The Need
for Exopolitics:
Implications of Extraterrestrial Conspiracy Theories for
Policy Makers & Global Peace
Research Study #1
Published January 20, 2003,
www.exopolitics.org
© Dr
Michael E. Salla
Abstract
According to a September 2002 Roper
poll, two thirds of US citizens don't believe their government is
disclosing the truth about an Extra-Terrestrial (ET) presence over the
last fifty years in the USA, and 60% supported the Federal government
releasing this information. The history of a purported ET presence has
generated numerous books, films, articles, web sites and conspiracy
theories on the various activities and intentions of ETs, and
clandestine efforts by different government agencies to respond to the
ET presence. Many of these popular conspiracy theories are often
inconsistent in terms of the intentions, activities and impact of the
ETs and of the clandestine government organizations created to respond
to the ET presence. These conspiracy theories span the spectrum from a
belligerent desire by ETs to deprive humanity of its sovereign control
of the planet, to a benevolent desire to help humanity solve its myriad
social, economic, and environmental problems; and evolve as a species.
As far as the involvement of clandestine government agencies are
concerned, conspiracy theories range from non-elected government
officials intent on arrogating political power through a 'shadow
government', to an enlightened effort to gradually prepare the general
public for the startling truth concerning the ET presence.
This Research Study is the culmination
of two years research into popular conspiracy theories of an
extraterrestrial presence, clandestine government efforts to keep this
information from the public realm; and of the policy implications for
elected officials and the general public. The Study reviews the
different primary sources supporting an extraterrestrial presence; the
main conspiracy theories or 'ET perspectives' that are generated by
these sources; the main proponents of the different 'perspectives'; the
moral orientation of the respective ET elements found in each
perspective; analyzes the implications for policy makers and the general
public; and finally make a number of policy recommendations that support
the need for exopolitics and which advance global peace.
About the Author
Dr. Michael E. Salla has held
academic appointments in the School of International Service, American
University, Washington DC (1996-2001), and the Department of Political
Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (1994-96).
He taught as an adjunct faculty member at George Washington University,
Washington DC., in 2002. He is currently researching methods of
Transformational Peace as a Researcher in Residence in the Center for
Global Peace (2001-2003) and directing the Center's Peace Ambassador
Program which uses transformational peace techniques for individual
self-empowerment. He has a PhD in Government from the University of
Queensland, Australia, and an MA in Philosophy from the University of
Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of The Hero's Journey Toward
a Second American Century (Greenwood Press, 2002) and
author/co-editor of three other books: Essays on Peace (Central
Queensland University Press, 1995); Why the Cold War Ended
(Greenwood Press, 1995); and Islamic Radicalism, Muslim Nations and
the West (1993). He has authored more than seventy articles,
chapters, and book reviews on peace, ethnic conflict and conflict
resolution. He has conducted research and fieldwork in the ethnic
conflicts in East Timor, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Sri Lanka. He has
organized a number of international workshops involving mid to high
level participants from these conflicts. Further biographical material
is on his website at
www.american.edu/salla/ .
The Need for
Exopolitics: Implications of Extraterrestrial Conspiracy Theories for
Policy Makers and Global Peace (1)
According to a September 2002
Roper poll, two thirds of US citizens don't believe their government is
disclosing the truth about an Extra-Terrestrial (ET) presence over the
last fifty years in the USA, and 60% supported the Federal government
releasing this information. (2) In a May
2001 press conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC.,
twenty 'whistle blowers' from a pool of more than one hundred former US
military, government and aviation officials gave verbal testimony and
provided physical evidence on their participation in clandestine
government projects involving reverse engineering of ET technology,
collaborative projects with ETs or suppression of information involving
UFO's. (3) The television mini-series
produced by Steven Spielberg, Taken, was seen at least in part
by 31 million US viewers in the sixteen day period from its first
episode on December 2, 2002, and has stimulated speculation that the
public is being prepared for official government disclosure on the ET
presence in the near future. (4)
The history of the ET
presence has generated numerous books, films, articles, web sites and
conspiracy theories on the various activities and intentions of ETs, and
clandestine efforts by different governments to respond to the ET
presence. Many of the popular conspiracy theories emerging out of the
burgeoning literature on the ET presence are often inconsistent in terms
of the intentions, activities and impact of the ETs and of the
clandestine government organizations created to respond to the ET
presence. These conspiracy theories span the spectrum from a belligerent
desire by ETs to deprive humanity of its sovereign control of the
planet, to a benevolent desire to help humanity solve its myriad social,
economic, and environmental problems; and evolve as a species. As far as
the involvement of clandestine government organizations are concerned,
conspiracy theories range from non-elected government officials intent
on arrogating political power through a 'shadow government', to an
enlightened effort to prepare the general public for the startling truth
concerning the ET presence.
The intentions and activities
of ETs and of clandestine government organizations created to interface
with ETs, if both are found to be true, has important implications for
how elected government officials and the general public ought to respond
to the whole ET phenomenon as a political problem and a set of policy
options. This becomes especially important with the increasing
likelihood that official government disclosure of an ET presence will
instantly catapult the topic from the shadowy world of conspiracy
theories, alternative science, and New Age philosophy, to mainstream
public policy. Such disclosure will lead to the birth of a new field of
public policy, 'exopolitics', which can be defined as the policy debate
over the choices governments and populations need to make in formulating
and implementing legislative and policy responses to the presence of ETs
in human affairs.
Rather than leaving serious
study of this new field of public policy to a hypothetical
post-disclosure world, this paper advocates that the majority of public
opinion supporting disclosure of government information on ETs; the
expanding literature on the ET presence; and the quality of evidence
substantiating an ET presence, indicates that exopolitics is already a
part of the political landscape. There is a need to outline the main
concepts, theories and information sources used in exopolitics as an
emerging field of public policy.
In this paper, I will review
the sources concerning an ET presence; the main conspiracy theories or
'perspectives' that are generated by these sources; the main proponents
of the different 'perspectives'; the supporting evidence for each
perspective, the moral orientation of the respective ET elements found
in each perspective; and analyze the implications for policy makers and
the general public for those perspectives most supported by the
evidence. I will conclude with a number of policy recommendations that
support the need for exopolitics and which advance global peace
Sources of
Information
The literature on the ET
presence comes from a diverse array of sources that differ greatly in
terms of their reliability, accuracy, and scholarly standards. Virtually
all of these sources operate within the political context of an official
government policy that denies any ET presence or a systematic cover up
of such a presence by clandestine government organizations. This adds to
the difficulty of studying the purported ET presence and accuracy of
sources supporting the various perspectives on such a presence since
official non-disclosure suggests either wholesale misrepresentation or
deception by those supporting such perspectives, or a covert government
program designed to keep this information from elected public officials
and from the general public. If the latter is indeed the case, which the
evidence to be presented indicates, then it seems clear that the study
of exopolitics will be compounded by officially sponsored acts of
disinformation, official denial, and even intimidation by clandestine
government organizations. This contextualizes the question of accuracy
of sources supporting the ET presence since it cannot be simply assumed
that these are honest reports by independent witnesses or former
government employees, and not part of an officially sanctioned program
of disinformation designed to distract public opinion in whole or in
part from the truth about the ET presence.
