Whilst reading Mr. Good’s newest book, “Unearthly Disclosure”, we were surprised to come across a passage that related to his own weird nocturnal experiences.  Although at first we thought he might have been describing Nick Pope’s alleged abduction experiences, it is clear that he has experienced paralysis and strange lights himself.  Judge for yourself from this extract:
 

“Regarding ‘sleep paralysis’, I have experienced this myself on numerous occasions, although seldom in recent years.  Typically, I wake up in the small hours fully conscious, my body becoming progressively paralysed, and/or the bed apparently vibrating, and aware of the sense of malevolence.  Only through a supreme effort am I able to ‘dislodge’ whatever it is.  I have neither seen nor heard anything unusual on these occasions, however.  Abduction proponents maintain that this is the initial stage of a typical alien abduction.  They may well be right, but I have no intention of finding out!  In any case, my feeling is that these particular ‘presences’ are not necessarily of extra-terrestrial origin…

“…In my own case, on some occasions the onset of paralysis has occurred while I am awake, as my girlfriend can verify:  In fact, she too has experienced the phenomenon, which on one occasion, in Germany in 1989, was accompanied by blue light and strange sounds, the source of which could not be determined.”

Mr. Good then goes on to describe Dr Susan Blackmore’s hypothesis that the modern ‘myth’ of alien abduction is simply a newer version of sleep paralysis.  In this way, he seems to distance himself from the possibility that he too is a victim of alien abduction.  The fact that he seems able to ‘dislodge’ the energy or force that binds him would support this idea.  However, we have noticed how regularly the main players within Ufology seem to come forward with their own anomalous experiences.

This seemed to start with Jon King, who edited ‘UFO Reality’, a magazine that is unfortunately no longer available through mainstream outlets in the UK.  He devoted almost an entire issue to his own abduction experience.  Little is now heard of Mr. King, despite once having been a vociferous proponent of the ETH in this country. As discussed in our recent review of Mr. Good’s lecture, the UFO phenomenon seems to be following Graham Shepherd around, too, with weird results. Then there’s Nick Pope, who Dave managed to put on the spot on the James Whale Show on Talk Radio, UK, relating to an account in his book ‘The Uninvited’.  Many people believe that the account about ‘Peter’ actually relates to Pope himself, and his girlfriend of the time.  Dave’s enquiry into the truth behind this matter was championed by James Whale and received what can only be described as ‘the runaround’ from Mr. Pope

One can understand why researchers in this field would rather not have their own personal experiences come under public scrutiny, but given their interest in these matters, it is surely relevant to recognise their own subjective experiences.  Tim Good, to his credit, seems to be doing this.  As a final point, one wonders whether the initial spark that leads such bright individuals as Good, King and Pope down the gnarly path of Ufology stems from their own deep-seated experiences.  Is it possible that more authors and researchers in this field have their own stories to tell?