On Saturday 22nd May I and my friend Chris drove up to St Annes from Birmingham to attend the LAPIS (Lancashire Anomalous Phenomena Investigation Society) UFO Conference for the first time. It was to be an absolutely fantastic day of listening to lectures and meeting up with old friends. The weather was absolutely stunning – one of the hottest days of the year so far. Clear blue skies and streaming sunlight made the journey to St Annes very pleasant indeed. 📷 We arrived at 10.15am, 15 minutes before the first lecture ws due to start. The conference was held at a spacious sports hall in the YMCA (sing it) on St Albans Road. We immediately met up with Martin and John, two regular BUFOG members who had also made it to the conference. I then went to have a catch up with two of my friends from the UFO circuit – Larry Warren and Phil Mantle, who would both be speaking later in the day. For any of you who don’t know, Larry is one of the key witnesses and also whistleblower of the Rendlesham Forest UFO incident. Phil Mantle is one of the Uk’s most well renowned and experienced UFO researchers. Larry showed me a number of his paintings that were on display, including one directly based on what he experienced at Rendlesham. I had a brief look at some of the other merchandise tables around the room, and was surprised to see a number of bigfoot footprint casts on display by Paul Vella. 📷 📷 📷 📷 Soon it was time for the lectures to kick off, with Paul beginning proceedings. Paul is one of the UK’s leading experts on bigfoot. However considering the theme of the day, he had opted to give a talk linked with UFOs rather than elusive hairy creatures! His lecture was all about the portrayal of aliens and UFOs in movies over the last century up to recent times. He proposed that individuals involved with the UFO cover up may have influenced these movies and decided on how they were portrayed at various times. It was brilliant fun seeing the old B-movie posters featurning hideous alien creatures and terrified humans! He also showed a hilarious trailer for a black-and-white film named “The Giant Claw”, which featured what can only be described as a giant killer prehistoric turkey. Oh yes. 📷 I was surprised to see that Paul didn’t feature the most recent UFO-themed movies such as The Fourth Kind or District 9, but other than this it was a great look back through the history of UFO cinema. 📷 After a short break it was then time for Phil Mantle to take to the podium. I always enjoy Phil’s lectures, and this one did not disappoint. It was a general look at lots of very interesting cases. He began by talking about sightings around the Yorkshire area, including those by the late UFO researcher Tony Dodd. He even showed some photographs Tony had taken of unusual glowing aerial objects. The second half of Phil’s talk covered a number of fascinating contactee cases. These included well known cases such as the Alan Godfrey incident, and the Ilkley Moor abduction, which led to the famous photograph of the ET being that the witness had snapped before it ran away. It truly was an informative lecture on some highly convincing cases. Phil ended up speaking a bit about the new UFO publication which he is launching in July – UFO Matrix. This is intended to be a commercially available magazine on the subject, and I wish him and Malcolm Robinson all the best with it. I for one will be subscribing as soon as it hits the shops. 📷 At the half way point of the conference, we stuck with time honoured tradition by finding the nearest pub and getting some lunch and a quick pint. Over lunch I chatted with Sasha Christie (contactee and researcher), Larry, Jason from the LAPIS crew and new friends Nathan and Luke who were experiencing a UFO conference for the first time. 📷 📷 The first speaker of the afternoon was Alan Murdie. Alan writes about UFOs for Fortean Times magazine, and is a former chairman of the Ghost Club. His lecture focused on UFO incidents from Columbia. There have not been many significant sightings from here, however he covered an incident where a strange metallic object crashed in the Columbian jungle spreading debris over an area. This debris was promptly cleared up by the US military and was never seen again. Alan also covered some other interesting features and mysteries of Columbia, including statues with large dark eyes and a town where the dead have mummified in the ground rather than rotted away. 📷 By this time of day the venue had really started to heat up, and unfortunately there were no ceiling fans. To our relief someone decided to open a door to let in some air. After Alan’s talk there was a short break, during which I took to the mic to announce BUFOG Contactee Support, the monthly online contactee meeting I will be hosting from now on through the website. It was then time for the final speaker of the day, the one, the only, Larry Warren. Larry gave a superb talk about many aspects of the Rendlesham incident and the part that he played in it. Rather than concentrate on the actual details of what took place, he focused more on how it had affected both his life and the lives of the other witnesses. He showed many documents to back up his statements, and it was a very heartfelt talk. He also spoke of the new Facebook group set up by John Burroughs. The purpose of the group is to draw attention to the Rendlesham incident, which will hopefully lead to disclosure about what took place. 📷 Towards the end of his lecture he invited Sacha to give her thoughts on the Rendlesham incident. She pointed out a number of official statements which did not add up and could be used as evidence that a cover up about the incident had taken place. 📷 I ended the conference chatting with Paul Vella about bigfoot sightings, and two contactees who were interested in joining in with the contactee support meetings. I also managed to sneak a shot of the LAPIS crew who were gathered for an official photograph. 📷 After saying goodbye to the speakers and our new found friends, we headed down to the seafront for a few minutes to check out the beach in the evening sun and eat some fish and chips by the pier, before beginning our journey back to Brum. It had been an excellent and informative day, and I will surely be returning next year. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 24/04/2010 Introduction The contact phenomenon has many different angles to it. There are many traits and experiences that can point towards the possibility that contact is taking place. Some may only show a few signs. Yet in other cases, someone may have had a whole life-time of experiences, so many that contact is more of a certainty than just a possibility. I believe there is a large amount of evidence that points towards contact being both real and extraterrestrial in origin. You may well feel different. It is not my job here to convince you either way. But in this report I present a stunning case, with many incidents that lie outside the realms of normality. Most of these experiences are far from unique, and have been reported time and time again by people from all around the world, including other cases I have directly looked into. Rachel is 42 years old and lives in Erdington, Birmingham. She is quite a spiritual person, and has always been interested in things of an other-worldly nature. This interest in the metaphysical has lead her to join the Hare Krishna faith. She regularly enjoys meditation and has been on a number of retreats to India for prayer and relaxation. Rachel is aware that for most of her life she has had experiences that defy natural explanation. For many years she denied these experiences were happening to her, and repressed the memories of particular events. However recently she has become more accepting of them. In doing so, she realised that many of her experiences had possible links with alien contact. Rachel has not owned a television for many years, and until recently had not looked into the subject of UFOs and extraterrestrial contact at all. This means that what she has experienced has not been influenced by things she may have seen or read. When she started looking into the contact phenomena, she read Ann Andrews book Abducted. In this she found many links with her own experiences. Intrigued and spurred on by this, she decided to get in contact with Birmingham UFO Group. She did this to find out more about what was happening to her and what it could all mean. Checking on the BUFOG website, she came across my report on Becky, a contactee from Gloucester. Again she found many similarities between her own experiences and what Becky has experienced. The Investigation On 22nd March 2010 , I drove round to Rachel’s house to interview her. Over a number of hours she filled me in with the details of her many varied experiences, during which I got her to do a number of drawings which can be viewed throughout this report. I also went through a contactee questionnaire with her (modified from original from Mary Rodwell of ACERN). This covered many of the traits that contactees exhibit and experience. I was immediately impressed by how many of these traits Rachel could relate to. While I was there, some unusual activity actually took place (more on this later). On Sunday 18th April 2010, I had Rachel regressed at her home. This regression went very well indeed, and brought forward details of another fascinating experience she had forgotten about. You can read the entire transcript of it towards the end of the report. Rachel also brought me up-to-date with the latest strange occurences that she had experienced. Beams of Light Rachel’s earliest memory of something unusual taking place is very brief. She remembers being in the playground of her infant school at a very young age, and seeing a number of faint beams of light coming down from the sky. The beams were coming down to the ground, not aimed directly at other children. This memory is very hazy, probably because of her age at the time, but she still feels that it took place. Night-Time Journeys When she was young, Rachel used to share a room with her sister at their house in Daventry where she spent her early years. She remembers on a number of occasions seeing figures moving around and seeing visions of an unusual place. These visions used to come to her in a dream-like state but she is certain that they were much more than just dreams, and usually occurred just as she was settled down in bed and relaxing. When these visions occurred she felt she was looking into another place, like looking through a window. She felt she was still in her room but at the same time in this different environment. She would usually be seated in a corridor of a clean clinical-type environment which reminded her of a laboratory or hospital. Of this corridor was a number of rooms with open doorways. There were normal looking people wearing white overalls, who looked busy, walking around and picking up things. She remembers that a man would often come up to her and ask if she was ok. Despite the people looking normal, she always had the feeling that this was another place on a craft or different planet, and that these individuals were not human. Rachel is sure that these memories did not come from a visit to a hospital that had taken place. These visions continued into the early years of her adult life. She would still meet and talk with individuals, who felt to her like old friends. She would often see strange looking machines. One time she was talking to an older man who was trying to explain to her the things she could see around her. One machine in particular fascinated her. It was making what looked like a violet spiral of swirling light/energy above it in the air. She does not remember whether the man explained what this machine was or not. In recent years she has not experienced visions of this type, but has had many other experiences. Recently she started reading the book “Psychic Warrior”, about a remote viewer who was trained and used by the armed forces. She was just reading the introduction when suddenly for some reason it triggered a seemingly unrelated memory from back at junior school. She remembered walking to school and feeling very happy because of the knowledge that her night-time life was amazing, and that she saw many unusual things. She wondered if the other children also had experiences like hers, and it made her feel important. Thinking back to this memory, Rachel felt sure that she often went to other places at night. It may have been that the book reminded her about her own remote viewing experiences. It seems unlikely that these memories were nothing more than vivid dreams. I feel that they may well be a screen memory for contact experiences she has had. This is where the ETs mask the true appearance of themselves, and sometimes their surroundings. It is possible that the “clinical environment” she remembers was actually on board a ship, and the people who looked like scientists may have been extraterrestrial beings. Another possibility to consider is that the beings Rachel saw really were human, and that she is remembering memories of what are known as MILAB’s (Military Abductions). These have been reported by many contactees. Sometimes both humans and aliens are seen, other times just humans. The humans seen often wear white lab coats, just as Rachel describes. MILABs suggest that the military may have an involvement with abductions, and actually assist with them in some cases. However these are usually quite traumatic and Rachel did not experience this. Owls As well as the visions of the clinical environment which would come to her at night, Rachel remembers often seeing owls in her bedroom. On more than one occasion she saw a white owls face close to her own staring right at her with dark piercing eyes. This would happen when she was lying down in bed and just about to drop off to sleep. For an unknown reason this felt very spooky and a little disturbing to her, but she did not know the reason why. Out of all the things she has experienced, the vision of the owl staring at her was the most frightening to her, and sometimes she was worried about falling off to sleep in case she saw it again. Drawing of the owl face which haunted Rachel at night: 📷 Owls are a common screen memory used by ETs, and are often reported by contactees. The unease associated with seeing them is also very common. They can appear in the form of other animals as well, such as cats, wolves or insects. They probably do this to make themselves appear less frightening, or alternatively it could be caused by the mind trying to interpret what it is looking at. The similarities between a white owl with dark eyes and a Grey being’s face are easy to see. It is quite possible that when Rachel saw this owl staring into her face she was actually undergoing contact. Perhaps a future regression will enable her to see the “owl” for what it really is. On many occasions through her adult life, Rachel has seen owls and other birds of prey. She is aware that these are common in the UK and that many of these sightings could be just birds. However a few of the times she has felt there was something odd about the experience. She believes that some of these sightings may have been a contact, though with what exactly she cannot say. Rachel really enjoys heading away from city life to the countryside. On one day out in Wales, she was out walking with a couple of friends from her faith, one of whom was a devotee (monk). She suddenly noticed a large bird sitting in the upper branches of a tree they were passing under. She pointed it out to her friends. The devotee could see the bird, but her other friend could not see it at all for some reason, no matter how many times she pointed it out. Contactees often experience ongoing observation by beings, which may explain this unusual experience. On another occasion, she was away for a weekend break in Scotland. Rachel loves the remoteness of Scotland and has had a number of experiences there, so it is one of her favourite places to visit. She decided to climb up Ben Starav in Glen Etive on her own. She reached the summit, then began to retrace her steps. By the time she was back down it had got dark. She could make out her car in the distance, and started heading towards it. Suddenly a large snowy owl swooped down across the path and brushed against her head on its way past! It then flew ahead of her and landed on a bridge further down. When she reached the bridge a few minutes later it had gone. In December 2009, Rachel was on her way to visit her brother in Coventry. She was just coming off the M6 motorway to get onto the Coventry Road. As she came down towards the roundabout, she suddenly noticed a large buzzard sitting on a railing. It felt very odd to her that it didn’t seem bothered at all by the traffic. As she turned onto the island and drove past the bird, she kept one eye on it, and felt that it was watching her as she drove past. The whole incident felt very abnormal to her. The Blue Light When she was 6 or 7 years old, Rachel had another experience which was frightening to her. She woke up in the middle of the night. It was pitch black in the room but in front of her she could see an intense blue coloured light. It remained there for a while and she stared at it wondering where it was coming from. In the end she dropped back off to sleep. The following day she kept seeing flashes of the same light while walking round her house. It was bothering her but her parents were around and she tried to hide it from them. In the end she went up to her room. Her mum came up and asked if she was ok, and she told her she wasn’t feeling well. Rachel has no idea what the blue light was, but got a strong feeling she was being shown it for some reason. This incident suggests that an encounter took place, memories of which could possibly have been repressed. First Body Marking In 1975/76 when Rachel was between the age of 8-9, she remembers a red triangular shaped marking that appeared on her skin. She awoke one morning to find the marking on the front of her right shoulder. She stared at the marking for ages and was fascinated by it. It was not filled in, but was three thick lines in a symmetrical triangle. It looked red in colour like a burn mark, and it also caused an itching sensation. She doesn’t remember how long it was visible on her for but certainly vanished without trace. This was not to be the only time which Rachel would find strange markings on her body. Drawing of the triangular marking: 📷 Markings such as this are a telling sign that contact is probably taking place. They are usually related to abduction-type experiences, where the individual is taken aboard a craft and where medical-like instruments are used to examine them and take samples. Memories of these experiences are usually blocked out, so it is no surprise that Rachel does not conciously remember the cause of the marking. Vibrations, Noises and the Disc-Shaped Craft In late 1989, when Rachel was in her early 20s, she moved into a two bedroom terraced house on Crosbie Road, Coventry, with her boyfriend Dave. It was here that more unusual activity began to take place, activity that certainly suggests that her contact experiences were continuing. Aerial map of Crosbie Road: 📷 On a number of occasions in the night, Rachel used to wake up feeling very energetic. She would then see vibrations actually pass across her bedroom in waves. Sometimes these vibrations were so strong she could actually feel them in her chest. Dave never woke up during these experiences. The vibrations would happen intermittently for a number of minutes, after which she would go back off to sleep. Rachel would also hear an unusual clicking noise behind her head to the right. Sometimes it would happen only once, other times more than once. It used to creep her out as she could never determine a cause for the noises. It would happen in the daytime as well as when she was lying in bed. One night she awoke to see the familiar vibrations of energy flowing across the room. But this time there was something more. Her bedroom had a main window and a smaller side window, which overlooked the road. They had some old fashioned yellow curtains hanging in them. From behind the curtains she could see what appeared to be bright white light coming in from outside. She thought to herself “What the hell is that? It can’t be car as we are on the first floor!” She tried to wake Dave to show him, but for some reason he would not wake up. She was intrigued by the light so got out of bed, walked over to the window and peeked through the curtains. She was immediately greeted by an incredible sight. There floating in the air over the street, level with the bedroom window, was a disc-shaped craft. It looked like two plates put together. Around the centre was a darker band, along which she could see pulsing white lights. As well as going around this strip, Rachel said the lights were also doing something else strange, hard to describe, like they were passing through the body of the craft to the other side. The main body of the craft was smooth and a light colour, though because it was glowing she did not know the exact colour it was. She could not make out any windows. The craft was at least the size of a double decker bus and was hovering silently and motionless. Crosby Road is quite narrow, and there are many telegraph wires. Rachel was amazed that it had managed to fit down between the housing without hitting anything. Drawing of the disc-shaped craft: 📷 Rachel shut the curtain and turned to look back at Dave, who was still asleep. When she did she could actually feel a change in energy. She moved to the side of the window against the wall, almost hiding from the craft. She then lifted the edge of the curtain and peeked out a second time. The craft was still there but had begun moving along the street on a straight course. Realising it was going to depart, she again loudly called Dave but he wouldn’t wake. She kept looking between him and the craft until it had disappeared from view. She went back over to the bed and shook Dave quite heavily, trying to wake him up to tell him about what she’d just witnessed. But no matter how hard she tried he wouldn’t wake up. Rachel didn’t