I will now begin by
describing the main sources supporting the ET presence, and which
provide the content of the different ET perspectives to be outlined
later in this paper. These sources will be grouped together in terms of
five categories, and these categories will be presented in the order
that would appear most persuasive for the critical reader in a
pre-disclosure political environment. These sources will be assigned a
ranking in terms of evidentiary strength somewhere in the range:
Strong-Moderate-Weak. These rankings are not used to dismiss
the relevance of the evidence of an ET presence provided by different
sources, but solely to determine what evidence provides the strongest
support for an ET presence. These rankings will subsequently be used in
analyzing the political relevance of the different perspectives on the
ET presence to be examined later.
Category A - Whistle
Blowers
The first category of sources
of information on an ET presence are reports and testimonies of former
government or military officials, and/or civilian aviation personnel who
have had first hand experience of UFOs and/or evidence of the ET
presence. The most famous UFO incident in the US is the reported crash
of an ET occupied saucer shaped craft in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947.
The initial finding of the Army Intelligence officer sent to the site,
Major Jesse Marcel, was that debris from the crash was that of a 'flying
disk'. A press release was then authorised by the information officer at
the Roswell Army Airbase on the morning of July 8.
(5) This immediately caused world wide headlines and after
Major Marcel was ordered to Washington, DC., Brigadier-General Roger
Ramey announced to the world press that Major Marcel was mistaken and
the 'flying disc' was an experimental weather balloon. In a subsequent
interview years after the incident that boosted claims of a government
conspiracy to cover up what happened at Roswell, Major Marcel asserted
that he was silenced by superiors, and said, "It was not anything from
this Earth. That I'm quite sure of ... Being in intelligence, I was
familiar with all materials used in aircraft and in air travel. This was
nothing like this. It could not have been." (6)
Over the last five decades
since the Roswell crash, there has been a slow but steady stream of
former government or military officials willing to come forth and reveal
information about the ET presence. It should be pointed out that these
former officials have usually taken secrecy oaths not to reveal
information about their former duties and run the risk of considerable
financial or criminal penalties for violating their oaths, as well as
risking reputations and friendships developed over the years of their
official service. A prominent whistle blower recently revealing his
official activities involving the ET presence is a former senior
Pentagon official, Colonel Philip Corso (ret), who served in the
Eisenhower administration and later headed the Foreign Technology Desk
in the Army's Research and Development department. After more than
thirty years of silence, Colonel Corso publically revealed in his 1997
book, The Day After Roswell, that he led a top secret
clandestine project to reverse engineer ET technology recovered from the
Roswell crash. (7) He wrote that his
project successfully released a number of these reverse engineered ET
technologies for both the military and civilian sectors. Companies that
benefitted from this clandestine project included IBM, Hughes Aircraft,
Bell Labs, and Dow Corning. Corso claims that the rapid technological
advances over the last 50 years, in fibre optics, integrated circuit
chips, night-vision equipment, and super tenacity fibers such as Kevlar
body armor, were a direct result of these clandestine projects.
Despite repeated denials of
secret government programs to reverse engineer the ET technology
recovered at Roswell and other crash scenes, sustained government
efforts at suppression of the ET presence continue to be compromised by
the disclosure of former military, government and aviation officials
that they have participated in these clandestine projects and/or
witnessed UFO's and/or even ETs. Dr Steven Greer, director of the
Disclosure Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending the
official secrecy of the ET presence, introduced a select number of these
witnesses to the press and general public at a May 2001 Press Conference
at the National Press Club in Washington DC. Dr Greer has altogether
gathered the testimonies of more than 100 witnesses on tape and video
format and made these available for the general public and for a
congressional inquiry. (8)
As a source of information on
an ET presence, these former government, military and aviation officials
have high credibility due to the activities they performed as a part of
their official positions. The financial and legal penalties these former
officials risk in violating their secrecy oaths, and the possible damage
to their reputations and friendships, suggest individuals with high
integrity that are disturbed over continued non-disclosure of the ET
presence and a hidden government conspiracy to cover this up. To
conclude, this category of information can be ranked as 'strong'
due to the verifiable credentials of those claiming to have
first hand experience of an ET presence, the coherence of their
testimonies, and their overall number.
Category B - Witness
Reports
The second category of
information sources on an ET presence are the testimonies of those who
have witnessed ETs/UFOs. and/or been contacted by ETs. These form the
bulk of the available literature on the ET presence. These sources are
often accompanied by physical evidence in terms of photographs, videos,
medical x-rays, or even ET artifacts, and have been so overwhelming in
their frequency and scope that the US Airforce launched three
consecutive inquiries of these that were designated Operation Sign
(1947-48); Operation Grudge (1948-52); and Operation Blue Book
(1952-69). (9) Project Blue Book
dismissed the overwhelming mass of the evidence given in 12,618
sightings as misidentified aircraft or explainable by natural causes,
and left a relatively small proportion of cases, 701, as "unidentified".
An independent assessment by the University of Colorado, the Condon
Report, recommended terminating Project Blue Book.
(10) Rather than ending the matter of UFO visitation this only
generated more controversy over what many argued to be the Chairman's
bias in ignoring important evidence and recommending termination of the
Project. For many, the Condon report was yet another instance of a
cleverly orchestrated secret government conspiracy to hide the truth
from the American public.
Despite the controversy over
termination of the most well known official inquiry into the UFO
phenomenon, new witness and contact reports continued to stream in
adding to the already impressive amount of material supporting an ET
presence. Prominent among those dissatisfied with the termination of
Project Blue Book and desiring a more thorough and transparent inquiry
was Dr Allen Hynek. (11) Dr Hynek, a
prominent astronomer, served as the Astronomical consultant on projects
Grudge and Blue Book between 1949-69; and began as a prominent debunker
of what he disparaged as the "'psychological postwar craze' for flying
saucers that seemed to be sweeping the country and at the naivete and
gullibility of our fellow human beings who were being taken in by such
obvious 'nonsense'." (12) He
subsequently became a powerful advocate of the credibility of the
evidence supporting an ET presence; and gave interviews, wrote
extensively, and organized scholarly research of the UFO phenomenon as
Director of the Center for UFO studies. (13)
Much of the information
deriving from individuals claiming to have been contacted/abducted by ET
craft has come through the pioneering work of the highly respected Dr
John Mack, a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, in treating
individuals supposedly suffering the effects of such visitations. Using
a variety of therapeutic tools, including hypnosis, Dr Mack found
surprising consistency in the disparate and unrelated cases he examined.
He has published his findings in a number of books and scholarly
journals, which subsequently became the topic of a popular film.
