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with those suffering from PTSD, such as Agent Or- flesh-colored, but it was in shadow, and they had these
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ange victims. 4 This changed around the night of Aug. big, bug-like eyes. I
9, 1994.
Vicki was wide awake when a group of thin, pale
PM: Did the C:yes project outward. or...
VH: No, they were like in the face, in the face. But
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figures with ropy limbs appeared in the Hoyles' bed- they didn't have a pupil. l didn't see an iris like .we have. '
room. They seemed to be waiting for her and wasted It was all one color, so it looked like an insect to me.
no time. One produced a pen-like rod with a light at PM: Were the eyes square, tightly set, or what?
the end. He put it to her head, possibly penetrating VH: No. they were almond:.shaped and really big.
the temple. What she saw in those few seconds Slanted .... Have you ever seen a Praying Mantis? That
changed her life. I got a phone call saying, "Paul, was the shape [of thC face J. .. You know how we stand
they're back. They're real, and they're alive." erect and our head is aligned? But actually they crouch,
PM: About what time of night did this happen'? and their chins are forward, and they move really quick.
VH: I go to bed about midnight or I o'clock. It They move very quick. And it reminded me of an in-
happened then. I lay down, I put my ann around my sect, except that they only had two arms and two legs.
husband, and ... there they were. I didn't see them PM: Was there anything else. about the way they
enter or exit. moved, other than the speed?
PM: How many? VH: They moved together. Except one. That's the
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VH: Maybe five. Five for sure. one that came with this wand and stuck it on my ''
PM: What did they look like? head ....They circled. you know? That was the scariest I'
VH: They were short, about a foot shorter than I · part, because I definitely felt that I was being stalked by r
am, and I'm 5' 9". That I could tell from where they
stood next to the light switch. Also, it was dark in the
insect-like beings. I don't think that they're human like
we are .... They move differently.
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room, but I saw that they had this palish skin. It wasn't PM: Like robots?
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VH: Oh, I didn't feel that they were robots at all. brought the phantoms to life, generating the abduction
They sure didn't move like robots. They had wavy scenario.
movements .... When I said that they were alive, it's Deception. To fake the evidence, a person would
because I just knew that they were alive. need to be versed in UFO literature. I casually ques-
PM: Did this seem real to you? tioned Mrs. Hoyle on what she knew while browsing
VH: Real. ... They're bipedal. They stand up. They her books and magazines (no hits). She said she had
have two legs and feet, kind of, and they have append• read Intruders. Subsequently, this work was studied
ages on the ends of their anns like we do, sort of. They for parallels to the testimony.
,:' superficially look like us, but they're just not human. Analysis will focus on these hypotheses, though
PM: One came over to you: Did you have a special other options were considered. 5
:i feeling about that one? For rhetorical purposes, grant the wounds a mun-
'. VH: Oh no. I felt the same about all of them, and I dane cause. Say the bums came from contact with a
definitely didn't like the one who came after me with stove or bed light. The marks were inflamations of non-
the wand. OK? But I knew that it was inevitable. It specific origin (an allergic reaction). A naive or imagi-
was so weird .... All I saw was that thing, that silvery native person might decide that the stove was a UFO
i long tube with this white light at the end. And they
touched my forehead with it and my brain turned to
or the bed light an alien beam. Such is said to happen
with FPPs. 6 The question is, does this sort of thinking
mush. I didn't even stop them, or fight them. I couldn't, sound plausible for a woman with 20 years experience
you know? I thought about it. in nur:sing? ·
PM: How did you feel when the rube came up at If Hoyle's mind were affected by a medical experi-
you? ence, the line between plausibility and fantasy blurs.
