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@Randall the only way I can respond to your larger meta question is to consider the discussions of our current leading theorists and their preferred theories. Because the phenomena is so difficult to define I've long thought an interdisciplinary...

They have the one thing that really matters in common--a modicum of credibility. I don't recall reports by drug addicts or prison inmates nor by people with known mental illness prior to an experience. Familiarization requires witnesses who are...

Quite a few "bits and pieces." Most people would abandon it because its overall view is contrary to what nearly everyone wants to believe. But contactee nonsense, such as Adamski's, still has a purpose--to sully certain ideas. Just like physical...

Just a head's up on a post that I'd like your feedback on. The full post is here. The most relevant question is reiterated below ( with minor changes for clarity ). Earth's geography and human physiology hasn't changed much over the last few...

https://www.theparacast.com/forum/threads/chase-brandon-on-dmr-august-13th.11063/

Lovely dog. Hey buddy.

I have no doubt that in the history of mediumship that there are those who can tap into another stream of information and tune into channels that go past all the bands on my shortwave radio. But repeat dialogue with Bigfoot - no way. Like I said...

Thanks for the link. I checked it out. The links in it to to the interviews don't work anymore, but the newspaper clips are interesting. I'm still not sure what @Trajanus thinks the "real grand design" is — but as usual I'm in agreement with your...

I started reading it and abandoned pretty early on when I saw how the real grand design was the author picking bits and pieces of UFO history to suit his thesis which includes: his confidence in the political belief systems of aliens, the...

My perspective is that discerning the difference between opinion, hypothesis, fact, and the implausible vs. the impossible, helps me to stay on track. That's why I tend to say "maybe" a lot. There are very few things about aliens, and the...

That's just not how technological progress works. Sure, some stuff happens accidentally in the lab, but all the big stuff we've done from digital computing, to laser surgery, rockets and explosives all have a very specific lineage. As a...

That may be a thought, but it completely contradicts who witnesses are. They are a total cross section of society with regards to age, gender, education and profession. Reporting by witnesses are sketchy at best, with a small percentage of...

No, I've long thought witnesses are carefully selected beforehand, to help further familiarization. That is, the ETs appear before, or abduct, people who are credible and hence will be believed. The idea is not to see what witness reaction is...

Well if they're "carefully selected" ( as you suggest ), then it isn't just done willy-nilly at random — but based on some sort of criteria which necessitates some kind of study. Additionally, there's some eveidence to suggest that in some cases...

To me it's not hard to understand why some aliens might not have the same technological capacity or knowledge in certain areas as we do — especially knowledge specific to us that has taken thousands of years of experience and study being us here...

I don't understand this thinking. They've mastered the physics and biology of interstellar travel but they can't send a nano probe into my bedroom to get a blood sample from me in-between my snoring? And the same goes for every alien seen...

Note that I didn't include the rest of your post because I take no issue with it. All valid speculation and everyone is entitled their opinions. This last bit ( above ) is a bit more interesting. I agree with you that in some cases the aliens...

Way too optimistic in my opinion. Sure, once familiarization is deemed complete. But this is different--fear of the unknown, and not just any unknown but advanced alien beings with incredible powers. That's why there's familiarization, to...

Re: Kevin Randle While I think he's a fantastic credit to the field and admire his Roswellian tenacity he does tend to use the phrase "ETH biased" a lot more often lately. His blog has an ETH flavour to the language but he debunks everything in...

This is going to repeat earlier Paracast discussions regarding materialism, folklore, UFO's and the human experience, but it's a good solid historical article. And it points at where most of ideas derive from. I'm not saying anything weird or...

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Witness events are interpreted by their brains first trying to make sense of nonsensical material and then later by ufologists with an agenda. You can't put stock in anything that comes out of an agenda driven approach to the phenomena. Yes...

I don't buy the takeover scheme notion of Jacobs, but the witnesses clearly had a highly unusual experience and highly suggestive of ETs. Barney spotted the craft through his binocs. If the Hill case was just a military psyops operation, they...

Yes indeed - concur with your take on this curious field. How naive we all were decades ago to perennially hope that next year will be the year when the mystery is solved … and so the best goes on 😂 And yes totally agree re: Jerome Clark...

Ok that Rogan stuff is all improvisational poppycock. The only thing that came close to making sense was "take magic mushrooms to make more love and peace in the world". Unfortunately I do not own an aura ring nor a hyperbaric chamber to test...

A "significant proportion" (33%) indicates progress has been made but it's not adequate. Maybe around 80--90%. And just because a person believes aliens exist doesn't necessarily mean he's ready to accept their presence here calmly--if or when...

The 33% represents those polled on belief and extrapolated out — that's full one third. Many more are perfectly ready to psychologically accept it with minimal adaptation because they've been so inundated with it — and the rest don't care one...

Thanks for your "two cents" — an excellent example of what constitutes constructive discussion. While your essay makes several valid points and observations, my takeaway from it is that it has more to do with how humans in general have...

I’ve been following the UFO enigma since the early 1970s. As a young man, I was very naïve regarding the ramifications of first contact. After a lifetime in this society and looking at our world as a whole. I am convinced that human society...

Cynicism is an essential survival skill :cool: