THE PARACAST NEWSLETTER
April 14, 2013
Skinwalker Ranch and Other Mysteries Explored on The Paracast
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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: Gene and Chris present award-winning investigative reporter and UFO investigator George Knapp, co-author of "Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah." Knapp has investigated the strange occurrences at the Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, and he has also covered the unusual claims surrounding Area 51, not to mention such eccentric UFO-related personalities as Bob Lazar.
Chris O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
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.
Gradual Disclosure Revisited
By Gene Steinberg
Every year or so, there’s yet another rumor that we’ll soon see some sort of disclosure that UFOs are real from the U.S. Government. This is the “cry wolf” story that has arisen so often, I wonder why anyone actually takes it seriously, but some of you do. Or at least, some of you hope that it’ll all come true this time.
I suppose that’s the lazy way to solve the UFO mystery. If the authorities know what’s really going on, you demand that they reveal the truth. End of story, or at least if something significant is actually revealed, but that never seems to happen.
Back in the 1950s, the late UFO investigator, Major Donald E. Keyhoe, expected that congressional hearings would reveal the truth. He naively believed that our elected representatives would be honest brokers, and do what they could to force the “Silence Group” to tell what they really knew about the flying saucers.
That opportunity appeared to come in the 1960s when, in the wake of a UFO flap in Michigan, Congress really held hearings that resulted in the creation of the Condon Committee to investigate the phenomenon. Predictably, the results were a whitewash, concluding that UFOs weren’t real, and that gave the Air Force the excuse to shutter Project Blue Book.
I wonder how it felt for Major Keyhoe, and the organization he headed at the time, NICAP, to actually attain their cherished goal without any positive results. Indeed, interest in UFOs fell, at least until the next wave of sightings. But we didn’t have Project Blue Book to kick around anymore.
Over the years, however, there have been various and sundry efforts to force disclosure. Aside from direct demands, some researchers made information requests via the U.S.’s Freedom of Information Act, which did sometimes deliver various and sundry documents. Thousands of documents have been acquired over the years. But no smoking guns were found in the U.S., or among the tens of thousands of UFO-related documents released worldwide?
How would you expect otherwise?
It would also seem silly to actually expect that a secret allegedly held under wraps for decades would miraculously be revealed because a few thousand citizens said it must be so. Oh the optimism!
What if the governments of the world, truly having guilty knowledge that an alien race, or an unknown force, was responsible for the appearance of UFOs, decided to let us in on the secret? Only it wouldn’t happen overnight, but would play out over a period of several decades.
Now before I look at the implications, consider what this might mean. With governments and political agendas changing on a regular basis, just keeping a secret since, say, the 1940s, would be a truly amazing achievement. How would the secret survive unless it had the potential to change the course of history?
Regardless, some suggest that we are being let in, little by little, on the amazing truth behind the UFOs. But rather than cause panic and perhaps serious harm to governments and industry, the revelation will come so gradually it would be near impossible to understand the full scope of the plan unless you took the long view.
The beginnings of disclosure might play out in the discovery of possible life on other planets, such as the presumed presence of microbes on Mars. Sure, microbial life isn’t visiting us in spaceships, but it gets the point across. If the conditions are right on another world, life flourishes.
While the possibility that ET is present on other planets in our solar system seems little to none, what about Earth-type planets orbiting other star systems? Indeed, is it at all possible that the Earth is the only source of intelligent life in our galaxy?
Probably not, because scientists are reporting the discovery of more and more planets orbiting other star systems. Some appear to be in the “Goldilocks” zone, where surface conditions would allow life as we know it to develop. If there are thousands or millions of such planets, not only might intelligent life appear on some, but a few might have developed advanced technologies that allows them to travel among the stars. Of course a few in galactic terms might still number in the thousands or the millions.
No wonder the crew of the Enterprise in the “Star Trek” movie and TV shows is always stumbling upon yet another undiscovered advanced life form. Those sci-fi scriptwriters have a point. How could it be otherwise?
So if UFOs are spaceships, the process of gradual disclosure might just succeed in getting humans accustomed to the reality of the idea. That way, the impact of the final revelation might not be so severe. But that assumes ET is visiting us, and that their intentions are friendly, or at least neutral, and we can only hope they have a “prime directive” not to interfere with other civilizations.
Even if we assume a non-hostile motive, is it at all possible that the “gods” of our ancient history are really visitors from out there? What if we are actually a genetic experiment, the results of creating a hybrid race mixing the terrestrial inhabitants with some advanced race? How would our religious leaders react to that revelation?
But what if the governments of the world were already in contact with “them”? What if they knew “they” were members of an advanced race that coexists with humans, perhaps residing deep in caves or under the oceans?What if they pop in and out again via some sort of dimensional portal?
It may be, of course, that our visitors, whoever and whatever they really are, have a hostile intent. What if the authorities knew we had no defense, but that the end of humanity was imminent? Would the doomed population be told the truth, or would it all be revealed with a single terse announcement as we await the end? Good night and good luck.
