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Picture Book on The Evolution of People's Descriptions of Aliens
This would be an important addition to the article if we can find the book. Around 1985-90, I discovered a book (via an article I read about it, I think) primarily containing drawings based on people's descriptions of aliens they claimed to have seen. The descriptions were shown in order of the year they were "seen" and showed that in the early days, pre-1950, there was a wide variety of types of aliens, but over time, as alien sightings became more widely shared in the media, the descriptions gradually averaged closer and closer to the "grays," to the point that they were what most people claimed to have seen. I'm still Googling this every so often, but if more people searched I bet we could find it quickly. Thanks! :-) Genepoz (talk) 08:44, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
From Little Green Men to Grays
Cast under silhoutte, the skin would appear to be black or dark grey to the senses or perhaps tan or brown. They are called "little green men" for their green eyes visible, if the West Virginia Mothman is noted for red eyes. Same phenomena by the visible outline of the figure besides the creature's said eyes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.153.48.25 (talk) 22:42, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Is it a spoof?
I have a vague memory that the shape of 'grey' was actually created by Californian underground artists in about 1968 — as a spoof. Any comments? Harjasusi (talk) 20:01, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- I haven't heard of that idea, but all the sources I've read imply that it's derived from the alien in the movie about the Betty and Barney Hill case. Abyssal (talk) 14:21, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
What about that demonic man named Aliester Crowley who drew a picture of a space Alien that he said he was in comunication with? This predates anything above. http://www.boudillion.com/lam/lam.htm
- You mean the 'ascended master' or 'angel' which Crowley had his religious work dictated to him through the medium of his scarlet woman, it was named Aiwass. 66.96.79.221 (talk) 20:14, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
dark colony
the gray aliens are one of 2 playable races in dark colony. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.59.120 (talk) 05:25, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Quatermas
Wasn't it the 1958 BBC serial "Quatermas and the Pit" which introduced to a much wider audience the idea of primitive humans removed from the Earth to be selectively bred to increase their intelligence?AT Kunene (talk) 09:44, 20 February 2012 (UTC) 'Quatermas and the Pit' were written by BBC television drama writer Nigel Kneale in 1952/53 and aired by the BBC first time during the summer of 1953. It was re-broadcast several times up to 1979. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quatermass_Experiment
Greys are the Nephilim decendents
This info needs to be added to the article. They are the decendents of hybrid offspring of human's and angels who made bodies for themselves before the flood in an effort to lift man up from their fall in defience of God but these hybrids kept growing into giants called Nephilim and consumed the flesh of animals and men to feed their growing bodies. See book of Enoch. There was advanced technology before the Biblical flood and the angels returned to heaven as spirits but the Nephilim unable to do this spiritual transformation made space craft for themselves and went into space where the radiation from space weakened their DNA and so therefore their bodies appear as they do today instead of the close to God like beings of the Nephilim. They now appear mutated and demonic to radiation in space, eating the flesh of human children and alienation from God. They give the USA Government advanced technology and the USA Government keeps them secret and feeds their blood lust. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.134.236 (talk) 16:36, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
- Do you have a source for that? The Book of Enoch is not a reliable source, it needs to be something more modern and not a religious work.--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 21:25, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
- It sounds like an opinion that the Book of Enoch is a "religious work" (only??). It's an assumption and opinion that a book containing religious concepts isn't a reliable source. What: only totally non-religious books or non-religious people are reliable?? It's a further assumption that modernity is so preferable regarding sources that ancient texts can't really count as sources. It's likely an opinion that the Book of Enoch isn't a "reliable" source. It's an assumption that skepticism is a better belief system than believ-ism. But I too would love to see sources for those statements about hybrid offspring. Misty MH (talk) 07:06, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Back in the 1990s Dan Rather of CBS reported on this and made this connection to the time before the flood and called the "Aliens" the product of the union between man and angel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.134.236 (talk) 22:47, 24 April 2012 (UTC) This was on the CBS evening news. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.134.236 (talk) 02:49, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Those are called soviets man — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.170.13.42 (talk) 22:27, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
- Grey aliens and the Nephilim are NOT the same entities. That is a ridiculous assumption (in my own opinion). Also, demons are NOT relevant to alien life; Why are they being listed, if they are irrelevant? User:ErednebE — Preceding unsigned comment added by EBenderednebE (talk • contribs) 20:54, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
bad picture
hey i think the cartoon picture of the grey diminishes the article by making it look unrealistic, so i we will have to find another one. moreover, i do not think greys are sexless because the have been reported to have a male or female feel when thet communicate — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knowledge spouse (talk • contribs) 03:47, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
- Find us a photo and we'll see what we can do. Sophie means wisdom (talk) 07:40, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
A trio
During the Medieval period it was Succubus and Incubus, now its the Greys. Whatever next?AT Kunene (talk) 14:24, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
- If we really wish to be subversive, we could call it the Dark Ages. What makes you think there weren't Incubi and Succubi? But to be fair: Grays are a term used because of their typical color. Succubus and Incubus are defined terms that someone used to hypothesize what these apparitions were. If we're going to be logical and parallel (and sound ever so wisely skeptical), we need to say "During the Dark ages, it was Succubi and Incubi; now it's "aliens". What's next??" Now, other than that skeptical "question", I am intrigued by the title "A trio". What is that in reference to? Or dare I ask? Misty MH (talk) 06:50, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
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The lead image
It's terrible. The face is too square, the body too muscular and the belly... Well, he looks like he has been drinking too much galactic beer. It does not look like a "typical" Grey alien. 172.56.5.124 (talk) 22:30, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Is this a real article?
