THE PARACAST NEWSLETTER
June 25, 2017
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The Paracast Explores UFOs and Aliens from Other Dimensions
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.
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This Week's Episode: Gene and Chris present former FBI Special Agent John DeSouza to discuss his recent book, "The Extra-Dimensionals." Says the Amazon listing: "Extra-Dimensionality is the key to understanding everything… By everything, we mean all the areas in which we have been deceived to believe the physical world is the beginning and end of all things. 'The Extra-Dimensionals' is the stark revelation of where Alien Visitors are actually coming from and to where they are returning. Understanding Extra-Dimensionality is the way to unfold the truth of the paranormal, the spiritual and even the physical world."
Chris O’Brien’s Blog: Our Strange Planet
John DeSouza’s Site: TAMA Books Publishing/Paranormal Nonfiction/Arizona
After The Paracast -- Available exclusively to Paracast+ subscribers on June 25: Gene is joined by Greg Bishop of "Radio Misterioso" and Alejandro Rojas of OpenMinds.tv, as they discuss the latest batch of alleged MJ-12 documents. Should they have been vetted by researchers for authenticity first before being released to the public? The crew debates the possibilities. Since these papers mention the Aztec, NM UFO crash myth, Gene explains why he doesn’t believe such an event ever occurred. Greg says he believes that exposing fakers rarely helps, since they never change, and goes on to say that he feels that it’s impossible to clean up the UFO field.
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
Think Before You Post
By Gene Steinberg
In this era of the citizen journalist, you don’t need special training or experience to be a reporter. You just need a blog, and there are places where you can easily and quickly set one up for free. Popular examples include WordPress, and Google’s Blogger. Within a few minutes, you are ready to publish your own comments about your life, the state of the world — even our paranormal universe.
Another resource is a cheap web hosting plan from such companies as Namecheap (a Paracast partner), Dreamhost, GoDaddy and others. Long and short is that you’ll find few obstacles to building an online presence, and finding your place in the sun. And don’t forget such social networking portals as Facebook and Twitter.
So if you have something to say, there’s no problem finding a place to say it.
Now if you keep what you say to your own circle of family and friends, there’s probably no harm done. But when you make a public pronouncement filled with hate speech, you should expect the repercussions.
So there’s the unfortunate episode of a certain former MUFON State Director who, rather than keep his racist views to himself or his private circle of acquaintances, made it public. I do not begrudge anyone’s right to hold a personal opinion with which I disagree, but when it comes to spreading hate, that’s beyond the pale.
There’s also a new controversy about this person’s connection to MUFON’s elite Inner Circle group, where you can become a member in exchange for annual donations of $5,000, and, as a result, possibly wield great influence within the organization.
Even when we move past MUFON’s ongoing controversies, the UFO field has long been dominated by false leads, misleading information and fakery.
I got to witness some of that outright mischief first hand through my friendship with the late Jim Moseley. While he had a very serious interest in flying saucers, and followed the subject eagerly from the early 1950s until he breathed his last breath in 2012, he was also famous — or infamous — for some of the hoaxes he pulled, particularly in in the early days.
First there was his faux feud with his old buddy, the late Gray Barker. When Jim briefly adopted an “Earth Theory” about the origin of UFOs, that they were all or mostly secret weapons, Gray advocated for the extraterrestrial hypothesis. But Gray also spread the story that Jim might, as a result of his approach to the mystery, be serving the interests of the U.S. government by acting as a plant or agent.
Indeed, the claim, on the surface, appeared to be credible. After all, Jim was the son of U.S. Army Major General George Van Horn Moseley, so could it have been a case of “like father, like son”? Or maybe not. Jim was very much a family black sheep, and had a contentious relationship with his dad. I recall the times when Jim let me read letters from his dad to his mom, suggesting that he be sent off to a military boarding school to straighten him out.
The fact is that Jim and Gray were very close friends, and sometimes teamed up to create hoaxes. One evening in 1957, while on one of their regular drunken binges, the two took some government stationary sent to them by a friend, and wrote seven letters to different people that claimed to be from one R.E. Straith of the non-existent “Cultural Exchange Committee.”
Although both were responsible for the prank, the letters bore Gray’s telltale writing style. The missive received by contactee George Adamski claimed that the government was quietly supporting his work.
Surely Adamski realized the letter was a fake, yet he went public and touted it as evidence that the powers-that-be believed that his claims of meeting aliens were true.
Another letter went to Coral Lorenzen, head of APRO, one of the most respected UFO research organizations of the day. Unlike many of their brethren, they were dedicated to the goal of doing solid research.
Well, that letter said, in part, that “the department is going to crack down on major UFO publications and yours is on the list.” According to Curt Collins’ article on the hoax, for the jimmoseley.com web site (George Adamski, R.E. Straith and the Seven Letters of Mischief | In Honor of Jim Moseley), it was assumed that the mention of “the department” referred to the post office.
