tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33438856277792875342012-02-16T06:06:52.353-08:00experiences • opinion • conjectureArvin Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01227311488775593004noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343885627779287534.post-91078596263311907892011-05-09T18:12:00.000-07:002011-05-10T01:36:26.811-07:00

Dear Reader: I'm discovering sharing my experiences with UFOs and their associated intelligences, at least, in a blogging format, is not my cup of tea.  It virtually guarantees a poor return on the investment. Because relatively little is known about the UFO enigma, it provides the perfect stage for people to project their hopes and fears, busk for money and bask in the dim glow of their

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Go Team!  Yaaaaay! Nuts & Bolts vs. Not Nuts & Bolts. It's one of ufology's more pernicious black holes.  An endless debate hatched and mired in an impossible tangle of specious claptrap. I've seen UFOs which were neither hallucinations nor holograms nor fancy DOD doodads; ones that, had they landed in my backyard, I am firmly convinced could be touched. And, who knows, perhaps, with enough

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what others want to know i cannot tell themwhat i can tell themthey do not want to know Such is the nature of The Enigma. To say I have persistent reservations about engaging the public - sight unseen, as it were - is an understatement. It's very tiresome, all of it. Now, if I wanted to play a role - guru, victim, intrepid reporter, spooky storyteller, chin-scratching intellectual - maybe it

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Lightning over West Treeline in NE Denton County TX 2011APR23 • 8:43PM

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Posting has been light because I'm mired in The Mundane performing real work.  You know, the paying variety.  I'd starve to effin' death - and may yet - if all I did was blog.  And just because I tweet every now and again, that doesn't mean it's what I should be doing.  I apologize in advance to anyone whose correspondence might languish in my inbox. The current project will likely be consuming

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Pauline Wilson of UFOs - Scientific Research, like a lot of other people, is pondering the future of UFOlogy: After reading a number of new books about the UFO phenomenon recently, I took time out the other day to reflect on what was contained in these works. Martin Plowman in his book "The UFO Diaries" (click here for my review post) concludes at one point that UFOlogy "...it's as far from

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Sounds like they could have been lifted straight from the lexicon of veterinary, or perhaps, geriatric, medicine (not that it matters which, as they're both unaffordable). A hot spot, for anyone who just fell off the turnip truck, refers to a geographical area of increased UFO activity, whereas flap is used to describe the [increased] activity itself. (As far as I can tell, anyway. I've had

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Depression. Despair. Hopelessness. Lethargy. I remember these feelings. From the foreboding collapse of the WTC towers. From war! war! war! From Katrina. From BP's toxic slaughter of the Gulf of Mexico. Now radioactivity pouring into air and Pacific ocean, courtesy of Tokyo Electric and the global consortium of nuclear power moguls whose incantations, and those of their agents, have always

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"People who think the phenomenon is a positive one need a good wake-up call."  ~Nick Redfern I have no axe to grind with Nick.  The opinion he expresses is one held by a great many people.  It's also why I'm generally wary of paranormal investigators, and caution experiencers about the potential perils of seeking external validation. Describing the phenomenon as positive or negative is not my

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Greenbelt Dragon by Moonlight March 2011 This was an iPhone image. Time to drag out the Canon & Tripod.

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When discussing the subject matter with neophytes or others unaccustomed to swimming in its waters, the boundaries of acceptable conversation vary enormously, and predicting individual reactions can be highly challenging. Mere mention of UFOs, for some, is verboten.  Many of you know this all too well. The awkward silence. The distant look. The pupil dilation. The conspicuous change of

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Experience transforms The Theoretical to The Actual. If The Theoretical instills genuine life-threatening fear, people will not seek experiences that could make it manifest into The Actual. The fear itself may or may not be justified, but, in terms of how it affects the experiences we seek or avoid, it doesn't really matter. Thrillseekers - whether they're screaming on an amusement park

