With all the excitement of the 4th of July, some traveling I needed to do, and a great deal of writing on not one but two major book projects, getting back to my planned revitalizing of the blog has fallen by the wayside. However, I wanted to update it right now with a link to my recent guest turn on the Persuasion by the Pint podcast about the new Steven Spielberg UFO film, Disclosure Day. You can listen to our very in-depth discussion of cinematic aliens and allegedly real aliens right here.
As a little sneak peak of the episode, we look at the way the term “disclosure” seems to have entered the national lexicon and how mainstream news organizations are given to more and more coverage of the UFO phenomenon. This turn of events, we discuss, is overall positive. This is a decades-long mystery (maybe centuries-long if we consider the claims of the ancient astronaut proponents) that could possibly turn out to be the most significant event in human history. But, then again, the skeptics could turn out to be right and we have nothing more than misidentifications, hallucinations, unusual weather phenomena, and liars and hoaxes. I personally don’t think that the phenomenon comes down to misidentification and lies. I think there is a preponderance of evidence that the unidentified flying objects are something from outside of our world, but preponderance of evidence does not constitute proof that we are looking at extraterrestrial craft or interdimensional beings. The skeptical insistence that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof is absolutely true. However, extraordinary proof will only be found through extraordinary research and investigation. With the government’s recent release of several batches of reports, videos, and photos of UFO sightings since the end of World War II, hopefully the extraordinary research will commence.
But we also talk about the worrisome problem of too many so-called whistleblowers presenting testimony after testimony of having seen that extraordinary proof of an alien presence on Earth, yet being unable to actually show the world that evidence. The whistleblower’s word alone, unfortunately, does not constitute proof. The whistleblower telling us that he heard from yet another whistleblower whose identity he can not reveal does not constitute proof either. But could all of these whistleblowers and mysterious insiders be a part of a much more complicated agenda. If none of these whistleblowers ever wind up producing anything significant, will the public interest in UFO investigations fade away again? And would that really be the best way to discredit and silence a movement?
But check out our discussion of these big questions and our analysis of Disclosure Day!
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