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News Briefs 16-10-2014

I miss Minneapolis already 🙁

Thanks to Malala, for giving me hope.

Quote of the Day:

“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”

~Malala Yousafzai, Nobel laureate.

  1. Re: ET Religion
    My favorite book series on ET spirituality is the Andreasson Affair.
    http://www.ufocasebook.com/Andreasson.html

    Andreasson’s long running experience was drenched in religious symbolism – she was herself a Christian – and the ET’s were by turns using her store of religious symbolism to appeal to her, and also it would appear endorsing them in a very fundamental way – the race of grays with which she interacted were really droids acting on behalf of some very Jesus-y looking controllers with robes,long hair, and bare feet. Of course the entire thing was likely a psychological stage set just for her, but the ET’s would appear to be very engaged on the subject of “The One” as they put it.

  2. Ritzmann . . .
    That he left the work of Chris Rutkowski and Ted Molczan out of his diatribe says a lot about how narrow and xenophobic is the focus of those in the US interested in Ufology (I’m not Canadian, BTW). Rutkowski and Molczan got out of the starting blocks ahead of Vallee, but only Vallee and Peter Davenport get some props from Ritzmann.

    Sorry, but Peter Davenport’s collection is pretty useless (never mind his difficult personality) because all you need do is look at his reports to see that he applies absolutely no filters or critical analyses to them, he just collects. Many of his reports are obvious misidentifications and hoaxes, and would have been weeded out if he were applying some minimal criteria. Using his “database”, serious researchers would be forced to spend most of their time just tossing reports onto the trash pile.

    1. No filters
      Well, I’m not familiar with Davenport’s work, but in his appearance on Coast to Coast Vallee did say that at first you need to gather ALL the data, without applying any filters, because perhaps what you think it’s a ‘useless’ sighting might prove to be an important aspect of the phenomenon.

      But, he also said the databases would have to be gathered, but kept separate, before compiling them into one. It would demand the work of people familiar with that kind of work.

      Albert Rosales also gathers all the humanoid reports that are sent to him, without ‘vetting’ them.

      PS: Agreed that Rutkowski is one of the unsung heroes of UFOlogy 🙂

      1. Just one more thing . . .
        There seems to be no room for acknowledgement in Ufology that there are very likely multiple phenomena that make up what we call UFOs, and that these all might turn out to be terrestrial and natural (no paranormal or quantum effects required).

        There also seems to be no room for a truly objective study that could well demonstrate that UFOs (which fit into the parameters of popular beliefs about them) don’t exist. This is why Ufologists rant, whine, and complain so much about science, yet continually propose “scientific” research that is flawed in approach because it starts with the foregone conclusion that there’s a paranormal phenomenon at work.

        Ufologists really don’t want to allow for the possibility that proof might emerge showing UFOs (a great source of spare change and ego gratification) aren’t real.

        1. UFOs might not be real
          I feel that is an unfair assessment on your part. Time and time again it’s been shown that more than 90% of all the sightings can be explained away through mundane explanations, but there still remains between 5 or 10% that remain unidentifiable.

          Furthermore, I don’t know how many times I’ve written that I loathe the term ‘paranormal’; first because it presumes the phenomena originate or are not governed by Nature, and secondly because it also gives the impression only a very scarce amount of individuals witness them.

          And that’s not the case at all.

          Let me tell you something that happened to me on my way to Minneapolis: As I was going through the customs area in the Houston airport, the agent asked me the reason of my visit; I always say the same thing –“I’m going to the Paradigm symposium”– and when he asked what was that about, I answered “it’s about ancient mysteries, UFOs… you know, things that bump in the night.”

          –“Oh, so you’re into that sort of thing?” he said.

          –“Yeah…?” I replied, already expecting some sort of snarkiness from him.

          And then he went on an told me about a UFO sighting he had next to the Mexican border! For the next 5 minutes or so, as I was nervously glancing at all the tourists waiting in line, the guy went on and on about these metallic objects he saw rotating between each other and performing all sorts of incredible maneuvers before flying out of sight in the blink of an eye.

          Sure, the guy might have been lying to me –although why he would have wanted to say that to a total stranger while on the job is kind of hard to tell– or maybe he mistook the UFOs with some natural phenomena or conventional aircraft –although he was VERY adamant the objects could not have been helicopters; he didn’t dismiss the possibility they could have been some “secret aircraft” though he doubted it due to their aerial capabilities– but I for one am not ready to say to someone like him “I’m sorry sir, but what you saw with your own eyes was probably not real.”

  3. news
    [quote=RPJ]I miss Minneapolis already :([/quote]

    aww I’m sorry *hugs* all the feels

    Monsanto: *evil laughter* Good, Good…let the pain flow through you >:)

    Ebola.com: I can see both sides of the argument as valid. Eccentric is the proper word for the man and no I did not need the visual of him in a ruby red robe thank you very much. Buying up and selling domain names is not a bad business venture, however names specifically aimed towards diseases should be left to the CDC. the Fukishima website, well I would have guessed it to be all in Japanese and be like a visitor/information website (before the tsunami), not a rich man’s play thing. My advice to him would be to not buy up disease names anymore or things that become tragic. It’s bad juju all around. People already hate the 1% and he is just giving them more of a reason. Many people buy up domain names for the soul purpose of leading you to virus-ridden sites anyway so I guess in this case……….yeeeeaaah.

    [insert joke about I went to ebola.com and got a virus]…sorry, it was right there, i just couldn’t leave it. I know it’s too soon and it’s a terrible way to die. Forgive me.

    Eye-phones: This guy has an awesome business venture and idea I really love this. Damned if I don’t have a smartphone! The only downside is if someone calls you and the eye goes to Call from Mom.

    I love when he scared the girl at the McDonald’s window and she goes “Did you really just do that to me?!” XD

    Ugh! I bought soup at the corner store down the street and I thought it was chicken stew and I find out it was red clam chowder. And it spilled on me. Now my hands smell like clams. My lunch hour is ruined. First world problems :/

    1. There is nothing quite like
      There is nothing quite like actually seeing an obviously extremely advanced flying vehicle to confirm in one’s mind that either these things are from a preternaturally advanced intelligence, or that “we” have technology that is vastly exceeding what is currently off the shelf. Either situation is startling and excites curiosity – it is worthy of our investigation.

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