By Steve Hammons
The new blockbuster movie 2012 is exciting and fun … but is it based on anything close to reality?
Could our planet Earth go through changes so fundamental that crustal plates shift and buckle, widespread earthquakes shake and multiple volcanoes explode? NASA says don’t worry about it.
But don’t rule it out, according to some theories.
Thanks to Sony Pictures and director Roland Emmerich, moviegoers get a look at what global geological catastrophe might look like. The movie portrays the disaster as occurring according to some interpretations of the Mayan “Long Count” calendar – in December of 2012.
But several kinds of calamities could strike Earth at anytime, according to some views. These include meteor strikes, man-made nuclear or biological death and destruction, sun-related anomalies, gamma-ray bursts from space or increasingly rapid global climate change.
One view proposes that “Planet X,” an alleged possible “dark star” or “dwarf sun,” could enter our solar system and affect Earth. According to these views, Planet X has an elliptical orbit that is quite different from other planets in our solar system. However, every so many thousands of years it enters our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy, causing massive destruction on Earth.
ANCIENT MAP
When John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson and the rest of the cast of 2012 face impending doom, they and the rest of Earth’s inhabitants experience sudden changes in the Earth’s core and crust.
Apart from Hollywood hype, there are actually theories out there that propose a pattern of periodic upheavals in our planet’s hard outer layer. No, not the slow “plate tectonics” theories we learned about in school. These other views consider the possibility of sudden global shifts of the Earth’s harder outer layer – the whole Earth’s crust shifting and sliding on the semi-liquid inner layers of our planet.
These scenarios have happened in the past and will happen in the future, say some “crustal pole shift” thinkers. They cite research indicating that such an event has happened in recorded human history. It could have even been related to the flood stories in many cultures, including the “Noah’s Ark” story.
But what is the evidence of something like this happening in the past?
One indication, it is said, is an ancient map, the so-called “Piri Re’is” map. It shows the coastline and geographical features of the continent of Antarctica, apparently from a time when it was not covered with ice. The significance of this is that many of the details of the coastline and the topography of the continent were unknown until the U.S. military used ice-penetrating radar during flyovers of Antarctica in the early 1960s.
The information from these flyovers reportedly closely matched the ancient Piri Re’is map, leading some researchers to theorize that there was a time in ancient human history when Antarctica was not covered with ice, and may not have been at Earth’s South Pole.
According to this idea, the continent of Antarctica may be been located at a different latitude, in a more temperate part of the world, before the Earth’s crust shifted the continent to the South Pole where it became covered in ice.
If Earth’s crust suddenly shifted long ago, the old ice-covered poles would have quickly melted, causing floods. The new pole areas, perhaps previously warm and green, quickly froze over.
As noted, one idea for the cause of a global crustal shift is an external gravitational force, such as “Planet X.” Another view is that it is just a periodic phenomena that happens every so many thousands of years.
This hypothesis proposes that as Earth revolves around the Sun over the centuries, the planet gradually tips slightly on its axis. This tipping continues for thousands of years and at some point, the crust slips or shifts in a big way, causing earthquakes, volcanic activity and tsunamis, as well as changing the location of continents in relation to the previously-existing equator and poles.
END OF TIME
These theories may or may not have any validity. The idea of “the end of time” or some kind of apocalypse is something that has been around in many generations. It hasn’t happened yet. Of course, that doesn’t mean it won’t.
The current problems of global climate change, overpopulation, advances in technology related to bio-warfare and other human-caused dangers seem to be growing.
Potential natural disasters like the Yellowstone “super volcano” are also a threat that could have global consequences.
But the concept of “the end of time” could also have other meanings – not a time of destruction, but one of transformation. Discoveries in modern physics seem to indicate that we are now learning that space and time are not what we generally think them to be. Time can be altered and experienced in various ways.
It could be that human consciousness might change in ways that are consistent with a change in our perception of, and the realities of time and space. Maybe this might happen in 2012 – or next week. Maybe it is already happening as more people learn about leading-edge and emerging views in physics, psychology and other arts and sciences.
2012 director Emmerich’s previous films such as Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow explored other kinds of global challenges.
In Independence Day, when unfriendly extraterrestrial aliens arrived in huge UFOs (actually they were not “unidentified” for long), humanity faced a serious threat. Is this scenario simply fiction or could such a development occur – or already be occurring?
The Day After Tomorrow put forth the concept that global climate change could alter planetary jet streams and cause sudden and severe cooling of the Earth, instead of warming. We have had various ice ages over the history of this planet. Could we experience another?
According to published reports, Emmerich has said that a TV series is planned based on the movie 2012. In the series, a group of survivors carry on in 2013. Such a TV series seems like a rich platform to explore many possible scenarios about how we might handle various kinds of catastrophes.
This may be a very good idea because despite the assurances from government agencies, scientists, scholars and others, it is usually wise to be prepared for known, suspected and unforeseen dangers and threats.
It might also be useful to believe that ideas like “the end of time” could relate to a new dawn, a new beginning for the human race and planet Earth – filled with peace, progress, prosperity, beauty, discovery and enlightenment.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
TV show ‘V’ may reflect real UFOs, ET visitors
By Steve Hammons
The new ABC TV series “V” seems to be drawing a solid audience and may be helping us consider important issues facing our society today.
The original 1983 miniseries was reportedly related to the novel by Sinclair Lewis, “It Can’t Happen Here,” about the Nazis coming to power in Germany.
Yet, what if we look at the more literal context of the show – that extraterrestrial or unusual visitors of some kind have arrived, perhaps quite some time ago, and are among us?
In the original 1983 two-part miniseries, the 1984 three-part miniseries and the TV series that aired from 1984 to 1985, the visitors were portrayed as reptilian evil-doers who wanted to take over the Earth. Their human and friendly appearance was a cover for a more sinister agenda.
The new 2009 series, a “reimagining” of the 1983 TV miniseries, portrays a similar scenario.
What if there is some truth to a development like this? What if extraterrestrial or other kinds of visitors might arrive on Earth, or already have? Are they hostile? Are they friendly? Are there more than one kind? What might be their goals here? What activities are they conducting?
GOVERNMENT EFFORTS
In the new show, Elizabeth Mitchell plays FBI agent Erica Evans. Each week, she and her allies discover more about the visitors.
Does our real-life FBI take an interest in this topic? According to some UFO research, J. Edgar Hoover definitely had an interest and FBI agents have been involved in these kinds of investigations over the years. Hoover reportedly complained that he was cut out of the loop by other U.S. military and intelligence organizations on this subject.
The Air Force’s “Project Bluebook,” based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, investigated UFO sightings for many years. But some researchers claim that his project was a cover story for other research and activities regarding real UFOs and unusual visitors.
Some researchers say that a group of military and scientific officials called “Majestic” was formed in the late 1940s to investigate and handle an alleged real and serious UFO and visitor situation.
When audiences watch the “V” TV series, many viewers probably reflect on some of these reports and accounts of actual government interest in UFOs and alleged extraterrestrial visitation.
