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

January/February, 2009 - Deeper Connections

In the last week, I spent some time going over the latest version of the MUFON Field Investigator's Handbook, in preparation for a for a series of talks this next year. The topic is on working with close encounter experiencers, field investigation and therapy - how they fit together, etc. As I read the material, I found that the section on abduction cases was well written. It seemed to be pretty generic - applying for nearly every case. However, I also found that it treats close encounters as purely abduction - and at that, purely what I call "standard model" encounters. Unfortunately, the spectrum of cases investigators and therapists encounter are far more varied.

The typical encounter, as described in the investigator’s manual, is the classic abduction by small grays, taking the experiencer to a waiting UFO. The experiencer finds him/herself on a metallic examining table, undergoing a physical exam with a powerful sexual component. There are also lots of other components to the experience, all very typical. Indeed, I find that at least half of the encounter events I hear of seem to conform to this model. But conversely, nearly half don't...

One case jumps out from the crowd, a case I have intermittently been involved in for the last couple of years. I first became involved when the lead investigator asked me to accompany her to the site of the encounter. It turns out that the encounter was more of a chance event, where the witness encountered a group of entities apparently doing their thing. And in this case, their thing did not seem to involve the witness directly.

In this case, the entities (they didn't sound much like typical grays) were in the process of stealing an animal from the corral on the witness’s farm. However, his unfriendly interaction with the entities resulted in minor injuries and a lot of emotional fallout for the witness. He grabbed his gun and confronted them, shooting at one of them. An instant later, another one attacked him from behind, spinning him to the ground and knocking him unconscious.

Originally, I had suspected that this was an abduction event, due to the close proximity to the entities and the apparent missing time. However, in our trance work, I found that it was apparently more of a single encounter, a confrontation that did not turn out so well for the witness. Because of our hypnotherapy work, we all learned a lot about the events of that night. However, the case has had profound emotional effects. In addition to the witness, it has also affected a lot of other people for varying reasons.

Returning to the MUFON investigation manual, I thought a lot about this case as I was reading the section on abduction work. This case seemed to be a classic example of the duality between investigation/research and therapy. The Minnesota state director and field investigation coordinator handled the initial event and investigation. They did an excellent job of interviewing the witnesses, gathering the evidence, profiling the site, etc. Then it was my turn...

When we returned to the site and I did trance work with the witnesses, details emerged that indicated the event was not an abduction, but more of a confrontation. The events he had described during the initial interview emerged with considerably enhanced detail. I had him recount the event multiple times and each telling was consistent, with increasingly more detail. Thus, I conclude that this was a clearly defined, physical event with powerful emotional consequences, but not an abduction, per se.

In subsequent follow-up work with the family, I found that the parapsychological fallout from the case has continued. I have learned that many others have contacted the family, having described dreams and visions, psychic impressions, etc. While there may be prosaic explanations for these events, this also suggests to me a deep connection between close encounters and parapsychology. Ultimately, in the fabric of reality, everything is connected.

As I read the material in the MUFON manual, I realized that, in the case of this investigation, the system has appeared to work. The combination of field investigation and hypnosis, under strict guidelines of careful fieldwork and clean regression, seemed to produce a detailed understanding of the events. However, they only deepened the underlying mystery of the case.

Like so many other encounter cases, the deeper we look, the stranger and more profound things seem to become. There are so many threads of the extraordinary, so many intertwining mysteries. UFO/Entity encounters, psychic events, paranormal fallout, etc. - the litany of mysteries continues. Intertwining them all, binding them together, are deeper connections than perhaps we can ever understand.

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 lives in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, and conducts UFO and close encounter research in the Twin Cities metro area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul and in surrounding areas within Minnesota and Wisconsin.  He can be reached by e-mail at craig@craigrlang.com.  The Minnesota MUFON website can be reached at www.mnmufon.org.

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