THE PARACAST NEWSLETTER
January 5, 2014
The Paracast Explores Giants and UFOs in Israel
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.
Important — Please Read! In a separate email, Paracast host Gene Steinberg has made a personal appeal for emergency financial assistance. Please check that message for further details. If you’re able to assist, please note that we have a Donatelink 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.
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 introduce long-time investigative journalist and author Barry Chamish. Barry is best known for his Israeli number one bestseller, "Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin." His research on a bizarre Israeli UFO wave led to five episodes of "Sightings." His work led to a book called "Return of the Giants." And, whether you accept the murder of JFK as a possible conspiracy, did you ever consider whether the death of his son, JFK Jr., in a plane crash was also the result of a conspiracy? You'll hear about all this and more in this wide-ranging interview.
Chris O'Brien's Site: http://www.ourstrangeplanet.com
Barry Chamish’s Site: http://www.barrychamish.com
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.
Sponsored Message: Don’t get ripped off when you need to liquidate your precious jewelry and silverware. Call Steve at Numis Gems at (480) 878-7678 and get the straight scoop!
Will You Be Around When the UFO Mystery is Solved?
By Gene Steinberg
I don’t want to worry anyone. I hope that listeners to The Paracast will be around for many years to come. In saying that, though, I do not expect many of you will be here when or if a solution to the UFO enigma is found.
This may seem a very negative statement, but I have the experience of several decades in the field to fall back on. What’s more, I’ve heard loads of predictions of the imminent arrival of ET to set us on the straight and narrow about our evil ways. I’ve heard how the right amount of pressure on government officials will force disclosure, a revelation of the truth about the strange objects that have been in our skies for oh so many years.
But none of it ever seems to happen.
Many of you got interested in the subject from those early best-selling books by Major Donald E. Keyhoe, a retired Marine officer, who was working as an aviation writer at the time. He mined his military sources to get exclusive reports about some of those early UFO sightings. He even cozied up to the folks who ran the Air Force’s Project Bluebook, and got even more fascinating cases.
To Keyhoe, it was all very simple. UFOs represented visits by aliens from other planets. At the time, with many still believing that Mars had real canals, he wrote about possible Martians. Regardless of where they came from, the solution merely involved the government telling us that they were convinced ET was here, and our society was mature enough to deal with the consequences.
It all sounded encouraging to my young mind, but I later realized the shortcomings in Keyhoe’s naive viewpoint. No, Congress did not consist of honest brokers, and even if they were convinced of the reality of UFOs, there would be serious political implications that had to be confronted. What if, for example, members of intelligence-related committees were given top secret briefings that there was really nothing to UFOs? What if they were informed that they were real, but it was a matter of national security and they were urged not to say anything?
When Congress finally held hearings on UFOs in 1966, we ended up with the Condon Committee, which released a voluminous report two years later that is regarded by many as a whitewash of the subject. But what did you expect?
Keyhoe and the UFO organization he headed, the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), lobbied heavily for such hearings. He really seemed to believe that, once Congress had a chance take a fair look at the evidence, they’d take it seriously enough to change the government’s approach to the subject. The truth was out there, and we’d know it before long.
Well, the Air Force used the Condon Report as an excuse to shutter Project Blue Book, but the tiny agency was largely believed to consist of little more than a public relations operation. They really weren’t doing much, or any, serious research. It was all designed to throw a curious public — and particularly writers of flying saucer books and magazines — a few bones so everyone would be mollified.
But the UFO mystery clearly didn’t end with the Condon Report or the decision to close Project Blue Book. There were still periodic waves of sightings, but there was no official agency in the U.S. to answer anyone’s questions, particularly from the media who wondered what was going on. The answer was always the same. Project Blue Book investigated the phenomenon for a number of years and concluded there was no evidence that UFOs were spaceships or represented a threat to our national security. Perhaps they’d cite the Condon Report in support of that statement. That, as they say, was that.
