Close Encounters: Beyond the Basics

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Close EncountersBeyond the Basics

• Craig R. Lang MS CHt
• Certified Hypnotherapist
• Researcher/Investigator, Minnesota MUFON
• www.craigrlang.com
• craig_at_craigrlang.com

Michigan MUFON Sunday Mar 15, 2009
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Intro

• By day, Principal Software Engineer
• Boston Scientific in Arden Hills, MN
• Evenings and weekends
• Field Investigator with Mutual UFO Network
• Writer (SF and UFO/CE4 non-fiction)
• Private Practice Hypnotherapist

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Poll - Audience Experiences

• How many here have seen something unexplained in
  the sky?
• How many have had some kind of experience they
  can not explain?
• How many have done field investigation of close
  encounter events?

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Agenda

• Overview Sightings and Encounters
• Events of the Fourth Kind Abduction
• Field Investigation
• Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
• Thoughts and Speculations

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First Example Spring Lake Park, MN CE1

• Spring 1978
• Object passed close overhead Treetop level
• Slow moving
• Seen by whole family and neighbors

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UFO101 Types and Kinds of Events

• Types
• Anomaly (AN) anything unexplained ghosts,
  monsters
• Distant Encounter (FB or MA) Phenomenon is at a
  distance
• Close Encounter (CE) Phenomenon is up close and
  personal)
• Kinds
• First Kind - you're here, it's there
• Second Kind the same as 1, but it left
  something behind
• Third Kind - you're here, they're there, but at a
  distance
• Fourth Kind - you and they are both in their
  reality Abduction/Contact
• Fifth Kind (more than one definition)
• You called them (Greer/Haines)
• UFOs responding to human signals (blinking
  headlights)
• Human Initiated Contact (CSETI)
• They hurt you (Vallee) UFOs are dangerous (!!!)
• ....... Focus on CE1, CE4 in this talk .......
  

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A Close Encounter of the First Kind

• 1993 Hwy 65 in Blaine, MN

?Two people in car, observe close approach of
light Witness looks away for a moment Moments
later, both look up and observe large triangular
object

• Both highly PSI sensitive
• Life-long experiencers
• Common in triangle sightings(?)

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Hovering and ManeuversNew Brighton Freeway CE1
Fall of 1979

• Object observed by large number of people
• Hovered/Maneuvered over I694 - I35W interchange

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Sighting Relationship

• CE1 Relationship mostly one way Observation
• CE3 Relationship stronger - one way (possibly
  more...)
• Relationship two-way?
• In CE1 or CE3
• Witness sometimes feels that object is there for
  me or
• They are aware of me
• Object is watching me
• Possibly look for CE4 in these cases
• Event of fourth kind Relationship two way,
  witness becomes an experiencer

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Hovering/Slow SpeedTriangular UFO Western
Suburbs October 2000

• Treetop level
• Object moved at walking speed
• Passed over nearby Hwy (note should have been
  seen but no reports...)
• Sense of communion with object aware of her
  presence (relationship?)

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Agenda

• Overview Sightings and Encounters
• Events of the Fourth Kind Abduction
• Field Investigation
• Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
• Thoughts and Speculations

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Close Encounters of the fourth kind (Witness now
becomes an experiencer)

• Often "unremembered" - Missing time
• Sense of mystery "What just happened?
• Ambiguous cant be sure
• Sense of disquiet
• "Something seems to be wrong",
• "That was weird..."

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Jade - A Classic Abduction

• Late Evening Walking on suburban street
• Vague memory of
• Object overhead
• Beam of light
• Last memory of event
• Then location was changed
• Subsequent memory fragments of something strange

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Jade Subsequent Memories
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Evelyn A (very) Close Encounter

• Distant object
• UFO moves toward/over house
• Lights in yard
• Entities at door
• Amnesia from that point on
• Sense of something strange happened

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Evelyn The Pulled out of Bed CE4

• Awoke to sense of entity along side of bed
• Felt touch on shoulder
• Suddenly flipped over onto front, floating over
  bed
• Felt self being pulled out of bed by feet
• Memory drops out at time when body about half way
  off of foot of bed
• Next memory is of light ascending from over east
  side of house, above kitchen window some time
  later

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Physical traces found after event

• Close up of trace
• Found a day later while doing winter prep work on
  yard
• Dead patch/trails had not been there the day
  before

Larger view of trace and north side of yard
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Evelyn Subsequent Indicator Events

• Became interested in space, E.T. life, contact,
  etc...
• Many paranormal side effects
• Electronics and watches malfunction
• Frequent light bulb burnouts
• Ghosts and related sightings in family history
• Fear of night, being alone in house
• Reaction to subject of space, UFOs, etc.
• Lifelong interaction with the phenomenon
• General sense of fear/anxiety
• (more on indicators later...)

