From: fxdlk@camelot.acf-lab.alaska.edu (A figment of your imagination)
Subject: a.a.v. Frequently Asked Questions [1 of 3] 
Keywords: FAQ
Organization: University of Alaska Computer Network
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 19:10:14 GMT

              alt.alien.visitors Frequently Asked Questions
         This FAQ was last updated: 10/30/92 (minor Corrections)
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Hello and welcome to the alt.alien.visitors Frequently Asked Questions
posting. You may notice that this FAQ does not follow the standard question
asked, question answered format. The reason for this is that this FAQ is
designed to answer questions of people who are new to this Usenet discussion
group, and designed to be a useful reference source to those interested in
UFOlogy. I tried to keep a neutral stance when I researched the many of the
subjects covered in this FAQ; however you may also notice that some of the
material seem to be one-sided. When doing some of the research I may have
only used one book or source, thus (as you may have noticed) some authors
present information from only one point of view and this has a tendency to
be carried over to this FAQ, do to the lack of information on the subject
from another point of view.  (deep huh? well I hope to include more
viewpoints as this FAQ grows.) Also please when reading information from
this FAQ (as one poster put it) take everything you read here with a very
large grain of salt. (rock salt) Even I don't believe all the information
that I have included in this FAQ. As I said its mainly a reference to
help you out. If you find yourself interested in a UFO related subject,
**DO RESEARCH** read books on the subject, dig into both sides, write
letters to the authors and researchers. 

I would once again like to thank everyone who contributed to the FAQ, 
I would like to especially thank Steve Gamble and Jeff Papineau for the work  
they put into the UFO Organizations section. 


Contents
========

Main Sections
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0.1: About alt.alien.visitors
0.2: Posting to alt.alien.visitors
0.3: People who post to alt.alien.visitors
0.4: Common Sense Guidelines
0.5: Example Posting

Terminology and Definitions Used in UFOlogy
-------------------------------------------
2.00: a.a.v.
2:01: Astronomical Units (A.U.)
2:02: Close Encounters (CE) & Visual Sightings
2:03: Marfa Lights
2:04: Men In Black (MIB)
2:05: Tectonic Strain Theory (TST)
2:06: UFOnauts
2:07: Unusual Ground Markings (UGM)
2:08: USAF
2:09: Zine

Alien Races
-----------------
3.00: Arcturus
3.01: Aryans (Blondes)
3.02: Blues (Star Warriors)
3.03: Confederation of Humans
3.04: Greys
3.05: Orion Empire (Orion forces)
3.06: Pleiadians
3.07: Sirius
3.08: Reptoids
3.09: Vega

Abductions and Current Theories
------------------------------
4.00: About Abductions

UFOlogists
----------
5:00: Hopkins, Bud 
5:01: Jacobs, Dr David 
5:02: Klass, Philip J. 
5:03: Marciniak, Barbara J. 
5:04: Randles, Jenny

UFO Projects & Theories & Controversies
----------------------------------------
6.00: Aurora Project or "deep black" projects
6.02: NASA Footage September 10th
6.03: Planetoid (Wormwood)
6.04: Project Blue Book
6.05: Roswell Crash Incident

UFO Movies, Documentaries and TV Programs
----------------------------------------
= 7.00: TV Programs
7.01: E. T. Monitor (the Keystone Inspirational Network)
7.02: Hard Copy (??)
7.03: Intruders
7.04: National Geographic (PBS)
7.05: sightings (FOX)
7.06: UFO Incident, The
7.07: Unsolved Mysteries (NBC)

= 7.08: UFO VIDEOS
7.09: Close Up 
7.10: Communion
7.11: UFO Coverup Live
7.12: UFO Documentary
7.13: UFO, The Films Prove It 

UFO Magazines and Publications (UFOzines)
-----------------------------------------
8.00: Circular, The 
8.01: Cerealogist, The 
8.02: Connecting Link Magazine
8.03: CONTINUUM
8.04: Crop Watcher, The 
8.05: Earth,
8.06: Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic, The
8.07: Faithist Journal, The 
8.08: Focus
8.09: Fortean Times, 
8.10: Inner Light
8.11: International UFO Library Magazine 
8.12: Magonia,
8.13: Orvotron Newsletter
8.14: Ovni Presence
8.15: Revelations of Awareness
8.16: Swamp Gas Journal
8.17: UFO Universe

