The first thing a researcher or an experience should do is collect the "Narrative" of the event. Remember to try to be impartial, and if you are a researcher carefully phrase you question to be as objective as possible. You do not want to lead a subject on or begin to raise doubt to their experience.
It is important when doing so to attempt to remain calm and recall whatever details are going on. Write down everything that comes to mind and just explain the event in your own words and feelings.
Collecting the Narrative
1. "Please relate your experience with as much detail as possible".
-The person should feel free to tell you of there experience from beginning to end. As you are taking notes/transcribing their narrative take note of the persons expression and body language as well. Notice the emotional state and pitch in the voice.
These characteristics can be valuable clues to the event. It is important that you just listen.
-If your are cataloging your own event, right down everything. Just write the experience down. How you felt, what was going one, etc. If you can remain calm collect you thoughts, try to formulate some initial information such as When? Where? What? Type of Experience, etc., and then write down your experience.
Validating the Narrative
2. "How did you come to the conclusion of what your experience was".
-Remaining impartial, ask how they came to the conclusion that there experience is what they claim. How do they know..... this will allow you subject to self evaluate. It will give them a moment to see other possibilities or what it wasn't. The point is to get the individual to re-access or reaffirm their initial conclusions.
-For the individual is is important to be your own toughest skeptic. Sometime things are just a dream, but other times they are not. It is important to know the difference. Always try to find a logical and explainable reason, and if none presents it self it should give some comfort of your stance.
3. Ask Specific Questions
-At this point the researcher should go over the narrative and identify specific data. Some common examples are:
CE: Close Encounter Type according to the Valle System
ABE: Alien Biological Entity (ex. Grey, Nordic, other, etc.)
Location: Area where it happened and dwelling type
Witnesses: Friends, Family, Neighbors, and Pets.
Incident: What was done to them.
Emotional State: How Subject is feeling before and after.
Routine: What are the details that lead up to the event and immediate after.
4. Re-Asking specific Questions
-Try asking the question above in a different order and in a different manner. Note the emotional response and body language again. If you have illustrations you can ask them to identify and ABE or draw on for you. For witnesses ask again about them, even off topic like how well they like them or something like how long they know them. The purpose is to to see the consistency of the answers and if they recall any additional information.
5. Corroborative Accounts
-If there were other witness, gather their narrative of the experience as above. Also try to find some supporting documentation too. Weather Data, Reports of Telephone or Electrical Interference, News concerning Helicopter activity due to police investigations or traffic reporting, radar information if any.
The Narrative and data you collected is all circumstantial, corroborative, and speculative at best. Do not be discouraged, but tread on. The main part is collecting data and documenting. Many times the incident is a singe event. If the incidents are re-occurring or multi-genertaional it is very important to document the findings and trace things as far back as you can.
Depending on your funding or findings you can proceed to the testing phase of the investigation.
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