Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
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Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
15-11-2013
UFO - Kathleen Marden - The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Case
UFO - Kathleen Marden - The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyNXA7wM8gw&feature=player_embedded New Episode of Topic: UFO The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Case Guest: Kathleen Marden Rick welcomes Kathleen Marden, the niece of Betty Hill, and author of the book Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience. Kathleen discusses what actually happened the night of September 19th, 1961.
This is not the end of the story. The statement "Later, after newer data
was compiled, she determined that the binary stars within the pattern were too
close together to support life; so as a true skeptic, she issued a statement
that she now felt that the correlation was unlikely." is inaccurate. Stanton
Friedman and I have been communicating with Marjorie's niece and she issued a
statement regarding the inaccuracy. I sent this statement to the man that sent
the obituary to me. He had been touting the obituary as evidence that
Marjorie had concluded the correlation was unlikely. It had originally raised a
red flag with me, because she had never made this statement to Stan Friedman or
to Betty Hill. I forwarded Marjorie's niece's letter to the man who promoted the
inaccurate statement. Marjorie's family had requested that the accurate
information be disseminated to the public, but it appears that it didn't travel
beyond the man that I mailed it to.
I have attached Marjorie's niece's correction letter and a statement by
Stanton Friedman. (You have permission to publish this.) Kmarden@aol.com
When I wrote Aunt Marjs obituary, it was a short statement for the local community. The pastor who officiated at the funeral only met with us once and got some of the basic facts turned around, but since only the family attended and I thought he would no longer be involved, I did not correct him. Someone at the funeral home offered to send an announcement of Marjories death to organizations he thought she had been involved in (from some of the various printouts we had shared from the internet). I have not inquired what was sent to whom. After being ignored by the public as a person for so many years, I did not think Marjories short obituary would receive such interest or provoke a word-for-word examination.
Marjories work on Betty Hills map is still viable and worthy of consideration. To clarify what I was referring to, I remember Marj talking about a binary system that would not allow for the development of life the source was not a newly issued star catalog. While working on the obituary for Marjorie, my father recalled that Marj wrote a letter/statement to the effect that new data indicated that a system could not support life so her matching of the Betty Hill map was incorrect. Perhaps she and/or the recipient(s) realized that the published interpretation of the data was in error not Marjories work. In any case, Marj did not tell my father who was not involved anyway. If one wishes more details, please see the attached notes from Stanton Friedman. Our current knowledge allows for planets and possible life where Marjorie had indicated.
The larger point, that Marjorie was a true skeptic willing to let go of projects she was deeply involved in if the evidence was to the contrary, also remains. We will see how many people using my obituary for Marjorie to say her work is "debunked" will make corrections to their sites, etc.
Of course, Marjorie built more than one three-dimensional representation of our stellar neighborhood. She started her quest with one, built another with more data, others as newer star catalogs became available, ones with selected data, and so forth. I built the first of the type using suspended beads (1968). I would like to make clear that Sol is in a lonely position between two clumps of like (type G yellow) stars: our system is of interest.
Marjorie suffered the worst end for a person of her intellect and her life-long cultivation of knowledge and artistic skills. Alzheimers disease stole more than a decade of her life, her memory, and her brilliant yet loving mind. Playing the piano was one of the abilities she retained the longest. Many of her former students (first and third grade) shared with us their memories of how she started each day playing patriotic songs (on her own tiny piano) for them to sing. Later she worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory where it was left to her to make sense of data from disparate sources and methods. Her only sibling, my mother, had slipped away from us earlier, also due to Alzheimers disease. The constant, continuing loss of a loved ones essence is painful. The final end is more so, even the second time.
ConiAnn (Lowien) Limpert
Eldest niece of Marjorie Eleanor Fish
2013
I think it might be useful if I chimed in on this discussion. My first contact with Marjorie was at the request of Coral Lorenzen, Director of the Aerial Phenomenon Research organization in the early 1970s. Marjorie was looking for a scientist who might be able to assist some in her search for truth about the Betty Hill Star Map. I had already met Betty and Barney and was intrigued. I was lecturing a lot and managed to visit her in Ohio, besides our letters. I also was present at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago when she made a presentation to Dr. J. Allan Hynek and Dr. David Saunders as well as at a MUFON Conference in Akron, Ohio. I was part of the team that interviewed her in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for my documentary "UFOs ARE Real" which also included an interview with Dr. Mitchell, Chairman of the Ohio State University Astronomy Department. Dr. Mitchel had helped her gain access to star catalog data and testified on camera to the accuracy of her work. With Bobby Ann Slate Gironda, I prepared and published the first article about her work which appeared in SAGA Magazine. I also instigated an investigation by Terence Dickinson then editor of ASTRONOMY Magazine whom I had previously met. His article The Zeta Reticuli Incident" in Astronomy had more response than anything else they had ever published.
It came as quite a shock when Allan Hendry chief investigator for the Center for UFO Studies, claimed in a Fate Magazine article that recent scientific work had shown that Zeta 2 Reticuli was supposedly a double star as opposed to the single one Marjorie had thought it was along with the other pattern stars. Allan's comment was based on an unpublished footnote to a journal article. He hadn't contacted the authors. My associate Robert Collins did and was told "Our last observations by speckle Interferometry fail to confirm the close companion of zeta 2 Reticuli discovered in 1980. Furthermore a long and critical analysis of some strange results from autocorrelations of known single or binary stars gives us the conviction that the so called companion is spurious. It is due to an artifact in the diffraction pattern of the telescope... called "mickey's ears". (Daniel Bonneau , April 19th, 1988,Observatoire du Calern, France)
I should add that I considered Marjorie one of the most objective investigators I have ever encountered, though I have worked with many hundreds of engineers and scientists in my years in industry. She focused on facts and data, basing her conclusions on them not on bias. I am certain she did not renounce her conclusions, but would have been ready to if the data warranted it
Ralph Blumenthal, a non-fiction author and award winning journalist for the New York Times (1969-2009) interviewed a group of abduction researchers, and several experiencers, in Newport, RI last July, on the porch of Anne Ramsey Cuveliers blue Victorian inn on Narragansett Bay, in Rhode Island. Also present were astrophysicists from a leading institution and the director of the McLean Hospital Southeast.
Blumental interviewed Kathleen Marden, the director of abduction research for the Mutual UFO Network and niece of Betty and Barney Hill. She discussed her research on her book Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience, coauthored with Stanton T. Friedman, and her work as an abduction researcher.
Blumenthal also wrote of Barbara Lamb, a psychotherapist and family counselor, well known for her with experiencers and Linda Cortile, whose 1989 alien abduction from her 12th-floor window overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge was brought to fame by Budd Hopkins.
The articles primary focus is upon the life and work of John Edward Mack, a prominent Harvard psychiatrist who had the courage to investigate the alien abduction phenomenon and express his belief that this is real.
Kathleen Marden - Commonalities Study Final Report
I received an email from Kathleen Marden (which is not to say that it came just to me, but one that she had sent to many of us interested in UFOs), niece of Betty Hill, about a statistical study she and Denise Stoner had been working on. The Marden-Stoner Study on Commonalities Among UFO Abduction Experiencers, as it is called, was a multiple-choice survey of those who believe they have been abducted by aliens, and a core of non-abductees as a control group. And I have got her permission to publish this on my blog. Many thanks therefor...
Kathleen Marden
According to Marden, Nearly a year ago, Denise Stoner and I met to discuss the commonalities that alien abduction experiencers share. As longtime abduction investigators/researchers, we were aware of certain repeating patterns of information and characteristics. The pertinent literature, the academic social science studies and the works of David Jacobs, PhD, Thomas Bullard, PhD, and the late Budd Hopkins, John Mack, MD, and others had identified several commonalities among abduction experiencers. But we had not been able to locate an academic study that was specific to our particular interests.
This is something that should have been done years ago, after it was clear that something was happening to these people. It is not necessarily alien abduction, but there is something going on there. When Russ Estes, Bill Cone and I conducted our research in the mid-1990s, we had noticed some trends and wondered if there was any significance to them. If a trend could be spotted, then we might learn something that would help understand this aspect of UFOs or, at the very least, the people who were reporting it.
As Kathleen noted, other abduction researchers had also noticed some of this, but there had been no attempt to gather statistics about it. Although a long time in coming, this is the sort of scientific research that needs to be conducted, and it seems that Kathleen has the background to attempt it, based on her academic and work experience.
The study, as it stands, has had about 50 participants, and some of those are self-reported. She wrote, Participants for our study were solicited via the MUFON UFO Journal and several alien abduction and UFO oriented websites. We also appeared on several radio shows and invited listeners to participate. Last, there were questionnaires at my vendor table at several UFO conferences and at Denises meetings. I posted the questionnaires, a letter of explanation, and an informed consent notice on my website at www.kathleen-marden.com. We communicated to participants that all questionnaires would be kept in a locked and secure location and destroyed at the end of the study. All personal identifying information that was volunteered would remain confidential. As a cautionary measure, we advised all potential participants that they should only complete the questionnaire if they could do so without feeling uncomfortable.
After analyzing the data, there were a couple of interesting conclusions drawn. Marden wrote:
The vast majority was revisitedsome more than 10 timesand was taken from their homes to an alien craft. Often the abduction experiencers sensed an impending visitation by alien entities before it occurred. The mode of communication between alien entities and humans is almost entirely telepathic. A new psychic awareness has emerged in the majority of experiencers and about half have found that they now have new healing abilities.
Immediately before or soon after a visitation they become aware of paranormal activity in their homes, such as light orbs, objects flying through the air or from walls, doors opening and closing without assistance, etc. The majority noticed malfunctioning electrical equipment, appliances, watches, computers, TVs, radios, cameras, etc.
Slightly more than half developed a new sensitivity to light and now crave salt. They feel a foreign object in their body and are fearful of being abducted again. Most have difficulty falling asleep and remaining asleep throughout the night. Those who have resolved their fearfulness are more likely to sleep restfully.
