Those kids in that picture have quite a pale complexion.
Not enough sun if you ask me.
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But what of those who have had extremely detailed accounts with the greys, and without the use of hypnosis?
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Those whose stories are laced with practical physical evidence?

If anyone takes the time to look into cases of reported alien encounters during the 40's, 50's, and 60's you'll notice that most of them sound as though they belong in the cryptozoology forum.

They were described as dwarfs with huge elf-like ears; tall shiny metal robots with no faces and claws instead of hands; short hairy humanoids with green fur; and 'smelly' 3 ft. amorphous blobs. Many were described as humans with light skin and blonde hair, while others were described as having dark skin and huge protruding noses. Some had three eyes, some had one eye, and some had no eyes at all.

Several were described as three story tall giants, and there were actually a few rare cases of little green men.

Strangely enough, there were very few (if any) reports of beings described looking like what a grey is supposed to look like. There were reports of little humanoids wearing gray suits, but they did not have large heads or huge black eyes.

So, why do most alien encounters reported these days always mention greys? Where did/do they come from?

I think they come from earth. And, actually, the media to be more precise.

After rereading a few of my books (thanks to a suggestion by a fellow UM member ) I feel that the Betty and Barney Hill abduction case was the catalyst that set off the grey phenomena. Though this wasn't the first reported case of alien abduction, it was the first case that received any serious study.

In 1961 Betty and Barney Hill experienced missing time while driving home from a holiday on the Canadian border. It was during several hypnosis sessions in 1964 that the Hills gave their account of an encounter with a UFO and aliens.

Barney first described the alien in the ship as looking like, "...a red-headed Irishman." He then changed it to, ..."a German Nazi," because, "He had a black scarf around his neck, dangling over his left shoulder." This is taken from the book 'The Interrupted Journey'.

The following pic is a drawing Barney Hill made of the 'leader' while under hypnosis. It's wearing a cap and scarf, and has a cat-like appearance with no mouth.


Beatnik aliens?

Later on during the hypnosis session, Barney said that the eyes were slanted and looked cat-like with pupils (not deep black orbs as reported on greys). Betty also reported strange eyes, but refuse to give any further details as to their appearance.

It's interesting to note that some skeptics claim that Barney's description of the 'leader' was influenced by the alien shown on the Outer Limits a week prior to his hypnosis session. Betty did mention the Twilight Zone (not the Outer Limits) during her hypnosis, but she also said she'd never watched it. Whether they watched the Outer Limits or not, there is a striking resemblance to Barney's descriptions.


Outer Limits episode "The Bellero Shield."

The Hill's experience was described in detail in John G. Fuller's book 'the Interrupted Journey.' But despite the book's popularity at the time, aliens were still being reported in a wide verity of shapes, sizes, and colors. Even movies and tv shows continued to show aliens in non humanoid form.

Then, in 1975, a made-for-tv movie, 'the UFO Incident' was broadcast. It was a fairly accurate docudrama of the Hill's experience with Dr. Benjamin Simon. The next pic shows a still from the movie.



The head and facial features of the aliens shown in the 1975 tv movie were based on later artist's renditions, and not on the original descriptions given during the Hill's hypnosis sessions. Still, this became a precedent for later depiction's of aliens in movies and tv, of which there were many.

The reason why this happened may be a simple one. It was advertised that the movie was based on a true story, and indeed it was. It was based on the true experiences the Hills had with Dr. Simon. Unfortunately, it misled the tv audience to believe that the alien encounter was also considered to be fact. Hey, it was backed up by an esteemed doctor, right?

Wrong. Dr. Simon came forward and expressed his disapproval of the way he was portrayed in the movie, saying he never concluded that the Hill's had had an actual alien encounter. 

