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Close encounters with unidentified flying objects, including some seen on the ground, and claims of contact with "alien" beings, are among the most widely reported anomalous phenomena in the world today. Thousands of sightings and contacts are recorded each year. While less than ten percent are likely to be truly anomalous, it is also likely that no more than ten percent of all encounters are actually reported. They occur in all parts of the world and often involve physical evidence such as photos and radar tracks, electrical disruptions, human physiological effects and marks on the ground.

The study of UFOs is hampered by alleged official ("government") cover-up of known data. Without doubt, various agencies of the U.S. government have taken far more interest in UFOs than they have been willing to admit. Military encounters with UFOs, both in the U.S. and abroad, have shown decisively that some UFOs easily out-perform the best human aircraft and are also capable of inflicting lethal damage with impunity.

In the forefront of current UFO research is the so-called "abduction" phenomenon, in which humans claim to have been taken by alien beings into unusual environments where quasi-medical procedures are performed. Often these encounters have a gynecological or reproductive focus. Some experiencers and researchers believe abduction is aimed mainly at creating alien-human hybid beings. Experiencers also say they are often instructed regarding world problems and future predictions, usually of disaster.

Alien encounters, even abductions, are not always unpleasant. In fact, many abductees characterize their experiences as mostly "neutral," with only a minority of instances being "negative" and an equal or greater number being "positive." Furthermore, some experiencers report encounters with truly benign, even spiritually enthralling entities -- hardly differing from angelic encounter but for the alien technological setting. Such dichotomies arouse great controversy. On one extreme is the claim that all abductions have positive intent and a negative impression is simply human misunderstanding (the term "abduction" itself is considered pejorative and misleading); while on the other extreme is the claim that all encounters, however "benign," are the work of evil and deceptive aliens, possibly even of Satanic origin.

Many experiencers report telepathic communication with aliens. Some say the aliens can telepathically control human thought and behavior. Others claim to be receiving, via "channeling," important telepathic information from alien sources. A growing number of contemporary books consist of nothing but "channeled alien information."

The actual cause of such experiences remains unresolved. If "alien" beings are involved, their origin and nature remains unknown. The "Extraterrestrial Hypothesis" favored by some UFO researchers is regarded by many others as insufficient to account for the "high strangeness" of many reports.

Most astronomers and space scientists today agree on the high probability of other intelligent life in the galaxy; but most do not believe even very advanced beings can traverse interstellar space to reach the earth. Hardcore skeptics dismiss claims of UFOs and aliens as nothing but products of human error, illusion or outright lies. But growing numbers of open-minded professionals concede that something is really going on.

A look at several of the best-documented close encounter cases shows why it is no longer possible to ignore the potential significance of UFOs and human-alien contact.

• A Helicopter Crew Is Accosted by a UFO Over Ohio
  On October 18, 1973, at about 11:00 p.m., four U.S. Army reservists in a Bell Huey helicopter were flying northeast from Columbus toward Cleveland, Ohio. Just outside the town of Mansfield, at an altitude of 2,500 feet, they witnessed a red light off their right side. Suddenly the light flew straight at the helicopter, converging at a speed estimated at 600 mph. The commanding officer, Captain Lawrence J. Coyne, said later that he thought they were about to be rammed by a jet; he took the controls and put the helicopter into a steep dive to avoid impact. He then radioed Mansfield Approach Control on his VHF radio to inquire whether there were high-performance air traffic in the vicinity. Mansfield acknowledged Coyne's initial call; but then the helicopter lost radio contact with the ground on all channels. Meanwhile, Coyne saw that the red light was still heading straight toward them; he increased the rate of descent to 2,000 feet per minute. In seconds, the helicopter had descended to an altitude of 1,700 feet; but then, to the crew's amazement, it started to ascend against the controls.

  

  At this point, Coyne noted that their magnetic compass was spinning, even though they had maintained a constant northwest heading. Then the crew saw a green light come in through the windows, bathing the entire cabin in green. Looking up, they saw that the light was shining from one end of a large, strange object hovering nearby. At the other end of the object was a bright red light. The crew noted that the object positioned itself directly above the helicopter and matched its speed of 100 mph. They described the object as "cigar-shaped, metallic gray, with a dome on top; about 60 feet long, without any portholes or intake openings that we could see."

  Five witnesses on the ground also saw the encounter, describing the UFO as "like a blimp" and "as big as a school bus."

  Coyne noted that during the encounter, the helicopter rose from 1,700 feet to 3,800 feet against the controls. At 3,800 feet, they felt a slight bump, then noted that the UFO began moving away, first slowly, then faster. A bright white light became visible as it increased in speed. For a moment, the light became dazzling as the UFO streaked away and disappeared. The helicopter radios returned to normal ten minutes after the encounter ended. All four crewmen were separately debriefed when they reached Cleveland, and their stories matched in all important details.

