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![]() A.B.Normal
was a pioneering effort. No we are not talking about the brain
donor
in Mel Brooke's film "Young Frankenstein", but about Ravi J.Deka's
spoofy
column on conspiracies, paranormal events and the all
evasive
truths.
Printed in the Assam Tribune, the fortnightly column ran for
over
a
year and is probably the first and so far the only one of its
kind
in India.
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| Archaeology Subterranean
civilizations, Tesla,
Marconi and cities of Atlantis .. Sixth senses,
The Babylon system,
rabid men
and secret book selling societies Inside out, or flat
out?? Nazis
and creationists... |
Fear of Flying
Blame it on Whitley Strieber !! His 1987 novel the "Communion", featuring stalking E.T's and hypnotic recession turned the tables upon the aliens and overnight they were transformed from visionary guardians giving joy rides to the likes of George Adamski and Billy Meyers to Vaderites in grey. Professing to be a multiple abductee, Strieber recalls with horror how he was regularly molested by a group of humanoid extra-terrestrials, small in stature grey in colour and having the tell-tale alien eyes, catlike, black and unblinking. Thus defining the quintessential "Grey". The book had many takers. All those convinced that nothing good ever came out of foreigners whether they were from another country or another world were quick to point the plausibility of events. Thousands came out of the closet and spoke of their own encounters, Abduction Research became a science and the UFO Magazine started carrying classifieds like "UNDESIRABLE ALIENS REMOVED FROM YOUR LIFE! call ...". Despite his traumas, Whitley Strieber isn't complaining. The book was quickly made into a film. The sequel "Transformation" was printed in 1989 and by the time his third book "Breakthrough: The next step" was out in 1995, Strieber was well on his way in becoming the Nancy Friday of UFOlogy. The phenomenon of kidnapping entities is
not entirely
new. Allegations of being rendered submissive and taken aboard a UFO
and
being subjected to weird tests and rites are remarkably parallel to
medieval
stories of Witches taken into the air for meetings with the devil.
Once inside the alien lab, the abductees
are invariably
stripped and made to lie on a table. Among the reasons offered for the
disrobing is that facilitates the inspection and prevents stealing of
souvenirs
and alien artefacts. Ever since 23-year old Brazilian farmer
Antonio
Boas told the world how he was spirited away in a Flying Saucer
where
he was seduced by a redhead, in 1957. Thereby becoming the world's
first
claimant to zero-gravity as well as inter-planetary sex, hundreds till
date have echoed the claim. "Many women who have been sexually assaulted by space aliens have profound, inexplicable feelings of helplessness, guilt and fear," states feminist UFO author and psychologist Naomi Wulfberg. Adding that women suspecting of alien violations need urgent professional help. With stories of alien abductions surfacing only under hypnosis or prolonged therapy, the Cosmic sex fiends have proven to be slippery customers and the only one caught so far turned out to be a frustrated accountant from Bogota, Columbia. 43 year old Luis Camargo was arrested
and convicted
of statutory rape after the parents of a 14-year-old girl complained
that
he had promised her a blast in his spaceship if she had sex with him.
"He told me that I had discovered his
secret mission
to Earth and that it was very important that I not betray him," said 18
year old Maria Delgado. "He said he was an observer from the planet
Zonda,
sent here to try to prevent the world from involvement in a terrifying
war. © Ravi J. Deka 2000 * The column is meant for entertainment only and the author does not stand by the authenticity of any of the facts and episodes mentioned. |
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