{"id":434,"date":"2021-05-03T01:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T01:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/?p=434"},"modified":"2021-05-03T01:14:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T01:14:58","slug":"close-encounters-the-survival-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/?p=434","title":{"rendered":"Close Encounters &#8212; THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;Close Encounter&#8221; describes an Event in which a person witnesses an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) &#8212; derived from Ufologist J. Allen Hynek &#8216;s classification in his 1972 book, <em>The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY features many <strong>Out-Of-This-World Encounters<\/strong> &#8212; the kind that tingle your spine &#8230; and make you Wonder about your Place in the Universe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Book 1 A GLEAM OF LIGHT<\/p>\n<p>The story begins with a <strong>documented UFO event<\/strong> (May 25, 1995) &#8212; America West Flight 564 enroute from Florida to Las Vegas around 9:20 p.m. &#8212; when a flight officer reports something strange. The crew witnesses a \u201crow of bright white lights\u201d, part of a solid object. In the captain&#8217;s words: &#8220;\u2026the length is unbelievable!&#8221; Our central character, Una Waters (age 8) is on that Flight.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-one years later, a plea for help brings Una back to her roots in Hopiland, where she seeks advice from old &#8216;spirit woman&#8217; Kuwanyauma. When she speaks, it is like <strong>hearing Ancient Voices<\/strong>. Una learns about the Four Races in Hopi Mythology &#8212; and the roles of Guardianship given to each by the Great Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Una ventures into the night desert with friends, hoping to find the Mystery Cave that has sparked controversy and triggered a U.S. Army invasion of the Sacred Peaks. Near the cave entrance, she is <strong>attacked by a beastly creature<\/strong> known as a SKINWALKER (To the Navajos &#8230; &#8216;he who walks on all fours&#8217;.)<\/p>\n<p>The Mystery Cave reveals an ancient underground city &#8212; Palatkwapi &#8212; part of Hopi Mythology about the five Ages of Mankind, and Help with our SURVIVAL from one Age to the next &#8212; from beings referred to as the &#8220;Ant People&#8221;. <strong>UNA discovers an Ancient Artifact<\/strong> &#8212; the Hopi Rattle &#8212; and its power to open &#8220;doorways&#8221; to other Dimensions.<\/p>\n<p>Book 2 THE DRAGON&#8217;S GLARE<\/p>\n<p>Three years later, Una comes face-to-face with <strong>the gaping maw of a Chinese Dragon<\/strong> &#8212; at the New Year&#8217;s parade in Chinatown, New York City. Unexplained events, including a cyberbreach at the NYPD and an episode of &#8220;Missing Time&#8221; will lead to an Out-Of-This-World Encounter &#8212; that confirms Una&#8217;s childhood beliefs in Sky People.<\/p>\n<p>At the 5th Precinct in Chinatown, RUFUS (resident computer geek and symbology expert) tries to analyze <strong>mysterious Graffiti<\/strong> left at a crime scene during the Chinese New Year parade. UNA and Maddie, on special assignment from D.C., will need his help.<\/p>\n<p>With Maddie&#8217;s help, Una befriends the owners of a Chinese restaurant &#8212; Lao-Chi. The grandfather, MR. LAO, a <strong>Tibetan Lama with mystical powers<\/strong>, offers her timely advice derived from Ancient Wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>Una comes to realize that she is being followed by a mysterious stranger in Chinatown. She finally meets him Face-to-Face late one night at the Hayden Planetarium &#8212; to discover that he&#8217;s an <strong>Otherworldly Visitor<\/strong>. Una calls him CASPER &#8212; because he reminds her of a &#8220;friendly ghost&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Book 3 BEYOND THE WORLD<\/p>\n<p>One year later, during her &#8216;Honeymoon Adventure&#8217; in Yosemite, Una discovers <strong>a UFO Mystery<\/strong> at Upper Young Lake with the help of new friends from Explorer&#8217;s Club &#8212; and coincidentally &#8212; encounters &#8220;maybe the biggest OWL&#8221; she ever saw.<\/p>\n<p>The UFO (combined with <strong>dead birds falling from the sky<\/strong>) has UNA all shook up. She calls for Help &#8212; from the one person who would believe her &#8212; Jack Howser, investigator of UFOs and all things Paranormal from Books 1 &amp; 2. Jack will not let her down.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after entering forgotten Indian Caves to elude a military man-hunt, Una and friends discover <strong>Living Pterosaurs<\/strong> &#8212; and their role transporting contaminated water from Yosemite to major cities like Sacramento. It&#8217;s all part of an ALIEN Conspiracy to take over planet Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Tracking a series of Otherworldly Campsites &#8212; with clear signs of Terra-forming and genetic manipulation to recreate plants and animals considered to be Extinct &#8212; leads UNA to &#8220;OI&#8221; &#8212; one of the <strong>Alien-Human Hybrid<\/strong> camp inhabitants, being trained for Earthly occupation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Out-Of-This-World Encounters<\/strong>, the kind that tingle your spine and make you Wonder about your Place in the Universe &#8230; can CHANGE your life Forever &#8212; the way Flight 564 did for Una Waters in A GLEAM OF LIGHT.<\/p>\n<p>You may also find that Reading THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY &#8230; will change Yours.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-435\" src=\"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/board-promo-close-encounters-02.jpg\" alt=\"board-promo-close-encounters-02\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/board-promo-close-encounters-02.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/board-promo-close-encounters-02-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/board-promo-close-encounters-02-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/board-promo-close-encounters-02-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/board-promo-close-encounters-02-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Close Encounters &#8212; THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY. 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