PARANET: A HISTORY ParaNet began as a single bulletin board system called "The Other Side," which to this day I run out of my home in Fountain Hills, AZ. The idea behind it was and remains to provide a place for the forthright, mature discussion of the paranormal. When I was growing up, there were few sources of reliable in- formation on subjects like UFOs, ghosts, and ESP. One of those sour- ces, and one of the best for the times in which he existed, was Frank Edwards, author of "Stranger than Science, Strange World," "Strange People," and other works, which provided encapsulated glimpses at odd happenings in our world. I was later to learn that Edwards was the premier Fortean writer of his time, but at 10 years old, I hadn't heard of Charles Fort, and thought the world of Frank Edwards. I became heavily interested in the UFO phenomenon, mainly because of Frank's "Flying Saucers - Serious Business." I also won- dered about such things as Spontaneous Human Combustion, Polter- geists, and the like, but UFOs were my main interest. In the summer of 1967, my father took me on a trip to Washing- ton, DC. Knowing of my interest in flying saucers, he marched me right into the Pentagon, into the liason office of Project Blue Book. There we met with an AF captain, who patiently and agreeably explained that the AF had no answers, but that they didn't consider it extremely likely that UFOs were from outer space. My father asked most of the questions (I was a bit overwhelmed at 10 years old, and he maintains a more than casual interest himself), including whether or not it was possible the AF had some kind of secret project. The captain obligingly said, "not that we know of, and if we did, we probably wouldn't test it in populated areas." He then referred us to an organization in Washington called the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). We proceeded there, and met with ret. Marine Major Donald E. Keyhoe, the director. I was sum- marily signed up as a subscribing member, and remained on the roles until NICAP's demise in 1977. But long before said demise, I had entered college and had learned the ways of rational thinking. I was indoctrinated in the scientific method, and learned that when one grows up, one abandons such silly notions as little green men, and deals with the "real world." In many talks with my roomates and fraternity brothers, I learned the sad, hard truth: no saucers, no aliens, and no rational basis for believing otherwise. "Yeah, I guess you're right," I said, and in my rush to become an adult, with all the concomitant responsi- bilities, chores, and headaches, I filed the entire subject away in the deep recesses of my consciousness. In 1978, I discovered computers; in 1981, CompuServe; and the following year, Bulletin Board Systems. I was intrigued by the enor- mous potential for improvement of human communications such media presented -- and quite underwhelmed by the uses they had been put to thus far. The most meaningful discussions I had seen take place dealt with such burning issues as VisiCalc vs. 1-2-3 and the advan- tages of a Commodore over an Atari. McLuhan would have had a field day, I mused. I gravitated to the Issues Forum, the only area on CompuServe at that time where mature, non-computer related discussions -- out- right, flaming arguments -- seemed the norm. I tried to become in- volved as much as possible, but felt shut out by my lack of know- ledge in the subjects being discussed (I dropped out of college after only a year and a half.) I decided to start a discussion on a topic I was fairly famil- iar with - and that, by definition, no one had any conclusive ans- wers about: the paranormal. Eventually I became the leader of a new subtopic in the forum, Paranormal Issues, and proceeded to submit articles, stories and documents to the electronic library in order to keep discussions going. In my reading, I discovered the existence of the dreaded CSICOP - the Committee for the Scientific Investiga- tion of Claims of the Paranormal. I had always felt that when deal- ing with so many paranormal claims, there had to be "more to the story." At last here was a group that presented that other side of things, in a most convincing manner. I've met many people who say, "I believe in psychokinesis," for example, and then ask, "what's CSICOP?" It appeared to me that there was a need to at least communicate skeptical information to people, a need that was going largely unmet, due to the relatively small cir- culation of CSICOP's journal, The Skeptical Inquirer. Its always been my belief that the truthfulness of a proposition cannot be judged until weighed against antithetical arguments. If those argu- ments are found wanting, THEN maybe you have a legitimate claim. So I started ParaNet, in order to provide a conduit for informa- tion from BOTH sides of paranormal issues. Indeed, the name of the headquarters board, The Other Side, is a double entendre, partly taken from the name of a book by Bishop James Pike, and partly from my desire to see a bilateral discussion of things paranormal. Another goal of ParaNet is to provide a network for research groups to interact in full view of the computing public. In this way, the best arguments pro and con are set forth in a place where the average user can ask questions and challenge the answers, on an equal footing with investigators and debunkers. With the advantages of instant communications and open messaging, the long lead time and hassle of writing a "letter to the editor" of some quarterly journal is thus avoided, and dialogue takes place almost in real time. ParaNet has grown to include 10 boards, and we hope to double that number in the next two years. We are directly interacting with some of the more respected names in the field, including Dr. Bruce Maccabee, Dale Goudie, Philip Imbrogno, William Moore, Dale Kaczmarek, Philip Klass, and James Moseley. We hope to become the official computer network of MUFON, and perhaps even CSICOP. ParaNet has scored some "firsts" in its short history: we were the first news media of any kind in the world to carry the sad story of the death of ufologist J. Allen Hynek; the first news media in the US to tell of the Japan Airlines UFO; and the first non-print media in the world to crack open the file on the controversial Majestic-12. Have I learned anything from operating ParaNet? Not in the sense of getting closer to any definitive answers about the para- normal. But I have learned how people's attitudes shape what they believe, and how what they believe shapes what they see. I have learned that skepticism is the best tool for investigating para- normal claims; and I have learned that, much to the chagrin of CSICOP, it is also the best tool for investigating the claims of skeptics. --Jim Speiser ParaNet Alpha investigating the claims of skeptics.
