Published on YouTube by Paranormal Videos You may have Missed. June, 2017.
Ron Reagan Show: UFOs (September, 1991) Part 1.
Very rare two-part program from the short-lived TV talk show. Guests: Stanton Friedman, Philip Klass, Jacques Vallee, Buzz Aldrin, Bill Maxwell.
The YouTube video above represents a continuation of the theme about the strange discrepancy between the governments/militaries official standpoint that there is nothing to UFOs and their unofficial interest in and worry about the UFO issue.
Why cannot the government and military officially acknowledge the overwhelming amount of evidence for the reality of the UFO phenomenon (the physical aspect)?
Unfortunately, I am mainly referring to the government, military, and intelligence agencies in and of the United States of America. Of course, the USA is not the only nation suppressing information about the UFO phenomenon (henceforth "the phenomenon"). But there are nations more transparent with their interest in the phenomenon. For example, France; Spain; Chile; Brazil and others. Those nations even have state funded and public investigations of the UFO phenomenon.
Or perhaps we should reason as the living legend Jacques Vallée about the question "cover-up or not?" Vallée, at least as I understand his view on this question, seems to think that we should not focus on the question of a "cover-up or not." I think his reason for saying that is simply because he does not believe in a big cover-up or secrecy, or maybe because he thinks it is not productive in further our understanding of the phenomenon.
In the episode of the Ron Reagan Show above, Vallée enters the show around the 8:00 minutes mark. The people who are most active and dominate the discussion are another living legend, Stanton Friedman, and the late UFO skeptic, Philip J. Klass. The key question they are discussing and arguing about in the show is, "Are UFOs real or not (and what or where is the evidence)?" And the question of a cover-up or not.
By making a post about Jacques Vallée, I am going ahead of myself. For me, Vallée has made the biggest contribution to the field of ufology by looking at the UFO phenomenon from many perspectives and angels. Like his colleague and friend, Dr J. Allen Hynek, Vallée is a rare blend of a rigorous scientist and an open-minded seeker. A scientist and a seeker who is genuinely and intrinsically driven by a need to understand a phenomenon and come closer to the truth (whatever the truth may be).
We will soon explore the most bizarre aspect of the UFO phenomenon. It is the most misunderstood and mythologised aspect of the phenomenon. I am referring to the aspect of "contactees" and "abductions."
Now, this aspect is so infected with speculations, ridicule, and nonsense that the so called "scientific ufologists" do not want to touch it. I can understand why.
On the other hand, I believe that the abduction aspect of the UFO phenomenon is crucial for us to get the complete picture of the phenomenon.
Because I agree with Vallée, Hynek, and others; the UFO phenomenon - with all of its aspects - is an opportunity for us to understand reality, the universe and ourselves profoundly. And in a way that most likely has both its constructive and destructive implications.
For example, if there is any truth in the most credible cases of abductions, then it seems like humanity could be in trouble. If so, then everybody can understand why the secrecy (if any) surrounding the UFO phenomenon must end. If only to acknowledge that people have been traumatised and need professional help and support.
Because, whether we believe in it, people around the world truly believe that they have experienced something extraordinary and life changing (for some positively, for others negatively).
But...
Who or what is behind the abduction and contactee phenomena? Extraterrestrial beings? Interdimensional beings? A secret military program/experiment? A mix of both? Or something or someone totally different? The big question is, of course, why?
At its core, the mystery of alien abductions and contactees is linked to the question of consciousness.
Below you will find links to different interviews with Jacques Vallée, where he talks about the different aspects of the UFO phenomenon and gives his thoughtful views on the abduction/contact aspect.
The first link goes to a radio interview with Vallée done by Skeptiko, the next link to Vallée's own website, and the two last links to written interviews done respectively by FATE magazine and OMNI magazine.
I highly recommend everyone interested in the different aspects of the UFO phenomenon to read the interview with Jacques Vallée, done by Jerome Clark for the FATE Magazine in 1978. The link leads to the website ufoevidence.org, which published the original article under fair trade use.