VH: l'II tell you, gosh, when it was happening to This opens the way to iatrogenic causation. Indeed,
me ... it seemed familiar, because I didn't, like, leap out anesthesia can have hallucinogenic properties, and at-
of bed or anything.... You know, the truth is, I feel that terilpts have been made to tie UFOs/ETs to hallucino-
one big strong woman could squash a bunch of those. gens.7 However, none has shown how to generate the
But I never can do that. I didn't do it last time, and I abduction. I refer to David Jacobs' matrix, a set of
didn't do it this time. obtuse procedures perfonned by drones in drab decor. s
PM: So it doesn't seem to be a matter of physical I informed the family that while Vicki's story
power, but a question of what you have the impulse to sounded fantastic, it held a dozen staples of the expe-
do? rience-items as dramatic as the rod with the light9
VH: Right.. .. lt occurs to me in retrospect that I (which turned her brain "to mush"), or .is negligible as
would like to just plow through them ... But the ·truth is the restraints. 10 Her story didn't resemble a bad trip; it
that when it .happened, I did not have that urge at all. resembled hundreds of accounts that have been col-
They were there, they were scary, and there was noth- lected in the MUFON database. 11
ing I could do. What of a hoax? Subject's interest and knowledge
[Note: Afler this e:pisode, the flesh lump behind of UFOs Seemed sparse, but comparison to Intruders
subject's ear went away.] found parallels. These matches could result from de-
Alternative hypoththeses ception, or the fact that the book shows people in simi-
Factors within the case suggest alternative ways to lar plights.
explain the testimony: The following exchange took place: "Did you read
' FPP (Fantasy~Prone Personality). Fantasy-prone lntruders before your memories surfaced?" "Hell no.
individuals can derive lurid ideas from everyday I thought all that stuff was nonsense." Nowhere does
1.,. stimuli. Since trauma can spark paranoia and emotional it describe a wall melting into a porcal. .. .the event high-
upset, Vicki's ills may have fired her imagination, pro- lighted by Hoyle in two interviews and two drawings.
ducing a fantasy of abduction. It further serves to ask, if a hoax, what was the payoff?
Iatrogenic causation. An explanation similar to the The payoff would need to cover the "supporting cast."
above was sought by family members, who put no stock Her family verified the wounds, the dates, the person-
in the possibility of alien visitation. We :rriet in the sum- ality changes. Since they opposed the idea of a visita-
mer of 1995 to discuss the following theory. At a prior tion, it seems a poor performance for players in a fa-
time, Mrs. Hoyle had undergone surgery. They believed cade.
that anesthesia-induced hallucinations were buried in Remarks
her subconscious. Her wounds-whatever their source- Despite a rhetorical attempt to dismiss the sequelae,
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they feature in all aspects of the case (interviews, re- UFO Encounters. Vol. 2. No. 4. 1995, pp. 14-18, 29.
gression. questionnaires), providing a semblance of 7. Mckenna. Terence. The Archaic Revival: Speculations
cause and effect. The internal damage was unprec- on Psychedelic Mushrooms, the Amazon Virtual Reality,
edented in the life of subject, a middle-aged woman Evolution, Shamanism, the Rebirlh ofthe Goddess, and the
whose culture test was negative. End ofHistory, Harper. San Francisco. 1991. pp. 59-9.
Confirming the severity of the bums, a family mem- 8. Jacobs, David M. Secret Life, Fireside. New York,
I 992. p. 28, ff
ber had offered to drive her to a scientific institute for
9.-A panel presented four cases of the light-tipped rod,
radiation testing. (Icy roads prevented the trip.) Finally, from places as diverse as China and the U.S. (central Cali-• ·II
the symptoms arose in tandem. ("When the bums ap- fornia). See "Panel on Cross Cultural Pcittems in Abduc-
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peared, I had vaginal irritation.') No explanation could tions," Dick Hall, Jenny Randles, Keith Basterfield and
be found for this, except a ufological framework: Gilda Moura in Alien· Discussions, op. cit. pp. 193-5. In
•flesh lump: possible alien implant Maine, a man described the "lighted rodlike instrument" in 'J'
•sCoop mark: possible tissue sampling two abductions with two drawings. See Fowler, Raymond I"
•internal inflammation and tissue damage: pos- E. The Allagash Abductions, Wild Flower Press. Tigard. i
sible reproductive procedures. Oregon, 1993. pp. 54. 81-3, 162-4. And in a scene similar
The elements jell when one considers that pelvic to Vicki's, the rod struck a woman behind the left ear, there
inflammation often troubles abductees, 12 and bums fre- Was ·a stfog, and then she "felt like Jello ... " See Jacobs. op.
