Burnt and Sparking High Strangeness Cases

[Part 1]
Hello! It's Wave again.
I've been doing some research regarding the possible roles of DEW (Directed Energy Weaponry) type technology, microwaves, MAE (Microwave Auditory Effect) and radiation injuries pertaining to high-strangeness and UAP encounters. (For info, my other thread is here: Microwave Audio Effect and High Strangeness)
It's not a "who's flying the saucers" study at all, nor is this an attempt to point the finger at who or what from where is responsible. Whether the incidents are the results of Military Abductions (MILABs) or military technology tests in some cases, or something perhaps less terrestrial in other cases, there is a pattern in many cases featuring unpleasant and often lasting adverse physiological effects.
It is acknowledged that not every single high-strangeness case can be taken at face value due to the unfortunate fact that not all of them are accurately reported, but there are enough similarities and common elements in these particular types of reports that further investigation into these effects in relation to high strangeness incidents is imperative.
Since the annual "we know nothing" UAP report was recently released including some interesting verbiage regarding adverse health effects and UAPs (Click Here for the report if you haven't already read it, I figured this would be a good time to bring some of these cases to light.

The report states,

egarding health concerns, there have also been no encounters with UAP confirmed to contribute directly to adverse health-related effects to the observer(s). Acknowledging that health-related effects may appear at any time after an event occurs, AARO will track any reported health implications related to UAP should they emerge.

Note the wording used. Of course they aren't able to "confirm" anything, but the use of the word "directly" has some interesting implications. This leaves "legal headroom" for them. It dodges the concept of indirect adverse effects, such as those induced by equipment mounted "aboard" the unidentified object rather than harm from the object itself, or, alternatively, equipment used in conjunction with or in the vicinity of the object at the time of the encounter. In other words, it appears they've weasel-worded this part.

Are all of the victims of adverse physiological effects brought on by an encounter with unidentified phenomena blowing smoke, exaggerating, or hoaxing? Of course some of them might be, but all of them? Naturally, due to the lack of understanding of the encountered phenomenon itself on the part of the witness, it is unrealistic to expect each and every witness to be able to provide a completely accurate interpretation of what they encountered. Many of them try their best to recount their experiences in as best of detail as possible, but memory isn't perfect, and in moments of extreme stress or trauma, such as during an abduction or painful experience, the mind is liable to falter. This can result in small blocks of missing memory, much like how accident victims are frequently unable to remember the last few moments before the wreck. Some of these witnesses appear to have experienced something out of the ordinary, however, and it appears some of them have experienced a great deal of physical harm in the wake of their encounters.

With that in mind, take a look at a few handfuls of reports with the common element of adverse physiological effects.

1.
Near Belo Horizonte, Brazil, May 15, 1986
From Mufon UFO Journal, August 1987
Joaquim, a 70-year old farmer, witnessed a lighted object hovering about 50 paces away and about 15 meters above the ground for about 30 minutes. The object flashed a beam of light around the area. This beam occasionally struck the witness as he stood in a doorway watching.
He shielded his face from the brilliantly bright light with his left arm. At some point, the light struck his right eye. He later lost about 80% of the vision in that eye, and his left arm was “sunburned” from the light. Joaquim also heard what sounded like voices in a language he did not understand. As the object glided away, it struck some electrical wires, breaking one of them.

2.
La Venta Del Astillero, Zapopan, Mexico, May 10, 1989, 0215A
Source: Contacto: Mexico by Luis Ramirez Reyes
Apolonio Perez was sleeping in his camper when he was awoken by an extremely bright white light illuminating the entire area. He searched the camper for possible intruders but found nothing out of the ordinary. He went back to his bed but a couple of seconds later, a pencil-thin beam of white light illuminated the left side of his face. He heard a sound like a welder’s torch and felt extreme pain and discomfort. Perez had seen a UFO years before and he worried that its occupants may have been responsible for this painful experience. As he lay there he felt an electric jolt in his body. He began cursing whoever was responsible for the pain, but was subject to a third powerful electrical jolt. He mustered up the strength to stand up and open the door of his camper, and as he did this, the white light appeared to dim and vanish. The next day, Perez experienced severe headaches, and the left side of his face swelled up and began to bleed, as if burned by radiation. For two weeks following the incident, he experienced a severe rash on his face that eventually permanently disfigured him.

