CLOSE ENCOUNTERS NYC-NEWS -- Summer (July-August) 2007 Edition featuring New UFO Books

"THEY KNOW US BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES: THE HISTORY & POLITICS OF ALIEN ABDUCTIONS" by BRIDGET BROWN, Ph D., NYU PRESS

After an extensive research project of close encounter witnesses, a new academic-published book on the historical and political dimensions of the culture of contact and UFO encounters by independent scholar Bridget Brown, Ph D. (American studies), "They Know Us Better Than We Know Ourselves: The History and Politics of Alien Abductions" was released by NYU Press on August 1, 2007. The book is available in both hardcover and paperback editions. Visit the link below for further details. -- "Drawn from interviews with alleged abductees from the New York area, Bridget Bown suggests a new way for people to think about the alien phenomenon, one that is concerned not with whether aliens actually exist, but with the understanding that belief in aliens may tell us about our changing understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.... The alien abduction phenomenon helps us think about how people feel left out and create their own stories and fashion truths that square with their own experience of the world." [excerpt of book blurb]

Culture of Contact Historical Note: Brown's book is based on her Master Thesis/dissertation at NYU. The very first Master Thesis on the UFO subject was in 1950 - 57 years ago! - by Journalism Professor Dewayne B. Johnson of California State University, Northridge, an award-winning journalist who was a Los Angeles Times desk editor, who later shared a Pulitizer Prise on coverage of LA riots. His thesis was published as "Flying Saucers: Fact of Fiction?" in part two of his book "Space: A Journalist's Notebook" in 1950. The UFO section was republished in 1998 by Adventures Unlimited Press as "Flying Saucers Over Los Angeles" with additional material. A quarter of a century later, Dr. David Jacobs' dissertation was published as a book in 1975 as "The UFO Controversy in America."

BROWN'S BOOK MARRED BY BLATANT ERRORS

Brown's book, spurred by a sincere source and giving a mostly fair accounting of S.P,A,C.E.'s activities,, has several quotes and observations that are basically accurate.

BUT there are serious glaring errors resulting in totally false impressions. An appaling example is her distorted and squewed claim that journalist Harold Egeln's environmental work and writings spring solely from alien contact and its message. Nothing could be further from the truth and Brown's conclusion ignores Egeln's own innate interest and intelligence, totally apart from alien contact influences, about the subject of ecology and threats to the Earth's sustainability from excessive human interference.

"CONFESSIONS OF A TURKISH UFOLOGIST" by FARAH YURDOZU

World famous UFO and paranormal researcher and writer/producer Farah Yurdozu recently published her first English-language book, "Confessions Of A Turkish Ufologist," a paperback published through Lulu.com.

Yurdozu, a NYC-area investigator whose questions, "Why isn't there an annual UFO conference in New York City? What can we do about it, Harold?" led to the first "UFOs: The Culture of Contact Multmedia Festival" this past June, is the "Alien In The Attic" columnist for "UFO Magazine," a producer for the Jerry Pippin Internet Show, and a regular on TLC's "Dead Tenants" TV reality series. Here's a book blurb on Lulu.com:

"Farah Yurdozu, internationally renowned psychic and investigator of the paranormal, brings her challenging and entertaining insights to bear on the world of UFOs, alien encounters, folklore and spirituality. Drawn from years of research on the surprising interaction of world cultures, religions. 'Confessions of a Turish Ufologist' is an enjoyable trip through 6,000 years of celestial and earthly mythology. Fascinating chapters include: "Alien Roots in the Family Tree"; "The Genie's Bottle: A Spacecraft?"; "A Celestial Kingdom on Earth."

Yurdozu was born in Istanbul and her paranormal talents first attracted major attention when she was 13. In Turkey, she became the country's first female Ufologist and paranormal investigator, producing three best selling books on the subjects, plus a best-selling novel, and hosting popular a TV show. An international UFO conference held in Istanbul a few years ago put her in touch with the American Ufology community.

Yurdozu is a frequent speaker at UFO conferences, most recently at the Aztec UFO 2007 Symposium in March in New Mexico, UFOs: The Culture of Contact MultiMedia Festival in June here in NYC, Roswell UFO Festival in July, and she will be a presenter at the Bay Area UFO Expo in San Francisco on this August 25-26. In the UPI wire service story on the Roswell UFO Festival, Yurdozu was quoted in the opening paragraphs. (See CEN-NYC July 2007 News for a link to the article.)

