It should come as no surprise to anyone that has been in the UFO arena for any amount of time that there are a myriad of UFO occupants that have been encountered by many people all throughout the world. One thing that can be said for sure is that they certainly don't all fall into the “Gray Alien” meme that has become so popular in our culture. As I've noted in previous posts (Little Green Meme?) they seem to come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. And boy that's no exaggeration! Over at AboveTopSecret a member by the name of karl12 has brought together an awesome thread entitled 'UFO Occupants ~Drawings,Sketches and Non-Human Reports' which showcases a large number of the varied Ufonauts seen by people.
Below
are just a few of the examples, though I highly recommend that you
check out the thread for more information on each of the cases
included. First up will be The Flatwood's
Monster.
I'm
sure most are familiar with the baisc story of the Flatwood's Monster
so I won't go into too much detail here. From the related ATS thread:
From
the town of Flatwoods, of Braxton County, West Virginia, comes the
mysterious tale of a burning craft which fell from the sky, and a
mysterious being. The account began in the afternoon of September 12,
1952 when Sheriff Robert Carr and his Deputy Burnell Long received a
call from witnesses who had seen the fiery object as it crashed into
the earth. The unknown object had crashed on the Elk River, south of
Gassaway. The natural assumption was that an airplane had faltered,
and fallen from the skies. Not long afterward, a second unusual
sighting was made by some school buddies at the Flatwoods School.
Shortly before nightfall, four boys playing football saw something
fall on a hill not far from the school playground.
The boys, at first frightened, succumbed to their youthful curiosity, and headed for the sight, which was on the property of one Bailey Fisher. They proceeded up the hill, stopping at the house of Kathleen May, excitedly telling her of what they had seen. Kathleen and her two sons joined the search party. Reaching the top of the hill, Mrs. May remarked that, the night was foggy and there was a mist in the evening air." " the air had a metallic smell which burned our eyes and noses." A dog was reported to have ran ahead of the group only to return with his tail between his legs, frightened by something.
Topping the hill, they could see a "glowing, hissing" object about 10 feet in diameter, about 100 yards away. Now completely dark, the night was shattered by two lights, about a foot apart. One of the boys had a flashlight, and when he turned it on the two distant lights, a creature ten foot tall appeared.." a bright red face, bright green clothing, a head which resembled the ace of spades, and clothing which, from the waist down, hung in great folds". Suddenly, the creature began to "float" toward them, sending the group running back down the hill to the May house, where they quickly called the Sheriff.
The boys also called some of their schoolmates, and when the Sheriff arrived, the scene of the event was full of locals, who had to see the creature for themselves. Reporter A. Lee Stewart, of the "Braxton Democrat," began interviewing witnesses of the unusual event. He would later state that all of the observers were extremely frightened by what they had encountered. Stewart, accompanied by one of Kathleen May's sons, made their way back to where the creature had been spotted. Approaching the sight, Stewart was overwhelmed by an odd smell, but saw nothing unusual. Returning to the exact spot the next morning, Stewart could observe "skid marks" where some object had been.
The boys, at first frightened, succumbed to their youthful curiosity, and headed for the sight, which was on the property of one Bailey Fisher. They proceeded up the hill, stopping at the house of Kathleen May, excitedly telling her of what they had seen. Kathleen and her two sons joined the search party. Reaching the top of the hill, Mrs. May remarked that, the night was foggy and there was a mist in the evening air." " the air had a metallic smell which burned our eyes and noses." A dog was reported to have ran ahead of the group only to return with his tail between his legs, frightened by something.
Topping the hill, they could see a "glowing, hissing" object about 10 feet in diameter, about 100 yards away. Now completely dark, the night was shattered by two lights, about a foot apart. One of the boys had a flashlight, and when he turned it on the two distant lights, a creature ten foot tall appeared.." a bright red face, bright green clothing, a head which resembled the ace of spades, and clothing which, from the waist down, hung in great folds". Suddenly, the creature began to "float" toward them, sending the group running back down the hill to the May house, where they quickly called the Sheriff.
The boys also called some of their schoolmates, and when the Sheriff arrived, the scene of the event was full of locals, who had to see the creature for themselves. Reporter A. Lee Stewart, of the "Braxton Democrat," began interviewing witnesses of the unusual event. He would later state that all of the observers were extremely frightened by what they had encountered. Stewart, accompanied by one of Kathleen May's sons, made their way back to where the creature had been spotted. Approaching the sight, Stewart was overwhelmed by an odd smell, but saw nothing unusual. Returning to the exact spot the next morning, Stewart could observe "skid marks" where some object had been.
Next
up will be the strange abduction account of a security guard in Italy
named Pier Fortunato Zanfretta. I'll admit I was actually not
terribly familiar with this case before coming across it in
this thread.
The story is as follows:
Shortly
after midnight on December 6th, 1978, Zanfretta was on duty in
Torriglia, a village near Genoa. It was a dark and moonless night. It
was also very cold and snow had fallen during the day so that there
was a dangerous film of ice on the roads. As Zanfretta approached a
client's uninhabited country-house (called "Our Home" by
the owner, Dr. Ettore Righi), in the area of Marzano, his patrol car,
a Fiat 126, mysteriously stopped dead. The car engine, lights and
radio all failed seemingly for no reason. At the same moment he saw
four strange lights moving about in the garden of the house and
stepped outside of his car to investigate with gun and flashlight in
hand.