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Events in a typical CE4

• Oz Factor ( Muffled Silence, Twilight Zone )
• Capture (extreme fear, onset of amnesia)
• Transport to the UFO
• Medical Experiments Laying on table or
  Tested
• Other "contingent" events such as - Ship tour
  or conference with aliens - Lessons, or
  knowledge/secret/mission - Mindscan -
  Apocalyptic visions
• 2 hrs after start Return to normal reality -
  Confusion/Disorientation - Sense of mystery -
  "what just happened?"

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Janice Wolves on the House

• Janice many experiences over lifetime
• Late July, 1994 Experience
• Occurred in Eau Claire, WI area
• Awoke in wee hours to find herself in yard
• Events
• On house, saw several wolves or coyotes, with
  moon behind them
• Found herself accompanied by entities, one on
  each side
• Escorted to UFO/alien realm
• Classic CE4 event Onboard, experiment,
  conference with entities

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Diagram of Location
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Experimental Goo Machine

• Found self standing in front of goo machine
• Was instructed to place hand in flow of goo
• Seemed gross, but complied anyway (compelled)
• Found that instead, substance was more
  smoke-like, or illusory. - Not actually gross

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Conference with Entities

• Next found self in room with leader and several
  smaller entities
• They seemed curious about her health condition
• One to two word explanation of health condition
• Leader turned and repeated it to the others
• Subsequently found self back in bed awoke with
  a start What in the hell?.

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Carolyn Case of the Starchild

• Carolyn and husband live in Northern, WI.
• Rural area near moderate sized city
• Multiple encounters throughout life, combined
  with challenging life circumstances
• Encounters were largely classic (similar to
  Hopkins/Jacobs)
• Repeated CE4 events involving appearances by
  entities
• Memories of medical procedures
• Repeated events leaving body marks

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Case Summary/Chronology

• During late 1997/Early 1998, repeated close
  encounters
• Unable to have children but...
• Described how had become pregnant in 1998,
  following CE4
• More CE4 events during this time
• Following experience, found pregnancy had ended
• Dec 1998 apparent event baby dream
  presentation
• Nov 1999 child presentation 1 year old

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Related/Subsequent Events

• Many Apocalypse Dreams
• Repeated CE4 events involving appearances by
  starchild
• Repeated events leaving body marks
• Encounter in Spring 2000
• Handprint left on sliding glass door of house

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Handprint Photos
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Recent Events

• March 2006 Nebraska I70 Encounter
• Saw large object
• Missing time
• In Regression described encounter with black
  eyed people

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Agenda

• Overview Sightings and Encounters
• Events of the Fourth Kind Abduction
• Field Investigation
• Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
• Thoughts and Speculations

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CE4 Investigation and Fieldwork

• CE4 Just like any other sighting
• only closer... ?
• May look like CE1, with anomalies
• Begin with standard witness interview
• Ask witness to describe event
• Cognitive interview (FI Manual 5th Ed. P62)
• Multiple passes
• Recount in reverse order
• Change perspective (if you were over there, what
  would you see...)
• Ask about other events, family involvement
• Finally, ask about beliefs re UFOs, experiences,
  etc...
• In any close sighting, Look for CE4 indicators

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Experiencer Indicators

• Missing Time
• Many UFO and Paranormal Events throughout life
  Ghosts, Psychic events, Religious" or Spiritual
  events
• Sudden change of physical/mental/spiritual health
• Onset of special gifts (often this is sudden)
• Sudden change of spiritual outlook or personal
  world view
• Unexplained scars or "scoop marks" on body
• Unexplained phobias/obsessions - especially
  regarding
• The Sky, Outdoor locations, Night-time, Space,
  Sci-Fi (!),
• ET Life, UFOs, etc...
• Dreams/Nightmares of UFOs, aliens, being in a
  strange hospital or lying on a table
• Sense of special knowledge/mission/secret that is
  present but hidden

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Evelyn Indicator Events Example

