1998: Mantis Type Aliens?

by Robert M. Collins 10-13-98 Derrel Sims of  F.I.R.S.T (address & phone number below) just recently sent me an artist sketch of a recent abduction case in Houston Texas of a  “Mantis type creature” looking over a female lying unconscious and apparently nude on a table: Because of artist copyright considerations, only a modified sketch is shown here with the above “Insect Mantis” picture: I think it pretty obvious that both the modified Mantis picture from Derrel Sims and the other “Insect Mantis” picture look remarkably alike?   This case in Houston Texas according to Derrel Sims was collaborated by other abductees” in Dallas Texas. And, this same “Mantis” type creature was also mentioned in  Whitley Strieber‘s new book “Confirmation” on page 197: Under the title of  “Jesse’s Story” […] Read More

1999: Graying Mantis

by Martin S. Kotttmeyer What, I wonder, is the desired reaction of an author who asks a question like, “Was Jehovah perhaps a praying mantis being?” The ufologist asking this question is one Joe Lewels and to all appearances he is not kidding. He frames his question in a context of mysteries about why God would not reveal his countenance to his chosen ones like Moses. Answer yes and the Israelites would have been horrified. He points out that a sect called the Mandaeans believed that the physical world was created and ruled over by a Lord of Darkness variously known as Snake, Dragon, Monster, and Giant. In April 1996, Lewels met a lady he calls Rebecca Grant who developed a relationship with a mantis […] Read More