... a very close encounter of a very third kind ... (life coach, counselor, psychotherapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, philippines)

it’s been quite a while since i profiled an interesting character worthy of being featured on my blog. so it’s a good thing to have chanced upon john roque, a friend of mine, who intimated to me an experience that shook his world. yup, you guessed it (or did you?)! he had a true-to-life encounter with a UFO!

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in brief, his story goes like this: one early evening, in a subdivision in pila, laguna, he was standing at a busy sidewalk with his mom and brother. far away in the sky, the three of them spotted a red flickering light. at first, they were willing to dismiss it as just one of those red lights on tall towers which warn low flying aircrafts to take caution.

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all of a sudden however, they saw the red flickering light dance and change into different colors. soon, the dancing lights became recognizable as an object which was slowly flying towards them. in a few seconds, the unidentified flying object hovered above them and as they gazed at it, they shook in both amazement and terror. at that moment, it seemed like time stood still for them (a “time warp,” he says). the road changed in appearance into a greyish sepia-like color and it seemed that no one else was there but the three of them. 
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asked to describe what the spacecraft looked like, john mentioned that it was massive- the size of many football fields. rather than looking like a solid vehicle, it looked gaseous with dancing orange flames. It had numerous small portals yet the shape of the spacecraft was undefined. after a few seconds, the spacecraft whizzed through the air and suddenly disappeared.
. john, his brother, and his mom were left awestruck and dumbfounded. they regained awareness of their environment which was exactly the way it was before they sighted and experienced the UFO.
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in the months that followed, john noticed a strange phenomenon in himself. he was giving off sparks from his fingertips especially when he touched things. whenever this happened, it was so painful that he had to wrap his hands in towels to prevent the sparks. over a period of months, the sparks disappeared. 

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since then, john gained a strong consciousness that extra-terrestrial beings are just around the corner. he dreads the thought that someday, another UFO encounter might take place and fears that they may do something terrible to him. the experience has also left john with a sense of isolation since people simply scoff at and dismiss his story.
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there! wasn’t that interesting?
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john’s story left me in deep reflective mode.
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pondering over the possibility of extra-terrestrial life has raised in me a lot of difficult questions about God and about the purpose and meaning of life in general.