I’m neither a believer nor a skeptic, but I have zero patience for pseudoscience. I’ve been studying UFOs since the 80s, spending decades on an email list that connected me with leading voices in the UFO community. Recently, my interest reignited due to developments in New Jersey, which excited me at first. However, I quickly became disheartened by how many prominent figures confidently assert scientific proof of ESP and discuss these phenomena in spiritual terms, framing them as parts of some grand awakening. <\/p>\n
And then there’s the egg. <\/p>\n
Cue sigh.<\/em> <\/p>\n Followed by the defense of the egg.<\/p>\n In one of his books, Jacques Vallee recounts receiving calls from the Pentagon inviting him to examine alien bodies recovered from crash sites\u2014but only “off the record.” He refused to participate, saying that unless these things could be studied openly and scientifically, he wouldn\u2019t be part of what he called a \u201cHalloween prank.\u201d The prospect of being whisked away to the Pentagon to see these alleged bodies put him in a tough spot. Ultimately, he didn\u2019t want to contribute to a psychological operation, even if it meant losing out on money from his lectures.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve started to suspect that these psychological operations include orchestrated leaks within organizations, aimed at derailing those who believe in them. When access to certain documents arises, they seem to be waiting for someone to call it \u201cbull,\u201d and then those people are let in on the \u201csecret,\u201d which might not be a secret at all. Instead, what we have is a very real phenomenon that consistently evades any scientifically verifiable proof, coupled with the U.S. military\u2019s utter confusion over UAPs, which seems determined to marginalize anyone discussing them to the point of insanity.<\/p>\n Interestingly enough, the UAPs appear to do the same.<\/p>\n UAPs are the contemporary echoes of myths as old as civilization itself, often involving enigmatic figures that play with our perceptions. Think of flying saucers and the sci-fi book covers of the 40s and 50s that predate these sightings, brought to life by Kenneth Arnold.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve had contactees promoting notions of \u201cspace brothers\u201d and entire planets populated by perfect, blonde inhabitants\u2014a concept that hasn\u2019t aged well.<\/p>\n Both Vallee and Keel, along with myself, believe there\u2019s something genuine behind all of this, potentially linked to consciousness, though its motives and goals are utterly nonsensical from a human perspective. Keel even claimed they\u2019re demons; they do not originate from space but have always been here.<\/p>\n Of course, that sentiment borders on the woo. <\/p>\n What I notice in all of this is the long-standing promise of \u201cdisclosure,\u201d which has been perpetually just around the corner since the 70s. Did you know that the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/em> was actually a government-sponsored attempt to make us feel more comfortable about aliens because “disclosure was imminent”? You probably don\u2019t know this because it wasn\u2019t, and the UFO community has repeatedly failed to predict this supposed secular awakening.<\/p>\n The CE3K<\/em> project had a curious angle; it aimed to reshape the terrifying monsters of the 50s and 60s into the benevolent Space Brothers of early ufology. But why? Vallee discussed this with Spielberg, saying it was \u201cbigger and stranger than the ET hypothesis.\u201d To which Spielberg replied, \u201cYeah, but nobody would understand or enjoy the movie if we did that; this is Hollywood.\u201d <\/p>\n Ultimately, it was just a movie.<\/p>\n I desperately want to believe, and I’ve consumed various debunker books. Remember Whitley Strieber? His book Communion<\/em> took a typical Hollywood narrative and marketed it as a “True Story,” fostering an entire industry around a very specific image of extraterrestrials. It was yet another case of repackaging ancient myths in modern terms, from elder races needing human DNA to incubate hybrids in human bodies, etc.<\/p>\n We<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"