"If it bleeds it leads, no matter whose blood it is." - W.R.Hearst, 1898
While historians generally categorize this statement as Hearst's strategy to attract more readers for his newspaper, there's a prescient observation contained therein, consciously or not.
Our culture seems to be more attracted to the morbid and horrible rather than the uplifting and/or transcendent. That, according to many historians, is a sign of civilizational decay. It's a form of decadence that creeps in when optimistic aspiration for progress in a culture runs out of gas.
It's a sign of crystallization and sclerosis.
On the same day the madman chewed off the homeless guy's face a hundred heroes in a hundred towns and cities did something to demonstrate and affirm that the heart of most humanity is sound.
You're not alone, Billy, in your frustration and demoralisation. We don't have flesh-eating zombies in the UK, but we do have civil service senior management and similarly-minded bureaucrats. This particular brainless species barely functions in a challenge-less environment, and tends to flail helplessly when confronted by anything outside the norm.
Mainly they exist to provide authorisation, rather than leadership and direction; which is the purview of the politicians.
It's the same for any government office, guaranteed; even the ones tasked with checking out the UAP situation.
Earth - interesting place to visit, but you wouldn't want to shake hands with the inhabitants. Technically, we're probably like a protected reserve, that shouldn't be visited, but for those who do then the guidance is simple: minimise contact with the natives and camouflage your presence, but if you are discovered then don't worry, because the Earthlings have no effective response capabilities or any official, post-contact investigative procedures. After 1000's of years of incursions these less-developed bipeds consider themselves to be completely isolated.
The situation might be changing, but I can also guarantee that (almost) everyone involved in pre-2017 UFO/UAP research is currently feeling ignored. The game has been reset and the new players are full of confidence, they know exactly what to do and how to do it. There's absolutely no reason why answers won't be forthcoming... as long as the universe feels like co-operating...
The first analogy that pops into my mind is the way we toy with dogs. Y'know, like, we make a big show of the tennis ball, and we pretend to throw it it, and Belvedere goes chasing after something that never happened. It's pointless, but our crude skills of manipulation are good for at least a few chuckles.
It's complex and messy, which is a clue of sorts because we're pretty sure we're not dealing with an invasion force from Mars. It's much more complicated.
There are reports of technology and biological entities (lots of variety there too).
Plus some apparent mind-to-mind interaction.
The aspect that seems to represent various ET intelligences, appears to have an interest in us and some interest in our nuclear toys, but no interest in formal contact. (Someone could write an entire book on why ET wouldn't want formal contact.)
We may have as much standing in a galactic community as a family pet... or a runaway science experiment.
And then there's the psi-related aspects (a whole other layer to nature that, currently, isn't recognised by the general scientific community as real).
We have sufficient evidence, in the form of testimony, to infer the above; but not enough to provide the indisputable proof that a scientist would demand. Somewhere between the two, the U.S. military now recognises the evidence as warranting closer scrutiny (mainly because of our own development in drone capabilities, which provides anti-ridicule cover, under the umbrella of 'it might be China or Russia').
As long as Belvedere is still wagging his tail, then things are okay. There'll be another real ball along shortly.
"If it bleeds it leads, no matter whose blood it is." - W.R.Hearst, 1898
While historians generally categorize this statement as Hearst's strategy to attract more readers for his newspaper, there's a prescient observation contained therein, consciously or not.
Our culture seems to be more attracted to the morbid and horrible rather than the uplifting and/or transcendent. That, according to many historians, is a sign of civilizational decay. It's a form of decadence that creeps in when optimistic aspiration for progress in a culture runs out of gas.
It's a sign of crystallization and sclerosis.
On the same day the madman chewed off the homeless guy's face a hundred heroes in a hundred towns and cities did something to demonstrate and affirm that the heart of most humanity is sound.
The mainstream media are not our friends.
You're not alone, Billy, in your frustration and demoralisation. We don't have flesh-eating zombies in the UK, but we do have civil service senior management and similarly-minded bureaucrats. This particular brainless species barely functions in a challenge-less environment, and tends to flail helplessly when confronted by anything outside the norm.
Mainly they exist to provide authorisation, rather than leadership and direction; which is the purview of the politicians.
It's the same for any government office, guaranteed; even the ones tasked with checking out the UAP situation.
Earth - interesting place to visit, but you wouldn't want to shake hands with the inhabitants. Technically, we're probably like a protected reserve, that shouldn't be visited, but for those who do then the guidance is simple: minimise contact with the natives and camouflage your presence, but if you are discovered then don't worry, because the Earthlings have no effective response capabilities or any official, post-contact investigative procedures. After 1000's of years of incursions these less-developed bipeds consider themselves to be completely isolated.
The situation might be changing, but I can also guarantee that (almost) everyone involved in pre-2017 UFO/UAP research is currently feeling ignored. The game has been reset and the new players are full of confidence, they know exactly what to do and how to do it. There's absolutely no reason why answers won't be forthcoming... as long as the universe feels like co-operating...
The first analogy that pops into my mind is the way we toy with dogs. Y'know, like, we make a big show of the tennis ball, and we pretend to throw it it, and Belvedere goes chasing after something that never happened. It's pointless, but our crude skills of manipulation are good for at least a few chuckles.
It's complex and messy, which is a clue of sorts because we're pretty sure we're not dealing with an invasion force from Mars. It's much more complicated.
There are reports of technology and biological entities (lots of variety there too).
Plus some apparent mind-to-mind interaction.
The aspect that seems to represent various ET intelligences, appears to have an interest in us and some interest in our nuclear toys, but no interest in formal contact. (Someone could write an entire book on why ET wouldn't want formal contact.)
We may have as much standing in a galactic community as a family pet... or a runaway science experiment.
And then there's the psi-related aspects (a whole other layer to nature that, currently, isn't recognised by the general scientific community as real).
We have sufficient evidence, in the form of testimony, to infer the above; but not enough to provide the indisputable proof that a scientist would demand. Somewhere between the two, the U.S. military now recognises the evidence as warranting closer scrutiny (mainly because of our own development in drone capabilities, which provides anti-ridicule cover, under the umbrella of 'it might be China or Russia').
As long as Belvedere is still wagging his tail, then things are okay. There'll be another real ball along shortly.
Jesus Larry. Where were you hanging out, Vietnam or a biker bar?
Don't. No. Don't.