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February 15, 2015
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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: Open Minds’ Alejandro Rojas joins us for a recap of the UFO field in 2014 and a preview of the 2015 International UFO Congress and Film Festival. He'll also talk about UFO abductions, disclosure and other subjects. The outspoken co-host of the popular webcast Spacing Out, Alejandro is Director of Operations for Open Minds Production, the host for Open Minds UFO Radio, editor and contributing writer for OpenMinds.tv, and emcee for the the Congress. He is also a blogger for the Huffington Post. Listener questions will also be answered during the course of this episode.
Chris O’Brien’s Site: Our Strange Planet
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Red Meat for Disclosure Fans?
By Gene Steinberg
If you have been hoping and dreaming for someone in authority to disclose what UFOs are all about, and have been supporting the disclosure movement, you probably had a bad couple of weeks. The latest effort to prepare a petition to President Obama to demand the truth about UFOs fell far short of the 100,000 names required for an official response. An older petition that was far smaller did get an answer from a third-rate bureaucrat with the usual denials, but the requirements were upped shortly thereafter.
Would a renewed effort fare any better? Well, at a time when petitions of over a million are at times submitted to one agency or another, you’d think so. Besides, can’t we number UFO believers from one-third to one-half of the U.S. population? At least that’s what the polls indicate, so why wouldn’t even a million or two want to put their names on a petition to learn the truth?
Unfortunately, it appears those disclosure pitches are falling on deaf ears for the most part, or maybe deep interest is still confined to the true believers, the folks the media sometimes calls “extraterrestrial believers.” I take it this phrase is meant to reflect those of you who have the icon-clad belief that UFOs are piloted by visitors from another world, and that there’s nothing more to investigate.
So does that mean hopes for disclosure are dead and buried for now? Well, some of you might believe there’s still hope.
That takes us to a story that made the rounds this week about a former senior advisor to President Obama, one John Podesta, who once worked in the Clinton White House. It’s long been known that he has been sympathetic to the UFO cause and once promised to work with Hilary Clinton, years back, to try to make a dent in in breaking through the UFO coverup.
That, however, simply never happened. That takes us to Podesta’s Twitter account and a curious tweet he sent the other day about our favorite subject, in which he says, “my biggest failure of 2014: Once again not securing the disclosure of the UFO files.”
The tweet appears to be genuine; it hasn’t been denied. Meanwhile, Podesta is reported to be destined to serve as chairman of Hilary Clinton’s expected presidential campaign. So wouldn’t that mean real UFO revelations may come after the 2016 election, at least if Clinton is elected?
Not so fast!
Sure, Podesta’s interest in UFOs is genuine. He even wrote the forward to Leslie Kean’s best-selling book, “UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record.”
You’d think that would have meant something during his stint in the Obama White House, but it didn’t.
Besides, it’s not that some politicians and their aides haven’t expressed interest in UFOs before, but that interest usually doesn’t portend action after they are elected to public office. Podesta couldn’t persuade former President Bill Clinton to get the goods on the UFO enigma. His remarks in Kean’s book didn’t help either, although they certainly made the book more credible.
We can look at statements from former President Carter as yet another example of expressions of UFO interest not turning up anything new once they take office. Questions on the subject are simply ignored or deflected by aides. You almost think they are pandering to potential constituents, at least those interested in UFOs. What do they say to potential voters who chase after ghosts and Bigfoot?
Worse, expressing a serious interest in UFOs during the critical election campaign is usually not terribly helpful. Ask former Congressman Dennis Kucinich. His remarks about UFOs during a Presidential campaign debate helped to bury his campaign, though his prospects were clearly not terribly promising regardless. But I will take what he said as honest and leave it there.
I suppose you might wonder what, if anything, someone holding a high political office is told once they take office. If they ask about UFOs, are they just shut down, or read the riot act by military or intelligence officials who threaten dire consequences to the nation, or to their personal wellbeing, if they spill the beans?
You might think that the President of the United States is the most powerful leader on the planet, and maybe that’s true to a certain extent. But the occupant of the White House is still extremely constrained by tradition, restrictions on executive power, and the legislative branch, particularly if they are dominated by the other party.
