Brief
Spain, Barcelona
The claims the writer was given for Spain, Barcelona, in the order they were given.
1
In December 1975, Jacques Vallée was returning from Barcelona, where he had spent most of the day with Jacques Bordas.
“In December 1975 I was returning from Barcelona, where I had spent most of the day with Jacques Bordas.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:688-784 testimony first hand
2
Jacques Bordas told Jacques Vallée that he had supplied food to extraterrestrials in the Pyrenees in 1951 and was still in contact with them.
“In Spain I have interviewed Jacques Bordas, who stated that he had supplied food to extraterrestrials in the Pyrenees in 1951 and was still in contact with them.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:17804-17960 testimony second hand
3
Antonio Ribera's father, the Rumanian Consul in Barcelona, helped Jacques Bordas escape to France.
“Ribera’s father, who was Rumanian Consul in Barcelona, helped Bordas escape to France.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:24845-24924 administrative first hand
4
Jacques Vallée flew to Barcelona to meet Antonio Ribera and another Spanish researcher, Ballester-Olmos, to discuss the fate of Jacques Bordas.
“I flew to Barcelona to meet Antonio Ribera and another Spanish researcher, Ballester-Olmos... None was more intriguing than the fate of Jacques Bordas.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:29207-29302 testimony first hand
5
Antonio Ribera told Jacques Vallée that Jacques Bordas was spending several weeks in Barcelona and could be met there in person the next day.
““You will not have to go that far!” was his answer. “He is spending several weeks right in this city. You can talk to him tomorrow.””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:29619-29740 testimony second hand
6
Xavier Clares Jerez said that after losing consciousness, a mirror-image copy of himself drove back with him in the car, identical in appearance and clothing except that the double had long hair while Xavier's was now short.
“Xavier then spoke about the strange company—his mirror-image copy—who drove back in the car with him. He was identical-even wearing the same clothing—except that his double had long hair, while Xavier’s was now short, courtesy of a very bad alien barber. Xavier dropped off his “copy” upon arrival back in Barcelona.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch20:22047-22353 testimony first hand
7
On January 12, 1986, just before Antonio Ribera submitted his report for publication, Xavier Clares Jerez's "double" was reportedly seen again in Barcelona, still wearing the same Hawaiian shirt.
“On January 12, 1986, just before Ribera submitted his report for publication, with Barcelona in winter’s full grip, Xavier’s “double” was seen again, still wearing that Hawaiian shirt!”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch20:23607-23785 hearsay second hand
8
Whitley Strieber took a local train ending in Port Bou on the Spanish border, then took a Spanish train to Barcelona.
“a local, that crept across France, ending in Port Bou on the Spanish border. There I took a Spanish train to Barcelona.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:52166-52275 testimony first hand
9
Being broke, Whitley Strieber holed up in a back room in a hotel on the Ramblas in Barcelona, experiencing nights of terror and living like a fugitive.
“I was broke, so I holed up in a back room in a hotel on the Ramblas. I can remember nights of terror, being afraid to put out the light, wanting to keep the window and the door locked, living like a fugitive, never wanting to be alone, haunting the Ramblers, grateful for the unceasing crowds.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:52286-52572 testimony first hand
10
Ross Coulthart attended a consciousness conference in Barcelona in 2025.
“I went to a conference last year in Barcelona”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:08:13.6-00:08:15.3 testimony first hand
11
At the Barcelona consciousness conference, scientists including Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose discussed non-local consciousness and the idea that the human brain is an attenuator, transmitter and receiver rather than a computer.
“the number of consciousness scientists, notably people like Stuart Hameroff, Roger Penrose, who were talking about non-local consciousness and the idea that the human brain, it's more of an attenuator, a transmitter, a receiver than it is a computer”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:08:29.4-00:08:47.3 testimony first hand