The Tri-State Bigfoot Study Group originally began as the Eastern Ohio Bigfoot Study Group on July 12, 1985. The first meeting was hosted by Don Keating of Newcomerstown, Ohio and a then resident of Weston, W.Va. Since that first meeting, over 5,000 people have attended the over 175 meetings, all of which have taken place in Newcomerstown.
This organization is noteworthy because of the involvement of key Bigfoot-research personality Don Keating. He founded the group after investigating an Ohio case in September 1985. "I was about four miles south of Newcomerstown," Keating said. "Then I saw some movement in some goldenrod weeds." Keating said he saw a 9 foot, light colored creature slowly walk through the weeds. "It walked to within 35 feet of me," Keating said. "It stopped and walked away twice as fast as it had come down the hill. I had a camera hanging around my neck and I never thought to take a picture."
This organization is noteworthy because of the involvement of key Bigfoot-research personality Don Keating. He founded the group after investigating an Ohio case in September 1985. "I was about four miles south of Newcomerstown," Keating said. "Then I saw some movement in some goldenrod weeds." Keating said he saw a 9 foot, light colored creature slowly walk through the weeds. "It walked to within 35 feet of me," Keating said. "It stopped and walked away twice as fast as it had come down the hill. I had a camera hanging around my neck and I never thought to take a picture."
Associates for Scientific Knowledge (ASK) was headed by the late Ufologist Pat Packard. After his passing in June 1995, the group was renamed to the Tri-State Advocates for Scientific Knowledge (TASK).
TASK is particularly notable for its highly detailed investigations and subsequent publication of the UFO phenomenon in Ohio, and the involvement of key UFO investigators Kenny Young and Jerry Black.
The organization's now defunct web address was http://home.fuse.net/task and e-mail address task@fuse.net. After disbandment, the website became a part of [http://kenny.anomalyresponse.org UFO Research: Cincinnati!].
Researchers Connected to TASK
*Pat Packard - President
*Kenny Young - Public Relations Director
*Charles Stuart - UFO Investigator
*Dale Farmer - UFO Investigator
*George Clappison - UFO Investigator
*Jerry Black - UFO Investigator
*Bob Leibold - Television Production Specialist
*Terry Endres - ASK UFO Report General Editor
*Brian Skow - ASK UFO Report Contributing Editor
*Ron Schaffner
Publications
*UFO Update Newsletter (1994)
*A.S.K. UFO Report (1995) - Replaced UFO Update Newsletter as "a title change was necessary to more accurately reflect the content."
*Report on U.F.O. Activity, May 5, 1995 (UFO Incident at the Lebanon Correctional Institute and others)
TASK is particularly notable for its highly detailed investigations and subsequent publication of the UFO phenomenon in Ohio, and the involvement of key UFO investigators Kenny Young and Jerry Black.
The organization's now defunct web address was http://home.fuse.net/task and e-mail address task@fuse.net. After disbandment, the website became a part of [http://kenny.anomalyresponse.org UFO Research: Cincinnati!].
Researchers Connected to TASK
*Pat Packard - President
*Kenny Young - Public Relations Director
*Charles Stuart - UFO Investigator
*Dale Farmer - UFO Investigator
*George Clappison - UFO Investigator
*Jerry Black - UFO Investigator
*Bob Leibold - Television Production Specialist
*Terry Endres - ASK UFO Report General Editor
*Brian Skow - ASK UFO Report Contributing Editor
*Ron Schaffner
Publications
*UFO Update Newsletter (1994)
*A.S.K. UFO Report (1995) - Replaced UFO Update Newsletter as "a title change was necessary to more accurately reflect the content."
*Report on U.F.O. Activity, May 5, 1995 (UFO Incident at the Lebanon Correctional Institute and others)
The Supreme Student Council of Aquinas University of Legazpi is the sole, unified and democratic representative of the students of Aquinas University of Legazpi.
Officers (School Year 2008-2009)
President: Gideon Villar Peña
Vice President: Helen P. Garcia
Secretary: Frank Belbes
Treasurer: Mishelle Padullon
Auditor: Moza Dunya Al-Dumaini
Public Relations Officer: Kristina Azaña
Public Relations Officer: Alvin Homer Sapinoso
Student Organizations
Aquinas University of Legazpi continues to uphold learning excellence, nonstop discovery, freedom, leadership, and responsibility. The students continue to be the school's most prized possession as this school is mainly founded for the student's welfare and development. In a college setting, students have diverse talents and interests. It is also in this time that they are given the chance to spread their wings and look for their respective nests.
Because this is a crucial situation, Aquinas deals with this matter with great importance and look for ways where students with the same interests and potentials can merge. The university does not in any way plan to change the student's individual identities but rather mold them to be better in their chosen craft. The many student organizations established in this premier university will help students to further maximize and develop their potential and leadership skills. This only shows that Aquinas is firmly committed in creating a healthy atmosphere where students can gloriously celebrate their rich individuality.
