The Contact Has Begun: The True Story of a Journalist's Encounter with Alien Beings (Paperback)

by Phillip Krapf (Author) "I awoke with a start and found the bedroom bathed in a bluish, iridescent light..." (more)
Key Phrases: intergalactic federation, star travelers, absolute intelligence, Deputy Envoys, Los Angeles Times, American Southwest (more...)

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Product Description
According to the author, alien beings who have been observing the Earth for 1,000 years have decided that the time has come for mankind to be invited into the Intergalactic Federation of Sovereign Planets. In this amazing yet completely true story, former "Los Angeles Times" copy editor Phillip H. Krapf tells the story of one person's recruitment as the official chronicler of this event.

About the Author

Phillip H. Krapf worked for 25 years as an editor on the metro desk at the Los Angeles Times. During that time, he shared in a Pulitzer Priz e as a member of the Metro team that covered the L.A. riots of 1992. B efore his retirement in 1993, Krapf had spent a total of 30 years in t he newspaper business, starting out as a cub reporter and eventually b ecoming managing editor of a suburban newspaper in the San Fernando Va lley, before moving on to the LA Times. He has remained active in reti rement as a freelance writer, and lives with his wife in Southern Cali fornia.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 157 pages
• Publisher: Hay House (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561705063
• ISBN-13: 978-1561705061
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #219,614 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There isn't just one answer out there., April 8, 2000

By A Customer

I read this book in July of 1999. I found Mr Krapf's account interesting and encouraging and I admire his courage in following through and writing this book. I thought he told his story in an honest, direct, and non-sensational way. Like many other readers, I sincerely hope this account is true. I don't believe he is perpetrating a hoax and I don't think he is crazy. Also, I hope we don't "flunk" as a species and get bound to this planet for who knows how long. I'm 42 years old and I would love to see major, peaceful changes occur on this planet.

I am a psychologist and I have read extensively about the abduction experience because I believe something real is happening and I want to understand it's impact on people. I just read through all the other reviews. I suspect we will never know the whole complex truth about the various species visiting our planet from other worlds. Verdants don't seem to interfere with the work of other groups, so similar looking humanoid beings may be doing genetic research, or all kinds of things the Verdants don't feel responsible to address. This is only the very tip of the iceberg in terms of the information Mr. Krapf said would be released. I'm waiting, right along with the rest of you.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars FOR THE 80% WHO BELIEVE IN THE TRUTH, April 18, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

Bought & read it yesterday. Entralled by wishful thinking, yet appalled by the use of "truth". This journalist should have submitted his story to the rag publications - not to be in the category of "author". Noticed some blatant tricks of the novel trade, whereby names (when scrambled about) spell out clues to the meaning of the story or character: Gwantelmipsa can unscramble to "a wet sampling" or "I want sample". The first initial of each of the 11 aliens (on the committee)spells out "dark meeting" and the initials of all the committees (pg. 147) when put together, spells out "CIA species of hope" along with such words as "spaceship", and "spoof". Verdant/servant(?). Much wordplay to disclaim his event. Lots of unanswered questions and (in the face of an immense UFO community of people who HAVE lived through contact)a hard-to-believe slap-in-the-face response to his amazing event: "My life has not been transformed..." Food for thought: would "absolute intelligent" beings choose ONE journalist to write a very thin book to sit among the thousand of UFO books, in hopes that we get a global message? (Wouldn't they choose a group from around the globe to unitely undertake the "white paper"`project?)

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Easy To Read & Interesting, But Fact or Fiction?, April 26, 2000

By A Customer

If what is written in this book is true, I will wish I would have given this a five star rating. There are two things which give me a glimmer of hope that this may be true. The first is Mr. Krapf's solid background with the L.A. Times. People with solid track records usually don't flip out on us. The second is the fact that he has give us a timetable. We're going to know in a relatively short period of time whether Mr. Krapf had the most fantastic experience a human could ever have & planet Earth is in for quite a treat, or if he was having a very boring retirement & needed some attention. It doesn't make sense that he would interrupt his peaceful & well deserved retirement with the ridicule & shame of a charlatan! Nevertheless, I am still inclined to believe at this point in time that Mr. Krapf has engaged in deceit, or has become delusional. I sure hope I am wrong! If some prominent individuals in the near future start talking about a huge spaceship the other side of the moon housing a species who call themselves Verdants, I will, of course, be able to change my mind. It goes without saying that this story needs much corroboration! Even still, I recommend the book.