5) Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind
(CE-V).
This category involves human-initiated contact with a UFO and/or its
occupants.
In these cases, the witness (or contactee) deliberately establishes
contact
with the UFOóvia signaling or mental telepathyóand
receives
a like response.
óJ. Allen Hynek
& Ronald D. Story
Chalker, William C. (b. 1952).
Bill
Chalker is one of Australiaís most prominent UFO researchers and
has written extensively on the subject.
Confederation of Planets in Service to
the Infinite Creator A term used in classic channeled text, The
RA
Material (a.k.a. The Law of One series), as well as other channeled
sources,
beginning with the 1950s contactees. The term denotes an intergalactic
collective of benevolently-oriented extraterrestrial races (comparable
to the ìAshtar Commandî), which aids human evolution on
Earth,
as the source for all ìpositively-orientedî ET contacts
throughout
the ages. It can be assumed this group goes by many different names;
but
regardless of name, it points to a unified association of ET races in
our
portion of the galaxy, serving to assist the development of
consciousness.
Many spiritually oriented teachers also believe that Earth will join
this
collective in the near future.
óScott Mandelker
Contactees Shortly after the
influx
of UFO sightings in the early 1950s came a new phase of saucerism: the
emergence of the ìcontactees.î Suddenly, it seemed, the
Space
People who piloted the heretofore unidentified craft were now
introducing
themselves to a select group of individuals, chosen, or self-appointed,
to spread the wisdom of the ìSpace Brothersî to all
mankind.
The Space Brothers came from Venus,
Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, ìClarion,î and even from the
Earth
in times gone by. The contactee stories were deeply rooted in a strong
religious tradition. More accurately, they were mystical ìNew
Agersî
who embraced the ìmysteryî religions of the East
(especially
Hinduism) as well as the Messianic traditions of the West. They were
also
utopians.
The Space People were described as
idealized
humans from idyllic societies whose message was one of love and peace.
Obviously inspired by Cold War tensions and the resulting paranoia, the
contactees were the ìchosen onesî selected by the Space
People
to warn mankind of its folly.
Among UFOlogists, the contactees were
seen
as distinct from witnesses merely reporting UFO occupants and UFO
ìkidnapî
victims known as ìabductees.î The typical occupant report
involved a chance encounter in which the witness would just happen upon
a landed craft and entities associated with it. Although this is
sometimes
the claim made by contactees concerning their initial encounter, once
contact
is made there is usually a long series of continued encounters that are
planned rather than accidental. Furthermore, there are usually
specially
arranged meetings for instructional purposes. In these meetings, the
Space
People benevolently impart their secret, cosmic knowledgeóand
most
importantly, ìCosmic Lawsîóto the chosen ones. As
such
they become initiates and assume their mission on Earth, which is to
promote
cosmic awarenessósometimes by spearheading new religions.
In recent years
ìabducteesî
have begun to serve as messengers for the same spiritual beliefs that
were
formerly associated with the contacteesóhence blurring a sharp
distinction
that once existed.
óRonald D. Story
lastlyÖCosmic
Consciousness.î
(Bucke, 1901)
This theoretical model of human
awareness
emphasizes those changes in human consciousness that occur as a result
of UFO encounters, and the personal and social transformations that
develop
around the meaning and significance of UFO experiences. This model also
contains the minor hypothesis that UFO investigators are themselves UFO
contactees.
The UFO experience may be hypothesized
as a program to increase the level of awareness and spiritual knowledge
through the individual contactee. For example: A French physician, Dr.
ìXî experienced ìhealingî as a result of his
UFO observation. (Michel, 1979) A 73-year-old Argentine gaucho, Ventura
Maceiras, suddenly gained more philosophical and scientific knowledge
after
his UFO experience. (Romaniuk, 1973) A young woman, Betty Andreasson,
with
a fundamentalist religious faith, encountered humanoids whose food is
ìknowledge
tried by fire.î (Fowler, 1979)
UFO Contactee Experiences
In the opinion of the writer, the
asinine,
bizarre, and crazy aspects of UFO/alien activity can be hypothesized as
the ABCís of a Cosmic Consciousness Conditioning (CCC) program:
to change humans from Planetary Persons to Cosmic Citizens.
This CCC hypothesis may be wrong;
certainly it is difficult to test. However, it is appropriate to
explore,
because many UFO contactees claim that it is the basis for their
experiences
and for the direction of their lives. So, we can learn something about
the psychology and the sociology of UFO experiences, even if the claims
of UFO contactees cannot be substantiated by current traditional
scientific
investigations.
