They took us to their leader.
On Jan. 24, one day before
the one-year anniversary of
what has been dubbed Bucks
County’s “UFO wave,” fervent
believers packed the
Gateway Auditorium for the
annual alien hunter conference
hosted by the
Pennsylvania chapter of the
Mutual UFO Network
(MUFON).
In 2007, there were 97
reported UFO sightings in
Pennsylvania. In 2008, however,
that number more than
tripled to 312, according to
John Ventre, the
Pennsylvania state director of
MUFON.
Bill Birnes, host of the
History Channel’s weekly
series “UFO Hunters,”
offered two reasons for the
increase in sightings.
First of all, there are just
simply more UFO’s.
Secondly, more “ethnic
minorities” are beginning to
trust the police and media
more than ever before, so
they are more likely to report
sightings. “The media used to
say, ‘If it bleeds, it leads.’ But
after [news outlets] began
covering UFO sightings it’s,
‘If it hovers, we cover.'”
The first report in the area
came last year from a police
officer in Falls Township who
refused to identify himself
because it “wasn’t good for
his career.” He reported a
silently soaring object near
Lincoln Highway that
“looked like an octopus in the
sky.”
That “octopus” began to
shutter as if it were vibrating,
then disappeared. This sighting
was later “confirmed” by
two 12-year-olds hanging out
near the Oxford Valley Mall.
Although some people are
hesitant to call themselves
believers, others are outraged
that this phenomenon is
being ignored.
These tough economic
times and the debate in
Washington over President
Obama’s stimulus package
are, to some, no excuse for
congress’s failure to acknowledge
the dramatic spike in
sightings.
When Birnes opened the
floor to questions, one seemingly
exasperated man spoke
up. “When will Congress
pass a law about the truth of
UFO’s?” he yelled.
Birnes seemed confident in
the Obama administration.
“Now that Obama has
reversed some Bush policies,
we may see more UFO coverage
by default,” said Birnes.
During a break that allowed
time for a cast of Bigfoot’s
foot to be raffled off, Bucks
residents expanded on the
proceedings. “Our government
knows about [UFO’s],”
said Bryan Segal of Bensalem.
“The absence of proof isn’t
proof of non-existence, and
[the government] has millions
of dollars at their disposal.
It’s ignorant for us to
think we’re alone.”
Segal was also concerned
about “non-efficient” alien
energy usage. “Why would
[aliens] send out large ships
when they could send out
quarter-sized probes. You
have to assume their level of
technology is absolutely
ridiculous,” said Segal. “It’s
just not efficient, it’s too
Hollywood.unless the
aliens are just tourists.”
Although the auditorium
was filled, with
attendants in the
aisles and along
the walls, the
room seemed to
expand in number
when Professor David
Jacobs of Temple
University came to
the podium to share
his vast knowledge
of alien abductions.
Jacobs, a self-proclaimed
abductee,
has been doing
“nothing but abduction
research” since 1982,
which was around
the same time he
began practicing
hypnosis.
Jacobs explained
that human memory
is retrieved
through hypnosis,
therefore allowing
abduction victims
to recall their
experiences.
“How rare can
[abduction] be if a
couple million
people all believe?
They can’t all be
psychotic,” said
Blue Bell resident
Ray Ovelman.
According to
Jacobs, there are a
few tell-tale signs
that a human has
been abducted.
After abduction
occurs, a human
will come back
naked, with their
clothes on differently
or in an
entire new outfit.
It is also not
uncommon for an
abductee to come
back with unusual
sears and marks
“all over the
place.”
Readers should
also know that
abductions are
genetic. “If your
mother or father
was abducted, it
isn’t probable
you’d be abducted,
it’s certain,”
said Jacobs.
Jacobs showed
the audience an
intriguing slide
show of the
growth process of
“hybrids,” a half-human,
half-alien species. Hybrids
are created because the aliens
are making an attempt to
assimilate into our human
world.
Aliens create hybrids and
send them to earth to teach
them how to perform human
tasks, such as moving into an
apartment building or buying
groceries.
Jacobs explained that these
hybrid beings are created by
sperm extraction with neural
engagement.
“All communication is telepathic,”
said Jacobs. The benefit
of this is that communication
is instant. However, the
downside is that an
abductee’s own thoughts can
often be confused with what
the aliens told them.
One problem that hybrids
encounter is that their toddlers
are often affected by
“confabulation,” a disorder in
which their heads are often
twice as large as their bodies.
In further slides shown by
Jacobs, abducted human children
were shown playing
happily with these hybrid
toddlers.
“Hybrid children have an
interest in learning to play
with dolls,” said Jacobs.
In fact, Jacobs claims to
have witnessed this seemingly
“biological impossibility”
himself. One day a friend
called him and asked him to
come see a “strange-looking”
baby. Upon seeing the baby,
Jacobs immediately deemed
it a hybrid. The mother was
hesitant to breast-feed.
When asked what the ultimate
objective is for the aliens
in abducting humans, Jacobs
shrugged. “That’s not for the
press to know.”
Although most of his alien
talk seemed perfectly logical,
Jacobs remained modest. “I
understand that I’m living in
crazy-land,” he said.
For those that had the misfortune
of missing this
enlightening conference,
pamufon.com has all the latest
details on this strange
phenomenon.