Finally, we want to express our sincere gratitude to those who participated in this study. It wasnt an easy task. We asked them to visit my website and copy the 45 question or 16 question form. Then we requested that they fill in the multiple choice questions and add their comments and accounts of their personal experiences that would elucidate us regarding their specific information. They were then asked to mail their questionnaires to me or to return them via email. Although it required some effort on their part, it reduced the possibility that hoaxers would intentionally sabotage the study. In the end, we were very pleased with the knowledge we gained and the opportunity it gave us to support abduction experiencers and expand the UFO research communitys knowledge of the alien abduction phenomenon.
Those who wish to read the entire report, who want to see the statistical breakdown and the questions addressed, should visit her web site, address noted above. It is under the tab labeled Commonalities Study Final Report, directly under the banner (at the end of a list of places on the site). It is an interesting read.
Nearly a year ago, Denise Stoner and I met to discuss the commonalities that alien abduction experiencers share. As longtime abduction investigators/researchers, we were aware of certain repeating patterns of information and characteristics. The pertinent literature, the academic social science studies and the works of David Jacobs, PhD, Thomas Bullard, PhD, Yvonne Smith, and the late Budd Hopkins, John Mack, MD, and others had identified several commonalities among abduction experiencers. But we had not been able to locate an academic study that was specific to our particular interests.
I earned a B.A. degree in social work from the University of New Hampshire in 1971, and participated in graduate studies in education at the University of Cincinnati and U.N.H., while working as a teacher and education services coordinator. I left my job in 1990 to pursue a career as a UFO investigator, researcher and writer. As the niece of Betty and Barney Hill and witness to the primary evidence and aftermath of their alien abduction in 1961, I had been aware of the UFO phenomenon for more than fifty years. My book (with nuclear physicist/scientific ufologist Stanton T. Friedman), Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience was published in 2007 and our second book Science Was Wrong was published in 2010. I had surveyed the psychological studies on self identified abduction experiencers for a chapter on alien abduction in SWW and a research paper I prepared for the MUFON 2010 International UFO Symposium Proceedings. In addition to my independent research, I am also Florida MUFONs Director of Abduction Studies and the National Director of the Abduction Research Team.
Denise has an educational background in business and psychology, and is a certified hypnotist specializing in regressive hypnosis. For 12 years Denise did background investigations for the military on recruits seeking highly classified clearances for work on nuclear submarines. Prior to retirement, Denise moved to a military research facility where she was the training coordinator for several hundred military and civilian employees. For the past several years, Denise has expanded her work with UFO research and investigation. She is an independent abduction researcher and hosts a study group for abduction experiencers and public interest meetings on the UFO phenomenon in general. She is Florida MUFONs Asst. Director of Abduction Studies and the former Chief Investigator for the state.
At our studys inception our stated goals were to benefit abduction experiencers by identifying specific traits that they have in common with other experiencers, and to expand the UFO research communitys knowledge of alien abduction phenomena. The most efficient scientific method for obtaining this information, in our opinion, was through the use of simple straightforward questionnaires, designed to identify commonalities among the UFO abduction experiencers. Each of us brought to the table knowledge of several unique, unpublicized characteristics of the alien abduction experience. The commonalities study would ascertain how widespread these commonalities are across the abduction experiencer population.
We developed three questionnaires: The UFO Abduction Experiencer Questionnaire listed 45 multiple choice questions pertaining to experiencers demographics, abduction memories, emotional responses, physiological responses, and psychic phenomena. The second questionnaire, the Abduction Experiencer E.T. Technology Questionnaire would increase our knowledge of E.T. technology. The third, Commonalities among Non-Abductees Questionnaire, queried individuals, who denied having been abducted by aliens. It was developed after the first two questionnaires had been available for several months, and a commonalities trend had emerged. The 16 multiple choice questions would determine whether or not some of the commonalities among abduction experiencers are common across the general population.
We established a minimum sample size of 50 completed questionnaires for abduction experiencers (AE) and 25 for non-abduction experiencers (NAE). There were 54 participants in the UFO Abduction Experiencer Questionnaire, but 4 questionnaires could not be tallied because they were too incomplete. The Abduction Experiencer E.T. Technology Questionnaire study is not yet complete, as there have been only 24 responses to date. This can be attributed to the fact that a much smaller percentage of experiencers have clear recall of the crafts interior and the technology observed. This part of the study is ongoing.
Participants for our study were solicited via the MUFON UFO Journal and several alien abduction and UFO oriented websites. We also appeared on several radio shows and invited listeners to participate. Last, there were questionnaires at my vendor table at several UFO conferences and at Denises meetings. I posted the questionnaires, a letter of explanation, and an informed consent notice on my website at www.kathleen-marden.com . We communicated to participants that all questionnaires would be kept in a locked and secure location and destroyed at the end of the study. All personal identifying information that was volunteered would remain confidential. As a cautionary measure, we advised all potential participants that they should only complete the questionnaire if they could do so without feeling uncomfortable.
Demographics
Nearly twice as many women (32), as men (18) completed the Abduction Experiencer Questionnaire. Does this indicate that abduction is far more prevalent among women? Not necessarily so. Statistical evidence indicates that men are less likely than women to answer surveys of any kind. But this trend was not supported when we tallied the results of the Commonalities among Non-Abductees Questionnaire. The majority of respondents were men (15) as opposed to women (9). If trends in human behavior have not skewed the results, it suggests that more women than men have been abducted by aliens. This finding has been widely reported by other researchers.
We were interested in identifying possible trends among age groups, partly due to the fact that a significant number of abduction experiencers in the 50+ age group had reported their experiences to us within recent months. Our intuition was correct. 44% of the AE Group participants were born in the 1950s, although only 20% of the NAE Group was in the same age group. This figure drops dramatically for those born in the 1940s (18%) and the 1960s (26%).
Could these statistics indicate that the human abduction program began slowly, perhaps during the 1950s and 60s, and was in full swing beginning in the 1970s? Could this signify that the alien abduction program is winding down? Or could it be that younger people are less likely to fill out questionnaires? Only 12% of the AE Group respondents were under age 40. Yet 24% of the NAE Group was under 40.
We asked each group to identify the size of their area of residence. A survey of the relevant literature indicated that more UFOs were sighted in less populated areas than in large cities in the 1960s and 70s. Also, the majority of well investigated, famous abduction cases (Villas Boas, Hill, Walton, Buff Ledge, Casey CO., etc.), took place in rural areas. Yet the late Budd Hopkins wrote of alien abduction in New York City. We wanted to test whether or not a trend could be established.
ØAE GroupArea of Residence: Rural (15), Small Town (13), Suburban (13 ), Urban (9)
ØNAE GroupArea of Residence: Rural (3), Small Town (5), Suburban (12), Urban (5)
The AE participants area of residence was fairly evenly divided among abduction experiencers, with 30% residing in a rural area, 26% in small towns, 26% in suburbs, and 18% in an urban area. 12% of the NAE group resides in a rural area, 20% in a small town, 48% in the suburbs and 20% in an urban area. These statistics indicate that no trend could be established. Slightly more experiencers (12%) are taken from a rural environment than from an urban area. But the difference is not statistically significant.
We wanted to determine if alien abduction is more prevalent one area of the US than another.
ØNAE GroupTime Zone: Eastern (20), Central (4), Mountain (0), Pacific (0), British (1)
66% of the AE group resides in the Eastern Time Zone, 20% Central, 4% Mountain, 8% Pacific, and 2% in foreign countries. These statistics are a bit perplexing. We asked, Are there more abduction experiencers living in the Eastern US than in all other regions combined? Or did more people in the Eastern US listen to our radio interviews? The NAE questionnaire answered this question. 80% reside in the Eastern Time Zone, 16% Central, 0% Mountain, 0% Pacific, and 4% in Great Britain. The majority of participants in both groups reside in the Eastern US. Therefore, the AE group presents no valid evidence that more experiencers reside in the Eastern US than elsewhere.
The majority of abduction experiencers believe that they have been taken repeatedly over a number of years or throughout their lifetime. We wanted to determine how frequently contact occurs.
ØHow many times do you think youve been taken? 1 time only (2), 2-5 (8), 6-10 (4), More than 10 (25), No certain (8), no answer (3)
50% stated that they have been taken more than 10 times. The next largest group was those who could not state a specific number (22%), followed by the 2-5 range (16%). This is a significant finding because the majority of abduction experiencers believe that their alien contact occurs periodically throughout their lifetime. Only two participants stated that they had been taken only one time. This is interesting because their answers on the questionnaire revealed that they had little in common with multiple abduction experiencers.
Many experiencers believe that they have been taken since they were small children. We asked for this information.
ØAge when first abduction occurred? Under 5 (18), 5-9 (10), 10-19 (7), Over 20 (7), Not sure (8)
70% of the respondents indicated that they were under age 20 when their first abduction occurred. 36 % were under 5.In another question we asked how frequently their visitations had occurred. 68% stated that their abductions occurred most frequently when they were under age 30. However, a surprising 21% of the over 40 group stated that their contacts are still frequent. A clear pattern of frequency across all age groups could not be established. Only 20% stated that they had been taken more than one time per month. An equal number are not sure how often theyve been visited by ETs. Others replied from one time per month to 2-3 times per year.
Abduction Memories
This section of the questionnaire is divided into four parts with subcategories.
1.Conscious recall
2.Emotional responses
3.Physiological responses
4.Psi phenomena
Conscious recall
Ø88% stated that their abduction memories were consciously recalled; 56% through dreams; 36% through hypnosis; 16% through other means such as flashbacks.
Ø67% stated that they consciously recalled (not with hypnosis), the observation of an unconventional craft at less than 1000 feet prior to an abduction.
Ø56% stated that they consciously recalled (not with hypnosis), the observation of non-human entities immediately prior to an abduction while they were outside their home.
