Lesley's Owl

 Just when you think things have settled down, Fortean-trickster wise, you realize they haven't. Lesley at The Debris Field (and so much more, of course) has an item about her own owl encounters.  (scroll down for previous owl posts) (and see Mike Clelland's hidden experience blog for more owl encounters.)

Friday November 12th: Two UFOs Over Oregon

The site with the link and clip doesn't give any information on this; where in Oregon the sighting took place, etc. The YouTube page isn't much better, except for a few comments. But here it is:

Airship UFOs and Dreams

Recent posts at the C Influence about air ships reminded me of some of my own experiences in my personal UFO journey.

I have a lot of recurring dream landscapes and imagery; shifting, ever changing sets, like the production stages in movie making, or sets on stage of a theater. One of the constant images and sets has to do with UFOs. It's a specific image, always the same, and it always occurs in the same place. That place is in front of the house I grew up in in Los Angeles. The time is always the same as well; night.

I've had this dream for as long as I can remember; just popping up now and then in my subconscious, even up to the present. And while it's a dream, and remembered as a dream, there's the other thing: memories of an actual, literal event. Not remembered as a dream, but as really happening.

My Invisible Friends: Floating Out the Door
The real event I've discussed many times on-line and on podcasts. (You can hear more about this on the podcast Jim and I did with Bill and Nancy Birnes on Future Theater.) Briefly; I'd wait in my bed, flat on my back, for "them." They were invisible, kind of sort of, but small, happy spindly things. My "friends." I had to be still, on my back, at night in the dark, the bed, and focus on the yellow beam of light under the bedroom door. Then they'd come, and float me out through the door, down the little hall, out that door to the living room, and out the front door to the big tree on the corner. The big tree was a huge fir tree on our neighbor's property, and I'd have to wait up in that tree for the ship to come.

The Dream
My dream begins with me either out on the sidewalk, or in the tree. The sheer exhilaration of looking up at that rich Prussian blue sky, and the dusty sparkling stars, which are so close, is almost too much for me to stand. The anticipation, waiting for "them," is exciting and pleasant.

Soon the ship comes. The description sounds downright silly, but it's what I've seen many times. In the dream, the ship makes me happy. Sometimes a little sad. Not sure why it's a little sad, maybe because it's, they, are going away, and I'm not.

My ship was like a basket, with an inverted bathtub over it, a domed type covering, yet the thing was open. Sometimes the bottom part was made of planks of wood, like a wooden fruit crate, but still had the bathtub type covering. The beings in it were small, but adults, and human looking enough . . . almost. While human like in many ways, they weren't quite human. Not exactly.
As I said, silly. Steam punk, old fashioned, and reminiscent of air ships. As I say, I've had both the memories and the dreams, forever.

No Owls, But Hey, There IS Frankenfish. . .

Not much, owls are gone, oh, there's the occasional owl motif/image but that's about it. No synchronicities, no sightings, and I don't have much to say, for now anyway, about recent UFO events. Everyone else is saying things, and I simply don't have anything to say, yet, about things like "missiles" in the skies, authorities and their passive-aggressive attempts at appeasing the mainstream media and populous,  and so on. So here I am, saying how I don't have anything to say.

There is my response to a blog post about airships on The C Influence. And a new post on my blog Animal Forteana about what's cutely being called Frankenfish; genetically altered, DNA tweaked, Dr. Evil enhanced salmon that the FDA, corporate entities (like the prettily named AquaBounty, which lulls us into peaceful accepting slumbers of an endless supply of soothing hued foods from the sea to ensure we continue to exist in an endless stream of plentiful fishiness. . .) don't think we have the right to choose or think for ourselves. Oh it gets worse. . .

The 'C' Influence: SP:11 1897 Airships, and the Little Fellow in the ...

The 'C' Influence: SP:11 1897 Airships, and the Little Fellow in the ...: "Erich Kuersten made many absolutely right on points about UFO research. He asks, using the Aurora, Texas case as his example, why residents..."residents of that town, science, etc. stonewall UFO researchers at a given point:

What is the reason for all the refusal to let science and ufology blunder in to try and prove the truth of the legend? Where does disrespect end and legit quest for understanding begin?