3.
Foxboro, Massachusetts, December 5, 1980
Source: Joe Nyman, UFONS #209, and Patrick Gross URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog
Source

A 13-year old boy ran out to his back yard to see the frozen ground, and as he was bending over he heard a strange noise. He looked up to find a large saucer-shaped object hovering overhead. The object had numerous lights and windows. As the boy watched, a beam of light shot out from underneath the object and struck him on the chest. He felt a tingling sensation in his legs and became paralyzed. After some time the beam withdrew and the boy ran back into the house. Sunburn-like markings were found on his chest where the beam had struck him. Later, he also recalled hearing a mumbling type sound in his head as if someone was trying to communicate.
Later, under hypnosis, he remembered being approached by a short figure with a large head, large eyes, and a long nose. He remembered being examined aboard the object. In the days following the incident, seemingly “paranormal” events were reported that implicated the boy as the agent, such as lights turning on and off, small objects moving on their own, and water faucets turning on and off for no apparent reason.

Comments: This case also includes the classic beam, burns, and even an element of possible Microwave Audio Effect (MAE).
[To Be Continued]

[Part 2]

4.
Colares, Brazil, September, 1978 Source: Bob Pratt, UFO Danger Zone
C. Rodrigues was sleeping in a hammock when she was awakened by a light coming through a window. The air around her became warmer and warmer. The light was green at first when it reached her face, but as she woke up, she saw it turn to red. She recalled seeing a figure holding an instrument that looked like a pistol. “He pointed it at me and shined the beam three times, hitting me in the chest all three times in the same place.” She felt very hot and very thirsty. The being approached her and stuck her with a needle in three different places while she was terrified and unable to move.

The light and the figure both disappeared when she began screaming. A few minutes later her cousin took her to Colares hospital, where she was treated for burns. A Dr. Carvalho said the burns she received were similar to burns caused by Cobalt.

Comments:
Colares is a name well-known to Brazilian Ufologists. There were many strange incidents reported in this area at the time. Colares Island Incident
Ufologist Jacques Vallée claimed that a number of individuals were supposedly killed by these "lights" or “beams” that were fired upon them by the alleged UFOs, and that the victims’ subsequent injuries were consistent with radiation effects from microwaves.
The Brazilian Air Force carried out an investigation called Operação Prato (Operation Plate) from 1977-1978 in the Colares area, but claimed to have found no unusual activity.


5.
Laguna del Pescado Parana, Argentina, October 16, 1992
From Albert Rosales Humanoid Compilation 1992, originally reported by Silvia Perez Simondini

60-year old Modesto Colman was alone closing up the mill he worked at. He was descending a ladder and felt a rush of cold chills running down his back, and the area around him appeared to be illuminated by a bright light. He looked behind him and saw a large sphere following him about 30 meters away, which he thought he saw three small figures descending from. Frightened, he pulled out a knife and ran towards the figures. A beam of light came out of the sphere, striking Colman square in the face and blinding him.
He then felt a strange sensation as if his body was shrinking in size. Soon, he felt as if he were only several centimeters tall. He ran behind a tree but another beam of light struck him. Hysterical, he broke out into a run but felt as if he was running in slow motion. He reported that his eyesight was hazy. He tore his clothes as he jumped a wire fence, and ran all the way home. Once he arrived, he began crying uncontrollably. For 10 days following the incident, he suffered from hearing loss, impaired vision, and facial burns. Ground traces were found at the sight, and the tree which Colman hid behind had a large burn mark on it.

Comments: Another report including the sphere and beam of light with subsequent burns.