Ø76% indicated that they were not alone when they were taken.
Ø62% of the witnesses had conscious recall for at least part of the experience.
Ø43% stated that witnesses reported the observation of a UFO near their house, vehicle, tent, etc. prior to or during their abduction.
Ø58% stated that they are aware of having been examined on an alien craft.
These highly significant statistics reveal that the majority of the respondents had conscious recall of at least one abduction experience and were not alone when it occurred. More than half remembered observing a craft at less than 1000 feet and non-human entities prior to at least one abduction experience. We are often led by the media sources to believe that the majority of abduction experiencers are procured exclusively from their bedrooms and have no witnesses. The Marden-Stoner study indicates that this perception is false.
The Marden-Stoner Study on Commonalities Among UFO Abduction Experiencers - deel 2
The Marden-Stoner Study on Commonalities Among UFO Abduction Experiencers - deel 2
Emotional Responses (
These open ended questions were not conducive to statistical analysis.)
ØWe asked, What is your typical response to abduction? More than one response was permitted. The most predominant reply was fear (26), followed by curiosity (23). 12 indicated that they felt despair and 11 felt pleasure. (More than one response was permitted.)
ØWe asked, How did you feel after an abduction experience? 15 stated that they felt angry. 15 felt tired, exhausted or physically drained and unwell. 11 were fearful. Only 3 felt peaceful.
We wanted to test several hypotheses pertaining to emotional stability as a factor in alien abduction experiences. Is there an increased sense of sadness among experiencers? Are there more mood swings among this group? Is there mood consistency throughout ones lifetime? Respondents were permitted to check more than one answer.
ØAE GroupOn a daily basis, how would you describe your mood? Happy (15), Sad (7), Frequent mood swings (6), Without unusual highs and lows (25)
ØNAE Group On a daily basis, how would you describe your mood? Happy (15), Sad (0), Frequent mood swings (4), Without unusual highs and lows (6).
ØAE GroupAs a child, how would you describe your mood? Happy (13), Sad (13), Frequent mood swings (5), Without unusual highs and lows (14), Anxious (7).
ØNAE GroupAs a child, how would you describe your mood? Happy (10), Sad (0), Frequent mood swings (4), Without unusual highs and lows (10), Anxious (2).
The majority of respondents in both groups stated that they are happy or do not have unusual highs or lows. It is interesting that a higher percentage of the NAE group reported frequent mood swings on a daily basis than the AE group. But a small percentage of the the AE group reported that they experienced more sadness as adults. Several of the sad and frequent mood swings AE respondents reported that they had been the victims of childhood abuse. Their feelings of sadness and their mood swings have persisted throughout their lifetime. This group was more likely to report abuse by their ET captors. Additionally, those who reported traumatic memories of being abused by ETs are more likely to feel sad as adults.
The majority of respondents reported that they used one or more coping mechanisms to deal with their fear or anxiety due to their abduction experiences. Only 3 reported that they have no fear. Coping mechanisms that give relief to experiencers include talking with a supportive, non-judgmental person, meditation or relaxation exercises, prayer and writing about their experiences.
We were interested in the sleep patterns of abduction experiencers. Did they have difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep? Could this be related to a fear of abduction? Or were other factors involved?
ØDo you have difficulty falling asleep? Yes (37) No (13)
ØStaying asleep? Yes (35), No (14). (1 respondent did not answer the second part of the question.)
74% of the AE group had difficulty falling asleep and 71% had difficulty staying asleep. 7 of the 8 people (16%) who indicated that they sleep well throughout the night attributed it to overcoming their fear of abduction. This is a very small percentage, but it might be an indicator that the loss of fear improves sleep quality. Only 1 person who reported the absence of fear has difficulty falling and staying asleep and that person is in the 60+ group.
We speculated that since 44% of the respondents are in the 50-59 group, and since older people tend to experience more sleep problems, that the results might have been skewed by this factor. The evidence did not bear this out. In fact, 5 of the restful sleepers are in the 50-59 age range. It is interesting, however, that all but one person in the over 60 group reported sleep problems regardless of whether or not they were fearful. 2 individuals in the under 40 group reported that they do not have sleep difficulties, and neither has a fear of abduction. The remaining 4 had difficulty falling asleep, but once they were asleep they were able to sleep through the night. (These questions were not on the NAE questionnaire.)
Physiological Responses
Alien implants have been widely reported in UFO abduction literature thanks to the work of Dr. Roger Leir and Derrel Sims. We wanted to ascertain the percentage of experiencers that suspected they have a palpable alien implant. It was also important to us to ask where the implants are located in the human body. 40 of the 50 respondents replied to this question.
ØWe asked, Can you feel a foreign object in your body that you suspect is an alien implant? Yes (21), No (19. If yes, where is it located?
53% believe that they can feel an alien implant in their body. The majority of participants indicated that it is located in their head, including the following: temple, eye, nose, behind ear, inside ear, groin, and eyebrow. Other areas mentioned are in the spine, lower leg, hand, chest and vagina.
Unexplained marks, such as patterned bruises, scoop marks, puncture wounds, and rashes are commonly reported by abduction experiencers. (I am collecting and cataloguing experiencers photographic evidence.)
ØAE GroupHave you awoken with unexplained marks on your body? Yes (40), No (8), No answer (2)
ØNAE GroupHave you awoken with unexplained marks on your body? Yes (5), No (20).
A highly significant 83% of the AE Group stated that they had awoken with unexplained marks on their bodies, whereas only 20% of the NAE group replied in the affirmative. Long, thin bruises were most often found on womens calves, thighs or buttocks, suggesting finger marks. Patterned bruises were found on the upper arm. Scoop marks were reported on arms, ankles, behind knees, or on feet. Puncture wounds were found on hands and rib cages, although one woman reported a vaginal puncture wound. Burn marks were on upper backs and sunburn like rashes were reported, sometimes on the entire body. Several participants mentioned plastic-like filaments, the size of a strand of hair, coming from various locations on their bodies.
ØWe asked, Has your nose bled immediately following an abduction? Yes (26 ), No (23), not sure (1)
A significant 52% replied in the affirmative. Several mentioned significant scarring in their nasal cavity that had been of concern to their physicians.One mentioned that his physician found a strange metal object high in the respondents nasal passage.
ØWe asked, Have you noticed strange skin rashes immediately following an abduction?Yes (17), No (29), Not sure (4)
42% have noticed rashes on their body following an encounter.
Earlier in the history of alien abduction, burns on ones neck or upper back, hair loss and conjunctivitis were reported. An example of this is the 1976 Casey County, KY abduction of Elaine Thomas, Louise Smith and Mona Stafford. We wanted to know if these problems have persisted.
ØWe asked, Have you ever suffered burns, hair loss, or conjunctivitis following an abduction? Yes (11), No (34) Not sure (4)
22% of the respondents stated that they had suffered burns, hair loss or conjunctivitis following an abduction experience. One participant stated that her sunburn-like rash was accompanied by a pins and needles tingling sensation after an abduction in 1978. She and several others reported that one or both eyes were red and swollen following a contact experience. One participant stated that she suffered a combination of all three physical affects in 1988.
We were interested in determining whether or not participants had undergone changes in their blood chemistry or bleeding disorders after an abduction experience.
ØWe asked, Has your doctor noted changes in your blood chemistry, blood clotting easily, or bleeding too freely after an abduction? Yes (9), No (41)
One respondent was diagnosed with a clotting disorder. Another mentioned problems with vitamin D and iron absorption. Others mentioned consistently high white blood cell counts.
Our next question did not pertain specifically to our research findings and we did not anticipate the result.
ØAE GroupDo you crave excessive amounts of salt? Yes (29), No (18), No answer (3)
ØNAE GroupDo you crave excessive amounts of salt? Yes (3), No (22)
62% of the AE Group craves salt, whereas only 12% of the NAE Group does. Dehydration is the most common cause of salt cravings. Although rare, Addisons disease is caused when the adrenal gland does not produce enough of the hormone cortisol. One might speculate that if the adrenal glands are continually tapped by ongoing stress due to alien abduction, it could lead to adrenal distress that is characterized by symptoms of fatigue, insomnia and salt cravings. However, this is another condition that is best studied by the medical community.
The following questions regarding physical affects were on the questionnaire. The answers are self explanatory.
ØAfter your abduction did you notice any of the following?
1.More acute hearing? Yes28%
2. .More sensitive to light? Yes 56%
3.More allergies? Yes 36%
4.More fluctuation in your mood? Yes 34%
ØHas your doctor noted changes in your blood chemistry, such as blood clotting easily, or bleeding too freely after an abduction? Yes 18%, No82%
The following questions were asked of the AE and NAE Groups:
ØAE GroupDo you suffer from migraine headaches? Yes (20), No (26), No reply (4)
ØNAE GroupDo you suffer from migraine headaches? Yes (2), No (23)
40% of the AE Group suffers from migraine headaches (moderate to severe pulsing headaches that last 4-72 hours and worsen with physical activity), whereas only 8% of the NAE Group does. Medical studies indicate that on 10-12% of the general population suffers from migraines. This is a highly significant finding indicating that abduction experiencers suffer from migraine headaches at a considerably higher rate than the non-abduction experiencers that participated in our study, and the general population.
Gynecological problems among female abduction experiencers have been widely reported in UFO abduction literature. We wanted to obtain statistics on the prevalence of these disorders.
ØAE GroupIf you are a female, have you experienced gynecological problems? Yes (22), No (10)
ØNAE GroupIf you are a female, have you experienced gynecological problems? Yes (3 ), No (6)
A significant 69% of the AE Group reported that they had experienced gynecological problems, whereas 33% of the NAE Group made the same report. Two respondents from the AE Group mentioned that they had tested positive for pregnancy, but then were not pregnant, and there was no cramping or bleeding. The sample size in the NAE Group is too small to draw an acceptable comparison. We found it interesting, however, that three of the women in this group that answered yes had more in common with the AE group than the NAE group on all of the questions.
