It Really Is A Weird World Out There

 

I have been lucky in a way. I have seen as a youngster with two others, a large shadowy figure in daylight. I have witnessed a seemingly solid and black figure walk through a room where I was sat having gone to bed (and thinking it was my brothers visiting friend).

I have seen poltergeist activity and on two occasions in the presence of others.

'The Monk' is a story in itself. Looked more like a child of 12-13 but in a hooded sandy duffle coat -seen by others in the house and on one occasion I ran out as soon as it passed by a front gate which took 10-12 seconds to get to...nothing. I even looked into other peoples' gardens. Nothing.

I have observed "UFOs" (NOT spacecraft!) on six occasions and twice at close proximity.

I was also with my younger brother, grandfather, father, sister and cousin in Germany when we all saw an almost chimp like animal jump a heck of a distance into the dense forestry.

Also in Germany I observed at a distance as well as within 6feet of me a raccoon dog before they were even supposed to be in that part of Germany.

As a child (8 or 9) in Germany I fell through ice into a frozen (LARGE) pond and last thing I remembered was seeing the inlet that allowed fresh water in. Next thing I was about 4 feet away from the pond looking towards it as everyone who had seen me fall in were running over.Decades later still no explanation how I got onto dry land facing the pond -or why, when I got home soaked to the skin, I told my mother "I fell into a puddle"!!!

In Germany, just before my parents came back to England, they observed a large bright UFO over forestry. In that same area a decade later I am my family watched a large Zeppelin/airship fly over the same forestry. Amazing sight. One problem was when I learnt there were NO airship[s in Germany at that time.

And I wonder why I'm stuck looking into weird stuff?

As an add on...

Well, you know the saying "flies to (something"? I once casually met someone I knew worked in a shop and I could tell he wanted to say something and I said "And-?" he then said " You are the one who looks into all that weird stuff..."and then told me about what he had seen one day. 

I have had someone on a bus say "I read about you in the newspaper... I saw a very large cat while on holiday with my husband". 

Even odder I was sat on a park bench and a person started talking about the squirrels and I pointed to a tree and said that's where they have their little nest area. He then says "I was walking through here one night and to the right of that tree I saw this big white light moving about..." 

A friend even, told me of his and his then partners own encounter with strange lights in a house and...another person told me about a similar sighting of their mother's -ore lights in a house. 

My German family called me "Herr Professor" from a young age as I was always reading and observing things -"If a fly scratches in the other room he'll know it!" 

A LOT of people see strange and odd things but 90% keep shtum. It's a weirder world out there than you might think!

The French Still Take UFOs/UAP Seriously

 

On Thursday 13 and Friday 14 October 2022, the Study and Information Group on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena (GEIPAN), a technical department of CNES, organised the CAIPAN II conference in Toulouse, an international symposium devoted to surveys, knowledge and expertise on unidentified aerospace phenomena.. During these two days, more than 100 participants – scientists, technical experts, investigators and associations linked to the fields of ufology – presented their work. The topics covered are the investigations carried out on observations ofand the means, techniques and knowledge used in the analysis of testimonies.

Participation was international with 13 nationalities and notably the intervention of Daniel A. Evans, Deputy Director of R&D for NASA scientific programs and project manager of the new study group led by NASA on. He presented the US space agency's roadmap for the(UAP). An independent and dedicated team was set up by NASA with the objectives of "analyzing thewith a scientific approach and NASA's use of scientific data and tools to advance knowledge."

On the occasion of these two days of exchanges and meetings of the community dedicated to expertise on, GEIPAN has exposed a very original and little-known phenomenon that addresses several technical disciplines. If this has already been encountered by GEIPAN, it is now explained, clarified and popularized. This type of phenomenon is new to GEIPAN. It illustrates very well the approach of GEIPAN and the diversity and complementarity of disciplines. Astronomers, optical engineers and doctors were notably solicited. Some testimonies of observations in the sky are now explained by the observer himself.

As a reminder, GEIPAN rationally explains strange observations reported by witnesses. Its mission is to collect, analyze, anonymize, archive and publish witness reports of. It is science at the service of society with the particularity of being in direct interface with the general public, of listening to witnesses. For this mission, the CNES relies on both internal and external skills: trained volunteers who investigate, experts from very varied scientific disciplines and institutional partners (National Gendarmerie, Air Force, Civil Aviation, Navy, Météo France, CNRS, etc.).

Informing the witness and the general public is a very important point. It is a work in complete transparency that shows the technical integrity of GEIPAN and allows the scientific community and everyone to analyze and follow up on the observations and analyses. The reports are published on the website, https://www.cnes-geipan.fr .

