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?
  • 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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  • 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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In 2009 over Las Vegas, a pilot took evasive action to avoid a large object at 35,000 feet that looked like a giant radio antenna with flashing strobe lights.

Another commercial plane from the opposite direction reported the same object. Skies were clear, and explanations like ambient cockpit lighting were eliminated.

4-minute video
History Channel, 2020

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After years of dismissive coverage, The Washington Post published the article, “UFOs exist, and everyone needs to adjust to that fact”

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at Tufts University.

5-minute reading time
Drezner, The Washington Post, 2019

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The Atlantic: “Just Don’t Call Them UFOs: The US military wants pilots to report strange sightings in the sky, but doesn’t want any of the stigma that comes with it”

5-minute reading time
Koren, The Atlantic, 2019

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10 reasonable assumptions to make sense of UFOs and ETs

In an interview on May 8, 2020, the influential political scientist, Alexander Wendt, presents some assumptions and theories to cut through the confusion and hype.

10-minute reading time
Curren & Esbjörn-Hargens, 2020

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As documented throughout this site, there have been at least 15 significant UFO-related events, beginning in 2017

Disclosures by DoD, press coverage, news organizations, and “edge science” are becoming increasingly mainstream.

24-minute reading time
Transcribed from UFO Denmark, YouTube, 2019

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The list of events continues to grow. Here are nine new developments in recent months

A brief chronology of events since early 2017.

3-minute reading time
Curren & Esbjörn-Hargens, 2020 Multiple citations on page

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People have a hard time processing something so radical as a UFO; there’s no frame of reference for it.

“If any one of these objects had a Russian insignia on it, the entire system would be electrified and would spring into action,” said Chris Mellon.

8-minute reading time
History.com editors, 2019

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Here’s one conspiracy theory we can safely dismiss: The CIA is setting up a “false flag” operation around a fake alien invasion

While the CIA is intelligent and immoral, starting a war using reverse engineered alien vehicles (even if they exist) is just not plausible.

4-minute video
Mouthy Buddha, YouTube, 2018a

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Are we seeing a “controlled insider disclosure?” Is this an attempt to create a sanitized version of UFOs (without cover-ups, ETs, or abductions)?

Richard Dolan speculates that this sanitized version may serve the interests of a defense contractor. It represents a “rebranding” of UFOs as something “new” without a history.

14-minute reading time
Transcribed from UFO Denmark, YouTube, 2019

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VICE: “When he was 17, David Huggins says he lost his virginity to an extraterrestrial.” He has produced over 150 paintings detailing his life-long affair

6-minute reading time
Weisenstein, VICE, 2018

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Over 4,000 exoplanets have been recently confirmed. Exoplanets are made of the same material as planets in our solar system

1-minute video
National Geographic, YouTube, 2019

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A positive encounter with UFOs resulted in remarkable physical changes and wellness for John Salter and his son

12-minute reading time
Salter, blog, 1989

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Three small beings floated Linda Cortile on a beam of light out of her 20th-floor apartment window

She was seen by multiple witnesses being floated into a hovering craft near the Brooklyn Bridge. One of the witnesses was Javier Perez de Cuellar, the then United Nations Secretary General.

5-minute reading time
Booth, UFO Casebook, n.d.

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Kelly Cahill lost an hour of time and was hospitalized with stomach pain after discovering a triangle-shaped mark near her navel

4-minute reading time
Booth, UFO Casebook, n.d.

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Is this the “perfect” case to refute skeptics? Six abductees had MRIs, X-rays, doctor reports, and photographs of UFO-related medical injuries

12-minute reading time
Evans & Dennett, The Coronado Island UFO Incident, 2007

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