Night Fishing
As 77-year-old Alfred Burtoo was fishing the Basingstoke Canal in the peaceful early hours of the morning of August 12, 1983, he saw a brilliant light descend from the sky and settle on the nearby towpath.
Thinking it must be a helicopter from the nearby MOD base, he took no notice, and poured himself a cup of tea from his Thermos flask.
Then his dog, Tiny, began whining furiously and two figures emerged from the darkness.
"They were about four foot high, dressed in pale green coveralls from head to foot," Burtoo told reporters. "And they had helmets of the same color with a visor that was blacked out."
The strangers gestured to Burtoo to accompany them.
Calmly setting down his cup of tea, the intrepid pensioner follow them along the towpath towards a saucer-shaped craft.
"I was 77 and didn't have much to lose," he later explained.
Inside the Saucer
Climbing up a set of steps into the saucer, Burtoo discovered that the ceiling was so low he had to stoop.
He found himself inside a black, metallic octagonal chamber, which smelt slightly of decaying meat.
"I did not see any signs of nuts or bolts, nor did I see any seams where the object had been put together," he recalled. "What did interest me most of all was a shaft that rose up from the floor to the ceiling. The shaft was about four feet in circumference, and on the right-hand side stood two forms similar to those that walked along the towpath with me."
One of the beings told the old man to stand beneath an orange light, which appeared to scan him for a few minutes.
"What is your age?" asked the entity, in a "sing-song" voice which sounded like "a mixture of Chinese and Russian".
When he replied that he was 78, it declared: "You can go. You are too old and infirm for our purposes."
Bemused, Burtoo climbed down from the saucer and returned to his fishing spot.
"The first thing I did...was to pick up my cold cup of tea and drink it," he recalled. "And then I heard this whining noise, just as if an electric generator was starting up, and this thing lifted up then took off at a very high speed."
Apparently unfazed by his bizarre encounter, Burtoo resumed the task at hand. "I got into what I had come out for - the fishing!"
Despite his rather curt reception, he later declared his nocturnal adventure to have been "the greatest experience of my life".
Quality Control?
Alfred Burtoo is not alone in having apparently failed an alien medical test. American abductee Carl Higdon believed that he had been rejected as a guinea pig for a hybrid breeding program because his captors discovered that he had had a vasectomy.
Likewise, Luis Oswald, an elderly Brazilian abducted in 1979 by beings who claimed to be from "a small galaxy near Neptune", reported that she had endured a lengthy examination then been told she was "of no use".
In August or September 1987 (later determined to be Wednesday September 2, 1987), I left Ross River (where I lived) and headed up the North Canol Road by myself on my motor bike for moose (hunting). I was planning on spending 3 days in the area between Sheldon Lake and Macpass.
A guy I worked with and a friend of his were to leave a day later and I was to meet them for some fishing.
We were all to stay at a trailer at Dewhurst Creek. I left Ross River early in the morning and the temperature started to drop.
Then it started to rain very hard and very cold.
When I got to Gravel Creek, I stopped at Art John's Cabin and put on extra clothes while standing under the edge of his roof.
I knew the rain would not stop, so I got back on my bike and headed off. I arrived at the trailer ½ hour before dark, very cold and very tired.
I lit up a fire, cooked supper and went straight to bed looking forward to the morning hunt.
Over night the rain had stopped. At daybreak (September 3, 1987) I put my gear and my gun on my bike and headed towards Macpass.
A couple of miles down the road, I was putting along at about 10 mph looking into the trees and watching the hillsides.
I decided to stop for a pee. I stopped where I could see some mountainsides and some valleys.
I parked on the right side of the road.
The sun was shining; the air was perfectly still and a bit cool. I was standing just in front of my bike watching the mountains to the south, when I noticed to the left out of the corner of my eye, what I first thought was an airplane.
It was 400 to 500 yards away and about the size of a DC-3 plane or a full-size school bus. It was travelling north to south, at about 40 yards above ground and moving maybe 30 km/h.
Right away I thought "boy is he low".
I blinked my eyes because I couldn't make out any tail fin or wings. It had what looked like portholes all along the side of it.
It was cigar shaped with a grey strip down the middle and a dark green on top and bottom. I thought to myself, "something's wrong with this picture", then I realized there was no sound! If it was an airplane, the roar would have filled the valley. As I watched, it seemed to partially dematerialize and then return to solid form, it did this as it was moving, a couple of times.
