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Finding the hard
answers to Earth's greatest mystery within a scientific
paradigm
Warren Aston ©
Introduction
This paper
addresses the symposium theme by drawing together all facets
of UFOlogy and alien contact in an attempt to make some sense
from both commonsense and scientific viewpoints. After
presenting an overview of the phenomenon, its history and a
discussion of the cosmology of alien contact, I will then
argue that the data to date indicates that genuine UFO
activity originates from both extra-terrestrial and
inter-dimensional sources. From this viewpoint I review nine
different areas of alien activity on earth, show how much
alien activity from both sources is camouflaged, the military
cover-up and indications of events in our near future and
their implications to the human race.
Finding Answers
First let me
share a personal note. After more than twenty years as a
serious student in this field I have now reached the point
where I believe strongly that the UFO’s have been with us long
enough and that several aspects of the phenomenon itself have
progressed to the point that we should be starting to make
some sense of things should be clear now. I came into the
field with no preconceptions other than an awareness that
something was going on which orthodox science could not
adequately explain. Over the years since I have preferred to
remain independent of the various groups and organisations so
that I am free to pursue answers in whatever direction that
leads.
All of the
major conclusions presented in this paper have been reinforced
by my research over the last three years into a daylight
landing that took place in Montana in 1940. When the full
account is released I believe it will prove one of the most
significant and revealing cases ever recorded. I make no
claims to having all of the answers and I don’t know anyone
foolish enough to claim that they do, but I believe we have
enough data from the past five decades in particular to make a
start. The methodology of science must be followed if we are
to measure the UFO phenomenon. Data must be collected
systematically, correlated, evaluated and probed before we can
expect to find answers.
Are UFO’s real?
Are we chasing phantoms? Anyone sho is in any doubt whatsoever
about the reality of the phenomenon is simply not acquainted
with the evidence about what is going on. The evidence that
something is happening which defies conventional science is
abundant, unambiguous, and is readily available in every
category imaginable. UFO’s are a long-term, world-wide,
multi-cultural reality with much more physical evidence
available than most of us realise. The mounting evidence that
UFO’s and aliens are real and are part of the future for all
of us deserves our most serious attention and best efforts to
understand it.
Before I review
the phenomenon and what I believe this evidence is telling us,
I want to briefly outline some of the reasons why answers
elude us and have bedevilled and hindered UFO research up to
the present.
In my view,
there have been two major obstacles to finding out the truth
about what UFO’s actually represent. The first obstacle I call
“The Search for the Single Answer” - the belief that there is
an ultimate answer somewhere explaining UFO’s; that they will
prove to be either psychic apparitions or alien space craft or
mental delusions, Doug and Dave’s homemade hot-air balloons or
perhaps some natural activity that we don’t understand.
By assuming
that any one of these causes must account for all genuine UFO
activity we are forced to ignore much of the data and to
arbitrarily select what we will accept and use. When
researchers or groups label each other “nuts and bolts” or
“psychic” for example, we make an unwarranted and dangerous
assumption by implying that UFO’s can only be one or the
other. In fact the evidence to date unmistakably indicates the
UFO’s do have more than one origin.
The illusion of
the ‘Single Answer’ has held back the research of some of the
brightest minds in UFOlogy. But like the human mind, our
world, and the universe itself, the UFO phenomenon is
marvellously complex and is multi-faceted, not simple at all.
In addition, we
have too often not realised the necessity of observing UFO’s
as the global activity that it is. A report made by a
Mongolian goat-herder or a Kalahari bushman is as valid as one
made by a New York businessman - any search for patterns in
the data will be misleading if we restrict ourselves to
sightings in the Western world. As another example, our
understanding of the well-known ‘Mystery Airship’ activity
over the US in the late 1890’s changes dramatically when we
dig a little further into the records and discover that
identical craft were also seen in [laces as far afield as the
UK and New Zealand around the same period. Dismissing the
airships as ‘man-made’ clearly does not fit the facts. Many of
us have been too parochial in our outlook.
