Greys

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Illustration of a typical Grey

The Greys, also known as Roswell aliens, Zetas, or Reticulians, are an alleged extraterrestrial life forms that appear in modern UFO conspiracy theories and other UFO-related paranormal phenomena. They make up approximately 75% of all aliens reported in the US, 20% of all aliens reported in Mainland Europe, and 12% of all aliens reported in Britain. ^[1]

1 Appearance
2 The Grey in society and culture
3 Perspectives
4 Alternatives
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Appearance

Typically, Greys are described as being approximately 4 feet tall, with grey (sometimes blue-grey/green-grey) skin. Their body is typically described as being elongated, and lacking in muscular definition. Their legs are shorter and jointed differently than one would expect in a human, giving them an apparently awkward gait. Their arms often reach down to their knees, and some accounts give them three digits, or three digits and a thumb on each hand. They have a bulbous, hairless head supported by a thin neck, which is dominated by large black lidless eyes. They typically have small flat noses, small mouths and small ears lacking an auricle. In some cases, Greys are reported as having slit-like nostrils on a flat face.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Some reports have Greys wearing tight neutral colored uniform like jumpsuits. Other reports have them appearing to be naked. In most cases, clothed Greys have no determinable gender and naked Greys have no visible external genitals.^[3]

[edit] The Grey in society and culture

[edit] 1890-1950

Although the exact appearance of the Grey has varied with time and media, the overall concept "a thin diminutive grey figure with a bulbous bald head, large almond shape eyes, and minimal facial features", has existed in popular culture for over 100 years. Grey-like beings have appeared in numerous science fiction stories from the late 19th century onwards; including H.G. Wells' Of a Book Unwritten, The Man of the Year Million; in which Wells writes about the hypothesis that the increasing industrialization of society would lead to humans developing into Grey like beings with shrunken bodies and enlarged brains, and his 1901 book The First Men in the Moon in which he describes the moon dwelling Selenites as being short, grey skinned creatures, with high foreheads, no nose, and bulging eyes who walked with a strange gait due to their oddly articulated legs. ^[6]

The Conquerors

The concept of was continued in comics and science fiction magazine into the early 20th century, including such works as David H. Keller's The Conquers, which was serialized in the Wonder stories, starting in 1929 December.

[edit] 1950-1960

In the wake of the Kenneth Arnold sightings, the 1950s saw an increased public awareness of ETH and Flying saucer in America; leading to a corresponding increase in the appearance of Grey-like creatures in cinema and television.

[edit] 1960-1970

Until the 1960s, the image of the Grey primarily existed in popular fiction, but this began to change in 1965 when the Boston Traveler published the purportedly true story of abductees Betty Hill. The story included details from a hypnosis session, conducted a year earlier by Dr. Benjamin Simon, in which the Hills described being taken aboard a pancake-like craft by small hairless men with no noses and slanted eyes that wrapped around to the sides of their heads. ^[7]

An alien seen on TV 12 days prior to the making of Hill's 'Grey' hypnosis tape

Coincidentally on the 10th of February 1964; 12 days prior to the Hill's undergoing hypnosis, the science fiction series The Outer Limits ran an episode entitled "The Bellero Shield", which featured a hairless, nose less, alien with a bulbous head and 'wrap-around eyes'. ^[8]

Despite these similarities, Betty Hill maintained that she had not seen the Outer Limits, and said that it was unlikely that her husband had seen the episode, because he would either have been working, or performing community activities, during the series' time slot. ^[8]

The 'Star Map' to Zeta Reticuli, as extrapolated by Betty Hill and Marjorie Fish

In 1968, Greys became associated with the Zeta Reticuli system, after amateur astronomer Marjorie Fish compared a Star Map drawn by Betty Hill to astronomical charts, and determined that the twelve stars depicted on the map showed the aliens home to be a planet in the Zeta Reticuli system, situated approximately 39 light years from Earth. This lead to Greys sometimes being referred to as 'Zetas' or 'Reticulians' in popular culture.

[edit] 1970-1980

In 1977, Director Steven Spielberg chose Greys as the alien protagonist for his film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, they have since become the archetypal image of an alien for many UFO believers and science fiction fans.

[edit] 1980-1990

During the early 1980s Greys were linked to the alleged crash landing of an flying saucer in Roswell New Mexico, in 1947, by a number of publications which contained statements from witnesses who claimed to have seen the US military handling a number of unusually proportioned, bald, child-sized corpses. The witnesses claimed that the corpses had over-sized heads and slanted eyes- but scant other facial features- during and after the incident.^[9]

[edit] 1990-Present day

During the 1990s, popular culture began to increasingly link Greys to a number of Military-industrial complex/New world order conspiracies.

Arguably, the most well known of these was The X-Files, which first screened in 1993. It combined the quest to find proof of the existence of Grey-like extraterrestrials with a number of UFO conspiracy theory subplots, in order to form its primary story arc. Other notable examples include Dark Skies; first broadcast in 1996, which expanded upon the MJ-12 conspiracy, and Stargate SG-1 which in the 1998 episode Thor's Chariot introduced the Asgard, a race of Greys who visited ancient Earth masquerading as characters from Norse Mythology, and who assisted Stargate Command in conducting a number of modern day conspiracies.

