THE PARACAST NEWSLETTER
September 30, 2012
Our Amazing Paranormal Universe Explored with Brad Steiger
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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 prolific author Brad Steiger about some of his recent books, such as the Second Edition of his fascinating work on shape-shifters, entitled "The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings", and the Second Edition of "Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places." We'll also be talking about UFOs, space mysteries and conspiracy theories.
Christopher O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
Brad and Sherry Steiger's Site: Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger
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.
Another Rant About UFO Misdirection
By Gene Steinberg
Consider the reports of UFO landings, during which small humanoids emerge and take some soil samples. After a while, they reenter their spaceship and leave to parts unknown. Clearly that’s how the movie “ET: The Extraterrestrial” was inspired. Yet other UFOs engage in curious cat and mouse games with our own flying machines.
Regardless of the shenanigans in which they are involved, it almost seems as if the UFOs are stuck in a loop. They just keep repeating the same actions over and over again, and you have to wonder why it plays out that way.
Think of the conventional wisdom about UFOs, that they are visitors from another planet, no doubt orbiting a far-off star system. Now I expect that it requires a great deal of resources to mount an expedition that will span a number of light years. Sure, perhaps they have perfected warp drive – something our own scientists are actually looking at seriously nowadays – but how many craft would be expected to make the trip?
If you believe that even less than 5% of reported UFO cases are real, we are talking of huge numbers of spaceships being present in our atmosphere. Perhaps we are being visited by lifeforms that come from different planets, or even different countries or tribes on a single planet. Maybe our petty squabbles are a source of entertainment to various species from around the universe, but it’s hard to guess their true motives.
On the other hand, if the aliens simply want to explore our world for scientific purposes, how often do they have to repeat the same experiments, often at the same locales, before they have enough data to evaluate? Why even send living creatures, when samples of soil, and perhaps lifeforms, can be done via remote control? Consider our own primitive attempts to gather evidence of life on Mars.
Now some of you might mention UFO abductions, where people are kidnapped, sometimes from the sanctity of their own bedrooms, taken aboard a spacecraft and sometimes subjected to painful medical tests. Perhaps this behavior would make sense on a few occasions, with males, females, and members of different races. ET wants to get a full picture of human life on Earth, even if the methodology is intrusive. But how often do they have to take those specimens before they have the full picture. I mean, some suggest that millions of Earthlings have been abducted. Where’s the logic in that, or is there something more, or different, actually involved in these frightening episodes?
Of course, I’m assuming the creatures you see in connection with UFOs are living in the sense we understand the term, and not just robots. But we may reach a point in our medical and technical development where the difference may not be significant.
I’m getting to my point, though slowly. Why should it be necessary for extraterrestrial explorers to simply repeat the same acts over and over again, year after year? What a waste of time and energy.
That assumes, however, that we are talking of physical visitations by physical beings that, in a rough sense, behave in a logical fashion. Or at least what we might consider logic, and that could be a stretch. But what if what we see and sometimes directly experience is little more than a show that’s designed to direct your attention from what’s really going on?
Beginning in the TV series, “Star Trek: Next Generation,” fans of the show were treated to stories about the “holodeck,” a place where computerized environments were created that seemed totally real according to one’s senses. Sure, that’s fiction, but how much of a stretch is it to imagine such a thing happening in real life? What if the forces behind the UFOs are just sending us projections to draw our attention away from – what? It’s a mistake to assume that everything we see, and even our personal interactions with those unknown forces, are real in the sense that we accept real.
Let’s also consider the possibility that the UFO phenomenon, and, in fact, all sorts of paranormal phenomena, are themselves reflective. They validate your beliefs and expectations. So if you have grown up in a culture that accepts the existence of space travel, and the possibility of life from outer space, you expect that they might come a calling, just as we’d visit them if we could.
But if you lived at a time where people believed in magical creatures, such as leprechauns, fairies and elves, the strange phenomena that they encountered would tend to confirm their beliefs and expectations. In Biblical times, we were visited by messengers from heaven. You get the picture.
Of course, if confronted with the unknown, we might be hard wired to interpret the experience in accordance with our culture and upbringing. It may well be true that UFOs and all sorts of paranormal occurrences remain beyond our understanding. So our subconscious attempts to interpret the experiences in ways that we can understand.
Or we are just watching a fake event, generated for our benefit, or theirs? The core question here is whether we are seeing such phenomena in its true form, whether we are interpreting it in a way we understand, or whether that experience has been deliberately manipulated for our benefit.
Alas, in the UFO field, these are the questions that are seldom asked. Far too many of you will accept things at face value, not considering other possibilities. Maybe that’s why this research is taking us nowhere.
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September 30, 2012
Our Amazing Paranormal Universe Explored with Brad Steiger
Special Announcement: 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.
