UFO UpDates Fades to Black

Very sorry to learn that the UFO Updates List, long run by Errol Bruce Knapp, is no more. The posts will be archived. Thank you Errol for the hard work all these years! More on details at Frank Warren's UFO Chronicles.UFO UpDates Fades to Black

7 Traits of Magical People. | Rebelle Society

I like this from Rebelle Society, on traits of all of us magical people, which seems a very Christmas Eve type post for tonight:

7 Traits of Magical People. | Rebelle Society

 2. Synchronicities happen for you – a lot.
And they tend to speed up when you spend a lot of time on meditation, art, ritual, intentional movement or prayer. Sometimes these synchronicities are just cute or silly, but often they’re life-changing and dramatic.
The biggest synchronous thing that can happen to a magic person is to meet another magic person. Or a whole enclave of them. It’s thrilling. It’s overwhelming. It’s love.
When lots of synchronicities are going on, I like to say “the jewel net is moving.” Why?
Because we’re all jewels in an infinitely connected web of silken joy.
And sometimes the net shifts and folds in on itself and we run smack into a whole bunch of other jewels. And it’s great.

Dream Synchronicity: "Dream Cloud Inside Your Mind" And Dog

Artist: Sir Edwin Landseer (1801-1873

Synchronicity: I was just working on a post about my dog dreams of late, including black dogs, on my White Wolf Oracle blog, and took a break to check out The Anomalist, where I found the following link:Naked in public? Dreams Cloud wants to get inside your mind. This is either an exciting idea and intriguing, one that is tempting to participate in, or, cause for paranoid thoughts regarding mind control and social manipulations. I haven't decided which.

Image source

"Dreams Cloud has the largest database of dreams in the world, and also gives its users access to a group of expert professional dream reflectors," Dreams Cloud co-founder Matt Tabrizi told Crave. "Dreams Cloud users can request a professional reflection when they log their dreams, then someone from our team of experienced dream workers will get back to them with thoughts and insights to help lead and guide them towards their personal self-reflection process." (Dream Cloud)

JFK, MJ-12 & UFOs on Coast to Coast

Now this is the stuff us conspiracy UFO nerds wait for; JFK, and MJ-12 all in one night's episode: JFK, MJ-12 and UFOs - Shows - Coast to Coast AM

Vintage Creepy Clown Covers

It might be a Fortean cliche to hate clowns and find them horrifically creepy, but so be it. Clowns are horrifically creepy. I've always found them so, and the older I get, the sadder and creepier I find them. Also gaudy, tawdry, and shoddy. I've always found it interesting that many, including adults -- parents! -- do not see clowns for the unwholesome frightening creatures they are.

And so with that, here are some creepy clown images to brighten your day.

Oracle card: The Owl

On my blog White Wolf Oracle: Daily Oracle Sites: Wisdom of Avalon. Reposted here because of the OWL motif.

From Eyewear (the blog): THE GREAT COLIN WILSON HAS DIED

Sad to read that Colin Wilson died at age 81. Rest in peace Mr. Wilson. Colin Wilson was one of my early influences -- I was first exposed to him in my early teens. I still have several of his books on my shelves.  A great thinker, not afraid to go into areas often considered fringe, or where his mind took him, from fiction to crime to the occult to philosophy.

Here's a nice and personal excerpt from a blog post at Eyewear blog on Colin Wilson:

Eyewear (the blog): THE GREAT COLIN WILSON HAS DIED: As such, almost no British media, TV, radio, or papers, reported his death. It will be interesting to see if the nationals run mocking obituaries, or if some sort of decency will prevail. I wrote many years back at nthposition THE CASE FOR COLIN WILSON, and I stand by it. I corresponded with him by email, and sent him this link, which he appreciate, and he read my poetry with some enjoyment though he preferred older poets he told me. I was thrilled to hear from him, though we never met. His books meant a lot to me when I was a teenager. I was not alone: Groucho Marx was a huge fan.

Fortean Nerd Dreams: Of Mothman and Strieber

My new Trickster's Realm column is now available at Tim Binnall's BoA: Fortean Nerd Dreams: Of Mothman and Strieber.

Talking with a friend a couple of weeks ago who has had UFO and alien encounters since cTalking with a friend a couple of weeks ago who has had UFO and alien encounters since childhood — as her entire family — she mentioned that she had contacted Whitely Strieber years ago. She didn’t get to speak to Whitly, but did speak with Anne, who, according to this friend, kept referring to Whitley as ‘the master” and “the priest” which creeped out my friend. I can’t speak to anything other than reporting this little anecdote, and I’m not making any comments either way on Strieber, his work or his experiences. It’s just a background story to the following dream I had last night;

Jim (my husband) and I are walking through a large station of some kind, like a train station, or bus station. We’re pretty happy but in a hurry, we have to catch a bus somewhere. We’re going out of town; east towards the McKenzie river area.  We want to get there before the snow hits hard. (Now in waking life, snow was predicted for today, but it wasn’t snowing quite yet, and, while I like the McKenzie river area, it’s not where I particularly want to live or visit, certainly not in the snow — where snow hits hard up there — I don’t like snow!)  As we’re walking through this place, full of bustling people, a boy about seven or eight comes up to me. He’s wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and has such large black eyes! He’s a cutie. He takes my hand, and is very self assured, leading us. He pulls up his hood to cover his head. I laugh and tell Jim that “Oh well, he’s just a kid,” and I worry a little about him being alone and so young, and not wearing enough warm clothing. He seems fine however. As he’s leading us, holding my hand, but in a very take charge way, he turns and asks me “Is Streiber still the Master?” This throws me for a loop; unnerves me a bit. Then he disappears, just vanishes before our eyes, as we step out onto the bus loading area. 

Hasbro's Magic Jinn Game

A poster at Binnall of America left this link to "The Magic Jinn Game" from Hasbro. "Think of an animal and I'll try to read your mind!" Interesting appropriation and culture stream to insertion. Magic Jinn Game | Electronic Games for ages 6 YEARS & UP | Hasbro

Target on-line has it a few dollars cheaper. Some customers have left reviews.

It glows or lights up. The pictures at Hasbro, Target and elsewhere show a turqouise colored Jinn in a yellow box, Toys R Us has a purple one in a blue box.

