Aspects of the abduction phenomenon
From: Pat Welsh <pwelsh@nwu.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 12:27:43 -0800
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Aspects of the (UFO) abduction phenomenon are excerpted below from pp. 158-162 of Joe Lewels' book "The God Hypothesis: Extraterrestrial Life and Its Implications for Science and Religion" (Wild Flower Press, POB 190, Mill Spring, NC 28756; tel: 704/894-8444 fax: 704/894-8454; email: bcrissey@bluewaterp.com; URL: <http://www.bluewaterp.com/~bcrissey>:
...no single organization or researcher has access to all the abduction research that has been, and continues to be, conducted throughout the world. Independent researchers proliferate, standardized procedures are lacking, reporting procedures are cumbersome and, in some cases, professional jealousies prevent researchers from sharing their data. As a result, generalizations about the nature of the phenomenon, the purpose for the abductions, the types of beings involved, their origins, and the relationships between the various types of beings are difficult to make.
The most systematic effort thus far to answer such questions involves a massive study launched in 1992 by MUFON, called the Abduction Transcription Project, directed by Dan Wright. Funded in part by the Fund for UFO Research [FUFOR], the project collects transcripts of audiotaped interviews and hypnosis sessions with experiencers, provided by well-known and respected researchers from different parts of the country. The verbatim transcripts are entered into a sophisticated computer system for a multi-factor analysis of the abduction experience. Ultimately, it is hoped that the data will reveal the true nature of the abduction experience and be able to answer many of the questions researcher have about the beings and their purpose.
Through February 1996, Wright had accumulated 750 transcripts involving 215 separate cases detailing abductions going back to the 1940s. Although this represents a massive amount of data, it is clear that the project is in its infancy and that many more cases are needed to reach the point where the resulting analysis will have scientific validity...At the 1995 MUFON Symposium held in Seattle, Wright summarized the project's findings, which at the time consisted of only 142 cases, submitted by 15 researchers ...
An "away team" of very short, whitish, grayish, or bluish beings take the person from his home, car, or other location. In 45 of the cases, the beings passed through solid walls or objects during the abduction and in 31 cases the witnesses were aware that they, themselves, were being passed through solid matter, such as a wall or a ceiling, and then floated up to an awaiting craft.
Wright reports that one of the beings heads the team and speaks for the others, always telepathically. A being who is perceived to be a doctor takes over aboard the craft. This being is nearly always taller than the others and is sensed to be male, although gender differences are not outwardly visible. "Often displaying a superior, no-nonsense demeanor, he performs intricate procedures on the subject. Other beings of nearly the same likeness serve as ëinterns' or ëtechnicians,' helping to examine the subject. They are sometimes chastised by the doctor for lack of precision. Quite often, one of these is sensed by the abductee to be female and is given the job of comforting the subject, ensuring cooperation."
Sometimes, subjects report the presence of a tall blonde--an extremely tall male with human features that include pale skin, longish blonde hair, and blue, green, or hazel eyes who stands nearby, but who serves no obvious function. "Several subjects," reports Wright, "have been certain in retrospect that this was his/her real father."
In some cases, a "heavily wrinkled, old one" makes an appearance, but again, does not seem to be performing any function. Two other types reported in the study were the insectoids or "praying mantis" types, which are described to have a thin, skeletal body and the face of a praying mantis, and the reptilian types, which are described as having powerful, muscled bodies, greenish or brownish scaly skin, penetrating yellow "cat eyes" with vertically-slit pupils, and four-fingered clawed hands with webbing between the fingers. Often these last two types are thought to be in leadership positions.
Among the procedures reported are the forced ingestion of a peculiar liquid, external brain scanning, internal probing of the brain with needles or drilling instruments, implantation of small objects in various parts of the body, and sampling of blood, tissue, bone marrow, and bodily fluids.
Forty percent reported enduring sexually-related intrusions. For the men, this entailed the placement of an apparatus over the testicles and penis for the removal of semen and for the women it usually involved the removal of ova by means of a needle through the navel. The women also reported the insertion of a very small object, thought to be an embryo, into the womb, and subsequently the removal of a two- to three-month-old fetus.
Wright also reports on what is one of the most disturbing elements of the abduction scenario: "In three incidents, a woman was forced to have sexual relations with a male abductee also onboard who appeared compelled to perform the act, judging by his dazed appearance. Two subjects recounted that they were mounted and raped aboard a craft--a woman by a taller figure with grayish-white skin, and a man by a short yellowish-gray female. In a third case, a woman awoke in bed amid the throes of sexual passion to discover scaly claws at her private parts--indicative of a reptilian."
In 40 cases, the experiencers received nonverbal communication in the form of visual images transmitted to them either telepathically or shown to them on a computer screen, via a holographic image. Often the images are of other planets, star systems, or extraterrestrial landscapes. Five subjects received images of Earth's past, "from dinosaurs to early twentieth-century wars." While in 13 cases, there was "imagery depicting Earth's future. Without exception it was an unpleasant sight: volcanoes erupting, nuclear power plants exploding, vast regions on fire, devastated rain forests and the like."
Thirty-one subjects, both male and female, were shown a being or beings that were apparently half-human and half-alien.
In eight cases, the person was taken to a separate room where they were shown numerous hybrid fetuses being grown in tanks filled with a liquid. "An umbilical cord connected the pre-infant to tubes, which, in turn, led to a machine. Thirteen subjects reported being presented with a "terribly pale and frail hybrid newborn and told that s/he had helped to create that child." In several cases, women abductees were handed an infant and told to nurse it. In those cases, they reported that "amazingly...her breasts were filled with milk..."
Three hybrid experiences involved children older than toddlers, one with an adult hybrid present. Eleven others described hybrids of undetermined age, but all described the hybrids as being extremely thin, having large heads with patches of wispy hair, and unusually large eyes that were either all black, like the Grey's, or human-like. "In one cases, a hybrid child, dressed in a simple gown and adjudged to be of elementary school age, approached the subject ans said matter-of-factly, "You are my mother."
A few of the subjects in the study reported events that are hard to categorize. One discovered that he was able to levitate objects with the power of his mind, while aboard the ship.
Three persons said that they felt that they (their souls) had been placed somehow into the body of a gray alien. They recognized their own hands as those of a gray entity. (Since there were no mirrors available, they couldn't tell what the rest of their bodies looked like.) One commented that his body felt "much slimmer than his normal stocky frame."
Two of the three remembered that the purpose of their being placed in an alien body was due to the fact that the ship was about to travel "inter-dimensionally" and a change to the body with a different vibration was necessary. These few individuals felt a strong connection with the aliens and even felt that they, in fact, had a dual existence. Sixteen of the subjects voiced a conviction that the "entities are their true forbears."
Although not reported in this study, past-life memories, out-of-body experiences, and increased psychic abilities are also common elements of abduction cases...
S. Patricia Welsh
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