Yurdozu also has another new book in English, "You Are Your Soulmate" also published by Lulu.com.

For more information about her new book and about her work, visit www.farahyurdozu.com

KATHARINA WILSON'S NEW ON-LINE BOOK -- "I FORGOT WHAT I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER: AN EXPANDED VIEW OF THE ALIEN ABDUCTION PHENOMENON"

Outside of NYC but of geat interest to us here and everywhere, Katharina Wilson, author of "The Alien Jigsaw" (1993), has a new book out this month (July 2007), its first edition now on-line as a free e-book in Abode PDF format, "I Forgot What I Wasn't Supposed To Remember: An Expanded View Of The Alien Abduction Phenomenon." It tells of her ongoing, consciously recalled abduction encounters with all sorts of otherworldly beings, some she asserts who now live among us on Earth, over the past dozen years since "The Alien Jigsaw." It can be viewed at Wilson's web site at www.alienjigsaw.com

"The pieces of the puzzle have continued to fall into place to reveal why these beings are interacting with specific people on our planet as defacto emissaries," the book's promo explains. "Since 'The Alien Jigsaw' was published, Wilson has continued to experience a high level of interaction with several types of alien intelligences. Utilizing her well-documented journals and illustrations, she again shares her life experience and the relations with these these incredible beings... (The book includes) what are certain to be 'firsts'." Learn more about the "Hybrid Breeding Program," possible covert military interfulences, and what the future may hold.

Wilson's is only the second such known e-book or e-journal by close encounter witnesses that's free on-line. The first is the "Project Wonderland Chronicles: The 'WOW!' Contacts" -- an ongoing, as-if-happens recording of accounts by Harold Egeln of S.P.A.C.E. and associated witnesses.

[Illustration is independent of Wilson's work and is from a recent Fox-News story on Roswell.]

ROSWELL REDEUX: CASE CLOSED AT LAST!? -- "WITNESS TO ROSWELL" Is this the last word on the famed Roswell Incident -- the real "Case Closed"? It may be, with the publication in July of "WITNESS TO ROSWELL: UNMASKING A 60-YEAR COVER-UP" by Tom Carey and Don Schmitt. The book focuses on a 2002 affidavid by Walter Haut, the military's PR person at Roswell at the time of the July 1947 incident. The affidavit was released by Haut's family after his death. William Birnes, "UFO Magazine" publisher and co-author of the 1997 best-seller "The Day After Roswell" talked about the new revelations at the "UFOs: The Culture of Contact" press conference in June 2007. The book is the topic of the feature co story on the July 2007 issue of "UFO Magazine." For more information on "Witness To Roswell," visit www.RoswellInvestigator.com

OTHER NOTEWORTHY BOOKS NOW OUT THERE... "FLYING SAUCERERS: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF UFOLOGY" by David Clarke & Andy Roberts - Alternative Albion, UK, pb, 238 pages ISBN 978-1-90646005. "ENCOUNTERS AT INDIAN HEAD: THE BETTY & BARNEY HILL UFO ABDUCTION REVISITED" by Karl Pflock & Peter Brooksmith - Anomalist Books, 2007, 978-1-933864-184 "CAPTURED! THE BETTY & BARNEY HILL UFO EXPERIENCE" by Stanton Friedman.

"FORTEAN TIMES" SPECIAL ISSUE ON "60 YEARS OF UFOS"

Lo! The "Fortean Times" has a Special Issue with feature articles on "60 Years of UFOS," making for great Summer reading. A 34-page section includes these articles: A Fortean Tmes Panel of Ulfologists, New Mexico sightings before Roswell, a Laughlin UFO Congress 2007 report, an intervw with Dr. David Jacobs, The McMinnville UFO Festival, "The Saucerer's Apprentice" about Desmond Leslie, UFOs and Hollywood-Part One: The 1950s; UFO stamps, and a 60-year UFO timeline by Jenny Randles.

It was Charles Fort, early in the 20th Century, who recorded and documented strange, weird anomalous happenings, including mysterious lights and objects in the air, water and space before they were called "flying saucers" and "UFOs." His books - "The Book of the Damned" and "Lo!" - are basic must-reads for gaining more insight into Ufology.

