1960s Emma Funk UFO abduction -USA

 Another request that will probably fall on deaf ears but...

Does anyone have information on a late(?) 1960s abduction case involving Emma Funk(e)?

If so please get in touch.

Thank You

A Statement on My Position on UFOs etc

I have, for many years now, stated again and again and again that Ufology needs to produce technical papers citing cases and evidence and that these could then be peer reviewed. This has led some to point the finger back at me and ask "Why haven't you done that?"

I have done exactly that. I have published technical papers on my study of canids, wild cats and my name is also on papers co-authored by people from universities.

When it comes to the paranormal, "sea monsters", Sasquatch and historical zoological mysteries then they are in my various books and are all fully referenced and I have assessed reports/cases which can all be peer reviewed. I never expected to make money from my books (I have not) because the whole purpose was to get the properly investigated and researched cases "out there" because no official body is interested in anything outside of their confined boundaries. The books, because of the research put in, found long lost images and photographs not published anywhere in 100 plus years.

With the UFO books the same applies -fully referenced and containing some images -again stated to have been lost decades ago. Organisations such as the Centre for UFO Studies in the United States received free copies -as they will copies of the AOP Journal. Those will be stored for reference (I assume).

No one is interested in publishing papers on these subjects so each chapter of each book is a paper but they have all just been combined under one cover.

All my work is put out there and I even publish occasional details to show that I am not making money from this -I am confident that I will never make back the thousands I have spent on this work in over 40 decades.  I receive no funding (which is why a lot of work has crawled to a halt) so no money.

I am an open book -as is my work (except when it comes to witnesses) and am often asked how I can live with that. I live with that because I have nothing to hide like a lot of UFO groups.

When it comes to the CE3K/AE work I am asked why I do not state, if I believe the testimony of some percipients, my belief on where "they" come from. We have the testimony of witnesses who, in some cases, have been hounded and subject to unsuccessful debunking attempts.  We have the physical and physiological as well as psychological effects on witnesses. People see objects with entities then they use the term "craft" which, logically, makes sense. I do occasionally use that term but normally I will use "object" out of choice.

Despite all of this, showing that something is happening, there is nothing showing or indicating where "they" come from.

Despite what I might theorise I cannot state a point of origin and the big problem is that if you start thinking "These could be coming from a parallel dimension" then you will start looking for evidence along those lines -subconscious or not. Ditto "They are extra-terrestrials". I see my job, unless I am privately theorising, as being to check and reassess cases and reports and as shown in my UFO books give a credibility rating: True. Fake. Insufficient.

There are unexpected twists as the work has led to unearthing trends and more and in UFO Contact? I noted the importance of "Ruth Syndrome" (my term) which has important implications not just for Ufology but also the paranormal, cryptozoology fields, etc.

I do not shout "Extra-Terrestrial Hypothesis" or promote other theories.

Ann Druffel 1926-2020

  I have just been informed by the Centre for UFO Studies that Ann Druffel recently passed away.

Tempus fugit

UFO researcher and author Ann Druffel dates her interest in the UFO question from 1945 when, as a schoolgirl, she viewed a bright yellowish object, very high in clear blue skies over Long Beach, California. She and her mother, Aileen Walsh McElroy, watched the object as it slowly traveled westerly. After about an hour and one-half, having traveled about 30 degrees from the NNE to the NNW, it then released 15-20 smaller shiny objects, which took varying paths out and away from the main object. Years later, it was determined that this sighting occurred at about the same time the first experimental atom bomb was exploded in New Mexico.

Interested in earth mysteries of all kinds, Druffel has researched various aspects of the UFO question and investigated reports of all kinds since 1957. She was one of the first investigators for NICAP, remaining with that organization from April 1957 to 1973. During the NICAP years she became acquainted with the renowned atmospheric physicist, Dr. James E. McDonald, and participated with him in several UFO cases during his six years of UFO research. After NICAP was destroyed by subversive agents from the FBI and CIA who had secretly penetrated into the higher realms of NICAP, Druffel joined the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) with which she is still actively associated as investigator, frequent contributor to their journals and other official capacities. She also joined the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) and contributes articles on California sightings and other UFO subjects to IUR (International UFO Reporter). She was a U. S. consultant and regular contributor for the British research journal FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR) through 2004.

