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July 23, 2017
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UFO Investigator Peter Robbins Brings You Up To Date on His Work on The Paracast
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This Week's Episode: We welcome investigative writer and researcher Peter Robbins. We’ll be discussing an assortment of subjects, including his investigation into the origins of the UFO ridicule factor; Peter’s theory about how the mainstream press may have been encouraged by the authorities to make fun of flying saucer reports rather than take them seriously. Peter will also discuss the current state of UFO research, where we go from here, and related subjects. In discussing the prospects for disclosure, he’ll offer a balanced view of the body politic and the loss of the age-old spirit of bipartisanship. But does anyone in authority have control over how — or if — the truth about UFOs may be revealed?
Chris O’Brien’s Blog: Our Strange Planet
After The Paracast -- Available exclusively to Paracast+ subscribers on July 23: Gene and guest co-host Greg Bishop discuss a variety of subjects, including Peter Robbins' very public breakup with his co-author and friend, Larry Warren, over claims of deception on the part of the latter. The discussion turns to whether UFO author/lecturer Stanton Friedman would ever give up on his support for the controversial MJ-12 documents, as Greg Bishop mentions previous studies of that and similar documents. Greg discusses his appearance at one of three festivals in Roswell, NM for the 70th anniversary of the legendary UFO crash.
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. Check out our new YouTube channel at: The Official Paracast Channel
The Genesis of the Silence Group
By Gene Steinberg
Sometimes things happen under our very noses. They are so simply logical that you don’t really pay attention. But the possibilities are ripe for exploration.
Consider the legendary flying saucer Silence Group. These are the people imagined by the late UFO researcher and author Major Donald E. Keyhoe as being responsible for maintaining the secret of the strange disks. To Keyhoe, they were part of the U.S. government, and the possibilities are intriguing.
Perhaps the Silence Group consisted of intelligence and military officials, perhaps working with the President or members of his cabinet. Maybe outside parties were recruited to serve their government. And as critical evidence was discovered about the saucers, and their apparent reality, plans were implemented to hide the truth from the public.
Well, UFO investigator Peter Robbins has his own theory about how the authorities managed to make flying saucers the subject of ridicule in the press. Peter speculates that it happened early on, perhaps beginning in 1947 when the first major wave of sightings in the modern UFO era were reported.
Now the political climate was very different in the years after World War II, and people respected and believed their government. Although the secret of the atomic bomb was kept secret until it was finally deployed, we accepted the reasons why, that it was essential for national security and to protect the country during war time.
The mainstream media in those days consisted largely of newspapers. Yes, there were radio stations, yes there were some TV stations. But “real journalists” worked for print, newspapers and magazines. The media was controlled by wealthy press barons, who owned big city papers in such cities as New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Peter’s theory has it that President Truman directed members of the Silence Group — he doesn’t use that term — to visit the publishers of the major newspapers to warn them off taking flying saucers seriously.
One can imagine the excuses they presented. Most of the sightings were the result of flights of test aircraft, using technology acquired from the Nazis, or developed by the United States of America. Such aircraft are meant to protect the nation against its enemies, and thus patriotic American publishers ought to do the right thing and lay off the story.
With all those sightings of flying saucers, perhaps the publishers were informed that the rest were just conventional airplanes, planets, stars, spots before your eyes — you get the picture.
So the best approach would be to ignore the reports altogether, or, when they were published, don’t take them seriously. Perhaps specially selected spokespeople were recruited as sources to debunk the sightings, such as Dr. J. Allen Hynek. Well, until he finally admitted that there was something to the enigma.
For the larger newspapers, the ones with the most influence, this approach appeared to work.
During his research, Peter spent long hours combing through the morgues of such papers as The New York Times, checking out the way they handled flying saucer sightings. For the most part, they were either not taken seriously, or quickly identified as something conventional.
It was all so consistent, and based on what is known about some of those sightings, clear examples of what we refer today as “fake news,” so one could, I suppose, assume it was all a put up job. The press therefore dismissed such reports not because they deserved to be dismissed, but because they were told to treat them that way.
Now in 2017, such an approach seems almost impossible to take seriously. Most of the newspapers that were bought by millions in those days no longer exist. The few that survive may still have print editions, slimmer yet more expensive, but have largely moved their operations online. Indeed, when I want to read The New York Times today, I just go to www.nytimes.com, rather than look for a copy of the print version that’s still available at local book stores and newsstands.