Many of us have
made too many assumptions and been too hasty in arriving at
conclusions. To quote from one recent example, one author has
made the claim that disc-shaped UFO’s are no longer seen, only
triangular and rectangular craft. At best that may be true in
the authors immediate area, but it is certainly not true
worldwide.
Many others
write books claiming that the aliens hail from Orion, the
Pleiades or some other origin - again, that may be true, but
even if it were, it is not necessarily true of every other
encounter. Such statements assume, wrongly, that the ‘answer’
applies to every other case.
We must view
UFO’s on their own terms and not impose our own ideas and
preconceptions onto the data. During the decades leading up to
the 1970’s many researchers and groups refused to consider any
UFO report that included sightings of beings associated with
the craft - they were quite prepared to consider UFO’s as
interplanetary craft but not that they might be piloted - a
special type of logic which always escaped me. Since about
1973 onwards however, reports of humanoids have become so
numerous and impossible to ignore that almost everyone accepts
it as part of what is happening. But sadly, we still have
researchers and organisations today who find it hard to accept
other aspects of UFO activity, the idea of contactees being
but one example.
Until recently
there has been too little co-operation between groups and
researchers, too little sharing of data and ideas. The flow of
information is now being aided enormously by the Internet, but
there have also been some encouraging signs of co-operation
recently between groups, such as the CFM Coalition (1) for
research purposes between three of the largest groups in the
US. On the Australian scene I applaud the efforts of Dianne
Allen from Victoria in recently compiling a national register
of all groups and researchers in the country - an idea the
deserves to replicated elsewhere (2).
Lastly, in the
past five years all of us have seen the focus of UFOlogy swing
firmly toward almost a total preoccupation with ’abductions’
and to one particular type of reported being, the much
denigrated “Greys”. In the process we are educating the
general public to accept that aliens are, by definition,
usually small beings with large dark eyes who can kidnap us
from within our own homes. Abductions undoubtedly represent a
tremendous opportunity for ufologists to find some answers. I
do not at all dispute that the whole abduction aspect deserves
the most serious study and effort, but I feel great concern as
I see other, perhaps less spectacular areas neglected and
other types of reported beings relegated to the twilight zones
of research.
The Counterfeit
Aspect
The second
major obstacle keeping us from the truth is what I term the
‘Counterfeit Aspect’. Put simply, the extra-terrestrial
hypothesis alone is clearly not adequate in accounting for all
reported aspects of the UFO phenomenon. I believe that there
is also a counterfeit to the phenomenon of alien contact which
has confused all of us at times and kept the truth at bay for
many researchers. There is a source of UFO and alien activity
from much closer to home which can duplicate most aspects of
genuine alien activity, even including the appearance of
‘space-craft’.
The most
incisive analysis of this aspect of UFO’s I believe has been
done by Jacques Vallee, who has written prolifically on this
aspect for some years. He concludes that the UFO phenomenon
actually represents contact with beings from a multitude of
other dimensions, from what he calls a ‘multiverse’ all around
us here on earth. Such entities would be variously labelled as
‘angelic’ or ‘negative’ from New Age viewpoints, as
‘adversarial’ from a Gnositc perspective, and ‘demonic’ or
‘satanic’ from a tradition Christian point of view. Vallee
traces very convincingly the activities of these beings down
through history and the strategies that seem to be at work
attempting to influence our cultures and religions through
spectacular and well-known events such as what occurred at
Lourdes, Fatima, and more recently in Bosnia and Mexico, and
through an on-going, lesser recognised activity (3). A
percentage of ‘UFO’ activity is not extra-terrestrial
therefore, but should be more accurately considered as
extra-dimensional in origin.
I share most of
the concerns Vallee has expressed and agree with his
contention that some sort of dimensional activity is involved.
