What's Up with UFOs?

What's Up with UFOs?
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  • Flying Objects
    • Do we really need to take UFOs seriously?
    • Since encounters have been going on since at least the 1940s, they can’t all be “ours.”
    • For many, the UFO topic broke into the mainstream in 2017 with disclosures by the US Navy and Department of Defense.
    • Three mass sightings in the 1980s and 1990s add credibility to UFO claims.
    • Strong evidence points to a connection between UFOs and nuclear weapons since the 1940s.
    • Evidence shows that some UFOs can also operate underwater.
    • No wonder it’s confusing. Hoaxes intermingle with scientifically verified pictures and videos.
  • Hard Science
    • Every year scientists get closer to discovering simple life in our solar system and beyond.
    • The US government actively funds research in esoteric science traditionally associated with science fiction.
    • There is special interest in “anti-gravity” to help explain the extraordinary performance of UFOs.
    • The analysis of “metamaterials” is currently a hot topic.
    • Bob Lazar claims he worked near Area 51 in the 1980s to reverse engineer an alien craft. Is he telling the truth?
    • There is an extensive history of alleged UFO craft retrievals around the world.
  • Direct Experience
    • Don’t make the mistake of dismissing “abductions” without weighing the evidence with objective criteria
    • Here are 15 “abduction” cases from 1964 to 2007 that meet our criteria.
    • John Mack’s work at Harvard provided early credibility to the abduction phenomenon.
    • Contemporary abduction stories continue to include the seemingly absurd idea of hybrid children involving Gray aliens.
    • Close interactions with humanoid figures have been reported in conjunction with alien craft, going back to the 1950s.
    • Healings are common to many UFO encounters.
    • Abduction-like experiences are not isolated phenomena.
    • ET encounters have many similarities with near-death experiences.
    • The military has long been associated with remote viewing. More recently, it has funded paranormal research at Skinwalker Ranch.
    • Numerous studies and reports suggest there are dozens of ET types.
    • Participants using the CE-5 protocol claim to have telepathically contacted extraterrestrials.
    • Most important: What is the nature of non-human intelligences? What do they want?
  • Institutional Dynamics
    • Are the world’s religions ready for E.T.?
    • Hollywood strongly shapes our images of UFOs and aliens, sometimes under government influence.
    • These four alien movies represent the spectrum from military confrontation, to scientific curiosity, subtle dream-like engagement, and deep friendship.
    • Despite notable academic conferences, publications, and academics who specialize in UFO phenomena, the social taboo against UFOs remains firmly in place.
    • Astronomers do, in fact, see UFOs, and a growing minority thinks that they ought to be seriously studied.
    • Silicon Valley is beginning to show interest in UFOs.
    • The US government has had long-standing concerns about UFOs.
    • Should we be concerned with the size of the black budgets and the military-industrial complex?
    • There are different views of the national security apparatus: “Nothing to see here” versus a “breakaway group.”
    • There have been periodic attempts to persuade the government (and mainstream media) to be more transparent and formally acknowledge UFO phenomena, with little effect.
    • Media coverage and transparency began to change in 2017.
    • Stepping back: What’s happened in the last three years? Where is this all heading?
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    • Beaver Utah (Flying Objects)
    • Physics of UAPs (Hard Science)
    • Meta Materials (Hard Science)
    • The Great Divide (Direct Experience)
    • Ariel School Encounter (Direct Experience)
    • David Grusch Testimony (Institutional Dynamics)
    • The Schumer Amendment (Institutional Dynamics)
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  • Flying Objects
    • Do we really need to take UFOs seriously?
    • Since encounters have been going on since at least the 1940s, they can’t all be “ours.”
    • For many, the UFO topic broke into the mainstream in 2017 with disclosures by the US Navy and Department of Defense.
    • Three mass sightings in the 1980s and 1990s add credibility to UFO claims.
    • Strong evidence points to a connection between UFOs and nuclear weapons since the 1940s.
    • Evidence shows that some UFOs can also operate underwater.
    • No wonder it’s confusing. Hoaxes intermingle with scientifically verified pictures and videos.
  • Hard Science
    • Every year scientists get closer to discovering simple life in our solar system and beyond.
    • The US government actively funds research in esoteric science traditionally associated with science fiction.
    • There is special interest in “anti-gravity” to help explain the extraordinary performance of UFOs.
    • The analysis of “metamaterials” is currently a hot topic.
    • Bob Lazar claims he worked near Area 51 in the 1980s to reverse engineer an alien craft. Is he telling the truth?
    • There is an extensive history of alleged UFO craft retrievals around the world.
  • Direct Experience
    • Don’t make the mistake of dismissing “abductions” without weighing the evidence with objective criteria
    • Here are 15 “abduction” cases from 1964 to 2007 that meet our criteria.
    • John Mack’s work at Harvard provided early credibility to the abduction phenomenon.
    • Contemporary abduction stories continue to include the seemingly absurd idea of hybrid children involving Gray aliens.
    • Close interactions with humanoid figures have been reported in conjunction with alien craft, going back to the 1950s.
    • Healings are common to many UFO encounters.
    • Abduction-like experiences are not isolated phenomena.
    • ET encounters have many similarities with near-death experiences.
    • The military has long been associated with remote viewing. More recently, it has funded paranormal research at Skinwalker Ranch.
    • Numerous studies and reports suggest there are dozens of ET types.
    • Participants using the CE-5 protocol claim to have telepathically contacted extraterrestrials.
    • Most important: What is the nature of non-human intelligences? What do they want?
  • Institutional Dynamics
    • Are the world’s religions ready for E.T.?
    • Hollywood strongly shapes our images of UFOs and aliens, sometimes under government influence.
    • These four alien movies represent the spectrum from military confrontation, to scientific curiosity, subtle dream-like engagement, and deep friendship.
    • Despite notable academic conferences, publications, and academics who specialize in UFO phenomena, the social taboo against UFOs remains firmly in place.
    • Astronomers do, in fact, see UFOs, and a growing minority thinks that they ought to be seriously studied.
    • Silicon Valley is beginning to show interest in UFOs.
    • The US government has had long-standing concerns about UFOs.
    • Should we be concerned with the size of the black budgets and the military-industrial complex?
    • There are different views of the national security apparatus: “Nothing to see here” versus a “breakaway group.”
    • There have been periodic attempts to persuade the government (and mainstream media) to be more transparent and formally acknowledge UFO phenomena, with little effect.
    • Media coverage and transparency began to change in 2017.
    • Stepping back: What’s happened in the last three years? Where is this all heading?
  • Crash Course
    • Nimitz (Flying Objects)
    • Beaver Utah (Flying Objects)
    • Physics of UAPs (Hard Science)
    • Meta Materials (Hard Science)
    • The Great Divide (Direct Experience)
    • Ariel School Encounter (Direct Experience)
    • David Grusch Testimony (Institutional Dynamics)
    • The Schumer Amendment (Institutional Dynamics)
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Institutional Dynamics

