(Including an overview of a number of UFO episodes that occurred over a period of several years at Lake McConaughey and beyond…I have described some of the events in detail so you can get a better idea how the encounters actually happened and how they were intertwined into our normal daily lives.)
Early 1950s: We were traveling east on a somewhat remote gravel road that bordered the north shore of Lake McConaughey. McConaughey Lake is located on the North Platte River, in Western Nebraska. The sky appeared blue gray, as it (solar time) was just after sunset. As we drove up over the crest of a hill, we got startled to see what appeared to have been a head-on collision right ahead of us. We stopped our car just behind the crash and our driver got out of our car to investigate. Continue reading →
When I was young, when I first became interested in the nature of UFO phenomenon, I like most others thought that the ETs were visiting Earth from another planet, possibly for the first time. However after my flood of recollections in 1986-1987, at age 49, I changed this view to include the possibility, even the probability, that the ETs have been with us since the beginning, since the birth of humankind…and that the so-called ETs had a hand in our creation. I also have grown to believe that UFO encounters are not always what they appear to be. Some of what is reported today I believe are what you could call actual UFO encounters but encounters that are purposefully staged to convey a conglomeration of ideas and concepts…ideas and concepts that help us (humankind) advance in all fields of understanding. Several encounters experienced by others and some of my encounters definitely indicate that at least some of the so-called ETs have nurtured us throughout the ages.
An example drawing depicting when a mysterious man gave us verbal explanations concerning who the mysterious men and beings were…at the June 1957 all night experience at the Sheridan Creek Fire Guard Cabin in western Wyoming…
The following are descriptions of short encounters that occurred around 1939 at 68th and Garland Streets in Lincoln, Nebraska. These early encounters marked the beginning of my 46+ year intermittent, periodic clandestine relationship with “the voice” and “the familiar strangers.” (It is astonishing to know I eventually met the familiar strangers under normal circumstances as a middle aged to elderly adult…in the Spring of 1987, shortly after my 1986/1987 “flood of recollections.” Some of them and I eventually became good friends.)
Hearing “the voice” for the first time — 1939 or 1940 when I was very young, about two or three years old, I sometimes would play on the sidewalk, at the corner, in front of our house. And at times I felt excruciating forces on my body and mind. I could hardly move. Hearing roaring sounds above me, I struggled to look upward. I saw the craft hovering and moving slowly several yards above me in the fog or haze. And I sometimes heard a voice talking, at times to me about something I could not understand. After I gain control again, I would run to the house to tell my mother. These mysterious, shocking episodes were only a part of the very unusual beginning of my entire lifetime that was peppered with three dimensional and multidimensional contacts of mysterious crafts and beings that arrived strangely from the unknown…from another place…beyond our time and space.”
Meeting “the familiar strangers for the first time — Shortly after one of the mysterious encounters with the craft and voice as described above, I joined my mother and sisters who were playing on our front porch. I was disturbed and began telling my mother about my encounter that occurred on the sidewalk at the corner of our yard. As I began to explain, we noticed a distorted atmosphere began to develop out a few feet above the street in front of us. We heard the voice talking and we heard other sounds. A windowed craft developed out of the strange atmosphere and we were informed that there were other people inside. Then as the craft began to move up close to us, just in front of us, a very few feet away from the porch, the voice tried to coax me on board. As he continued to speak, my mother looked at me and possibly held my arm. She said something very close to, “Why don’t you ignore them this time and they might go away and leave you alone.” I later found myself floating toward the craft and entering it, where I saw several adult people sitting in what seemed to be passengers’ seats. They were somewhat subdued as if they were being sedated. We all then received some information that I feel was related to us helping “them” change humankind as it has been explained during the encounter described in Chapter Seven in the book Eminent Discovery. I then returned to the porch and continued playing. As I recall, my mother and sisters were not involved. And that’s all I recall of this encounter.
However, I have vague recollections of being introduced to the craft and the people inside while playing at the corner, before I ran to the porch to tell my mother.
