OUTLINE
I. THINGS IN THE SKY
A. THE FIRST DOCUMENTED SIGHTING
B. THE FEVER SPREADS
1. PILOT ENCOUNTERS
2. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY
II. DENTS IN THE EARTH
III. UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON
A. THE WRITING ON THE WALL
B. GEODES
IV. WHAT ABOUT RELIGION?
A. THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE
B. THE ANCIENT GREEKS
C. THE AMERICAN INDIAN
V. CONCLUSION
WE ARE NOT ALONE
WE ONCE BELIEVED THAT THE EARTH IS THE ONLY PLANET IN THE
UNIVERSE THAT SUPPORTS LIFE. TODAY THERE IS OVERWHELMING
EVIDENCE THAT NOT ONLY SUGGESTS, BUT SUPPORTS THE VERY REAL
POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY SHARE THE UNIVERSE WITH OTHER
INTELLIGENT BEINGS.
ON JUNE 24TH, 1947, WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE REMAINS OF A
DOWNED MARINE C-46 TRANSPORT LOST SOMEWHERE IN THE MOUNT
RANIER AREA, A YOUNG IDAHOAN BUSINESSMAN NAMED KENNETH
ARNOLD SPOTTED SOMETHING THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER.
JUST NORTH OF HIS POSITION FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 9,500 FEET AND
AN UNPRECEDENTED AIRSPEED OF 1,700 MPH HE SPOTTED NINE
CIRCULAR AIRCRAFT FLYING IN FORMATION AND ACCORDING TO HIS
ESTIMATE THE AIRCRAFT WERE APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A DC-4
AIRLINER ( JACKSON 4).
THIS ACCOUNT WAS THE FIRST SIGHTING TO EVER RECEIVE A
GREAT DEAL OF MEDIA ATTENTION. THIS SIGHTING GAVE BIRTH TO THE
PHRASE "FLYING SAUCER" COINED BY A REPORTER NAMED BILL
BEGRETTE. ALTHOUGH NOT THE FIRST UFO SIGHTING IN HISTORY,
KENNETH ARNOLDS ACCOUNT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST
DOCUMENTED UFO SIGHTING. THE FOLLOWING DAY MR. ARNOLD
DISCOVERED THAT IN ADDITION TO HIS SIGHTING THERE WERE SEVERAL
OTHERS IN THE MOUNT RANIER AREA THAT SAME DAY (JACKSON 6).
WHEN MOST OF US THINK OF UFO SIGHTINGS, WE PICTURE AN
UNEMPLOYED, HALF-CRAZED, ALCOHOLIC HICK LIVING IN A TRAILER
PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF SMALL TOWN, USA. OFTEN TIMES THIS
DESCRIPTION, ALTHOUGH A LITTLE EXAGGERATED, SEEMS TO FIT FAIRLY
WELL. IN THE PAST, WHEN THE AVERAGE PERSON SPOTTED A UFO THEY
WERE QUICKLY DISCOUNTED AS A KOOK OR CON-ARTIST IN SEARCH OF
EITHER ATTENTION OR MONETARY REWARD. IT WASN'T UNTIL MORE
REPUTABLE FIGURES IN OUR SOCIETY BEGAN TO COME FORWARD THAT
WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE A LITTLE MORE SERIOUSLY. AN
ARTICLE WRITTEN IN 1957, ENTITLED " STRANGE LIGHTS OVER GRENADA"
WRITTEN BY AIME' MICHEL DESCRIBES JUST SUCH AN ACCOUNT:
AT 10:35 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER THE 4TH, 1957, CPT.
FERREIRA ORDERED HIS WING TO ABANDON A
PLANNED EXERCISE AND EXECUTE A 50 DEGREE
TURN TO PORT. FERREIRA WAS ATTEMPTING TO
GET A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS
BRILLIANT, PULSATING LIGHT HANGING LOW
OVER THE HORIZON. WHEN THE TURN WAS
COMPLETED HE NOTICED THAT THE OBJECT HAD
TURNED TOO. IT WAS STILL DIRECTLY OVER HIS
LEFT. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT
THAT THE ORANGE LIGHT WAS SHADOWING THE
F-84S. FOR ANOTHER 10 MINUTES, IT FOLLOWED
THE JETS WITHOUT CHANGING DIRECTION OR
APPEARANCE. THE PILOTS WATCHED AS FOUR
SMALL YELLOW DISCS BROKE AWAY FROM THE
LARGE RED OBJECT AND TOOK UP A FORMATION
ON EITHER SIDE OF IT. ALL AT ONCE THE LARGE
LUMINOUS DISC SHOT VERTICALLY UPWARD
WHILE THE SMALLER DISCS SHOT STRAIGHT
TOWARDS THE F-84S. IN AN INSTANT THE FLAT
DISC SPED OVERHEAD IN A HAZY BLUR AND
VANISHED. WHEN CPT. FERRIERA WAS
QUESTIONED BY PORTUGUESE AIR FORCE
INVESTIGATORS, HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING:
"PLEASE DON'T COME OUT WITH THE OLD
EXPLANATION THAT WE WERE BEING CHASED
BY THE PLANET VENUS, WEATHER BALLOONS,
OR FREAK ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. WHAT
WE SAW UP THERE WAS REAL AND
INTELLIGENTLY CONTROLLED AND IT SCARED
THE HELL OUT OF US. (32)
THIS IS ONLY ONE OF LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PILOT ACCOUNTS
THAT HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED AND CROSS VERIFIED BY OTHER
SOURCES. TO DATE THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN NO
OFFICIAL POSITION AS TO WHAT THE LUMINOUS DISCS WERE.
