Can We Continue To Blame Hoaxers For Our Willingness To Believe

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me over and over and I'm still going to absolve myself of any responsibility in the matter. Think about it: after the 900th time Lucy pulls the football out from under Charlie Brown, just how much sympathy can that little block-head in the zig zag shirt expect?

Sadly, to some, the answer would be a lot. As English novelist Angela Carter once sardonically observed: "In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax in order to gain credit in the world." She couldn't be more right; the truth is a lie and the lies are all true.

The fringe fields of cryptozoology, paranormal investigation, ufology and the like have long been inextricably tied to a culture of hoaxing. For as long as man has made these claims, someone has been hoaxing proof of their existence to either support their belief system or to garner attention or even just to get a laugh out of duping the believers. I suspect that a very long time ago, Ug sat in his cave grunting out what he had seen hovering in the sky and that not long thereafter one of his compatriots was cave-painting hoaxed "evidence".

Like Charlie Brown, we shouldn't be so willing to believe and to tie our emotions to something we know full well will most likely be pulled out from under us. We should approach our Lucy cautiously. And yet, time and again, I encounter instances where individuals are absolutely upset that a particular video or photo or bit of physical evidence has been altered or fabricated. These individuals respond with ire that can only be matched by the weight of their emotional investment. How dare you trick me?

If it were up to individuals such as Matt Moneymaker of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, then there would be laws against it - at least the big ones that manage to sucker in TV crews so that it makes its way to his TV. As I have posted on here before, he was very upset by recent hoaxes such as Balloon Boy and the dead Bigfoot specimen in Georgia.

But can he really blame someone else for his willingness to believe? Had he not gotten so emotionally tied to the hopes that FINALLY! we have proof, then he would have possessed the dispassion to proceed with caution and await all the evidence before making any conclusion.

No laws are necessary. There were some very real laws that were broken in the process of Balloon Boy and they were addressed. There is no need for a Chicken Little Law. If we needed one, it likely would have been passed more than 100 years ago during the height of the newspaper wars and the plague of Yellow Journalism.

We simply need to keep our heads and check our passions. We mustn't be governed by a willingness to believe, but by strict logic and skepticism. It's okay for us to take a stance, to believe; but we can't let that need to believe blind us. Lucy "will" keep pulling the football out from under Charlie Brown if he gives her the chance.

Hynek First Began His Ufo Research

"In 1952, in an action to think laterally together with the regular noise stuck between hundreds of reports of UFOs, the U.S. Air Might honest "LAWSUIT BLUE UNIQUE" whose dominant point was to stockpile and take a shot at state-owned reports of UFO sightings. The manage scientific psychoanalyst for that project was a well-respected Northwestern University astronomy lecturer, J. Allen Hynek.

Such as Hynek first began his UFO research, he was very shifty that the purported UFO sightings were of any real cherish. In fact, right through a 1966 congressional audio on UFOs, he indicated that "THE SUM QUERY SEEMED VERTICAL DERISIVE," and he point the sightings were a fad which would absolutely pass. Tranquil, after decades of analyzing hundreds of UFO reports from airline pilots, military organization, adjust officers, regular officials, psychologists, astronomers and other scientists, Hynek assumed his punish started to prod. He expected no matter which was going on and upright research was needed to get trapped in what it was. In a 1985 ballot together with Dennis Stacy, in the manner of asked what caused his advance of punish, he responded: It... "WAS THE SINCERE DESTRUCTIVE AND UNYIELDING COMPASS READING OF THE AIR MIGHT. THEY WOULDN'T GO UFOS THE CHANCE OF INCOME HORIZONTAL IF THEY WERE FLYING UP AND DOWN THE POSSIBILITY IN THICK ENTERTAINING." In the late 1970s, Hynek excessively told a group of students and state at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale that his individual fudged the data on "LAWSUIT BLUE UNIQUE." He assumed they can tell wholly 80 percent of the sightings, and the 20 percent that can not be explained were repeatedly gone from reports, and plus recycled by the individual for aloof in-depth research.

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Date: September 12, 2007 Time: Evening.

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Slitta Di Babbo Natale Avvistata A Nord Di Monterrey Messico