Now it wasn’t really hard to figure out who was responsible for the Straith hoax. They were all written on the same typewriter, with the same formatting, and, as I said, bore Gray’s very distinctive writing style.
In the end, though, Jim and Gray dodged a bullet. The FBI got involved in the investigation, but there were no dire consequences. But remember this all occurred in the days when J. Edgar Hoover headed up the law enforcement agency, and you have to wonder what might have happened if a few eager agents decided to take down a pair of crazy flying saucer followers.
Even after Jim retired from the hoax game, lots of others took up the mantle. Indeed, it is widely assumed that those infamous MJ-12 documents — which are sometimes used to buttress the Roswell UFO crash — were all faked as part of a government disinformation effort. Or maybe it all represented the efforts of one or more rogue agents. Feel free to come to your own conclusions.
Unfortunately the number of pranks has only increased in the present day, very much the result of easy online access. There are loads of faked UFO photos and videos available. It’s just so easy with smartphones that feature advanced cameras. One YouTube channel appears to have made the practice of posting bogus images a lucrative enterprise.
And one more thing:
The 70th anniversary of the Roswell episode is looming. Very recently, someone posted a new set of alleged MJ-12 documents. But very little effort was made to verify the papers, which creates its own set of complications. After all, it has never actually been confirmed that a group known as MJ-12 ever existed.
So just putting them out there, amid the rampant junk that passes for UFO research, only complicates matters. Or maybe that was the intention of whoever created them.
I don’t know about you, gentle reader, but I agree with Nick Redfern that, before being posted, this material should have been placed in the hands of people who knew how to examine alleged government documents. If they couldn’t be verified, that should have been the end of the matter.
In a way, it reminds me of the so-called Roswell Slides. After a huge buildup, with rising expectations, the slides were posted. It didn’t take long to determine that the pictures depicted the mummy of a small child. There’s was nothing in those slides to indicate any possible connection to the Roswell crash. That anyone took it seriously, or believed there was a connection, makes little sense.
Despite fishy claims that it had been verified, that it was exposed so quickly clearly indicates that the alleged verification process was deeply flawed. Perhaps it was a case of wishful thinking, or just an effort by people to cash in before the truth came out.
In light of the Roswell Slides debacle, it clearly made little sense to foist more questionable evidence upon an unsuspecting public without proper checking. Unfortunately, that’s what all-too-often passes for research in the toxic UFO field.
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June 25, 2017
www.theparacast.com
The Paracast Explores UFOs and Aliens from Other Dimensions
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: Gene and Chris present former FBI Special Agent John DeSouza to discuss his recent book, "The Extra-Dimensionals." Says the Amazon listing: "Extra-Dimensionality is the key to understanding everything… By everything, we mean all the areas in which we have been deceived to believe the physical world is the beginning and end of all things. 'The Extra-Dimensionals' is the stark revelation of where Alien Visitors are actually coming from and to where they are returning. Understanding Extra-Dimensionality is the way to unfold the truth of the paranormal, the spiritual and even the physical world."
Chris O’Brien’s Blog: Our Strange Planet
John DeSouza’s Site: TAMA Books Publishing/Paranormal Nonfiction/Arizona
After The Paracast -- Available exclusively to Paracast+ subscribers on June 25: Gene is joined by Greg Bishop of "Radio Misterioso" and Alejandro Rojas of OpenMinds.tv, as they discuss the latest batch of alleged MJ-12 documents. Should they have been vetted by researchers for authenticity first before being released to the public? The crew debates the possibilities. Since these papers mention the Aztec, NM UFO crash myth, Gene explains why he doesn’t believe such an event ever occurred. Greg says he believes that exposing fakers rarely helps, since they never change, and goes on to say that he feels that it’s impossible to clean up the UFO field.
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
Think Before You Post
By Gene Steinberg
In this era of the citizen journalist, you don’t need special training or experience to be a reporter. You just need a blog, and there are places where you can easily and quickly set one up for free. Popular examples include WordPress, and Google’s Blogger. Within a few minutes, you are ready to publish your own comments about your life, the state of the world — even our paranormal universe.
Another resource is a cheap web hosting plan from such companies as Namecheap (a Paracast partner), Dreamhost, GoDaddy and others. Long and short is that you’ll find few obstacles to building an online presence, and finding your place in the sun. And don’t forget such social networking portals as Facebook and Twitter.
So if you have something to say, there’s no problem finding a place to say it.
Now if you keep what you say to your own circle of family and friends, there’s probably no harm done. But when you make a public pronouncement filled with hate speech, you should expect the repercussions.
So there’s the unfortunate episode of a certain former MUFON State Director who, rather than keep his racist views to himself or his private circle of acquaintances, made it public. I do not begrudge anyone’s right to hold a personal opinion with which I disagree, but when it comes to spreading hate, that’s beyond the pale.