THE UNITED STATES HAS HAD MORE THAN IT'S FAIR SHARE OF
UNEXPLAINED AERIAL OBJECTS. IN FEBRUARY OF 1960 THE N.A.A.D.S.
(NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM) SPOTTED A SATELLITE OF
UNKNOWN ORIGIN ORBITING THE EARTH. THEY KNEW THAT IT WASN'T A
SOVIET SATELLITE BECAUSE IT WAS ORBITING PERPENDICULAR TO THE
TRAJECTORY PRODUCED BY A SOVIET LAUNCH. IT ALSO HAD A MASS
ESTIMATED AT 15 METRIC TONS, NO EVIDENCE OF BOOSTER ROCKETS
AND TRAVELED AT SPEED THREE TIMES FASTER THAN ANY KNOWN
SATELLITE. THE SATELLITE ORBITED FOR TWO WEEKS AND
DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE. BEFORE ITS DISAPPEARANCE, THE
OBJECT WHICH APPEARED TO GIVE OFF A RED GLOW, WAS
PHOTOGRAPHED OVER NEW YORK SEVERAL TIMES (JACKSON 19).
LIGHTS IN THE SKY AREN'T THE ONLY EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS
WE MAY HAVE COSMIC COMPANY. IN THE BOOK "A HISTORY OF UFO
CRASHES," THE AUTHOR KEVIN D. RANDAL GIVES DETAILED ACCOUNTS
OF NUMEROUS UFO CRASHES IN HISTORY. PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS
OF THESE CRASHES OCCURRED ON JULY 4TH, 1947 IN ROSWELL, NEW
MEXICO. THE CRASH AT ROSWELL WAS WITNESSED FROM AFAR BY OVER
A HUNDRED PEOPLE. UNTIL JUST RECENTLY, NO ONE WHO WAS
INVOLVED IN THE RECOVERY OPERATION WAS TALKING, BUT THANKS TO
CONTINUED PRESSURE FROM UFO ENTHUSIAST OUR GOVERNMENT HAS
BEGUN TO DECLASSIFY MUCH OF ITS UFO RELATED MATERIAL. PERHAPS
MORE STARTLING IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS WERE THE
ACCOUNTS GIVEN BY LOCAL POLICE AND MEMBERS OF THE RECOVERY
TEAM. ACCORDING TO ONE UNNAMED WITNESS, A MEMBER OF THE
ROSWELL RECOVERY TEAM, HE STATED:
"THE CRASH SITE WAS LITTERED WITH PIECES OF
AIRCRAFT. SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
FIGHTER PLANE HAD CRASHED, THE METAL WAS
UNLIKE ANYTHING I'D EVER SEEN BEFORE. I
PICKED UP A PIECE THE SIZE OF A CAR FENDER
WITH ONE HAND, IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE
THAN A QUARTER OF A POUND AND NO MATTER
HOW HARD I TRIED I COULDN'T EVEN GET IT TO
BEND." (10)
IN MY OPINION THE MOST FASCINATING PIECE OF EVIDENCE TO
COME OUT OF THE ROSWELL CRASH IS THE ALIEN AUTOPSY FILM.
APPARENTLY THERE WAS MORE THAN BITS AND PIECES OF A SPACESHIP
RECOVERED AT ROSWELL. THERE IS AN AIR FORCE VIDEO ACCOUNT OF
AN AUTOPSY BEING PERFORMED ON A LIFE FORM THAT DOESN'T SHARE
THE COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGAN DEVELOPMENT FOUND IN
LIFE FORMS ON THIS PLANET. THE FILM IS SILENT AND LABELED
"AUTOPSY, ROSWELL, JULY 1947" (RANDAL 17).
