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May 6, 1977
SCIENTISTS
Dr. Max Fogel
Dr. Leo Sprinkle
Dr. Allen Hynek
Dr. Targ
Dr. Puthoff
Jeffrey Mishlove
Gentlemen:
What I want you to know...and be aware of...is the actual, absolute fact, that I...am controlling the weather on the western half of the United States...with the cooperation of my UFO partners.
I think that Jeffrey Mishlove, budding young, brilliant scientist in the San Francisco area...has been aware of this for some time, through our telephone and mail communications.
The UFOs are bent, and unyielding, determined, to obtain for me and my family a base and financial security in the Oregon area. To bring this about, they, the UFOs, are bringing severe drought to bear upon the California and West Coast area...particularly upon the underground water levels.
The ONLY way that the California coast...and entire western half of the United States...will get precipitation enough to refill their rivers, wells, etc., will be for someone to finance me and my family...UPON THE UFO TERMS...to move out there...and bring it to pass. ("Bring it to pass" is a biblical term, but since my UFOs (SIs) claim that they worked with Moses, once upon a time, then it is credible to me.)
Let me point out the obvious...if no financial backer, scientific or government or private...fulfills the SI terms...then the western half of the United States will be wiped out. This will put such a strain, obliquely, upon the eastern half of the United States...that, for all intents and purposes...the United States will be wiped out. So...we are not talking funny here. We are talking serious business...between UFOs and humans. (And keep in mind that I am half human, half UFO person.)
Any hardship against me, caused by the government or scientists or civilians...or counter-attack or retribution...will be counter-attacked by the UFOs. AND YOU HAD BETTER VERY SERIOUSLY KEEP THIS POINT IN MIND!
Believe me when I tell you this...THE UFOs ARE FAR FAR FAR MORE TO BE FEARED THAN THE RUSSIANS...or anyone else. What they want, is of the utmost importance, and should be given A-1 priority. And what they want, is not very much. Just enough financial aid to me and my family (a mere fifth of what Barbara Walters makes as a news announcer) to relocate and have a safe base, with financial security.
Now...the good news...once the above is complied with...the UFOs will change all of the weather patterns around...and deluge the western half of the United States, and California, with rain and water...to make it completely healthy...within weeks and months.
But a warning. Each day...the damage grows worse...and increases the time necessary for the UFOs to make the western half of the United States healthy again.
Ted Owens (PK Man) Owens
Six comm'd... if no base etc. They will block all scientific progress in California & West Coast (Stanford, etc.)
Friday, May 6, 1977
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A2 Virginian-Pilot, Friday, May 6, 1977
# Drought in Calif. Labeled Worst; Slight Respite for Rest of Nation
WASHINGTON (AP)--The U.S. Geological Survey Thursday declared the drought in California the worst dry spell on record for that state.
Scientists at the survey said streamflow and runoff are now less than in 1924, the previous worst year.
In contrast, over-all drought conditions across the country improved somewhat in April, although the flow of water in streams and rivers remained deficient in slightly less than half the nation.
Record low levels of underground water, feeding wells, and springs, were also reported in several states.
In California, the survey reported that the North Fork of the American River in the central Sierra Nevada averaged 37 per cent below normal, the seventh straight month of deficient flow.
The Smith River near Crescent City averaged 68 per cent below normal during the month and the Kings River was 61 per cent below normal.
In Southern California, Arroyo Seco near Pasadena was 80 per cent below normal in April.
Storage in major reservoirs in Northern California was about 53 per cent below average. Groundwater levels were below normal in selected wells in Southern California, and more wells were reported going dry in the Santa Clara Valley south of San Jose.
"Across the country, April was a month of contrasts, with record-breaking floods in the South and record low flows in the West. On the whole, however, the country remains more dry than wet," said Carroll Saboe, chief of the survey's current water conditions group.
He said that combined runoff of the nation's five largest rivers rose seasonally above March levels, but remained 18 per cent below normal.
"Moreover, at the end of April the flows of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers were running at less than half the monthly normal, indicating May is getting off to an equally dry start," Saboe said.
Among the "Big Five" rivers the strongest gains were recorded by the Columbia at The Dalles, Ore., with an average flow of 64 billion gallons per day. This is 67 per cent more than in March, but it is still 66 per cent below normal.
The only decline in the group was the Ohio at Louisville, Ky., which dropped 21 per cent from March to an April average of 124 billion gallons per day. This is only 1 per cent below normal. However, on April 26 flow of the Ohio was down to 53 billion gallons per day, 58 per cent below normal.
The Mississippi at Vicksburg, Miss., averaged 530 billion gallons per day, 16 per cent below normal, but April 30 flow had dropped to 381 billion gallons per day.
The St. Lawrence at Massena, N.Y., averaged 178 billion gallons per day, 10 per cent above normal; and the Missouri at Hermann, Mo., was 47 per cent below normal at 33 billion gallons per day.
Other highlights of the nation's water picture as reported by the Geological Survey included:
* Some improvements in streamflow were reported in parts of the Midwest, notably in northern Michigan, western South Dakota, and Nebraska.
For example, the Sturgeon River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, which had been deficient for 10 of the last 12 months, rose to 34 per cent above normal.
* Freshwater inflow to the Chesapeake Bay dropped about 20 per cent from March but remained above normal.
* April floods produced record streamflows in more than 30 sites in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi.
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S.F. EXAMINER
Nov. 30, 1976
# All power back on after wind damage
Pacific Gas and Electric crews working in 24-hour shifts had power restored yesterday to 130,000 customers in the Bay Area and Northern California who were hit by Friday night's furious windstorm.
About 70,000 PG&E users from Marin County to Ukiah lost electric power at the height of the storm, which packed gusts up to 70 miles an hour. Power lines were knocked down by falling trees, utility poles were snapped, barns collapsed.
Workers had virtually all power restored in the Sonoma Valley area by yesterday afternoon and last night were responding to "stragglers"--people who had gone away for the long holiday weekend and hadn't been able to report lines down.
In the East Bay, where up to 60,000 customers were without power at one time or another, power was completely restored by yesterday afternoon.
At least one death was attributed to the storm. At Echo Summit in the Sierra, 50 m.p.h. winds toppled a pine tree across U.S. 50, killing Richard R. Schmeichel, 55, of Lodi. The Highway Patrol said the tree crushed the car driven by Schmeichel, although a passenger escaped injury.
The National Weather Service attributed the winds, which abated by yesterday, to "polar Canadian air streaming out of the far north."
S.F. EXAMINER Nov. 30, 1976
# Fortune hunters foiled by wind
Associated Press
OXNARD -- After 11 years of preparation and weeks of news media ballyhoo, Jerry St. John and his crew set sail in a 62-foot ketch in search of Spanish treasure yesterday -- only to capsize a scant 10 miles offshore.
There were no reported injuries.
St. John's boat and dreams of treasure were dashed by what he called "a freak gust of wind" which picked up the mammoth hand-made sailboat and flopped it on its side.
St. John and his crew of eight were to search the waters of the Spanish Honduras for lost gold. The modern-day soldiers of fortune also planned to hunt alligators, whose hides represent a treasure of a different sort -- big money in the United States.
But it will take more than one bad start and a gust of wind to keep St. John and his crew down. His boat, "The Saint," was being towed back to harbor, and St. John vowed their sea hunt had only been delayed, not scrapped.
San Francisco Chronicle
★★ Tues., Nov. 30, 1976
# 3 Flagpoles at Hall of Justice Are Storm Victims
Three 50-foot flagpoles standing outside the Bryant street side of the Hall of Justice were taken down yesterday but Police Chief Charles Gain had nothing to do with it.
"This was an act of God not an act of Gain," said the chief, who has had a running battle over the display of flags with various members of his department.
The poles were ordered down by the Department of Public Works, Gain said, after one of them was partially toppled by last Friday night's wind storm.
Police spokesman Michael O'Toole said the three poles had rotted at the base and were considered dangerous. Two more poles in the rear of the building will be taken down today for the same reason, O'Toole said.
# Minor Miracle Saves Milker, But Not Cows
Oakland Tribune Tues., Nov. 30, 1976 5
HICKMAN (AP)--His wife called dairy worker N.Y. Jones to breakfast just in time to save his life.
Jones left a cow corral moments before a high-voltage power line fell on it Sunday.
"It was a miracle he wasn't in there," said Ron Hale, manager of the Foster Farms feed lot near this Central California community.
But a herd of Holstein heifers housed in the corral wasn't so fortunate when a flock of starlings took off and snapped the line.
At least 30 heifers were knocked to the ground and 11 were killed.
real inside now cows!
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Virginian-Pilot, Thursday, April 21, 1977 B5
# Pacific Northwest Faces Power Cuts
HELENA, Mont. (AP)--Officials say the Pacific Northwest's 7 million people face the likelihood of stringent controls on electricity usage this fall. Drought has dried up the water for hydroelectric dams and voluntary conservation has not worked.
A proposal for mandatory controls was drawn up Tuesday by representatives of the area's governors, meeting as the Northwest Electricity Task Force. The plan is to be presented to the governors for review, but they are not expected to act on it until the commission's next meeting in May or June.
Ivan L. Gold of Oregon, task force chairman, said he has little doubt that Stage I mandatory controls on commercial use of electricity will be in effect by September. They would be invoked if two new kinds of voluntary programs fail to alleviate the problem.
The first stage of mandatory controls would restrict hours for retail shopping and commercial activity; prohibit most lighting for nighttime sporting events, decorative purposes, and parking lots; restrict store signs and window displays to nighttime business hours--which also should be reduced; and ban the electrical heating of swimming pools.
Stage II, affecting all customers, could follow within a month or so, according to calculations by Merrill Schultz of Northwest Power Pool.
Those would require "all customers"--residential, commercial, and industrial--to cut consumption by "the percentage declared necessary for the region to bring anticipated resources and requirements into balance."
A third stage proposed by the group would be even more drastic--rotating interruptions of electrical service, probably for a few hours at a time. Some large industrial users would be ordered to cut usage by a certain percentage, and some would be ordered to shut down.
The task force meeting, held here, came only two months after a call in mid-February for voluntary cutbacks of 10 per cent regionwide. The task force was told that only 32 per cent of that goal has been reached.
Now, Schultz estimates, the region has a 50-50 chance of needing the mandatory controls.
The calculations reflect the continuing lack of water--from rain and from winter snowpack in the mountains--available to run the hydroelectric dams that supply most of the region's electricity.
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San Francisco Chronicle 5
★★ Tues., Nov. 30, 1976
# All power back on after wind damage
Pacific Gas and Electric crews working in 24-hour shifts had power restored yesterday to 130,000 customers in the Bay Area and Northern California who were hit by Friday night's furious windstorm.
About 70,000 PG&E users from Marin County to Ukiah lost electric power at the height of the storm, which packed gusts up to 70 miles an hour. Power lines were knocked down by falling trees, utility poles were snapped, barns collapsed.
Workers had virtually all power restored in the Sonoma Valley area by yesterday afternoon and last night were responding to "stragglers"--people who had gone away for the long holiday weekend and hadn't been able to report lines down.
In the East Bay, where up to 60,000 customers were without power at one time or another, power was completely restored by yesterday afternoon.
At least one death was attributed to the storm. At Echo Summit in the Sierra, 50 m.p.h. winds toppled a pine tree across U.S. 50, killing Richard R. Schmeichel, 55, of Lodi. The Highway Patrol said the tree crushed the car driven by Schmeichel, although a passenger escaped injury.
The National Weather Service attributed the winds, which abated yesterday, to "polar Canadian air streaming out of the far north."
