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June 8, 2014
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Scientific UFO Research Explored on The Paracast
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. It’s easy to send a donation. We have a Donate link on our home page, below the logo and audio player. Or use the Donate link on our forums, at the bottom of the sidebar on the right. You can also 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 present Ted Roe, Executive Director of the National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena. NARCAP was founded in 1999 by Chief Scientist Dr. Richard Haines and Roe. Their information page says, that, "Through careful planning and execution, NARCAP has grown to be a respected research organization dedicated to studying UAP and aviation safety for the public's benefit." Listeners will notice that they refer to such objects as UAP, short for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. The term UFO is not used in their ongoing research, and we'll focus on the best cases they've investigated and, of course, listener questions.
Chris O’Brien’s Site: http://www.ourstrangeplanet.com
NARCAP: NARCAP National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena
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.
Outsourcing UFO Research
By Gene Steinberg
In the early days of UFO research, at least in the modern era beginning with Kenneth Arnold’s June 24, 1947 sighting, we relied on the government to figure out what was going on. In the U.S. that was the Air Force, which established an investigative arm that morphed into Project Blue Book.
But with the Condon Report and a conclusion that there was nothing extraterrestrial, or even unexplained about UFOs, Project Blue Book closed shop just months after humans landed on the Moon. This didn’t mean that some military agencies didn’t continue to collect sighting reports, but it gave the Air Force an excuse to get out of the UFO game. Well at least officially.
Of course that didn’t stop some from suggesting that the U.S. government still had some sort of secret ongoing UFO investigative project. But it’s not as if you can find absolute proof that such an agency existed after Project Blue Book died.
This doesn’t mean there haven’t been active official UFO investigations in other countries, but I’ll sick with the USA for now.
But does that mean there is no full-scale UFO investigation going on? How would the government have plausible deniability if such a project exists? It’s not that the government — or at least individual politicians — don’t lie blatantly and often. You can, however, often expose those lies even if it’s more severe than parsing some words. You can also expose the flip-flopping when opinions change in order to pander to potential voters, or to the audience of one of those 24/7 cable news shows.
One way to avoid any real connection with UFOs, though, would be to outsource the work to private industry. The same companies that build new military hardware in secrecy can usually be depended upon to say nothing in order to keep the contract, enrich the executives and keep workers employed. There are no politicians to appease.
Of course, these military contractors would still have to communicate the results of their research to someone within the government. You would think there’d be evidence of the contracts for these ongoing projects. But it’s also possible that the research is buried in the usual cost overruns. After all, do you really think that every single government project costs several times more than the original estimate? Sure, I suppose this is all part and parcel of the the system. You allocate a billion dollars for something with a two-year competition date and it takes twice as long and costs four times as much.
Maybe some of those extra costs are rolled into so-called “black projects” that remain hidden not just to the public, but to oversight committees in Congress. Sure, Congress is occasionally exposed to secret information, but not everything. This week they are complaining about not getting an adequate heads-up over the release of a prisoner of war in exchange for some prisoners who were hanging out at Guantánamo.
As secrets go, that particular decision doesn’t rank so high, but it survives as a political football and thus will stay in the news long after the fate of the freed soldier — and whether he really deserted his post as alleged — is forgotten.
One other important factor: If UFO research is the province of private industry, the U.S. government has no obligation to share its data with other countries. There’s no information to be had, and, besides, the Roswell saucer was just a Mogul balloon and UFOs are perfectly ordinary things. End of story!
Of course, the theory about outsourcing UFO research may accompany the theory that there is a secret space program, that we continue to send humans on a regular basis to the Moon, Mars, and maybe beyond. Certainly that was the dream on July 20, 1969. The U.S. had kept its promise — and that in itself was quite unusual — to land men on the Moon before 1970.
So when Stanley Kubrick’s “2001 A Space Odyssey” was released a little over a year earlier, the steady progress of space travel seemed only natural. Thirty two years of manned space travel would surely have taken us to the outer planets. Sci-fi stories and novels made similar assumptions. The lack of progress in the space program is not just disappointing, you wonder if it even makes sense from a logical standpoint. Aside from the regular satellite launches, and space telescopes, humans appear to be relegated to performing routine research tasks at the International Space Station.
Nowadays, few expect humans to journey to Mars before another decade or two has passed. Worse, the first voyages may be one-way trips. I had long expected that space travel would be commonplace in the early 21st century. As of now, I’ll be extremely lucky to survive long enough to see substantial progress.
Or maybe not.
So if UFO research proceeds at full tilt in secret installations run by private companies, is it at all possible that an active space program may be found there too? Certainly the concept is alive in the world of space fiction. In the various sci-fi TV shows based on the hit movie, “Stargate,” a secret organization known as SG-1 uses the famous stargate as the means with which to travel almost instantaneously to other planets in other star systems. There are constant threats to Earth, in keeping with the flavor of the show, but only a few citizens know the truth. Still, it’s a government project and not something passed on to private industry.
Regardless, while it may well be possible that UFO research is alive and well in the private sector, I am far more skeptical about a secret space program, or about the possible use of recovered alien technology. Sure, I suppose it’s possible, but if you think dedicated military officers are pretty good about keeping secrets, I wonder if the same is true of those military contractors, particularly if the secret must pass through several generations of corporate executives and employees.
But it’s also true that, when it comes to unproven theories, one is as good as another.
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June 8, 2014
www.theparacast.com
Scientific UFO Research Explored 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.