We might also wonder if this TV show, and many other movies, TV programs, books and related communications efforts are simply entertainment or something more.
GET READY
According to some researchers, efforts to prepare, orient and acclimate the American people and people around the world on this subject have been going on for decades.
Through carefully-crafted efforts by psychological operations experts to creative endeavors in the entertainment community, we may have been exposed to a wide array of orientation materials to get us ready to deal with surprising or even troubling situations in this area.
Are we ready? Are we prepared?
The impacts of such a situation could be mental, emotional, spiritual, social, governmental, military, economic, scientific, technological and maybe even biological. There could be many important, complex and sensitive aspects to such a scenario that would need to be handled carefully and safely.
If something like this was really going on, who are the good guys and bad guys? Who can we trust? What is the end game?
These are the same questions and developments playing out in the TV show “V.”
We also see these kinds of elements in apparently increasing numbers of movies, books and other information platforms. Surf your TV channels, scan the movie section of your newspaper or check out the internet or local bookstore and you will find a significant number and variety of materials addressing these subjects.
If there is any truth to the reports and tales about UFOs and unconventional visitors to Earth, we might want to watch “V” with a perspective that helps us prepare for the possibility that this TV show might reflect reality more closely than many people now realize.
The new ABC TV series “V” seems to be drawing a solid audience and may be helping us consider important issues facing our society today.
The original 1983 miniseries was reportedly related to the novel by Sinclair Lewis, “It Can’t Happen Here,” about the Nazis coming to power in Germany.
Yet, what if we look at the more literal context of the show – that extraterrestrial or unusual visitors of some kind have arrived, perhaps quite some time ago, and are among us?
In the original 1983 two-part miniseries, the 1984 three-part miniseries and the TV series that aired from 1984 to 1985, the visitors were portrayed as reptilian evil-doers who wanted to take over the Earth. Their human and friendly appearance was a cover for a more sinister agenda.
The new 2009 series, a “reimagining” of the 1983 TV miniseries, portrays a similar scenario.
What if there is some truth to a development like this? What if extraterrestrial or other kinds of visitors might arrive on Earth, or already have? Are they hostile? Are they friendly? Are there more than one kind? What might be their goals here? What activities are they conducting?
GOVERNMENT EFFORTS
In the new show, Elizabeth Mitchell plays FBI agent Erica Evans. Each week, she and her allies discover more about the visitors.
Does our real-life FBI take an interest in this topic? According to some UFO research, J. Edgar Hoover definitely had an interest and FBI agents have been involved in these kinds of investigations over the years. Hoover reportedly complained that he was cut out of the loop by other U.S. military and intelligence organizations on this subject.
The Air Force’s “Project Bluebook,” based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, investigated UFO sightings for many years. But some researchers claim that his project was a cover story for other research and activities regarding real UFOs and unusual visitors.
Some researchers say that a group of military and scientific officials called “Majestic” was formed in the late 1940s to investigate and handle an alleged real and serious UFO and visitor situation.
When audiences watch the “V” TV series, many viewers probably reflect on some of these reports and accounts of actual government interest in UFOs and alleged extraterrestrial visitation.
We might also wonder if this TV show, and many other movies, TV programs, books and related communications efforts are simply entertainment or something more.
GET READY
According to some researchers, efforts to prepare, orient and acclimate the American people and people around the world on this subject have been going on for decades.
Through carefully-crafted efforts by psychological operations experts to creative endeavors in the entertainment community, we may have been exposed to a wide array of orientation materials to get us ready to deal with surprising or even troubling situations in this area.
Are we ready? Are we prepared?
The impacts of such a situation could be mental, emotional, spiritual, social, governmental, military, economic, scientific, technological and maybe even biological. There could be many important, complex and sensitive aspects to such a scenario that would need to be handled carefully and safely.
If something like this was really going on, who are the good guys and bad guys? Who can we trust? What is the end game?
These are the same questions and developments playing out in the TV show “V.”
We also see these kinds of elements in apparently increasing numbers of movies, books and other information platforms. Surf your TV channels, scan the movie section of your newspaper or check out the internet or local bookstore and you will find a significant number and variety of materials addressing these subjects.
If there is any truth to the reports and tales about UFOs and unconventional visitors to Earth, we might want to watch “V” with a perspective that helps us prepare for the possibility that this TV show might reflect reality more closely than many people now realize.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
'Goats' movie helps us stare at human mind
By Steve Hammons
The new fact-based fiction movie The Men Who Stare at Goats deals with more than meets the eye. Or at least, we see some subjects touched on in quick and sometimes subtle ways that might trigger more thought.
In other scenes, certain topics are dealt with at length or even hit viewers between the eyes with a cinematic sledgehammer.
Incredibly funny parts of the movie are juxtaposed with the troubling, tragic and frightening.
Besides looking at the concepts of the First Earth Battalion and its real-life outside-the-box leader Army Lt. Col. Jim Channon (played by Jeff Bridges), we also get a glimpse at the Vietnam War years and post-Vietnam U.S. Army. These were dark and difficult times in the military and in America.
Yet, the 1960s and ´70s also brought forth the "human potential movement" which included a variety of touchy-feely human encounter activities, experimentation with mind-altering substances, a renewed interest in planet Earth and the natural environment, as well as the value of peace and human love.
From the troubled years after the Vietnam War to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, moviegoers are asked to consider some basic questions about human beings, the U.S. government and military, and even the forces of good versus "the dark side."
THE HUMAN MIND
The movie, and the book upon which it is based, bring together various subjects in ways that give us the opportunity to reflect further about the larger, deeper and more complex aspects of the real-life material.
For example, the research and operational activities of Project STAR GATE, probably the most widely-known U.S. remote viewing program, was not part of Channon's First Earth Battalion.
However, as indicated by the scene when George Clooney identifies the contents of a small closed box as "a man sitting in a chair," remote viewing did turn out to be a real and valid human skill.
Generally speaking, it is a sub-type of ESP, but conducted according to specific and scientific research and operational protocols.
Remote viewing-type skills are related to what we call intuition, gut feelings, instincts and the sixth sense. We probably all have these abilities and can practice and develop them further.
Some of the Project STAR GATE personnel reportedly had quite excellent results at times.
On a separate topic, in the movie an entire Army outpost in Iraq is slipped a mind-altering substance, LSD, via the food and water. In fact, during Army and CIA research of LSD a couple of decades ago, unwitting troops, intelligence officers and civilians were reportedly given this substance to test its effects.
The dangers of this and other mind-altering substances is clearly demonstrated in one troubling and shocking scene. This danger is real and was an unfortunate result for many people in the '60s, '70s and beyond. In fact, certain mind-altering drugs continue to cause severe health, social and legal problems today.
The often valuable research into human consciousness, from the '60s to the present, has been marred in many cases by excess, ignorance, misuse and dangerous behavior.
Defining, understanding and separating worthwhile and constructive approaches from stupid and destructive behavior continue to be a challenge now.
