Today we had some friends and their kids for dinner and it turned out that the mother has seen quite a few UFO:s in her past!
The discussion started when she, let's call her Mary, saw my copy of Dolan's first book on UFO:s lying on the piano. She asked if I've read it and what I thought about the whole subject. I explained briefly what Dolan's book was about and then, because I didn't know how much she had been exposed to the subject, I made a short 'diplomatic' remark of how there was enough evidence to prove that the phenomena was for real - something was going on in the skies, but no one can know for sure what it is.
Mary then asked me if I've had any personal experiences regarding UFO:s, like sightings. I sensed that she wanted to tell me something, so after I debriefed shortly of my sighting of a 'lightning ball' (I remember seeing a ball of lightning moving along the street where I lived), I asked: "Well, how about you - have you seen anything?"
Mary gave me quite a surprise by saying: "Yeah, you know, there's been quite a few incidents. I've seen 'some things' personally three times, my mother has seen things many times and my grandma has also many very strange stories to tell." She seemed quite relieved to get this out of her chest. It turned out that she had only told about these experiences to her husband (who luckily takes her seriously) and to one very close friend, but since neither of them are interested in the subject there isn't much to discuss with them.
Okay, so while she's telling me this we have our son and two of their sons running around in the apartment playing and making noise. Needless to say, it was a bit difficult to discuss these things with that going on! Besides, we didn't want to scare the kids with our 'strange talk'. But every time there was some pause (so we could hear each other!) she went on with her story. Mary's encounters probably aren't spectacular on a grand scale, but I sense that there's a lot more that she wasn't telling me (and that she possibly doesn't remember) - and that this is only the tip of the ice berg. Here's what she told:
Case 1:
Mary and her mother were driving home late one night. Suddenly they saw in the distance a large glowing object hovering just above the treetops. The mother asked Mary if she was seeing the same as she was, which she did. They drove closer (because the highway went right beside the object) until they were beside it - but quite far away. Mary said she could see some metallic parts, but mostly it was just a huge glowing object of some sort [She didn't get the chance to describe it in more detail]. They got very frightened, and so they accelerated the car for all it was worth and drove away. Not wanting to frighten her, I asked her in a humorous tone: "Did you experience any time loss?" She said no, they did get on time to where they were heading.
Case 2:
Mary was watching out her window one night, admiring the starry night sky, when she suddenly saw a star moving in a peculiar way. After a while, the star got a little bit bigger. And it kept growing! Finally she realized that this thing was heading right towards her window. Screaming Mary run out of her room in total panic. But there was no crash. Being scared she phoned her husband (he was in another town). He did try to calm her down, but still Mary couldn't sleep at all that night - she was too frightened.
Case 3:
Mary and her friend had parked their car at the mall one evening. Suddenly they saw a 'dancing ball of light' in the sky. Mary said that this thing was making maneuvers that no plane or helicopter could possibly do. They watched this thing a short moment until it faded away.
Mary did say that her mother had many even spookier encounters, but that she didn't want to discuss them right now. A little bit later, while at the play ground, we talked about the subject a little bit more. I told her a little bit about John Keel's theories, being careful not to scare her with anything too shocking. She then opened up a little bit more, telling how every once in a while she has these 'intergalactic dreams' where she's taken to other planets, and where there are other humans as well. Having just read all the books by Karla Turner, this comment made the hair in my neck stand up! She then added that she's scared to be alone and that she does NOT want to read UFO related books because they scare her. I felt a knot in my stomach; these were typical symptoms of an abductee! I did not tell her that, of course.
Before Mary left with her family I gave her my e-mail address, just in case she wanted to talk more about the subject. She seemed very relieved to have a person to talk about these things. Well, it remains to be seen if she will write to me anything. And I'm not saying that I will be able to help her, but I'm offering to listen if she wants to. And I did tell her, that I can recommend some great reading on the subject if and when she's ready for it.
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I can't help thinking that my sudden 'need' to read the UFO books in the past months is in some way related to this meeting with Mary. And I'm not sure if this is a positive thing either. It could be the 'cosmic tricksters' way of luring me into something, some difficulties. On the other hand, it could be that Mary needs help and the fact that we met today and talked has maybe given her some relief. But I'm very sceptic about any 'signs' of any sort, they are usually misleading.
