Collecting Data: The Bottomless Pit of Ufology

 All too often the answer to all problems is believed to be found in funding. If we throw enough money at a problem, a circumstance, or a situation, the problem is solved.

The field of UAP and UFO research and investigations has its own version of this way of thinking.  "If we only had more data..." was a comment in the days following the first Congressional hearing on UAPs - said every scientist inclined to accept the idea such things deserve scientific study.

All through the years of Project Blue Book, data was collected.  Many complained about the quality of that data, but a system always does what it is designed to do, and the truth was the public reports and pages of graphs and numbers were not designed to discover anything but merely to speak to the simplistic query - is it known or unknown?  Every series scientist who examined them - and there were many - always pointed to the poor designs of the process. They collected data but there was no goal in mind and no real analysis of trends and common aspects.

Today, there is a wealth of data - stored in numerous databases and collections - but the problem is that no one is actually doing anything with that information.

Currently, there is no major scientific study into the commonalities, trends, and implications of the data already gathered. 

Questions such as:

• Are there common origins points for categories of sightings? 
• Are there specific times, seasons, and geographic locations that record clusters of events over a long period of time?
• Are there scientifically designed, measured, and compared studies in attempts to establish communications using technical and non-technical approaches?
• Are there scientifically designed and measured designs to merge various methods of data collection. analysis, and implementation of ideas?
• Are there widespread studies to correlate increased sightings and the presence of astronomical, electrical, environmental, geological, auditory, or other events?
• Are there widespread studies to correlate increased sightings and the activities of human aircraft, satellites, or surveillance activities?
• Are there multi-disciple studies of astronomical data as it relates to the possibilities of communication or contact with NHI?
  
  
  

One problem in the early work (as in Project Blue Book) was the issue of tunnel vision. Files were divided by place, date, and nation. There is little evidence available of any major work done in looking at the big picture.  For example, UAPs spotted over north America heading toward the Atlantic. Did they emerge over Europe, Africa or elsewhere?  Did they disappear over US soil (or whatever nation) and NOT appear anywhere else?

Over time there has been an attempt to create diversity when none was really needed. For example, the matter of perspective of visual sighting is seldom taken into account. An object from point A may appear to be a circle with small rings inside. From point B it may look like three lines stacked behind each other.  As a result of this there are dozens of "shapes" listed on many sightings reports found in common resources. The truth is that probably there should be categories of shape.  The Circle may include a sphere, etc.  An Ovoid may include an egg shape, a balloon shape, etc. A square may include the rectangle, the triangle, a diamond etc.  A Cigar shape may include the Tic-tac, pill, etc.  As a result, major categories are reduced with related subgroups organized beneath that label.

What Is the Future of UFO Research Groups?

Over the decades there have been numerous groups - large and small - that banded together in pursuit of answers to an enigma wrapped in a riddle - the UAP.

Some suffered from inability to unite behind a single explanation and the divisions broke them apart.

Some suffered from inter conflicts and power struggles and broke apart.

Some were intentionally divided through outside interference and the structures could not hold.

Some simply failed to bring people together, failed to unite them in common purpose, failed to be collaborative and participatory and focused too much on a top- down power structure. They failed.

Some simply could not hold together and spun out like cotton candy into fluffy nothingness.

Few groups spent time doing strategic planning - they were like fans of a local sports team. It was the action that drew them - and when it went so too did the members. A serious group needs several elements.

A goal - What does the group wish to achieve? 

A plan  - How will the group achieve this goal? What steps, plans, processes, methods, will need to be engaged?

A feedback loop (to encourage and development member input and feedback) - A continuing process of assessment to improve efforts, address reoccurring issues, listen to the ideas and experiences of members to fine tune or improve.

Overlapping Realities

One of the profound topics being discussed in relation to the UAP mystery is what are we really discussing?

Since the 1970's there has been a recurrent suggestion that what we see in the skies may not be nuts-and-bolts machines but projections or actual visitors slipping through an opening from one reality to another. 

This does blend well with a host of cultural traditions and ideas.  The Irish with the periods of sacred time when the "curtain" between worlds flutters in the winds of time.  The passage in the Old Testament where Elijah is surrounded by enemy soldiers and he reassures his companion by asking God to "open his eyes".  As a result, the prophet's companion sees "chariots of fire" circling them in a protective group that are invisible to the enemy. Examples could go on.

For over 500 years most of western civilization has stripped itself of any paranormal, extraordinary, or unexplainable events.  Rational thought and cold logic ruled the day. Anything else was emotional baggage from a savage past. Any who still held those beliefs was equally denigrated as savage, irrational, or mentally stunted.

In the 1970's the introduction of Eastern philosophies and recreational drug use lured people with claims of "awareness", "expanding conscience mind", " raising vibrations" and " enhancing auras".   These are skills developed through years of practice, discipline, and personal growth. Instead, they were the prize from a box of assorted party favors for people searching for instant gratification or the next new buzz.