VICTORY WITHIN REACH
In the movie, we also get glimpses of the positive potential of human beings, our military and our society.
When the Jeff Bridges character has a near-death experience in Vietnam after being shot, we might wonder about the many reports of similar encounters that have been thoroughly researched and documented. And we might wonder what conclusions can be drawn from them.
The reverence for the Earth through various rituals by some of the characters can also be interpreted as a valid perspective that connects humans with Nature – and helps keep our feet on the ground as well as offering benefits to mental and spiritual health.
Mention in the movie of U.S. military humanitarian operations, peace operations, conflict resolution and similar activities might seem whimsical. However, these activities are now considered important parts of American foreign policy and important missions of the U.S. armed forces.
How fitting that the movie portrays some recent activities in Iraq and Afghanistan as being part of "the dark side."
The Men Who Stare at Goats is a funny, thought-provoking and very entertaining movie. It moves along quickly, but not like the rapid-fire pacing of a thriller. It is more like a gentle roller-coaster of humor and tragedy, action and more contemplative moments, with representations of good and evil, light and darkness.
Perhaps most importantly, the movie gives us insight into human nature at its best and worst.
The lessons that can be learned from the film, and the stories upon which it is apparently loosely based, are probably more valuable than we might think.
Human consciousness is now changing and evolving in ways that might result in developments so positive that the goals of people like Col. Channon may finally be within reach.
The new fact-based fiction movie The Men Who Stare at Goats deals with more than meets the eye. Or at least, we see some subjects touched on in quick and sometimes subtle ways that might trigger more thought.
In other scenes, certain topics are dealt with at length or even hit viewers between the eyes with a cinematic sledgehammer.
Incredibly funny parts of the movie are juxtaposed with the troubling, tragic and frightening.
Besides looking at the concepts of the First Earth Battalion and its real-life outside-the-box leader Army Lt. Col. Jim Channon (played by Jeff Bridges), we also get a glimpse at the Vietnam War years and post-Vietnam U.S. Army. These were dark and difficult times in the military and in America.
Yet, the 1960s and ´70s also brought forth the "human potential movement" which included a variety of touchy-feely human encounter activities, experimentation with mind-altering substances, a renewed interest in planet Earth and the natural environment, as well as the value of peace and human love.
From the troubled years after the Vietnam War to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, moviegoers are asked to consider some basic questions about human beings, the U.S. government and military, and even the forces of good versus "the dark side."
THE HUMAN MIND
The movie, and the book upon which it is based, bring together various subjects in ways that give us the opportunity to reflect further about the larger, deeper and more complex aspects of the real-life material.
For example, the research and operational activities of Project STAR GATE, probably the most widely-known U.S. remote viewing program, was not part of Channon's First Earth Battalion.
However, as indicated by the scene when George Clooney identifies the contents of a small closed box as "a man sitting in a chair," remote viewing did turn out to be a real and valid human skill.
Generally speaking, it is a sub-type of ESP, but conducted according to specific and scientific research and operational protocols.
Remote viewing-type skills are related to what we call intuition, gut feelings, instincts and the sixth sense. We probably all have these abilities and can practice and develop them further.
Some of the Project STAR GATE personnel reportedly had quite excellent results at times.
On a separate topic, in the movie an entire Army outpost in Iraq is slipped a mind-altering substance, LSD, via the food and water. In fact, during Army and CIA research of LSD a couple of decades ago, unwitting troops, intelligence officers and civilians were reportedly given this substance to test its effects.
The dangers of this and other mind-altering substances is clearly demonstrated in one troubling and shocking scene. This danger is real and was an unfortunate result for many people in the '60s, '70s and beyond. In fact, certain mind-altering drugs continue to cause severe health, social and legal problems today.
The often valuable research into human consciousness, from the '60s to the present, has been marred in many cases by excess, ignorance, misuse and dangerous behavior.
Defining, understanding and separating worthwhile and constructive approaches from stupid and destructive behavior continue to be a challenge now.
VICTORY WITHIN REACH
In the movie, we also get glimpses of the positive potential of human beings, our military and our society.
When the Jeff Bridges character has a near-death experience in Vietnam after being shot, we might wonder about the many reports of similar encounters that have been thoroughly researched and documented. And we might wonder what conclusions can be drawn from them.
The reverence for the Earth through various rituals by some of the characters can also be interpreted as a valid perspective that connects humans with Nature – and helps keep our feet on the ground as well as offering benefits to mental and spiritual health.
Mention in the movie of U.S. military humanitarian operations, peace operations, conflict resolution and similar activities might seem whimsical. However, these activities are now considered important parts of American foreign policy and important missions of the U.S. armed forces.
How fitting that the movie portrays some recent activities in Iraq and Afghanistan as being part of "the dark side."
The Men Who Stare at Goats is a funny, thought-provoking and very entertaining movie. It moves along quickly, but not like the rapid-fire pacing of a thriller. It is more like a gentle roller-coaster of humor and tragedy, action and more contemplative moments, with representations of good and evil, light and darkness.
Perhaps most importantly, the movie gives us insight into human nature at its best and worst.
The lessons that can be learned from the film, and the stories upon which it is apparently loosely based, are probably more valuable than we might think.
Human consciousness is now changing and evolving in ways that might result in developments so positive that the goals of people like Col. Channon may finally be within reach.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
TV project on CIA remote viewing unit underway
By Steve Hammons
Following on the heels of the release of the movie The Men Who Stare at Goats, a new TV project about a CIA "remote viewing" unit is in the works, according to a Nov. 3 article in Variety.
Widespread interest in the topic of remote viewing has grown steadily since information about Project STAR GATE emerged in the 1990s.
Recently, large amounts of documents associated with the project have been declassified and made public, although many remain secret.
The "Goats" movie deals with a wide range of human development methods that were explored in a U.S. Army activity headed by Lt. Col. Jim Channon. Remote viewing-type capabilities and the nature of human consciousness were part of these efforts. Channon served as an advisor for the film.
The Fox project is reportedly being developed with Chernin Entertainment, a TV-based production company associated with 20th Century Fox.
Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope and Lauren Stein will be the executive producers. Len Wiseman will direct. Writer Harris Wilkinson is also involved in the project.
Will they do their research to help ensure that their project is authentic and accurate?
PROJECT STAR GATE
There are many individuals nowadays claiming to be remote viewers or to have knowledge of the U.S. Government's projects in these areas. However, only a relative handful have solid first-hand knowledge and understanding of the programs that later became known as Project STAR GATE.
Although many people may have good abilities in ESP, or "anomalous cognition" as it is sometimes called, remote viewing was a term given to a specific scientifically-run protocol that had been developed and tested during years of research and real intelligence operations.
From the early stages of study at Palo Alto's SRI research center and think tank to sponsorship and management by various branches of the U.S. military and intelligence community, the research into and utilization of enhanced or advanced human perception yielded interesting, if not amazing results.