UFO Book Publishers
-------------------
9.00: Advent Publishing Company
9.02: Arnerica West Publishers 
9.03: Arcturus Book Service
9.04: Condor Books, Inc.
9.05: Document Research Services
9.06: Earth Star Publications
9.07: Eden Press
9.08: JACO Book Publishers
9.09: The Library of the New Essenes of Inyo
9.10: Luna Ventures 
9.11: The Pleiades Project 
9.12: UFO Audio-Video Clearing House
9.13: UFO Books
9.14: UFO Photo Archives
9:15: Worldwide UFO Newsclipping Bureau and Public Information Center 955  
West

Miscellaneous Information
-----------------------
10.00: A UFO Book List 
10.01: alt.alien.visitors archives (back issues)
10.02: Big Foot (Sasquatch)
10.03: Free UFO Class
10.04: Freedom of Information
10.05: Hidden Ancient Ruins
10.06: Inter Library Loans (ILL)
10.07: NASA Shuttle Footage
10.08: UFO Related anonymous FTP Sites

UFO Organizations                                  * Assumed Acronym
------------------
11.00: Aerial Phenomenon Research: The Indiana Group  . . . . .*(APR)
11.02: Aetherius Society, The 
11.03: Ancient Astronaut Society    . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(AAS)
11.04: Ancient Truth Research Foundation    . . . . . . . . . .*(ATRF)
11.05: Awareness Reserch Foundation, Inc , The    . . . . . . .*(ARF)
11.06: Borderland Sciences Research Foundation  . . . . . . . . (BSRF)
11.07: British UFO Research Association . . . . . . . . . . . . (BUFORA)
11.08: California UFO     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(CUFO)
11.09: Citizens Against UFO Secrecy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CAUS)
11.10: Committee for the Scientific Investigation of 
       Claims of the Paranormal Contactee   . . . . . . . . . . (CSICOP)
11.11: Computer UFO Network   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CUFON)
11.12: Contactee
11.13: Cosmic Awareness Communications  . . . . . . . . . . . .*(CAC)
11.14: CSETI                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CSETI)
11.15: Delval UFO, Inc. 
11.16: Fair Witness Project, Inc., The  . . . . . . . . . . . .*(FRP)
11.17: Federation, The
11.18: Flying Saucer Information Center . . . . . . . . . . . .*(FSIS)
11.19: Fortean Research Center, The
11.20: Fund for UFO Research, Inc.,The  . . . . . . . . . . . .*(FUFOR)
11.21: Gulf Breeze Skywatch   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(GBS)
11.22: Inner-Peace Prosperity Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . (IPPN)
11.23: Intercontinental UF Galactic Spacecraft 
       - Research and Analytic Network  . . . . . . . . . . . . (ICUFON)
11.24: International Committeee for UFO Research . . . . . . . . (ICUFOR)
11.25: International Fortean Organization   . . . . . . . . . . (INFO)
11.26: Intruders Foundation
11.27: Island Skywatch 
11.28: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies  . . . . . . . . . (CUFOS)
11.29: Massachusetts Center for the study of 
       Aerial Phenomena, The  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(MCSAP)
11.30: Multi-national Investigations Cooperative on
       Aerial Phenomena   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MICAP)
11.31: MutuaL UFO Network   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MUFON)
11.32: Mutual UFO Network of North Carolina, Inc.   . . . . . . (MUFON-NC)
11.33: National Investigations Committeee on UFOs  . . . . . . . (NICUFO)
11.34: National Sighting Research Center, The   . . . . . . . . (NSRC)
11.35: Nevada Aerial Research Group   . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NARG)
11.36: North American Circle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *(NAC)
11.37: North American Institute of Crop Circle Research   . . . (NAICCR)
11.38: Northamptonshire UFO Research Centre   . . . . . . . . . (NUFORC)
11.39: Northern UFO Network   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NUFON)
11.40: Omega Communications 
11.41: ParaNet (Paranormal Network) Information Service . . . . (PARANET)
11.42: Pennsylvania Association for the 
       Study of the Unexplained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PASU) 
11.43: Pnet
11.44: Portland UFO Group, The  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PUFOG) 
11.45: Roundtown UFO Society
11.46: Royal Priest Research  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(RPR)
11.47: Search for EXtraterrestrial Intelligence, The. . . . . . (SETI)
11.48: Sirian Rainbow Lodge   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*(SRL)
11.49: SKYNET 
11.50: Socie'Te' Belge d'Etude des Phenomenes Spatiaux  . . . . (SOBEPS)
11.51: Society for Scientific Exploration   . . . . . . . . . . (SSE) 
11.52: Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained, The  . (SITU) 
11.53: System Ready 
11.54: Transcendental Communications A Division of LAMAT Research 
11.55: UFO Contact Center International   . . . . . . . . . . . (UFOCCI) 
11.56: UFO Fllter Center  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (UFOFC)
11.57: UFO Information Retrieval Center . . . . . . . . . . . . (UFOIRC) 
11.58: UFO Investigators League . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (UFOIL)
11.59: UFO, Paranormal and Conspiracy BBS, THE  . . . . . . . .*(UFOPCBBS)
11.60: UFO Reporting and Information Service. . . . . . . . . . (UFORIS)
11.61: UFO Study Group of Greater St. Louis
11.62: Ufology Research of Manitoba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (UFOROM)
11.63: United Aerial Phenomena Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . (UAPA) 
11.64: Universal Articulate Interdimensional 
       Understanding of Science (UNARIUS Academy of Sciences) . (UNARIUS)
11.65: Victorian U.F.O. Research Society Inc. . . . . . . . . . (VUFORS)