Of course we can broaden Erich’s question to all other UFO cases where this occurs, as well as paranormal and Fortean events like Bigfoot and other cryptid encounters, hauntings, etc. I think one reason this resistance to researchers “blundering in” is due to a fear of looking ridiculous. This fear runs so deep, it becomes far more important than answers or clues to Really Big Questions, like the nature of UFOs and the existence of aliens, or, Bigfoot, and so on. Fear of looking silly, gullible, or naive, of being hoaxed, or somehow taken in. Those fears loom over any truths that may be discovered.

Read Erich's post, and my response, at The C Influence!

The 'C' Influence: SP:11 1897 Airships, and the Little Fellow in the ...

My response to Erich Kuersten's post on The C Influence :

The 'C' Influence: SP:11 1897 Airships, and the Little Fellow in the ...: "Erich Kuersten made many absolutely right on points about UFO research. He asks, using the Aurora, Texas case as his example, why residents..."

owl haiku

the owls

owls are plentiful
these days, appearing where you'd
least expect them to

Orange Lights Seen in Eugene, Oregon

Roger Marsh reports on a recent sighting of three orange lights in Eugene, in the Fern Ridge area, on October 21st. Read about the sighting, on UFO Digest, here.

Raymond Fowler Comments on UFO Magazine's Woods/Jacobs Stories

I commented in the previous post about Jeremy Vaeni's excellent article concerning Emma Woods and David Jacobs in the current issue of UFO Magazine. In that post I wrote how discouraging it is to find that few in UFO Land and research have responded to this episode, and how, it seems, when such response is given, it's usually a knee-jerk, protective response to Jacobs, and often a dismal and slightly bewildering/scary misogynistic reaction to Woods.

But there are some in the UFO culture who aren't afraid to be vocal. One of them is from researcher (and experiencer himself) Raymond Fowler, who shared his comments about the Vaeni article for UFO Magazine's blog. (Comment from Raymond Fowler on the Emma Woods article) In that piece, Fowler wrote:

I found it incredible that he actually believed that his [David Jacobs] life was in danger from the very entities that he may have created himself. ...  Rather than conforming to the so-called party line critics  should at least be open to the possibility that Emma is telling the truth and be willing to examine both sides of the question objectively. ...Thus far (based on the contents of the article) I am disappointed in the way Jacobs and reportedly how Hopkins have reacted.

Good for Fowler for those comments which you can read on the UFO Magazine blog.

In UFO Magazine: Jeremy Vaeni's 'Aliens vs. Predator: The Incredible Visitations at Emma Woods

There is so much to say about the fantastic article by Jeremy Vaeni in this issue of UFO Magazine. (Aliens vs. Predators: The Incredible Visitations at Emma Woods.)

But for now, please, please, go and get yourself this issue, and read the article. Vaeni has done an excellent job with unraveling the seeming madness that is David Jacobs, the always precarious method of hypnosis used by some researchers to get at the submerged bits of missing time and nebulous memories of aliens, examinations, trips aboard saucers, and all the rest of "Abductions 101", and subject/witness Emma Woods.

From the beginning of this episode in UFO culture, I wondered why there wasn't more outcry from the UFO community. And yet, there still isn't; what there mainly seems to be, still, are a few stubbornly standing up for Jacobs, and misogynist pronouncements about Emma Woods' sanity, and worse. Other than that, little has been really said about this.

"Open the Curtians" : A Weird Little Moment

No UFOs or owls, but an odd little moment. I was in the kitchen this morning and thought I heard Jim ask me to open the curtains in the living room. I walked out from the kitchen to the living room, where he was sitting, and said, "What?" to be clear:

Me: "What did you say?"
Jim: "I didn't say anything."
Me: "I thought you just said something. . ."
Jim: "No, didn't say a word."
Me: "Oh, I thought you asked me to open the curtains."
Jim: (pause) "Oh,  ... I was thinking it; wanting you to come open the curtains, and hoping you would, but I didn't say anything."

