Introduced as an expert on matters of "Near Death Experiences" (NDE), professor Kenneth Ring reported in a 1993 book that in the State of New York, exact location not given, on Summer 1978, at an unknown time, during an apparent "Near Death Experience", someone became unconscious and found herself looking out a round window seeing what appeared to be black space and tiny white sparkles of light.
She felt very cold and turned to her left to see a bright white light directly above her and four to seven thin figures around her. She received two telepathic messages and suddenly found herself tumbling head over heels apparently falling back to earth. She woke up in her couch vomiting.
Later she realized that a lump that she had recently discovered in her breast was completely gone.
Basic information table:
Case number:
URECAT-001029
Date of event:
Summer 1978
Earliest report of event:
1993
Delay of report:
15 years.
Witness reported via:
Not known.
First alleged record by:
New Age book Kenneth Ring.
First certain record by:
Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:
New Age book.
First certain record type:
Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:
May 15, 2010
This file last updated on:
May 15, 2010
Country of event:
USA
State/Department:
New York
Type of location:
In her couch.
Lighting conditions:
Not reported.
UFO observed:
Uncertain
UFO arrival observed:
No
UFO departure observed:
No
UFO/Entity Relation:
Uncertain
Witnesses numbers:
1
Witnesses ages:
Not reported.
Witnesses types:
Not reported. Female.
Photograph(s):
No.
Witnesses drawing:
No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:
No.
Number of entities:
4 to 7
Type of entities:
Not reported
Entities height:
Not reported
Entities outfit type:
Not reported.
Entities outfit color:
Not reported.
Entities skin color:
Not reported.
Entities body:
Not reported. Thin.
Entities head:
Not reported.
Entities eyes:
Not reported.
Entities mouth:
Not reported.
Entities nose:
Not reported.
Entities feet:
Not reported.
Entities arms:
Not reported.
Entities fingers:
Not reported.
Entities fingers number:
Not reported.
Entities hair:
Not reported.
Entities voice:
Telepathic message.
Entities actions:
Are around witness, send telepathic messages, healing.
Entities/witness interactions:
Are around witness, send telepathic messages, healing.
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in New York State, exact location not given, on Summer 1978, at an unknown time, during an apparent Near Death Experience the witness became unconscious and found herself looking out a round window seeing what appeared to be black space and tiny white sparkles of light. She felt very cold and turned to her left to see a bright white light directly above her and four to seven thin figures around her. She received two telepathic messages and suddenly found herself tumbling head over heels apparently falling back to earth. She woke up in her couch vomiting. Later she realized that a lump that she had recently discovered in her breast was completely gone.
Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Kenneth Ring PhD, 'The Omega Project'."
Points to consider:
Introduced as an expert on matters of "Near Death Experiences" (NDE), professor Kenneth Ring apparently failed to provide important information such as the place, the date, the time,
and he does not tell whether the tumor was a medical fact or just a belief of the person.
More important, Dr. Ring does not seem to let us know why this could not have been a very ordinary case of hypnagogic hallunication and sleep paralysis.
I provide a few references among dozens about the topic of hypnagogic hallucination and sleep paralysis:
"The Old Hag phenomenon as sleep paralysis: a biocultural interpretation", paper by R.C. Ness, in Cultural and Medical Psychiatry, vol. 2 #1, pp 15-39, March 1978.
"Lucid Dreaming: The Paradox of Consciousness During Sleep", book by Celia Green and Charles McCreery, Routledge publisher, U-K., 1994.
"Wrestling With Ghosts: A Personal And Scientific Account Of Sleep Paralysis", book by Jorge Conesa Sevilla, Xlibris Corporation publishers, U-K., 2004.
"Hallucinations and pathological visual perceptions in Maupassant's fantastical short stories - a neurological approach", by L.C. Alvaro, in Journal of the History of Neuroscience, vol 14, #2, pp 100-115, June 2005.
"Effects of hypnagogic imagery on the event-related potential to external tone stimuli", paper by N. Michida, M. Hayashi, T. Hori, in Sleep, Vol. 28 #7, pp 813-818, July 2005.
"Sleep and Society: Ventures into the (Un)Known", book by Simon A. Williams, Routledge publisher, 2005.
"Mental representation of space: Insights from an oblique distribution of hallucinations", paper by T.A Girard, D.L. Martius, J.A. Cheyne in Neuropsychologia, vol. 45 #6, pp 1257-1269, 2007.
"Parasomnias", paper by D.T. Plante, J.W. Winkelman, in The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol. 29 #4, pp 969-987, December 2006.
"Paranoid delusions and threatening hallucinations: A prospective study of sleep paralysis experiences", paper preview by J.A. Cheyne, T.A. Girard, scheduled in Consciousness and Cognition for April 2007.
List of issues:
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Topic:
Severity:
Date noted:
Raised by:
Noted by:
Description:
Proposal:
Status:
1
Data
Severe
May 15, 2010
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Primary source not available.
Help needed.
Opened.
2
Ufology
Severe
May 15, 2010
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Anecdotal information with no way to verify it.
Help needed.
Opened.
3
Ufology
Severe
May 15, 2010
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
The alleged tumor might have been imaginary.
Help needed.
Opened.
4
Ufology
Severe
May 15, 2010
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
No information on witness, no name, no age, no psychological background etc.
Help needed.
Opened.
5
Ufology
Severe
May 15, 2010
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
No sign of investigation or checking.
Help needed.
Opened.
6
Ufology
Severe
May 15, 2010
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Single witness case.
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7
Ufology
Severe
May 15, 2010
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Dream-like story.
Help needed.
Opened.
8
Ufology
Severe
May 15, 2010
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Witness said to be unconscious when alleged experience begins.
Help needed.
Opened.
9
Ufology
Severe
May 15, 2010
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Witness possibly under drug treatment.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Possible hypnagogic hallucination.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[---] ? "The Omega Project: Near-Death Experiences, Ufo Encounters, and Mind at Large", book by Kenneth Ring, Quill publisher, USA, 1993.
[ar1] * "1978 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1978.shtml
