"Doctor Artaud" wrote in message
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Unfortunately, when looking for a more lengthy discussion on swamp
gas,
ignus fatuus, etc., I was rather dumfounded that I could only find
links to
paranormal and music related uses of the word. Even some of the sites
that
I visit for dictionary type references did not have a definition
available
for the word.

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Dr. Artaud



Dr. J. Allen Hynek is credited with the "swamp gas" UFO explaination:

" The Air Force sent in Blue Book astronomer and UFO expert Dr. J.
Allen Hynek who, after a whirlwind probe that lasted two hours and 45
minutes, dismissed the sightings as "swamp gas.""

This is from:

http://www.detnews.com/history/ufo/ufo.htm

Dr. Hynek jumped fence on the UFO issue, and formed his own group:

http://www.cufos.org/

Doc Hynek was something of a celebrity around here, and always has
plenty of UFO watching tips for us young radio listeners.

Frank Dresser