# Fortune hunters foiled by wind
Associated Press
OXNARD -- After 11 years of preparation and weeks of news media ballyhoo, Jerry St. John and his crew set sail in a 62-foot ketch in search of Spanish treasure yesterday -- only to capsize a scant 10 miles offshore.
There were no reported injuries.
St. John's boat and dreams of treasure were dashed by what he called "a freak gust of wind" which picked up the mammoth hand-made sailboat and flopped it on its side.
St. John and his crew of eight were to search the waters of the Spanish Honduras for lost gold. The modern-day soldiers of fortune also planned to hunt alligators, whose hides represent a treasure of a different sort -- big money in the United States.
But it will take more than one bad start and a gust of wind to keep St. John and his crew down. His boat, "The Saint," was being towed back to harbor, and St. John vowed their sea hunt had only been delayed, not scrapped.
# 3 Flagpoles at Hall of Justice Are Storm Victims
Three 50-foot flagpoles standing outside the Bryant street side of the Hall of Justice were taken down yesterday but Police Chief Charles Gain had nothing to do with it.
"This was an act of God, not an act of Gain," said the chief, who has had a running battle over the display of flags with various members of his department.
The poles were ordered down by the Department of Public Works, Gain said, after one of them was partially toppled by last Friday night's wind storm.
Police spokesman Michael O'Toole said the three poles had rotted at the base and were considered dangerous. Two more poles in the rear of the building will be taken down today for the same reason, O'Toole said.
# Minor Miracle Saves Milker, But Not Cows
Oakland Tribune Tues., Nov. 30, 1976 5
HICKMAN (AP)--His wife called dairy worker N.Y. Jones to breakfast just in time to save his life.
Jones left a cow corral moments before a high-voltage power line fell on it Sunday.
"It was a miracle he wasn't in there," said Ron Hale, manager of the Foster Farms feed lot near this Central California community.
But a herd of Holstein heifers housed in the corral wasn't so fortunate when a flock of starlings took off and snapped the line.
At least 30 heifers were knocked to the ground and 11 were killed.
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Urgent!
May 24, 1977
The United States..........is about to be destroyed. Although you do not know it..........the western half of the United States is being attacked by UFO other-dimensional powers..........absorbing the water underneath the ground in that area. If it continues for long..........then the western half of the United States will be destroyed..........and the eastern half of the United States will then collapse (from factors radiating from the western half.) Scratch the entire United States. And at that time, I might add, the U.S. would be a sitting duck for a Russian missile attack.
I can save the United States. But I need your help. I need thousands and thousands of dollars..........to set up a base in Oregon..........have temporal and financial freedom..........to work to bring tremendous rains upon the western half of the United States. (I have controlled weather over entire countries before; documented.) It will take me six months to a year to get U.S. weather conditions back to normal and the West well and back on its feet.
So I am requesting that you send me, as soon as possible, as much money as you can spare..........$50, $100, $1,000, a hundred thousand..........as quickly as you can.
Let me spell it out. If my 20 contacts cannot help me (and I have no other help; govt. and science will not heed me) then the U.S. will be destroyed.
Within the next week to two weeks..........my family and I will move from Cape Charles to some point in Oregon..........to try and set up a base there. Millie, on the West Coast, has broken me loose from Cape Charles so that I can get to that area..........but it is simply relocating money -- there won't be enough funds to carry on after relocating there..........and that is where I need your help.
Whatever help that you can send to me, send to Box 32, Cape Charles, Virginia, 23310, and it will be forwarded on to me, to help.
Perhaps you might think that I am joking..........or am totally wrong about this..........about what I am saying and what I am trying to do. But, scan your files that I have sent to you for years. Was I joking then? Never! Did I get miraculous results? You'd better believe it, I did!
Now, in case you are strapped and cannot help, then simply forget this letter. You can only do what you can do. And I'll just keep on doing the best that I can do, with what I have to work with.
It is just plain unfortunate that I do not know one rich man..........who would know my work and understand..........and underwrite what I need to have now, to get done what is necessary.
Sincerely,
Ted Owens (PK Man)
Owens
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PREDICTIONS FOR 1977
targets at once by sliding the guns along the metal ring/mount in front of him.
New Inventions: I predict that in 1977 a new method will be found to put satellites into orbit. It will use a mirror mechanism to reflect the sun's rays back onto a pinpointed target on earth. A water reservoir at a certain location in the U.S. will be heated and supply much energy to needed power sources.
In 1977 water will be very scarce. Scientists will turn to an alternate method of removing human excreta from bathroom commodes.
International Affairs: I predict that 1977 will be the Year of the Assassination in the U.S. No Congressman, Senator, or other top government official will be safe. Revolutionary groups will form underground using sophisticated weapons stolen from the military. They want to take over our government. There are both black and white revolutionary groups. Many top men in government will be blown up or shot by these groups. Their philosophy will be that it takes too long for the present corrupt politican to leave office. The entire feeling, thought and tenor of this country will swing against our government in 1977.
I predict that in 1977 the Rich Gang will attempt to instigate a war between the United States and Africa, and/or the Middle East. Objective: oil and other valuable geological materials. If they are successful in doing so, and we win, they win.
UFOs: A handful of U.S. scientists have been brave enough to pursue the matters of UFOs in spite of catcalls from their peers. Their bravery will pay off in 1977.
Business and Finance: Small businesses will be closed or gobbled up by bigger businesses. The Mafia and Syndicate will become much more powerful in 1977 as they utilize their hidden billions to gobble up little businesses all over the United States. There are now Negro "Mafia and Syndicates" intertwined with the white Mafia and Syndicates. They will do the same and prosper--for awhile.
Farming: Nature is against you, folks. A plague from
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insects, etc., will ravage land and crops in 1977. A weather plague will hit.
Mental health: More people will go into institutions, or die from mental troubles than in the past five years combined. This is no age for the weak. Only the strongest will survive--if anyone, in fact, does manage to survive the next few years.
Frankly, I do not see any good news ahead for the United States in 1977. I predict falling value for the American dollar; rising unemployment; sick stock market in danger of crashing; the government clobbering the people; the people rising up to clobber the government; foreign countries rising up against us; and bad storms and weather.
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Top of the Week
Newsweek
**Nixon's Apologia** Page 28
Richard Nixon didn't watch himself on television last week, but an estimated 50 million people did. They witnessed his dramatic confrontation with interrogator David Frost and his misty-eyed mea culpa--though the ex-President still insisted he did not commit any impeachable crime. As part of a nine-page report, Newsweek asked participants in the Watergate drama to assess Nixon's performance on the Frost show and commissioned a Gallup poll to gauge public reaction. The poll shows that Nixon won a measure of public sympathy, but most viewers thought he was covering up his own criminal guilt.
**Sun Power** Page 94
The alternate-energy source that most intrigues America is the sun. Solar power is clean and plentiful--and the rush to harness it is already turning a cottage industry into a business of corporate giants.
**The King Lives** Page 101
Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I" is back on Broadway and it looks better than ever. The rise of women's lib has only heightened its clash between a Victorian British schoolmistress and the reactionary King of Siam, and age has deepened the remarkable stage charisma of the show's once and present star--Yul Brynner.
**Hassan Speaks** Page 58
In an exclusive interview with Newsweek's Arnaud de Borchgrave, Morocco's King Hassan (below) explains why he sent troops into Zaire and what he thinks the Soviet Union is up to in Africa.
**A '70s Star** Page 80
Robert De Niro, the most exciting young American actor, will soon appear in his unlikeliest role--as a saxophone player in a '40s musical. Jack Kroll, who interviewed De Niro, previews "New York, New York" and--with reporting by Martin Kasindorf, Katrine Ames and others--probes the actor's elusive art. (Cover photo by Bruce McBroom--United Artists.)
**ABC's New News Chief** Page 103
ABC's sports genius Roone Arledge, newly named the network's news president, shares some bold thoughts on his new job with Harry F. Waters. He'd like to try multiple anchor people--and he thinks Barbara Walters is mainly an interviewer.
**Contents** May 16, 1977
| | | |
|---|---|---|
| **NATIONAL AFFAIRS** .......... 26 | **BUSINESS** .......... 88 | **THEATER** .......... 101 |
| Carter in Europe | The economy: a spring rebound | Yul Brynner returns in "The King and I" |
| Watching Nixon | A blow to Carter's energy plan | **BOOKS** .......... 110 |
| The people's verdict: guilty | Solar power: how near is it? | A young American looks at China |
| Jaworski answers Nixon | Regulations: what price safety? | V.S. Pritchett's biography of Turgenev |
| Four other views on the ex-President | Aviation: the ozone hazard | "Yellow Roses," by Elizabeth Cullinan |
| The extraordinary monologue | **TELEVISION** .......... 103 | Willard R. Espy's family memoir, "Oysterville" |
| This week: tales of Henry the K | A talk with ABC News chief Roone Arledge | **MUSIC** .......... 116 |
| Carter vs. the liberals | The spread of TV "news magazines" | "The Emperor of Atlantis": a superb American |
| **INTERNATIONAL** .......... 49 | **RELIGION** .......... 119 | production of the death-camp opera |
| Carter's diplomatic blitz | Catholics: the bishops rule | **OTHER DEPARTMENTS** |
| Turkey's bloody May Day | **EDUCATION** .......... 121 | Letters .......... 4 |
| Israel faces the polls | Harvard's Kennedy School at 10 | Update .......... 16 |
| An interview with King Hassan of Morocco | **THE ARTS** | Periscope .......... 23 |
| Human rights: the Kremlin cracks down | **ART** .......... 72 | Newsmakers .......... 47 |
| Patt Derian, Carter's point woman | A Kenneth Noland retrospective at New York's | Transition .......... 119 |
| **SPORTS** .......... 77 | Guggenheim Museum | **THE COLUMNISTS** |
| The Kentucky Derby | **MOVIES** .......... 80 | My Turn: Peter Carlson .......... 13 |
| "Octopus" called the Dodgers | Robert De Niro, a star for the '70s (the cover) | Paul A. Samuelson .......... 98 |
| .......... 78 | Director Martin Scorsese, the movie brat | George F. Will .......... 122 |
| | | © 1977 by Newsweek, Inc., 444 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. All rights reserved. |
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FROM THE DESK OF
Mr. Ted Owens (PK MAN) ---------- Box 48
Cape Charles, Virginia
May 1, 1977 23310
Dear President Carter...this is without a doubt one of the most important communications that you will ever receive. The very survival of the United States depends upon your reply. (If you would like to check me out...scientist Jeffrey Mishlove, 3101 Washington St., San Francisco, California, 94115; scientist Dr. Max Fogel, Sumneytown Pike, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, 19436; scientists Targ and Puthoff, Stanford Research Institute, K 1029, Menlo Park, California, 94025; and scientist Dr. Leo Sprinkle, Box 3708, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82070. These scientists are familiar with the work that I have done, and what I can do. Now...if the western half of the United States continues upon its drought course...it will be destroyed...and will drag down, indirectly and obliquely, the eastern half of the United States. I have the powers, through contacts with UFOs, to bring all of the rains to the western half of the United States needed to end the drought completely. I would caution you not to jump too quickly to the conclusion that I am some crackpot or cuckoo...without first checking with the above-named scientists. For details of what would be required...if you are interested...check with Jeffrey Mishlove, above. And frankly...as each day the damage to the western half of the United States multiplies and deepens...I hope that you listen, and take quick action!