A former Navy SEAL officer wrote a very useful research paper on remote viewing for his graduate-level studies at the Marine Corps War College. He called remote viewing a good example of what he termed "transcendent warfare" – using leading-edge emerging knowledge to approach conflict in new ways. Transcendent warfare can be related to hard power, soft power and smart power – transcendent power.
Books, movies, TV shows and other communications platforms have explored ESP-related topics in one way or the other for many years.
Yet, the new Fox-Chernin project may have the opportunity to examine the subject more thoroughly in ways that potentially very large audiences will find intriguing and fascinating.
Because human consciousness is something we all have and experience, a TV project dealing with this subject is directly relevant to a wide and deep spectrum of viewers.
In fact, the potential educational value creates a significant synergy with the entertainment elements of such a show.
PART OF NATURE
As wider public awareness of ideas related to remote viewing has evolved in recent years, we now know that this ability and method are directly related to the intuition, instincts, hunches, gut feelings and "sixth sense" many average people have every day.
Scientific theories attempt to explain how we can obtain or access information and understanding of people, places and things outside of our direct five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste.
A brief explanation might simply emphasize that physicists, psychologists and others have determined that things in this Universe of ours are connected in ways that do not seem logical and that we do not fully understand at this time.
Using these potential connections through our deeper minds as well as our other senses and resources can give us greater information and comprehension.
Ancient humans may have used these non-intellectual abilities more than we do today. Animals and other creatures using their instincts are probably also tapping into "non-local" information in similar ways. There may even be connections to these phenomena deep within our biological beings, our cells and our DNA.
In short, these are very natural and normal aspects of the consciousness of life and of Nature. This is one of the ways Nature works.
So, remote viewing and anomalous cognition are really not so anomalous or unusual after all. Better terms might be alternative cognition or perception, or maybe complementary cognition or perception. Integrative cognition or perception might be another useful concept.
It's a kind of perception that can work with our normal five senses and our intellectual, logical brain. But, Project STARGATE personnel also discovered that our thinking brain can get in the way of remote viewing and distort perception.
Remote-viewing types of perceiving may kick in more strongly when needed for survival in some kind of dangerous scenario that could involve injury and life or death situations. This is why these abilities seem to come forward in some military combat personnel, intelligence field operatives or assets, peace officers, firefighters and others.
The Fox-Chernin TV project about a CIA remote viewing group has the potential to take viewers into the amazing potential of not only a special aspect of the intelligence community, but also the human potential inside all of us.
Following on the heels of the release of the movie The Men Who Stare at Goats, a new TV project about a CIA "remote viewing" unit is in the works, according to a Nov. 3 article in Variety.
Widespread interest in the topic of remote viewing has grown steadily since information about Project STAR GATE emerged in the 1990s.
Recently, large amounts of documents associated with the project have been declassified and made public, although many remain secret.
The "Goats" movie deals with a wide range of human development methods that were explored in a U.S. Army activity headed by Lt. Col. Jim Channon. Remote viewing-type capabilities and the nature of human consciousness were part of these efforts. Channon served as an advisor for the film.
The Fox project is reportedly being developed with Chernin Entertainment, a TV-based production company associated with 20th Century Fox.
Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope and Lauren Stein will be the executive producers. Len Wiseman will direct. Writer Harris Wilkinson is also involved in the project.
Will they do their research to help ensure that their project is authentic and accurate?
PROJECT STAR GATE
There are many individuals nowadays claiming to be remote viewers or to have knowledge of the U.S. Government's projects in these areas. However, only a relative handful have solid first-hand knowledge and understanding of the programs that later became known as Project STAR GATE.
Although many people may have good abilities in ESP, or "anomalous cognition" as it is sometimes called, remote viewing was a term given to a specific scientifically-run protocol that had been developed and tested during years of research and real intelligence operations.
From the early stages of study at Palo Alto's SRI research center and think tank to sponsorship and management by various branches of the U.S. military and intelligence community, the research into and utilization of enhanced or advanced human perception yielded interesting, if not amazing results.
A former Navy SEAL officer wrote a very useful research paper on remote viewing for his graduate-level studies at the Marine Corps War College. He called remote viewing a good example of what he termed "transcendent warfare" – using leading-edge emerging knowledge to approach conflict in new ways. Transcendent warfare can be related to hard power, soft power and smart power – transcendent power.
Books, movies, TV shows and other communications platforms have explored ESP-related topics in one way or the other for many years.
Yet, the new Fox-Chernin project may have the opportunity to examine the subject more thoroughly in ways that potentially very large audiences will find intriguing and fascinating.
Because human consciousness is something we all have and experience, a TV project dealing with this subject is directly relevant to a wide and deep spectrum of viewers.
In fact, the potential educational value creates a significant synergy with the entertainment elements of such a show.
PART OF NATURE
As wider public awareness of ideas related to remote viewing has evolved in recent years, we now know that this ability and method are directly related to the intuition, instincts, hunches, gut feelings and "sixth sense" many average people have every day.
Scientific theories attempt to explain how we can obtain or access information and understanding of people, places and things outside of our direct five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste.
A brief explanation might simply emphasize that physicists, psychologists and others have determined that things in this Universe of ours are connected in ways that do not seem logical and that we do not fully understand at this time.
Using these potential connections through our deeper minds as well as our other senses and resources can give us greater information and comprehension.
Ancient humans may have used these non-intellectual abilities more than we do today. Animals and other creatures using their instincts are probably also tapping into "non-local" information in similar ways. There may even be connections to these phenomena deep within our biological beings, our cells and our DNA.
In short, these are very natural and normal aspects of the consciousness of life and of Nature. This is one of the ways Nature works.
So, remote viewing and anomalous cognition are really not so anomalous or unusual after all. Better terms might be alternative cognition or perception, or maybe complementary cognition or perception. Integrative cognition or perception might be another useful concept.
It's a kind of perception that can work with our normal five senses and our intellectual, logical brain. But, Project STARGATE personnel also discovered that our thinking brain can get in the way of remote viewing and distort perception.
Remote-viewing types of perceiving may kick in more strongly when needed for survival in some kind of dangerous scenario that could involve injury and life or death situations. This is why these abilities seem to come forward in some military combat personnel, intelligence field operatives or assets, peace officers, firefighters and others.
The Fox-Chernin TV project about a CIA remote viewing group has the potential to take viewers into the amazing potential of not only a special aspect of the intelligence community, but also the human potential inside all of us.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Movie ‘The Fourth Kind’ sheds light on UFOs, human beings
By Steve Hammons
Are non-human intelligent beings abducting humans? And if so, how and why?
The new movie The Fourth Kind deals with a topic that has become part of the tales, rumors and reports associated with UFOs and theories about visitation to Earth of extraterrestrial, extra-dimensional or other intelligent beings.
In the film, due in theatres Nov. 6, Milla Jovovich stars as a behavioral health professional working with clients who have apparent sleep disorders.
