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December 11, 2016
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Nick Redfern Discusses the Women in Black on The Paracast
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This Week's Episode: Gene and Chris present a return appearance from very prolific author Nick Redfern. His recent books include, “Women in Black: The Creepy Companions of the Mysterious M.I.B.” and “Immortality of the Gods.” Nick will discuss those strange and sometimes barely-human visitors, who often appear in the aftermath of a paranormal event. Nick is originally from the UK and has lived in the U.S. for 17 years (just outside Dallas, Texas). His other books include “The Monster Book,” “Nessie,” “Chupacabra Road Trip,” and his latest, “Immortality of the Gods.”
Chris O’Brien’s Site: Our Strange Planet
Nick Redfern’s Blog: Nick Redfern's World of Whatever...
After The Paracast -- Available exclusively to Paracast+ subscribers on December 11: [PG-13]: Gene and Chris cover the fake news phenomenon and how it has impacted the state of so-called mainstream journalism, about our post-fact world, where the media props up divisions within our culture. Chris recounts the latest episodes of personal attacks involving UFO researchers, with an update on the controversy that forced Isaac Koi, who had been involved in the field for years, to quit. Chris presents an update on Ray Stanford’s paleontological research, about a major find he made on the rounds of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, which will soon be featured in National Geographic magazine. Chris also says that he expects Ray to deliver presentations for scientists that cover his entire collection of evidence, which also includes his discoveries about UFOs.
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.
About the Toxic UFO Field
By Gene Steinberg
A former radio talk show host once described the UFO field as “toxic.” That statement was made in the 1990s. It was true then and it is true now.
Rather than focus on figuring out the cause behind the UFO mystery, so many people start UFO clubs and newsletters and waste their time arguing with the people who run rival clubs, or their own leadership decides to splinter off and start yet another group.
Back in 1969, several former members of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) went off on their own to create the Midwest UFO Network. This group later went nationwide and was renamed Mutual UFO Network (MUFON).
Now the reasons Walt Andrus and his colleagues decided to form their own organization do not really matter. This organizational musical chairs is not uncommon in lots of pursuits. It’s all about human nature, the consequences when egos and emotions get in the way of actually accomplishing something meaningful.
Or perhaps some of these people believe they can really make a difference if they go their own way.
I honestly do not care how and why these organizations came to be. Because the problem they were formed to solve remains unsolved. So with all the silly byplay among UFO clubs and researchers, very little is actually being accomplished to resolve the question — what are UFOs anyway?
Of course, some organizations and individuals don’t bother with actual research. Maybe most don’t, because they are busy spreading the word about what they believe to be visitations by beings from other planets. To them, it’s not about research but about evangelizing what they believe to be the truth about the phenomenon.
One sure way to avoid actually investigating anything is the disclosure movement. If the governments of Earth know all or most of the truth, there’s no reason to do anything more than collect sightings to help spread the word. If all the information is already out there, why not beg or browbeat the authorities to let us in on the secret.
Year after year, some of the most vociferous disclosure advocates will tell us that those revelations will occur any time now. If it’s not this year, they’ll return the following year to tell us everything is being readied, just be patient. The new President will tell the American people what’s really going on.
But even when the President, as a candidate, promises to look into the UFO mystery, there never seem to be any answers. The issue is forgotten once they take the oath of office.
Of course, we have a President-Elect now that has never said anything about UFOs, so I wonder how he’ll respond if he is asked. But it’s hard to consider him a potential “Disclosure President,” since it doesn’t appear to be on his radar.
Perhaps the press of events — a mass landing — will change things. But maybe not even then. Even if you could see it all play out on cable TV, how many people will just assume it’s just a reality show?
On the other hand, expecting an answer to come is just an excuse to avoid the implications of the ongoing presence of UFOs. In the 1970s, I wrote an editorial about the state of research, concluding that we had come no closer to finding any answers. Years of research — when there was actual research going on and not infighting — had delivered very little beyond what was speculated on in the early 1950s.
So we had loads of sightings of possible metallic aircraft that appeared to be intelligently controlled. Creatures of one sort or another were sometimes seen in connection with these sightings. Combined, they formed the basis of the prevailing theories about interstellar visitors. How could they possibly be anything else?
That, however, is a conclusion often based on exclusion. Since the so-called unidentified or unknown UFOs do not appear to represent conventional objects or phenomena, they must be spaceships.
What else could they possibly be?
