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March 13, 2022
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Discover Amazing, Rarely Discussed UFO Encounters, Some with Possible Alien Beings, with Michael Shratt on The Paracast!
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This Week's Episode: Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present Michael Schratt, author of an illustrated book, "Dark Files: A Pictorial History of Lost Forgotten and Obscure UFO Encounters.” The book presents 61 fully illustrated UFO encounters from around the world. These cases were obtained from real world "boots on the ground" research by gaining access to university archives, multiple UFO research centers, and private collections. All cases presented contain references so that the reader can verify them on their own. In his "civilian life," Michael is a military aerospace historian and has lectured across the country on the unique subject of “Mystery Aircraft” and classified propulsion systems buried deep within the military industrial complex. Michael devotes much of his free time researching aerospace technical documents, conducting interviews, and traveling to multiple University archives.
After The Paracast — Available exclusively for Paracast+ subscribers on March 13: A return visit by Michael Schratt, author of the illustrated book "Dark Files: A Pictorial History of Lost Forgotten and Obscure UFO Encounters.” In a discussion with Gene and special guest cohost Tim Swartz, Schratt delivers his impressions about what's behind the UFOs. Spaceships? Interdimensional visitors? Time travelers? And what about all those sightings of USOs (unidentified submerged objects), and why aren't they getting more attention? Is there a UFO secret that the powers-thats-be have kept from us over the decades? Michael is a military aerospace historian and has lectured across the country on the unique subject of “Mystery Aircraft” and classified propulsion systems buried deep within the military industrial complex.
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: https://www.theparacast.com/forum/. Visit our new online shop for great branded merchandise at: https://www.theparacast.shop/, and check out our new YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheOfficialParacastChannel
The Look of ET
By Gene Steinberg
Regardless of what you believe about UFOs and their origin(s), it’s almost a certainty that other planets in our galaxy are inhabited. What form such life might take is anyone’s guess. But if those worlds are sufficiently Earth-like in size and possible atmospheric makeup, it wouldn’t be so surprising to find it very much as what we have on Earth.
It’s fair to suggest that humans or humanoids might not have been the species to gain dominance, although logic would dictate it’s one of the most suitable. Forgetting the possibility of genetic manipulation by outside intelligences, how we got here may very well be the result of lots of happy accidents that could have had very different results. Or maybe not.
Now I’ve long wondered about what lies out there, and perhaps that’s one of the reasons I started reading and watching sci-fi fare quite early in my life, as a preteen.
Before we had a TV, I’d go to my uncle Abe’s apartment to watch some of my favorite sci-fi-oriented children’s shows. Remember there was no such thing as VHS in those days to preserve your favorites. So there was, every Saturday morning, “Space Patrol,” vaguely reminiscent of the police procedural, where galactic policemen — and sometimes women — were busy righting wrongs around the solar system.
When they encountered extraterrestrials, they were usually human in appearance, and trips to nearby planets, such as Venus or Mars, revealed Earth-like surroundings. So much for paying attention to science, although it’s fair to say that there were still theories about Martian canals in those days.
By far my favorite show was “Captain Video,” about a spacefaring scientist who put together a group of peacekeepers called “Rangers,” who traveled the stars to protect the galaxy. Rather than a weekly half hour, this show was formatted very much as a daily serial, with the usual cliffhangers to get you to stay tuned for the following day’s episode.
Again, the space people Captain Video confronted were mostly human. As with Space Patrol, the sets were cheap and the special effects merely nonexistent.
I recall, in fact, the ever-present merchandising in those days. The stars of the shows would often appear in commercials for the major advertisers, and custom products depicted on the show were available at your local toy store.
In passing, my parents grew sick and tired of buying me “Official” Capitan Video space helmets, only to have the delicate plastic fall apart in a few days.
While episodes of “Space Patrol” have turned up on YouTube, there are very few “Captain Video” episodes available, since most of the kinescope recordings of the live shows were destroyed years ago. There was also a Republic movie serial featuring the character with different actors portraying Video and his sidekick, the Ranger.
