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Encounter
Kelly Cahill was a young country housewife and mother of three. Driving home through the Dandenongs from a barbecue one night in 1993, she spotted a bright light in a field. Pulling off the road she saw, in the distance, three other people approaching the light. Later both she and the others independently reported having a terrifying encounter with mysterious beings. Their reports were eerily similar. This is Cahill's account of the event that has been taken seriously by researchers and authorities.
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Published January 1, 1996
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January 1, 2018
"Once upon a time I believed that a world in which there was a loving God was enough to make life livable, no matter how transient one existence might be. Now, no matter how hard I tried to live in the moment, the beings, the encounter, and the knowledge always managed to find a way to intrude in my enjoyment of life. (...) I would never again feel like a normal person"
This is surely a “must” for the skeptical minds. I mean, Kelly may show some pride because it wasn’t just “her” sighting, but others’ as well, corroborating. Others, I imply, her husband, and some few (4) independent observers. But the case left also “physical marks” in Kelly’s body, and in some of the other observers.
It’s not a “fiction” book, as Kelly wrote in the 1996 preface. It’s a book about an “encounter with an alien presence”. She regrets, though, still in the preface, the fact that “Ufology has not been accepted as a mainstream science” (at best a fringe science) in Australia.
The book, written in a prose resembling a novel, describes her talks with the American journalist Wendy Ryder, yet in a fluid way. The talks are just part of her family life routines, with her three children Brian, James and Katrina. And yet, I wouldn’t go on, without quoting Kelly’s views on Americans: “[there’s] something about them you either love or hate…they won’t permit ambivalence in others”. Right, Kelly was sensing ambivalence in Wendy…and sometimes, in the interview, tougher moments just happened.
THE EMMERRING CREEK ENCOUNTER
"This blue light extended from beneath the orange circles to the ground....It was beautiful: spectacular in fact"
Basically, the story is about the life-changing events which took place on August 7th, 1993. But not only on that date.
She was traveling by car with her (then) husband Andrew, returning home, after a party at Eva’s, a friend. Both will argue, later on at home, about a possible missing time. Kelly being relatively sure they had left the party at around 11:30-11.45; the husband defending they had left at 1 a.m. The fact is that they arrived at 2:30 a.m. Indeed, what should have taken 1,5 hours, took in fact 3 hours?
…
What did she see on that day, when she was 25? Kelly reports having seen a craft (“bright as the sun”) with little silhouettes inside. But there were two more cars with people inside who saw it too; they are the “independent observers” previously mentioned.
Upon arriving home, Kelly noticed she was “bleeding”, and had marks, namely one small red triangle (1cm each side) in her navel. Afterwards, she would lose 10kg, had stomach cramps, and became extremely sensitive to noise; doctors spoke of a “uterine infection”.
She had also strange dreams (“4 visitations”) which involved someone using telepathic messages and using a suction device to draw her energy; she saw “tall black figures, with red eyes”.
"...I knew my husband. He would be the last person on earth to expose himself to ridicule"
As for the husband, he had shown some doubts, saying first: “it’s an airplane"; then “a helicopter”; but finally ”s*** it’s a big thing”. However, later on, he claimed he had no conscious recollection. Andrew was of a Muslim family. And in 1995 they got divorced.
Kelly was born in 1967 and lived till the age of 8 in Papua Guinea, as an adopted child. Back in Australia, she would fall for Andrew at 16. They would marry. Only by the age of 20 she started attending a Pentecostal Church. She used to laugh at those stories of “little green men in flying saucers”. And yet, after what happened, her Christian foundations were shaken. Because they were inadequate to explain the events at stake.
"I screamed at Andrew and to others down the road, "they've got no souls! they're evil! they're going to kill us!" That's when they charged."
You can easily notice the similarity between Kelly’s drawings and those of the two independent female witnesses, next.
(Kelly's)
(Kelly's)
(independent witnesses)
(independent witnesses)
Kelly’s life won’t be easy: hypnotherapy and hypnosis are some of the support solutions she’ll seek. But, most importantly, she’ll find the support from an Australian Ufologist who will help her divulge her case; he will conduct also soil examinations (magnetic levels) of the spot where the sightings occurred: “the ground had been baked”.
More recently, a man (the 3rd car witness) finally volunteered to speak about his view.
"Life-changing", no doubts.
As appendix, the book offers a directory of world UFO-related organizations.
UPDATE
https://www.howandwhys.com/kelly-cahi...
This is surely a “must” for the skeptical minds. I mean, Kelly may show some pride because it wasn’t just “her” sighting, but others’ as well, corroborating. Others, I imply, her husband, and some few (4) independent observers. But the case left also “physical marks” in Kelly’s body, and in some of the other observers.
It’s not a “fiction” book, as Kelly wrote in the 1996 preface. It’s a book about an “encounter with an alien presence”. She regrets, though, still in the preface, the fact that “Ufology has not been accepted as a mainstream science” (at best a fringe science) in Australia.