Sincerely,
Ted Owens (PK MAN)
Box 32, Cape Charles, Virginia 23310
Owens
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FROM THE DESK OF
Mr. Ted Owens (PK MAN)
Box 48
Cape Charles, Virginia
23310
May 18, 1977
Prime Minister Trudeau
Montreal, Canada
I understand that you have extensive drought in parts of Canada. I know that it sounds incredible, but I can end any drought that you have in your country.
Last year I was invited to lecture to some of the world's top scientists in the field of parapsychology, in London, England...and at the same time I ended the terrible drought in England...first informing the assembled scientists during my lecture.
I work for, and with, UFOs...and on occasion have produced UFOs at designated areas for scientists...and can supply an affidavit from a top scientist as proof.
If you are interested, please contact Jeffrey Mishlove, (a scientist), at 3101 Washington St., San Francisco, California, 94115, for details.
Respectfully,
Ted Owens (PK MAN)
Box 32, Cape Charles, Va. 23310
Owens
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TED OWENS
P O BOX 32
CAPE CHARLES, VA.
23310
CAPE CHARLES, VA 23310
MAR 30
AM
1977
USA 13c
CENTENNIAL OF SOUND RECORDING
Jeffrey Mishlove
3101 Washington St.
San Francisco, California 94115
over →
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If I come out there ... I'll do radio or TV and you can have the fee to help on academic expenses. Or a lecture. I'll do that to help you, as you helped me with the "psychic" photos.
Of course ... it goes without saying that I take care of my "base" expenses.
Ted
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May 5, 1977
Jeffrey...a San Francisco lady has pledged to try to get together a couple of thousand only to get to me for my confidential September affair...so I will be willing to end the drought over the entire western half of the United States for $100,000 minimum, as per terms outlined before...or the million deal, as outlined before...with your confidential, underline confidential, 10% cash in hand for either deal.
Ted
Owens
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Jeffrey...I wanted to xerox this set and send it out to 20 contacts, five of them scientists. BUT...seeing has how you sent me Regan's letter...thought I'd better check with you first on the ethics of it. Don't want Regan to get mad at you; or you get mad at me. If you don't want Regan's letter to go out to these 20 contacts, give me a phone call and let me know, and will delete it plus my response re him. It should be in the set...because it was my main motivation for intensifying the water shortage out there...but..... you can call the shot. If I do not hear from you by May 20, will go ahead and send it out, figuring you don't care one way or t'other.
Ted Owens
Six comm'd... if no base & sec. - they will block all scientific progress in California & West Coast (Stanford, etc.)
Friday, 11/May, 1977
aware of...is the actual, absolute fact, that the western half of the United States... with the cooperation of my UFO partners.
I think that Jeffrey Mishlove, budding young, brilliant scientist in the San Francisco area...has been aware of this for some time, through our telephone and mail communications.
The UFOs are bent, and unyielding, determined, to obtain for me and my family a base and financial security in the Oregon area. To bring this about, they, the UFOs, are bringing severe drought to bear upon the California and West Coast area...particularly upon the underground water levels.
The ONLY way that the California coast...and entire western half of the United States...will get precipitation enough to refill their rivers, wells, etc., will be for someone to finance me and my family...UPON THE UFO TERMS...to move out there...and bring it to pass. ("Bring it to pass" is a biblical term, but since my UFOs (SIs) claim that they worked with Moses, once upon a time, then it is credible to me.)
Let me point out the obvious...if no financial backer, scientific or government or private...fulfills the SI terms...then the western half of the United States will be wiped out. This will put such a strain, obliquely, upon the eastern half of the United States...that, for all intents and purposes...the United States will be wiped out. So...we are not talking funny here. We are talking serious business... between UFOs and humans. (And keep in mind that I am half human, half UFO person.)
Any hardship against me, caused by the government or scientists or civilians... or counter-attack or retribution...will be counter-attacked by the UFOs. AND YOU HAD BETTER VERY SRIOUSLY KEEP THIS POINT IN MIND!
Believe me when I tell you this...THE UFOs ARE FAR FAR FAR MORE TO BE FEARED THAN THE RUSSIANS...or anyone else. What they want, is of the utmost importance, and should be given A-1 priority. And what they want, is not very much. Just enough financial aid to me and my family (a mere fifth of what Barbara Walters makes as a news announcer) to relocate and have a safe base, with financial security.
Now...the good news...once the above is complied with...the UFOs will change all of the weather patterns around...and deluge the western half of the United States, and California, with rain and water...to make it completely healthy...within weeks and months.
But a warning. Each day...the damage grows worse...and increases the time necessary for the UFOs to make the western half of the United States healthy again.
Ted Owens (PK Man)
Ted Owens
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May 6, 1977
SCIENTISTS
Dr. Max Fogel
Dr. Leo Sprinkle
Dr. Allen Hynek
Dr. Targ
Dr. Puthoff
Jeffrey Mishlove
Gentlemen:
What I want you to know...and be aware of...is the actual, absolute fact, that I...am controlling the weather on the western half of the United States... with the cooperation of my UFO partners.
I think that Jeffrey Mishlove, budding young, brilliant scientist in the San Francisco area...has been aware of this for some time, through our telephone and mail communications.
The UFOs are bent, and unyielding, determined, to obtain for me and my family a base and financial security in the Oregon area. To bring this about, they, the UFOs, are bringing severe drought to bear upon the California and West Coast area...particularly upon the underground water levels.
The ONLY way that the California coast...and entire western half of the United States...will get precipitation enough to refill their rivers, wells, etc., will be for someone to finance me and my family...UPON THE UFO TERMS...to move out there...and bring it to pass. ("Bring it to pass" is a biblical term, but since my UFOs (SIs) claim that they worked with Moses, once upon a time, then it is credible to me.)
Let me point out the obvious...if no financial backer, scientific or government or private...fulfills the SI terms...then the western half of the United States will be wiped out. This will put such a strain, obliquely, upon the eastern half of the United States...that, for all intents and purposes...the United States will be wiped out. So...we are not talking funny here. We are talking serious business... between UFOs and humans. (And keep in mind that I am half human, half UFO person.)
Any hardship against me, caused by the government or scientists or civilians... or counter-attack or retribution...will be counter-attacked by the UFOs. AND YOU HAD BETTER VERY SERIOUSLY KEEP THIS POINT IN MIND!
Believe me when I tell you this...THE UFOs ARE FAR FAR FAR MORE TO BE FEARED THAN THE RUSSIANS...or anyone else. What they want, is of the utmost importance, and should be given A-1 priority. And what they want, is not very much. Just enough financial aid to me and my family (a mere fifth of what Barbara Walters makes as a news announcer) to relocate and have a safe base, with financial security.
Now...the good news...once the above is complied with...the UFOs will change all of the weather patterns around...and deluge the western half of the United States, and California, with rain and water...to make it completely healthy...within weeks and months.
But a warning. Each day...the damage grows worse...and increases the time necessary for the UFOs to make the western half of the United States healthy again.
Ted Owens (PK Man) Owens
=== Page 16 of 22
THE INSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES
The Institute of Noetic Sciences
530 Oak Grove Avenue, Suite 201
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(415) 328-1988
Jeffrey Mishlove,
3101 Washington St.,
San Francisco,
CA 94115
January 26 1977
Dear Jeffrey,
Many thanks indeed for your letter of November 17 and December 24 1976 received some time ago. I am sorry that I have taken so long to get back to you, but I have been out of town for several weeks and things seem to pile up around here at an amazing rate!
I remember being more than a little intrigued by your first letter, but at the same time I thought to myself, well off we go again, into a sea of probabilities and statistical dust-storms! That is not to say that I didnt think the whole idea interesting but that when you intended to cover such a large area of the state, plus take in such a diverse range of phenomena, how could one ever make a solid claim of the cause and effect type? I mean, UFO's, abnormal weather and electrical failures on one level are all seemingly connected and on another seem so scattered in nature as to make one dispair of ever proving anything concrete about it all. Thus, now that you have come back with a description of events from the period of time involved, I find it hard to evaluate.
In particular, I wonder what would happen if you were to seek for such kinds of events in some other randomly chosen area of the U.S.? Would you find a similar scattering of events perhaps?
As far as the drought problem, I dont doubt that the entire state would jump at anything that would help the present situation but I cant quite see a procedure that would persuade "serious" people to get formally involved. On one level, one could simply inform the local weather bureaus of one's intentions with the request that they simply watch for departures from the rainless weather patterns that have been with us for so long. Further, the long-range forecasts indicating that no rain is in sight have been quite accurate to date and so if Owens (or anyone else) could alter radically the predictions of the existing long-range forecasts, then that would be proof enough to allow the subsequent development of a serious project.
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What amazes me about all this is that if you are to believe the claims of one J. Trevor Constable - who I believe is in the Los Angeles area - then we shouldnt have to go out of state to find someone capable of doing what you suggest. The fact is however that here we are with a real-life need and suddenly the much touted claims by these people that they can alter the weather "dont work" when they are most wanted. It all tends to make me more than a little sceptical - as if you hadnt noticed already!
I know that Owens in the past has made quite a few claims to paranormal abilities - including that of being "way ahead" of Geller and all that. But, I dont know of any research that has been done on him and so cant evaluate him in any way. Thus, my feeling is that he should either put up or shut up in a very clear and undeniable way. Personally, I'll settle for two weeks straight rain - starting on a specific day and finishing two weeks later, within 24 hours of the fourteenth day. Then it will be time to sit up and take notice!!!
Let me know what happens.
Very best wishes,
Brendan
Brendan O'Regan
Director of Research
FORECAST for Saturday
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earthquake demonstration...to shake the damn scientists and govt. agencies loose from their buttoned-down minds. I reckon the SIs are right. It will take something like that, to get the message over to the fools.
As for your last paragraph...I am totally disinterested in giving any demonstration which has been done by Ray Stanford, Stella Lansing, or Fatima. If they've done it, what makes me any different from them? And I am different...and my work is different...totally.
Now let's take Brendan O'Regan's letter...and you say "we must allow he has made a few good points." Well, I will not allow that. He has made no good points at all. Unless you mean his remark "but I can't quite see a procedure that would persuade 'serious' people to get formally involved." Meaning, of course...other than laymen. I'd like to point out...that a hell of a lot of laymen have, in the past...made quite significant contributions to the human race, quite often in spite of the scientists. Rhine, for 20 years, was hooted at and laughed at by scientists (although not a layman)...until he made his point and stopped their hooting and laughing. Other important discoveries have been made by laymen...which have been snapped up by the scientific community and used. Anyway, O'Regan makes it clear that he doesn't take my work seriously. He goes on further to compound his non-scientific character...to he goes on further to state: "Thus, my feeling is that he should either put up or shut up in a very clear and undeniable way."
Now, he has just previously stated that no research has been done on me...and so he cannot evaluate me in any way...yet he goes ahead and "sour apples" me! This...is a scientist? He doesn't know my background; nor my past; nor what I have done...yet he puts me down. Utterly unscientific. He isn't after the truth; he's merely after a layman. I spit on O'Regan...and you can quote me on that to him. He may be Irish...I am Welsh and Apache mixed, and I will put my mixture up against the Irish anytime!
As for "put up or shut up" (and his disrespect toward me makes me boil) I consider that I have just "put up" for you. In good faith, I gave the finest demonstration I could give...statistics be damned. As for "shut up": it will take more than an O'Regan to ever shut me up!
Now I tell you this. I showed your letter and O'Regan's letter to the SIs through my eyes. Know what they instructed me to do? Pin up O'Regan's letter beside my OD earthquake mechanism map come March 11...and read O'Regan's letter each day just before I activate the mechanism. If that won't motivate me, nothing will!
