audio conversation with Jim Moroney

I first heard Jim interviewed on the Open Minds audio series with Alejandro Rojas (linked HERE). During that show he spoke at length about a 1987 abduction event that happened in the parking lot of a truck stop along the Trans-Canadian Highway. I was very impressed and I later read his book, or more correctly, listened to it. At the end of this interview I include an excerpt from his book.

Jim walks the fine line between being analytical as well as open bout the spiritual and optimistic aspects of the overall encounter phenomenon. It was this contrast that I wanted to explore, as well as his own experience as he worked to integrate these challenging life events.

one-click audio download HERE

The book is titled; The Extraterrestrial Answer Book with the sub-title; UFOs, Alien Abductions and the Coming ET Presence

Jim Moroney is an occupational hygiene professional and health and safety inspector. His job requirements play a role in his insights and conclusions. He lives in Calgary, Canada. Jim’s web page linked HERE. Jim was also interviewed on Coast to Coast (linked HERE).

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Dr. Janet Colli Treats the Trauma of Alien Contact Experience on Skeptiko

Dr. Janet Elizabeth Colli

This excellent interview explores the trauma and eventual spiritual transformation of those reporting alien contact.

Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for a 50 minute interview with Dr. Janet Colli author of, Sacred Encounters: Spiritual Encounters During Close Encounters. During the interview Colli talks about how the trauma caused by these experiences. Required listening!

direct link to Skeptiko interview HERE

During the conversation with Alex and Dr. Colli he mentions me and a personal incident that I shared with him during our interview together. This little story was on my mind while I was listening and they addressed it!

Alex doesn't really dig into the alien abduction issues in his interview, but I sure did when I interviewed her! I spoke with Dr. Colli in 2011 and we really tried to look into the deeper issues surrounding the healing of the trauma of a contact experience (my interview linked HERE).

Also, Alex and I did an excellent interview too, linked HERE.

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Highly Strange Cinema: Wavelength (1983)

Wavelength / The complete film

Christopher Knowles has unearthed a seriously bizarre low budget sci-fi film from 30 years ago. He's started pulling at threads and what is unraveling boggles my mind. UFOs, aliens, psychics and a condemnation of the darkest side of Hollywood.

Link to this must-read Secret Sun essay HERE.

Cherie Currie and Dakota Fanning

The female lead, Cherie Currie from The Runaways, plays a psychic who can telepathically communicate with aliens. Dakota Fanning played pretty much the exact same character in Spielberg's 2002 mini-series Taken. Dakota Fanning would later play Cherie Currie herself in The Runaways film. This is just a tiny tid-bit of the weirdness from the Secret Sun posting.

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audio excerpt from Whitley Strieber's Transformation

Roddy McDowell

I am posting the final 12 minutes of the audio book Transformation by Whitley Strieber. The text is read beautifully by Roddy McDowell. This book was published in 1988 as a follow up to Communion published a year earlier.

one-click audio download HERE

The thoughts presented in this conclusion were written over a quarter century ago, and sadly, the UFO community (if there is such a thing) is still shy to even contemplate these ideas. To me, this avoidance of the core mystery is a sad insight into the workings of the timid human psyche.

I am posting this audio as a reminder that there are much grander questions at play than simply are UFOs real.

As a boy I remember declaring that Roddy McDowell was my favorite actor. This would have been in the era of The Planet of the Apes series and The Poseidon Adventure. My admiration remains. Whitley once commented that Roddy McDowell was very supportive of the his work.

Direct link to the paperback and link to the audio version.

Original hardcover publication; Copyright 1988 by Wilson & Neff, Inc.

Mass Market Paperback, Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (January 1997)

Audio version, Publisher: Phoenix Audio

seeing a UFO?

I spent the day with Chris Bledsoe (at left) on Friday May 31st in North Carolina. He has had experiences of such bizarre intensity than can barely wrap my mind around the enormity of what he has endured.

I’ll post more soon, but I was there with two other investigators, Chase Kloetzke and her research partner Renata.

After the sun went down there was a big crew all sitting around in the backyard of Bledsoe’s home. We were all making an effort to look up at the sky. At probably around 11 o’clock Chris calmly pointed at an orange light in the western sky and hinted that this might be something odd. The light looked like nothing more than a normal aircraft, it was just a small blinking light moving slowly to the north.

Renata and I walked across the dark yard to get a better view through an opening in some trees. One one level it seemed to be just an aircraft with a slight blinking quality. But after just a few seconds of looking at it, we were both aware that the light was moving in a weirdly halting way.

It was sort of skimming across the sky in a fluid motion, it would stop and back up a half step and then ease across the sky again. It had the quality of a dragonfly rather than a normal aircraft in flight.

Renata was saying, “Ooh, look at that. This is giving me the chills!”

Then I requested out loud, “If you are a UFO make some movement to confirm what you are.” Nothing happened beyond the gliding liquidly motions.

We probably watched it for less than a minute and it eventually moved off to the north and out of our view. The movements were subtle, but decidedly unusual.

This little orange dot gave me the chills too.
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