In the first part of the interview, Vallée shares his thoughts about what he thinks the UFO phenomenon is or is not, and how one should go about investigating and researching the phenomenon in the most effective way(s).
In the second part of the FATE-interview, Vallée goes more in depth on what he means with his "control system" hypothesis of the UFO phenomenon. I will not elaborate on Vallée's "control system" concept here and now, but I find the concept of a "control system" intriguing. I believe Vallée could be on to something essential about the UFO phenomenon with his hypothesis/concept.
I also liked the empathetic touch in his reasoning about what is most important when investigating UFO reports:
Another thought provocative interview with Jacques Vallée, published by OMNI magazine. Some of the content is the same as in the FATE magazine interview. However, there was also some new information (at least for me) about what sparked Vallée's early interest in the UFO phenomenon, the three main hypotheses of the phenomena he believes need further investigation as alternatives to "the spacecraft theory", and more. Also, some cool artwork in the article.
Enjoy and take care!
Below you will find links to different interviews with Jacques Vallée, where he talks about the different aspects of the UFO phenomenon and gives his thoughtful views on the abduction/contact aspect.
The first link goes to a radio interview with Vallée done by Skeptiko, the next link to Vallée's own website, and the two last links to written interviews done respectively by FATE magazine and OMNI magazine.
"So here’s a guy, who’s right in the middle of the computer revolution in Silicon Valley, a world-class computer scientist at the time, and he’s right in the middle of the parapsychology thing, and right in the middle of the UFO thing, and he wrote it all down. And that’s what we’re going to talk about here on Skeptiko."
"Now, this interview covers a lot of ground in the one hour we had and I did have the chance to ask Dr. Vallée directly about the UFO consciousness link that we were talking about on the last episode of Skeptiko and I thought his answer was quite interesting."
I highly recommend everyone interested in the different aspects of the UFO phenomenon to read the interview with Jacques Vallée, done by Jerome Clark for the FATE Magazine in 1978. The link leads to the website ufoevidence.org, which published the original article under fair trade use.
In the first part of the interview, Vallée shares his thoughts about what he thinks the UFO phenomenon is or is not, and how one should go about investigating and researching the phenomenon in the most effective way(s).
In the second part of the FATE-interview, Vallée goes more in depth on what he means with his "control system" hypothesis of the UFO phenomenon. I will not elaborate on Vallée's "control system" concept here and now, but I find the concept of a "control system" intriguing. I believe Vallée could be on to something essential about the UFO phenomenon with his hypothesis/concept.
I also liked the empathetic touch in his reasoning about what is most important when investigating UFO reports:
The thing I really want to emphasize is that the investigator's first responsibility is to the witness and not to the UFO phenomenon. The average witness is in shock because he's had a very traumatic experience; what he's seen is going to change his life. Your intervention, the very fact that you're talking with him about it, is also going to have an effect on him. Now he may say to you, "I need help to understand what I saw," but in fact he needs more immediate help as a human being who is deeply troubled by a very disturbing experience.
Unfortunately this element has been neglected. The more UFO investigators try to appear "professional," the more they ignore that human aspect - and by extension their own ethical obligations. I want to convince my friends in UFO research that whenever we have a choice between obtaining interesting UFO data and taking chances with the life of a human being, we should forget the UFO data.
Another thought provocative interview with Jacques Vallée, published by OMNI magazine. Some of the content is the same as in the FATE magazine interview. However, there was also some new information (at least for me) about what sparked Vallée's early interest in the UFO phenomenon, the three main hypotheses of the phenomena he believes need further investigation as alternatives to "the spacecraft theory", and more. Also, some cool artwork in the article.
Now you know what aspect of the UFO phenomenon we will explore next and after the "cover-up or not" theme. Consider this post with material about Jacques Vallée as a warmup.
Enjoy and take care!
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