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After They Came

UFO shootdowns have led many people to wonder: what actually happened and where did those objects come from?

Anything that a human being sees in the sky that THEY can’t explain is, on its face, an “unidentified flying object.” But that certainly does NOT mean that it’s an alien spaceship from another planet, star system or dimension.

In today’s modern world, there could be dozens of Earthly explanations for someone seeing something “up there” that looks unusual but is simply a new technology being tested by the U.S. Government or by another foreign country.

Dan Harary is an author and UFO experiencer and researcher of 20 years. His experiences led him to write a sci-fi novel, “After They Came,” that explores the prospect of benevolent aliens seeking to help humans rather than hurt us.

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And of course, balloons and drones come in hundreds of different shapes, colors and sizes,” UFO experiencer and expert Dan Harary explains. Dan experienced three UFO sightings throughout his life. During my lifetime I’ve seen three UFO’s. In 1970, when I was 14, my dad and I saw an enormous, silver, ‘Flying V’ UFO, slowly and silently hovering directly over our heads above my childhood street. While I was jumping up and down with excitement, my father nonchalantly observed the craft flying above us, without expression – he then winked at me and said, ‘Let’s go home now.’ The unbelievable sight didn’t rattle or amaze him in the least. It was only after he died in 2017 that I remembered the wink. It was then I realized for the very first time in my life that my father, who designed radar, missiles and drones for the U.S. Army for 45 years, must have known what that UFO really was,” Harary exclaims.

His other encounters with UFOs occurred years later, and Dan believes that people who are open-minded to UFOs are more likely to experience these extraordinary events.“In addition to my 1970 UFO sighting, I also experienced two other UFO events - in 1994, high in the sky above the Lancaster, California high desert, I saw a bright white object quickly travel from one end of the sky to the other – then stop – then reverse its course by returning to its original point of origin! Since no comet, asteroid or satellite - or any other man made object could do that, I believe that was an extraterrestrial craft.

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And in 2008, while spending a weekend at James Gilliland’s ECETI Ranch in Washington State during a UFO Conference, I witnessed a bright, lime green UFO suddenly appear directly overhead, blink its lights on and off three times, then vanish into thin air. I’m not 100% sure that was an “alien” craft, but it sure felt that way at the time. I believe people who are open-minded and open to allowing new ideas and experiences to enter into their lives are likely more apt to see a real life UFO than someone who is completely shut off to the very notion of extraterrestrial life. I’ve also heard dozens of accounts of people - around the world - who have experienced countless UFO sightings during their lives and I believe they have been ‘chosen’ by our Friends in the Sky to have been blessed with those sightings as a gift.”

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