I thought they'd pretty much worked through that deficiency by the early '60s...
Posted on 07/05/2005 3:17:28 PM PDT by Rakkasan1
Six decades ago, a 21-year-old Navy fighter pilot on a mission over the Pacific was shot down by Japanese artillery. His name might have been forgotten, were it not for 6-year-old James Leininger.
Quite a few people — including those who knew the fighter pilot — think James is the pilot, reincarnated.
James' parents, Andrea and Bruce, a highly educated, modern couple, say they are "probably the people least likely to have a scenario like this pop up in their lives."
But over time, they have become convinced their little son has had a former life.
From an early age, James would play with nothing else but planes, his parents say. But when he was 2, they said the planes their son loved began to give him regular nightmares.
"I'd wake him up and he'd be screaming," Andrea told "Primetime Live" co-anchor Chris Cuomo. She said when she asked her son what he was dreaming about, he would say, "Airplane crash on fire, little man can't get out."
Reality Check
Andrea says her mom was the first to suggest James was remembering a past life.
At first, Andrea says she was doubtful. James was only watching kids' shows, his parents say, and they weren't watching World War II documentaries or conversing about military history.
But as time went by, Andrea began to wonder what to believe. In one video of James at age 3, he goes over a plane as if he's doing a preflight check.
Another time, Andrea said, she bought him a toy plane, and pointed out what appeared to be a bomb on its underside. She says James corrected her, and told her it was a drop tank. "I'd never heard of a drop tank," she said. "I didn't know what a drop tank was."
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First of all, the story doesn't say how old the kid is.
He may not be able to even say "Corsair".
With your luck, he probably flew Wildcats.
I was thinking along the lines of a Kingfisher, you know those truly ungainly, unglorious amphibious planes. Why is it everyone assumes the kid was a fighter pilot!
(sarcasm.....really!) ...I think
This story has been going on for three years. The little tyke is probably getting to the point of having his own life about now.
maybe the kids stays home all day watching Wings or something.
I thought they'd pretty much worked through that deficiency by the early '60s...
You're talking about the network that had a prime time special about UFO's.
I didn't think Corsairs flew off of baby flattops, either.
Does this woman have "poofy" hair?
We have a perfect God
We know He does not make mistakes
Shades of Bridie Murphy, but you never really know...do you.
Poofy Hair kinda makes the picture, don't ya think...
That and the black streams of drippy mascara...
Please notice that nobody was ever a stable hand. While we're on this, how many out there were once just honest cavepeople?
How so?
Why would reincarnation indicate a mistake on God's part?
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good point...all I could find during a quick googling was from webscavenger...
"At war's end, Corsairs were ashore on Okinawa combatting the Kamikazes and flying from fleet and escort carriers.
I wonder if the kid ever dated Shirley McClain
"Well if George Noory has signed off on this, then it has to be true. He's not one to entertain kooky notions or weird guests, now is he?"
I detect sarcasm. You mean you don't believe George's stories about shadow governments and not-supporting-the-war-but-supporting-our-troops as well as believing that the President started the war for his own purposes? That George "doubt-America-first" Noory?
I know Carol Bowman - she is not a crackpot per se - but I don't buy into all of her theories. She does have documented cases. One of my children fit into this category until she was almost five and now she is like any other kid. Ms Bowman asked my permission to include her in a book but I decided against it. I am not into reincaration. I can't explain the why or what was going on with my child - it was very real but history now.
You're right. A loony liberal friend of mine thinks she was the daughter of Akhenaten.
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