And you can tell O'Regan that within minutes...I can increase the drought and heat factor over California! I can regulate it as easily as he can set his thermostat. If he wants to challenge that...I will be delighted to demonstrate it for him!
As for "specific days" and "specific times"...no such thing exists in OD work. Nor will a UFO land on a certain building in downtown LA at 3 in the afternoon, either. Forget it! If he'd bothered to scan my work for years...he'd know this, as a basic. As for your suggestion to "make it snow"...I've already done that, Jeffrey. Enough yet.
Ted Owens (PK Man) Owens
=== Page 19 of 22
A2 Virginian-Pilot, Friday, May 6, 1977
# Drought in Calif. Labeled Worst; Slight Respite for Rest of Nation
WASHINGTON (AP)--The U.S. Geological Survey Thursday declared the drought in California the worst dry spell on record for that state.
Scientists at the survey said streamflow and runoff are now less than in 1924, the previous worst year.
In contrast, over-all drought conditions across the country improved somewhat in April, although the flow of water in streams and rivers remained deficient in slightly less than half the nation.
Record low levels of underground water, feeding wells, and springs, were also reported in several states.
In California, the survey reported that the North Fork of the American River in the central Sierra Nevada averaged 87 per cent below normal, the seventh straight month of deficient flow.
The Smith River near Crescent City averaged 66 per cent below normal during the month and the Kings River was 61 per cent below normal.
In Southern California, Arroyo Seco near Pasadena was 80 per cent below normal in April.
Storage in major reservoirs in Northern California was about 53 per cent below average. Groundwater levels were below normal in selected wells in Southern California, and more wells were reported going dry in the Santa Clara Valley south of San Jose.
"Across the country, April was a month of contrasts, with record-breaking floods in the South and record low flows in the West. On the whole, however, the country remains more dry than wet," said Carroll Saboe, chief of the survey's current water conditions group.
He said that combined runoff of the nation's five largest rivers rose seasonally above March levels, but remained 18 per cent below normal.
"Moreover, at the end of April the flows of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers were running at less than half the monthly normal, indicating May is getting off to an equally dry start," Saboe said.
Among the "Big Five" rivers the strongest gains were recorded by the Columbia at The Dalles, Ore., with an average flow of 64 billion gallons per day. This is 67 per cent more than in March, but it is still 66 per cent below normal.
The only decline in the group was the Ohio at Louisville, Ky., which dropped 21 per cent from March to an April average of 124 billion gallons per day. This is only 1 per cent below normal. However, on April 28 flow of the Ohio was down to 53 billion gallons per day, 58 per cent below normal.
The Mississippi at Vicksburg, Miss., averaged 530 billion gallons per day, 16 per cent below normal, but April 30 flow had dropped to 331 billion gallons per day.
The St. Lawrence at Massena, N.Y., averaged 178 billion gallons per day, 10 per cent above normal; and the Missouri at Hermann, Mo., was 47 per cent below normal at 33 billion gallons per day.
Other highlights of the nation's water picture as reported by the Geological Survey included:
* Some improvements in streamflow were reported in parts of the Midwest, notably in northern Michigan, western South Dakota, and Nebraska.
For example, the Sturgeon River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, which had been deficient for 10 of the last 12 months, rose to 34 per cent above normal.
* Freshwater inflow to the Chesapeake Bay dropped about 20 per cent from March but remained above normal.
* April floods produced record streamflows in more than 30 sites in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi.
=== Page 20 of 22
San Francisco Chronicle
** Tues., Nov. 30, 1976
# All power back on after wind damage
Pacific Gas and Electric crews working in 24-hour shifts had power restored yesterday to 130,000 customers in the Bay Area and Northern California who were hit by Friday night's furious windstorm.
About 70,000 PG&E users from Marin County to Ukiah lost electric power at the height of the storm, which packed gusts up to 70 miles an hour. Power lines were knocked down by falling trees, utility poles were snapped, barns collapsed.
Workers had virtually all power restored in the Sonoma Valley area by yesterday afternoon and last night were responding to "stragglers"--people who had gone away for the long holiday weekend and hadn't been able to report lines down.
In the East Bay, where up to 60,000 customers were without power at one time or another, power was completely restored by yesterday afternoon.
At least one death was attributed to the storm. At Echo Summit in the Sierra, 50 m.p.h. winds toppled a pine tree across U.S. 50, killing Richard R. Schmeichel, 55, of Lodi. The Highway Patrol said the tree crushed the car driven by Schmeichel, although a passenger escaped injury.
The National Weather Service attributed the winds, which abated by yesterday, to "polar Canadian air streaming out of the far north."
# Fortune hunters foiled by wind
CALIF. Associated Press
OXNARD -- After 11 years of preparation and weeks of news media ballyhoo, Jerry St. John and his crew set sail in a 62-foot ketch in search of Spanish treasure yesterday -- only to capsize a scant 10 miles offshore.
There were no reported injuries.
St. John's boat and dreams of treasure were dashed by what he called "a freak gust of wind" which picked up the mammoth hand-made sailboat and flopped it on its side.
St. John and his crew of eight were to search the waters of the Spanish Honduras for lost gold. The modern-day soldiers of fortune also planned to hunt alligators, whose hides represent a treasure of a different sort -- big money in the United States.
But it will take more than one bad start and a gust of wind to keep St. John and his crew down. His boat, "The Saint," was being towed back to harbor, and St. John vowed their sea hunt had only been delayed, not scrapped.
# 3 Flagpoles at Hall of Justice Are Storm Victims
Three 50-foot flagpoles standing outside the Bryant street side of the Hall of Justice were taken down yesterday but Police Chief Charles Gain had nothing to do with it.
"This was an act of God, not an act of Gain," said the chief, who has had a running battle over the display of flags with various members of his department.
The poles were ordered down by the Department of Public Works, Gain said, after one of them was partially toppled by last Friday night's wind storm.
Police spokesman Michael O'Toole said the three poles had rotted at the base and were considered dangerous. Two more poles in the rear of the building will be taken down today for the same reason, O'Toole said.
# Minor Miracle Saves Milker, But Not Cows
Oakland Tribune Tues., Nov. 30, 1976 5
HICKMAN (AP)--His wife called dairy worker N.Y. Jones to breakfast just in time to save his life.
Jones left a cow corral moments before a high-voltage power line fell on it Sunday.
"It was a miracle he wasn't in there," said Ron Hale, manager of the Foster Farms feed lot near this Central California community.
But a herd of Holstein heifers housed in the corral wasn't so fortunate when a flock of starlings took off and snapped the line.
At least 30 heifers were knocked to the ground and 11 were killed.
=== Page 21 of 22
Virginian-Pilot, Thursday, April 21, 1977 B5
# Pacific Northwest Faces Power Cuts
HELENA, Mont. (AP)--Officials say the Pacific Northwest's 7 million people face the likelihood of stringent controls on electricity usage this fall. Drought has dried up the water for hydroelectric dams and voluntary conservation has not worked.
A proposal for mandatory controls was drawn up Tuesday by representatives of the area's governors, meeting as the Northwest Electricity Task Force. The plan is to be presented to the governors for review, but they are not expected to act on it until the commission's next meeting in May or June.
Ivan L. Gold of Oregon, task force chairman, said he has little doubt that Stage I mandatory controls on commercial use of electricity will be in effect by September. They would be invoked if two new kinds of voluntary programs fail to alleviate the problem.
The first stage of mandatory controls would restrict hours for retail shopping and commercial activity; prohibit most lighting for nighttime sporting events, decorative purposes, and parking lots; restrict store signs and window displays to nighttime business hours--which also should be reduced; and ban the electrical heating of swimming pools.
Stage II, affecting all customers, could follow within a month or so, according to calculations by Merrill Schultz of Northwest Power Pool.
Those would require "all customers"--residential, commercial, and industrial--to cut consumption by "the percentage declared necessary for the region to bring anticipated resources and requirements into balance."
A third stage proposed by the group would be even more drastic--rotating interruptions of electrical service, probably for a few hours at a time. Some large industrial users would be ordered to cut usage by a certain percentage, and some would be ordered to shut down.
The task force meeting, held here, came only two months after a call in mid-February for voluntary cutbacks of 10 per cent regionwide. The task force was told that only 32 per cent of that goal has been reached.
Now, Schultz estimates, the region has a 50-50 chance of needing the mandatory controls.
The calculations reflect the continuing lack of water--from rain and from winter snowpack in the mountains--available to run the hydroelectric dams that supply most of the region's electricity.
=== Page 22 of 22
San Francisco Chronicle 5
★★ Tues., Nov. 30, 1976
# All power back on after wind damage
Pacific Gas and Electric crews working in 24-hour shifts had power restored yesterday to 130,000 customers in the Bay Area and Northern California who were hit by Friday night's furious windstorm.
About 70,000 PG&E users from Marin County to Ukiah lost electric power at the height of the storm, which packed gusts up to 70 miles an hour. Power lines were knocked down by falling trees, utility poles were snapped, barns collapsed.
Workers had virtually all power restored in the Sonoma Valley area by yesterday afternoon and last night were responding to "stragglers"--people who had gone away for the long holiday weekend and hadn't been able to report lines down.
In the East Bay, where up to 60,000 customers were without power at one time or another, power was completely restored by yesterday afternoon.
At least one death was attributed to the storm. At Echo Summit in the Sierra, 50 m.p.h. winds toppled a pine tree across U.S. 50, killing Richard R. Schmeichel, 55, of Lodi. The Highway Patrol said the tree crushed the car driven by Schmeichel, although a passenger escaped injury.
The National Weather Service attributed the winds, which abated by yesterday, to "polar Canadian air streaming out of the far north."
# Fortune hunters foiled by wind
Associated Press
OXNARD -- After 11 years of preparation and weeks of news media ballyhoo, Jerry St. John and his crew set sail in a 62-foot ketch in search of Spanish treasure yesterday -- only to capsize a scant 10 miles offshore.
There were no reported injuries.
St. John's boat and dreams of treasure were dashed by what he called "a freak gust of wind" which picked up the mammoth hand-made sailboat and flopped it on its side.
St. John and his crew of eight were to search the waters of the Spanish Honduras for lost gold. The modern-day soldiers of fortune also planned to hunt alligators, whose hides represent a treasure of a different sort -- big money in the United States.
But it will take more than one bad start and a gust of wind to keep St. John and his crew down. His boat, "The Saint," was being towed back to harbor, and St. John vowed their sea hunt had only been delayed, not scrapped.
# 3 Flagpoles at Hall of Justice Are Storm Victims
Three 50-foot flagpoles standing outside the Bryant street side of the Hall of Justice were taken down yesterday but Police Chief Charles Gain had nothing to do with it.
"This was an act of God, not an act of Gain," said the chief, who has had a running battle over the display of flags with various members of his department.
The poles were ordered down by the Department of Public Works, Gain said, after one of them was partially toppled by last Friday night's wind storm.
Police spokesman Michael O'Toole said the three poles had rotted at the base and were considered dangerous. Two more poles in the rear of the building will be taken down today for the same reason, O'Toole said.
# Minor Miracle Saves Milker, But Not Cows
Oakland Tribune Tues., Nov. 30, 1976 5
HICKMAN (AP)--His wife called dairy worker N.Y. Jones to breakfast just in time to save his life.
Jones left a cow corral moments before a high-voltage power line fell on it Sunday.
"It was a miracle he wasn't in there," said Ron Hale, manager of the Foster Farms feed lot near this Central California community.
But a herd of Holstein heifers housed in the corral wasn't so fortunate when a flock of starlings took off and snapped the line.
At least 30 heifers were knocked to the ground and 11 were killed.
