John Mack 1929-2004

Coast to Coast AM ^ | Tuesday, September 28, 2004 | George Noory

[ClearCase_guy]

I met the man. Talked to him for about 10 minutes. I walked away thinking he was "unwell".

I believe the panel's decision was that, as a tenured professor, he could say anything he wanted. That's not much of an endorsement.

[Buggman]

I'm listening to his interview with Art Bell from a couple of years ago now. I greatly appreciate his work with abductees and documenting the phenominon (showing that something more than widespread psychosis is behind it), but I do think that he was drawn in (or perhaps predisposed towards) the semi-Gaia worship and socialism that our "visitors" tend to advocate. His book Abduction demonstrated the subtlely malevolent nature of whatever is behind the UFO/abduction scenario, though he himself seems blithely unaware of it.

As another poster said, sad.

[Quix]

I agree with you rather strongly on all your points.

Thanks.

[Quix]

You could certainly be right. I never met him.

But I do believe the panel made some comment about him not being off his rocker. I could be mistaken.

[Frank_Discussion]

Thanks for the ping, Quix.

I've never read his work, but I know he was a big wheel in Abduction research. Another unique brain heads off-planet.

[Jack Black]

He was the uncle of a close friend growing up. I had many opportunities to talk with him, long before he got into his UFO phase. He was a very kind and gentle man who cared deeply for people who were suffering. When one of my best friends committed suicide at age 19 he flew in and spent a lot of time talking with all of us who were grieving. I believe this was one of the catalysts for his work on teen suicide. I never read his books on UFOs but there was much more to him as a person than these two books.

He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

[Jack Black]

He was the uncle of a close friend growing up. I had many opportunities to talk with him, long before he got into his UFO phase. He was a very kind and gentle man who cared deeply for people who were suffering. When one of my best friends committed suicide at age 19 he flew in and spent a lot of time talking with all of us who were grieving. I believe this was one of the catalysts for his work on teen suicide. I never read his books on UFOs but there was much more to him as a person than these two books.

He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

[Frank_Discussion]

That's what a lot of folks miss when they start throwing tinfoil on UFO/Abduction researchers - many of them are truly normal people, and indeed usually highly competent in general.

For you and your friends, my condolences.

[Sam Cree]

I'm not sure we can move too far away from the material while we are in this world.

Have never read Mack's stuff, though I've certainly heard of him quite a bit.

I think almost everyone knows someone who claims to have seen a "UFO," but not too many of us know anyone that admits to having been abducted. I surely don't.

Nevertheless, I think that according to Mack and others, there are literally thousands that fall into this category.

[Quix]

As I recall, the Harris poll on the topic seems to reliably indicate a high probability that more than

3 MILLION

Americans (not to mention implications worldwide)

have been abducted.

I don't think there was any distinction attempted between government black ops doing the abuducting under a sham screen hoax of blaming ET's

vs

authentic ET abductions.

That's a whole 'nother kettle of fish/can of worms!

[janetgreen]

I'm sorry to hear of Dr. Mack's passing, Quix. He was an interesting man.

[uncitizen]

The drivers in London will run you down if you're in their way. A big brown UPSish type van almost ran over my husband when we were vacationing in London.

[Fledermaus]

Are they sure he wasn't hit by a small flying UFO?

[Las Vegas Dave]

RIP Dr. Mack!

[Las Vegas Dave]

RIP Dr. Mack!

[nopardons]

Thanks for the ping.