Such conclusions explain why so little research is actually being done. Instead, sighting after sighting is collected, placed in a database, and usually ignored. All right, maybe some researchers will attempt to find patterns in these sightings, such as whether flight paths track specific locations on Earth, or they appear in timed cycles. But that assumes the forces behind the UFOs care a whit about following such flight paths, or using our time systems to schedule their flights.
Why would they even care? More than likely, if there are really aliens behind the presence of UFOs on Earth, they have motivations that we do not or cannot understand, and flight plans that are equally impossible to fathom. Why assume they care about five-year cycles, seven-year cycles, or following so-called ley lines?
Why would they care? Well, except perhaps to entertain those foolish Earthlings who seem obsessed with such matters. Besides, even if these patterns turned out to be true, would that at all explain the real cause behind the UFOs?
Well, I suppose it would demonstrate a level of intelligent control, but not, of course, what sort of intelligence was involved. Well, except that it would be an intelligence that had its own obsession with certain Earth cycles.
Then we have those possible window areas or portals that appear to attract higher levels of paranormal phenomena. So does that mean that these locales, such as the Mysterious Valley in the U.S., have one or more time or interdimensional rifts through which the “others” can travel back and forth? It’s possible, and it would be real nice to be able to measure the presence of these portals.
Or are they wormholes in the fashion of stargates, as depicted in the blockbuster sci-fi film and several TV series? Well, in those cases, there was a physical stargate at both the start and end points through which one traveled across wormholes. But other sci-fi shows have depicted small tornado-like eruptions that represent the point where you enter or leave another dimension or time.
Maybe there are surface conditions, possible electromagnetic effects, that somehow impact the consciousnesses of some people — perhaps being more sensitive to such phenomena than others — who experience hallucinations. Maybe some alien or Earthborn intelligence is trying to convey a message to us, if only we would listen.
So many intriguing possibilities, and having lots of dedicated people trying to solve this mystery will make it more likely that we’ll find an answer. But those answers won’t come from people bickering with one another, or playing the silly organizational politics games within and between UFO clubs.
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December 11, 2016
www.theparacast.com
Nick Redfern Discusses the Women in Black 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.
SUPPORT THE SHOW AND ENJOY A PREMIUM PARACAST EXPERIENCE! 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 After The Paracast, plus a higher-quality version of The Paracast free of network ads, and chat rooms when you sign up for The Paracast+. We also offer a special RSS feed for easy updates of the latest episodes, the Paracast+ Video Channel, episode transcripts, Special Features, Classic Episodes and there’s more to come! We’ve just begun to add podcasts and videos from Paul Kimball’s “Other Side of Truth.” Check out our new lower rates, starting at just $4.99 per month, plus our “Lifetime” membership and special free eBook offers! For more information about our premium package, please visit: Introducing The Paracast+ | The Paracast — The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio.
This Week's Episode: Gene and Chris present a return appearance from very prolific author Nick Redfern. His recent books include, “Women in Black: The Creepy Companions of the Mysterious M.I.B.” and “Immortality of the Gods.” Nick will discuss those strange and sometimes barely-human visitors, who often appear in the aftermath of a paranormal event. Nick is originally from the UK and has lived in the U.S. for 17 years (just outside Dallas, Texas). His other books include “The Monster Book,” “Nessie,” “Chupacabra Road Trip,” and his latest, “Immortality of the Gods.”
Chris O’Brien’s Site: Our Strange Planet
Nick Redfern’s Blog: Nick Redfern's World of Whatever...
After The Paracast -- Available exclusively to Paracast+ subscribers on December 11: [PG-13]: Gene and Chris cover the fake news phenomenon and how it has impacted the state of so-called mainstream journalism, about our post-fact world, where the media props up divisions within our culture. Chris recounts the latest episodes of personal attacks involving UFO researchers, with an update on the controversy that forced Isaac Koi, who had been involved in the field for years, to quit. Chris presents an update on Ray Stanford’s paleontological research, about a major find he made on the rounds of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, which will soon be featured in National Geographic magazine. Chris also says that he expects Ray to deliver presentations for scientists that cover his entire collection of evidence, which also includes his discoveries about UFOs.
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.
About the Toxic UFO Field
By Gene Steinberg
A former radio talk show host once described the UFO field as “toxic.” That statement was made in the 1990s. It was true then and it is true now.
Rather than focus on figuring out the cause behind the UFO mystery, so many people start UFO clubs and newsletters and waste their time arguing with the people who run rival clubs, or their own leadership decides to splinter off and start yet another group.
Back in 1969, several former members of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) went off on their own to create the Midwest UFO Network. This group later went nationwide and was renamed Mutual UFO Network (MUFON).