HAROLD D. SALKIN, LONG-TIME UFO INVESTIGATOR, DIES AT 87 By HAROLD EGELN New York City, NY, July 13, 2007 -- Harold D. Salkin, a longtime UFO investigator and a pioneer in the early days of the Modern UFO Era, died on at a home on Long Island today. He was 87. His passing was announced here by author and rock musicologist Michael Luckman, Director, New York Center for Extraterrestrial Research. "My good friend and longtime colleague, Harold D. Salkin, who had been the world's oldest living UFO researcher, passed away at a home on Long Island earlier today. Harold Salkin, 87, played an active role in NICAP's early days. He was truly one of a kind and will be sorely missed." In his recent book, "Alien Rock: The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection," Luckman dedicated the book to both his mother and Salkin. Salkin, who was widely respected in the UFO community, had done much work with Luckman for many years, helping with Luckman's UFO UFO conferences, events and press conferences, along with UFO journalist Antonio Huneeus and UFO artist John Sheldon. As mentioned, Salkin was a pioneer in Ufology, taking part in the the National Investigatios Committee for Aerial Phenonmena (NICAP) when it started in the late 1950s. He also knew and did some work with contactee George Adamski when he was in the city. In the early 1970s, Timothy Green Beckley founded the "UFO Investigators League (UFOIL), and he produced with Salkin the "UFO Investigators Leaque Field Manual" in 1979 (updated in 1992). The UFOIL was part of the national Coalition of Concerned Ufologists, with chapters in several states in the 1970s. As a UFO journalist, Harold Salkin wrote several articles for Beckley's "UFO Universe" including an article entitled "George Adamski: Cosmic Saint Or Sinner?"

NY POST ARTICLE ON J. ANTONIO HUNEEUS's ATTEMPT TO GET BACK HIS UFO ARCHIVES Sunday, July 1, 2007, New York City, NY -- Under the banner headline "UFO 'alien'ation suit -- 'Give me back my space junk'" today's New York Post (page 15) has an Exclusive article by James Fanelli on longtime, world-famous UFO journalist J. Antonio Huneeus's suit to reclaim scores of boxes of his research material that a woman's son in Staten Island acquired at an auction when the storage firm which had stored his archives, after he moved out of the city, sold them at an auction when it said its rent went unpaid. The lawsuit to reclaim the 160 boxes of his valuable UFO archives was filed by Huneeus in a Staten Island court on June 5, according to the article, which details the case and allegations. It also notes: "The Chilean-born journalist said he once had a close encounter in the Andes when he saw lights flashing in the sky." Huneeus, who was at all three days of the "UFOs: The Cutture of Contact (1947-2007) MultiMedia Festival" last weekend and gave a riveting presentation on the latest in UFO reports in South America at the Festival's "Secret School Sunday" Conference, moved out of NYC a few years ago after many years here. His presentations are a popular feature at conferences throughout the world, including here in the city, USA, Europe, Chile and in many other places. His articles and columns have appeared in countless UFO publications, as well as in a NYC newspaper for a few years. Of the two photos in the Post article, there is one of a smiling Huneeus, who has been active in Ufology for 30 years. *********************************************************

NEW WITNESS SUPPORT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED: Institute for Research on Extraordinary Experiences - INREES

NYC and Paris share many connections, and now we have a new one: INREES - the Institute for Research on Extraordinary Experiences in support of close encounter witnesses. The announcement from journalist Stephane Allix, one of the founders, reads:

PARIS, July 23, 2007 -- "I'm very happy to announce the creation of the Institute for Research on Extraordinary Experiences, INREES, here in France. After years of thinking, I decided to found INREES, and asked my friend, Dr. Bernard Castells, to join in. IREES is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the study of currently unexplainable human experiences. We welcome support and encouragement. Please visit our web site at www.inrees.com," said Stephane Allix.

Allix is known as the producer of a documentary movie, "Experiencers," about Dr. John Mack, the late founder and leader of PEER, the Program for Extraordinary Experiencer Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and experiencers Dr, Mack worked with. INREES appears to be in the same mode as PEER (now the John E. Mack Institute) in its mission, approach and operation.

The "Experiencers" movie includes interviews with close encounter witnesses, including New Yorkers Michael Mannion, who spoke at the "UFOs: The Culture of Contact" in NYC in June, and Trish Corbett (Mannion and Corbett of The Mindshift Institute). They first met Allix at the first annual "Cosmos & Consciousness" Seminar in Rangeley. Maine. At the fourth annual seminar last year, Allix and his wife, Natacha Calestreme, spoke on "The Transformtive Impact of New Knowledge."

