(Reposted with a fixed video link)

Ok, it MAY not be a UFO, nevertheless, it is a great video. What is it? Some day a rare cloud formation, others, a UFO!

Here is the video:

Unidentified flying objects are still out and about and have appeared in such places as Orange County, New York this year.

On September 10th, two witnesses spotted what looked like a misty star growing larger and larger until it finally changed into a triangular figure with wings. It also daunted two objects that looked like eyes.

The woman and her daughter were driving along New York Thruway 87 at the time and described the object as being approximately 2000 feet in the air and below the clouds. The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) has entered the incident into their witness database and will investigate.

UFOs & Their Ancient Encounters with Humans

UFOlogy is not just a science which is starting from the 19^th Century. It really starts from the first blinks of human civilization. Maybe it is all interconnected. It is possible that a foreign and distant imprint has transformed our specie from the primitiveness of the Homo Erectus and Neanderthal, to the intelligent Homo Sapiens. Maybe, aliens and extraterrestrials represent the “missing link” of the 19^th Century scientist Charles Darwin, from apes to the current modern human.

The first recorded encounters of humanity with the non-terrestrial life started in the present Iraq, in approximately the 6^th millennium B.C. Here there was found pottery depicting a male and female with unusual bind heads. In addition, other figures with lizard heads were discovered at Eridu.

Nepal is also a place where there have been discovered plates that were showing disk-shaped objects which were hovering around some kind of figurine, like an alien. The most impressive one is the Lolladoff plate, which was dated as being more than 9000 years old. Another interesting thing regarding this plate is that all the figures are following some kind of specific pattern, which resembles the Golden Ration (The Sacred Geometry of Creation).

Furthermore, in a cave in Italy has been found some wall paintings showing two figures in something that resembles with protective suits, like in the case of the today’s astronauts. This confirms the theory that some millennia ago there have existed paleoastronauts, traveling to and from our planet.

The Native Americans were also having their entire culture based on the existence of flying objects and aliens. Their belief was that life existed in the universe, and they needed to be in a connection with the extraterrestrial life, in order to be connected with the universe itself.

All these were just some of the examples that can be given in order to prove the theories regarding far and distant life. Ancient Civilizations, such as the Mayan, Chinese, Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Celtic were based on the relation and communication between them and the rest of the Universe.

It will be advisable to learn and adopt from the Ancient Civilizations their openness regarding the outer space and it’s unknown.

In our entire human history, there is no incident that has changed our perception regarding the world that we are living in, such as the so called “UFO Incident” from Roswell, in 1947.

It all started in a sunny day of July, 1947. That day, it was reported the presence and the crash of some kind of a flying object, on the land of a farm near by this little town. The same day, aerial troops (Pyrotechnics Troop 509) have arrived there, isolating the entire area, and also retrieving a flying disc from there. A communicate from the general of the 8^th Aerial Force has been made later that day, stating that what was discovered, was not extraterrestrial, such as an UFO, but more a simply flying balloon.

This is the short story of the actual incident that happened more than 60 years ago, in the little American town. Now, we can say the fact that it was the turning point in the UFO history. Till then, there were some incidents reported by ordinary people, but not too much. Due to this fact, the popularity of this “phenomenon” was quite small. After all this, the UFO phenomenon has begun. And it began, not just in the United States, but also in the entire world. Japan, Australia, New Zeeland, and even the Western & Northern European countries which have just woke up from the Second World War, mentioned and stated UFO encounters in their reports.

After the year 1947, the UFO incidents exploded and continued till now. Although all this, starting with 1947, the Roswell case was forgotten for 30 years. The subject exploded again in 1978 when Stanton Friedman took an interview to US Major Jesse Marcel, an important person in this specific case, who has actively participated in the 1947 military action. He stated clearly in that interview that the US Army & Intelligence has blacked out the whole incident. He suggested that it was not a flying balloon, but an alien navy. In February 1980, with the help of the National Enquirer, the subject has once again became public, and using this article, it was called in the entire global attention on this suspect incident.

This subject continues to be a controversy. Hopefully, it will not be forgotten.

Press release: March 30, 2009

The Supernatural Radio Network
launches on April 1, 2009

Three popular paranormal based radio shows are joining forces to champion a new Internet based radio network. The Internet based radio programs Ghostly Talk, Parahub Radio and The Ghost Divas Live will soon call The Supernatural Radio Network home. The network will run these shows as well as a mix of light rock music.

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All around our small insignificant planet there are to be found certain locations that many claim are imbued with certain mystical properties as well as paranormal phenomenon. A few examples include Glastonbury Tor in Great Britain. So many stories of the Tor (Which means Hill in Gaelic) and it’s lone sentinel, Glastonbury Abbey have been told over the centuries it has become almost immpossible to seperate fact from fiction. The Tor is said to be the burial site of the remains of the greatest of all Kings, Arthur who is said to said to ride forth on Christmas Eve to protect his beloved country. One other tale tells that Joseph of Arimethea established the first christian church in England and hid the Holy Grail somewhere in the church or buried it on the Tor. The Tor is also supposedly the doorway that leads to, Annwn, or the kingdom of the Fairie realm.