Although ETs in movie serials were also mostly human, sci-fi movies were mixed. The 1951 classic, “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” presented Klaatu as a human with short brown hair and a silvery uniform. The uniform was later adapted by the likes of George Adamski and other contactees in describing the Space Brothers they allegedly contacted.
But not all alien intelligences were human. Some of the sci-fi movies decided to make ET as ugly as possible, almost indescribably grotesque, as if the special effects and mask-makers were charged with devising a look that would frighten the most people.
In “Contact,” released in 1997 and based on the Carl Sagan novel, the protagonist, a radio astronomer, “flies” in a craft based on the designs provided by ET. She ends up in a place where she meets with a man who very much resembles her late father, with whom she had issues. The entity explains that it is appearing in this form because its true look would not be acceptable.
In “Arrival,” from 2016, where a linguist attempts to communicate with ET, our alien visitors are depicted as heptapods, cephalopod-like, seven-limbed creatures. Their method of communicate spans time.
A clever twist on contacting Earth life was presented in “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” released in 1986 and considered one of the best featuring the original series cast. It was, in fact, directed by Mr. Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy.
A spaceship heads towards Earth, the home world of the galactic Federation, and it destroys power systems along its path. It emits a sound that resembles that of humpback whales, a species that is obsolete in the 23rd century. At the urging of Mr. Spock, Captain Kirk and crew venture back through time to San Francisco, circa 1980s, where they hope to find those whales, bring them back to their timeframe, and hope their cries will convince the now-orbiting spacecraft to halt its destructive path.
We never do see the creatures that pilot the invading vessel, or even if it had robotic pilots.
In the UFO field, alleged beings of different types, human or vaguely human, have been observed over the years.
The modern concept of ET is of small, spindly humanoids with gray skin, huge heads, big eyes, small or non-existent noses, and a tiny mouth. But sightings over the decades have reported creatures more like us.
You’ll find a number of such cases in a recent book, “Dark Files: A Pictorial History of Lost Forgotten and Obscure UFO Encounters,” by Michael Schratt. He was a featured guest on this weekend’s episode of The Paracast.
Now in the book, but by far the most interesting, or curious, was a case that he said had but a 50% chance of being true, but he was nonetheless impressed by it. It involves a six-foot UFO parking itself in front of a car. It was piloted by two three-and-a-half-foot beings with “aged” grooved faces. They wore backpacks.
With me so far?
Well, one of those beings flew out of the spaceship, opened up the car door, pushed its two occupants aside and attempted to drive the car.
In other words, ET tried to car-jack that vehicle.
When it attempted to communicate with the passengers, its voice came across as similar to the high-pitched chirping of a bird.
Now when one of the passengers exited the vehicle and ran away (it’s not said how fast the car was going at this point), the second alien flew out from the spaceship and went after him. In the end, the two creatures returned to their craft, and it took off.
As I said, wild and quite unbelievable, although the witnesses were evidently taken seriously. Regardless, Schratt’s book has a number of far more credible cases where humans were seen in connection with a UFO. Indeed, in one case, to quote the book, “He was dressed in green military Air Force fatigue-style coveralls, and was wearing a baseball cap with the bill turned up. On his upper sleeves, Eddie could see what looked like military type rank ‘chevron’ symbols on the unidentified man.”
That story, to me, does register as involving a possible test aircraft. Then again, when humans are seen flying around in UFOs, you have to wonder: just what is going on here?
Or is it possible that humans or humanoid beings are a natural outgrowth of evolution on lots of planets. So maybe we shouldn’t have to worry about bug-eyed monsters after all.
