UFO’s
I will first answer a few main questions simply.
1) Are UFO’s real, in the sense of space craft from other
planets?
Yes.
2) Was there a conspiracy at Roswell, and at other sites, but the
US Air Force and other US government agencies, which covered up
what really happened?
Yes.
3) Did aliens from other planets land at Roswell?
No.
4) Have aliens from other planets visited us?
Yes, but not so many.
5). How are aliens able to keep themselves hidden?
This involves a discussion of science and magic
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1. Are UFO’s real?
I believe that UFO’s may be real. I believe that aliens from
other planets exist, and that they may have visited. What they do
when they get here and how often they’ve visited is another
matter.
My main reason is statistics. As Carl Sagan would say, there are
‘billyuns and billyuns’ of stars out there and ‘
billyuns and billyuns’ of planets. The likelihood of life
existing on many of those planets is high.
Furthermore, they will explore. As humans, we’ve always
explored, and continue to do so in space. There is no doubt that
life on other planets has done the same.
Third, there have been many sightings by multiple witnesses, all
credible, which can not be explained. To be sure, most of the
sightings, even those by credible witnesses, can be explained
after some investigation. But there are enough out there that can
not be explained that makes me believe we are dealing with
something else.
Similarly, I know from my experiences that I can see something
exist that people doubt. (I covered this extensively in my
earlier chapters in “Making America Great”). Hence, if
a credible person says he saw something, and can describe it in
detail, I am inclined to take it as truth.
A final point to ponder: Angels. I have seen comparisons made
between UFO phenomenon sighted in recent times (the past 50
years) to spiritualsightings over the past two thousand years.
Often descriptions are very similar. The spiritual sightings
include angels, spirits, ghosts, bright lights, and other things.
(In some cases the ancient description borders on that of
sighting a flying craft).
There are two ways to take this. One is that many UFO sightings
today are sightings of the spiritual world. That is, people are
actually seeing communication from spirits and angels.
The other way to take this is that we have been visited by life
from other planets. We have been visited many times and long ago,
and the people then could only think spirits and not life on
other planets, and so that is what they wrote it down as.
(We will talk about all this and more in item #4, where we talk
about alien visitations).
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2 and 3. Was there a conspiracy at Roswell, and Did aliens land
at Roswell
I think it is best to cover these two issues at the same time.
There were no aliens at Roswell. But, unfortunately, the
knotheads at the Air Force responded in a way which made the
people skeptical, and thus fueled the cover-up theories.
As I mentioned earlier, I read a book published recently by
someone in the Air Force, which helps explain certain facts.
Their description of the technology of the craft and the science
of the experiment, along with some pictures, helped me
understand. That and documentaries I’ve watched have led me
to my conclusions.
So, what happened at Roswell?
The basic story is this: The Air Force launched a test device,
albeit an unusual one. Some people saw it both in the air and as
pieces on the ground. The government kept people far away, then
the government denied everything people saw, and finally choose
to answer the public with improper phrasing and at the same time
keeping secretive.
The “weather balloon”
The Air Force said that what they sent up was a “weather
balloon.” This is a highly unfortunate description. When
most people think of a weather balloon, they think of those
things I say in Jr. High school and the Boy Scouts, specifically:
a balloon not much bigger than a party balloon with a box
attached.
This is definitely NOT what people saw. In fact, that is not at
all what the government sent up.
This device was much larger, made of a different type of
material, and was dropped from several thousand feet - almost at
the region where sky becomes space. Hence, it is no wonder that
when the government said “weather balloon” no one
believed them. Had the government gotten more specific, people
would have understood.
Bodies
What about the bodies? Let’s look at what this experiment
was testing. Remember that this object was dropped very near the
space-sky border.
The experiment is this: Eventually we hope to get men into space.
Should anything go wrong, perhaps the astronauts can jettison
from the spacecraft and return to earth. Would this be possible
from such a great height?
The government built a special craft for this purpose, and used
crash test dummies.
Hence the bodies.
What about the body bags?
The government put these crash test dummies in body bags - an
unfortunate coincidence.
It should be remembered in all this that this stuff is advanced.
The craft is no average weather balloon, but the latest
technology in flight. The crash test dummies are no ordinary
ones, but the most advanced available.
It should be noted that several experiments were done like this.
One experiment actually used a real person. He was dropped from
the greatest height anyone has ever dropped from, almost in
space. And he lived. There is a picture in the book I read.
National Geographic even covered this story. If not for these
pictures, I might never have believed it.
each view in perspective
It is unfortunate the way the government handled the landing
site. I will give the same story from the perspective of many
sides (I’ve seen these types of characters behave often)
From the side of the scientists: To most accurately determine the
results of the experiment, the scientists need to collect every
single piece. Also as important, they need to note the spatial
arrangement of the pieces. They also need to make sure that the
pieces are returned to the lab exactly in the condition they are
when they hit.
Hence, scientists needed the area blocked off so no one would
accidentally tamper with the data pieces (even to innocently
touch or move a piece could confuse the results). That is why
people could not come near. It is the same as for an
archeological dig, or for an airplane crash investigation.
From the view of the security and government personnel: These
guys just do their job, they do what they are told, and they don’t
care why. Their orders are to keep people away, and so they do,
however gruff or secretive.
