Leslie Kean's New UFO Book Featured on The Paracast
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Sunday, August 15, 2010: 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 hosts interview long-time researchers in the field, to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join us as we explore the realms of the known and unknown, and hear great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Co-host Christopher O’Brien presents Leslie Kean, cofounder of the Coalition for Freedom of Information, and author of “UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record.”
Christopher O'Brien's site: Home - Our Strange Planet
Leslie Kean's site: UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record | by Leslie Kean
Coming August 22: Co-host Christopher O’Brien presents a rare interview with Louis Jarvis, focusing on such topics as comparative prophesy, how some possible religious miracles can be looked at in a paranormal context, and conspiracies about a New World Order.
Christopher O'Brien's site: Home - Our Strange Planet
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Are You Ready for Project Blue Book II?
In writing “UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record,” investigative reporter Leslie Kane makes it exceedingly clear that the subject must be taken seriously. Certainly the evidence presented is compelling and not easily disputed.
But Leslie is not just pitching for a scientific approach. She's proposing a new U.S. government agency to figure out what’s really going on. Not just to investigate sightings, but to make sure that the public knows all about it.
If such a thing truly happens, the proposed agency would be able to harness nationwide investigative resources to get to the scene of sightings as quickly as possible, collect the evidence and make an honest effort to understand what that evidence means.
Whether it will or can happen, though, is another issue entirely, and it’s clear that the U.S. has an exceedingly poor track record handling the UFO problem, at least in public. Beginning in 1952, Project Blue Book -- the successor to Projects Sign and Grudge -- had the purported task of trying to find out the cause behind all those reports of strange flying objects.
In retrospect, it appears Blue Book was little more than a public relations operation, designed to make it seem that the government was seriously investigating UFO sightings, but, in fact, just serving as a scheme to continue to debunk their reality.
In 1969, Blue Book was ordered shut, in the wake of the notorious Condon Report whitewash of the matter. Out of sight, out of mind, but there have long been reports that the U.S. government had yet another project, operating in secret, which was the real source of UFO investigation. In the real world, however, there is no real evidence of any such thing. Sure, there are rumors and alleged whistle blowers from time to time, but no smoking guns.
Whether a reborn Project Blue Book II -- or whatever it might be called -- would fare any better is certainly a valid question. More to the point, in a politically polarized society where the government is not just regarded with distrust, but blamed for wasteful spending, justifying the financing of such an agency would be extremely difficult. Let me even say impossible. Can you imagine how the talking heads on 24/7 cable news stations would react to such a plan?
On the other hand, perhaps a private agency, funded by a few extremely wealthy people, such as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, wouldn’t suffer from the same stench. More to the point, it might also be possible to harness resources that no private UFO club can afford to call upon.
A private agency would also have be able to call upon investigators and scientists from around the world to pursue a valid public investigation into the UFO mystery. They wouldn’t be restricted to any single country.
Understand that I’m not necessarily trying to attack MUFON and other organizations, nor the hard work they’ve done over the years. Most of them are sincerely trying to investigate UFOs, but continue to suffer from a severe lack of resources to really accomplish much beyond data collection. They are also, by dint of other organizations run by the fringe elements of the UFO field, seldom taken seriously, which means they really aren’t able to engage in the sort of intensive investigations that are needed, nor the proper analysis of the evidence they’ve retrieved.
So whether it’s a public or private agency, I wish Leslie and her colleagues the best of luck. But if I sound jaded over the prospects that it’ll happen in my lifetime, well, I have decades of experience in the UFO field to support my skepticism.
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The Paracast Humbly Requests Your Donations: Although ads help cover a small part of our expenses, the income they produce is never enough, and we don't want to overwhelm the show with them, so we hope you'll be willing 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. No contribution is too small (or too large
. We have a Donate link on our home page, below the logo and audio player. There's also a Donate link on our forums, right below our logo. Or just send your PayPal donation direct to sales (at) theparacast (dot) com.You Can Now Order The Official Paracast T-Shirt: You asked, and we answered. We are now taking orders for The Official Paracast T-Shirt and a collection of other specially customized merchandise. To get your T-Shirt, just pay a visit to our new online store at http://store.theparacast.com/ to select your size and place your order. We now also offer a lineup of other premium merchandise featuring The Paracast logo.