Other countries didn’t take the hint. From the Ministry of Defense in the UK to agencies in Brazil and elsewhere, the investigations continued. From time to time, huge volumes of data were released, but there was no smoking gun to speak of. Strange things might be happening, but none of those revelations delivered proof positive that UFOs were alien, or represented an unknown phenomenon of any kind. That did not stop the public from reporting strange aerial events — and occasionally landed objects — all over the world.
UFO sightings have, as most of you know full well, persisted to this very day. Just the other day The Paracast received the news that some 200 UFO sightings were reported to Peter Davenport’s National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) on New Year’s Eve 2013. This represented the largest number of sightings received by that organization on a single day since the Phoenix Lights occurred back in 1997.
Clearly, whatever the UFOs are, they haven’t left us. Sure, perhaps many of those 200 cases were simply conventional objects or phenomena of one sort or another. That’s the way it has always been. The actual number of unknowns is usually around five or ten percent. But the small number of unexplained cases is still highly significant. It would take, in fact, a single sighting of a provable event to demonstrate something strange was going on. Just one sighting, and there have been many thousands that continue to defy explanation.
Unfortunately decades of research has not produced any positive results. The UFO mystery remains unexplained. Despite the claims of some that a solution is at hand, it hasn’t happened. Despite the claims of some that they have actually met the beings who fly the UFOs, those claims remain unproven. Despite the promise of imminent disclosure year after year, it never happens.
Even last spring’s faux hearings on UFOs in Washington, D.C. were largely forgotten days after the event. Special events at the National Press Club, featuring military pilots and other trained observers who have seen UFOs, have failed to convince the authorities in the U.S. to take it seriously.
Well, maybe they are taking it seriously behind the scenes, and there have been alleged whistleblowers who have made that very claim. Again, there’s never any proof.
And so it goes. Year after year, the UFOs tantalize and intrigue us, but we have come no closer to a solution. Will that ever change? I hope so, and I hope I’m around to see a solution, wherever it leads.
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January 5, 2014
The Paracast Explores Giants and UFOs in Israel
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.
Important — Please Read! In a separate email, Paracast host Gene Steinberg has made a personal appeal for emergency financial assistance. Please check that message for further details. If you’re able to assist, please note that we have a Donatelink 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.
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 introduce long-time investigative journalist and author Barry Chamish. Barry is best known for his Israeli number one bestseller, "Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin." His research on a bizarre Israeli UFO wave led to five episodes of "Sightings." His work led to a book called "Return of the Giants." And, whether you accept the murder of JFK as a possible conspiracy, did you ever consider whether the death of his son, JFK Jr., in a plane crash was also the result of a conspiracy? You'll hear about all this and more in this wide-ranging interview.
Chris O'Brien's Site: http://www.ourstrangeplanet.com
Barry Chamish’s Site: http://www.barrychamish.com
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.
Sponsored Message: Don’t get ripped off when you need to liquidate your precious jewelry and silverware. Call Steve at Numis Gems at (480) 878-7678 and get the straight scoop!
Will You Be Around When the UFO Mystery is Solved?
By Gene Steinberg
I don’t want to worry anyone. I hope that listeners to The Paracast will be around for many years to come. In saying that, though, I do not expect many of you will be here when or if a solution to the UFO enigma is found.
This may seem a very negative statement, but I have the experience of several decades in the field to fall back on. What’s more, I’ve heard loads of predictions of the imminent arrival of ET to set us on the straight and narrow about our evil ways. I’ve heard how the right amount of pressure on government officials will force disclosure, a revelation of the truth about the strange objects that have been in our skies for oh so many years.
But none of it ever seems to happen.
Many of you got interested in the subject from those early best-selling books by Major Donald E. Keyhoe, a retired Marine officer, who was working as an aviation writer at the time. He mined his military sources to get exclusive reports about some of those early UFO sightings. He even cozied up to the folks who ran the Air Force’s Project Bluebook, and got even more fascinating cases.