GEIPAN is supervised by a steering committee chaired by a recognized person from the aerospace world and composed of representatives of the country's civil and military authorities (National Gendarmerie, Civil Aviation, Weather, Air Force, Scientific Research) and the CNES. This committee's mission is to analyze the results of GEIPAN and make recommendations to the CNES on its orientations.

CAIPAN II international conference on unidentified aerospace phenomena organized by GEIPAN in Toulouse.

Thursday 13 and Friday 14 October, the GEIPAN research and information group dedicated to unidentified aerospace phenomena (UAP) at CNES organized the CAIPAN II international conference in Toulouse to review advances in investigations, knowledge and expertise in the field of UAPs. During the two-day event, more than 100 scientists, technical experts, investigators and associations with an interest in UAPs presented their work, covering investigations of UAP sightings and the resources, techniques and know-how employed to analyze witness accounts.

The conference was attended by participants from 13 nations and addressed by Daniel A. Evans, Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Research within NASA's Science Mission Directorate, who leads the agency's new study team focused on UAPs. He presented NASA's roadmap for this team, which aims to “examine UAPs from a scientific perspective and focus on identifying available data, how best to collect future data, and how NASA can use that data to move the scientific understanding of UAPs forward”.

Over these two days of discussion among the UAP community, GEIPAN presented a highly original yet relatively unknown phenomenon that cuts across a number of technical disciplines. While GEIPAN has already encountered the phenomenon in the past, it is now explained, detailed and mediated. It is a good illustration of GEIPAN's approach and the diversity and complementarity of disciplines, notably involving astronomers, optical engineers and physicians. Indeed, observers are now capable of explaining certain things they have seen in the skies themselves.

GEIPAN seeks to give a rational explanation for strange phenomena seen by observers. Its mission is to collect, analyze, anonymize, archive and publish insights of UAPs. It is putting science to work for society, working in direct contact with the general public and listening to witness accounts. To this end, CNES is able to call on both its own internal and outside expertise from trained volunteer investigators, experts in a wide range of scientific disciplines and institutional partners (Gendarmerie, French Air Force, civil aviation, French Navy, Météo France national weather service, CNRS national scientific research center, etc.).

Informing witnesses of UAPs and the general public is a very important aspect of what GEIPAN does. Its commitment to transparency and technical integrity give the scientific community and lay public the means to assess and follow up observations and analyses. Reports are published on its website at https://www.cnes-geipan.fr.

GEIPAN is overseen by a steering committee chaired by a person who is a recognized authority from the world of aerospace and made up of representatives from the nation's civil and military authorities (Gendarmerie, civil aviation, national weather service, Air Force, scientific research) and CNES. The committee's mission is to analyze GEIPAN's results and make recommendations to CNES on its future direction.

 

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Followers List

 I noticed that a certain American soft drink had planted its log in the Followers list and so had two other commercial products.

For this reason I have suspended the Followers list because if you want to advertise then support the damn blog and pay to add your product.

British Ufologists; Keep Your Records For Posterity and In The UK

I think that it is quite clear now that the UK needs its own national UFO archive. So much has been sent abroad that is now lost to UK researchers; thousands of BUFORA documents and reports are with the AFU in Sweden and BUFORA refuses to allow access to the material citing data protection. That BUFORA has no ide4a what it had before 2010 does not help and neither does the fact that the digitalised records handed to them are now..."somewhere".

All of Contact UK files are in Sweden. Again, we cannot get access to those. For years British Ufologists and others have handed their files over and so what should be British UFO history is lost. The AFU cannot supply digitized archives and that includes of FSR material.

Is there an alternative?  Yes, and it is already up and running -the British UFO Learning Centre run by UFO historian and investigator John Hanson. No need to book an air ticket or hotels to travel overseas so that is a lot of money saved.

Above: Harry Harris on a TV programme in the 1990s

One thing we appear to have lost are the records of the late Harry Harris. The name should be familiar to Ufologists as he was involved in the Lynda Jones, Shamrock Cafe and Linda Taylor UFO abduction cases.  Harris had taped recordings of hypnosis sessions, reports and much more but these appear to be lost "somewhere" and those are valuable historical records.

Above: possible UFO abductee Linda Taylor with Harris.

Sadly, as so many of the old UFO scene pass away their records are either dumped or sent abroad and although the AFU have undertaken a great task it means that so much is lost to UK researchers.   

We have also "lost" many people who were involved in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and abduction experiences.  Not lost as in died (though a few have now) but because once they were used to get a story or book they were no longer required and Ufologists never kept in touch and so talking to these people years on to see how their lives continued or changed is impossible.  

