This was the impression I got. What might be a piece of evidence pointing to a contactee situation or an abduction gets fitted into the framework of exopolitics--that's forming the conclusion before the evidence shows up. While I agree that Ed was very interesting in what he did have to say...
One of the aspects of the abduction phenomenon I had the priviledge of briefly discussing with Budd Hopkins a year or so ago was that the pattern of influence of the abductors over the abductees mimics (if it isn't just blatant) hypnosis. The basic definition of hypnosis is occupying the...
It certainly appears to be a balloon. The rather definite spherical shape gives it less of a "creature" signature and more of a "made in a factory" signature. What I found most disturbing about that clip was that the author used jellyfish to compare and give "life" to the object in the photos...
I am also new to the forum. I just wanted to chime in here and second Ron Collins's recommendation of Alien Agenda by Jim Marrs. It is a rather thorough book that covers quite a bit of both history and modern thinking on the subject. It is a thick read, and well worth the investment in both...