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==Sheldan Nidle==
Sheldan Nidle claims he had extraterrestrial and UFO experiences shortly after his birth on November 11, 1946.<ref name=Helland2000p140/>  Claiming he was contacted by ETs from the planet [[Sirius]],<ref name=Lamy2000p560/><ref name=Palmer2003p333>Palmer, Susan (2003) p333</ref><ref>Wojcik, Daniel (2003) p293</ref>  Nidle stated that his experiences consisted of such events as [[telepathy|telepathic communication]], being taught aboard spacecraft, and gaining knowledge from 'direct core [[alien implants|implants]]'.<ref name=Helland2000p140/> In 1994 he published a book ''You're Becoming a Galactic Human'' in which he describes a boyhood encounter with extraterrestrials who landed in his backyard. Since 1955, he has claimed to be in regular communication with ETs through telepathy and 'direct core knowledge inserts'.  However, he states that when he was 14 years old, he put an end to extraterrestrial communication because he was expected to fulfil his mission as a 'star seed from Sirius', and there was too much conflict between terrestrial and extraterrestrial knowledge.   He then became vice-president of the Amateur Astronomers Club and worked on a film on [[Nikola Tesla]].<ref name=Helland2000p140/><ref name=Palmer2003p333/>

He attended Ohio University and [[University of Southern California]], graduating with an M.A. in Southeast Asian government and an M.A. in American politics and international public administration.  After beginning a PhD program, he left this to research alternative energy sources.  He claims he was contacted again in the mid-80s by extraterrestrial forces, namely the "Galactic Federation", whom he now represents as a lecturer.<ref name=Helland2000p140/>