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From: Dennis Stacy <dstacy@texas.net> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 20:30:36 -0500 Fwd Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 12:30:12 -0400 Subject: Abductions: A Funny Thing Happened... Abductions: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Millennium List, One aspect of the UFO phenomenon I occasionally think about (to the chagrin of some) is the abduction angle. For all practical intent & purposes it began in 1961, with the Betty & Barney Hill experience, in the same way that the UFO phenomenon itself can be said to begin with the 1947 Arnold sighting: i.e., yes, earlier precedents (such as the 1957 Villas-Boas case) can be found, but we all know what we're talking about here. The point is this: in the last 38 years since the Hill event (can we round it off to an even 40?), two separate lines of thought have taken exponentially opposite tangents of evidence, or, if you prefer, indication. One the one hand, we're told by abductionoligists that abductions now number in the millions. On the other hand, the number of surveillance systems under civilian and scientific control has also exploded exponentially during the same period. Think back 40 years ago and compare that day's technology to today's, 1961 NASA to 1999 NASA. The personal computer, never mind global positioning satellites, and civilian "spy" satellites weren't even a gleam in Blue Book's eye. The number of civilian air traffic controllers and radar systems in operation worldwide has probably multiplied by at least a factor of four, if not eight or twelve. As of today, if you want, you can even enlist your own personal desktop computer in SETI -- the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Yet classic UFO sightings don't seem to have kept pace with claims, allegations, or extrapolations of UFO abductions. So how is it, given these two highways headed in apparently opposite directions, that we can claim more close encounters than ever with little corroborating evidence to back it up, when our sensors have multiplied many times over? Read between the lines (MJ-12's job must be getting harder by the minute, requiring a vast infusion of personnel to maintain the coverup, etc).Talk amongst yourselves. Get back to me. Dennis Stacy http://www.anomalist.com
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