Going forward, whenever I see government activity that looks counterproductive, I need to learn to back off, to not intervene, and let nature take its course.
Having vented my spleen during the last two articles, I just wanted to add a more balanced comment, especially during the season of good will.
We probably don't know how complex reality is, or even if, as a form of consciousness, we each experience and perceive the same single reality, or even the same mix of overlapping realities.
We may all be correct, from each unique point of view and path that we follow.
Ultimately, we might all diverge from one another into infinity (and beyond!)
But given the history of the universe and all our current mysteries; I think it's safe to say that the best is yet to come.
I recognized the names of 3 of the 24 followers ..2 of which are not necessarily adherents...Kit Green and Grant Cameron ..Sounds like the writer could be one of the defiant Pentagon staff, previously referred to by Elizonda.... with his/ her backs to the wall.
Wasn't there a Russian character in Sneakers who said "You won't know who to believe".
All the evidence points towards the TTSA crowd being a group of insiders who want to know more, and to know what the 'gatekeepers' in the DoD are hiding.
There is no conceivable benefit to the game they (Mellon etc) are playing, unless they are actually chasing information.
Unless this guy is claiming the alleged psy-op was to attract media and political interest? (Rather than simply to get us ufologists excited?)
Elizondo claimed (in writing) that the government released the videos (perhaps, what he actually meant to say was that a government department allowed them to be shared with industry partners). And Mellon later 'fessed up to being snuck a copy out the back door.
Slightly farcical and ultimately unenlightening. "Conversation starters" as Elizondo once described them. No real analysis and insufficient on their own to prove anything.
The mission seems to have been to get the politicians to force the military to use its assets to look at UAP. I'm not sure there was any plan to have the military share their findings though.
Now I've taken the time to read INFO_OPS I realise I'm suffering for UFO mania. Job done. What's next?
Btw, TTSA never made a profit and was kept afloat by loans from Delonge, all of which is evident in its financial statements. They never raised enough funds to invest in anything. And There was nothing relating to alleged "shell" companies (other than companies also owned by Delonge).
And most of the TTSA Advisory Board have never said a word in public about their role or activities for TTSA (if any). They were probably just window dressing to attract investors, lending credibility, wittingly or otherwise.
Ever get a prescription for your "mania," Freeman? Also, employing the term "UFO enthusiast" to describe researchers -- in this case, George Knapp -- sounds like a cliche lifted from the Keith Kloor playbook. Hmmm.
UFO "researcher" or "investigator" are applicable labels for people like Knapp and others who are engaged in serious studies. But what sobriquet do we assign to the millions who are interested in the phenomenon and believe it's real, follow news about it, but carry out no serious research on their own? Fan, devotee, follower, buff, bum, freak, fanatic, nut, fiend, addict, maniac, geek, eager beaver? Enthusiast seems to me the least baggage laden. (Although I'm a freak)
In the UK, the term 'enthusiast' carries with it the image of a train spotter (I like steam engines) or a Volkswagen Beetle. I'm a programming enthusiast, which is even sadder and more lonely. But it doesn't really convey the elements of curiosity, mystery and awe linked to the unknown or ineffable (maybe not such a good word either).
There's a definite lack of respect for the significance of the mystery and the people, like us, who just want to understand.
But there are also a lot of individuals who just get their jollies from reading lurid tabloid headlines.
A bit of relational databases; I dabble with basic 3D modelling and made a couple of neural nets plus an audio (non-visual) game or two, but what I see is that even with our state-of-the-art electronics and mathematical tricks, we're still infants compared to mother Nature. It's impossible for a single person to keep up with cutting edge developments in multiple fields, but as a species we still have a very long way to go before we've completed our apprenticeship (learning from reality).
Speaking as a statistical anomaly, someone who has a lifelong desire to understand any mystery - I guess my mania could be described as pathological; possibly incurable. (I seem to have trouble understanding the motives of my fellow humans; yet more mysteries.) Answers are the only helpful prescription.
