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Star Trek’s William Shatner Tells The Story Of Harvard Alien Abduction Researcher John Mack & Alludes To Murder
“Don’t beam me up, aliens”. That’s what William Shatner – the man who played Captain James T. Kirk in the original series of Star Trek – might be saying each night after researching the topic of alien abductions for a novel he is currently working on. In a conversation with Larry King (embedded below), the original captain of the Enterprise noted the work of Harvard professor John E. Mack on the topic, before veering into other fringish topics such as the mysteries of quantum physics.
When King first asks Shatner whether he is writing a sci-fi novel involving UFOs, the 83-year-old actor hesitates, then answers “yes”. King then asks him to explain why he paused before answering, and Shatner’s reply references John Mack’s troubles after delving into the subject:
The hesitation is this: do you remember a man by the name of John E. Mack? John E. Mack was a psychiatrist, a tenured professor at Harvard. Was given by a friend of his, an opportunity to interview some of the people who said “we’ve been abducted by UFOs”. After 200 interviews he concluded they were right…
He almost lost his tenure at Harvard. He lost his wife and children over it. And he walks out of the door not too long after that, and he’s hit by a hit-and-run driver and killed.
There’s a bit of hyperbole in there (e.g. John Mack was killed by a drunk driver in 2004, some ten years after the publication of his book Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens), but that’s part of the package with good old Bill. Great to see him still producing quotes that are sure to make rationalist geeks froth at the mouth (he’s previously hosted shows looking into paranormal mysteries, such as Weird or What).
Cool! I look forward to his book. I’m all for Capt. Kirk beating up space aliens.
Did they steal some of the info from the Blue Planet Project when creating Star Trek?
Become more knowledgeable about aliens and their plans for us by reading the “Blue Planet Project Book!”
It is the notebook of a scientist who worked on a top secret US government program involving alien research. This document contains notes and drawings made by the scientist.
This scientist visited various UFO crash sites, and the notes and drawings were allegedly made from those visits and was released before he disappeared.
http://www.blue-planet-project.com/
OMG that was . just . on tonight! Destination America……awesome show. Had all about it!