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So "nones" are up to 29%--no doubt greater than in the past. And the trend toward secularism will almost certainly continue. They may make money by appealing to holy joes now but just wait til 2050-75.

I once knew a MUFON State Director who was upbeat about forcing the government to disclose what it knew. In my view, his efforts were futile, a fool's errand. For the present government, I maintained, disclosure would be suicide. In contrast, the State Director thought it would just result in...

Physical evidence may be the best but witness testimony shouldn't be ignored. Our understanding of reality. A more advanced civilization can appear very "magical" to one more primitive. I certainly don't. "Look after your planet" is just a scam to get us to see aliens as not associated with...

Na there are many reports from highly credible witnesses. Testimony may not be the best evidence but it shouldn't be just dismissed. Highly likely beyond our planet as "bigfoot," in such a case, isn't a natural, earthly thing. Of course the aliens want us to think they're here just for data...

Same true of the phenomenon generally. Lol, I view abductions are just another aspect of familiarization. I don't buy "medical experimentation," and "tags" are just to add to the credibility of certain cases (hence further familiarization) with a bit of physical evidence. Perhaps most...

Many people still dismiss all of UFOlogy as based on flimsy evidence. I don't think it's wise to dismiss an entire aspect of the phenomenon whether it's crop circles, abductions or contactees. As far as laymen know but the record of the phenomenon provides evidence for this. Despite the...

As I see it, familiarization had to wait until our species was sufficiently advanced to interpret it correctly. For all its deceptiveness, intended to preclude full acceptance of the ETH, yet, people do generally interpret it that way. This wouldn't have been possible centuries ago because...

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 concealment, it's a way of maintaining secrecy.

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 most likely to be believed. Many are pretty...

Right and for what reason other than to get us slowly used to the idea of visitors? Sure. Familiarization doesn't require benevolence or malevolence just showing themselves. What they do needn't matter much although malevolence serves other purposes besides familiarization.

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, but to use witnesses to further their goal...

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 reduce the ultimate shock of a revelation. They...

Skeptics and disinfo agents have the agenda driven approach. UFOlogists like KDR accept some cases and reject others based on evidence. What he saw was no mere light in the sky. It was a technological craft, of an unknown type, with beings in it. Lots of times they appear; it needn't mean...

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 would've used a copter. Hill would've recognized a...

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 it's openly acknowledged. There are good grounds...

Sure. IMO there's no valid comparison between irrational concepts like "sky gods" or "demons" and what we ourselves appear to be rapidly advancing toward. And it's not just a subjective exercise. The phenomenon shows up on radar occasionally--not a likely attribute of "sky gods" or "fairies."...

Of course they're familiar with the alien idea in sci fi but real ET ....right here...different issue. Fiction poses no theoretical threat to our safety or existing beliefs. Some are but I doubt they would if they knew the full truth about what they want revealed. I once knew a MUFON State...

That's the issue that familiarization is intended to rectify. It's precisely because of what you note that familiarization is a slow and very subtle process. It'll take decades more IMO. Frankly I think that's happened already. As The Alien Grand Design states, in effect, there's been covert...

That's misleading. Certainly skepticism remains. But since 1947 polls have shown increased acceptance of the idea of ET visitors. It certainly says something that many UFO books have sold well, witnesses have been respected guests on TV talk shows and--most significant perhaps--recent...

I don't think their real purpose or goals are so difficult to figure out. The phenomenon is very deceptive but it isn't really all that hard to see through it. In many cases, their purpose looks like study but it's a facade. See e.g. 1973 The Year of the Humanoids. The "study" facade crumbles...