But here I part company with him because Dr Vallee, along with
many others, seems to have fallen into the trap I mentioned
earlier of invoking a single, simple explanation for something
very complex. He takes the position that all UFO activity can
be explained as extra-dimensional. The objectivity marking
most of his work suddenly disappears when he attempts to
justify his conclusion by making some very arbitrary
statements. For example, he dismisses out of hand the
possibility that aliens could possibly be, quote: “...human in
shape. The would certainly not breath our air...”. He then
refers to the many sightings of humanoid UFO pilots by stating
that, quote “Whatever they are, the occupants of such craft
are not genuine extra-terrestrials” (4).
These two
examples illustrate perfectly the principle that seeking a
Single Answer requires us to ignore and distort facts. The
inability to recognise this duality within the reality has
kept most researchers from grasping the complexity of the
UFO/alien experience. Too much energy has been expended by too
many people pursuing the fallacy of Single Answer and far too
many trees have been wasted in the process.
To end on a
positive note, UFOlogy has made some tremendous strides as
dedicated researchers have followed both scientific
methodology and have learnt to think beyond convention and
dogma. We are all light years from where we started, but there
is still some distance to go.
Historical
Overview of the UFO / Alien Phenomenon
The evidence
from historical records from many parts of the world make it
clear that extra-terrestrials have visited earth periodically
throughout our recorded history, although the full extent of
this activity and the degree of interaction with humans
remains open to debate. My own conclusions point to an
intermittent but fairly substantial degree of alien activity
on earth throughout history that has continued to the present.
Over the centuries this activity has usually been interpreted
and recorded in religious or cultural terms such as ‘gods’,
‘angels’, ‘elves’, ‘goblins’, ‘devils’ etc. and it is only in
recent decades that much of this activity has begun to be
recognised for what it is, ie. extra-terrestrial in origin.
The data
suggests that visits to earth prior to this century were
primarily by a group or groups that appear almost identical to
Caucasian humans. These visits have been benign and seemingly
for observation and monitoring of our cultures and generally
without direct interference - although there are some very
clear indications of what could best be termed ‘cultural
assistance’ in Europe in the Medieval period (8). In places as
diverse as Japan, the Americas, Africa, Australia and China,
alien involvement has taken place over the centuries,
sometimes becoming prominent aspects of indigenous culture. In
many cases such activity continues today, often poorly
recognised outside the society itself.
Alien activity
in centuries past has taken place quite openly and over
extended periods in some parts of the world. Whether we look
at the legends of the Paiute Indians in California of a race
from the sky who travelled in ‘silvery canoes with wings’,
living for long periods in their midst, or the edicts of
Emperor Charlemagne in France against the people who visited
frequently in aerial ‘ships’, we see a consistent pattern of
contact. Similar stories are preserved among most cultures in
all parts of the world. In our own century, primitive tribes
people in remote parts of Peru for example have reported
aliens who visited them openly and lived among them for
periods of time.
The evidence
for alien visits to earth in the distant past is surprisingly
strong. One of the best examples is the dozens of small
skeletal remains with disproportionately large skulls,
together with over 700 engraved circular stone discs uncovered
in 1938 by archaeologists on the Chinese-Tibetan border. When
finally deciphered in 1962, the artefacts told of the crash of
a space craft from the Sirius system thousands of years ago,
stranding the survivors who intermarried with the local
people. Their descendants today are of unusual appearance and
very small stature (9).
In more recent
times, with the advent of World War 2 and the advances in
aviation, space and nuclear technology that resulted,
sightings of UFO’s increased dramatically world-wide from the
late 1940’s onward and incidental observations of presumed
alien occupants - uncommon until this point - began to be
made. The level of UFO activity worldwide has continued to
increase overall since then.
The Alien
Agenda
The picture of
alien activity on earth as I believe is indicated by the data
is an enormously complex one, but can be simplified under the
following categories:
1) The
monitoring of all aspects of earth society. This includes the
surveillance of our energy sources, weapons capability and the
long-term monitoring of selected individuals and families
throughout their life-spans.
2) Exploration
and monitoring of the physical planet in all its aspects.
3) Intentional
displays of UFO activity and direct contact with randomly
selected individuals as part of a gradual program of
disclosure.
4) Discrete and
limited social and technological assistance to individuals,
groups and governments.
