Strange Encounters : Alor & Pantar islands, Indonesia, 1959, page 2
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reply posted on 24-11-2008 @ 01:35 AM by KembaraLangit
reply to post by ziggystar60


Thank you ziggystar60 ... I remember a post (or was it a thread) that you made sometime ago, about a sighting in Papua Nugini, with a certain priest & some local islanders. Damn! I forgot the title already.
Anyway, this thread is also made in honour of that post/thread you made There are several thousand kilometres separating the 2 place, but the fact that they did 'occured' at around the same time, in 1959, was also one of my motivation to write this Alor case.

And ofcourse, thank you for bumping this thread..


reply posted on 24-11-2008 @ 01:44 AM by KembaraLangit
Originally posted by easynow
reply to post by KembaraLangit


thanks for the great post !
very interesting story , i have heard of this case before and was intrigued by the descriptions of the visitors. even though the people there may have been behind on the awareness of the most modern technology of that time, i find it hard to believe that they wouldn't know the difference between Alien visitors and some military personal.
also i found the part about the visitors being shot at very strange because the visitors just disappeared.


Thanks for taking time reading it too easynow
Yes, I do believe that the islanders are quite familiar with military personels & their weapons, although I'm also curious with the possibility that there might have been some sort of 'military' element in the 'story'...
I'm still trying to dig up more facts, that's for sure.


reply posted on 24-11-2008 @ 02:29 AM by KembaraLangit
Originally posted by DraconianKing
The original popped collar douchebags? I can't take this story seriously when these supposed beings look like something out of Star Trek. Why would their footprints vanish? Doesn't make much sense; they probably thought it would be good to embellish and carry on the nonsense to attract tourists.


Thank you for pointing out some of my 'possible' shortcomings with this thread..

As far as tourism goes, I'm really not here to sell anything. The only reason I made referrences to Bali & Lombok as tourism magnets is to emphasize the fact that this place is quite remote & unknown by many people. Not just foreigners like yourself, but even to local Indonesians like myself.

As for the picture, I agree that it is not a good one Nor do I ever claim (if you read the OP carefully) that they are the most accurate depiction of the possible EBEs encountered by the islanders, in 1959. I post them simply because they are part of the original Wiki entry made by Nur Agustinus from BETA UFO. It wasn't his drawing either, but a drawing by an unknown artist from a recount of the story in a local youth/teenager magazine -Kuncung back in early 1980's, that Nur managed to scan from an old n' crumpled copy that he still has.

And of course, living up to the motto of ATS that I love, if you think it is ignorant to S or F or even say something good about this post, because it is too impossible, feel free to do so. I don't & will never claim to know the whole truth of the matter, as I wasn't there at the time to begin with anyway


reply posted on 24-11-2008 @ 02:57 AM by KembaraLangit
reply to post by The Parallelogram


Many thanks for reading the OP Parallelogram
I share the same hope to see more stories coming out of the virtual woodwork, of sightings/encounters from the less known parts of the world...I'll be trying my best to bring more strange informations from this part of the world.
Wish someone would write from the Mongolian Gobi deserts, the Himalayans (isn't there an ATS member up there now?)..The Pakistani-Indian borders..Africa etc.


reply posted on 24-11-2008 @ 03:03 AM by KembaraLangit
reply to post by Darthorious


I'm still trying to locate the'child' too. Thank you for reminding just how important that is Darthorious Also for the plausible reason for the strange attire.

As for the artist's picture, as I mentioned before, in one of the post before this, it was never meant to give a completely accurate depiction of the possible EBEs. It was just the only 'material' I had to work with when preparing and researching everything. If anyone can make a better one, I would have love to use it.

p.s. An Elvis concert Jay-in-AR? They forgot the big glasses & guitar then! ..


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reply posted on 24-11-2008 @ 04:50 AM by KembaraLangit
Originally posted by prototism

My opinion on the validity of the story is, the Indonesian peoples during the 50s were nowhere near as "connected" to the rest of the world, as the rest of the world was. For this reason, it is fair to say that they probably just weren't "playing along", and really DID see something.


Yes, it is quite true about the islanders relative isolation. Even up till now, except around the island's capital, the situation is still quite sadly pretty much unchanged. As I quote a site's account of it ...
The island's infrastructure is only weakly built. The inhabitants practice mainly subsistence agriculture. The government seeks to change this with the help of international organizations. In the villages vanilla, tamarind, almonds and other nuts are cultivated. In the forests sandalwood is cut down for trade.


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reply posted on 25-11-2008 @ 10:17 PM by Jay-in-AR
reply to post by Darthorious


Eh, I posted that completely in jest. I doubt that they were trying to "blend in." The RED skin gives them away.

I still think it is silly to try and debunk something because the thing in question fits a stereotype. Especially when it comes to something like otherworldly visitors.
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