6.
Cote St. Luc, Quebec, Canada, March 10, 0103A
From UFO Sightings in New Mexico & the World and Albert Rosales Link to source
David Roth was walking at Centennial Park with a friend when they heard a very loud “whirling” sound directly above them. As they looked up, a bright white beam of light engulfed and paralyzed them. They saw the object about 50 feet above them, it was a large, silver, disc-shaped object with several multi-colored lights around its perimeter. The beam was coming from a large light source directly in the middle of the object.
The light and whirling sound increased in intensity and both witnesses reportedly lost consciousness. They woke up the next morning in the middle of a field in the park. They had burns all over their bodies and their clothes were singed. The main witness’s friend discovered a strange circular scar on her temple and suffered from amnesia for several days. The fingernails on David’s left hand fell off and, at the time he reported the incident, had not yet grown back. His friend reported feeling as if she was being followed or “watched”, and several of her other friends reported seeing odd figures moving around in her house on several occasions.

7.
Celestum de Punta Nimun, Yucatan, Mexico, July 26, 1966
Source: Témoignage d’une rencontre avec des extraterrestres (Testimony of an encounter with extraterrestrials) by Roseline Pallascio
Book link
Six tourists from Quebec, Canada, including the main witness, Roseline Pallascio, were enjoying the beach when they spotted a large metallic disc descending over them. The witnesses were somehow transported onto the object and are given exhaustive and meticulous medical examinations by humanoids (no description given). Roseline suffered apparent radiation burns to her face following the ordeal. This case was not reported until 1990.

Comments: This may be a MILAB-flavored case.

8.
Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico, July, 2004
web.archive.org...://www.eldurmientedeorizaba.com/
(ATS has trouble with web archive links due to their format, I apologize, but this case was too interesting to leave out)
A “Mrs. R” was shopping with her husband, daughter, and sister at the local “Chedraui Supermarket” in the Cordoba Plaza. She was pushing the shopping cart with her young daughter riding in it when sparks suddenly began flying out of her body. Her husband noticed this and pushed her away from their child telling her that “she was burning”. Her sister also noticed the sparks flying out of Mrs. R. This phenomenon soon stopped and Mrs. R began pushing the shopping cart again (minus her daughter), but began feeling very hot. She felt as if an invisible energy had descended over the entire supermarket.
She then walked away from the rest of her family as if obeying an unheard command, expecting to find something or for something to happen. She wandered aimlessly through the aisles, stopped sweating, and returned to normal, without seeing anything out of the ordinary. She then noticed a strange figure standing with its back to her by the bread aisle, this figure was human in appearance with silvery hair. The figure seemed to sense the witness and disappeared from sight. Mrs. R ran to the location where the figure was standing, but did not see anybody around. The usually crowded supermarket seemed to have been devoid of customers on that date, especially in the area where this incident had occurred.

[To be continued]

[Part 3]

Those are just a handful of cases, there are many more out there with similar aftermaths. Most of us are familiar with the Cash-Landrum incident and Rendlesham Forest, two high-profile UFO incidents resulting in alleged burns or radiation sickness, but there are tons more from many different countries and decades. I've found the largest concentration of these types of events to have been between the 1980s and 2000s, with a handful in the 1970s, and quite a few in South America.

It is well known that militaries around the world have been developing and testing Directed Energy Weaponry for decades, such as the Active Denial System and MEDUSA, and those are just the little ones the public is allowed to know about. There are more. Russia was already known to have been working with microwave weaponry in the 1980s, and the US has probably been working to keep up with them. There may be technologies far more advanced underground somewhere under lock and key. An advanced society would have mastered directed energy to the point where it would be to them like a television remote is to the average Joe.
Something that someone is using appears to be causing these injuries, perhaps some technology used in conjunction with or mounted aboard the objects, but for the government to come out and "deny" the relationship of adverse health effects and UAP is fishy at best.

a reply to: wavelength

I think the report wording refers to the fact that no one has been harmed intentionally. In other words, anyone who has suffered damages has suffered them collaterally and not deliberately.

originally posted by: Direne
a reply to: wavelength

I think the report wording refers to the fact that no one has been harmed intentionally. In other words, anyone who has suffered damages has suffered them collaterally and not deliberately.

