Comments on: Chilling UFO Encounter From 1975

By: Bill Hancock

Bill Hancock — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:06:54 +0000

Craig….

The “curtain of doom” (or at least
“cloud of misfortune”) thing has been noted over many years with regard to things suspiciously out of the ordinary
(a prime example, an actuaries’ delight, is a listing of all the strange-death-and-disappearances of witnesses, etc., to the JFK assassination within months to just several years after that crime…though this is more a conspiracy-related matter than a Fortean one).
Loren Coleman has a “croaker” list a mile long with regard to Mothman; not only in regard to the flap itself, years ago, but now seemingly reaching out into the present with movie associations.
So this IS some “strange doing”.
A lot of illness-related stuff related to the ET UFO hypothesis is in the literature as well, most of it taking the “nuts-and-bolts” assumption that
afflictions people came down with were radiation-linked (from the saucers’ “atomic reactors”). But WERE they? Or was that just a mimic job?
I’m curious to know if NIDS has ever documented any strange illness situations in their ongoing research at the Utah Skinwalker Ranch.
As Linda Godfrey and I once discussed, it seems like this “Trickster” phenomenon (or whatever it is) seems to actively defend itself against investigation by throwing different kinds of “roadblocks” in the path of those who would seek out its truths. Its almost like it’s an Arrogant Super Shaman rolling down the highway in James Bond’s classic tricked-up DB5 Aston Martin. You try to “close” on it and you get the metaphysical equivalents
of oil slicks, rockets, tire slasher hubcaps, water cannon bursts, and .50 calibre machinegun bullets thrown at you.
All very discouraging (especially when you’re going to get the skeptical scorn of the “rationals” thrown in to boot)…and that seems to be exactly the intent.

By: Jonah

Jonah — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:43:20 +0000

I am interested in events that occurred during this time frame, 1974-76 as well as encounters during the years 196-68 or so. Both of these time frames coincide with known UFO waves and having read hundreds if not thousands of accounts over the last thirty years (I was originally a subscriber to ‘California UFO’ magazine back in the late 70’s) I notice a peculiar flavor associated with said accounts from this era. They just seem more consistently real somehow, with a lot of multiple witness/outdoor stuff going on. Even today I come across people who’ve never really reported anything start out by saying “back in 1974, me and some buddy’s saw…” or “my Mom told me once that back in 1975 or so, she had an encounter with…’. I had several encounters myself during this decade, so that’s probably why I’m tuned in.

With so much time passing, it would be interesting to collect encounter reports that have appeared over the years that date back to these time frames. Many witnesses were young and kept quiet or forgot and probably not aware that these were quite active times.

By: Greg Bishop

Greg Bishop — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:32:29 +0000

Bill,

This is why I love the comment feature on blogs. You bring up a very important aspect of some anomaly cases, i.e. the “curse” idea, or that the events seem to lower a curtain of doom around them– for the witnesses and even people not directly connected with the case.

By: Bill Hancock

Bill Hancock — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:43:22 +0000

The complete article is full of the psycho-physical “backlash” that a lot of us have noticed and commented on over time. A weird event takes place (and much of this smacks of Point Pleasant, West Va) and is followed by numerous physical ailments, mental abberations, and sometimes even death on the part of humans and animals (not to mention flurries of mechanical disfunctions, freak/fluke “accidents”, etc.). The summer, 2006, ManBat incident in Wisconsin has resulted in prolonged illness on the part of the witnesses (the father moreso than the son), and on the lead investigator as well (who also experienced a couple of odd automobile incidents).
This is a somewhat disturbing situation in that it suggests, to my mind at least, that John keel is right in thinking that “stuff happens” oftentimes to people who persue the truth in the “Goblin Universe”..and often to some who simply happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
There may be some elements of recollective “coloring” here on the part of the witness, but I have a suspicion that it doesn’t amount to all that much. Much of what is to be found in this 1975 remembrance flows in a pattern that is familiar to many Forteans.