From France we are told that the water to be found at the grotto of the Sanctuary of Our Lady Of Lourdes has miraculous healing powers that are reported to heal everything from cataracts to cancer by just drinking the mystical water. Millions of pilgrims knock back a glass a year just to be made whole of whatever ails them. Sedona, Arizona is another place that is said to have properties that not only heal mind, body and soul but it is also considered a doorway into another realm of conciousness. Of course such locations and the reports that are told about them are highly subjective and have a tendency to be a little New Agey, but millions swear that some kind of positive influence is at work and has made a positive change in their lives.

These locations are amazing and do appear to have some kind of positive energy flowing through them would you believe that such a place exists in Illinois? The problem with our next and final entry in the state of Illinois is that this location does not appear to be blessed with the positive energy said to be at the above mentioned locations, Instead Williamsburg Hill in south central Illinois is said to be a beacon of all sorts of weirdness and negativity, sort of like the Sith tree on planet Dagobah in Empire Strikes Back.

Rising 810 feet above the the small ghost towns of Towerhill and Shelbyville, Williamsburg Hill is quite possibly the spookiest place in Illinois. So many reports of hauntings, strange creatures and UFOs have been reported here over the years it is difficult to pin down why Williamsburg Hill has such a bad reputation and such a bad attitude. Perhaps the trouble started sometime in 1839, when the town of Tower Hill was founded by Doctor Thomas Williams. When Doctor Williams first rolled into the area he was warned by the local Native American tribes that the hill and the surrounding area was a place of great evil and a home for all manner of evil spirits. Although the natives were afraid to step foot near the hill, Doctor Williams pretty much did what every other white devil of the day did, he ignored the warnings of the local tribes and established his town.

For a little over forty years, Tower Hill became a bustling metroplis of over two thousand people and enjoyed incredible prosperity thanks in part that the town was smack dab in the path of the busy stagecoach line that brought the rich, famous and sometimes infamous to the town. However like many other things the party was over in 1881 for the small town when the stagecoach line was retired and the new railroad completely bypassed the town. Virtually overnight the town of Tower Hill became a ghost town when many citizens felt they needed to be closer to the railroad and moved east to Vandalia. As of 1900 all that remained of the town were a few folks eeking out an existense, a Methodist church and a few shops that were quickly failing. The high times were over with a vengence for Tower Hill.

However as time rolled by folks who were seeking a more quiet genteel life began to move back to the shadow of Williamsburg Hill and this is perhaps when all the weirdness began. Many of the stories of terrifying apparitions are associated with the small overgrown cemetary that sits on the highest summit. Ridge Cemetary is home to the eternal remains of many of the early settlers of Tower Lakes and would have been completely forgotten if it were not for the vandalism that has been committed against the cemetary over the years and much darker rumors of occult rituals being practiced in the cemetary. Many folks have claimed to hear bizarre chanting coming from the hill and the sounds of humans and animals in distress.

Over the years citizens of Tower Hill have reported seeing strange and frightening apparitions on the Hill and near the cemetary. The apparition of an old man that is said to be mad has been frightening those brave enough to step foot upon the slope of Williamsburg Hill. The apparition comes screaming out of the woods and dissappears as before he can assault the witness. One citizen claims that she witnessed a ghostly funeral procession in the vicinity of Ridge Cemetary. The witness, who was a little girl at the time, said she watched as a group of black garbed figures materialized out of the fog following behind a black casket, she could hear weeping and sobs coming from the ghostly procession and watched as the party vanished into thin air before her eyes.

Others brave enough to explore the Hill and Ridge Cemetary have reported seeing large dark shadows and apparitions that attempt to entice people to committ suicide within the gates of Ridge Cemetary. One witness reported a strange occurence one day when her daughter caimed that the people who lived in the ground wanted her to come live with them. Needless to say such a terrifying experience caused the woman never to come near the cemetary ever again.

Other witnesses have reported seeing a tall, hairy, bipedal creature haunting the mists and forest of Williamsburg hill. Teenagers have claimed that as they were walking along the path they would catch fleeting glimpses of the Sasquatch like creature following along side them darting from tree to tree. Apparently the Hill may also be home to it’s very own dragon but of course this story is highly suspect and is probably not a true phenomenon associated with the hill.

Many citizens of the surrounding area have reported seeing strange bright lights hovering over or near the Hill leading many to believe that the hill is actually home to an alien base located deep with in the hill. One witness claimed to have seen a large red ball descend out of the sky and land on top of the Hill. The witness then reported watching as the large red ball took off from the Hill and flew over his car causing the car to stall.

When you read the stories and eyewitness accounts of the bevvy of bizarre phenomenon associated with Williamsburg Hill one can not help but wonder what has caused this seemingly innocent hill to have such a crappy disposition. Perhaps the Native tribes that warned Doctor Williams was right, maybe this place is cursed. Native American tribes lived very close to the earth and were well aware of places to avoid because they were believed to be an abode of really really bad things and Williamsburg Hill appears to be such a place.

One theory in the field of paranormal research is that certain areas are vortex or doorways to other dimensions from which spirits, demons and strange creatures from the ether region are able to gain access to our world. Many researchers believe that Williamsburg Hill is one such vortex and beings from other dimensions are able to pop in anytime they want either to say, hey what up dawg or scare the living shit out of people. One other theory we must consider about Williamsburg Hill is that all the phenomenon associated with the hill is pure crapola and the Hill is a victim of the ever popular Urban Legend. With this theory I must respectfully disagree, the phenomenon of Williamsburg Hill have been reported by very sane credible witnesses who have absolutely nothing to gain by reporting their experience infact, the folks who live around Williamsburg Hill would rather you not come around and stir up trouble, spiritual or otherwise.