The portrayal of Greys in the media took a slightly different turn in 1995 when film maker Ray Santilli claimed to have obtained 22 reels of 16mm film that depicted the autopsy of a real life Grey that was said to have been recovered from the site of the 1947 incident in Roswell, New Mexico. ^[10]^[11] However in 2006 Santilli announced that the film was not original, but was instead a “Reconstruction” created after the original film was found to have degraded. He maintained that a real Grey had been found and autopsied on camera in 1947, and that the footage released to the public contained a percentage of that original footage, but he was not able to say what that percentage was. ^[12]^[13]

[edit] Perspectives

American researcher and alternative knowledge author Lloyd Pye advocates the hypothesis that modern Human are the result of genetic intervention by Greys from another star system, and believes that there has been a sustained program to crossbreed Greys and Humans over the centuries. He that holds that the so-called Mexico Starchild skull constitutes empirical evidence in support of his standpoint. ^[14]

According to English reproductive biologist Jack Cohen, the typical image of a Grey; given that it would have evolved on a world with different environmental and ecological conditions from Earth, is too physiologically similar to a Human to be credible as a representation of an alien.^[15]

Neurologist Dr. Steven Novella believes that the physical appearance of a Grey does not represent a real flesh and blood creature, but that it is instead a byproduct of the Human imagination. With the Grey's most distinctive features representing everything that modern Humans traditionally link with intelligence.“The aliens, however, do not just appear as humans, they appear like humans with those traits we psychologically associate with intelligence” Dr.Steven Novella.

According to Novella if you were to plot the physical differences between an ape and a Human, and then were to apply these differences directly to a human model, the resulting Human would strongly resemble a Grey.^[16]

Philosopher Michael Grosso believes that Greys, along with many paranormal myths and legends throughout history, are the telepathic manifestation of the collective consciousness of a community or culture ^[17]. He proposes that the physical form of the Grey is that of a malnourished human being, not an alien, and that Greys may be a manifestation of guilt felt by the developed world over the plight of the developing world.

[edit] Alternatives

While Greys are commonly cast as being factual/fictional extraterrestrials, a number of alternative perspectives also exist. Including that Greys-like being are:

A modern iteration of ancient folklore and myth
Part of a government lead disinformation/plausible dependability campaign. ^[4]
A future evolution of the Human race, or an alien race from the future, that has traveled back in time^[18]
Extradimensional life forms^[19]
A product of Government mind control experiments ^[20]^[21]

[edit] References

^ Bryan, C.D.B (1995). Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN B000I1AFBA.
^ Blackmore, Susan (May 1998). "Abduction by Aliens or Sleep Paralysis?". Skeptical Inquirer 22 (3). Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
^ ^a ^b Smith, Jonathan Z (2001). "Close encounters of the diverse kind". Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
^ ^a ^b Clary, David A (2000). Before and After Roswell. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 0738841064.
^ D'acr, Joan (2000). Space Travelers and the Genesis of the Human Form. Book Tree. ISBN 1585091278.
^ Wells, H G [1901] (2004). “XI”, The First Men in the Moon. Wildside Press. ISBN 0809596539.
^ Lutrell, John H. "Did THEY Seize Couple", Boston Traveler, 1965-10-25.
^ ^a ^b Clark, Jerome [1998]. The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial, 1st, Visible Ink, 705. ISBN 1578590299.
^ Berlitz, Charles, Moore William (1980). The Roswell Incident, 1st, Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN 0-448-21199-8.
^ Wingfield, George (1995). "The "Roswell" Film Footage". Flying Saucer Review 20 (2).
^ Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?) at the Internet Movie Database
^ "Eamonn Investigates: Alien Autopsy", British Sky Broadcasting, 2006-04-04.
^ Clarke, David (2006-06-01). "Alien Autopsy". Fortean Times (210). ISSN 0308-5899.
^ Pye, Lloyd (1997). Everything You Know Is Wrong (Book One: Human Origins). Adamu Press. ISBN B000IZZLXS.
^ Cohen, Jack, Stewart, Ian (2002-02-07). Evolving the Alien, 1st, Ebury Press. ISBN 0091879272.
^ Novella, Steven (2001-12-01). The Psychocultural Hypothesis. The New England Skeptical Society. Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
^ Grosso, Michael (1992). Frontiers of the Soul: Exploring Psychic Evolution. Quest Books. ISBN 0835606767.
^ Davenport, Marc (1994). Visitors from Time: The Secret of the Ufos. Greenleaf Publications. ISBN 1883729025.
^ Thomas, Kenn (1999). Cyberculture Counter conspiracy. Book Tree. ISBN 1585091251.
^ Cannon, Martin. The Controllers.
^ Constantine, Alex (1995). Psychic Dictatorship in the U.S.A.. Feral House. ISBN 0922915288.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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