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FAQ Requests
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FAQ Suggestions
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=== 0.1: About alt.alien.visitors
---------------------------------
alt.alien.visitor is a Usenet discussion group available through internet.
Currently a.a.v. is the only UFO related discussion group available on
Usenet. It caters to a wide rage of UFO related discussion from New Age
UFOlogy to Scientific UFOlogy. It currently receives around 36 posting
daily. All comments by me are indicated by the square brackets[]

=== 0.2: Posting to alt.alien.visitors
--------------------------------------
The following idea was suggested by matthews_k@cubldr.colorado.edu and is
taken from mwauford@UTKUX1.UTK.EDU (Melissa Wauford)'s "*** REC.ARTS.TV
POSTING GUIDELINES ***". I have adapted it to fit alt.alien.visitors, and
I feel that this is an excellent idea. I would recommend that you use this
system when posting to alt.alien.visitors.

alt.alien.visitors can be a controversial newsgroup with a wide variety
of discussed topics. A few topics may generate more traffic than others
and may contain subject matter related to UFOlogy that others wish to
filter out or concentrate upon.  In order to allow those who use rn or
some other method of pre-selecting articles to filter out (or save away)
postings about these heavy traffic subjects, an abbreviation scheme has
been created.  Please help out by starting your subject line with one of
the following abbreviations when posting about these topics. For example:

Subject: HOT - Dancing Aliens

or

Subject: OP: Grey finger snacks,(the trick is in how you fold them)

New abbreviations will be added as needed. Send suggestions directly to
me, and I'll add them to the list. Objections to any abbreviations should
probably be posted so that a consensus may be reached. Old abbreviations
will be deleted when no longer necessary.


Suggested Abbreviations by matthews_k@cubldr.colorado.edu:
[revised by Fsdlk@acad3.alaska.edu]

 ABD = Abduction information
  CE = Pertaining to UFO sightings and phenomena, Close Encounters,
       alien contact
  HA = Jokes & silliness
 HOT = Someone flaming someone else
 INV = Postings about alien invasions and conspiracies 
MISC = Other categories like Atlantis/Mu/Spacemen, etc...
  NA = New Age stuff 
NEWS = UFO related news, upcoming conventions.
  OP = Opinions
 REP = Repostings of older post like Lear, Cooper, etc..
 SCI = Scientific (preferably not pseudo) findings on UFO related issues


