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Abduction Digest Number 79
Abduction Digest, Number 79
Wednesday, November 25th 1992
(C) Copyright 1992 Paranet Information Service. All Rights Reserved.
Today's Topics:
Close Encounter group
Stats
Delaware talk
Spheres and OOBEs
Linda case
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From: Bob.Dunn@p0.f31.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Bob Dunn)
Subject: Close Encounter group
Date: 19 Nov 92 05:28:00 GMT
This message was from SCOTT COLBORN to ALL,
originally in conference FIDO UFO
and was forwarded to you by BOB DUNN.
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Hello. My name is Scott Colborn, and I'm the Director of the Fortean Research
Center, Lincoln, NE. I've had a special interest in reports of abduction and
contact with regards to the UFO phenomena. About four years ago I founded a
support group in the Lincoln, NE, area for people who had reported a close
encounter experience. This group is on-going and is a "closed group" with
screening of potential members done by myself. Please feel free to let
people know who you may be in conversation with that this group exists.
Secondly, we have developed a very good relationship with several psychologists
and a psychiatrist who have expressed an interest in working with people who
have made claims of close encounter experiences. Our support group works
like many other types of support groups, and it can be as quiet or dynamic as
the members wish.
Again, please feel free to pass this information along to any who might find
it of interest. Thanks for your help. Anyone wishing to communicate their
interest may do so in care of this board, or, by writing me c/o: The Fortean
Research Center, P.O. Box 94627, Lincoln, NE, 68509. I can be reached at
402-421-1701 from 1-7 p.m, Monday-Friday.
Best wishes, Scott Colborn, Director, The Fortean Research Center.
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Bob Dunn - via ParaNet node 1:104/422
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: Bob.Dunn@p0.f31.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG
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From: Jeff.Brewi@p0.f812.n202.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jeff Brewi)
Subject: Stats
Date: 19 Nov 92 01:42:36 GMT
I am curious if there has been a statistical database made on most/all
recorded abductions. I think this would be a valuable tool in studying
prospective abductees if one could cross-reference with other abductees
at a statistical level. I realize there would be numerous topics in the
database, but I think if it were limited to the more common points it
could be useful in some cases.
Also curious about after affects/symptoms...do abductees feel extremely
lethargic a few days after the abduction? Do they have physical signs
such as swollen glands? flu/cold-like symptoms? etc.?
>From what I have read, in most cases(all?), most abductees can tell of
the abduction in 'vivid detail', are there any/many cases that are not
so detailed, and can these 'vague' cases be deemed as an actual
abduction? Are there any cases in which the conscious memory is vague,
but under hypnotic regression the abduction is revealed in detail?
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Jeff Brewi - via ParaNet node 1:104/422
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: Jeff.Brewi@p0.f812.n202.z1.FIDONET.ORG
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From: David.Jacobs@p0.f21.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (David Jacobs)
Subject: Delaware talk
Date: 20 Nov 92 06:26:47 GMT
John, I will be glad to talk with you about the Linda case tothe best of my
ability if I have the time after the Delaware MUFON talk. See you there.
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David Jacobs - via ParaNet node 1:104/422
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: David.Jacobs@p0.f21.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG
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From: David.Jacobs@p0.f21.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (David Jacobs)
Subject: Spheres and OOBEs
Date: 20 Nov 92 06:38:32 GMT
Michael, good to talk to you again. I am afraid that I have been somewhat
lax in keeping up with the messages on Paranet so I am not exactly sure to what
you refer when you talk about spheres. From time to time abductees will recount
incidents in which a ball-shaped object will be passed over their body, or
they will discuss spheres that emit light and that they are required to stand
under. I have had a case in which a green sphere appeared to follow an abductee
down a corridor during an abduction incident.
Abductees will also report seeing balls of light in their room seconds
before an abduction. In the same way they will often think that they are having
an out of body experience when in fact they are being floated up and out of
their room. I have even had them "remember" that they could "see" their bodies
still in the bed or chair while they floated up. Investigation revealed that
that was not the case.
Out of Body Experiences are apparently a real phenomenon. It is usually
coupled with extreme stress or trauma (being on an operating table, or lying
on the pavement after having been hit by a truck), or by meditation in which
an out of body experience is desired. When abductees think that they have had
an OBE, it is often unwanted or unexpected. They might be sitting on the couch
with a can of beer in their hands watching David Letterman when suddenly they
begin to have an "out of body experience." Needless to say, this is very
suspicious and when a researcher hears this it is important to be suspicious
about the incident--it might mask something else happening.
--
David Jacobs - via ParaNet node 1:104/422
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: David.Jacobs@p0.f21.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG
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From: David.Jacobs@p0.f21.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (David Jacobs)
Subject: Linda case
Date: 20 Nov 92 06:43:44 GMT
Don, Linda's case, in my estimation, is rock solid. This is a multileveled
case involving a series of witnesses to the complex events within it. Budd
Hopkins will have a piece come out in the next MUFON UFO Journal about one of
the witnesses which, I think, will help to alleviate some of the anxiety about
this case.
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David Jacobs - via ParaNet node 1:104/422
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: David.Jacobs@p0.f21.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG
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