want to go back to bed, as otherwise she may dismiss the incident as just a dream, so she stayed up for the rest of the night, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. As it got light she went back upstairs and sat next to Dave until he woke up naturally. In doing this, it confirmed for her that the incident was real and had taken place. She told him about what she had seen but he wouldn’t believe her and said “What are you on about? You’re whack you are!” She took the next few days off work, during which she felt unusually tired, and thought about what had taken place a lot. After this incident, she still heard the clicking sound, but it was much less frequent. Looking back at the incident, Rachel feels that they may have been trying to get her attention, but once she’d seen the craft there was less of a need to do so anymore. She also feels that she had seen the white light on other occasions too but had not checked to see what was causing it. She cannot remember whether these other events happened before or after the sighting of the craft. This incident has many classic signs of contact, and it is possible that it occurred just prior to, or more likely just after, a contact experience. Obviously the sighting of the craft was very impressive and for myself confirms that there was extraterrestrial involvement. But the vibrations and clicking noises, and the way that she could not wake her boyfriend at the time, have also been reported many times by contactees. It is both mine and many other contact researchers’ belief that the ETs have a way of “shutting down” individuals, and may well be using some form of time or dimensional distortion. The fact that Rachel remained awake after the experience also proves that it took place and was not just a dream. Multi-Coloured Orbs Ever since her 20s, Rachel has enjoyed going camping in both Scotland and Europe. She loves being away from the city and she is also very fond of staring up at the night sky. She particularly likes Scotland, it has always been a spiritual home for her where she feels at ease. In the early 1990’s, she went on a camping trip with her then boyfriend Steve, and two friends Lee and Ann. They had booked in at one of their favourite campsites on the East coast of the Isle of Skye - Torvaig Campsite at Portree. They liked this particular campsite as it was close enough to the town to easily walk between the two. They had been in town having a couple of drinks at a pub, and returned to the campsite. Their tents were pitched near the top of the field. It was May/June, and the weather was very clear, so Rachel decided to stay outside a while. She lay down on the grass and looked up at the stars, while Steve went to sleep in the tent. It got to about 1am and she needed to go to the toilet. The toilet block was down at the lower end of the field. She got up and started walking down to it. As she got near, she suddenly noticed something which made her abruptly stop. Next to a portacabin she saw what looked like a number of glowing orbs of energy in the air. They were about the size of footballs. One was a reddish-pink colour, one blue-green, and one yellow-white. The reddish-pink one remained the same colour, but the other two were slowly changing in colour. The orbs were floating slowly around each other and appeared to be pulsating. Drawing of the orbs in front of the hedge and next to the portacabin: 📷 Suddenly there was a bright flash of energy which surrounded all three of the orbs. Then the blue-green and yellow-white ones appeared to fade away, while the reddish-pink one moved up and over the top of a hedge and down behind it out of sight. Rachel continued to watch, and felt that the remaining orb was still there hidden behind the hedge. She felt too nervous to get any closer, so gave up on the idea of using the toilet, and walked back up to the tent. She was curious to see if the reddish-pink orb would reappear so she sat down outside the tent and watched. About half an hour went by and nothing else had taken place. In the end she plucked up courage, walked back down the field and took a look behind the hedge, but there was nothing there. This put her at ease and she went back to the tent and fell asleep. In the morning she told the others about what she had seen. Over time Rachel forgot this incident had occurred at all. However when she contacted me to arrange our initial meeting, she was trying to think of all the things that had happened to her over the years, and it came back to her. The orbs that she saw are another sign that she was possibly being monitored/observed at the time. A Possible Abduction Between 1992-95, Rachel had another experience while camping in Scotland with Steve. She is not sure whether it was a real event or not - she feels it was perhaps a lucid dream of some kind. However taking all her other experiences into account, there is certainly a possibility that this incident actually took place. In the middle of the night she woke up in the tent. It was quite cold and still very dark. She then became aware of a growing light coming from outside of the tent. She initially thought it was a car driving round the campsite with the headlights on. It seemed bizarre to her that someone would be doing this at such a time of night. The light continued to get brighter. She then heard what sounded like the whirring of a helicopter, but the tent was not blowing at all. Then a man’s voice spoke to her, asking her to step outside. Rachel looked at Steve but he was asleep. She decided not to wake him. Peeping out of the tent she saw two men standing outside wearing dark clothing. She felt they looked uniformed like police or military and appeared to be wearing plain black trousers and bomber jackets. Their features were obscured by a bright white light coming from behind them. She doesn’t know why she did this, but Rachel then got out of the tent. One of the two men started checking her up and down. Looking to her right she saw another young man who was looking around bewildered. He appeared to not know what was going on. She asked him what the two men were doing and he just shrugged. Suddenly a white beam of light came down from the sky onto the other man. He then started drifting up into the air in the light! He was moving his arms and legs around and looked amazed at what was happening to him. Then she herself was suddenly flooded in bright white light, and everything else around disappeared. Next thing she knew she found herself in what appeared to be a holding room of some kind. The walls were a dull metallic colour and there were no objects in the room at all. She could see a number of doors in the walls. The room was dimly lit, but she could not see the source of the light. The other man was nowhere to be seen. She was sitting on a seat which was jutting out of one of the walls. She felt a crushing pressure inside her whole body, like she was being transported somewhere. She then found herself in a different room. She remembers lying down on a bed of some kind, with a blanket pulled up around her. Her surroundings were very clinical looking, similar to the places she had seen in her visions when younger. There were a number of human-looking people walking around. Rachel does not remember what happened next, or anything else about the incident. She wonders whether it was real or not, and whether she was experiencing it for herself or seeing through the eyes of the man who got taken up in the beam of light. She does not remember whether she spoke to Steve about the incident or not. She does remember him panicking about something which had taken place, as if he had seen something or got a glimpse of what was happening to her, but she doesn’t know whether it was related to this experience or something else. Rachel could well have been taken on board a craft during this experience. It has many signs linking it with a “classic” abduction scenario. It is possible that the white light was coming from a landed craft, and that the two mysterious men were actually alien beings using a screen memory to mask their true appearance. Again Rachel saw a clinical environment with humans walking around working on things, just as she had when she was young on numerous occasions. This may not necessarily be what her surroundings really looked like; it could possibly be a screen memory of the interior of a craft. If this is the case, then it shows that she has been taken numerous times since her childhood. Visions in Her Hands In the mid-1990s, Rachel was invited on a hen weekend to a forest holiday park in the Lake District (which is now Centre Parcs). They were due to spend the weekend in a log cabin. Rachel really likes the forest, but didn’t know what to expect as she had never been away with just girls before. There were eight in total, herself, three others from Birmingham, and four work friends of the bride-to-be. Over the weekend Rachel shared a room with her friend Karen. One of the nights she lay awake in bed. She wasn’t tired and wished the evening had gone on for longer. She heard Karen roll over and fall off to sleep. Finally she managed to drop off after a long while. In the middle of the night she woke back up, feeling very energetic like she had drank lots of coffee. She opened her eyes and looked around the darkened room. Her mobile phone was on the floor next to the bed by her clothes. On the top of it was a green LED. She could see the glow coming from this light, and thought to herself “That seems really bright”. It was bugging her, so in the end she got out of bed and put the phone across the other side of the room. She got back into bed but kept staring at it. Suddenly the light from the LED seemed to grow in brightness. It got bigger and bigger until it was lighting up a small area of the floor. She began to get very spooked out by what was happening, but then remembered that Karen was in the same room and this helped her feel safe. She then heard a male voice speak to her. The voice seemed to come from inside her mind rather than from the room itself. It asked her to sit with her feet overhanging the side of the bed. Rachel wondered if she was really hearing the voice. She tried ignoring it, thinking it must be her imagination. The voice spoke up again “Please, I know you can hear me”. It continued in this manner and in the end she decided to go along with what it was asking her to do. She sat on the edge of the bed. Then the voice said “Put your hands together on your knees and turn them over”. When Rachel did as she was asked, a moving vision appeared in the palms of her hands, like staring at video footage. The first thing she saw was an old looking village. There was an elderly man with his back turned to her, walking along a road through this village. The man turned to look towards her, then continued walking away until he had vanished into the distance. Next she started to see flowers in a field, then butterflies. She saw a single butterfly flying away from her, and her view followed behind it. As it flew, the surroundings went from bright sunlight to darkness. Eventually it was flying over a muddy brown field. In the distance she could see bright flashes of light, and she started to feel very cold. The butterfly began to descend and she saw what looked like long lines carved into the ground. As she got closer she could see these were trenches, and she realised she was in World War One. The butterfly flew down into one of the trenches, heading past many soldiers who were chatting and smoking. This is where the second vision ended. Rachel knows that she was shown something else but cannot remember what. At the same time as watching these visions she got a sense that something was outside the log cabin in the forest. She could feel energy in the room coming from whatever it was. Rachel had no idea how long the situation went on for, but it felt very real to her at the time, and was completely conscious of the incident when she woke up in the morning. She also felt very tired the next day, which proved to her that she must have been awake for part of the night. She feels that she was shown the visions for some reason, but currently has no idea what this could be. She is not particularly interested in World War One so does not feel that it was just a dream. The fact that she had a strong recall of the entire event also suggests it actually took place. Black Triangles Easter 1997, around the time her dad passed away, Rachel went on holiday by herself to the campsite on the Isle of Skye where she had seen the orbs. Steve had gone to Ireland with friends, but she felt like she needed to get away from things and relax. She camped almost at the same spot as before, up the top of the field. She remembered seeing the orbs and wondered if something else was going to happen. It was her first night on the campsite. At an unknown time she woke up with a strong feeling of dread. It was very dark and absolutely silent. She had a vision in her mind of a large black triangular craft in the sky. It had no lights on it at all but was huge and blocked out the stars. It was hovering above a nearby mountain that could be seen from the campsite. One of the corners of the craft was hidden behind the summit of the mountain. Despite not seeing it with her own eyes, she felt certain that the object was there. It felt very menacing, especially as she was on her own and felt vulnerable. She covered her head with her sleeping bag and in the end managed to drop back off to sleep. In the morning she remembered the experience. She was still freaked out by what she had felt, and decided to pack up her bags and head home. Drawing of the black triangular craft over the mountain: 📷 Several weeks before we met for the first time, in early March 2010, another incident similar to this one came back to Rachel. She had gone to visit friends in Aberystwyth, and left for home at 9.30pm. She was driving along the road, and it was very quiet. She thought about how anything could happen while she was out there on her own. Then the memories of an incident from 1996 came back to her, and she began to experience the emotions she had felt. She and Steve had been out on a day trip to Wales. Steve used to own a Citroen with a detachable roof. They were driving home with the roof down, and heading towards Shrewsbury. It was quiet and there were hardly any other cars on the road. As it got dark, Steve began to put the roof back up, but Rachel stopped him. She asked if they could continue driving with the roof down. It was clear weather, and this would enable her to look up at the stars on their journey. Steve was worried about getting cold, but Rachel said if it did then they would stop at Shrewsbury and put the roof up. He agreed to this and they continued their drive. As they were driving along the road, Rachel suddenly began to feel that they were being followed. She informed Steve, who just laughed at the possibility, as there was no-one else around. She had a vision in her mind of a black triangular craft quite far behind them and up in the clouds. She looked back but couldn’t see anything. However this feeling stayed with her and she felt very uneasy. After a while Steve put the radio on. This distracted her and the feeling went away. Rachel feels that there may have been other times where she saw this black triangle, but these two stand out the most. What is fascinating about these experiences is that until recently Rachel did not know much about the UFO subject, and had no idea that black triangles are a widely reported craft type. This makes them all the more believable. The Mystery Man In the late 1990s, Rachel and Steve used to own a Citroen camper van, so would sometimes go away for the weekend and camp by the side of the road while on their travels. They were up in Scotland for the weekend. It was the middle of a bright sunny day when they came across a suitable location to camp until the following morning. They pulled over into a lay-by and got out to have a look around. By the side of the road was a ravine with a stream at the bottom. There was a nice area of grass on the slope leading down to the stream, and trees either side. It was a bright sunny day and very quiet and peaceful. Steve walked right down the slope to take a look at the stream. Rachel sat half way down the slope on the grass to soak up the sun. She closed her eyes and breathed in the fresh countryside air. As she sat in the warmth, she heard another vehicle pull into the lay-by. She thought to herself “Oh no! It’s going to be a family with kids and cause a lot of noise”. However when she looked up the slope she saw a car with a male driver. She turned back but was aware that the man had got out of the car. Suddenly the man called down to her, saying “Scuse me! Scuse me!” Rachel didn’t want to have to deal with the man, so she called down to Steve. But when she looked down the slope to the stream, he appeared to have wandered off. Again the man called for her. In the end she got up and walked up the slope to meet him and find out what he wanted. The man was about 45-50 years old, and was wearing T-Shirt and trousers. Initially he appeared to look like an American tourist. She asked him “Can I help you?” At this point the man walked over to his car (a beige coloured Peugeot Estate), reached in through the door and appeared to be rummaging around in the glove compartment for something. He took out an object and put it in his pocket, before walking back over to Rachel. She found this a little odd, but then started chatting casually with the man, telling him about where her and Steve had been to. She realised that he was not American, and instead had a Yorkshire accent. As she was talking she realised the man appeared more interested in the object in his pocket than in what she was saying. He then took out the object. It looked like a beige/grey coloured rectangular electronic gadget with a red/orange coloured LED light on one end. Rachel assumed at first it was a camera flash, but could not see any flash window on it. Suddenly without warning he forcefully put the object onto Rachel’s side, neither gently or fast enough to hurt. She exclaimed “What are you doing?!” The man said “Oh shit, it’s not working!” Rachel wondered if the man was wrong in the head. While she watched with a puzzled expression, the man walked back over to his car. She called out loudly for Steve but he didn’t seem to be able to hear her. She started shouting after the man, asking what he had just done. As she did, he got back into the car and drove off without saying a word. The whole incident was extremely bizarre and Rachel didn’t know what to make of what had just happened. Drawing of the electronic device in the man’s hand: 📷 She saw Steve down by the stream, so walked down and spoke with him, explaining what had just happened. Steve did not have a clue what she was on about. He had not heard the car, and had not heard Rachel shouting for him, even though he was not very far away. It was a quiet day and Rachel is certain that he was within earshot. Steve just brushed off the incident and reacted quite coldly to it. Rachel couldn’t understand why he was acting in such a manner, and it caused a bit of friction between them. She went back over to the grass and sat down with a cigarette. Because of the strange circumstances surrounding the incident, Rachel wonders whether it actually took place. However it is unlikely she dreamed the whole incident up, as directly after it had taken place she walked straight down the slope to talk with Steve, there was no transition where a dream could have ended and real life begun. Rachel cannot understand how he could not have heard her calling him; it was as if the incident happened in an alternative dimension. But perhaps Steve really had wandered off along the stream, too far to hear her. Perhaps the mysterious man was just odd and had built some kind of device which he believed would do something to Rachel, which of course could have quite disturbing overtones to it. Or perhaps this experience really was something else to do with her contact experiences. Many contactees and UFO witnesses over the years have reported visitations by the infamous Men In Black. The fact that the man Rachel saw was not wearing black is regardless; there is the possibility that this incident was an experience of this type. Heightened Activity Rachel and Steve shared a house on Sherlock Road in Coventry for quite a few years. Steve wanted to move to New Zealand, but Rachel wasn’t interested in the idea. In April 2001 Steve decided to leave, and broke up with Rachel. Before this point Rachel had experienced unusual things but not paid much attention to them, however once Steve had left and she was alone in the house she became much more aware of things that were out of the ordinary. Whether triggered by the situation or not, many bizarre occurrences took place. Aerial map of Sherlock Road: 📷 Paralysis For several months before Steve left, he and Rachel slept in separate rooms. While Rachel was just getting used to this she experienced a very un-nerving incident. She had dropped off to sleep and was having an unusual dream (she cannot remember the exact details of the dream). Suddenly she awoke face down, and found she could not move. It felt like something was holding her down and pushing her head into the pillow. She felt like she was being suffocated and could barely breathe. Rachel shouted out for Steve but found that no words were coming out. She struggled against what was happening, and finally managed to shout out loud. When she did this the feeling completely went away. Despite her call, Steve did not wake up. Rachel openly admits that this experience could have been sleep paralysis caused by the anxiety she was going under at the time, and may not have been anything to do with ET contact, but considering all her other experiences, and the fact that paralysis often occurs during contact, this incident is still interesting. Mind Scanning In the months after Steve left, on occasion Rachel would experience a sudden loud buzzing sound in her head. It would sometimes take place when she was lying in bed and almost dropping off to sleep. At other times it would occur during the night