I really hope that if you live in some other state and wish to experience the weirdness that is Illinois I truly hope that you will pay our little state a visit. However if you live in the Prairie state I suggest you get in your car and take a rode trip into the strange and unusual because there are more than just cows and cornfields in the state you call home. I really hope you enjoyed this peek into the weirdness of Illinois because I had fun writing it.

Rick E. Hale
t_seeker@hotmail.com

Man has always seen things in the sky that he did not understand. Ancient man looked up at the moon and sun and worshipped them as god’s. We have seen comets and meteors streak across the sky believing that these strange fiery objects were omens of our ultimate demise. And of course after the birth of the modern UFO era in 1947 there have been a myriad of reports of seeing strange lights and oddly shaped craft haunting the night skies that have left us with the ultimate question, are we the only intelligent species in the universe? Or is it possible that these strange lights and oddly shaped craft that have been witnessed over the last six decades been piloted by a people who are way more advanced than us?

According to the Cover-up they would have us believe that what we are seeing are not lights or craft at all, but rather clouds, satellites or my favorite they explain that huge triangular craft that you may have seen drifting without noise across the sky as the planet venus. Those who are “In the know” would have us believe that we are nothing but a bunch witless assholes who are completely unable to trust our own eyes and instincts. However, there appears to have been mass sightings over the last sixty years that would defy all explanations despite the Cover-up’s attempt to shut the witnesses up and shut them down. These folks are credible witnesses and deserve to be heard.

The Battle of Los Angeles

In the Winter of 1942, The war against the Nazis and the Japanese Empire was heating up, the mighty hand of the US military was now involved and despite our policy of isolationism we were kicking ass and taking names. However the government and the military greatly believed that the east coast of our nation was threatened by German submarines and with great reason, numerous U-boats had been seen coming a little to close to New York and other coastal cities. On the West coast tensions were raised a little bit more when on the night of Feburary 23, 1942 an oil production company in Santa Barbabra, was fired upon by a Japanese sub. However the real terror would come the next night when something far stranger was witnessed in the skies over the entertainment capital of the world, Los Angeles, California and a hellstorm of collasol proportions was released that killed three people with heart conditions.

In the wee hours of the morning on Feb. 25, 1942 the city of Los Angeles was torn from their slumber when the air raid sounds ripped through the cold dark night sky. This was it the Japanese had finally found their courage and was invading mainland America. Citizens along the west coast knew this night would come and it was finally here. Their fear was realized at 3:16 AM, when the anti-aircraft guns began to fire into the black night sky at some strange lights that flew quietly overhead. One reporter from the L.A. Herald Express later reported that whatever the craft were it was obvious they were hit but seemed unfazed by the shelling.

When the all clear was given at 7:21 AM, thousands of shells had been expended with no evidence of an agressive force attempting to invaded the homeland. No wreckage littered the ground, no soldiers were sighted and believe it or not whatever these strange were they never fired back despite the beating they took. There can be no doubt that something was seen and fired upon in the night skies of Los Angeles well over sixty years ago. A threat was perceived and the military took action the only way it knew how, shoot first and ask questions later. It does seem obvious that whatever these craft were they were not an invading force. So, what were they?

Army Chief of Staff, General George Marshall, would go on record as saying that whatever was fired on were real aircraft and could have proven fatal if we had not taken action. But if they were not invading planes what were they? The usual suspects were sited in the strange case weather balloons, sky lanterns and a technology that didn’t even exist in 1942, Japanese fire balloons. Whatever these craft were their should have been somekind of damage weather balloons are not invincible there should have been something except thousands of expended bullets, damage to private property and fraid nerves.

The Lubbock Lights

Perhaps the most famous UFO sighting in American history occured on the night of August 25, 1951 and was witnessed by dozens of people in and around the modestly sized city of Lubbock, Texas. And “They” say it didn’t happen. At 9:00 PM three professors from Texas Tech College were sitting in a colleague’s backyard having a laugh when one of the professors looked up and noticed something strange flying overhead in the night sky. When all three looked up they could see what looked like 20-30 lights flying soundlessly at an altitude of two thousand feet traveling at a rate of somewhere in the ballpark of six hundred miles per hour. The proffs would go on record as saying that the lights were the size of dinner plates and seemed to fly as if they were under the control of an intelligent force. They would also comment that the lights were blue and green.

The three eminent professors were not the only folks to witness the lights. A student from Texas Tech, saw the same lights at around the same time and grabbed his camera and snapped off a few pictures of the lights constituting some of the best evidence on record for the existence of aircraft that is not our own. Several others in the Lubbock area witnessed the strange lights and went on record as saying that never in their life had they seen something so strange. However this is the United Sates in 1951, and the Cover-up was in full swing.

In September of 1951, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Ruppelt a member of Project Blue Book (We’ll talk about them later) and astronomer, Doctor J. Allen Hyneck would be the ones called upon to investigate the Lubbock lights and they would offer an explanation that would go down in history as being patently ridiculous and proof that a cover-up was afoot. When the two men arrived in Lubbock they discovered that the city had installed some new road lights that projected up they also discovered that Plover Birds, which fly at night, were in great abundance. Well there’s your explanation the Lubbock Lights were blamed on lights reflecting off Plover birds as they flew overhead at night. Case closed. Not quite.