Since 1980, a group of interested
persons in Laramie, Wyoming, have conducted the Rocky Mountain
Conference
on UFO Investigation. The main purpose of the ìContactee
Conference,î
as it is also called, is to provide a forum for private and/or public
presentations
by UFO contactees and UFO investigators, so they can become acquainted
and share information.
UFO contactees and UFO
investigators
are often suspicious of one another, in the same way that
ìmysticsî
and ìskepticsî are often suspicious of one another and
drawn
together by their mutual need for one another! Some of us who
participate
in the Contactee Conference view ourselves as both UFO investigators
and
UFO contactees.
We are willing to discuss our UFO
experiences as well as our investigations. The writer views himself as
biased in at least two ways: (1) As a ìcontactee,î who has
described his UFO encounters of 1949 and 1956, and his 1980
recollection
(or fantasy or impression) of a fifth grade experience on board a space
craft, with a tall man who said: ìLeo, learn to read and write
well;
when you grow up, you can help other people learn more about their
purpose
in life.î (2) As a UFO investigator who has talked with hundreds
of UFO witnesses, read thousands of reports, and spent many hours
discussing
various aspects of UFO experiences with other investigators and
contactees,
including hypnotic sessions with more than 500 UFO abductees. These
biases,
or course, influence the writerópositively and
negativelyóin
his UFO investigations. However, these biases do not negate the UFO
contactee
phenomenon.
As reported in the 1981
Proceedings
of the Rocky Mountain Conference on UFO Investigation, the writer has
worked
with many persons who describe in hypnotic sessions their memories or
impressions
of abductions by UFO occupants or ìUFOLKS.î
These persons often express the
fear
of being crazy, or being ridiculed by relatives, friends, or neighbors.
But they usually express relief upon learning that other participants
have
reported similar events: strange dreams, physiological symptoms such as
bodily marks, poltergeist activity, apparitions, electromagnetic
anomalies,
and ìmental messagesî from entities who claim to come from
outer space.
Of course, many investigators
express
doubts about the use of hypnotic procedures for the evaluation of UFO
experiences
(e.g., Hendry, 1979; Lawson, 1976). However, the exploration of
ìloss
of timeî experiences, or amnesic periods during UFO sightings,
can
be enhanced. Later, perhaps, other evidence can be obtained which can
be
used to support, or refute, the information obtained in hypnotic
sessions.
Since 1976, the writer has been
conducting
aìSurvey of Psychic Impressions of UFO Phenomena.î
(Sprinkle,
1976b) Over 600 participants have completed a questionnaire.
The majority of these persons
present
profiles of ìnormalî responses to psychological
inventories,
and yet they are puzzled by their UFO experiences and related changes
in
their lives. Many of these
Persons (e.g., Fisher, (1981);
Kannenberg,
(1979); and McNames, 1981) have described their claims of verbal
messages
or mental communications which offer information about the purposes of
UFO personalities.
What follows is a summary of
these
claims about UFO experiences and related conditions:
1. UFO contactees have been
chosen; no UFO contact is accidental.
2. Contactees are ordinary
people,
who exhibit a caring or a loving concern for all humankind.
3. Contactees have an experience
which can be viewed as a manifestation of their ideas of reality.
4. UFO experiences include paraphysical, parapsychological, and
spiritual
manifestations which are designed to influence the ìworld
viewî
of contactees.
5. Contactees receive information
during, and after, their UFO experiences that is related to their life
interests (e.g., natural sciences social sciences, music and art,
ancient
civilizations, psychic phenomena, reincarnation, metaphysical and
spiritual
knowledge, etc.).
6. Contactees are gently coerced
into studies and activities which blend with the ultimate purpose of
UFO
entities; they are not forced to be obedient to UFOLKS.
7. Contacts are initiated and
maintained
within the general framework of the contacteesí views of
reality.
(Thus, UFO contacts can be viewed as physical, face-to-face encounters
with flesh and blood beings, or out-of-body experiences, or mental
programming
by UFOLKS; or UFO contacts can be viewed as dreams, fantasies, and/or
subconscious
ideas which are manifested consciously, without external stimulus.)
8. Contactees are programmed for
a variety of ìfutureî activities, including awareness of
their
own contacts and desire to share their messages and knowledge with
other
contactees.
9. The lives of contactees move
in
the direction of greater self-awareness, greater concern for the
welfare
of the planet Earth, and a greater sense of Cosmic Citizenship with
other
beings in the universe.
10. The personal metamorphosis of
UFO contactees is the forerunner of a social transformation in human
consciousness,
which now is leading to changes in the economic, educational, military,
political, and religious institutions of nations of the Earth: the
ìNew
Ageî of true science and spirituality
Example of a UFO
Contactee Experience
Ann (Canary) Brooke (a.k.a.