(14)
Overall, the second category
of information is distinguished by the coherence and consistency of the
disparate witness reports and evidence gathered of an ET presence. The
researchers and collators of this information are highly credentialed
and typically use rigorously developed scientific standards in assessing
the evidence. Nevertheless, the degree of subjectivity of their role as
collators of the experiences of, and evidence from, individuals who in
most instances can report only on an isolated aspect of the ET presence,
requires placing this Category slightly below Category A sources in
terms of evidentiary strength. This source category will hence be
ranked, strong-moderate.
Category C - Remote
Viewing
The third category of sources
comes from participants in Remote Viewing projects. Remote Viewing is an
intelligence gathering technique that was the subject of several
government funded projects organized at the Stanford Research Institute
from the early 1970's to 1989. (15)
Pioneered by researchers Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff, Remote Viewing
projects trained participants to spatially dislocate a part of their
consciousness to designated locations, unknown to the remote viewers, in
order to gain intelligence information. (16)
Remote viewers were simply given a set of coordinates consisting of
randomly generated numerical codes, and instructed to report on what
they observed. The apparent success of these projects as an intelligence
gathering tool on an ET presence and other topics of interest to various
intelligence agencies, led to numerous individuals being trained in the
rigorous standards and protocols of this process. A number of these
remote viewers subsequently wrote of their experiences in observing the
ET presence, and began training others in this process. Among the more
prominent of these has been Dr Courtney Brown who has written two books
on Remote Viewing that focus on the ET presence, and is attempting to
further develop Remote Viewing as a scientifically credible intelligence
gathering tool. (17)
Given the novelty and
relatively recent emergence of Remote Viewing as an intelligence
gathering tool that has a plausible, though controversial, scientific
foundation, this category of information may be ranked below the first
two in terms of reliability and objectivity. This category therefore can
be assigned a ranking of moderate.
Category D - Independent
Archeology
A fourth category of sources
is the work of archeologists who specialize in translating or
interpreting archeological evidence of an historic ET presence. Often
led by 'independent archeologists' who operate outside of mainstream
archeology based in public institutions and universities, the theories
and translations of the extensive public archives and monuments from the
ancient world offered by these independent archeologists, continue to
attract world wide audiences. Among the more prominent is Graham
Hancock, whose Fingerprints of the Gods, proved to be an
enormous best seller, with its speculative theories based on forgotten
ancient civilizations and astronomical pointers to the homes of distant
ET ancestors. (18) Another prominent
example is the Sumerian scholar Zechariah Sitchin who translated
thousands of ancient Sumerian cuneiform texts that described an ancient
ET presence on the planet. (19) While
formerly independent, such authors typically produce high quality works
that continue to generate controversy among mainstream archeologists.
The controversy and subjectivity surrounding these debates of the
archeological evidence of an ancient ET presence, requires a low ranking
to this category of information. Therefore, evidence in this category
will be assigned a ranking of weak-moderate.
Category E - Channeling
The fifth and most
controversial source of information on an ET presence are the works of
those claiming to be in telepathic communication with different ET
races. A majority of these 'channels' have few academic or professional
credentials, yet this has not impeded them from gaining international
prominence as leaders or spokespersons in the Alternative/New Age
movement. In something akin to a burgeoning social movement with global
reach and accompany religious devotion, many hundreds of thousands if
not millions of supporters attest to the transformative effect of these
messages from ETs, and emancipatory value of these messages for all
humanity. Many of these channels support the idea that an ET presence
has existed on the planet for millennia, and that there exists an
officially sanctioned government conspiracy that is global in its reach
to keep this presence secret from the general public. In terms of the
evidentiary standards for information sources, due to the highly
subjective nature of channeled material, this category can be assigned
the low ranking of weak.
In sum, the sources of
information on an ET presence differ widely in terms of: academic and
professional credentials of those making such a case; the physical
evidence provided; the subjectivity of those interpreting or providing
the evidence; the coherence and consistency of the claims concerning an
ET presence; the intentions and activities of ETs, and their moral
orientation which typically falls somewhere along the range,
benevolent-neutral-malevolent. What follows is an attempt to analyze
these different sources of information and the conspiracy theories they
generate in terms of four main perspectives on an ET presence. Each of
these perspectives will be analyzed in terms of its main themes,
principal supporters, evidentiary strength, and moral orientation
ascribed to the ET presence.
Intruder Perspective
In the 'Intruder
perspective', ETs are depicted as off-world beings who have traveled
great interstellar distances and, without announcing themselves or
gaining permission, have repeatedly violated US air space and abducted
citizens for genetic experiments for purposes yet to be fully
determined. In a popular 1987 book by Budd Hopkins titled simply,
Intruders, he supports the idea of ETs being intrusive in their
manner of collecting and experimenting with genetic material taken from
abductees. (20) A rather bellicose
presentation of the Intruder perspective is made by Col Philip Corso who
describes the ETs as repeatedly violating US airspace, abducting US
citizen's for the extraction and manipulation of genetic material and
having purposes that pose a direct threat to US national interests. Col
Corso advocates that the US needs to use the recovered ET technology for
building a new generation of weapons capable of shooting down ETs
anywhere around the planet. Indeed, he claims that over the years the US
has been very successful in using this reverse engineered technology to
shoot down some of these ET craft, but more effort and resources need to
be committed for a comprehensive global defensive shield. Testimony
provided by witnesses in the Disclosure Project support Corso's view
that such a clandestine operation targeting ET flights has been underway
for some time, however they depict the ETs as not retaliating to these
hostile actions by US military forces. (21)
The ETs recovered from these
downed UFO's are commonly described as being approximately four feet
tall, with a gray complexion (hence their name 'Grays'), with a large
head disproportionate to its small thin and wiry body, with large
almond-shaped eyes, a very small mouth, and no organs for sexual
reproduction. (22) The 'Grays' home star
system is reported as Zeta Reticulum, in the constellation of Orion.
Some former officials and/or employees involved in these clandestine
projects report to have seen live ETs at various bases thereby giving
credence to the reports that a treaty was signed as early as 1954,
during the Eisenhower administration, granting rights to ETs to
establish joint bases for technological sharing on US soil, and placing
strict limits on the biological experimentation the Grays were
conducting with US citizens. A source for such a treaty having been
signed is former Naval Intelligence officer Bill Cooper who was part of
a briefing team for the Commander of the US Pacific Fleet, and is widely
cited by conspiracy theorists advocating the Intruder perspective.