But that didn't stop the public from believing that the greys were here. By the time Steven Spielberg released 'Close Encounters of a Third Kind' in 1977 the small gray alien had become ingrained in most viewer's minds. Reports of weird, non-anthropomorphic aliens had dwindled considerably, and by the mid eighties, almost all accounts of alien encounters were with the 'grey' type. Even the cover of Whitley Strierber's book 'Communion' featured the popular grey alien face (although, for some reason, that face always reminds me of a guitar pick ).



It's now thirty years later since the 'the UFO Incident' first showed on tv. And what's the most popular form of alien? The grey, of course. Aside from the human looking aliens it's had the best PR campaign the world has ever seen. It's everywhere.

And, for all you who believe greys are the ones visiting the earth, what would you think of someone who says they saw a different form of alien; for instance, a small green midget with four arms and three eyes?

Admit it.

You'd be skeptical, wouldn't you.... 






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I am so tempted to do this. In my book, I could describe the aliens as having the facial features of a spider, say, with 8 eyes and mandibles. Within a year's time, there would be hundreds of reports that describe this faux alien.

And when I would come forward and confess that I had fabricated the whole thing, the conspiracy theorists would say that I was coerced into doing so by the government.

In time, my phony alien would be listed as a genuine ET.

So, where do greys come from? That's easy. They come from ink, paper, and celluloid.

And the minds of the gullible.

i seriously doubt aliens look like greys....i mean nobody can remember anything when it comes to be abducted. Now if somebody had a photographic memory that'd be a diffferent story...I think these aliens they are seeing are just cats...because really my cat looks like a typical grey alien and he's kewl and he loves to play with yarn...so if i meet an alien mi just gonna throw a ball of yarn at em, watch him fall on his back, and then i punch him in the eyeball.

I don't know man, i mean the whole grey thing is way too embedded into our heads, i think if any other kinds of aliens were brought up, i think that people wouldn't even give it a second glance if you described it like that,

i know some people are very, very (very) gullable and latch onto anything that they believe would take the stress out of there lives.
I do admit that a lot (if not most) of the so-called "encounters" are just totally mind-made (if you will). But some of the cases are genuine, at least i believe so... all we have to do is look at the common factors, watch some movies and see how they portray aliens, compare and contrast, and then you will have something to pay attention to. It's like boiling something down, it slowly starts to evaporate until your are left with the good stuff (or nothing ).

Also do a search for "egyptian pyramid alien pictures", and you will find some very interesting info, stating that the egyptians were aware of their existance, and i think you will be surprised how they are portrayed (maybe not lol).
PEACE

...The only thing I'll say about this is that they're subject to modern interpretation. Some see ancient gods, and others see aliens.

The Egyptian stuff had nothing to do with gods, they were the depictions of "greys", maybe they were just gods, but maybe that's who the true "gods" were (they came from the havens). Anyway, that doesn't satisfy me because, how would that explain the flying saucers in the pictures...no offense, but that doesn't sound like a good explanation...not to me at least

That was simply my opinion and not an explanation.

However, if you need one...

The first thing I would suggest is that you do a little research before believing in what some "pro alien hypothesis" websites claim.

For example, there's a few sites that say this is a hieroglyph of a "grey" alien in the tomb of Ptah-Hotep.



It does look like the image of a grey, especially with the large dark eyes. The problem is, that is not a very clear image of the hieroglyph, so it's easy to interpret it as whatever you choose to.

Now, looking at clearer picture of the same hieroglyph you'll notice that it's not an alien, but a jar with a Lotus blossom, which in Egyptian culture was a symbol of rebirth.



You can find the explanation here.

As for the depictions of spaceships, that's also easily explainable as palimpsest.

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Sorry to disappoint, but there are no aliens or spaceships depicted in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Well, I know that back in the day there were all kinds of crazy people running around saying they "had dinner," among other things, with weird multi-armed/multi-eyed aliens/blobs/etc. But that was just a fad inspired by the cheesy sci-fi flicks of the day.

In real life, and the modern era, there are virtually no reports of anything other than humanoid beings (regardless of color, features, etc), most notably and commonly the greys. According to CSETI and Dr. Greer and his colleagues, there are currently 57 known species and they are ALL humanoid in appearance. Some short, some tall, some hairy, some smooth, etc., but all humanoid.

