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April 23, 2023
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This Week's Episode: Gene and cohost Tim Swartz present Anna Maria Manalo and Tom Conwell, authors of The Night Visitants: A Ufologist, An Experiencer And The Undefinable. Manalo was raised in suburban San Juan, an hour north of metropolitan Manila. During childhood, her neighborhood was an active hotspot for ghosts, apparitions and other entities. These experiences led to her interest in the supernatural after her father’s tragic death from a demonic infestation in their home. She is an author of paranormal suspense memoirs and anthologies and specializes in studying hauntings brought about by catastrophic events such as WWII, acts of human violence, odd and strange entities that appear in remote, isolated or abandoned places or beings created by human thought called Tulpas. Conwell is a retired security software specialist with a keen awareness of physics, computer and internet software and a broad knowledge of electronics and how it intersects with the paranormal world and UFOs.
After The Paracast — Available exclusively for Paracast+ subscribers on April 23: Anna Maria Manalo and Tom Conwell, authors of The Night Visitants: A Ufologist, An Experiencer And The Undefinable, continue to speak about paranormal phenomena with Gene and cohost Tim Swartz. This episode focuses heavily on animal-related experiences, including stories about The Rake, a humanoid monster originally conceived as an urban legend. There are also discussions as to the possible shapes of reported extraterrestrial visitors, and what does Manalo mean when she refers to her books as "creative non-fiction"? She is the is an author of paranormal suspense memoirs and anthologies of covering various topics. Conwell, a retired security software specialist, has assembled a map of UFO sightings which has revealed many anomalies and is now an integral part of his research studies. He worked as an Electronic Technician with the U.S. Navy and Honeywell, Inc. for 42 years.
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. Visit our new online shop for great branded merchandise at: https://www.theparacast.shop, and check out our new YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheOfficialParacastChannel.
The Broken Record Report
By Gene Steinberg
If you’ve followed UFO lore for any length of time, you might feel lonely. There have been loads of sightings, some involving close-up encounters with strange flying machines. There are people who claim to have actually met up with a variety of strange beings that, when they convey information, may assertm that they are from other planets.
In recent years, military sightings have taken precedence. Since the 2017 reveal in The New York Times about a tiny Pentagon probe into UAPs, expectations that the truth that is out there will finally be revealed have increased.
But if one hopes that the U.S. government will study the phenomenon with care and deliberation and deliver the findings many of you want, such hopes aren’t going to be fulfilled.
This doesn’t mean folks who are doing the Pentagon’s work aren’t up to the task. But it’s not very well organized, unless musical chairs are you cup of tea.
So almost every year or two, the program is reorganized and gets a new name. For 2023, it’s the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), which is vaguely reminiscent of a notable UFO group from the early days, APRO. That stood for Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, so they referred to UFOs as, well, UAOs.
Today’s use in some circles of the acronym UAP harkens back to APRO’s alternative.
In any case, there was yet another Congressional hearing on the matter on Wednesday, April 19, before Senators who have expressed an interest in what’s going on.
Alas, they were once again destined for disappointment.
So Sean Kirkpatrick, described as the Pentagon’s “chief UFO expert,” announced that evidence of a possible alien origin is still missing.
Repeating the all-too-familiar mantra, Kirkpatrick, who holds a Ph.D. in physics, said that AARO “has found no credible evidence thus far of extraterrestrial activity, off-world technology or objects that defy the known laws of physics.”
It’s almost as if he were reading the public conclusions from Project Blue Book, the early UFO study — or public relations office — run by the Air Force.
During his presentation on the status of AARO, he claimed that: “In the event sufficient scientific data were ever obtained that a UAP encountered can only be explained by extraterrestrial origin, we are committed to working with our interagency partners at NASA to appropriately inform government leadership of its findings.”
Notice that he said nothing about the right of the public to know if there are visitors from other planets in our skies.