I continued to encounter the voice until my last close encounter in August of 1986…and I continued to encounter the familiar strangers throughout the 46+ years, most generally during “the time travels” and shorter time travel episodes. Most of the time travels and time travel episodes occurred during the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. I met the familiar strangers under normal circumstances in 1987 when I was 49 years old. We compared UFO-type stories and found we had been told and shown some of the exact same things during our respective so-called UFO encounters and “spiritual experiences.” Because this included some minute details, some of which were scientific or technical details, I have concluded that there was no mistake; we all had to have encountered the same mysterious intelligences who had interfered in our lives significantly.
Example drawing: The “familiar strangers” we saw during a time travel episode at the Sheridan Creek Fire Guard Cabin – June 1957
Most of the information concerning “the brotherhoods” who were connected to my encounters came in the form of spoken English from the mysterious men who seemed to be common humans dressed in street cloths, and “the voice” who spoke from the crafts and objects, from thin air, and sometimes from inside our heads. Information about the brotherhoods also came from visual/physical interaction, and from suggested physical and intellectual implications. The information was conveyed to me and in some cases to those who were with me during several key encounters. Most of these encounters occurred when I was a child and many of the somewhat more important encounters took place during my early and late teen years.
UFO encounters are real! However most encounters have been forgotten by many people.
Throughout the centuries humans have pondered the true nature of our immense wonderful universe. We have wondered who we really are and how we fit into the entire scheme of things. I believe Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, and new discoveries in science, religion, and history can provide you with some deeper understandings. I also believe other people and I have a few insights that might offer you some important answers and deeper understandings. I feel the answers and understandings might truly help you in your private quest in life…no matter how simple or complex your present life might be.
I am an 87 year old retired research and development electro/mechanical engineer. I have experience in the nuclear, aerospace, fluidic, civil and commercial fields. I also have been a home builder, general contractor, artist, lecturer, and author among several other things. I have been a jack of all trades you might say — master of none.
Up until 1986, at age 48, I could recall some strange things that had occurred from my very early childhood…but I really couldn’t understand them. Then in late 1986 through early 1987, in a very short time, I recalled, in extreme detail, an enormous number of so-called UFO encounters. I discovered they had occurred periodically and intermittently throughout my life. I was astonished and over whelmed and remained overwhelmed! I soon found other people who had been with me during the encounters. Their memories of important parts of several encounters compared to my memories established beyond doubt that our memories were true and accurate. Especially my memories indicated that encounters like those we experienced had affected many individuals and ultimately our various human cultures (including science, religion and history) since the beginning of humankind. This story suggests how in some very special significant detail. I also have met many other people who have experienced very similar encounters…….John
“To say that John Foster encountered the Great Mystery throughout most of his life is a gross understatement.” “…this 75-year-old retired engineer is going to rock your world.” “…It was truly the start of an adrenaline rush that would propel me through several years of UFO research and interviews with some 3,000 ‘experiencers’ all over the country. None would be so intriguing, so absolutely riveting, bizarre, far-out, instructive, challenging and representative of the entire UFO phenomenon as John Foster’s incredible story, though.”
……….. Comments by Bob Teets – best selling author, investigative journalist, researcher, editor, publisher – former representative of the Human Potential Foundation. Bob has written an opinion/contribution in “Appendix A” of the book Eminent Discovery Volume 2. (See https://johnfosterufos.com/comments-from-others-concerning-john-fosters-story/ for Bob’s and others’ comments concerning John’s unique, astonishing story.)
(I have not used AI to write my books or to write explanations of my encounters on this website. I have checked several AI programs out and have found only one or two were somewhat close to accurate. Yet I still refuse to use AI. My books and this website were written only by me…….John Foster.)
If you have to order the books outside the USA, search the internet using the book title with “by John Foster” — or search your local country’s Amazon books outlet.
If you would like more information before you order the books: 1) look at the additional pages in the black strip above, 2) continue investigating this Home page, and/or, 3)click on each of the articles in the righthand column.
An extended explanation about my personal life-long encounters:
It’s time for a review…by John
This story concerns what humans have learned to call UFOs…Unidentified Flying Objects, or UAPs…Unidentified Areal Phenomenon. I am deeply involved and have been my entire life; although I wasn’t totally aware of it for many, many years.