=== 0.3: People who post to alt.alien.visitors
----------------------------------------------
Readers and writers of a.a.v. are made up of:

A) People that have had contact.(Rarely post... obvious reasons) 
B) Government paid disinformation people. (Poor to fair fiction) 
C) Questioning/Inquiring minds (post questions, do research, answer  
questions) 
D) Wanderers (Just passing through, make snide remarks if any) 
E) A few who think aliens are out there but haven't/won't come here. 
F) A few who think aliens are with us know but have had no contact. 
G) Aliens (Grey, life sucking, invader of utopia) 
H) Guys like me that just can't unsubscribe from this group. (It's just to
   much fun. Life looks darker and things aren't very clear. (guess this
   belongs in alt.consp....) But when all else falls through pull up a.a.v.
   and smile. Someone is always a little worse off than you are and here is
   one sure fired place to find one.
I) People who are not contactees, or new-agers, or sceptics, but are simply
   interested in high-strangeness phenomenon of all sorts (and generally try
   not to post snide comments or be simple minded!)

[If anyone wishes to add their humor to this list please mail me,
 but keep it clean: Fsdlk@acad3.alaska.edu]

Main Source: rocko@ireland.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Rick O'leary) 
Other Contributors:
MATTHEWS_K@CUBLDR.Colorado.EDU (Kellie Matthews)

== 0.4: Common Sense Guidelines
-------------------------------
When posting to any Usenet group please follow these general guidelines.

(1)  Do not post on subjects that clearly unrelated to the newsgroup.
     Take them to the appropriate news group for discussion.

     Example: Discussion of abortion, gun control, politics and other
     strictly non related UFO should not be posted on this news group.

(2)  Do not completely repost others peoples postings and then write your
     opinion about it. Selectively edit the the post to get the information  
you
     need from it to make your point. The standard symbol used to show
     information from another post is the ">".

     Example of what not to do: Repost a long section of material quoted
     from a previous article, followed by "I agree" or words to that
     effect.

== 0.5: Example Posting
-----------------------
Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
From: jonnY@BA.DOE.edu (John Doe)
Subject: OP: Roswell Incident
Date: Fri, 31 Apr 1992 16:54:39 GMT

In article <1597O38cc.040316.26314>truth@less.Dis.Info.edu (Ima Lier)
writes:

>.. it was in 1936 when the UFO crashed at Roswell ... 
>Plus there were no witnesses!! Not a single person could be found 
>to bring forth testimony.

According to my sources it happened in 1947 and lots of people saw it.
How can you say... [Etc.]
 -JD

===Terminology and Definitions Used in UFOlogy
----------------------------------------------

2.00: Astronomical Units (A.U.)
------------------------------
An A.U. is a measurement of space. One A.U. is the distance from the earth
to the sun.

2.01: a.a.v.
------------
alt.alien.visitors One of the many Usenet discussion groups.

2:02: Close Encounters (CE) & Visual Sightings
----------------------------------------------
NL (nocturnal light)
   A simple visual sighting of a unidentified flying light seen at night.

ND (nocturnal disc)
   A simple visual sighting of a unidentified flying extended or structured
   light source seen at night.

DD (daylight disc)
   A simple visual sighting of a UFO seen during the day.

Close Encounters of the first kind (CE1, CEI)
   As first defined by Hynek, a CE1 is an observation of a UFO within 150
   yards.

Close Encounters of the second kind (CE2, CEII)
    The finding of physical evidence that a alien craft or race exists.
    Example: A burn where the craft has landed or the finding of material
    of unknown makeup.

Close Encounters of the third kind (CE3, CEIII)
    A visual sighting of an alien being or race.

Close Encounters of the forth kind (CE4, CEIV)
    An abduction of an individual by an alien being or race.


Close Encounters of the fifth kind (CE5, CEV)
    A direct contact or communication with alien being or race.
    Example: Billie Meier with the Pleiadians, U.S.Govt. with the
    Greys, or channeling.

Main Source: 
JLS19@psuvm.psu.edu (Janet Smith)
rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Chris Rutkowski)

2:03: Marfa Lights
------------------
Marfa lights  are balls of lights that appear, change different colors
and dance around in the air.  These lights where named after the town
that they have been appearing in, Marfa Texas. They have also been sited
in other areas. Some theories as to what they are include Ball lighting,
Car headlights, and Alien space ships. The last current sighting I'm
aware of was Marfa Texas on September 1 1992.