Many who were pleased with this answer decided they experiment on their own to see if Plover’s were the true culprit behind the Lubbock Lights. Several citizens took pictures of Plovers as they flew near the city and did not get the effect that was displayed in the picture from the Texas Tech student. In fact their was no reflection at all unless they came within ten feet of the lights. It was also reported that the lights traveled at a rate of 600 miles per hour at an altitude of 2,000 feet no Plover can achieve this kind of flight, in fact, no bird in the history of the world could achieve such a fantastic speed and altitude. In my opinion as well as the opinions of millions, the case of the Lubbock Lights will never be closed.

Portage County UFO chase

It is a true statement that oftentimes folks do mistakes when they see something strange. A great deal of UFO sightings are legitimate misidentifications of either planes that we are unfamiliar with or some kind of meteorilogical phenomenon that we are otherwise unfamiliar with. But when it comes to the police the brave boys and girls in blue do not make such mistakes. A good friend of mine as well as my cousin are cops and cops are professional witnesses of events they are highly trained observers and would not make a reports unless they actually witnessed something and such is the case of the Portage County UFO Chase.

In the early morning hours of April 17, 1966 two Portage County, Ohio police officers, Dale Spaur and Wilbur Neff, called into dispatch to report that were in pursuit of a large silver shaped disc with numerous lights around it’s mid section. Upon hearing the chatter over the radio other police officers joined in the chase and radioed to their dsipatchs that they were seeing something clearly not of this world. Several officers chased the flying saucer for approximately thirty minutes when to the amazement of all involved the craft shot straight up at an amazing velocity. All Agreed whatever the object was it was clearly not of this world.

Upon hearing of the sighting investigators from the Air Force’s, Project Blue Book commented that what the officers were chasing was not a flying saucer but, at first they were chasing a communications satellite and then the planet Venus. Here we are again, those involved with the cover-up just expect us to suspend common sense and buy their ridiculous line. These officers saw something truly out of this world and they were told despite their training and years of dedication on the force all they were seeing was Venus. Dude, give me an F-ing break.

North Hudson Park Sighting

It is very rare that a UFO is seen within the borders of a major metropolitan area that is of course until our next sighting that took place on Janurary 12, 1975.

George O’Barski, a local business owner was driving past Manahattan’s Hudson County Park when he saw a sight he would not soon forget. Mr. O’barski reports that in the early morning hours he watched as a craft shaped like an egg descended from the skies and landed in the park. At first George thought this was either a strange military aircraft or his eyes were playing tricks on him that was until he saw what came out of the egg. George watched as several small humanoid shaped beings exited the craft down a long ladder and began taking soil samples with strange instruments. O’Barski said after the little men got what they wanted they crawled back into the craft that shot off into the night sky like a missile.

World famous UFO researcher, Bud Hopkins, arrived to investigate the alleged sighting. After speaking to O’Barski he felt that perhaps this was nothing more than a wild goose chase until he spoke to the doorman of the Stonehenge Apartments, an upscale apartment complex near Hudson Park. The Doorman claimed that he, as well as others had seen a strange red light buzzing over and in and out of Hudson Park over a two week period. Perhaps, O’barski was not a crack pot not with such a great corroborating witness.

The Hudson Park sighting has gone down as a Close Encounter 2 event because the witness came into close proximity of a landed spacecraft and had witnessed the alien occupants of the craft. The Hudson Park sighting will go down in history as one of the strangest encounters on record.

Cash-Landrum Incident.

By 1980, thousands of people, not only in our nation but nations around the world, had made reports of being witness to strange craft buzzing the skies. Of course those involved in the Cover-up explain away the eyewitness accounts saying that people witnessed either known aircraft or atmospheric phenomenon. However the Cash-Landrum Incident would change all that when physical evidence as well as a multi-million dollar lawsuit would be presented to the American people.

On the evening of December, 29 1980, Betty Cash, Victoria Landrum and Landrum’s seven year old grandson, Colby were driving home from a night out when they would witness something that not only terrified them but caused all three to experience physical ailments for years to come. The three witnessed a giant diamond shaped object descend from the night sky spewing out flames and caused the car to become so superheated it damaged the chassis of Cash’s vehicle. Vickie Landrum, who was a born again christian believed that the craft was a manifestation of the second coming of Jesus Christ and reassured her terrified grandson that the lord would harm them. The sighting was broke off when the object flew up and was chased away by numerous military Chinook helicopters. The sighting lasted all of five minutes.

As the weeks passed the three witnesses began to experience what many witnesses would claim . When the three witnesses went to their doctor the doctor was shocked to see that all three were suffering the effects of radiation sickness. All three had vomiting, migraine headaches and burn marks on their skin. The doctor remarked the only way such an illness could be caused is if they were exposed to a nuclear blast. Cash and Landrum described to the doctor, who was skeptical, their witnessing of the UFO. The doctor told the two women they needed to call the military and report this strange incident. The two elderly women did more than just report the incident, they brought a lawsuit against the United States government for the sum of twenty Million dollars.

