Heiser-The-Facade - Sparkling Eyes

first case where hypnotic regression was used to determine what had happened to theexperiencers. If they were making the whole thing up, why do you suppose a couple likethat would want scientists, police officers, and newsmen crawling all over them,especially given their unique circumstances and the racial climate at the time?"Malcolm was silent for a few moments. "I don't know; maybe they didn't care.""Oh, they cared—their newfound celebrity came at a very high cost. You can dobetter than that, Malcolm.""I guess not; seems kinda strange to me.""I thought so too," her point taken."What's this about Edinburgh, Deidre?" Brian asked, watching a subduedMalcolm stretch out on his couch."Edinburgh's psychology department has a branch for the scientific study ofparapsychology. I wanted training in the field during my graduate work.""Are there any other places that have anything like that?""Duke's got the Rhine Center, but no graduate level classes; then there's UCBerkeley—but California's too strange for me.""Too strange for you!" Malcolm exclaimed. "Come on, girl.""So you have an interest in this sort of thing?" she asked Brian, ignoringMalcolm's dig. "Ever had sleep paralysis?""Don't mess with me," Brian laughed."Okay, let me in on the little joke," Malcolm whined."Many abductees experience a complete paralysis of their body while in bed whenthey are abducted or `returned' by their abductors, " Deidre explained. "The mind is fullyawake, but there is a complete inability to move. It's also accompanied by anunmistakable feeling that there is another presence in the room—and I'm not talkingabout the person who's in bed with you.""I think it's really fascinating that you've worked in this area," Brian remarked. "Iguess I lost interest somewhere along the line," he added, "probably when I came to thepoint where I figured out what UFOs were the real ones anyway.""Real ones!" said Malcolm incredulously. "What do you mean by `real ones?'""Just what it sounds likethe ones that couldn't be explainedby conventional science or as hoaxes.""So you agree with Deidre that there are aliens or something?""Wait a minute," Deidre was quick to re-enter the discussion, "I didn't say Ibelieved in aliens.""And I didn't say I believed UFOs were extraterrestrial, either," grinned Brian."Now I'm really confused," Malcolm said, shaking his head. "So what do youguys believe'?""I think that the reports of genuine UFOs are explainable as secret militaryaircraft," Brian answered."But you just said science—your opinion, not mine—had no answer for thosereports.""I said `conventional science,' as in the science known to the public. I'm quite surethat the military and the private contractors who bring their designs to reality have veryhuman scientific knowledge that those outside the government loop aren't privy to. Iwouldn't even rule out antigravity. After all, even as far back as Edison's era his geniusopponent, a guy named Nicola Tesla, was experimenting with that sort of thing."71