Co-creation of the "alien abduction phenomenon" -facts

People say I am simply jealous of Jacobs and Hopkins.  sigh

For the truth read
https://rr0.org/time/2/0/1/1/01/15/Rainey_ThePriestOfHighStrangeness/index.html
and

https://rr0.org/time/2/0/1/1/01/15/Rainey_ThePriestOfHighStrangeness/01/

Meanwhile....a Killer Strikes!

As I opened the back door to say "Good morning" to Bella the semi-feral cat and give her some food I noticed two small, downy feathers on her food plate.  They were obviously from a pigeon and not the kind of feathers they lose easily.

Bella followed me as I took nuts to the feeder on the buddleja tree.  I noticed more feathers. I know that she has stalked and even killed one pigeon -she dragged its carcass into a neighbour's house.  I know she kills mice.  So I turned to tell her off but then noticed something.

No blood and the feathers seemed to have been plucked....I then noticed, about 5 feet (1.5m) away...another patch of feathers.

I looked around but no pigeon carcass.
If you look at the photo below -to the left of the black planter you will see on patch of feathers. To the right and rear by the fence you can see another patch.

Immediately I turned to Bella and apologised.  I have seen this all before. Strike. Kill, Pluck. Carcass moved 1-2m and then job finished.

Sparrowhawk.

I have posted photos of this before -including ones with the sparrowhawk at work.  There were two females and a male last year and they took a few birds. Took between 45-60 minutes for one hawk to break up and eat most of a full grown pigeon.  So where is today's carcass?

I had not heard or seen it before but last year I saw the female sparrowhawk fly off from the front garden and then come back, grab the carcass and fly off with it.  I then saw her (mature female as opposed to juv. female hawk) do the same with a kill she made in the back garden.  I saw the hawk do the same thing with the pigeon it had killed on the pathway by the front gate -there the kill was made and the patch of feathers about 3-4m from the gate.  The hawk then picked up the pigeon and flew into a corner of the gateway to finish her meal.  And then flew off with the carcass.

I looked up, in a few books, how these hawks eat -I have over 19 species of bird and all sorts of mammals come into the garden but I am a Felid and Canid man so I needed to check.  No one mentions hawks carrying off the carcass.

Now I have been woken at 0400 on a summer's day to find up to thirty magpies cawing and surrounded a sparrowhawk pressed flat on the ground as they dived at it.  On that occasion I intervened and the hawk made good on its getaway.  I have even seen the sparrowhawk on my fence with a magpie either side of it and harrassing it.  It happens.

I have seen an adult sparrowhawk (male) actually enter my hedges to chase out sparrows. Actually going into the hedges.  Never seen or heard of that behaviour other than here.  The thing is that the hawk was "playing".  It was now hungry or hunting but on several occasions I watched as it was just playing at scaring birds.

Now I know I mentioned that when I was sad enough to possess a ponytail (just up the road from where I live now) whenever I was working in the garden a sparrowhawk would shoot around the corner of the house, flip my ponytail and then shoot around the furthest corner of the house and was gone.  This happened five times and I just looked around because something had grabbed and flipped my ponytail!!!  It was only when I decided to garden but with the house in my peripheral vision that I saw it was a sparrowhawk to blame. Around the corner, grab and flip and around the other corner -3-4 seconds.  I stared and thought "Wow,. That is why I never saw what was doing it!"

But Bella is innocent for once: "It was the bird wot dunnit!"

Well, You Ought Never Talk To Ufologists

I made the error last night of going onto a "by invitation only" UFO page to ask about (AGAIN) cooperation on a project.

I was greeted by the first post on what is, basically, a manic collectors of old UFO publication scans club.  It explained that UFO conferences were a waste of time because they were all filled with egotists, sensationalists and people seeking TV time.  Also every -every- UFO sighting was explainable as psychological, hoax or misidentification and it was clearly stated by this well known ufologist that no one credible believe in the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis or other explanation for UFO origins.  Basically "It's all crap!"

The question is why, if all of these 'elite' ufologists think this, why are they still in ufology? Ego is the obvious answer because a lot of ego polishing goes on. They all seem to largely investigate via news clippings and snatch and grab what ever publication scans they can -even publications in languages they do not understand and ingratitude seems to be given and accepted.

It was also troubling to learn of group members who were going to go to events and promised to report on who did or said what.

I had this impression that I was at a private British girls school in the 1950s. Gossip. Bitch and more.

These people need to either get out and really investigate or produce papers that their peers can review.  Or just leave ufology and become yet another UFOfan.

If you look at it that every case is rot -even if the witness proves credible then, well, he 'obviously' is not credible because he made the report!  I am not joking.  I have seen a few comments by group members and two at least have asked me for extra details on cases that were scientifically nonsense.

1)  after the UFO (alleged) swooped in and abducted the witness a mile from his home was tyre wear on his vehicle checked?

The percipient (there is a difference between "witness" and "percipient") stops and gets OUT of his car and the abduction takes place.  He then wakens to find himself in the car at the very same spot. What tyre wear??

2) after the alleged abduction was the car fuel level checked?

Same answer.

3) Had the alleged witness watched the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind?

That was a 1977 movie and, believe it or not, not everyone has seen the movie.  I personally know of ten people who are into UFOs that have not seen the movie.  Also, the percipient says he hates sci fi and most of his free time is consumed with a hobby.  To which I could add that this percipient's encounter is absolutely nothing like anything shown in the movie.

Response?  "Well we only have his word on that"

These people search no research function.  They are hobbyists at best and negative ones to boot. When you read that these people think UFO research is pointless then you know suggesting joint research is pointless...I've been shot down a few times by members in the past on this.

Now a while back I suggested to the British UFO Research Association (BUFORA) that they contribute to the CE3K project.  Nothing.  I asked whether, for research, I could get a copy of their Vehicle Interference Report and I could send cases they might not have listed. Took a while to get a reply...I can buy the report for £19.99.

I really do give up.  I think my statement that you achieve more from private research and then publishing your work for peer review was spot on.  But what "peers"?

It seems the banker with a strong interest in ufology  is not out there to back research. In fact, UFO groups do seem to like to "talk the talk" and pull in the money but actually doing research?  No. And you just know any money man is likely to be pulled in and fooled by the "scientific stance" of these people.

I almost give in.