Which when you think about it has weasel-word properties in itself.

a short figure with a large head, large eyes, and a long nose

That's a new one for me! ET was usually described as having only two holes where the nose should be, so I'm behind the times.

The paranormal activity association to puberty has always fascinated me. When you put everything together, it appears the secret is directly connected to our minds somehow.

I bet the gov has done a lot of research on the matter, but chances of sharing it is mighty slim.

a reply to: Direne

Then they don't believe Brazil.

a reply to: wavelength
It seems that whoever is in control of these vehicles does not care about the effects of these rays. If a human would do that, sending around a beam that is dangerous like that, would be considered reckless. Let alone even targeting individuals for no apparent reason and hurting them.

Thank you for posting, the thread is interesting as your others, keep them coming

originally posted by: The GUT

originally posted by: Direne
a reply to: wavelength

I think the report wording refers to the fact that no one has been harmed intentionally. In other words, anyone who has suffered damages has suffered them collaterally and not deliberately.

Which when you think about it has weasel-word properties in itself.

Yes.
No matter how you look at it, the report gives the "CYA" run-around, the bottom line being, "we know nothing".
Naturally, it's unreasonable to expect any government to come out and admit they have or know about technology that is "frying" bystanders, so I wasn't particularly surprised or disappointed when I read the report, but it was intriguing that they felt the need to address this subject the way they did.

originally posted by: nugget1

a short figure with a large head, large eyes, and a long nose

That's a new one for me! ET was usually described as having only two holes where the nose should be, so I'm behind the times.

The paranormal activity association to puberty has always fascinated me. When you put everything together, it appears the secret is directly connected to our minds somehow.

I bet the gov has done a lot of research on the matter, but chances of sharing it is mighty slim.

If you go through the humanoid compilations assembled by Albert Rosales, you will find hundreds of different types of humanoid descriptions ranging from claws and fur, to 10' tall and made of rubber. I highly recommend going through the compilations (grouped by year) if you're interested in studying different physical descriptions of alleged entities. They are widely available on the web, and also available for hard-copy purchase.

Another possibility is that, in some cases, there may indeed be a psychological factor in combination with external influence. For example, a surreal and perceptibly "alien" experience may be immediately interpreted by a witness as "alien" because they have no other way of approaching or understanding the traumatic experience. A witness may, quite literally, convince themselves that they must have seen an extraterrestrial figure in attempts to understand what had happened to them.
I am by no means saying this is the case in all experiences, but it is a very real psychological factor that must be considered when analyzing individual cases.

originally posted by: TDDAgain
a reply to: wavelength
It seems that whoever is in control of these vehicles does not care about the effects of these rays. If a human would do that, sending around a beam that is dangerous like that, would be considered reckless. Let alone even targeting individuals for no apparent reason and hurting them.

Thank you for posting, the thread is interesting as your others, keep them coming

Thank you TDD! I appreciate the kind words.

You are spot on, the responsible parties clearly give no consideration to the welfare of their subjects, and this is also true in the case of MILABs. Many militaries, for the most part, have policies to keep "reckless" activities at bay, such as the Convention on Cluster Munitions. As of July 2021, there were 110 states parties to the convention. That said, there is no way to say if any of those policies stop "shadow" organizations from doing their thing.
Russia, however, is historically known to have demonstrated far less consideration as to what is reckless or humane.

originally posted by: wavelength

originally posted by: TDDAgain
a reply to: wavelength
It seems that whoever is in control of these vehicles does not care about the effects of these rays. If a human would do that, sending around a beam that is dangerous like that, would be considered reckless. Let alone even targeting individuals for no apparent reason and hurting them.

Thank you for posting, the thread is interesting as your others, keep them coming

Thank you TDD! I appreciate the kind words.

You are spot on, the responsible parties clearly give no consideration to the welfare of their subjects, and this is also true in the case of MILABs. Many militaries, for the most part, have policies to keep "reckless" activities at bay, such as the Convention on Cluster Munitions. As of July 2021, there were 110 states parties to the convention. That said, there is no way to say if any of those policies stop "shadow" organizations from doing their thing.
Russia, however, is historically known to have demonstrated far less consideration as to what is reckless or humane.