cit p.' 267.
quently follow contact with UFOs. t) Subject appears
I 0. Subject reported penetration and cutting as she lay in
to meet the criteria adopted by MUFON and CUFOS a "bucket seat ... like a recliner." According to Jacobs, "In-
for the designation of "abduction experiencer. " 14 struments are used intravaginally to extract ova from women.
I reviewed these findings with the witness, who in Some women report that their legs are placed in stirrup-like
12 months of investigation had asked nothing, offered holders attached to the table." See Jacobs, David M., "Medi-
no solutions, and declined a second regression. She cal Examinations and Subsequent Procedures: Table Pro-
thanked me for "being there," and said life was on the cedures," Alien Discussions, op. cit. p. 54.
upswing. She was moving from Chicago to Atlanta. 11. Wright. Dan. "The Entities: Initial Findings of the
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Later she stated that the reason she didn't proceed with
the hypnosis is that ••1 know I've had several experi-
Abduction Transcription Project." Part I, MUFON UFO
Journal, February, 1994. Number 119, pp. 3-6; also Wright.
"Sexuality, Aliens, Hybrids and Abductions." MUFON
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ences. I'm sure of it, and it's too scary to get into."
For Vicki Hoyle the ultimate payoff would be to UFO Journal, February 1996, Number 334, pp. 11-12.
12. C.f. Chalker, Bill, "An Extraordinary Encounter in
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never see the abductors again.
The Dandenong Foothills," IUR September/ October 1994.
6; also Thompson, Richard: Alien Identities. Govardhan Hill
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References Publishing, San Diego, 1993, pp. 345,380-1; also Jacobs. i
I.Imbrogno, Philip J. "Extraterrestrial C~:mtacts in New op. cit, pp. ·244-5. · .II,,
York State." UFO Universe, Vol. 1, No. 5, 1999. p. 8; aJso 13. 'Keel, John A. "The Flying Saucer Subculture." :,·
Hopkins, Budd. Intruders: The Incredible Visitations at Fortea11 Society. 1994 (Reprint), original in Journal ofPopu- ,."
Copley Woods, Ballantine, New York. 1988. lar Culture. Vol. VIII: 4, p. 890; also Rutowski, Chris. "The
2. Miller, Paul. Encounter Case #205. Prepared for Falcon Lake Case: Too Close an'Encounter," Journal of ,,
MUFON, Seguin, TX, August 1995, pp. 24-7. UFO Studies, n.s. 5. 1994. pp, 1•34; also Sturrock, Peter, \.,
3. "Finding Abduction Cases Among the General Pub- A., "Physiological Effects on Witnesses," in "Physical Evi-
lic." Barbara Spellerberg, in Andrea Pritchard, et. al., edi- dence Related to UFO Reports," proceedings of a work-
tors.Alien Discussions: Proceedings ofthe Abduction Study shop held at the Pocantico Conference Center, Tarrytown,
Conference Held at MIT. North Cambridge Press. Cam-· NY, Sept. 29-Oct. 4, 1997; http://www.jse.com/ufo reports/
bridge, MA. 1994, pp. 235-9. Sturrock/26/.html and Sturrock/27.html; also Thompson, op.