and she would wake up. She would actually feel it moving through her head from one side to the other, and sometimes back the other way. The effect would always be the same, no matter which way she was lying. Before the noise occurred, Rachel would become very alert that something was about to happen, and then she would hear it. It began happening quite regularly, every few days. During the experiences, she would not be paralyzed but would often feel a sense of dread and would lie very still with fear, pulling the duvet up around her. Sometimes she would see indistinct figures or shadowy shapes moving in her room. Mary Rodwell informed me that these experiences are commonly reported, and usually occur before contact takes place. Rachel would sometimes go and visit a clairvoyant. She believed she was genuine and she would tell her lots of things she couldn’t possibly have known. Rachel visited her around the time the buzzing noises were taking place. She was quite distressed at the time because of what was going on, and this would have certainly been visible to the clairvoyant. However, without telling her anything about what was taking place, the clairvoyant said to her “They’re bombarding you with everything aren’t they? They’re making that connection. But what they can’t understand is that you’re only so tolerant, and it’s up to you to control it. If you tell them and not allow them to do it then they won’t, and they’ll be a bit more easy going on you”. Rachel was astounded by what the clairvoyant had said. She has transcribed some of her readings, and is going to look for the transcript to include in this report. The final time the buzzing happened was a much more intense experience than others had been. Rachel was in bed and had her eyes closed at the time. Suddenly it began, and was much louder than it would usually be. It was also accompanied by white light inside her mind. Rachel was terrified; she explained to me that it felt like she was being fried. It felt like it may damage her in some way, like she was getting an electric shock or being “plugged in”. It got too much for her and she shouted out loud “Enough! I’m not having this anymore! Stop doing it, it’s really freaking me out!” The sound and light immediately ceased. Ever since, she has never experienced it again, it was like they had listened to her and agreed to her request. The Second Marking Around the same time as she was experiencing the buzzing noises, Rachel found another unexplained marking on her body. She woke up one morning with the distinct feeling that she had been somewhere. She felt dazed and a little like she was sunburnt. When she tried to think back to where she had been in the night, she could only see glowing white light. Rachel sat up in bed and decided to go and take a shower. While she was in the shower, she suddenly noticed something on her arm. She saw four circular red dots in a precise line on the inner side of her left forearm. They almost looked like burn markings. The circles were quite small and were flat on her skin. It looked like some kind of probe had been put on her. She touched the markings and felt a sharp sting of pain. After finishing her shower, she continued looking at the strange marking on her arm. Touching it again, she found that there was no longer any pain at all. She knew that the marking would continue to bother her, so she put on a long sleeve top so it would be out of sight. Drawing of the marking on her arm: 📷 At several points through the day she looked and found it was still visible. However when she checked it in the afternoon she could see that a couple of the circles had started to fade. By evening time the marking had completely vanished. She has never seen a similar marking on herself since. Rachel is certain that the markings were not insect bites, as she is quite allergic to them, and they would have made the area visibly swell for a number of days. Markings like the one’s that Rachel has experienced are common with contact experiences, and provide physical evidence that something very real has taken place. Just as she describes, these markings usually (though not always) fade and vanish within a number of hours. Visuals On a number of occasions, Rachel would experience visions of events or of coloured lights. These visions felt to her like she was looking at someone else’s experiences rather than her own, they always looked quite distant away from her like they were detached in some way. They would occur either when she was relaxing in the day, or at night-time when lying in bed. On one occasion, Rachel woke up in the middle of the night and saw what looked like a glowing green light at the end of the bed. She felt like she was in a dream-like state, and was not aware of any reason why she was being shown this light. It felt like she was seeing it somewhere else rather than it actually being in her bedroom. At another time she saw blue flashes of light. She lay awake in bed watching them appear. They appeared intermittently for several minutes. They appeared to be energy of some kind rather than actual light. She was certain that they were not coming in from outside of the window. One of the things she saw, which appeared to be the experience of someone other than herself, was quite disturbing. She saw an unknown woman lying on a bed, with some sort of grey coloured energy form on top of her having sex with her. As with her other visions, it appeared to be in the distance, and she was not able to clearly see the features of the lady, but was sure it was not herself that she was looking at. Understandably, this particular vision felt quite un-nerving. This has links with another contactee case I have looked into - the lady named Becky from Gloucester (see 2010 Sightings section). She described events where an unknown figure would come into her room, climb on top of her and have sex before departing. Rachel did start reading the report of this case, and wonders if she had a vision of one of these incidents. However this experience has been reported by other contactees too, and is believed to be linked to particular ET species, so she may not have been necessarily seeing Becky, it could have been someone else entirely. There is even the possibility that it was actually herself, and that she was disassociating the experience by making the woman look different and viewing it from a distance. Precognitive Ability As is common with contactees, Rachel believes that she has heightened senses and that she is precognitive to a degree. She cannot remember many specific things she has said which have then taken place, but she says that it occurs regularly with random thoughts and statements. For example she will be talking with a friend and say something to them without realising it, and then a few days later her friend will come back to her and tell her that it has actually happened. Over recent years this ability has become more apparent to her, earlier in her life she chose to ignore it or just put things down to coincidence. BUFOG Premonition In 2001 Rachel had a very unusual dream. She found herself inside a massive open building. Along the walls were many strange looking landed craft. They were huge and rectangular shaped and covered in windows. She met her father (who had died back in 1997). She started talking with him and he told her he was working on the craft she could see and that he was very happy. When the dream ended, she suddenly got an unknown word in her mind – this word was “bufog”. She wondered what the word meant and even wrote it on a piece of paper and showed it to a number of her friends, asking them what they thought it meant. Of course back then they could find no meaning for the word at all. But soon after getting in contact with the Birmingham UFO Group for the first time she was amazed to see the shortened name we often go by, BUFOG. It seems incredible to me, but both myself and Rachel believe that she may have had a premonition about our group, many years before the group even existed! Rachel feels that this was for a reason, perhaps because through speaking with me and the investigation, including possible regressions which haven’t even taken place yet, she would gain more of an understanding of what is happening to her and this knowledge would make a big impact on her life. Mary informed me that departed souls are sometimes seen during contact experiences aboard craft, which suggests that some of these advanced intelligences work on a similar dimension/level of existence. Perhaps through Rachel’s dream, her father was trying to guide and help her. Distortion of Time While still living in Coventry, Rachel experienced events where her view of time was distorted. This included a number of occasions where she appeared to have missing time she could not account for. One time she appeared to miss several days of her life without knowing they had passed. She only found out about this when she went round to see her friend. She wouldn’t believe several days had gone by until her friend showed her the current date on a calendar. It seems very unlikely that she would have fallen asleep for a few days, so Rachel currently has no explanation for what took place. On another occasion, Rachel woke up without remembering going to sleep. Because of all the strange things that were occurring, she had taken a few weeks off work to deal with what was going on. She was sitting on her sofa, and then the next thing she knew it was night-time. It felt bizarre to her as she had not been relaxing with the intention of sleeping. Missing time is a common occurrence with contact experiences. The ETs have a way of blocking out memories; I suspect this is probably done to reduce the emotional impact on the individuals involved. It is unknown if any of Rachel’s missing time events were down to contact, the only event she can remember in detail is the one described above, and there were no other signs with this which would suggest contact had taken place. However, Rachel does feel that some of her memories have been repressed. She cannot link this to any event in particular, it is just a general belief that she holds. The Walk In Around the same time as when she woke up without realising she’d gone to sleep, Rachel also experienced something much more unusual. She was sitting at one end of the sofa in her lounge. Suddenly she felt she was being asked to move to the back of her own body. She finds this very hard to explain but it was like something asked her inner self to step back and allow another spirit/soul into her body. She was still conscious during this, but could see her arms moving without her asking them to. She tried to speak, and a male voice came out. This situation was quite disturbing for her, and she tried struggling against it. In the end she felt something leave her and that she was back in control of her own body. Rachel has no idea why this occurred at this time. She had not asked for anything like this to take place. However experiences such as this, where an entity comes into the physical body for an amount of time, are common with certain psi abilities. White Shapes In late 2001 just before she sold the house in Coventry and moved back to Birmingham, Rachel experienced something which felt very frightening at the time. One night she was lying in bed finding it hard to get to sleep. She opened her eyes and stared round the darkened room. On the wall to the right of the light switch she saw a strange shape made out of white light. It looked like two crossed sabres without handles. Drawing of the white shape next to the light switch: 📷 She lay there staring at it for quite a while. She then got out of bed and went right up to it and tried to block out the light by standing at different positions around it, but it remained on the wall. She could see no source which could be responsible for the shape. She got back into bed and continued to look at it, and after a while longer it seemed to fade away. Rachel then noticed a circle of white light on the ceiling by the bay window. It appeared to be made from swirling energy which she could see slowly moving and changing. Drawing of the circle of light/energy in relation to the window and bed: 📷 For an unknown reason it felt disturbing to her. She pulled the duvet up over her head and rolled over so she could no longer see it. After a while she fell asleep. Later in the night she woke back up again and looked over, and the white circle of energy was still there. This frightened her even more. She wanted to get up and leave the room but felt too scared to even get out of bed. After staring at it for a while longer, she eventually managed to drop back off to sleep. The next time she awoke, it was daylight and she was very relieved that the morning had finally come. She found that she was covered in a cold sweat caused by the fear of events through the night. She had no idea why this particular incident had been so disturbing for her, for some reason the sight of the white shapes on her wall and ceiling was extremely unpleasant. Possibly something else took place on that night that she is not currently aware of. Seeing Through Another’s Eyes In 2006 Rachel had moved back to Birmingham and was living in a house in Bartley Green. There was a nearby Hare Krishna temple which she used to regularly visit. One day she was standing on the street outside the temple entrance with two other devotees. Suddenly her vision started to go cloudy and fade to black. She felt that she was going somewhere else and asked one of the others present to hold her hand. She began to experience a vision which appeared to be through someone else’s eyes. She found herself in a descending elevator. Looking to her right she saw an American fireman. He looked absolutely terrified. The lift came to a halt and the doors opened. Heavy clouds of dust immediately filled the elevator. She began moving through this thick grey dust and could make out people all around panicking. Some were cowering behind things, others on their knees praying. It dawned on her that she was experiencing a vision of 9/11! This was very un-nerving and she spoke out loud, asking the others to bring her back. They comforted her and held her hand, saying “It’s ok, you’re here, you’re in Moseley”. She was brought back from the vision and found herself back on the street. The whole experience was very emotional and she began to cry. She felt like she had experienced the vision for at least five minutes, but she found out that to the other devotees this had passed by almost instantly. Rachel says there have been several other occasions where similar things have happened, but this is the main one which comes to mind and which she can clearly remember. This type of experience is similar to remote viewing. Mary says she has heard of similar experiences off some of the peole she has worked with. The Being While living at Bartley Green, Rachel used to work at Eaton Automotive in Brierley Hill, Halesowen. Sometimes she would do evening shift work. The buildings had a strange layout which reminded Rachel of army barracks. One evening in 2006 she needed to use the toilet. The toilets were in a separate block away from the other buildings. This block felt very lonely as it was so quiet and remote. Outside of the toilet cubicles in the corridor was a white tiled wall. She was just about to leave the cubicles when she had a sudden vision of a humanoid entity. It only lasted for a split second, it was as if she’d experienced a glimpse into another dimension for the briefest of moments. The being was about 7 foot tall. It had dark coloured skin, but Rachel cannot remember the exact colour. It had a slender frame, with long arms and legs, and its fingers were also very long and thin. Its cranium was a bit larger than normal human proportions. Rachel believes its eyes were black but were not massively oversized like the drawings of Grey beings that she has seen. The being appeared to be unclothed. It was looking directly at her, and appeared to be leaning out from behind something - either a corner in the corridor or actually coming from a slit in the wall itself, like some sort of portal. Drawing of the tall being: 📷 When she saw the being she was more intrigued by the vision than scared. Looking back at the incident, Rachel feels that it was an extraterrestrial, and that they were just making their presence known to her. The toilet block was very clinical looking, with its white tiled walls, and she wonders if this perhaps triggered a memory from one of her other experiences where she visited clinical looking environments when younger (see earlier). However this was not the only time she would get to see this being. Sibling Awareness On a number of occasions through her life, Rachel has gone of Hare Krishna pilgrimages to India. These pilgrimages usually take place in late October/early November. During them, she stays with monks at various temples. She uses the days there to meditate, read and pray. She also attends classes given by her Gurudeva (teacher). The last time she went was in October 2007, where she went for two and a half weeks. Back then, her brother was quite unwell. A couple of weeks before she left on the pilgrimage, she had a strange dream about him. In the morning she rang up to check with her sister that he was ok. Two weeks later, on the way to India, she suddenly started to think about her brother and got quite worried and emotional. When she got to the temple where she was staying, she got the distinct feeling that all was not right, and prayed for her brother to get through whatever was happening. When she got home two and a half weeks later, she found out that the day she had flown to India her brother had got rushed to hospital and had been in intensive care, but had since made a full recovery. Somehow she had sensed that something was wrong. She believes that her prayers helped her brother recover. This incident suggests that Rachel may have remote healing abilities. Contact Through Meditation While she was over in India on the pilgrimage, Rachel thought back to the being she had seen in 2006. She wanted confirmation that she had seen what she thought she had. She decided to ask for an experience with a being from another world. She started to meditate, and during this meditation, she experienced a vision involving the same or similar being to the one from the previous year. In this vision, it was sitting cross legged in front of her, a few feet away. The surroundings were very misty, and it was hard to clearly see the features of the being, but she could make it out enough to know it wasn’t human. This time, the beings head appeared to be emitting light, which she believed may have been a kind of communication. It was holding a cup full of liquid. It reached forward and handed the cup to Rachel, who readily accepted it. She drank from the cup before handing it back to the being, and the vision faded away. Rachel says that she doesn’t remember tasting this drink, she believes it was more symbolic rather than actually taking place, but she was very satisfied with the experience and felt her request to have an experience with an extraterrestrial being had been answered. It felt to her much more real than simply her imagination. Drawing of the cross-legged being: 📷 Soon afterwards, possibly on the same day, Rachel experienced another being during meditation. This time it looked completely different. The being had a very child-like, cheeky appearance. It had a large rounded head with over-sized eyes and long eyelashes. Its hair was wispy and thin, and it had a small nose and mouth. It had a very slender neck, but Rachel does not remember what the rest of it looked like, she was transfixed by the being’s face. The being was actually translucent, but its features were highlighted by glowing violet-coloured energy, making every detail of its face clear to see. The colour of this energy was incredibly vibrant. Drawing of the child-like being: 📷 The being appeared to walk past her vision, looking right into her face as it did so, before vanishing from sight. Rachel felt an overwhelming sense of love from the being, but there was no direct communication with it at any point. She felt a connection to it in some way. This is just a theory, but I do wonder whether this second being was a alien-human hybrid. Some of the features she describes could point to this possibility, such as the over-sized yet normal looking eyes, slender neck and thin wispy hair. However the fact the being was actually transparent, and could only be seen via the energy being emitted from it, gives this second sighting an ethereal aspect. Pinpoints of Light Sometimes when speaking with people, Rachel will see small intense pinpoints of light for a split second. These are usually white, but can also occasionally be red or black in colour. When we were talking, Rachel said she saw one of them, bright white in colour, appear next to my head. She also saw a white light over Rob’s head when he came to give the regression. Rachel distinctly remembers seeing black spots around people when she was young. She does not know the reason behind these, but believes that she is picking up on energy given off by the individuals. Even more bizarrely, sometimes when reading something very interesting to her, she will see one of them appear on the page next to words of importance. Despite Rachel’s belief that energy is the reason behind these lights, she still accepts that there may be something to do with her sight which could account for them. Electrical Interference It is widely known that contactees can sometimes experience unusual interference with lights or electrical equipment. Lights around her house often flicker when she is close proximity to them. This is not a constant flickering but happens intermittently. It happened a couple of times when I was there interviewing her. There could of course be a natural explanation for this activity, but Rachel says they recently got the electrics of the house checked out and they were found to be fine. One time when she was younger, Rachel went out driving in Wales on her motorbike. She was on her way how and suddenly felt like something was observing her. She slowed down to take a