May 6, 1977
SCIENTISTS
Dr. Max Fogel
Dr. Leo Sprinkle
Dr. Allen Hynek
Dr. Targ
Dr. Puthoff
Jeffrey Mishlove
Gentlemen:
What I want you to know...and be aware of...is the actual, absolute fact, that I...am controlling the weather on the western half of the United States...with the cooperation of my UFO partners.
I think that Jeffrey Mishlove, budding young, brilliant scientist in the San Francisco area...has been aware of this for some time, through our telephone and mail communications.
The UFOs are bent, and unyielding, determined, to obtain for me and my family a base and financial security in the Oregon area. To bring this about, they, the UFOs, are bringing severe drought to bear upon the California and West Coast area...particularly upon the underground water levels.
The ONLY way that the California coast...and entire western half of the United States...will get precipitation enough to refill their rivers, wells, etc., will be for someone to finance me and my family...UPON THE UFO TERMS...to move out there...and bring it to pass. ("Bring it to pass" is a biblical term, but since my UFOs (SIs) claim that they worked with Moses, once upon a time, then it is credible to me.)
Let me point out the obvious...if no financial backer, scientific or government or private...fulfills the SI terms...then the western half of the United States will be wiped out. This will put such a strain, obliquely, upon the eastern half of the United States...that, for all intents and purposes...the United States will be wiped out. So...we are not talking funny here. We are talking serious business...between UFOs and humans. (And keep in mind that I am half human, half UFO person.)
Any hardship against me, caused by the government or scientists or civilians...or counter-attack or retribution...will be counter-attacked by the UFOs. AND YOU HAD BETTER VERY SERIOUSLY KEEP THIS POINT IN MIND!
Believe me when I tell you this...THE UFOs ARE FAR FAR FAR MORE TO BE FEARED THAN THE RUSSIANS...or anyone else. What they want, is of the utmost importance, and should be given A-1 priority. And what they want, is not very much. Just enough financial aid to me and my family (a mere fifth of what Barbara Walters makes as a news announcer) to relocate and have a safe base, with financial security.
Now...the good news...once the above is complied with...the UFOs will change all of the weather patterns around...and deluge the western half of the United States, and California, with rain and water...to make it completely healthy...within weeks and months.
But a warning. Each day...the damage grows worse...and increases the time necessary for the UFOs to make the western half of the United States healthy again.
Ted Owens (PK Man) Owens
Six comm'd... if no base etc. They will block all scientific progress in California & West Coast (Stanford, etc.)
Friday, May 6, 1977
=== Page 2 of 22
A2 Virginian-Pilot, Friday, May 6, 1977
# Drought in Calif. Labeled Worst; Slight Respite for Rest of Nation
WASHINGTON (AP)--The U.S. Geological Survey Thursday declared the drought in California the worst dry spell on record for that state.
Scientists at the survey said streamflow and runoff are now less than in 1924, the previous worst year.
In contrast, over-all drought conditions across the country improved somewhat in April, although the flow of water in streams and rivers remained deficient in slightly less than half the nation.
Record low levels of underground water, feeding wells, and springs, were also reported in several states.
In California, the survey reported that the North Fork of the American River in the central Sierra Nevada averaged 37 per cent below normal, the seventh straight month of deficient flow.
The Smith River near Crescent City averaged 68 per cent below normal during the month and the Kings River was 61 per cent below normal.
In Southern California, Arroyo Seco near Pasadena was 80 per cent below normal in April.
Storage in major reservoirs in Northern California was about 53 per cent below average. Groundwater levels were below normal in selected wells in Southern California, and more wells were reported going dry in the Santa Clara Valley south of San Jose.
"Across the country, April was a month of contrasts, with record-breaking floods in the South and record low flows in the West. On the whole, however, the country remains more dry than wet," said Carroll Saboe, chief of the survey's current water conditions group.
He said that combined runoff of the nation's five largest rivers rose seasonally above March levels, but remained 18 per cent below normal.
"Moreover, at the end of April the flows of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers were running at less than half the monthly normal, indicating May is getting off to an equally dry start," Saboe said.
Among the "Big Five" rivers the strongest gains were recorded by the Columbia at The Dalles, Ore., with an average flow of 64 billion gallons per day. This is 67 per cent more than in March, but it is still 66 per cent below normal.
The only decline in the group was the Ohio at Louisville, Ky., which dropped 21 per cent from March to an April average of 124 billion gallons per day. This is only 1 per cent below normal. However, on April 26 flow of the Ohio was down to 53 billion gallons per day, 58 per cent below normal.
The Mississippi at Vicksburg, Miss., averaged 530 billion gallons per day, 16 per cent below normal, but April 30 flow had dropped to 381 billion gallons per day.
The St. Lawrence at Massena, N.Y., averaged 178 billion gallons per day, 10 per cent above normal; and the Missouri at Hermann, Mo., was 47 per cent below normal at 33 billion gallons per day.
Other highlights of the nation's water picture as reported by the Geological Survey included:
* Some improvements in streamflow were reported in parts of the Midwest, notably in northern Michigan, western South Dakota, and Nebraska.
For example, the Sturgeon River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, which had been deficient for 10 of the last 12 months, rose to 34 per cent above normal.
* Freshwater inflow to the Chesapeake Bay dropped about 20 per cent from March but remained above normal.
* April floods produced record streamflows in more than 30 sites in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi.
=== Page 3 of 22
S.F. EXAMINER
Nov. 30, 1976
# All power back on after wind damage
Pacific Gas and Electric crews working in 24-hour shifts had power restored yesterday to 130,000 customers in the Bay Area and Northern California who were hit by Friday night's furious windstorm.
About 70,000 PG&E users from Marin County to Ukiah lost electric power at the height of the storm, which packed gusts up to 70 miles an hour. Power lines were knocked down by falling trees, utility poles were snapped, barns collapsed.
Workers had virtually all power restored in the Sonoma Valley area by yesterday afternoon and last night were responding to "stragglers"--people who had gone away for the long holiday weekend and hadn't been able to report lines down.
In the East Bay, where up to 60,000 customers were without power at one time or another, power was completely restored by yesterday afternoon.
At least one death was attributed to the storm. At Echo Summit in the Sierra, 50 m.p.h. winds toppled a pine tree across U.S. 50, killing Richard R. Schmeichel, 55, of Lodi. The Highway Patrol said the tree crushed the car driven by Schmeichel, although a passenger escaped injury.
The National Weather Service attributed the winds, which abated by yesterday, to "polar Canadian air streaming out of the far north."
S.F. EXAMINER Nov. 30, 1976
# Fortune hunters foiled by wind
Associated Press
OXNARD -- After 11 years of preparation and weeks of news media ballyhoo, Jerry St. John and his crew set sail in a 62-foot ketch in search of Spanish treasure yesterday -- only to capsize a scant 10 miles offshore.
There were no reported injuries.
St. John's boat and dreams of treasure were dashed by what he called "a freak gust of wind" which picked up the mammoth hand-made sailboat and flopped it on its side.
St. John and his crew of eight were to search the waters of the Spanish Honduras for lost gold. The modern-day soldiers of fortune also planned to hunt alligators, whose hides represent a treasure of a different sort -- big money in the United States.
But it will take more than one bad start and a gust of wind to keep St. John and his crew down. His boat, "The Saint," was being towed back to harbor, and St. John vowed their sea hunt had only been delayed, not scrapped.
San Francisco Chronicle
★★ Tues., Nov. 30, 1976
# 3 Flagpoles at Hall of Justice Are Storm Victims
Three 50-foot flagpoles standing outside the Bryant street side of the Hall of Justice were taken down yesterday but Police Chief Charles Gain had nothing to do with it.
"This was an act of God not an act of Gain," said the chief, who has had a running battle over the display of flags with various members of his department.
The poles were ordered down by the Department of Public Works, Gain said, after one of them was partially toppled by last Friday night's wind storm.
Police spokesman Michael O'Toole said the three poles had rotted at the base and were considered dangerous. Two more poles in the rear of the building will be taken down today for the same reason, O'Toole said.
# Minor Miracle Saves Milker, But Not Cows
Oakland Tribune Tues., Nov. 30, 1976 5
HICKMAN (AP)--His wife called dairy worker N.Y. Jones to breakfast just in time to save his life.
Jones left a cow corral moments before a high-voltage power line fell on it Sunday.
"It was a miracle he wasn't in there," said Ron Hale, manager of the Foster Farms feed lot near this Central California community.
But a herd of Holstein heifers housed in the corral wasn't so fortunate when a flock of starlings took off and snapped the line.
At least 30 heifers were knocked to the ground and 11 were killed.
real inside now cows!
=== Page 4 of 22
Virginian-Pilot, Thursday, April 21, 1977 B5
# Pacific Northwest Faces Power Cuts
HELENA, Mont. (AP)--Officials say the Pacific Northwest's 7 million people face the likelihood of stringent controls on electricity usage this fall. Drought has dried up the water for hydroelectric dams and voluntary conservation has not worked.
A proposal for mandatory controls was drawn up Tuesday by representatives of the area's governors, meeting as the Northwest Electricity Task Force. The plan is to be presented to the governors for review, but they are not expected to act on it until the commission's next meeting in May or June.
Ivan L. Gold of Oregon, task force chairman, said he has little doubt that Stage I mandatory controls on commercial use of electricity will be in effect by September. They would be invoked if two new kinds of voluntary programs fail to alleviate the problem.
The first stage of mandatory controls would restrict hours for retail shopping and commercial activity; prohibit most lighting for nighttime sporting events, decorative purposes, and parking lots; restrict store signs and window displays to nighttime business hours--which also should be reduced; and ban the electrical heating of swimming pools.
Stage II, affecting all customers, could follow within a month or so, according to calculations by Merrill Schultz of Northwest Power Pool.
Those would require "all customers"--residential, commercial, and industrial--to cut consumption by "the percentage declared necessary for the region to bring anticipated resources and requirements into balance."
A third stage proposed by the group would be even more drastic--rotating interruptions of electrical service, probably for a few hours at a time. Some large industrial users would be ordered to cut usage by a certain percentage, and some would be ordered to shut down.
The task force meeting, held here, came only two months after a call in mid-February for voluntary cutbacks of 10 per cent regionwide. The task force was told that only 32 per cent of that goal has been reached.
Now, Schultz estimates, the region has a 50-50 chance of needing the mandatory controls.
The calculations reflect the continuing lack of water--from rain and from winter snowpack in the mountains--available to run the hydroelectric dams that supply most of the region's electricity.
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San Francisco Chronicle 5
★★ Tues., Nov. 30, 1976
# All power back on after wind damage
Pacific Gas and Electric crews working in 24-hour shifts had power restored yesterday to 130,000 customers in the Bay Area and Northern California who were hit by Friday night's furious windstorm.
About 70,000 PG&E users from Marin County to Ukiah lost electric power at the height of the storm, which packed gusts up to 70 miles an hour. Power lines were knocked down by falling trees, utility poles were snapped, barns collapsed.
Workers had virtually all power restored in the Sonoma Valley area by yesterday afternoon and last night were responding to "stragglers"--people who had gone away for the long holiday weekend and hadn't been able to report lines down.
In the East Bay, where up to 60,000 customers were without power at one time or another, power was completely restored by yesterday afternoon.
At least one death was attributed to the storm. At Echo Summit in the Sierra, 50 m.p.h. winds toppled a pine tree across U.S. 50, killing Richard R. Schmeichel, 55, of Lodi. The Highway Patrol said the tree crushed the car driven by Schmeichel, although a passenger escaped injury.