Part 2 Skeptiko Interview with David Jacobs: Spiritual Side of UFOs

Part 2 of the Skeptiko interview with David Jacobs:

Alex Tsakiris: I’m not a religious person and I’m certainly not pushing any kind of religion or any kind of specific spiritual tradition. I just come at it from the data and I think there’s a reality to these unity-consciousness experiences.
Dr. David Jacobs:  Well, you’ve asked me a personal question that has nothing to do with the abduction phenomenon.
Alex Tsakiris:  Why do you think that?
Dr. David Jacobs:  Because all I know is when I started doing abduction research I really didn’t know what I was doing and I didn’t know what I was going to hear. If this turned out to be a spiritually enlightening phenomenon, that would have been fine. That’s okay with me. That’s great. I’d like to be spiritual enlightened. That would be terrific. But I just never hear this. It’s just not part of this phenomenon.

Abduction Research and the "Spiritual"

I find it incredible Jacobs rejects any type of metaphysical aspect to UFOs and abductions, and, while I don't know he's outright lying, I do wonder at his statement that "It's just not part of this phenomenon." He says he hasn't heard anything from witnesses concerning more paranormal/spiritual/esoteric experiences. Maybe that is true, but again, I find that very strange that not one witness has ever shared this aspect of the phenomena with Jacobs, according to Jacobs. 

That aside, Jacobs "works around" certain details of an abductees memory because, according to Jacobs, such things simply aren't true. They don't exist, aliens really don't look like that, whatever. The witness is "confabulating" Jacobs says, which gives Jacobs the right to mess with their heads by planting suggestions to the witness. This is one of the things he did with Emma Woods --  giving her the suggestion she had multiple personality disorder. This is dangerous and not research that can be taken seriously.

Good for Tsakiris for pushing on this issue; that for lack of a better term "spiritual" experiences are a part of the UFO and abduction phenomena. 

The entire UFO phenomena is still being consistently dissected into either/or paradigms.

Hypnosis and Rejection of Data

Several times Jacobs makes statements, presented as facts, that are his opinions on the UFO/alien/abduction theater the world has been witnessing for thousands of years. What hasn't occurred to Jacobs (or maybe it has, and he's rejected the idea due to extreme hubris) is that this whole UFO performance is incredibly interconnected within itself and includes an array of contradictions, correspondences, synchronicitiess and experience. Removing one aspect to study is worthwhile. Stating that the data gleaned from the study of that one aspect is the answer and the facts is irresponsible.

We cannot be sure that hypnosis is a valid tool for UFO research. I don't know. I have gone back and forth with my own experience and hypnosis; do I undergo hypnosis? I've arrived at the point now where, if I do, it would simply be for the data. But, I would not want any hypnotist to plant suggestions into my head or ask me leading questions or outright tell me I am "confabulating" when I relate what I believe to be true. 

And that's the thing. I don't know what happened to me. But something did. So if I don't know, how the hell can anyone else know? 

With my own experiences, I've had "spiritual experiences" as well as non-spiritual experiences. Everything from nuts and bolts: straight forward sighting of a craft, to out of body astral realm entities appearing before me and down the rabbit hole experiences. 

I think part of the problem is the use of the phrases "spiritually enlgithed" and "transformative spiritual experiences." those statement s assume that once you had an experience you're somehow evoled, better, smarter in a metaphysical sense, than the rest of us. Nope. Some of us have just seen that blazing light and are trying to figure it out is all. And of course, there's always the possibility that those experiences are manipulated by "them."

It is a puzzle. There are those "new age" types who are so blissed out they make want to spit nails, and I have found them both terribly patronizing as well as naive.

 Tsakiris on Worldview
Excellent points by Alex Tsakiris on Jacob's worldview and how that personal view affects his research. Also an interesting rebuttal shared by Tsakiris to Jacobs statement as fact that John Mack simply gave up on the metaphysical aspects of UFOs because there was nothing there. 

Skeptiko Interview with David Jacobs Part 1

Skeptiko interviews David Jacobs, part 1 of 2:230. Dr. David Jacobs Claims Academia Has Abrogated Responsibility to Investigate Alien Contact | Skeptiko - Science at the Tipping Point

I'm posting the link to the interview because it's important to get what Jacobs is about and continue to analyze his research and his methods. He is still taken seriously by many in the field and I find this very interesting for many reasons. One being the contradictory and hypocritical nature of critics from within, who moan about what should not be considered UFO research, what researchers, witnesses and all around UFO scholars should not be taken seriously. More often than not those reasons are invalid. Those reasons have nothing to do with the reality of witness accounts, but the personal biases of individual UFO researchers.

Meanwhile, people like Jacobs still go about their thing, taken seriously by many, including women. Now this is another point; simply because one is female, does not mean said female is on the "right" side of the Jacobs debate. We're not a one celled entity, we have our own minds and experiences. Jacobs has, say many a woman witness, helped that witness. I can't speak for or against that. But at the same time, I cannot fall into some sort of party line -- ignoring what I perceive to be the most unethical, immoral and frankly, deranged, treatment of Emma Woods -- and support those women that support Jacobs simply because I too am a woman. Expecting all women to blindly support each other's veiws on the UFO phenomena -- that's not solidarity, that's fascism.

Interesting Jacobs talks about his early research as as student:

"I was actually working on a dissertation on the image of women in very early film history, pre-1915. That was my target date.I had done about six months’ worth of research on that but in my feted brain all I did was think about UFOs and the UFO phenomenon."

Now, Jacobs does have valid things to say regarding the utter lack of interest -- outright visicnousness in fact -- from science and acadmia about UFOs. Jacobs has contributed to UFO studies. Regardless of what you think about his theories on abductions, the information presented is not to be dismissed. It is worthy of consideration. The interpretations, that's another issue. And certainly the entire issue of hypnoisis as a valid UFO research tool is another. Much to be dicussed and thought through. Jacobs points about the global UFO phenomena being ignored by those that could "own it" : science, academia, authorities, are good ones.

But what to do, what to do, about Jacobs now? 

Jacobs aside, I like Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris questions concerning the spiritual side of abductions; human consciousness, telepathy, etc. Jacobs acknowledges those are not his areas, but at the same time, I am frustrated by his resistance to this aspect of abducitons. And here is where Jacobs hubris creeps in. Jacobs contends that Dr. John Mack gave up abduction research because he could not fit the experience into his ideas of consciousness:

Alex Tsakiris:  Yeah, but we have to be careful with that because a lot of people would make the same accusation to you.
Dr. David Jacobs:  No. That they can’t do.
Alex Tsakiris:  They can do it.

Jacobs treatment of Emma Woods aside for the moment, the end of Part 1 of this interview shows us how far off the fringe Jacobs has gone. His opinions stated as fact on hypnosis and "confabulation" are astounding. Jacobs presents himself as the only researcher who knows how to ask the right questions during hypnosis, how and why abduction hypnosis is different than other hypnosis in other contexts, and how downright sneaky the aliens are, which only Jacobs can perceive.

