[RoosterRedux]

Imagine if there were a field of psilocybin mushrooms or other such fungi drying in the sun near the school and a gust of wind whipped up a cloud of the stuff and blew it toward the school.

Of course, we don't know how mass hallucinations occur or why people/children might see the same things (saucers and gray aliens in this case), but such things are not any more or less likely than REAL aliens from another dimension or star system.

[muir_redwoods]

Check out Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind by CDB Bryan. He did a serious examination of alien abduction stories. He came to the conclusion that it was either really happening or that there is a here-to-for unrecognized mental illness characterized by hallucinations. I don’t know which

[KamperKen]

"Imagine if there were a field of psilocybin mushrooms or other such fungi drying in the sun near the school and a gust of wind whipped up a cloud of the stuff and blew it toward the school."

Graham Hancock in his book "Supernatural" suggested that this might explain what happened at Fatima in 1917. I don't think it's plausible because a crowd of 70,000+ would have had to be under the influence of some hallucinogen.

I just reread the account in his book and it sounds like it was some sort of UFO phenomena.

[cgbg]

The aliens seen on psilocybin trips have very specific characteristics—Terence McKenna has provided a lot of details for those who are interested.

This case was totally different.

The psilocybin “aliens” include not just one flying saucer—what you see is an entire super high tech alien civilization (or many) far from Earth.