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April 14, 2013
Skinwalker Ranch and Other Mysteries 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 award-winning investigative reporter and UFO investigator George Knapp, co-author of "Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah." Knapp has investigated the strange occurrences at the Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, and he has also covered the unusual claims surrounding Area 51, not to mention such eccentric UFO-related personalities as Bob Lazar.
Chris O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
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.
Gradual Disclosure Revisited
By Gene Steinberg
Every year or so, there’s yet another rumor that we’ll soon see some sort of disclosure that UFOs are real from the U.S. Government. This is the “cry wolf” story that has arisen so often, I wonder why anyone actually takes it seriously, but some of you do. Or at least, some of you hope that it’ll all come true this time.
I suppose that’s the lazy way to solve the UFO mystery. If the authorities know what’s really going on, you demand that they reveal the truth. End of story, or at least if something significant is actually revealed, but that never seems to happen.
Back in the 1950s, the late UFO investigator, Major Donald E. Keyhoe, expected that congressional hearings would reveal the truth. He naively believed that our elected representatives would be honest brokers, and do what they could to force the “Silence Group” to tell what they really knew about the flying saucers.
That opportunity appeared to come in the 1960s when, in the wake of a UFO flap in Michigan, Congress really held hearings that resulted in the creation of the Condon Committee to investigate the phenomenon. Predictably, the results were a whitewash, concluding that UFOs weren’t real, and that gave the Air Force the excuse to shutter Project Blue Book.
I wonder how it felt for Major Keyhoe, and the organization he headed at the time, NICAP, to actually attain their cherished goal without any positive results. Indeed, interest in UFOs fell, at least until the next wave of sightings. But we didn’t have Project Blue Book to kick around anymore.
Over the years, however, there have been various and sundry efforts to force disclosure. Aside from direct demands, some researchers made information requests via the U.S.’s Freedom of Information Act, which did sometimes deliver various and sundry documents. Thousands of documents have been acquired over the years. But no smoking guns were found in the U.S., or among the tens of thousands of UFO-related documents released worldwide?
How would you expect otherwise?
It would also seem silly to actually expect that a secret allegedly held under wraps for decades would miraculously be revealed because a few thousand citizens said it must be so. Oh the optimism!
What if the governments of the world, truly having guilty knowledge that an alien race, or an unknown force, was responsible for the appearance of UFOs, decided to let us in on the secret? Only it wouldn’t happen overnight, but would play out over a period of several decades.
Now before I look at the implications, consider what this might mean. With governments and political agendas changing on a regular basis, just keeping a secret since, say, the 1940s, would be a truly amazing achievement. How would the secret survive unless it had the potential to change the course of history?
Regardless, some suggest that we are being let in, little by little, on the amazing truth behind the UFOs. But rather than cause panic and perhaps serious harm to governments and industry, the revelation will come so gradually it would be near impossible to understand the full scope of the plan unless you took the long view.
The beginnings of disclosure might play out in the discovery of possible life on other planets, such as the presumed presence of microbes on Mars. Sure, microbial life isn’t visiting us in spaceships, but it gets the point across. If the conditions are right on another world, life flourishes.
While the possibility that ET is present on other planets in our solar system seems little to none, what about Earth-type planets orbiting other star systems? Indeed, is it at all possible that the Earth is the only source of intelligent life in our galaxy?
Probably not, because scientists are reporting the discovery of more and more planets orbiting other star systems. Some appear to be in the “Goldilocks” zone, where surface conditions would allow life as we know it to develop. If there are thousands or millions of such planets, not only might intelligent life appear on some, but a few might have developed advanced technologies that allows them to travel among the stars. Of course a few in galactic terms might still number in the thousands or the millions.
No wonder the crew of the Enterprise in the “Star Trek” movie and TV shows is always stumbling upon yet another undiscovered advanced life form. Those sci-fi scriptwriters have a point. How could it be otherwise?
So if UFOs are spaceships, the process of gradual disclosure might just succeed in getting humans accustomed to the reality of the idea. That way, the impact of the final revelation might not be so severe. But that assumes ET is visiting us, and that their intentions are friendly, or at least neutral, and we can only hope they have a “prime directive” not to interfere with other civilizations.
Even if we assume a non-hostile motive, is it at all possible that the “gods” of our ancient history are really visitors from out there? What if we are actually a genetic experiment, the results of creating a hybrid race mixing the terrestrial inhabitants with some advanced race? How would our religious leaders react to that revelation?
But what if the governments of the world were already in contact with “them”? What if they knew “they” were members of an advanced race that coexists with humans, perhaps residing deep in caves or under the oceans?What if they pop in and out again via some sort of dimensional portal?
It may be, of course, that our visitors, whoever and whatever they really are, have a hostile intent. What if the authorities knew we had no defense, but that the end of humanity was imminent? Would the doomed population be told the truth, or would it all be revealed with a single terse announcement as we await the end? Good night and good luck.
The Paracast Copyright 1999-2013 Making The Impossible, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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!