(23)
Former officials involved in
clandestine projects run by different government agencies, claim that
the Grays communicate through telepathic thought exchange, and use
thought to activate the advanced technology and navigation instruments
of their space craft. (24) The idea that
telepathy is the standard communication means of ETs gives plausibility
to the claims of numerous civilian sources that they have been contacted
by ETs and conducted telepathic communication with them. Dr John Mack,
in his evaluation of hundreds of patients exhibiting symptoms of ET
abduction, claims that many of these communicated through telepathy with
the Grays. (25) In reports on the
content of the telepathic communication with the Grays,
abductees/contactees have reported that the Grays' survival as a species
is threatened due to genetic degradation as a result of the repeated use
of cloning for reproductive purposes. The Grays say they need to create
a hybrid race that integrates the human and Gray genes in order for the
continuation of their species. It is claimed that with the creation of
this hybrid race, the Grays will somehow be able to transfer their
'essence' or 'consciousness' as individuals into the hybrid thereby
perpetuating the continuation of their race.
In sum, the 'Intruder
perspective' describes the intentions, abduction activities, genetic
experiments, violations of US and allied airspace, and advanced
technology of ETs as intrusive. The moral categories used to describe
the Gray intruders are primarily neutral since while their activities
are clearly described as intrusive, there appears to be few, if any,
hostile actions taken against US government forces or the civilian
population taken aboard and later released from Gray ETVs
(Extraterrestrial Vehicles). The main focus for conspiracy theorists in
this perspective are clandestine government agencies desiring to
withhold the truth of the ET presence from the general public. The
sources of information for this perspective are drawn from all
categories, with an emphasis on the Whistleblower and Witness Reports
categories. Given the strong evidentiary rankings ascribed to these two
source categories, conspiracy theories surrounding the Intruder
perspective can be judged to have strong evidentiary
support.
Manipulator
Perspective
This perspective covers
conspiracy theories suggesting that an advanced race of ETs with
enhanced psychic abilities and superior technology, has been either
overtly controlling or covertly manipulating humanity ever since the
first human presence on the planet. Elaborating on this theme of ET
'manipulation', Bill Cooper writes: "[t]hroughout our history the Aliens
have manipulated and/or ruled the human race through various secret
societies, religion, magic, witchcraft, and the occult."
(26) It is even claimed that these ETs played a direct role in
creating the human species.
The most often cited
scholarly source for conspiracy theorists falling into this perspective
is the Sumerian scholar Zechariah Sitchin. (27)
In his translations of thousands of Sumerian cuneiform texts, Sitchin
describes how an ancient ET race, described by the Sumerians as the
Anunnaki or as the Nephilim in the Old Testament, created humanity by
genetic engineering. Mixing their own DNA with that of the primates then
existing on Earth, the Anunnaki created humanity in order to exploit it
as a slave race and a natural resource for the Anunnaki. The Anunnaki
are described as giants more than 8 feet tall, who have both humanoid
and reptilian factions, but the latter could shape shift back and forth
between these forms and into others when it so suited them. Sitchin
claimed that these are the same beings variously described in the Book
of Genesis, the Book of Enoch, and that biblical stories of the Elohim,
rebel angels and the Serpent referred to the conflict between different
factions of the Anunnaki over how to manage humanity.
(28)
Sitchin describes this ET
race as having overt control of the human population for millennia, but
then largely disappearing from the scene approximately 5000 years ago
after an intense factional battle between them. Presumably, the bulk of
the Anunnaki left the scene believing it was no longer necessary to
exercise direct rule over a humanity that was ready for self-rule.
However, a rebel cohort that disagreed, comprised elements of the
Reptilian faction who remained behind intent on secretly monitoring and
influencing human affairs from deep underground ET bases to demonstrate
how unfit humanity was to exercise stewardship over the planet Earth.
Such a scenario is consistent with the chronology used by the Egyptian
historian Manetho who claimed that prior to the 30 dynasties of human
kings that ruled Egypt, there was direct rule by the Gods and the
demigods. (29)
The view that remnant
Anunnaki ETs are hidden on Earth is supported by Dr Courtney Brown and
others who have conducted extensive remote viewing sessions on the
presence of ET races on and off the planet. (30)
Brown has concluded that a rebel faction of Anunnaki, who he and others
describe as Reptilians, is concealed on Earth and it is estranged from
the larger body of their race. According to the investigative
journalist, Jim Marrs, (31) and the
controversial British author, David Icke, (32)
this remaining band of Anunnaki, has influenced humanity through human
proxies that eventually became the aristocratic families of Europe and
other nations. These human elites maintained certain esoteric traditions
by which they could maintain contact with those Anunnaki rebels
concealed in different locations on Earth. Brown, Marrs and Icke claim
that this advanced race covertly influences humanity in order to produce
resources that sustain these hidden ETs. (33)
The author/channel Alex Collier, claims that the small number of
Anunnaki beings at the moment concealed on Earth eagerly await the
return of the Anunnaki elite, who they hope will end the secrecy of the
Anunnaki history and presence, and reestablish overt Anunnaki control
and end the need to rule covertly through unreliable human proxies.
(34) Brown describes the Anunnaki remnants as often being in
conflict with the ET intruders, the Grays. (35)
In the Stargate
Conspiracy, Lynne Pickett and Clive Prince describe the process by
which this advanced race of ETs established religion as a control
instrument for humanity. (36) They argue
that clandestine government agencies are aware of the Anunnaki remnants
on Earth and are divided over how to respond to the anticipated return
of the Anunnaki elites in the immediate future who may attempt to
reestablish overt control over the planet. Brown, Picknett and Prince
claim that clandestine government programs are using 'exotic'
technologies such as psychotronic weapons activated by thought, enhanced
psychic abilities, 'star gates', and even time travel, to militarily
prepare for the return of the Anunnaki who possess a technology supposed
to be superior to anything reverse engineered from downed Gray space
craft. (37)
Conspiracy theories falling
into this perspective suggest that humanity needs to counter subversive
efforts of the concealed Anunnaki remnants, and prepare for the
potential threat posed by the returning Anunnaki who may attempt to
deprive humanity of their sovereignty by reestablishing overt control on
the basis of global mismanagement by human elites. This perspective
suggests those Anunnaki remnants concealed on Earth continue to
manipulate international events through human proxies to create the
right international environment to influence the decision of their
superiors. War, poverty, and environmental collapse are presumed to
constitute the favorable climate for the return of the Anunnaki elites
who would present themselves as saviors of humanity who would solve
these problems and punish human elites responsible for them.
The moral categories used to
describe the Anunnaki presence, in contrast to the Gray ET presence,
clearly fall into the malevolent range. There are few morally redemptive
features of the ET presence concealed on Earth, and suspicion over the
intentions of the larger body of Anunnaki presumed to be returning. In
contrast to the intruder perspective which focused on a clandestine
government conspiracy not to reveal the ET presence, this perspective
focuses on an ET conspiracy to subvert and control humanity through
human proxies. The primary information sources for conspiracy theories
in this perspective are drawn, in order, from the last three categories
of Remote Viewing, Independent Archeology, and Channeling. Given the
weak to moderate evidentiary strength ascribed to these information
sources, a ranking of weak/moderate evidentiary support
can be given to this perspective.