Main Source: Sightings, FOX Network airdate September 25, 1992

2:03: Men In Black (MIB)
------------------------
These are a group of individuals who are said to wear black suits and
drive and fly around in unmarked black cars and helicopters.  They go
about  threatening people who have claimed to have seen UFOs into not
talking about what they witnessed.

The very first occurrence of MIB was traced to a man named Albert K.
Bender.  He was the editor of a flying saucer publication called the
"Space Review" In the October 1953 issue he placed an announcement
stating that he had come across information that would solve the flying
saucer mystery but they could not print it because they were ordered not
to.  They then ended the announcement warning others in saucer work to be
"very cautious"  they then stopped their publications. Later in an
interview Bender stated that "three men wearing dark suits" had ordered
him to stop publishing flying saucer material, and  that he had complied
with the order because he had been "scared to death" of them. He later
published a book called "Flying Saucers and the Three Men in Black"

Mains Source: "A Review of MIBS (Men In Black) : A History" ParaNet File
Number: 00171 Published 1991 by ParaNet Information Service

Also see: Flying Saucers and the Three Men in Black by Albert K. Bender

2:05: Tectonic Strain Theory (TST)
----------------------------------
A theory of electromagnetic effects upon the human brain and/or the
physical environment, such that all Forteana including UFOs, ghosts, ESP,
sasquatch, and religious fervour can be explained as being caused by
seismic activity generating electromagnetic radiation which in turn makes
people think they are witnesses to an anomalous event. Alternatively, the
EMM radiation can luminesce so that it appears as a UFO.  Chief
proponent: Michael Persinger. A variant is the "Earth Lights" hypothesis
described by Paul Devereux.

Main Source: rutkows@ccu.UManitoba.CA (Chris Rutkowski)

UFO
------
Unidentified Flying Object. Official term used by the Air Force.

2:06: UFOnauts
-------------- 
A term used by the UFO community in reference to the alien abductors or
extraterrestrials.

2:07: Unusual Ground Markings (UGM)
-----------------------------------
A broad term which includes crop circles, "tripod marks", saucer nests,
burn marks, etc. 

Main Source: rutkows@ccu.UManitoba.CA (Chris Rutkowski)

2:08: USAF
----------
United States Air Force

2:09: Zine
----------
magazine or newsletter pertaining to a specific subject.
circlezine - Crop Circle publication
   ufozine - UFO publication


=== Alien Races 
---------------------
These are often talked about in books, Publcations and on this discussion
group.


3.00: Arcturus
--------------
Members of Confederations of Humans [will do more research later] 

Main Source: A Cosmic Awareness Channel from "Revelations of Awareness"
  Issue # 371

3.01: Aryans (Blondes)
----------------------
Blond Nordic Humanoids who work with the greys. Said to be captured by
the Reptoids and also have implants. They are said to have a tendency to
switch their loyalties between the Reptoids and the Confederations of
Humans. 

Main Source: A Cosmic Awareness Channel from "Revelations of Awareness"
  Issue # 371

3.02: Bllues (Star Warriors)
----------------------------
The Blues are said to have translucent skin, large almond shaped eyes and
small of stature. The main issue of their teaching was PURSUE YOUR
PASSION, follow your own way, do your own thing, don't be pressured into
being anything but what and who you are.

The information about the Blues comes from Robert Morningsky a
Hopi/Apache dancer. According to Morningsky the first alien contact
started about 1947 - 1948 with the Greys contacting the U.S. Government
to form a treaty with them. Another body of Aliens arrived, called the
Blues. The Blues advised the government not to deal with the greys saying
it would only lead to disaster. They told the U.S. to follow your own
path. They said they would would teach with peace and harmony if men
would disarm and listen. The military said no deal. So they left, but a
few decided to remain and stayed in Northern Mexico and Arizona and made
a treaty with the Hopi Indians. These Aliens are known by the Hopi as
Star Warriors. The greys started monitoring the Blues. So the Blues had
to flee the reservation and go into hiding, a few of the Elders went with
them.

