For Members of MUFON: Clarification for MUFON Journal Book Review of

I Forgot What I Wasn’t Supposed To Remember 

By Katharina Wilson

Note To The Reader 

I have previously served as a MUFON State Section Director and am currently a MUFON Benefactor, a lifetime member. I dedicated a section in my new book to promoting MUFON and its objectives and have promoted MUFON during my interviews. I also have Dwight Connelly’s book The World’s Best UFO Cases listed in my notes and bibliography sections of my new book. This clarification is in no way intended to place Dwight or MUFON in a negative light. It is being published as a clarification of the facts regarding the book review that was published in the October 2007 issue of the MUFON Journal.  

I sent a shortened version of this clarification to the new editor of the MUFON journal and was sent back a response telling me that MUFON does not publish a reaction or clarification to a book review. I was also told that my clarification was much too long and that I would be given 200 words or less to correct errors of fact if any were made. 

I declined the 200-word offer since there was no way to make the necessary corrections of fact in so few words. I also thought back to all of the rebuttals I had read in the MUFON Journal in past years and wondered why I was not given the same opportunity to respond. Even the October issue of the journal contained yet another ‘Friedman-Sparks Continuing Saga of Rebuttals’ that had already been published all over the Internet and was yet again, filling the pages of the MUFON Journal. 

I know it wasn’t easy reading, so I want to thank Dwight Connelly for taking his time to review my new on-line book, I Forgot What I Wasn’t Supposed To Remember: An Expanded View Of The Alien Abduction Phenomenon. 

Misperceptions

It is with the understanding that we all have our own views and perspectives about the alien abduction phenomenon that I will try to clear up misperceptions made to the readers of the MUFON Journal about my new book. Some people use the term ‘abduction’ while others refer to extraterrestrial visitations and experiences as ‘paranormal events’ or ‘visions’ or strangely, even cases of ‘contacteeism.’ 

In the beginning of the review Connelly states, "It is difficult to know whether to call the episodes described by Ms. Wilson abductions or visions."  

This statement gave the reader the impression that I did not differentiate between my abductions and the visions I saw (or was given) and I’d like to clarify that now. When I wrote this book, I did my best to differentiate between abductions and visions for the reader. I went so far as to include the visions in a separate chapter toward the end of the book, titled A World At War because the visions I saw almost always pertained to an upcoming war. Six paragraphs of the MUFON Journal book review were dedicated to visions - that are all included in a single chapter of my book  - while my book consists of Forty-three (43) chapters, an afterword, two appendices and a bibliography. 

Other topics I covered did include, as Connelly states, "possible movement through time, possible movement into other dimensions, learning how to levitate material objects…" and these types of experiences were also written into their own chapter titled, It’s About Time…It’s About Space. Both the chapter concerning visions as well as the just-referenced chapter have introductory paragraphs explaining the unusual nature of these specific types of events as they relate to the overall abduction phenomenon. The reviewer’s focus was mainly on these two topics and omitted mention of the fact that there are 41 other chapters with different information and experiences to consider. 

There was also a mention in the book review of "rape" as if it were as common as the other types of experiences in my book. This is not the case at all. There was one incident of what might be considered rape in my book during a MILAB experience and it was written in a manner so as not to distract from the overall information.  

Connelly writes, "Toward the end of the book the author, a life-long Democrat, gets into politics, making it plain she has no use for President Bush or most of the mass media. Al Gore is okay."  

First of all, I never stated this in I Forgot… and I did not delve into politics so much as I touched upon the ET presence as it relates to current World events and a possible upcoming war. It is true that I have no use for most of the mass media in our country, but I never said anywhere in my new book that I was a life-long Democrat and that Al Gore "is okay." My mentioning Al Gore pertained to terrible environmental effects such as global warming and climate change. 

Abductees and what some call ‘new-agers’ have been shown visions and have been given information about this subject for decades, but we were ignored, ridiculed or told that these images were only a test by the aliens. What I wrote pertaining to this subject follows:

"…Now, when former Vice President Al Gore comes out and says almost the same thing (excepting the aliens) everyone suddenly takes notice. Guess what? There’s nothing new here. We have known this was coming for two decades." 

My reasoning for including this material was to inform the reader that some of the information abductees were shown and what these beings were telling us back in the 1980s and early 1990s is happening today. Overall, this pertains to the idea that maybe some of these Beings are telling us the truth; that maybe they know more about what’s coming than humans do and this may be part of the reason they have been carrying out a ‘hybrid breeding program.’ 

Connelly also wrote, "She feels the war and such by-products as the Patriot Act are part of the alien agenda."  

What I discussed in my book was (to paraphrase) "…these particular Beings, whom I never remembered seeing before," are probably what led to the war and such by-products as the Patriot Act. I’m not generalizing. I’m not talking about Greys, Hybrids or Blondes. I was referring to a specific type of Being. Beings so different that they have liquid black energy in place of a face, yet these Beings were wearing long capes with hoods and had what appeared to be arms; similar to what other abductees have reported, but uncannily dissimilar. 

At the end of the book review the reader is left with the incredibly inaccurate statement: "…the author still does not know for sure whether the military is involved in abductions, the purpose of the hybrid program, or whether the Earth will actually be attacked by aliens - pretty basic stuff." 

First, I have to say that there is nothing "pretty basic" about any of the above subjects. Budd Hopkins, David Jacobs, Yvonne Smith and John Carpenter have all struggled with the question and purpose of the hybrid [breeding] program. We - and others - have come to the general conclusion that the ETs are preparing the hybrids to live among us, or somewhere on Earth. Some abductees (and researchers) believe they are already here. That’s as close to a conclusion that anyone has come to and again, there’s nothing basic about this at all. If we are correct, this will have an incredibly profound effect on humanity. 

Second, as far as the military being involved with abductions, I wrote at great length about this topic in my book and at least eight chapters are dedicated to this subject. It is a very delicate subject to write about, but I offer many examples of this in my new book. There is no doubt in my mind that military personnel are involved, not as a large overt group, but as a secret, relatively small and highly compartmentalized group of individuals. One example can easily be located by using the "Find" tool in the on-line version of my book and typing in "Abducted By The Military."  

Why Did I Write This Clarification?

My purpose for writing this clarification is to let MUFON members know that my book is about much, much more than an "abductee’s visions" and that there may be a positive outcome to the overall abduction phenomenon. I’ve been a member of MUFON for close to 20 years and I’ve interviewed many credible abductees during that time. You may be surprised to know this, but my experiences are not dissimilar from theirs. However, many abductees are not in a position to share, or are not willing to share such personal information about their experiences with the public. 

Ever since I published my journals in my first book, The Alien Jigsaw, I’ve offered myself - as an abductee - for study. I hope MUFON members will educate themselves and read my new book. There are many abductees who need your help, even if it’s just someone to talk to about their experiences. As a member of MUFON, you should be reading every book about abductions and alien contact that you can get your hands on because those 'lights' up in the sky come down to Earth a lot more often than you realize.