Finally, the blithe manner in which Jacobs admits he leads witnesses and feeds them false information is, again, astounding. It is unethical and truly bizarre. These are tactics Jacobs used on Woods, including the bizzarro world of alien spy vs. spy stuff that, again, should be a huge red flag for  UFO witnesses and researchers.

1918 Occult Film: Mysteries of Myra

Thanks to anomalist scholar Theo Paijmans for his tweet on 1900s Mysteries of Myra, which can be found on YouTube:

Psychic mind control on Coast to Coast

Always a favorite subject here around the Orb; mind control. Tonight's topic on Coast to Coast,  guest Stewart Swerdlow, host Noory.

My new tarot/oracle blog: White Wolf Oracle

The Magician, Black Cats Tarot

After gnashing of teeth and lots of tears born of agonizing frustration, I gave up on trying to create a website for my oracle enterprise. While I have listings on Ebay and Etsy (and those are always iffy, given the conflicting policies of both sites) I still wanted something else. So I just went with a blog. I'm pleased with it so far; lots of work to be done but it's a start:White Wolf Oracle

New Trickster's Realm on Binnall of America

It feels good to be back posting for Tim Binnall at his site! The new site looks fantastic by the way. My new Trickster's Realm: Archons, Sky Fish or Aliens?

Angel Alien Cricket Voices

This is amazing and wonderfully eerie, and for those of us immersed in esoterica and general UFO high strangeness -- that whole giant insect alien thing -- a most definite added dimension and juxtaposition to the realm of intelligent Insectoid overlords. : Expanded Consciousness: Recorded Crickets Slowed Down Sound Like Humans Singing.

Related bit of synchronicity, in a very round about way. Recently I've been thinking of the time, decades ago, when a friend and I dropped acid and went up into the Topanga Canyon hills. At dawn, watching the sun rise, the clouds come in, and I "heard the clouds." My friend insisted she did too. The clouds were signing, angelic voices above us, very much like this. Singing angel clouds. I'm not sure why I've been remembering that day, other than the usual and  general musings on consciousness.

The more I listen to this, the more beautiful I find this, and am stunned as well as aware of Nature as spirit, and the world of Fae, and how the multiple "tracks" (as with the two tracks of cricket songs) of reality there are that we remain unaware of, for the most part.

Post menopause and abductions

As an "experiencer"  abductee (for now I'll call her Ashlyn) recently told me, "The accepted theory is that abductions and visitations lessen, if not outright stop, for women anyway once we're past menopause." As usual with UFOs, not so fast. They haven't stopped for Ashlyn. As for myself, I have never said I'm an "abductee" so I can't speak to that, but, while UFO activity has lessened, I wonder if it isn't so much because of my own intent and work in that area, rather than being in the post (or pre-post, who the hell knows when you're in the realm of hormone hell) menopause phase of life.

Underground Cows

Dreams are fascinating. I find them so, although I realize there are those who don't find dreams interesting. I also know that many don't enjoy reading or hearing about dreams. But in the UFO world, we all know that dreams are another aspect of the UFO realm. Do aliens communicate to us, at times, through our dreams? Do they use dream time to manipulate us? I say yes, most definitely.

So one little snippet of a dream from one of my many recurring dreamscapes/settings had me thinking of UFOs, probably because of the cow imagery. (You know, cows beamed up into the mother ship.) However, the dream (as far as I remember, which isn't much at all) had nothing to do with UFOs. But, intrigued as I am with imagery and  the surreal, the subconscious and the esoteric, and how those all might meet and perform, I found the following bit weird and a bit funny even, in its weirdness:

     Jim and I are in one of my dreamscapes; this one is the slightly ghost-townish neighborhood of asphalt lots, weeds, alleys, run down houses, wide slightly crumbling streets with businesses that just seem tired. Not sure why we're here, but here we are. I think we were looking for someplace and got a little lost, or we have to pass through here to get to wherever. 
     I find that we're in the backyard of my house on Corning St. in L.A. I lived in that house when I was very young. The backyard was weedy and had tall grass and a brick decorative well (I think it was decorative) and then, after the wooden fence, the alley. We go across the alley and some people in the large barn like building the people stop us. We assure them that "I used to live there," pointing to the yard behind me, and that fact makes it okay for us to pass. 
     We're standing around in a huge hanger like barn type interior. No furniture or anything at all, except a few people. The few people are all farmers, and not just farmers, but stereotypes, cartoons of rural farmers. They're dressed in overalls and baseball style caps with John Deere logos, chewing on long stalks of straw and saying things like "Yep, it's a gonna rain, I reckon!" Ridiculous. More ridiculous since this is in the middle of L.A. 
     The only other thing in here with us besides the farmers, are cows and bulls. Tons of cows and bulls. We're all standing around them, the cattle are in the middle. No stalls; the cows and bulls are just free, milling around a bit. 
Suddenly we hear a rumbling and it gets dim. The farmers say "Oh, damn! Looks like they're here, we're going to have to go down!" (Who or what "they" are, no idea.) And the entire barn like hangar room, cows and people, start to do down into the ground. Some kind of mechanism allows the whole building to go down into the ground, to hide, and on the surface, no one would know there was a building there. 
     So down we go, like riding in an elevator. Cows and farmers are calm, though a bit annoyed by the inconvenience. Jim and I however are freaked. 

Now I wrote that this has nothing to do with UFOs, and I'm not suggesting for one moment that the dream does have anything to do with UFOs. But it didn't occur to me until I started typing here into my bloggie dashboard that the house in the dream, on Corning St., was where I had my "Patio Alien" experience. 

Trickster cow dream!

Drawing of Patio Alien on Corning St, L.A. Calif. 1958? by Regan Lee

Fairiechick's Fantasy Book Reader

Fairiechick's Fantasy Book Reader

More Dragonfly; and White Wolf Tarot

I posted the other day about dragonfly synchronicity; today were two more moments. I was going through a long neglected drawer today (setting up my tarot/oracle business, more on that later) and found two pieces of dragonfly jewelry I had completely forgotten about. A little green rhinestone pin, and a bronze and green pendant.

As to my new adventure, I've been gnashing teeth and pulling out hair over trying to set up a Homestead web page. I don't know if I'll keep it, I might go with another site. It's  not published yet; still trying to get everything to work right. It's called White Wolf Tarot -- hopefully I'll get somewhere with it!

Speaking of Dragonfly, I found this card using dragonfly motif from a deck called the Tarot of a Moon Garden. I can't get past the use of dragonflies replacing swords -- the imagery doesn't feel right -- but I don't know anything about the deck and not having seen it in person.

