Unexplained
Phenomena and Extraordinary Experiences
Craig R. Lang
MS, CHt
Anomaly and
Close Encounter Researcher/Investigator
E-mail: craig@craigrlang.com
The universe around us is
full of things we do not yet understand.
Some things are minor, such as distant sightings of unexplained lights
in the sky. They are safely in the
distance and we can pass them off as an interesting curiosity. But other events confound our present day
understanding and shatter our reality.
Among these, the experience of the UFO encounter presents one of the
greatest challenges to our world view.
More than a witnessing, a close encounter with the unexplained can be an
up close and personal, reality-changing event.
The local Minnesota MUFON
organization has long been actively involved in sighting and encounter
investigation. To follow the latest in
local sighting investigation, I invite you to look up the Minnesota MUFON website, or
the national MUFON organization.
NEW!!!
Announcing my new book and website:
The Cosmic
Bridge, Close Encounters and Human Destiny!!!
A new perspective on the close encounter:
why are "They" here?
What does the UFO experience means to
humanity?
Click Here to go to TheCosmicBridge.com
and see for yourself.
Report a UFO Sighting:
If you would like to report a UFO sighting
to MUFON, you may do so on the MUFON Sighting Report page.
This will allow you to describe your sighting and will provide valuable
information to MUFON. You can indicate
on the form, whether you would like to remain anonymous.
An investigator from MUFON
may contact you to learn more about your sighting. Please feel free to provide any additional
information you can. Each sighting, such
as yours, can be a tremendous help in our efforts to understand the phenomenon.
Perhaps you have experienced something that you
can’t explain, or maybe you suspect that something unusual may have happened –
maybe something you can’t quite put your finger on. If you have, or feel that you can offer some
insight into this mystery, please feel free to contact me at craig@craigrlang.com. I look forward to hearing from you.
Upcoming
Events: Check out the latest
happenings in the worlds of Anomaly Research, Hypnotherapy, and New Science.
The CE4 Corner
- click
here to browse through the latest articles in my new column in the Minnesota
MUFON Journal.
UPDATED for 2006!!!
By Popular
Demand, I am posting the PowerPoint slides to several of my recent talks at the
recent MarsCon and Convergence SF conventions.
My talk at
the Duluth Area 61 UFO Conference entitled:
·
UFO
Abduction: Good Evil or Something Else?
My talks at
the MarsCon SF convention entitled:
·
Close
Encounters: Real Events in the Present Day
My talk at Convergence 2004 entitled:
·
Contact and
Disclosure: Does the Government Matter?
Please feel
free to take a look at them and tell me what you think.
Anomaly and Close Encounter Articles and Publications:
As a hypnotherapist, much of
my work is with people who have had encounters with the unexplained. I invite you to look over some past thoughts
on the topic, and if you have some comments on them, please feel free to let me
know.
Handouts and General Info:
Some
Rules of Thumb If You Encounter the Unexplained.
·
Field Investigation of UFO Reports
What
is a UFO sighting report and how does MUFON investigate them?
Sighting and Encounter Reports:
· Lake Elmo Minnesota, 1980 Multiple Witness Close
Encounter:
This fascinating sighting report is of an encounter
in which two men observed an anomalous light while driving on I94 near Lake
Elmo, MN. They pulled off of the highway
and watched it for an extended period of time as it maneuvered a short distance
above them. They subsequently
discovered that there was approximately 90 minutes of missing time, suggesting
that this was more than a sighting.
· Lake Elmo Minnesota, Oct 2001 Close Sighting:
This spectacular, brightly lighted object was
observed as the witness was driving on a rural/suburban highway. She initially observed it in the distance,
approaching from the west. Her view was
briefly obscured by the trees, and when next visible, it was just over the tree
line, only a few blocks away from her.
The brightly lit object illuminated the tree line and may have been seen
by others as well.
· Wright County, MN Close Encounter Sighting: This sighting occurred to four witnesses in
their car driving west on a busy highway in central Minnesota. Several objects were seen by these and many
other witnesses on the road that evening.
