Space alien abductee recalls Fort Myers Beach ordeal

PETE SKIBA/FLORIDA WEEKLY Jim Sparks, 50, in town from Las Vegas, returns to the spot on Fort Myers Beach where he says he was abducted by space aliens, in 1994.
Woke up this morning with light in my eyes
And then realized it was still dark outside
It was a light coming down from the sky
I don't know who or why.
- "Mr. Spaceman," the Byrds.

They came under darkness to take him out of his Carlos Circle home on Fort Myers Beach.

"The boss wants to see ya," rang telepathically inside Jim Sparks' head as he opened his eyes to the bug-eyed, gray-skinned space aliens in his bedroom. Sparks had been abducted before from other locations, but his Fort Myers Beach abduction in 1994 was different.

"Usually they do what we call 'onboard abductions.' They just take you right onboard through their technology," said Mr. Sparks, 54, last week standing on the beach. "You are paralyzed, go into a blackout and when you regain consciousness, you are onboard."

This time the Grays, as the aliens are called, escorted him from the house through an alley to the beach access path down to the Gulf of Mexico.

Waiting for him off the beach, a ship glimmered offshore as a dot, similar to a boat's mooring light. In an instant, an open, glowing rectangular door 15-feet high and 25-feet wide appeared at the water's edge. The Grays told Mr. Sparks to "step in."

The aliens have been stepping into Mr. Sparks' life since he lived in Houston in the 1980s. Now a Las Vegas resident, he returned to the area to visit family and attend his father's funeral.

Despite the circumstances surrounding his visit to Fort Myers Beach, Mr. Sparks spoke humorously about his experiences with the alien Grays. As he was stepping into the ship, he said, he stubbed his toe and cried out in pain.

"Step up," the Grays said.

"You could have told me that," Mr. Sparks said.

As far as "The boss wants to see ya," not "The boss wants to see you" goes, Mr. Sparks laughs and says the Grays aren't part of the Sopranos from Jersey. But "ya" is what he heard in his head.

He doesn't care if anyone believes him or not. He says time will tell that the abductions, and the genetic experiments done on him and other people are real.

After more than 50 years researching the Unidentified Flying Objects phenomenon, David Rubien, a Sanibel Island resident with an engineering degree, agrees.

"The only thing unusual about his (Mr. Sparks) experiences is that he has 95-percent recall," Mr. Rubien, 80, said. "His story matches the details from many others who have recalled experiences under hypnosis."

The alien Grays want us to clean up our act, Mr. Sparks says. The pollution will kill the planet if we do not. The Grays are abducting people to educate them on the environment as well as experimenting on their biology and emotions.

According to Mr. Sparks and a colleague of his, long-time UFO-researcher Linda Howe of Albuquerque, the Grays have tried to educate us about the planet and give us tools for survival since the 1940s.

We haven't been receptive.

"I got involved when I heard stories about cattle mutilations in 1979," Ms. Howe said. "Law-enforcement officials told me 'We are dealing with creatures from outer space.'"

The first seven years of Mr. Sparks' hundreds of abductions in Texas put him through what he calls "Alien boot camp." They began to teach him their agenda to save the earth.

By the time of the Fort Myers abduction, the second phase had begun. He was to write books and teach others.

Mr. Sparks' book, detailing abductions and the alien agenda, "The Keepers: An Alien Message for the Human Race," is available from Jim-Sparks. com as well as Amazon.com. Mr. Sparks also formed a nonprofit foundation to help save the environment. Your Earth Foundation has a Web site under construction.

Does the profit motive figure into Mr. Sparks' mission with the alien Grays? He sells books and gives lectures a few times a year, but it hardly pays the bills, he said.

"If you get involved in this, don't quit your day job," Mr. Sparks said.