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50 countries are engaged in official secret and serious investigation of the phenomena. Government agencies and the military are often involved. pee Syndrome, "In the U.S. alone, tens of millions of dollars have been spent in official UFO investigations by the CIA, FBI, Defense Intelligence Agency, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Intelligence, Naval Intelligence and other organiza- tions. Lawsuits filed under the Freedom of Information Act prove this in spite of the denials by such agencies" (published in After Dark magazine, originally titled “UFO Encounters” and published by the Spiritual Coun- terfeits Project in Berkeley, California. SCP publishes a nationally award- winning journal that addresses today’s latest spiritual trends. Their address is: SCP, Inc., Box 4308, Berkeley, CA 94704). UFOs are a concern for the governments of France, Russia, Britain, and other nations. Many years ago, French government Minister, Robert Galley, stated that the number of reliable UFO sightings and landing-occupant reports was “very great” in his country and “quite disturbing.” He declared: “The ubiquitous UFO phenomenon [is] a phenomenon that has caused grave concern at high levels of many of the world’s governments, despite their statements to the contrary” (ibid.). 1. Distant sightings -- anomalous lights in the sky, etc. 2. Close Encounters of the First Kind -- sighting of a UFO itself and/or occupants at a Ata 22 2 enn cL. ~1--- burned “landing” sites, broken limbs of trees, etc. 4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- seeing UFOs with occupants at close range, +4 1 t4 oe including landed craft. 5. Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind -- involving UFO abductions of human beings, taken aboard UFO craft for experimentation, consultation, communication, etc. Such events are generally forgotten until revealed later through “hypnosis.” 6. Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind -- involving “‘contactees,” people who claim to be eee ee eV 2 ak eta TIN in personal contact with UFO entities. 7. Close Encounters of the Sixth Kind -- involving i injuries or deaths resulting from a Declare John Ankerberg and John Weldon, in “Behind the ‘Alien Abduction Behind the Close Encounters Say Ankerberg and Weldon, UFO Encounters are classified into seven major categories: distance of 500 feet or less. 3. Close Encounters of the Second Kind -- UFOs that leave physical evidence such as close UFO encounter (their own classification). But what are these strange phenomena? What have we learned concerning these bizarre Leet A and baffling phenomena? Far From "Friendly" Author Whitley Strieber, in his best-selling book Communion, tells of his own weird