Helper Perspective
According to conspiracy
theories that fall into this perspective, ETs are here to help humanity
deal with a myriad of political, socioeconomic and environmental
problems, but this is not disclosed to the general public by clandestine
government agencies. The ETs in this category are described as humanoid
in appearance, with a height of 8 feet and above, and often having the
physical characteristics of Northern Europeans.
(38) Some of the principal supporters of this perspective
include Dr Steven Greer who has personally interviewed and analyzed
hundreds of whistleblower testimonies on the ET presence that support
their benevolent intent and actions; Dr Richard Boylan who has
interviewed an extensive number of witnesses of ETs and their craft; and
Alfred Webre a former Science adviser to the Carter White House now
based at the Stanford Research Institute who is a pioneer in advanced
communication techniques with ET races. (39)
According to this
perspective, the helper ETs are here to assist humanity in a number of
interrelated ways. First, the helper ETs assist humanity in empowering
themselves by developing more advanced levels of consciousness whereby
humans use a greater proportion of their inherent psychic capacity and
spiritual potential. The theme of self-empowerment through spiritual
activities such as prayer, meditation and connecting with the energy
field of the planet is a recurring theme in descriptions of what the
Helper ETs are attempting to teach global humanity.
(40) Second, ETs pass down knowledge of advanced technologies
and alternative energy sources that are more harmonious with the
biosphere which they regard as a living organism which needs to be
protected. The early twentieth century inventor, Nikola Tesla, is often
cited as one assisted by ETs to develop and disseminate these
environmentally friendly technologies. Third, ETs play an important role
in encouraging humanity to achieve peaceful resolution of international
conflict, and in preventing nuclear proliferation and the use of other
destructive weapons. Finally, the helper ETs describe the Milky Way
galaxy, and indeed the universe, as being populated by numerous advanced
civilizations. (41)
A number of former government
and military officials have provided testimony that support this
perspective of ETs as helpers. ETs have displayed significant concern
for nuclear weapons and even, in some instances, disarmed nuclear
weapons. According to Captain Robert Salas in testimony given in
December 2000 as part of the Disclosure Project, 16 nuclear armed
missiles were simultaneously disarmed in two separate launch facilities
after guards reported UFO's hovering over two NORAD facilities in March
1967. (42) Other sources report that
during the early years of the Eisenhower administration, a group of ETs
secretly met with US government officials appointed to deal with the ET
question, and offered to assist with a number of environmental,
technological, political and socioeconomic problems, with the sole
condition that the US dismantle its nuclear arsenal.
(43) When the government officials declined, this group of ETs
subsequently withdrew and played no role in the government's clandestine
program to reverse engineer ET technology for advanced weaponry.
According to the statements from witnesses in the Disclosure Project, a
number of 'free energy technologies' are possessed and used by the
government, but are not disclosed to the general population.
(44) According to Dr Richard Boylan, the B2 stealth bomber
operates largely using anti-gravity technology for its propulsion system
but this is not disclosed to the general public who believe it relies on
conventional fuel sources. (45) It is
claimed that these 'helper ETs' would subsequently concentrate their
efforts with consciousness raising of the general public; warning of the
hazards of nuclear and 'exotic' weapon systems reverse engineered from
ET technology; limiting the environmental impact of clandestine
projects; encouraging the development of alternatives to using fossil
fuel as an energy source; and preparing the general populace for
eventual disclosure of the ET presence.
The rapidly growing
information of these helper ETs comes from an extensive range of
sources. Former military and government 'whistle blowers' have revealed
the activities of clandestine government agencies and interests opposed
to incorporating ET technology into the public arena.
(46) An extensive number of witnesses of these Helper ETs
continue to make reports about being physically visited by helper ETs
and communicating with them either by both verbal and/or telepathic
means, that are collected and closely analyzed by a number of highly
credentialed individuals and organizations. (47)
Further sources of information are participants in scientific remote
viewing projects either conducted under governmental supervision or
private organizations; and individuals who claim to be in telepathic
communication with these helper ETs and often become popular 'channels'
of insights for the general public.
In sum, the Helper ET
perspective depicts the ET presence as being clearly benevolent in their
moral orientation, and that their intentions and activities aim to
assist humanity deal with a range of global issues, including rogue ET
elements intent on destabilizing global institutions, the biosphere or
abducting the human population. The conspiracy theories that stem from
this perspective focus on the efforts of clandestine governmental
organizations to suppress information of the presence of the ET helpers,
and even contrive a military conflict with ETs in general in order to
maintain the status quo. The primary information sources for conspiracy
theories in this perspective are drawn from all the categories, with the
most persuasive being from the Whistle blower and Witness categories.
This suggests strong evidentiary support for this
perspective
Watcher Perspective
The fourth perspective can be
distinguished from the first three insofar as it relies exclusively on
the last two categories of sources - individuals claiming to be in
telepathic contact with ETs from higher dimensions and independent
archeologists. (48) The main idea
advocated by these authors is that many ETs are primarily here to simply
observe how humanity resolves its numerous societal and global conflicts
at a time when cosmic energy surges in the solar system and the galaxy
adds to the intensity of these conflicts. Apparently, humanity
represents an elaborate galactic experiment designed to influence the
whole galaxy in how it responds to the galaxy wide energy surges.
According, to this
perspective, the current period corresponds to the concurrent transition
of a number of time cycles revealed by the Mayan Calender.
(49) The resulting cyclic transitions lead to an
intensification of all the energetic aspects of civilizations which,
according to the supporters of this perspective, leads to two likely
outcomes. One is that the civilization implodes due to the
intensification of all the latent conflicts and dysfunctional energies
that come to the surface and prove to be unmanageable. The second
outcome is that the energy surges make it possible for a jump in
evolution from the 'dimensional reality' that a particular civilization
finds itself in, to a higher dimension where more refined powers of
creation are possible. The planet Earth, Humanity and the galaxy, it is
claimed, has a deadline to prepare for this transition to a higher
dimensional or 'density' level at the end of the current 5200 year cycle
of the Mayan Calendar in December 2012. (50)
The 'channels' promoting this
perspective, suggest that the Watcher ETs knew that due to the history
of the galaxy a devastating galactic war would be likely to break out
with the forthcoming energy surge. (51)
In order to prevent this from happening, the Watcher ETs decided to
sponsor a hybrid race that would comprise the diverse genetic pools
found in the galaxy. As a result of genetic interbreeding, and physical
interventions by differing ET races at appointed times, this race of
beings would experience a history that closely mirrored that of the
galaxy. If this hybrid race could resolve its internal differences by
the time of the energy transition to achieve a comprehensive political
unity, then this would provide an example for the rest of the Galaxy for
how to proceed in dealing with its own history of galactic conflict.