We'll probably never know if what people say is true or not until we experience it for ourselves. And I certainly hope that I never have to endure what many abductees claim have happend to them.

Seems to me that the so called 'aliens' have a habit of changing their physical appearance to keep up with the times.Think about it.Used to be we called them fairies,and that is what they looked like.Many old cases of fairy abductions.How many fairy abductions have you heard about LATELY?Nowadays,as man has progressed so far technologically,these 'fairies' have gradually changed into a technologically superior race of 'alien greys'.Also interesting is the fact that many symptoms of alien abductions are almost identical to those experienced in classic poltergeist haunting cases.Not trying to ruffle feathers here,but I think the 'greys' can manifest themselves as anything they choose,being of a paranormal,or spiritual, nature.If they were actual flesh and blood entities then they too would be subject to the same physical limits as we are.But no.They can fly around in bubbles at tremendous speeds which would kill a physical being and suddenly disappear right before a witnesses eyes.For the record,I don't believe these 'extraterrestrials' are from outer space at all-but somewhere much closer to home.

Not disappointing, just another dead end... thanks for the heads up... i would have made a fool of myself in the future. When will the truth come out??!!

The reason I research this so carefully is not to debunk every claim, but to clear away the nonsense in hopes of finding actual proof.
So far, I have found none, but I'm still searching.

So am I.
And trying to "debunk" a claim might actually be the best way to find something unexplainable.

...now greys are probably the true race.

now we notice more because we can talk more, we have internet and there's UFO places to report to, back then there wasn't much and I bet nobody believed in the people who had seen grey's.

If anyone takes the time to look into cases of reported alien encounters during the 40's, 50's, and 60's you'll notice that most of them sound as though they belong in the cryptozoology forum.

They were described as dwarfs with huge elf-like ears; tall shiny metal robots with no faces and claws instead of hands; short hairy humanoids with green fur; and 'smelly' 3 ft. amorphous blobs. Many were described as humans with light skin and blonde hair, while others were described as having dark skin and huge protruding noses. Some had three eyes, some had one eye, and some had no eyes at all.

Several were described as three story tall giants, and there were actually a few rare cases of little green men.

Strangely enough, there were very few (if any) reports of beings described looking like what a grey is supposed to look like. There were reports of little humanoids wearing gray suits, but they did not have large heads or huge black eyes.

So, why do most alien encounters reported these days always mention greys? Where did/do they come from?

I think they come from earth. And, actually, the media to be more precise.

After rereading a few of my books (thanks to a suggestion by a fellow UM member ) I feel that the Betty and Barney Hill abduction case was the catalyst that set off the grey phenomena. Though this wasn't the first reported case of alien abduction, it was the first case that received any serious study.

In 1961 Betty and Barney Hill experienced missing time while driving home from a holiday on the Canadian border. It was during several hypnosis sessions in 1964 that the Hills gave their account of an encounter with a UFO and aliens.

Barney first described the alien in the ship as looking like, "...a red-headed Irishman." He then changed it to, ..."a German Nazi," because, "He had a black scarf around his neck, dangling over his left shoulder." This is taken from the book 'The Interrupted Journey'.

The following pic is a drawing Barney Hill made of the 'leader' while under hypnosis. It's wearing a cap and scarf, and has a cat-like appearance with no mouth.


Beatnik aliens?

Later on during the hypnosis session, Barney said that the eyes were slanted and looked cat-like with pupils (not deep black orbs as reported on greys). Betty also reported strange eyes, but refuse to give any further details as to their appearance.

It's interesting to note that some skeptics claim that Barney's description of the 'leader' was influenced by the alien shown on the Outer Limits a week prior to his hypnosis session. Betty did mention the Twilight Zone (not the Outer Limits) during her hypnosis, but she also said she'd never watched it. Whether they watched the Outer Limits or not, there is a striking resemblance to Barney's descriptions.