The Hopi legend is that there were two races, the children of the feather
who came from the skies, and the children of the reptile who came from
under the earth. The children of the reptile chased the Hopi Indians out
of the earth, these evil under-grounders were also called two hearts.

Main Source: Post from: dona@bilver.uucp (Don Allen) "FILE: Star
  Warriors",Forwarded from "contact" by Sande Van der Straten, to Cathy
  Emerson, Dated 23 Aug 1992, 19:29

Also See: American Indian Magic by Brad Steiger


3.03: Confederation of Humans
------------------------------
An organization of alien groups born out of positive energy, that are
helping the human race along and desire to protect them.  Includes:
Vega, Arcturus, Sirius, Pleiades and other humanoids. 

Main Source: A Cosmic Awareness Channel from "Revelations of Awareness"
  Issue # 371

3.04: Greys
-----------
This is the most commonly identified alien race in UFOlogy. Their are
many different views, stories and theories regarding them ranging from
the different New Age views to the different Scientific, and conspiracy
views.

Greys as presented by the Scientific Community:
 The Greys are the most commonly described race by abduction victims. In
this view they are considered a race with an unknown motives, and
agendas. They seem to be abducting, studying, testing and using various
individuals for their one unclear reasons. [See: Abductions and Current
Theories]

Greys as presented by the New Age Movement:
  In the new age movement the Greys are often associated as an evil race,
or a race with bad energy. They are often associated with many other
races, such as the Reptoids and their motives are known.

Greys as presented by Different Conspiracy Theories
  The different conspiracy theories are often a mix of the scientific and
new age views. The standard conspiracy base states that the Greys crashed
one or more of their space ships and they were found by the U.S.
Government. The Government them makes a secret treaty with the Greys
allowing them to abduct humans in exchange for their technology. The
conspiracy theories often end with the Greys not keeping their part of
the deal. [I will try and include some of the different conspiracy
theories when I have more time to research them in detail]

Their are descriptions of several types of Greys: they are all humanoid in
appearance, a head, main body, two arms, hands, legs, and feet.

1: The most commonly seen grey is around two to four feet tall, very
slender and delicate looking, small beings and light weight, extremely
penetrating black slanted eyes with no pupils, almost vestigial mouth
and nose, a very large head with a pointed chin. The skin color varies
from dark grey to light grey, tan to tanish grey, white to pale white.
They have no hair on their bodies.

2: Another commonly seen Grey is described similarly as above, except
their usually six inches taller, and seem to give the orders. A variation
of this same described individual is: same as above except eyes like big
black buttons and are rounded.

3: Another type of Grey are the small robot like beings, stocky and
little, with smooth rounded hat on top, with dark deep set holes for eyes
and a round O shaped mouth, square breastplate with concentric circles on
it, smell like burnt match heads, mushroom grey skin. These Greys are
often said to act like security guards.

Other variations are described as Reptilian like with claws an preying
mantis like. There have also been many report of cross breeds that are
not exactly human and not exactly Greys.

Main Sources: 
Secret Life, by David M. Jacobs 
Communion, by Whitley Strieber 
A Cosmic Awareness Channel from "Revelations of Awareness" Issue # 371

Also See: 
Missing Time, by Budd Hopkins 
Intruders, by Budd Hopkins


3.05: Orion Empire (Orion forces)
---------------------------------
Those alien groups born out of negative energy such as the Reptoids and
the grays. [If this is wrong someone please correct me, I'll do more
research on this later]

Main Source: A Cosmic Awareness Channel from "Revelations of Awareness"
  Issue # 371


3.06: Pleiadians
---------------- 
The Pleiadians are a collective of extraterrestrials from the star system
Pleiades. They are also from various times in our future, starting from
500 years from now to millions of years from now. The Pleiadian culture
is ancient and was "seeded" from another universe of love long before
Earth was created. They have formed a tremendous society which operates
with love, with ideas and ideals that we are yet unfamiliar with.