At
first he thought that burglars were behind the house. So he walked
through the open gate and crept along a wall in an attempt to
surprise them. But Zanfretta had underestimated the problem and ended
being the one who was surprised by what he had taken for thieves.
Feeling himself touched from behind, the security guard whirled
around and saw something that filled him with terror: only inches
away stood what he called: "An enormous green, ugly and
frightful creature, with undulating skin, no less than ten feet
tall". When he directed the beam of his flashlight on the
being's face, he was so frightened that he dropped it, but quickly it
up again and run away. While running, he became aware of a large and
very bright light behind him.
Turning
around, he saw a huge, flat triangular form which was blinding in its
brilliance. Zanfretta shielded himself from the light with his arm.
This thing which he assured was a flying saucer, ascended from the
back of the house. It was bigger than the house itself, and produced
a hissing sound. Later, Zanfretta said that he felt an intense heat.
He made it back to his car and tried to call his security company's
operations center in Genoa. It was 12:15 A.M. Carlo Toccalino, the
radio operator, has testified that Zanfretta was speaking in an
excited and disconnected way. He kept saying: "My God, are they
ugly!".
The operator then asked if "they" were human
and if they were assaulting him. The answer was: "No, they
aren't men, they aren't men". At that point, the communication
were abruptly broken off and Toccalino called the chief of the
security service, Lt. Giovanni Cassiba. An hour later, a couple of
other patrol guards, Walter Lauria and Raimondo Mascia, found
Zanfretta in front of the country-house, lying on the ground. It was
1:15 A.M.. When he saw them, he jumped up, gun and flashlight at the
ready. Eyes bulging, Zanfretta didn't seem to recognize them, nor to
understand when they told him to lower his weapon. The other
patrolmen rushed and disarmed him. To their surprise, his clothes
felt warm even though the December night air was quite cold.
The
account continues at this thread; much like Zanfretta's abduction
experiences (bad joke heh). Moving onward; we now turn to another
abduction which allegedly occurred in the Yukon territory of Canada.
The hunter that experienced the abduction actually tells the story in
his own words. It's a bit of a lengthy account, but is highly
fascinating and I would suggest you follow this link to
read it. Here's an overview of what occurred:
In
August or September 1987 (later
determined to be Wednesday September 2, 1987),
I left Ross River (where I lived) and headed up the North Canol Road
by myself on my motor bike for moose (hunting).
I
was planning on spending 3 days in the area between Sheldon Lake and
Macpass. A guy I worked with and a friend of his were to leave a day
later and I was to meet them for some fishing. We were all to stay at
a trailer at Dewhurst Creek.
I left Ross River early in the morning and the temperature started to drop. Then it started to rain very hard and very cold. When I got to Gravel Creek, I stopped at Art John's Cabin and put on extra clothes while standing under the edge of his roof. I knew the rain would not stop, so I got back on my bike and headed off.
I arrived at the trailer ½ hour before dark, very cold and very tired. I lit up a fire, cooked supper and went straight to bed looking forward to the morning hunt. Over night the rain had stopped.
I left Ross River early in the morning and the temperature started to drop. Then it started to rain very hard and very cold. When I got to Gravel Creek, I stopped at Art John's Cabin and put on extra clothes while standing under the edge of his roof. I knew the rain would not stop, so I got back on my bike and headed off.
I arrived at the trailer ½ hour before dark, very cold and very tired. I lit up a fire, cooked supper and went straight to bed looking forward to the morning hunt. Over night the rain had stopped.
At
daybreak (September 3, 1987) I put my gear and my gun on my bike and
headed towards Macpass. A couple of miles down the road, I was
putting along at about 10 mph looking into the trees and watching the
hillsides. I decided to stop for a pee.
I
was standing just in front of my bike watching the mountains to the
south, when I noticed to the left out of the corner of my eye, what I
first thought was an airplane. It was 400 to 500 yards away and about
the size of a DC-3 plane or a full-size school bus.
It was travelling north to south, at about 40 yards above ground and moving maybe 30 km/h. Right away I thought "boy is he low". I blinked my eyes because I couldn't make out any tail fin or wings.
It was travelling north to south, at about 40 yards above ground and moving maybe 30 km/h. Right away I thought "boy is he low". I blinked my eyes because I couldn't make out any tail fin or wings.
Right
away I thought, somebody must be here and I've got to tell them what
I saw. The noise I heard sounded like a heavy trunk lid on a car
slamming shut.
I quickly walked along the edge of the road to the corner to see who was there.
I came face to face (about 20 yards) with 2 grey creatures in blue jump suits, about 5 ft. tall with big insect looking heads, pointy faces, big eyes, thin arms, body and legs. I immediately thought "they're not little green men*, they're grasshopper people".
I quickly walked along the edge of the road to the corner to see who was there.