• Fear/Fascination with space, E.T. life, contact,
  etc...
• Many paranormal side effects
• Electronics and watches malfunction
• Frequent light bulb burnouts
• Ghosts and related sightings in family history
• Fear of night, being alone in house
• Reaction to subject of space, UFOs, etc.
• Lifelong interaction with the phenomenon
• General sense of fear/anxiety

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Carolyn Related/Subsequent Events

• Many Apocalypse Dreams,
• UFO and Alien Dreams
• Repeated CE4 events involving appearances by
  starchild
• Repeated events leaving body marks
• Encounter in Spring 2000
• Physical evidence Handprint left on sliding
  glass door of house (seen earlier)

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Agenda

• Overview Sightings and Encounters
• Events of the Fourth Kind Abduction
• Field Investigation
• CE4s Challenge and Healing
• Thoughts and Speculations

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The Shattered Reality

• High strangeness of events during CE4
• Far from normal experiences Often leaves
  experiencer with limited ability to cope
• Can result in extreme fear
• Fear Management Hypnotherapy extremely useful
• In The Cosmic Bridge
• Cases of Evelyn, Jenny, Carolyn, Amy, Jim
• Experiencer has a foot in each world
• Normal everyday world
• World of the phenomenon

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The Emotional Effects of Encounters

• Reactions can range from
• Interest/Curiosity Wow, Cool!
• .to.
• "God Awful" trauma
• Shattered Reality
• ("Oh My God, it really happened)
• Fear
• Can be extreme
• CE4 can happen at any time
• Hypnotherapy can be a primary healing tool
• dealing with emotional effects.

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Healing is top priority

• Check early Is post-contact trauma present?
• check for fear response
• Treat as any other case of long-term fear
• Healing work as needed
• Based upon clients goals some may not need it
• Understanding What happened?
• Experiencer a Cosmic Bridge between worlds
• Goal often is to help experiencer to resolve
  these two worlds

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Evelyn Fear management afterPulled out of
Bed CE4

• Subsequent months after encounter fear of being
  alone in house
• Panic at night sky, subject of UFOs, E.T.s,
  Space, etc...
• But also extreme fascination
• Feeling of Mission here for a purpose
• But terrified to seek the truth
• Talk Therapy Counseling ineffective
• Began with specialized hypnotherapy
• (parts work stay tuned...)

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Parts Therapy Resolving fear-instilling event

• Evelyn Couldnt start with regression, due to
  fear factor, needed initial healing before
  starting
• Mind is a quilt-work of thoughts, ideas,
  memories, etc.
• Each acts as a piece of personality
• Each part effects overall health, personality,
  etc.
• Open interaction, permeable boundaries.
• In trance can address individual parts, mediate
  between opposing parts

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Parts Work (continued)

• Called out part that helps Evelyn feel the fear
• Sought out how it got its job
• Source religious teaching to fear unexplained
• Also called out a Spiritual Explorer part
• Wanted to explore her experiences, understand
  them
• Able to resolve discord between Spiritual
  Explorer and Fear parts
• Allowed Evelyn to explore experiences on
  condition that rest of life normal/grounded
• Subsequently, a great deal of info emerged
  regarding events

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RegressionGetting to the heart of the matter

• To learn experiencers perception of encounter
• Sequence of events behind the veil
• Clean regression is paramount
• Limit vocabulary to generic, non-leading
  questions/instructions
• Please continue
• What are you experiencing?
• What else do you notice?
• How do you feel about that?
• Multiple passes through event
• Other techniques available but this is the
  cleanest way to develop detail

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Multiple Passes

• First few passes Allow account to develop
• Should be stable, with increasing detail.
• If stable, look for progressive elaboration
• If core account varies, may be "creative" in
  nature
• ...but still important, even if not CE4 event
• look for metaphor or dream material, what is
  lesson
• Dream test
• ask generic question about what is in the
  distance
• if detail is present, then may be biographical
• If blank, fog or no detail, then may be a dream

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Later passes

• Secret details description of the "interior"
• Comparison with commonly described classic
  abduction events (some kept to CE4 researchers).
• Similarity suggests that it may be a abduction
  event
• Ask "false lead" questions
• Ask check questions that lead toward the
  mundane (no aliens, no abduction, etc)
• Risky Generally want to avoid leading questions
• Can ask more detailed questions (stay generic)
• Followup healing work (next slide...)