The Pleiadians started a project to contact and inspire earth humans to
take back their power and create a better reality for themselves. They
are here as ambassadors from another universe to help Earth through her
transition from the third dimension to the fourth dimension and to assist
each of us in our personal endeavors of awakening, remembering and
knowing. As this project has become more successful, more ETs have
joined the group, some from other systems. The group later changed its
name from Pleiadians to the Pleiadians Plus.

The Pleiadians say that their reasons for contacting us is that there is
a chance of tyranny in the future and they are coming back to inspire us
as much as possible so we will take charge of creating our own reality
and change the future.
   They teach a very empowering form of personal and social metaphysics,
with love and clarity. The Pleiadians speak as a collective and there are
no individuals identified. They do not appear in physical form although
they say they can. They say it is safer to come through the channel,  and
it does not attract as much attention.


Billie Meier's Contact from the Pleiades 
Billie Meier was contacted over 130 times between 1976 and 1982 by a
female named Samjese who said she was from the star system Pleiades. She
was the first to telepathically contact Meier and tell him where to go
for the first physical contact. Meier had indepth conversations with
Samjese. The contact notes are published in following four books and are
out of print:

UFO ... Contact from the Pleiades Vol I & II Photo Journals (Vol I is in
        its second printing.) 
UFO ... Contact from the Pleiades Prilimary Investigation Report 
UFO ... Contact from the Pleiades Supplementary Investigation Report 
Message From the Pleiades Vol 1 & 2 Light Years

There are 4 videos available on the Pleiades case. 
Contact        $59.
The Beamship Trilogy   $99. 
The videos are available from: 
Genesis III Publishing, P.O. Drawer JJ, Munds Park, AZ 86017
[Also see: The Pleiades Project]

There is also a book available called Bringers of the Dawn - Teachings
from the Pleiadians by Barbara Marciniak.  They also have 2 to 3 hundred
tapes available.

Main source: 
Information given by Don_-_Showen@cup.portal.com 
Connecting Link Magazine Pleiadian article, Channeled by Barbara Marciniak

3.07: Sirius
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Members of Confederations of Humans [will do more research later]

Main Source: A Cosmic Awareness Channel from "Revelations of Awareness"
  Issue # 371

3.08: Reptoids
---------------
A reptilian race from Draco bent on conquest,  They are said to be
controling the greys by means of an implant, the same one that the gray
are implanting into humans.  They are also said to be the master minds
behind the abduction plans. Their master plan involves using the newly
created 'Half-breeds' with implants to defeat the Confederations of
Humans. The Reptoids also use humans as food.  [Does this remind you of
the movie V?]

Main Source: A Cosmic Awareness Channel from "Revelations of Awareness" 
  Issue # 371


3.09: Vega
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Members of Confederations of Humans [will do more research later]

Main Source: A Cosmic Awareness Channel from "Revelations of Awareness"
  Issue # 371


=== Abductions and Current Theories
-----------------------------------
4.00: About Abductions
----------------------
There are many people who believe they have been abducted by UFOnauts.
These abduction victims often experience memory loss and "missing time".
some of them have been able to recall their abductions from memory and
others have recalled their abductions by the aid of hypnosis. Often these
encounters involve being taken aboard an alien craft and examined by the
UFOnauts and put through a variety of physical and mental procedures.
Then the individuals are returned. Many of the abduction victims has
shown signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Some of the major researchers who have studied the abduction field
include Budd Hopkins, David Jacobs, John Mach, Philip Klass, and Jenny
Randles.

There are several groups with distinct opinions. The dyed-in-the-wool
Skeptics, who who don't believe it. Others who are passing no verdict, but
are still examining  the evidence. Those who believe due to the
similarities of the abduction testimonies. Those who claim to have
information through means such as channeling. Those who claim to have had
first-person experiences, with automatic conscious recall. Those who
claim to have had first-person experiences, with recall under hypnotic
regression.

The opinions of some skeptics such as Klass believe that the hypnotists
themselves are leading the abduction victims unknowingly into believing
that they have had an abduction experience. The skeptics believe that the
the media has been saturated so much with the abduction material that when
people having nightmares or people who believe that they have experienced
the "missing time" are put under hypnosis, they draw upon what they have
seen in the media to fulfill the expectations of the hypnotist and
causes themselves to be put trough the trauma for that reason. They say
the nightmares are often caused by the sleeping disorder narcolepsy, and
the "missing time" is not an uncommon experience and is caused when the
mind is preoccupied by other matters. They often give the advice to go to
clinical doctors, and not to contact an abductionist.