The truth is more complex.  The human being requires both the rational and the extraordinary.  The natural mind appears to not have the either/or problems developed by centuries of rational brainwashing.

The natural human mind as a child accepts the reality of the magical realms, the impossible made real through imagination, the possibilities unrestricted by "laws" or "facts."   It is out of this realm that invention, innovation, and possibilities emerge.

One might image a person with two hands.  One for the imaginative, emotional, and extraordinary, The other hand for the cold facts, rational thought, and facts. The person needs both hands and needs them working together to achieve true potential. 

What would happen if, instead of opposing one another, the two viewpoints came together combining efforts, ideas, and learning from each other?

Research Topic Seeks to Answer Question Related to the Space and Aeronautics Industry. (Limited Time)

 Research Question: Are children whose parents worked for the numerous government and private sector industries of the 1960's through the 1970's more likely to have experienced MHI encounters, Abductions/Invitations, or been subjects of tests themselves?

If you have had such an experience, and your parents worked for such companies involved in research and development in space aeronautics, experimental aviation, or other related fields, would you submit a brief account?

All names will be anonymous when tabulated but I will need names and a contact for my records.  I will assign a research number to each narrative submitted to maintain privacy.

The narrative should include:

Your age decade ("30's, 40's, etc.)

Date frame of events (1962-1965, etc.)

Location of events (If multiple events, give date frame and location for each)

Add as much detail as possible:

If a craft was seen, describe it (approximate size, colors, sounds smells, direction of approach and departures)

If a NHI is encountered describe it with as much detail as possible (size, color, clothing, texture of skin, smells, sounds, arms, legs, feet, head, ears, nose, or what every details can be remembered)

Number of times for an encounter

Age at first encounter; age at most recent or last one

Did you experience "tests", examinations, were marks left on the body, and did you have reoccurring memories related to the event(s).

Which company/group did your parents work for?  Location(s) related to experience.

On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being worst and 5 being best), how would you rate the experiences you recall?

What is the overall "take away" for you from these experiences? 

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After enough responses have been gathered the results will be processed to see if any trends or common aspects emerge.  At some future date, these narratives, stripped of names, might be published in a report or collected together into a book.

The goal is to try and determine if this small group of individuals may have an above average involvement in episodes of contact with non-human intelligences. 

These reports will be collected through calendar year 2025.  Responses may be mailed to the email below until the end of the year.

Marilyn A. Hudson 

DARK SECRETS: Will Disclosure Uncover the Dark Underbelly of the UFO Experience?

The idea of disclosure, bringing things hidden into the light, is on the mind of many. Recent decisions to release controversial and long classified documents related to Epstein, JFK, Martin Luther King, and the UAP subject have added to energy to the discussion. 

When it comes time to air dirty laundry, however, there may be many things that come to light that may cause a ripple effect through government and the society as a whole.

Take the Case of Phillip Schneider.

A self-taught geologist and demolition expert he emerged in the late 1970's through the early 1990's traveling the lecture circuit sharing tales of his encounters with hostile aliens in DUMBs (Deep Underground Military Bases).

Going against the common trend of the gentle "E.T." type alien, the ones he related were a darker and more sinister type all together. As the result of a treaty of sorts, they had permission to use some underground spaces, experiment on humans according to a designated number and frequency, but they were not keeping their part of the bargain. 

The kind space stranger of the early Contactee groups and the gentle alien seeking to return to space were not part of the entities reported on by Schneider.  He was pulling back the curtain on a diabolical "Wizard of Oz" and shining a light on the crooked deals, the lies, and the deep secrets being kept from the American people and the world.

He openly admitted in his final lectures that friends had been murdered to silence them and that he felt a target was on his own back. He urged friends to view his death as suspicious when it occurred because he felt it would be just that. 

His death was a murky and confusing account. Early online blogs and news articles suggested he had been shot when police arrived to serve him for tax problems, another suggested he had hung himself with "piano wire" in a closet, and others that he staged his own death to appear to be at the hand of others. 

His death was initially labeled suspicious and then a suicide. He had been found several days after his death.  The graphic images of the crime scene are horrific.  Not until the autopsy did officials learn that a length of the tubing from the catheter he had to use was wrapped tightly around his neck. He had not been shot, he had been strangled, not with piano wire but with a length of his own catheter tubing, and at the time he was using a wheelchair to get around in. 

Strangely medicines, papers, and other things would disappear from his home. Samples taken of blood and tissue would be "lost" by the coroner's office. 

Before his death several friends had died - a cluster of suicides.  

Add this story to the documented evidence of government involvement in subjects given LDS without their knowledge, the lies told, and all the MK-ULTRA abuses, and so much more and the story seems a little less bizarre, a little less questionable, and a little less cut-and-dried.