Institutional Dynamics

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Knuth: “Why don’t astronomers see UFOs? The fact is that they do.” One survey indicates that about 5% have seen inexplicable aerial phenomena

This is about the same percentage as other UFO reports that are never explained. Kevin Knuth, a physicist and former NASA research scientist, referring to 1,356 responses from members of the American Astronomical Society in 1977.

3-minute reading time
Knuth, The Conversation, 2018

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It’s Harder To Get Away With UFO Ridicule Today

New York Times reporter Leslie Kean provides a recap of the events that have moved the UFO conversation way beyond, “Are they real?”

3-minute video
Thinking Allowed interview with Leslie Kean, September 14, 2020

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Vox: “Often, a religion begins with contact from something divine, something beyond the normal plane of human experience”

If you look at a lot of religions, they already incorporate ideas of UFOs. Here are excerpts from an interview with Diana Pasulka, author of American Cosmic.

7-minute reading time
Illing, Vox, 2019

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Vanderbilt: “Are the world’s religions ready for E.T.?” Evangelical Christians would recoil; Mormons would rejoice; Jews would basically shrug

All, however, would be compelled to take a very close look at their sacred texts, to see which parts need to be reinterpreted, according to David Weintraub, author of Religions and Extraterrestrial Life: How Will We Deal with It? (2014)

5-minute reading time
Salisbury, Research News @ Vanderbilt, 2014

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Speaking in 2013, the Dalai Lama admonished us to make no distinctions between ourselves and any visitors from another galaxy

We are all sentient beings. Labeling someone as “the stranger” just creates more anxiety, more fear.

1-minute video
University of Oregon, YouTube, 2013

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Reuters: “The Vatican’s chief astronomer says there is no conflict between believing in God and in the possibility of ‘extraterrestrial brothers’ perhaps more evolved than humans.”

José Gabriel Funes presented the possibility that the human race might actually be the “lost sheep” of the universe.

2-minute reading time
Pullella, Reuters, 2008

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When we think about aliens, we usually think about the product of someone else’s imagination, mostly from movies as early as 1902

When science fiction projects human characteristics onto aliens, that makes for powerful stories. Are they good or evil? If they don’t follow some of our habits and laws, it is harder to sell aliens as real and tangible.

6-minute video
Vox, YouTube, 2018

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Fictional ETs are usually extrapolations of nonhuman life on earth, like lizard men and insectoids

If we’re so hamstrung by our own biology that even life on Earth can baffle us, how do we hope to comprehend alien intelligence?

10-minute reading time
Green, Medium, 2018

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Four potential (and conflicting) motives behind the government’s efforts to manipulate UFO perceptions through the media

Jack Brewer interviewed Robbie Graham, editor of UFOs: Reframing the Debate (2017).