Isn't Kloor just a plain sceptic. INFO-OPS sounds like someone who thinks it's a psy-op to help raise funds for the military; not that he/she stated a specific objective. One clue was the 'UFO mania' quip. But yes, using 'UFO enthusiast' also sounds like someone who doesn't think that UAP are anything, or could even represent a potential threat from a foreign adversary. I think 'yo-yo' is a fair assessment.
The only reason for not being concerned by the Nimitz encounters is if one believes them to have been secret U.S. tech; and even if that was the case, then doesn't that raise the spectre of foreign powers developing the same amazing technologies? So, raising awareness of a significant issue that is being ignored is perfectly rational; whereas a paranoid deliberation ain't.
Sorry Larry I don't buy that. What's their end game? What are they getting out of it? If it wasn't for L.E. and Mellon we'd still be in pre-December 2017 spinning our wheels and maybe the screwball who wrote about chemtrails on DeVoid would still be spouting his bullshit. Those two guys advanced the issue to where we are today. As to TTSA, I don't know. A deep-pocket rock n' roller foot the bill and it was a vehicle to advance the story? Maybe.
Understood. But neither are in the employ of the government today, and LE was forced to cut the cord in order speak freely. Both are on a campaign to blow up decades of government silence, perhaps even malfeasance, on this issue. I may be cynical, but I'm not this cynical.
Hey Larry. But, what if it is a good thing? What if the ultimate secret is that revealing the true nature and purpose of the Visitors would mean the loss of power and control over national populations? What if the ultimate secret revealed would unleash a torrent of anger among the populace that no government could withstand? Ponder this - if the Visitors were a threat to our civilization wouldn't that serve as a rallying call for planetary unity in the face of an existential danger? No such call has been issued, which can reasonably lead one to surmise that the ultimate truth is a threat to the planetary political and financial overlords, whose goal is to maintain the status quo.
Having vented my spleen during the last two articles, I just wanted to add a more balanced comment, especially during the season of good will.
We probably don't know how complex reality is, or even if, as a form of consciousness, we each experience and perceive the same single reality, or even the same mix of overlapping realities.
We may all be correct, from each unique point of view and path that we follow.
Ultimately, we might all diverge from one another into infinity (and beyond!)
But given the history of the universe and all our current mysteries; I think it's safe to say that the best is yet to come.
Seems like a modern version of the Straith Letter, in reverse. “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.”
I recognized the names of 3 of the 24 followers ..2 of which are not necessarily adherents...Kit Green and Grant Cameron ..Sounds like the writer could be one of the defiant Pentagon staff, previously referred to by Elizonda.... with his/ her backs to the wall.
Wasn't there a Russian character in Sneakers who said "You won't know who to believe".
All the evidence points towards the TTSA crowd being a group of insiders who want to know more, and to know what the 'gatekeepers' in the DoD are hiding.
There is no conceivable benefit to the game they (Mellon etc) are playing, unless they are actually chasing information.
Unless this guy is claiming the alleged psy-op was to attract media and political interest? (Rather than simply to get us ufologists excited?)
Elizondo claimed (in writing) that the government released the videos (perhaps, what he actually meant to say was that a government department allowed them to be shared with industry partners). And Mellon later 'fessed up to being snuck a copy out the back door.
Slightly farcical and ultimately unenlightening. "Conversation starters" as Elizondo once described them. No real analysis and insufficient on their own to prove anything.
The mission seems to have been to get the politicians to force the military to use its assets to look at UAP. I'm not sure there was any plan to have the military share their findings though.
Now I've taken the time to read INFO_OPS I realise I'm suffering for UFO mania. Job done. What's next?
Btw, TTSA never made a profit and was kept afloat by loans from Delonge, all of which is evident in its financial statements. They never raised enough funds to invest in anything. And There was nothing relating to alleged "shell" companies (other than companies also owned by Delonge).