Several years ago, a study revealed that a high percentage of abduction experiencers suffer from Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, sometimes called Chronic or Reactivating Mononucleosis. Affecting less than 1% of the US population, CFIDS can be a devastating disorder. 2.5% of the US population has the symptoms, but no formal diagnosis. These include debilitating fatigue that is not improved by bed rest; problems with concentration and short term memory; flu-like symptoms; word finding problems; reading retention difficulties; and ambulation difficulties due to balance problems. It is not a depressive disorder. Medical researchers have noted immune, neurological, and endocrine abnormalities in CFIDS sufferers.25% of sufferers are bedridden and 50% cannot work during flare-ups. We decided to revisit this question when we asked the following:
ØHave you been diagnosed as having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Reactivated Mononucleosis? Yes (18), No (30) 2 respondents stated that they CFIDS symptoms but no formal diagnosis.
38% of the participants in our study have a CFIDS or RM diagnosis, whereas less than 1% of the US population has this diagnosis. This is a highly significant finding. Reports of such a high rate of CFIDS among abduction experiencers should be taken seriously by the medical community. One has to wonder if the alien environment is causing illness among humans. Are the ETs experiments passing this syndrome to experiencers? Could it be caused by the alien technology that allows the transfer of a human body through a solid structure? Is it an adrenal response caused by ones persistent fear of abduction? Is it the result of a sleep disorder? Is it a retrovirus created by ETs?
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Psi Phenomena
Psi phenomena, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, out of body experiences, etc. have long been associated with the alien abduction phenomenon. It is both perplexing and troubling to investigators. Many are not inclined to investigate reports of events that seem more like imagination than reality. Some consider it an embarrassment to the scientific study of UFOs and would prefer to sweep it under the rug. Others feel that they are not equipped to investigate psi phenomena. Yet, abduction experiencers consistently report being transported through solid surfaces, telepathic communication, light orbs that expand into non-human entities, poltergeist activity in their homes (soon after a contact experience), and new psychic abilities. In an attempt not to lead the participants to specific information we referred to these phenomena as paranormal rather than ghost related, mystical or psychic. The Free Dictionary defines paranormal as Beyond the range of normal experience or scientific explanation. We developed 7 questions pertaining to these phenomena.
ØAE GroupHave you witnessed paranormal activity in your home? Yes (43), No (6), No answer (1) If so, please describe it.
ØNAE GroupHave you witnessed paranormal activity in your home? Yes (11) 44%, No (14) 56%. If so, please describe it.
88% of the abduction experiencers reported that they had witnessed paranormal activity in their homes, including light orbs that dart or float through the air. Sometimes the orbs pop like a bubble into 1-3 ETs. Many reported poltergeist activity such as household items flying through the air, pictures flying off walls, lights turning off and on, windows opening and closing, doors opening and closing and toilets flushing on their own. 44% of the NAE Group reported paranormal activities in their homes, but there was a slight variation between the AE and the NAE Groups. They reported ghosts, shadow people, spirits, mist clouds, strange sounds, strange odors, and cold spots. One respondent reported light orbs, but she had all of the characteristics of an abduction experiencer. A small percentage (4%) of the AE group reported ghost-like activity such as invisible beings that had weight in their beds and temperature changes in their home environment. For example, a room was 56 degrees although the thermostat was set at 83 degrees. We were struck by and hadnt anticipated the high percentage (44%) of paranormal activity reports by the NAE Group, as early on in this part of the study only a tiny percentage of the NAE group had reported paranormal activity. This increased dramatically following my interview on a popular paranormal radio show.
In order to determine whether or not the paranormal activity is directly tied to the alien abduction experience, we asked:
ØDid it begin prior to or after your first abduction? Prior to (13), After (22), Not sure (3), no answer (5)
It is significant that 51% of the participants reported that their paranormal activity began after their first abduction experience. Many commented that this activity is not ongoing, but occurs immediately prior to or after a contact event.
The next question pertains to telepathic communication. We were interested in determining whether or not all communication between the visitors and the experiencers was telepathic.
ØAE GroupHave you ever received telepathic messages from your visitors? Yes (44), No (6)
ØNAE GroupHave you ever received telepathic messages? Yes (8), No (17 )
A statistically significant 88% of the AE Group reported telepathic communication with their visitors, whereas only 32% of the non-experiencers reported telepathic communication. Many experiencers reported that they sensed a contact experience was about to occur or received a telepathic message prior to its onset. It is interesting to note that 2 of those who answered No reported having only one abduction experience.
ØWe asked those who answered yes, Was the telepathic communication related to an abduction experience? Yes (30), No (2), not sure (1), No answer (11).
91% of those in the EA Group that answered the question replied in the affirmative.
The next two questions are closely related.
ØAre you more or less sensitive or intuitive than you were prior to your abduction experience?More (36 ), Less (0), about the same (8), Not sure (6)
ØDid you develop new psychic abilities after your abduction experience? Yes (26), No (7),Maybe (2), No answer (15)
72% stated that they are more sensitive or intuitive than they were prior to contact. 79% stated that they developed new psychic abilities after a contact experience. One person reported that they have always been psychic and another noted that his or her psychic abilities increased.
The following question was worded to ask whether or not abduction experiencers discovered that they had the ability to heal others following an abduction experience.
ØDo you feel you have been given a gift of healing following an abduction experience? Yes (25), No (18), Dont know (5), No answer (1)
50% stated that noted that they were able to heal others for at least a short period following an abduction experience. This gift persisted for an extended period of time for some of the participants, but not for others. 2% mentioned that they had always been healers.
Miscellaneous
Kay Wilson, a well-known abduction experiencer, had written about her invisibility experience in an airport and two additional abduction experiencers reported to us that they, at times, felt literally invisible. We decided to determine whether or not others have experienced this sensation by asking, Do you ever feel that you are literally invisible and others cant see you? It is interesting that 25% answered in the affirmative.
Blood types, Rh factors, and ancestral genetic links have long been of interest to alien abduction researchers. We decided to inquire about blood types.
ØAE GroupWhat is your blood type? A (17), B (1), O (10), AB (1) Positive? (15) Negative? (8 )
ØNAE GroupWhat is your blood type? A (9), B (1), O (6), AB (2). Positive? (10) Negative? (2 )
29 AE Group participants responded to the question. Of these 59% is type A and 34% is type O. Because 66% of the respondents reside in the Eastern Time Zone, we researched the distribution of blood types throughout the US. It is estimated that 20-25% of the US population residing in the Northeast and East-Central has type A blood and 70-80% are type O. Does this indicate that there is an elevated percentage of A blood types among abduction experiencers? We compared our statistics to the NAE Group and found that 50% are type A and 33% type O. This indicates that the majority of participants in both groups are type A regardless of whether or not they have experienced alien abduction.
We then evaluated the Rh factor knowing that 85% of all humans have Rh+ blood types. We found an elevated percentage of Rh- Factor (35%) among abduction experiencers. The Stanford School of Medicine Blood Center reports that 6.3% of their collected blood types are A negative and 6.6% are O negative. This elevated percentage among abduction experiencers could be significant. Among the NAE Group 83% had a positive Rh factor and 17% were negative indicating that both groups had elevated Rh negative blood types. It is interesting that a significantly higher percentage (18%) of AE Group reported a negative RH factor than in the NAE Group. However, many participants did not know their blood type, so the sample size is too small to be considered statistically reliable.
Throughout the history of alien abduction electrical malfunctions have been widely reported. We decided to address this issue in our questionnaire.
ØAE GroupFollowing an abduction, did you ever experience malfunctions of electrical equipment such as lights, digital watches, computers, etc?Yes (34), No (16)
ØNAE GroupHave you ever experienced malfunctions of electrical equipment such as lights, digital watches, computers, etc. for no obvious reason?Yes (8), No (17)
68% of the AE Group reported experiencing malfunctions of electrical equipment, whereas only 32% of the NAE Group had the same experience. The AE Group reported malfunctioning computers, watches, appliances, radios, televisions, cameras and compasses. Some reported that light bulbs blow out or blink off and on and the hands on their watches spin. One participant stated that the time clock at his place of employment malfunctions only for him. The NAE group mentioned that street lights blink out when they drive or walk under them. This has also been reported to me by abduction experiencers. Another stated that when she became emotionally upset light bulbs would shoot in the room I was standing in. Both groups reported that televisions, appliances and computers would automatically switch themselves off and on.
Conclusion and Discussion
After we had excluded the demographic information and the open ended questions, we were left with 37 questions that could be analyzed for correlating information. Of these we found 23 positive, statistically significant correlations among abduction experiencers. A pattern emerged indicating that the majority of abduction experiencers had conscious recall of at least one event and were with a witness who also recalled the experience. They had a close encounter with an unconventional craft and sometimes observed its occupants. They are aware of having been examined aboard a craft and were left with perplexing, unexplained marks on their bodies. Slightly more than half had a nose bleed immediately after an experience. Women reported an elevated percentage of gynecological problems that appear to be related to reproductive procedures performed by alien entities.
The vast majority was revisitedsome more than 10 timesand was taken from their homes to an alien craft. Often the abduction experiencers sensed an impending visitation by alien entities before it occurred. The mode of communication between alien entities and humans is almost entirely telepathic. A new psychic awareness has emerged in the majority of experiencers and about half have found that they now have new healing abilities.
Immediately before or soon after a visitation they become aware of paranormal activity in their homes, such as light orbs, objects flying through the air or from walls, doors opening and closing without assistance, etc. The majority noticed malfunctioning electrical equipment, appliances, watches, computers, TVs, radios, cameras, etc.
Slightly more than half developed a new sensitivity to light and now crave salt. They feel a foreign object in their body and are fearful of being abducted again. Most have difficulty falling asleep and remaining asleep throughout the night. Those who have resolved their fearfulness are more likely to sleep restfully.