I came face to face (about 20 yards) with 2 grey creatures in blue jump suits, about 5 ft. tall with big insect looking heads, pointy faces, big eyes, thin arms, body and legs. I immediately thought "they're not little green men*, they're grasshopper people".
Finally
the last one that I want to look at comes from some lumberjacks in
Finland in 1971. I'm including this one just because of the unusual
size and overall characteristics of the entity involved. From
the account:
On
the snowy, overcast afternoon of February 5, 1971, two Finnish
lumberjacks – 21 year-old Petter Aliranta and 18 year-old Esko
Juhani Sneck – had a close encounter that would haunt them for the
remainder of their days. The fantastic event began at approximately
3:00 pm. when the young duo — who had spent the morning cutting
down trees in the forests near the village of Kangaskyla in Kinnula –
decided to call it a day because the overcast conditions were making
it too dark to continue.
According
to their account, Aliranta had just turned off his chainsaw, when he
suddenly noticed an odd metallic object hovering at tree-top level.
He claimed that it was shaped like “two saucers” on top of each
other and was about 15-feet in diameter.
At
the bottom of the vehicle there were four thin landing legs with
rounded bases, which he estimated to be more than 6-feet long. If the
craft made any sound it was no doubt overwhelmed by the continued
roaring of Sneck’s chainsaw.
Aliranta
stared in amazement as a weird, green garbed entity to slowly descend
through the open portal from the bowels of the craft. He later
described this unusual entity as being less than 3-feet in height
with its entire body covered in a green, one-piece suit. On the front
of the head was a faceplate that was described as being akin to that
of a scuba diver. Although the creature had arms and legs, the suit
gave no indication of hands or fingers.
You
can follow this link in order to read more of the account and to see
some other artist renditions of the occupants that were encountered
by the lumberjacks. Also as I said earlier you really should go to
karl12's thread in order to see all of the different Ufonauts that
are available. I think it's safe to conclude that
occupants of UFOs are far stranger than just the stereotypical grays
that have been seen over the last twenty-some odd years. I certainly
wouldn't go so far as to say that there are 57 varieties of ETs
visiting our planet, it does however give one pause for
consideration.
Is
our planet some way station for intergalactic tourists? I don't know
for sure. My gut reaction would be to say no. It seems more likely to
me that the phenomena is malleable and there is some combination of
the occupants altering their appearances and the human brain filling
in the gaps of perception. I would certainly be interested in hearing
what you guys think about this. Until next time this is your friendly
neighborhood Fortean Philosopher saying “Stay Classy, Internet!”
3 comments:
Great Post,I was surprised at the Pier Fortunato Zanfretta case.I too have not come across that one?These different kinds of accounts are always fun to read,and if true I also believe they are changing forms with each contact person.
It seems the one fellow met up with RETOIDS. Perfect description in the "overview". HE is lucky they only STUNNED him. Some are ok. Some eat humans.
57 varieties is retired Master Sgt. DEAN's insight from Allied HQ in Germany during Cold War, mid-20th Century, is it not?
HUMANITY is an experiment. Alone among the variety in our section of Universe, are MIXED TWO TYPES TOGETHER, the TWINS, are both in the human. And in the last quarter century, over one forth of humanity stopped SLEEPING. This never happened before. WE are an exciting, and self-destructive, curiosity to some, and prey, to others, and ready for enslavement, by still others. HOw this plays out, is up to our COOPERATIVE GOOD WILL WITH EACH OTHER. Only some VIPS are "controlled" by E.T.s, a mere minority group.
The reason for the visit by so many, is that our GALAXY is a SPIRITUAL EXPERIMENT, and learning to recognized first CHRIST, then G*D, is the only game in town. "And take as long as you like," is S.O.P.
Species that refuse to replace fear and greed with recognition of reality, typically erase themselves quickly, soon after "inventing" nuclear power.
I have seen CIRCULAR ships, TRIANGULAR ships, DARK ships, BRIGHT ships, small ships, BIG ships, and sometimes there is a brief "HELLO" clear as a bell. But that's it. These "sights" in sky were not seen "yesterday" but over a span of many decades, in rural settings, except for the BLACK TRIANGLE 20 years ago 4 meters above the palm trees, 30 mph, several minutes, right down the coast above the road. I had stopped smoking. But I rolled one up for that.
No noise. No sound. Silent as a bat. Dark, dark like a dark bat. Perfect triangle. BIG. Like a FIELD, no "engines". Awesome. I figgure, it is US showing off at night. I was working on equipment, and CHRIST called me to the roof to see such a sight, and I sure did. But NOBODY would hear me. Anytime I told anyone, they changed topic, or moved away. When I would persist, they would scold my bad manners.
I have seen them appear and disappear high in the sky late at night, years ago, often, but not so much now, nearly never. That's WHAT I know so far, not much else, but what I read.
Cheers.
Good stories, only one of which I'd read before. I keep harping on the subjective recollections of witnesses and how they should probably be the new focus of UFO and paranormal study.
How DID that last poster KNOW which words needed the all-important CAPSLOCK??
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