Thus it is claimed that the human race was born as a 'Great Experiment'
whose true purpose was known only to the Watcher ETs and the prophetic
elite of other ET races. (52)
In sum, the Watcher
perspective suggests that a galactic/cosmic conspiracy exists where
humanity has been set up to create a solution to a galactic problem not
of its own making. The Watcher ETs are represented as merely observing
how humanity integrates its diverse heritage and resolves the historic
conflicts expected to emerge over the next decade. Rather than directly
intervening in human affairs, the ET Watchers are portrayed primarily as
observers who over the course of millennia are somehow able to influence
or decide which other ET races are allowed to intervene in human
affairs. The ET Watchers are depicted as being able to calculate the
effects of such interventions in a way that predisposes humanity to
arriving at a uniquely human solution to a complex galactic problem.
The moral dimension of this
perspective is neutral due to the observational nature of the ETs
described, and the long term effort involved in promoting and learning
from the 'human experiment'. The primary information sources for this
perspective are drawn overwhelmingly from Category E, Channels, thereby
suggesting weak evidentiary support for this
perspective.
Despite its weak evidentiary
support base, an interesting aspect of this perspective is that it
integrates the earlier perspectives into what appears to be a coherent
conspiracy framework integrating all the other conspiracy theories. One
might view this perspective as the 'mother of all conspiracies', where
this grand galactic conspiracy by higher dimensional ET races, lays the
foundations and rules for all other conspiracies involving ET races and
human elites. A summary for all the perspectives examined, and the
various conspiracy theories, moral orientations, primary sources and
evidentiary support ascribed to each perspective is presented in Table
1.
Table 1: Summary of ET
Perspectives and Conspiracy Theories
|
Perspective |
Source of Conspiracy
|
ET Moral Orientation |
Primary Sources
(Top 3)
|
Evidentiary Support |
|
Intruder |
Clandestine Government
Organizations |
Neutral
|
Whistleblowers
Witnesses
Remote Viewers |
Strong |
|
Manipulator |
Remnant Anunnaki ETs |
Malevolent
|
Remote Viewers
Independent Archeology
Channels |
Weak/Moderate |
|
Helper |
Clandestine Government
Organizations |
Benevolent |
Whistleblowers Witnesses
Remote Viewers
|
Strong |
|
Observer |
Watcher ETs |
Neutral
|
Independent Archeology
Channels |
Weak |
Implications of
Exopolitics for Policy Makers & Global Peace
Much of what has been written
so far will predictably have little impact in the policy making
community in the event of a continued government policy of
non-disclosure of the ET presence and of clandestine government projects
set up to deal with different aspects of this presence. Recent signals
that the US government and other governments are deliberately leaking
information supporting the ET presence, suggests that some form of
official disclosure can be predicted in the near future. Numerous
authors affirm that the government has been recently pursuing a policy
of acclimation, preparing the general public for disclosure of the ET
presence. (53) The emergence of hundreds
of former government, intelligence and military officials who have
become, or are willing to become, 'whistle blowers' on their
participation in clandestine projects and/or suppression of information
involving ETs gives credence to some form of acclimation program. While
discussion of the ET presence might appear premature given official
non-disclosure of such a presence, the evidentiary support determined
earlier for a variety of perspectives on the ET presence, will assist in
making a case for when such a discussion is appropriate.
Of the four perspectives two
were found to have weak evidentiary support. The Manipulator perspective
had a ranking of weak/moderate evidentiary support which suggests that
it would be premature to discuss its policy implications until such time
that stronger evidence is found to support this perspective.
(54) The fourth perspective, the Watcher, had the weakest
evidentiary support among all of the perspectives. Once again, it would
be premature to discuss the policy implications of this perspective in
the absence of stronger support to validate such an ET presence.
(55) I will now review the two perspectives, Intruder and
Helper, found to have the strongest evidentiary support, and their
implications for policy makers and global peace.
The 'Intruder perspective'
has a high degree of evidentiary support and therefore merits close
scrutiny in terms of its policy implications. This perspective portrays
the ET presence as intrusive and a potential threat, and thereby lends
itself to US and allied government policy responses that supports the
acquisition and use of reverse engineered ET weaponry in addition to
other exotic weapons gained in clandestine projects. This perspective
suggests an ongoing military confrontation where the US and allied
governments militarily cooperate in ways designed to counter what is
perceived as a potential ET threat. While this may encourage greater
global political cooperation, it does so on the basis of a clandestine
and coordinated military build up that would at best translate into a
form of non-belligerence, rather than global peace, which characterized
much of the Cold War era. A Cold War therefore prevails where the
physical aspects of this conflict with ETs is kept hidden from public
awareness, but consumes national resources as those policy makers
participating in clandestine government organizations, try to upgrade
defense industries to better contain or confront ETs anywhere on the
planet in which they appear.
As analysis of this
perspective pointed out earlier, intrusiveness can be distinguished from
hostility or aggression. There is little evidence that the gray ETs have
displayed hostility or aggression to either military forces or the
civilian population. It may therefore be concluded that it is premature
to support a Cold War type confrontation with this ET race. This
suggests that resources devoted to a secret military confrontation need
to be restricted and placed under close scrutiny by elected public
officials who would be more responsive to a responsible policy debate
over how to interact with the Gray ET species.
The third perspective, the
Helper, has strong evidentiary support which merits discussion of its
implications for policy makers. This perspective poses a difficult
challenge for those political leaders since it is based on a policy of
disarmament of a range of reverse engineered and exotic weaponry,
nuclear weapons, and other destructive weaponry that presumably harm the
biosphere. For example, weapons such as extremely long wave (ELF) sonic
waves used for sonar tracking in the oceans, presumably to monitor ET
activities, cause great harm to marine life. Similarly, the
High-frequency Active Auroral Research Project (HAARP) which uses
microwaves deflected off the Ionosphere, also causes environmental
damage and is argued to be an instrument of mind control.
(56) These weapon systems were included in a comprehensive
list of space-based weapon system that a congressional representative
from Ohio, Dennis Kucinich, introduced for consideration as a bill by
the US congress in October 2001. (57) In
implementing such a wide-ranging disarmament program as outlined in
Kucinich's bill, The Space Preservation Act, policy makers
would be confronted with the dilemma of sacrificing what they perceive
to be the chief means of a military defense in the case of future
conflict with an ET race. The helper ETs suggest that through a radical
overhaul of human society to empower individuals, eradicate social and
economic inequalities, adopting environmentally sustainable energy
sources, and using new technologies for communication and
transportation, humanity would ultimately develop more viable form of
global defense against ET interference.
The implications for global
peace suggested by the ET helper perspective is that primary obstacles
to peace are clandestine government projects that use reverse engineered
technology and exotic weapons with little regard to the damage caused to
the biosphere, the refusal to disclose the true nature and motivations
of the ET helper's presence, and government secrecy over the discovery
of alternative energy sources that can relieve pressure on the biosphere
as a result of fossil fuel consumption. Accordingly, efforts such as the
Disclosure Project organized by Dr Stephen Greer focus on the illegal
secrecy of these clandestine projects and institutions, and the
importance of alternative energy sources for preventing environmental
catastrophe and international conflict.
