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From: John Velez <jvelez49.nul> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:49:58 -0400 Archived: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:41:08 -0400 Subject: Re: Alien Semiotics/Alien Symbol Study >From: Richard Hall <dh12.nul> >To: ufoupdates.nul >Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:41:59 -0400 >Subject: Re: Alien Semiotics/Alien Symbol Study >>From: Greg Sandow <greg.nul> >>To: <ufoupdates.nul> >>Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:57:19 -0400 >>Subject: Re: Alien Semiotics/Alien Symbol Study >>>From: John Velez <jvelez49.nul> >>>To: ufoupdates.nul >>>Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:59:59 -0400 >>>Subject: Re: Alien Semiotics/Alien Symbol Study >>>This one is for Mr. Sandow: Greg, do you know what happened to >>>the writing samples that Budd submitted to Stuart Appelle at >>>Cornell? >>>Last I heard it was all collecting dust on a shelf in Stuart's >>>office. Any thing new? >>To rewind the film a little further: >>For many years, Budd Hopkins has collected reports of alien >>symbols from abductees he's worked with. Some of them say >>they've seen symbols, or writing, and have drawn them. I've >>spoken to two of the abductees who say they've seen the symbols. >>I've also seen Budd's collection of these recollections. It's >>enough to chill your blood. The reports are so similar that, >>speaking non-scientifically, it really seems as if people have >>independently seen these things. I've promised not to describe >>the symbols, because that could contaminate future reports. But >>they have a definite configuration. The symbols that a large >>number of abductees have drawn from memory all have that >>configuration. They might differ in details, but the overall >>configuration is strikingly similar. It's as if everyone had >>drawn things that looked like letters from the Hebrew alphabet. >>They'd be distinctly different from the Russian alphabet, or >>from our own, and distinctly similar to each other. I'm not >>saying these symbols from the abductees look anything like >>Hebrew. They don't. But they truly resemble each other, just as >>letters from the Hebrew alphabet resemble each other. ><snip> >>Greg Sandow >I concur with what Greg says here, including his remarks that I >snipped about scientific study. I know about the symbols, know >some of the people who have drawn them, and once during my >active years working with abducrees obtained a "hit" of my own. >The similarities are, indeed, chilling. >In my case I had the person draw a sketch of what he had seen, >recognized the symbol immediately, and as I recall - after my >goosebumps faded - didn't say a word. A mistake that some >researchers make in their excitement over a discovery is to >blurt out what amounts to a strong confirmation of the person's >worst fears, without regard to their psychological well-being. Hi Greg, Dick, All, Mr. Sandow: Thanx for taking time out of what I know to be a very busy schedule to respond to my post. I kinda figured as much myself. I thought 'maybe' you had some new bit of info to share. It's a shame isn't it how opportunities seem to slip through our fingers like sand. You are not alone in your opinion BTW, it was a bone-chilling experience for me too. Worse for me was the fact that I was directly involved. It was a very powerful confirmation for me for something I desperately hoped was a psychological glitch I could possibly get help with. Who ya gonna call when aliens are kidnapping you at will? Maybe one day the material will get the attention it deserves. Mr. Hall: You wrote, >In my case I had the person draw a sketch of what he had seen, >recognized the symbol immediately, and as I recall - after my >goosebumps faded - didn't say a word. A mistake that some >researchers make in their excitement over a discovery is to >blurt out what amounts to a strong confirmation of the person's >worst fears, without regard to their psychological well-being. I wish that had been the case with me. I was presented with a chilling confirmation that had a deeply profound effect on me. I've always had a strong foundation so I quickly regained my equilibrium. But it wasn't easy. Not by a long-shot. * I'll try real hard to make the conference at the end of the month, Dick. I'll be in touch. Bev and I are both looking forward to seeing you. Warmest regards to you both, John Listen to 'Strange Days... Indeed' - The PodCast See: http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/sdi/program/subscribers/
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