4. Wilson, John P. "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder cit. pp. 251,339; also Entry #4315 in •u• - UFO Database
(PTSD) and Experienced Anomalous Trauma (EAT): Simi- Mapping and Research Tool (95.11 ), Larry Hatch Software,
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2, 1990, 1-17. Sandra, "Psychosocial Characteristics of Abductees: Results
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6. For opposing views on FPP's relation to abduction, ies, n.s. 3, 1991, pp, 59-90; also Gotlib, David, Appelle,
see Bak.er, Robert A. "An Anomalous Minority," Journal Stuart, Flamburis, Georgia and Rodeghier, Mark. "Ethics
of UFO Studies, n. s. Vol. 3, 1991, pp. 142-48; also·Car- Code for Abduction Experience Investigation and
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UFO Journal, November 1994, pp. 17-18; also Wilson, c.f. Miller, op. cit. p. 14. I'
Katharina, "How Do I Make It From Here ... To There?" I•
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Illustration I: Trails of ionization in the Earth's atmosphere reflect radio waves from over the
horizon. '~Meteor-scatter" technology can detect the reflected signal.
cumstance in which the receiver will be able to detect has been used for various purposes by U.S. govern-
the broadcast signal from over the horizon is if the sig- ment agencies for clandestine or discrete communica-
nal is somehow reflected down to the receiver's an- tions systems.
·tenna. Experience shows that radio signals tradition- I suspect that the ionization trails, presumed 10 oc-
ally can be reflected by meteors "trails," high flying cur behind fast-moving UFOs, would reflect radio
aircraft, migrating birds, clouds of bats or insects, vari- waves, just as the ionized trails behind meteors rou-
ous meteorological conditions, and perhaps other ob- tinely are seen to do. If this is the case, even though
jects, as well. UFOs themselves might not appear on radar, which
In recent years, this technique for skipping radio appears generally to be the case, the trails of ioniza-
communications has been used by ..ham" radio_ opera- tion that are reported to follow them might allow them
tors, and relatively simple, reliable, and inexpensive to be detected remotely, nevertheless.
radio equipment has been developed in support of this Experience
application. In addition, the technology has been em- In his initial investigation of whether "meteor scat-
ployed in commercial fields as a low-cost, low-main- ter" technology might be useful in UFO research, I
tCnance means for communication of substantial discovered information suggesting that extraordinar-
amounts of data to and from remote areas. Some evi- ily unusual events apparently sometimes are recorded
dence also suggests that "meteor scatter" technology by this technique.
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other Dimension, and certainly she needed some sci- ous phone calls coming into the programme, one be-
entific data or serious discussion to prove her story. ing from a man who had worked at O'Hagan-Ward's
Elizabeth was adamant that this was how it had all hoiel. ''The story you told. about the SAAF taking and
happened, and she was not prepared to alter anything. fetching ·Elizabeth Klarer to Flying Saucer Hill," he
All these inconsistencies always worried me about said, "is absolutely true. I saw it with my own eyes."
Elizabeth, but she was such a channing, kindly person I have never felt that Elizabeth Klarer deliberately
tha·t it was difficult to be too critical of her. Sadly, in lied to me; she was not that sort of person. But it can
early February 1994, she passed away, her last years happen that people sincerely believe that something
dogged by poverty alleviated by her son David. has happened to them when in actual fact it has not. It
In UFO AFRINEWS No. 19, there was an extremely is an illusion, a dream-state of euphoria.
interesting story told by "Doug." He and his wife were But today people readily believe Betty and Barney
honeymooning in the Drakensberg, and while walk- Hill; they believe Linda Cortile and dozens of other
ing not far from their hotel they came across a cairn of abduction stories which occurred in the USA 'So when
s_tones a short distance from Champagne Castle moun- we get down to basics, why not Elizabeth Klarer?
tain.
When they returned to the hotel they asked the pro- The foUowing was forwarded to the Journal:
prietors, Connor O'Hagan-Ward and his wife, about
the cairn. He told them it had been put there by Eliza- 5091h Bomb Group Files ..•
beth Klarer to mark "Flying Saucer Hill" where she
had allegedly met a man from outer space.