After spending a few years tied up in litigation the Judge finally dismissed the case stating that despite their extensive medical problems being caused by the alleged sighting they could not prove that the Chinook helicopters were associated with the United States military therefore the government was not at fault. I have to question was it the judge’s own skepticism that cuased the case to be thrown out or did someone get to him perhaps an agent of the Cover-up threatened the judge if he did not dismiss the case. The world may never know.

The Phoenix Lights

My brother, Steve is a citizen of the city of Phoenix, Arizona and he was the first to tell me of the strange series of sightings that ocurred not only in Phoenix but the rest of Arizona and Nevada as well.
On a hot summer night in 1997 the entire population of Phoenix was treated to a sight of strange bright lights burning in the skies over their fair city. Between 7:30PM-10:30 PM MST the lights shown brightly until they all dissapeared one at a time. Sevral pictures and videos were taken of the lights and some of the footage of the lights do appear to show that the Phoenix Lights may have been a part of a much larger craft. Shortly before the lights appeared over Phoenix several witnesses claimed that they saw what looked like a giant triangular shaped craft with bright lights flying and hovering over the desert. Perhaps this craft was reponsible for the lights.

A few weeks after the initial sightings a nearby airfield claimed that on the night in question A-10 Warthog aircraft were operating in the vicinity and the flares they were dropping were responsible for the strange lights in the sky. The funny thing about this explanation was a few days after the sighting some of the city officials contacted the airfield and asked if any of their aircraft were operating in the area. The officials at the airfield responded that they had nothing in the air that night. Hmm, sounds like Roswell, one minute they have a downed space craft of an other worldly origin the next minute it’s, Oops our bad it’s just a weather balloon. Suspicious, woudn’t you say.

O’Hare Sighting

I thought I would bring our final sighting a little closer to my home turf of Chicago, Illinois and the
craft that was seen hovering over the busiest airport in the world, O’Hare airport. At 4:30PM on November 7, 2006 several airport employees including pilots of aircraft and their crew witnessed a large saucer shaped object hovering a few hundred feet off the ground near gate C-17. The airport was so alarmed by the sighting and the credibility of the witnesses several planes were put on stand by and not allowed to leave or land until officials could get to the bottom of what was being seen.

The craft stuck around for approximately five minutes and then vanished. Several area newspapers reported on the sighting and the sighting caused quite a stir after all this happened a mere five years after 9-11 and many who were still flying the freindly skies had doubts that the skies were really that friendly. However the FAA came to the rescue and dispelled the fears of many when they claimed the craft sighted was nothing more than a cloud. Aircraft pilots, like police, are highly trained observers and would not mistake a cloud for a solid aircraft. It would appear that all facets of the federal government are involved in the Cover-up.

As I said earlier the majority of any kind of sighting pertaining to the paranormal can be explained or blamed on naturally ocurring phenomenon. However there are some things that DO defy any logical explanation and after careful and responsible investigation can and should be put into the category of the unexplained. Those involved with the Cover-Up expect us to buy the BS they are shoveling with their pretty little explanations wrapped up in pretty little bows but some of us are not having it. Common sense should never suspended because someone in a suit with an impressive tells us what we think we saw is not what we saw. We should not forget the Philosophy of Occam’s Razor, “The simplest explanation is the obvious explanation.” However that being said neither should we be to ready to believe unless either we see it for ourselves or investigate the situation while suspending our own beliefs until that objective proof is found. Just another brick in the wall of the Cover-up.

Rick E. Hale
t_seeker@hotmail.com

They are watching you, you know that right? They bug your phones and listen to your phone conversations. They read and scrutinize every last word in your e-mails, hell they are probably reading this post even as I sit behind my computer and write it. And when you least expect it a long black car with blazing headlights pulls quietly into your driveway and three strange men dressed in freshly pressed suits as black as night ring your doorbell. These strange characters that seemed to step out of a nightmare are the Men In Black and If you were unfortunate enough to witness a UFO and dared to tell the tale, they have arrived to Shut You Up.

In 1997, director Barry Sonnenfeld, released a very funny and very entertaining movie that would introduce a whole new generation to one of the most enduring and some would say most frightening legends that surrounds the governments attempt to Cover-Up the truth about UFOs. The film, MIB which starred two of my favorite actors, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, tells the tale of two black clad super secret agents whose primary goal was to keep the innocent and unsuspecting citizenry of planet Earth blissfully ignorant of a long term alien presence living and working on our little planet. Although, the movie was funny and took a lighthearted view concerning the MIB it left out the more sinister activities of these enforcers of the lie.

Researchers who have actually made it their purpose to study these shadowy government agents believe that they may have some precedence in history. For centuries folks have reported coming into contact with shadowy figures dressed in black from head to toe. The witnesses who were unfortunate to meet these nightmarish men believed they had made contact with a manifestation of the prince of darkness or one of his evil minions. Historical records, which are subjective at best, tell us that if a good christian should chance a meeting with one of these beings in black the entity would demand that the person reject God and worship them. However, shortly after the dawn of the modern UFO era these black clad beings would take on a whole new mission. Instead of showering good christian souls with riches if they bowed down and worship his infernal majesty, the MIB used the tool of intimidation to shut those up who just so happened to either witness a UFO or come into contact with it’s occupants.