If there was any hope for something more concrete, it came from the fact that Kirkpatrick recently co-wrote wrote a “draft paper” with Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggesting that it’s possible some of the UAPs being studied by the Pentagon are “extraterrestrial technological probes” sent via a spaceship, perhaps a mothership.
But there was more, since AARO has more sightings to examine.
So Kirkpatrick said that they are tracking 650 sightings, up from 366 in the last report. But get this:“We prioritize about half of them to be anomalous.”
More to the point, a small number, in the “single percentages” among unexplained UAP reports “are showing some sort of advanced technical signature.”
He tried to shift the blame: “I have indicators that some are related to foreign intelligence capabilities…”
So maybe it’s not ET. Instead it’s possibly China, Iran or Russia, to identify the usual offenders. There’s nothing surprising here about whom to blame for sightings with mundane explanations. At the same time, the Pentagon would seem quite capable of identifying the real source if it’s terrestrial.
But the suggestion about foreign intelligence may just be an excuse to throw us off the track. So they have no evidence that ET is here, but there are sightings that can’t be identified. So maybe another country is sending drones to spy on us, just as China did with its surveillance balloon earlier this year.
Yet there appeared to be nothing about that balloon that appeared to stump the Pentagon. They indicated they knew what was there, and how to prevent China from receiving much secure data from its survey. After shooting it down, a lot of the wreckage has been recovered, but it’s not as if the Pentagon has gone out of its way to report its findings in detail.
Then again, that’s a matter of national security, which is quite understandable. Indeed, if the Pentagon had genuine evidence that UFOs were spaceships — or some unknown phenomenon even more mysterious — that, too, would be a national security issue. Thus, officials wouldn’t reveal any details for obvious reasons.
Perhaps not even to members of the U.S. Congress with security clearances.
So when Kirkpatrick and all his predecessors over the years said there wasn’t “credible evidence” that UFOs were from outer space, it’s not at all clear what they regard as credible.
Nor does it mean that such a statement should be taken seriously. It’s not as if the Pentagon has any concerns about misleading the public — and thus other countries too — about a national security issue.
So even if a massed landing of spacecraft or other irrefutable evidence of the origin of UFOs were made public, government bureaucrats could say, as an excuse, that they suspected such but they didn’t have enough proof to reach a conclusion.
Besides, just what constitutes “credible evidence” anyway short of the ultimate goal? Does the fact that UFOs can run rings out of our most advanced aircraft prove their origin? Not unless a sample — perhaps a crashed spaceship — was at hand.
Even then, it might take years to figure out what it was made of, during which time they can readily cite national security grounds to keep it hush hush.
So where does all that leave us?
Well, when the head of a UAP investigations body co-authors a paper on the subject with a noted astronomer that paints a picture of possible ET visitation, maybe a huge vault has been opened.
But absent some external development that cannot be dismissed, such as a landing or a communications attempt by the space people, this behavior could go on for years and years without any final answers. Congress might ultimately tire of spending taxpayer’s money on research that isn’t going anywhere, so AARO could be disbanded, or simply left to become less and less significant until it quietly goes away.
Indeed, it is possible that the change of names and focus is designed to confuse more than inform. Besides, the politicians who demonstrate the most interest today, including such veterans as Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D), will someday be replaced by younger people who might just want to deal with other matters.
So the needle on the broken record will ultimately become stuck in the grove, and that’ll be the end of it. At least for now.
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April 23, 2023
www.theparacast.com
Discover Amazing UFO and Paranormal Encounters with Tom Conwell and Anna Maria Manalo on The Paracast!
