Fire the Grid on July 17th

Okay, so it's New Agey and maybe kind of hokey, who cares. It's positive, and it can't hurt. On July 17th, Fire the Grid. Why not?

Podcast:Paranormal Women League

This is a neat find; I stumbled on it on the Mysterious Dimension Yahoo group:
Lisa Shiel and her podcast:Paranormal Women League.

The Black Triangle Abduction

Right now I'm reading Bill and Nadine Foster's book The Black Triangle Abduction. I don't know what to make of it; it's written by someone who isn't a narrative writer (he writes how to books) - he writes in a folksy, straight forward style using too many commas. Which sounds and feels right. There are a lot of eerie parallels to other encounters, including my own. Foster details his regression sessions, and he's contacted MUFON, NUFORC, Budd Hopkins and other "bona fide" (LOL) researchers.

Like many experiencers, he didn't have any interest or knowledge of UFO/close encounter events until this happened to him. A missing time episode and sighting with his wife and friends was the trigger for him that led him to discover his experience.

I haven't finished the book, just about in the middle. I don't know what to make of it; it's the first triangle abduction I know of, which makes it different. There are similarities however, as I mentioned. Foster mentions some interesting facts; the way journalist just put words in his mouth, for example. And a package delivered to him by an unnamed source in his town related to the sighting; the affects of the sighting on the town, which can be verified. So something did happen.

New "Paranormal" Bigfoot Blog

Annoucning
my new Bigfoot blog; Frame 352.

Tim Binnall, Brad Steiger, and Trickster

Tim Binnall’s season two finale interview with Brad Steiger was inspiring, reminding me of what I consider to be the crucial points of esoteric research and phenomena. (Including UFOs.)

Steiger stressed that at the core of all these anomalous events (always keeping in mind this includes UFOs) is the Trickster element. (Steiger isn’t the only researcher that believes this; see George P. Hansen’s The Trickster and the Paranormal.)

Another point Steiger made was that no one has the answer, (which should seem obvious) and yet so many come out and insist that that is exactly what they have.

There was also the point made that younger researchers sometimes are ignorant of the older, previous researchers that have gone before and set the way for others; Steiger himself, Keel, Sanderson, Fodor, etc. Young ghost busters tromping through haunted houses with high tech equipment, or UFO “researchers” who read one or two books and think they know it all. I’d add to this that it isn’t just young people, nor all young people, but that this attitude is found among all age groups. There are calls to ignore the history and focus on the now, which is a disservice to all research. (At the same time, you don’t want to get stuck in the past.)

The chronic skeptics, in all their varieties, point to the fact that after so many years -- whether it’s sixty years or a thousand -- we haven't found any answers. That’s true, if one means, by “answer,” the final one size fits all solution to the UFO question. We haven't found “the answer.” The point is, we very likely won’t. That’s unacceptable for some. For others, it’s a non-issue, since we heavily suspect we’ll never find the “answer” and anyway, that’s beside the point.

(Painting: section of Boticelli's Adoration of the Magi 1475)


The persistently skeptical also tell us us that much of UFO and anomalous phenomena seems silly and downright pointless. Conflicting information given by “aliens,” their general behavior, the elusive nature; it’s too uselessly complex and nonsensical.

But that’s what makes it fun; and it’s what the Trickster does; confuse and play cruel jokes. Maybe it makes sense to itself; tough if we can’t get it. Or maybe it knows we can’t get it, and that’s why it delights in doing what it does. Maybe it’s nothing personal at all and we’re personifying; it just is what it is, and we are what we are. No matter, for the Trickster is still at it, regardless of what we think about it.

None of this means there really aren’t Martians living beneath the surface of Mars, or that there are bases on the back side of the Moon. (Maybe.) If any of that is so, that’s only a fraction of the Big Paranormal Picture. A lot more is still to come.