And most of the TTSA Advisory Board have never said a word in public about their role or activities for TTSA (if any). They were probably just window dressing to attract investors, lending credibility, wittingly or otherwise.
Ever get a prescription for your "mania," Freeman? Also, employing the term "UFO enthusiast" to describe researchers -- in this case, George Knapp -- sounds like a cliche lifted from the Keith Kloor playbook. Hmmm.
UFO "researcher" or "investigator" are applicable labels for people like Knapp and others who are engaged in serious studies. But what sobriquet do we assign to the millions who are interested in the phenomenon and believe it's real, follow news about it, but carry out no serious research on their own? Fan, devotee, follower, buff, bum, freak, fanatic, nut, fiend, addict, maniac, geek, eager beaver? Enthusiast seems to me the least baggage laden. (Although I'm a freak)
In the UK, the term 'enthusiast' carries with it the image of a train spotter (I like steam engines) or a Volkswagen Beetle. I'm a programming enthusiast, which is even sadder and more lonely. But it doesn't really convey the elements of curiosity, mystery and awe linked to the unknown or ineffable (maybe not such a good word either).
There's a definite lack of respect for the significance of the mystery and the people, like us, who just want to understand.
But there are also a lot of individuals who just get their jollies from reading lurid tabloid headlines.
Oh, a code-head. Aye?
I guess :)
A bit of relational databases; I dabble with basic 3D modelling and made a couple of neural nets plus an audio (non-visual) game or two, but what I see is that even with our state-of-the-art electronics and mathematical tricks, we're still infants compared to mother Nature. It's impossible for a single person to keep up with cutting edge developments in multiple fields, but as a species we still have a very long way to go before we've completed our apprenticeship (learning from reality).
Speaking as a statistical anomaly, someone who has a lifelong desire to understand any mystery - I guess my mania could be described as pathological; possibly incurable. (I seem to have trouble understanding the motives of my fellow humans; yet more mysteries.) Answers are the only helpful prescription.
Isn't Kloor just a plain sceptic. INFO-OPS sounds like someone who thinks it's a psy-op to help raise funds for the military; not that he/she stated a specific objective. One clue was the 'UFO mania' quip. But yes, using 'UFO enthusiast' also sounds like someone who doesn't think that UAP are anything, or could even represent a potential threat from a foreign adversary. I think 'yo-yo' is a fair assessment.
The only reason for not being concerned by the Nimitz encounters is if one believes them to have been secret U.S. tech; and even if that was the case, then doesn't that raise the spectre of foreign powers developing the same amazing technologies? So, raising awareness of a significant issue that is being ignored is perfectly rational; whereas a paranoid deliberation ain't.
Sorry Larry I don't buy that. What's their end game? What are they getting out of it? If it wasn't for L.E. and Mellon we'd still be in pre-December 2017 spinning our wheels and maybe the screwball who wrote about chemtrails on DeVoid would still be spouting his bullshit. Those two guys advanced the issue to where we are today. As to TTSA, I don't know. A deep-pocket rock n' roller foot the bill and it was a vehicle to advance the story? Maybe.
Agreed. Accusing LE and CM of being disinformation agents is like accusing Woodward and Bernstein of plotting Watergate.
Understood. But neither are in the employ of the government today, and LE was forced to cut the cord in order speak freely. Both are on a campaign to blow up decades of government silence, perhaps even malfeasance, on this issue. I may be cynical, but I'm not this cynical.
Hey Larry. But, what if it is a good thing? What if the ultimate secret is that revealing the true nature and purpose of the Visitors would mean the loss of power and control over national populations? What if the ultimate secret revealed would unleash a torrent of anger among the populace that no government could withstand? Ponder this - if the Visitors were a threat to our civilization wouldn't that serve as a rallying call for planetary unity in the face of an existential danger? No such call has been issued, which can reasonably lead one to surmise that the ultimate truth is a threat to the planetary political and financial overlords, whose goal is to maintain the status quo.