She soon discovers that these individuals are having difficulties because they apparently have experienced something very frightening and troubling – they may have been abducted by non-human beings of some kind, and for unclear purposes.
So-called “alien abductions” have been explored in various books, TV shows and movies. But, is there any truth to this phenomenon?
ABDUCTION IN THE MEDIA
The concept of human abductions by “aliens” appeared on many people’s radar in 1987 and 1988 with the publication of the books Intruders and Missing Time by artist and researcher Budd Hopkins.
Hopkins had become interested in the UFO topic and began to question individuals who, under hypnosis, recalled these strange abduction experiences.
Some critics said hypnosis was an unreliable method to elicit accurate memories and that the people under hypnosis could be inadvertently persuaded to come up with false memories of alien abduction experiences.
However, when highly-respected Harvard School of Medicine psychiatrist John Mack, M.D., began to come to conclusions similar to researchers such as Hopkins, this topic gained credibility. (Mack was also a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, having written a biography of T. E. Lawrence – “Lawrence of Arabia.”)
In the early 1990s, Mack conducted a research study of 200 people who felt they may have had an alien abduction experience. He reportedly initially believed these people must have had some type of mental health problem. However, after interviewing and examining them, he found this not to be case.
Mack also noted that he felt an apparent spiritual or transformational experience on the part of these people was significant.
His subsequent 1999 book, Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters, remains one of the most respected works on this topic. His book Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens was published in 2007.
Another writer who explored this subject was Whitley Strieber. His book Communion, published in 1987, reported what Strieber claimed were his own abduction experiences. He went on to write several other books dealing with this topic.
The 1993 movie Fire in the Sky also brought the alien abduction issue into widespread public awareness. The film was based on an alleged 1975 experience of Snowflake, Arizona, resident Travis Walton, who claimed he was abducted in front of several fellow workers as they drove through an Arizona national forest after a day of clearing brush.
The 2002 TV mini-series Taken, produced by the Steven Spielberg organization, also further explored the ideas surrounding alleged abductions.
CREDIBLE REPORTS
According to some UFO lore, when elements of the U.S. Government became aware of unusual visitation to Earth during the 1940s, communication was made and liaison between certain officials and the visitors was established.
Many reports in the UFO literature suggest that it did become known that the visitors wished to examine humans – for purposes that are not entirely clear.
Stories and accounts of these abductions often involve people seeing a UFO, while driving for example, then experiencing “missing time” about which they have no memory – at least, no easily-accessible conscious memory. Later, they may experience troubling feelings or memories, along with physical marks or scars.
In other cases, people claim they are abducted from their beds at night. They report the same kinds of experiences as those who say they were taken while awake.
Both adults and children have may have had these experiences, according to the accounts in various UFO literature.
The tales of these very close encounters range from highly questionable to apparently fairly reliable witnesses and researchers. This has also been the case with those who claim to have seen UFOs. While some reports of sightings may not hold water, many other witnesses have been found to be highly credible pilots, military personnel, peace officers and respectable citizens of all kinds.
When moviegoers head out to see The Fourth Kind, there will probably be more discussion about what has been going on with UFOs, unusual visitors and close encounters with humans.
It seems to be a subject worth researching, and there are many reliable and worthwhile sources of information available.
The Fourth Kind may help us understand more about alleged alien visitation and about ourselves.
Are non-human intelligent beings abducting humans? And if so, how and why?
The new movie The Fourth Kind deals with a topic that has become part of the tales, rumors and reports associated with UFOs and theories about visitation to Earth of extraterrestrial, extra-dimensional or other intelligent beings.
In the film, due in theatres Nov. 6, Milla Jovovich stars as a behavioral health professional working with clients who have apparent sleep disorders.
She soon discovers that these individuals are having difficulties because they apparently have experienced something very frightening and troubling – they may have been abducted by non-human beings of some kind, and for unclear purposes.
So-called “alien abductions” have been explored in various books, TV shows and movies. But, is there any truth to this phenomenon?
ABDUCTION IN THE MEDIA
The concept of human abductions by “aliens” appeared on many people’s radar in 1987 and 1988 with the publication of the books Intruders and Missing Time by artist and researcher Budd Hopkins.
Hopkins had become interested in the UFO topic and began to question individuals who, under hypnosis, recalled these strange abduction experiences.
Some critics said hypnosis was an unreliable method to elicit accurate memories and that the people under hypnosis could be inadvertently persuaded to come up with false memories of alien abduction experiences.
However, when highly-respected Harvard School of Medicine psychiatrist John Mack, M.D., began to come to conclusions similar to researchers such as Hopkins, this topic gained credibility. (Mack was also a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, having written a biography of T. E. Lawrence – “Lawrence of Arabia.”)
In the early 1990s, Mack conducted a research study of 200 people who felt they may have had an alien abduction experience. He reportedly initially believed these people must have had some type of mental health problem. However, after interviewing and examining them, he found this not to be case.
Mack also noted that he felt an apparent spiritual or transformational experience on the part of these people was significant.
His subsequent 1999 book, Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters, remains one of the most respected works on this topic. His book Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens was published in 2007.
Another writer who explored this subject was Whitley Strieber. His book Communion, published in 1987, reported what Strieber claimed were his own abduction experiences. He went on to write several other books dealing with this topic.
The 1993 movie Fire in the Sky also brought the alien abduction issue into widespread public awareness. The film was based on an alleged 1975 experience of Snowflake, Arizona, resident Travis Walton, who claimed he was abducted in front of several fellow workers as they drove through an Arizona national forest after a day of clearing brush.
The 2002 TV mini-series Taken, produced by the Steven Spielberg organization, also further explored the ideas surrounding alleged abductions.
CREDIBLE REPORTS
According to some UFO lore, when elements of the U.S. Government became aware of unusual visitation to Earth during the 1940s, communication was made and liaison between certain officials and the visitors was established.
Many reports in the UFO literature suggest that it did become known that the visitors wished to examine humans – for purposes that are not entirely clear.
Stories and accounts of these abductions often involve people seeing a UFO, while driving for example, then experiencing “missing time” about which they have no memory – at least, no easily-accessible conscious memory. Later, they may experience troubling feelings or memories, along with physical marks or scars.
In other cases, people claim they are abducted from their beds at night. They report the same kinds of experiences as those who say they were taken while awake.
Both adults and children have may have had these experiences, according to the accounts in various UFO literature.
The tales of these very close encounters range from highly questionable to apparently fairly reliable witnesses and researchers. This has also been the case with those who claim to have seen UFOs. While some reports of sightings may not hold water, many other witnesses have been found to be highly credible pilots, military personnel, peace officers and respectable citizens of all kinds.
When moviegoers head out to see The Fourth Kind, there will probably be more discussion about what has been going on with UFOs, unusual visitors and close encounters with humans.
It seems to be a subject worth researching, and there are many reliable and worthwhile sources of information available.