The book, written in a prose resembling a novel, describes her talks with the American journalist Wendy Ryder, yet in a fluid way. The talks are just part of her family life routines, with her three children Brian, James and Katrina. And yet, I wouldn’t go on, without quoting Kelly’s views on Americans: “[there’s] something about them you either love or hate…they won’t permit ambivalence in others”. Right, Kelly was sensing ambivalence in Wendy…and sometimes, in the interview, tougher moments just happened.
THE EMMERRING CREEK ENCOUNTER
"This blue light extended from beneath the orange circles to the ground....It was beautiful: spectacular in fact"
Basically, the story is about the life-changing events which took place on August 7th, 1993. But not only on that date.
She was traveling by car with her (then) husband Andrew, returning home, after a party at Eva’s, a friend. Both will argue, later on at home, about a possible missing time. Kelly being relatively sure they had left the party at around 11:30-11.45; the husband defending they had left at 1 a.m. The fact is that they arrived at 2:30 a.m. Indeed, what should have taken 1,5 hours, took in fact 3 hours?
…
What did she see on that day, when she was 25? Kelly reports having seen a craft (“bright as the sun”) with little silhouettes inside. But there were two more cars with people inside who saw it too; they are the “independent observers” previously mentioned.
Upon arriving home, Kelly noticed she was “bleeding”, and had marks, namely one small red triangle (1cm each side) in her navel. Afterwards, she would lose 10kg, had stomach cramps, and became extremely sensitive to noise; doctors spoke of a “uterine infection”.
She had also strange dreams (“4 visitations”) which involved someone using telepathic messages and using a suction device to draw her energy; she saw “tall black figures, with red eyes”.
"...I knew my husband. He would be the last person on earth to expose himself to ridicule"
As for the husband, he had shown some doubts, saying first: “it’s an airplane"; then “a helicopter”; but finally ”s*** it’s a big thing”. However, later on, he claimed he had no conscious recollection. Andrew was of a Muslim family. And in 1995 they got divorced.
Kelly was born in 1967 and lived till the age of 8 in Papua Guinea, as an adopted child. Back in Australia, she would fall for Andrew at 16. They would marry. Only by the age of 20 she started attending a Pentecostal Church. She used to laugh at those stories of “little green men in flying saucers”. And yet, after what happened, her Christian foundations were shaken. Because they were inadequate to explain the events at stake.
"I screamed at Andrew and to others down the road, "they've got no souls! they're evil! they're going to kill us!" That's when they charged."
You can easily notice the similarity between Kelly’s drawings and those of the two independent female witnesses, next.
(Kelly's)
(Kelly's)
(independent witnesses)
(independent witnesses)
Kelly’s life won’t be easy: hypnotherapy and hypnosis are some of the support solutions she’ll seek. But, most importantly, she’ll find the support from an Australian Ufologist who will help her divulge her case; he will conduct also soil examinations (magnetic levels) of the spot where the sightings occurred: “the ground had been baked”.
More recently, a man (the 3rd car witness) finally volunteered to speak about his view.
"Life-changing", no doubts.
As appendix, the book offers a directory of world UFO-related organizations.
UPDATE
https://www.howandwhys.com/kelly-cahi...
August 14, 2019
This is a compelling read. Kelly does a great job of engaging the reader. I find it somewhat startling that there was only one print run (20K copies) of this book and that it was allowed to go out of print, and I suspect that was the author’s choice.
At any rate, if you are already “into” the abduction phenomenon, you will find this book one of the best reads in the field largely because it is written by the abductee herself. It is also compelling because Kelly recall this experience without benefit (or interference?) of hypnosis, which is a problematic tool.
If you have not read any books on alien abduction, then this is as good a place to start as any. No, better, much better.
Where she is today, I hope Kelly (an pseudonym) has been able to find some peace and better understanding of just what exactly happened to her.
At any rate, if you are already “into” the abduction phenomenon, you will find this book one of the best reads in the field largely because it is written by the abductee herself. It is also compelling because Kelly recall this experience without benefit (or interference?) of hypnosis, which is a problematic tool.
If you have not read any books on alien abduction, then this is as good a place to start as any. No, better, much better.
Where she is today, I hope Kelly (an pseudonym) has been able to find some peace and better understanding of just what exactly happened to her.
October 5, 2012
Good read at times quite scary too finished it in a day got a bit repetitive in the end
July 11, 2026
Very well written. Typically I read a number of books at once and as I was drawn in instantly by the writer within the first few sentences, it lured me away from all the others and swallowed me up until I finished it a day and a half later. It’s a shame this book is no longer in print and difficult to come by bc it’s a great and, consequently, really quick read. I wish the author left a way to contact her at the back of the book, as some experiencers do. I believe her acct 100%, as I’ve had remarkably similar experiences. I wish the author was still doing interviews and lecturing bc her experience adds so much perspective to the larger phenomenon and so many of us have questions that we (as experiencers) could all benefit from exchanging information about our individual perspectives. Great read, if you can get your hands on it.
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