THE PARACAST NEWSLETTER
August 30, 2015
www.theparacast.com
Author/UFO Researcher/Science Writer Chris Rutkowski Featured on The Paracast
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 3:00 AM until 6:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, the Boost Radio Network, the IRN Internet Radio Network, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
Announcing The Paracast+: We have another radio show, and for a low monthly or annual subscription fee, you will receive access to After The Paracast, plus a higher-quality version of The Paracast without, the network ads, and chat rooms. NEW! We’ve added an RSS feed for fast updates of the latest episodes, and The Paracast+ video channel is coming soon. For more information about our premium package, please visit: Introducing The Paracast+ | The Paracast — The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio.
Attention U.S. Listeners: Help Us Bring The Paracast to Your City! In the summer of 2010, The Paracast joined the GCN radio network. This represented a huge step in bringing our show to a larger, mainstream audience. But we need your help to add additional affiliates to our growing network. Please ask one of your local talk stations if they are interested in carrying The Paracast. Feel free to contact us directly with the names of programming people we might be able to contact on your behalf. We can't do this alone, and if you succeed in convincing your local station to carry the show, we'll reward you with one of our special T-shirts, and other goodies. With your help, The Paracast can grow into one of the most popular paranormal shows on the planet!
Please Visit Our Online Store: You asked, and we answered. We are now taking orders for The Official Paracast T-Shirt and an expanded collection of other specially customized merchandise. To get your T-Shirt now featuring our brand new logo, just pay a visit to our online store at http://store.theparacast.com/ to select your size and place your order. We also offer a complete lineup of other premium merchandise for your family, your friends and your business contacts.
About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Author/UFO researcher/science writer Chris Rutkowski returns to The Paracast to present an update on the latest sightings in Canada, classic cases, “M-File” cases from Manitoba, and responsible speculation about UFOs. Chris was also associated with the Roswell Slides Research Group, which quickly and easily demonstrated that the body in the slides was that of a mummified child and not an extraterrestrial. During this segment, Chris will provide an update into the state of UFO research, the possible impact of their presence and how we’re faring towards finding a solution to the mystery.
Chris O’Brien’s Site: Our Strange Planet
Chris Rutkowski’s Blog: Ufology Research
After The Paracast -- Available exclusively to Paracast+ subscribers on August 30: Gene and Chris discuss the so-called messages reportedly conveyed to experiencers or contactees by the Space Brothers. It’s almost always the same, that we should adopt the principles of peace and brotherhood to everyone, that we should cease our petty wars. Gene points out that the early contactees appear to have been highly influenced by the character Klaatu in the 1951 sci-fi movie, “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” But Klaatu admonished us that, if we failed to heed his demands, we would be exterminated. That’s a salient factor that doesn’t carry over to contacts that reportedly involve tall, handsome humanoid aliens. Gene also wonders why we so often envision ET as a creature that is human or humanoid, about the supreme ego in imagining an extraterrestrial civilization that is somehow similar to ours. So if ET came to Earth, would they seek contact with humans or some other species? Should we even take what we perceive as a UFO as representative of the actual phenomenon? And what about the lack of response to Red Pill Junkie’s statement, on last week’s episode, and in his Paracast Newsletter column, where he lists the possible connections between near-death experiences and UFO abductions? What’s more, does too much specialization impede paranormal research? The discussion soon enters the world of politics.
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: The Paracast Community Forums.
So What is ET Really Telling Us?
By Gene Steinberg
For decades, certain people, folks once relatively unknown, became famous as the result of claiming to be in touch with alien visitors. Whether it was a being with a silvery suit standing in the desert, or a small gray-skinned creature with a huge head and eyes, emerging from a spacecraft, it became abundantly clear that we were not alone.
If you believed those contactees, of course.
Still others claim to have been kidnapped and taken aboard a spaceship for physical examinations, sometimes painful. Worse, the experiencers are often removed from the sanctity of their homes, mysteriously levitated and transported, through walls and windows, to their destinations aboard a spaceship.
Curiously, many of these abductees feel warm and fuzzy towards their extraterrestrial captors. Maybe they are being brainwashed. After all, why would they not feel resentful over beings who do not respect their privacy, and cause them physical and psychological harm?
Now when Earth people claim to have communicated with aliens, they often receive similar messages. Humans must learn the ways of peace, be kind to one another, become ready to join the “galactic brotherhood.” Well, there are variations to these themes, but that’s the essence.