O'Hagan-Ward then went on to say that one day when
his wife was alone at the Reception. a tall, good-looking
man came in and asked for Elizabeth Klarer. Mrs
O'Hagan-Ward had never heard of her, nor was she
booked at the hotel or du_e to come. The man thanked
her and left.
A few seconds later her husband came in and his
wife asked if he had s~en the man, or seen him leave
in his car. The husband was positive he had seen
no-one, nor had there· been any unrecognized cars in
the car park. Awhile later EJizabeth did tum up with
her newly-published book. In it there was a drawing ..This is the shoulder patch from the famous USAF's
of Akon, her spaceman lover. Mrs O'Hagan-Ward rec- 509111 Bomb Wing, formerly stationed at Roswell, NM.
ognized him immediately. It was the man who had These are the same folks who recovered the crashed
called and asked for Elizabeth! disk on July 4", 1947. They fly the B-2 Stealth these
One other fascinating point: Elizabeth had always days, out of Whitman AFB, MO. The patch is inter~
told me that she was constantly in touch with the South esting for two reasons: it's the only U.S. Air Force
African Air Force (SAAF) and reported to them about patch to depict an alien, and the Latin phrase is ~uite
her meetings and trips with Akon. l was doubtful about interesting. If says 'tastes like chicken.' Hmm ... '
this, but never queried it. I knew it could never be Editor's Note: Yes, hmm ... This sounded just a bit
proven. On one occasion in her book she says that her strange, so I checked with Whiteman (not Whitman)
·sister, her brother-in-law, and herself sheltered a SAAF Air Force Base Public Affairs and received the fol•
helicopter team who were forced to land on the farm lowing response from Senior Arnn Ryan Steinbach:
during a heavy storm. "I'm Whiteman's editor, and while the patch you
O'Hagan-Ward told Doug that the SAAF used to described is pretty funny, it's not our patch. Our patch
fly Elizabeth to her rendezvous with her memories each has a mushroom cloud with wings sprouting from a
year after she had ·become too elderly to ride up there tri-stand. It's interesting, _because as .the wing that
on horseback. They would land. her there and come dropped the atomic bombs, we are the only ones in the
back for her later. military allowed to wear a patch that features refer-
On Friday, 5 March 1999, I appeared on Cape-talk, ence to nuclear weapons.
a radio show in Cape Town, where I was interviewed "The alien patch might have been a joke from the 1
by Lisa Chiat, the talk-show hostess. We discussed days the wing was stationed at Roswell, N .M., as we
Elizabeth Klarer and her bizarre story; her absolute were the ones sent out to investigate the infamous crash.
conviction that she told the truth. There were numer- However, it has never been our official patch.
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ways refreshing to see someone who's done their home-
work, and Mr. Rolwes did it by the book.
rm intellectually honest enough to admit that we
still don't know what UFOs are; otherwise, we'd no
was originally black, but the color was removed by
some process that APEG is not familiar with."
My article included details that specifically address
this issue. The material was blonde or clear at the
I longer be looking. Yet it seems widely assumed UFOs
are ET in nature. It is certainly a reasonable assump-
time of discovery back in 1992. This was verified by
Peter Khoury. his wife and some researchers who saw
tion, but as a researcher, I'd have to say we don't ab- the sample soon after the incident. I saw the sample in
solutely KNOW that. Yet I see articles in the Journal 1996. It was blonde or clear then. The biochemist
as well as elsewhere that say, "The aliens are doing looked at it from 1998. Again there was no change. In
this, and the aliens are doing that," etc. when we just other words, it was never black when it was found.
don't KNOW that. Hence your point is spurious.
