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In reply to the discussion: Your favorite alien movie? [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)Somewhere in the dim past I got a chance to hear some of Dr. Simon's recordings. The one where Barney describes feeling like that little rabbit as the aliens (or "aliens" or whomever or whatever) watch him was particularly chilling. The poor man, even under hypnosis, was able to convey a most elemental fear and powerlessness through his voice and intonations, which sounded like a now-scared kid speaking through the voice of his youth.
James Earl Jones hit the mark in the performance. Both portrayed the confusion of experiencing something for which the mind holds no real framework or experience.
If you enjoy the field, red dog 1, you might like reading about "The Night an Occupant Was Shot" from the book, "The Edge of Reality" by J. Allen Hynek and Jacques Vallee. It still gets me when I visit farms and far from the city.
Vallee wrote he'd be disappointed if the phenomenon were mere visitors from another world. He thinks it may be a representation -- taking forms which the people of the present day can somewhat relate (winged disks during Babylonian days, ships in the sky during the 15th century, Buck Rogers during the 20th) that act to speed (or restrain) human evolution. He fears humanity will get the visitors we deserve.
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