Finally, we want to express our sincere gratitude to those who participated in this study. It wasnt an easy task. We asked them to visit my website and copy the 45 question or 16 question form. Then we requested that they fill in the multiple choice questions and add their comments and accounts of their personal experiences that would elucidate us regarding their specific information. They were then asked to mail their questionnaires to me or to return them via email. Although it required some effort on their part, it reduced the possibility that hoaxers would intentionally sabotage the study. In the end, we were very pleased with the knowledge we gained and the opportunity it gave us to support abduction experiencers and expand the UFO research communitys knowledge of the alien abduction phenomenon.
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Experiencers Speak: Abductees, Contactees and Experiencers from around the world offer a variety of opinions about the alien agenda ranging from malevolent sadism to benevolent altruism. Is it possible that our non-human visitors are exhibiting contradictory or inconsistent behavior patterns? Or do separate species of visitors have different agendassome benevolent, others malevolent? The behavior of Earthings falls along a spectrum ranging from vicious murderers to the kindest of individuals. Do ETs behave like humans? It can be confusing.
Kathy examines the evidence and reveals what Experiencers have told her about the ETs reasons for engaging human experimental subjects and their personal interactions with Grey, Reptilian, Nordic and Insectoid types. Experiencers have reported a variety of scientific experiments at the hands of their non-human visitors. Some describe positive interactions with non-human visitors that lead to healing and spiritual growth. Others offer negative testimony of rape and mutilation. In the absence of tangible evidence, we must rely upon little known commonalities in Experiencers testimony. Perhaps Experiencers themselves hold the key to the alien agenda. The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Abduction: Its Significance in 2012:The 1961 abduction of Betty and Barney Hill garnered worldwide interest because it was the first publicized experience of its kind, and because there was ample evidence that it didnt have an acceptable prosaic explanation. 51 years later, clear patterns are emerging that give us information on the ETs suspected agenda. This new information adds significance to the Hill's 1961 UFO abduction in Thornton, NH.
In this years exclusive presentation, internationally known scientific ufologist Kathleen Marden, (the Hills niece), presents the true story of the Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction and breaking news from her latest research study on todays abduction experiences. Her 23 years of abduction research and investigation, combined with her latest findings on little known commonalities among abduction experiencers, gives us insight into what it all means. Kathleen will present evidence about the ET groups that are visiting planet Earth on abducting its people, their modus operandi, and why they abducted Betty and Barney Hill in 1961.
Betty and Barney Hill: Setting the Record Straight:Debunkers have had a field day with the Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience (the first publicized UFO close encounter and alien abduction in the US), disseminating so much false and misleading information over the past 45 years that most people have difficulty separating fact from fiction. In her totally new Powerpoint Presentation, Kathleen Marden, their niece, exposes the most flagrant false claims made by Carl Sagan, Philip Klass, and others and sets the record straight, time and time again, by presenting true documented evidence that indicates some well known debunkers are not only wrong, but have carefully manipulated the publics perception of the Hill case.
Alien Abduction 1950-Present: The Changing Scenario:(new) In this new lecture,Kathleen presents the history of alien contact with humans from the 1950's Contactee Movement, to the emergence of alien abduction, to multi-generational serial abductions and beyond. She examines the evidence that suggests some abductions are real and discusses the great difficulty that this phenomenon presents to scientific investigation and evaluation, especially when the evidence is elusive. She will introduce to you some of her latest abduction cases and finding.
I have personally been embroiled in the UFO abduction debate for 46 years and professionally involved for the past 21 years. As the niece of Betty and Barney Hill, the first abductees to gain public recognition in the United States, I find this unsolved mystery fascinating. On February 22, 1966, I observed an unconventional flying object hovering approximately less than 1000 feet above me. There were five other witnesses. I have observed additional anomalies that have been linked (by some researchers), to alien abduction phenomena. I have, however, never experienced sleep paralysis. I wish that I had so that I could describe it from a personal perspective. Without firsthand knowledge of this psycho-physiological process, I must rely upon information from those who study it professionally and the testimony of those who have experienced it.
Several skeptical scientists have suggested that sleep paralysis is the best explanation for nocturnal bedroom abductions. Nearly all abductees/ experiencers (depending upon ones emotional response to the event), disagree. Those who were initially taken from an external environment (car, campsite, forest, field), after having a close encounter with an unconventional flying object and/or observing non-human entities, and experiencing approximately two hours lost time, are not convinced that that their subsequent bedroom abductions are sleep related anomalies.
Many abductees/experiencers have no memory of being taken from an external environment. They have only vivid memories of being taken from their beds during the night by humanoid figures and later returned with new, unexplainable marks on their bodies. Others wonder if they might have been abducted because they have observed strange lights in their bedrooms at night or observed the floating face of an alien figure above their beds.
Skeptics and scientific ufologists remind us that in the absence of substantial evidence, we cannot accept anecdotal abduction accounts as real. Our perception of the events that occur during the night, while we are sleeping or partially awake, could possibly be distorted by our sleeping minds. REM sleep, visual imagery, and sleep hallucinations can be confusing.
One thing is clear. All of us experience paralysis as a function of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. More dreaming occurs during REM sleep than in another stage of sleep. The paralysis prevents us from acting out our dreams and harming ourselves or others. It is most frequently reported to occur when we are falling asleep. But it can also occur upon waking. Some people have a sleep disorder that that interferes with normal REM sleep, causing them to act out their dreams. This condition requires medical treatment because REM sleep disorder sufferers have injured themselves or family members while in acting out in REM sleep.
Sleep paralysis is related to REM but is a different entity. It can occur just before falling asleep or waking up. You will have conscious awareness of your surroundings but not be able to move anything except your eyes. You might observe shadowy figures in your bedroom and your heart might pound, as a sense of fear jars you into wakefulness. About 30-40% of those queried by sleep study scientists report that they have experienced sleep paralysis. It is simply a sign that their bodies are not moving smoothly through the stages of sleep.
People with narcolepsy, a condition characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and REM activity within ten minutes of falling asleep, are more likely to experience sleep paralysis accompanied by hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucinations than the general population. Sleep paralysis alone is characteristically different than the colorful imagery described by people who have experienced H/H hallucinations.
There is conflicting information about H/H hallucinations and I have not been able to find conclusive answers with regard to its prevalence among human populations. HH ahllucinations can last up to several minutes and affect an estimated 5% to over 12% of the normal population. However, David J. Hufford wrote in The Terror That Comes in the Night, that 50% or more of Yasuo Hishikawas narcoleptic subjects reported that they had experienced H/H hallucinations.
Hypnagogic (between waking and sleeping) and hypnopompic (between sleeping and waking) hallucinations occur when factors such as stress, extreme fatigue, medications, and mental illness cause the part of the brain that distinguishes between conscious perceptions and internally generated perceptions to misfire. This results in internally generated visions, sounds, feelings, smells or tastes. H/H hallucination experiencers often see colored geometric shapes or parts of objects. Others might observe the full image of a person, monster or animal. Sometimes lines or the outlines of figures are observed. Sensations of floating or flying are common, along with hallucinated buzzing sounds. H/H hallucinations can be frightening. The hallucinations can last from seconds to minutes and are usually accompanied by a brief period of sleep paralysis. They are experienced as being as real as real.
I once personally experienced a hypnopompic hallucination, without sleep paralysis. My husband and I were sleeping soundly when the telephone jarred me into partial wakefulness in the middle of the night. I didnt answer the phone because I saw my husband walk toward it, as if he were going to answer it. Even though the room was dark I perceived that he was clothed in a brightly colored red and black plaid flannel shirt. The almost fluorescent colors were brighter than what can be observed in natural sunlight. I was perplexed because the phone continued to ring even though I saw my husband lift the receiver from the cradle. Almost immediately I was startled by the awareness of his presence in the bed next to me. My hallucination vanished and I answered the phone. It is the only hypnopompic hallucination that I have ever had, but as a lifelong student of human perception, I found it interesting and informative.
Some sleep scientists contend that an experiencers perception of alien abduction while sleeping or awake in bed is most likely attributable to sleep paralysis, perhaps with hypnopompic hallucinations. They suspect that extraterrestrial entities are generated in hypnagogic and hypnopompic sleep states. Sleep hallucinations might be related to dreams because they are more elaborate and enduring than sleep paralysis alone. Hypothetically, we might be sleeping and perhaps dreaming about alien entities. When we start to move up out of REM sleep we might experience a hypnopompic hallucination and see nonhuman entities in our bedroom that we perceive as real. After a few seconds or minutes, we become fully awake but remember the onset of an abduction/contact as if it were real.
If we experience a combination of sleep paralysis and H/H hallucinations, we will suffer intense fear and wake up paralyzed, unable to move anything except our eyes. We might observe shadowy figures standing beside our beds or hovering overhead. If we attempt to cry out we find that we cant utter more than a nondescript sound. Were locked inside paralyzed bodies, unable to speak or move, except for our eyes. Our hearts pound and we strain to breathe as if there is a weight upon our chests. We are acutely aware of surroundings. Shadows transform into frightening shadowy images and sounds intensify. We struggle to break free from our dreadful predicament, and within seconds we are fully awake. This occurs to some of us when we emerge from REM sleep and our natural paralysis continues for a few seconds. I have never met an abductee/experiencer who believes that their ET contact experience was sleep related.
I have, however, spoken with individuals who have experienced HH hallucinations throughout their lifetime. Most report the observation of geometric shapes or disconnected body parts. One observed the upper torso and face of a monster. Two have observed alien heads that were not connected to bodies.These details are not consistent with the reports that I have received from abductees/experiencers.
