by Donna Higbee, CHT 

Attitudes appear to be changing as many abductees who have been traumatized,
physically abused and violated are now
saying that their abductors have only spiritual and/or benevolent motives
behind their actions. This growing new trend is a
concern to a number of researchers and healthcare professionals who work
with abductees. 

Many abductees who once reported tremendous fear of being taken repeatedly
from their bedrooms and cars by non-human
entities are now reporting being told by these entities that it was for
their own good; that their fear was unwarranted and was
simply a product of the abductee's lack of understanding. In many cases,
abductees who accept this explanation are also led
to believe that technological advancement equals spiritual advancement.
There is no logical reasoning for this, as spiritual
advancement may run parallel to technological advancement, the two may not
proceed along together at the same pace, or
they may not run along together at all. We cannot assume that where we find
one we will find the other. 

I believe the reasoning put forth by these abductees to justify abduction is
faulty. I am a hypnotherapist in Santa Barbara,
California, working with abductees. I became personally involved in this
situation when I watched two members of our
support group change their stories from one meeting to the next. These were
abductees who had been terrorized and abused
for years and had only hatred for their abductors. Suddenly, their stories
changed and they both, independently of each other,
began saying that recently they were shown that everything that had been
done to them was for their own good and facilitated
their spiritual growth. 

With regards to this, Dr. Karla Turner, in a paper she presented to the
MUFON 1994 International UFO Symposium, said
the following: "It is odd, however, that such growth seems to come to
abductees only after they are aware of their
experiences. If indeed this growth is produced by the aliens, then it should
have been there long before the abductees were
conscious of their encounters, since in almost every reported case there is
evidence of alien involvement since early
childhood. The psychic increase and growth of perceptive abilities indicate
a different genesis - -- an internal evolution of
consciousness -- stemming from our need to know what is and has been done to
us and what we can do to meet the situation
in a more empowered state. Survivors of great catastrophes such as
hurricanes, earthquakes, and war may be crushed by the
impact of these events ... or they may find a new resilience, rising to the
occasion and reacting with abilities they didn't know
they possessed. 

Given the vast intrusive activities of the abduction scenario, our species
may well feel such a threat or stress that a mutational
or evolutionary leap is occurring today...." If this is indeed the case,
then any spiritual growth is the abductee's own doing at a
deep level of consciousness and is not coming from an abducting entity. 

There can be a number of reasons why an abductee changes his mind. One that
has been put forth a number of times is what
is termed the Stockholm Syndrome, AKA the Hostage Syndrome, where a person
who has been kidnapped or captured
eventually comes to sympathize with and even grow fond of his captors. With
some abductees, I believe that this may be
occurring. However, I think we are seeing something else happening with this
attitude change that goes beyond the easy
answer of the Stockholm Syndrome. 

Because I was disturbed by the attitude change of the abductees I knew and
of many others I had been hearing about, I
wrote a letter in February to a group of abductees who were reachable
through computer online services. I also posted my
letter to a number of bulletin boards on the Internet and asked that
abductees please respond with their thoughts and feelings
about the situation. I'd like to mention a few of the points I made in my
letter and then share with all of you some of the
responses I received from people. 

In my letter, I stated that by the very meaning of the word, abduction
implies being taken against one's will with no say in the
matter. It can include experiencing painful physical procedures, being lied
to and given screen memories, being mentally
terrorized, and being paralyzed, manipulated and controlled. There is
nothing spiritual about any of these things and yet the
abductors say they are highly advanced spiritual beings. It is very
interesting that these non-human entities seem to have
learned two ways to control human beings - through fear and through
acceptance. Obviously we are seeing some abductees
who are still being controlled and manipulated through fear, but we are also
seeing abductees being controlled and
manipulated through their acceptance of these entities as spiritual beings.
By accepting these beings as highly spiritual, the
abductee gives up seeking to end his abduction experiences and instead
starts to welcome them. Instead of abductees
coming into a sense of their own power as spiritual beings who do not need
to give up their free will to anyone, what we are
now seeing is a group of submissive, controlled abductees who are passively
letting the abductors do as they want with them
in the name of spiritual progress. In my opinion, anything that keeps a
person from learning the truth and from taking
responsibility for his own growth and awakening as a spiritual being is
completely unspiritual. Anything that allows the person
his free will, responsibility for his own spiritual progress and aids in the
process of discovering his true unbounded spiritual
nature is truly spiritual. I don't think it is difficult to see into which
category the abductors fall. I believe that we have spiritual
entities in our midst, beings who are assisting humans with their evolution,
but I'm quite sure that these spiritual beings are not
the same as those who are responsible for the abductions. 

In my letter I also stated that the entire hybrid scenario could be a
fantastic cover for an agenda that is completely different
than we are being shown. As Dr. Karla Turner has stated in radio interviews,
it is almost as though abductees are shown the
same movies, as a cover for other motives completely unknown to us, or
possibly they are using the hybrid scenario to study
our emotions. Things should not be taken at face value when we know we are
dealing with entities who can implant thoughts
into our heads, manipulate our minds with screen memories and virtual
reality scenes, and who pass themselves off as
wonderful spiritual beings. We presently have no way to know the truth about
what is really happening. 

I'd like to quote part of a letter I received from an abductee, Irene Rea in
Oregon. She writes, "One of the most frightening
aspects of this phenomenon is the abductor's ability to manipulate the
abductee's perceptions. I'm frightened by the current
trend that many abductees seem to be going through in assigning the
abductors benign motives in the spiritual growth of the
abductees and planetary healing. In my experience, the abductors have
manipulated my reality over and over. In one very
telling instance, my partner and I were abducted together. He thought he was
being wooed by a gorgeous and astoundingly
remarkable woman. My view of his experience was that he was on a table,
strapped to medical gear, and staring into the
eyes of a typical "gray." I find it even more abusive to be told by my
fellow abductees that the reason I'm experiencing these
negative experiences is because I'm somehow spiritually unadvanced.... 

Another letter from an abductee, Dana Buyers of Los Angeles, California: "We
are nothing more to these beings than a crop
to be harvested. They terrorized me, hurt me and nearly ruined my health. An
abuser is an abuser. I don't care what planet
they come from or how intelligent they claim to be. So when I get the
impulse from them to start thinking that they aren't so
bad after all and are just pursuing some noble purpose that we can't
understand, I show them in my mind all that they have
done to me and I say "get real," there is no way that I'm ever going to
change my mind. These aliens are dangerous, don't
ever believe them." 

And a letter from abductee Amy Hebert of Carrollton, Texas: "As a
facilitator of an abductee support group, I have
observed abductees' reactions change from deep contempt and anger toward
their abductors to acceptance and complete
surrender. Some abductees express years and years of anger and confusion,
then suddenly announce they don't think the
aliens are really so bad after all and may actually represent some type of
spiritual experience. These reactions seem quite
surprising, considering the levels of anger and humiliation the abductee
expressed only a week before. Could these new
feelings be due to the resolution of the individual's long-term hatred and
resentment toward the abductors? Or, could this be
yet another example of alien manipulation? According to Dr. Karla Turner,
aliens have been known to lie to abductees for
their own purposes and all abductions take place in an alien-controlled
environment. These alien-human hate-love
relationships seem to reflect alien control more than any spiritually
fulfilling promise for humankind. After all, kidnapping and
forcing someone to be a guinea pig can hardly be considered spiritual." 

I want to give one last letter I received from a man who is in training as a
body-centered psychotherapist, Mark Richards of
Boston, Massachusetts. He writes, "It's of little doubt that the internal
confusion and pain resulting from one or more
abduction experiences results in some form of compensation. Just as 'screen
memory' tends to re-shape the horrific
experience into more palatable images, it's possible that this same
re-shaping occurs at many other levels, notwithstanding the
body's cellular memory. Given the infinite variety and creativity of the
whole mind, how is it that hypnotic recollections of the
victims, often including deeply felt sensory experiences, have such striking
parallels? Could it be that a 'cult' of some type is
forming and having influence upon the story? ... Culture and historical
factors may strongly influence what comes forth. Here
in our technological, educated and motive culture, when something doesn't
make sense in our head, we switch to 'faith,' to a
spirituality of some sort. Once this switch occurs, we have a 'cult,' and in
the case of abductees as a group, a 'cult'-ure built
around technological unknowns. Perhaps all semblance of reason is not lost,
just put on hold for a while as the body
(collective and individual) tries to make some sense out of stuff that
cannot possibly find correlation. This trend among the
abductee community has not been so named, perhaps out of the same denial
which seems to be increasingly prevalent in the
various stories .. stories that have begun to shift in character and
substance. Now abduction is no longer a horrible violation
but a necessary component of a great plan. Now the aliens who are beaming
into our bedrooms are no longer uninvited
violators of the human story, but welcome harbingers of our 'salvation.' The
parallels between various religious mythological
systems and the growing abductee community are striking. They spring from
the same set of unknowns, growing in the fertile
ground of fear and imagination, a set of ideas concerning the history,
purpose and future of the human race." 

A remarkable case of alien abduction with missing time comes from Wales. Multiple sightings of UFOs on one night, preceded by several nights of unusual light beams reported over the Great Orme are related to us by well known investigator Margaret Fry.

The events of November 10, 1997 center on one unfortunate family who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. For a brief period of time, they entered an unknown realm of other worldly beings.

The family was driving along on the Bodfair / Landernog road when all of a sudden their car was engulfed by purple...a purple craft seemed to join itself to their automobile. The next clear memory any of the family had was that the craft was suddenly gone...like it just disappeared into thin air.

The family was again driving down the road, resuming their journey except for the feeling of the loss of time.

"But they could not account for considerable hours of time lost," said Fry. "The male was having trouble afterwards with a top molar tooth and he had to go to the dentist's...and a black unknown object fell out while he was at the dentist's - but he had no fillings," she said.

Shortly afterward, the male driver of the car reported the strange happenings to local authorities. Soon he was visited on two different occasions by Air Force personnel. They warned the man to never speak of the events of November 10, 1997 publicly.

These visits are very similar to tales in America of the infamous "men in black." The strange purple craft and missing time experienced by the family was told only to a friend, who in turn related the event to investigator Fry. The names of the individuals involved remain anonymous.

The case of the alleged abduction is extremely interesting in the light of the reports of the strange light beams and another eerie encounter of the same night.

A local business man would corroborate the two other sightings with a bizarre report of his own. The man claimed to see a strange craft on the same road as the abducted family's encounter took place.

He described the craft as enormous, and the shape of a "child's spinning top." He was able to draw a sketch of what he observed that night, while stopping to look at a UFO as big as a football field.

The UFO, a classic saucer shaped object, was seen hovering over buildings in the village of Llandernog. He claimed that the large craft had a "myriad of lit windows, " and was large enough to be a mother ship capable of transporting hundreds of people.

What was this enormous ship seen that night, except a visitor from another world? The case has never been explained by any earthly object or conventional means, and remains a mystery to this day.

(B J Booth)

by Dirk Vander Ploeg

Posted November 9, 2006

Hannah Billups believes that she has special gifts given to her by God, that allow her to see people, places and events through visions. One day she had a vision of a beautiful little girl that was in desperate trouble and needed help.

So she got on the telephone and called the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and related her vision and gave them all the information that she had gathered. The date of her phone call was Saturday, May 13, 2006.

The next day, Sunday, she had visitors in her kitchen. Its important to note that Hannah lives in a very rural location and her home is on the top of a mountain in the Appalachians in Western Virginia. She was in the middle of canning vegetables when the FBI came.

She was surprised that she didn’t hear the FBI come up the mountain because she had guard dogs and they didn’t bark. She admits though that her favorite dog, her best dog had died only weeks before. Because of their isolation Hannah and her family also had three shotguns and an AK-47 for self-defense.

On Monday she was visited by different people. These were not from the FBI and they left her a Star-Gate Manual and 6 CDs. They returned the next day and after restraining her husband and son - kidnapped her.

Hannah relates how she was taken from her home led down the mountain to a waiting vehicle which she voluntarily entered. She describes the vehicle as a very pretty white car. Soon after entering the car she began to feel drowsy. This was strange because it was only around 4 pm in the afternoon. She believes she may have been drugged.

She fell asleep and remembers hearing sounds like whooshing and whirling.

At some point she claims to have boarded a train. But these train cars were different because they were equipped with shackles. As she remembers the experience of being bound by the wrists she unconsciously rubs her forearms. She believes the train traveled at high speeds and acknowledges that it vibrated normally.

The next thing she remembers is lying on a steel table and a creature with large black eyes staring down at her. She also remembers a large needle and its pressure as its point punctures her stomach.

She believes she is in an underground city where aliens are very real. She says that there are two types of aliens: the first looks like a lizard and the second is the typical gray. Hannah describes where she was being held as being an internment camp. She is constantly guarded by human looking guards, but she notes it’s strange because she knows they are not normal!

Hannah claims that she was kept in an area of underground cities, shopping centers and big, elaborate homes. She even claims to have seen a pyramid with an all-seeing eye.

All this time she is thinking that she wants to go home and can her vegetables!

Hannah realized that she was special since early childhood. She would go to sleep in her bed and awake hours later miles away in a field. She has also experienced missing time.

Initially she discovered that the only way to survive her imprisonment was to show no fear and that’s exactly what she did. She was not combatant but she was also not subservient and earned the respect of at least one gray. She estimates that she spent a total of two days as a captive. Hannah claims that the New World Order is ready to clean us out!

Hannah was rescued by her husband, Mark Billips, who located her whereabouts with the help of information provided by one of their children that had had a vision. He was ex-military and also a pilot and with the help of two friends freed her. After hiding their aircraft they made their way through several fields inching their way on hands and knees.

Through telepathy, she had communicated her position to her son Chris, whom she believes is a “Star Child”.

Hannah claims she heard her husbands thoughts as he drew close and told one of the grays that she needed to go outside to get a breath of fresh air. Apparently, she was escorted to the door and then ran and met her husband.

Prior to her rescue Hannah saw plans, blue prints of the interment camp and more. She decided to liberate this material which consisted of 96 pages of material and other things. She rolled up the data and hid it in her petticoat under her dress. Her dress was long because she explains “she was a country girl!”

Hannah believes that the New World Order is working with the aliens and is responsible for the creation of the underground bases and internment camps. According to Hannah the aliens seemed to work for and report to humans.

The aliens are taking people that have special powers and threatening those that will not use their ‘special gifts” to aid them. She claims that those that do not cooperate are brutally beaten or killed.

She claims that the aliens are concerned with the so called “indigo children”, which she refers to as “star children”. She believes it is her job to awaken - reach the “NEW AGE” followers and convince that that these “star children” are God’s children. She is convinced that the world is coming to its final hour.

Hannah and her family are currently hiding in an undisclosed location and as Hannah puts it, “Her life has been turned upside down!” She continues to have visions and knows she has been chosen to do the works of Jesus. She reminds us that everyone has a mission, and that God will reveal all in the final hours.

Some of Hannah’s predictions:

1. Photo IDs scheduled in go into use in 2008 will incorporate special DNA chips hidden below the actual photo.
2. New World Order is building train cars equipped with shackles, internment camps and underground bases.
3. New World Order is actively searching for people that can foresee the future or have the ability to heal by touch.
4. Hannah claims that the entire alien abduction phenomenon exists for the sole purpose of identifying humans carrying DNA specific to the grays.
5. Hanna had a vision of an earthquake where she saw the United States split in two and the entire west coast just slide into the ocean.

Hannah was orphaned when her parents were killed in a car accident. She was adopted by a childless couple that loved and raised her. Today, she is married and is the mother of four children: three sons and a daughter.

Immediately after being rescued Hannah’s husband took her to a hospital where she was temporarily treated for trauma.

I have listened to Hannah’s interviews and spoken several times with Don Nicoloff regarding her experiences. I find that Hannah seems to express herself with ‘praise the Lord platitudes’ and everything is either good or evil. Things are God’s work or the Devil’s work. Nothing wrong with her beliefs but it tends to confuse the listener and take away from what could be a good old alien abduction story…

This is not your classic UFO abduction case as you have read. There are no UFOs, only grays, reptilians, underground bases, internment camps, and manacle equipped railway cars. Her story is strikingly similar to that of the Philip Schneider. As you may know he was either murdered or committed suicide while lecturing to audiences of the dangers of the NWO and FEMA.

I first heard about Hannah Billups from Don Nicoloff who contacted me regarding abduction cases. He talked about the alien connection and how reptilians were shape shifters and were manipulating mankind. Told me a story about Chris Carter and the X-Files, but that story is for another day.

Don asked me if I was familiar with Leo E. Wanta and how 70 trillion dollars simply disappeared. He implied that was a connection between the money, NWO, FEMA and the abduction of Hannah Billups.

You can learn more about Hannah Billups by visiting www.theedge.com and listening to interviews between Daniel Ott with Hannah and Mark.

Excerpt from Out of the Dragon's Lair
INTERVIEW WITH SERGEANT CLIFFORD STONE
( Branton -- File No. 010 )

One of the classic examples of combined interaction between the physical Serpent Race and the other-dimensional 'Infernals' in a common cause is given in the case of Brian Scott. According to Commander X, the area where Scott was abducted within the Superstition mountains of Arizona contains an underground base where, he alleged, at least five individuals had been abducted (to the underground base) that he is aware of, Brian Scott being one of them. The Superstition mountains are notorious for the many bizarre deaths and be-headings that have taken place there. Many have alleged that in certain parts of this wasteland a sudden force or irrational impulse can come over a person and cause them to suddenly turn against others in their party. There have been several cases where strange 'voices' have driven treasure-hunters insane and, in some cases, driven them to kill their partners. Even though the following account does not specifically mention the underground base described by Commander X, other sources who have talked to Mr. Scott do suggest that an underground installation was involved. Brad Steiger, in his book 'THE UFO ABDUCTORS' (1988., Berkley Books., N.Y.) describes Brian Scott's experiences as follows:


"...Scott's first abduction reportedly occurred in the Arizona desert near Phoenix in 1971, and he claimed that another had just occurred on December 22, 1975, in Garden Grove, California. In between, Scott said, there were three other terrifying sessions with the aliens and repeated visits to his home by balls of light and a transparent being that called itself the Host.

"Incredibly, Scott found that a friend of his was already inside the craft. The two of them were taken into a small room that began to fill with a fog or a mist. Then they were confronted by four or five 'very horrifying' creatures. Scott described them as having gray skin like that of a crocodile or a rhino, with a thicker patch of hide over the front torso... The beings were seven feet tall, according to Scott, and... had three fingers and a thumb kicked over to one side."

Steiger then records a conversation between Scott and researcher Timothy Green Beckley:

"TIM BECKLEY: What happened on the day when your wife was sent to the hospital?