ìGloria
Archerî) experienced some strange events, which for many long
years
caused her much distress. She is a bright, attractive, and perceptive
person;
however, she was raised in a family that valued family unity,
nationalism,
traditional views of ìcommon senseî reality, and Christian
fundamentalist beliefs.
She was unable to talk with her
family
about her UFO experience, which included: the out-of-the body
experience;
near-death experience; abduction; bodily and sexual examination; and
mental
communication with UFO entities.
Results of psychological
inventories
were in the normal range. Hypnotic suggestions to recall and relive her
UFO experiences were helpful to her in recognizing that she had
experienced
direct contact with alien beings. Ann Brooke described the effects of
her
UFO experience as follows:
After my experience I knew that I
had been privileged with a glimpse at something infinitely wondrous and
profound. My inner consciousness had undergone a complete and
staggering
metamorphosis. Those truths I had been taught through the years by my
church,
family, parents, and teachers no longer were valid to me.
Those beliefs had been replaced
by
an understanding of the process we call creation and I know our Earth
science
and education were not yet beginning to suspect the Universal Laws that
govern the creation of worlds within our universe. The following is a
synopsis
of the changes brought about in the inner me as a direct consequence of
my experience:
1.
I have embraced a faith of cosmic
conditions. I know the Creator as sexless and all creation as a
material
manifestation of mind extended into matter.
2. I no longer have allegiance to
any particular form of earthly government, political system, race,
economic
or social structure My only allegiance is to my Creator and to the
Cosmic
Christ.
3. I have continued to be
obsessed
with an expanded desire for truth and understanding of Earthís
and
manís evolutionary progress
4. I have studied the mind and
altered
states of consciousness.
5. I am a firm believer in
reincarnation.
All of us are immortal soulsóand we are responsible for what our
minds manifest around us.
6. I have strived to balance
myself:
to evolve physically, mentally, and spiritually into a balanced human
being.
7. I have tried to live my
principles
and moral laws within myself. Man is his own ultimate judge and
therefore
metes out his own punishment.
8. I have vowed to serve the
Universal
Law. I try to live and feel the law of love for others.
All life is one.
We are part of the stars, oceans, all
creation.
10. I have no fear of death.
Death
is the laying aside of oneís physical body. Life is
eternalómind
is eternal.
11. My mission is to
Earthís
citizens and environment; unless the consciousness of humankind is
raised,
we will ultimately destroy the work of eons, ourselves, and the present
environment of our world.
12. Man is facing a crucial
period
in his evolution as a species.
13. I believe in a Father-Mother
God, a balanced interchange between the creativity of both sexes.
14. I have the knowledge that we
are unknowing participants in a living universe. There are other life
forms,
other worlds, other dimensions.
15. I am experiencing loss of
interest
in the accumulation of material things.
16. Basically I have become a
pacifist.
War depletesóit does not enrich.
17. I have the knowledge that the
worldís fuel must be water. I feel a total disagreement with any
society that pushes the use of nuclear fuel or weapons.
18. Within myself, I experience
the
consummation of science with religion.
After many years, I now realize
and
know that my own transformation was not and is not a single experience
here on Earth. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of people
who are or have experienced this metamorphosis. Our numbers are growing
yearly and we are beginning to locate and communicate with each other.
An alien invasion has already
occurred
on Earth. The conquering power is not military or technological and
economic
superiority. It is a revolution in consciousness, and spiritual knowing
that has been implanted within the minds of thousands of people all
over
the world.
The future of this world is
passing
into the hands and minds of these people. Those of us who have been
contacted
no longer serve the old orders. We fear nothingóleast of all the
threat of death or physical deprivation. We are hereónow!
We walk among you dailyówe
pass you on the streets, stand next to you in the elevators, and you
see
little of what is moving daily closer to completion. We are among
youóand
our force is the force of mind governed by a morality and an ethical
code
that upon Earth is incomprehensible. (Archer, 1979)
ìHiddenî UFO Contactee
Experiences
If these messages to UFO contactees are
accurate, and if these messages are reported accurately, then the
ìalien
invasionî has already occurredóand not as a conquering
power,
but as a revolution in consciousness.
In other words, UFO activity
could
be viewed as a lesson plan, or an educational project, to transform us
Earthlings into UFO observers, witnesses, and contactees: to change us
Earthlings from Planetary Persons into Cosmic Citizens!
Then the scenario follows along
these
lines: the next generation of scientists can build space-time craft, or
ìflying saucers,î and Earth pilots can fly out in UFOs as
UFO occupants, providing scientific and spiritual knowledge, or cosmic
citizenship, to other planetary persons, etc.