Then it dawned on me, oh, oh, I don't think I should be seeing this. It's a UFO and probably doesn't want to be seen! I crouched down on the road, hiding behind the roadside grass. I then watched it go behind a cone-shaped hill and not come out.
I stood up looking for it and feeling very excited and happy about what I saw and thinking they didn't even know they were being watched. I was standing beside my bike when I heard a loud metallic clunk behind me around the corner. Right away I thought, somebody must be here and I've got to tell them what I saw.
The noise I heard sounded like a heavy trunk lid on a car slamming shut. I quickly walked along the edge of the road to the corner to see who was there. I came face to face (about 20 yards) with 2 grey creatures in blue jump suits, about 5 ft. tall with big insect looking heads, pointy faces, big eyes, thin arms, body and legs.
I immediately thought "they're not little green men*, they're grasshopper people". *(before this, all I knew about aliens was that they were supposed to be little green men.) At that same instant, the one on the left raised his left hand to his waist, which held some type of flashlight device and I saw a bright flash of light come from it. I instantly felt paralyzed and was convinced time had stopped, everything was black, no sound.
I tried to yell "No!" but all that came out was a distorted grunt. Next thing I knew I was standing on the side of the road scared, shaking and confused. Within seconds I remembered all of this that had just taken place and I thought, "I'm getting out of here before they get me again."
I turned around to get my bike and for some reason it was not there, then I noticed it was on the other side of the road.
I said to myself, "what the hell is this? I didn't put it there".
Still panicking I rushed over and got on it and realized the keys were gone. I always left the keys in it, that way I could not lose them while sneaking around in the bush.
I immediately started looking down the road and suddenly saw them in my hand.
I started my bike and raced back to the trailer. I was feeling scared and amazed at the same time and then noticed that all the shadows of the trees were pointing in a different direction than that of the morning sun.
About 15 minutes later I was at the trailer.
Half an hour later it was dark.
I thought "no way, I only left here an hour ago, what's going on?" I was really confused then, I said to myself, "I'm not telling anybody about this, I'll just forget the whole thing". I put on a pot of coffee and could then hear a soft humming sound above the trailer.
I could also feel a soft vibration in everything.
After about 10 minutes it had all stopped.
I had a very strong feeling that they were outside.
I did not look out the windows. Later that night I still couldn't sleep and while having my coffee I began to have flashbacks of the past events.
I remember being in a dream-like state watching scenery flash by underneath as if I was flying.
I watched mountains and rivers and forests go by at a very high rate of speed. I then became aware of other sounds and seemed to wake up.
I opened my eyes and could see nothing but black, very deep and inky black.
As I was looking at this, the blackness pulled back, revealing a face, I had been looking into the eyes of a grey type creature.
I could hear in my mind a voice saying "there is nothing to worry about".
I could hear him talking in my mind. There were 3 or 4 of these types walking around, but only one talked to me.
The two I saw earlier on the road, I never saw again.
(Note: the aliens that he saw at this point were of the typical "grey type" while the ones at the edge of the road were more insectoid.) I then sat up and had an idea of what might be going on and I asked, "Are you going to do experiments on me?" and the one said, "They've already been done."
I felt really good then because, except for a strange sensation in my hands everything felt normal.
I kept rubbing my hands together but did not look at them, as there was a totally strange environment to look at instead.
I experienced no discomfort. The being nearest me asked if I would like to see my home planet and I said sure.
I then walked over to the window, where there was a machine that looked like a big copy machine.
He asked me not to touch it, I replied "Don't worry, I'm not touching anything in here". He then said, that bright white star is your home.
I didn't know anything about astronomy at the time, but I always thought earth was blue, so right away I thought he's lying.
He also explained to me about space and stars etc. but I can't remember any of it now. I was also asked if I would like to go on a trip. I replied "Not yet", I felt very honoured to be asked and I did want to go, but felt that the time was not right. Then I was told I would have to forget all of this.
I was disappointed at hearing this.
The first part of the experience was very scary, but once I was with them, I found them to be friendly, helpful and their looks didn't bother me.
They actually seemed like old friends. They gave me a clear glass, ¾ full with a yellow liquid and said to drink it up, it would make me forget everything.
I told them, I did not want to forget an experience like this.
It should be remembered!
