THE PARACAST NEWSLETTER
March 2, 2014
Gene and Chris Present “Shop Talk” 2014 on The Paracast
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 2:00 AM until 5:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, 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: It's "shop talk" 2014, as Gene and Chris present an episode where we catch up on recent developments in paranormal research, and we give you our own unvarnished opinions. We'll be answering your questions about our favorite cases, researchers and books, along with future plans for the show. This is the sort of episode we like to do every few months so we can speak directly, from the heart, and tell you what we really think about a variety of issues.
Chris O'Brien's Site: http://www.ourstrangeplanet.com
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.
Sponsored Message: Don’t get ripped off when you need to liquidate your precious jewelry and silverware. Call Steve at Numis Gems at (480) 878-7678 and get the straight scoop!
Another Look at Screen Memories
By Gene Steinberg
The term “screen memory” is commonly used in UFO abduction research to describe a scheme or technology the abductors allegedly employ to shield the experiencer from remembering what really happened. Thus we have people who recall owl-like creatures and other oddities that may indicate some sort of repressed recollection of a particularly frightening event.
The alleged shielded memories are recovered often as the result of hypnotic regression. In most of these cases, the experiencer of a sudden recalls the lurid details of being captured by alien beings, usually taken aboard what appears to be a spaceship, and sometimes being subjected to physical examinations that may be painful.
There are loads of side issues regarding these claims, some of which indicate that those other beings, who are often in the image of the supposed “grays,” are here to do genetic testing. Some women describe being impregnated with an alien womb, and may thus give birth to a possible hybrid being that is part “them” and part “us.”
Now I wouldn’t presume to want to get into the possible obstacles in mixing our DNA with that of another race. Perhaps our visitors are closely related to us and interbreeding is not a difficult process. Given the possibility that we are dealing with a highly advanced race of beings, certainly genetic manipulation wouldn’t be beyond the realm of possibility in any case.
But let’s return to the screen memories, and the assumptions made about them. You see, I got to thinking about these possibilities during The Paracast’s interview with Derrel Sims, who calls himself “The Alien Hunter,” on last week’s episode.
Indeed, I asked Sims a question more than once about getting the concept of screen memories backwards, but he didn’t take the hint. It was too far out of his experience, and very likely something he hadn’t considered.
So what if the abduction event is, itself, a screen memory of some other sort of encounter?
Yes, what if the entire alien abduction experience, recalled with or without hypnotic “enhancement,” was itself something other than the real event? Isn’t it far too easy and convenient to assume that what one perceives as an anomalous physical event was, itself, a false memory?
I realize this may be a difficult concept to consider, because it raises all sorts of nasty questions that aren’t being asked. First and foremost, is the screen memory something an outside force is generating, or is it something that we create ourselves to shield ourselves from an event that’s extremely frightening, possibly alien?
One very basic possibility is that some or all of those UFO abductions involve an experiment on the part of the military or another government agency designed to see how the populace will react in the event of hands-0n contact by aliens. Of course there could be other reasons, but this is one that appears to make a little sense, at least for the sake of argument.
Now some listeners to The Paracast might recall that offhand suggestion I made on a few episodes a while back that maybe Barney and Betty Hill were the victims of a government testing program. Consider that they lived near a military base and could count military personnel among their personal friends. This sort of proximity might have made them a potential target for further study, or perhaps they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It’s clear there are question marks about the case. One is that alleged “star map,” displayed by the aliens on the spaceship, which some presume to indicate from where ET came? But even the concept of a star map, and its use by an advanced alien race, strains credibility.
Sure, these question marks might not have been rasied in the 1960s or 1970s, but consider using a computer (smartphone, tablet, traditional PC) and accessing Google Maps or Apple Maps to get the best route to the closest health food store.
All right, that’s a map. But nobody says you have to make a printout. You can even have the mapping or navigation system read the directions to you as you drive to your destination. Though once a luxury option, many of today’s compact cars can be ordered with navigation systems if you would rather not just use your Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy.
Now imagine a civilization that’s hundreds or thousands of years ahead of us and is using advanced navigation systems for star travel, not to mention travel within our atmosphere. A map? Give me a break!
That star map seems, for all intents and purposes, to be a gimmick that was presented for the benefit of the witnesses. In the real world, confronted with advanced alien technology, the Hills, hardly technically trained, would have been totally unable to understand the meaning of what they saw. Maybe they’d see 3D images of stars and planets displayed on a giant screen, but still!
One other possibility is that the abduction experience does represent some sort of paranormal encounter, but the core event is so alien or frightening that it is beyond our capability to understand. So our subconscious alters the details to make them acceptable, or maybe the details are externally manipulated.
There’s nothing strange about the concept. Don’t forget the sci-fi movie, “Contact,” based on the Carl Sagan novel. In that movie, the protagonist, an astronomer portrayed by Jodie Foster, meets ET, but sees him or it in the form of her late father. She is informed that the entity manifested itself that way so she could accept its appearance and communicate.
None of that, however, explains what the core abduction experience really is, but perhaps we simply interpret that experience in accordance with our culture. Certainly the experiences of the Hills served as the progenitor of many of the modern abduction experiences that came later.
None of this means all of these encounters have the same cause. None of this means that all of the recollections of these experiences are necessarily false. But it’s also true that there is an awful lot that we simply do not know about the workings of the human consciousness, and it may just be premature to take a strictly literal interpretation of these events.