The military is not one for being talkative. They like secrets -
it is how they keep ahead and win battles. So, it is not
surprising that they did not know how to talk to the people. They
also forget that we are not the enemy, rather it is our country,
and it is we who pay their salaries. Military people tend to
forget all that. But, they’ve gotten better since then about
communicating with us.
As for security guards, I’ve even seen security guards at
concerts who were unnecessarily rude. Or guards who are adamant
about not letting a relative in the door. They are just that way
(obviously you can tell from my tone that I think we’d be a
lot better off without security guards, or at least heavily
altered.)
In any case, the guards keep the people away, and the military
spins a story, and no one who works there asks any questions.
From the perspective of the people: They saw something unusual,
and want to see more. This is natural, healthy curiosity. But
when they try to get close, they are pushed away. When they turn
to the news, the news tells them things that don’t match
with their experience. The people get suspicious, and rumors
start. Hence, the theory “aliens have landed but are being
hid from the public.”
Had the government been more forthcoming, things would be
different.
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4) Have aliens from other planets visited us?
Yes, but not so many.
Here we talk about these questions: Have aliens visited us. If
so, when? Where? How often? Why are they sighted in certain
areas, and only by certain people? What about all those
satellites and people searching for life yet not finding it? And
so forth.
There are a few main theories which I will cover.
You could also look at these as choices the space visitors take
when they arrive.
1) The first theory is that the space visitors visited long, long
ago. These might have been the ones who gave the Greeks and
Egyptians their earliest science. They might have been the basis
for the Greek gods.
2) The second theory is that space visitors have past by from
time to time, even checked the place out, but found nothing of
interest. They may have come a million years ago, or a thousand,
or even a few hundred years ago.
But how much can a medieval alchemist understand the advancements
of a space alien? And so, the visitors go on by.
3) The third theory, which I only partially subscribe to, is that
the visitors are visiting even today. This breaks into three
sub-theories:
a) they keep themselves out of the way and observe from afar;
b) they live directly with us peacefully;
c) or they study us like frogs in a biology class.
I’ll explain where I stand on these things a bit later.
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They have visited, but infrequently
The thing to remember here is the distance and time required to
travel. We know it takes many decades, even centuries. at best,
to travel around in space. Even if these space creatures solve
some of the problems we face now in space travel, it will still
take years. These creatures will not venture out that often. And,
even then, there are so many solar systems and planets to choose
from, only a fraction of the time will they come here.
So I do believe space visitors have come over time, but only
infrequently.
That leaves us with two problems, conflicting with each other, to
address.
First, if I believe that people today have seen UFO’s, and
so many, then how can I say that visitors come infrequently.
Second, with our satellites and super telescopes why don’t
the scientists at large detect these UFO’s. Related to these
two questions above are the choices I gave earlier for aliens who
chose to visit us today.
The basic answer for me is this: I don’t know. We have a lot
to learn technologically. Could Pythagoras know how to make a
microchip? We have a lot to learn; aliens from other planets may
know much that we don't yet know.
As for what they choose to do when the get here, again, it is a
choice. Even among humans, different cultures make different
choices, and so it is possible for different visitors to do
different things.
However, having said that, I think that visitations are far, far,
less than people claim. The lack of data from satellites confirms
this.
Most of the sightings in the country are near military air force
bases, not often near farms etc., and so the sighting can be
attributed to a new air force development.
Most of the sightings in the cities are unbelievable because
hundreds of people should have seen the same thing. And where
city residents have seen the same thing, most cases have been
discovered to be explainable.
But, to return back again, there are some legitimate unexplained
cases. Keep these as data. We may not understand what we see, but
it exists. If a villager in 400 AD heard a radio, or saw an
airplane, he would not be able to understand what he heard or
saw, and so it is with us. There may be ways for space visitors
to slip past our satellite systems, and to visit our world
discretely, that we are not aware of.
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5. How are aliens able to keep themselves hidden? (April 2001)
With so many satellites looking everywhere, and with so many
people on this earth, how can only a few people see these space
crafts?
The basic answer I now have is "Magic."
Not real magic, but what is magic to us.
Look at the magicians, both now and throughout time.
The magicians of old knew secrets, which then became more well
understood scientifically. Once these concepts were understood,
and generally told to others, then the magic, the secret, is no
more.
And so it is with how UFO's can hide. We don't know now how they
do it, but someday we will know.
Let us look at the slight of hand that magicians do today.
I've seen a guy seemingly move a mountain - lift it right off,
and move it. Obviously he couldn't - millions of people would
know about it, but to those in the audience, he appeared to move
that mountain. It looked good.
I also saw a magician be shackled in a box, and this box was put
on a stand. The stand had only post legs, and lots of space. And
yet, this magician got herself unshackled, and out of the box,
all the way to the other side of the room. The camera never cut
away, there was space below the box - how did she do it?? How is
this possible? Even my science trained mind starts to believe in
magic.
These are but two examples of magicians doing amazing things. I
have seen the acts, and have no idea how it is done. It seems
scientifically impossible, and yet, they do it!
I believe science is behind both of those magical acts. But we
don't know how. That is the magic.
Back to the UFO's. I believe they know some tricks that we don't.
Today's science is yesterdays magic. (Electricity, for example).
So how do UFO's hide? I'm not sure, but I do know that if one
magician could get out of the box, and another make a mountain
move, then UFO's now how to hide.
It is an advanced form of camouflage - they can do it, but we
just don't know how yet.