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Authors: Philip J. Imbrogno
Tags: Paranormal, supernatural, Parapsychology, Occult, Abduction, ufo, extraterrestrial, Reality, Universe, UFOs, high strangeness, out-of-body experiences, skeptic, multidimensional
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of methane. The local electric company reported no outages in the area that could account for Margaret’s home losing power. As of the writing of this book, Thunder was never found and it was the opinion of the police and the animal control officer that the dog must have just run away. This explanation didn’t make any sense to Margaret; the dog was treated very well and was quite loyal.
Margaret knows a local nature expert who offered the possibility that the light she had seen was nothing more than swamp gas, also called a will-o’-the-wisp or ignis fatuus . Swamp gas has been reported as a ghostly light appearing over a bog at night or twilight. Science has explained the phenomenon as methane gas being released from rotting vegetation after a spring thaw. The methane rises into the air and ignites when coming into contact with oxygen. Much folklore surrounds the lights and many still believe they represent fairies or the souls of the dammed trying to escape from hell.
When I heard these tales, I almost laughed out loud—back in the sixties, Dr. J. Allen Hynek suggested that a rash of UFO sightings in Michigan was the result of swamp gas igniting and glowing. Dr. Hynek never lived down his swamp gas statement—many UFO skeptics later used “swamp gas” to jokingly explain away sightings they did not want to address. Throughout his eighteen-year position as a scientific consultant with Project Blue Book, Dr. Hynek was told to explain away all sightings at any cost. [10] I have seen swamp gas on two occasions: it appeared to be a bluish glowing flame, rising up from the ground and then exploding with a “pop!” Although there have been reports of the phenomenon lasting several minutes, the two I witnessed were no more than three seconds in duration.
Margaret and her family never saw the light or the creatures again. I find it hard to believe that “swamp gas” was responsible for the glowing light, and that the creature sighting was nothing more than three panicked women’s overactive imaginations. The swirling, glowing yellow sphere in the swamp may have been a portal that opened a doorway to our world from another reality. The creatures that came through acted more like animals than intelligent beings—could they have been gathering information for their masters or were they simply hunting?
[ 1 ] . “High Strangeness” was coined by the late Dr. J. Allen Hynek in his attempt to classify UFO encounters.
[ 2 ] . This would make it the year 2012—strange coincidence?
[ 3 ] . Ms. Guiley has compiled an online database of encounters with shadow people (http://www.visionaryliving.com/2008/10/06/
category/shadow-people), and has been collecting reports for nearly twenty years.
[ 4 ] . The silver spots were very similar to what Betty and Barney Hill found on their car after their close encounter and contact experience in New Hampshire in 1961. Betty also described the spots’ “magnetic properties” in an interview I conducted with her in 1986.
[ 5 ] . Tests were done by me during the interviews. Details on this procedure can be obtained by emailing me at the address in the appendix of this book.
[ 6 ] . The time of these nighttime visitations was always about three in the morning. This is interesting since most paranormal events of this type also have been reported at this hour.
[ 7 ] . The Twilight Zone : 1961, season 3, episode 31.
[ 8 ] . Richard Matheson, born February 26, 1926, is an American writer whose work often appeared on Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone television series. Now in his eighties, Richard continues to write science fiction and fantasy.
[ 9 ] . I was going to use Kate’s story in my book, Interdimensional Universe (2008) but decided against it because the case involves a considerable amount of high strangeness and is more applicable here.
[ 10 ] . Project Blue Book was one of a series of systematic studies of Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) conducted by the United States Air
Margaret knows a local nature expert who offered the possibility that the light she had seen was nothing more than swamp gas, also called a will-o’-the-wisp or ignis fatuus . Swamp gas has been reported as a ghostly light appearing over a bog at night or twilight. Science has explained the phenomenon as methane gas being released from rotting vegetation after a spring thaw. The methane rises into the air and ignites when coming into contact with oxygen. Much folklore surrounds the lights and many still believe they represent fairies or the souls of the dammed trying to escape from hell.
When I heard these tales, I almost laughed out loud—back in the sixties, Dr. J. Allen Hynek suggested that a rash of UFO sightings in Michigan was the result of swamp gas igniting and glowing. Dr. Hynek never lived down his swamp gas statement—many UFO skeptics later used “swamp gas” to jokingly explain away sightings they did not want to address. Throughout his eighteen-year position as a scientific consultant with Project Blue Book, Dr. Hynek was told to explain away all sightings at any cost. [10] I have seen swamp gas on two occasions: it appeared to be a bluish glowing flame, rising up from the ground and then exploding with a “pop!” Although there have been reports of the phenomenon lasting several minutes, the two I witnessed were no more than three seconds in duration.
Margaret and her family never saw the light or the creatures again. I find it hard to believe that “swamp gas” was responsible for the glowing light, and that the creature sighting was nothing more than three panicked women’s overactive imaginations. The swirling, glowing yellow sphere in the swamp may have been a portal that opened a doorway to our world from another reality. The creatures that came through acted more like animals than intelligent beings—could they have been gathering information for their masters or were they simply hunting?
[ 1 ] . “High Strangeness” was coined by the late Dr. J. Allen Hynek in his attempt to classify UFO encounters.
[ 2 ] . This would make it the year 2012—strange coincidence?
[ 3 ] . Ms. Guiley has compiled an online database of encounters with shadow people (http://www.visionaryliving.com/2008/10/06/
category/shadow-people), and has been collecting reports for nearly twenty years.
[ 4 ] . The silver spots were very similar to what Betty and Barney Hill found on their car after their close encounter and contact experience in New Hampshire in 1961. Betty also described the spots’ “magnetic properties” in an interview I conducted with her in 1986.
[ 5 ] . Tests were done by me during the interviews. Details on this procedure can be obtained by emailing me at the address in the appendix of this book.
[ 6 ] . The time of these nighttime visitations was always about three in the morning. This is interesting since most paranormal events of this type also have been reported at this hour.
[ 7 ] . The Twilight Zone : 1961, season 3, episode 31.
[ 8 ] . Richard Matheson, born February 26, 1926, is an American writer whose work often appeared on Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone television series. Now in his eighties, Richard continues to write science fiction and fantasy.
[ 9 ] . I was going to use Kate’s story in my book, Interdimensional Universe (2008) but decided against it because the case involves a considerable amount of high strangeness and is more applicable here.
[ 10 ] . Project Blue Book was one of a series of systematic studies of Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) conducted by the United States Air
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