Owl Case

Today someone asked me to hold their case for them for a few minutes while they left the area for something. Without looking at them -- I was distracted and helping someone with something -- I said "sure," and held out my hand. I grasped around the handles, and continued doing what I was doing. A few moments later, I looked down at the case in my hand and yes, the outside of the case had owls on it, along with the word "owl" in several places.

I feel like commenting on the following here in context of this owl synchronicity, though I'm not suggesting it has anything to do with it, then again, who knows... but recently, I've been noticing a lot of specific premonitions, I suppose you could call them. Several times lately I've thought of something specific, short, and, usually mundane, even trivial, and find a correlation later that day, or a day or two later.

The UFO Proletariat: UFO Magazine Blog: James T. Carlson: Deeply Disturbed

The UFO Proletariat: UFO Magazine Blog: James T. Carlson: Deeply Disturbed

UK Still Staging UFO Crash Drills in Schools

Staged UFO landing and crash scenarios have been conducted at several schools in the UK, which I've written about for UFO Digest. The reasons given for these events include things like facilitating creativity and critical thinking skills. But beyond this benign and well meaning educational intent, are some insidious elements. Often some staff, parents, and students are not told there events will take place;they just happen. In the past, these staged UFO crashes happened to a diverse student body, including students with behavioral or physical disability challenges, which caused trauma for the students. Parents were not informed. And,the police have a very active role in these scenarios. The favorite motif seems to be the UFO but other scenes have been used, like the "murder"(yes, murder) of a teacher on a playground -- once again, students, staff and parents not notified or prepared -- and in Scotland, a teacher telling several students to quickly get ready to leave the building, because the authorities were arriving soon to take them away to a government facility. The reason why the students were being taken away was, they were told, because they'd been found to be deficit in some ways.

The UK is still at it, with a recent UFO crash production at another school; you can read more of my comments on these surreal events at UFO Digest.

"Jellyfish" UFOs

Steve Hammons reports on jellyfish or octopus type UFOs, or "AAOs" (anomalous arial phenomena) here.

White Beam of LIght from UFO

Here's another sighting of a UFO ("boomerang" shaped) that emitted a white beam of light. In March, I commented on some reports of beams of light from UFOs on UFO Mystic.

AND, we have . . . more owls

My new Trickster's Realm column is now up at Tim Binnall's BoA, and it's about owls. As I commented in the previous post, I wrote this a week or so ago; in the meantime, today I had two owl moments:

On co-worker's desk: book, with title: "An Owl in the Family."

Later, with another co-worker looking through a box full of curriculum, the set had on the covers: owls.

Web Site: Women in UFOlogy

Thanks to the amazing Skylaire Alfvegren, I was made aware of a website that seems fairly new: Women in UFOlogy. I don't know who's behind it; it's still under construction, but there's an impressive list so far over there. I'm sure there'll be more to come. Check it out here.

Vintage U.F.O.: "The Washington Post Makes Fun of Military Officers" on A.D.

The A.D. site has an excellent article on the September 27 National Press Conference coverage by The Washington Post. Bryce Zabel writes about the Post's obvious contempt and ignorance of this issue.



Vintage U.F.O.: "The Washington Post Makes Fun of Military Officers" on A.D.

Owl Says: Not So Fast...

Just today, I was thinking that I haven't had any owl synchronicities since the last owl post. "Well, that owl episode is over," I said to myself this afternoon.

Then I receive an email from Tim Binnall, who sent me these images of an owls on his fence. He told me he took them today, and that it was the first time they've seen owls on the property.

Not so fast, Owl says! Oh, and my article for Tim, that should be available on his site Monday? About owls of course; I wrote it last week in September, and normally it would  have been up earlier, but Tim's been busy with many projects, so it was postponed. So today he emails me to tell me it'll be up Monday and he finds the owls on his property.

Seems they're listening, those owls...