Guatemalan Scientist Attempts Extraterrestrial Taxonomy (1994)

 

Guatemalan Scientist Attempts Extraterrestrial Taxonomy

 GUATEMALA (EFE) -- A Guatemalan researcher, unsatisfied with mere belief in the existence of extraterrestrial life forms, has gone even deeper into his studies to classify some 30 varieties by shape and size in a compendium to appear in Guatemala. The "extraterrestrial" taxonomy was compiled based upon eyewitness testimonies and will provide hitherto unknown information.

 Its author is Oscar Rafael Padilla, an attorney and Ph.D. who has dedicated 30 of his 51 years to the research of the UFO phenomenon. He is also President of the Asociación Internacional de Estudios Científicos sobre el Fenómeno OVNI (AINECFOV) with over 500 affiliates throughout the country. As part of the classification, Padilla and his associates took into consideration such characteristics as the existence--or lack of--hair, eye type, body shape and similarities to the human body, among others.

 One of the species portrayed in the catalogue, which is entitled Clasificación Exobiológica de Entidades Extraterrestres (Exobiological Classification of Extraterrestrial Entities), is characterized by its large head and eyes in relation to the thinness of its body. The being has been classified as belonging to the family Homidia (due to its resemblance to humans), order Primates (due to its walking on two extremities), subclass Euteria (since they are allegedly placental mammals).Padilla, who is currently the president of the World Federation of Parapsychology and Associated Sciences, headquartered in Panama and with branches in Europe, Asia and Africa, hopes to publish his book in 20 days.

 AINVECFOV's goal is to fully understand the intentions and peculiarities of the "extraterrestrials" and make them known to humans, thus avoiding the fear that can be produced during "contact episodes".

 "We're not alone in the Universe, because intelligence is not exclusive to humankind. Rather, it is shared with other civilizations." the scientist stated. Throughout his career, Padilla has found references in books and archaeological finds about the relationships that existed among ancient civilizations.

 In 1950, after several months of investigation throughout Guatemala, Padilla discovered a sculpture some 6 meters tall and 4 meters wide, weighing some 20 tons. The figure, erected in the distant past in the jungle of what is now a private estate in San Felipe Zapotitlán, Ratahuleu, in southwestern Guatemala, is a representation of an Egyptian, Padilla explains. The discovery is proof of the cultural exchange which took place between pre-Columbian America and other continents.

 Although there is myriad evidence of such a transmigration, Padilla takes the matter one step further, declaring that they had--and still have--"contact" with extraterrestrials, who have come to assist in the development and evolution of all peoples. As proof of this, Padilla recalls a stele that was on display in Guatemala's Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology until its removal in 1990, when it was transferred to Japan for scientific study, according to his own research. The stele portrays the figure of a being with enormous ears, three-fingered hands, elongated legs, no feet, and two strange filaments on its head which, in Padilla's opinion, constitute "antennae".

To date, the association has documented some 30 specific close encounters of the second and third kinds, from persons who claim having been abducted and manipulated by entities.

[Translation ©1995 S. Corrales,  IHU].