I mean lately Wikipedia seems to be writing articles about topics that are so controversial and difficult to source or prove such as esoterical and metaphysical issues (other examples Ive seen are astrology signs and "Old souls" and aliens and whatnot)....
I mean how is this article about "aliens" which western humanity typically believes aren't real (im not saying i believe theyre fake, i just think its weird that this is actually an article) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adlhgeo1990 (talk • contribs) 07:44, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- Adlhgeo1990, if something is controversial then the more reason to have an article about it. If it is false, I'd say we'd have a even stronger reason, so that someone looking for information about the said controversial subject may find at least a half-decent article here, instead of (only) false claims out on the 'net. Providing, of course, we are not discussing our opinions, but are using sources. As to aliens, it sure is a common subject, and sure are plenty of serious literature about it. Okay, we certainly have silly, irrelevant, articles, agreed, and many are deleted daily. The point is not how false or true, hard or easy, provable or not, the subject is. The point is (in a short summary of my own): is there serious discussion of the subject that we can report? - Nabla (talk) 10:00, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not sure that much has been happening on this article "lately" - just two edits this month. There was a lot more going on back when the Paranormal Wikiproject was active. Sophie means wisdom (talk) 19:30, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
It's clearly the author's opinion and, although interesting doesn't really give any accepted sources or citations for what amounts to speculation. It really needs a great deal of tidying up, with the insertion of allegedly, claimed, etc. , in the appropriate places. 6Harry9 (talk) 19:24, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
Authentic?
Is this video authentic, or is it a fake created to raise some youtube money? Can it be used as an external link in the article? Logos (talk) 12:27, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
- @Logos: Thanks for asking. This editor has three problems with that: 1) On first impression it looks like some form of hoax (my own uninformed opinion). (What form of hoax, I haven't a clue.)
- But more importantly 2) If we add ELs to every YouTube ET/UFO video here that happens to show Greys (I'm not in principle against YouTube use for some purposes), we'll wind up with an article that is a sea of blue YouTube links, and that probably wouldn't do the article any good. This sort of thing has happened before on WP, with 13,000 active editors.
- Finally 3) Videos specific to Greys really need to be in color, we can't see what color they really are in this (purported to be 1942) video. —Aladdin Sane (talk) 22:20, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
- I think the main problem with it is that it was uploaded by some random person so we can't be sure that it's not copyright infringement and that it is what it claims to be (in the video description, "KGB TOP SECRET UFO/ET FOOTAGE" etc). — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 07:18, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
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Remove Category:Goblins. Goblins are from an earlier age, pre-dating the emergence of the grey alien concept. 203.173.186.163 (talk) 06:09, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
- Done —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 07:02, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
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So, I got redirected here from an article in a tabloid's webpage... And, despite being generally uninterested in conspiracy theories, even I can tell that the alien in that image is supposed to look gangly instead of having a potbelly. Old School WWC Fan (talk) 17:38, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
- Replaced it with a better one IMHO. RobP (talk) 00:47, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
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Apexian / Rigel connection
I've been reading information lately about where the Grays came from. It seems as though there's a number of different sources that say Grays were originally humans that got involved in some kind of nuclear war either on a planet called Apex or in the Rigel star system. Might be interesting to include this?
www.bibliotecapleyades.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.102.74.189 (talk) 20:06, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
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An interesting article on the popular culture origins of grey aliens
Take a look at this guy's take: http://www.theironskeptic.com/articles/gray/gray_history.htm
Some of his points are already covered in the article but I feel it's worth reading. Vandergay (talk) 17:59, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
Interesting hypothesis
Hi, I have found something intriguing.
Imagine for a moment that Flores Man did *not* in fact die out 12,600 years ago and some of these proto-humans made it off the island presumably on a raft. They were certainly capable based on fossil evidence of advanced technology comparable to Homo erectus and possibly up to Neanderthal level.
Some of them might have made it to a nearby island or other land mass and when the climate began to shift, moved underground. We know that this happened in the last Ice Age and even before. Over time they might have adapted to low light and oxygen becoming speciated and unable to return to the surface except for brief periods, adapting fully over the next 20,000 years with large eyes, grey skin devoid of pigmentation and developing advanced technology along the way. This could account for many anecdotal reports of "Little People" in historical text and other strange anomalies.
If they sent out an exploratory craft based on primitive rockets using liquid fuels then it could account for the reports in 1897, as well as later incidents. This might be speculative science fiction but its sufficiently interesting to justify some more research. (note, duplicate as seems to be relevant to Roswell and Aurora TX incidents) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.190.161.223 (talk) 12:03, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Direct plagiarism
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- ^ Iman Ital (undated) THE BOOK OF CHILAM BALAM OF THE RIVER CITY. Lulu.com. ISBN: 1329755219, 9781329755215. Retrieved from https://books.google.com.au/books/about/THE_BOOK_OF_CHILAM_BALAM_OF_THE_RIVER_CI.html?id=VPpCCwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y, 05 Mar 2021.
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