The Willow Tree and the UFOs Down Near The Lake
The Thomas and Mathew Reed Case could be one of the largest multi-generational abduction cases ever reported. Tom and his brother Mathew have asked UFO Digest to help tell their family's story. We are very happy to bring out the truth of perhaps the most important alien abduction case in modern history. Tom will be attending the 2nd Annual Tennessee MUFON UFO Conference, in Murfreesboro, TN on Saturday, September 18th, from 9 AM until 5 PM.

In 1966 Tom Reed drew a picture of a willow tree that he had seen while on a UFO. He had been abducted and was being held by extraterrestrials and he didn't know the meaning of that willow tree and still doesn't. Oddly, it was on a screen on the inside wall of the craft! It was projected and/or appeared to be part of the walls of the craft. It was a good 20 feet wide and 15 feet high. It was like being there; it was beautiful, huge and vivid. It was amazing.
At first this willow did not seem important at all or make any sense, but it would follow his family in such a way that it did become very important. Years later it would become the most important message of all.

Tom is a member of an unique family, a family that has a generational link to extraterrestrial abductions and being taken aboard unidentified flying crafts. Tom, his brother Mathew, their mother and grandmother have all been abducted multiple times from at least 1954 onwards – more about the generational abductions in a future article.
Because of the continued interactions between the Reeds and the extraterrestrials, MUFON (the Mutual UFO Network) has designated Steve White as their personal MUFON field investigator. Steve is also a crime scene investigator with the Roane County Sheriff's office.
Back to the willow tree. Tom relayed the story about the picture of the tree that he had first seen 44 years earlier. He told Steve how simply viewing the picture in his mind seemed to calm him down. He described the scene aboard the craft deliberately: the tree was next to a lake and there were several UFOs in the sky. Tom was not alone aboard the UFO; his brother Mathew was also there, "but he was back 15 feet in a hallway", said Thomas Reed.
When they returned home they said nothing to their mother. To their surprise she went out and purchased a willow and planted it down by the small watering hole on their horse farm. Tom believes his mother was familiar with the effects of the willow and had previously seen it.
Today Mathew has a willow tree in his front yard and Thomas has had several on various proprieties he has owned.
In February (2010) Steve White asked Tom to draw the willow tree that he had seen before. Tom drew the images and phoned Steve. He then emailed the drawing to him. A copy of it should still be in his MUFON case file.
Some time passed and then amazingly, on July 15, Steve emailed Tom back a photograph of his property, and in it was the willow tree Tom remembered. Now it's possible that this is not Tom's willow tree; basically all willow trees look alike, right?
But Tom believes the resemblance is more than pure coincidence. Could it be that the crafts that he had seen in the picture were harbingers of their future, forming a triangle involving his family, MUFON and the others?