Officers (School Year 2008-2009)
President: Gideon Villar Peña
Vice President: Helen P. Garcia
Secretary: Frank Belbes
Treasurer: Mishelle Padullon
Auditor: Moza Dunya Al-Dumaini
Public Relations Officer: Kristina Azaña
Public Relations Officer: Alvin Homer Sapinoso
Student Organizations
Aquinas University of Legazpi continues to uphold learning excellence, nonstop discovery, freedom, leadership, and responsibility. The students continue to be the school's most prized possession as this school is mainly founded for the student's welfare and development. In a college setting, students have diverse talents and interests. It is also in this time that they are given the chance to spread their wings and look for their respective nests.
Because this is a crucial situation, Aquinas deals with this matter with great importance and look for ways where students with the same interests and potentials can merge. The university does not in any way plan to change the student's individual identities but rather mold them to be better in their chosen craft. The many student organizations established in this premier university will help students to further maximize and develop their potential and leadership skills. This only shows that Aquinas is firmly committed in creating a healthy atmosphere where students can gloriously celebrate their rich individuality.
The Mutual Anomaly Research Center and Evaluation Network (MARCEN) was a UFO investigation and research group founded in the 1970s by Williard F. McIntyre. The mailing address of the organization was 123 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd., Sandy Spring, MD 20860.
Publications
*The group published the MARCEN Journal as late as 1979. Only two volumes appear to have been published, and are available from the Sign Historical Group.
*A field manual was also released: MARCEN Fortean Field Investigations Procedures Manual, edited by Willard F. McIntyre, Kensington, Md.: MARCEN & MCIUP, 1979. - 114 s.
Cases
The most notable case that MARCEN worked on appears to be the Laredo UFO Crash. Writing in "UFO Crash at Aztec", W. Steinman details MARCEN's involvement in the case:
"MARCEN had just mailed out their first journal and received the usual mail from interested and curious readers. ... After exchanging three letters with that particular writer, a gentleman in Tennessee, a large letter arrived in mid-December (1978) containing an 8"x1O" glossy print showing the charred remains of some kind of body in a lot of debris, and a challenge to MARCEN to identify the contents of the photograph. They sent a reply guessing the remains of a light-plane crash and the body of its unfortunate pilot. A three page reply in early January (1979) detailed the activities of a young Navy photographer flown to Mexico in July of 1948 as part of a team to document the crash of a 90 foot diameter UFO and its dead pilot. The writer expressed concern for his own safety and insisted upon anonymity. MRRCEN assured confidentiality and expressed their doubt that such matters were still classified after 30 years.
"In mid-March 1979 another letter arrived reiterating the writer's concerns, and giving more detail. MARCEN verified the man's background and everything checked out as he had said. Microscopic and micro-density tests made on the print showed no evidence of double exposure or lab trickery.
"By the end of November MARCEN was able to obtain the negative from which the print was made. This original negative was then analyzed by Kodak and other photo laboratories. Eastman Kodak concluded that their analysis indicated a negative that had been processed at least thirty years previously. Their tests also showed no evidence of deliberate hoaxing, at least photographically, in making the negative.
"In May 1980 the contact sent a second negative shewing the body it lay in vegetation on a slope. That one was also examined and found to be equivalent to the first. Now there were two photos.
"More prints were made from the original Press Camera negatives and the negatives were then sent to Ground Saucer Watch in Phoenix, Arizona for further analysis with computers.
"Recognizing the significance of the story, the holders of the prints now decided that the best course would be to release the pictures to the public. It was hoped that this would give everyone a chance to see the images so that if they were not what they were purported to be, someone would be able to identify them and set the matter straight. It was also hoped that publication of the photos would encourage others with evidence that they were sitting on to come forward.
"On 22 August 1980 the photos were released to the Associated Press in two areas and to newspapers and broadcast stations. The next few weeks were a bedlam, according to MARCEN, as the media clamored for more information."
Founder
The group is no longer active and the last thing heard from the founder was published in the June 25, 2001 edition of Saucer Smear:
"'Dr.' Williard ("Wild Bill") McIntyre, formerly head of the MARCEN saucer research group in Maryland back in the 1970s, got back in touch with us by phone late one night recently, after having disappeared off the radar scope for quite a while. He claimed that scientists working for NIDS (National Institute for Discovery Science) at their "mystery ranch" in Utah, recently had a "Vision" in which a spaceman came down from Upon High and told them about the joys of Free Energy. Coincidentally, McIntyre happens to live in California, which is currently in the midst of an energy crisis.