As a researcher, I can't tell you what UFOs are with Please ensure this correction is run in the MUFON
any physical certainty. There seems to be a whole new UFO Journal. I would appreciate a copy of that issue.
religion being developed out of this entire UFO/ab- Regards, Bill Chalker
duction thing, and that concerns me. It's a whole new Editor's Note: The following reply was seDt via
belief system based on absolutely nothing set in stone. e-mail to Bill, with no further response from him:
We constantly hear about conspiracy theories, but there Thanks for the letter for the Forum. I apparently was
is only one conspiracy I am absolutely sure of, and it not very clear, since I was referring primarily to what
comes from within the field of ufology itself. could have happened before the hair was discovered,
r It is a New Age agenda being driven largely by be-
lief in "Space Pals."
not-after it was discovered. I think my review pretty
well indicated that the hair was blonde/clear When dis-
That's why I appreciate Mr. Rolwes' report-because covered, although we do have only the single witnesses'
it tends to keep the pendulum a little more toward cen- testimony to back that up. I think this is a good case,
ter. He was able to ask, "What was it," and reaChed a but that there has been no positive tie~in between the
reasonable conclusion by digging for ALL the evidence, the blonde on the bed and the hair that was discovered
not just preferred, selected evidence. It was a job well (Continued on Page 16)
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many years ago to allow the wreckage of a crashed Barry Chamish reports the summer of 199? saw the
UFO to be moved out and relocated. triumphant return of flying triangular formattons o~er
Renewed focus is being placed upon the events in Israel. As always, their appearance was greeted with
theCorona area as opposed to farther southeast of video cameras to solidly document them.
Roswell. One day was spent in the high desert trying On July 22, a triangular craft was spotted in th~ cit-
to locate the exact crash site. They believe that the ies of Tsfat and Yokneam at 7:30 PM. It was video-
true crash site was about 35 miles northwest ofRoswell. taped in.both places. A professional photographer, Rafi
Malka, video taped it from his home in Acce~ed. ~e
Nevada UFO video earned the distinction of being the ·first Israeh to vid-
eotape two separate UFOs.
NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON - On Aug. 29, He then phoned his nephew, Doron Cohen, in Yavne,
1999 Chris Miller and his client Syena Sowden were wbo spread the word in that city that a UFO was.comp
on a ~ideo shoot on the desert three miles away from ing. Amoilg those he conJacted was professor _Rami
the base at 6:30 PM. Syena saw the UFO first. Chris Shkalim, who has a Ph.D. m both physics and philoso-
states, "I was already hold~?g the camco~der. so I just phy and is currently a professor ofKabbala at Bar Han
pointed it towards the UFO. It was travelmgextremely University.
fast, perhaps 600 mph at around 30,000 feet. . He was one of over two hundred people who viewed
The object was a cigar-shaped craft. Close exami- the craft until it disappeared at 12:30 AM. He had just
nation of the video reveals two plasmas can be seen. purchased professional equipment, a Sony ~2~ zoom
Thanks to Chris Miller. video camera that recorded an absolutely bnlltant ten
minute videotape of the craft. The craft had two sil~
College course in UFOs very lights, both surrounded by a perfectly circular red
aura twice their size.
fohn A. Logan College in Carterville, IL, is offering When the craft seems to tum, a triangle of lights is
the course "UFOs: An Alien Connection?" The course visible. Then the craft becomes two lights.
will examine the history of the UFO phenomenon and
speculate on alien life. It's a continuing education (Continued on Page 18)
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Huge planet beyond Pluto? and described it-and its extraterrestrial inhabitants,
Is it the Sumerian Nibiru described by whom they called the Anunnaki or Nefilim-in great
detail.
