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Do the foreign abduction cases have, as in the US, primarily a description of alien greys as the abductors?
There are very few reports of a 'grey' alien until Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released in 1977/8 and especially after the X-Files in the early 90s. In fact, many cases prior to the 1980s involved human or humanoid like aliens or monsters!
Aliens remained out of sight completely in the 1978 Fred Valentich case from Australia. Or going back a very long way, the 1957 Vilas Boas case in Brazil the aliens were humanoid. Although JV has claimed this was a CIA operation not aliens.
originally posted by: mirageman
Yes, as already discussed, cultural factors will play a part, for sure. In more Draconian nations like Saudi Arabia and China you wouldn't expect people to report anything at all for fear of repercussions. But the world's biggest democracy, India also has very few abduction reports and virtually no cattle mutilation reports (despite the world's largest cattle population). As ever trying to lump all reports together will not give an answer because there is no single answer to what amounts to individual experiences.
originally posted by: karl 12
a reply to: mirageman
Hey bro apparently it's all coming to a head.
This is where they are going with all the deceived young people.
UFO Research Is Only Harmed by Antigovernment Rhetoric
...Whilst all the while destroying access to FOIA UFO requests.
...No wonder they are completely ignoring everything from the past mate.
...If UAP information gets caught up in debates over antigovernment conspiracies, that’ll put the entire area of research—and the movement to make data more transparent—at risk.
originally posted by: mirageman
A bit late for that one isn't it?
There is a wider world beyond the UFO topic. One where we still don't have full clarity over a Presidential Assassination that occurred 60 years ago. MKUltra, Project Sunshine, Tuskegee experiments, Watergate, Iran/Contra, WMD in Iraq and many other topics have sowed the seeds of doubt for so long. Add to that how certain politicians use (or abuse) their positions for their own personal benefit. There's a certain parallel there with former military types and UAP work today.
But in a surprising turn, during the appellate review, the DoD introduced even more exemptions not cited in the original FOIA denial.
DoD Amplifies UFO Secrecy Yet Again: Additional Exemptions Reinforce “Law Enforcement” Claim