The UFO phenomenon is extraordinarily complex, however the main focus is undeniably face-to-face encounters or the onboard UFO experience. Still, when people think of these types of close encounters, they often assume that the experience is a terrifying event during which the unwilling victim is laid out on a table and examined by emotionless gray-type ETs. While I believe these types of encounters do happen, this is only a small part of the UFO experience. In reality, people experience a much wider variety of encounters. Contrary to popular opinion, onboard UFO experiences are not always involuntary and terrifying. Many people experience encounters during which they are actually helped or healed. There seems to be multiple reasons why people are contacted by aliens.
My latest book,
Extraterrestrial Visitations: True Accounts of Contact (Llewellyn, 2002) focuses only on those types of encounters which involve considerable interaction between the witnesses and the UFO. Each case involves either a face-to-face encounter, missing time or an onboard experience. Although these cases are among the most extensive I have ever investigated, at least half of them are not typical and move beyond the standard abduction scenario.
Rescued by Aliens
The following case is a perfect example. Sherry Jamison (pseudonym) worked first as a real-estate agent, then later returned to school, earned a degree and became a licensed therapist. She has been married for many years and has a full-grown child. She is both humble and dignified, with a quick wit and a positive outlook on life. Looking at her, you would never guess that she has had many bizarre experiences with extraterrestrials.
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