It’s not that these experiencers actually have the power to get anything done. Even when they can attract huge crowds at conferences or sell lots of books, the number of followers are relatively small in the scheme of things. Aside from these people, they have no supporters in high places who can actually act on ET’s urgings. They are usually regarded as a bunch of crazies or fakers.
ET evidently hasn’t done their research in finding the right people to help them to spread their messages. Or maybe they do not understand how to reach the mass media to get their messages across. Maybe they should ask Donald Trump how it’s done.
Now the early contactees, to some degree, appear to have been inspired not so much by actual experiences with entities from other worlds, but by a certain classic sci-fi film from 1951, “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
In that film, a tall, thin being, physically human and wearing a silvery uniform, lands on Earth to bring an important message.
Now forget the inferior remake in 2008, which starred Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, the alien visitor. The original, featuring British actor Michael Rennie in the lead role, introduced a compelling, sympathetic yet believable character that greatly influenced the archetype of a possible alien visitor.
But his message, intended to urge humans to give up their warlike ways, was accompanied by a dire threat. So when Klaatu speaks to a scientist who is tasked with setting up a meeting with his colleagues to receive the message, he is asked: “One thing, Mr. Klaatu: suppose this group should reject your proposals. What is the alternative?”
Klaatu’s response: “I'm afraid there is no alternative. In such a case, the planet Earth would have to be...eliminated.
In other words, get your acts together or die!
Now that’s not the sort of politically incorrect message contactees claim to have received. Rather than be warned by an advanced being that will brook no opposition, the Space Brothers are depicted as warm, friendly and supremely understanding. There are no consequences if you disobey, and clearly they don’t have very much influence. Petty tribal conflicts, regardless of the justifications, continue almost without letup. Even when it appears one conflict is resolved, another rises in its place.
Indeed, some of the wars that persist in the Middle East are based on tribal disputes that date back for centuries. These are endless wars, and these alleged advanced beings from other worlds don’t have a clue how to resolve them.
Well, perhaps Klaatu did in that movie, by offering certain destruction as the penalty for disobeying them.
But if ET were indeed truly concerned about our warlike actions, just how would they deal with it? Would they attempt to enforce their demands with the threat of force, or would they try to urge us, through logic and reason, to follow through on their requests?
Or are their motivations so alien to us that we wouldn’t even understand their intent even if it were explained to us?
So we continue to view possible alien visitors in accordance with our own worldviews. We expect them to be human or humanoid, we expect them to be similar enough to us in their behavior that we could comprehend their intentions. Perhaps they have long ago resolved the petty conflicts that keep our military-industrial industries fat and rich, and they want us to benefit from their own history to get our acts together.
When we use advanced telescopes to seek evidence of alien life in the universe, we focus on possible Earth-like planets, worlds that are fairly close to Earth, the proper distances from their suns, and thus potential sources of life as we know it.
We therefore assume that humans will become the most advanced species on those planets, and thus might wish to communicate with their fellow beings. Is it even it possible that we were actually seeded by alien visitors long ago? It’s a fascinating theory that may, in part, explain some Biblical events, but that still merely puts us in ET’s image. In other words, we are descended from them, or we are the end result of advanced genetic engineering.
Let me mention just one more sci-fi film, “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” from 1986. Directed by the late Leonard Nimoy, it is often regarded as the best of the series, or at least the best featuring the original cast. In this film, a mysterious and super powerful alien craft threatens Earth by evaporating its oceans and destroying its atmosphere. After evaluating the strange signals emitted by this craft, Spock concludes that they are trying to communicate with someone or something on Earth, but not necessarily humans.
So, using a stolen Klingon “Bird of Prey” spacecraft, the crew goes through time, back to San Francisco of the 1980s, in order to capture a pair of humpback whales and return them to the future. It is these creatures with whom the dangerous alien craft is attempting to communicate. Once they are brought to the 23rd century, the two species manage to open lines of communication, and the Earth is saved.
So our supreme ego, the belief that we must naturally be the most advanced species on Earth, is shown in this highly entertaining film to be utterly wrong. Until we learn this lesson, we are faced with the potential destruction of our planet.
Indeed, one of the best aspects of Star Trek was its social commentary. But a serious point was raised, that we shouldn’t assume that alien visitors would evolve in our image, or that they would care one whit about us. Indeed, it may well be that what we perceive as a UFO might not, in fact, be its true form.
Or perhaps it’s the best we can do with our limited range of senses.