The strange and oftentimes surreal encounters with the Men In Black always seem to have some kind of pattern with their appearance. Usually one of these dudes or three will appear at your doorstep wearing a black suit and tie over a crisp clean white shirt and large black sunglasses that hide their probing eyes. Usually, but not always, the strangers would claim to be a member of some government orginization investigating a claim of a visitation by a UFO. After they gain access to your home using friendly and sugary words the real intentions of their visit come to the forefront and the real strangeness begins.

Many who have claimed to have been visited by the MIB report the strange behavior of these otherwise seemingly normal men and in a few cases women. When the agent is offered something to drink they inspect the glass and whatever beverage is in it as if they had never seen a glass or water. If you had a dog or a cat the MIB would immediately ask you to put the animal away because they are afraid of the animal who appears to be more afraid of the agent.

Perhaps the oddest thing about the MIB is their odd and sometimes strange personal appearance. The skin of an MIB has been described as being pale and waxy with virtually no lines on their face. In some rare cases the witness states that the MIB have removed their sunglasses after asking the witness to either close the shades or dim the lights. Their eyes have been reported to be large with black pupils and have an almost hypnotizing effect that seemed to keep a person transfixed.

After the initial greeting and niceities the MIB would immediately go about the real business of their visit. The agent would ask a few short questions about the witnesses UFO experience using outdated language that made them sound more like a movie gangster than a professional in the armed services. Shortly after the question and answer session it has been reported that the demeanor of the MIB turns dark as they threaten the witness with jail time or financial ruin and sometimes with bodily harm if they dare tell another soul about what they had seen. After the witness was properly interrogated and intimidated the MIB leaves the frightened person in a large black four door sedan that seemed to appear out of thin air.

You may ask if such a thing could be true. Is it possible that there is a group of men and women running around our country scaring the hell out of the hapless UFO experiencer? The answer appears to be yes. Out of the many reports of meetings with these nightmarish characters two seem to stand out from among the rest and would convince tens of thousands that “They” want to shut you up.

Albert Bender, was a gentleman who became intensly interested in the UFO phenomenon as it began to heat up in the early 1950s. Bender, believed that the craft buzzing about our skies were vehicles piloted by an advanced alien culture and he was the man who could get to the bottom of the mystery. Bender, was credited with starting and operating one of the first civilian UFO investigation orginizations, the International Flying Saucer Bureau and a monthly newsletter that was gaining a respectable readership. In his newsletter, Bender began dropping hints that he had figured it all out and gotten to the bottom of the UFO question and shortly he would make his discovery known to the world. The one thing Mr. Bender, had not counted on was that those involved in the Cover-Up did not want the truth to be known and they would go to any lengths to keep his big yapper shut.

One night as Bender, was working in his office he was overcome by a strange tingling sensation that started in his toes and worked it’s way up to his head. Later to investigators, Bender would remark that it felt as if someone had hit him with a mild electrical charge. After shaking the odd sensation off, Bender looked out his window to see a large black four door Sedan sitting in his driveway. As he sat there wondering who his late night visitor could be a loud knock came to the door startling him.

Not knowing who this could be Bender opened the door to discover a tall, gaunt, pale faced man in a black suit standing on his door step wearing large black sunglasses despite the fact it was late at night. Before Bender could greet this late night visitor the man said, “Mr. Bender, if you value your freedom you will not make your findings on UFOs known to the public.” The MIB moved in closer to Bender’s face and hissed, “If you do, you will incarcerated in a maximum security prison for the rest of your natural born life.” Without saying goodbye the man returned to his vehicle and backed out of the driveway all the while staring Bender down from behind his black sunglasses.

Bender, was terrified by what the mysterious man said he never made his findings known to the public, in fact he stopped printing his newsletter and shut his investigations down completely. The secret he promised to share his readers would never be known even over fifty years after his amazing discovery and late night visit by the mysterious Man In Black.

This particular MIB had done his job, he succeded in shutting Albert Bender up using a tried and true method complete intimidation and fear. If this account of an MIB is thouroughly terrifying our second well known account is not just frightening but down right bizzare.

In 1976, Doctor Herbert Hopkins a respected psychologist and hypnotherapist was acting as an independent consultant dealing with a few cases of alleged alien abduction and it was a dark night when the good doctor would have his visit from a Man In Black. One dark night as everyone else in the house slept Dr. Hopkins sat in his study going over some notes concerning a young man who claimed to have been abducted numerous times by alien visitors. The Doctor was startled when his desk phone let out a long strange eerie ring, a ring it had never sounded before. When Doctor Hopkins answered the phone a strange almost robotic monotone voice on the other end identified himself as the vice president of a New Jersey paranormal research labratory. Before Doctor Hopkins could get a word out the man stated that it was of the utmost importance that he speak with him. The man said that he would be over shortly and the line went dead.

I’m certain that a man of Herbert Hopkins breeding and education thought this individual rude but all that changed when a knock sounded at the door. When Dr. Hopkins opened the door he was greeted by a fast talking man dressed in a frumpled black suit and sunglasses that were almost to big for his face. As the Doctor asked the man how he had arrived so quickly the strange man brushed past him. Doctor Hopkins, was shocked by such rudeness and stood at the door for a moment as he watched his visitor look around the front room acting as if he was lost.

