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===Evolutionary Feasibility===
===Evolutionary Feasibility===
According to English reproductive biologist [[Jack Cohen (scientist)|Jack Cohen]], the typical image of a Grey, given that it would have evolved on a world with different environmental and ecological conditions from Earth, is too physiologically similar to a human to be credible as a representation of an alien. Their physical structure can alternately be viewed as evidence supportive of the [[Panspermia]] theory of evolution, whereby the chemical seeds of life are purported to have arrived on earth&#151;and, by extension, perhaps on other worlds&#151;via a comet. The "parallel evolution" concept that is often mentioned on [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] does not suffice to explain such remarkable Grey-Human similarities as the facial geometry, the location of the navel, and five-footed toes.<ref name="Cohen">{{cite book| last = Cohen| first = Jack| authorlink =| coauthors = Stewart, Ian| title = Evolving the Alien|date=2002-02-07| edition = 1st| publisher = Ebury Press| isbn = 0-09-187927-2}}</ref>
According to English reproductive biologist [[Jack Cohen (scientist)|Jack Cohen]], the typical image of a Grey, given that it would have evolved on a world with different environmental and ecological conditions from Earth, is too physiologically similar to a human to be credible as a representation of an alien. Their physical structure can alternately be viewed as evidence supportive of the [[Panspermia]] theory of evolution, whereby the chemical seeds of life are purported to have arrived on earth&#151;and, by extension, perhaps on other worlds&#151;via a comet. The "parallel evolution" concept that is often mentioned on [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] does not suffice to explain such remarkable Grey-Human similarities as the facial geometry, the location of the navel, and the number of toes per foot.<ref name="Cohen">{{cite book| last = Cohen| first = Jack| authorlink =| coauthors = Stewart, Ian| title = Evolving the Alien|date=2002-02-07| edition = 1st| publisher = Ebury Press| isbn = 0-09-187927-2}}</ref>


===Conspiracy Theories===
===Conspiracy Theories===

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Grey alien
Other name(s)Roswell Aliens,
Zeta,
Reticulian,
Skrit Na,
Sectoid,
Zeta Reticulian,

The term Greys denotes a style of factual intelligent, humanoid, extraterrestrials appearing in the abduction and alien contact phenomenom.

Appearance

In reports from alleged/mentally stable eyewitnesses, Greys are described as diminutive beings which, while appearing very human-like, seem to lack or possess reduced forms of human organs and anatomical components.[1] Individual Greys are said to appear very uniform compared to the wide range of variation in humans.[1] Some commentators have expressed the opinion that their reported anatomy is more consistent with robots or cyborgs than with actual living organisms.[1] Others claim this is due to their form of reproduction (cloning).

Height

Greys are said to come in two distinct groups that differ in height.[1] Abductees say that they recognize the leader of their abductors by its "demeanor."[1] Their reported increased authority, height, and apparently more complex psychology have caused some "abduction researchers" to wonder if the taller morph is the only "Grey" type to be biologically alive and if the shorter "form" could be their artificially constructed robot or cyborg servants.[1]

Skin

Grey is the most commonly reported skin color, but some reports have given variant skin colors like blue-grey, green-grey, or purple-grey. The skin is described as being extremely smooth, almost as if made of an artificial material like rubber or plastic.[1] Greys are not commonly reported to have scars, warts or any other common human skin disfigurations[1].

Head and features

The head of a Grey is reportedly human-like, although much larger when compared to the body, and usually said to lack hair or to have only a thin fuzz. The skull has different proportions from the human. Under the head, the neck seems thin and lacking an adam's apple or any obvious musculature. Many abductee claimants report having the impression that it seems too small to support such a large head.[1] External ears, if present at all, are greatly reduced. The mouth is narrow and lipless, often described as a "slit" and is rarely reported to be opened, but when it is, the witness usually reports a lack of teeth.[1]

The eyes are described as larger than those of a human and often as almond or tear-drop shaped. They are frequently a focal point of abduction reports. The eyes are all black, lacking obvious irises and sclerae, lacking also lids, brows and lashes, although sometimes members of the taller type of Grey are reported with bony ridges above or below the eye. The eyes do not seem to move or focus in any observable way. Supposedly, when conducting mental procedures, a Grey will often be staring into the eyes of an abductee.[1] This staring is claimed to induce hallucinogenic states or directly provoke different emotions.[2]

Body

Their bodies are usually described as elongated and lacking in muscular definition. Similarly, no skeletal structure is described as being seen on a Grey the way it would be for a human of thin build. The chest is smaller than a human's. Although in abduction reports claimants often say that the Grey was only inches from their face during the staring "mindscan" procedure, they do not subsequently report feeling breath or seeing the Grey's chest move from breathing.[1]

