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From: "Colvin, Terry" 
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Subject: CSETI on Abductions & Disinformation
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REFLECTIONS ON ALLEGED ALIEN ABDUCTIONS AND DISINFORMATION

DEFINITION: Abductionism is the belief system which describes the 
human-extraterrestrial relationship within the context of an alleged 
criminal act; that is the forceful taking of a human subject against 
his/her will by non-terrestrial beings (almost always described as 
non-human aliens), to a secure and isolated location where forced 
interactions take place between the human subject and the ETs.

This belief system in the West has taken on the force of an ideology 
within the sub-culture of ufology which is sometimes referred to by CSETI 
as the "UFO ghetto". This ideology is propelled by self styled UFO 
investigators, (abductionists), who have taken the subjective accounts of 
alleged victims of ET.-human interactions and proclaimed these bizarre 
stories as virtual fact. Many of the most prominent abductionists are not 
licensed health professionals and they heavily rely on the somewhat 
dubious technique of hypnotic regression to elicit frightening tales of 
supposed physical, psychological and yes even sexual abuse at the hands of 
alien visitors.

Abductionists have used the growing number of reported human-ET 
interactions, which include sightings of ET craft and ET beings, plus 
actual on board experiences, to promote a biased, fear based, xenophobic, 
negativistic and possibly even racist interpretation of those events. In 
this critique of abductionism we should be careful to acknowledge that 
the atmosphere of routine denial and ridicule that has surrounded the 
human-ET relationship for the most part has been successful in preventing 
a more rational, scientific and sober assessment of the phenomenon. The 
scientific establishment has even refused to simply recognize the body of 
evidence demonstrating Extraterrestrial Intelligence's presence on earth, 
let alone study it in any systematic way. The mainstream responsible 
media, both print and electronic, have largely ignored the phenomenon of 
ET spacecraft and their crews visiting earth. They have left this 
important subject to the exclusive purview of the tabloids, whose 
sensationalized coverage and lurid accounts of alleged abductions then 
only serve to discourage more responsible journalists from addressing the 
subject at all.

CSETI's position within the growing debate on so called "alien" 
abductions is a complex one. On one hand we have employed effective 
contact protocols to create verifiable and reproducible interactive 
experiences with the ET visitors, thus once again "proving" their 
existence. This claim from a skeptic's point of view would seem to place 
us within firmly within the flying saucer subculture as so called "UFO 
believers." On the other hand CSETI refuses to embrace the abductionists' 
mythology which we assert dooms its proponents to a totally hopeless and 
negative perspective visa vie the ET visitors, and which ignores any 
potential benefit humanity may derive from contact with advanced 
Extraterrestrial civilizations.

In a related area of controversy, CSETI's approach to government secrecy 
is also multi-faceted. We have attempted to establish dialogue with 
responsible and informed officials to encourage them to help open up this 
issue to US and world citizenry. This is embodied in CSETI's Project 
Starlight. Although we are critical of the excessive government secrecy 
that has surrounded the evidence that we are being visited by 
Extraterrestrials, we have refused to label these secrecy efforts as a 
cover-up. The term cover-up implies some criminal activity has occurred 
and making such an accusation only serves to push further into the corner 
those more enlightened government leaders who may wish, as we do, to move 
to a more open relationship with the ETs.

Within the sub-culture of ufology this is not always the case. The most 
extreme accusations of military and intelligence service criminal 
misconduct, usually made without a shred of reliable information or 
justification, have become the mainstay of prominent myth makers within 
the UFO ghetto. Unfortunately government imposed secrecy on this subject 
only reinforces the wild speculation and invective which run rampant 
among the saucer enthusiasts and some of their less responsible leaders. 
This sorry situation becomes even more complicated because of the likely 
presence of government intelligence agents within organizations 
ufological. Their existence and operations can not be easily proved, 
(this after all is the nature of clandestine intelligence work), 
nevertheless in a field so central to perceived national security issues, 
it would be naive to think that Select Sections of the Intelligence 
Services (SSIS), would be absent. Presumed members of the SSIS, or the 
SSISIies for short, (please excuse by barb hurled at the macho esprit de 
corps of secret agents), would be expected to carry out disinformation 
projects against UFO researchers and groups. Hiding behind a screen of 
anonymity and posing as "confidential sources" such SSISies would be free 
to peddle the bizarre rumors and phony pictures and documents so 
prevalent in the flying saucer field.

It is even conceivable that some of the more wild tales of government 
liaison with the ETs could actually be instigated by contract 
intelligence agents themselves. This proposition of liaison asserts that 
in exchange for alien spacecraft that are presumably being tested at 
secret Air Force bases like "Area 51", intelligence officers have 
knowingly permitted the ETs to forcibly abduct human subjects from their 
homes. This outrageously insulting dibble is too often heard from 
featured speakers at UFO conferences and is repeated in many of the 
tabloid style journals supported by the UFO sub- culture. The preverse 
privilege of abducting humans in exchange for alien technology is 
referred to as the granting of "grazing rights". The thought that such a 
diabolical betrayal, if discovered by the public, would likely lead to 
court marshal and probable death sentences for the officers involved, 
doesn't phase some wild eyed conspiracy junkies of the abductionist 
faith.  Please take note of the fact that such sick notions would 
probably insult every American who has ever taken pride in the heroism 
and sacrifices of our Armed Forces since the founding of our nation. Why 
would Select Sections of the Intelligence Services, possibly operating 
under a Black Budget multi-disciplinary grouping, want to promote such 
seemingly demented disinformation? One possible explanation is that by 
facilitating the expression of such nonsense in ufological circles, the 
entire field will be forever branded by the public as incurably kooky, 
unpatriotic and not to be listened to. This might help insure that much 
of the well researched and accurate evidence confirming the 
extraterrestrials' presence will be overlooked forever by journalists, 
scientists and the sober man in the street. It would contribute to the 
largely successful secrecy campaign which continues to this present day.

My name is Alex Gluzman and I am a member of CSETI, Los Angeles. Please 
feel free to contact me via e-mail 102036.440@compuserve.com or write to:

CSETI c/o Alex Gluzman P.O. Box 19293 Encino, CA. 91416-9293 USA



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