The Fourth Kind may help us understand more about alleged alien visitation and about ourselves.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Google logos, H.G. Wells help public preparedness on UFOs
By Steve Hammons
The Google logo “doodle” on Sept. 21, H.G. Wells’ birthday, showed the three-legged extraterrestrial invaders from Wells’ novel The War of the Worlds, published in 1898.
Recent Google UFO doodles sparked curiosity and motivated amateur sleuths who tried to determine the meanings of the mysterious flying saucers in Google’s logo on Sept. 5 and Sept. 15.
The War of the Worlds was made into movies over the years, including the most recent 2005 version directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins and Dakota Fanning.
One of the most noteworthy outcomes from the book was the Mercury Theatre radio broadcast on CBS based on the novel that aired live on Halloween, Oct. 30, 1938.
Some listeners believed the radio drama script by Orson Welles was a series of real news reports about an invasion of Earth by frightening creatures from Mars and panic swept many communities in the U.S.
WELLS, WELLES AND PROJECT BLUEBOOK
This incident has been cited as an example of mass hysteria that may have affected U.S. authorities investigating real unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and alleged extraterrestrial visitation to, or activities on Earth.
The first head of the U.S. Air Force’s Project Bluebook, Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, wrote in his 1956 book The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects that "The [U.S. government's] UFO files are full of references to the near mass panic of October 30, 1938, when Orson Welles presented his now famous The War of the Worlds broadcast."
Project Bluebook, based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton, in southwestern Ohio, claimed to be a straightforward investigative effort into UFO sightings. Some researchers allege that the project was actually a cover story of sorts that obscured and assisted other government activities in this area.
Google’s celebration of H.G. Wells’ birthday with a War of the Worlds logo doodle also reminds us of the 1938 radio show and the effects on the social psychology of the U.S. that Halloween night. The fact that the radio broadcast based on The War of the Worlds had such significant impacts on American society seems to make the book and the radio program highly relevant today.
Why? The acclimation and preparedness of the American and international public to the possibility of extraterrestrial contact may be an important goal now.
REACTIONS TO FICTION, FACT
How would Americans and people around the world react to a similar fictitious incident now, if it was misinterpreted as reality? How would we react to a real situation misinterpreted as fiction?
What would our response be to the realization that we truly are being visited by intelligent beings from elsewhere? Many credible researchers indicate that activities on Earth by intelligent beings from elsewhere are a reality.
Therefore, being psychologically and emotionally prepared seems to be important. The safe and steady acclimation of the public to such a possibility may be the best route to take.
We might remember that the first Google UFO logo on Sept. 5 was of a disc- or saucer-shaped craft apparently sending a beam of light or energy down to an “o” in Google. Clicking the logo took users to the Google search for “unexplained phenomenon” and a very large number of many interesting topics.
The Sept. 15 doodle showed a similar UFO over a series of crop circles that was linked to a Google search page for “crop circles.”
Both of these had no apparent direct connection with the works of H.G. Wells, other than the general concept of extraterrestrial visitation and the wide range of possibilities that Wells explored in many of his works.
There are many unexplained phenomena on our planet and in this Universe – or multiverse. Even as we discover explanations for some mysteries, different unexplained situations seem to emerge as physicists, psychologists and researchers of all kinds explore the unknown.
It seems possible that many of these mysteries, discoveries and situations could affect us in ways we may not fully understand at this time. But, by opening our minds to the possibilities, as H.G. Wells did, we can possibly become more prepared for new and unconventional developments.
The Google logo “doodle” on Sept. 21, H.G. Wells’ birthday, showed the three-legged extraterrestrial invaders from Wells’ novel The War of the Worlds, published in 1898.
Recent Google UFO doodles sparked curiosity and motivated amateur sleuths who tried to determine the meanings of the mysterious flying saucers in Google’s logo on Sept. 5 and Sept. 15.
The War of the Worlds was made into movies over the years, including the most recent 2005 version directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins and Dakota Fanning.
One of the most noteworthy outcomes from the book was the Mercury Theatre radio broadcast on CBS based on the novel that aired live on Halloween, Oct. 30, 1938.
Some listeners believed the radio drama script by Orson Welles was a series of real news reports about an invasion of Earth by frightening creatures from Mars and panic swept many communities in the U.S.
WELLS, WELLES AND PROJECT BLUEBOOK
This incident has been cited as an example of mass hysteria that may have affected U.S. authorities investigating real unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and alleged extraterrestrial visitation to, or activities on Earth.
The first head of the U.S. Air Force’s Project Bluebook, Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, wrote in his 1956 book The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects that "The [U.S. government's] UFO files are full of references to the near mass panic of October 30, 1938, when Orson Welles presented his now famous The War of the Worlds broadcast."
Project Bluebook, based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton, in southwestern Ohio, claimed to be a straightforward investigative effort into UFO sightings. Some researchers allege that the project was actually a cover story of sorts that obscured and assisted other government activities in this area.
Google’s celebration of H.G. Wells’ birthday with a War of the Worlds logo doodle also reminds us of the 1938 radio show and the effects on the social psychology of the U.S. that Halloween night. The fact that the radio broadcast based on The War of the Worlds had such significant impacts on American society seems to make the book and the radio program highly relevant today.
Why? The acclimation and preparedness of the American and international public to the possibility of extraterrestrial contact may be an important goal now.
REACTIONS TO FICTION, FACT
How would Americans and people around the world react to a similar fictitious incident now, if it was misinterpreted as reality? How would we react to a real situation misinterpreted as fiction?
What would our response be to the realization that we truly are being visited by intelligent beings from elsewhere? Many credible researchers indicate that activities on Earth by intelligent beings from elsewhere are a reality.
Therefore, being psychologically and emotionally prepared seems to be important. The safe and steady acclimation of the public to such a possibility may be the best route to take.
We might remember that the first Google UFO logo on Sept. 5 was of a disc- or saucer-shaped craft apparently sending a beam of light or energy down to an “o” in Google. Clicking the logo took users to the Google search for “unexplained phenomenon” and a very large number of many interesting topics.
The Sept. 15 doodle showed a similar UFO over a series of crop circles that was linked to a Google search page for “crop circles.”
Both of these had no apparent direct connection with the works of H.G. Wells, other than the general concept of extraterrestrial visitation and the wide range of possibilities that Wells explored in many of his works.
There are many unexplained phenomena on our planet and in this Universe – or multiverse. Even as we discover explanations for some mysteries, different unexplained situations seem to emerge as physicists, psychologists and researchers of all kinds explore the unknown.
It seems possible that many of these mysteries, discoveries and situations could affect us in ways we may not fully understand at this time. But, by opening our minds to the possibilities, as H.G. Wells did, we can possibly become more prepared for new and unconventional developments.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Google’s new UFO crop circle logo raises questions
By Steve Hammons
Google’s customized logo has again sparked curiosity and mystery.
On Saturday, Sept. 5, the Google “doodle” featured a disc-shaped UFO with a beam of light or energy connecting the saucer with the “o” in Google. Today, another flying saucer UFO is hovering over the Google logo in the form of a crop circle.