The National Weather Service attributed the winds, which abated yesterday, to "polar Canadian air streaming out of the far north."
# Fortune hunters foiled by wind
Associated Press
OXNARD -- After 11 years of preparation and weeks of news media ballyhoo, Jerry St. John and his crew set sail in a 62-foot ketch in search of Spanish treasure yesterday -- only to capsize a scant 10 miles offshore.
There were no reported injuries.
St. John's boat and dreams of treasure were dashed by what he called "a freak gust of wind" which picked up the mammoth hand-made sailboat and flopped it on its side.
St. John and his crew of eight were to search the waters of the Spanish Honduras for lost gold. The modern-day soldiers of fortune also planned to hunt alligators, whose hides represent a treasure of a different sort -- big money in the United States.
But it will take more than one bad start and a gust of wind to keep St. John and his crew down. His boat, "The Saint," was being towed back to harbor, and St. John vowed their sea hunt had only been delayed, not scrapped.
# 3 Flagpoles at Hall of Justice Are Storm Victims
Three 50-foot flagpoles standing outside the Bryant street side of the Hall of Justice were taken down yesterday but Police Chief Charles Gain had nothing to do with it.
"This was an act of God, not an act of Gain," said the chief, who has had a running battle over the display of flags with various members of his department.
The poles were ordered down by the Department of Public Works, Gain said, after one of them was partially toppled by last Friday night's wind storm.
Police spokesman Michael O'Toole said the three poles had rotted at the base and were considered dangerous. Two more poles in the rear of the building will be taken down today for the same reason, O'Toole said.
# Minor Miracle Saves Milker, But Not Cows
Oakland Tribune Tues., Nov. 30, 1976 5
HICKMAN (AP)--His wife called dairy worker N.Y. Jones to breakfast just in time to save his life.
Jones left a cow corral moments before a high-voltage power line fell on it Sunday.
"It was a miracle he wasn't in there," said Ron Hale, manager of the Foster Farms feed lot near this Central California community.
But a herd of Holstein heifers housed in the corral wasn't so fortunate when a flock of starlings took off and snapped the line.
At least 30 heifers were knocked to the ground and 11 were killed.
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Urgent!
May 24, 1977
The United States..........is about to be destroyed. Although you do not know it..........the western half of the United States is being attacked by UFO other-dimensional powers..........absorbing the water underneath the ground in that area. If it continues for long..........then the western half of the United States will be destroyed..........and the eastern half of the United States will then collapse (from factors radiating from the western half.) Scratch the entire United States. And at that time, I might add, the U.S. would be a sitting duck for a Russian missile attack.
I can save the United States. But I need your help. I need thousands and thousands of dollars..........to set up a base in Oregon..........have temporal and financial freedom..........to work to bring tremendous rains upon the western half of the United States. (I have controlled weather over entire countries before; documented.) It will take me six months to a year to get U.S. weather conditions back to normal and the West well and back on its feet.
So I am requesting that you send me, as soon as possible, as much money as you can spare..........$50, $100, $1,000, a hundred thousand..........as quickly as you can.
Let me spell it out. If my 20 contacts cannot help me (and I have no other help; govt. and science will not heed me) then the U.S. will be destroyed.
Within the next week to two weeks..........my family and I will move from Cape Charles to some point in Oregon..........to try and set up a base there. Millie, on the West Coast, has broken me loose from Cape Charles so that I can get to that area..........but it is simply relocating money -- there won't be enough funds to carry on after relocating there..........and that is where I need your help.
Whatever help that you can send to me, send to Box 32, Cape Charles, Virginia, 23310, and it will be forwarded on to me, to help.
Perhaps you might think that I am joking..........or am totally wrong about this..........about what I am saying and what I am trying to do. But, scan your files that I have sent to you for years. Was I joking then? Never! Did I get miraculous results? You'd better believe it, I did!
Now, in case you are strapped and cannot help, then simply forget this letter. You can only do what you can do. And I'll just keep on doing the best that I can do, with what I have to work with.
It is just plain unfortunate that I do not know one rich man..........who would know my work and understand..........and underwrite what I need to have now, to get done what is necessary.
Sincerely,
Ted Owens (PK Man)
Owens
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Chryster on Owens
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PREDICTIONS FOR 1977
targets at once by sliding the guns along the metal ring/mount in front of him.
New Inventions: I predict that in 1977 a new method will be found to put satellites into orbit. It will use a mirror mechanism to reflect the sun's rays back onto a pinpointed target on earth. A water reservoir at a certain location in the U.S. will be heated and supply much energy to needed power sources.
In 1977 water will be very scarce. Scientists will turn to an alternate method of removing human excreta from bathroom commodes.
International Affairs: I predict that 1977 will be the Year of the Assassination in the U.S. No Congressman, Senator, or other top government official will be safe. Revolutionary groups will form underground using sophisticated weapons stolen from the military. They want to take over our government. There are both black and white revolutionary groups. Many top men in government will be blown up or shot by these groups. Their philosophy will be that it takes too long for the present corrupt politican to leave office. The entire feeling, thought and tenor of this country will swing against our government in 1977.
I predict that in 1977 the Rich Gang will attempt to instigate a war between the United States and Africa, and/or the Middle East. Objective: oil and other valuable geological materials. If they are successful in doing so, and we win, they win.
UFOs: A handful of U.S. scientists have been brave enough to pursue the matters of UFOs in spite of catcalls from their peers. Their bravery will pay off in 1977.
Business and Finance: Small businesses will be closed or gobbled up by bigger businesses. The Mafia and Syndicate will become much more powerful in 1977 as they utilize their hidden billions to gobble up little businesses all over the United States. There are now Negro "Mafia and Syndicates" intertwined with the white Mafia and Syndicates. They will do the same and prosper--for awhile.
Farming: Nature is against you, folks. A plague from
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insects, etc., will ravage land and crops in 1977. A weather plague will hit.
Mental health: More people will go into institutions, or die from mental troubles than in the past five years combined. This is no age for the weak. Only the strongest will survive--if anyone, in fact, does manage to survive the next few years.
Frankly, I do not see any good news ahead for the United States in 1977. I predict falling value for the American dollar; rising unemployment; sick stock market in danger of crashing; the government clobbering the people; the people rising up to clobber the government; foreign countries rising up against us; and bad storms and weather.
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Top of the Week
Newsweek
**Nixon's Apologia** Page 28
Richard Nixon didn't watch himself on television last week, but an estimated 50 million people did. They witnessed his dramatic confrontation with interrogator David Frost and his misty-eyed mea culpa--though the ex-President still insisted he did not commit any impeachable crime. As part of a nine-page report, Newsweek asked participants in the Watergate drama to assess Nixon's performance on the Frost show and commissioned a Gallup poll to gauge public reaction. The poll shows that Nixon won a measure of public sympathy, but most viewers thought he was covering up his own criminal guilt.
**Sun Power** Page 94
The alternate-energy source that most intrigues America is the sun. Solar power is clean and plentiful--and the rush to harness it is already turning a cottage industry into a business of corporate giants.
**The King Lives** Page 101
Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I" is back on Broadway and it looks better than ever. The rise of women's lib has only heightened its clash between a Victorian British schoolmistress and the reactionary King of Siam, and age has deepened the remarkable stage charisma of the show's once and present star--Yul Brynner.
**Hassan Speaks** Page 58
In an exclusive interview with Newsweek's Arnaud de Borchgrave, Morocco's King Hassan (below) explains why he sent troops into Zaire and what he thinks the Soviet Union is up to in Africa.
**A '70s Star** Page 80
Robert De Niro, the most exciting young American actor, will soon appear in his unlikeliest role--as a saxophone player in a '40s musical. Jack Kroll, who interviewed De Niro, previews "New York, New York" and--with reporting by Martin Kasindorf, Katrine Ames and others--probes the actor's elusive art. (Cover photo by Bruce McBroom--United Artists.)
**ABC's New News Chief** Page 103
ABC's sports genius Roone Arledge, newly named the network's news president, shares some bold thoughts on his new job with Harry F. Waters. He'd like to try multiple anchor people--and he thinks Barbara Walters is mainly an interviewer.
**Contents** May 16, 1977
| | | |
|---|---|---|
| **NATIONAL AFFAIRS** .......... 26 | **BUSINESS** .......... 88 | **THEATER** .......... 101 |
| Carter in Europe | The economy: a spring rebound | Yul Brynner returns in "The King and I" |
| Watching Nixon | A blow to Carter's energy plan | **BOOKS** .......... 110 |
| The people's verdict: guilty | Solar power: how near is it? | A young American looks at China |
| Jaworski answers Nixon | Regulations: what price safety? | V.S. Pritchett's biography of Turgenev |
| Four other views on the ex-President | Aviation: the ozone hazard | "Yellow Roses," by Elizabeth Cullinan |
| The extraordinary monologue | **TELEVISION** .......... 103 | Willard R. Espy's family memoir, "Oysterville" |
| This week: tales of Henry the K | A talk with ABC News chief Roone Arledge | **MUSIC** .......... 116 |
| Carter vs. the liberals | The spread of TV "news magazines" | "The Emperor of Atlantis": a superb American |
| **INTERNATIONAL** .......... 49 | **RELIGION** .......... 119 | production of the death-camp opera |
| Carter's diplomatic blitz | Catholics: the bishops rule | **OTHER DEPARTMENTS** |
| Turkey's bloody May Day | **EDUCATION** .......... 121 | Letters .......... 4 |
| Israel faces the polls | Harvard's Kennedy School at 10 | Update .......... 16 |
| An interview with King Hassan of Morocco | **THE ARTS** | Periscope .......... 23 |
| Human rights: the Kremlin cracks down | **ART** .......... 72 | Newsmakers .......... 47 |
| Patt Derian, Carter's point woman | A Kenneth Noland retrospective at New York's | Transition .......... 119 |
| **SPORTS** .......... 77 | Guggenheim Museum | **THE COLUMNISTS** |
| The Kentucky Derby | **MOVIES** .......... 80 | My Turn: Peter Carlson .......... 13 |
| "Octopus" called the Dodgers | Robert De Niro, a star for the '70s (the cover) | Paul A. Samuelson .......... 98 |
| .......... 78 | Director Martin Scorsese, the movie brat | George F. Will .......... 122 |
| | | © 1977 by Newsweek, Inc., 444 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. All rights reserved. |
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FROM THE DESK OF
Mr. Ted Owens (PK MAN) ---------- Box 48
Cape Charles, Virginia
May 1, 1977 23310
Dear President Carter...this is without a doubt one of the most important communications that you will ever receive. The very survival of the United States depends upon your reply. (If you would like to check me out...scientist Jeffrey Mishlove, 3101 Washington St., San Francisco, California, 94115; scientist Dr. Max Fogel, Sumneytown Pike, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, 19436; scientists Targ and Puthoff, Stanford Research Institute, K 1029, Menlo Park, California, 94025; and scientist Dr. Leo Sprinkle, Box 3708, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82070. These scientists are familiar with the work that I have done, and what I can do. Now...if the western half of the United States continues upon its drought course...it will be destroyed...and will drag down, indirectly and obliquely, the eastern half of the United States. I have the powers, through contacts with UFOs, to bring all of the rains to the western half of the United States needed to end the drought completely. I would caution you not to jump too quickly to the conclusion that I am some crackpot or cuckoo...without first checking with the above-named scientists. For details of what would be required...if you are interested...check with Jeffrey Mishlove, above. And frankly...as each day the damage to the western half of the United States multiplies and deepens...I hope that you listen, and take quick action!
