One of the most influential books about UFO's that I've ever read was Jacques Vallee's "Passport to Magonia". I read it 26 years ago now, and remember it because it made a comparison between UFO sightings of the modern day, with alien abductions, and it demonstrated that this was nothing new.
People had been reporting similar things for millenia. He specifically demonstrated it in relation to the folklore of fairies, and their kingdoms etc.
It made an impact because I could see that in example after example, there were too many similarities to ignore. The conclusion from this (for me anyway) is that the UFO phenomenon, is or has been described in tales of old. All the similarities are there, abductions, the lights, fairy circles.
If you can imagine living in medieval times for example, how would you describe a stealth fighter if it flew in the sky? Or for that matter even a commercial airliner?
Youd have to describe it, as possibly a huge dragon lit by a dozen flames (passenger windows).
My point here is that these kinds of encounters, would be passed on from generation to generation, and no doubt with a substantial amount of embellishment. If anyone remembers the TV series "Taken" there was a scene where a small child skipped off in the night, holding a cute squirrels hand, the boy thought it was great fun, but it was actually an alien projecting that in his mind.
It could be argued further that aliens, are our interpretation in this day and age of something else entirely. I don't rule out that possibility entirely, to me it seems the simplest explanation. Last week I stumbled upon a free book on Project Gutenberg (the link is in our "Daily News" section under Free E Books) the book is called "The little house in the Fairy Wood" and is a childrens story.
Here are a few quotes from an interesting section I found, about the Tree Mother, and her "Air Boat" ..
"When all were ready they crowded up the straight starlit stairs. At the top they crawled out through the sky door, one by one, into the branches. Eric followed Ivra, and saw a great black moth-like thing poised in air by the trees top But it was hollowed like a boat "
Now this could be just what it appears to be, a harmless childrens tale, told wonderfully by Ethel Cook Eliot in I think it wasn 1918. If it was in isolation then perhaps that could be the case, but there's tons of these similarities.
I don't think "Passport to Magonia" is published any more, more is the shame, but it's an outstanding book, and way ahead of it's time.
They say all legend and folklore has at it's base, some truth, could this be a passed on experience of a UFO encounter?
Dolphin said in the forums recently, that there could well be truths in fiction writing, and that's what got me thinking about this kind of thing. I'm sure that there could well be more than alien greys, maybe they're just how we can "handle it" now?
Posted by: THoTH on Saturday, March 11, 2006 @ 18:07:51 CST
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Re: The Tree Mother and Her UFO? (Score: 1) by dolphin on Saturday, March 11, 2006 @ 21:24:28 CST (User Info | Send a Message)
This is a wonderful article! I agree totally that many times what folks see is what they can accept. While we might tend to understand easily how a child could see a cute creature or even some oversized doll instead of the true form of an alien, we mght think that adults would have more sense. But in asking 20 different adults about what they observed at an accident scene or an art gallery, you will probably get 20 different accounts.
It is not so far fetched to believe that there is a bit of truth in many science fiction books. :)
Re: The Tree Mother and Her UFO? (Score: 1) by Kira on Sunday, March 12, 2006 @ 12:32:47 CST (User Info | Send a Message)
"But in asking 20 different adults about what they observed at an accident scene or an art gallery, you will probably get 20 different accounts."
This is so true. Just as the Stealth bomber being seen in ancient times would be called whatever one seeing it could think of.
That's why, in trying to discribe these sightings, it's so hard! There aren't words to fit the discription. So in turn, makes them sound like they aren't all there or have a few loose screws. When actually, they don't. It's just too hard to put into words.
Re: The Tree Mother and Her UFO? (Score: 1) by SubIlluminatus on Sunday, March 12, 2006 @ 12:36:41 CST (User Info | Send a Message)
Just the other day I was walking through the woods when suddenly a plane flew very low overhead. It struck me as so natural looking through the trees that it actually took a moment for my mind to register that it was an airplane. And by "natural looking" I mean I felt that if I was living in a pre-modern time and saw that plane as I saw it that day I would probably not even have found it all that out of place. It looked like a big metal bird that was almost supposed to have been there.
I'm positive that if I were to write down that experience in an ancient time I would have described it exactly as a "metal bird" and not even thought much of it other than be surprised by how loud it's "wings" were. You kind of had to be there,but it was pretty surreal and gave me a much stronger perspective on ancient descriptions than I'd ever had before.
Re: The Tree Mother and Her UFO? (Score: 1) by katsmeow on Sunday, March 12, 2006 @ 17:05:33 CST (User Info | Send a Message)
Very good article THoTH...made me remember the first time I saw a whale's tail peaking out from under the sea. At first, I could not understand what it was...having never seen one before, there is no context for the experience. Luckily, there were people present who knew what it was. I am not saying I would not have figured it out...but in that moment I had no idea what I was looking at.
Thanks THoTH and dolphin for the inspiration.
kats
In the bible is IMO the most detailed abduction I know of (Ezekial). If you were to take that account & read it to a person who isn't familiar with the story, how would they respond. Back then angels & a chariot were the first to pop into their heads. Right now, with the technology we have, the response could be one of many things. If it were me , I think I'd say it was an alien & it's ship. If it were a child, they might say it was an angel, but the craft they'd, IMO, probably say it was a monster. Fairies were once common, but now? Aliens have replaced them & UFOs replaced flying angels. What would a person in the 21st century say about a vehicle from the future?
Re: The Tree Mother and Her UFO? (Score: 1) by Alan81 on Thursday, March 06, 2008 @ 03:40:07 CST (User Info | Send a Message)
Good article, but what if we now see it in the "right way"? UFO is what we now understand (spacecrafts), and people living in the past times, they didn't have that knowladge that we have now, so they described it by their best way, easier for them.
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My point here is that these kinds of encounters, would be passed on from generation to generation, and no doubt with a substantial amount of embellishment. If anyone remembers the TV series "Taken" there was a scene where a small child skipped off in the night, holding a cute squirrels hand, the boy thought it was great fun, but it was actually an alien projecting that in his mind.
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