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SUBJECT: ENTER THE GRAY ALIENS FILE: UFO3144
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excert from _GRAY ALIENS BITE THE DUST_ by Alison Davidson
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from BORDERLANDS, Vol XLIX, No. 2
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ENTER THE GRAY ALIENS
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The two main images in the lurid ufology sweeping into public
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consciousness today are _ gray aliens and abductions of humans by
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these aliens. Together they form the key components of a cosmic
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conspiracy theory with elements of high level government involvement
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and mass genetic manipulation, to say the least, and it's a conspiracy
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that's spreading. A postcard just received in the mail from Paramount
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Pictures states that "2.5 million Americans claim they have had an alien
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abduction experience", as part of their promotion for the upcoming
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release of a major movie called Fire in the Sky very loosely based on the
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Travis Walton incident well known to ufologists, one of the early
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abduction cases which has been neither proven or refuted.
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The image of gray aliens is infiltrating the gray matter of the public
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like the sinister shadow reflex of those ubiquitous little troll dolls,
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insinuating itself into every level of the media. Grays are finding mention
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in television shows, such as the documentary A Strange Harvest, the TV
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movie Intruders, a recent episode of Star Trek the Next Generation, that
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well known prototype vehicle for the New World Order federation
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propaganda... advertisements, almost every new age consciousness
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publication, gutter press and otherwise intelligent magazines. Their
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mutated bland bug-eyed heads have sent ET back to kindergarten.
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Abductee has become a fashionable state of being and abduction
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seminars, workshops, support groups and private counselling for
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abductees are spreading like an epidemic.
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Here at Borderlands under siege from the stacks of hype from the
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New True Believers, we have also received information from the other
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more skeptical side of the story and this article is an attempt to gather
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together some of the kernels of truth, if truth is to be found, from the
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bloated fiction being sold by the sensation hungry press to the ever
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gullible public.
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ABDUCTIONS _ WEAK LINKS IN THE chain
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One of the most rational and scholarly investigations into the claims
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of human abduction by extraterrestrials is a meticulously researched
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paper published recently by the International Fortean Organization,
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titled Demons, Doctors, and Aliens by James Pontolillo, subtitled: An
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Investigation into the Relationships Among Witch Trial Evidence,
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Sexual-Medical Traditions, and Alien Abductions. But don't expect to
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find any serious review of this work in the mainstream ufological press,
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as James Moseley of the Saucer Smear cynically comments: "If it ain't
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real-life aliens, true ufologists don't want to hear about it!"
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The author is concerned about "the central role of cultural misogyny
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in the origin and development of the alien abduction phenomenon"... the
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shallow contradictions and misrepresentation of facts in the reports, and
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the lack of substantiating evidence... as he says, "nothing but the human
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imagination is required to produce an abduction narrative."
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He begins by questioning the numbers of alien abduction cases
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claimed by such prominent researchers as Budd Hopkins (100's of
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1000's _ or 1 million last count), or Donald Ware from MUFON
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(approximately 6 million Americans "whether they know it or not"). The
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figures claimed are extrapolated from individual cases (including friends
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and acquaintances) to the general population, and from a poll
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containing five leading questions that was apparently distributed to
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several thousand people, and quoted in Fate magazine. Have you ever
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experienced missing time... felt you were flying... awakened with a
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strange presence in your room... seen unusual lights... found puzzling
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scars on your body...? You might be an abductee and not know it. This is
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the theoretical basis of the abductionists' extravagant claims (but they
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don't ask if you take drugs, drink alcohol, engage in subtle energy
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practices, or watch too much TV...)
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Skeptics, of course, deny that anyone has ever been abducted.
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Pontolillo goes on to question the evidence of which the
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overwhelming majority is unsubstantiated eye witness (and alleged eye
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witness) testimony from the purported abductee. Most abductees are
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anonymous and the crucial medical and psychological documentation on
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their cases is inaccessible. He questions the use of hypnotic recall
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procedures by pro-abduction therapists with little knowledge of the
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scientific literature on hypnosis and its proper application. Most of the
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abduction evidence hinges on hypnotic regression and, as Pontolillo
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points out, "a casual examination of all major pro-abduction books
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reveals the use of leading questions by researchers on their hypnotized
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subjects" _ while Hopkins categorically states in UFOs And The Alien
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Presence: "You can't lead people." (Another question that presents itself
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here is: How is it humanly possible to conduct in-depth psychological
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tests for such a vast number of traumatized victims _ if their claimed
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numbers are true?)
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As there is no physical evidence or objective testimony the author
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digs more deeply into the psychological interpretation of the abduction
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phenomenon to seek out the underlying archetypal imagery. In doing so
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he draws a compelling thread between UFOs, abductions and ancient
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folkloric tradition, or as he puts it "The core abduction event, sexual and
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medical experimentation by extraterrestrials on unwilling human
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(primarily female) subjects, is only the latest variation in a time-worn
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cycle of misogynistic folk tradition endemic to Western civilization."
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