When visitors click the logo, they are taken to the search for “crop circles.” The previous anomalous logo took users to a search for “unexplained phenomenon.”
Interesting theories and connections related to the Sept. 5 logo quickly surfaced, since Google’s usual logo doodles normally celebrate or note significant cultural events. It wasn’t immediately clear what the UFO meant.
Today’s saucer and crop circle doodle is also somewhat mysterious.
However, a connection seems obvious: Both feature a disc-shaped UFO, and crop circles have long been theorized to be connected with extraterrestrial and/or extra-dimensional visitation and communication.
EARTH CHANGES
Although some crop circles have been created by humans, many truly seem to be unexplained phenomena.
In fact, crop circles played a part in my two novels, Mission Into Light and the sequel Light’s Hand. In Mission Into Light, the main character, Mike Green, is recruited into a small San Diego-based joint military and intelligence research group.
The unit, called the Joint Reconnaissance Study Group (JRSG), is tasked with investigating various interesting and unusual phenomena. Mike was on Team Two of three, three-person teams.
In Mission Into Light, Mike’s Team Two partners were pursing their own assigned intelligence and reconnaissance. Team leader Army Col. Ed Thompson and Army Special Forces Capt. Bill MacNeil were looking into something interesting.
At least it was interesting to them. Crop circles.
MacNeil had seen a TV show about them. He was on the Internet at the office the next day, finding out what he could about the strange phenomena. He found photos and information about the many different crop circle patterns on the Internet and he’d shown Ed quite a few.
Bill had worked on farms as a teenager. The idea that crops could be a focus of some strange, cosmic art and communication was fascinating to him.
Ed was also looking into something else. Something Team One member Navy Commander Dan Wells had talked to him about. The concept of upcoming Earth changes.
Wells had come to him on a Monday morning and told him about Team One’s Air Force Capt. Amy Mella’s dream and the conversations over brunch with her and Green. Dan told Ed about some of the Earth changes theories of geological catastrophe.
At a group meeting, Ed and MacNeil wanted to present the crop circle information and the Earth changes theories in as reasonable a manner as possible. They were confident that their group colleagues had open minds. They had Mac lead off with the crop circle phenomena.
“As you all know, we’ve been looking at the UFO area. We’ve expanded that line of research into the crop circle issue.”
He looked around at their faces. He and Thompson got a kick out of stretching their imaginations and watching their minds work as they tried out this new angle on their colleagues.
“You probably have heard about them. Large and often intricate symbols in fields of canola, wheat, and other crops. Clearly a form of communication.”
“Although there’ve been some pranksters and fakes, there are also many crop circles that cannot have been hoaxes. There seems to be mathematical, scientific, and symbolic meaning to the formations. Possible symbolic maps or universal symbols and messages. Maybe something to do with physics. It’s not completely clear.”
“In the apparently legitimate cases, the actual plants have gone through unique changes which have caused them to bend, and not break. And some biological and cellular changes in the plants have been reported by botanists.”
MacNeil reached into a cardboard box he had brought into the room and passed around packets of photos of crop circles, most taken from the air.
“There’s a portfolio of twenty examples for each of you. We can get you a much larger sample if you want. It’s on the Internet and there are some good books of photographs available. A brief report on some of the dynamics of the circles, locations, theories, and the like is attached to the photos. Maybe we can discuss it further after the meeting, if anyone’s interested.”
PARTS OF THE PUZZLE
In the sequel novel, Light’s Hand, crop circles continue to play a role. At a group meeting, the JRSG commanding officer, Air Force Col. Tom O’Brien, leads the discussion.
“Okay, the team leaders will now brief us on where we stand with the ongoing research and where we’re going. Commander Wells, do you have any more to add about the marine mammals and the geologic problems?”
“Lt. Commander Etienne, Capt. Mella and I will continue our work with the Marine Mammal Program with a new emphasis on the Pacific Plate problem, as we’ve said. We’re going cross teams a little, too. MacNeil’s work on crop circles may tie in with Earth geologic changes, so he’s going to be involved in some of our research. That’s about it for Team One.”
It may seem odd for a U.S. military and intelligence group to be researching strange things like UFOs, ESP, crop circles, near-death experiences and similar anomalous phenomena, but the JRSG mission statement spelled it out in some detail.
When Mike Green read it, he felt it was a straightforward document in some ways, yet cryptic and mysterious between the lines. The JRSG had already made a dent in some of the “areas of research” and barely scratched the surface of others, Mike thought.
The first research area was UFOs. Mike, Ed Thompson and Bill MacNeil had witnessed an apparent UFO in the distance during a chopper ride from San Diego to Fort Huachuca, Arizona. At least that’s what the Navy chopper pilot called it ... off the record.
Ed and Bill had also gone to Phoenix after the half the city spotted a huge v-shaped craft gently glide over town one evening. They asked a few questions over at Luke Air Force Base but didn’t come up with anything more than the general public and press knew.
Bill’s research into crop circles also seemed to be probably linked to UFOs.
And when Mike and Bill were sent from Fort Huachuca to Roswell, New Mexico, the trip was suddenly canceled due to a reported ambush to discourage them. Uncle Jack had showed up to take them to a safe house in Phoenix. Why would Roswell be a sensitive issue at this late date? Dozens of books, movies and TV shows had looked at almost every angle of the so-called “Roswell incident” in 1947.
Mike remembered Bill MacNeil’s thoughts about the crop circles he was investigating. And MacNeil’s friends in crypto were coming up with ideas that the crop circles are trying to say something about planetary or physics concepts that might be related to Earth changes.
MORE CIRCLES
As the second novel moves toward the final climax, crop circles play a key role. At the group’s office on San Diego’s Point Loma peninsula, Bill MacNeil was sitting at his PC and was on the Internet. He was looking at a Web site on crop circles.
Something was going on. He needed to advise the CO, Col. O’Brien and his team leader Col. Thompson.
“Sirs. You might want to take a look at this. This Web site is reporting a significant increase in crop circles in the last seventy-two hours. In England, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, and Denmark. Over here, in Ohio, western Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, and Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Down in Mexico too. And a few in Australia and New Zealand.”
O’Brien and Thompson looked at the screen of MacNeil’s PC. MacNeil clicked his computer mouse until there were three maps on the screen. One of Western Europe, one of North America, and one of Australia and New Zealand. The new and previous crop circles were marked. There were dozens and dozens of new circles noted on the maps.
While they were watching, three new circles were forming that very minute in British Columbia, Washington state, and California’s Imperial Valley, which was just east of San Diego County and west of Yuma, Arizona.
What did it mean?
Members of the JRSG quickly find out that a major event is in the making, and the crop circles seemed to be connected to it.
Maybe we should all take a second look at crop circles – what they are, what they mean, what they are trying to say. Google may be helping us recognize this.
Google’s customized logo has again sparked curiosity and mystery.
