Contactees and Abductees 2

Goo: . Is there any evidence of genes within human DNA which do not have evolutionary parallels with other vertebrate or invertebrate species on this planet?

Erasmus: . There has been a study suggesting that there are a number of human genes which only may have arisen within bacteria. I’ll give a brief summary of the study:
Researchers Challenge Recent Claim That Humans Acquired 223 Bacterial Genes During Evolution .

The conclusion of that study in Nature was that humans have acquired 223 genes from bacteria, some of which may have been transferred to vertebrates during bacterial infections. The claim implies that humans can acquire genes through bacterial infection and pass them to offspring.

The process of lateral gene transfer involves a series of steps. For starters, a gene has to migrate somehow to the nucleus of the 'germ' cells that give rise to sperm and eggs. Otherwise it will not be passed on. How a gene successfully infiltrates the human genome is not clear, say researchers. Unlike bacteria, humans have relatively sheltered DNA. Further, a transferred gene must be in or get in a format that allows long-term maintenance and replication.

"We expect…that the vast majority of these transfer events happened before the evolution of multicellularity," concludes the commentary in Science Express. "Our multicellularity probably saved us from participating in the dirty business of lateral gene transfer so beloved by microbes."

BUT

A new study contradicts this possible transfer of 223 genes.

It demonstrates that humans have relatively few, if any, genes passed directly from bacteria during evolution. Using an extended dataset of DNA sequences with a greater number of invertebrate organisms, it appears that Fewer than 50 human genes may have been transferred from bacteria to vertebrates at some point in time, according to a study published in the Science Express.

This number may be even lower if we consider the failure to detect human and bacterial genes that are present but mutated in nonvertebrate species. Abnormal distribution patterns can result from the loss of genes or the 'apparent' loss of a gene that is present but has mutated beyond recognition.

The transfer of genes horizontally, or laterally, between species is a well-documented phenomenon in nature. Bacteria can transfer genes to other bacteria. And mitochondria, organelles in human cells that once were free-living bacteria, have transferred genes to humans.

Even if the human genome has several hundred genes of bacterial origin, the number is insignificant, says Eisen. "There are 25,000 genes in the human genome, and they found one per cent that may have come into vertebrate lineage over the course of 600 million to a billion years, including the human lineage," he says. "To be honest, the number is not all that interesting."

Detail of phylogeny of the gene encoding N-acetylneuraminate lyase

Lander-2001-Initialsequencinga.pdf: see working folder

Enzyme Phylogeny

Goo: . All this talk of genes and DNA similarity does broach the subject of the compatibility of human and alien DNA. Let’s talk about that favourite Ufologists concern – the hybrid.

Kinkajou:. Terrestrial humanity has received an impression from abductees and contactees that the aliens are interested to see if a human female can successfully carry a hybrid entity to term or that currently they (the aliens) – are UNable to carry out the whole process themselves.

Human female abductees have been impregnated. Often women are allowed to carry the baby to term and then the baby is removed from the human mother at around six years of age. Alternatively extra-terrestrial human females have been impregnated and on occasion the progeny have been shown to the father. Human males have had sperm samples taken (for indirect impregnation: artificial insemination in effect), or used to directly impregnate extra-terrestrial human females. Embryos have been removed from impregnated human females.

The purported aim is to assess whether a “hybrid entity” is viable.

Erasmus: . To anyone with even a smattering of technological biological education, this entire process is a farce.

If a pregnancy can result, it implies that extra-terrestrial humans and terrestrial humans are the same species and are very closely related.

The conclusion is that the chromosomes and the genes they contained are organised in the same way. It implies that the chromosomes are distributed through the nucleus of each cell in a similar fashion allowing for similar “control” effects. This effect (due to “intron” sequences of DNA), is probably even more important than the presence of the same “Exon” genes. (“Exon” genes are the genes that code for specific proteins – cellular constructs.)

Genes: Exons and Introns

The conclusion is that not only are the genes organised in the chromosomes in the same way, not only are the chromosomes organised identically – the same in number and organisation, but that the DNA is organised or distributed within the cellular nucleus in a similar fashion allowing for similar “control” interactions.

They are the same species.
I repeat, they are the same species.

And this information is available through DNA hybridisation experiments in a laboratory - to determine the degree of DNA similarity. You don't need to go down the road of actual impregnation unless you have found some "small" differences and are unsure as to the importance of these findings.