Members of the INREES Support Committee include: astronaut Jean-Francis Clervoy; psychiatrist and writer Dr. Patrick Lemoine; psychiatrist Dr. Stanislav Grof; neuroscientist Mario Beauegard; emertitus professor of psychology Kenneth Ring; Apollo 14 lunar astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Founder of IONS; and natural and social scientist Paul Bernstein.

"We welcome the creation of this serious, scientific and supportive organization, and congratulate the founders of INREES for their courage, vision and mission," said NYC journalist Harold Egeln, Founder and Director of S.P.A.C.E. (Search Project for Aspects of Close Encounters).

Allix is also the author of "Extraterrestrials: An Investigation" published in France in October 2006, a book available in French. Of INREES's purpose, Allix said in his website statement, "Through a methodically rigorous scientific approach, it is possible to explore the narratives of experiencers and to learn from them."

To contact INREES for more information and to give support, email professionnels@inrees.com. The institute's address is: INREES, Professional Department, 67 rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris - FRANCE.

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EXPERIENCE JEFFREY MORAN FOSS's NYC "CULTURE OF CONTACT" PRESENTATION

Aug. 17, 2007: You can now experience Jeffrey Morgan Foss's presentation at the "UFOs: The Culture of Contact" Sunday Secret School Conference on June 24, thanks to the services of Rod Davis's website. Click on:

http://www.rodcdavis.com/Foss_FiftyYearsofContact.html d scroll down to FIFTY YEARS OF CONTACT and click it on. It's in PDF.

"PROJECT WONDERLAND CHRONICLES: THE 'WOW! CONTACT" -- COMMUNICATION & DIALOGUE?

Want to take a trip down a quantum rabbit wormhole for Adventures in a Cosmic Wonderland and through a UFO Looking-Glass?

Then visit the "Project Wonderland Chronicles: The 'WOW!' Contact." This free virtual e-journal documents in real-time sequence extraordinary events of a highly strange kind as they happen in an astounding sychronistic-driven manner on quantum micro and macro levels, a 21st Century "Gullver's Travels" presented in "A Call to Adventures in Wonderland" stream of cosmic consciousness through UFO sightings, close encounters, astounding insights and extraordinary synchronicities in a seeming nonlocal, timeless matrix. [The Wonderland reference is to Lewis Carroll and "A Call to Adventure" is mythologist Joseph Campbell's phrase for a "heroic journey."]

S.P.A.C.E. has recorded these events since they first burst forth, with a surprise breakthrough revelation back on June 12, 2000, on the importance of Triangles, what Buckminster Fuller called "the building blocks of the universe"

The "WOW! Contact" is an intricately coded information labrinyth seemingly dllberately delivered "COMMUNICATION" relying on a triad of contactees, in the USA, England and Finland, and a treasure search-like journey through time, space and beyond, linking UFOs, close encounters, mythology, quantum physics and cosmology, dreamtime, and far much more, spanning time, places and people in an extraordinary journey bridging known and unknown realities.

The "Project Wonderland Chronicles" - in five titled volumes with 50 titled chapters, are now freely available through a new website, still under development - The "WOW! CONTACT SIGNALS": at:

http://community.webtv.net/HalSpace2/WOWCONTACTSIGNALS

A MID-SUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM... "DREAMSPACE EXPLORER"

The "Dreamspace Explorer" is an online journal from S.P.A.C.E. which documents dream accounts of close encounter witnesses and associates.

"The active exploration of dreams provides an insightful window into the daunting close encounter experience through the inner space of sleep, tuning into possible memories and current experiences, as well as suggesting interactive contacts with an enigma," said Harold Egeln of S.P.A.C.E. "The study of 'Dream-Space,' which often involve shared dreams and actual close encounters and UFO sightings, may offer tantalizing and compelling clues from which we can learn and maybe move forward with our encounters."

A choice dreams selection is online, continuing reports of CE-Dreams in "Close Encounters of the Dream Kind" on the main S.P.A.C.E. Website and in its e-publications. The most recent dreams also involve a timely sighting and other intriquing incidents in late July 2007. Visit the website at http://community.webtv.net/ValSpegeln/DREAMSPACEEXPLORER to read more!