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March 2, 2014
Gene and Chris Present “Shop Talk” 2014 on The Paracast
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 2:00 AM until 5:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, 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: It's "shop talk" 2014, as Gene and Chris present an episode where we catch up on recent developments in paranormal research, and we give you our own unvarnished opinions. We'll be answering your questions about our favorite cases, researchers and books, along with future plans for the show. This is the sort of episode we like to do every few months so we can speak directly, from the heart, and tell you what we really think about a variety of issues.
Chris O'Brien's Site: http://www.ourstrangeplanet.com
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.
Sponsored Message: Don’t get ripped off when you need to liquidate your precious jewelry and silverware. Call Steve at Numis Gems at (480) 878-7678 and get the straight scoop!
Another Look at Screen Memories
By Gene Steinberg
The term “screen memory” is commonly used in UFO abduction research to describe a scheme or technology the abductors allegedly employ to shield the experiencer from remembering what really happened. Thus we have people who recall owl-like creatures and other oddities that may indicate some sort of repressed recollection of a particularly frightening event.
The alleged shielded memories are recovered often as the result of hypnotic regression. In most of these cases, the experiencer of a sudden recalls the lurid details of being captured by alien beings, usually taken aboard what appears to be a spaceship, and sometimes being subjected to physical examinations that may be painful.
There are loads of side issues regarding these claims, some of which indicate that those other beings, who are often in the image of the supposed “grays,” are here to do genetic testing. Some women describe being impregnated with an alien womb, and may thus give birth to a possible hybrid being that is part “them” and part “us.”
Now I wouldn’t presume to want to get into the possible obstacles in mixing our DNA with that of another race. Perhaps our visitors are closely related to us and interbreeding is not a difficult process. Given the possibility that we are dealing with a highly advanced race of beings, certainly genetic manipulation wouldn’t be beyond the realm of possibility in any case.
But let’s return to the screen memories, and the assumptions made about them. You see, I got to thinking about these possibilities during The Paracast’s interview with Derrel Sims, who calls himself “The Alien Hunter,” on last week’s episode.
Indeed, I asked Sims a question more than once about getting the concept of screen memories backwards, but he didn’t take the hint. It was too far out of his experience, and very likely something he hadn’t considered.
So what if the abduction event is, itself, a screen memory of some other sort of encounter?
Yes, what if the entire alien abduction experience, recalled with or without hypnotic “enhancement,” was itself something other than the real event? Isn’t it far too easy and convenient to assume that what one perceives as an anomalous physical event was, itself, a false memory?
I realize this may be a difficult concept to consider, because it raises all sorts of nasty questions that aren’t being asked. First and foremost, is the screen memory something an outside force is generating, or is it something that we create ourselves to shield ourselves from an event that’s extremely frightening, possibly alien?
One very basic possibility is that some or all of those UFO abductions involve an experiment on the part of the military or another government agency designed to see how the populace will react in the event of hands-0n contact by aliens. Of course there could be other reasons, but this is one that appears to make a little sense, at least for the sake of argument.
Now some listeners to The Paracast might recall that offhand suggestion I made on a few episodes a while back that maybe Barney and Betty Hill were the victims of a government testing program. Consider that they lived near a military base and could count military personnel among their personal friends. This sort of proximity might have made them a potential target for further study, or perhaps they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It’s clear there are question marks about the case. One is that alleged “star map,” displayed by the aliens on the spaceship, which some presume to indicate from where ET came? But even the concept of a star map, and its use by an advanced alien race, strains credibility.
Sure, these question marks might not have been rasied in the 1960s or 1970s, but consider using a computer (smartphone, tablet, traditional PC) and accessing Google Maps or Apple Maps to get the best route to the closest health food store.
All right, that’s a map. But nobody says you have to make a printout. You can even have the mapping or navigation system read the directions to you as you drive to your destination. Though once a luxury option, many of today’s compact cars can be ordered with navigation systems if you would rather not just use your Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy.
Now imagine a civilization that’s hundreds or thousands of years ahead of us and is using advanced navigation systems for star travel, not to mention travel within our atmosphere. A map? Give me a break!
That star map seems, for all intents and purposes, to be a gimmick that was presented for the benefit of the witnesses. In the real world, confronted with advanced alien technology, the Hills, hardly technically trained, would have been totally unable to understand the meaning of what they saw. Maybe they’d see 3D images of stars and planets displayed on a giant screen, but still!
One other possibility is that the abduction experience does represent some sort of paranormal encounter, but the core event is so alien or frightening that it is beyond our capability to understand. So our subconscious alters the details to make them acceptable, or maybe the details are externally manipulated.
There’s nothing strange about the concept. Don’t forget the sci-fi movie, “Contact,” based on the Carl Sagan novel. In that movie, the protagonist, an astronomer portrayed by Jodie Foster, meets ET, but sees him or it in the form of her late father. She is informed that the entity manifested itself that way so she could accept its appearance and communicate.
None of that, however, explains what the core abduction experience really is, but perhaps we simply interpret that experience in accordance with our culture. Certainly the experiences of the Hills served as the progenitor of many of the modern abduction experiences that came later.
None of this means all of these encounters have the same cause. None of this means that all of the recollections of these experiences are necessarily false. But it’s also true that there is an awful lot that we simply do not know about the workings of the human consciousness, and it may just be premature to take a strictly literal interpretation of these events.
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