Defending the UFO witness
One practice that began in the 1940s and continues today is the downplaying of the intelligence of the average person, when they have witnessed a UFO. Fortunately the media has learned enough to not immediately accuse the witness of being under the influence at the time of the sighting, as they usually did from the ‘40s well into the twenty first century. Then again, perhaps they have actually learned, over the generations, that most people are sane and relatively sober. What I will tell you is that most reporters simply didn’t ask enough, or the right questions of UFO witnesses. If you ask people good questions, and actually listen to and analyse the answer, it usually becomes readily apparent whether what was seen is likely explainable or not.
In my view, seeing a light in the sky at night is the most dubious type of sighting, because there are many things that SOME people will call a UFO that any good researcher will know is likely a satellite, star scintillating (sparkling and maybe changing color), a planet (star-like with the naked eye, yet if observed over a long period of time may move in bizarre directions rather than a straight trajectory, but very slowly), a meteor, a comet, Earthquake lights, swamp gas (yeah it exists, but is rarely mistaken for anything else), or an aircraft that may not frequent the area skies. Thanks to the Robertson Panel back in the 1950s we have also become accustomed to making broad assumptions that anything not explained by the above natural phenomenon is likely to be top secret military or private industry stuff. I think it’s pretty safe to say that after 70 years of the modern version of this nonsense, it is pretty clear to the public where we are in terms of what might be of Earthly origin. Skeptics and especially debunkers will use the opposite tactic, saying we have no idea what is hidden in black USAPs, but the truth is we have a LOT of whistle blowers and they are clearly not all kooks. Not to mention that with the recent revelations of the F-22 and F-35 fighters that we have not made some great leap in acceleration, maneuverability, or created completely silent aircraft. The advances in aviation are impressive, but they are gradual steps, not revolutions. Same with spaceflight; we don’t yet have any publicly acknowledged Star Gate, wormhole generator or anything else that proves we are making progress towards a revolution in aircraft or spacecraft. Let alone craft that operate equally well in the air and under water, as in a growing number of UFO reports.
Here’s my thought: even some of the least educated among us are capable of distinguishing between natural objects and human made ones, simply due to our exposure to such things in popular media and entertainment. I honestly believe that most people can distinguish between the ordinary and the truly extraordinary. Nothing angers me more than folks who act like we see what we want to see. Every man was once a teenage boy with ragging hormones knows this is not true. I never wanted so badly to see or meet someone as much as I did Farah Fawcett, but I never did, and I didn’t jump to the conclusion that every thin blonde, with long hair in that 70s style was her. The same is true with UFO witnesses: just because they have always wanted to see a UFO does not automatically mean that their observations should be dismissed out of hand. I mean, many of us don’t spend as much time outside as folks did in past decades, and most don’t look up at the sky much (night time or otherwise). However that doesn’t mean that our education or street smarts isn’t sufficient to know the difference between seeing a helicopter, an airplane, a shooting star, and a UFO.
Look, I’m not saying there aren’t any liars out there, or that some aspect of an aircraft couldn’t somehow be obscured such that it didn’t look normal and someone may jump to the conclusion that it’s an alien craft. What I am saying is that most rational people who see UFOs tend to keep it in their minds as simply that an Unknown or Unidentifiable thing and do not automatically jump to the ET explanation. That being said, those who see objects making fast, radical movements may be perfectly justified to think what they are seeing is ET…it MAY be! I tend to be like the late, great Stanton T. Friedman and lean towards nuts and bolts explanations for UFOs; that is to say they are physical craft from distant worlds. However, over the years and my growing exposure to ideas from quantum physics, I have expanded what I can accept as being possible, such as the possibility that other dimensions exist and beings that exist there may be able to crossover, to a degree, into the physical world and 4 dimensions that we consider reality. At the same time I believe it is important that we not let ourselves go to this concept of other dimensions as a way of getting around difficult questions and lack of hard proof. It’s important that we constantly look for new tools that we can use to record some sort of data on even the most ghostly of UFOs. This is an area of slow progress because science often stifles itself by refusing to investigate that which appears to defy accepted “laws” of physics or other dogmatic beliefs. Science today seems very similar to religion, not unlike the way it was in the days when the two were tied together, but science was controlled directly by religious leadership. Science is now independent, but it is not free of dogma. This combined with the Truth Embargo, as it is called by Stephen Bassett, has combined to slow down our technological progress by what I think is decades if not centuries.
Having met about a dozen people who have had UFO sightings, many of whom I already knew, I can say there is no demographic to UFO witnesses. They are young, old, middle aged, single, married, male, female, any race, any religion, any nationality, with any number of interests that have nothing to do with the UFO subject, and may have any job or career you can imagine. I think most people are smart enough and observant enough to know very quickly whether something they are seeing is a UFO or not. I think there are few of us who have enough knowledge to make the next leap and say, this is more likely to be ET or more likely human. Most people are more observant than they realize and if questioned properly have enough knowledge to help us get a better idea of the situation. The situation is really what UFO research is all about these days. I think by the time we reached the 21st century we in the public had learned enough to know that we are not alone in the Universe. The data and documents are out there, just look at John Greenwald’s Black Vault website and prepare to be shocked at the sheer volume of relevant documents, with information that helps prove ET reality beyond reasonable doubt. Sure, we don’t have publicly available bodies and craft, but we have documents saying that we have them hidden in the dark recesses of industry and military. Now there is a shift as we see better whistle blowers, more data, more videos, and more citizens willing to speak about what they’ve seen, the conversation must shift to that of situational awareness. What is the current state of affairs, let alone the current state of knowledge, or level of knowledge that is being kept from us? We’ve had the nondisclosure disclosure with the Navy videos being authenticated. So now we ask, how advanced are WE?? Have we reached something close to equivalency with ET? Is that even possible? The push now shifts towards our getting a briefing…an honest one…from those who know the most, so that we can begin to differentiate simple sightings of very advanced US craft and ET craft. Not because ET craft necessarily indicate a threat or even a possible threat, but because it is time for the public at large to begin a new kind of interaction with this phenomenon. Forget Dr. Greer and his CE-5 program; it was useful for a time, but he drug this out and didn’t use it to keep up enthusiasm for doing contact in an organized manner. Now it feels like we have leapfrogged beyond that towards some critical time when interacting with ET is going to be less an option than a simple daily reality. There are things I’ve heard from other researchers that lead me to this thinking, but I cannot even be sure they are correct because I have no way of checking.
When you talk to folks you know, ask the simple question: have you ever seen or experienced anything really strange? The more you do this, the more often you may be surprised by the answer. More importantly, you will be impressed because you already know the person’s character, and if you trust their judgement it just may alter your view of the world. The key thing with witnesses is not to force questions, when they are really excited and getting into telling the story. Let them tell it, then ask good questions about size, shape, how the object moved, and pay attention to body language and the words they use. It will quickly become obvious whether to take a reported sighting as something exceptional or not. And hey, if it’s something that can be explained, knowing that might just ease the witnesses mind, but don’t offer lame, offhanded possibilities, as that will only hurt the person. One must be tactful when talking to witnesses, because most of the time this encounter probably had a real impact on them. Hopefully more inspiration and excitement than trauma. Plus, as someone who has some stories to tell, I say it’s not always easy to talk about these things. Even if you can handle the experience you have had, it doesn’t always bring a feeling of joy to talk about, especially in certain company. Be mindful of your environment if you are lucky enough to speak to a UFO witness, and be kind.