Other researchers such as Jacobs and Hopkins believe that there is
something physical causing the abduction experiences. Hobkins has stated
that he believes that the abduction are real and that the recounts of the
abductions are to similar to each other to be anything but the truth.
Jacobs takes a slightly different approach, he has been categorizing all
the accounts and trying to find patterns in the testimonies. Through this
method he come up with new more indepth theories regarding the
abductions. [I'll give these late when I have time]

The Channelers believe that the abductions are part of a battle between
good energy forces and evil energy forces. [See Reptoids, Greys and
Pleiadians]

There people on the net who believe they have had personal experiences
with Alien contacts or abductions. Some have posted accounts of their
experiences. Many others decline to post due to attacks by skeptics.

There has been possible material evidence of UFOs or Alien contacts. There
are abundant material traces, even excepting those confiscated by the
military. Material traces include burned grass and earth where UFOs have
landed, UFOs shown on radar tapes, UFOs on film and in photos. Bodily
traces on abductees include scoop-marks in the flesh, incisions, burns,
apparent radiation exposure, bruises, inflammation, etc. Whether any of
these is considered *evidential*, however, is a subjective value call.

For anyone who is interested in abduction help call:

  Bill Knell                             
  Director of Island Skywatch
  (718)591-1854 (New York)

He can get you in touch with the right people in your area and has a lot
of videos, tapes and books on UFOs and abductions. He is also a very
experienced researcher/investigator.

Main Sources:
UFO-Abductions: A Dangerous Game, by Philip Klass 
Secret Life, by David M. Jacobs
Communion, by Whitley Strieber
dfs30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Denise Solis)
A Cosmic Awareness Channel from "Revelations of Awareness" Issue # 371

Also See:
Missing Time, by Budd Hopkins
Intruders, by Budd Hopkins
Alien Abductions: Mystery Solved by Jenny Randiles


=== UFOlogists
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5:00: Hopkins, Bud 
------------------
Bud Hopkins graduated from Oberlin college. He is also a painter and
sculptor. He has been investigating UFO report for the lat 12 years.

Bud Hopkins c/o Random House
201 E. 50th Street
New York, NY 10022

5:01: Jacobs, Dr David 
----------------------
David Jacobs is an Associate Professor of History at temple University.
He has worked with over 300 UFO abduction witnesses. He works closely
with a number of other abduction researchers including Budd Hopkins.
Dr. Jacobs moderates an abduction conference on ParaNet, and is accessible
via their dial-up BBS node (303-431-8797) or on Internet through a list
server. [See ParaNet]

Dr. David Jacobs
Department of History
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pa 19122

5:02: Klass, Philip J. 
---------------------- 
For thirty-five years a senior editor with Aviation Week and Space
Technology magazine, is recognized as the world's leading skeptical
authority in Unidentified Flying Objects and has written three books on
the subject. Klass, a graduate electrical engineer, is a founding Fellow
of the Committeee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the
Paranormal. He was honored in 1973 for his accuracy as a techjournalist
by being named a Fellow at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers.

Main Source: The about the author paragraph inUFO-Abductions: A Dangerous
  Game, by Philip Klass, C1988

5:03: Marciniak, Barbara J. 
---------------------------
Barbara J. Marciniak is an internationally known trance channel from
North Carolina. She began channeling in 1988. The strength and purity of
the message she is bringing very quickly captured the hearts of many
seekers looking to be all that they can be. Barbara has channeled at
various Expos and for groups across the United States, in Peru and in
Germany. 

You may contact Barbara at:
Bold Connections                Connecting Link Magazine
P. O. Box 6521,                 9392 Whitneyville Rd. 
Raleigh, NC 27628.              Alto, MI. 49302-9694 

5:04: Randles, Jenny
--------------------
Jenny Randles
37 Hasthbank Road
Stockport, Cheshire SK3 0UP

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