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Within the UFO arena, past and present, I can't find the Einstein or any other genius offering the kind of thoughts that open the "doors to perception" (following up on my previous posting somewhat).
I am loath to see any interpretation(s) of UFO sightings and events that bring we enthusiasts of the phenomenon to an understanding of what the phenomenon is or represents.
The mind-curdling materials that have been produced about flying saucers since 1947 -- even Carl Jung's opus and Jacques Vallee's many books -- can be dismissed, and have been pretty much.
John Keel's ongoing foothold among many in the UFO community is an aberration of a dizzying kind; the man a welter of psycho- pathologies at the end of his life.
Among the welter of UFO commentators, even some who pretend to be writers, many now bludgeoning Facebook users, there is a deepening maw of ignorance -- even hubris -- infecting the field of that pseudo-science (ufology).
Digging through my slew of UFO book and anthologies and memory bank, I can't find one, not one, UFO-oriented person who has confronted the phenomenon with any kind of consequence.
Sure, there are favorites among the so-called UFO cognoscenti -- John Keel, as mentioned -- but not anyone who has ripped the veil of understanding away from the ongoing enigma.
Again, I recommend, Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question as a (classical) musical rejoinder to how stymied we humans are about lots of things, the piece applicable to UFOs among them, more so than most as I see it.
We are amidst many life mysteries, UFOs just one of many. But would you believe that that this one mystery remains, after many years of cogitation, still in the unexplained category?
After all, it's had a good run among thoughtful people, even as the dolts took control of the phenomenon, and are now having a field day eviscerating the topic all over the place, using the current tools of social media to dilute the significance of the unique puzzle.
I ask, once again, who has been or is the geat explicator of UFOs? Who?
RR
3 Comments:
One great thinker, Rich. Probably not. But this is my (very) short list of individuals that have had relatively significant things to say about UFOs and whose writings MUST be read to understand the depth and breath of the mystery. Donald Keyhoe, early investigator and writer and skeptic of "official explanations" for UFOs; Dr. Jim McDonald, atmospheric physicist and premier hard science investigator; Stanton Friedman, writer, researcher, and the hardest working popularizer (especially of the ETH hypothesis) in the field; Jacques Valle (and perhaps Alan Hynek) both trained in the hard sciences but both came to see, perhaps, the wider non nuts-and-bolts implications of the UFO mystery; and Richard Dolan, for his monumental historical research on cases and governmental involvement in UFO secrecy.
Frankly, Rich, it's hard to see how all of this could have been found in any one man (or woman). It's a pretty good list so let's be grateful....
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Dominick, at Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Einstein had the mathematics and physics of Newton and Maxwell and Rutherford to stand on, and contemporary geniuses like Bohr to push him. UFOlogists have few deep thinkers like Valle, but plenty of Linda Moulton Howe's. There are some theories, some scattered and questionable facts -- and no way to prove any of it. There's little traction for great thinkers.
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Ron, at Wednesday, December 16, 2020
I like both of Ron's and Dominick's considerations.
Thinking about Ron's made me think of my two favorite physicists Hawking and Feynman. A quick read found Hawking note that a first contact with a ufo could go poorly for us and Feynman didn't believe in "flying saucers."
I had hopes for Bigelow/ NIDS and Greer/Disclosure and they didn't work out either.
So I ended up here. Nice work RR.
BD
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Bryan Daum, at Friday, December 18, 2020
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