After closing the door Dr. Hopkins turned to face his rude visitor and terror gripped his heart. The Doctor would later describe the man as having a deathly white pallor that gave him the appearance of the living dead. The strange nature of the man would become ever more so evident when he removed his hat and glasses. Doctor Bender felt like fleeing his visitor when he noticed the man was without hair on his head, no eyelashes or eyebrows his pale skin was completely smooth without a hint of blemish. Dr. Hopkins would also later relate to investigators that as they made small talk the man rubbed his ruby red lips and smeared what looked like lipstick exposing ghost white lips.

When the corpse like man noticed his error he explained to the terrified doctor that he was agent with a special branch of the United States Air Force and that it would be in the doctor’s best interest as well as his families that he burn whatever research he was working on dealing with UFO abductees otherwise he would be sent to jail for the rest of his life. Angered by the threat Dr. Hopkins gathered together his courage and demanded that the man produce some credentials or he would call the police. The strange man pointed a black gloved finger in the Doctor’s face and and growled, “You had better heed my warning.” The anger that Doctor Hopkins had felt fled and fear took over. The black clad man began to shake his head and said, “Hmm, I had better leave. My energy is getting low.” The nightmarish man quickly brushed past Doctor Hopkins and jumped into a black sedan that drove away into the night without making a sound.

At first Doctor Hopkins thought this man was nothing more than a lunatic and went back to his research. As the weeks past his wife and adult children started to tell him stories of strange men dressed in black suits following them around town in large black cars. Mrs. Hopkins related a particularly frightening story to her husband when she said one of these nondescript vehicles attempted to run her off the road into a tree. Dr. Hopkins came to the conclusion that his late night visitor was more than just a crack pot but someone to reccon with. Doctor Herbert Hopkins immediately went into his office and destroyed every shred of research he had accumulated over the years concerning alien abduction cases. Score another one for the Cover-up.

These are only two examples of meetings with the mysterious Men In Black. Over the last fifty plus years there have been dozens of reports of folks who have dealt with these frightening individuals and have only recently dared to tell the tale. Who are these Men In Black and what do they want? Some researchers believe they could possibly be the aliens they witnessed who are putting on bad looking human suits and scaring the hell out of us innocent humans. Others suggest they are agents of the Cover-up in league with the aliens and it is their job to shut us up. Me, I think they are just fashion victims. Hang on be right back someone is knocking on my door. Oh shit gotta run.

Rick E. Hale
t_seeker@hotmail.co

When I was twelve years old my family and I went on a road trip to my mom’s home turf of Dayton, Kentucky and this trip would prove to be a turning point in my interest in the strange and unusual when I would meet, Uncle David. Uncle David was an interesting ornery old cuss however he had some unique ways of looking at life. David believed it was more important to treat others better than oneself and to live at peace with all mankind. Big deal you may say, however what really caught my young ear was the story of the day when he witnessed, close up, a UFO.

Uncle David’s, family was responsible for building all the highways that ran through Kentucky one day while he and his crew were taking a lunch break they watched as a large cigar shaped UFO flew out of the clouds and landed in a nearby field about three hundred away. David, said that there bright lights of practically ever color shining brightly from the strange craft and it made absolutely so noise whatsoever. David, and his crew watched as the craft lifted off the ground and took off for the sky.

After hearing such a fantastic tale of course I was hooked. Up to this time I was only interested in life after death, but When I returned home I jumped on my Huffy bicycle and pedaled my ass up to the library and spent the day reading everything I could on the subject of mankind’s contact with otherworldly craft and their pilots. In the process of reading about UFOs and alien visitors I learned one fundemental fact, not only had folks seen these craft but they had come into contact with their crew and the US government was in the business of silencing these brave witnesses who came forward and Covering Up the experience.

In 1972, world famous astronomer and UFO researcher, J. Allen Hyneck took it upon himself to classify the various experiences of those who either saw or came into direct contact with a UFO and their otherworldly crew. Dr. Hyneck, created the Close Encounter Classification System and it would certainly be useful to future researchers when they met with these witnesses and alleged contactees.

-Close Encounter of the First Kind: This experience is simple enough and those who experience are changed by what they witness. The CE1 states that the witness has no direct contact with a UFO but rather the witness sees the craft at an altitude of 600 feet or less.

-Close Encounter of the Second Kind: This experience kicks things up a notch. The observer not only sees the craft but is effected physically by the experience. Those who have a CE2 experience claim that the UFO effects the electrical equipment of their car or home and physical damage is reported when the UFO causes radiation or heat damage to a car or home. The term Lost Time is first used in this experience. Those who experience Lost Time are not necesarilly abducted by the UFO but rather the very fabric of time is effected by the craft.

-Close Encounter of the Third Kind: In a CE3 event the witness comes into direct contact with a landed UFO or may come into contact with an alien being. Those who report this event claim that the alien or aliens attempt to impart some kind of intergalactic wisdom or warn the observer that unless mankind changes it’s ways man will eventually destroy itself in a sea of nuclear fire.

-Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind: A CE4 event is perhaps the most terrifying experience in the classification system, this is the abduction event. Those who have experienced a CE4 event, such as Betty and Barney Hill in the 1960s and Travis Walton in the 1970s, claim to have been forcibly removed from their surroundings by an alien intelligence and subjected to various medical examinations of a very intrusive manner. Abductees claim that the aliens seemed to be intensly interested in sex organs, bodily fluids and yes most abductees report the use of anal probe. Female abductees have claimed that their alien have removed eggs from their reproductive system only to fertilize them with their own semen. Men have had their semen taken probably to fertilize alien female eggs. One interesting case that came out of the 1950s concerning an abduction of a sexual nature was the case of Antonio Villas Boas. Boas, a Brazilian farmer, was taken aboard an alien craft and after ungoing numerous examinations he got to tap some sweet alien ass when he made love to an alien female that he described as unbelievably beautiful.