Zecharia Sitchin? Neil Freer (freerl@concentric.net) has studied
By CNlNews Sitchin 's work for more than two decades and has writ-
The astronomy world buzzed with excitement on ten a book, Breaking the Godspell (Falcon Press, 1987),
Oct. 7 as newly announced evidence from two sepa- in which he further develops the possible implications
rate research teams appeared to confinn the existence ofNibiru's influence upon past and current humanity.
ofa huge planet-like body far beyond the orbit of Pluto. On hearing of the discoveries of David Murray, John
For decades, astronomers have speculated that such Matese et al, Freer wasted no time publicly pointing
a planet must exist. "Wobbles" in the known outer plan- out the obvious parallels with the predicted existence
ets seem to require it. ofNibiru:
Now, observations of incoming comets apparently "I wish to call to your attention that Zech aria Sitchin,
ejected from the extremely remote Oort Cloud by some Sumerian scholar and author of The Earth Chronicle
strong gravitational force lend credence to the idea of Series of books, revealed the existence, size, orbit, and
a giant planet circling our solar system at a distance of detailed characteristics of the tenth planet in our solar
perhaps three trillion miles, or half a light year. system 25 years ago through the translation of the
Dr. John Murray of Britain's Open University said, En um a Elish (When in the heights .... ), a major docu-
"Although 1 have only analysed 13 comets in detail, ment unearthed at the archaeological digs at Nineveh
the effect is pretty conclusive. I have calculated that by Layard, and translated by L. W. King.
there is only about a one in I, 700 chance that it is due "It giVes a complete account of the fonnation of our
to chance." solar system, including the gravitational capture into
In a recent research paper in the Monthly Notices of the system of this tenth planet (known to the Sumerians
the Royal Astronomical Society, Murray suggests that as Nibi.tu and the Babylonians as Marduk); ics subse-
the so-far unseen planet is several times larger than quent collision with a large planet, Tiamat, orbiting
Jupiter. Funhennore, he says, the planet appears to orbit then between Mars and Jupiter; the fonnation of the
the sun in the "wrong" direction, opposite the orbit of asteroid belt, comets and meteorites from the impact;
all the known planets. This could mean that the huge [and] the translation of the larger part of the impacted
object may be a so-called "rogue planet" that drifted native planet into our orbh to become Earth.
in from very deep space and was captured by the sun's "The Enuma Elish says that the intruder planet
gravity. settled into a huge elliptical orbit of3600 years around
Similar conclusions have been separately reached our sun in the 'wrong' direction, counter to the orbital
by physicists John Matese, Daniel Whitmire and direction of the other planets, [and] that it returns to
Patrick Whitman at the University of Louisiana at the inner solar system through the asteroid belt area
Lafayette. periodically. It gives the details of the path it can be
The findings of John Matese and colleagues will be observed taking through the constellations as it ap-
published in an upcoming edition ofthejournallcarus. proaches and the disruptive events its close passing
In that anicle, Matese refers to the object as possibly a causes on Earth.
"brown dwarf' and estimates its mass at three times Tombaugh, searching for the tenth Planet X, dis-
that of Jupiter. covered Pluto in 1930.
According to Murray, if the presumed planet were Sitchin definitively answers the question, "How
in a circular orbit, it would take nearly six million years could our earliest civilizations know of this planet?"
to circle the sun. Also, despite its enormous size, it with the thoroughly substantiated thesis that the
would be extremely faint, giving off no light ofits own, transcultural "gods" known to all the ancient civiliza-
and probably could not be detected even by the Hubble tions were not mythological but flesh and blood hu-
Telescope. But the next generation of space-based tele- manoids whose home planet was, is, indeed, this tenth
scopes, which would include ultra-sensitive infrared planet.
sensors, might be able to find it. They came here 432,000 years ago, created our spe-
Meanwhile, the discussion ofa huge new planet has cies as a slave race for their gold mines by crossing
aroused the particular interest of researchers familiar their genes with those of Homo Erectus, moved us up
with the work of Sumerian scholar Zecharia Sitchin. to limited partnership subsequently and taught us civi-
In a series of books called The Earth Chronicles Sitchin lization and science and astronomy, eventually phased
has eloquently argued that the ancient Sumerian civi- off and left us on our own to find our own species iden-
lization knew very well about this huge outer planet tity.
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