According to our witnesses, many motorists pulled their cars off the
road in order to observe the objects.
· Plymouth, MN Triangle Sighting:
One of many triangle flyovers observed by witnesses
over the last few years: This big, slow
object was seen by a single witness in the late evening hours, passing at
treetop level over her house. Like many
other triangle sightings, the object was clearly visible, and passed over
populated areas, and well-traveled roads.
Thus, it should have been clearly visible to many other witnesses. Are there others out there who have seen it?
· “The
Flying Fisherman” Carlyle Lake Illinois, 1999 CE4
This close encounter was one of several described by
an experiencer whom we refer to as “The Flying Fisherman”. He describes an event which appears to have
been also detected by his GPS receiver, and also which may have left physical
evidence. This case is still being
researched. Additional reports will very
likely follow as we further explore this fascinating series of encounters.
We would very much like to hear from anyone else who
may have been witness to any of these extraordinary events, or who may have
seen/experienced any other unknown objects or phenomena. Please feel free to e-mail
me, contact Minnesota
MUFON through our website, or report an event directly to the national MUFON organization.
Articles:
·
NEW!!! Allies and Aliens - Thoughts on the Visitor
Agenda
Are we in peril from the presence of the Visitors? Many questions arise from Marshall Summers' talk at the 2006 MUFON UFO symposium. What do the "Allies of Humanity" have to teach us and do they tell us the truth?
(Minnesota MUFON Journal,
Sept 2006)
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Contact and Disclosure – Does the Government Matter?
What does our government actually understand about the UFO and close encounter phenomenon? Do they have any real power to affect the human interaction with our Visitors? Or is it more likely that they are as mystified by the phenomenon as the public is? Will the nature of the phenomenon ever be understood (much less revealed) by the authorities? Or will disclosure more likely be the gradual result of actions by the phenomenon? In the final analysis of the UFO/CE4 question, does our government really matter?
(Minnesota MUFON Journal,
June 2004)
·
The
Indigo Hypothesis
Is the present
generation of awakened children a gift of the Visitors? We examine this possibility, and look at the
motivations behind a possible genetic agenda of the Visitors.
(MUFON UFO
Journal, Feb 2004)
·
The Awakening
Examines the
phenomenon of Unexpected Psychic Emergence associated with Close Encounter
Experiences - What causes it? Is it
unique to the UFO phenomenon, or is it the same as spiritual awakening in other
walks of life?
(MUFON UFO
Journal, Nov 2002)
An
examination of Dr. Seth Shostak’s article in the 6/27/2002 issue of Space.com:
What are the arguments that the SETI community presents against the idea
of “Them” coming here?
·
What Does the Jonathan Reed Case Teach Us?
A
look at both sides of the Jonathan Reed case: What are the implications if it’s
true – or if it’s a hoax?
(Published
2002 in Minnesota MUFON Journal)
·
Close Encounters – The Meaning We Bring With Us
The
experience (both positive and negative) of the phenomenon tends to be greatly
affected by one’s world view.
Understanding our own perceptual frameworks can help resolve the
polarity and level the playing field.
(MUFON
UFO Journal, June 2002)
·
Close Encounters:
The More We Learn, the Less We Know
The experience
of the close encounter still seems to defy our every attempt to put into a
box. Each new event seems to add
strangeness to a mystery which is already one of the strangest of our time.
(CUFOS,
International UFO Reporter, April 2002)
·
Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Our Every Day World
One
of the strangest aspects of the close encounter experiencer phenomenon is that
in which experiencers find themselves being confronted by unsettling human(oid)
figures, such as the Men-In-Black.
What/Who are these beings? What
do they imply about the encounter phenomenon?
(March
2002 Minnesota MUFON Journal)
·
Implants:
Thoughts on Reading "The Aliens and the Scalpel" by Dr. Roger Leir
Does the Penrose/Hammeroff microtubule model of
quantum properties in nerve cells provide a possible mechanism for the alleged
implants described in Dr. Leir’s book?
