Why everything should be taken with a grain of salt.

When one looks into the current state of astrobiology, one would be torn between fits of dismay and ecstatic rejoice. A case in point are two articles from "the telegraph". The first article written and posted on 23 Jan 2011, decries "Alien life deemed impossible, according to analysis of 500 exo-planets". Obviously, this pessimistic survey, attempts to assert (or rather the astronomer in question does) that "ours" is a most unique solar system; and that all "others" out there are much too inhospitable to support exo-life. This assertion was, and presumably still is made regardless of the well studied and documented "extreamefiles" found here on earth. However, if we (as in the normal public) were to fall down in veneration to all scientists who espouse institutional bias, we would have simply said, "oh, that is one more mystery we do not need to worry about" and reallocated resources to other areas of research. And, if we had been so unquestioning, as to accept what one expert had proposed as the "truth" then this article and required research would have never been done. "New Planet May Support Life" posted on 13 Sept 2011, this article in seemingly direct contradiction to the former, goes on to state:

It has been found to lie (exo planet) in the so-called "Goldilocks zone", meaning it is not too hot and not too cold for the presence of liquid water - the key for a planet to support Earth-like life. A Goldilocks planet was previously discovered in 2007.

The above example, is one of innumerable reasons that research, proposed findings and scientific "truth" should all be taken with a grain of salt.

A Matter of Time.

Who would have thought, researching and writing a few detailed essays would have been so time consuming. Anyway, work on this foray into UAPs UFOs has been progressing, and something of substance should be out by the end of the month. In the mean time, I have come across some more sites worth of note. The first would be the successor to seti@home or rather, the rebooted version. I will be getting "back" to it soon: I was an avid member between 98/99 but, life got in the way, and I haven't been back since. The next is very much related: http://www.seti-germany.de/. I think the web address says it all. The last is Citizen Science I expect some great things will come from that site soon.

That is about it for this week, as the other projects are still forming and requiring much time.

BTW: Does anyone out there know of a good tutorial on DIY RADIO-Telescopes?

Alien Propaganda.

Some brief thoughts on Secrecy, Human Subjugation and Alien Propaganda.

IF an ETI were to land, with the intent of subjugating mankind, incorporating the planet into some galactic empire all "they" would have to do is point to the decades of government censorship on issues of UFO/UAP.

Really, it would be that easy.

"they" come down, all flash and pizazz; showing off some new-cool techno-jewelrysaying, "hey, we come in peace, but you first have to get rid of your current leaders." And then the "masses" reply Why? and then "they" say "well, geez, you see, we really want ya'll to come and join our galactic empire, in fact, we've wanted this for some time. The deal-o you see, is that your leaders, have been sayin, like no- and even been denying that we're here. We think they just want to be holdin' on to their power, and not carin' a bit 'bout the normal people, like You. So, get'em out of the way, and we'll let ya'll join our empire (as junior members at first) and we all can live in peace and harmony and all that jazz."

At this point, the middle and lower classes overthrow the current power elite: The world delves into even "more" inter species wars and death: meanwhile the Aliens sit back and wait, 'till we've all but killed ourselves. There will not be much resistance, as there won't be many left.

Of course, this is just a thought, an intellectual tinker toy, in-which to play. But, it is also something that should be considered some what seriously. The affect of "aliens" coming down today, and saying "your leaders, have been keeping you enslaved, for their own gain, we bring you peace and harmony and lots of honey- as long as you sign on the dotted line" well, I think the "elite" would be in for a serious issue. In fact, I think it would be as easy as buying Manhattan for a handful of beads.

In the end, this is another reason for disclosure.

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Nothing of real importance today, as the work is still on going. In the mean time, I came across this video. I am not a big fan of the History Channel, but this does seem a bit interesting.

Update: Disclosure, Myths and other "things"

As I am currently working on my first foray into the field (yes, I am writing a book) this post will be brief and to the point.

Disclosure: will only happen once it is forced. The way of forcing disclosure is for citizen science to come to the forefront and "prove" as much as possible that the ETH is not only the most viable hypothesis, but in fact the only hypothesis.

Myths: Joseph Campbell, in an interview once stated that there were no "aliens" nor "ufos". All ufos were a product of man; either from the collective unconscious or technology. Now, I do understand this point of view: the world's lexicon of myths, religions, beliefs are fertile to say the least. We have used imagery which is very much akin to most ufo sightings. In fact, the vast majority of abduction cases echo the great myths of yore almost to the letter. However, because we have used these images to explain natural phenomenon (from floods to shooting stars) does not in itself preclude the existence of extraterrestrials. If anything, it shows the human imagination, and thus the collective unconscious is quite capable of assimilating new, and perhaps exotic life forms. One thing I would take away from the late Joseph Campbell's work though, is that if/when contact is made, the "new" faces should not be looked to for salvation: as more than likely they will be mortal creatures much as we are, and prone to the same failures of flesh.

Things: As noted above, I have been working on my first foray into the field. Subsequently, I have been doing a lot of reading, trying to get my head around some of the more obtuse "weirdness" which is prevalent in this field. Along my journeys I have come across a handful of interesting "things" which don't exactly fit into what I am currently working on. Below you will find a collection of links and other such stuff for your enjoyment.



Links of Interest.

1. Ocean Explorer These are the guys who have found "something" in the north sea.

2. The Anomalist One of the best news collection sties out there.

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Stay tuned for future updates.

Putting the Horse before the Cart.

While working on my own contributions to the exo-field, I have come across several disheartening instances of well intentioned individuals putting the cart-way before the horse. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people associated with exo-politics, UAPs, UFOs, ETIs and the such; take for granted the scant reliable evidence to be had, is in itself undeniable "proof" of Aliens, UFOs and a world-wide cover up. These overstatements are unfortunate due to the fact that for the majority of those outside of the exo-community, UAPs, UFOs and ETIs are not a forgone conclusion. In other words, most people not only "don't" believe in UFOs, but they seriously doubt the existence of life outside of this pale blue dot. We still live in a world, where people seriously put forward dinosaur bones were placed there by (g)od as a means of testing our faith.

Further, with people purporting to have "seen" "heard" and "been abducted by" aliens (not UFOs) it causes the rest of the community much distress, as it paints everyone with an accepting brush, that "he" believes he has been abducted, when in actual fact, "he" just wants to do some real science and research into the phenomenon.

Alas, though I digress from the original intent, I would like to swing back around to the meaning of open-science. Last week I posted a short video clip of The Ocean Explorer Peter Lindberg. This is an example of "open-ish" science. He found something interesting, decided to throw it out there and now there are several hundred interested souls. It may be a bunch of rocks, or something else- It doesn't matter, because in the end, regardless of everything, this small portion of the ocean floor, will have been mapped, studied and cataloged. So, even if it turns out to be just a really cool undersea rock formation, science has been pushed forward by that much. Additionally, I believe in one of my first posts, I wrote about Copenhagen Sub-orbitals and their launch of an open source rocket on June 3rd. Again, this is something the exo-community should take seriously! And there are also the countless open science sites, where the community could participate in cataloging, defining and basically "doing" real science.

The above are all examples of what I mean, when I call for an exo-community lead, "open science" group. We could do research into UAPs, UFOs and ETIs while, also doing related science which benefits all. Further, if after decades of research, we are forced to concede that the ETI hypothesis is not viable, we will have contributed a great deal to the scientific community regardless.

Disclosure?

If and When disclosure comes, I would imagine it will be something like this and not governments actually coming out.

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