Since 2017, there has been more official disclosure of government records and reports of UFOs. It’s still a taboo subject in much of the news media, so the level of public discussion is limited, and being concerned with their reputation, most scholars have kept quiet about it. I was made to comment on this topic, out of the blue, when I was interviewed for Ubiquity University. I had been invited to talk about societal collapse risk and readiness, but the host Jim Garrison had just heard important news from Washington DC about official investigations into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs). I fumbled my way through an answer, as someone who has always been agnostic on their existence or not. However, since then, I’ve read reports, seen the military videos, heard eye-witness testimony from senior officials, and realise that the UFO phenomenon, that’s now called UAPs, does indeed exist. I have also begun to hear people who are deeply concerned about our ecological predicament now wondering if aliens could help us. If this is the first time you hear about that, you might think it nuts – such is the stigma. But I’m increasingly asked for a view on the matter. So to avoid repeating myself in correspondence, here is a blog!
Dipping my toe in this field I have noticed a lot of entrepreneurial writers, entertainers, mediums, new age spiritualists, on the one hand, and military personnel on the other. That means it is a field where there are wild claims, illogical inferences, staged performances, and defensive mindsets. But there are also people who have braved ridicule, or risked their careers, to engage publicly about this topic. Just because there have been charlatans, and will be more to come, does not mean smart people should ignore the matter altogether.
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