Although I am interested in and curious about various paranormal/UFO experiences and theories in more recent times, my real fascination and interest is in the earliest cases. I feel sometimes like people who believe in "flying saucers" are kind of put down on the show. I feel like I'm being told "Oh you're one of those people that still believe in flying saucers, well, we've moved way beyond that. It's something so much more exotic and spiritual and paranormal and ????"
To me it seems implied that what was going on and the early days, is the same thing that's been happening since, it was just interpreted differently and I don't believe that. I believe that when these things first started to appear they were solid objects and were aerodynamic vehicles that were intelligently controlled. As time moved on the snowball effect began and with each year more and more junk climbed on board the UFO snowball to the point to where it's just a big giant weird complex thing. Not that that's not interesting to discuss or "Theorize" or ramble as you call it.
Maybe it's because I am a history nut or I am too mechanical? I guess for me going over the early history is more concrete for me. I've just started reading Ted Blochers book (again) and read Donald Keyhoe stuff. I know that is meaningless in today's context when you consider some of the weird stuff people are reporting more recently.
I can see how it would be easy to believe that some kind of weird portal to another dimension or universe opened up and ever since then all this weird stuff has come out of it.... But then here we go with another modern influence. A little "Stargate" anyone...