Encounters
Other Worlds: Eight Amazing
Alien Encounters
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 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 civilisations all over our galaxy
had led them to recognise 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.
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
Eben apparently died in 1952 but communications continued and in 1965, an
exchange program was established between Earth and the Eben's home planet.
It took the team nine months, travelling
in the alien craft to reach the Eben 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, three
members of the team actually died during the mission and four of the team
elected to remain on the planet (Eben) when their mission was over. To this day the US Military refuse to discuss
any of the matters regarding this mission.
The four remaining crew from
the Eben mission have since died - since - (2006)
Betty and Barney Hill -
A very well known story - Well documented.
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.
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 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 civilisation, 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.
