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UFOs. The subject is enigmatic. It’s also captivating. When we first began the investigation into the Meier/Pleiadian case, I never expected that over four decades later it would still be an intriguing topic—but it is. And there is a whole new generation that is not familiar with the extraordinary words of the Pleiadians, the stunning images, and all of the other physical evidence provided by the off-world visitors to the contactee.

Let’s step back in time to 1976. Technology was just beginning to enter our personal lives and most people weren’t interested in what inventor Ed Roberts called “personal computers.” His Altair 8800 was sold as a kit. It weighed about 55 pounds, had a 5-inch CRT display screen, a tape drive, a 1.9 MHz PALM processor, and 64 KB of RAM. Once assembled, the box-shaped machines didn’t have keyboards, color monitors, or video terminals. There was no software, and programming was done in assembly language. An engineering degree came in handy for anyone that was attempting to master the monster called personal computing.

1977 ushered in the breakthrough computer companies of Commodore, Tandy, and Apple, who introduced color graphics to the computing world, but laptops, tablets, and smart phones were years away from reality.

Digital photography was also in its infancy, and it took a studio like Industrial Light and Magic, which launched in 1975, to produce the stunning visual effects we were beginning to see on the big screen in movie theaters. The public didn’t have the ability to create an image that could pass muster; they were still snapping pictures with Polaroids, 35mm cameras or 8mm movie footage cameras.

Yet, Eduard “Billy” Meier was taking some of the most amazing photographs ever seen with an old, used 35mm camera.

On a Tuesday afternoon, Meier stood in a clearing in the countryside of Hinwill, Switzerland. Earlier he had felt compelled to leave his home and drive his moped to this location, but he didn’t know why. Surrounded by majestic forests, Meier first heard an unusual sound. A low, throbbing, humming sound that defied description. Then he saw it—a silver disc-shaped craft circling slowly overhead.

He raised his camera and snapped several quick photographs before the unusual aircraft swooped down and landed softly in the clearing 100 meters away. He estimated it to be about 7 meters in diameter. With adrenaline pumping, Mr. Meier ran excitedly toward it, but without warning, his forward progress was hindered by an unknown force as he approached the craft. He recalled that it was like trying to advance in a hurricane wind, a strong barrier, invisible in nature. Then, from behind the craft, the cosmonaut came, walking directly toward him. Meier strained his eyes in disbelief 

His first contact with the Pleiadians had begun.

Until that encounter most interaction with off-world beings were deemed to be abductions. The Pleiadian contact case was different. Their intent was to communicate and to provide physical evidence, such as photographs and metal samples, to support the claim that we, on Earth, are not the only thinking beings in the Universe. 

They told Meier they came from a star system we call the Pleiades. The Seven Sisters, as they are often referred to, are a cluster of stars that have guided people, far removed from each other, in agriculture and commercial affairs simply by rising and setting. A tightly grouped cluster of suns in our own galaxy, six of the seven are generally discernible by the unaided eye. They have been worshipped by some, celebrated by others, and recognized for their beauty and “sweet influence” by most. Cave paintings, hieroglyphics, legends, mythology, and written languages have depicted these shimmering stars as a positive force throughout civilization’s history.

From ancient manuscripts and cuneiforms to legends and mythology, no stars are more talked about than the Pleiades, nor are any other stars considered more influential to humankind’s destiny. From the time of Egyptian Pharaoh Ahmose I at the time of King David of Judea, numerous cuneiform tablets were addressed to the Pleiades, expressing a budding civilization’s thoughts to its mentors. Egypt provided only a small part of the almost magical love and respect our world has shed on the Pleiadian constellation and its visiting inhabitants. With November, the “Pleiade-month,” early peoples began their year, and on the day of these stars’ midnight culmination, November 17, no petition was ever presented in vain to the ancient Kings of Persia.

Such knowledge is remarkably widespread across the South American continent. Even the Abipones tribe of the Brazilian Amazon circle their protective jungle campfires and discuss the Pleiades with pride, after all, according to the “old ones,” they are the source of their ancestors!

Pre-Inca religions and cultures reveal that much of the South American civilizations was based on the belief that their forefathers came from the stars and that these extraterrestrials taught the Incas how to use fire, as well as how to plant and harvest crops. In fact, in ancient Peru they were called the Arbiters of Human Destiny.

Tracking the source of verbal legend is a difficult, if not an impossible task. Yet these hereditary conversations, from unrelated areas of the world, reflect upon the Pleiades as the Center of the Universe, the Seat of Immortality, and the Home of God. Intangible as the sources might be, is it only circumstantial that these legacies left a definite mark in diverse civilizations? Or could they be shocking correlations exhibiting evidence of contacts with Pleiadian visitors somewhere in our distant past?

Perhaps there is a deeper history between the citizens of Earth and the Pleiades? Afterall, the star visitors did tell Meier, “We feel duty bound to the citizens of Earth because our forefathers were your forefathers.”

Brit Elders is an investigative author and documentary filmmaker who traveled the world exploring a variety of topics including the mysterious world of UFOs. She has participated in several in-depth investigations, including the Billy Meier case and the waves of UFO sightings in Mexico, which began in 1991 and continue today. The CEO of ShirleyMacLaine.com, Brit continues to research and write for herself and others.


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