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 3:00 AM until 6:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, the Boost Radio Network, the IRN Internet Radio Network, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP FOR THE PARACAST+ YET? PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PARACAST+ SO YOU CAN SUPPORT THE SHOW AND ENJOY THE ULTIMATE PARACAST EXPERIENCE AT A SPECIAL LOW PRICE! We have another radio show and we’d love for you listen to it. So for a low subscription fee, you will receive access to an exclusive podcast, After The Paracast, plus an enhanced version of The Paracast with the network ads removed, when you join The Paracast+. We also offer a special RSS feed for easy updates of the latest episodes on your device. Flash! Use the coupon code ufo20 to receive a 20% discount on five-year or lifetime subscriptions. And PayPal now accepts cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, in payment. And if you don't want to use PayPal, we now also offer a second payment option, from Stripe, which accepts major credit or debit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay. For "qualified users," you can also take advantage of Pay Later options, so act now! For the easiest signup ever, please visit: Choose Your Membership Upgrade
This Week's Episode: Gene and cohost Tim Swartz present Anna Maria Manalo and Tom Conwell, authors of The Night Visitants: A Ufologist, An Experiencer And The Undefinable. Manalo was raised in suburban San Juan, an hour north of metropolitan Manila. During childhood, her neighborhood was an active hotspot for ghosts, apparitions and other entities. These experiences led to her interest in the supernatural after her father’s tragic death from a demonic infestation in their home. She is an author of paranormal suspense memoirs and anthologies and specializes in studying hauntings brought about by catastrophic events such as WWII, acts of human violence, odd and strange entities that appear in remote, isolated or abandoned places or beings created by human thought called Tulpas. Conwell is a retired security software specialist with a keen awareness of physics, computer and internet software and a broad knowledge of electronics and how it intersects with the paranormal world and UFOs.
After The Paracast — Available exclusively for Paracast+ subscribers on April 23: Anna Maria Manalo and Tom Conwell, authors of The Night Visitants: A Ufologist, An Experiencer And The Undefinable, continue to speak about paranormal phenomena with Gene and cohost Tim Swartz. This episode focuses heavily on animal-related experiences, including stories about The Rake, a humanoid monster originally conceived as an urban legend. There are also discussions as to the possible shapes of reported extraterrestrial visitors, and what does Manalo mean when she refers to her books as "creative non-fiction"? She is the is an author of paranormal suspense memoirs and anthologies of covering various topics. Conwell, a retired security software specialist, has assembled a map of UFO sightings which has revealed many anomalies and is now an integral part of his research studies. He worked as an Electronic Technician with the U.S. Navy and Honeywell, Inc. for 42 years.
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. Visit our new online shop for great branded merchandise at: https://www.theparacast.shop, and check out our new YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheOfficialParacastChannel.
The Broken Record Report
By Gene Steinberg
If you’ve followed UFO lore for any length of time, you might feel lonely. There have been loads of sightings, some involving close-up encounters with strange flying machines. There are people who claim to have actually met up with a variety of strange beings that, when they convey information, may assertm that they are from other planets.
In recent years, military sightings have taken precedence. Since the 2017 reveal in The New York Times about a tiny Pentagon probe into UAPs, expectations that the truth that is out there will finally be revealed have increased.
But if one hopes that the U.S. government will study the phenomenon with care and deliberation and deliver the findings many of you want, such hopes aren’t going to be fulfilled.
This doesn’t mean folks who are doing the Pentagon’s work aren’t up to the task. But it’s not very well organized, unless musical chairs are you cup of tea.
So almost every year or two, the program is reorganized and gets a new name. For 2023, it’s the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), which is vaguely reminiscent of a notable UFO group from the early days, APRO. That stood for Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, so they referred to UFOs as, well, UAOs.
Today’s use in some circles of the acronym UAP harkens back to APRO’s alternative.
In any case, there was yet another Congressional hearing on the matter on Wednesday, April 19, before Senators who have expressed an interest in what’s going on.
Alas, they were once again destined for disappointment.
So Sean Kirkpatrick, described as the Pentagon’s “chief UFO expert,” announced that evidence of a possible alien origin is still missing.
Repeating the all-too-familiar mantra, Kirkpatrick, who holds a Ph.D. in physics, said that AARO “has found no credible evidence thus far of extraterrestrial activity, off-world technology or objects that defy the known laws of physics.”