look around, and suddenly all the lights on her bike cut off for no particular reason. She tried to switch them back on but nothing happened. She pulled into a lay-by, still with a distinct feeling of being watched. After a short time this feeling left her. She tried the ignition again and the lights came on absolutely fine. They never did this again so she feels that an electrical fault was not an adequate explanation for what had taken place. It was like something had, for a short while, interfered with the lights. Paranormal Activity In both her previous and current houses, Rachel has experienced ongoing paranormal activity that may be linked to her contact experiences. She often hears unexplained tapping noises around the house. These noises have been heard in various rooms and on various surfaces, including the walls, cupboard, doors, picture frames, computer monitor, radiators and windows. They occur randomly both in the day and at night. Rachel is certain that they are not simply being caused by the central heating, subsidence or other normal explanation. They have not been heard just by Rachel – her housemate Adam has also heard them. Also her pet cat sometimes reacts to the noises. At other times she has appeared to stare at a particular location, as if there is a presence of some kind there. The fact that it is not just being experienced by herself proves to Rachel that it is really taking place and not just in her imagination. Apparently 20 minutes before I turned up to interview her on the 22nd March 2010, she heard knocking on a picture frame in the front room. Sadly I did not get to hear anything for myself when I was there, after telling me about her experiences my ears were on full alert! Rachel believes that the noises may be caused by relatives who have passed on and have come back to visit her. Most of the time the noises do not bother her, but once while in bed she heard knocking on the base of the bed, which was a little too close for comfort. While she usually hears only noises, a few times she has also seen tall shadowy shapes out of the corner of her eye standing close to her. These are known as “shadow people” and are often reported by contactees. Rachel believes that there may be the ghost of a cat haunting the house. On one occasion she was seated in her bedroom working at the computer. The cat was curled up on the bed. Suddenly she heard noises on the top of the cupboard, followed by a heavy thud on the floor next to it. It sounded like an invisible animal had leapt off the cupboard onto the floor! Her cat on the bed looked up and stared at the position where the thud had come from like she could sense something there. On other occasions, Rachel has had her hair gently stroked, or felt a touch on her hand, arm or sometimes face. She does not mind it when this happens, as she feels that whatever is doing it means well. This exact same thing has been reported by other contactees, including a number of other contact cases I have personally investigated. In early 2003, when Rachel first moved into her previous house on Holly Lane in Erdington, her friend bought her a small pot of daffodils. She decided to put them on a small table in the living room. While she was relaxing, all of a sudden one of the flowers moved right across to the other side of the pot. Obviously this could have a logical explanation such as a sudden draught, or perhaps one of them was balanced and randomly fell sideways, but it felt unusual to her. She has also smelt unexplained odours sometimes, such as the sudden smell of perfume or cigar smoke. These odours usually last for only a few seconds before fading. She has linked them to particular relatives, and believes that they may be visiting her when they occur. One morning in December 2009, Rachel woke to the distinct smell of toast. She thought that Adam must be making toast for her downstairs. She waited and waited but he did not appear. Later in the day she asked if he had made toast and he denied having done so. Another strange occurrence which has happened a number of times is when Rachel has randomly found the taps running. She is quite a careful person and feels sure she would not be responsible for this. It has occurred sometimes when she is on her own in the house, so she knows Adam cannot be to blame. Paranormal activity of the kinds described above is regularly reported by contactees. It is unknown whether this is directly linked to their contact experiences, or whether it is through heightened awareness that they are more susceptible to detect such things, but it is reported time and time again, far too often to be coincidental. Initial Regression The hypnotherapist I work with on cases involving contact or missing time is named Rob Tudge. He has many years experience in regressing contactees. On Sunday 18th April 2010, Rachel was regressed by Rob at her house. We discussed some of Rachels concious memories of events beforehand, and decided upon which would be most interesting to look into during the regression. The three incidents we decided upon were the triangular marking when she was young, the more recent dots marking which appeared on her arm, and the strange white shapes that appeared in her bedroom. As you will see, under hypnosis Rachel chose the dots marking to go back to. However, remarkably she then began to recount a completely different incident, one which she had not remembered prior to the regression. Below is the full transcript of the regression, interspersed with pictures that Rachel drew directly afterwards. Ro: Just relax and breathe. And what I’m going to ask you to do is imagine yourself at the top of ten steps. You’re looking down these ten steps and there’s a huge wooden door at the bottom of the steps. Just be aware of the temperature up there, the sounds – do they reverberate off the wall or are they muffled? And just continue to breathe for me. You’re standing at the top of ten steps looking down at a huge wooden door. See yourself as a being of light, emenating light, for that is what you are. Surround yourself with it. But you can move without let or hindrance in a perfectly normal way. And I want you to take the first step down into peace and tranquility. And the second step down please. And the third step down. Calm, comfortable, relaxed, completely at ease. Take another step down into peace and tranquility. And another step, half way down. Look around you at the walls on either side. Are they smooth or rough to the touch? How much light is there? And another step down, into peace and tranquility. And another step, and another, and one more. And the final step down into peace and tranquility. So you’re standing in front of the huge wooden door, with the steps behind you. You’re calm, comfortable, relaxed and completely at ease. And in a moment I’m going to ask you to open the door and move through. I’ll tell you what’s on the other side of the door before you move through it. It’s just a room. On the other side of this door is just a room. It’s plain, and neutral. And when you’re ready, step through into that room please. And close the door behind you. Can you tell me what colour your room is? Ra: Green. Ro: Green room. That’s fine, thankyou. Now very shortly Rachel I’m going to ask you to do some counting for me. I’m going to ask you to count backwards from 100 downward. And after counting each number I want you to say the words “deeper and deeper”. And each time you say the words “deeper and deeper” you’ll get deeper and deeper relaxed. And before you say each number I want you to envisage that number in your minds eye. And you will notice something pretty interesting. Each number will become smaller and fainter than the one before it. And after a while the number will be so small, so faint that you won’t be able to find it anymore and we’ll stop counting. So start counting backwards from 100 and start saying the words “deeper and deeper”. Ra: 100, deeper and deeper, 99, deeper and deeper, 98, deeper and deeper, 97, deeper and deeper, 96, deeper and deeper, 95, deeper and deeper, 94, deeper and deeper, 93, deeper and deeper, 92, deeper and deeper, 91, deeper and deeper, 90... Ro: That’s right. And now what I’d like you to do is put those numbers above your head. What I’m going to do now is count to three, and snap my fingers, and when I snap my fingers I want you to clear those numbers from above your head. And as you clear those numbers so you clear your mind. One, two, three. Have you cleared your mind, yes or no. Ra: Yes. Ro: Rachel I’ll shortly be talking to your subconcious mind, and I’ll be talking to your subconcious mind as if it’s another person. And I don’t want you to think about my questions, don’t consider your answers but just give them as quickly as they come. I’ll count to three and snap my fingers, and when I do your subconcious mind will appear as a shape, a picture or a symbol or a colour. One, two, three. Tell me what you have. Ra: I’ve got blue energy. Ro: Where? Ra: At the doorway area. Ro: Blue energy, are you Rachel’s subconcious mind, yes or no? Ra: Not sure. Ro: Ok. One, two, three, and you will become the blue energy. One, two, three. Blue energy, are you Rachel’s subconcious mind, yes or no? Ra: Yes. Ro: Thankyou subconcious mind for appearing in that way. Subconcious mind, would it be appropriate to go back in safety and comfort to one of the three incidents. Ra: Yeah. Ro: Which incident would you like to go back to? Ra: Number two. Ro: Number two, ok. I’ll click my fingers and you will be Rachel again. One, two, three. Rachel, there’s a door in the wall, not the one you came in through, one in the opposite wall. On the other side of that door is incident number two, and it will be twelve hours previous to the incident that took place. Do you understand? Ra: Yes. Ro: You are protected and grounded, and I will look after you. When you are ready, and not before, I’d like you to open the door, step through, and tell me what you see. Ra: I’m trying my hardest. Ro: That’s fine. Ra: I can see energy. Ro: You can see energy. Are you through the door completely? Make your way through the door when you can, in your own time. You are protected, and you are grounded. This is for your honest good. Make your way through to where you’re supposed to be, twelve hours before the second incident. Are you ok? Ra: Not sure. My face is twitching loads. Ro: Just relax, you’re ok. You’re protected and grounded. Ra: I’m sitting in a garden. Ro: That’s good. Do you recognise it? Ra: Yeah. Ro: Where is the garden? Ra: It’s in our house. Ro: And where is the house? Ra: In Coventry. Ro: Ok. How old are you? Ra: Hmmm...I think I’m about twenty something. Ro: You’re twenty something. You’re sitting in the garden. Ra: Right. Ro: What sort of day is it? Ra: It’s a bit sunny and a bit cloudy. Ro: Why are you at home sitting in the garden? Ra: Saturday. Ro: It’s Saturday. And you’re enjoying your Saturday sitting in the garden. Ra: I’m sitting on the doorstep. Ro: Are you alone or with others? Ra: On my own. Ro: Can you go forward now to the next significant incident? Ra: I heard somebody in the kitchen. Ro: You heard somebody in the kitchen? Ra: Mhmm. Ro: What do you do? Ra: I look, go in, but there’s nobody there. Ro: There’s nobody there. Ra: But I know there’s someone around. Ro: And what happens then? Ra: I look in the other rooms. Then I go back in the kitchen, and I go and see if John’s there. I’m concious of the fact that there was someone there. Ro: There was somebody there? Ra: Mmm. I heard them. Ro: What did you hear exactly? Ra: Not sure. Ro: Ok. Just relax. Ra: Mmm. Ro: And what happens next? Ra: I’m back outside. I shut my eyes. ‘Cause it’s sunny. Ro: Yes. Ra: And I think about nice things. But I start thinking about spaceships. Ro: You start thinking about spaceships? Ra: Mmm. And it frightens me a little. Ro: Could you tell me why thinking about spaceships would frighten you a little bit? Ra: ‘Cause of the sound, a connection with it. Ro: Uh-huh. That’s what you think, there’s a connection? Ra: Yeah. Ro: Is the sun still shining? Ra: Yeah. Ro: You’re thinking about spaceships in the light. Ra: Mhmm. Ro: How long do you sit there for thinking about spaceships for? Ra: I sit there and have a cup of tea basically. And then I put the radio on. Ro: Mhmm. Ra: I put radio four on. Ro: Yes. Ra: Which I do ‘cause my dad likes radio four. Ro: Ok, your dad likes radio four. So that’s familiar to you. Ra: Mmm. Ro: Can you remember what the program was? Ra: A gardening one. Ro: A gardening one. Do you listen to the whole program? Ra: No. I’m not really listening to it. Ro: You’re not really listening to it. What are you doing? Ra: I’m listening for other things. Ro: You’re listening for other things. And do you hear other things? Ra: I’m not sure. There’s cars going past. Ro: You hear the cars going past? Ra: Mmm. Ro: What happens next? Ra: I go upstairs. I look around the rooms. And then I look out of the windows. I’m waiting for my partner to come back. Ro: Ok. So you’ve checked all the rooms upstairs, you’re looking out of the window, waiting for your partner to come home. Then what happens? Ra: I sit in the back room upstairs. Ro: Ok. Ra: And I lie down, and I think about what I’ve just experienced. Ro: What have you just experienced? Ra: When I heard something in one of the rooms. Ro: But you checked the kitchen, and you checked the rest of the rooms. Ra: Then I sit up, wondering if they’re still there. And I kind of walk around, just looking, not really looking at anything in particular. Ro: Just looking. Ra: And then I sit at the table in the kitchen. And I look the food that there and wonder if I should cook something. Ro: Can you tell me what time it is approximately? Ra: Don’t know, just after lunch time. Ro: Mhmm, just after lunch time. So you’re thinking about cooking something? Ra: Mmm. It’s about 2 o’clock. And then I’m wondering if I’m staying in tonight or going out. And I think that I will stay in because I’m not feeling like I want to go out. And then I don’t bother cooking, but I make another cup of tea. Ro: And what happens next? Ra: I sip my cup of tea. I want to read a book but I don’t really have anything I want to read. Radio four’s still going. Ro: It’s still going? Ra: Mmm. So I turn it off. And I put some music. But after some time I don’t want to listen to that. Ro: Ok. And what happens next? Ra: I’m sitting near the window. I look out at the people outside. Watch cars go down the road. Then I see the next door neighbour cleaning his car. So I hide. Ro: You hide? Ra: Behind the curtain. I don’t want him to see me looking. And the back doors still open. And it’s really quiet. Ro: Mhmm. Ra: I want to go for a walk, but I don’t really know the area. There’s an alleyway at the back of the house, like an entry, where I go and have a walk sometimes. Ro: And what happens next? Ra: I’m not sure. I read a magazine. Play Patience with cards. And then Dave comes home. Ro: Uh-huh. Ra: He takes his suit off. Ro: Yes. Ra: He eats some food. He’s bought some. Ro: He’s bought something? Has he bought some for you? Ra: Think his mum gave him it. He wants to go out. Then I tell him about what I heard. He thinks it’s a bit weird. Ro: I see, so you explain about the noise you heard? Ra: Yes Ro: And he thinks it’s a bit weird. Ra: So we sit there talking about it. And then I tell him I’m not going out. He’s ok. Ro: He’s ok. Good. Ra: And then later on he does go out. Ro: Right ok. What time does he go out? Ra: I can’t remember. Ro: Right ok. And what do you do when he goes out? Ra: Listen to music. Got an old black and white TV. Ro: Yes. Ra: That he brought with him when he came from his mums. And I try and get it to work. And I hear it for a little while but then it cut off. I leave it for him ‘cause we haven’t got another. And that’s it then. Play Patience. Ro: Is it light now? Ra: Dusk. Ro: Dusk. Ra: After some time...Dave comes home with booze. But I don’t drink anything. And I watch him, I listen to him talking. Ro: Mhmm. Ra: I watch him drinking. I’m still very full of what happened earlier. Ro: Yes. Ra: I don’t feel the same. Ro: You say you don’t feel the same? Ra: I keep thinking about it. Ro: You can’t put it out of your mind. Ra: No. Ro: And what happens next Rachel? Ra: I go and light some incence and lie down. And the windows are open in the room, ‘cause it’s still warm, and the curtains are blowing. Dave’s gone out. Ro: He’s gone out again. Ra: So I’m aware that it’s quiet. I lie on the bed, and I’m waiting for something to happen. Ro: You’re waiting for something to happen? Ra: Mmm I think so. I see lots of purpley-blue light, like orbs. Ro: You see them in your room? Ra: Yeah. But I’m not in my body. Ro: Ok. Ra: And I see lots of lights. They’re flashing. Like disappearing and reappearing, not flashing. Ro: I understand. Ra: Appearing and disappearing. Ro: Mhmm. Where are the lights in relation to you? Ra: On the other side of the room. Now they’re over here. Now they’re over there. In the corner. Now they’re over here. Ro: Do you follow them with your eyes? Ra: Yeah. And then there’s this big pile of them come through the ceiling. Ro: Come through the ceiling. Ra: And then they go away. And then there’s a few again in the corner. And I don’t know what’s going on. And the curtains are still gently blowing. Ro: Do these lights seem vaguely recognisable? Like patterns or symbols or something you can recognise? Ra: No. They look random. Ro: What would you say the size of them is? Ra: They vary as they come in and out of the energy. Ro: Could I ask, what are you thinking of at this time? Because the noise in the house earlier disturbed you. Ra: Mmm. Ro: And you’re seeing these lights come in your bedroom through the ceiling. What are your thoughts on that? Ra: The same. A little bit anxious, but I’m ok. Ro: You’re ok. Ra: I don’t know what it is. Ro: You don’t know what it is. Ra: Then I see this red light. Ro: And where are you seeing that. Ra: It’s a beam. Ro: A beam. Ra: It’s not like a red light. Ro: I understand, it’s truncated. Ra: Yeah. Like a rod. Ro: Like a rod. How wide is it? Ra: It’s the other side of the room. Maybe it’s 6 inches, on the other side of the room. Ro: It hasn’t got a top or a bottom? Ra: No. Then there’s a green piece that comes onto it. I don’t know how to explain. Ro: Thankyou. A green piece joins the red rod is that correct? Ra: Yeah. And then it merges. 📷 Ro: And you’re just looking at that red rod with the green piece attached? Ra: Yeah. Ro: How do you react to seeing that? Ra: That really astonishes me. Ro: Astonishes you. Ra: I think I realise then what’s happening. Ro: What is happening? Ra: I’m going somewhere. Ro: Explain to me about going somewhere. Ra: I’m not in my world...that I know. But I’m still in my room, ‘cause I can see it. Ro: You’re not in the world that you know, but you’re still in your room. Ra: Yeah I can still see my room, but I’m starting to appreciate another dimension. Ro: So you’re looking at the red rod with the green attachment, and you realise you’re not in your room. Ra: Mhmm. Ro: There’s an alteration to the dimension you’re in, is that correct? Ra: Mhmm it is. Ro: So what happens next? Ra: The red rod disappears into itself. Ro: Yes. Ra: I look at the blue orbs, and they’re not there anymore. And I look around and the floor is shiny. Ro: Your floor is shiny? Ra: Mmm. Ro: When you say your floor is shiny... Ra: It’s like metal. Ro: Metal. So you’re telling me it’s a metal floor? Ra: It looks that way, but I can still see my room. Ro: Ah ha. Ra: And it’s lower than my room floor. Ro: I see. Ra: And I’m not standing on it, I’m still standing in my room. Ro: So you’re standing. What are you thinking as you observe this. Ra: It’s pretty far out. I’m looking for other clues. Ro: You’re looking for clues of what you see. Ra: I’m looking for a wall maybe. Ro: A wall, ok. Ra: I can’t see anything. Ro: But the metal floor is shiny. Ra: I put my hand out but all I can feel is the wall of my room. Ro: How do they feel to you? Do they feel familiar, or do they feel different? Ra: Cold. Ro: The walls are cold to the touch? Are you expecting that? Ra: Maybe. It’s a North room. It’s a North facing room. Ro: It’s a North facing room. Ok. Ra: And I’m looking through the door from my room, onto the landing, and it looks normal. Ro: That looks ok? Ra: It’s just in my room. Ro: It’s just your room. Ra: And I’m looking for the blue orbs, but there’s nothing there. Ro: There’s nothing there. Ra: But the red rod, I’m looking in the space where it was. Everything seems really weird. So I shut the curtains, and shut the windows, and lie back down. The incence has finished. And then I go to sleep. Then there’s a vibration. Ro: So you’ve got your eyes closed I take it, at this point? Ra: Yeah. I’m lying down again, and I can feel the vibrations, and I think it’s me. Ro: You think you’re vibrating? Ra: Mhmm. But I’m not sure. Ro: But you’re feeling the sensation of vibration. Ra: Mhmm. I look at the curtains, they’re not blowing anymore ‘cause the windows are shut. Ro: You’re still feeling that vibration? Ra: A little. I’m looking at the floor where I saw the other floor, it’s not even there. Ro: Ok. Ra: I see a light. I’m lying down, and the light starts from inside my head. Ro: The light starts from inside your head. Ra: The third eye. Ro: Yes. Ra: The light starts from my third eye, and it gets really intense. Looking across the room, but it’s not me, it’s in the room. Ro: The light is in the room but it emenated from your third eye? Is that correct? Ra: Mmm. Ro: But you think it’s not you? Ra: No. Something else. Ro: What colour is it? Ra: Yellow. Yellow-white. Ro: Yellow-white, ok. Ra: I feel like I’m being drawn to the light. And I feel like I’m being sucked away somewhere, my inner body. Not my physical body. Ro: Ah I understand, ok. Ra: The light is drawing me out. Ro: The light is drawing you out, is that correct? Ra: Yeah. Ro: In which direction are you being drawn? Ra: Just upwards. Ro: Upwards. Ra: And out. No particular way. Ro: I understand. Ra: And then I look down and I can see my body. And I look around the room and everything’s the same, apart from one thing. Ro: What’s that? Ra: The red rod’s there. Ro: Ah ok. Ra: The green thing’s disappeared. Ro: It’s just the red rod now. Ra: Yeah. Ro: And you’re looking down on the red rod and your body? Ra: And I’m going towards the floor level, and I’m on the floor, and I’m walking around the red rod. Ro: You’re walking around the red rod? Ra: Mmm. Ro: Can you feel anything? Ra: Just intense energy. Intense energy. Ro: Intense energy. Ra: Mmm. I’m seeing other things when I look through. Ro: You’re seeing other things... Ra: When I look through. I’m not sure, it’s inside. Ro: It’s inside the red rod. Ra: Yeah. Ro: Do you recognise anything? Ra: No. It feels ok. Ro: It feels ok. You’re calm and comfortable. Ra: Yeah. It seems metallic, but it’s not, it’s energy. I don’t understand, how can that be? Ro: Maybe its metallic and energy at the same time. Ra: Maybe not that, maybe around. Ro: Maybe around. Ra: Then there’s green light. Ro: Where do you see that? Ra: The other side. Now I’m not in my room. Ro: Where are you now? Ra: Somewhere else. Ro: Can you tell me where you are? Ra: I don’t know. It’s a really big room. Ro: A really big room. Can I ask you to look at the floor again? Ra: I can’t see it. Ro: You can’t see the floor. Ra: They’re not showing me. Ro: That’s ok. Who’s they? Ra: I don’t know. Ro: You’re aware, can you see them? Ra: They’re not showing themselves. Ro: They are not showing themselves. Ra: No. Ro: Can I ask you if you are aware of some entities around you? Ra: Yeah. But they’re being good, they don’t want to frighten me. Ro: Are you sensing love? Ra: No. They’re protective. They want me to see but they don’t want to frighten me. Ro: They want you to see but they don’t want to frighten you. Ra: Mmm. There’s a green light. And it’s moving. It looks like a face, but there’s no body. I’m not sure what I’m seeing. Ro: It’s green light, and it looks like a face, and there’s no body. Ra: Mhmm. Ro: Is it level with your face? Ra: A bit taller. Ro: Just have a look at that face for me. Ra: Mhmm. Ro: Can you describe it to me? You’re perfectly safe and calm, this is just a memory. 