Please Send a Donation 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
. We have a Donate link on our home page, below the logo and audio player. There's also a Donate link on our forums, at the bottom of the sidebar on the right. Or just 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 prolific author Brad Steiger about some of his recent books, such as the Second Edition of his fascinating work on shape-shifters, entitled "The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings", and the Second Edition of "Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places." We'll also be talking about UFOs, space mysteries and conspiracy theories.
Christopher O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
Brad and Sherry Steiger's Site: Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger
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.
Another Rant About UFO Misdirection
By Gene Steinberg
Consider the reports of UFO landings, during which small humanoids emerge and take some soil samples. After a while, they reenter their spaceship and leave to parts unknown. Clearly that’s how the movie “ET: The Extraterrestrial” was inspired. Yet other UFOs engage in curious cat and mouse games with our own flying machines.
Regardless of the shenanigans in which they are involved, it almost seems as if the UFOs are stuck in a loop. They just keep repeating the same actions over and over again, and you have to wonder why it plays out that way.
Think of the conventional wisdom about UFOs, that they are visitors from another planet, no doubt orbiting a far-off star system. Now I expect that it requires a great deal of resources to mount an expedition that will span a number of light years. Sure, perhaps they have perfected warp drive – something our own scientists are actually looking at seriously nowadays – but how many craft would be expected to make the trip?
If you believe that even less than 5% of reported UFO cases are real, we are talking of huge numbers of spaceships being present in our atmosphere. Perhaps we are being visited by lifeforms that come from different planets, or even different countries or tribes on a single planet. Maybe our petty squabbles are a source of entertainment to various species from around the universe, but it’s hard to guess their true motives.
On the other hand, if the aliens simply want to explore our world for scientific purposes, how often do they have to repeat the same experiments, often at the same locales, before they have enough data to evaluate? Why even send living creatures, when samples of soil, and perhaps lifeforms, can be done via remote control? Consider our own primitive attempts to gather evidence of life on Mars.
Now some of you might mention UFO abductions, where people are kidnapped, sometimes from the sanctity of their own bedrooms, taken aboard a spacecraft and sometimes subjected to painful medical tests. Perhaps this behavior would make sense on a few occasions, with males, females, and members of different races. ET wants to get a full picture of human life on Earth, even if the methodology is intrusive. But how often do they have to take those specimens before they have the full picture. I mean, some suggest that millions of Earthlings have been abducted. Where’s the logic in that, or is there something more, or different, actually involved in these frightening episodes?
Of course, I’m assuming the creatures you see in connection with UFOs are living in the sense we understand the term, and not just robots. But we may reach a point in our medical and technical development where the difference may not be significant.
I’m getting to my point, though slowly. Why should it be necessary for extraterrestrial explorers to simply repeat the same acts over and over again, year after year? What a waste of time and energy.
That assumes, however, that we are talking of physical visitations by physical beings that, in a rough sense, behave in a logical fashion. Or at least what we might consider logic, and that could be a stretch. But what if what we see and sometimes directly experience is little more than a show that’s designed to direct your attention from what’s really going on?
Beginning in the TV series, “Star Trek: Next Generation,” fans of the show were treated to stories about the “holodeck,” a place where computerized environments were created that seemed totally real according to one’s senses. Sure, that’s fiction, but how much of a stretch is it to imagine such a thing happening in real life? What if the forces behind the UFOs are just sending us projections to draw our attention away from – what? It’s a mistake to assume that everything we see, and even our personal interactions with those unknown forces, are real in the sense that we accept real.
Let’s also consider the possibility that the UFO phenomenon, and, in fact, all sorts of paranormal phenomena, are themselves reflective. They validate your beliefs and expectations. So if you have grown up in a culture that accepts the existence of space travel, and the possibility of life from outer space, you expect that they might come a calling, just as we’d visit them if we could.
But if you lived at a time where people believed in magical creatures, such as leprechauns, fairies and elves, the strange phenomena that they encountered would tend to confirm their beliefs and expectations. In Biblical times, we were visited by messengers from heaven. You get the picture.
Of course, if confronted with the unknown, we might be hard wired to interpret the experience in accordance with our culture and upbringing. It may well be true that UFOs and all sorts of paranormal occurrences remain beyond our understanding. So our subconscious attempts to interpret the experiences in ways that we can understand.
Or we are just watching a fake event, generated for our benefit, or theirs? The core question here is whether we are seeing such phenomena in its true form, whether we are interpreting it in a way we understand, or whether that experience has been deliberately manipulated for our benefit.
Alas, in the UFO field, these are the questions that are seldom asked. Far too many of you will accept things at face value, not considering other possibilities. Maybe that’s why this research is taking us nowhere.
The Paracast Copyright 1999-2012 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!
