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1 "Other thoroughgoing researchers started to move toward the paraphysical concept in the early 1950s. The British science writer Gerald Heard published 'Is Another World Watching?' in 1950, in which he examined the #extraterrestrial theory pro and con and postulated his “bee”
2 "concept, suggesting that the objects might represent a mindless order organized by some larger intelligence. Another famous English science writer, Arthur C. Clarke, turned his attention to #UFOs in 1953 & wrote articles pointing out that the general data suggested the objects
3 "were paraphysical and not too likely to be extraterrestrial."
From "Operation Trojan Horse" by John Keel
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From "Operation Trojan Horse" by John Keel
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4 "Another engineer, a graduate of Yale and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became interested in flying saucers in 1953. Upon his retirement in 1954, he and his wife toured the country interviewing UFO witnesses and, inevitably, contactee claimants. His name is Bryant
5 "Reeve. Like the rest of us, he began with the hope & expectation of finding evidence 4 the #extraterrestrial hypothesis. He thought in the same physical terms of all engineers & scientists. But as he plunged deeper & deeper into this complex subject, he reached into philosophy
6 "and metaphysics...Finally, in 1965, he published a book called 'The Advent of the Cosmic Viewpoint'. After long & careful investigation, he had concluded that the #UFO sightings themselves were actually irrelevant & were merely part of the larger paraphysical phenomenon."
7 "Kenneth Arnold, the private pilot whose sighting on June 24, 1947, set off the first modern flying saucer scare, quietly investigated #UFOs in depth for years, and then in 1955 he, too, issued public statements expressing his belief that the objects were actually some form of
8 "living energy and were not necessarily marvelous spaceships. In 1957, Ray Palmer started a new magazine called Flying Saucers. In the early issues he titillated his readers by hinting that he knew the secret. Then, in 1958, he published his conclusion that #UFOs were not from
9 "some other planet, offering as an alternative a complex theory about secret civilizations with paraphysical or #psychic ties to the human race. (As early as 1949, he had editorialized that saucers were extra-dimensional not extra-terrestrial.) He stubbornly stuck to his guns
10 "and published a number of small magazines devoted largely to the psychical aspects of the phenomenon. After a twelve-year struggle, his Flying Saucers had managed to build up a meager readership of only 4,000 paid subscribers and 6,000
11 "newsstand sales despite nationwide distribution.
"Palmer’s anti-extraterrestrial stand isolated him from the ufological mainstream, and he was widely criticized and ostracized by the ET believers."
"Palmer’s anti-extraterrestrial stand isolated him from the ufological mainstream, and he was widely criticized and ostracized by the ET believers."
12 Two authorities well known to the #UFO field, Ivan T. Sanderson, a noted biologist and anthropologist, and Dr. Jacques #Vallee, a #NASA #astronomer and computer expert, studied the #extraterrestrial theory for years and finally turned toward the #paraphysical hypothesis.
13 "What exactly is the paraphysical hypothesis? It is the central theme of this book. It can best be summarized by the remarks of RAF Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard, KCB, CBE, MA, a very high-ranking member of the British government. On May 3, 1969, he gave a public lecture at
14 "Caxton Hall in London, in which he cited these main points: 'That while it may be that some operators of #UFO are normally the paraphysical denizens of a planet other than Earth, there is no logical need for this to be so. For, if the materiality of #UFOs is paraphysical (and
15 "consequently normally invisible), #UFOs could more plausibly be creations of an invisible world coincident with the space of our physical #Earth planet than creations in the paraphysical realms of any other physical planet in the solar system… Given that real UFOs are
16 "paraphysical, capable of reflecting light like #ghosts; & given also that (according to many observers) they remain visible as they change position at ultrahigh speeds from one point to another, it follows that those that remain visible in transition do not dematerialize for
17 "that swift transition, and therefore, their mass must be of a diaphanous (very diffuse) nature, and their substance relatively etheric… The observed validity of this supports the paraphysical assertion and makes the likelihood of UFOs being Earth-created greater than the
18 "likelihood of their creation on another planet… The astral world of illusion, which (on psychical evidence) is greatly inhabited by illusion-prone spirits, is well known for its multifarious imaginative activities and exhortations. Seemingly some of its denizens are eager to
19 "exemplify principalities and powers. Others pronounce upon morality, spirituality, Deity, etc. All of these astral exponents who invoke human #consciousness may be sincere, but many of their theses may be framed to propagate some special phantasm, perhaps of an earlier
20 "incarnation, or to indulge an inveterate and continuing technological urge toward materialistic progress, or simply to astonish and disturb the gullible for the devil of it.” https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1938398033/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1938398033&linkCode=as2&tag=ufojoe-20&linkId=39133a52925dd9241e471c4a9ca80fe1
21 Keel: "In essence, he means that the #UFO phenomenon is actually a staggering cosmic put-on: a joke perpetrated by invisible entities who have always delighted in frightening, confusing and misleading the human race.
22 "The activities of these entities have been carefully recorded throughout history, and we will be leaning heavily on those historical records in this book." ~John Keel from "Operation Trojan Horse."
23 "Whatever 'it' is, it is often inimical to the human race, and the manifestations range from childish mischief to acts of horrifying destruction. The phenomenon has driven many people mad; but it has also produced miraculous cures. A cosmic system of checks and balances seems
24 "to be an actual fact. There are now well-documented cases of people being seriously injured, even killed, by flying saucers. But there are equally well-documented events in which the mysterious objects and their enterprising occupants have interceded directly in human affairs
25 "and thwarted disaster. Many flying saucers seem to be nothing more than a disguise for some hidden phenomenon. They are like Trojan horses descending into our forests and farm fields, promising salvation and offering us the splendor of some great supercivilization in the sky.
26 "But while the statuesque long-haired 'Venusians' have been chatting benignly with isolated traveling salesmen and farm wives, a multitude of shimmering lights and metallic disks have been silently busying themselves in the forests of Canada, the Outback country of Australia,
27 "and the swamps of Michigan. Before we can find any answers, we must first find the right questions to ask. We must understand the exact nature of these visitors, and of ourselves."
28 When Keel died, Vallée said this about the Mothman author:
"As u know, [Keel's] writing & mine have followed a parallel course as we were among a small number of 'heretics' who have consistently questioned the 'first-order' #extraterrestrial theory. He realized very early
"As u know, [Keel's] writing & mine have followed a parallel course as we were among a small number of 'heretics' who have consistently questioned the 'first-order' #extraterrestrial theory. He realized very early
29 "that #UFOs could not be understood apart from other, terrestrial #paranormal phenomena, which put him decades ahead of most researchers. He deserves 2B recognized as one of the most creative, independent thinkers in the field." ~Jacques Vallée on Keel https://www.dailygrail.com/2009/07/vallee-on-keel/
30 This hammers home the point of how important it was for "Hunt for the Skinwalker" to be written by @g_knapp & Kelleher & for James Lacatski to read it, go to #skinwalkerranch, have an anomalous experience, and push for a program (AAWSAP) to study UFOs AND paranormal phenomena.