I was told it was for my own good that I forget.
So I took 3 little sips and put the glass down. Next thing I know, I'm on the road by my bike, scared to death and wanting to get out of there. The next day I met up with the other two guys and never said anything to them. Additional Notes 1) When the being shot me with the flashlight device, I experienced what they call "the cone of silence".
It seemed like time stood still and nothing existed but me, like I was pulled from reality.
It was the most absolute quiet ever imagined.
I was really scared and tried to yell "No!", but all that came out was a gnarly growl.
Everything went dark and I had the sensation of hurtling skyward at a terrific speed.
I also felt that I was being stretched, as if my feet were on the ground and my upper body was 20 feet above.
My whole body shooting skyward. 2) When I was watching the UFO move slowly in front of me, I thought, I better get a picture of this.
My camera was just inside my jacket in my shirt pocket and was very quick and easy to get at.
A sort of calming feeling came over me and I felt like, "It's no big deal", "don't worry about it", "I don't have to have a picture". Afterwards I thought, what bizarre behavior.
I kept 2 cameras on the go all the time and I was always on the lookout for photo opportunities.
To think a U.F.O. photo is not important is insane. 3) While driving from Ross River to the trailer, I had a feeling that something unusual might happen, but never expected this. 4) Before this incident happened, I had no interest or knowledge about any of this.
So one day I decided to write everything down that I could think of.
(This original write-up has been misplaced)
Afterwards I bought a couple of books on UFOs and after reading them, realized that I'm not the only one, and that my experiences are not all just me. 5) Although I wanted to tell people about this, I was very reluctant to tell this story.
Since it happened, I have told it to less than 10 people.
Every time I tell someone, I feel like I just broke a promise I made to them that I wouldn't tell anybody.
This feeling may just be me or it may be programmed into me to keep me quiet.
I don't know. I decided to tell it as more of an awareness thing.
I'm sure other people have had experiences but are held back. 6) When I got back to Ross River, I was thinking about the sensation in my hands when I sat up on the bed. (with the beings).
I looked down at my palms and was startled to see a scoop mark in the palm of each hand. I had not seen these before.
Over the next couple of years, I asked two doctors and four nurses if they knew what this was and they all said no, they had never seen anything like it before. In September 2000, I asked my doctor about it and he said yes he knows of it and he told me the name of it (can't remember it now). But they had no idea what causes it.
Coincidence?
I don't know. I still have them.
On November 11, 1987 Ed Walters, a prosperous builder-contractor in the exclusive Community of Gulf Breeze, Florida saw a peculiar light shining through a tall pine tree in his front yard.
He could see that the glow was unusual -- quite different from any of the commonplace planes and helicopters from the nearby naval air station that frequently populated the skies of Gulf Breeze.
He stepped outside and saw a bluish gray craft like none he had ever seen before.
It was intensely quiet, and Ed was intensely frightened.
He rushed back into the house and grabbed the old Polaroid camera that was a a part of his work gear as a builder.
And he took photos. The sightings continued and were shared by his wife and family.
Ed's photos were published -- anonymously -- in the local weekly newspaper, and the sightings were corroborated by hundreds of residents in the Gulf Breeze area -- residents in the Gulf breeze area -- priests, politicians, judges, policemen, soldeirs, ordinary middle clas citizens. Today Gulf Breeze, in Florida, is known as one of the worlds top UFO hot spots.
Sightings are being made and UFOs photographed and videoed all the time.
Check out the Gulf Breeze Skywatch Diary to see the latest news from the area. But it all started with a building contractor called Ed Walters.
On the 11th of November 1987 Ed was working in his home office when he noticed a light moving outside, partially obscured by the pine tree in his yard.
To get a better look Ed went out of the front door, and could see that the light was in fact a glowing bluish-gray craft like none he had seen before. Ed rushed back into his office to grab his Polaroid camera which he used on job sights and stepped out onto the porch again.
As the craft came from behind the tree he took his first photo.
He watched for a moment and then, "Bang! Something hit me. All over my body, I tried to lift my arms, I couldn't move them. They were blue, I was blue, everything was blue. I was in a blue light beam. I was trying to breathe but my chest wouldn't expand. My feet lifted off the floor, a voice groaned in my head, " We will not harm you." I screamed, the voice said "Calm down." I screamed "Put me down!" No control, just a piecing smell, a little scent of ammonia mixed with heavy cinnamon that scorched, the stuck to, the back of my throat. A hum filled my head. Wham! I hit the ground, the blue light was gone. The hum was still in my head but quickly decreased and was gone." On November the 20th the hum returned, and with it Ed could hear voices, as if he was listening in on a conversation.