To Keyhoe, it was all very simple. UFOs represented visits by aliens from other planets. At the time, with many still believing that Mars had real canals, he wrote about possible Martians. Regardless of where they came from, the solution merely involved the government telling us that they were convinced ET was here, and our society was mature enough to deal with the consequences.
It all sounded encouraging to my young mind, but I later realized the shortcomings in Keyhoe’s naive viewpoint. No, Congress did not consist of honest brokers, and even if they were convinced of the reality of UFOs, there would be serious political implications that had to be confronted. What if, for example, members of intelligence-related committees were given top secret briefings that there was really nothing to UFOs? What if they were informed that they were real, but it was a matter of national security and they were urged not to say anything?
When Congress finally held hearings on UFOs in 1966, we ended up with the Condon Committee, which released a voluminous report two years later that is regarded by many as a whitewash of the subject. But what did you expect?
Keyhoe and the UFO organization he headed, the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), lobbied heavily for such hearings. He really seemed to believe that, once Congress had a chance take a fair look at the evidence, they’d take it seriously enough to change the government’s approach to the subject. The truth was out there, and we’d know it before long.
Well, the Air Force used the Condon Report as an excuse to shutter Project Blue Book, but the tiny agency was largely believed to consist of little more than a public relations operation. They really weren’t doing much, or any, serious research. It was all designed to throw a curious public — and particularly writers of flying saucer books and magazines — a few bones so everyone would be mollified.
But the UFO mystery clearly didn’t end with the Condon Report or the decision to close Project Blue Book. There were still periodic waves of sightings, but there was no official agency in the U.S. to answer anyone’s questions, particularly from the media who wondered what was going on. The answer was always the same. Project Blue Book investigated the phenomenon for a number of years and concluded there was no evidence that UFOs were spaceships or represented a threat to our national security. Perhaps they’d cite the Condon Report in support of that statement. That, as they say, was that.
Other countries didn’t take the hint. From the Ministry of Defense in the UK to agencies in Brazil and elsewhere, the investigations continued. From time to time, huge volumes of data were released, but there was no smoking gun to speak of. Strange things might be happening, but none of those revelations delivered proof positive that UFOs were alien, or represented an unknown phenomenon of any kind. That did not stop the public from reporting strange aerial events — and occasionally landed objects — all over the world.
UFO sightings have, as most of you know full well, persisted to this very day. Just the other day The Paracast received the news that some 200 UFO sightings were reported to Peter Davenport’s National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) on New Year’s Eve 2013. This represented the largest number of sightings received by that organization on a single day since the Phoenix Lights occurred back in 1997.
Clearly, whatever the UFOs are, they haven’t left us. Sure, perhaps many of those 200 cases were simply conventional objects or phenomena of one sort or another. That’s the way it has always been. The actual number of unknowns is usually around five or ten percent. But the small number of unexplained cases is still highly significant. It would take, in fact, a single sighting of a provable event to demonstrate something strange was going on. Just one sighting, and there have been many thousands that continue to defy explanation.
Unfortunately decades of research has not produced any positive results. The UFO mystery remains unexplained. Despite the claims of some that a solution is at hand, it hasn’t happened. Despite the claims of some that they have actually met the beings who fly the UFOs, those claims remain unproven. Despite the promise of imminent disclosure year after year, it never happens.
Even last spring’s faux hearings on UFOs in Washington, D.C. were largely forgotten days after the event. Special events at the National Press Club, featuring military pilots and other trained observers who have seen UFOs, have failed to convince the authorities in the U.S. to take it seriously.
Well, maybe they are taking it seriously behind the scenes, and there have been alleged whistleblowers who have made that very claim. Again, there’s never any proof.
And so it goes. Year after year, the UFOs tantalize and intrigue us, but we have come no closer to a solution. Will that ever change? I hope so, and I hope I’m around to see a solution, wherever it leads.
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