The discussion started when she, let's call her Mary, saw my copy of Dolan's first book on UFO:s lying on the piano. She asked if I've read it and what I thought about the whole subject. I explained briefly what Dolan's book was about and then, because I didn't know how much she had been exposed to the subject, I made a short 'diplomatic' remark of how there was enough evidence to prove that the phenomena was for real - something was going on in the skies, but no one can know for sure what it is.
Mary then asked me if I've had any personal experiences regarding UFO:s, like sightings. I sensed that she wanted to tell me something, so after I debriefed shortly of my sighting of a 'lightning ball' (I remember seeing a ball of lightning moving along the street where I lived), I asked: "Well, how about you - have you seen anything?"
Mary gave me quite a surprise by saying: "Yeah, you know, there's been quite a few incidents. I've seen 'some things' personally three times, my mother has seen things many times and my grandma has also many very strange stories to tell." She seemed quite relieved to get this out of her chest. It turned out that she had only told about these experiences to her husband (who luckily takes her seriously) and to one very close friend, but since neither of them are interested in the subject there isn't much to discuss with them.
Okay, so while she's telling me this we have our son and two of their sons running around in the apartment playing and making noise. Needless to say, it was a bit difficult to discuss these things with that going on! Besides, we didn't want to scare the kids with our 'strange talk'. But every time there was some pause (so we could hear each other!) she went on with her story. Mary's encounters probably aren't spectacular on a grand scale, but I sense that there's a lot more that she wasn't telling me (and that she possibly doesn't remember) - and that this is only the tip of the ice berg. Here's what she told:
Case 1:
Mary and her mother were driving home late one night. Suddenly they saw in the distance a large glowing object hovering just above the treetops. The mother asked Mary if she was seeing the same as she was, which she did. They drove closer (because the highway went right beside the object) until they were beside it - but quite far away. Mary said she could see some metallic parts, but mostly it was just a huge glowing object of some sort [She didn't get the chance to describe it in more detail]. They got very frightened, and so they accelerated the car for all it was worth and drove away. Not wanting to frighten her, I asked her in a humorous tone: "Did you experience any time loss?" She said no, they did get on time to where they were heading.
Case 2:
Mary was watching out her window one night, admiring the starry night sky, when she suddenly saw a star moving in a peculiar way. After a while, the star got a little bit bigger. And it kept growing! Finally she realized that this thing was heading right towards her window. Screaming Mary run out of her room in total panic. But there was no crash. Being scared she phoned her husband (he was in another town). He did try to calm her down, but still Mary couldn't sleep at all that night - she was too frightened.
Case 3:
Mary and her friend had parked their car at the mall one evening. Suddenly they saw a 'dancing ball of light' in the sky. Mary said that this thing was making maneuvers that no plane or helicopter could possibly do. They watched this thing a short moment until it faded away.
Mary did say that her mother had many even spookier encounters, but that she didn't want to discuss them right now. A little bit later, while at the play ground, we talked about the subject a little bit more. I told her a little bit about John Keel's theories, being careful not to scare her with anything too shocking. She then opened up a little bit more, telling how every once in a while she has these 'intergalactic dreams' where she's taken to other planets, and where there are other humans as well. Having just read all the books by Karla Turner, this comment made the hair in my neck stand up! She then added that she's scared to be alone and that she does NOT want to read UFO related books because they scare her. I felt a knot in my stomach; these were typical symptoms of an abductee! I did not tell her that, of course.
Before Mary left with her family I gave her my e-mail address, just in case she wanted to talk more about the subject. She seemed very relieved to have a person to talk about these things. Well, it remains to be seen if she will write to me anything. And I'm not saying that I will be able to help her, but I'm offering to listen if she wants to. And I did tell her, that I can recommend some great reading on the subject if and when she's ready for it.
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I can't help thinking that my sudden 'need' to read the UFO books in the past months is in some way related to this meeting with Mary. And I'm not sure if this is a positive thing either. It could be the 'cosmic tricksters' way of luring me into something, some difficulties. On the other hand, it could be that Mary needs help and the fact that we met today and talked has maybe given her some relief. But I'm very sceptic about any 'signs' of any sort, they are usually misleading.
