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Your Paracast Newsletter — July 5, 2015


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THE PARACAST NEWSLETTER
July 5, 2015
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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: Introducing Ray Hernandez, Operations Manager of FREE, which stands for Foundation of Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters. This is the organization co-founded by astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell, which focuses heavily on experiencers. According to the material we have from the organization: The Mission of FREE will focus on “Research, Education and Support” but will primarily focus on scientific investigation through surveys and interviews on individuals who have had UFO related contact experiences with non-human sentient beings (commonly known as “ET Contact”) and to compare this group with individuals that have had other types of "paranormal contact experiences." In addition, Ray will discuss his personal paranormal encounters and how that led to the creation of FREE.

Chris O’Brien’s Site: Our Strange Planet

FREE: Experiencer.org - FREE A foundation for research into extraterrestrial encounters

Available exclusively to Paracast+ subscribers on July 5: Gene and Chris discuss the ongoing Roswell UFO Festival, and whether it’s time to expand the “topic that shall not be named” to the “case that shall not be named." You’ll also hear about the possible impact of next year’s expected release of more UFO documents from the UK Ministry of Defence, and an extended discussion about the endless use of the words “extraterrestrial” and “ET” in connection with UFO cases, or at least encounters that involve some sort of non-human intelligence. Is it time to change the labels to better reflect what’s actually happening? It goes back to The Paracast’s interview with Ray Hernandez of FREE and whether the organization should take “Extraterrestrial” out of its name and use “Extraordinary” instead. The work of Jacques Vallee is briefly discussed, and Gene also adds another theory to UFO abduction lore, that the memories of undergoing physical examinations by aliens involve some sort of racial memory. If this is the case, is it possible we ARE the hybrids, and that’s how the human race originated?

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.

UFOs and the ET Assumption
By Gene Steinberg

There’s little doubt that the vast majority of people, when asked about UFOs, will assume we’re talking about spaceships. That’s true whether or not they believe in the existence of such things. Certainly press coverage is in the same camp, and that applies to those reality TV shows that are so annoying. It’s no wonder people who follow UFO lore are often referred to as “extraterrestrial believers.”

On this week’s episode of The Paracast, we confront what appears to be a similar assumption, as you’ll observe when you hear the show. It starts with the name of an organization researching experiencers, known as the Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters (FREE).

On the surface, it would appear that the organization, which includes former astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell as one of its founders, is focusing strictly on what it regards as possible encounters with beings from other planets.

But when you examine the literature provided by FREE, it’s studies are far more inclusive, stating that the purpose of the organization is “to bring together diverse voices in the subject areas of human encounters with non-human intelligence and related ‘paranormal’ phenomena, and ‘Consciousness Studies.’

But what about the name?

Unfortunately, the ET thesis is what has dominated UFO research since the early days. Major Donald E. Keyhoe’s 1953 best-seller, “Flying Saucers from Outer Space,” made its case implicit in the title. In passing, the book was acquired by a movie producer and used, rather loosely, as the basis for a sci-fi “B” film, “Earth Versus the Flying Saucers.”

Keyhoe never lived that one down.

Regardless, the assumption about UFO origin was simple. They appear to be solid, metallic objects that display feats of maneuverability beyond that of our own aircraft. So if they are real, they would have to have been built by an advanced civilization on another planet. In a sense, it was a process of elimination rather than the weight of evidence, but that conclusion seems perfectly understandable. And I once felt that way myself, long ago, when I was quite young and innocent.

Only when I began to look at the history of the phenomenon, and how it has evidently morphed to reflect popular culture, did I begin to consider other possibilities. At the very least, what we see may not be what we get, but maybe a show or demonstration put on for our benefit. Maybe it’s just too convenient to assume that we are seeing the actual phenomenon and not a very basic simulacrum, an image of something that we couldn’t accept if we saw it in its true form.

Or maybe it’s a hologram of a sort, something presented to hide the phenomenon’s true purpose, whatever that might be.

Someone once wrote that flying saucers were here to make us think, suggesting that it wasn’t the phenomenon that was important, but the direction in which it takes us. Just as science fiction may inspire engineers and scientists to attempt to create counterparts to the technologies imagined in those stories, perhaps the presence of UFOs inspires us to greater things. Maybe the possibility that we are being visited by ET is meant to fuel the imperative that we must some day leave this planet and expand our presence across the stars.

As to the ever-present question about UFO abductions, are those experiencers truly describing the actual events? Or is there a racial memory element present in our consciousness that recalls our own origins, perhaps as the result of genetic manipulation by advanced aliens to create a new species – us.

Do you really believe ET cares so little of humans that they subject them to painful tests with primitive equipment? What about the theory on the part of some abduction researchers that aliens are engaged in creating a hybrid race, part alien and part human? What if we ARE that hybrid race? If UFOs are indeed alien visitors, perhaps they are here to observe our progress, such as it is.

Would they be disappointed at how we’re doing, or is our messy war-like civilization fairly normal for this stage of our development? Will humankind survive? Maybe that’s the reasoning behind the messages of peace and brotherhood delivered by alleged aliens to humans during contact experiences. But if aliens wanted humans to spread the word, wouldn’t they actually contact people who have real influence, and not relative unknowns?

I suppose it’s ajust convenient to regard all contacts, including abductions, as some kind of illusion rather than a genuine encounter with an unworldly intelligence. But what about a certain case in which two abductees met each other while onboard a spacecraft, only to contact each other directly after the experience was over to compare notes?

Clearly something is happening to these people. But should you assume it’s precisely as represented or recalled. Does it perhaps represent interaction with another reality that we barely understand?

Regardless, UFOs have been traced back centuries. Lights and distinct craft in the sky have been reported through the ages. Whole books have been written about such encounters, and it does reveal phenomena that spans the ages. Does it strictly involve one or more species of aliens watching over us, taking a tour of our planet for education or recreation, or does it represent a glimmer of a reality we do not yet understand?

I am assuming, here, that these sightings are not all illusions, or misidentified conventional phenomena. While most sightings can be readily explained, there’s still that residue of cases that remain unknown. Remember that, despite the spin on the part of some people, UFO stands for “unidentified flying object.” Not a spaceship, although that remains a possible explanation.

To most of you, the UFO that cannot be explained away is probably a spaceship. That belief fuels requests for disclosure, assuming that the U.S. government – or other governments – know the truth and merely need to be persuaded to let us in on the secret. But it’s also possible that the authorities don’t have anything to tell us.

And speaking of disclosure, there’s a published report that the UK Ministry of Defence is readying more UFO documents for release in 2016. But don’t expect any smoking guns.

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