This perspective offers the
most far reaching vision of a global peace where humanity comes together
to eradicate social, environment and economic problems by responsibly
incorporating ET technology. While the third perspective is morally
desirable, it poses the greatest challenge to policy makers who have
exercised clandestine control over the ET question, and who have an
ingrained disposition that military defense is the best insurance
against intrusive ET activities and the technological superiority of
such races. This suggests that the clandestine decision making processes
originally designed as a safeguard against ET interference, need to be
reassessed and placed under close scrutiny by elected public officials
who would be more responsive to a responsible public debate over how to
deal with the difficult question of disarmament and the ET presence.
Policy
Recommendations - the Need for Exopolitics and
advancing Global Peace
It has been concluded that of
the four perspectives comprising a range of conspiracy theories on an ET
presence, two have sufficient evidentiary support to be seriously
considered by policy makers, and to be further studied. On the basis of
evidence supporting these two perspectives, the following five policy
recommendations can be made.
First, the quality of
evidence substantiating an ET presence and clandestine government cover
up has a significant degree of credibility and persuasiveness. This
supports the creation a new field of public policy, exopolitics, which
would study these two perspectives in the current political climate of
an officially sanctioned government policy of non-disclosure of the ET
presence. There is therefore a need to outline the main concepts,
theories and information sources used in exopolitics as an emerging
field of public policy. Furthermore, efforts need to be devoted to
analyzing the policy implications of exopolitics in all areas where the
ET presence has an impact.
Second, there is a need to
promote official government disclosure of an ET presence, and to make
more representative the policy making process that has evolved in
government responses to such a presence. The magnitude of the issues
raised by the ET presence merits a vigorous public debate over the ET
presence and how to interact with ET races. This would lead to a more
representative decision making process in contrast to what the evidence
suggests is a restricted decision making process on the ET presence run
by a small number of government officials 'appointed' in a manner which
raises serious concerns over their accountability, constitutional status
and lack of congressional oversight.
Third, there is a need to
reveal the full nature of national security policies undertaken by
clandestine government organizations in militarily responding to the ET
presence. Evidence provided by a number of sources reveals a clandestine
government policy that uses reverse engineered ET weaponry in addition
to other exotic weapons gained in clandestine projects to target and
bring down ETVs. The evidence suggests that a covert military
confrontation has been underway for more than fifty years where the US
and other major governments have been secretly cooperating in ways
designed to monitor, contain and engage with what is viewed as a
potential ET threat. Such a coordinated military response around the
globe to an ET presence consumes national resources as clandestine
government organizations, try to upgrade defense industries to better
contain or confront ETs, while keeping the general public and elected
officials ignorant of these military activities.
Fourth, there is a need to
release into the public arena all knowledge about alternative energy
sources which have a commercial application but are withheld on national
security grounds. There is substantial evidence to suggest that reverse
engineered ET technologies have been used in the development of energy
sources for 'black projects' such as the anti-gravity propulsion system
that is claimed to fuel the B2 bomber. Given the environmental impact of
the continued use of fossil fuel energy, there is a need to release into
the public arena all available technologies that have commercial
application.
The final policy
recommendation is that there needs to be more effort in determining the
extent to which congressional oversight is required for organizations
created to deal with the ET presence. There is evidence to suggest that
elected public officials including even sitting Presidents, have been
denied access to information on the ET presence on the basis of national
security considerations. While the argument that national security
considerations may at times require public secrecy and even
non-disclosure to most elected public officials, there needs to be more
effort devoted into working out an effective and constitutional process
establishing firm guidelines for such a process.
While the relevance of
exopolitics as an emerging field of public policy may justifiably be
questioned in a pre-disclosure political environment, the seriousness of
the claims and the evidence provided by those conducting exopolitical
research, and the policy implications drawn by exopolitical analysis,
deserves close attention from academic researchers, policy makers and
the general public. Exopolitics provides an opportunity for
understanding how humanity can better share and manage the resources of
this planet with other species, both terrestrial and extraterrestrial,
thereby contributing to a more peaceful and harmonious planet for this
and future generations.
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ENDNOTES
1. Many thanks to
Dr Peter Weinberger for his suggestions on the title of this paper and
for his thoughtful advice on organizing the material. I also thank Art
Miller for his help in correcting typographical errors.
2. The Roper Poll,
"UFOs & Extraterrestrial Life Americans' Beliefs and Personal
Experiences," Prepared for the SCI FI Channel, September 2002, Roper
Number: C205-008232. (www.roper.com.)
The poll was conducted by among a representative sample of 1,021 adults
ages 18 and over. The telephone interviews were conducted from August
23rd through August 25th, 2002.
3. Stephen Greer,
Executive Summary of the Disclosure Project (Crozet, VA.:
Disclosure Project, April 2001). Website:
www.disclosureproject.com
He claims that an additional 300 witnesses are also available to give
testimony.
4. CNN.Com,
"'Taken' takes Sci Fi to new heights," Wednesday, December 18, 2002.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/18/scifi.taken.ap/
5. For details of
the Roswell incident, see Jim Marrs, Alien Agenda: Investigating the
Extraterrestrial Presence Among Us (Harper Collins, 1997) 133-37.
6. Marrs, Alien
Agenda, p. 138.
7. Corso, The
Day After Roswell (Pocket Star, 1997).
8. Stephen Greer,
Executive Summary of the Disclosure Project. Website:
www.disclosure project.com.
9. The official
Airforce website on Project Blue Book is:
www.af.mil/news/factsheets/Unidentified_Flying_Objects_a.html
10. Condon, Edward
U. and Daniel S. Gillmor (ed.). Final Report of the Scientific Study
of Unidentified Flying Objects [Conducted by the University of
Colorado Under Contract to the United States Air Force], (New York:
Bantam Books, 1968).
11. Allen Hynek,
"The Condon report an UFOs," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,
XXV(4), 39-42.
12. Hynek, J.
Allen: The UFO Experience (Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1972) .
Part 1 The UFO Phenomenon . Introduction: An Innocent in UFO, Land .
paragraph 4
13. For more
information on the Center for UFO studies, go to www.cufos.org
14. His books
include, Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens (New York:
Ballantine Books, 1994) and Passport to the Cosmos: Human
Transformation and Alien Encounters (Three Rivers Press, 2000).
15. In 1990, these
intelligence agencies switched their financial support for remote
viewing to Science Applications International Corporation. See Courtney
Brown, Cosmic Explorers (New York: Signet Publishing, 2000), p.
5.
16. Russell Targ
and Harold Puthoff, Mind-Reach: Scientists Look at Psychic Ability
(London: Jonathan Cape, 1977).
17. Courtney
Brown, Cosmic Explorers: Scientific Remote Viewing,
Extraterrestrials, and a Message for Mankind (New York, Signet,
2000) .
18. Graham
Hancock, Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost
Civilization (London: Three Rivers Press, 2000).
