Brief
Kary Mullis
The claims the writer was given for Kary Mullis, in the order they were given.
1
During his 1985 Anderson Valley cabin encounter, Kary Mullis saw something glowing under a fir tree that appeared to be a raccoon and that spoke to him, saying "Good evening, doctor."
“at the far end of the path, under a fir tree, there was something glowing... It seemed to be a raccoon... The raccoon spoke. 'Good evening, doctor,' it said.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:1379-1554 testimony first hand
2
After his encounter with the talking glowing raccoon, Kary Mullis next recalled walking along a road uphill from his house early the next morning, with no memory of the roughly six intervening hours.
“The next thing I remember, it was early in the morning. I was walking along a road uphill from my house... some six hours had gone by, all unaccounted for.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:1791-1905 testimony first hand
3
Kary Mullis's flashlight went missing during his 1985 Anderson Valley cabin encounter and he was never able to find it.
“His flashlight was missing; he has never been able to find it.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:1997-2056 testimony first hand
4
Kary Mullis showed no signs of injury or bruising after his 1985 Anderson Valley cabin encounter, despite the missing time.
“There were no signs of injury or bruising.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:2060-2093 observation first hand
5
Kary Mullis is an American biochemist.
“Dr. Kary Mullis, an American biochemist.”
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6
About a year after his 1985 encounter, Kary Mullis fired rounds of ammunition into the woods on his property to exorcise the fear the area had come to hold for him.
“A year or so later Mullis exorcised this fear John Wayne-style by firing rounds of ammunition into the woods.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:2402-2505 testimony first hand
7
On a Friday night in 1983-04, Kary Mullis was driving to his Anderson Valley cabin in Mendocino County, California, when he conceived the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a method for making unlimited copies of DNA.
“On a Friday night in April 1983, Mullis was driving up to his Anderson Valley cabin in Mendocino County in northern California... Mullis made one of the great discoveries of modern chemistry—the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:256-507 administrative
8
Kary Mullis stated he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol on the night of his 1985 Anderson Valley cabin encounter.
“Mullis states he was not under the influence of either that night.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:3229-3289 testimony first hand
9
Kary Mullis's daughter, Louise Mullis, once disappeared for about three hours after wandering down the same hill near the Anderson Valley cabin.
“His daughter, Louise, once disappeared for about three hours, after wandering down the same hill.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:3376-3468 testimony second hand
10
Kary Mullis had told no one of his own 1985 encounter until his daughter Louise Mullis called to tell him of her own strange experience, after which she advised him to buy Whitley Strieber's book Communion.
“Mullis had told no one of his own experience until his daughter called to tell her father about her strange experience and advised him to buy a book, Whitley Strieber's Communion.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:3580-3749 testimony first hand
11
Kary Mullis, in his own book, said he would not try to publish a scientific paper about the glowing raccoon and missing-time episode because it was not reproducible and could not be experimentally tested.
“I wouldn't try to publish a scientific paper about these things, because I can't do any experiments... It's what science calls anecdotal, because it only happened in a way that you can't reproduce. But it happened.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:3969-4076 opinion first hand
12
During the 1999 interview, Kary Mullis told Bill Chalker that another person, a friend who was a first-time visitor and did not know of the raccoon story, had encountered a "glowing raccoon" between the Anderson Valley cabin and the outside toilet.
“He told me then that yet another person had encountered a 'glowing raccoon' between his cabin and the toilet. This was a friend of Mullis's, who did not know of the 'raccoon' story and was a first-time visitor.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:4442-4644 testimony second hand
13
Kary Mullis identified the "full-sized man" his friend had seen at the 1993 Nobel Prize party as his elderly neighbour, who confirmed he had attended the party on the second night but was certain he had not been present on the first night.
“Sometime later he tearfully revealed the full story to Mullis, who identified the man as his elderly neighbor. Mullis checked with his neighbor, and sure enough, he had come to the party on the second night... he was certain he was not there on the first night.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:5629-5938 testimony second hand
14
Kary Mullis told Bill Chalker that he thinks the nature of his experience is even stranger than being abducted by aliens.
“Kary Mullis told me he thinks the nature of his experience is even stranger than abducting aliens.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:6147-6238 opinion first hand
15
Kary Mullis speculates about multidimensional physics at a macrocosmic level, similar to ideas in Michio Kaku's book Hyperspace, suggesting the speed of light may not be the limit for interactions with other cultures.