On Saturday, Sept. 5, the Google “doodle” featured a disc-shaped UFO with a beam of light or energy connecting the saucer with the “o” in Google. Today, another flying saucer UFO is hovering over the Google logo in the form of a crop circle.
When visitors click the logo, they are taken to the search for “crop circles.” The previous anomalous logo took users to a search for “unexplained phenomenon.”
Interesting theories and connections related to the Sept. 5 logo quickly surfaced, since Google’s usual logo doodles normally celebrate or note significant cultural events. It wasn’t immediately clear what the UFO meant.
Today’s saucer and crop circle doodle is also somewhat mysterious.
However, a connection seems obvious: Both feature a disc-shaped UFO, and crop circles have long been theorized to be connected with extraterrestrial and/or extra-dimensional visitation and communication.
EARTH CHANGES
Although some crop circles have been created by humans, many truly seem to be unexplained phenomena.
In fact, crop circles played a part in my two novels, Mission Into Light and the sequel Light’s Hand. In Mission Into Light, the main character, Mike Green, is recruited into a small San Diego-based joint military and intelligence research group.
The unit, called the Joint Reconnaissance Study Group (JRSG), is tasked with investigating various interesting and unusual phenomena. Mike was on Team Two of three, three-person teams.
In Mission Into Light, Mike’s Team Two partners were pursing their own assigned intelligence and reconnaissance. Team leader Army Col. Ed Thompson and Army Special Forces Capt. Bill MacNeil were looking into something interesting.
At least it was interesting to them. Crop circles.
MacNeil had seen a TV show about them. He was on the Internet at the office the next day, finding out what he could about the strange phenomena. He found photos and information about the many different crop circle patterns on the Internet and he’d shown Ed quite a few.
Bill had worked on farms as a teenager. The idea that crops could be a focus of some strange, cosmic art and communication was fascinating to him.
Ed was also looking into something else. Something Team One member Navy Commander Dan Wells had talked to him about. The concept of upcoming Earth changes.
Wells had come to him on a Monday morning and told him about Team One’s Air Force Capt. Amy Mella’s dream and the conversations over brunch with her and Green. Dan told Ed about some of the Earth changes theories of geological catastrophe.
At a group meeting, Ed and MacNeil wanted to present the crop circle information and the Earth changes theories in as reasonable a manner as possible. They were confident that their group colleagues had open minds. They had Mac lead off with the crop circle phenomena.
“As you all know, we’ve been looking at the UFO area. We’ve expanded that line of research into the crop circle issue.”
He looked around at their faces. He and Thompson got a kick out of stretching their imaginations and watching their minds work as they tried out this new angle on their colleagues.
“You probably have heard about them. Large and often intricate symbols in fields of canola, wheat, and other crops. Clearly a form of communication.”
“Although there’ve been some pranksters and fakes, there are also many crop circles that cannot have been hoaxes. There seems to be mathematical, scientific, and symbolic meaning to the formations. Possible symbolic maps or universal symbols and messages. Maybe something to do with physics. It’s not completely clear.”
“In the apparently legitimate cases, the actual plants have gone through unique changes which have caused them to bend, and not break. And some biological and cellular changes in the plants have been reported by botanists.”
MacNeil reached into a cardboard box he had brought into the room and passed around packets of photos of crop circles, most taken from the air.
“There’s a portfolio of twenty examples for each of you. We can get you a much larger sample if you want. It’s on the Internet and there are some good books of photographs available. A brief report on some of the dynamics of the circles, locations, theories, and the like is attached to the photos. Maybe we can discuss it further after the meeting, if anyone’s interested.”
PARTS OF THE PUZZLE
In the sequel novel, Light’s Hand, crop circles continue to play a role. At a group meeting, the JRSG commanding officer, Air Force Col. Tom O’Brien, leads the discussion.
“Okay, the team leaders will now brief us on where we stand with the ongoing research and where we’re going. Commander Wells, do you have any more to add about the marine mammals and the geologic problems?”
“Lt. Commander Etienne, Capt. Mella and I will continue our work with the Marine Mammal Program with a new emphasis on the Pacific Plate problem, as we’ve said. We’re going cross teams a little, too. MacNeil’s work on crop circles may tie in with Earth geologic changes, so he’s going to be involved in some of our research. That’s about it for Team One.”
It may seem odd for a U.S. military and intelligence group to be researching strange things like UFOs, ESP, crop circles, near-death experiences and similar anomalous phenomena, but the JRSG mission statement spelled it out in some detail.
When Mike Green read it, he felt it was a straightforward document in some ways, yet cryptic and mysterious between the lines. The JRSG had already made a dent in some of the “areas of research” and barely scratched the surface of others, Mike thought.
The first research area was UFOs. Mike, Ed Thompson and Bill MacNeil had witnessed an apparent UFO in the distance during a chopper ride from San Diego to Fort Huachuca, Arizona. At least that’s what the Navy chopper pilot called it ... off the record.
Ed and Bill had also gone to Phoenix after the half the city spotted a huge v-shaped craft gently glide over town one evening. They asked a few questions over at Luke Air Force Base but didn’t come up with anything more than the general public and press knew.
Bill’s research into crop circles also seemed to be probably linked to UFOs.
And when Mike and Bill were sent from Fort Huachuca to Roswell, New Mexico, the trip was suddenly canceled due to a reported ambush to discourage them. Uncle Jack had showed up to take them to a safe house in Phoenix. Why would Roswell be a sensitive issue at this late date? Dozens of books, movies and TV shows had looked at almost every angle of the so-called “Roswell incident” in 1947.
Mike remembered Bill MacNeil’s thoughts about the crop circles he was investigating. And MacNeil’s friends in crypto were coming up with ideas that the crop circles are trying to say something about planetary or physics concepts that might be related to Earth changes.
MORE CIRCLES
As the second novel moves toward the final climax, crop circles play a key role. At the group’s office on San Diego’s Point Loma peninsula, Bill MacNeil was sitting at his PC and was on the Internet. He was looking at a Web site on crop circles.
Something was going on. He needed to advise the CO, Col. O’Brien and his team leader Col. Thompson.
“Sirs. You might want to take a look at this. This Web site is reporting a significant increase in crop circles in the last seventy-two hours. In England, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, and Denmark. Over here, in Ohio, western Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, and Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Down in Mexico too. And a few in Australia and New Zealand.”
O’Brien and Thompson looked at the screen of MacNeil’s PC. MacNeil clicked his computer mouse until there were three maps on the screen. One of Western Europe, one of North America, and one of Australia and New Zealand. The new and previous crop circles were marked. There were dozens and dozens of new circles noted on the maps.
While they were watching, three new circles were forming that very minute in British Columbia, Washington state, and California’s Imperial Valley, which was just east of San Diego County and west of Yuma, Arizona.
What did it mean?
Members of the JRSG quickly find out that a major event is in the making, and the crop circles seemed to be connected to it.
Maybe we should all take a second look at crop circles – what they are, what they mean, what they are trying to say. Google may be helping us recognize this.
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