"Unfortunately, in conversation with your editor, it turned out that McIntyre had not even heard of Dr. John Alexander, who is closely associated with Robert Bigelow, the wealthy Las Vegas real estate tycoon who funds NIDS. This makes us wonder if McIntyre knows what he is talking about!
"Thereafter we phoned John Alexander, whom we know fairly well, and we were not surprised to learn that he had not heard of any such event at the "mystery ranch" or anywhere else. John, who calls himself "Discrete Project Scout" (whatever that means!) for NIDS, told us of two weird events that occurred at the ranch 2 or 3 years ago. One was the really gory mutilation of a newborn calf in broad daylight. The other was a night scene in which a group of supposedly reputable observers (unnamed) saw an entity crawl out of a lighted area near the ground, and walk away. Examination of the spot revealed no footprints or other clues. Egads!..."
Publications
*The group published the MARCEN Journal as late as 1979. Only two volumes appear to have been published, and are available from the Sign Historical Group.
*A field manual was also released: MARCEN Fortean Field Investigations Procedures Manual, edited by Willard F. McIntyre, Kensington, Md.: MARCEN & MCIUP, 1979. - 114 s.
Cases
The most notable case that MARCEN worked on appears to be the Laredo UFO Crash. Writing in "UFO Crash at Aztec", W. Steinman details MARCEN's involvement in the case:
"MARCEN had just mailed out their first journal and received the usual mail from interested and curious readers. ... After exchanging three letters with that particular writer, a gentleman in Tennessee, a large letter arrived in mid-December (1978) containing an 8"x1O" glossy print showing the charred remains of some kind of body in a lot of debris, and a challenge to MARCEN to identify the contents of the photograph. They sent a reply guessing the remains of a light-plane crash and the body of its unfortunate pilot. A three page reply in early January (1979) detailed the activities of a young Navy photographer flown to Mexico in July of 1948 as part of a team to document the crash of a 90 foot diameter UFO and its dead pilot. The writer expressed concern for his own safety and insisted upon anonymity. MRRCEN assured confidentiality and expressed their doubt that such matters were still classified after 30 years.
"In mid-March 1979 another letter arrived reiterating the writer's concerns, and giving more detail. MARCEN verified the man's background and everything checked out as he had said. Microscopic and micro-density tests made on the print showed no evidence of double exposure or lab trickery.
"By the end of November MARCEN was able to obtain the negative from which the print was made. This original negative was then analyzed by Kodak and other photo laboratories. Eastman Kodak concluded that their analysis indicated a negative that had been processed at least thirty years previously. Their tests also showed no evidence of deliberate hoaxing, at least photographically, in making the negative.
"In May 1980 the contact sent a second negative shewing the body it lay in vegetation on a slope. That one was also examined and found to be equivalent to the first. Now there were two photos.
"More prints were made from the original Press Camera negatives and the negatives were then sent to Ground Saucer Watch in Phoenix, Arizona for further analysis with computers.
"Recognizing the significance of the story, the holders of the prints now decided that the best course would be to release the pictures to the public. It was hoped that this would give everyone a chance to see the images so that if they were not what they were purported to be, someone would be able to identify them and set the matter straight. It was also hoped that publication of the photos would encourage others with evidence that they were sitting on to come forward.
"On 22 August 1980 the photos were released to the Associated Press in two areas and to newspapers and broadcast stations. The next few weeks were a bedlam, according to MARCEN, as the media clamored for more information."
Founder
The group is no longer active and the last thing heard from the founder was published in the June 25, 2001 edition of Saucer Smear:
"'Dr.' Williard ("Wild Bill") McIntyre, formerly head of the MARCEN saucer research group in Maryland back in the 1970s, got back in touch with us by phone late one night recently, after having disappeared off the radar scope for quite a while. He claimed that scientists working for NIDS (National Institute for Discovery Science) at their "mystery ranch" in Utah, recently had a "Vision" in which a spaceman came down from Upon High and told them about the joys of Free Energy. Coincidentally, McIntyre happens to live in California, which is currently in the midst of an energy crisis.
"Unfortunately, in conversation with your editor, it turned out that McIntyre had not even heard of Dr. John Alexander, who is closely associated with Robert Bigelow, the wealthy Las Vegas real estate tycoon who funds NIDS. This makes us wonder if McIntyre knows what he is talking about!
"Thereafter we phoned John Alexander, whom we know fairly well, and we were not surprised to learn that he had not heard of any such event at the "mystery ranch" or anywhere else. John, who calls himself "Discrete Project Scout" (whatever that means!) for NIDS, told us of two weird events that occurred at the ranch 2 or 3 years ago. One was the really gory mutilation of a newborn calf in broad daylight. The other was a night scene in which a group of supposedly reputable observers (unnamed) saw an entity crawl out of a lighted area near the ground, and walk away. Examination of the spot revealed no footprints or other clues. Egads!..."