Their legs are described as shorter and jointed differently than one would expect in a human, giving them an apparently awkward gait.[citation needed] Their limbs are described as proportionally different than a human's; their humerus and thighs are the same lengths as their fore-arms and shins, respectively.[1] Their arms are described as reaching down to their knees[citation needed]. The Grey analog to buttocks is described as a mere ridge of tissue.[1] No anal opening is present.[1]

Descriptions of the number of fingers range from a human-like five or lesser quantities of 3-4.[citation needed] Sometimes Greys are described as lacking opposable thumbs.[citation needed]

Polling Data

Among reports of supposed alien encounters, Greys make up approximately 75 percent in the United States, 20 percent in Continental Europe, and 12 percent in Great Britain.[3]

Percentage of Abduction Reports Featuring Greys by Country[4]
Country Grey Reports Other Types
Australia 50% 50%
Mainland Western Europe 48% 52%
Great Britain 12% 88%
USA 73% 27%
Brazil 67% 33%

1980-1990

During the early 1980s Greys were linked in popular culture to the alleged crash landing of a flying saucer in Roswell New Mexico, in 1947, by a number of publications which contained statements from individuals who claimed to have seen the U.S. military handling a number of unusually proportioned, bald, child-sized corpses. These individuals claimed that the corpses had over-sized heads and slanted eyes—but scant other facial features—during and after the incident. [5]

In 1987, popular novelist Whitley Strieber published the book Communion, in which he describes a number of close encounters he purports to have experienced with Greys and other extraterrestrial beings. The book became a New York Times bestseller, and a film adaption starring Christopher Walken was released in 1989.

1990-present day

During the 1990s, popular culture began to increasingly link Greys to a number of military-industrial complex/New World Order conspiracy theories.[6]

A well known example of this was the FOX television series The X-Files, which first aired in 1993. It combined the quest to find proof of the existence of Grey-like extraterrestrials with a number of UFO conspiracy theory subplots, in order to form its primary story arc. Other notable examples include Dark Skies; first broadcast in 1996, which expanded upon the MJ-12 conspiracy, and Stargate SG-1 which in the 1998 episode "Thor's Chariot" introduced the Asgard, a race of beneficent Greys who visited ancient Earth masquerading as characters from Norse Mythology.

In 1995 film maker Ray Santilli claimed to have obtained 22 reels of 16mm film that depicted the autopsy of a "real" Grey that was said to have been recovered from the site of the 1947 incident in Roswell, New Mexico.[7][8] However, in 2006 Santilli announced that the film was not original, but was instead a "reconstruction" created after the original film was found to have degraded. He maintained that a real Grey had been found and autopsied on camera in 1947, and that the footage released to the public contained a percentage of that original footage, but he was unable to say what that percentage was. This incident became the subject of the British comedy film Alien Autopsy, starring popular television presenters Ant & Dec.[9][10]

In Science Fiction

File:Thor asgard.jpg
Thor, a member of the Asgard race in Stargate SG-1

Greys are a popular theme in science fiction and have either appeared directly, or acted as a source of inspiration, in a number of different franchises. The crystal skulls in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull are revealed to belong to Greys. Greys also appear in Stargate SG-1 as the highly advanced ally of the SGC. Greys are one of the most recurring creatures in The X-Files television show, and the paranormal investigator, Agent Mulder, tries to uncover the truth behind them. Greys also appear in South Park as important characters in the first and the hundredth episode, as well as many cameos through out the series, mostly in the backgrounds of scenes.

Stereotypical designs of the Grey race have been featured in video game media as well, examples of this include an extraterrestrial race known as the Sectoids which make their appearance in X-COM: UFO Defense, other examples have them performing the role of primary antagonists in the game Area 51, where they are depicted practicing several behaviors related to popular belief such as forming crop circles and mutilating cattle. In Nintendo 64 game Perfect Dark, the Grey race of aliens is also featured, called Maian in this game. Of the two alien races present in the game, the Maians are good-natured towards humankind and one of them, who calls himself Elvis, helps out the protagonist, Joanna Dark, in some missions (the other race, the belligerent, reptile-like Skedar, are the main antagonists of the game). On the other hand, in the Destroy All Humans games, the aliens play the protagonists of the game (though antagonists to the humans). The influence of the Greys as the most common form of extraterrestrial life depicted in popular culture has led to some indirect references, including the trophies given in the Spacey Awards which are silver busts in the form of a Grey's head. Greys also appear in the cyberpunk shooter Deus Ex, although it is later revealed that they are simply clones created from genetically altered chimpanzee DNA. The comedy Scary Movie 3 also shows Greys as being the main extraterrestrials.