Dragonfly and Dog

Dragonfly has come up a lot in the past few days. I've been seeing people wearing dragonfly jewelry, the name coming up in synchronistic ways: on television, driving or walking by a sign or flyer, and so on.

In two of my many oracle decks there is a Dragonfly card. From the Medicine Cards, an animal oracle.

From the Medicine Cards Animal Oracle Deck

This Dragonfly card is from the Angel Dreams oracle, created by angel expert Doreen Virtue and her daughter Melissa Virtue. This card says: "Transformation, Magic, Illusion."

From Doreen and Melissa Virtue's Angel Dreams oracle

I like the Angel Dreams Interpretation oracle, but was surprised to see a Dragonfly image in the deck. Not sure why; just seemed out of place. While I appreciate dragonflies -- they are certainly lovely to watch -- I don't have a particular affinity for them as an image. Yet that's not what it's all about when it comes to animal messages appearing in one's life. 

Dog has appeared as well. I was thinking, driving up the hill today, about animals in general, including Dragonfly, and then the random ADD thought about tigers, Big Cat sightings in the UK, and how strange it would be to see that on the road. I turn the corner and see a huge dog, beautiful! Very tall, clearly had wolf in him, standing on the corner. He had a collar with tags. He looked so damn intelligent and was looking right at me. Very sweet and he even looked a little lost and scared; worried.  When I came back the same way a few minutes later he was gone. But further down the hill, was another dog; this one had a collar and tags as well. He or she also seemed sad. Resigned. 

There are two dog cards from oracle decks I have; this one from my Druid Animals Oracle:

And this one from the Medicine Cards animal oracle. This card says: "Be loyal to yourself. Be true to others. Bolster your integrity."

I don't know about "bolstering my integrity" or much about the latter card (it's a deck I have issues with; I like the deck in many ways, but go back and forth on matters of cultural appropriation, even though the deck was created by two Native creators.) I prefer the Druid Animal deck both for its art work as well as the Celtic tradition it is based on. Even though I have Native blood I find I have more of a natural connection with my Celtic heritage. 

A lot can be said about Dog as a totem. Dogs are loyal, wolf is a solitary leader and teacher. Dogs guard. Their relationship with humanity goes back a very long way. Friends, co-workers, saviors, guardians. They are also omens; warnings. They can be friendly and loving but also dangerous and unpredictable. Like humans, it all depends on how they've been treated and nurtured.

How to interpret these images? I go with my gut, my intuition. For Dog, I automatically go to my mother, who has been a huge dog lover her whole life. Her health is not good right now and the family situation around that is very very tough right now. As to Dragonfly, I'm not sure, though I like the idea of discarding illusions (maybe that's connected with family after all, come to think of it) but any time synchronistic moments appear in one's life, it's often enough to simply notice that for its own sake.

Frank Feschino on BoA:Audio - Binnall of America

Frank Feschino on BoA:Audio - Binnall of America: In a LIVE edition of BoA:Audio, UFO researcher Frank Feschino makes his long-overdue first appearance on the program to discuss his meticulous and remarkable research into both the Flatwoods ‘Monster’ Case as well as his groundbreaking book Shoot Them Down, which details the 1952 UFO wave that spawned an official military order to ‘take down’ the mysterious craft invading American airspace. This is an episode which stretched the very limits of our live format and is absolutely jam packed with a wealth of fascinating insights into an amazing time in UFO history.

Skeptiko: Mary Rodwell Advocates for Alien Contactees

Oh how I love what Rodwell has to say about personal experience and abduction events:Episode 228. Mary Rodwell Advocates for Alien Contactees | Skeptiko - Science at the Tipping Point:

Mary Rodwell: The truth is that all we’ve ever got within ourselves is our own resonance to truth, our own BS meter, if you like. Ultimately that is what we’re being asked to trust. We’ve got nothing else. We’re told huge amounts of information. Some of it is disinformation; some of it’s lies. What is it in us that resonates to truth?

Ultimately that’s the only thing we’ve got because actually nobody has the full mandate on truth. We’ve all got bits of it and we are fed all sorts of mixes of truth. So the only thing we’ve got in the end is ourselves as that instrument of choosing what our truth is. My role is to facilitate a place where they can find their truth in their experience. Nobody has a right to tell them what to believe around that other than what they choose to believe.

Listen to the podcast for more. Excellent.

Black Cats Tarot: The Devil

Did a reading last night on someone close to me; a lot of misunderstandings, anger, confusion, anxiety, mistrust and that's just for starters. A history of such in this situation going back decades. So I did a reading so find out why this person is behaving the way they are...

I used my new Black Cats tarot, designed by Marai Kurara and published through Lo Scarabeo.  I really like this deck! Something compelled me to purchase it, even though it was the only deck in the store that wasn't open -- I couldn't preview it. But that day, it was the only deck I was drawn to, and I walked back into the store after walking out without buying it, and bought it anyway. Something told me I had to have this deck!  The day I bought this deck I had been with this person for a few days in the situation that has continued to swirl around all of us, so using this deck seemed particularly apt.

As I was pulling the cards, with my eyes closed as I usually do, one card literally flew out of the deck. I mean this card just shot out. When that happens, you always put that card aside and incorporate it into the reading, for that card will be heard!

I laid out the cards, using my new layout (one I made up) and then picked up the card that flew out from the deck as I was pulling cards. This is the card that came up: XV Major Arcana, The Devil.

This was the first time I'd seen this card; even though I had gone through the deck I realized I somehow missed this one. I was immediately very taken by the imagery; how it fits the person I was concerned about! Unusual to have a female image for The Devil. There is also a witchy feel to the card, which I like.  Now, I don't consider this card as being tied to a  traditional and religious interpretation or context; you know, "the Devil, Saaaaytaaan!" But it does have to do with ego, selfishness, the overwhelming power of mis-applied passions and energy. (It also has to do with indulgences -- in this case, emotional indulgences -- but also materialism, addictions or self-abuses, and so on.)

From the Black Cats booklet:

XV - The Devil. The Arcanum symbolises the violence of passions. Our "demons" can blind us completely, making us fall into the abyss of selfishness. On the other hand, the strength of desire can illuminate facets of our psyche that we must be aware of.

In this case, the person concerned is consumed with their ego, misdirected negative energy and emotions that are overwhelming to both this individual as well as those around them. A lot of passion and intensity that is self-destructive; that passion has been turned inward, and upside down. Not productive or healing, but devouring.

The rest of the reading was equally powerful. Out of ten cards (eleven, counting The Devil) six were Major Arcana cards.

