FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   Contact Person: James Harder
     May 18, 1992                                            510 548-2810


               DR. JAMES HARDER WARNS AGAINST TACTICS EMPLOYED
               IN CURRENT CBS MINI-SERIES ON EXTRATERRESTRIALS

Dr. James Harder, professor emeritus at UC Berkeley with 35  years  experience
researching  the  field  of  extraterrestrial (ET) and UFO studies, has warned
against believing that what is shown in the current CBS series is  representa-
tive of all of what we know about visitations from ET beings.

He has stated that he and other researchers who have  had  unbiased  clientele
have  exhaustive  evidence  of  benevolent encounters wherein humans have been
given  messages  of  encouragement  in  working  for  the  planet's  survival;
encouragement  for  helping  human  survival in terms of non-violence, care of
children, and limiting the sheer numbers of humans that can reasonably inhabit
earth; and that some have been given powers we now consider paranormal such as
various forms of mental telepathy and gifts of special healing.  Beyond  this,
many  humans  have  been medically helped/cured of diseases, some of which are
simply categorized by most medical professionals as "miracles".

The visitations which are benevolent are at least  10  times  more  prevalent,
though  not  as  well known, as those which are less sensitive to humans.  Dr.
Harder stated that there are many experiences recorded in his files where  his
clients  have  rather  sadly  remembered that they were unhappy to see a visit
end, and in many cases  longed  for  the  time  when  they  would  meet  their
"friends" again.

Dr. Harder has further warned scientists who may  be  becoming  interested  in
this  field that they should be aware of the strong government interest in the
information that is being made available.  The cover-up which has been evident
for  at  least  45  years is alive and well, and there remains strong evidence
pointing to various disinformation and malinformation campaigns by highly com-
petent  and skilled "secret" government agencies.  One of their purposes seems
to be to instill fear in the public so as to control our response to extrater-
restrial  interaction.   A  favorite  method is to exploit the interest of the
mass media in presenting bad news.  They are also suspected of assisting, in a
covert  way,  in the publication of books that emphasize the most fearsome and
startling episodes of visitations.

One motivation is that some in the government  think  we  need  enemies.   The
current  series  ``Intruders'' on CBS may serve as an example of how the media
can be co-opted into such a program, though perhaps inadvertently.  Dr. Harder
feels  the ETs seem to be the newly adopted "threat" to earth, so that defense
spending (especially Star Wars technology) can  be  continued  and  the  power
represented in the military-industrial complex can survive.

Dr. Harder and another noted researcher of over 35 years,  Dr.  Leo  Sprinkle,
who  has  also had extensive contact with humans who have had a broad range of
encounters, will be presenting research papers  and  workshops  regarding  the
numbers  and  nature  of ET visits at a conference in Denver this weekend, May
22-24, 1992.  He will also be attending a conference at MIT on the "abduction"
experience, June 13-17, 1992.