Outer Limits episode "The Bellero Shield."

The Hill's experience was described in detail in John G. Fuller's book 'the Interrupted Journey.' But despite the book's popularity at the time, aliens were still being reported in a wide verity of shapes, sizes, and colors. Even movies and tv shows continued to show aliens in non humanoid form.

Then, in 1975, a made-for-tv movie, 'the UFO Incident' was broadcast. It was a fairly accurate docudrama of the Hill's experience with Dr. Benjamin Simon. The next pic shows a still from the movie.



The head and facial features of the aliens shown in the 1975 tv movie were based on later artist's renditions, and not on the original descriptions given during the Hill's hypnosis sessions. Still, this became a precedent for later depiction's of aliens in movies and tv, of which there were many.

The reason why this happened may be a simple one. It was advertised that the movie was based on a true story, and indeed it was. It was based on the true experiences the Hills had with Dr. Simon. Unfortunately, it misled the tv audience to believe that the alien encounter was also considered to be fact. Hey, it was backed up by an esteemed doctor, right?

Wrong. Dr. Simon came forward and expressed his disapproval of the way he was portrayed in the movie, saying he never concluded that the Hill's had had an actual alien encounter.

But that didn't stop the public from believing that the greys were here. By the time Steven Spielberg released 'Close Encounters of a Third Kind' in 1977 the small gray alien had become ingrained in most viewer's minds. Reports of weird, non-anthropomorphic aliens had dwindled considerably, and by the mid eighties, almost all accounts of alien encounters were with the 'grey' type. Even the cover of Whitley Strierber's book 'Communion' featured the popular grey alien face (although, for some reason, that face always reminds me of a guitar pick ).



It's now thirty years later since the 'the UFO Incident' first showed on tv. And what's the most popular form of alien? The grey, of course. Aside from the human looking aliens it's had the best PR campaign the world has ever seen. It's everywhere.

And, for all you who believe greys are the ones visiting the earth, what would you think of someone who says they saw a different form of alien; for instance, a small green midget with four arms and three eyes?

Admit it.

You'd be skeptical, wouldn't you....
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It's the similarity of those reports that lends credence to my theory. The history of alien encounters goes way beyond 1947 and Roswell (which many claim as year when mankind first had "definitive" contact with an alien species).

So called 'aliens' through out history have either had a distinctive human appearance, or they've been described as a completely non-human form of life. It's only within the last couple decades that the alien form has solidified into an easily recognizable shape, i.e., the greys.

My last comments in my original post were sincere. No matter how much a true believer resents a skeptic, when a report is made that contradicts their own established concepts of what an alien should look like, they too will be skeptical.

This is not a matter of proven alien existence on earth. It's a matter of the human condition.
A story cannot provide practical physical evidence. It's only a statement made by an individual. Physical evidence is something that can be handled, examined, and studied.

because those were fake, robots with claws? come on, and what about the one "dark skin with big noses" that's racist, this was dumb reports which were fake from that time, that time was when all these alien ideas started, now greys are probably the true race.

now we notice more because we can talk more, we have internet and there's UFO places to report to, back then there wasn't much and I bet nobody believed in the people who had seen grey's.

good point...
PEACE

Exactly!!

Seems to me that the so called 'aliens' have a habit of changing their physical appearance to keep up with the times.Think about it.Used to be we called them fairies,and that is what they looked like.Many old cases of fairy abductions.How many fairy abductions have you heard about LATELY?Nowadays,as man has progressed so far technologically,these 'fairies' have gradually changed into a technologically superior race of 'alien greys'.Also interesting is the fact that many symptoms of alien abductions are almost identical to those experienced in classic poltergeist haunting cases.Not trying to ruffle feathers here,but I think the 'greys' can manifest themselves as anything they choose,being of a paranormal,or spiritual, nature.If they were actual flesh and blood entities then they too would be subject to the same physical limits as we are.But no.They can fly around in bubbles at tremendous speeds which would kill a physical being and suddenly disappear right before a witnesses eyes.For the record,I don't believe these 'extraterrestrials' are from outer space at all-but somewhere much closer to home.