5)
Compassionate assistance to a developing culture is known of
in at least one instance of which I am aware.
6) The mining
of rare-earth minerals and metals. The removal of large
quantities of fresh water is also well attested.
7) The
monitoring of other alien groups and their activity on earth
seems apparent from some recent cases.
8) Possible
genetic monitoring and experimentation by involuntary methods,
ie. ‘abductions’ as they are popularly known. With a handful
of possible exceptions, these cases seem to have commenced in
the late 1950’s, but numbers remained low (or unreported)
until the 1970’s. While some of these events undoubtedly occur
only on a psychic/spiritual level, there can be no doubt that
the physical abduction of people does take place and much
evidence that psychological tampering hides the event from the
conscious recall of the abductee or experiencer. Despite the
current proliferation of theories I see little firm evidence
disclosing the ultimate purposes of such activities. I
strongly suspect that like the UFO phenomenon itself, actual
‘abductions’ will ultimately prove to have multiple origins -
a small number resulting from covert military experiments,
many will prove to have a psychic or dimensional stimulus and
the remainder will prove to be extra-terrestrial in origin.
9) Lastly we
have the claimed technique of alien contact by telepathic
means known as ‘channelling’. Channelling, which is just a
space-age name for an old-fashioned seance, is the last resort
of kooks and is clearly open to manipulation and fraud. There
are one or two instances where the calibre of the channelled
information is such that I remain cautiously open to the
possibility that some sort of authentic alien source might be
involved, but generally speaking it is clear to me that the
majority of such activity comes from the counterfeit
dimensional source. I am yet to be persuaded that anything of
value has been or is being communicated to us by this method
(11).
Camouflaging
the Activity
One of the most
easily verifiable facts from the past fifty years is that the
majority of UFO activity occurs in rural areas and most often
in the early hours of the morning (12). This leads us to the
inevitable conclusion that UFO activity is generally not
intended to be observed and that much - perhaps most - UFO
activity actually remains unobserved, and hence unreported.
The alien intent has generally been to confuse us wherever
possible.
It seems
probable that much alien activity originates in bases on earth
and on our moon, and thus many UFO craft we observe may be
short range reconnaissance craft rather than the interstellar
vessels many assume them to be. I believe that underwater
travel via the oceans and seas has long been used extensively
to avoid detection, as well as natural and artificially
generated cloud and mist cover.
Small, remote
controlled craft a few feet across - first reported in WW2 by
both Allied and German pilots - continued to be reported from
time to time, often during aircraft and missile testing, and
appear to facilitate remote viewing of desired targets.
Beginning with
the ‘airship’ sightings in the late 1890’s, there is now some
strong evidence that alien craft are sometimes disguised as
familiar man-made craft, more recently as fixed-wing aircraft
and helicopters, probably for operation in areas where they
are more likely to bee seen or to further disguise the nature
of the activity.
The appearance
of anomalous creatures (usually a ‘Big Foot’ type creature but
smaller robotics-type beings have also been reported)
appearing in association with some landed UFO craft cannot be
doubted and appears to be for the purpose of controlling the
immediate environment and keeping witnesses away. Some
physical evidence of these creature, including hair samples
(13) has been analysed without being identified as a known
species.
Despite the
likelihood of short-term disruptions to our society, genuine
alien contact will, I believe, ultimately prove to be a
positive and should lead to a general recognition of the
spiritual dimensions underlying all world faiths, and our
origin in, and connection to and destiny with Deity.
Everything I have learned these past twenty years or more as a
UFO researcher bears an eloquent and powerful witness that we
live in a vast, beautiful universe of great diversity,
populated by billions of intelligent beings - many of whom
look like us - and some of whom have already begun making
contact.
The immanent
dawning of an age in which we openly and officially take our
place as new members of the galactic community provides all of
us with a first exciting glimpse into the eternal realms about
which so little is known. Perhaps our ultimate destiny as a
race is to return to the stars from whence all life came. But
for now, our view of the future must broaden to encompass
these other dimensions and other worlds, the civilisations
that inhabit them and the opportunities that this contact
represents.