📷 Ra: It’s quite normal looking, but different. Ro: It’s quite normal looking, but different. What’s the little difference in it? Ra: Skin. It looks thicker, not like human. But human to a point. Ro: It’s a human looking face, is that correct? Ra: Yeah kind of. Ro: Thick skin. Ra: Eyebrows are higher. Ro: Eyebrows and eyes? Ra: No eyebrows are higher. Ro: Oh higher. I’m sorry. Just keep looking at the face. Ra: Mmm. Ro: Describe it as best you can. Ra: The ears are real set back, more at the back of the head. Ro: Mhmm. Ra: I can’t really see it ‘cause it’s green, glowing. Ro: Ok just describe what you see. Ra: But the clothing, they’ve got clothing, I can’t see much of it. Ro: Ok. So you can see more of this particular figure now is that correct? Ra: No, I’m nearer. Ro: Oh you’re nearer. Ra: It’s coming towards me. Ro: Ok. Can you see clothing? Ra: Round the neck. Ro: Mhmm. Ra: I’m looking, I can’t really see it ‘cause the energy’s moving. Ro: The energy’s moving. Ra: Yeah. It’s like a purple collar around his neck. And there’s green energy from his head. Ro: Green energy from his head. Ra: Yeah. Ro: Does it follow the shape of the head? Ra: Mhmm. Kind of. And then goes off into a spiral at the back. Ro: Ok. Ra: I’m looking at the room now. It looks really black, but in the distance I can see things, not sure what they are. Ro: That’s ok. Is the figure still by you? Ra: Yes, he’s looking. Ro: He’s looking at you. Ra: Mmm. Ro: Have a look at the eyes. Could you describe the eyes of this figure to me? Ra: They’re like brown, hazel, with orange bits in. Ro: Brown and hazel, with orange bits in. Ra: Hmm. Ro: Are they large eyes? Small eyes? Ra: Bigger than ours. Ro: Set wide apart or close together? Ra: About the same. Ro: About the same, that’s fine. What sort of nose does this figure have? Ra: Really thin. Ro: When you say thin, do you mean it’s narrow? Ra: Hmm narrow. Ro: Mhmm. What sort of mouth can you see? Ra: Thin lips. Ro: Thin lips. Ra: Mhmm. It doesn’t say anything. Ro: Just looking at you? Ra: Mhmm. Ro: Is it a stronger jaw or a weak jaw? Square jaw? What can you see? Ra: Thin, small. Ro: Small jaw? Ra: Seems high, but the energy, can’t see it. Ro: Ok. Just looking at you and you’re looking back. Ra: Mhmm...It’s eyes have real oranges and browns in them. Ro: The eyes have real oranges and browns in them. Ra: Mmm. Quite weird. I’m looking at them really close now. Ro: You’re close, or has this thing approached you? Ra: No I walked towards it. Ro: You walked towards it. How do you feel being closer? Ra: Can’t get too close. It’s not possible. Ro: Could you give me a reason? Ra: Energy’s different, so it’s not possible. Ro: Oh I see. Ra: It goes to walk away. Ro: Did it turn? Ra: Mmm. Ro: What do you see? Ra: Just energy. Can’t see it. It kind of disappeared. Ro: I understand. Ra: I didn’t want it to go. Ro: You didn’t want it to leave? Can you tell me why you didn’t want it to leave? Ra: Because it was interesting. Ro: Interesting. Ra: Mmm. And it felt ok. Ro: It felt ok. Ra: And then I’m on my own. For ages. Nothing happened. Ro: You’re just there? Ra: Mmm. And I don’t remember anything else. I’m just remembering what I’ve just seen. Ro: That’s fine. Ra: And I’m in this black room. Ro: Just in the black room, alone, for ages? Ra: Mhmm. Ro: Just alone? Ra: Mhmm. Ro: You can’t remember anything else? Ra: No I’m just thinking about what I’ve just seen. Ro: Yes of course. Ra: And then I wake up. And Dave’s there. And I sit up in bed. Look at the clock. It’s still about three in the morning. Didn’t even hear him come in. And I sit there for ages. Then I look at the incence and it’s gone still. Ro: Mhmm. Ra: And it’s reminded me of what’s happened. I stare at it for ages. Ro: Just staring at the incence? Ra: Mmm. Staring at the carpet on the floor. Remembering what I’d seen. Then I go to the bathroom. And it seems really cold in there. Then I pour the cold water and it warms the room up. Ro: Pour the cold water and it warms the room up? Ra: And it seems weird. As soon as I switch the cold tap on it warms me up. I don’t even touch the water. Ro: Ok. Ra: I still feel strange. And I go downstairs and open the door and I sit on the doorstep out the back, look up at the stars. And then I get cold. And I sit at the table. I don’t know what to do with myself. But I’m ok. Just sit there for about an hour, then I go back to bed. Ro: When you go back to bed are you able to sleep? Ra: Not really. Not properly. Maybe a little bit. And I keep waking up and seeing Dave. Ro: Yes. Ra: And then it’s light outside. So I make some tea. Ro: How do you feel in the daylight? Ra: I’m ok. Ro: And the next morning when you’re up and dressed and you think about your experience, what comes to mind? Ra: Seems weird. When I go upstairs I look at the floor. And I can’t quite imagine what I’d seen. It’s not the same now. It’s just like a dream. But I know it wasn’t. Ro: You know it wasn’t a dream? Ra: Mhmm. In myself I know. Ro: I see. Ra: It’s too...too real. Ro: Too real, I understand. Rachel is there anything you need to say, anything you need to do? Ra: No, it’s ok. I’m ok about it. Ro: That’s excellent. Ra: Just wondering when it’s going to happen again. What will happen next time? Ro: And as you sit there wondering what’s going to happen, I wonder if you could just check your forearms, the inside of your forearms. Just check left and right, and tell me what you see. Ra: A blue light. On my right arm. Ro: You see a blue light on your right arm. Ra: But then it’s not there anymore. Ro: Ok. And what about your left forearm? Ra: No. Ro: That’s clear is it? Ra: Mmm. Ro: Ok. I just want you to breathe for a moment or two. And when you’re ready and not before make your way to the door that will take you into the neutral room please. And perhaps you’ll tell me when you’re there. Ra: Now. Ro: Thankyou. And at this point I’d like you to thank your subconcious mind for helping you with this important work, from the bottom of your heart. Then when you’re ready go through the door and stand at the bottom of the stairs. Ra: Ok. Ro: Thankyou. And bringing all those thoughts and feelings back with you, start to make your way back up the stairs one at a time. Ten to nine. Eight, seven, six. Number five, half way there. Four and three. Two and one. And the top of the stairs. And in your own time, and your own way, taking as long as you need, come back to this room revived, refreshed, and wide awake. Initial Regression Analysis As you can see, Rachel’s first regression went very well indeed. She was able to recount many details about the incident she decided to go back to. Her words seemed very genuine and were definately not considered in advance - she just described things as they happened, including many unimportant minor details. Rachel did not recollect this incident prior to the regression. This does not mean that the incident was wiped from her memory, it just means that over time she had forgotten it had taken place, perhaps due to the many other unusual experiences she has had. After the regression the incident was again clear in her mind, and she remembered it as a real event. The details she recounted she already knew about, so were certainly not imagined while under hypnosis. The reason why she decided to go back to this incident is unknown. It is possible that the incident was of great importance to her subconciously, or because it took place around the same time as the marking (though clearly not the same night). We did not realise she was talking about a different incident until near the end of the regression, it was at this point that I prompted Rob to verify with Rachel that she did not have any markings on her arms. The noise she heard in the house earlier in the day is very interesting - was this some kind of early indication that a contact experience was imminent? Rachel certainly seemed uneasy about the sound, whatever it was that she heard. And soon afterwards she started thinking about spaceships. Could this have been because the noise reminded her of previous contact experiences which had taken place? This certainly seems like a possibility; why else would she randomly start thinking about this? Remember that Rachel has only recently started looking into the UFO/extraterrestrial subject, back in her twenties she was not interested at all or associating her experiences to ET contact. As you have read throughout this report, Rachel has experienced numerous strange anomalies in her bedroom at night. But this was the first time she had mentioned to me blue orbs coming down through the ceiling and the strange “rod” of red coloured energy. It is possible that these were something to do with transporting her to a different place. Looking at the details Rachel described, it appears that in this instance she may not have physically travelled elsewhere, but may have left her body and visited another dimensional reality. Or perhaps at first this was the case, but later when she met the being, she had then been physically taken. Certainly some of her other experiences have physical aspects to them, such as the two markings which she has found on her body. The being that she met with was very interesting, and could possibly have been a Nordic type, an alien-human hybrid or other humanoid species. If it had a sex, Rachel believed it to be male. While quite human looking, it had very thin features and reduced ears and lips. It was also probably bald, although Rachel says that it could have had hair which was hidden by the glowing green energy. The “spiral” she mentions at the back of the head is intriguing, it may possibly have been swirling energy related to how the being was making itself visible to her (Perhaps an indication of some kind of portal through which it was appearing). After the regression Rachel informed me that as the being approached her it appeared to bob up and down, like it was actually walking but the body was not visible. If it was indeed walking, this means the being would have been quite tall - similar to the other visions of the dark coloured entities she has had in more recent years. It does not appear that any contact went on between her and the being; perhaps it was merely observing her, or making its presence known to her for a reason. Or maybe some of her memories of the event have been blocked out. She did mention that she stayed in the large dark room for quite a while, perhaps in reality more was going on at this time, but if so she currently has no recollection of it. The strange temperature changes that Rachel experienced in the bathroom after the incident could have been her body re-adjusting to the normal room temperature, and may not have been to do with turning on the tap. This might suggest that for a time she had physically left her bedroom and was somewhere else, or that her body temperature had been affected by the experience, but it is in no way proof of this. Rachel, Rob and I were all very pleased with how the regression went. Obviously there are many different events she has experienced which we could take her back to using regression, so if she decides to go ahead I’m sure there will be other regressions in the coming months. Conclusion As you can see, Rachel has had many varied experiences, many of which certainly seem linked with ET contact. She feels like she is being shown things for a reason and collecting information. She also feels a sense of mission, though does not know yet the meaning behind her experiences or where they may lead. For many years she could not bring herself to believe that she was experiencing contact, but has now come to terms with the reality that this is taking place, and has been for a large part of her life. Her experiences have changed her perception of the world, and strongly influenced her decisions and thoughts. I am completely fascinated with Rachel’s case, and believe it to be one of the most impressive contact cases I have yet looked into. Just because she is very spiritual in nature, do not make the mistake of assuming that she easily reads into things. Rachel comes across as a very intelligent, logical and sincere lady, one who genuinely trying to figure out what she has experienced. I hope that over time Rachel gains more of an understanding as to the meaning behind everything that has taken place. This investigation is far from over, so this report will be updated with further information as and when it becomes available. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Report The majority of sightings that are reported to the group typically describe spherical, disc-shaped or triangular objects. However sometimes objects of a more unusual shape are also reported. This report covers one such sighting by a highly credible witness – a 49 year old retire police constable named Ian Sawyer. Ian lives in Blackley, North Manchester, and used to be part of the South Yorkshire police force. Several days before Christmas 2009 he had a very unusual sighting which prompted him to get in touch with BUFOG. Sighting Details It was 8.38pm on the evening of 22nd December 2009, and a very clear, still and cold night. There was very little cloud cover and the stars and moon were fully visible. It had been snowing earlier in the day, there was about 3 inches of snow covering the ground. Ian was sitting in his lounge at the computer and having an internet chat with a friend on Yahoo Messenger. The lounge window runs directly behind his computer. The view from the window overlooks the old Booth Hall Children’s Hospital site on Charlestown Road. Suddenly an orange glowing light caught his eye, and he glanced out of the window to see where it was coming from. He immediately caught sight of a very strange large glowing object in the night sky. The object was the shape of a widened crucifix lying sideways, and was glowing a fiery orange colour. At first Ian assumed it was an aeroplane on fire, but then realised it couldn’t be due to it’s shape and size. It had very defined straight edges and appeared as a single solid object. Ian estimates it was 3 or 4 times the size of a jumbo jet. He believed it was situated over a wooded area in the local vicinity, and at least a couple of thousand feet high. The object was moving extremely fast, hundreds of miles an hour, faster than a military jet would fly at. It was on a level flight path heading to the North in the direction of Middleton. Witness drawing of the UFO with notes: 📷 When Ian first sighted the object it was about a 3rd of the way across the view from his lounge window. Due to the speed of the object it was only a couple of seconds before he had completely lost sight of it off to the left of the window. He immediately thought about grabbing his camera but then remembered that the batteries were flat. Because the object was moving so fast it is unlikely he would have had time to photograph it anyway. He moved to the right to get a different view through the window but the object had completely vanished from sight. Map showing estimated position of craft: 📷 Ian returned to his internet chat and decided to tell his friend about what he had just seen. Here is the automatically saved log from the chat: Ian (20:39:02): wtfi just saw something so bizarre Ian (20:39:07): hard to describe Greg (20:39:10): what? Ian (20:39:24): it was moving so fast really fast in the sky Greg (20:39:38): hmm weird Ian (20:39:44): looked like an elongated cross shape that was either bright bright orange or on fire Greg (20:39:59): weird Ian (20:40:17): didnt seem to be losing height just moving fast and at a terrific speed Ian (20:40:53): and – no I have’nt been drinking Greg (20:42:01): didn’t ask about that Greg (20:42:05): well, check the news Ian (20:42:23): yes will certainly keep my eye on it That night Ian had a very bad nights sleep. He was not consciously thinking about the object but believes his sighting may have been the cause. He checked on the news the following day to see if anything was reported which would explain what he had seen but there was nothing. He considered various things which it could have been – amber light reflection from a road gritter or street lights, helicopter lights, atmospheric phenomena – but nothing seemed to fit. Ian is completely mystified by the object, and wonders if anyone else may have also seen it. Sighting Analysis This is a very interesting sighting indeed and has a number of intriguing aspects. The shape of the object seen was highly unusual and one that we have never had reported before. Most usual explanations can be discounted because of the objects appearance and its apparent speed. It did not look anything like a conventional aircraft or helicopter. The nearest airport to where Ian lives is Ringway airport, but this is 14.5 miles North of his position. Due to his previous employment in the police, Ian is very familiar with normal aircraft types and how they appear after dark. The shape was like nothing he had ever seen before, and also the object appeared much too big to be a conventional aircraft. If we consider a moment that the object was actually smaller and closer than how it appeared to be, we can then look at other possibilities. Could the object have been a strange shaped lantern or inflatable? The glowing colour of the object is consistent with Chinese lanterns, however I feel this highly unlikely. Lanterns are usually cylindrical or round in shape. We must also consider the speed at which the object was moving. It was a completely still night, Ian was sure of this fact because the trees in his back garden were not moving at all. For an object to be drifting on a level course at speed, there would need to have been a strong wind blowing. Lanterns also tend to flicker in brightness, but for the brief time that Ian saw the object it remained constantly bright. Due to the bizarre shape and speed I also feel it is unlikely to have been a model of some kind. It is also highly unlikely to have a natural cause, such as a meteorite or earth light. Could the object have been a highly unusual secret military craft? This is unlikely because of the highly unusual appearance, and it seems unlikely that it would be flown over a highly populated city such as Manchester. The nearest military base is Formby, Liverpool, and it is the only base within an hour of his location. After considering the various alternative possibilities, this case remains a true mystery. There is certainly a chance it was a genuine sighting of an extraterrestrial craft. It was a clear night so perhaps there are other witnesses yet to come forward. However it was also very cold, so most people would probably have been indoors. If you believe you may have seen the object, please get in touch with BUFOG. MOD Freedom Of Information Request I have contacted the MOD through Freedom Of Information to see if they had any aircraft in the area at the time of Ian’s sighting. I sent the following request: “I wish to enquire as to whether you had any aircraft flying in the area of Blackley, North Manchester, over or near to the Booth Hall Children's Hospital site, at approximately 8.38pm on 22nd December 2009. If not, were you aware of any or did you detect any on radar?” I received a response from the MOD on 21st January: "The area of Blackley and the Booth Hall Children's Hospital site are located inside the Manchester Airport Control Zone. This zone extends from the surface to 3500ft. Above that is the Manchester civil Terminal Manoeuvring Area (TMA) upto Flight Level 195 (19,500ft) with the civilian airways system above that. All aircraft in the Manchester Control Zone and in the airways system must be in radio contact with civilian air traffic controllers. Monitoring of this airspace is primarily with civilian air traffic radars. The civilian NATS website shows that airspace structure overlaid onto a map of the Manchester area: http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/aip/current/ad/EGCC/EG_AD_2_EGCC_4-1_en.pdf MOD low flying policy gives guidance to pilots to plan their flight routes to avoid overflying major towns with populations over 10,000 people. Consequently, with the combination of the busy civil controlled airspace associated with Manchester Airport and the guidelines for low flying, it is deemed unlikely that any MOD aircraft was operating in the area yopu stated at the time given. The MOD operates over 840 fixed-wing aircraft and over 470 helicopters operating from well over fifty flying Stations around the United Kingdom. The only way to fully confirm whether a military aircraft was operating over Blackley at 8.38pm on 22 December 2009 would be to get every single Station to retrieve and review the individual flight plans for every single aircraft in the MOD. I think you will appreciate that to undertake this detailed review would divert many personnel from operational business and would not be a good use of defense resources. As stated above, all aircraft operating in the Blackley area would have been in contact with Manchester civilian Air Traffic Control. You may wish to direct your request to NATS Plc, the civilian air traffic organisation, or Manchester airport. I hope that this information is useful." MOD low flying policy A Previous Sighting? On 21st September 2009, a man reported seeing an unusual object at Newton St Cyres near Exeter. He managed to photograph the object through his telescope: 📷 Ian says the appearance and colour of the object are similar to what he saw, although in this case it appears from the photograph to be a glowing object with a long trail behind it, where as the object that Ian saw had clearly defined straight edges. Due to this discrepancy, I am not convinced it is the same object, though its similarities cannot be ignored. Here is an article from The Telegraph about the sighting: UFO photographed over Devon Published: 11:32AM BST 24 Sep 2009 Lee Betts, 29, spotted the glowing red shape hovering 1,000ft up in the night sky from his bedroom window. The object moved across the sky for more than an hour on Monday evening before shooting off into the distance. Mr Betts, of Newton St Cyres near Exeter, said he watched the unidentified object through a telescope before taking the pictures at 9pm. He said: ''I couldn't believe it at first. The shape was about 100ft long and there were four lights coming from it initially. The shape moved slowly and it seemed to pivot on a central axis. Then, without warning, a sudden flash of light like a shooting star went across the sky. It was very strange. I have been an amateur astronomer for the past three years and I've never seen anything like it before. It's unexplained.'' A police spokesman said they had not received any reports of a UFO sighting in Devon. Older Related Sighting Below is a link to a report by Billy Booth on numerous sightings of a glowing cross-shaped UFO back in 1967. Coincidentaly the initial witnesses were also police officers: http://ufos.about.com/od/ufohistory/a/flyingcross.htm Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009