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I enjoy reading the amusing musings of Billy Cox.  His wit, candor and aversion to the platitudinous fawning that characterizes this area of interest are much appreciated by this outsider, though the 'tude wouldn't amount to much without his skillful writing.   Even the name of his blog, De Void, with its sad little tragicomic tag line, The mainstream media's lonely UFO blog, brings relief to my

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The arbitrary nature of comment moderation on UFO websites is often a curious thing.  Especially when the commenter - in this case, yours truly - isn't a serial author, self-proclaimed authority or servile conference monkey heaping praise on the post du jour.  God forbid I comment anywhere else using a URL to a pertinent post on this blog. Arvin Hill says: Your comment is awaiting moderation

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One night while sleeping in my bed I had a beautiful dream That all the people of the world got together On the same wavelength And began helping one another Now in this dream universal love was the theme of the day Peace and understanding and it happened this way The sick, the hungry, had smiles on their faces The tired and the homeless had family all around The

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Sneering over nomenclature ascribed to features associated with UFO phenomena, is très chic among the many obtuse loudmouths who love to display their brilliance by habitually condeming the New Age know-nothings, Jesus Freaks, ETH proponents, end-timers, spiritual frauds, channelers, casual witnesses, contactees, abductees, book-shilling conference monkeys (except themselves) and assorted rank

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Music is an extremely important part of my life. Given the grim choice between losing my sight or my hearing, I would probably choose to keep my hearing even though I'm a visual artist.  My musical tastes run wide and deep, though I'm partial to (a.) singer-songwriters, (b.) guitar slingers who don't wear Spandex and (c.) real jazz.  When not attending a live music performance at Dan's Silver

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From The Interstellar Housewife: Ufology:  Live at Budokan "I do have sympathy for abductees who have placed their faith in things like the alien hybridization program, because questioning hypnosis questions the result of hypnosis. Those who have spent years believing they have had certain experiences would surely have a difficult time considering those experiences may not have existed at

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I'm a congenital outsider. My three half-siblings - brothers seven, eight and nine years older than me - shared many bonds I was fortunately not privy to, including each having their childhood scarred by an abusive father, my mother's first husband.  They perceived my life as charmed.  Compared to theirs, maybe it was.  Everything is relative. The only things I felt fairly confident doing were

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From the prolific Regan Lee: Octopus Confessional: Fascism, Mind Control in Cyberspace From this story that appeared on February 18th, 2011 about government contracts involving the creation of fake identities on-line. This isn't about sock puppets or trolls, but focused, targeted manipulations by the government with very specific intents. Revealed: Air Force ordered software to manage army

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It's rare to find anything worthy of a good laugh in the comments of any UFO websites but I got a charge out of this.  Forgot I'd even posted there until just a day or two ago.  When I looked again, it was apparent one haughty commenter bit off more than he could chew.  You'll have to take the link to find out why I thought it was amusing. Scientists say Earth Should Prepare for Alien Encounters

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When CBS needed an authority to declare the Jerusalem UFO videos a hoax, the network turned to Benjamin Radford, Research Fellow at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.  If you were one of the first people in the world to capture some of the most amazing video footage of a UFO taken in the past decade, why would you post it anonymously on YouTube instead of either submitting it to

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The UFO hordes were thrilled at validation by The Powers That Be: The Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF), the only event of its kind, is an annual meeting of global business leaders, international political leaders, and selected intellectuals and journalists brought together to create a dialogue with respect to the positive impact

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I ran across a recent link at The Anomalist - one I've since lost - in which a gaggle of pointy-heads were discussing a novel approach to the study of UFOs.  It went something like this:  "Since ufology is a stagnant pool in a very old hat, let's try something different.  Let's start studying people who report contact experiences, aka contactees or experiencers."  It reminded me of Judy Garland

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• My interactions with UFOs and their associated intelligences are exceptionally challenging to discuss. • The degree of the challenge corresponds to the degree to which a particular experience, or set of experiences, is likely to be considered exceptional (and, ultimately, invalid) in a broad cultural context. • The more exceptional the experience, the greater the social sanction. Being

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