report 13, I have recently come upon some documentation which
throws some very interesting light on this matter. This will be dealt with
in my upcoming book Visitors from the Cosmos which I am writing with
Stan Friedman. Suffice it to say, however, that Blue Book 13, at least as
far as 1 have been able to determine, did not deal with crashed saucers and
alien bodies, but rather dealt in a more general way with the reality of UFOs
as extraterrestrial craft.
Late last year* Bill Moore told us that he had a very reliable and very confidential source
of information (how, apparently, he has developed another such source), and that he very
rarely goes into print on anything obtained from this source. But Moore was given access
to "portions of the file in question" and has confirmed that there is a report, as he states
in his letter. Moore also reports that he asked "Toulinet" a number of questions about
Grudge 13 without letting on that he (Moore) knew anything of substance. Moore says that
"Toulinet" didn't answer a single question right - "everything was wrong, according to
what I knew was in the actual report". Bill also tells us that ’Toulinet" admitted to him
that he made up the "Grudge 13" story.
Bill Moore has provided us with additional Information, which has served to broaden our
understanding of the real "Grudge" story, including insights into the history of the re¬
ports in those early days of ufblogy. Lack of space prohibits us from presenting more
on this in this issue. Perhaps, though, there will be more to come - in a future edition
of this publication and, of course, in the upcoming Friedman/Moore book.
This is an interim report on the status of my research into livestock mutilations, as of
March 1, 1982. The foundation is a year and a half of study of media, science and personal
investigations. On that foundation rests a careful study of 201 case histories taken from
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STIGMATA* Quoted background sources axe "keystone citations", backed by dozens of par¬
allel citations from independent sources, often from unrelated fields of Interest. 23 cases
were rejected for Irrelevancy or complete lack of data. 133 cases were rejected for insuf¬
ficient data (Investigators, take note I), Of the remaining 45 cases, 21 appear to be cheml-
cal/blological warfare experiments, 15 cult cases, 6 lone psychotics, 3 butcherings for food.
CHEMICAL/BiOLOGICAL WARFARE
The world's armies possess a bewildering array of chemical/biological weapons* Using them
is severely hampered by the vagaries of wind, temperature, humidity, sunlight, trees and
buildings, individual resistance and other imponderables. Since the 40's, experimentation
has been almost exclusively with delivery systems (A SURVEY OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGI¬
CAL WARFARE by John Cookston and Judith Nottingham; Monthly Review Press, New York,
1969). The U*S. started with a delivery system used extensively by farmers to protect crops
and livestock. From this came Interest in anti-food warfare. In 1969, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture was operating a biological warfare research facility on Plum Island, Connec¬
ticut, devoted to livestock diseases. At least 11 corporations and dozens of universities were
doing anti-food warfare research (THE ULTIMATE FOLLY by Congressman Richard D. Mc¬
Carthy; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969).The U.S. conducted the world's first large-scale
test of anti-food warfare on Vietnamese crops and livestock (A SURVEY OF CHEMICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, above). Between 1949 and 1969, the U.S. conducted 239 known
seem chemical/biological warfare experiments on its own citizens in urban areas (SATUR¬
DAY REVIEW; Nov. 10, 1979, p. 10, "How the U.S. Used Its Citizens as Guinea Pigs"), Con¬
spicuous by absence is mention in any literature of similar secret experiments on U.S,
crops and livestock. More conspicuous by presence are dozens of Federal and U.S. mili¬
tary agents, backed by propagandists who try to tell us the mutilations are the work of lit¬
tle green men from Mars, or never happened at ail. Those who persist are subjected to
accusations of hallucinations or, if we still persist, we may find ourselves jailed by Secret
Service on warrants dismissed four years ago — as I was over Christmas, 1981 (Personal
documents, experience and writings in STIGMATA), The most obvious activity by these peo¬
ple is interference with local law enforcement. On the basis of the presence of military-
connected companies and university researchers, I believe that genetic research and trace
element research are included,
CULTS
A real source of both animal and human mutilation deaths, well documented in court records
and media. Intelligence agents gather data on these real mutilations and the propagandists
hold them up as the "sole" source. I have come to regard the military as my best source
of cult mutilation information, Cultists attack only the animals they use in their rituals. It
is inherent in military experimentation that the whole herd is dusted or sprayed. There will
therefore be a detectable residue on nearby living animals and vegetation. New Mexico
State Police Officer Gabe Valdez (STIGMATA note; and civilian investigator Howard Burgess)
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found a white powder that fluoresces under ultra-violet light, on living animals that were
near a mute Just before death (TV program, "A Strange Harvest", produced by Linda
Moulton Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver, Colorado). Simla, Colorado rancher Robert Blake found
the same powder on a mutilated horse and established that it shows a penetration charact¬
eristic consistent with military carriers of chemical/taiological warfare agents. Two weeks
later, sheep that were nearby began to display metabolic disturbances and their eyes be¬
gan to glow when a flashlight was shined on them. There was also slight damage to near¬
by vegetation, of such a nature as to be consistent with the turbulent downwash of a heli¬
copter (STIGMATA no, 13, p, 9), With those two rock-solid reports, I base the other 19
findings on such secondary aspects as the white powder, helicopter sightings, etc. There
are two incidents in which farmers were fired on by the occupants of military-type heli¬
copters (note: 1 was also fired on by unknown persons while doing a mutilation investigation
24 miles north of Grand Junction, Colorado - see letter elsewhere in this issue),
PSYCHOTICS
Characterized by a frenzy which produces multiple identical trauma. The weapon is normal¬
ly crude and found nearby. Some go on to attack humans, bringing them into murder trials
(SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, California, beginning January 29, 1978: copies of official
court exhibits; all from multiple murder trial of Richard Trenton Chase, Chase mutilated
several hundred birds and animals, including at least one bovine, before going on to mur¬
der six humans, to drink their blood. For a typical unidentified cattle mutilation from a
psychotic, see STIGMATA no. 17, back cover).