Erasmus: . If the alien interlopers are seeking to impregnate human or extra-terrestrial females, there is obviously a different logic or purpose involved.
I would propose two basic aims, based on our knowledge of the Paill Spectrum and like interventions over the last many thousand years.

I would guess that the “Greys” or their masters are seeking to obtain biological material for – weapons research. To test whether a new intervention (I would guess “DX” is the next intervention on the drawing board), will be effective on the human population. They know about previous interventions and their effect on longevity, cancer and human brain function.

If all you are interested in is fertility, Hybridisation experiments in a DNA replication machine would probably provide you with all the other information you require. Namely – the extent of the chromosome DNA sequence similarity. Such automated research would also tell you the identity and population penetration of other gene sequences such as population penetration of the chromosomal bootstrapping segments.

Dr Xxxxx: . However, I believe the extra-terrestrials coming to planet Earth are seeking different information.
The human extra-terrestrials who are coming to earth are being confronted with a population with very different characteristics to their own. Shorter lifespans, different disease profiles including very different and much more prolific cancer profiles, but less need for intervention to sustain normal pregnancy development. They would be very perplexed by these issues.

And for them here in is the crunch. The extra- terrestrial humans have longer lives. Cancer is a much less common disease. And since the DNA is essentially identical, what else is going on to explain fundamental differences in fertility, survivability, disease susceptibility and lifespan between the two populations.

Erasmus: . Impregnation is an incredible crude way to try to get answers to these questions.
Erasmus: . To walk around on planet Earth without bacteria grade isolation protection suggests a complete lack of knowledge of the danger they are in and a complete lack of knowledge of what is actually going on in the human population here on earth. Hence the concerns about cancer. Hence the concerns about sterility. And hence the curiosity about how well “hybrids” will do.

Dr Xxxxx: . The reality is likely that Extra- terrestrial human populations are likely just as susceptible as the native human terrestrial population to infection with Paill Spectrum and its related illnesses. They just have never been infected. Light years of space is a very effective quarantine barrier for spread of disease.

Kinkajou:. The big issue for them of course is to what extent they managed successfully ship these illnesses home. I would imagine the designers of these illnesses would hope that they would spread back to “wild” strain extra-terrestrial human populations. A form of vermin control – for out-of-control vermin. And the vermin bring the problems / diseases to themselves unbeknownst with the decades long incubation of most of the illnesses related to Paill Spectrum.

Dr Xxxxx: . This - The Paill Spectrum and related family of illnesses are very transmissible and very much designed for stealth. A visit to planet Earth could well result in the devastation of extra-terrestrial human populations. The stealth organisms operate over decades. It is unlikely any quarantine program would quarantine returning space mariners for a length of time even close to what is needed to save their own populations. And by the time to disaster becomes obvious, essentially everyone on the planet is infected.

Not only that, there is a reasonable probability if compatible vectors exist, that LLIAP may have become endemic on their planets. I think the only human extra- terrestrial aliens with a chance of escaping the LLIAP action are the ones who live in space-based colonies which never contact planet surfaces. And even here, LLIAP vectors may well survive.

LLIAP vectors spread and breed well in the concrete canyons of our cities. But if you visit a megacity like Tokyo, there is still greenery present. The LLIAPO vector is extremely hardy and unlike almost any other insect its eggs can stop their growth / development until circumstances are more favourable. A crack in a footpath is an adequate site in which to breed or to lie dormant.

Kinkajou:. Some of the extra-terrestrial humans carrying out unique experiments on humans and harvesting human DNA, seem fascinated by human emotions – in particular observing more than one generation of the same family to ascertain patterns.
Dr Xxxxx: . The poor idiots have never heard of Paill Spectrum. Where violence anger and emotions are present, on this planet genetics is not the only explanation for what is going on.

Goo: . It is obvious that the alien interaction with humans in terms of hybrids and impregnation suggests a very specific alien timetable or plan. It also suggests a varying level of familiarity or understanding of the issues associated with human pregnancies and human behaviour.
The guilty parties identify themselves by their actions. Innocent people act innocently. Guilty (nonhuman) people demonstrate actions inconsistent with their stated goals.

