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.

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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

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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 -

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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

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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

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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.

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