We need an archive to tell their stories as well as preserve an historical record for future generations before we lose everything.

If you are a Ufologist or retired researcher/investigator then PLEASE contact John to preserve your history.

 

Daylight sighting of a hovering blue “UFO” filmed in Maassluis, the Neth...

Think About Regression Hypnosis

 

 I have written as well as said on many occasions that any person conducting regressive hypnosis on a person suspected to have lost time during a UFO encounter should not be a person interested ort active in studying UFOs. The person should definitely not be a Ufologist.

The late D. Scott Rogo wrote (UFO Report – April, 1980):

"Being a parapsychologist, I am keenly aware of the fact that the hypnotic state makes a person particularly open to telepathic impressions.There is a great deal of experimental as well as anecdotal evidence to this effect. While regressing Jo, could she have picked up telepathic cues from my mind which she elaborated into false memories of a UFO abduction?"

In fact, Dr Leo Sprinkle also stated later on in his work that he feared a possible "abductee" under hypnosis may have had thoughts transferred to them from his mind during hypnotic sessions. 

If -if- we assumed that Budd Hopkins was not stacking the decks and faking things or passing on things as evidence that he knew 100% were fake then it could explain his early findings. I have absolutely no doubt that at the very start he was truly investigating and trying to find out what was going on. When and where he went off the rails is a matter for debate.

A hypnotist should not have a head full of preconceived notions about UFOs and abductions because if -IF- transference of thoughts is even a possibility it could lead to many incorrect conclusions. It is a reason why I have and would exclude myself from being in on any such sessions. We have to ensure that any information recalled is a genuine recollection. Sessions where a Ufologist carries out regression hypnosis with 2-3 other Ufologists present create a massive problem if Sprinkle, Rogo et al are correct.

We are, supposedly, here to find the truth or at least clues as to what is going on in these encounters -the reason that the Hills' hypnotic regression sessions stand up so well is that Dr. Benjamin had no knowledge of UFOs and still did not believe in them after the sessions. He is, therefore, unlikely to have polluted any recall with "thought transference".

Look at it this way; there is a Ufologist in the UK who claims to have uncovered hundreds of abduction experiences each year. No one is allowed to see the evidence of this and even alleged percipient statements he re-writes in his own words 'so as to protect the witness'. Right there he has totally discredited himself and what he is doing. This person also takes a hypnotherapist with him on first meeting any witness and those witnesses must agree to undergo preliminary hypnosis at that first meeting. This is totally unethical (but then it is Ufology).

Any potential UFO witness needs to first talk to the investigator person-to-person so that they are relaxed and feel comfortable. Only then should the person be asked to recount what they can recall of their sighting. If it does seem as though there is missing time then telling them they need to be hypnotised outright is not a good idea. There are techniques that can be suggested to see whether the witness can get some recall. It should be noted that if the witness is undergoing anxiety and stress then hypnosis can be used to relieve that but not to immediately begin interrogating them.

I know I "play the same old tune" but if a witness is in fact a percipient in an onboard experience then they have had their entire world view smashed apart. A Close Encounter of the Second Kind can shatter a world view based on "its all silly flying saucer stories" so imagine what a CE3K would do.  How many people involved in CE3K events do you suppose remain in contact with investigators after the initial fuss and then the book  or lecture tours are out of the way?  Perhaps 1-2% if I am being generous.

The percipients in the best cases have passed away and did Ufology know or report on their passing? No. Louise Smith, Elaine Thomas, Antonio Villas Boas, Jean Hingley, Val Walters -the list goes on and on. In my books I try as hard as I can to find out what happened to percipients and note their deaths -shockingly, I found much od Ufology had not even heard that the last percipient in the 1973 Pascagoula encounter, Calvin Parker, had passed away.

We have to treat people in these encounters as human beings and not cash cows. Hypnosis should not just be jumped into at a first meeting or even a second meeting and in many cases I would suggest that it is only considered if and when the person involved asks whether it is worth trying.

There are a number of cases on file that bear all the tell-tale signs of missing time experiences and in some cases there are witnesses to a UFO.  I would not even suggest to them that they may have had onboard experiences and memory loss. They have gotten on with their lives and the incident is recalled as a UFO sighting and put to the back of their minds.  What right do I have to open a whole can of worms that these people then have to live with as I get on with other things?

Ufologists tend to jump to hypnosis as the "best tool for the job" without considering any of the implications of its use and, yes, that has gotten me some rather angry responses from Ufologists who consider what they want far more important than the witness.

Hypnosis -think about its use.