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To the sceptic, encounters with extraterrestrials can usually be
dismissed
as the result of fantastic claims by unreliable witnesses. All too
often the
media in general dismisses these reports as hoaxes, delusion, or the
result of
suggestion through hypnotic regression.
When cases are looked at individually, it is perhaps easy for people
to
dismiss unexplainable irregularities detailed in these reports
because society
dictates that there is no clear evidence for there being life outside
of our
planet.
For those prepared to question whether we are really alone, the
number of
cases speak for themselves, as does the credibility the witnesses
concerned. In
this article, we take an objective look at eight of the best cases of
close
encounters taken from a cross section of society all over the world,
from
Africa to America, and leave you to make up your own mind.
Often reports from witnesses are confused, contradictory, fragmented
or
simply bizarre, leaving critics ample opportunity to discredit them.
These
discrepancies should not be taken as evidence of a lack of honesty on
the part of
the witness. What we have to bear in mind is that these are ordinary
people,
sometimes just children, who without warning have found themselves in
quite
extraordinary situations. Often these witnesses are attempting to
describe
events and relate communications that have been made telepathically
rather than
verbally, they are in unfamiliar environments and being faced with
situations
that a lifetime of conditioning has taught them should not exist.
The Dutch Millionaire
Not all witness accounts offer vague and indecipherable facts; there
are
some contactees that are able to provide an enormous amount of detail
concerning
their experiences. One of the most interesting and least reported
cases is
that of a Dutch millionaire who received telepathic communications
from an
extraterrestrial race named the Iargans from a planet called Iarga in
the 1960'
s. The witness has never revealed his true identity for fear of
compromising
his standing in the business community; instead he uses a pseudonym
given him
by the Iargans. They referred to him as "Stef van den Earde" (Stef of
the
Earth) from which the name Stefan Denaerde was derived.
Researchers describe Denaerde as being a very well educated and
highly
articulate master mechanical engineer and an architectural artist.
Most of his
communications were made through telepathic communication. What is
interesting
is that at the time the witness claimed to be receiving these
telepathic
communications, a NATO installation in The Netherlands recorded a
strange,
unidentified radio frequency being directed to the area. Whether this
represents
coincidence or evidence is a matter for the individual reader. In the
case of
the Iarga contacts, the message was clear: that the earth did not
exist in
splendid isolation and that to evolve humanity, the Earth had to
become a
peaceful, non-violent planet. The experience proved so powerful and
he felt the
message was so important, that he eventually wrote a book, 'Planet
Iarga'
detailing much of what he knew. The book, which has long since gone
out of print,
talked about his experiences and repeated the message of the Iargans.
A PDF
version of the book can be found in our e-book library for those
interested in
learning more.
The Australian Author
Another contactee who reported his contact with extraterrestrials as
being a
very positive and rewarding encounter is Michel Desmarquet from
Cairns,
Australia. Desmarquet claimed extraterrestrials physically abducted
him in June
1987. These highly evolved extraterrestrial visitors, who, Desmarquet
stated,
were millions of years ahead of us in terms of conscious and
technological
evolution took him to the planet Thiaoouba in Pleiades. He states
"They took me
physically to their planet on a journey that had a time lapse of
nine
Earthly days. It was not an astral travel, nor an astral contact - I
was there with
my Physical Body, incredible as it may seem." He describes his
journey thus "
By transubstantiation, we travelled through the light barrier, moving
in and
out of space and time, instead of moving through it."
The Thiaoouba explained that they had made contact with Michel
Desmarquet
because their studies of civilizations all over our galaxy had led
them to
recognize that we are at a critical turning point in human
evolution.
Like with the Iargans, the message of the Thiaooubians was one that
emphasised spiritual enlightenment and philosophy as the way for
humanity to evolve.
Interestingly both Michel Desmarquet and Stefan Denaerde were
specifically
asked to write books detailing their experiences so as to pass on the
messages
they had been given and both were treated with the utmost respect
during
their contact with these beings. Neither appears to have written
their accounts
for commercial gain, indeed Michel Desmarquet's book, Abduction to
the Ninth
Planet or The Thiaoouba Prophecies as it was renamed is available in
_PDF
format_ (http://bioresonant.com/freebooks.html) for free for those
who can't
afford to pay for it or at a low cost for those who can.
