ONE OF EUROPE's BEST UFO COLLECTIONS AT A RISK OF BEING LOSTThe French UFO organization SOS-OVNI's files and archives are at risk of being sold in pieces by an enforcement officer. Long time ufologist Perry Petrakis is in economical troubles. Mr. Petrakis published the Phénomena magazine but is now in debt to the printers. In collaboration with the French organization SCEAU (Sauvegarde, Conservation des Études et Archives Ufologiques), AFU proposes to buy this major French UFO collection. You can support the deal by sending your contribution to UFO-Sweden's collection or by making contact with SCEAU in France. Archives for UFO Research (AFU) have been asked to help Mr. Petrakis, who wants parts of the files to be transferred to Sweden for cataloguing and preservation. The archives consist of several tons of material. Almost 400 books (in many languages), magazines from all over the world, audios, videos, pictures, case files and more. There are about two hundred book titles which are not previously in the AFU reference library; a large number of magazines; and a collection of pictorial materials. The AFU-SCEAU joint proposal assures that organizational and report archives (in French) will remain in France and be organized by SCEAU within the French National Archives system. We are now negotiating about the price. So far AFU and UFO-Sweden have raised USD 1.600 from 30 different ufologists in Scandinavia, but we need your help to raise more money to be able to save the archive. AFU is today one of the world's largest UFO archives. We are devoted to collect, preserve, catalogue and make available UFO material from many different countries to researchers all over the world. The French collection would be a great addition to our collection which has a cultural slant towards the Anglo-American and Scandinavian world. All contributions are welcome. Please send your contribution through http://www.afu.info/french.htm where you'll find a PayPal-link. If you are not already registered with PayPal this is easy and safe. Instructions are found on the page we link to, but you must have a credit card to be able to use PayPal. If you want to send money or checks please address them to: AFU, P.O. Box 11027, S-600 11 Norrkoping, Sweden. Clas Svahn and Anders Liljegren
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