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A forest reserve in central Thailand has become the unlikely home of a group of Buddhist meditators who are convinced that they have encountered aliens both in the air and on the ground. For the last six years, members have been meeting near Buddhist statues on the peak of Khao Kala hill, approximately three hours north of Bangkok, to camp, meditate and seek out UFOs. The believers are known as the UFO Kaokala group. was founded by Ajarn Wassana Chuensumnaun, who believes that Thailand’s Buddhist population led to a special interest among the aliens.

Wassana claims to have had direct contact with aliens from both Pluto and another planet called Lokukatapakadikong since 1998. She said that Pluto's alien leader told her that Buddha was "the greatest human mind," and "never spoke to humans about paying attention to extraterrestrials, or about trying to communicate with them," but did tell followers "to embrace the cosmic laws." (Vice Magazine)



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In further direct mind-to-mind communications, the leader of Pluto offered Wassana advice about "karma," "reincarnation," "greed," "fear" and other Buddhist topics, as well as the calming reassurance that you shouldn't worry about the end of the world as a result of nuclear war, climate change, mutant diseases or other "catastrophes." (CNN)

Wassana’s sister, Somjit Raepeth, also describes encountering the extraterrestrial beings. The saga began when the sisters’ father claimed to have received alien contact while deep in Buddhist meditation. His family reportedly scoffed at his claims but the two sisters later joined him in meditation. “My father received the wave and it passed to me—it was like a phone line being switched,” Wassana said. “I felt a kind of ‘motivational energy’ pushing me.” (Vice Magazine)

"I asked my father to tell the aliens to show themselves," says Wassana. "The next day, the aliens sent energy to spin my brother and brother-in-law." (CNN)

She says the two men were pulled up by an unseen force as they sat on the living room sofa and spun simultaneously like whirling dervishes. They were carried out of the house and into the yard. "I felt like my legs and my arms had to spin," adds Wassana's brother-in-law Jaroen Raepeth. "I could not control myself for four or five minutes. I didn't feel afraid. We both spun outside." (CNN)