The US Military
One of the most fantastic and controversial contacts is that
surrounding
Project Serpo. There is still much speculation as to whether this is
a genuine
Top Secret project or an elaborate hoax, however its supporters point
to the
authenticity of the data provided by the anonymous source, by
validating many
facts that are not in the public domain. If the source, a retired
senior
official within the US Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) is to be
believed,
following the 1947 Roswell incident, in 1964, the US military sent a
team of
twelve scientists to a far away planet in the Zeta-Reticuli system at
the
invitation of its inhabitants: The Eben.
According to the anonymous source, one of the aliens, from the
Roswell crash
survived and was taken to Sandia Army Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico
before
being moved to Los Alamos. In time, the US military permitted the
Eben visitor
to communicate with his home planet and this developed into a
dialogue
between the two planets. The surviving Eban apparently died in 1952
but
communications continued and in 1965, an exchange program was
established between Earth
and the Eban's home planet.
It took the team nine months, travelling in the alien craft to reach
the
Eban planet, which the US Military named Serpo. Although they had
problems
acclimatising to their new environment, the team actually remained
there for much
longer than the ten years the mission was originally scheduled for,
finally
returning in 1978. The team consisted of two doctors; three
scientists; two
linguists; two security personnel; two pilots and was lead by an air
force
colonel. Only four of the team actually returned to Earth when the
mission was
completed, two members of the team actually died during the mission
and four of
the team elected to remain on the planet when their mission was
over.
The Couple on Vacation
Project Serpo's alleged communication being from a planet in the
Zeta-Reticuli system is not actually unique. In September 1961, Betty
Hill, a 41
year-old social worker and her husband Barney Hill, a postal worker,
also
encountered extraterrestrial visitors from this star system after
witnessing a UFO
close up at Indian Head, north of Woodstock. Having observed a
strange light as
they travelled home from vacation, they were perplexed by its erratic
movement
and kept track of it as they drove. Eventually Barney stopped the car
and
they got out to let their dog stretch its legs, still watching the
approaching
light. As it got closer, Barney realised that the object, which now
seemed to
be moving toward him was saucer shaped and had multicoloured lights,
and
rows of windows. The object moved to within a hundred feet of him, at
which
point he could see occupants inside, presumably watching him.
Frightened, he ran
back to his car where Betty waited and they hurriedly continued the
journey
home. Calculating the time and the mileage from the area where Barney
stopped
the car to home it was obvious that it had taken two hours longer than
it
should have, but neither of them could account for the missing time.
The
following day, Betty called her sister Janet and told her about their
experience.
Janet urged her to report the UFO sighting to nearby Pease Air Force
Base.
Despite Barney's objections, Betty did so; Major Paul W. Henderson of
the 100th
Bomb Wing took the report but it was not considered significant at
the time and
the incident appeared closed.
It was only a year later after suffering from flashbacks and
terrifying
dreams that the truth about what had happened that night was finally
revealed.
After undergoing a series of hypnotic regression treatments conducted
by
psychiatrist Dr Benjamin Simon, it was discovered that Betty and
Barney had been
taken aboard an alien vessel and subjected to a series of invasive
tests, Betty
was given a pregnancy test and had skin, hair and nail samples taken
and
Barney had semen extracted and his dentures examined. Although they
were treated
well, they were clearly regarded as specimens by the humanoid beings
on the
ship. An odd fact that came out during the regressions was that the
aliens
seemed to have no concept of time, or of colours. When Betty asked
where the
alien visitors were from she was shown a 'star map' by one alien,
which she
described as being three-dimensional, like looking through a window.
Afterwards
Betty, who had no prior knowledge of astronomy, was able to reproduce
an
accurate map showing exactly where the Zeta-Reticuli system was
located in
relation to Earth. Interestingly, there were features on her map that
even
astronomers couldn't confirm existed until 1969.
Eager to avoid unnecessary attention, the Hills who were a middle-
aged mixed
race couple - a rarity in the 1960's, tried to keep their story out
of the
press, but when an inaccurate version was leaked, they were forced to
step
into the spotlight and clarify what had happened. The result is of
course
history as the abduction phenomena made media headlines around the
world.
