Abduction Digest, Number 23 Wednesday, August 28th 1991 Today's Topics: Rainbow Declaration WITNESS SUPPORT GROUPS Witness Support Groups Abduction of Leo Sprinkle Rainbow Declaration Welcome (Again) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack.Doran@f27.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jack Doran) Subject: Rainbow Declaration Date: 15 Aug 91 19:44:06 GMT Do you have to vote for Jesse Jackson to subscribe to the Rainbow Declaration? -- Jack Doran - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Jack.Doran@f27.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mrc-crc.ac.uk!sgamble Subject: WITNESS SUPPORT GROUPS Date: 23 Aug 91 14:37:16 GMT From: Steve Gamble x3293 Dear All, One problem I have been giving some thought to is how UFOlogists might help abductees and other close encounter witnesses. I am mailing here to see what other ideas people can provide. Should we be aiming for Budd Hopkins style mutual support type groups or the Rima Laibow one-to-one session with a professional shrink? Steve. -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sheldon.Wernikoff@p0.f150.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Sheldon Wernikoff) Subject: Witness Support Groups Date: 26 Aug 91 03:20:00 GMT In a message to all <23-Aug-91> Steve Gamble wrote: SG> One problem I have been giving some thought to is how SG> UFOlogists might help abductees and other close encounter SG> witnesses. I am mailing here to see what other ideas people can SG> provide. SG> Should we be aiming for Budd Hopkins style mutual support type SG> groups or the Rima Laibow one-to-one session with a SG> professional shrink? Hi, Steve Ufologists must learn not to isolate the abduction/witness experience from other previous/post events in the percipient's life. The holistic approach seems to yield the best results. Mutual support groups certainly have a place in all this, but the witness learns little about what/why things have occurred to them, they just seem to discover the fact that what happened is OK, and it happens to others. They also tend to get overly attached to the group facilitator. I think the best way to go would be a combination of support, therapy, scientific education, and a dash of healthy skepticism. Hypnotic regression should also be utilized much less frequently than it is now, and when deemed necessary, should only be administered by qualified professionals. Take care, ---Sheldon (Chicago, IL) -- Sheldon Wernikoff - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Sheldon.Wernikoff@p0.f150.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Linda.Bird@f100.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Linda Bird) Subject: Abduction of Leo Sprinkle Date: 25 Aug 91 16:53:00 GMT In the August 1991 issue of THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY is a long (10-page) article called "The UFO Expereince." Leo Sprinkle of the Univ. of Wyoming founded the Rocky Mountain Conference on UFO Investigation in 1980. This article tells of an abduction experience for Sprinkle at age 10. The alien's message to Sprinkle aboard the craft was, "Leo, learn to read and write well so that when you grow up, you can help other people learn more about their purposoe in life." Sprinkle felt relieved (after his own hypnosis) and he felt it was all "preparation for my UFO research work. The psychological dilemma was over. I accepted myself as a contactee. Now I had a social dilemma. I had encouraged otheres to speak out and now I had to do the same." So what happened after a while? The National Enquirer picked up Sprinkle's story (included in Ruth Montgomery's book ALIENS AMONG US) and the headlines were: "Space Aliens Abducted Me as a Child...Claims College Professor," and the piece was the predictaable disaster. In 1989, 2 years after the "Enquirer" piece came out, Sprinkle , succumbing to considerable pressure, resigned his tenured professorship. Read the article as it is fascinating. I managed to find THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY in my city's humble library, so it is available. Thanks, Linda Bird -- Linda Bird - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Linda.Bird@f100.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Don.Ecker@p0.f3.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Don Ecker) Subject: Rainbow Declaration Date: 26 Aug 91 23:53:00 GMT He said; > Do you have to vote for Jesse Jackson to subscribe to the Rainbow > Declaration? Nope, just read ParaNet...... Don -- Don Ecker - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Don.Ecker@p0.f3.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim.Speiser@f100.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Speiser) Subject: Welcome (Again) Date: 28 Aug 91 05:09:00 GMT Steve: Forgive me if you got this message already, but you never responded, so I thought I would post it again just in case it never reached you. I'm never sure what ParaNet echoes are hooked into the InterNet. (Mike, if ABDUCT is not hooked in, please forward this to Steve one way or the other). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve: First, welcome to ParaNet. Your organization is a much-needed addition to this network. Second, a few months ago a program aired on American television on the subject of abductions. One of the three segments centered on a case involving a police officer in Yorkshire by the name of Alan Godfrey. I wondered if you were familiar with this case, and how it is regarded in the UK. It seemed a very interesting case on this end, but I had never heard of it before. 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