Overview
A video hosted by ufologist and researcher Preston Dennett examines three alleged “onboard” UFO encounters reported between 1970 and 2018 in Norway and the United States. Titled Somewhere Among the Stars: Three Incredible Onboard UFO Encounters, the presentation focuses on accounts in which witnesses say they were taken inside unusual craft and interacted with nonhuman or mysterious human-like beings.
The cases are presented as significant because they include multiple witnesses, recurring descriptions of advanced technology, and claims of physical or psychological effects. However, the available summary provides no independent corroborating evidence, such as radar data, medical records, photographs, or contemporaneous official reports. The accounts remain part of the broader body of anecdotal UFO literature rather than verified evidence of extraterrestrial activity.
Arve Jacobsen’s Reported Encounters
The most extensive case concerns Arve Jacobsen of Lorenskog, Norway. His experiences, documented by researcher Rune Overby, allegedly began in November 1970, when Jacobsen and his mother saw two glowing objects descend into a nearby forest. About a week later, Jacobsen reportedly encountered a figure wearing a seamless silver suit, helmet, and visor. He said he communicated telepathically with the figure before being taken aboard a craft by a beam of light.
Jacobsen described the craft’s interior as curved and composed of what he called “intelligent material” that responded to thought. He also reported undergoing a medical examination involving an arc of light and seeing deep space through an aperture-like window. In a later encounter in 1984, Jacobsen said the same being passed through a locked door and took him to a vast “mothership,” which he estimated to be approximately 100 miles wide. He described park-like surroundings, pyramid-shaped structures, and terraces, as well as an energy treatment that he believed cured his depression. The beings allegedly told him they came from the Messier 13 globular cluster, where “time does not exist.”
The Experiences of “Kay”
The second account involves an anonymous Texas woman identified as “Kay.” Her alleged encounters were chronicled by therapist and author Constance Clear in Reaching for Reality. According to the presentation, Kay’s experiences began during infancy and continued through adulthood. She reportedly recalled being taken aboard a craft at age six and being told she belonged to a “royal line of engineers.”
Kay also described repeated medical and gynecological procedures and an emotionally significant encounter with a female Grey being in 1994. During another alleged visit, she was told that extraterrestrials used the human brain to store information, recording sensory experiences as a means of survival. These claims are based primarily on personal recollection and therapeutic documentation, with no publicly cited independent verification.
The “Super Horses” Case
The final case, researched by Ardy Sixkiller Clarke for Space Age Indians, reportedly occurred around 2017 on an American Indian reservation. Two 15-year-old girls, identified by the pseudonyms “Addie” and “Tansy,” said they were taken aboard a craft while riding their horses. They described encountering short, gray-skinned beings and taller figures in white suits, who allegedly conducted blood and skin tests.
Both girls reportedly found identical red marks on their abdomens afterward. They also claimed the horses displayed extraordinary increases in speed and stamina, along with an apparent telepathic connection to their riders. The animals were later said to have become highly successful in regional roping and barrel-racing competitions. As with the other cases, the summary does not identify veterinary records, independent witnesses, or other evidence confirming the reported changes.
Assessment
Dennett argues that the similarities among these accounts—particularly references to onboard examinations, responsive materials, energy-based healing, and complex relationships with the alleged beings—justify further study. He maintains that the stories should not automatically be dismissed as hoaxes or hallucinations.
At the same time, the presentation’s conclusions rely on testimony rather than independently established evidence. The cases therefore illustrate the diversity and emotional intensity of alleged close-encounter reports, while leaving the question of their origin unresolved. No government agency or scientific institution has confirmed that the encounters described represent extraterrestrial contact.
