Humanoids from the Unknown Featured on The Paracast
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Sunday, June 13, 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 introduces UFO/humanoid researcher Albert S. Rosales, who not only brings you up to date on these unusual encounters throughout history, but reports on his own amazing personal experiences.
Albert Rosales' database: Humanoid Sighting Reports Journal of Humanoid Studies
Christopher O'Brien's site: Home - Our Strange Planet
Coming June 20: Co-host Paul Kimball presents the dean of UFO investigators, Stanton T. Friedman, and Kathleen Marden, co-authors of “Science Was Wrong: Startling Truths About Cures, Theories, and Inventions ‘They’ Declared Impossible.” It’s not just about UFOs folks, since there’s a lot of ground to cover that takes you out of that topic.</p> Paul Kimball's blog: The Other Side of Truth
Stanton Friedman's site: Stanton Friedman - Home
Kathleen Marden's site: KathleenMardenUFO
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. We recently completed a major redesign to make our community even easier to access, with more convenience features to boot.
When Time Flies
You’ve heard the stories. Someone sees a UFO or perhaps an alien creature without an instrument of transportation, and suddenly minutes or hours have passed. But it gets even stranger than that. There are cases where people have been traveling on foot in the woods or driving long distances when suddenly many hours have passed.
So just what’s going on here?
Of course there may be conventional explanations for some of these weird occurrences. Consider sleep walking, which, unlike what you see in the movies, is a far more complex phenomenon that simply walking about while fast asleep with arms stretched and eyes closed.
According to the Wikipedia definition: “Sleepwalking, also known as somnambulism, is a sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family. Sleepwalkers arise from the slow wave sleep stage in a state of low consciousness and perform activities that are usually performed during the day. These activities can be as benign as sitting up in bed, walking to the bathroom, and cleaning, or as hazardous as cooking, driving, extremely violent gestures, grabbing at hallucinated objects, or even homicide.”
In short, you may be sleepwalking, but, to the outside world, behave in a fully functional fashion. When you awaken, you’ll generally have little or no conscious memory of what transpired, but you may notice that an unusual amount of time has passed.
Pay particular attention to the reference to “driving,” which would seem to indicate that you might safely travel from one place to another, particularly on a relatively straight and long stretch of road where you don’t have to pay much attention to staying in line. Whether you awaken suddenly or gradually, you’ll be a victim of a form of missing time.
Now I’m not about to say that all missing time events have conventional causes. There are situations where they appear to be part and parcel of some sort of paranormal event, which means they demand further investigation.
But how do you determine exactly what happened during that missing interval? How indeed!
One popular method abduction researchers use is hypnotic regression, but the technique is extremely controversial. Some claim to be able to focus the subject’s memories beyond the missing time or the supposed “screen memory” allegedly implanted by ET, and unearth what really happened.
The accuracy of regression is controversial, and some claim that the biases of the hypnotist may play a part. It’s also possible that the mere submission to this form of treatment as part of an abduction investigation may be sufficient to convince the subject that something paranormal occurred, so they fill in the missing details.
My biggest concern with abduction research, however, is when this form of therapy is practiced by a layman, someone not schooled in mental health therapy. Sure, they may have taken training in the practice of hypnosis, but we’re not dealing with mere parlor tricks here. If someone truly has confronted the unknown, we want to know what really happened in a way that doesn’t unfairly taint the data.
I’m also skeptical about alleged screen memories. Supposedly the aliens implant those recollections in order to hide evidence of the actual event. But it would seem illogical to assume that advanced alien intelligences are so foolish as to employ methods that can be readily cracked courtesy of a simple induction into a trance state.
My personal opinion is that abduction experiences demand research by properly trained investigators. If they are not involved in mental health therapy of one sort or another, they should at the very least have a skilled professional present to make sure that the results of such research do not simply mirror the researcher’s expectations.
In short, we need to separate the psychological from the actual, assuming there is such a thing. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem as if we’re accomplishing much more than expand the collection of case histories. It’s high time we figure just what’s happening to these people -- and why!
Peace,
Gene Steinberg
Host/Executive Producer "The Paracast"
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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 Welcome to The Official Paracast Store to select your size and place your order. We now also offer a lineup of other premium merchandise featuring The Paracast logo.