  On November 27, 1978, then-Lt. Col. Lawrence Coyne described this encounter in detail before a special committee of the United Nations, which was then considering a motion to establish a study commission on UFOs. In his prepared remarks, he said, "...to finalize the description of this object... No noticeable wings or landing gears were observed. No vertical or horizontal stabilizers were observed. This object demonstrated its ability to change or maintain altitude headings and speed control... As a result of my experience, I am convinced this object was real and that these types of incidents should require a thorough investigation." [source: "A Helicopter-UFO Encounter Over Ohio," by Jennie Zeidman, CUFOS 1979]

  Three People Are Injured by a UFO in Texas

  On December 29, 1980, at about 9 p.m., three people witnessed an unusual aircraft fly over State Road 1485 near Dayton, Texas, not far from Houston. Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum and Vickie's young grandson Colby were driving home when they noticed a bright light in the sky ahead. Betty, the driver, stopped in the road when the light became almost blinding, then got out of the car to get a better view as the object hovered only a few hundred feet away. She said later that it seemed roughly diamond-shaped, narrow at the bottom and broader above. Flames issued from the bottom, accompanied by an intermittant roaring noise. The heat and light were intense. Soon, Betty's curiosity was overcome by fear. "I felt like I was burning from the inside out," she says. "The only thing I was thinking was, are we going to get out of here alive."

  

  Returning to the car, Betty found the door handle so hot that she burned her hand opening the door. They couldn't move the car because the way was still blocked, so they continued watching as the craft moved slowly away from the road. Moments later, they saw a fleet of large, twin-rotor Chinook-type helicopters flying in the same direction, apparently either chasing or accompanying the other object. Colby Landrum counted 23 helicopters in all.

  As soon as they could, they drove on, arriving home at approximately 9:45 p.m. Though shaken, they did not yet suspect they had suffered any harm. But during that night, all three witnesses became seriously ill. By the next morning, Betty Cash was unable to get out of bed. After four days of intense suffering at home, she was admitted to the hospital; and after a series of tests, her physician arrived at the uncomfortable conclusion that she was suffering from acute radiation poisoning. Her symptoms included severe headache, nausea, oozing skin sores and hair loss. Vicki and Colby Landrum also showed symptoms of acute radiation poisoning, less strong than Betty's, perhaps, because they didn't get out of the car. Betty Cash was in the hospital approximately six weeks. All of them to this day have serious health problems, and Betty has developed several forms of cancer.

  The presence of Army helicopters convinced Betty and Vickie that the UFO belonged to the U.S. military. On that basis, they sued the government for $20 million in damages for exposing them to radiation. At the request of then-Texas Senator Lloyd Bentson, they were interviewed by military personnel at Bergstrom Air Force Base, but were never offered any explanations or assistance. In August of 1986, their lawsuit was dismissed from U.S. District Court following testimony by military and NASA officials that no such craft was owned or operated by the government.

  A man named John Schuessler, who works as a senior executive for a major aerospace firm, is the foremost civilian investigator of the Cash-Landrum incident. Among other things, he has managed to reconstruct the probable flight path of the UFO. It was first sighted that night in central Louisiana, then sighted along a path that ran straight west through Louisiana into Texas, then southwest toward Houston and out across the Gulf of Mexico. It was accompanied the entire way by a large flotilla of helicopters.

  John Schuessler is an engineer who has worked on NASA's Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, making him a genuine expert in manned space-flight. In his opinion, the Cash-Landrum UFO was a very extraordinary craft. He went out to the spot on State Road 1485 where Betty Cash and her friends had their encounter to find out if there was any radiation. To his surprise, there was none; even though the asphalt was literally charred in a large circle at that very spot, indicating tremendous heat. From this he concluded that the witnesses were exposed to high intensity electromagnetic, rather than nuclear, radiation. Some combination of microwave, ultraviolet and infra-red radiation seems probable. The question is, what kind of craft or propulsion system emits lethal amounts of such radiation? Schuessler says he does not believe human technology has produced such a craft.

  The helicopters add another important piece to the puzzle. Twenty-three Army helicopters accompanying the UFO indicates a major mission requiring a great deal of planning and coordination -- that is, it was known in advance that the UFO would fly over Louisiana and Texas that night. But who was flying it, and why? So far, there are no definite answers. It is clear that the incident happened, however; and it suggests that the U.S. military is knowingly involved with operational alien technology.