Yes, there are those controversial executive orders, but they are usually quite limited in authority whether you agree or disagree on whether they pass the constitutional test. Would POTUS truly be able to tell the public that we are being visited by advanced aircraft of unknown origin that is capable of feats of maneuverability far beyond that of our present day technology?
I expect the President would not be able to deliver such a statement unless the press of events made it impossible to avoid. Besides, if the chief executive is assured by government officials that there’s no truth to the UFO mystery beyond conventional objects or illusions of one sort or another, you can’t expect that a few petitions will have a positive impact.
Now between the 1950s and the 1960s, Major Donald Keyhoe and his UFO organization, NICAP, lobbied heavily for Congressional hearings on UFOs. Over the years, Keyhoe and NICAP continued to accuse the Air Force Project Blue Book of engaging in a coverup of the truth about UFOs. Keyhoe even managed to line up a few allies in Congress. In response, Blue Book’s budget was boosted, but that didn’t change anything.
Finally, the UFO wave of 1966, which included major sightings in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, brought about a hearing by the House Committee on Armed Services. That resulted in the infamous Condon Committee, whose 1969 report concluded there was nothing to the mystery, thus giving the Air Force the excuse to shutter Blue Book and, officially at any rate, get out of the UFO business.
But the Congress of the 1960s was far less polarized than the Congress of 2015. At a time when members from different parties can barely talk to one another, at least in public, the chances for renewed hearings seem at best slim to none.
Unless, of course, there were significant UFO sightings with thousands or millions of witnesses, or the revelation of significant evidence that made the mystery impossible to ignore. But does anyone really think that’s going to happen? Even if the supposed evidence of those alleged “Roswell Slides” appears genuine, the results will mostly be buried in the usual UFO fog. Isn’t that what always happens?
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February 15, 2015
www.theparacast.com
The 2015 International UFO Congress and the State of UFO Research Discussed 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.
Announcing The Paracast+: You asked for it! For a low monthly or annual subscription fee, you will receive access to a higher-quality ad-free version of The Paracast, chat rooms, the all-new After The Paracast podcast, featuring politically incorrect color commentary, and other exclusive content. The Paracast+ video channel is coming soon. For more information about our premium package, please visit: Introducing The Paracast+ | The Paracast — The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio.
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: Open Minds’ Alejandro Rojas joins us for a recap of the UFO field in 2014 and a preview of the 2015 International UFO Congress and Film Festival. He'll also talk about UFO abductions, disclosure and other subjects. The outspoken co-host of the popular webcast Spacing Out, Alejandro is Director of Operations for Open Minds Production, the host for Open Minds UFO Radio, editor and contributing writer for OpenMinds.tv, and emcee for the the Congress. He is also a blogger for the Huffington Post. Listener questions will also be answered during the course of this episode.
Chris O’Brien’s Site: Our Strange Planet
Open Minds: Openminds.tv - Exploring UFOs and Extraterrestrial Life
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.
Red Meat for Disclosure Fans?
By Gene Steinberg
If you have been hoping and dreaming for someone in authority to disclose what UFOs are all about, and have been supporting the disclosure movement, you probably had a bad couple of weeks. The latest effort to prepare a petition to President Obama to demand the truth about UFOs fell far short of the 100,000 names required for an official response. An older petition that was far smaller did get an answer from a third-rate bureaucrat with the usual denials, but the requirements were upped shortly thereafter.
Would a renewed effort fare any better? Well, at a time when petitions of over a million are at times submitted to one agency or another, you’d think so. Besides, can’t we number UFO believers from one-third to one-half of the U.S. population? At least that’s what the polls indicate, so why wouldn’t even a million or two want to put their names on a petition to learn the truth?
Unfortunately, it appears those disclosure pitches are falling on deaf ears for the most part, or maybe deep interest is still confined to the true believers, the folks the media sometimes calls “extraterrestrial believers.” I take it this phrase is meant to reflect those of you who have the icon-clad belief that UFOs are piloted by visitors from another world, and that there’s nothing more to investigate.
So does that mean hopes for disclosure are dead and buried for now? Well, some of you might believe there’s still hope.
