page 14, July 14, 1976 - North Shore News
& : Cis)

By Ellsworth Dickson

Henry McKay is a professional lecturer and
researcher on Unidentified Flying Objects. An
electrician by trade, he first became interested in
UFOs about 10 years ago, after noting the
concurrence of a number of power failures with

UFO sightings.

Since then he has collected
hundreds of eye-witness
reports and visited many
parts of Canada investigating
sightings. Director of - the
Ontario branch of the inter-
national Mutual UFO Net-
work and coordinator of the
Toronto UFO Society,
McKay was in Vancouver
last week, when he was
interviewed by the NORTH

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have been visited for thou-
sands of years?

HM: I think there is a
strong possibility that we
have been visited for some
time, and that they have
an -impression on
various cultures. But a lot of
Daniken’s ideas are still open
to question.

2

HM:
doing tests such as measur-

-ing the amount of power.

_ NSN:

Perhaps a UFO might hover
between microwave towers
in order to monitor what is
being transmitted.

Do you have any idea
how the alien spacecraft are
powered‘

HM:
their power is electro-mag-
netic. They do cause inter-
ference in electrical equip-
ment such as knocking out
auto ignition systems and
radios when they approach.

They could be just

I would suggest that -

_ come up with any answer
‘ except that we and our

SHORE NEWS.

NSN: As a researcher and
lecturer on UFO's, what °
would ‘you have to say to
people who are still skeptics?

HM: Well, the evidence

that UFO’s exist is over-
whelming. There is no doubt -._
about it. People who are ,
skeptics are people who
haven’t made any effort to

look into it.

NSN: Some people claim
that they communicate with

* beings on UFO’s on a regular
basis. What do you think of
these claims?

HM: I find such claims are
hard to believe. I support the
hypothesis that UFO’s are
extra-terrestrial. There are
other hypotheses—such as
the idea that there is another
civilization under the earth or
under the sea. Also, the
theory that there is another Vancouver -

civilization existing on a «spring of 19

icture taken by Bob MeNicoll, aged 14, in the
- [inset photo of Henry McKay] -

different plane or time
spectrum. I must say that NSN: Are there certain Actually, we can only guess
there. have been many reas in Canada where more at the limits of their
reports of UFO’s entering UFO's are seen than in other technology.
and leaving the ocean. places?
co NSN: Maybe UFO’s are an
NSN: Ifthe aliens are from HM: Yes, there have been illusion. Some sort of three

another solar system in a far 2 large number of sightings. dimensional energy projec-

off galaxy, why are they west of Ottawa and North tion.
here? East. of Toronto, but there is:
_ >’ ¢a higher density of popula- —
HIM: I think the aliens are . tion there than in some other .
keeping us under surveill- Parts of the country. HM: I can’t accept that

ance. because aliens have been

NSN: A number of .UFO actually touched. They have
sightings have been near
electrical installations and
towers. Would. the alien’
spacecraft be tapping . the
power ‘there?

NSN: Like game wardens? 1
. ‘ground and carrying rocks.
They are definitely a physical

HM: Yes, that’s a good: ;
entity. Not only that, they

way to look at it.

NSN: What kind of figures
are there to indicate how

many people are seeing
_ UFO's?

new to the

HM: A survey was pub-
lished in 1974 that stated onc |
out of every ten adult
Canadians believed he had
secn a UFO. About 75% to
80% of sightings are some

your

government are living in the

. that no government will be

Two UFOs hovering over treetops in “Lynn Valley, North

‘been seen digging in the

have damaged trees and

exisi

animals as- well as leaving
pronounced markings on the
ground where the craft
landed. And, of course. they
have been tracked by radar.

NSN: I suppose the ques-
tion put to you most often is,
if UFO's really exist. why is
the government holding back
information regarding them?

HM: Yes, that’s. the big
question all right. [ve
discussed this question with
so many people and I can’t

dark ages. What is going to
happen is that the time will
come when the reality of
UFOs is so widely accepted

able to ignore or cover up
their existence. Right now,
the people want the informa-
tion, and there is a tremen-
dous interest at a legitimate
scientific level, —

NSN: If I wanted to report a
‘sighting or learn more about
the UFO phenomenon, what
should I do?

HM: Besides reading the
many books and _ current
magazines on the subject,
interested persons can con-
tact the Vancouver UFO Club
at Box 720, Station A,

Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2N5 or
they can telephone Miss O.
Beaton’

731-8439.

of -the club at

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I should mention that there
are many sightings and
encounters that never get
investigated or reported be-
cause the people who wit-
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‘number of the people who
have actually seen extra-
terrestials close up have:
noticed a symbol of 4 winged
and® feathered serpent on
their clothes, very similar to.
the ancient Mexican symbol
of Quetzalcoatl, the legen-
dary god and ruler. Do you
think that Erich Von Daniken
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