On Friday 21st September 2009 I was proud to be given the oppurtunity to organise a group discussion with renowned US political lobbyist Steve Bassett. Steve is currently touring Europe and attending a number of different conferences. The discussion was held around my house south of Birmingham. A number of BUFOG members were invited, as well as David Williams, who is involved with the UK Disclosure Project. 📷 Steve Bassett is the director of the Paradigm Research Group, who's website can be found at http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/, and X-PPAC, the Extraterrestrial Phenomena Political Action Commitee. He has single handedly created a number of key initiatives to hopefully kickstart disclosure of the UFO reality in the USA. These initiatives include the Million Fax on Washington, where he is asking as many people as possible to send letters to President Obama asking for the extraterrestrial presence on Earth to be made known to the American people. He is convinced that disclosure is just around the corner, and that if the US discloses, other countries around the world will shortly follow. The talk lasted for over three hours, during which I directly asked Steve a number of questions about the ongoing UFO cover up and possible disclosure, and others present got to ask questions too. It was very interesting indeed. Steve is clearly a highly intelligent individual, who expresses his views clearly and backs them up with hard evidence. 📷 Below are links to an audio recording of the majority of the discussion. It is split into two wav files, each approximately 1 hour 33 minutes long. It is well worth a listen, especially if you have never heard Steve speak before, and if you do I am sure you will come away convinced that disclosure is a very real possibility and may well happen in the near future. To download each of the files do the following: - Click on the link - On the website page that opens up click where it says "Click here to start download..." - This will open up a  file save box. Click the Save button and choose where you would like to download the file to. - Once downloaded, locate the file and double click it to open it in your default sound playing program. Steve Bassett Talk Part 1 Steve Bassett Talk Part 2 I would like to use this oppurtunity to thank Steve for his time. It was an absolutely fascinating evening and I wish him all the best with his ongoing efforts and endeavours. And when disclosure in the US does come, remember that Steve will more than likely be one of the key individuals who helped bring it about. 📷 If you wish to be kept up to date with latest developments, visit the website and request to be added to Steve's mailing list. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009

Birmingham UFO Group Report In July 1990, Mike Orrell took a photograph at the Inaja Memorial Park, near San Diego, California. This photo appears to show numerous UFOs. It has been analyzed by a number of experts, and both Mike and others believe it to be good evidence for the reality of extraterrestrial visitation. Incident Details On the 1st July 1990, Mike and two friends decided to go hiking at the Inaja Memorial Park. It was about 4.00pm when they reached scenic spot 7 on the loop path around the park. The sun was starting to get low in the sky, and the view of the San Diego river valley was fantastic, so Mike decided to take a photograph using his Canon EOS 650 camera. He did not have a tripod with him so he put the camera down on a memorial rock wall to steady it. Setting it to maximum zoom he then took a single photograph. As it was getting late in the day, the hikers decided to head onward to the exit of the park. A recent photo of Mike at Scenic Spot 7: 📷 A week later Mike got his photographs developed. When he looked at the Scenic Spot 7 photograph something in the upper left corner caught his eye. He could make out what appeared to be nine small flying objects that appeared roughly triangular in shape. On the right of the photograph across the valley, a tenth object could also be seen. At first he thought it was a fault on the photograph, but checking through the others he found no similar anomalies. When he showed the photograph to his friends, one of them suggested that the objects may be a flock of ducks. Mike was not convinced, so he decided to get the photograph enlarged and professionally analyzed. The Inaja UFO photograph: 📷 Zoomed view of the formation: 📷 In an amusing coincidence, two weeks after taking the photograph Mike also found a rock that bears an uncanny resemblance to an alien face in close proximity to Scenic Spot 7. He knew this was a natural formation, but was still interesting. A recent photograph of Mike next to the “alien face” rock: 📷 Photographic Analysis Analysis of the photograph was performed by experts at Chrome Photo Labs in Sorrento Mesa. They first took a look at the negative, and were able to rule out dust in the lens and mechanical defects. When the photograph was blown up, Mike worked out that the nine objects were moving to the right and appeared to be reflecting the setting sun, suggesting that they were metallic. The individual object was moving to the left, as if to join up with the main group. The objects were of a similar size and density, and are irregularly shaped, though roughly triangular. They do not appear to have any appendages or wings sticking out. It was confirmed that the objects were real, but they could not be identified. The individual object appeared to be acorn shaped and has a spike shaped projection on the left side. Close up of the formation: 📷 Close up of the individual object with line added to show shape of left side: 📷 Revelations Mike was convinced that the objects he caught on the photograph were physical craft of unknown origin. Over the following three months he searched for links to his photograph in other UFO sightings, historical artefacts and ancient symbols. He discovered that the acorn shape of the individual object (and some of the others) was similar to the craft seen in the famous 1965 Kecksburg UFO incident. Various images depicting the acorn shape of the Kecksberg UFO: 📷 Mike also discovered that the acorn shape with projecting spike had appeared many times before throughout history/ Below is a selection of pictures illustrating this fact with a description of each: 📷 📷 1) UFO photo by astronaut James McDevitt during a Project Gemini flight over Hawaii on 5th June 1965. 2) Marking on the moon’s surface, named Mare Serenitatis. 3) Large carving at Petra in South West Jordon showing projecting acorn shape. 4) Projecting acorn shaped UFO photograph by Canadian Dorothy Izatt. 5) Egyptian tomb ceiling with projecting acorn shape cut into it. 6) Ancient pictograph shows projection on head pointing upward. 7) Projecting triangle carving in Egyptian tomb. 8) Projecting triangle symbol on the Nazca Plain (photo by Marilyn Bridges). 9) Acorn shaped 150 mile wide crater on the dark side of the moon. 10) The top of Cheops' Pyramid is a projecting triangle. 11) Kachina petraglyph showing walking projecting acorn shape. 12) Mayan artifact once again showing the shape and projection. More information and further revelations can be found by exploring Mike’s official website (Link at end of report). Newspaper Articles National Examiner article: 📷 Slamm article: 📷 Interview Q&A I interviewed Mike via E-Mail to find out more information regarding his photograph and follow up research. Prior to taking the photograph did you have any interest in the subject of UFOs? “As a child growing up in the 1950s and 60s it was my generation that was the first to be grow up with the idea of the existence of aliens and UFOs. Although I wasn't aware at the time about Kenneth Arnolds historic UFO sighting in 1947 followed months later by the now famous Roswell incident, there was enough excitement in the air about the topics to flood the movie theatres and bookstores with many tall tales. Orsen Welles famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast also provided a strong psychological push for more info on UFOs and aliens although I wasn't born yet to share that moment. It was in classic science fiction works by writers like Robert Heinlien, Issack Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Frank Herbert and Robert E. Howard that I really developed my interest in flying saucers as I followed my storybook heroes to exciting adventures on other worlds. Even though their writings were fiction at the time many of their predictions of science and technology have come to pass like the phasers in Star trek which most of us own now in the form of a cell phone. My belief in the existence of aliens and UFOs was cemented in the 1970s when my little league baseball coach, Dennis, introduced me to the science of metaphysics after my father "crossed over" in 1971. When I discovered that three separate authors were writing about the same paranormal realities that were never part of my formal education, I had to accept that there were many unknown truths that I would have to spend my life confirming. To anyone interested in these works I would recommend reading in order the first three books of each of the following authors. T.Lobsang Rampa, a humble monk sent west by his holiness the Dala Lama to describe his remarkable experiences in Tibet. Carlos Castanada, a UCLA Graduate student doing his hypothesis on hallucinogenic plants of native Indians gets more than he bargained for when he's introduced to a real Yaqui Indian Shaman. And what many consider the most important source for "unknown truth" the writings of Poet and Channeler Jane Roberts and her remarkable "Seth Material" where I learned that not only do aliens exist but they seeded our planet and are emissaries from the highest authority who have a lot invested in our development and survival. Of course on that fateful day I photographed the UFOs in 1990 the subject of UFOs or the paranormal was not on my mind while hiking with my two friends.” Do you have any thoughts on why you did not see the objects at the time of taking the photograph? “There is no question that I didn't see the objects at the time because on the negative strip which contains four pictures you can see that the third photo contained the UFOs and the fourth was a completely different scene. I assure you had I seen them I would have taken more photographs of that valley they were hovering over. There was also no chance that my two friends could have seen them because the objects were so far away. Only my zoom lens and camera were there to witness and record the remarkable event. I have, however, always regretted that I did not follow a standard photographers rule and take at least one more photo of the best scenic vista of the entire expedition. That second photo would have shown the same objects in a different position especially the single craft moving to the left on the west side of the valley. It was when I got the film back from Thriftys that I first saw the objects, and had it not been for my earlier training in metaphysics , I would have dismissed them as ‘flying ducks’ like one of my friends tried to convince me they were. Eventually the experts would prove him wrong. The real question is did the fleet of UFOs know I was there and posed for me knowing that I would not dismiss this opportunity because by belief system included the possibility of the existence of UFOs.” When you first saw the objects on the photograph what did you assume they were? “The 4x6 print of the photo that I took at scenic spot #7 at Inaja Memorial Park successfully captured that dreamy blue haze hovering over 18 miles of the San Diego River valley. That was my first impression of the photo. Almost immediately however I noticed what appeared to be a developing error in the upper left corner. Even after examining the strange dots with a magnifying loop I couldn't tell if they were a negative glitch or a flock of birds. Since no other photo in that roll duplicated the dots or captured the valley I decided to enlarge the objects as much as I could in my own Omega C760 enlarger. The results were inconclusive so I went back to that same scenic spot #7 a month later and captured birds and planes in the same area that the objects were and enlarged them. After examining the comparison I was convinced that i had done the impossible and captured UFOs in a one in a billion shot and began by quest for the expert’s opinions.” Who else did you show the photograph to initially and what were their thoughts on it? “My girlfriend was the first but she wasn't a photographer so I showed them to my buddy Jeff who still wants to believe they're flying ducks thanks to our never-ending rivalry. Eventually I became a field investigator trainee for MUFON who instructed me to send my photo and enlargements to Dr. Bruce Maccabee.” After developing the photograph, how long was it till you decided to get it enlarged and analyzed? “It wasn't until I talked to a member of the San Diego UFO Society several weeks later that I realized that I needed to have the objects blown up to grain which I could not do on my own enlarger. After I got the enlargements back from Downtown I was shocked to see how clear the triangular objects appeared.” What were your main reasons for wishing to get the photograph analysed? “Even before numerous experts would eventually authenticate the objects as unidentifiable I was convinced that they were real UFOs after comparing the objects with the birds and planes that I photographed at the same spot. More importantly after the objects were blown up to grain I had discovered a repeating pattern on some of the objects that I also found on other UFOs as well as ancient artefacts. It was a real eureka moment for me stumbling upon this UFO Rosetta Stone but without a professional analysis my theories would not mean a thing.” Who did this initial analysis of the photograph and what was their conclusion as to what the objects were? “The first professional to analysis the photo was Bruce Maccabee who told me over the phone that the objects in the Inaja Photo were unidentifiable and opaque. Although I have never received any written evaluation on the objects it was enough to convince me that I was right about my conclusions. It was Los Angeles Times Bureau Chief Tony Perry who next challenged me to prove my theories to him in person and had his photography department analyze the photo. His headline days later spoke volumes about their conclusions; ‘HEY, YOU THINK IT’S EASY BEING CHOSEN TO SPREAD THE UFO GOSPEL?’. I also had met on two occasions the famous test pilot from Russia Marina Popovich and we exchanged UFO photos. After her delegation analyzed my Inaja UFO Photo she was impressed enough to hold it up during a KGTV Channel 10 interview which was mentioned in my front page Beach & Bay Press article.” Was it this initial analysis that determined the objects were moving and not stationary? “No, in fact I don't recall anyone determining that the objects were moving. It was my own observation of the enlargement of the craft on the right side of the valley that clearly illustrated that the craft was moving right to left. The left edge of the object was a clear and clean acorn shape and the trailing end had left three impressions of itself which accounted for the shutter speed of the camera. One day I hope to get a comprehensive analysis of each of the ten objects.” Did you get the photograph analyzed by anyone else? If so, what were their opinions on it? “The best analysis to date was performed by the experts a Chrome Digital Photo Lab for my CBS Special on KFMB Channel 8. Chrome founder Dennis Reiter declared that “the negative was intact, there was no damage and they appear to be flying objects and they are unidentifiable.” The objects are quite far away on the photograph. What do you feel is the best evidence that they are unidentified craft, and not simply a flock of birds? “It wasn't until the objects were blown up to grain that I became convinced that they really were UFOs. The formation on the left side of the valley was stunning. I could even detect flecks of blue pixels on the underside of some of the craft which accounted for the blue haze in the valley below and a reflection of the sun on the top right which implied that the craft were metallic. Eventually I turned my attention to the single craft on the opposite side of the valley and was not initially impressed. Then as I began to analyze this fuzz ball I realized I could clearly see the left contour was the exact acorn shape that I had just recorded on my VCR of the famous Kecksberg UFO case from December 9th 1965 as portrayed on an episode of ‘Unsolved Mysteries’. The comparisons were identical and just about floored me. I had just confirmed the reality of the Kecksberg incident and it had identified my craft as well. Then there was the unusual projection two thirds up the left side of the single craft. This turned out to be the Rosetta Stone that also appeared in numerous other UFO photos as well as ancient artefacts, crop circles and the Nazca Lines in Peru. Interestingly enough during one of my early presentations to a group of MUFON investigators I asked them all to draw on a piece of paper what they saw in the enlargement of the single craft. Not one of them came close in their drawings to what was actually there so I guess it was a good thing that the aliens chose an artist and photographer to capture their image.” Do you believe that all the objects on the photograph are the same shape and type of craft? “Yes, even though none of the objects in the formation clearly show the acorn contour of the single craft across the valley, it is still easy to see that they are acorn or triangular in shape and that their density is uniform. Also the fact that three of the objects in the formation have formed a triangle which is pointing towards the approaching craft highly suggest that these UFOs were manufactured at the same location.” Was it yourself that determined that the shape of the object/objects was the same as the craft seen in the Kecksburg UFO incident? “Yes I made this connection before I had ever contacted any experts about my UFO photo. I had to be convinced before I could advance further and with the Kecksberg UFO I had the conclusive evidence that I needed. In fact I began to believe and still do that the Kecksberg crash was purposely designed as a recognition event since it altered its course and was seen by numerous eye witnesses before the military covered it up.” Do you believe that the objects are the same craft type as the one from this incident? “Yes and I have seen other videos from NASA astronauts that show the same acorn shape UFO flying around. The best of these was Astronaut James McDivitts UFO photo from a Gemini flight over Hawaii when he captured an acorn shaped UFO with the same projection as my craft.” Do you believe the individual object was flying to meet up with the other formation of objects? “Yes, I also believe there have been other sightings of the same kind of UFO in the area. Years before I took my UFO photo two teenage boys saw a triangular shaped UFO and their drawing of the craft made the front page of the same newspaper that I would eventually be featured in, The Daily Californian. Also a former girlfriend revealed to me years earlier that several times when she spent the night at a friends house which was in an isolated area, they would see a blue light hovering over a