Contact between humans and non-human intelligence
Contact with non-human intelligent beings refers to reported encounters, communications, or sustained relationships between human individuals and non-human intelligent beings (NHI beings). Contact spans a spectrum from one-time sightings and brief encounters to ongoing telepathic or physical relationships maintained over decades. It is one of several modalities of human–non-human intelligent being interactions, distinct from abduction (which implies coercion), combat, or formal diplomatic engagement.
Forms of contact
Sustained contact (contactees)
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Contactee
A contactee is an individual who maintains an ongoing relationship with an identified NHI group — typically over years or decades — through telepathic, physical, or both modes of communication. The contactee tradition began publicly with George Adamski in the 1950s and continues with modern figures including Elena Danaan, Alex Collier, Corey Goode, and Orfeo Angelucci. See List of contact cases.
Abduction
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Alien abduction
Abduction refers to involuntary contact in which an individual is taken, examined, and returned — typically with memory suppression. Abductions are generally attributed to Grey, Insectoid, or Reptilian entities, though the specific group varies by case. The first widely publicized case was the Betty and Barney Hill abduction in 1961.
Channeling
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Channeling
Channeling is the reception of communication from an NHI source through an altered state of consciousness, with the channeler serving as a conduit. Distinct from direct voice or physical contact.
Dream contact
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Dream contact
Reception of information, imagery, or communication from NHIs during sleep or pre-sleep states.
Telepathic contact
Direct mind-to-mind communication not mediated by altered state or physical presence.
Close encounter classification
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Close encounter
The J. Allen Hynek classification scheme divides UFO/NHI encounters by proximity and type, from Close Encounter of the First Kind (sighting at close range) through Fifth Kind (human-initiated contact).
- CE-5 protocol — Greer's methodology for human-initiated contact
Government-level contact
Contact events have also occurred at the government or military level.
Witness classes
Contactees and abductees are not monolithic. Research has identified subcategories including star seeds (souls said to have incarnated into human bodies from NHI origins), walk-ins (souls said to have exchanged with a human soul mid-life), experiencers (a broader neutral term), and MILAB subjects (abductees subsequently re-abducted by human military personnel).
See also
- Human–non-human intelligent being interactions
- List of contact cases
- List of contactees
- List of alien abductions
- List of non-human intelligent beings
- Exopolitics
- Ufology