Copyright 1999-2015 The Paracast LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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August 30, 2015
www.theparacast.com
Author/UFO Researcher/Science Writer Chris Rutkowski Featured on The Paracast
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 3:00 AM until 6:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, the Boost Radio Network, the IRN Internet Radio Network, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
Announcing The Paracast+: We have another radio show, and for a low monthly or annual subscription fee, you will receive access to After The Paracast, plus a higher-quality version of The Paracast without, the network ads, and chat rooms. NEW! We’ve added an RSS feed for fast updates of the latest episodes, and The Paracast+ video channel is coming soon. For more information about our premium package, please visit: Introducing The Paracast+ | The Paracast — The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio.
Attention U.S. Listeners: Help Us Bring The Paracast to Your City! In the summer of 2010, The Paracast joined the GCN radio network. This represented a huge step in bringing our show to a larger, mainstream audience. But we need your help to add additional affiliates to our growing network. Please ask one of your local talk stations if they are interested in carrying The Paracast. Feel free to contact us directly with the names of programming people we might be able to contact on your behalf. We can't do this alone, and if you succeed in convincing your local station to carry the show, we'll reward you with one of our special T-shirts, and other goodies. With your help, The Paracast can grow into one of the most popular paranormal shows on the planet!
Please Visit Our Online Store: You asked, and we answered. We are now taking orders for The Official Paracast T-Shirt and an expanded collection of other specially customized merchandise. To get your T-Shirt now featuring our brand new logo, just pay a visit to our online store at http://store.theparacast.com/ to select your size and place your order. We also offer a complete lineup of other premium merchandise for your family, your friends and your business contacts.
About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Author/UFO researcher/science writer Chris Rutkowski returns to The Paracast to present an update on the latest sightings in Canada, classic cases, “M-File” cases from Manitoba, and responsible speculation about UFOs. Chris was also associated with the Roswell Slides Research Group, which quickly and easily demonstrated that the body in the slides was that of a mummified child and not an extraterrestrial. During this segment, Chris will provide an update into the state of UFO research, the possible impact of their presence and how we’re faring towards finding a solution to the mystery.
Chris O’Brien’s Site: Our Strange Planet
Chris Rutkowski’s Blog: Ufology Research
After The Paracast -- Available exclusively to Paracast+ subscribers on August 30: Gene and Chris discuss the so-called messages reportedly conveyed to experiencers or contactees by the Space Brothers. It’s almost always the same, that we should adopt the principles of peace and brotherhood to everyone, that we should cease our petty wars. Gene points out that the early contactees appear to have been highly influenced by the character Klaatu in the 1951 sci-fi movie, “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” But Klaatu admonished us that, if we failed to heed his demands, we would be exterminated. That’s a salient factor that doesn’t carry over to contacts that reportedly involve tall, handsome humanoid aliens. Gene also wonders why we so often envision ET as a creature that is human or humanoid, about the supreme ego in imagining an extraterrestrial civilization that is somehow similar to ours. So if ET came to Earth, would they seek contact with humans or some other species? Should we even take what we perceive as a UFO as representative of the actual phenomenon? And what about the lack of response to Red Pill Junkie’s statement, on last week’s episode, and in his Paracast Newsletter column, where he lists the possible connections between near-death experiences and UFO abductions? What’s more, does too much specialization impede paranormal research? The discussion soon enters the world of politics.
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: The Paracast Community Forums.
So What is ET Really Telling Us?
By Gene Steinberg
For decades, certain people, folks once relatively unknown, became famous as the result of claiming to be in touch with alien visitors. Whether it was a being with a silvery suit standing in the desert, or a small gray-skinned creature with a huge head and eyes, emerging from a spacecraft, it became abundantly clear that we were not alone.
If you believed those contactees, of course.
Still others claim to have been kidnapped and taken aboard a spaceship for physical examinations, sometimes painful. Worse, the experiencers are often removed from the sanctity of their homes, mysteriously levitated and transported, through walls and windows, to their destinations aboard a spaceship.
Curiously, many of these abductees feel warm and fuzzy towards their extraterrestrial captors. Maybe they are being brainwashed. After all, why would they not feel resentful over beings who do not respect their privacy, and cause them physical and psychological harm?
Now when Earth people claim to have communicated with aliens, they often receive similar messages. Humans must learn the ways of peace, be kind to one another, become ready to join the “galactic brotherhood.” Well, there are variations to these themes, but that’s the essence.
