The Cycle of No There There: 'UFO enthusiasts admit the truth may not be out there after all'

Once again, we see an item on how there's nothing to UFOs. Not from the overt and pathological skeptic crowd, but from the meh realm. UFO enthusiasts admit the truth may not be out there after all - Telegraph

This is not news. Oh, I don't doubt the debunkers and "skeptics" will jump all over this to support their ludicrous opinions on the UFO phenomena. It'll be juicy news for their disingenuous little black hearts.

We've seen this meme many times over the past few years. A few items here and there on how: UFO sightings are down, reports are down, UFO "enthusiasts" have given up, UFO organizations have closed their doors, and so on.

These fluffy little pieces circle around like black helicopters.

Feh.

Red Pills of the Week — November 3rd | Mysterious Universe

All good, but I particularly liked what RPJ had to say about David Icke. Who is, in so many ways, a giant tool. But let's not be too hasty. RPJ comments:

Yeah, Icke and his outré ideas are easy target. But, I must admit that since the core of his main message is intrinsically gnostic, as a gnostic myself I can certainly entertain the notion that what we perceive as the ‘real world’ is but a very thin outer layer, hidden deeper levels where unknown beings might be lurking.

Red Pills of the Week — November 3rd | Mysterious Universe

The Big Study: Trickster Strike!!!

Wonderful little piece on seemingly every day and mundane oddness, and yet...The Big Study: Trickster Strike!!!

I wasn't sure where to post this link, here, Women of Esoterica, Ecto-ville, what? But, as anyone inveigled in UFOs knows, synchronicities as well as missing items and all manner of trickster like events occur often. In Trickster Strike! the person involved is a UFO researcher, which, it seems to me, is not an unrelated component.

Happy Halloween!

KathleenMarden:'Results of Abductee Study' and The Abduction Question

Marden's site: KathleenMardenUFO results of study here. Kathleen Marden is Betty Hill's niece and co-author, with Stanton Friedman, of Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience. I was fortuante enough to see both Friedman and Marden speak at the McMinnville UFO Festival a couple of years ago. (I even was lucky enough to interview Mr. Friedman. Who, I'm sure, thought I was a bit of a ditz, since I was old school and used only a notebook; no tape, recorder, etc. just me and my pen. But he was extremely polite and too much a gentleman and professional to let on.)

Nearly a year ago, Denise Stoner and I met to discuss the commonalities that alien abduction experiencers share. As longtime abduction investigators/researchers, we were aware of certain repeating patterns of information and characteristics. The pertinent literature, the academic social science studies and the works of David Jacobs, PhD, Thomas Bullard, PhD, Yvonne Smith, and the late Budd Hopkins, John Mack, MD, and others had identified several commonalities among abduction experiencers. But we had not been able to locate an academic study that was specific to our particular interests.

I was born in 1954, and so of course found this greatly interesting:

We were interested in identifying possible trends among age groups, partly due to the fact that a significant number of abduction experiencers in the 50+ age group had reported their experiences to us within recent months. Our intuition was correct. 44% of the AE Group participants were born in the 1950’s, although only 20% of the NAE Group was in the same age group. This figure drops dramatically for those born in the 1940’s (18%) and the 1960’s (26%).

The study contributes important data to be sure. What it all means and how it all gets interpreted; that's to be seen of course.

I've never felt I could be honest and participate in studies like this, because the question is always presented with the assumption the respondent knows they've been abducted. I don't know any such thing. However, at least two episodes of missing time connected to UFO sightings, vivid dreams involving aliens and UFOs, a life time of consciously remembered UFO and alien sightings and interactions, karmic, shared, and parallel UFO related experiences regards my spouse, all point to a huge "We have no flippin' idea what abductions are; if they're literal physical events or what, but it does seem awfully and enormously significant, doesn't it?" question.

Nick Redfern on Coast to Coast Tonight with host George Knapp

Nick Redfern is tonight's guest on Coast to Coast, with host George Knapp. Now you know it's going to be a great show!They'll be discussing the World's Weirdest Places.

alienviews: Don't...

Alfred Lehmberg's latest, on his blog alien views:

alienviews: Don't...: But our contentious skeptibunkies, braying, scorning—mocking flunkies... These will hoot, pronounce soft *phacts*, and from the truth, you bet, detract. All, I think, to keep you working, making babies, crying—hurting... ...Still, they're REAL and would upset the "apple cart" ill *owned*, as yet.
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Yes, we'd have the truth; condone it! We've paid for it in blood. We own it! Were not served, in fact ill-served, to be denied the truths observed. Had we some "truth," we'd, then, build true... avoid those pitfalls as construed, avoid perhaps, the forecast "planned..." ...we'd have FOUNDATION, understand?!
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Sceptic! Don't pretend, at all, concern; you will come to live and learn—at issue is the profiteering you enjoy while proudly sneering!
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Don't think that you provide a service. Don't think that you provide for "calm"—be nervous! Don't pretend that fear's deterred in blandishments you purr—absurd!
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As always, right on Alfred!