This got me to thinking about the groups that claimed years ago there would be a 'fake' alien invasion. I believe it came from the book 'Behold a Pale Horse', which was supposedly based on leaked gov. info.

'IF' a mock invasion occurred they could used weapon technology we know nothing about, and 'IF" it's a psyop the loss of life would be blamed on aliens, not the MIC.

The gov just spent 1 million dollars for the different religions to prepare us for alien life. Once DC throws money at something, you can bet they have a plan-and it usually doesn't have much to do with what they say it does.

I always got a chuckle out of this theory, but after the last three years of gov v the people, I'm not so sure I should be so dismissive.

a reply to: nugget1

I still doubt they'd ever go through with anything like that, but you can be assured that if they wanted to, like you said, they do have the technology (and black budget bucks) to do so. You're right, it's hard to put anything past them at this point.
Although a "staged alien invasion" may be highly unlikely, even individual small-scale clandestine projects may fall under the umbrella; implying "aliens" did it is just another way of saying, "it wasn't us, we didn't do that."
The "ET" excuse would be used as a last-resort, but it's there if it's ever needed. If used, it's probable that they're not going to directly tell the public "it was aliens". Instead, they would most likely imply it through verbiage not unlike the weasel-wording in the document discussed above.

originally posted by: nugget1
The gov just spent 1 million dollars for the different religions to prepare us for alien life. Once DC throws money at something, you can bet they have a plan-and it usually doesn't have much to do with what they say it does.

I always got a chuckle out of this theory, but after the last three years of gov v the people, I'm not so sure I should be so dismissive.

Yeah, the Uncle Sam version of Disclosure is coming to a theater near you soon! And I don't use theater lightly or even singularly---stagecraft or war et al ad infinitum.

I say et al ad infinitum because just thinking of what the expansive power Uncle Sam's ownership of "Disclosure" means goes way beyond the one possibility of a "blue beam" scenario. Maybe we've been thinking way too small.

Good aliens, bad dangerous aliens---the monies and sheep compliance (y'all got anymore o' them orgasm brain implants or experimental vaccines, sir?) will be maximized as never ever before.

Too lazy to fully elaborate but I know you get it. You're some of my favorite fambly here, nugget1---good soul, good mind.

a reply to: The GUT

You're some of my favorite fambly here, nugget1---good soul, good mind.

Thank you, Gut; coming from you that means more than I can say-and the sentiment is mutual!

a reply to: wavelength

We appreciate you newer fresher willing to research and post folk. All 2 or 3 of you. You are earning your place among those who do and have done. I don't know if you read the ToC's close enough, ahem, to realize that means your affectionate elders who did their due diligence before you can request OP's from you that build on your own work and are seen as valuable contributions to phenomenology as a whole.

Having said that, should you decide to accept this mission I think it's time for a comprehensive collation of the collective sourced information of the various ways ufology has been used/mis-used and/or visualized/weaponized by the M.I.I.C.

There have been good threads that addressed a lot of it but I don't think I've seen one organized and collated in one go and now would be a great time to do it since the narrative is being built as we speak. I hope you do. If you do, please pm if you care to as I'd like to share some links that might help to start pulling it together.

originally posted by: nugget1

a short figure with a large head, large eyes, and a long nose

That's a new one for me! ET was usually described as having only two holes where the nose should be, so I'm behind the times.

The paranormal activity association to puberty has always fascinated me. When you put everything together, it appears the secret is directly connected to our minds somehow.

I bet the gov has done a lot of research on the matter, but chances of sharing it is mighty slim.

Interesting, in that if the secret is directly connected to our minds where we have the need to manifest a being for the mind demands it, we create beings that are small and seemingly easy to overpower (?) or alternatively beings that will overpower us so don't fight (?) - Flight, freeze, fight response (?)

a reply to: wavelength

The light and the figure both disappeared when she began screaming. A few minutes later her cousin took her to Colares hospital, where she was treated for burns. A Dr. Carvalho said the burns she received were similar to burns caused by Cobalt.

