Fringe Topics: Barbara Bartholic and the Reptilian Overlords

Barbara: The Story of a UFO Investigator  (June 27, 2003) represents one element of ufology that is considered "fringe."  It is a hard to find book and the author has now passed.  

The description of the book is short. "My research began with hosting the Heaven's Gate people before they were Heaven's Gate. I went on to work for seven years with Jacque Vallee. He was portrayed as the French scientist in the movie, 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' Vallee and I traveled around the U.S. and around the world researching cattle mutilations, UFO sightings and abductions."

One unnamed reviewer noted more details: "James Bartley: Alien Abduction Research lost a true pioneer with the passing of Barbara Bartholic. Although Barbara’s work has gone largely unheralded (except amongst the many people she helped) her legacy lives on in the form of cutting edge research amongst her protégés and an understanding amongst serious researchers of the primary role played by the Reptilians in alien abductions. Barbara laid the groundwork for a deeper understanding of the Reptilian Overlordship. Indeed Barbara coined the phrase “Reptilian Overlordship.” Barbara delved deeper than most abduction researchers. She didn’t turn away from confronting or unsettling information. I am proud to say that I was a protégé of Barbara Bartholic..."

The book available at Barbara: The Story of a Ufo Investigator : Barbara Bartholic : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The work emerges from a time in the late 1990's and early 2000's when there was a large group who believed there were "Reptilians" among us and who were taking over and replacing leaders, scientists, etc. To this day various videos and reels can be found with lurid titles about "reptilian eyes" in human faces and many variations on the theme.

Aliens - as a group - were reptilian and bent on world domination through inflicting as much pain on abductees and humans as possible. They entered into evil pacts with the government to secure underground space for living and testing. This led, it was believed, to a vast confrontation of military and aliens underground Dulce, New Mexico.

Finally, the book was the work of Barbara Bartholic (Author), Peggy Fielding (Contributor).  Bartholic was Tulsa, Oklahoma's well recognized UFO investigator and researcher.  She used hypnosis and regression techniques as analytical tools. When troubled people who suspected UFO abduction in their pasts, learned of her work,  they were (says the book blurb) relieved that there is someone whom they can call out to for help. 

Bartholic, who was nationally, even internationally, known for her work in the field, also produced a number of video documentaries and written materials covering the UFO experiences of people from all over the U.S. 

Peggy Fielding is a writer and teacher of writers. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma and taught writing at Tulsa Community College. She has degrees from Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma and the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, R.P. She is the author of several nonfiction books, two novels, hundreds of short stories and articles in local and national magazines.

It is interesting to compare this work with the work of Dr. John E. Mack, an American scientist who studied personality and related fields at Harvard, who traveled globally to study the ufo/abductee phenomena. 

There is Skeptical and then there is Skeptical

 As a researcher who has poured over original documents, digitized copies, and explored many an archive and newspaper morgue, I have a broad understanding of the role of skepticism as it applies to the field of the unexplained.

J. Allen Hynek wrote in the early 1970's that the official stance to odd things reported was "such and such cannot happen" and therefore "it did not happen."  The process of scientific exploration was sidelined.

Reviewing some past rebuttals in the historic record reveals some common behaviors.

1. Reject the Idea of anything out of the normal. This is clear when reports and news accounts are rejected and rebutted without anyone actually investigating. 

2. Offer up A Substitute Explanation. It does not need to fit just throw it against the wall and see if it sticks.

3. Repeat as Needed.

In recent years, this routine has reappeared. This time the hecklers have expanded to social media, pod casts, etc.

Scenario #1- Person X shares a strange object they saw in the skies to an online social platform. Immediate responses showing the people had not read the entry in total (with mentions of directional changes, etc.). The posts - "it's a satellite"; "rolling eyes" graphic; "I knew the conspiracy nuts would show up!"

Scenario #2 - Person on Y shares a strange object and they KNOW what it was. The galactic overlords have arrived!  They post an image that is clearly Starlinks, Falcon 9, etc. Yet, despite the informative posts they refuse to listen and accuse those voices of trying to silence the truth.

In many ways these are similar situations. In ech case is a lack of an open mind, willing to learn, test new ideas, and find facts.

Too much at either end of this spectrum is unhealthy to expanding human knowledge. The extremes are where the concept of "faith" or "science" takes over in oddly similar religious-like devotion. The skeptics worship a never changing science and the other extreme believes anything.

Target somewhere in the middle....