Skinwalkers and Banshees! on Coast to Coast

Skinwalkers, and banshees, on Coast to Coast tonight! 

Ecto-Ville: Talking to Heaven Oracle

It's been awhile since I posted to my Ecto-ville ghost blog. I have a new post there now about the new oracle deck designed by James Van Praagh and Doreen Virtue:Ecto-Ville: Talking to Heaven Oracle

New project from Robert Goerman: It's NOT Sleep Paralysis!

Don't know much about this, but I do like the emphasis and focus on the witness, and of course, the perspective these experiences are other than "sleep paralysis."

It's NOT Sleep Paralysis!: Where do we go from here? My first priority will always be the witness. You are not alone!
Valuable information is lost when genuine encounters are dismissed as ASP-induced hallucinations by eyewitnesses who are comforted by this advice, whether this counsel originates with the medical community or comes from a book or website on sleep paralysis. It is less upsetting to believe that it was all just a dream, rather than confront the fact that these entities can violate our homes with impunity. (Robert Goerman)

From Robbie Graham on Silver Screen Saucers: Letting go of UFOs

Excellent and certainly thought provoking opinions on seeking answers to UFOs from Robbie Graham. I think his piece will annoy or anger a lot of people (maybe not) but, while a bit hard to take at first, very important points to think about. I find myself agreeing with him in many ways and left a comment at his blog. Although, I personally don't see the fact that studying UFOs will never reveal "the answer" as a problem; it's simply part of the process. I'm more process oriented by nature. That aside, excellent piece by Graham and I appreciate his honesty. Whether or not you agree with him, it is always good when someone honestly states their thoughts on UFOs: 

Silver Screen Saucers: Letting go of UFOs: ‘UFOlogists’ speak a great deal about the ‘truth’. The truth is out there, they tell people, and it must doggedly be pursued for the benefit of all mankind. But rarely are ‘UFOlogists’ truthful with themselves.
First off, there’s no such thing as a ‘UFOlogist’, and anyone who refers to themselves as such is clinging desperately to their own slim sense of self worth. There is no such thing as a UFOlogist because there is no such thing as UFOlogy – at least not in any meaningful sense. If “ology” refers to a branch of knowledge or learning sprung from organized research (which it does), then UFOlogy is a broken twig. The UFO subject has produced thousands of dedicated researchers over the years (none of them ‘UFOlogists’) and thousands more books, but few have made any significant contribution to our ‘knowledge’ of the UFO enigma. (Robbie Graham)

NIck Redfern: UFOs: Then and Now | Mysterious Universe

Follow up to Nick Redfern's article the other day. Some took his comments out of context, Nick responds at UFOs: Then and Now | Mysterious Universe.

Well, it’s very clear that after reading my most recent article – Where are the UFOs? – many people took what I actually wrote totally out of context. That is abundantly obvious from the dozens of comments that now follow the article. Despite what some incorrectly said, I did not deny the fact that UFOs are still seen today. Nor did I deny that people still report UFO sightings in large numbers. Rather, what I actually said (and only said) was that, today, we simply do not get anywhere near the numbers and percentages of so-called “classic” cases of years and decades gone by. (Redfern)

Nick Redfern: Where are the UFOs?

Nick asks a good question in his blog post at Mysterious Universe: Where are the UFOs? | Mysterious Universe,  and points out that the UFO phenomena has definitely changed in recent years. So, what does that mean for UFO researchers? Redfern has some excellent suggestions, such as :

What this tells us is that many ufologists are already recognizing and realizing that if they are to get the answers to the UFO puzzle that they seek, it’s sure as hell not going to be by addressing today’s reports of “lights in the sky” and so on. The answers are to be found in history, in the past. It may well be that, 10 years from now, the primary role of the UFO seeker will not be to investigate current cases as such, but to take on the role of historian. And that would not be a bad thing. (Redfern)

I like Nick's philosophy here; history in order to learn, not to merely rehash or stew in nostalgia. But, as Nick Redfern writes, we ignore UFO history, we aren't going to get anywhere, especially if the phenomena has once again changed in recent years.

"It's a UFO!" Black Daytime UFO

On the playground, boy of about ten running by me. As he runs, he points to the side, up in the sky, and shouts "It's a UFO!" and keeps running. I think to myself he's having fun and being goofy. But I turn and look up anyway. What the heck. Sure enough, I see a black ... something ... moving slowly through the sky. Hmmm.

The object appeared to be round, but not quite. Possibly I was observing the rear of the thing, and it was delta shaped. I sort of got that sense but honestly, can't say.

It was very dark; darker than the crows, which are always plentiful. In fact, thinking at first it must have been a bird, I quickly realized it was larger and darker than any crow. It was moving slowly and in one direction, a straight line,  away from me. (Roughly an easterly direction.) I watched it for about 60 seconds, then had to walk away to join the others. I looked back however; it was still there, moving slowly, steadily. About 10 seconds later or so I looked back again, but couldn't see it. I don't know if that means it was gone, or I just couldn't find it.

Not a balloon; the movements too purposeful, the object seemed solid. Certainly no living thing, like a bird.  No idea what it could have been.

Besides the odd sighting of this thing, whatever it was (and it very well could have a mundane operation -- a drone? monitoring device?) was the interesting response of the boy. Running by to line up, spotted the object as he was running, almost casually, with a sense of acceptance, "It's a UFO!" and on he goes.

Octopus Confessional: Beamed and Called: Violent Events in D.C.

On my Octopus Confessional blog: Octopus Confessional: Beamed and Called: Violent Events in D.C.

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2007 TDG Interview: UFO Mystics - Nick Redfern and Greg Bishop

From 2007, The Daily Grail interviews Nick Redfern and Greg Bishop. By the way, UFO Mystic is currently down and occupied by a squatter but I believe it will be back soon. Meantime, enjoy! UFO Mystics - Nick Redfern and Greg Bishop | TDG - Science, Magick, Myth and History

McMenamins UFO Festival For May 2014: Thursday????

No speaker line-up announced yet, and it is still early, but the blurb on the UFO Fest.com site does note that the UFO festival will begin on Thursday. Thursday?! A first, and inconvenient for those of us who work and have to hustle as it is on Fridays to get to that evenings speaker and events.  For myself, I have been fortunate enough to take a personal day from work on Fridays and drive out to McMinnville. Check into the motel, eat, and make it in time for the first speaker. If things are going to start off on Thursday, I doubt t I can make it. And it will no doubt hurt the UFO Fest in general. Maybe it's a misprint. We'll see. I'll email them and try to find out.  McMenamins UFO Festival | May 15-17, 2014

Another Faked UFO Landing in UK School

Many thanks to Mike Clelland for this link; much appreciated.

