Jul 18 2007
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UFOs You See With Your Eyes Closed
Mac Tonnies points out that some of these designs from paleolithic artifacts look much like images of UFOs from modern accounts. They are called “entoptic phenomena” and are the patterns and shapes we see when we close our eyes and light hits our eyelids or we press on them. The images are also seen during altered states of consciousness. The images appear in prehistoric art as well as the petroglyphs and pictographs of pre- and post Columbian America, as well as other places all over the world . Many years ago, I heard that one of the theories on their origin was traced to areas that had radioactive minerals and the possible effects this might have on the human visual system.
Does this mean that UFOs are imaginary images created by our own senses? Not necessarily, but entoptics may be a contributing factor to witness testimony. Perhaps only a small one, but important just the same.
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July 19th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Hi Greg,
As you know doubt recall our fondness for prematurely deceased abduction researcher Dr. Karla Turner … I replied to her request in 1995 for information on blind abductees.
You can find her original letter at my site:
http://www.elfis.net/elfol3/letters3.html
My response was …
“Here in Austin, I know of three blind individuals who have had “sightings” of UFOs or related encounters. All three were born sighted, though, and most of their encounters would not generally be termed “abductions.” The one man witnessed several UFOs before loosing his sight to a form of diabetes. The other two women also had sightings prior to losing their sight. One encountered an entity/apparition while living at the Austin school for the blind which is a farely well known “ghost zone.” All of these experiencers have intriguing stories to tell that we hope to carry in future issues. In the mean time please help Karla Turner with this potentially insightful area of research.”
I posed the same question to the UFO UpDates eList in 1998 with no response until someone else posted the question in 1999:
http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/1998/dec/m18-013.shtml
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+site:virtuallystrange.net+%22blind+abductees%22+%22ufo+updates%22
While I tend to consider UFO Sightings, Close Encounters and Abduction reports as more or less distinctly different animals, these questions are valid. Thanks for bringing Mac’s notes to our attention.
SMiles