THE PARACAST NEWSLETTER
March 10, 2013
Government Experiments with Remote Viewing Explored on The Paracast
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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 The Official Paracast Store 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: Gene and Chris present the ever-elusive Dr. Russell Targ. Dr. Targ and Hal Putoff led the team at Stanford Research Institute that created the "remote viewing" protocols in the early '70s, about which many stories have been written. Targ's latest book is The Reality of ESP: A Physicist's Proof of Psychic Abilities."
Chris O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
Dr. Targ's Site: Russell Targ. Books and Workshops on Remote Viewing, Psi / Psychic Science, Spiritual Healing.
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. We recently completed a major update that makes our community easier to navigate, and social network friendly.
You Can’t Keep Politics Out of the Paranormal
By Gene Steinberg
The other day, someone sent me an email complaining about the political beliefs expressed by a recent guest on The Paracast. If they wanted to hear someone’s supposedly extreme political comments, there were other shows that dealt with such matters.
All well in good, to a point. There is plenty of political chatter on radio and TV these days, although the conservatives seem to have a lock on radio. Regardless, why should we travel that well-worn road?
Unfortunately, when you get into the paranormal, politics must rear its ugly head. Take the UFO mystery. The theory goes that the governments of the world have guilty knowledge about what they are and their purpose for visiting us. Some government officials, military or otherwise, may have already met ET, and may even have a secret exchange program in place. Or at least that’s what they say, although actual proof is missing in action.
When UFOs first became a significant enigma to be explored in the U.S., the Air Force took on the task of investigating those reports with an agency that went through several incarnations. It was finally named Project Blue Book. Even with Project Blue Book no longer in operation, some feel the U.S. is still engaged in UFO research behind the scenes, and though it may have even moved to the private sector, the government may still be pulling the strings. There are even movements afoot to compel governments to disclose what they know about UFOs.
Are you with me so far?
So how is any of this stuff about government investigations and possible secret knowledge not political?
If that’s not enough, how about the CIA’s efforts to recruit alleged psychics to engage in remote reviewing or other activities that involve extrasensory capabilities? Supposedly some were engaged in spying activities, with the added advantage of not putting themselves in danger, since they were viewing present and possibly future events in far off places from the safety of the testing laboratories or even their own homes. Talk about telecommuting.
But it doesn’t stop there. Consider the possible curious connections between a UFO sighting in 1947, at Maury Island in the state of Washington, with the Kennedy assassination. How so?
Well, the sighting itself may have involved our own test aircraft. When two military officers took off on a plane carrying metallic material that was supposedly dropped by the UFO, the plane crashed. Consider this incident: One of the original UFO witnesses, Kenneth Arnold, investigated Maury Island. When he completed his investigation, and journeyed home on his private plane, the engine stalled, but he was able to avoid a crash.
Was any of that sabotage? Did any of it involve government intelligence?
As far as the Kennedy assassination is concerned, one of the key figures in the Maury Island affair, Fred Lee Crisman, was one of the people reportedly investigated in connection with the death of JFK by a New Orleans District Attorney, Jim Garrison. Some suggest Crisman was one of those three possible hobos that were present near the scene of the murder. A strange coincidence, or something more?
But any time you deal with something involving a political figure, any political figure, how do politics not play a role? And, no, I do not necessarily believe the JFK assassination is related to UFOs. Even if Crisman played a role in both, it may have been the luck of the draw and nothing more. Unless, of course, Maury Island was itself a government operation, a test aircraft, and there was government involvement in the tragic aftermath.
Now even if the U.S. government doesn’t have any inside knowledge to offer about UFOs, that doesn’t make the subject non-political. If UFOs are indeed alien visitors, as many believe, their mere presence in our skies can have a major impact if that fact was admitted to the public at large. How would the military-industrial complex respond? What about the world’s religions? Consider the presence of some sort of advanced energy system that immediately rendered our fossil fuel economy obsolete. What if ET had their own religion, or no religion? What if they were the forces behind the events recounted in the Bible and other religious texts?
This is the stuff that can give government leaders and bureaucrats nightmares, not to mention everyone potentially impacted by the revelation of extraterrestrial visitations. Even if they do not accept UFOs as real, I would find it very difficult to believe that politicians and their subordinates aren’t at least considering what they’d do in the event of “first contact.” If anything, the UFO mystery can serve as a learning point even if it doesn’t represent some sort of imminent threat.
So while I understand why people might feel overwhelmed with all the silliness that passes for political interaction and debate these days, there’s no way we can avoid these subjects. But The Paracast is not going to become just another political talk show. That field is saturated and then some. However, so long as politics remains an important part of our discussions, we cannot just push it aside.
In saying that, we’re going to do our best to minimize straying from the topics at hand. As you heard on the recent discussion with John Greenewald, Jr., once he started to talk about a current political controversy, I shut it down and moved elsewhere. It clearly had nothing to do with UFOs or the paranormal, and, other than perhaps demonstrating yet another example of government incompetence, didn’t help advance the dialog.