So, here's another in a long line of faked UFO events in UK schools. The crashed or landed UFO scenario seems to be the favorite faux event by educators, but other scenarios have been used as well, including the start of WWIII, complete with the sounds of bombs bombing, sirens blaring, and frightened children hustled down into basements to wait out the threat of being invaded. There was also the "murder" of a teacher on the playground, witnessed by staff and students.

The usual reason for these events is given: to facilitate creative writing within students. Sometimes there are variations on the motives; sharpening critical thinking skills is another reason given in past scenarios.

Shock and awww... 'UFO crashes' into London primary school playground - News - The Independent: Pupils at a London primary school were shocked after a UFO appeared to have crashed into their playground.

An officer guarded the 'crash site; at North Harringay Primary School while an apparent forensics officer took samples behind a police cordon.

Only half the craft was visible after apparently smashing into the tarmac and children were allowed closer to inspect the UFO after samples had been collected.

However the UFO was not in fact a spaceship which had suffered a stall over the capital, but was part of an event designed to promote creative writing.

This recent event seems a bit more tame than some previous ones. Often in these kinds of faked crashes, landings, wars, murders and attacks, parents are not notified about the plan, and often times not the entire school staff is either.

These violent scenarios, while different in theme and degree, involved at least one of the following elements:

• They are spontaneous, a surprise, unexpected, as far as students -- and often parents and staff -- are concerned
• There is the threat of violence or outright violent actions
• Local police are involved, taking part in the fake event as they pretend to investigate 
• Reasons given for these faked events: encourage student's creativity, facilitate the imagination, sharpen critical thinking skills

These events are not limited to the UK; the U.S. has been active in staging violent scenes in schools, though not of the UFO kind, as far as I know. Other countries, incluidng Canada, have also particpated in these drills/faked scenes.

Related: Follow-up: Staged Alien Events and Schools, WWIII Has Begun: More Staged Events of violence in UK Schools, Fake Event in H.S.,

Red Pill Junkie, and the best quote on UFOs: Oddies But Goodies: UFO-Inspired Music | Intrepid Blog

Best UFO quote of the day, from Red Pill Junkie at Intrepid. The former, among my favorite writers on UFO and Fortean subjects, the later, one of my favorite blogs to visit.

Oddies But Goodies: UFO-Inspired Music | Intrepid Blog: And although I do think more scientists should grow a pair and dare to take a closer look to the subject regardless of what their colleagues might think, I for one am becoming more convinced as I grow older, that it takes a certain artistic sensibility in order to glimpse the Fortean forest for the saucerian trees. ~ red Pill Junkie

UFO Bits: Is Tom Cruise "Nuts?" by Regan Lee, not Amy Ge...

For example (see post below) A. George has put her name to this post I wrote back in 2005:UFO Bits: Is Tom Cruise "Nuts?"

Calling Out Amy George on UFO Bits

A few years ago, I think it was before the Orange Orb, I had a blog called UFO Bits. Not the best name, but I was searching for ideas and names, trying out various things. So, for a short time, had a blog called UFO Bits.

I got rid of that blog, or so I thought. I stumbled upon UFO Bits, but it seems we have not only a squatter, but a bold ass in your face plagiarist as well. Her name is Amy George, and she has put her name onto posts that I have written. Here is the shameless hussy: UFO Bits: Amy George

Mayan Alien Hybrids and Russian Femme Fatales

From Jason Colavito's blog; I don't know which is better, the title:Were Maya Lords Alien Hybrids with Hallucinogenic Blood?,the speculation Mayan rulers were alien hybrids,with hallucinogenic blood, thank you very much. Or former Russian spy Anna Chapman having her own paranormal television show in Russia.

Alfred Lehmberg: Errant Clocks...

UFO Magazine - UFO Magazine Blog - Errant Clocks... an excerpt:

I'm logging in a sky-watch for the stuff one finds up there; I won't pretend what I have found—report what isn't there. Too, I don't mean to scare you or detract from your beliefs, but we're beset by bastards with the ethics of disease.
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See, it's "winners" write a history clearly missing all its thorns. It's how they've kept posterity on the UFOs suborned. It's how they've lied to spare themselves; it's why we don't look up; its why we ask no questions of these men we know—corrupt.
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This is why "they" can ignore us. This is how we're so insane. It's where we trod the paths we take—or shriek our shrill refrain.
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We call that cognitive dissonance, how to think when "up" is "down." How to justify what doesn't fit; turn "crap" to sparkling "crowns." ...Can't keep it up for very long; the spirit won't abide. One makes oneself irrelevant. It makes one sick inside.
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From Red Pill Junkie;Once Upon a Time… Ancient Aliens for Children | Intrepid Blog

A wonderful entry by Red Pill Junkie for Intrepid. A look back on childhood, our fascination with ancient aliens, and an homage to the late Phillip Coppens.

Once Upon a Time… Ancient Aliens for Children | Intrepid Blog: Yet there’s something the powerful leader of Deathsquad seems to forget –aside from the fact that HE HIMSELF is interested in this “really stupid $#!t” too!– and that is the fact those middle-aged men (and women) were once young, and during their formative years they must’ve stumbled upon something which piqued their curiosity, and forced them to follow the white rabbit down its deep dark hole. Like I wrote on a previous post, Forteans are not born –they are made.

David Paulides on C2C tonight

George Knapp, host, David Paulides guest, discussing mysterious and spooky disappearances on Coast to Coast tonight. 

At Last! Authentic Alien Roswell Images Found!!!!

Finally! Proof that ET crashed at Roswell back in 1947, as reported by the UFO Iconoclasts:The UFO Iconoclast(s): AUTHENTIC ALIEN IMAGES FROM ROSWELL FINALLY FOUND? by Anthony Bragalia I am so relieved, so beside myself! This is huge news everyone! HUGE!

But, let's not get too excited. For these images are not going to be released to us lowly, non-bona fide UFO researchers and Forteans. The images are too pure for that, and we are far too loathsome to be trusted with such evidence. As to the general public, they simply don't count.

Damn! And here I thought we were so close to the big reveal!

Trent photo

Oh well. Maybe next time. Though I doubt it, given the UFO Iconoclast's (a blog I rarely directly mention or relate to, for obvious reasons, despite the fact some UFO and Fortean writers I respect will relate to them) history on such breaking UFO news. Like their *Trent photo stunt awhile back. (Paul and Evelyn Trent, McMinnville, Oregon, 1950:Paul Trent snapped two photos of a UFO over his farm; those photos made international news and to this day have not been proven to be hoaxed.)

