The CE4 Corner
The Cosmic Bridge, Close Encounters and Human Destiny
by Craig R. Lang, Certified Hypnotherapist
Hypnotic Growth, Exploration and Healing for Mind, Body, Spirit and Beyond
Brooklyn Center, MN 763-257-7334 e-mail: craig@craigrlang.com
May/June, 2008, Sometimes you see it, sometimes you don’t
©2008 by Craig R. Lang, MS CHt
A witness in south Minneapolis watches as a gigantic object passes directly over downtown. In another event, a witness stands in awe as he watches a huge black triangle passing overhead, slowly passing over a well-travelled highway during rush hour. In yet another case, a witness watches out the window of her apartment as a gigantic UFO hovers over a popular retail strip in Minneapolis—again, with few or no other people observing it. And the list goes on...
These cases and so many more like them, remind me of
one of the biggest mysteries in the UFO phenomenon, that of selective
viewability of the UFO. So often, the witness(es) to a spectacular sighting
observe an object at close range. In many cases, it is obvious, in your face,
hovering over a populated area—and yet, few if any others nearby observe the
whatever-it-is. In high-tech terms, this phenomenon might be called something
like “optical stealth.” In effect, sometimes you see it, sometimes you don’t.
Often, the actual witness to the object either is an encounter experiencer, or is somehow sensitive to the extraordinary, or both. In the case of the witness I recently interviewed, who observed the object over downtown Minneapolis, she appears to be an abductee, and this sighting may be the tip of a deeper missing time experience. My case files, and the case files of many other investigators, are replete with such cases; the person who is about to be, or just was, abducted is able to see the object at close range, while others nearby cannot.
In another case, described in The Cosmic Bridge, the primary witness and her mother were driving
on a well-travelled major highway in the Minneapolis northern suburbs. They
suddenly observed a large black triangular-shaped UFO moving slowly overhead at
slightly above treetop level. They pulled their car off the road and watched as
the huge object passed slowly over them. At the same time, other motorists on
the highway drove past the scene, apparently oblivious to the object.
Once again, I am struck by this same pattern; the witness and his/her companion observe the object - the object is huge and obvious, in a spot where it couldn't possibly be missed - there is/may-be missing time, then the object zips away. There are a few (but usually more than one) witnesses. Yet where the object was, there should have been thousands of witnesses.
In many of these cases, the sighting witness actually has more to his/her story than first meets the ear. In one recent case, the witness observed an object at close range as she was driving on I35W, heading into downtown Minneapolis. She and her boyfriend saw a UFO “up close and personal...” [CL Note: my term, borrowed from yet another experiencer]. They watched the UFO approach, hover over a nearby area just south of the downtown sky-scrapers, and then zip away. As I talked further with her, I learned that they were apparently late getting to their destination—so the plot thickens.
In another case, the witness and three of his friends were playing doubles tennis on a commonly used tennis court. At one point, he paused and looked upward, where, he observed a large, classic-looking flying saucer hovering over a nearby building. He attempted to call it to his friends’ attention, without success [Note: in addition, he appeared to become invisible/imperceptible to his companions, see the article on my website, Spontaneous Invisibility, the Mystery We Can Not See]. Later, when I conducted hypnotic regression with him, it turned out that the event was far more involved than he had recalled—a classic abduction event.
What is the factor determining when you see it and when you don't? Is it purely technology of some type? Is it some kind of esoteric factor – perhaps related to PSI abilities? Does an object only appear to the person who is supposed to see it? Or is there some other factor at work, here? As I indicated above, in nearly every case, the witness either was an experiencer, or was a “sensitive” [Note: I use the words in quotes as PSI sensitivity is yet another phenomenon we do not understand]. Does this imply that these people are uniquely able to see an otherwise-hidden object, while others may not be?
In The Cosmic Bridge, I discuss the idea that each sighting is, in some way, a relationship between the witness/experiencer and the phenomenon. The closer the encounter and the higher the strangeness becomes, the deeper and more meaningful the relationship becomes as well. In distant sightings, the relationship may be negligible, while in abduction encounters the relationship is obvious (if mysterious). But the intermediate cases, where the object is close-in but contact is not overt, is where the relationship becomes a mystery.
Is the sensitivity of the witness the primary factor, or is the phenomenon directly influencing who can see it and who can not? Once again, I do not know the answer to this question. We are limited to anecdotal evidence of an event which. in most cases, has occurred years in the past. Thus, our data is sketchy at best. Yet perhaps we can find a way to determine the sensitivity of the witness and relate that to a possible mechanism by which the object remains undetected to others nearby. If we can work out the hard science behind this relationship, then I believe we will have yet another important clue to the nature and purpose behind the UFO and close encounter phenomenon.
Like the phenomenon itself, the answer to a mystery like this one is elusive. Possible theories exist, and someday they may be provable. Yet today such answers seem out of reach. Truly, for both the phenomenon and for our own glimmers of understanding, sometimes you see it, sometimes you don't.
Bio: Craig R.
Lang is a field investigator with Mutual UFO Network, and is a certified
clinical hypnotherapist with the
National Guild
of Hypnotists. He
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