Information:

Phil Schneider | UFO-Alien Database | Fandom

Phil Schneider's Suspicious Death, Battle With Greys At Dulce Base & Alien Agenda

Phil Schneider - Ikwipedia

Understand The Truth About Phil Schneider and The Dulce Base - Thought 2 Go

The True Story of Phil Schneider Documentary

Another Fraud: Philip Schneider. Norio Hayakawa has already done a deep… | by Richard Geldreich, Jr. | Medium

Phil Schneider’s Dulce base “delusions” | NORIO HAYAKAWA

A Most Excellent Company

"Work Smarter Not Harder..."

Over the decades numerous groups have formed to promote, study, and inform about the phenomenon we call today the "UAP."  They have played a role on the stage of history but then exited stage left.

Any group that wishes to engage in serious study and research about this topic should resolve to include some specific goals in the process.

Membership Should Include Everyone. Status, education, experience, etc. should have no value to who can join.

Membership Should Have Levels. Some members commit their all but others maybe only sometime. Both should have a place. Layers or levels allows for this and in the process expands awareness, builds skills, and encourages more involvement. Some may never raise up through the ranks, so to speak, but that would be okay.

Leadership Should Be Transparent. Clear communication regarding plans, goals, processes, methods, and needs should be a priority. If dues are paid, an annual reporting of how those funds were spent, how many members, etc. Decisions made by an oversight board should be swiftly communicated to members. Member ideas and views should be frequently sought out for guidance.

Leadership Should Have Specific Annual and Final Goals.  These goals and the mission statement are the roadmap for any organization.  They should be known to all members and the public. Sharing skills, information, and being transparent all build a positive environment that helps move a group forward to achieving its goals. 

Leadership Should Provide Tools To Grow Sub-Groups.  The goal of good PR should be the organizations job. To fulfill that goal the leadership should have a goal of providing a host of flyers, forms, and posters that be downloaded or ordered to share in a group or with the public.  This ensures the quality is good, the message unified, and the mission goals are met. 

Members and Leadership Should be Guided by the Mission/Purpose.  Personalities, egos, issues, and conflict can all be kept in check with a focus on the primary mission of the group.

If you are in a group - or thinking of forming one - consider these points.  Make the goal to great a most excellent company of people, despite differences, who are intrigued about solving the great puzzle of human history - are we alone. 

It is not about money, power, fame, or being right - it is about working together and learning in the process.  

Are We Alone? Alien Encounters and Research

The big question has always been are we as a species alone in the void of the universe. 

All through time there have been human accounts of interaction with the "other" : spirits, ghosts, demons, ancestors, angels, deities, fairies, strange creatures and so much more.  In the 20th century, the alien became the focus for many of these strange encounters. The other paranormal experiences often remained, or returned, to stand alongside the alien encounters in conjunction or opposition.

Do these encounters tell us anything about the reality or source of these events? It is necessary to establish some common experiences and then consider the implications.

Some common events include:

• Memory gaps or lost time
• Nightmares or sleep disturbances
• Marks or scars on skin
• Presence of mysterious "implants"
• Conscious Recall of events
• Familial experiences in family group (generational incidents)
• Rare blood types (especially Rh Neg.)
• Medical or Health Issues 

Professionals who have researched the topic have identified some common behaviors or events as well. 

• Sleep paralysis
• Fantasy Prone/Absorption Personalities
• Adherence to New Age Beliefs / Alternative Philosophies
• Paranormal interest or experiences 
• Social awkwardness

Other factors that can be included in some instances and which tend to slant the interpretation of such stories by many include ...

• Intentional deception
• Pop culture influences
• Spiritist Traditions (such as in Brazil)
• Psychopathy
• Paranoia and Conspiracy Theorists
• Weak Sexual Identity

Are some abduction or encounter stories the result of a "weak mind"?  Yes.  Are some such events the result of mental or psychological issues?  Yes. Are some a true reflection of the strange experiences of a particular human being? Yes. That is the challenge.

Consider how many experiences involve the following:

• Missing time
• Later identified medical issues related to reproduction 
• Rare blood types (Rh Neg but also AB+)
• Marks, scars, or scoop marks with no related incident to explain
• Strange events where an odd fever, seizure or similar incident occurred which doctors could not adequately explain.
• An odd sense of longing when looking to the night sky
• Young age encounters or generational experiences

There has been recognized since the 1970's that there appears to be some connection between "paranormal" experiences/experiencers and the UFO phenomena.  Is this because one produces the other or is it because one aids or enhances the other?  Are people with latent abilities easier for an alien species to contact? Are such people better suited to some purpose or goal?  Are such abilities the result of the encounter or a cause of it?

These are some of the issues related to this most complex and challenging aspect of the UAP topic.  Until these are more deeply investigated, correlated, and viewed without prejudice large gaps will remain in understanding.

The answer to "are we alone?" may be at stake.