"SCOTT: She had been to work, pretty much handling everything that was going on around her. Then I got a call that she wasn't feeling very well. I brought her home, and after about fifteen minutes of sitting there talking with her, she was saying several things, none of which made any sense to me or to her. She said that she had been in the bathroom and suddenly felt hands all over her body. It was as if someone had broken into the house and molested her. When she calmed down and started making explanations to me about what the hell was wrong with her, it was as if, from her description, the guys I had seen aboard the craft in 1971 had visiter her. This is odd, because she has never even seen any sketches that I made of those entities.

"BECKLEY: So this was an actual materialization--if you want to call it that--of the entities in the house?

"SCOTT: I don't know what is was.

"BECKLEY: But she was so upset that you decided to take her to the hospital?

"SCOTT: Later that evening, it seemed as if she was okay. I was on the phone, and the baby was getting into everything so I couldn't carry on the conversation. I got up and went looking for my wife. I heard a bumping sound and a moan coming from the bathroom. My wife was on the floor, hyperventilating. I got her up and onto a chair in the living room. I was on my way to call her mother when she just fell flat on her face. I called the paramedics, and while they were on the way, she got up and fell down again. Then she began to become hysterical. It took four paramedics to hold her down. She was throwing people around as if they were tissue paper. Guys were thrown backward against the furniture. Finally they loaded her up in the ambulance. I came back in the house, and the baby was not in the playpen. I panicked, because I couldn't find our one-year-old baby who got out of a playpen!"

Steiger continued:

"Tim Beckley asked Scott about the Host. 'There is one entity that comes through that calls itself the Host, whatever that means,' Scott attempted to explain. 'It speaks in what sounds like some kind of computerized language. The voice seems to come out of me, an inner voice that is not mine. The entity says that I am one with it. It says, "I am; I am" or "You are one with me." When asked if it has a name, it will just come back and say, "I am; I am." (Note: According to Judeo-Christian teaching, as we read in the events surrounding Moses' ascent of Mt. Sinai, Almighty God alone can honestly profess that 'I Am that I Am', which in the original Hebrew means that He alone is self-existence and not dependent on an outside force, as all other created beings are, and therefore is 'God'. The events of molestation which took place against Scott's wife would indicate that 'the Host' IS NOT God, and therefore, as is the nature of the Infernals and the Serpent Races, it irreverently seems to blaspheme Almighty God with such statements as 'I AM' - Branton)

"'The other night we heard some strange sounds coming from the bedroom. I began to speak in a foreign language that we later found out was Greek. Where that came from, I don't know. I wrote in Greek BACKWARD. On top of that, I was writing with my left hand, and I am right-handed.

"'This voice was talking. We asked who it was, and the name Ashtar came out.

"'Then it began to use the name Ashtar and speak to my wife. It told her things about her past that only she could know. This went on for a while, then it went on to say it would give her all the money in the world. It only wanted one thing in return--her soul.'

"Beckley pointed out," Steiger continues "that is sounded as though diabolical entities might be coming onto the scene, attracted by the extreme vibrations. He also observed that ASHTAR sounded very much like ISHTAR, an ancient Babylonian goddess (Note: Ashtar-oth was also the legendary 'consort' to BAAL, the ancient Chaldean 'god' two whom the ancients offered up human sacrifices - Branton).

"...Beckley asked J.D. (an investigator associated with a civilian UFO investigations group who studied the Brian Scott incident) how he would differentiate between what may have originally been an abduction case and the various types of poltergeistic phenomena that now seemed to prompt Scott's resultant trance state. Are they one and the same? Are they closely related mysteries? Or are they entirely different aspects of a more general phenomenon?

"J.D. indicated that he was aware that there had been other cases such as Scott's. The manifestations of balls of light streaking through the homes of contactees and abductees apparently are more frequent than many investigators realize.

"J.D. mentioned that one voice, a horrible voice, came through and claimed to be Beelzebub, the Devil. J.D. was convinced that the entity was simply trying to frighten away the investigators." (we wonder - Branton)

Aside from the 3-fingered, 7 ft. tall 'Crocodilian' creatures encountered by Brian Scott, there was another group involved in his abductions as well. According to Steiger:

"...The secondary group was composed of beings who were small, with frail bodies, milky white skin, large bald heads, thin lips, and enormous eyes... supposedly this group, perhaps from the sixth or seventh planets around the star EPSILON BOOTES, placed a satellite in orbit around our moon... the taller... entities from 'time beyond all time,' have the power to veto actions planned by those beings of the secondary world..."
In reference to the supposed 'mission' these creatures had chosen Brian Scott for, Steiger states:

"...Scott was to design a transportation technology that would move matter through space. He was to master quantum displacement physics and begin to develop a mind transference machine TO BE USED TO UNITE ALL HUMANS. Such a machine would help to develop a philosophy of cosmic brotherhood (as well as kill all personality, individuality and privacy among humans - Branton). The above tasks, of course, would seem impossible for a combination of Einstein and Superman, but they are typical of the type of grandiose mission(s) assigned to so many contactees and abductees."

"...The Master Ashtar appears in much of UFO contactee literature. One cannot help noting the ancient origin of the name Ishtar, Ashtar, Asta, described always as a god of evil and negativity in the Bible... Ashtar seems to belong more to the contactees than the abductees, but there are instances where those who claim to have been forcefully taken aboard UFOs describe an interaction with beings who represent themselves as emissaries of 'Ashtar's Grand Plan.'"

Brian Scott seems to have encountered the same 'Lizard' like or 'Crocodilian' sauroids describes by others, the gan-greenish coloured creatures who are often described as being nearly 7 ft. tall, with reptilian features, and who are believed by many to be the overlords of the large-nosed and common 'Greys', being second only in hierarchy to the pterodactylin 'Mothmen' and of course the 'infernals' themselves, of which the so-called 'Host' seemed to have been a part

By James Bartley © 2004

I have had the opportunity to observe at fairly close quarters how the media and the mainstream UFO research community has treated the subject of Alien Abductions. The media has by and large dismissed the subject out of hand as being frivolous and unworthy of serious study. This is due in large part to the CIA's infiltration and ownership of numerous media outlets. There are countless journalists who are paid "Assets" of the CIA and other Intelligence agencies. Nowadays many "Educational" programs on cable television are used to discredit the testimony of alien abductees and to debunk sightings of UFOs and non-human beings.

UFO Witnesses and Alien Abductees are dismissed as "UFO Believers" in the mainstream print and electronic media in the same way that private investigators and former government "Whistleblowers" who reveal government corruption and wrongdoing are dismissed out of hand as "Conspiracist." Words used as Weapons. Its an age-old psychological warfare tactic that has been utilized repeatedly against UFO witnesses and especially alien abductees. I have come to expect this from the Corporate Media.

Within the UFO community are a number of self-styled "experts" who have arrogated for themselves the right to speak and lecture on behalf of alien abductees everywhere. Yet, a close study of their work reveals serious flaws in their methodology. Reports of Reptilian beings sexually assaulting human women (and on occasion human men) are not given much credence by these self-styled abduction experts. Nor are reports of the kidnapping, debriefing, training and the utilization of alien abductees in covert operations by the United States Military taken seriously by the "Big Name-Big Shot" researchers. Abductee testimony describing these kinds of events are consistently and persistently ignored by the well-known researchers, most of whom I might add, aren't even abductees themselves. Is there an invisible line these well known researchers have been advised not to cross?

If so many people have reported those types of experiences over the years, then why are we still being hammered about the head with the familiar hypothesis that’s "it's all about a hybridization program by the Grey Aliens?" To me, the "Grey Hybridization Syndrome" is to the Drac-Reptilian Overlordship what the Vietnam War was to the CIA's Secret War in Laos. Vietnam was a sideshow. A bloody horrible sideshow to be sure but a sideshow nonetheless which provided a convenient cover for the massive drug trafficking out of the Golden Triangle area of Southeast Asia. Likewise, the fact that so much emphasis has been placed on the Grey Hybridization scenario obscures the primary role played by "hybrids" of Drac or reptilian ancestry who have over a great period of time, become the un-official rulers of the surface of planet Earth. This is not meant to marginalize or downplay the reality of the experiences of my fellow abductees who only remember experiences with the Greys and have been shown Grey-human hybrid babies.

If one wants to discuss hybrids then there is no better starting point then to study the minds and methods of serial murderers, serial rapists and pedophiles because a disproportionate number of the latter are Drac or reptilian hybrids. ("Dracs" refers to the ancient gargoyle species) Due to their Drac or reptilian genetics, they lack the kind of frontal lobe capacity, which acts as a safety net that prevents most people from acting out in a sexually sadistic manner. It should therefore come as no surprise that the so-called "Elite" of this planet often indulge in such practices as Incest, Pedophilism, human sacrifice and the institutionalized global trafficking of human sex slaves.

Even within the UFO research community there are a number of Drac or reptilian hybrids that promote the alien space brothers philosophy. Some of these Drac or reptilian hybrids are what I call "astral operators" who use their abilities to psychically spy on others or even to astrally rape and sodomize women, usually when the latter are sleeping.

Take my word for it: If someone presents themselves as an expert on reptilians and all they write or lecture about is bland generalities about "The Inner Earth" and "The Golden Age of Reptilianism" when the reptilians supposedly taught advanced sciences to Mankind and also helped to develop Mankind's Spirituality, just know that you, the listener are being fed "Chickenfeed." When you hear these things coming from lecturers I strongly advise you to look at the speaker's facial structure. Does the speaker have "hooded eyelids?" Does he have a pronounced ridge over his eyebrows? Are his eyes sunk deep into his eye sockets? Does his head unnaturally droop forward almost as if he's got an extra vertebrae in his neck? Does he have the ability to manipulate a woman's Kundalini from across a dinner table or across a room and cause her libido to skyrocket? All of these things should be common knowledge to other so-called researchers but unfortunately they are not. The reason for that is they can't see the forest for the trees.

The UFO research community is awash with disinformation artists, perps and disrupters of all kinds. Lets take the subject of military abductions, commonly referred to as MILABS. There is much disinformation about this subject as well. One person who is on the lecture circuit speaking about MILABS is a person who channels ASHTAR. My nickname for ASHTAR is REPTAR. This person's personal story is an amalgam of the stories of several other women who have had alien abductions and MILAB experiences. This person has assimilated the latter's information, repackaged it and now presents herself as not only an alien abductee but a MILAB as well.

She has been fed disinformation by the likes of Ed Dames for years now. What is curious is this person doesn't seem to be cognizant of the obscure nuances of the Alien Abductee or MILAB experience. She only seems to know about subjects, which have been previously written about or lectured on. Within the experiences of legitimate abductees and MILABS are countless obscure details that are unforgettable for the person who experienced them. These experiences may not linger in their conscious memory but when the subject is brought up by someone else, the legitimate abductee will almost always recognize these nuances within their own life experiences and will blurt out "that happened to me!" Yet, most of these details remain undocumented and only surface during private conversations with other abductees and MILABS.

To give just one example, I had a long series of conversations with Leah Haley during last years Eureka Springs UFO Conference in Arkansas. Leah is a living legend and a personal friend of mine and has spoken publicly about her many Alien and MILAB encounters. Throughout the whole weekend we kept triggering each other with stories from our own lives that would have left a non-abductee completely baffled and "out of the loop." We were speaking a language unique to people like us. It’s a language of commonality and shared experiences.

I have been the beneficiary of confidences shared by many abductees and MILABS. They have told me things that are not found in the literature. So it strikes me as odd that this gal mentioned above who is now lecturing at UFO and Conspiracy conferences about MILABS and Mind Control doesn't seem to be aware of these little known nuances that have been tucked away in the minds of legitimate Abductees and MILABS. I don't doubt that this gal, I'll call her Rhonda, has been subjected to some form of Mind Control or Behavior Modification herself. She serves the useful purpose of spreading disinformation and confusion about the subject and has been a source of grief for many MILABS in the past with her clumsy efforts at exposing MILAB encounters. These efforts usually led to more harassment and more manipulation meted out to the MILABS foolish enough to go along with her.

I have witnessed how Rhonda has marginalized and dismissed out of hand the testimony of other abductees. In my presence she told a female abductee friend of mine "I already know what you're going to say, anything you've ever experienced, I already know about." She thus violated rule # 1: You don't invalidate the experiences and memories of others without first doing your homework. The irony is that the gal she said this to have had more varied and wide-ranging experiences than Rhonda can ever conceive of. Rhonda was schooled in the old "Grey Hybrid" hypothesis by some of the big name non-abductee researchers and she probably wouldn't have been able to make heads or tails of the experiences of the gal whom she so callously dismissed.

Now Rhonda has presented herself as an expert on MILABS and Mind Control. What is being left out of almost all the writings on MILABS is the fact that just as the Aliens have utilized the inherent astral capabilities of abductees, the deep black military has also utilized the astral and psychic capabilities of MILABS.

In a future work I will elaborate on this concept but suffice it to say for now, MILABS used as "Astral Operators" can be made to perform as a "multi-task platform." They cannot only remotely view a distant location; they can act as a psychic "comm-link" to numerous other astral operators on the same "op." MILABS in the Astral Operator Mode have been used to identify targets on the ground that are subsequently taken out with smart munitions like J-DAMS. MILABS used as Astral Operators have identified the locations of groups of Taliban and Al-Qaeda members living in underground tunnel complexes in Afghanistan such as those built by former CIA asset Osama Bin Laden's family construction firm. Once these underground hideouts had been conclusively identified by MILABS, the precise location of the tunnel complexes are attacked with "Bunker Busters" delivered by strike aircraft. Likewise, special operations forces are sometimes sent to reconnoiter tunnel systems previously identified as Taliban and Al-Qaeda hiding places by MILABS. Of course the pilots delivering the smart munitions and the bunker busters, as well as the spec ops troops entering the cave and tunnel systems would never dream that some of the Intel obtained for their missions came from MILABS. That’s a given.

MILABS working as Astral Operators can provide instantaneous feedback to their controllers and can be diverted to other targets instantaneously. From the military controllers point of view, MILABS don't have the inherent deficiencies that say, spy satellites have. MILABS don't have to be launched out of Vandenberg AFB and sent into a polar orbit and wait for a particular region of the Earth to pass below them before they can be utilized. Has any of this been written or mentioned by anyone else in the lecture circuit? If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it still make a crashing sound?

Yet, what I have briefly described is just a small sampling of the sort of taskings military controllers mete out to MILABS under their control. How would you feel if you were made to direct an air strike against an Afghani or Iraqi village? How would you feel if some of the terrain in Afghanistan or the Balkans shown on television is identical to some of the places you were sent to on these MILAB OPS, both in the astral and in the physical state? (Truth to tell, there are some MILABS who glory in the role of Mind Controlled Asset but thankfully they seem to be in the minority.)

What I've described isn't even the half of it. What’s even more important is how the military controls the life of the MILAB in areas such as finance, employment, family relationships and inter-personal relationships with others outside the family. Remember, these people still have a life to lead. Joe and Jane Couch Potato can just sit and watch cable television all day and munch out on Cheetos. They are: Fat, Dumb and Happy. They don't have to worry if they start hearing popping noises in their ceiling or start seeing little black balls floating around their living room, or hear high pitched noises inside their head, or ponder the meaning of very vivid "training dream" the night before or suddenly find themselves in an underground tram or subway station with dozens of other people in the middle of the night. Or at any rate at a time when they are supposed to be in bed and sleeping.

I've known of MILAB cases where the MILAB was told by their military controllers that they were going to be moving to a new house shortly in a different neighborhood when all the "facts" like finances or the lack thereof, militated against such a move. And yet within a relatively short period of time, a sequence of events unfolded that made it possible for the family to move to the new location. Oftentimes the MILAB is "shown" this new location months or even years before the move. Such is the control that the Military can exert over the lives of MILABS.

I'm only discussing MILABS here. I'm not comparing them to any other "Project People" that are caught up in some other kind of government sponsored Mind Control program. There is a marked tendency amongst the Mind Control Research and Mind Control Survivor Crowd to dismiss out of hand any data or witness testimony that sounds dissimilar to their own experiences or understanding. This is a curious and self-defeating mindset. Its patently absurd to suggest that there is only a handful of Mind Control projects underway. The reality is that there are numerous mind control programs going on in parallel with one another. Indeed its not uncommon for controllers of one type of project person, to try to "access" someone else who is involved in another project in another part of the country. There are indications that there may be an over-arching "umbrella" that ultimately controls most if not all Mind Control programs. If so it has to be connected with the New World Order and the coming Global Dictatorship.

I encourage all abductees and MILABS to first look within for your answers. Become your own private Intelligence Agency. You, the person undergoing these experiences probably know more about what’s going on than most people on the lecture circuit for no other reason than you haven't been contaminated with all the distortions and falsehoods that are extant within the UFO and Mind Control Research Community. You, the abductee or MILAB can be the source of inspiration and guidance for your family members undergoing these experiences. Every one of you has the capability to become a leader in your own right. Don't wait for some big shot researcher to come around and tell you that your experiences are invalid. Make up your own mind about the subject. After all, you are the one that’s experiencing the alien abductions or the MILAB experiences. Become your own best expert. I found out a long time ago that it doesn't pay to have a "herd-mentality" where the subject of alien abductions are concerned. In the end, the only person you will be answerable to is yourself.
~James Bartley

by James Bartley © 2000

Many abductees succumb to the smoke and mirrors deceptions that are prevalent within the New Age Movement. The New Age seems to offer instant answers, acceptance and validation to someone who is undergoing alien abduction experiences. The New Age propagandist relate everything that happens to an abductee (or as they prefer, a Contactee or Experiencer) as part of an ongoing process of Spiritual Enlightenment. As we shall see, things are not always as they seem. In the first of a series of articles I will point out the methodology in which an abductee is lured into an involvement and acceptance of New Age Belief Systems which will hinder their ability to recognize the nature of the manipulation they are under.

The Reptilians are the principal architects behind the New World Order. They coordinate the global changes they require through their alien vassals as well as through their human-reptilian hybrids who have been placed in important positions within the Global Military/Industrial and Political/Financial Complex. It is beyond the scope of this paper to mention in detail how the reptilian leadership known as the DRACOS (who have wings) has managed to surreptitiously control the Human Race. Suffice it to say that this process is not only global but is multi-dimensional and has been going on for a long time. We are involved in all out Spiritual Warfare on a cosmic and multidimensional scale.

To apply New Age "Wisdom" to understand the nature of Spiritual Warfare is akin to military theorist applying Napoleonic tactics to the reality of American Civil War battlefields. Marching in lockstep elbow to elbow with your fellow soldiers to close on an enemy breastwork and fire their muskets in a massed volley on command may have made practical sense during the Napoleonic Wars when the range of the inaccurate smooth bore muskets was a mere 75 yards. On the American battlefields of Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Franklin, Cold Harbor et al these tactics were suicidal. Yet conventional military wisdom held that the tactics and methods of warfare which held pre-eminence during the revered Napoleon's day, would also apply during an era when the rifled musket was in common usage by both the Union and Confederate Armies. The effective range of a rifled musket was well over three hundred yards. The result was wholesale slaughter for both sides.