Now the reasons Walt Andrus and his colleagues decided to form their own organization do not really matter. This organizational musical chairs is not uncommon in lots of pursuits. It’s all about human nature, the consequences when egos and emotions get in the way of actually accomplishing something meaningful.
Or perhaps some of these people believe they can really make a difference if they go their own way.
I honestly do not care how and why these organizations came to be. Because the problem they were formed to solve remains unsolved. So with all the silly byplay among UFO clubs and researchers, very little is actually being accomplished to resolve the question — what are UFOs anyway?
Of course, some organizations and individuals don’t bother with actual research. Maybe most don’t, because they are busy spreading the word about what they believe to be visitations by beings from other planets. To them, it’s not about research but about evangelizing what they believe to be the truth about the phenomenon.
One sure way to avoid actually investigating anything is the disclosure movement. If the governments of Earth know all or most of the truth, there’s no reason to do anything more than collect sightings to help spread the word. If all the information is already out there, why not beg or browbeat the authorities to let us in on the secret.
Year after year, some of the most vociferous disclosure advocates will tell us that those revelations will occur any time now. If it’s not this year, they’ll return the following year to tell us everything is being readied, just be patient. The new President will tell the American people what’s really going on.
But even when the President, as a candidate, promises to look into the UFO mystery, there never seem to be any answers. The issue is forgotten once they take the oath of office.
Of course, we have a President-Elect now that has never said anything about UFOs, so I wonder how he’ll respond if he is asked. But it’s hard to consider him a potential “Disclosure President,” since it doesn’t appear to be on his radar.
Perhaps the press of events — a mass landing — will change things. But maybe not even then. Even if you could see it all play out on cable TV, how many people will just assume it’s just a reality show?
On the other hand, expecting an answer to come is just an excuse to avoid the implications of the ongoing presence of UFOs. In the 1970s, I wrote an editorial about the state of research, concluding that we had come no closer to finding any answers. Years of research — when there was actual research going on and not infighting — had delivered very little beyond what was speculated on in the early 1950s.
So we had loads of sightings of possible metallic aircraft that appeared to be intelligently controlled. Creatures of one sort or another were sometimes seen in connection with these sightings. Combined, they formed the basis of the prevailing theories about interstellar visitors. How could they possibly be anything else?
That, however, is a conclusion often based on exclusion. Since the so-called unidentified or unknown UFOs do not appear to represent conventional objects or phenomena, they must be spaceships.
What else could they possibly be?
Such conclusions explain why so little research is actually being done. Instead, sighting after sighting is collected, placed in a database, and usually ignored. All right, maybe some researchers will attempt to find patterns in these sightings, such as whether flight paths track specific locations on Earth, or they appear in timed cycles. But that assumes the forces behind the UFOs care a whit about following such flight paths, or using our time systems to schedule their flights.
Why would they even care? More than likely, if there are really aliens behind the presence of UFOs on Earth, they have motivations that we do not or cannot understand, and flight plans that are equally impossible to fathom. Why assume they care about five-year cycles, seven-year cycles, or following so-called ley lines?
Why would they care? Well, except perhaps to entertain those foolish Earthlings who seem obsessed with such matters. Besides, even if these patterns turned out to be true, would that at all explain the real cause behind the UFOs?
Well, I suppose it would demonstrate a level of intelligent control, but not, of course, what sort of intelligence was involved. Well, except that it would be an intelligence that had its own obsession with certain Earth cycles.
Then we have those possible window areas or portals that appear to attract higher levels of paranormal phenomena. So does that mean that these locales, such as the Mysterious Valley in the U.S., have one or more time or interdimensional rifts through which the “others” can travel back and forth? It’s possible, and it would be real nice to be able to measure the presence of these portals.
Or are they wormholes in the fashion of stargates, as depicted in the blockbuster sci-fi film and several TV series? Well, in those cases, there was a physical stargate at both the start and end points through which one traveled across wormholes. But other sci-fi shows have depicted small tornado-like eruptions that represent the point where you enter or leave another dimension or time.
Maybe there are surface conditions, possible electromagnetic effects, that somehow impact the consciousnesses of some people — perhaps being more sensitive to such phenomena than others — who experience hallucinations. Maybe some alien or Earthborn intelligence is trying to convey a message to us, if only we would listen.
So many intriguing possibilities, and having lots of dedicated people trying to solve this mystery will make it more likely that we’ll find an answer. But those answers won’t come from people bickering with one another, or playing the silly organizational politics games within and between UFO clubs.
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