  A Farmer is Detained by Aliens in France

  On July 1, 1965, at about 5:45 in the morning, in the region of Valensole, Basses Alpes, France, farmer Maurice Masse was inspecting his field of lavender when he heard a whistling sound, then noticed an egg-shaped object with six thin legs and a central pedestal standing nearby. Masse later said the object was about the size of a small car, and he could see two seats inside an open doorway. At the same time, he also saw two "small boys," humanoid-looking beings less than four feet tall, dressed in grayish-green one-piece coveralls. Masse reported that they appeared to be gathering handfuls of his lavender. He said they had large, hairless heads, smooth white skin, large slanted eyes, pointed chins and small mouths with no lips. Masse heard them make soft gurgling sounds, as if communicating. When he approached, one of them pointed a small "tube" at Masse, which immediately immobilized him where he stood. He remained conscious, watching as they finished their task and then entered the egg-shaped object, which rose off the ground, moved quickly away, then suddenly disappeared a few moments later. Masse was left standing paralyzed in his field, but regained his mobility about fifteen minutes later.

  

  Masse reported his encounter in detail to local authorities, including the mayor of Valensole, his parish priest and the gendarmerie. The site was thoroughly inspected, and symmetrical marks were found in the ground exactly where Masse said the legs of the object had been. It was later discovered that lavender would not grow on that spot for a period of ten years. Four days after the encounter, Masse began to experience bouts of profound drowsiness which caused him to require more than twelve hours of sleep every day for the next several months. Despite his reported immobilization by the humanoid beings, and his later health difficulties, Masse said he had a positive feeling about his encounter. Masse was well-known and highly respected in his community, and all the local authorities who examined his claims reached the conclusion that he was telling the truth.

  (Sources: Above Top Secret, by Timothy Good, p.133f; Dimensions: A Casebook of Alien Contact, by Jacques Vallee, p.24f)

  A Police Officer Goes Aboard a UFO in Nebraska

  Police officer Herbert Schirmer was on routine late-night patrol in the town of Ashland, Nebraska, on December 3, 1967. At about 2:30 a.m., he noticed a group of lights near the ground and thought he could make out a semi-trailer off the road. He approached to investigate, only to see the thing - whatever it was - take off and disappear in the night sky. When he returned to the police station at 3:00 a.m., he wrote in the station log, "Saw a flying saucer at the junction of highways 6 and 63. Believe it or not!" He went home that morning with a splitting headache and an inexplicable red welt on the side of his neck. Apart from this, however, Schirmer had no immediate sense that anything else had happened.

  

  Though only 22 at the time, Schirmer was so respected in Ashland that he was named Chief of Police a short time later. He had previously served in the Navy and was the son of a career Air Force officer -- not the sort of man to become obsessed about UFOs. But only two months after becoming police chief, he resigned from the force. He said he couldn't get the UFO encounter out of his mind. He was experiencing terrible headaches and found it difficult to concentrate on his work.

  The Condon Committee was in the midst of its UFO study at that time and heard about Schirmer. A preliminary investigation turned up the fact that 20 minutes seemed to be unaccounted for in his log of December 3. It was suggested that Schirmer undergo hypnotic regression to see if he could remember more details of the incident. Under hypnosis, a startling story emerged.

  

  What really happened, he said, was that the lighted object came toward him and landed near his car. Several humanoid beings got out and approached him. One of them shined a light in his eyes through the windshield; then something like green gas flowed all around the car. Schirmer found he couldn't draw his revolver. Without knowing why, he rolled down his window. One of the beings reached in and grabbed his neck. Seconds later, he found himself standing outside his car. The being asked, "Are you the watchman over this place?" Schirmer couldn't answer. The being asked, "Would you shoot at a space ship?" "No, sir," Schirmer said. The being motioned for him to come aboard the craft.

  Schirmer described the beings as four and a half to five feet tall, with heads somewhat narrower and longer than an average human. Their skin looked grayish white; their noses were fairly flat and their mouths looked like slits that didn't move. Their eyes were slightly slanted, though not overly large; the eyelids did not blink. They wore silvery-gray jump suits that included a tight-fitting headpiece with a small antenna on the left side. On the left breast they wore an emblem of a winged serpent.

  A drawing made by Schirmer indicates the beings look similar to humans, and not like the "Gray" type often linked with more recent abduction accounts.

  During the next fifteen minutes of earth time, the beings communicated both audibly and telepathically as they showed Schirmer around their craft. He recalled being shown a smaller craft that was parked on board. He was told it was used for surveillance. He was told that these beings had been watching the human race for a very long time and were engaged in what he called a "breeding analysis program." They explained that they purposely contacted people at random so as not to reveal too much of a pattern. They want to keep us confused, Schirmer said, so we won't get too upset as we gradually get used to their presence. He felt sure they weren't hostile. They told him that he wouldn't remember most of what happened during the encounter, and that they would visit him again. "Someday, Watchman, you will see the universe," one being said to him.

  Herbert Schirmer was returned to his car, then watched as the craft flew away. The welt on his neck remained as a hint that an alien being had touched him. After recalling these events under hypnosis, he did not return to the police force. Without doubt, his encounter on December 3, 1967 changed his life forever.

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