Why It's Important for You to Donate to The Paracast: Although ads help cover a small part of our expenses, the income they produce is never enough to pay your humble hosts decent wages. Also, we do not receive any revenue from the ads placed on the show by our network or local stations. So we hope you're able to help fill the gap, if you can, to help us cover increasing server costs and other expenses -- or perhaps provide a little extra cash for lunch and utility bills. No contribution is too small (or too large
. It’s easy to send a donation. We have a Donate link on our home page, below the logo and audio player. Or use the Donate link on our forums, at the bottom of the sidebar on the right. You can also 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 present Ted Roe, Executive Director of the National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena. NARCAP was founded in 1999 by Chief Scientist Dr. Richard Haines and Roe. Their information page says, that, "Through careful planning and execution, NARCAP has grown to be a respected research organization dedicated to studying UAP and aviation safety for the public's benefit." Listeners will notice that they refer to such objects as UAP, short for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. The term UFO is not used in their ongoing research, and we'll focus on the best cases they've investigated and, of course, listener questions.
Chris O’Brien’s Site: http://www.ourstrangeplanet.com
NARCAP: NARCAP National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena
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.
Outsourcing UFO Research
By Gene Steinberg
In the early days of UFO research, at least in the modern era beginning with Kenneth Arnold’s June 24, 1947 sighting, we relied on the government to figure out what was going on. In the U.S. that was the Air Force, which established an investigative arm that morphed into Project Blue Book.
But with the Condon Report and a conclusion that there was nothing extraterrestrial, or even unexplained about UFOs, Project Blue Book closed shop just months after humans landed on the Moon. This didn’t mean that some military agencies didn’t continue to collect sighting reports, but it gave the Air Force an excuse to get out of the UFO game. Well at least officially.
Of course that didn’t stop some from suggesting that the U.S. government still had some sort of secret ongoing UFO investigative project. But it’s not as if you can find absolute proof that such an agency existed after Project Blue Book died.
This doesn’t mean there haven’t been active official UFO investigations in other countries, but I’ll sick with the USA for now.
But does that mean there is no full-scale UFO investigation going on? How would the government have plausible deniability if such a project exists? It’s not that the government — or at least individual politicians — don’t lie blatantly and often. You can, however, often expose those lies even if it’s more severe than parsing some words. You can also expose the flip-flopping when opinions change in order to pander to potential voters, or to the audience of one of those 24/7 cable news shows.
One way to avoid any real connection with UFOs, though, would be to outsource the work to private industry. The same companies that build new military hardware in secrecy can usually be depended upon to say nothing in order to keep the contract, enrich the executives and keep workers employed. There are no politicians to appease.
Of course, these military contractors would still have to communicate the results of their research to someone within the government. You would think there’d be evidence of the contracts for these ongoing projects. But it’s also possible that the research is buried in the usual cost overruns. After all, do you really think that every single government project costs several times more than the original estimate? Sure, I suppose this is all part and parcel of the the system. You allocate a billion dollars for something with a two-year competition date and it takes twice as long and costs four times as much.
Maybe some of those extra costs are rolled into so-called “black projects” that remain hidden not just to the public, but to oversight committees in Congress. Sure, Congress is occasionally exposed to secret information, but not everything. This week they are complaining about not getting an adequate heads-up over the release of a prisoner of war in exchange for some prisoners who were hanging out at Guantánamo.
As secrets go, that particular decision doesn’t rank so high, but it survives as a political football and thus will stay in the news long after the fate of the freed soldier — and whether he really deserted his post as alleged — is forgotten.
One other important factor: If UFO research is the province of private industry, the U.S. government has no obligation to share its data with other countries. There’s no information to be had, and, besides, the Roswell saucer was just a Mogul balloon and UFOs are perfectly ordinary things. End of story!
Of course, the theory about outsourcing UFO research may accompany the theory that there is a secret space program, that we continue to send humans on a regular basis to the Moon, Mars, and maybe beyond. Certainly that was the dream on July 20, 1969. The U.S. had kept its promise — and that in itself was quite unusual — to land men on the Moon before 1970.
So when Stanley Kubrick’s “2001 A Space Odyssey” was released a little over a year earlier, the steady progress of space travel seemed only natural. Thirty two years of manned space travel would surely have taken us to the outer planets. Sci-fi stories and novels made similar assumptions. The lack of progress in the space program is not just disappointing, you wonder if it even makes sense from a logical standpoint. Aside from the regular satellite launches, and space telescopes, humans appear to be relegated to performing routine research tasks at the International Space Station.
Nowadays, few expect humans to journey to Mars before another decade or two has passed. Worse, the first voyages may be one-way trips. I had long expected that space travel would be commonplace in the early 21st century. As of now, I’ll be extremely lucky to survive long enough to see substantial progress.
Or maybe not.
So if UFO research proceeds at full tilt in secret installations run by private companies, is it at all possible that an active space program may be found there too? Certainly the concept is alive in the world of space fiction. In the various sci-fi TV shows based on the hit movie, “Stargate,” a secret organization known as SG-1 uses the famous stargate as the means with which to travel almost instantaneously to other planets in other star systems. There are constant threats to Earth, in keeping with the flavor of the show, but only a few citizens know the truth. Still, it’s a government project and not something passed on to private industry.
Regardless, while it may well be possible that UFO research is alive and well in the private sector, I am far more skeptical about a secret space program, or about the possible use of recovered alien technology. Sure, I suppose it’s possible, but if you think dedicated military officers are pretty good about keeping secrets, I wonder if the same is true of those military contractors, particularly if the secret must pass through several generations of corporate executives and employees.
But it’s also true that, when it comes to unproven theories, one is as good as another.
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