2013: Self-proclaimed UFO victims meet in Gorham

By Beth Quimby bquimby@mainetoday.comStaff Writer GORHAM — Jim O’Connell, a Connecticut screenwriter and producer of “Terrestrial Extras,” a film based on his experiences as an alien abductee, set the stage at the Experiencers Speak conference Saturday. O’Connell told the audience to be on the lookout for an extraterrestrial being who poses as a red-haired woman who communicates telepathically. The woman, O’Connell warned, has been known to stalk him at conferences where the subject focuses on close encounters with non-earthlings. “They seem to be following me,” said O’Connell. Suitably spooked, the audience at 25 School St. settled in for 12 hours of talks by a dozen speakers, many of whom say they had been abducted by beings from another planet or conduct UFO research. The conference was organized […] Read More