John A. Keel WHY UFOS

his car didn't stall. The object hovered for a few momentsand then flew off southward. Southward from Revelstokewould have taken it into the area of the Glacier NationalPark in Montana.Circles and Straight LinesThe brilliant French researcher Aime Michel made acareful study of the French sightings of the 1950's anddiscovered that the objects often pursued a straight courseacross France. Sighting reports could be aligned alongthese routes, and in some cases, the speeds of the objectscould be calculated, and other data could be extracted.This finding sent ufologists all over the world scurrying totheir maps, and many attempts were made to try to figureout a worldwide route. But eventually it was learned thatthe straight-line theory was limited and unworkable on aworldwide scale.France is a small country compared to the UnitedStates, and so the distances traveled are much shorter. 1made many efforts to work out similar straight-line routesand discovered that UFO sightings within a given areaduring a specific period of time were confined to sectorswith a radius of about 200 miles. The objects sometimes dofollow a straight course within these sectors, but theyvanish (or no reports are received) outside of the 200-mileboundary.At first I termed these sectors base areas, but this wasmisunderstood by many UFO enthusiasts, and soon aftermy first article on UFO base areas appeared, teen-agerseverywhere were out scouring the countryside looking forunderground UFO hangars. So I adopted the term"windows" as a good substitute.Every state in the United States has from two to ten"windows." These are areas where UFOs appear repeatedlyyear after year. The objects will appear in these placesand pursue courses throughout the 200-mile limitation.These window areas seem to form larger circles ofactivities. The great circle from Canada (not to be confusedwith the traditional geographic Great Circle) in thenorthwest through the Central States and back intonortheast Canada is a major window. Hundreds of smallerwindows lie inside that circle. Another major window iscentered in the Gulf of Mexico and encompasses much of