As usual it was the soldiers in the ranks who realized that marching towards a heavily defended position with banners flying and drums beating was a great way to get themselves killed. If the reader can learn anything from this paper it must be that substance is more important than style. It is exactly the opposite within the New Age movement where style and a certain self-righteousness are the norm rather than the exception.

This information came as a result of much soul searching and was only possible through the help and understanding of trusted friends with a heightened sense of awareness about the abduction syndrome. Like the soldiers in the front lines of the civil war, we found that the teachings of the New Age are ill suited to provide even momentary relief from the kinds of physical, psychological and paraphysical experiences that abductees must endure in order to attain true Spirituality. Unlike the "fast food drive thru" method of New Age Spirituality which is rife with Denial, Dogmatism and Occultic Ritual, our TEAM has found that only hard work and a desire for the Truth will pay dividends in this form of spiritual warfare. AN UNDERSTANDING THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES THAT INDWELLS WITHIN US AND PROVIDES COMFORT AND GUIDANCE HAS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR LIVES.

The first thing the abductee must understand is that the aliens work on us during our sleep state. They create "Stage Managed Dreams" filled with images of UFOs and heavily laden with symbolic meaning. During these stage-managed dreams abductees are given Pabulum in the form of "Spiritual Teachings" and "Warnings about Global and Ecological Catastrophe." The abductee is given to understand that not only are they responsible for these calamities but they also have a responsibility to undue all the damage wrought by their spiritually degenerate fellow humans. This is the first hint we have of the Aliens "Civil Affairs" and Psyops programs. Civil Affairs (or Civic Action) is a term used by practitioners of psychological warfare operations (psyops) to describe methods utilized to win over the Hearts and the Minds of a certain population group. In the case of all out spiritual warfare, Alien inspired Civil Affairs programs are meant to not only win over the Hearts and the Minds of the abductee population, but also to manipulate that elusive COMMODITY we refer to as a SOUL.

During this phase of the manipulation, the abductee is subtly steered towards an acceptance of belief systems (B.S. for short) the aliens want that person to have. In a parallel exercise, the EGO of the abductee is being activated in order to better control and manipulate that individual. Eventually, through a seemingly endless series of synchronicities, UFO sightings, stage-managed dreams etc, the abductee will begin to see themselves as being at the very center of this effort to raise the spiritual awareness of the rest of the human race. They will become an Activist and be compelled to find others of a similar mindset. All along the abductee believes that it is through their own process of self-education that has led them to this stage of their journey.

The abductee will be led unwittingly to a number of books that will further solidify in his or her mind, the veracity and TRUTH behind the stage-managed dreams and synchronicities. Some of these books may come from "Channeled" sources i.e. non-human often times reptilian beings that use an individual as a Trance medium through which much disinformation can be passed along to the gullible and impressionable masses.

The abductee will be led to books written by abductees who are thoroughly under the control of the reptilians. There is a HIVE CONSCIOUSNESS at work here which involves all of those humans who have fallen for this form of reptilian Behavioral Conditioning and Mind Control. As the abductee meets more and more people who have the exact same viewpoints and biases about the Alien’s beneficial role in their lives, they become more enmeshed in a web of deception and intrigue at many different levels of consciousness. At the same time, they will be given subtle and not so subtle hints by their alien handlers to steer clear of the "FEAR BASED" writings of certain spiritually un-evolved abductees who have an ax to grind and are writing and speaking from the standpoint of FEAR and IGNORANCE

"Fear Based" is a worn out cliché uttered with boring regularity by those afflicted with this Hive Consciousness. In part two of this series I will describe what happens to those who dare to venture beyond the limits of understanding and awareness as proscribed by their alien handlers and the Hive Consciousness. There are many methods that are utilized to keep the abductee in a state of ignorance and denial which need to be thoroughly discussed.

When properly conducted and under the right circumstances, Civil Affairs Programs can deny the insurgents living in the countryside the use of the local population for food, intelligence, shelter and sympathy. The British experience in Malaya during the so called "Malayan Emergency" from 1948 to 1956 is a classic example of Civil Affairs in action. The Hearts and Minds of the Malayan people were won over by British military and civilian specialist. They dug wells for the villagers, helped them with farming and agriculture, treated their illnesses and maladies with modern techniques and antibiotics and perhaps most important, set up the villagers in secure areas where they could live without fear of Guerrilla extortion, harassment and intimidation.


The Aliens will use Civil Affairs methods in order to cultivate a groundswell of support amongst the abductee population. Alien Civil Affairs programs are effective on the vast majority of abductees. The abductees either become propagandists for the aliens or are neutralized to the point where they don't want to delve deeper into their own experiences.

Nevertheless the aliens will resort to threats of pain and suffering upon abductees if that suits their needs. The latter form of control and manipulation is done in a covert and subtle manner. Indeed, the alien programming may only manifest when the abductee reacts negatively, violently or in some other pre-determined manner whenever any "anti-alien" information is mentioned within earshot.

Abductees are literally told by their Alien Handlers to avoid any contact with certain researchers. The programming is so severe that certain abductees develop an instant mistrust and HATRED for certain researchers merely because that researcher has reported negative alien abductions. I have observed this again and again.

Some abductees cannot stay awake during lectures given by proscribed "Fear Based" abduction researchers. They can be programmed to become extremely angry whenever a lecturer or abductee support group member mentions anything about "negative" alien abduction experiences. Abductees are programmed to get up and leave the lecture hall to eat, smoke, drink or just pace the hallway nervously until the proscribed lecturer has finished.

Some abductees cannot read certain anti-alien books because they always fall asleep whenever they try to read them. I have observed all of the above again and again. They are all control mechanisms meant to keep the abductee in a state of ignorance and denial. I have known of numerous instances when someone who wants to obtain "hard core" information about the aliens is suddenly stricken with unknown illnesses, financial problems, car problems, family problems, children getting sick ad nauseum. The end result is that the abductee is unable to meet a certain researcher and cannot undergo hypnotic regression. Thus the secrecy and malevolent agenda of the reptilians is maintained. My colleague Eve Lorgen refers to the above tactics as "Truth Detracting Elements of the Alien Abduction Syndrome." I just refer to it as spiritual warfare because that is exactly what it is.

Myself and my colleagues can point to numerous alien procedures or programming methods and explain in detail what the predictable results will be regarding the mental and physical well being of the abductee. We can also point out how human interpersonal relationships are manipulated by the aliens for their own evil purposes.

Contrast that with what "Positive" abductees say about the subject. All they have to do is say "Well I've only had positive experiences" and thats the end of that discussion. The onus of proving the "Negative Alien Hypothesis" is on people like myself who are not concerned with courting popular approval. Believe me when I say that myself and my colleagues are feared and loathed by those promoting the space brothers agenda. The fact of the matter is that abductees who promote the Space Brothers agenda were allowed to remember specific experiences tailor made to promote the "Space Brother" theory. When some of them were hypnotically regressed by skilled regressionist an entirely different story emerged. Sadly, the programming is such that the frightening memories, painful sensations and sexual manipulation were quickly blotted out from their conscious awareness to remain buried in their subconscious to be called upon whenever the aliens want to control and manipulate the abductee again.

And all the "Contactees" have to say is "Well I've only had positive experiences?" How do they know? Screen memories of alien civil affairs programs don't count. Being "healed" by aliens using advanced medical practices to cure illnesses the aliens themselves were responsible for don't count either.

The aliens and in particular the reptilians (see Nephilim, Archons, Anunnaki et al) capitalize on the ignorance and gullibility of the humans they are manipulating in order to win the Hearts, Minds and Souls of Human Beings. It is the ultimate Civil Affairs Program.

By Eve Frances Lorgen, M. A.

Several years after the surgical removal of their alleged alien implants, five individuals courageously accepted to take part in an interview to discuss their "before and after effects". All persons, one male and four females, shared one thing in common: UFO encounters and contact with non-human alien beings.

Dr. Roger Leir, a podiatrist from Thousand Oaks, California, founder of FIRST (Fund for Interactive Research and Space Technology) and Derrel Sims, C.Ht., R.H.A., a certified hypnotherapist , co-founder of FIRST and experienced UFO Investigator of over 27 year, orchestrated the successful surgeries with a team of competent medical professionals and volunteers. The first set of "implant" surgeries took place on August 19, 1995 at Dr. Roger Leir's podiatry clinic in Thousand Oaks, California.

Pat Parrinellio, a 47 year old male from Houston, Texas, and Mary Jones (a pseudonym) 52, also from Texas, had the anomalous objects appear in X- rays, although both UFO experiencers had no record of previous surgeries. Both individuals were investigated by Derrel Sims of HUFON (Chief Investigator for Houston UFO Network) and referred to Dr. Roger Leir for surgery, based on their past UFO encounters and X-rays which confirmed the anomalous objects. Pat's object was removed from the back of his left hand, and Mary's objects excised from her left big toe. All services were performed free of charge.

The alleged implants removed from the first set of surgeries were studied by two different pathologists, and then sent to various independent laboratories for extensive scientific analysis. The tests performed on these alleged alien implants were: a pathology/tissue evaluation, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), extensive metallurgical testing involving a density immersion test, X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction pattern analysis and electron/magnetic and fluorescence property analysis. Isotopic range tests are also in progress. Tests were conducted by the National Institute of Discovery of Science (NIDS), New Mexico Tech, and other independent sources.

But that is not all. While these unusual objects were being evaluated for scientific study, another set of implant surgeries took place on May 18, 1996. Two women from this second set of surgeries came forward for this interview and follow up study. Dorothy O'Hara, a 61 year old female from Palm Springs, California, and Alice Leavy , 40, from Newberry Park, California, each had similar objects removed from their left lower leg. Another woman, Licia Davidson, 37, who has had numerous UFO and alien encounters, had a rare, crystalline-like object removed from her foot in January of 1997.

Findings

"The findings of these implant surgeries are highly unusual," reported Dr. Leir. "In all these cases, there was virtually no inflammatory response." This is not the usual finding in foreign tissue reactions. Normally, foreign bodies embedded in tissues result in some type of acute or chronic inflammatory response, and may include fibrosis and cyst formation. Such was not the case here. The pathology reports of the first two surgeries revealed that the metallic objects were encased in a very dense, tough, grey membrane consisting of proteinaceous coagulum, hemoseridin and pure keratin. More simply, blood protein and skin cells that are usually found in the superficial layer of the skin. The tough, biological "cocoons" encasing the implants were also found to contain nerve proprioceptors - nerve and pressure cells of the wrong tissue type for that part of the body. These implant cocoons also fluoresced a bright green color in the presence of an ultraviolet light source.

The implants from the two women from the second set of surgeries did not exhibit metallic properties like the implants from the first set of surgeries. In fact, the spheroid, whitish objects did not contain the tough, biological outer jackets, or fluoresce from a UV light source. These types of implants (possibly biological) also lacked the expected inflammatory response, according to the pathology reports. The crystalline-like object excised from the foot in the most recent surgery, also lacked the tough, grey, outer membrane and had virtually no inflammatory response, as in the other implant surgeries. Test results from the first set of implants revealed that the lammelar, needle shaped metallic objects in question are basically meteoric in origin, containing at least eleven different elements.

In an interview with Alien Encounters Magazine, (July 1997 issue, United Kingdom) Derrel Sims commented on the uncommon, non-rejecting human response to the implants: "It seems that the dense fibrous membrane may have been the person's own surface skin. If this is the case, it appears that the metallic objects are wrapped in a sheath of keratinaceous material (surface skin). Nerve fibers then surround the tissue and appear to be attached to larger nerves. The fact that both persons (from the first set of surgeries) objected verbally and physically could be an indication of this (nervous system) connection." Mr. Sims believes the indications are very strong that these implants are extraterrestrial in origin. "But", Mr. Sims concedes, "Whatever the scientists say who have examined the objects say, is what we will say." Derrel Sims has stated that a scientific peer review of all tests must be done before more specifics can be released. This is the standard course of action taken in any scientific endeavor.

Scientific evaluation is our best ally, but the experiences and opinions of the courageous individuals involved in these implant surgeries are equally important. A series of simple questions were posed to each of the participants. When asked as to how and when their implants might have been inserted, Pat Parrinellio from Houston, Texas believed his implant could have been inserted during a UFO encounter he had in 1954, at six years of age . Mary Jones recalls two UFO encounters when her metallic objects could have been implanted, in 1969. "In the first frightening UFO encounter", Mary commented, "I was on a camping trip with my family while pregnant with my third child." Oddly enough, one month after Mary's child was born, she had another alien encounter while at home during the night. Conversely, Dorothy O'Hara from Palm Springs, California and Licia Davidson also from California both replied, "I have no idea when the object was inserted." Alice Leavy commented that she first noticed the lump on her leg following a UFO encounter involving other witnesses in San Diego, in 1993. "I actually noticed the lump" Alice clarified, "when I discovered the scoop mark also on my left leg, after the UFO encounter."

If the alien "abductors" are responsible for implanting objects in the bodies of their abductees, then are the aliens cognizant of the fact that the implants have been removed? So the next question was posed, "Did you experience any UFO sightings, alien abductions, odd dreams, missing time or paranormal events just prior to, or after the implant surgery? (within a month)" Pat Parinellio revealed, "Yes, an unusual set of events took place with another witness involving an orange glowing UFO one evening about a week before the surgery. After the surgery, I noticed that my psychic abilities seemed to decrease."

Dorothy replied, "About a week before the surgery I had a dream-like, abduction experience involving many other people in a large locker room type facility, waiting in line for what seemed to be a shot in the backs of our necks. Also, right before an appointment to meet one of Derrel Sims' associates for an interview (regarding the implant surgery), I and another women had a strange experience. It was like getting stuck in a time warp. I ended up being very late for the appointment. And then, late one evening after I returned from the surgery, I had an alien encounter, that I couldn't clearly recall."

Both Licia and Alice did not recall any unusual events soon before or after the implant surgery. Mary experienced a rare, pain and swelling in her toe and foot about a week before the surgery. "At that time", Mary revealed, "I knew exactly where the objects were in my foot, I could feel them." Prior to that, Mary had no pain or sensations of that kind in her toe. "What was really strange," Mary admitted, "was that the moment I stepped out of the car to meet Derrel Sims just prior to the surgery, my pain stopped."

The real question one may wonder about is: Now that the implants have been removed, will the aliens continue to come back and abduct the abductees? All individuals except Mary Jones were able to answer with a resounding, "Yes". Alice elaborated on an abduction she had two months after the implant surgery, "I retired to bed early due to a headache. My husband awoke at 1:00 am because the whole bedroom lit up like daylight. He looked at the clock, reached over to touch me and found that I was gone. Paradoxically, my husband quickly went back to sleep. The next day I felt very ill. I don't recall anything during the night, but I noticed the next day that my dog had nervously clawed several areas in the house, as if he were trying to escape something frightening."

As to changes in health, mood, dreams or psychic phenomena after the surgery, all five agreed as to some type of change. Mary Jones simply stated that she felt a sense of peace after her objects were removed. Dorothy commented, "I felt a tremendous sense of relief after the surgery." Licia remarked, "Yes, I had a dramatic and immediate mood lift after the object was removed from my foot. I also stopped having the pain and the weird, watery sensation surrounding my foot."

The most striking changes were noted by Dorothy. " I had a severe diuretic effect and lost much water weight a week following the surgery. Then my health progressively worsened and I developed angina and edema. This heart problem was a recurring complication from a previous illness I had in my late twenties. I also experienced extreme fatigue, and could not concentrate. The illness lasted about a month, after which my energy and health returned with more vigor. My creativity and mental clarity improved remarkably. ( I am a writer) I had a startling improvement in my memory where I was able to recall a previous alien abduction experience from 1991. In other words, it was the first time I was able to pierce through a screen memory from an abduction, although it took me three days to process the memory. It was difficult mentally and emotionally. In hindsight, after the implant surgery and recovery from illness, I felt detoxified." Pat, on the other hand, noticed a more subjective change and simply stated, "Yes, a part of me which remains hidden has undergone quite a few changes of paradigms."

Alice and Dorothy shared a common symptom several months after their surgeries. Alice remarked, "About eight months afterwards, I had shooting pains in my left leg and noticed the implant scar turned bright red and hurt, and lasted for about a week. Also, around that same time period I had a strong, precognitive vision that later came true in exact detail." Dorothy added, "Yes, I also noticed a strange reaction in my leg and implant scar about six months after the surgery. I felt shooting pains in my left leg, especially at the implant site. The incision scar turned bright red for about a month."

Could these changes in each of the individuals interviewed alter their views of the UFO phenomena after the fact? Pat admitted he was basically in denial about the UFO abduction phenomena previous to the surgery. "And yet," Pat stated, "it seems like the more one becomes aware of the fact, the more I realize that I don't know anything. But I do sense that something is accelerating." Dorothy concurred with Pat in that she formerly believed the UFO phenomena was all nonsense. Afterwards Dorothy realized, "I have been able to work through many issues in my life, now that I am no longer in denial. Now I have a more practical and spiritual approach to life, and am more concerned with helping others in a practical sense, not promoting some New Age or metaphysical philosophy." Mary also admitted she had no interest or knowledge of the UFO abduction phenomena previously.

"Even now," Mary added, " I have no real interest in the UFO topic, yet cannot deny there is something to it." Both Licia and Alice had a good knowledge and belief in the UFO abduction field. Licia stated that her views have not really changed. "The best way I can describe it," Licia explained, "is that I have had a real powerful, extreme source of the highest of highs and the lowest of lows." Alice admitted, "Previously, I felt the aliens were possibly evil. Now, after the surgery and as life and my abductions continue, I think the aliens just have a job to do. It's not a good job. I think they are just following orders."

So, is the UFO community at large telling the whole truth about what really happens to abductees? Pat says, "Truth is subjective. I know there are a few researchers who are holding to the narrow line of finding out what is going on." Alice agreed that for the most part, the abduction researchers are reporting things as they are experienced, but for one small exception. Some top researchers are not mentioning the apparent military involvement . Licia concurred with Alice, "Top researchers are touching on the major issues, but in my opinion, do not want to get involved in the government end of it." Dorothy forthrightly stated, "Many people in the UFO community have their head in the clouds and believe in an overly benevolent, fanciful spiritual philosophy. There is not enough critical analysis. I have learned more from one on one conversations with other abductees than from the public lecture circuit." As to the US government covering up UFO facts from the general public, all individuals agreed. Alice concluded, "Yes, especially the Roswell, New Mexico UFO incident of 1947.

