or whether something of an extraterrestrial
nature really did crash in Roswell back in 1947

I like the Roswell story.

As far as I know nobody made a dime off those weird photos. If it was a
hoax it wasn't done for the money.


, or whether we humans
are actually being abducted by extraterrestrial visitors for who knows
what kinds of various experiments.

Right ... recovered memories are a wonderful arena.  The folks whose
memories were recovered are apparently sincere.  As to the researchers
who, in many cases, helped those memories surface, that's another story -- and as soon as you get into memories recovered under hypnosis you're
also getting into an area where the prime mover (the hypnotist) is
making money from the operation.

Are you aware of the stories of WWII veterans who apparently remembered being in battles which never took place, outside of movies? If not I'll
see if I can dig up more info on it.  There is evidence that human
memory is *extremely* fallible, but we usually exercise a great deal of conscious or semi-conscious judgment and weed out the bogus stuff before it causes trouble. When you get yourself into a situation where you can
no longer easily distinguish bogus from real memories simply by using
context, beware.  (The WWII vets were in exactly such a situation.)

If I wake up remembering an encounter with a six foot tall ant, I
immediately conclude it was a dream. However, if, when I awake, I have someone at my shoulder telling me it might really have happened, then I
won't immediately conclude it was a dream, eh?  And what happens next?
Hmmm....

Before getting too carried away by this reasoning, I suggest you read the books by David Jacobs. Prof. Jacobs is a professor at Temple University who has been interviewing abductees for many years. He was convinced of their claims when many different people from different parts of the US described in detail the various medical instruments used during the examination. These people did not know each other and had no way of getting this information from normal sources. Even now, this detail is not published and is used to test the veracity of the claims. Dr. John Mack, at Harvard Medical School, has found the same relationship between a claimed abduction and a common memory of the tools and procedures. This seems to me to be very credible evidence that could be used in any court of law to prove a legal fact.

Ed





If one is into pursuing these kinds of Holy Grails, I would recommend
a website that was first brought to my attention by Thomas Malloy,
"Project Camelot". See:

http://www.projectcamelot.org/interviews.html

for the latest interviews with various players. Some of the
interviewees are obscure, and some well known within the UFO field.
This is an excellent smorgasbord of video & audio entrees for those
who want to get an overwhelming dose of conspiratorial views. (Took me damned well over a month to get through most of the video interviews.)

Upon reflection, and as I approach the sixth decade of my life on this
planet I've found myself, sometimes uncomfortably, reevaluating a few
of my personal interests within the UFO community and the "Free
Energy" field. In my own defense I really can say without a doubt that
I've experienced numerous adventures over the decades, and some of
those adventures have even been fun - incredibly fun! But what did I
actually learn (of substance) from all of my adventures? That IS the
key question, one that is not easily answered. For example, what have
I personally uncovered - have I actually SEEN the "Holey Grail",
personal proof that there exists a simple free energy device that if
ONLY we could get the contraption past the MIBs and out to the public
it would solve ALL of our planet's dire energy problems. Or, have I
personally met an extraterrestrial, perhaps at a StarBuck's coffee
shop, and he/she/it answered one of my burning questions, like: Was
the Face on Mars really constructed in the likeness of Elvis? ... Ok,
strike that last statement. Me bad.

As for what I actually have learned... well, I think I've learned not
to pass judgment on what I've heard, at least not so quickly as
perhaps I would have tended to have done earlier in my life. I've
learned that the more I've learned the more ignorant I realize I truly
am about what the hell may actually be going on, particularly beyond
the boundaries of my five senses. I've learned that there is only so
much I, as an individual, can "know" about my surroundings.

I would like to suggest that if one chooses to make as one of their
Life's Goals the pursuit one of the above Holy Grails (UFOs, Aliens,
Free Energy, etc...), it would be wise to prepare yourself with the
possibility that, as you approach death, you may NOT "know" what is
really going on behind the curtain. There is a real temptation to
manufacture an "explanation" of "truth", just so one can feel like
they accomplished something of value in their all-too-short life span.

One of the few but profound revelations I have learned so far in this
lifetime is that it is a good thing to know and enjoy what I DO know,
along with what I truly do NOT know. The wisdom is to know the
difference.

"Small steps, Sparks. Small steps."

Still working on that one. ;-)

Regards
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
www.zazzle.com/orionworks



Reply via email to