Steve White's photograph of a willow tree on his property
Tom said there seems to be a calm feeling about the willow tree. The message of the willow, at the time Tom was six years old, as a whole, was to be reassuring; “It's not like they talk with us as much as there are feelings that come from the ETs. They projected thoughts and images, along with some very strong feelings.”
After being abducted Tom was naturally scared and then witnessed the willow tree projection. He recalls the screen wrapped around the better part of the room he was in.
He understood at the time, and said to Steve, that he thought they were trying to say that their planet was very similar to ours. And at the time, he was also made to feel important, and this was a positive message. It was by no means a negative one.
Regarding the day of the abduction as a whole, it was not at the top of the discussion; but this image of the willow, that he could never make sense of, is still here.
This article is the first in a series documenting the abductions of the Reed family.
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WILLOW TREE/LAKE - TOM & TJ's ET SERENDIPITY MAGIC WILLOW TREE
Submitted by Theresa J. Thur... on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 16:14.SHAMAN- TOM & THE WILLOW TREE - SERENDIPITY, COINCIDENCE, OR ET MAGIC?
(Note: See Pat Regan on LOW PRIEST Comment.)
Like everyone else on earth, I like a good story. I also believe in Extraterrestrials and UFOS. I am also a practicing Shaman.
What does Shaman have to do with Trees, ET UFOS, serendipity, coincidence, ET magic, and the name TOM?
You tell me! I was working on one of my websites called Social Paranormal at www.socialparanormal.com. I was knocked off. That always is an inconvenience since I am on landline out in rural Ohio county Kentucky USA. Therefore, I popped up one of my other screens, which I also service or own for neophytes in my line of work as an investigative reporter, or one of my hats I wear as a copywriter.
I went to my dashboard, which is in Word press, and it took me to one of my plugins that asked me if I wanted to add a feed from Google? Sometimes these prompts appear as part of Word press. Therefore, I clicked on it, saw the words Willow Tree, and decided no wait I do not will not a story about a tree.
Then, this feeling I get sometimes, like the feeling I got when I saw “Close Encounters” at the movie, where this person was building this mud mountain in his home. I knew that this was something important. Therefore, I approved and then found out the feed was UFO Digest. Well that was okay then I thought to myself. Mind you, I am still learning all of these tricks of the trade in publishing and web mastering.
Therefore, I thought I was all done with American News Magazine and tried to get back on my Social Paranormal Network website. I could not get on. WP has an admin page where one checks into their word press account. Therefore, I tried several passwords I keep in my mind and none of them worked.
Therefore, I had to get onto another screen where I keep my Blue host account, go inside there, have an online chat, and get them to do a quick fix so I would not have to wait 24 or 72 hours to do what I wanted to be done. I can do the changes in PHP language inside my own Cpanel manage domains but it takes longer. Anyway, to make a long story short. I was inconvenienced and while waiting I decided to switch over to UFO Digest. There was the article. Therefore, I though well let me take a minute out of my busy day while I am waiting on my host customer service tech. I read it and was astonished. Truthfully, I speed read and skim over to get the general rift of the text. Then I later go back and will read complete, and sometimes add a comment. This is something I have done for years in school, reading books, and planning my life. I know I need improvement because I take in a lot of information all the time.
What is weird, and by the way, I love weird, or magic, in all its forms.
I love the serenity part of life that is what I call magic! Well, a part of magic and looking for the inner meaning of life and all that is here on earth, as a practicing Shaman does anyway.
I am a practicing Shaman meaning I not only practice the healing arts for self, but I go on journeys in the various parts of the Omniverse inside the Matrix and Web.
Sometimes, I ask my Guides to come along and sometimes, I will take an Angel. It depends on what level or world I desire to visit. There are Sky People or Extraterrestrials that are my friends and some are in human form and come in the physical to share in the raising of consciousness here.
Some are simply advisors, and some are analyst, researchers, and agents of enlightenment for the entire species of humanoids. It just depends on what level one desires to access in the Akashic Field or in real time on earth.
The willow tree incident was a reminder that there are many on earths who are still being abducted against their will.
Now, I like the sharing and ability to be an Extraterrestrial Contactee Experiencer. I have always been a willing participant. I am never one to remember being abducted although I am told that as a child I had to be abducted because I do not remember agreeing to the ride up in an ET UFO. Therefore, I leave the Contactee vs. Experiencer levels at this time up to the UFOlogists, Exopoliticians, and of course my readers and fans of my mystical work as a born and raised Christian Mystic. I seem to ruffle some feathers when I remind people I was born in the Church. However, that is who I am and cannot deny the birthrights of my earth family.
Anyway, the point here is “I LOVE WILLOW TREES!” My husband “TOM” does too!
I have a photo of my husband planting me one in my front yard when we had our cedar siding home on Carolyn Lane, in Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky. Tom planted me the willow and it grew very fast. Tom also planted me two sycamore trees among all the other cedars and hardwoods in our living area.
So one may say, so it is simply a coincidence. Really? Well, being that I am an ET UFO ‘Abductee’ Contactee what are the changes of me having my Tom plant a Willow and this other Tom also an ‘Abductee’ Contactee also having his Mom plant a willow? What are the odds of the ET UFO Families doing this?
You see, those who are extraterrestrials explained to Tom and I that trees are living things just the same as we are and the difference here on earth is that we are sentient intelligent beings but there are living things according to those above who have the right to live and exist the same as we do.
Now being a Shaman who by the way it is our nature to love trees and they are usually what we use to anchor our energy on our Shamanic Journeys in the present lifetimes, I am sharing that this could be a sign. This could be a sign from those above that we are all connected in various ways.
Are these a coincidence or just serendipity or are they willing to finally communicate with us in many ways. I asked for more ET UFO fly bys I have to admit to hasten the Ascension Age Enlightenment Movement of which I was told to usher in.
The ET’s came up with the name ASCENSION CENTER and the LOGO. I am just the Shaman Guide Messenger or Christian in America with the Divine Mystical Experiences. Depends on your way of perceiving me as to what the meaning may be. I see a conjunction of energy or a way of sharing the future with our total recall and abduction memories returning.
The way that some of my anthropologists and psychologists friends explain to their friends is this; What I do share with others is that I am in agreement to being a guide or spokesperson and do so willingly. I am considered a channel of the ET information where those who are Abductees are not willing and just share their experiences although not understanding creates fear.
I have had a life filled with ETs and UFOs. I also am asked to assist others who have had experiences by professionals in the ET/UFO Field. Yes,we have speakers, authors, videographers, artists, psychologists,anthropologists, alchemists, and educators of all kinds who will take time out to come to our expositions like the one Whole Life Expo, CA. I will add the link. Nov. 26 - 28, 2010 Whole Life Expo 2010 | http://www.wholelifecanada.com/ North Building
You decide how you feel about the completely NEW AGE way of seeing the ASCENSION CENTER ENLIGHTENMENT movement and how all this SHAMANIC ET UFO TREE energy fits into our future on UFO DIGEST FORUMS!
Living in Love and Light. TJ
Theresa Janette Thurmond Morris, TJMorris.org, Author/Creator/Entrepreneur (ACE) -ACE Folklife Coach, Organizer, Spiritual Guide. Shaman Seer, Paranormal Writer, TJ assist others in s