“He speculates about multidimensional physics (à la Michio Kaku's Hyperspace) at a macrocosmic level: it's 'like anything can goddamn happen and the speed of light is not really the limit in terms of interactions with other cultures or whatever.'”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:6247-6484 opinion first hand
16
Kary Mullis considers alien abduction phenomena involving grabbing people or subjecting them to experiments to be a form of anthropology conducted at a level not yet understood.
“This stuff about grabbing people or subjecting them to all kinds of experiments, it's just anthropology at a level we don't understand quite yet.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:6494-6635 opinion first hand
17
Kary Mullis considers the idea that an alien culture would need human DNA to survive very unlikely, and finds implausible the scale of alien presence suggested by some of the bleaker alien abduction tales.
“He feels that the idea of an alien culture needing our DNA to survive is very unlikely and finds implausible the existence of an alien presence on the scale suggested by some of the bleaker alien abduction tales.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:6871-7077 opinion first hand
18
Kary Mullis was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993.
“Kary Mullis was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993.”
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Kary Mullis thought that any culture capable of conquering the barrier of space-time could easily have conquered the far simpler problems of complex biochemistry, and would not need humans in the manner described in the gray alien-human hybrid theories.
“Kary Mullis thought that any culture that could conquer the barrier of space-time could have easily conquered the far simpler problems of complex biochemistry and would not need us in the manner described in the gray alien-human hybrid theories.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:7337-7573 opinion first hand
20
During the summer of 1985, Kary Mullis drove up to his Anderson Valley cabin at night and arrived at around midnight after driving for about three hours.
“On another Friday night, during the summer of 1985, Kary Mullis drove up to his cabin and arrived at around midnight, after driving for about three hours.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch13:856-1004 testimony first hand
21
Kary Mullis had a strange encounter with a talking, glowing raccoon.
“And recall biochemist Kary Mullis’s strange encounter with a talking, glowing raccoon.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch17:58194-58272 testimony second hand
22
The rest of Kary Mullis's alien encounter story came out in Bill Chalker's interview with him on 1999-04-04.
“The rest of his story came out in my interview with him on April 4,1999.”
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23
Kary Mullis did not carry out the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) DNA testing of Peter Khoury's alien hair samples described in Bill Chalker's book.
“It needs to be made clear that Kary Mullis did not carry out the PCR DNA testing of the Khoury hair samples detailed in this book.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch23:1302-1427 administrative first hand
24
Bill Chalker made Kary Mullis aware of the DNA testing work on Peter Khoury's hair samples during an interview about Mullis's own alien abduction story.
“I made him aware of this work when I interviewed him about his "alien abduction" story.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch23:1433-1514 testimony first hand
25
Kary Mullis invited Bill Chalker to relax with a beer and watch the boats go by in California.
“Thanks for the invitation to relax with a beer and “watch the boats go by” some day in California”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch24:1864-1951 testimony first hand
26
Kary Mullis is credited with the initial concept that led to the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique.
“Dr. Kary Mullis is credited with the initial concept that led to the PCR technique, a discovery that ultimately earned him the 1993 Nobel Prize in chemistry.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch7:5369-5516 administrative
27
Kary Mullis was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique.
“a discovery that ultimately earned him the 1993 Nobel Prize in chemistry”
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28
Kary Mullis is the only Nobel Prize laureate to admit to a possible alien abduction experience.
“Mullis has a further unique claim to fame. He is the only Nobel Prize laureate to admit to a possible alien abduction experience.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch7:8454-8572 administrative first hand
29
Kary Mullis's bizarre alien abduction experience is based on his own descriptions and on his discussion with Bill Chalker.
“His bizarre experience, described in this book, is based on his descriptions and my discussion with him.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch7:8584-8684 administrative first hand
30
Kary Mullis discovered the polymerase chain reaction and won the Nobel Prize for the discovery in 1993.
“The "accidental" aspect of Tyler's protocol brought to my mind the biochemist Kary Mullis, who had discovered the highly influential polymerase chain reaction and won the Nobel Prize for the discovery in 1993.”
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31
Kary Mullis had an anomalous experience he referred to as a UFO encounter, though he was careful not to conclude that was what it was.
“He also had an anomalous experience that he referred to as a UFO encounter, although he was very careful not to "conclude" that was what it was.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch1:46285-46425 testimony second hand
32
Kary Mullis described creativity as occurring when something intrudes on a person's focus while they are trying to figure something out, and giving in to it turns out to provide the answer being sought.
“Creativity is when you are trying to figure something out and something else keeps intruding. You finally give in to it, and it turns out to be the answer you were looking for.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch1:46550-46722 opinion first hand