Even though what you will read below might seem unbelievable, I assure you these things actually happened. I have been checked out professionally by psychologists and psychiatrists.
Also, as you continue reading, you will find I have some witnesses who were present when the encounters occurred. In addition, there has been an enormous amount of so-called UFO information recorded from our modern era extending back to prehistory. This information, in various ways, supports what I have reported, here, in the books I’ve written, and on my website, https://johnfosterufos.com/.
There were more than unidentified objects involved during my encounters…and these unidentified objects did not always fly. There were strange men dressed in street clothes and strange beings not dressed in clothes. There were “familiar strangers”…and believe it or not there was time travel into the future with the familiar strangers. There was an ET/human project, with buildings involved and the construction of buildings. There were immigrants, immigrants who would migrate into the middle United States at some time in the future…which is actually now, a few years ago, and a few years from now. Continue reading
Consider that the passages in The Bible are true and accurate!
Since my 1986/1987 flood of UFO encounter recollections I have considered that the mysterious things other people and I had experienced from my birth in 1937 until that very year of 1986 were very similar to what was written in the original letters that were used to create the book of The Bible.
Consider that the original Biblical passages that were written (in the letters that have been interpreted into various languages, at various times for approximately 20 centuries) are still true and accurate according to the understandings of the original writers and the various subsequent interpreters.
Also, consider that all readers of The Bible interpret the words and passages in at least slightly different ways, ways that are defined by their years of unique life experience (recent and otherwise), their various types of education (religious and otherwise), and their physical, spiritual, and mental makeup.
And, of course, consider that there is, indeed, a God who communicates with us at all times through our individual subconscious…through prayer, ESP, spiritual/psychic transmissions and through spontaneous happenings and otherwise. Continue reading:……
UNO TV — Consider This…Carol Schrader interview with Jack Kasher, PhD & John Foster
An informative discussion about the reality of UFOs and the intelligences behind them: A TV host, a Physics/Astronomy professor and John Foster, a life-long UFO experiencer
Here is Rhett Mc Clure’s important, excellent 10 minute documentary:
Rhett McClure is in the process of creating a 90 minute documentary that might include more of the ET story involving John Foster and “The Familiar Strangers.”)
This is when “The Voice” told us about the “Monitors and Keepers Of The Earth” (the brotherhoods), The ArchAngels Michael & Gabrial, Christ, etc — at the Sheridan Creek Fire Guard Cabin 11 miles east of Dubois, Wyoming…during an experience that lasted all night in June, 1957. The voice was speaking from the disc which had moved up to about 2 feet from our bellies. The Voice also spoke from various places in the air and we moved about a little from time to time as he spoke. We met “The Familiar Strangers” after we received a lot of information from The Voice: (Chapter 9 of the book Eminent Discovery Volume 2.)
The books begin with: 1) pertinent statements, 2) insightful questions, and 3) representative drawings… all of which challenge our present understandings of human reality in this world we think we know so well. John’s personal character and mental sanity are validated by the opinions of professional PhD experts who are familiar with close UFO encounter research.
John then leads you into his unusual Eminent Discovery, leading you from his more simple UFO encounters into the more complex. This includes extraordinary observations and details related to many of his unusual encounters.
The last book, To Earth From Heaven, then draws you into more complex concepts that suggest important probable and possible meanings. It is a book that can help expand our present concepts of human reality.
If you have about 1-1/2 hours, scroll down and watch the video “UFOs At The Core Of Our Culture” at the 2001 International UFO Congress Convention! It will be worth your time. It includes many of my drawings, accompanied by my first-hand witness explanations. Take a break now and then, especially if you are watching the video with others! Or click here:………..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDqWgt5TpRY
Just a suggestion: Slow down! — You can receive astonishing information if you spend the time it takes to read, listen, watch, and contemplate.
Posted on July 16, 2023 by jafos
If you are interested in the meaning of your life, it might help to read information from others who have been fortunate (or unfortunate) to have read extensively about the intricacies of science, religion, and history. This would be general and detailed information that has blossomed throughout the ages. Or, because of the advancements of the internet, you can watch or read, or listen to blogs “on-line.” …Then, think about it for a time!