It’s not that these experiencers actually have the power to get anything done. Even when they can attract huge crowds at conferences or sell lots of books, the number of followers are relatively small in the scheme of things. Aside from these people, they have no supporters in high places who can actually act on ET’s urgings. They are usually regarded as a bunch of crazies or fakers.
ET evidently hasn’t done their research in finding the right people to help them to spread their messages. Or maybe they do not understand how to reach the mass media to get their messages across. Maybe they should ask Donald Trump how it’s done.
Now the early contactees, to some degree, appear to have been inspired not so much by actual experiences with entities from other worlds, but by a certain classic sci-fi film from 1951, “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
In that film, a tall, thin being, physically human and wearing a silvery uniform, lands on Earth to bring an important message.
Now forget the inferior remake in 2008, which starred Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, the alien visitor. The original, featuring British actor Michael Rennie in the lead role, introduced a compelling, sympathetic yet believable character that greatly influenced the archetype of a possible alien visitor.
But his message, intended to urge humans to give up their warlike ways, was accompanied by a dire threat. So when Klaatu speaks to a scientist who is tasked with setting up a meeting with his colleagues to receive the message, he is asked: “One thing, Mr. Klaatu: suppose this group should reject your proposals. What is the alternative?”
Klaatu’s response: “I'm afraid there is no alternative. In such a case, the planet Earth would have to be...eliminated.
In other words, get your acts together or die!
Now that’s not the sort of politically incorrect message contactees claim to have received. Rather than be warned by an advanced being that will brook no opposition, the Space Brothers are depicted as warm, friendly and supremely understanding. There are no consequences if you disobey, and clearly they don’t have very much influence. Petty tribal conflicts, regardless of the justifications, continue almost without letup. Even when it appears one conflict is resolved, another rises in its place.
Indeed, some of the wars that persist in the Middle East are based on tribal disputes that date back for centuries. These are endless wars, and these alleged advanced beings from other worlds don’t have a clue how to resolve them.
Well, perhaps Klaatu did in that movie, by offering certain destruction as the penalty for disobeying them.
But if ET were indeed truly concerned about our warlike actions, just how would they deal with it? Would they attempt to enforce their demands with the threat of force, or would they try to urge us, through logic and reason, to follow through on their requests?
Or are their motivations so alien to us that we wouldn’t even understand their intent even if it were explained to us?
So we continue to view possible alien visitors in accordance with our own worldviews. We expect them to be human or humanoid, we expect them to be similar enough to us in their behavior that we could comprehend their intentions. Perhaps they have long ago resolved the petty conflicts that keep our military-industrial industries fat and rich, and they want us to benefit from their own history to get our acts together.
When we use advanced telescopes to seek evidence of alien life in the universe, we focus on possible Earth-like planets, worlds that are fairly close to Earth, the proper distances from their suns, and thus potential sources of life as we know it.
We therefore assume that humans will become the most advanced species on those planets, and thus might wish to communicate with their fellow beings. Is it even it possible that we were actually seeded by alien visitors long ago? It’s a fascinating theory that may, in part, explain some Biblical events, but that still merely puts us in ET’s image. In other words, we are descended from them, or we are the end result of advanced genetic engineering.
Let me mention just one more sci-fi film, “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” from 1986. Directed by the late Leonard Nimoy, it is often regarded as the best of the series, or at least the best featuring the original cast. In this film, a mysterious and super powerful alien craft threatens Earth by evaporating its oceans and destroying its atmosphere. After evaluating the strange signals emitted by this craft, Spock concludes that they are trying to communicate with someone or something on Earth, but not necessarily humans.
So, using a stolen Klingon “Bird of Prey” spacecraft, the crew goes through time, back to San Francisco of the 1980s, in order to capture a pair of humpback whales and return them to the future. It is these creatures with whom the dangerous alien craft is attempting to communicate. Once they are brought to the 23rd century, the two species manage to open lines of communication, and the Earth is saved.
So our supreme ego, the belief that we must naturally be the most advanced species on Earth, is shown in this highly entertaining film to be utterly wrong. Until we learn this lesson, we are faced with the potential destruction of our planet.
Indeed, one of the best aspects of Star Trek was its social commentary. But a serious point was raised, that we shouldn’t assume that alien visitors would evolve in our image, or that they would care one whit about us. Indeed, it may well be that what we perceive as a UFO might not, in fact, be its true form.
Or perhaps it’s the best we can do with our limited range of senses.
Copyright 1999-2015 The Paracast LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy: Your personal information is safe with us. We will positively never give out your name and/or e-mail address to anybody else, and that's a promise!
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