distance stand of trees. One night Linda woke up to her friends screams and ran into her room which was flooded by the blue light which was right outside the window. They both ran screaming from the room. Weeks later I visited the same house with Linda and asked her to point out the location of the blue light. After a brief inspection of the area looking for pod marks or damaged limbs and finding none I turned back towards the house and that’s when I saw the downtown lights of El Cajon and imagined that that was the best vantage point for the UFO could see our civilization from. Now I've always wondered did the aliens see that years later I would capture their image and set Linda up for her event just like they did me?” Why was it important to you to find meaning behind what you had photographed? “After I determined to myself that these objects really were UFOs and that within three months of taking the photograph I had discovered a lost sacred pattern linking UFOs to each other as well as ancient artefacts, I realized that I had been set up. My whole experience from the day I was born to my fathers untimely death and my introduction to metaphysics was constructed for this purpose; to "Spread The UFO Gospel"- L.A.Times. Not that I considered myself better than anyone else but no one in my inner circle knew anything about the ‘Unknown Truths’ that metaphysics had revealed to me. Its one of those cases where the more you know the more you owe. Then I noticed that some of the evidence I had collected to prove my theories was being lost forever. The James McDivitt UFO photo was introduced on a program called ‘Secrets and Mysteries’ which eventually was cancelled. Had I not taken a photo of the TV image no one would have that photo which NASA claims is lost. Linked with all this is the doomsday prediction of 21/12/2012 which has been covered in numerous documentaries on TV. I believe that aliens are showing themselves globally to prepare us for a biblical rapture event that they will perform as our earth shifts its magnetic poles and destroys everything on earths service. That’s why it’s important to me to bring this evidence to everyone’s attention.” Was it important to you that other people would also believe the photograph showed unidentified craft? “Yes, because aliens and UFOs have been given such a bad rap in the movies and elsewhere I thought that if everyone else could see the evidence (that’s now on my website) then their thoughts on the subject would shift towards a positive belief system. Metaphysics teaches us that our thoughts have substance and actually create our reality. I have witnessed this truth many times in my own life and am convinced that my story, when properly presented will change the millions of doubting Thomas's.” You found a number of other historical works of art which seem to show a similar shape to the objects on the photograph. What are your thoughts and beliefs surrounding this? “There is no doubt in my mind that these artefacts prove what metaphysics has claimed all along, that aliens seeded our planet and have been instrumental in our technological advances from day one. It is a spiritual quest they are on and we are the result of their endless tireless efforts on behalf of our creator. Their abductions have created a race of in-betweens that will teach the survivors of the coming apocalypse all the realities of our existence that were not included in our formal education.” Do you believe that all of these depictions of this particular shape is proof that craft of this type have been present on our planet for a long time, and that these various depictions actually show these craft? “Yes and the evidence is endless, as my historic amateur videos "UFOs in San Diego" prove, this particular acorn or triangular shaped craft has been depicted in countless rock paintings sculptures and artwork of every kind. And the key has been the projection which is usually depicted in the same position.” Have you read about any meaning behind the shape seen? If so who has written about it and where can this information be found? “Metaphysics claims that the triangular shape contains energy. Now I'm not sure how these craft propel themselves but I have made an interesting observation. According to the original ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ episode on the Kecksberg incident, eye witnesses reported three bands surrounding the craft with two of the bands close together while the third is slightly farther apart. Incredibly I have found this same pattern on the walls at Petra, in rock paintings and most importantly in the wave pattern of the hydrogen atom. They may be using light has a power source.” Do you feel there is any possibility that this repeating shape may be just purely coincidental or have an alternative meaning? “The pattern is real and can be confirmed by anyone doing their own research. I can walk into any bookstore and within minutes find more evidence in other books on rock paintings or ancient artefacts. There is a reason for this; they want us to know they exist.” After seeing all the additional evidence and analysis results, what do you believe you photographed back in 1990? “There can be no doubt that what I captured on film on July 1 1990 are ten Kecksberg type UFOs in the middle of a reconnaissance mission. Similar fleets of UFOs have been captured on video in Mexico and around the world but only the Inaja UFO Photo has provided the detail to conclusively link UFOs to each other as well as ancient artefacts. I believe this is the event that mankind has been waiting for and will propel mankind ultimately into our next evolutionary state.” Do you feel you were meant to witness the objects for some purpose, or do you believe that you just caught them on camera by accident? “I am convinced that it was no accident, that I was meant to be there at that exact time and place and was prepped with metaphysical teachings so that I would understand the significance of the photo and have the ability and courage to share my conclusions with a global audience.” Do you have any thoughts on what the objects may have been doing in the area? “I can only guess that they were continuing their observation of our species. I can't dismiss the remote possibility that they knew I was there and posed for my camera. Or perhaps they didn't know I was there and God himself set it up so that everything aligned perfectly. I have on numerous occasions escaped physical death by what can only be described as heavenly intervention. Was I saved for this purpose? Possibly, and if so I have no intention of failing and will continue until the end to promote this true story.” Did any other witnesses claim either at the time or later to have also seen the objects? “No, but at numerous times after one of my front page articles or after a UFO convention that I attended I have serious individuals describe their own UFO tales some of which relate to my own experience.” Has anyone ever accused you of faking the photograph? If so, what were your main arguments against this? “No one has accused me of faking the photo even though I had my own dark room at the time I took the photo. One of the reasons it would have been hard to fake this is because the objects were so far away and there were so many of them.” Since taking the photograph, have you had any further encounters with UFOs? “Since taking the photograph I have had no further encounters although I wished I had. There was a mass UFO sighting New Years Eve 2008 in San Diego of a fleet of airborne objects captured on video. It may have been them but there is no way to tell. I have, however prepared my girlfriend in case we have a sudden UFO encounter on the road during another scenic hike. She wants nothing to do with them.” Do you have any other comments or points you would like to make about your photograph? “I would very much like a detailed analysis of each of the ten objects and their relationship to each other and whether or not they are reflecting their surrounding terrain. I would especially like to have the object on the right side of the valley analyzed and a written report produced stating the results which I would post on my website. This event happened to me because my belief system manifested it. This could have happened to anyone with the same background and I would encourage everyone reading this interview on UFO World to read up on the three authors I mentioned earlier and prepare yourself for our next evolutionary phase which will undoubtedly include interaction with aliens species from every part of our universe and beyond.” Other Photographs Mike next to a gallery of his own professional photographs: 📷 Mike speaking at Paula Harris’ UFO lecture in San Diego: 📷 Mike presenting a copy of his UFO photograph to Paula: 📷 Internet Links Mike Orrell’s official site: http://www.orreman7.com/BestUFOphotoever.html UFO Casebook page about the photograph: http://www.ufocasebook.com/inaja.html Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009

Birmingham UFO Group Report Recently an online friend of mine from Norway, Lars (name changed for privacy reasons) let me know details about a sighting he had when he was nine years old. The sighting occurred in the town of As, where he lived with his family, and as with many other European sightings describes a triangular shaped craft of unknown origin. It was summer 1997 when the incident occurred. On a very warm still evening his mother decided that she and him would go out for a walk. They took a path they would often use which headed along a very picturesque road lined with planted trees. This road went past the local church. It was about midnight and there was no-one else around. As they were walking along the road away from the church, Lars suddenly felt the urge to turn around. He did so without telling his mother, who didn’t notice and continued to walk along the road away from him. Looking back at the church he saw a strange object hovering above it. The object was triangular shaped with a small cube at the left and right corner, and about 20 feet wide. It was glowing a dull white/grey colour and he could clearly see the defined edges of the object. On each cube was a light, one red, one green. These lights appeared to be slowly blinking. The object was hovering a short distance above the roof of the church and was slowly gliding left and right as if searching for something. It was absolutely silent. Lars stood there amazed at what he was witnessing. He believes he watched the object for between 30-60 seconds. Then his mother noticed he was no longer with her, and called him. He turned back round briefly and when he looked back at the church the object had mysteriously vanished. Running back to his mother he told her about what he had just seen, and rather than assume he was making up stories she believed him. Lars never heard anyone else mention seeing the object that night, but he remembers the sighting vividly. He is convinced that it was an extraterrestrial craft of some kind. Diagram of UFO (Drawn by myself from witness description): 📷 This is quite an impressive sighting as it accurately describes what appears to be a solid craft of defined shape rather than just a light in the sky. The object was performing controlled manouvres so is very unlikely to have been a randomly drifting object, and of course it’s appearance and the circumstances it appeared under does not fit in at all with it being a balloon or other inflatable. The object was much too large to have been a remote controlled model, Lars said it was at least half as long as the church roof. It was also definitely hovering above the roof rather than resting on it. Even though he was young, the witness was old enough to know what a helicopter or other civilian aircraft looked like, so it is unlikely he mistook what he could see. Also the object was completely silent, a fact backed up by the fact his mother did not turn round at all, if there had been a noise she would almost certainly have looked to see what it was and also noticed the object. While this triangular UFO was glowing white/grey rather than black in colour, it could well have been related to other flying triangle craft seen over recent decades. It’s always interesting to hear cases from outside of the UK or USA, they reaffirm the fact that this is very much a worldwide phenomenon. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009

Birmingham UFO Group Report This sighting took place in the early hours of the morning over the town of Coventry. The witness Steve Mills was in his house on North Road. It was 2.45am on Saturday 4th July 2009. As Steve works shifts, he is often awake in the early hours. Suddenly he heard a commotion in his back garden, the sound of a blackbird’s distress call. He went out back assuming that the cat was worrying them. He did not see anything in his garden, but as he looked around he became aware of an object on the horizon with yellow/white lights on it to the south of him. It was travelling from west to east in a perfectly straight trajectory. It was quite low down in the sky, Steve estimates it was about 1000 foot up, much lower than a plane would generally fly. Due to the distance it was not very clear so he went to grab his binoculars from the kitchen. Steve is an astronomer so keeps a pair to hand. Drawing of object showing comparison with light from Jupiter: 📷 He returned outside and found the object through the binoculars. It looked like a large very bright yellow/white light with two smaller lights following after it which were partially obscured by the main light. The three lights were in a triangular configuration. Jupiter was prominent in the night sky, and Steve says the main light was at least a magnitude more than this. At first he assumed the object must be a helicopter. But if it was he would have definitely been able to hear the noise of the rotor blades, or engine sound if it was a plane, as it was a very quiet night. However as the object passed from horizon to horizon he heard another very unusual sound which he assumed was coming from the object. He describes it as a slow whirring sound that seemed to be everywhere at once, it was quite quiet but still noticeable, and once he had lost sight of the object the noise ceased. Sighting location map: 📷 Explanation After checking online, it became clear that the object seen was more than likely the International Space Centre. There was a transit of the ISS at the same time as Steve saw the object, and on the same trajectory across the sky. This obviously means that the noise Steve heard at the time was coming from something else entirely, and is still a mystery. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009

In June 2009, the Birmingham UFO Group was treated to a very interesting and varied lecture by “psychic investigator” Jane McCarthy. Her husband Tom who helps with her investigations was also there, as was their highly active pet dog, which apparently has a sixth sense and can detect the presence of ghosts. Tom did not talk during the lecture but was on hand to answer questions. Jane claims to possess clairvoyant abilities which enable her to receive messages from spirits, and also what she believes to be an extraterrestrial intelligence. She also has the ability to sometimes see apparitions or spirit energy in the form of orbs. She is regularly contacted by people who wish to receive psychic readings, and she is also called out to investigate hauntings. Before her lecture, Jane openly admitted to being more interested in ghosts than UFOs or aliens. However over the years she and her husband have had a number of fascinating UFO encounters. The first part of Jane’s lecture concentrated on these incidents, and featured many drawings and photographs. It became clear she had had some very interesting sightings indeed, and had even managed to twice photograph what she believes is a huge unidentified craft. This apparently appeared in response to her asking for proof of their existence. Jane has also had a contact experience, and is possibly an abductee, though she does not wish to pry into this too deep as it un-nerves her. She has a tiny scar in each eye which she believes was caused during an abduction. She also recounted a story where she awoke to see an amphibian-type alien being in her room. Her experiences seemed very believeable and she described them in great detail. During the break I approached Jane to speak with her about her psychic messages. As we were talking, she actually received a message – not for me, but for BUFOG presidents Craig and Mark. Jane and Tom’s pet dog continued excitedly running around the room staring at everyone. In the second part of her lecture, Jane discussed some of her psychic investigations in more detail, and moved away from the subject of UFOs to discuss spirits and orbs instead. Some of her stories were very creepy indeed, there was at least a couple of moments where I felt the hairs on my neck stand up! In particular, she recounted an investigation into a haunting on a stretch of road. When she visited the location she detected the presence of a young man and even drew a picture of him. Later she would learn that this boy had died in a fatal crash, and a relative even recognised him from her picture. Jane also detected the presence of a monk, which she again drew a picture of. She is not the only one to have seen the monk at that location – she read out a newspaper article about a sighting of the monk by a couple of police officers. While everyone was getting thoroughly spooked by her tale, we suddenly began to hear a strange quiet voice calling out. Then the dog let out a loud bark! Was there a presence in the room that was making itself known to us? Not this time…it was just Craig’s mobile phone which he’d left over by the podium! When speaking about the orb pheonomenon, Jane explained how she believes that they are doorways to another dimension through which spirits can manifest. She displayed some interesting photographs showing close ups of orbs to back up this theory. Sadly in the end Jane’s lecture had to draw to a close, but everyone agreed it was both highly enjoyable and interesting. She came across as a very confident person who speaks very openly about her experiences. If you missed the lecture, look out for her speaking elsewhere, I cannot reccomend her enough. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009

Birmingham UFO Group Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 10/06/2009 Occassionally BUFOG gets contacted by someone from much further afield than Birmingham. As our website is active and can be easily found on the internet, we are sometimes the first point of call for witnesses from elsewhere in the world. On 20th May, Melissa (name changed for privacy reasons) sent a couple of UFO photographs to BUFOG for analysis. The photographs were taken at 3.51pm on 7th May 2009 on Highway 401 close to the Dixon Road exit, Ontario, Toronto, Canada. 📷 The traffic was slow so Melissa decided to take some photographs of a jet plane taking off. It was a cloudy day but quite bright. She did not notice anything out of the ordinary at the time. Upon developing the photographs later, a couple of them showed an unusual black object. The photographs were taken only a second apart, and in previous ones nothing could be seen at all. Below are the photographs showing the object: 📷 📷 Here is a close up of the object: 📷 The witness feels sure that the object is something unexplained rather than mundane. She believes this because of the speed that the object moved at, it appeared to cover a great distance in only a second. Also it was not present in the previous photographs at all. The object in the second photograph is half the size that it is in the first. After analysing the photographs I personally believe that they show a bird in flight. I feel that the reason the object moved such a distance across the photograph is because it was quite close to the camera. I believe that it flew in from the left of the camera diagonally away from the position of the witness. This would explain why it is not present in the previous photos, and also why it reduced in size between the photographs. The shape of the object certainly fits in with it being a bird. It is unsymmetrical with no straight edges. It is interesting that both photographs show a similar shape but I believe that the witness managed to catch two photos of the bird with it’s wings in front of it’s body which is why they are not visible. Below are two other UFO photographs which are more than likely birds. You can see the similarity in the shape with what Melissa has photographed: 📷 📷 It is of course impossible to say for definite, but it seems probable that in this instance the object photographed was a bird flying into the camera shot for a couple of frames. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009