Sunday, August 15, 2010: 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 hosts interview long-time researchers in the field, to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join us as we explore the realms of the known and unknown, and hear great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Co-host Christopher O’Brien presents Leslie Kean, cofounder of the Coalition for Freedom of Information, and author of “UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record.”
Christopher O'Brien's site: Home - Our Strange Planet
Leslie Kean's site: UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record | by Leslie Kean
Coming August 22: Co-host Christopher O’Brien presents a rare interview with Louis Jarvis, focusing on such topics as comparative prophesy, how some possible religious miracles can be looked at in a paranormal context, and conspiracies about a New World Order.
Christopher O'Brien's site: Home - Our Strange Planet
Reminder: Don't forget to visit our always-active Discussion Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal (and note our new Internet address): The Paracast Community Forums.
Are You Ready for Project Blue Book II?
In writing “UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record,” investigative reporter Leslie Kane makes it exceedingly clear that the subject must be taken seriously. Certainly the evidence presented is compelling and not easily disputed.
But Leslie is not just pitching for a scientific approach. She's proposing a new U.S. government agency to figure out what’s really going on. Not just to investigate sightings, but to make sure that the public knows all about it.
If such a thing truly happens, the proposed agency would be able to harness nationwide investigative resources to get to the scene of sightings as quickly as possible, collect the evidence and make an honest effort to understand what that evidence means.
Whether it will or can happen, though, is another issue entirely, and it’s clear that the U.S. has an exceedingly poor track record handling the UFO problem, at least in public. Beginning in 1952, Project Blue Book -- the successor to Projects Sign and Grudge -- had the purported task of trying to find out the cause behind all those reports of strange flying objects.
In retrospect, it appears Blue Book was little more than a public relations operation, designed to make it seem that the government was seriously investigating UFO sightings, but, in fact, just serving as a scheme to continue to debunk their reality.
In 1969, Blue Book was ordered shut, in the wake of the notorious Condon Report whitewash of the matter. Out of sight, out of mind, but there have long been reports that the U.S. government had yet another project, operating in secret, which was the real source of UFO investigation. In the real world, however, there is no real evidence of any such thing. Sure, there are rumors and alleged whistle blowers from time to time, but no smoking guns.
Whether a reborn Project Blue Book II -- or whatever it might be called -- would fare any better is certainly a valid question. More to the point, in a politically polarized society where the government is not just regarded with distrust, but blamed for wasteful spending, justifying the financing of such an agency would be extremely difficult. Let me even say impossible. Can you imagine how the talking heads on 24/7 cable news stations would react to such a plan?
On the other hand, perhaps a private agency, funded by a few extremely wealthy people, such as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, wouldn’t suffer from the same stench. More to the point, it might also be possible to harness resources that no private UFO club can afford to call upon.
A private agency would also have be able to call upon investigators and scientists from around the world to pursue a valid public investigation into the UFO mystery. They wouldn’t be restricted to any single country.
Understand that I’m not necessarily trying to attack MUFON and other organizations, nor the hard work they’ve done over the years. Most of them are sincerely trying to investigate UFOs, but continue to suffer from a severe lack of resources to really accomplish much beyond data collection. They are also, by dint of other organizations run by the fringe elements of the UFO field, seldom taken seriously, which means they really aren’t able to engage in the sort of intensive investigations that are needed, nor the proper analysis of the evidence they’ve retrieved.
So whether it’s a public or private agency, I wish Leslie and her colleagues the best of luck. But if I sound jaded over the prospects that it’ll happen in my lifetime, well, I have decades of experience in the UFO field to support my skepticism.
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