Dear colleagues,

I am sad to announce the closure of the UK based publication UFO MAGAZINE
owned by Quest Publications International Ltd. The closure of the magazine
has been the sole decision of the company owner Mrs Christine Birdsall and
the March 2004 issue is the last magazine to be published.

Since the sudden death of the magazine's founding editor Graham Birdsall in
September 2003 I have been assisting UFO MAGAZINE'S editor Russel Callaghan
on a voluntary basis. Russel and the rest of the staff at UFO MAGAZINE have
worked extremely hard to keep the magazine afloat and all are extremely
surprised and upset by the recent decisions made concerning the publication
of the magazine by Christine Birdsall.

Many of you have helped with articles and news items and simply moral
support since Graham's death and I would like to take this opportunity to
thank you all for your kind assistance.

Any enquiries concerning any aspect of UFO MAGAZINE should bo put to
Christine Birdsall and not myself or the staff of UFO MAGAZINE.

It's a sad day today and I'm only sorry for Graham Birdsall that this has
happened.

Yours sincerely,

Philip Mantle.