Most of the implantees described noteworthy mental, psychic or health related changes following their implant surgeries. Four of them reported a continuation of some type of alien abduction activity. The two women who had the "biological" type implants removed, experienced strikingly similar post surgical changes, involving shooting pains and reddening of the incision scar for a short period of time.

The important thing to consider here, is the whole clinical picture. Over reliance on the physical test results of the implants alone are not substantial enough to solve the implant mystery - let alone the question of the alien presence. If not, then what is? The lives and experiences of the abductees themselves, tell us that we need to stop and listen. The answer lies somewhere in between science and the hearts of the people.

© 1998 Eve Frances Lorgen

THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT

Date: October 22, 1989

Sighting Time: noon

Day/Night: Day

Reported:

Location: BADAMZAR KASHKADAR'YINSKAYA REGION, Uzbekistan

Urban or Rural: Rural

Type of Report:

Hynek Classification:

Duration:

No. of Object(s):  1

Size of Object(s): 2 x 1 m, with 2 additional cylindrical protrusions on the corners. On the bottom of the object there was a larger cylinder with rings. The ribs at the bottom of the object were placed in a cross-like arrangement.

Distance to Object(s):

Shape of Object(s): cube-shaped

Color of Object(s): fiery red

Number of Witnesses: Several

Special Features/Characteristics:  3 Aliens, Failed Abduction

Source: Anton Anfalov, Ukraine, quoting Hodzhiakbar Shiy'khov

Summary:

Several local residents observed the landing of a cube-shaped object, square in form & fiery red in color; it was approximately 2 x 1 m, with 2 additional cylindrical protrusions on the corners. On the bottom of the object there was a larger cylinder with rings. The ribs at the bottom of the object were placed in a cross-like arrangement.

Two aliens were visible through the window of the craft. A third alien exited the object and walked towards the village. The alien was about 2 m in height, with a flat body and no neck, long arms reaching down below his knees. The head was almost bald with small patches of gray hair jutting out near the ears. The color of the entity's skin was dark, almost black or dark gray. Instead of a nose the humanoid had small openings. The clothing appeared to be made out of leather, on the chest there was an emblem resembling a "red cross" or two diagonal red lines that crossed in the middle.

The alien made an attempt to abduct a local woman (Mrs. Gulasal Khalikova) and her son Muhsinzhon Khalikov. Mrs. Khalikova yelled in her language: "Don't touch my son! The alien replied: "We will take him". She replied: No! I will not let you! in turn the alien replied: " We will take your son for two years, if you want we will take you too." Mrs. Khalikova refused to go and in a panic both her and son ran away from the alien. A number of her neighbors witness the abduction attempt. Many others saw the object on the ground.

The Event:

by Tim Swartz

Our mass media is on an extraterrestrial kick. Watch any television or read any current magazine and you'll usually find at least one reference to UFOs and their alien pilots. Print ad's and TV commercials abound with the space aliens and their antics. It seems the popular notion is that UFOs (or Flying Saucers) are spacecraft from other planets. Many researchers no longer ask: "what are UFOs?" Instead they question, "What planet are they from?" But what do we really know about unidentified flying objects?

As any investigator of UFOs know, the phenomenon is multifaceted, it seems to first be one way, then suddenly another. People witness what appears to be unknown solid objects in the air that suddenly fade away like ghosts. Others come into contact with beings that seem to be from the unknown craft. These creatures come in all shapes and sizes, and claim to be from just about anywhere. There have been so many witnesses over the years that we can no longer simply dismiss all such sightings as mistakes, hoaxes or delusion. But neither can we simply except UFO's at face value as visitors from other planets.

Strange sights in our skies is nothing new. For as long as we have had written records, reports of UFOs have been made. Strange entities are also not new to mankind's history. Many such beings in the past have claimed to be from the heavens. Since the earliest times, mankind has felt that there must exist a mind superior to his own. Until now, Man has always thought of supreme beings in a religious context. That is why until the industrial revolution, sightings of UFOs and contacts with strange creatures were thought of as mystical experiences.

With Science as the new religion, the former "Gods" and "Angels" have now turned into the "ET's" and "Grays." In fifty years we have witnessed the birth of a new religion, the church of interplanetary visitors. As with other religions, proof is not needed, only faith. What is it that has converted so many to the extraterrestrial dogma?

From the very beginning of the modern UFO era (1947) some witnesses claimed to have been contacted by the occupants of the Flying Saucers. These creatures said they were from other worlds, usually planets from our own solar system. The contactees were shown pictures of the home planets, some even claimed to have been taken to these other worlds. They were convinced their experiences were real. Not every UFO sighting led to an occupant sighting, nor did all entity sightings lead to communication with the witness. During the Europe UFO flap of 1952, strange creatures, apparently associated with the UFOs were reported by witnesses. However, there was little actual communication between the beings and witnesses. Generally the stories were the same, the witness, while out at night, spots a strange metallic object on the ground, close by is seen one or several humanoids. After a few seconds the beings reenter the object which then flies away. The entities sighted range indescription from tall blond, blue-eyed humans, to short hairy dwarfs.

As time went by these creatures no longer ran away, but instead sought to communicate with people, usually to warn of the dire results of using atomic weapons. A favorite subject of aliens in the 1950's. They also spoke of their home worlds, places of utopian peace and beauty, but now farther away, in other solar systems or as close by as the center of our hollow earth. Again the witnesses accepted what they heard as the truth. They spread the information through self-published pamphlets, books, radio talk shows and television. These contactees were universally laughed at and discredited. However, maybe we should have considered that the contactee had a real experience, but was then fed false information.

Emanuel Swedenborg once wrote: "when spirits begin to speak with man you should not listen to anything they say, for surely they will lie." Perhaps our friends from the Flying Saucers are kin to the spirits that Swedenborg wrote of. "They tell such wondrous tales."

What are we dealing with then? The UFO phenomenon does seem to be controlled; it does follow intelligent patterns. But the information given to us by the ufonauts is generally false, and is, perhaps, a deliberate smoke screen to cover-up what really is going on. Whatever the UFOs are up to, they are doing it on a world wide scale. And it's inevitable that they should from time to time come in contact with some of us. When such contacts do occur, they deliberately hand out ridiculous information. Our belief systems are exploited. This whole mystery has been designed not only to keep us confused and skeptical, but to convince us that we are hosts to visitors from other planets. Someone is very interested in keeping this idea alive.

Starting in the 1970's and continuing through the 90's, the "Alien Abduction" story appears to be a recent development in the ever growing UFO mystery. Research has shown however, that this story has roots extending as far back as writings in ancient sumerian texts, to the books of the Bible. For years, people saying they've been snatched up by non-human entities has not been an uncommon occurrence. Perhaps one of the best researched incidents is the alleged abduction by aliens of Betty and Barney Hill. Their story is covered in the excellent book, THE INTERRUPTED JOURNEY by John Fuller. The Hill's experience would serve as a template as others over the years would report similar abductions.

The number of participants involved also increased. Whereas in the past, usually only one person was abducted, now reports of whole carloads of people being kidnapped have surfaced. In the 1980's , abduction phenomenon changed from random encounters on dark roadways, to people being taken from their beds in the middle of the night. As more and more people came forward to tell of their encounters, similarities in the details became apparent.

What was interesting in the early days of abduction research, was that people who had noprevious knowledge about UFOs were telling practically the same story. This was before the extensive media attention on abduction experiences, so it was unlikely that all the witnesses could have been influenced by the same outside sources.

Today the abduction stories along with the abductors have become ingrained in modern folklore. The stories and descriptions of the alleged aliens have become homogenized. The early stories saw a multitude of events and entities. Now the entities described almost always are what are now known as the "Grays." Short humanoid creatures with grey skin, large heads, and huge black eyes. The UFO flaps in the fifties and sixties saw reports of all kinds of different creatures. Few past sightings have surfaced that coincide with recent descriptions of the grays.

Are we seeing a cultural condition? Or maybe some kind of human psychological bias? Entity reports from other countries continue to show a wide range of descriptions. This detail could enable us to better understand the nature of this mysterious phenomenon.

Of the case histories we've studied in this article, most are purely anecdotal, comprising witness testimony to an event for which that testimony generally constitutes the only evidence. It could be possible that every witness is either lying or deluded, even in those cases where more then one person, strangers to one another, report the same experience. I believe, though, that most of these reported cases really did, in some form, actually occur. What form that experience seemed to take, and what it's real nature was, is another matter. In many cases, the witness offered no interpretation of their experience. They simply said what had happened to them and hoped others would explain it.

What are the facts with these cases? How are they being explained? Beings that seem to accompany UFOs are described by witnesses as short humanoids, tall beings, or even normal looking humans. Most of them do not match the standard descriptions that have been made so popular by rabid believers or by the media. This is the dilemma that faces modern UFO research. In the eagerness to grasp onto a few tentative patterns, which are often reinforced by bombarding witnesses with leading questions under hypnosis, many researchers actually select the cases that match their preexisting expectations. Naturally, this can lead to skewed results. However, there is a genuine UFO phenomenon. Years of research with thousands of witnesses over the years have convinced me of this fact. This phenomenon is not explained though by the revelations of alleged government agents. Nor by such UFO cult groups as Heavens Gate. The genuine UFO phenomenon appears to be associated with a form of non-human consciousness that manipulates space/time in ways we do not understand. Most researchers though, still cling to the notion that any non-human form of conscious must be from outer space.

The simple truth is if there is a form of life and consciousness that operates on properties of space/time we have not yet discovered, then it doesn't have to be extraterrestrial. It could come from any place and from any time, even our own world. Past encounters with strange entities seem to show an almost personal connection with the witness. Personal beliefs of the witness appear to be known and exploited by the contacting beings. Before anyone had even heard of other planets we believed in fairies and sprites. We still have records of people who claimed encounters with these creatures, much like modern UFO encounters. Today we don't believe in the wee folk. Yet the same basic phenomenon still occurs. It has just been dressed in more modern, space-aged clothes.

It is easy to speculate, everyone has their favorite theory. However, instead of letting personal theory control investigations, researchers instead need to listen to what is being said by the witnesses. Offer no explanations, because the phenomenon seems to conform to the participants expectations. Look at the evidence that has been gathered over the last one thousand years, not just the last fifty. What is being seen? What has been said? What is the real evidence that is being presented to us? Only through knowledge will we begin to understand the enduring mysteries in our skies.

Summary: What is compelling about abduction cases is the amount of similar, highly detailed information that abductees report. Detailed descriptions of passage to and from the craft, physical procedures and tests, surgical-type instruments, and descriptions of the aliens themselves, come from many different abductees who have never met one another. Until recently these stories were not available in the media. Abductees come from all walks of life, age groups, and ethnic backgrounds.

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." – Philip K. Dick (1928–82) U.S. science fiction writer

"Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be—like the reality of yesterday—an illusion tomorrow." – Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), Italian author, playwright

The modern history of the abduction phenomenon began in 1961 with the case of Betty and Barney Hill. The couple claimed that one night while driving home to New Hampshire from a trip to Montreal, they saw a UFO and had a couple of hours that they could not account for. Following this event, Barney suffered from insomnia and Betty had frequent nightmares. After two years, they reluctantly sought help from psychiatrist Benjamin Simon. Other than anxieties related to the incident, "Dr. Simon reported no psychiatric illness." (Fuller, 1966) Using hypnosis, Dr. Simon uncovered details of what happened during the missing hours of which they had no conscious recollection. In separate hypnosis sessions the Hills each reported being taken out of their car and into a craft against their will by "small, gray, humanoid beings with unusual eyes" that communicated telepathically. Inside, they were placed on a table, and various tests and procedures were performed on them that seemed to focus on the reproductive organs. The Hills initially were reluctant to believe that this actually occurred. "I wish I could think it was a hallucination," Barney told Dr. Simon. (Fuller, 1966) Since then, thousands of other surprisingly similar abduction cases have emerged around the world. (White, 1991)

Interestingly, many abductees do not seek therapy because "they have had an abduction experience." Rather, they seek help for a wide variety of complaints—such as vivid recurring nightmares, general anxiety, panic attacks, intense feelings of helplessness or vulnerability, and strange memories that cause them to question their sanity. Another common complaint is that of "missing time." This involves a period of time—usually ranging anywhere from forty-five minutes to several hours—that the person cannot account for. (Hopkins, 1981)

In one historic case that took place in the late seventies, a young Arizona man named Travis Walton was missing for five days. Local authorities had begun a murder investigation when he suddenly reappeared, highly traumatized, with no conscious recollection of where he had been. The logging crew Travis had been working with at the time of his disappearance claimed to have seen a UFO render him unconscious via a beam of light. As they were all suspects in the murder investigation, their story was strengthened by the fact that they each submitted to and passed lie detector tests that involved direct questioning regarding Travis' disappearance and the UFO sighting. Twenty years later, although some of them are no longer friends, they have all stood by their original story. (Torme, 1993)

What is compelling about abduction cases is the amount of similar, highly detailed information that abductees report. Detailed descriptions of passage to and from the craft, physical procedures and tests, surgical-type instruments, and descriptions of the aliens themselves, come from many different abductees who have never met one another. Until recently these stories were not available in the media. Abductees come from all walks of life, age groups, and ethnic backgrounds. Harvard Medical School psychiatrist John Mack states that abductees he has worked with include "students, homemakers, secretaries, writers, business people, computer industry professionals, musicians, psychologists, an acupuncturist, a social worker..." (Mack, 1994)

In June of 1992, Harvard psychiatrist John E. Mack, M.D. and M.I.T. physicist David E. Pritchard, Ph.D. held the Abduction Study Conference at M.I.T. to "assess the similarities and differences in the findings of various investigators studying people who report experiences of abductions by aliens, and the related issues of this phenomenon." (Bryan, 1995) The host of speakers and abduction researchers at the five day conference included Temple University historian and author David Jacobs, Ph.D.; California emergency physician John G. Miller, M.D.; Sacramento based psychologist Richard J. Boylan, Ph.D.; John S. Carpenter, M.S.W.; and the primary investigator of UFO abductions, Budd Hopkins, who has personally worked with over 1,200 abduction cases and has written two books on the subject. In addition, the conference included a panel of abductees that shared their individual experiences.

At the conference and in many of the books published on the subject, various psychological theories have been discussed that attempt to explain the alien abduction phenomenon. Perhaps the most obvious of these explanations is mental illness. While there have been documented cases of patients suffering from schizophrenia who experience "vivid and frightening hallucinations and delusions about space aliens," (Barlow, 1995) their stories are usually inconsistent and incoherent, and part of a whole range of bizarre and confused thought patterns and behavior that characterize their lives. Abductees examined by psychologists are not diagnosed as being schizophrenic or delusional. Further, "psychiatric examinations and numerous psychological tests have failed to reveal forms of mental illness that could, conceivably, explain the abduction phenomenon." (Mack, 1994) According to psychiatrist John Mack, this explanation simply does not hold up - abductees, from a psychiatric standpoint, appear to be very ordinary individuals.

Fabrication is another possible explanation. It has been theorized that abductees lead boring lives and fabricate these stories to gain attention, publicity, and perhaps financial gain. Although this is a possible explanation in some cases, it certainly is not true for the majority. Most abductees come forward reluctantly, fearful of ridicule and avoiding media attention. John Mack emphasizes the sometimes "remarkable lengths to which abductees go to protect their anonymity." (Bryan, 1995) Rather than trying to convince people that the abduction is a real event, they seek therapy in hopes of uncovering a treatable mental illness. Studies have also been conducted by psychologists to determine whether or not abductees exhibit a high degree of certain personality traits such as fantasy proneness; the results, however, showed that most abductees fall within the normal range.

The notion that abduction accounts can be explained by individuals falsely claiming experiences based on stories heard in the media is a drastic oversimplification of a puzzling phenomenon. According to former Pentagon official Col. Philip J. Corso (Ret.), the military was investigating reports of alien abduction and cattle mutilation beginning in the late 1950s, a decade before the first reports began to surface in the media. He writes,

...there were the suspected cattle mutilations and reported abductions, perhaps the most direct form of intervention in our culture short of a direct attack upon our installations. While debates broke out among debunkers who said these were a combination of hoaxes, attacks by everyday predators on cattle, psychological flashback memories of episodes of childhood abuse in the cases of reported abductees, and out-and-out fabrications of the media – field investigators found they could not explain away some of the cattle mutilations, especially where laser surgery seemed to be used, and psychologists found alarming similarities in the descriptions of abductees who had no knowledge of one another's stories. The military intelligence community regarded these stories of mutilations and abductions very seriously. (Corso, 1997)

Another interesting theory suggests that what is occurring is a form of displacement from another kind of trauma, especially sexual abuse. While it is true that abduction experiencers do show some of the symptoms associated with post-traumatic states, Mack asserts "these symptoms appear to be the result, not the cause, of what the experiencers have undergone." (Mack, 1994) Many therapists attempt to explain abduction accounts as "screen" memories masking the repression of sexual abuse. However, "no abduction screen memories have ever been stripped away to reveal a past history of abuse." (Jacobs, 1992) While it is true that some abductees are also victims of sexual or physical abuse, they usually have a clear memory of the abuse and feel the abduction experience to be unrelated.

Sleep paralysis is a common neurophysiological explanation. During prewaking and presleeping states, also referred to as hypnogogic and hypnopomic states, a person "may feel paralyzed for a very short time. She might have vivid 'dreams' in those moments that take on the shape of reality." (Jacobs, 1992) This explanation fails to take into account the many abductions claimed to have taken place while the subject was awake. For example, many people claim to have been abducted in broad daylight while driving a car. In addition, dream-like experiences in hypnogogic and hypnopomic states do not match the emotionality, strong sense of realism, and sequential events reported in abduction accounts.

The questionable accuracy of memories uncovered through hypnosis is yet another possible conventional explanation for the alien abduction phenomenon. Studies do show that hypnosis can produce inaccurate material. Subjects under hypnosis can be very susceptible to the expectations of the hypnotist, possibly creating stories based not on experience but imagination. John Myers, a professor at McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, who studies child abuse and related issues such as repressed memory in child abuse litigation, states that "the clear consensus of opinion is that repressed memory does exist, particularly for traumatic events. How to differentiate the accurate from the inaccurate, that's the problem." (Przybys, 1995) Because so little is understood regarding the use of hypnosis as a methodological technique for manipulating cognitive and affective states, this theory could certainly benefit from additional research.