FOOD
Easily identifiable by the parts taken. All three STIGMATA cases so ruled by law enforce¬
ment officials. On the basis of the STIGMATA reports, I agree-
A NEW ONE OF INVESTIGATION
Based on the Valdez and Blake cases, I suggest that attention be given to examination of
nearby living animals with ultra-violet and infrared light. Blood samples of nearby living
animals should be taken and examined for anomalous substances, cell disturbances and the
like, hi the area where the animal was grazing just before death faot where found), vege¬
tation should be examined for anomalous powders, strips of metal, etc., and samples should
be taken for testing for any of the liquid or powder aerosols. This was the basis of the
finding that chemical war weapons were used on villagers in Cambodia, Afghanistan and Ye¬
men (YELLOW RAIN by Sterling Seagrave; M. Evans & Company, New York, 1981).
LATE REPORT FROM MUTILATION DATA CENTER’S E. EDWIN AUSTIN - APRIL 1982
I have discovered a grave danger to the Vampire Information Network and numerous unus¬
ual religions, usually called "cults I 11 . Basically, the U.S, military is using these groups as
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scapegoats for chemical/bioLogical warfare experiments an livestock* The world’s armies
possess a bewildering array of chemical/biological weapons. Using them is severely ham¬
pered by the vagaries of wind, temperature, humidity,etc. Since the 1940*e, experimental
tion has been almost exclusively with delivery systems. The U.S. began with a delivery
system widely used by agriculture to protect crops and livestock, (see report above)
For a while they tried to tell us that the mutilations ’’never happened — - it’s all preda¬
tors 11 or "It's little green men from Mars". The average farmer and rancher is just too
smart to bite on that one - all they got was funny looks and threats of commitment to the
funny-farm.
The next tactic was a direct scapegoat attempt to blame the "cults". Dr. J. Allen Hynek
started by getting Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent Donald Flickinger to "set up" two
convicted felons, Dugan and Bankston, for an escape from a mickey-mouse county jail, in
return for real information about real cultists who mutilated real livestock for their ritu¬
als, which include blood-drinking. The propagandists took the information and held up
"cults" as the sole source of livestock mutilations.
Simultaneously, the FBI (Agent Kenneth Rommel) took over and controlled mutilation inves¬
tigations in the Santa Fe, New Mexico D.A.’s office - the key point for both national and
Apache Indian mutilation investigations. Ridicule was heaped on those of us who refused to
knuckle under, by such people as James Stewart, a University of South Dakota propagandist
closely connected to the Army; Dr. Henry Montieth of Sandia labs, who specializes in ac¬
cusing the Apache Indians of "superstition” and a group of military-connected "scientists"
who finance a propagandist named Kendrick Frazier, out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, who
specializes in pseudo-science aimed at non-technical farmers and ranchers. Since farmers
and ranchers are college-educated, many of them scientists in their own right, all but the
"cult" pitch fell on deaf ears. With a few cultists actually convicted of livestock mutilations,
the rural population Is fast becoming hostile to unusual religions.
But it did not work with those of us who are doing the investigations. That rooted out "coun¬
ter-intelligence 1 ’ agents like George Eriaime, a private dick in Colorado Springs, who pro¬
motes the theory that it is "quasi-military" chemical/biological warfare experimentation,
performed by "cultists" and Revolutionaries". That’s you people I It is time for some strange
bedfellows to band together to protect each other.