“…It was truly the start of an adrenaline rush that would propel me through several years of UFO research and interviews with some 3,000 ‘experiencers’ all over the country. None would be so intriguing, so absolutely riveting, bizarre, far-out, instructive, challenging and representative of the entire UFO phenomenon as John Foster’s incredible story, though.” —————— Bob Teets, investigative journalist, UFO contactee, representative of The Human Potential Foundation, Shaman.
Buy these books and know how the mysterious UFO intelligences are creating and changing our human cultures — our sciences, religions & history!
Four ebooks and four paperback books are available as below.
Eminent Discovery Illustration Picture book – A brief introduction to John’s story is followed by over 170 freehand illustrations (with short comments). The illustrations represent John’s point of view as he and other people experienced the encounters.
“We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music.” ~ Albert Einstein
“The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power.” — “My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.” — “The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.” ~ Nikola Tesla
God bless Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla! …….. We are much more than we presently perceive through current scientific research and our personal five senses…………..John Foster
Eminent Discovery is a miraculous true story that consumed more than 46 years of mysterious, intermittent, periodic encounters with strange beings, strange mysterious but ordinary men, a mysterious voice, and unidentified objects and crafts that were sometimes flying and sometimes not flying.According to information received during the encounters, as well as historical research, it seems all have been active since the beginning of humankind. Read below to discover some of the astonishing details.
“They are the monitors and keepers of the earth.” He said, “They are responsible to a hierarchy that includes the archangels Michael and Gabriel, who in turn are responsible to the entity who we have known as Christ, who is in charge of this corner of our immense universe.” …………….See Chapter 9 of the book Eminent Discovery Volume 2.
“I can confidentially state that this book accurately covers many elements of close UFO contact. I speak from extensive experience. The UFO experiences are indeed life changing, affecting all elements of human life on earth, life beyond the five senses, and life beyond death. The book has helped me a great deal. I have heard the authors speak and believe their work is very truthful and helpful. Although I am not a channeler, I believe channeling is not much different than automatic writing. Anyone who has written has experienced automatic writing. The drawings represent a few of my many actual authentic physical/other-dimensional UFO encounters…an overlapping of dimensions, so to speak. I have some witnesses and many facts and happenings (historic and modern) that contribute to the accuracy of my memories and others’ memories. I wish the authors, all contactees and all others the very, very best……John Foster”
************************************************************************* Also watch the movie “Encounters Of The Third Kind,” especially the abductions, to get a better feel about John’s encounters:
************************************************************************* From the Prologues of the books “Eminent Discovery: UFOs – Living within and beyond the five senses” Volume 1 & Volume 2 by John Foster:
“If you have questioned what life is or should be, or what is is or should be, you might find insight in the following pages.
If you have wondered why we live a limited existence on planet earth, you might find solace in the following pages.
And if you have ever wondered if this is all there is, have confidence; this story, supported by some witnesses, proves within acceptable reason there is not only life after death but life beyond life in the present … beyond our five senses.
This monumental story offers you some sense of understanding through my narrations of mysterious happenings that have occurred since my birth or, as I clearly remember, since my very early childhood. However, it also is a story that seriously involves and somewhat redefines all of humankind since its very beginning … including you as you read today. It involves modern and ancient science, modern and ancient religion, and modern and ancient history … all so strongly that it has upset my entire concept of human life on earth since its very beginning.”
“This authentic true story has changed my personal and professional life dramatically! The story strongly indicates that life on earth is much, much more than we believe it is…that it is a multi-dimensional life within and beyond the five senses for each of us. It is a mysterious life, the intricate hidden details of which we most often are not aware or only vaguely aware. I was astonished when I found that this UFO story and other UFO stories are solidly compatible with The Bible, other historical writings, and the modern Ancient Alien Hypothesis, among many other things.
To understand the story more fully look at my 2001 International UFO Congress Convention talk video below and the articles and interviews in the right hand column.