She has authored six books and numerous articles for newsstand magazines on UFOs and other earth mysteries and has contributed 190+ articles and columns for top UFO journals in the field. One of her recent books, FIRESTORM!: DR. JAMES E. McDONALD's FIGHT FOR UFO SCIENCE, published in July 2003 by "Wild Flower Press/Granite Publications", re-introduced the phenomenal UFO research and amazing results of prestigious atmospheric physicist, James E. McDonald, to the world. The astounding gains McDonald made, during his public work in the UFO field between 1966 and 1971, today give us undeniable evidence that the scientifically-oriented approach is necessary to solve the UFO problem. It details how McDonald made great strides in convincing the Scientific Community at large that UFOs were a real phenomenon which was being neglected by Science and also how he apparently was at the verge of breaking through the government coverup. Tragically, McDonald's breakthroughs were unexpectedly cut short in 1971 when he died an apparent suicide, but FIRESTORM! relives his work and methods which, if put into effect today in the UFO field, could perhaps bring about a solution.

Her book, HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF AGAINST ALIEN ABDUCTIONS, published in August 1998 by Random House/Three Rivers Press is also available nationwide on Amazon.com, on other websites and on a POD basis from the publisher and in bookstores. It presents many true accounts, drawn from her present database of 120 "resisters", which demonstrate how nine simple mental and physical techniques can drive away these harassing creatures. If these creatures do, in fact, exist at any level of reality, perhaps they are "posing" as occupants from physical UFOs. Druffel has continued research into this field, as more techniques surface and as more is learned about personality traits of resisters as opposed to non-resisters. The book was also written for all members of the American public who are interested in various aspects of the UFO question but who are tired of hearing that the human race is at the mercy of aliens. In general, as regards UFOs, Druffel hypothesizes that the so-called "UFO phenomenon" is actually two separate phenomena. Like James McDonald, she favors the extraterrestrial hypothesis to explain UFOs seen from a distance, in which no contact or only minimal contact occurs between the witnesses and craft/occupants. From the weight of evidence, she is convinced that reports by credible witnesses of seemingly metallic, physical aeroforms which are detected on radar, chased by jet pilots, and photographed by verifiably honest witnesses constitute a serious scientific question which has been neglected by the Scientific Establishment and that secrecy imposed on the subject by the US Government is unjust and illogical.

On the other hand, Druffel considers so-called abduction-scenarios to be separate phenomena from the possibly extraterrestrial UFOs. Since most abduction scenarios take place in altered states of consciousness she doubts the physical reality of so-called genetic manipulation, missing fetuses, alien-military cooperation and "alien implants" associated with abduction scenarios, due to the lack of solid scientific proof. The widespread knowledge, shared by most abduction researchers, that this phenomenon itself demonstrates deceptive components leads her to hypothesize that so called "abducting UFO aliens" are posing as actual UFO occupants from physical UFOs. Concurrent with this is the growing evidence that many abduction reports are caused, at least in part, by a combination of:

1. telepathic leakage during hypnosis between witnesses and hypnotist/researchers; and/or
2. psychological and emotional needs of the individuals concerned.

However, she accepts the possibility that many abduction scenarios may be real in some type of "altered reality", especially those reported by undeniably rational, honest, and productive individuals. She accepts the possibility that such witnesses may be interacting with interdimensional beings which delight in harassing, deceptive, and assaulting unsuspecting human beings, often in a sexual manner. The orders of creation described in Celtic accounts (known as Sidhe), in the Muslim KORAN (known as jinns), in various European sources (known as incubi), by numerous names in Native American tribal cultures and in similar accounts from numerous world cultures "paraphysical creatures" are reported to act in intrusive ways very similar to our present so-called alien abductors. These orders of creation are described in historical and philosophical works, as well as in folklore down through the millenia as (1) having the ability to shape-shift at will; (2) entering our Space-Time temporarily from their own space-time continuum(s); (3) sexually harassing their victims and performing other harmful mischief and (4) appearing in various forms and "clothing" consistent with their victims' own cultural backgrounds.

Jon Ronson's For The Love of Alien Abductions

Beyond UFO Contact

 Up to page 153 of Beyond UFO Contact and yesterday and today I put a lot of work (and references) in the chapter on Harrison E Bailey (aka "Harrison E Bailey and the Flying Saucer Disease"). 18pp in total.

Should be ready before Christmas.

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