Researchers who use hypnosis to investigate alleged alien abduction experiences argue that they are careful not to ask leading questions. Further, they state that if they intentionally try to lead the subject away from the abduction narrative, and perhaps suggest a more rational explanation, they are generally met with great resistance. Some abductees claim to have conscious memories that surface without hypnosis. Budd Hopkins argues hypnosis is not essential in many cases, and most abductees remember some elements of the abduction experience prior to hypnosis. Regarding the use of hypnosis, John Mack states:

The intensity of affect and expressed bodily feeling that occurs during the regression sessions of abduction experiencers is so powerful that even the most determined skeptic would be hard-pressed to conclude that something quite extraordinary and reality-shattering did not occur. (Mack, 1994)

Some individuals, such as the late Carl Sagan, suggest that what is really going on in relation to alien abductions is some sort of mass psychosis, hysteria, or hallucination. Examples of hysterical contagion, whereby people believe that something has happened to them because they are aware that it has happened to others, do exist. However, according to David Jacobs, abduction claims "do not fit the model of mass hysteria." (Jacobs, 1992) Typically, for mass hysteria or hysterical contagion to occur, the victims have to know each other or in some way have contact with one another to engage in mutual reinforcement. Although some abductees do know one another, most do not, and they have little in common. Further, the abduction phenomenon is not restricted to a particular geographic location or brief time period, as is usually the case in mass hysteria.

One of the most bizarre explanations for the abduction phenomenon is the idea that they stem from a collective unconscious, or cumulative memory, which "embodies certain archetypal memories that are inherent in all human minds." (Jacobs, 1992) Carl Jung addressed the issue of UFO sightings from this perspective in his book Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky, published in 1959. He wondered whether UFOs might not be "materialized psychism - actual physical or paraphysical objects created by the collective unconscious." (Bryan, 1995) While the idea of a collective unconscious is not something that has been supported by any solid evidence in the psychological community, it is a concept that deserves further research. If it were in fact a valid explanation, it would completely change the way we view psychology, and "the implications for humanity would be enormous." (Jacobs, 1992)

With any of the various psychological theories, it is difficult to account for the growing body of documented cases of abductees that experience physiological effects. Some abductees have small scars or scoop marks on their body they cannot account for that are often symmetrical and similar in nature those found on other abductees. While it is possible that these are self-inflicted, the similar nature of the marks is difficult to account for. John Mack claims to have worked with one individual with these markings who is a paraplegic, and therefore in this case at least the scars could not possibly have self-inflicted.

There have been other physiological effects noted as well. Some women abductees have suffered from a various internal complications, including a high incidence of ovarian cysts. There have also been cases of what is known as "missing fetus syndrome," in which a pregnant woman's fetus mysteriously and inexplicably disappears overnight, without any indications of a miscarriage. In some cases problems have been so severe as to require a total hysterectomy.

A case occurred in Texas that involved three individuals who allegedly witnessed a UFO touch down on a remote highway in front of them, and then after several minutes took off. They described being exposed to a blinding, very hot light that visibly burned the face and arms of one of the witnesses who had stepped out of the car. After the incident, and continuing for several days, they each suffered nausea and other physiological effects similar to those normally associated with radiation exposure. Doctors could not account for their condition. In addition, trees on either side of the highway were scorched and the paint on the highway itself was noticeably effected.

Clearly whatever is happening to abductees defies a conventional psychological explanation. As John Carpenter noted:

I fully expected to wade through a variety of psychological issues — including fantasies of hysterical individuals, dramatic confabulations from Borderline Personality Disorders, dissociative episodes as with Multiple Personalities, attention-seeking antics of sociopathic characters, intricately-woven psychodynamics of those traumatized in childhood, and the space-age delusions of insecure individuals, influenced by extraterrestrial themes and speculations in all of the media. To my astonishment, none of these expectations has become valid in my research so far. (Bryan, 1995)

Does the alien abduction phenomenon represent some new form of psychiatric illness? Or is it possible that what abductees claim is happening to them is really true. Surprisingly, many of the researchers and mental health professionals working closely with these individuals are now leaning toward the latter conclusion. In the book Abduction, which is based on his work with over 100 abductees, John Mack states:

We can continue to try to make the phenomenon fit the world as we have known it, jamming it into a kind of Procrustean bed of consensus reality. Or we can acknowledge that the world might be other than we have known it. Then we are free to see where our thinking leads us. I have spent countless hours trying to find alternate explanations that would not require the major shift in my worldview that I have had to face..…but no familiar theory or explanation has come even close to accounting for the basic features of the abduction phenomenon. (Mack, 1994)

Regardless of the cause, the number of people seeking therapy for abduction experiences continues to grow. Whether or not one believes their stories does not change the fact that these people are seeking help. They have been traumatized by what they consider to be very real and frightening experiences that are beyond their control. Often these cases are misdiagnosed; one of John Mack's patient's described being treated unsuccessfully though out his adolescence with "hit-or-miss drugging," and resented what he later came to feel were "uninformed and unnecessary medical procedures." (Mack, 1994)

The mainstream psychological and scientific community needs to recognize and further study this phenomenon if these cases are to be handled properly and if any definitive answers are to be reached. As David Jacobs warns, "we must realize that the abduction phenomenon is too important to dismiss as the ravings of prevaricators or psychologically disturbed people. I hope the extraordinary lack of scientific concern to date does not in the long run prove to be a mistake with undreamed-of consequences." (Jacobs, 1992)

07.17.2006

B. Booth

Are alien abductions real, or are they a product of a dream, sleep paralysis, or just an overactive imagination? Those who claim to have been abducted or "abductees," as they are called today, say that they are being awakened from sleep, and transported to an alien spacecraft. Hard core scientists believe that these abductees never left their bed.

Once the abductees are aboard the alien craft they are subjected to medical tests by strange looking creatures not of this world. These tests vary greatly from one account to another, but generally consist of a general overview of the human body, and sometimes sexual probing. Men may be milked of their sperm; women may have their eggs taken. Tormented afterwards by nightmares or fragmented memories, they often seek professional help.

Disbelievers in the phenomena of alien abduction offer the theory that the alleged abductee is reliving memories of an alien scenario that they either read about, or saw in a movie. Mental and psychological problems produce these beliefs as a way to relieve tension or deal with other personal issues. Memories drawn from regressive hypnosis are false, created by the mind, or evoked by the hypnotist.

Current Status of Abductions

Today, alien abductions are rarely reported for several reasons. The intimate, often times embarrassing procedures performed on the abductees are generally details they would only reveal in private. Public disclosure of an abduction can expose the abductee to public ridicule, loss of friends, and loss of livelihood. Just like reporters of UFO sightings, they are also labeled as a "nut." Many times an abductee will seek professional help in the form of "regressive hypnosis," a procedure to unlock lost memories. Some abductees have a type of tracking device implanted in their body.

Modern science has gotten into the act in the last ten years or so. New technology for analyzing sleep patterns, dreams, and sleep paralysis has shed a negative light on many abduction experiences. Scientists claim that a person's memory can trigger bizarre recreations of scenarios the abductee has seen on television or at the movies. Other psychological or mental problems lend to the person's susceptibility to have these dreams. Many disbelievers claim that regressive hypnosis creates memories, instead of releasing them.

Abduction Background

The modern abduction era began on a September night in 1961. Barney Hill and his wife Betty were driving home to New Hampshire from a short vacation. They began to see a bright light which seemed to follow them on their way. Soon the object moved close enough that multi-colored lights were observed. They stopped the car, and Barney, with the aid of binoculars, could see occupants in the strange, other worldly craft.

The next thing the Hills remembered was being in their car again, continuing their journey home. They never saw the strange craft again. They did, however, hear a strange beeping sound. After sleeping until the next afternoon, the only thing the Hills recalled was the sighting of the craft, nothing else. They began to have nightmarish dreams.

Two writers learned of the Hill story, and after taking a meticulous accounting of the journey, it was found that two hours of time was lost to the Hills. Seeking professional help with Dr. Benjamin Simon, their alien abduction story was revealed through regressive hypnosis.

Case For Abductions

Alien abduction claims must be examined on a case by case basis. No blanket theory or solution can apply to all cases. There are a number of abduction accounts made by sane, well respected members of society. Many of these are accomplished while the individual is not in bed, but wide awake, and sometimes in broad daylight. Many abductions occurred after seeing an unknown flying object. What will the debunkers do with these? Write them off as coming from unbalanced people? Are all who report an abduction mentally unstable?

A number of abductees do not require regressive hypnosis to recall their experience. Shortly after an abduction, the individual may be confused by fragmented memories, or tormented by nightmares, but in time they will gain total recall of their abduction. Realizing what has happened to them, they often seek counseling to answer haunting questions of why they were selected for this bizarre extraterrestrial visit.

There is scientific proof to substantiate abduction claims in the form of many objects removed from abductees. In theory, these objects were implanted for the aliens to be able to track them. These artifacts are available for research. The bizarre nature of the abduction process, and the stigma placed on the abductees by a skeptical world precludes the reporting of more abduction accounts. Science needs to lend an open ear and mind to this phenomena, and research alien abduction on a case by case basis.

Case Against Abductions

Those who disbelieve accounts of alien abduction list several reasons for their stand. To believe in the possibility of alien abduction would necessitate the belief in extraterrestrial intelligence, and that they are visiting our planet. There is no proof whatsoever that any intelligent beings exist beyond our own world, and even if they did, where is the proof that they have visited our planet?

Even if there were other beings in the vastness of space, the great distances to traverse make it an impossible journey. Even with our present technology, the nearest star that might be inhabitable would take many light years to reach. And the wear and tear on the body, both physically and mentally, make the trek an impossibility.

Even if we subscribe to the multidimensionality theory of existence, and there are other forms of life that we are not aware of, why would these beings be interested in our society, being so much less intelligent than they?

Those who claim to have been abducted may believe in their own stories, but that is all it is, a story. These individuals are in need of psychological help, and their claims of abduction are only a form of delusion, or self healing.

For those who make such claims, we ask, "Where is the proof?" So-called artifacts are nothing more than foreign objects that entered the body without the person knowing it, like a small, embedded pieced of metal stepped on, and forgotten about. Alien abduction belongs in science fiction, not real science.

When I was but a young boy, the only time anyone talked about flying saucers was after watching a movie about them, or seeing an episode of Twilight Zone, or Science Fiction Theater. Then one morning, I was scanning over our local newspaper, and noticed about three pages deep this heading, "New Hampshire couple encounters UFO." Well, needless to say, I was intrigued. In our small town paper, you just didn't see things on this type of subject. As I began to read the article, I was astounded to see that these two people claimed to have been abducted by aliens, and taken inside the ship! Well, that was enough for me to think, "What is this, some kind of joke?" I thought I had heard the last of it, but I had not. Soon, this story became an international one, and even today, is still considered one of the most believable, and certainly most researched UFO cases, except for maybe the Roswell incident. One thing about this whole subject that seems odd to me, is that it is considered within the realm of possibility that someone could see a UFO, but for someone to be taken aboard one, NO WAY.

It was Major MacDonald who made the suggestion to the Hills that regressive hypnosis might account for the two hours of missing time. In the spring of 1962, the Hills contacted a psychiatrist about the hypnosis sessions, but decided to put it off for a time. All the while, Betty was still haunted by the dreams, and Barney's ulcer was worse, and he was again suffering from hypertension.

After dodging reporters, and doing some research on psychiatrists, the Hills made a decision to contact well-known Boston psychiatrist and neurologist, Dr. Benjamin Simon, who was one of the most respected doctors in his field. After a couple of initial interviews, Dr. Simon's preliminary diagnosis was "anxiety syndrome," relating to the incidents of the night of September 19, 1961. His next step was to find out what those events were.

The method of treatment that Dr. Simon chose for the Hills was regressive hypnosis, which was meant to get to the source of their problem, whatever that may have been. He began the sessions on Barney, and then followed up with the same treatment for Betty. The process was slow, but after six months, it was Dr. Simon's expert opinion that the Hills had been abducted, and taken aboard an unknown flying craft on the night in question. Anyone who is deeply interested in these sessions, can see transcripts of them in an excellent book on the entire Hill story, "The Interrupted Journey," written by award-winning investigative author John G. Fuller. The Hills' story was also included in a two-part article in "Look" magazine, and a movie, "The UFO Incident," a made-for-TV production. The movie was released in 1976, and starred Estelle Parsons as Betty, and James Earl Jones as Barney.

As a consultant to Project Bluebook, Hynek later released the book, "The UFO Experience," in which he discussed the Hills' case. I will insert his own words here; "Under repeated hypnosis they independently revealed what had supposedly happened. The two stories agreed in considerable detail, although neither Betty nor Barney was privy to what the other had said under hypnosis until much later. Under hypnosis they stated that they had been taken separately aboard the craft, treated well by the occupants - rather as humans might treat experimental animals - and then released after having been given the hypnotic suggestion that they would remember nothing of that particular experience. The method of their release supposedly accounted for the amnesia, which was apparently broken only by counterhypnosis.

Dr. Stanton Friedman spent many long hours with the Hills, discussing the case, and being a nut and bolts man, issued this statement; "By no stretch of the imagination could anyone who knows them conclude that they were nuts," he emphasizes. The Hills had been interviewed and questioned by others scientists and investigators; some under hypnosis, and all are in agreement on one important fact. The Hills did NOT make their story up, and the events put forward are based upon some REAL event. Although Barney and Betty were in an interracial marriage, which unfortunately cast an unfavorable shadow on them, we must remember that Betty had a Master's Degree in social work, and Barney served on the governor of New Hampshire's Civil Rights Commission. Both of them were well-respected by those who knew them or worked with them. What benefit they could have gained from such an elaborate hoax I cannot imagine. Although many so-called abductees have lost their livelihoods because of their stories, the Hills did not, and remained involved in previous activities to the extent that the interruptions of what happened allowed them.

The Betty and Barney Hill story is an intriguing one, to say the least. Everyone privy to it's details is still in wonderment; still seeking answers. It is very difficult to believe that two sane people who were driving to their home, simultaneously had some illusion. It is also difficult to believe that two well-liked and respected people would make up this story. To what end? Certainly, they were not seeking public fame, it was about two years from the time of the incident until the time that the Hills made the facts known. One important fact we must adhere to; NOT ONE of any of the professional people who had involvement in the case shed a negative light on the fact that something very unusual occurred that night in New Hampshire, or on the Hills personally.

author B. J. Booth

sources:

"The Interrupted Journey," John G. Fuller

ufos.about.com/library/weekly/aa072997.htm

www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/ 1041/Barney_Hill_a_story_of_alien_beings

During the investigation of the well known Bebedouro UFO abduction, the team of Prof. Ney Matiel Pires encountered in that city, not too far from Mirassol, another UFO account related by Sr. Valdemir Menussi which occurred in February 1979.

At that time Sr. Valdimir was working on topographical elevations for the region surrounding the approach to the bridge to Mendonca Lima and the bank of the Rio Grande in the Territory of Minas Gerais just to the north of Mirassol. On the 13th of February, Valdemir and four companions decided to fish the river as they waited for some kind of delivery service.

At about 17:45 in the afternoon on this clear day, their attention was urgently drawn to a strange phenomenon taking place. A huge circular disc-shaped flying object of some 30 meters (nearly 100 feet) diameter approached and flew over the group at only some 300 meters above them.

Following that, the tremendous aerial object took up a position very near and hovered there, suspended in the sky right over the river where they were fishing. At this point it was only some 700 meters away. The crew watched in amazement.

All the observers could clearly see that the base of the flying disc was circular and flat with a small circular depression in the central part. The area around this concavity, at its periphery, was divided by radiating lines or segments, similar to the spokes of a cartwheel.

In each of these segmented parts they could see an opening "like a ventilator". The superstructure on top looked like a large low cupola above the disc rim, flattened on top, with a second smaller cupola above that, and in the same way still, a third smaller, higher domed cupola on top of all. On the sides of the large rim, at the base, they could see dual recessed openings illuminated by some kind of fluorescent light.

The huge flying disc executed gentle, silent movements in all directions and occasionally discharged some fumes or gas from vents. About one hour later the huge ship was still there hovering stationary, a little to the south as the whole rim rotated slowly when suddenly, from the base, near the center, three luminous "tubes" of "blue neon light" were projected, like cylinders extended straight down from the ship to the surface of the river.

They seemed to be transparent and were rotating, and looked like they were either discharging something into, or were drawing something from, the water. After several minutes the "cylinders" were withdrawn from the water into the object, one at a time.

A moment later the recessed opening at the left, on the rim, suddenly discharged a luminous beam, like electrical sparks, in the direction of the water. When the beam of sparks touched the water it became violently agitated in that local area. A few seconds later this ray of light disappeared and the recessed opening on the right side discharged another ray, similar to the one on the left, and repeated the same phenomenon of disturbing the water. Stunned by this remarkable spectacle, the five observers, each of them simultaneously, "received" the following telepathic message saying:

"Do not be afraid, nothing unpleasant will happen to you. Remain calm. We are working here. In the future Earth will know."

The second ray was stopped and the two recessed openings closed and disappeared completely, as though they had never existed.

The huge object began to take on a blue luminescence, changing gradually to red and becoming more intense offering the observers a fabulous spectacular of light and color. In an instant the huge 100-foot disc-shaped craft projected itself straight up at incredible velocity and with little or no sound! The whole episode lasted one hour and twenty minutes. As he narrated this account to Professor Ney, Engineer Valdemir displayed considerable emotion. His story was confirmed by the other four men.

Now this is truly (sic) a remarkable account and should never be overlooked. Here were five expert observers, trained in the use of size, distance and elevation calculations, all engineers, all familiar with the need for technical accuracy, working on their job in full daylight, in full awareness and alertness of all their faculties, and least subject to delusion by darkness, clouds, haze or any other atmospheric phenomena because none of those existed at the time.

Their vision of the phenomenon was clear and unobstructed by anything for the whole time, and they were afforded ample time for detailed examination of the mammoth aerial craft, at close range, for one hour and twenty minutes! There were many other witnesses. How can this case be doubted?

source and references:

UFO Abduction at Mirassol, by Dr. Walter K. Bühler, Guilherme Pereira and Prof. Ney Matiel Pires.

Translated from the Portuguese by Wendelle C. Stevens. © 1985.

Note: An excellent “water” book “UFO: Contact From Undersea”, by Col. Stevens is available from him directly.

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Common Symptoms Of Abduction

copyright (c) 1990 by Martin S. Kottmeyer

[Reprinted from "Magonia" Magazine, Jan. 1990, by
permission of the author]

Culture is an admixture of repetition and variation, convention
and creativity, signals and noise. It is ever new and forever old
as humanity relives old dreams and nightmares or forgets and
forges new ones. Part of the delight of history is the
recognition that however new a given event appears, traces of the
past can generally be discerned.

If the UFO phenomenon is an artifact of culture one would
reasonably expect that cultural antecedents could be recognized
for the major features it presents. Extraterrestrials, however,
should be independent of culture and if they are newly arrived
their characteristics should represent a discontinuity with the
past. Abduction phenomenon students have recently offered some
provocative claims that such discontinuities exist. Implicitly
they are claims for the weakness of the sociopsychological
paradigm ant the converse power of the ETH.

