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209 experiences. I was doing this type of work in addition to my normal reincarnation work. My conclusions and theories will be presented in afuture book The Custodians,dealing with UFO abduction cases. During this time (1987) Budd Hopkins and Whitley Strieber wrote their compelling books about UFO abduction and focused the nation's attention in that area. I also found during the next few years that they had also opened up quite a can of worms. People whose experiences had lain dormant for most of their lives suddenly had memories sneaking to the surface of their conscious minds after reading these books. Maybe that was one of their hidden purposes. Maybe it was finally time for these memories to surface among the populace at large because I was to find that this was exactly what hap- pened. Maybe the memories were always close to the edge of the conscious mind and only needed this stimulus to break through. But this could have been part ofa skillful and complicated plan, more clever than anyone could comprehend. I suppose I should not have been surprised when this happened to Phil. After all, who would be a more likely candidate for alien contact in this life but someone who had memories of lifetimes as an alien himself. Ireceived acall from Phil one night in 1987 and I knew immediately something was bothering him. He said he had just finished reading the book Communion. He found the book in- teresting, but two things in it were nagging at him. They seemed to revive some kind of hidden memories and he didn't know what to make of them. In the book Whitley Strieber mentioned seeing an owl as a "screen" for the actual alien. I have come across cases of these in my UFO work, and I call them "overlays." Whatever we choose to call them, they seem to be protective screens which the subconscious erects to cover what is actually there. It could also be that the aliens themselves are using some kind of screening device to protect the individual from shock or whatever. If this is true, then they are very adept at manipulating our minds. But the fact that these memories are beginning to surface proves that their tech- niques are not infallible. Unless, of course, they have built-in time limitations or durations. Also Strieber mentioned a strange insect-like thing resembling a praying mantis. The rest of the book didn't bother Phil or bring forth any recalls. But these two incidents in that book evoked memo- ries of ahorrifying dream that Phil had several years ago while living in Kansas. He wondered now ifit were truly a dream or not It had Terror in the Night