The Farmer in Brazil
Betty and Barney Hill certainly weren't the first to experience
being
abducted by extraterrestrials because in 1957, a 23 year-old
Brazilian farmer named
Antonio Villas Boas and his brother observed a strange red light in
the
night sky. The brothers thought it unusual but dismissed it as
something and
nothing. The following night they noticed it again but again they
thought it was
interesting but nothing more.
It was a few days later when working in the fields on his tractor
that Jose
was to discover first hand the origin of the strange red light. To
his
amazement, a saucer shaped craft landed close to the field where he
was working.
Terrified, Boas tried to drive away, but as the craft touched down
the engine
on his tractor mysteriously failed. Boas attempted to run but found
himself
unable to, the aliens seemingly exerting some kind of control over
him. He was
apprehended by a group of humanoid aliens, which he describes as
being about
4 feet tall. Despite their stature they were easily able to subdue
the
terrified man and take him aboard their ship.
Once on board, he was stripped naked and his whole body covered with
a gel
of some kind. Two of the aliens took a blood sample from his chin and
left. He
noticed puffs of smoke or vapour that made him sick to his stomach,
coming
from vents in the wall, which caused him to vomit. After a while what
he
describes as a 'beautiful' female alien came into the examination
room and made
it clear that she wanted to have sex with him. Boas had little choice
but to
comply although he described the alien as being very clinical,
without any
feeling or emotion. Once she had been successfully impregnated, she
pointed to
her abdomen and then the sky, which Boas interpreted as meaning that
she would
give birth to the hybrid child in space.
Boas was then given a tour of the ship, but said that the aliens
were
generally emotionless and not forthcoming or particularly friendly,
before being
released. Still in a state of shock, he watched as the craft shot off
skyward.
Reports of Boas' encounter was generally kept out of the press due to
the
explicit sexual nature of the contact, which wasn't considered
suitable for
publication at the time. In time Boas married, had a family of his
own and became
a lawyer, right up until his death in 1992, he maintained that his
abduction
experience was genuine and that somewhere out there is a hybrid child
that
he fathered.
The Child from Arkansas
In 1953, Riley Martin was just seven years old when he states that he
was
abducted by an extraterrestrial race called the Biaviians and kept
for three
days aboard their ship. While there, he claims he was shown a number
of humans
living on the alien's home planet. He also claims to have seen domed
gardens
aboard an egg shaped alien mother ship that he said contained other
humans or
possibly hybrid humans and several other species of aliens.
In many ways, Riley Martin represents the kind of stereotypical
witness that
gives critics a field day; however Martin is honest about his
shortcomings
and lack of formal education as an adult and leaves it up to the
individual to
decide what to make of his story. People who have spoken to Martin
describe
how he has a deep and broad knowledge of science considering his less
than
privileged background and are at a loss to explain the eloquence and
consistency with which he speaks. Martin is a perfect example of the
diversity of the
type of people who have been contacted by extraterrestrial beings.
>From Martin's accounts, the Biaviians seem to be at an earlier stage
of
development both technologically and spiritually than the
Thiaooubians or the
Iargans, although they are still far more advanced than us. According
to Martin
they have a limited capacity to understand mankind and are perceived
in many
different ways by contactees, some see them as angelic beings while
others
see them as terrifying, cold and clinical. Martin's experiences are
in the main
positive and his primary physical contacts, a male named Tan and a
female
named Nela seem prepared to answer his questions, but as Martin
himself admits
he lacks the education to always understand the scientific and
revelatory
nature of the contact. He is however quite sure that the Biaviians
seem to view
humanity as kindred spirits albeit inferior ones and as such their
hope is to
somehow prevent us from facilitating our own extinction, even if
this
involves evacuating the most enlightened humans off the planet should
our self
destruction appear imminent.
What's interesting about his account is that not only does he have
continued
contact with the Biaviians who originally abducted him, but he also
speaks
of a second alien race of reptilian origins called Targzissians, who
he says
are keen to suppress knowledge concerning the existence of
extraterrestrial
life.
Martin's book, 'The Coming of Tan', a _sample chapter_
(http://www.thecomingoftan.com/read~from~the~book/chapter~one.html)
of which can be read on his
_website_ (http://www.thecomingoftan.com/) offers a fascinating
account of his
experience as an abductee and the past, present and future of
humanity and
the Earth.