Sincerely,
Ted Owens (PK MAN)
Box 32, Cape Charles, Virginia 23310
Owens
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FROM THE DESK OF
Mr. Ted Owens (PK MAN)
Box 48
Cape Charles, Virginia
23310
May 18, 1977
Prime Minister Trudeau
Montreal, Canada
I understand that you have extensive drought in parts of Canada. I know that it sounds incredible, but I can end any drought that you have in your country.
Last year I was invited to lecture to some of the world's top scientists in the field of parapsychology, in London, England...and at the same time I ended the terrible drought in England...first informing the assembled scientists during my lecture.
I work for, and with, UFOs...and on occasion have produced UFOs at designated areas for scientists...and can supply an affidavit from a top scientist as proof.
If you are interested, please contact Jeffrey Mishlove, (a scientist), at 3101 Washington St., San Francisco, California, 94115, for details.
Respectfully,
Ted Owens (PK MAN)
Box 32, Cape Charles, Va. 23310
Owens
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TED OWENS
P O BOX 32
CAPE CHARLES, VA.
23310
CAPE CHARLES, VA 23310
MAR 30
AM
1977
USA 13c
CENTENNIAL OF SOUND RECORDING
Jeffrey Mishlove
3101 Washington St.
San Francisco, California 94115
over →
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If I come out there ... I'll do radio or TV and you can have the fee to help on academic expenses. Or a lecture. I'll do that to help you, as you helped me with the "psychic" photos.
Of course ... it goes without saying that I take care of my "base" expenses.
Ted
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May 5, 1977
Jeffrey...a San Francisco lady has pledged to try to get together a couple of thousand only to get to me for my confidential September affair...so I will be willing to end the drought over the entire western half of the United States for $100,000 minimum, as per terms outlined before...or the million deal, as outlined before...with your confidential, underline confidential, 10% cash in hand for either deal.
Ted
Owens
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Jeffrey...I wanted to xerox this set and send it out to 20 contacts, five of them scientists. BUT...seeing has how you sent me Regan's letter...thought I'd better check with you first on the ethics of it. Don't want Regan to get mad at you; or you get mad at me. If you don't want Regan's letter to go out to these 20 contacts, give me a phone call and let me know, and will delete it plus my response re him. It should be in the set...because it was my main motivation for intensifying the water shortage out there...but..... you can call the shot. If I do not hear from you by May 20, will go ahead and send it out, figuring you don't care one way or t'other.
Ted Owens
Six comm'd... if no base & sec. - they will block all scientific progress in California & West Coast (Stanford, etc.)
Friday, 11/May, 1977
aware of...is the actual, absolute fact, that the western half of the United States... with the cooperation of my UFO partners.
I think that Jeffrey Mishlove, budding young, brilliant scientist in the San Francisco area...has been aware of this for some time, through our telephone and mail communications.
The UFOs are bent, and unyielding, determined, to obtain for me and my family a base and financial security in the Oregon area. To bring this about, they, the UFOs, are bringing severe drought to bear upon the California and West Coast area...particularly upon the underground water levels.
The ONLY way that the California coast...and entire western half of the United States...will get precipitation enough to refill their rivers, wells, etc., will be for someone to finance me and my family...UPON THE UFO TERMS...to move out there...and bring it to pass. ("Bring it to pass" is a biblical term, but since my UFOs (SIs) claim that they worked with Moses, once upon a time, then it is credible to me.)
Let me point out the obvious...if no financial backer, scientific or government or private...fulfills the SI terms...then the western half of the United States will be wiped out. This will put such a strain, obliquely, upon the eastern half of the United States...that, for all intents and purposes...the United States will be wiped out. So...we are not talking funny here. We are talking serious business... between UFOs and humans. (And keep in mind that I am half human, half UFO person.)
Any hardship against me, caused by the government or scientists or civilians... or counter-attack or retribution...will be counter-attacked by the UFOs. AND YOU HAD BETTER VERY SRIOUSLY KEEP THIS POINT IN MIND!
Believe me when I tell you this...THE UFOs ARE FAR FAR FAR MORE TO BE FEARED THAN THE RUSSIANS...or anyone else. What they want, is of the utmost importance, and should be given A-1 priority. And what they want, is not very much. Just enough financial aid to me and my family (a mere fifth of what Barbara Walters makes as a news announcer) to relocate and have a safe base, with financial security.
Now...the good news...once the above is complied with...the UFOs will change all of the weather patterns around...and deluge the western half of the United States, and California, with rain and water...to make it completely healthy...within weeks and months.
But a warning. Each day...the damage grows worse...and increases the time necessary for the UFOs to make the western half of the United States healthy again.
Ted Owens (PK Man)
Ted Owens
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May 6, 1977
SCIENTISTS
Dr. Max Fogel
Dr. Leo Sprinkle
Dr. Allen Hynek
Dr. Targ
Dr. Puthoff
Jeffrey Mishlove
Gentlemen:
What I want you to know...and be aware of...is the actual, absolute fact, that I...am controlling the weather on the western half of the United States... with the cooperation of my UFO partners.
I think that Jeffrey Mishlove, budding young, brilliant scientist in the San Francisco area...has been aware of this for some time, through our telephone and mail communications.
The UFOs are bent, and unyielding, determined, to obtain for me and my family a base and financial security in the Oregon area. To bring this about, they, the UFOs, are bringing severe drought to bear upon the California and West Coast area...particularly upon the underground water levels.
The ONLY way that the California coast...and entire western half of the United States...will get precipitation enough to refill their rivers, wells, etc., will be for someone to finance me and my family...UPON THE UFO TERMS...to move out there...and bring it to pass. ("Bring it to pass" is a biblical term, but since my UFOs (SIs) claim that they worked with Moses, once upon a time, then it is credible to me.)
Let me point out the obvious...if no financial backer, scientific or government or private...fulfills the SI terms...then the western half of the United States will be wiped out. This will put such a strain, obliquely, upon the eastern half of the United States...that, for all intents and purposes...the United States will be wiped out. So...we are not talking funny here. We are talking serious business... between UFOs and humans. (And keep in mind that I am half human, half UFO person.)
Any hardship against me, caused by the government or scientists or civilians... or counter-attack or retribution...will be counter-attacked by the UFOs. AND YOU HAD BETTER VERY SERIOUSLY KEEP THIS POINT IN MIND!
Believe me when I tell you this...THE UFOs ARE FAR FAR FAR MORE TO BE FEARED THAN THE RUSSIANS...or anyone else. What they want, is of the utmost importance, and should be given A-1 priority. And what they want, is not very much. Just enough financial aid to me and my family (a mere fifth of what Barbara Walters makes as a news announcer) to relocate and have a safe base, with financial security.
Now...the good news...once the above is complied with...the UFOs will change all of the weather patterns around...and deluge the western half of the United States, and California, with rain and water...to make it completely healthy...within weeks and months.
But a warning. Each day...the damage grows worse...and increases the time necessary for the UFOs to make the western half of the United States healthy again.
Ted Owens (PK Man) Owens
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THE INSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES
The Institute of Noetic Sciences
530 Oak Grove Avenue, Suite 201
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(415) 328-1988
Jeffrey Mishlove,
3101 Washington St.,
San Francisco,
CA 94115
January 26 1977
Dear Jeffrey,
Many thanks indeed for your letter of November 17 and December 24 1976 received some time ago. I am sorry that I have taken so long to get back to you, but I have been out of town for several weeks and things seem to pile up around here at an amazing rate!
I remember being more than a little intrigued by your first letter, but at the same time I thought to myself, well off we go again, into a sea of probabilities and statistical dust-storms! That is not to say that I didnt think the whole idea interesting but that when you intended to cover such a large area of the state, plus take in such a diverse range of phenomena, how could one ever make a solid claim of the cause and effect type? I mean, UFO's, abnormal weather and electrical failures on one level are all seemingly connected and on another seem so scattered in nature as to make one dispair of ever proving anything concrete about it all. Thus, now that you have come back with a description of events from the period of time involved, I find it hard to evaluate.
In particular, I wonder what would happen if you were to seek for such kinds of events in some other randomly chosen area of the U.S.? Would you find a similar scattering of events perhaps?
As far as the drought problem, I dont doubt that the entire state would jump at anything that would help the present situation but I cant quite see a procedure that would persuade "serious" people to get formally involved. On one level, one could simply inform the local weather bureaus of one's intentions with the request that they simply watch for departures from the rainless weather patterns that have been with us for so long. Further, the long-range forecasts indicating that no rain is in sight have been quite accurate to date and so if Owens (or anyone else) could alter radically the predictions of the existing long-range forecasts, then that would be proof enough to allow the subsequent development of a serious project.
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What amazes me about all this is that if you are to believe the claims of one J. Trevor Constable - who I believe is in the Los Angeles area - then we shouldnt have to go out of state to find someone capable of doing what you suggest. The fact is however that here we are with a real-life need and suddenly the much touted claims by these people that they can alter the weather "dont work" when they are most wanted. It all tends to make me more than a little sceptical - as if you hadnt noticed already!
I know that Owens in the past has made quite a few claims to paranormal abilities - including that of being "way ahead" of Geller and all that. But, I dont know of any research that has been done on him and so cant evaluate him in any way. Thus, my feeling is that he should either put up or shut up in a very clear and undeniable way. Personally, I'll settle for two weeks straight rain - starting on a specific day and finishing two weeks later, within 24 hours of the fourteenth day. Then it will be time to sit up and take notice!!!
Let me know what happens.
Very best wishes,
Brendan
Brendan O'Regan
Director of Research
FORECAST for Saturday
COOL
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earthquake demonstration...to shake the damn scientists and govt. agencies loose from their buttoned-down minds. I reckon the SIs are right. It will take something like that, to get the message over to the fools.
As for your last paragraph...I am totally disinterested in giving any demonstration which has been done by Ray Stanford, Stella Lansing, or Fatima. If they've done it, what makes me any different from them? And I am different...and my work is different...totally.
Now let's take Brendan O'Regan's letter...and you say "we must allow he has made a few good points." Well, I will not allow that. He has made no good points at all. Unless you mean his remark "but I can't quite see a procedure that would persuade 'serious' people to get formally involved." Meaning, of course...other than laymen. I'd like to point out...that a hell of a lot of laymen have, in the past...made quite significant contributions to the human race, quite often in spite of the scientists. Rhine, for 20 years, was hooted at and laughed at by scientists (although not a layman)...until he made his point and stopped their hooting and laughing. Other important discoveries have been made by laymen...which have been snapped up by the scientific community and used. Anyway, O'Regan makes it clear that he doesn't take my work seriously. He goes on further to compound his non-scientific character...to he goes on further to state: "Thus, my feeling is that he should either put up or shut up in a very clear and undeniable way."
Now, he has just previously stated that no research has been done on me...and so he cannot evaluate me in any way...yet he goes ahead and "sour apples" me! This...is a scientist? He doesn't know my background; nor my past; nor what I have done...yet he puts me down. Utterly unscientific. He isn't after the truth; he's merely after a layman. I spit on O'Regan...and you can quote me on that to him. He may be Irish...I am Welsh and Apache mixed, and I will put my mixture up against the Irish anytime!
As for "put up or shut up" (and his disrespect toward me makes me boil) I consider that I have just "put up" for you. In good faith, I gave the finest demonstration I could give...statistics be damned. As for "shut up": it will take more than an O'Regan to ever shut me up!
Now I tell you this. I showed your letter and O'Regan's letter to the SIs through my eyes. Know what they instructed me to do? Pin up O'Regan's letter beside my OD earthquake mechanism map come March 11...and read O'Regan's letter each day just before I activate the mechanism. If that won't motivate me, nothing will!