For a more complete understanding read the four books authored by me. You can purchase the books by clicking the titles below or by clicking item 5 in the black strip above.” — John Foster
************************************************************************* “To say that John Foster encountered the Great Mystery throughout most of his life is a gross understatement.” “…this 75-year-old retired engineer is going to rock your world.”…Bob Teets, best selling author, writer, editor, publisher, in-depth researcher, artist. *************************************************************************
A new upgrade publication of the book “Eminent Discovery, a lifetime of UFO encounters” is available:
The new version is titled “Eminent Discovery: UFOs – Living within and beyond the five senses: Volume 1 & Volume 2.” (See a detailed description of both volumes below.) “To Earth From Heaven” and “Eminent Discovery Illustration Picture Book” also have been upgraded. (See them below also.)
The abundantly illustrated Kindle eBooks are formatted in fixed page text that can be read on Kindle readers, most tablets, laptops, and iPhones. The text is not flowing. This provides a much better read and an outstanding presentation of the many drawings and photos.
A very unusual true story is briefly told through many excellent freehand drawings – The drawings represent what author/artist John Foster and those who were with him actually experienced during the many strange UFO encounters that occurred throughout his life. The drawings include short comments that convey to you what happened, where and when it happened.
Volume 1: How it all began – “Discovery” and the more simple encounters – an astonishing extensive detailed account describing what happened and how it happened…includes many illustrations as above. This book was written “for the record.” – Prologue, Foreword, Psychological Opinion, Introduction, Overview, and Chapters 1 through 8, plus Author’s History.
♦ Read Eminent Discovery Illustration Picture Book to get a general visual and written overview of the amazing things that happened.
♦ Read Eminent Discovery old version or the new two volumes 1 & 2 to understand more deeply what happened and how it happened. Eminent Discovery was written for the record.
♦ Read To Earth From Heavento discover what it all means and might mean.
***Eminent Discovery Illustration Picture Book — This very unusual true story is briefly told through 170 excellent freehand drawings. The drawings represent what author/artist John Foster and those who were with him actually experienced during the many strange UFO encounters that occurred throughout his life. The drawings include short comments that convey to you what happened, where and when it happened. –“Eclectic and penetrating personal examination of a very complex phenomenon. The exceptional illustrations really helped add another dimension of strangeness to the high strangeness within.” – Gerald J. Gaura — Kindle version $7.95, Paperback $9.95.
*** Eminent Discovery is the primary book that reveals John’s Eminent Discovery in some detail. It includes over 140 of his drawings and many narrations conveying to you some of the unbelievable episodes that mysteriously and unexpectedly confronted John and the other people who were with him for more than forty six years. The encounters occurred from the time he was born in 1937 until he was 48 years old. He briefly compares what happened with modern and ancient science, religion, and history. This story strongly supports the Ancient Alien hypothesis, as well as other modern so-called UFO encounters. (The black cover “Eminent Discovery” eventually will be discontinued.) — “The ridicule factor is alive and well in both UFOlogy and the skeptics point of view. But nowhere will you find such extraordinary experiences written from the perspective of a reasonable person who is so careful to think on both sides.” — Steve Snodgrass, mental health practitioner, in-depth UFO researcher
The Forward is by R. Leo Sprinkle, PhD (Professor Emeritus/researcher/experiencer) – The Psychological Opinion is by Fowler Jones, PhD (Professor Emeritus/researcher) – Comments From Others in Appendix A are by Donna Henriksen, PhD (Professor Emeritus/researcher); Bob Teets (writer/editor/researcher/experiencer); Donald Ware, MS (renown researcher/experiencer); Wendell Stevens (renown researcher); Joe Lewells, PhD (renown researcher/experiencer); and Annie Foster (wife/experiencer) – Comments From Witnesses in Appendix B are by Bob Collingsworth (pseudonym/experiencer), Karen Beaman (daughter/experiencer), Kindra Foster (daughter/experiencer), and Brad Foster (son/experiencer). — Volumes 1 & 2 Kindle version $9.95, Volumes 1 & 2 Paperback $14.95 ea.