About the
Author
Warren Aston's
interests include travel (he runs his own travel business in
Brisbane), photography, music, theology, feminism and
quantum-physics. Author of a 1994 anthropological and
historical book based upon nine years of fieldwork in the
Middle East, he has lectured at Cambridge University in the
U.K., as well as the US, New Zealand and Australia. For the
past three years he has conducted field research on a 1940
landing and contact case in Montana which he believes will
prove to be one of the most significant ever recorded. Derails
of this case will be released in 1997 along with new data he
has uncovered concerning the beginnings of MJ-12, and a
possible link with alien technology. Warren has been an
independent UFO research for more than 20 years and is a
member of MUFON and UFO Research Queensland.
Notes
1. The CFM
coalition is a co-operative agreement for research funding
purposes of C.U.F.O.S., the Fund for UFO Research and
M.U.F.O.N.
2. Diane Allen,
AUSTRALIAN UFO LINK-UP REGISTER, June 1996 PO Box 1309, Vesper
Drive, Narre Warren, Victoria, 3805.
3. Jacques
Vallee, DIMENSIONS, Ballantine, NY, 1993, 252 -254. The entire
book deserves attention, but especially chapter 7.
4. Ibid,
233-234. Also see Jacques Vallee, REVELATIONS, Ballantine, NY,
1991, 270-271.
5. Robert
Durant’s article, The Brookings Report, in the MUFON JOURNAL,
June 1995, extracts the significant portions of the report.
6. MD
Papagiannis, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical
Society (Qtly JI R Ast), No 25, 1994, 309 - 318.
7. James
Deardoff, POSSIBLE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL STRATEGY FOR EARTH, Qtly
JI R Ast, No 27, 1986, summarises the issues and has a useful
bibliography.
8. Salvador
Freixedo, LA GRANJA HUMANA, Plaza and Janes Editores,
Barcelona, 1989, offers one of the more interesting examples
of covert alien activity; in this case found in the historical
records of 16th centry Spain. The case is translated and
summarised by George C Andrews in his EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
FRIENDS AND FOES, IllumiNet Press, Lilburn, Georgia, 1993,
pp82-84.
9. Filip
Coppens, The Strange Stone Discs of Baian-Kara-Ula, in NEXUS<
December 1995/January 1996.
10. ‘Unusual
Personal Experiences: An Analysis of the Data from Three
National Surveys’, Bigelow Holding Company, Nevada 1992.
11. Jay Kinney,
Wars in Heaven, GNOSIS 38, reprinted in NEW DAWN, May-June
1996 is an excellent summary of UFO-related channelling.
12. Jacques
Vallee, REVELATIONS, 266-269.
13. Timothy
Good, ALIEN LIAISON, Arrow, London 1991, 48.
14. Stanton
Friedman, TOP SECRET MAJIC, Marlow, NY 1996, focuses on the
evidence for MJ-12 and the continuing cover-up of the Roswell
Case, and Timothy Good, BEYOND TOP SECRET, Sidgwick and
Jackson, London 1996, is global roundup of facts documenting
the cover-up of UFO data.
15. Jacques
Vallee, REVELATIONS, Chapter 5, covers the 1979 Franck
Fontaine ‘abduction’ in France.
16. The NASA
video sequence transmitted from he shuttle Discovery while in
orbit 15 September 1991, (showing several spacecraft
performing complex manoeuvres and then accelerating into deep
space in apparent response to two beams of ‘energy’ fired from
the earth) is currently the most convincing evidence I know of
which demonstrates that such weapons are currently either
being tested or are fully operational at Australian sites. The
source of the ‘beams’ appears to be US bases at Exmouth Bay in
Western Australia and Pine Gap in the Northern Territory. For
an analysis of the video, see Dr John Kasher’s article in the
1994 M.U.F.O.N. SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS.
Timothy Good,
ALIEN LIAISON, 95-99, offers other evidence suggestive of
Australian involvement with US intelligence operations.
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