From: Stig Agermose <interstate@supernews.com>
Date: 12 Apr 1998 08:09:53 -0000
Fwd Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:34:55 -0400
Subject: Strieber On Father Balducci

My server is down at the moment so I'm using another one. The
email below was received via "alt.ufo.reports" and Deja News.

Stig

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Subject: Whitley Strieber comments on Monsignor Corrado Balducci (fwd)
From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: 1998/04/11
Message-ID:   <6goneo$72k@basement.replay.com>
Newsgroups:   alt.alien.visitors,alt.ufo.reports,alt.paranet.ufo,alt.conspiracy.area51


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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 12:28:19 -0500
To: UFOLAWYER1@AOL.COM
From: Whitley Strieber <xtrl@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Monsignor Corrado Balducci

Dear Peter:

Msgr. Balducci is entirely real, and much of what he has been
saying about the visitors is accurately presented in Boylan's
statement. In addition, I understand that he has been doing a
good deal of television recently. I know the Monsignor through
Michael Hesseman and have talked to him personally about his
views. He has given me an interview that is going to be published
in my new book Confirmation, and in it he makes substantially the
same statements about the need to stop fooling ourselves that the
contact situation is psychological, and he makes the point that
it is dangerous for Christians to ignore the testimony of
millions if they are to accept the testimony of just a few as the
basis of doctrine. He also discusses his contention that the
visitors are not demons, and mentions that the subject matter is
of special interest to the Church and the Christian community.

Msgr. Balducci told me personally when I asked him about his
relationship to the pope that he knows the pope and is friendly
with him. When I asked him if the pope was aware of his views on
UFOs, he said that they had not discussed the matter per se, but
had talked together about issues of demonology.

Boylan is also accurate in describing Msgr. Balducci as an expert
on demonology. He has published on the subject and has been the
exorcist for the Archdiocese of Rome. It is because of his
expertise in this field that there is reason for Christians to
regard his views on the question of whether or not the visitors
are demons as an authoritative one.

In the interview I have, he did not mention anything about Papal
nuncios reporting information to the Vatican on a formal basis,
or the existence of a commission to deal with the issue.

He has personally read and agreed to every detail of the
translation, and it is completely accurate. It will be published
as an appendix to Confirmation, which should be in the stores by
April 15.

In the interest of accuracy, I would very much appreciate your
reposting of this letter to the same list that has received the
previous two posts.

Sincerely yours,

Whitley Strieber


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