On Coast to Coast tonight: James Wasserman, Occult & Spiritual Quest

Occult and Spiritual Quest on Coast to Coast AM: "Author James Wasserman will discuss the importance of the spiritual quest, the power and influence of secret societies, the occult practices of Aleister Crowley, and how awakenings during the 60s and 70s were fueled by the embrace of Eastern religions, and Western Magic."

When It Comes To UFOs, Why Do Debunkers Do That Debunking Thing They Do?

I have it up at UFO Digest:When It Comes To UFOs, Why Do Debunkers Do That Debunking Thing They Do?

Halloween Tarot

A pretty neat deck; the Halloween deck -- I would feel all right using, when the mood strikes. There are some cards I'm not overly crazy about, but others I do like, shown here. I haven't seen the entire deck and of course haven't read with them, but it does seem like fun. One thing I do like is using multiple decks in a reading; something I've been working with lately via the Doreen Virture Healing with Angels course. Here's a multi-deck reading, using the Halloween deck, at Tarotize, from Lisa FLloyd.

C2C Tonight: Forecasting, Tracking and Analyzing Global Trends

Host John B. Wells, on Coast to Coast, with guest Gerald Celente, tonight:Forecasting, Tracking and Analyzing Global Trends | Trends Research Institute

Phillip Coppens on Coast to Coast Tonight: Lost Civilizations

Lost Civilizations - Shows - Coast to Coast AM

The Absurd Bits

I wrote this in August of 2011 for Tim Binnall's Binnall of America site. I still think these are important points. You can read the whole piece at Binnall, here's an excerpt:Trickster's Realm: "Absurd Bits" in Fortean Phenomena

Reading one of my favorite esoteric Fortean authors Colin Bennett right now: Flying Saucers Over the White House; The Inside Story of Captain Edward J. Ruppelt and His Official U.S. Airforce Investigation of UFOs. I'm only just into it, but, as usual when I read Bennett, there is so much rich, juicy and insightful right on stuff it's exhilarating. It's almost too much, one quick brilliant statement after another. One of the numerous gems is the "psychosocial filter" as Bennett calls it concerning UFO (and, I'll add, paranormal events in general) witness experiences:

It is an amusing feature of the Western mind that those people who have had a UFO experience of any kind are judged to be people least worthy of analyzing that experience." [Bennett]

The witness is often treated as an afterthought, or even an embarrassment. And all is lost if the witness has things that clogs up that "psychosocial filter":

The courts of "proper" debate rule out any odd, highly individualized, comic, or ludicrous or absurd elements. Here we see the most tragic-comic emblem of mankind's philosophy: get rid of the nutcases and there will be revealed the shining truth. [Bennett: 39]

"Just give us the reptoids" | De Void

I want the reptoid stuff too! Although I think they're living underground in the L.A. sewer system and not on Mars. On Mars, that's a whole different alien thing going on. Billy Cox's comment in the comment section is a good explanation on why it's necessary to post stories like this in UFO Land. Just give us the reptoids | De Void

UFOs, et al: ECETI Ranch UFOs Ignored

UFOs, et al: For seasoned UFO watchers, happenings at the ECETI Ranch in Washington State are nothing new, but we were directed by the Sky Brothers on September 30, 2012 to feature it on this website. Why? Because so much positive out-of-this-world activity happens there and it’s being squelched by the media and drowned out by coverage of grey aliens and the dark side of UFO phenomena.

I haven't (yet) been to the ECETI Ranch, but I know people who have been there. Amazing things are seen there, indeed. I can't comment to any direct experience of course. But I find the above statement interesting in terms of dichotomy. Whatever, whoever, aliens are, one thing seems pretty obvious: there's more than one type. And the dark side exists, like it or not. I have known many people involved with UFOs who reject any discussion of this so-called "dark side" of the phenomena. I don't deny anyone's experience, or interpretation, but I find it frustrating when I come across such naive responses.

It is fascinating what's happening at the ranch, and, the fact that government agencies are involved, various news media have been out there and yet, the MSM continues to ignore the events happening there. On the other hand, shouldn't be too surprised. And while the general culture indulges in the negative, regardless of topic, it's our human failing. Ignoring it exists is also a failing. Somewhere there's a balance. That can only happen when we're completely honest to what's going on; good, bad, indifferent.