He went out side and saw a small speck of light falling at great speed.
He took photo 6 as the UFO suddenly dropped its fall and hung in the sky.
This photo has been light blasted and enhanced in this version. It is this hum which Ed hears when ever the UFO comes close that has enabled him to photograph it so many times. On the 2nd of December Ed's house was visited again.
At about 3.30 am Ed was awakened by the sound of his dog barking just once.
He went to investigate and on opening the blinds on his French doors he was confronted by a four foot tall creature with big black eyes.
Ed screamed and fell backwards, the creature looked at him for a moment the walked away. "I gave chase. As my feet left the shelter of the back porch I was hit by the blue beam and held immobile while the creature fled into the vacant field at the back of my house. As soon as I could move I retrieved my camera and took this picture of the UFO shooting the blue beam into the field. I believe that it was picking up the creature I had seen." Just before sunrise on December 5th, this UFO hovered above the tree line near the high school about a block from Ed's house.
"The UFO moved towards me, I heard the voice say 'Do not resist...Zehaas.'" This is just a small introduction to the story of Ed and the UFO.
He would go on to photograph it many times, with his polaroid, a special four lens sealed camera given to him by MUFON, a stereo Polaroid which allowed the UFO to be ranged and a video camera.
"I want to tell you about a fact, which was repeated and told to us that in the universe may be another civilized planet. That happened in 1989 on 4th of July at the 9:30 p.m. In the Ortachala (place in Tbilisi, Georgia) I took a girl I knew and drove her home. At the Davitashvili Street near the restaurant "Samadlo" I saw that the water in the engine was boiling. I stopped the car and went to get water.
"When I came back the girl wasn't in the car. I don't remember if I filled the radiator or not. I turned on the car and drove ahead onto the "Mtacminda" park. As a rule I drive that way home. In the "Mtacminda" road I saw a woman, which was trying to stop my car. I can't decide to stop or not and after driving 15 meters further I looked back in the mirror and the woman wasn't there. "I continued on my way. I stopped the car near "Mtacminda" park and went into restaurant to see my friend but he wasn't there. On that day I didn't have any plan to see him. After 500 meter, when I drive back, my car engine suddenly stopped. I don't remember my car ever doing this since I have had it. I got out from car and rolled it back. At that time I felt that some kind of invisible field was operating on me and was taking me somewhere.
"The road was dark. I was walking approximately 200 meter, when I saw a "Flying Saucer". It was standing to the left of me and has three legs. All around it were colored lights. At the bottom were stairs and illuminated windows. From the "Saucer" 15-20 meters away were standing four figures. They were 2.5 – 3 meters in height. I wasn't scared, maybe because that hypnosis like force, which was taking me to that place, kept me from being scared.
"They also were not afraid when they saw me. One of them came close to me and tried to establish contact. I was trying to understand. First he was talking in this strange language. Next he started talking in Russian. He asked how old am I? I answered. Next he told me that they aren't the first here and they will come again. He told me - we come when it is a necessity. He said that we are undeveloped and that we have simple primitive technology. "Next I felt behind me a warm, I turned and saw that one of them was measuring my height. Talking to only one of them. I put my hand on my watch and gave a sign that it was late and I am in a hurry. He asked - do you have a phone at home. I answered, I have, but how can I call from here: He went into "Saucer", walked up gangway where the light was coming from.
"When he came back he held a strange apparatus. The device was lit up with different colored lights and strange signs - which was like hieroglyphs. I understand, that it was a phone and I dialed my home number. The voice that was coming from the apparatus and light, which lit up from the voice, understood me, that nobody was taking my phone call at home.
"Then he took the apparatus back without speaking. Afterwards he came back and told, that they want to take us (I don't understand, what they mean "us"), that they want to help that they aren't coming with a bad intention. I asked, what if I come with you, will you bring me back.