provenance imageVisto che siamo prossimi al Natale ne approfitto per condividere questo bizzarro avvistamento avvenuto l'11 ottobre 1998 in una zona a nord di Monterrey, in Messico.Lo strano oggetto e' stato fotografato da un certo Raul che quella sera era in compagnia di sua moglie, Linda la quale e' tuttora convinta che lo strano effetto ottico apparso nel cielo notturno sembra avere tutte le caratteristiche dell'autentica slitta di Babbo Natale! Concordo anche io!Tutti coloro che hanno esplorato il fenomeno UFO a questo punto devono confrontarsi con una nuova questione; la slitta del famigerato"Babbo Natale" e' da considerarsi un UFO?. I sedicenti "scettici" continuano a confrontarsi sarcasticamente e a discutere con tutti coloro che credono religiosamente che sul pianeta Terra ci potrebbe realmente essere qualche prova di occasionali visite aliene.IL CAVALLO (LA RENNA) DI BATTAGLIA DEGLI SCETTICI ;"Se credi che un UFO si `e schiantato a Roswell, allora sono sicuro che Babbo ti lascer`a dei bei regali sotto l'albero di Natale." Qualsiasi numero di varianti di questa analogia (unicorni, gnomi, orchi, ecc) sono utilizzati per chiudere in un ancolo ogni possibilita' di fashion su tutti quei fenomeni che si basano molto su explain aneddotiche o testimonianze umane.Il problema con l'analogia `e che tutto questo `e unaided pura invenzione. S`i, `e vero che non esiste una prova empirica su eventuali presenze aliene o di Santa Claus (almeno fino a prova contraria), ma unaided la appearance volontariamente ignorante, deliberatamente disonesta e stupida avrebbe mai il coraggio di sostenere che la prova sull'esistenza degli ET non `e migliore di quella su Babbo Natale.Quante persone si sono fatte avanti con le loro testimonianze oculari su Babbo Natale? Nessuno, almeno fino adesso, mentre numerose sono le testimonianze di avvistamenti UFO, a volte con verify da explain fisiche.Nell'incidente UFO di Rendlesham del 1980 (il cosiddetto "Roswell inglese"), numerosi testimoni appartenenti al personale dell'USAF avevano segnalato strani fenomeni aerei non identificati e altri "fenomeni soprannaturali" che non potevano spiegare. I militari inoltre avevano riferito di aver trovato "tre depressioni radioattive" nel terreno dove erano stati avvistati gli oggetti anomali. Per inciso, alcuni anni fa, la BBC aveva affermato di aver "esposto" il caso Rendlesham pull in "bufala", il quale era basato esclusivamente sulla testimonianza di un unaided ex agente della Picket integrato nell' USAF di nome Kevin Conde.L'affermazione di Conde fu che le presunte "luci misteriose" avvistate anche da altro personale erano in realt`a i "lampeggianti" della sua auto di pattuglia. Ci si chiede il motivoperche' la BBC dovrebbe ciecamente accettare la testimonianza aneddotica di Conde, in particolare quando si `e gravemente in inferiorit`a numerica di testimoni che credono di aver visto qualcosa di inspiegabile, tra cui l'ufficiale pi`u alto il tenente colonnello Charles Infringe. Tratto da BBC "report"