There’s also a new controversy about this person’s connection to MUFON’s elite Inner Circle group, where you can become a member in exchange for annual donations of $5,000, and, as a result, possibly wield great influence within the organization.
Even when we move past MUFON’s ongoing controversies, the UFO field has long been dominated by false leads, misleading information and fakery.
I got to witness some of that outright mischief first hand through my friendship with the late Jim Moseley. While he had a very serious interest in flying saucers, and followed the subject eagerly from the early 1950s until he breathed his last breath in 2012, he was also famous — or infamous — for some of the hoaxes he pulled, particularly in in the early days.
First there was his faux feud with his old buddy, the late Gray Barker. When Jim briefly adopted an “Earth Theory” about the origin of UFOs, that they were all or mostly secret weapons, Gray advocated for the extraterrestrial hypothesis. But Gray also spread the story that Jim might, as a result of his approach to the mystery, be serving the interests of the U.S. government by acting as a plant or agent.
Indeed, the claim, on the surface, appeared to be credible. After all, Jim was the son of U.S. Army Major General George Van Horn Moseley, so could it have been a case of “like father, like son”? Or maybe not. Jim was very much a family black sheep, and had a contentious relationship with his dad. I recall the times when Jim let me read letters from his dad to his mom, suggesting that he be sent off to a military boarding school to straighten him out.
The fact is that Jim and Gray were very close friends, and sometimes teamed up to create hoaxes. One evening in 1957, while on one of their regular drunken binges, the two took some government stationary sent to them by a friend, and wrote seven letters to different people that claimed to be from one R.E. Straith of the non-existent “Cultural Exchange Committee.”
Although both were responsible for the prank, the letters bore Gray’s telltale writing style. The missive received by contactee George Adamski claimed that the government was quietly supporting his work.
Surely Adamski realized the letter was a fake, yet he went public and touted it as evidence that the powers-that-be believed that his claims of meeting aliens were true.
Another letter went to Coral Lorenzen, head of APRO, one of the most respected UFO research organizations of the day. Unlike many of their brethren, they were dedicated to the goal of doing solid research.
Well, that letter said, in part, that “the department is going to crack down on major UFO publications and yours is on the list.” According to Curt Collins’ article on the hoax, for the jimmoseley.com web site (George Adamski, R.E. Straith and the Seven Letters of Mischief | In Honor of Jim Moseley), it was assumed that the mention of “the department” referred to the post office.
Now it wasn’t really hard to figure out who was responsible for the Straith hoax. They were all written on the same typewriter, with the same formatting, and, as I said, bore Gray’s very distinctive writing style.
In the end, though, Jim and Gray dodged a bullet. The FBI got involved in the investigation, but there were no dire consequences. But remember this all occurred in the days when J. Edgar Hoover headed up the law enforcement agency, and you have to wonder what might have happened if a few eager agents decided to take down a pair of crazy flying saucer followers.
Even after Jim retired from the hoax game, lots of others took up the mantle. Indeed, it is widely assumed that those infamous MJ-12 documents — which are sometimes used to buttress the Roswell UFO crash — were all faked as part of a government disinformation effort. Or maybe it all represented the efforts of one or more rogue agents. Feel free to come to your own conclusions.
Unfortunately the number of pranks has only increased in the present day, very much the result of easy online access. There are loads of faked UFO photos and videos available. It’s just so easy with smartphones that feature advanced cameras. One YouTube channel appears to have made the practice of posting bogus images a lucrative enterprise.
And one more thing:
The 70th anniversary of the Roswell episode is looming. Very recently, someone posted a new set of alleged MJ-12 documents. But very little effort was made to verify the papers, which creates its own set of complications. After all, it has never actually been confirmed that a group known as MJ-12 ever existed.
So just putting them out there, amid the rampant junk that passes for UFO research, only complicates matters. Or maybe that was the intention of whoever created them.
I don’t know about you, gentle reader, but I agree with Nick Redfern that, before being posted, this material should have been placed in the hands of people who knew how to examine alleged government documents. If they couldn’t be verified, that should have been the end of the matter.
In a way, it reminds me of the so-called Roswell Slides. After a huge buildup, with rising expectations, the slides were posted. It didn’t take long to determine that the pictures depicted the mummy of a small child. There’s was nothing in those slides to indicate any possible connection to the Roswell crash. That anyone took it seriously, or believed there was a connection, makes little sense.
Despite fishy claims that it had been verified, that it was exposed so quickly clearly indicates that the alleged verification process was deeply flawed. Perhaps it was a case of wishful thinking, or just an effort by people to cash in before the truth came out.
In light of the Roswell Slides debacle, it clearly made little sense to foist more questionable evidence upon an unsuspecting public without proper checking. Unfortunately, that’s what all-too-often passes for research in the toxic UFO field.
Copyright 1999-2017 The Paracast LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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