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Reframing and other healing work

• Reframing
• Client specific viewpoints of the event
• Goal is understanding, (self)forgiveness,
  empowerment
• Re-examine meaning of a given event
• Chair/gestalt therapy
• Put the leader of the aliens in the chair
  allow dialog
• Empowerment of experiencer telling off the
  leader
• Release and forgiveness of them
• Parts work as needed
• Emotional protection imagery
• Finish with ecology check Check of emotional
  state

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Agenda

• Overview Sightings and Encounters
• Events of the Fourth Kind Abduction
• Field Investigation
• Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
• Thoughts and Speculations

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Thoughts and Speculations

• Whats going on?
• What is our relationship with them?
• What might be the alien agenda(s)?

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Mystery and Paradox

• Fermi Paradox where are they?
• So many stars, so little contact...
• Why is the phenomenon so paradoxical
• Why are UFOs so secretive? (or are they?)
• Why dont they just land on the Whitehouse lawn?
• Possible Solutions
• The Zoo Hypothesis
• Deardorff ET Strategy for Earth
• Nature Preserve Hypothesis
• Genetics Hybridization
• Indigo Hypothesis

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The Zoo Hypothesis

• Simplest UFOlogical Resolution to Fermi Paradox
• They are here but are observing and hidden
• Interacting with us only covertly
• ETs want to remain undetected The Prime
  Directive
• Prevent interference?
• Prevent us from threatening them?
• Would seldom see evidence of their presence

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Deardorff Proposed ET Strategy for Earth

• Expands on Zoo Hypothesis
• E.T. Assumption Were not ready for contact
• Prime Directive Initial interstellar quarantine
• Stages of contact
• Observing stage mapping, surveying, scientific
  observations quarantine and non-interference
• Clandestine contacts, abductions, etc.
• Infusing contact awareness at the grass roots
• Gradual disclosure into open consciousness
• Eventual Entry into "Cosmic Kindergarten"

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Nature Preserve Hypothesis

• Another variation of Zoo Hypothesis
• Earth as a protected ecosystem
• Aliens as rangers/biologists, humans as
  animals
• Periodically E.T. rangers/biologists capture
  (abduct) and study human animals
• Rangers Implant radio collars on the animals
• A metaphor for UFO abduction?

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Genetics/Hybridization Aspects of UFO Abduction

• UFO abduction literature extensively describes ET
  genetic interest
• Abductee reports of embryos, hybrids, etc...
• Varying degrees of humanness
• Being increasingly human seems to be a goal...
  (?)
• What is the purpose of this?
• We dont know (!!!)
• CL Speculation
• Human Improvement Project (????)
• (continuation on next slide)

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Indigo Hypothesis

• Abductee families - brilliant/psychic/empathic
  children
• Indigo Child Phenomenon
• Psychic, brilliant, empathic
• A lot written on Indigo Child subject in New Age
  community
• A powerful and controversial phenomenon
• Correlation between UFO/CE4 and Indigo phenomena?
• Speculation
• Jacobs Hybridization Project over the last
  100 years?
• Genetic results injected back into human gene
  pool?
• Are we being modified (a human improvement
  project)?
• To be better citizens of the cosmos?
• For other (less benevolent) reasons?
• Idea offers testable theories genetics, ESP
  tests, etc...

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Speculation E.T. multi-pronged agenda

• Breed a humanity more advanced psychically
  and/or spiritually?
• Hybrid reports
• Indigo children
• Growing awareness within the individual
• Psychic awakening
• Teaching and mission aspects of experiencer
  phenomenon
• Opening of human consciousness
• Sheldrake Sum of effects the 100th Monkey
  effect
• Barbara Marx Hubbards book, Conscious Evolution
• Suggests an aggregate spiritual emergence in
  progress
• Preparing us for contact?
• From Cosmic viewpoint necessary before we can
  travel out there? (were not the greatest
  neighbors yet...)

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  society) and the phenomenon
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• The emerging Cosmic Bridge between Human and
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Contact Info

• Craig R. Lang, MS CHt
• Field Investigator, Minnesota MUFON
• Certified Hypnotherapist (Natl Guild of
  Hypnotists)
• CE4 Researcher/Investigator
• Minneapolis, MN
• 763-257-7334
• E-mail craig_at_craigrlang.com
• www.craigrlang.com
• www.theCosmicBridge.com