*** To Earth From Heaven continues with other encounter narrations. — Comments by Steve Snodgrass, mental health practitioner, UFO investigator: — “John rationalizes and speculates more thoroughly about what it all means…and what it might mean. John touches base with some of his complex experiences, and then journeys into philosophical inquiry to imagine how in the world what he experiences can make sense. This is not a book of instruction. It is a book of questions, of inquiry, and hypothesis to describe things most people would rather sit back and avoid. In other words, you can take the “red pill” and remain content in the reality you’ve constructed and have been conditioned to see. Or you can buy this book and take the “blue pill” and see a universe much more like the matrix than you are afraid to admit. Have courage. John Foster has plenty of it.” — Kindle version $9.95, Paperback $14.95.
…a video of John Foster’s talk to the 2001 International UFO Congress Convention — It is recommended that you watch short parts of the video, taking breaks between the parts, especially if you are watching with others – 1 hour and 25 minutes.
If you have been following the articles posted on this website or have read the books I’ve written, you already realize or at least can conjecture that there actually are normally unseen intelligences who somewhat influence or manipulate ideas, beliefs and/or events in our human culture.
I experienced one encounter when I was 15 years old at Chadron State Park in Nebraska, during the summer of 1953, that indicated these mysterious intellegences do indeed manipulate, not only healthy societal conditions in our country, but also some of our political programs that aid cultural groups such as the middle class to upgrade their ability to afford family houses. The mysterious intelligences I was told and shown, during other encounters, are connected to Biblical history and the Arch Angels Michael and Gabriel. Continue reading →
The following is part of Chapter Ten in the book Eminent Discovery – UFOs Living Within And Beyond The Five Senses – Volume 2. It describes a period in the afternoon when we encountered strange little discs being ridden by small strange creatures…at Bog Lake which was in the deep wilderness a few miles north of Dubois, Wyoming…mid summer 1956. It’s interesting that my father was Chief of the Nebraska State Fisheries and Assistant Director of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission before, during, and after that time. It’s also interesting that I and those who were with me also encountered “the voice” while riding in craft at other locations where we were given lectures and instructions concerning the well being of fish and wildlife, as well as their habitat. Continue reading →
UFO craft, “The Voice,” and something unseen mysteriously appeared and interrupted a Christian Passion Play rehearsal inside the Bethany Christian Church in Lincoln, Nebraska…….sometime during the early 1950s.
One year when I was a young teenager, living in the suburb community of Bethany, I was asked to participate in the Passion Play inside our local church. It would have been in early Spring of 1949 through 1951. It was most likely 1951 when I was 14 years old because a neighborhood boy and friend who was a couple of years younger than me also was asked to participate.
We were to join older boys playing guards at the tomb of Jesus after he was crucified. We were all dress in the guard garb of the time of Jesus, with metal helmets that had a metal spike on top of each helmet. Continue reading →
Eminent Discovery Volume 1 and Volume 2 and its companion book To Earth From Heaven offer you a true story about an incredible journey…an expedition of truth and understanding. If you can believe it, it is a voyage that will surely change your perception of human reality on Earth since the beginning of time. Written in the form of an authentic saga/report, it boldly touches the very nature and meaning of life and UFOs. It is conveyed very sincerely by the experiencer.
An astonishing tale of John Foster’s personal experience, this story spans well over one-half century … from the despair and poverty of the Great Depression and World War II to the recent “best time to be alive in human history.” It blankets an area from coast to coast and from Canada to Mexico. Yet, it primarily occurs in Middle America. Continue reading →
From Chapter Seven of the bookEminent Discovery – Volume 1
I stood on the sidewalk, longing to pick the neighbor’s flowers. I had picked them the day before and had, as a consequence, been confined inside our house by my mother. She wanted to impress upon me that one does not pick someone else’s flowers. Like any other two or three year old, I began to develop my anger; I thought she unfairly punished me. It seemed to me the flowers grew simply for the purpose of picking. Their brilliant colors always seemed to fascinated me, to the point where I couldn’t leave them alone.
I turned and saw my mother watching through the screen door from across the street. My punishment had been severe enough, I knew: Should I moved toward the flowers, I’d be in trouble again. I turned back and suddenly saw three or four small discs bobbing and weaving low to the ground in our neighbors back yard. I got puzzled because I didn’t remember seeing anything like it before. Continue reading →
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