Into the Fringe - A True Story of Alien Abduction

131 Pages·2016·1.03 MB·English

by  Karla Turner

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"DR. TURNER HAS PROVIDED THE READER
with an extraordinary glimpse into the lives of her
family and friends. With curiosity and courage, she has
explored their UFO encounters; with compassion and
commitment, she has helped them to deal with their
anxieties, doubts, and fears. Dr. Turner has shown
intellectual integrity in describing her detailed records
of events, and writing skill in expressing her concerns
about the implications of these encounters ..."
—R. Leo Sprinkle, Ph.D.,
Counseling Psychologist, Founder of the
Rocky Mountain Conference on UFO
Investigation
". . . the stunning correlations among these ac-
counts will give the cautious researcher a reason to
pause and reconsider the boundaries of his own
beliefs."
—John S. Carpenter, MSW/LCSW,
Psychiatric Hypnotherapist,
Mutual UFO Network Director for
Abduction Research
INTO THE
FRINGE

ATRUE STORYOF
ALIEN ABDUCTION

KARLA
TURNER, Ph.D.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Without the help and support of several people, the expe-
riences described in this book might have been overwhelm-
ing. I want to thank my dearest friend, Bonnie, for her faith
in my sanity and honesty, for always being there when I
INTO THE FRINGE
needed to talk, and for offering an objective perspective.
A Berkley Book / published by arrangement with the Sandy and Fred, two others who had experiences of their
author
own, were great confidants, and I thank them for their
friendship. I also thank James for his courage and persever-
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include his story with ours.
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Copyright © 1992 by Karla Turner. Barbara Bartholic proved to be the greatest ally that
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A NOTE TO THE
READER

All of the people in this account are real. Because of the
nature of the events they experienced, however, several
people involved have chosen to be identified by pseudonym
or by first name only .Whenever a pseudonym is used, it will
be noted at that name's first appearance in the story.
INTRODUCTION

In December 1987, Casey (a pseudonym) Turner was a
successful computer consultant in a large southwestern city.
He had a happy second marriage, good health, professional
respect, intelligence, and a kind, good-humored nature. At
the same time, David Trayne (pseudonym), a bright science
student at the local university, was living on five acres of a
35-acre area on the edge of the city. He had a roommate,
James (pseudonym), a girlfriend, Megan (pseudonym), also
a science student, and three dogs.
Today, almost three years later, it would seem that things
are still much the same for Casey and David, but I know
better. Casey is my husband, David my son, and Megan is
now our daughter-in-law. Together, we have all struggled to
understand an astonishing phenomenon that revealed itself
in our lives. It has altered our whole reference of reality in
ways we could never have imagined.
We discovered that we were victims of abductions by
some alien force. We learned that this force, this alien
presence, had in fact been a part of our lives for many years.
And through sharing our experiences, and seeking answers
and help from others who had also encountered these
beings, we learned to survive with our sanity intact and our
perspective on life immeasurably expanded.
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of this phenomenon. I have not limited our story, as has
Stories of humans abducted, examined, and crossbred by
been done in other abduction accounts, to only that infor-
alien beings of unknown origin are nothing new, not since
mation I judge to be believable, or palatable, or conforming
Budd Hopkins's, Whitley Strieber's, and most recently, the
to some theoretical explanation of my own choosing.
media's interest in the subject. But that interest itself, a
Instead, this is the whole story of our first year after the
serious interest, is new. There hasn't been so much discus-
discovery of alien intrusion, with all our fears, doubts, trials,
sion on the air and in print about UFOs and ETs since the
and successes.
1950s. And although UFO activity never ceased in the past
The information in this book is very personal, yet I
forty-five years, it certainly has changed, most noticeably
believe its focus is of great, immense importance. We are in
since 1981.
the midst of a reality-challenging mystery, and although I
Undreamed-of numbers of people have discovered that
once said that this story couldn't be written until it was over,
they, too, have encountered this alien presence. Abduction
we no longer have the luxury of waiting. Like some
activity affects all types and ages of people, and for the
species-wide recurrent nightmare, it may never be over. Or
victims there is no shelter and no one to offer any real help.
the mystery might all be made clear tomorrow, with
They are victims of affronts which no official power—
revelations that mark the end of the world as we know it.
political, spiritual, or social—admits to be real.
The people in this book are victims. They are also my
When we discovered this phenomenon in our lives, I
family and friends, both old and new, and it matters very
began keeping a journal of events. At first it was only of
much to me what happens to us. It should matter to
Casey's experiences, but it soon expanded to cover mine
everyone else, too, because our story is proof that no family,
and those of David, as well as of Megan and James.
no child or friend or mate, is safe from intrusion and
Awareness and involvement in the phenomenon, it seems,
abduction. The experiences of our small group, in fact, are
was spreading.
being repeated in thousands of homes right now.
What follows is an integrated account of our experiences,
Finally, the things we've experienced prove that our
taken from the journal entries from May 1988 to the
global reality is not what we once thought. This phenome-
summer of 1989. Many of these events were consciously
non continues to spread, and, no matter what the actual
experienced and remembered. But other occurrences were
nature of its cause, the world will change irrevocably. For
blocked from memory and known only from the evidence of
us, it already has changed, and we can't help but fear to
marks on our bodies, episodes of "missing time," or
discover the direction it portends.
strange phenomena in our homes. In several instances,
hypnotic regression was used to uncover more about the —K.T.
blocked episodes, although many of our experiences have
yet to be explored in this way.
This account also includes information from television
reports, from books and other research documents, and from
the stories of new people who came into our lives because
CHAPTER
1