(Published
2001 in Minnesota MUFON Journal)
Can
zero-point theory, along with the Penrose/Hammeroff microtubule model of
quantum effects in the nervous system provide insight in to parapsychological
phenomena?
(Published
2001 in Minnesota MUFON Journal)
·
Spontaneous Invisibility - The Mystery We Can Not See
One
of the strangest phenomena accompanying the close encounter experience is that
of spontaneous invisibility, in which the experiencer apparently becomes
invisible to his/her environment either just before or just after the
phenomenon. What are some ways we can
begin to understand this phenomenon.
(Published
2001 in Minnesota MUFON Journal)
·
The Very Real Experience of UFO Encounters
The
wondrous and frightening reality of encounters with the unexplained
(Published
2001 in “The Edge” Newspaper - Part 1 of
3)
·
The Light and the Dark Side of the Sky - The Wonder and
Trauma of Contact
Dealing with the fear of the close encounter
(Published
2001 in “The Edge” Newspaper – Part 2 of 3)
·
Investigating the Mystery of the UFO Encounter
Ways
in which we try to learn more about this mysterious phenomenon. How do we follow up on reports, and how can
you report one?
(Published
2001 in “The Edge” Newspaper – Part 3 of 3)
·
UFO Encounters, There May be More Than You Think
There
are probably many more close-encounter experiencers than most people
realize. Perhaps you - or perhaps
someone you know….
·
The Logistics of UFO Abduction
A look at what I call the “Air Traffic Control
Problem” – the numbers of close encounters imply that if all reported CE4’s are
physical events, then our skies must be overflowing with UFOs.
·
Reality Anomalies in CE4 Cases
A look at some of the reality anomalies which seem
to show up in abduction cases (November
2000 Minnesota MUFON Journal)
A
hard look at the status of the UFO studies written in 1997 - There are no
shortcuts. The only way we will achieve
greater insight into the UFO phenomenon is by doing research with painstaking
thoroughness and careful science.
(January
1997 Minnesota MUFON Journal)
A
look at a possible wave of sightings in the northern Twin Cities area- There
were many sightings in Minnesota during the fall of 1978 and/or 1979. What patterns can we discern from the data?
A look at the relationship between the UFO and SETI
communities – This is an appeal for peace between two communities that
basically seek the same goal.
(September 1997 Minnesota MUFON Journal)
·
Wonder and Rationality - The Dilemma of a
Scientific UFO Investigator
In UFO research there is always the need for
skepticism, but also the willingness to be open to the unexplained. Where do we strike the balance?
(January 1998 Minnesota MUFON Journal)
·
The Government, Field Investigation, and Minnesota
MUFON
The
UFO community has frequently been split by accusations of one or another
investigator being (in some way) an agent of the government. The Anomaly research community depends upon
cooperation between investigators/groups.
Such accusations only hurt the whole community.
(MN
MUFON Journal, 1998)
Human Aura Viewing Experiments:
During 2000 and 2001, we conducted
a series of experiments, with a multiple-run experiment being conducted at the
National Guild of Hypnotists in April of 2001.
The following articles are the published results:
·
June 10, 2000 Human Aura Viewing Experiment
(Published in the Minnesota MUFON Journal
July/August 200)
·
March 10, 2001 Human Aura Viewing Experiment
(Published
in the Minnesota MUFON Journal May/June 2001)
·
April 22/23, 2001 Human Aura Viewing Experiment
(Published
June 2001 on www.kevinhogan.com)
Links and Literature References
Click
here to visit a list of references which have seemed to be the most useful in
my hypnotic and anomaly-research work.
This list is in progress, and I welcome any suggestions for useful
literature in the field.
This
site was written and updated November 19, 2006 by Craig R. Lang MS,
CHt. I welcome any comments, feedback
and/or any reports of anomalies or close encounters. Please feel free to contact me at craig@craigrlang.com
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