And you can tell O'Regan that within minutes...I can increase the drought and heat factor over California! I can regulate it as easily as he can set his thermostat. If he wants to challenge that...I will be delighted to demonstrate it for him!
As for "specific days" and "specific times"...no such thing exists in OD work. Nor will a UFO land on a certain building in downtown LA at 3 in the afternoon, either. Forget it! If he'd bothered to scan my work for years...he'd know this, as a basic. As for your suggestion to "make it snow"...I've already done that, Jeffrey. Enough yet.
Ted Owens (PK Man) Owens
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A2 Virginian-Pilot, Friday, May 6, 1977
# Drought in Calif. Labeled Worst; Slight Respite for Rest of Nation
WASHINGTON (AP)--The U.S. Geological Survey Thursday declared the drought in California the worst dry spell on record for that state.
Scientists at the survey said streamflow and runoff are now less than in 1924, the previous worst year.
In contrast, over-all drought conditions across the country improved somewhat in April, although the flow of water in streams and rivers remained deficient in slightly less than half the nation.
Record low levels of underground water, feeding wells, and springs, were also reported in several states.
In California, the survey reported that the North Fork of the American River in the central Sierra Nevada averaged 87 per cent below normal, the seventh straight month of deficient flow.
The Smith River near Crescent City averaged 66 per cent below normal during the month and the Kings River was 61 per cent below normal.
In Southern California, Arroyo Seco near Pasadena was 80 per cent below normal in April.
Storage in major reservoirs in Northern California was about 53 per cent below average. Groundwater levels were below normal in selected wells in Southern California, and more wells were reported going dry in the Santa Clara Valley south of San Jose.
"Across the country, April was a month of contrasts, with record-breaking floods in the South and record low flows in the West. On the whole, however, the country remains more dry than wet," said Carroll Saboe, chief of the survey's current water conditions group.
He said that combined runoff of the nation's five largest rivers rose seasonally above March levels, but remained 18 per cent below normal.
"Moreover, at the end of April the flows of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers were running at less than half the monthly normal, indicating May is getting off to an equally dry start," Saboe said.
Among the "Big Five" rivers the strongest gains were recorded by the Columbia at The Dalles, Ore., with an average flow of 64 billion gallons per day. This is 67 per cent more than in March, but it is still 66 per cent below normal.
The only decline in the group was the Ohio at Louisville, Ky., which dropped 21 per cent from March to an April average of 124 billion gallons per day. This is only 1 per cent below normal. However, on April 28 flow of the Ohio was down to 53 billion gallons per day, 58 per cent below normal.
The Mississippi at Vicksburg, Miss., averaged 530 billion gallons per day, 16 per cent below normal, but April 30 flow had dropped to 331 billion gallons per day.
The St. Lawrence at Massena, N.Y., averaged 178 billion gallons per day, 10 per cent above normal; and the Missouri at Hermann, Mo., was 47 per cent below normal at 33 billion gallons per day.
Other highlights of the nation's water picture as reported by the Geological Survey included:
* Some improvements in streamflow were reported in parts of the Midwest, notably in northern Michigan, western South Dakota, and Nebraska.
For example, the Sturgeon River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, which had been deficient for 10 of the last 12 months, rose to 34 per cent above normal.
* Freshwater inflow to the Chesapeake Bay dropped about 20 per cent from March but remained above normal.
* April floods produced record streamflows in more than 30 sites in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi.
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San Francisco Chronicle
** Tues., Nov. 30, 1976
# All power back on after wind damage
Pacific Gas and Electric crews working in 24-hour shifts had power restored yesterday to 130,000 customers in the Bay Area and Northern California who were hit by Friday night's furious windstorm.
About 70,000 PG&E users from Marin County to Ukiah lost electric power at the height of the storm, which packed gusts up to 70 miles an hour. Power lines were knocked down by falling trees, utility poles were snapped, barns collapsed.
Workers had virtually all power restored in the Sonoma Valley area by yesterday afternoon and last night were responding to "stragglers"--people who had gone away for the long holiday weekend and hadn't been able to report lines down.
In the East Bay, where up to 60,000 customers were without power at one time or another, power was completely restored by yesterday afternoon.
At least one death was attributed to the storm. At Echo Summit in the Sierra, 50 m.p.h. winds toppled a pine tree across U.S. 50, killing Richard R. Schmeichel, 55, of Lodi. The Highway Patrol said the tree crushed the car driven by Schmeichel, although a passenger escaped injury.
The National Weather Service attributed the winds, which abated by yesterday, to "polar Canadian air streaming out of the far north."
# Fortune hunters foiled by wind
CALIF. Associated Press
OXNARD -- After 11 years of preparation and weeks of news media ballyhoo, Jerry St. John and his crew set sail in a 62-foot ketch in search of Spanish treasure yesterday -- only to capsize a scant 10 miles offshore.
There were no reported injuries.
St. John's boat and dreams of treasure were dashed by what he called "a freak gust of wind" which picked up the mammoth hand-made sailboat and flopped it on its side.
St. John and his crew of eight were to search the waters of the Spanish Honduras for lost gold. The modern-day soldiers of fortune also planned to hunt alligators, whose hides represent a treasure of a different sort -- big money in the United States.
But it will take more than one bad start and a gust of wind to keep St. John and his crew down. His boat, "The Saint," was being towed back to harbor, and St. John vowed their sea hunt had only been delayed, not scrapped.
# 3 Flagpoles at Hall of Justice Are Storm Victims
Three 50-foot flagpoles standing outside the Bryant street side of the Hall of Justice were taken down yesterday but Police Chief Charles Gain had nothing to do with it.
"This was an act of God, not an act of Gain," said the chief, who has had a running battle over the display of flags with various members of his department.
The poles were ordered down by the Department of Public Works, Gain said, after one of them was partially toppled by last Friday night's wind storm.
Police spokesman Michael O'Toole said the three poles had rotted at the base and were considered dangerous. Two more poles in the rear of the building will be taken down today for the same reason, O'Toole said.
# Minor Miracle Saves Milker, But Not Cows
Oakland Tribune Tues., Nov. 30, 1976 5
HICKMAN (AP)--His wife called dairy worker N.Y. Jones to breakfast just in time to save his life.
Jones left a cow corral moments before a high-voltage power line fell on it Sunday.
"It was a miracle he wasn't in there," said Ron Hale, manager of the Foster Farms feed lot near this Central California community.
But a herd of Holstein heifers housed in the corral wasn't so fortunate when a flock of starlings took off and snapped the line.
At least 30 heifers were knocked to the ground and 11 were killed.
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Virginian-Pilot, Thursday, April 21, 1977 B5
# Pacific Northwest Faces Power Cuts
HELENA, Mont. (AP)--Officials say the Pacific Northwest's 7 million people face the likelihood of stringent controls on electricity usage this fall. Drought has dried up the water for hydroelectric dams and voluntary conservation has not worked.
A proposal for mandatory controls was drawn up Tuesday by representatives of the area's governors, meeting as the Northwest Electricity Task Force. The plan is to be presented to the governors for review, but they are not expected to act on it until the commission's next meeting in May or June.
Ivan L. Gold of Oregon, task force chairman, said he has little doubt that Stage I mandatory controls on commercial use of electricity will be in effect by September. They would be invoked if two new kinds of voluntary programs fail to alleviate the problem.
The first stage of mandatory controls would restrict hours for retail shopping and commercial activity; prohibit most lighting for nighttime sporting events, decorative purposes, and parking lots; restrict store signs and window displays to nighttime business hours--which also should be reduced; and ban the electrical heating of swimming pools.
Stage II, affecting all customers, could follow within a month or so, according to calculations by Merrill Schultz of Northwest Power Pool.
Those would require "all customers"--residential, commercial, and industrial--to cut consumption by "the percentage declared necessary for the region to bring anticipated resources and requirements into balance."
A third stage proposed by the group would be even more drastic--rotating interruptions of electrical service, probably for a few hours at a time. Some large industrial users would be ordered to cut usage by a certain percentage, and some would be ordered to shut down.
The task force meeting, held here, came only two months after a call in mid-February for voluntary cutbacks of 10 per cent regionwide. The task force was told that only 32 per cent of that goal has been reached.
Now, Schultz estimates, the region has a 50-50 chance of needing the mandatory controls.
The calculations reflect the continuing lack of water--from rain and from winter snowpack in the mountains--available to run the hydroelectric dams that supply most of the region's electricity.
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San Francisco Chronicle 5
★★ Tues., Nov. 30, 1976
# All power back on after wind damage
Pacific Gas and Electric crews working in 24-hour shifts had power restored yesterday to 130,000 customers in the Bay Area and Northern California who were hit by Friday night's furious windstorm.
About 70,000 PG&E users from Marin County to Ukiah lost electric power at the height of the storm, which packed gusts up to 70 miles an hour. Power lines were knocked down by falling trees, utility poles were snapped, barns collapsed.
Workers had virtually all power restored in the Sonoma Valley area by yesterday afternoon and last night were responding to "stragglers"--people who had gone away for the long holiday weekend and hadn't been able to report lines down.
In the East Bay, where up to 60,000 customers were without power at one time or another, power was completely restored by yesterday afternoon.
At least one death was attributed to the storm. At Echo Summit in the Sierra, 50 m.p.h. winds toppled a pine tree across U.S. 50, killing Richard R. Schmeichel, 55, of Lodi. The Highway Patrol said the tree crushed the car driven by Schmeichel, although a passenger escaped injury.
The National Weather Service attributed the winds, which abated by yesterday, to "polar Canadian air streaming out of the far north."
# Fortune hunters foiled by wind
Associated Press
OXNARD -- After 11 years of preparation and weeks of news media ballyhoo, Jerry St. John and his crew set sail in a 62-foot ketch in search of Spanish treasure yesterday -- only to capsize a scant 10 miles offshore.
There were no reported injuries.
St. John's boat and dreams of treasure were dashed by what he called "a freak gust of wind" which picked up the mammoth hand-made sailboat and flopped it on its side.
St. John and his crew of eight were to search the waters of the Spanish Honduras for lost gold. The modern-day soldiers of fortune also planned to hunt alligators, whose hides represent a treasure of a different sort -- big money in the United States.
But it will take more than one bad start and a gust of wind to keep St. John and his crew down. His boat, "The Saint," was being towed back to harbor, and St. John vowed their sea hunt had only been delayed, not scrapped.
# 3 Flagpoles at Hall of Justice Are Storm Victims
Three 50-foot flagpoles standing outside the Bryant street side of the Hall of Justice were taken down yesterday but Police Chief Charles Gain had nothing to do with it.
"This was an act of God, not an act of Gain," said the chief, who has had a running battle over the display of flags with various members of his department.
The poles were ordered down by the Department of Public Works, Gain said, after one of them was partially toppled by last Friday night's wind storm.
Police spokesman Michael O'Toole said the three poles had rotted at the base and were considered dangerous. Two more poles in the rear of the building will be taken down today for the same reason, O'Toole said.
# Minor Miracle Saves Milker, But Not Cows
Oakland Tribune Tues., Nov. 30, 1976 5
HICKMAN (AP)--His wife called dairy worker N.Y. Jones to breakfast just in time to save his life.
Jones left a cow corral moments before a high-voltage power line fell on it Sunday.
"It was a miracle he wasn't in there," said Ron Hale, manager of the Foster Farms feed lot near this Central California community.
But a herd of Holstein heifers housed in the corral wasn't so fortunate when a flock of starlings took off and snapped the line.
At least 30 heifers were knocked to the ground and 11 were killed.
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