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Abduction Digest Number 23
Abduction Digest, Number 23
Wednesday, August 28th 1991
Today's Topics:
Rainbow Declaration
WITNESS SUPPORT GROUPS
Witness Support Groups
Abduction of Leo Sprinkle
Rainbow Declaration
Welcome (Again)
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From: Jack.Doran@f27.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jack Doran)
Subject: Rainbow Declaration
Date: 15 Aug 91 19:44:06 GMT
Do you have to vote for Jesse Jackson to subscribe to the Rainbow
Declaration?
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From: mrc-crc.ac.uk!sgamble
Subject: WITNESS SUPPORT GROUPS
Date: 23 Aug 91 14:37:16 GMT
From: Steve Gamble x3293 <sgamble@mrc-crc.ac.uk>
Dear All,
One problem I have been giving some thought to is how UFOlogists
might help abductees and other close encounter witnesses. I am
mailing here to see what other ideas people can provide.
Should we be aiming for Budd Hopkins style mutual support type
groups or the Rima Laibow one-to-one session with a professional
shrink?
Steve.
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From: Sheldon.Wernikoff@p0.f150.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Sheldon Wernikoff)
Subject: Witness Support Groups
Date: 26 Aug 91 03:20:00 GMT
In a message to all <23-Aug-91> Steve Gamble wrote:
SG> One problem I have been giving some thought to is how
SG> UFOlogists might help abductees and other close encounter
SG> witnesses. I am mailing here to see what other ideas people can
SG> provide.
SG> Should we be aiming for Budd Hopkins style mutual support type
SG> groups or the Rima Laibow one-to-one session with a
SG> professional shrink?
Hi, Steve
Ufologists must learn not to isolate the abduction/witness
experience from other previous/post events in the percipient's
life. The holistic approach seems to yield the best results.
Mutual support groups certainly have a place in all this, but the
witness learns little about what/why things have occurred to them,
they just seem to discover the fact that what happened is OK, and
it happens to others. They also tend to get overly attached to the
group facilitator.
I think the best way to go would be a combination of support,
therapy, scientific education, and a dash of healthy skepticism.
Hypnotic regression should also be utilized much less frequently
than it is now, and when deemed necessary, should only be
administered by qualified professionals.
Take care,
---Sheldon (Chicago, IL)
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From: Linda.Bird@f100.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Linda Bird)
Subject: Abduction of Leo Sprinkle
Date: 25 Aug 91 16:53:00 GMT
In the August 1991 issue of THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY is a long (10-page)
article called "The UFO Expereince."
Leo Sprinkle of the Univ. of Wyoming founded the Rocky Mountain
Conference on UFO Investigation in 1980. This article tells of an
abduction experience for Sprinkle at age 10. The alien's message to
Sprinkle aboard the craft was, "Leo, learn to read and write well so
that when you grow up, you can help other people learn more about their
purposoe in life."
Sprinkle felt relieved (after his own hypnosis) and he felt it was all
"preparation for my UFO research work. The psychological dilemma was
over. I accepted myself as a contactee. Now I had a social dilemma.
I had encouraged otheres to speak out and now I had to do the same."
So what happened after a while? The National Enquirer picked
up Sprinkle's story (included in Ruth Montgomery's book ALIENS AMONG
US)
and the headlines were:
"Space Aliens Abducted Me as a Child...Claims College Professor,"
and the piece was the predictaable disaster.
In 1989, 2 years after the "Enquirer" piece came out, Sprinkle ,
succumbing to considerable pressure, resigned his tenured
professorship.
Read the article as it is fascinating. I managed to find THE ATLANTIC
MONTHLY in my city's humble library, so it is available.
Thanks,
Linda Bird
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From: Don.Ecker@p0.f3.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Don Ecker)
Subject: Rainbow Declaration
Date: 26 Aug 91 23:53:00 GMT
He said;
> Do you have to vote for Jesse Jackson to subscribe to the Rainbow
> Declaration?
Nope, just read ParaNet......
Don
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From: Jim.Speiser@f100.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Speiser)
Subject: Welcome (Again)
Date: 28 Aug 91 05:09:00 GMT
Steve:
Forgive me if you got this message already, but you never responded, so I
thought I would post it again just in case it never reached you. I'm never
sure what ParaNet echoes are hooked into the InterNet. (Mike, if ABDUCT is
not hooked in, please forward this to Steve one way or the other).
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Steve:
First, welcome to ParaNet. Your organization is a much-needed addition
to this network.
Second, a few months ago a program aired on American television on the
subject of abductions. One of the three segments centered on a case
involving a police officer in Yorkshire by the name of Alan Godfrey. I
wondered if you were familiar with this case, and how it is regarded in
the UK. It seemed a very interesting case on this end, but I had never
heard of it before.
Thanks,
Jim Speiser
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