Many abductees/ experiencers have described distinctly different demarcations between sleep paralysis, H/H hallucinations and real abduction experiences. They insist that they were fully awake at the onset of an alien abduction or visitation. They might even have received a telepathic message earlier in the day that they would be visited. They did not wake up paralyzed. It was only after they cried out or attempted to fight or flee that they became paralyzed. Some might even remember being transported through solid objects, such as a wall, roof or window, to a craft. Most have observed non-human entities and might even retain a complex memory of being examined on the craft and/or being taught a lesson. They are later returned to their beds. Prior to their experience some witnesses report that they were nervously glancing at their alarm clocks, unable to sleep due to their anxiety about an impending abduction. Having noted the time on their alarm clocks prior to and after their experience, they can think of no prosaic explanation for the lost time. Sometimes bed partners and family members sleeping in the house recall identical experiences on the same night.
Sleep paralysis and HH hallucinations are not an acceptable explanation for Jennie Hendersons experiences. At age 16, she and a companion were in route to a high school basketball game when they were stopped and immobilized by an unconventional craft and lost two hours time. At first the craft resembled a helicopter in rapid pursuit of their vehicle. The silent teardrop shaped object hovered directly overhead and the engine of the Volkswagen died. As if only a moment had passed the car restarted and the teens were once again on their way to their destination. Jennie anticipated meeting her younger brother there and transporting him home at the end of the school event. Upon their arrival, they discovered that the event had ended nearly two hours earlier. There was no prosaic explanation for their lost time, and the family decided not to make a formal report of the event.
Years later, Jennie sought help after she experienced a series of frightening nocturnal bedroom visitations. Occasionally, she would awaken during the night and observe nonhuman entities in her bedroom.Shortly thereafter, a wave of paralysis crept up her body. Several times, she was fully awake when an unseen force suddenly and unexpectedly ripped her body from her bed. Her next conscious memory was of finding herself in a holding area aboard a strange craft accompanied by short non-human entities with grayish skin and large eyes. As time passed, she was able to recall many of the details of her visits with extraterrestrial entities, without hypnosis. Her husband and childrens memories of the events added support to Jennies suspicion that she had not experienced a sleep anomaly or vivid dream. On two occasions, her neighbors observed a silent disk-shaped craft hovering over her rural home.
Many abductees believe that their experiences are real because they and others in their homes retain the same experiential memories. When there is unusual physical evidence attached to these memories, it is difficult to find an adequate prosaic explanation such as sleep paralysis and H/H hallucinations. Abductees are often awakened by a rushing sound and activity in their bedrooms. At the onset of their experience they are not paralyzed, and often cry out, attempt to escape, or even throw objects at the intruders. Small entities, often with glistening eyes, move about their bedrooms. The abductees partners sometimes attempt to fight back, but are quickly immobilized and returned to their beds in a seemingly deep sleep.
Some abductees/experiencers are returned to their beds, but others end up locked outside of their homes. Some awaken on their roofs, in their vehicles, or even in someone elses home. Sometimes they find mud and vegetative matter in their beds. Others find they are no longer dressed in their own clothing, but in a strangers nightshirt. Sometimes experiencers find landing trace evidence on their property.
Most academic psychologists ignore these unique characteristics associated with nocturnal bedroom abductions. Instead they attempt to squeeze reports made by abductees/experiencers into sleep paralysis and HH hallucination categories, despite the evidence to the contrary. There are several reasons for this. One is that HH hallucinations and sleep paralysis are often experienced as real as real and can contain complex imagery and physiological responses. Another is that when Occams razor, the principle that among competing hypotheses, the simplest explanation within accepted scientific paradigms is the most plausible, HHHs and SP are the scientifically acceptable explanations. Political agendas have relegated UFO and alien abduction to the fringe science category. Officially, ufology is a pseudoscience lacking the respectability required for serious scientific study. A few courageous scientists have stepped outside politically acceptable constraints and have advanced our scientific knowledge of UFO related phenomena. However, some have experienced the professional consequences of thinking outside the box. Young scientists who wish to advance their professional careers are fearful of investigating these taboo subjects. To do so might lead to professional suicide.
References:
Blackmore, Susan. Abduction by Aliens or Sleep Paralysis? Skeptical Inquirer Magazine.
On September
19, 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were relaxed and enjoying their bright starlit
drive along US Route 3, Northern New Hampshires major north-south route. From
the top of Mount Washington, visibility was 130 miles and the waxing gibbous
moon was about two thirds full. It was the last leg of their journey home to
New Hampshires seacoast after a brief vacation in Niagara Falls, NY, and
Montreal, Canada.
South of Lancaster, Bettys interest was aroused by what she at first
thought was a falling star, until it suddenly paused in the southwest sky and
inched its way upward, stopping next to the moon. As Betty watched the
star-like object, it grew larger. South of Twin Mountain, she and Barney
stopped at a roadside picnic area in order to walk their dog. This gave her the
opportunity to view the object through binoculars. Betty watched as it traveled
across the face of the moon flashing multi-colored lights. By the time she
handed the binoculars to Barney, the object had changed course, and shortly thereafter,
rapidly descended in their direction.
Franconia Notch
Back in the car, Betty was awestruck by the perplexing object that
seemed to be pacing them. Barney made a second stop near the Old Man of the
Mountain, in Franconia Notch, to observe the ever descending silent craft. It
rapidly changed direction, ascended and descended vertically and hovered
motionless in the sky. This enigmatic phenomenon piqued Barney's interest and
confounded his sensibility. His skepticism left no room for the nonsensical belief
in flying saucers. However, although he remained cool for Betty's sake, he was
quietly ruminating about the remarkable sight. He knew that it was different
than anything he had ever seen before.
The Close Encounter
As they motored south of the Indian Head area of North Lincoln, almost
directly in their path, the couple encountered a huge flattened circular disc
with a row of intense blue-white lighted windows along its forward edge. Barney
rapidly brought the car to a halt in the middle of the road and grabbed his
binoculars for a closer look, opening the car door for a less encumbered view.
The silent hovering object descended to an estimated eighty to a hundred feet
above their vehicle. Rapidly, in an arc like movement, it shifted from its
location directly ahead, and rested above the tree tops in an adjacent field.
Barney pocketed his handgun and walked toward it. The silent enigmatic craft
was huge; maybe sixty to eighty feet in diameter. As he approached it, two red
lights at the end of fin-like structures parted from the sides of the craft,
and it tilted toward Barney.
Lifting his binoculars to his eyes, he spied a group of figures that
were "somehow not human" moving about with the precision of German
officers. As the craft tilted downward and began to descend toward him, one of
these strange creatures, who remained at the window, communicated a frightening
message. Barney had the immediate impression that he was in danger of being
plucked from the field. Overcome with fear and with all of the courage that he
could muster, he tore the binoculars from his eyes and raced back to the car.
Breathless, trembling, and in near hysterics, he told Betty that they needed to
get out of there or they were going to be captured.
Rhythmic Buzzing Sounds
As Barney rapidly accelerated down the highway in an attempt to escape
from the craft, it shifted directly overhead. Suddenly, rhythmic
"buzzing" tones seemed to bounce off the trunk of their vehicle and
they sensed a penetrating vibration. They drove on without speaking until 35
miles down the road, once again they heard a second series of buzzing sounds.
Vague memories of encountering a roadblock, of seeing a huge fiery red-orange
orb resting upon the ground, and feeling a desire for human contact preoccupied
their thoughts. They looked for an open restaurant to no avail, so they drove
on through Concord, picked up Route 4 and made a beeline to Portsmouth,
expecting to arrive at approximately 3:00 A.M. The Hills were surprised to
notice that, as they crossed into Portsmouth, dawn was already streaking the
sky.
Physical Evidence
The Hills were startled to find shiny concentric circles on their car's
trunk. When a compass was placed over the spots, the needle would whirl. But
when it was moved to another area on the vehicle, the needle dropped down.
Their watches had stopped and never ran again. The leather binocular strap had
been severed.
Betty's favorite dress had been in fine shape when she dressed on the
morning of September 19. But when she returned home, there was a 2' tear at the
top of her zipper. The lining was torn from waist to hemline. And the hem was
torn down on one side. Later, she discovered that it was coated with a strange
pink powder that had degraded the fabric and reduced it to a rag. It has been
analyzed by five laboratories. No one can explain the mystery.
The tops of Barney's best dress shoes were scraped. He had to purchase
new shoes. His pant legs were covered with vegetative matter. Later, a
concentric circle of wart-like growths appeared on his groin. They were removed
when they became inflamed during his hypnosis sessions with Dr. Benjamin SImon.
They were not venereal warts.
Project Bluebook Report
The day after the sighting, Betty phoned the 100th Bomb Wing
SAC at Pease Air Force Base in neighboring Newington, New Hampshire to report
an unidentified flying object. She and Barney gave the interviewing officer a
general description of the craft they observed. Barney omitted his observation
of the humanoid figures fearing that he might be thought a crackpot. Later
that day, Major Paul W. Henderson phoned the Hills and questioned both of them
extensively. According to Betty, he seemed very interested in the wing-like
structures that telescoped out from each side of the pancake shaped craft and
the red lights on their tips.
As an ADDITIONAL ITEM, Major Henderson included information about a
radar observation at 2:14 AM. Although it was not possible to determine any
relationship between the two observations, as the radar observation provided no
description, time and distance between the events, he stated, could hint of a
possible relationship.
Letter to NICAP
On September 26, after reading a book she found at the public library,
Betty typed a letter to Major Donald Keyhoe, director of the civilian UFO
group, NICAP, in which she described the encounter. She stated that Barney had
observed figures dressed in black, shiny uniforms looking down at him as he
stood in a field. They were scurrying about as though they were making some hurried
type of preparation. Barney had returned to the car in a hysterical condition,
laughing and repeating that they were going to capture the Hills. She mentioned
that they were considering the possibility of contacting a competent
psychiatrist who uses hypnotism to assist Barney in removing the mental block
that prevented him from recalling whatever he saw in the field that caused him
to panic and develop a mental block.