19. Zecharia
Sitchin, The Earth Chronicles, Books 1-6 (New York: Avon Books)
20. Budd Hopkins,
Intruders: The Incredible Visitations at Copley Woods
(Ballantine Books, 1987).
21. Executive
Summary of the Disclosure Project Briefing Document 73-84. Website:
www.disclosureproject.com
22. For a detailed
description of the Grays, see Richard Boylan, "The Various Kinds of Star
Visitors,"
http://www.drboylan.com/etraces.html.
23.Milton
William Cooper states that he was part of the Intelligence Briefing Team
of Admiral Bernard Clarey, Commander in Chief of the United States
Pacific Fleet. William Cooper, Beyond a A Pale Horse (Light
Technology Publications, 1991). Website:
www.williamcooper.com/william.htm. For his discussion of the Treaty,
see Cooper, "The Secret Government: The Origin, Identity, and Purpose of
MJ-12 (Huntington Beach, CA: Manuscript copyright, 1989). Website:
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/mj12.html.
24. Corso, The
Day After Roswell.
25. John E. Mack,
Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens.
26. Milton Wiliam
Cooper, "The Secret Government: The Origin, Identity, and Purpose of
MJ-12 (Huntington Beach, CA: Manuscript copyright, 1989). Website:
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/mj12.html
27. Zecharia
Sitchin, The Earth Chronicles, Books 1-6.
28. The Book of
Enoch describes in great detail this conflict. An online version can be
found at http://wesley.nnu.edu/noncanon/ot/pseudo/enoch.htm
29. Manetho,,
Manetho, tr.,W.G. Waddell (Harvard University Press, 1940).
30. Courtney
Brown, Cosmic Explorers.
31. Jim Marrs,
Rule By Secrecy (New York: Perennial, 2000).
32. David Icke,
The Biggest Secret, 2nd Ed. (Bridge of Love
Publications, 1999). www.davidicke.com
33. Rather than
mining for material resources such as gold and other precious metals
that Sitchin describes as being the initial reason the Annunaki
established humanity, Icke claims that this race uses humans as a basic
resource supplying hormones derived from emotions such as fear and
anger, and using humans as a food source. The Biggest Secret.
34. Alex Collier,
Defending Sacred Ground: The Andromedan Compendium , Edited by
Val Valerian, January 1997, Revised July 1998. Website:
www.lettersfromandromeda.com/
35. Cosmic
Explorers, 159-221
36. Lynn Picknett
& Clive Prince, The Stargate Conspiracy (New York: Berkley
Books, 1999).
37. The term
`exotic weapons systems' has been defined to include weapons designed to
damage space or natural ecosystems (such as the ionosphere and upper
atmosphere) or climate, weather, and tectonic systems with the purpose
of inducing damage or destruction upon a target population or region on
earth or in space. Space Preservation Act of 2001 (Introduced in the
House), HR 2977 IH, 107th CONGRESS, 1st Session, H. R. 2977. Website:
www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2001/hr2977.html
38. For a detailed
description of the Nordic ETs, see Richard Boylan, "The Various Kinds of
Star Visitors,"
http://www.drboylan.com/etraces.html.
39. Steven M.
Greer, Extraterrestrial Contact : The Evidence and Implications
(Crossing Point Publications, 1999). Richard Boylan, Labored Journey
To The Stars: An anthology on human responses, governmental, civilian
and Native, to extraterrestrial visitation, Rev., 2002. Alfred
Lambremont Webre, Exopolitics: A Decade of Contact (Universe
Books, 1999). His book is available online at
http://www.universebooks.com/
40. See for
example, Sheldan Nidle, First Contact (Vancouver: Blue Lodge
Press, 2000).
41. See Nidle,
First Contact.
42. Executive
Summary of the Disclosure Project Briefing Document, 49.
43. See Michael
Wolf, Catchers of Heaven: A Trilogy (Dorrance Publishing,
1996); and Bill Cooper, Beyond a Pale Horse.Website:
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/mj12.html
44. Greer,
Executive Summary, Disclosure Project. Dr Greer further claims that
these efforts have been stymied by vested interests opposed to
alternative energy sources.
45. Boylan,
Close Extraterrestrial Encounters. Website:
www.drboylan.com/waregrv2.html
46. See Steven M.
Greer, Extraterrestrial Contact : The Evidence and Implications
(Crossing Point Publications, 1999).
47. See for
example, Richard Boylan and Lee K. Boylan, Close Extraterrestrial
Encounters: Positive Experiences With Mysterious Visitors
(Wildflower, 1994). Website: www.drboylan.com
48. The most
popular 'channels' advocating this perspective include Barbara
Marciniak, Family of Light; Robert Shapiro, Shining the
Light , Vols 1-6 (Light Technology Publications); Jelaila Starr,
We Are the Nibiruans: Return of the 12th Planet (New Leaf
Distributing Co., 1999) , and Drunvalo Melchizedek, The
Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life, Vol 2 (Light Technology
Publications, 2000).
49. One is the end
of a Mayan cycle of 5,200 years, another is the end of a solar cycle of
25,920 years corresponding to the precession of the equinoxes. According
to John Major Jenkins, the solar cycle corresponds with the time it
takes for the plane of our solar system (the ecliptic) to realign itself
with the galactic plane. John Major Jenkins, Maya Cosmogenesis 2012,
Santa Fe: Bear and Co., 1998. Other authors argue that longer cycles up
to as long as 225,000,000 years also come to completion at this time,
Clow, The Pleiadian Agenda, 49.
50. The most well
known author advocating this timeline is Jose Arguelles, The Mayan
Factor, Santa Fe: Bear and Company, 1987.
51. Some of the
popular sources for Galactic history include, Lyssa Royal, The Prism
of Lyra: An Exploration of Human Galactic Heritage, Rev ed., Royal
Priest Research, 1993; Sheldan Nidle, First Contact, and
Barbara Marciniak., Family of Light; and Fred Stirling,
Kirael: The Great Shift, Oughten House Publication, 1998.
52. This viewpoint
is outlined by the popular author/channel Jeleila Starr January 3, 2003,
website update.
Website:http://www.nibiruancouncil.com/html/january2003update.html
53. Richard
Boylan, Labored Journey To The Stars: An anthology on human
responses, governmental, civilian and Native, to extraterrestrial
visitation, Rev., 2002. http://www.drboylan.com/aclmatn2.html
54. For discussion
of this perspective in terms of its policy implications, see Marrs,
Rule by Secrecy; and Courtney Brown, Cosmic Explorers .
55. For discussion
of this perspective in terms of its policy implications, see Marciniak,
Family of Light.
56. Jerry Smith,
Haarp: The Ultimate Weapon of the Conspiracy: The Mind-Control
Conspiracy Series (Adventures Unlimited Press, 1998).
57. Space
Preservation Act of 2001 (Introduced in the House), HR 2977 IH, 107th
CONGRESS, 1st Session, H. R. 2977.