"He doesn't answer because on the small transmitter (In my mind, it was transmitter, all four had it on their breasts) was a lighted red colored bulb and I heard a low siren like voice. When he heard that signal he went into the "Saucer" and took me with him. Inside the saucer I saw TV-like apparatus. I saw all of my body. The picture was color and clearer than on an X-ray set. I saw how my heart worked, my stomach and other organs. At that time my interrogator came back. He told me that I was free and I can go home.
"I said my car isn't working. He calmed me and said don't worry, car will be OK. I came back and sat in the car I saw how UFO pushes stairs in and lift into the air. Approximately at 60 meters altitude it reduced speed and turned on its side and climbed into the air. I heard a low humming sound.
"The car started and I went to home. On 11 July at same place I saw a black spilled liquid, which has oil smell. I want to tell you that the liquid on the third day wasn't there. Consequently after our meeting they were there once more at the same spot and they stayed that time:"
One of the most bizarre accounts of UFO folklore involves an incident that allegedly occurred in Voronezh, Russia.
This case was reported in the United States by the St. Louis Dispatch.
The story was originally published on October 11, 1989, in America, but its origin was the Russian newspaper TASS. The report recounts the adventures of several young children who claimed to have seen a three-eyed alien with a robot escort.
The alien was said to be about nine foot tall.
The craft, according to eye witness testimony, landed on the outskirts of the city.
Shortly thereafter, the tall alien appeared, and upon seeing the young lad, shot a type of weapon at him, causing him to vanish before the eyes of the other people around him. There are several important elements one must keep in mind regarding this extremely strange case of a close encounter.
The original details of the case were brought forward by Genrikh Silanov, head of the Voronezh Geophysical Laboratory, who gave details to the TASS agency.
Silanov stated that the media took an enormous amount of creative freedom with his report. "Don't believe all you hear from Tass," he stated." We never gave them part of what they published." I take this statement to mean that only a part of the news agency's report was based on the facts obtained from Silanov. The agency had informed the entire world that Russian scientists had confirmed that an alien spaceship carrying giants with tiny heads had landed in Voronezh, a city of over 800,000 people located about 300 miles southeast of Moscow.
They stated that as many as three of these giant creatures had emerged from the alien ship.
The ship was described as a large, shining ball.
These strange creatures were said to have walked in a nearby park, accompanied by a menacing robot. Ironically, TASS was the only media member to print the story in Russia.
The newspaper Pravda declined to print, or comment on the strange tale. In defense of the TASS account, Soviet reporter Skaya Kultura said that the agency was following the ''the golden rule of journalism."
"The reader must know everything.'' The TASS account stated that the UFO landed in Voronezh on September 27, 1989, at 6:30 P.M.
Young boys playing soccer witnessed the event, stating that a pinkish glow preceded the descent of the unusual flying craft.
The pink glow became a deep red as it touched down.
Most witnesses described the object as a flattened, disc shape.
A crowd quickly gathered, and peered through a hatch that opened.
They saw a ''three-eyed alien'' about 10 feet tall, clad in silvery overalls and bronze-colored boots and wearing a disk on his chest. " The TASS account also stated: "A boy screamed with fear, but when the alien gazed at him, with eyes shining, he fell silent, unable to move. Onlookers screamed, and the UFO and the creatures disappeared." According to the report, about five minutes later, they reappeared.
The alien had an object similar to a pistol - a tube about 20 inches long, which it pointed at an unidentified 16-year-old boy, making him disappear.
The alien went inside the sphere, which then took off.
At the same time, the boy reappeared. "Children and eyewitnesses of the abnormal phenomenon have been questioned by police workers and journalists," wrote E. Efremov, the Voronezh correspondent for Soviet Skaya Kultura." "There are no discrepancies in the description of the sphere itself or the actions of the aliens. Moreover, all the children who became witnesses to this event are still afraid, even now." Several drawings were made by some of the children who supposedly witnessed the events of Voronezh.
A couple of these are included here.
One of the drawings showed the Cyrillic alphabet character "zhe" on the side of the UFO. TASS listed three witnesses' names, all of whom were youngsters.
They also stated that a group of international researchers would be investigating the claims of the witnesses. Voronezh residents interviewed later claimed they had observed this UFO not just during the above incident but also many times on September 21, 23, 29 and October 2, between 6 and 9 PM.
Some of these incidents involved a different entity: small, with grayish-green face and blue overcoat resembling a loose raincoat. This phenomenal account is still in need of more eye witness testimony and research.
The Voronezh landing remains an unsolved mystery.