Betty's Dreams
A few days later, Betty had the first of a series of five frightening
dreams/nightmares, which she jotted down on note paper and, two months later,
typed into a detailed account. Although the nightmares failed to follow a
sequential story line, Betty rearranged them in logical order. Thus, she
developed a frightening dreamlike account of abduction by aliens from another
solar system. Barney was working nights and was not at home. When she mentioned
her dreams to him, he stated tht they were only dreams and she should not be
concerned by them. He refused to read her dream account but did overhear Betty
explaining part of a dream to Walter Webb. Later, skeptics would argue that the
abduction has no foundation in realitythat Bettys nightmares are nearly
identical to her and Barneys hypnotic recall of abduction. This contention has
been refuted through Kathleen Mardens comparative analysis of the hypnosis
transcripts. Although much of Betty's recall of the capture and physical
examination aboard a flying saucer are similar to her dream account, there are
significant differences. Betty and Barney recalled identical detailed
information that wasn't in Betty's dreams and even contradicted the information
in Betty's dreams. (See Hill Hypnosis Tapes VS Betty's Dreams.)
The Investigation
On October 21, 1961, NICAP investigator, Walter Webb, initiated his
confidential preliminary investigation at the Hills home, interviewing them
together and separately for a six-hour period. They had conscious recall for
the close encounter with a large, silent hovering disk and the two sets of code-like
buzzing sounds that seemed to strike the trunk of their vehicle. Barney
described the figures he observed in detail remarking that they were
"somehow not human."
NICAP members Robert Hohmann and CD Jackson, along with Major James
MacDonald (retired A.F. Intelligence officer), interviewed the Hills on
November 25, 1961. On this day, the Hills realized that their drive that should
have taken approximately four hours to complete had taken seven. They were
previously aware that they arrived home later than they had anticipated. But
they had no mundane explanation for the 2-3 hour time discrepancy. Their only
"lost time" memories were of a fiery orb in the road silhouetted
against a stand of trees, a sharp unplanned turn off the main highway, and a
roadblock, without knowing where or when it occurred.
On March 12, 1962, Betty contacted Dr. Patrick Quirk, a psychiatrist
from Georgetown, MA, to request an appointment. Dr. Quirk did not attempt
hypnosis. He recommended that the Hills should wait to see if more conscious
memories of the experience would emerge. Betty and Barney were beginning to
remember information that they had previously forgotten and Dr. Quirk explained
that, in time, they would remember more without the use of hypnosis.
PTSD
In 1963, Barney developed a physically debilitating condition, which
forced him take a three month leave of absence from his job at the U.S. Post
Office. His traditional medical treatment was augmented by psychotherapy, but
his health did not improve. At one appointment, Barney mentioned his continuing
anxiety over his apparent amnesia and requested a referral to a competent
psychiatrist who used hypnosis. His psychotherapist, Dr. Stevens agreed to set
up an appointment with neuro-psychiatrist Dr. Benjamin Simon whose outstanding
career included expertise in the use of deep trance hypnosis.
Hypnosis Sessions
Early in 1964, the Hills began what would amount to six months of
separate hypnotic regression and therapy sessions (hypno-analysis), with Dr.
Simon, who knew almost nothing about UFOs, and according to the NICAP
investigator's report, refused to read any of the UFO sighting reports he gave
to him. He induced amnesia at the end of each session for two reasons: 1. to
protect the Hills from remembering their traumatic memories 2. to prevent the
Hills from discussing their memories until he had completed his hypnosis
sessions. An uncannily consistent dual recall of alien abduction emerged that
was somewhat inconsistent with the details of Bettys dream account.
The Publicity
Were it not for a violation of confidentiality, all of this would have
remained undisclosed. However, on October 25, 1965, the Hills greatest fear
was realized when a Boston newspaper published, for five days, a detailed
account of the Hills UFO encounter and abduction experience.
For a complete account of the Hills UFO encounter and its aftermath,
read Captured! The Betty and Barney
Hill UFO Experience by Stanton T. Friedman and Kathleen Marden
On Route 3 in North Lincoln, NH. Look for the
Indian Head Resort
Dreams or Recall on the Hill Abduction Hypnosis Tapes
Dreams or Recall on the Hill Abduction
Hypnosis Tapes
Copyright 2009: Kathleen Marden
The scientific investigation of the
9/19-20/1961 Betty and Barney Hill UFO encounter has been supported by the
abundance of evidence that something anomalous occurred. It is bolstered by the
professional competence of early investigators, such as Walter Webb, Robert
Hohmann, C.D. Jackson, Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Dr. James McDonald, Marjorie Fish,
Stanton T. Friedman and Dr. James Harder. However, skeptical literature is
teeming allegations that the reported alien abduction was nothing more than a
fantasy dreamed by Betty over a five night period and absorbed by Barney when
he overheard her retell the tale to Walter Webb and others.
Barney, who admitted that he had overheard
snippets of Bettys dreams, informed Dr. Simon, I just told her it was a dream
and nothing to get alarmed about I cant believe whatever these dreams are that
she is having I never believed her dreams.(3/21/64 hypnosis transcript)Dr. Benjamin Simon reported on the Larry
Glick Show in 1975 that he thought Betty so strongly believed her dreams that
she repeated them as fantasies during her hypnosis sessions. During the 1965
hypnosis sessions, he also expressed that Barney had unintentionally absorbed
the information in Bettys dream account.
Although he was willing to accept the
possibility that the Hills observed an unidentified flying object in the night
sky on September 19-20, 1961, (though not necessarily an extraterrestrial
craft), he stated that their abduction accounts were so nearly identical that
one had to have obtained the information from the other, particularly since in
1964, alien abduction had never been reported. He added that although anything
is possible, he felt that kidnapping by extraterrestrial aliens seemed
improbable to him. (He knew almost nothing about UFOs.)
Dr. Simon stated of the Hill account to Larry
Glick, "Barney and Betty gave the same story and this story was precisely
like the story that was written up by the NICAP investigator. There were no
differences between the three. It was the same story they gave consciously...There
was no difference. They both shared the same story all the way."
He continued, "It had me in a bind and I
was now faced with certain decisions and I couldn't make them. I was faced with
a story that was very fantastic. If this were real and true, I would have to
believe that these supposed people were from outer space...I believed in their
honesty, but this story was fantastic and unreal and had to be accepted or
rejected."
Many of you have read about the Hills close
encounter with an 80 silent, hovering craft south of Indian Head in Lincoln,
NH. Barneys conscious description of the figures on board, copied from NICAP
investigator Walter Webbs October 1961 confidential report, can be found on
page 52 in my book Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience,
co-written with nuclear physicist/scientific ufologist Stanton T. Friedman.
Overview of the Close Encounter
It has been well established through early
investigation reports that Betty and Barney consciously recalled a series of
buzzing/beeping sounds that caused their vehicle to vibrate and a tingling
sensation to pass through their bodies as the UFO hovered above their vehicle.
Later, they consciously recalled observing a
fiery orb and a roadblock on an unfamiliar stretch of road, followed by another
series of buzzing/beeping sounds approximately thirty-five miles south of the
first occurrence.
When they arrived home later than expected,
they observed and reported perplexing physical and circumstantial evidence for
which they had no prosaic explanation. There were 12-18 shiny, magnetized
circles on their cars trunk that hadn't been there the day before. Their
watcheswere broken. The leather
binocular strap was severed. The toes of Barneys best dress shoes were so badly
scraped that he relegated them to yard work attire. Betty's good dress was torn
in several places--the top of her zipper, the lining and the hemline. (Later,
Betty reported to investigators that her dress was coated with a pink powdery
substance.)
It was the period of missing time and the
subsequent decline in Barneys health that finally took Barney, accompanied by
Betty, to Dr. Simons office on December 14,1963. The events that unfolded
under six months of separate hypnotherapy with amnesia imposed at the end of
each session are well documented in John G. Fullers The Interrupted Journey
(1966) and my book Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience, with
Stanton Friedman. (2007).
Although I was a primary witness to the
evidence and the aftermath, my own investigation and research was delayed until
the late 1980s. Finally, after several years of intensive study I convinced
Betty (1996) to allow me to test the hypothesis that Barney had merely absorbed
her dream account and that she had reiterated her dreams nearly verbatim in Dr.
Simons office. This research approach is clearly amenable within the framework
of social science, and also gave me the opportunity to answer the question that
had been nagging at me for thirty-two yearswere my aunt and uncle really
abducted by alien beings?
Hypnosis Sessions
Barneys first hypnotic regression transpired
on February 22, 1964 in a soundproof room at Dr. Simons Back Bay office in
Boston, MA. To insure privacy Dr. Simon played bombastic classical in the room
where Betty waited for Barney.At the
end of each session he reinstated amnesia in both Betty and Barney to ensure
that no cross-contamination of information would occur and to protect his
patients psychological well-being.He
reasoned that if the traumatic event, for which they had amnesia, entered their
conscious memories too early it could produce added trauma.
I listened to the tapes several times, and
when I felt that I had a full understanding of what had occurred, I transcribed
the hypnosis tapes and performed a detailed dissection of the Hills individual
statements for my comparative analysis.It was then that I realized how much I (and probably Dr. Simon) had
missed simply by listening to the Hills' statements.
With a couple of exceptions, that were easily
worked out in later sessions, the Hills separate accounts for which they
retained conscious memory were amazingly consistent.I was anxious to compare Bettys dreams with
the several accounts detailed under hypnotic regression. (Dr. Simon revisited
the Hills testimony several times in order to clear up what seemed at first to
be inconsistencies.)
In Dreams or Recall? Betty wrote, I saw
8-11 men standing in the middle of the road.Barney slowed down to wait for them to move, but the motor died.As he was trying to start the motor, the men
surrounded the car.(11/61)
My Comparative Analysis of the Capture
Now let us compare this account to Barneys
hypnotic recall.He stated, I think I
have driven a lot of miles and the road is not Route 3.It is a heavily wooded area but it is a road,
and this is when I am flagged down I thought I saw a cluster of six men,
because three came to me and three did not. (2/29/64) The discrepancy is
obvious.