A School in Zimbabwe
Children it appears, are just as likely to be contacted by
extraterrestrials
as adults are. On 14th September 1994, a cigar shaped UFO was
observed
moving across the sky over the town of Ruwa, Zimbabwe. It was seen by
a number of
people, but at the time it was assumed that the witnesses had spotted
the
nose cone from a Russian satellite.
Two days later during morning, a group of children attending Ariel
Primary
School in Ruwa watched in fascination as three silver balls hovered
in the sky
over the school, before disappearing and reappearing several times.
One of
the UFO's slowly landed on an area of rough ground next to the
school. While
some children ran off in terror, a number of curious children ran
over to the
school boundary fence to investigate from a safe distance. Sixty two
of the
children, most of which were ten and eleven, later gave a variety of
descriptions to investigators but the common report was of a large,
glowing, saucer
shaped craft with three legs.
To the children's amazement, three beings had emerged from the craft,
all
dressed in one piece suits. The children described them as moving in
slow
motion and as having large black eyes. According to the children,
when they looked
into the creatures' eyes, they received telepathic messages from
them. The
message they received was one expressing the need for humanity to
take action
to stop further environmental damage from occurring to the planet, as
if we
didn't, we would be doomed as a species.
The whole encounter lasted less than five minutes and by the time
teaching
staff had been alerted, the UFO had disappeared. At first the
teachers
believed that the children had simply imagined the event, but soon
began to realise
that something out of the ordinary had happened that recess; some of
the
children were hysterical with fear, while others were overcome with
excitement at
what they had witnessed. Although there were discrepancies,
researchers
point to the fact that under the circumstances this was
understandable. What
stood out weren't the differences, but the obvious similarities
between the
accounts and honesty of the children concerned.
A Canadian Engineer gets burned
Getting too close to a UFO can have serious drawbacks as one
Canadian
engineer and amateur geologist discovered to his cost in 1960.
Much criticism surrounds the so-called lack of physical evidence
that
surrounds abductees. As we've already demonstrated, there are reports
of close
encounters out there which offer an amazing amount of information for
those
interested enough to study it. Physical evidence is often much harder
to come by,
however in this last case there is physical evidence of unexplained
injuries
to support the witness' account of what he experienced.
On May 20th 1960, a 52 year-old Stephen Michalak was out looking for
minerals near Falcon Lake, eighty miles east of Winnipeg when he
spotted two disc
shaped craft overhead. One flew away, but the other landed. Curious,
Michalak
approached the craft and got close enough to touch it. This was
obviously a
huge mistake as it was so hot it immediately melted his glove. At
that point,
the craft took off with a blast of light from an 'exhaust panel'
hitting him
in the chest. Dazed, burned and in shock, he managed to make it back
to the
road some two miles away where he was picked up by a police officer.
A _police
report_
(http://www.thothweb.com/modules/FCKeditor/upload/Image/
michalakreport...) written at the time by the police officer that
picked him up
highlights his clearly distressed state.
Over the following months, Michalak suffered from all kinds of
illnesses
associated with radiation sickness from low blood lymphocyte count
to
infections, nausea, ulcers and blackouts. A total of 27 doctors
examined Michalak, most
of which did so at his own expense. Fifteen months after the
incident, a
grid like burn appeared on his chest where he'd said the beam of
light from the
craft had hit him. Michalak wrote a book detailing his experience,
the
purpose of which was to detail his experience and search for an
explanation as to
what he saw and what he was suffering from. Michalak showed himself
to be
consistent, intelligent and sincere, and not the kind of person who
is prone to
irrational acts or publicity seeking. After going public with his
experience,
he was subjected to both ridicule and criticism from many sources.
While
annoyed at his unexpected notoriety, Michalak never wavered in his
story,
although many say that he regretted ever making the incident public.
Conclusion
What many of these reports highlight is the reluctance of the witness
to
come forward for fear of ridicule but the need for answers and
closure of some
kind means that they are forced to make a choice between keeping
their
identity a secret and letting the world know the message they have to
tell.
One of the most interesting points to arise from this section is the
apparent difference in these extraterrestrial visitors. The fact that
some people
report tall humanoids and others describe far shorter beings such as
greys
leads many to conclude that we are not being visited by one alien
civilization,
but by many races with a variety of intentions. One thing that does
stand out
is the fact that all these extraterrestrial visitors seem to view us
as
primitive aggressors that need to be studied but kept at arm's
length.