UFOs and Extraterrestrial

What must it have been like for the indigenous tribes of the Americas, Africa or Australia hundreds of years ago to suddenly find an alien culture on their land, a culture that was more technologically advanced than theirs? They must have been curious, intrigued, puzzled, and more than a little bit scared. The conquerors and explorers from Europe must have seemed like they came from the sky, from another planet. They had to develop a way to deal with the new element in their lives. And they did, in many ways, some of them welcoming, and some hostile. That could never happen to us. Not in this day and age. No new explorers exist to pop in and seewho we are and what we’re up to.

Or do they? There are those who believe that off-planet cultures exist and that beings from these cultures have been here before. They say that we need a plan of action and interaction when we meet these beings, because the presence of these cultures will affect many aspects of our life on earth. In early August a group of people interested in the implications of these cultures in our lives met in Exeter at the Unitarian Church to hear the ideas of Thomas Hansen, Ph.D., from Virginia, and Exeter resident Carol Hochstedler, and to discuss their own ideas. They want the study of Exopolitics, which is concerned with the political, social, economic, technological, environmental, spiritual, military, scientificand personal implications of off-planet cultures interacting with humanity, to come out as a legitimate field of research and dialog. Hansen, a mathematician, opened the discussion by playing the guitar and singing one of his original songs, "Official Explanation Blues." In it, he describes his frustration, which he says he shares with others, at not being taken seriously by public officials. "Lights in the sky on a cloudy night, we’ve seen some things and we’re sure we’re right, but officials say the answer must be no, they say we’ve seen too many a sci-fi show. Once again they win we lose. Got those official explanation blue," he sings. According to Hansen and many others, beings from off-planet cultures have beenvisiting. ...

Probably, the phenomenon of mysterious 'reasonable' clouds represents an independent form of life A strange cloud often appears in many stories about anomalous and unexplainable phenomena. A casual encounter with this cloud may show strong influence on human psychology. Ufologists link this phenomenon with UFO and extraterrestrial beings at times. Ufologist Vitaly Kosinov saw this cloud in early September in 1989. He was picking nuts in the woods, when he sensed someone's intent look behind him. There was no one around, but the atmosphere was filled with fear, which made Vitaly's hair stand on ends. When the scientist looked up, he saw adark-gray cloud, which looked like a vertical poll.

The man heard a strange noise, which reminded the sound of flopping bird's wings and a cracking tree, but there were no birds in the area, tree branches were motionless. The cloud went upwards and stood still. Kosinov felt he could not move a finger, he became weak in the knees and fell down on the ground exhausted. The researcher subconsciously realized that the cloud intended to take him, and he attempted to resist against it, at least in his mind. Vitaly sensed weak electric current all over his body, and the object flew away. The man felt better at once, but he forgot the incident immediately. He said he started recollecting it a lot later, when he saw the cloud again on severaloccasions. Vitaly Kosinov said the cloud would come down, envelope him totally and then disappear in several seconds. He said he would fall into profound dreamless sleep afterwards. Members of a ufological mission saw violet-blue pillar-like clouds in the field at night, in 1990. A young ufologist decided to take a closer look at the phenomenon, but as soon as he started approaching the clouds, he heard voices in the head, telling him not to walk further ahead. The voice was coming from the dark cloud hanging in the air nearby. The young man turned back and everything disappeared. Another similar incident occurred to the Fedorovs family from Vladivostok. Aleksey, his wife Nina and two of their children decided to go camping for the weekend. Theyput up a. ...

They have become legendary in UFO circles. Huge, silent-running “Flying Triangles” have been seen by ground observers creeping through the sky low and slow near cities, and quietly cruising over highways. The National Institute for Discovery Science, or NIDS, has cataloged the Triangle sightings, sifting through and combining databases to take a hard look at the mystery craft. Based in Las Vegas, NIDS is a privately funded science institute with a strong research focusing on aerial phenomena. The results of their study have just been released, and lead to some unnerving, puzzling conclusions. The study points out: “The United States is currentlyexperiencing a wave of Flying Triangle sightings that may have intensified in the 1990s, especially towards the latter part of the 1990s.

The wave continues. The Flying Triangles are being openly deployed over and near population centers, including in the vicinity of major interstate highways.” Covert operations? A key NIDS conclusion is that the actions of these triangular craft do not conform to previous patterns of covert deployment of unacknowledged aircraft. Furthermore, “neither the agenda nor the origin of the Flying Triangles are currently known.” The years 1990-2004 have seen an intense wave of Flying Triangle aircraft, the study observes. Sifting through reports by hundreds of eyewitnesses, the NIDS assessment states that the behaviorof the vehicles “does not appear consistent with the covert deployment of an advanced DoD [U.S. Department of the Defense] aircraft.”Rather, it is consistent with (a) the routine and open deployment of an unacknowledged advanced Defense Department aircraft or (b) the routine and open deployment of an aircraft owned and operated by personnel outside the Defense Department, suggests the NIDS study.“The implications of the latter possibility are disturbing, especially during the post-9/11 era when the United States airspace is extremely heavily guarded and monitored,” the NIDS study explains. “In support of option (a), there is much greater need for surveillance in the United States in the post-9/11 era, and it is certainly conceivable thatdeployment. ...

At first glance it is evident that Gabriel D.H. is an honest, laid-back man. Far removed from the hubbub and keeper of a low profile. At 44, he has no interest whatsoever in appearing on television for a minute of glory. It took an effort to get him to share with "La Cuarta" the feverish experience he had at Cuesta El Melsn while returning by car from a trip to the north of the country, fearing that he and the three family members who were passengers in his car that day would be identified and possibly harmed in their places of study and business. Consorting with "bad company" usually involves discrimination...worse ifthey’re aliens.

To psychiatrist Mario Dussuel, a specialist in abductions (the kidnapping of human beings by aliens) for three decades, Gabriel’s story isn’t the result of a pathology nor a complete loss of marbles. "I’ve studied the case for years. I’ve subjected it to a variety of screening tests and hypnotic regressions, and we have found several patterns indicating the presence of strange situations in his story. Even though others may not believe it, he truly underwent the story he tells." Prior to his abduction, Gabriel had never had contact with the subject of UFOs, with hard science fiction or with stories claiming that guardian angels from distant galaxies protect certain "chosen" Earthlings forreasons best known to them. "The fact is that the subject never appealed to me. What’s more--I detested it because I didn’t believe that such strange things could exist," remarked the convert. - So what really happened, Gabriel? - We were on the way back to Santiago when we suddenly entered an area covered by a strange yellow fog and the car started weaving like a boat in a storm. Suddenly, one of the three women traveling in the back seat screamed in horror that someone had just sat down between them. (He made them quiet down, since he had all of his attention on controlling the vehicle, which seemed just about to fly off the road. He had goosebumps all over. He couldn’t explain what was happening.) - Did you see....