And actually, I suspect that it is really very “simple” in a way: as Steiger called it, we live parallel to a “shadow” world/reality. They do their thing, we do ours. Sometimes, more often than some of us would acknowledge, we meet each other, We find ourselves plunked into their world, or we meet up with “visitors” from theirs. The boundaries between the two aren’t all that firm, as much as some of us like to pretend it is. Indeed, one of the main functions of the Trickster is crossing boundaries.

So thanks to Tim Binnall for all his great work in bringing us (and for free) solid interviews with all kinds of UFO and esoteric researchers, including Brad Steiger.


Resources:
Binnall of America
Brad and Sherry Steiger
The Trickster and the Paranormal

Trickster's Realm: 'Popcorn Machine Aliens'

Latest Trickster’s Realm: Popcorn Machine Aliens,about memories of aliens, on board craft, and giant insectoid creatures, by moi.

Also on BoA (Binnall of America:) Lesley’s Grey Matters: on Ian Punnett and C2C, Tina Sena’s Estoericana: The Witching Hour, where she writes about 3:00 am being the weird hour (as have many a UFO experiencer; indeed, that does seem to be the hour,)
Wrath of Joe’s Whiter UFOlogy? and Khyron’s The K-Files.

Plus all the great audio interviews Tim Binnall has done over the past two seasons!

Psychic BF and Bend, OR BF Search

Bigfoot researcher Linda Martin has an entry on her blog Bigfoot Sightings on Matt Moneymaker and “psychic” Bigfoot in Bend, Oregon. It’s encouraging to read Linda’s opinions on Psychic Bigfoot:

If Chaska Denny, who left a comment on Bigfoot Sightings recently, is right, Sasquatch is psychic, and intelligent enough to avoid researchers. Psychic Sasquatch would be able to pick up on the purpose of an expedition and refuse to respond to sounds. That is why my method for finding Sasquatch includes psychic contact first, and driving through the forest second.

Brad Steiger Interview!

Was, indeed, "awesome." Tim did a great job and asked great questions, Brad was wonderful. He said some very important things that I'm glad he said, for they're at the core of esoteric research. It was also inspiring.

So please, listen to the last episode here.

You can listen to the previous podcasts on the site as well, with guests like Jim Marrs, Lisa Shiel, Tony Healy, ... the list goes on.

And stay tuned for Season Three, which should start up around September or October.

Tagged: Eight Things

Well, since both Lesley of Debris Field, and Tina of
Yufology have tagged me to share 8 things about myself, here they are:

1. I met Elvis, and played in his limo while he was inside with the boss.
2. I'm a big film noir and samurai film buff.
3. I’m a great cook.
4. The tiger is my favorite animal.
5. I’m afraid of heights; like even from atop a step ladder.
6. As corny as it sounds, after 30 years of marriage, my husband still cracks me up.
7. I love the water.
8. My secret guilty pleasure is that I watch General Hospital.

Brad Steiger Interveiw on Binnall of America

The interview with Brad Steiger for the Binnall of America site, is now up!
Catch it here.

Oregon UFO News: Agent Mulder, Your Double-Pepperoni is Up

In Portland, Oregon, there will be a UFO related event at a pizza spot: It’s a Beautiful Pizza at 3342 SE Belmont St. on July 4th. Apparently the owner holds meetings for abudctees on regular basis. Read more here.

Huge UFO Seen By Airline Pilot near Guernsey

Nice, straight forward television interview with one of the pilots who saw the craft. No jokes about little green men, etc. which is refreshing.

Alien Ride Roller Coaster

I like this story: Alien Dreamer, by Daniel Joshua Rubin for The Motley Fool. Bryan Temmer, after a lot of rejection, will see his dream realized in Roswell, New Mexico for an Alien Abduction Roller Coaster. A dream, an obsession, a hope, Americana, aliens, -- it makes a goofy sense.


(image source:ROBERT COKER:ROLLER COASTER, 2003)

Little Green Men

A collection of "little green men" (though a few aren't so little) images, just because:







A collection of "little green men" (though a few aren't so little) images, just because:

NASA Airbrushed UFOs / Lunar Base Towers