In the Animorphs book series, Greys are depicted as an alien race called the Skrit Na, who are actually 2 very different creatures, but are in fact the same species, but at different phases of life. The Skrit look like giant cockroaches who eventually cocoon themselves and become a whole new creature called the Na, and they look exactly like Greys.

Perspectives

Psychocultural Expression of Intelligence

Neurologist Dr. Steven Novella argues that the idea is a byproduct of the human imagination, with the Greys' most distinctive features representing everything that modern humans traditionally link with intelligence. "The aliens, however, do not just appear as humans, they appear like humans with those traits we psychologically associate with intelligence." [11]

The "Mother Hypothesis"

In vol. 11 issue 4 of Skeptic magazine, Frederick V. Malmstrom presents his hypothesis that Greys are actually residual memories of early childhood development. Malmstrom reconstructs the face of a Grey through transformation of a mother's face based on our best understanding of early childhood sensation and perception. Malmstrom's study is particularly useful in explaining away the existence of Greys, the intense visceral response many people experience when presented an image of a Grey, and the ease of regression hypnosis and recovered memory therapy in "recovering" memories of alien abduction experiences, along with their common themes.[12]

Evolutionary Feasibility

According to English reproductive biologist Jack Cohen, the typical image of a Grey, given that it would have evolved on a world with different environmental and ecological conditions from Earth, is too physiologically similar to a human to be credible as a representation of an alien. Their physical structure can alternately be viewed as evidence supportive of the Panspermia theory of evolution, whereby the chemical seeds of life are purported to have arrived on earth&#151;and, by extension, perhaps on other worlds&#151;via a comet. The "parallel evolution" concept that is often mentioned on Star Trek: The Next Generation does not suffice to explain such remarkable Grey-Human similarities as the facial geometry, the location of the navel, and the number of toes per foot.[13]

Conspiracy Theories

Some conspiracy theorists believe that Greys represent part of a government-led disinformation or plausible deniability campaign,[14] or that they are a product of Government mind control experiments. [15][16] Dr. Steven Greer, head of CSETI and a prominent UFO conspiracy theoriest, claims that over 400 "government, military, and intelligence community witnesses" have offered testimony to the existence of aliens and UFO and/or efforts to cover up their existence.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Jacobs, David M. "Aliens and Hybrids." In: Pritchard, Andrea & Pritchard, David E. & Mack, John E. & Kasey, Pam & Yapp, Claudia. Alien Discussions: Proceedings of the Abduction Study Conference. Cambridge: North Cambridge Press. Pp. 86-90.
  2. ^ Jacobs, David M. "Subsequent Procedures." In: Pritchard, Andrea & Pritchard, David E. & Mack, John E. & Kasey, Pam & Yapp, Claudia. Alien Discussions: Proceedings of the Abduction Study Conference. Cambridge: North Cambridge Press. Pp. 64-68.
  3. ^ Bryan, C.D.B (1995). Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN B000I1AFBA.
  4. ^ Hall, Richard. "Are UFO Abductions a Universal or a Culturally Dependant Phenomenon." In: Pritchard, Andrea & Pritchard, David E. & Mack, John E. & Kasey, Pam & Yapp, Claudia. Alien Discussions: Proceedings of the Abduction Study Conference. Cambridge: North Cambridge Press. Pp. 191-193.
  5. ^ Berlitz, Charles (1980). The Roswell Incident (1st ed.). Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN 0-448-21199-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Grey Aliens Bite The Dust
  7. ^ Wingfield, George (1995). "The "Roswell" Film Footage". Flying Saucer Review. 20 (2). {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?) at IMDb
  9. ^ "Eamonn Investigates: Alien Autopsy". British Sky Broadcasting. 2006-04-04. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  10. ^ Clarke, David (2006-06-01). "Alien Autopsy". Fortean Times (210). Dennis Publishing Ltd. ISSN 0308-5899. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |unused_data= (help); Text "coauthors Roberts, Andy" ignored (help)
  11. ^ Novella, Steven (2001-12-01). "The Psychocultural Hypothesis". The New England Skeptical Society. Retrieved 2006-10-01.
  12. ^ Malmstrom, Frederick (2005). "Close Encounters of the Facial Kind: Are UFO Alien Faces an Inborn Facial Recognition Template?". Skeptic. The Skeptics Society. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  13. ^ Cohen, Jack (2002-02-07). Evolving the Alien (1st ed.). Ebury Press. ISBN 0-09-187927-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Clary, David A (2000). Before and After Roswell. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 0-7388-4106-4.
  15. ^ Cannon, Martin. The Controllers.
  16. ^ Constantine, Alex (1995). Psychic Dictatorship in the U.S.A. Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-28-8.
  17. ^ The Disclosure Project
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