In Bettys dream account 8-11 men surrounded
the Hills vehicle, whereas Barney recalled six men who divided into two
groups. Bettys hypnotic recall is inconsistent with her dream account but
consistent with Barneys statement.
She reported, There were these men standing
in the highway There were several And Barney, of course, had to stop and these
men started to come up to the car.They
separated.They came up in two
groups And there are one, two, three next to me.(3/7/64)
Dreams or Recall? continues, We sat there
motionless and speechless, and I was terrified.At the same time, they opened the car doors on each side, reached in and
took us by the arm. (11/61)
In Bettys and Barneys hypnotic regression
sessions, a new scenario emerged that contradicted Bettys dream account.
Barney recalled, I saw two eyes coming close to mine and I felt like the eyes
had pushed into my eyes .I got out of the car and put my left leg on the
ground, and the two men helped me out.(2/29/64)
Now let us examine Bettys statement made
under hypnosis: The men are coming toward us and I think I can get away from
them.If I can get the car door open I
can run into the woods and hide. And I just put my hand on the car door to open
it and the men come up and they open it for me. Betty reported that although
there were three men next to her, one took her out of the vehicle. Next, Dr.
Simon stated that he didnt hear her last statement and in a very confusing
sentence, Betty started to count the men over and over again. Then she added,
I dont know what happened.(3/7/64)
She later informed me that she had lost
consciousness when a handheld device was pointed at her. Again the Hills
hypnotic regression statements are consistent, but they are inconsistent with
Bettys dream account. They did not sit motionless. Barney opened the car door
and put his foot on the ground and Betty attempted to open her door to escape
into the woods.
I suspected that Betty slipped into her dream
account after she lost consciousness. Her dream account reads, I am walking
through a path in the woods. Tall trees are on both sides, but next to me on
both sides is a man; two men in front; two men in back; then Barney with a man
on each side of him; other men in back of him.(11/61)
In Dreams or Recall? she counts ten
escorts, whereas in Dr. Simons office, she and Barney had previously counted a
total of six at their car doors, or perhaps eight in all. (Bettys statements
become a bit confusing.)
My Comparative Analysis of the Journey to the Ramp
Her hypnotic recall is nearly identical to
her dream sequence when she states, I open my eyes and Im walking through the
woods!...and theres a man on this (right) side and an man on this (left) side,
and two men in front of me and theres a couple of men behind me, and then
theres Barney and theres a man on each side of him.(3/7/64) Her hypnotic
recall omits the two men behind Barney that she mentioned in her dream account.
Otherwise, her statement to Dr. Simon matches her dream almost verbatim.
The comparative analysis becomes tricky when
Betty and Barney approach the ramp leading to the crafts interior.Bettys dream account states, We stepped up
a step or two to go onto a ramp, leading to a door. On 3/7/64 Betty omitted
the steps when she told Dr. Simon, I go up the ramp, and I go inside and in
the corridor to the left.
On 2/29.64, Barney stated, I am only
thinking of mental pictures because my eyes are closed, and I think I am going
up a slight incline, and my feet are not bumping on the rocks.That's funny, I thought of my feet bumping on
the rocks. And they are going up smoothly, but I'm afraid to open my eyes
because I am being told strongly, by myself, to keep my eyes closed.Don't open them. Barneys omission of steps
is consistent with Bettys statement to Dr. Simon, but both contradict Bettys
dream account.
Separate Experiences
The Hills are then escorted to separate
examining rooms and both recall similarly detailed, but separate experiences
with their captors. Although there is correlating data in their statements
regarding procedures, attitudes and room descriptions, I chose not to include
it in this comparative analysis. Additionally, the sequential order of Bettys
onboard experience differs from that in her dream account. My research protocol
dictated that my data should be restricted to shared descriptive details,
including positional and numerical data; not physical descriptions.
The Hills' Departure from the Craft
This takes us to the point where the Hills
and their captors share a common area in the corridor at the time of departure.
Bettys dreamaccountreads, We left the ship and walked through
the woods All the men accompanied us. We came to the car and the leader
suggestedthat we wait and see them
leave. We agreed. Barney seemed to wake up as we approached the car, and he
showed no emotion. We stood on the right-hand side of the car, Barney was
leaning against the front fender, and I was by the door. As we were waiting, I
thought of Delsey. I opened the car door and Delsey was under the seat. She was
trembling badly, and I patted her for a moment. She came out and I picked her
up, and held her, again leaning against the car door.
Betty contradicts her dream account when she
states to Dr. Simon, I've been standing there on the side of the ramp talking
to him, and I'm atthe ramp now, and
they're taking Barney ahead while we were talking. (3/14/64 hypnosis
session)
Barneys statement is consistent with Bettys
hypnotic recall but inconsistent with Bettys dream account. He informed Dr.
Simon, I am walking and I am walking, and I am being guided and my eyes are
closed. And I open my eyes and there is the car, and the lights are off and it
is not running. And Delsey is under the seat, and I reach under and touch her,
and she is in a tight ball. And I sit back and I see Betty is coming down the
road. (2/29/64)
This comparative analysis reveals that Betty
and Barney did not leave the craft at the same time and were not escorted to
their vehicle by all of the men. Barney was returned by the crew, while Betty
remained on the craft arguing with the leader. Finally, the leader escorted
Betty to the car where Barney was already seated on the drivers side. On
3/14/64, Barney added, I saw my car and the lights were out and it was sitting
down the road very dark.And I couldn't
understand I had not cut out the lights, and I opened the door, and felt for
Delsey. And got in and I sat on my gun, and I took it...removed it from the
seat, and put it down on the floor. And Betty was coming down the road and she
came around and opened the door".
Betty added, I got out to the car and
Barney's inside and I opened the car door and I said, "Come on out and
watch them leave Delsey's sitting on the seat where I sit and I felt of Delsey
and she is trembling all over. And she's scared, so I said, Well Barney, come
on out and I'll get Delsey." And I picked Delsey up off the seat and I'm
holding Delsey and I'm patting her and I'm saying, "Don't be afraid,
Delsey. There's nothing to be afraid of.Look Delsey, look."And I'm
leaning against the fender of the car and I shut the car door and I'm leaning
against the fender and I'm looking up and I say, "Barney, look." And
Barney comes out and stands aside of me and I'm patting Delsey "
It is clear that Betty and Barneys
statements to Dr. Simon independently confirm that they did not return to the
car at the same time. This is in direct contradiction to Bettys dream
recall.Additionally, both stated that
Barney was seated in the drivers seat when Betty arrived at the car. This
statement is inconsistent with Bettys dream sequence.In Bettys dream, she opens the car door to
remove Delsey from under the seat, but under hypnosis she states that Delsey is
on the car seat.Barney confirmed
Bettys statement that he then exited the car and stood beside her to observe
the crafts departure.
My Conclusion
The above statements provide evidence that
Betty and Barney Hill recalled correlating detailed positional and numerical
information regarding their abduction experience.Further, this information is inconsistent
with Bettys dream recollection, and therefore could not have been transferred
to Barney by Betty. Nor could Betty have been restating the fantasy material in
her dreams. Because the Hills amnesia remained intact during their hypnosis
sessions, they could not have contaminated each others recall.These findings clearly support the abduction
hypothesis and refute the dream transference hypothesis.
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Kathleen Marden, and Denise Stoner, Florida MUFONs Director of Investigations,
are collaborating on an abduction experiencer research project.
Our goal is to expand our understanding of
the alien abduction phenomenon through the use of two
questionnaires.
We, in turn, plan to publish our findings
pertaining to little known commonalities among UFO abductees.
The UFO Abduction Experiencer Survey
lists 45 general multiple choice questions pertaining to experiencers
demographics, abduction memories, psychic phenomena experiences, and
physiological responses. Some examples of these questions include the
following:
1.Are your abduction memories?
Conscious ( ), Through dreams ( ), Through hypnosis ( ) Other ( ) (Please check
all that apply.)
2.Are you more or less sensitive or
intuitive than you were prior to your abduction? More ( ), Less ( ), about the
same ( )
3.Have witnesses reported that they
observed a UFO near your house, vehicle, tent, etc. prior to or during your
abduction? Yes ( ), No ( ) If yes, please explain.
4.Have you awoken with unexplained
marks on your body that you suspect are related to an abduction experience? Yes
( ), No ( ) If yes, please describe.
5.Have you ever suffered burns, hair
loss, or conjunctivitis following an abduction? Yes ( ), No ( ) If yes, please
explain.
6.Following an abduction, did you
ever experience malfunctions of electrical equipment such as lights, digital
watches, computers, etc? Yes ( ), No ( ) If yes, please explain.
Kathleen Marden requests that
abductees/experiencers participate in her Abduction Experiencer E.T. Technology
Survey to increase our knowledge of E.T. technology. She has discovered unique,
unpublicized information observed by several abductees, but needs to add to her
data base. The Abduction Experiencer E.T. Technology Survey lists 16 multiple
choice and fill-in questions. Some examples of these questions include the
following:
1.Were you
transported through a solid object such as a wall, window, roof, etc?) Yes ( ),
No ( )
2.What bodily
sensations did you experience when you were transported from your location to
the craft? Please explain.
3.Did you
feel that you were transported outside Earths atmosphere? Yes ( ), No ( ). If
yes, what do you recall of that experience and was a transport device used?
4.Were you
given knowledge of the crafts propulsion or operational system? Yes ( ), No (
). If yes, please explain what you were told.
5.Have you
ever undergone a procedure on the craft that was unrelated to reproduction? If
so, please describe.
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Stoner and I want to thank-you in advance for facilitating our research efforts
and increasing our knowledge about alien abduction.
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