6-minute reading time
Brewer, The UFO Trail, 2013; Stonor Saunders, The Cultural Cold War, 2000

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Damante: “Why does Hollywood depict humans overcoming alien invasions?” Blockbuster movies require that the good guys win. But this author speculates on another reason

Since alien invasion movies are produced in close cooperation with the Pentagon (to access military hardware and technical advice), if Hollywood could promote the idea that we could beat alien invaders, then maybe the public would be more open to disclosure.

5-minute reading time
Damante, Punk Rock and UFOs, 2019

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Independence Day evokes the adrenaline of a military confrontation against a common enemy, wherein humanity heroically prevails in the final battle

Aliens invade the earth to take our resources. They can also invade our minds. In these movies, the threat can only be met with forceful violence in the name of self-defense.

3-minute video
brett1234, YouTube, 2011

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Arrival portrays a linguist who takes off her hazmat suit and works to decode the language of the alien heptapods

Arrival balances military confrontation with openness and curiosity.

3-minute video
Movieclips, YouTube, 2019

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Contact depicts a beautiful and moving moment where Dr. Ellie Arroway makes contact with aliens taking the form of her deceased dad

This interaction portrays the transpersonal and even dream-like quality of contact that many experiencers report.

3-minute video
RainStormRaider, YouTube, 2008

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As E.T. and Elliott say good-bye, the deep emotional connection between this human boy and his extraterrestrial friend shows that love transcends interstellar distance

Steven Spielberg demonstrates that love transcends galaxies. It shows that hope exists to meet the Other with an open heart.

5-minute video
Movieclips, YouTube, 2011

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MIT sponsored the first academic conference on alien abduction in 1992. Over five days, 54 professionals delivered 150 presentations

They covered “the many dimensions, layers, and schools of thought of this controversial, difficult, and confusing subject.”

5-minute reading time
Swords, Review of Alien Discussions, 1997

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  • Flying Objects
    • Do we really need to take UFOs seriously?
    • Since encounters have been going on since at least the 1940s, they can’t all be “ours.”
    • For many, the UFO topic broke into the mainstream in 2017 with disclosures by the US Navy and Department of Defense.
    • Three mass sightings in the 1980s and 1990s add credibility to UFO claims.
    • Strong evidence points to a connection between UFOs and nuclear weapons since the 1940s.
    • Evidence shows that some UFOs can also operate underwater.
    • No wonder it’s confusing. Hoaxes intermingle with scientifically verified pictures and videos.
  • Hard Science
    • Every year scientists get closer to discovering simple life in our solar system and beyond.
    • The US government actively funds research in esoteric science traditionally associated with science fiction.
    • There is special interest in “anti-gravity” to help explain the extraordinary performance of UFOs.
    • The analysis of “metamaterials” is currently a hot topic.
    • Bob Lazar claims he worked near Area 51 in the 1980s to reverse engineer an alien craft. Is he telling the truth?
    • There is an extensive history of alleged UFO craft retrievals around the world.
  • Direct Experience
    • Some UFO sightings include direct encounters with ETs that are not abduction experiences.
    • Don’t make the mistake of dismissing abductions without weighing the evidence with objective criteria.
    • Here are 15 abduction cases from 1964 to 2007 that meet objective criteria.
    • John Mack’s work at Harvard provided early credibility to the abduction phenomenon.
    • Contemporary abduction stories continue to include the seemingly absurd idea of hybrid children involving Gray aliens.
    • Healings are common to many UFO encounters.
    • Close interactions with humanoid figures have been reported in conjunction with alien craft, going back to the 1950s.
    • Abduction-like experiences are not isolated phenomena.
    • ET encounters have many similarities with near-death experiences.
    • The military has long been associated with remote viewing. More recently, it has funded paranormal research at Skinwalker Ranch.
    • Numerous studies and reports suggest there are dozens of ET types.
    • Participants using the CE-5 protocol claim to have telepathically contacted extraterrestrials.
    • Most important: What is the nature of non-human intelligences? What do they want?
  • Institutional Dynamics
    • Are the world’s religions ready for E.T.?
    • Hollywood strongly shapes our images of UFOs and aliens, sometimes under government influence.
    • These four alien movies represent the spectrum from military confrontation, to scientific curiosity, subtle dream-like engagement, and deep friendship.
    • Despite notable academic conferences, publications, and academics who specialize in UFO phenomena, the social taboo against UFOs remains firmly in place.
    • Astronomers do, in fact, see UFOs, and a growing minority thinks that they ought to be seriously studied.
    • Silicon Valley is beginning to show interest in UFOs.
    • The US government has had long-standing concerns about UFOs.
    • Should we be concerned with the size of the black budgets and the military-industrial complex?
    • There are different views of the national security apparatus: “Nothing to see here” versus a “breakaway group.”
    • There have been periodic attempts to persuade the government (and mainstream media) to be more transparent and formally acknowledge UFO phenomena, with little effect.
    • Media coverage and transparency began to change in 2017.
    • Stepping back: What’s happened in the last three years? Where is this all heading?

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