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Chapter Six Another element that is historically evident is the “physical exam”. The famed Betty and Barney Hill case describes a simulated medical test in which a long needle is inserted into the navel. A fifteenth century French calendar, the Kalendrier des bergiers, illustrates the tortures inflicted by what were being called “demons” on the people they have taken. The demons are depicted piercing their victims’ abdomens with long needles. space and time travel capabilities would come in such numbers to do “stupid” things like abduct people and perform primitive experiments or examinations on them. Many people reported that their abductors were benevolent beings, but when we consider all the factors of the big picture of the phenomenon, it seems that such stories of benevolence may be misleading. Kenneth Ring discovered that a large sample of people who reported Near-Death (NDE) experiences also tended to have had other, prior, “unusual experiences”, including UFO sightings and/or abductions which were interpreted by them in a positive way. After their NDE, they generally reported a remarkable change very similar to a religious conversion. They also often reported the sudden acquisition of a new talent or interest. Ring tested his subjects in different ways, and most of them had high scores on what is called the dissociative personality Jacques Vallee has expressed doubts that a material civilization with