David Jacobs argues that the imagery of the UFO phenomenon sprang
up _ex nihilo_ in 1947. Budd Hopkins states that the complex,
controlling, physically frail beings of abduction reports bear no
simimariuy to "traditional sci-fi gods and devils". Thomas E.
Bullard makes the rather more modest claim that the keystone of
the abduction mystery, the interrupted journey of Betty and
Barney Hill, had no cultural sources from which to derive the
experience they reported. They were, to quote him, "entirely
unpredisposed" since they were the first. These are forceful
challenges to the proponent of the cultural origin of UFO
phenomena. They have "Falsify me, I dare you" plastered on them.
Can it be demonstrated that culture predisposed people to have
these experiences?

The boldest claim is the one by UFO historian David Jacobs.
Jacobs states "there was no precedent for the appearance or the
configuration of the objects in 1947" in popular science fiction
films, popular science fiction or popular culture in general.
They did not resemble the fanciful rocketships or earthly space
travel contraptions in the SF literature. [1]

There is a trivial sense in which this is simply wrong. Disc-
shaped spaceships have a number of precedents in popular
culture. They appear in Buck Rogers as far back as 1930. [2]
They appear in a Flash Gordon comic strip in 1934.[3] The
science fiction illustrator Frank R. Paul was drawing
saucer-like craft as early as 1931 and did so repeatedly.[4]

Other SF illustrators also utilized the disc form long before
1947.[5] But these are inevitable coincidences in a large body
of artistic creativity. The saucer form was not the dominant
shape of spaceships in the culture; it was the rocket. In this
larger sense Jacobs is correct that one would expect an outbreak
of ghost rockets over America if the images of SF were the
determinant of what people should be imagining. They weren't.

The cultural source of the UFO lies in a journalistic error.
Kenneth Arnold's report of mysterious supersonic objects flying
near Mount Rainier was a sensation that made front-page news
across the nation. The speed was far beyond that of the planes of
the era and no one publicized the flight in advance. It was an
exciting puzzle.

The shape of the objects Arnold saw is hard to describe in a word
or two. It wasn't like a plane or rocket, or even a disc. When
the newsman Bill Bequette wrote the story up for the news
services he recalled Arnold's describing the motion of the
objects as like a saucer if you skip it across the water.
Jumbling the metaphorical intent of the description, Bequette
labeled the objects "flying* saucers", Arnold said the term
arose from "a great deal of misunderstanding". The public,
however, did not know that. No drawing accompanied the story.
People started looking for flying saucers and that is exactly
what they found. They reported flat, circular objects that look
like flying saucers sound like they should look like. Equally
important: no one reported objects like the drawing in Arnold's
report to the Air Force.[6] The implications of this journalistic
error are staggering in the extreme. Not only does it unambigu-
ously point to a cultural origin of the whole flying saucer
phenomenon, it erects a first-order paradox into any attempt to
interpret the phenomenon in extraterrestrial terms: Why
would extraterrestrials redesign their craft to conform to
Bequette's error?

This paradox is especially bad news for abduction reports. By
Bullard's tally 82% of craft descriptions fit the flying saucer
stereotype.[7] This is far in excess of the approximately one-
third portion saucers and discs make up in a more general
population of UFO reports.[8] If imagination and cultural
expectations play a larger role in abductions than in more
reality-constrained misinterpretations of mundane stimuli, then
this fact makes sense. The flying saucer mythos perfectly
predisposes us to include flying saucers in our fantasies and
nightmares about extraterrestrials.

This takes care of the craft, but what of the entities? Budd
Hopkins emphasizes that they are complex, controlling, physically
frail beings who are forced by survival needs to search out and
abduct earthlings. This is quite unlike the godly aliens of
_Close Encounters of the Third Kind_, the kindly, spiritual alien
of _The Day The Earth Stood Still_, or the aliens of _War of The
Worlds_ who "mindlessly devour and conquer us", as Hopkins sees
it. Nothing by his abductees "in any way suggests traditional
sci-fi gods and devils", he wants us to know.[9]

Hopkins's descriptions leave something to be desired. The godly
aliens of CE3K trash the home of the little boy Barry and they
terrorize his mother as they abduct him. The disrupt the life and
mind of Neary. Kindly and spiritual Klaatu happens to have a
robot with him who is all business. His offer to leave a police
force is eminently pragmatic. The comparison is frivolous in
either case since any UFO aliens matching these descriptions go
into the contactee file. Hopkins professes it is instructive that
his abductees are not devoured like in War of the Worlds, but how
would a myth devour a person?

That Hopkins is ignorant of science fiction would be apparent to
any fan by the fact that he used the repellent phrase "sci-fi' -
a sure sign of an outsider to the genre.[10] War of the Worlds is
one of the recognized masterpieces, yet it is grossly evident
Hopkins never read it or he would be co-opting Wells as an
unconscious abductee. Far from "mindlessly" devouring us, Wells
endowed his aliens with "intellects vast, cool and unsympathetic.
The did not devour people but took the fresh and living blood of
other creatures and injected it into their own bodies. His aliens
had "no extensive muscular mechanism". The invaders also brought
along for provisions bipeds with flimsy siliceous skeletons and
feeble musculature.[11]

There are multiple similarities to other abduction narratives -
an immense pair of dark eyes possessing an extraordinary
intensity, a mouth without lips, greyish colour of skin, the skin
glistening like wet leather, telepathy. They are also "absolutely
without sex". Add to this that the alien craft was circular, made
a peculiar humming sound, and when they flew the sky would be
alive with their lights. In fact Wells's aliens more resemble
Hopkins's abducting aliens than most abduction reports,

Hopkins further errs in thinking the Wells aliens are mere
"satanic monsters".[12] Their motivation is survival. Their world
is dying and Earth is their only escape. Ironically, just a
couple of pages before Hopkins mangles War of the Worlds he
quotes the impressions of an abductee that the aliens are from a
society millions of years old that is dying. They desperately
need to survive. This places UFO aliens squarely in the main
tradition of aliens in SF films.

Dying worlds are commonplace in alien invasion movies. It leads
the aliens in "This Island Earth" to borrow Earth scientists for
their expertise in atomic energy. It motivates the aliens in "The
27th Day" to give Earth people the means of destroying human
life. It motivates the "Killers from Space" to operate on a man,
extract information from his mind, and compel him to become a spy
saboteur. It leads the "Devil Girl from Mars" to abduct healthy
males. It similarly motivates the aliens in "I Married a Monster
from Outer Space", "The Mysterians", and "Mars Needs Women" to
procure females for breeding stock. An astronomer in "Invaders
from Mars" theorises the secret operations aliens engage in are
motivated by the fact that Mars is a dying world. The aliens in
the popular TV series "The Invaders" were also escaping a dying
world.[13]

The fact is most film aliens have some implicit motivation to
their activities. One of the few exceptions I could find was the
"so thin - so fragile" aliens of "Target Earth!" and even they
don't seem particularly satanic or monstrous.[14] It seems more
sensible to flip Hopkins's allegation around. He says nothing
about the aliens of UFO abductions resembling "sci-fi". I ask, is
there anything about UFO aliens that does not resemble science
fiction?

An abductee in the 1954 movie "Killers from Space" has a strange
scar and a missing memory of the alien encounter that caused it.
The mysterious impregnation of women, including virgins, and the
subsequent birth of intelligent hybrid children is the theme of
the 1960 film "Village of the Damned". Brain implants are
featured in the 1953 movie "Invaders from Mars"[15]

Take a look at the creatures of the 1957 movie "Invasion of The
Saucer Men". The bald, bulgy-brained, googly-eyed, no-nosed
invaders match the stereotype of UFO aliens delineated by Bullard
to an uncanny extent. It prompts worries that abductees are not
only plagiarists, but have bad taste as well.[16]

"Earth versus the Flying Saucers" (1956) also precedes UFO lore
in featuring an abduction in which thoughts are taken. Saucerians
abduct a general, make his head transparent, and suck out the
knowledge to store it in an Infinitely Indexed Memory Bank.
Though the frequency of the motif in abduction narratives can be
laid to psychological factors in the personalities of abductees,
one cannot rule out the movie enculturating the association.
Years from now we may have an epidemic of implanted parasites,
potential chest-bursters, due to the influence of the movie
"Alien" starting such an association. Presently such a report
would be too suspect, but eventually some puzzling medical oddity
might be associated with such a delusion and the UFO lore would
evolve in new directions. It could just as easily never happen
because of the vagaries of social factors.

In a more esoteric vein even abduction narrative structure has
science fiction predecessors. Thomas Bullard has discovered a
consistent structural order to events within abduction reports.
There are eight types of events and they are preferentially
ordered in this manner: (i) capture, (ii) examination, (iii)
conference, (iv) tour, (v) otherworldly journey, (vi) theophany,
(vii) return, (viii) aftermath.

No abduction has every event, but events avoid appearing out of
this sequence. Abductees aren't generally given a tour of the
ship before examination or conference and so forth. Bullard
considers the arrangement occasionally arbitrary from a rational
standpoint. The fidelity of reports to this arrangement seems, to
Bullard, to indicate these are real experiences. He would expect
the elements of the story to get jumbled if they were
subjective.[17]

What, then, are we to make of the 1930 comic strip story "Tiger
Men of Mars" in the series "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"?
It adheres to Bullard's structure most excellently. Wilma
experiences:
(i) capture by a giant clamp leading into a spherical alien
spaceship,
(ii) examination while lying on a table in an electro-
hypnotic trance,
(iii)conference with a subordinate and then a leader,
(vi) theophany while gazing at the Earth from an off-world
vantage point,
(vii)return,

In the aftermath there is an instance of what Bullard calls
"networking" in the aliens abducting Wilma's sister, Sally.

There is also an apocalyptic finale in which the Martian moon
Phobos crashes on Mars.[18]

Some idea of the structural impressiveness of this narrative can
be gained from observing that only one abduction in the UFO
literature has a greater number of these elements in the correct
order. Two abductions have the same number of elements. The other
163 correctly ordered abductions have 5 or fewer elements in
them.[19]

Obviously the presence of structure does not prove the cartoon is
objectively real, and it must be granted that a long-forgotten
cartoon is not a credible influence on present-day abductions. It
is more likely they share an intuitive ordering principle
subconsciously acquired from exposure to drama. A relabeling of
Bullard's elements should make the logic clearer: (i) character
introduced, (ii) peril and conflict, (iii) explanation and
insight, (iv) good will and attempt to impress, (v) excitement,
(vi) climax, (vii) closure, (viii) sequel.

Examination, as the peril, is the downer part of the story and
would ruin a happy ending if sequenced late. Even in deviant
cases the examination is never put near the end. Pragmatically,
putting theophany before examination might instill trust in the
abductee and make testing go better. Dramaturgically, however,
such an order would be stupid since it ruins the intensity of the
peril and spoils the joy of the ending and the sense of closure.

Faceless terror makes for more primordial fear. Dramatically it
would be unwise to reduce the alienness before the peril by
conferring with the aliens or have them host a tour. It is also
bad behaviourism to place aversive stimuli after sending one's
signal - the message and information in the conference, tour
and theophany.

The otherworldly journey is a form of excitement and can appear
any place between the capture and climax. Most of Bullard's
deviant cases involve the otherworldly journey not staying in the
place he deemed correct, To put it simply, Bullard's correct
order is the right way to tell a story. At the very least, his
evaluation that "Objectivity wins a big one" on the issue of
structure is problematic.[20]

The capture event in "Tiger Men of Mars" features an incredible
kid-inventor-type gizmo - a giant mechanical clamp which grabs
the whole body of the victim. It's a grand cartoony contraption
appropriate to its venue in a Buck Rogers situation. How odd,
then, to note that such a thing appears in the Steven Kilburn
abduction in "Missing Time". It seems such a ridiculously
impractical thing for a technologically superior culture to
bother with, yet Hopkins includes it with not an indication of
amusement. One can understand it in a 1930s cartoon, or even in
an early script draft of "War of the Worlds". At least someone
realised it should be deleted. But in a real abduction? Lawson's
suggestion that Kilburn was reliving a forceps-aided birth makes
tons more sense.[21]

I could have more fun demolishing Hopkins's claim, but it really
doesn't deserve more attention than this. Time to turn to the
last of our three historical allegations.

Thomas E. Bullard opens his massively impressive study of
the abduction mystery with a discussion of the
legendary status of the "interrupted journey" of Betty and
Barney Hill. It was the most sensational UFO story of
its time; a nasty little horror story which engraved itself
on the unconscious of a generation. The growth of UFO
abduction reports subsequent to their appearance on the
cultural scene is unsurprising. The thing that puzzles
Bullard is how _they_ got the idea. He points out that
occupant reports were obscure items known only to the
initiated in 1961. He believes the Hills had no knowledge they
could construct a nightmare of this sort from, so he
asserts "the odds are strong that the Hills went to their
interrupted journey entirely unpredisposed." It is a "continuing
mystery" how they originated it and as long as it is unaccounted
for "the cultural tradition explanation starts off
handicapped."[22]

Part of the mystery is solved by a careful reading of
"The Interrupted Journey." It is on record that Betty Hill
had read Donald Keyhoe's book "The Flying Saucer
Conspiracy" shortly before she be an having nightmares of
abduction. Keyhoe's book cites nearly a dozen occupant cases.
Most of them are outright rejected by Keyhoe. These include such
farces as zebra-striped spacemen, an elephant-faced entity, 6-
armed, 13-ft tall entities, space-man monster tales and contactee
hoaxes. Keyhoe practically endorses, however, a Pearl Harbor
report of a flyer who frightfully proclaimed "I actually saw him"
- the saucer pilot. Note the pronoun is him, not it. No doubt
this would have impressed Betty as similar to Barney's experience
of seeing the saucer's occupants.[23]

Keyhoe also expresses a measure of acceptance of a series of UFO
stories from Venezuela involving hairy dwarfs. One of these
serves as a closer starting point of Betty Hill's nightmares. Two
peasants first spot a bright light like a car on the nearby road.
Hovering a few feet from the ground is a round machine with a
brilliant glow coming from the underside. "Four little men" come
out and try to drag Jesus Gomez toward the object. There is a
struggle and the evidence of that struggle gives it a special
credibility in Keyhoe's eyes. Keyhoe next cites the experience of
Jesus Paz who was found unconscious after being set upon by a
hairy dwarf. He follows this with Jose Parra's sighting of six
small hairy creatures by a saucer and their transfixing him with
a bright light. [24]

In Betty Hill's nightmare she must fight for consciousness and
she finds herself surrounded by four short men. Barney is
unconscious and is being dragged by another group of men. They
numbered eight to eleven when standing in the middle of the road.
They are taken from the car to a glowing saucer-shaped craft. The
behaviour of the aliens is very professional and businesslike and
they are dressed in somewhat military style. They are not
frightening per se. This is very much in keeping in tone with
Keyhoe's speculations that aliens were making a scientific study
of the planet out of "neutral curiosity' or as a prelude to a
mass landing.[25]

This takes us up to the saucer, but it doesn't give us much idea
what should take place inside. Neutral curiosity would probably
lead to some sort of examination or questioning and this pretty
much does happen. Yet there is that terror of the needle in the
navel and the business with the star map. Nothing in Keyhoe
predisposes one to those sorts of things.

Movies provide another cultural source of expectations and
imagery. Bullard himself notes a pair of movies from the fifties
have medical motifs in an alien abduction setting: "Invaders from
Mars" (1953) and "Killers from Space" (1954). Though he
understands the significance of the second one on some abduction
cases subsequent to the Hills, he overlooked the significance of
"Invaders From Mars".[26]

Near the climax of the film a woman and a boy are abducted by
mutants from Mars and taken to a room within a saucer. The woman
is placed on a rectangular table which slides into the scene. She
struggles briefly till a light shines on her face which causes
her to relax and lose consciousness. A needle surrounded for part
of its length by a clear plastic sheath is aimed at the back of
her neck. A device at the end of the needle is going to be
surgically implanted there.[27]

In "The Interrupted Journey" we are dealing with a woman and a
man abducted by aliens described as mongoloid - itself a type of
mutation. In the original nightmare Betty compares the noses of
the aliens to Jimmy Durante. This is a very apt description of
the noses of the mutants in "Invaders From Mars". Barney, oddly,
didn't see the Durante noses of the aliens. Perhaps it was in
deference to Barney's on-the-scene memories that this detail was
edited out by Betty in her hypnosis sessions. It may also be that
the big nose prompted jokes after the speeches she gave and her
unconscious took the opportunity to remove the annoying detail
when Benjamin Simon unleashed it.[28]

There are some preliminary tests of a routine sort. Betty then
lies down on an examining table. Needles are placed on various
parts of her body including the back of the neck. Then appears a
very long needle, longer than any needle she's seen before, and
it is placed into her navel. She experiences great pain. The
examiner puts his hand over her eyes, rubs, and the pain stops.
The parallel to the calming light in "Invaders from Mars" is
readily apparent.

I am indebted to Al Lawson for calling attention to the fact that
the needle-in-the-navel motif owes its origin to imagery
appearing during the Martian operating room episode. Shortly
after the operation begins, the camera cuts to a high-angle view
of the surgical theatre. At least, that is what it is supposed to
be. The image has an ambiguous character in terms of scale and
content. You are supposed to interpret it as a view of the
architecture of the interior of the saucer with the dominant
structure being a tubular metal beam or conduit connecting
ceiling to floor. It bears a stylistic similarity to the neck
implanter in having a clear plastic sheath surrounding the upper
half of its length. The ambiguity of the image, however, admits
an alternative interpretation. The tubular metal beam and plastic
sheath becomes a hypodermic needle. Lighting of the floor
suggests the curvature of an abdomen. The place where the floor
and tube intersects is surrounded by a round indentation. It's
the navel. In the brief snatch of time the image is seen, some
people will miss the intended interpretation and see a huge
hypodermic needle has been thrust into the woman's navel.

Some have seen Betty Hill's needle-in-the-navel incident as
revealing a medical procedure that did not exist at the time of
the encounter. In fact the aliens' reference to the procedure as
a pregnancy test is quite contemporary for the period.
Amniocentesis has existed as a medical procedure since the late
l9th century. Back then the needle was inserted in the abdomen to
draw off amniotic fluid when there was too much pressure during a
pregnancy. In the late 1950s, however, it became a testing
procedure to monitor preganacies of women with Rh-negative blood
who might have blood group incompatibility. Subsequent to 1966
amniocentesis became a genetic screening procedure. Comparison of
Mrs. Hill's ordeal to laparoscopy procedures suffers in the
details.[29]

There is no conference with the aliens in "Invaders from Mars"
and you might not expect the star map scene to originate there,
but dreams have an odd penchant for distortion and condensation
of memory materials. Earlier in the movie the boy and woman have
a meeting with a scientist at an observatory. This character, Dr.
Kelson, has a large star map on the wall behind him. He points at
the map during this meeting and discusses the proximity of Mars
to Earth. The most striking thing about this discussion, to the
alert movie-goer, is that, while he points to the map as though
these two planets are represented on it, in fact there is nothing
there where the Earth should be. Kelson is faking it.