In the spring of 1988, our world ended. Life went on, but
everything we had always known about reality—our trusted
perceptions of ourselves, of the present and the past, of the
nature of time and space—were destroyed. The end of one's
reality is truly the end of a world. Another world follows, of
course, but exile from the first one is permanent. We were
thrust into new territory, a place of missing-time episodes,
of UFOs and unhuman beings and all sorts of bizarre
phenomena that wouldn't go away. Yet we hardly noticed
its beginning, and later, when it became clear that some-
thing strange was occurring, we had no idea that the very
fabric of reality was about to change for my husband,
Casey, and myself, as well as for our family and friends.
This is the story of how we came to this new reality. It is
an account of the experiences that erupted in our lives, of
our entrance into that other world of altered realities we
"sane" people merrily deride or ignore. In the beginning,
we kept these things to ourselves, out of fear and confusion,
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bizarre account purporting to be factual, about his experi-
but now we realize the story should be told, for two very
ences with some sort of alien entities, from some undeter-
good reasons.
mined source. I read the book skeptically, yet was intrigued
First, what happened to us is not unique. It is occurring all
by his emotive story of intrusion, terror, and the groping for
over the world, yet until now such an account, involving a
understanding.
cluster of people, has never been presented in its entirety.
In late April I was on my way to the West Coast for a few
What follows here is the complete truth, with nothing
days, leaving Casey alone at home. Before I left, my son,
omitted or added to make the story more believable or more
David, borrowed Strieber's book and took it to his house. At
fantastic. Second, the implications of our experiences are
the airport I looked for something to read on the flight and,
global, in fact cosmic, and they point to a very disturbing
remembering that Strieber had mentioned Budd Hopkins as
future. If our world has truly changed, so has yours, for we
a researcher into UFO phenomena, I bought Missing Time,
occupy the same world.
Hopkins's account of several abduction experiences.
Please don't assume that my friends and I were unbal-
In California I read the book late at night, with very
anced or fanatics of some sort, given to extreme beliefs,
strong reactions. For one thing, I wondered how on earth
when this all began. Instead, we were generally open-
Hopkins and Strieber could get away with claims that their
minded about most things, which I'm sure would have
books were factual, since the material—strange alien be-
included the existence of aliens if the subject had ever come
ings, small and gray and clone-like in their actions—was so
up. But it didn't, at least for me, until quite inexplicably
obviously impossible. Hapless humans abducted, medically
while teaching a freshman course in argument and logic I
examined, then released with little or no memory of such
did something I'd never done before in my eight years as a
events? Who were they trying to kid? I also remember
university instructor: I brought up the subject of UFOs in
thinking how glad I was that these stories were not true.
class, as part of an assignment.
How, I wondered, could you ever live in a world where such
UFOs were one of three topics, actually, including the Loch
things could happen?
Ness monster and Bigfoot, and my students were asked to
It was hard enough, I thought, to cope with the real world,
make an objective evaluation of the evidence pertaining to one
even for the sanest of us. Casey and I, for instance, were
of these phenomena. I chose these three because I assumed the
financially solid and very happy in our marriage. Yet for
evidence would be weak and inconclusive when examined
several months, we had been attending separate counseling
from a clear-thinking, insightful, educated point of view. In
sessions in an effort to find out why we'd developed
truth, however, I had never really looked at the evidence with
physical symptoms of stress.
more than a passing curiosity.
For me, it was the onset of TMJ,' with all its painful
But in reading these research papers, I became familiar
clenching of the teeth and jaws, and for Casey it was a
with titles of available books on these subjects. Perhaps
variety of things. He was usually a calm, centered person,
that's why I suddenly decided to buy a paperback I'd seen
but since Christmas he had grown increasingly tense and
for months at the mall bookstore, one which had never
short-tempered. His eyesight worsened, he had frequent
interested me before: Communion, by Whitley Strieber, a