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From: "Steven J. Powell" <sjpowell@access.digex.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 11:51:34 -0500
Fwd Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 13:12:13 -0500
Subject: Re: 'The Most Authentic Alien Image Ever'

> From: "Clark Hathaway" <earthwrk@cyberport.com>
> Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: 'The Most Authentic Alien Image Ever'
>
> > What I _really_ want is to know these things in a completely
> > _impersonal_ sense.  I'd like there to be a collection of data
> > completely separated from any human being.  Put that collection of
> > data in a box, put the box in the middle of a giant empty parking
> > lot and then any person who approaches that data can read it (do the
> > experiments, whatever) and walk away with _precisely_ the same
> > understanding (knowledge) as any other person.
> I understand believe me. However and unfortunately, the above
> DOES necessarily involve humans. It involves people who have
> undergone a set of serious traumatic shocks to their psyche.
> These folks seem to have an extremely difficult time
> disassociating themselves from the tremendous emotional
> attachment to their experience.

Anything as seriously traumatic as this is going to present a whole set
of separate problems, which is why I think the psychological aspect and
any related therapy should be separate from any research/investigation.

There's no reason why abductees can't be involved in the
research/investigation but there are some otherwise obvious groundrules
associated with that.  It isn't a crime that one or another person has
difficulty separating themselves from the phenomenon, I'd be surprised
if that wasn't pretty much always the case.

> That the reported circumstances of these phenomena is fantastic
> and all but unbelievable is true, but due to the overwhelming
> numbers it is clear that something exceedingly strange is and
> has been occurring.

I'm not so sure how overwhelming the number really are.  True, its a lot
of abductees but they are mostly coming from a very small number of
abductionists.  At any rate, the anecdotal data to date, overwhelming or
not, is clearly enough to indicates that _something_, rather than
nothing, is going on.

> > That's the only way we'll know that we got it right.
> Perhaps, but in any event it IS TIME NOW that an honest and
> totally objective study be made of what is occurring. Our
> collective future just may depend upon it.

The time is certainly now rather than later.

> > And that is the filter through which I view every single bit of
> > ufological and paranormal data.  The odd thing is that my approach
> > causes some skeptics to consider me a believer and it causes some
> > believers to consider me a skeptic.  Go figure...<grin>
> Honesty is an all too rare commodity during these times. ;-)

Hahaha!!

> > > I have included a JPEG of the piece with this message.
> > Great picture!
> It IS for sale!  <grin>

I'll mention that in the listing.

> Just think of what a conversation piece it would make hanging in
> your entryway! <wide evil grin>

Just think what a conversation piece _I'd_ make hanging in my foyer if
my wife found out I bought something like that!!!! <GRIN>

--

Thanks, take care.
John.

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