![]() These people really need someone to talk to because they feel like, ‘Who the heck is going to believe that’? They want someone to listen to them, to talk to and believe them," Conwell said. “I’ve had such a response over the years. “If people tell me weird stuff I’ve never imagined, or have something really unique and didn’t just tell me what I wanted to hear, those I believe in. When people hit me with too many of the same kind of comments or it sounds like it came from a movie or someone else, I can tell they’re just trying to convince me,” Conwell said. “It took me about six months to figure out what was really going on, who was giving me a line and who wasn’t. Over the years, he has learned to parse out what stories he finds bogus.Įven if these inquiries don’t lead him to the answers about what life exists outside Earth, Conwell has found that his willingness to believe and engage with experiencers and abductees has provided some essential good. He acknowledges that once “Hollywood got involved” in the 1990s and 2000s, that the amount of people claiming these experiences exploded. It was very disturbing.”Ĭonwell has heard or been emailed abduction and alien encounter stories from more people than he can count. There was only a certain amount she could go up to (when sharing),” Conwell said. “Shayleen told her story to Anna, but held back a lot. When she told me about all the stuff that happened to her, people breaking into her home, taking her places, beating her up, I was traumatized, I wasn’t sleeping. “Shayleen gave the best stories of anyone who told me about what they were experiencing. “During one conversation I had with Anna, I told her about how messed up these stories made me, and the stress I feel when I learn about abductions,” Conwell said. We tallied the votes from this year’s Best of the Capital Region contest in 100 categories. Conwell answered with a, “Sure, why not?” and shared his interactions with the experiencer (one who’s had a physical encounter with extraterrestrial life) story that caused him the most mental and emotional stress, that of Shayleen.Īs “The Night Visitants” lays out, Shayleen was the victim of decades of intense physical and emotional abuse and trauma from her husband and what she and Conwell believe to be extraterrestrials. Manalo was intrigued by a story he shared on Facebook and asked if he’d be interested in working on a book. “Anna wrote a book called ‘Unholy Structure’ about a guy who had a whole series of events happen to him, and she saw one of these posts.” On my Facebook page, several times a week I’ll say some generalized comments about UFOs like, ‘They’re here, watching,’ or I’ll say something I thought happened to me or someone else,” he added. “This was more telling a story, a totally different direction. I take that data and try to do something different, to see what’s happened from the 1950s to the present day. I’ve broken this down by state and in some cases, by an area within a state. ![]() These sightings fall into about 50 different types. since this information was first recorded in 1950. “There have been 170,000 UFO sightings in the U.S. “I’m used to taking massive amounts of data and putting it through the meat grinder,” Conwell said. The book is based on the real-life story of a woman, referred to as “Shayleen,” who reached out to Conwell to share traumatic events that she believed happen to her as a result of extraterrestrial abduction.įor Conwell, working in the realm of narrative as opposed to processing and reconciling data he’s picked up from the National UFO Reporting Center and the Mutual UFO Network, was an entirely different experience. “The Night Visitants,” a paranormal thriller Conwell co-authored with genre specialist Anna Maria Manalo, will be released April 18. One of these interactions spawned Conwell's latest book and a new direction. ![]() These pursuits have also brought him into regular contact with those who’ve said they’ve had a physical encounter with extraterrestrial life. ![]() That willingness to talk about it led Conwell to pursue ufology or the study of UFOs, author four books, track three UFO sightings nationwide from the 1950s to the present day, and study a connection between earthquakes and UFOs. “Some people are quiet, some jump in wholeheartedly.” “I don’t have a problem talking about it I’m really forward and will throw out what I believe,” Conwell said. “I joined a paranormal group and they were looking for someone interested in UFOs,” he said.
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