Talked to a buddy today that’s center stage in the UFO/UAP limelight, and had a few revelations during that discussion. Nothing earth-shattering, no revelatory insight, just a practical view of the here and now when it comes to ufology — a blood-pressure-cuff measurement of the fringe realm, if you will. The Cliffsnotes version? We don’t know squat, and the ones we think that should be seeking out the answers to the really big questions laugh quietly in the corner - as befuddled as the rest of us, but too afraid to admit science doesn’t have the balls to even begin to tackle this phenomenon. Will scientists ever step up and try to truly answer these questions?
What do we truly know when it comes to UFO’s/UAP’s or whatever other moniker some geek comes up with to describe these unknown anomalies? What is incontrovertible as evidence when it comes to justifying a hard look at this phenomenon? Throughout known history there have been tens of thousands of accounts by credible people witnessing extraordinary things they could not explain. I’m one of them. Am I an idiot for wanting to know just what it was that I saw? Ignorance might be bliss to many, but I had better teachers than that, friend, and I want answers.
A fractional representation of the globe also claim to have encountered beings not at all like you and I, the so-called ‘alien-abductees.’ I used to laugh at them, thinking it was a desperate geek’s last-ditch effort at garnering attention — but that was decades ago, before I met hundreds of these experiencers face to face, and befriended many of them. Are there charlatans out there trying to make a quick Barnum and Bailey buck? You bet. Are many of them lying? No doubt. I could list the top ten people to avoid in ufology as pure snake oil salesman, but frankly, I can’t afford the lawsuits that would roll my way if I did. You know who they are, or I sincerely hope you do. For every single legitimate witness account, there’s two liars trying to take advantage of our curiosity and our pocketbook. That’s capitalism, boys and girls, and the ugly side of our greedy nature - but know that even liars have to build their con games on grains of truth and substance, and it’s those tiny grains we true seekers need to try and grasp hold of. But they may not be enough.
A great friend devoted a lion’s share of his life to seeking out answers to this phenomenon. He was an amazing scholar, researcher and writer. English was not his native language, but he wrote better in it than those of us who spoke it their whole lives. His findings were so respected that his words about the subject were read aloud in the General Assembly of the United Nations. Presidents, billionaires and monarchs read what he had to say. For a very brief moment in time, the world paid attention. But only for a moment. What’s he doing now? Sitting in a dingy, low-rent apartment chain-smoking and waiting for death. Why? Because ufology became a laughing stock stacked with ego, supposition, charlatans and drama queens. And all my friend sought was the truth.
Is truth really that unattainable? We clamor for disclosure of purported government secrets - expecting Big Brother to disclose what he’s hiding - yet we mock the witnesses who stand up amidst ridicule. We bicker amongst one another about which questions to answer, how to answer them, who should even enter the argument - and yet the big questions still remain unanswered.
