From: Nick Balaskas <nikolaos@yorku.ca>
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 23:17:12 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Fwd Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 10:52:32 -0500
Subject: Re: Dust Bunny Hunt Proposal - Again!


 >Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:26:03 -0500
 >From: John Velez <jvif@spacelab.net>
 >Subject: Dust Bunny Hunt Proposal - Again!
 >To: updates@sympatico.ca

<snip>

 >I received this note from Nick Balaskas today:

 >>Your suggestion that we do a study to determine if there is
 >>something out of the ordinary in the dust collected from the
 >>homes of people who have had, or still have, UFO abduction
 >>experiences is an excellent one, and one that must be done.
 >>Yes, I would be willing to help.

 >Nick will conduct the analysis of any samples that are
 >submitted. I already have ten abductees (members of AIC) lined
 >up to submit samples from their homes. The only thing missing is
 >the non-abductee group.

<snip>

Hi everyone.

Although there is a micro-universe of strange things just
waiting to be discovered in this proposed dust study, we should
initially focus our attention only to strange things that are in
common to other unrelated dust samples.

Someone like me who is willing to put much time looking through
microscopes doesn't need to know which of the two groups each
dust sample belongs to until after all the dust samples have
been carefully examined and observations recorded. It is
important though that the specimens come directly to me and are
handled by everyone in a consistent manner.  Arrangements will
be made for others to independently examine all the submitted
dust samples through the microscope to see if they too come up
with similar or different findings.

In order to simplify things for everyone and get this proposed
dust study underway quickly, I have a few suggestions which
would help me get initial results in the shortest time. We can
always do a larger and more thorough dust study in the future
which can involve things such as the chemical analysis of
strange trace substances found or even try to grow any
micro-organisms which may be present.

I would like to suggest that people who wish to participate in
this dust project do the following:

1)  Wash you hands well and blow them dry if possible.

2)  Using a new roll of Scotch Tape, cut a length no less than
four inches and holding it from the ends only, place it sticky
side down on a flat surface. Gently press down so it picks up
the entire layer of dust.

3)  Insert the strip of Scotch Tape with dust in a small unused
zip lock plastic bag. Do not fold the scotch tape.

4)  Take at least two more dust samples in a similar way.
Collect them from different rooms and from different locations
(for example, off the floor under a bed, off the top of an
undusted door or shelf, etc.). Make sure to identify each zip
lock plastic bag so we can later determine where each dust
sample was collected from.

5)  Place your three or more dust samples in an envelope and
deliver it in person or mail it to me at the address below.
Please include your name, address and an e-mail address or phone
number. I will contact everyone to ask further questions after I
have first closely examined your dust samples and finished
comparing them with all the others.

6)  All findings of this initial dust study will first be made
available to John Velez and all the participants and later to
all other interested individuals.

Your dust samples can be mailed to me at the address below.

Nick Balaskas
Physics and Astronomy
York University
132 Lumbers Building
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada  M3J 1P3

FAX:  (416) 736-5516

Please wait a few more days for possible changes or additions to
the above steps as proposed by John Velez or others through UFO
UpDates before we officially get this dust study underway.

Nick