Erasmus: . The “species” definition does demand some consideration. Foxes are present throughout the planet. However there is substantial chromosome variation in the Fox populations across the planet. So is quite likely that foxes from Russia may not be able to breed with foxes in Australia. However, each fox population is still able to breed with Fox populations in geographical regions nearby.

So technically they are one population and inter-fertile. However it is obvious that the population is undergoing genetic diversification and separation into multiple species. In the case of foxes, it is obvious that the definition of a species can acquire a “loose” definition.
Kinkajou:. One abductee reports that the aliens who abducted him told him “I’m a man like you – but born on a different planet.” They showed this abductee and a room full of other abductees that a terrible fate awaited earth if humankind did not mend its ways. A TV appeal subsequently identified a number of other abductees who had been in the same room. It also identified several hundred other people who purported to have had a similar experience.

Dr Xxxxx: . Paill Spectrum?

Kinkajou:. Perhaps. If you constantly reminisce or think about Aliens, your brain can short circuit and the memory becomes a real memory – not an imagined memory.
The aliens showed the roomful of abductees a projection of a comet hitting the earth, creating a single world with a single remaining artificial island in a black polluted sea.

Erasmus: . We have to give these guys some points for trying. If they really do have a message to give humanity but do not want to reveal themselves, they have contacted a good-sized segment of the population.

Showing a comet hitting the earth is threatening, more so since they intend to do nothing to reduce the risk of this. The impression is that the Aliens seek to create fear / concern not to give reassurance or help.

My main worry is for these human extra-terrestrial fools. If they bumble round on this planet they are likely to pick up Paill Spectrum and its related agents and take them home. The disaster or devastation will be in their own home, not ours if they are not careful.
Kinkajou:. . There are some stories of extra-terrestrial humans who have come here, who seem to act exactly as you would expect a disinterested human Explorer to act.

One contactee reports contact with a group of people called the Itibi-Rayans. They told the contactees that they had come here in 1946 when they had established several plantations in South America for hybridisation and research purposes. Part of the research program carried out by the Itibi-Rayans involves the collection, study and hybridisation of various plant and animal varieties relevant to or required in their diet. When they first found the tropical Cherimoya fruit (aka the Custard Apple) they became quite excited.

Erasmus: . Cherimoya is grown in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world . American writer Mark Twain called the Cherimoya "the most delicious fruit known to man”. The creamy texture of the flesh gives the fruit its secondary name, the custard apple.

#herimoya : the Custard Apple

Fruits require storage at 50 °F (10 °C) to inhibit softening and maintain eating quality. Different varieties have different flavours, textures, and shapes The flavour of the flesh ranges from mellow sweet to tangy or acidic sweet, with variable suggestions of pineapple, banana, pear, papaya, strawberry or other berry, and apple, depending on the variety. The ripened flesh is creamy white.

Kinkajou:. The Itibi-Rayans had reported re-locating the remains of a long-lost city buried beneath 2 m of tropical growth. In this area they also reported uncovering a huge pre-Columbian symbol which they said prove that many thousands of years ago, another ET civilisation had first landed on earth.

They were collecting plant material for grafting experiments on earth vegetation in an attempt to obtain as fine a strain of individual plant life as it was possible to get by uniting the best of earth type the best of Itibi-Rayan types. This statement implies that they are readily familiar with some of our plant varieties and that some of the plant varieties that we are familiar with have an extra-terrestrial origin or improvements made elsewhere.

Itibi Rayans

Goo: . If that is true – looking at the DNA will tell. However it is a big world and it is not commercially viable to be undertaking DNA sequencing to explore such issues as there is currently has no commercial incentive or other incentive for doing so.
Kinkajou:. The Itibi-Rayans also said that they knew that we suffered as a result of many mental disorders . They have seen for themselves that much of our bodies and organs are not working like theirs. They stated that a good percentage of native humans are suffering from some sort of constant tension, unnatural regularity leading to cancer.

Dr Xxxxx: . Ah! They see the footprints of Paill Spectrum and its family of illnesses but they do not realise the significance of what they are seeing. And sadly they are not realising that these things are contagious and may well affect themselves and their own populations unless they exhibit extreme care in quarantine.

Of concern for humans engaged in finding specimens of plants and perhaps animals for use in their own agricultural industries, is the lack of appreciation that Cancer may have a biological or DNA cause, not just be a product of tension. But then, they may well have little familiarity with different cancers. You would have thought they would have brought a DNA sequencer though.