It’s almost as if he were reading the public conclusions from Project Blue Book, the early UFO study — or public relations office — run by the Air Force.
During his presentation on the status of AARO, he claimed that: “In the event sufficient scientific data were ever obtained that a UAP encountered can only be explained by extraterrestrial origin, we are committed to working with our interagency partners at NASA to appropriately inform government leadership of its findings.”
Notice that he said nothing about the right of the public to know if there are visitors from other planets in our skies.
If there was any hope for something more concrete, it came from the fact that Kirkpatrick recently co-wrote wrote a “draft paper” with Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggesting that it’s possible some of the UAPs being studied by the Pentagon are “extraterrestrial technological probes” sent via a spaceship, perhaps a mothership.
But there was more, since AARO has more sightings to examine.
So Kirkpatrick said that they are tracking 650 sightings, up from 366 in the last report. But get this:“We prioritize about half of them to be anomalous.”
More to the point, a small number, in the “single percentages” among unexplained UAP reports “are showing some sort of advanced technical signature.”
He tried to shift the blame: “I have indicators that some are related to foreign intelligence capabilities…”
So maybe it’s not ET. Instead it’s possibly China, Iran or Russia, to identify the usual offenders. There’s nothing surprising here about whom to blame for sightings with mundane explanations. At the same time, the Pentagon would seem quite capable of identifying the real source if it’s terrestrial.
But the suggestion about foreign intelligence may just be an excuse to throw us off the track. So they have no evidence that ET is here, but there are sightings that can’t be identified. So maybe another country is sending drones to spy on us, just as China did with its surveillance balloon earlier this year.
Yet there appeared to be nothing about that balloon that appeared to stump the Pentagon. They indicated they knew what was there, and how to prevent China from receiving much secure data from its survey. After shooting it down, a lot of the wreckage has been recovered, but it’s not as if the Pentagon has gone out of its way to report its findings in detail.
Then again, that’s a matter of national security, which is quite understandable. Indeed, if the Pentagon had genuine evidence that UFOs were spaceships — or some unknown phenomenon even more mysterious — that, too, would be a national security issue. Thus, officials wouldn’t reveal any details for obvious reasons.
Perhaps not even to members of the U.S. Congress with security clearances.
So when Kirkpatrick and all his predecessors over the years said there wasn’t “credible evidence” that UFOs were from outer space, it’s not at all clear what they regard as credible.
Nor does it mean that such a statement should be taken seriously. It’s not as if the Pentagon has any concerns about misleading the public — and thus other countries too — about a national security issue.
So even if a massed landing of spacecraft or other irrefutable evidence of the origin of UFOs were made public, government bureaucrats could say, as an excuse, that they suspected such but they didn’t have enough proof to reach a conclusion.
Besides, just what constitutes “credible evidence” anyway short of the ultimate goal? Does the fact that UFOs can run rings out of our most advanced aircraft prove their origin? Not unless a sample — perhaps a crashed spaceship — was at hand.
Even then, it might take years to figure out what it was made of, during which time they can readily cite national security grounds to keep it hush hush.
So where does all that leave us?
Well, when the head of a UAP investigations body co-authors a paper on the subject with a noted astronomer that paints a picture of possible ET visitation, maybe a huge vault has been opened.
But absent some external development that cannot be dismissed, such as a landing or a communications attempt by the space people, this behavior could go on for years and years without any final answers. Congress might ultimately tire of spending taxpayer’s money on research that isn’t going anywhere, so AARO could be disbanded, or simply left to become less and less significant until it quietly goes away.
Indeed, it is possible that the change of names and focus is designed to confuse more than inform. Besides, the politicians who demonstrate the most interest today, including such veterans as Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D), will someday be replaced by younger people who might just want to deal with other matters.
So the needle on the broken record will ultimately become stuck in the grove, and that’ll be the end of it. At least for now.
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