132 LIFE'S GIFTS. Each of us receives life's gifts in a continued spiritual life after a short time of 70 years of physical life compared with the endless cycle of eternity, makes the actions of the moment an issue with far- reaching consequences. The certainty that Man can choose between good and evil should lead him nearer to his Creator. Fur- ther, it should lead to an understanding that Man's life here and later, is more likely to depend on his relation to the spiritual than to the scientific. Our decisions now will unavoidably determine fut- ure actions. Nature around us will hold more unso- lved mysteries. But science has won itself sufficient power so that it can open up a Golden Age for Mankind, providing this power is used for good - or destroy it, if the power is used negatively. Religion's ethical guide-lines are the bonds that can hold civilisation together. Without them, Man cannot reach his dearest goal - peace with himself, his God and his neighbour. From: "Jyllands-Posten", Denmark, Dec. 11th 1966. Credit: KGAP-DENMARK. Translation: RONALD CASWELL.

UFO-reports

Soviet radar spots UFOs

MOSCOW - (AP) - A Soviet scientist says there may really be such things as flying saucers from outer space. Soviet radar screens have detected unidentified flying objects (UFOs) for 20 years, he says. But Soviet scientists, like their colleagues in the West, are still puzzled about what such UFOs really are. The scientist, identified only as F. Zigel, was writ- ing in the current issue of the illustrated Soviet youth magazine Cmena. He offered five possible explanations for UFOs, including visitors from outer space. He called this alternative "extremely speculative." "But," he added, "as the UFO problem has not yet been solved, different explanations, including extremes, are possible." The article took the lid off a subject rarely disc- ussed in the press here. In the 1950s the Soviet press scoffed at American reports of flying saucers as just so much cold war propaganda. By those Soviet accounts, the Americans tried to explain away the "saucers" as some sort of new, secret Soviet weapon. O to contact Reports of flying saucers sighted in the Soviet Union, in the Caucasus and in Central Asia, also were ridiculed here. Then for several years the Soviet press remained silent on the whole question; the Cmena article show- ed that the UFO issue is being reopened, this time as an object of serious scientific study. Zigel was identified as one of the editors of a book, "Inhabited Cosmos", being prepared for publi- cation here. The book will discuss the possibility of living beings in space and efforts to communicate with them. The chief editor of the book is B. P. Konstantinov, who, as a vice president of the Soviet Academy of Science, is one of this country's most respected scientists. In his magazine article, Zigel said the "Angel Echo", a UFO detected by radar, is constantly obs- erved by scientists at the Central Aerological Obs- ervatory near Moscow. Similar observations, he said, have been made in the United States, Australia, India and Japan. "The phenomena of the UFO today should be con- sidered as global," he added. He rejected the idea that birds, insects or plant seeds could cause such reaction on radar screens. Zigel said there could be no doubt that UFOs exist "but the nature of these objects is still not understandable today." Then he listed these five possible explanations: 1. NONSENSE or invention. He said there was some untruth here, citing reports of people who threw hats in the air and then photographed

killing the question rather than solving it. 2. AN OPTICAL illusion related to the distribution of light in the earth's atmosphere, such as a rain- bow. The UFO, he said, is more complicated than that, however. 3. A NEW SECRET flying apparatus of one of the military powers on earth. "No one holds this view now," he said.

radioactivity was unknown until the end of the last century. In this context, ionized particles and charged particles of dust in the atmosphere were given as a possible explanation. But Zigel said, this does not explain the color or maneuverability of UFOs or their appearance in good weather. 5. SPACESHIPS from an advanced civilization on

orts this theory. So does what he called "the fact" that no UFOs were ever reliably reported to have landed. Zigel called for "an all-sided, thorough, scientific exploration" to clear up the origin of UFOs once and for all. From: The Miami News, Wed, April 19th, 1967. Credit: Mrs. Jane McEvoy, Florida, U.S.A.