Any similarity between Kelston's star map and Betty Hill's is
almost purely accidental. The paradox they share, however, is
not. Betty's sketch has the two planets Kelston's lacks.
(Marjorie Fish treats them as stars, ironically. Stars don't have
terminators.) But when the alien asks Betty where on the map the
Earth is, she relives the movie-goer's puzzlement. She has no
idea. The sizes of the planets bear comparison to the planets in
the star field in the credits of the film, incidentally.

Parenthetically, the script of "Invaders From Mars" has Kelston
present a large scrapbook with newspaper columns about saucer
activities to the boy before the star map discussion. This was
not in the 78-minute video I saw, but an 82-minute "European"
version exists that has a longer observatory scene. Does anyone
know if this scene was filmed? It might explain the presentation
of the large book in Betty's account.[30] [When this film was
shown in Britain several years ago there was indeed a scene
showing Kelston's UFO scrapbook - J R]

The match between "Invaders from Mars" and Betty Hill's
nightmares is imperfect and obviously has none of the rigor of a
mathematical equation. Dreams and nightmares by their nature are
almost never veridical memories. Even if Betty Hill was really
abducted, it would be unusual for her nightmares to be a
photographic reply of her trauma. The felt emotions would
resurface, but it would bear only a metaphoric similarity in its
dramatic content. The most one would generally expect is snatches
of unique imagery to help in piecing together of the sources the
dream spun off from. It is something of a wonder that enough
elements exist of this character - the Durante noses, and the
navel-needle, and the optical tranquilization idea, and the star
map - to make an identification that can be called convincing.

Barney's version of events probably owes much to what Betty said
in her speeches, but there is one facet which was clearly
Barney`s own contribution - the long wraparound eyes of the
aliens. Donald Keyhoe emphasised it was "the worst feature" of
their ugly faces. It gave them a sinister look. Their hideousness
prompted Keyhoe to wonder what could have caused the Hills to
imagine such creatures. It was "never fully explained".[31]

Wraparound eyes are an extreme rarity in science fiction films. I
know of only one instance. They appeared on the alien of an
episode of an old TV series "The Outer Limits" entitled "The
Bellero Shield". A person familiar with Barney's sketch in "The
Interrupted Journey" and the sketch done in collaboration with
the artist David Baker will find a "frisson" of "deja vu"
creeping up his spine when seeing this episode. The resemblance
is much abetted by an absence of ears, hair, and nose on both
aliens. Could it be by chance? Consider this: Barney first
described and drew the wraparound eyes during the hypnosis
session dated 22 February 1964. "The Bellero Shield" was first
broadcast on "10 February 1964. Only twelve days separate
the two instances. If the identification is admitted, the
commonness of wraparound eyes in the abduction literature falls
to cultural forces.[32]

Wilder Penfield once proclaimed, "It is far better to be wrong
than to bc without an opinion." Penfield showed himself to be a
wise scientist in formulating that maxim. Errors are much more
fruitful than silence. They goad one into research and discovery.
Had Jacobs, Hopkins, and Bullard been cautious and reserved, some
of the surprises in this paper would never have surfaced. There
are things here about the cultural nature of the UFO phenomenon I
would never have suspected. The origin of flying saucers in a
journalistic error, especially, is the most deeply cosmic joke to
have ever fallen into my life. It may not be the ultimate
refutation of the ETH in the minds of everyone, but it will do
for me. For that am forever indebted to these fellows.

It is my opinion that culture predisposes people to have the
sorts of UFO experiences they do to a degree we have yet to fully
appreciate. If I'm wrong, my pontifications still won't be in
vain.

NOTES:

1. Jacobs, David M., "The New Era of UFO Research", _Pursuit_ ,
no. 78, 1987, p. 50

2. Dille, Robert C. (ed), "The Collected Works of Buck Rogers
in the 25th Century", Chelsea House Publishers, 1969, p.
159.

3. Lundwall, Sam J., "Science Fiction: An Illustrated History",
Grosset & Dunlap, 1977, p. 107

4. Sadoul, Jacques, "2000 AD: Illustrations from the Golden Age
of Science Fiction Pulps", Henry Regnery, 1973, pp. 63, 66,
148.

5. Ibid, pp. 69, 70

6. Steiger, Brad, "Project Blue Book", Ballantine, 1976.
Arnold, Kenneth, "How it All Began", in Fuller, Curtis G.,
"Proceedings of the First International UFO Conference",
Warner, 1980

7. Bullard, Thomas E., "UFO Abductions: The Measure of a
Mystery. Volume 1: Comparative Study of Abduction Reports."
Fund for UFO Research, 1987, p. 196.

8. Story, Ronald D., "Encyclopedia of UFOs", Dolphin, 1980, pp.
330-4

9. Hopkins, Budd, "Intruders", Random, 1987, p. 192.

10. Nicholls, Peter, "The Science Fiction Encyclopedia",
Dolphin, 1979, p. 207.

11. Wells, H. "The War of the Worlds"

12. Hopkins, op. cit., pp. 189-90.

13. Warren, Bill, "Keep Watching the Skies: American Science
Fiction Movies of the Fifties" (2 vols), McFarland, 1982.
Naha, Ed., "The Science Fictionary", Wideview, 1980; Hardy,
Phil, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies",
Woodbury, 1984, p. 180

14. Warren, op. cit. p. 187.

15. Bullard, op. cit., p. 14. Naha, op. cit. p. 218

16. Rebello, Stephen, "Selling Nightmares: Movie Poster Artists
of the Fifties", Cinefantastique, March, 1988, p. 42

17. Bullard, op. cit., pp. 47-53, 372

18. Dille, op. cit. pp. 142-5.

19. Bullard, op. cit. pp. 54-5

20. Bullard, op. cit. p. 372

21. Hopkins, Budd: "Missing Time", Richard Marke, 1981, p. 77.
Warren, op. cit., p. 153. "Magonia", No. 10, 1982, pp. 16-7

22. Bullard, op. cit. pp. i-ii, 275, 365

23. Fuller, John G., "The Interrupted Journey: Two Lost Hours
Aboard a Flying Saucer", Dell, 1966, pp. 45-9. Keyhoe,
Donald E., The Flying Saucer Conspiracy", Fieldcrest, 1955,
pp. 63-64, 204-5.

24. Keyhoe, op. cit., pp. 240-6.

25. Fuller, op. cit, p. 343-4. Keyhoe, op. cit., pp. 58,
65,190,208.

26. Bullard, op. cit., p. 14

27. "Invaders From Mars" (1953), video, Fox Hills Video, 1987.

28. Fuller, op. cit., p. 344. Bullard, op. cit., p. 245.

29. Friedman, Stanton and Slate, B. Ann, "UFO Star Base
Discovered", UFO Report, 2, no. 1, fall 1974, p. 61.

30. Battle, John Tucker, "Invaders From Mars", Script City, n.d.
p. 42

31. Keyhoe, Donald E., "Aliens From Space", Doubleday, 1973, p.
243-5.

32. Schow, David J. and Frentzen, Jeffrey, "The Outer Limits -
The Official Companion", Ace, 1986, pp. 170, 384. Bullard,
op. cit., p. 243.

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Houston,TX 1973.

One of the few UFO encounter cases which also involved animal mutilation occurred in May, 1973, and involved four women. Judy Doraty, her daughter Cindy, Judy's mother and sister-in-law would have the most terrifying experience of their lives.

After playing Bingo in Houston, the four women were returning to Judy's home town of Texas City, but first going by Alto Loma to drop off Judy's sister and brother-in-law.

After dropping off the two in Alto Loma, the remaining four saw a strange light, which seemed to be hovering in the night sky. The sight was intriguing enough that the four women stopped, and got out of the car to get a clearer look at the source of the light. They watched in awe until the light disappeared. They then resumed their trip to Texas City.

Eventually, Judy began to suffer from extreme headaches and anxiety. After being seen and dismissed by several doctors, she was referred to well-known Ufologist and hypnotist Dr. Leo Sprinkle. Sprinkle's previous experience with the UFO enigma led him to recommend hypnosis as a way to relieve Judy of her emotional trauma. There can be little doubt that Sprinkle suspected an abduction from the beginning.

Under hypnosis, it was revealed that Judy had apparently been abducted aboard an extra-terrestrial spacecraft. Judy went on in detail, describing how a cow was taken up into the craft and methodically mutilated by two "small entities." During the hypnotic regression, Judy described the unusual sensation of being in two places at once. She said that she was still standing beside her car after they stopped to watch the strange light in the sky.

However, Judy also said that at the same time, she was in a strange chamber watching the gruesome experiment unfolding before her eyes. Footage of this regression was included in Linda Moulton-Howe's award-winning documentary "Strange Harvests."

In a 1989 interview on 21st Century Radio, Linda Howe divulged what had been learned from the experience of Judy Doraty:

"Judy described . . . in a pale beam of yellow light, a small brown and white calf being taken up into a craft. Then, in an extraordinary way, [Judy) was inside the craft, and she watches the calf have pieces of it excised: the tongue, the sex organs, the eyes...?"

Some of Sprinkle's hypnosis session is included below:

Sprinkle asks, "Is there anyone around you?" There was this long, almost forty-five-second pause, and then she said: "two little men."

"[The two beings) were about three and a half to four feet tall; grey creatures with large egg-shaped heads."

"It's like a spotlight shining down on the back of my car. And it's like it has substance to it. I can see an animal being taken up in this. I can see it squirming and trying to get free. And it's like it's being sucked up."

She then went on to mention seeing her daughter Cindy on an 'operating' table.

She went on:

"They don't listen, they just ignore me....go about their work as if it's nothing. They don't seem to have any emotions. They don't seem to care. They just take some samples from her..."

It would be a number of years later when Judy's daughter Cindy would also undergo regressive hypnosis. Her session only corroborated her mother's.

Statement by Judy Doraty on February 01, 2003 at 19:48:28:

First I must say there is no doubt that abductions exist. My abduction took place in 1973. There were 16 eye witnesses to the craft, though not all remember an abduction. My daughter who was 14 at the time and myself. This was first reported to Ellington airforce base in Texas, who denied anything was on radar at the time. Our abduction was also returning from a bingo game in Houston, to our home in Texas City, first going by Alta Loma to drop off sister and brother in law.

There was another sighting of three people coming from a bingo game in Houston that got burned by the effects of the sighting. Our sighting was almost a year before theirs. So much happened that night I would not attempt to go in detail, we were all changed and have never been the same since. We were first ridiculed so much by others who were not present (family mostly) I did not talk about it for a few years.

Then my husband returned home from Viet Nam and we were stationed in Yuma, AZ. I somehow heard about APRO. I called them and told them about my sighting and the very next day, a Mr. Daugherty and his wife and a doctor. who had experience in hypnosis named Rose Tennant came to my house and spent the entire day going over what happened.

Dr. Tenant regressed me and a few details came out or shall I say surfaced. I had been having terrible migraines, and just the amount of surfacing relieved much. I know I remembered a formula that was given to me by the small gray alien. I think that is what caused a lot of problems. I did not say anything to anyone else as I was still gun-shy and afraid of ridicule.

A few years later I got a call from a lady Named Linda Howe. We talked a long time her trying to convince me I needed to be regressed again for a TV documentary she was doing called the Strange Harvest.

For some reason I began to trust her as she convinced me she believed what I was saying.

And as all abductees know this is one of the most important things to help one get on with their life. In my abduction I witnessed a small calf being transported in a LARGE CRAFT. At that time I somehow was teleported or astroprojected or something, as I was in the craft seeing what was going on as well as standing by my car I had gotten out of to see what the huge light was that had been pacing our car for about twenty miles or so. Anyway I allowed a DR. Leo Sprinkle from the University of Wyoming to do his regression.

It was about a three hour regression, I fulfilled MS. Howe's agenda she got an Emma for her documentary, but I was left with all the information in my head that still needed syphoning. I asked her to help me write a book to be able to tell the amazing things that I was told and shown. She agreed and then kept putting it off.

Both her and Dr. Sprinkle used my case for their own agenda and had little else to say to me. I guess I am trying to warn all of you to be careful who you trust. My main concern was I always wanted my abduction to be presented in a way that it would not be construed as a crazy woman venting her boredom.

So again I pulled myself in a shell and talked to no one. I was contacted by Sightings to do a follow up and I called Linda Howe she told me it would make the story unbelievable to the average person and I should not do it, so I turned them down. Later I learned she a a rift with Mr. Wrinklier and that was the only reason she did not want me to be on the show.

Then about ten years ago I was told by someone in the UFO community who was familiar with my case that Ms. Howe had gone to Kirkland airforce base was warned to keep my mouth shut but Ms. Howe never told this to me. She told a ufologist who called me. In other words the government did not want me to say anything about a formula I was given.

I became frightened and this is the first time I have shared anything. I hope some one reads this that will contact me and give me advice or help as the abduction is 30 years old, I am 63 and before I die I would love to know what many already know, and why they do not want my story told...thanks for listening.

Assembled and written by B J Booth

source: "Strange Harvest" Linda Moulton Howe

Dr. Leo Sprinkle, University of Wyoming, transcripts

21st Century Radio

Judy Doraty statement

EMF AND UFOs?

by Patricia Mason

The abduction experience is a fascinating aspect of the UFO

phenomena and, like UFOs, is elusive and difficult to

research. One must rely on the experiencers memory of the

event. Are these events real? Even experiencers themselves

question this. There is a physical and measurable force that

can effect human perception - EMF. Discovering the role of

EMF in this mystery is essential to its solution.

Magnetite is a mineral with magnetic properties. Composed of

black crystals, it is the most common form of iron ore mined

in the United States. Magnetite is also found in the cells

of living organisms such as honey bees, whales and birds. It

is thought to act as a navigational aid, a sort of a

biological compass. In the early 1990s, magnetite was found

in the human brain by a team of Caltech geobiologists headed

by Joseph Kirschvink. Samples of magnetite extracted from

various areas of the brain were consistent in size and

shape. This may indicate that magnetite serves some

biological function, but research has not yet revealed what

that function might be.

EMF, electromotive force, is created by the difference in

electrical potential between two points causing the

generation of both electric and magnetic fields. There has

been a public debate going on since the 1970s about the

environmental issues of EM (electromagnetic) field exposure

(such as living near power lines), microwave radiation and

pulsed EM waves (the type emitted by a nuclear explosion)

and their consequences to human health. This has generated

many medical studies as well as a vast amount of anecdotal

information about the physical effects of EMF. As a result,

there is a significant amount of information available.

The similarities between the reported effects of EMF and the

physical and mental effects reported by people who feel that

they have had a UFO abduction are tantalizing and deserve

further study. Review of the abduction phenomenon in light

of the research to date on the effects of EMF on the human

system may yield some exciting and surprising answers. For

example, pulsed electromagnetic waves can cause memory loss

[2](1), a consistent and frustrating symptom of the

abduction experience that hinders UFO research.

_____________________________________________

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE AND THE

UFO ABDUCTION PHENOMENON

EMF - REPORTED SYMPTOMS UFO - REPORTED SYMPTOMS

Strange sensation in hands, tingling Tingling, hair standing

on end

Change in menstrual cycles Female disorders, missing fetuses

Sleep (electrosleep) Falling asleep at inappropriate times

(such as at the sight of aliens)

Allergic responses Sinus problems

Headache Headache

Fatigue Fatigue

Cardiovascular and digestive disorders Low blood pressure

Disorientation Disorientation

Stress-type responses Post traumatic stress disorder

Poor appetite Depression

Physiological changes involving muscle or joint pains

Implants, unexplained marks on body, pain during abduction

experience

Anti-tumoral effects Unexplained healing

Memory loss Memory loss i.e. missing time"

Acute sensitivity in sense organs Increase in perceived

psychic abilities

Visual phenomena and disturbances in vision See luminous

disks and/or beings

Failure to make electrical appliances work Electrical

appliances malfunction in their presence, cant wear a watch

_____________________________________________

To give a reason for the abduction phenomena is beyond the

scope of this paper. There is no hard evidence as to whether

the abduction experience is the result of government

manipulation of the populace, extraterrestrials,

supernatural forces or simply a result of the environment.

The true answer is probably far stranger than we can even

imagine.

EMF may be the élan vital, the very spark of life that

animates our bodies. It may be the force that manifests our

consciousness into physical reality. It has been shown to

effect our perceptions and feelings. Exposure to EMF may

even permanently alter us spiritually. The abduction

experience is changing not only the experiencers, it is

changing our whole world view. One is reminded of the image

of UFOs hovering above power lines. Was this a foreshadowing

of future events, or was someone or something trying to

provide us with an important clue?

REFERENCES

Davis, Albert Roy and Walter C. Rawls, Jr., Magnetism and

Its Effects on the Living System, Exposition Press, 1974,

(1) p.52

[3]Back

Faber, Scott, Magnetic Minds, Discover Magazine, January

1993

Hopkins, Bud, Missing Time: A Documented Study of UFO

Abductions, Richard Marek Publishers, 1981

Jacobs, David M., Secret Life: First Hand Accounts of UFO

Abductions, Simon and Schuster, 1992

Mack, John E., Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens,

Charles Scribners Sons, 1994

Sheppard and Eisenbud, Biological Effects of Electric and

Magnetic Fields of Extremely Low Frequency, New York

University Press, 1977

Smith, Cyril W., and Simon Best, Electromagnetic Man: Health

and Hazard in the Electrical Environment, St. Martins Press,

1989

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by Budd Hopkins


It is in the nature of human psychology that an event as dramatic as
contact with extraterrestrial intelligence can not be thought about
_neutrally_, without deep-seated hopes and preconceptions. Most of us,
I'm certain, prefer to believe that extraterrestrials would arrive on
our planet as friendly, helpful beings, eager to share their technology
and to aid us in solving our social and ecological problems. Upon this
basic and very human wish certain people have erected a powerful set of
interpretations of modern-day UFO reports. These hopes, hardened into a
kind of theology, can be described as a modern religion, willed into
existence after the decline of our more traditional deities. After all,
we have been told more than once that God is dead.

On the other hand, our recent wars, both hot and cold, and the venality
and deceit we have seen in many of our political leaders have also
inspired an undercurrent of pessimism, global in extent. International
chaos, terrorism and governmental incompetence have trained many of us
always to expect the worst. And so, if the majority opinion, or hope,
is that extraterrestrials would arrive as space brothers, a strong
minority opinion fears the opposite - that we would find ourselves
taken over by a band of inter-galactic conquerors. Our popular science
fiction films spell out these hopes and fears quite literally: We have
the kindly Space Brother, Michael Rennie, stepping out of a gleaming
spaceship to help earthlings through their troubles, and then we have
the Body Snatchers out to do us all in. I've dwelt on these basic
attitudes about extraterrestrial contact for an important reason: when
we examine reports of actual contact, especially as revealed in UFO
abduction encounters, we must always bear in mind our basic
preconceptions and how they might influence our reading of these
events.

