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Finding the hard answers
to Earth's greatest mystery within a scientific
paradigm
Warren Aston
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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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