Hi all. I'm new here, and found this forum rather serendipitously. I'd been thinking a lot recently about encounters I have had and wondering if other people had experienced similar things. After reading several posts, I see that I am not alone in my experiences. I'd like to share mine and ask for your feedback - any of it familiar or interesting or odd in any way?

From my earliest memories, I would be visited every so often in my dreams by groups of 3 or more little grey people. I would see them sort of suspended over the planet - they were in a vessel, but I could see them clearly. The vessel was backlit by the stars. They were extremely friendly, and I recall strong feelings of affection towards them. They would talk to me telepathically, and the gist was always that they were happy to see me and coming by to say hi and check on me. When I think of them, the strongest visual memory I have is of a group of several of them waving their hands frantically in greeting. I still smile in remembrance.

I recall mentioning them to my family members, who were always kind and acknowledging of my little friends. I assume they credited my active imagination. These visits continued all throughout my childhood. I was always so pleased when they dropped by to say hi. I was never afraid of them at all (actually, I was never afraid of monsters under the bed or anything. I had this trick of surrounding myself with warm, golden light which protected me. Not sure where I picked it up, but I've always had it).

It wasn't until 3rd or 4th grade that I started hearing/reading about "UFOs" and the fact that people referred to the pictures of my friends as "bad" or "scary" or "completely made-up." I guess I had assumed that everyone had the same experiences, and I was sad and confused. I learned to keep my friends to myself, but I never changed my opinion of them.

They continued visiting me on and off all through my youth. The visits became more sporadic as I got older, then became rare. I guess it had been almost a decade since I had seen them, when about 3 years ago, they came back! I was delighted and excited to see them. And they were equally enthusiastic about seeing me. They said that they had come by to talk to me and then to find something out. So we "chatted." I asked them lots of questions (which I hadn't had the presence of mind to do as a child). I asked if they had been around our planet for a long time and they indicated to me that they had coordinated building the Central/South American pyramids to help people read the stars. Same for Egypt, but there was a slightly different context there. This information was presented with pictures and actions (like a VR presentation). I asked if there were others like them or like me in the universe, and I was treated to the most amazing vision/sensation - I could FEEL the universe, and it was TEEMING with intelligent life. This back and forth went on for some time.

Finally, they let me know that they wanted to find out if I COULD COME TO THEM by myself. As in, could I go up there and meet them? I've been moving my energy around my whole life, so I said, "yes I can, watch this!!" I was so excited to show them I could, I immediately visualized myself shooting up through the atmosphere to find them in space. About what I thought was halfway up, they met me and were like.... "no no no! You are sending your body! Don't do that!! Go back and only send up your spirit, you have to be more careful!" I'm still not sure what that was about, because my body was still in bed. But i went back into it and then visualized myself as a ball of light and sent that up instead. They were extremely pleased, and said that it was exactly what they wanted to know. And now that they knew it, they'd go on their way and come say hi again another time.

I got the very strong feeling that something changed after they acknowledged that I could send myself to them, but I'm not sure what it is. I haven't seen them since, but I would like to very much. I still think of them as my friends.

So - that was a lot to read, thanks for hanging in there. Do any of my experiences sound familiar to anyone? Anything ring any bells? Do you think they'll come back?