That takes us to a story that made the rounds this week about a former senior advisor to President Obama, one John Podesta, who once worked in the Clinton White House. It’s long been known that he has been sympathetic to the UFO cause and once promised to work with Hilary Clinton, years back, to try to make a dent in in breaking through the UFO coverup.
That, however, simply never happened. That takes us to Podesta’s Twitter account and a curious tweet he sent the other day about our favorite subject, in which he says, “my biggest failure of 2014: Once again not securing the disclosure of the UFO files.”
The tweet appears to be genuine; it hasn’t been denied. Meanwhile, Podesta is reported to be destined to serve as chairman of Hilary Clinton’s expected presidential campaign. So wouldn’t that mean real UFO revelations may come after the 2016 election, at least if Clinton is elected?
Not so fast!
Sure, Podesta’s interest in UFOs is genuine. He even wrote the forward to Leslie Kean’s best-selling book, “UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record.”
You’d think that would have meant something during his stint in the Obama White House, but it didn’t.
Besides, it’s not that some politicians and their aides haven’t expressed interest in UFOs before, but that interest usually doesn’t portend action after they are elected to public office. Podesta couldn’t persuade former President Bill Clinton to get the goods on the UFO enigma. His remarks in Kean’s book didn’t help either, although they certainly made the book more credible.
We can look at statements from former President Carter as yet another example of expressions of UFO interest not turning up anything new once they take office. Questions on the subject are simply ignored or deflected by aides. You almost think they are pandering to potential constituents, at least those interested in UFOs. What do they say to potential voters who chase after ghosts and Bigfoot?
Worse, expressing a serious interest in UFOs during the critical election campaign is usually not terribly helpful. Ask former Congressman Dennis Kucinich. His remarks about UFOs during a Presidential campaign debate helped to bury his campaign, though his prospects were clearly not terribly promising regardless. But I will take what he said as honest and leave it there.
I suppose you might wonder what, if anything, someone holding a high political office is told once they take office. If they ask about UFOs, are they just shut down, or read the riot act by military or intelligence officials who threaten dire consequences to the nation, or to their personal wellbeing, if they spill the beans?
You might think that the President of the United States is the most powerful leader on the planet, and maybe that’s true to a certain extent. But the occupant of the White House is still extremely constrained by tradition, restrictions on executive power, and the legislative branch, particularly if they are dominated by the other party.
Yes, there are those controversial executive orders, but they are usually quite limited in authority whether you agree or disagree on whether they pass the constitutional test. Would POTUS truly be able to tell the public that we are being visited by advanced aircraft of unknown origin that is capable of feats of maneuverability far beyond that of our present day technology?
I expect the President would not be able to deliver such a statement unless the press of events made it impossible to avoid. Besides, if the chief executive is assured by government officials that there’s no truth to the UFO mystery beyond conventional objects or illusions of one sort or another, you can’t expect that a few petitions will have a positive impact.
Now between the 1950s and the 1960s, Major Donald Keyhoe and his UFO organization, NICAP, lobbied heavily for Congressional hearings on UFOs. Over the years, Keyhoe and NICAP continued to accuse the Air Force Project Blue Book of engaging in a coverup of the truth about UFOs. Keyhoe even managed to line up a few allies in Congress. In response, Blue Book’s budget was boosted, but that didn’t change anything.
Finally, the UFO wave of 1966, which included major sightings in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, brought about a hearing by the House Committee on Armed Services. That resulted in the infamous Condon Committee, whose 1969 report concluded there was nothing to the mystery, thus giving the Air Force the excuse to shutter Blue Book and, officially at any rate, get out of the UFO business.
But the Congress of the 1960s was far less polarized than the Congress of 2015. At a time when members from different parties can barely talk to one another, at least in public, the chances for renewed hearings seem at best slim to none.
Unless, of course, there were significant UFO sightings with thousands or millions of witnesses, or the revelation of significant evidence that made the mystery impossible to ignore. But does anyone really think that’s going to happen? Even if the supposed evidence of those alleged “Roswell Slides” appears genuine, the results will mostly be buried in the usual UFO fog. Isn’t that what always happens?
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