Letting Go Of Ufos

By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers10-13-13 "WE IN THE UFO FIELD HAVE CONSTRUCTED MANY ROADS TO UFO TRUTH, BUT WE TREAD THEM IN VAIN. THEY LEAD NOWHERE..." 'UFOlogists' speak a great deal about the 'truth'. The truth is out there, they tell people, and it must doggedly be pursued for the benefit of all mankind. But rarely are 'UFOlogists' truthful with themselves.First off, there's no such thing as a 'UFOlogist', and anyone who refers to themselves a such is clinging desperately to their own slim sense of self worth. There is no such thing as a UFOlogist because there is no such thing as UFOlogy - at least not in any meaningful sense. If "ology" refers to a branch of knowledge or learning sprung from organized research (which it does), then UFOlogy is a broken twig. The UFO subject has produced thousands of dedicated researchers over the years (none of them 'UFOlogists') and thousands more books, but few have made any significant contribution to our 'knowledge' of the UFO enigma.While many UFO researchers undoubtedly would consider their vocation/hobby a selfless one, I regard my own obsession with the subject (and it's fair to say that I AM obsessed) to be hugely self-indulgent. I have dedicated the past several years of my life to the study of UFOs (and specifically to Hollywood's depiction of the phenomenon), but to what justifiable end I cannot say. I find the world around me to be enchanting, but also deeply troubling and alienating. UFOs offer me an escape into the unknown and unknowable; this appeals to me beyond my means to express. I want so much to be part of something greater than myself - to expand my experiential boundaries through otherworldly knowledge - that I have wilfully removed myself from the world I would see changed and blinded myself to the truth I have sought all along. Ironic.I want to back up a little. By saying UFOlogy is non-existent I'm not suggesting that UFOs cannot be not a subject of serious study. Some researchers can indeed speak with authority on certain aspects of UFOs (e.g. their official history as recorded in declassified government documentation; their media representation over time; and even the essential physical and behavioural characteristics of UFOs and their alleged occupants). However, when it comes to understanding the underlying nature of this multifaceted phenomenon, its origins and its purposes, we are, all of us, clueless - awash in a sea of speculation and petty ideological feuds.We in the UFO community consider our cluelessness (if we consider it at all) as a point of departure in a bold, Fox-Mulder-like quest for the 'truth', but in reality we fear it may be perpetual. Meanwhile, those in the corridors of power with secret access to UFO information fear that they too are clueless despite having spent trillions of dollars over seven decades to find a satisfying answer to the UFO question. Their fear in this regard is justified; for clearly, in the grand scheme of things, they are as clueless as the rest of us (even having hands-on access to craft and bodies will not come close to bringing 'UFOlogical' enlightenment to the primitive 21st Century enquirer).Our obsession with UFO truth speaks to an insatiable yearning on our part to grasp the essential meaning of our universe and to fathom our purpose within it - and beyond it, even. Surely, higher external intelligences can provide us with the answers we seek and, in so doing, make us whole; make us one. UFO 'Disclosure' - the official acknowledgement that we are not alone in the universe - will, we insist to all those who will listen (but mostly to ourselves), open the floodgates for cosmic understanding. The inherent implication of this notion is that, absent a Disclosure event, humanity will remain perennially in the shadow of its own ignorance and forever at the mercy of its basest instincts. Only UFO Disclosure can save us; or, at least, Disclosure is the closest solution to hand to save us from the sinking ship of human civilization. This is delusional.Shocking though it may seem to the UFO obsessive, there are other, more useful, sources of knowledge and wisdom available to us, other paths toward enlightenment. I swear I used to know this, but my awareness became diffuse through time in the static of my own paranoia, self-importance and escapist longings.While it is my belief that we are indeed interacting with non-human intelligences, I also recognize that the UFO phenomenon serves as an externalisation of our hopes and fears about our own species and about ourselves as individuals. In this sense, UFOs are a distraction. Not one so egregious as The X Factor and twerking pop stars, perhaps, but a distraction nonetheless. We need to let go of UFOs. Or, at least, I do.The ancient Chinese text "The Tao Te Ching" advocates that we should seek not to "know", but to "un"-know; to empty our vessels of rigid certainties, and, in so doing, find enlightenment in a state of 'un-knowing.'I can state with a high degree of confidence that I will never lose interest in UFOs, and, for the foreseeable future, at least, I will continue to study and write about the phenomenon, but I will do so having let go of it - with the recognition that I will never come close to understanding it, and that 'truth' is to be found not in a flying saucer, but within a more Earthly vessel. My recognition in this regard will seem painfully belated to the many readers who experienced similar 'awakenings' long ago. In truth, my re-evaluation of the UFO field and of the phenomenon itself has been occurring privately for some time, but only now have I reached the point where I am comfortable with expressing these thoughts publicly, for what little they are worth.We in the UFO field have constructed many roads to UFO truth, but we tread them in vain. They lead nowhere. If there is an ultimate truth to be found, it is most assuredly not 'out there.' When it comes to the big picture concerning UFOs, if only we allow ourselves to know that we know nothing, the universe may yet reveal itself to us. Or not. Continue Reading... See Also:Personality Driven Ufology: The Id vs. The Phenomenon "American Scientific Ufology is Dead!" Goodbye Ufology, Hello Truth UFOlogy Run Amok! SHARE YOUR UFO EXPERIENCERead more >>

More People Actually Believe In Aliens Than In God

According to have a row of a British poll, About 60% OF Voters Be aware of THAT Extraterrestrial Innovation EXISTS, at the same time as a consideration carried out by the University of Chicago states thatONLY 37% For practical purposes BELIEVES IN GOD.Address to Brisk.co.uk, Gain POPE, the prior head of the project for investigation of UFO sightings of the Ministry of Justification, said: "About 60 % of people suspect that we are not alone in the universe. This means that to all intents and purposes over people suspect in aliens than in God."Clear people of course application that the UFOLOGY IS Chiefly A NEW Religious studies, a religion of the 20th and 21st century."It is one of the most enormous questions we penury ask. If we may well get a clear set-up, IT WOULD Alter OUR Life Irreversibly. The discovery of extraterrestrial life would be in adapt next to just about anything else in our history"."The latest research for extraterrestrial life each undivided that over than ONE IN TEN Voters Foothold TO Get pleasure from SEEN UFO.Pope said: "To the same extent I was worked for the Ministry of Justification, we investigated 2300 reports of UFO sightings all rendezvous. If 10% of the ancestors has seen a UFO, this is sensationalist".From the happenings of 2012 in Nevada, what a group of BBC pressure were arrested in gunpoint at the fastener of Confines 51, the interest in extraterrestrial life has intensified.The poll shows that ONE IN SEVEN BELIEVES THAT AT Negligible ONE UFO IS Unhurried Private Cool IN THE Notorious War Rough.But Mr. Pope argues that if acquaint with is extraterrestrial life in Confines 51 and it is unquestionable to the float up world, next the government would accept lots time to transference it to an clandestine situation."Confines 51 surefire exists: it is a top secret military base. Clear people suspect that superficially acquaint with is extraterrestrial life form in acquaint with... If it from the bottom of your heart past was acquaint with, I have doubts that it has have a yen been moved to a territory that we accept never heard of"."So

