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Engaging the Extraterrestrials Engaging the Extraterrestrials Engaging the Extraterrestrials Forbidden History of ET Events, Programmes and Agendas NOEL HUNTLEY Copyright © 2015 by Noel Huntley. Second Edition 2017. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author. I SBN: 9789463868341 Published by Brave New Books. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................ 9 Chapter 1 The Missile that Went Awry .............................. 18 Chapter 2 ………Bermuda Triangle ..................................................... 21 Chapter 3 Majestic Twelve ......................................................……… 28 Chapter 4 The Dinosaurs and……. Extinction Periods .......... 39 Chapter 5 The Philadelphia……... Experiment ............................ 48 Chapter 6 Stonehenge ................................................................……... 62 Chapter 7 Our Enigmatic Moon ............................................……... 69 Chapter 8 The Real Illuminati……... and Their Origins ........... 80 Chapter 9 HAARP .........................................................................………. 89 Chapter 10 The Crop Circle Riddle .....................................……… ... 97 Chapter 11 The Arc……… of the Covenant .................................. 107 Chapter 12 The Sphinx and the Great………. Pyramid ............... 118 Chapter 13 The Phantom Matrix ………........................................... 124 Chapter 14 The Real Heaven and Hell ...........................…….. ...... 132 Chapter 15 The World Trade Centre……... Collapse: The Hidden Agenda ............................................……… 141 Chapter 16 Atlantis .................................................................... 165 Chapter 17 What is the Soul? …….................................................. 177 Chapter 18 Who was……… Jesus Christ? ....................................... 184 Chapter 19 King Arthur ................................................……... .............. 203 Chapter 20 The Holy Grail: The Original…….. ............................ 210 Chapter 21 The Photon-Belt…….. Encounter and the Ascension Process…….................................. 218 Chapter 22 The Ghost Phenomenon and to Cremate or to Bury?..................................…… ... 231 Chapter 23 Japan and the Atomic Bomb: Secret Political History .................................... 240 Chapter 24 The ............................................... 255 Chapter 25 Hollow Earth and the Real……. Inner Earth ..... 275 ‘New Human’ ……... ………. Appendix A A Time Matrix ......................................................... 290 Appendix B Atlantis and Lemuria Pylon Implant Network Systems…… (Apins/Lpins) .................... 292 Appendix C Tests of Truth in Science .................................. 297 Appendix D Dimensions of Inner Earth .............................…. 300 ……. Bibliography ......................................................................................……... .. 306 Index ........................................................................................................ 310 …….. ……. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Stonehenge ..................................................................................62 2. Moon .............................................................................................. 69 3. HAARP ………............................................................................................89 4. Crop Circle.……… ...................................................................................97 5. Sphinx.……….........................................................................................118 6. Hiroshima Atomic.……… Bomb Blast .........................................240 7. Figure .……….1 Bermuda Triangle ..................................................22 8. Figure 2 Wormholes. ................................................................25.……… 9. Figure 3 Frequency.. ...................................................................………. 50 10. Figure 4 Patrol station……… ...............................................................74 11. Figure 5 Ankh ..........................................................................109…….. 12. Figure 6 Atlantis …….......................................................................168 13. Figure 7 Photon..……… Belt ..............................................................218 14. Figure 8 Hollow ..………Earth 3D view .. .................................. 276 15. Figure 9 Inner Earth ..……..vortex diagram. .......................... 284 16. Figure 10 Time Matrix .........................................................……..… .290 17. Figure 11 Atlantis/Lemuria Pylon Implant..……… Network Systems ..……......................................................................295 18. Figure 12(a) & (b) Inner Earth 2D analogy . ...............301 19. Figure 13 Inner Earth…… curved space diagram ............302 ..…….. ……… INTRODUCTION Readers not familiar with the subject of extraterrestrial activity will no doubt be amazed to hear that this is now an extensive field of information, irrespective of what the media, science and education has taught them. It is important to realise that key areas of this knowledge have had the highest secrecy classification over any other government activity (since the 1940s); even to the point of the government simulating UFO crafts so that the public will think all UFOs are military crafts. Moreover, the material in this book dwarfs in content the highest government material on the extraterrestrial phenomenon (it therefore must come under attack or discredit). A shocking reality shift will be expected for the reader, which may occur now, or when it eventually abruptly unfolds with proof within mainstream knowledge and education. Our educational systems are set up to produce humans with a context-dependent mind (lacking in creativity, imagination, s/- recordings of every detail of existence form rigid contexts (like energyintuition, templates/moulds or original thinking). Throughout one’s life, pattern a complex back-ground structure of reality forms within the unconsciousness that the—compare conscious ‘mouldingmind continuously the mind’). refe Thusr- ences unknowingly. When confronted with anything in conflict with this established secure foundation there can be a severe reaction at the disturbing conflict, causing insecurity, fear, hostility, or just sheer disbelief. It is extremely difficult to accept the new information, or even as a possibility. Some people (mainly within the New-Age movement) will - objection originated with the idea that whatever one focussed designate these extraterrestrial revelations as ‘fear based.’ This in the narrow context, but in the wider view the reverse applies; one’s attention on is given more power (over one). This is true 9 Noel Huntley that a severely impaired system needs direct attention, an understanding of how it works, and the application of remedies population became merely awakened to what was happening behind(also: ‘Know the scenesThy onEnemy’, this planet applies). it would At reversethe very any least, down ifward the trend, and restoration would be facilitated. We can present an analogy here that will help to buffer the reality shift to accepting the common presence of ETs throughout history. Keep in mind what the analogy is for; to shift the current world-wide programmed condition that only humans exist on Earth and there is little or no evidence of visitors from other planets. Imagine that only England exists on Earth (or any other reader’s country) and there are apparently only English people, and that this has always been the case. Then one day someone reveals that there are foreigners present. Imagine further that these foreigners were born here and few are aware that they were not English. The reader can now make the comparison with the reality that only humans exist on Earth, but then consider that many so- called humans are, or were originally, ETs but came in at birth and most have forgotten who they are. They are ET souls that have taken on the human DNA, which is a template like a mould humanising the ET into being a human. The more the alien reincarnates into human bodies, the more the DNA and environ- mental experience humanises it. However, it is important to recognise that this ET still has the imprint of its own race DNA and all memories and experiences are still intact. Basic consciousness underlying all matter, body, brain, mind, is an Absolute; it is the same for all natural entities, whether alien, human, dog, the Earth, etc.; even an atom has a Tiny speck of Absolute/consciousness/intelligence. Thus there is nothing strange about an ET consciousness being reformatted (by the human DNA and Earth life) to be a human and not even know it. However, there has to be a degree of com- In the case of the Illuminati, they utilised a specially assembled DNApatibility (see betweenChapter 8).the human DNA and the incoming ET’s DNA. To pursue the analogy further, the ETs can be divided into two groups: benevolent and non-benevolent. The benevolent 10 Engaging the Extraterrestrials ones tend to wake up to who they are; they are usually on - benevolent are mainly the Illuminati whomission they to are; help moreover, the planet they (‘star are seeds’,the puppets or ‘indigos’ for their). ownThe race,non who pull the strings when specific programmesbut most don’t are wake initiated. up to Note that
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