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March 13, 2022
www.theparacast.com
Discover Amazing, Rarely Discussed UFO Encounters, Some with Possible Alien Beings, with Michael Shratt 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 THE ULTIMATE PARACAST EXPERIENCE AT A SPECIAL LOW PRICE! 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 an exclusive podcast, After The Paracast, plus an enhanced version of The Paracast with the network ads removed, when you join The Paracast+. We also offer a special RSS feed for easy updates of the latest episodes on your device. Flash! Use the coupon code ufo20 to receive a 20% discount on five-year or lifetime subscriptions. And PayPal now accepts cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, in payment. And if you don't want to use PayPal, we now also offer a second payment option, from Stripe, that accepts major credit or debit cards, so act now! For the easiest signup ever, please visit: https://www.theparacast.plus
This Week's Episode: Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present Michael Schratt, author of an illustrated book, "Dark Files: A Pictorial History of Lost Forgotten and Obscure UFO Encounters.” The book presents 61 fully illustrated UFO encounters from around the world. These cases were obtained from real world "boots on the ground" research by gaining access to university archives, multiple UFO research centers, and private collections. All cases presented contain references so that the reader can verify them on their own. In his "civilian life," Michael is a military aerospace historian and has lectured across the country on the unique subject of “Mystery Aircraft” and classified propulsion systems buried deep within the military industrial complex. Michael devotes much of his free time researching aerospace technical documents, conducting interviews, and traveling to multiple University archives.
After The Paracast — Available exclusively for Paracast+ subscribers on March 13: A return visit by Michael Schratt, author of the illustrated book "Dark Files: A Pictorial History of Lost Forgotten and Obscure UFO Encounters.” In a discussion with Gene and special guest cohost Tim Swartz, Schratt delivers his impressions about what's behind the UFOs. Spaceships? Interdimensional visitors? Time travelers? And what about all those sightings of USOs (unidentified submerged objects), and why aren't they getting more attention? Is there a UFO secret that the powers-thats-be have kept from us over the decades? Michael is a military aerospace historian and has lectured across the country on the unique subject of “Mystery Aircraft” and classified propulsion systems buried deep within the military industrial complex.
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: https://www.theparacast.com/forum/. Visit our new online shop for great branded merchandise at: https://www.theparacast.shop/, and check out our new YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheOfficialParacastChannel
The Look of ET
By Gene Steinberg
Regardless of what you believe about UFOs and their origin(s), it’s almost a certainty that other planets in our galaxy are inhabited. What form such life might take is anyone’s guess. But if those worlds are sufficiently Earth-like in size and possible atmospheric makeup, it wouldn’t be so surprising to find it very much as what we have on Earth.
It’s fair to suggest that humans or humanoids might not have been the species to gain dominance, although logic would dictate it’s one of the most suitable. Forgetting the possibility of genetic manipulation by outside intelligences, how we got here may very well be the result of lots of happy accidents that could have had very different results. Or maybe not.
Now I’ve long wondered about what lies out there, and perhaps that’s one of the reasons I started reading and watching sci-fi fare quite early in my life, as a preteen.
Before we had a TV, I’d go to my uncle Abe’s apartment to watch some of my favorite sci-fi-oriented children’s shows. Remember there was no such thing as VHS in those days to preserve your favorites. So there was, every Saturday morning, “Space Patrol,” vaguely reminiscent of the police procedural, where galactic policemen — and sometimes women — were busy righting wrongs around the solar system.
When they encountered extraterrestrials, they were usually human in appearance, and trips to nearby planets, such as Venus or Mars, revealed Earth-like surroundings. So much for paying attention to science, although it’s fair to say that there were still theories about Martian canals in those days.
By far my favorite show was “Captain Video,” about a spacefaring scientist who put together a group of peacekeepers called “Rangers,” who traveled the stars to protect the galaxy. Rather than a weekly half hour, this show was formatted very much as a daily serial, with the usual cliffhangers to get you to stay tuned for the following day’s episode.
Again, the space people Captain Video confronted were mostly human. As with Space Patrol, the sets were cheap and the special effects merely nonexistent.
I recall, in fact, the ever-present merchandising in those days. The stars of the shows would often appear in commercials for the major advertisers, and custom products depicted on the show were available at your local toy store.