The one day conference “Into The Unknown” took place at Garston Manor, Watford, on Sunday 31st May 2009. Due to the impressive speaker line up, I decided to drive down from Birmingham for the conference along with my girlfriend and another friend. We couldn’t have asked for better weather for the drive, it was one of the brightest days of the year and the roads were nice and clear. We arrived at Garston Manor at 9am. The chosen venue was absolutely fantastic. The conference took place in an open function room inside the manor with large windows looking out to the grounds outside. This room was just the right size for the number of people who turned up, so never felt overcrowded and everyone got a seat. In another side room there were a few UFO book and magazine dealers, and a third room was a makeshift café with drinks, cake and biscuits up for grabs. As we had arrived with half an hour to spare we went outside to relax on the grass in the morning sunlight. We immediately bumped into the first speaker of the day, Kevin Goodman. He recognised me straight away, as last year he gave a talk for the Birmingham UFO Group. Kevin’s talk kicked off at 9.30pm. He is a fantastic speaker and is always a joy to listen to. His lecture was essentially the same as what we had heard the previous year, but it was great to hear again. Kevin discussed his and his friends experiences at Warminster from earlier in his life. As you will probably already know, Warminster is one of the UK’s most famous UFO hotspots, especially from the 1970s-80s. After getting interested in the subject of UFOs, Kevin and his friends decided to visit the town on numerous occasions for sky watches on Cradle Hill. After discussing some of the mysterious goings on at Warminster, he described several very impressive UFO sightings that he had personally seen. He also explained how him and his friends became unwilling contactees. Using a method of channelling, his friend Colin would enter a trance like state, during which they seemed to make contact with an extraterrestrial entity. They did this on numerous occasions, but Kevin remains very level headed about this aspect of their experiences. He remains open to the possibility that it was genuine, but also wonders whether it was something else entirely such as ESP between his group of friends. This apparent contact was the subject of most of the questions asked at the end of the lecture. In the short break, we met up with two other Birmingham UFO Group members Zoe and Ian, who had unfortunately missed most of the first lecture. It was then time for renowned ex-Ministry Of Defence researcher Nick Pope to begin his talk. I have seen Nick several times before and he is always a very interesting speaker due to his background. Nick ran the UFO desk for the MOD for a number of years. He started off as a sceptic but after looking into the reports coming in from the public realised that there was a large amount of evidence that some UFOs were physical craft of an unknown origin. His lecture this time was about the recent release of various UFO reports to the National Archives through the Freedom Of Information Act. Nick believes that at least in the UK, there is no cover up, and that now these reports are being released for public viewing neither the government or the MOD are with-holding any further information on UFOs. He went over some of the most impressive cases that have now been released, including a sighting by a pilot of a hovering craft the size of an aircraft carrier which was also confirmed on radar. Nick’s overall message that he was trying to get across was that the MOD are not the bad guys and that they are just as mystified by UFOs as the general public. A viewpoint which he openly admitted may not be shared by some of the audience! After Nick’s lecture there was then an hour’s break for lunch. There was a pre-booked meal at the manor, but instead we opted to drive out to a nearby pub. Several other people from the conference also turned up for a quick drink. It was soon time to return to the manor for the afternoons speakers, beginning with well known speaker Malcolm Topping from Scottish Paranormal Investigations (SPI). Malcolm is a really enthusiastic speaker, you can easily see that he loves his work as an investigator. Over the years he has looked into many things including UFOs, ghosts and the Loch Ness Monster. He has been doing this now for 30 years, which is what his lecture focused on. It was a truly great talk and extremely varied, touching on many different cases he had looked into. The lecture featured many different photos, including his early days with some truly shocking hairstyles on display! He did not go into any one thing in great depth as the lecture was essentially an overview of his investigative career, but this made it very lively and entertaining to listen to. It was certainly one of my favourite lectures of the day. The next speaker was originally Mike Omram but he unfortunately he had to cancel. Instead we got treated to a fantastic talk by repeat abductee Steve Jones. Steve has had contact experiences since an early age, and up until last year he has been too scared to discuss them openly. However he has realised that in recent years there has been a shift in how UFOs and aliens are perceived by the public, and he now feels he can share his experiences without fear of ridicule. He came across as a very confident speaker and was very believable. We were all enthralled as he recounted his story to us. He explained how as a child he saw an unknown lady appear in his room on numerous occasions who he would speak with. This lead on to numerous abductions by Grey beings during which he was subjected to various examinations. At first he was terrified by what was taking place, but has since come to terms with what is happening to him, and now feels he is more a participant than a victim. He also mentioned that he has a number of implants inside him but unlike some other abductees does not wish them to be removed as they are in there for a positive reason. Steve believes that the beings he has been in contact with are from a different dimension rather than from a different planet, and that they are modifying our DNA in preparation for a “shift” which will occur in the near future and affect the whole human race. Unfortunately he did not have time to elaborate on this further, but I for one will certainly be looking into it in more depth. It was fascinating listening to Steve and he should be applauded for his bravery in being so open about his experiences. The final speaker of the day was crop formation researcher Alan Foster. Again this was a lecture I had heard before at one of the UFO Data conferences, but this did not make it any less interesting. Given the subject matter, Alan’s lecture was a very visual one, featuring many photographs of impressive crop formations from recent years, some of which were incredibly complicated in design. He began by discussing the various aspects of the formations which he believes is evidence that some of them are created by an unknown force rather than man-made. He covered the unusual energies that are sometimes detected within the formations, and the apparent military interest in them. He explained how numerous witnesses have seen unmarked military helicopters in the vicinity of crop formations, and have even been “buzzed” by them until they have left the area. While it is clear that some of the formations are hoaxed, there does seem to be a number of aspects linking them with UFOs. The conference ended with a speakers Q&A session. Unfortunately we had to head for home so missed this, but I am sure it was highly interesting and rounded off the day nicely. My only regret is that it was only one day long, I could have easily listened to a second day of speakers! Considering it was the organisers first conference, the whole day went superbly and was highly enjoyable throughout. If it goes ahead, I’ll certainly be back next year. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009

Birmingham UFO Group Report Sighting Details This UFO sighting occured approximately 10.15pm on the evening of 28th April 2009. It was a clear still night and the stars were visible. The witness, Elaine Skidmore, had been out with a friend and was on her way home in her car. As she drove down Braithewaite Street in Kingswinford where she lives, she noticed a glowing object in the sky off to the left above the houses. She estimates that it would probably have been above High Street when she first spotted it. The object was the shape of an ice-cream lying horizontally and was glowing a constant bright orange. It was a round orb of light with a triangular cone shape coming off it to the left. It was low down in the sky below the cloud layer, about the height a helicopter would fly at. Elaine had no idea of its size but said that it looked quite big as she was viewing it at a distance. The object was moving very slowly to the right on a straight path. Drawing of the UFO (Drawn by myself from witness description): 📷 She arrived home and got out of the car to continue watching the object from her drive. It was at this point that she realised it was completely silent. She watched it for over 5 minutes as it passed slowly across the end of the road. Once it had reached the side she was on, it suddenly appeared to stop moving and the cone shape completely vanished. It now looked just like a round orb of orange light. This remained stationary for several minutes and then appeared to slowly get smaller and smaller until it had completely vanished. Elaine waited several more minutes to see if the object would reappear but it did not. Map of sighting location: 📷 Sighting Analysis The unusual shape of the object seen in this incident is very interesting. The sighting does have some aspects that fit in with the object being a Chinese lantern. It moved very slow and on a straight path so could well have been drifting in the wind (The witness informed me it was a still night but there could still have been a light breeze higher up). Certainly the colour of the object fits the lantern theory, and when the object got smaller and smaller this could have been it burning out. However usually lanterns are seen just as round orange/white glowing orbs, they do not have other shapes sticking out of them. Elaine insists that the cone shaped part of the object looked solid rather than a trail of light or fire behind it. It is also common for numerous lanterns to be launched together rather than solitary. There is the possibility that it was not a lantern but instead some sort of lit up balloon. Other explanations do not really fit what was witnessed – it is unlikely to have been an aircraft, and was moving much too slowly to be a meteorite or space debris burning up. Elaine said it was a very quiet night but perhaps someone else also witnessed the object. Due to the distance of the sighting it is hard to say exactly what it was, so at this point it remains unexplained. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009

Philip Mantle is one of the UK’s most well known and experienced UFO researchers. On 24th April, BUFOG investigator Dave Hodrien interviewed Phil on his research work and beliefs. Background How did you first get interested in the subject of UFOs? I was always interested in the paranormal as far back as I can remember. I used to do talks at school about ghosts and visit the local spiritualist church. In the late 1970’s I read a book, the title of which I cannot remember and was intrigued. A friend and I were in Warminster and we’d heard that UFOs had been seen there on Cradle Hill, so we went and took a look for ourselves and we saw some strange lights. I wrote a few letters to various places asking a few questions thinking I’d get all the answers I needed, but here I am 30 years later still looking for a lot of those answers. Have you ever seen a UFO / had a contact experience, and if so what are the details of this, and did it increase your interest in the subject? The only thing that I have seen that I could not identify were two large bright lights over a suburb of Leeds on July 23rd l984 just before 10.00 pm. I was driving home from work when I saw them. Fortunately a lot of others across the north of England that night saw the same thing. Despite a lengthy and intensive investigation we were never able to come up with a satisfactory explanation for these lights. When and how did you decide to start looking into the subject? Just after I saw the lights in Warminster I saw a small advertisement in the Yorkshire Evening Post newspaper. It announced a meeting in Leeds about UFOs. I went along out of curiosity. The meeting was organised by Graham & Mark Birdsall who had recently formed the Yorkshire UFO Society. I was hooked. WE had monthly meetings and I just took everything in and soaked it up like a sponge. Slowly but surely I became more interested and more involved. Your Research How did you initially become recognised as a UFO researcher/investigator? I just wanted to find out what the hell was going on. I wasn’t interested in letting other people tell me what they thought. The only way to get the answers I was looking for was to try and investigate the subject myself. I was fortunate as the Yorkshire Dales in the late 70’s and through the 1980’s had a lot of UFO sightings so it was easy to get involved. When did you become affiliated with UFO Magazine, and how did this come about? Before it was UFO magazine it was Quest Magazine and before it was Quest Magazine it was the YUFOS JOURNAL. In the early days the YUFOS Journal and Quest Magazine were hand printed at Mark Birdsall’s flat on the 7th floor of a tower block. Graham Birdsall was the editor. So I was involved right from its initial inception as the YUFOS JOURNAL which eventually evolved into UFO MAGAZINE. How many years have you been researching UFOs for? Too many (laughs). No really, it’s now been 30 years. Boy that makes me sound really old. Do you know roughly how many incidents you have looked into? Not got a clue. There have been a lot I can assure you. I simply could not hazard a guess. Sorry. What is the most impressive case/sighting you have personally looked into? In the early 1980’s me and Mark Birdsall investigated the landing of a UFO at Normanton in West Yorkshire. It was in broad daylight and involved one adult and several children. They saw a UFO land in nearby field and went to look at it. Out side of it were 3 tall humanoid beings. They walked to the back of this object, which was silver and shaped like a ‘Mexican hat’ and it took off without making a noise. There is a lot more to this case but it really made an impression on me. How often do you get recognised by the general public while out and about? I can think of only 3 occasions when this has happened over the 30 years. It is a very uncomfortable experience for me. I’d have no problem being rich but would never want to be famous and recognized in public. How does it feel to be one of the most recognised faces of ufology in the UK? I’d never thought of that at all. I take it as a compliment and count my blessings that I’ve been lucky to be involved in so many different things. Have you ever had any warnings or threats from any individuals about the information you are releasing? Never. What is your favourite aspect of your research work? When I’ve received a thank you from a witness for taking the time to listen to them without passing judgment. What has been your best experience working as a UFO researcher? Perhaps visiting Roswell in 2007. I was recognized here by someone in a café but the whole week there was just great. I was able to visit many of the sites that I had previously only read about and Roswell is a great place in its own right and the desert scenery is quite spectacular. What has been your worst experience? Resigning from BUFORA. It’s a long story so I won’t go into it but I still support BUFORA and my resignation and that of others could and should have been avoided. Its history now but it still leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. Have you lectured at the world UFO congress or been to it? If you mean the one in Laughlin, Nevada then yes, just the once. It was a great experience as I was able to meet up with quite a few old friends including Budd Hopkins, John Mack and Roberto Pinotti to name but a few. Your Viewpoints Looking at the subject as a whole, what do you believe represents the most compelling evidence for the reality of UFOs? A very hard question to answer if not impossible. There is some physical evidence that is hard to ignore and I include in that photos and film plus radar. The testimony of certain witnesses is also very compelling, like the landing case in Normanton that I mentioned earlier. What do you believe are currently the most impressive/important UFO cases? Again, almost impossible to answer. Top of the list would have to be Project Hessdalen in Norway. If you’ve not heard of this then ‘shame on you’. The landing in Normanton that I personally was involved in. The Rendlesham Forest events still intrigue despite the best efforts of the skeptics to debunk it. These would be my top three. What are your views on the alien abduction phenomenon? I think it is something best left to medical professionals to deal with. I have interviewed a number of abductees and I have no doubt they have had a highly unusual experience but whether or not it has any connection to ufology is a different thing. The abduction experience may well be another form of altered state of consciousness yet not understood by science. This does not detract from the experience at all. I left this field of research some years ago as I was way out of my depth and I felt it should be handled by professional people and not UFO researchers. Do you believe that at least some of the alien implants removed from contactees are real? If so, do you have any theories about what they are for? They are real in the fact that they are physical objects. If you are asking me if I believe that these are implants put there by beings from another world then I would have to say no I do not. It is an interesting area to study but despite claims by some researchers whom I know and like very much and have met, the implants do not seem to represent any kind of technology. Added to that I do not feel that the abduction experience has anything to do with ET’s therefore any alleged implants cannot be either. What are your views on the usage of hypnotic regression in regards to recovering hidden memories? Leave it to the professionals and keep well away. You are messing with people’s minds and you should not get involved. This was something that BUFORA stood up for and something I entirely agree with. Have you ever witnessed a regression first hand? Several and I was not impressed. What are your views on animal mutilations? They have nothing to do with the UFO subject at all. Period. Have you ever seen an animal mutilation first hand/investigated a mutilation case? No. And if I was presented with one I’d tell them politely to bugger off and seek professional help from someone with expertise in the field of animal deaths. What are your views regarding crop formations? They are all fakes. Have you been to the gate of Area 51? Do you believe that UFOs/extraterrestrials are kept there and that craft are being back engineered? I’ve not been anywhere near Area 51 but I do not believe it houses UFOs or aliens and never has. It is a top secret testing facility and that just about says it all for me. What are your thoughts on the star child skull? Fascinating stuff and Lloyd Pye is to be complemented on his investigation and his patience. However, I would bet that it still turns out to be a deformed human. No offence Lloyd, I hope I’m wrong, but I doubt it. Do you believe that NASA are fully aware of the reality of UFOs and cover this up from the general public? No. NASA is too bog with too many civilians involved to keep the lid on such a secret. Do you believe that people involved with the SETI project know full well that extaterrestrials are already visiting earth? No. SETI is a waste of time and money and most of those involved cannot see further than the end of their dish and wouldn’t know anything about UFOs if you asked them. I know that you played a key part in lifting the lid on the Roswell alien autopsy video. Do you believe that any of it is genuine? If so, which parts do you believe are real? It is ALL a complete fake made for money and nothing else. It took me 14 years to prove this but I did. Spyros Melaris is the man who led the team that faked the whole thing. Where do you believe the apparent various species seen actually come from? (Do you believe they are from different star systems, a parallel dimensions, time travellers from our future, bio-engineered on earth or something else entirely?) The ETH is just one theory to try and explain the UFO subject and one that is not yet proven. I am not convinced that we are dealing with ET’s from anywhere. Instead I feel that the U in UFO still stands for unidentified and although I would not rule out the ETH it might not make my top 3 list of theories if I were to be honest. Top 10 yes, but not top 3. In regards to the Greys, do you believe they are artificially created to do work for another “alien” species or a biological species in their own right? See previous question. After looking into the subject for such a long time, I assume you must have views on what the “alien” agenda is on earth. Can you share these views with us? See previous question. Do you feel that UK interest in the subject is waning? What do you think are the reasons for this decline? No I don’t I just think it has changed. People still report their sightings, UFO groups still exist, and UFO publications are still in print. Today will live in a virtual world and more is done online than anything else. What, do you believe, are the main reasons for the ongoing UFO cover up? There is no cover-up as far as I’m concerned. That is if you mean the cover-up of proof that we are being visited by ET’s. Remember, it is the nature of governments to keep secrets but it doesn’t always mean that what is kept secret is of any interest to anyone. Do you believe that this cover up is global or only present in certain countries? There is no cover-up. Do you believe that worldwide disclosure of the UFO reality is necessarily a good thing? If we ever have 100% proof of an ET visitation you would have politicians running to associated with it and not cover it up. It would be THE most momentous occasion in human history and most world leaders want to cement their own place in history by being associated with it. Do you believe that disclosure will occur at any time in the near future? If we ever have a bona fide ET visitation Obama would be on TV now I can assure you. If you came face-to-face with an alien being, what would be the first thing you would ask? A good question. I’d probably ask something really dumb but I’d like to ask a really selfish question. I’d ask if they had a cure for heart disease as I had a near fatal heart attack ten years ago and it’s plagued me ever since. Selfish and probably dumb I know but you did ask. I trust I’ve not upset anyone with my answers. I have a few articles published on my web site at: www.philipmantle.com if you are interested. All I would say is that don’t listen to me find out the answers for yourself. Join a group like BUFOG and get involved. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009