After twelve years of experience investigating the abduction
phenomenon, I will not deal with the validity of such reports in this
paper. I've considered this issue elsewhere, in two books and a number
of articles, so we will here assume that the abductees I've worked
with, more than a hundred and fifty in all, are telling the truth as
they best recall it. I will concentrate instead on what information we
can derive from their accounts that might bear on the question of the
moral nature of the UFO phenomenon. Are the UFO occupants, as they are
described by their abductees, good or bad, friends or foes, or is the
situation just not reducible to such terms? The very first step,
obviously, is to analyze what the abductees say they feel about their
captors, and that, every investigator knows, is a complex task. My
twelve years' experience leads me to a distinct conclusion: each
abductee's emotions are invariably intense and manylevelled - and
usually mutually contradictory.

First of all, confrontations with UFO occupants are generally
experienced as frightening, so fear, at some point, is an almost
universal element in the emotional mix. Second, there is a kind of awe
or wonder at the power and seeming magic of the aliens' technology.
This often translates itself into a kind of affection, even love, that
an abductee might feel for the particular captor with whom he or she
senses a special relationship. On the other side of the same coin there
is an almost universal anger - verging sometimes on hatred - that
abductees feel towards their abductors because of their enforced
helplessness, their sense of having been used, involuntarily, and even,
upon occasion, of being made to suffer severe pain. According to every
broad study of the abduction literature that I know of, and Edward
Bullard's is the most authoritative [ParaNet members - see FUFOR.ORD],
fear, awe, affection and anger are the basic emotional components of
almost every UFO abduction experience. It is safe to say, then, that
_powerful and confusing_ emotions follow such experiences, and that
after their encounters abductees do not believe they have been taken
either by purely malevolent foes nor by selfless, angelic space
brothers. The situation is far too complicated for either simplistic
reading.

During the past eight years I have conducted an informal support group
for UFO abductees in the New York City area, and have kept in touch
with many others in various parts of the country. These circumstances
have allowed me to observe a number of men and women over an extended
period of time, and to see various patterns of response to their
abduction experiences. The weight of each component in the standard
emotional mix varies widely from individual to individual, and also
changes with time within any one psyche. But the basic components
always seem to remain, subtly at odds with one another, in each
abductee. Several things must be kept in mind, however, as we study the
abductee's emotional charts. First, when one is abducted, he or she is
in something of an altered state, not unlike a hypnotic trance. The
abductee is _controlled_ by the abductors and his or her behavior is in
many ways far from normal. The abductee may be told things, shown
things, that may not be true or "real." So in this context we must
consider the abductee's occasional affection for his or her captors.
Psychologists have shown that this phenomenon, the "Patty Hearst"
syndrome, all too often appears in earthly kidnapping experiences.
Therefore in evaluating the four emotions commonly described by UFO
abductees, three seem appropriate but one must be dealt with warily.
Fear is something one would surely expect if the aliens actually look
and act as reported by their captives. Feelings of awe at the alien's
technological magic, an emotion that again seems appropriate. Anger,
often to an extreme degree, seems to be most abductee's reaction to
being paralyzed and controlled by their captors. The physically
invasive and sometimes painful operations performed upon them underline
this response, which is often deepened because the UFO occupants
usually refuse to discuss the purpose of these disturbing procedures.
One has no choice except to submit to needles, lights, knives,
"scanners" and so forth, with no power to protest or refuse. "I feel
like a lab rat," one abductee said, her anger entirely appropriate to
her situation. It is the odd affection abductees often report feeling
for their captors that seems suspect, under the circumstances. Is this
feeling possibly an artificial emotion, induced telepathically through
some kind of quasi-hypnotic control? Is it a version of the "Patty
Hearst" syndrome? Is it a genuine reaction? Obviously no one can answer
these questions satisfactorily, but it seems to me that affection is
the one common abduction response that must be viewed with suspicion.

When one tries to tally up the pros and cons of an abduction experience
as it immediately and visibly affects human emotion, it can be said
that two reactions are essentially negative, or even damaging. Fear and
anger, which are often felt deeply as terror and hatred, are surely
disruptive of anyone's life. The sense of awe, while basically neutral
and sometimes tinged with fear, may enhance one's world view, and thus
contribute positively. The fourth and most suspect emotion, affection
for one's captors, if genuine, is a positive one. So the emotional
"score" after an abduction experience does not support either a simple
"Space Brother" or "Body Snatcher" interpretation. Judging purely by
obvious surface reactions we are still in ethically mixed territory,
though to me and to many abductees the negative effects seem more
powerful than the positive.

Moving away from the patterns of the abductees' immediate emotional
responses, we can evaluate the ethical content of an extraterrestrial
presence by considering another, larger plane. Is there any evidence
that extra-terrestrial intelligence has actively intervened in human
affairs, either helpfully or destructively? The modern era of UFO
activity begins in earnest in 1947, but many UFO reports surfaced
during World War II in the phenomenon labelled "foo fighters" by our
airmen. No force, either extra-terrestrial or otherwise, put a stop to
the Holocaust until the Allied armies conquered Nazi Germany. By then
it was too late for millions of innocent people, murdered by a system
no one seemed able to stop. The United States developed nuclear weapons
and used them to incinerate tens of thousands of children, women and
men. No one, terrestrial or otherwise, prevented those bombs from
falling. Continuing Stalinist butchery, international terrorism,
American intervention in a Vietnamese civil war - all meant that
thousands upon thousands of innocent people lost their lives because of
the cruelty or indifference of political leaders of every persuasion.
No one intervened. Michael Rennie, alas, never stepped out of his space
ship to save us from ourselves. We have polluted our planet, spreading
cancer by industry's greedy indifference to the consequences of
chemical "bonanzas." No one came to our rescue; the Chariots of the
Gods evidently drew up just to watch the damage deepen. And now we have
a new plague - the disease known by its ironic acronym AIDS...something
fresh and new that we apparently did not have before the advent of the
modern UFO era.

Now all of this means one thing. As a moral presence the UFO phenomenon
seems sublimely indifferent to what we do to ourselves. Intervention is
evidently not part of the plan, as diving into the surf to rescue a
drowning child is sometimes not part of an indolent sunbather's plans.
On the other hand there seems to be no evidence that an
extraterrestrial presence has inflicted any excess pain upon us,
either. If Michael Rennie's alien only saves us in Hollywood films, the
evil, intervening Body Snatchers seem only to exist there, too. I
believe that the cruelty that mankind has endured in this century has
an all too human origin; one doesn't have to look to spaceships for its
cause. And we look to them in vain even for first aid, let alone
salvation.

But how should we evaluate what seems inescapable evidence of extra-
terrestrial indifference to human tragedy? I feel that the grades
should be harsh. The power and technology revealed by UFO report upon
UFO report indicates that intervention of some kind should have been
possible; help should have been given. Apologists for a Space Brothers
theory use the same argument as Christian Apologists: The UFO
occupants, like God, tolrate evils such as the Holocaust because life
is only a fleeting reality -the afterlife, or a reincarnated life,
renders this question moot. As a Humanist I disagree. The death of a
child at the hands of a gun-bearing adult is an abomination, not a
necessary learning experience. The only excuse I can offer for
extraterrestrial indifference is some kind of flaw in their apparent
power, some very real vulnerability that might provide them with an
excuse to avoid moral responsibility the way our indolent sunbather
could avoid trying to save the drowning child because he, himself,
might be unable to swim.

A few valid UFO cases contain accounts of healing, descriptions of
wounds healed, eyesight strengthened and so on, after UFO abductions or
encounters. However, these rare examples of healing raise more ethical
problems than they solve. If the occupants of UFOs _do_ have the power
to heal, why is it used so sparingly, so arbitrarily? Why save one
swimmer and let the others drown? A woman I've worked with and know
well was abducted along with her older sister; each had had childhood
abductions, each had lived uneasily with her memories. Last spring the
older sister was murdered in a park, by an apparently deranged
individual. The tragedy had nothing to do with UFOs, but my friend said
this to me: "I always thought, somehow, they were looking out for us,
watching over the people they'd taken in these experiments. Now I know
I'm no safer than anyone else. They don't seem to care." And yet in one
case I know about an abductee was apparently saved in a similar
situation. The arbitrariness of it all undermines any attempt to accept
a Space Brother reading of the entire phenomenon. Amorality is the term
that comes most quickly to mind.

If the immediate emotional reactions to UFO abductions are usually more
negative than positive, and there is literally no sign of benign extra-
terrestrial intervention in world affairs, there is still one more area
to examine, and it is extremely important. It is the long term
psychological aftereffects of UFO abductions experiences. Dr. Aphrodite
Clamar, a clinical psychologist with whom I have worked in many such
investigations, has stated that she feels almost every abductee she has
dealt with has been psychologically scarred by the experience. This is
surely my opinion also, and I believe that the psychological tests of
abductees administered by Dr. Elizabeth Slater, as well as the
psychological histories taken through Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in
New York City all provide support for this thesis. Though she points
out that cause and effect obviously cannot be established with
certainty, Dr. Slater describes the psychological profiles of the nine
abductees she tested as resembling those found with rape victims - a
low self-esteem, a distrust of their bodies, their physicality, their
sexuality, and a hesitancy to trust others. Not a pretty legacy from
our would-be Space Brothers.

My case files include three instances in which individuals - all males
and apparently somewhat depressed to begin with - committed suicide
after what were described by their friends and family as UFO abduction
experiences. And there is more on this debit side of the ledger,
including what seems to have been an accident following a car-stopping
incident and abduction; the driver, the only surviving parent of four
children, died later of complications suffered in this encounter. Two
female abductees I've worked with either planned or carried out suicide
attempts when they were ten years old, and another recent attempt
involves a frightened, despondent fourteen-year-old girl.

No one who has had this experience regards it as an unmitigated
blessing. Some live in perpetual terror. Some have suffered nervous
breakdowns, and as a result of their experiences and the chemical and
shock treatments administered by baffled and incompetent doctors, are
living thoroughly damaged lives. I have seen disfiguring scars on the
bodies of abductees who have involuntarily been used in the UFO
occupant's "medical" procedures. Yet I have also seen abductees whose
lives have been undeniably broadened by their bizarre experiences;
survivors who have managed the human task of surmounting their traumas
and gaining something from them. The reports, again, are mixed, but the
pain and suffering are immense. Deaths, injuries, terrors and mental
breakdowns must be weighed against a philosophical broadening in many
individuals, an awareness that the universe is larger - and closer -
than anyone had imagined. The cost, of course, has been tremendous, and
the gain due more to human resilience than alien kindness.

But there is, I believe, an explanation for the apparently callous and
often destructive behavior of the aliens who perpetrate these temporary
kidnappings of innocent men, women and children. One vivid example
should make the point. Two years ago a man in Minnesota whom I shall
call Earl wrote to me about his partially remembered UFO experiences.
Eventually I visited him on his farm, and we began a series of hypnotic
regressions. He recalled a time years before when his wife had been
helping him harvest a crop of hay in a rather isolated field. She lay
down to rest on the wagon while Earl worked a few hundred yards
away...but then he saw three small UFOs fly in at tree-top level and
hover above his sleeping wife. One of them lowered to the ground as
Earl put his tractor in gear and raced to her side to protect her from
whatever was happening. A normal looking blond man, speaking English,
stepped from behind the clump of trees where the UFO had landed and
asked Earl to stop; "Everything is all right," he said. "She won't be
hurt." Earl ignored him and leaped off the tractor, continuing on foot
towards the wagon where his wife lay, surrounded now by small, gray-
skinned figures. Earl suddenly found himself paralyzed and helpless. He
stood there, unable to move, as the blond man continued speaking,
assuring him that "everything is all right. Nothing will happen to your
mate." Earl watched in horror as his paralyzed wife was undressed. A
Long needle was pushed into her abdomen as she lay on a bed of hay,
crying out at the pain, but unable to resist. Skin and hair samples
were taken, and a thin probe was inserted into her vagina. Still frozen
in place, Earl cursed and raged, and the blond man seemed genuinely
surprised by his reaction. "We _want_ you to see this," he said. "We're
not hurting your mate. She'll be fine. Why are you upset? We're not
hurting her..."

The scene ended shortly thereafter, and the couple returned home, aware
of a period of missing time, but with no memories of the UFO encounter.
In the days and weeks after this event, Earl's wife began suffering
from nightmares, clawing in her sleep at the area near the bridge of
her nose, between her eyes, and screaming for them to "take it out,
it's hurting." She dug deep gouges in her forehead while the nightmares
continued unabated. Other symptoms of her terror appeared, half-
understood recollections of the events in the hay field. Eventually she
had to be hospitalized, suffering from a severe nervous breakdown. She
lives at home now, tranquilized and sadly no longer herself.

This story is but one of many which I could present to illustrate a
central point about UFO occupants and their relation to their human
subjects: they simply appear unable for the most part to understand us,
our feelings, our terrors, our love for one another. They seem
psychologically blind to basic human emotions. In my book _Intruders_ I
recounted case after case in which women were artificially inseminated
or endured ovaretrieval operations, but whose reactions of rage or
terror seemed surprising to their captors. These impassive UFO
occupants seem as remote from our "peculiar" human emotions as they are
from our obviously differing anatomy; perhaps more so. And their basic
lack of understanding provides us with a kind of excuse for their
callous behavior.

It seems to me that we are left with but two possibilities, neither of
which is very attractive. If the UFO occupants actually do understand
us and can empathize with our needs and emotions, then they are morally
deficient -- even cruel in their single-minded selfishness. Not
malevolent or deliberately evil, but as callous as the sunbather who
watches the child drown in the surf. At some point, amoral behavior
becomes immoral behavior. But if these same alien beings _simply do not
understand our feelings_, then they have an excuse of sorts for their
behavior. And the evidence suggest they really may not know what
disasters they sometimes cause. A female abductee recently wrote me a
letter which goes in part:


I was watching a show about animals, because I love
animals. I don't know if it was _Wild Kingdom_ or some
_National Geographic_ show, but these scientists were
tracking some polar bears. They had all kinds of weird
looking equipment and were using a white board which
rendered them invisible in the snow to the bears. As I
watched I got a real sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.
These scientists were dressed in identical white suits,
lured the bears closer, and drugged the big one with the
cubs. The whole time they were tagging her they were taking
blood samples, measuring fat, checking eyes, mouth, etc.
And whenever the bear struggled they would pet her, talk to
her, tell her everything was going to be fine. The cubs
stayed close. The scientists placed a device on her that
would track her for so many years. They even marked her
with a special paint that could be spotted from the air.
Then when they were through with her they ran and hid
behind the big screen so that when she woke up she wouldn't
see them. She got up, looked around, and ran so fast her
cubs could hardly keep up. Imagine how she must have felt
the other times when they followed her in a helicopter. She
could run, but with that paint and homing device she could
never hide! I think all we are is a bunch of animals to
these beings. Some little experiment that has been ongoing
for who knows how long. I don't like the idea of being
something's lab animal.


I thought about her letter, her understanding of the animal's plight
and the traumas inflicted by the scientists upon the bear and its cubs.
These zoologists - as well as the occupants of UFO's, one hopes - are
all acting from decent, scientific motives. And yet in both cases pain
is inflicted, paralysis is imposed, and traumatic terror is the result.
Some animals might abandon their cubs after such an experience or die
of a mismeasured dose of a tranquilizing drug or even die from pure
shock, just as some humans, like Earl's poor wife, may never recover
from the horror of their experience. Sad though this alternative seems,
it is easier for me to believe that the occupants of UFOs simply do not
understand what they are doing to us, what traumas they are inflicting,
than to believe they do know and are merely indifferent to human
suffering.

I have talked to many people who will not give up on the benign Space
Brother reading of these cases, no matter what. At the outset I said
that our quasi-religious hopes die slowly. And so, despite massive
negative evidence, there are still many people who cling to the idea
that somehow, some way there may be _two_ alien groups, one bad and one
good. The bad group, according to this theory, does the abducting and
experimenting while the good group really loves and understands us.
Sometimes a kind of sub rosa Aryan racism can be detected beneath these
hopes, in that the "grays," as they have been called, are the bad
aliens, while the more attractive "blonds" are good. In my twelve years
of investigation, however, the more human-seeming aliens, whenever they
are reported (as in the cases of Earl and his wife or the Travis Walton
abduction), seem to be operating as a team right along with the so-
called "grays," participating in abductions as usual. There is not a
shred of evidence that I know of supporting this simple-minded good-
guys, bad-guys dichotomy - but there is plenty of evidence that this
kind of wishful thinking is an all too common psychological habit.

The Contactee phenomenon, discounted by almost all serious
investigators, represents the triumph of hope against reality, of need
against evidence. The abduction cases I've studied over the years can
be defined as being, in effect, "all evidence and no ideology," while
the contactee cults are essentially the opposite. Contactee messages,
as passed on through helpful "channels," reduce themselves generally to
soft entreaties to love one another, to make peace, not war, and to
take care of our planet's precarious ecology - in other words, the kind
of cliche' even people like Reagan and Gorbachev routinely utter in
their formal speeches. (This kind of nebulous message, it should be
said, is sometimes also reported in valid UFO abduction cases. What we
really need, one abductee said to me, is actual alien help in solving
our problems, not just another newspaper editorial pointing them out.)
In short, there is no reason to assume that any benign group of aliens
anywhere has yet done anything truly helpful to our planet. Such
evidence simply does not exist.

The final difficulty in the cultist view of a "good alien - bad alien
duality" lies in the age-old problem of evil. If the bad aliens are
hurting us by their abductions, why don't the good aliens prevent it?
For centuries we've asked ourselves, if God is omnipotent, how can he
permit, say, the torture of children? Many of us felt that since no
answer consistent with the idea of God's omnipotence could satisfy us,
there was something seriously wrong with the theology. And so it is
with this kind of alien theology, apart from the fact that there is no
credible evidence of any kind indicating a struggle between rival alien
groups. If there are various groups of aliens from different places of
origin in the Universe, they are apparently all co-operatively doing
the same thing to us, the human race - and I for one think that what
they're doing is, in the short term at least, immensely destructive.

Once again we are back to the only two viable alternatives. Either the
UFO occupants have not grasped the psychological toll they are taking
in these abductions and genetic experiments because they really do not
understand human psychology, _or_ they must be viewed as a callous,
indifferent, amoral race bent solely upon gratifying its own scientific
needs at whatever the cost to us, the victims. The question of which
alternative is true cannot be presently answered. There is evidence to
support both interpretations, but I, for one, wish to choose the
former.

Budd Hopkins
New York, September 1987