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March 10, 2013
Government Experiments with Remote Viewing Explored on The Paracast
Special Announcement: The Paracast is heard Sundays from 2:00 AM until 5:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
Why It's Important for You to Donate to The Paracast: Although ads help cover a small part of our expenses, the income they produce is never enough to pay your humble hosts decent wages. Also, we do not receive any revenue from the ads placed on the show by our network or local stations. So we hope you're able to help fill the gap, if you can, to help us cover increasing server costs and other expenses -- or perhaps provide a little extra cash for lunch and utility bills. No contribution is too small (or too large
. It’s easy to send a donation. We have a Donate link on our home page, below the logo and audio player. There's also a Donate link on our forums, at the bottom of the sidebar on the right. Or just send your PayPal donation direct to sales (at) theparacast (dot) com. And if you’ve had a problem getting to our Donate screen, please try again. We just fixed a serious PayPal access problem, and it should work properly now.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 The Official Paracast Store 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: Gene and Chris present the ever-elusive Dr. Russell Targ. Dr. Targ and Hal Putoff led the team at Stanford Research Institute that created the "remote viewing" protocols in the early '70s, about which many stories have been written. Targ's latest book is The Reality of ESP: A Physicist's Proof of Psychic Abilities."
Chris O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
Dr. Targ's Site: Russell Targ. Books and Workshops on Remote Viewing, Psi / Psychic Science, Spiritual Healing.
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. We recently completed a major update that makes our community easier to navigate, and social network friendly.
You Can’t Keep Politics Out of the Paranormal
By Gene Steinberg
The other day, someone sent me an email complaining about the political beliefs expressed by a recent guest on The Paracast. If they wanted to hear someone’s supposedly extreme political comments, there were other shows that dealt with such matters.
All well in good, to a point. There is plenty of political chatter on radio and TV these days, although the conservatives seem to have a lock on radio. Regardless, why should we travel that well-worn road?
Unfortunately, when you get into the paranormal, politics must rear its ugly head. Take the UFO mystery. The theory goes that the governments of the world have guilty knowledge about what they are and their purpose for visiting us. Some government officials, military or otherwise, may have already met ET, and may even have a secret exchange program in place. Or at least that’s what they say, although actual proof is missing in action.
When UFOs first became a significant enigma to be explored in the U.S., the Air Force took on the task of investigating those reports with an agency that went through several incarnations. It was finally named Project Blue Book. Even with Project Blue Book no longer in operation, some feel the U.S. is still engaged in UFO research behind the scenes, and though it may have even moved to the private sector, the government may still be pulling the strings. There are even movements afoot to compel governments to disclose what they know about UFOs.
Are you with me so far?
So how is any of this stuff about government investigations and possible secret knowledge not political?
If that’s not enough, how about the CIA’s efforts to recruit alleged psychics to engage in remote reviewing or other activities that involve extrasensory capabilities? Supposedly some were engaged in spying activities, with the added advantage of not putting themselves in danger, since they were viewing present and possibly future events in far off places from the safety of the testing laboratories or even their own homes. Talk about telecommuting.
But it doesn’t stop there. Consider the possible curious connections between a UFO sighting in 1947, at Maury Island in the state of Washington, with the Kennedy assassination. How so?
Well, the sighting itself may have involved our own test aircraft. When two military officers took off on a plane carrying metallic material that was supposedly dropped by the UFO, the plane crashed. Consider this incident: One of the original UFO witnesses, Kenneth Arnold, investigated Maury Island. When he completed his investigation, and journeyed home on his private plane, the engine stalled, but he was able to avoid a crash.
Was any of that sabotage? Did any of it involve government intelligence?
As far as the Kennedy assassination is concerned, one of the key figures in the Maury Island affair, Fred Lee Crisman, was one of the people reportedly investigated in connection with the death of JFK by a New Orleans District Attorney, Jim Garrison. Some suggest Crisman was one of those three possible hobos that were present near the scene of the murder. A strange coincidence, or something more?
But any time you deal with something involving a political figure, any political figure, how do politics not play a role? And, no, I do not necessarily believe the JFK assassination is related to UFOs. Even if Crisman played a role in both, it may have been the luck of the draw and nothing more. Unless, of course, Maury Island was itself a government operation, a test aircraft, and there was government involvement in the tragic aftermath.
Now even if the U.S. government doesn’t have any inside knowledge to offer about UFOs, that doesn’t make the subject non-political. If UFOs are indeed alien visitors, as many believe, their mere presence in our skies can have a major impact if that fact was admitted to the public at large. How would the military-industrial complex respond? What about the world’s religions? Consider the presence of some sort of advanced energy system that immediately rendered our fossil fuel economy obsolete. What if ET had their own religion, or no religion? What if they were the forces behind the events recounted in the Bible and other religious texts?
This is the stuff that can give government leaders and bureaucrats nightmares, not to mention everyone potentially impacted by the revelation of extraterrestrial visitations. Even if they do not accept UFOs as real, I would find it very difficult to believe that politicians and their subordinates aren’t at least considering what they’d do in the event of “first contact.” If anything, the UFO mystery can serve as a learning point even if it doesn’t represent some sort of imminent threat.
So while I understand why people might feel overwhelmed with all the silliness that passes for political interaction and debate these days, there’s no way we can avoid these subjects. But The Paracast is not going to become just another political talk show. That field is saturated and then some. However, so long as politics remains an important part of our discussions, we cannot just push it aside.
In saying that, we’re going to do our best to minimize straying from the topics at hand. As you heard on the recent discussion with John Greenewald, Jr., once he started to talk about a current political controversy, I shut it down and moved elsewhere. It clearly had nothing to do with UFOs or the paranormal, and, other than perhaps demonstrating yet another example of government incompetence, didn’t help advance the dialog.
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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!