Why travel for incredible distances across space without all the technology you may need in your work. If you are trying to get new species of plants/ animals, a DNA sequencer is and obvious tool to include. They say that today , the Human DNA can be sequenced for a cost of $50,000- a paltry amount compared to the cost of a galactic research mission across light years.

Kinkajou:. . Another contactee was given this explanation of cancer: “this disease lies in the altered functions of the ductless glands which due to their biological imbalance having been upset, drain into the blood incomplete humours that lead to the irrational forming of the cells”.

Erasmus: . It is obvious to me that this alien talking to our contactee, obviously has less understanding of cancer than the average human being walking down the street. Cancer is due to changes in biomechanical structure of the cells – notably through the DNA structure. Because the cellular DNA structure is altered – there is altered cellular growth. In short – cancer. Cells are all basically little machines with electric cell membrane potentials. It is the cellular control systems – their DNA which alters the cell growth.

The concept of "incomplete humours" belongs to the 15th to 17th century on this planet.

Kinkajou:. The Contactee reported in February 1967 that the ET humans ( Itibi-Rayans ), have received orders to evacuate their plantations in South America and to leave. This implies a base. Communication from home would require years to spread across light years and would not be responsive to acute events: things occurring on a daily basis which may change the mission parameters or risk assessment.

Goo: . Now this is a nice example of innocents coming to our planet, noticing differences and exploiting the obvious commercial potentials – namely new varieties or species of plants and animals that may be commercially relevant.
You need to pity their innocence.

Erasmus: . Their DNA science leaves a lot to be desired as well. Clueless is the only word that could be applied to their scientific knowledge of DNA and cancer.

Goo: . Some of the key features of our interaction with UFOs in the modern era is the experience of abductions, experimentation/examination and of animal mutilations. What can you tell us about these?

Kinkajou:. Over the last few decades the UFO phenomenon has been closely associated with unexplained mutilations of animals and cattle. The aliens (human or Grey aliens) who went after the animals seemed most interested in their mammary glands, the digestive and reproductive organs, in particular the uteri of cows. The blood of the animals is completely drained. The demarcated line of cutting was almost micro surgically thin and was surrounded by tissue which showed that the incision had been superheated and then had blackened as it cooled.

Erasmus: . Well the cutting implement is a technology that is somewhat familiar to us. It suggests a high intensity and highly focused surgical laser.

Goo: . Why use this instead of a mechanical device such as a scalpel?

Erasmus: . Personally I think cutting can be done more easily and more conveniently with a mechanical device such as a scalpel. There is less need to move equipment and power sources to where they need to be used.

However, if the operator is highly motivated to minimise the mess over themselves involved in a big surgical procedure, I think a surgical laser scalpel would probably be in order. (Lasers cauterise bleeding tissues as they cut. This minimises blood splatter and blood loss – and consequently mess.

Cattle Mutilation

Kinkajou:. There was a UFO researcher called John Lear who claimed that in 1969 to 1971, a secret government group made a deal with aliens (EBEs.) Apparently the deal was to exchange technology in return for the government ignoring abductions and animal mutilations. Supposedly the abductions were to monitor the development of our civilisation. Supposedly the mutilations were for the extraction enzymes and hormone secretion is essential to the alien’s survival.

Erasmus: . Sounds like a load of crock. I don’t think we’ve seen any special technologies appearing out of the woodwork. The technologies on our planet appear to be derived from human ingenuity, not from other sources. And monitoring the development of civilisation in this fashion, just doesn’t make sense. Just what is the research question that the Alien’s activities is to answer?

Dr Xxxxx: . However if you bring Paill Spectrum and its related illnesses into the equation, it does make a sort of sense if you are trying to assess why there is a difference in lifespan and disease spectrum on planet Earth versus the alien home planet. (Likely to be a goal of human type aliens).

Alternatively trying to assess humanity’s tolerance of Paill Spectrum and its related illnesses is more likely to be a goal of “Grey” type aliens.

Extracting enzymes and hormone secretions seems ludicrous. If these are essential for life, it is likely that alternate industrial biological synthesis techniques would have been developed by the EBEs on their home planet and exported to here, (as simple life maintenance technologies).

Kinkajou:.
90% of the animal mutilations involve cattle. However, horses, sheep, goats and other domestic type animal species have been found since mutilated in similar circumstances.