The only thing I'll say about this is that they're subject to modern interpretation. Some see ancient gods, and others see aliens.

The Egyptian stuff had nothing to do with gods, they were the depictions of "greys", maybe they were just gods, but maybe that's who the true "gods" were (they came from the havens). Anyway, that doesn't satisfy me because, how would that explain the flying saucers in the pictures...no offense, but that doesn't sound like a good explanation...not to me at least

That was simply my opinion and not an explanation.

However, if you need one...

The first thing I would suggest is that you do a little research before believing in what some "pro alien hypothesis" websites claim.

For example, there's a few sites that say this is a hieroglyph of a "grey" alien in the tomb of Ptah-Hotep.



It does look like the image of a grey, especially with the large dark eyes. The problem is, that is not a very clear image of the hieroglyph, so it's easy to interpret it as whatever you choose to.

Now, looking at clearer picture of the same hieroglyph you'll notice that it's not an alien, but a jar with a Lotus blossom, which in Egyptian culture was a symbol of rebirth.



You can find the explanation here.

As for the depictions of spaceships, that's also easily explainable as palimpsest.

Link

Sorry to disappoint, but there are no aliens or spaceships depicted in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Not disappointing, just another dead end... thanks for the heads up... i would have made a fool of myself in the future. When will the truth come out??!!

um, what? I don't remember them being giants, I don't think they would wanna draw attention by being giant (I know you mean like 9 feet) and fallen angels and wait and what?

By offering an animal essence of Lotus she can rise above the oppression and fear of her past becoming fearlessly present in the moment at hand.

As well as assisting an animal to overcome past abuse and trauma it is an excellent choice at the time of an animals death. Given directly by mouth or simply anointing the animals crown (top of the head) and heart (center of chest) chakras Lotus eases the spirit out of the body and assists it forward towards its highest potential in the realm of Spirit.

because those were fake, robots with claws? come on, and what about the one "dark skin with big noses" that's racist, this was dumb reports which were fake from that time, that time was when all these alien ideas started, now greys are probably the true race.

now we notice more because we can talk more, we have internet and there's UFO places to report to, back then there wasn't much

...and I bet nobody believed in the people who had seen grey's.

Well, some believe that the aliens are able to project different images to cover up their real appearence and others say there are many different species of aliens so could be the greys are more active today whereas the other groups were active back then.

No one ever claimed that there were not more than one species of aliens either. When presented with those types of evidence skeptics like to make up excuses of why they don't believe those things when the evidence points towards the alien phenominon being true.

The thing is though that how do you know that their analysis is indeed the correct analysis? They could be making up an explination the same as some make up phony alien encounters. i DEFINATELY DON'T BUY THE EXPLINATION OF THE PIECES OF THE WALLS JUST HAPPEN TO ALL FALL OUT NEATLY IN A ROW ALL TOGETHER IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE PICTURES JUST ALL HAPPEN TO RESEMBLE our modern flying vehicles. That seems made up by skeptics who are just as willing to ignore any kind of evidence thaT SAYS SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE AS SOME THINK OTHERS ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT ANYTHING that confirms our beliefs. It doesn't have to mean that the ancient people flew around in those crafts, it only proves that they SAW those crafts.

The people who have explained the meaning of these relics are not skeptics, but archeologists who have spent a great deal of time studying ancient cultures and their practices. They uncovered an enormous amount of information regarding those cultures long before some crackpot came along and said those images are aliens and flying saucers.

ARE YOU CALLING ME A CRACKPOT??!!!

I dont think greys were originally drawn, I think those were the first reports... o-o;

Why should I believe the bible has any insight into this? Why should I believe that your interpretation of the bible is write and is more than just a story?