In passing, my parents grew sick and tired of buying me “Official” Capitan Video space helmets, only to have the delicate plastic fall apart in a few days.
While episodes of “Space Patrol” have turned up on YouTube, there are very few “Captain Video” episodes available, since most of the kinescope recordings of the live shows were destroyed years ago. There was also a Republic movie serial featuring the character with different actors portraying Video and his sidekick, the Ranger.
Although ETs in movie serials were also mostly human, sci-fi movies were mixed. The 1951 classic, “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” presented Klaatu as a human with short brown hair and a silvery uniform. The uniform was later adapted by the likes of George Adamski and other contactees in describing the Space Brothers they allegedly contacted.
But not all alien intelligences were human. Some of the sci-fi movies decided to make ET as ugly as possible, almost indescribably grotesque, as if the special effects and mask-makers were charged with devising a look that would frighten the most people.
In “Contact,” released in 1997 and based on the Carl Sagan novel, the protagonist, a radio astronomer, “flies” in a craft based on the designs provided by ET. She ends up in a place where she meets with a man who very much resembles her late father, with whom she had issues. The entity explains that it is appearing in this form because its true look would not be acceptable.
In “Arrival,” from 2016, where a linguist attempts to communicate with ET, our alien visitors are depicted as heptapods, cephalopod-like, seven-limbed creatures. Their method of communicate spans time.
A clever twist on contacting Earth life was presented in “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” released in 1986 and considered one of the best featuring the original series cast. It was, in fact, directed by Mr. Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy.
A spaceship heads towards Earth, the home world of the galactic Federation, and it destroys power systems along its path. It emits a sound that resembles that of humpback whales, a species that is obsolete in the 23rd century. At the urging of Mr. Spock, Captain Kirk and crew venture back through time to San Francisco, circa 1980s, where they hope to find those whales, bring them back to their timeframe, and hope their cries will convince the now-orbiting spacecraft to halt its destructive path.
We never do see the creatures that pilot the invading vessel, or even if it had robotic pilots.
In the UFO field, alleged beings of different types, human or vaguely human, have been observed over the years.
The modern concept of ET is of small, spindly humanoids with gray skin, huge heads, big eyes, small or non-existent noses, and a tiny mouth. But sightings over the decades have reported creatures more like us.
You’ll find a number of such cases in a recent book, “Dark Files: A Pictorial History of Lost Forgotten and Obscure UFO Encounters,” by Michael Schratt. He was a featured guest on this weekend’s episode of The Paracast.
Now in the book, but by far the most interesting, or curious, was a case that he said had but a 50% chance of being true, but he was nonetheless impressed by it. It involves a six-foot UFO parking itself in front of a car. It was piloted by two three-and-a-half-foot beings with “aged” grooved faces. They wore backpacks.
With me so far?
Well, one of those beings flew out of the spaceship, opened up the car door, pushed its two occupants aside and attempted to drive the car.
In other words, ET tried to car-jack that vehicle.
When it attempted to communicate with the passengers, its voice came across as similar to the high-pitched chirping of a bird.
Now when one of the passengers exited the vehicle and ran away (it’s not said how fast the car was going at this point), the second alien flew out from the spaceship and went after him. In the end, the two creatures returned to their craft, and it took off.
As I said, wild and quite unbelievable, although the witnesses were evidently taken seriously. Regardless, Schratt’s book has a number of far more credible cases where humans were seen in connection with a UFO. Indeed, in one case, to quote the book, “He was dressed in green military Air Force fatigue-style coveralls, and was wearing a baseball cap with the bill turned up. On his upper sleeves, Eddie could see what looked like military type rank ‘chevron’ symbols on the unidentified man.”
That story, to me, does register as involving a possible test aircraft. Then again, when humans are seen flying around in UFOs, you have to wonder: just what is going on here?
Or is it possible that humans or humanoid beings are a natural outgrowth of evolution on lots of planets. So maybe we shouldn’t have to worry about bug-eyed monsters after all.
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