*Revisiting the Tempest in a Teapot: McMinnville UFO Photos Faked. Again.

Monkey Synchronicity

Night before last, I dreamt:

Walking, in daytime, amid one of my many dreamscapes. This one being a fairly residential neighborhood, lower middle class, houses are high up off the pavement, on hills of lawns contained with concrete retaining walls. I'm trying to find a particular house, somehow I know that there's a lot going on there that's illegal, as well as immoral and just bad. I find the place, on the corner, and go up and inside. It's a large house, with lots of people. Many live there, others are visiting. I see a lot of people crowded around some kind of enclosure (this is outside) and my heart sinks. I just know this is bad. I get closer, and there are two beautiful gorillas on their backs. One is dead, the other is badly hurt. Three or four little monkeys, like Rhesus monkeys, are responsible for this. They've been trained to attack and kill -- like fighting roosters or pitbulls. I am so damn sad! But I realise it's not the monkey's fault. I grab one and run away with him. The further away we get, the more aware he becomes, he feel so bad about what he's done. I let him know it's not his fault, and he shouldn't feel guilty, and I love him. I plan to go back to rescue the other gorilla, but for now, I just have to take this monkey to safety.

The next day there were three synchronicities: the line "I am the monkey" on a sit com I was watching, this item in the morning paper about a "non-sociable" gorilla, and children singing a song about monkeys in school. And tonight, a commercial I hadn't seen before where a monkey is eating candy, or who knows what, in a jail cell. I think, it was a commercial and I wasn't paying much attention.

Synchroniciites are always interesting and nudges from one realm to this. And then there is the Rh negative connection between aliens, UFOs, and Rhesus monkeys to add to the synchronicitous funhouse.

Strange Goings On the Air: Feschino, Lehmberg

Frank Feschino and Alfred Lehmberg were to be guests on radio hosts' Kate Valentine's UFO Show to discuss the Braxton "monster" UFO case and the updated edition of Feschino's book. Strange things began to happen, as Alfred reports on our blog The UFO Proletariat:

Frank explains, "As with any live program, the studio will call me at home a couple minutes before the show to make sure the connection is alright. They usually go over things like checking voice levels, commercial break times... ...stuff like that." 

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Frank then relayed what happened just before the show aired last Friday.  

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"Well, it was about 12:50—or about 10 minutes before the program was to go on and my phone rang.  I thought it was the studio calling but when I looked at my clock it seemed a little too early.  I picked up the phone and said 'hello' but there was nobody there, just dead silence Alfred, nothing!"  Oddly, and unbeknownst to Frank, I have to report that the same thing happened to me at the same time!  My phone rang and I answered to hissing dead air.

that is only the beginning, strange things continued to happen, and, as Lehmberg comments, this kind of thing is, unfortunately (but maybe not unexpectedly) not uncommon when it comes to broadcasts of UFO topics.

Greer Locks Down

It's events like the following that make me glad I'm often out of the loop in UFO Land;  ennui, work, personal life often keep me from really wallowing. But here's something that happened that isn't news to most in UFO Land. Definitely not the first time this has been pointed out, but there seems to be something inherent in Fortean and UFO research that drives many a researcher/witness/investigator to get bat shit crazy and say and do paranoid and self-destructing things.

William Henry's Revelations | William Describes a Bizarre Horror Show at a UFO Conference | unknowncountry: William Henry tells a horrifying story of imprisonment of the audience at the Contact in the Desert Conference August 9--11. He says that David Wilcock came with a bodyguard, and that Steven Greer arrived with a whole group of bodyguards, who proceeded to lock the doors and allow nobody in our out during his presentation. If this happened, it was illegal, and we urge all UFO conference attendees to demand that they not be imprisoned during any performance for any reason.

Invisible aliens and the dream state: shared images

Joe Gooch kindly gave me permission to post the following dream he had recently. I commented to Joe that I found his dream very interesting, since I too have "invisible" aliens -- entities present, felt, and known, yet visually unseen -- as well as other elements in my dreams:  the deja-vu, wands, and  orange orb. Visit Joe's site here.

{from Joe Gooch} Had an interesting dream this morning before I woke up that i tought I'd share with you;
I was on a plane, a small private type plane, and we were being followed by an orange orb which I saw out the left window. It then appeared on the right of the craft.
The engines of the plane cut out and we slowly began to nosedive towards an island.
I remember thinking "This is going to hurt" as we approached some vegetation covered rocks.
Before we crashed, the plane was enveloped in a strange mist.
Then I was on the Island. There was talk of 'alien beings' being somewhere near us and one apparently having a 'wand' but when I saw where the being should have been standing, there was only small twinkling lights as if it had just 'de-materialised'.
I remember something strange in the trees, an odd tan coloured limb bending backwards and a vague memory of other island areas but then I woke up.
Was very vivid and film-like.
As I get 'Dream Deja-Vu' relatively often I thought I'd record that one here, just in case.

Joe had also commented that "any dreams i've ever had that feature 'alien beings' in anyway, i never actually see the being. They have either 'de-materialised' like in this dream, or as in a previous dream where I was presenting an alien being to gathered news media, the being was 'removed' from what i was seeing and only a space comprising of tv static like interference was where it should have been."

I find this "invisible alien" motif very interesting.  Do some of us block the images of literal aliens due to fear, a glitch in the method imposed on us to ensure we don't remember, or is it just the way we're wired? Or is it because "they" or "it" have no form, and only appear as  various players -- grays, reptilians, giant grasshoppers or insects, for example.

I don' t know. I think in much of this however we are much more deeply connected with all parts of ourselves, including our subconscious, than some of us might assume. Memories as well as communications take place during the dream state. While some of "aliens" are literally beings from other planets and physical, some of them either exist on other planes that are primarily non-physical, or, they are capable of moving between the two realms.  

My Guest Stint on The Sync Book – 42 Minutes

I was the guest last night, very interesting, went by way too quickly! I think I misunderstood their last question but oh well. The Sync Book – 42 Minutes

Jeremy Vaeni's new novel: ‘Into The End’

 Jeremy Vaeni has just published a novel, here's an excerpt from his excerpt at his blog. I like it! Will download to my Kindle, and you can too -- find out how by following the link to his place:

‘Into The End’ Launches Right Now! | JayVay: The tree house lay secluded behind an abandoned mansion on a gated estate that had its own haunted lore. No one went near it except these boys. Not to break in. Not to throw rocks at the windows. Not on a dare. Not for anything.