One unfortunate shepherd in Bolivia noticed a disk-shaped aircraft come out of the sky. It emitted flashes of white light like lightning from its underside striking approximately 30 sheep. Human - looking aliens came out of the ship and walked amongst the sheep with some type of gadget with a nozzle. The shepherd was ignored. They processed about 34 sheep in a few minutes. When the Shepherd later examined the sheep he found no blood within the sheep and certain organs were desiccated and spongy including the brain, spleen and eyeballs.

Erasmus: . It is hard to make sense of this sort of experience. Probably the issue that strikes me is that perhaps the shepherd was not fully conscious for the entire process. What he saw to me does not seem to make sense. But maybe there were parts of the experience for which he was not conscious and which he did not see.

In short, we are trying to explain something that happened, but the conclusion of all the animal experiments do not match the witnessed activities and The extent of machinery witnessed to be used. Logically our explanations then would not be likely to properly explain the physical reality we found/experienced after the aliens had left.

Lots of biological things happen really fast on TV, but reality says things like organ sampling , dessication of organs and sampling 30+ animals would demand ordinary time frames. Hence the suggestion that the shepherd is missing "time" for the events he witnessed but may not have realised this.

Kinkajou:. . In 1995, in an Israeli town farmers woke to find their livestock killed and mutilated. Sheep, chickens and a farm dog were found dead. The heads of the sheep were shaved and it appeared that holes in the skulls had been made by a drill.

Erasmus: . It appears the aliens are looking for something. My greatest fear is that this research is being undertaken by the “Grey” aliens. Once you appreciate the impact of Paill Spectrum and its related illnesses and the timeframe of which these illnesses have been introduced, you begin to worry about whether another agent is being planned for introduction.

Yes in particular my fear is that the next agent is DX, aimed to knock off humans by age 25 maximum. Perhaps the final solution to biological control of an errant intelligent biological species on this planet.

Kinkajou:. There was a report in 1967 of a three-year-old colt found dead near Alamosa in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado. The head of the animal was stripped of flesh and muscle, brain , organs and the spine were missing. Interestingly there was very little “mess” associated with this fresh kill. Even though the heart had been removed.

Erasmus: . There was very little blood spread or blood splatter.
Erasmus: . This is not evidence of superior technology. The animal was killed. Heart and cardiovascular system function was stopped. A surgical laser was used to remove tissues, resulting in instant coagulation at the procedural sites. Hey presto – no mess.

Goo: . Looks like our aliens are a bit squeamish doesn’t it.

Kinkajou:. Perhaps so.
Investigators returned to the site where the horse had been found. Even months after the event, you could still plainly see the outline of the horse, as nothing would grow at this site.

Erasmus: . You could propose two basic explanations of this finding. There is evidence that the use of Gravity technology creates lift but also creates heat. An overfocused beam could heat sterilise the ground around the animal. Alternatively radiation could easily be placed/dusted over the site. This would have the effect of removing inconvenient and persistent witnesses/evidence.

Kinkajou:. Yes there certainly does seem to be a fear factor involved. There was a witnessed aerial abduction of an animal. But then why leave the carcass in so many of these witnessed animal abductions. Leaving the animal carcasses for all to see, implies a desire to create fear. If you have the capacity to airlift the dead animal, you could easily take it to an isolated site where there are no human witnesses and dump it there. The only reason to dump a carcass at the scene of the crime, is if you want it to be found.

Erasmus: . . They could be just lazy.

Goo: . If they wanted to just undertake biological research on cattle, they could have disposed of the remains without them being found. There is obviously some intent to instill fear and it appears to have been quite successful in the rancher communities affected.

Kinkajou:. In August 1975 in Colorado, there were 130 cases of cattle mutilations noted over the previous two years and confirmed by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In 1974, ranchers in Nebraska formed a vigilante group and armed themselves with rifles and shot guns, attempting to slow down the animal mutilations.

Erasmus: . An Assessment of mutilations and animal abductions on one count in US suggested that only one in four events is reported.

Kinkajou:. Witnesses have all apparently told a similar story. If a UFO was seen, it was reported to be as wide as a two-lane highway, round and looked like the colour of the sun going down with a blue glow around it.

If radiation assessments were done, generally an X2 background radiation was reported. The opinion one of the authors was that the radiation findings were deliberately being left the scene to confuse investigators.

