- Last night, as millions of Americans sat in front of
their TVs, eagerly handing their brains to Peter Jennings for a couple
of hours of prime-time PROGRAMMING, I was busy jogging on the treadmill
at my health club. I did so because years ago, I lost all confidence in
elite media "investigations" into the UFO phenomena. (Does anyone
remember NBC's atrocious Confirmation special from 1998? I didn't think
so.)
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- After I'd arrived home and showered, my phone rang. It
was a call from a local friend and fellow UFO-aficionado. I knew what he
was going to ask before he had opened his mouth.
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- "So, what did you think of the Jennings show?"
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- "Uh, actually, I didn't watch it."
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- "What? Are you serious? Why not?"
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- I gave a little laugh under my breath, amused by my friend's
apparent naivete. I responded by asking him if the show was actually any
good - if it was well researched, informed, balanced, or if he had learned
anything new by watching it.
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- "Well, no, of course not. It was Peter Jennings,
for Christ's sake. I mean, the first thing they did was bring on Art Bell.
But that's not the point. You're supposed to be a student of the subject,
and you need to hear every argument if you're going to comment on it intelligently."
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- I then explained to my friend the reason for my abstention.
I knew that even if Jennings and his fellow elitists at ABC had the best
of intentions, there was one obstacle they could never overcome, and that
is their congenital CONTEMPT for the UFO issue. This contempt would prevent
them from going the extra mile to learn the best evidence arguing for and
against the reality of ET visitation, and to present the evidence in the
most accurate and meaningful context possible. Their attitude would be,
"It's only UFOs, so there is really nothing to research." Journalists
with no breadth of knowledge of an issue will always cover it in a highly
superficial and inaccurate manner. Based on the reviews that I've heard
of the show, that is precisely what happened. (And do I think I have the
right to comment on a show that I didn't bother to watch? In this case,
actually yes, I do.)
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- I've been told that when discussing Roswell, Jennings
attempted to push the "Project Mogul" theory -- that the alleged
flying saucer that crashed in New Mexico in 1947 was actually a "top
secret balloon project" to monitor the Soviets. Uh, someone might
have mentioned to Jennings that in 1997, on Roswell's 50th anniversary,
the Air Force issued a completely different official denial, asserting
that the alleged flying saucer was actually a CRASH TEST DUMMY experiment
gone awry. Never mind that the Air Force admitted these "test dummy"
experiments were performed between 1953 and 1959, many years after the
Roswell incident. So how does one reconcile this staggering contradiction?
Which is it - test dummies, or a "secret spy ballon?" Or can
it be both?
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- I'm also told that Jennings trotted out the usual suspects
for "expert" commentary, offering the usual hackneyed arguments
against the UFO reality - abductions explained as "sleep paralysis"
(with no mention of the PHYSICAL evidence supporting the phenomena, e.g.
scoop marks and implants), sightings dismissed out of hand due to the "unreliability"
of eyewitness testimony, famous cases like Roswell explained as "pop
culture myths" perpetuated by money-seeking charlatans. Unless all
of the accounts I'm hearing are terribly distorted, ABC treated its viewers
to a commentary similar to what one finds in any issue of the Skeptical
Inquirer.
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- I'm sure that many UFO proponents are feeling disheartened
this morning, but any disappointment or despair you feel is horribly misplaced.
The reality or unreality of ET visitation is not and never will be dependent
on the approval of self-described "skeptics" and their cohorts
in the mainstream news media.
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- Everyone who follows the UFO issue with real interest
is aware that something extraordinary is underway. A phenomenon that has
been bubbling and simmering at the brim of public consciousness is now
a seething cauldron on the verge of exploding. Thanks to the efforts of
such researchers as Peter Davenport (NUFORC), Brian Vike (HBCCUFO), Scott
Corrales (Inexplicata), and George Filer (Filer's Files) it has been documented
that UFO sightings around the world seem to be increasing both in number
and in quality. In recent years, extraordinary video and photographic evidence
has been presented of flying vehicles that perform like nothing on Earth
- from the remarkable daylight footage of UFOs in Arizona by Jeff Wiles
(www.ufosoverphoenix.com), to the striking daylight videos shot by the
UK's Anthony Woods (www.rense.com/general45/woodsnew1.htm), to videos of
objects that seem to behave like living organisms, or "sky monsters"
(www.rense.com/general50/whatthe.htm.), only the dumb or incorrigible can
remain blind to the reality that is emerging all around us.
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- So-called journalists and professional armchair quarterbacks
like Peter Jennings are unqualified and frankly undeserving to present
this issue to the uninitiated public. Such people are trying to keep the
debate focused on whether or not the UFO phenomenon, or specifically ET
visitation, is real. At the risk of sounding incorrigible myself, I have
to admit that that question no longer interests me. Frankly, I'd rather
listen to a theologian and atheist debate the existence of God than listen
to Joe Nickel and Art Bell debate the existence of aliens.
- Jennings and his ilk don't get it. The jig is up. Those
of us who have been paying attention already know, and no amount of distorted
journalism will change this.
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- The real question we should be wrestling with is, how
will humanity react if and when ET visitation is too evident for even the
most insipid to deny? The possibilities for widespread catastrophe are
too numerous to cite. How "our government" might exploit the
issue is a question that should concern all of us. If you thought the Patriot
Act was bad, just imagine what scheme "our government" might
perpetrate in light of a perceived ALIEN threat?
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- Of course, we also have the real potential for mass panic,
suicides, and religious hysteria. Thanks to the internet and talk radio,
UFOs and aliens, real or imaginary, have given rise to countless pseudo-religions
and cults, as witnessed by the Heaven's Gate tragedy of 1998. Many will
be eager to exit this world if they believe they can catch a ride on the
Plaeidian Express to a better place.
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- It's also worth wondering how billions of Christians
will react if they wake up one morning, and gape at a sky filled with hundreds
of spaceships. Some Evangelicals have already labeled the UFO phenomena
"demonic." Even Pat Robertson is reported to have once said that
"abductees" should be publicly stoned to death. Will Christians
rejoice, repent, or simply freak out on the day of arrival?
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- Most people have no clue how overwhelming the evidence
of ET visitation is, and these folks are in for one hell of a shock, quite
possibly in the near future. Unfortunately, our lack of preparedness is
only exacerbated by the elite media's sloppy, incomplete, and unprofessional
coverage of the issue. The consequences of this might be felt for all time,
because regardless of what Peter Jennings might have us believe, ready
or not, it is COMING.
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