AS DIFFICULT AS THE ROSWELL EVIDENCE IS TO EXPLAIN OR
DISCOUNT, IT PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE LEFT
BY OUR ANCESTORS. AN ILLUSTRATION TAKEN FROM A NUREMBURG
BROADSHEET TELLS HOW MEN AND WOMEN "SAW A VERY FRIGHTFUL
SPECTACLE." AT SUNRISE APRIL 14TH, 1561, "GLOBES, CROSSES, AND
TUBES BEGAN TO FIGHT ONE ANOTHER." THE EVENT CONTINUED FOR
ABOUT AN HOUR. AFTERWARD THEY FELL TO THE GROUND IN FLAMES,
MINUTES LATER A "BLACK, SPEAR LIKE OBJECT APPEARED." IN A BASAL
BROADSHEET DATED AUGUST 7TH, 1566, LARGE, BLACK, AND WHITE
GLOBES ARE SEEN OVER DASEL, SWITZERLAND. BOTH EVENTS
OCCURRED IN A TIME PERIOD WHEN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
NOTHING MORE THAN BIRDS AND BEES FILLING OUR SKIES. THEY EACH
CONSIDERED TO BE DIVINE WARNINGS AT THE TIME (GOULD 95-96).
ANCIENT PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ISN'T LIMITED TO NEWSPAPER
ILLUSTRATION AND SKETCHES ON CAVE WALL. PERHAPS THE MOST
ASTOUNDING AND UNEXPLAINABLE PIECES OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ARE
A PAIR OF GEODES. BOTH ARE BELIEVED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 1,800
YEARS OLD AND WHEN CAREFULLY EXAMINED WERE IDENTIFIED AS
ELECTRICAL CELLS. ONE OF THE CELLS WHICH WAS DISCOVERED IN IRAQ
WAS TESTED AND PRODUCED 2 VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY. THE OTHER,
WHICH WAS DISCOVERED BY A PAIR OF ARIZONA ROCK HOUNDS, WAS
DAMAGED WHEN THE SEDIMENTARY ENCRUSTATION WAS BEING
REMOVED AND THEREFORE COULDN'T BE TESTED (MONTGOMERY 221).
SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME, MAN HAS TOLD STORIES OF HEAVENLY
AND DEMONIC BEINGS COMING TO RULE, TEACH, TORMENT, SEDUCE AND
PROVIDE SALVATION. EVERY CULTURE HAS MYTHS OF ANCIENT GODS
WHO STRODE THROUGH THE HEAVENS. THE AMERICAN INDIANS HAD
THE CACHINAS WHO TAUGHT THEM TO FARM AND SAVED THEM FROM
NUMEROUS CATACLYSMS. GREECE HAD ZEUS WHO THREW LIGHTNING
BOLTS FROM HIS FINGER TIPS AND APOLLO CROSSED THE SKY IN HIS
GOLDEN CHARIOT. THE CHRISTIANS HAVE ECCLESIASTES WHO
ENCOUNTERED THE "ANT PEOPLE" AND RODE THROUGH THE SKIES WITH
THEM FROM BABYLON TO ISRAEL. ACROSS THE ENTIRE GLOBE WE FIND
DRAWINGS ON CAVE WALLS THAT RESEMBLE MEN IN SPACE SUITS AND
OBJECTS THAT GREATLY RESEMBLE FLYING SAUCERS. THE SACRED
ARTWORK OF THE HOPI INDIAN, IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A
REPRESENTATION OF THE WAVES PRODUCED BY MODERN DAY
OSCILLOSCOPES (MONTGOMERY 225-237). THE HOPIS ARE ALSO NATIVE
TO THE AREA WHERE ONE OF THE ELECTRICAL CELLS WERE FOUND. IT
COULD BE THAT THESE THINGS ARE NO MORE THAN MERE COINCIDENCE,
BUT I DOUBT IT. MAN IN HIS ARROGANCE IS RELUCTANT TO BELIEVE
THAT WE MAY SHARE GODS IN THIS VAST, GLORIOUS UNIVERSE WITH
OTHER BEINGS OF INTELLIGENCE. WE SOMETIMES FAIL TO REALIZE
THAT, "IF THE EARTH WERE A DAY OLD, THE RACE OF MAN WOULD ONLY
HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 13 MINUTES." IF YOU COUPLE THAT WITH THE
FACT THAT THERE ARE BLACK HOLES AND WHITE DWARFS MILLIONS OF
YEARS OLDER THAN OUR SUN, IT INCREASES THE IMPROBABILITY THAT
WE ARE THE ONLY ONES OUT HERE. I WILL CLOSE THIS PAPER ON A
QUOTE FROM ECCLESIASTES 1:9 "THERE IS NO NEW THING UNDER THE
SUN," AND THAT INCLUDES INTELLIGENT LIFE.
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