This is my first post here if you don't count my introduction so excuse me if you've heard any of this before. I'm going to be as thorough as I can be considering how long ago my experience took place. The fact that my story has been on my mind quite a bit lately and the fact that UFO sightings are becoming more a part of 'mainstream' discussion on a daily basis are a couple of the reasons that I fianlly stopped procrastinating and became an ATS member. Here goes...

In the fall of 1978 (don't know what month but it was cold), I was an 8 year old kid in Chicago. I spent my after-school time at my grandmother's house until my mother picked me up after work. On the night relevant to this story my mom and I left my grandmother's house for the drive home- this drive is about 5 miles in distance. We got into the car, mom driving obviously and I in the back seat. I looked to the sky and saw a long cigar shaped object that had lights along the bottom hovering over my grandmother's house. True I was only 8 and it was dark but I know this was no airplane. I told my mother to look in the sky- I kept saying "mommy look," but it was as if she didn't hear me. As we drove the craft flew above the car at an equal speed; I mean, it stopped when we stopped at traffic signals and stayed with us the entire way home. Throughout the whole drive I would tell my mother to look into the sky but she acted as if she didn't hear me which was strange because we were the only two in the car. We got to our apartment at which point the craft was STILL hovering above us, but by now was over our building. We went inside and that was the end of it, or so I thought, but this gets better.

Throughout my life I have had many unexplained experiences. Most of them have involved "beings" in my bedroom at night. This has happened everywhere I have lived from the time soon after my sighting up until about 5 years ago. I'm not going to say I have any recollection of abductions or the inside of alien craft, because I don't. I do remember instances of waking up and seeing beings walking out of my room or standing at the foot of my bed observing me. As a child of about 10 I can remember a time of seeing a very large being at the threshold of my bedroom door, screaming at the top of my lungs, and the next morning my mother saying she didn't hear my even though we were only a few feet away. I only add that part as background for anyone that might have some answers. There's more.

Now I have spoken of my experiences to very, very few people over the years and the ONLY person that didn't laugh it off has been my wife who has had experiences of her own. In 1989 however, when I was a college student in Florida, a friend of mine who also had a great interest in things unexplained took me to a class on reaching one's sprit guide. I was open to it but I didn't expect anything. There were about ten people in this class and the instructor was telling us how she had insight into people's lives. How I don't exactly remember. Anyway to prove this she asked us to all close our eyes and just sit still for a few minutes. After the few minutes passed she went down the line of people and told them about an experience that they'd had at some point in their life. She got to me and said something to the effect of " When you were young you saw a UFO but no one believes you." Stunned is not the word that I would use to describe what I felt right then. I still did not look into what happened to me...

In the winter of 2003 my wife, my mother and I were at my mom's house just talking about different stuff. I finally after all of this time told my mother about the night I saw the UFO. I described the way it looked, how it acted, and how I kept asking her tolook into the sky. I also told her how I regretted that the only other potential witness to this didn't see a thing. Well.... my mother said that she DID see the UFO that night and that she didnt hear my call- HELP- what hppnd 2 me?

Clearly you are a alien/human hybrid as a result of your mother's abduction. Watch X-Files for additional information. Seriously, this sounds very familiar, especially the part about beings in your bedroom. Have you thought about hypnosis?

I don't know how to take the first part- don't know if you're joking or not. It kind of stunned me to read at first quite honestly but ok. I know some of it does sound familiar based on some of the posts I've read here but I wouldnt waste my time if this wasn't 100% true. I've kept this mostly to myself for fear of being ridiculed so I'm looking for some serious answers here; and no I have never considered hypnosis, but it's definitely a thought.

Originally posted by BlakMood
I don't know how to take the first part- don't know if you're joking or not.

Sorry, I couldn't resist inserting a little levity because it's, well, like the X-Files. However, the reason I thought of it is because it's what I'd wonder if this had happened to me--so yes, I was serious. Do you mean to say this possibility never occurred to you?

No it honestly never occurred to me. I've just lived my life with this always at the back of my mind not knowing where to turn or just what to think. I didn't watch the X-Files regularly when it was on, believe it or not, so I didn't make the connection. I do believe that what some may think of as impossible is possible so it's something to consider.

BlakMood, I'm going to jump in here and ask a question or two, but first I want to welcome you to ATS, we're glad that you're here.

Now if you've never looked into this, my question may seem silly, but bear with me. Do you have any periods of missing time? Like being a kid and coming home from school and realizing you were an hour later than usual, something like that? I'm looking for something enough out of the ordinary that you would remember it. And do you still have missing time?

Second; do you have frequent nose bleeds? Maybe wake up having bled on your pillow?

Third, are there any scars on your body that you cannot really account for? Marks that look like places where the skin was "scooped" out yet healed over?

I'll tell you more in the next post, but think on those questions and tell me if any of it applies to you. I'm going about this as if you know nothing about this subject, so if I sound a bit cryptic, it's because I want you to not be influenced.

I thank you for that because I don't know much about the subject and that's why I came here. I can't recall any instances of missing time as a youngster or now; nor have I ever had nosebleeds. No strange scars either.

Seconding the suggestion for hypnosis. See what you can dig out of your subconcious. Also, did you ever ask your grandmother about seeing the craft that night?

Oh, and welcome

Thanks for the welcome. No, I never asked my grandmother about it, but she was always extremely more protective of me than her other grandchildren and I never knew why. I talked to very few people about what I experienced as a child. I didn't even talk to my mother about it until 2003 when she told me that she saw the craft also- for some reason she wont talk about it now. My wife was the first person that I truly opened up to about this. I will definitely look more into hypnosis as an option.

many times when i was young, i went thru the same thing, at an early age 5-10 years old, i saw people in the room , my mom would find vomit in the room, on the bed, a mess, but until 18 years, i still saw lights, men in the room, and men i mean large beings, they were there, only i know this, .... unfortunately, only i ....

BlakMood, I had to ask. As you learn more about the whole alien thing you'll understand why I asked. To make a long story short, these things are all considered indicators of people who have had abductions by aliens.

You might still want to do the hypnosis, but at least you can be pretty sure that nothing unpleasant will turn up from it.

There are a lot of theories, wild assed guesses really, on why some people are more prone to seeing UFOs than others, and if you look into this field, you'll hear a lot of them.

If you feel that you want to learn more about the subject, you've come to the right place. I will give you a bit of advice though. Don't believe everything someone tells you about anything. Weigh it all in your mind, and use common sense.

There are a lot of us that feel sure there are things in the sky, but so far, I've not seen anything that seems to be "the answer", and I've been looking for a long time.

Peace to you and yours.

Thank you for your advice. I will keep looking for answers- the hypnosis is something to definitely consider.

You call me stupid and gay for no reason, and then tell me to grow up? How old are you anyway? I'm guessing around 12. Oh btw, expect a comment or 2 from the mods when they see your crap.

[edit on 6/22/2007 by yuefo]