STIGMATA note: E, Edwin Austin’s opinions and interpretations are his own, and do not
necessarily reflect the viewpoint of Project Stigma,
MUTE MOVIES
"THE RETURN 11
Outside of the "Haunted Bills bong", the supposed 1911 Australian mutilation/UFO flick that we
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covered in STIGMATA no, 8 - it seems "The Return" is the first (modem) film to employ
classic mutilations as a prominent plot element. As far as we can tell, the flick wasn't re¬
leased to theaters. It was acquired and shown In January 1982 by the cable TV giant. Home
Box Office. When a film goes straight to cable TV with little or no chance to make it at
the "away-from-home box office", a warning signal flashes before the discriminating view¬
er, Justified, in this case. "The Return" is a real disappointment, unsatisfying, and an un¬
fortunate waste of time and money. There are "name" stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Cybill
Shepherd, Raymond Burr, Martin Landau (straight from the Less-than-scintillating "Without
Warning") and the venerable Neville Brand - but these are people passing through on their
way to a paycheck, that’s all* Oh, the special effects are not all that embarrassing, con¬
sidering the probable budget-but not much was spent on plot development. One would think
it wouldn't be that difficult to come up with a decent story. This one doesn't wash, even
the part about the cow parts being sucked into a maelstromic "black hole" in New Mexico
$he writers must have been thinking of some bar outside Taos). Better forget this one, un¬
less it's on the tube and you've nothing better to do (or could use some grins). With any
luck at all, though, "The Return" -- won't,
"ENDANGERED SPECIES"
Formerly titled "Cows", this film stars Robert Urich (frying to make the Big Leap from
TV), JoBeth Williams (starring in this summer's sparkling Spielberg spooker, "Poltergeist"),
and character folks like Hoyt Axton, Paul Dooley, Gene Evans and none other than Harry
Carey, Jr.; directed by Alan Rudolph and written by Rudolph and John Binder. Producer
Carolyn Pfeiffer tells us that "Endangered Species" is scheduled for release (to theaters,
not to HBO - at least not yet) in October 1982. We have some Idea of the storyline, frit it
wouldn't be fad r to elaborate, would it? We'd like to see a decent rendering of a mute-re¬
lated plot, even if we don't feel entirely comfortable with the denouement. Maybe this one
will fill the bill. Watch for It - and we'll have something to talk about. By the way, write
and let us know what you think of "Endangered Species", We'll assume that we can publish
your comments and your name unless you ask us not to do so.
A NEW MUTILATION PUBLICATION : Three scalawags - Tom Clark, Lewis Mac¬
adams and our friend David Perkins (aka Izzy Zane) - have put together ALTERED STEAKS,
"a colloquium on the cattle mutilation question". It’s just that: a transcript of a conversa¬
tion among the three (if Hynek fit Vallee can do it - why not?). It's a freewheeling verbal
carnival - not without minor factual errors, and not without controversial points-of-view.
But Izzy's done a lot of mute-investigative work, and the reader obtains a good grasp on
his perspective. If you’re into mutes, you may not agree with much said here, but you're
sure to find it of interest, $4,00 from Am Here Books/Immediate Editions - 2503 Medcliff
Road - Santa Barbara, California 93109 USA,
COPYRIGHT 1982 BY THOMAS R, ADAMS
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ANNOUNCING CRUX
A NEW PUBLICATION!
Project Stigma is launching a Fortean and paranormal newsletter, mirroring our broader
phenomenological perspective, which extends far beyond the bounds of the mutilation sit¬
uation. Indeed, we constantly receive and come across data which really has no place in
STIGMATA, but which, we feel, should be exposed to view, "Fortean" (after Charles Fort,
the legendary collector of "data of the damned"; an information junkie, for sure) best des¬
cribes our outlook and interests. Even CRUX, though, will likely contain material not nor¬
mally relegated to the Forte® arena. Notable Fortean publications have come and gone:
There was John Keel’s ANOMALY and David Fideler’s ANOMALY RESEARCH BULLETIN.
Now there’s INFO JOURNAL and FORTEAN TIMES, the British publication that is pre-em¬
inent in the field. We believe that, in our rather modest fashion, we have our own niche
to fill.
We will be loosely-organized frothing new there) and will hope to accurately reflect the
chaos of civilization as we know it and love it. With luck we’ll even be pseudo-revelatory;
with more luck, regular-revelatory. Much of the material in CRUX will be concerned with
some of the "greatest hits" of the paranormal - UFOs and crypto 2 oology (EUgfoot and the
liJce) - as these reflect our interests and hang-ups - but we cannot promise not to range
far afield* To a great extent, we will be experimenting as we go along.
The next STIGMATA (#19) will appear around the end of 1982. Shortly before that time,
CRUX will appear as a one-shot publication. That is, no full subscriptions are now being
offered, and no subscription fees will currently be accepted.
Pre-publication orders are now being accepted for CRUX no, 1, (overpriced at $3,00 each.
This one-shot issue will be a very limited edition, destined to be an eagerly sought-after
item for bird cages throughout the world. It'll be much like our special publication on mu¬
tilations and mystery helicopters: when they're gone, they're gone, and we will likely not
be in a position to re-print them anytime soon.
If CRUX receives a sufficiently positive (monetarily) reception, we will consider publishing
it on a regular basis. There would be two possibilities: (L) We will publish STIGMATA and
CRUX in alternate quarters in 1983 Q, issues of each during the year) or (2) STIGMATA will
cease publication and mutilation material will appear in CRUX, which would be published
quarterly in 1983#^ lot may also depend upon what occurs on the mutilation-scene in 1982).
The "verdict" on CRUX will be announced in STIGMATA no. 19 or, at the latest, in STIG¬
MATA no. 20 (First Quarter 1983),
To receive the "experimental" first edition, send $3.00 (specify for CRUX) to: Project Stig¬
ma - P.O. Box 1094 - Ikris, Texas 75460 USA (the form of payment must be as specified
for STIGMATA - see front page). Onward and upward, right??