Showing posts with label alien sightings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alien sightings. Show all posts
SWEDENBORG ON LIFE ON MARS
Emanuel Swedenborg, who had much to say on the afterlife and the spiritual meaning of scripture, spoke often of human spirits he had encountered who did not originate from our earth - which we now call extraterrestrials. He also stated that many of them came from our own solar system. And these accounts are a stumbling block for many. So for this reason, I am diving in to some UFO reports, and there is plenty of evidence to choose from. I had earlier discussed his account of a race on Mars, and compared that with what we know about Mars now from recent space explorations - that it once had flowing water, it once had a thicker atmosphere, and NASA scientists that it most likely was able to host life in its distant past until it lost its atmosphere due to some unknown catastrophe. Since much of the information is classified, and government officials cannot officially speak of it, they do leak information out under the guise of fictional accounts - and one of them may be the "Mission to Mars" movie that came out in the year 2000.So for Mars, I thought I had gathered the best available evidence. But I was wrong. See the following video - it shows a clip from Buzz Aldrin, astronaut of Apollo 11) who talks about a mysterious monolith discovered on the moon Phobos orbiting Mars (which may be just a rock), but more interesting are some photographs from a Russian satellite that was sent to the moon Phobos in 1989. Shockingly, it takes a picture of the moon Phobos and there is a shadow of a large disk like object on the surface. Whatever it is, it is huge. And right after that, the Russians mysteriously lost contact with the satellite:
Towards the end, there is a mysterious infrared photograph of the surface of Mars, which shows an unusual heat signature coming from what looks like to be tunnel like structures below the surface.
SWEDENBORG ON LIFE ON THE MOON
So recently scientists have uncovered evidence that Mars was able to support life in its distant past. But what about the Moon? We know it does not have an atmosphere. And yet Swedenborg stated that the Moon was inhabited. He described the appearance of spirits he encountered from the Moon, who he said were few in number:
They appeared of a countenance not unhandsome, but their faces were longer than the faces of other spirits. In stature they were like boys of seven years of age, but of more robust body: thus they were dwarfs. I was told by the angels that they were from the Moon. ("Heavenly Arcana", n. 9233)And not only is the Moon inhabited, but also the moons of Saturn and Jupiter:
That there are in fact inhabitants in the Moon is known to spirits and angels, for they often speak with them, and in like manner that there are inhabitants in the moons or satellites which revolve about the planet Jupiter and the planet Saturn. ("Heavenly Arcana", n. 9237).So while Swedenborg offers many insights on scripture and the human soul, as well as Christianity, quite honestly I - like many others - thought he was mistaken that there was life on the Moon. And in my previous post, I mentioned how Swedenborg could not actually see the planet where these extraterrestrial spirits came from. So perhaps he falsely concluded other planets were inhabited based on the limited scientific knowledge of the time. So that was my theory. Until I found "this "video from the UFO Disclosure Project, testimony from Sergeant Karl Wolf of the U.S. Air Force who had top secret clearance. He speaks about what he saw concerning a NASA mission to the Moon in 1965 in Langley Virginia. It is followed by testimony from Ms. Donna Hare, a former NASA employee, who states that it was a practice of NASA to touch up photos to hide the existence of UFOs - including those on the Moon. And this, quite frankly, blows me away:
TESTIMONY FROM PILOTS AND ASTRONAUTS
I decided to look a little further into this, and here is testimony again from Buzz Aldrin, astronaut of Apollo 11, who said they saw a UFO during their mission to the Moon:
And that is just the beginning. I found this excellent documentary, which gathers evidence from pilots and astronauts, concerning UFOs that have been tracking our aircraft, satellites, and space shuttle missions. Actually when I started to introduce this topic of extraterrestrials I probably should have started with this, as it has very good testimony:
At the end, they show remarkable footage of a UFO taken from a space shuttle mission. And here is an interesting collage of NASA footage of UFOs. Remember that earlier testimony concerning what was seen on the dark side of the Moon? One of the photographs shows an interesting tower like structure, from a Russian photograph - "taken in the same year", 1965:
And part II of some more NASA and spacecraft footage:
So if there are UFOs - of such frequency - reported by multiple witnesses (no less than pilots, astronauts, and FAA recordings - plus these numerous NASA videos) - where are they coming from? Perhaps they are closer to us than we think.