When we look specifically at a CE4 event we can not help to wonder, What do they want? Various theories have been offered to explain this rather frightening experience. First off some abductees who underwent a sexual experience claim that they had the impression that perhaps the alien’s civilization was dying out and we are the only species in the universe that they are able to procreate with in attempt to rescure their culture and society from certain doom.

On the other side of the coin other abductees feel that perhaps the alien’s are testing are strengths and weaknesses for the day they invade and turn us all into their slaves. They could also be looking for a way to cover their asses against the microbes and viruses that run free on our world so they don’t fall ill and die when they attack. These seem like plausible reasons but I’m left with one question, why the anal probe? Ouch.

Not all abductions by alien’s prove to be a scary expeience some contactees such as George Adamski, claim that the aliens have another intention in mind, they want to save us from ourselves. in 1952, Adamski came into contact with Orthon, a citizen of the planet Venus who called himself a “Space Brother.” Adamski, claims that Orthon took him aboard his craft or beamship, and took the earthling on a wierd, wild and wacky tour of the solar system all the while preaching to Adamski that if mankind did not change it’s evil ways we would all die by our own hand in the ultimate destruction. Unfortunately Adamski has been widely discredited by his detractors, however he still has many devoted followers.

Oftentimes some contactees have attempted to create their own personal religion stemming from their contact with alien beings, such is the case of Truman Bethurum. In 1953, Bethurum claimed to have come into contact with the crew of a space craft from the planet Clarion which was in our solar system but mankind lacked the technology to detect this world. The captain of the ship a beautiful female named Aura Rhanes, took Bethurum on a dizzying tour of the solar system and of her homeworld of Clarion which appeared to be nothing more than a sanitized version of planet Earth.

While aboard the ship, Captain Rhanes, explained to Bethurum that whatever happened on Earth effected the rest of the civilizations in the solar system. If mankind destroyed itself the citizens of Clarion would eventually die out than a chain reaction of destruction would take out the citizens of Saturn, Venus and Jupiter. It was of the utmost importance that Bethurum return to Earth and teach his fellow humans to live at peace with one another and destroy such antiquated ideas as rascism and radical nationalism. Sounds good to me.

When Bethurum returned to Earth he went about the business of setting up a commune in Prescott, Arizona called “The Sanctuary Of Thought.” At the commune, Bethurum began to preach the message of universal brotherhood and love for our fellow man despite race, religion and country of origin. Bethurum amassed quite a few followers with this outstanding message that was until it appeared that Bethurum began to lose his mind. The Sanctuary took on a cultish overtones and Bethurum heavily critisized the US government and equoted himself with divine luminaries such as Muhammed and Jesus. Shortly thereafter the Sanctuary of Thought was no more.

Mainstream scientific researchers would claim that folks who claim to have either witnessed, come into contact with or been abducted by aliens are frauds or hoaxers. Sure it is possible that those who create a religion out of their experience may be a little off their rocker. But what about normal everday Joe Q. Public, he couldn’t possibly be out of his mind, right? I know this sounds a little paranoid, but perhaps mainstream scientists are in league with the Cover-Up and Adamski and Bethurum were willing participants who made wild claims to discredit folks who have had a real abduction experience. I mean it is possible, Right? I don’t know all I know is that the Cover-Up rolls on.

Rick E. Hale
t_seeker@hotmail.com

The Story of Travis

Travis Walton was an opinionated loud mouth, always willing to voice his ideas. His soon-to-be brother-in-law, Mike was just the opposite. That is, that’s how things were before Travis’ abduction.
The two men worked tough, modest jobs as loggers in Arizona. One night, while driving back home after work with a few friends, they passed a glowing light on the side of the road. Everyone within the truck grew silent as they slowly edged closer and closer. When they came to an opening in the trees, the men were astonished to see what appeared to be a flying saucer.
Curious beyond his wildest dreams, Travis hopped out of the car to the dismay of all his friends. He crept underneath the machine, which seemed to be twenty or so feet off the ground as all those left behind shouted for him to return. Without warning, a blue-green bolt of light shot out from underneath the craft, rendering Travis unconscious. Frightened out of their wits, his friends drove away, praying that the craft wasn’t following them.
Although Travis’ friends returned only a few minutes later, he could not be found. For the next five days, Mike and the rest of the friends had extensive talks with local police. They were put under lie-detectors and interviewed for hours upon hours. Still, not a single one changed their story. The police began to suspect foul play.
At the end of the five days, Travis miraculously called from a phone booth outside of a gas station asking for his friends to come pick him up. When they did so, all he could talk about was his experiences on board the ship. He talked of strange grey beings; he was unshaven and had lost a considerable amount of weight. He was astounded to hear he was gone for days. To him, it only felt like hours.
When anyone poked fun at his story or challenged him, Travis would no longer shout his opinion. Instead, he was calm. If you didn’t believe him, so be it. He knew what happened, and that was enough. He wasn’t going to fight you on the issue. He was a completely changed man.

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