Howard Burgess was a retired scientist who conducted greater research into mutilations in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado around 1979. He reported at that time that he estimated 10,000 cases of cattle abductions had taken place in the United States. 90% of the cattle were pregnant cows and heifers of less than one-year-old.

He guessed that the animals had been “marked” in some way. So he arranged for some ultraviolet light tests to be run on Heard of live cattle at one of the ranches. To his amazement he reported several cows and heifers that had bright fluorescent splashes on their backs or topsides fitting the pattern of animals mutilated in that area at that period. No markings were found on their sides or underneath all lower parts.

Erasmus: . This implies the use of aerial identification prior to abduction.

Kinkajou:. Some changes were noted in some of the animals recovered. High doses of atropine were identified in some cases in the blood system. Atropine is tranquilizing. And there were some changes in mineral levels in the bloodstream as well. Autopsies and some animal appearances suggested that the animals had been given powerful electric shocks.

Erasmus: . A standard abattoir technique. Many animals such as pigs as they enter the slaughter floor are given shocks to make the animals easier to handle. A scared animal is likely to bite the abattoir worker. So the animal needs to be instantly quiet and to allow workers to attach the hooks that will be transporting the slaughtered animal through the slaughter floor.

My guess would be the use of gravity lift technology creates heating affects which alter the internal tissues of the animals. Atropine would appear to be pretty low-tech for aliens. The splashes of paint imply that someone is studying the animals and selecting particular animals for testing by marking them with fluorescent markers.

Goo: . It implies the presence of human collaborators. This is a very human technique. There are very ordinary technologies involved here, at least on the part of the human collaborators. It also suggests that human collaborators may have some recognition of the reason for the abductions. They are selecting the animals processed according to some list of criteria. In short, someone out there knows what is going on and hasn’t told the rest of us.

Kinkajou:. The animals examined in general show the same parts of the lymphatic and digestive tract being removed in a very precise and bloodless operation. The operation is generally performed in the air and the dead animal is dropped locally. (Generally animals could have been removed to remote and isolated location with no human witnesses – and yet they are dumped in the open for all to see).

Goo: . As we’re stated before – this implies a desire to create fear.

Kinkajou:. Of interest in most cases, predators would not go near the mutilated carcasses.

Erasmus: . . This simply plies the use of a chemical agent – atropine or other perhaps odiferous chemical used to facilitate the abduction. Predators can smell the agent. Being unfamiliar with that , they would of course not take the risk of consuming or eating a strangely smelling carcass.'

Kinkajou:. In late 1994, there was a proliferation of mutilations in Puerto Rico involving hundreds of animals. Typically the animals were found with small circular holes tender 25 mm wide, sometimes larger and arranged in a triangular pattern, penetrating deep into the neck or the lower jaw is or straight into the cerebellum of the brain – causing instant death. It would appear that the implement was 7 to 10 cm long and that on occasions it would cauterise the wall of the wound.
In 1983 in Kent UK, Jason Andrews reported finding a cat, Fox and four mice – all with holes in the forehead.

Erasmus: . The basic final conclusion is that while much of the human testimony associated with the animal mutilations is somewhat sketchy, there is definite physical evidence associated with these events suggesting an unusual process or investigation with unusual aims is occurring.

Dr Xxxxx: . The fear is that knowing of Paill Spectrum and its related illnesses, that the activity is related to further research relating to these agents. The humanoid type aliens are seeking to understand differences in biology affecting human and animal mammals on this planet versus similar type mammals on their own planet. The “ Grey” type aliens are perhaps undertaking to develop a new agent – “DX”.

Erasmus: . I think the cruncher is that many of the species affected are domestic type animals.

Goo: . But then who would report several hundred mice or other small mammal mutilations in an area. It would be almost impossible to discern biopsies taken on small animals such as mice. And the size of the animals makes it almost impossible to find the animals before a significant degree of decomposition , obfuscating the actions of the aliens, could occur.
Kinkajou:. Most human ranchers involved in witnessing abductions and mutilations, would probably seek to minimise their reporting of these events to the public in general. All too often, being a witness simply exposes the individual to ridicule from the general public and the media.

And even when officialdom takes the events seriously – using helicopters and/or military personnel to monitor a region, as far as the locals can see – there is no discernible change or effect to what is going on. The abductions are mutilations continue. And we seem to be ineffective in stopping them.