Frankly, I prefer print, but just going online much more convenient.
Regardless, we live in an age where we don’t believe what the government tells us. Obviously, there are reasons for this attitude, and the Vietnam War is a notable example. When it comes to a President, if you voted for that person, you might believe him. If not, you won’t.
In fact, I rather suspect that, if Obama during his term of office, and Donald Trump now, came before the cameras and revealed that UFOs were alien visitors from other star systems, they’d probably be disbelieved. It would be one more example of fake news.
If the Silence Group visited one of today’s media executives, such as CNN president Jeff Zucker, and urged him not to take UFOs seriously, or just ignore the subject, he’d probably ignore such requests and shout “government interference” at the top of his lungs on the next episode of Anderson Cooper 360°.
If what happened back in 1947 bears any similarly to what Peter suggests, however, the media’s regular debunking of UFOs has remained in force. Today, the subject is all about entertainment, not exploring an amazing scientific mystery whose outcome could change the world.
When the media covers UFO conferences and similar events, they tend to focus on the fringes of the field, the people who claim to be in regular touch with blond entities from Zeta Reticuli, or who have traveled here in a time machine.
A few years back, I read a story about the International UFO Congress, which takes place every winter near Fountain Hills, AZ. To the reporter, it was about UFO abductees commiserating with one another over their encounters. Even though the abduction factor represented only part of those who lectured or attended the conference, that became the main focus.
Why?
So people who claim to have been captured by aliens, and subjected to physical exams by alien grays, make for good copy. Concocting a story about them coming together to make an effort to understand that experience only enhances the story.
That such experiencers represent only a part of the picture is lost on them. It’s more sensational, more entertaining.
So even if the Silence Group, or whatever it was, is long ago and far away, or is consigned to a basement office at the Pentagon, its influence continues to be felt.
Well, assuming there was indeed an organized attempt to control the flow of news about the flying saucers. Governments routinely make efforts to manipulate the media, so this would be just another example. Why am I not surprised?
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July 23, 2017
www.theparacast.com
UFO Investigator Peter Robbins Brings You Up To Date on His Work 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 $1.49 per week, plus our “Lifetime” membership and special free print and eBook book offers! For more information about our premium package, please visit: https://plus.theparacast.com/.
This Week's Episode: We welcome investigative writer and researcher Peter Robbins. We’ll be discussing an assortment of subjects, including his investigation into the origins of the UFO ridicule factor; Peter’s theory about how the mainstream press may have been encouraged by the authorities to make fun of flying saucer reports rather than take them seriously. Peter will also discuss the current state of UFO research, where we go from here, and related subjects. In discussing the prospects for disclosure, he’ll offer a balanced view of the body politic and the loss of the age-old spirit of bipartisanship. But does anyone in authority have control over how — or if — the truth about UFOs may be revealed?
Chris O’Brien’s Blog: Our Strange Planet
After The Paracast -- Available exclusively to Paracast+ subscribers on July 23: Gene and guest co-host Greg Bishop discuss a variety of subjects, including Peter Robbins' very public breakup with his co-author and friend, Larry Warren, over claims of deception on the part of the latter. The discussion turns to whether UFO author/lecturer Stanton Friedman would ever give up on his support for the controversial MJ-12 documents, as Greg Bishop mentions previous studies of that and similar documents. Greg discusses his appearance at one of three festivals in Roswell, NM for the 70th anniversary of the legendary UFO crash.
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. Check out our new YouTube channel at: The Official Paracast Channel
The Genesis of the Silence Group
By Gene Steinberg
Sometimes things happen under our very noses. They are so simply logical that you don’t really pay attention. But the possibilities are ripe for exploration.
Consider the legendary flying saucer Silence Group. These are the people imagined by the late UFO researcher and author Major Donald E. Keyhoe as being responsible for maintaining the secret of the strange disks. To Keyhoe, they were part of the U.S. government, and the possibilities are intriguing.
Perhaps the Silence Group consisted of intelligence and military officials, perhaps working with the President or members of his cabinet. Maybe outside parties were recruited to serve their government. And as critical evidence was discovered about the saucers, and their apparent reality, plans were implemented to hide the truth from the public.