So this caught my interest, burns caused by Cobalt. So with a little research, cobalt may have been used in the form of gamma rays in some of these cases.

Cobalt is primarily used in lithium-ion batteries, and in the manufacture of magnetic, wear-resistant and high-strength alloys. The compounds cobalt silicate and cobalt(II) aluminate (CoAl2O4, cobalt blue) give a distinctive deep blue color to glass, ceramics, inks, paints and varnishes. Cobalt occurs naturally as only one stable isotope, cobalt-59. Cobalt-60 is a commercially important radioisotope, used as a radioactive tracer and for the production of high-energy gamma rays.

en.wikipedia.org...

Cobalt-60 is also used in blast furnaces to determine times and to quantify income to measure the furnace performance. It is also is specifically made for use in gamma irradiation plants – it is not a waste product of nuclear power plants. This is a gamma sterilization process which uses Cobalt 60 radiation to kill microorganisms on a variety of different products. High-energy photons are emitted from an isotope source (Cobalt 60) producing ionization (electron disruptions) throughout a product. In living cells, these disruptions result in damage to the DNA and other cellular structures. These photon-induced changes at the molecular level cause the death of the organism or render the organism incapable of reproduction.

radioactiveisotopes.weebly.com...

Within the source above the cobalt gamma rays appear a white color to me, so it may be government studies on people to determine level of damage from these cobalt gamma rays should there be a gamma irridiation plant. Maybe we should look at if the governments in these cases have built of these types of plants after the fact.

It's strongly held by believers in UFO phenomena that there is military complicity or involvement in abductions, but what if there is no complicity? What if there is simply just the military, seeking to develop an arsenal against which there is no defense: biological warfare, which justifies - in their eyes - making an ass out of the nation with stories of little green men - a conspiracy wrapped in a plot inside a government agenda.

X-Files Patient X

Patient X

a reply to: The GUT

Thank you! PM sent. I'd be honored to build the thread as requested.

originally posted by: quintessentone

So this caught my interest, burns caused by Cobalt. So with a little research, cobalt may have been used in the form of gamma rays in some of these cases.

(snipped for space)

Within the source above the cobalt gamma rays appear a white color to me, so it may be government studies on people to determine level of damage from these cobalt gamma rays should there be a gamma irridiation plant. Maybe we should look at if the governments in these cases have built of these types of plants after the fact.

Good point, that could be a possibility. There was a a fair amount of research on gamma-ray lasers, or "grasers" in the early 2000s and some more in the late 2010s. These beams are considered "non-existent" (at least as man-made weapons) at the moment by the majority of the scientific community. That said, they may have something by now that the public does not know about that works on similar principles. It could also be that Dr. Carvalho was referring to the burns as appearing to have been caused by some highly radioactive substance, using cobalt as an example.

Either way, the Colares, Brazil incidents (which the case you referred to was a part of) all featured injuries from beams of burning light coming from generally cylindrical objects, so it's fairly clear that they were probably testing something capable of a great deal of harm.

Here's a good article on the Colares incidents. Colares Article

This sounds familiar:

Bright, cylindrical lights feature in the photographs, while several drawings show similarly-shaped objects witnessed by people on the island at the time. Despite this, the operation never explicitly stated that UFOs or aliens were the official cause of the sightings and injuries.

Stranger still,

However, there are yet more strange occurrences aside from the sightings that make this case an ongoing mystery - and catnip for conspiracy theorists. Dr Carvalho, who treated islanders for their injuries after the ‘attacks’, later said she was “compelled” to lie to them about their injuries - and to tell them they were simply hallucinations. She said: “This is what the Air Force always asked me to say. It did not happen any kind of mass hysteria or visual hallucinations. “The psychiatry proves it didn’t happen. It may happen mystic collective problems when people commit mass suicide. “But nobody can have the same delirium, the same visual, sonic and synthetic hallucination at the same time and in different places.”