UPDATE ON THE MOON
(May 19, 2013: ) In recent years quite a few new probes have been sent to the moon - from Japan, NASA, and India. And it would seem that these probes are interested in what is underneath the surface... In 2011, it was announced that the Indian probe Chandrayaan-1 has discovered a gigantic underground cave, with two lava tubes leading to it. And this thing is huge (from The Gigantic Underground Moon Cave
The cave, which was formed from "ancient volcanic lava flows," is more than one mile long and 393 feet wide - big enough to "contain a small lunar city or a secret Nazi base with a few thousand UFOs," says Jesus Diaz at Gizmodo. It's far bigger than what was previously the largest-known hole on the moon, which is 213 feet across and 289 feet deep, and was discovered by the Japanese Space agency Jaxa in 2009.Not only is it huge, but it is a good candidate for a future moon base: it would offer protection from meteorites and radiation, and the temperature would be a relatively comfortable -4 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 degrees Celsius). From Cave hope for moon house - Indian discovery raises possibility of shelter
The images also show two narrow trench-like structures that appear to lead into and out of the lava tube - a 4-km stretch aligned northeast-southwest appearing to move into the lava tube, and a 2-km stretch extending on the other side. The scientists believe these trenches, called rilles by geologists, represent the collapsed portions of what was once a much longer lava tube.Below is a picture showing the trenches that lead into the underground tubes leading to the cave:
A NASA web site New data about the Moon may help create lunar bases comments on the discovery of "volcanic lava tubes" on the Moon:
The discovery of volcanic tunnels on the moon could provide a natural shelter for the first lunar colony. Researchers have long suspected the moon's volcanic past left an underground network of lava tubes as its legacy, and 2008 images from Japan's Kaguya spacecraft showed a possible way down - a mysterious, meters-deep hole breaching the surface.
"This new discovery that the moon may be a rather porous body could significantly alter our approach to founding lunar bases," veteran spaceman Sergei Krikalyov, who heads Russia's Star City cosmonaut training center outside Moscow, said at a forum on the future of manned spaceflight.
"If it turns out that the moon has a number of caves that can provide some protection from radiation and meteor showers, it could be an even more interesting destination than previously thought. There wouldn't be any need to dig the lunar soil and build walls and ceilings," said Krikalyov. "It would be enough to use an inflatable module with a hard outer shell to - roughly speaking - seal the caves. The caves will protect their dwellers from radiation. The constant temperatures of minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius are also an important factor," he said.
"Digging" around, I found this other article Images of an Underground Moon Base Built by NASA. I mention this one, because it has images originally mentioned in NASA Underground Moon Base Revealed. I see no evidence of a "NASA Underground Moon Base", but the latter article points to a more high resolution image at NASA Underground Moon Base Discovered. It states:
By popular demand from our parent pages at Yahoo! Content Network, The Portland Journal have decided to release a large HD images that has been on file regarding the possible NASA Moon Base discovered by one of our amateur astronomers.
And unfortunately, the high resolution image is missing. Which is why I mention the other web site. I cannot make anything out of it, but I want to show the second image, which shows blatant evidence of NASA censoring of moon images:
According to the Yahoo web site, the coordinates for this image are: 54 DEGREES 25'50.62" N 0 DEGREES 26'52.73" W ELEV - 7755FT
I wanted to grab that image and put it here in case that web site should "disappear." I would much rather have the original NASA photo if anyone can find it. I discuss more interesting evidence of NASA tampering with photos in a later blog entitled, Swedenborg and the Extraterrestrial UFO Phenomenon. But to sum up some points that I have been researching recently:
1. There is a massive amount of evidence that earth is being visited by extraterrestrial UFOs.
2. Much of this information is subject to disinformation and subterfuge by the U.S. Government.
3. While the surface of many of the planets of our solar system are uninhabitable, underground tunnels and caverns will be more hospitable to life.
4. Testimony from military officials and scientists indicate that UFO technology may be hundreds, if not thousands, of years ahead of our time.
5. With such technology, it will be easier to establish "way-points" on planets of our solar system, especially underground.
6. These "way-points" in the solar system may be more attractive to advanced extraterrestrials for one reason: they lack earthly bacteria and viruses which may be deadly to them.
