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UFO

The Telegraph has a great little photo gallery featuring some well-known UFO photographs over the years.  It’s a really neat primer for the field.  Take a peek.

Gary Heseltine

Gary Heseltine  – The History of British Police UFO Sighting

Heseltine started off with an important question: were are the young people?  The average age in the audience is obviously 50+ and his worry is who will carry the torch of UFO investigation moving forward.  (If you’re young and reading this – read more.  Learn how to do proper research.  Reach out to the authors of books you like.  It’s up to you to keep the movement alive – ed.) Continue reading

Linda Moulton Howe

Linda Moulton Howe with John Burroughs – RAF Bentwaters – the UK’s Roswell

Howe discussed what occurred near the RAF Bentwaters base between December 26-28, 1980.  For background, visit this Wikipedia entry.

She introduced footage of a hypnosis session with John Burroughs from November 11, 1988.  In the video Burroughs is obviously upset and discussing the light that’s moving through the woods near Bentwaters.  It’s bizarre to be watching this man recounting what he’s experiencing, including his own dialog and that of the others in his detachment. Continue reading

George Noory

George Noory

Wow, Noory is such a genuinely, nice guy. His lunch-time presentation wasn’t on a specific topic but more of an overview of his time as host of Coast to Coast AM. He called C2C a godsend and announced that it’s now available on 544 radio stations and second only to Rush in syndicated ratings. He called Linda Moulton Howe and George Knapp out to thank them for their investigation skills. He views himself not as an investigator, but more of a producer, editor and facilitator.

He shared a list of five possibilities with regards to the UFOs.

1. They’re all figments of our imagination. This has been ruled out.
2. They’re governmental craft and technology. This is a part of it.
3. They’re demonic. Can’t understand this.
4. They’re dimensional. Highly likely.
5. They’re interplanetary. Beings came her a long time ago. Maybe they even created us. But he’s sure, they don’t have the answers either and they’re just as frustrated as us.

Disclosure will come, eventually – but by whistle blowers, not the government itself.

He went on to answer questions, but essentially summed up his thoughts by saying, if Edgar Mitchell thinks there’s something to it, it’s worth looking at. Well played sir.

George Knapp

George Knapp – My Adventures in Saucerland

Here’s why we’re fans of George Knapp around here – about 15 minutes into his presentation he starts spewing the truth: 95% of everything we come across in the UFO field is pure crap. Anyone can be UFOlogist – there’s no degree requirement; if you have a computer, you’re a researcher. And that’s not a good thing. Amen. Continue reading

Peter Robbins

Peter Robbins – Media, Ridicule and the CIA: How the Subject of UFOs was Made to Look Ridiculous and Why the Skewed Reporting Persists

Robbins begins his talk highlighting the few cases of political figures embracing the UFO question such as Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and even Gerald Ford who pursued the topic while in Congress.  He goes on to expand on the situation of officials who come forward  but are then pressured to disavow the topic.  Bill Richardson is the chief example here. Continue reading

Paul Stonehill – UFO phenomenon in Russia (the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and post-communist Russia)

Paul Stonehill

He starts out the presentation by circulating “history” – not exactly sure that that means.  He also doesn’t have a PowerPoint presentation so we’re a little in the dark here.  He goes on to discuss several different Russian cases which are a bit hard to follow.

An interesting point and one that is different from the happy, channeling type of UFO fan: he believes that the visitors are not here to save this planet for us but rather are here to use it for some other reason entirely – something that would benefit them.   It’s not about saving us, it’s about furthering their own agenda.

A.J. Gevaerd

A. J. Gevaerd – A New World Power Emerges

Gevaerd hit the stage and reiterated the general theme of the conference – disclosure needs to happen.  Some countries have released official documents regarding UFOs.  For example, the Brazilian Air Force has released large amounts of data (roughly 5,000 pages).  While the French and British governments decided to release documents, the release from the Brazilians was generated by public demand and campaigning.  His talk will discuss how they went about this campaign. Continue reading

Richard Dolan

Richard Dolan – Exopolitics, Disclosure and the National Security State

Dolan took the stage and immediately welcomed the Internet to the ghetto.  His presentation centered around disclosure and chosen field, exopolitics.  He broke his presentations into several parts – some of which we’ll highlight after the jump. Continue reading

The Day Before Disclosure – Premiere Showing

This year’s conference began with a speaker’s reception and cocktail party followed by a screening of the documentary, The Day Before Disclosure directed by Terje Toftenes.  After everyone was sufficiently lubricated at the open bar, Stephen Bassett stepped to the stage to welcome the audience and warn us all to stay in the building until Mercury comes out of retrograde.  Bassett was both funny and passionate with regards to his favorite topic, disclosure – which he believes will happen shortly.  Personally I’d be surprised if disclosure ever happens, let alone soon.  He went to describe a brief history of the National Press Club – the location of this year’s conference – highlighting world leaders who have spoken there and boasting that we’re making history by discussing the ET/UFO topic in the very same space. Continue reading