Concerned Over Coming World Events

CALIFORNIA ABDUCTEE CONCERNED OVER COMING WORLD EVENTSCompiled by Brent RaynesAs a youngster I remember seeing glowing lights on the wall of my upstairs bedroom. But at the time I was too young to understand the meaning of such lights. When I was a kid, I often played with imaginary playmates. But now they have grown up and appear as alien entities."I have always listened to a loving, but commanding voice within me. For the last forty years this Voice has guided and protected me. So that's why I think a fragment of an alien lives in me."Last February, I saw Whitley Streiber's Communion. Immediately I recognized the face on the book jacket. 'So you are real,' I thought to myself. I bought the book and read it slowly a few pages at a time because I would start to cry if I read too much of it at once. But I'm glad I read it because as a result I became a Communion Network 'participant' and have made many new friends. The Communion Network is composed of many people who have had close encounters with the 'visitors.'"I've had a delightful correspondence with many of the members of the Communion Network. Much of the information contained in their letters is so astounding that I've had to change some of my ideas regarding the goals the aliens are pursuing on this planet."Earth is now part of the Reticulian Network, which is tied to a super brain. In short, an individual Reticulian functions as part of a group mind, or group consciousness. Incidentally, their emblem, the isosceles triangle, is the symbol for transcendental group consciousness."In Reticulian society all individual brains are linked together into a single super brain. This linkage has resulted in an exponential increase of paranormal powers, such as psychokinesis, telekinesis, materialization and dematerialization. As a result, the Reticulians have attained complete control over space-time and the three known physical dimensions."...Having compared my 'visitor' experiences with those other Communion 'participants,' I have discovered that my own close encounters with the aliens were neither unique nor uncommon. The 'visitor' experience I best remember happened during the night of November 14, 1984. That evening I felt a terrible nuclear catastrophe would soon overtake humankind. Before I went to sleep I asked, 'What could I do to stop such a tragedy from happening?' About 3 a.m. I awoke in a vivid dream and felt compelled to look out my bedroom window. In the dark I saw five glowing grayish-white 'little men' floating into my yard and gliding toward my window. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Three of them came up to my window and the tallest of the three, the leader, stared at me intently. I don't remember what happened next, but I'll never forget his huge, dark, slanted eyes."In the morning I woke up with the feeling that I had to write about the coming world events and the alien presence on Earth. So I'm writing a novel... which describes the end-time of human history and includes an 'official' UFO landing in 1998-1999. Also I'm writing a second novel... in which the aliens repeatedly contact a human family and change each family member in various ways."Since November 1984, I've had two floating dreams. In the first one, I remember floating over a barren, moon-like landscape. On May 16/17 of this year, I dreamed that I floated through a glistening white corridor and encountered three of the 'little people' standing in front of a closed, trapezoidal door. The tallest one said, 'The reason we are present on Earth lies beyond this door, but humankind is not yet ready to receive the answer. In time you'll know.' I think this doorway was the entrance to the realm of universal knowledge. On November 6, I had another dream in which three 'visitors' popped into my bedroom, and one of them probed my mind. I feel they were 'checking up' on me."I think that the aliens have been with us for a long time, possibly since the beginning of the human species. In fact, the humans may be the hybrids, and that's why the aliens are able to hybridize us further."Some human 'participants' have indicated that they have seen the tall blond 'Swede' type of alien working together with the more commonly described short, bald, slant-eyes Reticulians. The Nordic type of Reticulian is so human-like in appearance, that this alien can easily pass for a human. These tall, blond 'Swedes' are known as the 'Watchers' in UFO literature and are probably the alien progenitors of Cro-Magnon man, our first truly human ancestor."Somehow, the 'visitors' know the future of our planet, or at least the most probable future, and are trying to tell us about coming world events and warn us that our present path will lead to global catastrophes, such as nuclear war and the destruction of the atmosphere, and eventually human extinction....."The UFO phenomenon is remarkably complex, and I have been overwhelmed with feelings of wonderment, inspiration, openness, and exploration in delving into this subject. Each of us has at least a few pieces of the UFO puzzle. If we put all our pieces together, we may gain a clearer picture of the phenomenon. And solving the UFO riddle may give us a much greater awareness of the Universe. Yes, there is much to learn about the Universe, and I think humankind is just beginning to understand the workings of the Universal Mind or Universal Consciousness, of which we are a part."From a letter addressed to me at UFOCCI on November 28, 1987, Brent Raynes was an Associate Director in our organization.

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