Well, UFO investigator Peter Robbins has his own theory about how the authorities managed to make flying saucers the subject of ridicule in the press. Peter speculates that it happened early on, perhaps beginning in 1947 when the first major wave of sightings in the modern UFO era were reported.
Now the political climate was very different in the years after World War II, and people respected and believed their government. Although the secret of the atomic bomb was kept secret until it was finally deployed, we accepted the reasons why, that it was essential for national security and to protect the country during war time.
The mainstream media in those days consisted largely of newspapers. Yes, there were radio stations, yes there were some TV stations. But “real journalists” worked for print, newspapers and magazines. The media was controlled by wealthy press barons, who owned big city papers in such cities as New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Peter’s theory has it that President Truman directed members of the Silence Group — he doesn’t use that term — to visit the publishers of the major newspapers to warn them off taking flying saucers seriously.
One can imagine the excuses they presented. Most of the sightings were the result of flights of test aircraft, using technology acquired from the Nazis, or developed by the United States of America. Such aircraft are meant to protect the nation against its enemies, and thus patriotic American publishers ought to do the right thing and lay off the story.
With all those sightings of flying saucers, perhaps the publishers were informed that the rest were just conventional airplanes, planets, stars, spots before your eyes — you get the picture.
So the best approach would be to ignore the reports altogether, or, when they were published, don’t take them seriously. Perhaps specially selected spokespeople were recruited as sources to debunk the sightings, such as Dr. J. Allen Hynek. Well, until he finally admitted that there was something to the enigma.
For the larger newspapers, the ones with the most influence, this approach appeared to work.
During his research, Peter spent long hours combing through the morgues of such papers as The New York Times, checking out the way they handled flying saucer sightings. For the most part, they were either not taken seriously, or quickly identified as something conventional.
It was all so consistent, and based on what is known about some of those sightings, clear examples of what we refer today as “fake news,” so one could, I suppose, assume it was all a put up job. The press therefore dismissed such reports not because they deserved to be dismissed, but because they were told to treat them that way.
Now in 2017, such an approach seems almost impossible to take seriously. Most of the newspapers that were bought by millions in those days no longer exist. The few that survive may still have print editions, slimmer yet more expensive, but have largely moved their operations online. Indeed, when I want to read The New York Times today, I just go to www.nytimes.com, rather than look for a copy of the print version that’s still available at local book stores and newsstands.
Frankly, I prefer print, but just going online much more convenient.
Regardless, we live in an age where we don’t believe what the government tells us. Obviously, there are reasons for this attitude, and the Vietnam War is a notable example. When it comes to a President, if you voted for that person, you might believe him. If not, you won’t.
In fact, I rather suspect that, if Obama during his term of office, and Donald Trump now, came before the cameras and revealed that UFOs were alien visitors from other star systems, they’d probably be disbelieved. It would be one more example of fake news.
If the Silence Group visited one of today’s media executives, such as CNN president Jeff Zucker, and urged him not to take UFOs seriously, or just ignore the subject, he’d probably ignore such requests and shout “government interference” at the top of his lungs on the next episode of Anderson Cooper 360°.
If what happened back in 1947 bears any similarly to what Peter suggests, however, the media’s regular debunking of UFOs has remained in force. Today, the subject is all about entertainment, not exploring an amazing scientific mystery whose outcome could change the world.
When the media covers UFO conferences and similar events, they tend to focus on the fringes of the field, the people who claim to be in regular touch with blond entities from Zeta Reticuli, or who have traveled here in a time machine.
A few years back, I read a story about the International UFO Congress, which takes place every winter near Fountain Hills, AZ. To the reporter, it was about UFO abductees commiserating with one another over their encounters. Even though the abduction factor represented only part of those who lectured or attended the conference, that became the main focus.
Why?
So people who claim to have been captured by aliens, and subjected to physical exams by alien grays, make for good copy. Concocting a story about them coming together to make an effort to understand that experience only enhances the story.
That such experiencers represent only a part of the picture is lost on them. It’s more sensational, more entertaining.
So even if the Silence Group, or whatever it was, is long ago and far away, or is consigned to a basement office at the Pentagon, its influence continues to be felt.
Well, assuming there was indeed an organized attempt to control the flow of news about the flying saucers. Governments routinely make efforts to manipulate the media, so this would be just another example. Why am I not surprised?
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