The Strange Case of Dr X: UFOs and "Miracle" Healings

Though we tend to think of "miraculous" healings as the domain of religious miracle workers, a number of UFO witnesses claim to have been spontaneously healed during or after their sightings. By examining these kinds of anomalous effects on witnesses, we probably won't learn where UFOs come from, but we may explain what they are doing here.

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Sources:

(pt1) Michel, Aimé. “The Strange Case of Dr ‘X.’” Flying Saucer Review special issue no. 3 (August/September 1969): 3-16. Translated from French by Gordon Creighton.
http://www.aime-michel.fr/the-strange-case-of-dr-x
First 19 pages of source publication:
http://www.noufors.com/Documents/Books,%20Manuals%20and%20Published%20Papers/Flying%20Saucer%20Review/Michel,UFOs%201968,Dr.%20X,France,FSR-SI%201969%20N%203,UFO%20Percipients.pdf
From:
http://www.ignaciodarnaude.com/ufologia
Direct Link:
http://www.ignaciodarnaude.com/ufologia/Michel,UFOs%201968,Dr.%20X,France,FSR-SI%201969%20N%203,UFO%20Percipients.pdf
French copy of most of pt1 and most of pt2:
http://www.aime-michel.fr/letrange-cas-du-professeur-x/

(pt2) Michel, Aimé. “The Strange Case of Dr. ‘X’ - Part 2.” Flying Saucer Review Vol. 17, No. 6 (November/December 1971): 3-9. Translated from French by Gordon Creighton.
http://www.aime-michel.fr/the-strange-case-of-dr-x-part-2
Full copy of source publication:
https://www.saturdaynightuforia.com/html/libraryufospecialtymagazines.html
And http://www.ignaciodarnaude.com/ufologia
Direct Link:
http://www.ignaciodarnaude.com/ufologia/FSR%201971%20V%2017%20N%206.pdf

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1002373976
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Vallée, Jacques. Dimensions: A Casebook of Alien Contact. Contemporary Books, 1988.
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Close Encounters. “Saved By Aliens (Southern Discomfort / Cosmic Cure).” Season 2 Episode 13. 2015.
French dub of segment: https://youtu.be/wJy2ce7Gj-w
https://www.amazon.com/Close-Encounters-Season-2/dp/B00STLWPYQ

Mystères. 1993.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2iuyj

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