Sunday, June 13, 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 introduces UFO/humanoid researcher Albert S. Rosales, who not only brings you up to date on these unusual encounters throughout history, but reports on his own amazing personal experiences.
Albert Rosales' database: Humanoid Sighting Reports Journal of Humanoid Studies
Christopher O'Brien's site: Home - Our Strange Planet
Coming June 20: Co-host Paul Kimball presents the dean of UFO investigators, Stanton T. Friedman, and Kathleen Marden, co-authors of “Science Was Wrong: Startling Truths About Cures, Theories, and Inventions ‘They’ Declared Impossible.” It’s not just about UFOs folks, since there’s a lot of ground to cover that takes you out of that topic.</p> Paul Kimball's blog: The Other Side of Truth
Stanton Friedman's site: Stanton Friedman - Home
Kathleen Marden's site: KathleenMardenUFO
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. We recently completed a major redesign to make our community even easier to access, with more convenience features to boot.
When Time Flies
You’ve heard the stories. Someone sees a UFO or perhaps an alien creature without an instrument of transportation, and suddenly minutes or hours have passed. But it gets even stranger than that. There are cases where people have been traveling on foot in the woods or driving long distances when suddenly many hours have passed.
So just what’s going on here?
Of course there may be conventional explanations for some of these weird occurrences. Consider sleep walking, which, unlike what you see in the movies, is a far more complex phenomenon that simply walking about while fast asleep with arms stretched and eyes closed.
According to the Wikipedia definition: “Sleepwalking, also known as somnambulism, is a sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family. Sleepwalkers arise from the slow wave sleep stage in a state of low consciousness and perform activities that are usually performed during the day. These activities can be as benign as sitting up in bed, walking to the bathroom, and cleaning, or as hazardous as cooking, driving, extremely violent gestures, grabbing at hallucinated objects, or even homicide.”
In short, you may be sleepwalking, but, to the outside world, behave in a fully functional fashion. When you awaken, you’ll generally have little or no conscious memory of what transpired, but you may notice that an unusual amount of time has passed.
Pay particular attention to the reference to “driving,” which would seem to indicate that you might safely travel from one place to another, particularly on a relatively straight and long stretch of road where you don’t have to pay much attention to staying in line. Whether you awaken suddenly or gradually, you’ll be a victim of a form of missing time.
Now I’m not about to say that all missing time events have conventional causes. There are situations where they appear to be part and parcel of some sort of paranormal event, which means they demand further investigation.
But how do you determine exactly what happened during that missing interval? How indeed!
One popular method abduction researchers use is hypnotic regression, but the technique is extremely controversial. Some claim to be able to focus the subject’s memories beyond the missing time or the supposed “screen memory” allegedly implanted by ET, and unearth what really happened.
The accuracy of regression is controversial, and some claim that the biases of the hypnotist may play a part. It’s also possible that the mere submission to this form of treatment as part of an abduction investigation may be sufficient to convince the subject that something paranormal occurred, so they fill in the missing details.
My biggest concern with abduction research, however, is when this form of therapy is practiced by a layman, someone not schooled in mental health therapy. Sure, they may have taken training in the practice of hypnosis, but we’re not dealing with mere parlor tricks here. If someone truly has confronted the unknown, we want to know what really happened in a way that doesn’t unfairly taint the data.
I’m also skeptical about alleged screen memories. Supposedly the aliens implant those recollections in order to hide evidence of the actual event. But it would seem illogical to assume that advanced alien intelligences are so foolish as to employ methods that can be readily cracked courtesy of a simple induction into a trance state.
My personal opinion is that abduction experiences demand research by properly trained investigators. If they are not involved in mental health therapy of one sort or another, they should at the very least have a skilled professional present to make sure that the results of such research do not simply mirror the researcher’s expectations.
In short, we need to separate the psychological from the actual, assuming there is such a thing. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem as if we’re accomplishing much more than expand the collection of case histories. It’s high time we figure just what’s happening to these people -- and why!
Peace,
Gene Steinberg
Host/Executive Producer "The Paracast"
The Paracast Copyright 1999-2010 Making The Impossible, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy: Your personal information is safe with us. We will positively never give out your name and/or e-mail address to anybody else, and that's a promise!