It earned the nickname Spooky Mansion by the shear creepiness of its existence. Townsfolk referred to it this way if they referred to it at all. In truth, barely anyone in Taunton thought about it let alone talked about it. Even the boys only mentioned it by way of territorial marker. Let’s meet up at Spooky Mansion, they’d say. It was interchangeable with tree house.

Alice, Dogs Again, and UFO Maze

Had a dream last night where the point of view shifted constantly; from me watching the movie on TV up close, to becoming a part of it, including the main character, Alice.

The movie was a sequel to Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. This Alice version was the third story written by Lewis Carroll. I forget what the title was, but it had something to do with a rabbit hole. The movie was made in the late 1940s, starring all kinds of famous stars, Elizabeth Taylor among them. Part of the dream -- part of the movie in the dream -- was animated. Stop action type, not cartoon animated. Parts were in color, parts in black and white. I wonder why very few people know about this third story and this movie. Of the three, and all the Alice movies made, this is the best. But also the most esoteric.

I talk to giant eggs, like Humpty Dumpty who are resting on beds, animals, creatures, you name it.  We arrive at a the rabbit hole, and I'm told by Alice (sometimes I'm Alice, sometimes I'm with Alice...) that "this is the real thing here, the real rabbit hole. Serious stuff, this. Here we go..." and down we go. It is understood there is no coming back from this. Which feels okay; it's a choice we made and exciting even if a bit scary. 

Then I'm in a bookstore pub kind of place. I am delighted to find racks and racks of UFO material; little pamphlets and out of print paperbacks and articles in unexpected books, all kinds of things. I think they're free, not sure why, and start loading up my arms with these treasures. Some are so old they're falling about. As I walk through this narrow dusty and dim maze of book racks, someone stops me. They tell me I have to pay for these things. I explain there isn't any price on any of them, or signs posted anywhere, and ask her if she even knew they were there. If she hadn't seen me come out, she wouldn't have noticed the books at all. She shrugs and I leave with my material.

As I'm walking through I see a woman with a dog. Pretty dog, something is wrong with him, not serious, but he's ill. The dog is on a wheeled platform, with lights and the sides are caged, not to keep the dog in but to protect him from falling off. A beautiful Irish Setter comes up, this dog is amazingly beautiful! He has the softest fur like silk, and the color is incredible. A magnificent reddish brown, with deep gold highlights. He just comes right up to me, standing there before me. It's clear he was sent to me to be my dog. His standing there next to the other dog is intentional, the Irish Setter was sent, in part, to heal the dog. But that's a bonus, the main reason this Irish Setter was sent here was to be my dog. I am very happy about this and grateful for this gift, but I didnt' ask for it and it's clear that I have nothing to do with it. I have to accept the dog, he will simply follow me if I reject him, -- which I wouldn't do -- it is beyond my control.

Flying Saucer to the Center of Your Mind: Selected Writings of John A. Keel: John A. Keel, Andrew Colvin, Gray Barker, Tessa B. Dick: 9781492206606: Amazon.com: Books

Andy Colvin's latest, promises to be good:Flying Saucer to the Center of Your Mind: Selected Writings of John A. Keel: John A. Keel, Andrew Colvin, Gray Barker, Tessa B. Dick: 9781492206606: Amazon.com: Books

From hidden experience: 'UFO Jounalist Roger Marsh ignores abduction reports'

Mike Clelland at hidden experience has this to say about UFO reporter-MUFON-guy Roger Marsh:

hidden experience: UFO Journalist Roger Marsh ignores abduction reports: Okay, here’s my beef...
The abduction aspect is being marginalized within the UFO research community. This is an absolute truism, and both Roger Marsh and MUFON are towing that line. They seem to be wishing this aspect of the phenomenon would just go away. Wouldn’t it be so much better if it was all just lights in the sky?

Timely blog post by Mike -- I just wrote about the importance of researching all the data. This seems so damn obvious and I've been ranting about it for so long I often feel silly for bringing it up, and yet, this current episode with Marsh occurs, reminding us that the need to remind everyone it is dishonest, for one, to reject and trivialize the parts you don't like.
What Marsh said was this:

"Okay, if it's my personal feelings, there may be one section of the listening audience that maybe follow alien abductions, I kind of have to push that aside." [Marsh]

As Mike Clelland writes, it is very troubling that a self-described NY Times caliber reporter and MUFON member to boot be so glib when it comes to parts of the UFO phenomena.

Layers of Paranormal (Conspiracy) Theories

     Michael J. Wood was the first hour's guest on Coast to Coast last night:

"Mike Wood is a PhD student and Associate Lecturer at the University of Kent, Canterbury. His research concerns the relationships between different kinds of conspiracy beliefs, persuasive techniques used by pro-conspiracy-theory and anti-conspiracy-theory advocates online, and conspiracy theories as a worldview or ideology." [Coast to Coast]

     George Knapp was the host, and as always, asked the good questions. At one point Knapp mentioned that, among paranormal and UFO researchers, the idea that once you believe in one conspiracy theory you then believe in most, doesn't always hold true. In fact, it is more the norm to hold one seemingly out there theory (Sasquatch exists) but not that Sasquatch is an inter-dimensional being related to UFOs. Belief in ghosts, but not UFOs. UFOS, but not the Loch Ness creature. Aliens, but not fairies. Sasquatch as fairy? Don't be ridiculous! We all know that among most UFO researchers, the idea that Sasquatch is involved or any number of high strangeness events are not to be entertained. 

illustration: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Elves and Fairies 1916

     Knapp made an excellent point about the divisions among researchers of the unusual and their dismissive attitudes towards encounters and theories that don't fit in with their biases. But there are some of us who don't fit that mold. Forteans, anomalists, Keelians, cross-over theorists; there are various labels for those of us who explore these areas and have no problem with considering possible connections between them. As I've remarked many times, you can't possibly begin to see the fuller picture if you are constantly rejecting the parts you find too wierd, too irritating, too silly, even, to consider. And when talking with a witness of an anomalous event, be it a UFO sighting or encounter with Bigfoot, the researcher must treat that witness with both gratitude and respect, and not hide, reject or scoff at the more incredible details of their story.

     While debte continues to rage on concerning Bigfoot as paranormal vs. flesh and blood, aliens/ET as something other than nuts and bolts,  and so on, the field does have its share of researchers do not edit, but share stories from witnesses in their entirety without judgement. To name just a few:

• Nick Redfern
• John A. Keel (deceased)
• The Daily Grail
• The Anomalist
• Skylaire Alfvegren
• Jacques Vallee
• Andy Colvin
• Colin Bennett
• Scott Corrales
• Tim Beckley 
• Stan Gordon
• Lisa Shiel